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Marrying Daughters un; In i'runce tho parents make tho match. If not aa ostensibly, yet no loss really is this often done in England. It is not tho man, but tho maintenance which is uppermost m tho parental thoughts. It ls painful to reilect, while taking a survey of tho matchos of fifty years' experience, how rarely wo ever could detect that the character of a man, otherwise eligible, influenced tho paren- j tai decision. For the moat part, all tho | evidenco offered of a man beluga scamp or a profligate ls set asido as envy, ma lice, and all uncharitableness; or else with tho remark, "Well, all young men aro wild; but thoy grow steady when thoy aie married." Wo once heard a lady, in speaking of a matrimonial ovont just coming off, say, "Capital match; llrst-ruto chanco for Ellen. Not at all the sort of man wo all know, that abo over intended to marry; but not ono woman in twenty does get that." Certainly in this mon havo au advan tage, for they can choose; tho ladies must submit to bo chosen, savo In the caso of some remarkable bobo who has admirers at command. But those ad \rw.if ii.r.?n /\?? tlio side cf thc gentlemen aro loss than they seem. Their choice is anything but free, as far as reason is concerned. They ?ire tho victims of a natural Illusion. Thov choose from tho charm and fancy ot tho hour; or tho prldo of possessing somo Lady Clara Vero do Voie, or somo simpering dim pled doll, willie all companionable quali ties, and that sunshine of the heart which relieves tho darkest while it adds warmth to tho brightest days of thia checkered lifo, aro raroly oven named among men as tho motivo ot their choico. Truly "marriage is tho door that leads deluded mortals back to earth," and, as with many a pretty bar gain that has caught our fancy in a shop-window, great is tho disenchant ment when wo havo bronchi it horne. The married huhes in the bad-room aro tho ?K'HIH of tho poor mammas. They have attained the object of all balla and dancing, and yet they have not the grace to feel for and give place to young girls who sit in rows against tho wall. Men prefer tho married women and why? They can indulge In a kind of conversation at which wo should hope that, in spite of French novels, the singlo would turu away. It is strange that tho husbands should enduro to seo their wives whisked and whirled and dragged about, v. ell knowing that tho so-called walt7,ing and galopading always, unless unusually well done, de generates Into little better than unseem ly romping, Indeed no ono would be hovo even in its innocence if seen where we seriously believe it would not bo tolerated, in a Piccadilly saloon. A fact: a dressmaker who had seen from an orchestra tho dancing now in fashion, whoo asked by a lady next day how sho had been entertained, replied: "I sup pose it is all right in high lifo, but in our lino of life no young men would dare to take such liberties with young women." No, madam, your daughter's prospects never can bo tho better for .. .?>.''. ??, ixpoaed ?< shel! ih?oues?'i i lu-.:, least of ?til in th?' new ';ishi,o/iabh; ,i uiun' r>f ? Skirl;'.rind .< iyii.i of Moulder straps, ?'. ni aol Ibo seiiati'iitiK, bul the ??ntitiieiilali l|iat alioiilil provulh- Tim ?,,. -. ..?"> !?? ..,i....... , ,i ?.igraeef.ui ypinifl ifAs ot pi oi1?!) dignity t? ipU Ti tv; tstithes tho lead in ti modem . ii. ii* rn, mid f.* .-'..-h il lt? ?cr thc -ally modest aiiil ? ' . .. ? a nphcre. ' ^ ti; and you < ny oi?jo, happy in Chi! troducing .; , to tho ii il mend sue DUauntlorHtood, Two young lawyers made a Hying trip up North tho other day. Ono is stout, and roseate, tho other pale, ca daverous, and of tho proportions of a stovepipe Tho business for willoh they had sci forth being accomplished thoy passed a leisure hour with biotbor lawyers th tho sample room of tho ho tel. Soon tho party became somewhat mollow, and us time grow apaco tho stout gentleman grow moro roseate and good natured, while his specter like companion grow moro boisterous and ill-natured, Anally reaching such a bellicose condition that ho offered for a small consideration to whip any indi vidual in tho hostelry who ventured to disagreo with him upon any of the top ics touched upon, war, science, poli tics, governmental and sporting mat tem, furthor offering at tho samo timo to back bis judgment for a sum of money which, in tho widest range of vision, had never crossed his eyesight. There wore some pretty tough custo mers about the hotel, who look offenso at Homo of tho remarks ventured, but, strange to relate, nono in any way at tempted to controvert tho statements made or resent tho same-but to tho astonishment of the lean lawyer, look ed wisely at each other, smiled signifi cantly, and-partook of moro refresh ments. When tho hour for departure arrived, ono of tho nbovo-named at taches assisted in carrying the luggage of the Albanians to the depot, and wlion ho perceived tho direction which the passengers meant to take, he looked suspiciously at the stout lawyer and in quired in a subdued voico: "Say, Mis ter, aren't you an oillcer?" "An of ficer? No, certainly, not," roplied tho astonished disciple of Blackstone; "why do you ask?" " 'Causo I thought you were going tho other way, and was bringing a lu natic to Utica." Tho fat lawyer never Inforniod his lean contemporary how ho escaped a thrashing at tho hands of the village hotol mon,_ SxftKKT iNOiDiwr.-"I ofton oroas tho street to avoid mooting a man," says Mr, Beoobor, "not boonuso I have any thing against bim, but simply bocauso I do not fool liko speaking to bim. I suppose all mon aro this way," Yes, noarly all mon aro that way, Mr, Beech er, and wo aro glad you hayo montionod tho eubjcot, for it gives us a ohanoo to agreo with a great mau. Wesomotimos oross tho streot and ohmb a fonoo to avoid mooting a man, not that wo havo anything against him, but booauso ho has something against us-a bill-Mr. Booohor, TAKl?MY HAND, Shu fdr pt within her little orib, Besido hor mother's bcd, Tho good-night KIHH long nineo wna glveu, Tho evening prayor wno auld. "Why ?tart thu?? Does ?OHIO frightful dream I cannot understand, Trouble luy child? 8ho only said: "JMciiHO, marama? take my hand," And, with nor little hand lu mpio, ITeotlllft that I waa noar, Bho Hwoutly dept again in peace, Without a thought of fear; Oh, wbh mich oliild-liko faith ashers lti'ady at my command, When fears distress, how soon I'd cry, "My ifathor, lake my hand." And, even though I may not soo Thy presence at my sido, Yet, if I fool thy hand in mino I would ho .sut inlicit. And thong i tho way ho cold and dark If hy my sido thou'lt ata?o I'll IruHt in theo and onward go, 0 Father, tako my hand. Thou, who hast trod life's pathway through, Must know the way to lead, And it' I follow such a guido, 1 am secure, indeed; And winni, tito's Journey safely o'or, I roach that hanny land. I'll praiso thoo, Father, ovVnuoro, That thou did'ttt tako my hand. A Wlfo'a Tact. livery house baa ita "squally" days oiioo in a whiio, when a "nor'oaater" brews in tho heavons and on tho earth, giving every member of tho household either toothache or rheuma ism or tho "blues." Jt was just such a time as this ot our honso last week. To oap tho oh m ax, about noon company was announced, and wo had plauued for "a pioked-up diuuor." 1 was in despair, aud went down to tho parlor with such an inhospitable face, that my little friend exclaimed, as aim carno for ward to meet me: "You aren't glad to seo mo ono bit, Aunt Sue I" 1 was, though, and all my ill-naturo vauiahod in a moment at tho sight of hor sad faco. "What is it, Kitty? What is tbe matter?" I asked, louderly. "I'm in trouble, Auut ?Sue, aud I thought porhaps you could liolp mo." And tiio sweet face s iirugglcd bravoly with tears. "Of course I oau, door ohild. Toko off your wraps and liavo lunch with me, and then you shall toll mo all aboat it." Kitty is ono of my ohildron-au old maid's darling. Wby sho ever took a fauoy to "Aunt Buo" it ia quito impos sible to Bay; but tho reasons for my partiality to hor aro self evident to all who know hor, for who oau help loving tho thoroughly good, uiucoro, loving littlo child-woman? Thou I had been her teacher before hor marriage, aud "foster mother" she bad called mo through a very desolate orphanage Sho is tho wifo of a promising young lawyer; and though her hps had over been sealed on tho subject, wo had a long timo foarod she was not a happy w)i>. .'J (M mo ou tiiii uiooi ?ti yoviir feet, t . un' .- sud lay bi;y head on your knee ? - iii - ?is ? used to do, kv; i ?t><>. Oh,', { JI Minima ab toil g ugo'.'' . ''.Mow long, p ny, Ki ti vf J! ou talk J ' !:!.II lin t>Jd lyoiuiin," ! I "J.'t ia live y<:\v- Bibi?'i 1'i.oo < it ? ted ' ?.?.<.. . P, you know, (jun.Itj$, ' ; . "Hvo roar- to ?r<*w h tippy ipi? wi.ifi ; j ' Veil, iliii, On. .o.nlio, ".' ed doeibi i iii feme emu ut. it's M> ..*?!.. lol j i di y bu, Ui >".gh," M . ll nbi now, nm* I ho Bu . i? -u I ati<...i itself ni i'rty a.p 'or . i | j and soi vow, while tin pi??r r. ! forkedoohvttt?j...'?y. > "Toll mo nil about it, Kitty," I re plied, stroking tho soft hoir soothingly. "Fred is a noble follow; 1 fear there is soniothing wrong with yon." It was tho old story ot want of con geniality and oneness in habits ol thought and action. Tho young hus band lovod society, publio lifo, elegant dinners and au ovor-liospitablo board. Ho lovod his young wifo, too-no mis take about that-and wanted to tako her overyvvhero; was loyal to her, but perhaps too volatile and fond of display. She, by nature and habit, was very dif foront, loving privooy, domostio Ufo, mid nbovo all things, hor books. So oioty to her was a boro, and to kcop opon houso an utter wonriuoss of flesh and spirit. So they had grown apart. Sharp, recriminating' words had boon uttered, heartaches nursed, and oooh duding solace for a disappointed, voxed spirit in different ways. It was easy to seo tho chasm before their feet-this young pair who had vowed to walk to gether "till doatii do us port," Both wcro wrong, aud I trorablod for my bonnio Kate "Kitty," said I, "I have a story to tell you. There ia a lesson in it, if you roally lovo your husband. I havo a friond-a right royal woman, too, who marriod a man pre-eminent in business knowledge, and BO nbsorbod therein OB to havo littlo interest in other things, lie admired his elegant wife, though, and liked to soo hor presiding ovor his table, aud entertaining his business ac quaintances, Yot, botwoon those two, there Bcomod a groat gulf fixod-not ono thing in common. When alono, thero was no tiling to talk about; no lovol ground on which to moot. To tho wife thero was thraldom and humil iation in snob n life; but instoad of turning away from hor husband, or nursing dislike, sho determined on a noblo oonqucst. She turuod her atten tion to poli tie al economy, studiod everything pertaining to ' business banks, brokorago, railroad stock, mar ket reports, tho riso and fall of all kinds of property, the national dobt nr>d tho ourronoy question. Wasn't sho a plucky woman? By and by sho bogan to talk, arresting hor husband's oar by her knowlodgo of fnots, luold state ments and ovidont noquaintnnco with nil Unanoial questions. Curious, was it not? Amaeod, ho watohod hor with do light oud growing admiration. Soon ho bogan to defer to her judgment, ask hor advioo, and quote her opinions. His esteem became profound; and now, whon sho vontures to int rod imo othor topios nonror to her heart and tasto, ho not only listons with doforonce, but joins in with hoarty interost. Sho has become wiso and loamed in tho lino of thought ho valuoa ?nost; therefore, in : hi? eyes, hor opinion? aro of worth on : every subjeot. "Wieo womanl Do y pu not seo that abo bas conqumi.u him in bin oitndel? i ..Now, dear obiid, go homo nnd . adopt this rulo. Adapt yotu'uoi? MI j thoron lollly to ye ur husband's permit arities that a lovo HO deep a>i : strong i and uusol?ah will bo born n his bon)t for you that you oon mold bim a? you will; BO that bo can bul cl to yield to you pref?ronco r tb* law of his lifo, tho joy of bia hf irt, Von i winnot "forco" a poiut, but by U ii) integrity and ''tuet" you dim <,vvkl i obain to bini your husband hand apt I foot, which 'io wiil never foci. ' 'TH try ,t, Aunt Suo," sai ! thc .UK . woman, with suoh a Hash of spirit, will and hopo, that I know abo would boni ? quer. llavo I ono dissatisilod hi a reader? Don't yield to des,"imd or ill-bumor. Abovo ail do hot I ern away in silent pride, ltet ! pl ic other'? rights, proforeuco? md iiret Borrows. Try tho golden ; ub>. Use. lovo and toot and you oro st i s to win. I'ropni'inu; KnUlnr A short description of bow :" oro raiaod for tho market may bo <>f intorest, as very many, though con stantly using raisins of yuriouH i have but little idoa of tho way which they oro dried for ut \' iii, Volonom ond Sojyrno ra-, ins h rh, their nnmoH from tho pla ivli thoy como. Of these, thc black raisins oro tho chonpi .\; > u-. J >. Iago being held in tho hig;i ul . si iii tion, and fetohing fully t I bird i thau any other desorption ol randi . Tho growth of tho vines in ip i$ dif ferent from thoso of Italy, I Uni id ii? Bia, they orcoi> along tho s . if tin ground, as strawberries do, n gut I oring all tho atmospheric le it; th? branches oppear Jiko root I thc gropes, though white, ha ?.? I tinge. Tho viutago is vu> ''ireful I; ' conduoted, tho fruit notai' L. lng gn erod ot onco, but tho son1 , iii nd gone over tlireo tinier, BO ill tl gropes oro properly ripo wi As they oro gathered they ure it? boskets, and carried, eith arU . on tho backs of mulos and ftVso to il ptaoo whero they lindore tho process. Tho fruit, how vor, in often much injured i? transi' and (MI II broken gropes oau bo pi <\i c'y dried, j tho loss from this oatiBO it pi ?dei bio ! The grapes aro prepared tho ?hi kot in threo different wo drying iu tho sun, by wi iii ' steam-drying. In iollo : tue !ir?t method, whioh is tho gen 1 : ii or u Malaga, divisions aro t injlruoloc 61 either brlok or stone, in meliiici aition, exposod to tho BUU I nys, ! divisions aro built in at ( ne end ' triangle formod of maso y, imd i > lu ranged that tho sun alv H ?hih ita contontB. Tho inte ?or of I t? compartments are thickly aproad ?ttl tine gravel, to absorb tho . .. > > < rici rho ^r-.?^1* <rro ghthere'l huey a) bil iiiio thb?ib ciiVUitons, and . po-ed io the intonso im I ol ile luda* I (usu!?1 si?, ll, f-, ??i i b.fvt! 'iv ld j . : ipt?e I I cultiv?t- i - rtuiivjp rm. <.v.O)jit\ Of j A ..:i.M.?t, ?\\-.y .rho i i : ? ?i?.jtjr.iii.'-- j >J ' hntiiho ' mid fort;)' denrtu-ii .t'tiliro i ". Vi'ii-' drying, li i ?Jrape's \yhiiili ?? ^1 ic lin Ave ?i?r*'.i?ij.(y >?jofpvd' Aili '.(''.>>?-, aro OW.II'M; ()?... cythera un. turi . t, ? ..I .rt'.'t'.p.s suiglyj, * ' 'i?fJ Cf. , roper lilil? ippw i ty bf color iii observed, \( .:;;ifc (iHi ln.bl p.wuVe'cd iront th? ? :;w/. ? lev- i- rii?p bj bleut 'anvils .111:5 t. ?j< ':. i over Um lp| . ih . ?\ ? -. S.!.??, poo pip nse blalil-.efo il, Urapo'? Mike a Jbogei* tun? .n lliui --u>-t thau ~j the ho., /.MU, ' as thou, tb oj oro ready in I tb but dried ouiy by tho BUU'B heat, tako ten days. Thia loss of limo, ever, is fully compensated b- tho ec 11 omy pf tho proteas. Dryinj, . 1 lug and drying by steam aro I nf 01 ?? to j tho B?mplo suu-diymg proco, ii . thoy aro moro exponsivo, tnv- /in outlay in buildmgs, lum i?os'j and ? stoam-pipes; and tho raisins ai over, liablo to tho danger o i tion during their transport; lion, ' Bides, they always havo to I vied In tho sim for a certain time, before reody to pock, windover plan ?a put .;. d in curing thom other thur tho sun drying proooss. Whon tho drying ia liiproughlj accomplished, by whatever pl a ri pur sued, tho raisins, prior to bei- ? \ iel il tor exportation, requiro to lie c n'otully looked over, oud all tho broken ami bruised ones romovod, ns a drop 01' moisturo from such woulds evy litcoly domogo a whoJo box. After tills ?mop tho proper sla?silloation,, by no meium on easy affair, as morohaub; an-l ciilti; votors differ, often vory materially on this Biibjoot. Tho boxea nt. geno ll modo by oontroot. Tho bei I Sro made from flrwood, wluob is imported from Portugal. Tho producer jprovifli packs those boxoa, which the u" - '^i. da froqucutly repaok, employing wpineii oud girla to perform this oill?P. I'lie boxes aro gouorally divided Into loy'i rs. Pour layor? will bo contained in i-. whole box, representing, if of ful' i/o, ? twonty-two pounds o? fruit; tito total wolght with tho tilled box being from 20 to 29 pounda, Much o? Mio above information is obtained fr." H oporl recently published at Malaga. 'thu crop of raisins in Malaga alono, from tho viutago of 1880-81, wm over two hundred thousand boxes; and (hp j>rov ?nco, whioh a year or two ago Waa esti mated at fifty thousand boxen, in now stated tobo nearly ono hundred und fifty thousand boxes, Bosidou tho roistus already .namod, muy bo men tioned Sultanas, Musoatole, inpnn, liol* vodoro, Bloom or jar raisins, and tun pr Bolis. Tho best kinds ar- imported m boxes ond jars-suoh os Mohigus ami. Muaoatolo; whilo tho infenor Horts aro shipped in casks and barrel . frails and mats. MATTING, O small piooo, i t prt forablP to oil oloth as a protector for t im ear pot near tho outsido door, should 0 noatly taokod down. A LTJNOHICON.-Boot tv o eggs, mix ing with thom a tablespo on ni ->i oroam, Tnt thom m a saucopan, adding . onto anohovics and soino tninoed fob g ito Spread on toast and H0rv?) imiupdiat?i. How Nell Wont Shopping. Noll went to town on tho 0 o'clock train, but ?bodidn't go alone. Noll was only 4 years old. Her mamma was going slioppbig-going to buy a bat for boj. und cambric for dresses, gingham ?'or aprons, buttons, stockings-almost everything was to bo for that little girl. No vender she was delighted to go and help. 'Kow liston, my dear,"saidmamma, fifi the train was moving into tho sta Hein: ''whatever I am doing, wborever we , you must keep oloso to me." "C'bur?o I will,"said Noll stoufly,nud she surely meant to do it. But this IB iv bat happened 1 r" )tof all they went to tho millin er"-. !-u Stale street. The big shop was crowded willi lauios and children, for H m warm, bright days of sprint* bad bin? and everybody and everybody's lit lo girl must bavo a new hat. Thero were pile? of bats, and glass cases lull (if lovely Howers and feathers and birds ibbons. V. tho clerks were very busy. Hy am!-hy ono came to walt upon thom, :iri.i ^foil's bat was brought and wrap lied m a bsown papor with pictures on it. Puen mamma rose "uh, want to select some ribbons," abc edd. /ust stop this way, if you ploaso," the olerk. Munim? glanced at Nell. She was ?vat? bing two little girls who wore buy ing their own bats; so abo stepped tivfiund to tho ribbon counter. Ono mo il..'I later .she looked around. Nell \N tis not Ibero. She hurried from one enti of the shop to tho other-nol Sho looked behind tho counters, ran to tho door and gazed up and down tho street no such child was in sight, ''oho must have gone into ibu tritb g-room," said tho clerk, and with - ' beating heart mamma hastened c again. Everybody looked sorry : ii they beard that A little girl was . But she was truly gone. '. ow wherodo you suppose Nell was? ust ns her mamma turned away, au her lady, who wore a black silk dress long cloak, inst liko ber mamma's, .led toward tho door. Noll saw tho h ss going, and didn't look up to seo \ li?t woman was wearing it. So, with i eyes still lingering on those wonder . llttlo girls, silo followed a stranger uti; of tho shop. She walked pretty l t, and Noll thought, "Mamma has . burry; she have so much things to ? .y for mel "Wonder when she'll buy .hocandyl" . And all the while she kept close to o at black dress and cloak, but her eyes were on show windows, or tho lame Doy, or tho fruit stand on tho first cor? uer round which tboy turned. By and by. tired of tho silence and tho speed, billed tho cloak with one little hsuid, v?d, looking up, said: "Mamma, don't go so-oh I where ia my mamma?" Poor little Neill How frightened she wael Tho strange woman looked down at . M "What do vou want, 'liiliiV She dido t bol?, lin. east bil \\ii> ?be rivai' m?tr..invi. She lu ?j i |1 o roas, ! md her v vi'ce .' as bu. ! V" N/?' >.!.? it'An ?i>.'. I .I . , . j. l>i,i?fi ix}) Mi '.rim .!' cried ; .1. Hboiiii Hen oii'lbuWl' iilb hitnll . iiio. fytni'll iVilll bro'. Th?i?.'?i I .' I iii .irui.1 ' ni- oniib?," arid oft ?vt ni. i bli unkind woman, leaving ino Uiitlo ou..;. Lry child all alone on tho sidewalk. Nell was quito bewildered, Whoa dio with mamma sho bad not noticed the noise, but now all at onco strange men and horses and carts seemed rush ing 1er her from every direction, i. ?irs came into ber eyes, and wbon bravely brushed them away she atti not toll which was tho corner H rio mamma was. All the corners I just alike. So the lost child [ii d just tho wrong way. .'.;< n sho came to a crossing and stop igaln. Suddenly a gentleman,who iv;i l urrying past, bent over ber and ?aid kindly; " ?ttle girl, whore aro you going? A rv t't you lost?" ? .vant my mamma," sobbed Nell, ., "il are enough, there she came behind ij running, yes, running through .bu tty street, and when tho gentle min ?".card Nell's cry of joy, and saw tu mamma's face, ho smiled ^ lifted bis tat md went on. Oh I bow tightly t hose little arms : .. around her ncckl Mamma car I -tl ter back to tho milliner's and into : be quiet back room where tho trim meru wero at work, but still Noll could iud .peak ono word. Sho only cried md cried and clasped her mamma's neck, ' Thon what do you think they did? SVhyl they got luto tho 'bus and rodo '?'ich to tho station, and took tho first nain homo. Tiicy left all the rest of tho shopping, ii il tho promised lunch in the Vienna Bal ?ryi Mut I hey had bought tu? hat. If you ask Nell how abo likes to go i. ; ?ping, she will cay: '.'lt's no fun. but I know my mamma - i 'io beautifullost lady in Chicago!" Ai I lu limul ll ni-, a I.m. '/hen fans wore first introduced into li m ope tboy wore used by men as well m women, but it was soon discovered [.hat the awkward hands of masculinity l u t, nothing lu common with an implo ment so light and graceful, and soon lt occatno tho solo prerogative of womon to carry a fan. In her hands it becamo i means of fascination, of grace, of love making, cf coquetry and of a kind it silent talk on all kind of subjects. To it she confided her joys, hor hates her revenges, and after tho combat she would kiss it as a duelist sometimes loes his sword. A French lady of tho tune of Louis XV declared that however agreeable, graceful and elegautly di essed a lady might bo she would nec esjarily bo ridiculous unless she know how to handle a fan; that you could I oil a princoss from a countess, a count ess from a marquise, a niarquiso- from ?i untitled lady by tho dolicate move ments of her fan, and that this subtlo instrument, by its opening and closing, itji rising and falling, its sweeping anti living, its pointing! and beating, con . eVed an encyclopedia of meaning. / J va Til? ?outfi Troth. "Ainslie, I want to have a talk with you come-and smoke," said Wilfrid Denver, a young fair-haired lieutenant v?f tho Forty-second regiment of the Highland brigade. He yielded to his request. Tho pipes Were Ht, and BOOH they passed from lighter topics to ono of deeper interest, when Wilfrid told a story to bis friend of a romantic first love, which had made of his hurd lifo in tho Crimea a tender, sweet idyl. "You bavo not told mo bor name," said Ainsi io. "It is Constance." "And vour marriage-is tho day ?ixed ?" "No such luckl" ejaculated Wilfrid. "Wo should huvo to wait for some years for my promotion, lint," con tinued he, with an embarrassed laugh, "it is rather premature to talk of a wed ding when my fate ls not yet decided. I think she lovea me, though 1 never askod her tho question until I came to tho Crimea." "Ob, you aro not engaged?' "No. ' I expect to get ber letter to morrow-tho lotter winch will toll mo all. Ainslie, if it comes too late, will you lay lt unopened upon my breast,and bury it willi mo?" Tho captain turned lils dark eyes af fectionately on bi? comrade's faco, as bo responded. "If it comes to that, yes; but,old fel low, don't bo down in tho mouth; hope for bettor things." Tho battlo was over. A victory was gained tor Enghini; but at what aco.it! With unavailing sorrow in his heart, 1'aul Ainslie gazed on the scene, for his errand there was a sad one. He came to secic among tho slam tho body of bis friend, who bad fallon. Ho found the still lorin. Ho looked down on tho faco last seen so bright with lifo, and the tears gathered slowly in bis dark oyes. Ho held au unopened lotter which had just reached the camp, lt was address ed to Lieutenant Denver, in a woman's writing. Perchance lt contained the words of love which bad been so eagerly desired yesterday. With u deep sigh, Paul laid tho letter on tho young officer's breast; and thus, with bis beloved's words closo to the pulseless heart, Wil frid Denver was laid to rest in his rude grayo. Five years after the Cr I moan war is overt Paul Ainslie nvngles with tho crowd at a fashionable bill in the height of the London season. .Such gay assemblies are not ni neb to bis taste, but ho is drawn to this gathering bo causo tho idol of his heart is amongst tho guests. Constance Beaumont) is sin gularly beautiful. Paul bas been danc ing with her. The delight of her pres ence overwhelms him. Bending, until their eyes meet, be whispers, "Como with mo." In the cool, dimly-lighted conservato ry, with the splash of falling water mingling with tho dreamy strains of music, ho asks her one low, earnest question, "Constance, will you be my own?" lier heart answers him. They are quite none, abd. evbii "af rdio r-iglui Iremuloush bo bas btu in liiji ?ain?, .i<.M?.i..!. hi;; ibrobbinj: hoavl, 1 io ... .>. tu Va i ?io-i. bia ilobob vim i .' ainjdd'or; oxi'buiuing. Wildly* "Paull Paull ? . iniiHl ?I'M love mts) S?ek net to unit y o MI li': \i li.n mino, ?>r liic iibiitjow o? iVijatl '..s ?ny path." Pinn smiles ^i.t.^...;- tu her .v,.-.y. "My darling, if you lovomol will nevor relinquish you. Death comes to all lives, but it will not fall sooner on eith er of us because those lives aro one," bo Bays, It ls Paul Ainslie's wedding day. The sunlight streams through tho stain ed glass windows, casting gorgeous tints on tho church door. The ceremo ny begin?; tho solemn words aro spoken. Paul stretches forth bis band to plight their troth, while Constance'? slight lin gers flutter into his palm. Ho ls about to press thom in a warm clasp when an icy hand steals iii betweou and a sha dowy form stands before tho bride. Her arm falls to her sido. An awful pallor comes upon her face. With lips apart, with eyes distended in horror, abe confronts tho phantom; thou, with ono long, wild cry-"Wil frid l Wilfrid IV-she Tulls like a stone into Paul's arms. Tho budal guests crowd round her: there is a hum of voices, a whispered murmur of sound; but Constance knows nothing, sees nothing. Whito and still, with closed oyohd3 like the dead, she remains, and thus ho bears her from tho church. In tho samo state she is borne from tho carriage and laid upon her bed. Hor lover's heart seems breaking. Ile has tried all restoratives Iii vain. Ho throws himsolf upon Iiis knees besides the couch, aud clasping ber inanimato form to bis throbbing heart in a paroxsysm of despair, ho moans, "Oh, Constance, my bolovcd, come back to lifo and mel" As in answer to bis prayer, she moves, her dark eyos opening upon him with a wild gaze as of fear; thou thoro comes a passionate burst of weeping, which shakes her from bead to foot. Hising from tho couch abe tottors to ward lum, stretching out ber arms. "Take mo, Paul, my love, for tho last, last timo!" she cries, in a voice quiver ing with pain. Ho draws hor to his heart; he holds her there as though nothing again shall sovor them.and thus she tolls him tho story of her lifo! Scarcely bas sho spoken oro Paul knows their doom is .souled; that phan tom form is boforo him; that icy grasp scorns to freeze his blood with a name less horror. Sho bas loved Wilfrid DoiiYor. The letter he had laid on tho young officer's cold breast contained hor acceptance of his offered hand. When tho nowa of his doath roached her she bad resolvod to live un wedded for his sako; but aftor years had passed Paul's dovoted love won ber heart; and, in spite of a warning presontlmont, she accoptcd him. "Constance," cries Paul, "do you seriously mean that this phantom is to sovor us?M She interrupts him, "Dearest look boro. " Taking from hor dosk a folded paper, she puts it into his hand. ' It is W ilfrid Dower's last lotto:.'. On tho first pago aro traced thoso words: "It may be that ero I re?oive your answor-tho answer which will bring joy or desolation-I aimil bo lying dontt upon tho battle-field. Yet, should that bo my tete, I believe that even pi death I shall know if you roturn my lov?, And, my darling, I fear that should an other claim your troth in after yours, 1 shall rise oven from my gravo to Stand between you." '?You seo?" Constanco says, sadly, "Wilfrid keeps Ms word. I pledged my self to him; ho claims that troth in death. Paul, say faro well. I shall novor bo your wifo. I am promised to tho dead I" ?She speaks the words with a mournful solemnity, ber lips quivering, her eyes Ulled with tears. Paul strives wildly to* chango this de cision, but in vain. Ho linds it impos sible to dissuade her from tho flxod idea that siio is doomnd nevor to marry. Atlast they part-despairing love in both their hearts-part, to seo each other's face no more. ucorouslnu; snowfall ou tho morrnn.. Tho snowfall on the Sierras has been vory light the past winter. At the. Summit and Cisco tho greatest average depth falling at ono Mino this year has not exceeded six feet. Tho average fall In former winters has been o vor twenty feet. In tho winters of 1807-8, whon Cisco was tho terminus of tho Central Pacific railroad, tho snow thom fell to a depth ol' over thirty feet. This was before the snow-sheds wore built-whoa the railroad company had over 1,1)00 men employed iii shoveling snow from tho deep cuts betwobn Blue Canyon and Cisco. Tho passenger trains at that time consisted of only two coaches and one baggage car. and wore drawn tho last eight miles-from Emigrant Gap to Cisco-by eighteen ten-wheel locomotives-over 800 tons of metal-driving a snow plough as large as a two-story house lu front of them. At that limo the line of the road wound through a trackless forest, ovor forty miles in longth,strotching from Truckee dil tiio east to Alta on tho west, trains frequently being brought to a standstill by fallon trees obstructing tho track. . Of tho vast forests that thoa covered the sidos and crowned the summits ot tho Sierras along the lino of tho road scarcely a vestige now remains. Since the building of tho road a swath over twenty miles in breadth has been mowed through the ancient forests cordering tho track, whoso dark recossos obscured by thick foliage had novor boon pene trated by the rays of sun before tho ad vent of tho iron horse. Tho decrease in tho snowfall is said to dato from that event, aud is mainly attributed to the fact of that nortlon of tho country be ing entirely douuded of timber. m at ? Xlio IjAbiirtmt ?Jlnuso?. A public dinner wus recently tflvoa to the villagers of Leigh, near Tun bridge, t'myr??id, by air, >VJ .Vfcuio.r. {l?ho'uicaVebns?st?d ol three oonitfoa-v ? jouo, ?i sai'oi y arid .< t weet . aiulootit, with? ?I. iv.i/u ut, d'?' f iif.-o per hoad, tho primo Coat ol i i avliuW'H) a.u. i bein-,' only lliieOpeuoo Mr. Movie}*, v in presided, (to had heou aoiimoi <-.' imtnig to Uopvivi) the workiaguuhi ol hm oeer, uuu uuw hu uimnv ho uo ouscd of wanting to deprive him O? Ina meat; but it wos, ho thought, of the greatest importance, and worth consid ering by fathers and rp?t,,or8? M ooi?d havo their children properly nour? idhoct at half their present cost, Then it was said that those who woro thor oughgoing vogotariaus woro invariably total abstainers, and to Ids mind that was a vory great obavin. Thoy ato eo rnuoh fruit and vogotabloB that thoy did not nood tho drink which sorao people foll thoy could not do without oxoopi in tho Bhapo of mtoxioants. flo bo lieved that ja systom of fruit and veget able terming would pay bettor than oom growing, owing to tho foroigncom petition in the latter artiolo, b?lidos whioh it would enhanoo tho wagoe of tho laboring olasses. AimounoliiK KaeaifomontM. When a couple are engaged there is seldom any sensible reason why alt tho world should not know it, and, there fore, tho new fashion of announcing en gagements Just before a prominent ball and having tho ladies and gentlemen congratulated by their friends is to be cominonded. To bo sure, ii tho engage ment is afterward broken, tho thought of these public congratulations would bo embarrassing ;but if tho fashion tends to prevent promises of marrlai^os being lightly given it will serve good purposes. Tho girl who might nay yes when asked lo marry,with tho mental reservation that if anything better comes along she will contrive not to koop her word,w di think twlco about it if sho has to go through such a form. Marriage ongagements are frequently too lightly ontored into and too lightly set aside. Tito engage ment should bo nearly as sacred a con tract as tho marriage itsolf, and it should besuch an engagement that both parties would bo proud to havo it known among all their common acquaintances* Anna and IS at o. Anna Dickenson was a guest at a.re cent meeting of Sorosis and took part in tho evening's discussion. Amia b* full of pluck and while her troubles havo given her valuablooxporlonco they have not diminished her nervo. She will re-appear on tho lecture platform hut will hardly appear on tho stage. Had she tried the drama earlier in life she might havo succeeded, but whon ono is past 30 it is too late to liecomo a playor. Kato Fiold, who ls another clever but unsuccessful woman, will no doubt soon mako some new offort, llor attempt to carry on a fashionable storo was as groat blundor as Anna's turning i tragedienne, but alas wno o?h hndor I stand Ids orrors? Surely none, * Wo judge oursolvos by what Syo feel capablo bf doiug, whllo othors jud?o.u? by what wo have already done.