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A January Picture. TLc gay ?oft windi*, which with tho harvest moon, Uko somo old lover in tho days of yoro Who ?trolled upon tho ocean's ?boro Worsliippiuff tho starry night's doon gloom. Humming somo Quaint old lovo refrain, Whllo mouth tho shadow of somo soa green rock, Walting till thosoa-foam and tho waves ahoutd mock Ilia soul's lovo words, makins them hy ? again, Aro past ; tho morry winds liavo lost Their zophyr sway ; tho moon now noars, Unlike its summor glint, tho winter airs, Tho lover gone, tho warrior wo accost, As rushing through tho gray dawn's gleam, J ii? bm ni.sheil helmet waving its snow wbito plumes Alcft unchained. A welcome fierceness, ho consumes Tho fleetest storms, and by their nid tho st ream Which laughed in May, is frozen fast, Mountain ami hill and tall and slaloly pine, Which, clot heil in radiant green divine, Dolled tho kine;, succumbed at last, Ami mantled now beneath bis livery of white, Dieam of thc year iigoiio and thoso to be, Arid dreaming, nourish anew tub Stroit gt lt which is to free Thoir snuls froth out. tho winter's night. TU li H A ??Sf ONU COMPETITION. To dweil ul ?ny length upon tho youth ?ind early struggles of Felix Hailstone would lie both unnecessary and an uninteresting act. As tho writer ol' Ucl ion, tho voluminous, untir ing, dull ii nd middle-aged writer of fiction, ho claims, our attention; and with the exception, therefore, of sumo immediately following biographical sentences, this narrative will lu* devo ted Lo lum in thal, capacity? Probably his direct enemy could not devise any more fatal gift for a young, aspiring, and'promisingauthor than tho sudden succession to half a million of money; but in Mr. Hailstone's caao, tim unexpected possession of a sum hut little smaller thati that mentioned proved no deadly stumbling-block to labor, ?lie was young at the time, and aspiring, but not promising-far fropi promising-and to bim money meant tho solo likely or possible moans of ever seeing his thoughts in any other gar ment than that of his own hand-writ ing. A magnificent incentive, there fore, was our friend's half-million. Ile loved tho trade of novelist, as no one so Indifferently furnished for it ever did before, and from the days of his monetary prosperity, all that which publisher" hud refUsed to publish, all dud which edi ors bad ithttdderori at: appeared in what form the author ' plea!i!i(l-~nud lie ohpso th G most hand soire lui ni ..al. lils own e'yp?jijje, Hail* (UM e iiiXibvti bi nd i tup1 with all fluj most popular ?yuros in tho marktt-, Miich i-i.poriencd .1^ money could buy ? Felix boimht. Ho interested himsau in literary companies, took editorships on decaying Journals, lost large sums, and, finally, himself floated an illus trated monthly magazino after ? solt?me of his own evolution. Tho word "float," however, as having moro than a sug gestion of buoyancy or speedie light ness about, must bo deemed ill-chosen when treating of any such periodical as Thc 'ihr ch., Tho first number of this trifle would havo anchored the Great J'kuUm in a gale, Hailstone himself contributed two-thirds of the initial t vowture, which, tho handicapped, splut ' tered to tho extent of a threo-copy cir culation ?md expired. The ordinary railroad novel-with a icnsational picture of somebody doing nothing on tho outside-was, for the period of ten years, our author's main method of keeping himself before tho public, and his next undertaking of importance appears to havo neon a' society journal. Engaging for this a literaiy mau who understood tho dis 11 i nation of prize watches by coupon, tho value of puzzles, competitions, and so forth -matters which, in theso days when everybody reads, aro essential t J tho existence of a now social weekly Mr. Hailstone produced, in winter timo, on paper well calculated lo light fires, hts periodical. It ran till the weather grew warmer, and Felix always reck oned tho effort among his successes. With a bound wo now como to the days of tho S/tocAcr-tho 'Chilling shocker. Our author gloried in this now departure. Ile burst upon the public with Hashes of lightning on his covers; he tempted tho elect with insid ious titles and enigmatical pictures; he crept into mon'? heurts by printing every chapter of his lucubrations on paper of a different color; be displayed, in lino, more ingenuity than his host friendB had ever credited him with; and somo wont so far as to fortoll that ho might yt t gain tho public ear. In justice to Mri Hailstone wo may hero way, onco and for all, that ho hud admirers, though unfortunately of a class who discounted thoir approval and admiration. Ho was a man of wealth, bo it remembered, and, as such, gave a vast deal of occupation lo that largo community of fooblo folks who spend their timo in devudng methods for creeping into neb men's pockets. Theso people not only foimd good and much of monal instruction lu Felix's works, but generally took tho liberty of mentioning it, togothor with obher Irrelevant facts. Homo of his readers had large families. ?ailstono discov ered; some, only one arm; dome a stroke; ono wrote with tho waler ho washed In because ink could not bo purchased without money; ono ad mirer was not far from death, another from starving. Our author's writing on an empty stomach, by tho by, must, humanly speaking, havo meant years off a man's life. Mr. Hailstono, however, was blessed with common sonso in large quanti!los, a fact accounting itt some moasuro, possibly, for his lack of success in fic tion. Ho porfoctly well know that his books woro not largely read, and de termined to break now ground and tempt fortune with something histori cal. A novel tho book should be in name, and m name only, ho decided. *9?rjrm?A3 mumraai i HUMMBIWIII m urajwiiiuui min i MI I I I.i Phoplo might read thc? coming volume for plot ir they chose; but, as a teacher, as a crystal I i/.cd epitome of a by-gone era, the book must live; that, Mr. Hall? stouo was determined. Condescending to no casuistical questions ns to what really does or does not constitute tho past, Felix boldly put tho matter be yond all dispute and laid his plot in tho year 1870. Then ho read up tho period, let his pen dry, and lived, for tho space of a month, among books othor than his own. After which course of study, ordering in Ink as another man might ordor in table alo, tho author wroto twelve hours six days a weok, and corrected for tho press upoti tho sev enth. With tho production of this ponder ous and historically acturate work wo bring Felix to tho most Important period of his wholo lifo; that in which tho "Hailstone Competition" hist eniored his mind, and from which this narrative properly has Its bel?g? Mr. Hailstono was fifty years of ago, and bad written hard upon twice that number ot novels, when one day, iu his morning nownpapor, ho chaneod to see an advertisement, or willoh tho sub stance was as follows: Tinco prizes of small value wore offorod for tho longest list of charac ters from tho ilction of Thackeray. What measure of success attended this speculation ts not goomally known; but ho or sho who devised this compe tition has without question, a very considerable claim on Mr. Hailstono and may, indeed, long since havo pushed it. Felix road and ruminated; then n great, thought spread its light over his face, and terrille possibilities ontered bis mind. Advertisements both bold and subtle ho had tried and tried again, but nothing calculated lo carry his hame all over tho world, and certainly nothing in tho slightest degree likely to raise universal interest in his writ ings. Now, however, both these much desiring consummations appeared with in measurable distance of fulfilment. Substituto, if you ploaso, Mr. Hall stone's name for that of the great novelist already mentioned, enormously increase tho sums of monoy to bo of fered as prizes, and you seo our friend's scheme in a nutshell. Now Thackeray has a moro trille of some three thousand characters In his works ol' fiotlon, but this number sinks into notlilngnojs when compared with Hailstone's creations. From tho mo ment when, at seven years of ago, his youthful mind, saturated iu nursery fabio, little Fohx, with much Inking of lingers, scrawled something which a proud father caused to bo printod ver batim, to tho days wo now treat of, tho writer's llgmonts had numerically increasod with years, until, on tho most modest computation, somo 0,000 of Impossibly dull men, women and children owed their existence to Ilk Mrbloi'S ?u?r?r and brajas. Mr tiaiklor,\ lils idea once per fectod, came to business with ti o lil ijaoyi nrou?pUUuU!. l.hir'liig?'.tho follow' rug ?.?"lilli- June, ?8?ir>:- lila ai,i ona.1: tniirits appeared whom yoi tho Knghst I pilg?e was spoken. Iii Loudbii h? rented an ornoo and engaged li stuf, competent to deal with the mass o work so big a business would entail His advertisement itseir, us bel nj unique among tho curiosities ol' litera uro, wo boro transcribe: F JOLI X llAIbSTOXIS Will glVO till sum of ton thousand, live thousand mu ono thousand pounds sterling, respect ively, for tho three most complete list of characters to bo found in his work! of fiction. All lists must bo at "Tin Hailstono Competition Uilice," Kihi William street, London, E. C., befon twelve o'clock, P. M., on olst Decem ber, 1885. Intending competitors would do wei to notice tho following most Importan fact: Mr. Hailstone's now novels will ap pour monthly, and ali bo included ii tho competition up to September next Hy this arrangement every English speaking nation and colony will oiijo, equal chances of success with til United Kingdom. Any inquiries or communications nd dressed to "Tho Ofllco," as above, wi! recoivo Immediate attention. Bun ken Messrs. Misery a id Irons, London. There is no entrance feo of any kind From tho tir.^t Mr. Hailstone's mulei taking assumed gigantic proportion! and tho interest occasioned by hi manifesto, as soon ?is its gonulnones and solidity were put beyond quostioi appeared very considerable indeed. Ninety-three English publishers wet upon our author's track Immedlatolj and double that number of America ones also busied themselves, not wil Hailstone, but lils writings. Thoug he made no monoy in America however, Felix carno fairly out < much piracy and tribulation; for ami reproductions, reviews, and roproachi ho was read, and tho laws of inte national copyright, for once, played a author's gamo in spite of him telf. At home matters foll out dtflorentl; Hailstono bocamo a notable mau, groat deal was written ol' him and h books; theso latter suddenly acquire intrinslo value, and tho English rlgh of reproducing thom woro paid for sums of three ligures. Now editions of Hailstone beean tho ordor of tho day, and hardly a ma or woman, though hu or sho might lia no intention of actually parlictpatil in tho coining contest, but bought ol at least of tho now celebrated novels. Thon was Thc 'Ihroh relighted; tia did tho "shockers" pilo thctnselv foot high on tho bookstalls, and tl historicsomo ox tend Its pondero form; for thousands of eager bra! were devoting thouisolvcs to Hallsto and all hts works. Certain novels-perhaps ten In all thoir author refused to republU thoroby giving rho to muchoxcltemoi much despair among thoso who coi not procuro thu works in qnestir much jubilation among thoso who d: Literary papers, amid their ebro clea of rare book finds, im min mt s.i of scurco publications, and ao for would contain such items of nows tho following: "Mrs. Jone?, of Peckham lt yo, v fortunate enough on Friday last to tl cover in a cupboard, unopened many yeats, Follx Hailstone's ?Fal; ???MIMI i III mi ii m i Mw-j- iiMin i n ri TI I^I' rr Tim Augel,' a novel of willoh only thirteen copies ure in oxistonce. The prologue lins unfortunately been outer by mice." Or this: "Two dustmen, in tho exorcise ol their vocation yesterday aM iiioon lu "West Kensington, simultaneously chanced upon Hailstone's 'Tiger Inly' in a placo whoro, until the pr-.wi1 sensational period, it might naturally havo beou expected. Tho r.cav. .. -eis carno to blows, and now each is said to possess half tho book. It parted at pago 207." This novel, wo may mention, wai exceedingly raro, and tho two po) ions wore purchased by a company o MM, speculators who framed 'Tin Tiger JLlly' with caro and n?ceos? until an other copy turned up In Yorkshire, People got Into prison ovor tho Illili stone compotition also-a B?ro sign the scliemo was doing Weih Many spurious volumes purporting to bc f rom Hailstone's pon appoarod; bal then was in these, invariably, sonic shadow of ability or interest which convicted tho authors without need ci liol i x's! own disclaimer. These gentlemen suf? fered at the hands of justice,,and na ture hersoir was also reported as av) nu victims to tho Hailstone co'; ; ( il ion : but whothor a prolougod and oyo intorcourso with our author's lotioii roally did, on any occasion, t ni Kaili man into a lunatic, canno! in nv bi known with truth. Ten thou* mi: pounds ls a largo sum of money noe mon have certainly beforo hov iskei moro than tho madhouse fr? li half of it, In truth the laurels of linne st ?tl afc inst tm Felix Hailstone' ii row Somebody brought out an. braces which rendered th doniesth button a thing of no forth; > and to our novelist was this . volo a ry suspender dedicated. Then i graphy (with portrait) of M.,: : appeared, and a gentlemen. \vh rumored would taken pri/.u 1 competition, but who ul til ?ate to get among tho llr.se ten, ward a work entitled 'll. . ia. Tho 'Hailstone Birthday '. i enjoyed PO . ? patronage, ?iud theatre w?. .o you went w cost and thou paid for pro g rai' fresh air, mid othor neeeii business was reported lo b iv I tl something ponderous and <\ tributed to U?list?nela carly viii th Meantime our author kopi his w i to tho public, and amid nil tho lao arising from his great iindottfil. ji i produced monthly a brand hi original novel; but not, it II od bo sind, at his own expense I.'nb I bul high, and probably no cr j earliest cave man scratched u urn ri with one bono upon anotiii r? Ht . ; meaning to that mark, atid foresbadowed literature, han mattel innately valueless bocona po?. ? ???.<' ? greater value. Pages might he d vol. to Incidents arising out o; l!;<- "Hail sj ?bri (.? itnpetHi?ii " bur. in ;h<se wool we iry a ih'iium renders liiWuse ?uif, it ?vii! br bent n haste O.ij tbyvat'd' tho inijicnditig dirta.x. December leaned, and .'AS'.' 5,,><*u lo poiir ?hid L'Mlx's OillciN N'o li's! with few fi t.ban 0,000 iiaiijoSM) tl ici blood the SlliUlU'St eli) success, and vast nun; O; util destroyed. Tons of wa ,per lo bo carted away; the s oi !0i I oh demanded au Increase bf . . \ ?in got it; newspapers cac ' ni 'liing lished tho names of tho;?? . ?io . !< tho poll (some sold thei i ritt ri affair to speculators, with a total ?i! 0,2:10, who, |> ber '23, stood very ma . i iw nbc, of any oilier, wits offen i . Hun: pounds for his chance bul refu-.i .) take it, another, whov iii b.'i lost in tho post, uommlli With tho Australian m ol ?in i between live and six Ii i' : but no catalOg?Q ann tit t:< show any dangerous ni ; , N rica did far better. < r, ititi competitor from New S'o . bills missed tho third place il tho contest. Two h r ; letters eamo In with a mill . last day ot all, and ;. thousand strong, saw t' tl y< ; beneath tho walls ol (iii liai . Compution Ullleo. I/Jng un pa lei Uiey waited, till linallj ill Lin ?0 dbi on New'Year's morning, wit] tho e bells jangling In their ;?: i i, Un ICM was made known to them. A blaze idectrio light illumiur.tod Iii.) Aviutti upon which all eyes had i eu hxed; a upon a huge blackboard in ibti?iai) feet high appeared thr I? ow [rend : Mr. T. Jones, London .. . . Mr. F. Williams, London i.. MIBS Amy Brown, London... I,on hm had won ti!?* oompotltl Diitrigtit, and the hurricane of che which greetod this fact wai heard tho stillness of tho lilgh'i !.. i lit! policemen at a distance of m tie: fr? tho scene of action. Mr. Hailstono, in SVI'.??O honor I sheering was renewed a> [ion . t afc window after a short mid int tho' following statoiiii nt "Every lino," said he, "lhat 1 tv remember to havo had pubjished I been secured by JAcs.us, ?iones ti Williams; but tho former, by iib oxiraordinary chanco, hus como li possession of a fragment that ! iv/r when an Infant, a frngtncnl willc: 1 i father, the lalo Foils I laiistOiib, Mincing liane, had printed ex tic tl j lt left my childish pi n. j hill tal comes under tho conon ions ol . mil manifesto, it is (lotion ami ivi'il by me." Tho biography Willoh robbed Williams of ?10,001? and put thal s Into tho pocket of Mr. Jones . wt tho trouble of transcribing: There was wunco fl boy tiled do run away to c to ti koral rc (Vu parma ho was tl rounded, Fi Li:. (I ??/iTO.SfK. agO?l y yt,; So onded tho Hailstone 1 mi petit What it cost its orlgim or what good ii, did to bim won't/ bo considerable a quos' iou f i hiere ii lng inquiry. Some people declare i Felix actually ma le Money by ?chorno, othorS, that he lost half fortuno atid gained nothing; but il stone himself novo, touchod upon point to us; After all, tho subject purely personal one. Lot U3 leave author, therefore, ht the halcyon hour ot auccess. Ho waa hoard to say, not long sinco, that a foar, almost amount? ?hu? to a conviction, troubled him. When questioned upon color of his alarm, ho answered that tho possibility Of some dav "writing himself out," of ? une day Anding that ho had Bald all lie ?as got to say, wolghed heavily upon Ii is mind. Thoro is something singularly touch i JU;, modest, and groundless lu those apprehensions. ;. t> Tasto in tho Tip of tho Tong MO. strictly spoaklng with tho tip of tho tongue ono can't really tasto at all. If you put a small drop of honey or oil of bittet' almonds on that part of tho mouth, you will ibid, no doubt to your great surprise, thnt it produces no of fo?l? of any sort; you only tasto lt when it i egins slowly to di ff uso itself, and ' tobes tho true tasting rogion in tho middle distance. But If j ou put a lit HM cayenne or mustard nn tho samo part you will lind that it bites you im mediately-tho oxporitnent should bo tried sparingly-while if you put it lower down In tho mouth, you will swallow lt almost without noticing tho ptingoncy of tho stimulant. Tho roason i that tho tip of tho tongue ls supplied . .lily with tho norves which aro roally ni rvos of to'"m, not norves of taste Proper; they eulong to a totally diffor t main branch, and thoy go to a dif rent centro in tho brain, together with the vory similar threads which supply the norvo of smoll for mustard and pepper. That is why Ibo smell and !. sto of theso pungent substances aro ? much alike, as everybody must havo )tlced, a good enifi at a mustard pot producing almost tho same Irritating l ifocts as an incautious mouthful. . /hen ono is trying deliberate experi ments on tho subject, in order to test io varying KC n si tl ve ness of thu di'T -r "it parts to different substances is n i? isary to keep tho tongue quito dry in order to isolate tho thing you aro ex : erimenting with and prevent its pr ead lng to all parts of thu mouth to gether. In actual practice this result ls obtained In rather a ludicrous man ner-by blowing upon tho tonguo be ' ween each experiment with a pair or bellows. To such undignified exped ients does tho pursuit of science lead : ho modern psychologist. Tho Flower Trade ol' IJOIKIOII. Tho dower trade of London is esti? mated at a value of $5,000 a day, and is showing a rapid increase with ovory leason. Tho groat metropolis not only draws ila varied supplies of Howers and plants from Its own southwestern conn- ( oies with thoir mild and equable eli mato. but reaches out lo Franco and Haly for Us collection ot' tho choicest and most costliest'specimens. There ls a regular Mower train between Nico : and O nines to London In the early i spring, but '.!;>. i th men so cost of hjs ti'aoiporluiioii lau hui to ila- formation Ot' gren t t st a 111 ls1 ? MIC o i s iii tho U n ?tB(l .Kin'''"i'.-1 for tho supply oi i ? ? i . live di?inaud. 'IM .? hi".'..yt our o:' ibo lift ld li' situa- ' : ted, . i estate, ut (.'a'.'uinrt.?i t, in Sinti! Wales, belonging io (Japl, Muns Hold, of the Royal Navy. There aro a great many separate buildings for tho i cultivation of different plants. Thus j there aro no loss than 200,000 lilies of i the valley in tiio hothouses, willi roses, ? camelias, carnations, pansies, jasmines and heliotropes in like profusion. Thoro ? are oightoen large forcing houses that, ? Willi the appendixes, form 200,0.10 feet | ot' glass, wit.'.i six miles of pipon. , An Ideal Summer Hot el. "If I were planning a summer hotel," observed a somewhat cynical but most observant old gentleman, once who:i this topic was under dis cussion, 4ll would give especial atten tions to opportunities for llirtations. There should be no end or windows (ind nooks curtained off, ama1! balconies and oushionod seats, and ali adapted to the accommodation of two and no more. This should bo a spooial foal uro, as Ibero would be no need to advertise lt. After tho first season every young man and ovory society girl In tho coun try would know all about it. and that would Insuro tho success of tho house." Tho old gentleman's remarks wero recoivcd as a moro jest*, but, in point of fact, lt may ba doubted whether thoy wero not underlaid by a pretty sub s'antial found ilion of fact. In theso days lt is pretty apt to be tho young people who decido tho dioico of loca tion for tho summer, and with the young people it is precisely those things which soom to their elders frivolous which count most heavily. Thero aro several species of fish which aro much moro at home out of their natural elomont than any species of tho human raco aro in water. The climbing perch is a remarkable nxam plo found m Asia. This singular crea ture appears much bko other perch, but is endowed with an extraordinary power of leaving failing streams, climbing tho banks and proceeding over dry land in quest of better?Ulled water courses. Hundreds of them have been aeon ata distance of fifty or sixty yards ?from a pool just abandoned, and travel ing, though the ground was so rough that this distance must have required Bunioicntmnsoular exertion to take thom half a milo over lovel ground, ?onie writers ovon assert that this Uah is capable of climbing tho rough stems ol palm trees. Tho fishermen of tho Gauges, who subsist largely ot climb ing porch, are accustomed to keep them in dry etti then pans lor (Wo or six days ?after catching, and they live this strange life without discomfort. Welt's "Sun ?xml Planet" Milgi nc. A "Sun and Vianet"engine, designed by James Watt, has still a placo lu tho famous brewery of Messrs, Whltobroad ?fe C>., in Ghlswoll stroot, London, and is still performing tho duty for which lt was constructed In lTtio. Though thero havo boen altera tiona to increase tts powor, all tho principal parts ro main as thoy wore originally manu factured. A metal tablot aOlxod to tho onglno gives an account of Ita Invention and history. Fishes Out. of Water. FASHION NOTES. -A bat of the Mephistopheles genus is shown in spots of Jet, with a wing of the same on either side. Hanked on either sido by scarlet bows. -Tho flrat bonnet made for Princess Christian's youthful daughter ls of coarso Straw in a sh ad o of ruby, with upstanding bow and croousos. -A Rhine-stone butterfly, nestlod among threo full, short ostrich loath ers in Princess of Wales fashion, is ii very fashionable coiffure decoration. -Now French sateens sliow Pompa dour designs in bright colors, artistic groupings, and finely drawn flower, leaf and tendril patterns on tinted goods. -One of the advantages in em broideries on todo de Russo is that one nooda no pattern to follow, but can carry ont their own fancies in decora tivo effects. -A heliotrope gauze bonnet of much tho same form lind a spray of lilac at tho side. Thoro was a full bias band of dark heliotrope round Its brim, front and back, and no strings. -Tho now cotton goods aro mostly striped zephyrs and etamincs, the stripes generally formed of clusters of bright ami dark-colored cords on ecru, cream and palo-tinted grounds. -Many of tho newly imported French polonaises are cut with Pom padour or heart-shaped bodices, or lu graduated points, this opening reach ing from the throat to the belt in front. -Small baskets filled with Howers aro occasionally placed on tho pido of a bonnet. Tho crowns of toques still show a tendency to jollybag form. Ono lu scarlet of this nature had sequins all around it. -Furs and parasols do not seem to co well together, but there aro few clays in our treacherous climate when some sort ol' warm clothing is not needed. Squirrel boas aro at tho pres ent moment being sold by thousands, and aro certainly comfortable wear. -Som'? excellent effects aro obtained in such Howers as the tulip, poppy, iris and anemone, by using a moss-colored velvet and letting the high lights bo seen tn a semi-transparent and vividly ( colored silk, ouch as nature's petals , show when the sun is shining upon them. - All the bonnets for tho coming season havo strings. The transparent foundations made with drawings of point d'esprit on wire, aro much adopted and supplied in many varieties of coloring. Lace is used in tho same ' manner, with brims and strings of vel- < vet. Pmkod-out silk ?3 likewlso In de- 1 niand for rosettes and ructos. 1 - Many of the foundations of tho ' spring bonnets aro of finely drawn crepe do chino, which, with tho wiro ; used lt; abai 'l theib; is ma le ti. great ? ' s ??riel v Of coloring, Une in thu; st) lo, 1 uVaibi "I hell.(hope, had the sider' ot" M black w?rgt*, ?hd ie the centro, lu . .i int> ii Imudkerehlflf ot lace, folded h\ fol iona like a parasol, holding up lilac i blossom's and o.fpi'by bi tito siitiio mauve i Lint. J -A lovely thing In transparent passementerie, made of grass, wfis lined with old rose. On Hie front of , Lins was a bouquet of light mixed foli age, in which were poised threo butter- | Hies, colored respectively, pink, red i uni yellow. Strings of jet beads, tied tn a knot, fortneil tho coronet of a ] bonnet of drawn black muslin, lt was ornamented with a fan of chantilly ] lace and a butterfly bow of old pink. -A pink velvet bonnet was covered ?ill over with black guipure luce worked in silk. This opened up tho centro at tho back, where was a velvet roso of ? tho bois de rose tono, and any number of leaves of tho same completely Idl ing up the vacuum. Over tho front was an accentuated point formod by an angUi of jo/, which kept In Its placo a piece of oross-cut velvet, describing an \ aculo point, a large osprey at tho back. ? -Tho Gainsborough shape is still soeir, but, of course, a hat of tlii3 plc- ? turoaque naturo should only bo worn by a tall woman, and necessitates i p.nines of ostrich or an abundance of laco. Moro rural-looking hats aro in i rough black straw, with clusters of sweet peas, poppies or bluets. Some - oro made of rush or wicker-basket work, lined with color and trimmed with plumes that correspond, mixed with grass and reoJs. -A marvel of neat manipulation was a dust-colored tweed polonaise from Paris. ,The fullness of tho back of tho waist was gathered and but toned ott to tho bodice Uko a pocket; the back of tho bodice was entirely com posed of fiat plaits stitched down,, a strap of the cloth about an inch wide going down tho exact centre; the alcoves wero of the pagoda form, with tho cuff lot In beneath of brown vel vet, -What shall we have next? Could anything ba more usoloss than a cropo llsso pockot handkerchief? Yet manu facturers aro trying to bring thom in, not only for trimmings in millinery but lor dross handkerchiefs. Holding thom in tho hand must bo detrimental, and any thought of using thom simply ridiculous. Hut. they aro to bo had in all tho delicate shades now fashionable, the faintest green, pink, yellow, blue and cream. -Some of tho bonnets in French net havo round drawn crowns liku an in fant's cap. A black capoto of this na turo had ono sido made up in snow drops, and tho rest of tho bonnet was like a baby's hood, with small snug looking bows and white volvot strings. A similar ono was of cream velvet, with out flowers, and had a tiny pink but terfly bow resting on tho hair, A black jet bonnet, with tho crown tue shape of a horsesiioo, had violets all ar ?timi and bows and strings of a corresponding color. On a white volvet toque ap peared wluto wings, and an osprey and u swallow in jet. Ono of point d'osprlt In heliotrope, drawn together by wiro of tho sarao abado, took tho form of a turban filled with violots, tho crown being covrt-od with tho simo flowers. Many in tho same style are made up of crocuses, tulips and une monos in place of the violeta. HORSE NOTES. -?iobort Steol'a b. m. K?a? Medium bad a foul on April 1, by Epaulette, - Jay-Eye-Seo will be condltiouort thia year and Bent to lower his recoud. - It ia said that Bob Miles is llkoly to be as good thl3 season us be evor was. -O. Bradenburgh'a pacing maro Bessie M. has rounded to and can go a lively clip. -Von Arnim, 2.19^ Commodoro Kittson's trotting stallion, will bo sold at auction. -Barnum, tho voterau Bonnie Scot land gelding, is looking romarkibly well this spring, -Jamos Green, at the Geutleinon'f Driving Track has refused $3000 foi his 2-year-old colt. . -Tho 2.30 pacing ci BBS at Island Bark did not HU, but there were 121 entrlos to tho other olasaea. -The thoroughbred stallion Prince ton, foaled 1874, by Oakland, died al tho City of Mexico, March 13. -Harry Wilkes is the first horse to trot a mlle in 2.13? In April. The last quarter of the milo was trotted In .'il:]*,, a 2.07 galt. -James Dustin has gone to Califor nia, having mado an engagement with Mooroo Salisbury, of Oakland, who owns Director and Monroe Chief. -John Conrad, of Whitpaln town ship, Montgomoiy county, L'a., has sold a pair of Mambrino Pilot mares to Hon. Goorgo Brinlnoll. of this city, for ?1100. -George Nachtrieb, contractor of Buffalo, N, Y., bas sold to A. C. Nivens, of Bast Hampton, Mass., a bay colt, 0 months old, by de romo Eddy, for $1250. -J. X. Newton, of California, has imported from Australia tho colt True Briton, foaled 1884, by John Bull, and Goldsborough, Jr., b. c., foaled 18S5 by Goldsborough. -At Macey Brothers1 Versailles, Ky., a sorrel trotting mare, by Van derbilt, dropped a foal by Messenger Chief on April 1-the property of William M. Silverly. -Smith Burr, father ol' Caril S. Burr, died at O.imao, Loner Island, April 0, aged 83 years. Mr. Bun, was ono of tlie pioneer trotting-horse bree ders of Long Island. -Oliver K. is being jogged again. Ho ha3 shown no lameness, and the anlargemont of his log, which was caused by the sprain of a ligament, has nearly all disappeared. -David Bonnor says: "Tho track of tho New York Driving Club is now in condition t/? give horses thoir prepa tory work, and the club expects to bniYO tho opening day at an early ilato." -W. II. Crawford sold Problem ape Alert at auction at tho Bay District t:rack, San Francisco, on /vprll . 2, the termer for $3400, to Mr, Bennett, of Uhieago, and the latter lor $.3800, to ?olin Arm.'.tro.itv, ol Detroit, ? tyey Billi', ? ? thorough^?:..?.<i'*' [>ro ?cl mn re feu hui IS!)*? by imp, Ar. Vt. ra llan, died at tlie Woodbury Stud. Ky., recently. She was tho of Jersey Lass (dam of Macduff and Sapphire), Favorito (dam of favor), Kingcraft and Macbeth. -Nathan Strauss' challenge on be lialf of Majolica for a race with any trotter in tho country, barring Harry Wilkes, for ?10?? a sido, is likely to lead to a match between Majolica and W. ?li, Gordon's maro Mambrino Spar kle. Solan thinks the maro would win. -J. I. Casu has invested $00,000 in California real estate. A twenty-acre patch in the foot hilln of Pasadena will servo as a winter residonco. Then he has a fow acres more in tho growing town of Monrovia and thirty-(Ivo acre?} in tho Duarte district, all set ont with orango trees. -Tho Cleveland Driving Park Company will open a $5000 ntako for 2.21 or 2.25 class, on tho plan similar to last year. Payments of 2} per ceut. on May 1, 2$ per cent, on June 1, 2^ percent, on July j, and last payment on July 10. Horses held for amount paid only, and must bo named and ollglblo at tho time of fourtb payment. -The uncertainty as to whether Tremont will start for the Withers or be rosorved for tho Suburban forms ono of the hardest conundrums backers have ev cr, h ad presented them, and the betting books show layers In the same state of mind, lt will bo noticed that be is as good as 3 to 1 for tho Withers,, which, taking all things into consider ation, is good odds, wlitlo ho has re codod to 25 to 1 for tho Suburban. -Henry Siro says: "1 will match Harry Wllkos againot any trotting boroo, maro or gelding, mile heats, hv.nl three m (Ive, m harness, for from $1000 to $10,000 a side; or, as I know Robert Bonner will not trot bia horses for a stake, or for money, wo will trot the littlo horse against Maud S., for fun or for a trophy, whou he shall get here. Harry Wllkos showed my brother a gool fast milo, how quick I cannot tell you, but tho last half was made good and strong in 1.04, We now own him ourselves, having purchased Frank Van Ness' Interest for $13,000, making tho total price paid for hun $-2.3,000," -J. II. Schultz, ol' Brooklyn, has just purchased tho b tn. Bonita, rec ord 2.13}. foale! 1870 by Electioneer, dam May Fly, from Pierre L Millard, Bonita was foaled at tho famous Lalo Alto Farm, California. As a 2-year old Bonita mado a record of 2.21} and as a 4-year old she got a mark of y.l8|. Mr. I/willard afterwards bought her for * 12,000, Senator Stanford agreeing to buy her back for breeding purposos, at any time, for $5000. Tho terms or salo to Mr. Schultz, aro private but probably aro about on the basis of her coat to Mr. LoriUard. Sho will likely bo bred to Pancoast. Miry oh nitz also owns tho following well-bred mares: Kitty Bates, 2.10; and dam of Lucy Fry, 2.201; Lady Pritchard, 2.21; Algath, 2.23; Ismquona, 2.28); Beat rice, dam of Patron, 2.10}; Godiva, dam of Domostio, 2 21}. mid Maggie Wilkes, by G iorgo Wilkes. Mr. S.iUlU haS Sold to Fierro Lori Hard tho team pf bay goldings, C.donol Stevena and Gettysburg.