Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tlie Homestead. Ol?, wandorors from ancestral soil, I.cavo noisomo mill and chnQbrlng storo, Gird up your loins for ulurdior toll And build tho home- onoo moro 1 Como hack to bayborry scented slopes And fragrant lorn amt groundnut vino; Ureatho airs blow ovor hill and copso, Swoot with black birch and pine. What inattor if tho gains aro small That lifo'? essential wants supply ? Your homestead's tltlo gives you all That idle wealth eau buy. All that tho many dollaroil oravo, Tho brick walled slavo of chango and mart, Lawns, trees, troah air ami flowora you h av? Moro dear for lack of art, Your own 00I0 maators, iroedom-willod, With nono to hld you go or stay ; Fill tho old Holds your fathers tilled, Aa manly mon ua thoy I With akill that aparoa you tolling bauds, Anti ohomle aid thataolouco bringo, lteclaiui tho wasto and outworn latida, And roign thoroon aa klugs. THE ANALYST. I write these pages as a warning. I don't suppose anyone will profit by it. From tho timo ol' Cassandra downward, nobody has ever paul attention to warnings. But Chat ls not my affair. A London nowspapor some years ago gave ui> several columns of its valu ble aplico to tho question, "What shall we tl o with our boys?" 1 perused tho eeriest, onde nco with a strong personal lute*est, for I myself am tho proprietor of a boy-several boys, in point of fact*, bul l refer moro particularly to my eldest, aged nineteen, as lo whom 1 felt that it was time something was settled. 1 have a great belief-partly derived from tho before-mentioned cor respondenoe, and partly from my own observation-in studying a boy's natu ral bent, und Unding him an occupa tion in accordance with it. .Such being tho case I began to study Augustus, with a view to finding out his special aptitude; but, unless a really remark able raoulty tor outgrowing his trou sers may bo BO regarded, 1 could not for sumo time discover that ho had any. By dint, however, of caroful observa tion and cross-exam jual ion of tho household, L elicited that he .vas ad dicted to making extremely offensive smells ni tho back kitchen with chemi cals, and that he had what is eallod a "collection" of beetles and other un pleasant insects stuck on pins ni a box in his bedroom. Lt appeared, thoroforo, that lils proclivities were scientific, and I ultimately decided to make an ana lyst of him. Accordingly, after dis posing of sundry painful but presum ably necessary arrangements as to pre miums, Augustus was duly articled to a l'ubllc Analyst. I uso capital letters,, because 1 observed that Mr. Scrutin himself always did so. Why, I cannot say. Possibly ti public aualyst-with . u: capital.-!, Would not eonmmud the . ne i'u. rut 01 publie etm!??tOiice. On . .'ri.'.' :<.' ! don't SUjipo'Ut iuV would. i A .ig?;?I u ' 'n s', demand ou taking ur I. ii!t\ ;'. pat lou was a microscope, 1 ' A ?d ahilo you're, about it," ho mig : jested, "it had better li? ti good one." At first 1 was inclined to suspect that ibis was an artful dovlco for tho further Indulgence of his entomological vices, and lhattho implementwould bodovoled to post-mortem examinations of do ceased caterpillars or other kindred abominations. Ho assured me, how over, that such was not tho caso, and that tho microscope was nowadays 'Hire very shoet-anchor of analytical suc , cess." Tho "sheet-anchor" complololy took tho wind out of my sails. (I feel that there is rather a confusion of metaphor hero, but, not bomg a nauti cal person I don't feel compotent to soo it right). I surrendered, humbly re marking that 1 aupposod a llvo pound noto would cover it. Tho youthful analyst laughed mo to scorn. Tho very least, he assured me, that a good working microscope could bo got for would bo len or twelve pounds. Ulti mately 1 agreed to purchase ono at 10 guineas, and congratulated myself that at any rate was done for. On tho con trary, it wai. only just begun. No soonor had my analyst secured his microscope than ho began to insist upon tho purchase of a number of auxiliary appliances, which, Itappoared, no rospoctablo microscopo would bo seen without. He broke thom to mo by degrees. At first he only mentioned, If 1 romomber aright, an "achromatic condenser at 2 guineas. Next carno a "double nosopieco" (why "double" 1 don't know); then a polarizing appara tus and a .linera lucida (4J6 10s); thou * micrometer and a mlcrotomo (3 guineas moro); then somebody's prism tt 1<C 5s, and somebody else's micro? ?;pectroscopo, at I don't know how tnuch. Hero, howover, I put my foot lown. 1 am compelled to regard tho sordid consideration of price, though scionco doesn't. Tho microscopo and its subsidiary apparatus were duly dollvorod ; but my iitalyst appeared to bo in no particular hurry to convoy them to tho laboratory where ho was|8tudylnir. On my making a remark to this effect, ho replied: "Haven't taken thom to tho laboratory? No; and 1 am not going to. Mr. lie ru Un has got a precious sight bottor microscopo than mine, cost GO guineas without the littlo extra articles, and they were about 30 moro. Ho's got a microspiictroscopo, if you Uko!?' I refrained from arguing tho point anti mildly remarked that in that case he might haye used Mr. Scrutin's microscopo and saved mo some 20 guineas. Hut ho rejected tho idea with scot n, and explained that his micro scope was not for laboratory uso, hut for private study." So far as my observation wont my analyst's private study had hitherto been confined to a short pipo and tho last number of sorao penny dreadful; but I did not think it wise to chock his newborn ardor; I contontod mysolf by obsorvhig that 1 only hoped ho would .'stick to lt." * "No fear of that," he rejoined, as indignantly as a limpet might have dono in answer to tho same observa tion. "Why, mlcoscopy is tho most fascinating study out. Just take a squint at that, now." I looked down the tube, but couldn't soe anvthiug at nil, and made a remark to that effect. "Ob, that's bocause you haven't got tho focus. Now, try again. " I tried again and saw a sort of net work of rod ilbro, "I'll hot sixpouco you cau't toll mo what that isl" ho exclaimed triumph antly. 1 owned tho soft impeachment. "That's tho maxillary gland of a rat!" "Doar mel" I said. "Yos. Isn't it lovely? llore's an other. Now, Just look at that." (A queer, granular looking object.) "You ! don't know what that isV" "Givoitup." I said. "That's a section of the epidermis of the great toe. "Great toel" l exclaimed in disgust. "What on earth havo analysts got to do with great toes?" "Oh, nothing in particular," he said airily. "But wo Uko to have as much variety as possible. I should Uko to have a section of everything, If I could got it. Here's another pretty slide; ' that is tho section of a diseased potato; and this one is a blt of a frog's log." "Very Instructivo, I darosay," Ire marked, "but I hope you haveu't made mo spend twenty pounds morely to improve your acquaintance with frog's logs and diseased potatoes. Mr. Scrutin su roly doesn't analyze such things as these?" "I can't say we do much in frogs' logs," ho said, "but thoro aro lots of thing adulterated with potato. Flour and arrowroot and butter and cocoa and-and-a heap of things. And tho potato's just as likely to bo doceased as not. It may bo, anyhow, and thoro you are. If you don't know what dis eased potato looks like, you're done.'' "A pleasant outlook," I replied "if half a dozen of tho commonest articles of food aro habitually adulterated. " '.Bless you, that's nothing," ho ro pliod. "it that was all, there wouldn't bo much harm dono, There are a jolly sieht worse adulterations than that. In fact, pretty nearly everything's adul terated, and somo of 'em with rank poisons." "Rank poisons! That's manslaugh ter!" "Oh, no, it isn't," ho calmly re joined. "Of oourso they don't put in enough to kill you right off. And if you lind something disagreeing with you you can't swear what it is. It may ho tho mix v?mica in tho boer; but it's just as likoly to bo ontozoa In tho water, or copper in tho last bottlo of pickles. However, you're all right now. With an analyst in the family, at any rato you shan't bo poisoned without knowing lt. I'll lot you know what you aro eating and drinking. This follow"-and he patted tho microscope affectionately-"will tell you all about that." And it did. From that day forth I havo never enjoyed a moal, and I never expect to do so again, I havo always been particular to deal lit rospectrible (...' bl I sh to on ! lind toi bv ?i fall price, ?M tho h ?p of Iii? :ihi(t a good article. I havel pi had, ti very tolerable app? tit e, :?IH! tin i hat droiidi'vil i^jti|6scope eine Into Lb..-- house 1 tined lo got ti .an?.! ' .'?ii ol' > tjei'tiieht out of Ufo. JJu, o Kv id! chi ttgi'd. My uhltlyst bogan by undermining my faith in out baltor. Now, if thore was ono of our tradesmen in whom, moro than an other, I had confidence, it was the baker, who supplied what Boomed tc mo a good, solid, satisfying article, with nb nonsense about it. But one day, shortly after tho conversation I havo recorded, my analyst remarked at breakftst time: "We had a turn at bread yesterday at the laboratory-ex amined live samplos; and found three of 'em adultera ted. And do you know' -hold up a ploco of our own broad anti smelling lt critically-"1 rather fane) this of ours is rather dicky." "Nonsense!" I cried. "It's veo good bread-capital bread!" "You may think so," ho continued calmly; "but you aro not an analyst I shall take a sample of this to thc laboratory, and you shall have my re port upon it." "Take it, by all means. But if yoi lind anything wrong about that broad I'll eat my hatl" "Better not make rash promiser. I'll take a good big samplo, and you sha) havo my report on lt to-night." On his return homo in tho ovonlng ho began: "I've boen having a go-in a your bread. It's not pure, of course but there isn't very much tho matte with lt. There's a little potato, and i little rice and a little alum ; and wltl thoso additions, lt takes up a goot deal moto witter than it ought, so yoi don't got your proper weight." "Ahem!" 1 said "if that's tho caso wo'll change our baker. I'm not golnj to pay for a mixturo of potatoes am waler, ami call it bread. But as fo alum, that's all nonsonso. if they pu that m, wo should tasto it." "Qb, no; you wouldn't. When ainu ii put in broad it decomposes am forms Sulphate of potash, an aporlon salt, lt disagrees with you, of course but you don't tasto lt. As for chang lng your baker, tho next follow you tr might bo a jolly sight worse; bo migh put in bono dust, or plaster of Paris, o sulphate of coppor. And bosldos, hal tho adulterations aro in tho lion already, before lt reaches tho bakei Of course that doesn't provent Iii doing a little more on his own at count." And with that tho matter droppot so far as the bread was concornod; bi my conlldonce was rudoly slntkon. A fow days later, my analyst rt markod: "I don't think much of th milk;" and ho forthwith apropriatcd sample for analytical purposes; bul happily, was compelled to own that wasn't quito so bad as he expected. ) had moro than Its proper proportion < water; but that might arise--:io charil ably suggested-from tho cow bein unwell. To make up the deficiency had beon fortihod with treacle and co orod with arnatto, but thoso my analyi appoarod to regard as quito ovory da falsifications. "It's a rascally shaine," I said, "j ono can't put faitli in tho milk jug, it a bad lookout for tho Bluo Ittbbc gentlemen. However, let US hope tin the toa and coffee aro all right." "Not llkolyl" he rejoined. "Neat all tea ls .faced,' as they call it, mo or lose, and tho facing is itself an adi! teratlon. As for coffee, you don't ox? peet to got that puro, do you? lt's sure to bo ndxod with chicory, unyhOM , und very probably with roaste i acorns, beans, mahogany sawdust or oM tan. Baked horse-liver occasional.!y ; hilt Unit's an extreme caso. If in ari} re moto chance thoro wasn't anything wrong in the original coffee, you got il in tho chicory-, aud very often the io aie adulterations in both; so yon iel Vin twico ovor.'' "If that's tho case, no mme g ri Und co?Tco for mo. We'll grind our ow ii, and thou wo aro sure to bo sate. ' ' "You musn't make too cOekaivM <>t that. Some years ago an ingenious him took out a patent for A machino to mould chicory luto tho Bhapo of cof fee berries. Sharp chaps those | And , ot course they can put ?hyjhl?g they Uko Into the chicory before they work lt up.? ''That's ploasant, certainly. Then bow ls ono to socoro puro co?Teo?" "You can't secure It except by Send ing a sample to us, or eomo other shop ? of the same sort, to have ii in'tily/ed; aud if it's wrong, prosecute yt.-ni gre? cor for adulteration. After doing ; I a fow limes, he might find lt didn't p:<-y and give it up." "And how much would (tttat cc "Analysis or a sample of oolloo, omi guinea; analysis of butter, five gui) ca. analysis of milk? one guinea; mud vs:: of tea, ono guinea. Those aro rogular charges for private am \ , v . "Bather expensive, lt st em- A nd how much would it cost to ?pro? ec ute "Ah, that I can't tell you, sahl analyst. "Another fiver, or inore f dare say. But look at tho satisfa? ion 1 did look nt it, and ultim decided to givo my grocer th' I ? : of tho doubt, and cherish a : d"ho that ho win better than his I! The subject dropped. But a fow later thoro was apple-piul i og on * :io table. With tho dish in question analyst had always been in tl of consuming brown sugat md a j deal of It, Now, howes < >i sugar-basin - best Demarai i I fored to bim, ho put on ai: ? i as il he had been invited t i partake black draught. "Baw sugar I No, thank yon "Hello, what's wrong wi ,h tho sn ls that adulterated, too?" "Very probably," lie lot tl} j "But that's a small n. . genuine article is bad enough. "Bael enough!" Indlgnanll: posod my analyst's mainte... "Tl Mr. Grime's very host Moir'. . pence three farthings a pound!" "I due Bay it ls. If il waa pdnoe lt wouldn't make mtv di fieri Did you over boar of th sugar-1 Acarus sacchart-" "No; I can't say I ever did;" , ''and 1 don't want to, eil ? ? have had enough of this sort ol and I am not going to h i\ any i iel agonies ovor every article \ I had again put my foo dov ';. I. I it | ivas loo lute. 1 liad ever, analyst, undid prmiilly bf forfotttice oi ; his pocket tn on tv ?Vr aeyeinl ino t > io j come, lp'Hug u- anythmi; w'v./. y- c abb?t ??ie food we eat os' Un drl'iiJi vol Imbibe; billi the miseUUd was dube, : ! h'av'e lost my cop I ideoso i mau, and Still mum in my tu r productions. I may try i ll an i ni j ; foot way to protect our li', may give the strictest ortb i but tho refined est of B?gai admitted into our storo cupbourd; I who ls to answer for titi niau wli< makes the jam and then .; . oi tho other man who makes tlx J idi I rn cakes and tho three-cornordO tn t l? J And how much is there thal ive not hoard? I have silenced in na lyst's lips, lt is true, bm then a language of the eyes, nm' IMHO a language of tho nose, . . \ hen, with a scornful tip-tilt of thc says; "No, thank you," to ii libing my appetite is destroyed foi thal mi il, I can't tako a pill or ab;.,. ratjfg'hi without my disordered imagination picturing my chemist "pe-;: ling a poi soned poison" behind his counter, can't even eat a new-laid egg or crack a nut without wondering what M adulterated with. This is mort?: I io doubt, I am quite aware thal . morbid, but I can't help it 1 am'like Governor Sancho lu tho Island of B u i- ' tarla; my choicest dishes are. whisked away from mo-or rendered nanwoon*, i which isas bad-at the bidding ot a grim being who calls himself Analyti cal Science. Ho may not know any thing about it, or ho may be lylug; but moanwhi.o ho bas spoilt hiy appetite, and the dish may go away untasted f j me. Truly, a little knowledge ' lt diuif.1 ons thing. The moral oi iny painful atory is obvious. I intend to bri) up tho rest of my family, if ;?' ?Ible, io occupations involving no knowle whotevor. Tho Composition of Hon Ai . It has been generally assumed (bal sea air contains salt; expoi'11 dont . , ovor, which have mado bj ll I Sc he long have proved that sm oase. On a pen?nsula in tho North f ( ,i about twenty gallons of ab were drawn through a solution of nitral- of silver, and nota trace of chlorite; WM indi catod by tho silver solutt >i.. On ibo other hand, lt appears that the i ? a ai t is comparatively rich Ir o'/one. it nd very free from organic lin pin i ties ; aol to thoso properties may be ascribed tho hygienic mlluence which ??<. sojourn at tho seaside has upon Visitors; though perhaps, as much may bo duo lo i bo mero fact of exchange of ai i and . Ono can, however, hardly expect tl . deductions as quito conolusiyc, l?r thoro must be a certain amount hf the constituents or sea water In thc spiny, which, according to tho due-lion oj tho wind, will sometimos bi e bril j io a considerable oxtont, and i! would certainly seem highly probable thal the chloridos in tho air of so. results have somo action on tho human sj lom, -Grinstead, tho celebrated Oallfoi nhl stallion, siro of Volit?te, Gimo, Goliah, Silver Cloud, Verano, faire I etc., is In sucli demand in Cab onini that Mr. Baldwin has put his service: f x at $300, being tho lil diost livei luked in this country, lu England Stockwell stood at $1000, aiid Hermit has roached the sume figure. .\ Tusk ol' Much Grouter Peril Than On?! Would at First Imagine Tho tusk of successfully boarding au lOOborg with picks and bars is no easy ?nie. It ls almost as oxoltlng as tbo pursuit of a whale, uud ls often full of danger to the unwary. It is the testi mony of those who have experience in tti|?l businosa that you can not Judgo au Iceberg ns Blmplo mon frequently at tempt to judge a horse-by mero out ward appearances. Tho borg you uro upi roaching may tower up majestically, with a glistening rounded .summit Uko I 'M dome on tho Capitol at Washing ton, or it may rear splendid, ptct \< '.. aquo spirea, Uko thoso of a cathedral, 01 bo turreted like tho castle at Wind $ori Its vast proportions and arohl tcctur?l beauty may give it in your I eyes an appearance of enormous sta i bl 11 ty, while In truth its foundations ? are riekoty and unstable 1 There ls no way of tolliug what an apparently sedate iceberg may indulge 1 lu nt any moment. Its submerged base nuxy ho a gigantic mass balancing tho . \ posed portion of tho borg as firmly .?.right asa house built upon a rock, or it may be the most veritable fraud ? d makeshift of a foundation. icobergs rlslug hundreds of feet in . e air, with brilliant scintillating tur rets and spires have boon known to topple over without a moment's warn ing. Unliko tho foroat troes uud other v irks of lofty nature on tho land, cay In tho leoberg begins, not at tho top, but tit tho root, tho warmer temperature of tho water melting it at its base. Moreover, the iceborg seldom 1 ,osents an easily accosslblo sido to i .oso who would board it, the task of boarding a berg being very much in ;io nature of scaling a perpendicular v iii of glass, with constant and iuihio < lute danger of a slide into tho Bea. '' he occupation lu which thoso hardy fl horm?n are engaged is thus ono of . neb greater peril than ono would at first imagine. Ile Knew Her Sister. Mrs. Bollinger hoard a rap at tho I :ont door tho other afternoon and re sponded, to (hid a very distinguished joking gentleman, tall, extremely dlg illod and handsome, "Ahl Mrs. Bollinger, I bel levo," ho mid. "Yes, air." "My name is Harcourt. I live at Huron. Mro. Scott, of that place, is /our sister, ls she not?" "Yes, sir.? "Ah, yes, I am very well acquainted with her. She requested mo to call and do a little errand for her." "Oh, yes, won't you stop in, Mr. Harcourt?" "Thank you, I bollevo I will. Very flue weather wo're having." "Yes, slr. Take tho easy chair." "Thunk you-- pray don't pu' yourself; lt: auy trouble on lily apeojihi ' . Certa))-1,)' ripti Y\ as my ijhiior jvall j when Apo ) Oft I*," "Qniic. weih I'm pleased to say. lily \ tlie way^ M if. Dd Hinger, 1 haye ?J little j Work iH't'? which i HO i'd Uko to ?how ts i am sure you would no iutcrosiud in lt. lt is called "Darnel in the Lion's Den," and Is by tho Kev. Thomas lt. Deuteronomy, and it comes in twolvo parts exquisitely bound in cloth, leathor or extra Kassia, ls finely illustrated and should bo In ovory library, and I am taking hundrods of orders as you can seo by examining this order book, and everybody is wild over it, aud all pro nounce lt tho most wonderful book written since tho Holy Scriptures. It treats of Daniel in ton stages, when he darted to go into the den, when he got v little further in, when he got clear in, when tho lions carno up to examine lim, while thoy wero making their turvey, whilo thoy rotlred to consult .ogethor. whoo thoy announced the result to Daniel, when he convinced thorn that ho would not consent to an intop3y, when tho lions retired and Daniel got ont embellished with num erous cuts, plans, maps and beautiful iteel engravings, comos at ?1 a part or &12 for tho entire work, put your narao down hore and pay as you receive ouch part, eleven patts now ready-hore is a fountain pon, wrlto under Mr. Brown's uamo at tho bottom of tho paje." "Mr. Harcourt." said Mrs. Brown, cislngand aurprosalng her tears, "you'ro a mean, deceitful book agouti Get out of my house)" "1 know, but just aigu-" "Ci J on or I shall scream I" "Certainly, certainly, if you insist, no offense. Hut can you tell mo the name of tho lady next door and where some of her family lives? Ah, won't ehl I'll work another scheme thon. Good day, Mrs. Bollinger, good day, glad to have made your acquaintance!" Tho Knvolopo Trade. "It is wonderful how cheaply thoy ranko envelopes. Hero I have boen down to a wholesale house and bought 100 goo l white ones, plain, Of courso, for just thirty-llvo cents. Tho man who sold them to mo was telling mo of tho experience of a young physician in Covington. Ho had just plonty of timo on his banda ami ho resolved to utilize lt in making theso little powder or pro scription envelopes which doctors use. Ile worked away faithfully and dually made several h ur. tl reds. Thon ho brought 8omo samples of thom to tho papor house and asked what envelopes Uko that would co3t. "L'ifty-ilvo cents,? waa tho answer. '.'Oh, 1 don't moan by tho hundred, I want them by tho thousand,' said tho physician. "Well, that ls by tho thousand.' "Groat Scotti? ejaculated tho other; "do you mako thom as cheap ns that? Hero I havo been toiling and sweating in making them, and at that rate 1 havo just earned 17 couts a dav.' "Yes, envolopos uro now made by lightning machines, and their cost hi just as low as ono can imagino." -Tho Directors of tho Kentucky Trotting Horse-Hreodora' Association havo decided to hold a meeting from October 10 to lo, and havo oponed two extra stallion stakes for 2.21 and 2.35 classes and two extra stakes for 2 and 3 year-old colts. FASHION NOTES. -Black Bougalme, which luis been so extensively used for short wraps, Is this season also much usod for drosses. -Black watered silk ls admirably combined with black camels-hair for drosses of inlddlo-iigcd and elderly la dles. -A suggestion of silver throughout an entire black costume gives a beauti ful aird uncommon offect to this som bre dross. -Doublo stripes and stripes of ir regular widths, narrow stripes and hair lines aro all seen in tho new spring goods. -Dark-blue camol'sdialr serge, trimmed with tho cream-white silk gimps in Venotian arabesque designs, makes a stylish and bocomlug dress for travoling. Brides ana fashionable young matrons solect dark heliotrope or goldon-brown Irish poplin, aud doctorate the rovers, panols. waistcoat, oollar and cuffs with flat silk-cord hands and ornaments in applique, in a still darker shade of browu or holl? tropo. -It has boerr a complaint that fash ions were adapted on!? to queenly ilguros, but tlie Bprine styles are taken from a period v/her. ? small womau was tho leader, ?'ue hired tho artists or a kingdom to design patterns, com bined colors to suit her petite fl g ure and blonde infant type of beauty. The high roll of hair now worn by fashion able ladies was Madame Pompadour's fashion, introduced to render her stature more commanding. -The Scotch zephyr ginghams and chambreys brought out this Season aro worthy of special mention. Tho tufted striped ginghams liavo tho design woven to closely resemble tho silk and wool strings of last season, and aro shown in novel and really beautiful combinations of color. Tho solid col ored chambrays and ginghams aro dyed In lovoly shades ot pink, lilac-hlno, corn color, etc., and tho embroidered patterns como in various widths of : llouucingp. -Spring colors in hosiery are unusu ally varied, and In quail.y are beauti fully Ano in all grades of "regular- , made" goods. In solid colors thero are . somo handsomo shades in tho colors rich In tone, and also those delicately tintad. Tho dovo-gray and heliotrope dyes aro particularly attractive. In the lino ot fancy hose there are very few styles that can be said to be strictly new, yet thero are enough departures froDi tho standard patterns to give tho charm ot' novelty to tho exhibits. i -Indoor toilota are also of simple ? stylo. Wo notice a young lady's dress ! of gray sicilienne, tho skirt of which is quito plain; it is plaited in full round plaits ai tho back and side, and ar- - ranged in ono wide plait in front. Tho 1 bodice Is gauged over tho shoulders, '. whence tho fronts come down in full < [dall i to tlio waist*. This bounce is very slightly oponed lit th< throat, .ind In , trimmed willi while lace border con- . (.inned ';' front down to ilie waist*. L round waist tm nd, tight plain iloevon, j, ot lidioinp down much below thc : ; .dhow. ? -Spring walking costumes aro very I simple. They are generally of some J light cloth or fancy woolen material t combinod with plain silk; for instance, i a plain round skirt of dark brown silk, t over this an upper skirt of beige or buff woolen fabric, falling Iii full hol- ( low plaits at tho back, open in front, ( and slightly draped on each side. ( Tight-fitting jacket-bodice of the same ( material as the upper-sidrt forming a , round basque at tho back, and remain- < lng ontirely open in front, over a plaited plastron of boigo or buff and brown striped silk; this plastron over hangs a little lower than the waist, it is put on at the top to a small piece of plain, dark brown silk matching the underskirt, and finished with a small turned-tip collar of tho same material. Plain sleeves without any revers, but toned at the wrists with two large but tons. -Until quite lately it was an un common thing to Bee a lady wearing a colored mantle; it was, iu fact, quite an exception, and no ono would havo thought of such a thing unless it were for a ceromony or to rldo in a carrige. Now it ls quito di (feront; ladles wear mantles of colored cloth, or Bilk oven, with ovory-day town tol'-ots. A young lady frequently weare A redingote of silk or cashmore, in medium shades of blue or green; a young married lady woars a mantle of bay-brown or purple silk in which to pay her visits. Tho dress may be as simple as possiblo winni tho mantle is long, but the man tlo should bo stylish, of an elegant material, rich coloring and tasteful trimming of lace or passcmontorio. -Wlii'o and cream-tinted French buntings and similar fabrics, somo plain and others having tiny brocaded ligures or lino satin stripes, aro also popular for theso drosses, and, whilo lace may bo used, ribbon is oven prof erred for thoso goods. A Alarming dress of Ano Fronch bunting 1148 side pockets mad? of altor nato perpendicular rows of moiro ribbon, tinco inches wide, aud Egyptian luco two inches In width, tho laco lapped about half-way over the ribbons. Thero is a full apron, Irregu larly draped and a butterfly draping at tho back, with flat bows of mono rib bon. Tho basque ls short, and has a sort of vost-plastron made of moire r.b bon and Egyptian lace. -Tho' following describes a lace pelisse of exquisite style: It ls of very fino Chantilly laco, plaited Uko a sur plice from top to lottom, and finished at tho neck with a small shouldor plcco of jot hoads; double legionnaire braces trim tho front and back; tho front ones aro continued Into a bolt, which goes round tho waist and is fastened at tho back with long ends; tho lining, of colored silk, shows through tho lace; tho sleovo is also of lace, plaitod all tho way down over colored silk; it is put on to a wristband of jet beads. Tho bonnet, which matches this pretty polisse, has a pro truding brim; tho crown is covered with a fichu of shot silk, knotted in the Monsieur Denis nt y le, (that is, a loose knot with two ends pniut'ng upward) in front; tho brim is of gauged lace, clear and transparent. H?R SK NOTES, -Isidor Cohnfeld is driving tho buy mure Nota Medium and Miss Cobb to gether. -Tho now wagon that poor Pagasus pulled nt Suffolk weighed but seventy two pounds. -IC. J. Baldwin's stable of runners havo reached Loulsvlllo direct from California. -California turfmon are agitating tho organization of a Western Trotting Association. -Jack Phillips should introduco some specialties, euch as double toam and saddle races. -W. W. Vanaant'8 b. g. Morchant ville was dead lame the day of tho road race at Suffolk, -Walter Gratz lost recently at Mem phis the 2-year-old bay colt Called Back, by Imported Highlander, out of Alice I3ruce. -The National Association of Trot ting Horse Breeders decides that Col onel Wood ls by Billy Patterson and not by Charley B. -John Shopherd, of Boston, adopted a singular method of selling Do Bary. Ho received sealed bids and agreed to sell to tho highest. The horse went for $3G00. -At tho Memphis track there aro live of the produce of tho famous maro Hello Knight in training-Freeland, Freeman, Freo Night, Long Night and Unite. -Jack Fhillip3 has gone his annual rounds of tho Suffolk Course fences with tho white-wash brush, and also made some much needed repairs ou tho grand stand. -Tho public wants to soo square trotting at Point I5roezo and will ex pect Messrs. Pawling <& Passmore as proprietors to look to tho interest of their patrons. -Tho Ives Pool bill has passed tho Now York Assembly, but must yet go through the Sonato and re?oive the signature of tho Governor before it can become a law. -After seeing Banburg, tireen B. Morris said: "There's ttio best 3-year old I have seen in three years; I bave aeon nothing like him since Drake Car ter was at his best as a il-year-old." -John S. Clark, of New Brunswick, N. J., has offered J. H. Sh ul ts $5500 for tho produce of Beatrice (dara of Patron), who ls in foal to Pancoast, whether the foal bo dead or alive. -The b. g. G. D. S. (record 2.iBO.', ?ired by Tattler, Jr., and owned by VS. M. Snyder and L. F. Kingsbury, of Sheshequlii, Pa., ls In lino condition, being jogged by Lem Kingsbury. -The brown mare Astute, foaled 1880, by Tom Bowling, dara Crescont, ay Australian, died at B. Fp Cockrill's Richland Stud, Nashville, Tenn., while Toaling a colt to imported Saxon. - Tho Pittsburg Exposition Grounds, ci ; Hy pu re? owed by tho PoonSyJva i ii Railroad < >mpany, (nts boen leased y :v nb rober od gentlemen who pro ..?..i.: using' li itS ll g'.M ?loinon'?; Jr:vli.r; ,'oiirse. The Judges' stand tit du Hf ol lt hu? jeon moved several rods; up I bo fittetch, lt ls now directly opposite tho centre of die grand stand. The reporter's stand, tot being robust enough to stand the dian go, collapsed. -D. D. Withers has sold hin famous )ld campaigner, Duplex, by Macaroon jr King Ernest, dara Echo, by Lexing ton, to W. C. Daly. Duplex is now J years old, and has pro voil himself nm of tho best campaigners of tho lay. -Lizzie Krepp, the 3-yoar-old lilly, uy King Alfonso, dara Troubadour's lam, died at Memphis. Sho had taken ?i cold while en route from Mobile with the rest of Captain Brown's string, :\nd pneumonia dovelopod. -The horse distemper, or whatever lt may be called, wont tho rounds of the various Southern tracks-or nearly ?ill of thom-during the winter, and while, porhaps, lt was a tritio worse at Memphis than at other points there is liardly a vostage of it now. -Trotting Interests are livening up itt Suffolk. W. Van Valkonburg, of ?gdonsburg, N. Y" has been thore for \ week or two with about u dozen, aud W. B. Morgan has b. g. Moulton (rec ard 2.30), ch. g. Billy Morris, Jr., and ii b. f. by Alcyone. A Hunter, of Prescott, Ont., arrived on the 24th ult, with the b. m. Llttlo Vic, tho great ice champalgnor, and W. F. Pratt, of Watertown, N. Y., has just put In appearance with two. -Tremont has again come to tho front as a Suburban favorite. Tho Bard holds his own, as does Bob Fisher and Bon Ali, while Rataplan and Guenn are strong. Slr Joseph bas gone back, and Blue Wing moved forward. The position of affairs In tho Kentucky Darby ls unchanged, except that Ban bnrg's excellent showing at Memphis has caused a nibbling nt bis chunces. Blue Wing's recent Memphis perform ance has made aim a hot favorite for tho Brooklyn Handicap, with hosts of takers. For tho Withers the run on Tromont has cansod it to be generally interpreted that tho stable will start Hanover, reserving Tremont for tho Suburban, and hence Hanover ls now Installed favorite. -lt is proposed to devote between $8000 and $12,000 to raising premiaran at the Atlanta, Ga., Piedmont Exhibi tion set for next fall. Tho purses will be largo-some, lt ls contemplated? will bo worth $2000. Tho Driving Club of Atlanta ha? organizod, and will apply for admission to tho Nat ional Trotting Association. Tho club has purchased grounds at an outlay of $12,000, and ls now making a track of a milo, with GO feet width and 80 feet on tho homestretch, at an estimated cost or $30,000. Tho club house and stands will cost $25,000. Tho Pied mont Association willexpond $30,000 in tho erection of buildings. Mr. Grady, of the Atlanta Constitution, states that tho work excites the great est enthusiasm in Atlanta, and will make that city a groat racing cevtro in futuro. The club alms to attraot some of tho host horses in the country, and will uso ovory moans to induce some of tho prominent Northern sta? bles to make a visit.