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Too bato. AV lint (dionea WO koop, year qfUir year, '.^WUlbi those- who ato ?jost .near to Us atul dear! , Wo llvo bosldoonoh othor day by day, And speak of myriad things that BOHIOIU tay v . . 'Pl.A f'iil'1 ..-.",.. ??AM* tK*t ll?? ?.?.? t.. I -...... ..-. mas ..v- ^- - rcacb, , lb-ueath tho commonplace of common Fpcecb, Tho out of sight, and out of ronob tbey go, Tbo.so close, fan:Ular fi louds, who lovod us PO; And, Bitting in tho sliadow they bavo loft. Alone with loneliness, ami Boro bereft, Wu think with fond regret of somo fond word Tl.nt onco wo might have Haid und they might bavo beard. Thin ii tho cruol croso of Hr?-lo bo Full visioned when tim ministry Oi (bath hnBboen lulflllcd, and in tho placo Ol som o dear presence is but empty spneo, [NVliai recollected serviceH van then G Iv? conciliation tor tho "might havo1 been." FOUND AT LAST. Ile was a little old tuan, verging pcr liaps on Slxt^i with closely cropped haT, and a hat which Wilhelm could not keep from thinking was ono sizo or mme too big for him. A httlo old man wi; li sad eyes, but with a pleasant volco, ai.d a smile that often quito banished all trace of melancholy from his faco. lint Wilhelm-tho hoad waiter at tho dingy old i'aris restaurant, whero for months he had presented himself at tim sanie hour daily-had taken to him fio a tlio very first, and ns tho gontlo m . n seemed to court retirement, used Invar ably to ensconce him tn tho snug gest coiner of tho room, not far from thowell trcoal stove-tho time was win ter-and with no other companions save a pair of tabby cats. "What is it to-day?" M. Albano w nhl inquire, as ho seated himself at ititi hilde, with his feet ona morsel of goat-. k?n placed there for thom. "What ls :t to-day, Wilhelm?" And Wilhelm used invariably to placo a white dimpled fore-Anger against the name of somo particular dish on the card, and that was tho dish ol. Albano invariably chose lt was not long beioro Wilhelm found out that M. Albano was, Uko himself, a Hungarian, and. Uko himself, 4in exilo. M hoy woro friends, indeed, after this. Wilhelm told tho little oldman his story, and to some oxlont tho little old man told Wilhelm his. There was 8011/0 difference, ncvoitheloss, m their Stations in life, for in his own dear land M. Albanohad been a count, whilo Wilhelm had been but a junior ongi neiT. "And so you aro really going?" said Wilhelm, as bo stood ono day naur his frhin ', tho ompty soup-bowl in his ..right hand. "Iteally going, Wilhelm,'! * ? , doa ri Monsieur, 1 shall sadly miss ,ou. Is it Brussels, Monsieur, Berlin, or Moscow? You say you have bad engagements'af "'.-'these places," ? "No, no," replied M. Albano eadly; *'it is neither of these placed. I am dono with them all-done with tho world, I might say. I nm going home." "What!" cried Wilhelm, with brightening eyes-"homo to our land of-" "Nay, nay, nay; never thoro again. What matters imperial forgiveness? Can a king mend a broken heart, eye? if ho could restore my for;unos? O??ld I gaze without grief on those gre oil wooded bil's and valleys that ona woro mine? Could I minglo with go.ul pec plo who dwell there-and who onco ca led mo lord without sadness? No, Wilhelm, no. My homo is nour Lon don, tho homo of tho refugee, tho only city in thc wliolo world amid tho bus tle and stir of which ail exilo may woo forgetfulness." Wilhelm lingered by the table for a few moments. lie was deep ni IhOu?ht. "M. Albano," he sahl at last, "to have employment in London has long been with me an ambitious drotun-a castle in tho air-call it what you will. I hate tho garb of severity in which you now seo me. Oh, there aro times, monsieur, that I walk my room ?ill. night, wild in thought, because I was born for better things! Yet I try t.> do my duty-my humble duty." y...,."Yos, y6s, yes," said/Albano, speak sc moro briskly than was his wont, '"hut is right-do your duty. I trust ^lo mine, humble though that JA. Do itet let pride interf?re with that duty. Be not self-conscious. Concontrato your thoughts and energies in your work, mt nial though somo may call it. Believe me, Wilhelm, a halo surrounds the head of that man or woman who does whatever his or bor band flndetb to do, in no half-hearted way, but with a will, a purpose, and an honest prido of action, f??ljrtg inwardly that duty ia a sacred thing. Study to bo eon tori t with the .slate in which Providence has placed you, wilhelm. Study that study that." "Bul, monsieur, you would then leave ambition out of count." "No-, ob, no I Only let your ambi tion lo subservient to your duty. The march of intellect-that march of tho world -ii cvor, over onward. Botter yourself by all means, if you can; by so doing you may better thc world; but ambitious thoughts or actions must never interfere with your hours of labor. The^o b long to your presont oin ploy or, Wilhelm." '1 see, monsieur." / ''Well, see and think of it. Mean* while, hore ls a pass for tho Grand . .N-jr Concei t. You will seo nie and my lille violin in tho second row of tho orchestra. You will wait for me, and wo will sup togotlior at tho Tthondovillc." High over a ?coro of liddies at tho g rand concert that oven lng, M. Albino's Httlo violin scorned to ring-scomod. at all ovonts-In Wilhelm's ears, Just aa one hears and oun listen only to the nightingale's voice amidst tho babel of .btid-voicos in tho woodB in oarly V 3pring. ! After tho performance, Wilholm waited for what appeared quito a Jong M.?/v f?? f.,i.:..i . ., v..nv, >vt mu iiiuuu. J . Il in? Dun;i 1 ll 11 Blohms had drossed and died away, but still ho carno not. Wilhelm ventured at last to ask one in authority. "Oh, no!" was tho reply, "M, Al banb has not gono.. Ho ls talking to tho manager. The manager wants him to stay on, but ho Insists on throwing up his ongagomont." t3trangel'? 8aid Wllhohn. ! ' "Yes, lt is strange You aro his frlond? Yes. Well, and ovon you do not seem able lo fathom tho mystory, But this Albano ls a splendid violinist. Any orchestra In Europo would te wil ling to retain his services, and remuner ate lum well. Yot, although ho is rich, ho ls ever on tho move. T taly, Belgium, Norway, all countries have him by turns, but nono for long. Think you is your friend somewhat dis trait?" 'II am sure ho is not. I only know ho has a reason or reasons for his nomad io tendencies, but ho has not thought flt lo enlighten mo as to what they are, and it would lil become mo lo inquire. But hore ho comos." It was lato that night, oven for Paris, ero Wilhelm bado his kind-hearted friend adieu at tho corner of tho Ruo de la D-, and .hurried away to his dingy room. Yet that evening had been big with Wilhelm's fate. Ho had suppod with iii. Albano at a charming little hotel, and wah true politeness monsiour had said little or nothing about himself, but liad led tho young man on to speak of all his hopes and ambitious. Wilhelm's great scheme was con nected with electricity, not only for lighting cities and country houses, but as tho moving power of ibo future; and M. Albano know enough about chem istry spcodily to discern that, if pro? perly worked out, these plans ?of Wil helm's would probably lead him to lamo and fortune. "You will como to England with mo, Wilhelm? 1 haye saved a littlo sum, and I will pay your exponsos." "No, my friend, no; to England 1 will como, but everything I will pay myself. Two moro months I will work, and then-" "Y'ou will come?" "Yes." "And bo my guest for a fow weoks at my liitlo cottage homo?" "Yes." So tho two parted. AVinter was still holding sway, and snow lay deep all around Tans; but iii nine Weeks* timo what achango there wasl AVI th Paris, howe vor, this short and simple story has no longer any thing to do. Tho sceno shifts to a tiny but beautiful cottago at Surrey. It stands on tho slopo of a gontly-rislng hil), and is almost burled in pino* wc Ods. "Yrcs, Wilhelm." M. Albano was saying as tho two sat togothor in a littlo tent on tho lawn, "this eottago, thoso guidons, tho beautiful country, do not seem tho same since Maria since my daughter loft me. They aro not tho same, for I am oidor now. I cannot see with tho same oyes, hear with the nano ears; it seems as if tho gloom of the grave wore already closing around me." "But Marie-your daughter-may return." "No, that cannot be; tho pride that caused her lo go will provont her re turning. She will never cono back. Wilhelm was silent. "A few hasty words-and the words were mine-a few peevish mutterings at tho fate Hutt had ban shed nie i rom my native land, that had loin from ny breast the insignia d*f tillo and hourn, apd compelled me/-mo a count-to drag out a wretched oxistenco in a for oign country by the aid of my violin. I did not mean to imply that I begrudged tho labor that k/pt her as a lady, but I fear I lcd her 10 behove, so; and I would havo laid dopvn my lifo tho next min ute to have/oen ablo to retract-unsay my cruel yfords; but tho next minuto Mario was gone. Uone-yes gone with tears on l>cr faco and mayhap a break ing heart, though a proud one. And sinco then I havo sought and obtained engagements in every capital in Europe. I have, till now, boon over on tho niovo thinking always I would find my Mario; for ono brief note-tho only ono I received, told mo she was so far in dependent, and that cm her voice alono sho would now trust for a livelihood. But I am tired and hopeless and miser able." And so indeed ho looked. A year passed away. Tho old man appeared no moro in any orchestra, llopo Itself had fled from his heart; and ho mourned for his daughter as for ono dead. Wilhelm wasa frequent visitor to tho cottage. Aided in his ambition by tho ex-count, and possessed of tho will to work, thu determination to triumph, ant. the mental staying power which ofttimes loads to success without ovon. tho aids bf genius, tho young man con quered all difllcultles, and was already on tho llrst stop of tho ladder which loads to fame. His employment frequently led him to Italy and to that Romo which, of bato years, appears to havo taken a now lease of glorious life, An event took placo which is com mon onough in tho lifo of most young mon; Wilhelm foll in love. But I do not bhuno him, for all Homo was cap tivated by the sweet volco and modest and charming maimer of a young sin* gor that had latoly boon brought out by a great m astor. Night after night, wherever sho sang, Wilhohn was there, listonlng, en thralled. . But he could obtain no in mwwVi' troduotion. Sho was so nour and yet so far, Going homo hito quo i)i?ht from du ties that had occupiod him for nearly eight and forty hours* with little timo for sleep, ho heard tho startling shout of flro. He followed tho mob, and tho ratlHng iii-contrived engine down a narrow, dark street that, from the Bhowors of sparks and tho smoko and heat? Boomed on Uro from end to end, . Wilhelm goos olose to tho burning building, and ho holpcd to work tho engine. But thoro was soon other and braver work for li ira to tack lo. For look! tho faces of young people and children frantio with fear appear at an upper window. Who will climb through sparks and smoko up that rickoty lad dor? Who will volunteer to save thora? Wllholm will! Ho springs towards it; up and down, and up and clown, and ho lias saved three ll? is scorched and burned, but seoms to bear a charmed lifo. Tlio last ho saves to his surprse, if not joy, is tho young slngor. While she is borne away in safety, ho faints and falls. It is two days heforo lie comes to his senses at his hotel, lt would bo weeks before ho got round, What mattered lt? Slio carno daily to seo him and inquiro after his welfare Ahl it was tho old, old story. But ho did not tell it then or there. Iib told tho young slngor a story of a dif ferent kind; of a lovely little cottage nmong tho pinowoods of Surrey, and or an old man who was dying of sorrow because his (laughter would never como tlgiy?h. And tho girl bout her head and sobbed, and thoso tears told Wilhelm all. There was joy in thal Surrey cottago whoo Alarie returned. With hor came sunshine; sunshine to bird and (lower ?md I reo, and sunshino to old Albano's heart. There is a large house now among tho pines near tho little cottage. Wilhelm is itj wealthy owner, Mai io its mistress. And long indeed they would think timidly that did not brine 'diem a visit from Father Albano. Curious Watches. In 1883 a watchmaker of Diosdon jxhlbitid a watch raudo entirely of paper. Tho paper was chemically pre pared and tho maker claimed that it would bo as serviceable ?n if niado ol' tho material ordinarily.used. The same year at tho fair held at Worcostorshiro, longland, Crowther Bros. & Co., exhib ited ono made on ti roly of iron. An Ing?nions prisoner at Ktirlaus, Holm ium, recently constructed a watch eight :?u tl nielers in diameter, with no other tools or material oxco,>t two nccdlos, a mool of thread, a newspaper and somo rye straw. Tho wheels, posts and cogs aro all made of tho rye straw, which it is well known is quito course and tough. lt runs six hours without winding and keeps good time. It ia now In tho poi< ? ssion or tho Profect of Kari ans, who jonsiders it tho greatest marvel of tho nineteenth contury. Tho most ingenious, perfect and com plex wa'oh over manufactured was icnKoufc . from . tho. -works, of (Fa'ok. winilippe & Co., of Geneva, Swil'/ei and, in July, 1887, and is now in pos session af Baron Nicholas. It is what s known as tho full-sized "hunter." Di\ ono sido thore is a dial of tho regu atioii kind, exhibiting tho hour, min ite and socond hands; also an indopend mt chronograph hand which marks tho if th of seconds. Tho samo dial has re peating mechanism which strikes tho ?lours, quart ora and minutes. Tho op posite thal has hands pointing to tho months, weeks and days. Another argo central hand on this dial, if set it tho beginning of each year, correctly induis to all moon phases and also acts iis a perpetual calendar, lt is KO con structed as to admit or its kohplng two liflorent times, say standard on ono duo and tho .sun timo on tho other. Funny, Interruptions. Witty interruntions by tho audience, continued Mr. Perkins, iii Dartmouth J illegp lecture, often produce moro aughier Mian tho speaker's word.?. When President Gartlold was running or Congress in war tiraos, lie made a var speech in Asthabnla. "Gontle nen," ho said, "wo have taken At a??a, we have taken Savannah, Colum ns and Charleston, and now at last wo javo captured Petersburg and occupy tticliraond; and what remains for us to ,nko?\ "Take a drink!" shouted an Irish man. (Laughter.) "What we want," said Sam Cox, iii i groat low tariff speech in Tammany flail, "what wo want ls plain common lenso-plain common sense-" "That's just what you do want, 3am!" interrupted n wicked Bopubll Jiiii. (Laughter.) An antl-toraporanco man arose in tho temperance convention at Bes Moines. Ho looked so good and banovolont that ivory ono took him for a reformer, but they soon found out their mistake. ' "Speaking of tempor?neo, gentlemen if tho convention," hs said, "spooking 3t tempor?neo, I wish there was hilt ano saloon in tho United Stil tes. iud-" "And that I owned lt!" But tho Wicked man's voice was drowned amid Hisses and laughter. A Subterranean River In Franco. Tho intelligence comos Hom Paris Lhat a subterranean river has just boon iliscovered In the district of Mier.?, in tji? department of Lot. "Two explo rers found tho river at tho bottom of ii ?ouffo or abyss known as tho Pit of Pad erac. Boturning thilhor with a folding-boat, mad o or sailcloth, they worked their way down stream for a couplo of miles through/a succession of wonderful grottoes sparkling with sta laclios. "?hoy found sovon lakes on their way, and lind to shoot thirty soven cascados or rapids. Tho two ex plorers Intend to start on a frosh expe dition to ascertain, if posslblo, tho out lot of this unknown river. Thoy con jecture that it loins ono of tho hoads ot tho Dordogno, six miles from tho abyss." FASHION NOTES. ? Tho wooton ol to-dtiy havo groat IOYO for all uoris of sports, and givo thoixi solves up ito thom with muoh graco and boldnoB8.fi vlorsobnok riding, dviving gymnastir. luwu-tonnia aiicl^ hunting aro allohs..-Ainu ami healthful iiin?Ri?, monta. Now that volooipodos aro in favor, giru and young Indios havo trans formed vVo walks of tho parks into tiding oou'rsos. For this now kind of Bport.it irk necossary to pombinooonvon ionoo with graco m tho1 coi? un e. Tho hunting droBS gonorally adopted, with a little ohtulgo solvos tho problem. Wo havo sconjat. ono of our drcsB makors, two vory protty volooipodcs costuinos, dosignodlfor two young girls. Ono ontiroly white, is composod of puflod trowsors hold at tho knoos in gaiters of white elwh; tho skirt of tho samo cloth hoing i?'?ido quito narrow; A littlo, round jacket with two buttons, opon on a ohomisbtto of bluo and white ntrinnd bntisto. Tim belt was of leather, tho collar stiff with n regatta cravat of whito silk; tho'sleeves resembled those ot mon's shirts closod by doublo gold bars. Tho hat of Tyroloan shape was of groy foll. Tim other costumo, for a young girl ilftoon .vovfl old, was in narrow brno t'yiffonc,** / tho skirt ploatcd and tho blouse ooreugo open, in shawl shapo. upon a wmstcoat of red and bluo strip ed cotton, with a sailor collar. Tho straight alcoves wero closod at tho waist. Leathorn leggins and hat of whito oiled linen. . Those costumes aro tho noweat.of tho now. Wo know they will not interest oil tho Worxt, but wo aro forcod to follow tho our^o^C, In so far as velocipede oxerciso i's jiraotieed in private Kroll lids, and umorfg inlimatos, wo approve it Other wisest is not pleasing. Wo can excuso this barbarism but it ia not according to our sonso of refinement. Wo like }ery much tho largo Ulenia voil in embroidered tullo und lace, woven li ko tho largo Mario Antoinotto scarf, of '.vliich wo havo so many times spoken, ftiid that is especially manufac tured for veils. With tho largo, felt j Iuds notlv'ng is prettier, more elegant or moro coquettish than this long scarf moro titan three yards long, which en velopes tho hat and tho bend, covers tho face and is knott od iii froht according to tho laney or caprice of tho Wearer.. These veils will have great success this season, and we know ninny relined ladies who have already tried.them and found many no? ways of. draping and knotting thom. Under tho folds pf this ampio veil, tho Lair is sh eltered from tho wind and ono qui go out. Ul tho theatre with tho head wrapped'completely in its folds. Many protty toi l?tt os have been seen at tho rucos and at tho brililant fetes which hayo' boon given during tho last week. A very protty ono has boon seen of straw colored "??icilutuio" striped with Egyptian brown. Thc skirt is quito rodjid, forming in tho back two largo foVls with triplo and quadruple plaits. Tho corsage has a vest front, while titi back is cut princess fashion. A orost- id Waistcoat, in straw-colored China c ope, descends on tho rigid stile to form a small tab fastened undera knot of latin ribbon. Tho somo ribbon passes luo a baud across tho bottom of the wain and furnishes at tho loft two loops vJth oiids, Tho short sleeves aro out on tjto bias; the noekliieo is of black plumesjnd the white gloves aro loaded with ehlins of all sorts ann rings from all couilries. Bracelets havo ne'er been wirn so much as now. Wo would not bo slrprisod to seo our anklos orna monto?1 with thom somo day; for our ..Vins .... ?- not he sub h'i,> nt to.*'uv ry ti?o handful* all sorts, for which' thoro seems w'JbO so ?greata passion. Our nrtistio [j?wolers lifrvo added to these, many designs of a lpzarro, as well as of nu original taste. Among theso orna monts ve find enanlols, heavy Moorish rings o? silver, pieces of Persian money, garnets from Boho nia tind all sorts of strungo valuable simes, with which tho bracelets and chalis of to-day, which nover seem too hen y, or too humorous, aro sot. Fnnrou Lnsnin. Corren (Fash lons. The changes ill (tho mode, from sea-'? son to season, ureii.s subtle i\s they are interesting. Daijo Fashion frequently surprises as muer as she delights, by tho uniqueness o her conceits and the development of 1 T fancies; yet she is rarely arbitrary i> her intentions and ar rives at them by Heps so leisurely,' that sho conceals her cunning until her ro taries discover t kit the dress of tho re cent past luis iiit 'od been east into the back-ground. In tito taut, tra) and stiff styles of a few seasons ngo, ibero was little to in- 1 dtente that the p iturcsquo was medita- ' ted iii the hon dd 'SS, br that the First I Empire revival i ' tho Greek, should ' snperecde the a nost masculine char- j actor of tile tailoi made costume, seen | on the promet?ale. Tho taut, trim, j tailor-made coslittie, it is true, has not | disappeared, Wllili turbans, toques, and small English walting lints have taken the place of the ai Mg hats that prevail ed; but much g'iater latitude than then, now Obtains i both tho hat and tho gown, the votnresque entering tillich moro cortnipy into tho former, ind the classic inf? the latter, oven ill Iresses intended fa' streetjyoar. woor.K FAniucs. j Woolen fabriof#ro always of the first consideration ii/ tho wardrobe for autumn and wintfr. Those-of this sea son run through! long line in the plain j fashionable colds, including what is ' known now ns "ie faced cloths," other wise ladies' broil cloths, serges, cain id's hair cloth cashmere, .Henriette lind Angora clo s. The fancy fabrics include kersey '.\titres in Froiioll and ?Scotch Tartan [llaidings, and stripes and chocks ill rent variety; bouretlc 0 lleets ill ilTOgiiiV stripes and checks' with dashes of vid eolors and cloth of bright colored lk and wool, boro und there thrown ip on tho surface in I weaving; busk? lectures in two eolors and with boure i) dashes of vivid eolors; cloths of phi color with satin and I armure stripit ; cloth's relieved with' brocaded st ri] ng, and earners hair oloths in siripa and floriated dumussoo designs. Nor ptst this ?-nmimeration ! of tlie new anufaotures in woolen dress stuffs hi egarded ns including all . 1 Ilativo shall ul occasion from time to j thno;to notie.t Variety is tho darling watchword o tho present mode, and things minot: td, it may boa week ugo, oonimo&d flu solves at overy fresh in vestigator 0 vardrobe Mares. Rob? patte is" iii tho serges and other woolen with anel pieces relieved willi woven mbr? lory,effects and striping arc umcng tl more pronounced of tho fiiney (hess i dermis; and combinations of materials r fffl?eiful o floe ts aro still tolerated. ,|pf-. HINT OW. jbimSSMAKINO. YelvcSis ii important faotor in thin ?onson'? dre .making. It rotains not only imimii died'^favor for tho flnish of cosimos i idorstOb.d in vests, collars, f WP miffs, facings and tho Uko, hut is oxton sivoly usod in ?kirts, appouring a? tho underskirt, or given that offoot in hoing appliod on tho undorskirt propor (whothor of Bolisin, olpaoo, dr othor convoniont or suitable material) so as to bo revealed botwoon tho ponol-liko breadth? of tho objective fabric la ?he oostuit"). wiion economy must bo con sidorod, silk takos tho placo of volvot in tho making of skirts, and coshmoro may bo rosortod to; but silk, if omployod, should bo heavy, and tho sonso of tho modo is to apply either silk or caah moro in plaiting, tho sido pauols .of tho oloth opening on a front breadth of sido plaitod silk or coshmoro, tho plaits moot ing in tho oohtor, ami tho division in tho panols olscwhero rovoalingpleating. lt must bo said that with tho estab lished revival of tho Grook olassio in dressmaking, thoro would bo somo in congruity in tho Btrnight and novoro draperies given many of the fashionublo costumes, woro it not for tho latitude allowod by tho mode. Tho baok in a singlo picco or tho back which distin guishes tho princesse robo, is that which has boen given to many of tho most attractive of tho imported models. Tho sido bodies elongated, form a wido box plait on each ?ido of tho skirt, and this plait dividing in tho centor reveals, in somo pasos, a plaitod, gathorod or slightly draped skirt underneath. In raro instances, wo discover a lingering fondness for tho pleasing bouffante drapery offeots of the past, while "to bo or not to be," Kooma tho latest ques tion in rogan! to tho bouffante in skirt draperies. Tho classic of tho old Greok statues is soon on ovoning dresses and tea gowns, but it has far less distinct iveness in its present revival than it had under tho moro intelligent patronage of the Empress Josephine. Tho basOuo has given way to tho pointed wrifat, and tho plain waist to that winch is moro or less ornato or eccentric. Tho full, Moliere vest, mado of somo soft material, which can bo gracefully gathered or draped, appears within volvot. lapels, or tho plain velvet vest, is revealed by gathering in tho front sido bodies. ' A diff?rence in tho sides of tho front, or a ono sidedness characterizes a freak of fashion, which somotimos linds expression in tho but toning up of tho front. Sleeves aro full at tho top, giving height and squareness to tho ahapo ol' tho shoulders; or they are minto with an, Opaulotcd cap or pulling: witli a simplo cull*,however, as tho iinish around tho hand. AUTO M N Ml li Ti IN un Y. It is gcnorally coucedod that tho millinery ol' tho season linds expression in largo hats and Simili bonnets. J3ut this is scarcely tho wdiolo truth in rofer ouoo to tho autumn millinery. Tho largo hats of picturesque effect, with low crowns, and brims broadening out from tho back and moro or less capri ciously adjusted, Hud their comple ment, without doubt, in tho diminutivo littlo capotes; but headdresses of me dium sizo abound in tho turban, and tho capoto, as compromizes not only in tho sizo of tho headdress, but as tho link between tho moro dolliiito hat and tho bonnot, and in lints wo find tho dis tinct Oxford and Knglish walking ?bapCS, and several shapes that trench on tho hat of tho Alpino peasant, with its, tall, conical crown and oloso brim. Hats for general service, whothor of ono or other shape aro of Fr?lich felt, whilo plain royal eut velvet is tho fav orito material for lino millinery; with embroideries in silks and colored mot?is on velvet, cloth and felt, for moro fanci ful effects. Brocadod, striped and plaided rib bons aro .occasionally seen in, or on, ilho millinery, but pfeforonco ls given {)lain velvet and doublo-facod satin rib ions for trimming purposes, and volvot is in?d? to do self-trimming in its drap ery adjustments. Tinsol ribbons, an.d ribbons damascened and brocaded with gold and silver threads aro at selec tion, and very charmingly usod. Ostrich feathers bavo found long ne glected placo on tho fashionable largo huts, but birds and montures of fancy feathers, ribbon bows, and tho wisp of aigrottp, trim tho headdresses of tho ?loso'fpand smaller shapes; and much uso is mado of artillcinl fruit add How ers, of .shaded velvet, as garniture-tho ?fruit and floral trimming, indeed, be ing regarded as a spoCial fad of tho season. Jct, appears in finely cut small beads, strung ou wiro, in all sorts of pretty designs, and in faced cutting; and is in undiminished favor. Millinery jowolry is still used, but it is in designs th nob less pronounced than foYmorly, and is not given a very conspicuous nineo. A Beautiful Father. "Toll your mother you'vo boon vory good hoys to-day," said a school teacher to two little now scholars. "Oh," ropliod Timothy, "wo hasn't any mothei\" "Who takes care of you?" sho asked. "Fathor docs. Wo'vo got a beauti ful father You ought to seo him!" "Who takes all tho caro of you when ho is at work?" "Ho takes all tho caro boforo ho goes off in tho morning .and after ho comos back at night. Ho's a hotiso-painteiYj. . but thoro isn't any work this Winter, (;' so ho's doing laboring till Spring eomefl. *{:]'., lie hus cs us a warm broakfast whon J?J?5| goes off, and w o bavo broad and mille' for dinner, and a good supper when ho comes home, when ho tells us stories and pl ays on tho lifo, and cuts out boau flit things for us with his jaokknifo. You ought to seo our father and our home, they aro both so beautiful." B?foro long the teacher did soe that j 8t home and that father. Tho room was a poor attic, graced with cheap pioturos, Autumn loaves and other littlo" trifles that cost nolliing. Tho fathor, who was. at tho timo preparing tho ovoning meal for his motherless boys, was, at first glance, only a rough, begrimed laborer; but boforo tho stranger had lieon in tho placo ten minutes the room boemno a ' palaee and tho man a magician. iii? children had no idea they woro I poor, nor were they so with snell a boro \ ns this to fight their battles for them. This man, whoso graeoiul spirit lighted nj) tho othorwiso dark lifo of his chil dren, was preaohiug' to all about hiih moro effectually than- was many a man in sacerdotal robes in rv costly templo. Ho was a man djt.pntiohco and submis sion to God's \vill, showing how to moko homo happy under tho most un favorable circumstances. Ho was rear ing his boys to put thoir. ^boulder to tho burdens of lifo, rather than to be oomo'burdens to others in tho days that aro coming. Ito was, as bis, children had said, "a beautiful fathor" in tho highest sonso of tho w?rd.- Wc?fp-n Christian Ad voca (fy i W (manco to ,? Itecover. -"Smithers is going to marry, that rich Miss Bunker -a million dollars c?ld." "lloorayl" "I am surprised to hoar you rejoice. I thought you disliked him." "1 do; but bo owos mo a hundred [lollara," -1-.-,-, I ., !-'-1-: DOOS PRONETO MADNESS. Whether Certain Brooda aro Moro Liable Than Othere. Harrison Weir, tho English artist and illustrator, renowned us a student of natural history, writes to thc J>on don ?standard on tho subject of hydro phobia as follows: "A short timo since lotiors appeared In the Standard relat ing to the muzzling of dogs, &o. Ono from a yogotarhm stated that lt dogs wero only fed on vogotable there would bo no madness. I Was too busy at tho timo to reply to this assertion, but now do so. I had a collie dog that, lo my knowledge, was novor fed on other food than biscuits in tho winter and oatmeal and vegetables in tho summer, yet, for all this, tho dog wont mad-nor was it bilton, as no wound could bo discovered on it. Again, how will tho vegetarian reconcile his theory with tho fact of the dcor in Richmond Park going mad? Surely these novor tasted meat. "Again, I cannot think for ono mo ment that thoso who koop entirely use less dogs ought to object to tho other portion of the community endeavoring as much as possible to protect them selves from a direful, painful, horriblo death. What a man keeps for his pleasure ought not to bo to tho detri ment of othoi'S. I know of nothing so wearying to tho suffering, tired and sleepless as tho continued barking of the dog; but add to this tho also con tinual fear of madness, and it is too much to ask that such dogs should bc prevented from doing bodily harm [lither to tho human or bruto creationV "lint tins is not tho reason of my writing, though it leads to it. For many years I havo thought it would bo woll if tho breed of ovevy dog showing particular and sudden ferocity or mad ness could bo reported, and thus it night be observed whether any ono meed was moro prono to this outburst dian another. For a vory long timo I ?avo endeavored as much as I could to ind out whether there existed any dif ference in this respect; and, as far as I sah ascertain, in all truthfulness I am lound to say that 1 bolioYo there aro norn retrievers on tho list than any ?tiler breed-eight or niuo to one. 1 lave never heard of a mastiff so failing, fery few fox torriors, two or tinco lointcrs, two spaniels, no greyhounds, lor dachshunds, nor poodles, but tho lumber of retrievers have boon cxtra rdinary and continuous. Only a short imo since, in conversation with a rierid who kept a rctriovor I said lI .'ould not keep ono if I wcro paid J2?Q a year.' 'Why, said ho, 'yon ,'ould lind ho is tho most dcliirhlful og,' .te. I saw my friend recently dien ho told mo tho dog had suddenly itten several children and had to bo ostroyed, and ho then mentioned other uses. When 1 last wrote on this quos .on I eallcd attention to tho rotrievor, nd I received a number of letters, all tating cases within tho writers knowl lgo of tho peculiar unreliability of tho recd. 1 may add, although I am very md of dogs, nothing would induco mo > have or keep a black retriever. '.What I wish jro ask through yoUr alu nins is this, that in somo way or thor ty report should bo furu/M??tl, ' ilhor by tho police or others, making i h?wh ' in oases of madness or at in- ' go?ts tifo breed or breeds of sucltfdogs 1 nv tho||>urposes of science and for ) oWlfffe^bothor it is really undeair- i bio that such and such breeds should f i3 kept at all. I am told that tho oineranian is tm uncertain dog and i sonic countries is not allowed, but of lis 1 am not ncqualntcd/d But I think is t imo that some method should bo iopted to learn tho statistics of mad ess in tho breeds of dogs, so that uno measures should bo taken to revont tho i earful consequences of ydrophobla beyond that of simply iiiz/.llug. Tho F.lnor.rlc World. The total length of tho telegraph nos of tho world amounts to 557,00-1 tiles: Europe, 210,490; America, 0;),G42; Asia, 4G.S00; Australia, 21, ()t, and Africa, 12,O0U miles. Thom ave to bo added 950 submarino cabios, 7-1 of which are laid in European soas nd have a total longth of 3,200 miles, hilo tho remaining 170, with a length f cable of 85,850 miles, belong to c?m anles. Tho sorvico of thoso lines is juried out by 160,000 ofllces. Tele-j honlc statistics aro as follows: Tho ' ?nited Slates. 739 oxchanges and 158, 12 subscribers; Gormauy 104 ex liangcs and 31,325 subscribers; Ehg md, 122 exchanges and 20,420 sub nibors; Sweden, 137 exchanges and 2,8(51 subscribers; France, 28 exchanges fid 0,487 subscribers; Switzerland, 71 (Changosand 7,020 subscribors;ltussla, j exchanges and 7,589 subscribers; taly, 28 oxchanges and 0,188 sub ?ribors; Ilolgiuni, 4,074 subscribers; bistro- Hungary, 4,200 subscribers; orway, 21 exchanges and 3,930 sub iiibois; Holland, 9 exchanges and 2 ?"2 subscribers; Spain, 2,218 sub .libers; Denmark, 1,837 subscribers; or tuga!, 2 oxchanges and 800 sub iribors. Tho town with tho largest umber of subscribers ls Borlin, having [iwurds of 10,000, and followed by ow York, 0,900; Paris, with over 000, and London, alunit that amount. As They Usually Do.-Miss Stilted it a private party)-M rs. Wilted, on t you pienso play something for us i tho piano? Tho Others (in chorus)-1'cs, do; wo ant to talk. Preparing for tho Inevitable.-Book oor (looking up from his paper) lr. Silverman, thero aro to bo four eddings in town next week. Mr. silverman-Eh? Four? John, .dor two gross ot pioklo forks at onco. -A. II, Mooro, Oloverdalo Stock arm, Colmar, Pa., is getting togothor very choice collection of tiottors. -Tho 204 head of trotters sold at tho airlawn salo brought $192,285, an morago of $7?8.93. -Green Ii. Morris bid $10.000 for ome-to/J.'aw. Tho Hough Brolhors >t tho colt for an additional $100. -.lohn Splaln sailed for England with in Halley-Rain um circus recently. BKON HAND. Ito Advantafroa. lt you'ovo going lo <io anything,- do itpromjp'tly. . ' .< Tho longer you wait and tJiink about it, and dread it. tho wormi ii. will tm. Bo pix hand. ; L??? j? a "Ki-uH> du?i pleasanter to tho porson who promptly doofl what ho ia required to do. >S Don't koop your frionds walting. You J 5: have ho right to waste tho timo of Other pooplo. If you aro one-half kouV behinds timo Ju fulfilling an engagement, you may oouso a dozen othor barties to break ougagonionts, and untold perplexities, and dolays may como out of just jtbat littlo shortcoming of yours which: youV?'? look upon as such a trilling thing. To an activo, oh?rgotic, w?do-?wakoV? poison thoro is nothing moro trying and moro annoying than to bo maur) to wait. Braco up and .inakoan effort, you shiftless, .indolent, ulways-bohind folks, and BOO it you oannot oomo to tuno. If you havo agreed to bo at a certain:' >^ X>laco at n cortaiii timo, bo thoro, unless you a?o sick, or doad, 'In. oith'or oa?'o you might bo oxousod, but not other wise. If you aro a man, don't'koop your wifo waiting dinner for you, unless thoro is some good and sufficient cause and goiiorally thora ?H not. "Waiting a dinner spoils not only tho dinner, but tho tompov of tho woman who ia man aging it. If you aro a woman, and your hus band says ho will be round at four . o'olook to tako you to drive, be ready for hun. Havo your bonnotand gloves on. Don't koop him dancing on the sidowalk for half an hour clinging to a fidgety horse, whilo'you leisurely got on your wrnpa, and look at your back nair in a hand-glass and hunt up your gloves and your parasol, and wonder whether you had bettor toko an extra shawl or not. Havo all thoso things at tended to and decided on beforo tho time ho lins fixed. A littlo systom, and a good deal of determination, will help you to bo !>rompt. And nitor you oneo got in tho tobit of it, you will liko it. It is rofroshing to do business with a party who is always on time, and who, you know, will bo on timo. Ho bogets courago and confldonco in ovorybody with whom ho cornea in contact. Ho is a power in society. Ho is a blessing to tho world. Whoo ho dies, ho will bo missed. Touch tho children onrly to bo prompt. Teach them to respect a promise. Bring thom up to toll tho truth and stick to it. Abrokon engage ment is a lio. Somotimes it is worso '? than a lio, and may oauso a groat many moro unpleasant complications tfian a lio. 31o carofiil in malting agroomonts. but whou you have oneo agreed, stick to tho torms of tho agrcomont. And if you follow out tho prompt, punctual, persevering mothod ol' doing ovorythincc whon it uocds to bo dono, thoro aro ninety-nino ohanoe? out of a hundred that you will bo successful in lifo; and if you aro not, you will havo tho delightful consciousness of knowing . that you havo desorvod success, and you will not bo continually besot by tho ro morsoful thought that if you had only como to timo-if you had only boon on hand-you would havo aohiovod success instoad of failure.-New York Weekly. * Dried Grasses. Dried grnssos, pressed forns and au tumn leaves brighton up tho winter? sitting-room wonderfully, ?nd in / ? ' ' mensuro supply thp placo of tho blos soms of tho summer time. AVhen tho therinomotor rogistors Udrt.y /degrees (Mow zero, and ^V.v^m^sol)?aiu.?;;;i.o^<l^ luinishod to tho collar, wo wish tiiat wo lind gathered oomo of tho light, feathery jrossos that grow about us in tho sum- ; nor. Porhaps wo did gather a fow, and nmg them up in tho garret to dry; but .vhon wo looked at them, they worotiod n a littlo bunch, and woro so hard and straight that thoy looked anything but iretty. At loast, that is tho way I did , intil I learned a bettor way. Now 1 procuro a box of dried sand, ind sot it in a dry, dark plaoo; then as fast as I gather the grasses, I stiok tho denis into tho sand, which holds thom irmly, and they dry in thoir natural position, and aro far moro light and jracoful than those that aro dried with tho heads hanging downward. If they iro picked just beforo they aro ripe, they will koop thoir color bettor than they would if loft until thoy aro fully mature. Whoa they aro all dried, if you wish to color thom, uso tho "Diamond" dyes. Mix tho dyo as directed on tho package, mid lay tho grasses in it; whon thoy aro tho right color, lift thom out, let ; "thom drain, thou shako thom out aihiil they ire dry. If you wish to cryatnlizo tltom^.. Jjuvko % strong solution of alum nncr'^tvater, uid hang thom in it, hoing careful not to disturb it after tho grass is in, until tho crystals havo formed on tho hoads; thou tako out, and dry. A quicker way is to dip tho heads in mooihige, and roll thom in diamond dust, and sot them iwny to dry. AYhon making up your bouquets, ar rango your grassos and leaves first, and tlien placo your Howers among thom, ff your flowor stems aro too short, placo \ littlo hot gluo on tho bnok of tho [lower, and stielt it to tho grassos. Many sood pods mako quito a ?how when mixed with the leaves and grasses. Cloldonrod, if pickod just, beforo tho buds opon, and driod in tho dark, will koop its color and tho buds.w?ll opon' as it dries. A hanging bnskot,>:in a sunny win low, filled with grasses and autumn leaves, is a thing of beauty and holps to brighten up tho long winter. It we gainer a low leaves and grnsso.i Dooli time wo tako a walk, wo will hayo onough for oursolves, am?stalo tosparo for our loss fortunato friends. Mirrors for Nervous Dloonsos. Dr. Allon MoLano Hamilton has brought from Paris anew dovieo for tho treatmont of nervous d?sonsos. It is a little cherry box, about fivo inches square, abovo which proioot two shaft H, ono within tho other, sleovo and arm fashion. On ouch abaft is balanced ? black bar nine inches long^ aV inoh wido and a quartor inch thick, edge no, By dook work in tho box those ebony ninia or bars aro mado to revolve in op*' p?sito direotiopa. Six litlle\round mir rors uro "laced on caoh sidoof each bar. Tho pationt is placed in a chair in a dark room, inhing tho machine. An electric light, or any bright light, is concentrated oil tho black arms of tho maohino by a convex mirror placed be hind thopatiout, and then tho arms aro rick awhirling. Tho patient waiohos thom whirl. Tho motion and tho ihish* ing lights opovato on the nerves througdi tho oyes, Dr. Hamilton Vaid bo had pationts put to sloop by t,hm M'eau? and ?soino extraordinary eurea accomplished. Pho explanation of tho ode?t to tho whirling arms and dashing light s J? that thoy ohango tho habit of tho brain. Tue jffoot is ftiialogous to that pr'o'dueod by ihft nvu?''lonanor;voue os l\>Uijnd num.