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IF LOVE ABIDE. What If tho Buushlno kins no moto tho mountain's poak, Nor lu tho volo no sioro tho purpU shadows sook f To monut on high, Aua coming nlgii Wrtvo from t)io heights whom thoy would kiss and olasp. And dim .bis rays forovor in tholr "ohllly grasp? What it tho flowora bloom no moro, but droop tholr hoads, That havo inoarnadinod tho Bummor's . gardonbotlat . - . ' What if tho BhoavM, In autumn oves, Hustle no moro to Woo, tho hiding whippoor will. And ult tho happy bird-songs oro forovor ? Still? What if tho oarth should o'er bo wrapt lu ondloBs night, And olroliug moons attondant wandor with ? out light, What can botido, If levo abide? Lot suns and sphoros, swoot body, breath, all ondod bo, I am cont ont, BO lOYO enduro o le nut) ly. ,-Emily Sollngor. A Journey to the | Land of the Sky, ? \f. It was tho last day of Fobruary. Tho portion of tho world viniblo from tho platform of a Southern dopot waa whito ned cold. The air was a soft blur of falling snow. A tall man paced tho length of tho platform impatiently. Tho collar of his topcoat turnod up about his oarH almost mot tho soft felt hat pullod down to protect his oyos. Dolnyod trains conduce to rostlossness, and a Hloopy railway station in not exhilarat ing under favorablo conditions; . His native land had given him a cold greeting. Not a patch of blue, not a glimmer of sunshine to welcomo him. Tho ladon sky gave color to his thoughts. Womon chango so, and tho years had boon long. It was ten yoars since ho bude Margaret good-by on the * roso-covorod porch of her fathom's home. iTo had lifted his misornblo oyos to the soft indifference of hers, nnd avowed to lovo her-only, her - forovor. Tho rosos bowed,their heads in sympathy; or was it to hido^ their laughter? Hor pioturo had no vor fad od from his memory. Even in that busy, hurrying life ho could not for got. So ho had detorminod to come homo. Tomorrow ho would see her again, would watch tho smiles dimpling her ' face. It was worth a trip across tho continent, ho told himsolf, to seo onco moro tho dimples born of youth, and joy steal iu and out about hor ripe,red lips. Again tho thought that womon ohango thrust itself upon him, He liftod his head resolutely. His droam maidon would meet tho reality; if thc result was disappointing, ho would givo up tho memory, and in his fax wostcrn homo-forgot. Ho passed slowly up tho length ol tho orowdodcar. Most of tho passen gers at this season wore in search ol health, that elusive will-o'-tho-wisr j that danced over before thom (always just beyond their roach) and led them now to tho low-lands of Florida, now to tho glorious hoigkis of tho "Land of tho Sky." At tho end of tho car a woman sa' gazing out of tho window. To hil request sh? gave assent in r tono ns cold as tho snow outsido, thor glancing around and up into tho eyes, bent upon her ungraciousness, sin moved nearer tho window and swop tho book and magazine lying on thi Boat into hgv lap. Having easod bei conscience of any possible rudeness ibo returnod to tho window. Her coolness angered him. Ho was not accustomed to hoing thus dispos?t of. "Who was sho, this Lady Disdain' Ho watehod her furtively. How soron< and solf-possessod sho was. How duri tho lashes that almost touched hoi ?mooth, round chook. Her heavj coiled hair--ho started-ii was Ihohaii of his dream-maid. If he could loot ^ N. into hor oyos again, but sho was nb 'j sorbed, unconscious of his^ presence 'Jost in admiration of tho whito dalcos " Ile could stand tho uncertainty n< longer; An utterly absurd childish rliynv rang in his oars. "If it bo 1, ho wil gladly wn^ his tail; if it bo not I, lu will loudly bark and wail." Ho gav himsolf a little angry shake, and yo -if it was sho. Ho stretched his ham to tho magazine. On ono of his strong whito iingors ho wore a quaint, old fashioned ring. Sho would romombo - ' it. "May I?" he said, thou as sh turnod her startled oyos upon him "May I, Miss Margaret?" "Robert, Robort Elliott!" tho word carno iu astonished, fluttering gasps but sho quickly recovered herself, an held out her hand, welcoming hir homo in a pretty, friendly fashion. . Tho afternoon woro away. Tho pas oongors across the aisle regarded thoi Budden friendship with curious nn> somewhat suspicious oyes. Tho ongino was climbing tho moun tain now, panting and snorting, bu plowing through tho snow in a angry, determined way. Ho brought his conversation aroun to tho morning of bis departure. Wit oharming irrolovanoo sho ignorod ii and wont back to a moro roruot poriod, "Do you remombor ono chi; on tb mountain-it was tho summer I m< ?rou, and I was not quito 16? Ho ong ago it sooms. Did ho romombor that day? Tin goldon day of youth's onchantmon when they, with oagor stops, lin olimbod togother the steep ascent, an looked down upon tho others far b low. Ho broathod again tho fragrant of tho pinos and mossos. Abovo tho tho most ethereal bluo of tho vaultc oroh; bolow a enrpot moro olasti moro beautiful than ovor tho looms i Brussels or Antwerp wovo. Arour ' and about them tho raro intoxioatir air; out and boyond thom tho ha; distance Billows upon billows ev rising, over rocoding toward tho di lino whorotho sky and oarth mot upt a lovel plain. "Yes; I romombor." ho nnswero quiotly; "you woro a bluo gingini Bunbonnot, and tho string carno off. havo tho string still." Sho raisod hor bino oyes, lilied wi - laughter, but abo did not interim him, sho was con!ont to listen. "Wo wont down a little woy to ?prlng, and you draur from my hi Aftorward I olimbod tho tall pine Just h?low end cawed your nnmo and mino. I noYor know a boy who did not cawo his swootkoavt's namo on a tall troo," ho addod boldly. "Oh, thoso dear old unconventional days/' sho laughod. Hov laughton waa low, and it rippled. It thrilled bim. It was good to hoar it again. "You rodo behind mo down tho mountain, I wonder if I really thought you yore BO tired," sho con ti unod. "Yos, and at tho foot I boggod our ohaporono to lot mo drive you homo. Thou tho storm carno on. Do you ro mombor? Such a stormi Tho flood gates were oponod just over our hoads; tho troca creaked and groaned, tho wind swoopod downward through the pinos and in tho east whoro tho darkost olouds rollod, tho lightning playod in long glittoring throads. At tho first dpi co gust your parasol-our only protection-turnod a somersault, then I romomborod tho gray blankot undor tho scat, and wrapped it about you and myself. Wasn't it a pioturo?" merrily, "and 1 bogged for a kias. I was so near, so noar-but I was awfully afraid of you," ho loaned to ward hor, "you promised to giyo it some day," ho addod tondorly. "It is out of dato," coldly, "I don't boliovo I over did all thoso dreadful, improper things," sho flashed indig nantly. Sho turnod from him to hor contemplation of tho window. Ho loaned baek in tho sent with a little laugh born of content. Tho lamps woro lighted some timo ago. Tho engine gnvo ono long shriek and sped on in tho darknoss. Tho passen gers aroused themselves and bogan to got into their coats. Ho fastonod her wrap about hor with unsteady flngors. Her brother would moot her. Could ho wait until tomorrow? Ho had wai tod so long. Tho man across tho aisle was strug gling with a refractory sleeve. It was tho most Opportune moinont. "Margaret," ho wbisporod, "yon know wliy 1 have come." Sho had tho advantage, and,woman like unod it. "You havo fastonod it all wrong -yon aro nervous. Aro you sick?" Thin moro kindly; for Ibo light, tho courag? had gonn from his eyes. "Ye.?," ho sn?d> desperately, "sick of tho long waiting for you. Of'woary nights, of restless days-Margaret,* end it all. Say yos, dear." lt is swoot to bo wooed,but oh,what must she do? .Encouraged by hor sileneo, ho shook hor hand. Tho man across tho way had golton into his coat, and grinnod sympathe tically. "The man," sho wbisporod. "Oh, Hebert, ?denso let my hand go." "Yes-say yos, then." "Ito is laughing," desperately. "Hob, dear Hob, pienso don't." His tender, triumphant oyes were upon her. A deep rose glow dyed her faco and nock. "Thon say yos-it is such a little word, Margaret." . "Yes, yes," sho breathed. Tho train stopped with a lurch. Tho people moved to tho doors. Sho turned and looked from tho windows that had witnessed hor happiness. It was cold out sido. Tho air was a whirl ! ing whiteness, but summer, tho per fumo of llowors, tho song of happy birds, was within hov heart, Dospornto OolU-Socikoi'fl, "I havo just roturnud from Seattle," Baid John H. Latinaban of Oharlotto, N. O., "and havo loamed nil that I want to know about tho trip to Klon dike. Tho gold-crazed pooplo who oro just now milking thoir way to the western soacoast cities with tho hope of being able to catch a vessel bound for Alaska, havo no iden of what awaits thom. In Seattlo thoro aro hundrods of persons waiting for a s team or. Many who have boon ibero for some weeks und have been unable to secure passage aro now rotraoing their footsteps and rotitrning to tho homos they loft only a short whilo ago amid feverish excitement and impa tience. They como bank from the west a sad and sorry lot'; but when tho true story of this winter's Buffering in tho gold region bocomos known thoy will bo thankful that they wore unablo to take the trip, Tales of harrowing experiences aro hoing brought back from Alaska by evory vessel that Vo tums from that region to Seattle. Tho latest news, and probably tho worst, is that tho wintor season has already sot. in nt Dawson, and that in tonso cold is prevailing throughout tho Klondiko territory. Word has como to tho anxious gold-seokors that several of tho largest-stores in Dawson have olosOd their doors, for tho simple i'oasou that they have nothing moro to sell. Their stock has boon ex hailstod at fabulous prices, and thoy aro unablo to obtain any moro goods. In spito of tho warning, and with starvation staring thom in tho faco, tho prospective gold minors aro still willing to rush in and trust to luck. It is appalling to think of how many poor devils will perish in tho Klondiko boforo tho bright sun of next spring brings roliof to tho half-frozen porsons who havo manogod to livo tho wfntor through."-Now York Tribune, Thrift, Thrift! In Shoroditeh, England, an oloc trical lighting system whioh not only illuminates tho town but 'disposos of municipal rubbish, lins boon invontod. Tho steam for tho onginos to drive tho dynamos is being gonoratod by tho burning, in spocinlly constructed fur naces, of tho dust and refuse of tho parish which formorly cost tho local authorities a considerable mun to got rid of. NobleH Pro fur tin? Sword. According to ollicial statistics just issued at Berlin; tho population of that city includes a little ON or oight thousand noblemen, of whom fo>"*y soven hundrod bolong lo tho army, six hundrod form part of tho civil sorvico of tho government, two hundrod aro in irado, and ono,hundrod and fifty aro omployod as day laborers. 1.1(11? Klator's Protty, Witr Mun. A war map of tho Dominion of Can ada is in process of preparation. It will show all tho roads, bridges, towns, villages, blacksmith shops and stores. Franco produces moro raw silk than I any other doun try, Haly ranking I (joeond. IVY ON CHURCHES. ] Tho Luxuriant Growth on n Noted i Milico In Now York. Ornoo ohuroh, Now York oity, in famous for tho luxuriant ivy wbioh olings not only to tho front of tho church building itself, but to tho Graco house and rootory. Tho growth in especially oloso and luxuriant on tho lattor. Ita pinnacles Boom Uko Bolid masaos of ivy-not a glimpso of tho stonowork can bo bad. Tho ivy is boro beautifully lovel in appearance thoro aro no spare spots or places of uuoYon growth. Tho leavoa Boom to overlap oaoh other tile-fashion, giving tho rain ampio opportunity to glido down from loaf to loaf to tho roots be low. This charming ivy to be soon on tho rootory is tho old English variety, whioh louds so muoh of romaneo to Kenilworth and Warwick and tho Rhino ca?tles. Tho IOSVOB aro about tho B?S?O of those of tho silver maple, slightly glassy, firm, and boavily voinod. Tho stem is thick and strong. Tho ivy gives an impression of Btrongtb and hardiness. Littlo trouble ie bad with the dropping of tho. loaves in tho Bummer. In fall thoro ?B not a stoady dropping, continuing for seve ral weeks; two wooks ia, AB a rule, all tho timo required for tho dropping. Tho English ivy is somowhat slow in growth; tho plants at Graco church woro sot out, ninny of thom, a quartor of a eontury and longer ago. Ono of tho soxtons spoke to Tho Ohuroh Economist of tho ontiro sat isfnotion this ivy has always givon tho rooters and sextons of tho church in tho past. '?Tho old English ivy is always frosh and beautiful," said ho. "Though it can never have too much water, it thrives in tho dryest seasons. We raroly water it. Of all tho ivys wo have oxperimontod with, or aro grow ing boro now, it has roquircd tho least attention and givon tho bcBt roBults. It is a slow growor, but it most em phatically pays in the end. Wo aro novor annoyed by sparrows nesting iii tho ivy, oitbor that growing ovor thd rootory or house, whore it is thickest, or on tho ohuroh itself. Onco a year wo oloan tho gutters and trim tho ivy slightly. And sometimos wo clip tho ends which have forced themselves be tween the stained glass windows and the lino network which covers thom." Tho English ivy gn.ws on an aver age of fifteen foot in four years, though this is hardly a fair estimate, as every thing depends on tho Holiness of tho soil and its nccoss to a good water sup ply. Tho plants should bo sot out tho last of April, a littlo over a foot from tho stonework of the church, and from throo to llvo feet apart. It is well to give the ivy a healthful impotus by growing it in water for a short time previous to tho s?tting out. Littlo or no caro nood bo ororoised in training tho ivy. With a littlo guidanco for first fortnight, tho ivy will mount high or and hirher, slowly, surely, and ro uilarly. Buttresses, pinnacles, pro jections aro firmly entwined by tho littlo plant-and it will take a storm indeed to dislodge it. It may bo bought of any reputable florist at $1.60 per dozen. Tho most popular ivy in America, owing to its rioh autumn tints and quick-growing qualities, is the Ap? lopsis viotchi, Japan, or Boston ivy. Seedsmen pronounce it to bo tho most praotioablo ivy to be had. With vory few exceptions, Now York churches hovo chosen this variety for their pur poses. Grace ohuroh, in its main struoturo; tho Marble collogiato (I)utoh roformod), tho ''Littlo Church Around tho Corner" (Ohuroh of tho Transfiguration), all aro made most taotoful in appearance by tho growth of this ivy. Its loaves ave Binall and delicate, with deep indentations. The stem is small and tender, Tho au tumn color is a vivid scarlet,-Church Economist. -rite Minister Who Wa? an 151k. "Ali Episcopal clergyman of Grand Rapids, Micb., who belongs to tho ordor of tho Elks," says a monibor of that order, "attended a mooting tho other evening. The chairman notio ing his prosonco, said: 'I seo our Hov. Brother-among ns this ovoning. As th i s is suoh an unusual occurrence, I think ho will have to bo asBossed $5. The rector put bis hand into his waist coat pookot, and, marching up to tho desk, put.down his littlo V, and m ad o a nice littlo speech in which ho told how glad ho was to be with his brother Elks, and ended by inviting thom to come and hoar him preach tho noxt Sunday ovoning. Somo ono moved that tho Elks accept tho invitation and go in a body to thoir brother's church, whioh was unanimously carried. Tho noxt Sunday ovoning tho front pews of tho ohuroh woro filled with Elko, and when Be v. Mr.-aseonded his pulpit, he said: 'I am delighted to seo so many of my brothor Elks boro this ovoning, but it is snob, an unusual oc ourronco with the most of thom, I think thoy should cooli bo assessed $1. Lot your light so shine, otc' Th? way tho silver dollars rattled on thal plato was a caution. Tho contribu tion was mnoh heavier than usual,and tho Elks votod thoir rovorond brothor all right."-Now York Tribuno. Klectrlc Cotton Mill. In Baar, Switzerland, thoro is a 10, 000-spindlo cotton mill run by olootrio power from the Bhono, which is only 550 foot away. Thoro aro throo motors kept in a separate room to protect thom from tho dust, and of those ono drives tho oponors, cards, combing ninchinos, drawing and flyer iranios and supplies '2?0 lamps; anothor drives tho mulos, and tho third tho ventilat ing fan and workshop. Dear Drugs. Dobbins-These druggists ^'o rob bers. I just had a proscription ulled, and they ehargod mo $2 for it. Bobbins-Ohl that is easy I Why, I had a doctor's proscription filled tho other day and it cost mo $75. Dobbins-Hoavons I Bobbins-YOB ; tho doctor pro scribed a bicyolo for my wifo, and I had to got it for bor. -Puck. A Pat Answer, Tho master was asking questions - masters aro apt to ask questions, and thoy sometimes rocoivo curious an swers. The quoslion was as follows: "Now, boys, how many months havo twonty-oight days?" "All of them, air," replied A boy in tho front, A TicmoiulouHly KtTootivo Snell. A saab of groon obiffon, full width und tuokod ut tho onds, with a Iorgo bow at tho waist, is. very dainty, but apt to provo perishable. Suob a sash is tremendously offootivo worn Avith a bluo flowofod foulard. Tho corsago rendors a blouse offeot. Tho baok ia formod in two plaits, extending from tho shouklov soams to tho bolt; tho fronts make two oven plaits, closing in tho middle; tboy aro trimmed with largo rovers, opening over an em broidered waistcoat. Tho round bolt ns well as* tho plaits in front aro trimmed with oval jots. Tho sloovos aro in .-ne pioco, ilnishod with a lace mille, f> Mob falla over tho hand. ivoirin rind Hov lMirso. "I will agroo to givo you $10 for ovory day that somo woman does not loso a pocketbook," remarked ono of tho ofiloovs od duty at the Union sta tion, in spooking of tho largo number of oaoos of this obovaotor whioh fall undor bis observation. Oontinuiug, ho said that something ought to bo said about tho mattor in tho news papers to warn woinon of tho groot danger they aro running while travel ing nud absorbod in tho sconos of their, journey to suob au oxtont that thoy forgot nil about their pocket books until somo porson has boon tempted 'to booomo a thief and made off with tho book. Ho oitod tho oaso of a woman who had just como in on a train and re ported that bor pocketbook was gono. Sho could romombor that a mau bad shovod with his foot what abo thou thought was a piece of carpet, but which abo was now certain must havo boon hor pocketbook. She could call to mind tho oiroumstanoos, but could givo no dosoription of tho man. Tho mon On tho train woro searched, but no pooketbook was found, Tho worst of tho trouble is that tho losers cannot toll whore they laid their books, for all they know is that they aro minus their money.-Columbus (Ohio) Dis patoh. A Woman I'lnno Timor. Miss Nollio Jay1 natch, of Sonoca, Kau., traYols around through tho coun try and tunes pianos. On graduation from tho Now England Oonsorvatory of Music in Boston Miss Hatoh re ceived a diploma in piano tuning, and tho ocurso she took in order to soouro it was both thorough and comprehen sivo. Sho had jko; study harmony, theory and vocal and instrumental imi8ic, besides familiarizing horself with tho coiiBtruotion of tho action of apiano. Sho was trained so oarofully in this latter dopartinont that she is fully competent to rogulato, adjust and ovon to make any. ct'tho various parts. In the rudimentary work whioh pre pared her for tuning she had to de vote almost half a yoar to tho study of piton in ordor to learn to discern tho right and wrong tones. Noxt sho de voted her timo to tho distribution of intervals-loarning\ tlio difference in pitph botwoon two tones. It is claimod that tho only way to tune accurately is to givo a oortain number of boats to each intorval, tho only pure intervals hoing tho octavos nnd unisons. After Miss Hatoh looked into repair ing, regulating and restraining. Sho was gruduatod in 1889 and since then she bas traveled throughout tho State of Kansas, notivoly engaged in her oboson profession. Sho is doscribod as an oxooodiugly handsome, attrac tive young woman, at-d her .mother speaks of hor, as "our traveling mani" -Now York Tribune. Hnlr n Souvco of Worry, A fashionable hairdresser, to whom a oustomor was bowailing her fate tho other day, said that half the wrinkles on fair faces aro caused by worry about bair. "A woman came to mo ono day not long ago and Asked mo to arrange hor hair in what, according to my judgment, would bo tho most becom ing stylo for ber to wear. Sho was n, littlo dark woman with a slight, oval faco, and her hair was black and straight. Sho hud a worried, har rassed oxprossion, and linoB about her eyes and mouth that needed softening. " Tho philosophical hairdresser smiled at tho rooollootion and continuod: "I twisted hor baok hair into a low, soft knot, ft sort of ft 'bun,' only softer and moro becoming. I parted it in tho middle in front, and waved it, leaving the waves ripple down across tho fore head, and drow thom baok over hor ears, making tho ridgos puff out. No ourls were on tho forehead; no frizzes or flyaway looks. It was simple and soft without being untidy, and I oon fosB I was proud of my handiwork when it was finished. "Tho little woman looked at ltersolf in tho mirror for a, fow sooonds boforo she spoko. She smilod Uko n x>loasod ohild and tho linos faded out.of her faco like magic Sho appofirod about ton years youngor. It wasn't tho coiffure It was simply bocauso abo was so ploasod. Then sho pourod her woos into my oar. *It sooms that her husband had o spooiol and particular fondness for pretty hair. Sho had tortured hor looks into ovory fashion sho oould thiuk of to ploaso him, but hor most onrnost offorts mot withoith or silonco or derision., Sho carno to mo-about tho ton th hairdrossoi ?Ito had boon to I imagino-bocauso ?ho took a fnnoy to a wax hoad in tho win dow. She admitted that to ovory ooif?busowho had drossod her hair sho had givon instructions to dress it elab orately, In that lay tho Avhole trou ble Dark hair should not bo drossod olaborntoly. 1 Ourls and frizzes, with out reason or limit, bolong to tho fair haired woman. -And ft thin, soriotis fnoo should bo softened by fulhiOBS und putlbiBas around ehooks and toni plos, but tho fullness should look ns littlo liko ftrt and as much like nature as possible." I 'ne ut l'enii? tn Unrop'o. On the uooasion of tflio grand dinney to the Emperor and Empresa of der? many nb Von io o by tho King mid Queen of Italy, tbo Queen wore her wonderful poorl neokloco, wbiob bas no equal in tbo world.. When ?ho was first engaged to King Humbert, Avho was thou Prinoo of Naples, bo pros ontod bor with a singlo string of those prooious stones, eaoh as big as a hodge-sparrow's ogg, and of tho most porfoot form a?d color imaginable Margarito hoing tho Grook for poarl, tho Offering had a spooial signifioauoo. At overy birthday sinoo tho King has prosonted his boloYcd consort with auother string^oaoh ono hoing a little largor than thomBt, BO that tho latter ones nowreaobfar bolow HorMajosty'B waist. Whilo on tho subjoot of pearls, a few other ornamonts composed of thoso oxquisito jowols aro worth men tion. Tho Empress Frodorick of Germany has a vory fine collar neoklaoo oom posed of thirty enormous pearls of oxquisito shape and color, and it is said sho wears them both day and night, as tho lustro of those almost living 'treasures ?B immonBoly en hauood by contaot with tho hundan form. Our own Quoen possess what is supposed to bo tho "pinkest" of all pearl nooklaooB, and it ie roportod to have * boon a part of tho dowry of Queen Cathoriuo or Arragon. Tho matVCiOuo miwu pulu I JIUUIWHUU KU MlU EuiproBS of Austria is well known, and abo has worn it incessantly over sinoe tho sad death of tho Archduke Budolph ; attaohod to it is a curious blaok dia mond having a quaint offoot, quite unique Lady Ilohostor has a very fino string of tho same blaok pearls, which is often soon in Loudou diaw ing-rooms. Of single poarls of itn monso size tho prosont Pope Loo XIII, is the possessor of tho most famous, a superb jowol, givou by ono of tho DogeB of Vonico to a formor holder of tho papal throno; it is arrangod as a roliquavy, and has a spiko of tho crown of thorns placed boflide it in a gold caso.- Jewelers* Iteviow. Fashion Natos. The old fashion of having all parts of a costumo to matoh in shado is ho ing revived. Washing silk for skirt wcists is an economical matorial, as it en bo worn late into tho fall. Chiffon is by far tho prettiest ma terial foi' dressy occasions: it is foldod, draped, puffed .and tucked. Corsages of fancy style aro not yob discarded, and thoir total abandon ment is not desired by thoso of econ omical bent. A novelty oostumo has a skirt made of altbrnato breadths of oropo and silk. The oropo is closely tuokod, AYII?O tho silk is shirred. Many of tho fashionable parasols aro moro sttggostivo of ovor-trimmod lamp Bbades than of any artiolo be longing to tho toilet. Beading throo inches wido may bo obtainod in tho vnrious sonsonablo colors. It is used for ginghams and batistes, and makes a pleasing finish. In thin goods many of tho corsages aro shaped at tho waist by flvo or six rows of Blurring. Sometimos wide beading run with ribbon is substi tuted. Tho'consorvativo woman clings to tho plain, untrimmed sunshade, but tho material is of tho very host and tho workmanship.must bo faultless if thoso plain models aro to bc approved. Gray is ono of tho fashionable col ors, and is used,in overy tint and tone as well as overy'imaginablo fabric. It is almost always possiblo to mako it tip with somo color that rendors it be coming to those who oould not woa? it alone. l^fAmong th? popular matorials foi houso drossos aro India silks and foul ard. Thoso fabrics will bo worn un til lalo in tho ! autumn, and a goodly number havo boon ordored with an oyo to indoor wear throughout thc season. Brocaded taffeta in colors is a favor ite for evening gowns, and takes on a quaint air in its flowor-bospriuklod surface. Tboy aro made moro plainly than a plain matorial, and thoir crispy freshness 'makes them a durable anti offootiYO invostmont. A stylish hat is mado of haskel braid. Tho odge is trimmod with i very olosoly-shirrod odging of lnco ox silk muslin. Abovo this is a row ol fanoy braid. Around tho orown is a soarf of soft silk, and wired bows ar? not up at ono side of tho baok. A novelty bonnot has loco frame, and is oovored with notf. Tho trim ming is of wild rosos and foliage. At tho baok of tho orown thoro is a roll of volvot, and from this a band pnssot down under the chin and is fastonoo at ono side with a small bow of ribbon and a couplo of fanoy pins. Taffeta silks aro vory smart foi ovoning gowns, and thoso of blaok arc mado iuto all sorts of fancifully trimmod skirts, tobo worn with waists of tho samo tono or different coloring. This skirt, with a low-out bodice ol black chiffon, or any. color ono may ohooso, makes an idoal dress for ovon ing funotions. Thin matorials aro mado up with tho skirts in vory narrow tuoks from tho waist lino- down about twolvo to oigbtoon indios. A dress of chino oropo has tho top of tho skirt made ol silk in fino plaits and tho lower por tion of tho oropo, wbiob is put OM plainly with a band of laoo insertion just bolow whoro tho tuoks ond. Tho bolero with ourvod sidos, the squnro Eton, and tho doublo-fiapped Figaro aro seon on gowns of ?ilk, woo! and transparent matorial; on th? plain goods tboy aro trimmed with au 1 olaborato pattern in . braiding, om broidory or appliqvos of ooarao loco. ' The pouched front is an almost inev- ' , itablo ?ooer ^animent of those iaunti . little affair. . PEARL8 OF THOUGHT. Write injury on water and kindnoss on marblo. \ Tho moat appalling poverty ia to have nothing but money. Hnppinoaa ia ovorywkero, and ita apring ia in our own hearts. Many apend their labor gathering life's waato and throw away lila's jowel; Wo oro amusod through tho intel lect, but it ?8 tho heart that aavoa na from ennui. Tho groatest mon oro quiokoat to aokuowledgo thoir debt to that provl donco whiob fools call luok. Money olevatca many who, on ao connt of mediocrity, w"ould if not ailment remain ia obscurity. ? Ingratitude dollies and poiaona ovory spring, mara every ploaeure,and takes tho value out of ovory gift. Tho best capital for a boy ia not inonoy, but the lovo of work, aimple tastos, and a boart loyal to his frienda. An optimist will bore ono to death talking of his auccosBos, and a pessi mist will givo ono tho blues talking of his failuros. Sympathy ia moro than kindness : it is kindness that ia able to enter into another's fooling?, so aa in some mens uro to fool with him. Roughness, blustering, and ovon foolhardiness are not manlinosa. Tho moat linn and courageous mon have usually boon tho most gontlo. Lifo is made up, not of great ancri llcos or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kind noss, and small obligations given habitually, aro what j prosorve tho boart and scour o comfort. TELEPHONES FOR FARMERS. .? Their Grout Ad va nt ago Mild Influoiico In tito Country. In this ago of cheap application of electrical science to humar-; need one is not surprised at tho rapid extensi?n of tolopbonio communication in the smnllor towns and evon villagos of tho country. Nor can wo really affoot surprise when wo loam that tho boon of cheap telephone oxchangOB is in a fair way of being extended in tho purely rural districts. Wo aro al ready informed that in central Kansas thero aro a number of vanohes con nected by telephone with ono another, enabling tho owners and thoir families to enjoy intimate communication for both social and business purposes. Tho Kansas plan is to utilize the littlo railroad station in tho vioinity ol a farming district as tho "contrai" o?Tico and to connect tho various farm houses by ohoap wiving, in many casos tho barb wire fences hoing used for this purpose. There is no insula tion, tho only caro takon being to ace that there aro no broken fences and to carry tho wires acrosa the roads by means of high polos, connecting again on tho other side to tho fonco wires. Tho only real expenso is tho telephone instrument in oaoh hotiso, tho cost of which is said to average #0. A plan Bom?Wuat similar to tho ono described has been experimented with on some of tho largor Nobraska ranohos, and wo ave informed that whevovov tr^od the success is so marked ns to guaran tee a rapid oxtension of tho system through tho rural districts. Thoro ia no mention aa yet of any notion by tho largo tolophono trusts in rogard to patont iufringemontB by tho fnrmors, and probably snob aotion, if takon, may be successfully resisted by one or moro of tho independent oompanios. Why should tho average farm or or his family bo cutt off from intercourse with neighbors or adjoining munioi palitios? It is probably a quostion of timo when the farmers will have tho benefit of free postal delivery, at least in tho older Bottled neighborhoods, and it is but a stop along tho lino of progress to tolopbonio communication at vevy slight exponso to eaoh vuval subscriber. Tho saving of time and horso-flosh, to say nothing of tho in creased facilitioa for business transac tions rosulting from tho introduction of farm tolophonos, rendors it ox tromoly probable that whon onco proved successful they will bo ox tondod as paying investments. For tho female members of the avorago rural housohold no words aro too strong to pioturo tho altered condi tions of lifo that will onstte from tho introduction of tho telephone Isola tion is pronounced by all sociologists tho greatest bane of farming lifo, and in probably roeponsiblo for moro dwarfed womanhood than any other singlo causo. Tho telephone, for social vonsons alono, will provo itself n benefactor to rural communities by oxohanging for monotony and isolation the bonofits whiob avo already con sidorod indispensable to urban dwollovs.-Ohicogo Ohroniolo, Queer Ohliioso Money. A kind of OhinoBO money whiob is largely manufaoturod and sold is worthy of mention, although tho trav elor need not trouble himself with it except os a curiosity. Thia is pre pared for tho spooiol purpose of burn ing at tho graves of decoaaod relatives as an offoring to tho dond. Tho doni zons of tho othov world aro aupposod to require and to bo oapnblo of receiv ing money in this way; but tho China man ia fnv too praotioal a person to pattin such a fashion with tho euvronoy of tho ompiro. Instoad, ho buya for a fow "oash" a largo supply of silvered and gildod piocos of paper, or of imi tation coins blookod out of cardboard. Although those haye no purohnsing power on earth, thoy aro aupposod to count for muoh in the transactions of tho spirit world. ' By this practioo ono is reminded of an old mis*,r who loft bia bolongings to his son on con dition that a oortnin sum of monoy should bo buriod in tho coffin with him. Tho son was, howevor, a chip of tho old blook, and carried out his father's wishos by plaoing in tho coffin a common oroasod ohcok for tho ro quirod amount, assured Chat it had littlo ohanco of being presented at his bankor'a.-Chambors' Journal. John Itull'c Oconn. . "Bid you know," aaid tho soiontist to the English olatosraan, "that the ocean holds in \onso quantities of gold in solution. ' "Novor mind about that now," was theroply. "Wo'U got around to the ncoan as soon ns wo are through with tho rest of the earth."-San Francisco Examine*. POP?tj?RJCIBNCE. . Foroatry commissioners and othor ?ntorcstod people IIOYO takott up tho mbjoot odd pruseB aro ofi'orod for the propagation amt distribution of inneot ?attng spiders in foi'osts7 ( \ 1'rofosBor Palazzi bas wade oxpovi ?nonts whioh show that smoko kills tko fniorobes of various diseases i? one to (our hours, and ko tkoroforo recom? mends it as a disiufootant superior Nto> gasos. ^ Vandorvyver, a Belgian, states^ tlmt tko longtk of oxposuro for radiographs through limbs of difforont dimensions . varies as tko oubes of their thiokhees. M. Bondoard states tkat Roentgen rays can diagnose pleurisy and similar complaints. ) Scientists measure by tho oontrao tion of petroleum othor temperatures: several hundred degrees below ?ore* Fahrenheit. At 810 degrees below zero, tho tomporaturo at which liquid air boils, potroloum other remains iii a semi-liquid condition and ontraotfl with the decrease o? tempura" aro. Condensation is tho rosu' J of chill ing tho air. Tho asoout of tko lowor strata of the atmosphere into tho high or regions and tko consoqueiit oxpan* sion and loss of heat is tko most prob able oauso of rain, and it is not im possible that tho air near tho ground, hoing made to riso by hoing artificially hoatod, might tond to produce tho do* sired downpour. I Suddon and great fluctuations in tho lovel of -water in wells in stormy weather, closely corresponding to tho fluctuations in wind volooity roov deit by Professor Langley, havo boon ob sorvod by Dr. Komei Martini. This explains tho popular tradition that bad woathor may bo prodiotod from tho * suddon riso and fall of wells. Curi ously," however, small and rapid changes of baromoter aro moro certain to affect wells than largo changes. The applications of tho X-rays to tho study of phenomena' invisible w itho their'aid continually inoroaso in num ber. Somo of tho results aro rather ourious than useful, but substantial additions to lcnowlodgo aro being made lu thia way. Ono of tho latest soion tlflo usoB found for tho rays is in re vealing tho in nor struoturo of flowers, anchfruit buds. In aomo respects thia fa o bottor mothod than dissecting for tho study of certain parts of plants.' M. Jnnseon, tho eminent astrono mer, baa loft Pavia to inspect ?iirMent^ Blano observatory. Tho aoiontiflo oaravan will atavt from Chamouni* soon to talco motoorologloal readings at an altitude of 14,000 foot, tko high ost station in tko world. M. Porrotin, dirootor of tho Nico Obaorvatory, iu expootod to join the party in order to study tho morning elongation of Venus (md to ascertain tho poriod of tho planot'a rotation, now n dobatod ques tion omong astronomers. Tho Strangest Laboratory. Tho strangest laboratory over aeon Is thatAvhiok^haa just boon inaugurated in tko Museum of Natural History in i?aris. Inateud of rising from tho ground, it'is buried deep under tko earth, and spreads its galleries under tho feet of visitors to tho Jardin dca Plantes. It ovoids tko ligkt with tia muck caro as others sook it. . Thia laboratory has boon created with tho apoeirtl object of studying tho evolution of animals, and of aaoor taining experimentally how different spooios of animals ave modiflod and.;> changed from ono to another. Thia ia nothing leas than tho doctrine of ev olution proved by experiment. .?.Wo intond to deal with represonta tivoa of all tho animals. Already wo havo insoots, crustaceans, flab, ba traohians and mammals. Already tho lattor-guinoa pigs in this oaso-have reproduced, and wo havo already ono generation which has novorporcoivod and will novor porooive tho light of day. Wo omploy a vory feoblo red lantern whon attending to thom in ord or to r educo to a minimum tho light used. Wo do not forgot that many of tho oxporimonts which wo aro undertak ing will require considerable time, oonturioa it may bo, whilo otbors will probably bo oomploted in a few months. It ia uaolesa to add that thia labora tory is absolutely oloaod to tho public, but will bo walo open to mon of aoi onco and invostigatora who wiak to work tkero. In addition to tke exper* imonts in zoological physiology whioh wo uh dor take, thora aro a number of othors which could bo tviod with auo ooBfl, and Mr. Milne-Edwards will welcomo all gonuino invostigatora who wiah to oarry on work in our subter ranean pasaago.-New York Journal. How to DrinK Wntov. Tho ofteots produced by tho drink ing of water vary witk tho manner in wbioh it is drunk. If, for iuatauoo, a pint of cold water bo swallowed as a largo draught, or if it bo taken in two portions, witk a short intorval between, oortain doflnito offoots follow-oflocts wbioh diftor from those which would havoroaultod from tho aamo quantity taken by sipping. Sipping is a pow erful stimulant to tho circulation-a thing wbioh ordinary drinking ia not. During tho aot of sipping tho aotion of tho norvo which shows the boat8 of tho heart ia abolishod, and aa a eon.ao quoneo that organ con h oots much moro rapidly, the pulso beata moro quiokly, and tko oiroulation in various perta of tko body ia incroaaod. In addition to this wo also find that tho prosBuro under wbioh tko bile ia aooroted ia raiaod by tko sipping of fluid.-Amer ican Cultivator. Swoot Blniror us n Liro-Savov. Patti Ima liad tho rolo of lifo-saver thrust upon hor by an old blind woman who livos in tho neighborhood of Oraig-y-Noa, Wales. Whon tho lattor lay vory ill abo maiatod that hor health would bo rcatorod if only^tho famous Bongfltreaa would eing to hor. Hor friends, anxious to please hor, porsnadod a awoet-voiood young girl from a distance to como over to the oottago to eing ono song, and lod tho blind woman to boliovo that Mme. Patti had consented to grant hor ro quost. But tho first voreo was onough. "No, no, it's not horself," eriod tho invalid. Tho doooption had failed. But I'll livo now till I do hoar her again," sho oriod angrily. "I..-won't bo done out of what I'd made Un mV mind toi" And she did live until lo?g after hor wiflk waa gratified,