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TR- EE.L + IIN-WINBR *- ESTABLISHED 1848 MY MOTHEIt'S YIYMN. Like patient saint of olden time With lovely face almost divine So good, so beautiful amd fair, Her very attitude a prayer; 1 heard her sing so low and sweet, "Ilia loving kindness-oh, how great;" Turning belold the saintly tice, So full of trust and patient grace. "He Justly clahns a song fromn me, His loung kindness-oh, how free;" Sweet thus did run the song, "His loving kindness," all day long. Trusting, praising, day by day, She sang the sweetest roundelay "He near my soul hath always stood His loving kindness-oh, how good.4 "He safely leads my soul along, His loving kindness-oh, how strong;" So strong to lead her on the way To that eternal better day. Where safe at last in that blest home, All care and weariness are gone, She "sings with rapture and surprise His loving kindness in the skies." A DAY'S EXUUI{SION. Now, Octavia," said Mrs. Oland, "do be a little' careful to-day. Don't, for pity's sake let your wild spirits run away with you." Octavia Oland, in her pi11k muslin dress, tied here and there with jaunty little bows of ribbon, and a straw gypsy hat, garlanded with poppies turned round, the very incarnation of radiant glee. "Mamma," said she, "why should you grudge me my holiday? "Don't 1 work behind Miss Fan shawo's counter all the year, like any African slave? Do let inc play I am a child again just this once." So this beautiful young Euphrosyne danced away, leaving only the sweet echo of her laughter in the gloomy apart ment, and Mrs. Oland sighed. "She is so thoughtless," said the mother. "And Duncan Ray and Iiarry Bolton are both going on this sailing party, and somehow I feel as If to-day were going to be the turning point of her life. "I wish she could bring herself to like Duncan. "He's a steady, noble-souled boy, as his father was before him, but there isn't much outside show about him. "And Bolton's a handsome, dashing young fellow, just the sort to attract any girl. But somehow 1 can't quite believe in him." The day was all sparkle and sunshine. The excursion steamer Iluttering with gay flags a"d the sound of music, glided along majestically. The sea air breathed new strength into weary lungs, and touched fevered brows with mighty power; all these over worked sewing-girls forgot, for a brief while that life was nothing more than a 41 Ctatltmll 4u eu. They laughed, they danced, t hey sang, they counted the glimmering sails that leaned up against the horizon, and lin ally, when the boat landed, they all scattered in various directions over the silver-shingled beach, in merry persuit of shells, seaweed, and pebbles, as so many newly liberated school-children might have done. And Octavia Oland, the prettiest girl in all this throng, reigned as a sort of princess among them. "Mother Cary's Cushion?" said she, merrily, echoing the words of an ancient salt, who was mending his nets in a sunny spot, with an old pipe in his mllouth, and a picturesque long beard blowing about in the wind. "Is that what they call yonder rock?" "That 'ore's what they hails her by, lady-miss," said the old sailor, his dim eyes resting with evident approbation on Octavia's fresh young lilies and roses. "And well it's knowed hereabouts,"' he said(. "But why do they call it so'?" persis ted the girl. "Because of the cushion, my lady m)iss," replied the iishermani. "The Mother Cary's chickens as cir cle round the point, of a (lark day, wheii there is a storm comin' up. "It's a roumnd roek, near the top-dlo you see?" poitinig his knotty finger ''with grass and mosses growin' on it, in a circle, like a cushion. And aback~ of all the iatcral rocit. "There's them, miy lady-miss,'' lhe added, "as has climbed to the very top), aind sat on the cushion. "1 an my sweetheart-as has beenm dead these thirty years-did once. "But we didin't care to stay. there long, I tell ye. '"or the wind howled, and the sea gulls shrieked and the tide roared like a hungry shark around us, anid it was as much as ever we could do to get down again wvith whole bones." "Wily, it doesn't look such aheight," said Blolton. "Mebbe not--mebbe not," said tihe old man. "A quarter of a mile makes a deal o' difference ini the looks of thinigs. "And them as+ain't used to distances, can't calculate." Amd lie went on with his work, while the little group strolledl on, bright Oc tavia wvith her ribbons and curls, float ig, Bolton carrying her shawl, and Duncan Ray walking silently on the other side0. A nd just ,then another gay thironig overtook them, and there was a discuis sion as to whore thme site should be for their impllrompltul banquet; amJl presenit ly Duncan Ray looked aroundt. "Where's Octavia?" lie asked. Every body had some kiind of an -answver to make. Aurlette IIail had seen her not five minutes before. .lIelen Raiy was (quite certain that mh1e was hiding behind the ralined boat-house on the beach. .Lois Fielding, suggested thlat she had probably gone back to the steamer for a sceiit-bottle, or a haindkorchief, or some such trifle. * ~ "She'll be hiele presently," they all * remarked. "in the meantime, let us get the * lunch ready, for~ there's a dlark little * edge of cloudl down In time WVest, that the captain says lie don't like thme looks or." And where, all this time, was Oct avl Oland? She was springing up the steep and * inding ledge of the rock, quicker and lighter than any mountain chamois, her veil floating back like a white wreath of mist an exquisite scarlet dyeing her cheei. "If other people can climb to Mother Cary's Cushion, so can I," said daunt- _ less Octavia keeping her face resolutely away from tie furious waves that boil ed and raged below, lest perchance it should render her giddy. "And how astonished they will be e when they see me waving my handker- a chief to them from the dizzy peak." c Long before the cold fowls, chicken- I salad and sandwiches were spread upon S the grass the captain came up from the t steamer. "Ladies and gentlemen " said he, "I am sorry to spoil sport, but there's a c squall brewin' If over there was one, and we'll all be safer well out at sea, r than on these ragged points of rock, es- I pecially as the tide is comin' in a deal f faster than we calculated on. "So if you'll step lively, I shall be particularly obliged." The ladies began hurriedly to repack the, as yet, untouched repast, and to gather up their hats, veils, parasols, and gloves; the gentlemen looked around for- shawl-straps, books, and baskets; c and once again run the question "But Octavia? "Where is Octavia?" And Dorsey Wheeler, stmaiining his eyes through the gray mist which was already beginning to gather over the landscape, exclaimed "Who has an opera-glass? "I see something on that tall rock that seems to lean towards the water something, I am quite certain which moves." The captain produced his glass. "Though, to be sure,'' said he, ''glass es ain't much good in such a plaguey I Scotch mist as this. "But I declare there is something up a there fluttering in the wind, like some :: one waving a signal of distress." r Bolton snatched the glass from the i veteran's hand, and hurriedly adjusted c it to his own eyes. "It is Octavia's veil, he said. I can t see the pink flowers, like little dots of t color, on her head. "Good heavensl and she has been ? mad enough to climb that rock, all for t a spirit of crazy adven ture.'' i "It's ia bad job for her then, sir," said t the old lisheriman, who, leaving his nets to take care of themselves, had mingled a black pipe and all, in the general con- ? fusion. "For now the tide is in, there ain't nobody nor nothiin' can get near Mother Carey's Rocks. "If the wind rises as it's going to do, as sure as Heaven, she'll be blowed into kingdom come at the very first puff." "Can nobody help her?" cried the horrified group. "You'd only come to your own death," said he, "without helpin' her a mite. There was a man killed there twenty-one years ago come October. "We are losing time." said the cap tain impatiently. "There's a black squall driving up on the wind, and l'd not give much for our ? lives if we don't get clear of them con founded rocks. "Of course, we're all sorry for the a young lady: but so far as I can see she will have to take the consequeinces of c her own folly. It's impossible to risk a o whole boatload for her. b "Ladies lund gentlemen, all forward v now, if you please." i But Duncan Ray stepped out from I the ranks. i "'Boltonl" said he. a "McD)owellt Christian men, all of a you! Are you going deliberately off, to2 leave her to perish?" "I-I don't see that we can do any thing," stammered Bolton. '"This good man says that we would8 only risk our owvn lives to no purpose.'' ~ '"And you must see yourself," added Mr. Launcelot McDowell, "that it would be cei tain (death to try to cross thme water, nowv that~ the tide is rising so fast." 'There's no time to parley!" said the cap)taiin impatiently. ''The bell w~ill rIng dlirectly, and who ever isn't on board then, isn't on board e at all! Elh! Where are you going, Mr. Ray'? "To the top of yonder cliff," answer cud D)uncan, pulling his hat resolutelyn over his browvs. "T1o rescue that girl, or die in the at- p tempt!" c But at the same moment a slender e figure, wvith a zephyr shawl drawn light ly over its head, steppledl out from be- rm hind the okt bulkhead--Octavia Oland! c herself "DIo not risk your life Dumncan il Ray I" she saidl in a sweet, clear Voice. I "I am quite safe. ''My veil and hat blcew off, and I could not disentangle them from the sharp a ':ocks. But I, myself, was fortunate o enough to make good my retr-eat before I the dreadful wind got too high. ''And I canme up behimnd you all, and heard you talk, and--and-Oh, Duncan, c I can't bear to thinik of it all. " 1: Shme covered her eyes with her hand a as she spoke, while wvith the other shte i clung close to Duncan Ray's arm, as if I it were a refuge beyond all comnputa- C tion.. But all the way back she never once i cond(escenmdedi to speak to Ilarry Bolton E or Mr. McDowell; and when she return- i ed home that evening shme was engaged to Dunncan Ray. "For I kniow now,'' she saie, with a I little tremor In her voice, ''who, and I who alone, would have risked his life I for such a silly child as I It' And Harry Bolton and LaunicelotI aMcDowell felt like recreant kinighits M. GAMBETTA's opportunity: An) Etng lishman has offered Oambottam $2,500 ic or the pistol bullet which lie had the ill icek to shoot into his own arm. If . Gambetta were to go to Ljeadville, start i a daily newspaper and express hi, op)in ions in a free and airy manner lie would a soon have enough bullets in him to get at least 85010,000 at $2,500 per hullet. lie is probably rich enough without embarking In each an exciting business. 1)ON'T ask a great plaster for a smali sore, The Valley of Mexico. The entry of the Spaniards into the val sy of Mexico is thus described: A. turn a the road disclose'i the valley of Mexico -the object of their toll and suffering tretching from the slopo of the forest-clad anges at their feet as far as the eye could each, and presenting Poe picturesque in erminghng of green prairies, golden fields, nd blooming gardens, clustering round a eries of lakes. Towns lay thickly sprinkled, evealed by towering edifices and gleam ng wallis, and conspicuous above all, the ueen city herself, placidly reposing ul.on he mirrored surface of the larger water. Lbove her rose the cypress-crowned hill of )hapultepec, with its stately palace conse rated to the g!ories of Aztec domination. The first transport over, there camte a ovulsion of feeling. The evidently dense opulation of the valley and the many ortitled towns confirmed the mysterious varnings of the allies against a powerful nd warlike people, and again the longing or the snug and secure plantations of Cuba ound expression aloug the faint-hearted, s they shivered in the icy blast and vrapped themselves the closer in the ab once of food and shelter. In this frame f mind the glistening farm-houses seeined nily so many troops of savage warriors, urking amidst the copses and arbors for 'ictims to grace t he stone of sacrifice and he festive board; aned the stately towns ppeared impregnable fortresses, which romised only to becmo their prisous and raves. So loud grew the murmurs as to udicate mutiny; bul Cortes, with his usual amt words, quieted the sohtiers, supported a he was by the spirited majority. After detcending for a short dlistancs hey caine to the travellers' station of Sitnuhtechcati. whose commodious edifices Iforded rooi for the whole army. The lexicans had prepared for the arrival by urnishing an abundance of provisions, vith fires in all the rooms, and the tired oldiers eagerly gave themselves up to re ose. No less exhausted than 1hey, Conies evertheless could not th'i.k of rest till he ad seen to the security of the camp. his rudence on this occasion came near cost ug him dearly, for ia the darkness a sen mel taking him for a spy drew his cross ow. Fortunately he .iAnd beard the click nud announced himself. This prompt nes n the part of the guard was by no means unecessary; during the night a dh zen or iore prowling natives met the fate which he General so narrowly escaped. They iere supposed to have been the spies of n irmy hidden in the forest, which, on bserving the watchfulness of the Span irds, abandoned the preicd.itatled attack. Alontezuma's fears appeared to grow vith the approach of (ortes, and so did is anxiety about the import of the message lhich must be deliv'ered to him alone. 'ould there be a design upon his person? 'his must be ascertained before the inva ers ca'ue too near. Among his courtiers was a noble named Tzihuacnonoca who reatly resembledi hiinin person and botu. I as he commanded to proceed to the panish camp, attended by a large retinue, ad by representing himself as the ELmper r to ascertain from the white chiet what is intentions were, and to induce him ith liberal offers to turn back. The idea vcs based on an incident which had oc urred not many years before, wherein ne of the tripartite monarchs saved his fe by appearing in proxy at a treacierous aourt. Montezuma hoped to derive from similar trick wore than one advantage. Tzihuacpopoca arrived at the mountain amp the morning after the 8paniards had ntered it, and created no little excitement y the announcement that the Emperor as present in person. Preparations were iade to give him a brilliart reception. hi ortunately for the envoy, his secret ad too many keepers in the large suite ttending him: there were aho many miong the allies who had been at Monte uma's court, and who looked oin .this asud en arrival as suspicions. TIhey made iquiries and soon ascertained the truth. ortes receivedl the great mnai wIth cour isy, heralded as ho was with a present of ,000 pesos dte cro, but, he resolvcd to take divantage of the dIscovery to impress him iith his penelnration. A fter a few moments' onver,ation he told the noble with a seveie :ne lie was riot the mionaich he represent dl himaelf to be. lie also referr-ed to the Ltemipts mfade (luring the ight to surprise 10 camnp, as ItiecatedI by thme dlead spies, od assuredl him thiat his meni were always repared against plots and deception, and ny attempts against them wvould leadl only ) thme discomfiture -md grief of the enemy. ewedl by the superior intelligence and ower of the General, the envoy thought o longer of anyt,hing else than to keep ac.h a man from entering Mlexico. He resented among otber reasons that the city ould he reachesd only in canoes, and that revisions were (difficuilt to obtain there. Ie repeated the offer already made 01 an nnual tribute payable in treasures on t,ho ost,, andl promised as a brii,e for Uortes hinseli four leads of gold, aii( for each of is oflcers andi men one load. Dazzlng as lie oiler was, Cortes regarded it as but a aimi, iellection oh still richer treasures, the ttaiumnent e'i which mist procure for hlim rester glory than lhe had1 yet (dreamned or. ii his reply lie aiccord nogly ponted out, ho w trnnze it must appeaur in~ mur back now hat he was within view of thet goail. Such onduct wouldi disgrace any envoy. Net e (dared not disobey dthe orders of hIs ing, who had sent hitn up mi a iion of neat benefit, to Mlantezitmn. lIe would ave a.soon as this Was accomplished, if esired. Notinmg abashed by this rebuff. Monte uima aigamf had1( recourse to thes blapk ari, nid sent a number of soicerers, the native ecords say, to cast spells on the (Spaniards 'hey soon returned winhI t,he report that on earing Tlalmanalco, Tezcatlipoca had at). eared to them iil the guise ot a drunken camsant, Iraighteming thieim greatly, andi sying-- Foo.s, reiun!ii Youi mission is ai vamil Monitezumai~ will hose lhis emipire a punishe.ouit for tyraniny, uiid I, I leave 1e-xico to her tate and1( east you o111" The orcerers recognlzedl the god, andi prostras, d themsRelves to adore him, but lie spurned hesir dlevotion, rebuiking them, aid finially monted to Mlexico, saymg:--"HeoidI her loom!t" Looking roiiud they saw hier en 'eloped In lanies, and theo inhiabitanti& in onfhict w,th white men. On turning agai ) beseech the god lie was gone. Montezuma was in consultation with hits divisers when this report was br-ought. As fpierced by dealth's (tart, the mionar-,h owed low his head andI moaned:-*'We re lost! We are toed" Less impressed with superstit,ious fear by an acqident, which he regarded as concocted by the orcerers, Cuitlahuatsin vividly presented id Flax and Lin1en. n We are indebted to the plant callet flax for linen. The little seeds (linseed c are sown into the ground, and soot c there springrs up delicate stems, cov. eaed with leaves, and then sky-blu Y flowers appear. The fibers which tra verse the stein are what are utilized foi the fabric we call linen. It is far back in the caves of Tim( d that we find the records of the cultur< and use of flax for purposes of clothing Hosea mentions flax as one of the chie: Y'irticles of clothing for the Jews of hi: 0 Lime. The virtuous woman of Prov orbs is spoken of as one that "seoketl wool and flax, and worketh willingl3 with her hands.'' it 'e(3EMt&ct' ot tIilnent proc ice. t S was exported to other countries an< l was used for various purposes. Thi fabric became extremely popular amouf d the Greeks and Itomans. It was useu o for the garments worn by priests en gaged in their priestly functions; th( dresses of women were made of it; ant the Roman emperors had robes of' lineti e interwoven with gold thread and richl) (i embroidered. d .The linen of Egypt, especially, at , ained a reinarkable degree of fineness, e The thread was spun by hand, generally a by woien, and Woven by the hand r .loom. It was so ibne that it was a costly ir article to purchase, and conscquentl. f coul(1 only be obtained by the wealth) classes. The flax of which the Grecians mad their linenl was grown in the plains of Eh I,'s, where it attainedgreat perfection. STihe fabri(s was very fin(,- and white, d and sold for its weight in gold. The cultivation of flax for linen is carried on to a very limited extent in thtis country, although the soil and cli. mate of somne of the Western States at well adapted for the p)iirpose. Inl unodern times the manufacture of linen is niore extensively carried on ii a Ireland thaia in any other country. It e is manufactured to a liinited extent ill 0 this country. most of that used being Y imported. [n 1870, there were about 0 ten mantufactories in the the United " States. . inen souetiines loses its strength e in the bleaching process, the ext,remt whiteness given to it wearing away thu fabric. Theref'ore, in purchasing linen Ir it should be borne in mind that tht w whitest is not always the best. 'T ht coarser. kinds of linen are sometime: a mixture of flax an1d jute. Y 8 Latiles Enauored of (ho fling. e ''Ever have any amusing experieice: h1 fron circus-struck girls?" "Lots of thei and some of them veri it mnv," mai I old ring-master. ' :B rememnber 0110 season 1 y(t iS;1 a C;n v Indiana town waiting for my circus t come. I was waiting in the bar-roon of the hotel reading, when the landlort Scam1e uap to tme and satid that there wa r a lady in the parlor that wanted to se( " me. I went to the room and saw then a lady apparently about forty-flve year: , of age. In all iny experieuce I do no Y think I have ever seen a thinner womna in my life. Honestly, I do not believ( she weighed sixty pounds. When I en 8 tered the room she began bowing ant . smirking in a ludicrous mannler, and il ? required considerable will power to keel e a straight face. She inquired if I wa: the circus manager, and being answere( a in the atllirmative, she got right d1owii t( business and said she wanted an engage i8inent. Of course I a ked her the usua quest ions of experience, an,( as I ex Spected, found that shie had nione, but wats coniiden(3tt of hier own undiouibted iability to make a great sensation as am eqO(uestrienneI. [ told her3 to call agali th a h cru a here, amnd wi would give heri a tr'ial. As sooni as the tenit was upl I hiad one0 Of the mena t place the 'inechanic' ini positioni. Thc 'inehaic' you knowv is a machinie used on learneruas to keep t hem f'romn falling ~Well, Iletsoveral of the per'formuer's int teeret, and securied Miss Stokes riding dress, one of those balloon affairs *you know, and with time aid of one o1 th contcer't gir'ls, got the old lady al arae.andl I can tell you she was 1 r sight. But she had greoat ner've and -conisider'able goodi luck, f'or she went ar'ound on the horse's back twvo or thre< times without losing heri balance. Th hoirse was wluhpped up a little faster anm thait madeh( hier dlizzy/. anuid awvay sihe went dbut thme 'mnechiniic' kl3t, hierhfroim hiurt. ing huerself. lIn fiftieinminiutes sit .0 beggedh let. dowvn and1 that endiel all the ii ibition to be a circus rider'. ] suibset I nitly hear'ned that she wasi1 wort,l ~ in hiel OWn niamie over' $50.000, and thin r her famiily was onec of the olest in thi Weepjuing. A wvell-built little fellow with sa blue (ey es cani he seen aroundt1 the K(ey stonie I louise, Read(ling Pam., daily, ped to (dlig hpencils and1( key rings. Ili k inethod of docing business is quiite nlove: e iIe will appr'oach a stiranger', offer o key ring for u4loien succeed mn get , ting a key from tihe straniger whitch h e will place on the ring aind hland(i >f back. Tihe stranger will theni returni >s saying he does not wish to pulrchiast g. Tihe boy will not take i.t but wilhl with I-. away and( comnienice cr'ying bit,terlhy. T1h to stranger sudldenily Inds himself th 3r centre of interest, with a weeping bo of gaIning the sympihathmy of the bystail it dlers. Ini order to escaupe f'urthier at ;y temntion the stranger' buys the ring, 0o 1. if lie does not piropose to be ihnpiose. 0o upon0, lie will throwv tIhe rimng at thi .,boy's feet and walk awvay. The b)0 1 (does quite a trade, but hats been put or1 >f of the Ke.vstone llouse imany time ro a dlay. T1heo full modus operandi wat ly practically demonstiated to an Eagh re rep)resenitative yeiterdlay afternooml to TIhme boy cn weep at wvill and greau as tears will flow down his chubby checki S We must ever remember that thor are things from which we cannot escap jo -the eye of God, the voice of our coml id science, andl fhialhly theo stroke of deat. 0- IIow vain are eloquence-amld eartl 1(1 glory compared wilth heaveni-descende or truth I Truth Is always consistent il tsolf and need8 nothing t0 help it out the danger of admitting such determin and powerful intruderi within the cit and he boldly urged that they be torbiddi to enter, by force of arms if need be. C cama remonstrated that after inviting thei such a course would savor of fear. TiL Emperor owed it to his exalted statio and power to receive -envoys. If thc proved objectionable, the city should b come their tomb. Surely his nobles an his aries were able to overcome so sina a number, assisted by.thq strateic ad van tages of the place in its approaches at resources. To the airighted monarch and thing was acceptable that would sta prompt action, and consequently defer Li ruin he feared. He at, once inclined t (acama's advice, stipulating, howevei that he, King as he was, should cond scend to meet the Npigniards and sou their intentions, "May ho-.U-iui.piA within your honuo, my ford,.one who slr cast you forth andi usurp the empire," w the solemn warning of Cuitinhuatzin, as h heard of this resolution. The Spaniards had meanwhile descende the wooded slope from iauhtechcatl I the cultivated district round Amaqun can, a city which together with its subli ban villages for two leagues around, nur bored over twenty thousand families. Th lord, Uaeamatzin Teotlateuchtli, receive them in his own palace, and entertaine them most liberally during their two dayi stay, presenting them gifts of forty femal slaves and three thousand castellanos i gold. The chiefs of Tlalmaualco and otht neighb.ring towns came to tender the respects, and encouraged by the reports c Spanish prowess they hesitated not to li bare their grievances against the AztecP who oppressed them with heavy taxc robbed them of wives and daughters, ani carried the men into slavery. C-.rtes ci couraged the chiefs with fair prou.ises, an was not a little delighted at findir dii affection in the very heart of the empire whose power had t,een. so much extolled. The City of Mexico,. Mexico is a serious and by no means gay city. There are no crowds upon ti sidewalks, no eating of ices in public, n cafee chantants, nothing Parisian. B 9 or 10 o'clock the good people appear t have retired already, to be up betimes I the morning for the work of the day. military band plays three evenings in 1i week, but even this, except on undayi is so sparsely attended that the men sem to be discoursing their music for the own amusement. Policemen are foun stationed at short intervals in the qui streets, with their lanterns set in the nut the of the roadway. They are obliged b the regulations to signal their whereaboul .vcry quarter of an hour, and the soun of their whistles, which hnve a shrill, doli ful note, like a November wind, may l heard repeated from one to the other a the night through. As the place (toes not expect touristi i,nure aru ulo5, uvu ,T .tiu, iitnne:t for their enlightenment to be met wi elsewhere. While this may havc its annol ances, if the demands of an ardent cur osity remain too long unanswered, th freedom from responsibility to a Baedeke or a Murray has advantages of its owi The visitor with an eye for the picturesqu (lips into a delicious feast of noveltie makes diiscaverics on every hand, and ina have the pleasure of testing the value r his own ,oaided conclusions. By daylighi with its bright colors upon it, and it normal stir of life, the famous remol eailtal is a very different place. By littl and little the misapprehensions of th night are shaken off. .'rom the first mt ment of disappointment we like it alway more instead of less. Figures go by whose blankets one burr to take from them for portieres. TIe me of the poorer sort wear or carry uiversall the serape-a blanket with a silt in ti centre for the insertion of the h..ad. Apiu trom its artistic patterns, it is a usefi garmeint ini many emergencIes It Is n the most, impiirobable tihing in theo worn that, inm the course of the Mexican reviva we may yet see it introduced ini tihe Statei and running the course oh popularit.y the ulster. Trhe coJrrespondihng nlatiomi garment of women is the reo), a shiav or scarf, generally of blue cotton, wvhicl crossed over the head and' lower p)art, the face, gives a Moorish appearance. Mexico Is extraordhnarily fiat, and il streets laid as regularay at right angles in our own most symnmetric ii towns. J the ends of all of thienm, in whiatsoev< direction, the view is closed by mountaini Its flatne s, together with its position I reference to the adjoining serics of laael is one of the circumstances wIch haive oc casioned t,he greatest sOheciite ini the pas and stiil call for almost as much. Ba odors beant tihe nostrils. andi stagnat gutters, neglected hieap)s oh garbage, til sight oh the wayfarer about the interestiin streets. TIhe situation in this particuilar a crying shame. The citizens of Mexic should stop, as if an enemy were at thel gates, andh devote theimselves to its remedl Not, another rilroad should be built, m another dollar vot.ed to any public purpos till it is attended to liacit 010ona. The telegraphic annlouncement mao that tile fatmous trotting stallion, Blac Cloud, had been sold1 by the estate of ti iate Andrew Cutter, of Parma, Mich., Ml. V. Wagner, Eisq., Maiyor of Marshal Mic)., has been verified and proven to I cot rect. Black Cloud Is a marvel beauty end admiration, andl Is perhal the handsomest and most magnmficent io01 hng hoerse that ever trotted upon01 the Ainmet can turf. The noble aulmnl passes ini most excellent handy. The pu:'chaser, May Wagner,is not only an admirer and lover goodl horees, hut is also a most excelle business man, and a mane of great energ and entei prise, lie is a large manufa< tuner, andI is the business manager of LI ~Voltate Belt Co., of Marshall, Mlich whose excellent Electro Voltale Bolts, ar other Electric Applianes for the cure various dliseaes of the hmumamn body, hal achileved an enormous sale, not on: thiroughiouit the United Btaos, but a sippedl to every contry throughout ti eivillized world. Mayor Wagner h placed Black Cloud In t,he hands of thm noted driver, Peter V. Johnson, of Ohio go, who wIl campaign him this season. -England possebsses a Society for tL Preservation of Funeral Mlonuments al Epitaphs, which takes record of the d struction of memorials of the dead ai repairs inscrip)tionis that are in dang of hi)engeffaced. Bracelets, Ear.ring and Flowers. Glove bracelets are very narrow and I have the knife-blade edge. A pair of these are closely set with pearls of hap pily contrasting colors, a diamond speck glittering at the top of each pearl. Others are set with the nagnificlent yellow and brown stars of beauty; again, with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, or har moniously with the Alexandrite tour maline, peridot, balas ruby, the lustrous I cat's eye and a diamond. A flexible i bracelet of small squares of satin-finish ed gold is exceedingly delicate and un ique; in each square alternating with a diamond is set a jacinth, a pink sapphire, L green garnet, pink tourmaline, and n hyacinth. Ear-rings are seen mostly in ball shape of dead gold paved with small dia mnus.- pair ui superu Alexanurtwbs green by day and shifting into red at night., are set with diamonds. Some wonderful effects are produced -by the i application of chemistry to the jeweler's work, which brings the glint of gold in r, artistic harmony with the delicate lues f< of enainel and precious stones. These , bright geranium tints between the am- tt ber and the rose, with purple, ruby and U opalescent glitting flashes, present a D luxuriance of color heretofore unsur- a passed. The charming flower sets are wrouight by Amecrican skill ini such marvels of filigree, the elaborate tracery of the Renaissanco period, the Venetian Egyptian and ancient Roman, that it seeis impossible mortal hands could g create of gold such minute beauty in a, original designs, yet true to the old v schools: more as if doine by ''Ouplhs that cloaked in leaf gold, skimt the breeze.'' The lovely flowers are enameled in the style of Louis QZuinze; the delicate wild rose, the purple shaded violet, white Marguerites, an exquisite arui with palo spadix and hood drooping i from the satiny leaves; here and there I sparkles on petal or leaf a diamond (lew- el drop, perhaps caught in a tangle of Tines. The Marquise ring is no longer strict ly popular. Cluster rings aro more fashionable in the shape of the antique circle of gemns. Of this style there are V three rings that may be worn together; p each is set with five stones one of ru- i bies, one of sapphires, amd one of dia- i mons(15. A sudden caprice of fashion a denuands opal. In addition to the sin gular beauty of this gem, it is the only precious stone that delies imitation. A very beautiful ring is set with a largo lire opal between two superb diamonds. . Another is set with a cabochou ruby i surrounded by diamonds. A mnagnill- 3 cient emerald of extraordinary brill- 2 lancy and limpid clearness is set with a pear-shaped diamond on each side. Ot her beautiful rings flash with cat's-eyes, color3d pearl and semi-precious stones set eithit sii; iy or blazing together in [ a wild carnivai of excessive lustrous fields of Africa, the flame topaz of } I Switzerland, the vosc tourmaline, ATex- a I andrites or peridoi.. 3 There is nothing n1ew bnft what. is old. >)esignts of broideorings and borderings i return to the days of Aholiab, who is honored with a flattering notice in Exo dits as the great embroiderer in blue. To this, and the gracious enbroiderers d and weavers of lace and passemlenteries, r, - fringes, and cloths of jet, fashion returns ' at the present. Jet remains in the as cendant. It is woven in diamond net, in scales, flowers, shells, blocks, fant.as tic designs, arabesques and Ipahns, for polonaises and overskirts and basques. Tihe wi(le and halldsomle laces for triin- i mings correspond with each style. Y Some of these laces are more than a H, quarter (f a yard wide. Chenille isaot a wh'Iol ly abandoned ,bul, yields somewhmat to jet aii(d satini pipinIgs. satin balls and giimp. The palssemienterie ormnments, are exceediingly rich ill designs of harge roses of satin gimpij; fromn these dl5esend a shower of satin balls or tassels. Sonie rosettes are made in a mingling of y dlomeis anid shiarp~ minarets with (iropilets in of sat in balls. Other ornanmnts take ihe shape of oak leaves, with long dr'(op img satin acorns. Tihme jersey andl grena (line t,rimmings are mostly without, jet, but this does niot depend upon fashion; it is simply a matt.er of taste, as manny of the jerseys have culfs, collar's, and po0ck- ~ ets of jet, with a jet orniameint placed u on tIme back. ' A R1aniag Innniaor. Have you ever takeni your midlday 0 meal at a comfiortable ranch? You all a sit (downl together, men-the "'boys,"' as they' are always calledl-b-oss, and visa- a tors, and( the species of provishions that you see piled oni the tab)le 1s, to aii ex periemiced mind, simply appalling. HIuge (dishies full of great, chiunks or smnokinag b)eef, niasses of steaming potatoes, smnall mounitains of bread, slaw (rawv cabbage r saladl), mush, green corni, slowved ap- ~ 1110s, pie, frtesh bulit,er, jugs of milk, amnd the inevitable jorumi of umolasses, are all there to t.emipt the appetite al Sready whutited by the ken, bracing ai r. Tea anid co1ffe are the lliquidla -ulsed to wash down time solids. It is -woniderfuli what the boys wvill cat. I ssaw one with miy own eyes not long 'ago, ealt thriee hiuge help ings of venison Istew, amid t,ben fill up the crevices with lighter delicacies, after which a beam inhg smile stole across his features, and l ighting his pipe, lie softly imurmu red: WValu I'll be blamed if I don't feel, 'kinder crowdled." A RIoyalMatchmaker, e Queen Victoria is an excellent match y manker. It is announaced that the mar - riage of the Prinicess Victoria to the - P'rince of Anmhalt will shortly be cole- a ,brated, and( this reindsl( one that In .1 the Queen's big family of' grandehil 5 dIrena and great grandchildren many are y coining to time miarriageabile age. Two t of her grandchildren are married. T1hils s will be0 the third. TJhme future kIng, s the son of the Prince of Wales, Is nine o teen, andl his brother is eighteen. TIhie .Princess Alice, (laughter of tIhe "dead t Prinicess, living power if that wvhiceh lives true life live on," is twventy: a sis ter is'nineteen and another sister seven teen; so that Itoyal matchinaking hasw still to be done upon a very large stale. Where to tinid husbands and wives for -themi all is the roblem. The Queen's ~ family will have to marry into the house hold of Roman Catholic princess, unless 1they are to become Royal batchelors and 1 01ld maids. rHE VERDICT THE PEOPLE. UY THE BEST! MA. J. 0. boA-Dear Sir: I bought the first avis Machine so1(1 by you over five years ago for ly wife who has given it a long and fair trial. I in well pleased with it. It never glves any rouble, and is as good as when first bought. Winnsboro, 8. C., April 1883. J. W. 1oLlCi. Mr. IlnAw: You wish to know what I have to say I regard to the Davis Machine bought of you three ears ago. I feel I can't say too much In its favor. naaa'ie about $80,u0 within ive months, at limes atuling it so fast that the needle wiould get per !tly hot from friction. I feel conialeni I could ot have 'lone the tatne work with us mucli ease At so well with any other Inachine. No time lost I atIju-Iting attachmtents. Tho lightest runuIng i nhle i have ever treadled. Brother Jatnes and itllanis' faniilies are as inuch pleased with their .ts Machinies bought or you. I want no better ach.iie. As I satld before, I don't think too nicih can be said for the Davi3 Machine. Itespet fully, EL.LEN '.TRVENSON, Fairtiol County, Apri', 18S3. Mit. BuAn : My naschlno gives inc perfect sat i Ition. I find no fault with It. The attachiuent e so sinple. I wish for no better than the Davis ertteal Feet. Iiespectfully. Mius. Ii. MILLING. Fairield cotity, April, IS83. Mn. lAou : I boughat a I)avts Vertical Feed L'wing M.tchilne froin you four years ago. I am eligihtel Wiiih it. It never hats given m1e any outale, and has never been the least out of urder. iS as good as wteu I tirst bought it. I can acerfuily r,cotuineai it. ltesapect fully, .lui. M. J. KIng1K.ANV. i ont heelio, A pril :0, 1883. This Is to certify that. I have been using a )avil ertil;l ieed Sewing Niachine for over tw.tye.rs, )rchasedl of Mr. .1. 0. tiag. I haven't found i, assessei of any fault-all the attachnients are so mp 11. it never -efuises to work, atil is cC tainly lightesi rutnutng In the ilarket. I consider it tlrst-class machine. Very respect fully MlNNIR '. WYii.t.1t1IAM. (haklandl, Fairtlell county, S. C. Ma loAn : I aan weit pieuse.t in every particula 'ith the I)avis Machine tnought of you. I think it irst-cusa inachin in every respect. You know on sold severat inacines of the same iake to illerent uilemters of oar fainiles, all of whomn, a far as I know, are well pleased with them. Hespectfully, Nlts. M. it. 11OBI.RY. Fairtleldt cout , April, 18s3. Thisa Ito certity we have hal in constant use Ito DavisMachine bought of you abiout three years q. A *. wa n. Wnrl,anLhavQ maiath0 rice of iLseveral tines over, wa don't wtaut any etter nutacline. It, is always ready todo any kind (work we lhave to do. No puckering or skipping titehes. We can only say we are well pteased ld wish no better iachano, ('ATrmiRtrNR WV.LIR AND S18r61n. April 25, 184.;j I have no fault to flind Wiithl my am Ima le, and on't want any better. I have intile the price of several limns by taking to sewing. It ls always alty to do its work. I think it a first-class ina Iine. I ft I can't say too inuch for the Davis ertical Feed Machine. AitS.'Ion AS SMITII. Fairfleid county, April, 1891. MI. J. 0. IIOAU-Dear Sir: It gives me ilch le.sure to testify to tre tnerits of the t)avls Ver tal Feed Sewing Machine. 'Tite nacine I got of au about live years ago. hits been almost in con ant use ever since that ii cne. I cannot see that Ia worn any, and has not cost une one cent for apair's sica wve have aaId it. Ant Well pleased 1.l eioan't wisha for ainy better. Yours truiy, jtn!!. t iW n Grnite Quairry, near Winnsboro S. C. We have uasedi the Davis Vertical Feetl 9eiving lachinle for thce 1last ive years. We Wolid not1 ive any othier make at any price. T1he iachinie its giveni us unbo'undlea satisfaci Ion. Very respaectfuliy, Musa. W. K. 'T'unNxn AND D)AUonTss Fairfiet count y, 8. C., Janm. 2i, 1883. itaving hocughat a Davis Vertical Feed Sewing lacine front Mr. .J. 0. Ihag soiae three years go, an11( it hiaviag given mie plerfeot, satisfaction ina very respect us a inilly mnachine. both for hea/'y aid ilghct swicng, acnii never needed the least re alir in anay way. I can citeerfullly recoanincnd it to aly one as a llrst-class inalchcine icn every lparticu ir, alnd tlhink it secondi to nlone. It, is onn of the mpilest clnachmies inade; my chliiren uase it wIth li ease. Th'ie attachuiaontl are mnore elasly ad lae and it doss a greater ranige of work by iCasl of Its Vertical i'eetd thlan aniy other nus aine I hlave ever seen or used. Mats. TPuotAs OliNoS. WinnIsb ,: Fairfld county, 8. C. WVe hlave haIlone of the Davis Machines about mur yeairs and lilave always founld it ready to do all iinds of work we have had occasain to eto. Caa't Ce that the InachIinle as worn anly, aind works as 'cii as whienl new. Ma. WV. J. CnaAWFonD, Jacksonia Creek, Fairfield county, 8. C. My Wife is highly pleased with the DavIs Ma lince bought Ut you. Sneo Would 1not tad double viLat 11ue ga&ve for it. Th'ie mUatlninasl no.t, l auen 01ut of ardier since she had( it,, andI sile can dio ny kindi o)f work onmii. Very itespectfuliy, JAR. F. F'titE. Monlttcello, FaIrfldk county, 8. C. The Davis Sewing Machine is simply a treas.. r1. Mins. J. A. UO00iWYN. Itidgevay, N. C., Jan. 10, 183. J, O ItOAth, Esqj., Agent-Dear Sir: My Wife. as aaeen tusing a1 Davis Sewicng MIachIine constant y for tile past four years, an111 it, has never nleelteil ny repairs and Works just as well as when irst,. ought. She says it ill do a greater range of Iratltia work 0nd do ct easier acnci bet'er thcat ny mhineo sheO cias over usedi. Weo cheerfully 'econendelt it as a No. 1 family imachine, outf.,JAS. Q. D)Avis. WVinnsboro, 8. C., Jan. a, 1863. Mnl. Do: I haave always found my Davis Ma. tulle aeady (10 ala klcids of to wiork I have had oc asian to do. I c.annaot, see that the mnachine 1s rorn a particle and it works ias weal as when new. Itespectialy, Mus. Ii. C. (ODInNo. Winnsboro, S. C., A pril, 1883, MRt. l0AG : My wife has been eonstantly usIng heo Davis Malulno bought of you abot, live years iso. I have nlever regretted buying it, as It Ia atavays ready for any i nd of fame.ily sewing, either aeavyV or liht. It ias never out Of fix or needang ' Very reapeetfully, Palf eld, 8, 0., March, 1808,