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y'Oh w n e t stor ~e -Ghrd uyg t- Ol'<iig1 1er it And bu the home once more I Come back to bayberry scented slopes And fragrant fern and groundnut vine; Breathe airs blow over bill and copse, Sweet with black birch and pine. What matter if the gains are soat :;4 That life's essential wants supp ? Your homestead's title gives you all That idle wealth can buy. All that the md.y dcl r'erave' ; The brick wali. . layeoof change anc mart, Lawns, trees, fresh air and flowers yot have More dear for lack of art, Your own solo masters, freedom-willed, With none to bid you go or say ; ..fill the old-eAds you> :fabers L1ed ' uiauly lien as th8 1 'With skill that spares you toiling hands, A ud oheinic aid that science brings, toolaim the waste and outworn' lands And reign thereon as kings. TIIE ANALYST. I write these pages as a wafning. I ion't suppose anyone will pott, Yly it. Xirofn the,time of Cassandi'a downiWard' nobody has ever paid attention to warnings. But that is not my affair A London newspaper some years ago gave up several columns of its valu ble space to the question, "What shall we do with our boys?" I perused the correspondence with a strong personal interest, for I myself am the proprietor of a boy-several boys, in point of fact; but I refer more particularly to my oldest, aged nineteen, as to whom I felt that it .was time something was -settled. I have a great belief-partly .derived from the before-mentioned cor. -respondence, and partly from my own observation-in studying a boy's natu ral bent, and fnding him an ocoupa tion in accordance with it. Such being the case I began to study Augustus with a view to finding out his special ..,aptitude; but, unless a really remark able faculty for outgrowing his trou. sers may be so regarded, I could not for some time discover that he had any. - By dint, however, of careful observa. tion and cross-examination of the household,. I elicited that he was ad dicted to making extremely offensive smells in the back kitchen with chemi cals, and that he had what is called a "collection" of beetles and other un pleasant insects stuck on pins in a box in his bedroom. It appeared, therefore, that his proclivities were scientific, and I ultimately decided to make an ana lyst of him. Accordingly, after dis posing of sundry painful but presum ably necessary arrangements as to pre miums, Augustus was duly articled to a Public Analyst. I use capital letters, \because I observed that Mr. Scrutin himself always did so. Why, I cannot say. Possibly a public analyst-with out capitals, would not command the :same amount of public confidence. On consideration 1 don't suppose he would, .ugustus' first demand on taking up iiis new occupation was a microscope. "And while you're about it," he sug gested, "it had better be a good one." A.t first I was inclined to suspect that tis was an artful device for the further -indulgence of his entomological vices, aud that,the implementwould be devoted to post-mortem examinations of de ceased caterpillars or other kindred abominations, iIe assured me, how ever, that such was not the case, and that the microscope was nowadays "the very sheet-anchor of analytical suc cess." The, "sheet-anchor" complelely took the wind out of my sails. (I feel that .there is rather a confusion of metaphor here, but, not being a nauti cal person I don't feel competent to see 'it right). I surrendered, humbly re marking that I supposed a flye pound note would cover it. The youthful analyst laughed me to scorn. The very least, he assured me, that a good working microscope could be got for would be ten or twelve pounds. lti mately I agreed to purchase one at 10 gumneas, and congratulated myself that at any rate was done for. On the con trary, it was only just begun. No sooner had my analyst secured hhe mnicroscope than he began to insist upon the purchase of a number of auxiliary appliances, which, it appeared, no respectable microscope would be seen without, He broke them to ne by degrees. At firdt he only mentioned, if I remember aright, an "achromatic conidenser at 2 gumneas. Next came ai "double noseplece" (why "double" I dozgt@now);, then a polarizing appara ti ania a camera lucida (4.2 l0s); then a microieter and a microtome (3 guineas more); then somebody's prisnm st. 1.25;, and somebody else's micro :pectroscope, at I don't know howi much. Here, however, I put my foot iown. I am compelled to regard th( - sordid consideration of price, though - Science doesn't. The microscope anid its subsidiary 'ipparatus were duly delivered; but my analyst appeared to be in no particulai hurry to convey tpem to the laboratory whiere he was{studying. Oirmy making a remark to this effect, he replied: "H aven't taken them to the laboratoryl No; and I aln not going to, Mr. ecrutin has got a precious sight bette, microscope than mine, cost 60 guineai without the little extra~ articles, and they were about 30 more, HIe's got e mnicrospectroscope, if you likeP' I refrained from arguing the point andi( mildily remarked that in that casi lie might have .used Mr., Sciutin'i microscope and saved me somne .2( guineas. But he rejected the idea wi scorn, and explained that his micro scope was not for laboratory use, bui for private study." *So far as my observation went m3 inalyst's private study hAd. hithert< been confined to a.short pipo and thel last numbe* of seine pennydfeadful but i did not tilink it wise to cheek bhi neWvborn ardor; I contented mngself b) observing. that t enly hoped he would "No fear of. that," he rejoined, al 4ndignantly as a limpet miglit . havi done -in answer -to the same Qpbserva tion. "Why, inicoscopy is .thie nbos fascinating study out. Jtfab Itake a ;squint at that, now." I looked down the tube, but couldn' ty to tha "Oh, 'a ' haven't got the focu N I ti w a sort of net. work of red Abre. "I'll bet sixpence you can't tell me what that fia" he ex41 . antly. I I owned the soft impeachment. 'St ma ry "Dear me!" I said. "Yes. Isn't' it lovely? Here' - an t0 bjeoj) "Give it up." I said. "That's a section o e eYmi of hegreat too tool" ekclaii6d''in0d iit. "What on earth have analysts got to dwit great toes?" hig in particular," he said . "But we like to have as much veriety as possible. I should like to have a section of everything, ItIcould, get it.. Here's. a othr li that is the section Of a'diaoasod pot$tb1 and this one is a bit of a frog's leg."' "Very Instructive, I daresay," I re marked, "b%it I hopq you haven't.i$de me spend ' twenty pounds .ilbrely to mproye your acqualgta4c with frog's Ieo'and diseaS6d ot grg. surely de,sn't a ynalze sua$ ttin 's' these?" "I can't say we do much in legs," he said, "but there are lots of thmng adulterated withi pQtato. Flour afid growrdot On4 butti *nd cocoa and-and-a heap of things. And the potato's just as likely to be deceased as not. It may be, anyhow, and there you are. If you don't kiow what dis eased -.potato looks like, you're done." "A plgasant otit,ook," I'" replied "If half a ddzei of I the Commonest articles of food are habitually adulte.ated." "Bless you, that's nothing," he re plied. "iC that was all, there wouldn't be much harm done, k, eie are a jolly sight worse adulteratie:,tban that. In fact, pretty nearly everything's adul terated, and some of 'ei with raUkc poisons." "Rank pofsoausi That's manslaugh teri" "Oh, no, it isn't,", he calmly re joined. "Of course they don't put in enough to kill you right off. And if you find something disagreeing with you you can't swear What it is. It may be the nux vomica in the beer; but it's just as likely to be entozoa in the water, or copper in' the last bottle of pickles. However, you're ali"right now. With an analyst in the family, at any rate you shan't be poisoned without knowing It. I'll let you know what you are eating and drinking. This fellow"-and he patted the microscope affectionately-"will tell you all about that." And it did. From that day forth I have never enjoyed a meal, and I never expect to do so again, I have always been particular to deal at respectable establishments, and.to pay a fair price, In the hope of Insuring a good article. I have, or had, a very tolerable appe tite, and till that dreadful microscope came Into the house I used to get a good deal of enjoyment out of life. But now all is changed. My analyst, began by undermining my faith i OUi baker. Now, If there was one of oui, tradesmen in whom, more than an other, I had confldence, it was the baker, who supplied what seemed to me a good, solid, satisfying art,icle, with no nonsense about It. But one day, shortly after the conversation I have recordprd, my analyst remarked at breakf tat time: "We had a turn at bread yesterday at the laboratory-ex amined five samples; and found three of 'ema adulterated. And do you know" --hold up a piece of our own bread and smeliing It criticaly-"I rather fancy this of ours is rather dicky." "Nonsense!" I cried. "It's very good bread-capital bread!" "You may think so," he continued, calmly; "but you are not an analyst. I shall take a sample of this to the laboratory, and you shall have my re port upon it." "Take it, by all means. B'ut if you find anything wrong about that bread, I'll eat my hat!" "Better not make rash promises. I'll take a good big sample, and you shall have my report on it to-night." On his return homne in thle evening. lie began: "I've been having a go-in at your bread. It's not pure, 6? course; but there isn't very much the matter with It; There's a little potato, and a little rice and a little alum; and with those additions, it takes up a good deal more water thaliIt' ought, so you don't get your proper Weight." "Ahemi" I said, "If that's the case, we'll change our baker. I'm not going to pay for a mixture of potatoes and water, and call it bread. But as for alum, that's all nonsense.. If they put that in, we should taste it." "Oh, no; you wouldn't. When alum Is put In bread it' decomposes and forms sulphate of pot1ash, an aperlent salt. It disagrees with you, of course, butt you don't taste it. As for. chang ing your baker, the next fellow you try might be a jolly sight worse;_lie might put in bone duist, or plaster of'1l'aris, or sulphate of copper. And besides, half the adulterations are in the flour already, before it reaches the baker. Of course that, doesn't prevent his doing a little more on his own ac count." Adwith that the matter dropped, sfar as tlie bread was concerned; but my confidence was rudely shaken. , A few days later, my analyst re marked: "I don't think much of this in l;' i d he ftiwith ~r~ited a san(r an 16tal piro 'but, happiy Wvas: c hed i , tt it wasn't quite so bad as he expected. It had morb, than its proper proportion of Water'; bu .thiz night ar se-ne Oharit ablf suggse-fr'dm'the cow being unwell. To. make up the deficienc t had been fortified with, treagle and .~4 ored with arnatto, but these iy any8 appeared to regard as quite eV&y a falsiflcations. "It's a rascally shamei' L:pid. "If one can't put faith m tits al j g, It's a bad lookout for the le4tiQ gentlemen. H1oweve , let us hoge that ~the tea AMd doffeed a~ al tIit." P~Ndt.likelyI'! he. rejoined. v MNearly all tea is 'faced,' as. they call It, m~o or less, anid the iacng Is itself an aMti o you? I oor, b old Hak horse-liver occasionally; bu that's an extreme case. if by anr 4g0,obhance there wasn't anytbin wroug in the original coffee, ybu+get I in the chicory; and very often there ar a 4o' u "If that's the case, no more groun 00 nIt e'I our t ha ome years ago an ingefui +A.in tpok out a patent for a macbin 'to' mould chicory into the shape of co o bh n y oing like into the chicor e wor, it up." "That's ple 18 how is one to re o ee "1u.cant segure it except by send ihn5pnile,;s totiue,ednfe other'sh'o; tfi :e er, hae pr alyzeh anc it'wrongprose oue 41ydou gro 6er'fOt.= du1tbati'lrs y u a few times, he might find it didn't pa apd gkve..t,qp,"": -, , : :.' :. 44And how much would that cost?' "Analysis of a sample of coffee, oni 1.., o; on.a. 1,tmitve, guine ana o milk, one guine analysb S U1 t are th !'regilai { oh s 'fo rlVat6. Analyses., "Rather expensive, it seems. An( how much would it cost to prosecute?' '"Ah, that I can't tell you," said thf analyst, "Another flver, or mgre, dare say. But look at the satisfaction.' I did look at it, and ultimatelj decided to give my grocer the benefll of the doubt, and cherish a fond hop( that .be., was better :than hie Pellosa The stibject diopped. But a' few dayt later there was apple-pudding on the table. With the dish in question mj analyst had always been in the habit of consuming brown sugar and a-good deal of it. Now, however, on tht sugar-basin--best Demarara-being of tered, to him, he piit'oh an ?expression as it he had been invited' to partake of black draught. "Raw sugar! No, thank you." "Hello, what's wrong with the sugarl Is that adulterated, too?" "Very probably," he loftily replied, "But that's a small matter. -The genuine article is bad enough." "Bal enough!" Indignantly inter posed my analydt's mamma. "That'm Mr. Grittie's very best moIst--three. pence three farthiugs a pound!" ''I d ire say it is. If it was tout pence it wouldn't make any difference. Did you ever hear of the sugar-mite, Accrus sacchari-" "No; I can't say I ever did," I said, "and I don't want to, either. We have had enough of this sort of thing, and I am not going to' have any morc agonies over every article we eat." I had again put my foot down. But it was too late. I had even forbidden i analyst, under penalty of forfeiture of his pocket money:for several-months to come, telling us anything whatever about the food we eat or the drink we imbibe; but the mischief was done. ] have lost my confidence in my fellow. man> gd spore 1 6wy $qhlw-man'i may give the strictest orders tbat noni but the refinedest of sugar shall be admitted Into our store cupboard; but who Is. to answer ,for * t4le man whc makes the jam and the marmalade, o1 the other man who makes the Madeiri cakes and the three-cornered tartsl And how much Is there that we havi not heard? - I have silenced my ana lyst's lips, it is true, but there is alsi a language of the eyes, and still morn a language of the nose, and when; with a scornful tip-tilt of the latter, he4 says; "No, thank youe" to anything, my appetite is destroyed for that meal. ? can't take a pill or a black draught without my disordered imagination picturing, my chemist "pestling a pol. soned poison" behind his counter. can't even eat a new-laid egg or craci a nut without wondering ,what it ii adulterated with. Thfs Isj'morbid, n< doubt, I am quite aware that it .L morbi, but I can't help it. -I am 1i1 Governor Sancho in the island of Baifi taria; my choicest dishes are whisked away from me-or rendered nauseous which Ialas bad-at the biddinig ofa grim being who calls himsekf Analyti cal Science. lie may not know amgy: ,thing about it or ie may be-lyijg; bi 'tean'lhMe he has spoilt iny'appetite, and the dish iayrgo away untasted foi me. Truly,'i little knowledge Is a danger otis thing. The - moral of my painu story is obvious. I Iintend to bring um] the rest of my. family, if possible, t< occupations involving 'no knowledge whotever. S'i6 Colnniositlod of Sea Air. It has' been' generally assumed tha sea air contains salt; experiments,lw ever:, which~ have made by ii. E. -leng .ha'te provedl tihat such Is not.t case. On a peninsula In the Nort~~ ab'out- Lwenty gallons of air were through a solutioni of initrate of sil9r and not a trace of chlorine wad ndi caterl by the .silver. sQqtmton. On the other hand, It appeatsth~at 'the sea ah Is comparatively rich in ozone, ai very free, from organic impurIiie; & to sfhese' p,res miay be ascribedi tli hygienic influence which a sojourf I .ther seiqsile has upon visitors; the gi perhaps, as mdcch flhat be' due to; ih mere fact of exchange of air and dh On~e cami ' Wpyerthardlye 'kpqcti est deductions as quite conclusive, foi there must be a certiin amount ot'thi contteits 0[.4 Water in the spraf which, according to the directio 4i the wind, will sometimes be carri a eonsideMbl6 7ektent, and it al certainly seem highly probable ttiat m bhtoihe'it1 'tifa'ait of~ sea rdsorta havi eofrie'actiob/ofi theilletIn gyedre. RM $sMMh celebrated O ff?orl nia stallion, sire .of - Volante,. Gaii0 e P MII Yrano, Lredo ro tb 5o B1i bighes askMd di rdd. In E gj mtkeliatoodaa at I.Q , a~ <o4iq First Iiag tC.3 f U eeefully board ag pks and basi oease one. t is almost as exciting as tl; pursuit of a whale, an is often oull danger to the unwary. It is tU ti-' mon of those who have experle oe' in this usiness that you can not jidge an Iceberg as simple men frequeptly,,at tempt to judge a horse-by mOre_ ut ward appearances. The berg you are approao g may tower up majestically, wit a tening rounded summit. like the 8b 6-n the Capitol at Washing ton, or it may rear splendid, ,pl t uresque spireS, like those of a cathedral, or be like the castle at Wind tor.tsvb propor-aUns and archi teotural beauty may give it in' your of enormous eta t wJ xA r t~ its foundations ltetVa 'dinetable. There is no way of telling what an app4reitly:s90ate iceb,erg may indulge in at any moment. Its submerged base ta be s{gigantio tnass balancing the ,xpo"e4. ,pgrton ef 'thQ berg as'firmly upright- as a house built upon a roek or it, may be the most veritable fraud ' a#& in keeblift 'of a foundat ion. Icebergs rising hundreds of feet in the air, with brilliant scintillating tuc rets and spires have been' knowh to topplo oye wIt)out a morgent's, warn ing. Canlike the forest trees and other works of lofty nature on the land, decay in the iceberg begins, not at the top, but at the root, the warmer temperature of the water melting it! at its base. Moreover, tl e iceberg seldom presents .an easily acceasible side to those who would board it, the task of boarding a berg being very much in the nature of scaling. a perpendicular wall of glass; with constant and imme diate danger of a slide into the sea. The occupation in wiich these hardy flhermeh are engaged is thus one of nuch greater peril than one would at 8ret imagine. He Know Her Sister. Mrs. Dollinger heard a rap at the front door the other afternoon and re sponded, to tid a very distinguished looking gentleman, tail, extremely dig nifIed and handsome. "Ah! Mrs. Dollinger, I believe," he eaid. "Yes, sir." "My name is Harcourt. I live at Huron. - Mrs. Scott, of that place, is your sister, is she not?" "Yes, sir." '4h, yes, I am very well acquainted with her. She requested me to call and do a little errand for her." H "Oh, yes, won't you step in, Mr. Harcourt?" "Thank you, I believe I will. Very fne weather we're having." Yes, sir., Take the easy chair." Thank you--pray don't put yourself to any trouble on my account." 'Certainly not. Was my sister well wbOln YOU left?" "Quite well. I'm pleased to say. By the way Mrs. Dollinger, I have a little work here which I would like to ahow I as I am sure you would be interested in it. It is called ''Danmel in the, Lion's Den,"' and Is by the .Rev. Thomas 'R. Deuteronomy, and 'it comes ini twelve Iparts exquisitely bound in cloth, leather or extra; Russia, is finely illustrated and should be in every library, and I am taking hundreds of orders as you can see by examimnag.this order book, and 'everybody is wild over it, and all pro nounce It the most wonderful book written since the Holy scriptures.' It treats of Daniel in ten stages, when he st.arted to go into the den, when he got a.little further in, when he got clear in, when the lions came up to examine him, while they were making their survey, while they retired to consult together, when they announced the result to Daniel, when he convinced them that he would not consent to an autopsy, whon the lions retired and DA1ei got out embellished with num I a5 cuts, plans, maps and beautiful p te eng ravings, comes at $Ia part or $12 for ,the entire work, put your name dowri here and pay as you receive each paart,- eleven parts now ready-here Is a fountain pen, writp under,Mr. Brown's narne At: tlie Lbo.ttom' of the page." "Mr. Ilarcourt." said Mrs. Brown, - rising an~ murpressing her tears, "you're - ameanj 4eceitful book agent! Get out of my fiouse1!' ",1 knoir, but just sign--" "Go on or I shiall scream!" "Certainly, certainly, if you insist, -no offense. But can you tell me the I name of~ the lady next door and where .some of* her. fauhily lives? Ah, won't ehl I'll work another . scheme then. Good -day, Mirs. Dollinger, good day, glad to have made your acquaintance!" The Envolope Tado. "It Is wonderful how cheaply they . ~e envelopes. Here I2 have been a aWholesale house and boughat pyhite ones, plain, -of course, )~in thlety-five cents. The man oo, t en to ank was telling me of Q*p tence Qf's young physician in SCo igcia He liad just~ plenty of time iaV) lndg and he.resolved to utilize i4 i ~eelittle powder or pro enveloes which, doctors use. IH~ok ed away faithfully and finally a diXa e 'everal h)undreds. Then lhe .bibt dit. sonie' sanmples'of them to the aper house and1 asked what envelopes ike that would cost. '.AFlftyflye cents,' was the answer. 9 ea by the hundred, t hQpfhe thousand,' said the is by the thousand.' " e,t~ tti' jaculated the other ~O~~u a.iRed 'theft as chieap as thati ais'f~~ beentMolhn'g anid sweating a i making themn and at that rate I 3 hav usteiehdi17 cents a day.' .Avelopes are now made by igl~fhi t.iadhines, and their cost Is - .u aslow as one can imagine." , ,-4'i X Directors of the Kentucky rotting Horse-Breeders' Association ~Odi0l a~ eetang from' ! 7 '-8Iek 1mfE' 111lti tk as been l>tw %,dre8ses. do>btined'" t': & e8' 1, dresses'of 'nilddlb-ated iabd1l @x la --&4 suggestion of silvet thr,od li 'uf an;ontIrs lak coaqume (4 :.a uhi ful and ugaoxpggoa ee . tQ this soip --Doubie~ I stipe 'o eti ofr regular 'it and hair lines are' all ; seeb ?h then nl bpring goods. . n y , SDarcalue; amol'srair serge,, trimmed with the cream-whte silk giips in Tenetiau arabesque deplggs, make4 i pyl ,a 4 ecop}ing diss for traveling. ,r} e an( fashionable young matrons edt durk"heliotrope *'r ; golden.brown. -I'risljphln,; ang . decprate.tle reverseopadels, 'aaistcoatt, collar, and oufs with flat silodrd bands and ornaments'in appliqe4 in, a' still darker shade of brown or hello. trope. , --It has been a complaint tha ap. ios ;were., adap$ed., only' tq qietl ?gures, put he spring, st;s; at tak'en from a; period vthet:' $ ssal woman was the leider. ile' liired' the artite or a kingdom to design,'patterne com bi'ed colors to su}t ller, petite' cl ie and blonde infan$ type Qf iauty. The high roll pf hair how irn' by i'agL.op" able ladies was Madame Potipadour's fashion,, introduced to ,render her stature more commanding. -.The Scotch, zephyr, ginghami and cbambreys .4rouglt,put. this , seasol are worthy of special aiention. The ;tufted striped ' gingliams' have' the design woven to closely resemble the: silk aid wool strings of last seas9p, and are shown' in novel'" and really beautiful combinations 6f 'color. 'The dolid ool.. ored chambreys and ginghams are dyed in lovely shades of . pink, lilac-blue, corn color, etc., and the embroidered patterns come in various widths' of f8ouncings. -Spring colors in hosiery are unusu ally varied, and in quality are beauti fully fine in all grades of "regular made" goods. In solid dolors there are some handsome shades in the colors rich in tone, and also. those delicately tinted. The dove-gray and heliotrope' dyes are particularly attractive. In the line of fancy hose there are very few styles that can be said to be strictly new, yet there are enough departures from the standard patterns to give the charm of novelty to the exhibits. -Indoor toilets are also of simple style. We noti,e a young lady's dress of gray sicilienn=, the skirt of whih" Is quite plain; it is plaited. In full round plaits at, the 'back and side, and ar ranged in one wide plait in front. . The bodice is gauged over' the 'shoulders, whence the fronts come - down in' full plaits to the waist. This bodice is very' slightly, opened at 'the throat,, an1 is, trimmed with a white lace border con. tinued in front down to the, waist; round waist band, tight plain slpevest not coming down much below the elbow. -Spring walking costumes are very simple. They are generally 'of some light cloth or fa,ncy ,woolen- material combined with plain~ silk; for instance, a plain round skirt of dark bro\vn silk, over this' an upper skirt' of beige"or buff woolen fabric, falling in full hol low plaits at the back, open in front, and slightly draped on each side. Tight-fitting jacket-bodice of the same material as the upper-sKirt forming a round-basque at the back,.and'remnain lng entirely open, 'in front, over a plaited plastron of fleige or lluff ana brown striped silk; this'plastron over hangs a little lower than the waist, it is put on at the top to. a small piece of plain, dark brown silk matching the underskirt, and finished 'with a small turned-up collar of $hie sam'e rtxatezial. Plain sleeves without any revers, but toned at the wrists with two large but. tons. -Until quite lately it was 'an un common thing to see a lady wearing a colored mantle; 'it was, in fact, quite an ezception, and no one would have thought of such a thing unless it were' for a ceremony or to~ ride in a carrige. N~ow it is quite different; ladies .wepr mantles of colored cloth, or- silk even, with every-day town 'toilets.' A yong lady frequently wearsi a redingote of silk or cashmere, in medium shades of blue or 'geedni a yOung married laidy wears a mantle of bay-brown or purple silk in which to 'pay her visits." The dress may' be as simple 'as possible when the mantle is' lonig, but the iman tle should be styligh,. of .an., elegant material, rich coloring ahd 'tasteful trimming of lace or paseriientbrio. --White and cridatn-tiipted Frencb buntings and similar fabrios, snotie plain and others having tiy brooedd'd figures or .flue satin stripes, are. also yopplar for these dresses, and, while lace''ni'ay be used,' ribbon is even' preferred 'foe' these goods. A charming ,dreds of fine' French buntihg has side pocket!s made of aiterniato p)er penld ieIna rgws , e moire ribbon, three nches. wide, A'd EgyPtlan lace two inches In 'Wlddi." the lace lappetl about half -way over the ribbons. There is a full apron, irr gu larly draped and a butterfly drapn at the back, with, flat' bows of mo)r rib' bon. The basque is short, and 'hasias sort of vest-plastron made of moire rib. bon and Egyptian 'lace." ---The following 94sri aq'ae, pelisse of exquisite style: :t Is of vqry fine Chantilly lace, plaited' like a'Adr-' plice frqin top' to 'toto~~ M4 finished? t' the nieck wIt4' iis 1 'lhouldeFd piece of ei jet hede;'dA4 1ipzuaI braces, trimn the .rQut apd.' beli;t front ones are; continxueti!naota which'( goes ' round 'thier waist anld ;ib fastencd at the back wVith loh :.enday throu , gepac@.t e sleeve is .aiso of laceg'l a~"llti wa 1n over 0o16t ll s ~ 4ut irstband matcty ppIet - 4asi p;o truding brita .then crown .I coe~ w1th A flchu of shot silk, knotted~'t Monssuf ei8 gtyl (that is' a in t9It th4 britll ( of clear and trnspar6nt. ., Ilar Nei ueimal'if Cobb to. ,P x'agasus Wpuedab'Su& 1k i "g buQ seventy two poundsj- Ol' "rkU. : '- M f runners A Qe e ect from 'Galiforna. r t -a K,1 tK,,< "-J k, -Phillipashould."ntroduce 'n ties .dh'' dOuble team -W. W. Vansant's b. g. Merchant. ville was dead-lame<the-day>of the road :race'at Buffdik%. of~ :X , -Walter Grat;vlost recently at Mem. phis the 2-year-old bay colt Called Back, by imported tHighlander, out of O1alrUiCe. ; . ' r . . -The Natidnal -Adseciation of Trot HQrqe, $redere:1e,lid ,that Col ouel Wood is by Billy 'ts.reon and not by 9harley . -dia $Oh 66Boston, adopted a" eigular.a',motodof,selli'g1De Bary. He reeyed se 14 -40 ac agreed to sell to the highest. Theb9 .went for $360,0. - - .-t 1 .l Moemils ,tI there are Qte of the produce 6f the fhntous mare Belle 'Knight' in tr#ininga.Freeland, Freepra4, ee igyt,; Kong Night and Unite. -Jack Phillips bas ge l's annual rounds 'o the Suffblk dotirse fences with' the whIiteweiih brubh, and also made'sope: much 4eded repairs on the grand ,stand,,,.,r.il -The public wapts .s to ea square trotting at Point 'Br$ze /nd will ox; oect Messrs. Pa*ltng & Passmore as proprietors to look to .the,rinterest of $heir pA,trogs --The Ives. Pool bi,I l,passed the New York Assemlbly, but b}txat yet go thi'bugh tthe' Shte and receive the signature of the Governor- before it can become a law. -After edeing 'Banburg, -Green B. Morris .said:. "There's .the, best 3-year old I have seen in three years; I have seen'nothing likeb'hi% since'Drake Car ter was at his best as a'3+eat-old." -John S. Clark, o4 Ne4 Brunswick, N. J.,=has offered J: H,; ihults $5500 for. the,prQdpce.: of 3eatrice;. (dam of Patron), who is i foal 'to Iaucoast, whether the foal be'dead'or alive. -The b.' .. D. S. (teerd 2.30), sired bj Tattler, Jr., ahd lo*ed by W. M. Snyder and L. F. Kingsbury, of Sheshequin; Pa., is in fine condition, being jogged liy Leri Kingsbury. -The bron' mare , Abtute, foaled 1880, by Tom Bowling,. damtGrescent, by Australian, .iediat ,D 1 Cockrill's 62 \ Stud, li is e, , while Sa o t t}f -dw iin.' 'Ihe Pltsbtek6g *apbit on Grounds, regently i rchased,11ythe ,'Penusylva nia 1allroad Coil any's been leased bf a 'iubber' iaho pro pose using-it uatgeiitlemen's driving course: n}i --The judges' stand at Suffolk ha.s bee*i moved Seyerai rods up the stretch. 'It is noir directly opOdtsite t,he centre of the grand stadd. The reportet.'s stand, not being iobust en6ugh to- stand the change, collapsed. -D.'D. Withers lits sold his famous old campaigner, .Duple,by 'Macaroon or.l',\ng Ernest, dam:Echio,.by Lexing ton, to W. C. Daly. D~uplex is.now 8 years old, and has pied' himself one' of- the best campaigtiers of the S--Lizzie Krepp,.the .8-year,old filly, by King Alfon~s, ds Troutbadour's dam, died at. Memphis. She had taken a cold while en.ro4 e from .Mobile with the rest of ,C0 pt*el Brown's string, and punnhi~ d4 o6ped. --The .horse disteniet', 'f Whatevedr it may be called,'went .the rounds of the varions :Sou,thern. tracks-or nearly all of jaem--dirig the ,Winter, and whbile, erhaps, it~ was # trifle worse at Memjai than'at other points there is ha dy a vestage of it now. -Trotting interests are livening up at Saffolk.' W. Van Vilkenburg, of Ogdehishbrg, N. '1. 'has'been there for a *eek or two withXibout a dozen, and W. ]B.; Motstatthas bhg. Mutn(re. ord .80), ch., g. Byly, qr is, Jr., and a b. f. by 'Alcygne. AtIunter, of '1rescott,' Ont.,' arrived' ori tihe 24th uits with 'th'e b.' in.' ittie Vic, the groat/ Ice .champaigner, and' W. F. Prattr of Waterf,own,N. X., has just frexpn{ ~ utr ato arte. Th Bard holds his own, as does B3ob Fisher and Ben All~ wlie ~Raplan and Onunn'ngre stro'ng sir' Te1h has gone back,'htid .itiue Wifg" hod forward. TVhe position of affairsfIi the Kentucky Derby, Is .unchang d, exoep5, that Ban. ad cao inemphi ance has made altn a hot favorite for tle Jirpolclyp . ,wily hosts of pr.2aor th g~sh run on enhtt ha i3e generally liitdrg#fed thAt tUeiiaible will start Hanover, reserving Tteoiont for the n ftale ia4britp.e anover Is now tispi'domdl'd' a Nte' between $8000 'and' $12,600 to' zaislfg premiums atd h6.4,lanta,1PiEldmont Exhibi t $soafor npfx Who yrses will b l~ --some, 'Is enmplated, $lNN"O00. eDriving :Citb of' iAtlanite has 'organlzed, and willi applyO fotadinjs419n to the Nat Tx 1 The club ha~pi,~bMe4r~i4jlat an Qutlay of t42,00,dig~*'~ kidg 'a track of fa 6'0, with 60' fOt idth 'and 80 feet Bna the1 hoo rechatran estimated' t~~oZP0~ 94 'teou~huse and/ a costhe .Pied ida j6 d' $30,000 In the $dIlbU sok 'tidinida. Mr,. Constiuion~, , the great a ,nd wil Itp , t 'Ad%g centre e attract d id' ,t6Induce she 3% in466Northerra eta ti's 'f'I.