The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, May 28, 1887, Image 4
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.