Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Sub Si1entio. 11 ushi the night is calm and quiet And the creseent moon bangs low; Silence deep and wide bath power, And the south wind wanders slow Througb.a casement where the ourtaiu Faltitlyrustles to and fro. Like a spirit softly sighing " Flits it all the chamber round; Where the dim lamp fading, dying, Just dispels the gloom profound; Hangs above two happy dreamers, By love's perfect promise crowned. Lven,throu b the gates of slumber To t lad of rest, He still las iiog sought treasure Closely, cel y to his breast. With the ardor,of a passion Long denied a d long repressed. With his lips still warm with kisse* Close and clinging as his own, Sighing still in happy dreaming For the joy his heart bath won Sweetly, peacefully be slumbers In the arms about him thrown. And she gases at him, thinking-, . Not of sil her dreary years-. Only of this isle of glory, Reaobe with many doubts and fears Over Love's frail bridge of rainbows Fading in a mist of tears. Then she nestles still more closely So the heart so kind and dear, Whispering: 'Love me, love me, darling; All my hope and rest is here A nd without thee earth is nothing But a desert cold and drear. 'Ohl that every night my slutabern Might be so supremely blest, BIounded by the dear embraces, Kissed from'passion into restt 1 would ask no better heaven, Sheltered thus and thus caressed.' Fan them gently, odorous south wind, And egone on pinions fleetl Nothing in thy nightly journey Shall thy wandering vision greel Half as perfect in fulfillment, Satisfying and complete. TALK OF THE BORDER.. Tombstone, a mining center in south eastern Arizona, is the grave of more romanee and adventure, hair breadth escapes and deeds of daring than ahy other region in America, perhaps. Tombstone is about sixteen miles from the Mexican boundary line, and for four or five years was the headquarters of all the .leading desperadoes of the west. The four Earp brother, toughs all; Doe. Halliday, Frank and Jack Stillwell, Ike Clanton and his brother Billy, Jack McLowry and his brother Bob, Jack Ringo, Bill Dodge and sev eral gentlemen known at Curly, Slim, Shorty, Texas, -Buffalo and 'similar cognomens were frequently seen on the streets together. All had a-reputation to sustain, and some were no eager to do themselves justice that they would not rely on the ordinary .44 caliber re volver but had the barrels of shot-guns cut off to about a foot in length, and, thus abbreviated, that terrible .engine of destruction, when properly loaded, became a part of their personal adorn ment. There were two factions in southeaatern Arizona in 1870, one be ing known as the stage robbers and the other as the rustlers. ,The Earps and Doe Halliday were'the recognized chiefs of the stage robber, faction, and Ike Clanton and Jack Ringo were the ac knowledged bosses of the rustlers. The factions came into frequent conflict. One day the McLowrys and Frank Stillweli rode into town and put up their horses at a corral on Fremont street. Just as they emerged from the corral the Earps and Halliday confront ed them, and in a minute the two Mc Lowrys, Billy Clanton and Stillwell were dezad, Word was sent to their friends, Who were camped in the HIua chuca mountains, and they prepared to march to Tombstone in force to clean 0at t1e Earps. The Earps secruited and fortified in an adobe building in the west end of the town. The rusti ers, thfty strong, under command of Ike Clanton and Jack ingo, marched to town and took up headquarters in a corral at the extreme end of the town. The i1ter of this was the city editor of a Tombstone paper at the time, andl lhe visited both the camps daily, and was made the medium of communica tion botwveen the leaders. The rustlers circulated through the town, and the Earip, or stage robber faction, confined themselves to their camp). Ike Clan tonm, the rustler, leader, sent several messages to Wyatt Earp, the leader of that faction, daring him to come out and show his nose. Earp sent back in vitations to Clanton to come and visit him. This thing continued for three (days, and at last the Earps began to get tired-in fact, their liquor wvas ox hausted and they were on the verge of aL thirst famine. Warren Earp, one of the brothers, heeled himself properly with two revolvers and a shotgun, and walked uptown one evening about 8 o'clock. HIe went hito a saloon, took a dIrink at the bar.and walked back to the .faro department in the rear. lie hadn't bucked the tiger in five days and his appetite was whetted. Ho sat down in front of tihe decaler, pulled,.out a hand ful of $20 gold pieces and copper ed1 the queen. Just as he did so a re port wasm heard, and Warren Earp fell off lila stool dead. A bullet had pene trated his brain. When the report of his deathl reached his friends they rallied ont in force. They were met by the (Claunton party eln Allen street, and an exchange of shots took place. The cas9ualties were meiager, only three killed and two wounded. The iEarps retreated and skipped the town. When they had loft, and there was no hope of catching them, thb sheriff of CJochuise county became energetic, Hie organ ized passes to give pursuit that subse qiuently cost the tax payers of the conuty $7,000. The 2Earps being ab .sent, sympathy, of course, was against them, andit they went to Colorado, wvhere they remained for some time and. theojn went to California. The rustlers thien had -supremne ?pOmmand of tihe tough' element *of Tombstone, and they holdit until the ipadei's' quarreled and graduailly killed each other. The hates of the ,ctions in those daysw (apallng.All t h e t o us t o a k e s i d e s , ~.t the reptb prin otethe com'. inrnniVy.ws. elvt bdthee'd. The rustl erg were outt thieve. They stole cat t.1e in Ne,w fxico,.smid sold them in Texas; they stole.it Tdxas and sold in Arizona; they stole in Arizona and sold in Mexicon ndr stole in Mexcand s.oAli. in Clfrnia. They spent the proceeds of t e forays in Toinbatoiie. They werear byal set of thieves. When they were flush they scorned to drink any thing but 1loeder or Pommery seo{ an d the markets were gutted to ptovlde thein ith luxuties. The leader of the gang, Ike Clanton, was a handsome fel low, six feet high, with yellow- curling looks, and a complexion; In spite of the Arizona'sun and regular exposure, that a belie would envy, He was a ready and straight: shooter. He faced death a hundred times and met it at last. He hated the Earp brothers with all the in tensity. of an unbridled passion, and loved their sister with equal ferce. Jessie Erp was a beautiful girl of 19 at the .time., She had the courage and grace of her brothers, and was, of course, a partisan of theirs in the fact ional fght, without being in sympsthy with their habits of life and cater of rapine fnd murder. Ike Clanton' and Jessie Earp met at a dance at Tomb stone. Ike and the Earp boys were then at war and carried guns cocked and primed for each other. Between Ike and Jessie it was'a case of love at first sight. H3ar brothers became furi ous when they heard it, and Virgil, the oldest of.the family and the keeper of the family headquarters, wanted to turn her out of the house and disown her. But Wyatt, the brains of the family, said this would be playing into the halnds of the arch enemy, Clanton. He would immediately marry her and both would be happy. This woUld not suit the Earps, and they resolved to keep the girl away from Clanton and prevent nieeting or communication be tween them if possible. The girl was a heroine. She was ed ucated ini a California convent; and while as full of romance as an egg is of meat, she had a sense of honor that made her sustain her family in the quarrel with the faction of which her lover was chief. It was a marvel to many people why the Clanton gang did not attack the Earp headquarters imme diately after reacling Tombstone to re venge the death of the McLowry boys and Billy Clanton. The reason was that Jesse was confined in her brothers' headquarters, and Clanton would not run the risk of killing her! When U be 1larps retreated from Tomb stone there came a young man well to do, excessively stingy, pre tor-naturally ugly, and preposterously short. lie was one of the "unco' guid;" he wouldn't foregather with the other students, his ways were not their ways, and young Mr. MacTaggart, of Leith, was shunned when he was not made a butt of. MacTaggart had one grievance against Providence upon which he con stantly harped; it was his want of stature. It was this weakness of the young Scotchmpn's that the wily Cecil Dacre determined to take advantage of, and at the same time gratify his taste for pratical joking. Cecil Dacre was in want of five pounds very badly indeed. lie always was in want of five pounds, but the want at this particular time was more than usually urgent. One day the three young men met by accident in the Cafe Verdi. "That American doctor's a wondorf l follow," said Dacre, in a loud voice, to his friend Orlando P. Jones. "I won der whether lie's a humbug?" Nowv MacTaggart was sitting at the next table; consuming a dish of maca roni with great gusto. "No, I don't think ha's a humbug,"~ said Jones; "they say lie really does possess the secret of permanently dimin ishing or increasing the stature at will. I've noticed people who have beeii to him two or three times, and there was always an extraordinary difference in their height. It's very marvelous." MacTaggart who had drunk in the conversation with greedy ear, now joined iin with manifest interest. The two young fellows gave him a host of circumstantial details. "You ought to try him, MacTaggart, at any rate," said the crafty Dacro, "Any change in your appearance, my CJaledon'ian Apollo, would be a benenit." "I am thinking it would be very expen sive, and I object to extravagance on p)rinciple," said the Scotchman. "WVell, you might boat him down; at all events you could try," said Dacro. "Without a doot. I'll sleep on it.," said MacTaggart, and he paid for his breakfast and dleparted. It took the Scotchmani a whole week to nmake up his frugal mmnd, and then he scrowed his courage up -to the stick ing point and informed Dacre thamt lie should visit, the American physician -the next day. "D'ye ken whore lhe dwells, Mr. D)acre?" "WVell, lie lives in the same house as I do, on the first floor, lie's a benevo lent old boy; you're sure to like him. Jones here knows him very well; the Yankeesai-e almost- as clannish ss the Scotch, you knowv. You are sure to find him at home at 3," anid then they parted. No sooner had thme unfortunate Mac Taggart turned the corner than Cecil Dacre triumphantly executed a cellar fhap breakdowvn, to the astonishment of the little crowd of Neapolitan bystand ers; then lie bowed to his audience, kissed his finger tips to them, and started off as fast as his legs would car ry him to his lodgings. The next day Cecil Dacre obtainied the loamn of his landlord's first floor for the day, and then he began to busy himself in a very extraordinary manner. HIe secured the services of the porter's wife and daughter, the black eyed ipDa; they dusted, they arranmged and rearranged a screen, and purchased a little bottle of turpentine; andl then, in the bath room, which opened ,from a little passage which. was constructed in the norner where lie had placed thme screen, lie laid out at least half a dozen towels. Then he ran over to the costumer's across the street, and came back with a fur robe do chambre, a long gray board, a close cap of black velvet, and a pair of big green spectacles, exactly similar to those wvorn by the celebrated Dr. Faust in the first act of Gounod's opera. Pippa, lier mother and Dacre worked with a wvill, aiid then the two women, with maiiy gestures of astonishment from Pippa's mother and numerous giggles and chuckles from Pippa herself, took their departure, promising that every thing should be ready punctually at 8. Then Dacre ran up to the rooms of the medical student; on t.he third floo, and lorrowe. several hisJargest and most profpssional looing books,- whioh he ltfeedin a row. upon the. writin table. Two grewsome looking anatom Ical preparations in spirit he also ob tained from the Italian Bob Sawyer with.these and (khumuan-skull; krpcured from the same source, he decorated the mantel piece. Then he put on tht dressing gown, the long gray beard, the velvet cap and the spegt)oles, and. he looked a very tremendous specimen of s quack doctor. -Whe94 the , -travesti mont was complete he wentt6 the win dow and 1 waited patiently for young Mr. MacTaggait no wap not kept long in suspense. The great bell of-Sai Giovanni struck 3, and punctual to the hoitr MaeTaggart appgarod on th0 othei side of the street. In the meantime Orlando P. Jones or his part had not been Jdle for he called upon at least a dozes of 'MacTaggart's friends and acquaintances, had. a shor Interview with each, and as he took hii leave each of the people he had so hon ored with a visit laid -his forefinger tc the side oft his nose and appeared con siderably amused. As has been said, the bell of San Giovanni struck 8, A' rather timid knock sounded upp ii the outer door 01 the first floor where Dacre was lying in wait. bacre allowed it to be repeated, thten he flung the door open suddenly. 'There stood MacTaggart. "Have I the honor of. addressing the newly arrived American - physician?' he said. "Enter, my young friend," said he of the gray beard and green spectacles. in a loud but drawling voice. "Take i seat, inquiring stranger," he continued, "and let me hear in what way I can be of use to you. You see before you,' he added, "the celebrated old Dr. Jacob xownsend, a physician of world wide celebrity, a man, sir," he went on "who has devoted a long life, prolonged by his own skill far beyond the ordinary human span, to the amelioration of the condition of the human race." "I'm afraid I have come to you on a fool's errand," said the patient un. easily. "No man who consults me," said the doctor, "is guilty of an unwise act. ] read your thoughts, young man," he continued severely, 'my eagle eye de tects the workings of your puny brain, You are discontented with your stature, Say, is it not so?" The patient no Ided. "Are you ready to submit to the treatment, young man? iHave you every confidence in me?" ' "I've every confidence, doctor," re plied MacTaggart uneasily, "but I heard that your fees were high, and I thought, perhaps, as ' m only an art student, you might consent to make a little reduction." "Young man," said the physician in an indignant tone, "do not trifle. The paltry honorarium I ekact is but to cover the cost of the balsamic drugs used in the treatment of such cases; they have been procured from the de serts of Central Asia after the expendi ture of mhch time, blood and treasure; but be assured, young man, that the trifle wrung from your. parsimonious clutch will be immediately distributed by me to the deserving poor." "And you won't take any less," said MacTaggart, ns he stretched out his re luctant hand and deposited five guineas upon the physician's table. "Is the process very painful, doctor?" he said. "There are two means of achieving the object," said the physician, who took no notice of tihe fee. "The one is purely mechanical; it is gradual exten sion; considerable physical pain has naturally to be endured. The other course, which is equally efficacious anid quite painless, is by means of a medica ted bath, but not more than four inches increase in height can be obtained." "I shg11l be perfectly satisfIed, doctor, with four Iuches." "Very good, young man, very good. You know your owni business best. Retire behind that screen; divest your self of your apparel; in a~ few momente all will be prepared, So powerful are the effects of the drugs that your cloth ing, wvere it exposed to their potent va p)ors, would be utterly destroyed. Strip, young man," said the doctor emphati cally, and lhe pointed to the screen. Mr. MacTaggart retired behind the screen, and did as lie wvas bid, and the vqnerable benefactor of the human race disappeared Into thme bathr-oomi. The first thing b~acre did was to empty his bottle of turpentine into the bath' then lie turned on tile hot water till the bath was nearly full. "Are you prepared, young man?" he cried in a loud voice, as he re-entered the reception room. "I'm quite ready, sir," said Mr. Mac Taggart from behi'nd the screen. "] can smell the potent odor of the drungs, even here." "Don't trifle, boy," cried the Ameri can physician; "take your watc.h with1 you, and proceed to the bath. You iil flad it very hot, and the odor of time eastern balsams is pungent, but do not let that deter you; enter it as speed ily as possible, for the hotter the bath, the more rapid is the osseous chang~e, Remain extended in that bath, and per fectly still, and every five minutes b3 your wvatch, and not more frequently on any account, lot your head disappear beneath the balsamlc film with whmicl: the surface of the water is covered. Dc not speak, and breathe only througE: your nose. I will warn you when the process is complete." Mr. MacTaggart entered the batti room, watch-in hand. The odor of th( Oriental balsams made him sneeze yko lontly, the water was evidlently ver3 hot, and wvas covered by a .thick olegg inous film. But young Mr. MacTaig gart had paid: his five guinoas and in was determined to have his mdneye worth. After a little time lie innteret the bath.- - : *. Every five minutes ise hea4 disap peared beneath the steaming, fily sur face, hma the meanwile Cecil DAore wi not idle, lHe rang the bell; ~ippa anc her mother appeared; the on* carried little charcoal brazier and 4 flat iron time other a very small wvork 'bag and big iair of scissors. .They I ughed im moderately' as thiey set to wo k tipon thu clothes of the young cotchman Three inches were cut off from th trouser loe, the sleeves of tI coat an< of the shirt, Pippa's moth r worke( with a will with her needle rofashiom the extremIties of her garmo ts, and a 1 she, fi lshed each, Pippa herself care ;fuhly. ressed the 'newly made seam w Mith t hot flat iron. Then the phy. - sician dismissed his two assistants, hi flung open the bath room door and ad dressed the bather. "Come forth, young man," he said "Yoi entered that bath a mieerabl an plimy speomen of humanity; yoi will.leave it, in all human probabihty a vell;grown youth of prepossessing ap pearaneo." Mr. MacTaggart did as he was bid He dried himself to the best of hi abillty," but the balmy odors of th bi}sqms of the East still clung to hi liair.-. No. sooner was he dressed an< h#d emerged from behind the screen than the,mo4lc doctor addressed him. "Young ma," said he, and his voie was qpparently momentarily choked b emotion, "behold the result of the won. drous bath of Iiokbara. There is t laonsiderablo chan,ge, I think," he sah Solemnly. Mr. MacTaggart had evidentl3 - grown-out or. his clothes; his arms ani lego protruded in a portentous manner "Don't thank me," continued th American physician hurriedly; "don' thank me, but hasten home to bed t< sleep off the powerful effects of my po tent medicaments." Mr. MacTaggart bowed as graceful ly as he could and left the premises. The very irst person he met in th street was his acquaintance Orlando P. Jones.. MacTaggart's appearance was sumclently striking. His ordinar3 straight red hair was, curly and ex tremely odoriferous from the effects o the turpentine. Ills face and hand were the color of a boiled lobster, an his eyes were bloodshot from the sam cause. "(ioodness me," said Jones, " shouldn't have known you. What hav< you been doing to yourself?" "Don't ask me," said MacTaggart "my happiness Is too great for words,' and his scarlet face was illuminated b3 a smile of celestial beatitude. Before lie reached his own house he had met at least twenty or his acquaint ances. Each one interviewed him witL a similar result. But the cup of happiness was rudeL3 dashed from his lips when his extreme ly plain and elderly sister, Miss Flori MacTaggart, on her arrival, addressed him in these indignant words: "Ehl Dodald, man, is it fou ye are' or simply fatuous? that ye have beer making a Merry Andrew of yourself by cutting doun yer claithes." In vain the brother explained his visi to the doctor. Then the secret came out, and Mr MacTaggart and his sister left Naples for Rome within the. twenty-fou: hours. Colonel Piohet Goes Down. The other evening Colonel Victor E Piollet was making a speech to the Grangers in the House of Ilepresepta tives and, as usual, was indulging in hil annual kick at everything and every body. He dilated on the wrongs per. petrated on the farmer in the matter o: what he called unjust taxation and, warming up to his subject, said: "Why, look at mel- Only the othei day- I had to pay school tax and I haven't got k child in school." Among the auditors was Colone Frank Mantor, of Crawford county ai old-time Republican, with a head ai long as the moral law and a penchant for picking people up when they makt absurd public declarations, it happen. ed that the day after Colonel PI'ollel made his speech he and Colonel Man tor were introduced in the Loche Hotel. "I'm very glad to meet you, Colonel Piollet," said Colonel Mantor. "] was in the House last night and sal under the drippings of the sanctuary I listened to'y,our speech, and, as I anr a plain-spoken man, I want to tell yoi that I digler wvith you in one part ol your argument." "The devil you do," said Colone P'iollet, "and what part wvas that?" "You decried taxation without rep. resentation. You said you paid schioo tax and hadn't a child in school. Now I am hi almost the same situation, but I don't kick. I pay a poor tax and ] haven't a relation in the poorhouse."~ Those who were p)resent fairly shout ed with laughter as Co'lonel Piollet's broad, good-natured face beamed witi smiles, and lie said: "Begad, Mantor you have me there." A Wise Dog. B3runo and lj saster were very fon. of each other -and wvent out together groat deal./ One evening they made a call. Bru no walked jto the kitchen to stay, 1a3 down ai fell asleep. His maste; spent th evening in the parlor. Wher it was tir e to go home, the master for got his D,g and wvent home withoui him. Bj tin the morning, almost th first thl g lie saw was B3runo, safe ai home. ilHow do you suppose he gol there? . Ige did not W'ake till late in the night when the, house was still; but thiei when he found that nobody came to le him out, lie .jumped through the win dow and broke out all the glass. Thi noise he made waked everybody in thj house, and they all, got up and canfi down-stairs to see what was the mat Some weeks after, the gentlemai called again on the same family, anm Bruno with him. Ho weont into th parlor as before, ahd sent -Bruno int< theo kitchen. When it was time to go home, th master's hat and cane were missing Ho looked and looked, but could no I fnd thehi anywhere. At last, somebody happened to go in -to the kitchen, and there lay Brun under the table, fast asleep. The can lay by his side,- and one of his grea ; paws was on the hat. Ils master wa I called out to look at him, and ever body laughed heartily 'at Biruno's fore thought and planning. He did not mean to be left behini - again, and he knew -that if his maste forgot his dog, he would not forget hi Shat and cAinie. The Council of the University' Col loge at Cardift propose to establia mechanical laboratories at a cost of ne a lens than ?8,OOn - FASHION NOThS. 3 -In sel-colored materials there are extremely. pretty crepons, veilings, bo h blain and brocaded, Indian cash mOres aud muslin delaines.' -The latest uovelty in gloves is the Carmen glove of'tan-colored unglazed kid very long, rippling over the arm, , without any buttons, and finished with a deep ouff embroidered With silk. -There Is also an eleg iUt material a which shows a small checked pattern formed of silken threads of a lighter color upon a woolen--ground in the basket-work style. ---ror the street the cloth costume is the most ladylike. Gray or a mixture i of seal-brown and beige are fashioable shades. The tunic is draped on the - right side with one large fRat plait, which is covered with a handsome pat terp in braiding. The same pattern is worked round the foot of the over sKirt. --Another consists of a redingote of 3 nut-brown cashmere,, slit open on the right.hand side over a robing of beige armure silk. The right side of the bodice is of plaited cashmere and is crossed over the left side, which is of armure silk.and quite plain. The plaits are fastened down under a silver clasp. -A very elegant-walking dress is or gray sicilienne in the shape of a redin gote, crossed shawl-fashion over the chest, and remaining open with 'two - narrow . revers over a jlastron ef plaited white crepe; from the waist it i remains entirely open, showing an un I derskirt of the same siollinne, trim med with fine pinked out ruches. -Among the latest novelties in spring goods we notice a new style of droguet, which has. narrow stripes woven so as to simulate embroidery in two or three shades of color over a beige or gray ground. There are also very pretty stripes in shaded silks over a cashmere ground. They look re markably well in several shades of slate blue silk over a dark slate ground, also in shades of heliotrope and gray. -There appears to be an increased demand again for both gold and silvel' beads which are worn about the neck in several strands, forming a necklace of festooned strands. The first row of beads fits closely around the throat; each. after row, being a little larger than Its predecessor, falls beneath it, and when there are five or six strands the effect is that of a very rich and elaborate necklace. -Cheviots in cool natural gray and fawn, in fine herring-bone pattern, are always in demand by refined women of conservative taste. Mixtures in black and white shepherd's checks and cross bars promise to be in special demand. There is always a large quantity of such goods sold ii. New York to ladies who are taking off mourning and to many who confine their morning street dress to some combination of black, White or gray. -Fashion Is by no means, exclusive this year, and it is difficult to say which style of dress is most in vogue. Ieaked bodices have by no means been laid aside, and yet in new costumes for the early spring we see a great many round waists; not short under the arms, as they were under the First Empire, but just at the proper place and encircled by a skllufully draped sash or faille, moire or surah. With round waists, scarf-sash and semi trained skirt are coming in again; but this style is by no .Aneans exclusively adopted, and the peaked bodice is still much worn, especially for evemng dresses. --Lyons silks are used for fashion able visiting and reception dresses. Taffetas and bengaline will be the fa vorlte silk materials this spring. There is no saying which color is most In vogue in these materials, for the fash.. ionable style is a combination of sev eral shades mn glace silks. There are exquisite mixtures of the most lovely tlnts, producing effects of the. greatest novelty. Over some of the beautiful steel silks there are fine streaks of Pekin stripes of satin. P'ompadour stripes, with pretty floral patterns over a moire ground, are also ver.y fashion able. -Mouse-gray seems to be the favor Ite shade this season. A very tasteful dress of this color recently noticed was made quite simply. The material was Frenclh faille, silver galloons described a fichu upon the bodice, slanting down to the waist, which it made appear slighter. Again, In cloth costumes as well as silk we find the mouse-gray shade prevailing. A very pketty cos tume of that color was braided with black, It consisted of a double skirt, bodice' and Jacket to match. Let us note that braiding is as fashionable as ever, but that it Is considered more stylish to braid in blacx over colored cloth than to match the braid with the material. -For dinner-toilet we note the B3u1 garian corselet of peau do sole, glove. fitting, low in front and at the back and epaulets of the same material trim med with a small Dow. This B3ulgarian bodice is worn eithier over the -bodice of a dress or over a ohemisotte of white or light-colored surah. Tfhe sleeve which accompanies the Bulgarian cor selet is the hour-glass sleeve. It takes this name from its shape, for, bein'g full at thie top, it is gathered in at the I bend of the arm, under three ciroles of 3ribboti, each fastened by a small bow, >thence it puffs out again and is fin iehed by a deep frilling of lace or em 3 broidery. .-There is a marked return in fash ions this spring to woolen goods of -British manufacture. All Scotch cloths here go by the name of qhevtot, be they plain, striped or checked, The favorte a however, may be said to be a tiny cekin which man colors are introducedk, butso thoroungi ixed up> together that not one predominates over the others. The striped woolen material, limousine, has also obtained r much succes, not on.ly dres*es but also long mantes in Life redingote style are made of It. The stilpes are of irregu lar width and divers colors, suob as green, red, blue and yellow, over -a Sige er brown ground; but all these e colors are in attenuated tints, so that the effect Is not at all gaudy, HORSE NOTES. -Jockey Burke was thrown and badly hurt by the horse Claude Bran. non in a. race at New Orleans on March 15. The sensational item sent out, from Lexington, Ky., that a stock company was being formed there for the pur chase. of the noted California horse Guy Wilkes (2.151) for $100.000 is a canard. -The price paid E. Pyle, of fum boldt, N. C., b A. 3. Alexander, of Woodburn tud Farm, Kentucky, for the b. m. Julia full sister to Mazey Cobb, was $5961, not $1001, as tele graphed recently. -Norma, the dam of Lucy Cuyler, and Norval, sire of the famous year ling Norlaine, '2.811 dropped a black colt on February if to Electricity, a son of Electioneer and Midnight, dam of Jay-Eye-See, 2.10. -The Suffolk Course programme at the spring meeting will include races for tne $-minute, 2.50, 2 40, 2.85, 2.27, and 2.19 classes and 2.21 and 2.28 pa" cars. The 8-minute and 2.50 classes will be best two in three. -The bay horse General Hatch 2.47, foaled 1801, by Strader's Cassius M. Clay, Jr., dam by imp. Envoy, died near Muscatine, Ia., on February 24. He was the sire of Fleta and Envoy, both with records of 2.20. -The three 'Woodburn mares, Miss, Russell, dam of Maud S., Lady Rus sell and Russia, both sisters to the lat ter and Trinket, 2.14, are the only ( mares not owned at Palo Alto that will be bred to Electioneer this season. -Charles Wood, the English jockey, whose license was refused by the Eng. lish Jockey Club principally on account of alleged in-and-out running of a sel.. ling plater called Success, has made a strong appeal for a reopening ;of the case. -In February the private sales of trotting stock in the "Blue Grass" sec tion of Kentucky aggregated $75,000. From present prospects the sales ol' such stock this year in Kentucky wiit foot up somewhere in the neighborhood or $2,000.000. -The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association has decided to offer at its meeting next fall a purse of $5000 for the free-for-all class. This is the largest amount ever offered for a race between trotting horses not only in Kentucky but south of Mason and Dixon's line. --. E. Simmons has moved all his stock over to the new farm he recently phrchased on the old Frankford pike. On this road, within five. miles of Lex higtUn, Ky', there are now four great trotting establishments - Plainview, Ash Grove, Highland, and the place first mentioned. -A singular accident occurred in Sussex, England., last - December. A fox huntress was out with the fox houids, when her horse picked up a flint rock in its fore foot, and while galloping threw it back with such forco against the shank of the hind leg that the 'bone was broken just above the fetlock, and the animal had to be de stroyedl. -n the Blie Grass region of Ken tucky there are no less than 180 finely improved farms devoted to the breeding and rearing of thoroughbreds aind trot ters. The farms are within a radius of thifty-flve miles of Lexington, in the counties of .Bourbon, Garrard, Mer cer, Boyle, Jessamine, Franklin, Wood, ford, Fayette, Montgomery. Clark, Harrison and Scott. On the 130 farms there are at least 0500 horses of the av erage value of $300-or nearly 12,000,: 000. --Reports from the headquarters of ' Houri (2.10k) and Susie 8, (2.20) are to the effect that both of these flying ill. lies have wintered well and promise this summer to have a renewal of their famous duel at St. Louis last fall. Al though Susie 8- Is yet to be beaten, the owner of Hlouri says that tility will clip her wIngs this Bummer, white on the Other hand, Susie 8.'s owner says he fears no rival and believes his ailly will this year wipe out all 4-year-old rec ords. -The Atlantic City Turf Associa tion grounds comprise nearly eighty five acres. A mile track, 70 feet wids (80 feet on the homestretch), has been laid out. The plans for Improvements Inctude two great stands--ene 216x76 feet, and the other 850x50 feet. The combined seating and standing capac ity will be about 20,000. The bebting pavihion will be 150Ox8O feet, There will be stabling room for Y00 horses. Mueh of the lumber for the building is already on the ground. -Woodburn still has the greatest number of producing mares oC.any stud in Kentucky, 14 of her brood-mares having- produced 2.80 tretters. The most celebrated mares at Woodburn are Miss Russell, dam of Maud 8. 2.08 ; Nutwood, 2.181; Cora Belmont, 2.25&, and Lizzie Witnerspoon, dam ef Fanny Witherspoon, 2.16*. Woedburn Is also the only place In Kentucky, with the exception of Ashland Park, wvhere both the trotter and runner are bred and raised. --The following entries have been received for the National Stallion' stakes, whicli will be trotted next fall: i' W. Corbltt's b. bi. Guy Wilkes, 2.15*, by George Wilkes, dam Zady Bunker by Mambrino Patchen; Palo Alto's b. h. Palo Alto. 2.20*. by Eliectioneer, dam Dathe Winnie by Planet, Palo Alto's b. h. Rexford, 2.24 by Elec tioneer, dam Rebecca, by Genleral Bienton; B. C. Holly's ch. h. Woodnut, 2.10*, by liutwood, dam Addie by Ilambletonian Chief; F. A.. Jones' gr. b. 'Jam Mulvena, 2.271, by ,Nut wood, dam Jane McLane by ludd Doble; L. J. Rose's b. h. Stamboul, 2 174, by Sultan, dam 1Fleetwing, by Hamuleto, nian; ML. Saulsbury's blk. bi. Director, 2.17, by Dictator, dam Dolly, by Mamn. brino ChIef; J. C. Siitspeon's b. h. Antevolo, 2.19fr, by Eleetioneer, dam Columabine by A. W. Ridhixiend. -alo and deep tan plush skirts are worn with winter dresses .of various colors and fabrics, --Hanover has Improved ,In develop. ment wonderfully durmng the winter,