Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Keep in the sunlight, Do not be sad; Bright golden sunshine Makes our -hearts glad; Shadows and sunshine 'nr Avery nn." 8adness and sorrow In.lifo Will come. Keep in the sunlighti Out of the shado; But for the sunshino All'things would lade. Sunslino.and sadness Is our lot to endure; One hour of sorrow Makes sunlight more pure. Keep in the sunlight Ot God to-day, Think of the sunlight "Over the way." In sorrow and sunshino Dato to be true, And sunlight will over Shinu brighnly on you. MRS. ThOMPSON'S ERROR. Mr. John Thiompson' came down to breakfast rosy and flossy, and looking as happy as any reasonable man might .desire. His wife sat smiling at the head of the table and his little daugh ter, Maude Amalia, on one side; while to crown the measure of his content, broiled spring-chicken and water-crosses -his favorite breakfast-dish-greeted his gratilled gaze. "So spring has come alrepady, has it?" said Thompson, withi a glance at the vernal fowl and its verdant accompani ment. "Yes, indeed," respoilded Mrs. Thompson, as she smilingly poured out the coffee; and then, with a pensive look, she continued: "I was at Madame Robinette's yesterday, looking at the . spring bonnets"-a sltght shadow pass ed over Thompson's face-"the loveli est thing that I ever behold; and so cheap." "Ail'' said Thompson, absently 1 munching a cress. "I tried on one," continued Mrs. T. -"a most exquisite white hat,, with' seven pink ostrich tips. It really made me look ten years younger." . "You're young enough. ". said her. husbana, - a litl abruptly. "You l wouldn't like to look like a school girl." "And then I just stepped into Field 1 & Foster's," resumed Mrs. Thompson, "and really it was as good as-a museum to see the exquisite spring 'dress godds. There was brocaded spring silk-rose buds on a dark ground-which so ex aetly suited my taste and complexion' I that it really seemed to have been made for me. I thought I 'would go right t over to-day and get it before it is snap ped up by somu one else. It's only 1 thirty-five dollars." Thompson winced.,. He began to pi- 't derstand about' the true inwardnesg 9f the early spring-thicken and cresses. "My dear, couldn't you wait awhile? ] I have just at this time a pressing use I for every dollar that I can command. Next week--" But Mrs. Thompson had set doitn -her coffee cup, and was drawing forth her pocket-handkerchief. . "I knew you'd refuse!" she said, huskily. "B]ut, Maggie, a woman cannot al ways understand what pressing need her husband may sometimes have for money in his business affairs. If yoit I wvill only wait-' "And let that hateful Mrs. Murcio get tihe silk-" Just hero te door boll rang1 a'nti Mliss Maude Amalia juinped down from her C high chair and ran to answer it.t "It's your letters and .papers, papa!'" I she criedl, holding them. upi, "'and one of '01m smells so n ice, just like mnatnnna pretty bottles on iher' bureau.'' Thompson looked at the missive in question. So did his .wife; and she] nloticedi that it was in a lady's haind writing, and directed to "Mir. John Thompson." '' Sihe wat chedl him as lhe glanced over i the first few lines. Then -he looked at the signature, smiled-a constr'ainled r and furtive smie-and folding thle niote , wit.hout iinishing it, glanced at his wife, colored a little and slipped It un der the paplers beside his p)late. "'Who !s that -peirfutmed envelope from?'' in(iuiredI his wife. "Why, a sort of business note," he answered indifferently. "Fr'om a lady?'' saidl Mrs. Thomp soin, susapiciously. "Yes-fr'om a lady,'' he ainswered, reluctantly. "What husmetIss can a lady -have with you?" "Only a little private business mat ter. I will toll you in a day or two. Why," glancing up at tihe clock. and then consulting hIs wvatch, "it's~later< than I thought by ten minutes. 1 must I And lie did hurry, and mn his.hastoj Went iup stairs for something lie .had< forgotteni, leaving the letters on the table. Mrs. Thonmpson did not allow the 01) portunity to pass unimproved. ~She listened till shte heard her husband's footsteps on the top) stair, and( then, drawing forth thme perfumed -iloto, hurriedly opened it, and' read as fol lows:' ' ' "DUEAR J. :-Where were you last evening? I looked for you all the tiine, I but in vahti. Rlomeco and Juliet wvas lovely. Romeo reminded me of you;.l Thanks for your lovely lilies! Do you. remember wvhat you said to me on - Tuesday, while eating iceocream on the balcony? Well, I have though It all1 Over. nnd( concluded that It wi1 ha b the best, after all. Come this evening r 3arly, and we will imake,arraugements. g roddy has gone away. Nolgody at ,ai iome but.L. and L Yours only., K." Thompson was heard coining down f itairs. His wife hastily sliped. the a note under- the 19ttprs'and disappeared Ii by another door. TIle put Aie papers in ils.pocket and woit-nway. , Then Mrs. Thompson went up-etairs to dross the baby. Her c;ce a was rosy red and her eyes shone fit4 an ce 1- a uatural brilliancy. She -peremptorily 1< lismissed the maid, boxed the poodle's *r ?ars for-attectionately itckig her hand, I md proceeded to soap, and soap, and 1' 3ponge the infant ,heir of the house of r iiOmpson With an energy whicli con 3iderabIl astonighled that young gentle- t uan. U And as she perforned this Interest ing maternal'duty, she gave express On t Lp her secret emotions In 'brief and ,e i- 1 phatic sentences: '. ' "So that it was which took him out c ) Tuesday evening! Went to that am ball, when he told me he wais going..to liis club supper. Oh, yes! and expected 1 to go to the theater last night-only I. iomething prevcnted, gind he stayed at c iome. Looking out for him all thp, 3vening, was she? The wretch! Romeo' s mnd Juliet, indeed! A pretty Romeo, t 'orty years old, getting bald, and the 1, 'ather of a family! And he seiids hi'r ilies. Wonder how much they cost? <1 hliat's his pressing necessity for money v ust at this time. Keeps another c woman in expensive' bouquets, and. re- a ruses his wife necessary clothing. And ie's to see her this evening! Oh, yes, indeed. Be quiet, you little torment!" d -this to the baby. "Wants him to 3olno early, Well, he will. no doubt, a md so will I. . I'll follow him, and a ind out who she .is, and I'll expose her, 11 if I live. Only he musn't 'suspect. 7h; the deceitful, false, ungrateful- d 3-oh, John1" Here she broke down, and hugging t he baby.close,to'her bosom, burst into . to agony of tears and sobbing. When Thompsoi} came home that I ivening.he found his wife, nicely. dress d and 'smiling, in' tlhe parlor, - He i: ,hought, after amlhile, that there was omething unusual about her. 4She 0 ooked nervous and excited,, an4itocked. a ier chair very. fast as she ! itted%the q )aby's carriage-blanket, rig a 7 ititch now and then. -vu? T f "What's the'matter, Magkk6 -ken't c rou iwell?" he inqu red,, s$puc|ang be.. C ore the fire, and lool{ing dow.. at ber: C "Oh, yes-perfectly well! >led, with a.toss of hez'h"dt' ii d iing two stitches. d Thompson sat down and?unfolded his p vening paper. Then his wife looked p with a smile. - , h "Going to the theater to-night?" ' . 1 "No; there's nothing much worth eeing, and you lcnow I don't generally b are about it." 0 "Don't you, indeed? Thought you iked Romeo and Juliet." "They had that last night. Hamlet 0 o-nigllt, I lielieve," said Thompson, a :lancing at his paper. "Would you a ike to go?" 0 ,"I go? No, in4leedl" with another oss, and dropping thiree more stitehes. 4 Tholisdn- began.tQ read the report f the Queen of Engfand's speech to the lc 'arliument. Ars. Thompsdn's speech t< roko in upon it: .h ",Vas it pleasait "pt the cluj" deep; grolstic empiisis ou' club") 'Tuesday 0 iigiiti?" ,.p "Very; soei capital songs and poeclie.q." 0 "Oh, no doubt! Some very agreeable is peeches. IIe, he! Ansl it- was cool lh ad pleasant on the b"tlcony? "What b:alcony?"'-' Hie was looking at, lher- with eyes a ittle wider than usual; andashe thought lie had him iiow. iIe might p)retend gnorane lind inniocence, .buit lie could I ot dlecive lieu agai.n. No indeed! ir "What's the prfde 9r lilies?" she in.. at lired, fixing 'her eyes upon01 him as .1 bough they had been a pain of skewers n1 o pierce his conscience through and 1n birough. '. C "Lilies? I really dlon't knw. al "Oh the consu "imate hypocrite! the V old b)loodedl dec /fer," she, thioughclt. b hit she only remarked, sarcastically: ti "lee cream is good." ti Thiompison turnedl a little pale as5 lhe D)okedi at her. She pernceivedl this, and ci ave a tripphilanit, hiysterical giggle. ti "Maggie, my dlear,'' said Mr. Thiomp- a on, geinty laying aside 'is papei, and " peaking in a Ilutterng voice. Ii "Oh, yes! I'm your 'dear, am I? cl Yours only,' of course. '. He, hot Oh, b nytliHe, he, heo d1 TIhiompisoni was white now. He sat k or a moment looking intently at his p vife, thon stalrted up. and( seized his hat C ,nd gloves. "Whiere are you going?" inquired b J1rs. TJ.hompson, with suddenlOf forced 0 ahnness,. while her eyes glistened em- C nously.4 - - h "Only-ahi-only to step out on a p ittle business matter," he replied,.r Th'ien he slippeCd inito tihe nursery, p vhiore the aidl wtis. - - 4 "Mar'y," lie sa id, breathlessly, "go k [own stairs ands stay with your mis- e ress. Don't leave her for an instant ci mitil my return. If possi1ble, got 1her .1 o bed. She's Ill, and I'm going for a d looter."' Mary obeyed. She found her mis ress in the pantry, frantically attiring' iorself in an ulster an,d a poke bonnet n vith a vel., tl "Lor's, ma'amt'' said Mary; " whero- ti never aro you going this time of oyen ",Go diptahrs and stay with.the cill- V Iron," sauid Mrs. 'Thompson, imperi- ti >nsly. "I have a littlo errand to attend U) "Oh, nium!" cried the distresse'd i dlary, "hadin't you better stay in and hi 16 down, mum, and get over it?" . t "Get over what?" said Mrs. Thomp- t1 on, sharply, as she buttoned up the h lster on the way to tihe door. tl "Master said you was undispoed, ' uan, and that I was to watch you 'and et you to, bed, and that he'd gone for doctorI" "Gone'for a doctor? Oh, the deceit ul villain!" thought Mrs. Thbmpson, s she placed her hand on the haltdoor nob. But the door was locked and the key one. "This is too-toy inchl" she crie&&. He kne that I hli' found it all out, nid, would follow him. Audk to be )oed up in my own -housef'.and have y,_own servants set to watch' ov"ml '1l never submit to i it-iievr. ' omne toimy'darling mothet, nd iI'er,. ever, leave' her agalii." The thoulnA canme like an insihIa ion, 'and shd t1t dn iroceeded to act pon it. Whei Thomp.sroii'reuned,4 ii about en inintites, with the family physiciau, o was tet in the hall by the bewilder d Miry. e11r mistress-was -at the top f the stairs, looking down upon them Ad listening. "Oh, dir, i. Ms "is in, sjEh0 a way! he's packing up all her''things and go g to run away, and carry the precious hildrcn along with her." "I toid you so, doctorl" said Thomp 1n, with a look of agony. "She's en Irely out of her inid. - Can nothing o done for h0i'?" "Before I see your wife" 's.aid the octor, deliberately, describe to me, so tell is you can, how thijsiddeii attt k ame' on. Have, you'o prved n y ymptoms before this even ng?" "Never." . , "Has anyliing occurrid'tiring the ay to excite or effect her?' -. "Not that I l,ow of. At breakfist ho was,as well as usual, exceptt Ah, tay! she was a little wbtihded by 1ny ot being able, to supply her at once 1itli money for a spring bonnet and ress-" "Ah," said the doctor,' 'knowingly, wo-such.cases in the Midlitnd Asylun. Lnything else?" "Nothing, except- Yes, there was a ttle vexation about a letter. - "A letter?" said the doctor,. looking itereste,1. ".Nothiing of importance. .1 happen i .to receive a letter; which, upon pening, I discovered to be intended for uite another jerson -- young John hompson, of Cresswell & Co. It was rom a lady friend, and I, of course, oild. not' ,gratify Mrs. Thoiupson's utioalty in regard to it, and she seem k e n crept y ata,frOfi'Tl. rs, and very quietly laid own upon,the lounge. She looked ale but'serene. oHIow are you now, dear?'? inquired or husband softly, seating himself by or side. "A great deal better, love. I must ave had a nervous attack. but it's ver now." A few days thereafter the w3tole (own 'ats eci.ted and ttruiumphant ovdr the opement 'of young John Thompson ad lovely Kate Lindsay, whose cruel id hard-hearted brother, To(id, had pposed their union. "I fully expected it," said Thomp, )m, to is wife. And then he told her all about the tter, which he said he had hastened deliver to his namesike, for whom it nd been intended. "Why didn't you tell me this at ce?;' inquired. Mrs. Thompson, re :achfully. "Because, my dear, I know that you, any other womnan, would have told It confidence to a dozen friends, and so wve spoiled.the lovers' plan." Carries a I3at?'s Liver. Of all the queer superstitions of wVhichl ever heard L,here is onte possessed by a ani Oil 'Chang,e thlat caps , the super iti'ous climax, shays a St. Loulis Globo. Amocrat, wri,ter. . I won't tell you his me, but heis one of the mfost promi m1t grain and p)orkc dealers in tile city. no inighit last summier lie was a visitor the Fifthl District Police Station, ie wvere bothered a good'deal.Just then y' bats that keep flying upl and downl irough thle stable attached to tIle sta oil. Our visitor anld tile stable boys kill I several of the bats, and11 the liver was ~kcn from eachl of them and carried vay ini the merchant's pocket. Ho anited them, lie said, to give hinm luck his business tranlsactlins, for he de aredl there was more good luck inl one it's liver thlan thei'e was iilhalt A.hun red rabbits' feet, wvIich were wvell own to possess5 luck of no meanl pro >rtionls. IIe told us where hiohad dis >yered the bat's liver charm. It was on a lower Niississippil steam :>ot, about a year ago. A party of col :ed ddck-hands wvere playing cramps. ino of the p)arty had a bat's liver, and 3 laid it on the floor every tino lie ecked uip the ivories to throw. As a isult lie wvon all the money his coim mions hlad. After doing this four or ye times on the trip) up from New Or la s to Memphis,'tile bat's liver hold :?vas barred from the game; iIe uldun't lose. The merrchant to whom refer carries his bat's liver to this ny, and never thinks of'*going oil Jhiange withloit it. -4-To make the smooked bodices, so (>vel and' pretty for younig figures, mere should be three widths of ma trial. Make gathers four.-inches deep 'em the neck, and draw the threads ghter: towards the neck, sai as to majce iu'pleats lleo,06siely. Pliace th4 a-a. rial, when gathered, over well-fitting ninig, cut out part of the material to b the armholes. The . sleeves should a smdecked three and a hlf Inoes inn by two and a halt inches at the p of -the sleeve, and four inches at' ie wrist. S3ometimes the- sleeves are it in from the neck and smocked with to bodice, when only two and a half ridthu are required for the latt:er. IVY Q iv s>r iI Th'f ti +:4Q ro s "> Un ' If any Oflq a n ukious in the matter of sta 4ics'ivllbe good onou(rh to , cr ct 11lt }' .ni r of pe ac v in Lo the pr nIfaC ofa her y lac oitl e '.in, ..or -ouvof Eiuglad I %id of wlitY quito -two-thirds, - we 't'h, k- we -may positively assert. "shla4e haqds" v h' 'tho'y do, so moot, the numbers w kh1 probably' appear~ absolutely in-' afe ible, and. yet, more extraordinary ItI It would -seom that out of t t'se y,nillions of hand shakers, no two An ttbsolutely similar. Why do .we sth e hancls?, No one appears to know. It . oes not mean much, if .anything. Wlho has not suffered from the strong and4hearty grasp of, lot us fondly hope-, ard nt fr,iondship, when our perha s rin cl hand is wrp1g wit.h h11 fore. t.phtidstic gusllibness '1 affeolci by some jovial Hercules. in dogskins, who forgets he sometimes goes near to smashing the fragile and cgnflding fin gers rashly for the moment placed at his mercy. Why are we thus com pelled to suffer from pur friends? Ih. hnj lot. suffered from the C ran who, s for ' Lne hiit, holds our hai4. ? 'it were' a pump haifdle for ten mirl tes and will not let go? Who has; not- uffered from that other who will nloild on at.all, but allows you to do tli aking -process for ' lin?' Who dcoe not knoW the m'an who simply seitAs you hand to throw it violently away from him in al)parent fury? Who does not fear the sort of spasmodic ha111 shake who pushes you backwards ai}y -rwayds to him and from hin, as i" 'iero sawing you perpendicularly threugh? Who does not try to shun' the man who works your arm around as if you were a barrel organ? Who is iimutquainted with the man with the clariony hand who, as a rule, will not w,gat gloves? Why nmust we shake hml with him? Y t we ill -do it; we dislike It; we disli e It very muci, even he sees -we disli e it, that it is positively distaste. ful to us; yet, meet him to-morrow, and out comes his hanti once more to en gul out own, and make you wish you had gone wherevor you were going by another route. To sit down calmly to writ,, of "shaking 'hands" is so enor ml qlugndert. ltg tt one would iosf, b'ree volumles wherein to express all there is to be said on this subject. When one thinks that not only every country in the world, but nearly every county in that country has , some special and distinguishing method of salutation on meeting friends and acquaintances, It seems absurd even to attempt it. We are predibly informed that haidshaking, which is supposed to be a proof of friendly feel ing, Ilrst came into fashion in the tie of -enrylI. Up to that time our ancestors were, more affectionate in their gieetings than' we, their colder-natured de scendants, embracing and kissing each other much in the same fashion as our neighbors on the Other side of the Channel and in Italy are accus tomed to do at' the present moment. The historian who Is pleased to date thle commencement of hcindshakling in place of osculation and embracing about henry II's. time is perhaps In error, as it -is more probable the close embrace of acquaintances began to be discontinued later on, perhaps when tobaccq was 1 li"st introduced into this country. This I certainly seems a probable surmise, as i even in our present year of grace a man 1 who hmas beeni smoking a chmeap cigar or a rank p)IPO is certainly not the- most embraceable object in the wvorld; and only think what tfie tobacco of Ra-1 leigh's time miust hmave been1 lIke I However, whether H-enry II did or did nmot begin tile fashion of "shaking1 hands," it is now rapidly becoming; overdone.Iint England. T1he fine "flour' (10s pois," thme "creme (10 Ia cremne,'" the quite too-too people0 do not indulge inii this p)ractice as much as the1 upper and . lower midd(le classes, for' thler. ever~y1 one shakes hands with every one on1 en tering and leaving a room, on meetmng1 in tile sircet,. and on saying "'good l mnorl)ing," "good-night" or "good-by."1 it is a ' won1der we Eiglish huave not transp)lanted this I rri tating and glove splitting habit over the world. Cer tainly iln SOme parts of India they shake'1 hands as we (10, but It Is by 11o means1 .I universal, thmo,ugh, to plea'so us' be It understood, foreigiers of~all degreces, from tihe duke ,to tIme dustman. try to ingratiate thlemselves with us English people by shaking- our ha'nds Iimoder ately' whenever thmey get a cihance. Bloi'ose 110 Was Emperor. I aw Emperor WillIam as King of Prussia at Compiegiie one nlighit on a balcoty overloolcig tihe main court yard, standing between lNapoleon III. and Eugenio, and ha8vmng Bismarck behind. .* The Empress was in' blue satin, with a Whte rapround her shoulders, and below and around thle balcony playing up.on her and settmng her tiara as If aflame. It was all very spendid, and yet sinister., Why,* you wvili see. A wretched .stag had been fasten'ed to a stake. Ilonehmold guards and other troops were linig the court mAnd bore resinous torches, very -flaring, bhmjzing very brightly and sending thiidk smoke. Forest-rangers and huntsmen were hlornlblowing. Kondel-men 'in livery were waiting for a |}ignal from thle whIippef'-in to let go a packc of hungry, yelping hounds. One expected horrors. But tho dogs got so' 'fast th'roughm the devouring ,of the stagg that it disappeared -almost as soon as they were upon the wretched animal. It must have died a thousand deaths, however, while waiting. The n King of 1-russia was then a5, and 4et such a flirt, but in a nice, genial, manly way. He flirted with the Empress and' with the handsome Madame Theyor, who was in the highest favor because original, daring, hig s-gpirited, full of fun, And because she'. waAborn ~ab St. Helena, when her father and mother were there as members of Napoleon's suite. FASHION NOTES. -Fresh;. beautiful tints of crushed strawberry are reappearing, and the pink shades of terra cotta will be in high vogue. a-Vale ambe . Il figured' Vith shaded golden.gfee s.,withArim mings, or pale olive velvet, makes a dainty toilet for a 5 o'clock tea. -Blue and white striped flannel is used for making up boating dresses, partlcule'rly the zig-zag pattern that is like some of the curtain hdngings. Tpe vest is of white lian'nel pleated. -Colored hats are expected to exact ly match the dress with which they are worn. Black trimmings tppear upon many suGh h'ats, however, . and black hats may be worn with almost any cos tume. -The rage for grays has not dimin Ished, and many new shades are noted, unong whi i A martinel, a blue gray, Lenten gray, a soft ash tint, Berg eronatte, a -pretty olive gray, ostrich gray and silver sand. -Several large hats are make, but aro' chiefly adopted by quite young people. One In'a large open ,shapQ of line black chip lined with,so't folds in gray tricotrion silk, which is also made into scarves draped around the crown, and beautiful. plumes of gray ostrich feathers tied' with gray ribbon. ---Vel.Vet coisages, beaded, plain, or b aidea iith- gold or silver, -made in l'omvadour style,- with square neck Lud elbow sleeves, will be very fashion ably worn at the summer resorts over skirts of black or white lace,- China silk, crepe use, or pale-tinted foulard. --Small ornamental hooks and 'eyes, aovered silk buttons' with loops of silk folds, or lacings of cord run thrQugh Worked eyelet holes in'the edges of the goods, are used to hold opposite edges Df the drapery together at the side, for about half the distance -down the skirt; where sothethingof-thie ort is not used' a cluster of:ribbon loof is'afrequently placed tit one side. -Many costumes, especiall. those of striped camel's-hair, are made up in Due material throughout, and the stripes often play an important part in their effectiveness. The basque seams aanr be so.arranged by the cutting and Itting of the striped goods that a nuch' greAter effect of slenderness can be 'given t4 the figure. The same ef leet is sometitnes produced by the use f folds of material or braid put on to simulate stripes, - -One of the daintiust fancies of the season is that of veiling flower-clusters with tulle, as if to protect them. 'Thus, L French pattern bonnet of dark-green ,laited rushes, trimmed with pert-look ng bows of dark moss-green moire and velvet, mingled with sprays of pink,1 Lrbutus blossoms, arranged as algrett as, is veiled with puffs of moss-green ulle, carried lightly on the crown like L ;nist, and shirred in full over the rlim and-above the loops an t flowers. -Plaids are generally used in co$h-) >lnation with self-colors, but the usual 'ashion of taking one of the colors"-of . -he plaid into consideration is' not fol owed n using the beautiful multi iolored plai'ds,' which are most artistic f properly ,arranged. The imndensej heicks of solid color, such as gobelin ~lue and whIte, or black and gold, arej rise exempt from necessarily emp)loy ng one of their colors i combination; Nith gray or gladk, zend' black and doki vith gray or gobelin-blue. - --The striped zephyr skirts and' itriped ginghams, which appear in mnch beautiful colors and combinations ~his season, are given variety by ar. anglng the stripes in every odd way ossible. Upon some costumes the Irapery s'trIpes run diagonally, and in hle Dack are partly straight and partly irosswise. The lower skirt, which is iardly visible in front, and which hlows about one-third-ou its length on' he sides, 'Is plaited in horizontal' tripes for tall, slender figures, and engthwise for those who are short and; itout. The bodice and sleeves are very ~enerally made up on the bias, with traight-striped vest and cuffs, -The new Frenolt, polanaise .prom ses to be in hIgh favor during this and1 Lhe coming season, as it is very grace ul, very chic, and admits of the addi ioni of the extra-wide sash of watered silk at the back. It is cut and finished in severe tailor style; and is as follows: [t is usually made of silli Warp Henri itta cloth, Inldiar cashunere, flue pilot 3loth, or corded silk for dress occasions. The underskirt is generally of moire, but sometimes of cloth or cabhmere, richly braided in a straight border. The fronts of the polonaise fit the form with all the closeness of a culrass bo iice,. and to assist this perfection of fitting silk bodice linings are invariably used. Over the hips for stout worulen bhere fs but little fuIness, For alender Eqrms the drapery is carried hIgh at gehl side in soft undufAtions. The irt-portion of the polanaise is wholly untrimmed, and Is simply finisbed with * deep hem, ' If the skirt~ is braided a braided revers is set. hewn ofi dne side of bodice,' with surplice folds of the go5ds on thie 6pposite side. A jiretty'fancy for the: front of a dressy garment of this de ieription is to add a Figaro vest of white faille or surah that is b0lted and clasped at the waist or in a V shape below it. The vest is often richly em broidered. MAl1tIAGES - IN . ITALV. Many Formalities Attend: and tho Bride's Dower is Indibponsablo. "Marriages in Italy." said a traveler who had just returned frot a tour up the Mediterranean to a reporter, "are unlike ours in every particular. The ceremoily there is performed .only in the church.' After tWo lovers have be come engaged the parents of the bride repair to the . dignitary, who corres ponds to the mayor in this country. The bride and lldegroom here, in writing and in the preselice of at least half. a dozen -witnessses, signify their intention of marrying. The date of the wedding is then designated, but the evetit is not allowed to take place within three'months. Ifir nediately af ter departing.from the mayor's office, the friends of the contracting parties are notified in person of the proposed nuptials, and in some instances not only is.it advertised in the newspapers, but ,written 'notices are posted on- every second post of the town. "The mayor, on the other hand, di rects his clerks to scnd a notification of the intention'"tb All the churches in the city and vicinity.: This don'e, the names apd ages of the couple. are en' tered in a big book Which the. priest keeps for that purpose. No one is Tai. ried by the clergyman who has 'not signified his or her intention three months before. 4s.soon as a couple enters the church the reverend. gentle man in' charge examines the 'book in person. -If he fails to disdover a reg ister of the intention lie refuses t'ojoin the anxious pair. Every. woman who I}arries is entitled to a dower. Her parents must confer this.upon her. For the ihost part the bridegrooms expect this dower, and my attention was called to several who had refused to take the bride without it. The value Df the dower depends entirely upon the financial status of the girl's parents. The poorer ones generally furnish in a complete manner the dwelling in which the couple intends to live. The father Df the girl, some 'ew weeks prior to the wedding, prepares in writing-the dower list. It is a most ludicrous document sometimes, but more particularly when it minutely describes the number of Forks; knives, spoons, dishes, chairs and other household' paraphernalia which the bridegroom's -father-in-law is willing to bestow upon the smitten pair. Of course there are instances where the bride's father, owing to ex treme poverty, has been unable to give 0. dower, but these are real love af fairs." "Cannot the bridegroom present the, trousseau?" "Yes, lie can; but as far as I could iscertain there were certain .restric tions. The newly married couple never to on a honeymoon, the. universal cus bom being to allow them to remain at liome for eight days. At the expira tion of that time the cardsare sent out. Then there is merry-making. There are few cases of elopements." "Does not this compulsory dower prevent many niartiages?" "Yes, it does. Still there are pure love affairs even in Italy, and -a man toesn't expect a.dower from the rela Lives of a poor orphan whom he loves. LIn this country but few Italians regard their country's custom. Some 'believe' in the wisdom of receiving the mayor's tnd church's approbation, but as a feneral, rule the do,wer and festivities re entirely disregarded." The Montenegrins as migraiits. The' Montenegrins are entering the leld as emigrants. Whether the~ crop . >f -floau powder (that is . their stap)le urticle of export) has failed, or whether ~he fleas that cause -thle denmandh for- it mnave diminished is not clear, but cer :ain it is that the people of the 'iioun-' lini principality are inclimed -to leave ~heir rocks in such'numbers as to cause Prince Nicholas to fear a day when lie shall no longer have a man left to gov .3rn. Perhaps the Montenegrins wvill be putting in an appearance' in Castle 3arden one of these days. They -are il in favor of alowing'women,as large m sphere as she wants, i f do be that she wvill only work im it. It was one of ~hem to whom a traveler, observing ~he women hioeing a field with hoes but wo feet in tuie handle, said: "Why .do you' m'ake the women work with such toola as that?" "B3ecaulse it makes the men's backs rebie," answered the-f roe born son of he Black mountain. "But does it itot make 'the wvomen1's sackas ache,,too?" "Oh, they get used to it." Neether or Nlther, The pronunciation of the word neither" is very generally considere?d ~o be a matter of taste. Most dicti'on ies. give both p'ronudlclations, - but good speakers myvariably give the long e iound, although the long I sound is fenerally supposedl to hiwe no more serious objection than being soinewha t ffected, and is a hpronunciationi oftten udopted b)y clergymen, especially Epis :ogallanas. lt is, however, incorrest, us ,its origin willi show.' It is' well mnown that the G ermaun 'pronuncsatori >f el is long, as der .Feingi, the enemy, wvhile the ECnglish.rule Is to plinounfe 1he 'diphthirg as long e as receive, I'be long e sound was invariably given n neither until the reign of GJeorge I, >f Englarid. ' eing of the H'ouse of Flanover, and speaking English lndir.. 'drently, hie gave the German pronun ,ation to the diphthong. .Court para sites thought it proper to arie the King nud his pronunciation spread. Few 3eople know this origin, and hsences the 1eneral mistakra.