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K"' ? * -K-, : /#i.fFTctioi>|: gy. THE CREAT MYSTERY. Could wo but know * Tho land that ends our dark, unccriain travel, Where lies those happier hills and meadows low. Aht If beyond the spirit's inmost cavil, Aught of the country could wo surely know, Who would not go? llight we but hear The hovering angels high, Imagined, caurus, Or oatch, betimes, with wakeful eyes, and clear. One radiant vista of the realm before us? With one rapt moment given to see and hear, ? Ah! who would fear? . Were we quite sure To find the peerless friend who left us lonely, JOr there, by some celestial stream, as pure. To gaze in eyes that here were lovelit only? I ^his weary mortal coil, were wo quite sure, Who would endure? ?Edmund Clarence Stodman. I A Woman Scorned. | K BT QUULDIXZ WT.t'uNE O'XEIL. IjioiGioioJoieiOK^jejeiejejoieK^efo^Gi^a^^ ?V tC^c) T was rather embarras ?C. I VJf ^ sing for Maurice Con V o?* sidine that when he arS' jjV f /~-i rived at the hotel at f yY Point of Rocks, having t come down there in ^ A order to be near his fiau< was spending the summer there, he fonnd that the m'l- p* who had been his fiancee and whom he had jilted, was also staying at the Point. For however he justi . JM his conduet, and glossed things I ; s erer to himself, there can be no ^ doubt that he had acted heartlessly to ? y Bessie Mintoru, and his knowledge of this and his knowledge of Miss Minhsrn's ideas of him, did not tend to uf m his mind with nnalloyed pleasure. . But he whs agreeably surprised the moment oame for him to 1 meet his old lore. She was not scornftd, or theatrically cold to him; she 1 sal Just as gracefully courteous to him to the othrr men at the hotel, and < tc all appearances had entirely gotten . oxer her attack of that dangerous dis- 1 ease of the brain which is called Ioto, pad which annually makes more fail ? 4UWN VL.OU w, V* 1 did the Demon Drink. She had become fast frir.nds with his new love, little Violet Graatley, and they were ' -wall nigh inseparable; Bessie's man. war to the little girl was most tender and even oaressicg, and, though Violet knew that Maarioe and Bessie had been/engaged and had parted, she - could not help bat like her, that is, as surah as a girl ean ever like the Other Eft' Woman, the one whom He liked first, v and perhaps still likes better than you. Maurice was much in Bessie's company during the next month, and he % even began to think that perhaps he had made a mistake, for she had im* proved wonderfully since he had seen her last; her beauty seemed to have acquired a richer, warmer type, she was jollier and more charming, and in every way fascinating. She puzzled ldm, she attracted aim, and she annoyed him, for she did not seem to regard him as material for flirting, though ahe flirted desperately with almost every one else, bat when Maurice tried to awaken sentimental memories of old times in her mind, she laughed at J Mm. "I hare quite got over that otd 3gt,?fan*y'* she aaid, * 'and it is useless for , 'ym. to tary to revive it. There ore no i birds in last yev's nests," and she i t ' langhofl again and went down to the i pier to look at her boat, the Fly-by- ] Might Bat, the truth was that though she carried a gay, smiling face, .she had never either forgotten or forgiven Maurice or the girl who had taken him } from her. She did not make a show of , ker#s?f ss a deserted maiden wearing ( the willow; for she had what is better ( than vhe Christian* virtues, the old . heathek gift of pride, so that she could dance aid flirt and joke, while her : heart was. foil of the blackness of des- ( pair and t^e fires of Tophet. Given a proud, high spirited and i vindictive gM who has been thrown ^ over by a Hen, place her in the company of that man and his new love, j , and yon have materials at hand for ( nnusual things to happen; yet these 1 three seemed to >e the best friends in j the World, and tK-e seemed to be no ( happier girl at Pout of Bocks than , > Bessie Mirtturn. There came a da} too hot for any exertion, whCn one c*ild only lie in the shade and long ->r evening to some. The long, wear blazing~day k came to an end at last, ve stars rose ^ oool-and sweet, the bhjing wbite \ dnst of the roads was laid v the dew 1 W and the hotel guests began ? stjr on<j ^ W ahow signs of animation. Bt,iecame . to Violet and Maurice in tL ( 'Whatdoyou say," said she, ^ ^ cut this place and its stupid he, t evening and go sailing? I wili^^ ^ out my boat, and we will go on moonlight. Have you ever been <.f> j It is a pretty sight." 80 they went down to the pie J where the Fly-by-Night lay, an,j Maurice and Violet got in and sat for' ward. Bessie cast loose the rope holding the boat and jnmped in. Then she and Maurice pushed the boat from the pier with their hands, and together hoisted the sails and the Fly-by-Night took the "breeze, softly heeled over and went creeping down the little bay, threading the crooked lanes of moonL * - - -X lit water between tbe sea grass. They reached the outlet and swept .through into the broad sea, which was almost smooth, there being just' enough breeze to till the sails and carry them along. Bessie sat at the tiller and held the sheet. She managed her boat with perfect command, and the Fly-byYirrht .qopmr.il tn nhev her like a livitllT thing. She only moved slightly from time to time as she shifted the heliu, and in that light her white yachting suit and cap made her look like a marble figure, except when the light sparkled on her red-brown eyes or the coils of her red hair, which glittered like burnished copper. They passed Gallows Hill, where the English Governor hanged fortyfive pirates in a row in the good old Colony times; they skirted the Haunted Beach, where they say Captain Kidd's spirit walks o' stormy nights, and they drew up abreast with Point Goodbye. To the east they saw a brightly lighted bulk coming up swiftly. "The Fall River boat, City of Glo'ster, coming up," said Bessie, and shifted her helm, holding her boat to the wind to let the steamer pass. The steamer came up at speed; they could see the brightly lighted port holes, aud the green side lights, near tne rum tiling, pulsing thunder of t^ie engines and the steady "cur-ur-ur-urr," of the paddles. It was close at hand, and the little boat swung to the surge ol the steamer. "Violet," said Bessie, suddenly and sharply," do you two people love each other?" "What a question" said ^Maurice, with au awkward laugh. "Xo, but do you?" said Bessie again. The steamer was so near now that the deck lights shone on their boat. Then jealousy raised its head in Violet's mind. "Of course we do," said she and gloried in the pang she thought she inflicted ou the other woman's heart "Then," said Bessie, and her vQice rang like a bell, "kiss each other, for you are about to die." She swung the tiller hard over, and the Fly-by-Night swung as a girl Bwings in a waltz, the sails filled and the boat rushed olear into the track of the oncoming steamer. There was no time to speak, to rise, to cry out; it happened in a flash, in a moment. For one breathless instant the steamer's lights shone on Bessie's face, marble white, her eyes shining and ber teeth glistening between her parted lips. Then there came one shout From the steamer's lookout man, and the thirty-foot stem of the City of Glo'ster struck the side of the boat a crashing blow that smashed it as a paper box crumbles when you step on it, the mast flew over and whipped the water and the iron keel of the efeamer rode on, over and through the boat, while the "bat-bat-bat-bat" of the paddle wheels ground it to pieces. 4 The City of Glo'ster ran on a quarter of a* mile, stopped, reversed and came back, nearly to the spot. With a few short orders and some stifled exclamations some of the deck haudR InorarArl a hn*t. an officer took the helm and said, "Give way," and tbey rowed ont past the circle of the steamer's lights. A little group of passengers and deck hands olnstered at the rail, and watched the boat as it swept to and fro orcr the water; no one spoke, and an awe-struck silence rested over the men. At last the boat returned, was made fast and hoisted, and the officer in charge scrambled up to the deck. Did you find anyone?" asked aqnict voice from the upper deck. "No one, sir." "No one swimming or floating?" "Nothing but a few boards; their boat was smashed to toothpicks. They must have gone clean under us and been out to bits by the paddles." The same quiet voice said "Go ahead," a bell jingled in the engine room, and the City of Glo'ster tore on its way up the coast, while a few pieces of wreckage tumbled in the aake. New York East Side News. Experiment* In Burial. Experiments in surface burial hare been made by Mr. F. Seymour Haden, the pioneer burial reformer, at his estate at Alresford, Hants, the resnlts of which he communicates to the Times. Laying the body of a calf, pig or dog on the ground, he "covers It in every direction with a single foot of earth," and finds at the end of a year that only the bones remain. The whole process is without effect on the purity of the earth beneath, or the sweetness of the air around. Deep burial, he demonstrates, retards the complete resolution of the animal' tissue. He has found that bodies buried two feet deep take two years to disappear, while at three feet they take three years and so on. He incites tuo3e interested to make the pilgrimage to his experimental burial ground. ~ ' ' * I Famous Bible Distributor. Perhaps the most famous distributor oi Bibles in the world was Deacon iViiliam Brown, of New Hampshire. He began the work in 1849, and kept it up till his death, a few years ago, at :he age of seventy-six. During.that ;ime no fewer than 120,000 copies of die Scriptures were given out by him, ind despite his age in the two years preceding his death he canvassed 239 owns and visited over 80,000 fannies. "frrolve Tears Desil and Cnburled. The late King Alfonso, of Spain, -he died twelve jears ago, is still uniried. His remains lie covered in a hiding sheet on a marble slab in the vt] t of the Escurial. It is to be hoped ^disinfectants are used. He will of lerred when the present King dies, ,C0|ding to the Spanish custom, , whicL);ltes 1700, ,4 % \ 0 \ \ * \ j Women of Olher Ohj'k. The fact that women had no prneuoraen, or personal name, until marriage sufficiently indicates what was the social status of women among the Bomuns. and even when through that event she acquire:! a personality it was only to merge it immediately in that of her husband, the name she then took being the feminine-form of that borne by him. Among the Germanic races, on the contrary, the frequency of feminine names denoting war-like qualities - Brunehild.Chriemhild, Hildebrand, Mathilde (mighty battle maid),Gertrude (spear maid), gives evidence not only of a recognition of woman's distinct personality, but of her equality with man in a , sphere of action in which, in our own ' day, she is generally content to cede him not only pre-eminence, hut exclusive dominion. Philadelphia Ledger. A Itod-llrmlod Dinner. Harper's Bazar says that in a certain girls' college 20 red-haired nnder graduates recently gave a"red-headed i dinner." The red-haired damsels, all "strawberry blondes" of course, : wore white dresses with red sashes, flowers and badges; the table decoraI tions were red roses and red satin I ribbons, with red candles and shades I to match; the menu carets were red, j each one bearing the Resign of a white horse. The soup was a puree | of tomato, the fish, salmon ami the 1 dishes all followed the color as far as i possible. The affair Avas a great success, and the following morning, by permission of the faculty, the "redheads" marched into the chapel in a body and sat in the front seats, and ifter prayers saluted the president and marched out again in solemn procession. tVomfn of Finland. In all the walks of life open to them the women of Finland are making marked.progress. In the ^Jniversity of Helsingfors there are now 200 women students. More than 900 women are engaged as teachers of A-arions grades, aOout 1000 are employed in postoffices, railroad and telegraph bureaus and other departments of the public serA'ice, nud at least 3000 are in business. Fifty-tAvo of the 80 poorhouses have women superintendents, nil of the dairies are managed by women, one of the most importaut industries of the country. There are 13 p:?pcr mills,seven chemical pulp factories, three straw pnip and 20 wood pulp and pasteboard factories. The number of work people employed iu these factories amounts to 5000, and the total number of paper machine i in the country it 46. most of them being of English make. Might Hare Uw.i EtnpreM. Accordiug to the Figaro of Paris, the Duchess of Teek, wno recently died in England, might have been Empress of the French. As a matter of fact, in 1852 Prince Charles Lonis Napoleon,then president of the French Republic, asked the hand i.i marriage of Princess Marie Adelaide Wilhelmina Elizabeth of Great Britain and Ireland, daughter of the Duke of Cambridge, former viceroy of Hanover. * Lord Palmerston, who was then prime minister of England, supported the request, and advised the marriage. The English court was disposed to consent, but the young princess herself absolutely refused and declared that she would contract no marriage that would compel her to live outside of England. She was, and continued to be, the most English of all the princesses of Great Britain. In consequence of thi? decision she did not marry till 14 years later, when, on June 12, 1866, she became the wife of Francis, duke of Teck.and lived thereafter at Kew. Figaro asks what would have been the result on the political history of France in the second half of the 19th century if the cousin of ! Queen Victoria had been installed as empress at the Tuileifes. Birth of a New Fashion. An English writer is in a state of amazement about the sudden way in Lwliieh the whole world will change its ways. She wonders if the great Llights of fashion meet in Recret places and say to each other solemnly: "Let us invent a new way of shaking hands." Sot at all; it happens this way: When a great personage, as beautiful as she is great, liko the Duchess of Leinster, for instance when this grand is in high feather, with well-fitting satin bodice and princess lace bertha she naturally flares away from such elegance as the arm of musty broadcloth. Some,body sees it, copies it, and there you are! Then troubles come to milady the duke dies, and her widow's weeds are of no consequence. She is not particularly glad to see anybody. To be sure, the duke locked her out one night when she was late from a ball, but it was decorous and restful to grieve somewhat, nevertheless, for his loss. So, when her hand is grasped by a sympathetic visitor, she simply raises it languidly and touches with linger tips only. Everything the beautiful duchess does is altogether lovely. ? > ?sJ5w ; We cannot slay dukes, bnt we can shake hands like a duchess. Of course, we know cur American duty by inspiration. Who tells us? Nobody. England and America may have differed about .small matters a hundred years ago they are Siamese twins toditfy. and in the fashionable handshake they are as one. A Woman Consul. Frobably the only woman who has ever served as a United States consul is an English lady, wife of Dr. A. J. Little, the famous explorer. In the eighties he was studying the province of Szo Chuen, which lies to the east- . ward of Tibet. On account of the disorderly condition of the natives he left his wife at Ichang during his frequent absences from that place. Tl?n Arnnrinnn pntunlni* TV AC "O I called away by severe sickness and J left to visit a European physician who-1 was further down the river at Hankow. There was some jealousy between himself and the people at the place, and the only ones in whom he had confidence were the lady and her husband. Her husband was off exploring, and . so, in order to have some one in charge of the consulate, he appointed Mrs. Little ami departed. There is very little consular business in that part of " China,and neither he nor any one else expected that his representative would have anything to do. But immediately after his departure there was a series of local troubles between the literati an I the American missionaries, w here the consulate was called upon for aid and protection. Mrs. Little, nothing daunted, took up the dispatch books, and,using them for models of correspondence, she wrote a series of letters to the man/lafirto an oV?am nn/1 r\r%\r? f orl thflr ~ "Tr j promptly caused justice to be done to the evangelists of the district. She worked very hard, and what with diplomatic language, intimations that she might send for au American gunboat and timely hints that she might rejjort the Chinese official to the legation at Pekin, with a request for their political degradation, she created almost a new age for the Christian workers of that district. She wa^cor ially thanked by those she aided, and afterward was congratulated by her superior and by the consul general. Mrs.'Little is a fine linguist and an able writer. She has traveled with her husband many thousand miles in the different provinces of the Mongolian empire and is said to know the land better than any other woman of. our race. I'anhion Not on. A,pear-shaped turquoise at the end of a dagger pin is a fashionable hair ornament. Aluminum paillettes are superseding those of silver, as they are lighter in weight and do not tarnish. "Peau de gant" is a newaud supple dress material which resembles peau de soie, made of wool instead of silk. The latest diamond necklace vhas a flexible setting with a single row of diamonds, tied in a knot in front with loose ends. Pointo de Venise lace in cream tint _ on a silk net in various widths is the trimming on many of the silk and satin P evening gowns. a Guipure lace yokes,edged with three or four gathered frills of narrow Val- y euciennes lace, are one of the novel Q features of bodice decoration. j; Plaid velvets are made into gowns fi IoiIi'm Olid u littln finiril) of kilted silk iu some bright color in the t] plaid on the bodice is the only trim- b ming they require. s The variety in black materials is ex- ? tensive this season, and the prettiest B of all are the4* bayadere cords in silk ? and wool. Black poplius and corded silks are very much worn. A Chantilly lace shawls are made into 11 evening wraps by catting them in the T centre aud draping them over a white ? satin cape lined with red velvet. Chan- . tilly edging is used for the finish up the front and red ostrich feathers for the inside of the high collar. Aigrettes, both black aud white, with n tiny ostrich tips, or bows of velvet with a diamond pin, are worn in the hair for evening dress; but one feather rising from n little twist of velvet is a most approved fashion. A cut steel if bow with a white osprey is another t< novelty. . li Plaid silk is combined with plain 2 cloth in some of the new costumes, ^ when it appears in folds, vest fronts, yokes and flounces. Three deep plaid ^ flounces entirely covering a black silk | skirt are a novelty, indeed, and this is worn with a black silk or satin bodice "with plaid blouse vest and ^ epaulets. " The truly fashionable woman this T season is a brilliant object to look ? upon, decked out in both real and imitatiou jewels, for which fashion has ^ fouud so many uses. They spnrkle in j ^ the folds of lace, glitter in the belt ' ^ around her waist, and help out the ^ scheme of embroidery on her gowns. Her umbrella handle and lorgnettes ^ are jeweled, and diamond pins gleam in her hair. ? IX / . ^ 1 .. ' 1 4 - 12* lv. * .... v? ' , , -V ?1 *1 .-J * | THE REALM While red is much in vogue for all Tges it is peculiarly suited, according to May Manton, to the gowns designed for children's wear The attractive . cir.L'fs cosxriiE. md stylish model shown is of cashmere 11 the brilliant shade known as tulip, vith trimmings and sash of black relvet ribbon. The fall waist, whioh f - W I Wi jB ~ " - STYLISH LAD ouches very slightly over the b?lt, is tade over a lining that fits the figure augly at the front, the back* of which re cut exactly as is the ouf3ide. The oke portions of snrah striped with arrow black velvet are faced onto the *?<? rlontli inriip?.fpr1 The ill portion is applied, the fulness rranged in gathers at the waist and ho pointed edges finished with two ands of velvet. Thei sleeves are twoe&med and fit snugly well above the lbow but show slight puffs at the houlders which support the full paulettes. The skirt is cut in four gores and its smoothly at the front and hips. It 3 lined throughout and is trimmed rith double row of velvet ribbon pplied in points. At the waist is a elt with bow and ends of wider ribon. To make this costume for a girl of welve years will require three and hree-fourths yards of forty-four-incb laterial with one-half yard of twentywo-inch silk for the yoke. Ladle*' Blouse. The popularity of the cloth costume i au established fact, says May Manin. The stylish model shown in the irge illustration is well adapted to ibeline, broadcloth and cheviot, worn ith a skirt of the same, and over a birt waist of silk or velvet. As illus*ated, the material is zibelino in deep lordeaux-red with trimming o! astra han and joke of smooth-faced ciotn, anded with narrow black braid, ifith it is shown a belt of handsome lack leather, and a hat of blcck relet with ostrich plumes. The foundation for the blouse is a tted lining made in the usra.l mansr, and closing at the centre-front, he blouse proper is fitted by shouler and nnder-arm seams only, the ibbed epaulettes being cut a3 parts I the back and fronts. The joke is ?amed to the right shoulder, and ooks over to the left. The blouse ouches well oyer the belt and closes iriaibli at the left side. The basque,. i ifi&ft 1 A . ji u* ? OF FASHION. | . portion is separate and seamed at th? waist line. The sleeves are two* seamed and show only slight fijinew at the shoulders. Beneath the epan* lettes they are seamed' to the lining . only, an extra strip of the cloth being i.~ : rph biiicueu uu tu lusuro Bbieii^tu. lur entire garment is lined with taffeta silk in a harmonizing shade of red. To make this blouse for a lady in the medium sizo will require two yards of forty-four-inch material. ^ ' Ermine is Cowing In. , , Among the coming fashions ermine bids fair to regain its lost reputation, and will be seen once more on coats and capes. It had a slight revival . last winter, but this year its claims are already noticeable. There is a ques- ' . - . tionable doubt an to its being becom-" ? ing?at any rate it can never pom- . pare with the lovely sable. , i Petticoats of Silk .Moreen. Petticoats of silk moreen withtaffetiv silk ruffles are recommended for wear- . ing qualities, which the all taffeta . skirt does not possess. The material comes in a variety of pretty colors. Dresx For a Child. . . ' No other style, however good, ever - y Rnnprsftdp* thn nn? Rhnwn in t.ha illns* tration. While it is in every way suitable for a wee child of two it can also be worn by gills up to the eighth year. As illustrated the material is pale pink cashmere with bands of velvet ribbon of the same color and bole* roof the material embroidered with white and edgecl with frills of pink i ' 1 ' 1 ? ' -L ' *1 f0/ 1 IES' BLOUSE. eatin ribbon, \Hiite goods, snob as i nainsook. Persi in lawn and the like ' J are eqnally suitable for dressy gowns, while ginghams and sundr/ cotton materials are well adapted to morning wear. * < . The full front and back are fitted at '*j shoulder and under-arm seams only, but are]|mounted upon a short body- . lining, which, together with the gown,:closes at the cen tre-back. The bolero, which is quite simple, is joined at the shoulder and under-arm setup. j The sleeves, of bishop shape, are onei*. A seamed, the fulness at both shoulders * and wrists being arranged in gathers. ^ child's dbess. ' t Frills of the ribbon edged with bands of velvet make the finish at neck and ' form tiny cuffs. ' To make this dress for a child of. four years will reqniro two and' onefourth yards of forty-four-inch or three yards of thirty-six-incli material. i 1 > 'v * * * i