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A MAIDEN FAIR She put her letter in her pocket. There wee a new light; on her face, making it look gentler and happier than it had ever done before. Ay, ehe did believe himâ€"she had believed all along that he had been be- trayed in some way, although she could not guess how. But Dick Baxter was a clever men and he would find it: out. “ Gie me a. minute or twe," he answered, nesting himself before the joint of corned heat which had been placed before him. He took a drum first and then ate heartily. Hie reflections were much aided by this proceeding. and when he had finished he produced a. large well-worn pocket-book from the midst of a. curious collection of needles, hunks of thread, fishing hooks, and odd buttons and selected a scrap of paper which had been cut from some newgpfiper. When Dick reappeared from Cargill’s cabin there was a peculiar smirk on his wizened face, and nodding to Annie oom- plwently he mutteredâ€" “ Just as I thought, just as I thought.” “ What is as you thought ?" she inquired. engegiy. _ _ . I " I dinna want to gie you ony false hopes. mieey, but if I be us. far wrang, Bob Ross will soon be put right." “ You have found out how it was done?" “ I jaloused it as soon as Bob let me ken what had happened. You see what comes 0’ reading the paper. I would hae been like the lava 0’ you, maybe, if I hadua read that." He handed her the scrap of paper. It was the report of a common enough police case: a men enticed mto a. houee, drugged. robbed. and turned out into the etreet in a etate_9§ apparent @ruuken etupefection. "‘V'iil‘lraiiéri‘s‘ what he has dozfe!" she cried exoiiedjy. “ Bide a. minute, miesy. You he a heap to answer for ; it it hadna been for you, the gawk would never has thought 0’ sio a. daft-like thing. Hows'ever. we want to clear Bob. You say numbing about this, no even to your father, and I’ll aaniefee him that he was mista’en. When do you start ?" “ To-morrow morning.” “ Wee]. as moon’s I hue told Jeems what his mother wants, I’ll gang hame again by train the day. But I would like you to tell mggne or twa. things first." _ She laid her hand on his shoulder: she could feel the awkwardness with which he spoke. At another time she would have relieved him by laughing at the whole affair. At present she had too many anxious thoughts weighing upon her for laughter to find vent. " I told o my mind about this, father. when nued it before. I am of the same mind yet, and I will never change." She felt a. glow of pleasure in thus echo- ing her lover’s word} ‘5 Aweel, aweel, I’m no gaun to force your will. 1 was meaning you for another man a’ the while; but I hue done what I promised and nae malt need be said. You would hoe loupit blithely enough at-bul: that‘s a.’ by mange msjr need b_e said.” "A 'vigue é'uap'i'cion of his meaning flwahed across her mind, making the heart leap quivlsjri‘h surprise “99112!- ” A _‘A___L "A The “ ane or twe things" included the whale of her conversation with Cergill nbaat Ross, and the information she had gathered from the men separately that not one had observed the slightest sign of any- thing being wrong with the pilot until they found him lying at the wheel. “He got ip and leaned over the bulwark noyv. puffing vigogoualy: _ n . ~ “ Cal-gill madé him believe that he had been_ drinking bggorpf’ " Aweel, that’ll a.’ be set right More lung. You and me maun keep a. calm aongh tor a. wee while. Just you keep on as you hue been doingâ€"keep trien's wi’ him and maibe we’ll get: mail out_o’ him." He v'vould have turned away at once from this peat, but he was detamed by the next words. “It’s this way, Annie; you see he’s a man that has a great notion 0' you ; he’s weell-to-do in the world; there’s naebody has ony particular ill to say against him ; and he asked me to put in a. word {or him wi’ you. I said I would. and I’m doing it. You might do a hantlo waur than agree to be‘Miaprega Caggilli’ When Oargill returned he was annoyed exceedingly to find his bugbear, Dick Bax- ter. waiting for him, and almost started into a rage when he heard the well-known salutation, “ Weel, J eeme, how‘s a’ wi’ you thgday ?"_ _ "It's just wondertu' how you thought about seeking out a.’ that," said Dick admiringly; "but you were aye a clever lass. mieey. I canna understand how the gasplt’sain should be see ready to think ill 0‘ o .3! “ Your mother sent to you once errand. She wouldna believe in the poet or the tele- graph; the matter was eae partxculer that neething would serve her but I mean come wi' 13;- meeeege.’j “ She doeena want you to break your trip; but she commands you to gang strught to her the minute you land. She bade me say that you would hurt yoursel’ mair than you fancy,i£ you didna do her bid- ding.” " Very well.” “ You'll come the minute you land 7" “ Of course, since she is so particular about it." This was the first time he had relerred to the subject of the proposed union since that evening in the cottage. “ What for in especial, father ‘2” He pufied slowly and looked over the bulwark into the clear blue water which was plashing gently against the sides of the _“ Mermaid." He was perplexed: what especial reason was there for asking her to be kind to Cargill? He himself had no especial regard for the man, and but for his fortune would have had little to say to him. “Whatis i} she wants now!” was the 3111-15: ‘nnd impatient query. ‘ That evening in the gleaming, work over and 9.11 quiet in the harbor, Captain Dun- can was sitting on the deck smoking. Annie was walking up and down, occasionally halting beside him. During one of these halts, he said abruptlyâ€" _ “ Annie, I want 5706 to be kind to J eems ngijl." “ I’ll tell her to expect you, for I’m gaun bag); by trail} the-dgy."_ A Scottish Love Storv. She knelt with her sweet hands folded ; Her lelr little heed bowed low ; While dead vines tapped at abe window, And the air was thick with snow. Without, earth dumb with winter ; Within,hearts dumb with care; And up throu h the leedeu silence Rose softly he baby’s prayer. " Bless all whom I love. deer Father, And help me be good," she said. I:Ehen, stirred by a. sudden fancy, She lifted the shining heed. Did she catch on the frozen maple Some hint of the April 9911, Or the breath of the woo land blossoms, The drifts of the snow between ? " The beautiful trees," she whispered, " Where the oriolea used to sing ; They are tired of the cold, white winter, 0h. he] them to grow in spring ; And the owers that I loved t0 gather, Lord, bring them again in May ; The deal: little violets, sleeping Are crossed by the baby's prayer ; And the lips that were dumb with sorrow In jubilant hope may sing ; For when earth is wrapped m winter, In the heart of the Lord 'tis spring. “ian deep in'the groufiii‘to-Iiay." Ah,ea.rth may be chill with snowflakes, And hearts may be cold with care But wastes o_f _& fggzep s‘ile'ncg 3‘ W567 Sie’you ape‘aiing about now The Baby’s Prayer. 3! CHARLES GIBSON. {Ether ?” she asked, her voice low and not qqitgso stgady; as usual. ,, A,,__ L--J 11.9.. -1 L" .u... -_- _.0 -VV, Then there was silence. She was trem- bling and afraid to speak lest she should find that she misinterpreted her father's thoughts. But it must be him he referred to; and this was the meaning of all his curious little jokes and grins which had often puzzled her when he Was speaking about her marriage: Coulgl bef‘ ‘T-RQQeâ€"r-Héga, have: head. It’s a’ by noo â€"â€"t}19 big_?ool I" ’ n. " I'm sair put about wi’ Bob Ross.” he said, by-and-by, half angrily,hnll regretfully. “ What a. hypocrite he maun hoe been lâ€"I would as soon hue thought 0’ doing sin a. thing mysel' as him. Had it not been for that. he was the man for you and the ‘ Mermmd ’ tee." “ And will be, father.” she cried gleefully. “ Ne, that cunna be 'nooâ€"it’s e.’ by. I’d sooner see you meerrit to Jeeme Corgill.’ “ 0h, tether, you will find that you are mistaken about poor Bob." ” That’s impossible.” In the midst of her great gladness there came that cruel thoughtâ€"everything had been lost by that one blunder. She knew what Ourgtll had done ; Dick Baxter knew it; but how could they prove it? As soon as the " Mermaid ” unived at Leihh, Oargill took his leave 0! Annie. He was disappointed : all his powers of persua- sion had failed to move her. She had been oivilto him â€"â€"mos‘t civilâ€"bufi’she would not permit him to get out his proposal. When he was saying good-bye he made one more effort to win he: favor. “IsupposeI may come to Anchor Cot- tage to-morrow ?" Then her whole manner suddenly changed. and she became cold, almost stern. “Xi'ou may come, of course. Mr. Can-gill ; but you will not; speak to me again until Mr: Ross is put righy wibh _my father.” He was staggered, confused, muttered that he did not see what business it was of his; and with clumsy haste made his way on shore. .. ,5, A: Thinking over those parting words of Annie’s he was a little disturbed and in very ill-humor when he arrived at his mother’s “beastly hut,” as he called it. Entering the room he did not observe the absence of any snlutetion, querulous or otherwise, from his mother; but when he looked he was conscious of a. change in her apgeamnoe which stertle'd e‘ven him. .1,.:.. LI_- {She sat bolt upright in her chair, the white mutoh as carefully “ piped” as ever, surroundlng a. face like that of a corpse. Her right hand rested on a. little table at her side, the left grasped the arm of the chair. supporting her in the erect position of one who is just wheat to rise to_ her feet: He didâ€"£16}; '11:)“; the singular calmness of her voice, and was more startled by its ten- derness may by he; appearance. “ I’m glad you hue come, Jeeme, for I he muokle to say to you store 1 get up." “ What is it, mother 'I" “ His own voice was somehow subdued and less self-attentive than usual. _ Her eyes had become suddenly dim, and she murmured in a voice growing rapidly more and more faintâ€" “You ken, Jeems, that I hae mony times had rizzon to oompleen 0’ your way 0’ doing; and mail: than once in my pas- sion 1 was actually meaning to take every bawbee awa’ frae ye and gie it to some 0’ the hospitals ‘_2” Jargill’a impulse was to seize the man and take the prize from him by force ; but the attention of both were attracted to the mother. "1nd ‘Bell ‘Cargmlay hick in her chair and fell asleep. H 3‘ in“ my anger lasted lafig enough to: me to make out the will.” " What 1” “Ye needna be feared. There was a frien’ o’ yours wha. after lung apeakin gar’b me 2qu that pager. tpe fire.” n 3,,A 7‘ Tell Bob Ross I’ll mak’ amends has him when I getypfl. I'_1_1_1_weg.ry 9n90.”_ “Ohfy-ég; but that was only when you were angry,” he answerqd pngagily. A “ That psper doesna matter. mistress," says Dick Baxter, “ thnugh I’ve got; it. I was standing on the stair-head and heard every word he and has ye.” â€"‘-ԤVho was‘rt‘hat ‘1’” he asked, breathing freely again. 1‘.“ n, _____ a Vi°,,,,, “ It was nane ither than Bob Ross. Hae ye _no riz_z<_m_ to pa grate-ml tae him ‘2" 1,,5 The éelfishBflh‘I’éflbt the man rendered him indifferent as soon as he knew himself to be safe. “ Hearken. Jeems. If that paper is no put into the hands 0’ Dick Baxter this nicht wi' your name to it you will be ruined.” He hastin scrawled his name, thinking that he could easily tear the paper after- wards ; but at that: minute his evil genius hirpled in at the door, and snatched the papal: almost iron: under his hand. _ â€"":bi-;6{Irhe, and I’ll» thank him when we meet." The woman's eyes set in that gaunt, sal- low iace seemed to glitter as if a flame were reflected in them ; and there was a. weird eolemnigy in her_voioe. Cad-gill looked at the paper which she held undtz her hand, and read the writing on it. It was a plain, brief statement that he had purposely given Rose a. sleeping- draught. He made an attempt to snatch it away from her, but whilst she covered it with one hand she placed the other on his breast. " Ye'll has to due a heap Inuit than that. Ye’ll has to put him richt wi’ his folk. Ye‘ll has to tell how it cam' about that he tell dogn stupefied at the w_hegl.1’_ There was none of Bell’s customary passion in tone or in manner. She pro. nounoed the sentence calmly, and there was s. tremulous sadness somewhere which ren- dered her words the more impressive._ She lifted the right hand from the table, and showed him a small phial. “ Where did you get that ?” he exclaimed, starting up, and then suddenly checking himself, whilst inwardly cursing his own stupidity in having laid down the phial in his berth on board the “ Mermaid" and forgotten it, instead of throwing it over- board at once. He was only for a moment puzzled as to how it came into his mother’s possession, for he presently remembered the visit to Peterhead of the creature he now began to look upon as his evil genius, Dick Baxter. Bell Gargill went on. “ You bought this on pretence that you wanted a ‘ strong Bleeping-drink, and you giedjt to Bob_Ross. pid you no dae that?‘ Csrgill saw how much in earnest his mother was. and after a. struggle with his vanity. which was overcome by his greed. he answered with a. clumsy attempt to be jooulsr, " Well, I did put a. few drops into his dram, but 115 was only a. joke, and meant no harm. I had no notion that he was goingtq wreck us.’_’ _ r" And yiétiwkren' what was in the drum, Jeema. You ken that there was nearly the hale 0’ this stuff that was in this hot- tle in ’t.” "I‘aye kenned ye were a. tale, J eems, but I never thought you were a. villain. Own the truth to me, or you’ll hae to own it in a court. 0’ justice. Ye hue wranged the man that was your best frien’â€"when I get up I’ll mak’ amends tae him. You msun mak’ amends tee him enoo, or never a. farming o’ my siiler ye shall hue. Speakâ€"â€" yog did it.” “'WHaE doil know about it ‘7’” he said sul- kily after the first surprise, “ except that I gave_hir_n a. xix-fun, magiâ€"f” ! u “ What 13 the use of asliing such a foolish quggtioq 2" he growlgd ganglesgly: ' w “ Heck. sire, and that's a’ your repent- ance. Ye ken fine that you were gaun to wrgck _Pgt yqurpame to thiq paipeg.” The old women looked at him along time, and that strange sadness which was lying somewhere in the background became more evident in the lines of the worn face and the darkening of the eyes. Without anger, scarcely with any change of tone, she _spoke_. “mam. my man REEL new.” Captain Bunyan rubbed his eyes and would have grohn pale ' had his ruddy cheeks been capable of such a. sign of emotion, when Annie and Dick Baxter explained to him and proved to him how Bob Ross had been betrayed. _ -_-,,_, , , “ Preserve us," he gasped, " and me blaming him wranglully a’-thia time 1â€"â€" but what for did he not speak out himeel’â€"I would has believed him." “ 0h, father, you would not be patient even with me, far less with him; and he was too much stupified to be able to under- stand things himselLuntil he got l‘mme.” “Gangâ€"1561- himiDfiiok ~fet3h him here this minute," cried the captain in passion- ate haste. l but summer the wife of Benjamin Smith. of Hancock, Delaware County, N. Y., was so badly injured by a runaway horse that she died in a few hours. After her death Smith and his son James, aged 16, continued to live in Hancock. Two weeks ago the father was driving on asteep hill near the village with a load of bark. He fell from the load in some way, and one runner of his sled passed over his head, crushing him to death. The son then went to live with a married sister at Lordville, a neighboring village. Last Saturday he istole a ride on the caboose of a. freight I train, on the Erie Railway, to Hancock. - The train did not stop at that station. , Young Smith jumped from the train. and, E telling beneath the wheels of the caboose, was instantly killed. “muslin no be ill to dae," said Dick, with one of his wise grins, "for he’sjust oug by.”_ ‘ - . .. . I, Ann ,. Rose halted in the doorway, pale still, but firm on his feet again. The captain opened his mouth as it to speak, but for a. little, was unable to do so. Then he took out his big red and white handkerchief, wiped his face with it. and next began to tug at it and tie knots on it as if it were a. rope. He found his tongue at last, and with much rough awkwardnessâ€" - _._ 71 “I did°§6fi wrung, Rose. I beg your pardon, and there's my hand and there’s Annie and the ' Mermaid.’ " _7J.‘he hands of itrhré two men (shaped in a gri_p_ thagmeagt‘z etern_31_ frieu-dship. ,,,L ___An.-._ 6 w "w- mw-w- v-v-â€"w- â€"--â€"â€"â€"v~r Then the old captain without another word peeking between them hurried out of the room. He sat down on the anchor in the middle of the green. There he had his pipe and a drum and a crack with old Dick Baxter, learning all the details of Cargill‘e treachery and how it was found out. At the end Dick was a richer man that day than he had ever been at one time in all his life. As for Annie and Bob Ross, they were alone in the room. She was in his arms, and he could only say in a. whisper-â€" “ God bless you ’ my own less." It a I a I: t C There were few folk in the town who did not miss Bell Cargill. When it became known that she was gone there was as mueh of that silent sorrow about the place asif news had come of the loss of a. whole fleet of smacks. “We has lost a good frien’,” said one wife to another, and that was Bell‘s epitaph ; but the generous hand and the ahgrp t_o_ngue sire sjill missed in the place. ,,,,u, A L_._L Outside Anchor Cottage the truth about the narrow escape of the "Mermaid" is only known to Campbell, the sailor who retained his faith in Rose in spite of ap- pearances, and Dick Baxter. The incident is frequently spoken of amongst the men; but Ross himself when questioned only laughs and says, “Oh, I had a dram, that’s all." Uergill’gave instructions to the lawyers to sell everything in the place, and has never been seen there since his mother went; away: .... .... . q :4, .1”.- J The " Mermaid" still plods on its dili- gent course; but Ross is now the captain and owner. although Duncan Murray is alwayl with him. And at times when there is .a. calm at sea, in the soft northern gloaming. Annie's low voice is heard croon~ ing the old song, “Weel may the keel row.” Robert P. Pullman, of Carneeville, Ga, publishes this card in a local paper : " I hereby give notice to all dram-sellers and dram-drinkers that I have left the old way with the old year, and have turned into the new way with the new year, and I want all of them to give me the go-by. I intend to redeem my name and character, and shall look upon the man who offers the liquor as my deadly enemy._’: Some people think a little salt in coffee improves the taste. in the Boston bird show is an eagle whose wings spread nine feet. An objection to electric lights in places of amusement is that they do too much hissing. The ohainpian well-behaved baby is in a. museum at Dallas, Tex. It is petrified. An electriollighted sign board with a. surface of 7.000 square feet, in New York, is the biggest thing, as to space. in the way of an advertisement yet exhibited. Slavery still exists in China. The female slaves are by far the most numerous. The average price is from $40 to $50 per head. Young and healthy girls of 12 sometimes {etch as high as $100. ..‘___,_.,~ V The plow in general use in Mexico news.- days is the same the Egyptians used 5,000 years ago. It consists of a crooked stick with an iron point nailed to it or tied to it with 9. piece of rawhide, a small handle for the plowman to steer with, and a. pole to hitch a yoke of oxen to. This so-celled plow will scratch a furrow in the soil three inches deeg. _ n Reed and Pearce, of Emporie, Km, have been sentenced to remain in the peniten- tiary one year and. at such time thereafter as the Governor shall fix, to be hanged within the prison walla. According to Japanese custom age is counted from the first day of the J mum-y succeeding birth. At- thet date a. child is one year old, whether born the previous J enuery. at mid-summer or on the 31st of December. A butcher of Wymore, Neb., put a hand- some fat pig. ornamented with rosettes, on the Christmas tree for his pastor. He was very angry the next day when he saw the pig in e. um shop, where the dominie had sold it for half the market price. The blowi'ng down of an oak near Wash- ington, G5... revealed a. little heap of gold and jewels,diamonds. rubies and pearls. said to be worth $20,000. It is supposed that they are part of the treasure lost by members of the Confederate Cabinet. On the coldest day of the month says the Shasta. (09.1.) Courier, Rev. W. H. How- ard baptized by immersion eight residents of Big Valley. Modoe Co. The pastor, however, showed some judgment in the business. He loaded the band into a. big waggon, took them to the outlet of the hot spr_iugs end gave thel_n a. worm, balth. Tom Crawford, a. heart-smasher of Crockett 00., Tenn, was arrested in Hay- wood Oounty recently on the charge of bigamy, having married flve wives, all of whom are said to be living. He is a, darkey, over 50 years of age, and has a. most repul- sive countenance. Afallow in Cleveland, 0., has taught a dog to steal newspapers from the door- steps of houses, where they have been left by carriers. and bring them to him. The question with the exasperated subscribers is whether they shell kill the dog or punish the men. Mathew Cohen, a New York' youth, being found unconscious with a. bottle labeled “ laudanum ” in it, was suspeotad of suicide. He came to after the applica- tion of a. stomach pump and explained that the bottle contained “holy water,” which helhad taken internally, having (all un- we I. Odd Facts and Fancles. CHAPTER XII. THE END. THE LADIES’ COLUMN. Dresses to be Worn During the Ensuing Se’eson. SUNDRY NOVELTIES INTRODUEGD How Fashion Slavery Kills Women-New Household Hints. Lent is a capital time to plan and arrange one’s spring clothes. Bothering over and arraying spring clothes is surely a good Lent mortification. Green is pronounced by the powers that be the color which will be most worn this spring, though almost every other conceivable shade will share its honors. The new hats are many of them high and large crowned, and amongst the straw hats far more colored ones are imported than white. Straw bonnets are shown in great ‘quantities, but it is said that fancy mater- ials such as gauzes, English craps, China crape, tissues, embroidered batistes and laces over silk will be used for very dressy bonnets. It is generally predicted that long mantles will continue in favor, even for the spring and for young girls who have hitherto exclusively worn j ickets and short wrappinga. For spring many elegant ladies in Paris utilize their beautiéul India shawls by draping them ingenit ‘ ously. A few agrafes of old chased silver are used here and there to fasten the shawl at the waist, neck and shoulders, which they wear with true Parisian grace. It the pretty pink ginghams now so much worn by children are dipped in water with enough vinegar in it to give it a sour taste, the pink will be brighter than if rinsed in water alone. If you have any old muslin dresses that are good, and still are faded and so unfit to wear, it is a good time to try the experiment of bleaching them, and if of good quality they will do much service as common white dresses. Most of the delicate-hired muslin can be bleached by boiling them in strong soap suds, and then laying them on the grass for a day or two; others may have weak ammonia added to the water. Dessert in a. Hurry.â€"A quickly made denser-his this: Make a. batter as if for common griddle oaken. then add an egg and some fruit, any stewed o! Inned berries, Imn Rust; Spot Remover.â€"Cream of tar- tar, fifty parts; binoxalate of potassium (powdered), fifty parts; oil of rosemary, one part. Rob to powder and mm well. Moisten the spot. place on a heated tin plate and rub with the moistened powder. Colors which were once considered inad- missible, worn together, are now fashion- ably combined. Whether their combination is in any better taste than ever is a. ques- tion ; but certain it is that from becoming accustomed to see them so, they do not look quite so strange as formerly. A fancy costume may com-ht of a. sky-blue waist ornamented with loops of eky-blne satin ribbon and pink roses, and short round skirt of chandrons, or copper-red velvet. decorated with clusters of jacqueminot roses. Oatmeal wafers are relished by babies and older children, too. Take a pint of oat- meal and a. pint of water, with almost a. teaspoonlul of salt. Mix and spread on buttered puns. Mskeit just as thin as it is possible, and yet have the bottom of the pan covered. Bake slowly. Red and pink, outrageous as such a mix- ture seems, promise no he a. favorite con- ceit: for spring millinery. A oapote of Tuscan straw may be encircled wiih a. puffy cloud of pink tulle, fastened With a bunch of red roses; or. on the same principle, the scarf may be of red China. craps caught with a. cluster of pink roses. A teaspoonful of charcoal in half a. glass of warm water often relieves a sick head- ache. It absorbs the gases and relieves the distended stomach pressing against the flanges that extend from the stomach to the ea. . The newest use to which darned net has been applied is to form yokes for ohemieee. The net is first out out in the form of a. yoke, and then darned with linen floss in the pretty conventional patterns 50 long employed for tidies, window curtains and the like. When finished the yoke is edged with linen leoe or embroidery on net. If cayenne pepper is sprinkled plenti- fully in the resorts of rats they will resent the inhospitable treatment, and will retire from the premises. Tmned meats and vegetables should be made hot in the tin before the latter is opened, by placing it in hot water and heat. ing it for a. while. When birds are moulting it is the usual thing to put a lime saffron into the water, otherwise a. rusty nail is good. New (3)101'5 are oat straw yellow, apricot pink, the pale pink 0! the apricot blossom resembling that of the peach; Panama yel- low, the tint of Panama straw hats; Suede, the ecru shade of the long popular gantr de Suede. or undressed kid gloves. Save lhe old Paper. Alter a stove has been blackened it can be kept looking very well for a long time by rubbing it With paper every morning. Rubbing with paper is a much nicer way of keeping a tea-kettle, eofiee-pot and tea- pot bright and clean than the old way 0! washing them in suds. Rubbing with paper is also the best way of polish- ing knives, tinware and spoons ; they shine like new silver. For polishing mirrors, lamp chimneye,etc., paper is better than dry cloth. Preserves and pickles keep much better it brown paper instead 0! cloth is tied over the jar. Canned fruit is not so apt to mold if a piece of writing paper, out to fit the can,is laid directly on the fruit. Paper is much better to put under acarpet than straw. It is warmer, thinner and makes less noise when one walks over it. Fashionable Women. Fashion kills more women than toil and sorrow. Obedience to fashion is a greater transgression of the laws of woman’s nature, a greater injury to her physical and mental constitution, than poverty and neglect. The slave woman at her tasks will live and grow old and see two or three generations of her mistresses {ads and pass away. The washerwoman, With scarce a ray of hope to cheer her in her toil, will live to see her fashionable sisters die all around her. The kitchen maid is hearty and strong, when her lady has to be nursed like a sick baby. It is a sad truth that fashion-pampered women are almot worth- less for all the endloi human lite; they have but little force of character; they have still less power of moral will, and quite as little physical energy. They live for no great purpose in life; they accomplish no wor- thy ends. They are only doll forms in the hands of milliners and servants, who dress and feed to ordel. They write no books. they set no rich examples of virtuous and womanly life. If they rear children, ser- vants and nurses do all save give them birth, and when reared what are they 7 What do they ever amount to but weak sci- ons of the old stock ‘2 Whoever heard of a fashionable woman‘s child exhibiting any virtue or power 0! mind for which it be- came eminent? Bead the biographies of great and good men and women. Not one of them had a fmhionable mother. They nearly all sprang from a strong-minded woman, who had about as little to do with fashion as with the changing clouds. The trite saying, “A man may say too much. Even on the best of subjects,” will answer ere. Mirrors used in dressing-rooms are not trimmed elaborately with plush. Him- to Honsekeepen. (Aunt Kate’s Budget.) Notes on Dress. drain the juice from them and stir them into the batter; try in a. little lard and serve with pudding sauce. Arrangement of Booksâ€"'1! you have a. plethora. of books get a. carpenter to make a. wooden frame with no buck, and a. series of shelves. Set this against the wall, cover the top with any fabric you may think suitable, and the sides; border it with ball fringe, as also the shelves. Put your books on these, and your china, etc., on the top and you will have not only a useful, but a handsome piece of furniture. Three slips of wood strung at each corner with blind cord. knotted when through.'so that they cannot slip, the four pieces tied together at the top, and passed over a. nail, give 9. con- venient kind of bed-room book shelves. Miss Elizabeth Tuck, of Chicago, is paint- ing a “ lifesize portrait." of Mrs. Langtry’s dog. The lady who wrote the populer little song “ In the Gleaming" is said to have cleared a. round 310,000 out of it. Her sweetheart left her in the gleaming to some purpose. A French woman, Countess de Miramon, exhibits in the Paris Salon portrait busts that are worth seeing. But then great pains are taken to add that she is not a. ” professional sculptor ” Daar, dear! Miss Ley, of England, is one of the observers who have been studying the green anus and red sunsets. She estimates the height of the mess of meteoric and volcanic dust in the atmosphere at thirteen miles. There in no and of wisdom in this remark of somebody: “ The most common error of men and women is that of looking for hap- piness somewhere outside of useful work." Moreover, it is quite as true of women as of men. Among the honest industries whereby soul and body are kept together in Europe is that of findingrich American wives for titled paupera. It is a. pity. One honest American boy, with his hereditary respect for women, is worth all the titled libertines of Europe. A year fmm now I uhull be worth more than $200,000 000, and will have an income equal to 6 per cent. on that amount.” He owns 930,840 shares of railwav stock. valued at $88,750,000, his railway bonds amount to $26,857,420, he holds $70,580,- 0 )0 in Government and a trifle of $5,000,000 in other securitiesâ€"the aggregate wealth 0: this Midas being $201,332,413. And the gnaw-ball rolls on. The other day at a circus in Brussels Mme. Marquise Heutefeuille went into the lion's cage with the keeper and played with the beasts as it they had been so many cats. During the performance there was a. heathenish roar of applause and the band played a. national air, “La Brebanoonne.” Goethe advocated marriages for five ‘ years. By that time couples would have time to become acquainted, and if they didn't like it: they could change off and get somebody else. A Polish woman in Chico- pee, Mass, tried to carry this pleasant poetic fancy into practice. She applied for a license to be married for three years only, as her present husband was coming over from the old country at the end of that time. Mr. Vanderbilt said to a. reporter in New York the other day: “ I believe I am the richest mm in the world. In England the Duke of Westminster is said to be worth $200,000,000, but it is mostly in lands and houses. In does not yield him 2 per cent. Q.-â€"What is rheumatism? A,â€"Bheumutism is a humorous sensa- tion that causes men to rub their joints with St. J acoh'a Oil, play practical jokes. throw things around, wear crutches and stay indoors, swuthed in red flannel,â€" Dwayton 0'.) New Era. Q.-â€"W am is Sh. Jacob’s Oil. A.â€"A peculiar substance of a. very pen- etrating nature. which causes rheumatism to leave the system atonishingly uickâ€" insuring evenness of temper there y, and ebihty to do one’s work satisfactorily. It benishes crutches, retiree flsnnels, pro- duceahappiness, and brings us down to a. serene old age without martyrdom or pain. â€"Exchange. The “Seven Wonders of the World’ were the Egyptian Pyramids, the Temple of Diana. at Ephesus, the Hanging-Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Statue of Jupxter Olympus at Elis, the Temple of Belus and Lake Moods. The British royal ooat-of-nrms, with its rampant lion and unicorn, has been a com- mon feature of English advertising in type and sign-boards. A new law, which has just gone into effect, imposes a. fine of $100 for using the royal arms, or an imitation of it, without the consent of either royalty or the Government. It is instructive to note the different feelings with which very rich persons are regarded by the poor, and indeed by almost the entire community. Mrs. Astor, one of the wealthiest women in New York, has been and still is seriously ill. The news of her condition has been read daily by thousands of the poor in that city with heartfelt solicitude, the natural expression of respect and gratitude. It is not that she has been benevolent with her money, but because she has been benevolent in her impulses and energiesâ€"has felt and done something for the poorâ€"that she is thus esteemed. Mrs. Astor has provided homes in the west for many hundreds of the waits of New York, directing the enterprise per- sonally, and employing her own agents. She has in other ways done much, in a personal and unostentatious manner, to ameliorate the condition of the poor and to assist those who are in trouble. And as a result no one rails at her riches ; the poor pray for her recovery to health. Peter Cooper wasarich man, but he was not hated and envied as many millionaires of the metropolis are. In case of an uprising, his house would have been safe. He re- tained his sympathies for the working people, and did as a pure pleasure what the- moet of his class neglect even as an obligation. There are similar examples wherever the rich and the poor dwell together. The moral seems to draw itselt, â€"Boston Herald. “ Scots wha. has wi‘ Wallace bled ” was written by Burns, to the national an: of ” Hey tutti tutti.” It is the oldest air now known, and ii mentioned in 1488 by Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld. It was the bxilllant martial air whose notes kindled the war flame in the breasts of Bruce’s army as he led them on to the field 0t Ban. nockburn. The quotation “ God temperathe wind to the show lamb ” is from Laurence Sterne’e “ Sentimental Journey." It is probable, however, that Sterne, who wee intimately acquainted with French literature and is thought to have imitated Rebeieie, pere- phresed Henri Eetienne, a. writer of the latter part of the sixteenth century, in whose “Premioee” is found the sentence, Dieu mesure le froid a la brebis tondue. “ Uncle Sam " as a nickname for the United States arose during the war of 1812 an Troy, N. Y. Samuel Wilson, an inspec- tor of army supplies, who was widely known as “ Uncle Sam," having marked a number of casks with the Government insignia. “ U. 8.,” was asked by a workman it the letters meant “Uncle Sam.” The joke travelled, and the phrase has since become a current “ American.” The Eng- lish nation was first personified as “John Bull" in a political satire by Dr. John Arbuthnot, published in 1713, and intended to ridicule the Duke of Marlborough. Things Not Generally Known. A New Canal-ism in Drayton. Rich People Who Are Loyed. Blcheat Man In the World. The World at Woman. A Fol-lune in Scotland in Which Several Residuals 01 Ontario are Inlercsted. Some three or four weeks ago Mr. Elisha Adams, grocer, of Gleneoe, was the recipient of a letter from lawyers in the Old Coun- try informing him that a large fortune, stated to be over twelve million and a half of dollars, awaited the heirs of Alexander Anderson, late of Aberdeenshire. Scotland. Later Correspondence left no doubt that Mr; Adams was one of the heirs, of_ whom there are nineteen now living. It is some 30 or 40 years since Mr. Anderson died. and during all that time no trace of his heirs could be obtained, though constant search was made. Meanwhile the legacy has increased and now amounts to the sum above mentioned. The only surviving heirs are the members of the Adams and Anderson family; the members of the for- mer being Elisha Adams, Samuel Adams, Mrs. F. Steinhofi, of Glencoe ; Mrs. James ‘ Gamble, Mrs. W. Badge, of Mount Brydges; Clayton Adams, Harrison Adams, Nellie Adams and Mrs. S. J aokson, of Ventonor, Out. The Anderson family reside in Shed- den. and are the children of Mrs. John Anderson, who is over 86 years of age. Ask for “ Rough on 0011 hs,"for Coufihs, Colds‘ Bore Throat,Hoarseuess. roches,15o‘. iquid, 50 N obioe has been given in the British House of Lords that when army matters are be- fore the House the proposition to change the uniform of the forces from red to grey will be opposed. You want not to try experiments, but resort to the old and wellâ€"tested means that afforded relief in the past. When your corns ache don't take the first article ofiered you, but find out just the thing to answer your purpose, viz., to remove the troublesome come, and to do this Without pain, and to do it promptly, Putnam's Painless 00m Extractor has been used for many years. It has never been known to fail. Putnam’s Extractor makes no deep holes in the flesh, hard to heal and more troublesome than the original dis- comfotte. It work: nicely and efficiently. N G learn steam engineering and earn $100 per month Send your name and 100. in stamps to F. KEPPY Engineer, Bridgeport. 0t. A Port Glasgow firm of shipbuilders launched a tug of 1,500 horse power, said to be the most powerful in the world, for service in the Booghly. I‘m; 'Mmh Circulars has ls, With Diamond Dyes any lady can get as good results as the beat practical dyer. Every dye warranted true to name and sample. ACity of Mexico despatch Bay‘s yellow fever is raging Mi Tehuponepeo city. John Meyers, on American railroad contractor, died of the disease yesterday morning. Many people are leavmg the city. Infallible, tasteless, harmless, cathartic; for fiverisélfineaa, restlessness, worms, constipan on. o. MOTHER .DWAN’S WORM SYRUP What is the par value of a Southern gentleman’s “ sacred honor," anyhow? Here is Colonel Cash promising, “ on his sacred honor," that he will cause his son to give himself up to justice, and than using the opportunity thus gained to help the young gentleman cfl to the woods. A Northern tramp could do no worse. Â¥oung ladies are painting pictures of frogs. They are no suggestxve of leap year. L’Assistence Publique, of Paris, took charge in 1882. as is shown by a. recent re- port, of 948 bed children. Of these, 767 were taken to the director by their parents, 156 were sent by the police, and 35 com- mitted by magistrates. These children are sent to trade schools, and are assisted by the Government until able to make an honest living. A small portion of their wages is retained by the Government to aid in securing them against future went. The system is regarded as a preventive measure against both poverty and crime. If any invalid or sick eron has the least doubt of the power and e cacy of Hop Bitters to cure them, they can find. cases exactly like their own, in their own neighborhood, with proof positive that: they can be easily and per- manently cured at a. trifling costâ€"0r ask your druggist or physician. GEEENWICB, Feb. 11, 1880. Hop Bitten Co.â€"Sms,â€"I was given up by the doctors to die of serofuln consumption. Two bottles of your Bitters cured me. Once loosen the latch-strings of honor, the door to crime and folly swings easily. *Both Lydia El Pinkham‘s Vegetable Com- pound and Blood Purifier are prepared at 233 and 235 Western avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price of either, $1. Six bottles for $5. Sent by mail in the form of pills, or of lozenges, on receipt of price, .151 per box for either. Mrs. Pinkham freely answers all letters of inquiry. Enclose 3c. stamp. Send for pamphlet. Mention this papzr. On Victor Hugo‘s recent birthdayâ€"Lie Gardâ€"the Government struck a. medal in his honor. The presentation of this medal wae the feature of the celebration. Crowde of friends and admirers flocked to his house, the drawing record of which was filled with choice flowers sent from many parts oi France. Emperor William’s eyesight is failing rapidly, and it is feared that he may be- come blind. more especially as he objects to any mode of treatment. "3* " A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy," and vice versa a certain friend is infin- itely better than a doubtful enemy. Thus, Kidney~Wort is an incomparably better friend to the human race than whole catalogues full of doubtful noshrums. It: is an unfailing remedy for that tormentin disease piles. It moves the bowels gently and reely, and thus removes the cause. Do not fail to try it faithfully either in dry or liquid form. At a. sporting place in Meriden, Conn., Alfred Eleon. apedeetriun, wagered 35 that he could run three and one-half miles in thirty minutes, giving the men who bet with him permieelon to choose the track. The track chosen was about the red-hot stove in the place. Eleon accepted. The dtaughte of the stove were opened and more coal put on. The course required 176 laps to the mile. Eleon ran 4001ape said then fell inseneible. Is all that is needed to prove Polson’e waIan in the most rapid and certain remedy for pain in the world. It only costs 10 cents for a. trial bottle. A single trial bottle will prove Nerviline to be equally eflleacioua as an external or in- ternal remedy, and for pain of every de- sonption it has no equal. Tryelo cent sample bottle. Sold at any drug store. Large bottles 25 cents. at all druggieta. Nervous Weakness, Dysp 85in, Impotence, Sexual Debility, cured by “ ells' Health Be- newer. 31. “ ROUGH 0N COUGIIS.” In the flour oi Need DECLINE OF MAN. Prool En r) where. 819,500,000. A Single Trial PLACE to secure a Basins}! Educatwn or S meal-inn Pen mauahi no t a SPENCER IAN B SINEBB COLLEGE A: EEM‘KN‘WE '_ _â€" 6&1 R E s I _-> Rheumatlsm, euraflgla, Scxatica, Lumbagog Backache, Headache, Toothache, Sore Tl'lront,swelllnzs Sprainsélh-nhea. Bun-nu. Scnlds, rout Bl I, AND ALL OTHER llODILY PAWS AND ACIIEB. Sold by Drugglsts nnd Danleraevar where. mm, on": home Birecuonn In 11 musing". THE CHARLES A. VOGELER 00. (Sumner. to A. vouum A 00,) Balumnro, mm. I]. 3. A. Ask the most eminent physician 0f any school. what is the hast thing in world for quieting‘ and alluying all irritation the nerves and curing all forms of nervous com plaints, giving natural, childlike refreshing Bleep always '2 And the will tell you unhealtatingly ' 'Bome orm of Hops l" All kinds of no: Products handled, also Butter, Cheese. Baal. Bullish Tallow am. Put. E g Carriers supplied. ogtlgn- Iunu lollc seal. M Oolbome malnmouonto CHAPTER I. Ask any or 3.11 of the most eminent physicians ” When is the beat and only remedy that can be relied on to cure all diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs ; such as Bright’s disease. diabetes, retention or inability to retain urine, and all the diseases and ailments peculiar Women"â€" " And they will tell you explicitly and em phntically ' Buchu.‘ " Ask the same physicians “ What is the most reliable and. surest cure for all liver diseases or dyspepsia, constipation indigestion, biliousnesa, malarial fever, ague etc., and they will tell you : Mandrake l or Dandelion l" Hence, when these remedies are combined with others equally valuable And compounded into Hop Bitters, such a LU to be had only from authorized agents. It you want to gel: agency and make moneyrapidly, don't let some one else get ahead of you and secure your town or county r'gbt. Too good to o begging. Parflcnlue 3 cents. Very suitable or ladiau. R. B. YOUNGER, Agent for Patentee Gannnoque GIBB & GALLOW HELP YOURSELF. ROBERT’SPERFECT WASHERS to be had only trdm authorized agents. It Hum. Editors :â€" The above is I good likeness of Mrs. Lydia. E. Pinb- lum, of Lynn, Mass, who aboveall other human beincl my he truthfully called the “Dear Friend or Womul," in some at her correspondents love to on.“ her. Sh. 1| zealously devoted to her work, which I: the oupcom. of n msstudy, and. Is obliged to keep II: [My udstmts, to help her answerthe large correspondence which duly pom in upon her, each heating its special burden of luflerlng, or joy at release tron: It. not Vegemhla Compound ls a. medicine to:- good and not evil Moses. I have personally Investigated It and am satisfied at the truth of thin. ' BEFm J (AFTER) EL CTRO-VOLTAIO BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCES are sent on 30 Days’Trlal 'ro MEN ONLY, YOUNG OR OLD, who are aufier- 1mg from! NERVOUS Dmgmgzrx‘ Les?“ Vx'rmgw, On account of its proven mama. it I: recommended and prescribed by the best physiclnnl in the country. One says: "It works like A charm and save: much pain. It will cure entirely the worst (om ct {arm of the uterus, Leuccrrhaea, irregular 9.2.0. pain“! Menstruation, all Cvunm Troubles, Irfiamzmfica mi Ulcemtlcn, Floodlzgs, all Displacements and the com sequent spinal weakness, and in (specially Adapt-d to the Change of mm" P .fhlfl frbe, 'Address 613 taio Belt Goujflrixrshall. Mich. lug Irom NERVOUS UEBLLJ'I'! .uum' yum“, WASTING WEAKNESSEB. and all those diseasas ot- PERSONA NATURE resulting from Anvsns 11‘, OTHER.‘ KEAFSES. Epeedy rellet and omp etq restorhto t9" HEALTH; Simon ant" finmoon HARAer n,‘ send at once tor 31 uqtpgggci amphlec free, Address _ _ It permeates every portion of the first-em, and adv“ new lire and vigor. It removes harness, fiatnlency. destroys all craving for stimmnnts, ma relieves was» mess of the stomach. It cures meeting, Heedmiiu, Nervous Prontrsticn, General Debut-y, weenie-men. Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of beating down, causing pain, weight and tackache, is Anny: permanently cured by its use. It will,“ all times, and under all circunmtances, act in hamcny with the law that governs the female system. It casts cnly 01.12” bottle or 31: tox- 85., and in sold by druggists Any advice required“ to special cases, :94 the names or many who have been restored to mm health by the use or the Vegetable Compound, bulb. obtained by addressing Mrs. P., with stamp (or "ply, at her home inLynn, Muss. F;;Kifinéy Cotvnplslxint of either sex this compode unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show. unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show. “ Mrs. Pinkham’s Liver Pills," says one writer, “an the beat in the world for the cure of Constipation. Billousness and Tomldity of the liver. Her mood Putiflerworka wonders in its special line and hid- an 50 equal the Compound in its popularity All must refpoct her:- as an Angel of ncrcy whomcole ambition ‘13 to do good. so others. Tfifladelphm. 11:. (3 mm A. M. D 370 DAYS’ TRIAL .. KY» DR. W 0; a A nom BUT UNTI'I‘LED WOMAN. ESTABLISHED 1869. D. O No In 13. 334. (Concluded next week.) [From the Boston 61000.] Vital Questions X