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Flrut Love. How does awoman love ? Once, no more, Though life forever i is loss deplore; Deep in sorrow or deep in sin, ,‘One king rsigneth her heart within. One alone, by night and day, Moves her spirit to curse or pray, One voice only can call her soul Back from the grasp of death‘s control; Though lovers beset her, or friends deride, Yea, when she sniileth another man‘s bride, Still for her master her lilo makes moanâ€" Once is forever, and once alone. How does a man love ‘2 Once, for all. The swertcst voices of life may call, Sorrow do.th him, or room dismay, Joy's red roses bedsck his way ', Fortune smile, or jest or frown, The cruel thumb of the word turn down; Loss betray him, or love delight, Through Storm or sunshine, by day or night, Wandering, toiling, aslt op, awake, 'J hough souls may madden. or weak hearts break, Better than Wife, or child, or pelf, Once and forever, he lovesâ€"himself. All “REGAN GIRL. coach from the Blue Lion had been ordered to present itself at a quarter past 6, promptly, and at the time specified it rattled up to the door with much spirit»â€" with so much spirit, indeed, that Miss Belinda was a little alarmed. “Dear, dear!" she said. “I hope the driver will be able to control the horse, and will not allow him to go too fast. One hears of such terrible accidents." Then Mary Anne was sent to announce the arrival of the rquipago to Miss Octavia, and, having performed the errand, came back, beaming with smiles. “ Oh, mum,” she exclaimed, “ you never see nothin’ like her! Her gownd is ’evingly. An' lor’l how you do look yourself, to be sure." Indeed,the lace ruffles on her “best” black silk, and the little cap on her smooth hair, had done a great deal for Miss Bassett, and she had only just been rcpt-caching herself for her vanity in recognizing this fact. But Mary Anne’s words awakened a new train of thought. “ Isâ€"is Miss Octavia’s dress a showy one, Mary Anne?” she inquired. “ Dear me, I do hope it is not a showy dress 1" “ I never see nothin’ no eleganter, mum,” said Mary Anne. “She wants nothin’ but a veil to make a bride out of her-an’ a becominer thing she never has wore.” ’lhey heard the soft sweep of skirts at that momtiit, and Octavia came in. “ There 1 ” she said, stopping when she had reached the middle of the room. “ls that simple enough? ” Miss Belinda could only look at her help- lessly. The “ white muslin " was composed almost entirely of Valencinnes lace; the blue ribbons were embroidered with field daisies; the air of delicate elaborateness about the whole was something which her innocent mind could not have believed possible in orthodox white and blue. “I don't think I should call it exactly simple," she said. “My love, what a quantity of lace l " Octavia glanced down at her jabots and frills complacently. “There is a good deal of it,” she remark- ed ; “ but then it is nice, and one can stand a good deal of nice Valenciennes on white. They said Worth made the dress. I hope he did. It cost mouth. '1 he ribbon was embroidered by hand, I suppose. And there is plenty of it cut up into these bows.” There was no more to be said. Miss Belinda led the way to the coach, which they entered under the admiring or critical eyes of several most respectable families, who had been lying in wait behind their window curtains since they had been summoned there by the sound of wheels. As the vehicle rattled past the boarding- school. all the young ladies in the first class rushed to the window. They were rewarded for their zeal by a glimpse of a cloud of muslin and lace, a charmingly dressed yellow-brown head, and a pretty face, whose eyes favored them with a frank stars of interest. “ She had diamonds in her earsl” cried Miss Phipps, wildly excited. “ I saw them flash. Ah, how I should like to see her without wraps! I have no doubt she is a perfect blaze l ” CHAPTER X. ANNOUNCING MR. BABOLD. Lady Theobald‘s invi‘ed guests sat in the faded blue drawing-room,waiting. Every- body had been unusually prompt, perhaps because everybody wished to ba on the ground in time to see Miss Octavia Bassett make her entrance. “I should think it would be rather a trial, even to such a girl as she is said to be,” re- marked one matron. “It is but natural that she should feel that Lady Theobald will regard her rather critically, and that she should know that American manners will hardly be the thing for a genteel and conservative English country town.” “ We saw her a few days ago,” said Lucia, who chanced to hear this speech, “ and she is very pretty. I think I never saw any one so very pretty before.” “But in quite a threatrical way, I think, my dear,” the matron replied, in a tone of gentle correction. " I have seen so very few theatrical people," Lucia answered, sweetly, “ that I scarcely know what the theatrical way is, dear Mrs. Burnham. Her dress was very beautiful, and not like what we wear in Slowbridge; but she seemed to me to be very bright and pretty, in a way quite new to me, and so just a little odd.” “ l have heard that her dress is most ex- travagant and wasteful,” put in Miss Pilcher, whose educational position on- titled her to the condescending respect of her patrouess. “ She has lace on her morn- ing gowns which ” “ Miss Bassett and Miss Octavia Bas- sett,” announced Dobscn, throwing open the door.” Lady Theobald rose from her seat. A slight rustle made itself heard through the company, as the ladies all turned toward the entrance, and after they had so turned, there were evidences of a positive thrill. Before the eyes of all, Belinda Bassett ad- vanced with rich rofiies of Mechlin at her neck and wrists, with a delicate and dis- tinctly novel cap upon her head, her niece following her with an unabashed face, twenty pounds’ worth of lace on her dress, and unmistakable diamonds in her little ears. ” There is not a shadow of timidity about her i ” cried Mrs. Burnham, under breath. lThis is actual boldness l ” But this was a very severe term to use, notwithstanding that it was born of fighteous indignation. It was not boldness at all. It was only the serenity of a young person who was quite unconscious that there was anything to fear in the rather unim- posing party before her. Octavia was accustomed to entering rooms fu‘l of strangers. She had spent several years of her life in hotels, where she had been stared out of countenance by a. few score new people every day. She was even used to being in some sort a young person of note. It was nothing unusual for her to know that she was being pointed out. "That pretty blonds," she often heard it said, “ is Martin Bassett’s daughter. Sharp fellow, Bassettâ€"and lucky fellow, too. More money than he can count.” So she was not at all frightened when she walked in behind Miss Belinda. She glanced about her cheerfully, and catching sight of Lucia, smiled at her as she ad- vanced up the room. The call of state Lady Theobald had made with her grand- daughter hcd been a very brief one, but Octavia had taken a decided fancy to Lucia, and was glad to see her again. “I am glad to see you, Belinda," said her ladyship, shaking hands. “And you also, Miss Octavia.” “ Thank you,” responded Octavia. " You are very kind," Miss Belinda mur- mured gratefully. “ I hope you are both well ? ” said Lady heobald, with majestic ccndescensicn, i she played as she talked ; but Lucia, haV» ing nothing to play with, could only stand with her little hands hanging at her sides. and in tones to be heard all over the room. “Quite well, thank you,“ murmured Miss Belinda again. “Very well indeed.’ Rather as if this fortunate state of affairs was the result of her ladyship’s kind inter- vention with the fates. She felt terribly conscious of being the centre of observation, and rather ovar- powered by the novelty of her attire, which was plainly creating a sensation, Octavia, however, who was far more looked at, was entirely oblivious of the painful promi- nence of her position. She remained stand- ing in the middle of the room, talking to Lucia, who had approached to greet her. She was so much taller than Lucia that she looked very tall indeed by contrast, and also very wonderfully dressed. Lucia’s white muslin was one of Miss Chickie’s fifteen, and was, in a “genteel ” way, very suggestive of Slowbridge. Suspended from Octavia’s waist, by a long loop of the em- broidered ribbon, was a little round fan of downy, pale blue feathers, and with this “I have never been to an afternoon tea like this b:fore," Octavia said. “ It is nothing like a ksttledrum.” “ I am not sure that I know what a kettledrum is,” Lucia answered. “ They have them in London, I think ; but I have never been to London.” " They have them in New York,” said Octavia, “and they are a crowded sort of afternoon parties, where ladies carriage-toilet, not evening dress. are ru:liing in and out all the time.” Lucia glanced around the room, and smiled. " That is very unlike this,” she remarked. “Well,” said Octavia, "I should think that, after all, this might be nicer." Which was very civil. Lucia glanced around againâ€"this time rather stealthilyâ€"mt Lady Theobald. Then she glanced back at Octavia. “ But it isn’t," she said, in an undertone. Octavia began to laugh. They were on a new and familiar footing from that moment. “ I said ‘it might,‘ " she answered. She was not afraid, any longsr,of finding the evening stupid. If there were no young men, there was at least, a young woman who was in sympathy with her. She said : “I hope that I shall behave myself pretty well, and do the things that I am expected to do.” ” 0h 1 " said Lucia,with arather alarmed expression. “ i hope so. 1â€"1 am afraid you would not be comfortable if you didn’t.” Octavia opened her eyes as she often did at Miss Belinda's remarks, and then sud- denly she began to laugh again. “What would they do?” she said, dis- respectfully. “Would they turn me out, without giving me any tea? " Lucia looked still more frightened. “Don’t let them see you laughing," she said. “ Theyâ€"they will say you are giddy. ’ “ Giddy l " replied Octavia. “ I don’t think there is anything to make me giddy here.” “ If they say you are giddy,” said Lucia, “your fate will be scaled, and, if you are to stay here, it really will be better to try to please them a little.” Octavia reflected a moment. ” I don’t mean to dis-please them,” she said, “ unless they are very easily disâ€" pleased. I suppose I don‘t think very much about what people are saying of me. I don’t seem to notice." “ Will you come now and let me intro- duce Miss Egerton and her sister? ” sug- gested Lucia, hurriedly. “ Grandmamma is looking at us." In the innocence of her heart Octavia glanced at Lady Theobald, and saw that she was looking at them, and with a dis- approving air. “ I wonder what that's for ? ” she said to herself; but she followed Lucia across the room. She made the acquaintance of Misses Egsrton, who seemed rather fluttered, and, after the first exchange of civilities, sub- sided into monosyllables and attentive stares. They were, indeed, very anxious to hear Octavia converse, but had not the courage to attempt to draw her out, unliss a sudden query of Miss Lydia’s could be considered such an attempt. “ Do you like England ? ” asked Octavia. “ Is this England? " inquired Octavia. "It is a part of England, of course," replied the young lady, with calm literal- ness. “Then, of course, I like it very much," said Octavia, slightly Waving her fan and smiling. Miss Lydia Egerton and Miss Violet Egerton each regarded her in dubious silence for a moment. They did not think she looked as if she were “clever,” but the speech sounded to both as if she were, and as if she meant to be clever a little at their expense. Naturally, after that they felt slightly uncomfortablo, and said less than; before, and the conversation lagged to such an extent that Octavia was not sorry when tea was announced. And it so happened that tea was not the only thing that was announced. The ladies had all risen from their seats with a gentle rustle, and Lady Theobald Was mov- ing forward to marshal her procession into the dining-room, when Dobson appeared at the door again. “Mr. Barold, my lady,” he said, “and Mr. Burmistone.” Everybody glanced first at the door, nd then at Lady Theobald. Mr. Francis Barold crossed the threshold, followed by the tall, squaresbouldersd builder of mills, who was a strong, handsome man, and bore himself very well, not seeming to lipind at all the numerous eyes fixed upon 1m. I‘I did not know," said Barold, “that we should find you had guests. Beg pardon, I'm sure, and so does Burmistone, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at Broadoaks, and who was good enough to invite me to return with him.” Lady Theobald extended her hand to the gentleman specified. " I am glad," she said, rigidly, ” to see Mr. Burmistone.” Then she turned to Barold. “ This very is fortunate,” she announced. “ We are just going to take tea, in which I hope you will join us. Luciaâ€".” Mr. Francis Barcld naturally turned. as her ladyship uttered her granddaughter’s name in a tone of command. It may be supposed that his first intention in turning was to look at Lucia, but he had scarcely done so, when his attention was attracted by the figure nearest to herâ€"~the figure of a young lady, who was playing with a little blue fan, and smiling at him brilliantly and unmistakably. The next moment he was standing at Octavia Bassett‘s side, looking rather pleased, and the blood of Slowbridge was congealing, as the significance of the situation was realized. One instant of breathless~of awfulâ€" sulsfpense, and her ladyship recovered her- se . “We will go in to tea," she said. “ May I ask you, Mr. Burmistono to accompany Miss Pilcher ? ” CHAPTER XI. A SLIGHT INDISCRETION. go in People During the remainder of the evening, Miss Belinda was a prey to wretchness and despair. When she raised her eyes to her hostess, she met with a glance full of icy signifiancs; when she looked across the tea-table, she saw Octavia seated next to Mr. Francis Barold, monopolizing his attention, and apparently in the very best possible spirits. It only made matters worse that Mr. Francis Barold seemed to find her remarks worthy of his attention. He drank very little tea, then appeared much interested even more entertaining than he had found her during their journey. She did not hesitate at all to tell him that she was delighted to see him again at this particular juncture. . “ You don’t know how glad I was to see you come in,” she said. She met his rather startled glance with the most open candor as she spoke. “ It is very civil of you to say so," he said; “ but you can hardly expect me to be- lieve it, you know. It is too good to be true." “I thought it was too good to be true when the door opened,” she answered, cheerfully. “ I should have been glad to see anybody, almostâ€"â€".” " Well, that,” be interposed, “ isn’t quite so civil.” " It is not quite so civil to . But there she checked herself, and asked I! him a question with the most naive seriousness. “Are you a great friend of Lady Theo~ bald's ? ” she said. “ No," he answered. “ I am a relative.” “That’s worse,” she remarked. “ It is,” he replied. “ Very much worse. “I asked you,” she proceeded, with an entrancing little smile of irreverent approval, “ because I was going to say that my last speech was not quite so ciVil to Lady Theobald.” “That is perfectly true," he responded. “ It wasn’t civil to her at all." He was passing his time very comfortâ€" ably, and was really surprised to feel that he was more interested in these simple audacities than he had been in any conver- sation for some time. Perhaps it was because his companion was so wonderfully pretty, but it is not unlikely that there were also other reasons. She looked him straight in the eyes, she comported herself after the manner of a young lady who was enjoying herself, and yet he felt vaguely that she might have enjoyed herself quite as much with Burmistone, and that it was probable that she would not think a second time of him, or of what she said to him. After tea, when they returned to the drawing-room, the opportunties afforded for conversation were not numerous. The piano was opened, and one after another of the young ladies were invited to exhibit their prowess. Upon its musical education Slowbridge prided itself. " Few towns,” Miss Pilcher frequently remarked, “ could be congratulated upon the possession of such talent and such cultivation." The Misses Egerton played a dust, the Misses Loftus sang, Miss Abercrombie " executed a sonata with such effect as to melt Miss Pilcher to tears ; and still Octavia had not been called upon. There might have been a reason for this, or there might not ; but the moment arrived, at length, when Lady Theobald moved towards Miss Belinda with evidently fell intent. (To be Continued). i) THE GENTLER SEX. Little Items of Interest from the “Torld of Fashion. The fashion in furs next winter- may be confidently expected to lean chiefly to the skin of the Bokharan caracal, a kind of lynx, about the size of a fox. Anew light wool fabric is called Ausâ€" trian serge. It is beautifully fine, and as it does not wrinkle easily, like Henrietta cloth, it is destined to take its pluce in the formation of utility costumes. The flat has gone forth in London's best society that bare arms will appear as much at dressy afternoon teas, kettledrums. lunches, and other post meridian fates, as in the evening. i he hair will be pDWdemd. the long gloves drawn off, and then fair rounded arms will emerge from laces and draperies bare to, and above, the elbows, without bracelets, but the fingers glittering with costly rings. The popularity of the sailor-hat is still so great that millinem both here and abroad are using these simple flat-crowned, straight-brimmed shapes for airy models in net and tulle. The buff shoo's economic side By all should be beholden; Although it is the summer’s prider How well it fits the autumn-tide, So ruseet and so golden. Rust color will be the fashionable next winter. a. Zouave jackets will be a feature of winter fashions. English walking jackets are made a trifle longer this season than last. Silk pctticcats are now lined with flannel. This obviates the necessity of wearing more than one. Cloth dresses are made with tight-fitting sleeves, as full sleeves of so thick a material could not be worn with autumn and winter jackets. An idea for table decoration is to have a wreath of flowers edge the table, so divided that they may be used as boutoniiieros by the guests when they are seated. The tan shoe may have a permanent Cemetery, Euphemia, near her former One of the results of the home. recent manoeuvres of the British fleet has ful experience during the past year. been the suggestion that themarines should spring she was called from Chicago to future after all. wear tan or brown shoes henceforth instead of black ones, and brown gloves instead of killed at the Hamilton Junction accident. white. A sunprooos oosrunu. ne of fashioc’s pat projmu just now is to find novel ornamentations for waists. It was at a recent Newport lunch- eon, says Table Talk, that one lady wore a costume of beige-tinted gloriosa silk, 3. ma- terial of high lustre, that is finding rare favor at present, touched 05 with rolling collar and deep cuffs of tan-colored Suede exceptionally Clever- kid. Odder still is the fancy for using bands of real silver for trimming. The metal is rolled out very thin, and is laid dePOt-â€"B‘”hweu Tim“ over afounuation of cloth, silk, etc. For reyers, collars and cuffs, as maybe sur- mised, this trimming is most effective, especially, as was recently instanced, when repel“! the Prombl‘ory law by it is used on a charming dinner toilet of Sevres blue Japanese crepeâ€"a fabric, by the way, that has a far heavier mesh than 35100“ being 1919'“ed 119“ her h0me- He and ,3 therefore the more was silenced by this clear-headed response: Chinese crepe, durable. NEAT rocrwnsn. A pair of bathing sandals recently made for Lady Colin Campbell have uppers of navy blue canvas, gofiered and eyeletted. The lacing runs from the instep to tolera- b_1y high in the leg, but nowhere do the sides most when the sandal is worn. No covering at all is furnished for the toes, but the sole comes well to the front. Two loops of gut are inserted in the sole, one for the big toe and one for this small one. The uppers are edged with red, and in color an design match Lady Colin Campbell's bath- ing dress. *â€" Overhrsard in a New England Village. Lavinaâ€"Thane can be no mistake, then? hand feebilly he tottered to the door.â€"Buvr- You are quite sure Sylvia’s young man plays delta in 19700le Eaglh in the band? Mariaâ€"Ind eed Iam! Didn’t she herself tell me he was . a drummer from Boston ‘2â€" Detroit Free] ‘rcss. A l Iery Queer Material. Mr. Snag Vgsâ€"â€"Well. I never expected table, but I must say they would ‘make steamship tickets of cellII- leaves nearly all the pics I make for me to loid. Mrs. Sna‘ 5gsâ€"~Oh, they are not! Mr. Snag ;gsâ€"Well, you book for Ger- many and ‘ see if they don’t sell you Lloyd adopted the use of unfermented wine at tickets. __..___ At the Teatable. “ Mrs. B towns, the chestnt ts?” “ The wl .at, Mr. Slowpay? " ' 'lshoul d have said the doughnuts ; we’ve had error was :‘natural.” __.___. Mr. Mac donald the late manager of the th '11 he a funeral instead of 9, wed. London To ms, is likely to proceed to Aus- {fingers W1 and now and trails. to ta ke the management of one of the I will meet and Sydney dai 1? papers. Those Parnell letters found that the deceased committed suicide amused. In fact, he found Miss Octavia were ticklii lh things. red dress to the same house where Miss a long time, is certain to result in death.” Will you P195553 P355 1119 Leeds, left behind him an extraordinary bat commit suicide on Friday morning, as I them 3° frequently Of late my want to be buried on bank holiday, Mon- WOMEN DOCTORS. Dr. McLaughlin on Women as Physicians. At the opening of the Toronto Women’s Medical College Tliursdanyr. McLaughlin, a lady physician, delivered an interesting address. She appeared in accademic robe and hood, and read her address on the sub- ject, “ Should women engage in the study and practice of medicine ‘2 ” Dr. Mc- Laughlin is a graduate of the Woman’s Medical College and a valued and capable member of the teaching faculty, and for this reason, no doubt, her Words were listened to with all the greater interest. ln opening her address Dr. McLaughlin referred to the fact that women had become lawyers, artists, editors and even preachers of the Gospel, and asked if there was any good remion why they should not become doctors as well, The first objection usually raised was that women had not the capacity, but this she showed to be a wholly unfounded assumption by referring to known and admitted facts. She cited first the case of the Woman’s Medical College in London, the graduates of which ranked high in the honor list of the University of London, there being among their number two gold medalists. l‘urning then to America, which she char- acterisrd as the land of liberty and pro- gress, the land in which women’s work and women’s pOWer to work was more fully recognized than elsewhere, she said that in this, as in other matters intellectual, Bos- ton led, the first Medical College being established there in 1848. New York and Philadelphia and other places followed,and the graduates of these colleges had made for themselves reputation and even fame. It was said that women physicians were not wanted. But in some countries men physicians were not wanted, as in Oriental countries, where a male physician, having a woman for his patient, was not allowed even to see that patient, and was obliged to prescribe as best he could without seeing her. But in such cases women physicians would be allowed to see their patients. Considering the immense field thus await- ing the work of the woman physician, it was absurd to say that women physicians were not needed. But even in our own country the need for female physicians was great. Modesty, the greatest virtue in women, sometimes stood between tbs sick woman and cure. There were many cases on record of women who had for years endured the most excruciating pain rather than consult a physician because that phy- sician was a man. Women would confide to women what they would never confide to men. Why not then give to women the education necessary to enable her on receiv- ing these confidences to cure the disease which made them necessary ? Then there was the great world of childhood, which also had its manifold forms of disease. A woman can gain the confidence of a sick child as a man could not do, and if she had the knowledge and skill of a physician she could do more than a man to effect a ours. It was objected that the contact with dis- ease and the study necessary to a physi- cian's education made a woman callous and robbed her of the sympathy which was her chief charm. But was there any per- son who, in the common ways of life, had so often to deal with sickness, to admin- ister the bitter draught or pill as the mother of a family ? Did such experi- ences make the mother harsh or rob her of her sympathy for her own ? Were there any who saw more of the horrors of war than the angels of mercy, the nurses in the hospital and the field ? And yet were there any who mani- fested such keen and constant sympathy with the suffering ? Could it be said that the study of nature would make women disregard or forget the God of Nature ‘2 Woman was naturally religious, and in this women had one qualification which would make them all the better physicians. The sympathy of woman for woman gave the female physician means of efftcting cures in cases which a man could not understand. A man having a woman for a patient might conclude that the cams-s one of nervous strain caused by overwork of the brain. But a woman physician would probe deeper, and would find the cause of suffering to be some hidden sorrow or unhappiness, and by her sympathy would do much to effect a cure. The need for women to enier the medical field was great; the capacity of women to work in that field would not but be admitted, and the lecturer concluded that the work of educating and training women for this noble profession was one which must result in good. W-.- . ._ “IMAM.-. , Met Her Father“ Fate. The remains of Miss Sadie Kelly, who was killed in the recent accident at Chicago, by a freight train running into a passenger car, were brought here on Fridayfor burial. They were accompanied by a couple of gen- tlemen from Chicago. A beautiful wreath of white roses, representing “ Gates Ajar,” and a white dove, which was placed on the coffin by Chicago friends, were greatly admired. She was buried out in Johnston The young lady had a most pain- Last identify the remains of her father, who was A couple of days previous to her own sad death an intimate lady friend of hers was accidentally killed, and her remains brought Kelly resided, and now she lies in the grave the victim of a shocking accident, caused, it is said, by the incapacity through drink of the engineer of the freight train. Miss Kelly was only 18 years of age, and was The wreath which accompanied the remains was presented by her fellow employees at the Rock Island Is This Logic ? A Rhode Island gentleman who helped voting “approved,” recently urged a W. C. T. U. lady to sign a rcmonstranoe against a “ No! the State has pronounced the trafiic legal and I have no right to interfere. If the saloon is to be opened at all, it is much better to have it here on a respectable street where the parents can guard their children, than to have it put among the poor and degraded, who have not the strength to resist its alluremants.” ___+â€". Be Careful What You Eat. "There is one error in diet,” said the doctor, “ which, if pursued for a not very “ What is that, doctor?” asked the patient, anxiously. “ Not eating anything," said the doctor, grimly, and clicking the patient’s feeble -â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Sll ght 0d the Pie. Matronâ€"I suppose you find your hus- band as selfish as most men. Brideâ€"N0, indeed. I often heard that a man gobbled up all the nice things on the that my husband eat myself. He’s dreadfully kind to me.” _______...._._.__â€"â€"â€" Nearly 2,000 English churches have communion. Ayoung man named Charles Edward Fatch, aged 21, who committed suicide at letter addressed to a young woman named Morley, in which he said : “ I am going to day, so that I shall disappoint my cousin Annie, who is to be married on that day, I hope you will attend my funeral. you in heaven.” The jury whilst of unsound mind.â€"â€"LondonStandard. . A Bonnie Scotch Lass Travels Abroad to of Agent Stocking, of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, is in her own way as much of a record breaker as the City of New York, in which she came to this country about two weeks ago, says the New York Times. is deadhead travelling. She came from Ellcnburgh, Scotland, by way Belfast, Fleetwood, Manchester, the Isle of Man and Livarpool, without payinga a cent of fare, and was supported all the way by well-to-do amused. She is short and stockily built, with red hair and a face nnrelieved by prominent features. In Ellenburg the girl has a father and mother, two brothers and one sis ter. gie’s services were let out to a woman named Proctor, who did a retail milk busi- ness. day she fell and broke her Proctor threatened to tell her father, who was sure to whip started for home, but decided on the way to take French leave of her family. She got on board a train for Glasgow, escaped the guard’s notice, and when she got to the city took another train for Greenock. Other passengers shared their lunches With the little girl. put her off. So she drifted to Belfast and then to Manchester. where she was gotng, she boarded another train, which left her at Fleetwood. There she took a sailing vessel for the Isle of Man, but at once came back to Liverpool on another. hungry and a bit dcspondent, little Miss Stewart sawa steam tug, which seemed about to pull out into the dark waters of the families Maggie is fond of children. Each of the other passengers thought she wlas a nurse girl employed by some one e se. York, which was about America. think you will accept, Maria, Jones or Smith? coal upon his farm, papa. him.” annual application for a sealskin)â€"â€" I am told that sealskin sacques will not be stylish this winter. I never did care much for style anyway. keep his accounts in a singular manner. He hung up two boots, one on each side of the chimney, and in one be money he received, and in the other all the receipts and vouchers for the money he paid. At the end of the year, or whenever he wanted to make up his accounts, be emptied the boots, and by counting their several and respective contents he was enabled with a little trouble to make a balance, which was doubtless as satisfac- tory to himself as if it had been done by “ double Journal. A BEDBEADED DADEEAD. Escape a Whipping. Little Maggie Stewart, now in the care Maggie’s specialty of Greenock, people whom she Maggie is nearly 15 years old. The family were poor, and Mag- One Mrs. Maggie was one of the carriers. pitcher. the girl. The latter Nobody had the heart to Without any idea Wandering about the clocks, Mersey. There were several abroad with little children. She went, too. The tug reached the City of New to start for The passengers were hurriedly shifted to the steamship. Maggie was among them. She played withthe infants, made herself generally agreeable, and ended by following a lady into the second cabin. She was taken care of. Arriving in New York she wandered to the residence on Park avenue of the lady who had protected her on the way over. There she was kept for 10 days and then turned over to Agent Stocking. He says the pauper immigra- tion law will hardly apply to a second cabin passenger, and, as he thinks Maggie is not bad, but only restless, he will try to find a home for her on this side of the water. He has heard from her father, who is not at all anxious to have the girl come back. She will be kept for a few days at the society’s rooms in West 23rd street. The Vagarles of Electricity. The story of the Newfoundland dog he- longing to Charles Tupper, a restaurant proprietor of New York, is one that Will startle a great many persons who are studying the mysterious forces and powers of the electrical current, which human ingenuity has so far only partially har- nessed and controlled, but scarcely yet understands. The dog ran against a dan- gling “live” wire of an electrical illuminat- ing company. A Western Union telegraph lineman had only a moment before picked up the Wire and been knocked down by a shock of electricity passing through it. The dog fell on the wire and lay there motionless. With due precaution the body was presently pulled off and every effort was made to resuscitate the animal, which was a great pct. A veterinary surgeon was called in, who pronounced the dog dead. Two or three hours afterward an electrical expert suggested making a pit in the earth and placing the dog’s body in it, to see if the forces of nature might not carry away the electricity from the body. The plan was tried. All night and all the next day the supposed corpse was motionless, but on the second day there were signs of life, and on the Iourth the animal revtved and strug- gled to his feet a live dog once more, weak and stiff, but very much better than a dead dog. It has since been carefully nursed, and now shows no signs of the disaster. The dog is two and a half years old and weighs sixtyâ€"eight pounds. The incident may well suggest enquiry whether persons receiving electrical shocks have not been buried before they were really dead, and it is suflicient to raise Serious doubts whether the death punishment of murderers by electrical shocks is sufficient. _..._â€".___._ Divorces in France. The divorce law passed in France in 1884 seems to be operating with terrible effect. In 1884 there were 3,657 divorces ; in 1885, 4,123 ; in 1886, 4.007 ; in 1887, 5,797. But, the most astounding statement made is that in the department of the Seineâ€"i. e., Paris and its neighborhoodâ€"~there are no fewer than 62.7 divorces to every thousand marriages, or that considerably more than one in twenty marriages (say one in six- teon) ends in a divorce. On the other hand, in the Finistere and Cotes du Nord not much more than cue ina thousand marriages ends in a divorceâ€"a curious testimony this to the different morale of Parisian and Provincial life in France.â€" The Spectator. .â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-’â€"- Danish Drunkards. Another method has been adopted by the Danish police with a view to putting an end to drunkenness. Every time a man is found in a state of intoxication in the streets or in a public place, he is, at the instance of the police, put in a carriage and taken home. In case a man is not able to give information as to his residence he is kept at the police station until sober. Then the publican who is convicted of supplying such a man with his last glass of drink is charged with the expenses of transport, which are sometimes very considerable. _.â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" He Was Thankful. Mrs. Homespunâ€"I‘ll tell you where you can find a job sawing five cords of wood, poor man. Tramp (eagerly)â€"~Where, mum ? “ Just around the corner of the next street.” “ Thank ye, mum ; much obliged. I might have run right into it if it hadn’t been for you.“ A Choice of Veins. Papaâ€"Which of your suitors do you Mariaâ€"~Which would you favor, papa? “ Well, Smith has a fine vein of humor." " But Jones has a fine vein of anthracite I think I’ll take Sensible girl i _._ Not to be Fooled. Mr. Limplcy (whose wife has put in her Mrs. Limpley (sagaciously)â€"â€"Well, dear, _.__..___ An old tradesman in Scotland used to put all the entry.”â€"â€"Irt'sh Leather Trades THE PAIR SEX. ___..__ A Column of Interesting Reading for the Ladies. The Effects of Tight Lacing. Now that rational ideas as to dress have accquired a definite place in public esteem, it may be imagined that the practice of tight lacing and customs of a like nature, if known at all, are not what they used to be. A case of sudden death lately reported from Birmingham proves that it is still too early to indulge in such illusory ideas. The deceased, a servant girl of excitable tem- perament, died suddenly in an cpilcptoid fit, and the evidence given before the coro- ner respecting her death attributed the fatal issue to asphyxia, due in a great measure to the fact that both neck and waist were unnaturally contracted by her clothing, the former by a tight collar, the latter by a belt worn under the stays. We have here certainly those very conditions which would lead us to expect the worst possible consequencl s from a convulsive seizure. 'lhere is no organ of the body whose free movement is at such times more important than the heart. Yet here we find, on the one hand, its movement ham- pered by a tight girdle so placed that it could with difficulty be undone at a critical moment; on the other, a contrivance ad- mirably adapted to allow the passage of blood to the brain, while impeding its re- turn. This is no isolated case as regards its essential character, though, happily, somewhat singular in its termination. Minor degrees of asphyxiation, we fear, are still submitted to by a good many self- torturing children of vanity. The tight corset and the high heel still work mischief on the bodies of their devoted wearers. Taste and reason, indeed, combine to deprecate their injurious and vulgar bond- age, and by no means unsuccessfully. Still the evil maintains itself. Cases like that above mentioned ought to, if they do not, open the eyes of some sslf~worshippcrs of the other sex who heedlessly strive by such means to excel in a sickly grace. We would strongly impress upon all of this class the fact that beauty is impossible without health, and would advise them, in the name of taste as well as comfort, to avoid those methods of contortion, one and all, by which elegance is only caricatured and health may be painfully and permanently injuredâ€"London. Lancet. The Tea Gown. The day of the tea gown has by no means passed. Quite the contrary, it seems to have just dawned, so popular has this most comfortable garment become in our own country, as well as in England. Even French modistes have made more charming confections on this model. Madame Jane 'Hading particularly has helped make this style of dress popular with the simple grace with which she wears it. Sarah Bern- hardt often appears in a sublimated tea gown, known by some other name, perhaps, but a tea gown just the same and a most graceful one. Flimsy materials are no longcr'the only ones used in the construc- tion of the tea gown. Brocades, silk poplins and such silken stuffs are much more favored this season, at least for the main part of the gown, while for the front soft gossamer stuffs are preferred still and give the character to the gown. Lovely om- brcideries are lavished on the new out tea gowns in preference to lace, which has so long been the only adornment allowed on this graceful garment. A regal model in a tea gown from a famous house in Paris had a fine and delicate embroidery in gold threads on a rich, dark, red, eastern silk. A not of old point do Vem'se made a drapery in the front and was caught in place by a golden girdle. A robe fit for a princess most truly was such a tea gown. Creamy white with gold embroidery also makes an exquisite combination in the tea gown and one which is always becoming. Travelling Dresses. Correspondents who have asked sugges- tions for travelling dresses for autumn are advised to get faced cloth of light quality and make a princess coat ; or, if a separate bodice is preferrad, a good plan is to have a coat bodice, which is a cuirasse basque of even length around the hips and back. This bodice should open over a pleated vest of light armure silk, which has a velvet yoke and collar at the top and three straps of velvet ribbon across the waist line, each fastened by a buckle. The large coat sleeves have a pointed puff of the velvet at the top and of the silk at the wrists, with two velvet straps and buckles belidss. The skirt is straight and full in the back, with loosely pleated side breadths and the front breadth draped in pleats on the hips ; there are five or six rows of velvet ribbon placed beside these pleats, each row ending in apcint and holding a buckle. The design is prettily carried out in brown or in green cloth, with corn or gray armure for the vest and a velvet yoke and straps the color of the cloth edged with gilt or silver cord ; the buckles match the metal of the cord. One of the long cloaks described above or else a short directoire cape will add sufficient warmth. A small bonnet or toque made of the cloth of the dress with a velvet how, some pheasants‘ feathers, or a blackbird on the left side and narrow velvet ribbon strings, should complete the toilette.â€" Harper's Bazar. Winsomcness in Women. Do you recollect what your feelings were immediately after you had spoken the first unkind word to your husband? Did you not feel ashamed and grieved, and yet too proud to admit it ? That was, is, and ever will be, your evil genius! It is the temper which labors incessantly to destroy your peace, which cheats you with an evil delu- sion that your husband deserved your anger, when he really required your love. If your husband is hasty, your example of patience will abide as well as teach him. Your violence may alienate his heart, and your neglect impel him to deeperaticn. Your soothing will redeem himâ€"your soft- ness subdue him, and the good-natured twinkle of those eyes, now filling with tears, will make him all your ownâ€"Catho- lic Standard. The Next Bride. A novel wedding fancy was recently inaugurated by a fashionable bride in New York. She carried an unusually large bouquet, and just before leaving for the honeymoon she untied her flowers, which proved to be eight separate posies, fastened with different colored ribbons. Each of these was presented to a bridesmaid, and one of the bouquets concealed a wedding ring, which would indicate the' next bride. This idea resembles the custom of putting a ring, thimble and money in the Christmas pudding, marking the findcr’s lot, respec- tively, of matrimony, spinsterhood or wealthâ€"Fort Worth Gazette. Corsets With Very Long Walsts. The corsets shown indicate a tendency toward abnormally long waists. Two of these are accurately drawn in the illustra- tion, and at the time of my sketch they were being critically viewed by two girls whom generous nature had so shaped as to preclude them from ever wearing those same configurating articles. It will be easy enough for attenuated women to remove the artificial layers from their hips, and practically extend their waists to their knees if they choose, but liberally rounded creatures will have to be content with their luxuriousness, and give up the idea of making themselves longwaisted, no matter what fashion may make them long to do.â€"â€"New York letter in Cincinnati Inquirer. Mrs. Carnot. Speaking of the wife of the President of France a correspondent says: “Mme. Carnot is of medium height, olive com- plexion, Roman features. Her carriage has possibly a suggestion of self-consciousness, which may be wholly due to her intensity of eye, an intensity at once to be explained by her deafness. She spends her morn- ings habitually in the privacy of domestic duties. She looks personally after the education of her children. She speaks English with the English governess, Italian with the Italian. She reads the best literature in the hours of seclusion with her husband and friends, and is as well in- formed as he about everything that is going on in the world.” Wisdom for Women. Homely people make the best friends. There never was a marriage in which one party did not impose on the other. To flatter a young woman, ask her about her victims; every girl likes to think she has victims. Nothing pleases a man so much as to see a fine-looking woman who has been mar- ried two or three months. A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a good woman pleases the heart; one is a jewel, the other a treasure.â€"-Napoleon I. There never lived a woman who did not wish she was a man. There never lived a man who wished he was a woman. A sure sign that a girl is going to get marriedâ€"when she sits around working pillow shams and tidies with an initial that is not her own. .â€"_â€"â€".â€"â€"..â€"â€"â€"â€"- Value of Advertlsemcnts. “Do I believe in advertising '1" said a prominent lawyer, a day or two ago. “ Well, rather ; and in the hidden adwrtisement more than in any other. I remember, one day, reading a very interesting story that ended in what I took to to be a pufi for Dr. Pierce‘s Purgative Pellets. I threw down the paper in a rage. Not a week after that l needed some medicine of that kind, and went and bo'ught those same little pills." “ Did I find them good ?” “ Why yes, the best thing of the kind I ever saw, but that has nothing to do with the first question, and I only mention the joke on myself to show that advertising docs pay.” __.._ Prominent People. There is said to be little doubt in Eng- land that Sir Edwin Arnold will be the next laureate. John Burns, the London labor agitator, uses no tobacco and is a total abstainer from all liquors. Be is a very studious man and has collected a valuable library of standard works, largely on political and social economy. Mr. Rider Haggard has agreed to write a book, to appear in 1891, about Queen Esther, for a press syndicate. In order to explore Assyria in search of topographical and archaeological lore he will leave Eng- land before the end of the autumn. Mrs. Annie Besant, the English Social- ist, is a woman of strongly marked features with soft brown eyes and a handsome fora head, from which she combs back her iron- gray hair. Although of slender trains and delicate constitution, she works uncens- ingly. .â€"-â€"â€".â€"â€"â€" At first a little, hacking cough, “ ‘Tis nothing but a. cold," They say, " ‘1‘wi11 very soon wear 011'.” Alas, the story old i The hectic cheek, the failing strength, The grief that cannot save, And life's wan flame goes out, at length, In a ccnsumptivs’s grave. If persons would use Dr. Pierce’s Goldsn Medical Discovery, when irritation of the lungs is indicated by a cough, it would be an easy matter to avort consumption. Be wise in time. The “ Discovery ” is guaran- teed to cure in all cases of diseases for which it is recommended, or money paid for it will be promptly refunded. .â€".â€".â€". First-Class Freak. Dime museum managerâ€"What’s your specialty ? Applicantâ€"I'm the champion writer of topical songs that don’t mention Sullivan. Dime museum managerâ€"Great spoonsl stop right in. Consider yourself engaged for five years. ~+â€" vertisementsâ€"Dr. Sage‘s Catarrh Remedy 50 cents, by druggists. _~*.__ The Romance of Reality. Bessieâ€"Madge was out walking with Charlie and they had aquarrel. Charlie gave her ashove and she fell into the lake. Everybody said she would have been drowned if George hadn’t been there and saved her. She is going to be married next week. Jennieâ€"To George ? Bessieâ€"No ; to Charlie. _...____.__.___.__ Misunderstood. Traveller (from Kentucky) â€" Madame can I get a drink here? Lady of the Houseâ€"Certainly; there’s the well. Traveller (with courtly gesture) â€" Madame, you misunderstood me. I don’t Wish to wash my hands ; I want a drink. Quite a Different; Thing. Old gentâ€"Little boy, I am sorry to see you smoking. Littloboyâ€"I ain‘t smoking it. I’m just keeping it alight for another feller what‘s gone on an errant. .â€"._._._ Eating of large quantities of potatceshas been tried as a means of relief from foreign bodies that have been accidently swallowed. The whole intestinal canal is thus dilated proportionately and the foreign body is carried through. Professor Billroth and Dr. Salzer affirm that many surgical operations might be avoided in this way. Such articles as a twenty gramme weight, a set of artificial teeth and a needle have been successfully removed.â€"New York Tele- gram. â€"The man who claims the right to think for himself should be tolerant toward those who disagree with him. Canon Farrar’s visit to the United States a few years ago apparently im- pressed him pleasantly, since he has sent his son to that country to complete his education. The young man will take a scientific course at Lehigh University, and will afterwards take his degree of civil eu- gineer at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute of Troy, New York. A curious scene was witnessed in Palace‘ ya rd, Westminster, England. A sparrow was picking up the corn which had fallen from the horses’ nosebags, when a mouse appeared and proceeded to dispute with the sparrow his right to the dainty morsels.» A fight ensued, which lasted for some‘ minutes, and then the sparrow beat a re- treat. The sparrow had evidently been injured in the tussle, and for a time was" unable to fly. At last the sparrow flew up, and a cabman finished the incident by kill-- ing the mouse with a whipâ€"Exchange. London’s immense commerce is shown by the fact that during 1888 an average of 216 vessels entered that port every day in the year, Sunday's included, a total of 79,000 ships of 20.000,000 tons burden, car- rying $400,000,000 worth of freight. 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