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i I 1 STILES. For tins Ladle* to Read. uvcrmtngmg center drapery will be con tinued. The Greek style of drapery will be favored licit season. Paris bonnets are consipcuous for the ab sence of feathers. Tlie vest fronts are much longer than those worn last season. Only a few days more and the fall fashions will be established. Black lace this season will bo used only on black drosses. GamcVs-htdr sooas display smiling combi nations in colors. The style of arranging the hair at present tends to smoothness. Gr-iat ingenuity is observed in the display 0f embroidered goods. Foulard eUkb are selling very cheap. The tints are very delicate. Swiss and linen Hamburg trimmings are at remarkably low prices. The coining season promises much that is gay in the world of dress. The pannier will, no doubt, increase in siae as the season progresses. Vostx, detached and simulated, are made of bright-tinted materials. Ti first importations of the season are more than usually attractive. Short promenade suits are accepted in Paris, and we shall go and do likewise. For full dress toilets, lace made of gold and silver thread wiil be much used. The imported bonnets and wraps are orua menteJ beautifnilywlth garnet beads. Narrow, upright collars, nicely truncated from the throat, hare a showy effect. Elegant millinery ornaments are Roman lizards and beta of bright and dead gold. Ornament^ sf the greatest antiquity are considered the most fashionable at present. Fancy coverings for the head are made of navy blue Spanish lace with Cardinal border. Aristocratic wedding dresses this season will be made of white barege over white satin. September brings forth the first indication of what the seasonable fall modes will be like. Hose with insteps embroidered, are prefer red to those that have clocks, and especially for slipper wear. Trimmings of all sorts have grown into fa' vor, and the coming season bids fair of giving a surfeit of dress adornings. Ladies are slowly becoming conscious that the cut-away jacket and waistcoat is not at all becoming to slender ligures. Ladies now embroider their wide silk belts in the brightest colors. The^e belts are an ornament to black anddark silk dresses. Araon the large variety of slippers worn this season, those of black velvet, perfectly plain, are the most desirable for the house. Coat sleeves are still the chosen shape for all ordinary costumes, and the mode with gathers at the elbows is much liked tor silks. The English coat of honi'Vpuu cloths, with velvet collars and cults and pockets, is the jaunty and comfortable-looking wrap for early fall. There is a great furor for ribbons hence a cheap toilet can easily be made to look quite dressy by the addhion of several ribbon bows. Exceedingly bright hues in every style of bonnet garniture have been accepted, and the result gives to the beau momlc singularly gay ehapeaux. The colors of the seaaon take names from the precious and semi-precious stones, being designated as ruby, sapphire, amethyst, emerald, garnet, topaz, &c. Ribbon bows, with long flowing ends, are fastened on the left side of the waist. In fact, bows of ribbons will form one of the chief dress granitures of the season. Fashion this fall will permit of the wearing ofstraw bonnets until very late of the season. White lace will be worn on light as well as dark and even biack dresses. Smooth surface goods will be more worn than fancy bouretted patterns. Persian tint3 will be seen in many dress patterns, and par ticularly in mixed fabrics. Traveling cloaks for autumn sojourners are ulsters of English homespun cloth with three Carrick capes, double-breasted fronts, and a belt that crosses the back but not the front. Bonnets have grown. The fail modes in millinery show a decided gain in the size of hats and bonnets. Straws, richly trimmed, will be among the first chapeaux for early seasonable wear. Novel cravats, quite iike those worn by gen tlemen, will grace the neck of fashionables. These cravat's are tied in a neat bow in a somewhat prim style. However, they "will take," since th' are novel. The novelty of the season in millinery is the high flaring bonnet, a reproduction of the style our grandmothers and great-grand mothers used to wear. They are tied on with a broad ribbon passing over the crown. Pmibroidered garments will be imported f. next season. This fashion of dress beau1 tifvlng is all the raro in Paris, and hence we have coming to us embroidered lace, bands, materials or all sorts richly embellished with exquisite needle-work. Ribbon two inches wide, known to milli ners as No. 12, will be much nscd for trim ming bonnet? and for strings. These ribbons are reversible, being plush or velvet on one side and satia on the other the sides do not ditlcr in colormerely in fabric. Fall dressing will present much that Is gay ir: expression. The dash of glowing colors, such a* ruby, currant and garnet, will meet the eye at almost every turn. Of course, there are other tints that will be favored, but the above dyes will figure most conspicuously. Felt bonnets will be worn agaiu, as they are too popular for medium dress hats to be willingly relinquished. The beaver felts with long nap are yery handsome, and are also becoming. White beaver felts will be much used by young ladies lor full-dress and recep tion bonnets. Oil-boiled Scotch ginghams are a fall novel ty in elegant dressing. This goods come in a variety of bright patterns perhaps the Rob Roy will be the most favored. Gingham cos tumes will be handsomely trimmed with vel vet, and mostly made after the kilt model the vest and sash, also cuffs and collar, are made of velvet. Another very handsome fabric is velvet la mine, or with tinsel groundwork, showing brill tant lines or dashes of color amid the rich black pile. Th".re are dashes and dots of gilt, silver, or cardinal red, ot pale blue, and of green, lightening the black velvet very effect ively, without giving the tawdry appearance tinsel produces when used in large masses. The old-time underkerchiefs willfiirure this fall in mode toilets. This neat bit of dress adornment consist-, of white linen, mull and Swiss, placed in forme of a surplice around the throat, and extending about twelve inches over ihe neck and bust. This style of dress is designed excluisvely for the house, yet it may be seen on our promenades during early autumn. Red is the prevailing color in millinery goods, and i-j shown in various shades. The Jacqueminot is' most often seen, and has more of the Majenta shades than that worn last season next comeS Thiers red, which is darker, and the Bordeaux or claret red, dark er c-till. The grcnat, or garnet, is a familiar shade, and Cardinal has more scarlet tints than formerly, resembling the dull Egyptian and Fompelan red. The hew blues have pea cock sivjdos, and. arc dull, like turquoises These are called gena-d' armes Mac, and dif. ler from the clear nattonale and sapphire shadeR. The stylish green is so dark that it js mistaken for black. The brown shades are red hazel, seal and felt-color, which is drab. Brocaded velvet has quaint irregular fig* ures, partly of cut audpartly of uncut velvet, mm sgpgggssss: ahowing the satin groundwork in the spaces between. This is imported to white for dress bonnets, in pale blue and in Jacqueminot. Still another novelty is the corduroy velvet with curled pito in the stripes. This, like all others mentiGwd, has the lustrous satin back, which Is now preferred to the silk-back velvet so long in use. This is called satin pekln by the dealers. For trimming bonnets a novelty Is bourette velvet with an irregular fleece and occasional knotted threads. A gr&at dea* of--plain plush is shown for cover ing tko framtivf bonnets. This will be stylish In, black, with a gold ov else Jacqueminot trimmings LILIAN CHURCH. A JtxtruordluiMi.'y 4Jlvl U'Koni .1 Slot WitH in Jtfrance. From Chamber's Journal. About thirty years ago I was finishing my education in a French yemion, where there were three other English girls, mostly qualifying themselves for teach ing French. I was the eldestNof j^x/isisT*^ AYX- J^^r\) /LJL, the sot, and was then about 17, and beginning to think with joy of getting home again, and away from French fare and fashions. One day, to my surprise, there came a summons from madame, and it was with some trepidation I obeyed it but need not have feared. "My dear," the said, looking at a letter in her hand, "I hear to-day that I am to expect a young lady named Lilian Church, one of our countrywomen, not actually as a scholar, but a boarder, though she will join some of your studies. She is 18,and is betrothed but tier doctor judges well that, in the meantime she should have a perfect change of scene. To you, as the eldest,l must look to show her what kindness you can for I must tell,you there are peculiarities about her, and you must prevent your companions noticing themat least to herself." Here was a piece of excitement for us, in the midst of the usual school-iife monotony! It may be imagined how we four girls discussed the matter, and won dered what there was peculiar in our new school elbow. We shared a common bed room, where we expected to have another bed introcluced,aa there was ample space, What, on the contrary, was our surprise to find that Miss Church was to have a small separate room opposite ours, and our greater surprise, a workman made his appearance, who put strong iron bars on the windows and a padlock on the door. Here was romance indeed. Evidently Miss Church must have made an attempt to elope-, nothing else could account for such strict surveilance. We could scarcely settle down to anything the day she was expected, and awaited her appearance with the greatest eager ness. One of the girls, Francis Grey, had just reported to us that the gentleman who had come with Miss Church had driven away, when a message came to say madame wanted us all. As we entered the room all our eight eyes turned to the new comer before madame had time to introduce her and hand her over to our care. She was perfectly different from what we had expected, bearing not a trace of English birth about her. She was very fully developed, and of medium height, with a face rather broad, but with hand some features. Her hair, of which she had great masses, wasjei black, and shetrances had large dark eyes with a most peculiar and weird expression. I short, it was a thoroughly Italian face and we found out afterwards that Mr. Church, her so called uncle and guardian, had picked her up in italy. He was struck with the picturesque beauty of the chiki, who was playing on the doorstep, and ascertaining that she was a fondling, and that her fos ter parents could ill afford to support her, had adopted her himself. After a few commonplace sentehees had passed, madame asked me if I would go and assist Miss Church to arrange her things, which I accordingly did, she in the meantime sitting by and looking, on We were thus occupied when, looking, at her, I saw her face suddenly assume the most curious expression all light seemed have died out of her eyes her form became somewhat rigid, and she began speaking in a low tone, but rapidly and fluently, in French. I was much alarmed but at that moment madam entered to see how we were getting on. On catching sight of Lilian's face, she murmured to me, "Hush! Don't notice it. She's a somnambulist, and falls IDto these trances at times. I suppose she ha-* the dread of us foreigners on her mind. Whatever you do, do not rouse her it might be fatal." But madame, her eyes are open."1 Yes, my dear they always are in such a case." And then madame, think ing it best to let me know the real state of the case, though warning me not to let Lilian know about it, told me the circumstances under which this young girl was sent to school. For many months the peace of Mr. Church's bouse had been greatly disturb ed by a suspicion that there w:as a thief among the servants. The things which disappeared were of no great value, and all belonged to Miss Churchpincush ions, brushes, articles of clothing but though safe at night in the morning no trace was to be found of them. At last the mystery was solved. Miss Church, who slept at the top of the house, had a friend a few doors off who slept on the same floor. One night this friend was roused by a tapping at her window. With wonderful presence of mind she opened it gently, and in climbed Lil ian Church. She had clambered all along the ledge at the top of the house: but how she had escaped death no one knew. Of course, after thi3 her window was secured, and.she was watched and it was discovered that she had herself got rid of her things by going down at night in her sleep and burying them in the gar den. Upon the further discovery of her pe culiarity, an eminont doctor was con sulted, who prescribed perfect change of air and scene and the society of joung companions. I doubtywhether madam had any idea of the tafflic she w,is undertaking. Cer tainly, it she hoped to keep Lilian's'Con dition a secret confined to two or three, she was disappointed, for this strange girl used to fall into these trances at all hours of the day. The most remarkable part of the case was that, although she was downright stupid, and deficient of in telligence when awake, as soon as she fell into these sleeps she became quite re markably clever. After having heard her fluent conversation in the bed-room I was greatly surprised to find that she could hardly speak at all whsn she had been roused from that trance and we had gone down to the rafeetoire for supper. He French was ot the very baldest English school girl possible. Happening, howev er, to fall asleep some days latter over a Frenoh lesson, to the astonishment of our teacher she began to speak with ease. In one of those trances one of the girls no ticed that the top of her thumbs-or rath er, not quite the top, but the part just opposite the nailwas black. She took hold of her hand, and touching it, said, "What's the matter with your hand, Lil- an?" Lillian snatched away her hand, cry ing, "Oh don't you hurt my eyes!" Wo noticftd after this that all reading whilst in these trances was conducted by means of the thumbs her eyes fixed on vacancy, she would sit passing her thumbs from line to line of the Dook. The lessons thus learned were never re membered in her waking moments, but always came back in any succeeding trance. Thia peculiarity has seemeel in credible to most people who have heard it, and indeed is incomprehensible but it is in all respects neveitlieless true. She used sometimes to play the piano in these trances and altnough when awake she could not play better than a child of eight or ten years of age, she performed very fairly iu her sleep indeed had it not been for the thumb difficulty, she would have played very well but she had to twist her thumbs in a peculiar manner, to prevent touching the black spot through which she seemed to see. Still inore extraordinary were her drawing powers when asleep. I have still a portrait of herself done in one of these trances, and one nicht she drew in crayons on hor door an exquisite figure of an angel. Although when awake she could not remember the events which had taken place during her trance, in her trances she solved the difficulties of her waking moments. One night she was much provoked at the appearance of a bonnet, sent by her milliner, as far too small for the fashion of those days. When sho woke the next day, 3he found that she had got up in her sleep and altered the bonnet most skillfully by Jetting in some cardboard covered with black silk. It was quite a common thing for her to go to bed with her masses of raven black hair down her back and to find it most elaborately plaited on waking the morning and I have known her to alter articles of wearing appsrel in her sleep. She also seemed to haye a gift of second sight. In one of these trances she was noticed to be in very low spirits and at last to burst into tears. On being asked the cause of her tears, she said she could see her betrothed in London flirting with another girl. Shortly after came a letter from her guardian with suck accounts of the young man's behavior with the girl of whom Lilian had been jealous, that the engagement was broken off. She told most of our fortunes in her sleep but in rnj oasc. I am bound to con fess, without success. Whether she wasing more correct in regard to herself, I do not know. She foretold that she would be killed by a fall from her horse at the age of thirty. But it seemed unlikely she would live to that age if her som nambulism continued, as after these she often had the most fearful illness, both heart and brain being effect ed by them. One of the worst of these came on after a trance she had fallen into at church she walked, still asleep, out with us afterwards, but unluckiy woke in the Champs Elysees, and was so terrified that it was with difficulty we got her home. When at length we did so, sheinto had a terrible illness, from which she was scarcely expected to recover. She had the best physicians in Pans, and they one and all declared hers to be the most wonderful case of somnambul ism heard of in the present generation, with oueexceptionthat of a young man, the particulars of whose story, however, I I do not know. The disease (for such, of course, it was) was accounted for by them as the result of an oyer amount of orain, causing consequent pressure. She may be said to have had a brain for wak ing purposes, and one that acted when she was asleep. What one brain knew the other did not. Evidently the sleep ing brain was the cleverest. The waking brain lacked intelligence. While the sleeping brain was active she was in a state of somnambulism, and could do things that could not possibly have been attempted in her waking moments. Her condition was,of course, unnatural it was diseasedvery curious and unhealthy. The cleverest, doctors in Paris who were consulted could do nothing tor her.. What became of this extraordinary girl after she left school I do not know, quite lost sight of her, and have done so for a quarter of a century. But ifl her por trait often reminds me of her. I is in water colors, somewhat coarsely, bu" clev erly drawn, and gives a good idea of her. Her massive braids of hair it especially exhibits to perfection she wore it in a coronet over her head, in a stylo peculiar to herself. This picture has,"however, a disagreeable impression upon those who look at it, from the fact that the eyes seem to follow you wherever you go. For ourselves at school, I cannot say whether we felt most fear of our unu sual school-fellow, or most curiosity about her, a curiosity which we were always able to gratify in her sleep. She was con scious herself that she often said things in those trances which she would not have said when she was awake, and used to beg us not to repeat to her any ol the things she had said to us, which, however, our natu ral sense of honor would have forbidden us from doing nor indeed did we take any unfair advantage of her peculiarity only, when she was inclined to talk in her sleep, we were content to listen, and gath er some portions of her unusual history. "Hellen," said the deep-chested Hec tor as lie sat, one evening, on the front doorstep and wiped the perspiration from Ids mighty brow: "Why is'this weather a godsend to the beleagiircd and starving sons of Troy?" "Fhat's that yer givin us?" said the ox-eyed Hellen, with a pi quant French accent "Shure, and because it'll melt the hoBta of Greece," and sweet was the ripple of her silvery laugh. "Not much," answered the son of Priam, as ho ordered up a fresh gallon of ice water, "try again." But Helen said she' must go home and sew a button on Paris' white vest and could'nt waste her time fooling with conumdrums. "Because," said the ewiftfooted Trojan, "because," they can get all the bacoD they need by just going out ifi the sun." And then when Hellen saked him to explain he boxed Astyanax's ears forlaughing and went into the house mut- rr\/\ n/vi/ikA /t)\.j/^f DEFECTIVE PAGE tering about the stupidity of "these blast ed foreigners.".tfortetVjA Bulletin. THE PAWNBROKER 'S SHOP. One of the most curious and interest ing of the many strange ways of making a livelihood, is the business of the pawn broker. The business world looks upon it as a pursuit of doughtful respectability. The law recognizes it as legitimate but the police know it is well to scan the con tents of the pawn-shops and keep an eye on their customers. In the forlorn train which pass, daily, in and out beneath throe prophetic giled balls, mingled with honest poverty and misforturo, are criminals of every class and grade of crimo. Hands from which blood-stains have been hurriedly washed, pass over to the keeping of the pawn broker, gold watches and chains which will never be redeemed thieves bring here, tied up in dirty rags, rare heir looms of old family silver gamblers and bunko men change hero their spoils, which they have fleeced from the unwary country man, into dollars and cents pick pockets part, here, for a trifle, with val uable pocket-books whose contents they have emptied here, too, are gathered lost valuables of every description, for which an owner was never sought. Of those whose shadows darken the pawn-shop, and whose lives cast a deeper shadow up on the house which they inhabit, the vic tims of intemperance form no small pro portion. To the pawn-shop they stagger in their half-crazed, drunken wanderings, bearing some little ornament, the last of many which once brightened their homes, or some cherished toy, torn from the very hands of their little heart-broken children, who can scarcely lisp the words of father or mother. From the window of my office on South Clark street I can see a pawn-shop in the next block, and from time to time during the dya sit at my desk I catch a glimpse of the pawnbroker's customers. To anyone who has not observed them closely they may appear but little differ ent from the men and women who go in and out of the shoe-store which is the next door beyond it to me there is a peculiar ity which stamps itself upon tb.eni.so that I can guess with almost a certainty who of the passers on the street are to be the pawnbroker's customers. Let us watch the pawn-shop together from my window, for the next customer. It will not be long. Oh! There is one on the oppisite side'of the street a young man who i3 walking slowly along, BOW and then casting furtive glances across at the pawn-shop, and gathering courage to face the passers by who shall see him enter it. He has evidently been some time out of work, and is forced to seek the only aid which proffers itself, until he can find something to do Presently there is a lull in the travel on the street, taking ad vantage of it he quickly passes over, hold down his head, and enters the shop. Here comes another, a woman with a bundle under her sbawi. She pauses in front of the shop, looks up and down the street, and steps to the edge of the side walk as if waiting for a car or 'bus. A policeman passes by and tabes his posi tion on the next corner, ,nd she moves on until a more favorable opportunity pre sents itself. In the ..crowd which now jostles along is a ragged street boy of ten or twelve years. He is just stepping into the shop when he catches sight of the blue coat on the corner, and dodging again into the crowd he slips from sight the first alley. This singular shy ness about entering his shop is the pecu liarity which I have noticed as marking the pawn-broker's cutomers. Curiosity recently led me inside of this shop which had so long excited my in terest. It was, undoubtedly, with a sim ilar appearance to the others whom I had watched from my window that I ap proached it, and perhaps with similar feelings I entered it to get a glimpse of its contents, under the guise of inq hiring the price of a chess board displayed for sale in the window. The pawnbroker, a little old Jsw, with short, curly black hair, and a very hooked nose, came at ouce from a small room in the rear of his shop as I entered. The chess-board was produced and purchased, aud while it was beiug wrapped up I looked aoout me. One of the first objects which caught my eye was a very handsome pocket Bible, bound in'*Russia leather. I twas one of the very last things I should have expect ed to sec ifr a*pawn-shop. It must have betsn..*awn!d Yes, there was a pawn ticket beside it. "Is that f/C\/ /V 'de for dale," I asked. The pawnbroker took it down and looked at the ticket. "Yes, was forfeited a week ago." There seemed to be a kind of exulta tion in the manner of the pawnbroker as he handed the Sacred Book to me. I may have been all my imagination, and it may be that he really did exult in the thought that the Gentiles would even pawn their Bible to a Jew for money. took the book and opened it. One of the flyleaves had been torn out there was no writing obout to tell to whom it once belonged. The leaves opened of themselves to a leaf which had been turned down. The place was the beautiful fourteenth chapter of John. The first three verses were euclosed with a pencil mark, anel on the margin was written: "When you are in trouble, Ellen, readthese precious verses." There was no name to tet wnether these words had been written by a ten der mother, or a faithful sister, but the loving advice had been unheeded. Beneath a show-case was a smalt plain gold ring which I asked permission to* examine. I was an engagement ring, and on it was engraved the word Mizpah." Why was this precious em blem of plighted love thus rejected and despised? Where were HOW the soft whispers, and tender caresses, and prom ised love which gave it its value? Was he faithless or was she false? But no Answer came to these thoughts which crowded into my mind, and I placed the broken promise and forfeited pledge back in its resting-place. By the side of the ring lay a lady's gold neck-chain, snd an empty locket. The giver might rec ognize the gift made years ago, though she would never see in the poor wretch ed woman who brought it hero, the rosy cheeked happy companion of her girl hood's golden days. What a load of mis fortune and sorrow and want must have crushed the heart of that wife before she consent to part with the wach of her lost eailor-husbahd, whose long voy- IMIMIII age will never land him again on a earthly shore. Who can weigh the grief of the patient, suffering, toiling mother before she could bear the thought of parting with these tiny little shoes, in to which baby feet had scarcely found their way? While I was looking over these articles a young man came into the shop with something under his arm. He called the pawnbroker aside, and then pulled out from beneath his coat a violin. The two then entered into a discussion as to its value. To prove the worth he claimed for it the young man played several fa miliar strains, and then as if overcome at the thought of parting from it, he sud denly stopped playing and without a word farther of argument took what was offered him, and after exacting a prom ise that it would be kept safely for him, quickly left. "Your business prospers best when times are dullest," said I. I can't sell my goods in a dull time any better than anyone else," replied the pawn broker. But you make the most from the un redeemed articles left with you." "ivTo. It is only once in awhile that anything very valuable is forfeited." I turned to go out when the pawn broker, thinking perhaps to make an other sale, called me back. He went in to the little roorti at the rear of the shop, and, unlocking a small safe, took from it a box and brought it out, saying If I could only get a few more like this, the business might pay." Opening the box he took from it a jew el case iu which lay a beautiful pin and ear rings, each formed of delicate chains: of golct linked together by a coronet of large pearls, which was crowned with a lustrous, sparkling diamond. "But it will be redeemed, won't it?" I asked. The pawnbroker chuckled low to him self, and shook his head, and feasted his eyes upon his treasure. "There is no danger of that," he replied at last, and, fating one of the jewels in his hand, he held it in a ray of sunshine which crept into his dingy shop. Are you quite sure the owner won't call for it?" "She is dead,'' he answered again, chuckling softly as he reassured himself that his treasures would never be re deemed. "If 1 should purchase them I should be afraid the Iriends might elaim them some time," said I, anxious to find out their history. The pawnbroker took from the bottom of the box a card on which was written in a delicate feminine hand the name of a young actress whose grace and beauty had filled one of the theaters of this city with her admirers, less than a year ago. These beautiful jewels had then flatbed and sparkled in the bright foot-lights as she danced and tripped smilingly over the stage. But what a change is this! The little old pawnbroker was the only witness of this the second scene in the poor girl's life. The curtain rises on the third and last scene in the morgue of an Eastern city. All in one short year. As I pa?s out of the pawn shop the gilt lettering on the window of "Eorf cited pledges always on hand" has taken another meaning to me. It has grown broader, and deeper, and sad der, in its significance. Could the pawn broker but gather all the forfeited and broken promises of the world, into his pawn-shop, how much brighter and hap pier this world of ours would be.Chica go Standard. A. SHOCKING MTSTF.KY, Two Dead Bodies Discovered in the Woods Near Tnd-ianajtolis. [Indianapolis Special (Sept. 22) to Chicago Tribune.] The horror of the Guetig-McHugh murder had not yet been dissipated when this community was shocked by the discovery of a crime as much more atrocious as the former tragedy was worse nary violations of the law. This afternoon Marshall E. Palmer, a farmer living west the city, while walking along the banks of a creek near his house, was asMiss sailed by a terrible stench. A search for the source discovered the naked bodies of a woman and child, the latter only a day or two old. who had been cruelly murdered. Extraordinary efforts were made to hide the crime. Neither body had a stitch of cloth ing on, and they were buried in a hollow covered by an immense log, the whole lying in the midst of a thick underbrush. Several persons must have been engaged in the work of preparing the hiding place. There was a hole in the woman's head sufficient to have caused death, but whether other violence was used could not be determined owing to the advanced state of deoompositio of the bodies. They had evi deni: been buried for two weeks. A thote Horrible sight than they presented it would be diffl cult if notj| impossible to imagine. The bodies were brought to the oity and an inquest begun. Nothing tending to clear up the mystery haa been discovered, but the officers are making every effort to investigate it. This is the most horrible crime recorded in the annaje of Indianapolis, and vigorous measures will bo taken to ferret out the guilty parties. it 1 A Sentry on Duty. Next to being a galley slave, the most disagreeable and monotonous existence in the world must be reserved for a Ben try on duty,and the sentries at Berlin are most especially deserving of commisera- I tion. There are in the lirst place, more of them there than there are anywhere else, two beiug invariably posted at tin door or evury embassador and minister of state, and their saluting duties are exceed ingiy arduous. The moment an officer appears in sight, a sort of clockwork movement takes place. Each sentry turns his head to POO whether his comrade is ready, and then, simultaneously and mechanically, both raise their muskots to the saluti ng point, in which position they hold them as long as the officer is visible. There are various degrees oi sa luting, according to the rank o{ the in dividual saluted, aud the most elaborate form of all is, of course reserved for the members ot tno royal family. These august personages, however, grow some times weary of their honors and it is a standing order that if a royalty wave his hand to the sentry, the salute is to be dispensed with. lilns will be so exact in his ques tions that it is difficult to answer him He reads in the morning papers about a man who fell into the river"His name ""i^iniiiminn^w was not ascertained," and innocently in quires, "If his name was not Ascertained, then what was it?" i FENI AN EXILES. KnthuHiastic Reception of Condon an Melady After Eleven Year* of Confine meat in an KnjcliHh PHaonA Substan tial Purse Being Rained for the Kxiles NEW YOBK, Sept. 21).The released Feniar prisoners, Edward O'Meagher Condon and Patrick Melady, arrived to-day on board th* steamer MoBel. The reoeptioD committee, among whom were Col. Richard fi. Burke, Gen. Barke, O'Donovan Bossa and Capt. Ahr, ami many othons, assembled On board the revenue cutter Sherman, which was given them for the occasion by the government, and proceedec down the bay to meet tbe released patriots. They took them on board at the quarantine and a scene of the most stirring character took place. The exiles were warmly embraced by their fellow-countrymen who had ausembled to welcome them to America. Both Condon ant1, Melady looked wonderfully strong and healthy considering their recent release after an im priaonment of eleven long yeara. They wer delighted beyond measure at the cordial recep tion which was granted to them. They were soon landed at the Battery and thence con veyed in carriages to Sweeny's hotel. The news of their arrival spread and throughout the day the hotel was thronged with persons desirous of grasping the hands of the exiles. The committee of Nationalists, through Michael Darett, presented them with a Ion" ad dress of welcome, which naid: In behalf of the Irish Nationalists we con gratulate you on your release from British prisons and welcome you to New York. In the dock your mauiy bearing reflected credit on the ch,use. In prison your conduct was marked by dignity, good Bene and courage. We feel proud to acknowledge you as men deserving of the respect and sympathy of your countrymen. You have been made the victims ot special vengeance and malignity, and for eleven weary years you have wuffered mental and physical tortures in English prisons and have been classed with the vilest criminals to make you feel disgraced as Irishmen. We enter our protest against the attempt to degrade patriotism into a crime. Both Mr. Condon and Mr. Meladv made a brief address, and returned their cordial and heartfelt thanks. Another address was then presented to the exiles by the Philadelphia Celtic society, through Mr. Howe, and it extended ten thou sand welcomes to the exiles, whose exalted and heroic action in tbe stronghold of the arch enemy deserves the highest commendation of the present and future generations. No public demonstration or parade will be given, but a substantial purse is being made up for tha patriots. KTT.IVgn A. SEBPEST, Terrible Encounter With a Deadly Dion \ng Viper in DarJc Room. [Altoona (Pa.) Tribune.! A terrible calamity befel Doctor Paul hamus and his lovely and accomplished daughter Eleanor, Tuesday evening, in Wil liamsburg, Pa. It seems that a couple of weeks ago two tramps captured a pair of enormous reptiles, which the Doctor pro nounced to be of thai deadly species known as "blowing viper." The doctor, having a desire to contribute something that would commend itself from this district, purchased the reptiles, intending to forward them to the Zoological Gardens in Philadelphia. Biding their transportation the snakes were placed in a large glass jar, the top being carefully secured by a covering of wire gauze. The jar was then placed on an elevated bracket in a remote corner of the doctor's office. Last evening the doctor and his daughter were returning from a vLo.it to the country, and the doctor having occasion to make up a prescription they both entered his office, the doctor lighting a lamp. And now comes the tenibie denouement. A large owl swept in through the transom above the door, and flew with the speed of an arrow against the lamp, knocking it over and scat tering the oil and broken glass in every di rection. The bird seemed frantic, flying and dashing in every direction, while a gen eral crash of bottle and glasses was heard on every side. Meantime tbe doctor had lit another match, but just in time to receive I his daughter, who sprang with a wild cry to his arms in the. darkness he gathered"hia darling in his arms, and in a moment realized the situation. The owl had dis lodged the jar from the bracket, and the vipers were at large. Speedily he groped his way, calling loudly for help, which, the hour being late, was slow to put in an appearance, than ordi They seemed slow, but scarcely five minutes elapsed until full a dozen ladies and brave men were on the spot. No living hand can indite the horrors of the next few minutes. Eleanor, who had'been insensible since she sprang to her father's arms, was now being cared for by tha ladies, when one simultaneous shriek almost froze the blood and paralyzed e: ch nerveyet not all! It was Thomas Luh'.'s hand that seized the glittering reptile by the neck and choked its fearful fangs apart. It had bitten the lady midway between the ankle and the knee. She was now carried immediately to her home, where every known antidote for poison was administered by her frantic lather, but all to no avail. She died at half-past six o'clock this morning. After taking the poor unfortunate yonnq lady home one of the men, knowing ti ere had been two snakes, returned to the cilice and soon despatched the other. An examination showed its two large fangs missing. This led to the con jecture that possibly the doctor had been bitten. A hasty return and clo=e examina tion resulted in finding the fangs in the thick leathers of the doctor's boots, who, being so alarmed for for his daughter, had not the slightest knowledge of being struck. The corpse of the young lady has swollen to enormous dimensions, while her complexion is in harmony with the spots and general coloring of the snake. The larger of the snakes measured four and a half feet, the smaller four feet. They are pronounced bj our old people the largest of the species. I was the shorter one of the two that oit ttu yoruic lady. Ko Place Fo a Weary Sinnrr. A prominent citizen was observed short time since sitting on a beer keg in front of a leading saloon, apparently ex hausted to the last degree. Another happened along, and, with considerable concern, asked what was the matter "I've been to church"," sighed the wcarv one. "No!" ''Fact Brit time in eight rears, though. Vfbew:" l'What church did you goto?" "The Episcipple. Whew!" 'What the devil ails vou, man!" "Well, it ain't no place for a man to go that puts in a week's hard work and wants to rest on Sunday. What with the gittin' up an" kneeliu', an' bendin one's back and fttraighteniu' it, an' chip pin' in to help the pardon out, a feller might as well put in an hour an' a haU at a gymnasium. It's too much like work." Then the two prominent citizens wen into the leading saloon and played pedr and hoisted beer for five hours withou, getting a bit tired.