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rettishness.
My mind was ruffled with small cares to-day,
And I said pcttiuh words, and did not keep
Long suffering patience well; and now how deep
My trouble for this sin! In vain I weep
For foolish words I never can unsay.
Yet not in vain, oh, surely not in vain!
This sorrow must compel me to take heed;
And surely I shall learn how much I need
Thy constant strength my own to supersede,
And all my thoughts to patience to constrain.
Yes, I shall learn at last, though I neglect
Day after day, to seek my help from thee;
Oh, aid me, that I always recollect
This gentle-heartedness; and oh correct
Whatever else of sin thou seest in me!
AN ITALIAN IiOVB STOBX.
In spite of the dense fog that over
hung the snug little harbor of Sorrento,
early one midsummer morning, a score
of men were busily engaged preparing
their boats for trips to the neighboring
towns, while as many fishermen were
drawing their well-filled nets that had
been spread overnight.- Soon Father
Ourato, the worthy priest of Sorrento,
stepped into one of the boats and re
quested to be rowed to Capri as speed
ily as possible.
"Here comes another passenger,"
was the boatman's reply, as a young
girl, with a large bundle under her arm,
hurried along one of the rugged paths
leading to the water, and waved a red
cotton handkerchief to attraot attention.
44 Oh, it is Laurella I" exclaimed the
priest, with a kindly smile.
"Good-day, la Babbiata," cried a
youth from a boat near by, with a mock
ing laugh.
The girl's eyes flashed angrily, and
she drew herself up with proud dignity.
"Are you going with us to Capri,
Laurella ?" asked the priest.
" If the father does not object," was
the humble reply.
" You must ask Antonino; he owns
his boat."
44 This is all the money I have," said
the girl, holding out a small coin.
44 Keep it; you need it more than 1
do," returned Antonino, while he moved
a couple of baskets of oranges to make
room for her.
44 1 do not choose to travel for noth
ing," replied Laurella, haughtily.
, N 44 Gome, child," interposed the priest,
taking her hand and drawing her into
the boat, 44 Tony is a good-hearted lad
and will not accept your money. See,
he hasjspread his jacket for you to sit
upon; he did not show me such con
sideration. But it is always so with
young fellows; they take more pains to
please one pretty girl than they would
for a dozen priests."
Meanwhile Laurella had quietly
pushed the jacket aside and seated her
self. Antonino muttered something
under . his breath as he sturdily plied
his oars.
44 "What have you in your bundle?'
asked Father Ourato.
44 Silk and yarn to sell at Capri," was
the reply.
44 What did that boy mean when he
called you la Babbiata?" asked the
priest, after; a pause. 44 It is not a nice
name for a Christian."
The girl colored and answered, snap
pishly: 44 They make fun of mo because I re
fuse to dance with them and to talk
nonsense, as other girls do. I wish
they would leave me alone; I never do
them any harm."
44 But you ought to be kind and
friendly toward every ond. It will not
do for you to be so cross and haughty
as you were toward the Neapolitan art
ist who asked you to marry him a year
ago."
The girl looked down in silence, and
her eyes flashed. She glanced stealth
ily toward the boatman, who, with his
cap drawn down to conceal his eyes,
rowed on, evidently occupied with his
owli thoughts. The priest caught the
, glance and was silenced. Presently
Antonino dropped his anchor at the
Capri dock, and stepped forward to as
sist the passengers ashore. He took
the priest in his arms and, wading
through the shallow water, placed him
on the dock; then turned toward the
girl, but she had tucked up her skirts,
and with her bundle in one hand and
her wooden shoes in the other had
made her way through the surf alone.
44 1 may stay over night, Tony," said
the priest, 44so you need not wait for
me to return. You, Laurella, will go
back before dark, I suppose?" "
44 If I can," she replied, busying her
self with her clothing.
44 1 shall wait for you till after ves
pers, but it is all the same to me
whether you come or not," said Anto
nino, in a tone that he sought to make
indifferent.
44 You must return to your mother by
all means, Laurella," added the priest ;
"it will not do to leave her alone all
night."
She stooped and reverently kissed
his hand ; then with a distant nod to
Antonino, proceeded on her way.
A few hours later Antonino, who had
aold his oranges and regaled himself at
. the inn, stood upon the dock making
" arrangements for his return trip. Soon
Laurella approached, but hesitated
when she reached the water's edge, and
looked about in hopes of having other
passengers to accompany her. But she
was disappointed, and Antonino put an
end to her hesitancy by silently pioking
her up in his arms, and plaoing her in
the boat. A few strokes of the oars
brought them out upon the bay. Lau
rella turned half way from her com
panion, and seemed less disposed than
.ever to say a friendly : word. For some
moments she remained thus motionless,
with her lips tightly compressed, her
eyes looking out over the water, and her
- manner that of - studious ' indifference?
Presently she tied her handkerchief
over her head to protect it from the
burning rays of the sun, and began to
eat a roll which she draw from her
pocket.
44 Here are a couple of oranges to eat
with your bread, Laurella," said her
companion, holding out the fruit. 44 1
did not save them for you, but they
dropped from the baskets, and I found
them at the bottom of the boat."
44 Eat them yourself. I do not need
anything."
" They are refreshing on such a warm
day, and you had a long walk at Capri.'
44 1 had water, and do not want the
oranges."
".As you pie ise," he returned, drop
ping the fruit into the basket. After
several moments of silence Antonino
spoke: 4 'You might take those two
oranges to your mother."
44 We have plenty at home. As soon
as they are gone I can buy more," was
the ungracious reply.
44 Well, take them to her, with my
compliments."
44 She does not know you, and neither
do I."
Now, this was not strictly true, for
they had frequently met at the village
festivals, and Laurella had been the
recipient of many an attention at Anto-
nino's hands, sometimes accepting them
graciously, and then again' mercilessly
ignoring them and him. It suited her
present mood to treat him as though he
were her enemy. This wounded him to
the quick. He bit his lip, and jerked at
the oars angrily, unconscious of the
spray that wet him to the skin, while
she, with provoking indifference of his
presence, leaned over the side of the
boat, bathed her face, took down her
massive black hair, recoiled it and re
placed her kerchief.
They were alone. Capri lay far be
hind, and Sorento was scarcely discern
ible in the dim distance. There was
riot a boat in sight. A sudden idea
seized Antonino. He turned pale, and
dropped his oars with a determined
air. Involuntarily Laurella raised her
eyes to his face, wondering but 'fear
less.
44 1 must put an end to this," he ex
claimed. 4 4 Your coldness has almost
killed me. You do not know me, you
say. Have you not seen 'how I have
watched for you, longing for one word,
one look, never daring to tell you that
your image filled my heart ? Though
you turned away, and refused to speak
to me, I lovedyou to distraction."
44 I'll have nothing to say to you,
she replied, curtly. 44 1 will never
marrv at all, and do not desire to make
mvself the town talk."
"Do you suppose I believe that, be
cause you discarded the artist ? Bah !
that was a year ago. The time will
come when you will be glad to marry
any one. You will not always be
young."
44 What difference can that make to
you?"
44 What difference to me?" he re
pqated, starting forward. "Can you
ask ? Do you suppose that I will ever
stand calmly by and permit any other
man to lead you to the altar ? Sooner
would I kill you and myself."
41 1 do not fear your threats. I shall
do as I please."
44 You shall not speak so 1" he ex
claimed, trembling in every limb,
44 You are in my power now, and must
do as I please."
44 Kill me if you dare !" she returned,
starting back and glaring at him. ,
44 One must not do things by halves,
The sea is wide and deep enough for us
both," he cried, seizing the girl in Bis
arms. In an instant he relaxed his
hold, for she had bitten his right hand
and blood streamed from the wound.
44 Must I do as you please, indeed ?"
she asked, mockingly, as with one
spring she disappeared beneath the
waves.
Antonino stood breathlessly watching
her as she rose and swam with all her
might in the direction of Sorrento. He
seemed to have lost his senses. Pres
ently he regained the oars, and, in spite
of the wound, overtook the swimmer.
44 For God's sake, come into the boat !"
he cried. 44 1 was a fool ! an idiot !
The demon got possession of me.
did not know what I said or did. For
giv9 me, Laurella, and save yourself.
Come into the boat 1"
She seemed not to hear his appeal.
" You will never be able to reach the
shore. Think of your mother, Laurella,
and save yourself for her sake."
The girl knew that he was right, for
her strength was giving out. Without
offering a reply she turned to the boat
and dragged herself in. . While w 'rag
ing out her skirts she observed he
blood-stains in the boat, and look
with evident concern on the wound she
had inflicted. Taking the kerchief
from her head she stepped to Antoni
no's end of the boat, silently bound up
his hand, without raising her eyes to his
face, then possessed herself of one oar
and rowed toward Sorrento.
Antonino had been asleep several
hours when he was aroused by a gen
tle tapping at the door of his hut.
44 Who's there?'' he asked, as he raised
the latch. The door was pushed open,
and LaureUa stood in the bright moon
light, smiling at Antonino's astonish
ment. . She entered the hut without
waiting for an invitation, and placed a
covered basket on the table.
44 1 have been up to the mountains to
get herbs for your wounded hand," she
said, emptying the basket.
44 You have taken too much trouble;
I d not deserve it. Why do you come
here at such an hour ? Somebody might
see you."
44 1 do not care," she said sharply; 44I
wanted to see you, and to bind up your
hand myself. "
44 It is not necessary," he replied,
ooldly.
44 Let me judge for myself," she sai'd,
decidedly, as she began to open the
bandage.
44 Holy mothdr!" she exclaimed, at
sight of the swollen and discolored
hand. 44 It will be a week at least bo-
fore you can row again."
While she spoke she filled a basin
with cold water, bathed the hand, then
bound on the herbs with strips of old,
soft linen that she had brought. An
tonino submitted like a child. At the
close of the operation Laurella drew a
silvtr cross from her bosom, and, plao
ing it upon the table, said:
44 1 have brought this for you to sell,
because it will be a long time before
you can work, and it is all my fault, you
know. The artist gave me that cross
the last time he visited me, but I never
wanted it. Mother says it is worth
at least two piasters. I will make more
money by extra spinning after mother
goes to bed at night."
44 1 need nothing," replied Antonino,
pushing the cross aside.
44 Oh, you must take it ; you have a
right to it."
44 Bight ? I have no right to anything
of yours. Now go and leave me to
myself." He put the cross into the
basket and opened the door. Laurella
did not move, and large tears rolled
down her cheeks.
44 Good heavens! Are you ill?"
asked the young man.
Choking with sobs, Laurella turned
suddenly and threw her arms around
his neck.
44 1 cannot bear your coldness," she
cried. 4 'Strike me, curse me if you
will, but do not send me from you."
Antonio pressed her tenderly to his
breast
44 Did you think that my heart's
blood all escaped through this little
wound? Do you not feel it beating in
harmony with your words ? But if this
is only sympathy, Laurella, you are
free to go."
4 4 No, it is love. With this kiss let
me remove all doubt, for Laurella
would kiss no man whom she did not;
mean to marry. And now good-night.'
Antonino looked after her as she dis
appeared along the road, and the stars
seemed to twinkle congratulations as
he gazed.
4 4 Who would have thought that this
girl could change so soon ?" Father
Curato asked himself ; "and I had just
prepared a severe lecture for her.
Well, heaven's way3 are not ours."
Argonaut. x
The First Thanksgiving Day.
We reproduce a brief but grfphic
sketch of the first Thanksgiving day on
the American continent. It was in the
middle of November the Pilgrims first
sighted the drearv sand hills. It was
beyond the middle of December, that,
after various explorations, having chosen
their landing place', they began to
disembark. Then they set to building
their village. They reared seven log
c&bins, daubed with mud, and four
other buildings.
Meanwhile death had been busy. The
voyage had been terrible. The time of
year was wintry on that hostile coast,
They were racked with coughs; they
were wrenched with rheumatisms ; they
were weakened through scanty food.
In December six died. In January eight,
In February seventeen. In March four
teen. They had landed but about a
hundred strong. Now, in four months,
forty-four of their number had been
laid away on Cole's Hill.
But the spring began to smite the
winter, and break its chains. In March
warm winds blew gently from the South ,
and in the woods there was the pleasant
singing of the birds. So they turned
their thoughts toward sowing. They
planted twenty acres of corn and beans,
six acres of barley. It was stiff work.
It was all done by hand. They had
neither plows nor cattle. So the March
shimmer of sun light and sun warmth
passed on into the steadier genialness
of April.
All, this time they had one tie still
binding them to the distant country
beyond the sea. Out in the harbor,
with furled sails, the Mayflower had
ridden out the winter storms at anchor,
But now, in this April weather, she
shook out her sails and lifted her an
chor and stood for England.
But not a man or woman faltered.
No one would leave the high enterprise
on whose threshold they were standing.
They watched her from those sandy
shores, until she blent herself indis
tinguishable with the green and blue
of the distant sea and .sky. The day
after that cutting of the last tie, Gover
nor Carver died. He was working in
the field, was seized with a sudden
sickness, and was almost immediately
smitten down.
They were very sore of heart, but they
would not despair. Before they had
started from their Leyden home in
Holland they had looked the whole
thing over, and had said: 44 All great
and honorable actions are accompanied
with great difficulties, and must be
both enterprised and overcome with an
swerable courages." They were pos
sessed of 44 answerable courages." They
put Governor Bradford in the place of
Governor Carver, and held on.
So the summer months moved slowly
along. They were consumed in tillage,
in treaties with the Indians, in various
expeditions to Manhasket, now Mid
dleborough; to Nauset, now Eastham;
Shawmut and its vicinity, now Boston
and Charlestown..
Then the green of summer began to
pass into the autumn gold. They
gathered in their first harvest. The
corn, as the old reoord has it, yielded
well; the barley indifferently good; the
peas were a failure, owing to drought
and late sowing.
Bat, for the voyage over the stormy
sea, for the landing, for the village
building, for protection from the In
dians, for this first harvest, tow ri
pened and garnerad.for their trials even,
binding them closer to each other and
to God, for the hopesr too, shining
above those graves which had made
Cole's hill sacred, they would be thank
ful. So the governor sent four hunts
men into the wood lor wild fowl.
They returned soon, plentifully sup
plied. And then, looking backward
through the year, and thanking God
for his mercies and paitaaiug of his
bounty, "after a special manner" the
pilgrims rejoiced together. -And this
is the story of the first Thanksgiving
day.
TOPICS OF THE DAT,
The venerable Eev. Dr. S. H. Tyng,
of New York, lost his valuable -library
and many household goods in the re
cent burning of Morrell's storehouse
If the papers are to be believed a
shower of spider webs- fell at Green
Bay, Wis., a short .time ago. The
webs, apparently, cameTfrom the upper
air, and coniinued to descend for about
two hours. They varied in size, some
of them being sixty feet long, and
could be seen in the air as far as the
eye could reach. At Vesburg, a village
near Green Bay, the webs are said to
have fallen in such quantities that horses
were seriously annoyed by the filmy
masses getting into their eyes.
An Italian professor has just issued a
ghastly volume on suicide. In all this
world it seems Calabria stands lowest
on the scale of those who are weary of
breath. Norway stands third, and Ire
land fourth. England and America are
very high, and the recklessness and
misery which make life insupportable
reach the maximum in the center of
Europe, from Geneva to Paris, and
through Saxony, Baden, Prussia and
the Austro-Hungarian provinces. The
small German States are the very
highest. Suicide has increased every
where for the last forty years, even in
Ireland, where the figure is so low,
from ten in the million to eighteen in
the million of population, while Eng
land and America have mounted from
sixty-two to sixty-eight, Prussia from
seventy -four to 142, France from fifty-
four to 150, and Saxony, rushes on with
an average of 264. Childless widowers
are by far the largest number on the
sorrowful list.
Malaria, or intermittent fever, form
erly unknown in New England, is
spreading from year to year, until it is
almost as common in Massachusetts as
in Michigan. Dr. Adajns, of Pittslield
in "one of the papers published by the
State board of health, attributes it to
large surfaces of sedentary mud ex
posed to sun and air during a long, dry
season. Its appearance during or after
periods of drought is so uniform as to
forbid its being regarded as a coinci
dence. Sewer digging in the streets is
another source. It is carried to high
and dry localities by the wind, and
while it prevails typhoid fever dimin
ishes or disappears. 44 It is found to be
most active near the surface of the
gronud ; so that even the second stories
of houses enjoy a partial immunity. It
has a great affinity for moisture and is
most active over the surface covered by
fogs. Its spread is retarded by a shee
of water, which appears to absorb it
It is also absorbed by foilage, so that a
belt of trees is often found a sufficient
barrier to its progress." The injection
of rabbits with solutions of the soi
and air of the marshes near Borne
by two Italian professors in 1879 pro
duced the symptoms of malaria in the
animals.
The New York Medical Record says
that Guiteau's delusions proceed from
44 a morbid egotism;" that he belongs
to the"crazy circle," who stand hal
way between the insane and idiotic on
the one hand and the nervous on the
other. 44 His feelings, though brutal,
were not uncontrollable; he was more
vicious than passionate; more coherent
in his deceits than incoherent in his
language or writing, and we get the
picture of a man who is vain, brutish
weak-minded and offensively eccentric.
but not insane." It is curious that lees
than two years ago Spitzka, a German
medical writer, described Guiteau
that is to siy, the type to which he be
longs with almost verbal exactness,
"The general intellectual status of
these patients," , he says, 44 though
rarely of very high order, is moderately
fair. A monomaniac is frequently
crotchety, irritable and depressed. He
concludes that he is a personage of
importance. Some great political
movement takes place; he throws him
self into it, either in a fixed character
that he has already constructed for
himself, or with the vague idea that he
is an influential personage. He seeks
interviews, holds actual conversations
with the big men of the day, accepts
the common courtesy shown him by
those in office as a tribute to his value;
is rejected, however, and then judges
himself to be the victim of jealousy or
of rival cabals, makes intemperate and
querulsnt complaints of higher officials;
perhaps makes violent attacks on
them."
The coming holidays will be more generally
observed than any for many years, and we
would remind our readers that a bottle of Dr.
Bull's Cough Syrup will prove a most accept
able holiday present.
The Emperor William, of Germany, is
growing deaf.
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
Thankgl vi n sr.
Thf custom of giving public tlanfcs
to God for the blessings of the year is
almost as old as history. Three thou
sand years ago witnessed the Jewish
feast of the Tabernacles, with its mag
nificent rituals, ; melodious choirs and
picturesque festivities. The Jewish
nation, to the number of millions, as
sembled in Jerusalem and its environs.
For seven days the families lived in
booths made of the palm, the olivo and
the pine and decorated with fruits and
garlands of flowers.
There were grand processions. Hal-
lels were sung, while lulebs waved, and
the silver trumpets led the stately
march of choruses in the grandest ora
torios the world has ever heard. The
Psalms of Thanksgiving were sung:
" Praise, oh praise our God and King I
Hymns of adoration sing ;
For His mercies still endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
"Praise Him that He made the sun
Day by day his course to run ;
For His mercies still endure,
Ever faithful, ever auro.
"Praise Him forxrar harvest store,
He hath filled the garner floor ;
For His mercies still endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.
"And for richer food than this,
Pledge of everlasting bliss ;
For His mercies still endure.
Ever faithful, ever sure."
It was the harvest feas t. Its glory
passed away centuries ago, though it is
still observed by the Jews in all lands.
Disraeli gives a glowing picture of its
modern observance by the dispersed
congregations of Israel in Tancred.
But the spirit of the day entered into
the harvest observances of most Chris
tian lands.
The Greeks and the Romans had
their harvest festivals; fetes of Ceres,
the goddess of corn and tillage; offer
ings to Diana and to Joye.
But the Greek and the Boman gave
thanks for bloody victories over ene
mies; for contests which flattered their
pride and ambition; for purely materia!
good fortune, such as prosperous crops,
or the passing away of a plague or a
terrific storm. In much the like man
ner the savages of Borneo make loud,
thankful rejoicing over the slaughter o:
oostile tribes or the reception of ma
terial good things which made them
more comfortable.
In the early days of the Puritan
colony at Plymouth there came a period
of sickness, drought and threatened
famine. The people assembled and
prayed for rain. The prayer was an
swered and their crops were saved
Then they appointed a Thanksgiving.
This was the beginning of New Eng
land annual Thanksgivings.
Thanksgiving was meant by its spon
sors to celebrate as much moral aDd in
tellectual as material benefits. And
so at least the most thoughtful and en
lightened, when offering the annua!
thanksgiving gratitude to the throne of
heaven, the evidences of intellectua
and moral advance, the increasing edu
cation, the greater submission to re
ligious ideas, the better accord be
tween nation and nation, and between
neighbor and neighbor, as well as ma
terial prosperity, and the triumphs of
the arts of industry and peace.
Religious Intelligence.
The revised version is being widely
adopted by the Congregationa!
churches.
The Baptists have in Ohio 635 Sun
day-schools, 8,736 officers and teachers.
and 53,248 scholars.
There are in Canton, China, three
Presbyterian churches with a tota!
membership of nearly 400.
. The world's council of Methodists
lately held in London strongly con
demned the practice of traveling on
Sunday.
The "Eev. Mr. Harrison is the revival
ist well known as the "boy preacher,
and is working with success in San
Francisco.
The number of Baptist associations
in the United States is 1,095 ; churches,
24,794; ordained ministers, 15,401;
baptisms the past year, 78,924 ; mem
bers, 2,133,044.
Seeking Forgiveness.
44 Mr. Blank," began a citizen as he
entered an office near the city hall,
44 just one year ago to-day I came in
here and called you a liar. I believed
what I said, and for a year we have not
spoken to each other. Within a week
past I have found out that I was mis
taken, and I now apologize for my harsh
words and express my sorrow that I was
ever led to indulge in such language.'
44 Mr. G.," replied theother, a3 he ex
tended his hand, 44 your frankness be
gets frankness. During the last year
but one you and I were friends. You
borrowed upward of seventy dollars of
me in small sums, and never repaid a
dollar. This last year we have been
enemies, and I am ahead financially.
While I may long to forgive you, I
must look out for tthe interests of my
growing family. Let us compromise by
nodding to each otherjin Sunday-school,
paying our own way outside." 44 Sir, I
shall never nod to you in Sunday
school or elsewhere!" said Mr. G., and
he walked out as stiff as a ramrod and
left the door wide open. Detroit Free
Press,
The agricultural department give J
the butter produot of the United States
for 1880 at 1,000,000,000 pounds, and the
oheese product at 300,000,000.
Leaving out the railroads, the Illi
noisans figure up $754,486,006 in per
sonal and real property.
Forest leaves should ba collected and
used as bedding in the stables.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
News and Notes for Women.
Seventeen women received diplomas
at the commencement exercises of the
Training School for Nurses in New
York.
The movement to provide seats for
saleswoman has reached Melbourne,
Australia, and has been successful
there.
The four prizes offered for designs
by a wall paper manufacturer in New
York were taken by women who, with a
single exception, were amateurs.
Miss Myra Kingsbury, who has had
charge of a church in Vermont for the
past year, has been ordained as a Uni-
versalist minister at Sheshequin, Pa.
During a wedding at Benton, Mon
tana, a few weeks ago; a rejected suitor
scattered a pound or so of cayenne pep
per among the church pews. The stuff
was particularly troublesome around
the altar. There was a general weeping,
wailing and gnashing of teeth. "When
at the critical moment the preacher
asked the bride whether she would
have the groom, she replied: "Ker
choo, lier-choo I"
A Boston firm propose to receive a
limited number of girls from the public
schools, who may desire to become
saleswomen, and educate them, as
boys are educated for business, giving
them one hundred dollars the first year
and increasing their pay according to
their proficiency. They are to be
allowed a vacation of two weeks out of
the time, and every means will be
afforded for their advancement. .
At a wedding in New York one day
recently the bride's youngest sister, a
tiny little girl, and the groom's little
niece headed the bridal procession. The
bride wore white satin, trimmed with
point duchesee lace. Her veil of tulle
was long and full and fastened with
bridal blossoma. She wore solitaire
diamond earrings, the groom's gift.
The bridemaids, including the children,
wore short white dresses and white
satin poke bonnets.
Fashion Notes.
Belts are more stylish than ever.
Feather turbans will be much worn
by young ladies.
Feather head dresses arc adopted by
fashionable matrons.
Bridemaids wear white Gelder roses
and small tulle veils.
Long cloaks have a tendency to ma"k e
young women look old.
Plush is imported f r trimming hats,
bonnets, dresses and wraps:.
The camisard, 07 French refugee
cloak, is considered ery stylish.'
Myrtle green will be the fashionable
color for ladies' dresses this winter.
Large Alsatian bows of moire silk are
worn upon the head both by young and
elderly ladies, the latter choosing black
alone.
Coronet wreaths of pure white or gay
colored flowers will be very fashionably
worn with fall evening tcilets, with the
hair arranged a la Josephine.
Beal silver and also fine steel buttons
are displayed, cut in facets which sparkle
like diamonds and look exceedingly rich
upon street jackets of embossed velvet.
Scarfs, sashes and revers are made of
the new striped and plaided fabrics in
silk and wool. In dresses of mono
chrome color the panel facings, cami
sole, pelerine and cuffs are frequently
made of these bright materials.
Glove3, no matter how long, that but
ton up the arm, are no longer consid
ered in best style. Two or three
buttons at the wrist only are allowable.
The remainder of the glov is in a solid
piece fitting loosely over the arm.
A late French caprice is to wear ear
rings made of real Brazi ian beetles
Another style is that of a tiny bird about
an inch long made of fine, beautiful
feathers dyed crimson and green. The
eyes of the bird are formed of dia
monds. How it Pays to Take a Newspaper.
Some papers are not of much account
as to appearance, but I never took one
that did not pay me in some way more
than I paid for it. One time an old
friend Btarted a little paper away down
in Southwestern Georgia and sent it to
me, and I subscribed just to encourage
him, and after a while it published a
notice that an administrator had an
order to sell several lots at publio out
cry, and one of the lots was in my
county. So I inquired about the lot,
and wrote to my friend to attend the
sale and run it up to $50.
He did so, and bid me off the lot for
$30; and I sold it in a month to a man
it joined for $100, and so I made $68
clear by taking that paper. My father
told me that when he was a young man
he saw a notice in a paper that a school
teacher was wanted away off in a dis
tant county, and he went there and got
the situation, and a little girl was sent
to him, and after awhile she grew up
mighty sweet and pretty, and he fell in
love with her and married her now, if
he hadn't taken that paper, what do you
reckon would have become of me?
Wouldn't I have been some other fel
low, or maybe not at all. Printers
Circular.
A Scrap of History.
Just before Blucher came to the
assistance of Wellington, "an aide-decamp
rode up and saluting the Iron
Duke, said : 44 What is your Grace's
opinion of advertising?" 44 1 think,"
rftnlied the conqueror of the little
Corsican, 44 that an advertisement is a
crood thintr. and its value is srreatlv
enhanced by an occasional notice in
local columns. Let the battle fro on."
The battle did go on, and Napoleon
was defeated.
Falling Leaves.
When the leaves begin to fell
Bound our hearthstones, one by on- -Eipe
with age, their labor done
Dear ones we have loved eo long
TLriiling message, borne to all,
44 Ye are moving with the throng."
When the summer foliage fades.
And the year is gray and old;
Forma of beauty growing cold,
Faith may triumph over all . i
There's a land death ne'er Invades,
Where the leaves shall never falL
J. W. Barker.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
A nightgown is nothing but a nap
sack. It takes the butcher to make .both
ends meet.
The man who was itching for office
was elected, but it was by a scratch.
The bootblack is an affectionate little
fellow. He takes a shine to almost
everybody.
Poles may not be proud at home, but
they are getting 44 stuck up" all over
this country.
44 Indeed, sir, I would box your eara"
(pausing, reflectively) 44 but where
could I find a box large enough V
14 Ah, doctor, back from the Adiron-
dacks? "What luck did you have?"
No luck," growled the doctor; " I was
there for a week, and I never killed a
thing."
The acme of politeness was reached
by the Nevada mining superintendent
who posted a placard reading: 44 Please
do not tumble down the shaft "
44 Oh, that I were "Wilkle Collins V
cried lazy Jim. 44 And what do you
want to be Collins for?" chimed the
other fellows. 44 Because," yawned
Jim, 44 his physicians have ordered him
to abstain from all work for six months."
A little girl went timidly into a shop
the other day, and asked the shopman
how many shoestrings she could get for
a penny. 44 How long do you want
them-?'he asked. 44 1 want them to
keep," was the answer in a tone of
slight surprise.
A New York man spent twenty-eight
year3 trying to teach cts to talk, and
four died under his treatment during
that time. He was a heartless lunatic,
and should have learned wisdom of the
cat. It is a very poor cat that can't
teach a man to say things at 1:30 a. m.
that he would never think cf daring
business hours.
44 There, I believe everything is to my
mind," sail a housewife as 6he dusted
the last fleck of dust from the bric-a-brac
on the mantel. 44 Then you can
think of absolutely nothing to add to
the completeness of the household?"
inquired her husband. 44 No-o-o. Noth
ing. Except perhaps a wealthier hus
band." And they hadn't but just Ivgua
housekeeping.
Let the dear kitten out of the bag:
Georgie, aged four 3 ears, was playing
with his toys when his cousin Mar;, of
sweet eighteen, seized him and gave
him a kiss. , Georgie broke a -ray, cry
ing out: 4i Sauce-box 1" 44 Qb, fie," said
his mother, 44 Georgie mustn't say that."
Georgie: 44 That's what Cousin Mary
said herself to that Tillington m in last
night when he kissed her.
Two men disputed about their powers
of endurance, and one said testily to
the other: 44 1 bet you that I can hold
my legs in boiling water longer than
you can." 44 Done," said the other, and
the steaming water was brought. In
went, the legs, No. 1 with an air of defi
ance, No. 2 with an edifying serenity.
10. 1 began to wince, No. 2 called
calmly for the newspaper. ' No. 1 began
to find it intolerable. No. 2 smiled at
the humor of the paper. 44 In heaven'a
name 1" at last exclaimed No. 1, ex
asperated by the heat of the water and
the coolness of his antagonist, " what
is your leg made of ?" 44 Wood," sen
tentiously replied the other.
Duelists' Dinner.
Dinners are not often given on such a
peculiar occasion as one given a short
time ago in Pesth. A noted 44 fire
eater" celebrated in this way his
twenty-fifth duel. No man was invited
who had not fought at least twelve
duels. The only guest from Great
Britain and Ireland was the O'Gorman
Mahon. It was a scarred assemblage.
The guests bore tokens of their favorite
pastime in slit ears and noses, scarred
cheeks, and hands short of the common
number of fingers. The host was' espe
cially distinguished by the number and
variety of his permanent and insepara
ble decorations. It would not be hard
to find a similar dinner party among
students in Germany, where attend
ance at dueling meetings is made more
compulsory by the students than at
tendance at lectures is by the professors.
Prince Bismarck himself, when at col
lege, earned the sobriquet of the fight
ing student from his constancy and
success in dueling.
A Tailed Race.
Humors of a tailed race of men living
in the interior of Borneo have often
been heard, though probably no one
seriously believed them. Carl Bock, a
recent traveler in Borneo, was, however,
assured by some of his native compan
ions that such a race really did exist in
the interior somewhere about the upper
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that, tempted by a large reward, one of
his native guides undertook to visit the
territory of the chief of this so-called
tailed race, and the result was that the
chief, feeling insulted, made active
preparations for war. It seems that the
suite in attendance on the sultan of
Fassir is known as his " tail peop'e,
and out of this it can easily be seen how -
all the rest would arise. .