, PRKAM1N0 IX THE TRENCHES. '
ooino mccasb
I nl4ure l.sr them in the quaint olJ room.
Where ihe fading lUrllnlit atari and talla;
Almoin the twilight' tender gloom,
With the ihuluwi that duoo on tho ihmlit
wills. .
Alone; while tbo fa I'K.k iileiitly down
Kmm their anliqiMfmnni in , .niu rejoee
fitiaht holarl? Kulpli ill hil Oxford go"". ,
Ami tuucb Sir Allan, who died for Moul
roK!. Thra are wllunu gay iu crinuwn and gold;
There are smiliug beauties with wwdrwl
But aha ii li there, fairer a thou.iu.nd fM.
Leaning dreamingly hack in her low arm
chair. And the roat-uto shadowa of fading light.
riuflly clear, ileal o'er the luir jrung la;
Vhero a woman tendernean hleml to-tnght
With the g'lilelwa pride of her knightly race.
Her small hund. lie elad In a Ultima way
On the old nmanw, which ha holdi on her
Of TriJiii!,"' the hraveat ol knighli In the fray,
And "Jx ult," who waiti hy the lounding a.
And the proud, dark rye wear a aliened look,
A li waU'hea the dying emheri fall;
IVflnklielrnamof IhekniKhta in the book,
IVrliaja of the picture that amile on tho wall.
What futKirt I wonder are thronging her
Wain.
Y her cht-eli flunh wurin with crmifon
glow,
Perhap itht me, how foolish and vain!
Kill I'd give my life to believe it an.
W-ll, whether I ercr reach home again,
To ollir my lore and aitaiuloaa name,
Or whether I die at the head of my men,
I'll be trueU) the end all the aarnel
n loyk with as idiot.
1 do not mean by the singular Lcadiog
of my article that falling iu leve with an
idiot is at all an unusual occurroaco;
ml I Jo not mean to hint some dogreo
of idiocy in notalways aa attendant upon
ono of those parties in the "affaires da
our;" nor will 1 cjntradJet tho cynic who
aid thut all people in love aro idiots. I
only mean to state a low dry faota, tome
of which aro woll known to people horo-
ft W Ay a
la tho autumn of tho year 1815, tho
elaid inhabitants of tho county town of
Fayette county, Ponu., wore act to gos
siping by tho arrival of a young lawyer
name,) s , who announced tho inten
tion of settling in that town. A flno per
son, genial manners, groat industry, and
more than ordinary talonts, act off and
graced by singular modcHtv, mado H
highly acceptable to the villagers. Hav
ing influential relatives in Washington
and Hamsburg, Pennsylvania, his com
pany was much sought after; but, like a
aafo youth, ho buried himself in tho du
ties of his office, apparently careless
about tho attractions of society of monor
women.
Iu ouo of his visits to Washington, he,
one flue morning in April, left tho pol
ished circles who formed littlo eddios
about the elegant wife of President Mad
son, and turned tho head of the horses
upon which he rode toward tho Potomac.
Paiwing the battle ground of Bladenburg,
he esino, after a rido of an hour, to the
end of tho littlo bridge mado ao famous
Ity tho attack and success of tho English
Admiral C'ookburn. The day was sultry,
' and, stopping before tho door of rather a
tastef ul cottage, he Hung tho bridle over
tho fence, and walked down tho littlo
path to a well which stood iu tho yard.
Looking over the houso, nothing human
eould be seen except a pair of deep blue
eyes, whioh peered from an upper story
window curiously dowu upon him, Boom
ing to watch his motions with grout in
terest. Looking at her more intently,
ho beheld tho fair, rottud face of a very
pretty girl of about aoventeen sunimors.
Hhe hsd liht hair, regular features, and,
although more thanusually prepossessing
the lawyer might have gouo away, as ho
came, heart free, if it had not been for
omething in tho blonde's deep blue
eyes which made Uis heart bleed.
"Young lady," aaid he, "will you as
aist mo in getting something from which
to drink? This woll is deep, and if I
hould drown myself in attempting to
doseeud for it, it will not add to the at
tractions of tho water."
Tho head disappeared from tho win
dow, and in a minute the plump figure
of tho girl appcurod at a stdo door with
a cup, and placing it in tho hand of the
barrister he put his lips to tho edge of
tho vessel, and peering ovor its rim at
tho beautiful girl he diank a long
draught. If he had boon impressed with
Ler beauty before, now, when her figure
was displayed iu all its captivating
graces, bis heart beat more loudly than
fiver. Every bullet has its billet. Young
8 bad passed unhurt through whole
battel ies of bright eyes at ashiugton,
to be wouuded beyond help by an acci
dental shot from tho eyes of a country
ass at a woll!
The girl walked rapidly into the house,
leaving Mr. 8 at the well, who
mounted his horse aud attempted flight.
lie rode a few steps aud returned. Tho
same fuce at the window; the same blue
eyes, seem iug to watch him with curious
interest.
"Young lady, will sou have tho kind
noKS to iuform me of the name of tho
Rtrntlcman who lives in this house?"
A long, curious look from tho girl.aud
no auiwer.
"1 am a respectable gentleman. My
ttauie is S , and I ask Ilia name inuo
ceutly and honestly."
Again no answer, anJ again the lawyer
turned his borse'a head away from the
cottage, mutterlug:
"Confound it I I feci very unhappy !'
That nhsht was a long ono, and the
nest day La mounted the beaat, and with
vouchers of hit respectability, presented
himself again at the feuoe, determined
to throw himself at the feet of the girl
ad know bis fate. Throwing himself
from his saddle, he walked boldly np to
tho door, and, kuocklng, a faded gortla
aaan appeared aud in grave and diguifled
tones, aitked hia business. Upon placing
the letters in his band,tbe boat asked our
viailor iuto a sitting-room, furnished
more elegantly than the outward appear
aurce vi uie nonse would seem w indicate
aod atked bis business.
"May I ask, sir, if that young lady
whom I saw yestorday, sitting at the
window, la your daughter?
"It ia my only daughter, air, left to
sua by my sainted wife, who baa ascended
Mil waits my coming.
"I infer from your garb and address
air, that you are a clergyman 7"
" in me ciuea, aud tao old man
gravely, "I would be called by that
name. Indeed at one time I held tho
ocoupanoy of Holy Trinity church, Phil
adelphia; but my failing health render
ing me incapable of porforming the ar
duous duties of a large parish, I resigned
my post and came here to assume con
trol over a small flock, and at tend to the
health of my daughter."
There was aomethlng indisonbably
aoleum in the face of the clergyman as
ho uttered those last words. After a
pause he continued:
"Msy I ask to what I am Indebted for
tho honor of this visit?"
With more vehemonce than be bad
ever manifested in hia life, the young
lawyer rapiily related the event of the
day before, winding up bvthestatemont:
"I propose immediate marriage to
yonr daughter, providod the young lady
will have me."
The father bowed his head and looked
sad. . , ,
jfr. 8 ," ho said at length, "do
you know that my daughter has not a
pennv in the world?"
"I want to marry the girl for herself,
not for hor money," said the lawyer.
"Do you know," aaid the aire, "that
my daughter's maternal grandrarent
waa hanged during the Revolution ?"
"Why do you toll me of her grand
father'" aaid the lawyer angrily. "I
love the girl, and would marry hor if all
her grandparents bad boon bung since
the Hood I" . ,.,
Now there was a shade of pain, like
the flit a disturbing cloud over the faoo
of a calm sunset, csmo and went over
tho old muu'a face. Twice he placed his
hand on tho rod spot on his sad faoe, he
sighod deeply, and after an effort, ho
looked long and solemnly in the eyes of
his visitor, and in solemn tonos remarked:
"Your language, your letters and your
earnestness satisfy m that I am address
ing a gentlemun. I dare not treat your
honest lovo rudely."
The old gentleman paused and again
tho aolcmn flashes of sadness came over
his face, while be looked as if he wore
surveying tho long, shadowy past.
"I iiuvo not always, young man, been
buried, as you seo mo, iu this romoto
place. I lovod onco, and the woman I
loved now wears the orown of martyr
dom. At the bidding of hor Lord she
sacrificed tho luxuries of her elegant
homo to follow the footsteps of a poor
priost, who followed his Master. And
in tho labors and the loneliness of this
place she laid her life on the altar of
sacriflco, leaving mo with a desolate
heart and thoirl whom you love. I
have never doubted," added the old man,
with fervor, "that He would cure for
hor." , ,
"I will give her position, wealth and
everything that nionoy can buy," ex
claimed Mr. S .
"Do you know that my daughter is an
idiot? Como this way. young man.
Tho lover followed his futu
future fathor-in-
law ii n a Ilk' lit of stairs.
"Look at your bride," said bo, point
ing to a figure upon the floor. Half re
clining upon the floor and playing with
a doll, was tho object of his attraotion.
The lawyer approached the girl aud, with
the familiarity which sincere love only
can give, reverently lifted the mass of
beautiful but sonsoless beauty from tho
floor, and placing it revorently upon a
ohair, and placing his hand upon her
forenead, looked long and intently down
iuto her deep bluo eyes. Alas! Hhe re
turned' ono look, as men look at things
they do not understand. It was all too
true. Tho barrister was Rooking at
vacuity.
For a moment tho lawyer sighed, as
strong uiou sigh but once iu their lives.
"I wish to speak a momont with you
alone," said H .
"Wo can speak hero. Sho will under
stand no more tliot tho deud."
The two geutlomon parted at a late
hour that evening, the faces of both palo
and wot.
When tho snows of the next winter
were whitening tho Potomac with foam,
H and bis brido stood before tho
ultnr ol Dr. O'Bryon's church, in Wash
ington. Ho looked ton years oiaor, mo
sense of an uuoarthly trust and responsi
bility was consuming him. When tho
ceremony was ovor, the bridegroom took
bis wire in bis siroug arms, aa miner
would tako a child, and wrapping his
cloak about her tenderly, placed her in
the oarriace. He stooiied over her and
imprinted ono kiss upon bor loronoad,
"It is tho first ." said he. "and it will be
tho lust!" He had loved but once, and it
waa the Inst,
Tho travoler who loiters for an hour in
the miaint old town of Fayetto, may see
the remains of an old garden at tho rear
of one of tho most comfortable bouses,
ud he may . see tho slight bars which
surorund a pretty window at tho rear.
Here, surrounded by all that money and
.i.t.1.1 In,., liv,iil fni fni-t.v vAura thn
child-wife of a I rilliaut lawyer the wife
of a man who was appointed District
Attorney by Prosuleut Monroo.and who,
from 18'21 to 18'27, from 1U to 1H30,
and from USUI to 1817 eight terms in
all served as Representative in the
Congress of tho United States. Strange
that iu his strong honest heart, at a time
of life when passion and desire hold the
ascendency, that Ibis man should devote
his flue mind, his money, his all, to the
care of a beautiful idiot. Ho secured
tho attention of two Christian ludies(one
of them an old flame of his), aud nothing
that could add to the comfort of the
singular wife was withheld. Duriug his
labors aa a statesman, the husband
always hastened back from Washington
bis hands full of toys aud trinkets, am
would ait upon tho grass and amuse
her.
Some years ago, tho child-wife now
grown old and gray, but atill plousaut to
look upon waa carried from bor bom
to the place where the grass grows in th
church-yard, and often, at eventide, the
villagers see au old man, witu stooping
figure and furrowed face, bending bis
sU'iva toward the little church iu the
calm summer evening, and arranging
with his hands the flowers which bloom
over the grave of the Idiot Wile.
Thnrlow XStti ttta UU Sweetheart.
. "When I was working in Coolers
town." Mr. Weed said, "1 and two other
yonng fellows were arrested for insulting
some gins wuue govg noma irom maei
Inev 1 waa never more innocent of any
thing in my life, but I had do friends'
and waa threatened with jail. Suddenly
man whom I did not know stepped for
ward and gave bail tor me, and a lawyer
whom 1 bad barely seen offered to serve
me aa counsel. My trial came on and
the air la completely einonorakd me
from having anvthing to do with it. A
year or two after I foil in love with Cath
erine Ostrandor, of Cooporstown, and
ma.Tid her, and a better wife no man
ever had. It was ten years before I
found out how I Lad been defended.
Mooting the lawyor in Albany I asked
bim. 'Why.' said be, 'it was Cather
ine Ostrandere work.' Hhe had fe t
rather shy and bad not told me in all
that tirao. But the next year that law
yer was rurpriso.l by being nominated
and elected Attorney-General of the
State. Not altogether because be bad
interceded for me; he was just tho man
for the place. I very raroly had o man
olectod or appointed to ofllco for reasons
personal to mysolf."-l.ochester Demo
crat. .
Hands but not Claws.
The hand of the finest lady should be
able to clasp with tho full fervor of
friendship, and pull a child oul of dan
ger; and a hand upon which no depen
dence could bo placed in an emergency
is by" no means a credit to man or wo
man. The notion that any lady's hand
should be of this kind, is in the real
sense of the word, vulgar. Delicacy is
delightful, but weokness must either ex
cite pity or contompt, according as it is
Helf-imposod or not. The Chinoso man
darin allows his nails to grow till they
resemblo claws, priding himself upon
this evidence that he never did, and is
incapable of doing any manly work;
and many ladies cultivate their hands to
suggest the same notion. It must bo re
membered that the longer and more
pointed the nails, the more they are bug
gestive of claws. This is increasod by
the polishing of them. Surely it cannot
be in good taste to recall our animal ori
gin at the expense of human capabilities.
The Oreeks, who accentuatod all pecu
liarly and distinctly human characteris
tics, carefully avoided pointing the nails,
though no Darwin had shown them
whnnnn tha nail came: thov also rcjooted
smallness of hand, audi as tho ideal of
modern taste domand. Proportion and
fitness wore to them ruling principles,
outside of which they found no b nuty.
Hands are no more beautiful lor ueing
small than eyes are for boing big; but
many a modern girl would bsk ner iairy
godmothor, if sho had one, to give her
eyes as big as saucers and hands as small
as those of a doll, believing that tho first
nannot lm too larse nor the lost too small.
Tiny feet and hands are terms constantly
UBed by poets and novelists iu a mum
misleading manner. It cannot be possi
ble that they are intended by tho writers
to express anything but general uoncocy
and refinement; but a notion is eucour
aged that results in the destruction of
one of the most boautifnl of natural ob
jects tho human foot. This unfortunate
notion, tbat the oeanty oi ine iooi uo
ponds npou its smallness, leads to tho
crippling of it till it becomes, iu many
cases, a bunch of cripplod deformity. It
is a most rcprebensiuio pracuce.auae re
volting to good taste and good senso, to
ut the foot of tho growing girl into a
ioo that is not only too short, crum-
olintr tho toes into a bunch, but, being
pointod, turns the groat toe inward, pro
ducing deformity oi general euape ana,
in the course of time, inevitable bun
ions, the only wonder being that steadi
ness in bUndim? or any grace of move
ment at all is loft. Tho Niuotoenth Cen
tury.
War ou tho I'ortct.
I had supposed until latoly that women
IxH-amo squat aud dumpy in middlo life
of increasing corpulence, lint it seems
now that there Is auothcr cause, wbiou
is in itsolf a warning that young ladies
would do well to take to heart, ibe
last number of the Nineteenth Century
says that tight lacing and tho coustant
use of stiff cornets so weaken the muscles
and cartilugos of tho back that in course
f time tho body sinks and tue woman
becomes squatty. It recommouds as a
substituto for tho oorsct a tightly fitting
Jersey, mado stiff about the waist. We
.. . I.-,-
an Know tuoi young jaiiios simpiy
snuoeze themselves into corsots for the
sake of appearance They imagine it
looks better than if they went without
them. Perhaps it does just now to our
perverted taste; yet I havo soon many
New York girls in bathing suits without
corsets, and they never looked better in
their lives. Tho corset should be entirtly
iliscarded. aud very Boon no one would
notice their absence, and women would
wonder why they ovor endured them.
Few mcu wear boots nowadays, aud yet
fifteen years ago no pantaloons were
thought to set proporly without a boot
ing beneath. Corsets are injurious to
health, and are a fruitful source of (lis
oase. Brooklyn Eaglo.
Au 0:a Dlrertlon.
'I'm going to send my boy to your
gallery to have his picture takeu," said a
druggist to a photographer. "Think
you can get along without mo r
"Woll, 1 should say so, was the con
fident reioiudor.
I m not so Buro of tbat. ion u bnd
him a tough customer to manage; how
ever," ho added reflectively, "I can put
directions on the bottle, and ha bade
tho puiuled photographer good day.
iu duo time tho druggist s boy. a mis
chievous vounsster. visited tne photo'
graph gallery, and the artist found him
indeed hard to manage, lie exhausted
all the knowledge of the known devices.
for keeping the boy qmot, and invented
a host of new ones, but in vain; finally
be remembered the apothecary a odd re
mark about the directions, aud upon in
spection he found pasted npon the back
of his neck the legend: "To bo woll
shaken before taken."
Acting at once a.d rigorously upon
tho suggestion, he succeeded in intimi
dating the boy and obtaiumg a picture
He had Bet Becoratrd.
The first thing that is done with
prisoner ou hia arrival at the workhouse
is to give bim a bath. The other day a
prisoner id tue police court was asked by
Judge Highloy if be had ever been scut
to the workhouse.
"Well," replied the prisoner, "I waa
deoorated once.
"What do you mean by 'decorated? "
inquired the judge.
Received the Order of the Bath;
don I you understand?
The order was duplicated. Cincinnati
Saturday Mght.
Slippers with straps, or strapped ahoes,
are lor elegant bouse wear.
Service
Maggie Lucas, a mare that wont
through three years of the hardest ser
vice of the war of the rebellion, is 31
years old. The roan-j
tardy little animal are dee ply streaked
with gray-, he has lost the sight , of I he
left eve and is somowhat deaf, but she is
.nil IivbIV in tha barnvard as
most animals twenty flvo years her
junior. Maggie Lucas is a historical
mare. She was ridden by Joha H.
Whallcn through all of the daring raids
of John II. Morgaa, and for three years
was ridden in the courier servico, the
most toilsome and dangerous branch of
war servico. Hor owner, Mr. Whallen,
paid tho old mare a state visit the other
day Mnd spent an hour amid the reoolleo
Hons of the past end in resuming tho
almost human intimacy that onco existed
between the intelligent animal and him
self She was found at Mr. Miller s farm,
five miles from tho city, on the Eighteenth-street
road, whero she has been
kept in ease and comfort for years, and
where she will remain until doath claims
her gallant spirit. At first ahe did not
recognize her old moster (who was
wrapped up in a heavy overcoat) arid
frisked away from him with the spirit of
a colt, but with the heavy movement of
age in- her limbs. But when sho was
cornered and he callod her name in her
ear, she looked up quickly, aud theD,
recognizing the well -remembered vo-.oe,
laid her head along his arm and stood
gentle and quiet while be patted hor
head and talked ol tho adventures they
hod seen together.
Mr.Whallen obtained the mare in 18G2.
He was at that time a boy of 14 years,
and had boen in the service a year. Ho
was a courier and had many a long and
rapid rido to make, but tho gallant maro
never was sick and Beemed never to tire,
going all day long in a "lope." She was
in all the fights aud skirmishes in Indi
ana and Ohio and Kentucky, and was
ridden away by her owner iroin uran
villo, Tenn., on the day that Morgan was
betrayed and killed.
At the close of. tho war Mr. Whallen
surrendered at Mount Sterling and,
wishing to keep his mare, ho left her in
the country, and after surrendering his
arms returned to hor. He waa arrested,
however, at Lexington because ho had
not surrendered the animal and she was
confiscated. He mado every effort to
keep trace of her; determined to bny her
as soon as ho made money enough. In
this he was disappointed, as she was sold
and he could not find her. Years passed,
and ono day while he was standing on
the river bank at Poitland, ho saw a col
ored man ride his msro on tho ferry
boat. He recognized her at once, and
hurrying down to the boat, walked np to
the colored man, who was astride of her,
and said:
"Uncle, you've got my liorso there,
sure.
"Bloss vour soul, honey, said tho old
man, "1 ve bad this mar nine years, auu
bought her in the bluegrass.'
"Well, sho used to be mine, persisted
Whallen; "that is, I think it is the same
mare. If it is. she won't carry doable."
With this he put his hands on the
maro's rump, and she kicked vigorously.
"And," continued Mr. Whallon, "this is
hor name, nnd he called out botimd uer:
"Maggie 1" In an instant tho mare
whirled around, almost unseating her
rider.
Mr. Whallen gave f2b' and a side
saddle for tho mare, and used her for
his buggy, iuen, as
sho got old, ho sent her to the country,
where ho pays $8'J a year bord for her.
For a long time he had difllculty in pay
ing his own board, but the maro wai
nevor allowed to suffjr, and ho intends
to kcop ber in comfort and ease until
death ends her life.
If Masrgie Lucas is alive in Jane she
will bo takon to Lexington to the reunion
of Morgan's command. Nearly every
soldier kuew hor and her boy rider woll.
When sho dies, Mr, Whallen intends to
have the frame aud hide preserved, and
will keep them in remembiaaco of ber
faithfulness and intclligonoo. Tho
funeral will be a memorial occasion, and
all of Morgan's men will bo invited to at
tend to hear the oration of some one
capable of doiug justice to so suggestive
a thomo. Louisvillo Commercial
Deception In Feet.
That lady has very small feet!" re
marked a reporter yestorday to a promi
neutBhoo merchant, who had just per
formed tho fitting process cu a pretty
foot with a French shoe.
"Small!" exolalraed tho merchant.
"Well. I should romarkl she wears a
No. 12. misses si-e. though a Ao. J, la
dies sizo, would come nearer the mark."
'Bather a tight squcezo, suggested
the reporter.
Not uuusual. l will tell you some
thing, though you need not use it in the
paper. Nooity iu the United States is
so renowned for ladies with small feet as
San Francisco; and why? Because in no
other city do the ladies, its a general rule,
ho punish themselves as to crush a o. a
foot into a No. 3 shoe. Why, ladies
como bore and call for No. 2 shoes, and
after a gallant struggle they give it up
and ro out oomplacently in fours and
even fives. You see this climate affects
feet more than any other in tho world.and
larger shoes are ream re I here tban in
New York or Paris, whero shoes cau be
fitted that cannot be worn here, owing to
the o imalic action, due to a lack of
chancre in tho atmosphere. Of course
we could never make our oustomers bo
lieve this, so we resort to the artifice of
producing number three shoes from a
number four last, and they are thus
saved the shock of knowing tho increase
in sizo of their feet gear."
"Do ladies require special lasts in the
manuiaoture of shoes to order? in
ouired the reporter.
"Sot always. While there is no diner
ence in tbo anatomical construction oi
the foot. I find that the daughters of
wealthy families do not give sufficient
exercise in youth to their feet, which
grow slender and fail to develop a high
instep and a strong, clastic ankle.
"Do you sell many French ahoes?''
the reporter asked.
"French shoes P was the reply ; "why,
it a nearly all t rencu. and, young man
you can aay that more French ahoes are
aold in this eity ia a day than a day than
are sold in the United States in a month,
Just think of it. There are half a dozen
establishments in San Francisco that
import shoes direct from Paris, and there
ia not a store in New York city that
The Bterj or a Mare that ifl
la the War.
makes regular Importations ' of French
''"They are rery popular here," was
""Po'putr ? Oh, yes, though they are
the most absurd thing imaginable, and
for cramping ladies' feet into all conoeiv
Lhlashanesof deformity
U;Zl00go
or JJJU b1i06
hftontinu
ians.
and holding it up
for inspection, be continued: "You ace
the uppers are very narrow mu wi
point. This heel, you will obsDrvo, is
placed two inches above the counter and
made ridiculously high. By this decep
tion a No. 3 bIioo measures No. 10 misses
size from heel to toe; bo, by crowding
the foro part of her foot into tue poiutea
receptacle, and biding the remainder in
the counter, back of the heel, a lady
stands on her toes and the instep, which
rests over tho heel of the shoo. Now,
tbo average size of tho ladies' feet of Son
Francisco require a No. 3 shoe, which,
by having the hoel in the middle of the
foot, makes the deception thot conveys
the idea of a small foot. Yod only see,
however, about as much ol it as you
would of your own if you pushed it
into a boot leg aud stood on your toes."
"Now, here is a sensibio enoe, no
said, and a large, broad shoo witn low
heel was exhibited. " tuese run as uigu
ts eights, and are mostly worn by fcast-
urn ladies, from Chicaffo or Cincinnati,
whero they are famous for 'big feet.' I
am satisfied that eventually broad shoes
and low, flat heels must prevail, for the
injurious effect of the present stylo may
not yet be felt; still the tieiormity ami
suffering entailed will compel a descent
frnm ihe airv hicht of French heels to a
common level for the bottom of the foot,
and then look out for astonishing rovola
tions in the size of our ladies' feet."
San Francisco Chronicle.
FASUIOX MTKs.
Sleeves havo a tendency to bouffant
tops.
Linen collars are straight clerical
bands.
Heolsoftho most fashionable shoes
are low.
velvet basaues grow more and more
in favor.
In Paris shoes and stockings must
match tho dress. . ,
We will have another season of em'
broidery and lace.
Nun's veiling is too pretty and ser
viceable to lose favor.
Dark tan is the favorite color for
gloves for street wear.
The combination costume retains its
place in spring styles.
The evanescent fashion of Bilk under
olothing has disappeared.
All wool cheviots promise to bo very
popular for early spring wear.
Large square neckerchiefs have almost
taken the place of fichus.
White and tinted laces trim house
wrappers and house jackets admirably.
Little girls of seven or eight wear silk
Jersey waists with skirts of the new
checked velvet.
Opera hoods are mado of while or
black lace over nuilted satin of some
bright color.
A very pretty dress for a small child
is made of baby blue. The plaited waist
is cut in points for short skirt, worn
over embroidered skirts of white.
Tho latest fashion demands that tho
hair be dressed in the simplest style pos
Biblo. The small Psyche knot at the
back of the head is kept in place by a
hundsome comb.
Polonaises that are very full on the
hips and tonrnuro, yet are drawn back
plainly on the sides, will bo made of the
large-figured foulards, to wear over skirts
formed entirely of puffs or longthwise
pleats, or oovored with ruffles of the
plain goods.
Ihe Oldest Tree lu the World.
Tho oldest tree in the world, says
Knowledge, so far as any one knows, is
the Bo tree of the sacred city of Amara
poora, in Burmah. It was planted 288
B. C, and is, therefore, now 2,170 years
old. Sir James Emerson lennit gives
reasons for believing that the tree is
really of this wonderful age, and refers
to historic documents in which it is men
tioned at different dates, as 182 A. D
223 A. D., and so on to the present day,
To it," says Sir Jamas, "kings have
even dedicated thoir dominions, in testi
mony of the belief that it is a branch of
the identical fig-tree under which Uudd
ha reclined at Urumelya when he under
went his apotheosis." Its leaves are car
ned away as streamers by pilgrims, but
it is too sacred to touch with a knife, and,
therefore, they are only gathered when
thev fall. The king oak in Windsor for
est, England, is one thousand years old.
Gccrgla Aphorisms.
Black sheep hide mighty easy in the
dark.
Better keep de rockin' cheer in de lof
till Sunday.
You can t coax do mormn glory to
climb tie wrong way round de corn-
stock.
Smart rabbits go home fo' do snow done
fallin'.
Cussin de weather is mighty po
farmin'.
It takes heepa o' licks to drive a nail
in do dark. Atlanta Constitution.
"I can't hold this baby any longer,"
called out the young husband and father.
It s petting too heavy. "1'snaw, Ed
ward 1" replied a muffled voice from the
other room; "you used to hold me for
hours and never oomplain, and the baby
is not a feather compared to what I was."
"I was a fool, said Edward, and she
was too sleepy to dispute with him.
A farmer in Madison county, Virginia,
rho has gone into the peanut business,
last spring planted one-fonrth of an acre,
from which be dng eighty-seven bushels,
and after fattening twenty hogs had
twenty bushels left. These he sent to
the mill and had ground and bolted.
and says that the meal makes the moat
delicious batter-cakes be ever ate.
They are now telling a story about a
Chicago girl who insisted on throwing
her shoe after a newly-married couple.
The carriage is a total wreck, the doctor
has the bnde and the horse under treat
ment, and large numbers of men are
earcning me ruins tor tue groom.
unan.
' ,'ononr.cra. y )
America is the best oustomer for it;.
mingham gnnmakers. '
Three-fourths of all Gorman bni. i.
brewed from potatoes. ' , , v
Horses flourish in a oold climate. Tin.
sia has nearly 17,000,000.
The test of I good orange is said in i,
its thin skin bqJ heavy weight. .
Pennsylvania ia one of the few Rti,t.
without a State board of health.
Fishing is called angling LeoausA
many crooked stories are told about it.
An Iowa printer ia still type sticking
at the age of ninety years, and works
daily. , .,
Dr. Ott has learned . that the rattla.
snake's tail makes sixty vibrations a
second.
If is is truo that "cleanliness is next fn
godlinoss," then soap mast be next to
prayer. .
Many a poor fellow gets a lift to th
other world through the agency of the
eleyator.
There are thirteen grounds for divornn
and the next legislature expects to' ring
in cold feet.
Tho one railroad in all Greece is fivn
miles long, and each mile of it took a
year to build.
Tho homestead of the late Senator Hill
of Georgia, which cost $20,000, has been
sold lor so.ouu.
A valuable deposit of mica, mixed with
copper, has boen discovered in Bucking
ham county, Va.
A ludy says that the difference between
a silk dress and a calico gown is material -ii.
n nr '
The droppings of sheep are much more
concentrated and valuable than those
from any other domestio animals.
A Romanite apple tree on a farm in
Georgetown township, near New Albany.
In !., is eight feet in circumference.
Some of the enthusiastic declare that
by the ensilage system at least 50 per
cent, is added to the value of the land.-
It is reported that about a dozen
desperadoes were shot or hung in Weeks
ville and vicinity last week' by vigilants.
It was Thomas Corwin who said that
the best course of study for a law
student would be two years' service on
the jury.
If our religion is not true, we are
bound to change it; if it is true, we are
bound to propagate it. Arohbishop
Whately.
It is suggested by a lady tkat the
reason thoy suy "her" and "she" when
they speak of ships is that they are so
very docile and obedient.
It is related of the famous Spanish
banker, Don Jose de Salamanca, who
died recently, that in 1858 he gave a sin.
gle dinner that cost $90,000.
The governor of Kentuckyit is said,
pardoned in a year and a half 505 persons
for murders, attempts on life and prepar
ations for taking life or liberty.
The late M. Gambetta's father has kept
every letter that nis son ever wrote to
bim, even in childhood, and he contem
plates publishing tho collection.
'Take up the oross and follow Christ,"
is an old condition of disciplcship, but it
a condition which has not changed
with changing time. Dr. Raleigh.
Pies date back to the time of tho Ro
mans, and originally iroui ricardv.
Some of the original pies are said to be
still on sale at the railroad restaurants.
The first Jew who has been honored
with the title of Docotr of Divinity from
the Union Hebrew Colloge, of Cincin
nati, is the Rabbi Eppenger. , .
A southern correspondent of the Har
ford, Conn., Times says that there aro
threo seasons in Florida the orange,
vegetable and invalid ; the latter pays the
best.
A regiment of troops and two men-of-
war have been sent to Cantania, Sicily,
to quoll an outbreak which arose from a
change in railway rates for carrying sul
phur. The prisoners in Dublin charged with
the assassination of Cavendish and Burke
are furnished meals from a public house
and a stranger calls weekly and pays the
bills.
A friend of ours recently endeavored
to excuse himself from serving on the
grand jury on the ground that he was
color blind, and, therefore, couldn't try
a negro.
A person having asked how many
"dog days" there were in a year, re
ceived for an answer that it was impos
sible to number them, as "every dog has
his own day. .
Great Britain has no less than 1C71
generals in hor army, but only 250 of
them are in active servioe. There are
probably half a million in the civil ranks
of this country. ' .
A man who crossed the Atlantio for the
first time said he did not think he was
much of a sailor at starting, but when he
was one day out he felt as if he could
heave np the anchor.
A New York divorce lawyer's adver
tisement reads: "Hymeneal incompati
bilitiea, as a specialty, carefully adjust
ed, "lis a slavery to detain the band
after the heart bath fled.
The Northern Pacifio road has a gap
of 290 miles in Montana, th eastern sec
tion having been completed to within
ten miles of Bozeman. The tracks will
probably be joined in July.
In Massachusetts there is one divorce
to twenty-one marriages; in Vermont,
New Hampshire and Connecticut about
one to fourteen; in Rhode Island one to
twelve; in Maine, one to eight.
The Municipal Council ofTaris have
adopted, by a vote of 44 to 21, a proposal
to establish a popular opera. A nugo
building for the purpose is to be erected
iu the Rue da Chateau d'Eau, and an
annual subsidy will be granted of
SG0.000.
There are three modes of bearing the
ills of life: by indifference, which is the
most common; by philosophy, wnicu
the most ostentations; and by religion,
whioh ia the most effectual; for it is
religion tbat can teach ns to bear them
with resignation.
A New York physician offera to core
men of snoring for ten dollars. E
Men who are in the habit of snoring for
ten dollars should consult him. We
never snore for such a email amount. It
doesn't cost any more to snore for ten
tlicasand dollars. Norriatown Herald-