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BAR HARBOR. A Wild, Weird Tale of Lore and Adventure. Pcbubhid bt SreoiAL ARnixonMEST Tvrra tux Author. tCopvri(f)Urfr IMT, O. IT. Dillingham All RljMt Jttterteti. "Will you, gentlemen, glvo mo your prom iso that you will let the matter drop!" For a moment thero was silence. Louvait was the first to spoilt. "I will," said he, "but only upon one con dition, as I consider it useless to pursuo tho business farther. And then, agaiu, I'm anxious to learn if your story coincides with my theory." "I will, also, Mr. Fairfax, and for tho same reasons," added Leroi. "What is your condition, Mr. Louvait!" Inquired tho American. "That, if your story agrees with my theory, of which I have a copy in my pocket if it agrees with my theory, you will prom ise to writo it out in full, securo tho signa tures of all participants therein and ap- "akc you Axxions to nnAit my stout?" lend your own, together with that of tho Xropcr magistrate, in order to attest tho genuineness of tho document which you must promise to send mo. Is it not justice that I should do3iro to advance my reputa tion among thoso of my profession!" At tho closo of Fairfax's recital, Louvait vehemently struck tho tablo with his lists and ejaculated : "Good! My theory to a T! Tho theory that precisely ono month ago I sent to tho head of the police department." "What I" interrupted Lcroi, "you sent your theory to Paris n month ago! I did the same thing, but only just before I loft France." "Now," said Fairfax, "I have told my stefc-y. Let mo hear yours." Whereupon both Louvait and Lcroi nar rated their adventures, their various haps and mishaps. It was long after midnight when tho party broke up. Fairfax insisteif upo his guests sleeping at Glen Gore. Thero was an early morning boat, upon which, next day, Leroi and Louvait em barked. At tho wharf tho coachman hand ed each man a note, just as tho Bteamerwas about leaving. Being interested in watch ing tho villago and tho bay, tho two travel ers did not open their envelopes until later on. When they did so, each man found therein a cum that more than compensated him for his exertions and outlay, together with tho request that no bill of cxpenso bo sent to tho Princess' family. Louvait and Lcroi wero unprincipled men. but had still a littlo senso of honor left. Fairfax appealed to this, and with such effect that thoy respected his request, and never again niado reference to tho matter. Hero it may bo said, by anticipation, that, as a result of tho promised signature bolstered document which Fairfax after ward forwarded to Louvait and to Leroi, both of these worthies wero eventually called to Paris and given prominent posi tions in tho police department of that great city, whoro they are liable, at any day, to have their ambitions' realized. CHAPTER XXIX. SLEEPEIt, AWAKE! Gono wero tho detectives. Gono was tin "Namovna" with her precious cargo. Gone, too, Miss Strong, tho aunt; even tho verj housemaids, tho grooms, tho coachmen, each and all wero gono and, now, Fairfax waa nlono onco more in tho deserted house, and to-morrow he, too, would go. Tho mellow softness and golden warmtto of Indian summer lay over all tho land. Foi nil tho sdunds that man might make, Gloa Goro and Eld Field woro still as death. Closed wero tho doors and blinds and tha curtains drawn. No morry laugh, no hap py snatch of song, no cheery call nor loving greeting was heard any more within those walls. Life had fled away with Love, side by sido, and all within was dark and silent as tho tomb, savo when tho black fly buzzed noisily in tho window-pane, or somo stray, adventurous cricket, essaying his solitary song in tho death-quiet room, was fright ened again into silence by the unwonted loudness of his own cry. Through tho lattico of ono lone, open win dow, half hiddon by climbing vines, camo tho soft breath of autumn, laden with fra grance from tho balsam pine, tho sweet ferns or tho Indian grasses. Lazy wavelets droned on tho beach in slow and soothing rythm; and, far nway on tho hillsides, the herd-bells tinkled faintly in silvery harmony, while an army of chirping insects in tho grass inces santly sang their sleepy, monotonous song. Ilero and thero a drifting boat waved its idlo wings of "white on tho sea, that "great sweet mother and lovor of men," who gave back from her vast, slowly-heaving bosom tho deep hues of a cloudless sky, bluo as tho bluest-vnultcd dorao of dreamy Italy. Across tho way stood lonoly Eld-Field, empty and still. Gono, goue, wero all thoso happy days! Never moro to bo recalled! Gono with tho bad-eyed Piinccss. Gono with Dolores and Max and Medji, far across that wido wastoof waters-" Where! alasl wherol" And Arthur Fairfax, leaning a heavy( aching head on tired arms that rested in tho window-sill, peered vainly out Into tho soft sunlight. With n sigh, ho turned his tyes back again and relapsed into sorrow ful thought. All things reminded hliu of tho past " Old faces glimmered thro' tho doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices callod blra from without." Hit by bit tho stealthy twilight drew near, aud up from oustorn wnvos roso a sad, palo moon - ho ruHiombored how thoy sat togoth or on the rocks only tho othor night, si lently watching its silvory beams playing over tho rolling billows, "right enough it 8wml then -but now! Was sho watch ing it, tool WouW it remind her of tho punt! A tnar stota down ovor his oheok and, with a tutor bob, ho hid his face in his hands v j mm wept, i es I ho was crying! this great, strong fellow, whoever prided himself upon his stoicism and self-control. I Ah, ha ! Arthur Fairfax, how often havo I you asked yourself tho question: 41 llavo la heart, or not!" what Is your answer, now! Tho crickets still sang in tho grass. An owl hooted faintly In tho distance. Then flew n belated whip-poor-will and perched In a tree by tho window. " Whippcorwlll ! Whippoorwill 1" cried tho bird. Fairfax looked up. A brilliant path of glory lay brightening across the sea, from tho moon to tho beach, and, just whoro it ended, lay a liuJo row boat at anchor, rising and falling on the long, lazy swell tiiat boat in which tho two had floated over tho moon-lit waters, and dreamed tho happy hours away. Languidly ho aroso with a sigh, and, Closing tho door behind him, passed down to the shore. With thoughts still far nway, almost mecio-i- a!iy ho loosed tho boat, took tho oars, and iilowly pulled out to sea that vast plain vjliieh bore upon its surface his hopes, his heart, nay! his very life. Though far apart they wore, did not tho samo waters wash their boat's heel; wero not tho same stars smiling down upon both! On, on ho passed, not heeding nor car ing to shape his course, oblivious to ovcry thing but his own melancholy reflections. The mcon roso higher and higher. 15y little and little, the shores of tho island passed into tho distance. How much farthor out to sea he might bavo gone, or how much longer rowed, nono can say; but n sudden jarring of tho boat's keel, a harsh grating of pebbles against its bottom betokened the fact that his onward career was ended. Wearily raising his hcd and glancing about, without surprise, as if it wero nil a maUer of course, ho slowly stepped ashoro with tho rope hi his hand, half-consciou3ly making it fast to a largo stono tloso by. Ho looked around. Whore and what was this place! Ho did cot know and scarcely seemed to care. Per haps an island in tho harbor; possibly even the mainland. What mattered iti Either was all ono and tho same to him. Onward ho walked, head down, the pict ure of self-absorbed Borrow. A lonoly piuo-treo stood buck, somo dls tnu co from the shore. Heating himself be neath it, he buried his face in his hands. Wearied and worn out in body and soul, was it any wonder that ho should pass from these gloomy day-dreams into tho kindly realms of sleep! And so it was, for he slept; yet, ever and anon, moaned, or sighed in his sleep. S teal thiV tho sea-tido rose. The careless knot slipped from its anchoring stono and the loosened boat slid gradually back from the shore and drifted far out to sea. A oiiow-whito owl whirred softly over tho head of tho sleeper and, by and by, startled the quiet night with her weird "Tu-whit I Tti-whu!" that echoed far among tho pines of tho wood. Afterwards, a large red fox camo boldly up, but seeing tho alarming spectacle of a human figure crouching down under tho llr, turned quickly about and scurried back, in fright, to tho forest. Last of all, when tho moon reached tho zenith, a strange, dark bird camo flying wearily toward tho pino and, as if exhausted, sank down to rest on tho topmost boughs. Of singular form and plumage, it looked aud acted as if lost on unfamiliar coasts. Then all was silent, until the dreamer moaned, startled, tho bird looked down and. finally, flow to u lower branch whence it could see every thing below. Agi'in tho unhappy man moved in his sleep aud sighed. Tho bird turned its head to ono sido with a half-human look, and with a wholly-human shriolc, wild and shrill, spread Its wings and flew back in tho dnrknoss to ward the wood. Awako ! sleopor, awake and follow I CHAPTEK XXX. NOT AM. A llltCAM. Fairfax had been dreaming. Ho stood on a barren, rooky islet in mid-ocean. All about him was a wild, wido wasto of de serted, sunlit waters not a sail, not a cloud, not a bird, nor flsh, nor any living thing in sight! Only tho endless, boundless, ever lasting stroteh of sea and tho solid, scorch ing rock beneath his feet. Ho knew not how ho camo there, nor why. To him timo and spaco had no beginning nor end. Past and future there was nono only one eternal now. Liko tho ancient mariner, ho was "alono on a wido, wido sea," but with no other facts, no other data, no othor knowledge of anything savo of himself, Arthur Fairfax, and this blistering, barren rock and that vast, silent, glaring wilderness of waters, mot on all sides by heavens of brassy hue. Hero ho stood, stony-hearted, passionless, quint as tho rock itself and as motionless, staring out ovor that horriblo sea-salt plain, with fixed, expressionless eyes. Thero cauio no morn, no uoon, no night; but ono novcr-ending, unchanging day. Timo was not. It might havo been a day, It might havo been a month, a year, a century lie knew not, nor cared but at last thero rose, far, far away on tho uttermost, cxtremest verge of tho horizon, u feeble, upward-crawling lino of smoke, which camo nar and nearer, and grow dense and yet moro dense On it rolled with over-increasing rapidity, uutll it rushed ahead with lightning speed, Withln,und almost hidden by this mighty, roaring column, belching forth fire and smoke, ho detected tho outlines of a vossqj Straight toward tho rocky Islet, straight towards hlmsolf it came, with unerring, un swerving course. Now ho saw and recognized it. It wis tho "Namovna," enveloped in a rag ing sheet of flamo that shot upwards and backwards, roariug and thuudering with terrific sound, and, high In tho farthost tip of tho yet uuscorohed bow stood Natalie, in speechless horror, her snow-white arms stretched uppcalingly toward him. Nearer and swifter, yet, swept on that frightful, rolling pillar of fire, tho sea boil ing and seething in its- track and vast clouds of whito steam arising and inter mingling with its million blazing tongues aud smoko of inky blackness. With un almost incredlblo suddenness it stopped its hoadlong speed a short distanco from tho rock, and at oncu began quickly to sink. "Jump," shrieked Falrfax.In terror. And back ovor tho thunderous roar rang tho piercing cry; "Savo mo ! Savo mo ! O, Arthur, savo mo I" Ills bouI on lire, his strength nerved to utter desjMjration, ho leaped far out from tho crags over tho sea, and struck not tho water, but tolld earth! In an instunt ho had awekenod from sleep and found himself standing erect, with tiorves and muscles strained to their ut most tension, his arms extended rigid from Ids sido, his head bent oagorly forward, liko ono alort from fear. Every norvo tingled with horror. And his oar could have caught tit faintost possiblo whisper. What was it! What did It moan! Tho cold sweat stood out in groat beads ovor his foruhead, and it a owned to him ho could yot hear that pier-dug cry for holp ringing far along the shore and in the woods. If over a man was .thoroughly awake, ho now was. Ho ran to the water and glancing up and down heard or saw nothing, save the sul len waves knocking angrily against the rocks, aud the ohiuing billows, glistening in tho moonlight. From tho forest camo no sound, but tho far-away, sca-liko murmur of the pines. Nothing! nothing! nothing, atnll! Only a silly dream ! And, yet, that call ! that cry for help I It was real! It was no delusion of sleep, foi it rang, still, in his oars with too true a tone to bo aught elso but genu ine! In terror yot ho could not havo said why - he stood, listening with hated breath. Hist! hark! What was that, bornobyon the passing breozel If thero was over wail of woman for help that was one. Clear and high it sounded " iim mr.' Arthur.' 0 to die fiii.-.'" Wild and mad with blindest rago and fear, Fairfax bounded over the rocks and fled Into tho wood, liko one insane, as if all hell wero pursuing liiui. On, on be dashed, heeding neither bmh, brier nor crag. Torn and bleeding, ut might forward, towards tho call, bo pushed. Again he hoard it, md nearer still; and again he pa iscd. "O God! lave pitvl Farewell, my Ar thur!" With a demoniacal shriek of impotent rage, Fairfax- toro onward through shrub and low-lying branches, calling out fiercely: "Hell and its torments to him who Harms herl" Soon he sprang from tho forest out into a broad clearing whoro ran a narrow, quiet cove ft." tho sea. This time tho cry sounded as if among tho rocks, Ureathless, panting liko a wounded deer, his garments torn to shreds, bleeding in every limb, ho dashed down the slope aud fell headlong on tho jagged stones, tearing tho flesh from his face and body. When ho arose, tottering and staggering, half-blind-cd aud dazed, his left arm hung limp and motionless by his side, but his eye, wild and haggard, shot around tho glances of a man determined and desperate even to death. Naught 1 naught! could he see! Naught, except a black, ill-omened bird of strange form and plumage. Standing motionless on a crag that overlooked tho deeper part of tho cove, it suddenly shrieked out In thoso samo weird, unearthly, frightened tones that he had heard before ; and, spreading its wings, sailed wearily away toward tho pines. With an execration, Fairfax hurled a stone after it. Thrown with unerring aim nnd tremendous force, the missile hit the creature bo that it tumbled heavily to tho ground, where it lay fluttering in tho throes of death. Fairfax glared at it with no other emo tion than that of hate and glutted revenge. A racking pain in his forearm now at tracted his attention. Glancing at himself, he, for tho first time, becamo aware of his irightful condition. Blood was streaming from various bruises all over hi3 body. His clothing hung about 8IIK WAS PAST UCVIVINO ANTJ DKAD. him in tatters. His forearm was broken and his shoes cut to pieces. There was no fresh water at hand. "Salt water Is better than no water at all. .I'll wash mj wounds in that sting though they may," quoth lie, grimly shut ting his Pp.-. Tho dying bird fluttered again. "With a glance of rago at it nnd nn oath, Fairfax stumbled to tho head of tho covo and, tearing off a fragment of his clothing, was about to wash and bind up his wounds, when ho chanced to look out into tho deeper water beyond. Uttering a cry of horror ho at first re coiled, but, quicklv recovering himself, sprang into tho sea and swam out with strokes vigorous as a broken arm and maimed body would allow. Was it Natalie who lay thero so quietly and peacefully on tho heaving water, hor long, dark curling tresses streaming out far behind her in tho cool.translucent wave, her pure, upturned face gleaming liko marblo in tho moonbeams and her whito-robed, thupcly fonn rising and falling on tho long tea-swell! not during to iook at tho iace, nui uuring to verify his horriblo suspicion, Fairfax, with tho deep and labored breathing of ono undergoing some terrible excitement, ex tended his wounded arm against her figure and, striking out powerfully with his other limbs, forced her to tho shore. Touching ma .Jnmi, ho lifted her bodily and, staggering woefully beneath the burden, almost fell forward upon tho rocks, slippery with sea-weed. Then, for the first time, ho found courago to glance at her face. Sho was past reviving, quite dead, and the teat not the Prlncext! Fairfax breathed a fervent "Thank God I" and, immediately, for tho first and only timo iu his life, fell in a dead fuint, beside tho drowned girl. How long ho lay there, ho could not say probably for three or four hours. Tho strain upon his nerves and strength had been something tmnendotu. Besides, ho had eaten nothing since breakfast. When ho regained consciousness, dawn was faintly shining in tho cast. Was it all a horriblo dreamt No I thoro on tho grass bcsldo him, in tho sleep that knows no waking, lay tho figure of tho dead maiden. Acutest pains shot through his ami, and his whole body seemed a muss of aching bruises. Fuint und wcuk, ho summoned ull his strength und courago and roso slowly to his feet. What was to lie donol Tills was no timo for moping or for sentimental regrets. His tired energies nguln must act. ho was this girl, and what her history? How was sho drowned, and why hero in these remote coasts! Scarcely moro than nineteen sho seemed about tho ugoof his own Natalie. Sho looked liko an Oriont Princess. Beautiful and classlo as c Greek marblo, and almost as whito. Not a wrinkle or a lino showed in that fair countenance; not frown, cvon. Hut, quiet and soronoJy jwoeoful, sho slept. "I am of tho Iiouso of Caar!" breathed forth from every ourvo and contour of that marvelous fuo und form to ull who looked upon her. "And no Caisar to ovor thlno cquul, or ovor shall bo!" full spontaneously from tho lips oi tho ravished guzor. MISERY IN MOSCOW. Tim Merello Harriers Which Separate tlitQ l'nor from tho Ulcli. St. Petersburg is European, nnd halH tho things which pum ono there nro foil to bo in somo sort of association with tho ovils nnd vices o f tho West. Hut Moscow lias its own miseries, ami thoy tiro so intensely Russian, so character istic of that vaster Moscow of which tho old capital is merely tho tiny center, that in becoming scuslblo of thorn ono shudders, not for n community merely, but for u whole people. Tho contrasts which lifo olToO in St. Petersburg iQj contrasts mainly between things which it is scarcely just to compare, between a well being which iy foreign nnd a ...... i . . .... .. .. ... . . wain inai is native; uui in jiioscovqi wealth is elder brother to poverty, yet stands divided from it byaehusm as im passable as it is lP.'iriless. There is n distinct ullinnrcof roughness and semi culturo between tho rich merchant who docs bdnoss daily in tho Whito Town, nnd tho wretched street vender whom lio passes on his way a dozen times; yet the two are farthor apart than the poor est, nnd the richest clashes in Western Europe. .Moreover, poverty is so un speakably mitfornblo in Moscow that it seems to bo tho characteristic rather of a distinct species of the nuimal mini than of any particular layer of tho pop ulation. Tho streets daily yield figures which can only on general principles of anthropology bo called human. Tho eye disentangles a face from tieso mov ing masses of rags but slowly and pain fully; unless tho inspection is at long range, tho noso itself is too apt to pro test. The Russian summer ealls inniimor nble peasant beggars and country pau pers to Moscow. In the day time thoy explore tho city from gate to gate, halt ing from timo to time to beg alms or munch tho fragments of black bread which form the chief spoils of their di urnal quest. Mauy women of this class are young and robust, fresh from tho labors of tho Held ; but somo nro old, infirm, haggard. All trudge about with tho aid of aitalT, and all wear a rudo canvas bag tied around tho neck. At night, long after tho last vesper has died away, when tho Whito Town is de serted and tho suburban residences aro gay with lights, with music, and with tho laughter of tho happy men and women, this vast army of tho penniless nnd tho miserable seeks its nocturnal ropose Heaven alone knows whoro on tho forsaken Hold of tho day's markets in tho open air, on tho steps of chinches nnd cathedrals, or Jn tho quadrangles and courts of palaces and public build ings. To be unutterably wretched and yet to bo nightly sojourner in the "outer courts of heaven ;'' to bo poor, and yet to fall asleep with only tho thickness of a wall separating ono from somo of tho most useless and costly accumulations of treasure in Europe, tho conversion of which into money would furnish tho means for banishing acuto poverty from Russia altogether such experiences as these aro tho lot of thousands to whom Moscow is less a place of pilgrimage than a centre of hot, weary, dusty life, a focus of burning despair. Atlantic Monthly. FASHIONS IN MOURNING. Tho Cuustto of Itldlrtiln Cleverly Applied tO I.HCllcrCHIS CllNtOUIH. There aro certain aspects of "Christ ian burial" which liavo grown so dis cordant with our moro intelligent forms of social lifo that thoy havo bocomo oven ludicrous, and can, therefore, bo most wholesomely treated with tho caustic of ridicule. Among cultivated p oplo their natural environment no longer exists. Thoy aro moro or loss distinctly recognized as survivals. Tho dignity and inipressivonoss thoy may have onco possessed has passed away. Tho most conspicuous of theso is cov ered and described by tho comprehen sive naino of "mourning." I havo heard a brilliant boclety belle sorrowing bitterly over tho fact that, just as her most impressive costumes were pre pared for a season's campaign, tho do- raiso of a distant relative made it neces sary for her to "go into mourning" a feet which lnul but tho ono compensat ing circumstance, that "black was bo coming to her ;" indeed this final and 'ietormining factor in tho caso often en larges tho pale of relationship, within tho limits of which funeral fashion makes tho assumption of "mourning" im perative. In all tho largo cities stores may bo found whoro tho mortuary expert can determine to a shade tho stylo of dress that constitutes "full mourning," and whoro tho length of n vail is sol emnly regarded us exprcsslvo of what Mr. Mould termed "filial affection." There is "mourning jowolry," "mourn ing stationery," "mourning etiquette;" and 1 know of ono gentleman who cur ried his loyalty to these "modes nnd shows of grief" to tho extent of having tho bluo ribbons that adorned his night- 1 lit gown solemnly rcpiaceu wun uiockj Hut tho ghastly humor reaches its cli max In tho contemplation oi "nan mourning," or "second mourning." Thin- symbolizes sorrow vanishing through tho ministration of tho milli ner and tho mantua-muker. It Is an in teresting but certainly not an edifying sight to sco a blooming young widow piisB through thoso various stages of Sfi-Iof which otiquotto demands, from tho midnight gloom of costly crape, through tho subdued twilight of "sec ond mourning," back to tho full day light of gorgeous color. Jlev. John tiny- Jer, in Forum. They havo got n tiovol way to tottle dlpulct out In KniiHUH City. J ho two ivorthy citizens Involved nugtigo in n uimd-uutUnir contest. '1 ho otto thai htu she longboat skull is thou sent to the Legislature. INFLUENCE OF FORESTS. Hirers ltunnlnc Through Treelo Hrglnn-i S.iht to ho Destitute of Tree Although Fcientists nro not in perfect accord as to tho inllueneo that forests oxort upon climatic conditions, never theless thoro is sulliclont agreement nniong them for us to know that they do oxert powerful nnd bonolieont influences in many directions. Tho forest nets liko a great sieve, and retains tho lino particles of tho soil, which tho inllueneo of tho air and sun, tho frost and rain, and the notion of tho numberlostGcoots have decomposed. In all forest coun tries tho changes of temperature are not so severely felt as in a treeless country, or on tho open plains, and it is a popular saying that the forest streams are cool in summer nnd warm in winter. Tho forests not only regulate tho How of water, but they purify it. Whoro tho water of a stream has been pol luted, as by sheep-washing, for in stance, niter having passed for a few miles through u shady nnd dense forest, tho water appears as clear as it was previously. Again, it is thoroughly well estab lished that tho presence of largo tracts of timber has a woll-detined inllueneo upon tho rainfall of tho districts in which they nro situated. Certainly parts of Franco which havo boon denuded of their forests are subjected to disastrous Hoods and overflows, which occur al most annually and cause great destruc tion and distress, although such vis itations wero ontlroly unknown in tho previous century while the forests wero as yet in tact. In our own country, us well, tho samo effects hnvo boon observed, and tho destruction of forests has proceeded so rapidly in Prussia of lato years that tho Government has passed a law pro tecting timber. It was found that tho climate in many districts was changing, and tho rivers and lakes wero becoming shallow In consequenco of tho wholesale cutting away of wood. This feature of sylvan influence is often adverted upon, but thero is aifothor manner in which tho presence of trees exerts an inllueneo that is not so generally known. Close observers hnvo ascertained that rivers running through treeless tracts of country aro nearly, if not quite, dosj tituto of flsh, und that fish will desort a stream from which tho timber has boon removed, although tlxjy previously swarmed therein. In tho propagation of Hsh it is not enough to place tho fry in tho water, thoy must bo provided with food, and tho best means to do this is to preserve tho bordor trees, nnd'in suro a steady supply of water and food by preserving tho forests whence tho supply of food is derived. If now for ests aro cultivated on tho barren ranges, many a stream, now nearly empty dur ing dry seasons, will boroHlled with Hsh and food for tho many. To soo tho con servation and cultivation of forests, be ginning to receive oven a modicum of tho attention it desorves is a matter of rejoicing. Timbcrmun. BEFORE THE CAMERA. A Photographer CluitH About tho Dllllrul tli'M oT Ills HiiHluctft. Tho most difficult part of our business is tho posing. People nro fussy in al most every caso, and wo havo to draw largely on our patienco to satisfy their whims. Of course bablos nro tho most dilllcult to place boforo tho camorn properly, and wo yot havonover mot an instance whoro tho parents thought justlco dono to tho littlo futuro Presi dent or President's wife. Aftor tho babies comos tho stngo people. You would think an ac tress an easy subject for a sitting, but sho is in reality tho most dilllcult to manage. Per instnnco, tho moment sho takes hor position as a model sho falls into one of hor theatrical attitudes, and tho elTcct in tho finished picturo Is stiff and stagey in tho oxtromo. To avoid this rosult, wo oftou spend soveral hours boforo u natural poso is ofloetod which will bo graceful in depiction. Actresses, witli the exception of tho ballet and tho lighter drama, dosiro natural and simple pictures, and tako much trouble to obtain that effect Tile society girl, on tho othor hand, is anx ious to "look liko nn actress," and for Unit reason wo keop a lot of stago llummory, as wo call it, on hand. Whon tho "regulars" como in thoy dis appear in tho dressing-room, und change thoro handsomo costumes for tho Huffy, light materials wo havo on hand, and then, whon tho dualling belies emorgo in tho unfin ished waists and fleecy draperies, and cheap ornarnentfl, which wo iflso keop on hand, tho other sido of tho picture is presented. I can tell ono of those from tho aftor effoct whon produced cluvorey witli tho assistance of sun, camera and papor. Now that tho stat uary mode has gono out of fashion, and tho docollutto stylo is fast being abol ished by tho Parisian dictates, wo havo moro of tho street costumo pictures, and less trouble in posing. Wo nearly al ways invito celebrities who como along to sit for us, In a complimentary way, of course, and many accept. Fanny Davenport was formerly tho most gra cious in obliging us in that line, and sho is a superb subject. Lately, howovor, her time is so limited that olio seldom poses for a photograph. Gilmoro is tho most difficult colobrlty to induce to havo his picturo taken, and J believe tho only timo ho over would submit to have ono made was In this city. About the easo of silting men correctly P Thoy aro tho loaut dilllcult to poso, as they usually drop in In tholr biisluaa? suits, tako the first position thoy fall into, nnd there's nn end of it. Yes, It is easier to poso tham ; but, of courue, women muko tho most bountiful pictures, nnd that Is dear to un iirtlbt's heart and uniblllon. St, Louis Ulvlc-l)ciiocrat. WANTED A DrtlUti. The CurtotK Advert l-emrtit of n Wealthy Hnvarlan for li Wife. The following has been extracted from a Munich journal: "Matrimonial I am tho hereditary possessor of a domain and newly-built castle, situated in a beautiful part of the Hnvnrinu forests. Tho castle, which has many fino apartments, la surrounded with mountains, lovely meadows and fields, through which rivulets wind, woods for tho hunt and streams for angling; it stands in a charming valley, wherein tho town o Cham, with its many old towers, castles and ancient knights, aud ruins of tho remotest ages, inspires tho soul with poetical feelings. "Hut howovor dollghtful tho spot may bo to thoso who jiulgo of rural lifo bytho fables of Virgil, Hornca and Dolille, I think it very melancholy to behold nono but myself in my tlno rooms, and to soo nono but my ow$ person reflected In my looking glass. I have, therefore, resolved to marry, liko other simpletons; and since itlsatlirmcdtliat marriages aro made in Heaven, nnd are but a lottery, to see what Heaven may havo In store for mo, nnd what fair creature the whcol of fortune- may pallet mo. With this in view I submit my views to all young ladles through the medium of tho newspapers. "Tho ono 1 wish to marry must ba between sixtoon and twenty years of age; sho must havo fine hair, lino teeth nnd beautiful littlo foot. Sho must bo born of honest and good parents. Sho must dress elegantly, but plainly, in either silk or velvet, but no othor ma terials. Sho shall bo allowed nuisia only if sho Ho perfect in that art, it being tiresome to listen to tho bad per formers who annoy visitors in so many houses. She shall bo mistress of tha house iu all domestic matters, aud I mysolf shall bo happy to yield to her reasonable whims, being if great ene my to slavish obedionco and submis sion, whence, in my opinion, all quar rels and discontent derive their origin; but she must accompany mo in all my jonrnoys and excursions, hecauso it is, in my opinion, a shamothat n man should go about day and night, living in splendor at hotels, while Ills wifo is left at homo alone a prey to ennui. "I must now say something aboub mysolf. I am seventy years old ac cording to tho almanac, but I am only twonty-Hvo judging my health and strength. 1 am always cheerful. I sock for pleasure whorovor tho strictest honor admits of it. If, thoroforo, thoro; exists a handsomo young girl, willing to bustle about on horsoback, in travel ing, or at homo with an old nian'stilL halo, hearty undrfiotlvo, sho'may write to mo, and I will go to moot hor, to sea hor, and let hor seo tno, at any place within ono hundred miles of Munich, but not farthor, engaging on my word of honor that her name never shall bo uttered. Theodore, Huron von IIol borg of Hrooeh, Commander of tha Order' of St. Ann, and Captain-Colonol of tho Rhine unci Muoso, Munich, at tho Hlack Eagle, 15th Novombor, 1810." St, Louis U lobe-Democrat. 1 THE WORKING WORLD. Items of Intercut to Wafje-AVorkcru a AVell im KmployorH. President Carnot of Franco is n. car penter. Ho was taught tho craft whon a boy and tho striking carpenters of Paris havo put him in an awkward di lemma by demanding why ho does not. attend their meetings and subscribe ta their fund. London dress-makers and milliners nro heavily lined if thoy allow girls to work ovor hours in their shops. Ono of tho host-known und most patronized dealers iu mourning goods iu that city wan recently up in tho police court ou a charge of this kind. Tho hand-mndo time-pieces of tho Swiss and French, who havo so long; hold tho supremacy as clock-makers, are not now regarded superior to those; of American machine make. Tha Amoricau machlne-mado watch is as Hnishod and accurate as its foreign competitor, and is, of course, vastly choapor. As an example of the rapidity of tha processed of Amorican artisans tho re cent feat of a Georgia paper-maker is noteworthy. A troo In a forest near Augusta was cut down at llvo o'clock in tho morning.' Doforo night it had boon convortod into nowspnpors, which people w jro reading nt six in tho oven lng. A correspondent gives his brothers in tho plumbing business a useful hint ns to tho best methods of repairing lend plpos whon tho wator supply flowing through them can not ho out oh. Ho recommends tho uso of dry wheat bread, which should bo packed into tho pipe iu the direction front which the water Is coming. Tho re pairing should thon bo completed, by which time tho bread will havo bo como thoroughly souked aud will soon work out of tho pipe. Pipes may bo cut and spliced iu tho samo wuy. A nows item of interest allko to wood-workers und potters comos from Hrussols. It is stated that a Gorman manufacturer of earthonwaro has suc ceeded iu substituting cluy for wood in tho construction of violins. At n concort given recently In tho Holgiun capital the tones of thoso instrument! wero pronounced scarcoly inferior ta thoso of a woodon violin. 'Tho manu facturer, of course, Is keeping' hi process a secret. Tho discovery la u novel ono nnd it Is hardly to bo sup posed that its author will bo content to slop his experiments here. The possibilities afforded by tho prod aotloa of u matorlul which can bocomo larg ly a substitute for wood uro HllmlUbhu. Chicago Mm, . J 1 i.