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Rotuart strip mint::). unfurled to the'sonthy subduing tlie suihi .i-.ni-.-n vijiww "S J'w'.Mift place t,lfl: the ideiU, 1-.ineaid Amy Lnynj,iwfao;revieted in the v aplendorof her friend riewly-acqulred fortune. "In the midst; of stioft eh- chiui'tuiK' circuniBtancea, yon ; never T.V' OOfibt tHlq9t! your tenmeti Ueleae." I' y.Wm Mastineau vnia.swigjngf herself . . luzili in a pretty htuumocki mtn a look ; ,1 n'lier face that expressed the Most pro-. '., 'found tauinsronceicUoUldJit De tliat she vrtttraacalreaor bored' by i'tlie ekcesaive elegance of licr position? i-' :': H "If pedpW would only 'i let'lne' alone, ' ehe said Svtth a slu-ug,. '1 onW' blutve Uke'aAVn'TouHetei'aJBoy-rmer VA"-Artr, but she added1' wtth'.'a couiicsl.. : eighj Ltee) as though If -biiJ4,take me '; a lifetime ) recover f&nt' tiltose tete-a- ' 'tetea 'with the dear count, aa Mr. Stuy- :fcOh!". aaWI1 Helta' iragliiflg;' "Uke other men, I prenmo be fancied he kaew a great deal ubout thenb'r. - j. "1 dou't think lid ever fancied thfit," said Ocar, takiug his cup of tea. ' Ule was not such an infatuated fool." ' ''Your tone is not cbmpliuiehtary, Mr. I :nii.-.i-'t ."toir, - .'.f M Mrn illli. X teal J ui n.v muvJ(.b, You ought n)t to "fill your head. w'th lieresay. - It is not good for you, i pas, du , WutS":n.V' (.. ,f -I'lit-t;'-. -nit .?-? t -jilf-, jFaixlonTf! ni i. , i')' ';. , ;"VV;hy :you . undorstand Fronch-poi lectly.l.fsinember,!',, i,, ,7;, f nil ) "Oh, yes., But my mind never hankered after a handvrich of tongues," t always feel ' as' though I had a slap 'in the face when I am getting on so eiiioOthly in one langnagen and some 'one hurls at me a : fraguieut : of . another, .u 1 will speak f rench with u, ,ifyo prefer itr he added, more co.ntl v. - - . - : ' , 1 '1 '' . Hi-lene Hushed, flow like nim that blunt speech wast J.'-"Oh,. no!" she hastened to say.' ")Vhat will you have? Try these comllts. '; You will - like-themj I am Burew v They taste" A luscious jacqueminot .rose fell from I her corsage. He picked, it up ...and Tcsant calls bihi,'" !, ? , , .rV?ell, I don't wpndei; i that," said ; ..-.. Amy laughing. "lie ,iis ,uot..cmaing to ; - .tea. I.suppose?" ' ,v !!)i'i 51 ..' v ; t .-..''He is not askedelene repUed,. with'4 v J a languid 'motion of . a duhciite Xeatucf f 1 C i; ian'wUch;'abe helX vWjif? ! V ' . 1 (' it Poor followI I will tU Oscar be must :io Uis best to replace Mut' J. s.'W ;'." A' dash of unaeooontabW color ap-'- '"'Jieared in tlelene'a face, but the parro : i'ieet'feather screened it!'""'j.:;J '' . ' "Is Qscar coming? siie' :asked lan ;' "I believe so.- It is a tremendous con- session, to you. my vdear.j, Jfe; Mm, , .society, you know, and I.dun't think., lie , took very:kindly to your engagement to ',';;,i''i,Couat fiyjerlawsky.;;. : '., !-'., j j. ' . ' . "Don't he know that this ! U all broken ' C'f '' 'nT said Helen; . Imrriedlyi , VC v'i'.' ' ... ,;i,-1;Yes,P said Amy,;t1butO!ac ia an ec ' ' ... , 'centric; yda know, though-. ue is one pf.. ' . 'the-'i dearest fellows? in i-th6 -world, , He , 1, ,,'wa! Velry;. fond ot vyou,'1 Helene, uid I . : - think- lie b rather afraid to theet you for '';Vf&1iWill find xi'ha9ee(l' j , .x : yfhat ina.Vea you think that?' :'" ' ' "He asked me whether you were just ; the same as you were, when you uaed to ,; ,. study Greek witli him, aiid. copy hit V chemistry notes. I knpw he. thinks, so-'. iety , and., wealth ' have . Bpoiied you, tlioughilvtold haa Ute qontrray. He iS--(i?Wba&.Mia Hwne, Imperiously, as "vV Jkuiy 1 paused and went on eurtiiig Ue . ' .embroidery silks insiK'noo.' . H r,'. , . , "He says," she - continued. With a f ur ' - tive glance at her friend, "if you : hod " , f Tiever gotten jich, he-"would have 'been' -frinuite sure of you: ' but tliat now lie - -could hardly say how you W.U1 turn ; out." -; - : , .-,-.'." "'! ' ', , , .."Indeed!" cried H!ene with aittle rail ' ing laugl)', 'giving het - fan', f'upK a savage flirt that the ivory handle snapped in , jjtwain. j "lamj indebted to iJfr.pwiglit ,or his opinion. -When asaau takes up. '; .preconceived ideiw about; me, I never. Iluak U worth while, to combat them?" ft She got out of the hammocK siowiy,!! '"JTliere. ndthlnjiaoir forlorn than a '.frtalxm fcmJafUr tli imcstd have ! it and trailed her bUi0..,caJwiere;morgn;3 anda Wltaa, wretched feeling of ! toneu pese, jyij sudden.with.anirireiceBiu'bU sob, llo flung hetelf down tm'the couch wheraOnciir had sat bewda her. , . jiown ftyer the vsranua.: , x ii A . -, iti;"l am fitting to order bfruettnd carv t,! i melicV he Raid, sutldunlyj ttt is-'tSe' proper thing to have it eurved '.in coff .; servicer ; Wgeinents for , -Miss ' Martinftku's tea . ..proye'very absorbing. ! Wn Saturday .1 gravely, returned, it to hor witliout a thouirlit of annropriatine it. ,; Ttiis' is' like 'tho' jruaVa preserve 1 brought you and Amy from Martinique,! tie said, tasting tiie conmt. - ;i"Jb- iti alio said, carelessly, i- "I don't care much for those things.,,.! suppose you know most of the people , Jierej: air. Dwight?" ' '--. :' ' ' .-t "Too welt hedinsveredi 'briefly, v..' -. ; "Barbarian!" she. cped. "That is dot tlier proper thing to say." . ' ': .'"i i!6Ver gay what I am expected to; I didn't come h&e 'to see'-those peyiple,- "Unfortunate peoplel - How have they .mcurred-youtf displeasurerit 1 .(' rJL caiuo to see you, he jnerslstoa. "it is not often thatir-" ''.. - , - mn i. ' "Misef. Ma'rtirieati,1". said ah attenuated soldier who precipitated hi bdws before her, we are all dying to' hear you Bihg; Won't you faver us?"i ii .Mi'i'.. f-K.; v Oscar had a: fierce .desire, to give him li kick and send him all the way over,'' II was bowing so profoundly that it would have taken very little to do it. " If Mr. Dwight ' will excuse me, said Helene,1 turning ' to' Oscar. "Nul ; stay here and fihish your tea. Capt. Eyre wilf give ine his arm." ;.. Oscar watched her as she moved with languid grace over. to where the piano, stood. He remembered her voice, , fresh, pure, and resonant. She used to sing "Killarney,"; "Within a Mile of Edin boro'," and "The Last Rose of Summer,", but now' it wtfs "Lei Fleur dos Aloes" and a wa'tz song' of Lecocq's', Her voice hadiimproved with time and cultivation, but there was something left out of Iter songs, tr;"',:--"A 't'."-V,V,-,-r. ; ' ' "Slie is just as much loss to me as though she had married- that Russian," said Oscar, bitterly, and as sooa as bo could he went away." ! ' .J He left iier with a listless handshake. Ho was tho first to go, for her guts generaly stajiHater;auii it was deep. in Uia twuijEui neioro uie last lareweu- was . i n ;l came ",the veranda- looked like an eV . ; ; ' cliantea garden. The floor was. 'patchwJ .1 j'wita urienuu rugs, . nna. pianis wore .... . 1UUUU11UB 1U U CI IrlUMCl. W UUW UAU.V . riH.f'nH . ... .riilki-i! : u! ebainiand divans ' scattered 1'''6he spfang ijp as tbo'ugh some one had ' -' About talbngside of o.fl)y , shaped tahlacl glnicthW wJuni shalieard Otocar LjwighJ - .(ipreaaif Wiin eviprouiereaj ciopis uniji, i pronounce fie pome. ,, -j j- ,i St ' A Oacar Dwight stopped thrqugh the . ,; curtained window on ilm veranda In the V wike of a butler who conveyed hUeard ' " '. ".fp Helene, he realized that . he must be' Smiufcl tM rle lioad and gray eye . , ' over-topped.a crowd of gossiping tea- . lrinker aJri4y assembled. . . ' Helena was sitting at the far end of '- r$ ! flt TrandiHij sinsiufl her out atonoe, ' V (lj if.iv slie was, iallec tlqOi most women, ' - . and her small head had a proud poise yr-ywhieh .lie could Kt fail to recognize. .i ' t-'Uo was at her" best jth.it; atern ooa in a "rii'h'gott'B" of itTimsoti'plushitliat wa set off with ivory satin and trimmings of .duf hrm loo...:. '- s . ; . ' ' ' "How DeauU'ful'Bne'has grb'wii!" Oscar -; . jnurmnrwd, with a aliarp pang; "and yet, . . if she had not coma tnto her fortune, she v would prpbably have married that ras- oally Russian"-. . r The " th6ugfitJ'wMr uppermost in bis ' jnind when he met Helena, and she held . . r ' out to bim a band of faultless shape and .-.- f airnoaa. ' :'; t .i c : "Ah, OBcarT she said with a languid smile "or ought I to -say Mr.' Dwight? I " am glad to see you vraiment. But .iJiow .horribly old. itmakjra one feel to i Lt nd you so gravo and matpre!' You. are an inch taster, I do believe. . Yon look . . like who was 'that heathenish Greek 1 . ' you used to dote onT" ' t "Eealry now. Miss Helene," said Oscar : " -with a clever imitatioa.of the faahiatiahie ' -drawl, "you, mustn't corner a fellow in ' that way!" . n : r .. ." Helene leveled her eye at him in a "brief stare which gave no retponae to the " amused twtakle m his. J - s-j . , , ."It U just sal reared,'' thought Oscar, with , a sinking heart - They have jvill her among ttwm." , U.Jene cast a furtive glance at Ms . Sace, and thought bow well it had f oi . .X-Ied it early promise. He was making r "'Per speeches to her now. She listened - - . ii conventitwislired smi, and then i sw eetljr: ! - . ' : ; "You mw take a cup of tea with me. ' ht-re, if voa pleased Yua "will find i a cuzy onrner, and I think you will e my tea." ' - ""," 'I l ave no do; ' f of H," Oscar replied. .'."'- Vj!.i ssij " LV. h" fcfte cried, flippantly, . ; i by Rioting Greek at me! : ." . tosayabont tea?" wliat are voii doing here?" the cried. passionately, enraged that be should, have seen her in tears. i ' "Pardon me!" he faltered. "I I, feet a diamond ' stud tin afternoon, and I thought" , ,. ... ',,'. , ' -.. ' . i wUl call a servant; to got a ligtiti shasaid, sweeping past him; . "Helene!" ho said, taking a step toward her. ;'-i.'. ";:-.. : ' ;-. ( rweiir . ' . r . . ' "Have you quite forgotten the old days that you treat roe so coldly?" he aekea, in a gentle voice. v. "it is you who have chosen to ignore the past," she replied, locking her hands so that he might not see how they trem bled,' .W , " "You .left' me no- .other altenuaivt; Helone, speak to me! ' My heart telle me you have not grown so cold and indiifer- ent as you eeem. There was a time when you prized the love I gava yon. Is 'ft-utterty valueless bow? - ; "You do not care for me so much as you used to," she aaid,' with averted face.- . . - -."I love yoa, Helena. It is yours to say whether it shall be more or lew." She turned to him then with a radiaut mile and held out her hands. . "Take me back!" she said. "I. have been miserable ever since you went away." If, at that moment, any of the guests had returned to the veranda, they miglrt have witnessed a tableau like MuLuV "ilogonot Lor era, T lot Oscar possessed himself of his Own. ' ' ' i J"Why did 'you4 lepel e?" he said, looking Aowa inte the faea, wluch had assumed its own true and tender guise. "Why did yen not let me know you as you are?" "I was proud," sha said. "I did not want yoa to know that I cared to please Jyon. Oh. Oscar! don't be angry with me. liov was I to know mat yoa tovea BMsT" I told yoa ii ingi' I should have gone a way and never seen'you agaltt."",'". " ":'; , Helene bowed hei" Uead xith due rieiii- teuce. , Aa the did so,' a bright flash of light rrom the floor made her cry:' ;, ' "Oh. Oscar!' 'There is'vour diamond! ' Slie dtooiied arid picked up tlie jewol. from, the fiour. It w;aa 'a ' siiDcrb white lqn,wlucU was seen tosparkio afterward pa, tife, third, anger of, .Ws leff., ,hana wr ycar. liaa.it fetas an, engagement ring, r)-Eiuily Lennox hx;Pemoresv'. Monthly, ' " ttlseases of tho KinplratbrV oi-rsnib ' '' A' frreat deal of alarui is felt when cholera, small-po," typuijs' f 6ver, , or. viueij epiuemiq uiseasea nr? prcvuien Yet over large areas of our country there are more Deoula killed by disenwes o tlio respiratory jarganis than ,by aH the more Active diseases combined. Consumption destrpya. more lives per tliousand of the population tliap any .other ono. disease, and pneumonia is. next to it. ,Xlie f ormpr makes away with ninerv-one in a thou. sand, and pneumonia sixty-rthroe.-" Class ing togetheri consnmptioiv paeiuiwnia, lieart-disensp, and bronchitis, the fatality of tlus group of allied disorders is 191. 'in a thousand.' Of oouise, tlie proportion is m ucli greater " along ' the - seocoast, ' the river bottoms, 1 and in damp, low-lying localities, while in high dry regions, diseases of the respiratory organs are ip- frepjent. . ' .'"'' ' '-Experiments'1 'are "how under way to test the virtues' of 'rooms, tho air hi which lj manipulated to make It corres pond to. the, conditions' tliat exist in mountainous regions that is tho air raritied so that there is less pressure J)n the breathing apparatus. It is believed that by sanitary and, , mechanical meas ures, the dreadful mortality and sulFer Ing now caused by this clans of dis orders will., be alleviated,! and tens of thousands of Valuable lives prolonged. DemorestB Monthly, . , .. . f ? ,xa ' Inrltlnf Scttlxinent In Sotitlt Afrlos, 'Mh Arnold White recently read a pa per at a meeting In the conference-room ftt tlie Colonial arid Indian exhibition on- "Soiitli Afriqa .as a Field for the Emigra-- tion -of , the Agricultural Classes, 1 in winch he. asserted that no part of the British dominions offered a mora eligible and, immediate prospect, to the immi grant than South; Africa, r, It had a good pjimate; the health of Africanders' was proverbially r good: . Caiie . Colony1 was easily accessible: all the vegetable pro ducts of i-urope and of the sub tropical zone grow luxuriantly, and large supplies might be sent to European markets, On tlie other side was the drawback of the want of water, and the-only method of remedying this was by an- extended system of irrigation. The great staple of cultivation should be tobacco rather than cereals. Tlie produce of three acres would - realize 80 1 pounds sterling, and witli the farm produce which he could raise every immigrant should be able to live in comfort. . Immigrants should bo agricultural laborers or small farmers. The Hon. C. Van L. der Byl. member of the legislative oouncil, Cape of Good Hope, bore testimony to the accuracy of Mr. White's statement!, and said the Cape Colony -was "admirably suited' for agri. cultural iinmigraritn. -Chicago Time. ,-. , .,. , ,. .' ,i ., i, , . . ..j,,? eof ptrtiof JMs". '. , - ; 4,Tbe . Roman soldier, who built such wonderful roads and carried a weight of armor and luggage th&t would crush the average ' farm. : Jmnd, , i lived - on coarse "OH W In lt.j-HJ, -it!i -kTek 1 broad ttai SOutJs'jce Tbty weje of bilter tears. ' "You do not caro for mo kt 11. ;"'.'. . " ' " u The. moon haj VhW. igh and fuh.! Through, the sgreea of tanglod vines the silvery light fell 'upon;1 her prostrate form, wjiich WM ahakeh with a storin of gnex. "Yes; but that waa long, loner ago.1 "Had yon ceased to love me!" "No; but " "Why, should your love be stronger than mine?" t ' 1 don't know," she sighed; "only I did not tli ink ym cared." He bent over and kissed Her. , "Xever dibt me nsr-jn, dar,"he said. TmI'-.V hnw rv!y I 1-H y.i..- If I l,a.J temperate in diet and regular and (Con stant in exercise. The Spsaiali i peasant. work every day and dances half the night, yet eat only, his 1 black bread, onion and watermelon. - The-Smyrna, portur'eats' only a little fruit -and some Olives.' , He eata no beef, pork or mutton, yet he walks Off ' With' his load of 800 pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more active and can endure more than the ne gro fed on fat meat. , The.heavy work Uf tlie world is not done by ' men who 'eat the' greatest ' quantity. : The' fastest or longest-winded horse is not tho biggest eatec. Moderation in diet seems to be the prerequisite of endurance. Detroit Free Press. ,-..,-., ....... J A rlcrrery Antiquarian InterMS. A discovery of great antiquarian in terest was made in Aberdeen, Scotland, 1 not long since by a number of laborers excavating in Ross court, oae of the old est part of tlie city.. Three feet under the surface the laborers came, upon a large .bronze urn fiUedBto the brim with silver money. The number of coins was about 13,000, 'and they are m excellent preservation.- They; are all English money of the reigns of. Edward I. and Edward II., and are supposed by anti quaries to hare been part of the .booty secured during ono of tlie raids into England during the thirteenth century, Chicago Herald. . ', ' . .,' , ,, Wkkult aeir-Dastractloa of A Si nai. . Man is not the only animal 'that com mit suicide, .Herrings and other tub have sought death by rushing ashore in myriads; regiment of ants, by deliber ately marching into streams; swarm of rats, by migrating into, the fane of their deadly foe, and even butterflies, by flying in immense cloud straight out to ca. It would be interesting to learn the causes of tha apparent wholesale1 and deUberat setf-destruction. Is the art a purely conseiou oneY or are th crea tures ' Tfctlma of. disease mental or physical? Exchange. . ImIM newspaper 1 to Vsrlii. . Probably th smallest newspaper pub lwlied in tha world is that published at Guadalajara, Mexico. It is called El TeW egrama, end is a foar-paga weekly, fivs by three inchr hi size, and kt a marvel in the way of condensation. The motto of the papas is: "Littia straw and much wheat" The price is, cent a copy I Chi cago Times. ' Is aa tBlstes4 OuilWH, ' A small ," party of well known New Yorkers are sussing a trip on a Pennsyl. Tania eanal in anibolstered canalUat, Intel Ocean. .... BlAtifiCT, OF THfi.RKpE FIELDS."' - rBrhjt Talk toarty Melwly (s the ' Swamps' or'Sonth Carolina.' y.nni'f. One. of the most 1 peculiar dialects In the world is that of tjie rice field negioes of t.ho lower counties of South'Carolina and Georgia. I( is a ! mixture of tw'dr' , thiije , languages, the. , . -words J, K'ipg ' jtro-" nouiiced with acharactrisUcintonatiyti, The majority of these- words is a' cor-' ruption of the Englisji. Many come from, various Aincaa. uiaiects, wuii9, owners- sound very much as if they came from the Germans iAU persons conversant in any degree with tho language of tlie Fatherland know that there : are certain 'words in our Uiriguago. which are. prfr cisely like the -German, "with the vacep tion ' -of i a letter or two: take, for i iu strince," ninny---'worda'Jiko this, that, father,' ete.t these are precisely - tike -the German, except that every1 th;'hi theso words is a d in the old tongue.- Now; the low-county negroes have these words .gxacfly as -liey ttriglnally wdre.'v v ,, But it is not these negroes alone who use these words;' We're -'you to accUs the niost accoii'iplishdd guntleman "iu fcli'arleston t saying dis-'a-wky au i dat a-way he wxiuld iridigrinntly deny it, but a few 'minutes' conversation would show that he uses these expressions onallecco-; .sions. ', It is , simply impossible to rejiro duce, tho negro lingo in- print. " Jool Chandler .Harris, "Uncle Remus,-' lias made himself famous by attempting '.It,' and it must bo said of him that ho suc ceeds better tlian any, other writer of the present day. but . to reproduce it per fectly ia simply impossible, .How, for example, can the negro's pronunciation of the word -young bo written?. It can only be explained, and I fear then , that it can not be made intelligible; it is thus; ne-young. ;Tho no or. n sound' ism-p- nounced very rapidly, being run into y sound as closely as possible; i j jiw,! ;." It would rpay any one to make a vwit, to tnese rico lieus, it only to stuuy tlie character and habits 'of the 'hegrous. They live ih - their ' hnts iri the' hiiHgt of these vast tracts of half-inundated lands,: and, witli the exception . of their, oveV1' seers, they never see a white' face frorn one year's ' end to' the other, ,1 can 'con ceive of no dinerence between these and the native African In , the jungle, except' that the southern negro, is more cringing and , cowardly, as a . result of recent slavery,. Another thing. ; about those negroes , that.- will bear, .study , and olwervation ia tbeir songs and 'melodies. The negroes have a peculiar cry, whiph is only used at evening when tlioy are returning from tlwir work, and I will venture- the ' assertion that with all the parts combined no sweater music can be made' anywhere. " If sounds - something like this: Hoo-hoo-la, hoo-la, hoo-la-hoo. THis is repeated over and 'over In diiTer-. ent tones Of voice, arid wheli heard In the distance or through the swampe, tlie effect is simply grand. I have never seen a white man who coufJ imitate this cry) it seems to be pecqliat to tho.tiegro race alone, and I hqve no doubt but what this wiM melody , is . sung by. th five Held darkies just as it wat 'hundreus of years ago by their ancestors in tba jungles of- the. dark Continent. The word lino-In must have some meaning, bull Wliat It is w more than I aw abl t? say.1' : r f Everybody i familiar with "Uncle Re Biurt " famous stories , of "Brer Rabbit, lirex Wolf,",etc. . It inay not bo gener ally known tliat tlicoe talcs are a mere collection, of negro fables, and not the WM ki jaarrto.oW brain, Jlfjias Lbnlj; made, study of tlie negro, lore;, arid JuU. written np in his iniiuiiablestyla. Any can recite the fables by the hour, and''' never tire of repeating tliem. . There la no doubt but - what toes fables were brought directly from- Africa by the nev groea, and this fact makes them all the more interesting. Sumter (S. C.) Cor, Chicago Herald: 1 - THE tONOON EXHIBITION. tWII'-.V ilf- - Vin in" ''"ft'-i ;-.f I 'JL Ml' The tVonders of tndlsn ArtJ-ArMiam at " Work Ceylon and Boiiih Afrloar1 'Th.o London season 'Is, lieirig prolonged this year .''for several 'reasons, and thai 1 .... I . : 4 T j - . . , ii : 1 eoiuaiai vafix Aiiuian. auiuuiuii iins ivi-rur ducedanew feature to tlie' social ;wliir!. : Tlierq.axe, special. "entertainmenta eVery-' wnerp tor tne colonial analDuian people, banquets, haUs,. flower shqws,,, garden partjea, fetes, at the- Crystal aace and at,ey:y other place,' . TheeXbibitionisa vast, endless labyrinth of Jthinga staange and interesting, knd one revels in Indian art products particularly. ;. Tho same buildings at South Kensington hold it as held the fisheries, health and inventions exhibitions 1 in preceding seasons,' arid each colony has tried to outdo - aU the- others'iri making overeat -show'for Hjelf. Tlie Indfari courts ore dreatris of carved and inlaid screens lining th'o! long gal leries' for' hundreds'' and,' hundreds-of-feet. ' with Indian cornets arid draperies -covering tlio-.Bpiiery'wall'tfopMes of Indian ai'riis' bver ,!iSv'ery' doorway,' and the roof ay a-flutter wth.flnjjs and ban-' ners.. ';'":',. -'"!'.''i ') ,','! .,,7 ,;'''? ; .Within tlie arches of the carved screen are the glass cases- containing, jewelry, silks, muslins, and .eijiproult-red stuffs by the half-mio, and , ono tears, himself away from one case, to gob) another filled with even more distracting things. There are embroideries in gohl and colors to make one sigh with, envy, and tissues, of gold 'thread embroidered with pearls and beetles' wings until ;tley surpass all one's imaginings i-of East - Indian gor geonsnoss. Cashmere shawls and Chud dah shawls, chuddnlis so fine and ellky that tho mythical feat of "drawing them through a ring can be done in plain sight, and chuddahs of in)!nito shades of soft; dull blues and reds and grays; bewilder one In their various presentation. ,.T,ha Benares bras'swaro, thri Bombay carved woods and cose after taso of fretted sil ver lipid one', before them,' and as for gold rind silver and jeweled Ornaments it wpuld seem as if all Indj.a luid emptied such treasures mto tho exhibition. Hie Dacca muslins, the famous fabrics known there as "dew. of the , evening" an "woven , air"j from their .fineness and transparency,,; are . shown, . each yard worth more than a tissue of gold thread of the came width. : i j. .- ' v . -- Better than all those tilings in cates Is - tlie Indian - palace- in one of tho open, courts, where the pirik 'and white stone work of the city of Jen pore id 'repeated in a model palace, whoso ilrst courtyard is filled with the shops of native !artisns at work, weaving carpets, embroidering , shawls, cutting; stone tb! the fineness of lace- work, molding, ' clay on tlie primi tive potter's wheel arid beating out gold aixl : silver ornaments'. , Tbj'a $cindiah palace contains, two rooms sacred to the uue of the prince. Of ..Wales from which tlie public is roped out, but Into which one can at leant look and see the domed ' and, softly shaded room. , it)i its beuuti ful waJUi, its divans and rugs and a tew-" trol basin of overflowing water thatTe;'. fleet as a mirror the arches and tlie silk AiHovpaja i9iBa 'pty.i, i-' ; 1 rpi... ' - - . i - I f 4 lie vx'j uu uiisiun ucgiu; DAY IS OVER if ,'i 1 ( T.H E 'H ARM 0NY1 i OR" COLORS. ,-. r ieleotlon In"' Flit iiir' top Usrtments DrsMln, JHo.-4-lfllBto to Maniliaata'" :By. harmony of cotor,(we.,uiwail6rtYellmr and purptot XoweFand Iqwey thejlehtjsi Kning .' 'WavBs'of "color thai edtni fend feo; , colors placed side by side, in such a manj ner that they do riot injure tho effect of each other; 'rather,' on the 'contrary. (complete each other i .j.,. thpy gain iri intensity.,. f , ,,. ..... .'.. Those who are familiar with' the har ' many bf colors 'can, by using -tiVfects of familiar useknahetuch selection in fit-, tine via apartments, in , dressing,, etc., so that with the greatest simplicity tl'oy ore able to produce a 'moto'-favorab! effect than is possible with the most. (.extrava gant expenditure without a sonse of har mony in color. I ! ,.4- Jfl.qrchant, dealing in .calorodj goods, can very greatly improve the appearance of his stock' by kriowmgr'TiW to group them in Such a way as toj produuoa utr- mopioH? .effect.,.! Very ojftciv owing to a lack of' ta'sto with reference to colora amohtj dealers, it will be fouud that-'tho silks- it -no shop i will appean luch ifnwhcr, and. brislitor.; than; in. another. This difference in effect to colors is, how evcr.'iiottith more or leas' tliiifl one mer chant arranges his goods so that tha, col ors are, in harmony,; while thy other does not follow any, , .definite plan. In the first instance tho goods gain, whilo in the Hecond th("y loso m intensity of color. The attention pf tho ladies is particu larly caljed to the importance of Jiar inony in colors, for the most of thcriV:in the selection -of :their colored 'dresses, bonnets, and trimming, produce tho greatest discord in tho composition of the' colors. Harmon,' in color diios' pot do pend ori1 tho will c -caprice or parsonal taHte of an individual, but it is biised on tho unchangeable laws of nature, wliich we shdll,immod.iataly discuss. '.. Red arid 'Green A 'red boay rettocta greeiA 'rays," wliile on the other. hamL.a, green body.reflocta real raya , . Therefore, green is tho color which t complotes ted, and similarly red is tlie color which com pletes green. " Both - doloni,".. therefore, gain in intensity. . - .i,u 'V 7, Blue and jrango A blue body often' reflects ;Orango rayi inversely an orango body will frequently ,rer: fleet the blue rays.-! : Orange is, therefore, tlie complementary color. ,of blue,' and vice versa, therefore each .color , intensi fies the other, i , ,':',,,. ":- Violet and Greenish Yollow A violet body. ietlot , in-eenish yellow,' and in-. versely a greenish yellow body reflects violet. . Both colors,,; : therefore, complete each otlwr, and.intensify eloh, othor. ,, ,. ! Indiiro and f iellow--IiidiKO,T rellects ih-. Flushof Dink in, tha after clowi Boourldg bees'fordaka the clover-- '. Day is overt- ' Foste'r and faster from' hazV Bo'Tlow," ,NlgUa18t08ltirg'llel4and wood; -Out of the west the late-bound Bwallow Hasten back W tho crumpled brood; Stately-winged, the nlght-hawx hover- Day IS overt ' """ ';'' w - , ForM arid' fiAiyVrrbw dark together, A bell h the distance sounding slow; Still the ligh t of the rosy weather Welliif'r UD lh"lTie"aTteT1TOwT - rao'ruestytkjadW4rtjr Day Is overt viimmrJ. 1.J .HttrrPISoftijGoodalaj. HEAftf ' fMSEASE, ' Prof. Huxl7 says that it would re- qnire 1,000,000 bamh of herring to rip ply the cud on tUi IVurfregin coast w.ii CiiS bifl.'a-''t. - 1 1 ' l " I 1 1 ts . . Mors tTork for tls Tulscopes. , Besides Venus, Mercury and the ", pectea Ultra-Mercurial V uioav ilons. J. C Houzeau, of the Brussels observatory, tliinks there may be another pUiu-t be tween the earth and tha sun. ' A tele- scopio object has seven times been ob served near Venus, the Inst time in, iTW, and an examination of the data thus fur nished' make it appear' probable that this body is an unkown planet with an orbit about equal to that of Venus or a little larger, the latter case making it our nearest . planetary ' neighbor. ' It must come In conjunction wiui vi.-nus at in tervals wluch are multiples of a little less than three years. Tha hypothetical planet ia called Keith, and aurbitioiu amateur astronomers are advised to search fortt. Arkansaw Traveler. " A UaJlrsa Wbcrs Paal Was Horn. - The ancient city of Tarsus, where the Apostle Paul was born, has a railroa i. Britixh capitalists aro constructing a railway in Asia Minor, tlie first section, of which, from Muraiua to Tarsus, ha just bean officially inaugurated.' Tlie opening pf the road wa made the occa sion of a- grand jubilee, in which the local orTifinls heartily joined. A dozen sheep were sacriuoed.. there were re ligious benedictions, s)ieocho, aud then a free excursion to tha notabilities. Sum Arab dignitaries, howevwr, would nut trust their lives on the train aaying tliat they would wait till they saw bow the extraordinary ' English contrivance worked. New Orleans Timee-Democrat. ns with a conV .' of tha gateway, and part of the Buddhist Temple of the Sacred Tooth of-. Kandy, and Uantaina and Buddhist arabloms ore prominent In all the decoraUous of the CWIon gallery: There, is a large case of gems iu ' thi drvislim, -over -wliich pB hangs enraptured. , In is are' cat's .eyes us large as the end of your thumb,, and. and rubies1' and 'sapphires Of size.: land colof 'never seift! In' bth 'exhibitions.! 'Riibiea Iri tlie1 Trtugh, and sapphlrea! of this man lias mspirett , jau iyn pf, fum P gre,witi.aupb . pivoted yet hmiiblo at tavluuetijtituat tuey refuna l ti sit down in Ids presence. lie looked lue a very largw old, French peasant cure astray in a fahion.ib!e drawing-room. ... - f.,. K(ibenstoin, with hi short, flat now and . "teinpest of ; wild liair lt0is hh aect aa of a savage BeeUipvan, by winch be became tain uxor, several years every othfar h.-wlo beside' bluo;' dull a tral'sappblretl that show flvo-pointed star of w hite' light wheh held at a certain angle; nWandritt'S tliat ore alternately green Yiidn.il, ftiul fpftly jtliinUig moon stones dazzle tl eye In the range of that one case of Ciry tun, treasures, aud sliver, and gold and . poula, lace and tortolso shell, uiako a circle of attractions mound the gems. "Ruhanah". in Clobo-Democrat.; .'I ';.,. ..),- , .( . ' ... ',T .,..,.' ., i .; j . i A Bslb la tha Morslne, i In your dressing-room you have soft cold water and a sponge, probably placed there aver- night, so that - it- hi in the morning of the same temperature as the air; then you have a nice, soft Toikisb washing glove and a piece of plain Cas tile or ivory soap no scented; thai were dangorou to health; then standing before ' a basin of hot water .the whole body is quickly fathered and rubbed thoroughly. This ought not to occupy more than say three roinnte, and after this come tho cold spongo bath, wluVli need riot take more than a minute and a half. A moderately coarse .towel ihould be usel, and the skin should be thoroughly dried. Remember that the towel must not be rough enough to Irri tate the skin, bat only to produce a ' pleasant glow;remmber,. too, that there niiint be no dawdling over the bath they aro cojiiphiuientary. and "intensify each other."'-" f-in -j.n-i la '-i It would carry lis too far' to.idespribfl all the other: colors, which are 'coniplo-'meritaryii-Ivitliograplior and Frlntdf.'"'1 ii Famoas OoiniKwar t a uuaiosis. -li.Madiuu Morchesi gava, a few even iiiRsaso, a soii-ee tnusicole, which was' one of the most Crowded , and, (brilliant e( tlM) season,' Liszt, and Rvbaonu.in, and. B:ilnW3aenSI 'tli tmposeij: of "lleiry 'VIII,' wore among1 the gatfstaj I mtfotr confess tha 1 coiild not dtooern lit the Abbe Liskt th:it fat ;and wg-oii raaa in a stnilgIii.'tig1it-lltU" uassock; with' Jarge feet pnd a face- embeHslieJ with I two enormous wans, any irace'ot w lady-killer of tho last auartr of : a eoiu H i.'i.HtojdniS.tidck white IriUr, rfch-- jug tobisshoillders anueareruuy bruslieil and arrang.-J, Vas' reallytbe' puiy1 at A".tlTDbE'3",Afl, ,:l'il,-. if-. ,W4niK The. ,K)& lTlileak om feojol. Etyi JDan h - ffsrt of the Higher iJstsIs.' - " Tlie' Sle'dlciil JoufnalfTi'aS Jtisi- '-reported a pa rrt read fef ore the Aineticali Cliaiat ological, MBociation,r bjr JDr, , A. L. Loomis, of; thia city, which,. mnV be of vital importance to mrifiy 'people propos : ing to Visit nioqatairi resorts the'eoming tninmer, , Dr. Loomis dataila iourcosea in which heart disease, was brought on by a change from A lower to , higher altitude."' Two 'of thet' c'ae Wre per sons going to St. itegis. lake, in -the AdU rondacks, at.an-eleyatioa of -only 3,000 feet. Ono was tliat of a ' Visitor to the Catakill mountains, Slid the feOrth had gone to Colorado. ..'Though a relief waa afforded them b a retup to lwer lev els, they all uled 'witbip. four or fiva. weeks. ''."'' ' i.'-''i " As tha, 'result, of his experience In tweritysrx'ca8eit)r. Loomis concludes that "tho risks which one with even slight cardiac inMifflcWnfcy'riiria by pass- ing from a lower to a; higher altitude is certainly very -great; and if the insuffi ciency be extensive, such change be cotpes ' Immediately" darigertto.' - This conclusion, strongly supjiortod ei It is by Dr, Loomis. .data, iaenpeyiaUy iinpoi'tant when it ia remembered that cardaicm sufllciency inay exist In- 'thosa 'who give no evidence- of it while at, or moder ately near, the sea hiveL It is well known tliat soiourn at tha Jjighre3ortsf tlie Swiss' Alps' wcontra- inliiyi.fcfl,Tifnr rwnuini IHiTTerfTrii? from (lia- ease ,oc; the?, btaui rhaarf, or the large yeasela. . The change , in tlie blood is due to' deficiency of 6y gen calcula tion will show that ordinarily tft an nlti- tudeof only 8,00aftot 17344 graina less ff Arvnnn n n tiJmtiul irinn of cii lak'aat , , -mill t T 1 ttvl O StMtnVa4 WlfiW. , mV - a. yellow, and ..yellow , indigo, tW, hence JfluijJ nWmYlain ' tlie penis which many peonle hicur by exchanuhig tide Water for liigbi mbuhtaitt 'nWNe w York Herald. I'frsn vuii'-ft uii!tf'.;i Tbo ITormattori or Koth'Atnelo. Tlie opinion is expressed by- an emi nent American scientist, in arecent lec ture, thatthn North American conti nent had the beginning of its formation W Manas" of mattcrrismgi6uof theim tnetuia oeeas TwiHoo. crew. until( tliey fl- pally, touched each, ptUcr. Masy.of these lana3 were volcanoes, that threw up matter tnat uaa rormea -peiow-vne sur face ef tho a atst, add -wars larr below the water tlW above. 1$,,, ,Tbe awaiiaa iidandslmv,Jiail Piauy Jfolcauoem, and ,were much formed by them. The whole ai-ea abovd the 'tea hi ho more than that Of tlie state of Massachusetts). but their combined bases, w ust be equal r to tha whole of .New, Eugland and New York. J4-.1-1 -it llHi-l' iiliOMt yt:afiti aaatk - ttvnt cottld tiulily liarr'tetm mad to en large and jou och other, , and, tiie gran ite rock is ao-jiUiindarit was once erupted from .volcanoes, like flowing lava. 'Among the firs Volcanic' islands must , have been' Greenland; CtuMtds, east of Winnipeg, i tha . AtfanUoijidiatrjct, .tha Rocky mountains and, tlio Sierra Neva das; but as the 'islands rose and enlarged ago, to the in nuc-lovers -of tha United 1" . . , ,,,. .i..,, ' Haiut-&wns is a m extent lookpig I State. gentleman, with -dork y and hair, and a fine intellectual brjw. He interested me most of the three;1 first, beoausel greatly admire his worisi' arid, secondly, he did notpose as a celebrity, "as did th6' two othir famptii guests of the oveiilngii Lucy- Jtobixir in V iiusyieipina iclerapu. ,'' '' ' Oll'lo QAlst all Ax-r Sss. '-' -: The ' windows' 'of some of tha tfouth street ship cliindhirs' stores ooiitain thia sigil: "Marine OiL" 1 1 ' , ' "It is . an .oil srMicially prepare, 'to' smoctli ari ah-ry sea, said ono dealer. "Boiled oil or aiiirnal oil will do pretty w-j, Lut tiiis oil Will UnI 'k' greater do. gree of cold without congealing than or dinary on. 'It Ii I secret tmxt'lre of common oil. Tho ariiln throti-'h the Hydrographlc office of tlie va'.ue f oil in a brwaking sa. It , has bewinie tlie fashion to use oil. It h A singular char acterUtif, but many old sea captains boast that they are not book sailors, and wliat the nie-nco smd: go n, aud:iatiway the depressiomf of Hudson s , bay s ta Miasis sipni vallejand the SaR Lake and Ne vada "basins were " formed. These de pressions - .'would-- III rirwitL massive atlimats, wh.wpuMoyatnally be poiuo rocks, and the depressions would have a saucer or plattcT shape. Cliicago Herald!1 niii. yn:uni ' ' :! " "' Jftart.u of a olbet'laJt dtf. "' The marketeof IrkuUtt- trs tn inter esting sight ui inter 4iw. 'mT every, tiling on sul la- .froren solid. ..Fsb ara piled up in stacks' 'lite no" 'much cord wood, and meat Hliewfci. ''.'AH -kind of fowl are"!Affary frozen aud piled up. Some animals brought intd tlie market whfcla ara nrunned uo ou their hind iezs. . secret bnxt'lre of . ,tare.tho appearapco of boin act. dem md for it liHs mid as yoU go through tha puUication by tba ,3 Rirroun.ied Tslsrapa Barries of Ursst Britain, .Since the governatont took pfiaseasion of the telegraph in Great Britain, a rec ord has been kept of tha number of tele graph messages svnt yearly. Li 1370 tber were .UbO.000 messages; in 1 j, 19.000.000; U 1W 28.000,000, and in lg 14,OUO.OOO; this sVs not include tlie press lacastg, which haveiacreased m-rfy a thoiasuidfotd. doe to the gTsater L cheapness of tha government service over that ' of tha companies. Deesarest's Monthly. , Iar as sapsrsM as Glass. Paper of proper thicknev Is rendered transparent by soaking in copal varnuh. When dry it is - polished, rubbed with pumira stone, and layer of soluble fastis appUeJ and rubbed with salL It is said that Ui surface is a perfU u I . .. ). .. . .ri . 1 I,, ... f t. , 1 dawdle as much aa you Je-o while jook 'recommend and in ref presBUig, uux uauie wuu juinciuiw celer ity; and n-raember, thirdly, that you must never neglect to wet tho ht-ad with eold water, else disagreeable scuoatious will ba tha result. " The bath is to ba taken on an empty stomach, and tantnediately after getting out of bed. The slight shock caused by tho eold water -will be succeeded by feeling very delightful, indeed, ieulicg whioh I might di-scribe if I choae, but will not, km I want 'you to exjTli'nca them. Tliere ara sponge batiks and plunge bath and shower Jai!ui, all of which may be takent at home; but for all forms of houM-hul.l bathing commend lue to the oae I have just tried to. describe. Cue. Cottage Hearth. - Wilttrm't Oplstos 0 ths Encllah. Tb mora I sea of England and tlie English the more I am persuaded of Ute irrscoocilable diureooa between ns and them, and the more odious seem to roe tha affectation and imitation of Angli cism by the American, who, having got a glimpse of the nobility, woald straight way gt-t himself a coat-of -arm. Henry Watterson in Courier-Journal. yon by hvhig pigs,; sheep, jwunw.and fowls. But strangef yet, even jhe iiquids axa frozen solid and sold ui block.' Milk is frozen into a block in this way, with a string or stick f rotten into of projecting . 1 from it. for tha convenience of (he pur- uiiuenuaai ia ic.ua.i w r ,!, .,,- br the take up wuu wliat tney ca:i new-iang ea y. txrrJ & tomo ,wung acrosa .. ...r,m Tw.a lalWA ht-l fttAllt Hill I ... . . . . . : . " ,7 1 theshouldor. So.:ts sisoise .-which is TUIUV Ui Ull vvr Vdli .no ... i-. captured oil NauUickofc. but it . wasjiot the fashion to use oil. so they lot tha ships sink. "New York. Sun.. . . As Keap on CUiutdag I'orsrsr. , ' Tliere b not a bursa, . mute, ass or bicycle in Alaska; each aud all would be uaelnsi as a means of locomotion. ; Tha whole country L-ads toward heaven at an angle of forty-tiva decree. To move on yon must climb and keep on climbing forever. Tlie Indians, for that reason, with level heads avoid the land, except a a plaoo to elfp" on; they live and move In canoes. What tlia gondii is to the Venetians tba canoe is to the peo ple of Alaska. Ali3k Tourist's Letter. Pearls In Rrmi are considered nf fvitis of bad luck and are ccrer crn I Cultl.atlac I Ho Csrios Ksrais Oak. The botanical gardens, London, have succeeded in cultivating tha enriou kermes .oak ((piCTons cocifcra). which, when punctured by one of the coccus in sects produces the ancient blood-red dye, supposed to have been ns! by Mosca to tint the hanging of the taberncla. The ki-rm'-s oak is a dwarf, bushy shrub, , StuUv that have horse sir somewhat re.mbling a hoUy. an 1 growl j 10,!- S3 cars. 1 1.51 V,roiii'y ia p-ia. CIcuj Ne.i. . ! t..'..,, i-.f t ' unknown in etiiuf cututtriea. a man can (buy his drink with a atiok in it' Cen tral Siberia' Letter ". ' 1 " ,., 1 , . Tba f-mir'-'T- aad tb Esssvraa, ..Weigi, - an , Austrian conipowr, had . written a quartette which the Emperor Francis felt called upon to lead, only h played his part all through without tak. ing the slightest notice -of aooidentala, until the coinporer nearly on his kgrvs ' advanced, and most reverentially said "Would your majesty grant my moat hambla prayer tat a nest gracious F sharp The Argonaut. . . , j ' Tmry Thirl y-toar Fast la IMassstoiw A monster" pulley thirty-foeuf feet in diameter and eigbty-threa tons in weight ha been made in England. ,. The run will have a vclo'-ity of more thaa a mile a minute. There are grooves for thirty-two ropas, and togetlier they will transmit 1.2U horse-power. - Otur Korss Sir Haiti Tlie 233 cities and towrss ia the Vi t r-, - -
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