tn a shaggy forest I know a glen
"Where the were-wolf made his lairf zr
Twas haunted of owls, but 'twas shunned of
"' ' men,;.:;- . ' .
For a demon dwelleth there.
When the night was dismal, and wild, and
wet, " . - -:
And yells were on the gale,
I rode my black steed to the glen, and met
That demon weirdly pale.
sprang from my charger where he sroot .
And I hailed the specter dire:
; The v ground was rank with the smell of
blood, '
And hot with a smouldering fire. "
I called him by his loathly name, -
Unmeet for a human ear,
And saw his face, bv a sudden flame.
Lurid with hate and fear. ,
I plucked the fiend by his long right hand, ;
; As ho sate on a corse, new slain.
My voice was strong with a firm command :
, "I have sought thee onco again. ' .
fchow me to-night, show me to-night, !
What thou may'st notkoep from ro
His coward eye was hellish bright
With a glare not good to SCO
My shivering steed, he pawed the mos
His gasps began to fail:
By a murdered corse, and a dying horse,
I heard that goblin's tale;
But never a spirit that skims the sea,
Or a phantom of the air, '
Must guess what the foul fiend whispered me
r i ... . - . -
ur ureaan wnat ha snowed me there.
I had power, I had power in that grewsome
hour,
And I read his spirit through:
I made him cringe and I bade him cower,
( For my heart was brave and true.
I chained him there with a new-forged chain,
i By the side of the murdered wight,
And I lo t him howling a wi!d?r strain
Than the howling of the night.
'For ten Jong year3 on a mountain bare
; , I had wept and fa stel sore;
I had worn tho stones with my knees in
prayer
To conquar a grace the more;
And to weave a spell for a fiendish heart
A spell for a fiendish win
To baffle the spite of a damon's art
' I dwelt on tha doljful hill.
Ho may Iiarm no hapless passer-by ;
Ho may spread nor ban nor. bale;
1 had strength and inasVry fiom One on
; y high,
' .nd my courage did not fail.
Jfwon my will, for my soul was pure,
And the secret that I know
Hath given me power great ills to cure
As I journey to and fro.
Go not that way. It is haunted still;
The wolf hath left his lair; '
Tho owls have flown to my barren hill;
No living thing is thare.
A murdered corse by a blackened stone,
'Neath an o!d tree, gnarled and gray,
And a frenzied demon, alone, alone,
Till the earth shall pass away.
- Danske Dandridge, in Cosmopolitan
Groom or Bridegroom?
BY WILL F.-TOND.
" By Jove, I'll do it ! there is no
other way of wooing her; so to the
winds with common sense and propriety.
Recommend me for the post at once,
dear Jack, and put me down your debtor
for life."
The speaker was Tom Rainforth, a
hair-braioed young journalist, and the
person addressed was Jack Fortescue,
Esi., landed proprietor and gentleman at
large. Tom and he had been diuing at
the Savage Clubh and, retidng to the
smoke room, had been elaborating a lit
tle plot, hatched by the ferti'e brain of
the brilliant young journalist. The
facts of the case at issue were these :
At the hunt ball recently held in the
quaint old Lincolnshire village of Keves
by, Tom Rainforth had the misfortune
(or good fortune, according to the read
er's opinion) to meet and fall desperately
'.in love with Edith, the pretty daughter
of fckjuiro .fcvenngnam, who, being
eccentric xrentleroan. deemed everv vounsr I
an
. T . a x - ii .
closed his doors in the face of the nu-
meroua admirera attracted by his daugh- I
tei 'a pretty face, and her ample dot. J
Tom had fared no better than the !
others, but on confiding his sorrows to
his friend andgue3t they had between
them matured a scheme of romance and
impudence unparalleled ia these prosaic
Nineteenth century days.
Squire Everingham was the right hand
man aud general estate manager to Lord
Briuntree, an office his family had held
for several generations; he was, besides,
a landowner of no small extern, ana. a -
... . i i - c
magistrate; nence nis popular uwe uv
"Squire." lie resided some few miles
away on the Lincolnshire coast, in a
moderately sized village, which consisted
of a single long, strangling street, a
church, a chapel, and some venerable
relics of the Saxon and early Norman
eras. The Squire occupied the great
whtto house at the corner of this road,
patronized the entire village, and wa?,of
course, looked up to with unquestioning
reverence by the inhabitants. He, how
ever, never mixed with, them socially,
and as his nearest neighbor, whom ha
honored bv admittinV to a onesiionable
equality, lived some miles aay, the
Squiicand his daughter lived a some
what secluded lite, broken only at rare
'interval by visits from lady friends to
her, aud by his . joui ners to the market
town or magisterial bench.
Popular as the Squire wa? in the vil
lage, he had one blot on his escutcheon
in (he eyes of the hunt (to which he sub
scribed liberally). : id in those of the
few county families in tho neighborhood,
and that was, he had become accustomed
(since tho los3 of his wife) to drink, "not
wisely, but too well," and. as may be
supposed, he incurred serious censure
for a habit not tolerated in these days.
.In other repects tLo Squire was still the
cheery, open-handed man as of yore; his
kitchen door was ever open to the hun
gry. The only other change was in his
appearance; the tall lithe hgure became
slightly
bowed, the h3ir tinged with
g'-ay;
is .Tiding in the field became
and irregular, and (greatest
reckless
crime of
all in a hunting countrvi he
commenced to "crane" at his fence3 and
kno k his horse3 about for faults due to
himself. He also grew quarrelsome, and
new-comers, mt feeling the same amount
of tesjicct, o?" being undr the same ob
ligation as the old inhabitants, several
brawls had taken place, and in oce or
two the Squire was severely handled. !
With increasing excitement and irrita
tion of te.iiperament he grew discon
tented with the slow rate of speed obtain
able from his horses, and invested ia
several fast trotters, and went whirling
from place to place, to the danger of
every one he met. This was endurable
in his sober moments, but when, after a
court meeting at the neighboring town,
hei insisted upon taking the "ribbons"
himself, thrashing the horse into a
gallop, going over or through every
thing in his way, it became no joking
mutter.
On one occasion, returning home at
night, he drove over a stone heap and
spilled himself and groom into a broad
and deep drain that :an by the roadside ;
on another he collided with his own gate
post, smashing the cart to matchwood
and breaking his groom's ribs, being
himself dragged into the yard in con
sequence of having become entangled in
the reins, whilst the horse was JrickiDg
and plunging ia aU directions. "
Grooms soon 'grew scarce; finally, no
one could be found to take the place;
then, for some time the Squire drove
himself, and after having "- teen several
times fined for furious driving by his
brother magistrates, they determined to
putli stop to the growing scandal by de
claring to hinVtheir intention of sending
him to prison for a month if he appeared
befora thffm again. This had the desired
effect, and set him seeking for a steady,
capable groom. : J
touch was the state of affairs at the
time of tae hunt ball; and the intention
ot lom l'a nforth, as declared at the
opening of our story, was to offer Mm
self for the post, drive the Squire, "keep
Him, n possiDie, sooer, and, most im
portant of all, do his best to win the
heart of the fair Edith, who was already
more man weii-uisposea towards him.
After some preliminary correspondence
an engagement was contracted, Tom en-:
tered into his duties, and became the
Squire's shadow. If any one took offense
at the Sim re's unseasonable remarks he
was always on hand to smooth matters
down, and for a time all , went welL
Gossips noticed, however, that Miss
Edith took a greater amount of . horse
exercise than usual, and that the new
groom was invariably in attendance.
whilst it was said that her latest "fad"
was always to see her horse cleaned every
morning.
Truth to tell, she recognized Tom the
very first morning, and threatened to de
nounce him to her father; but Tom over
came her scrjples, and of their mutual
misunderstandings, love-makings, "and
its attendant pleasures and pains, I am
no envious chronicler; suffice to sayfshe
was pleased to keep his secret, but
woman-like, delayed her happiness, and,
notwithstanding all ho had undergone to
win her, declared capriciously she would
never accept him unless he accompanied
her as groom to the opening meet of the
season.
Poor Tom! he had not counted upon.
a girl s mischievous lancy, and soreiy
ngainst hi3 will he bowed to the in
evitable. Dow nward steps are not easily retraced ;
so the conduct of the bquire proved;
for alter a brief period of good behavior
he gradually grew worse and worse tin
til he was nearly, if not qnite, as bad as
ever. Do all that he could, Tom could
not keep him sober. Once after attend
ing one of the meetings, he drank rather
more heaviiy than usual, and insisted
upon driving himself home, whieb he
did at a gallop, escaping injury by little
short of a miracle. This resulted, how
ever, in a brief illness, which gave Tom a
chance to think the matter over, and
evolve a scheme to put an end to these
midnight dangers.
He had a brown-tanned leather rug
made for the horse, which extended from
the saddle to the Jail, where it was fast
ened to the crupper and loosely girthed
underneath being nearly the color of
the horse, a casual observer at night
would not notice it. He then took the
horse out every night to exercise, instead
of in the morning, and by the time the
Squire recovered Tom was ready for
him.
During these weeks Jack Fortescue
made one or two surreptitious calls, and
in his quiet way had much fun with
Tom; but he ouly received his rallies
with a grim smile, saying: "Let those
laugh who win, and the game is in my
own hands if I have but patience. You
shall dance at my wedding in the third
week of Octobor."
4 'Aud see you as groom to the Lady
Edith at the openinsr meet eh, old
man?" responded the imperturbable Jack.
'Well, ves, I suppose so! Uut you
will get no laugh at my expense, I prom
ise you."
From this time, stransre to say. no
further accidents occurred when the
Squire rode home; the horse went qui-
etiy along, taking no notice of his furl-
. Hn v-Aina ty vi ivArnna
thrashing, beyond a slight jump to left
or right as the wjiip struck its head or
neck. .When the Squire railed at it for
not ffallopimr, Tom declared that it was
galloping at full speed, and that 'he
could scarcely hold on, and the: Squire,
in doubt, usually accepted his word.
Meanwhile, the horse grew more and
more steady, as though it had liken. its
master's character in hand, and' Was in
league with Tom to save the old gentle
man from further disasters. v
The opening meet drew nigh, and Tom
was daity teased by bis fiancee as to what
he would give to be let off. -
Tom laughed, ana said :
'Nothing I You keep your promise to
marry me the third week in October,
ana l win r.ae to tne meet as your
groom."
Edith looked wistfully at him, half re
gretting her bargain, but too
high
spirked to let him off his
penance
after
once imposing it.
At last the day arrived, and at 10 A. m.
Tom, duly attired in a green coat with
brass buttons, a broad leathern strap
1 round his waist, cords and boots, and hat
1 with a cockade, was to be seen holding
two horses at thi front door. The Squire
had an attacx of gout and could not go.
Daintily attired in a dark b'.ueriding-
hibit, Edith was lifted to the saddle,
and. with Tom vidinsr decorously in the
rear, passed out of the gate. Once,
however, in the green lanes, he ranged
alongside, but Edith was in a dejected
mood and scarcely spoke.
At la?t she said :
"Tom. dear it's no use; I can't do it.
Go bickand put on your own clothes; I
will not make a public show of you: you
have undergone enough for rae."
Xay! nay!" laughed Tom. "A bar-
gain is a bargain; you might want to cry
torteit to vour own slake: ana aeir,
lowering his voice, 'I cannot let you do
that now."
"No, no I indeed, I will not! I will
keep my word! But if you will not
ride back and change that hateful suit I
will turn back myself and forego the
meet."
Is that so?" said Tom; "then here
goes!" and taking off his hat he drew
out a velvet cap, and unbuckling his ;
belt and throwing oSf the green coat," h
sat revealed in the 3Ielron Hunt colors.
Tossing the coat and strap after the hat,
he luted her hand, and kissing it said
And do I still ride as your groom T'
"Yes," said she, with a merry laugh;
as my bridegroom.
At the meet speculation was rife as to
who Tom was, ; and owing to Jack
Fortescue " the secret leaked out. The
Squire only stipulated that Tom should
still drive him, and gave his consent.
A i ll I"V J . ,
- At tne weaamg oreaKiast l om was
asked the secret of his success with the
Squire's horse. lie laughed and said :
V.Well, I trained him to stand the whip
on that leather rug he always wore at
night and I had two pahs of reins," one
running
from the bit along the shafts
J round to the back of the cart where I sat ;
si
Of course a tremendous' laugh was the
result of this disclosure, and although
against himself, the Squire joined in it,
and proposing his son-in-law's health,
asked: " Who shall say the days oi
chivalry are past?" ;- -
Tom and his wife still live happily to
gether, but the Squire was shortly after
the marriage gathered to his fathers, hav
ing been killed in the hunting field, and
a brass tablet records his manifold virtues
ia the village church Journalist.
Man In Mid-Air.
Richard A. Procter, writing in the
Philadelphia Press, -says : I believe that
athletes such as those who first obtained
mastery over the problem of the bicycle
could very soon learn to float, to ascend,
to descend, to ride upward, to soar, and
so forth, in a way which would vefy
decisively indicate .the possibility of a
much, fuller mastery over the problem of
flight later on. Experiments which have,
been already made prove decisively that
a man's weight can be supported by
planes or sails of very moderate extent
not much greater proportionally to his
body than an eagle's wings if only there
is either: rapid motion of advance or a
strong current of air against their slightly
slanted surface. But these experiments
have not' yet. been so carried on a3 to
show fully what can be done when prac
tice in the art of balancing in the air
and in making the adjustments neces
sary for changing the direction of flight
has been sufficiently extended. Yet Mr.
Charles Spencer, a teacher of gymnastics
in England, was able, after attaining no
greater velocity than would be given by
running down a small incline, to sustain
flight by the supnprling action of wicker
wings for a distance of 120 feet. Bes
nier, indeed, toward the close of the last
century, devised a method of supporting
the body by pinions, which enabled him,
after a sharp run, to -fly across a river of
considerable width.; It is certain that
very little is to be ga ned from the at
tempts which have been made to direct
balloons. The velocity which can be
given to a balloon in stilt air is very
small. A very moderate breeze would
carry a balloon one way despite . all
mechanical attempts to direct it in an
other, let the balloon be shaped as it
may. Moreover, all such attempt? are
daiigerou for tha Wind has a great hold
on the necessarily
large
surface ol a
balloon, and pom?'
ajjamst
the wiad
would subjeet the balloon to destructive
influences. Whenever man attacks the
7 O C
problem of flight, seeking real advantage
from its mastery, he will aim at mucin
more than ..such mere floating power as
the balloon gives-at mo e- even than the
rapid floating motion, with power oi
guidance, wuica may be obtained by the
experiments suggested above. There
must also be a power of energetic pro
pulsion while still in the adr. This might
be obtained by suitable adjustments ot
levers to be worked by a man in actual
flight. But while I believe flight to be
possible for man in this way, I consider
the only kind of flight which is- likely tcr
be really usef ulto men to be that of fly-
ing machines propelled, balanced and
directed by some one or other of the
natural forces man has brought under his
control. That man who has learned to
traverse the land more swiftly by
mechanical rnean3 thau its most active
deni7ens, and to make the wide seas his
highway by similar devices, should be
unable to travel in the a" r, which by
natural selection alone has become the
home of .creatures descended from rep
tilian forms, is to me unthinkable.
.Aj Monster liridge.
At a meeting of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, Professor Gustav
Lindenthal'read an exhaustive paper on
"The North River Bridge Problem." It
outlined a gigantic scheme for construct-
mg a suspension
bndge across the llud-
sou at a point between
rourteenth and
Twenty-eight streets, for the purpose of
bringing all the great railroad lines into
this city. The plan of the bridge con
sisted of two wrought iron towers, on
sunken stone piers, at equal distances
from either shore, with three suspension
spanshe middle one being 2,850 feet
long. ' The largest single span ever de
signed np to the present day is that "be
longing to a bridge now being construct
ed in Scotland. Its length is 1,700 feet.
The professor argued that the srreat
width of the river ha3 made engineers
rather f ivor a tunnel than a bridge, ow
ing to the mnny difEcultics-iirrolred in'
the construction of the latter Still a
bridge with six tracks, which would ac
commodate all of the railroads desiring
to enter this city, could be constructed
at a much smaller cost than the number
of tunnels that would be required for th;e
same purpose. Besides, it ""would be
much, safer. A bridge built according to
his plan, he sa'd, would be capable oi
transferring 50,000 passengers an hour in
one direction, and would thu3 meet the
demands for at least futy years. The
cost of construction for the bridge alone,
including anchorages and abutments.
would not exceed $15,000,000. This
estimate did not include the outlay which
would be involved in tha purchase of the
necessary am-uni of land at either ap
proach, nor for the tracks and stations of
the termmi.4 jSeai York Obaevzer.
Elephantine Figures.
The cost of keeping elephants -is an
item of expense to the proprietors of
circuses and menageries that is scarcely
appreciate J' by the public. It is amusing
enough to sed the eight trained mam
moths at the winter circus in the Ameri
can Institute, New York, go through the
intricacies of a quadrille. The "act,"
however, occupies Jbut a few minute, and
few people stop to consider how much
the divertisement-cost3 the proprietor of
the show The combined value of tne
elephants is $123,000. In addition to the
doub!e .quartet there is the clown ele-
1 phant "Jack."
On an average each of these nine ele-
phants consumes cue hundred and fifty
pounasot nay a aay, oesiaes a uusuei ui
oats. With hay at f 16 a ton (the present
price) each elephant eats about $1.20
worth of nay daily, and oets at 44 cents
per bushel bring3 the total daily cost of
feed per elephant up to $1.04. This
makes the total yearly cost of feeding
nine elephants $3,aOG.40. Add the in
terest upon $125,000 at six 'per cent.,
which is $7,505. By adding the co3t of
feed, interest and wages of trainers and
keepers together, the brief amusement
which the elephants daily furnish to the
public costs annually the sum of $17,-
197.40. JVtf.o York Herald.
A Leap Year Conversation. -'
Charlie, did you ever hear it said
that if a person found a four-leaved
clover and put it into a shoe, the first
iron fl a-m o r r IoHit. t Vin rip-renTf walked
with would be either their husband or
wife?" - - - . - .
44 No, never heard of it before.'
" WelL I found one, and put it into
mv shoe this morning, and you are tae
first one I have walked with. I wonder
if it is true tn -Statesman X - -: r
The raisins? of forest trees is one oi
California's most proStabls industries.
and the other pair, wbch the
used, were luclui to the cottar."
- oMAFS WOULD.
PliEASA-XT MTERATURE - FOR
FiMIXIXB HEADERS.
Shoes For Fashionable "Women.
It has always been a difficult thing to
get shoes for fashionable women, that
shall be exclusive in character
It took a dressmaker, and -a ran'e
one, too, to solve the question as to how
this should be done. Now the perfectly
dressed lady, has the tops of her var
nished leather walking shoes mide of
the same material as is her wa'king dress.
New York Times.
"Women in Literature.
. Louisa M. Alcott says: It is wise for
women who have made a place for them
selves in literature and journalism, to cul
tivate not only their intellectual facul
ties," but practical oce3 also, and to un
derstand the business affairs of their
craft. The ignorance and helplessness
of wom;n writers is amaiing. The brains
that can earn money can understand how
to take care of it, by a proper knowledge
of contracts, copyrights and duties of
author and publisher." - ;
A Noble Wort Carried, on by Women.
There is, according to Lady Grey, no
part of the British Empire where a GirV
j?riendly Society may not be found. In
Egnland alone there are 150,000 members
of such societies springing from" a cen
tral institution, or which Lady Grey is
the President, and "which is carrie4 on
entirely by women. Temporary lodg
ings are "provided for girl4 suddenly
thrown out of situations, and recreation
rooms are established for members set
tied in towns. In days when,' to the
jcredit of the society, the welfare of
women, and especially the care of friend
less girls, are objects of an increasing
concern of conscience, facts like these
deserve to be made widely known,
whether theyTelate. to this particular
institutioiror others founded with simi
lar designs. Girls' homes and girls'
friendly societies, a contemporary thinks,
might witk advantage keep themselves
permanently before the public eye by
bold advertisement, especially in the
railway carriages and other public con
veyances, waiting-rooms, the wanted'.r
columns- newspapeies, and in all . other
places where the persons for whom the
kindly aid is intended may learn that it
is at hand when desired. C.iicago Times
Dressmakins as a Fine Art,
I am sorry to see that Mr. Faweett
deprecates the engagement of ladies of
education as dress-makers and milliners
and speaks of it as being detrimental to
those who have fewer educational acU
j ' T. 1 J 1
vantages, x my sen wouia HKe to see-
dressmaking: regarded not merely as a
learned profession but as a time art. To
construct a costume that will be at once
rational and beautiful requires an accu
rate knowledge of the principles of pro
portion, a thorough sease of color and a
quick appreciation of the proper use of
materials and the proper qualities of pat
tern and designs. The health of a nation
depends very largely on its mode of
dress; the artistic feeling off a nation
should find expression in its costume
quite as much as in its architecture, and
just as the upholstering tradesman has
to give place to the decorative af tist,' so
the ordinary milliner, with her lack of
taste and her lack of knowledge, her
foolish fashions and her lack of inven
tions, will have to make way for the
scientific and artistic dress designer. In
deed, so far from it being wise to dis
courage women of education from tak
ing up the profession of dressmakers, it
is exactly women of that class wh3 are
feeded, and I am glad to see in the new
technical college for women at Bedford
millinery and dressmaking are to be
taught as part of the ordinary curricu
lum. There has also been a Society of
Lady Dressmakers started in London for
the purpose of teaching educa ed girh
and women, and the Scientific Dress As
sociation is, I hear, doing very good
work in the same direction. -
A Budget of Womanly Hints.
' That unsightly excrescence commonly
called -a wart can be remo . ed by touch
ing it several times a day with castor oiL
This is the simplest known remedy.
If vou would keen vour face and hands
unwrinkled use tepid water; very hot or
cold water is iniurious. Also avoid
burying the face in a soft pillow at'night.
which always produces wrinkles around
the eyes.
Keep your combs and brushes sweet
and clean. Wash them in tepid water
containing a few drops of ammonia. The
grease and soil will disappear as if by
magic. Place the brushes bristles down
to dry and delicate celluloid handlej will
not be injured.
A wash. which will remove the sun
burn acquired by out-door sports is jnade
by adding to twelve ounces of elder
flower water, six drams of common soda
and six drams of powdered borax; ap
plied tojhe skin it will make it as clear
and soft as a baby's.
To remove a foreign body from the eye,
wrap, dry white silk waste around and
thoroughly over the end of a wooden
toothpick, brush with this carefully over
the part of the eye where tha substance
is lodged, and it will bscome entangled
in the silk. Bits of steel or any other
sharp substance which may become im
bedded in the eyeball may be removed
by this means.
By using the following preparation for
cleaning kid gloves, ribbons, and laces
you can keep the above-mentioned arti
cles in the "pink of perfection" with lit
tle trouble; To two quarts of deodorized
benzine add two quarts of sulphuric
ether, two drams of chloroform, and four
drams of alrohol. Pour the fluid in a
bowl end wash the articles as if in water,
rinsing in a fresh supply. .
If you use powder of anykind on the
face, never go to bed without washing
it off. iranitary reasons as well as clean
liness require this. To keep your skin
from roughening, find by trial what kind
of soap suits you best, and use no other.
Frequent changes of soap are bad for
the complexion. Beware of those which
are highly scented; as a general thing
they are poor quality, the scent being
used to destroy the odor of the other
ingredients used.
"When you are paricularly anxious to
attend the concert or party of the season,
and feel that pricking pain and see the
fatal little spot of red on the ejelid that
surely foretells the coming of the tty,
have no fears for the result, but put in a
small bag a teaspoon ful of black tea, on
which pour enough boiling water to
moisten; as soon as cool enough put it on
the eye and let it remain until morning.
The sty will in all probability be gone;
if not, one more application will be cer
tain to remove it. ;:; "
If you do not try to make yourself
look as pretty as you can you neglect one
of your duties. It , is worth while to
make the most of ail the good looks you
possess V but that does not mean that
you should revel in powder and
purchased bloom, or spend hours
in frivolous decoration. 10 nave a
mit't
health and a rosv conmlexion vo i- must
... - B - - r -
wear Jhick-soled shoes, and spend a part
of every " day out-of -doors. JIarpeFt
Some Notable -Women's Bonnets.
Mr3. Berry WaU, the new-made bride
of the King of tha Dudes, wears to the
theatre quite frequently a small bonnet
which is an odd combination of sage
green and primrose yellow. This bonnet
is stringle8s and made of velvetthe vel
vet being shirred in the loose,-careless
folds - now fashionable, over . a saaall
frame cut Into a . sharp point behind,
showing the. little Ciytle knot in which
she wears her-hiir. It is pointed In
front also, going up very high directly
oyer the face, and the inner edge of the
fiont is lined with yellow. The sage
colored velvet which forms the crown is
embroidered with little" gold leaves, the
brim being of the plain velvet. In
f roat is a - cluster of stiff upright-Ioop3
of the yellow ribbon, in which is set an
aigrette of green heron plumes. It
sounds odd when : described but is in
reality pretty and very becoming." Mrs.
John Hoey is. said to wear the mostfix
pensive bonnet found at any of the thea
tres, but this charge should not be en
tirely laid to the milliner, because the
most costly part of it is the pin she use?
to thrust in her hair at the back to hold
the bonnet in place. It is not conspi -u-ous-looking,
and yet it cost a lot of
money, being made of the most exquisite
tortoise shell crusted with diamonds.
The gems arc small and the cost of the
workmanship was greater than that of
the diamonds. The head of the pin is
cut in scroll work as delicate as lace, and
in all these fine convolutions of shell are
set thousands ot tiny diamonds. The
result is charming, but the labor and care
expended to produce it was immense.
Mme. Julia ValdL the prima donna,
wears black mostly, to the theatre and a
very small black lace bonnet showered
with tiny golden drops and two little
tinsel birds trim i. These are perched
on small wires and thrust into the thick
flutings of lace over the front, so deli
cately poised that with every movement
of her head they quiver and shimmer, in
the light. Another who wears a black
lace bonnet is Selina Dolarav the author
of "Fashion." Mrs. Steele Mackaye
shows - that her husband's-nevr play is
paying well by the beauty ami style of
her headgear. -The other night she ap
peared in a lovely thing maxie of cream
plfrsb, ornamented with appliques of jet
and made with a brim .of black bstricb
feather trimming. It has loops of cream
moire- ribbon for garniture- amdi & jet
aigrette-. IT. Y. Worll.
Fashion Notes.
Fans- arc of medium size.
Turbans are very popular. -The-polonaise
is gradually comfe-grimta-favor.
-
Blondes
winter. are wearing
light colors- this.
:. Button: boots are the popular style foe
outdoor wear.
At four years of age a boy is-put into
the kilt suit.
Woolen dxesses for little girls- are
heavily braided.
The first short dress put on baby boys
is a yoke slip, the 6ame as is-worn by
girl babies. -
White and gold and pale blue and
silver are the favorite combinations foi
evening bonnets.
Large buttons enter into the trimming
of many costumes, and are of very beauti
ful workmanship. ,
Very pale blue ink is the latest agony.
as shown in the dainty notes of fashion
able correspondence.
A bar of pale blue enamel engraved; in
line? of gold with graduated pearl pen
dants is a pretty lace pin.
Beige, tan, bronze, golden brown and
all the tawny yellow shades are Tery
fashionable the present season.
- New cloth bonnets matching cloth
dresses are covered with passementerie
like that used to trim the dress. -
Bridesmaids who follow' the newest
fashion carry walking-sticks of ebony and
silver, to which bouquets are attached.,:
Laces and passementeries are used . to
trim costumes of plain velvet, and some
times striped relvets are used in combina
tion.. . ;. - ; --.
- The girls will bo glad to know that
a fashionable engagement ring at present
is a large, perfectly-shaped pearl set soli
taire. " ,- ...
The short, jaunty sealskin jacket is the
fashionable wrap this season for dressy
young ladies, and many pretty varieties
are seen. - .
Fine broadcloths 'and ladies' cloths
are said to be used in. Paris for bride
maids' dresses, and sometimes even for
bridal dresses.
Russian coats of velvet heavily Wadded
are very stylish and are made exceed
ingly warm by having a pointed cape of
fur reaching to" the waist line. -French
brocades are extensively used
for very dressy toilets. The patterns are
exquisite and the grounds are changeable
and leautifuliy illuminated.
"We are threatened with a revival of
flowers. Already they are seen in panels,
and sometimes pleated ones form a front,
with plain side draperies-
A fold of lisse,-on white moire ribbon.
or the new metal-edged ribbon alone, is
chosen for the neck and wrists upon
occasions that approach full dress.
- Same Bare and Costly Stamps.
Stamp dealers say collecting is on the
increase. The craze extends even to the
very rich. Jay Gould's son Edwin visits
the stores occasionally and makes a few
purchases to add to his collection. The
widow of Stewart, the waalthy sugar
man, is an enthusiastic collector, as are
also many members of families who are
in the best Sew York society. Auction
sales are well attended and buyers plenty.
A New York firm held their eighty
second sale a few nights since. There
were sixty present, and high prices were'
realized. 1L R. Bogert paid the highest
price for any stamp-tf for a Brattle -boro
of 1840. It is one of the rarest and
finest ever sold at auction. - The next
highest figure, $83, was paid for a New
York of lo6. This was the first offici
ally used postage stamp on the American
continent. A . $43 newspaper stamp
brought $21; a $50 one, fio; two St.
Louis stamps sold for $33 and $40 re
spectively; a Mobile, Ala., 2c. black
fctatfcp, Confederate, brought $30.50; a
500c. Bolivia of 1871 went for $24; a
British Guiana of 1853 at $40; a Natal,
id., at $26; a Newfoundland, Is., at
$25; a Rouraania-Holdavia of 1858, 54
paras, at $29. Among - the large pur
chasers - were "William Thorne, R. R.
Bogert, E. B. Starling, Mr. Elverson, C.
B. Corwin and IL N. TerretL One of
the finest collections in New York is
owned by J. Scott. The best in the
world is in Paris, while the next is the
property of a gentleman in London. The
majority of collections comprise but from'
300 to 500, this being about as large a
a number as can be collected, without,
buying. Sew York Sun
clear skin remember;: that' you
have good health, an 1 to have
WILL BREAKERS.-
DEAD MEN'S WEALTH.
Whn lr'of:! - Fat on
B1J
Estates in Litigation Divert
Ing Million -From tho Pur
poses Its Owners Intended.
A New York correspondent,
writing
to Iho Pittsburgh Dhpatc A, says : Sur-
rogate Rollins bad aa wiaa tvm,csieu.
before him in his three years term. He
admitted all but fifty of them. It would
be imporsiblc to estimate the amount of
money involved in these contests, but
$500,000,000 would cpto-. cr estimate it,
for they include the estate of Samuel J,
Tilden, the $10,000,000 of James Hokes,
the $11,000,000 of Jesse Hoyt, tho $2,
5000,000 of Louis Hamerely, the $ ,000,
039 of Sarah Burr, and the $3,000,000 of
Paran Steven, besides fhe great fortunes
of A. T. Stewart and his widow.
Twen'y-five men are paid by the city to
look after the proper distribution of
dead men's estates, according to their
wishes, but Surrogate Rollins- said there
ought to be 100 employed in the work,
growing greater every day. . -
. Scarcely half a dozen wealthy men, or
women either, for that matter, have died
here in the past ten years withbut leav
ing a legacy of endless litigation among
their heirs. The late William IL Yan
derbilt and Miss Catherine Wolfe are the
only exceptions I recall at present. Even
Miss Wolfe, though, had to make ;the
terms of her will in such explicit and
iron-clad terms that it was plain that she
feared the humiliation of a contest be
fore the Surrogate. In fact, it has grown
to be the prerogative of kinship to grab
for other people's money, and the flimsiest
pretext serves the purpose, even if it only
results in bagging a few thousands . for
hush money, and counsel fees. ;
What a revelation there wonld be. fo
the rich men of the land if they could
come back to earth and listen to the fight
over the results of their toil! Here's- A.
T. Stewart, the greatest dry goods mer
chant tni city ever saw, pictured .as
mentally incapable of disposing of the
millions he had gathered ; his widow is
in her crave less than a year before two
dozen heirs are pounding on the doors-oi
the law courts to upset her bequests-;
Jesse Hoyt's $11,000,000 have opened,
the doors of his family closet, and the-
skeleton stilks out in the glare of
publicity; Sarah Burr died four years
ago, but her $5,000,000 were made the
bVect of bitter litigation, and her ec
centricities paraded before the world.1:
Samuel J. Tilden. keen lawyer as he
was, made a will that his nephews are
determined to break, and his great
scheme for a free public library here is
Urns postponed, aad perhaps bamed.
The Paran Stevens case was only settled
permanently a short while ago after 15
vears of litigation and personal abuse of
the- worst sort from the widow to her son
in-law, and vice versa. Paran Stevens
waooe of our great Bonifaces, and his
estate stilt holds an interest in the Fifth
Avenue and Victoria Hotels here and
similar property in Boston. . He died in
1869, leaving his widow, a married
daughter, mad son-in-law to manage his
estate and divide the property
about twentv heirs. 'Mrs. Stevens and
her son-in-lawnever did get on together.
and the breach widened after the old
man died. Early in 181 2 she denounced
him and began suit to have him removed
as executor." Mrs Stevens, it will be
remembered, created a sensation at New
port last summer by entertaining the
Duke of Marlborough. Her fight to oust
her son-in-law cost $230,000 at least.
Who of those who knew Daniel R.
Lyddy would have thought , that he
would be put forward by his brothers
after death as a subject of undue influ
ence? ie was as sane as any many mat
ever lived, and yet he was hardly in his
grave before his brothers the ones who
made themselves notorious by accepting
$12,000 from Sharp declared war upon
his widow for his estate, lhe ludicrous
part ot the story is that Liddy hadn't a
penny until he married Madame Con
nolly, the famous dressmaker here,' who
not onlv owned all the Long Branch
property but had a good sized bank ac
count as welL Of course that wealth
erreatlv. increased under Mr. Liddy's
shrewd management, hut where would
he have been if he had not married
thousands? Now his brothers have be
eun a fight to keep those thousands on
their side of the house, and they declare
the will bogus that gives back to the-
.widow the property that was originally
hers. a -
An array of high-priced legal talent
has begun a long contest over theWidow
Stewart's estate, which ex-Judge Hilton
has rightfully or wrongfully appropri
ated. Mrs, Stewart s niece is not satis
fied with her $50, 000, but wants the rl
seta-ide as having been fraudulently ob-
tained; one of the nephews, a brother of
the present contestant, entered suit for
the same purpose, lhough on different
grounds, six months ago. It would not
surprise many people if the two Stewart
wills were still in litigation after Judge
Hilton's death, for he is getting on in
years now. Meanwhile the big white
marble mansion at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-fourth street is closely curtained
and shuttered, and no one goes in or out
hut the old butler. It is literally a house
of death a marble grave. How every
dream of. A. T. Stewart's later days has
teen dissipated. His marble mansion ia
nothing but a gloomy tomb, the work
ing women's home that he planned and
set afloat thousands for has been turned
into a fashionable hotel, in which a single
meal costs as much as he meant to charge
for a full week's board. His scheme for
a grand cathedral seat and educational
centre at Garden City is all but a flat
failure, and the dry goods. house that
he made known the world over is now
merely a reminiscence. Even his bones,
weary after a lifetime of drudgery, are
hidden no one knows where.
There is rest in the grave for the
weary, but not for the wealthy.
- The Wily Bed Man.
Near Jlontour, Ia., is an Indian reser
vation, where a large number of the Sac
aad Fox tribes find a home. Last
Thursday their annuity was paid.
Fifteen thousand dollars in gold was
distributed each member of the tribe
receiving exactly $39.99 as his or her
share. In order to avoid the trouble of
making change a proposition was made
to some of the chiefs to pay them $ 10
and for them to return the odd penny
This they refused to do. They are exl
ceedmgly suspicious of the Government
agents and demanded the
The suspicion seems to be mutual, for the
nVUk paying out the money,
gave each Indian a check, after which
" "nea to bank, where the
exact change was handed to him. This
was done to prevent ihe wily Indian
"T. Bc"g two annuities the stron
3J!ce kiH? .that trick
&vwv yuvv uciure. jMew lork- Graphic.
It may be of scientific inter f rt t-
j that a wife with a cold can. oafce it very
WATTY! fni bPP lineU
VALENTINES.
VAUif A'3. . . v
Baby came toddling up to ray kneo
; His chubby features all aglow. ,:
. 'Dcss I'se doia' to be oor beau
See what oo dot Tom me 1" -.
A valentine from my baby boy I "V ;
. A crumpled sheet and a homely scrawl
In a baby hand that was all,
Yet it filled my heart witk jqy.
Broken my heart and white my hair,"
And my mother's eyes ara ussd to weep-
My littla boy is fast asleep
-In tho church-yard over there.
What shall be mamma's valentine? "
- ,J. The spirit touch of a baby hand . ;
A baby voice from the spirit land
Singing a song divine.
Eugene Field.'
BOBIX'S.
Little Robert Robin sat on a leafless vine;
He said : "Dear Ruby- Robin, may I be your
; : valentineF' . -riz ;- V. .
Pretty Ruby Robin sat on aleafless spray;
She said: "Oh, tell me how, and then parhaps
you may.w . .
J3aid little Robert Robin: "Oh, we would
build a nest, . ' - - . r.
And you should live with me, and love me
true and best." : '
Little Ruby Robin said: "It might be very
pleasant," V
But she' flew oT gayly, singing, "Not at
-. present! Not at present!"
If. R. C. Slade
THE baby's. - . . ' ; -
The rose is red, the violets blue,
-. Pinks are pretty, and so are you.
Theroseisred, my rosy dear;
But that you hardly yet can know,
Since yon have only teen with us, " .
Four of the times when roses blow.
The violet's blue, my blue-eyed love;
Tet that, perhaps you hardly knew, .
Since you have only passed four tims .
The violets in thsir hoods of blue.
The pinks are pretty, baby queen, '
- 'And so are you; but that, also.
From being here so short a time, -v
PerhapyouVe hardly learned to know,
; MaryE. Wilkint
PITH ANDP0INT.
; A stronghold The bull-dog's.
The people of the Territory of Dakota
believe in a future State. . .""-': -
; Many a homely, unattractive girl getl
ai husband! on account of her pa value. ,
The-"prescription clerk generally get
tiie drop a everything Duluth Para
grapher . . :
It is the fellow who can't write who i
bound to-make his X mark in the world. '
Drijt.
The-Treasury Department uses 18,000
towels a month, and still the surplus is
not wiped out. WcuH tgton Ci'tiic. ,
Many a broadcloth husband owes his
prosperity to- the fact that he married a
gingham girl. Sin Francisco Bulletin.
Every time a lady physician calls on a
gentleman- patient she shows plainly
that she's Mr. calling. Dans sills Breeze.
'"I presume you are , skating for the
first time." "No, " for the last time,"
replied the-disgusted female."- Sitings.
Scientists say that the f avage has a
more acute sense of smell than civilized
people. They have more material to
practice on
When ice is thick and deep the snow,
And winter days ara drear OI
Man wajit little here below
' ... Zero. -
Boston Courier.
Wife "Woman are often criticised
for wearing loud colors. What would
you can. a loud color? ' liusoand
"Yeller, I suppose." Boston Courier.
Agent (to lady at front door) "Is the
mistress-of the house in?" Lady 1? -
think so. sir. Will you be kind enough
to. inquire at the kitchen door?" Neu
York bun. . : ,
Nurse 'Doctor i Doctor 1 1 By mis
take I gave- the patient No!" 17 a spoonful '
of ink instead oi medicine." .Doctor
' Well, make him eat a blotter right
away. Waterbury. ;
If you. "want to ; dream that you are a
toboggan slide rushed with business, and
that the electric is right over your stom
ach, just eat a lot of hickory nut cake
for supper.. Dansville Breeze.
The latest complaint of a discontented
generation is that there is not enough
gumstickem on the postage stamps. Do
people expect to get a whole meal of mu
cilage for two ceatslBuJfitlq Courier.
; Cashiers, from a med cat report,
Are seldom very 6trong;
Their longest ages are but short
- " - Their short ages are long.
. Tid-Bits.
Dick Tinto (pathetically) "When will
you love me, darling? When will you
smile upon an ambitious but struggling
artist?" Miss Flip fcheerfullv) ' Wfav.
just as soon as you can produce some
thing to hang on the line besides one
shirt." Omaha I&publican.
A California widow had plans for a
fifty:thousand-dollar monument for her
late departei, but when the lawyers got
througa fighting over the estate the
widow was doing housewpr'-c at $3 per
week for the man who draughted jthe
monument. Dttroit Free Fres.
I want a surgeon at once," he' said
as he hastily entered a hospital; Tve
just shot three of my fingers off!" .-""I'm"
sorry, my, friend," replied the superin
tendent, "but you'll have to grin and
bear it for a while- The surgeons are all
over to the toboggan slide." Texas ttifl
inqs.
"Mr, Fangle's watch wou't run at all,
and he doesn't know what is the mattei
with it," observed Mrs. Fangle. "Well,
I heard him tell Mr. Cumso that he'd
had it in soak," replied Mrs Cumsoy
"and I know it just ruins watches to get
any water in their works." San Anlenia
Qosnp.
"For your sake I'd day dragons
- Did you order me to,
I'd battle with giants
Were it but td please you." . '
She said: Td not ask you
Such vast deeds to do,
But suppose we go muse o'er' ',
An oyster or two."
- . . Tid-Bits
"Sugar," said the schoolmaster to his
class, -."is either made from the beet, as
in France, or from th? sugar cinera3 in
the West Indies.; - Now, do you think
you canrembcr that r "Yes, sir,," re
plied a sharp boy, "I think -we can re
member the connection between the cane
and the beat." Argony. : ,
The story that a wolf was recently
captured in one of the streets of this city
has been published far and wide as a
phenomenal incident. It seems difficult
for the outside world to realize that a
city whose growth is as rapid as that of
. Chicago must inevitably overtake and
annex some tardy or crippled wild beast
now and then. Chicago Tribune.
One hundred and fifty-two person
were killed in Chicago last year by tha
railroads entering that city.