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But couldn't you be 017 friend ? - Couldn'twe ait'in the twilight, - 'j ; Conldn't we walk on the shore, 'i With only m pleasant frelnd&p '' ; To bind ub, and nothing more ? .There wa nerer word of noinsenite ' Spoken between its two, j , Thongh we lingered oft in. the garden Tttilhe rose were iret with; dew : We touched on alhoueand subjects The taoon and the stars abdre : i Jnt wir talks were tinted with science V With never a hini of lore. l"iA wholly platonie friendship,' : Ton said I had prored to 1 "Coald bind a man andX 1 :-' CithjSfei'rM, thfctr vouth." -' Thontrh Imo4Ve said. v i atwoubw known ie-truth? My' '? -- ! V 1 ,.4one what my mi& heart promptod JUone ik)w Tn iy knees to yon, - And toJdooinypaseuonatestory cre xne dask and dew ; Hy fcwming, burdensome story, IfiAdcn and hushed so long, 3ujetory of hopeless lovimr jSay, would you have thought it wrong? But I fought with my heart and conquered x uiu my wouna from sight ; v ' You wero Eoing away in the morning, And I said a calm good- night, 1 But now, when I sit in the twilight, w wnen 1 walk by the sea, The friendship quite ''picnic" ' Comes surging oTer tame, . And, a passionate lonp.liir fin. ma : For the rOS6S, the flnaV nr1 tha dew'" Tor the beantifrj Hummer vanished- or WO moonlit talks and you. I A MAN-HATER. "That girl?" ' 1 uwuo iuorsun tnmMi to rnn mmiuh iom with a prolonged stare of iacre- , "I tell you U is trae,M; persisted his anformer "Wilna Barrington Jsknown as a man-hater ; to have a heart imper ious to all offers of hand and fortune : rdoesn't look like it, does she?f with a musing glance in the direction indi cated "she is not the chUd she seems, though; look at her, Irfealfo ; how old do you uuce ner for 7 . i Leslie Murdock looked. ' He saw a little, ronndrwl babyish figure, petite to childishness, robed in a woij wane xace zaiiinn oxvt nr Bfif hita satin petticoat, two tiny slippered Jef the fulV perfect pearl-white arms, decorated with an onlament of no sort, and tho face as coldly white as the face of the sleeping dead, was lighted by a pair of scornful; velvety, pansy j .purple eyes that never smiled. The straight, decisive lips were ripe, with scarlet sweetness, but a world of mocking Bar-i icasm lingered about teni that contra dicted the childish face and form ; the bronze, waving hair, ia Vhose gleaming threads so many live iay tangled, curled softly about tho blue-veined temples and broad nr white forehead, and was knotted in Ijeavy braids at the back of. the graceful head with la translucent pearl .rrow. ; Tjslie Murdock drew a quick witb. Jiis very heart on his lips. . Eighteen, perhaps," he said, possibly twenty." , o- breath, at last, "She is twenty-seven," said Ralph ' Henderson, "and-she hates the whole race of man with desperate fierceness. J .She never smiles ; no one ever provokes . a gleam of Bunshine in her perfect face ; no one knows her story, but it is guessed that come one long since broke her heart.' i.-, ' ' ':.-v:' j 'Ourse him I" Leslie ground his teeth its he breathed the words, and! Ralph Henderson looked at him! in astonish ment. : .-; ( . . " J m. too ?" he questioned, the least iaroastically. " , ' " v ' o, uo r' Liesiie Murdock was nim- gaineasy, gracious, self-possessed ; Aalph, it makes my blood boil to cu injasuco as is reveaiea to me ay, as I penetrate society secrets, od Prince Greatheart," said Ralph, g, 'Tm glad some one cares. Shall Aent you. to the princess,? and ore interest than he! was wont to this: world-weary man of thirty- fiye,f pon whose brow and upon' whoso . hcVj arrow had laid the hilly fingers,! and j toaded the luxuriant black curls I aboi ie temples with silver, followed JnV: grace and courtesy of which she my mistress, without a glow of eon- Ssojfusness that she was receiving , tne ui crentiai eouiunuu ui iuu .xjuu - uia etming, a man widely known in . the -J 1 - Jt I 1 Lil ui 'er worm, ana wiiuho u:iiui iijk uxu af d no little sensation. t J lpparently she, had not the slightest Osoijception of his greatness; but there Slttkii no Tioue or constraint in Leslie fviurdock's manner. His was a jnature bo errand and true, so proaa and sunny, 10 warm and tender, uiat au tne nailery nd sophistry of an admiring world had ailed ito sway his majestio intellect or urn irom its peneci poise ms mamy He felt an interest for wnicn be could t account in this strange, girlish omanj whose beautiful eyes met his ith a steadiness - and keenness that most disconcerted him ; whose oon- rsation srtarkled with little cleams of funding wit and cutting sarcasm; "hose Tslow velvetv voice held an nnder- tne of mockincr sadness, , and whose leadin ana power pi mieuect amazea d enchanted himr r IWilna Barrington could talk as few men he had ever met could, and tnero s not a climmer of consciousness in manner. He might nave been. rification of wood or stone, notice sho paid, though she ittenuon from one who, possi- he dim future might me: e inta ,iwr, .-v.- 11.. was new. and Ijesiie Aiurdoca uxea He had grown amusedly, weary of jf or all was re- women who'finttered under bis sligVej bft ;a .;i. Zl-J ctit vuxvtNr. most jnurtn. ETjdently shen, and it de she tu society deference to its manded obedieno lIurdocks heart edicts," and IVears of contact with which all tjyriailed to make anght but the worlds affermgs of it wewy tended for her. J on!5.5??lt0.' Wend h2 "mer.days flitted by like ran. Sit wiwV Sfl5?2!S H Pe, BtJntle courtesy she accordal bin ih. 4 J e accorded hint : Ihcro wasnotaTb w unifO Ot intntrnt in hor fnnnn iti l?!1. d .6 together r,-y -j. inunueiy worthy of his most reverential thoughts, he found hr more charming in conyetBAtfon ; she filled tho void that every life craves, however replete !n its own resources, to the concluiloa o! all else. f iSfP" mto fiber of Uilbemg ho felt th?a want of her to have amL to ckerish for his own. to iwu,.-i( cave was no mvth: t Tr,n. .J rtolaness that enveloped her. aiooareaaot speak; the steady glance Of ! lier -wonderful mm oheA J tiw. wuonever ne essaved utiv wnnl could reveal the wUd love of his heart, and that, each hour "grew, with its growth and strengthened !; with its strength." s ' .She favored him in that she granted him her aociely she even seemed, in her own UUent way, to enjoy this ele vating, ennobling association, that drew them, through the medium of books and song, into intellectual converse with the giant mmds of toiny long since passed into the infinite beyond, leaving only phantom ghosts of vanished genius. ; He was reading those passionate, long ing heart words from "Inf elicia" : "In from the night - The storm wind is lifting its arms to , the sky ; - Ftfend of my heart, draw near to-jiightj And If you lore me, answer me, oh answer toel" . He gave her a quick, stealthy glance. Such a look of mortal ! agony as the white face bore ! Hecouldv' not endure t ; he sprang to his feet. .1 "Miss Bftttihgton," he pleaded, "do you intend always to merit your title of man hater?"- - i v Yes, Mr. Murdook ;" the violet eyes met his in infinite scorn, tho voice was even-toned.: !, ;; - jr. .- "Would nothing convince you that .honor and trtttbr and manhood exisjb in f tnis uie, tnat loye is not a 1 demon to mock and torment you?" ; j "No, Mr. Murdock ;' there was not a sign to' indicate that .the words had touched; her ; "shall we go on T '.'Ohr Miss Barrio frton I" Leslie Mar- dock's book dropped unnoticed, "don't so wrong yourself. I may never hope or your dear favor, I may only struggle blindly against my.own follyand I love you as I never expected to love mortal woman, witn . no nope 01 reiurn j y as well ask a star to shine on my bosom ; but what can have turned a heart to ada mant that I could swear was once warm and loving to be companion to such womanliness as I find in you ? -1 do not seek to penetrate it, but by that great love, I implore, give me a place in your heart let me-be yonr friend." . j Wilna put up her hand faintly toward off -the tender, passionate words as if they were a blow. The first flush he had ever seen covered her face, suc oeede4 by a death-like pallor. She turned from mm steadily and withdrew the hand he had taken gently. "It is impossible," she said, softly.' I may not be even a , friend ?" he questioned, bitterly. . . rLo, she saidjj "1 do not even wanv a friend of your.jjex. Shall we resume our readintr ?' i . . i . - 1 He gazed at net in mute wonder ; nuri to the heart as hef was, he could not hate her ', ' , ... '-f . The inexDlicable mystery was there ; be it what it might, hccould Only yearn after, pity and love the woman who had said to mm: nay as genuy as sno couiu have granted his request, with the gloom and shadow of sad, years looking irom her luminous eyes and pleading for for giveness. -. Fride, too, neid piace in ms uearu ! will bide my time," he told him self. "I shall win her connaence somo He avpided ner seauiousiy ior wmw days. At the close of tne last, witn tne old, restless longing upon him, he walked the moonlit paths till long after mid night, thenjfwakef ui, he lay, determin ing to go away and forget. "That I at my years snouiu heavens!" : 1 ., He sDranxr up wildly, witn, a suuo- cating sense of smoke about him. , The wide "hall were filled with it. It writhed about him in. curling wreaths, blinding and choking mm. . , For the next hour he battled furiously, half delirious in his mad efforts tosave the life he loved, unconscious 01 wi brave workers ion every hand who sfmo-ffled to save tho jterror-stneken pleasure seekersj and this gem on tne 'from the angry seasiae, 4.iuv ij.v, jaws of the demon ' , . . . - . . . 1 . A . L faint and J... i,A Kal1 UiA death-like form of Wilna Barrington toLliis heart, her gar ments burnedf and darKeneo. 1 ji --a .v wraTsa hanfrincr useless from n. . Wa from which ne I naa -crushed the fire, abroad lino 01 scarw tfa.K wTiam toncue of flame had :;h,n it marDie aiuw touched her as he had fought his way. He knew that he kissed hnngenngly the silent lips and resigned her ?thsj he - .:v nA faint nnd. wearv. and that TminA TTnmft was a smoking ruin. ' Then the daylight blossomed across the sky as peacefully as it had ever done, flushed the dancing blue ocean beyond, and look wondering down on ine uiava. ened, charred heap. ' , you wanted to tee me? ninwiAa s a a mv iiitir I lUX floor glistened with h7.7r,aed & K'vnea, WnOMA where in a low Tu I mSSs li "Xes, Mr. MnrilnkiV . trrj r- : -JTe tele- waTCLT0 'cie, and I befo fIT '" 4"r odness rjw wj wmo 4or me. iV?6 entreatd. "eating him self besidn bov i 6 "t . . . - , " uuo mo uonsewilA a sunple song reached them as she worked friendship yon scorned once; do not humble me with the boon of your grati tude.I saved you because I could not The solemh eyes met his, sadly sweet, smue in tnem, nerer scorned - your f riend- 7' 1Yue 1 f used ft ; now I o.vhy I am ft man-hater, you still wish to give it to me." M j. "It is as deathless as my love," said Leslie, softly. "Tell me why, little friend." .. "I don't fcnoVr T Wilna, the stern pallor of her faco crow- xiiK uu less j dui you nave shown me the truthlnover dreamed dwelt in human m. m irusi. you wiin wnat no mortal but my dear uncle, Ralph Bar rington, knows and loves me f on rt Did you think t ever was married f sher questioned. "Was," she said, scorn fully, as Leslie turned white "1 am not now, thank Heaven; When I Was fifteen I ran ftway from boarding-school with Leon Fontaine. ' No matter all he did ; uu6 ne aranc, gambled, tortured me, broke my neart for I did have a heart then starved me till my little" child, my innocent bsoyk died of cold and lw.jA. ill 113 A. 2 m m m m uuuRcr 111 my arms, ana was buried in tne rotter's field." 1 iwo wara aroppea nere irom eyes inai Durnea ii&e a neTce white flame. il 1 -1 t I.,. . . ' Mieii sue was ice coia ana aistant as ever. C . "I could not bury her," she 'said, with a husky sob, and Leslie Murdock, uis wnoie soul on ms lips, cried pas sionately: , "Don't distress yourself ; your con fidence is sacred ; come to mel" His arms jwere opened to her, his ten der, worshiping eyes wooed her; bnt she put mm, steadily, gently aside. , "No," she answered low," "not there ; let me finish. . Leon died by his own hand in a den of wickedness, infamous in itself, a shame to his manhood and an insult to me ; then I must have starved, but Uncle Balph found me, pitied, me, loved me. I have hated all men ; I loved to distrust and distress them 'till, now " !And now ?i' Leslie Murdock's voice was winning and sweet "mr own love. my wounded ddve, cornel find refuge! upon I my ' heart and let me teach you how loye can atone for all tne neart pangs.! As Heaven is my witness, you shall never regret it." With infinite sadness she shook her head, j "Noj" she said solemnly, "I shall never be any man's wife. Your friend, if you still wish, never any more. In' vain he reasoned, pleaded and be sought her : she was more sweetly win ning than he ever knew her, but a rook could not have been more inflexible. When, at last, he bade her good-bye, he said, softly : "Dear little mend, 1 will neip you bear your burden. Bless you for your confidence. Good-night. He kissed her hand reverently and was gone. One year, two years. The season was at its gayest at the old summer resort. "Island Homo" had risen, phoenix-like, from its ashes, and was more leautiful and tempting, more sought after than ever. Wilna Barrington was there, with a new, softer, light in her face, less stern and cold' than two years before. Hqw true a friend Leslie Murdock had proved. Only once had he while teach-! me ner anew tne sweet lesson 01 Deiiei in life and humanity, asked her love, and. received the old answer : "I shall never, marry." She missed the old companionship. Every nook inJholbeautiful summer re sort brought suggestions 01 inai nappy time, the sweetest Wilna could remem ber of her whole life. As the los? grew upon her she began, with heart-sick longing, to wish for him until she shrank back, abashed and fearful at this painful, new experience. Yet she was not willing to surrenaer ; priae naa . . . - . i 1 held sway too long. "Oh. for death I" she prayed, "ior in life he will never know." She had climbed Promontory Rock to watch the incoming waves and the dying stinset, with unutterable sadness and loneliness at heart ffone guessed what lav beneath the serene, marble-white face, upon whicn years naa ie so oxigm, an impression. . . "I must go," sne toia nerseii, nsiug at last - T did not know how late it WHS." ' What was it that blanched her cheek to the hue of death? The waves had risen till every avenue had been cut off. In a Asw hours they wnnld weeo her from hen frail foothold ont into the world beyondl nh ! it was cruel. Life was sweet, ftr all " when dreary death stared her in Vo w The thought of that tender inv bA had so slighted cams to her, and there was that cold, merciless water creeping slowly up, and the dashing sea .nnv wrenched her ouivering form. Once she cried aloud for help, but only the moan of the waves answered her. At w in lonelv despair, she croucnea, shivering, against the cold rocks, wait ing to diei ' s l!? she cried, faintly l "in will know. I Hark ! ! Was it fancy? A shout, a dis- -T,t rriom ot liffhts came over the toss mrT. Nearer and nearer the little bark came to the perilous rocks; onoe she heard her name called as she drifted away for an instant into uuconscious 5 bn. Amid the darkening storm that was rising, in the rocking, eddying ' fisherman's boat she knew herself folded safely to the heart 01 riesue aiuiuoc. :i 1 My own, mr pnceiew treasuxw, I w - . r 1 ijrhiia XT.- 1. 1 . . : : rr ."' . . 1 11 - - .j " ' r . s 1 1 - " " uiuii z k nil r w 1 - : - . . . a-. 1 V V I unost lost r he was sarin as he shel tered her ehirerisg form- 'I was corn fjcktoycm, and oh,to fiadyoa thns T a tolwbroka, butttowet wet clincinf arms were about his neck. "Once by firo, onMbv fldod 1 Loveu it is not in Vain i you are mine." "Jforever more, all your own f . The voice WU trust fnL her nMinnU clinging tonchnever faltered in the aknees. . 1 lieslie Tllardock in speech! rapture the lips so near There, with tb own. bringing them, to land, blackness of-igtoro an g usnerman ith the inky night about tnem. broken bv ail tt gles of angry lightning and ominous bio ot tnun- aer, borne overtossi held close to the heari i nmmj w 1 cB long ner own. Wilna . !rntaiiriarri?rton felt, tha fpiKll years drift awayv md wlth his-isaoaiBili5ar felt kiss dawned . the mnrnincr of TAacn in her souL after the brooding night of weary sorrow.. lnmat f Almshoases. The popular expression about the pauper class is queer mixture of indif- ferenoe and timental pity. While usand has ever taken not one in a the pains to see the iseide of ah alms house, there is Jtt a prevalent idea that almshouses for he most partj shelter tne unhappy an 'guiltless poor jwhom unmerciful er has followed fust and followed fi er until it has chased them to this 1 t refuge people who vine-covered cottages, have comairo: or tidy rooms u; one flight of stairs in tenement nous with a big Bible on the of flowers in the win- taoie and a po dow, or even 1 uxorious homes des- olated by co: rcial panics. As a mat- ter of fact, the eat majority of Ameri can indoor paufers belong to what are called the lowest classes, and seek the almshouse not because of unmerciful disaster, but because j of very common vices. Between half and two-thirds of them are of foreign birth. Any one wh? has visited many alms houses or talked with the men who know most of paupers! will recognize the same old story, "Paupers," said a plain spo&en almshouse keeper to a conven tion of Pennsylvania Directors of the Poor "paupr though not criminals, are, so far as iiy knowledge extends, largely from Vh4 lower classes of society; most of them bting ignorant, and many of them possessedr of all the low and mean instincts! of human nature, with scarcely a redeeming quality' The Writer once asked the Stewart of a large city almshouse! if he had many persons come to him Who had formerly been prosperous, and had, through disease ox feme other cause, not their. own fault, been reduced to seek public ?lpiv He saidvf 'Never," then added, 4Ssrelli yes, thert was one man : he had seven hlises, JooW''i5kr,.ana iT!old' one horM? f terwjitfeerrt anourv man who was saxt to havecon- sideafoie property, but he drank?' I psied 'himif he had nslny -applicants who had been decent, industrious, labor ing people, and had come there from any other cause than disease or oid age. He enswered emphatically, "Not one." This man spoke from an experience of nine teen years.. irobably, it is a liberal estimate to put down one-tenth of the paupers as people deserving of sympathy ; the other nine-tenths are in the almshouse because they have not wit enough or energy enough to get into prison. Such people do not have a hard life in the almshouses. The squalor does not disturb men and women who have known nothing else ; the immortality is a temptation ; and oven in the worst kept houses there is usually plenty to eat and little to do ; in any case, they have not the heavy and irksome task of thinking for themselves. Atlantic Monthly. . . I In a Mexican Market, , In a letter from the City of Mexico, descriptive of a Mexican market, occurs the 7 following : In going through this market one Sunday morning, I jotted down the different varieties of fruits and vegetables as I saw them, on the margin of a newspaper; and here is the list, transcribed as it ran on there : First, after passing the dealers in fried meats, AL who were constantly aisning out scraps of ixrk and shreds of beef sizzling in fat, to dirty fepros"'ih sombreros and, scrapes stationed atthe gate, you en counter the fruit stalls and the vegetable stands. There are limes, fragrant as any grown in West Indian gardens, but without their plumpness and flavor ; they perfume the air in their immediate vicinity, despite the sewage odors and the flaunting of vile garments that smell to heaven. Close by are pears, here are two zones brought' close to gether, but these pears are not equal to those of Northern climates cherries, peculiar to the .country shaddocks, mangoes, . bananas, plantains, oranges, all from the "tierrcu caliattes" or hot lands, whence also come the cocoanuts and pineapples that lie in heaps on the pavement ; these last are very dear, ap proaching, prices asked in new xotk, owing to the great expense of transpor tation over two hundred miles of rail road ; babies not from the "tierras calientes" who keep decidedly cool and comfortable, whether lying kicking on their mothers' mats or peering from the rebotas in which they arja confined to their mothers' backs; melons, peaches, wooden bowls, buckets, mats, babies ; poultry, fish, babies.; lettuce, babies, crockery, babies at the breast; tomatoes, peppers, babies on the halt ihell (of a calabash); beans, radishes, potatoes, babies without a rag on them; onions, leeks, cabbages, corn, babies with no thing on them but rags; peas, carrots, beets, squashes, babies prospecting for nourishment; "hen-fruit," artichokes, babies lean and emaciated ; birds, braU, children, pumpkin-seeds, babies fat as a . post-office contract ; ' Indians, with great coops of chickens on their backs, leading babies by the hand; jackasses, with great j panniers of vegetables or charcoal, with babies as crowning curi osities; crockery venders with huge crates of earthen jars and pots, every one of which may contain a baby. In fact, there are here the products of every zone and clime, all the production vin eluding babieSf of mother earth. FACTS FOR THE CUKIOUS. There are from 4,000 to 5.0CX) species of well-known birds. ( The minor scale was derived from the song on the cuckoo. A race-horse will clear from twenty to f wenty-four feet at a bound. Grasshoppers are known in th book by a Greek name which means "mur- morer." I It ifmated that 350,000,000 bricks were used for buildine trartmaea in v York city last year. After Harvey published his discovery of the circulation of the blood, no medi cal man who then had reached the age of forty ever avowed his belief that Harvey was right j The first porcelain manufactory ever established in the United States has re- The ware is made of kaolin, of which a quality superior to that of the imported earth is abundantly found in Louisiana and Texas. . : v;. ' Hiddenite is the name of a new gem of tho emerald class, of a beautiful dear green color, and worth about the same as a diamond. It has been found only ifi Alexander county, N. 0. In 1854, in the Bay of Bengal, Capt Kingman passed for thirty miles through the middle of a large patch of sea white with tiny creatures, whoso diameter was less than that of a hair, 800 of whom placed in line would not make an inch in 1 length. Thirty miles of animal cules ! j Strychnine is the extract of a plant found principally in the tropical parts mm a . . w . 01 Asia and America. "&Tycttnos nttr vomica" is found in different -parts of India. . It grows in sandy isoil attaining the size of a tree, but short, crooked and sometimes twelve feet in circumference. The fruit is of the size of a St. Michael's orange with a bitter astringent pulp with from three to five seeds. The pulp may be eaten but the seeds are poisonous. The most poisonous species of strychnine is a climbing shrub of Java. Owing to the great improvements which have been made of late years in the construction of railroad tracks and of railroad cars, the quantity of freight now regarded as the maximum load of a car is much greater, than formerly Once the limit was 20,000 pounds : now the average of the different' classes of freight, as determined by the weights of 50.000 cars weiorhed dnrinor a neriod of six weeks by the Western Weighing Association, was from 23,750 pounds for machinery to 2U,l25 for ore, the max imum' in most cases exceeding 30,000 pounds. Of ore there is even occasion ally carried in a single car as many as 48,500 pounds, or more than 'twenty- four tons. . : , -: -j- '. After ManryDars. A remarkable romance is related by a xohead -Chtv Vs. U correspondent. About fifty years ago a : prepossessing young woman appeared suddenly in a small mountain village near Ash evil le and obtained work in a farmer's family. She called herself Mary Burt, but gave no further clue to her origin. Her tasks were so skillfully performed, and she could ing a song, dance a reel and tell a story so well that she became a village favorite. ; j Fifteen years later the: mystery sur rounding her was forgotten. Having declined more than one: good offer of marriage, she settled down as a good natured old maid, became the benefi cent "aunt" bf the neighborhood, and finally was persuaded to take charge of a country school near by. After several years of J teaching her whole character seemed tp change. Sho became moody, melancholy and fond of solitude. Purchasing a lovely and lonely spot among the mountain?, she had a rude log hut built, and there she lived without any companionship but that of her dog, cat, cow and chickens.. Her only book was the Bible, and this she nearly learned by heart. Tho publication of this woman her mit's story in the Asheville Citizen not long ago brought a solution of the mys tery. The article was copied into a Vermont paper, and attracted the atten tion of Robert Fletcher, a prominent citizen of that State, and Fletcher soon after visited Asheville, sought the editor oi the Citizen, and together they went to Mi s Burt's house. J The hermit did not recognize the Ver monter, but sho soon learned that he was her-old lover. A mistake had kept them apart for half a century, but when Fletcher left Asheville a few days later Mary Burt Howe, for that was the her mit's full name, accompanied him as his wife. - When Miss Howe and rletcher were young they were engaged to be married. The young woman fancied her lover was attached to another girl, and suddenly left her' home in Maine.- Going to Bos ton, she shipped as stewardess on a ship . .a T . -III -1 lo 'and lor -urverpooi. xae tcsbca wm wrecked on the North Carolina coast, and after many adventures at sea in an open boat and among friendly Indians on land Miss Howe found her way to civilization. Robert Fletcher traced his runaway sweetheart to the ship on which she sailed, and, hearing of the loss of the vessel, alwars mourned her as dead till the North Carolina papers gave him happy surprise.. The Hippopotamus;- Br. Emu Holub, in 111s book oxr "SeveiT Years South Africa, gives the hippopotamus a very bad name.! The animal is very easily excited by anything unusual, and whenever he sees anything to which he has been unaccustomed, or which comes before him unawares, such as a horse, an ox, a porcupine, a log of wood, or even a fluttering garment, be will fly at it with ungovernable to nr. If, hnverfr. the obieet is immediately with drawn from his view he forgets all about it and goes on his way. When once aroused it is hardly possible to escape him, for, notwithstanding his unwieldi- nesa, he gets over the ground very fast. His flesh is highly prized by many of the African tribes, and the animal is ex tensirelv hunted for it and for the ivory tuaks. His brain is probablv smaller for the size of his body than tqat of any other luing creature, I FOB THE FAIR SEX Watered silk is rerimL Now is the season for flower bonnets. There is a revival of old Chantilly lace. Thia is ihm Mion for ilk snaa fabrics. The small cap-shaped tionnets are fre- 3 uentj cut out on the aide so as to tiow the cars. The new large fans with heavy sticks are kept together when closed by steel rings that slip over the top. Old English fabrics are in demand. such as flowered sat teens, tamlour mus lins, dotted muslins and Chalis foulard. Flounces of black we lisse.are nut under lac flounces (to make them hang thunsliCTrmgnnw.. Vu being prepared for the shlftUS3E y Luropcan houses. , , Lace and Paris muslin aro taking tho place of satins and brocades for wedding dresses. A Surah bow made of tho whole width. of the stuff is set at the back of tho belt on the newest sliort skirts. Shirred scarfs of India mull are now wound around the throat, , mantilla fashion They aro edged with a deep ruffle of Miricourt of . point Nemours lace. ; 1 Rough-and-ready straw hats are often adorned with rich and delicate laces and handsome ostrich plumes, and aro worn upon all occasions except those requiring full dress. dresses, sometimes have their full sleeves drawn intoa small compass at the wrist by a ribbon run in and put through eyelets? Little tassels or small balls are used to finish the ends of skirt draperies in the back. They : should be heavy or their effect is altogether bad. llata'a4 Baaaets. 'The advancing season has shown that the predicted change to larger hats, is gradually taking place, j; Each new im portation contains larger and more elab orate shapes than the last. fThey are almost covered in many instances with ostrich plumes,' as many a's twelve and fifteen ten-inch plumes being placed on the outside and inside of some of the handsome Panama straw wide brimmed hats. Few of , these have other trim ming besides the plumes and silk pompons. Bonnets of handsome straw and of silk are still trimmed with tinsel lace and flowers. Crape of the most delicate tints is fashioned with Spanish lace, flowers and plumes, mazing a most beautiful headdress - and very becoming. Velvet is also introduced effectively with .these materials, but they lose their lightness by the mixture. I The lighter tones of yellow cream aul- 1 . . 1 : - . . . pnur .ana corn coior aro ana newest favorites. The fan and hand kerchief pouch often matches the bon net in color and material. If the entire costume is of white the artificial flowers of the bonnet are often the, same as the natural bouquets on the corsage, fan, pouch and that carried in the hand. Rustic hats of mull are also ornamented or a short ramble with natural flowers. rXew York Herald. , Mealbaa WaakcrwamFaJ A correspondent in Mexico writes The Mexican women, like their pott remote ancestresses, persist in washing an a stone "loan do la vadera" on their knees at the side of a stream, 1 or if at home, still in tho same positions on the identical stone slab, with cold water and very .little , soap of ten with only a saponaceous herb called "zacate," and they nnso in a wee bit of a "bate , wmcu is, iuuo eiso iuau m smaii - uug- out" or rude tub. Owing to this slow m m ' m process every lamiiy 01 lour , or nve persons must have two or three laun dresses, and even then it is difficult to get clothes returned under two or thro weeks. In, fact, the women of the lower class seem to have no idea of the lapse of time, for they stop a dozen times a day to smoke and gossip, yet they are. alter all, good, harmless souls. Mex ican -families who have been , in tho United States and American colonists also have bought tubs, washboards and even had washing machiLc brought here, but to no purpose. These Aztec women detest the "modern helps" quite as heartily as they do the long-handled "Yankee broom." As to punctnality why these laundresses have j no idea what . it means. For example, an American (they impose more on us than on their own tieople) may give a wash woman his linen. Three or four weeks may elapse and it is not returned. He fancies it has been stolen. Not at alL The victim will., on investigation find that the! laundress, having been invited to a christening, a dance orabull-fight. has pawned his clothing to get money to buy finery for , the festive occasion. If Mr. A.'s linen suffers tbis fate he need not be alarmed : patience alone is necessary. The woman will then pledge Mr. B.'s clothing and redeem Mr. As from the pawn-shop until she has earned enough to come out square with all ner customers. I heard of a where a laundress loaned the clothes of an American to a family in which there was a ease of small-pox that the mother might pawn them to get medicine for a sick child. A Connecticut farmer advisea the raising of peacocks." not for their musi cal voice.' but for their ; many-eyed plumage. They are as easily raised as turkeys, and, while the art decorative , mania huts, "there's millions in 'em." I London 7VtrfA, speaking of reward of merit to generals, says : "Our generosity is much like the charity which Sidney Hzmth says consists of wishing to put a hand in the pocket of one man in order to relieve the wants of another. Last Friday evening the Toung Maidens' Cooking Assodation" at Morris- town, N. gave a reception at a public hall. The invitations were issued in the name of the chief cook ; the girls cooked the supper and all had a folly 1 time," . - . 'I . . - . . . 4m m Nine men have been hanged in Ajfan- by lynchers within a month. W . 1 The present money circulation the United States, paper and apecieg ex ceeds a billion dollars. III The dome of the Teat Toint, NX, observatory is to be; made of papefili ;lt will weigh iOW poi; There are 226 miaaionaries ia lKew York city, and the number of ealtsihev make in theoure of a year on the$aick. and poor is estimated at 800,000. Gn. Tom Browne says that. 1! the Naval Academy Board unanimftoaly voted the use of tobacco an InluBoua habit, which ought hot to be toleted among cadets, every member ot it - had arjariahis mouth."-' ,: Baroa RothsciTJl ef Trankf ort1 hla for a silver gilt run of threat 000. and a ail ver one. at that. Bnck making along the Hudson most important industry. One 3 am ast year made 18,000,000 bricks. Inthis yard 120 men are employed and a Urge number of horses.1 The total prt&ne- ion of eight brick yanU is 2,tm00O bricks per week. . ; ,-'-!.. ' -' - ; It is a curious fact that Russia, oa of the poorest of civilized countries, trkkea a greater parade of wealth in one vetfrect than any other European State. ;Tho domes of all the great churches Hi SU Petersburg, Mosepw, and other Surge towns, are plated with gold neariyjdno quarter of an inch thick, v ; ' Out of 101 Derbya, a Prince of "Vfales has won once. In 1788; a royal Giikc, York; in 1816 and 1822 ; other des, ten times ; lords, twenty two UmorjT foreign count once, 18C5; a foteign baron twice, 1871 and 1879 ; a fo$ign prince in 1875, and an American sov ereign in 1881.. Other winners 4Uve been English commoners. . .0 The Imprisoned Czar, If A Berlin corresnondent of the Lofido'n Tims sends another curious account of the Czara mode of life in his pajaci at Qatschina. There was no relaiatiag in vigilance. The palace was 'strictly guarded and watched. A abort Itfrne ago two 01 the young grana titles, cousins of the emperor, wore stopWA tu the grounds by a Cossack, who: threat ened to spear them if they advanced, a friend, who had occasion to visit ;tho castle to see an official, reported tlrat as soon as he left the railway station;nd took the direction toward tho pala, ho felt conscious that the eye of the police were following himf but it was &nly when he was about to cross j the bid ge over the' castle moat that he was actdally wboppeir-- Here hs police oiRleialsyero gate of the palace; the only one Wjhich' was allowed to be approached. H& at) once iouna mmseu in uio pouco uv L , is i - if. ; vi '1 surrounded by officers. His pauutpo was taken, his description, the tinki f day and business wero all duly not&l a book, which the chief of police is vtf p- posed to examine every day. . An otjer was then sent to inform the oiuciaitP V quired for, while the virJter 'was enf by the police. On the officer returning with a message that the official c$ld be ' seen, hs was escorted by a poce officer down the long corridors to utho room of the person' he wished to rice. . All tho way' Cossack sentinels, ith- drawn swords, wero (ramping up ''bd down. It ran readily be imagined i-Siat no official of the palace, however lgh ? he may be placed,' is particularly or- joyedat present by the vuita oigjiu inenus. xne visitor was. inereioro ex horted for the love of heaven Co conno . his conversation U U A merest coma tin places, and not to! at 7 too long. Wjcn he got tcthe train on his return jouyhy -he felt heartily glad and fortuntie, -though Jreould not shake off the tn- sation that the police were still al -back. Looking ont of the windowof the corridor into the! courtyard,-f which there are four within the civile walls, he saw innumerable stackuof piled muskets, denoting the prcaencof ' a largo force of Infantry, and on 4he open place in front of the ilaco ro . picketed the horses of about a squadron ' of ' caralry. Persons whose ' buste calls them daily to the palace and who aro well known are rigorously searched. Tor example, a priest employed in ilia service of the imperial chapel was lafiy subjected to such a close inspection tSiat even his cigarettes were not overlook!. A uossack o nicer was stauoneu a cwu of the doors of the sleeping apartmts of the emperor, the empress and hir .w. il.. nlfllit fiat named complains continually of tborj!- atraint put upon his movements ahire ms isinera accesawn w vuo iwwuc o Is not allowed to go out riding in he park, which partieolarly annoys bgtn. None of tho oQcers or court ofScislare allowed to be away from tha palace m cr 0 than two or three hours at a tune, tnu all are obliged to be in before nine, jo the evening.' -3 I A II Book. The following t of a horn Ujok recently found w pulling down San old house at New y,Berks,may intir- eat aonu of our readers. ' It eonauUj pi a page of ietter-press which meaatftea two and seven-eighths try two ana Cje eighth inches, mounted on a piece pf oak of slightly larger size, the lower f d of which is shaped as a handle, iria covered with a sheet of transparent hcn, which is kept in its place by means, pi narrow strips of thin brass, fastefrhl with amall nails. The letter-pro, which is surrounded by an ornameifal border, consists bf the alphabet,' prece ded by a - f first in amall letters aBd then m Boman eapitala. Next are, ;Vm one side ot the middle line, the alone, followed by the vowels with fee consonant b,ct d; on the other aide the rame reversed. - Following, ia first, In the name of the Father," e. lastly, the Lord's Fyer.AV 4 " ITFJU OF I5TERE3T. V ft , v dm aoeoun hen DXU i ' I - -i - : 1 ? A' 11 s r I'. NV ii m A