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WINITOGERB.
M. Todd in Menitone has lama telliug
eeede.rs ef "knorniog Bay e tabout the Rid
Ulises of the NortheWest ddithiit the Peon
xtuairynkinned, dankyoscatied papaea Who
know evil:leg of that gospet �f love, in
'wheel 41111431ns the wbite ohildren of our
seen ere fettered, kfc. We I 4120111d hke to tU
you about a little whitechild who dwells in
the letchmarde land, an. Whir Ilea for one of
her namee the pretty lewd whetewneade thls
warretive. • •
" Winnogene r' la not tkat pretty name
for gt, giV1 and 1 thiut its meanhtS le •Mtn
more pretty than Ito souud. "A bright zay
liglen"—thet1 the Weed Inetteieg of the
Indiert word ; and the girl who is 49 named
le a ray of brigetege eneshine in a Imiely
enairketteme, 4he La a yterig child, and A
goy tweet ane; but the bas imbibed the
settlers' tante:diets egaieM the " Mahn "(a
montemptuotts term applied to Indiana), and
dote not wieb to be called hi' a hTiehion
name. I am mwe when the in older and
anulerstanda things thet are dark to be at
n the will like that she was earned
Wtonogeue Her parents wee among the
firsts watt/ere wbo fixed their habitetion
that far away locality. They wandeted and
/rendered weee for bundrede of railea with a
"Mum and small /store of hotesehold gear.
Winnegences mother waa the only woman of
the party. What a brave woman elle was
1 bees beard from aortae who were with her
at her easergy and courage. She never mut:-
mewed, wa.s Always cheerful and ready to
help. Thee, leiter, when her hush:and heal
deeded upon where he would loot te nteelf.
how nobly the bore ell the erivetions and
tada of the- reugb preirtedlie At that
time the wbole eentery round there waft in
unsettled etete. ludians and halebreeda
were romning the lend Athirst for revenge
en the ceequering race, eager for plunder.
iguerent, debeted ; aU the word: pmeieneof
thew savage nature routed by injustices and
bane treratmont. Alas l when Was do not
nreetice Chrlatianity in our dealinge with
eeveeete bow can we expeot them to meet
▪ etitn my spirit more wlerant than their
-ewn heathen creed el 4' an -esa for an eye"?
The rcertyrd tam of taissicnuarlea, the patient
eelf sacrifice of god men tbroughlogyears,
Tamely suffice to blot Item Recl•man'e
naiad the belief thee the- "Paleface ;* ble
mortal foe; and we havottne ebutineaa to
wonder that lb le 40 I for vc-the hatst
western pioneer* neither gave nor took
44 erten"
t l& be for the cbildren growing up in
the lediener lend to own the peer conquer.
ed wEichica't a more Chrenlike greed than
thee whicb was prseticed by their conquer.
Now yen will see marmot the realms why
lidiunceene dislikes * Nicbiees nameand
why 1 called Wianzopiutes Egothin & brave
women. One eight see was routed by a,
terrible nolie outeldea, which for ammo tain,
ntee she never doubted Wee can lied by Inef an is
come to murder them. The noise wee taus
ed by wolvea—not Imo terrible then Bed,
skins when met out of doors; but fortlenste,
/* for the defeecoleta houtehold, not Able,
bite the Indiana, to plan an attack upon
masense1 men within a dwellitag. The
woleee, like the Indian", have now become
few and afraid to haws the Intrepid setdere,
:meet women and ebildreu can sleep with -
one -dread in those lonelw prairielenues.
Although title lady, of where I speak,
=Net' lost courege, yet' the strain upon her
nerves taunt haste been very hurtful. She
lost her bebiets am after another, and wag
motes titan ence nigle tuato deatheserself. At
bet it happened that out, dear little one
lived, and in exceeding thankfulness for
mull &precious ray of heavetet awn light
end life, the mother added "Whanogene" to
the ether manna bestowed upon the child,
Children—Yon are all more or lest ac-
customed, to the companionship of small
peepie like yourselves. You have child.
triends who 'play with you and are in elms
with you. Yon meet children at there; in
the atreet, by the antihero. Yon compete
with others of your age at games and in
soltool. You elute together over eonr letrean
and toys; and you have huge enjoyment in
The •eachange of confidences and aweetiee
with some little body who is your spedel
temin, Can you imagine how you should
feel i'f you were like Winnogene--almott the
ally child within a chola of many mike,
-seldom aeeing another child, and never en.
joying the daily companionehip of children?
realty cannot escribe what a peer tense -
tion it gave me to lee thst bright little
Morning Ray—Winnogene—shedding its
light and beauty upon the lives of the grave
grown-up folka in her home. She was
*Una as any girl in Scotland might be—
in a white frock and pretty sash. She loon
ed like any Scottish lassie might—rosy
remelted, glacinyed, childlike, and happy;
yet I felt how much more Winnogene was
than any girl at home. Here we have more
little girls than we often know what to do
with; there one little girl ia a peed of ex
needing price, a token of love a centre of
attraction, a something to evoke tenderness,
to engem: purity, to aoftett stern men doing
stern work.
When this Magazine was being tent forth
to you, I remember hearing its title anxious.
dinuased. The good men and women
wbo wished to put a pleasing "monthly" in
your ha,nds were very earnest in bestowing
upon it an appropriate narae. Its fitnesd
has never been brought so vividly before me
as it was when I held the hand and looked
wpm the sunny up -raised face of little Win.
nogene, and heard her mother tell the mean.
in of the word, Morning Rays I Children,
you are all "Winnogenes" in a certain sense.
Are you trying to live up to Buda a- beautiful
ammo, trying to abed ,gladness, purity,
warmth around you? Are you try ing to
come and go like the sunbeams, lighting up
the dark places of the earth, rejoicing sad
lives around you, kindling new life in dead-
ened souls, being In your spheres wbM
innogene ia in her prairie -home, a bright
ray of light? Every beam of light which
comes to our earth is a golden arrow sent
from the soul of the sun. Every little child
is a ray of divine life sent from the heart of
'Grad.
Oh, if every child were to perform its
earthly mission as faithfully as the :sunbeams
perform theirs, what a bright and happy
world this would be 1
TEssin M. E. Sexey.
Too Sweet.
Waggs—"I wish you wouldn't make mob
affectionate pies, Mrs. Skianplee."
Landlady—"Affeetionate pies I Pray
*bat kind's that ?"
"Why, this berry ple's so thin that the
onistreare actually stook on each other."
Ab High Ridge, near Stamford, Conn.,
there is a wife who is the mother of fourteen
children, all living, and none of them twin.
All but two live at home, and these two,
catching the scarlet fever, went home to be
tanned. They gave it to the other &eons
and the whole fourteen were sick at once,
and wedicene had to be mixedlin pitchers
and bread pans.
,ABISSMA LAID WAST -6.
Whe enema* of the ltichtlit eheinte Ring
The ordy warfare ha *Koh the efahdlate
have recently been aucceseful is that again!:
King John of Abyasinia.Theta is no dodo
of the death of King ..lieineuid the 'defers.
with great slaughter of hia tweet The,ne
Retitle& letter to Queen Vietona thee Klatt
'Abdullah reeently sent . to Ceito weetaw,
compenied by proofs ot ide vtottary-evegIh
Abyssinians, inclnelieg the ,trezet letter th
Queen had sent toKing John over a year
ago, , The newts Pow comes that the
Mahdists hoe turned wetter:. Abladinia
into a desert, have kifled atom:nee watthe
Peonies, and dragged other thousands tete
ceptivitg. Aearshy bee gni:melded, Mlle
goverament ae Idieg John gave bit !Sample,
AO the proetrate conntzy is at the mercy ef
thethefattlere.
The region that haat beon laid waste is the
most clamming pert of Abyssiela, for in the
gradual dement from the Mite' table lend* to
the warnt line yeller leaclieg toward Eltew
town and /table tee flora beeemes anore •
InaanUANT AND EEAur arm.;
On the route to Khartoum is Galabet, lam-
ents as the met dant market of the -eastern
Sondeneee, in theirelevecateldng expedition
agehist the bated Christine; of the Inglelands,
bring their trains of beautiful Abymitsian
girle and sell theta to dealerv, who make
business of reapplying the harem" of Eller -
town, Kassala, and Qnly tiro or
three travellere have been able to deactitte
the buyandptteonaaiectaola In the alswe
booths of Galabat, which in all the more In -
Waiting ad deploralaellecaute the viollent
are Pleat tern from their tootueteitei to tive
like caged lards behind the lattieee of
harem" font the NUe to Mecca.. They are
:se bigbly prized by elle lord* of . bbsharem
ste the femoue Imamate; of Cireseala. DA
Junker, in the beak of travel* be le now
publishing, tell; ef the beenty any of
these maidees and adorns his volume with
well-exeanted engrevings of aome of thetn.
Even wbile the Soudan was tledtn Bedp.
tien control, the harem trtffie at Galabat
thrtved, and wet eau emtlyimapine that fano()
*hie
LAST DIMS -niece u:Az
the town, bag been in the heyday et lle pre*.
peaty. Mr. Do Comp, who tristted °debate
lento years ago, said tball the nuircheate sat
smoking bored° the booths that coneeeled
their eleven from the pphlie elew. When
cuetemere appeared, a recet of cotton was
thrown over the bend et etch aieli which
conceded bet teen:nee until It was laer turn
to be impacted, "Many of theat young
girlie " he errete, 4'aro very beantifele Thelr
eoloe Is olten not daeker then theta ''of A
Setteith gym, their featusee are troll and
delieete, their germs proportioned like- A
oreek teethe, and their ants loge and lust,
roma" A few yeara ago ene of theta fair
petit:mere in jeddsth threw hermit' from*
window to the pstrentant below, prefeedeg
death to captivity.. Ns clonbt witen they
gaze from their prisons
urea's' TVs MOT SANDS
of Arable ties thought of their own gteen
mountains only eggrevatee they unhanpti
it t. ,
The highlendere of Alsyminie mos breve
end intelligent people, and. It is to be hoped
that' theY will not long. he tbe belplees
viothas of anarchy at home and. of the Pith
lase followers of Idain, vrho turret:1nd their
mountain". A far worse fate mi he be -
I
fell them then to become. the soh eats of
King Menelek, tlaepowerful zuler o Shdie
who clairm to bane succeeded King Job;
though that ruler disposed of hie throne
by will to one of bla zeleticuite - •Thetnewle
is highly tignifieent that the Ittelens brae
advanced from Masnowelt and misted. Xofers
on the lovely pletemt pr earthen% Aleya.
tittle. King John's belief that they meant
to nate their flag over this &state led
bim to make war upon the Itailan forme.
If tke cable report is true, they have ita,
proved the opportunity afforded by Abyw
rinia's eree ant weakness to acquIre the fer
tile regioo, which alone can maks Maesowah
worth possessing.
1
Infletence Of a Geed Woman.
And still we reaped and admire a gentle-
man, and we take off our knee and 'worship'
a gentlewoman. Still we like to kiss the
hand of a poor and. humeene girl and listen
to the love soft voice and refined thane:ea
of an educated and delicate woman. Isn't
the moonligbe briglater, the night air ea pxer,
the world better worth living in when we
leave the presence of a good woman than
when the swinging door of a saloon closes
behind us and a burst of fetid atmosphere
follows as into the atreet ? No man ever
yet reformed unless reader some emit in,
fame°, and I don't believe any man ever
felt !ugh influences -without a sense of hie
own unworthinees and a momentary Tauten
tion to out his low acquaintances and habits.
/ am not saying that he did it. •
There's nothing :to weak in the world its
a man's resolution to reform. But you oan
always tell when a man has been spending
an event's:ay with a °harming, refined, wo-
man. You sometimes, you Imo*, meet a
man coming down the street about Il o'clock.
He is walking with a firm tread, his head
ep in the air. He may be bumming some-
thing ; is proud of himself; he has a
dignity about him that you can see in the
dark. kie has been there and can't belp
showing it.
A Powerful Austrian Vessel.
In the Stabilimeuto Tenneco Triestine a
ram cruiser in being finished whioh will be
launched on the 18th of May. It is of.ex-
traordinary offensive power, very fon
strougly armed, and is especially well pro-
tected below the water -line. It is expected
to be almost unsinkable. On the lower
deck the iron plates are fifty-seven milli-
metres thick. It is covered by a belt of
cellulose deaigned to protest the sides, when
injured by shot, against an influx of water.
It is armed with two }Krupp twenty-four
centimetre guns, with a range of 10e miles,
sixteen Krupp guns of fifteen centimetres,
two Uthetius guns of seven centimetres, and
eleve n quick -tiring gum. The Epeed is
estimated at nineteen knota, and it is to be
named Franz Josef I.
Whom it Belonged to.
Me: "Ohl what' a charmine talent."
Elder Sister "Yes, it belongs to the Begonia
family." Sinall Sister : "No, it don't. It
belongs to the Brown family, who lent 11 to
us tor this evening."
The Proudest' Moraent of His Life. '
Magistrate : "Were you ever arrested
before,' Uncle Rastas V 'Uncle Rastas :
"Yes, soh, 1 war 'rested. but I" War dig.olia'gd ;an' 1 tell le', yo'r honah, dee I war
nebbah so proud in my life as when I walk-
ed down dee coureroem a free an' laonerable
man." Magistrate: "Then you were not
proven guilty, Uncle Restue ?" Uncle
Restus : "No, salt: dere was a flaw in de
indictment, soh." .
FIE A T 1TR.
krepazing For Old Age,
The life of a Man may be properly divided
hate three stsges—tee period of inereaae, the
period of maturity, zed, the period of decay
or decline. lathe tirseet thee the prooetess
of fernetticei are more Active, than these of
destruction; in tkte tecoud tbey are about
equal ; the third the proeetsea et des-
truction are naore *dive than t11040f t, for-
mation.„It ie thiat latter we have to °wider
in this presentpaper.
The period of decline is marked by as stain
hog charaeteriattea as those which belong to
the Retied of increase. After the body his
remeraed at nearly &fixed point ot develop -
meet for a few year's, varying from nee to
'en, a diepoition is martifested towards de
generation.- process of ,cleeay becomes
morel. powerful than, that concerned in the
regeneration of argues, and in consequence
the body not only loses wefght from the
atrophy of is poets, but the functions
ARE LESS REBEECTLY l'Enronrann.
Thus, the action of the heart becomes weak-
er and lees frequent, the respiration dower,
the digestion weaker, the muscles thinner,
tne skin ebrunken the jobate Miff, the teeth
fall out, the 'hair becomes grey, the arteries
keeoute waffled and the °Mtn) form loses
int elasticity and becomes leas erect than in
adult age. The whole tendency of the belly
as to coneolidation.
The organs of apecial Eense also become
affected. The eye loxes its brightness and
the sight grows dim and pre:nays:pie; the
taste is less acute and tlee sense of smell is
elmeat, if net altogether, least at a weaver,
Minty early period.
With the.se eine:woe the mind deo partici-
The =emery le the first faculty to
1341, and the °there follow in rapid
sion.
If them alteretione ere grsdue awl une
form tbrougbout the system. death from oja
age Is tile result; hut I rarely happens that
derangement of awre one important /motion
does ease Fan this result before the
general breaking up of
Vett "Mee nelnetren (SCRUB%
Daring the drat ten or Intact:years the de.
my of the organism is to slowly effeoted that
vent little tueontrenienee results, and co
eeetettally we meet with individuals who are
able to withstand the tendency to degenera-
tion to a very advatteed period �f tent/moo;
but it Is, nevertheless, progreassing, bnzper
llentible it may be, but turely, to the at rse,
tion of that menterioutt Principle we calllnet
Suelfis the bad amebae of some of the
meditious whieb ettered the period, et decline.
Tito abeam to which it le especially
Mt thou which are related to the prineinel
:argues of Ube Apoplexy, paralysis, erganie
disemes of the heat and Image, of the large
vesseleet the liverend kidney”, are freneently
=countered.
I blame alluded to the chance that ennui
in the mica as a enemy -time of advanced egos
but it fa not to be suppoted that there fe
,feilure of alt the mental fematies. Dated,
(here is, during the first ten or fifteen year:,
of tide period, an ineteme In the atrevgtla
and powers of wedurano of the mind, aucl
quite, often this proemoontieuee for Bayard
taddition4 years. P18 jnn/glaannt, owing to
the"experietwo which the iudividuel hew
obtained Inthe Affairs of life, iteminee riper
and more unerring; there is &greeter power
of determining the value of facto and a leas
disposition to leo governed- by the emotion".
ROT AMR A. ,f124E.
the intellect beoonatus Iete aborptive of port
eoptIons end dem creative of Hem The
power of mental ooneentration is enerkedly
dirainleted. The memory faili, arpecielly
in regard to tweet eoeurrenom. The imeemy
Mica lotes the vita/deem and extensive name
of youth and =Meaty, and the judgment
becomes feeble and vacillating. The
indivi-
dusi begins to rely on others for advice as
to hie affairs, and little by little be parts
with his own will even in matters of the
smallest: importendeie The traotionit no long-
er away the whole being as they onoo
did, and some of thorn are utterly extin,
gulahed. Often, however, a maudlin or
fretful condition is developed, which end*
With its own expression of tears; or sniffles,
Amer prompting to volitional impulsea or
producing more than a momentary disturb
anoe.
To ell this, lidwiseeit tnere me soinetimes
notable exceptions, bub not enough to ihz.
validate the law that the period in question
is one of decline infant as well as in name.
Undoubtedly much wan be done by the ob-
servance of ordinary hygienic rules to retard
all these Changes and to poatpone the bleat -
able death, but it is none the lesa certain
that many percene live to an advanced old
age and in the erjoymene of a fair measure
of health who violate every eanitary law.
They take little or no exerciee, they
indulge themselves in all the pleasures
of the table they drink alcoholic le
pont to excess, they diaregard the ob•
ligaticans of 4:timothy, and yet they do not
seem to suffer in health, nawital or physical.
These, however, must be regarded as ex-
oeptions to the general rule: moreover, ibis
quite probable that but for their improper
mode of living they would have been in still
better condition, Find death would bave been
further postponed.
BEAMING IN TErn FACT '
stated in the preceding remarks, it is appar-
ent that there is less demand made ulna the
wane of life in old age than during either the
period ofinorease or of maturity, and that
these organs are less capable of performing
their functions than in early, middle, or adult
life. It follows, therefore, that theyemust
Id less severely taxed; the stomach, for in-
stance, should receive Iess food, for ita
power of digestion has diminished. Severe
physical exertion•should be avoided, for the
muscled; especially the heart:, has kit in
tone. The man for instance, who can at
30 run a hundred yards or more with scarce-
ly any acceleration of his pulse or tapir -
action, would run the risk of falling dead
if he were to attempt this feat at 70.
But nothing is so csonduoive for health in
old age and the oultivation of a genial frame
of,mind as nob Iothog interest in the affairs of
life. To grow old gracefully is of itself the
best antidote to the inroads of thne. The
mind retains its bold upon matters which
have interested it, and loses almost im-
perceptibly the vigor natural to it. The
various organs of the body feel this influence
and continue to perform their various
function e with a promptitude and efficiency
which would be Impossible In one imbued
with melancholy or full of the conseiousnees
that life has lost its charms. It is folly
for elderly persons, to seclude themeelves
from the world and to °ease to mingle with
the young. The inmates of homes for the
aged may sometinne be lomelived, but their
existence is more that of the vegetable than
of the htiman being. Death, when it comes,
is warmly regretted,
eon rens Eta LOST ITS ATRAOTIONS.
Few persons comparatively know how to
enter gently and gracefully upon old age. As
a rule, elderly persons are qtierulone axe:W-
ing and extremely selfish. They are either
tiresome or decidedly obnoxious to thoEe
•,enTlk
with whom they come in owiteet and they
die tuaregretted. except in so far Si a decent
regard, for the opinions of mainland require
that regrets shouldbe shown. Nevertnelese
there is not go ninon of thin unpleasant old
age us there was a century ago, or for eVen
enteh lege tinte back. It is difficult now
to tell an old man or an old woman by their
dream,. Ti40 jauntiest goats, the mot brilli-
ant neckwear, the latest fathion 'in gloves
are now ottesemen on men who have panted
their three-m:4e and ten. The Meet costly
Jewels adorn the necks and leaucis of women
who bave hang :duce peeked their prtme.
Ali ilea is as it should be. Tile 'terrors of
old age disappear, hefore Aimee who tam
theta btavely, -
WILLIAM A. Ifeluellettn.
In the Wrong Shop,
A certain Irish Catholic clergyman a
fine, tall, handsome -booking gentlemen: t:dis
the following really good story concerning
himself ten' When I first came to Seotland
I dotal:tatted to make all the bad esthetics
le my pariah good -living people, if possible,
and that not by argument or exhortation
but chiefly .the liberal me of the blaei
thorn. I 40011became a terror to all evil-
doers that came ander my jurisdiction.
Rearing one day that Biddy B—, whose
husibend mown never to be at home when I
called, was beginning to neglect herreligious
duties again, I made a Tiede to her twine with
the intention of severely admonishing her.
There was no one in when I called but a
donelooking working man taking. mapper,
'Are you Biddy's huaband '2' I inquired. He
simply &entered • Yes end went on with
his meal. 'Were you at MOSLI Ott Sunday r
I asked. 'No: lee replied, 'Aedwhy 'Weren't
you, you blackguard?' edd It now getting
ugly els the fellownooletatte BM no amwer
4141 get* for betteemed to Much Inteteated
in his meal to give me one. Tele thoroughly
rousee me, and I fell to and gave him a meet
mercilege drubbing. The poor fellow never
struck bacart but made 'several image at-
tempts to get out of nay gaup. At bat he
succeeded and ran 'wader Use bed. I adz d
hold of a large broom le tlao center ef the
roomand tried bard to poke him out again,
for fwas thoroughly wild, In the melee
of the emit:meets Biddy Made her appear.
moon the eel:dem-Id, at ouce relsognizbag
roe, She held up her haat: in horror* and ex-
claimed—'rather, wins.* the meaning of
this?' 'The raelaningleIsaik getting wilder.
'The ea:seeing, indeed? Why, I am punish,
ing your husband for not turning out to
tome cel Sundae", and if it were not that
you're a woman 1d *lair aothic$ of evils
eon the lame tOalt, father,. dem: eel
Biddy, in great dietrem oi reica, "sure the
peer fellow's not a Catholic at di, hen duet
e, decent Scotch Protestant.' I hew met
many Sootch Protestants aluoe thee (oote
eluded the clergymen) "for whom I have
had a very greet lazing 'and bight, esteeM's
but I'm batted to my, In jultio0 to mend,
thee none hare I Nrer encountered for whom
have hid a prole:me:ler respect or greeter
eiteent t•ban for UM poor, patient', for,
bearing, magnanimous Snatch Chreatism"
a or •
An African ()tweets Sad Tale,
ger° le a glimpse at WOMIkr4 10k in Africa
from a chapter 174 & recent book on South
Africa which flea:When 'some of the onetome
of the &mem bribe: "A beeutifel young
wife of the king had in aome Irmacent way
displeased htin. The order WAS givers to
smell her out, and the witeh doctors did
their horrible work. Executioners were
told ore Wad they were sent out to the
young wife to tell her of her Otte:nom She
dreamed hermit in her bete °revenants, and
detennined to appear before the king to
say toon-hyd She had been, the 'ratan
playmate and favorite sweetheart as a child,
and, she In:amen to aend s menage to lam
eatable permission to my "good.byt to him.
The king refused, the request. Calnaln pre.
paring for death, the yoettg women disre.
garded the denial and walked to where His
Majesty was ssittinl drinking champagne.
She said to him: legs I lle'dd °am° to "34.
"Geoceby"-'tell me why you are killing
me.' The King vouchsafed no answer and
turned hie lam away. The poor women
proceeded to bld adieu to the other wives
and girls of the monarch. They stood in it
row, and as the walked down ft front of
them she said: I am the first, but there
will be raore of you to mane after me.
Without another word she quietly followed
her executioners. They led her about three
miles from the kraal, ammo the Tillan
river, and there banged her on e, low thorn
tree. The rein by which she was an:Tended
being too long, her feet nearly -touched the
ground, and Strangulation was completed
by beating the rein with sticks, the person
of royalty being sacred to the common
touch."
Delivering the Rail at Payal
The arrival of the mail throwe Foal into
a state of excitement. Half the population
Ibsen comes to town, and a hot and steaming
orevrd pick: Waif Into the one Post Office
that the island possessen As the Poettnaster,
plainly coneolons ot his importance on an
occasion which happens only once a fort-
night, advances With the lettere to the little.
dear which separates the throng from the
deem the atrauger is struck by the ridicu-
lous disproportion between the size of the
crowd and that of the packet, a oircum.
Mance which is explained by the fact that
every woman expecting tidings from bus.
band or son is accompanied apparently by
the reat of the family. The j Aber subsides
into a buzz of Euppressed excitement as the
Postmaster adjusts his spectacles with the
most exasperating composure. He calla out
the name on the topmost letter; a shrill
voice on the confines of the crowd intimates
its destination, when half a deem banes are
stretched out to receive it and, it is passed
over the heads of the crowd to the fortunate
recipient. The buzz is renewed after each
announcement; the Postmaster bag con-
stantly to repeat his demand forsilence"in
which he is of comae joined by` such of the
crowd as have not yet received a letter. As
the delivery proceeds the crowd gets nat-
urally noisier, and the Postmaster becones
hot and angry with the exertion of about-
ing above the din. Although the number of
letters is small—Christmastide brings quite
as large a packet to many a country house
at home— the work of. elide-Dana:At is long,
from the circumstance that each recipient
has on the average five or six names, which
Portuguese etiquette seems to demand shall
be duly set forth on such a formal mead=
as the dispatch of a letter.
When Mr. Bancroft, the well-known
English comedian, was celebrating his sliver
wedding, he thought to nay his wife a
pretty campliment by saying, "My dear,
you ought to have married a better man
than I am." To which Mrs. Bancroft re-
plied, "My dear, / did."
An old Indian Ectuaw went into a dry -
goods store in Bangor, Me., the other day
and bought some dress patterns, together
with needles, thread and thimble. She
asked to be allowed to go into a Pack room
to sew a little. About an hour afterwards
she CMS from the room weering a dress
made of the material else had just bought,
and went out of tee store evidently well
satiefied with her purchase,
UfB DIMSMAKIlie-*
A contemporary in writing of home dream.
making; which, by the way, - wast firat
thought of by us as a meanSof a:misting
home sewers, says that paper patterns fait
to give any idea ot how the pattern is to be
appleed to --the material. -Eviclent.ly the
=1011(210# VOW Utt10 Of tkle Demeetie
paperpetterns ; they have on every metal
dite eonntining s pattern, ownplete directions
bit regard to applying the pattern to the
matenal; the cutting and paining of each
put:
Relied Pattern cermet fib every figure:me
though molded upon 14 as thenare drafted,
Roth obtaht a good 'average figure; but cove :
putative:3a new alterations will We to be
made if 1 one din:totems are folioed.
wide reams are left eerier the arms and on
the "boulder!, *here the chief refitting, or
wain %dawning, is done.
If the Bent* es very fell, the front edges of
a batque theeld be rolled out td gave the
ricemary width over the buds and curve at
the waistline. Of course, a krlmialeld drea0
WO dm not require even thent ,slight al-
terations.
FM. 00.
0d.• .roas cassinuere le illustrated ' re
60, though albatross, chaille, Lull& ilk,
oto,, are all minable for home coat -ammo
fethioned After inch an attertetive model.
The fullekirtie five yards wide, and weber.
ad, teoept in front, where eight nerrevr kilt
pleats are laid toward the centre front. The
lining skirt is of the usual thape, and fend
for six istebee ou the enielde with the drew"
fabric.
The zoned waist bas a plain bide front.
•
Fro. 61,
pleated on the sboulder seams, and alfiered
at the waist line over a surah plastron,
whish is shirred at the top and around the
collar. A large silk cord is run around the
edge of the weist, and ties in front. The
sleeves are gathered at the top and shirred
in enema) rews et the wrists. •
Figure No. 61 is a ...harming todelte for
garden -party, seanide, er dressy wear on
aummer days. The lining skirt of satin
eure,h is finished with a tiny pleating of the
same, and has &gathered skirt of lace slightly
draped in front, and held down near the
edge by a rosette of ribbon. El& side is
then trimined with three lengthwise ban&
of ribbon, ending in a loop and one end near
the edge of the skirt.
Fro. 63.
The round waist id full on the shoulders
in front and crossed at the wane, while the
back is getheree at the centre, top and
bottom. A bodice from the side seame 18
composed of rows of the ribbon fitted over
canvas, wbiols is well betted; and -curving to
the waist line in the shape represented, with
;i4 cluster of loops and ends where It finfehea.
The full sleevea are fiaished with waste
lets of the l'eo. 12 ribbon. A white woolen
'dress, India ailin orh'rench oballle Meld be
arrarsgeclein this tyle on lets exnente and
with excellent effect, Iltitished,tet Empire
sash of sursh eoeld ea, sehatitutect foz the
ribboe bodice. • •••
Figure, No, 62T9pTeSellta a jack9i1 blouse
of plem aed figured fianuel for morning
wear. Aolosse•fitting lining isWOrn beneeth,
And the jeoket has a half -fitting hack, with
fronts having ono dart in each,.
The shire eleeens hare deep, cuffs of
whlte, dined metehtng the high end broad
rolling collar*. witle featherostitelted wipe.
The idelltreet le deo of the white allgitetWo
and droops like a ealler Nome, the lower
edge being amied'eo the edge of the ltning.
rtheon tied whore the collet Meets atide
to the jaunty epee:amen
The bodice orblonee shown, in Figure No.
6318 of blue etude though cot -toe, sillitt end
woolen materlde are ail made up In tine
usend form. Natal/ all bate* dime ifialeg
of eilesiaeFtenela cat:alb:tin or sateea. The
back in 181418 boo..a run or tanther-atitcked
tucks Hie the fronts, and the lower pare le
worn ouraide of the skirt.
A bele of the geode is run through a pearl
buckle. The high miler la dashed with a
row ot featherntitehing, and the fait elemee
have cofft decorated to earrespeed.
The, outside of the, eleevee le tacked lust
above the eleotego Leming a puff dime
and below,
Tito blouses aro illy aulted to slights
figure". Stout poraona are wealng gbngbiun
and other gotten waiitsmndewltb dartsan4
forms, iutd s tilhtith daoint, beefront;
with, cafes, colter, -revers and, a aboudet V of
embroidery. The roue full *kkb usuaUy
hew a ;lightly draped front, and. the alemee
aro full at the top may. '
Figure No. 6d illmtrates a ohermingiy
simple gown of while albatross and
mare ribbon, which could be fol-
lowed for it young girl'a graduat-
ing tiolette. The dream reentemod in
"White Dresser' are also imitable for this
purpose, with shoes and hosiery of wheteor
black. Gloves *re of 'white Suede if any ere
n orn, betake smerelsohook gloves leave been
voted down, Augl the etwertest /4mph:city
followed.
This yound waist is full on the thotaders,
front, and back, is ageba gethered at the
waist lisae in the back, andIapped in front,
leaving e. 1' emoted with -three Vendyked
atripae of the ribbon. • The full ileteresbeve
aeveral rowe of shirring et the top, mad deep
naffs trimmed wIth ribbon to correspond with
the collar.
ZIG, 66.
The back and front of the skirt are ahirred
the top or & space of five inohea deep,
and trimmed with three rows ot ribbon,
while the sides are likewise shirred, but are
lef ' untrimmed. A girdle of the material is
pointed, heels aad front, and ties in long
loopa. and ends on the right side. An
p
En re sash of wide moire ribbon could be
wo. v ,if preferred to the girdle. Figure No;
65 littatratee a etyle of skirt that will look
veal lin soft woolen or silk goods. The
lini ct1 dented as usual, and covered with
the saterial on the left aide. The back is
full ,a nd gathered in five rows half en" inch
apa t with the right side and front draped
in a _ew pleats at the top, to give an easy,
gem seful fullness.
On. the left aide a full width is gathered in
h belt and slashed at the bottom in long,
narrow tonguea, that are faced with crino-
line, and braided or embroidered, according
to the material selected. Either a reunci
Empire waist, batque, or blouse may be
worn wtth such a skirt •
In Figure „No. 60 a ' neat design for a
stout figure is elven that is suitable
for plem and striped or laided cotton
or woolen • materials; giligiutni being
ing represented. A thin lining of French
cambric is mad in the pointed baaque, which
has sleeves full at the top, a V, back and
front, and collar of the plaid eut diagonally.
Tim basque fastens invisibly,- and at the
edge laps over to the left, fastening with e
single Is .ge button.
The left side of the pkirt is of the plain
'Ostia and the fullback is fastened tip OVer
the kasque-point. The revere apron is
joined to the full back on the right side,
adnrclaPetteinn affifellwa sutPrawiagrbde 1?inieltienogntlatwhaiste
balI
pleats on the left. This style of apron ret
vquiviered. sone width of efeineh goods, and two,
of 27, being of the Grecian rdesign now re -
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