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ROBBIE. EVENS.
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Where'er the English ton guo ie heard,
On tbE or formea strand,
From icy otinness a the poles
To India s burning maid.
'Nolte" proud emus:above emery lug.
. or fattAttattatia's
tarrom Aeries etresane and desert- wastee
Weer%lasting Bummer renew.
Along the soldier's dusty nearele
zound tho trapper's fire.
Where minors crush tue.golden quo-rtz,
Or rsougsters strike tbe tyre;
Whereer the Miming ;soul of name
With genial spitit throe
Eternal brothetheoa to mad.
Wo hoer the song of Burns, t
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The (loop emotions of the Imart,
In him end words of pewee
Ando:4400meg aignity iii hint
No despot's force eau cower,
He bids despondent souls aspire,
Ile ems the weak be stroug,
An ranks, An ogos feel the truth
"Iilineetlied inlets soeg.
While mirth his airy coureeporsues,
And pleasure nue the 8001.
While deep deression hottle 1118 WV.
ITelree a rouble rou,
Go 1 soot the page of Scotia's bent
When "gloomy night" roturno,
A. sympathetie manes heart
You'll.always tine in Fume
WOMAN'S WORK AND WAYS.
What to Wear and How to Melee Them.
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to the ranks, you will not tind a elimeeeeror
or a dresonoatter tonpfleratand what yen ere
t Udng about whoa you speak of :esthetic
dreso. " These ate the latest Paris drepoese"
saye the Kate Niekelby o to.day at the ores -
eat Maclaine Metalline:: faohionable eatable:la-
meat ; aoa ohe proceeds to exhibit an ex-
pensive mod complioatere prodnetion whereon
fringes„Ittee, beading, ribbon bowe, and otber
hedizenments figure. Objection made to this,
Pane lacly offers you their book of feney dress
Pietures ; colored platea from Paris repro:ewe
ing Madoone Soloneider as she appeamdin the
Grande Dnehesse, La Petite Theo ito La gale
Parfumease, and the tragic Madame Lafoat
taine irk Merle Stuart, In my own Search
for.= teatheffis gown, I entered the otore of
tho dress maker who I knew had made a
number of them for one of the moot ardent
devotees of the new mode of female
clothing. Wheri I (taloa her if she could make
me an :esthetic dress, the face of this skill-
ed eeametreas was a blank. She (lie not
know what I meant, nor did the explauation
40 art, area enlighten her. Beferang to her
own aohievementa and the lady who wore
themshe smiled with the pleasure of a tardy
eonoprehension. 40 Oh, now I know what yeu
mean," she anoweeed. Those dresses were
Made after old engravings. I shall bo very
happy to copy any picture youmay bring M."
Further chat revealed the fact that engrav.
ings of the rarest and moocostly kind wore
often intrusted to her by her wealthy custom -
era in (neer that she might reproduce the
130tUrac., Once silo •had bad a sketch by
Millais which he was told was worth a hun-
dred guineas. One: of her patrons, a well-
known beauty, wore uothiug but what was
designed for her by Burne -Jones -an artist
unpurehaeable for such service except by the
claim of *friendship and deep interest in the
subject. Of otnuse alt these works of art are
cautioesly withheld from the gaze of tee
. 'Winter Ronnets. ""-
Tlie large :Aimee:tenet and dialer -ea qualiet
poke aiethe favorite' bonnets this Reseed ;
the former is for dreas, ancl the latter forgen.
eral wear. The small bonnet has been adopted'
by young ladies, to •the etitire exalted= ol
round hats for dressy °omelette, oven the be-
coming fur beaver Gainsboroughs having
been relegated' to misses and chilarent
remaine the favorite material both for the
foundation of the bonnet and its- teinemings.
There is an effort to introduce. uncut velvet,
but it has an elderly look, and is without the
lustrous sheen that now finishes:eel stylioh
fabrics. It i�, however, very handoome on
pale flhades of blue or of rose, with pompons
of blue and silver for trimming. 'White Plush
boonete are perhaps the most popular of all
fer full .these, and are often triinmed with
two rows' of fluted gold inee 'around the front
and beck, while theletttlaera are white ostrich
tips and gilt pompons. The plush is put
ever the front in and to the edge of the orewn
in a olustee of Welt • corrugated folds
that extend from ear ' to ear across
the top ; these: folds stand upward,
and are quite distinct, but it weuld detract
from the style of the bonne t to puff the plush,
or tie it in the reat knots and bowe need last
year. The top of ate bonnets flat,the crown
VI Well (leaned; and tbe entire trimrning18
massed low on the left. gide. • The trimming
consists Merelyof three smell ostrich tipiethat
• ourflorward and Outward, or else two or three
pompons are placed stiffly against the left
side. Sometimes an ornament of gilt or of
sfeet eatabes the folds together en thenaddlit
of the front of. the bonnet, aivipg the effect of
an Alsacian bow. Strings aro on all bonnete,
and tlieele hie now tied: tn a -mammoth bow
directly nnder the chin --not behina; or on one
side, me they were last year; Bonnets of black
plush studded with large gilt beede, pr with
the cowl' coverea with a net -Work of steel
beads, afe worn by elder ladies.; the pompons
are then .of blaok featherstipped with gold.
rev plain wear ladies buy a glossy black hover
bonnet for 01.75, and put some bites plush ire
side the brim for faisieg, terning, it over
broadly on the outside for trirontiege :loam
tips quite low down; or oleo three of the hem.
-rettelielitalk-Tompotis on one side, complete
the bonnet. If it is desk:deo to introduce
color,. this mufie be done in be stringee
or the • tips or porepons. . • Figured
ribbons' aro very popular for 'sfrings,
and_ ate now . gold at melee°
pieces in -the stylioli widthe of • from. two to
. three inches. There are brocaded ribbens of
solid colors in good designs , of sprays or of
blocks for 50 cents, a yard, 'while others of
lighter quality, yet all silk; are as low tut,2e
or 30 cents. These small bonnets are so
easily made that bedew are doing. their, own
Millinery, and allowing thernselees as groat a.
v•ariety of bonnets as they aid when retnehons.
were in fashion. A bit of ,tbe brocade left
' over from a walking suit is the foundation Of
many bow bonnets, as it Will either °neer, the
crown arboothly, or else it is pleated to form
aeffefteneene, or it esayebettwietecLeinetwitheee
bit of satin to cover the brim: -The lam fur
heaver pokes aro equally easy to trim, as they
require no feeing ott the brim, and merely
need e long plume twistea round the crown,
else some folds of the Plush Witb which the
costume is teimined. The -newest poke ben
net has teetbrim ehelving downward instead
o upwer , as In o et no e •po ces.
is very becoming to young faces .with small
feattiree, and es even worn by.eld'erly ladies
whose gray hair is 010e:irately dressed: in
front ; but this, like all tho poke -shapes
should be avoided by ladies who have large
Reads, or whci wear large coiffures, in it
makes the head hook out of Proportion *Eh
the rest of the figufe by eettion, of its . great
size.
Upon the waist of the •droo0 wInre it met
the lace tucker at tbe nook was a istnall turned,
over circular collar of the plueb, ani this was
enriched with the only adornment toleratea
by Ruskin ip his instruotionson <hese. It was
embroidered in :elks of the yame shade be a
delicate are pattern. .
"About her waist the lady willweer tt silver
belt, with chatelaine of silver ef antique
workmanship -a fainily relic."
0 moonlieht t 0- Tennyson Why, this
garb might serve for Mattel* in the Moatea
Grange, for tbe We' of lehalott, fpr the prin.,
coea towhotn " home they brought her vrarrior
dead."
"One ctuestion more: This lady-sLo has
a slender figure ee
Oh yes," replied the lady &es:matter-4
"As slender as a reed, andquite as graoetulee
Alas 1 I fear 1 must :my that there will
always be this drawback to aesthetic dress!
For ito full perfection it requireo a cbarming
figure. Stoat ladies neae- be inmesing, mag-
nificent-, in a Worth " costunm. Youth and
fragility alone can brave tlae simple outlines
demanded, for the attire ot aherome byBurne-
Jones ! Owns Loam.
Deese ' Notes.
Maroon silk io stylish, and may be com-
bined with the gone simele of cloth, velvet,
oamel'a-hair, or brooaded satin de Lyon.
•The striped velvets sold for 01.50 to $2 a
yare ate the beat choice for cenabining with
elle or wOol goods when you have but little
motley to spend. ;
Light' cemereeheir cletbi triname4 'with
sealebrovre plush, i�very handooree for a young
laataa Winter wrap.
. Heliotrope cashmere combines withehange-
able satin. Trim it with pipiegs of old gold
pluslo. Have a polonaise of the wool epees,
and a shirred. full skirt of the satin.
Colored ceshmere waists, also those of
drab corduroy and of cloth, aro wore. *Eh
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casual customer ; nor is tho dress, when dark silk skirts. They are made -as long as a
made, on any Reticent to be eochibited. • • basque, have three box pleats in front oodles-
' have still not facea the question. What
hind, a °turned -over Byeon collar, amber°
worn with a belt of tho materiel, or else a
military sash of Serail gathered at the ends• e
Pleasant- brown is a pepular shade for
satin. Make your skirt of it with full „box
pleats in the back, anti have a coat,basque pf
darker brown pluele or of brocaded satin do
Lyon, or -else the inexpensive striped velvet,
Tho red and black silk will be Meet effective
o binea with black eamees,hair as a vest,
bolt, steel and. borders, with' perhaps kilt -
pleating of the silk. If you prefer to ,Iseep it
ds a .whole -dress, and cuffs, collar, pockets,'
and panels of black velvet. •
A graceful costume is made of sapphire
blue plush and satin. A demi-polonaise of
plushWendel in long panels in front and
is mathetio,dreee ? It is really a most (Wh-
iten one to anower, because the areas varies
greatly, aoeording to individual caprice. The
prevailing French mode of °erect hedices -and
complicated drapery is eschewed, of course.
but not merely because these are the present
fashion. The stiff farthingale distended
ekirts, loneepeaked waists,and stuffed -epaulet
sloevee of Elizabeth's day are as great hor-
rors to the eye :esthetic as the pin -back skirt,
tip:rides and furbelows, of the contemporane-
Qua Pariaian faehiou. eEsthetio drese is,
above all things, flewing, unrestrahme, • The
best fashioned one is the ono which has the
least fashioning Omit it. • Its glory =mists
in its film color, its maso of harmony of cure-
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dilaCTOATIOPULT-4 ItTOTBS.
-Tie° Harvare Annex for women now loos
about Piety students.
-There are now 241 pupils in the insti-
tution for the deaf and demi) at Belleville.
• -A company of volunteers will be orgaat
izea in eonnection with QUeelea College,
Kingston.
--The literary soolety in tioneection with
the Agrigultural College at Guelph was re-
ergtosizee en the 1201 Wet.
•^,^qtaaridge ela Oxford. are slill in a cur -
ions otate of uncertainty as to corapuleory
Greek. There is a general feelent that some-
thing must be done, but no one memo to
know what te do.
-Iowa has in her public: schools an aver-
age attendants() of 265,000 and 21,00(} teach..
ers, It is complained that the standard of
the tea:Merle examinatioes in the Siete is not
oufficiently high and diet the certifteetea ie.
geed are 110 eVideheeR of real ability. Iowa's
school feed amounts to more thane3,500,000.
-School bank e bave been eatahlished in
four of the Bbaed Schools in Aberdeen for the
receipt of deposita of one penny and upwarde
from the ehildren io attendance. More than
one thousand seholara have become depositora.
The system is Womb(' by degreeo to em-
brace all the elementary eel:loots under the
management of tUe Aberdeen Soloed -Board.,
• -Another movement has beim' begun in
'1;lglited for the encouragement of the higher
education of women, This is Web° shape ota
utentorial-frera non-resident members' of the
Senate of Cambridge University in favor et
granting .the B. A,' degree to women, Tee
memorial has alreadybeen signed by many
distinguished men. • ,
nag lines. • • .• a bo,sque behind. The round skirt of
sonnet ely for makers of the dress who‘"feeeele
atin
hacenarrow_pleatings down -Abe -front,
knew what they :were 'aiming - ate" that-iee
with plain sides and wide • falcate:me of plush.
peetical expression -teller: they were engaged
ilA largo Flatin sash passes threugh
ip melting it, was remake at .1set.
Frl27.t'.11Plahgbeilda:_in front, extends over the hies, and is
an art.orabroideress (to a ilideeetriblethei
a-
eaareet tot tied behind: eltlieritiagseettlie eatin-any•down-
without fortune) I obtained -tho thearont of the corsage . ane on the 'sleeves.
some bely dressmakers whose taate froa we.
fineinent Were to be relied upon. Hoyt in. 'Old gold and sapphire cheeilte fringe le great
like' ropes, with, a. qv:sera° heading,
delible are.theenarkieotebaste • in Englanae ,eeeds
trims the beck. Gold plushbuttons. Direc-
toles "poke berinet of 'old gold plush, heed
blue shirred.' satin, and trimmed With
blue • and gold °WW1 feathers ; strings Of
oldeeld.
The moment thio .lady , dressmaker enterea
the room 1sew she was e ',born" leeyehough
she depended for her (tally . 'bread on . dress.
malaug, while -tee °tiler person (eho wbo
had told:eaa abptitthe enertivinge); though
she was tibiae: diessoa and bad not altogether
a vulgar manner of speaking, was but a woe
Man of the loweilaeaes, and such Would ever
remaire • The shape of tee Emigres, the
beautifully modulate. VOA, she a certain
dignity of -bearing etuaistakebly meta the
gentleveima.0 ; and -were ighothersigris Other
birth Inekitag,von meyteoheerve this 4 '
.01de-1-to be -:equality with bereustoroer, Windt
ester their differonee of tortehe ; she sits &eye
white editing to you: The ether woman,
thaegh sho might Oen not. be pollea to you,
though 'she Oen did not °ere to reeeiee a
latlyes.--onlerewould-reiver aveanitothatereit-
thig the iteheerd of rudeness of seatiug her,
soli in a customer's piesonee. ••
" You
are maldiag: the oasthetio dress "
I asked •ties lady. ' But ,the tquestion wee.
unnecessary. he was weetittg it herself,.
"I unjust fieishing i charneng cine
she said,e, and tappieg a belleshe sent for it.
It was indeedan estimate [dress; and to
deseribe it. will. be to answer the oft repeated
question. • ' •. • • -
In. Material it was a richeelusee a • fabric
dear to thd eye of tin avast, for it is not Only
riober. in appearanciethan. • tee most 'away
•veleate-bne-reibiete e. thimea
light etel shadow With a sheeny brillienee
greater than that el satin iteele Its color•wite
of: e glorions silvery gray -the gray Of a
strettralet tippline along tinder the shadow of
sweeping trao bonehs, but dashing hero line
mee is bowel:ludo and will be made. by this Gov -
there • aeabaet 8°4/le,' ell'etetee°.°11 we"" erument to matte Efelifex; the winter matt tor
lashes its surf:too entoe foamy., pseelms,
e eite. !tecteee, eteee teen t";b1 yen eta ewer:a a ItyrEp ONpAndi.
•tura has been 'Intoned this season inprovklieg.
in such . gray; anee would have
additional wharf and Other freight acoommo-
dAtion at Halifat..„
..selSTETETIC DRESS.
•
ram warperei Boscaare
What is esthetic dress t In almost Otiey
letter I receive in my London home from my
lady friends and relatives in Ametiece I find
this question. The inquiry sometimes comes
ftem woraen of fashion who. devote most of
their time and all of their money; to the oh-
tainnaent of novelty in elfess; bet oleo as
• frequently the query is made by eober-reended
women who are wearied 'and diesusted with
the vagaries of Welton, modem eager to settle
down into some rational form of habilimeet
which shall free them from the Weeny of
the present burden of kilted liminces, fixed
draperies end tio-bece skirea: For aeveral
years past reports of tepegraceful and cestbetio
rite& of dressing of a certain ekes of English
women -women of legb. oultufe, whose written
authority on art ia Per. Ruskin, and wiles°
art ideals are the romentie coevases of Berm-
e:ones and Whistler -have reached America;
but all notiona of the drug itself., seem to be
vague in the United -States.
Tbere is ne way of reentering etstiletie diem
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an exclusive production and the principal,
reason why it Will be fought, as the saying is,
"tooth and nail," by all vendefs et, ready -
Made costumes, is that the peculiatity and
gelato charm of mothetio dress consisit ie its
Being tho invention of the wearer -her owe
expression of beauty in this wise, as
a painting or a statue would be, wore she
• capable amuses:tang timed works of Mit You
may march Regent street, Bona Street' and
Oeford street from mid it, end, and freitless
will be youf ingeiries for ;lifeboats aress. In
the connennity whine it otiginated, where the
'school of (esthetic principles in every walk of
-life *aa feended, Where it flottriehee 'grandly,
mod,rapturobeestudento are every' day added
any zeforeuee to his father's appellation, Ile •
may change name as muott as be likes 00
long ae be doe0 not Otsego the initial lettero
the eeseeffal portion,
ete, le(ellWANOWOF Blettele
Struggling Aga1n'97 a Isiob to Gain a
' Chad -
From the Cincinnati -Enquirer,
eaSe most romantic as to facts and very
Peouliae in a law sense will come before Judge
Baxter of the Unitee Stetes Circuit °mart this
niorniog. It will not bo argued, but will lee
aubmitted to the court on briefe. Thecae° is
that of Moorman against Jobn A.datas and
others, The plaintiffs petition reads more
lika a Wel romanoo than an occurrence in
real life, and the story therein set forth
proves Getty too well theaa, lawyer's green
be sometimes pnto Beadle's wild otory of
improbable. adventure and strange live to
shame.
The dory in the ease is; abont as follows:
The plaintiff is Dr. ;Tease Moornaan, wbo
now resides, and for some years has reeided.
in Lee County, Iowa. "lie former horae was
in Highland County, teis"Sette, where he
married, and where Ins daughter. Kitty, tho.
cause of all the conutoden, W10 born. tionae-
time after Kitty% birth, Dr. Moorman moved
with lee:emelt family to Lee Oonnty,' ;ova.
But he and his wife opont an unhappy life to-
gether. Their tempere were incompatible, , •
and Mrs,. Worm:vet fleetly toga hor littje
daughter end came beck, to bor ielativee in " •
Ohio, twine Etr. Moorman in Ion. Ile ie.
mairtea 'there on the practice of his profession,
and he 1872.seed in the Iowa courts for di-
vorce on the ground of his wile's abandon-
ment. The divorce was granted. The
court Atilt. went further, and on the fact:dn. •
the epee decreed- ate eustody et the etilia
.Kitty-te the .tathev. Though thus eiveft
legal. right eveo-waciethenee.- -
years old, Dr. Moorman did. net seek to take
her from her mother, but he paid all °Kitty's
exponees at eohool, where she received a fine
education. ' ,
A few year!: ago Mits. Moorman ai-ed. Then
Dr. Mooenean thought was time to elitism'
his daughter's society: genie' to Ohio after
hot, and Senna her growreep lute a beautiful
D:1188 of 16. years:. Ho found -her such a sweet
bud of woman type as fathers are seldom
bieisea with ; but he foutd berthlao, under
the evil ineuence. of a hose of her elead
mother's hymg relatives. nese people had •
worked up e fooling ef hatred mid bitterness '
against tho father, and before he errived had
oucceeded instillieg reach of the same:feel-
ing into Kitty's mind. But the father came;
he met hie &Ed, and the love whittle had been
-
meshed temporarily in her young ' heart
tietraog into life ageineateShe edneerited go'
with .him th 'owe, adorn his horae, make
=happy lea heetthearid-roperhirrreo fax Ifs she
doled for his care of her by her filial devotion.
Fatherand danehter were in a buggy on tbeir
Why to the aepot to take their journey west--
wardt .whou, a mob of :e.feo. •Moorraants rel..
ateves etopeed- elie- horse ton -the highway.-- -
There were twenty or thirty mon Itha women
in• the. crowd •tvem. etureundee. the buggy,_
flouriseted pistols and etulgels. tereatenee to. • •
shoot and heng.the father: In the conftsion
the girl wa.e whisked: ftemitthe buggy and leer;
tied: -away. The (noted finally. strewed De.
Moorman • to drive away unhurt, but
lateet,,• In . Vain did he eaciroh for his
elaughtei. -.Oho was runt !robe totenship to
eowniedeefrom.courity to °minty, until he • e
employed attletective tied Amt. The{ oc-
eareed.ift Septembere1678. Soon atterward.'
-The systefeeel-epeatatoexamination tar
woeaen, which was established ale- yeaes gate
at Harvard University,. has not been mooting
with the support which it deserves from these
for whose bensofit it was designed. There
have been only one hundred awl six women
that have -gone up tor thee examinationeana
theenanageMent of the University, believing
that the cause of failure was a defeet in the
examinations of themselves rather thanalaok
deserts tlae part of lady studeete to avail
tbeinselveo of them, have renicidelecl •tho Style
Of eeammation in a way wheal' is: expected
to bo proclueffee of rao•st excellent results.
• -Boston has abinuloned the system of
'special instruction, in drawing in schoola of
all grades. The regular teachers attended
drawing-elasses last winter and,spring, and are
now teaching thee branch to the pupils under
their charge. These teachers will, continue
to otudy during the next two toreas-from the
lowest clessos in the primary eohools to the
-moot advanced -in --the Weir -and- evening
schools. Boston has eow pp,rogressive course
rawing.. It bee taken nine yealsetti reitish,
this end. • . :
a -recent -meeting-- of Alin Botteeleme
Public School Board, a resolution was peso&
questioning the utility of elio •Model,Sohool
system, and urging that the cottnty, weigh
&nivel whatever leonefft was to he liad from
the Model School, should eoiteribute Mere to.
words ito maintenauce. It was further re-
solved that unleettethe reeestee froth all
sources for Sebool purposes' for nod
yea* be inereaeetle to at least three hundred
dollars. the Board woele consider tis epee
to abolish the Sebeei. copy of the teeolie
tem was forwerded to the, Minister:of
. .
-CArdinal etroinipegivee these heats 'estle
• THE .WINTER PORT.
Meeting of the Haifa% Cleambee of Com-
raeree 7. The Government's Experi-
ment. • • .
• neneee).Nov. 29. -An enteresting, niceties
ArC0 was held this
afternoon t� discuss the wetter pert -question
emletake.aetion folative. to ne publet. meetiiig
ofeitizees to °tense their opinions regarding
thesuppoit the DomittionGoeermetent should
exteed to'such a projeote 93110 ma4ing wits
Llerge, and woll .•ropieleseitadeili •• meroantile
conaniunity._The' followieg telegram' ftore
Sir Charles Tupper was received and. read :
' '• . • .• 44 &mush Nov,. 29:
"Alin Duall,Peesieleeit Ohnniber of Contiherce i
.0
in reply -to your letter of November 19th,
I Lave to tat,. that I hevo 'directed the Super.
intendent. of the Intercolenial Bailway,. to
seceto two cargoes .of 'grain this seasou„
Oder to et:certain if Moe poetiele te tneia-
tain ,such a bustnees, and with the intention
of submittinga preposition, to •Parliament te
Greet o,n elevator at Halifax. if ate oe.perinient
esteeeed-shooesetalee--Arrangements-mareiner
being made for that purpose. ' The Railway
Department: have provided ' for the prompt
trensinissien of through freight via lialifo,x,
which aro-admitted by Messrs. Allan Bros. to
be quite satisfactory,. and every poisiloleeffort
&man Catbelieedricatien, Lotelon "
-hatermadesertull-provisfoirfoiettheeeltilthe
oer' 'paean brethren in the infestert •ef'
parochial schoole. 'In the bootie of these
schools we have 25,000 names. ipecribee.
.ror the education of children. Who eetteire it
/higher instruction We have else -.beep eteatiey
makieg peorston. rorttreztris 'of the Led-
dlo-class there is already *indent weira itt
convents. and ptivatesobools, rot. bop: there
are 11 grammar scheole and -tem colleges, te.
wilibiL over 700 of the eons oe the miedle-
class .are roceiving higher education." • •
•1b
eaught • every glow upon its e ahmng
surface. Its cut was most artistic, yet aitaple
beyona belief in these days od •upholsterer's
eonfections displayed. upon the human form,
instead of the woodereerameevork• of abed or
eofa. The body and skirt were all one great
piece, tho latter -unmarred by an hush of trim-
" (Signed), • Crew. Teepee."
A committee of six' members of the Chasse
lter was appointed to • act wnii
with a comttee al
ettieene streak/ nominated. to arrange for a
publics meeting for a general expeession .of
meg, save a narrovr quahog of satire of t e opinion on the gesstion of. bevernment as-
satne shade which was berely visible areuna sistance in support of Halifaxas the winter
the bottom, It sveept away. in a •Iongtby
train, and wait ecinfipe4 at tho Waist lay noth-
ing but two shininess or Deea of gathers.
Teem may have been some goring as it nar-
,
rowed toward the Waest, but there seemed
none, for thefront breadth was full, exactly
the eameets at the bate and hips. The re-
peated tows of tshirring, such as have been
seen on .dresses for some • time hack in
Araetica, were not- mesa .here. Being stiff
andlormal, they are euite; as. inartisticas
any box -pleating, . knifieltilting,, or whit
not that has, been tecanay worn, and would
be entirely thadmissible upoie an rethetio
dress. .
hoe deeoribea this gown to. the *Mete
The fasitioningeat the neck was of correepend-
ing imp1ic1ty. Itt fate, the two rows el silk -
deg were repeated at about the point where
the throat finishes and the shoulderbegin
or rather below thet, for' tr omeal tucker of
lace was to be inserted, 'Wads:Was to be drawn
with a lutestfing ribbon together at the base
of the throat. n made ructangs bought hy
the box, no easteron frills., .All was indivi-
dual, expreosive.
"And elle sleeve 7" r asked, for the gown
was still devote of Cam necessary parts. "'which anybody might have dote," observed
port. Considerable .coreespondence and a
number of •reporte wore read, showing the
steps taken be the Chatneet and its member:I
to forward' tbe interesto of alif5x."
A STROKE OF G•ENHIS.A.1/13 Ael
ur-
• --:The school attendance of Ina -lane dating
the past year was •511;ee3: The State • hes
104 golorectichools and115 colorea teachers.
01 510 eveite thaehers there are 7,731:- males
and '6,732e females, The pay of teachers
varies greatly in the different comities... In
townshipe the dell •Wil OB for male' t
.vaues tom � 2.29; and for females
from 93 cents to $.2,23. In town schoo1s.
male teachers are pakefortheir daffy service
all the way from•61.76 to $5.33, autttemale
teachers frein 75 eents to. 02.33. In cite
school -the it:omelet of melts teachers reugee
from ete to 117.50, and °fleet:tie teaceers from
01.65 to 05. . • •
geir(liaa for herelie, the Peebete Come of
flighlaed Coenty,,ciedeheii•Dr. Moorman re,"
terned aleite to InWitelienee. . Seen littera • •
'bye:is:shorn:sett in Citteintiati, Began, 'Bane
dall eds Lessen, he :brought suit ageinst the .•
tt • P Joen. Mamie tier- '
gase Sharp, A, L.Ohricitoplier, Maggie. Ber-
•gyle, Harriet Bergyleerli Joheston and •
twenty þ, of Highlend and Green noun- .
ties. For tefirst page of actiou be sees for •
•eateages for alionatieg tine afro:alone And
filial duty ol Kitty freed. him, whiehlieeiyerie
weselone attfueoractices long continued,
upon her feelings iu ,her deity life, and ' by
Mee, scandaleue awl malicious delainatioe of
hie character, holier tied reputation. Fetea.
second cause of•testion he sues. for, the abeue;
tion.of 'his daughter. • ecattse-of-a• ,
-elteis-asimittedethaletheeletetristioi---o--
Can be Maintained when peeved, but a demise, • .
•
ier is filed to tin: first cause, in •which it • is -
el:timed,.• ,firest, that.. such -an action t it
maintainable at all it. -can only he under the •
eld fiction of the common latv in oases, ef
Owlet it is asserted • that the cella
was in,the.service 'of the riaront, mad jedg-
• meet is asked: hot for the se:election arid Cenh •
seetterit Noe, bet for ie elle Mdloss of -se •
-vice. • .eir. Bogen, Bilis brief, uttetly scouts
this propeisaion,eand fortifies lemeelf by a .
liet of authorities.. Areoeg others, lie quotes
'the languego.of tho &sure thecase of Kirk. .
patriek es, Lockhart, 2. Bleemats Reports,
ethith wee -it ease (Mite eineilar in its feats, and, .
in which tee same objection was made. The
Silage in that °ego, says, alter refereing to
()aid cases ; e" • • :•,
04 I meetion those oases to exlebtt the true
founeation of tboae kind e of action, end- to.
show that the Allegation of opeohil damage.
per 010(119 101100(1 On a mere Melon,. which
80011)8 t� have been suggested be a narrow',
technieal mind,. or to hetet originated in a
base and Fjorclid pekeipie of peouineryintetest. .
In teeth and in tuaticit lt• forms -Ile esisere •
tied ingreaient in the , cause of :idiom' end is.
euwortheethe notice of en enlightetted and ,
fooling juakatery.. We are therefore -of the
epitiott that there Is no neetesity to retort to
•
tees absurd flotion to support an ectiou. so ;
iod
well 'fouea. eistide, teagetz and policy.
Tete tree' germs/ of adieu• oauriot be the
less of :envied, for a ohila maybeof an age oo
tender, or of a cotistitution so delicate, as to •
be ineapable of rendering any service: The
true ground of aetion is the outrage and, ae,
privetion, the ireury the tattoo seatains in
thhi' •
e loss of s child, 51.10 insult offered to hie
-keels, heararending egone, ho must
'suffer in the
destruction of hes demeat hopes,'
and the irreptirable loss of that 'comfort aria
sopiety may be tho May eolitee of :tele -
dining rap."• . • • • •
#4•,411,4-4.
• WashingtenoSeheet resaree-mai
guessing the etlestion of reducing fhe nerabee
Of studies in . the public sch(sels, on elle
ground that the health of tho pupils suffers
from too .noucle were. It is ,also eiscussine
the abolition of cotporal punishment. In
Memplap; Teini., this matter has just been
coneidered bythe ScheolB'oard with the result
of a vote of 0 to 4 ie. favor of bodily correction.
Tho rules of the Utica, N.Y.; eehools vete
recent:Iwo° changed as to do away with cor-
poral purdsheient ; but at recent a eieeting
of elm Board thia action' Was reconsidered,
,and permisedoe to administer temisloment
allowed, but ineareful and moderate man-
ner.
A next-door 1:mig1.ber of mine aavortised
for a• domestic servant, end, repeating our
experienee thus far, engaged gue, subject 'to
the character being satisfactory. She was a
daribg operator. • Haying Obtained the sem"
of fitetehillings ficenettei prospeative mistreae,
she remarked with emote n: will repay
the money, ma'am, every penne, whetber I
suit you or tot, If you doubt mo, inetunelet
me leave my. unobrella,"The good old lady
•was touched by this proof of the poet girl's
honesty, and 3i course •deoligea effuolvely to
accept the proffered pledge. •
Well, 101 510 grim truth he eold: The osten-
tatiously honest epplicent for the situation of
general servant had not been gone half an
hour before ray neighbor related her best um,
brella, The young petson had availed heraell,
•of the opportunity after/lee by the absence of
the Omer to anmex'the article from thestand,
ob eep r
"The lady has herself sent go a design of
the sleeve," else said, teethe ilea going to a
desk. Openitig a drawer, sho brought forth
a small pen -and -ink oketeh delineating by a
few haste but assufed etrokes 'the shape of the,
sleeve. " This will give you an idea of wbat
I want," was written, under the sketch in the
the large angular handapeouliar to English
ladies. A wide soft puff eetteeded from the
shoulder to the elbow of this sleeve; frointhe
elbow to the Wrist it was geltetight, eta must
have required button:leo enable tho wearer to
pats her hand.
: --A free school. br berticultere is to be
operiee in Paris, am objects of it -10 10 the
culture and acclimatization of all planet; use -
full alike in arts, industries and medicines ;
also of all shrubs an41 trees whale° for the
ornamentation of tho sqUares -and public
"walks in Paris; .neguleie courses of leetures
in practical bcaany are& be given to otadente
of both sexes, with examipations, and virile
of the various municipal.' schools till receive
invitations on special &eye when practicee
leseons of an elementary kind will be ,given
them by prefessors attached to the school,
Delegates ate to be fenthwith sent to England
and Belgiuxn for the purpose -of estitelyieg
the most approved raothoes ef tiorticultere
in both countrieee
the inspector sententiously ; " but to offeret
as geourity for the borrowed five shillings was
a stroke of genturee . That girl has -ti easter'
before her if she dotes not got 14 pinched. " too
soone-effenstre's Magazine.
•
-The Brentfotd Courier says "Mr. Ward
will retorts: his sieging class," What have
the bad little boys 04(1 girls been doing?
',--The meat lespeetor of TorOnto 10 eve
dently not .an Knelt:Ivo:tn. Ile proaeoutes
peeplo Who Dell "partially deeayea" game.
•ner.--au
A CITTEER SUFERSTITION,
The Biermeee aro an eimeedingly supersti.
thee; people, and believe in good and Oil
*trite end °mots of all kieds with a tenacity
that notetien conversion to Christianity will
eradicate. Otte ef the, most cerioas is the
belief that, according to the doys of the week
on which a man is born, oo Will his chameter
be. Thus people bore on eioneay eareeealotts,
on Weeteley, honest; Wednesday, (mock tone -
pored, but soon calm again; Theroday, mild;
Friday,' talkative ; Sattirday, hot tempera
and quarreleomes ; while Sendates altildten
will be parsimoniorte. The matter is rooaorod
all the Mote eerioute became a Man geta his
name froin the day he wee barn ott, Without
-The' conversittion in it Nevada bar -room
turned be comets, and a nian assertea that
•an enoemous comet was then eieiblee • All
sete this wee =settees°, ana oue offered to bet
$50 thee no suoie thing cold be sem: Ties
wager was made. no &stolen bad prepared
a gorgeous comet of polished metal and sure
petded it in an (elective position outside the
wiellow before leading the (lie:session tipto
the desired point, The swindle was not suc-
cessful, however, mid the crestfalleit operator,
wben he claimed that it was a11a 30k0, and
Belted for hie money 1?ack4 got a aound whip-
ping. • p •