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In In maid l'or she lov Mourns th But be co Thoughe, When it am And she' Jain New ith co To the vi and He was o bon While hi els He came, tim But'it's o war For_he f oAndEdiss hot ICON I got from to to my • "" Yon gentlem latter y stand m our co le liehuiin straugcr surmise, relatives that ye, Hohn urged m " Pr, in ii,y 0 3110011110 aitoe ch ,. id 1 d state•e, nem . t y, lady to to me t can oe dero;eto position plaoe,i a " Chat faint s yon, &e, messing " Who shake t marriage to be in future tr singular once, '0 pared: r' Even matelot e mens, 10 again. 1 I co ed apps, I .ti T",a thorn , Wein11.1 gaugeI least, th between doubt, h aseertein knowledg that he wbi'e he diff_renc my not e hoped I He -too my r, fle marked, not altog The ab ently ind therefore, purport p above ev Diane tra that ag governess both Mai charge,' I that 1 kn betray hi the count comment honorable meeting a free and,: as a mittedhi to satiife view of a Feeling, thing mo head, 1 w to anothe as this t Comtees d "To pa tion. T work, I t notifiaatio of all my some min I did s contained. There peered w de Chant and all eh „Why the oanee Diane ha Besides, i known. night; bn wings, an into the a of Hymen that eater, her not to betray a a quite con divert me your gnat xne and explained, me, and Mauport's dompany. worthy tie yen out' the point him? W questione like you only ohan Doming t and asks weather regard fo it too' bus a ]net Ali Precedent. se, spent three year's in college, and the lot. for e and knowledge r,ackelt within liar., orauicrii kens wond4r• it rest, • to un, eretood astrology, mathemattes, s• eiolo V, art of pastel painting, there N hardly ad to state. won d winks a hia cunt and his info no Inc would risk it ngthe attempt to eat her awful apple tB.i naked ono for her heather and to day hie Ing mother for a eon. so soon oast off, sad wafted to ° skies. i in alar was axetil the , homely . co is y ye. ntrary, eh° citAn't stand so very high, in, knowl- e or in looks. came to making dinners, shewase1aseed eng the winners, s'made a reputation, as a queen of Cun- cooks, appened that next summer after she'd me back to "morniner," la eh ams a fellgs who was full of hfe my six and twenty, and had stock and de in plenty, s air was most distinguished; as was o hie moustache, he saw, he tarried, and in course of e he married- e• da in the story-uooL that worth's re- dad omedoal'federation with the maid of L'duoation, now is cooking in a second -late 31. -Terre Haute Express. p movement, ourself, , ung o, mile, et he ival correctly e es eeing would otione, Bove erything Binet demoiselle eW y e Il ant honght ritten I t rms tent , Raymond ng ret I 1 madea bound to the bell, and another o the writin desk, e „ oink ,,,y,. _i, Duan Covelebes, . I wrote, Nothing in the ,toren will do xive meet my dinner w' . ' " • `p•' ; hoeteh Made.. with t U thine as ago , and ,t .7 1q r moisellb Diane i8 abpnt tc auto thaso holy* betide which oa and Raymond make Y ' Y i t- me thirst for, since they appear so delight- fel as re rase d lr ,your two, selves, you P ,, n se must recollect gahnot refuse so beauttf til apiece ener°, t'thaadmire,te a I have for e ' ' i -' je her aunt. • ;; t' ." i`Ii,eaoige .' my,' humble and respected homy a -and es act a at s e' ." " . "At last 1" T oxee1aimed, When I had done,"things..ar mendiu . Bat what a ` day 1 have had 1" . 'I: . i teed' not; been tipticed! rtihat the bell d 0 answered, and rang again. The servant a eared with, a telegram. ,” I be pardon afpmoneieur,'' he said; ' but beg> when monsieur range the concierge called me. to ,give this telegram, which being addressed to'lilensii1. Faire, he is not sure may •not by untended for you." " Give it, and have this note taken at once." a telegram 1. Where could it dome from:2 C: hooked at•the address to see it there e s a postmark, to getting that it was nota letter. Then 1 couhted whether it was for me, and whether I had a right to open it. Bat at last I imagined that " Faire e was sufficiently French rendering for Verve to jaetify my reading its contents, so I opened it and read : so "Come at onoe.-Boa, London." Hang Bob •I thought ; though I had misgivings that I would eventually obey Bob's ourt summons, as Bob was a friend not given to letter -writing and • seldom impelled to telegraph unless really obliged to by important considerations. I drafted a reply equally laconic : ”, will Thursday do ?-Haane." -and took it to the office, when, by a piece of good luck whieh'I took to be providential, I caught a glimpse of Diane with -her mother as they drove pasn me in their victoria, and saw the dear little thing smile as she aoknowledged my harried bow. That smile made .me forget at once all the' horrors of the day, and consoled me for the course of true lave running eo unusually roughly: '1t did more : it showed me that I was in 'her -thonghta, -and that despite altered position I was still worthy of one of these joyous oxpreeaione of her countenance whioh gave me strength while they made, me almost mad. With increased delight I looked forward to the evening of this 'eventful day. CHAPTER IV. Though the oountene letter. had been answered in a • great harry as no doubt it had" been written in by that oharming type of a Parisian fashionable lady of those days, and though Bob's telegram had been replied to without mnoh concern as to its meaning, but with the sole desire on my part to gain time -nay, to give myself one more clear day wherein to develops plane- in other words, to gratify the cravings of my lovesick disposition, still an nnoomfort. able feeling kept eeeertiog itself that my arguments with the count had no longer any fonndetion ; that being apprised of Diane's engagement to him by her own aunt, I had perhaps, no right to go out to this inner ; andin theis absence and conviction that Iter his might regneet be giving the count some reason for doubt- ing the honorable motives whioh prompted my conduct, and whioh I had ea loftily paraded to his face, made me naturally reflect whether, after all, I had not better start for England that evening than get myself into possible disrepute. I even looked at my watch to en how much time I had before the mail left for Calais ; but it being half -past six, and there being only half an hour between the time of seeing once more the girl I loved and an hour and a half before the train could whirl me away from her delightful presence, I of course concluded that' 1 had no time to cath the train, while only just time enough not to miss my dinner. That watch decided the future, whioh at least proves that Time is not always a bad adviser. Consult Time, and he will tell you to a nicety what you oan and cannot do ; and Time is not only an adviser, but is a friend ; for gain him on your side, and the dark hour rola into a flood of light ; whisper your hopes and aspirations in his ear, and he gives the opportunity so ardently longed for. I Was to bekfrom I afrom de pParie horind ny Iat s would make absent the most of the time left to me, and that, come what might, I would at least reveal myself in my true colors. I. would be true to the girl I loved before I were so.to con- sideratione of etiquette, false sense of honor, q or other social demands upon my reticence. I would know' truth, ask Diane for authority to speak to her parents,'` ask her parents for permission to supplant the count, oak the count to look upon me as his rival, ask the world to judge between us ; and if re- !need that authority by Diene herself, leave Paris on the morrow, and swallow my grief as best Y could, but,bear my fate like a mea, I became Bo energetic as I heaped resolve resolve that 1 considerably retarded the progress of my toilet ; but it was aeoom- pushed at last; and not without some little misgivings, notwithstanding my • high resolves. I arrived punctuallyat seven and wastoenwou ushered intthe drawing -room. No one was there; but tn a minute or two my hostess .acme in; dressed in a' cloud of Val. enoiennee, and looking , for all the world like a fairy, or some, beautiful bird suddenly entrapped in a gilded cage. The room was a wonder of upholstery, and a labyrinth of costly stuffs; shawls,. old brocades, and cosy nooks. Is was redolent,of the perfume, of flowers, and wherever. dere etooa some knick•knaok of value ettraoted the eye. The countess 'came up to me, shook hands, and with a look which at once indicated both weariness and some anxiety, said : " 't Tell me, all , about this bneiness, for it. appears to be more ser. ue than I thought it. Diane's parents will be here•direotly ;"And but I am nob enre that'Diane herself will be allowed, atter all, to accompany them, hough I hope he will." I Wes dismayed and my friend saw it. " Why could yon not tell me yesterday :and that you were in love with her ? It wound have saved snots an amount of trouble both to yourself, to tie, andel fear, to the poor girl herself ; for I strongly. sus suspect that she g P bas a penchant for YOU. I• brightened up at this. She has not eaid anything to load me to this conclusion, gnfokly added the countess, "for she is too well brought up to betray her sentiments even when they are strong; when she knows them to be contrary to the wishes of her parents; but I can plainly see that this marriage is dletaetefnl to her, and I oan only conclude that it is so from her desire to meet yon here this evening:"so she expressed such a desire 2" I aid not conceal. , asked, with a fervor" could "Pante careen l amlled the oonntess. "Is it oo far gone as all that ? But how ie rt neo Where that you tenon love with y n e 2 W er did you meet her ?" 1 d Mit or the life of me brie one , o f g the 1aot theist was at a party •cook's oho , y P e --it nettled to me ao ridiodleng a place for love at first sight to be born in ; so I con• i tented myself by assuring her she would hear the whole etor from me as soon as I y t could secure her attent►on for a. while and sk her edgier in m redioament, while I. µ YP had Fast time to beg of her terstand bym ae the friend shehed;ever•: ,4ved When the .... Pl:. , ' , door opened, and ushered. in Marguiee de Sro `anile "followed-heavetra 1 nth t; 1e . , r 'teeth delight.; marked the entrance lee -by Diane the `: , and hqr n r., in lace' fairy went ;tip joyonely ;*0 her sisteran•law, enthraoed her on• both cheeks, an being kissed' on the foiehe `d byer, d b , g g h, . brother; led hila by : the hand to. where 1 was, and said:' •e ; ;';; e ' ".Thou float not know my friend here,:M. Verve, an Anglo•Freriohmarinteexiouteeto learn our was and mannere,. so as to feel y ,,„ with Matted for as.; , "1 am happy to make your aegnaintanoe, air," said . the marquie, etifliy. His wife gave me an equally stiff bow ; and Diane, on whose face a blush of untold eloquence spread quickly, in.unison with the inward feelings which were agitating her, gave me a little nod of the head, so friendly, so graceful, and so modest withah ;that it nerved me to any battle which I might he c died upon to wage on her behalf. Simply dressed as usual, it did not escape me that, tied in her hair in the most oapti- vating manner, and at the eame time so cleverly worn as to defy close observation, was a rose de Dijon half faded, which I recognized as the principal flower in the bouquet I had offered her overnight. - We all sat down presently. The convey' sation was general and somewhat con. strained, for we all had so much on the mind that it was impossible to hide the anxiety whih was knooking so loudly at the heart. The marquie exoased himself for not having made my acquaintance earlier, on the ground that he had entirely lost the habits of society, which ,.he ' now never frequented and believed I was not a member of the "cerole " or club to which he generally devoted his evenings. All this was very polite, and required no answer ; but presently Raymond de Chin- tales came in, and bronght with him a little breath of activity refreshing to our over- strained nerves • "Good evening, Leontine ; sorra I am late, but I was detained by Oarolhs Duren, who showed' me his latest picture -a c3tef• d'oeuvre of art end good taste." "Ali, Riohard, I wish yon had been with me this afternoon 1 never saw__enoh a splendid mare in my life es Boniiefaia-has just purchased in England." • "Bon jour, l'ami An laic. Comment oa vs, mon) garcon? And little Diane too 1 Whet am I to as 7 I have heard some wonderful reports of your eacoees." Finally, turning to his wife, " Why, my dear, is dinner not announced ? We are as hungry as wolves." , At that moment the folding -doors of -the adjoining room were opened, and a groom: of the chamber, irreproachably got up in black silk stockings and pumps, announced „ , Mademoiselle la Comtesse est servie. The count gave his arm to his eister•in• law, the marquis to his sister, and, thrice• bleaeed message, I was requested to take in mademoiselle Diane. She gave me a eorrowfal smile when I offered her my arm; whioh in its simple eloquence told me of the grief which was gnawinghe haloyally swoat her rn toof hme. Ie fast f feltthatand above all t most screen her from further trouble, and use all my diplomaoy to carry out my intentions. Happily the dinner table was a round one, and thus no great distance would separate ns, and we could contrive to slip in a word not destined for other sera ; Winnie the fact of my Bitting on the countess' left enabled me to wasps the direct. observation of the marquie, who sat on het right. It is true that on the other aide of Diane was her mother, but there was quite space enough between them for the girl's words not to be heard if he chose to epeek low. 3s soon as•, the eon was over, T said to p the count across the table then, if he were anxions to buy a half•brotherito the mare he had so mnoh admired, I world willingly undertake the commission, as • Bonnefoie had told me of his relent visit to En and, and of regret not to have purchased this horse, which he thought he could have had eta bargain. " Why," asked Raymond, "are yon leav- ing tie ?" ound, s d saw moo en a advantagea en we oo ell are „ Not for long, I trust ; but this evening a'telegram has reached me couched in very English brevity." • .From, ivho ?" „ at once office, From a friend o a' over who merely uses,' Comeover;at once ' ;and were .it'not that I Bo partioalarly wished to dine with you. to -flight to make M. de Bretaills's acquaintance, I would probably now be on m we to London:' Y y It is singular 'how often the simplest statements produce the greatest effects, The mato announcement of: my probable rtreal motives in oommin 'to this etrtful dinner, uise of departure, y g and the slight compldment to Diane's father I had interpolated, cleared :at once the whole atmosphere o! gloom which had pursued no, till now, whioh even Raymond's aOne 6little being alone hung nner had not her dispelled. ead and said nothing, while' the others poured' leave or reuestion turn on question I would or would not do, what the dancing world would or would not think of my deserting them in the midst of the Beason, and a thousand other queries of the seine fntile'tnature,%which came tumbling out of their months with a rapidity that savored too plainly to me of that inmost thought I could` read, and which acid in so many words that my absence was the' best ending to a disagree- able matter they could have wished or antioipated. Not relishing this feat, I • happened to drop a napkin or a fork or something, when, stooping to ick it n , I. saw ' a earl P g p P p - a ealoaely hanging to the eyelash of poor Mane ; and though , the pearl die. solved as does a tear, T ', rote to the wagon . and, swore in- •ward] that before the'eveniag was out; her Y would be dried b me, and by nie one 'else, . Presently she mustered a little courage, in the hearing'01 her mother asked mo whether I intended to leave the next day. "No, mademoiselle, not, to -morrow-- thou h perhaps sit might be well for me it I g P p( did -nor even the next day, if I can be of use to my friends by etayingl' r" 'on will come 'end Bee us heforo yon " go,"` oho added boldly. e you hove nover yet • Been one hones and oar garden, and T have snob lovely roses, whioh 1 would like you to red member when yon are away. "Roaee, she added, "are, each princes among fiowere ; they hditlo"`l3o lunch beauty and such sweet oeent, titiitheyremind,one of meny things, doth 4.1401;2" ei iene "saideler:thhthef',•"yoa,muetnot D ortanb detain 1llo 0 ata nd.o' xt ei60,es ring businesg to attend. Odiell eninmonoes ee are`roses all cannot bg delayed. bud lttlp in the world ober; .'bcerdeg w%iiaii, xrea., k M. de Newport intends to brie !line giber and p 19 , --,'r l : se Ne to neo ten oto brrc . . dent andel de• Una© more Diarde waq a r alined to take the hint conveyed in the maraniga'a haat words. Italkodawhile with the hasten, end then, addreseing Diane again, I asked whether she was weather wiee. Gaosein at PurPose, elm 'smiled and g Y P P a answered, " If you mean:whether I can die. nures u a dead dr a'sky and read the P, iter , . _ • , Iuture be think I can. What would ou sayis the oolor of the " ., yen sky; tui& evening 7" . , '" Becher overoast when •I game 3' she .. 'said, .lau€;hing ; • ,but though I oennot neo Borons these thick curtains, 1 somehow feel et ,very Wine nowt" , '• • •• . .., ,. , ,, How, odd !"T said ,"that ie •exaotly my feeling; but I have often found many a storm lurking on the. fringe of a blue sky,,', - ', ,,. . .:. . , :. . "'.What matters the etorm if prcteoted against it ? • , So I think; but it to sometimes difficult to find protection at a moment's notice."" " The blue „of the sky would give yon warning. '" It would if it faded; but sometimes there is no gradual discoloring, but a sadden black cloud that travels faster than thought, and breaks more speedily than the will." "It seems to me," said Daine, warming to this conversation, of the covered mean• ing':01 whion the and I alone possessed the 'eeoret, and glowing with radiancy as each hint we an, one another brought with it a corresponding understanding as to our future •action, while its seemingly nnim• portant tenor lulled to sleep the vigilance of her parents and restored to her her free. dom of talk and gesture-" it seems to me there is nothing so grand in nature as those sudden storms yon speak of, beoanee they are tangible and definite, and when over leave you , to repair a disaster or rejoice over an escape, and at any rate make the property whioh had been in danger all the more valuable in one's eyes.',' • Had I not the conviction, whioh amounted almost to 'a creed, against whioh any donut- would have appeared to me profiane, that Diane' was a• deep, loving, earnest, and strong nature -albeit she was gifted with the loveliest human form it was possible to eee-I would have set down this speech of hers as an attempt at cor7uetterie, almost reprehensible in one who, speaking purposely in metaphors, knew that by pro. party she meant her own dear self, 'end by the storm that battle the urged. me to fight for her, I wee so straok by this •ootiragsone appeal that; looking straight into, her clear bright eyes, I pointedly remarked'how tree ares her observation, provided the owner of the property knew that property to be his; neither borrowed nor mortgaged: Sha laughed eo merrily It this that it attracted the attention of all the others, and. we had to repeat our conversation for the benefit u! the table generally, whioh we did,`both of ne laughing and enjoging the mystification to our hearts' content. When all we had said had' been rehearsed a second time, and no one seemed the wiser, Diane brightly addressed me again, nota trace of pare or a shadow of anxiety linger- ing on her radiant young face, " Ravenous a nos montane " she said "of course I referred to a man who, wish ing tc save.hie property from the effects of the storm about to break over hie head, and" (with en inflection oa the word) "on that property, may deem that property his own and nobody else B finished I was beside our weather self with k joy, assuring her that, were 1 the man so soddenly threatened, I would defend my property before even thinking of my personal safety. "You seem to have a good deal of fan between yon," said the marquis, " and yon meet allow ns to share it." " Would yon like, petit Pere," •said Diane, with a laugh, "to be lightning -conductor ? for M. Verve and I have agreed that we dis- like -a storm very much, but will bravely weather it it it cannot be avoided." t' (To be continued) Ens lt[Yar1e1LUOvs MUST iv Panther.; Railroader on the Ti unknown roe. The followingstory ie told by burg Commercial Gazette: No wor . been reoervel3From James F. Gar ..,train oa)ler,_,at the Bake Erie d dieappeaeed, Autuet 11th, When tilled at M. Garrison's home 1 hie two children were crying father and had been, the"mother sinoo he left. •It, wee after the other child di " Mrs. Garrison, "that Jim coma leek,ae though something was him, but would not tell me what 'E ie became thin Bind talked less *a . dren than before. The day h seemed better, and when T went t with him' he promised to return a ho got hie pay. Then he went to and bid the bees of one of the go, bye, saying he might never see hi as he was going to leave the It was about 5 o'clock when to see mother at her sister's Fourth avenue, and started to wrung hie hands. When mother a what wee the matter he gave her to give to me :' ' Dear Mamie, f when all is right I will come. T all good -by.' Mother brought the $20 to me, When he left her h " had only ten minutes to catch the New York, and he was going to f man who had paused him the troy papers were sent by J. O'Hara, port, N.Y., who wrote that they picked up on the Hamilton (On I met Jim about ten years ago and married five yeere afterwards. think he had gone off with eo women had we not always lived He never remained away even after work without sending me a n loved the children, and before menced to worry about that trop would. play with them for hours Garrison is in destitue oironmetan is worried nearly unto death a husband. A TIMES reporter made conoerning the finding of the pape wharf here, but the police or et officials know nothing of the oiron They may have been picked up b who seeing the name of Gerrie them forwarded them to his a Pittsburg. AN E M ENGLISHMAN , _ _ _ h. LOVE STORY. up frantic„and looking at the man to toe se he stood up in response I said : have appealed to me as an English en and a man of honor. Being the you no doubt will under. e ; but not being an Englishman, s may slightly differ. As an Eng- I distinctly refuse to learn from a whet, being a friend, as you justly of ielademoieelle de Bretenille's , I have not yet learned regarding persons position towards you."her ve me an ugly look, whioh only e on. • believe I do not doubt your word ne particular ; but until officialdd ed to me, I ignore your engagemeny er." you decline my request ? " on the ground whioh I have and on a still higher ground, that the little I hese seen of the question has been enough to prove hat she is the soul of loyalty, and absolutely trusted to do nothing ry either to herself or to the in which you tell me she is now s regards yourself," position," said the count, with a " must have been known to I met a moment ago a loyal from a trusted friend." " I continued, enarlingdy, " would foundations of her projected to a heap of rains, were her pride that her n ted husaulted band had the comm committed the blunder, for a man of your experi• pay me the visit whioh you will es not to reborn." 1" hissed the count. there you are wrong, for I know of Mademoiselle Diane's senti- wards me ; and as an Englishman woald try and find out that before call myself by each an honorable on." vas, I thought, a capital home- but the meant apparently had matters in the meanwhile, and that for the present, at are was no secret understanding Diane and myself -a point, no had exclusively been anxious to ; satisfied apparently with this PP• Y a, he made a stiff bow, remarking regretted having disturbed me, quite understood that national of perception fatly accounted for matters in the right he had look at them. k his departure, and I was left to which, it need not be re. were of a confused end at first leasant character. rther eported conversations suffice, icate their nature, and I need not, dilate upon them here ; but their resently grew brighter, and bright rose the knowledge that ated me, as evinced b her letter • Y the mischief whioh the s visit to my rooms might Dense Gerona and her lovely held in my hands so sure a card the' count would not venture to s secret; and, lastly, that out of 's visit,which at first looked un- Likdepriving me, on grounds, of the happiness of Dane again, I had pco.ne out man to not as I leveed, faithful lover who had not aom• mistress. Anger soon made waynon ction, fear to hope, on a calm re- the morning's proceedings. however, that air was the one et likely to soothe my fevered out, only to return at h o'clock r analis, which gave me a start, ime it was in the hand o1 the e Chantalis. t me off 1 " was myfirst exolama• he brutal' count has done hie ; and here, with an official n of his betrothal, comes the end hopes. I was in despair. and for ate; dared not open the note, o, however, and this is what it ' was no heading, and the note ap• in a hurry ; but Madame Ilia did everything in a hurry, e did was characteristic : could yen not tell me esterda y y Y el your animation ? ,• I know all. s told me. Fortunate mord 1 E she had not, 1 would have have eyes, and saw you last . beware 1 the youngperson has otears 1 has jumped this morning, not of her' future,' but into thoze . If your torch is burning'at it may he well for yon and for meet this evening; but as I never ecret when I do not know it, 1 am that on ehonid come and y since the radiant expression of itnde et being asked to dine with may, unless otherwise have been, after all, intended for I have positively declined old desire to loprivo mo of your Whet have you done to that phew posse, that he should wish of the way ? or, what is more to , where on earth have you seen here did you meet ? But these aro too numerous for a butterfly"Has es at down and Gnawer. l by co decidedly of satisfying mole by too o•nigha devoting yourself m ,m Diane something about the bywayof olite and distant P silent fiancee, whose attractionenol d withher at J to ing "' MARIE DE I3nsTa ulrm'i o, "doettesse de Chantal -is." I - The Use of Water anti 3n1t. Salt is an absolate essential to h man. It promotes health in varie Many of the functions of the bode better under its influence, and wi the blood becomes impoverished. complete deprivation of Balt wet ones disastrous results an eaoeeslvc it would scarcely be lees harmful. doses it acts as an emetic ; in qt beyond the regnicementa of health tutee the stomach and intestines ar times purges. Those who nee salt ally freely almost always suffer lees from constipation. To drink large quantities of watt ehoald be the rule with those wb from constipation. Each day the that quantity is ueeds at least two sed up or throwiuarts of it every twentydonr hours. Fri vegetable foods contain much water tea, coffee, soups, etc., oonsederable habitually. In all ways, as stated two quarts of water should en etomaoh daily. It is a good plan t one or two glesees of water from hour to an hoar before eating br And it may be either hot or cold ferred. Whichever is used, the should be slowly sipped. To del stomach with cold water would be • dyspeptio troubles. -Boston Herald. .Education and society. Too often the first thought of a over the cradle of a little child, es if it be a girl, is how to steer end t little bark so that at the proper may float noon the serene per success. The schemes and devi too oh eve this s of the end gthe mothers aompiioat whioh they involve themeelvee, energy which they expend to contra interfere with the affairs of a e matters of whioh they have no kn or skill, would be amusing were x iotereet forthethe eduhile teak of cation of their c it ie this meretricious end aeon many parents are seeking. • The receive their children with the kn that their best work will never be orated -From "The Private Soh Girls," by Mos. SYLV. NDa REED,in Scribner. Frills and Flounces are Here. The past week has brought' two of the predicted fashions for the year into actual existence. If yon walk tip Broadway at 4 0 clock of any afternoon yon will see them. Frills and flounces -that's what they ere -frills about the nook and flounces at the hem of the skirt. Just the real old• fashioned plaited or gathered flonnoes that had to go on the bottom of a gown a few braid binding.goToabe, sure, they -arcite as much as . h neithe artistic nor economical, and .they do make a skirt took very like's' piece of elaborate lambrequindrepery, bat here they are on Broadway' again, and we are told that they've oo a to eta New ' York Evening '. . y `✓ Sun'. °• Satisfied Where He Was. Philadelphia Record : A Fremont (Nab). preacher asked 'all who wanted to go to Heaven to •rise. All rose but one young man. Then .all desiring to go to, hell were asked to nee. He still kept hie seat. The minister went to him and coked him why he did not rise in either instance. "Well," he replied, " I.don't want' ter go anywhar. Fremont good ernnff fer me." And the preacher ended his way bank to the altar, and sitting 'down on the mourners' bon•oh leaned •over and tied his shoe. Not Ladies' Day. Utica Observer : Lady visitor in W ton --,,,,What is going on in the He day ? Doorkeeper-" M propri on, chair the committee on appropriations, is a report." Lady visitor-" Thank you. 1 wi some other day." • It was only a Supposition. Montreal Herald : The Hamilton tor says : " But in order to keep we, in the foots, let tie sappoee," etc., el the' Spectator attempts any nonan that kind it will burst its whole What •hes it got to do with leets ? Doctors st111 Differ., .. Philadelphia Record : It would have been strange if the and sur i• g g cal opinions whioh crop ont at almost every .murder trial had been absent in the Birohall case. What claims to be one of the most exact of soienoes seems, when human life ie .et stake and jaatioe seeks to oarry out its ends, to have'advieneed but little from the position whioh it held in the days of Hippocrates or of Galen. _ - The Sainte Also Sick of Them St. Catharines Star : A Hamilt change suggests that some of tl aldermen quietly retire to the tee that their business and domestic grant, and not attempt to present selves for re election. Same way Catharines. . — -- His Hand, Texas Siftings,: " Speaking of poker hands, said young Pecan, of Texas, "" I once played in a three -cornered game in which one man held Svc aces and the other man . a six-shooter,:— ' you ?" a "And I held an inquest." st." q e --" '-- A Female Jirst Female- Boston Courier : First Femle- bueiness are yen engaged in now ? Saoond Femle-I am a book ages F. F. -What have you to do ? S. F• -Nothing but talk. F. F. -How delightful 1 DON'xET. When worries and tLron't freturround yon Go to work! Yon will always have troubles around yo You bet, If you shirk, * , k The world doecn't caro for your woos, Oh, no I Not a hitt The man who is wise hie foshows That ho'sbit' Bp°o II no of your neighbors has grief He greatly prefers to lot your 0riofs alonc And he doesn't at all enjoy hearing you g so take warning, and quit! Joseph Roberge, 12 years of eg accidentally drowned at New Liv f aeb., last •night by his skiff npsettir John Joyce was killed on the G. Y Bomo days ago near Lansdowne. E a resident of Montreal. The cannel a. gap to his death are unknown. reportedP It ie pthe fe anish Governs placings cordon of troops along the 1 of Portugal in coneoquenoe of aPe elone of a revolution in that country — -- Three young men, who aro said to belong to the moat respectable families in Sand- wioh, held up"Lawyer. Ogellette oa` Friday and robbed him of $41.' The ani- prits were arrested the next morning. Saucypeddler after ringing an n town g g p' door boll, imperiously, to angry men of the hones, with sink child ap stairs) -"I bought the right to this block end I've got a right to ring. Baron Wiagmdnn states that', Emin ,Pasha was hesttnated to only establish a station nn Victoria Nyanza, and not to invite the'allegiance of the ntives. Major Wissmann is pressing the Government to construct a railway from Bagamoyo to Dar•es•Salam. The n foundi largest diamond into South African rninoe 18 the Vidto"ria or Imperial, which Wei hod ori inell 467 - carats. In g g ' . its finished condition it weight 130 carate and is worth 16200,000, Arnold- Sir Edwin Aintends #o reach Eng. hind about O,hriotmae dude". ,lie will travel hometvartl by India, and it is expected hie poem will no the tight soon lifter the now year. ' ON. all of au ddresa in e diet of is ways. r go on shout it While e Id pro - use of In large entities it irri- d eome- unnea- nore or it daily o enffer system as about n out of nit and and in is taken 1, about ter the o drink half an eakfaet. as pre• water age the to invite mother pecially rim her age she o! social eee, and Ne York ions in and the 1 or to ohool in owledge t not so sty and hildren, e wbioh teaohere len: appre- ool for October, ashing• lnee to - man of making 1 come Specta- 1 with - o. If nee of outfit. • on ex. ie city elusion l nares them. as St. What t. u, s of his oan, e, was erpool, g• T. T. R. io was ' lead• tont is ontior rehen• A STORY OF TRH DAY. Attempt to Use Supernatural 9 osttinouy Im n DIurdor Trial. Sir Walter Soott tells a curious story of e. murder trial in wbioh a ghoet figured rather prominently. It . appears- thee int, the latter part, of Septembe;';1749, Arnim Davis, sergeant in an l bglieh-regiment' was murdered by twoetiknbwi)'higehliinders, in Scotland. For five yeere,nottleng' Was hoard of him. ?Chen,onoiAlcxarider,, :gee. - phonon, a Higbla^haer; •diosased Duncan eerig and Al°xaoder iiacdouald of'having committed the crime. In court keil.ewere that he was imbed in hie cottage otteees4glett when an'apparition;oame to iti fi ttfoute mended him to rise 'and, follow•a•aheg4 but of. doors. Thinking his visitor to• be- one. Farquharson, a neighbor, and friend, the witness did as he was askedand when they got o,itside the cottage the apparition told him that he was the ghost of Sorgt. Davie, and requested him to go and bury his mor- tal remains, which lay concealed in a pleas wbioh he pointed out, in a moorland treat called the hill of Christie. He desired him to take Farquharson as an assistant. Next day the witness went to the place specified, and found there the bones of a human body, mach decayed. He did not then bury the. remains, the result of which was that Elbe ghost again appeared and upbraided him, for bin breach of promise. The apparition at the same time told him that the murderers were Terig and Macdonald. The witness then, with the aid of Farquharson,, buried the body. The court did not take, any stook in Itleopherson'a story, and the incredulity of the judge was fortified by the witness swearing that the ghost of the English sergeant epoke good Geelia. The prisoners were discharged, and the murder mystery was never cleared up. II. 5. senators. The position of a United Staten Senator: ie a very comfortable one. The work is not at all laborious and the salary of $5.000 ought to pay ranning expenses and the perquisites, whioh are numerous, will in- sure a very pleasant time to the •fortunate individual. Each member of the Senate is provided with a private secretary, who in paid by the government : at the rate. of. 161,200 per annum, This position is usually filled by some member of the Senator's family. Each Senator is alae allowed; $100 per annum for stationery, and liberal, mileage and travelling expenses. A. restaurant is maintained at the: capitol for the Senators free of Dost„ and also a barber and hair dresser's shop, where they can have a free shave or out and furnish themseivea with toilet re- quisites, all at the expense of the National. Treasury. Who would not willingly leave his native state and take up his residence at the capital and be a senator ? It is the nearest thing in the world, royalty ext cepted, to that promised time when the: dwellers on earth will only have to reach out and take what they wantat the ex - pause of earth's treasury. Our senators, judging from the laviah hand with whioh the Government treats them, are a right - jolly set of royal follows. They dance and the people pay the piper -West Bay Cita (Mich.) Post. • A Good Record. The Aberdeen Journal says : " Very few men, young or old, peer or peasant, have crowded so many important events into, such a short space of time as has the young Earl of Roselyn. Daring the current year he has qualified for a commission in the. army ; been gazetted to one of he regi- ments of Guards ; engaged to Miss Violet Vyner, daughter of that well-known snorts- man, Mr. R. 0. Vyner, although at first the parents of both were strongly opposed to,; the betrothal ; resigned his commission without ever having joined hia regiment married his fiancee, the joint ages of bride and bridegroom being ander 40, registered: his raoing colors ; and finally, on Beturday last, through the lamented death of hia father, succeed to the ancestral title and estates." A Horrible Indignity. Spokesman (of strikers' committee fifty years hence)- We have decided to go out on strike. President of Railroad Company -Why., what ie the trouble ? Spokesman --Well, we don't propose to work for a men wbo weara a cutaway coat before 12 o'clook.-Life. The Fashion in Girls. Chicago Post : No more the girls of stout physique -- The heavy weight with rounded cheek- Their heekTheir happy way undaunted through soci°tg may plough; Their glad supremacy is gone; We sigh for maidens frail and wan, For fashion has decreed that it's the thin girl's inning now. They Tossed, He Lost. Chatter : " Now, look here," said the, professor to the infuriated bill, " you are my superior in strength, I am your superior in mind. Let to arbitrate this matter and see which should by right get the better of our controversy. " Oh, no," replied the bull, "let's toes up for it." The professor lost. Enlisted. " I understand you are engaged to Mem Long ? " " Yes ; my first engagement." " Your first." " Yes ; I never smelled powder before.P' Begins With a " W." Oh, what is her name ? I know it pat as well as Ido my own. Begins with ,, w.„ Henderson ? Yes, that's it. Just Lilco His•Imfhertiuence 1 Old woman presents herself at the book- ing • office, and asks for a third -glass ticket. " Where for ? " inquires the clerk. " That's my business 2 " was the reply.. The Tariff Conference report wee adopted by the U. 8. -House, on Saturday by a vote of yeas 151, nays 79, e,nd a reso- lution was then paesed for the final ad- journment of Congress to -morrow. A petition bearing severe! thousand sig- natures hat' been received at the Depart- ment of the Secretary of State, from Mani- toba, aeking that the Acts passed by the Provinoial Legislature lost session abolieh ing Separate schools and the dual language system be disallowed. The petition will be referred to Sir John Thompson. B. C. Cox, in Denver, Col., jail for the murder of George Thomas, oat hie throat yoetcrday and will die. Cox's wife died the other day from grief because her hus- band was confined in jail for the killing of Thomas, whom he slew in 'a quarrel over to settlement in which the sum in disputa was loss than a dollar. After her husband was killed Mrs. Thomas wag taken ill and is not expected to recover. Daring the morning servin at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, yesterday a man named Easton, who was in tho congregation, cone milted saioide by shooting himself twice# with a revolver.