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Only . Boi. ntij a box. secure Mid straail. h Md l.-u. and all I.--1 lo"t, tier. ID taw drtiiUat. r..t. J to Uketbo L| kOUUd !:!<.. Ui r, juit 10*1 Ii-. _. said lutdAiid >.) <n .-<! ; J LlBs to bin. if the Irani balaie, Nufclug henbe to dohutwata. J*i Only an open grave somewhere, koady to cloeu when be gete there ; I urn and via**** ud UuWM'eu ee< Heady to prtss 1'liu 'nealh tbeir feat. Only a bend of friends ai home, Waiting to ate tbe travel ur ooiuo ; Naught IwwKIMII of dintant lands, He cefcuot even preen tbcir baud*. He has no stories weird and bright, He has no Kills fur atbiiii delight ; He did uul cum* wttb anytbiui, lie bad uot even biluseU to btluR. Yet they will softly him await. And h* win luovn about In state ; '!!..) will KIVI- I mi Hhuu he a|i|>oars honuw and pity and lender tears. Only a b' i, secure and strong, H .unh and wooden and six lent long; Angols KUide Ibat auallese breast luto a loug aLd i>ex-eful reel I U'lll t'arlelon in th Toledo Commercial. THEDOSTEES: A Romance of Georgian L i f< 7 hey bad a long talk. Bather Mr. Ball ington dwelt at great Ungtb upon the awli consequence* ot bringing into that neigh borbood, and into home* wliioh delioac forbade him to particularize, *uch doctrine* M iprinkling, falling from grace, and in a dreadful human probability infant haptiam Th irath of tbe whole taeineii, on v. r liuliioKton'* opinion, waa that each a* tha ought to come a* r.i&h as an>tbing in tbi whole world could coma to make th deceased, to whom refpeclful, (ffeclionet alloiion bad jail been made, turn over in I i coffin if l< coald do notbiug el**. A Irugtb he ended, and after taking th promised (,ourd, bade hii hocteu a mourn /uj artien, and moved away solemnly ai be had oomo. Mrs. Joy nr, although ranch more oalti veti d than her pallor, and leal narrower in opimone, yet reverenced him mooh doobileM thu more for tbe take of the affectionate rotation! that had existed be twetn him and her late husband. There fore ibe waa maoh aflecled by bii word* and wben Kllen returned the laid : 11 Ellen, I know, of oourse, that I have no right to yoar confidence or any Influence upcn yon, although yon are my own and only daughter, and I need to have both, forgot to aik you how il r iui.>r Uoetur." Bhe'iwell, ma," answered Klleu, lowly, holding her bonnet itringi and looking a* if abe feared btr molbtr wai loiing htr reason. Ah I glad to bear it ; bat if you have made op yoar mind to marry that Mr ilu diet preacher, I think you owe il to me and to the memory of your father to say nothing of puor dear old Brother Hulli ton, who, it anthing, ii worM off about it than I've been until DOW I think yon owe nti 01 all to baTeaome aorl of nnderitand ing that yon are not to be interfered wiih in yoar religion i that if, if yon haven't already determined in your owu mind to give it op. Kllen removed btr bonnet at leisure , re adjusted tbe comb* in her hair ; tben, luing do*n, auiwered : Ma, Henry L>oiler baa never mentioned Methodiim to me a aicgla tine that I can remember. Mr. Buliington baa been here, I see. 1 thought they wire hi* horae'e traclu I noticed at the gate. And he ha* -t you more again*! Iltnry. l>id h* have to lay anything about Tom ? " " Borne ; not very much." What did be lay, ma ?" lie only aaid -that ia, he only intimated that perhap* It wouldn't have been BO bad it Tom . What are you laughing at. Elton T " " Beg pardon, ma , but, aeeing what yon wrre going to lay, I wai comparing it with what Harriot told me of her mother laying, no longer mo than yeeterday, about liunry I ' .ii r, and of her preference for him over 'loin. It ii right curiouB. Yon agreed with Ur. Dullinglon . now didn't yoa ma ?" Wall, if you must know, 1 did ; and 1 wieh in my heart, if you muat have a Dun ter. that it wai Tom, and that to-morrow." " Well, ma," replied thedanxhter, after a littli sigh, I've heard you aay many and many a lime that yon married tbe man of yoar own ohoioe, although he waa not that of your parenta, and that you never had oauid to repent of it, and now yon talk to ! a* if I bad no right to govern myeelf according to my own feeling*. Yet, ma, yon know that It Tom I)o*ter and I, no further back than *U monthi ago, had taktn a fancy for each other, yju would have been agaioat it, ami ao would Mri. May have been ai between Henry Hunter nd Harriet, whom now ahe deolarea ahe would receive ai a eon in law readily- yee, thankfully. What are two poor, Imapcri- e ii co. I girl* to do In inch a case ? " Elltn, notwithstanding her inezpcricnoe, looked at bar mother ai If ahe had the argument on h*r. Bat the Utter oontldently re|x>nded, " No, because neither of na had ever had a thought of your marrying Doe- ter* of any kind. Martha May know* not what abe'i talking about when ihe talk* that way ; bat ibe'i no strong Baptiif any way anal never waa, and ahe'i carried away with what peopl* talk about what a great ortator that Henry I x.eli r i*. and going to b* a bishop or aome great lomubody, when there'* lorn Denier joining land right nut to her, and induatrionifel young man in III.M whole m-nii-m of oonnlry, and would make that plantation look another tort to wVial it* been brought, and ho'* alwayi be-n a gox! Baptiit, and he'* a* good look ing any day a* Henry Duster, and to my taite better. And then what ia to become i.f nm when my only daughter ia following a M. in..li.| preacher wherever they've a mind to send him when people get tired of bim In one place anil another, and my only on no morn managing than Will May, and o ImU company or comfort to hli mother othtrwise '.' Hut 1 loppo** I'll have to truet that the good Lord will tike oaro of me eomehow la my old age." Tben ahe wept freely, tbongh without bittrrneee. " Ma," aald Kllen, In manner a* concilia- tory aa her afleottonale apirlt could employ, " 1 am glad yon (poke to me ao freely and candidly. 1 have never aaked liunry Doc- ter about what are to be my religion* privilege*, nor a* to th* relation* 1 am to be allowed to hold with you, thi more dea to me because yoa are a widow, and beoaate brother.]* ml an oOBsideratOof you ai h ought to be. lit, ai ya well know uuuid 10 niotv have appro** Tom Doeier'i than be now a,>, rofej Henry'* sail of me alihoqgh he would have mapped me t anybody who could have givea to bim Harriet in ixobange. Let that go. But tell yoa now, and yon may tell Mr. Bull ingtoo ii yea chjae, that I have no idea, a least for the present, of quitting your* an my father'* oburob. Bomehow, ma, m t I art nlB have leeoied to become the dearer if pooiblo, to my heart liuoe linoe I bav been tudu'ging another feeling." Bh bluihed deeply, and covered her faoe. " O oourte," recovering, ib continued, " no body oan fort-see wbat obargis are to com over their livaj : but now my expeotatior. ii to continue a Baplibt, praying alway* to be good a one aa pa wa* and a* yoa are Can yoa be satisfied with that, ma ? " " I'll have to be, I suppose. " ' Still you'd feel rafer if it wa* Tom, and ibe playfully patted her mother' oheek. Removing tha baud, yet not roJely " Yoa know I oanaol tell a fair hood Kllen." Ah mi-!" ughed the iwtet gi:. au< went op to bar chamber. CHAPTER X. Mr. Bullingtoc'i call wai oa a Wdne* day. Oa Ihe following Friday evening on two girls went in the Joyner carriage to spend the real cf the week at tbe Ingrami' Tom had business ia town on the following day, and ai that was tbe Hated Conference Saturday for Mr. Bnllington'i congregation in town, It occurred to Tom to do hia paste a little favor. 80 riding up to hi* gate toward innsct, he called bim out, and laid Brothir BuUington, I have to go to town tarly in the morning on eonie boil i, and knowing yoar horse wai bus; htlping to put in wheat, I thought I'd pro pone to take you in my gig, it it will *ui you and yoa can make it convenient to itar Immediately after breakfast." Why, 'I ommy why, yei, my eon," bi ansxertd. " It suit me exaot. 1 am might'ly pushed to gll in my wheat before tbe dark night* givee oat. I'll be over to your ma'i time yoa gil yoar breakfast, and ." Ch, no, I wouldn't have yoa take all that tronbl*. I'll ride over here." All right. Tommy. 'Light, acd tell me the new*." Hurry I oan't stay. Brother Bullington ; no special new* that I know of. I am glad can ac-ommodate you. Good-evening. " Evenin', Tommy." And Mr. Bullington thought that he felt i little better ; for thi* wa* the first viil, brief ai il wn, that Tcm had made him ince the be^innin^ of tba rumor* concern- ng bim and Harriet May. Next morning le had just risen from an early breakfast, when, going to tbe door, hi saw Tom's gig oo mug briskly toward bit gate. " My I in . t Yon are bright and yearly ihil mornin'," was M* aalutation, a* be advanced to meet I. in Coimidering hi* ; . ...i-^onoe a* a public man, Mr. Bullington L- ' in a degree re- markable, even in hi* proius*ion, a faculty if attention, at time* of intense listening. Jeriooi, indeed saturnine, ia disposition, in he presence of one or more interlocutor* le had a habil of compreiiing hi* lips, welling hi* jaws, and contracting hi* brow* while regarding with Boleuineet at ention a speaker, whether the latter'* emarks wrru menl to be taken a* eerneel r sportive. Afterward he woald rrflecl moit re*peotfally, oven feverely, before the answer which Bubeeqnent (ilenoe might Ii r. I bim to btl.jvo wai expected. oy or grief itemed to make no eepar^te mpreMion upon that countenance except hat the fornu r perhaps wai rathir more goai/.ing. He never wept, at Irani wilh i* eyee, except oa oooeiioni of much ilaniy, when, a* il appeared, he wai tot- ring quick rcmorw for having been momentarily aedaoed from hi* habitually I'H inn part by iiitnifeitalioui of intcruet the frivolitiei of inch a wicked world. )u inch occasion! the corners of bit mouth would lat down, bii lower lip shrink and idn behind it* superior, all making it ppear that in him, among the van m.i molioa* of Ihe human heart, that exalted y limn >r was tba moet mrrowful. Tom wai in high (pirit(. Any healthy onng man with uo uncommon load upon ilo conscience onght to have been light of herl driving along the road on *noh a morning in the fall of tbe year, the inn, tbe ir, Ihe forest luavoi, cwming a* if they ad been oreetod purposely to gladden mankind. Tom rattled on gaylyonthi* heme and on that. He believed that he aid in in. good thing*, tome excellent hing*, in fact, for one mod to more nerions woik than merely making merry. Bom* of hem most havo been extremely fanny, adged by by tlm exaruaiating grief of hi* ompanion. \Vl.i n Ihey had gotten a* far what town people called the Two mile (ranch, and the hone had taken a drink nd let out again, Tom said ; llroihtr Bnllingtori, I want you to do me a favor. Ii won't take maoh time or ronblo Get up there, Bill." Mr. Bullintjtun tnrnea, and for a while ooknii savagely into Tom's faoe, at length niwerlng, Yoa ought to know, Tommy, 1 you dou'l, that I'll do what lay in my iwor for joii, or any of your poople." " I thought so, or I wouldn't have taken he liberty of asking you. Brother Hull. ugton, I want you in marry me." " The gondno** graoiou*, Tommy I " in ae lime came the re*pou*e. " Why, I'll doit. In ooursei I'll do it. When ? >r " I'll lei you know before long. I thought ou'ii do me thai favor. 1 he truth U, I rouldn't feel exactly right in giving Ibe reading-fee I've laid up to anybody else ban yon, whom ma and I and all ot ui Innk 10 much of." Mr. Bullinitton woald rarely have cried ow if he had- known how. Concentrating ii gaie more and more fiercely npon Tom, writhed and writhed, ai Tom, waving ii whip now and then, enlarged upon tbe It 11 . nm It would be to him alwayi here- fler to r*men>b*r that bii own paitor, and ii wifi'i pailor, and the paitor of hi* nuilH, and the pallor of bii wlle'i renli, and Ihe pittor of . Bat here hey reached the UatfMnn Hotel. After IMP ting, Torn turned th* hone over to tbe cutler, and said : Let 01 gn into tbe hotel palor for a tile while, Brother nalliogloD. I want o ae* a oouple of gent I erne n there for a few in iite*, after which you and I oan con- nue oar oonverittion." Entering, M -. Bnllingto* locked ia (low, menaaing aetoniahmeat, first at Mr. 8 win- ger, then at Henry iJjeler. Well Bet," Said tbe former, riling, tek'ng Mr. Uallington'i band, liftiog il up, and (baking it cordially. " Uow do, Br'er Bull'n'fn ? Mornin', Tom. Little 'bead 'o time, but better too groa than toa lak*. special on the arrant you came oa this rnornin'. Take a seat, Br'er Boil u'l'n, and tell me all about yourself and fatnbly. Hain't aee \ou. not to ahake hand* 'long witb yon aenie that day at the Shoals." After saluting! and seating* all around, Mr. Bnllington regarded Mr. bw.nner sternly, a* if to ward against assault. Bui the latter loon put bim at as much eate a* it wa* possible for bim to feel m tbe com puny of dangeroai heretic*, who, plausible without, witbin were po*eued of malignity aud mbilety. After dealanng over and over again how glad he wa* to lee hi* brother Ballington, and to notioe how well be held hi* own, aad if anything bow gladder to be told Ibat Mr*. Ballington and tbe children were well a* caramon, aad after gelling from Tom Doster inch a promise a* there would be no going talk on to help Mr. Bnllington in getting ia bi* wheat dating the dark night*, be eaid : " H'.nrv, 1 don'l think I ever told yen how bad Br'er BaU'n't'n gol me one day at the Shoals. I no doubt Tpmheerd it.' " Now, now, Br'er Swinger," oid Mr. Bnllington, " yon goin' to tell on yoar own self that a way ? " Bat they knew that, in spite of such remonstrance, be was quite willing for the siory to go oa. " On, yis ; a good thing's a good thing, Br'er BaU'n't'n, aad when they on me, I'm bound to let t'other people gil the good of it, even if I can't. Well, you we, Henry, it were a one Badday evenin', I reok'n it ben about or mighty nigh about, three years ago ; ain't it, Br'tr BoU'n't'n T" Be three year Badday before the four!' Sunday o' ntxl nicnl'." Thai'* it. Yon aee he ain't forgot. Well, (ir, after preaohin' that mornin' to about a handful o' peoplo at oar poor little Hope- well moetin' lioue t'other side of Iggeeahee, a* I rid by th* lo at Ibe Shoal* on my way back home, I Me Br'er BnU'n't'u and a whole lot -' men thir in the peazer, and I thought I'd 'light and stop and howdy, and *wap a few word* with Yin aU ; for Br'er BoU'n't'n know I alwayi liked bim. if be is ech a rambunctious Babti*'. Him nor none of 'em notice me till they s*u me oomin up tbe peazer itepi, beaonee for why at that very minute be were flrin' away at a ter'ble rate agin we Meth'diiKi, and hi* is, jt* a* I oom* op, woz to tbe effect that if John the Uarbiniger bad ben a Ueth'dii', the Boriptur' would 'a named Jim thai slid o' John tbe Babti*' ; *u1 he up, be did, aad a* he howdied along witb me b* eay, " And here'i Br'er Bwinger, a* good a man a* they've got, and he can't lenv my word*.' Well, sir, yoa belter wlieve ! Il were aBebti*' crowd, as you mow they're awfnl strong, op and down, on both tide* o' tbe Igeeohee. Yit, I thought, never do not lake op th* old man'* channelge, though I weren't in what a body iihl oall flghtm' fix, a not a expeclin' no ech. And tben it were somehow*, for the inliett lime in my life, my ideei, and my noughts, and my argymenlt, and my words, and my ipeeobe*. everything I bad, bey all get jumbled together, and they gol hat piled up on top o' one 'notber tbal I 4* bad to itop, and to *et down, and nee if couldn't entangle 'em and getber 'em in and. Aud then, right tbar, at tbe very minate I begin to thick I see daylight, Br'er Bwinger t ' yoa might a heere bim mile away he bawled oat, he did, aad he altered, and say, ' Ah, Br'er Bwinger, it 'ere John th* Babti*'- No Meth'di*', In hem day* - leailwayi o' them names. No wonder you ipeechlen; but if yon wu/. able talk, and ooald stand op and talk all day ong, I'd ) lake a cheer au1 eat down aim, and 'caiion'ly fling in a primmary ew remark*, and ask yoa to p'int out tbe ihapter and the veereej wh <r they tell* about Ihe Mcth'diiaa* in the Oood Book.' Lnd then he shook hii big (idea, and the 'other* they all broke oat into a gener'l law-haw. Well, (ir, bleat yoar soul ! All t a laddent I got *o mad tbal for je>t about 1 leooad if 1 didn't feel like haulin' off and ellin 1 old Bt'er BuU'n't'a have il right in be month, for tlingiu' eeoh a laugh on me, nprepar'd for it a* I were. Bat I know eech a* thai won't begin to do, because I mow Br'tr BaU'n't'n have big a flat at me, and il wouldn't do nohow." Here all broke into heartiest laughter ex- epl Mr. Ballington, who, what time h* was iOt wiping hi* overflowing eye*, cat heaving ii* vail frame and glaring upon th* nar- ator wilh a ferocity whose wretohednesl as appalling. " And ao flnnil," returned the biitoiian f i > K t echee border warfare, " what yon eok'n I done ? Why, *ir, I whirled in, I Id, and I thought I'd try langhin' myielf D. Hut you all know what sort o' lauj;)i- n' that I* when yon know people Me >ou eel mori liking cry in' than anything el** ; and *o th* more I tried to langh, tbe more :ie whole krrfaoot of 'em laughed shore nough ; and at lest I got np, and gol way, and gol on my horse, and bauiuued IT from tbar." It looked a* If tbe agony of Mr. Balling- on would euan become unendurable : but Ihi* moment the light tread of ladies' let wai heard In In the hail, and preeanlly ie landlady of the hotel and Mr*. Ingram ntered, followed by Ellen and Harriet. 'he laat two were bonneted and beaming ed. After (baking hands with her paitor, ; Hi- M (aid, " Mr. Dulllpgton, Tom told yoa, oppose, that w( couldn't think of any- idy el*e marrying u* bat yon." " Why, EU'n-wby, my chill why, ye* ; at I thought why, whar'i . Yon goin' marry Tom ? and that not under the renohal raff ? " We'll explala all that aflerwardi, Irothrr Bullington," laid Tom, ae he pot hi* band* ihe marriage lioenae, out of which, a* he opened it with fumbling and*, dropped two tweoty-dollar gold ieot*. Wilh diffloalty the pruaoher found I* ipeotaclei, and when the ooina, so far Myond what he had ever received for luoh ervioe, were lodged, one in one pooksl of i* tronser* and the oilier in another, he Mrforrued tho rite a* well a* be could, hen titling, and putting his hand* In his ooketi, he looked around in abject deepalr. hen Mr. Bwinger roe*, and, a* Henry and [arriet took their planea. laid, " llerecom* another batch, Br'er BnU'n'I'n. M arryln', like everything else, ketohlu', yoa know. Be ready." When all was spoken exoept th* final prayer, Mr. Hwingtr turned and laid, " Br'er BaU'n't'n, tbii ooaplt il Melh'dis 1 Ubtia 1 both, yo know, and it take ' us to h tob tnam to tho trace* , so aid Babti* two of yoa got to make Ibe prear Mr. Bollingtoa, huge a* be wa, jumped a* one roved from a dreaming sleep. Not having kept up at all with current event*, bi* da/. jJ eye* wandand around the room while he remained mated. " You bear ma ? ' said Mr. Swinger, in commanding tone. " Take tuem hand* out o' latin pocket*, and k,it np out o' that obeer, and ask the gocd Lord to aend Hi* whole ratternut of angel* down here on thi* young man and thi* yoong 'Oman that'* j -i bin jinded ia the bans*. Out with 'em, and np with yoa, and when you're iboo I got another gold piece for yon." That day wai remembered by Mr. Ball- ington ai tbe mod eventful ia all hia expar tecoe. About six month* afterward, v>i.ilu ebirg of it to tbe family cf hi* brjtber Camming*, near Fenu'c Bridge, among other thing* he said : " Hadn't ban I were a pabha man, I'd a be that nonploihed and polled to pieces I'd a forgot bow to talk and bow to pray up to the 'cation. Yon tee, wben il first got oat about thorn young people a kespiu' com- p'ny, people put it Ibat Tom waa after Bister May's daughter *ad hi coaiin for Bitter Jyner'i. And they not disputed it, to they coull get tbe mothers, and ipecial the brolhen, to firin 1 away al the wrong fe'l-T, a hopin' that way they'd other take some tort o' shine to the rigbl'n, or 1 an- ways git riconciled to bim. And bleu* your ton! ! it dons it ; that is, with tbe mothers, which they wu the maineot on j* Tben il were they concluded to Itrike whila the iron were hot, to keep down any more f niiin' when il were fonud oat bow the land lay shore enough. They wanted Emurly Ingram to let 'em have the thing over at her house ; bat Emerly were afeartd o' burtin* feelio's, so they immergrated to the tavern. And I tell yon I wen nooplatbed ; bat old Br'er Bwinger, with all hitprexlijior, say I oom* oat splendid, and he nt\er knowed till that morniu' no more'n t'o;liur people which wai which among 'em. And when Henry Uorriiter hand m it at twenty-dollar gold piece, and I tuck ii, a aeein' hi* feelin'i would be bnrted, and J J Br'er bwinger'i tDO. if I didn't take half tbe fee, I lay to myeelf, here'i a Meth'di*' that if he'* notbin' ell* he's liber'l. And if you believe me, Bister Cummiui, them female mothers actnit laughed, and at for Bister Jyner, she actuil cried, and both for joy, when tbe heerd tbe newi. Aad them boyi well, they tee, matter o' coar**, it were too late to rail off and open on another trail. Willom May, he laughed too , for he wen already promised to Mary Anderson, that she'* now hi* lawful wife. Ai for iliom, be looked monst'ous cowed ; and he do yit. Look like he don't feel like pallia' into yoang wimming'i eociaty, nor young men'* nather, bat he rather, wbfJn ha go about at all he rather take it oat in roamin' in a flack by histelf . Har'i't, j - as I expected, have loak up wilh the Meih 'di'. Two kind o' wimming I've nolassed in my expeanae o' people. One ot 'em draw*, and tbe tother let* other people drag them. Yoa, for instance. Sister Cam- miai, yoa drawed Br'er Cummin* from 'mong the Meth'dis', because he see yea wax right, while ilsr'i'i, like her coasin Emerly, were drag off. Hut it some con- thtt solation that il were by a young man U he'* nothin' else be liber'l." TIIK I.M.. Ferine anit Title*. " Varlel " i* the tame word a* " valet," and each 1* an offshoot of the feudtl " vataal." Madam* 1* " my lady," and sir ban been xtraoled from the Latin " aenior " throu^b th* 1'renob. " Dandelion " i* dent de leon (the liaa'i tooth), and " vinegar " waa ono vin aigre (lour wine). i Biicoit " keep* alive the Latin bii opolui (twice oooked), and a verdict is limply a vert dlotum (true laying). A " villain," before the etigma ot di*- giaoe wa* attached to him, wai a laborer on the villa of a Roman country gentleman. An Earl wai iu " alder " in tbe primi live *ociety, while Pope i* th* name as papa," and Ciar and l\ IISIT are both Ciutari." Qaeen at lint meant " wife ' or mother," and a inrvival ot it* early tig- nifloation exists in " queen," a*ed now only In a bad *en*e. " Jlmminy " i* a rmini*oeoce of th* clasiical adjuration, O grminl, aa*4 by the Hjmans when they called upon the twins Cantor and PoUux to help them. ^dingote i* " riding coat," borrowed by the French from oar own language, and re- turned to a* ia a new guiie wilh the dre*a- maker'* stamp of approval. " Slop " shop hai nothing to do with slope, aa Mine etymologist*, have aiaerted. but meaua clothing *hcpi, the word coming from the Icelandic ilopper, a coal. Lord i* the Anglo-Saion hlaford (leaf distributor). Ihe Latio term for lord " (tiotninui) bas given us " doniiuiei" the old term for preacher, and the same root is found in " dame." " Roiiner*" are peeple who (;>' to Rome to are the Vope, aiul " laoateler*" wa* the appellation bestowed on the religious enthusiast* who made the pilgrimage to the ainteterre Ihe Holy Land. -I'KIM. FABBIOIU. Tbe Tendrnrjr U to Klefmnt Matu-Ula mmt tlmfl* Cute. Tbe gejttral tendency of the tpriog xoodi is to greater elegance of mairiai and more (implicit* in tbe cat of the gown. Bo marked i* thi* tendency to simplicity ot cat that it i* safe to predict a reaction in low at atom ; bat no such change ha* yet come, in spite of tbe rumor* cf a return to hoop*. Ctinging olattio ityle* will remain iu ascendant for tne coming iprmg and lammer. New (ailing! imported for tpriag tailor gown* are coaipoaed largely of fine cloth* ;u tbe feather weight niaae especially for ladiej' wear by manafauturere of mtn'i uitingi. Tfcuw cloth! are shown chiefly in fine checks, plaid* and (tripe*, ia the iridescent mixtures cf color which are so refined in tfie:t, relieving the eye from the monotony of a plain surface. I'ltheed cheek* in dark prune or dahlia hade* and white, iteel blue and white, and dove or ash-n grays wilh white, are ome of th* oombinalion* in tbese check*. Fiue broken stripe* of bair line* aad mall broken plaid* in tb inoonipicoooo combinations of oclor uied in gentle- men'* basiness suits are ibown in a med- ley of touts of gray, Ian, brown aad the dark prune and porpUsb color* cf the soaeon. Large plaid* in tartan color* will tinue to be useJ. especially in the blue green combinations, which Lave been w all winter. There are alto tome large plaid* in fancy color* ombiniog mauve dahlia and the new aubergine or egg-plant shade*) la their make up. A* a role all suiting* are made up la solid material without ooojb:nation?, though it it considered elegant to combine a fine pinhead check witb a plaid having a checked ground. Tbe large plaid in such a caae if n*ed for the front or fur the undertkirt.and tbe fine check for the remainder of the coe- tnme. Shepherdi checks, in black and while, are freely imported, and tome of the prettiest, of (beer flue wcoUcs, warm enough for early tpricg, are shown with six or seven bait inch ilnpea of raised white wool as a bordar. Il is a* soft and mate ia wtavo aiwbilo velvet, which it clotely mmu- laus, though woven in a plain surface with- out a pile. A fringe formed of the material raveled out and knotted tiniihee *ome pUii oit- n. US, though il ii too early in tbe icaeon to vafily predict that ihtie indicate a general return of fringe rather than a feature of dm* worn by a few. New Yurk Tntnau. .\ Stickler fur Form. " What i* the matter wilh yoa, Mat tie ? " " 1 don't with to talk with yon after what you **id about mv *mil*." " Why I praited it. 1 think it is perfect, lovely, i-nohantii:^ " "That nay bu ; bat yon didn't pat ii w. 11. Yoa laid il wa* all wool and * yard wH." Ou the WMl<llng; Journey. Hho (in tha rauMtim) Thi is Minerva. He-- -Wa* ihe married ? Bbe-No, she wai Ihe. GodJoei of Wis- dom. Severely CuudruicO. I want to lend a telegram to my hoe- band," (aid an excited youug woman, who oam* hurrying into a Weelern 1'i.uu tele- graph ctnoe tbe olber morning. Wry will," replied the operator ia attendance. There are some blanks, aad of course tbe briefer 11 i* the It** it will oosl to (end it.' " Ob, 1 know that," ahe replied, aad then ibe wrote : Dear George, I've lomething too dread- ful to tell yoa, but pleaie don't gel excited, dear, for it oan't Ut helped now, and baby and I are perfectly sate. 1 don't know how it t-rer happened and cook say* the don't know, and none of c* can aoooanl for it, but the house caught tire last night and barncd to the ground. Just think of it Did yon ever hear ot anything so perfectly dreadfol in all yoar life? I'm half wild over il. Bat please keep calm, dear. Baby and 1 are late, and most of the tbing* were saved, and you miiblu't think of anything but how much wone it might have been. \Vbal if baby had been burned. U, George ! don't il make yoa shudder to think ot it ? Bat the dear little darliug is perfectly safe, and o! course wa went (traight to mamma'*, and }ou oan't thick how frightened she wad until (he kuew we were late. And I know jad how (hocked yon'U be, yoa poor, dear boy, but a( baby and I are safe yon oughtn't to mind anything else. I oan't loiagiu* bow ihe tire itaried. Can yoa T Uo yon buppose some oue *ut tbe bouse on tin-. Oh, if* too dreadful to think of. Come right home. MIMIC. P. 8. Remember that baby and 1 are ate. M. ' There," she (aid, a* ibe banded tbe even blank* ibe had written to the opera- tor, " I suppose it might be conduced a little." ' Ye*. I think it might, " be replied, M he took a freah blank and wrote : Our house burned to the ground but uifcht. All cafe. Come home. A Bora Bebuke* Awger (looking Mr shoulder ae he exchange) Dot* intellect ? EditorNone whatever ; wby, I believe even yon ooald do it. over tbe editor'* clip* an article from aa that require moeh A I'lllrr,-,,, . . Whipper- Our young friend ! m i t.i have a great den re to Ociety. s-ieput r My idea i* tbal hi* ambition 1* to ahio into society. Soaddi shine ia All wni 1 1 mi are in leagna againit the bachelor the married women from i> m- pathy with their unmarried (litera, and the unmarried from a desire to leaean Iht number of npiniter*. With thi* league agalnct him, offensive and defensive, the unmarried man may find peace In lltnvun. but he oan maroe hope toiled happiae** on earth- this side of marriage Mr Moody the other day made a large congregation (land up while tbe plate wai ' b *' < '"*'' *"' ' ''"I *hirt ? being pateed, 10 that ivery one ooald gel "rence i* thai a bold, bad man shrink* at hi* band In hi* pocket nothing. An Infallible) M.I.. Bpring seem* to be with us. Bi. Fox trimmed hi* earn* whila littiug on the bench in from of the ooart hoax thi* afternoon. Old oitlzeni **y thlt ii a aarer lign than the ground-bog. AtcMto* Olobt. The late Mr. Talbot, father ef Ihe Kog li(h If a*a of Commons, l-ft a fortune of $i,000 000. It ii 19 be divided among hie daughter*, th* eldeet receiving the major porn MI. Mi** Talbot thna. btrmee the wealthiest woman in England wilh Ihe ex- captioo ot Lady Howard de Walden. -Lady Pannoefotr, wife cf the Brillah Minister, ha* been astonished at tbe eflrot of a notioo that aha woald be at home on Hatnrday afternoon* from 4 tot'.. Nearly 1 100 peopl* called aad moat iusuted oa baking hand*. - Osman Pasha, grand marshal of tbe Turkish army, whose heroism at Plevna waa one of-the grandee! incident! of the Rnto Turkish war, hat written a French \m*m for Iht j .nrcul pabliibed In New York by Tello d'Aatry, a U. year old boy. What difference ii there between a bold. The diff-