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MM ^fmmmm ] LOVE'S SACEIFICE BT ALBERT E. HOOPER. It WBa Jack Maaatietd'a wedding niffbt, and aa the yoang fireman drew lliia eaay-cbair to the hearth after sup- per, and put up bis slippered feet on the ghining bar of the fender, he gave a â- igb of satisfaction. Hii eyes danced with pleasure as be watched his pretty quiclc-hajided little wife clear the ta- ble; and when the cloth bad been foldr- ed away in the drawer, and the lamp â- at on its little wool-work mat in the middle of tbe Bsow-white deal, he eried: "Come aiooe, Nellie I" The yountr wife brouglit a low stool and sat at bis feet and, giving bim on«; loving look full of joyful trust, ^he clasped her hands on bia knee, and rested her cheek upoo them as she gazed into the fire. For aome moments neither of them Bpoke. Truth to teil, they were too bappy for words. Nellie found pleasant |)icturea of the future in the mystic caverns of the fire ; and as for Jack, be Jusit gazed his fUl at the only pio- ture in the world be cared to see, the face of his wife glorified in the fire- iiffht, which changed her curly bair Into a faalo of ruddy gold. But pre- sently with ajk etiort, the young hus- band said : "Nellie, my girl, this is even better than oar hopes procnised, isn't itf" He allowed his eyes to glance glee- fully round the trim kitchen, flashing back tbe sparkles of light from tbe glass and obina on tbe dreswr, and then brought them swiftly again to their centre of attraction â€" the blush- ing face resting on his knee. She did not answ<er but she glanced back at him, and he was satisfied. "Tell me, Nellie dear," be said next; "you have quite got over that old learf Again abe did not answer, and he went on: "There is danger in every life, dear keart. ^anijr wives send their men to aea. and do not see them again for inanths ; the Qames are not crueller than the waves, Nellie I" "No, Jack," she said; "I will try to be brave, but " "But !" he ezolaimed with a glad laugh. "We musnt begin our married life with "buta' Nellie deaa-l Tell me if anything troubles you, and we will get rid of it at once." "Oh, Jack, I don't like to tell you. •specially to-night I But you know as well as I do how Jim Travers wanted me. I cant get his face out of my mind; it looked awful in th» church to-day I" Jack iManbfield looked grave. "You'll have to put all such notions out of your mind, my girl," he said, quietly. "Jim an' me's been cbums for years ; we couldn't both have you, an' he's the sense to know that tbe olioice was for you. Don't go an' think hard of poor old Jim as lost you!" Nellie stared at tbe fire and said nothing. The msuas of red coals crack- ed, and fell together, involving tbe fiery caverns in ruin, and a column of sparks fled up iato tbe dark chim- ney. Then, sudden and swift, the peace and joy of the new home was shattered by an awful cry from the street: "Fire! Fire I" Nellie started as if a abot had pierced iter heart, and Jack sprang to his feet. "So Boon!" gasped Nellie, with her hand pressed tighUy against her beart. "Be brave, my girl I" cried Jack. "Now's the time to prove what stuff you're made of." "Fire ! Fire I" came the cry again tfrocn without. i Nellie ran and feitched her husband's boots, just as a thundering rap sound- ed on tbe door, and hasty footsteips clattered away on the pavement. It was the work of a moment for the youD4; fireman to kick off bis slippers and plunge into his boots; then, seiz- ing his coat and hat from the door, be paused for a moment to clasp bis young wife in bis arms. "Nellie," be whispered, "it is the call of duty, and where duty is there God is too." Then ho tore himself from her cling- ing amu and was gone. • i U. Left alone, Nellie's newly-found courage m quickly deserted her, and sinking into a chair, she folded ber arms on tbe table, and let her face fall fo^^vard upon them. Shei did not crv. but ber whole body trembled piti- fully, and, every time tbe awful cry sounded in the street, she winced as if a whip-lash bad struck her quiver- ing flesh. Scarcely five minutes had passed since Jack left herâ€" though if time had been measured by aKony it might have btien five hours!â€" when a loud cheer sounded in Nellie's ears, followed by the thunder of hoofs and wheels. Sne spnwig to her feet and rushed to open the door, just as with a roar and a rattle, the fire-ongine went sweep- ing past. There was a flash of scarlet mid gold and flaring lamps ; shoAwra of sparks HtreamiHl from the hoofs of the horses ; but Nellie only saw two facee â€" the face of the two of the hel- meted firemen. One was the face of Jack Mansfield, her huflliaiid, who smiled and waved his baud reassuringly to her as the engine whirled past. The other was the fact', of Jim IVavera. her rejected lover â€" a dark and gloomy face, with white, set lips and an expression of bitter despair. lie, too, looked at her. and the glance that leaped frocn his dusky eyes made her quickly cover her face witjii he.r hands. The sound of madlv whirling wheels came to her, muffled by the distance, but the rush of feet along the pave- ment still went on ; and, looking up again, she was aware of a hurrying stream of people passing her door. "Where is the f ire t" she asked of a neigihbor who had jtu»t run out of the nc^xt house. t "Only in Flint street I Can't yer see the red in the sky 1 I'm a-goin' to have a look at it ! Come alonjg o' me, Nell. yer'Il be frighted to death at home!" Nellie ran into the bouse, and in an- other moment she had thrown a shawl over her head and joined the woman in the street. Th<^ stream of people were lessening, so they hastened their steps, noticing as they ran that the glow in the sky had ci .epened from a faint rose color to a blood red, and that now and again tongues of fire and sudden fountains, of sparks sprang upward to 'he pall of saffron smoke which overhung the rooi-tops. Fear and excitement made Nellie's heart beat heavily as she ran, and when they had traversed the length of several streets and reached the out- skirts of the swaying cro^vd which sur- rounded the burning building, she felt as if she muat fall. But in a moment the faintness passed, and she was able to look about her. The building was a lofty one, at the comer of the streetâ€" an oil and color shop â€" and the fire seenxed to have ta- ken possession of the upper rooms and the roof. The whole of the top story was in flames, and the firemen were working to keep the fire from creeping lower. Running round the upper story there was a narrow iron bal- cony, and her first glance upward showed NelUe the form of a stalwart young fireman balanced upon tbe rail of tiis balcony, while he hacked witli might and gain at some burning wood- work which extended to the floor be- neath him. With a shudder, she recognized Jack I In the glare of the fire, the rail he stood on looked like a bar of red- hot iron, and so precarious was his footing that it eeemed to the watchers below that a single slip must precipi- tate bim to the pavement or into the sea of fire within tbe house. Nellie was almost choked by the wild beating of her heart as she watched her busbantl's gallant attempts to .save tbe lower part of tbe house from the danger which threatened it. Every stroke of the keen faatchet seemed to strike a lAoW at her. When would the piece of blazing timber give way? When would Jack step down on to the swaying ladder! Suddenly a ruddy flash of light from, a shadowed coraer of the little bal- cony- caught her eye. It was the re- flection of tlie flames cast back from a brass helmet ! There was another fireman on the balcony, and be waa creeping cautiously nearer and nearer to Jack I Was he gnin^ to his help ' or Nellie's heart stopped beating for an instant and seemed frozen with a sudden horror. The face of the second fireman was exposed to tiie glare of the flamee, and its expressioa was awful to look upon. It was the face of Jim Travers. III. A strange murmur rose from tbe crowd â€" an uncertain sound, such as the sea sometimes makes before a storm when the wind quickly risea and as (Uiickly dies away again. Nellie knew that the people around her were watch- ing Jim's sly appruachs uncertain of his intentions. For herself, .she was in no uncertainty; she bad seen despair in his eyes, and now she saw murder and revenge in his movements. She would have shrieked aloud to warn Jack of his dancer, but horror con- tracted tbe muscles of ber throat, and the cry was stifled in her heart. Stealthily Jim crept n«'arer to the unconscious Jack. Uis bands shot out to- ward tbe feet so unsteadily balanced on tbe glowing rail, and, sick with terror, Nellie covered ber face with her bands. She heard an awful cry go up from tbe crowd, and a strangled scream tore its way through ber throat as she looked up again and saw that Jack no longer stood upon tbe rail â€" that the blazing woodwork bad been cut away, aud a crouching figure was creeping stealthily back along the balcony. Then a black wave surged up before ber eyes, hiding tbe blaze of tbe burning building ; a roaring as of many waters sounded in ber ears, aud she sank into a gulf of darknetis. When she returned to consciousness Nellie saw that she was at borne. Then she became aware of a strong arm clasping ber. Laetly she knew that a loving face was looking down at ber with anxious eyes â€" tbe face of her hu*- baud! "Jack I" she said. "Are we both dead, andâ€" and is t his Heaven 1" Then be smiled at her. "No, no, dear heart," he cried; "we're alive, and you'll soon be hearty please God. and this is home." Nellie felt .xs if ber senses were leav- ing ber again, but Jack kissed ber, and tbe kiss did her so much good thatl she eat up. "I thought you bad fallen into the. fire aud been killed. Jack !" she said. "What me f" he cried. "No, no, lass. That was Jiin, poor chap, and he did it all for love of you, Nellie I" "Ob, Jack, what do you mean? I thought he was cn'eping alon^ the balcony to throw you inio 'he fire be-i cause I married you instead of biiu." "He came to save my life that you might not lose the man you loved he^t," said Jack Mansfield, gravely. "I didn't know be was there till he seized me round the waist and pulled me down from the rail to tbe balco>ny. If 1 badn't struggled be might have been more careful ; but wh»'n he sprang to my place on the rail he cut too care- lessly at tho timlier, and slipped aud fell into the fire." Nellie was now weeping bitterly. "Oh, Jack I Jack ! bow wicked I have been 1" she cried ; "and what a rand man poor Jim was I And we never knew it â€" we never knew it I" "Sihall I tell you what he said in that moment while I was struggling to get liack to my place on the rail*" asked Jack. Nellie could not speak for ber sob- bing, so Jack went on : "He told me not to risk two lives â€"that bis own was of no value to him or to anyl)ody else, but that 1 mu.st livo for your sake. Then he .said. 'Jack, let me have your placeâ€" it is for dear love's sake 1' ill fllPIOTIC EIPEMEHCE ST0R7 OF A SUBJECT WHO HAD AN AWFOL HALF HOOB. A BaUMa Veyage aad a Fall ef 9WM Feet laU Um Sea H a »eMrt UlaaU-At taekc4 ky â- â€¢aaten-Bartod AUveâ€" Vram â- esTca !• Hades. How does it feel to be hypnotized? Tes; I can answer you that question and many more which I am sure you'd nev- er think ol^ asking. For instance: What are the sensatioos of an animal of the lower orders? It is a pleasure to fall a,000 feet? Did I enjoy a short look into tbe gates of heaven? What are the tortures ot a body sent to everlast- ing tormentf Does it seem awfui to have siime one bury yoa alive? To all tJiese queries I can reply with truth. As I remember now one night's experi- ence I can relate what happened! in a dozen different places perfectly as well as my sensations and experiences. It all seems like a nightmare to me; more vivid than a dream, yet a trifle hazy to aeem as a real happening. Appar- ently these things took place years and years ago, yet as I laik back along that seeming vista of time, I can see all with vividneoss my hideous and pleasant feelings intermingled with most startling eccentricity. To begin with, a brief aketctk of my meeting with the hypnotists under whose power I was, may not be out of place. It will be well to say right here that they are ijo ordinary "quack" pro- fessionals who go about the country giving exJiJbitions. They are two phy- sicians who are both well known. Their names, I am not at liberty to mention.as they are not seeking notoriety. For years they have studied this mysterious science in the Interests of medicines and surgery. Their occasional exhibitions aj« always private, attended only by a select company of djoctors and train- ed nurses. The younger ot the prac- titifioers is probably about 20 years of agB. He is tall and straight. His ni|fht-blaok hair, parted in the* middle is long and stubborn. lb look into thoee big deep brows eyes of bis would be to suepect SOatEl-HING OF MYSTEEY- : about their owner. When first I met him, I oonfesa thab I was not a Utile nervous and restless. All the time I was in conversation with bim those huge dark eyes Jcept twitch- ing, and I could not but suspect that be was trying to exercise bis wonder- ful power over me. The doctor said: "Yes, I oould hypnotize you very eas- ily, it is a mistaike to suppose that an intelligent subject is the easiest to handle. An insane person can not be treated at all. Neither can a society man, while tbe lower animals' are the most difficult to put into hypnosis." Numerous incidents suggested topics for further oonveraation, so that) when we bad made an end of speaking I felt that I could easily write a library ^full of treatises on hypnotism. During the oourse of his discussion < he said: "From what knowledge I have acquired from a deep study of tha subject, I do not hesitate to say what I regard the mir- acles of Christ directly accountable to his superhuman mugnellc power. Be- ing a direct deecendanl from the Holy Spirit, he, more than any of us ought to have possessed that power, which is not of this world. He must have su illusioned the people that they would believe and even see auytbing at bis suggestion." i i "You come here to-morrow night," be added, "If you would like to see some things that you tuive never seen before. Believe only what you see, if you can, but that, 1 can assure you, will tax your utmost powers of credulity." I came. Wahlu tbe pariur all the farnitiire bad been removed. Two flickering gas jets cast a pale glow over tbe faces of a circle of ladies and gentlemen who were silently intent up- on tbe actions of tbe subset in the center of tbe room. TTie younger of tbe physicians ushered me into an ad- joining apartment, where, according tb â-¡ly desire, 1 was to be put through a number of RK.VIARKABLE EJLPEHIENCES. tbe like of which I bav4 no desire to live through again. "You will regret it," h* warned me, "If I allow you to remember what shall have taken place. I never permit a patient to preserve In his memory a recollijction of his doings while in a somnambulistic state, as I would be in danger of losing bis patrouage>, and goo<l subjects are hard to obiain. "Now, concentrale ywur mind upon one thing. Think only of sleep. You're going to sleep â€" sleep â€" sleep â€" think now of sleep." Ills voice became low. and soothing. I dropped my head and ti.ed bard to slumber. iPresently a delici- ous feeling of restfulness cume over me. 1 felt as one does in the morning when we ought to rise, and ihe ixjuui is so warm and pleasant. M,v tboughisi were idle and I sat as in a trance. >Hia voice seemed haisbed ajid far away. His uooling hands passed silently upon my forehead. He said : "You now have full power of your senses; you can both think and reason but you can not move your feet." 'Pry as I would, tbey seemed as' if belong- ing to another. Behind mountaiji peaiks the golden sun was sinking from my sight. The clouds and snow fields were tinged for a moment, a nosy hue whiob died away and left a oold gray colbr. 1 seemed so near the moon, 'fbere it huug but a few miles abovei me. Tbe chasms and canyons were plainly vis- ible. I oould see vast glaciers and troz- eoi waterfalls. All was oold aud gloomy. Not a living thing wad to lie seen. Even the wild birds which had but a moment before swarmed about my air-ship were hardly visible in the azure because oi tbe increased acti«ik of the heart when In my imagination I was falliuv- Lilie a feather 1 floated in the darknew between sarth and heaven. Down, down, dtownl Would the journey never end? The stars be- gan to pale. Gray dawn broken and just below I saw green fields, blue hills and ri'vers, brown pastures, and now and then a country village. It occur- red to me that I waa < TUMBUNG THROUGH SPACE, at an awful rate, aud soon the end would oome. I saw a great ex- panse ()f water, I grew fainter and fainter. Those pOnga of thirst and hunger shall never be forgotten. I lay down on the nxks to die. Then from tbe surging waters ac my side emerged a thousand monsters ready do devour me. 1 staggered to my feet and shriek- ed. Closer and closer came the hide- ous monsters fighting and tearing each other in their efforts to seize me first. Cold perspiratixw appeared upon my brow. My heart fluttered and I faint- ed from exhaustion. "Why, am I here?" I thought, and suddenly tbe affair upcsn the lonely isl- and was recalled ta me. I bad not been eaten, as I had dropped into a crevasse, where I had been rescued later by a party of explorers. YesI They had buried me alive I The scenes o( paradise faded from my sight, I lay incased in a rude wooden coffin beneath 4 feet of earth. My eyes were open, and I oould nbt see. My breath came faintly and irregularly. My heart beat liike a hammer. How my poor bead ached and throbbed! In those few moments of .agony I suffered a thousand deaths. My whole life pass- ed before me like a panorama. Strug- gling and kicking like a madman. I strove to free myself. With shrieks of agony I tore my hair and gouged my eyes out. Then I do not remember what happened. Heat, radiating from tibe ground, freeted my entrance to another iworld. felt as if I had uo weight and wond- ered at the strangeness of tbe situation. From different avenues came myriads of fellow-beings, bew-oiling the fate they knew awaited tjiem. Thousands of red throbbing volcanoes shot high into the air streams of livid flame. Horrible shouts and chaos filled tliel air. I lay beside a pool of limpid fire and WRITHED IN StnFFERING. The beat was suffocating and unbear- able, when suddenly a uool wind brought relief. Lying calmly in a field ot daisies I longed to be a butterfly. I saw the horses and cows grazing in the mead- ows. A shepherd dog was watching them, and how 1 wished tot take bis placel I knew that I bad wished some- thing foolish, for I arose and walked In tbe direction of the tbwn. I became aware that 1 was being followed. Al- though I feareu > , l""'' .behind, I knew that tbe dog wa^ there, at a short distance from me, watching my every movement. I turned a corner and be- held the beast, his eyes set straight ahead, following me in silent) determ- inatiuo. My pace increased. On, on I walked past fields and valleys and just OS night was falling I looked and saw the canine with bis noee ciose lo the ground pursuing me mure stealthily than ever. I tried to cry, but* was stuck dumb. Again I tried, but was conscious of barking like a dog. riiuugb^.s came rapidly aud soon were muddled into confusion. il mai'ked a second time and was aware of a radical change taking place within me. Then I would not think at all! My brain was in a whirl and a, new aeutie oif animal Lu- stincl possessed me. l loogedl Eur hum- an blood and flesh. My .sense tof smell Increased, while every understanding and pc-v\er of appreciation slowly left me. Thick hair covered my body. I was a dog! I found a damp and rocky cavern and there rested. My pur- suer had mysteriously disappeared. I slept. « • • • StartJed by unexpected laughter, I awoke suddenly. There I was in the center of a group of people, who were making fun of me. No- wonder I felt foolish and a bot fluslk rose to my face. The flickering gas lamps still burned low, and in anotlier portion of the room another subject was being put through some a.ntic8 which aljsorbed tlie atten- tion of the visitors. I departed with- out ceremony, went home to bed, but could not sleep. Fior nights afterward I oould not rest, and the memory of my exploits haunt me still. WOMEN OF 1CEL.\ND. Tbe usual dress of the women ot Ice- land, irrespective of wealth or station, consists of a long garment of wadmel, hanging from tbe shoulders to the heels, and fastened with a bright clasp at the neck. Over this, two or three blue or white petticoats are worn, while a bluje cap, hanging down on one aide of tbe head, completes the costume. On Sundays and festivals tbe dress- es are both peculiar and striking in api»eara.nc*i. There is a bodice, orna- mented with gilt buttons and red and black velvet. Over this U a tight-fitting velvet jacket or "treja ;" beneath, two or three bright petticoats, blue or red worsted stockings, and shoes of seal or shark skin. The whole is surmounted by a remarkable head dress, very beau- tiful in effect. The "faldur," as it is called, Is made of stiffly-starv-hed white linen, kept in place by innumerable pins, and meas- uring often as nuicb as two feet in height. IN THE DARK AGES, As early as the sixth century the woman dueetion was a knotty pro- blem, puzzling the wise men of that period, "Are Women Human Beings?" was the startling inquiry proposed by a Bishop at the famous Couut-il of Ma- con» and several sessions were devoted to tbe consideration of the Important subject. The point was not considered jocular or frivolous, and the go^d fa- thers earnestly and gravely undertook tbe task of assigning to woman her pro- per place in creation. They finally de- cided thai: she did not Ivlong to the "world of mutton, beeves or goats," but was, in reality, a human being. This decision Wiis made only after some- thing of a struggle. .\s it was not an ecumenical council, the faithful were advised that the decision was not bind- ing on them. PBBSONAL POINTERS. Itcau er laterest AiMat Saate af tke «rea« reiki ar (ke WarM. Mrs. Jolu> IX RooksfaUar is as d»- voCed to hoepitala where her charitie* are ooncernea as bar buaband is to uni" veraities. Th« Stoperor Francis Joseph baa made the noeC Mauras Jokal a lifa member of tkt Hungarian housa oi magnates. Carlotta, Maximillian of Ifexioe'a widow, whose (ihyaiual health duritug her long insanity has bean good, il aiid to Da now rapidly declining. Barney Barnato is at present reside ing in London. Ute is about 43 veara uf uge, is happily married, ana ham ^several children, one ^ whom is a son. George Frederick Watts, R. A., is building a church near Guilford, Eng- lant*., in which he will paint frss co aa himself, while his wife will design tha terra-ootta decorations. Prince Dimitri Khilkoy, a Russiaal nobleman, bus fcUoiwed the advice <m Count Tolstoi and divided his eatata among the peasants, reserving bat saT-^ en acres for kis own cuitivnion. The Princess Louise. Marchioness ol Lome, objects to ber portraits beinM acid or reproduced. A beautiful photo^ trapb of ner was peremptorily with- ^ rawn from circulation some years ago* A Chinese biographical dictioaar;f Qontaining the lives at 2,500 notedl Chinamen and women, living and dead^ has been compiled by Mr. Giles, late British Consul at Ningpo. Boehm's characteristic statue of Car- lyle on Uie Thames embarkment at Chelsea is to have its replica in Edin- burgh, which has been somewhat alow in honoring, the great Scot. Fred. F. Hassam, the Boston antlx quarian, has in his put>session a bottl^ u^ the tea which, on the night of !>»• oemlier 16. 1T73, was emptied' from tha British vessel by the Boston tea party. Gov. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, is to be io Connecuticut on the 22d, Wasbing- Uin's birthday. He will go to Hart- ford on th" invitation of the Sous of the American Revolution to attena their annual banquet. Austrian and Hungarian wofnea cannot be considered accomplished. an4 an intellectual one w>iild be as mucbl of an oddity asaspirituelle French wo- man. Dancing and riding are theix only accooipli^ijhments. Beatrice Harraden has not been ben»> fitted ini health by her< return to Eng- land. She is now at Bournemouth. &a^ what energy she pceseses she has puii into the revisiuo of the proof sheets of her new book. "Hilda Strafford." J. S. Sargent, the American artist^ who a year ago was elected as associ- ate member of the Royal Academy, has progreioed to full membership andcaa now write R.A. after his name. Eng- lish artists whom he has distanced ara reported quite glvim. The Queen's coronation ring is nevai) out of her sight, and is worn by Jier^ every evening. It Is a band of gold oontaining a cross in rubies, surround- ed by white brilliants. A coronation ring is suuposed to symbolize the we<t- ding of the sovereign with the na- tion. Lord Cranbrook is tired of common- place sport) and has imported) 100 Hun- garian partridges, which will be turned loose on his moors in Kent. In foon huge crates tbe birds arrive frook Hungary, and are no^ in an aviary ,i where they will remain until the cloaa of the present shooting season puts an end to the danger ot their being kill- ed. "Vanity Fair" says that whan Don Jaime, the son of Don Carlos, was at school in England, one of his olden school-fellows was one^ day seen vigor- ously kicking him. .\3ked what Jatma bud done to provoke such treatment the English buy answered: "He hasn't done anything, but perhaps bell b* King one of tlieee days, and if be ia I want to be able to say that I onoA kicked the King of Spain." Lady Randolph Churchill baa ogav into racii^. It appears that she is a partner with R. J- Lacey in iha yearling Florentine, which they have leased for the season lo Lord Card- nwB. Uer ladyabipi is not tbe first ot her rank aud sex to enter into compe- tion upon tbe turf. 'Ihe late Duchesa of Montrose was well known in racing circles, where she operated under a masculine name. â€" "M. Milner. ' Cecil Rhodes' is greatly averse to b»- ing intervie>ved. After a recent inter- view at the Colonial Office with Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Rhode* eluded the reporters by slipping out of a back door originally inueuded as an exit In case of fire, bat which bad not been used for years. The door was opened at Mr. Rhodes' siieoial request. A> 'lozen reporters kicked their heels ou4 in the iMid air in front of the onl]f. known exit for a long time after thuir expected quarry had escoped. It is not generally knuwu that when- ever Mr. Gladstone takes a railway journey one of his enihusiastio ad- mirers invariably contrives to gain ad- luiMiiou lo the platform and present him witJi a bouquet of flowers. He is a well-known fUirist at Windsor, where his remarkable devotion to the Grand Old M;tn is a matter for continual com- ment. When Mr. Gladstone left Char- ing CrosB for the South of France, his admirer appeared armed with the usua^ graceful tribute, and the flowers look- ed, if possible, even more beautil^ Chan any of his previous gifts. A USEFUL HINT. Tortoise shell comts and pins for the hair are very muoh ^vom at present, aud a knowledge of how to restore iha beauty and luster of suoli ornaments is of value. iVn old-f&^ioued recipe book, written when such ornomenta were treasured by i;lie graudmothera ot the present generation, advises rub- bing tbe polished surface with powder- ed rotten stone and oil. The rotten stone should be first sifted through fine muslin. This will remove all soratcjj- es; then a polish is to be applied by gentle rubbing with a cb.-imois to which a little jeweleucs' souge has been applied- u f J