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IMO}! aorta. Set< again warn. Plaid? all the rage. Skirts grow fuller all around. The hm billet in in high favor. Jerseys an. more popular thancver. The hair is worn higher in the bi :k. Lavender and lilac shades are revised. Muslin and lace inlay-cote! :rc revived. G lacy wool fabrics will be worn again. Bridnr' dresses and: rigucur long trained. Boneda and sage greens are again in vogue. A new and pretty shade of pink is firm- logo. figures. Pointed velvet girdles appear on many dressy suits. Rubies are now set with the diamonds worn by brides. The white not de Suede is relegated to brides this falL deerou velveteen is the latest candidate for popular favor. Little pantie, boys, misses, and grown women all wear jerseys. The leading sleeve is in the coat shape, lulled in on the shoulder. Arcadia velveteens are imported in all the new colon and shadrs. Crepcre veiling is a new crepe-like wool fabric for evening wear. There is an effort on the other side to re. vivc alpaca as a dress fabric. Gloves in shades of brown and tan will be worn with all sorts of dresses. Llotb is combined with velvet and velvet- een for tailor made walking suits. The most popular early fall wrap for all occasions is the walking jacket. Black velvet is worn to excess for carriage and afternoon recs;- tion toilets. Mate-lasso and Ottoman silks are most in use for combinations with velveteen. The marriage bell is displaced for the floral umbrella at fashionable weddings. Bridesmaids must for the present rim-s all in one color, pale rose being the favorite hue. Brocaded velvets for children's special wear come in small ligures and narrow stripes. l’lain velveteen skirts are worn wit bodices, tunics 1nd polonaiscs of plain wool stufl's, r VOL. XI... 9 Blame bodice: are becoming only tosligbt l ' out same. i : My spirit is unbroken. nv stirs. ll. PERKINS, min-:1. est-tn YEAR. Old Time. [.30 not fear thee. Though on my check and in my hair 1 hou hast left thy chilly token. “'hat though thy knell ls ringing. And my bloom of youth has tied, My own dear flowers are flinging A halo round my head. Oh. no! I do not fear thee When my own dear girls are nigh. l My bloom of youth is on their Check, My laughter in their eye. And as they gather round me, Their loudest love is mine. I om Time. Old Time. I thank time, I For these rich gifts of thine. Though thou hast stolen youth and heath. And beauty from my brow. And urany a grace that once I had, i cannot boast of now, I will not trouble thee about Those petty thefts of thine. if than will only leave with me Those gems that now are mine. . -._... UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. HY )lABl-Zl. S. EMEIIY. ---. (rzosvwnI-zn.) The old gentleman beamed upon him with an air of sympathy. “This is the way to the station.” he said, and pointed straight down the village street. That train must be caught at all events. \Vill could hear it approaching now, and the deeper tone of its clatter as it crossed the river. Of all the unlucky chances 1 He h hurried on down the sidewalk with keen ap- rehensions of a certain small boy whom he might possibly meet. It seemed to be a pleasant village. There were fall elms and Lace-trimmed hanslhrchicfa 3'0 [Wt 50 thick-leaved maples and horse-chestnuts on fashionable as embioulerod and hemstttcl-xd either side of the “mo“, roadway, and the onus \‘clvet and satin ray» or stripes of relief: all very trim and nicely kept. lawns and flower-beds on either hand were Here there and satin are in high favor in Paris just at was a target and a group of two or three the moment. Several fashion journals of note,recom- mend Arcadia velveteeus for lad children's suits. Skirts are short, scarcely touching the ground, and slightly raised at the back by the tournurc. young people, evidently just through with a it o archery-practice ; one of the number ics' and \Vill recognized as the young man who had carried the express-package home for Miss Bradley. This wasa pleasant house beyond, â€"â€"a cottagehouse, low and broad, with a wide piazza on three sides ; a wilderness of flowers here, and some sort of annual creep. IIumming-birds and other flat-feathered 01‘. With 80“ white 3PM!!! Of feathery b103- omsments 00 an dresses. The most fashionable buttons are bullet shaped, small. and when of steel, pet, or metal are facetted. p the draperies of lame Parisi- som, running along the low fence-rail. Oh, that train 1 If he should miss it. “ I beg your pardon,” said \Vill, touching his but, as he came almost into collision with a lady who issued from a side-gate. She came from behind a tall hedge of lilacs, and Black gloves will be ""in for “'5'“ With he had had no warning of her approach. all sorts of dresses and on all occasions, ex- Sho glanced up at him for just an Instant. cept weddings. Iand then bowed without speaking. Then Steel gray cashmere is becomingly worn some one followed her through‘the hedge- as a po velveteen skirt. Lace rullles inside high vclv ' among the latest and most becotning novel- ties in neck lingerie. Velvet hats and bonnots to match dresses are worn by young girls and children as well as by grown women. \Valkiug~jackcts in fleece-lined jersey webbiugmnd trimmed with Astruchan plush, frog buttons and bison braids. The small but of limp felt of the same col. oras the costume is the correct wear for tailor-made cloth, choviot, and flannel suits. Clasps and buckles of metal, jet, and smoked pearl adorn the sashes and draperies of littlochildren’s, misses, and lntliea' dressy suits. The colors preferred for girls’ dressy suits and outer garments are pigeon gray, sap- phire blue and red in tho garnet and ruby shadts. Bridesmaids must wear short trains on alrort Kate (lreooawny dresses in pain colors, with Ivonne-ts to match, if the wedding is at church. *I’hâ€"flâ€" Cotswuyo and Colouso. A letter from Miss Culenso, addressed to Cetowayo, announcing the death of her father. the hits Bishop Column. has been published. together with Cotownyo's reply. Miss Coltuso, writing from Bishop- town. Natal, in touching words cou~ vcya ber mouruiul tidings, mingling her statements with expressions of resignation and of hope. Cetowayo's reply, although dill'uso, is indicative of real tooling. and is significant (I the influence which Dr. Col- euso had scruircd over the mind of the Zulu King. l‘ho latter compares the death of the Bishop to that of blues, who did not reach tho Promised Land. but “died when he was nearly arriving." “So we, too, ray," observes Cctow»: o, “ that our father Sobantu has diet when he was about to reach the Land of Promiseâ€"We. mean, the setting right of this our country. for our trust was grvatju SobantuJ: Cotewajo ex- pres-es a With to be oerrnrttsd to set up a memorial stouo over l)r. Colenso’s. grave and with pathetic simplicity begs Miss Col- euso to sec that the stone is not set up by others. although he is unable to do It at once. for want of money. He requests Miss Coir-n50 and her brother to undertake this tribute on his behalf. and promises that he will re y them the cost as soon as he has finisher the lighting which be has on hand. Whatever may have been Cctewayo‘a faults, it is impossible to read this letter without sympathy. and without feeling that there ll something of manlineu and ot tender- ness in that " savage" brushâ€"Christian ll'orlrl. _...___â€".»<-.->«â€"â€"â€"..__ Tolsphcnle Electricity. The hiloscpher and eminent electrician, l‘rol. ‘sraday. uncc said: ”There was a time when I thought I know Ionialhin about the'mattcr. but the longer I live, an the more unfully I study the subject. the more convinced lam of my total ignorance of the nature of electricity." The telephones In use are only a means by which the sense of hearing is quickest-d, and the peculiar manner of.spplyi_ng the means ol which the conversation is con- ducted is much thought of by those who have given the subject serious attention. It would ap r amusing to see a person take a piece ofiroa or steel about the site of an ordinary lead pencil. and connected by con- ductiag sites to a telegraph wire, and pheamradoftbsirou mascara-ad by such a simple pccsss hold corrugation with another paras: mike apart. \st this is done every time a revolving telephone is placed to the car. .Thcuuruetrf the tale- pbcnelscnl a 'cc of steelvmcgacu'se-i, and who toths car magnetiza- the ct collnre are wait a minute! lonaise or tunic over a gray or black opening. That was Charley Bradley l “ Why, Mr. I’enhallow l-Say, Dora. ; Here’s George I’enhal- low." > For tlrespaco of a second \Vill thought of taking to iguomiuious flight; ~ but; Miss Bradley had turned toward him with a look of frank surprise and pleasure. “I am very glad to see you." she. said. “ You were jUnt coming to find us? This is the house, ~tlre one you’ve just passed.” And she of- fered her hand with a charming air of wol- come. It was not in human nature to refuse it. “ Iâ€"thnt isâ€"I'm afraid, perhapsâ€"some other time," said Will rather incoherently. “ It is nearly time for the train, I think.” Miss Bradley shook her head, and revealed two big dimples as she smiled. “It is too late for that train," she said. “Besides, mother will be disappointed if you go away without seeing her. You haven’t been in al- ready, have you i" “ No,” said Will, with the calmness of despair, as he heard the train slow down at the station. “ I didn't know where you lived." » “ l'ru awful glad you came.” said Char- Iiu. - "hey turned toward the house with the broad pianos, and \Vill mechanically turned too. What could he say 2 What must he no? ' " \\'u have spoken of you chemâ€"mother and I," said Dora, looking no froru under the brim of her shadehat. lie was not so absorbed in misery but that he noticed how soft and dark her eyes were: he had an es« pccial fancy for fair heir and dark eyes. “we hoped you would call some time. You haven't torgotteu us quite 2” “ Do you think [could 2" said \Vill. They wenti'up the front path together, Charlie announcing his arrival by a vigorous slum of the gate. "Oh. I hoped not," said Dora, with an- other dtmple. "We used to have such pleas- ant times when we were children together. In this way, please. I'll tell mother you are here." He must say something. This must not 0 on. ‘ What should he do? “'hat he did 0 was to allow himself to he ushered into the sitting-room, relieved of his hat, and then left for an instant alone. Again a vague notion of precipitate flight came into his mind, and he had just madcn lightning cal- culation of the time required to get out to the street, when the hostess entered,-â€"-a lit- tle woman in wrdow’s dress. her gray hair shaded by a white cap with long, floating strings. Mrs. Bradley also shook hands with him very cordially. " We're very glad to sec on. George." she said, in a voice ve like or daughter's. "Dear mo 1 how muc seven years have changed you 1 I can hardly believe you are the some boy.” \\ ill was not quite sure of the matter him- self. “And how is your aunt now i" asked the lady. with sympathetic interest. as she took an arm-chair near bisown. "I have often thought of herauzl wished we might hear from her." “She is quite well. thank you," said Will. That sounded safe, at all events. “ But doesn't she use crutches still I" asked Mrs. Bradley.in some surprise. “0h. 'aa'm, she does have to use them still." said the visitor with a guilty blush which was hidden by the twilight. “ I meantâ€"quite well for her." "And where are you living now!" oou~ tinned the catechism "The last I heard was about your breaking up the household at Hartford and going South for Mrs. Carriag- ton'a health.” Will thought that rocking-chair the mast uncomfortable piece of furniture be had ever imagined. Pmcrustcs a bed was a mild pleusaulry compared with it. tic made a mental journey around the earth. and then made a desperate jump at the truth. " In Shirts ," he said. ‘il a a very pretty place. I this . “'cru you ever there. ' "No; but us have friends there,â€"Dr. ‘1" Tbs u’s family, and the Undera'oods. In Shirlsy! It is really odd that we should preach of when." ml "‘5‘- am“! 'i“ u" both have moved iathis direction, isn't it: I \‘hsc tho email-further cam thcfuamaybcfallydmtcd thattbc mudmttkc' "dcrsstberccuving. Tbshkpbcustbcfdmmtntalaortrau- nittbamsdcfthchamvm (harks Monikhlauriuhishtâ€" ten of invert-(tine toJ‘ark lawn and Shirlsyllrcch. I suppose you didn't know we had, moved, w ' " No, indeed 2" said WilL “I hadn‘t the least idea of it." "And do you have that funny Scotch- woman for housekeeper now 3" asked Dora.” " You," said Will. more Milly. “She's just tbeunnrusver. too.“ “Doymrrememberm tinesbcputcay- cans in the ginger-snaps! llosr we did laugh ! But. then. Maggie was pretty good, on the whole. \i’e used to two bar dread- fully." “ \Vho’s Maggie 3" demanded Charlie of his mother. "The housekeeper at Mrs. Carrington’s, who used to take care of George when he was alittle boy.-â€"-I find I call you George just as I used. It doesn't seem natural to say ‘Mr. Penhallow.’ ” “'ill's dark eyes shone involuntarily. “ I wish you would," he said. “I don't like 5 have you say ‘Mr. Penhallow. .. “ So you are really settled down at Shir- ley T" repeated Mrs. Bradley. “I am glad we know each other's vicinity at last. We mine very near spending a week there this summer. Are you acquainted with the Thayers yet 2" “ 0h, yes’m," said “'ill, with incautious promptness. " I have always kapwn them." The lady's eyebrows went up over so little in polite question. " I mean we‘ve known them ever since we went into town ; and they are so pleasant. one feels as if one had known them always,” be hastened to explain. Iie secretly blessed his stars that he was acquainted with these people in reality and could know whereof he spoke. . “ Then you know Kitty Thayer !" cried Dora. with girlish enthusiasm. “She's just the dearest girl in all the world l “'e were the greatest friends at school.” It was too late for any but the most abrupt and horible retreat. \Vill made up his mind that he would face the matter out, see the joke through if he could, and cut the visit as short as civility would allow. The absurdity of the situation was a continual appeal to his sense of fun, and it made his eyes dance along with the most demure re- plies. If he could only keep the talk on Shirley, he was comparitively safe : so, with growing case, he began to talk more about the town, the neighbors, and society amuse- merits. “But, dear me !" interposed Mrs. Brad- ley, after a while, “how did you get here I am sure you haven't been to tea!" Will explained as well as possible how he had walked over from Fultonbury, and pro- tested that he wanted nothing to eat or drink ; but Miss Dom had vanished already like a household fairy, to make some needed preparations. It seemed a charmingly cor- dial, hospitable household into which he had blundered. 0h, why could not Fate have made him “George Ponhallow". in re. ality, so that he might have some right to all this stolen frendliness ! He wondered with a. whimsical sense of the logical fitness of things, whether he should not find lum- self instinctively pocketing the silver fork» laid out for him in the dining-room. Dora joured out the tea. She made it a great deal too strong ; but the guest would have drunk it if it had been hemlock. She had a delightful way of laughing at an amusing story or an odd reminiscence,â€"uot the self- conscious, high-pitched, hysterical giggle of . so many young ladies, but a simple, spon- taneous laugh that seemed to bubble up of itself from the depths of happy fun. The Fates seemed to smile on hopocrisy and fraud that night; for, after the first ter- ror of family inquiries had passed, the con- versation drifted hero and there among more general topics, and Mr. Penhallow’s‘ double took courage to make himself enter- taining. He inspected and prescribed for a kits of Charlie’s, rather weak in the back, gossipcd with Mrs. Bradley about: the Tony- ers and the Underwoods and Shirley in gen- eral,'lauglied with Dora over the photo- graph-albums, and, in a guilty and appre- hensive fashion, really began to enjoy him- self. “Idon't care," said Dora, with a be- witching littlo pout, as they turned the page where she had been portrayed at, the age of five, in short sleeves, very full pctti~ coats, and an enormous hat. "We used to have a picture of you even funnier than that ; one where you had your hands folded in a. solemn way, and your feetlooked very big, and one look of hair stood, straight up on the crown. I can't imagine whatever he- came of that picture. Somebody must have stolen it." -"I owe somebody a debt of gratitude,” said ” Mr. I’enhallow," with rather more fervor than the occasion seemed to demand. _ “You’ve chau ed ever so much," said Dora. frankly. “ on’t you think so, mother? â€"I should hardlyâ€"\Vhy, yes, I suppose I should have known you.” ' . Their visitor blushed through the vaca- tion tan, and kind-hearted Mrs. Bradley thought it was'dili‘idence, so she changed the subject. ' The evening was long, very long; still, when the moment of departure drew near. \Vill hardly know whether he was so very lad of it after all. It must naturally be a final good-bye that he would say to these peo is when he left then,â€"a final good-bye to tilts girl with the soft, dark eyes and the infectious laugh. It was time to go, at last. . “ Give my best love to your aunt, please,” said Mrs. Bradley. "We shall go over to see her before long. We shall be very glad to see you here any time. It is always pleasant to meet old friends." ”You are very good," said Will, feeling like a pickpockst. _ “ I didn’t thank you for those lovely pink pond-lilies,” said Dora. “ They were beau- tiful . I never saw any before." She and Mrs. Bradley were standing by the hall door as he stepped out on the piazza. “How sweet the flowers are I" said Will rather hastily. “Yours hero, I mean. What is it 2â€" mi onstto 1‘" “ Get a ittle bunch, Dora, for George to take to Mrs. Carrington,” suggested her mother. "Yes, our flowers have been doing nicely this year. I should like to send just a blossom or two to your aunt. if you will take it. There is picanty of time before the train gets here." Dora came out, barehcaded, and knelt be- side the border of mignoncttc. The light from the open door streamed out over the pony-beds, causing the loose wavey threads of fair hair around the girlish forehead to gleam like an uncle. Pansies came next. lie would have to take the will for the deed astocolors, she said: it was too darkto pick out the prettiest ones. And did lie- did Mra. Can-ingtouâ€"like verbcnae and sweet-peas 3 She wished he could see their morning-glories. They were just one blaze of color on the east piazza. What would be have for can! lloscvgeranium! Oh, yes, and a bit of lemon- ium too. for the scent. “Why, everything about it is sweet!“ said the aarucner innocently, when the little noaegay was all gathered tad tied up with a bit of wanted from her pocket. “Mr. Pen- ballow" smiled approval. "Everything," he assented. "Yes, you are right, bliss Dora. It is precisaly artist I like but." " Oh, but it isn't yours. you know." sug- gested Don. “It's for your aunt." ' " I shall keep it till I see her." said Will, and than he turned bisbackou Paradiscand started for Qingdao. Iisl looked behad instance, aw yous gir standing'in e lighted doorway, and aIl at once it closed. and left him in darkness outside the gate. "klchaschangcdagreatdeal ins - sum since hens a young boy.” said Bradley ; "and be is more quiet and retiring than I fancied!” migbtbc. ' ” Poor fellow l" mid Dora. “liaw bash- aay to him, he seemed soâ€".-o stiff and de- mure and proper. Really and truly [believe I shouldn't have known birri, except for his eyes,â€"-oh, yes, and that queer. long nose. lie isn't so good-looking as he used to be." “ I like his looks." amid the mother. "I alwa ‘s thought George would turnout well, and am pretty sure he has done so. We must go over and call on Mrs. Carrington next week." The next morning but one, Dora came home from the post-office with an air of mys. tificatiou. “ A letter for you. mother; important business document. ‘If not delivered within ten days, return to Smith, Brown & 00., Wholesale hide and leather dullers'. Are you going into hides and leather? Well, perhaps it may be advisable, considering the way Coarlie stubs through the toes of his boots.“ "I can’t imagine what it is.” said Mrs. Bradley, scanning the business envelo . “Your father used to know Mr. Smit ; but I don’t see why I should hear anything from them." She opened the enclosure,â€" 3 full sheet written in a round, graceful haud,â€"and Dora knelt beside the chair and read it with her. Mas. BRADLEY: DEAR Mannaâ€"What am I going to write? I hardly know my- self. Iwill begin at the beginning, and tell the whole story just as it is. “ To begin with, then : I, your visitor of last night, am not George Penhallow, who- ever that young man may be, but; \Villis Prince, book-keeper for the firm whose ad- dress is given on this sheet. As for the im- position 1 came to practice upon you, I am heartily sorry for the impertinenco involved in it, but hope you may see it was not a matter of deliberate contriving. It began With a harmless practical joke, and seemed to grow of itself and in spite of me. I live with my father, Captain Prince, in Shirley. Some months ago, on my way home one night, I saw a number of boys at the station, your little son amon them, and called out ‘HullOU, Charlie!’ atga‘. venture, to sec if one would answer to the name : so when he re- plied, I inquired for the family. I used to see him there 'quito often, afterward, and kept up the joke simply for its own sake, with no idea of play ing the impostor in any practical fashion ; but yesterday I was, as I told you, obliged to walk over from Fulton- bury to take the train. Even then I did not recognize the place, under the strange name by which I knew it, and had not the remot- est intention of a. masquerade, whenâ€"I moi: Miss Bradley and her brother. They will tell you how rzfitoided their hospitality to the point of apparent rudeness. \Vns I ve much to blame for accepting it at last? “ Of what Inlay have said and what was said to me during that evening, I confess I have but vague ideas. I felt as if I were a scamp, but could not quite bring myself to the point of confession. then and there, and every moment: of delay made the matter worse. , ' “ I know this introduction in my proper person is not at all to my credit ; but your kindness to ‘Gsorge I’cnhsllow’ makes me Want to ask a favor for Willis Prince. \Vill yculet me make his reputation better? I have lived in Shirley all my life, and it seems you know some of my friends there. If you would ask Dr. Thayer or Judge Un- derwood, I think they would say I am not generally) quite an unreliable rascal. Or my employers’ firm intho city woul’i tell whatever you might choose to ask. “If you would let. me some time call again at your house in North Gilbert and apolo- gize in person, 'I should by most grate- fully, as I am now mosl; respectfully, yours. . ' ‘ - “WILLIS Famux Purses.” “Well, Imust say!" said Mrs. Bradley feebly,â€"which was a rather indefinite ob- servation after all. Dora began to laugh. “0h, mother ! it's too funny! Just im- agine my drawing the poor fellow in here, and thinking he was so bashful, and calling him George, and everything l Oh, dear, dear me i” “And he talked so quecrly about his aunt i" said Mrs. Bradley. "And he was so afraid he’d miss that train 1" said Dora. “Oh, dear l I don’t wonder. And he couldn’t help himself, after being taken by surprise in such a way. For my part, I think the imposition was about even." “ Well, I am utterly struck dumb," said Mrs. Bradley impressively. He is the liv- ing image of George Peuhallow, too. I shouldn’t imagine two coplo could look so much alike. 1 was really pleased with the way George had grown up. me i" Dora was silent. . ” And now this letter. letter. I think.” “ Yes, it is,” said Dora. ever know of anything so absurd? shall you do 3" “ I don’t know,” said Mrs. Bradley, fold- ing and unfolding Will's letter in psrplexity. “ e really seemed to too a nice boy. I And he knows Dr. Thny. I â€" don'tâ€"- It’s a very good “ But did you What really liked him. er and the Underwoods. know." Dora stooped to pick up Charlie's jack- knife from the floor, and it made her cheeks flush just a little before she spoke again. “ Whyâ€"don't you think, mother,â€"-l sup- pose it wouldn’t do any harmâ€"just to ask Dr. Thayer 2" Will did call again at North Gilbert, and clothed in his own personality. lie has called several times since then. “ But, oh. you wicked hypocrite!" said Dora one day, “to tell us you would give those flowers to your aunt !" “ You're mistaken, bliss Dora,"said Will, gravely. “The only aunt I ever. had is dead, you know. I told you I would keep them till I see her; and I shall !"â€"1A'ppin- colf'a Magazine. ('rui: sxn.) The Kai-unhips of Actresses. During the long nine or ten months of the season married actresses can have no comfort with their children, no intercourse with them, can take no care of them. I read a day or two ago a story of a girl who was called to a Sunday night rehearsal. Her father was very ill, but the rental of their rooms, the fees for the doctor and money for the drugs depended upon her attending to her business. It was imperative that she should be in the theatre at half-past 7. Hav- ing arranged the room as women only can, having placed upon a table by the bedside of her father his medicine, the kissed him good- bye. and, with a loving touch. promised to be back as earl as possible. You know what Sunday night rehearsals mean. They mean i. 2. 3.4o'clock out da '. That is what this one meant. The girl tenet! home. The candle-light had gone, the cold gray of the early morning was in the room. the father was dad upon the bsd.-â€"Pliiladclpliia Press. Consumption an Infectious Discuss. The “'isconsin State Medical Society. during its recent annual session, passed a resolution virtually declaring wnsumption tobeen infectious disease, under ' the necessity of the proper isolation and didn- fection of those sufieriag from it. A clerk at a Pittsburgh stockyard ap- propriately refers to his salary as a “ sty- peanut." fol he was at first ! I didn’t know what to ‘ Dear, dear S IVKICE IS HOST VALUABLE ? A Duty to children. I am sadly conscious that thousands of mothers arsso over-burdened that the ac- tual demands of life, from day to day. con~ some all their time and strength. But “ of trvo evils choose the least ;" and which would you call the least. an unpolisbed stove or an untaught be 2 Dirty windows. or a child whose confi ence you have failed to gain! tears and your fervent prayers ! i Vanderbilt‘s Great Wealth and new It Is Cobwebs in the corner, or a son bonds left. over whose soul a crust has formed so strong Shore and New York Central. that you despair of melting it with your hot more of i: in Lake Shore. Invested. In his correspondence to the Cincinnati Enquirer "Gath" gives the followin in~ teresting gossip regarding \‘ander ilt's wealth and his relation to the New York Central :â€" ” Can you tell me," I asked " where Van- derbilt's money, I mean the old man‘s money, is invested!" "He has $5,000,000 in Government He has $20,000,000 in Lake bably He has .10,000.- 000 in Northwestern stock and bonds. lie I have seen a woman who was absolutely has stock in the Red Line and other freight ignorant of her children's habits of thought, companies. who never felt that she could s He has something in Michigan re a half Central. I estimate his wealth at from $150,- hour to read or talk with themâ€" have seen 000,000 to $200,000,000. this woman spend ten minutes in ironing a " Here is the report of the Central up to sheet_â€"there were six in the washingâ€"one one year ago. It had only 4,500 stockhold- bour in listing the rallies and arranging the ers in 1880. Two years later it had 7,500. puffs of her little girl's “sweet white suit ;" That shows that Vanderbilt had sold his already bright an frosting and decorating a cake for too, be cause “company" was expected. \Vhen the mother, a good orthodox Chris- tianâ€"shall appear before the Great White Throne, to be judged for “ the deeds done in the body," and to give in her report of the Master‘s treasures placed in bercareâ€"thcro will be questions and answers like these : thee 2” clean and in order. and my children wan- dered away I” "Where wert thou when thy sons and thy daughters were learning lessons of dis- honesty, malice, and impurity 2 " ”Lord, I was polishing furniture and willing dresses and making beautiful rugs 1" "What hast thou to show for thy life- work?" “The tidiest house, Lord, and the best starchirrg and ironing in all our neighbor- hood !” . v 0h !. these children l these children; The restless, eager boys and girls whom we love more than our own lives l Shall we devote our time and strength to that which perish- etli. while the rich garden 'of our child's soul lies neglected, with foul weeds choking out; all worthy and beautiful growths? Shall we exalt the incidentals of life to the rank of a purpose, to the shutting out of that work whose results reach beyond the stars '3 Fleeting oh! mother, are the days of childhood; and specklcss windows, snowy linen, and consciousness that everythin about the house is faultlessly bri hi: an 1'37 clean, will be poor comfort in tint day wherein we shall. discover that;- our poor boy's feet have chosen the path that shall take him out of the way to all eternity.â€" Ilarriet 11!. Morris in Woman's Journal. 0*“â€" He has Sworn. Astranger who was hanging around the State Fair grounds yesterday morning acted in a manner to attract the attention of a policeman, who proceeded to make some eu- quiries touching his business. “ It's all right, officerâ€"all right," replied the man as he rested his back against the fence. “My name’s W biteâ€"Jim White, of Isabella County.” “ That's satisfactory.” " And I reached here only two hours ago, after walking most of the way. I'm here to take this thing all in.” “ Yes.” “Last time I was here to the Fair I only had $12, but a pickpockot got $7 'of that. This time I’ve got 822, and nobody gets a cent. There’s $4 in each boot, $6 in my on- dershirt pocket, and the rest is sort 0’ scat- tered around promiscuously in my various pockets." “ Guess you are safe." “ You bet 1 Last time I was here it cost me my cash to buy fodder. See that bag 1’ lVell, I've got four loaves of bread, ten pounds of meat, and thirty-two boiled eggs in there for fodder. saying nothing of pick- les and crackers.’ I don't reckon any restart- rant will get; ahead of me.” “ You are well fixed, indeed." " There's a. man from our county got abig calf here. The three of us are going to sleep together in the stall, and that: will save lodg- ings. I’ve got my watch tied to my ocket neither dust nor wet can hurt my c othes, and if any one goes for me I've got a. lot of pepper to throw in his eyes. “ Well, well." “I'm going to beat: my way in as a preach- or," continued the man, “ and I'm going to at a seat on the grand stand by claiming that I'm a member of the Legislature. Once in I don't come out till the lust hog is shipped for home. I'm oing to begin with the Jersey calf and to e in everythiugclcar back to the wind-mills, and if you near Gov. Begole inquiring if J im White, of old Isabella, has shown up you can assure him that I'm on dcckand chuck full of biling hot enthusiasm." o-.- " For Sale." A Dstroiter who advertised a horse for sale last week noted down the objections of all who called to look at the animal and some of them are here given : “ Too large." “ Too small." “ Too old." “ Not old enough." “ Too lively.” “ Rather too slee y." “ Object to the w ite hind feet." f “\Vould take her if she had more white eet.’ " Don't like her color." ” Color is just right. but she is too fat." “ Weighs too much.“ “ Don t wei it enough." “ Has a b e e." " Eyes all rig t. but cars too small." h ” Yes, handsome ears, but the nose spoils er." " Legs all stocked up." “ Legs all right, but feet bad." If Shakspeare had said that no man knew what he wanted in a horse there would be none to dispute it. N Laughevora for Ladies. Superior court: Sparking a rich girl. Young ladies should not forget that Goli- ath died from the effects of a bang on his forehead. A young lady calls her beau “ Honey- suckle,"bocsusc be is always hanging over the front railings. “ Receivers Igiver 3";Mildred (who is " wi in’ ")z “ arry, t e say we're en- !" Harry (who is thinkin “ at we know we're not, don't we 2" "Smoking may be a bad habit." he said, as he rode basidczprctty Philadelphia ' l, “but that habit yours is perfectly fill- ing.” The marriage took place next day. " I want to get a pair of driving gloves." said a uential looking duck. entering Lieut- furnishing store and addressing a y attendant. “Buckskin 3" asked the polite ulcswoman. “ Oh, no," replied the rmpstnous customer. “I want something that will match tbscolorof y skin. ‘ “Oh, you do f'replis-d the lady. quickly tak' down a box from the shelf. ” trya marital these calfskin: 1" He has nevusincspatroâ€" sizad a stm where there are woman at- tendaats. ' York Central ten :years g it over} : . thirty minutes intpollsbing tins which were long line’ of stacks, whatever he may say, clean; forty minutes to and that a larger public had got hold of them. Again, the funded debt of the New ago was only $27,000,000; last year it was $43,000,000. liars you can read in the official report the figures. Again, the fixed charges on the Ixcw York Central, :by which I mean inter- est on the bonds, were only $2,000,000 a year. and last year they were $5,500,000, "Where are the boys and girls I gave which that road has to earn before anybody can geta dividend on his stock. At the “Lord, I was busied keeping my house same time, asyou can see by followin or finger, the net earnings of the Now gYork Central Railroad are not as large by $2,000,- 000 as they were nine years ago. They were just the some in 1882 that they were 1111372.” ' Said I, “ Why do you turn so particular- ly to the Central stock?" - “Because it has led all the properties in the United States, certainly in this stock market. for years past. It has been paying S per cent. It is tho backbone of the New York stock market. It has id over 37.- 000,000 a. year in dividends in levon years. making 977,000,000. When it tumbles 30 per cent. it is for reasons which are general to the whole stock list." “ Have Vanderbilt’s sons no influence to fight this stock back to where it was 3" ”They have lost money trying to stem the tide in the stock market. Every one of Vanderbilt's strong supporters who has stood in the way- of this current of liquida- tion has been hurt badly. Mr. Vanderbilt's oldest son, Cornelius, is a. very worthy man. He attends the prayer-meotin in the New York Central depot every Sun 'y afternoon, and he started that branch of the Christian association which meets there. \Villiam K. Vanderbil‘ti,‘ the next: son, is the 'presi- dent of the Nickel-Plato road and in the executive board of the Central, but he knows enougbto see that the smaller fortunes of himself and his family could be swept away on the bull side of things at present. The fact is that, as great as the increase of our country is in population and production, it has not grown as fast. as competition. The increase is being perpetually discounted by new carrying corporations. Next year the entire way business of the New York Cen- tral will be divided up by an active young rival. " ._....._'..__‘__ The Doctors. Tire doefors, God bless them. are our very good friends. ‘~The are the first who wel- comeus to this war (I of mingling tears and sunny smiles, and when we can be of no further use in this life, when we have been served with an imperative summons to quit, a summons so imperative that no one has over ventured to disobeyâ€"-there are general- ly one or more of them at hand to give us a sympathetic send-oil, cheerful as the nature of the case admits. into the life beyond. ‘1“- natured persons sometimes contend at exits from this "vale of tours” are occas u- ally rendered more expeditious under the assiduous attentions of these gentlemen than there is any very pressing necessity for ; but we pay no attention to gossip of that kind. Other wiseacres say that certain pilutes, draughts and potions judiciously administered will sullico to keep a patient for quite a large number of weeks in a state of most interesting invalidism, or still more interesting convalescenco. during which period the doctor often “ drops in” more as a friendly acquaintance, you know. than a physician, and drops out again a dollar or two the richer. \Vc have noverhad any experience of this kind, but has, on the contrary, found the doctors to ho “jolly good follows," as a rule. There are black sheep among them though, and into some bands we certainly would not like to fall. Serious bleeding in more sensors than one Would be to be feared. But what a paying profession it must be to judge by the “style" some of these modern lisculapians keep up. .__._.. .â€".-pâ€"â€". The Work Young Girls Might Do. I wish it were in my power to persuade young girls who wonder what they shall do to earn their living, that it is really hotter to choose some business that is in tho line of a woman's natural work. There is a great rcpuguauce at the thought of being a ser- vant, but agirl is no less a servant to the man who owns the shop where she stands all day behind the counter than she is where . sho waits upon the table or cooks the din- nor in apleasant house; and to my mind there would not be a minute's question be- tween the two ways of going out to service. The wages are better, the home is better, the freedom and liberty are double in one what they are in the other. If. instead of the sham service that is given by ignorant and really over-paid servants to-day, sensi' blc New England girls who are anxious to be taking care of themselves and earning good wages would fit thamseles at the cook- mgs schools, or any way they found avail- able, they would not long wait for employ. ment and would be valued immensely by their employers. When one realizes how hard it is to find good women for every kind of work in our houses, and what prices many rich people are more than willing to pay if they can be well suited, it is a wonder more girls are not ready to seize the chances. It Is because such work has been almost always so carelessly and badly done, that it has fallen into disrepute, and the doors of it have taken such ow rank. Nobody takes the trouble to fit herself properly, but women trust to being taught and finding out their duties after they assume such positions, not below-Sum 0. Jewell, in Boston Co - rlrrgalionalisl. When a Woman is may. Woman is just too awfully lovely, ex- claims the Bowling Green Gazette, in newly- lanndriod “'srnsutta and law when fresh from close communion with lot soap and crystal. watery bath. all!» has the ripe- peacb fragrance of paradise and the breath of the cape jasmine of the tropical smpyrsan. When a fellow to the windward of a pretty woman who is filling the at; with sweetness andpurity as she trips gracefully along, be. delicately aside the air for an ,hour, all! he had gota snatchol heavenly perfume and was trying to woo another whiff from over the celestial battlemcats. Godblcas thewornsu. If thmwere nous an earth bakbhsadod men and babies would be awfully scarce, and worth 3 would loss more than half its flavor. ' It is a movement that will not only Lord Welcalcy ca Temperance. The most succesful militar euro 11de England can now bout is Lord -\\ olesley. There can be no doubt that much of his success is attributable tonot tool his personal totalabstiusnce but also to is earnest efforts that all his soldiers shall also abstain. ~. At a in ' at Wilton Park. a few weeks Ago. General Volcslcy was [unsuited with an address, and in his rcply he made the following signifi' cant statements :â€" “As you have stated iathls address, I have long had the very greatest interest in -Tcmp;rancc, and during the c pcrtuuitica : that vc beenati‘orded me, by «Majesty. to command military expeditions, I have rolways endeavoured not only by setting an :axample myself, but also by prcau'n upon cthers the great necessity which I felt ex- istcd.for Temperance amongst those under my immediate command. (Hear, hear). Since the Red River expedition. to which I referred. yesterday, I have also beenassoets' t- ed With troopers, many of whom were not only tsmperaucc‘mcn, but Total Absalom. Recently inSoutb Africa my personal body guard, the men around me who formed the detachment at head quarters. were almost cxclusival Temperance men. I never had any tron ewith them. no man could possi- bly behave better; their spirits were good and health equally good, and the chearmeas about them set an example to the whole force with which they were associated. A very curious thing I remember is this. Many years a 0. long before this expedition to Egypt. wh ch has recently taken was thought of, I took up the subject of Egypt as a military study. In doing so, I naturally turned to all the old mounts of wars which had been carried on at the be- ginning of this century in that country. I refer especially to the expedition of Sir R. Abercrombic. There is a most interesting acc‘ouut written of it by Sir Robert Wilson. A very interesting remark was that he had been associated during his career as a soldier with a great number of armies. and had seen a great number of troops in the fields at various times and in various countries, and that he had never been acting with a body of men or an army that was so well behaved or showed alincr military spirit than the troops that landed with the late Sir R. Abercrcmbis in If ypt, and renuiaod a considerable length 0% time there. lie said that he attributed their good conduct. health, and magnificent bearing entire] to the fact that there was no liquor issu to the men from the time they lauded to the time they left. It is a very significant thing, and I don't think it is generally known ; therefore I have great loasuro in referring to it that during t 0 recent campaign in Egypt the remembrance of those-words of Sir Robert Wilson made a greatimpressiou on run, and although againan again the’r‘foctors told me it was very necessary the men should have grog issued to them, and~I did. diving to the great pressure put upon me, tllo‘w rt occasions“ to be given to‘tbcm in small quantities on on very rare occasions, I can conscientiously say that those men rivallod their predecessors in that country by their admirable behaviour. They were subjected to considerable priva- tion as regards food, and had many tempta- tions. especially whoa they entered a large capital like Cairopwhore there were grog shops in numbers in every street, and some streets were almost exclusively com and of thorn ; yet from the first to the last ay dur- ing the time We wore in Egypt I never saw a drunken soldier. There is no one in Eng- land that takes a deeper sympathy in the movement which you have inaugurated and which you do so much to further than I do. I associate the movement wrth the particu- lar profession to which I have the honor of belonging because I have long been one of those who feel and believe that all the great sources of crime and disobedience and evils in the army committed to me had their origin in drink. I firtnly believe that if we could only have an army not only bearing Her Majesty's colors, but also your colors, it would be the finest: army that ever went into a field to represent this nation. I wish you all every success in this movement. bo atl- vantageous to tlrearniy, but to tho nation at large." o«->â€"-c About the only troubles that come single are fussy old maids. It is confidently asserted by many who claimto have accurate knowledge on the subject and to speak as it were (.1: rathedrrr that never as any time before this have the Canadian girls looked so pretty as now, pretty as they are at all times, and beauti- fully dressedas they arc. very often. and might be more frequently. not by the ex- penditure of more money, but by the de- velopemont of a little more good taste, and a disposition to do fuller justice to the great priucrplo of simpler: mundr‘h‘r’s, which for the benefit of the uninitiated may be made to mean beauty unadorncd is adorned the most. Now airls this is not flattery, but the sober trill/r. llorrcst lnjun/ If Chicago people have any sense of lrumorleft, it must surely strike them as somewhat whimsical that after they have shown their distinguished visitors the mys- teries of the Stock Yards, and revealed to them all the realistic witchcraft of plgmtlck- ing and cattle-killing, there is really nothing else to be seen. That slaughtering process rs the great attraction. Show the Stock- Yards, after thatâ€"The Deluge, if need be, or nothing, which is more likely. Chi- cago people never seem to tire of those pi s of cirs. They revel in recounting exact? how, parry porkors " cease from troubling ' within the minute, and lrow the boiling and tho scraping, and the disembowolling. and the quartcring. and all the other owoteras of the process are completely over before the unfortunate grunter has fully recovered from his surprise at the first stroke. What a lot of caroand attention is expend- ed on ministers and their wants and ways l blow uumcrcifully they are criticised ! liow carefully they are watched, and all that! That is all right. But what tho mischief have the congregation- to do with the poor wives of those unfortunatea.’ The , at any rate, are not official characters. ’ rc min- isters married them and thorn only, and if the husbands are pleased nobody else ought to say a word. But they do, and it ll a black bur 'ng shame the way in which those oor wom‘p arc frequentl torn to pieces. )0, for pr y sake. good hristiau' people, let them alone. It is better often to be a minister's horse than to be his wife. though the horse is often not over blessed with oats and other provendor. There never was a time when there was less gossi going in Tomato. Tho people are dying or want of material. Why doesn’t some wife run away from her husband, or rice canal Come, now. hurry upuor the consequences may be serious. t Tlllt Minion ‘r Cameraâ€"Tho Hamilton Tribune says : ' be United MethodistChurch of Canada. we are proud to believe. is go- ing to be a mighty power in the mu of temperance and rohibltion. Not only is every Methodist ouschold to be or mixed into a teemtsl society, but the still run are to be trained into working Bands of Ho , and the schools and churches are hobo in the dissemination of temperance literature, science and practical lessons. Tbs.cburclt encourages and recommends members who are voters to so tbs Scott Act as the only form of pro ltioa on chestnuts book of the Dominion. It is believed that t good to the cause of ultimate h don csabo wrou lit from it. Loos option is not accepted y this great may, of church» gzing purple astha last best 3 that can done for prohibition. secs tit as an expsdlm only, and air 4.. cluatiosofwaaiast theta-ammo liquor gill all laws Tb gangl tannin its 0 are repealed. so with noth short of It’s utter extermina- tion and lag less than total prohibition fromtheStatc. 'Ibs Chureahastaksatbc sort of standthatbeoomas a patsndstroag organization on this vital question. Hay its baadsbsrusdevsllantlcrtlisgood work. and may its heart never fall from its high endeavor l ’P