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 h 1 ^; mm^ WOMAN G0B8IP. AltodfU ProTlsion of Hatnn Which from Bhowiatâ€" Ab I with » Bfnlâ€" Some Late ^n«Bitt OoMtp about Boyaltyâ€" An Unfortn- nate FUrUtloii. La«l7 aaaforda Knoouoter wltb. an Sn- r«c«d uon-Tbe DanoM of PaablODsbl* Society. Wb7 ttr* suppers were Never Finished. The lillie* grew beneath her hand On alippera that ar« reen no more ' Their race of aaefDlneaa is o'er I They're baried ander Time'i dark Mod, And nothing can their life restore, A* when in yoong Lore's flowery land. The Ullies grew l^eath her hand On slippers that are seen n6 more They would â€" if finished â€" have been grand Bot she became my wife before They were half done â€" yon onderstand How, then â€" though now the work's a bore I â€" The Ullies grew beneath her hand Oa alippera that are seen no more TCo^MdvUeh ebjaetiac to •INM argaaMKli aaiMi iny t rt oosB ia MMoi- â- MB tkw ferae iMii^ aadaledy whekaacM* 4HMe4 fkmjm- dom oarea to repeat the a«y artasaal. Ttilr aeemiog cootiniudpopalarily is ieaxpHeiMa bat most ooodeBsiacta tHMwhomi*- dalge in them. De8drmon I told her of my three year*' cruise. Its haps and mishaps, and when I Had fininhed, in her sweet, rapt moae. She murmured breathlessly, "Oh, my And when 1 told my journeys o'er, h'rom tornd zone tbe liuids of snow, She panie'l in wonderment before She softly cried, " Yon don't say so I' And when 1 told of dangers, fears â€" Our shipwreck, when we suffered so, Haif frightened, and almost in tears. She faltered forth, " 1 want to know '" MDotfi to* vnm m toe KBsi Mtt» ay eaMKHTA. I.) Faeblon Notes. All poke bonnets have strings. Handkerchiefs will again be worn. Old blue is a new shade of this colour. Bordered robe dresses will be much worn. Pendant lockett are no longer fashionable. Kali earring in rolled gold are very fash- ionable. Poke bonnets of medium nizi will be worn again. Small women can not wear bordered robe Lice pins have superseded all other kinds of brooch. White continues to be the livery of festive occasions. .Mahogany rel shades prevail in the new Tuscan straws. K^ptian designs are preferred in millinery ornaments. Steel and silver laces appear among new millinery goods. Small bonnets will be revived in the spring to a limited extent. Feathers and llowcrs will be used to excess on spring bonnets. The new millinery ornaments combine gold, steel, jet, and silver. Very wide ribbons will be used in trim- ming early spring bonnets. The use of goM thread in embroidtry is the feature of the season. Coral and seaweed attenu appear in the borders of new priutol floods. A few Fanchoos or bcbc bonnets appear among early spring importations. A large proportion of the new printed cot- ton dress goods are bordered on the udgca. Handkerchief and r»bc pattern dresse.t are becoming only to women of good stiture. There is an itlort made to mitigate tight sleeves with sloshes near tbe arm-hole. L'jn;; ecarf pins, with rich, omamenta heads, are coming into vngue for ladies » I ar. ranaches of tufta of feitlierj will be more usel on bonnets than lung smgle^plumes. The gluve of the paia^n^ moment ia the buttonless, ljo)e, wrut-wrinkliil gant df Buide. Beautiful humming birds are embroidered i.u satin with illiiiniaatud and iridescent beads. A stylish neuklac) is composed of a gold or silver IriDge toniied of bklla graduated in size. Ciiildren's costumes are cot jiji_into too many sections this spring to be pretty ur in gooti taste. • â-  Desirable noveltiei m summer silks have illuminatuil and sliailed -tripej iti bright and delicate colours. A cotton crepe cK/th has ground v{ tlie crinkly surface and ItordereiLiu deep-colour- ed designs iu bright hues. Art ncellework societies- in Smaller towns produce more truly artistic embroideries than those in large cities. Mower pompons, in which a few heron feathers form the central aigrette, arc seen ia leading millinery houses. 'The smooth wooden er tileil It'jora of the French, dotted oyer yith rugs, arc oming into favour in American houses. Peasant waists laced in the back arc worn over tarlatan waists and skirts, with a tuuic to match of the material of the waist. It IS eaid that plaid^ will gradually suc- ceed to the reign of luipularity wbich has been accorded to brocades. lialayeuscs are of imitation lace, profusely quilled, and spread out in many rows beneath the train, or they are Set upon a plain or a Huted band of gold galloon. ' nnsBtbeas*VSsk the Met et a â-  tMria trsspv, vttKakwMae -r eyts,a beeidtheealor «( A Kias on tne 81y medeetr th^ bhwhw ^i^e« he h There is to be foond much rcfreahaeot, "TSILjâ€" or ruaa^ a oJ^^sIm inaweUpioportioMdkiM. This eskrybody â- l^Zt«tk,:^SktZ^ ^^ joknowledg-.th«.ghonlya frank few have "" Zd^C^p^^STmh,t U the 11th the coorage to acknowledge it openly^And ,,„ti^ fc^ifcTthe w,»mingyUo». im the phUosooher. that the Iyer the ku. u ^; ,,,j„^ loTaock on « (W the more there IS in it of refreshment. A ber ioraing. the heesar, were "at ease " kus that » oaid as a forfeit before a whole j ^^ ^^ *, „, ^^^ ^„ called Frenah room fnU of people i« prosaic. not to say HiU in the Crimes. On tb. prerkms day embarrassing. The rirlUghs which .po.1. ti^„ had been signalling all aling the B«^ the romance, Md ^fellow, ten to ««e. ,;„ ,,„^ and the altisiT knew that some- ??,r- Neither of them tb.akMeeh of It thing was goiug to be done. The II th had andttiey |x,th are apt pretty soon to for;et bee/^io.tlring that morning with the M about it But let the same fdlow kias ^.^ ^j,, g^j, ^j \^^ ,-th huaslrm. They the same girl when nobody is looking-and j ^^ '^^ brigade, but there were so ^i'ii°^T i*.."fi^„T* "i^^^t many absentees on'ioco^int of sickn*. that That sort of a kiss, fired off in a burfy be- g^^ numbered only 680 mso. Tbe h.nd a door or in. conservatory, u Uke an „enwSMrtretchinf*«iiBe •*»«• »«»«». electric -hock ana u a. sweet a, whipped „d feeling thatthiir part o« the wofk was cre^. The taste of .t sort cf hold. e. and o^^j^tto day. To their right, between oonstMitly saggesU tho propnety-or im- ^^^ ^^^^ b^^^ „,^ „, BlhUaTa. was propriety as the case may be-of tr7ing it ^^ ^j Lo^j Scarlet's heavy artil- ^^\ it^«l««'»^«°d,l"°?^"8.»f« lery. BeMnd them wa. an appst^chiag exactly reversed. IhefeUow laugh, with- ^- „j ^^^^^^ ^^^ wasTettwslT. spo.hDg the romance a bit. and tbe girl blush- ^j ' ^^ J^;, f,,t t^at no iove wouW " U i.' f "•f?*f .1; ♦v. be made nnUl that ground ooald be oovsred It IS queer that the v,ry sime thing ^^h a forced march. It bad b.en foond should under such slightly a Ured orcum- that the Russians were about to move down ^W.,^- 'L "^^ '5T«^' " V* " through a ravine behind Sogarioaf hfll, to- tr? ^T^ T .^ "'"' •"•' "• ward Balaklava harbor, wbeS^lay th. Brit- isted from the earliest *ges of the world. i,i, i,„_ Sogarioaf hiU bristled with Kmsmg on the sly was the rule among the Ku^iian guns. PJrther in front th. Russians ^â- hi^" "^T"' A^ " .1 "u "'"'• had pushed a twelve-gun battery of thirty. This proposit on is demonstrable by com- ^uodera. To thS left were the Knssian M ^7l^k-Js*f k°""k ?;? ♦•^; redoibta onarange of ch.lk hills, but it ^K^L^^r â-ºâ€¢Â»*'• ' "°"' **"*â- " was the twelve-gun field bittery that me- the peculiarities of primitive man are re- ^^^ ^^^ », Balaklava. French hill, oreseatedm the savage races extant tjo-day. behindwhichl.ythelightbrig.de, was a In his exhaustive work upon the Abongi- ^j,^ ^„j .^^,j ,-»^„„ tfajf batte^. Between ^l\:^^^ ^rr^ â-  ' ^i°" '• "Vi" it and the battery was apUin, Mros. wbich rectly affinn. that kiaung on the aly u the j^e battery oove^d the road, rule and the converse the exception among .,., .. ^^-t.^. our barbarous brethren; and the same i« Aldndge was in troop A, on th. right of true of those scientifically interesting people, the 1 Itb, which formed the right of the first the Australian Maories. From these facts line, two horsemen deep. H. casn^y no- wemay reasonably infer that our remote ticed Capt.NoUn nding down toward them anpestors, the troglodytes, did their spark- i"m Earl Luoan s heavy brigade. H. did inginmuch the same way that sparking is not give th. matter much thonght. He mw done nowa-days unobstrusively. and Capt. Nolan salute Lord C*rdi»n who com- with a good deal of quiet satisfaction. And manded the Light Brigade. He could not it IS doing them nothing more thsn jusUce " "'*t wss sa.d. and did not care to hear to add that their heads were what is vulgar- »^- ^^°°°- however. Lord Cardiaan had a ly termed " level. " "'"S look at the guns over the hill. Then Bjing thus sanctioned by tbe customs of •»« turned to the brigade, and, as if explain- the past and indorsed by the use of the pre- "8 the matter to a party of geaUemen, sent, the mystery that is held to be condn- ***** â-  cive to comfortable kissing doubtless wiU " Men, there are the guns (poinUng to- endure until the end of time. It is right ""' the field battery,) and we've got to that it should. Think for a moment what a " -hem." „,, lot of trouble there would be if this old- -Udridge says the men all felt that wme fashioned game of addition of lips and divi- misUke must have been made. There was aVHAIT Mi what, im BoMiaJknk te "** WlMt teAMfT niilllobMe, ibo Uh of w iait ftlUM iato a dm, a^hmfj â- Â» aad tha aad began a aeweh for The aroMad deer Wiiiat the baad- theeityolNew atonaj paance to sion of pleasure should not be accompaniml by a discreet silence. An J!.mpreea looied A private letter recently received from an con- I American laJy, sojouroing in Vienna, I tains tbe following interesting gosiip We have been very much disappointed this week at the announcement of the post- ponement of the marriage of the crown prince of Austria with Stephanie, the Belgian prin- cess, for which preparations on a grand scale have been going on here all winter a per- fect carnival season the nuptial week would have been. The p03tpouoment is indefinite the reasons given is the princess' extreme youth her parents say she is but a mere school-child, not strong, and they fmr that I the balls and festivitiM generally given in I her honor would be too much for her. par- ticularly as she baa not yet been to a baH or I anything of the kind. Y'on know royal eti- I quette obliges her to come to Vienna to be marriedâ€" her husband being of higher rank, an emperor's son and she only a king's daughter â€" and, besides, as Austria is a first and Bel.ium only a second.rate power. Poor little thing, 1 do not doubt she was so home- sick at tbe idea of coming away off here so forlornly to be married, that her father and mother had not tbe heart to let her go. Alas 1 for the fine innumerable costumes of the countesses and princesses which through tbe kindness of a shopkeeper, or modiste. ' we are privileged as strangers, to gaze upon I â€" of superb materials, stiff with embroidery in crystal beads, chenille, gold thread, sil- I ver, jet and garnet. Among the Viennese 1 modistes there is a good deal of bitter feel- j iog, as the empress sends to Paris for almost her entire wardrobe, and, as she is at the head of fashion there, other ladies of course foUo^ her example, whioh robs tbe Viennese of their wealthiest customers. I But they were all plekscd just now to hear the foUowta^ story One of tbe leading mo- 'dite8 of the city, hoping to succeed where others had failed^ took several of his newest I costumes to the empress. ' With one of the I dresses sho was enchanted and anxious to purchase it, but his price was more than she thought even slw ought to afford. She coax»l him to sfll it 7or\Jess, but, no, he would not so he departeH, All day and all that night she thought and thought about that dress, and the more she thought the more she desired to possess jt. So, early in the morning she sent a messenger to the shopkeeper toCDrder the dress. She must have it, and would take it at any price. Alas the mauager returned, looking very woeful, having the shoD-keeper's regrets that her majesty was too late, as he had sold it to the emperor the afternoon before. Theii she thought: "That dear man, some one haatold him-1 longed fur that dress, and he is going to surprise me with it but he shall not get ahead of me, the dear old duck. " So off she drove and bought the finest present she could find, took it to tbe emperor, and presented -it with a sweet speech and smUe. He accepted it with utmost grace, showing both his pleasure and surprise. She with- drew, and waited and waited for the expect- ed i^t. It came not Later in the day she Jearned that her dear emperor bad purchased it for, and preset|tod it to, a favorite opera singer. One pan imagine the weeping and â-  Waif». What is the best butter 7â€" An oH ram. When" a New Vork young man pops the „ „ question he now says "Let's cou^lmate." Kussbing i of teeth about that time -in the Surprise parties are cjming into vogue Austrian winter palace. again. The person who is to Bo surprised ' â-  -~^-- « i â€" -»- issnes tho inviUtions through a friend. L PEARLS OF TRUTH It was.the ^xuiced lady who uijrsi(.d a chimney-sweep wh«.said that she bad aiJasTN The voice of tha majority i found a husbaud that sooted her. -^ justice. Seliiller. ' '« Wodim't just see why a woiuaif .should hke her mirror better than a man, for the man will flatter her and the mirror won't. The .{iretty face of a woman is like a clock's (lot jnuch account unless there are .good worka back-of it. A Pbilalelphia choir sinzer is sj modest 'â- â-  â-  that she always gets it '^As unnlention- 1, moles tbe hart for cooling streams. " Wm.t..Brn.T Woman.â€" .Vnalabisterneck, (oarble brow, and arch expression has been ' said to constitute a well-built woman. ' " Neuralgia "is the charming name borne by a ch'Kming girl. Her fond mother found It on a medicine bottle, and was captivated with its sweetness. • "(There's that lucky dog, Newwed, who's just married a million f 'Tom Tinehacer^ " Nfever mar^ for money, toy bjy but if you meet a aice girj »;ith plenty, of tip, try to love her." i The revelations of the two weeks may be regarded as, in a great measure, conclnsiv.in reference to the styles which will obtain in millinery for the spring and summer. For " the last eight or ten soaaons, in this depart- meat of th» wardrobe particularly, there seems to have been very close sympathy with natiii^ in its dislike of sameness and in iu delight' in variety. The millinery that has beei\ recently opened is remarkable in these oharaiteristios. The shapes of bonnets and hate are almost as numerous as the specimen, exhibited, and in materials and trimmings we mav safely say tbe variety has never bMn exceeqed. lancea The dances of the upper ten this winter, are the waltz, the polks, and the " beel- and-toe polka," with now and thenalancen thrown in as a sop to many fast-dying Cer- btti, whose dancing day. are aupposed to be over, but who bang on tenaciouily from year to year, and for tbe decorous delight of the very few maiden, who have been brought up in the .till fewer household, were round- dancing i. yet coiuideredanabominationand an invention of tbe enemy. The " german " ia simply a combination of figures, which allows each couple dancing it a turn every time, and permite them to choce. other part nan and give favorr, bot only the tnree round dances alluded to above are permit- tad. In certam sets two vary popnUr dances, last winter and tbia, have been and are the "racket" and "society" waltzes. They need little dwcriptioo, for there are f.w who have not seen with a shudder the wild jnmpings, the frantic see-sawinga, and apparent mad fransy of those who partici- pate in them. Upon the flooi jof the Pavillion at the garden, or other places at public balls. tiMir dsTOtses can be seen traaaforming the baMrtifal waits, with ito slow, gliding move ' iato adaiiee worthy of a low ca ' is uo piouf of justii Many a man aarei his life by not fraring to lose it, and many a man loses his life by being oVer-anxious to save it. Too much asseveration gives a ground of suspicion. Truth and honesty have no need of loud protestations; WiiKRE the mouth is sweet and tho eyes intelligent, there is always the look of beauty and a right heart. â€" Leigh Hunt. Few things are impracticable in them- s'elves, and it is for want of application rather than means that t men fail of success. In all evils which admit a remedy, im- patience should be avoided, because it wastes that time and attention in complaints, which, if properly applied, would remove the cause. It is necessary sometimes to refrain from uuestioning our friends, that we may not draw from them what vte ought not to know, and especially that we may not tempt them to deceive us. â€" Madame Switkehtnt. A SiAN with a good sound constitution, a good stomach, a good heart and good limbs, and good headpiece, is rich. Good brnes are better thau gold, tough muscles than silver, and neivcs that flash fire and carry energy to every function ar^ better than houses or lands. ' Antuipation. â€" Never anticipate misfor- tune. I'r ub!es come soon enough without looking to them beforehand and, moreover, by constantly expectiog sorrow and disap- pointment, we destroy the happiness of the present, which it is our bounden duty to enjoy to tbe full extent and troubles that come unexpected are often the least severe. How Baiaiiis are made in California. In Mr. Blower's vineyard, Volo connty,the grapes are allowed to remain on the vine un- til of a golden color and translucent. Then tney are picked and put on wooden trays two by three feet in sise, plsoed between the rows, sloping to the sun. When half dried they are turned by putting a tray on top, and by inverting them both, are transfwred to th. new tray. When the grapM loe. th«r ashy appearance, and after removing the green ones, the ret are put into Urge sweat boxes, placing aheete of paper between eirsry twenty-five pounds of raisins. They are left there for two weeks, when the stems are toogh and the raisins soft. Tbe packing follows, in whioh iron or steel packing frames are nseid. the raisins being assorted, weigh- ed, inspected, and made preee ntab le. fir. Blowers prefers a rich, moist, saady loam, in a warm elimato for raisins, and MlieTss that winter irrigation Will destroy i nsec t s and keep the vines in a fluifty cooditaoB. He prefws to plant vioea eight by tea feet apart, or even tea by tea fMt, aad bm f«til- no infantry to support them, so far as they could see. But Trumpet Maj. Dan Wall blew the order. "Advance; echelon from the centre " and the brigade formed and moved forward at a walk up ovw the hiU. The Eleventh and the Seventeenth formed the first line, two dMp. Behind the Elev- enth, but extending beyond it, rod. the Eighth, while the Fourth rode in the rear of the left of the first Ime, while extending beyond it. " Here goes the last of the Cardigans." said tbe leader, as he rode over th. hill. His only brother had previonaly been kill- ed in s charge in India. Lord Cardigan six fMt high, rode a fiery chestnut horse, with a white off heeL He bad the kind of face, Aldridge says, that men love to fallow into battle. Bsaide him rode the trumpet-major behind him rode his adjutant, while in front of the men rode the cjipteins. The men wore scarlet trousers, and blue jackets. Their breaat. glittered with yellow braid and fine rows of gilt but- tons. A slung jacket, bucklwl around their necks, swayed with ite dangling sleeve, from their left shoulder., while from the tops ot their beankin bnsbyythe bright Marlet bag. depended to the ahoalder. Aldridge' size placed him in the front rank, and a. the Light brigade trotted into the plain he saw the Kussians at their guns less than a mile and a half away while soon the heavy guns from the redoubts fur- ther to th. I.ft began to blaze. Aldridg. saw troops C. and I. of tb. Royal Horse artillery galloping upon the left flank. Their guQs were soon unlimbertd, and poured a shower of shell and canister into the Kns- sian battery. It was partly a cross fir?, and it wo. kept up until the advance of the troopers finally sent off the Russians from their view. So much aid the Light brigade got in their charge. A few men had quitted their saddles when the order, " Front form line " was sound- ed. This drew ihe entire body out into one line two horsemen deep. TQe battery wai now feeling their ranks wit'i broken shell and^aoister. Tbe heavy guns weie throw- ing shell from the redoubts, and Sugarloaf hill was thundering iuthe distance. "Can- ter " was the next order, and then the bugle sounded. "Charge open order " The long line drew out from tbe centre to give space for each man to use his sabre. This was at six hundred yards. The guns of the battery could be loaded and fired now without aim, and the Russians, screened by their foes from the fire of tbe Royal Horse artillery, made good use of their tune. They stood on their guns until their dragoons were within two hundred yards. Then they broke and scattered in all directions. Their work was done. Aldridge saw some of them tue ging to get out their sabre, as they ran. So hard had they worked on their guns that they had poked the sword-knots, up under their belts behind to keep those weapons out of their way. Many of these were overtak- en by the long line of horsemen and sabred. A) the brigade galloped through between the guns their order was brtken, and thereafter the only order maintained was what came from previous habita of drill. Lord Cardi- gan was still in front, and thatahowed every man where he ought to go. The guna were now silent, but behind th.m were revealed squadrons of Polish and Cos- sack civalary. "I can see them now. "said Aldridge, "in their dark gray uniforms, standing bolt up- right in their stirrups, astride of their stunt- ed ponies, and grasping their long spears. These spears had a sharp steel point on the handle end as well as on th. other end. This was for service at close quarters." Through these squadrons, as )hey stood waiting, the Eoglishmen made their way. Outside th. question of th. quality of the men, » reason why the English broke through was that they were better mounted. Their horses were heavier- 8me were speared to duth. but comparatively few. When they had broken through the linM, Lord Cardigan was seen iMuiing the way back throngh the open space, and all his men followed him. Had the commanders of the Russian cavalry had presence of mind, Aldridge says, they could have captured every man left alive in the brigade, but they seemed to be struck dumb with astonish- ment. ' Back throngh fhe guns again Lord CirJi- sen led tbe way. Again one cannon from the redoubts and from Sugarloaf hill storm- at them with shell, and it was cot long be- fore the field battery had been retpannad and was pouring shell and canister into their backs. The slaughter in going and coming waa frightful. Troop A. to which Aldridge belonged, started into charge with one hundred men. It returned with only seventeen alive, and only one man out of the seventeen was not wounded. This lucky man was Farrier Sargeant G. Haah. Aldridge was wounded six times in the low- er part of his right leg with pieces ot broken shell, but the bone wss not broken. He waa near the right of the lin.. His first wound was received in the early part of the charge, at tb. same time that Col. Msud, who com- manded the Royal HorM Artillery, waa wounded. CoL Msud aftorward obtained for Aldridge a position on the Brighton po- lice foroe. Bsfoie he left the military ser- vice he waa mad. a drill sergraat or tough, rider. H. never drank a drop of liquor, and while he was in the service he was never siek a day. As a policemen, be once cap- tured a wife-murderer, who blew off part of Aldridge's ooat tail with the discharge of a horoe-pistol in the streets of Brighton. He also saved from drowaiag a little son of Cieorge White, the chief of the Brighton po- lice fore. Ha has a foar-olaap medal, on the daape of whioh are the words, " Alma," ••lakermaa," " BUakUvs," aad " Ssfaaato- pool." He also has a Turkish medal given by the snltaa. Capt. Lsfroy. now a elerCTmaa at Bond- ville. N. Y., is s sarriror o the Balaklava charge. FutMitna withoat iai)daeM is harsh aad forbidding miidaass withcet finoaass be- oomes weak aad conte mp tible both united make a charaetar i te p sw ta bU aad aaiablsi At Baoharsat a few waaka ago three 7««ag far their baaealaanata^ •adalthoaah ttetfahad fsaiiag thia was •aif. Oe ]Md board, and Tork. Jt waa a New Yock. The aad rodcod, and Jafihat, the waa loot orerboard while trjtef to rea- cae the camel and tbe apotted deer. Bobbie met with ao many loaaea that at last he cried oat, in hia troable: "Mamma, 00I7 ooe e'fiuit, and two cate, when there came a mah of foot- Btepe along the hall, and a knock at the door. " Aont Helenl May I oome iaf' "Walter! Walterl" cried Bob- bie, bouncing about in the bed. " Oh, Walter r Walter waa 4|dmitted, and jojfaWj embraced by Robbie, who was now quite willing that Mmmma shoald do whateyer she ^Iked. The room was oosilj warm, and Mamma took of the iannel sack ahe had -put on orer Rob- bie's night-gown. She pat a sanoepan of water orer the coals to heat, and sat in her low chair, before the fire, watch- ing it, " Can't you play some quiet play Walter r' she asked. "The bed gets into snch a state when yon prance about like that. Can't you (ell Rob- bie a story 1" " Oh I I know a story â€" a good one â€" Codsin Charley's story. Want to hear a story about a wolf and a fox, Rob- bie f Robbie was ready for anything Wal- ter might propose. " See We can plig^ it was right here," said Walter. "Play this is where the wolf lived. He lived in a hoUow tree it was n't a very good place to live, because, when it rained, the rain ran down the tronk of the tree and fell on the bed. Play this was the wolf, Robbie." Walter had selected a yellow-and-white cat from the animals of the ark and it resem- bled a wolf from having once had four legs smd a tail. The resemblance was now very slight indeed; but Walter encouraged Robbie's faith by explain- ing to him that it was a " fanny kind of wolf. We don't have that kind now." " Nice wolf," said Robbie. Where's the tree wolf lives in t" " Aunt Helen, can't you find some- thing we can play is the tree f "WUl this do, Walter?" Annt Helen handed him one of the tall, plated candle-sticks that stood on the mantel. " It is light-colored and smooth; you can play it's a beech- tree." " Oh, yes But where's the hollow in the tree 1 Never mind â€" well play it's on the other side and the wolf did n't live there long, anyhow. He's just going away now, Robbie, because he had such a bad night with the rain. Here he goes walking through the wood, and through the wood, and through the wood, and over the hill, and by and by he comes to a cave. A great big rock â€" two rocks, that lean up against each other, â€" and inside there was a big, dark hole, 'way in ever so far! Ob, Aunt Helen! Please, will you giire me the ' froggy ' book." Aunt Helen handed the " froggy " book, ond Walter opened it in the mid- dle, and stood it up against the head- board. " Well, he came to the cave, and he thought he'd look inside. So he went in and it was a splendid place in there to live. It was pretty dark, but wolves don't mind the daik. It was dry, and warm, and he scraped together a lot of leaves and made a bed, and so he slept there that night, s.e, Robbie, there's the old wolf in the cave Hear him breathe " Robbie almost stops his own breath- ing as he peers into the cave, and list- ens to SValter's heavy snorts and sighs. The story is becoming excit- ing- " And now it's morning, and he gets up and he feels lonesome. It's such a big place to live in aione. So he snys to himself: ' I think I'll try to find some one to come and live with me. He had nothing to eat but part of a chicken, so it did n't take him long to eat bredcfast Then he went out of the cave and walked around, and walk- ing around, and walked around, till he came to the hollow tree where he used to live, and there he found a fox, sitting in front of the tree. This ia the fox, Robbie it's a real fox, not a play fox; see what a sharp nose it has, and a bushy tail." The fox was one of the few animals which had escaped mutilation or total destruction in the ark, and the perils of shipwreck tifterwrd. " Well, old fellow, " said the wolf. " where are you living, nowadays " ' Ob, I'm not living anywhere in par- ticular. I slept here last night, bnt I shan't try it again.' • Pretty mean place to sleep,' said the wolfâ€"' I've tried it myself. I've found a first-rate place now plenty of room for two. Come and see it, and if you like it you can livn t.liAm wlfk ».a • tl ir^.j iialkml tn aâ€" â-  ^^•valMr.faittr nbbit, witk koc aan aai • oWt w«aw" ^?0h, a wAMtia wrfAa cried Bob. hie. "And the wolf vaitod qniat in the boahes titt tbe nbbit jammed paat him than he poaooed 00 him aad bii ' behind the aan." "Oh, aol No^ he didst I" Bobbie, mmsh exdtmL "He didnt bitawabfait!" "Wbr. yea. Bobyeâ€" that's vhat Counn Chaiiey aaid. He had to, ba- ranae he hadn't anything to eat I don't beiiere it hart the rabbit â€" only jost a miaate." " Phty it waa n't a wabbit," said Robbie. "Phiy it waa a bigâ€" big rad by aaaa thsaaai can live there with me.' The wolf had heard a great deal about the fox's cleverness. He knew he was n't very clever himself, so he thought it would be a good thing to have the fox for a partner." " What's ' partner ' I " Robbie inter- rupted. " Oh, never mmd, Robbie Cousin Charley said partner. It's Cousin Charley's story. Robbia will know what a partner is when he gets a big boy. See here they go. the wolf and l^" [«• ^^^gh the wood, and over the hJI, and now they go into the cave together. The fox says it is just splen- did lust Uie very thing he had been ^kuig for. .All righV said the wolf; make yourself at home.' So the fox scraped together some leaves and made a bed for himself. ' Look hen, said the wolfj 'my cnpboani's empty ' Co««a Charle/ said there waa a kind of shelf in the rocks, like a .r V\^T ^^ ""'f "^Pt his food when he had any. WeU, he hadn't a^yUiatday, so he told 'the foHe «^ he d go along, apd they wouW di- vida between them what tLy««l^ The wolf thoqriit to bZ ~lf,.NowI.halll3ikea1onl^ ^eofUHhill,«uiru jjalonf^ other «de, «, we wont «^ anyS,^ and we'll meet at the cave. FU^ dinner for you if I «» ho«e fiiat, »d you wait for me.' §0 the wotfj^w: was gabaM witfr that pUn, i^l 2 went dong the Wl,_he.rh; goes ~id the faxgomoftZoihTJi- Now. the wolf h«l «od hMt hS "Wild-cat," said Walter. "Well, ra! AUgwiU-eatr (COWIlKVtD.) 1 â- ! â-  !â-  â-  II "ADaMlacFartjr." Proa tb* IVitDalo Truth. Life is indeed very " fa' o' sarioosaeaa," and nowhere we think oaa the ordinary mind beootne so impreaaad with the trath of this important statement, as at a fsshiooab'e dsaainx party. The man who is not sober- ed by sBoh SB expertenoe, must have some- tiling abnormal aooot him, there mnst be a soi.w loose somewhere, and we pity him from th. bottom of our hearts. Tbe enno- bling consciousness of having daty to par- forir, and the reaolate datanmnation to bear all Ih.ngs rather thaa shrink from th. per- fortpaoce of that duty, cannot sorely be bis, if he is not imprMsed by the piesenoe of these virtuM in the ball-room. For there they flourish in all their perfectness if any- where, and h. who doM not carry away with him from th. spwtacle of th. mssy danoe. .olarged conceptions of the dignity and grandeur of life, and the importance of having some detinit. "aim," should be at once pitied and forgotten. For indeed he ha. missed his destiny, the pioperdestiny of man. We know of nothing so well calcn- lated to throw th. requisite maatl. of so- l.mnity over all torrestial snrronndiegs. as one of thM. aasmnblages. OrnCIAI. BALLS. we are quite sure have never been f uUy impre- ciated in this respect. And from an eanoa- tional point of vi.w too.they hav. navai yet had anything like full justice done to the undeveloped possibilities of good which we sre confident exist in them though unknown as yet and perhaps undreamt of. Lst any ordinarily intelligent School boy view the imposing spectacle of grey-haired senators, and elderly femalM, truding solemnly tbe mazy involutions of the Mf«' gliding so gracefully and with such perfect abcmde* over the poliahel surface of the ball-room floor, the manly arm of th. one meanwhile en- circling so reverently the slender waist of the fair one. tha lxk of intense pre-occupation which manifesto itself on his oountooanoe, the compresaed month, the serioos eye, the cheeks slightly reddmed by tbe exercise â€" after tbe exercise has been prolonged beyond a certain point however, it is very often the case that the mouth of an elderly danc- er at sny rate, becomes .lightly open. a. if be experienced some difficulty ia breathing. This may be the case with all, bot our ob- servations have not extended so far. THI WAY OLD PZOPLC DO IT. We have naturally looked to venerable age f jT our impressions. Bat to proceed. These things it will be admitted cannot fail to in- flaence infcenuous youth in a very maiked degree, and if we might venture to fuggeat. as so many are doing just now, some ^nca- tional improvement, it would be that peri- odical balls be held in some suitable place, th. pavilion would do as well as any, to which rdays of school childrui should be takwi with all du. reverence and sobriety, the performers in these balls being in .very case, whatever tbe provinoa has of excellence either in Law. Medicine, Tbeology. or the Fine Arts. And above all let the children see grey • headed Steteamen and Sena- tots dance. Tbe Spartans were great believers in objeot lessons, thoagh in training their youngsters they were as careful to point out what to avoid, as what to imitate. We might safely trust to tb. gool sense of our children, however, that they would tot seek to avoid the imitation of anything their elders might do in such august aasemblages as tboM could not fail tolte. THE .SKIIJ. KECEi»ARY. The sense of intelligent foroe dirwtcd to the accomplishment of an intelligent end. itomU in such a case be overwhelming, and oonid not escape th. notice even of the most obtuse. Tae advantages which would ac- crue to a child from auch a course of train- ing, may be imagined, but cannot be de- scribed. They would at least be equal, if not superior, to what could be aecnred by a visit to a menagerie, or any other highly moral and rdigious "show." Tiie benefits that would in thia way rrault tn the whole human race, are incalculable. We hope th. Minist.r of Education may aee his way clear to adopt some recommendation of this sort. Bot we hav. digressed somewhat. We were trying to describe the appearance which leaders of society so frequently present, when they display tbemsdvss in toe ball- room, and whioh so adnunhly qnalifiM them to win our admiration aad esteem. A PBOMtNKNT OFFICAL ON TH rLOOB. A Cabinet Minister, member o( Parliament, or other dignitory. making a variety of evolu- tions in company with a member of the op- posite per.uaaion, his motion, laboured, hi. eye faatened on vacancy, hi. whole body above th. lower limbs, in an aUrming sUte of tension, rigid as a telegraph pole, or bent like a letter Q, his face clammy with a sense of his own dignity, or blushing with the nnsAcastomed exercise, his lips fixed as for martyrdom, or starting apart to let the straggling breath escape, an aspeet of in- tense serionsness, and realisation of the awfulness of existence pervading th. whole â€" all this we say might but awiien dension in the profane but in them alone, .^igbt minds these are, on whom serious impres- sions are impossible. HOW THE L.Ur LOOKS. And then tbe lady, who shsll describe the dignity of her appearance, as she towers in majesty above the head of her gallant swain, or steals a honied g'auoe beneath hia srm-pit, or gases complacently over his shoulder, with much the same aspect as arnmioatingcow. She also looks intensely serious, and a " by- stander" instinctively feels that that grand mvatery, the " development " of " s )ul " ia taking place before his very eyM. As in ths oommouplaoe existence, however, of leaa ex- alted naturM, the tragedy and comedy lie so frcqaently side by side, so even in saoh a typical assembly as we have tried to de- aoriba, th. imperfMition which is in.vitably intertwined with all terrestrial things,inakea itself felt. Strive after dignity of demean- or aa they may, attain to a vary considera- ble extent the object of that striving aa they may. thM. is yet. nearly alwaya, not- withatandiog their exertions, something overwhelmingly " funny " about a Bail, and the dancers themselves seem half coiuc on. sometiniea that they fail in appearing to the very beat advantage, mi •iMt I The ToBiae of the ICaid of Athena. Maid of Athen., we mu.t part Your will i. strong, your temper's tart Aad. when I gD.and when I oome. Yonr tongue swiags like s pendaluau Haar my prayer befora I go, Eoaember 'tia my laat rcquMt, And, if yon csn for an hoar or so. Keep it still snd let me rest. By tbeaa banged looks all anooafiaed Blown all aboat by every wind ' ' By that onrlad noae all oat of joint. Like an iatarrogatioa point. Chads that tanns's eternal flow. Oh. head, I baft this oae bshaat, And, if yoa oaa for aa hoar or sol Kaap it stiU aad lak M i«at By tlMaa lips that nevsr oloaa By thow arooaad eyaa whioh daaat thair lean I Rp»y bald head, aa feoaspt to taU Year te aga I ia darting to aad faat Toa poar ferth waads lika OM MwaasMl I BaK Unm eon Or aa hoar er a^ ""' ' kaapitatiU tt nm -MU0t^ nMr*a Bcnam. (Vaw'BsakMbaaa) ••TharaviO be ao aoaaaa ta afabt." hU WlUte iMf, aa he aama ta the itm «t s;'ri%?r=s?'5«a-JS! be awitherr' "I da*** fcsMr 1 wa ai« {••faw »i*" "Sari's? s mt»*r iMia bat a faw Msoda. tUak Ba»." "Bavs jm sasa the ia the papara aboat tta attaapt tt yoa the ether aigfatf S'SS' TWaqaaitiSBareaaadlfr. Bddy'kswiaaUy. Ha had hMrd e( the a aasfs |i si' reports hat had aot Mm thaa, and ha eoaMd tte dear te laaru oaare abeak t ham. hak ahst tt .•- laatlaasiy ia the iaoa of a Uadh-baisM msB who stood bokiad the reporter aadaaML he srss Ming to Califotnia sooa aad waatad to sea tite^its bdon ha left New York. In Ar *i»^ ^m OWhT JT «u,,oa»: seat ahop !« aad avocation ipany, and who ^Maeiwl^. the littls froet parlor over the aea wan â€" liliil «»• mmiibtn^ *• hold aad a law Isaiiy tt k mi Eddy WM absmt, Ike party Wniia-WdykhisooiiM FsaaK aa basiaaaa BW8i«ar of the aaaaear, Mr. aad M». D. the oooBBsats of the Ito^ an dd Paliah doetor, a Praaehmaa aad his wife. a yooag wemaa. said to be a iMdiaai, and the repoitor, whose wan nakaewa te the ... waa r«Mivad ia a frieadly way aa a eoaflrm cd spiritaalistb It wss Saaday aight, aad Wilham Eddy made up his miad that there ahoald be no public sesBOs bat ooly a qaiet httk afiair for the entertainment of tbe party of f nands so her. fused to answer numerous lings at the be^l. The reforler delernuned to adapt himaalf to the ways of the compaay, make 00 attaaspt at diatarbiiig the gaoott, kMd his ayaa open and eloaa^ obaarva the per- formaooca. A look into the little hall bed- room from whioh the apirita appear showed th. bed had bwn plaoed sqnareiy in froat of the spacious hall-door, whioh was besidaa lookedaad bolted. It seemed tolerably plain that the gbosto would not oome throngh that door, which, by the way, led into tbe common hall used by the three familiei in- habiting tb. bnildins. As the one window of the room looked out on Eighth avenue the apparitiona (ould not reasonably be expect- ea to enter there. The theory upi.ermost in the mind of th. observer wss that William Eddy diaguised himself with clothes bidden in the bed aad (.C'sonated the different spparitions. Some colour was given to this id a by th. smudgy, indistinct appearance of the ghosts seen at the previous sitting described 10 tbe Tribtuu. The theory did not stand the teste of th. .vening's performance, however, as will be area hereafter, tod a new one was developed. At a quarter aiFter 8 William Eddy went into tbe hall bedroom and lowered the cur- tain hanging across th. op.n door. Cousin Frank struck up " Tb. Sweet Bye-and-By.." A brown paper shade was put over the lamp, but it was still light enough to distinguish fsces across the room. No sooner waa the tune sung through than the curtain was lifted and out stepped an elderly woman in white with a gray woollen shawl acrosa her ahonldMe. "Good evening, Mrs, Eaton," said one member of th. company after an- other. The spook said " Good evening " in a per- fectly clear feminine voice and chatted awhile familiarly. By the side of the door hung a key and a clothes brush, which furnished a convenient mark for the reporter to meaanre the comparative height of the apparitions. The woman wu considerably shorter than th. medium in the dark bed- room and not so stout. Evidently it Was not he. " Turn up the light. Frank," aaid Mrr. Elton, aa ahe atepped behind the cur- tain, fhe paper shade was removed and out came t*ie gboat agiio. this time in the full liijht. Face and clothing were plain enough now. The voice as she Ulked with diSeient members of the circle bad tbe nasal tone, and tbe language had the grammatical faolu of the colloquial -dialect of New Eng- land country people. The most remarkable of the masculine ap- paritions was a tall, portly man with a larm bead, bushy gray hair, and long gray beaio. He wore black trouaers and a dark sack coat, bat h. had not tak.n th. trouble to put on either his waistcoat or his boote. a neglect of the propiieties which was pardon- able from the circumstance that the old gentleman evidentiv felt at home. He was introduced as K. V. Wilson, a Spiritualist lecturer well-know throughout the country, who died not long ago, Frank said ha had been recognized by fifteen hundr^ people at a SpiritnUist camp-meeting laat summer. Tee face was distinct and strongly indi- vidual, and a pecoliirity of the fiijnre, be- sides its portliness and size, was the short- ness of the arms and a (ingnlar awkward- ness about the roovemente of one shoulder. Mr. Wilson demanded a strong light, snd, reappearing, delivered a brief lecture in a loud. cImt, baas voice. He was sorry there were to few ureaent, and wished thoM per- sons who hid attempteJ to expose the per- formance a few ni)(hts ago had come again. "It is well for them that they cannot ex- pose it," be continued. " for if they could, if this is all a hniLbng, then there is no future life and they themselves are of no more account than the rands' on the sja shore." Alter some further remarks, ex- pressing his pleasure at meeting his friends, the portly gentleman withdrew. In all of the apparations except two of the children the flrsti-tnts looked natural, but the eyes were invariably filmy and e^tpres- siooless, resembling tbe eyes of a d^d per- son. The drapery looked substantial enough to be reaL Frank said he once weighed all the familiar apirita on a platform scale. Mrs. Elton, a stout matronly perwrn, who lookMi ai if she would tip the bwim at 150, weighed only 40 pounds. The last ghost was the sam. good-natured Mrs. Eaton, who announced that the per- formance was over. Scarcely had she with- drawn than Frank pulled up the curtain and out stepped the medium, William Elddy, looking aa if be had been asleep. After a few minotes' conversation, Eddy brought a brown cotton curteio from the back room, placed a round tible in the comer of the parlor, put a b«ll and funbounn. on th. table, and hnng tbe curtain across so as to partition off just enough space for thp table. He then aat down in front of the curtain and called the Frenchman and the young woman to ait with him. Cousin Frank then button, ed a long apron around the necks of th. medium and the woman which fell over their knee, and concealed their hands. Behind the cnrtiin there wa. not room enough for a man to stand on «tber side of tbe round table. The three setters were of course visible, as they sat directly in front of th. curtain, which came up back of them to a height of about eighteen inches above their heus. The room was well lighted. Imme- diately hand, were .hown through slite in tbe curtain and the instromenti mad. a racket. A gaiUr and baojo were handed over the top of the curtain to the ghostly inmates of the triangular space, and were thrust from under the curtain and played upon, Tbe most interesting part of the perform- ance, however, was the writing of messages upon cards and uraps of paper which wen handed with a pencil to the ontatietehod hands and flung Sack into the room. Five distinct hand writings were thus prodnced. Two were evidently the work of illiterate per^ns. the spelling and grammar being very bad. Ooe maaaage. signed by a wo- man's name, was written in a beauliiul femi- nine hand. 0ns paiported to come from the brother of the Fo'iah doetor and one from th. brother of the master of the honaa. Now for a theory to aocoant for thaaa my atenooa doinga. Thera waa nobody be- hind the cartainâ€" that was shown at a pre- vioos sittiniT, when a aawapi^Mr man sprang oriUad It with the agility ^rTtariier ahaTi rst, and fooad aotkiag bat the table aad the SMUieal laatraaiaata. Bassdta then waa ao roosn for anybody largar thaa a 10-yaar-oid ehdd. NotoMol tbTthiftaw gk^sTuuU OMM ont of the haU boditMMi wiaWiiuaat statoi ia a aalaty daiaat way. In a ooay UttU raaa •( Iha ooMsga aat a gtt of ahialssa aMaiiri aad aboat 400 falU. Taa axoaos of lolls wees das to the m x t nm u loagth of the akatiac aaaaon the previoat ysar. Bottha Baadolina vaa a proad, aenaitive girl, who iaatj wnt iealy ahraak from pablieity of any aort, aad the first tisM the i«a eaoM ap and aMt bar, aha aat thtre oaloUy for aa iaassal^ sad fbaa roaa, sa)ia| soitly to hsrsoU. "l'«« braka* my bastla." ^, Warm words of sympathy aad affsetisa canse from those arooaa her, bat die cajy sailed sadly, and want haaae a wiaor h«k baatleless girl. Tbe next day her fathar reoeiv.dabillforaaewbaatla. He leaked at it .ur a momaat aad thoagkt of tha dajrs goes by whaa Bsrtha woald eli»b aa hie kaaa as ha aat before the glowiag grata^ and after palling at hia baard and aaylBf how nncli aaa loved papa, woald fa^ aaliip iu his anus, tha fl ckariag blase tf the ira makhtg atraaga lighta aad shadows ar.aad her head, with ita taagled saaaaea of yil'ow hair thu lay npoo hia ahoalder. Sba still Mt in (root of tha firo, with hir head in tbe same plaoa, bet tha shooUer bslsa gid to AfcadhaBaaW^: « l*rtiae ofiir" on Bad Hi' Dt. Madff*' (te Blaaohards^ Carrsja, the Wdu^ tU otker. a batwcan Dr. Walla, and a me., take plaoe near kI ',1827. Paired with their agreed that prsoant boa aaeonds aad Bteeting was JSgj^^l •O *^ no the •"'geoiar Natobea. The I- J 1*^] oC oonaiderable widtTi* 'ih fcj My daaghtar i. very dear to me," aaid the old man, aa he paid the bdl. Uncjiuoionaly he had told the truth. Bertha is attU sitting iu .her boudoir. Boudoir means room, bat it ia more high- toned. Kind words cost nothing, and even being good to yenraelf keepa y^u in prao- tioe. The rain still fell. " It la the thren- ody and dirge of my happioMS," said Ber- tha in a low. daapainng voice. " Unpart will ntver love bm again. It aeems as if he had sailed away in the ship ai.h the lights and the music and the marry paaaangor% and lett me all alone on the dark watera w an oarlew, aailless boat benMth tbe midnight aky." Bertha did not know what threnody moult, but slung it in at random. But we can forgiv. this. 8b. waa often too pie vioos in her lansnage. All must pity a young heart torn by conflieting emotions, heaiaat- log between faith and d -ubt in one it loves. Who can paint the b aoknacs uf a natnro thit would betray a trust si sacred T Is n-tt ite pissessor worthy of eternU damna- tion I should sind :. But wlii'e B;:riha sit^ enshronded in her own sombre tl.o i^hu and forebodings, where ii the obj nt if her passion In a gilded hauut u' sour maah atandtwo Joung mei-. On it Rupert, the other is im. "Jim who f do you ask. Nevermind. A glittering banble is spiauiog on a surface of polished wood. It is a quarter. Finally its revolutions cease. Tbe yoong men bend eagerly over it. " You've loal, J.m." "0.1?" " Give us the same as U-fvHm " â€" this to a roaa behind theooant -r. InanoUnr nttant a tiny glass went to Rupert's lips D es be love Bartha? I cannot tell a lie â€" I don't know. How Many Apples did Adajn and Ere Eat? Some say Eve 8 an I Adam 2, a total of 10 1- y. We thin' the above figurm entirely wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam 8 2 certainly the total will le 90. Scientific men. howev- er, on the strength of the theory that the antediluvians «erd a race of giants, reason something liae this Eve 8 1 and Adam 8 1 2 total. 163. Wrong again. What conld b. cletir.r than if Eve 8 1 and Adam 8 1 2 tha total was 893? If Eve 8 1 1st and Adsm 8 12, would not the total be 1,623? Georee Washington says Eve 8 14 Adam and Adam 8 12 4 Eve togetLer they got away wi.h 8,938. But if Eve 8 14 Adam, Adam 8 1 4 2 oblige Evr. Total, 82,050. We think this however, not a sofficieot quantity, for though we admit that Eve 8 1 4 Adam, Adam, if he 8, 2 8 1 2 4 2 keep Eve company. Total, 80.282,056. Everybody is wrong again. Eve. whaa she 8 1, 8 1 2 many, and probably felt wirry for it, but her compamoo, in order to relieve her sorrow. 8 12, Tnerefor. Adam, if he 8 1, 8 1 4 9 4 a fy Eve's dapre.aed spirit. Hence both ate 81,896,0.^ apples. lddjvwbow8ithaj,aly Panen than whaa ZU^^a^T^ •»•â- Â«â€¢ *hay might haya f^.r"^.* •^'^apamiW ia the wall hwt tha ad}oiamg hoosa. bat tha pcoflta ot ISMy a s aaneea woaU not wamat the ax- of hiriag twa »â€" •^ims m Sighth -taiasfissgusaLirsL' __ aaya ha aaa maka a asaa baUava a btaoMliah MaMt^jrjaM woBM^ aM soaaat woM bawaTthlaa Wh^ shea""" ** *^^ ** of hypMtiaiag saMeelB be M ioBaC aaople aad ley asa aadbaar BMiM hTMss. talked wSi the ^Sswdiias **^**' •^â- â€¢'â€" " â€" â- â€" iiiM!srr_*L Railway i^bob. • "'""• Mr. Hinton R. Helper, a wealthy resident of St. Lmis. and well known throughout the oonutry as the author of the " Impend- ing Crisis." wme time ago offered $5,000 in prize* for three prose artiolMaod two poema in favour of tbe ooustruction •( a ooahla track steel railroad through the centre, of North and Sao lb America. The prisea have been reoently awarded as follows First prise, $1,300. to F. B. Hilder. of Su Louis second prise. $1,200, to Fred. A Beelaa, C irtland on Hudson, N. Y. third prize, William W. Aroher. Richmond, Vs. fonrth prize, «1,000, F. D. Ctrpaoter, Waabingtoa, D. C. firth prise, IfiOO, F. A. Deekeas, Norwich, Canada. The first three were in prose and the laat two in poetry. They are to be published in pamphlet form, •r-r: a I «^» â-  â-  Pebblea Spotted With Oold. Kewsfrome Cataair, British Columbia, r«- porta everything frozen op Provisions are plentiful aad cheap. A few miass are run- ning tanneUon the TakuuAakquarts Udgaa. Tte news is very exciting. Ihe washed p.-b- blM.aa well as th. large boulders foand ia the creeks, aro streakMl aad spotted wth gold. A tewn oallid Hairiahifghta baaa atartad near the diggings and aevarat booaosaad stona and a steam saw-mill ar. nnder way. It u supposed that the Mgos will be ttaeed into Canadian territory. â€" â-  â- Â»Â» ,m Sphinx heads, Egyptian beetlw, aspi, obelisks, pyramids, and lotas designs wUl be tb. favoaritea in bonnet aad hat orna- ments. A TOR^iiTo huabaad haa kept traok tha past year of the nomber of tiataa hia wife haa threatened to leave him, and tha ftgnraa are 121. She U then yet, however. An editor, the day alter axpariensing ra- litiiun, wrote: " Tlie storm last Wedaes- day caused great dâ€" age in Hâ€" srtown. Pa. A man named Oâ€" ifre injured." One of the most baaatifal modak in Paris ' IS a young woman who comes from the bloe- graaa renoa af Keatapbr. She waa daaart«i by her linabaad abroad, aad aba aow anp- porta haraelf by poaiag. Taa â- â€¢ rook-a-way^" aecordiag to tha Loa- don WtrU, ia tha lateat variety of the waits. It ia largely patroaiaad by tha iadolaatljr ia- chaad. It darivoa ita name from tha sway- img asotioa prodaead by ehaagiag tha foe* oa th* first aeta of aask bar oaly, aad is alaiy da\-elopmaat of tha old "hop " waits. Tha bead of brakooaa Snodgraai af Cor- rj. Pa,, ooea rooad, ia aow loag aad alim. Whila ha waa stakiag a eoapliag hia head waa eaaght batwoea the hompyta, and ao hoAtbly ifloorijd that it is la^aaa£^He is etesa syidaad aa umh taOat; bat he wOl aad hia iatrllaot ia frey was daa|anM|sly and below oppooite side of thi,"r tb« friends of each p^ partiaa was somethiij^ batanta than the other the eeoond of iUddoj and Jamea Bowie »td LJ had long exUtod t de«dl^ â- ontha before Gen. (L:i Crane with a shot gu„ l!^t disabling one of hi, ir;' The partiea to th. Tj the spot selected for jj different directions. T% were soon arnagBd. TK took their positions »nd gj^ shots without effect, aajTl was amicably adimted. Bowie was just in \u woods with Gem*. Well. ' armed with pUtoU, Boei, ' huge knife. Asthedoeli^' ed to leave the gronndsBclr started to meet them, n. Maddox and Crane oa the oâ„¢, oftheaand-barseeingthuX tbeat from the party gtirted J meet them as 8ooDui,„JJ the retiring comlstiati. ' n was the first on the aJ^ foUowed by Bow*. ' lately advanced upon C« remarked. •'Col. Grant, ttu," time to settle our di£caltT " menoed drawing hia piitol the same. Crane was |^^ brace of dnaling pistols kuj, awaited the attack of Cucnr. moment Correy was ajij j brother and bej^ to da and Crane fiivd at each other without effect. There wen aaid Bowie was wounded. statement I think most Bowie stopped, felt of hu'iip drawing his knife limped totvl who was watching Gen. Canw leased from the hold of Jui Currey was advancing, ;it^j ent Crane leaped acto«tiimi{ cut through the 8aDd\iy t^,^ flowing from the acclivitis resting his pistol upon bi]'a,y fired at Carrey, woundinr W\ He fell. Crane waa now disarmed m advanced cautiously upon hia. ing his pistol he struck Bovit head, as he avoided his knif* and felled him to the groa^ retreated a step as liis fâ„¢ Wright advanced upon him,^ a long alender sptar, drawr. walking cane which he carried. ed Bowie, who made a pass u spear with his Vn\{e, \a wV\ch The spear waa of cold iron, and the breast bone bent and vec upon the rib. Bowie at thii seized Wright and fell, pulling V down with and on top of him, u. ing him strongly to his jiersan. T: was a slender and by no means r man and was powerless in the Bowie, who ooolly said to hire Msjor, you die:" and plungitg'ir into his heart killed hiiu instan:^ This knife was made by Bowie out of a biMcksioith's large file and araa the orij^inil famous Bowie knife. Whet Bowie reoeivod it from his bra; waa told by him that it whs "si of admirable temper. It v moi^i worthy in the hands of h Mrotjl than a pistol, for it will nc;i Crane and Wright are l*th y miea; they are from .Muryl'imi birthplace of our ancestora, ami brave as you are, hut not «w/ are both inferior in si«agtli w y and therefore not your equK\ in fight. They are bot\\ daDgen) Wright the most so. Keep thii alwaya with you. It. will he yoor 1 in a laat reaort and may gave yov; After thia oonfiiot Resin P. I carried tbis knife to Philsdelphii, it waa faahioaad by a catler form of a model made by his preaume the knife is y«t in tJ)«ji ion of aome member of the fsaiJj There waa no reconcilistian I*' Crane and Bowie after tit thoagh Crane^iided iiersouiinii ing Bowie from the groiui o^ thanked him and said: "O^- ^^ do not think und^r thv circvi you ought fo havo shot me," Ai* immediately upon the attack d C upon Crane the fight between fhends became general, in vhici were aeveral wounded, bnt and Carrey were the onlt killed. All the men engaged fi tnrible affair «are men of ««i'^l high aodal position, and tbe tv^ included almost every m«n "' in the extensive and wealthy Rapides. All are gone savt and Wells, both very old tai aiding in the same jiaiish. arbae ia«er**e* be rsekoaodby ei by a seals of "aJ»-a«s»~« withoat tin be aablishid till far- 'l^liYv All transitory R^Ltbeia^* o^^ °^ f^ f vScmA on the Tharaiay r their pnblioatioD. I^JHTTLKDGE, Propi-ietor. BUILDER A C| Ilriirki. I'la promptl.T attendo eialty. Estimates, faction goaranti Brown and Spron^ December 31. ABUSMEtS )l RECTORY. yu^irsl. ^SproHle Cmrter, reon*' AccouclioarB I, Surgeo .Medical Hall; residene. at 1-y PB. nTBDT, SUBOEON. Doaau P. O. U$mL W^Ukea, fat Law, Ovren Sound. -Millsrs's building, over Bobiu- Ponlet Street. 1-y tut dfc Frwat, 3B8, AND ATTOBNKTS-AT ilicitors in Cbanoerv, Convey vMi Soand, have resumed at OAsa often every Thursday, as HAS oommen fees ion in ' experience and ei and thia co'intr] satisfaction. miration of tbnuj warranted to pa diseases lurking i cattle, always proenred at h ^rng Store. Estimates fir plication. Satis dence â€" ^ueeo Stl Markdal' .Sipij AJ CatUu tj M-li.l age to leave there Cutchion* Iiotl| Si thtr UUillTsiKUl'l aul mill po-itiv. tMipt. I7tlj,le J. MV. FaosT, I ^ttornev. LL. B. 1 iA' IB and ATTOBSEY-AT LXW, I Chaneery Owen Sound. 1-y gT.AT-L.\W, SOLICITOR IS J, Notarr Pubbc, 4c. 1 at lowest rat«is on personal Lands bought aud sold. UcT introduced free of commis DUNDALK. I list, I8ia 1 R. m I CTKJNKF.l Aannl. \Vi:li] I Sales att'iilui i Uoods bolil liU ' I Pianos. V»it:ftD I Fruit and Oniuml tural Implfm-ntaT I cu le. WUiamsfi.r.l, ' Wm." BAI I ra. Broana, ' MABBIAGE LICENSES. 4c.. nar in B. B. tc. in all its branches promptW I oarefollv executed. aey to Lend on Real Estate »e- lai^. good Kecuntv. T. OI14 '1 «ln; (-l|.|.I,-l [Sept. 17.1880. 1-y AG£NT AND DEAHEB IN ' Stock, William.ford Station. I8S0, 1 -aassrlnrtn ^â- â- as, and exaui4er Broara, of Marriage Licenses, Fire and lurance Aaant. (^nunissionei ConvevancM' and Laeenseo r the County of Or.y. Farmers, and Lai)d Sales, Punctually at. charges made very moderate. *. 17,1880. 1-v INTEREST Allowt^l I X^Oraftj iiruJ alt points, at low/ September. 1^ Ra C*r»ct, tr^ N AND OENEBAL AGENT id. Monev to Loan at low Principal parable at the I f years, and inteaau half year principal and inlere8t repav- ' nents. " ' i^ber of desirable Improved Farms ' ' _. _^ ±y i M. G. SiBV, W AND PROVINCIAL LAND or, Draaghtsmau and Valuator, Markdale. Having purchased ad Surveyor Cbarleii Bankiu's original Field Notes, Plane, ions, e., of all his Surveys last bfty-hve years, I am Surveys in strict sccord- ith. Profiles and Estimates Hills, Plans and Specifications Bridges, furnished on applica- ' to Ixan at H per ceut iuterest. or left with G. J. BLYTH, be promptly attondod to. tMW. It 9(*ti#tr||. laaaea 1. ITkitc, Dr. Cameron, Oweu Sound. 1 AT THE BEVEBE HOUSE, iale, on Uie last Wednesday in rhan he will be prepared to per- atians retjnired upon the muutli "••tialactory manner, aud npou M. 1-y 9«t»i». :re hotel, ^KARKDALE. BOULiE, Proprietor. Hotel has had a_ larxe ad- ued to it, thoroughly refittfd, second to none in the county. Ig and attentive ostler. Firs't- QodatiOD for oommeroiAl travttj. la 91.00 p^r day. i7.(y :ajl 21BB, ORD. Ont. I'KorBiniuaa. Is a rompound ol la. MilUnKia. tbe iodide ol oti blood-making, bl| tainiDf; elements and most effe kuoivn or availal «nces of mediiinf produced no valu loteut to cur* impure bliKxl. nil acrofiilousi R oa e or !»t. suid Face^rut noils, TuDiol Salt Kbeutn, I" leers. Ssores, Disease, Neur nesses and If AflTeclions of Kmariation, By Its searohin •.t purges I'Ut th uiiiaminatc tbe luemanddccuv. Ihe vital functlu Ptrenptb. restored inluses netw lile whole sy.tteni ••asf will! Il .THIS Itlooil uef'fi lit; SAK.iAPAKII.L\ a I It IS lolly t(i cxj uiis low-nri'iil mf and uulioui iiic« lili."j«l-t'iirili«-r.». rirmlv •w-ati-ij iiifihcinc I'i p..H.r, that It I* iiiid iii.i-T i-i!al.-| I'liv^ii iau ku' ik'IiIm- It. It li;is| 'ai». Mild li.i drnrc uf laillK'Uik Prepared by l*rarllrnl un* La ruLU at i i S2 SPEC 1.1 lodation for tbe ttav.Uing ' ia well stocked widi the 1 ud tbe bet TAI OoUece Foetiy- Ob, she weara a sralskia at^*^ Wbcn It SHOWS i And her stunning suit " •'" Aa a crew's Sbmt and thinks it is *fV' Charming, jolly, wise ani ^^ Haa a retrouaaeâ€" so pretty* Little note. I and Liquerx I and from all train 1*80. DIJ their Britjh friiadi Thtsa afcajsaajab -, adhayaaftBaffaia^ **Vaai saMSL saa ssaalastea am te desk. MM t-X hear ths* « AlT C In her basket phsotos, When It blows, Wilh her stl iking glsMf* ' Out she foes ^, 1 And she's just as sweet M "|-^ I And aha siu there to seda^Ij,| ^ith bar checks and lipt'T^I fake a rosa.- Sha piayi Chcpin, Li^^t as^ j For her btaaz, Aad aba apMka of " Pa»'** Haaren knows „,j^| With a aaaghty "D " snd ^^t Bat abe'a awfnl nice and t*" ' IfaheUhcdair, I'drndssTor ToptoDoai, â-  -L-. J -a rt I RCIAL HOTEL f»VILj_,E, Ont. °oniinodioos Sample Rooms Ae. The Bar and larder With the best the mwket af and attontive Hastlu-'s* tfloa ATKINSOX, Proprietor! 8 LOST MAN» l-v A Tiatun of yootl • I tni* IWcmT. Ncnroiu j bavm(t tried ID vais eoTtmd a lUspka arlf c So ba PHam-vaSmri at., I )RGE WILSON. iT TClHlE iR next door to Expositor I at any bouse iu town. ly BaapTr a Dctt.â€" All snaMia tto likeneaa of VeaM., datr of artry true "'•'V aha can. U » *rjM gladden •» »"' -â-  ths wofi lavaMMS^TM* as the floweri »" claddes it lid always aad thus will bar I aad her miad ta ar|b*aafan3|fa«rCaalif M. 'Wekater, AUCTIO!(EEB FOB THX Orey. JfD LA.VD AGEXT, 1 at lowest ratos of interest, in Agent for Farmers' Co. All bosiness matters Itrsatadaa aaeb. tOOKMIA P. O. 14f Motbera ' Mc Are you diiitui Ix your rest by cryinjt with the \i telh! If s.1. fo «l .MRS. \V1NSL0\V| It will relicM" Ihr 1 ately â€" depeml iij'ol about It. Tdpu who has evfi usd| once that it »iil give rei-t to the mo to the rbild, npeml fectly Hale to use 11 the taste, and in tq tb. oldest and nnrses in the UniJ where at 25 cents 1 fOGONi The advertiser. cured ot that dread j a oimple remedy, v. to bis fellow euSer all who desire it. h^ preoehption nsed, (^ directions for prcpi which they will find SCMPnOK, ASTBMA. Parties wishing I please sddress, RevJ St.. Williamsburpb.]