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.! .. .d Nur. Mrooa In tb f > iti ol womau I lift uiiue t-> < to thine, Aud fuel thiui ui t a true Ulau To love as fn I an mine, Food a* the U . w ur thai luroeth To wbn im Munbeaiui shlna. What, ueedof w..rds reveal i of All tnouuunt know full well? Trun love Lmh IK. roDcoalinf, And eyes will ,'crutll, Love lirui w i . HI htill braving -Caan'S Swell. Withmtii, l.-t . > uow laying My liami I p are :ur, Nor iluubt u" I- AT botraying ; My iili i ( .i uJ sure Kant a uie twi < i IK ivy, Ad uacnli-.il run eu iur lr.. 6 flutter, i .Ii "I fear My hixi oi wr.t ,-ouia ulMr Of JoubC wh i ay. If 'Tin uo balf-mioule or ao of vacuity, bad atammared 80 let Thine arm >u tliou art near ; t-ver irouf and dear. Vea draw m- L ibee oeaxtr, And wniiipi 1 1 1 mot and low, In aoceuUth* e dearer Thau cbinmiK water'* flow, Tell i nit ill.' luvn tbuu feeleel No change ca over know. Ob I tliua u|i.<n tlico leaning. AB wuum i c\ -i ahuulJ. Thy heart ma\ I aru tbe meaning 3/ trutfttui wuuiaubood, l**ii"j(; <>ij uia.ii berweakaeM, Will: i.;rn,,;t.i i . be endued. A LOCT OF iiOLUKN HUB. C It WBI midnight b> the olook of Egyptian deaign that stood ou tbe mantelpiece of my Library. I had UM.- to a dinuer party at which there were IL-V. rl intellectual men aud (wo or three lovely womeo, aod nad on 7 return thrpwu myself into the moat luxurious obiur in tue room. Then I bad lighted a oigtr. iv.-i >m i composed myself to think f'ji htlf f- i-uur before going to bed. I l.u.i a apod dual with which to occupy my thought* . I waa writing a book on an abatrtua subject uonnroud w.tb tba mind. A patient iu wuoui I waa greatly interested bad out re .puuded aa decidedly aa was deeirable to tue remedies I waa giv ing him, and thua m.d uutb compels ma to any that tbm wm pre-eminent the young lady I bad escorted to tbe dining room would not Kot oat of my mental vieion, nUuouf.b i uouently tried my heat to banish her. r'muilj, I fcave up the Attempt, and allowed my imagination to ruu loose with all aorlai of erratic ideaa, of wmoh ahe formed a prom moot feature. that I waa in love, first time that ti. tender paasiiou bad apparent mental never, under any oireumataooea, give an oat eome aimple Opinion of a patient that I have not thor- oughly personally examined. If you wiab me to break through tbia rale, you may save yooreeU further trouble, for I ahali not violate it now." " 1 am prepared for that objection," ahe anawered, with entire composure. " I am a Russian, and in my oouoiry there are l>byioiana and wonderful men they are, too that are able to diaoem the nature of a malady from inspecting, not neoeeaarily the whole body, but a portion of it. I do not anppoee that the American doctori are their inferior*, and I bava been led to sup- pose tbat you are atill more skilful. I oaunol allow you at present to see my obarge, but you can now, if yon choose, inspect a portion of her body. I have it lit ro in this package." Great heaven!" I thought. " What a horrible woman !" I looked at the small parcel that lay on the table. It we* large enough to contain an eye, a finger, the tougua or an ear. I waa ahooked beyond measure, not only al the oold blooded revelations of tba woman, but at the awful ignorance and superstition that they implied. That she bad in some wsy mutilated the poor woman under her con- trol I bad no doubt. I turned my eyes toward her, and now I noticed what I bad not seen before, the Tartar oast of her features. Bbe noticed my inspection. " I am a Cossack," she said, proudly. My father waa*.-* prince. You are horrified at wbal r nave told you, bat your emotion is entirely misplaced. See 1" Aa aba spoke tbe last worda aha tore open the package she bad brought with her and diaoloaed to my aotouiebed gase along lock of golden-red hair, bbe drew it slowly between her fingers aa though admiring it, but seemed lost in some intense thought that tbe contemplation tugxeeted. I broke the silence. " And you eipeet me to prescribe for a patient by simply looking at a look of bar I began then to think aud, if so, it was: the fainteet gleam of the rver shone in my heart. I waa an old bachelor no called thongb under 60. Many anH.ults, ao I had been told, bad been made on my celibacy by designing laatumaa working in the interval of their daogtilera. but I bad gallantly held the citadel o' my affections against them 11, and bad about reached the conclusion that I bbould remain aingle all my life. Society seemed to bve arrived at the opinion that I WBJ> not a " marrying man," and benoe wben I went to receptions and dinners aud balls, aa 1 did vary often, it fell to my lot uaually to look after the dowagers and wall flower.). I waa always willing to make myself uaof ul iu tbia way, and there- lore I waa a welcome guest wherever I went. I was well to do aa tbe world looks at mat- tews, my praotioe wan excellent, I held a professorship in a noted medical soi- lage, aud I had written several works that bad been well received by the profeaaion. Beside*, I had a inug little fortune that sny father had left roe. But I waa in love with my profwwion, aud, when a physician gets into tbat state In whiob he finds something moro in bin studies than his 41 bread and buttsr," be is not very apt to be led astray by tba blandishments of woman, no matter how attractive they may be for mankind in general, or bow aMiduooaly thty may make use of tbeir oharma. Now, so far as I knew, I was in love, and tbat, too, with a woman that 1 had never aaen before that night, of whom I had no other kao wledge than that derived from three hours' oouversation and obiter vation, aod of whooe antecedents I was altogether ignorant, except that, meeting her ID good society , I was bound to take it for granted tbat ahe waa a lady. I had always prided myself on my knowledge of woman, and, it I knew anything at all, I knew that DO one of the sex reveals her true nature to a man during tba first three hours of her acquaintance) with him. I waa conscious, therefore, tbat I waa making a fool of myself, and acting in oppoei lion to ajoma of my most cherished principles in being caught in this ignominious manner. True, aha bad made no effort, so fa; a* I could perceive, to cap- ture me. I bad fallen into the pit solely through my own roinhaps, and tbat made it all the worre. I was old enough to have known better. Well, many a wiser (nan than 1 bad beou caught in folly as aay and idiotio a w ay by a pretty face and ngaging mannaro. If there was any con- aolatiot. in tfa*t knowledge, I had it in abundance. I bad not thought her particularly attractive aa we talked together in tbe drawing-room baforj going into dinner. She had, it is true, a beautiful face and figure, but, though I was an old fool proba- bly, I wasi not aaoh a big one to be caught by allurements of that kind. 8bs had not talked muob, and wbal she bad said waa of very little consequence. I was not quite emre that she waa not weak-minded, for there waa a oertaiti degree of abstraction in her manner tbat bad prevented her reply- ing at once to my remarks. She bad appeared to me to bo io a kind of reverie, or rather of mental inaction, from which he bad to rouse Herself before she could gather her though t together, so as to com- prehend toy speeches and frame nuiUble responses;. Her brain had struck me as being one of thcae slow working ones ao often met with in parsons, who, without being abaolote irliots, are, nevertheless, not tar removed from imbecility, in whom the cerebral oeUn are never ready for action, and In whom sorre extraordinary exalta- tion is neoacsary to start them going. Beside thil, there was a look of surprise in bar face wbiuh waa altogether incon- gruous, (or there was nothing in her sur- rounding! at all calculated to develop wonder or astoniabment. The remarks that, daring tbe ten minutes: subsequent to my presentation , and tba signal from tbe boVliesi that dinner was ready, I had addressed to her wor of the most common- BUM* description, and yet, eaeh time tbat I bad spoken to bar, aha had raised her ere brown in amazement, and then, after a reopouae, generally a "yea" or a "no," or a few words not ao decided In their mean- ing. Still, to a certain extent, she bad fascin- ated me from the very beginning, without at that time exciting my admiration. Into thin feeliug there entered a strong degree of professional interest. There waa some- thiug morbid about her ; of tbat I was uure, and I made up my mind to study her ao far as I eould oouauteutly with the require- ments of politeness. Certainly she was beautiful, but then, as I have said, mere facial btauty did not go for much with me. I was ouuHtautly on tbe lookout for expres- sion iu the faces of tbe men and women that came iu my way, and bars waa not of tbe kind tbat pleased me. One feature she bad, however, tbat waa magnificent, and that was a kind of golden-red hair, nowhere observed in snob perfection now- adays as in Lombardy aud Venice. I could aee at a glanoit that had abe let it down it would have reached to bar feet ; and as to the color, it waa auperb. I was apprehenaive that I would pass a atnpid two or three hours at the swell dinner that was about to come off, but my anticipation was agreeably disappointed, for a more charming companion it bad never been my good f artuna to meet than the one tbat sat next to ma at that table. No 80001 r had she eaten the half-dozen oysters before bar and drunk the glaas of onablis tbat waa poured put for her, than an entire change enaned in bar manner and mental characteristics. Bbe became viva- oioua, quick to perceive tbe drift of my remarks, ready at repartee, witty to a degree that I bad never seen equalled in a woman, while her face lighted up with an intelligence tbal astonished, while it deligbted me. I was enraptured, over- whelmed, enthralled, subjugated, every- thing, in fact, that expreaaea the complete aupremaoy of tbat power abe bad acquired over me, and that is indicative of the hair I I dominance of love. Aa the dinner went ignorant on, there was no diminution in her How of spirit*, or in the appoeitooeaa of every word abe uttered now ane was beautiful; now there waa expression in all the infinite variety of whiob the human face U capable, and wben I handed be( into her carriage I felt i- ure that my happmeaa for thaoompar, atively faw years of life that yet remained' to me depended ou tba tact of my being able to gel her for my wife. Miry Plowman was her name. I sen my brougham away and walked home in the oold winter air, hoping to cool my head and calm the beatinga of my old heart. I Well, neither do I. Keep it for good luok. Sarah won't begrudge U to you. There's your policeman," as the door bell rang. " Come along." She led tue way to tbe front door, and I, after making a abort statement of the facts in my possession, and my inferenoaa from them, gave her in obarn. I did not sleep soundly tbat night, bat I was still in love with Mary Plowman, and the long lock of goldea-red hair still lay ou my library table. INOIAKM AS3 riBADSttlB). n >oi ih. .1 Trial. out i ! did noi succeed very well, and, therefore, when I threw myelf into the big chair, and, stretching out my legs, puffed away at the atrongeet cigar I oould nod, my thoughts all went to her. Thirty years I gave her. A mature woman, just about of a suitable age to be the wife of a middle-aged man like myself. From Tunkhanuook aba came, ao she had told ma, and was stopping at the Windsor Hotel, where I waa by her periniaaion going to call on tbe following day to make her a visit. Where was Tunk- bannock ? I had never beard of the place before. I had an idea, however, that it was somewhere in tbe oil region of Pennsyl- vania, but in this I was mistaken. I got my gazetteer and hunted up tbe name " A village in Wyoming county, Pa. Popu- lation 'J&3." I knew enough of geography to know that Wyoming oounty waa in tba coal district. Doubtless ahe owned mines of ooal and iron, else, why should she live in an inaigoinoant village snob as Tunk- bannock certainly was ? There waa something strange about her ; something that interested me intensely, and al tbe same time frightened me. Why had tbe mental inertia disappeared aa soon aa she began to eat and drink ? Why had there been any mental inertia atopidily it really waa -at all ? Why had she been so preternaturaUy brilliant at the table? Which was her normal condition? Per haps, after all, she had only been mentally preoccupied, and a glass of wine bad ex oited her brain to new thought. Clearly hers was a case to study, and 1 resolved to study it, bat I was none tbe lees in love. So I want on thinking and smoking till I finished my cigar, and then, getting up laboriously from tbe comfortable chair, made ready to go upstaira to bed. 1 waa juat about turning out tba argand burner over the table wben a loud ring at the door bell, sounding in the enllneas of the night with tenfold its ordinary loudness, startled me for the moment almost out of my wits. All tbe servants bad hours ago gone to bed, so I walked through the long passageway with no pleasant feelings in my heart toward the unseasonable intruder, and ready on alight provooatioB to treat him with abort courtesy. I threw open the door, and there on the atepa stood a woman. " I wiab to aee Dr. Waldron immedi- ately," she said in quick, sharp tones. " I am Dr. Waldron." " If 1 am to talk with yon, I would like to come in." " Vary well, madam," getting out of tba way as I spoke and thus allowing her to enter. " Come in, by all means. It is nearly 1 o'clock, but doctors must expect to have unseasonable visitors." " Of oonrae. If people had tbeir option in tbe matter, they would probably prefer to get sick during the daytime. This viall I assure you ii as disagreeable to me as it IH to yon." I oflsred her a chair as she entered tba room, aod when ahe bad taken it embraced the opportunity of looking at her. She wan 60 at least, and had lha appear anoe of being a housekeeper or some other kind of upper servaat. There was nothing in her looks to excite interest. Her expres- sion waa one cf calmness and dignity My prime object was to gat rid of her as soon as possible. ".Now, madam," I said, with a alight accent of impatience in my voice, " I shall am sorry to find that yon are so and credulous as to believe tbat such a thing can be dona." " Ignorant and credulous I n.ay be," aha anawered, with a sharp tone of contempt in her voice, " but I know tbal there are physicians in my country who could, by merely looking al these few strands, die- cover all the pnaaea of my darling'a diaeaur, ita Cannes, its aeat and its ours. Yon are supposed to be enlightened ; you have mioroaeopea and oheinioal tests, and Gad only knows what els*,ad yet. when I give yon a look of hair tbal grew not half an inch from the spot where my poor child Buffers the most -agonizing pain, yon can tell me nothing." Oive ma the hair," 1 said, as an idea flashed with tbe rapidity of a stroke of lightning through my mind. " Tss," she exclaimed with eagerness. " Take it. I am> sure yon can find out some- thing. You will savs bar from death, or," abe added, " from what is worse, a lunatic asylum." I took the long silken trees in my bands. It was of exactly the same color as the hair I had so much admired two hours before on the bead of Miaa Mary Plowman. It was fully four feet in length. I was sore of its identity. " Bow did yon get this ?" I inquired. " I out It off, of course." " Why ajan I not aee the patient?" " BeaaaM bar father and mother have called in two ether physicians, who are now with bar, and (Key would object to yon seeing her. I made an excuse for being absent, and taking a carriage, came here to consult you." " Then aa aba baa medical attendance I cannot interfere. May I aak the patient's name?" You may aak what you please, bat as you refnsa to help me, I shall have nothing further to do with yon. Oive me back the hair and let me go." She atretobed oat her hand, and, seizing the lock, began to draw it through my fingers. As the last part of it escaped my grasp, I fell tbat the ends were rough. " Stop I" I exclaimed. " Let me look at this a moment I held it under the full glare of tbe argand burner, and picking up a hand lens tbat lay on tbe table, looked through at the bunch of ends. "Yon did not out this hair," I said severely, for it baa bean torn out by the roots, every single strand of it." " Then you can tell something after all from looking at a look of hair from a woman's head. Ha, ha I I thought you were wiser than yon gave yourself credit for being. You aee, I knew you better than you knew youraelf. Shall I tell yon some- thing else ? Yes, I will. Yon recognized the hair. It came from the bead of tbe woman you love. I saw it in your eyes. Well, she has just 379 strands less than when yon last aaw her. I pulled them out aa she stepped lightly from her carriage, and I counted every one of them as I came here. Two hundred and seventy-nine. A large number of Blood Indiana, from the Head Chief Mecasto to tbe ordinary acrnb, cams in from tbsir reserve last week on one of tbeir periodical misaioos of com- plaint. Tbia time the leading topic, amoug many otbara which waa to be diaouftsed, waa concerning the imprisonment of WbiM Calf's son, who is awaiting his trial in oin- neotion with the horse stealing expedition to Medicine Hat. As tbe authorities are waiting tbe arrival of ths owners of the horses, tbe trial cannot go on at once. After the trial of Long Crow, the Indiana aeaembled in the police orderly room. Tbe colonel has bad a varied and extensive experience in tbeae interviews, and knew just what to sipeot, So, notwithstanding that we were iu the presence of royalty, pipes ware lighted all round, and every one squared off for a regular siege of blarney, pleading, partial threatening, etc. To say tbal every aubterfuga was resorted to, to get the promising yonng White Calf released, ia an unneoaasary item of information to those who know anything about Indians. Stirring speeches were made byMeoasto, or Red Crow ; White Calf, Old Moon, Blaokfoot Old Woman, Strangling Wolf, O/oing-to-the-Bear (or, as his helpmeet calls him, " Morning Post," or morning paper, him whom the Gazette supplanted) ; Mrs. While Calf, who implored tbe Colonel to take pity on her (kimokat), and staled tbat ahe would like to take her boy home with her, who waa by far too exemplary a youth to go on the war-path or steal horses , Running Wolf, Calf Bbirt and Crop Ear Bull. We would repeat ths speeches made by these elcqnant warriors, out have too much regard for our readers. They evidently went on the priuoiple that the oonatant dropping of water on one spot will wear a hole in a rock, for one after another walked solemnly on, snook hands all around (except with tbe newspaper man all of them except Morning Poet have an unfair and ungrounded suspicion of tbat frater- nity), and then talked to the Colonel as if he were at Whoop Up, each repeating what was originally said. 11 IB adamantine heart refused to kimoket, even when ,ultd by the charming Mrs. While Calf, and so White Calf, jnn., will languish in prison until tba time cornea for the tribunal before which be ia tried, to pronounce him innocent or guilty. But the immediate release of White Calf's son waa not ths whole burden of tbeir complaint. There was another Indian wrongdoer, named Hair Face, who waa serving out hia aentenm in the guard-room, and whose term of imprisonment was now over, so contended the Indians. They aakad therefore thai he be raleaasd. On consulting the record, it was found that hia term expired on tbe next day (Tuesday). Bo, on the solicitation of Red Crow, the colonel suggested that be should be let out that day. Thua ended thia great pow wow, whfob tor oonatant repetition, challenges even the speeches in tbe Legislature, moving and seconding the adoption of the speech from tbe throne. tort Mcl.eod Qatrttr. HUt THE I.AIHI-M. Oranges should not be chosen tor aiie , weight ia tbe teat of a good orang*. To clean tbe iainglaas lined iu aeovedoora, rob with a elotn wet with vinegar till clean, and then with a dry one ; it will look a* good aai new, and be as good. Mildew in books, ink, gum, paste or leather may be effectually prevented by a few drops of oil of lavender dropped io thai book on to the leather aud mixed with the) above-mentioned liquids. Fine flour for pastry IB bettei for being kept for a little while before il is used. It muat be put into dry jars with air-tight lida ; it makee lighter paatry after keeping for a while than when fresh ground. For oongh roast a lemon vary carefully wilbout burning it ; whan It ia thoroughly hot, tut and sqneexe into a cup upon three ounces of aogar finely powdered. Take a spoonful whenever your oongh troubles you Oysters are very nice roaated in the ahell Place them in a baking- pan and keep them io a hot oven for about twenty minnlea. Take them from tba oven and serve on hot disbeti. By thia mode of preparation the) flriit and beat flavor of the eyatsr ia ra> tainad. Patients suffering from enteric fever are) frequently awakened by dryuewi of the tongue, which ia genurally parobad and overed with aordea. Pointing with glycer- ine, repeating when neoeaeary, is found to Hive almost instant relief , a ui to materially askist in procuring aleep for the sufferer. To remove tar from black clothes first soften it with olive oil. and then dose it with soooessiva applications of turpentine). Naphtfcaor banaina will answer the same pnrpoeb aa the turpentine. The secret oonsiat* m getting the tar spot thoroughly soft before yon begin ; and the beat way to prevent the oil confining itself to the tar it) to apply il with a pledget of cotton wool. It was a What a Neither one more nor one less, bard thing to do, wasn't it? piteous cry she gave ? " She bent forward as abe altered these last words, and peered into my face with a look of malicious onnning on her counten- ance that was aa diabolical a one as I bad ever seen. . I was almost overcome with horror. How my darling must have suffered aa tba wretched woman tore from her tender skin the silken strands that lay before me I I locked at them again almost expecting to be obliged to yon if yon will tall me tbe object of your visit." She made no answer in words, but, plunging her hand into a pocket of bar frock, produced a small package, whiob she laid on ths table. " I have heard that yon give special attention to diseases of tbe brain, and tbat you are very successful in discovering tbeir true character. I wish your services for a patient who is under my immediate charge, and who is vary dear ' to me. I governe**), guardian and nurse. I >m her am so thoroughly acquainted with her symptoms tbat I can give them to yon with absolute fidelity, BO that it will not be oeoeaaary for yon to aee her, your " "Stop, it you please! 1 I exclaimed; "I see a portion of the aealp hanging to them. But I did not waste much time in reflec- tion. 11 Yon vile monster I " I exclaimed, as I roae from my chair and pulled down the little lever of the district telegraph appara- tna, and gave Ibe signal for a policeman. " Yon are probably insane, but lunatic or not, I'm going to have you taken care of for the night at least. Snob tigrseses as yon are not to be allowed to run at large to tor- ture women as you by your own confession bava tortured Miss Plowman." "A lunatic !" she shrieked, " and you've jnal fonnd it out ! A pretty doctor yon are I Yes, I'm a lunatic, and that hair came trom Sarah Spine's head. She's the chief nuraa in Ward No. 6 in the woman's luna- tic asylum on the island. I'm the orszy Cossack Princess. Ha I ha t Miss Plow- man ! She's Ibe girl you're in love with. I've found out all your secrets, and now I'm ready to go back. I heard them talk- ing about yon M a great, mad doctor, so I thought I'd get out and Me for myaelf. And I've seen enough. I've taken your measure, and now I'll go back. Yon don I care so much about tha hair now, do you 7 Krnulllul III. ndlo. Apropos of Miss Beaais Darling playing the aleep walking soana in " Macbeth " in bare feel, Cecilia Logan says in the New York World . Their piukneaa reminds ma of a curious story Mma. (Patterson) Bona- parte onoe told me. She said : " While Napoleon I. would never publicly acknow- ledge me as the wife of bis brother Jerome, he did so privately by allowing me to be on terms of intimacy with the members of bis family, who, without an exception, received ma as if I ware ons of themselves. One day I called on Caroline, Bonaparte's favorite aister and the greatml beauty of her day. She bad jual emerged from her bath and was lying on a loonga in her bad-room. The scantiness of bar clothing revaalbd to me one of tba moat perfect forma that heaven ever bestowed upon woman. In particmlar her feet were of the most exquisite shape and color, the solan and undersides of tbe toes being the tint of a tea-rose, tbe upper portions rivalling the lily in whitentM. Noticing my steadfast gaze.Caroline amiled and said : ' Is not tbe blended color divine ? ' I admitted that I had never seen anything mors lovely. ' I have it done every morning after my bath.' ' Have it done I " I exclaimed ; ' what do yon mean by having it done? ' ' Wby, after the manicure has attended to my hands the chiropodist polisbea my toenails and pinka and pearls my feet.' I wondered why," remarked Mme. Bonaparte in con- olusien. Never were washable) dress goods and their ornamentation to dainty a* al the) present lime. Tbe urok of the evening dress of this) summer u likely to be often cut square, but by no uit-ans low. Smalloesa of sice and simplicity or claw absolute uniqaeneaa mail characterise the) button* tbia spring. Modistes favor long, straight draperies) tbal demand expensive stuffs and require) little or no decoration. Turbans of straw, aa wall aa of snob materials aa crepe, silk, tinsel olotb and costume goods will he quite popailar this) E after. Tbe fancy for gold braid and brilliant- hned vests makes it a certainty that dark greens, bines and browns will remain in lavor. The judgment of Paris io certain matter* pertaining to tbe gowning of womankind is undisputed, and to-day Paris nays: "Cot- ton costumes are an fait." The bonnet of Paris is much larger than baa been lately worn. Tba larger bonnet, Ibe baby waial and the lucked skirt are sure to be accompanied with a wide lace or muslin collar. More novel and beautiful tffaote in dresaj trimmings are produced this month by the) skilful arrangement of extraueous garni- tures with tue dress material than in any other way braids and embroideries being among those that have obtained the strong- est hold upon public favor. The liking for yellow has shown itself this season, especially in ribbons used in the arrangement of jabots and gilets. The) very wide ribbon is uaually of satin or soft, lustrous groa grain, while tbe narrow ia iieoerally velvet or moire. For the ribbon tied close around the) throat, with ita coquettish bow on one aide, velvet with the) sauu facing ia preferred. Among attractive the illuminated cloths some combinations are shown, tbe (abrio showing tiny specks of color accom- panying the striped variety. A brown and mode shows solid stripes of brown and blue, each alternating with illuminated brown and a stripe of mode. Blue the) Ii A nswapaper writer aays : " Twenty years ago, whan Sherman marched down to tbe aea, ha saw before him a sullen foe ; around him bleak field and ruined, smoking homesteads ; behind him tearful ayes and despairing hearts." The rear view of Kher man is correctly described, only tbe bleak field and amokiog homesteads should have been in tbe picture, iay the Maoon white has in the same way solid blue and scarlet, while acajou and white has ecru and acajou. An Eaater bonnet to be worn with a bro- caded wrap showing a lining of aoarlel satin bas the crown overlaid in full, soft folds) with the material, wbioh ia tautened here and there with small, gill pins, tha brim bsicg of black velvet with an undertaking of scarlet satin. On *he left aide is a bunch of holly-berries onmbiqed with very dark leavea. Tilled alightly forward and worn without atringa, this bonnet is more than becoming to the brunette who is to wear it, Scarlet, yellow and heliotrope are in great favor just now. the la Thousands of country houses cannot have, exeapt at considerable expanse, a amount of bath-room, with tbe usual Telegraph. In" before (Jump, fact, there save helpless) women and wim nothing children, big, little, yonng and old negros, stock of all kinds, well-filled barns and loaded smoke houses. Ha and his bum- mnra enjoyed a winter picnic of sausages, backbone, spareribe, ohillinge, oracklin bread and sweet potatoes, and the mighty warrior and many of his men have been mad ever since that they cannot come dowj and gather loot, to the tune of Marching Through Oeorgia." The his- torian of the future, in describing the March to the Sea," will become ai peckish M a reader of one of Dickens' novels. The Mahdi began marrying wban he waa 16 yean old, and has kspt on doiog it, till he has now accumulated a collection of thirteen wives, which looks as it the Falsa Prophet found real profit in matrimony. Tbe Colon affair will probably put a parted to tbe disturbances on ths Isthmus. fixtures. But in any country home per- sons may easily and thoroughly wash them- selves-whiob, I take it, 1s the one pur- pose of a bath-room at almost no expense and no slopping. The bowl of soft water and good oaatile soap, to begin with ; then, instead of the crash towel, which ao many nee, get a bait yard of shaker flannel cot- ton and wool flannel. Tba reason tor this is, it will not stick together like linen, and there ia more friction to it wben wet than linen has. Soap il well, and with il not dripplig wet, go over the body : then wring it out and go over Ibe body again , and there ia no need of any Turkiah towel for friction. Then plunge the feet in tba bowl and hold them there according to pleasure. The whole process need not take more than live minutes, and yon are clean. I like very much what my physician told ma onoe about bathing and rubbing: "Do not destroy the sensitiveness of the skin," which a great many people who balbe or wash themselves seem determined to do imagining that the harder they rub them- selves with a coarse towel tbe belter for them, whereas so much the worse.- llltu. CHrittian Weekly. The graat-grandnieoes of President Madi- son are conducting a little private school near Orange Court House, Va. A young lawyer of Sylvania, Oa., went through that town the other day driving a portion of bu first law f ee-a yearling steer. The fee consisted of JH in money, a alack of watch, an old aow, aod the)