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THE FAIR SEX. Column of Interesting Reading for the Ladies. M"* ^ THE USEFUL AHD THE ORNAMENTAL Hotes of Fashions and Folks. Fasaionable The Eflkcfs of Tight Lacing. New that rational ideas aa to dreaa bave •ccqoired a definite place iu pablio eateem, it may be ima^iced that the pra^itioe of titihl laoin^ and cnittoma of a like nature, if known an all, are not what they u^ed to be. A case of sadden death lately reported from BirmiDgham f rovea that it ia atill tuo early to indalita in aach illasory ideaa. Toe deceaaed, a aarvant girl of exuitable tem- perament, died aaddenly in an epileptuid fit, and the evideuoe niven before the coro- ner reapecling her death attribated the fatal iuaue to aaphyxia, due iu a great meaaare to the fact that both neck and waiat were annaturally contracted by her olothirg, the former by a tight collar, litter by a belt worn under the ataya inaDgorsted by a fashionable bride in New York She carried an anasDally large boDiiaet, and jast before leaving for the honeymoon the antied her flowers, which proved to be eight eeparate posies, fastened with different colored ribbons. Each of theae was presented to a bridesmaid, and one of the boaqaetu concealed a wedriinu ring, which wonld indicate the next bride. This idea rEsemblea the cnstom of patting a ring, thimble and money in the Christmas padding, marking the fincer'a lot, reepeo- lively, of matrimony, spinsteriiood or wealthâ€" >'(»•( Worth Qatette- Corsets Wtth VorT Loug WitiatH. The ccrstta ahown indicate a tendency toward abnormally long waibta. Two of these are accurately drawn in the illustra- tion, and at the time of my akeich they were being critically viewed by two girla whom generous nature bad ao shaped an to precluilr< them frum ever wearing those same conHguratiiig articles. It will be eaay enough for attenuated women to remove the artificial layera from their hips, and practically extend their waists to their knuea if they chooae, but liberally rounded oreatures will have to bo content with their luxuriousneas, and give up the idea of making Ihemuelvea long-waisied, no matter what fashion may make them the ! '°' 1^ '° '^^'- â€" ^<W York UUtr in Cincinnati TiaVelieVsSJ.'l^illj '.1j^«o very cot^aitipos J krs. Cartiot, which wouid lead ns ta JXti^ol thi Worai _ Speaking of the wife of the iifeBiaent of possible conarqaeao a from a oodvu'sivu seizure, '• here is no organ of the body whcse free movement ia at such timts more important than the heart. Yet here we find, on the one hand, its movement ham- pered by a tight girdle ao plaad that it ooald with difiicaliy be undone at a critical moment ; on the other, a contrivance ad- mirably adapted to allow the passage of blued to the brain, while impeding its re- turn. This id no iaclated caeo aa regards its essential character, though, happily, â- omawhat singular in its terroiuaiiou Minor degrees cf asphyxiation, we fear, are â- till aabmitied to by a Koo^ many aelf- tortaring children of vanity. The tight corset and the hiith he«l atill worn miaciiief on the bcdits of their devoted wearera. Taete and reaacn, indeed, combine to deprecate their injurious and valgar bond- age, and by no means unsucoeaaltilly. Bitll the evil maintaiiiH itself- Caues like that above mentioned ought to, it they do not, open the eyes of some aulf worshippers of the other sex who heedlesaly strive by snoh means to excel in a sickly grace. We would â- troogly impress upon all of this class the fact that beauty is impossible without health, and wonld advise tbem, in the name et taste aa well aa comfort, to avoid those methods of contortion, one and all, by which eleganoe ia only oarioatared and health may ba painfully and permanently icjured. â€" Londun Lancet. The TeaUowu. The day of the tea gown has by no means passed. Quite the contrary, it saeuia Iu have juat aa>vned, so popular baa this moat oomfoftable garment booome iu our own ooontry, aa well aa in England. Even French modistes have mode more charming oonfeotions on this model. Madame Jane Hading particularly has helped make this â- tyle of dress popular with the simple lirace with which she weara it. Barah Ber - hardt often appears in a aablimated tea gown, known by some other uaoie, perbapH, bat a tea gown juat the aame and a moat graceful one. Flimsy materials ara no longer the only onas used in the conatruu- tiou of the tea gown. Brocades, ailk poplina and such silken atuffa are macli more favorod .kia season, at least tor the main part of the gown, while for the front soft gossamer stuffs are preferred atill and give the character to the gown. Lovely em- broideries are lavished on the new cat tea gowna in preference to lace, which baa ao long been the only adornment allowed on thia graceful garment. A regal model in a tea gown from a famoua houae iu Paria had a fiue and delicate embroidery in gold threada on a rich, dark, red, eaatern silk. A net of old point tie Venise made a drspary in the front and was caught iu place by a golden girdle. A robe fit for a princesa moat truly was auoh a tea gown. Creamy while with gold embroidery alao makes an ex(|aiaite combination in the tea gown and one which is always becomiig Travelllui( l>reaA«a Correspondents who have asked sugges. tions for travelling dressea for autumn are kdvieed to got fact d cloth of light quality and make a princess coat ; or, it a separate bodice is preterrtd, a good plan ia to have a coat bodice, which ia a cairaase basque of evea length around the hipa and back. Thia bodice ahould open over a pleated vest of light armure silk, which haa a velvet yoke and collar at the top and three atrapa of velvet ribbon across the waiat line, each fastened by a buckle. The large ooat sleeves have a pointed pn£f of the velvet at the top and of the silk at the wrista, with two velvet straps and buckles bo:<idns. The skirt is straight and full in the back, with loosely pleated aide breadths and the trout breadth draped in pleats on the hlpB ; there are live or six rows of velvet ribbon placed beside these pleats, each row ending in a point and holding a buckle. The design is prettily osrried out in brown or in green cloth, with eoru cr gray armure for the vest and a â-¼elvet yoke and straps the color of the cloth edged with gilt or silver oord ; the buoklea match the metal of the oord. One of the long oloaka described above or else a abort dire«toire cape will add sufficient warmth. A email bonnet or toque marie of the cloth of the dreaa with a velvet bow, some pheasants' feathura, or a blackbird on the left side and narrow velvet ribbon â- trings, should complete the toilette. Harper's Bazar. tVt-iHoineneM In Woiuen. Da yon recollect what your feelings were immediately after you had spoken the first unkind word to your haaband ? Did yoa not feel ashamed and grieved, and yet too proud to admit it 7 That was, is, and ever will be, yonr evil genias ! It ia the temper wbioh labors incessantly to destroy your peaoe, which oheats yoa with an evil dela. â- ion that yoar husband deserved your •nger, when he really required your love. If your husband is hasty, your example of patience will chide as well as teach him. Tour violence may alienate his heart, and yonr uegleot impel him to desperation. Your Boothiug will redeem him â€" yoar soft. nesB subdue him, and the good-natured twinkle of those eyes, now filling with tears, will make bim all yonr own. â€" Catho- lic Standard. The Next Bride. A novel wedding fanoy was recently France a correspondent saya : " Mmu Carnot ia of medium heiijht, olive com- plexion, Roman features. Her cariiagehaa pcasibly a suggestion of selfconacionsuebs, which may ba wholly due to her inteuaity of eye, an intensity at once to bo ezpUined by her deafness. She spends her mcrn- inga habitually in the priyaoy of domeetio duties. She looka personally after the euucatioo of her children. 8he apeaka English with the English governeas, Itilian with ibe Italian She reads the beai literature in the boors ot eeolosion with hi^r husband and friends, and la aa well in- formed aa he abunt everything that is going on in the world." WUdom fur Wum«D. Homely people make the beet friends. There never was a marriage in which one party did not impose on the other. To tl«tter a young woman, ask her abou'. her victims; every girl likea to think ahe has victima. Nothing pleaaea a man ao much as to aee • fiue- looking woman who haa been mar- ried two or three mouths. A buautifnl wcmaa pleases the eye, a good woman plossea the heart; one ia a jewel, the other a treaaure. â€" ^'apoltoii I. There never lived a woman who did not wish she waa a man. There never lived a man who wished be waa a woman. A sure sign that a girl ia going to get marriedâ€" when ahe aita aroimd working pillow ahama and tidies with an initial that ia not bur own. Jtlegaal MoamlBK. The moat elegant dreaues to be worn as deep mourning are made of a combination of two kinds of crape, the greater portion of the dress bemg of the lustrtleas canton crape trimnaed with the wrinkled Kiiglisb goods. A handsome gown of thia description has a round waiat, with a yuk^i of Kugliab crape, into which ia gathered a full blouse, the ruffle of which ia faaiened down witu tauuy stituhiug and arranged in tucks at the bell. The aleeves are full with deep cuffs. Ihe skirl haa trout and aide dra- periea of the aott material, with inaerted paneia of the Eugliah crape. ^ Another beaattfol dreaa is oftOMpe, with a (runt of fiah net finiabed with embroid. ered Vandyke poiuia. A deep fringe of orape ornaments the left side. The waial 18 entirely ot the crape, with gypay frouta of the net, which la alao used tor the tight andersleeves, with puffed outside pieuea of the orape. Karljr full Wrap. This dainty little vetement may be made of cloth or uf the ooatume fabric. The one pictured ia made of bazel-brown faced cloth, braided all over with dark-brown aoutaohe in an escurial pattern. The Iruuta are extended into narrow labs, which cross at the waiat and are knotted together at the ba>'k. the ooachman'a oape, in sets ot three or tour, ia extremely popular with youug ladies, and to a great extent will take Ibu place of jtcketa. Among the latter thure ia one ot the " luoroyable " type, which baa double revera pointed in front, the upper one ot the ooat material, length- ening into a deep, square collar covering the abooldera, while tbe under revera ot difler. eut material and lighter ahade abows about two inchea below the other, the point extending well out upon the arm. The coat taaiena with thioe large bottona below the bust, while the skirt part ia atraight over the hipa, with a few plaits at ibe bauk, and the cuSa and pockets are doable like the revera. Around the throat ia a scarf uf crepe lisse, Indian mull, soft aill^or some similar labrio tied iu a large baw,>he ends being tucked iu the open front. â€" Frank Leilie't lUuitrated Newspaper. Mirth la Beauty. The New York World says: "Mirth, ohoerfulneas, animation and other expres. sions of a happy spirit or a vivacious mood are to beauty what fragrance is to the rose â€" ita soul, ita aubtleat uharm. The doll- faoed girls who have no expression are never anything more than pretty. Beauty is something deeper than oolor, something finer than regularity ot featorea. Many a woman who laoka tbe charm ot prettinesa ia aeen to be beautiful when she speaks and amiles. What oonatitates beauty ia a theme aa old as love. It haa been the paz- â- /Ae of poets, tbe despair of artists. The bias ot affeotiou or conformity to an ideal makes nearly all women attractive to somebody. Bat the one thing which enters into and enhances all beauty is tbe smile that reflects sanBhine in the heart." Think ot this, girls I With a little effort, and no outlay ot capital, yoa o«a all be beautiful. Scotch Camel's Balr, A new fall fabria that ia snre to achieve much popularity ia a soft Bootch oamel'a hair that oomes in dull shades of brown, green and gray, or a handsome Scotch plaid that haa of late been adopted by the Dnchesa of Fife and worn when walking or driving about her hosband's Higblaoct estates. The beaatifnl Misa Leighter, who made her debut at Newport during the summer seaeon, has an antumn gown of the plaid. Ked and brown lines on a clear gretn ground are her colors. Tbe skirt ia heavily kilted tho whole way around ; the onlj relief in the draperies is a long fringed plaid scarf knotted at the left hip, and a round short ooat ia clipped ever the loose cashmere skirt. Broad, solid, low-heeled walking shoes are worn. [A KuIORy un Silk. Silk is an agreeable and healthy article. Used in dress it retains the electricity of oar bodies; in the drapery of our rouma and furniture oovera it nfieots the sun. beams, giving them a quicker brilliancy, and it heightens colurs with a oharming light. It poBseaaes an eltment of cheerful- neas, of which the dull setvicu of wool and linen are destitute. Jt also promotea cleanliness, will not readily imbibe dirt, and does not harbor vermin as kindly aa wool does. Its dontinually growing use by man, accordingly, is benefluial iu many ways. Grace and beauty, even, owe aome- thing to silk. You cannot siiffHU it like thick woollen or linen without deatroying all ita glosa and value. The more tiik ribbouB, therefore- the more silk kerchiefs and rubea are aaed inatead of liuru and wool â€" the more graceful becou>ce tho out. ward axpeci of mankind. A number of atrange, grotesque fashions originating in the ute of linen would never have been in- vented during the more general employ- ment of silk. The flattering of ribbon, the ruatliug and flowing akirta of silk, the ailk kerohiof loosely knotted round the neck, have materially contributed to make our fU(4'jn.sj enpre patgral and pleat ing to the eye. â€" Exchange. Fualiiuns and Faablonable Folks. Mrs. Taui Kwo Ying, wife of the newly- appointed Cbineae Miniater, haa nineteen fluger tipa, with which she jewels the long nails ot her last three fingers. Theae iioaiut thimblea are aa much like the beak of a woodpecker aa anything you can imagine. Some are gold, aume filagree silver, othera are ot shell, and thoae tor ordinary wear are modelled in ivory, to be worn m bad or the bath, or when the royal lady is bundled up in wraps. All are > xquiaitely uarved. A very beautiful ael ot four, insda ot old gold, have bita of jtde iu moaaio tor decoration. The yellow room haa had its day, the blu4 room ia paase and the orimaoo and gold apartment, too emphatic to be ^u.'atha. tio. Now it ia white tor bridea, dcbutantea and young mothera. TJuaightiy flreplaoea may bo converted iLt'j apiuy, woody, aylvan nooks by a rastiu arrangement of balsam, palm, bitter-sweet and miatletue brancbea. The greens ara piled up on the hearthatone unleaj they can be iutei laced about the fender and apron. A diak or water of aealing wax placed in the butium of a glaaa bowl willgive oroahad ice a pretty, delusive glow. The London Queen saya that there pro- miaea to be an immeueu demand (or fancy velveia. No wonder, for the new produo tiuna " are ibiuga ot beauty, and a joy for ever." Many of the patlerna are large, many ara iQrown on armure grouuda, many ou thiuk aatiu, ond aome patlerna are entirely lu frioo velvet, while othera ahow plain and friae bleudeU. Boimetar comba are uaed to ornament the toilet lablea o( iashioB. They come iu various sbapoa ot pearl, ivory, abell and pulibhed ruuUer, but tbe bandlea are copied frum the blades, swuras and tattle iixea u( lung u^o. Yon can bave a Louis IV. sword lu auiia silver, a Cbarlemauge blade done iu plate that will outlast love itself , or an exact copy uf Puotiua Viiaie'a wtapon of bam- mered ailver that ia a rtal work of art. Pnoea vary with the quality of the plate, but all the desigua are pretty and ahuwy diH^ilu^ed on a liueu cover with the reat of he ciyatal and Sliver toilet at tides. Buy it silver brt ad platter with a snake design running along the edge, spread it with a doylie of drawn linen, put a leaf of orutty brtai on it, have the butler (osa it round the table, and the manner in which your gueat breaks off a piece will be a meaauro for judging of hia high breeding. Tbe ladiea lu the Blaine family would paas for native boru English women in any part of the country. Ttiey are partial to low-heeled, broad toed shoes, flat effects in milli(.cry and dreaamaking and the in. visible checks and hairline atripea that can only be had in aiuffs from Leeds, Birming- ham and Liverpool. The young ladies braid their hair aa lightly as a Uretubeo, plaster it with fine hairpins and oover their heads and foreheads with Ihe aovereat ot turbans. Mrs. Blainu wears black and gray, and unlike Ihe ladies of the White House fcowna at daylight jewela. All of Mra. Corneliua Vanderbilt'a bed linen ia made iu France. Tbe hems are finiabed in drawn work, and the great monograms of applique and batiste thai embellish pillow slips and top abeets are inserted in the fiue linen with delicate atitohes ot needlework that an expert could nut accompliah in less than a week's time. When theae beautiful white clothes come up from the laundry they are folded in S(|uares and lied with diagonals of nar- row ribbons juat aa they were when they came from tho Pariaian shop. CURRENT TOPICS. CiNDEBELLA parties art to be faahionable this aeascn. In Montreal they are said to be quite popular already. Cards of invita- tion bear the words " Cinderella Party." The leading feature of these parties ia that promptly at I'i o'clock at night a gong sonnds and the guesta immediately depart, SB did the htroine of tbe glass slipper. By thia means tboEe who have to be at hnsi. ness ou time next morniog have a cbnnoe to obtain something liko a nit^bt's rest. Fattend^o slaves in a park and feeding them up like animals destined for the table, and then leading them to shambles where they are elau!;btered liko oxen, cut into pitcee, and shared bit by bit among hungry cannibals â€" sach lu the practice which ia permitted, according to M. Fondeae, a b reuch explorer, in aome of French, Beligiau, Purtugueae, and sven Britiah terriiorua in Uuanghi. M. Fondeae was cent ou'. three ycara ago by tbe French Oovcrnmeut to discover the aoarcea ot the NiariguilloD, and having returned after the sncjeseful accomphahmeut uf hia task, he haaicLa to tell his countrymen about tbe tcrrihlu things which he bad S:^en in his travels. The " fattening iiarks," or pad- locks, are, be says, to be seen in each village, and co'XRin men and wgioen whg have been taken in the war. Tho poor wretches take thiir doom philosophioally, and aome of them to whom M. Fondeae offered freedom ai;tually ref uaed it. They eat, drink, dance and sing until the bead " Fetish.man " comes around, aooompanied by an orchestra of tomtom and tin-keltlea playera, eelecta a auflluientiy fat specimen, carriea him or ber to the market place of the village, and aplita his or her bead with a hatchet or aoythe knife. Tbe eyea and tongue of the victim are given to tbe " boss " fet ah, and the reat ot the body ia divided among the atmcioua anthra{^opbagi M. Foudiat), who hm gone right tbrough the heart uf the African continent, haa broagbt several intereating rcporta back, wbioh he proposea to read iu a publio meeting. Cardinal Lavig-rie, the anti alavery oruaader, will nndjubtly find a now inoen- tive iu hia pbilanihropio work after having hoard the testimony of the new explorer. â€" London Telegraph, Tub Vancouver, B. C, Netcs Advertiser rocojitnbnda the cultivation of hope iu that Province, aa tho oxperienoe ot Wash- ington Territory haa proved that the soil and climate ot tho Paciflo Coaat are speoi-^ ally adapted for tho perfeotiou of the plant. One grower in the Puyalltip Valley, who liaa kept an accurate account of the pro- ceoda ot hia hop yard for aeventeen years, atat> a that i he average yield for that period baa been 2.00U pouuda to tho acre. During that period the average price baa been 20 uenta per pound or 9-tOO an acre, and, after deducting all oxpenuea of oultivation and picking, the net profit has beuu about i'MO an acre. The quality of the hops raised ia ao superior to these raised in mauy other parts of the world which, tintil a tew years ago, furnished tho chief supply, that tho prices they uau be sold for iu London are aufliuient to cover all the expensea of transportation for ao great a diatanco and leave the growera a good margin of profit. The price ot labor probonta no obstacle, as many of the hop pickers in Washington Territory aro Indians frum British Colum. bia, who annually go down for that pur- pose, after tho salmon caniiiiig season is over. If, aaya tho Newti. Advertiser, " aome " of the apeuulators who hold large tracts " of land at high priuea would offer aome " of it at reasonable ligurea to persona who " would mako hop garaena, thoy would find " their landa adjacent would appreuiate iu " valuo aa aoon na one seaeou had paaaed " and tho poaaiblo prcflta of tho indnatry . weto realiaed." Jap Miller. : Jap MUler down at MartlnBville'a the blandaW talkin' other folks apt to feller y it I When lie starts in quitâ€" .^ , ,_ 'Pears like that mouth o' hiau wuan t modi t^ notblu' else . ^^ But jea' to argify 'om down and gother m ituxK pelts. He'll talk yciu down on tariff, ur Lell talK )<» down un tax, ^ And proves ilie poor man paya, 'om all-an* them'6 abuut the fools 1 UoliBion, law, or politics, prjz.-aghtin' or tjaes ballâ€" , . Job' tocb up J»p a little and iio'll pust you buB6 om all. titled book » bu d iatk liko And tho comicalost fellor over cheer And tuck a chaw tobackor kind o That's whore the feller a Htrouu'.h laysâ€" lie's aH eoujmou-llko und plaiu. They hamt uo dude abLut old Jiip. you hot yoO, nary h'"'" â-  . riioy loctod Ulm to oouncil aud it never tumflji his iiead. And diilu t moko no dilloroiu^o what auytwtfy Baldâ€" Ho didn't drosa uo liner, uor nm out iu (onoy cluiboH: But bin voieo iu council meoliu's was a t^rrer Ctt his toes. Hue for the pore uiui aver* tiiuo, aud in the laA campalf:u < Ho stumpud ul Morsao county through the BiM> tihiue and tUo rtviu. Aud holt tho bttuuur up'ards frjiu a-trailin" In tho dust, Aud cut li>oiie on mouoputios ikud uuaa'd auB ousB'd auduuBB'dt He'd tell some tunny story ever atrw and theow you know, Tol, blaiiio it ! il was bi 1 lor thiiu u juuk-o' lanteat show. Aud I'd so furdor jit, today, t) hoar old J^ nuratu Thau .loy hlKhtoucd orator that over stnmiS lU" Htuto. Wy, thot air lilaiuod lap Miller, with hie kiea* Hurcastio tun. Has got murM fnoudti than any caudidate'at oyiM ran. Oou't matter what bis viuwj is, whuu ho btatw tho Haiiio to you Thoy alius coiiicido wiih your'n tho iiatuu as tmo and two. You cau't take issue with himâ€" er at least tht^ hain't no Bouso Iu startiu' iu to down him ho you bettor not oomiiieuoe â€" The linst way's jea' to Uaton Uko your humUIft Korvaul does. Audjoh' conuudo Jap Miller, is the best uioM over wua -Jaiiitt Whitoomb Bileu in Indlanapolt* Journal. My Muther'a Pumpkin i'ies. When tbe Iwautiful autumn lime hoaoome With its wealth of golden daysâ€" When rivt-r and hill aud Uiuadow-laod .ire veiled lu a purple hare. Down tho backward track of the Uuetaugjoor^ L'libiddou my moiiiory ities To the autumn time lu inv ohildhood'shom^ .Vad to mottaur'n pumiikiu pie». Ihu yellow KlohsB frum the liold wore brouuht Amid rapiuro of cbildlhli Kloo. t'ur well I know the promib.i thtiy hold Uf deilKlllful IhiliRs t < bo, Aud muto aud uiotlouleuH 1 gazed, Ou tho sueuu with wniideriug oyoe. While my motbor wroush t'^o injBtory 01 thobo fauiuus puiiipklii put.. Meaty and juiuy aud hwoui wuro thoy, And ouujurud with inilitile rare. With a thill, brittle crust of d<lii'fti« brown, Aud a Huvor l>eyuntl cuuiparo ; -Vud though 1 Bbould iivH tu tlireo-Kcuro and tut Vol utt will thu luriiiory rise Of thoao happy liinus in in. boyhood daya, -Aud Uiy mother's pumpkiu pien. - IK. W Hiuiyom, Mr*. Bnmctt Hurt In A London oable says : a Bunaway. Mrs. Frauoea Hodgsou Burnett met with a serious aooi- deut tu-day. She has been living at Doris Court, East Grinated, and while driving to the atatioo to-day her pony shied aud daebcd np tho bauk. Mrs. Bnrnett was hurltd out of Ibe cart and fell upon her head. She waa picked up unoousoious, aud is new lying iu a condition so aerious that a London doctor has been called to attend her. A. Cronlu gnnpeot'a Health. A Chicago deapatoh of Wednesday says ; Judge Baker to-day issaed a writ of babisas oorpuB, returnable to-morrow, requiring tbe State's Attorney to show cause why Frank Woodruff, one ot the Crouiu prison- ers, should noi be released on bail. The ooufiuement ia apparently breaking the yoimg man's health down. Sixty girl candidates for the Mormon lite ot multiplex blessedness were landed yesterday from tho ateamsbip Wyoming and packed off to Utah. It they knew more about Ihe country aud its oastoms they would stop in Chicago, where divoroe ia had aa easy and as often aa one wishes. Beaidea, Chioago wants the World's Fair. And it has so few ot them. " Say pa, would yon mind using tbe other end of the ruler for a ohange?" asked the bad boy when the spanking waa over. " Certainly, Jubnny," aaid hia obliging father. " It is a poor rule that won't work both ways," and the spanking waa repeated. CU.'«eK'tKNVK MONBV. The VlctlmuraKiDKiitan Kobbsry Kceelvea HlH Money Back. A Kingston despatch aaya : About five yeara ago J- E. Brown, merohant, of Delta, attended Ihe Provincial Fair here. Ha started at night fur the U. T. U. station, and when near it aome men aei:2ed him aud threw bim into a vacant field. They then dragged him about 300 yards sndi.aTe him brutal treatment. After tbe men had robbed bim of S130 in bills, a 95 gold piece, 81 iu ailver, bis watob, chain, ring aud other valnablea, they left him in a dazed condition. K.oleber and Abeam were ar- reated, tried, convicted aud sentenced to fourteen and oightueu months reepeotively in the Central Priaon. Now, for the sequel. On Monday a stranger called at theUumin- iou Expreaa oflioe and handed in a package for J. E. Brown, Delta. On Thursday Mr. Brown received tbe package and fonod it contained the artiolua stolen from him, and a note aaking Mr. Browu to insert the fol- iwing notice iu the papers : John E. lirown, of Delta, who, a fow years ago, was rubbod of a chain, watch, ring and ilWcasb, received a fow days ago, tliruugh sumo uukuowu ohaunol, as oonsoifuoo property, tbe watch, oiiaiu, ring aud (au iu cash. There waa alao a note of inquiry in the box asking Mr. Brown how mooh money he lost. "The writer intimated that if he (Mr. Brown) would give a notice in the papers, stating exactly what had been stolen from him, ho would probably receive more. The works in tho watoh were mated. A Hired Man Who Shoots. A Brookville deapatoh ot Wednesday gays ; A man named Ephraim Haakins, living at Elbe Mills, about eight miles from bore waa this morning abot by Jamea Ponnock. It appears Pennook was paying addresses to Haakina' daughter, wbioh displeased, Haskiua, who discharged Pennook a few days ago. Pennook returned thia morning, aud a row ensued. Pennook shot Baskina iu the groin, aud also ahot Haakina' sou in the foot. Be gave himself np, and claims be did it in self-defence, Haskina is very low, bat may recover. First bull â€" Here oomea a man. What â- hall we do? Second boll â€" Let's tosa np. Dr. Nauaen, tbe Norwegian explorer, is organiiting an expedition to tbe North Pole. Twenty thonsand ponnds have already been snbsoribod towards the ventnre and ad- ditional funda will be forthcoming. Jr-seph JefTerson, the actor, waa arged by his son to extend hia season to thirty weeks inatoad of twenty. "My boy," replied the aotor, " I can't afford to waste my time iu matiiiig°io»e7-" MISM'S NKCUWUAU. Tho KIikI of ijcarfs and Tlua that ShuiilU b« Woru. There is one undisputed axiom cf faahiOD Here it is : A man evino-a taste or the look ot It more foroibly in the choosing uf bis neck scarfs than in any other regard hav* ing to do with fine dressing as an art. Two truaoherous elements enter into the u«M« siduratiou ot tho oase â€" form aud ooloe. Tho shape of a scarf ia mainly determiiiod by tbe skill ot the designer, and except Ot England, where Lord Euaton or the Diit0 o( I'ortland, or that exemplar ot faabioa incarnate, tbe Priuoe himaelf, determines upon some radical departare from b«at«» patba, it is largely an affair of uonventiint, anbject only to the usual vuuial inodifiua* tion o( style. Color ia everything. PtaS scarf is the one item ot apparel that admila ot it. It punotuatoB ni.il vivifies tbe euiiiv oostnmo, and is fanltleas and beafl- tiful in proportion to thu degrA with wbioh the devil ot undue gaynty and the deep sea ot insipidity are avoided iu its aelection. The wearer's oompluxitMl is a matter of firal importance. Mes whose lead tbe reat ot mankind follutf*«- most of them without as muuh aa suapeei- ing itâ€" have laid down oortain preoepia oa tho point wbioh have acquired tho foroo dt inviolable laws. For example, saya • writer in the PottDitpatch, a man witk swarthy features and black eyes abo>l4 always wear a acarf ot distinctive hus-*» say, black, deep blue, oxblood, red, maroot^ violet, and kindred shadHB. Whether tk0 scarf is illaminated with flgnrea or not, tin predominating tone abuald be prouoanoed. Ou tbe other hand, blonde men shotiiS avoid deep oolora, realrioting their ohoifls to vague and unoompromiaing tiutsâ€" suota BB palo blue, light pmk, aLd the varioos blendinga that produce gayer and mots buoyant effeota. Persons ot neutral ooaao plexion and gray eyes ahoald exercise thS utmost oare and precaution in the ae> lection of neckwear. The oharautos aud oolor ot one's garments oxert »â- â€¢ other decided influenoe wbioh oanndk be ignored. If a man dresses in drab »r deep blaok ho ahotild never, unless when ia mourning, or when wearing a vest opening unaaually wide, diaplayiog a big area ot white shirt front, wear a plain, black or somber scarf. To do so would produce a grewaomo ensemble. Tho safer rule, it is agreed, is to seek a becoming ooutrast be- tween tho tone ot the garments and ite predominant hue of the scarf. There aflk men, however, who appear well dreaaed an4 who never affect any other oolor than biaut( from head to toot. In the case ot elderly gentlemen, especially it belonging to ono oilt the loarnod professions, this exception i» considered allowable, but at the same tint* tho iffeot is exceedingly inartiatio from »b«> point of view of tbe man ot fashion. Th* need for vivaoione eflect iu neckwear thi* season is thought to bo greater than eveK owing to the popolarity of the ontaway and sack ooata. V »l|iiig Modern soienoe ia extracting from tho dry sawdnat not only wood, alcohol, pyro* ligoeoua acid, tbe baaea of the aniline^ but many new compounds in medicine, eta., to aay nothing of its being oonverted into wood pulp, or being preBdid and utilized foe fnel. Fortune and tamo await llio man who has the genins and skill to invunt » contrivance or method to convert it into M- ' cheap and merchantable fnel. n