Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1877, Page 12

12 . THE FASHIONS. THE CHICAGO 'IRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1877-TWELVE PAGES, X with o garland of flowers and leaves handsome- 1y embrofilered with silk in pale shades. This 18 beantiful over a velvet waist, Fichus of this style will be much worn out of doars this Flounces, Feathers, Fichus, Fous- :R;mq; they will be made of foulard n dark lards, and Feminine Fallals. Hats and Gloves---lTow to Cut and Trim Spring Suits. Now Confirmation Dresscs—Bracelets and Ringz—Navy Blue. Kew York Times. . The threo chicl consfderations In the making of a sult ara the material, the cut, and the trimming. The material depends upon the oc- casfon for which the tollet Is made and upon the tasto of the wearer. ‘Tho cut of the dress s al- together a matter of fashion, and sufiiclent ol- lusion has been slready made to the present make ol garments to render fusther comment unnecessary. The trimming is the most Im- portant part of the garment, Thera isan end- less varicty of methods of trimming, all of ‘which require moro or less care in_the making. ‘Tho teimmings most gelerally used are flounces, folds, plaitings, pufiings, ruchings, Watteau plaits, Among these someare {n favor to-day and others will be in use to-morrow. In order to make well these diffcrent trimmings, thero ato cortain rules which must be observed. For instance, for a flounce to hang ‘\ropcrly ft must bo of a (‘;hcn fullness. { the” Qounca (s pgathered, the goods must be half as long again as that upon which it-s placed. A plaln box-plajted flounce must Uc twice tho ordinary length; a double box- plaited flounce fs mad four times the lengti Pinited flounces ara theee or four thnes the lengtb, acconling to the rlzo of the plaits. § ALL PLOUNCES, in whatever style they nro macle, aro placed on the akirt in tho followli way: First, the mate- tial s folded fn four, a pin Leing placed on each qyarter, then four needles are threaded (with vory strong thrend If the inaterial Is heavy), tho threads belng sufliclently long to allow of drawlng the gathers to an cven fullncss, ‘The garment which Is to betrimmed {8 folded fu four parts, and eo marked ns to be placed npalnst the exact quarter of the flounce; the fiounte in then sewdd down. 8hirred flonnves ape placed on In the samg mauncr; they arc tade lu two ways, onc cobslating in pathering the joods with a drawing-thread the othicr fn folding the goods back amd whinpinzz it over the linger, repeating this ns roany tines na thero aro shirrs wanted, Esch shirr forms a line of gathering! the nearer they are together the prettier 18 the effect. Careful workers use o card with a noteh to ugark the exact space, just as with knife plaits. Plaittog Is the most dilcult trimming fo_sue- ceed with. A great deal is secured by knowing ow to manage it The banids ore yen- erally ‘cut in the \\‘us the selvago runs, and the bonlers ure hemmed upon tha machine, The clief point to be attained is the evenncas of ‘the “alte, After the tirst plait has been formed Ku: recond Is placed on the horder, ulinost over the first, and so on, ILIs absolutely neceesary 14 plait the two ends ut the sume time, and to haste them down. Two needles are used, with long threada; sometiraes a third needlu fs used for the middic of the plaiting, Uit Is witle. Af- ter the plaiting Is scwed It I8 placed between two wet cloths, and pressed with o very hot fron, “The bastes ars unly tuken ont after'the tlounce hiag been sewed upon the dress. *A shell-shaped trunming I8 u lounce which {ustead ol surround. fng the garmont, fs placed on fengthwise or slantine, tie fullness thus falling fn the ahell shape, which Is fastencd down Uy atltchea in praceful zig-zags, Pufiing Is “a flouncs gathered on both horders, and o dis- posed that tho midole of the goods puils up, while the coods underneath remain flat, A iching consdsts oi singla or double hollow plaits, either acwwed down in the middle or on o border, Pho *etijeorco™ ruching bs always auade 10 a double plait, and sewed through tho middle, with the horders cat out. The riching “alavicllle " conslats of hollow plalts, fasten- cd down on cittier eldr, and leaviniz o headine. The plastron 18 o pleco of poods which s made in -llllcrcnl. shapes, and is placed on the buck or front of the walet, It has heenvery much worn of late, cut fn the shapo ol a V. Tho * crevee 15 a pullling which conies l:lxruul;h au opening in any part of the dress, ‘Tho *Vsouflle” is an upening of this sort. Most of the syring suits will be trimmed’ with gatloun. Amone the most sultabie galloons for the present sults are matelasso gallvon of silk and wool, * galon frappe™ ona satin ground- ing, und * mnaillee ¥ galloon In - il shades upon a net grounding. Hulf-mourping dresses can bo trimmed with Tluek alloon, brocaded with whito sitk. A gal- loon conalsting of white lcaves cut out, is_usod for black grenadine or black tullg toilets. When deep mourning is firat taken off, Lias crape folda are used to trim faillo dresses, nnd the bonnet is made of crape and faflle, A half-mourning walking suit has o skirt trimmed with a dee |Imx-PInnc\l flounce, The giay damosse tunique s trimmed with black ribhon embraldered with gray, Thoaumonlers is trimmed with the same.” The bretun walst has a_long basque cut v"f opett in front, On tha #ldo {s a siall pocket with a flap, closing by means of o button. The slceyes ure trimmed with three narrow knifo-plaited ruiles, sur- mounted by a band of calloon with & standing eull above, upening on the outslds secam, Tha walst opens in vevers shape in the neck and is trimmed with galloon. SEQUIN BUTTONS in mother of puarl, nnd fancy mother of pearl in nil shades, nre_ made expressly in Parls for breton sults. Very expensive bretonng embrol- deries nre nlso made. This embroldery 1s dono upon ailk or woolen gatloon, light gauze, tulle, or upun nlmost any materlal. It {8 very hamt- some when worked fna combination” of palo rhades. ‘The perfection to which passeinenteria wurk has been brought fs marvelous, - Ther Is now manufactined a'button neautifully painted upon 3 compusition (mitating porcelaln, but sroniger, ‘This button, which {s called “button cerminue,” has patntings, the subjectsof which wre taken from \Wattean, Boucher, and other urtlats of the samo class. The ordiuary but- tons are of mohair and crochet, Round and fat ‘Luttons are both uscd. THE LATEST NOVELTY IN BONNETS ix that wholly made of flowers, Amony other Parislan mmdcls §s noticeable u capote of white and tinted violets, On the outside is o bunch of the same flowers. ‘Then there are hats con- sisting of wreaths of tlowers, with the crowns formed by crosswise bands of the game. On tho lower part of the wreath aro sorays of fowers, fustening down o tulle Lurbe. When this style of bonnct {s worn, tho hule shows through. ‘Tho most popular shape at present is tha capote of stirred folllo or surah. A protty combinatlon for a capotels a plum-tolored crown with n flesh-colored hrim, trimmed with the two colors. ‘Chis trinmiwe s ravelod out on the cdge, On the insido {s a Malines lace trimmbng, ‘The * toqua *' 1 alsn iy much favor, but s only suitable for young ladics; it is made of white and black straw. A eolffiro (s worn consiating of n Jorge bund of dark velvet with o Jacs crown and mentovnleres of the sume material, Bome flowers are placed upon the top or in tho back, Rlack capotes are telinmed with col- ored flowers, The sninll white tlle ruches are replaced by bands of white feathers. Birds of paradise are now worn in form of alirettes, AN XLEGANT VISITING-BUIT s made of brown fallla and woolen and silk lrochoe goods, with a ::mf grounding and green figures.” The brown fuilfe skirt hasa long train vlaced on about the middle of the skirt, aul Jeaving & heading. Tho lower part of this traln i trimined with guthered and plalted flonnces alternating, The brocbe polonalss closes down the frout {n u curved Jine, which starts from the shoulder, goes down to the inlddlc of the walst, and extends down the side of tho polonalse. ‘The button snd_button-boles are of green silk. ‘The garment bs cut open in u stralght line from the elde scam down, showing the skirt, It 14 trimmed up the side with a double liuc of pas- scicnterle roscties. The other side tne poluniisc consists of a long cnd furmed h{ the 1wo side pleces Lelonging 1o tne back and front, "The cod {s trimimed with passemeuterio rosetics. ‘The open spuce hetween the end and tho front of the garment {s adorned with cordings and tasscls falling over the skirt, The middle of the back is of shirred faille, and cut like u long cufrass. On the lower part fn front is a fallle scarf pracefully platted, This scacf {s fastened over the nlp under passemcuterie ornanient, and ts then taken to the lower part of the walst, where it forms a bow. Au eveniug tollet for a young lady 1s a pale pink faille cut inprincess shape. The short traln skirt is trimned with plalted crape flounces aud inhercd fafile flounices alternatinz. Above the ounces i3 o putling with o craps ruched bead. inz.: Tho fichu oroamenting the low-nccked walst is pluced fn the back MKke o bertha, It s fastencd down upon the shoulders by Lup:hes of daisics with greens. Another bunch is in front over the polit at which the fichu Is crossed, Tue ends, which become wider, and are rounded atthe lower part, arc taken back over the hips, fall over the trafu, and cruss cach other under a byoch of daiyies with grecns, Tho bair Is dressed with the sane Oowers, with loops of plok ribbon intermixed. A NEW XIND OF FICHU conslsts of g folded square picce of white Jawn, With long poluts creszcd b frout. 1v s timmed des, moatly of black. The trimmings are to conslst of Iace {nsertions, with a hem of the same width as the fnscrtion Inserted ahove, and & bordering of lace. Diamonds aro now mounted fn stch o wa, that cach article of jewelry can be unset and pinced upon any part of the toilet. .\s fashion reems to favor placing all the ornaments in front and not in_tha buck af the dresscs, val- uablo jewels and laces are Hkely to come {nto much ‘morg general usy, as they can bu con- . sthntly unier the eyes of the weirer with much less danger of being lost. HATS. New York Wartd, A novelty Introduced in imported hats is the revival of the Tuscany straws; these come not only in the old-fashinned stralght Uralds, but woven in flowers and other designa. The ‘ln. cullar tinge of this straw renders it cepeclally Atting for the oranga and yellow colora that prevail in milliuera’ show-rooms; a_bonnet fre- quently starting wilh the delicate straw shado and deenening Into the rich mandarin omnize in {ts waving feather tips, ‘This deep color fur- nishes the entira garniture to many ol the Parls hats, but will not bo patronized to great extent hero beforo snother winter; the ereamy amd fn- | termedite shades, which harmonize with the “Tuscany and fancy straws and present a cooler effect, will find mors favor. The new bonncts also furnish striking effects in the new red, . which is known by various nnines according to its ahades, which rongo from the bright vulean o geranfum, corrnll and silverine, and in the « tllcul, already an old story abroad, but bound ito continue pnsmlnrmlong as bronze is fash- fonable for toflets. Among novel colffurcs aro feather bonnets sent out from the well-known Parls houses of Virot & Turve; these are composed entirely of ostrich feathers, are without crowns, with a tuft «f roses at one side. ¥or carrlnge wear thera nire eavotes of lophophioro feathera; later theso axill become nll flowers, to suit the sumnmer months. A round hat from Gosse's, ornament- cdwith a unlque Egyptlan scarf sworn about the crown, turban style, and 8 bonnet of Moynier's, | trimened with a black Jaco scarf, profuscly dot- ted with bright volors, proclaims another pleas. ing stylo of garniture. The fronts of bonnels will' bo worn tlose against the face, but thero Is considerablo variation In the croiwns, some be- iny lnnzro and high, others Jow and square, while the cotifarn as n'wholc 18 sinatler than last sea- son. Nearly all llnlxlrlcd bonneta are furnished with Joug strings of ribbon or lace, which the Frenclulad(es te under thechin, but Americans, fearingg to louk old, mostly lct fall at tho back. “I'he round hats are fashioned so that they can bu worn English style,without strings and tipped orer tilie face, or French fashlon, with tics and set well back on the head, Saratoga hats liave large brims falling about the facé vn oue sfde and rolled nway ou the other. The very Jatest thing in veils 1s a coaree wncslied cardinal lace, worn clther as a masquo or loufiwll, and trimmea with a Llama cord aud silk shread fringe. Owing-to the depression of trade and the ad. sance in price of the raw materfal, there aro Lnt. few new designs ju sllks tnls scason. The gros- ftnlns-lmvu medium reps and the soft demi- ustre finish known as the “cashinero finish;" blucs, brown, dark-stecl, sud smuke shades pre- dotninate, The blues ire Indigo tints, and the t;mcna range from tillcul to inyrtte green, Tho rocides and damask silks ‘are very light In qrality, and the desigus arc small. "The fancy of dcml-m%hdmuu and laceslecyes is spreading rapidly. They ure to be scon even ut balls, although they irc not consldered as ddressy s low bodlces, Birdsare befng much wuorn‘as head-dresscsut balls: brilllant humming. hirds, birds of puradise, und even bronzed black- birds. ‘The eyesof many of these are diamonds, and somu hold & diarhonid in thelr beaks, - A NEW PABIION [N CONFIRMATION NRESSES fsto wearn lurge tulle vell, simply lummed, “with the customary cng. Tils veil reaciies to the edge of the dress behind, is shorter at the sides, nud 1s tustened on tho tup ol the head so us not to fall uver tio foce. At ona of the more Sadvaieed M of .the London churches square wmuslin vells are worn, one of the points failing over the fazo s low as the walst, and inldway lown the skirt bebind. The halr is plalnly +dressed, nelther erlmped norcurled, hut plaited orarranzed ina Grecgn kuot, law down on the back of tho head. Tha dresses stmply snade, are of white muslli, cashimere, inerino, or serge, The bodiea are, of coutrse, nude high to the thront, and with long sdeeves. All velry Is avolded an unsuitablo to the ocensfon, excepting n gold or silver cross. KAVY DLUR. New York Jut, The toancity with whdch navy blue continucs fts hold on public favor is showst by tho fresh importations i callcoes snd percales fn that soft foutard finish which is in . itself a new charm, ‘Theso will be worn in carly spring and during the summner for morning snits, vod “when made up over platn blue foulard cambric rescmblo the woolen so much worn during the winter, Riflo cen and acal brown are added to the nav: Mo tings, and In all the lighter shades 1h sol! finlshed cambric como in endleas yarlety, repro- ducing all the cffects in other materfals, ohly thelr lightncss and [reshness make them re- scble the exquisite foulards which one tinds only ubroad. FRENCI! POULARDS, . Thio real Freneh foulards are incroasing in favor, One necds to seo the suits macde up In Parls in these exquisite fabrics to find how per- feetly nmey ure adapted to the summer weather; thelr Hghiness and coolness, added to exquisite touos of color, make them the most desirable of summer sults, In pale, creatny tints, or soft, sheeny greens and turquolse blucs they aro cove ered With butquets or <deslizns in flowers of all the dellcate colors scon in chinee, and sro s «‘Inmy and far mors enduring than thinuer ma- erinls. NoTES, Thacrowning victory of tho seazon fs that wou by the long, black, undressed kid glove, It hus been decried, written down, and fgnored, hut, ko oll martyr causes, it had [ts strong ad- herents, and it hasat Inst mannzed to gain fol- fowers enough to make {t o fashlon. 1t needs, hawever, o fi nclrmnhled Dand and arm to sct It off, gloves faultless in fit, nud laced or buttoned s0 ns to mold themselves to thearm, and, above sl n perfectly liarmontous toflette; and wo bracelct to ar the striking simplicity it affects, At 1 best worn with thae yellow shades now so pre\'?h-nt. but 18 scen with otbier tints worn for cvening ‘Ilic new style of bracelets belonzs to the Yporto-bonlicar,” which have leng been consid- ered as fudispensable to o yoang lady’s hanpl negs, (Cnot her dress, 1t lins nlivays, however, been amnatter of regret that these could not be mulo becoming or graceful by reason of thelr falling over the hand, or refuslng to mold themsclvex to the ann; and now the two new styles | remedied this. Onc of the “La alng * is Jiko the week, composed of seven separato parts, making when Jolned o whole, The rings of wolil, siiver, or platina are sct in froups of four nud three, na reganls workman- #hip or materisl, some oclirg plaln, some chased, and all Jofned by o slide or “bucklo; cach ring i3 fitted 1 tho 8rin, thereby holding fiself tn tho right place, The other style, called * Berblan,” 1s also of scvon rings, or it muy be of four: but It is so arrunged un_ unseen clasp, which holds the rings togel underncath, that by touching a spring they canall he mudo fnto ono Jonyg chaln, and theretore they aro ol made ontlrely alike, The halr is worn fu long Joops or rolls at tho back, with which are mixed u few lovss curlsg tho ends alono curled, the top part befuyg lovse, ‘The ruuvt:un brafds are no longer seen, Nuta cunfine the hulr when worn under a boauet, aud these ore somctimes mado of sliver and gold for eveniug wear. Lovkets on black velvet are no longer worn. Few lockets, i€ any, aro worn, und chains aro substituted, the hi )‘h Valots ruffle of the Inslda huudukcmmel allowing uo room for thruat ornas wents, e e POST MORTEM, How tong havo | been dead? Was it years ansl'years ago, 1 wonder, Oronly o day jnstead? I remember how cold ‘The water was, lor It made me shiver; Dut I was desperate-bold, TR sl LR o vea clove, Ttalisecmed m‘m -dm:-'.m’ i giokd 1 lnlflrlhl was sloking, i g, an @ WAYES Were Inoss . g tonid not i for tuinking, =7 eydi For all the time, I know, 1 waa living my same life over again,— “‘-‘ch g it come and go. And all the wronzs I'd dope, And sl) the sins that erimson'd 0'cs my sou} T'had forgotien none. But I wonder how lomi lfo Thls vn:&lryb:o remember it all, . And [tbothers we s0. Why am I lylng desd. Here {u 1he oven day, with the sun In my face? Who ls It stands st my head? 1 feel them lean and tonch My bands; thoy are croselng them over my breast: Do they pity me wach, i L i3] 00T n R dnneda - n Y P B, . You rec, we'ro Hrnmhcd. " Ithought 1'd catch GOSSIP 'OR TIE LADIES, The Masterly Strategy of a Home= ly Sister. A Widow and an Innocent Boye=e= Blondes and Bruneties. Ohinoso Women as Assets—A Oondensed Novel—Wicked Imposition, REPLEVIN,. 170 was a yonth all simplencan, And alic a maiden full of wilea Ilow conld the rustic ever guess "That inischief lurked beneath such smiles? : 8he did not sish his heart to break For pastimo ere she wont 10 town— Bat Just to keep hersell awake, And win, perhaps, somo slight renown, 8he fiirted with him at the well, She flirted with him in the wagon, And at her meals—though tenth to tell, 11 mother watcheil her like a dragon. Ho cut hiar pencila when sho drow, He ent her name on nevernl beeches— Tn fact he did the beat he knoww, "And racked his brain for prelty spcechos Tho thing went on rame littla while, Until nt Jast the mald grew weary; *She canld not always ralse 8 smil o, The conntry, tno, was growing drcnrn 8he thought Ane'd try a now offect. And eu, withont tho alightest warning, Sho said Lo her dirtee elect, : **1'm going home to.morrow moming." 8ho seanned his faco for stgna of grief, Thut what sho raw surprited her slightly; Alook of most intense relief Apneared there, ana he answered brightly— **1'm thankfol—no—~I mean to ray, 1 hope yon'll ind soma other fellows T flirt with, it you como our way Agaln, for Sud's most awfal jealonel 4 P'vo (eled to tell you, hat somehow 1 alwaya feltso dreadful sheopish, And next thing, there'd 'a' been o tow, For really, {t was gvl\ln%dfl,nll‘\l ue and me— She's bright, thongh ahe’snot had much schuol- ng— She safd |§u night sho'd ret me freo, Unless I'd say 1'd quit this fooling! 401 conrse 1 sald T wonld, but then . 1 wondered what {flll‘ll think about me, h t sure, azain, You acemed so Toneome-1iko without me, Inover thought that yon might hear ‘Tom some ong clse of my cnl‘lmmcnl. But 3a's been telling you, it's clesr!™ Ho wondercd Ifl;nt her loak ni’ rage meant! nt ! t —-;I{Iamam -Vandergrist in Seridner's Monthly for pril. TIIE IIOMELY SISTER’S STRATEGY. Virginia (Nev.) Chrontels, There are Lwo soung ladles In this city, ono noted for her beauty and the other quite plain, They are sisters and rivale. The haudsonic ono has the most admirers, her lovely face cffectual- 1y hiding her lack of intelligenceand good sensc, The homely one, atthough overflowing with wit and shresvdness, finds It finpossibleto make her- self atiractive to the young men who call at the housc so long as her sister is about. The girls mutually hate each other. A few nights ago the homely one had her swect rovengo, Hall a dozen gentlemen wero expected to be prosent. Just before the arrival of the cuests, the home- Iy sister dropped & n of morphine Intoa glass of water which the other had nsked ler to gety and that Is what did tho business. The Ruests mrrived. It was “Good cvening, Miss ——" and “Ifow do you do, Mr.——1" for about five minutes, when the gitls sat down, and the handsomest was wade the centre of an ad- miring group. "’n'nlo weather has been rather nice for a day or 80, * Y-o-8-0,” replied the falr ong, with a yawn that eaused her mouth to opon 1Ko tho jairs of a Blako crusher, ‘The group tricd hard to keen her attention eongnged. Tho most fluenk weathertaiker of the Jot exhausted himself on meteorologleal {»hennmcnu. but without effect. Tha ul\uP wlo hod reud a portion vf * Danlel Deronda *? next turned blinsclf Joose, but the yawns reminded him that his conversational influcnce was not feit. Tho musieal flend of the crowl hopped upon the stool and belabored tho plano, w‘r‘llo tho others eants “Pull Down tho Bilnd ”'{ ot the end of the soug the Leuuty was lylng back In # rockling-chair fast asieep. What wuas the homely pirl dolug all this while!' She, was making horsel! ns agrecabla and sprightly as possible, When tho other be- Kan'to snore sho apologized In o most sisterly way. *[ hope, zentlemen, you won't take of- fenno at this. Sho did jt Just for a loke. You know she's always dolng such orlglual things, You won't fecl insulted, will yout* Then sho took them out in tho lmntry and filled them up with mince ples, cold tongue, roast turkey, cle. und when they left that house they came to the aworn conciitalon never to have as ything more o do with the beauty, and to cultivate lhu‘homely one’ more {n the Tuturs than fn the post. . SIIE I8 WAITING, Detrott Free Press, A well-to-lo widow living In the northern part of tho city has during tha past winter de- pended solely upon the sun to clear her walks of snow, and hoys with snow-shovels and police- men with noticcs have falled to alter her pro- gramme. Yesterday morning after the big storm there was drift a foot deep fn front of lier hiouse, and a boy with lunocent blug cyes and flaxcn hair rang the boll and brought fler down the hall nt u trot. **Docs the Widder — lve herel” ho asked, as sho opened tho door. ¥ 8ho sald she waathe person named, and ho continued: *You've been awful zood to us poor folks this winter, and I run over from Woodward avenuc to say that there's the nicest sort of a man In o drug-storo over there asking about “* About mel" v “Yea'm, He'spot o M‘i gold watch, and dlamnonds, ond a plug hat und gold-headed cane, and I heard him sk tho clerk i you weru marzied yot," i Se and whon the clerctold ca'm, and when the clerk told him no, ho asked for the number of your house,and I heard him say something about old love—graves—reo- ollections—blg liouse on Fifth avenuo, Now ank‘_md ho sighed. I belicye hio's coming over ere. “ Who can It be—who can It bo1" sho mused. “ Hain't the lenst ldca, o docan't look aa If ho was used _to wading through the snow, and 1 thuu,zm. I'd elip over and cloan up your walks," / ¥ Yes—ah—of course—walt a infnute, bub," Bhe rau and got a sflver quarter, patted him on tho head, and went in to get on her bust clothes. Bho didu’t seo the boy'any more. und at § o'clock in the afterncon she was atill look- Iug over toward Woodward avente, her votics having a tived expression and her noso o wear) e, Hoys shouldn't bo up to such tricks, [t t lsn't downrelght lylug 1t s deception in tho secoud degree, and it upsets household arrango- ments for wholo day. 7 A CONDENSED NOVIL. He was a wall-agent on thg Union Pacific Raliroad, and had a wifo and little daughter at Omaha. Whenever he loft home for a fortnight on the rail hewould take the lutle girl with him a block or. two from the house,and then, kissing her good-by, wouldscud her back to licr mother, Jealousy took possession of Lim without causo, and vne moruing about two years ugo he care ried oft the «bild from ihe wifs whom he be. leved to be faithless, Tho mother waited for the patter of the llutle feet and the souud of the littlo ono's voive, and tinally ran to the station, where she learned thut her husband had gone West with the «¢hild, Bho telegraphed to him, sho wrote to Lim: but received co roply, Convinced that he had descrted her, and wonld® never return, shia sold ber furniture, pald u visit to some friends in Wisconsin, and procured a divorce and 8 deo- cree glying her the custody of the child. S8he then went to Oakland, Cal,, where hes husband and her daughter were boarding, and took legal measures for the recovery o1 the child, About 8 fortnight ago husband snd wife mnct ina law office,—she with countenance cold and stern, aud ho with & haog-dog, sheepish look. ‘Thu' lawyers went out to lunch ond left the cs. tranged. cnu‘lala together. When they returned, busband and wifo' were Lolding hands, The writs were not scrved; there was a remartiage the next morning, BLONDES AND BRUNETTES, Protidence Journai. Fashlon has taken & mew departure in the sdornments for the hoad this season, and bru- dottes come in for a large sharc of favor in the brilllant hucs that sct off so finely thelr dark tressea and hazel eycs, Herctolore, blondes bave had everything In thelr own way, and the delicato tints that harmonize so well with {fair complexions, goldun Jodks, and blue eyes Lavp been altogether too chdomlnnt‘ ’llho uew fasblons aro ablaze with color In which reds and yellows of crery possible tlos find great favor, Bomo of the colorsaro fascinat- ing, especintly tho camco tints, the different shades of the ross coral, the brilllant new red, and tha many varioties of orange and gold. ‘The bruncttes, therefore, have the hirhest place on the present turn of the wheel, will en- Joy tho gay colors that become them so well, ond feel af the same timo that they are in the height of fashion, ‘The bloudes, however, need not he in despalr, for among the gay tings out- wivaling the tints ot the rainhow may be founa ioliente sprays of creany white, soft roso pink, ond pale bluc, fn harmonfous unlon with the lovely neutra hues that afford moro real pleas: ure tin lllnlt;‘fy«l m‘m Inw aaudy K)II"W \"){\éll 1s 53 much ad red at the outact. runcttes an blondes would do woll to remember that youth | 8uranco of tho Assembly heard tho testimony and health are more cffectivnthan any creatfons | to-day of offlcers of tho Mutual Life, Equitabla of tha mudiate, and thiat a tasteful simplicity | Assurance, Metropolitan and Giobe Life Insur- that suits the atylo {5 moro desirablo than the | ance Companics In relation to the condition of livian nvarloading orexpeniivaand Tashlonabls | thoir business, methad of carrying 1t on, and ¥ = salaries pald to ufllcers. The inquiry was pro- CHINESE WOMEN AS ASSETS. voked by a resolution of Benator Bixby, calling Sacramentn Unlon, upon the companies for the information made Threo cagos of habeas corpus about Chinese | he aubject of (nquiry by the Committeo to-day, women hava come before the 8acramento courts | Most of the Companies gave. the Information, within twenty-four hours. A Chinaman wasin | but the Companics named above did not. Prof, busincss on I street; ho had thres Chineso | W, 3l C. Bartlott, nctuary, Judge H. E. Davies, women at work for him; ho failed in business, | attorney, and Mr. Floyd, Beeretary, of and told his Chincao croditors to take all ho TIN MUTUAL LIPE, had and pay themsclves. A mcetingof the | appearcd for that Compnoy. Mr. Dartlett satd creditors was held Thursday nicht, and Tong | that the Company found {t impossible to com- [,%.l; ;‘-“ chosen "i Q,hen} to,ncl, a8 Aul;gn:n.} Ho ply with the demands of Scnator Blxby’s reso- cnlled on the bankrupt for his V"’l”““—“"‘"‘ e | Jutton at once, In consequence of being at the Jatter tuened over as his only nascts the threo Chinese women, [t tocs nuty nppear what be. | timo fuvolved fn three great undertakings; came of two of them, but 3¢ 18 cortain Fong Leo | committco of ita Trustees were making a thor- took the bcnnouklmk named Tuy}lum.'\andlh ough examination of Ita nifalrs, the Insurance :::‘;:‘f(fl ‘g):';‘:lw?::'\"-n ¢ h';:;'[:::{g‘:fig’m ’hc‘ln{i‘!’% Deparlment agents wero making another, ard Ah Chem, wito elaimel to botho husbandof Toy | the clorks wero busy preparing tho annual ro- Hung, but was at work fifteen miles from town, | port of the Company to the Insurance Depart- Tho writ was issucd, Fong Leo produced the | ment. Mr, Winston, the Prestient, was sick In woman, nmlg\ Chincse woman \‘v‘nn ?'\'Dfll u‘lu- Californin; the Vico-President was unable to Yereters. wg"fm’:'igh Admied yhut ),’,“w.‘:l‘: come in consequenca of business engagements, for1" nsked the Court. **As onoof thenssote | A statement lind been prepared, however, con- of the debtor.” ®How much did he owe?” | talningall the facts the Commitico might de- slre to know. Mr, Bartlott then read the state- “About £2,000.” “ilow much had you ar~ "‘"lfig“‘l :059”\“' this asscti” askod tho dudue. | ment, It contalned facts in rolation to the number of policics hield and the amotnt of the .:4' ."mu;oliy "p\ylmllu tl‘lu ‘\r!,trncau. pc! e YRR ] (e.':n‘\‘::ztcdr J.’{Ilgf" n}’“&g assets and Iabilities of the Company. The aave Fon&l.co a sound lecture and o warning, nnlinew fact in the docunient was o revelation she pleased, and no one had'any right fi? buy or | They were as follows: % scll her, The husband, Al Chiens,” urrived last | President... . LIFE-INSURANCE. Enormous Salaries Paid by Somo Eastern Companies. Evidonce Beforo a Commiiteo of the + N ew York Assembly. Correspandence New Yark Trioune, Avpaxy, March 20.—Thae Committee on In- centd”? "6 Yes, M by and told the woinan she wa3 freeto go where | of tho amount of the salaries of the ofticer: night to get his wife. Vlea-President 8 Hocond Vico-P %, 400, A WICKED IMPGSITION. g'mgg San Francisco Chronicle, v v 5 5n300.00 At 18 years of age this lady married a wealthy Anlln(nnl‘\cmu?. . 7.200,00 old fellow of 60, with one foot In the grave. ;!rgwml Alulmn Actuary, 4,800.00 Could any prospect have suemed moro delight- sflmfi',‘,f.‘.',ffi’n‘i{“,‘r";:" Dgaoieo full One foot In the grave, recollect! - Al, but | 110 elerks... 01,404,681 mark my story's sequel. At 18, say thoy, sho Mr, Bart! n ., cleek, or 0 other person reeelved any lees, compensation, donatlon, or ‘pomnmm of nny kind, except the sulary rafed to him b‘y the Binrd of Trustees, The expenses wero thirty-clahit hundredths of 1 1;“ cent on tho nssets of the Company. e, Hyde, President of TILE XQUITABLE, presented the following statemeut respecting the salarles: E. L, A. Soctzry or Tig Uniten Brates, New Youg, March 10, 1874.—70 {he inaurancs Com- milleeof the Ilouse of Assemblyof the State of New York: " Qur annual statcment required by the Inws of tho Btate has heen neccesarlly dolaved to awalt the roport of the different exanining bodie: anid when comnleted wonld have contalned an will coutaln the desired infarmation in the aggres was lovely creature, but when I made her ace qualntance sho was passe and worn: while ho— he ought to have heen ashamed of himscll, but was not—was a hale young thing of 88, and dently good for another half-dozen years to come. You sce he had married, na T twica he- fore remarked, with ono foot In the grave; but no earthly conslderation would Induce kim to 1‘\9? in_tho other—tha abandoned old rutllanl ik how that woman was defrauded! FEMININE NOTES, An Irish lover remarks, ** It's u very areat pleasuro to bo alone, capecially when yer aweet- heart {s wid yel * . ) . W Kate, and it in the Intention of the offcers (o fur. Ina sormon recently Mr, Moody eald: ‘It | Jiifwith that 'statemsont mil the details logally To- youcan't boa lighthouso be s candle.” Wo [ quired by the Legiataturo or the Dopartmant of In- have heard of young Izdfes who would profer -nmnu.’ It “_"Km'm theso cauu:.p um:m:'rm';n r‘|‘u belng half of a match. disreapect to tha Loglslature, that the Informatlon hns been delayed, and I deslro to oxpresa my ro- A Vermont newspaper rceently closed an | grot lhanhaan{m lony oe:nr:m‘l‘. Insr';egflnvo obltuary of a young lady thus: * 8he had an :g;dnlrmll. ulz‘mvxl o full I-Mlnmum l!mdr.-r uam.’ln nce © amiablo temper and was uncommonly fond of o 2t oseqnictmonie et yodp fedolullon {co-cream.” of tho 12th inat, Lunch: New cook—"* It you'ro going up- 1n presenting this statoment 1 tenst yon will par- on_my venturing a fow nbservations pertinent to stalrs, Mr, llu,;::lr: you might just toll my Indy that I sho can't writo the ¢ menoo’ in Frencit the matter inquired of, and quite neceeary to on- able any ono to form n correct fudement In miunl 1 shall be very "appy to do it for hert ™ pited Dolls' hair-dresser—** No, mees, we do not to the “smounts paid by thisSoclety In rala -mooch curl ze halrnows ze fact Is, wo have zc The Rquitable Lifo Assurance Saciety of tho United &tAlos wus organized in 1850, sinco which tima miafortung, zo other day, to melt zo noso off ono of vur best, customers,” thero have Loen forty-one lifa-insirance comnanies organized in this State, with eqnal opportunitics 8t. Louls Kepubllean: ** Monograms on gar- ters are golng out of style, and it's just us well. for auccess. These companiea wero for tho mont flm formed contemporancously with, or within ‘The country {s belog flooded wilh too much 1ighit literatira anyhow." . iva years micceeding, the organization of the Equl- A French quatrains tablo Life, OF this number twonty-nlne have boen wound un in ono manner or _another, leaving but twelve in tho fleld, Now tho cash'amets of tho Equitable ora “upward of $31,500,000, while the c“xm‘»ln‘:?! e:lh “mzt cl:‘l l{ao‘tmi“? h‘%"'"fi“fl The oftect of their marriogo ls queor :«“fi-‘?&. 10 nf.c;““'u? ‘(‘) 630 o ‘:,“ .u‘ ,‘ °u " 'n With somo mon, —qulto tnrnfg the head,— Brlrfllnm‘: Lo T rex 35,500,000, ad e part of er-,.klnknfl waomen lovely appear it s composed of premium notes. The comblned . Exceptingthe ono they have wed, surplun of the remaining twelvo comnnice, by the Spriugfetd, Iit, has a femalo dentist. Shols Ynt offelel rebatts ses 85700 000, and dhove snld to°bo o Jady of gentlo extraction.~Atw | STERLIRCH COMBAn] ea il o entent York Commercial Advertiser. Suchn woman Is | {han thels combined “;m'l‘":""! 4000, 000 niore bound to pull through lifo—peaceably 1t sho | “This compariron ls made, not to_disparago other can, forceply it sho must.—XNorristown Herald, clmpnmu. many olfl whnmh havo unn‘n meell under Fascluating femalo iusic-tencher to admiring | iificulticawf no ordinary chamcter, but that your islc honarable body may at s glance undoratand the re. foung gentleman, puplls WTry that seadn, Mr. | sl whtch R g R O oo upll=*tDo, Re, AMi=> Teacer— Jearaby tlio matagement of this Koclety, and tar hat won't do. You do not hold on to i | {noattainment of which tho salarles mentionod in longenough.”! Pupll (wisttully)—*Lwish I had | the nc:ompnn{‘lnx list have been anthorlzed by the a chanco to.!! l}hamnn' of iha Rociety, o total saleries for W ** Madam, diil you cver 1ift a dog by thetall? ;.:1-’:: rnln'nn(m':xcg:rdlmgl.:lx;; {fi:‘lcn:l dflmnc&m;x- \Why, nio, you erul thing, you." "+ I didu't | spcelal, und local acent) wera 5383, 000, whilo the kuow, beeause I Just saw yoit carry. your littla | total roporiad by the otlier tweivo comoanics, on child ncross a gutter by oo arm, “A “dog's tall | tholntest "mbll- ed oficial roports, was 8523, 18 0 zood deal stronges than the ligaments of a | or ncarly donble. At the beglnning of 1877 the baby's shonlder.” L snfarlos of the Equitable Soclety were reduced A ronch passing nlong a country road had nearly run over a seevant girl, when the coach- man cried out, ** Take care, 8ally!" Thu givl, without attempting to eseapo the dangor, looke $20, 120,74 for tho current year, It Is but just that the ralnries of o largo sncceas. ful Company Mka the Lquitable Life should be viowea in conyunciion with the restits nchleved, ota much larger cxnense, by other companies ore ed up at tho coachman with an alr of offended | E9nlzed colemporancousty or slnce. 1L, D, llypr, Prosident. Balaries, fees, and other compensations of of- ficers and employes of tho Unfted Stal prido and sald, * It Isn't Bally, or nnz‘luull low, vulgar, and common stulf—it's Ameila- Aun," ‘Thero Is a woman in Brooklyn, n Mrs, 8prat who applles for a divoree, upparently with cood ground, It secma that ou; 1r four vears alter the wedding Mr, tpratt it her in tho left eyo with o pumpkia-ple. Later in their niarried 1ifo e flung u pitehier ut her, hit hee with o lghted kerosenc-lamp, throw li‘lfl!» bhattles at her, drew a knifo across her neck and threatencd to cut her throat, stuck a fork In her leg, poured hot tea over her, and finally bit her in the back with a bootjack. . Belleving this sort of thing lud one far caough, Mrs. Bpratt then loft” him, Vo trust, nowover, that Mr. S-will not be con- demncd without a heard ng. uitable Lifo-Anaur. es for the yuar 18743 800,00 000,00 anco Saciety of the President Vice-Lres supt, TOtA) oy seesrriniess shsnsassarine Sovantaen bookkeepers at an, average of §,437, toa tota] of.... . ‘Twenty-five accountants and clo; ‘an averago salary of 81,240,438, Thirty-fivounder clerks and be 10; o LEAVE ME. Ricrugo salory of SIILED ..o 1o ooe 11,000.09 Balary I commatation of :n:nmcllnn Yes, Ihave pity on your love, but go. m";’?fi :wg:l. ffiifl‘k’{l“‘l’,‘. "»':nu?.'}:"nflil 38,000,00 Never appear again iwith hungry oycs, Buslors, sian average salury of And that drawn faco of wo. 81,003, 54 13,004, 30 £ tolt you, 1 acsploy . Ordinary ay) & i and yoneloreitate bac. Hoard’ mootinzs wnd _wmecting of 2‘{“’] fl" "'E "‘fi"fl‘ i 1.| v stauding and special conmiticos.... 9,071.00 all travel, —tho dividing lino Cloner drawn, and inore dlstingt, — ' S S Hetter for futuro peaco « Lo g i of bath, | AT New England Managor. Adjuster and Coniliential Cashiorat agunc Traveling expenscs... Tolal, s o FALARIES, Chiof madleal exmines, Assoclaty (part of year) Assuclale (partut year) Otber examiners’ feca Were wo wo linked 1n a honyy, cutting yoks ! For ro ‘twould scein to me), nlllnrhmc fnor feolings, 1t might choue} ' Alter the storn docros Dound us with fottaring chala Of Iron, thut knows o el Untll tho grave for mortal paln. A'long surcesso shatl lund, I loathe (nll for the cowanl acs “Toward {he Hstle innocent so fair, . Wiose wide-oped blue eyes niever lacke: A trusting Jight; whose yellow halr Dripped one lato day with grevn sea-foam, With white lips eloquent In sitent specchi Who, following you, left happy liogio TOI8) eoetvnsrnansass brvan e PAID ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELURS YHAR 1870, $17, ¥on Tna -$12,000.00 l‘n‘l’l’ lncldenufllh‘! Principal con Aunmp:q- in For what experlance contd bul toach, Lustness, advico, You, from out hier whitc-dove Lroaat, bugsoineny srgiaerieninenns, 0,040.10 The malden-whitoness stolo; To X3 other fow Mriw in difforont paris And she, in srdor loving veat, of the United Stal B . 13,348.10 'or you gave up her soul. e . 833, 203, 20 Yet, av [ speak, comparaion breathos 50 snld 1 Boft pload snia vn{ln: fancy wreathes pensation as President was as follois L‘n: pr:fi;llfl yn:.n. .II::' 4 I‘m?r lr-lk ) Salaryof Exira 3 , Pleading, Jowly kncol 1% sho for lova whith n'or éan bo returaled. Fresluent, companiation. Mag 1. 1850, o - ec. 311, 1840,81,000.00 Vor year 1800.. " 1.740.00 Vor year 1431, 2, Gl Uk} Vor year 1843.. 3, 000,00 For year 1833, 5.000.00 For year 1664.. 5,000.00 and previons or year 1845., 7,60:.00 For year 1806,. 7,500.00 Foryear 1847., 7,300.00and previons Far year 1608., 7,800.00 For Ah! but your faul Leuly lupunh{nncnt. fhasteulytarnat Little Blno Eyes’ young heart Is stilled; Iler bounding pulse, that ju{{ul thrilled "Tu ypu, crusbed with a crucl, fron haud; !‘llr thoughts, whercon in golden br: and oo mate shd e i barned I H Aud soshodiog, P more turae Tut you, who reat hier heart n twain, Sbould suller self-condemning patn, 1 will feel pity—nothing more, ~ Now gol 1 cannat bear ta seo man trembla so. Mot to be doubled, you may apeak the truth— 1 would not hava my Jife to end in ruth, Cuicaao, March, 1877.. Daisy Winits. f.fi: ;::; {5%3"31. Ot ey e serverie s ence o soc: 5480 D0 PATIENCE, Averagotompentation " Tn FESH, oty Give me b strengib, @ Lord. to amily ""s'i;';’iy.x Lestifed thst tho Viee-Presid e " o testifled thal 0 ce-President, Riftongs e hearh bo Blicd with bitter paia Actuary) and somy of tho other officers also re- When those I love fln’fnel e with glad oy 1 with glad eyce would greet them back agatn. 1t were 20 casx ta sit idly down, And lel tears How, and case this weary heart; But eive me patience, Lord, this ot to do; 1'd walk on Srmly—"tls the beaver part. Tt were a Jaxury to fold thess bonds, ‘To lean this head on some fond, loving breast, And say, **Ab, e} the strugglo is 100 hard— 1 came for comort, and 1 come for reat. " But this wera weak: { wish Lo keep my cross G ive e $enprh o Logn tharsalt toata Peck- . 1] 4] AL e B i Tate ned Didrely 1o the astes AiTs WazoN, celved allowauces ou premiums, all of swhich .wure now abolished, I}I)LI » fixed salary given, Mr. llyde was Interroiated as to his oplinlen of tho beiter systewm of lifc-insurapce, known as the non-forleiture feature, including the Massa- chusctts Non-Forfeitablo law. Afr. Hyde ex. pressed & favorablo opinlon of a curefully- rded law, but not the Massachusctts law. e also expressed & decided objection o all cash surrender value plans, as tending inevita- bly to the ultimats downfall of any company cogaged in thew. Mr. Hydo sald he wsa thg Boston agent of the Mutual Life of New Yozk, dor which ho receives rn aunual tncome of abou 20,000, fn addition to the compeosations men- tioneil. Upon the promiso that ho would obey the summons of the Committee and come to Albany any day, and urging_the necessity of his return to-night to New York, ho was ex« cused, but will be eslled again, Mr, HIyde snld his contract with the Bociety expired ‘in 1874, and no contract was moda on tha basis of a percentage an the surplus of the &wlch;. From this date he wns paid a salary of 237,500, In 1875 there wns duc to hinl 803,823 under his contract for tho psat five yeara. This amount he surrendercd to the 8o- dlety, At the closo of 1875 tho Roclety added to Mr, Hyde's compensation 820,000 from tho &um so gurrendered, Tho same was dune in R. Tlegeman, Vico-President of THUR MATROTOLITAN Life-Insurance Company, testified that the solary of tho President in 1870 was $06.000, and the commissions pald to him the samne year for mervives performed in 18ih amounted to £3,833. No commirstons will licre- after he pald to_him. ‘The sslary of the Vice- L'resident in 1871 was £6,000, 1lis _compensa- tion In 1870 for 1875 amounted to 81,420 No commlissions are pald to_him now. The salar of tho Bccretary was 000, T commisslons were $4,080, The enlary of the Chief Medical Examiner at the home aftico was £2,250, o The medical examiners® fecs at varlous agencies were $11,409. The amount paid attor- neys was §4,113. The amount pald nineteen clerks and cinployes was $17,010, The ayerage salary of the Preslident wos $9,245 from 1871 to 1870, The average salary of the Vice-President for the same poriod was £6,300. The Commit- tee will continue its investigation to-day, The Hon. 8tewart L. Woodford mmfz asplr- ited nddress Lo the Committce, touching the daneer of hasty life-Insurnnce legislation in the present excited stata of publle feeling on the subjeet, Mr. Woodford contended that if the New York Insuranca Department had properly attended to fts duty none of the lfe-lusurance faflures would have oceurrca, He sharply ar- ralzned the dereliction of oflcinl duty of the Ine suranee Department, and sald he hopud the Committec would lend their cfforts to sccurc cfliciency o that quarter, instead of trylug lo make olicials honest by legislation. James M. Freeman, Sccretary of . THE GLONE Life, was next examined, The salaries pald by this Company wero shown to bo: DPresident, 82,500 fecs and compensation, $10,000. Tho Tatter was mada up by taking 2 per cent on the net Incomo of the year. Thero had been no Vice- Prestdent of tho Company sincs tho death of Loring Andrews, Tho Beerstary's salary, §2,- 003 his fecs, 25,000 in addition. The Manag- ing Director of Agerncles received 84,313,833, and the medical exnminers, £5,600; attorneys amd connsclors, $8,620. The agrregate salartes aud feos pald to officers and cinployes during the year were $07,822.21, ITo was eross-oxamined at soma length, but before the concluafun the ‘Commlucu adjourned until to-morrow Mmorn= gt = RS S SOLDIERS’ REUNION, T the Fditor of Ths Tridune, HeApquanters Soubiznrs’ Reuniow, * Onp Textin INpDIANA Distiict,” Wansaw, Ind, March, 1677.—A grand soldlers’ reunfon of the “#0ld Tenth Indlana District * will be held on Wednosday and Thursday, June 6and 7, 1877, It is intonded that this gathering shall cclipso nnything of the kind held {n the West since the close of the lato clvil war, At this early day it 18 impossible to do mors than merely outline the programme, but we can say now that the tirst duy will bo coneunied In- the reception of visitors, nssignment to quarters, and a general wood time fn * shouldering the crutch and fight~ ing our batties o'er,*! frce from any restraint save good conduct, The second day will open with a natlonal satute of thirty-cicht guns, with revelllo at sunriso, followed by a compotitive drill between visiting militacy organizations for o prize of §100 in gold for irst, and a beautlful banner worth $75 for sccond premium, An ora- tton from somo distingulstied soldier-orator, firnml review of visiting mflllnrl: companics, nights Templar, Knights of Pythias, and Fire Department of the city; and In tho ovenlog o banquet at the Opera-Touse, with aporonriaty toaats and responscs, closing with a military and ¢ivil ball,.. A'lnrge number of distingulshed men, who won imperishable renown daring tho Iate war, will be with us, and it Is intended this shall bo what its name implles, a reunion in- deed, and {n truth, of those who periled all u defensc of their country, S Gex, Reun, WiLLias, Maus. N. N. BorpsroN, Carr, C. W, Burket, Committeo of Invitation. SPECULATION. Esectal Correspondence of The Tridune, Broosnatox, Iil., March 22.~-The mania for speculating in optlons has ruged in Blooming- ton and threughout McLean County during the winter with greater violenco than ever before, sithourh the enterprise and ambition of Bloom- ington business-men nnd farmers las runin speculative channels moro or less for somoyears, and many havoe loat, while fow havo galnod. fo- cently an agency for & Chlcago optlon firm has been opened hore, and hundreds mako deals by telegraph, Ona wealthy farmer and stock-deal- er has lost heavily fora year paat, and Itis thought that his prescnt load of pork will in- creasc his total Joss (o $40,000. A leading bual- ness-firm of Hloomington mada onsdeal in pork, and sunk 88,600, Many lost heavily on wheat, ond fifty perhaps arc more or lesa interested in pork, besides n‘:osn already named. The conse- quences of these spcculations ure Nkely to G mlnl&cnlud soon indlsastrous financlal entuny menta. —— FROST-PICTURES, The pictures that hang in my chamber Arg enrion nint, and rare; Dat the ono that T priza most highly Needs hut a littla caces And [ think it {s tho mirror Of all the scanas on carth, From the lowliest, denscat Jungle .” To tho palaco of rauk ond worth, And every morn the plctars I'rescnta 8 different scenc: Blomomsdalnty and starry, Beight with the dew-drop's sheen) And thore fa s :rxnml-pllntu. With tower and sureot high, And a alender, gilttering ateeplo Beems plercing 1ho very uky. Thero, & serpont lurks in a thickot, Thare, & tiger beneath a tree; And birds, in fiawing pinmago, Seem singing in thelr gleo; And I gazo upon tho picturo ‘Tl in wonder I am lost; Dut the canvaa In the window-pane, An the painter I8 Jack Frost. Ouicaao, March, 1877, Miuiis C. Poxssov, A MOKNODY, O that a word had romainod unspoken 4] L rany 0 broken— ¢ ) 10 golden drearus when Ilopo was yo 0 lhnlflo roscs the alr nerlnm‘}nz Y05 Could scam the roses that onice were blooming— T'ho fragrant roscs to which she sang. O that tho past, will iia bitter sorrow, Could be once uore the strange to-marrow Wo trusted so! O for the buoysnt bopes we cherished— The foollsh hopes that drooped, and perlshed Longago. Q for the rost they call forgetting! Tha lecs of life are vain regretiing For joys long 3 O for an hour of our young pleasure, Pricoloss now beyond all measure, For'tla fied, " O for the Fato {hat bade us severl 0 for the years—gone forever! How thoy dy’ O for a life that Is naught but |Ifh|n! Ovor a grave where my bicart Is Iying! Letme dlet FrLix Boowxs, e —— SWEET BELLS JANGLED, Jangle and discord, each Sabbath morn, Vrom the bells that noed but & master-hand; For the muslc cuased, and in silont scorn Passed, with the ringer, toa distaat land. And the ’mr sweet chime of Ssbbath bells T lost i tho clang of harrible din— Juet 83 4 1ifo will grow cold and hard 11 ilope snd Love are allenced within, Then O for the grasp of & master-hand, ‘To ring rich melody out of bells hushed! O for the touch of liope's magical wand To llé::llull dtho darkness of bearts that are ushed, Isursxixg, Mic J. D, . A Big Ox, Maryilic (Cal.) Appent, At the Pavilion Siabie thers has been on cx- hibitlon an immenso ox, oelouging to Albert Cummins, e looks like a framc of o maato- don, a8 lic Is poor in flesb, The solmal stands a little over scven feel high, snd welghd1,759 pounds, The ox js 8 or 7 years of age, and has buen running in the footbills of the coast ranze. The hoya say Lis stomach is not large cnough to digest food suffcicat to put bim in fleab, or that he cals o wuch lLl‘m. it 0= ?Md to take him to Ban’Franclsco to-dsy, F.u‘u.l ry the experiment of futtenlug Liia 4t oug of the brewerles. ho “Actunry’s MADWAV'A READY RELIEF, bt s e A o b = et gy R.R. - RADWAYS READY RELIEF Curos tho Worst Pains in From One to Twenty Minutes, NOT ONE HOUR After Ronding this Advertisoment Neod Any Ouo 8uffor with Pain, RADWAY’'S READY ' . RELIEF 1B A bure for Every Pain It was tho First snd is tho Only Pain Remedy “That {natantly stopa the most uxmlcllllnm}"nlns allayy nfsmmation, and cures congeations, whether of the ung, Btomzch, owels, or ofher flands or organs, hy one application, IN FROM ORE T0 TWENTY MINUTES, No matter how violent or excruciating the pain, the m))'eumnl‘r‘ et Hrdden, Tnbem. Cribpled: Nervoun Neurnigle, OF prostrated with discass nay suller, RADWAY'S READY RELIER WiILL _ Afford Instant Ease. 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Pains, " Rour ALOMmAch, filuies, cure C: { lmnuumfllck Hicadsehe, Disrrios, i Wind 16 ths Bawoln aad by v Coll Bl Tt Pl o velers should. pains., iwayacarey htiis b RADWATS R LIS BT Thear A for Urope 1 wAter wit yent Bickness of pains from chango of water, Itls ] ter than Freaci Brandy or Bitters st o stimulant, FEVER and AGUE Fover and Agua cured for afty cents, {3 nol remcedial s uE‘l‘u the world lh‘z wlll cm?’erer .5.3 aguc, and all other matarions, hmmuhmnct typhold, Tt and oines, fexete @l by Huinayh Cli s i 3 it by Druggtata. Toeataderhoile, DR. RADWAY'S REGULATING PILL Parfectly taateless, eleganily coatod with aweot & BurRe, Fopulate purlty, cleanso antstredgnen. 1iad: payaT i fortha curdet all disoners of the Stom In, Kidneyr, Lislder. s, it Coreinatiia.. CoMiventas. IntEes: add ns 0] Costivencss, - Dyspapila, " nmngu’a:n.nlluunun ¥over, Inflams tlon, 8] ‘matlon of the Bowels, {iics, and il Derangementa of Tho laternal Viscera. AVarfantcd"to fioct a poniita Purcly vogetablo, containiog no mercury, wiar oral, op delotorinus drugs. becrya the follow| g symptoms reaniting from igeativa Organs atfon, Toward Pllea, Fulines of the Bloodia dity of tha Stomach, Nansea, Tlearshum, UL O hutinessof Wolgnt Ig ¢ ur Eruptlons, Binking or Flutterings In tomach, wimitnini of the Head, i Drenthing, Flutteriogsat the licart, Chol gating benstton when 18 » Lylug Posture, Vinion, Dota or Weba bo Faind the fle y c48 Of tha HKI and_Kyes, Pains 1 tha Klde, Chiest, Linibs, and Hudden Fluatia of Hest, Lurniogin tbe i 8 PILLS will Lo A AT sorders 11 Coots perbox, Boid by Druguits, osm: 4 Ovarian Tumer Of Ten Years' Growth Cured by DR, RADWAY'S REMEDIES I tave Lsd an Ovarian Tumor In tho Ovarles nnd Bowels for Ten Years, ° sl X Dea 27, 1873.—Dn, Mavwav: T o S L be e ke thiistaremeayt 1 have bad an Ovarfan Yumor s the Ovaricasad el for ten aco Ui an. 04, 1t wi E{nlly'llmglcouylén:;l havo live had not 1nuch eliberation, 1 tried them. e haucy s1% LathioR Of tho Tiesolvent, two boxesot theTHlie, Bad WO boxoa of tha Jielieh,” 1 used thekd without any spparcat benefit, | determloed to perse- e, welve inore Lottles of the lesolvent, two of the Nelict, and two hoxesof tho Mills, Hiefore they WETH ROu jost &wfinly’fl\'fl pounds. 10 usa tho inciicino untl) 1'was sure thet 1 was entlrely cured,” | Look the medicine about fva onthe, and: during thal time loss farty-Ava pounds o sl Took threeutbscn botties of the liesolvent, sic tiled Itelict, aid i< boxes of tha Pills. 1 feol perfecily well, gud my henrt ta full nf gratituds 10 God for thits el In my deep atiiction. To you #it il modlelne, I feel doeply fidobted. hat (L nisy baas touch of A bieslog hea Leen (0 1ne. < igae: MU, E, €, DIDBINE. 3frs. Bibbins, who mekes the above cortificate, {8188 R for wham 1 requesied you ta send medicius 13 ne, 1075:, Tho medicincs above Mtared werd bought of ule; with (hailupuouol whiat Waa sent 10 e bY yfl‘:l.ll llll' Il,(.l Ilnlolégl‘ statemeat Iy 'éunféh"lhflh\l Aaualifeation, Ledlivand chemut, Ann'Atbor, bich Thia may certify thiat Mrs, Bibbins, who makes tha va Sarlidcator It 30 liss boen foF tmany years, el nfl“afl Hfi \hl {acta therein i) llmlfl;'“‘ SIRORR iy el Seratateniiny e (S1gocd) kfim. 1, COCRER, ARY COCKEIL PAT b FORD, By LOND, DR. 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