Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1882, Page 3

and undue mail ade is out. all the raze. the novelties for are we Vexeriax ree inches wide forms a flat t silk. The seal- of Ii > turned upw mull are embroidered in * one edge much wider es are undressed kid. and decorated with v thread. il be very popular triped mall in white. ot so fashionable as white. Jetions. yellow tulips and but- ple flower of the hair. ee for house decoration. S dresses have appeared with wers and some with cretonne and ‘eteen flowers cut out and applique A silks. VeLver grenadines, showing great roses or Peonies of black velvet on sheer armure grena- dine, are made np over geranium red safin, with ah lace. Inisu point embroidery in ecra or whiter tints is much used for turned-over collars, with a * of colored moire. The cuffs to match naller bows. Newy rted French woven underwear of all kinds, white or In pale tinted colors, fit the form perfect nd are without seams or one unnec y fold or even wrinkle. Sarre and fine French cambries are more in demand than summer goods of any other de- scription. ams are reduced in price and very attractive in colors and patterns. A New grenadine gauze woolen fabric repro- duces all the popular designs jn Spanish lace. It is used for overdresses. It is only half the Price of the real siik Spanish piece lace. A Fiat Scarr ot Venetian lace is formed into ® graceful fichu by being placed straight across the back, gathered at the throat by a moire bow, and having the ends flat and hanging In front. Ox oF THE Newest Coxcerrs Is to trim the front of the skirt with two plaited puifs above a plaited ruffle, while the back is draped in puffs and also finished with deep plaitings at the edge. orned with em- broideries of red carnations and ox-eyed daisies, forms one of a number of elegant French tea gowns just imported. Barat. Dresses are again being made of grain and repped silk. They are trimmed with elegant white silk emdroidery and lace, and the regulation orange Diossom is now mingled with white roses, gera- niums and lilies. Lance square neckerchiefs of fine silk muslin, Wrought in delicate sprays of apple and haw- 1 ble . small blush roses, or trailing Vines of honeysuckle blossoms, are worn over xed or white muslin dresses with charming : LonG, gracefully-draped redingote, but- toned to the throat with frogs and silk cords, and of the front breadths over a skirt erial, is a favorite style in the formation of traveling -dresses of the very Iatest importation. are so handsome that they are mistaken for foulard, and, as the expense is are bought to match the dress. They ton sat rewn with flowers, in striped Seoten gin , pereale, and Turkey Fed vil calic Tue checked taffeta silks that aréthe favorite of the season in Paris have been adopted here | by women of fashion for day dresses at the sea- side. The smooth surface of this serviceable silk repels dust, it is not affected by moisture. and its light weight commends it for summer wear. Tue gayest dresses of the year are those pre- pared for the summer season at Newport aad | Long Branch. These dresses are made of richer and more fanciful fabrics than those worn at the | warmer inland resorts, and have styles special! adapted to the Casino, the coaching, yachting and other gayeties for which Newport is fa- mous. Nuns’ veiling in dark new tints, with feathery chenille figures wrought upon it at in- tervals. is one of the favorite materials for dresses worn at the sea-side. Tue pretty Alsatian peasant hats are very much worn by young girls. Sometimes the flat, velvet-lined brim fs caught up lightly at one side. but it {s generally worn in genuine peasant style, and the wreaths of flowers on the outside are made to match the color of the lin- A sweet little hat in this style is of dark green straw. faced with pale pink surah, and trimmed outside with a wreath of pink oleander Dloss« caught together at the back with a nd long ends of dark green satin ribbon. Ture di ‘st woollen costumes for cool are made of embroidered shades of strawberry red, In some cases ta! rred for the pleated but this is more ofte ashmere is used, and the em is done res in the clear white ground. I for the ng dr; stamped on a e t fabric is us: as far as 1 flounces of ch flounce is aw-teeth notches on its low Tix last fashions of bathing costume have short «| They are made in the Princess | style, meaning that the trousers and waist or e inone piece, and the skirt is but- to the waist.” The trousers are com- nkies, a fashion borrowed pe. ‘st is recommended, as lighter than those bex-pleated, and what- ever conduces towards lightness is pticeable feature i en in the taste of a ble on the side of weight of the person. dency in modern days has been to excess of elothing even in hot climntes. Wiry serge 1s Tighter than flannel. and the trimming should Be of the least consideration, unless one pur. ehases a gaudy costume with a view to bathi before spectators. — ‘The Successful Casuist. Arithmetic is terribly puzzling sometimes, ‘and when one’s interest is involved in the mat- ter it is almost impossible to add up a column of ficures correctly. A gentleman who his wits, and it must be confessed gets fair living. when in the country last Wanted to borrow some money of a plain, good. _ Batared farmer. “I want to borrow $6,” he _ said. The farmer only had $3, and so the mal of wit said, “Well, I wish you would owe m _ the other $3 and we'll settle up in a few days.” _ When the day of settlement came the farmer __ Was befogged, bepuzzied and somewhat dis— gruntled by this conversation. The farmer said, “You owe me $3, don’t you?” “Certainl: Ido,” was the reply. “Well, will you pay me? “Well, my dear fellow, I think our account square me! You let me have $3 and sai OWeeme the other £3. Now, then, you haven't paitthat $3 and mently still owe it to - eh Owe you $3 and if you will give me the yea owe me I will instantly pay you the $3 I e Nothing could be fairer you'd | Did nesteal the dog? , “LE adinit that the tangled | Wh is wrought with | P seagend i fe ‘at the freaks of bad taste | The ten- | | of the Tab. the Question. “Tt was best to leave you, darling! Best for you—and best for me!” So sing I, “In the gloaming” of a summers’ evening, seated in a small parlor at Kensington, with my back to a little fireplace ornamented with shells and seaweed, and my fingers upon the keys of a cottage pianoforte, rather discol- ered about the ivories and decidedly out of tune. I am not well-dressed, although I always contrive to look neat; and asI glance out of the window, which is an alcove one, with lace cur- tains drawn across, Iam conscious of an un- reasonably angry feeling against the blonde girl who lives next door, and who, in all the glories of new and fashionable attire, goes trip- ping by, accompanied by her tall lover. There z in the’room with me, an awful beast, of no particular breed, that [ am aware of, with a head like a calabash and a tail like a Naples biscuit. No place will satisfy him but right under the piano, at which I am sitting, and from whence he occasionally lifts up his voice to accompany mine, forming a sort of duet not at ail like anything to be found amongst the compositions of Handel or Mozart. The only human occupant of the room besides myself ts a big, red-cheeked girl, who is “fixing” flowers, according to her own pecullar taste, ta an ugly blue vase. This is Letitia, our maid-of- all-work—an Irish-American—with a heart as big as her body. and a peculiar language of her own, which is sometimes not easily understood. “Well, well,” says Letitia, as I played the last chord of my song, “I never feel so emancipated as when I hear music like that.” I know that she means “affected,” though I dare say nobody else would be cognizant of the fact. I stand up from the plano, and sigh heav- ily. whilst the flower-fixer covertly litts a corner of her apron and wipes her t iy eyes. She fs not really crying; not a bit of it; but she likes to pretend she 1s, and I let the fraud go by. “T think,” she says, must have been born rheumatic, for I loves them sort o’ songs.” Of course she means “‘romantic;” but I know her vocabulary so well that I don’t laugh, as strangers do when she says queer things. I walk to the window, and seat myself In a corner of it behind the lace curtain to look out and the dog comes and turns slowly round and round, after his kind, like a teetotum, until he tumbles down ina heap upon the skirt of my gown, and begins tosnore. I rest my chin upon my hands, and alternately at the street and at Letitia and her flowers. Heavens! what an arrangement. Yellows and reds and purples. all thrust promiscuously together—and never a scrap of green. All the lovely soft maidenhair fern and sprigs of glossy myrtle are lying discarded by her side. I don’t much care. They are not my flowers. Thev have been sent anonymously to my aunt, who has not looked at them, but has gone unroman- tically to bed, leaving them to the tender mer- cles ot the tasteful maid. “What a dreadful thing it 1s to be poor!” I Say presently. and the dog snores acquiescence. “Poor?” ‘says Letitia, thrusting a flaming peony amongst a bloom’of scarlet geranium— “Who's poor? We ain't.” i She always classes herself as one of the fam- ly. “Oh, yes; we are,” I say sorrowfully; “Iam sure my aunt was awfully hard up this winter ot a penny to be had from the hole in ad, which is about all she has to live on. She is poor, and I haven't a halfpenny, and 'm living on her, and I hate it.” ‘t poor at all,” says Letitia, crowning ‘ase with a crimson rose, and giving it a pat to steady it. “What do you call poor? Not us certainiy. We always has lashins and leavins, Wasn’t I in America, and doesn’t I know poorness from welloffness any day? What is it you're wantin’?” “I want to ask some one to dinner to-mor- row,” I say, shaking my head; “but I can't, for Iknow we shall have nothing but the remains of the cold mutton,—and It’s so nasty.” “Get atin o' that what-you-may-call-it, and I'll dress it up with them thing’um-bobs,” says Letitia, mysteriously. ‘It makes a grand dish, and is soft for your aunt's gums.” She means salmon and French capers, but I shake my head again. ‘ it won't do; and if aunt heard you talk about her gums, she'd be very angry indeed. So you must be cautious,” now.” says Letitia, apologetically, “I was coing to say her teeth, when I rememberer: she has only one. Why do you say the thing- ummy-jig won't do?” *~ O, because it won't. Aunt says it’s extray- agant; and it’s not only that, but we have nothing right. The soup-tureen is cracked down the side, and all the table napkins are darned. “Tilran down to ™ iss Bryan’s and fetch up says Letitia with ready ou want to ask!” ter. It is out of the ques- tion, I suppose."’ And I sigh dismally. while she plants the gaudy flower vase triumphantly on the mantel-piece, and sweeps the delicious coo! ferns ruthlessly into her apron. “Weil, I must go.” she says, withan air as thongh I had been asking her to stay, and she was obiiged to refuse me; ‘I have to make your aunt’s hominy, and if it’s not ready before she rings for it, she'll be out of purchase.” She means “patience,” and I have a sort of wild idea of correcting her. But whereis the use? can I hope for from a girl who calls the water-cistern “the cecil,” and the sugar-tongs “the tweezers? Left alone, I take a well-worn envelope from my pocket, and am tenderly opening it, when a tap on the glass just behind me makes me Jump; and. turning, I see a parasol anda laugh- ing face stretched over the stone balustrade from the doorsteps. I spring up with a glad }ery, and rush tolet in the new-comer It is Nannie Oliver—otherwise Nooney—my bosom friend and confidante—returned, after a lenzth- ened visit to some outlandish place inthe hap- | less Emerald Isle; and she flings off her cape, throws her hat upon the sof for achat. “In the fi . and down at how's the disrespectful; but there is never any use in correeting Nooney. She doesn’t intend rm. * And is that blessed old dog w isher second question. And then com the third: + And how is he, my dear?” I flush tremendously at’ this; partly, it must ssed, with pleasure, for I lave been zing to be asked—yearning to have some- » speak to tor many days past. “Oh, he Level I answer, lookin, Nooney, taking a ing from the bag ¢ carries so daintily upon her arm, and. neing upon it at once. “But, pray. i i me who he is, and all for you know, my dear, I know What on earth could I gather from wretched note of yours, six lines long? The Tab was looking over your shoulder, I sup- e, When you wrote it.” Thave of course been wanting dreadfully to , and ain only too thankful to have the chance of doing so at last, so I begin at once. It is not avery long story, nor particularly interesting, except to myself alone. I had gone on a visit to Colchester a few weeks before, and had there met a young licutenant of dragoons— nest Caleott—who had fallen in love with me—or said he had—and I with him; and we had walked, and danced, and taken moonlight walks together, and gazed at one another in church across the backs of the high old-fash- ioned pews, and pressed one another's hands, and said soft things at parting—but he had not proposed to me, although he swore he loved me, and I had not seen him since, to speak to, but I knew he had come up to town, for I seen him go by yesterday and to-day, looking hard in at the window, too; but he had not called, and I did not know what to make of it. “Humpn!” says Miss Oliver, when my recital is finished. Has he never written to you all this time! LC hang my head and answer with a sorrowful 0. “*T wouldn't give much for his love, then,” says Nooney, short: but perhaps he’s Does he know of the existence of that sweet old feline specimen?” “Oh, for shame, Nooney!” I say, laughing in spite of myself. ‘Of course he does. I told him I was living here with an aunt.” “* That accounts for it,” says Nooney, sagely. “Men are afraid of Tabs. Does he know she’s { one?” can't tell, I am sure. she was a Mrs. or a Miss.” ight!” says Nooney ; if I were I never sald whether “Td always pretend, yu, that some man had ‘once had the x I wanted to borrow $6, ou re- | bad taste to take her. for men are shy of Tabs.” “So you think Ernest is in earnest 7” she pres- ently says. “ What is he like, my dear 7” I take out the worn envelope again, and slow! She leans back with an air of extraord! wisdom, and takes up her knitting again. 1, having no knitting to occupy me, take up the photograph and gaze at it ina manner which must appear foolish to her, for I can set she is laughing as she says, “Well, what do you intend to do, d “Gracious! I couldn't. Aunt Barbara was in the room.” “Oh, tiently. “She needn't know a bit. Why didn't you just show for a minute at the window, and hold up a corner of a letter? If he had an ounce of brains he’d know what it meant, and be on the look-out for it.” “Well? and then?” I say breathlessly. “Well, then, scratch off a few lines, telling him where to meet you, or anything élse you like to say, and go out quietly to the hall, a3 if to look at the clock, or something; make for the door, open the letter-box, and stick your letter up through the slit. He'll be certain to see it, and if Tabby comes you meandering out of the parlor—why, you thought heard the post- man—that's all.” “Oh, Nooney! I couldn't attempt such a thing,” I say in amazement. Indeed, I am ap- palied at her “superior knowledge” and the thought of such boldness. “Well, [have—scores ot times,” she says, coolly going on her work; ‘but you're a softy; you don’t know a thing.” “I couldn't do that.” I repeat, hanging my head in humble confession of my ignorance. “Aunt Barbara is very sharp, and she seems queer and mysterious these last few days. I can’t make her out at all. I’m afraid of her sometimes; she seetts so strange.” out of the | “Cross?” questions Miss Oliver, plying her needles very fast. “No,” I answer, ‘not exactly that; but odd ané silent.” “Oh, bother her!” says Nooney, inelegantly. “What do you mean to do?’ “T really don’t know. I wantedto ask cousin Thomas to come and dine here to-morrow, and talk it over with him. You know Cousin Thomas?—such a kind old thing! But there’s nothing in the house except cold mutton, and I know he hates that.” “Couldn’t eat it Nooney draws in her lips. myself,” she says with gravity, “even with the best pickles. How's the noble Letitia? Couldn't she invent something to set off the mutton?” “J don’t know, I am sure,” I answer ruefully, “though she is good enough sometimes at in- venting, especially new words. She disgraced me the other day by calling the cruet-frame ‘the recruit-stand. “Oh! bravo, Letitia!” cries Miss Nooney, clap- ping her hands and laughing heartily—‘‘ghe ad the recruit in her head, and out he came, like the honest girl she is. I must go, my dear’ rch | up in ahurry as the clock in to strike—‘“I'm sorry for you, very; but-I can't help you, because you won't adopt any of my wise suggestions. So good-by. Be sure to write, or come round and tell me how things an out. And don’t forget to give my love to titia,” “T shan’t do anything of the kind,” I say re- sentfully ; ‘‘she woke me up last night, saying there were robbers outside, and took down poor pape’e cavalry sword, which she calls ‘the mas- er's bay'net,’ by way of striking terror into their hearts. Nothing would do her but to wave it out of the window, and of course she let it fall, and the party of tipsy roughs, who were lighting their pipes in the shelter of the big tree, took it up and ran away with it. Look at those flowers, too,” I add, by way of a cod!- cil to my speech, “they are her arrangement.” “Oh, crumbs!” says Miss Nooney, standing before the flower vase and holding her sides; “what a study fora painter in water colors! They might have been made a lot of, too. Where did you get ‘em? Don’t blush; never mind telling me. Oh, sent to the Tab, were they?—it was some one who owed her money, then, I'll be bound. But I must go, my dear, 80 adieu. And she kisses me, and skips away down the street. * . . . « Iam sitting the next morning over the re- mains ofa late breakfast, with only the dog for company, when Letitia comes in with her dus- terand begins to dust. Of course she should have finished long before I came down; but she had to converse with the postman, and the milkman, and the baker, and a score or two more of her admirers; and so her duties have had to wait. “Isn't it queer, Miss May,” she says, trailing her duster along the edge of the mantel-piece, without pausing to lift any of the ornaments therefrom—“very queer, I think it is, that your aunt never married?” “She knew best herself,” I answer; distlepsty;* forI amnot at all disposed for a display of loquacity. “I suppose she never met anybody to care for.” “Ah, there’s where it just is,” says Letitia, giving a wipe here anda wipe there, in her care- less sort of fashion; “it’s bad to marry without love, ain't it? There’s a widda-man after me these two or three years back, but I don’t like widdas! Fresh ones is better, say I. But as you said just now about your aunt, Miss; she hasn't married because she never met any one to care for before.” “I said nothing about before,” I say, looking sharply up. . ‘Didn't you, Miss? That must ha’ been my own then,” says Letitia, quietly. ‘But sheh met some one now, anyway, I’in thinkin’ “What do you mean?” J inquire, in bewilder- ent. “Well, then, faix I'll tell you,” says Letitia pausing, duster in hand. ‘for I don’t like his- tory” (she means mystery), “and I don’t see why you shouldn't know. There’s your aunt, that I always thought as solemn and steady as a Mother Abbott, has got to recivin’ notes and flowers, and I don’t know what not besides, and to peepin’ out from behind the blind at some one goin’ by. I thought at first it was the gent next door, as the little philosopher ” (she means yelocipede, or bicycle), * but It can’t be him, for he went a toorin’ last week, and she’s peepin’ all the same.” “You are surely dreaming?” I say in amaze- ment. * Oh, the divila dream!” says Letitia, in broad Trish. here’s some chap a foolin’ the old and she’s not got the sense te give him no inheritance.” She means encouragement, but, as usual, misses the mark. “I cannot believe it,” I say, {neredulously, and go on eating my breakfust. “Well, that I may die, ys Letitia, excited- ly, “it there’s a lie In the whole of it. She's get- ting herself up scrumptious this minute, for the gent is to call at twelve; and I have orders to. show him in, “Did my aunt tell you to do so?” 1 ask. wita he did, faixi” says Letitia, offended. “A m lonkey? He'll get tired of wandering past, the window for nothing. Why didn’t you tap?” u're no good!” says Nooney impa- ree and means to be bridesmaid no doubt. Merid poe ue old iy t she ook it al erself; but means. She saw the whole mistake; chance gave her the opporti for her niece.” p “You're a brick!” says Nooney, and slapping her on the back with so much force an ing tooth seems to quiverdn her head; “I'll never call you a Tab any mére; and as M: ay is too stupid to offer me as much as ap introduc- tion to Mr. Calcott, why-Tl goand shake hands with him without it. * ape fe ray 5 “Well,” says Letitia, bursting sls my ysl His or. Teason to be there was just tosee the two hours later, and throwing herself upon her honest knees beside me as I sat in a day-dream | When Arabi wainss British guns should bravely of happy thoughts—“I wish you joy. Miss May; and good luck to your aunt, for f never seen an old lady do a Job so neat. She was cocksure the pop was for herself, and she turned off her dis- appointment like an angel or a saint.” But to this day—Ernest is so loyal—I have never been able to find out whether or not what Letitia said was true. Nannie Power O’Doxocuve. ———__§-e.____ A Woman’s Refusal. No, Impudence, youshan’t have one, How many times must I refuse? Away! say Or else you'll sure my friendship lose, Icannot bear such forward fun, Bo quick, begone! If not I'l run. Why, now Pll have to be severe— No, not a kiss to you Pll give. ‘ake care ! Iswear Tl tell papa, as sure’s I live. I never saw & man so queer! But—are you sure there’s no one near? 7 In Sickuess. All the long day I seem to float away ‘Through the gray mists that hide both sea and sun; Thear the plash of waves, I feel the spray, ‘And still my boat ts drifting further on. Love cannot reach me, death and night alone Are with me, and with ever deepening shade Curtain me round, till darkness thick has grown And Detplews hands are stretched in vain for God has forgotten, only pain bas life, And weakness stealing soul and sense away. God has forgotten, and amid the strite I hear the unknown sea and feel its spray. Faint through the darkness shines a tender light; Soft falls a voice I cannot help but hear— “Through waters deep thou passest, yet thy sight, Full soon shall know thy Lord was always near.” Drift. as thou wilt my boat, if, as the tide More swiftly ebbs and bears thee out to sea, That love unchanging may with me abide, ‘That voice still sound, that light stilt lead to the ee. HELEN CAMPBELL, tn Our Continent, 0 Causes of High Prices for Food. From the Louisville Post. A gentleman who has been familiar with the workings of the produce market for years says that the whole cause of the trouble is in the wild craze for speculating. Nothing 1s free from the touch of the speculator. The back- wardness of the season, that caused a scarcity in vegetables, opened the doors for speculators, and they rushed in. Meats and vegetables of all kinds are held in quantity: by speculators, and while they are making money the masses must suffer. “‘Sooner or later,” sald the gen- tleman, ‘‘something will have to be done in this country to keep the hands of speculators off of the necessities of Jife.” —— The Scarcity of Good Work men. Frow the New York Herald. What can bedone by any system of appren- ticeship in a country where it is the fashion for" boys of any wits to look down on the mechanic arts and to seek for some short cut in the road to fortune? Boys generally gtaduate from the public schools when fifteen or sixteen years of age. If they cannot go to college, but must do something toward supporting themselves, they almost always prefer to enter # storé or office, where they have long hours, small pay, more or less abuse and very little chande of learning any- thing. To know any business perfectly is to have a fortune within reach; but instead of be- coming a thorough. carpenter, mason or plumber, as any boy of ordinary sense can do, our boys prefer to take their chances in callings where the term of apprenticeship is necessarily about twenty years instead of four or five, and whe they are almost forced te-eepy the dress and habits ‘of their superiors,although their pay is utterly inadequate to tie demands made upon it. While they are only boys their life is men and want to marry than they realize their utter lack of means and prospects. From that time forth they are either disheartened and mis- anthropie or tricky and untrustworthy. can, with very little capital—money that he can have saved during his apprenticeship—be- gin business on his own account; but the Jawyer’s clerk or the store boy can do nothing but stay where he is and curse what he calls his | luck. There never was a time in which a pen- niless but ambitious American boy had brighter Prospects than now: but he must seek them in | work, not in some position where he can merely keep up an appearance without the slightest chance of ever doing more. Se Its Father’s Complexion. From the Memphis Leder. Mr. Blanket sat looking at the baby with a wistful, far-off look in his eyes, trying to think of the usual idiotic, unmeaning and unmeant things that people say about new babies, and at | last, in a spasm of originality, remarked that | “the baby had its father’s complexion.” Then all sat and looked at the rich cardinal hues that made the wrinkled countenance of the uncon- | Reine.” These specimens were scious infant glow like a mountain sunset, and nobody said anything until a teeble voice from icine ats ‘ | execution 1s displayed at the culinin: ons Coln ine rook wala: (Xt wae £6004, IME | riod of French decorative art, and in all prota y practice, and | bility the suite of furniture, a3 a whole, is. the the co-operation of three sclentife clubs’ and | Most important and beautiful work of its kind | five political campaigns to acquire it.” Then a} I. that the baby had it natural: quired about fifteen years ste: sad, quiet smile stole over the room again, only broken by the hard breathing of the baby’s father looking at the thermometer to see what time it was, while Mr. Blanket, feeling that he | 20d then by fifties to £6,000. at which sum the could add nothing to what had already been sald, stole down the stairs, softly whispering to himself about som* oid fool; but the company | Tetaire, made for M couldu’t catch the name, and the company didn’t | Signed by him, and dated know whom he meant. note come with them flowers last evening, and SS Small Change in Mexico. she fecked it quick into her pocket; and when I went up with her hominy, I'm blest if she wasn’t sittin’ in her nightcap, writin’ an answer to It; and sent me out scuddin’ to the post, with the tail o’ my gown over my head.” From the Philadelphia Press. In one of the small towns I bought some limes and gave the girl $1 in payment. By way of change she returned me forty-nine pieces of “Can you remember the address on the letter, soap, the size of a water cracker. I looked at or the name—the name?” I ask excitedly, as & new light breaks suddenly in upon me. her in astonishment, and she returned niy look “Oh, hang the address, J remember,” says Le- titia, looking puzzled, ‘‘but I'd know the name again. Wallnut—or some such like. T lay down my knife and fork, and fairly roar with laughter; and Letitia stares with open mouth, and evidently longs to know the cause of my mirth. Nor ain I long in telling her. My lover has veen making love to my aunt! not in- tenvionally; but, being unaware that we possess the same name—at least that we are both Miss Marlands—he has neglected to write my Chris- tian name upon the envelopes intended ior me; and so they have been carried straight to my with equal surprise. when a pdlice officer who witnessed the incident hastened to inform me that soap was the legal tender in many portions of the country for small sums. *Tevatnined my change an¢ found that each ¢ egAk stamped with the name of a town and of 9 manufacture authorized by the government,” The, cakes of | soap were worth 1}4 cents each...» ..5 Afterward in my travels I frequently received similar change. Many of the ‘cakes showed signs of having been In the wagh-tub; but that, I discovered, was not at all uncommon. Pro- relative. “Good Blory!” says Letitia, in an ecstacy of laughter, “if he han’t proposed in one o’ them letters, he’s going to do it to-day. Crikey! won't there be fun? I'll put my ear to the jaw of the door, and hear it all!” She means the jamb,but there’s no use in correcting her. Not less amused than she, I spring u h off a note to Nooney, telling her to come round at once—dispatch se ed it, bees ores not to stop to gossip wit! e parish on way heer potholes clearing off the breakfast things and tidying up the room. My tasks are searcely accomplisted and Letitia returned. when my aunt comes down. She is evidentl: hol d for conquest. Her wig is newly curl —her scarf is over her shoulders—and from the black satin bag which hangs upon her arm an elaborately laced and perfumed kerchief is ruding. Prghe kisses me dem and sits down with it is clear that she in flurried and nervous; so I tell her she looks pale, and bring her a giass of port, for which she seems thankful. ‘| ehased twenty dozen chickens, vided the stamp was not obliterated; ' did not lose any value as currericy. Mresieenaed aman would borrow a cake of:a friend, wasi his hands and return it with thanks! f made use of mine more than once in iny bat}, and sub- sequently spent them. 1 t patietsatonetrrce sis i-hs ‘ Outwitting a Yankes Skipper. Captain Farrow, of Islesboro',-Me.,told a ra- porter of the Bangor Whig théother-day of an experience at Key West. It wisn eage where a Yankee was outwitted bya southerner. The captain was trading in a small’ vegsd} and had been up the coast to Tampa bay, where he pur- ing @4 per dozen. The chickens ran all tl rp in size from a few days old to fall-grown-ones. at.Ke ‘West a hotel landlord came alongside and ask the captain how he sold his chickens. The cap- tain replied: een you ens acige ee I a charge you $6 per dozen; mn let me pic! them you can have them Tored per dozen.” Pall »' Baid the hotel man, raceeek them out.” lected several: of the smaller sizes, when the man sald: ‘Go ahead, I want more.” The captain was now among his: fowls and wished the man would ae but he Still sald “Go on.” The captain saw the at last. The man kept him selecting unt had purchased the entire lot at a loss of $20 to the owner. Atter this the captain sold chickens on-e different plan. = she continues, shaking hy cheeril, spr foot, and didn’t by any but as of a first inter- view, she took it, and receiv rs the proposal— jing to her gusto that the old lady’s one remain- ‘|over the stock, he was again approached by | is in the wrong, he is qnick. to ackno | in thia direction. not intolerable, but no sooner do they become | gentleman, named Morgan, from New York, Al competent and honest young mason or carpenter | Fed; the soaps ite and unique specimens of old’ French furni- im Melon Time. SUMMER RESORTS. ‘Some are pa’shel to de apple, oddans clamor fo’ de SUMMER RESORTS. HENANDOAH ALUM RINGS, SHENANDOAH id trip tickets, (PLE SHORE cot ages. tT SEWEORT ar ay RS. ®& jum; u Va. Ni be some tn Jéyment | - de cherry, oddahs make de | S) county, Ve, Now open ae Some git fas’ned ‘to der onion, oddahs lub de | _3¥13-1m = “BASON & CO. But my taste’an’ watahmillion er? bound bya ASTFORD HALL. oxrorp, MARYLAND, Pleasant yoke! ‘be open JUNE 10th for reception of; Chorus—Hit er meller, hit er juli For particulars address Hite palates rie stumah Rs ae ae SOMES. Prynet er painies ter de stummick— 3 3 NGS. ‘Yo’ kin eat, an’ eat, an’ eat! M' BLUE RIDGE 8! UMMIT, P.O., Franxtw Co., Pa. ‘This delightfol eummer resort is situated on, the summit of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It’ ig noted for its fine air and mountain ecevel ‘medicinal waters; accessible Maryland R.R. from Hagerstown. Circulars, 1012 14th street northwest. dy8-1m* Mrs. M. J. HUBBALL, Prop’r. SEason 1852. ‘The “War Horse” at Alexandria. It was the Yankee Admiral a floating In the bay, Where ironclads at forts of sand blazed savagely aw: ‘By Wenern hold the fo1 “ Be careful how you shoot!” he cried to the de- ered tow! leagu Dy “For if a shot shall touch my ship, I'll blast you with a frown. if a frown won't blast so far, from thick and foggy weather, Tl fire upon you with my gun, or strike you with a feather!” And when John Bull had smashed the forts with balls which weighed a ton, (As one might plug at humiing-birds with buck- shot-loaded gun. Only to see the little bird, which he desires to snare, Fly swiftly o'er the summer fields, unharmed and free as air) rs Our Yankee sailor steered his ship past all the British fleet, And cheered the massive tronclads for Arabi’s de- feat. ton Advertiser, ERIGHT HOUSE: AND ronler. Proprietor. PRING AUQUIER WITS SULPEUR 2 FPAco inet Buildings site kas anid elect iis. ‘Tho nearest sumer resort { ingtonians, or Wal Military Bana. ae apply to F. TENISEY & ington, oF cddress Fauquier jyl-in NEWNAN, 110 and Hotel at Lor on the tirect romte fi gara Falls and all northern resorts via the, Seneca Lake steamers. The large donble-sal wheel stextners of this line I mecti Buying i re quslied. “Tiekets‘on male's te at all of nyt niro. equalled. “Tickets on sale via this route at all offices. From the Boston eer ad es AEDLAW, Manager Hotel, ‘Steamers, Watkins, N. J.D. PAYNE, Supt. He bought a carpet in Alexandria, and the im bed purchase took him three months. One morn- Ing, 80 runs Dr. Sullivan’s narrative, he was passing by one of the bazaars where tapestries and such things are sold, when a particularly handsome and rich fabric caught his eye. He went in, and, after pretending to dook over a jot of things which in reality he did not want, he sald to the man who solemnly presided over the place, ‘And what Is the price of that car- pet?” ee Tesponded the dealer, “is not for = sale. purchased that particular carpet ata | — SRerrerrrarTertarcr aera great cost to feast my own eyes upon. It is | QEARIDE PARK HOTEL, SEASIDE magnificent—superb. I could not part with | dacs, beluuecrseltoat: satin that. No, by Allah!” or words to that effect. | nnexcelled. Acidress H.C. HEIR, “Will the English gentleman have a cup of cof- | N- J. June. After that, fee?” The English gentleman would. He would also have a cigarette. After that he went away. Ina day or two he came around again, and once more made the pretence of looking through Macdallah’s.stock. He had obviously failed to fool the sly Ezyptian before as to the article he really wanted, so he took more time to it upon this occasion. As he expected the es peuais owner of the bazaar finally approached ADY, Proprietor. im. = = “I have concluded, after several sleepless oe ae nights,” sald the merchant, “‘to part with that | THE LARGEST IN ATLANTIC CITY, N. aN carpet. It grieves me very much to do so, for I 18 NOW OPEN FOR THE SKASON OF "83" have hecome very fond of Ht. Iliad hoped that | ey SS it would be the light of my eyes in my oid age. | W- > Manager S. CHASE, Cashier, But the Prophet has counseled unselfishness ae Ey among his people, and I will sell to the English _selT Proprietors. gentleman.” ASSENGERS FOR THE “How much?” 5 “One hundred pounds.” WHITE MOUNTAINS, “Nonsense. Tilgive you £5.” MT. DESERT, POLAND SPRINGS, The Egyptian’s aealty was obviously wound- ed. An expression of absolute pain crossed his RANGELEY AND MOOSEHEAD LAKES, And all other New England Resorts, face. But he forgave Dr. Sullivan, and they had SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT another cup of coffee and a cigarette toxether. Then Dr. Sullivan went away, as before. In a THE ONLY ROUTE WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN week or so he dropped around again. After WASHINGTON AND BOSTON, going through the regular business of looking | Is via Penn. R. R., Steamer Maryland, N | N. If & H., and New York and New Engiand ¥/) Railroads, % Solid trains of New B: Jere Cusrc HOUSE, ARBURY PARK, N. J. ne A specially desireble Cottage Hotel: Ci and service unsurpassed; free conveysti Lerch and from station: ratea very reasonal areas MCI OTEL ALBION, ATLANTIC CIT’ Opens for the season of 11 17. ‘The mosteleeantly. fu appointed hotel iu Atlantic City. with an unobstructed or of $0) equare y' and amusements has teen added tix season. GEV. L. JACOBY, Manager, ‘LENTZ & SIEGHIST, Cones, ISLAND. VA ‘The only SEASI GINTA. Thi & RESORT IN VIR- 1° finest and the safest of Surf! Bathing. Ocean, Shark and Channel Fishing, and Snipe Shootinz. iB Macdallah. “T have concluded, after much thought,” said that worthy, “that I asked you too muci for the carpet the other day. When Macdatial feels he viedge it. The English gentleman can have the beautiful carpet for £90.” Cars, first-class Passen- Now you acknowledge your error.” replied | fe Coaches and the finest of Pullman's celebrated Sleep- Mr. Sullivan, ‘*T will confess that I was wrong | “"S\Omutmue Transfer thsough New York City. in offering you only £5 for your carpe day. I did that in joke, of cou a iecinte caren | mean ft. Bless you, no. And J Tickets on sale at all Penn. R. RB. Offices. Be sure prepared to make concessions, I will do the | they read via New York and New Engiand R. R. same. Instead of £5, I will give you £6.” | e Tables giving detailed information may be ob- at Hotels and Ticket Offices. 8. M. FELTON, Jz., A. C. KENDALL, General Manager. Gen. Pass, Agent. 4626-coTw More coffee and another cigarette. Th time Dr. Sullivan went around, the m took off £5 more, and the purchaser added £ So it went on, with haggling and coffee, unt Dr. Sullivan had finally agreed to give £12, at | FPIVER VIEW MOUSE, OXFORD, MD. NOW which price he took away the carpet. It would £ SPEnS state, aitaated Peele oe Bases have. cast, abont.4200 in Longon. He says ‘of the stan u Yards: thing, boating and fabfig; w driving; steatnboxt, rail and 5 ‘or circulars aud of CLARENCE PETERS, Pro- Je5-2m the kind: of business mentioned Is consider the strictly proper thing'In Egypt and Turkey. But Americans, he adds, are spoiling the trade | While he was in Alexandria a ? HOTEL, came along and visited the bazaar of Macdallah. Three carpets struck his fancy and he priced | them. “Three hundred pounds.” said Mac- dallah. “Well,” replied Mr. Morgan, ‘that 's Counry, Manyraxp, m of Gue-ts JuNe 15th, under the aud Mrs. séems a fair price, and I'll take them.’ Here's sat tice Segui reee. your money.” The next time Dr. Sullivan.saw nd supplied with every convenience the merchant he was almost tearing his hair guess, and isa firet-class Summer with rage against the “dog of Christian.” He v at 10 per week, and $35 month. ecsl arraug me ‘eh Ee Baily com: w 1 Norfolk ‘the Lake, explained the matter in an Injured tone to the sympathizing Englishman, adding that Mr. Mor- gan’s:method was not “busines pies ial APY Ar Marie Antoinette’s Furniture at the Hamilton Sak From the London Times, June 21st. ine and Jane Mose‘ ‘For further information address Mr. and Mrs. JOS. TRAVERS, Piney Point, St. Mary's Co., Ma. bathing, Contains every modern annliai, apaclous CBLING GAP WHITE SULPHUR SPRING DINGS Saar Caml pag ISAAC MEN. “ je15-2m" S*GEA SPRAY COTTA a apt Moms: as; full ocean view. May city, HE WeNTWorTH, NEWCASTLE, N. 1, Sillopen JUNE 24. It has accomm for 450 euests, and offers more a! than any other ‘seaside resort on the z feast. Excellent advantazes for beating, fis roots, best spring bed Pop BoM hall for dating” and feces, bowling alleys, billiard rocin, stesm Poa T excursions, sail and row boata, fite-ciees | livery. and boarding ‘stable. Grounds tiltminated Oy tock dectric hight. New York end Rostan stock reports Seiced every hour, Two mies from Yortsamouth and (wo jours’ ride from Boston by Eastern Railroad. Goadhes of the hotel always in waiting. - Address, Portsmout -m&th2m GEORG Flor appeintmenta, wal L3 Tho del4-wsl6t M ariey, |. RICHARDSON, Prop. F WICK'S HOTEL, LEONARDTOWN, Mp. 18 25 por ironths$9 jer week, and §1,50 pee dap Per month, $9 per week, and $1. 5 For pardculars nd patie 4. F. FENWICK, Jel4-n&w,2m_ Tasnerdiown, Ma, NEw HOTEL IN THE CATSKILLS, HOTEL KAATERSKILI, ‘The Largest Mountain Hotel in the World, OPENS JUNE 20, Three Thousand Feet Above the Sea, Commanding ‘View of Sixty Miles of Hudson Kiver. gs Accensible ty ralleoed within one hour's ride, TT" POPULAB WATERING PLACE, WEST JERSEY RAILROAD, attache: son at convenient howre, und pas- paces Horse Cars ready to transfer direct to the station of the 4 of Mark: fon apply as follows: Northoast corner Lith For terms, E. A. GILLETT, 33-skw, 17 Room 1, No. 237 Broadway, New York. CAPE MAY, Is reached by the font In Two Hours from Philadelphia. Fast Express Trains, with Parlor Cars 4. are run tees | the sen: ‘fel 7s will find on their arrival at the new Broad Station, Philadelphia, Union Transier Co West Jeracy Kailroad, at the foot For through ticks ke, aud fuil informa. Pennsylvania avenue; Station Baltimore and R corner 6thand B streets; 619 Pennsylvania avenue; 1351 Pennsylvania avenue. FRANK THOMSON, 3. R. WOOD, jeo-tay General Manager. General Passenger Agent. QLD Pornt Comrort, VIRGINIA, YGEIA HOTEL, HYG H Situated 100 yards from Fort Monroe. Open, all the year. “Equal to any hotel in the Unit 5 d. Bathing, bo a and driving specially attractive. Pre-eminently a! for southern people. Terms lees for equal tions resort in the country. Climate free from dae eee ito A Proprietor. FAMILY SUPPLIES BBR RERTTITH HERE SSS. DDD A BBB EEK T DD H Hine Ssss§ Bop a4. NATURAL MINERAL WATER IN GLASS. B.W. REED’S SONS, 1216 F STREET NORTHWEST. 448) TRADE SUPPLIED. Kalai WILL ALWAYS MAKE BEAUTIFUL BOLLS, BREAD AND BISCUITS. ‘Wholesale Depot: Corner Ist street and Indiana avenue Jel WM. M. GALT & CO. After this came three beautiful pieces of Marie (eOR- Antoinette marqueterie furniture, of which the little writing table was taken first and placed before the crowded audience with a round ot applause. It is an oblong writing table, en suite, with drawer fitted with Inkstand, writing VAN DYKE & Bt EN. — ABOUT ONE. Five trains daily Agreeable nezhbor slide, and shelf beneath, an oval medaliion of a | Beod. "Delicious Moderate. prices, det trophy and flowers on the top, and trophies with | Addters Proprietor, Ciifton Station, Fairfax Co., Va. four medallions round the sides. mped Riesener, and branded underneath with cip! o1 Marie Antoinette and *‘ Garde Meuble de la executed for | Queen Marie Antoinette. Inboth the wood and | © metal work the utmost perfection of design and | ing pe- | AND BATHS. all Information, 9th street northwest. el my9-3m Great North Mountain, near Winchester, Va. A. 5S. PRATT, Proprietor. Open June Ist. Fir peuluete giving terms and | arpty to A. PRATT & SON, 401 j sige Rooms produced in the age of Louis XV The first bid was 3,000 guineas, the n guineas, and then 4,500 guineas. after wh Diddings advanced by hundreds up to £ E MAY, N.J. m0, SEASON OF 1882 OPENS JUNE 29. Under new management. All communica- tions will receive prompt attention addressed toJ. P. SHANNON, Carrollton House, Balti- more, wo. hammer fell to Mr. Werthermer’s bid. The next piece was a Louis X rie Ant upright sec- nette by Riesener, ». On the front is an oval chasingin ormolu by Gouthiere of dcyes, with a quiver of arrows and Mowers in a shield— shaped panel of marqueterie, and. wreaths. of flowers in colored woods; baskets. of flowers, fruit and ornaments, with borders of flowers and trellis pattern in parqueterie;the ormoln orna- ments of flowers and mouldings elaborately chasad and finely executed by Gouthiere, the most famous cisuleur of his time. It is branded on the back with the cipher of Marie Antoinette and “Garde Meuble de la Reine,” and measures 4feet 9 inches high by 3 feet 6 inches wide. Put up at 1,500 cuineas, it speedily reached 4,400 guineas (£4,620), at which sum it was knocked down to Mr. Boore’s bid. The commode, en suite, also made by Riesener, and signed by him,with date 1791—one year later—was put up at a bid of 1,000 guineas, and advancing with the same spirited biddings from the great dealers present, paused for a moment at 4,000 guineas, when M. Stettiner bid 4,100 guineas, and was declared the purchaser. ‘Thus, in less than ten minutes, these exquis- P. 8. BOOTHBY, Maxacen, ~__ CAPE MAY, N.J. UNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. HOUSE. Ny MEL © MOUNT PLEASANT HOUSE. ‘BALKO! BARILL & BAL! desirable street 1 it my30-2i CiEARENDON HOUSE, CLARENDON Sprrnas; Vr. ‘A ce) October. Hotel and th: Cottases cantinedats: two Sfundied (guts: celebrated springs; ountains ves H Towllue: Giograph ofice contested Mh notch, Send ‘cireuiar. Syel0-2m B. MURRAY & SONS., Props. Rae SPRINGS WILL BE OPEN FOR BOARD $100 yer day for less than a weeks 81-35 per diy when over a week. Children over two, years invariably 75 cents. ture, which had been compacions in the palace | (it, fishing, medical bills and medicine all free. of the French Queen, and had remained so many years preserved In the palace of the Hamiltons, were separated,. probably never to be brought together again. The three pieces brought, al- together, £14,925, making a weighty addition to the proceeds of the day, which amounted to £23,485, This, with the two previous days, gives a total of £9) 1,883. Speak tothe herring, and kindly to the Be biithesome with the bunny, at barnacles don’t Give nuts unto the monkey and buns unto the Never hiné at currant jelly it you chance to meet ‘a hare. ‘Don’t tantalize the tortoise nor sacrifice the stoat, Don’t persecute the parrot, nor grumble at the cH : But give the stranded jelly-fish'a shove into the eea— ‘Be always kind to animals wherever you may be. Be lentent with and ever kind 2 And be not 18 NOW RUNNING FAST EXPRESS TRAINS OF ELEGANT PASSENGER COACHES ‘In which the charge for sest has been reduced to 25 cts, ‘THROUGH WITHOUT STOP IN NINETY MINUTES, Cuaker! CLARET! CLARET! ‘We offer, ns asvecialty, THREE BOTTLES TABLE CLARET FOR $1, OR 75 PER DOZEN. We have cleo an assortment of HIGHER GRADES OF CLARET, winch we are ofterme at low figures, b' MEATS, PICKLES, OLIVES, PANNED eDINE or and kx- E. KENNEDY & SON, 120) F STREET NORTHWEST, ¢ Drsten rx Prnsr. BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, MUTTON, 628, 629 apa ta Center Market, 9th street wing, y Pout Onin. ctiug delivered free of charge to all parts of the We. ARE ny ME AND FRESH FISH, Constantly ou hand FILADES IA ‘CHICKENS AND TURKEYS, BOSTON MARKET, LEON SCHELL & CO., LVANIA AVENUE. TLEMEN’S GOODS. DERSELLING EVERYBODY IN . DRESS SHILTS. Ly Collars, Linen Cuffs, Silk Neckwear, Cotton Boe ndershirts and Drawers, New styles of Percale Shirts, the very best quality, Fine Percale Shirts, only 75 cents. Finest Dress Shirts to order, elegantly made, only $2. Six fine Dress Shirts to order far $9. Ail goods are guaranteed to give satisfaction im-every “nis MEGINNISS’, 1002 F street northwest. S. B. ELLERY, e EDCCESSOR 79 DUBREUIL BROTHERS, MANUFACTURERS OF FINE DRESS SHIRTS GENTS’ FURNISHINGS. 1112 F Sraeer Norrawest, Wasurnorox, D.0. EE 18