Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 17, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 27 August 1875 — Page 6

DL'AD LOT.

BT LOCI CAKKoLL TStM'LE. I p'srkej a ten ler bud; J l"ur wail and sweet, . ll'tif s'h no teet, AiaiJ the untied inoe of the wood Ku I Mr It thence ; lU't at lt. It fragrance pat. Shr'u.;. it tiutl, uJ left a reooaipenso v , v Ja eetaot front lu dut. , . 1 wen a woman's he art, Lrsnr and true ' A rusue'er auew; 1 tore it Troiu its li.V-plaoe at apart To UiinUlrr to me. rkfj! p-ed s!ow!y on. ' " Then bv my ide Tne true heart died ; AnJ I. unc noiou of tie ruin done, c:;ll t ihe wiihf n-J ttem. It tvre from dar to day, CnkDsiwn to me, Th misery Tint stun and left the tweet Cower by tha w ay A ruined gift. The wnian'a beart the bud Alike in death, Their swre-est breath '".ocred out to scent the highway where I :ood Coi i acd aloo. Jje! is tlie dfwt wide : W nonce lonx U fli 1 be bloom, ail dead, le:r?tne pain aid woe, aaj naught betlda Hve iuenx ry. The heart of '.on h broke j X r v c too ' f u m Left i the nij:b.t "L?4. U the moan the cruel tiding! woke Left are tlx tear. .Veir lo rk Ereninj Jost. JL PKiaiClL LOYE STOUT. . Thy formerly livel in Madicn Sjuare, and uuvexl in the bert New York mt-iety. The father, a Wall Mnvt man,"lot hi- money, and th wife, two miih, and two daughter livnI n thutt ide, and the be-t pot ty knew- the m no more. Isolena, the iunirt nf the family, had acerptexl Mt nation with beHronunff frtitid?. Sh" had thretf tnink- laden wiih the poi! f Saratoga anj New port. They oild keep her in ththp for two years, ind lonjr the viu Lild out to urn , to her biardin-hue fare she cioki rvMra . AfU-r the crah the father did nothing iu particular, and the nv ther to k to her bed. The sons, newr having d ne any thirty duriu their rirp' us days, now kept sternly in that noble- path. The elder daughter, :n a fit f deperatin, thn-w Ii rftway n t bmk-kw'T with eiht buadntl a year, and was buried in .b-r--y. I--lena Van Ken-alaer, b in? a x"rvia of pense, sold the silver and jewrr'by n dt at a time, paid the family lad ill, and so kept the wolf away. Wwks pa-i-eti, and the Ktnre of vrxvn faded slowly. How muc h lonrr ;o.'.d tLty live on silver-ware? The woif h:u already bayed the ras latnpi 7n Third Avenue, u"t around th rorier, ajid the sound kept lu-r awake in the niht. One day there came a letter inclo-in a check for out hundred dollars. Her band shook a.s he unfohlel t!ie rUp pap-r, and sudden tears filled her ejes. Wen the family mieries and poverty mi wearing upon her that the ii;rht of a rheck hiv.k rTerv nerve? And how had Heaven raided su h friends in their hour sf need ? It w h only a letter from Cousin Mary I'elham. ('"oti-in Kitty was to be married, and Mary wished to furni-h one ro)m in the new home. Would Isolena Iw s-i kind a to do some shopping in the ify ;rct a niee? rharulwr rarp't, and liae it sent up by express? (Had to find snnit-thinjr t. divert her mind, lilena went shopping anion? the carpet men, selected what sh thought wor.ld please' ami fit the jrescrile?d rn'aure, iaid the bill, ana returned home ti: vx out and minu fifteen cents 3iT fare. Two days after rame a letter sayiaj that 4the crpet wmj lovely, and wo ar all o much olli"tsl" Tli next day Isolrna counted the pnj and fijrintl ont their position. There was fnt enonjrh plate to pay the board bilLs for ra tly six weeks. h appeab-d to her father. lie, IfT man, had tnmble enough on litd. The wife and mother wasdyinjr. Kr a time the b-wr priefs were lot ja ibe pre ate r: and then the mother crept away to jn-ace and Iter prave, weary with tho mL-erable di-aters of the lamilyx The day after tho funeral Iolcna aked her "father for her portion, and he lnidl hU livinp amon them all. Io'na"s hare was the prirn and sone ii.im"nd rins. Thef.unilTwaslroken up and mined, and each scfji-hly looked out f t himself . The men went to the eiad sr-nerlly. The elder daughter furnished her parlor w iUi her abare of the wreck, and Isoleri sold a diamond r 1 tnt e i . n i lr (fin H M f ' ' i . can I II-" 111 Ilk. lit IIJ 7rt''tif, t.'rmiii'i J'n.'t, JUrall, and .irnrrisan J;rftiltnril . Then she found another and cheaper boarding place, and at down to await result, or starve. Within a week a ruillion in ople read this advertisement: MADF.Mol-KM.K ISOLENA, purrhaiwr of Urc r', '". i-ry, ami milli"nry. I'rrat a distanrtirin(Uar-haa Irr r!, tr.. In .New York, mnr i4!rt4i U1-mM'ii. lolrii. I. very kinl of uo-ler-WvAf n'l mii!1 ft rs 1nfht. rn! nt rfri wi&r.'h1. tiiv brrt seiwtnins niB-l' t the .ir.t rK--. I r-rm flr r-r rnl. Ml nrlirn eil't hl W"iwy lnrnp.. Iwm rot lir tpr or tnil kt nirrhT' eiene. Atf. -Iiv. ( W.t i wrniy fourtu , New Yfrk. Iirlrrt-TK., AtiwM, lsjkr JL io.; Mcwart, Ixir-J A K.hwt; etr. Threi 'lay Mademoiselle Is .lena waited iu heart-.iek imjiativneo, and th n there ram three letters. i,ntaned a dollar, another y, another ten, anil aeh had a small order. Total profits, e-ighty-tirc cents the first money she

J ever earue! (a her life. She put in ft , jni Uy h'Kl and a bright smile, aud 1 went ul to do tho shopping. At the j door her eye fell on the walk, and a llhi'li, half ebame, half something cle; mounti-d to her fare. He actually said

good-mornij .g, and offered bis hand. She put Out Iter left hand. That was the least Horn glove. Slie felt grateful that ho should recognize Ler. So many ouoe friend hid passed indifferent on the street that the thought that a Van Stupen should speak to her gave heruncxjHxUd lipinv. 44 Awful clever idea, Mademoiselle Isolena." "Oh, )!r. Van Sttijen! how did you know? 1 never can forgave myself for it." ' . "(lad! we all thought it a bright idea. Why, you're a broker in trade, Vu know; ame a 1 am, and Tell and lVnui'on, unJ all thrf old set. Oh, lv-the-way, si-ter Patty to bf married, and I want to d. the pmentin buines in pol lo. You !ea.e !tep intf Tiffauv'a and buy oiuthin jiretty and suitatie 'Mr. Van fjtupen. what do viu mean ?" liix . of course. Ntw yru're ofTended. I be; pardon ,Mi Van Uens,'laer. I would cot hnrt yur feelings ftr the world. You know I would not. 1 thoupbt I could help j ou " 4Van!" Thats ri'ht, Iso Missl'ensselaer, call mo Van if ou like. I am your friend." 4,lx-tus Svak of this no more. I am poor now. Our path divide, t mut earn my living, and Patty would never forpive me. 1 am truly glad to hear of her marriage. I" 44LcHk you, ili.s Van Uen.selaer, I want some work done. I'll pay you ton percent. , " - i ' , Mv terms aro five, sir." . 44 Veil, five it is. Here's tho money. Spend it all, and take out our comniLsaion." With thu.1 be thrust a roll of bills into hc-r hand, and disappeared into a I'uiTcritr l!ace car Just at they reached nrcaiiivay. Thntr.iht f ?pen'Tfully for the first time for weeks he badcaroc-d enough in ne day to upCrt her three. The following dav sue id aide one dolhir from her earning, and received scvea more letters, inclo.sinp forty dollars In all. Thee order, tiiiplojcd l.tr nearly all day, and at n:ht slie sent a letter with each, detailin; the basilic transaction. The next day tl.crc came' but one letter, and he w:w; a trifle, discouraged. Then came the Sabbath, anl on the Monday there wire tweiity letters, Incltiilin one that had evidently wanderesi aiw.tit M iili.on Square in jw-areh f her for some time. It wa from I'atty ,lohtion, late Van Stujen. s She was charmed with her brother' beautiful present, and so plad to Lear that Isolena had made the selection. 4 Would it In too much trouble to do just a little shopping only a dozen plovcs or .o?M There was no money inclose . Perhaps Mrs. .Johnson wan not aware that Mi-s Van lienselaer was in buiue-s. Without the slih.Utit hesitation she in-clos-l her advertisement to Mrs. John son, and explained her tuition. Mrs. Johnson mi'ht cut her lead : she jrolably would. Sh mipht even talk b her brother, and perhaps say bitter and disagreeable tilings. Then she must. Tin following day brought inoro letters, and a h ud complaint from her landlady conecrnin the trouble) of brinrin? up so lar a mail. Isolena at once turned all her available aet into money, and made ,ne more l.ld push f(r her life. After much search he found a small back-room on th third story of a store on Kroadway just below Union Square, and having aupplied it wi'Ji .ecorifi,hand forniture, set up for herself, aVT.e in the city. The rom was at once chamU-r, arlor, kitchen and buin otHe. A dollar a day pave her all fhi, an-ltda d her within env reach of the best store lsth on Uroadway and Sixth Avenue. .There moval pave her a chance to advertise apain, and she merit into it with sem inply reckle-s enerp'. She Ix-lieved in a.lwrtisin'r. anl site meant to uav a loM hand in the came. Slowly, day by day, her business in-rrea-sc'l. it kept her t:p-n her feet ami in the stores ami street nearly au uar, but in all her wanderinps about the town she never iuet Mr. an Stupen nor any one t-lso who reeopnized her. Tatty .lohnson never answered her let ter, and her family seemed to have utterly fallen out of her life. Weeks passed, and tho warm season came I Leu her business declined, and she at once spent every dollar she could pare In new advertisement, ana within ten dass her corresjvmdenc; doubled in Volume. Late one warm afternoon she climb ed the dismal stairs to her room, and found Mr. Vnn Stujeii waiting at her door. She could do no leM than ask him in. lie came into her little room, and then Kid, slowly , 44 1 this voiir home, Iolna?" Yes, .Mr. Van stuju-n; it i my home, countinp-ronm , and nil. I do up my ja kajc here, and write my letters, and live generally. Ion't you think it a plenant room?" 4 4 Well yes; but hardly safe." 44Oii, imleeil it is. The janitor ami Li wife lie up stairs, and the street door i I ked ' secn. I am neer out u: r that lie. ide. there an the poll 4l'or all that, p''ple mipht eonie up ami io- u . i our father and hmth--r Lave irt-rn lKkitip for you. They told toe yesterday, when I returned from Saratoga, and asked where )ulied. I had seen Jour advertisement , but I V.ould not tell them." 4 4 That was kind, I'm sure." 44 You are bitter, Mis Van Ilens-

eelaer. Had you een them, ou woiihl bate thuuked tue or kecjiin them i away." 44 They are my friends, sir." I 44 1 know it. I'ardon me if I seem -unkind. lam not, Isolena. I would ! p'.adly servo Mm, gladly take you away I from 'such a life, gladlv otler " I A knock at the door Interrupted him. I It was tho Mtinan. He counted out a large bundle of letter, aud said, pleas

antly, 4,Iliz is a-lookinp uj, mam'selle. Sixty-two letters i a big haul." She bowed the man out, and then, with the bunch of letter still in her hand, she said, slowly, 44Thank you, Mr. Van Stupen. You are very kind. I need no help. I have created a punl business, and I have more than a hundred dollars in the sawiips-bank, und as soon as the fall : trade opens I shall take more comfortaIde quarter. 1 am doing well, and I want for nothing, savo " She Aausfd, Tie door slowly opened without warning, and a shambling figure crept in unbidden. It startled them both with a drunken lauph. t4Snv 'Solena, pimme a ten won't you? I've had hard lines I have." 44 What do you mean, sir, by this insolence?" cried Mr. Van "Smpcn. Take yourself off!' 44Mr. Van stupen," cried the sister, interposing bet wei n the men, 44 he is my brother. Kdward, there is the money; now please go away. Come again another day." 44 Yes, demme fy don't! Ten dollars! iietV wenu'u lor you! Stumbling down 'the staira, be crept away, and the two were left alone. 44That wm not wis,. Miss Van liensselaer. He will trouble ou again." 4lIo i my broths-r, sir," she said, with dipnitvl 44 We will not speak of him iure.f' Mr. Van Stupen was in a measure defeated. He Lad not accomplished his mission, ami after a few commonplace he withdrew, and without an invitation to ren-w hi call. Now wa her life clear U-fore her. She must give her whole heart to her business. There wra naurht else to feed on, and it mast take that or starve. The one frit lei she liad retained had jroved unfriendly. How had he dared to come to her tdnco his engagement to Amy Kanisey ? She had seen the engagement hi nouie poip's letter in a neWspaK.T UUtuy Weeks le fore. Hy ten th next rooming she hal two advertisement iu the Ik rail, one br a Wtfer room. Mud one for a female lsM)kkeeper. At n:pht she glanceil over the )aper t see if JicT a.tlvei tlsemenU had reeiveI attention. Her ee fell on the uiarri.ie-s : IUslt Cocktlaxo. Amy E.mT, 1ji;.!irer if Ttx-lii-e !l.-raer, of tliis ntr, Ui ALt-y Ourtl.va I, of SUmforJ nne-tirat, etc. The paper slid from her hand, and for r.n hour or more she dreamed of the happy niiirht have leen. How she hal misjudp-d him ! And he was gone! 'Ihree laindred and thirty-one pills and women presented themselves at her room duriup the next Mir days. Ten per cent . of them knew their l u-ines f.tirlv well: nineteen ter cent, were totally ignorant of the whole subj.- t. After much discussion a pirl w ho had a first-cI.iM talent for doing exactly a. she was told hus M-lected, and in a new room on West I'oiirteenth street the two set uj a larger and more convenient establishment. The girl kept the book, and the mitrevs shopped br a profession. The weeks grew to months, nnil the winter came. Mademoiselle, Isolena constantly spread her advertisements lx fore the rural public, and the fiue of her bargains filled the feminine mind with admiration. She Iowyft.nd surely prof4ri-d, and tried to think herself nappy and failed. In all thi neither father nor si-ter nor brother ever iitd her. She worked for a livinp. Th y never could forgive that. Madison Square concluded be must have died, and doWhIv ever contradicted the rumor. Madenvi!elle Isolena wa often eful to M.uiiaon Square, but none knew her, none recopnied her. She had changed fcomewhat, grown more placid and quiet, and her face had put on a womanly beauty the Itolcna of Madisuii Square had never known. Suddenly thu clerk ge notice that she must leave Ah, yes! jioinp to le married. Thatwait. Ib r work was only a make-shift till a man could ! found to supMrt her. After some delay Isolena found her father, and he called to sec her. Would lie keep her books for her? 44Never! She wa an ungrateful girl thu-to blast the. familyname. Julia never did, nor Kdward, nor Thonia." Could he support her? Well, no, not very conveniently. He. was. busv on the street, and H took all he could pick up to pay his lioard and the lyV hoard. Hy-the-way, be wa ju.t a little ahort. Could he lenI him twenty doll.irs fr a day or two? In "Hence sin-pave him ten dollar, and he went away without even thanking her. She sat down indipnant and heartsore, and would have cried for shame and misery had not a visitor knocked. Tatty Van Stupen. 4'Iolena! Can I Ixlieve mvself?"' 44Yes, Tatty, it i I. Can I be of sc rviee ?" 'St nice! Ioleni Van Uense1aer! One Would tllillk Yoll Were mademoiselle." 41 So I am. 4 ( "re at Her.vens! ha it coiue to this?" 4,I do not know what you mean, Mi-; Van Stupen. Shoppinp i my profession. Thi i my oilice, and I am neither ashamed uornfraid. I explaiued it to y ou once by letter. Oh, itardon uiej 1 ou are married , Mrs. Irs. "

4 'Johnson , Isolena . I never received your letter, and 1 am truly grieved and shocked.'' 4 'I do not know; why you need be. I have n pood name in mv business, and

j I owe no man any thhip." 4loes my mother know of this this great misfortune?" 44 He once knew that I worked for a living, but that wa. a longtime ago. 1 have not seen him for a year or more." lis is in (lermany. lid mu not hear how that spiteful Amy 1'aniscy served him? Toor boy ! He lost hi' money on the street, ami then she left him 'and married Courtland. Then I oor Van broke down, and father sent lim abroad; and iu cheaper living there, you know, rather allows " There wa a sudden knock, loud and jollv. The mistress said, 4 4 Come in," and a bi fellow entered,' breathless and rosy with excitement and something cNe. The two women were for a moment silent with astonishment. Isolena found her tongue first. 44Van!" 44 Isolena ! Tatty! Dear girl., how are you both?" He offered a hand to each. 4 4 How- you aurprised us! When did you return?" 4 'One hour since. I bought a llcrail and read tlve dear gill's ad. , and here I came." 4,Oh, Van!" said the two, aDd with a different tone ta the 4 4 Van' and the 4toh." "I'm cured, Isolena. I have cut the parental apron string, and defied I h- fit t a it it ,ii the world, but I'm going to work like a like a -man. Know anybody who ha. a spare job?" 4 4 Frederick Iorlerry Van Stupen, I am amazed! lean not listen to such lanpuape. (I randuiot her Van Stupen will never forgive you." 44 Hot her grandmother!" rjplicd Frederick. 44Sav, si-ter, i-ouldn't you just run home and tell "em I'm returned? You can take the carriage at the d.H.r." 44 1 will at nee, for I am grieved and irpried lwy-iitid expression, and I must consult with mv parents." !,, do. It will Ih kind of you." 44 Allow me to wish yofi a very p.dnioniinp. Mademoiselle Isolena." This Mrs. Tatty Johnsmi said in tolerable French, aud the shopper replied with equal grace and lietter Frcin h. Once more they were alone. For a moment neither spoke, and then with a smile she drew near, and said, qui tly , 44 Are yi.u familiar with lMk-kecp-ing, sir?"' 4 4 Yes, marm, and I write a very gMd h ind . " 44I am in w ant of a liok -keeper, anl shall m tde!s d to emidov vou."' 'I am deeply prateful, mademoie!!e, for your kind oiler. You will pardon me if I ask concerninp the pros, peet of an interest in t ho business if I tried to lie PmmI." She drew near, and a diviner li'ht filled her eyes, and her lips parted in an i!l-upprescd smile. 4 'If you pleas,- me, sir, "anW you are very, verv pood, we will po into partnership iu ju-t six weeks from this dtv." 4Tnd. r the style of" 4'Isoct:a, Van Stupen, and Co." No more honorable and successful firm can be found in New York than the dry-p.Mds and millinery purchasing house of Iolena, Van Stun n, and Co. , in Wet Fourteenth Street. More than this, it is a prowinp house. The company has incrcascl materially. There are two already twins. Il'irjr's fvr $(j U mtr. A Cnria Snake Story. Thomas Jud 1, of South Hadlex , tells the following: "On my way to the fall yesterday morning, I noticed two younp men watching something in the road intently, and when I came up to them they pointed to what seemed to be a Very small snake, abont two feet bmp and about three-eight of an inch in diameter. The forward end had two branches some six inches Jong each, but there wa nothing at the end like a respectable head , the end having the appearance of having lccn cut square off; the tail tajH-red off as a tail should . The whole was ir. motion, moving forward very slowly, say a foot in fifteen minutes. On a cl"er examination I found that hi snakchip was made up of myriads of very small worms, not more than one quarter of an inch long, and in diameter aUnit the size of a pin, but all so firmly woven toge ther that they might le moved up or moved sideways w ithout disturbing the apjearance of the snake or separating it at all . The snake wa round and maintained itssie until it tajicred off for the tail ; in detaching a worm from the main ImhIv it was v small a to be jut discemable" with the naked eye. Thinking that tdiould the little worm prow to any considerable size they would make a pretty large snake, or that, should they eventually separate and spread themselves over the farmer's fields, they would carry destruction before them, I advised the young man to pet a flat stick, and smash the whole concern, which he did. Can any of pour readers tell me what species of worm hi snakeship was made up of ?" Spriridfi' ll R 'uli-an . At Kingston, Canada , a few days ago, Mis Murray, of Montreal, and a son oi licv. .xir. Wilson, oi Kingston, w bib attempting to step from the w harf to the steamer just leaving, fell into the river, and loth were drowned. , . It U announced that Captain Taul Hoyton will give a series of experi-me-'.s with hi life-aingdrc, nt Taris, on the lf.th inst., in aid of the French inundation sufferers.

The Wfiadcrful Adventnre f I w ('!. lfornl Children. A correspondent of the San Franeise..

t'krtmii'lt si i.ds that paper the following story from lvv er hake, IuvkoCou,,. ty , California : I There U good tu(T in thoo joungjster f Ir. H.ikcrV-every on T.f jthem: but. my yarn only couvcrn tho jtwoviMiiigerofihel.it. Iist Sunday j the little one, Jenny, a pirl of mx or j seven years, made her apjiearamv in . her mother'. rMm, and leinandv p r- . mission to go out deer hniitiug with her brother. Claude is ulw.ut 12 jear , old, and killed a deer ulx.ut the sie of J a buck rabbit one day l:i.t Keek, since when he can't rest a iiioin. ut in the ' diytime, and scarcely sleeps of nights. J It wa M o'clock when the chifdrerl j stalled, taking a Jog with them. T he ' mother thought no more of thn until dinner time in the evening. Then she It'cainc alarmed. Night approaching, she was half wild. All hand, consisting of some ten r twelve miner, started out, sue on horsebiw k ami some onfo.it. Night came; darkness settled dow n on the still valley with a qtliet that seemed like df'Atfl. The mother liecaine frantic. She heard an occa-ion d pun fired off, and knew that it wa the doctor and men in pursuit of the bt children. She could not remain in the house another moment. She tMk the direction of the puns' reports, as well a nie could, and started after the crowd. It wa. midnight, w ben she came up to them. There was .svar;v!y a h:if parmcr.t cl any kind on her body. She seemed to have passed through a dozen deaths all lit the dying. From the time she joined lo r husband and the cithe,- men she led the crowd until, about o o'clock in the morning, they heard a dog bark, and in another moment were with the children, who were iustaatly wakened bv the noise. Then it was, 'How d'e do, mamma?" and 4 4 How d'e d, papa?" and Aint this a splendid tree to keep house u-ider?" "We had to fight for It, though," said (land.-. "Sec lo re we had to kill the firt settler;" and sure enough there lay a California lion, one of the largest sie, with a bail through his brain. Claude had ht him after dark. They had len Jst, but the 1'V imagined he had tni' k the home trail , and kept running on until he met the lion and hot him. Jenny says he was crouched down like a cat, and not farther away than a ross t?ic room when they shot him. He sprang right into the air and tuiubl.-d at their very feet. I'.efore starting from the lions,' one of the men had put Mime biscuits in his pocket , thinking the children W"llld be btingrv, and these he offered thefll. "No, thank Ji'll," said Jenny , "we Lad q'lails fr supper." They had taken matches and Claude had hot thw quail; these they hadro.itd on a stick, and of course they were i i t hungry. It was an elder i-ter of these two plucky youngsters, who was out on horseback iu a very wild tract of country. lie wa about twelve year old at that time, and had been hunting stock . All nt once she saw a pair of bright eyes looking at her fnon a tuft of tall gra-s . 4 'I'm going to see what you are, anyhow," he said. She pot down from her horse, nnd soon found that the ev-s belonged to "the prettiest little darling she ever saw." There wen- more of tlicm, but she onlv captured one peciaitn and climbed hack to her saddle. She had n.t pone half a mile lcf"re she heard something loping Ishind her. She turned aroimd and saw a lion. She put her horse to hi bet speed and almost flew, she s.iyf but the hrrid thing pained on her. 4 'Of course, I knew what she wanted," said the child, "but I didn't intend to burner her sclfihne. I didn't take but on", and I left her two. and that's as generous a any one nc-d be. tut si." couldn't Seeill to SM-e it. Anyhow, s,. just flew after us; and old Phil . - talk about hi lcing a fast horse. I wanted to break hi neek . The lion gained on us at every step, till at last I took her baby and thnw it at Iht. 'Now take it nnd leave, n stingy old thing.' I said ; and she did; hc just grabbed him up in her mouth and ptit off, and I came home." The mother says that nothing would pive her more comfort than to know that her children were all afraid of their own shadows. Hut not one of them ha ever shown a particle of cowardice in their lives, n-r their father lefore them. ChansriBr Into a City Lady. The rapidity with which female ndapt themselves to the circumstance and fashions with which they an surrounded, and especially the f.vshions , i simply marvelous. On Monday lat a lady, who employ several domestics, pot a new table-pirl, just arrived in the city from rural districts, a bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked damsel, who blu-hed whenever anvof the male menibi r f the household looked at her; a gi'1 who-e hair was combed smoothly ba k from off a tanned forehead; whoedre had sleeves to it , came up to her throat and down to her feet. On Tuesday h r hair went up onto the top of her lo ad, and was coiled up over a-something: mi Wednesday she cut the sleeves off her dress, turned it in at the throat, pinned it back ami humped it out behind, and could 1-M.k nil the nu n in the hou-e square in the face for half "'' I r without the hue of inode-ty shoeing through her prepared chalk complexion. Yesterd.iv she completed b. r degradation bv ciiMing off all but au inch or two of her front hair.- ".'rc. W. France keeps a ship of w ar at Ajaccio constantly at the order of the IV pe, in case he should desire to leave home.