ters them, and you may go over much 
ground without getting a shot. 
Marshy ground is the best place in which 
to look for them, although they are frequent¬ 
ly found on the moors, and rushy knolls, and 
they affect turnip lields; but in these locali¬ 
ties they are difficult to get at. They arc a 
very wary bird, and sensitive to sound, and 
will often spring tip with their well known 
cry of “ scacpc P “ scacpe!” when the hunter 
is not in shot. I have known them lie so 
close on the other hand, after two or three 
are not only useful, hut very pretty. -If 
made of muslin, they have a small bib; 
when made of silk or satin, the bib is dis¬ 
pensed with. A black silk one is cut out in 
three points, which arc bordered with a frill, 
headed by a band of satin, cut on the bias. 
Satin rosettes formed of leaves, with a button 
in the center, trim the Vandykes. Another, 
made of Swiss muslin, is trimmed with 
ruches, spaces caused by Vandykes are filled 
with fan-shaped plaitings; the bib is trimmed 
to correspond 
SILVER WEDDING GREETING. 
Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. II. A. B., Oct. 0, M. 
nnxrs 
MV A. A. noi’KINS. 
O silver looks gleam bright to-night, 
Your sllTory glory shedding 
On all here mot with glad delight 
To cheer this 8tl>cr Wedding ! 
When Love renews Its kisses warm, 
And pauses to remombe 
Let us forgot life’s every storm, 
Its every chill Docember! 
And lot n* fancy only Juno 
Makes up the season's showing; 
Let heart* declare '(is summer noon, 
Though heads may say 'tl* snowing! 
Go back to memory-days of bliss, 
O truants from your childhood ! 
Itepcat the Ilrst fund lover’s kiss 
You gave within the Wildwood; 
Press yot ngnln the hand you prest 
With dainty taper lingers, 
Feel yet again within your breast 
That youthful passion lingers; 
See yet again your Niinllt dreams 
Still gladly, brightly shining. 
Grow warm again within the gleams 
Of Lovo'm first glad divining ! 
Can Love grow old when hearts are young 
’Tls idle to BuppoNo it, 
The youth of Lovo the bards have sung 
Till everybody knows it. 
Our hearts take up the mellow song. 
And swell It to a chorus. 
Till years fade out, though dark and long. 
And life Is all before us. 
And In tho cheery tiiuo ahead 
We see a day appearing 
When Lovo and Hope shall sweetly wod, 
And speed its quicker nearing. 
Tho grown-up boys they say are our* 
Aro human fictions pleasant; 
The girls so soon to claim their dowers 
Aro only dolls at present. 
Who say* that, wrinkle* mar our cheeks 
1 b wantonly deceiving, 
’Tls sheer untrut h ho boldly speaks, 
And meets notour believing. 
Ho boys nnd girls clasp hands anew. 
Or fair or cloudy weather, 
Our hearts aro leal, our love is true. 
Our lives aro one together! 
What reck the days of earnest toll, 
Of eager quest and striving, 
If mid the weary tltn nnd moil 
Our love 1* sweetly thriving? 
What matter cloud* above us dark ? 
They luive their sllvor lining 
If through tl>o night of care and cark 
Tho sun of Lovo is shining. 
Good lionrtB and true in gloomy times 
Have tundurost communion, 
And sorrows’ bolls are wedding chluios 
Of yet a closer union ! 
Another hand-clasp girls and boys’. 
And now fill up your glasses ! 
I drink to ail t)n» wedded Joys 
Of bonniest of lasses! 
Let youth speak out in rare delight, 
Give three times three to clioor ’er! 
Remember we are young to-night, 
And bring no toll-tale mirror ! 
We’ve thrown aside the thin disguise 
That Time was round us weaving, 
And Age stops back In quick surprise 
Our youthful faces leaving! 
Tho silver sun will brighter shine. 
When dawns tho glad to-morrow. 
That Love lias pressed its richest wine. 
From years, and toll, nnd sorrow ; 
And lift; will feel a gladder thrill, 
As fade the evenings golden, 
That in the winters’ frosty chill 
Were sweetest blooms enfolden. 
The stars of night will clearer glow, 
A rarer ruillnneo Shedding, 
And Love and Hope henceforth will know 
An endless Silver Wedding! 
Then, O ye newly wedded pair! 
As glide the dnys so sweetly, 
Your union shall new graces wear. 
Bo sanctified completely. 
A tender psalm vour hearts shall sing 
Adown the years together, 
That Lovo and Hope united bring 
Such peaceful, sunny weather l 
And, as the weeks so floctly wane. 
You near life’s western portal, 
May angels catch the soft refrain 
And make the psalm immortal! 
FALL FASHIONS. 
BY JANUARY SEARLE, 
BY MADAME H. CHARDON. 
Something of Clonks. 
The variety of shapes in cloaks for this 
and the coming season is perfectly astonish¬ 
ing. One called the Princess of Wales is 
SNIPE SHOOTING. 
of their number had been killed, crying I exceedingly pretty. It is made of fine 
“scaepe,” “scacpe," all the while in the 'French cashmere lined with black silk. It 
rushes by a “ moist bit,” as the. painters have a wide plait at I he hack, which does not 
it, that it was next to Impossible to start descend to the edge of the garment but is 
them, although I knew where they were, stopped by a, gimp applique , and forms 
and the dog kept pointing all the time. a Louis XV pouf (puff.) The cape is cut 
It generally happens that, there aro more up and rounded at I lie back, and shows 
snipes than one upon the ground where you the plait ornamented with jet drops. The 
have just killed your bird and seen him fall, trimmings consist of a lai ice-work of satin 
It. is necessary, therefore, to mark the spot braid and jet drop fringe, 
where he fell and reload as fast as possiblo, Another is of black silk. It is without 
for it is most likely that another will spring sleeves, and opens widely at ftie tmek. The 
up as soon as you are ready for him, or per- Abbe mantle retains it at the sides, and it is 
haps before. A breech loader is the best for gathered in at the shoulders Beneath a large 
snipe, and for all swift shooting, whether satin ribbon bow with ends, 
rabbit or snipe, and the time to shoot de- The next novelty is of lady’s cloth, and 
pends upon the skill of the sportsman. The fits closely. A narrow pulling of the same, 
rapidity with which a snipe flies is at its with tvforoulemua of black silk, borders the 
climax when he has reached about twenty large scallops of the basque; above the 
Description of Children’s Ciistitnics. 
Dress of pearl-gray poplin is made with 
two gathered flounces, each divided near the 
top by a band of pearl gray satin. The waist 
is plain, cut low and square, bus a putted 
edging, and small ruffled sleeves. The tunic 
is quite open at the front and sides, and is 
trimmed with a flounce, and satin band. At. 
the back the same trimming outlines three 
rounded tabs; these rise above the rosette of 
the waistband, and join the bretellcs, which 
arc ruffled. In front is another rosette. 
Dress of Scotch plaid lias a deep flounce 
plaited, as is also the heading. Second 
skirt is looped up at the sides anti back with 
a bow. The body is cut low and square; 
the bosquine is edged with passementerie. 
The waistband has four loops at the back. 
A cape completes the costume. Tt, is cut up 
the back, the points turned outward, and 
tho top of the opening ornamented with a 
bow. 
Dress of white alpaca. Tho waist is low, 
with a narrow ruffled bertha, headed by a 
sash of scarlet satin ribbon- 
The sleeves are very small, 
trimmed in the same way. 
The overskirt has two flounces, 
I one much above the other, 
trimmed with sal in niching. 
It is looped up at the back by 
a large bow of scarlet satin rib¬ 
bon with rounded ends. A 
satin waistband. Plaited cam¬ 
bric chemisette, with long, full 
sleeves, gathered at the wrists. 
The Millinery Departments 
are crowded everywhere with 
novelties for this season. I 
I jv will mention a few which seem 
to be most in favor: 
The Seraphino, of white felt 
Kf&Hra or plush, half cap shape, and 
||jm trimmed with scarlet or green 
The Mountaineer hat is of 
-f-f black straw. 11 is bound with 
||W broad band of black velvet, 
ji® above which appears a piping 
of scarlet. Higher up is a 
|V similar band. The front is 
Ss trimmed with a large bow of 
black velvet, with a jet orna- 
SB|!|y ment. From this starts a long 
|g| piipllk black feather, which crosses 
l * ie lirK * at l ^ ie Back. 
Another round hat, the .1 fa- 
rion de Ttornie, is neat and 
pretty. It is made of plush in every color, 
trimmed with ostrich tips, and long grena¬ 
dine veil, looped a la Donna Maria. 
The Masanello, a sort of turban of black 
velvet, with jet aoleil at the side, from which 
the velvet, was laid in folds across the top, 
drooping to the other side and caught to¬ 
gether under a bunch of roses; ostrich lips 
over the tops and drooping veil at the side. 
•--*♦•*- 
Superfluous Hair.— T. Bentley asks our l’eail- 
ers howto exterminate superfluous hair. We 
advise our correspondent to suffer from super¬ 
fluous hair if necessary, rather than apply any 
nostrums that may be recommended. 
creature it is on the wing. It describes 
more exquisite curves and lines of beauty 
than any other bird, and is wonderfully ac¬ 
tive and, as I said, vigilant. It is really 
necessary, therefore, for the sportsman to 
study its gyrations if lie would he master of 
this bird in all Us movements. 
The best shot for snipe shooting is No. 7 
or 8—and in shooting when the bird crosses 
either to right or left, the hunter must aim 
at least a foot ahead of it, or he will miss. 
If he. rises at twenty yards give him time be¬ 
fore you tire, if at thirty knock him over at 
once or he will be out of shot before you can 
whistle a stave, on account of his extreme 
rapidity on the wing. As a rule take the 
first shot you can get, and if you feel able to 
kill, for there is a good deal in that, do not 
bo frightened even at the zigzags Imt cut him 
off in their midst. 
A snipe is not so easily killed by shot as 
many suppose. I havo counted five shots in 
one bird, and only one of them was mortal. 
They will fly away with two or three shots 
in them, but a single shot may break a leg or 
wing, and in the latter case you are likely to 
bag. The way to beat for snipe is down, the 
wind and the reason is that they always fly up 
wind when disturbed. It. is useless to look 
for them near frog ponds or brooks—but 
about all open waters and running streams, 
or in bogs and marshes they arc pretty sure 
to be found. 
There is no more delicate morsel to eat, 
when properly cooked, in the shape of game. 
It is true there is but one mouthful of it, but 
it is an immortal mouthful—fit for the gods, 
lie ought to be plucked, and then ribbed 
With thin slips of wood to keep him together. 
In this state lie may be hung before the tire 
to roast, and a piece of toast, placed below to 
catch the gravy which must be made accord¬ 
ing to taste. 
farm far 
BETWEEN TWO PERILS ; 
IS HE WORTH SAVING- 
BY A. A. HOPKINS. 
[Continued from pa«o670, last No.J 
CHAPTER VII. 
IIow it could be that two persons so un¬ 
like in their natural and acquired traits of 
character as Emii.y Vaklent and Faith 
Works, 9liould find lodgment under the 
same roof, and maintain a show of friendli¬ 
ness, has puzzled me not a little. Yet such 
was the fact, and its explanation doubtless 
lies, after all, in one or two features of the 
character of each. Emily Vaklen t, or Miss 
Langwell, as she was called, was artful, 
and could appear what she was not; Faith 
Works was kind and generous, and her 
charity could readily find excuse for any 
seeming had intention. So they got on very 
well together, sitting at the widow Graver’s 
table day after day, though T don’t think 
there was any especial friendship felt by 
either, and am certain that to one the sweet 
womanly ways of the other were sometimes 
like a rebuke, and therefore begat jealousy 
and spite rather than love. 
On this evening when Emily Vaklent 
and Joseph Land well first met, she hap¬ 
pened to be in one of her best humors. Mr. 
Makepeace Lawmoiie had informed her 
that, day that their suit would soon reach a 
successful finale,—that it could only end in 
declaring her the true heir, and she was feel¬ 
ing a rare degree of self-satisfaction. She 
could even afford to lie magnanimous to this 
young man whom she was about to deprive 
of his inheritance. Heretofore, in her secret 
11 i«li Waist with Mctlicta Collar. 
We give, this week, an illustration of not 
only one of the latest novelties, but of one of 
the most becoming styles of collar. This is 
composed of luce, Valenciennes, nr point 
(TAnpktsrre. It can be worn according to 
every lady’s taste, either with a high waist, 
or with one open in front, cut eneceiir. The 
lace is placed on a tulle foundation and fas¬ 
tened behind. The cuffs arc made to corre¬ 
spond with the collar. 
Aprons 
are much worn by yoirng married ladies, and 
