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THE REAPING MACHINE. 
BY WYLIAMME FAWCETTS. 
Why. parson, don’t ye know me? What say ’bout 
my hair? 
All white! Turned sudden I Sure enough! Wul, 
’twan’t no care, nor scare, 
Done that. No wonder ’tin so, though; It's wonderful 
I’m 'live. 
Haln't heern tlie trouble ? Wul, ye know, our John 
he lilted to drive 
DON’T YK KNOAV MIC 1* ” 
Grebe is a very pretty fur, but very delicate, 
and often requires cleaning, A set costa $20 
nml should be accompanied by a Grebe feather 
on the hat. 
Chinchilla is used for mourning and for elder¬ 
ly Indies, although fashion is not rigorous in 
this respect. The price is from $25 to $50. 
Children’s furs are very reasonable. The 
prettiest fur for y.oung children is Genet, tho 
white fur of the French Cat. A set is composed 
of cap, suck and muff. These cost from $10 to 
$20. The sack is usually confined with a gay 
sash. Ermine is also used and an imitation is 
very common, though we would advise the Ge¬ 
net in preference. 
its progressive improvement in the scale of joy. 
For they say that, without this assumption, 
they cannot, according to the light of human 
reason vouohal’od to them, discover tho perfect 
Justice which must bo a constituent quality of 
the All-Wise and the Ail-Good. 
"Injustice, they say, can only emanate from 
three causes:—Want of wisdom to perceivo 
what is Just; want of benevoieuce to desire; 
want of power to fulfill it; ami that each of 
these threo wants is incompatible in the All- 
Wise, tho All-Good, the All-Powerful. Hut 
that, while even In this life, the wisdom, benev¬ 
olence and the power of the Supremo ileing are 
sufficiently apparent to compel our recognition, 
the Justice necessarily 
resulting from those 
attributes absolutely 
requites another life, 
not for man only, but 
for every living thing 
of the inferior orders. 
That, ftllko in the ani¬ 
mal and vegetable 
world, wo see one in¬ 
dividual rendered, by 
circumstances boyoud 
its control, exceed i ug¬ 
ly wretched compared 
to Us neighbors—ono 
only exists us the prey 
of another—even a 
plum suffers front dis¬ 
ease tili it perishes 
prematurely, while 
the plant next to it 
rejoices in its vitality 
and lives out its happy 
life free from a pang. 
That it Is an errone¬ 
ous analogy Horn hu¬ 
man infirmities to re¬ 
ply by saying that 1 I 10 
Supreme living only 
acts by guttural laws, 
(hereby making his 
own secondary causes 
s > potent us to mar 
tho essential kiuduess 
of iho First cause; 
and a still meaner und 
more Ignoble concep¬ 
tion of tho All-Good, 
to dismiss with a brief 
Contempt all consid¬ 
eration of Justieo far 
tho myriad forms in¬ 
to which he- has in¬ 
fused life, and assume 
that justice is only 
due to the single pro- 
duetpf the An (man). 
“ There is no great 
and no small in the 
eyes of the Divine 
Law-Giver. Itutonee 
grant that nothing, 
however humble, 
which feels that it 
lives and suffers, can 
Iptoitts and ;p;mnm>. 
FASHIONS IN FURS. 
Of expensive furs the preference is for Crown 
Sable, a cold, brown fur, long, thick, and soft 
as silk. These furs, coming from the cold and 
almost inaccessible regions of the North, are, of 
course, correspondingly high in price. A muff, 
of medium size, and boa ten yards long, made 
of four skins, with tips, costs $1,150. flu eh a set 
is vory beautiful, and ouvht to last a’Ilf© tiino 
and remain superior 
to the changes of l’ash- 
Only under these cir¬ 
cumstances ought 
they to bo bought. 
Other grades of this 
fur are cheaper. Tho 
lowest limit, however, 
being $200. 
Hudson Bay Sable, a 
rich brown and very 
desirable fur, ranges 
from $100 t.o $350. In 
beauty it is preferable 
to tho Crown Sable, 
and is almost as agree¬ 
able to tho touch. 
Mink, however, is 
the standard fur, aud, 
whatever fashion may 
decree, mink retains 
its place in the mar¬ 
ket. The most desira¬ 
ble variety is the East¬ 
ern fur, which is very 
dark and very close 
and lino. We would 
advise every one in 
buying mink to pay 
more and obtain this 
kind. In the end it is 
cheaper. Moreover, 
observe the gray 
hairs. If there are 
none tho fur is proba¬ 
bly dyed, uud will, in 
time, change color. 
Mink sets are brought 
within tho limits of 
$40 and $135 per sot, 
comprising a boa and 
muff. Capes aro no 
longer worn; they are 
ugly, clumsy and use¬ 
less in themselves,und 
spoil tho effect of a 
handsome clonk. Even 
a boa adds no beauty 
and is worn by many 
ladies only when need¬ 
ing extra protection 
about the throat. 
Muffs are finished with 
brown gros-grain 
bows in of tassels. 
Of lower grades of fur, Black Martin is now 
most fashionable. Most of you will remember 
tho immense muffs of our grandmothers, of 
long, silky black hair. It is the sumo fur in our 
modern styles, it is very pretty, the black so 
lustrous that it re Hoots the light. The fur, how¬ 
ever, Is dyed, und consequently not durable; 
but price, $20 to $30, renders it not oxtrava- 
gunt to purchase. Alaska Sable, which is 
coarser, but uutural in color, ranges from $18 
to $80, aud Lynx from $25 to $80. 
Seal skin is, if possible, more popular than 
last season, and even more expensive. A seLof 
Seal skin comprises cap, muff, boa and sack, or 
talma, for they are made in various shapes. A 
complete set of the first quality coats $GU0. 
These, however, aro trimmed with one or two 
rows of Deep Sea Otter, which is very expensive. 
Very nice setr;, untriturned, may be had for 
$125 to $200. Muffs cost from $11 to $20, aud 
caps from $8 to $25. In buying seal caution 
should be used. The real color of the seal is a 
light yellow. Fashion bas refused to acknowl¬ 
edge it so all the furs are dyed. It is said that 
there is but one house in the world where this 
is done properly, and that house is in London. 
We aro sorry to say that the American dyed 
Seals are almost worthless; the color soon 
ohaugesand the fur roughens. In buying Seal 
skin, then, remember this fact. 
There are other and cheaper kinds of fur that 
can be bought at from $0 to $10. it isuotecon¬ 
omy, however, to buy these if it is possible to 
get bettor. ABtmkan, once so popular, is not 
stall worn now. The liner varieties, such as 
Persian and Russian lamb, are quae us expen¬ 
sive as lormerly, but ure no longer bought; 
even as a trimming it is not used. 
Among fancy furs Silver Fox is in demand 
aud is very expensive. The fur is procured 
among the highest fastnesses of the Rocky 
Mountains, and is very borutifui. It is chiefly 
used for trimming, and sells for from $5 to $15 
a yard. The darker parts, however, are made 
into boas and mulls and ure equally expensive. 
Deep Sea Otter is another expensive fur used 
also for trimming. A muff of this lur costs as 
much as a Crown Sable. 
Ermine is cheaper this season. Sets can be 
bought for from $30 to $40. It is only used lor 
full dress and evening entertainments. It is 
out of place in church. 
White Fox bas largely superseded ermine. 
The boas are very large and showy, but we do 
not deem them so lady-llke. White Fox makes 
as handsome trimming. It oosta $1.50 per yard. 
Gentlemen’s furs are in Beaver, Otter and 
Heal. Collars range from $3.50 to $5. Cups of 
Seal are very fashionable, and generally becom¬ 
ing. Sealskin gloves are now largely worn. 
They cost about $5, and are worth any amount 
111 coin Tort . 
Furs are used a great deal in trimming drosses 
and polonaises, especially the Sliver and White 
Fox, Black Martin and Seal aro also popular. 
We do not fancy these, bowovur. Tho only 
merit is Ihelr suitability as a winter trimming. 
They are not pretty, and their effect is clumsy. 
Thanks for information are due C. G. Gun¬ 
ther & CO., No. 19 Union 8quare. 
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CRAVAT BOWS. 
Most exquisite cravat bows and long jabots 
with neck-bands aro formed of colored China 
crape and lace, or of the soft reppod silk called 
groa (l'Orleans. One of pale rose-color has a 
neck-band formed of three tiny folds, while the 
long square Jabot is a knot of crape with ends 
frilled with rare old Mechlin lace; $10 is the 
price of this duinty bit. Another is the Pompa¬ 
dour, with a fold of blue and of rose around the 
aeok, with two standing frills of pointed Valen¬ 
ciennes, while in front are scallops of blue, 
lined with roso-color and edged with lace. 
Black bows are of watered ribbon loops with 
black lace. Another stylish tie is of black fail¬ 
le, with the jabot ends edged with white lace. 
White neck-ties of twilled silk or of Chinn crape 
are handsomest with costumes of dusky olive, 
garnet, plum-color, and invisible green. For 
the dowagers are narrow ties of black camel’s 
Hair*; the ends are finished with a narrow India 
border in gay colors. These aro not scarfs to be 
worn outside of street garments for warmth, 
but merely neck-ties to lie passed around it col¬ 
lar of linen, and worn with black or other dark 
dresses. Prices $15. Pleated Hnen frills for the 
neck and linen under-sleeves laid in pleats are 
the fashionable French lingerie. The standing 
English collar of linen is worn so wide that it is 
seen high above the cravat ail around the neck. 
The fronts meet quite together, and the points 
are slightly broken over. The plainest linen 
collars me now completed by a neokerchief or 
habit shirt of muslin large enough to cover the 
shoulders and protect them and the corsets 
from being soiled by contact with the colored 
lining of the Areas.—Harpers’ Bazar. 
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The French heel is reported as having gone 
completely out of fashion. 
Tho reupia’ 'chine: an’ he tlxed up a leather liood 
on top, 
To keep the sun off—for some days it’s lit to make 
ye drop. 
Wul, I was a drivln’ tho bosses a spell, an’ a little bit 
on ahead 
He ;> 06 ii some boughs a lumpin' down, thet ntought 
ketch tho hood, uud he said 
As how he'd tun fnr’ard an' lift ’em up, so I could 
drive under straight. 
I ill uv along, an' never thought nor looked till 'twas 
too late. 
I Uooreil him screech, an 1 looked round quick, an’ 
thar ha Bot In the grain, 
Feet cut aquare off, legs spoutin’ blood, an’ he most 
mad with the pain. 
“Ob, JOHN! 15a ye killed?” says I. •*No,” says he. 
“Jump, daddy, Jest quick’s ye can, 
"An 1 bring mo the bosses' hitchin' straps, an’ two 
sticks—thar's a good ole man.” 
He drawed a strap round 'bout each leg, an’ twisted 
it tight with a stick. 
So the bloodin' stopped: an’ then I up an’ carried 
him home right quick. 
An’ run for the doctor: an' doctor Bays he’d a been 
dead to-day, 
If Tnarn’t for hla pluck,a twistin’ them straps, when 
his life was bloodin' away. 
Yes, I’ll try to bear it, parson; but hts mother ’ll He 
and dream 
How her boy’s two feet wl» cut right off, when bis 
daddy druv tho team. 
An’ it’s hard to feel that the son I reared, iny old 
age's staff to be, 
All through the years thet’s cornin’ yet, will have to 
lean on me. 
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THE VRILL-YA’S CONCEPTION OF HU¬ 
MAN EXISTENCE. 
In a little volume entitled “The Coming 
Race," (New York: Francis D. Felt A Co.,) 
purporting to give an account ol the character, 
habits and beliefs of a race of beings (called 
Vi ill-Yu) found in a subterauean world, wefind 
the following;—“Though, us I have said, the 
Vrill-Ya discourage all speculations on the na¬ 
ture of the Supreme Being, they appear to con¬ 
cur in a belief by which they think toHolve that 
grout problem of the existence of evil which 
has so perplexed the philosophy of the upper 
world. They hold Thai wherever Ho has once 
given life, with the perceptions of that life, 
however faint it be, as in a plant, the life is 
never destroyed; it passes Into new aud im¬ 
proved t'orms, though notin thisplanet, (differ¬ 
ing therein from the ordinary doctrine of 
metempsychosis,) and that the living thing 
retains the sense of identity, so that it connects 
its past life with its future, aud is conscious ot 
perish through tho 
series of ages; that nil ILs sufferings here, if 
continuous from tho moment of its birth to that 
of its transfers to another form of being, would 
be more brief compared wliii eternity than the 
cry ol' the now-born is compared to the whole 
life of a man; and once suppose that this living 
thing retains its sense ol' identity whcnsotians- 
toruied (for without that souse it could bo 
aware or no future being), amt though, indeed, 
tho fulfillment of Divine ju.miee is removed 
from the scope of uur ken, yet we huve a right 
to assume it to be uniform und universal, and 
not varying and partial, as it would be if acting 
upon general secondary laws; because such 
perfect Justice flows of necessity from perfect¬ 
ness ol' knowledge to conceive, perfectness of 
Jove to will and perfectness of power to com¬ 
plete it.” 
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AN AUSTRIAN “GHOST.” 
nouDiea ny the story ot an apparition which 
lately occupied the newspapers of the Austi 
capital. A sentry posted by night in the lobl 
of the imperial palace, observed, to hisdism 
a female figure, enveloped in the long folds 
a capacious cloak, emerge from the cbaiut 
of the late Archduchess Sophia. The uiarn 
soldier at once saved himself from interoou 
with the ghost by flight, and told his etorj 
his superior officer, Without putting faith 
his narrative. Urn Marshal of the Court cst 
liabed a watch, and caused the lobbies comi 
nicating with the rooms of the lute mother 
the Emperor to bo occupied by the i’aJ 
guards. Next night the mysterious vision i 
again seen by several persons, but vanished 
most installUy. Another night the pliant 
showed itself to a second sentry, who rain 
with terioi*. Suirit.* d-ijfc Intel* a ni;w wintry t 
the specter approach, bur. more bold than 
companions maintained his mnu (mid, , 
aimed a blow at it with his bayonet. Tho sp 
1,1 higbr, but., pursued 
l.ho soldier, tell mortally wounded ny a bn 
U » 8t e hack. The guards und atie 
the spot on hen ring the ci 
wounded ghost, arid found a beard! 
youth, who was recognized as a priest "J 
M^\V ai V‘ f tne business fe that the Co 
ha« done Its utmost to hush the imiticr uu, t 
the soldier whose bayonet led lo thed.Mjov 
myafety ban been relieved from his * 
, a f w t» «»id, to Join a dist 
garrison. I he lagblutt, however, sitys be 
been put m prison, and Is now in solitary o 
linement. xlie Clerical papers deny that 
ghost was a priest, but, on ihe other hand, i 
“ . g . !“ at ' ie wa * °ue of the young chapla 
attached to the palace and a tool of the Jesu 
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