Bird Toilets

There was one lady at the Oceai House who worewith evident pride turban hat composed entirely of th breasts and wings of tri-colored "spar rows." "Don't you think of the poo little creature3' sufferings every tina you put it on ?" asked a more sensitiv friend one day. "No, indeed," was th reply. "Do you think of a chicken' sufferings every time you take a bite ? At a reception a well-known ííew York lady created a "furor" by wear ing a peacock dress. The foundation was creamy white satin; the "boul fante" panier took the form of tw wings, which were of satin, bordera with a deep band of many hued pea coek's eyes. The deep train simulated the outspread tail of the bird, and wa profusely decorated with its plumage In her hair the lady wore a peacocï "aigrette," studded with brilliants emeralds and rubíes. Another startling novelty was the swan-dress, a mil acle of downy feathers, and a delicat cobweb lace. It was worn by one o the wealthiest Chicago ladies. - Bella' Newport Letter, Forney's Progress. The tear and wear of external occupation is ever acting upon our religious life. Constant rubbing of the sand on Egyptian hieroglyphics even effaces the deep-cut characters f rom the basalt rocks. So the unceasing attrition of multitudinous trilles will take all the bloom ofl your religión and efface the name of the King cut on the tablets of your heart if you do not counteract them by constant earnest effort. Our devotion, our faith, our love, is only preserved by being constantly renewed. There is a difference in milk maids, the milk made in the country is the best.