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IBM. MaawWriaffJatafaahannaakfealaag ^ Ike psaha ** labor smt tha aoog of lava. ■bap* - IW SaabM.1 lial.lu O I.Mai. |an, Sad Mad Iba art Iba M, oar eoestey's M. ^ ^ _ TedMaoaaMaiahrlkM; ^ Toonu^on aad aspwd liba Baaan Ta baip tbr tallow mad emit IkjMI, Tbr ha al M Mil Mad o. fn-c to, £ Tby baan al Mm eball mama tboaasad beam, ""EN "S lala— «°d wab _ . -4m C. Ctariw- - FOILED. " How |M I am lo Unatt too. bj 8 ear Mlaa Chrila>, just aa TOB arc lookwtaie TOB fany ewnd Uk rammer. ■ How I know of oaa which will ami; I, suit TOO— wbara I alwmjr paaa the warn BMBtha myalL" Aad kindly Mi. WiihlacUB went oa to speak ao " Wlcra HnreL" that before we i-rtc -I >- The time rolled around. axd ad I was aabarad -Into a ooay. old-fashioned par- " -lor, aad aotad the aobdBad harmony ot bj friaad had aot exaggerated wl,rr. ahe aaid that - Wiare Hum" waa aot at all like ordinary bearding plaem. ' JoK than lh» door oprned. aad framed la It* dark oak carving waa a jonaf glri. la a draaa of aoft gray, with '■ bar brown hair, a llUle duher.-led by r tha wind, rorlkg down orer her U hat, tha caly apot ol bright color ahoat . ha baiag tha Uay knot 0 € roar-hoej ribboa at hm throaL "Ah. ban ahe la! Mini Carlkk. let of oar boataaa, and my mind had pic- ' i tarad m tall, spare maiden lady Ilk* my- 1 1 all. "MM Cbrtatabel thla la the new ' boarder—an aid triaad of mta*. Mia. Wilhlagtoe'a ryaa fairly bauoed. ' aad the diamond drops in bar ear. warned aa U thay gllurrad with aym- ' ' pathy. aa with ha had aa oaa aide ahe lanaaaat Mlaa Chrlatabel waa art- ' : daally a great favorite with ha. ' Vtoht^Cbrklabrl. I iml afterward from my triaad that ha father had oace ; bam wealthy, bat that his mower bad , that B Waa oaly throogh tha rxotiooa ' , of bis daughter they had aiaoc ban , 1 aaablad to Hra is comfort. There wa , another boarder who wtll figure la my •tory, aad I will daaorlbt him at ooea , 1 Hi, — — . m Kaatb Kimlal. aad ha ; waa afaytegat the Harat with aa ln£5W^mIM- wwWd Zm- . f i Iklatlail lai I— Imma litlll IH| 1 ! kamyoofak*. Tobaaara hla npreaakm had almost ' loo maafa grarity, and then were a few I daap Haas earrsd by lima aad tboaght , opoobiabrow; batlt wna aoble. pow- ' artel faaa, aad ao o*e ooold look Into tha aoft. dark deptLa of bia eyaa without (aaliag that faith reposed la thla man woeldareer be regret- rd. laoaaaaw that ha fait ao Mall de- , graa at bMnat la the awaat yoaag Wdara wboaa fragile ahoaldata apbore so braeaiy tha raapoaalfaiUtMa her ptb < wUoo rn tailed ; aad la my miad I had 1 I had baea aa lamataof tha Hant maay • wsaka. I did aot dan to eoafida U to - Mn. Withlngton lor fear of barldieole. • OM Mr. CbltWabai seldom made hi. I ippaaraac*. aa be .was aot atioag. aad kapt bit own raoai pretty anon all the * ad MMChikabal introduced Mm to r WL aa a Mr. Dacn. Ha eras nfibm yoaag aad atyJMb la bk appranarr. e bas iiakka madamatajma diahhe f WMfiigln toM ma tbas amr yoaag * aaaMaa waa baSaothld 10 bim.aod laaw my adr aaaltaa thai oaanbroera. my dtahkedtd aatkmaa. Bat. IT It were d w. I made bp my miad that they were a the aaeagam pair of torare my old eyes ■ had reer teabad apoa. Hi wa Vary d< «- sStl^bkSLwLdiLsMlI R Oaa a— ana I waaaaoMtethabay wbd.ir. bMfaa lifc ba^tnM «l -Tbamnaa, m. tba tnaa Curb

window nook I waa joat In time to oalol niy the allgbL lain ting form aad 10 plUoe i not understand IL bat I Knew there wa some mystery. When ahe came to I rest U *Cr'°l; "" a*T' what 1 bad orerhaard. y. After that Violet and I were no kmgei mere itrangera. and the aaxe I cause u ^ more I admired and lored her. aad lh< alight aoeh emu aa Keath Kimball for tha fopplah. .uperefHoaa Roger Daere. But 1 lied no right to Interfere. Mr. Kimball bad left the Hunt with his mother some time ago. *" My wealthy friend, liula prosaic Ure. "* paired and the dan glidgd by cnerenl- ^ fully until to my giea. disgust Mr. Daere came again. I often wondered if he noticed Violet', shrinking from him: If be did he made no sign, bat seemed 8Uile oaa ten ted with things as they weir. One night sooe after he had left Si the Harat alter hla brial Tt.it, we had ail retired to bed wben a great datnrbsnce In Mrs. Withlngton 's apartments harried as to the spot. ^ "My diamoeds! I hs»e been robbed I Ohr was all she could say when we anzioasly inquired what was the matta- It waa some time before she could apeak oohereatly aad explain to as that she had been awakened from a aoond sleep, aad had plainly seen la the dim light the form of a man just leasing the room carrying with him her jewel cam. It was true. Mrs. Wit hingtoo had been robbed, for the box which contained the valuable diamonds waa nowhere to r. With a pallid lac* Violet sank upon a I, chair. 1, Seeing her troubled expression, my 7 kind-hearted friend forgot her own acid " NoW, Mia. ChriataSrl. never mladd it wasn't your fau.L Berhapa the man • has <oun4 the burglar by thl. lime." But her hopes were faille, far the « gardener, who was tha caly man al the - Hurst aare old Mr. Christabel, soon g eame la. saying be had been able to find 1 ao trace of lbs thief. Day* paaeed. n and no clew to the robbery waa 4 ascertained, natil one evening aa 1 the door opened and Violet's Ii gvyctsd him cordially, as It was aot often r he joined as; bat not noticing us lathe r least the old mac walked straight to bis 1 daughter. " Violet," be asked. " isn't , t to-day your birthday f I "Tea. papa." the said, taking his lee- I ble bead, aad looking lovingly Into his | • " Than I have a gift lor Too. 111. lor a : irtw a ~y&B*£ ^5.'ind"bW'U W Ith aa exclamation Mrs. Wocthing- , Ion suited forward. \ The old tnaa. heard ha, aad a rapid [ ha gaaed at ber aad then down at the . cram la his head. He triad lo apaak. bat failed, aad siukint apoa a chair, a j , Ehaoly pallor tea. In hh riry brow. , Violet came lo hla side aad leader! y ' lifted Us head. Poor child! ah* had 1 need of all ha strength lo cmdare the I ! ordaai before her. With a bear* effort 1 to Ms. who had bean wandering speeta- ' of what aha aaid: r Era aiaoe the lam of Lis wealth aad a 1 yaara bafbie. ber father had been aMIoUd - with a strange brain trouble called klep1 tnmanls At time, be woqld tak* thhqs • a" Uwdayishs"coald"an<ra»d— replace ' perhaps again his braia sroold suddenly L clear aad h* would mwuba what he , had doms.aiadbsjtrioksa srtth a tsrrihls j bJ^K^P«^rihIldfaarodthat' I she karw only too well where they had , goal; but haviag aerer baM able lo dad any trac. of IheoLsht dafavadaad to hagiaatralM. that It ooold nek have . be*a ha fatha who had taken them. [ Whro ah* had fiaisbad ha story there ' ~ " 1 dry rye ia toe rooaa. All tha ' .b^ ^ Mr.-Chrtst ' arhst he had doM. had roeaivod a dsathahock; far that BlgUlh' old man pamed L U ha trial, tha yomaggirl whom I . had so grcrwa to lor* seemed w tan la : 3^ss8gja.*V£ [SSSHsHH . kU aad Mm had . tmmimmm.* bT'mh T thfak^ I kaaw haw Utfal Rkad Mr. Daoro. H. a h* kag delayed. " "T^" 1 r"- «-*»*• nlykBuMjaL^fa paa iJTm. z 1 Sr jsy J! M 1 h— msefa

4«b arkms figorm rapidly ran a huge mastiff ow which belonged to caw of our neighbors, did The animal', jaws were flecked with ras fbam. and as bs came blindly forward rod his bead waa lowared aad hla mouth •" open. A horrible thonght strnck "td US both at the same time. The dog Quick as lightning. Violet rushed to the gate, and seising the wonmn and her T* child, dragged them forcibly srithin. Wben we had aafaly rearhwl the friendly shelter of the Imuse. the woman ,or ttrned to Violet and thanked her lor her timely interference She was rather n>- young, and I thonght if ahe b«d been been pretty.' 1*. After ahe had rested aad partakru of ~* some narmcunoit whicn viocet nroagut, »- she roa to go. "Cm yoa tail me." she laid. " where I is Wleve Hurst, when a Miss Chris ta- ■! bel Uvar °° "This b Wleve HunL and lam Mim II Christabel." Violet replied. J A sudden anger flamed in the woman'. t>_ black eyea- Start log back and clasping . ha boy in her arms, she exclaimed : "Ton Mia. Christ abe!! Aad I. have j d ' Then, seeing our look of won dor. .he | " calmed her excited tones, aad after ~ tumbling in ber pocket a uoment. lock < ~ oat a folded paper. *} " Bead IbaL" sbe said. " and sec wtiy sd I ban come actum the ocean to find Miss m ChristabeL" Violet look the paper from ber and j *- read H ; then ahe banded it to me. It J " was a copy of aa English marriage cer. ~ u Scale, la which the name, of the oootrading partleewere Roger Ilacre and Ellen Houston. I saw that Vfolst wis incapable of nt'J •• What doe* this meanf I Said'. 1 F sternly. — Roger l>ecre*s wife. Fire years ago be •f left England and came to America, and 0 was tn lore with, and then that he was 1. worked day and night till I got money >s ' him— no! but 1 meant to show him that r. i be could. not wrong and deceive a w» s j man aa easily as he Uiiake." U As ahe spoke both Violet aad myself a 1 were aoaviaeed by ha earnestness of the , * I truth of ha words. s I Taos was Roger Daere'. intended , 1 bareoesa made clear, aad Violet saved . I from a onion which would have blasted , 1- Iba Ufa. s He had nothing to say when ooa- j , I frosted by the woman whom be bad , UioughLwhea be bad tired of ber and It dcTaaghtte rial MrseR. Mlgn-gTMr ' re Ret he soon left America, and we :- never saw hla laoe again. Then Violet told me how he had ob- ; s tAinsd his power over ber. He bad come lojtbe Hurst aa a guest of Mr. t d Chris label's, being the souol . friend * he bad known In his youth ; and ber , * which Ms brain yielded to the Orange ! mauls which umrnsri blm at time*. , night and taken a rateable jeweled pte , J which lay apoa the bureau Mr. Daere ( had hem awake aad had asm It alL t "Ha had oopoaed tome before." mid 1 e VioleL "aad I had refused him; bat. ] .- ' nocwithelendtag 1 explained to him bow e it wes. end that in a Itw days I ooold , find the pte and t emcee it to him. bs | < ' 1 fatha for Ibrfl unlms I wauUramm- 1 4 to marTy him. Thus I became be- " troth ed to him. aad (here ah* sbnd- * dersdlfi^hoaid have nceo his wlls soam 1 » "^Ihaak God yoa hare been aared 1 " I thank th* good God every day." K ah* mid. "lor raking up such a dear 1 I friaad for tae._ Bat for yoa I ebould lad Soon afta that I peaaad a faw Iter* 0 to Keath Ri— >— » teformlag him o : * what bad happened, aad of all that Violet had told ma. I did aot dan to apmk u to Violet of what I bad done. „ Tha day* pamsd. until oa* came aad a brought Kasth wtth R. We wan both ie te the library— Vtokt aad 1— wbmtbe a With a Httk cry Vtokt roat. He 1- stood for a anmat aad gaaad at ha. if looktoffla ha black drat like a pale, 1- swmt shadow of ha forma mlf; then, d - " -'I' | beheld h "TOka. WUI FOB not oume to me to sowf I know all. sad that then k la And MM «?dka*aQyrMushcd from » Sim iTiJitM^^'-ir^ "• h*J> 7" ***4*4r*4 *— 1 \ r- Aa* Throw TeursalT la. ' m ^ Facdfie tenia - m the testa leaned . a.', of the window _ aad abomed to a native : * " Wkak klhammaaf thk townr Packatiy th* aaMv* lull the . asms of th* k*mkM- „ "DsyaHM tead hPaWtk r: The 1 iff tan id Ml band Higkl _! alaamto tod th. 2 >MffL H yto ^ toab to na*f j - ha' thaoa yoomaB m>" he - ■

tiff PARK, GARDE* ASD HOUSEHOLD. rd This spots In grass fields sow with ith trass saads and scruch them te wllh s ck harrow, and give light dressing with Put te a heavy turnip crop 00 land to spatially prepared A good dressing of rr super-pbosphau makes them start off quickly lor growth, he Cows should be milked at least twice each day. and at regular hours. The n stripping, contain meat of U* cream or « butler, and this a poor milkw rarely obrn tains. ™ | Hoeing wheat is practiced with very | good effect in England aad Scotland. I I aad Lbe drills are DMA. wide enough ti ; "• I admit of this operatkn. | It is mid that if a groove is made tea hen rooet and fined with s mixture of , lard aad sulphur, the fowl, will not be | troubled with lice. " | All tools going outofuar for the era- j ' bright condition. Tract, u,r boy. tbr j 1 | habit of cleaning shovels, hoes aad cui- j re IvnfJgfttb. A lew iheep might be profitably kept j 1 t I or. any dairy farm. A few of the large 1 1 , , breed won d be beat; Uiey would give 1 k [good lam he. heavy fleec. ol ralnable 1 I wool and good mutton, y I One bushel of muek about a young j ! is vine or tree, te clayey »|i, will give , 1 better results than would be obtained if ' , d | a men boed 1* watered continually. j , [J I More aad" finer fruit can be eecurrd by I " ! heavy mulching than bj culUvation. j I Deepcullleaiion near the room of small 1 I fruits, is worse than entire neglect. 1 , 1 One drop of sulphuric aid in lbs < . | heart of a plantain or other weeds will < ' | exercised te its oae. I , | There k much refuse fat from lbe ' r kitchen that can be turned to good ac- ' I ' count by feeding to the bens. Of course ' t j where soap is made it will all be used in 1 t that way. bat It is a qnalioc whether it ^ , c buy the soap and make the bens lay 1 [ by feeding them the fat. Everything r 1 hat it not wanted for drippings for r cooking purposes, ihoukl be boHtd up , t with the vegetables lor the fowls. c * i The following recipe to destroy cab- t bnge worms is said lo be effectual: One 1 ' ; pound of whale oil soap dissolved in f ' ' six gallons of soft water, aad applied • thoroughly several times during the t j reason. Another recipe is to put a few 1 quarts of tar 1a a tab or barrel of water. , 1 and apply this to the cabbage, wetting a the Inside of the same thoroughly with t "'the liquid. p I ; There ia the good and the poor way " 9/.£r<J>erinjL.t!ir JKIiEd _(«!,_ Uitltrefi: ' the fall. The large average yield of the * wtoat crop of England i. due in a groat 1 j pare the ground for the best growth of ' the wheat plant before the grate k 1 ; sown. The fields that are imperfectly 0 plowed and indifferently harrowed are ' far loaeommou with us. and until ths 1 1 toil is made dap and mellow by • ' thorough Ullage, all the manure aad p - artificial fertiliser* jwe may .apply will i ' not bring (the yield of our fall sown „ I crop* to the rooet profitable poinL A p 1 little extra work te preparation wto 0 maay Umes bring a large margin of c 1 profit when It oomm to gather the bar- a r An tetelligrnt farmer say. The beat , 1 . rurally asked lor. Tha following k tbe f 1 beat thing I have ever eseo : Muriate ^ ! It*, oae pound ; water.' six galloas. 4 . Thk will mix with most ol the mistral ° , and earth paints. It make t very cheap ■ '..NHtf jiirat > , right at thk lime. It would be good for ■ shingle roods. • , A pinch of cayenne, or rec pepper prinkled ova t be exposad parts of eub- . Lagr plants k sore death to the cabbage , - lb* fiock it will protect the therp from r An Eogflsh gmpe-growa Mopped the ' I pcufae bkadtog of a thrifty yoaag vine 1 > bytamteg a aortof hod cameat ova ■ * tb^t aa^by^rcralad darting at c * a^dra^T th^" ,yr*^^°ih^fo c '• altacuate layer* with atom, aad th* next i - year used the mix tore oa a melon bill. 1 j- and raised the largest e*op of mafoas he a * eon cob*, or toorod coru haee a 'good J x ^?raL* ItelPl ; , hair out of the cow's tail, tie it around ( ^ as you^cau grtfc. toafaw toys the J " rate.* to gOT ecni'tos ] * grain mops should not « ittimilil. , They toka Ram the mil tha ray Me- i - Iks Paris FVgxro says : Do ask waste < year eomg* pai. hut make an inekton _ round it mid way. and rqmove csntolly to twa halve*. Tto* Ik twa mp* m* " gram ml Dm atha ameuff lb* pkmk a isgu tin At lb* and af a •i- faw days you will te rid af aU aiaffa " BMlM MlV1 te fan. lira * tenBffte hhntote. IW Huh mnm te * naMsn «u toa-raam^ted to terselrrr^sDE

an hour before ualag. Dkodn^Ua spoonful of soda in a wine^ka of li sweet milk Add this last, and try as h Bored Ct-*TABI>.— Beat sepsralsiy the whiles and yolks o! three eggs- Add d them lo a pint of milk with a Rate salt if and some sngar. nutmeg sad vaailla to f taste Set the dish or cups In a psn of hot water 1a the ores aad bake twenty , Chocolate Jellt. — Take seven sweet cream. Mix well together, set it over the tire, aad iet it just come to s | boll. Tbls is very nice to pot between ' , layer* of cak* or to est with corma«roi. 'I pudding. . | CBACRin Mixes Fix —One cup t \ chopped raisins, one cup sugar, two , cup* molasses, ooe-fourth cup vinegar. | cloves, two cups brocrn crsckers. two , | cups boiling water ; bake with a little IsUl; lower crush . ) Arbowbuot Fl'Ddiris.— ' Take a quart | of rich milk, and in that pat three and j , ode-hx/ leacnpfuls of arrowroot, to ( I this add a given pearb-lcaf or two , smooth, stirring constantly ; lake off add the yolk* and whitro of lour eggs. • which have been beaten up thoroughly ; f I uf sugar i* sufficient ; grate Irmon-peel. and add a Rule of the juice ; bake lor an • hour, and eat cold. ■ Rx xxx> Tons roxa.— Six mrdlumaiied , tbr lot torn of the pan with piece* of the bread ; above this put a layer of 'uiro"sgidnC*bread * "'""and spread two tablrapoouluh of butler, and dredge salt and pepper ; jnat before letting in oven add a bail cupful of boiling water; bake in a briik oten one boor." This Is a capital dish much liked, bat not widely known. An exchange says t la mild oaara of 1 lake one teaspooulnl ol sweet ofL after eating, three Umes a day. la followed np bas cured cose* where bare given them np. Ye wbo suffer from this dread disease, don't fail try itNervous persons wbo are troubled with wakefulness aad exrilability usu- • ally ha>v a strong tendency of blood to ' the brain, with cold extremlUe*. The | of the blood on the brain keep* In a stimulated or wakeful state, and the pulsations of the bead are often body and extremlUe* with a bruib or towel, or rub smartly with the hands to promote drrulalion aad withdraw lbe excessive quantity of blood from the brain aad they will fall asleep in a few Dr. 1. M. Ward, te the Jf nhcai Record, make* another addition to the already extensive list of remedies for poisoning by rfaos rmdicins, or " poison Be recommends the prof—ion to te ah case* ol poisoning by this plant, Inbarraque'* solution ol chloride of soda. "The acid poison." be remarks, " require* an alkaline antidote, aad tbls solution meets th* indication : fully. Win* the akin k unbroken it j may be need clear three or four Umes a or te otba cases dilated with from three to six parte of witter. Afta fir- I tog this remedy a trial ao oae will be ! to try anything rise. It Is one of the most Valuable external agent* known to the peofesriao. and yet se.dom giaufcmrti 9&BBL application te erysipelas, burns and Molds." Trichina. A New York newspaper says: Doctot F. 8. Billings bas roeenUy written a highly Interesting pops oa trichina te bop and tn man. From thk it would stem that this disenM. which Germany, la te reality much more prrvalenl te thk country than eke where. example, from aa examlniUoa of arTeral thousand hop sent frum various ports of the West, Doctor Billing* louad that on aa average oae ku eighteen of them wes dkeaMd U thk way ; while out of nearly two million bop examined Germany in IBM. eight hundred only b nu* oftearv oonmn* Wared toman te thk eountry. b wholly dm to the fact that port k rare y eaten here until it k , cooked. If w« wore in the habit of «nttag tmaookad amokud pork. In ham or Goraay"uw> "her^drnthTthni I lt°"h'Tm£ | mated thai in eating what wousdJaOh* TS fcm. prakukriy toe eyelids. I afta th* pelknt tern hrnaffapM , praam* ml km ka hk ippmke (thk [ an pit) ; Ima'wkh'^qtock pake ! ewrikd JIT^rod . Mill iuku; MMfinfiaumna. ' *m*Uteff Kva tot kunk. makes h* *o-

a- 1 A hen he longing to a genrianan of Raleigh. C-, had been m taring for It wa. with twelve Utile lenaptM^H he "** found that a terrapin that laid the dd IP deserted them, aad the fowl rouUt TTrt*<i them to ber own use and ml 00 * eundy-eaUng bone i* the property Xy of Dr. Pratt, of Albany, N. T. F.r*ry | morning he i* driren to the banking ra bona of Henry R. Pierson. and a* toon lbe strecL und from the woman heeplng a stand get** Mirk of candy, eau iL and j awaits lbe srrieal of bis master, wbo " A Colchester (Conn.) woman was her cat. which bad forced its way Into ip ber room and was crying lusUly. Sbe ro tM up. turned lbe animal out, and again r. ! laid down aad slept ; but soon the crie* re I of the cat were wane than era. Her ro son. wbo was in an adjoining room. 1, | opened a door to turn the cat out. wben I flame* burst in upon him. He closed n j the door and screamed to bis mother to barely Umc to jump onto! the seared ro story windows in their night; clothes lil ! f"1**' l'" Whole upper story of the ,g large farmhouse was in flames. , . I la a tree at Mayor Forwood't dwelling 1a Chester. Pa., a sparrow batched four Z] \ pretty birds. While s storm was rag|d° ! Ing oar evening, and the wind whistling ,, through every branch of the tree*, the ^ mother bird cvrried the little sparrows "J1 | tbea carried the nen down, put lbe Uuk • ! ones in iL and rested safely frum the 1 ! | storm all night. Sbe and In i^iiim ™ i were well cared for. If this bad not »f been done, the young .parrow. would. A box containing two .monkeys was j ^ I brought to baa Francisco from Pets- I ' ! reive tbem, the box was stored away and the .'animal* forgotten Wben the < r J owner colled aad the box was opened it j j was found that one of the monkeys bsd died of starvation aad tbirsL and lbe other sal bugging the body closely. At ,1 | intervals it would lay tbr corpse down, et dance around it aad paw it as if to j awaken iL and failing in that would re I and gire rent to piercing [whine* and re j shriek*. Again it would chatter foriil | oualy. as if expostulating with its sense* 1 1cm companion for lu quietness. Kri- . d cully death was an unknown cont_ dition to the puxxled. bewildered aad re grief-stricken jocko, wbo fought furi- * I hte!' W,W* *POn* W" ,ma " Hannibal Ro*. of Helena. Montana. „ went cheerily orer the mountains with re warning prostrated by a huge she bear, re which rsabrd for blm from toe hnsBca te in which sbe was nursing two euba. She w struck Roe on toe top of toe bead, tokng toe scalp with th and drawing il . down over bis eyes. As be l.-ll toe beast r clinched him. and te the struggle they 1 i both tumbled ova n precipice, where * | the hear bit and tore her victim, and 0 would have killed blm outright but for " toe crying of toe cubs, which called tor . mother off. Roe seeing toe coast clear. r and with one arm Urn from its socket. ^ blinded with his acolp hanging ova bis j rye* and his back nearly broken, cue " ear off and otherwise bitten, aoatehed and torn, got np and walked to the stage j road, where be was found and taken to n shelter. A blind beggar was te the habit ot 10 | frequenting toe Pont da Su. Peres. * France, where be used to station biaislt '* i with a clarionet aad a very intelligent u | poodle. Contributions poured freely L I W d blind man. wbo bud reached an ad- ' vanned age was not to be seen He bod •pot. aad tor 'pusarrs-by. to whom be ^ was unwell. and. touched by hie fidelity. r dropped their pence te hk bowl te Inh way of all flesh, an event which the 0 wily poodle carefully kept to hiaself ^ the Punt da Su. Peres. The peer ' nntemj was found lying dead tea alter . near his former matter1, shod*, a sum of ttjMO franc, te brreds of lb* OrlaaM railway being discovered under toe k lia" "• which bewnsMretched d _ , Seres *. The famous arrhwoioritt. ScUte- * paper, a* follows : I bar* just returned from Asia Minor, who* I ban at km re I begm IPJj^.^Dartag rajom* I ' re ^hJto^ri^trity wm boried"^ re hm been seoaaary to dig down aad dig re yard, below to. eurira!" But Ira telly w to* remotes of eevmdlfcra dike; toe re hot of torn* was the Iiioool Homer re 2T ' Pm'to^Lst l"iif ilt^j'k^ .£ portaol of ail the dkreenrim k. of „ coorm. toe etty of King Prfam. Buoy •d atkk farad te toe ruiaaM tkok dg a lUM*** ImlMkMkl a "kUM ~voF b. re..h|kt l Bkq uBfafldl ffeh* reg kmV,mu mi 1 1 d to* moat hu>MB, MM U I to* ■ Il fa .fab UMkBMB fa IrerefarekMretoB red mad fare yoa I Mb* Bfas R fares a *TtT*' -

TIMELY TOPICS. ( .r Eagnud ha* lorty-uix societies for the ' h 1 Ing of their representatives at louden ' je one ol tbr speaker* mid that too* wm 1 n- »ot a single phllologokt of the preset: 10 .wueratkre. in Euglaad 0* Ameyieu. who was not With toe spelling fuforareo, ty "'thee no-ntoBUy or te syraotfay. It ry was rem ark ad as a curious fate ■>— the ig rekrem movemeBt originated among to* » English resident, la Indfa. whom exes poieacr of toe difflealtim of to* presral ig orthography hm boen specially trying « sd . / ■ ,3 Th* Rer. 8. F. Smith. Woo wrote . " My Country Th of Thee." k still u ■■ring in Newton. Mam. He says be to dh^i iT, In Felreuary!~lkSL * bo intention nor ambUiou to create • n anything that should bare a national I The Viceroys of England in India q. have rarely lived long. Tlie Earl of , :o Mayo periabed at Fort Blair under toe , blow of an Afghan convict : Lord Irewr, turrly through bis Exstern labors ; Lord 1 It Elgin died upon toe Indian bills, and Lords Canning and Dalbcreaie barely ig reached toe shore, of Knglaod to pom ' tr »™I 1 I, Mom young people— and perhaps | „ many • children ol a larger growth"— ( „ have often wondered what it k that „ euabia a fly to walk on lire oriRng An |d examination ol Use .insect's mechanism to qiickiy reveals toe sscret. Each of toe „ fly's six legs term! ate* in two or tore* flrahy pad*, which act as "sucker." 1 „ The sustalninr effect of them suckers ts ' 1 Increased by a Kicky fluid exuded by ' " In Europe and lliadaslaa. according , " to Dr. Jama Law. rariota is ao common | te tegeons and poultry m to constitute , ^ * veritable ptagur. Thus, Gucrsent 4 thousand score* one hundred could be ] disensc. while Tyller say, toe poultry ! yards in India were habitually depoput> fated by toe plague. Bechetein aad | d others claim that tola k toe true small- ( is pox. daived from the human bring aad , d eouvey abie back to man. That this , 1- affec.lon has not been recognised among us may. perhaps, be due to to* fact that i- men and pigsous do aot lire so much in 1 ij common here as te Itaiy aad India. J i- " Chine**" Gordo* is quoted as Baying t n that tor Turkish sultan bas so childish a for of assassination that be bas all 1 k to* locks upon Ilia doors changed once 1 a a week by aamito wl,o he belicvfa in- , It faHBB[ "«m Q-F rnk Infix "■jfireWfi I r. through a little corridor lined with A Albanian guards; aad the sodden open- , ie ing of lbs door al one end ; and tbe , 11 riTte toe aaLe Instant, and then lbe t it Mauling and scampering of bk c y majaly along toe passage from e oae door and through the other ; d wm a truly deplorable sighL though L r some might iaugb at iL | Tbe Influence and value of gymnastic , , errvation* by M. Marey With an in- , e strument rolled toe pneumograpb be h d bm obtained a record of toe reepirall ,a f * of ortala young soldier* at toe military a 0 school of Vinemnra. This shows him j that, after some four or* five mouths ol n gymnastic training, tbe average number i 1. of r, aslrattous is red need from Irmly It to twelv* a minute, and their amplitude it ia. more than quadrupled. It may be t y inferred, therefore, that the young aoi- , * fiw UHr iirtiiii ■ iNiiiIH n 4 ruing of rmpiratiou by a run of a third | '• «f a mil*, but such a run prodacm no a rlmnge lathe breathing of toe men wbo , ' bar* bern te training for n Itw mcptoa. '■ Ned Kelly was toe knda of a band of ' " outlaws te Australia. A targe party of ' ' in which be bad lakes refuge He sur 1 prised them by' coolly walking out B among Usem. Hi. brat. cbesL back and " sides wo* protected with banry plates 1 * of iron. Nine policemen joined into* • B conflict aad fired point blank at Kelly. 1 * but though maay ol the shots struck ' * hla. be always recovered hiunrif. and tapping hk breast, laughed deArively 1 at bk opponents as be coolly returned Uirir fire. For half aa hour the strange 1 m cluod 1b on bins and fired two (bole 1 ri into bk kg*, nud thk brought th* out- ' at kw down. Wben on th* ground be -k roared with mrage fcvoeity, earring the ' a k^BaRa !f lead la make 1 an. more strict than " evabsforete refaringto kud vulMhle Jj dm. A 'li'frii* is iidsninf nMi 1 by enuring rorefa! yhroegTspbs to be ' tokmof toe mrifanrnte te all * toe Mteripul hbrarta* fa fat world, rn ^!ng n ffifa ibT ™ cue. km hem skaedy photocraphed. t th* .fa* ■ fii'rt iT. a* Mid to fajuri a ^ re>Mhfamfa.«fateak, .adff ril th. 1 TW ill ■■■■■■■ kd>m Hum fa s II— i :==v^3--r.== : SSssSaJiHr

. UlUtklML ~ '• lets msh fa* 1 1 ui ail ms*s ML" II ttfa was aM-fa' I dfa was al. Thai tarn safa IBs sosm safa ■** laD. MkteraririwTik, Wracks of llsf* risttag riksriy. Gore, rates*' Jril'lst UsS fast. days el emskfaa are faces so aR, ITEMS OF IkTERRHT. A hod cans — The rimlHof a tortoise. ; A rat la a trap dOMfaid beUev* la th* eoriy closing moremeuL : or^otSrbfata'Ss.lraUra. The young roan of thepretod fa oa* It's a poor rule that waul won both | srny*. Hartford hm a cow that is afraid Building air motif* k a harm less buriaaa a long afayou deal attempt to liv In tha. 1 "IU make it hot for yoa." as th* ' cayenne pepper said to the man who patting it te hk soup. Toe man who digs a hundred feet into tbe ground for wakr. gets a long well. ! — Jfaro/kon fndrpradrstt. Little lily " wank to know what a 1 k. It k a fii shoe. Lily, with It added lor the French name. It wm the man caught by a prarie 1 oa his owr section of land srb* ran through LU property rapidly. 1 tu£! ^7totr liTdow* | premium list for a calf. They did ao. Men are frequently like tea— tbe ran • strength and goodness are not properly I drawn out until they bare been te bo Job. aooording to all historical belief, ww a patient man. but be never entered ' barber shop oa Saturdaj Bight ju*l b*- ! share. The Indiasi* in the British Dominions ' been caught smuggling. Thk ' must be rtopoed. If pool ble. before far 1 red man hw an opportunity to oorrupt hk while brother. Many men wbo strongly advocate local eell-go vera menl have to acknowledge a higher porafrvery time, they enter lbe door of their own dwelling.— Jfid1 dlilsro* TYaaecrepL ' rsst proportions te tbe United State*, apectaliy in Cbirogo. which now bw id operation moreronaing factoria than ; toe whole of lbs rest of toe country. Tbe Barouem Roger de Esunay veutured to aeoend toe Rlgbi of the Alp* without a guide. Sbe slipped over a small precipice, and re reived! Injuries The herring fishing on lbe tori coast ol Scotland k toe mat successful on record It hw been found Impossible to cure all the fkli caughL aad too* been carted to the manure moxr Professor Newoomb, of the Washington observatory, bas run his eeierital tape-line out and find* that light travel* IM.faO miles a second- a little floor than bsd been generally suspected by uftrouomen heretofore. Many arteriaa welk have been *u*k in California, and toey trove gives B targe rapply of water at .mall rxpesroe A well near Stockton, at toe depth of me fofv .track a stream which Bow. gallon, dally. It is generally mfe to cottrcree f reefy with an unreserved talker, bat wben n tlon It k well to be on yoor guard, lor toe probability is. be is taking your mewnre - .Scrxfmrr t Jfeoxxwc agaiwt Jotin Chiroman is that h* T# JT little girk wbo make a living by peddling ail sort* of small warm from tn room aad ofSoe 10 oBte. shows bylbereoe* lank of premise in Tower sired al toe rate of fiLOM.MO plane. Hnlbnra. for filW.MO. or at the rate of $5*0 BM pet acre. Irory A. B.kemaa.%1 Braofavilie. Mr . ta on* ymr. ha. katt I* pull* of men's double milteaa. beridm milking doing utueb otoa>urk about toe boom [ Miss B. k only twenty-two ycaa of nge. I Recent visitor* to Zutekad or* roach t strutk by the alterad behavior of til* r people. Rmpeol nod civility have taken , toe pkee of vtokace nsd defiance. The . subjugatkro of to* Zaims appear* to hare , bem a. complete ia. moral mlaa tavrt- > iMtalOMfa |*lBtgvufrom the Punoa faw- ~~L^_ | to* aewepapw. "Hfal" ^gwuted Mr | offmriag. at tor same time swinging a j ,„f 4.,j mplfag. " 1*11 taafa yoa. r fatoo. I k>aw ah toem knafas* nl"1 BBW kor« mmril.kg for afasfay > <tay." mkk old Mv- MrSoUkfa too afare ' Ifal M 1 fcififk' I* i ^rr^Lzr^rhed^ hkrifapms feoM uaria tknfa "hk ( ■ mlri.k " fan. fat- tori Mm he | IkrimriB a.p.Mm ffBBM tat* | fa Ok I g .itfaeOmkBl IkoHB ka ! faMul.MM.fa. MmarioM faa kfrsd ' ss tfa <s»faM* jfaffffSrs I M P|