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ll
5
i S
Werodd
TheL?nh""dr0pPe3ln'oth8
ne mount.in, t,i j . , .
west ;
-wuwaui holds him to w k.. '
Rhv "ia W) E
8heh0,ds.ndhn8heshimto
u u too lata.
lee the le.f u
rest,
to -v
; chair. hisw& LT ngmg over the
1 onen v s J' Bna uis mouth wide
E. tedS;' Sir
saint." fe inaouknow I am no
; ,','5?'" he assented.
Well," continued
mougnt cams to
Dora,
happy
e fire
) me. and T , ... rrj
got an old red whr 1 m and
. f Iior MIJdne. Subdne..
0l Than Ttr XeU WM Prett'' year
ij over mm. Tom was rouh and awt
ward, and just at the t. ?.lwk
put
now,
wonder hon
fall
To see, and thA f
'-The irlorr "
w.ou, flot yet too late !"
is lis w -
v., . ' x paK and call
Your soul uuto its fate
Mr. Delmayne's Ward.
Delis, i" S " ' . lUclnid
m-Jaw :
when he h,.Z, . wear
and liavinrSvod the" -"T -dub
dressed hl7.t?- the squire's nicely
uruHea .black wig, and substituted, ti, .1
rnaa to stuff mv kji
joutokeepia
S6, he lookedW
Substituted tho ,i
Stuff my hanrltoroM,, .
- ... '-nil i iijio
tugiung; you can't
waited for tira .:.i".'u"w- J
i iu Jiiiinri mo nun t
, tired, and th t . r was
7 , . x we'" 10 the Dianrt an,
1 awiui thUlD
aJdd,en start i
n awful thn m Vl"tl"e"anan(Jffave
...j , "in naniis Ho
mino. !' n3.UK.ed uelece.-H hr
ing helplessly at his aiot.i- 'nto a yawn.
we cannot shut her .m in i "Yes." he
gave
rave
He trilt ":Iiar-
he had passed a d7htf, r
those fierce red Wk f y00"11
nious flee vo, 1?U,n1 that timo
joke as we,! L? HH? CDed
IV at Ms mf DelDyne. looked grave
'7 at tus mischievous ward "I dnnV i!
what to do with vou t hi'ii t 1 know
some one to takYthe Vi.Li find
!no:Wumu8t
sister in law ' T f(TIUl eP"lsttoiny
oioier m-iaw. I cannot al nw it J
( t i .
, 4"'ui aPPiy it to your sister
1 Was SDeakinir nfho. "
And I spoke of an old cat H
iler anardian ol-:n.. .
o , converted a smile
Jim iiunno in . .
chair on Nell's aTZT'a Jf P00.
window sill ' ",s leel on tlie
WH1UOW-81U. Of COUrSe their f.,.
reied. J 'l"ar-
lFor pity's sake.
1 lit
thkt
saw,
Tom
T j . ,
hands out of vn, u".laKe
nhermnerAe11 W0Ud
What are pockets for, I'd like ,n t
II HfW tr nut '. . uvt,
-- f.wuea nana in" anr.
would whistle and march off.' d
J, 1 uon t he c . .
your hair for a week J comDed
"Well, what
roughed up in less tta h, r a"
grea off Hm, y0IU U,d takt rr
f i , e Wlndw sill ! "
Tomwnnu,.:'1 "1C- 1111 readmit.'
stir . r V!T"elM0" 'd to
''Haven't vou j'it sometlii..
sort of "
liTliere is $ometliinr
box."
"To be sure. The same
How ugly ."'
(tin,.. .
ii uj 111 me name oi a0oui0jj
you get new styles ?"
" What a poor selection ."'
i...l, D
"Oh ! I did see this style?" '0
now much lor thus style?
11. t i
vers: 1 renicniiir in
j w
WHOLE NUMBER 174.
$1 a dozen ?"
"I waut them for a
dress."
:ro-2r;
an ineil irh l, r
naughty. And u"',rJ WM ver'
inir t;n ""um S irom
morn
But litHo not n . .
ferent ZVZT.u. a ewhatdif-
- W1U1 stuDtxtrn
"""ra io unaerstanri iha
Tom.
coaxm?
Bess
-in-law?'
es, he contihued "1.j: .
younfr hn.ho .T' ' ",UHl ""u a nice
o -uuim iur jOM.
"I don't want him ve
vent. "
get her settled ber a husband and , r ,h!'n ry young. "
lBlVtm,, ' lageat ifyr't"80'8
ried at tS "'"t"1.6611 in Ma. and I mar-; ''nsonby again !"
holi Kichard cu 1. yur house- . t ' "ancing-master. He is French has
r.; anu stghs, ob, so sadly!"
the00 . J Ckanape8! Le 8ha not darken
these doors again 1" "J"Ken
"Then, there's Whitnev'o haaj ii. T
am sure he admires me " ' 1
'('c'erk!" disdainfully,
f tha . ' -there'8 the Gera,an music-teacher
at the Seminopir . j 11 ... lcal-"er
"Dot I" sternly J""y JQ Dear
'Their VOur nardrn . u : i
.n -"'rf-niwuer to his five children "
8)n. Decdedly not," he acquiesced, with a
t(Tl.- i . , '
, uen, sa.a Dot, with a desnairin W
.
lietrur tK lI,at coaxm? was
Dockets n,. f""geu m his
before he knew ,t, one hand would be pat
fiSi?..0"' turnedihe
Showt l.,0Uan. Tom, dear, and
aiju
hte 1 . " "C"
Z , " a-r 8 came down to its level
say
"That is someth'ug lik? it. Ul
too large, though." ' r 'g-i ,
"Ah! did 1? Sold
The saleslady agaiaver to the
fat customer, who gayghiuks she
will wait until sh$ fiat wheth
er she will require a do; eighteen.
Customer Xo. 2, witnge of as
perity iu her'Voice, iemo thesa'les
woman, who has retain
"Show nie those io thper box?"
"Is that really theet ftisted?"
"so it is." y IV
- Tl, 1
and
ma,
mountain,
'O
my
oa? of th
"iinin eauiT ,i:! ..
(oe can rii ,,1fme dr,ve Biua
meansl nv, . ... r uw esiest
Of lava, brin .7. " sp'd bed.
tfo-thrrds o? i:,:."-
b-- .cav.i carriages hi.f
V ... " 01 ioe Cone
JiOW comes th -uiie.
ninr.. . V 'a earnest; over
.OJOfeet toil mb. at a ...i:.. .
bo..t ft ' -. umuon or
'1 J ' 1 1 11 Tt
most toilsome and exhuustino: climbing
to reach the top; the crater, the very
mouth of the Devil's domain; all around
you the masses of cinder and scoria are
smoking and giving on sulphurous tfa
pors. The Interior of the crater pre
sents mottled and irregularly striped
j surfaces of rich and variegated hues,
tue bright yellow color of ; sulphur
I largely predominating. The: form of
I the crater is constantly undergoing
m to
I cinders,
How- much betterUuok in the ! Ganges. For example, the old crater,
though T,,m ;7.r ' n" iu iu?
natured way ZrTU n ood
" " "-"-111'' I U HU' thn
H'l
ever his hair lookeri Z Z ' T r"- ,nen7
steal behind k;... .Tj . '"US". B"e would
Tom liked r nom lna way
to let it. o Z "r;."" 'l was a temptation
having
d. . ... iu 1UI
aVS Ot Ir.nnl- 1
.r.,c'. "ewouiatake special nains
'or a bachelor to assume.
oupposeso," was the reply "lmt t
could hot refuse the L z?' hut. 1
j,6 icijuesi 01 a
friend.
wontnl? 1 rtertained h0Pes t she
woud improve by remaining with us "said
Airs i Delmayne, pIaintiveIy "tushe s
wiiuer than even I am kept
the next three
cial pains
simply to
"laie 01 nervous
"ext. I thomrht
-ifacuicuii. ior 1
Jcnnw wrliot i j . A
uiaucaP-Pranks she will
am kept in a perpetual
never
I nlsv
When she riann ":..:r''a"t:1" enougtt
Party, but tlus last is still worse, if possl-.
Mrs Tlul, ... wi
handsandh iJZ hite ) "X t have old Po
luxurious easv """ 10 a T' ... " DW ,eft but-you.
jrfavorite pastime, which consisted
nowllqulireM.iJohsouFT
looking for a wife for a year or two now
ZTZ!, and prepared toenW I Then, suddenly realizing ILnof
At
he is quite wealthy, is respeciuuiy cumie- , de..late the house would be
ed, and would be a very suitable match lor j without her , Not quite nineteen-just half
Dora,' ... . ! mv am ' I fear T nm ton old. hut since she
; wonder I never thought of that. I believe
to keen pmn. !,: .
1U 118 Place,
f ckc nine isess.
"-"b-'iug iu can on anv of h
juuiiK iriendS. Tnm ..1 , '..
SO With he. 7 mlVay8 lntl tO
"whv. ,JrStand' d lady Nell
why you shou d always want tw k '
ever at your elbow ! & irh 1h 7 T
wnrd aa o k. "e 8 r0l,gh and awk-
said Be'sl T ?J -f8 kitte"
with a loving ZL W P8-
CTeat warm Xi UT r "cr ieit a
awav wi C " "" walked
harder t h- ' anU aetermined .to try
tender 3"" "geDUe " kit"
I am rather fond of the little monkey, after
i , .,, , T,. , 1 i my age : 1 lear 1 am iuo uiu, uui oiun ouv
"Sliuire Panwnby 1 gasped Iiichard n j J J ' . j thmk pn
...mnni (ilia ia nld pnono-h to ne lier y
lUijClIlV.UIij -
irrandfathcr, and has a married rtaugnter
ne is oiu enuugu w " 1 f - f , .
j The tea bell aroused Mr. Delmayne from
his reflections. "I must mention this sub
ject to Helen, when I have time," he said.
"Marry that forward little elut ?" cried
who must be considerably older than Dot.
"Well, Dora needs a husband who is
steady and soler-minded, she is so flighty
herself. Besides, he'looks fully ten years
younger than his real age. In my opinion
it would be a very suitable match. But it
is all over now," she added, with a sigh,
4 'lie. will never enter this house again. "
In answer to Richard's look of inquiry
. Mrs. Delmayne continued
"I invited Mr. l'onsonliy to tea tasi even
n.M&i(T w"iv " -- j
madanie, in dismay as Richard thus ruth
lessly destroyed her air-castle. "Richard,
you must be mad ! A man of your age to
think of marrying when he has such a com
fortable home, and all his wants attended
to. Should you take such a step, Richard,
I am sure you will regret it. You will find
hS'di o alte j a great difference with a cajeless, ignorant
rftw U4-, ao I left Dorothea to child at the head oi ! the house-hold, for I
milt ua was oytr, bo it remain to be domineered over by a
ing
tn aft
entertain fflm. She must have neglected
him shamefully, for the poor man tell
asleep, and the little huzzy seized the op
portunity to play one of her practical jokes.
She actually had the audacity to remove
his wig and substitute an old red one that
she found among the rubbish in the garret.
The poor-man did not discover the trick
until he became the laughing-stock of the
village. Dick happened to hear of it this
morning, and I thought you ought to be
tofd about it." ,
"Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Richard. "I
can imagine how ridiculous he must have
looked, 'strutting along in his pompous
manner." -
"I am certainly astonished at you, ivicn
ard," said Mrs. Delmayne, severely. "I
hope you don't uphold the girl in her dis
graceful conduct P
"I shall of course reprove her, he re
plied. "Dot will improve as she grows
older, I have no doubt ; she is merry and.
thoughtless now, but I think she will de
velop into a splendid woman."
' Mrs.-Delmayne cast an uneasy look at
her brother-in-law's face, as she left the
room. She had a reason for wishing Dot
disposed of ; she feared that Richard might
bys
saucv. independent girl. "
Dot stood by the window in the deepen
; ing twilight, awaiting her guardian, who
had been absent several days on business.
Suddenly she was aroused from a deep
reverie by a well-known lootstep, anu sue
ran eagerly to the door to meet him.
"Well, little girl, what have you been do
ing during my absence?" he asked, as' he
seated himself before a g'owing grate iand
warmed his chilly fingers.
"Oh, dear !" cried Dot, "I have been
shockingly bad. I can:t remember one
half the wickedness I have committed, "iou
must apply to niadame for details. But to
business. Did you find a husband for me?"
"Yes," answered her guardian, compos
edly, "but whether you will be suited re
mains to be seen." .
"I suppose I shall be compelled to marry
him whether I am. suited or not," replied
Dorothea, merrily.
"Not by any means," answered Mr. Del
mavne. eravelv.
"nil that is very commonplace. You
are not' at all like the cruel guardians in
lwvA-s who compel their wretched wards to
rYirirrv Mie men thev select for them. I am
'u 01 ; sne lenieu ma - . ,
" ' ... . .. j 1 ; mute disannmnteiL
fall in love with his lascinaung aru, . , .- -- -d . - h
that would never do, for if he were to ! 7$ will do
h Hacii 1 1 it'iiimviir: . -,r .
hopes to the ground. She had deternuned
IKS ' herutWmember,thereisnoaPpea1 from my
in-Iaw's elegant residence .made a very j dec:fJ- , - t0 be romantic after
comfortable home for herself and fatherless J c ; , kinherhands. "When
bov and madame had no intention of losing , an . cnea uoi, cmppm uei
oo), nuuinuiucUo i s mv fate to lie presented to met line
it Unu ohe mane ine most 01 o xiub- -j - ... - .
11, lll.V. '
. . 1
C'; si,Ue 8k,rts rustled up i would be complete.
Uli aa uiou"""'
. . 11 J . . i Atti Anan anrl lurltt
stairs, tne nau coolly producin2 his pocket-book.
footttepe danced a.ong ia ( Dot, i.econ.ing ralher quiet, as he carried
"Dot! Dot" '-gSSoaaK on the farce without a smile, held out her
'TSiVS hand for the carte-de visite, and beheld his
girl wno emereu. nnirof hlack ! own handsome face thereon,
piquant face "P.1,01 blak "Well ? ' he said, drawing her to his side,
eyes, which sparkled "idl wkh a and trying to look into her downeast eyes.
"Well, Mr. DetoayneJ i e th,' Dot hid her shining head for a moment
saucy smile,' which fj j m hi.ahoulder, then, looking up with a
each soft pink cheek, . what is it, a charniing color) ghe gaid, frankly :
tU4es, Dot, I really must lecture you. 1 "I have no wish to appeal."
Your conduct to Mr, Ponsonby was very ,
AdTrrtlslng Cheats.
unlady-llke, oJd pon8on. j It has became so common to write the
livl fldl am confidentthat Mrs. Delmayne beginning of an elegant, Interesting
invited hitn here to make love to me, so 1
Sd to frustrate her kinc I intenUqn,
, . , .. t trtain him when 1 wa.
rMie it il mc w. v
so with pleasure. The person I have cnosen
will, I am sure, try to make you nappy ,
MBA
had only sent his photograph my happiness
uld be complete.
'I believe I have it," srid Mr. Delmayne,
him when 1 was
suffering to finish a book. 1 gave mm
at mtzines and hoped ke
himself ; but no, he p anted i J pjy b
bage. I hate the game, and told him 1
never played except for money.
Tefr f waited to shock him and Iad
the SL of seeing him look horrified.
He asked for some music as " nLJ
covered his breath, and 1 dS
and began to make some "'JJnJ
which I suppose did not suit his fine ears,
article and then run it into some adver
tisement that we avaid all such cheats
and simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain honest terms
as possible, to indues people to give
them one trial, as no one who knows
their value will ever nw anything else.
The maple sugar harvest in New
Hampshire the present season is valued
at $240,000
A nn Webster, the last descendant
of John Bunyan, died lately in England,
aged 84 years
ticularly bnttons, on Chestnut street
Philadelphia, dtclared that the counter
over which buttons are sold is the best
place in the world to study some of the
inexplicable ways of the gentler sex.
"Though buttons," he said, "go but a
short way toward rendering the life of
man agreeable", yet to the opposite sex
they seem to be necessary to absolute
felicity. If you would learn how they
purchase the little articles, step this
way." Behind a counter were four at
tendants, doing their utmost t" answer
a thousand-and-one questions and wait
uoon at least a dozen customers at the
same time.
The customers all wanted buttons;
all were in a hurry ; not one of them
had decided upon any particular style,
or pattern or price ; and each and ev
ery one expressed a desire to see the
whole stock at once, and wondered how
in the name of goodness they could not
get a dozen buttons or so without wait
ing all day.
The way it is done is this :
A lady rushed breathlessly up to the
counter, and, while waiting lor the
saleswoman, began to claw over every
box within her reach, just to get an
idea of styles. Presently a young lady
snatches an opportunity from a fat,
fussy customer to ask wha'tshe wanted.
"Thank gooduess, you have come at
last," said the purchaser ; 'I have been
standing here an hour. I am in a very
great hurry. Please show me some
buttons."
"What style?" inquired the attend
ant. "Let me see what you have."
"Oh ! this is your whole stock, is it ?"
"Goodness gracious! seveuty-five
styles."
"No. Those are too large."
"It's really too bad ; those are too
small."
"Yes; something like that; only
more showy."
"I can't understand it. I'm so easi
ly pleased, too."
'That's too high. The idea! one dol
lar i dozen."
Why, .really! so you did fhow me
them before."
Well, I never ! Did I say they were
too small? So I did."
"Yes, but I want something real
showy."
41 You really confuse me with so many
patterns."
About this time the fat, tussy cus
tomer glared at the saleswoman, who
glided over to wl ere she was digging
ilnwn tn the bottom of a large box
The young lady protested on her sa
cred word, for the fourth time, that she
did not know how many buttons was
necessary for the front of a prlncesse
wrapper for a young lady of eighteen,
very large for her years.
Customer No. 2 discovers the absence
of the saleswoman and ejaculates,
"Well, I never ! I wonder when I am to
be waited on ; I declare I will go right
out."
"Show me something for a gros
grain street-dress."
"O goodness ! how horrid !"
"They are entirely too common."
4w
ner, observed B i ih A miAeLed
the cupboard. ' Here ig pa of my
fea3t, and I shall cheerfuW Se4rt before
you."
He placed before the rtan a Watfe of
cold turnip and a slice of breakfast ba-
JMite1 draw
wan 110 1 j v. . t k. v. 1 11 o lUAUrir8li.itT
4l'm hard up for cash and my clothes
are old, but when I come clown to biled
turnip and lean pork, I want to be con
sidered a j ickal !"
Isn't what I eat good enough for
you?" shouted 13 ij ah, as his ears re3
dened up.
For answer the man reached out his
black paw and brought it down "slap"
on the little mound of turnip, causing
the provisions to jump clear off the
plate. What followed no human being
box!
Don't they !" ;.
Hum."
Once more she clawed-tne entire
stock, remarked that ifYork was
the only place to buy bat, and said
H was no matter, as snely 'anted
six, and flounced out. J
A Delayed Fea
After Bijah had tolj'm to make
himself at home, aud afcie had left
1 Pound of mud on tha w oak aud
green carpet, he began :
didn't have a thinl eat all dav
yesterday, while evertflv else had
turkey, chicken and goo'
Uo yu toil or spia-have you a
uiuuauon r" queried thj,aait
1 m looking for a plfi in
and I'm half starved
man.
Well, you ought
ved,"n
it to hjre
bank,
nswered the
e had a din-
li II li,. .
-- ..vow illey cae(I h
Uirender af .1;.- s.
07 howling a deep nate of defW
from the dark wombof the roc-k LeT
ZT: mybaekL::
Jw . . ' ex'-,a,,ned the leader of his
;"jfo.hdtolik,.frto
the hole, but no eutrearv tr
cendedfroin below. n r.-
was u . v...,, aui-r ueap
as set hre to and rra,.i .
down upon him. Hi, &trngilei
force a way upwards were af.i -
pelled by those above, and a when ' m
cieut quantitr fh,,r, i. ... . .
brustintoinsuresi.fr ...i i
rolled ston. over h " "rri""
founarecnnin
muffled in his jilaid, and resting on the
pun.mel of his sword, with two or
three attendants around biiu, all dead.
To make sure of them their heads were
cut off, and thrown, one after an
other, into the fortress, with this hor
rible taunt to the old man : "Your son
provided you with meal, and we now
send you fles.h to eat with it." "It is a
bitter morsel indeed," siid he, as be
took it un. kissed it and wept over it;
"but i will g:ia"w the last bone of k be
fore I will surrender.
That Good Uo, Jack.
Two girls, daughter of an Elglish
country doctor, were ones out for a
walk together. It was an autumn af
ternoon, sunny and pleasant. They
were accompanied by their little dog,
named Jack, who was a clever little
terrier, and more than once had proved
his claim to be considered, as indeed he
was, their protector while outwalking
Their father often said he felt "quite
happy when Jack was with them; he
was sure no harm could come to them.
The two girls pursued their walk mer
rily. The tine afternoon tempted them
to go further than they ought, howev
er, and by the time they turned the
dusk had fallen, and they were afraid
they would be late for tea. One of
them proposed to take a short cut
rhrniie. a wood with whfeh they were
well acquainted, having olten gatherc.
blackberries in it on a summer after
uoon. The other agreed, aud so they
arrived at the edge of the wood and
nrenared to enter It. "All the same t'uie
BRIEFS.
Stated SBSScff tWlM ,0 the UaU
-B-nanas ihave riponed thl ...
uTcoX'ow- SrsiSi-y
r.ght,o vote.tMhoolS:tI?a
Bordeaux r... . . -
-jmon casks of.a!
wl" '' up to oZaH
which is very large, the circumference
beinz several r. iles in extent, is not
the real crater of to-day, for a new cone
is now forming within this old crater.
This cone had no existence six months
ago, but is already piled up to a height
of nearly 2U0 feet. At irregular inter
vals of from one to three timep per min
ute the crater of this new cone vomits
great quantities of red-hot stones nd
and scoria high into the air, which fall
upon the sides of the tone and keep ol
piling it up. From its side flows a con
stant stream of red niolton lava. The
terrible sublimity of this volcanic ac
tion has to be seen to be appreciated ;
the most graphic of descriptions must
fall short of conveying an adequate
idea of the stupendous forces of the
burning, fuming crater of Vesuvius.
What was most astonishing to the
writer was the near approach one can
make without danger, for we did not
stop on the brink of the old crater
where the ashes were even hot enough
to cook our eggs in five minutes, but
we went dwwn into it, walking over
immense masses of cooled ava, and
unnrnanlipl tr wirhin siY or eiijht feet
of the rod-hot flowing stream. But we U am rather afraid," said Dora, the
... .. .. , s. .vmiimrer of thelwo: "there have baen
UlU not stay mere ions : 11 was quue 100 " . ... .
iTrTsfbrtable. If the ascent
over nr MUUon W
on armoriaJ K..i-ZrvT
Grand Lodge Kalrbts ofj
lull hour to ciim''or,T.;Y'r!"-'-i
br slid, down nrfTTJ-'3," t00 us a
ied almost Knee deep in the 66e7"Slta
Ing cinders. As we were going down
how we pitied those who were putting
aud scrambling to reach the top.
The Headless Cuniim.
In the parish of Eilinkellie, a place
towards thecentre of Morayshire, in
the northern part of Scotland, there is
a romantic and fearful chasm, suppos-
will ever know. The next scene opened j ed to have been at (jne time the bed of
with the man licking the plate in the j the river Diyie, It has two entrances
humblest manner, having prt viously at the upper end, and the ancient
bolted down both turnip and bacon. ! courses which led the river into tbee
"1'inagood mind to make you eat successively areeas'ly traceable, i be
that India-rubber cat!" growled Bijah ; lower extremity of the ravine termin-
; ates abruptly about forty feet high
above the Divie, that Hows at its base.
This spot is one of a very interesting
as he put up the plate.
"Don't sir please let me git out of
this?" stammered the terror-stricken
man.
"The idea of you finding fault with
such a tlinner as tnati vny, you u
growl about mince pie, unless both
crusts were sweetened with white sugar
worth 'leven cents a pound! When 1
had you doubled up under the table
there, 1 was a good mind to break your
neck !"
"I am glad you didn't," sighed the
fellow; and there being no reason for
longer detaining him he was allowed
to depart.
A Lawyer Bulldozed.
A lawyer had a case on his docket, in
which, among other ihings, he wish
ed to prove that his client had no mon
ey, and to that end he cross-que3tioned
one of the opponent's witnesses as fol
lows;
"You asked my client for money,
did you not?"
"Well yes, sir."
"Answer nromutly. sir. Let us have
no hesittaion. iou nsncu nun v .
moneyn0w what wa- his answer?"
"I don't know as I can tell. ,
"But surely you remember."
"Yes, sir." ;
"Then out with it. What was his an- ;
swer?"
"I'd rather not tell."
"Ho! ho! You are on that tack are j
1. ...11 QM
yOUf IOU won 1 ten; ,
"I should rather not, sir."
' "But I should ratherycu would! So,
ir, if vou do not answer my questions '
promptly and truthfully I'll call upon
the court to commit you for contempt."
"Well, if I must tell tales cut of
school here you have it. I asked him
yesterday if be couldn't lend me half a,
dollar, and he told me he could not."
"And you believed him, did you
not?" ' . . . .
"Yes, sir ; for he said you bad rob
bed bim of every cent of his ready
money, and if be didn t get out of your
hands pretty soon his wife and little
ones would come to"
"That will do sir. Y"ou can step
down off the stand."
The hog packing industry of Chi
cago has doubled since 1873.
California has 250,000 inhabitants,
and talk of having more.
nature. Its name G lelie signifies '-the
Hollow of the Heads;" a name origin
ating, it is said, in the following tran
sactions. A ear the upper enu 01 tne ra
vine there is a curious cavern, formed of
huge masses of fallen crags, that cover
the bottom of the place. It enters
downwards like a pit, and tha mouth,
which is no more than wide enough to
admit a man, is not easily discovered.
Here it was that the brave Allister
j Banc secreted himself after the Bittle
J of the Lost Standard. At fiis time the
j Castle of Dunpbail was besieged by
j Randolph, Earl of Moray ; and Allister
Bane, who could no longer head
I against him in the open field, content
j ed himself wilh narrating the enemv.
I Knowing that his father and his garri
son were reduced to great want, he and
', a few of hU followers disguised them
j selves as countrymen, and, driving a
parcel of horses, yoked in rude sledges,
' laden with sacks, they came to the edge
! of the glen where Randolph's beleag
I uering party lay, and pretending to be
i peasaii' 8 carrying meal from the low
countries to the Highlands, they en
i treated their protection from one Allis
ter Bine, of whom they were afrdai.
Their prayer being granted, they un
', yoked their horses, and took care to
leave their sledges at the brinkJof the
precipice, so mat-on a given miihi
' agreed on with the girrison. they tum-
bled sledges, sacks, and all Into the
glen oeiow, am mc giuim mak
ing a sallie at the same time, each man
bore ofl'a Sick on his back, whilst the
pretended peasants sprang lor their
horses, atid were out ot sight , before
the astonished sentinels of the enemy
had well given the alarm. Randolph
was so provekedon learning who the
everal robberies in the neighborhood,
and I saw some very odd-looking men
pass our door to-day, besides, I am
.yjrinf my new watch wbieb papa
ly six o'clock tiow; ana wtuM-w
late. Be sure no one will wish to harm
us." "I wish I were as certain as you
are. But what's the matter with
Jack?" Just as she had said this.
Jack advanced toward them, and plant
ing himself in the middle of their path,
sat down and whined. "That is odd,"
said Dora. "I never remember him
doing that before." The other girl de
ridtd her fears, and attempted to pass
the dog: but he ctught her dress fu his
teeth, and held her so firmly that she
naidly dared to set herself free. One
more effort she made, but Jick wasres?
olute ; so at last, seeing how determine')
he was to prevent their further pro
gress, she gave np trying. "Well,1
well, you stupid little brute!" she said
angrily, "i suppose we must go all that
long way round." So the two sisters
abandoned the idea of taking the short
path through the wood, and went home
by the safe high-road. When they ar
rived, how grateful, how unutterably
thankful did they feel to their little
protector, whose intelligence had been
so far fuperior to theirs, and had saved
them despite themselves. A man had
been found in the wood shortly after
they had left It, murdered and robbed.
it was conjectured by the tramps who
had pasted through the village in the
morning. Thus Jack had preserved
his mistresses from meeting perhaps a
similar fate. Their gratitude, it is need
less to add, was profound toward their
little four-footed protector, who, we are
glad to hear, lived to a good old age.
The Impejrao Pheaiant
Among the I'liasiauiiLe the Impeyan
pheasant is one of the noblest p-cies
He lives among the mountain heights
of the Himalayas, scorning the low
Umds, where he has never been known
todescend. Of the color of this gor
geous child of the forest it is difficult
to give an idea. Bronze green, irides
cent gold and purple, radiant as if seen
through a golden haze, compose its
princely cotume. On its head if wears
a tuft of glistenirig green spirils, broad
at the top, each one delicate and airy
a-! might be a fairy'i parasol. During
the winter months the unow and cold
drive these birds to congregate in flocks
in the most secluded forest nooks of
the mountains Here the hunter may
sun prise them, and feast his eye if, in
deed, he have an eye for beauty on
their won irous and glistening plumage
At the approach of spring they scatter
itiinuallv
The
Honor of Pennsylvania, will bold tbelr
next annual session at 1 Utston, r.
There are 480 patient confined In
the New Jersey State Lunatic Asylum,
near Trentou.
The contributions in Massachusetts
for the families of Gloucester's lost
fisherman, aggregate $20,000.
The London police have received
orders to arrest any person seen drop
ping orange peel In the street.
On the 1st of March the total num
ber of poor iu London was 89.52945,-
013 in workhouses and 44,516 outside,
though receiving help.
Cornell University has 403 students
of both sexes attending the university, ,
and only about AM young men, against
about 700 when the experiment began.
King Humbert, of Italy, has a face
to which no picture does Justice, He
has a remarkably kind and sad expres
sion.
The Lehman foundry at St. Peters
burg has the portable printing press
which was captured from Aapoleon on
the retreat from Moscow.
The last census of Parla show
that the population Is composed of "
1,754,000 Catholics, 32,000 Lutherans
aud Calvinists and 23,500 Jews.
The world averages an annual pro
duct ol C31.OOJ.000 poui ds of tea. China
producing 600,000,000, Japan 40,000,000,
India, 35.000,000, aud Java 6,000,000.
In the hollow of a tree sixty feet
from the ground, P. W. White of Fen
ner, N. Y., found In a thriving oondl
liou a gooseberry bush about a toot high.
the Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison earu
ed in March $18,558.12. The expenses
were 116. 328.10. leaving a profit of
$2,229,96.
Seals have become quite plenty la
the lower Connecticut river, ana some
have been sen as far north aa Rocky
Hill, ten miles below Hartford.
The death W announced of Admiral
mrth one of the few Burvlvors of
The Duchess of Mart oororar-j
veiled the Balfe Memorial Window in
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, on the
29ih of March.
Stamford, Conn., rejected the char
ter granted by the last Legislature In
corporating the place as a city by a vote
of 408 to 67,
The Indebtedness of Toledo, Ohio,
anotuit-i to about one-fourth of Its tax
able property, .anu its annual tax rate
is about lour per centum.
Almost all the places of amusement
in Boston, a city of about four hundred
thousand Inhabitants, are within a
Circle the radius of which Is little more
tiiau one hundred yard.
A weather record, kept In the
northern part of Vermont, shows that
there have been 120 day of sleighing
the past season, and that 42 iucbea vt
snow have fallen.
The honey crop of San Diego coun
ty, Cal., in 1878. was more than 787
tons. San-Diego county produced
more honey thau all the rest of the
State taken together.
Dr. Jacob Datnpman and wife, of
St. Mary's, CheHter county, Pa., are be
lieved to be the oldest married couple
in that section of the State, having
iived in wedlock for a period of 63
yeais. Dr, Dampman i 89 years of
age and bis wife 8C. They have had
10 children, 51 grandchildren, 53 great
grandchildren, and 1 great-great-graud-child.
A San Franclaco Juror, who offer
ed to sell his vote lor $500 to tare the
prisoner, a woman, from the penalties
of her crime, has been sentenced to
tour year's imprisonment In the State
Prison.
The New York Evening Pott has
already started a "Fresh Air Fund,"
for sen ilt!g sick and debilitated child
ren of that city to the country for brief
vacations. The sum of $3450 has thus
far been subscribed.
1 Complaint is made in Gettysburg
about raising corn in the portions of
theOettysburg battlefield that have been
set aside a monumental of the great
combat on Culp's Hill. Many of tne
old bullet marked trees bare been con
verted into fire wood.
General R. . Lee's portrait, paint
ed by the southern artist Gnerry, was
exhibited at the Centennial Exhibition,
and the state of Texas offered for it
$y,000 It was, however, returned to
Greenville, 6s., where It was acciden
tally burned!
The rice fields on the Cape Fear
river, near Wilmington, N C, which
have lain iile and grown up with
weeds since the war, have been re
claimed andj planted this season by sev
eral energetic parties, wno expect 10
raise at leasi 200,000 bushels of rice In
the next five years
author of this trick was, that he set a
hU hea '. A certain private thou8ands of feet above the sea, they
pique led x Cumin to betray his master's pass the warm months in undisturbed
Inrkinir place. His enemies nurrieu 10 : elusion
the spot to make sure of the game; but
when they saw the small uneouth-look-
aud ascend t,o the higher lands, where L A gentleman while trying on a
pair or gloves iu a nore at Dr"i
Mas., found a gold fing inside, on
which was Inscribed the owner's name,
ing aperture, tney pausea
, around it. One could descend at a time
and the death of him who should at
tempt it was certain; for the red glare
of tbeCumin'seye iu theobscurity with
I and the flash of the dark-blade, show
' ed that he had wound up his dauntless
i soul to die with the courage of
The monauls are easily
kept in cages, and unless subjected to a
heated atmosphere, they take confine
ment easily. The first living speci
mens were brought to England by
Lady Impey, hence the English name
of the bird. It is necessary to provide
the cage with a corner of retreat, for
there are easons when this shy. sullen
that person having tried on the gloves
previously and the ring having slipped
from bis finger in withdrawing nl
hand.
The Sultan lately gave a reception
to a corps of sieters.of Charity sen to
his truiT by the Queen of Saxony m
which occasion be thanked tbera for
their courage and devotion-, an4 pre
ented each with a medal. Coff Ml
creature would apparently prefer death jherbet were served, and Osman faaua
a lion i to the gaze ot man. F'""" :
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