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Tho Count Y School.
Pretty, and pale and tired,
Eike pita `in liar stiff-backed chair,
Wliile.ti}pble►ieinyt Summer sun
'10113iaaln9141tersof t-browtt'hair
tko ittle brook without
t the hears througk the open door
wttp fte'murnaar cool
hpnoh and.austy floor.
rains. ate endless round—
inmar and A 13 C,
r blackboard and the„ asoma,
e stupid geography
from teacher to little Jim,
tone of them cares a straw
i , i.i atia.
=.71rn. j 0-L-afa itVowh feet
Are aching to wade in the stream,
ere the trout to hie luring bait
Shall leap, with • a quick, bright gleam
And the teaoher's blue eyes stray
To the flowers on the desk hard by,
Till her thoughts have followed her eyes
With a half unconscious sigh.
_Her heart ogtrans_the alnek, .
And ace emells their taint sweet scent
Rut when have. time and heart
Their measure in union bent ?
'For time will haste or lag,
Like your shadow on the grass,
That lingers fax behind,
e:
Have patience, restless Jim. ;
The eteam and fish will wait ;
Andliatience, tired bine eyes--
Down the winding road by the gate,
Under the willownhade,
Stands someone with fresher flowers
So turn to your books again,
And keep love for the after hours,
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The Hind of a Fellow the Girls Want.
The right kind of a fellow iv modest and mellow,
Andgenerous and brave and benign ;
•Ria nature's apparent and clear and transparent,
Lilco yours, gentle reader, and mine.
• Ha has no verbosity, no tongue
and tortuoaity,__r egentldtdHis gentle anqn ella in
his diet,
And mer gets mad in a crowd.
He la grand and majestic, yet meek nd do
Ask,lmestio,
spends his spare evenings at home ;
He e a tireless searcher for all kinds of virtue,
Like thejbrpetrator of tine "porno."
Hedon'€ play the fiddle, part his hair in the
middlNor dresselike an angelic dude;
When he goes to a party with Reign or MoQarty
=enev.r ..o:sr and -rude.
He lives with frutality and sweet hospitality;
Aadwants pia but two times a day;
Sail/ver este (Aliens, nor treads on your bun-
;t-Y11�grow
'ls when o... get :_ >_._ way
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lawise'and he's witty, preserving and gritty,
+dpi&ha%a magnificent head ;
FLi I light and sweetness, he's thorough oom-
eteness ;
He, 'perfection, in short -but he's dead 1 •
GroliaL erer.
To stent.
A vacant heart to let ; inquire for key'
Of Terms easy ter otheten tenant who'll ust across wee
To lease the place forever and a day.
A cozy dwelling in a pleasant street
A b t old fashioned,ust but to t*i h furnace heat -
Where Love may find a very sang abode.
The agent. Cupid, will be glad to show l
Thetenemeut to any maid or miss
Ben make the price ridiculously low
• And asks as his comnussion but a kiss.
Ow maiden, come 1 and in this bargain share ;
The offer's tempting by your own confession
Yon'II•f►nd the place in excellent repair -
Jost sign the lease and enter in possession.
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Death Rate of Ministers.
demparing the death rate of ministers,
&respect of the causes of death, with the
lgrtality of other men, the following re -
a Ire obtained : Of 86,331 clergymen,
of infections diseases. The nasal
enoe of an insurance company would
made the number 239 ; that ie, the
aortality of the clergymen was only 79
per oent. of the ordinary death rate. The
death rate of physicians from these dis-
eases was 127 above the usual rate, point-
ing to the greater danger of contagion in
the nem of the physician than in that of
.the pastor. Of lung affections excluding
eaananmption, 311 clergymen died, instead
of 328, the number expected from mortality
tables. Physioiana,died of suob diseases
115 per:oent, above the average rate. Be,.
tween the ages of 26 and 45 the mortality
of Roman Catholic clergymen compared
with Protestant ministers of the same age
was as 137 to 109, while between the ages
of 46 and 65 the difference was as 154• to
109, and between the ages of 65 and 85 as
118 to 100. How to explain. this striking
difference ie no easy task. It is suggested
that it may be connected with the lite of
oelibaoy followed by the priests, also with
the rigid penances of Catholic ecclesiastics,
which, especially in the case of yoang men,
are apt to derange the digestive organs.-
" Medical Journal.
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bhe Didn't Go to See the Play.
Jennie -How did yon enjoy yourself at
the theatre last night?
Mamie -Oh 1 immensely.
J. -What wae the play ?
M. -I declare I don't know. Let me
aee. I think I have got a programme in
ny other dress pooket. •
J. -It does not matter. But I think it
strange that yon should go to a theatre and
net know what the, play was.
M. -Why, bless you, dear, I was with a
theatre party.
Oir f. Those Widows.
Widow -When I was here last week, Mr.
Chisel, I told you to pat on the headetoneo,
" My Only Love."
til ' Marble dealer -Yes, ma'am, but one of
my workmen has been sink and I haven't
begun the job yet.
Widow -Well, in view of subsequent
events, I guess yon may substitute the
words, " My First Husband." A pleasant
morning, Mr. Chisel.
He was a Believer.
Mrs. Omens -Do you believe in signs
Mr. D'Anber ?
Mr. D'Anber-Yes, indeed! I paint 'em
Theodore Thomas and Mies Fay, of
Chicago ; Walter Damrosoh and Mise
Margaret Blaine, and Charles H. Russell
and Mise Jane Potter, daughter of Bishop
Potter, are among the couples to marry in
j+ this "merry month of May."
q, -The fire Lieges in the United Mateo
Rib gAnd Canada for April aggregate $8,285,-
,;20. The losses for the first four months
led the year amount to *33,318,145, against
$46,697,780 in the same period last year and
048,497,950 in 1888.
rianelee-Now,, George, dear, don't kiss
me good-bye onnthe platform. Fianoe-No,
darling. I'll kiss you on your mouth.
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13T04! OF TWO OONT$IEle
' .CHAPTER SVI.
While Eeperanoe wae passing through
hard experienoee at Rilohester, Gaspard
was -being tried, though in a different way,
in London. They were each strangely
altered, but while, with ETperence, trouble
seemed working eo much harm, with Gas -
_Para it was ver diff e n
-4iv"lr "+e'"gy-iceiusect `ay iiia events of the
past year ever to fall baok again to the
se)ilehness whioh had been hie chief fault,
and for which his preeent enforced loneli-
ness seemed to him but a just retribution.
Hie patience wae being sorely tried by the
long and apparently fruitless waiting time;
but as, week by week, his longing for work
and action increased, and hie poverty grew
more and mope irksome, an inner strength
end power of endurance grew too, and his
reetlessnees and self-seeking were gradually
subdued.
He had, however, suffered greatly, and in
as Eeperanoe, for his poverty was not com-
parative, but actual' hunger and want.
Then, too, the state of France, and the fear-
ful accounts of the Commune and its
.enppreesion made him miserable .enough ;
while bis anxiety for Esperanoe, and the
pain of knowing that she was unhappy and
changed, without the poesibility of helping
her, was perhaps the worst trouble of all.
Although work was not to be had, he
would not give up' all hope of obtaining it in
time, and he employed himself,in thoroughly
mastering the English language, knowing -
.that -it -would -be -of -great -aa to him.
One afternoon late in Ootober he was
hard at work at a diffionit piece of trans-
lation, when the landlady, with quite a
beaming face, announoed a visitor. Gas-
pard glanced at the card, which wae, as
he had expected, that of Mr. Magnay, for,
Eeperance bad mentioned hie intended visit
in her lest letter.
He haetened to greet nim, with the
heartiness of real pleasure, for, like poor
Esperance, he was greatly in need-- of -some
one to talk to, and though the landlady was
both kind-hearted and conversational, he
was beginning to weary of her stook of
prosy aneodotes, and of trying to commun-
icate his thoughts to the sleek, purring
Biennelrok.
Even if Claude had . been the most unin-
teresting of mortals he would have been
welcomed ; and when Gaspard found that
e--••- s rreengi--g:1 :,�:, goo
talker, and, unlike the proverbial English-
man, neither proud, suspicions, nor
reserved, he threw all possible warmth and
friendliness into hie manner, and before
one; the two were talking as intimately as
f they had known each other for years.
They were a strange contrast. Claude,
air -haired and fresh complexioned, the
ioture of health, with bright, genial mein -
ere and almost superfluous energy. • Gas-
ard, pallid and emaciated, hie clearly -out
eataree bespeaking delicacy of constitution,
nd his animated conversation and ready
mile belied by the buffering look which his
ace wore when in repose. .•
They had talked long about the Franoo-
rassien war, and Gaspard had related hie
xperienoe . as a National Guard before
'laude delivered Eeperanee's message, and
en naturally the conversation turned
pon Riloheater-
" It must be very dull indeed, according
my sister's acooant," said Gaspard.." I
ar that cathedral towns have rather that
potation in England."
" It is a amen, deoayed town, certainly,"
plied Claude ; " but though perhaps it ie
rrower, I doubt if it is more dull than
oat provinoial places. This is not the
at time I have stayed there, and'I assure
n there is really very good society there,
you can pink and choose. There are
quea, of coarse, but one can keep out of
em, or perhaps get into them all."
' You can, of course," said Gaspard,
iling, " but that is only because you are
rivileged being -a celebrity. I imagine
t the deanery would not Dare to. follow
nr example."
' To tellyou the truth, the deanery heads
narrowest clique of all," replied Claude,
nd I fancy that is why your sister is a
le unjust to the whole of Rilohester; she
y sees the moat ponderous and dull part
he place. I have heard Mrs. Mortlake
st that they are only intimate with the
ilies of the bishop and the archdeacon."
aepard could not help smiling.
Eeperanoe has sent me laughable
onnts of the etiff dinner -parties, and
explains it all ; they must indeed be
row -minded."
Yon do not know Dean Collinson per -
ally ? " asked Claude, h"alf doubtfully.
aepard flashed a little.
No,, hitherto he has been no friend to
family; bat be has been very good in
ing na.now-that is to say, he hes pro-
d for Esperance. You can understand,
ever, that dependence is not altogether
sing under the circumstances. I am
id it is doing Eeperanoe no good. Did
think her looking happy ? "
was an awkward question. Claude
ed 'fora moment, then said, " Hardly
y, I think ; but I am sure she is
ned to make the best of things ; she
me that her motto in life was 'Esperez
rs.' "
Poor ohild ! " said Gaspard, with a
ere was a moment's' silence, during
h Claude watched his companion'a face
a great deal of interest.
rd to answer.
nd our relatives are they kind -
ed ? Do not shrink from telling me
real opinion, for I want really to
he dean is thoroughly good end kind,"
Claude, refleotively, " absent and
ereat in many things, and engrossed a
deal by his favorite hobby, astronomy ;
have never seen him otherwise then
and courteous."
cannot tell, but I think he must be. I
mber, too, I met them out walking •
rod after the other members of the
y.
really cannot tell what they are like,"
aries a great deal. Usually ahe is
ther distraste„; she is quite devoted
little girl, thqugh. I know little of
ther daughters ; thif elder is very
O
learned, and the chid confidante of her
father, the younger very silent and in-
-different."
{leopard eat musing over this t000unt of
the family at the deanery, and Claude,
fearing that a further cateohiom might
eliet more than Esporanoe wished her
brother to know, rose to take leave, not
however before he had given Gaspard hie
address at St. John's Wood, and made
him promise to visit him very soon.
The next week , brought a letter from
glieedeateteeserthereesseseneeeessese
parr', or'though, still, she would not give
words to her oomplaint, the tone of the
letter wae bitter and discontented. Only
one sentence wasethere in the whole sheet to
whioh Gaspard oared to revert ; it was the
fo Mowing :
" I think of yon eo often in your loneli-
ness, mon ami, and am very glad Mr. Mag -
nay has made you a visit. He was very
kind to me here, or really I think 1 should
have ceased to believe in any kind of good -
nese. Riloheeter is like the stagnant water
in the ruined fountain at Mabilion, when it
got half frozen over in she winter, and t
ea. -re
water -lilies."
Gaspard folded the letter sadly eno
then, anxious to escape from his
thoughts, and partly reminded by E
ante's references, he set out to pa;
promised call on glands Magnay.
Having found bis house -e large
rather gloomy one, with a northern a
-Gaspard was ushered upstairs by a
ohievons.looking little page to the et
where he found Claude hard at work fi
ing one of hie Scotch pictures.
"1, ani of aid r ±
have_c me at a-
busy -
time,'' said Gaspard. "-You .must for
an idle rnan for his want of coneiderati
Claude had seemed scarcely to notio
ntrance-it was but for a moment, h
ver. Gaspard had not finished his
eine before he had thrown down
rushee and mahletiok, and hastened
t d.
' I am so glad you have come'!
ndeed, I am not busy, only I did n:.t h
on announced. Either that young monaid-
f a page- was afr-. of yonr-forsign n
r else I was dreaming over that So
titer -tall."
" That was it, evidently," replied
erd, smiling. " For you would have b
mused to hear your boy's version of
ame-' Dull Duddle on."'
Claude laughed heartily.
" That `boy, really surpasses 1 It
you
ro-
und
.
new the pranks he is up to 1 I onl_y,_kee�o
im because of hie fade -substitute wi
r buttons, and you have the most ang
eature. See 1 " and he pointed to a can
n one of his easels. " I have him in p
esu now, wings and all, with a baokgro
clouds. It would be delightful to h
m in next year's Academy -No. 1
Master John" Jones 1 ' I declare I
it."
Gaspard laughed. There wae. somethi
novel to him in the whole proceed
at he quite forget his troubles, and
toning amusedly to Claude, who was
gh spirits atter a long day's, work, a
pt up a continuous flow of talk. Th,
s
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a' certain charm, too, about .the curio
om, whioh was half studio, halt sittin
om, and very untidy and bachelor -1i
gr
e furniture was irregular in the extrem
visitor, and Gaspard, recognizing the name,
and looking up rather carionoly,;saw a tall
and peeulierly grecefai woman, middler
aged, yet still young -looking, her fine,
classical features, bright, hnmorona eyes,
and ready smile full of attraction, while.
her complexion, though a little worn,
retained much of its bloom.
There wae 'remaining very fascinating
about her manner, and Gaspard's opinion
of English women was raised ; he. only
etayed fora moment however,, not eo; y-
.�, �.r ,� y..pu.;�i;�s�Yy'�Yi�eebra
`iir�g--to--Ynilalige
in his sad refleotiona about Eeperanoe, and
esemeolve irrrl oodiirle nulnemes for releasing
her.
" I feel as if I ought to know that young
Frenohman," said Lady Worthington.
when Gaspard had left the room ; " yet I
can't remember where I luaave seen him
before."
„
Ate name ie Gaspardde_Mabillon, and
he is a nephew of the Dean of Riloheeter,"
said Claude.
" OI 'Dean Collinson ? De Mebillon ?
Ohl now I remember it all ; his father
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mus eve seen this
young man years and years ago, when he
was a child, but of course it is the likeness
to his father that I muet have recognized.
" No, he is dead -killed in the siege of
Paris," replied Clandg. a Little Mademoi-
selle de Mabillon is Irving at the deanery,
and she told me all about it."
" How shocking! I had no idea ofethat 1"
exclaimed Lady Worthington. " We had
so completely keit eight of them. He was a
noble -minded man, and waa moot unjuetly
" You knew him, then, personally ? "
asked Claude.
" Yes -alightly, that is. My mother wae
very fond of Amy Collinsoin, and about two
years after her marriage we were traveling
in France and spent a night with them, in
their curious old ruined °Bede. I was
quite a girl then, and really had forgotten
the name of the femily. Poor thine's, it
WIIO a sad story altogether. What induced
them to come to England ?"
-- I-bardly -know ;---but- they- seem to be
very poor. I believe the dean hae adopted
the little girl.
(To be Continued.)
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e asked leave to look at some of them
ilde'a wistful gravity et onoe returned
le, with no pretense of meek humility
rather with the fondness of a wen
xhibited hie works.
Two or three of his Rilohester pictures
not yet framed, were standing on the top o
a low book-oesse, and Gaspard was o
course, muoh interested in them. One wa
of the interiors:a the cathedral, and Claud
took it in hie hand to plaoe it in a bette
light, while he tried to describe the positio
of the deanery. But Gaspard did no
heed him -his eyes were fixed on' th
piastre which had atood behind, and whio
was now fully revealed. It was unfinished
but not so as to take away from the effect
A dusky foreground, just showing a
tattered curtain and moldering wall, a
casement window, through which the
moonlight was atreaming, and a glimpse of
a wide plain, glimmering here and there
with the faint brightness of light reflected
in a watery marsh. Standing by the
Window, her band on the fastening, as if in
the sot of closing it, stood Esperanoe, her
face plainly revealed by the cold light of
the moon, and full' of hopeless misery,
while disappointment and wearinees were
expresied in her listless, drooping figure.
Gaspard gazed on de if he could never
take his eyes from her face, and Claude,
who had not intended him to see it at all,
wee both vexed and puzzled. That le had
recognized his sister was undoubted ; he
could hardly fail, then, to know the full
extent of her unhappinesa. It was certainly
a most unlucky accident.
It was a relief when at length Gaspard
spoke, though his repressed voice wee not
reassuring.
from your sister's face, made a sketch °fit,
end am now working it up as Mariana in
the !Heated Grange.' I hope•you will not
think I took a great liberty. You must
allow for the license of an artist."
" Do you think I mind that for an
instant," said Gespard. " But that hope-
less wretchednese and dejeotion 1 Has she
really come to that ? I knew she must be
changed but that is surely exaggerated."
Claude woald have given a great deal to
have been able to answer in the afarmatiVe,
but it ivae impossible ; nor would he
equivocate. After et momentai thought, he
answered, " I saw that expression on her
face, but of couree it was not always there ;
at times she was quite bright and merry."
" She need to be the merriest phild in
He was atilt looking sadly at the piotnre,
when the door was opened by Clende's
" Child Angel," who announced with truly
cockney, - prortunoistion-" Lady Worth-
ington '
Claude haetened forward to receive his
Choosing a Sweetheart.
Choose your sweetheart, carefrilly, wisely
and tenderly, my dear girls, says a writer
in th Ladies' ember.
e is to be more than even %hie th you some
day -he is to be your husband, for surely
you are not one of the girls .who have a
sweetheart here and one there, and gives a
little love to this one and a little love to
that one, until when the real one appears
the perfect bloom is gone from the peaoh
and she osennot give him what he offers
her. Yon girls know very quickly when a
man means more than ordinary friendship
for ydo. You have an instinot that tells
you that this big, good-looking fellow has
come sweethearting, and that that is the
time for you to study him a little bit.
Think out if his temper and yours are cer-
tain to agree well together ; think out if hie
tastes and yours are alike, or if they nan
grow to be so, for you know little women.
if you want to be happy in' your Married
life, you must learn the great and wender-
fel 'virtue of adaptability. You must
choose your sweetheart as you do a new
gown, so thet he will wear well ; but you
want him for longer than a winter ; he must
lad through the long summer days and
through the winter ones, and before you
pat your hands in hie and tell him that you
are willing to fight oat the bettle of life
togetherathink it all over well and remem-
ber that you are choosing yoter sweetheart
not for a day or a year, bat for all through
'life and, please God, if you love each other
enough, for after death.
D1[U$RN8' MOTH[)1F88.
Nope of Thom Women, Ito Vegeta Love hie
--_.._ ti .+ei�t' .
" You are a student of Charles Dioken,,
are you not ?"
"Certainly; I think you could scarcely
mention a character of hie with whioh I
am unfamiliar."
" Very, well, then, if you can point ma
oat one mother in the whole of Dickens'
novels, with any claim to education, who
:r' �..;.::��z:xa wsrerZ 1i ase Y ci tiaa's inial f i6f� m,,,;•.
own that I have wronged him. I am ready
to admit that err L-nea erara a fi Yf fees
severe."
Eager to prove that she miejudged my
favorite, I began to search my memory.
At the• end of ten minutes I was still
searching, but I had, not spoken. The fact
was I was terribly perturbed in spirit. I
was mora anxious not to be worsted in • the
argument, .for it seemed to me that a great
elur had been oast upon Charles Dickins'
character; therefore, to feel that I could
only bring -forward, es being worthy of re -
ee ing y mor yang. George"
mention, as although she iS undoubtedly a
fine old dame, she certainly has ho Slam
to gentle breeding ; while in support of my
ghastly troupe of • knaves and fools -if so
in these aircumetancee-that I wee
maeculine a term as knaves is adntilible
rly
myself. " I will go home and commit my
Di`o'kMeynom.,,emory is at fault," I muttered tct
but as I was leaving theroom my old friend
called after me:
" If you have a headache don't pureue
the subject to -night. I warn you you are
going to search for ,a needle 'in a bottle of
hay, only" -some whet grimly -"this needle
is not there "
I looked myself in my study and set to.,
work. At the end of two hours, wieerenel
much sadder, I paused and gazsd biankly
around at a formidable heap of vol 6aes.
had selected the books hispb.azerd nd had
smualtd:e a 'mail note on each wi this re-',
" Great Expecteition." No of
anY importance. Slight character 13 ch of
Herbert's mother (a aecidedly b able
ool).
" Old Curiosity Shop." Old Mrs. Garland
(weak). Kit'e mother (lower orders). Mrs.
Sketch of Senator Beck.
Senator James Bernie Beek, of Lexinge
ton, Ky., who dropped dead in the vestibule
of the Pennsylvania Railroad depot at
Washington on Saturday, was born in,
Dueafriesehire, Scotland, Feb. 13th, 1822.
He reoeiaed an academic education in
Scotland, and graduated as a lawyer from
Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.,
in 1846. He practiced law in that city,
never holding office ,until elected to the
Fortieth Congress. He waa re-eleotea to
the Forty-first, Forty-second and a'orty-
third Congresses. In Metrob, 1877, he took
his seat in the Senate,• having been elected
to succeed John W. Stevenson. He was
re-elected tie the Senate in 1882 and in
1888. Hie term would have expired in
March, 1895. Senator Beck was an earnest
Democrat, and was extremely popular. He
had many friends on both sides of the
Senate and no enemies. He was admitted
to be the Demooratio member of the Senate
who was best informed on the tariff ques-
tion. He was always a leader in deinates
upon silver questions.
A Caution.
Young Wife -I'm on my way to the Intel -
Young Widow -I have always done my
own cookiag.
Y. Wife -Well, I wouldn't let it get out,
if I were you, if you have any intention of
marrying again.
Ladles of the House.
Wife -Well, the servant gave me notice
to -day, John.
Husiband-So she's going to quit, eh ?
Wife -Weil, she don't put it exactly that
way. I'm very mach afraid, John, that
die wanta us ten quit.
Love's stratagem.
Elia-However did yon get your pa 'a
Bella -I induced him to set the dog on
George last night ? This morning George
called on him and threatened to bring euit
for demages unless he allowed us to marry.
The Earth.
"Do yen want the earth ?" inquired the
ing guest.
awhile longer till I ask for it." '
- The largest steam derrick in the world
is used by a 'shipping comeany et Ham-
burg, Germarey. io kept at the docks
and heed in lifting immense weights' on
and off ship oar& It can pick up -ten.
wheeled loco
otive with perfect cam.
" Hard Times." Mrs. Gradgrind (idiotic).
Bounderby's mother (lower orders).
"Little Dorrit." Mre.Clennam (criminal).
Mts. Merdle and Mrs. Gowan (worldly,
heartless wretches). Mrs. Mangles (nice, but
"Nicholas Niokleby." Mrs. Niokleby and
horror).
grace to her eex). Alioe's mother,"' Good
Mrs. Brown," (an oven). Polly Toadies
(lower orders).
" Martin Chuzzlewit." Mothers not' la
it, with the exception of character sketch':
tensely objeotionable). Hrs. Rndge (lower
David Copperfield." David's mother,
(amiable but weak-minded). Mrs. Mioaw-
ber, (s caricature). Mrs. Creakle, (et poor
thing). Mrs. Steerforth, (horrid). Mrs.
Heep, (hateful). " The old soldier,"
(worse).
" Bleak House." Lady Dedlook, (well.
well, the least said —). Mrs. Jellyhys,
(another culpable fool). Mrs. Pardiggle„
(an unsupportable creature). Mrs. Guppy,
Oboe:linable). George's mother (lower
In " Oliver Twist," " Tale of Two Cities,"
and " Pickwiok," the methane are very
much in the background, and taking Mrs..
Bardell as a specimen of thooewho do ap-
pear, periaps it is just as well they -should
be. -Temple Bar.
The Baby Was Dead.
" I had strange experience the other
day," 'laid Mr. Friend, the Woodward
avenue photographer. " A woman came
in here carrying a baby in her arms and
mid she had an engagement for a pie -
tura of the child. I said all right and
told her to get it ready. Then she went
to the dressing room and I' asked my
operator it he had mede an engagement
for that hour. He fetid he had, and I
told him 10 was. all right, to go ahead.
let him attend to it and set down to r end
my morning paper. I could see the
woman from where I eat an a irror that
hung oppositite, and as spe Owed the
baby in the chair and attemp # to pose
It I noticed something was wrong, as
neither she mei the operator could han-
dle the child. I went to their assist-
ance, and then I saw that the baby was
dead."
" Was it dead when she brought it,
" Yee, and she carried it in her armee,
taking the street oar to our door. She
lad no one with her and did not seem
to think it was anything out of the
way. But excuse me. I don't want
another each experience as that.a-Eae-
change.
But It Was " Daypot,"
Mrs. Albert Shugg, of Ma oh Chunk,
vsli.
was " depot." They IRO' She re
fused to get sapper and he we i out for the
evening. When he returned she wee hang-
ing by the neek and on the table was a bit
of paper on which she had written : " It's
A. Regard for Appearances.
She -The divorce latvo in the West are
very loom', are they not ?
He -(from Chicago.) Very.
She -Are there any restrictions what-
ever ?
' He -No ; Though it is not coneidered
good fcrm to be divorced until one's honey..
mooe is over. '
The Cologne Gazette's report of the mart-
pation of Kilwa by the Germans says Major
Wieemenn made an attack from the south,
end two blaoko were killed before the Ger-
mans entered the place. On the march to
Kilwa the expedition had a number of en-
gagementa with the Arabs, and repeatedly
defeated them. Wiesmenn is preparing ea --