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BY AOS B. WELLS.
Baler was thirteen. So woe Tommy,
Billy had tred hate end freeklee, Se bed
Tonimye Tommy wan entitneieetie
tousologtat. Sc wan Billy, It Wee in tire
atteipoou of the early ante= metier eit elm
feout yard, Ceemutit had 'hut kelt
We charm, MA the ebendmieel belle end
nualete ley absnt theret
0119w 4•4 TOW htICIne getting on, 131111 t''
geld Temmy, lueueleuely Wiring ep
heels on the geese.
" Pretty well, bay Ceeropiad hoe be-
gun, to epin. I'm decidedly gled, lilnot
bave to get leaves fed him any more,. Ile
wee ouch ail eater I fiour are_ yonra•
"The last of my s Ajeaes came out to.
day. A fiue fellow. The meet theemileent
ails I have in my cellection. Yoand 4 new
larvA to.dey on MAO, whlte clever. A big
few (toe, Black god white,
"It40,4 woo7 beer,' ia it I"
"Guess not, the It might be, Did 1 abom
you that as etretcherial ot wooliy beam'
of mine t Well, 4111 ten you thet 1 forgot
te ea ep the dithers of water it wee standiteg
lot and the ante at riddled it I There holt
A Perfeet seeelmenleft."
"Thatee too ba,d, But you needn't green
hie, Tommy, ray limo le gone 1 It mate
roe sick to thbek of ite 1 foenel euetz
needs it yeeterday, and to.day I picked
j3ev4ra1 musetine beet/es out of ie. Ida juet
heoglegtogether. I meee to keep cgeolde
ofattelwillue he my Cesee the thne after
tins,
"atertiust ;pomp to get awn* more large
meths., Billy, did you ever try the ;scheme
the leet eutomolegtet epeake of—ereeerbag
tree with rein owl inolaseee, you know,
end !eking off the mothin the 1491111ng?
" egg identieel thirg 1 leet.'e try
Ithe tree end Matting 4 wild dive foe the Ohm,
while Pally Widigneatly end excitedly eprang
forward to heed off. Allah for entemologleal
Izest and !identifies selathuesal Tommy trip-
ped cetera peejeetieg root in. hie taind,hurrya
and Deane hetily, with outateetehed, items,
against the rurmaudanolessen covered teee 1
Toe greet dheropia, startled, made pee
vigorcee and ancceesini ittetter with wide,
eels? "seisms., and escaped from its
stacker hotline, ,With a cry of ee*peir Billy
threw deivie the lantern and leaped after it
a few feet iu the clerk, coming up sharply,
ere he leuew it, ageletst Tereroy's profitIette,
but aleundeetly atiCky hickory. Clothes and
treeetrnek parteti liegerieglY. VMelly die,
ergaged, Billy weet beeh, plehedup the len-
teen'and ease tM 4111 flickerieg light on e
weebegeee object, facet hende Med Poet Yet',
low with the uneomfortedele enteitaaee. Billy
stood with eticky setae akin:the, and saki ae
majestieelly aa hie molassembesmirehed
countenance permitted:
e!*Tonstny Shepherd, you ought to he
eSnarned of yourveli. 1 from BMW O11 and, for
evermome 1"
To 014 T9MMY genhi Peke AO reply.
The oat was glowing with :Norio and
greeu and already brighe with the herald
gleams et the adVancing, brin es two Wretch-
ed yootlut, with draggled Pete and. empty
colleetbig bottles, 4aftly opened the gates of
their reepeotivelteMee, Net ail the water
IA the Gion coold Melte their *the* any.
Oleg. tut sticky, stiff mid uncomforeacite
thee water had evidently been freely end;
nor could it renktritt the wooderfal odor, own -
pounded of Molesses MA tsly-ram, As their
eihtelte biter said; "Zee bayeitever Were .0
meet before," Bet they weds+ up for title
ineherinernele of their temper, and Billy
peaty enneeked that, aelde trete hie own
troebese he was glad enough that A fellow
who, like Tommy, did het tare to etick to se
bargain, ehoulti be mule to aticle to * tree 1
right* When ,TO.Afght V
"Yes, eight eft Where'll we get the m,
Tommy
"I zee get that 11 you'll get the =Ow
see."
"Well, 1 wills beent140 1 don't 'knot
wh.ere te get Auer zone without golog to the
ealcen for in and 1 went do that."
"or I either, of course, beteg tho
um here After ;nipper, told wo can rate t
thee. Aud le* eereed it On Kerne trees
down in the Glen. It wee't he dietuthett
there youkuow."
" illeright, Now 11 beat 7on Another
glum of eraquet,"
"You cen't do it:
It le !Ater temper, eked the two ar
agate, Blily with quite a lug*1*11
imam the nominee of which
eerioes breech, in hie tin hank
Tommy with a venwr email bottle.
Whitta thet, Tommy! The near
"
" There" Mighty little ef ft. Where'd
you get it I"
"Drug Mose ; sad yea wouldn't thiok
little if you lead to pity for
Let:* look at the India. Wily, Tommy
Shepherd 1 Vile is tn.:turn I"
44 Weil, thea's lam, Isn't it, Billy
"12 isn't the kind mew get thank on
Why, the rum is to make the meths drunk,
you know, Tommy, and then they stiek to
420 raolesses,"
44 Weil, how do you hum heettrum wendt
melee them druok 2 Ineeets 'don t get drunk
In the num way men do, ot coUtie. Let's
mix them."
The Glen was a Wild ravine near
the town, broad =dwell wooded alocg the
bottom'them:mit which wound e. taeutlfal
Uttle streetn. DaWet theeeeky eideleth the
bucket of the precious liquid wee eately
borne, end two trees aeleoted scrota the
stream, 4 hickory by Tommy, an milt by
Billy. Them wero liberelly anointed t.ud the
bucket teamed cleat,
"Blowing wIth lot:unto and wild honey, '
ecuresuredBilly, with vague rerniniecesom ret
Sabbath -school Inman!. "These trees are
/owing with the wild, honey eart, tenyevay.'
"Huh 1" mad the better trammed Torrany
"That Isn't rig.les 1"
"What le, thea 1"
"What'll we come down herotoonorroW I"
said Tommy, directly and quickly.
The conversation hem drifted into more
Absorbing topice and prolimlnariee for the
morrow's campalqn were arranged.
Whe morning twilight bad not yet bright•
lined the eastern sky 'when a longdrawn
shone of "Thous 1' was heard outside Tom-
my's window, lifting many a head from the
pillow along that quiet' street. That ory was
the two boys' long establiehed signed, being
the specific name of the largest butterfly 01
that neighborhood, rather rare and difficult
to capture. A white apparition glimmered
dimly at Tommy's window, and a voice,
dreadfully. sleepy for all ite owner could do,
made answer, ".Ajax 1" a signal adopted in
honor of the morn beautiful and aerated
amone the papiyoa.
A °Atka Year,
ie
at loot itornewhet 4100014 that
tho year 1859 Is else of those whites; students
af the Setipturee, who give themeelvee es,
Wally to the study of the prophecies
claim as a critical year in the history of the
;aid. Aceordiug t them this world Is
rapidly haeteedeg tO a Cage, end the emu)
denouemeet has been elwera advanced by
ogee, each stage in its Itegiemlog being
marked eft hot ite predeemeer by Conte
eonvaleion 14 the morel and 14011W-44
eXperiettett Of revelries/. Certein deductions;
there mad oeletuatiorte from the propteeiee
of Dahl and (Ahem leeve led uonie highly
respeetehle authorities to welder 1869, ea
311 haleilityt one of the momentaue
• the world's Weer, And What de
ly find. Well. on the European
Imre ttee prophet:law meg he "up.
utret we lade state of teosiou
weald be difficelt to pamdiel for
beak. Wer edam of ovum
en, pleuty of thou Ammo
w beet yearly OCenrrette04 for
g the, The clouds hese gathered om
Ontily,
and some d the quiolter-witted
ye heard or thought they heard the
tumbilog ot the thuseder ; hat the
lo de have slicer &periled, and the um
pm* has ;hone from e deer sky upon
the much relieved petiolate But notwith
deeding this, a feeling has never been far
away thee these things were ell premonitory
of e future etruggle. Jetta* cooddenee Wee
felt thet these Intervale of pews end quiet.
nese were anything het temporary, The
Govt.:410u bubo= grawlisg thstthe ;adios
of Berope are walking over a voleeno,
the erase covering ot which grows tbioner
every dem. Ornineux foreboding' hive op
premed the hearts dram Though "perm,
peaces" him bete moa, the eir hut been her.
cloned with preparations for war, utitil now,
more ;timed than over before, tlao cantluent
of Batumi Is one vaat oarep of termed men,
waltiog for the signal. And withiu the last
week or tie° events eeern to bavtebeen haat
ening. The cloudon thehorizon eye deeper
and more +=Inoue than ever, and two men
a beteg watched by the world with an
r of awful intensity, for le seem" as If with
hem lice the deelsion whether or not the
rivers of Europe are to run with blood.
These two are the Car of Rumia and the
Emperor of Germany. AU proleselons of
Maudlin e se to the contrary t otwithstand
them two sovereign" are on the brink of an
open rupture, melees all the newepaper
oorrespondents in Europe are so far astray
as to be contemptible. The Czer lb seems
bas deliberately intuited the Enver-
or, by spending a. couple of hours
In the railroad station at Berlin, without
sending any tort of a greeting to hie brother
Hing. The world eagerly mite:hest° see hove
•the hot-blooded young -German will counter
the indignity. Amolteer fact, supposed by
the leaned in the usterpretation of such
things to be full cf foreboding, is the °haulm
tion of an anonymous pampleh which says
that in case of war Bavaria need t ot be
relied on to fight beside Italian troops, and
that Austria will have all she CAD do to pre-
vent or suppress uprisinge among thee 41VE
Slavic: populations. And so the hell -broth
goes on bubbling ha the caldron with pre-
monition of toil and trouble and awe pre-
plexity to the weary nations. Amid all the
storm and atrees 12 in comforting to believe
that the hand of one who is mightier than
the mightiest man, holds thehelm and guides
the ship.
Meanwhile it is pleasant to know that a
little romance mingles with the sterner as-
pects of European lite, and that a daughter
of the Peince of Wales is engaged to be mar-
ried, Not to a poverty-stricken German
Princelieg either whom the British na-
tion wili have to support, but to a bonny
Scots lord with broad acres of his oft, and
a purse full enough to satidy any girl, even
a princess. Lord. Fife is a lucky man, who
masdperhaps turn out to be the animator of a
line of English kings, for failing the Prince
of Wales' sone, the lines of descent will be
through Lord Ftfe and his royal wife. The
proopective marriage is said to be very popu-
lar among the Britisher!' who are intensely
relieved to find that another German lairdie
is not to be fastened on them.
A'pause, during which a bird woke up,
and ventured on a fear experimental chirp.
Then the front door was eoftiy opened. and
& hastily attired boy emerged therefrom,
bearing a butteifly net, and a wide-mouthed
jar charged with oyanide of potassium, for
the reception of the expeoted Fey. A simi.
lady equipped young gentlemen a aited
at the gate, with one hand up to stifle
a yawn. A not unnecessary lantern made a
yellow oircle on the side -walk.
Through the town they passed with steps
involuntarily subdued cub of respect to the
steepen on either hand. Outside of town
the unfamiliar hush of early morning still
farther quieted their voice&
"Now don't forget, Billy," maid Tommy,
when they had climbed the ISA fences.; "All
the moths on the hickory are mine."
"And all the moths on the ash are mine."
"Yes. We meet keep cool, or some of
'em will get away. My! I hope there's a
"tuna" on mine, and a "Polyphemus 1"
"And I want an "Io" and a 'Prometheus,
and a "Cecropla 1"
They stumbled down the dark side of the
ravine, the edgee of whose rooks the com-
ing dawn was hue beginning to show. An
owl hooted mournfully near by, and in the
stillness the ripple of the brook 'sounded
startlingly distinct. Carefully throwing
the light on the stepping -stones they crose-
ed the stream with unwonted slownese, and
made their way to Tommy's hickory. Tlae
lantern was held up and the hancllee of the
nets firmly graved as they approached the
tree. Alas 1 What a boor up] a
flees had seized 'the insect tribe? Save a
flimsy little moth or two, with gummed and
ruined wings, the trunk was bare of lepi-
dopterous life 1 Their hearts had been beat.
Ing fast in expeotation. They were now
heavy as lead, especially Tommy's!!
But Billy's ash remained, and Billy's hopes
again rose high, as they drew near. Nor
was he disappointed. A superb Cecropia
flapped his great winga before their eager
eyes, a dozen smaller fry made the trunk
bewildering el ith moving winga and hints
of color in the lantern light, and, as they sp.
preached, from the direction of Tommy's tree
flew a great green tuna moth, and settled
down opposite the Cecropia,
" That corn e from my tree! That beaker
shouted Tommy, rushing impulsively amund
A .DEADLY ENOOCNTEH. another lion or a bear was approaching,
felt
cart*, and xo it preyed ' it was a
I have often met old hunters who htkve ' .--,..„ - , , Q . ,--e -arge4t °-1 had ever
arinrIT and ne or the I
heardof battles betweeim the grizzly bear---
cl the immeneet tome paehmt cf the 1 ,.._ _"He leered himself suddenly out of the
au
Itocky Igettateine ' hut 4 hem poly once i !oed of the little etreern, only a few yerde
keewie a Man wfue'had Men leech a combo. ' Earn t,halihad aurt the elk. e had "been
Serge** At/Semen of the ---te United i "eavelsine up the bed of the creek,e-as beam
Shaw). Oevaity, 771) Ora I met in Wyoming . °NA do m a shallow stream,—and attreet-
me of a hero Aght between 4e 014 gph e end him coming hed emerged to tiee what the
1
edat---ee beret it,—neer Cooper Meeetaut 4`d laY delight lee took in the eltuetion
At that time he wars etemetmo et reee tionleePhembled toward the belligereot petit,
while on, a hunting expedition in 'SO, told by the snarls of the Ilene who had heard
two moutitain hens Whieh he had d emelt- in" w" aboalt
several year !Wore. eta glaeoe, aniwithout a, rainnWri Itetilta-
1
Fetterman. A party of citizens bed Pied "114g,1_14g hia haeree growls; with their swage
MO from St. Paul, elien„ to hunt thei SpaNrIag".
big' IWI! the]] 4e Plentiful in .geeterrt —A, bad beard that the meusitein lion
W
Wyceung, and the eergeent. one of the Nroula not run from a gazzly, btit did not
believe it, and despite the inadui threaten-
ing et the two before me, I expected to PO
*outlive W47 40. tile rthmirette bear came
itg, imagine my astonishment when, as the
gemaly °bargee Within leaping distance, both
of the panthers sprang open him bat entlF,
"I
could not properly' demethe the scene
which foltowee ; both braes pounced upon
the geizzly tooth and ef ati, and elated' with
beat hunters in his regiment, was allow-
ed to go with them, taking a - email
demehMent of !Mama to tome after the
%%rapt and Mite eve of the pine, The
Patti' had beha leuatieg elk among the
feetegie of the Caspar rope and nese ' the,
great megesel mountein which is their chief
teiterm when the adventure befell Men
"I killed en elk," stid lee, "early eee
morning, ant as I often did te regioe winee hehimeneuell of !pry a Serfage oat:MO 44 Made
le Where it fell, for beer, belle There le with in'ense excitemerit.
nothing the big hears el thie region, aro "The grizety eeerea as the two aplomb,
lolecietteil, 'heel atteady, at eel tizoo, 044 14411444 Rpm beepohoe eheek tbe
there were grizely or selvemtip beam, I lefe Mur MO, and my whole body pelehle
more fend et than a Weehly killed elic or a eiraok him; bis as he came up he tete a eiteing
. . ensile lion from hie ehoelder. But the
thoseve
anoer, *ht n. ms hy leatturg thie
way. awe matehteg ha the beams et tee male lieu held hint by the throett hut tewhY
deei elks. hedY alohlithe hearts belly. and Ws bind
4444 *44430'
"Perehed comfortably in the israuches of lege trete iver eg with lighthIng-like ?peed
an evergreen* or lying Upon the tep of
some
high rook withie a few zed, ot your bide, Fe114 hear 91)411ed atasatb WOW, and
WO such 4 deePerate %dental(/' the hillieg rye" " bo turned /44 wan alctowba and
9t arwy. good gun, wen heovy dON6IMArd F14 etrove to catch ble enter*.
otmody nerve aro au that it rgsllut,4. u attempt, but at the PAM momeut he naught
probelely won't feet e greet fleet e been 4'444 ;41114 errible' 414wit wbriab aaemaa
fells to coulee #wrauyte %ace eheaulmal hetween there
"Thli ame had ale elk in $411t Tfteltort reined MS held of the 1/04/444
Snell * Spot end With j hat Etat serrouelmge neck, threw baek headt wed aught to
es Iwoulti bey° ;selected cold have had writhe 190114 from the bear, It would heve
full choice. I ahoe it In the act of &Mktg., at, one high with hht, hadnet thes female lieu
mandi basin ef water the bed of a—milleet, 7 a deeperete vein !maned /lentil 44
which cut beck into the foot ot old. Oesspar etrettely epee ;he beet; of the besee neek
bleuntaire The side of the melange an that hews* forced to drop the mars and turn
either hind wall rutted with deep gorge,* to her.,
leading luto the melon, gimideg ehlek. Over end ever they relied ebout ate elk
eta elnetered Around the heads of theee Wow!. Timg clewed, hie sacietore at 444
ravines, While the bottoms, whetever vege, other with deeponefaeel envie awl growl.*
tation ertuld tithe hold, were grown to wit. Sometimes the inarWee On top el se lieu, and
Iwo, cermet and bullborry bushes, It Iva" again both Roux were on tap at him,
just the plat* for hew, and eheir sign was ''The grimly weeld Whet One Qf thent
4• pleutiful at 1 bed ever Seed it me:weave, suddeuly le his hers fereertee, hear it dawn
The epot wee may a tulle from our upon the paned In the effeet to emelt tied
mop, sea wheal ewe holt my heat) bito the lite out of it, thee feeling the teeth
—for wo hunted singly or In terelimnd. threes of the abet which would invartiddy nate
AS the netien took tue-1 found three of the upon the heck ot his neck, the lettaieted
Ste Peed men. Wang late dinuer. 1 told remoter would law hle hold, and whirl
them of me omen, and inviux1 them to go nporktinkt 0114,
with me, amities in welt for beets that evea. "Son, le one of these whirl', caught
Ing. They declined, declarieg thee they the eteeller and gave her soh a ter.
hadn't low ivy beau, and, therefore, dide'e able bite before the melee etteele—which
feel °Med upon to bunt for 'em. wet, 11104 from behind as usual—could induce him
meat, they mild, to paler ell the stvey to Telma* her. thet the lost 'send' oomplete,
grizzlies in the resin, and put my eartten. ly, sedate* limping away, evidently butte
iar baud on 'mu.
134141ao male lion immediately took the de -
"Se about three a 010014 1 went up to
imbue dodged elmete the grizzly, and
perhalt; alone, 1 bound it auclieturbed, . e
cued inyoeu lir the erevioo ledge at lespea eamly out reach of his furious;
°Wages. law, that bruinhed the hese et
tock, some thirty rade dist:tete which peel bit
tion 1 teached by making a ladder of dry the light and we' likely to nesintsiu
poles that leKtemonfusorne Mfrs of a recent Advantage ; AA I Was far more
munition, decent paerkannetebip, laud et aaala With WI teethe aw Re felled hie
you ere fresh. els the Imeineee timot you the llea's belt just Wow the shoulders In A
The Only Thing He Wanted,
44 Prisoner at the bar," said the Judge "is
there anything you wish to say before
sentence is passed upon you ?" "No, there
is noddle' I care to say; bat if you'll dear
away the tables and benches long enoughfor
me to thrash my lawyer you Can ere me a
year or two extra."
itabovit.,10 y hid risco wee Teeoogy titmice* to secure the tremendous beast
safe from *tette* o St bear) ehou d 1 he then 1 wee to get the lion", 1 armed aro
lucky enough to lure one within Idiot, as it ubponVal wbeibtleutam?hoWabitiourshmerrea baeriaturngevede
was fully fifteen het from the base of the ima
ledge, at a perpendieular height. broadelde in one of his !mhos et the lion,
41 found the creek, le wheel I cede Luckily the first:abet haled bine.
*Watch myself .2 1011 leugth, *moba cone ,44ThellOnt more frighteued at the report
fortablepleed that I concluded to watch all 0E tliii gull than he had beep at the bear,
night, presided no bear lama to rny beat bounded ierotethe creek, and though I fired
two theta at him before ho got out of eight
Eimer. 1 had nob long to welt, however
before Iwo; treeted to the moat thorough 1 missed him. The Pule got off ecot-free, as
weetech ex I do not think the bear had given him mare
patierdietubreeilling surprlee of gamy
.
than giber scratches'but 1 followed the fee
iite hod tam, hooter, an hoer, lad the male, and overtook her la A Crippled condi
arm had just sank behind, the moutitaina d'm so" bed a mile uP the canon ; a aiagla
hawk of me, so that their shadows had hullethilled her."--tl:outlis' Companion.
mewled over the tops of the lower ones in -4.
Iran; when 1 head the sound of aoft
footefelts just on the other side of a Raman Dives Offered ass SaoriSca After
fringe of bullberry holies, whick skirted the Death or an Area Lfrican ring.
the stream above the spring where my elk
ley. I pricked my ears and looked Losnos, July 2te—By tete advices from
sharply
for the game thW
e est coast of Africa 12 1. learned that et
It000litoon1.ei t!whielt from the muffled Ruud. wa or three beers tannin down m°111 r"°162g "(14113° h411 jUet tIllen P1'
he the interior,
A few months ago the old king of Eboa
"I had no thin:to speculate ea the nature died, and, as is onetomary, traders from New
of the animals, before there bounded in sight
two big tawny rnountainaions 1 They were Calabar wane up to pay their teepees to
the new monarch. On their arrival the
racing down the canon, jumping .sidewise traders found the 'In Jit" rites, performed
and running against each other ta a. way on the death of the native king, still in two -
that was, no doubt, intended to be playful, gree, and about forty victims had been
and 1 was just about to atop one of them
with a shot from my dile, when In the same sacrificed. The old king waa still lying in
an open grave large enoughto aceommodate
breath each of them =plat 6 scent of the nine of the departed ruler e youngest wives,
elk's carcass, and emme to a sudden hilt. Who had been murdered in the most cruel
• "They stood fax e moment with head" manner. Each of them had her anklets and
erect, oars pricked forward, and -tails switch- wrists broken, so that she could neither
big eagerly, their yellow eyes gleaming and
walk ner crawl. In this enctimed condition,
scintillating, the white apote on their breasts
and suffering most exerted:Whig pain, the
offering a splendid target if I had meted to poor creatures were placed at the bottom of
shoot at oncm They were fine, deck animals the grave, seven of them lying aide by side.
with gloom coats, far more importing in looks, The king's body was then placed on them in
and much larger than the panther of the is transverse direction. Then the two re -
East and South, and I was anxious to hag mining women were laid by his side.
both of them which I thought I might They were left without food or water to
make sure of doing if they attacked ray bait, wait for death, which, however, it is said,
as I might easily bore them both with a didnot come until after font or five days of
single elicit from my 'at inchester express if intense sufferieg. In the meantime four
they got In range. men were stationed around the grave, arm-
" They hesitated but an instant, a /seer
monde rather, then leaped the channel of ed with (Aube, ready to knock backward any
of the women who, deepite their tortures
the stream with catlike jumps, and approach.
ed the elk, which they cautionely sniffed and their pain, might manage to crawl to
the side of the pit.
with pointed DORM I rejoiced at the pros- In other puts of the town other human
peat of mewing snob magnificent cats. esorificee were taking place. Suspended
"One of them, the larger and a male, came from various trees were the bodies of several
up to the bait first, snuffed It over, licked tha men. They too, were undergoing agonizing
fresh blood about thaneck, then with a ted. deaths, holes having in most eases been bor-
den proprietary air he maunted the calmed ed through their feet near the ankles.
with his forefeet, gave a satisfied purr, that
sounded like the muffled chumming of a Through these holes ropee were drawn and
partridgea wings, and switched his tail the men tied to a high tree, head downward
and left to die.
about with a snappirg moticn at the end,
just: as a oat with a freelocaughd menet) in '
ner peeve mtht have done. A Child's Remade for a Mother's Grief.
" The female took her turn at licking the Not many days ago a gentleman had taken
bloody neck; and snarled her oat-plessure at affectionate leave of his wife and daughter
the prospect of a gratuitous feast. They aid for a three months' trip abroad. The child,
not seem to he in the least hungry, fax they a lovely little girl of two and a half years,
made no move toward devouring, but:after otood by a chair with her thumb in her
snuffing and examining the game for a bit,
sat about scratching leavee and dirt month—a favorite pastime, and, to her, a
they
envoy-edpanacea for all her childish ills. She watch.
over it, wiht the evident intention of
her mother for a few moments, saw the
big or hiding it for future nem
"Thinking my time had now come, 1 tears filling the lovely eyes and dropping one
shifted my petition carefully, and brought by one from her cheeks, then went to her
t aide, awl in a coinforting tone, looking pity-
raygun to beanon them, waiting only for ingly up to her farm, eaid ; "Mamma, suck
HOW PEOPLE SLEEP..
Sionelettree*tiee Dream Stetistic* cleame
, by, * wiesmet Weiversity.
An lett:mete:4 levatigetion upon the
itimee mileiett *Mope:41e been ro*tte :leder
the Ansel:eels of the V411Yersiry Of Darpath,
Rastia. Some )4) eirenlers were lent out
with %image of qeite derteite qesiatiows, whiela
were ensweeee with equal emelt by 151 etre
dente, 113 other melee, 142 females. The
result for the two tedee were AO diff4eAt
*at theY demand, operation, iage the etn,
4geo tom ,a 13.94t9gRAPBAIF ChM iPtargMar
jag aa -A $peopa etedy. The Bret pzoblem
that wee proposed mute the relation between
the irequerey 444'010 vividnees of dream*
It aPheath thet 62.0 per ;eat, of them, who
dream every, night ereeisti vividly, 60 0 per
coek el those whe dress= freenteetly, and
only 20 a per acne, of theat who ()resin eel-
eleaa ehttevioa thet the yield:me of eleeame
increaime very rapidly with their freleeocy.
Next, how 5the mteesIty et sleep related
tdt frolgsnoY dree.mse Oi the ate -
dente who thorn nightly, 68 per cent. hews
a next ;deep land °lily de per cent. have a
deep sleep) ; of tholie dreseneng fregueetlee
40. per teen.% tirOlge fire _Wag Seidel% MS
per eerie, peeceritsaite for the ether
maks are 6$ 8, 42 I, and 393 and for wo-
men, 78,40 and de per Cent. eaaelade*
then, thAt frtqaent dreams are A
inc of of light 'sleep, thoughthe relation is far
from 41111VerSal, regard. gee' Went=
hive 73 per ,CeAt. of their numberhaltatlletie telateeraT
ar frequently, while stadont have 00
per con end othee melee 48 per cent
41gob, 03 per tatillt, Of the Weteen steep
lightly and only 42 per Q046., of litedehtm
and 44 per twat. of other males. We can.
o'ude, thee, thet mama have * very emah
lighter sleep then mere mei *et their
dreame Are proportimmtely MOM fregeent,
Atuether cesieleelose the evideece of which
oo detailed at; present, is the est we grow
obberottr &ooze hews:tie leo frequent, but
loop beeemeelighter, as effeetesg intuit
sity of sleep more thee, frequenoy of dreamt
tdhe author regards the students 44 Ili the
perfect of maxlinene deem:Meg (20 to 24 years
of Age). The deep sleep el ehildbecel (hese
tre to frequelicy' of dreams) is then Mut
.helenced by the leroeuieg of dreame
due to go, The nvidisem ef drools *holm
A eitniter relatian ta age mei este thewousen
dream meet vividly; the Cudeet,* beteg
yoneeer then the other IneashaVe more vivid
dreeme. The pewer eememberieg dressiest
ia PAO dreams is Ave dependent epee vivid,
• aud frequeriey of deeming I 5AO,
cazoliegly greatsat la women wed greater In
Cadent* than la more wititure Et/CD. The
I ivellnees of
TILZr-MOTtaar• N'ATOrtiti
o promineet featete of won= and you*,
teem thee to be awaited oat aithecentetire
agent in the produetion of dreams. The due,
ethic of sleep should naturally he Meted to
rim habit of dreaming, bee hi the rota no
au* volition eon be ellecovered. la the wo.
Men, however, It newts thee those who
dream frequently sleep mealy an hour homer
than kW*" who ;Odom. dream. Thie differ.
nce hi regarded tie duo to the feet that mete
are more oder duty to break store their
altep and thus vitiate the stleastice. This 1.Corroborated by the freemeney with Mitch
the men who dream ire queutly dealers them.
"elves tired In the mornieg, imitating ite
complete *leap.
Theueed of sleep le greater In women
then la men, the duration of sleep ,behig
poser and the percentage of tired mom
lug end. evening and of not tired. beim
3to Zola 2 to 3 respitotIvely com ared
to the mem Studote !sleep teener ee
leas tired than other men, The time :leaded
to fell ;Weep Is Shouts the same In :all three
chain— 20 8 minutia for the mere 17,1
minutes for atudente, end 21.2 minutes for
the women. In each este, however, it hikes
longer for thole who are frequent dreamer&
aud light "tempera to fall asleep than puma
of opposite oharsoterietica. Eight per cent,
of students sleep uninterruptedly through
the night, 70 per mat. of other mon, and
only 43 per mint, of women. Light sleep
and frequent dreams luorease the interrapt.
often of deep. The power of fallingasieep
et will is pomemecl, by few. It is greater In
youth than in age. Twentreleht per cent.
of men, 19 per cent. of otudents, and 20 per
cent, of women sleep in the afternoon,
indicating A tasking up of insafficienb sleep
on the part of the men.
The effect delver= habits upon mental
work is also evident.
an opportanity to melee one bullet kill or
Ile Alternative in Store. cripple them both, as Ifeared that the tinhurt
Fond Father—My dear girl, another new one would get out of sight before I could get
drees 2 You must think your poor old father a fair shot at it.
ia made of money. "Suddenly, the big one threw himself up-
lashlonable Daughter—Now, papa, don't 1 on the elk with a harsh snarl, his hair riming
be came This is so becoming that yonshould I or, end, hie ears told baolt, and hie tail
m
be delighted to see e in it, It is very styli* switching viciously as he lay at full length,
i
now—faille p,-3, his head turned away from me, eVidently
Fond Father -1f you keep this up I will watching some object down the canon. The
home to fail Americahae.
A bee belonging to a warm that a Dorset.
eh ire farmer was atte,mpting to hive gor down
female, too, advanced nearly beside him,
her hair sticking out like bristlee, and her
angry snarling was deeper and more threat-
ening than his,
44 At first I could see nothing. of the in-
'oo fum 1" As if nothing could so much com-
fort her. —Pesten Courier.
He Was So Absent -Minded.
emith is a geed fellow, bub BO minded. The other day he went to a wee-
ding. After the ceremony, as guests were
discussing wedding -mate and champagne in
the drawingmoom, Smith got Into conversa-
tion with the 'bride's sister.
"Oh, we had such a difficulty in finding a
house for them," said she. New York
houees are so dull, and mamma wanted
Nellie to have a little sun,"
the man's throst ana stung him, and, the tender againet which this fierce threatening "Ye -es" said Smith, as he helped himself
throat swelling very rapidly, 'the man died. wee launched, but I more than suspected RS to more champagne, "bas she settled on hie
of suffocation, ' nature, and my excitement E0130. Either name yet ?"
Tlie Coefeeeion Auk i4 the Lstahlishe
ed Meech ef Scotlaed,
At the tete General Aseembly el the
jeark "of Scotland,. the forroola which all
miasma, have tit sign ma oh:lined= area
coositlerably telexed- Henceforth a gerierel
approbetien of•the ClanhIgnion of teeth will
he expeeterl, butane ;ameba evient eny
let partiesther dewed/tee ; while, still further,
a distinction is nevr made between the sub:
emcee of that Cenfesshot, Which le to he
emproeed, and the details, which coo be ro,
heeded at the discreldoe of each. This On.
Yenient errengerneet ought eurely ievoiee
no preetical hoticlage even the west semi.,
rive of eontscieneee.
'Veen Otte modificetive being orris4a
wlsisls 10 WA4 by niejerity of eluetv,
Beinelpel Canuingham congretuleted
/self end. hie lirethree en Whet had been time,
**O.deolwred that mow they would be Ole,
tet "lookpeople le the lime like leo:mid'.
Mee."
TIMISEVRO DREAM SELDOM
or ideep deeply, aro better disposed ler
work in the forenoon than light sleepers and
frequent dreamers. The forenoon seems
in general to be the preferred time of work.
The statiatice regarding nervousness confirm
the accepted fact that this is greater among
student" then other men sh large. It le,
too, a concomitant of light sleep, and fre-
quentdreame. As to temperament, thephleg-
matic people are quite constantly deep
sleeping and infrequent dreamers. Fically
a contrast between teachers and professore
of the same average age shows the effect of
the occupation. The teacher with hie daily
toil, has a lighter sleep and more frequent
dreenes, while the professor, leading a com-
paratively congenial and wordless lite, is a
deeper sleeper and a lees frequent dreamer
than the teacher.
Why liktxmod tile Sheep.
Terre tree *fellow la* certeda eeighitort
heed ia New Jereey who wee etmegly ess,
peeme of cheep etealing. There Were agood
teeny :ewes of the mysteeient ilieeppeerance
• che mttntook frosu eke ibof the ferw
ere, welch were traced to inc door; het,
tieing very eethd and logenfoue chap, he
geeeradly eneeeeded In proving au alibi, or
some other defence which reduced the charge
to
in suapicion. At last, however,
farmer riding throogh. the toed* pereelved
themepected *sheep thief eteelieg theough
the mimes; ode gear looking around wee
thets one was near, walked up to *deck
atheism, end delibelately knooked over the
Ivrea end fetteen At this Memeut the
fernier Toile up, end oonfrontieg the thief,
exclaimed;
"Now, air, I have got you You met
;et eft; you wr el.egut in the eon"
"Whet sett ' indignantly hiquired the
thief,
"Sheep stealing," wax the ocagdoaa
reply. yea 'had better mioa how you,
charge reepeatelele American °teem with
oche. crime 58ebeep etesiing," replied the
geutlemmt with a peneleare for Tent tenie
" Now, will yoe deny that eew yea kill
that *beep 1" leaked the farmer,
"Not wm the prompt newer. "I
did kill tem, mei Pel do it Wain. 111 hill
itoytiody's *beep that, Wes me A* 1 san
gong pomeatly along the read V*
Superfluous.—Book agent—I should like
to show you our new cheap edition of the
Encyclopedia Britannica. Vermont farmer—
Mister, you needn't show me any 'cyclopedia%
My boy graduoted from college this week,
The extraordineser rusk of English °smite
to the United States thin year is attracting a
great deel of attention. llitherto English-
men have made their investments in that
country chiefly in the West, in agricultural
propertias and cattle ranches, but of late
they have turned their attention largely to
the New South, and, as our readers are
aware, are besides actually striving to ac-
quire control of entire American industries.
One reason of this sudden desire for foreign
investments ie undoubtedly the conversion of
the English national three per cease the
holders of which now find themselves obliged
to accept two and three-quarters per cent.
To very matwelaolders of console this ineaus
a serious loss of income, and it fa not eurpris-
ing, therefore, thab they should look abroad
for a better field for the investment of their
°what.
One effect which the brutal murder of Dr.
Cronin hoe had ia to atir up an intenae feel-
ing in Chicago Over the supineness in the
past of the police authorities in suppressing
mime and punishing criminals. Chicagoans
mem resolved to °Image the state of affairs,
which must be pretty bad when one of the
locee papers, the "Herald," can tornark
"Burglate ena murderers have held the
day. Well-known burglars have leaned
agsbast lamp. posts, enjoying a freedom
alaich they had forfeited long before. Of.
deers of police have wielded power, and yet
'were themselves burglare. Officers of pollee
have insolently *awed on the robbed the penal colony for Great Britain, as well as a
robbery, on the dead .the deed of blood," l'IR'ce of refuge fax American boodlers.—
[Pittsburg Chroniole-Tele raph.
The eemmunitty whiat has permitted such a
disregard of law and Oder has simply been I ,
putting a prerahata on atierchy and murder Mize or corn color is revived am ong other
of the worst kind, 1 fashionable !Mules of yellow,
The Eliz'r orLitet renal
milog to A
by the
7P,
leetion reeently
seientlit, M.
cla Academy of
ha" prepared *
oo feeeli doses
of vital en ee *bettered
by eget or . yea WM there Is no
public recent of lee trial ae reopperative
and revitelizing agent, all thee ean be mid
Is UM it le narioeiraSy oompopeded of
revolting materials. The playeicitoghte it Is
stated, 002 out cereals; perm of living eta.
malt, such gulaea pigs. the pieces of
quivering dean, posiuded together by the
pestle end mortar of pheusreceutical cam -
mere", an undo into* kind. of plate with
water, The %sauce of Me convened is
then Inlet:Weeder the "kin of the petteati
with a eyries. einaler to time employed by
the votaries of morphine. h needle's to
say that the results et 1.1. Brown Saguard's
experiments are welted with enema* by
elderly Pewits.— eLondon Telegraph.
The PrIrmess gown, either abort or trained
le the roles of tbe doe' in Patin
Mince TO Mammas —Aro you digitated,
nights aud brokest of your rest by& sick
child suffering mid crying with pair' of Cato
ting Teeth. If so send at *nee and get a
bottle of "Mrs, NC inalow's Soothing Syrup"
fax Childree Teething Its value le remark-
able. It will relieve the poor little sufferer
immedistely. Depend tpon it mothere;
there is no mistake about it. It cum Dement
tory and DIarrlo a, regulates the stomach
and bowels, cures Wind Collo, roftens the
Oucm, Induce leflerranetion and gives tone
and energy to the whole system. “Afra.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" fax children
teething 5 plement to the testa and Is the
preemption of ona of the oldest arid best
female physiciame and nurses in The Mated
States. Price SI bottle. Be sure and ask
for "Mu% Wneseow's ScOn=0. STAVE" an4
take no other kind.
There is No Explanation.
When a man tits at the end of the
mat en an open horse car, one a woman
wishes to get In, he gathers himself up
olosely and allows her to pass him, or, in
rare miles, he step" out and lets her go in
more comfortably. In either case he keeps
the end of the seat. When a woman sits
at the end and a man appears she gathers
herself -up into the smallest poughle apace so
that he may pass her, and—he does not do
it 1 He aireply stands on the step and waits
for her to move over, and bo a moment she
does it. Inwardly sbe doubtless wonders
Why It is that while women move over for
men and pass to the inside seats fax them,
MOE do not do the same fax woman. There
are many things in life of which the only
explanation im be come at is that they
are as they are, and this is one of them.
—gloom n Courier.
1.1•1•10...
lints al Satisfaotion.
Mr. 111 eeriefull—', You seetn quite en-
grossed in that book, dear. You havena
uttered a word tor the last hour."
Um. Virearieful.--" Yes, I've been enjoy-
ing 'The Silence of Dean Iffaidend.' I
notice yon don't speak a word yourself
either.',
Mr. Weer iefull--" Beelines I've been en-
joying your silence, dear."
He Wan t Afraid Of the:Dog. e
Mira Sweetlie—"Algy, dear, I have got
11 dittreetirg piece of news for eGil. Pa has
d one and bought a large dog."
Algernon itightfie—"where didhe get him?"
Mite Sweetlip—"Of Mr. Brown."
Algernon ,Tightfit,—"Oh,l'm not 'Afraid."
(Sotto voce—"I made friends with thee dog
vrtien 1 was courting Amanda drown.')—
{Burlin gton Free Press.
A Penal Colony,
The United States does not get quite all
the roseate assieted to emigrate from Euro-
pean countriee. A young man convicted of
felony in an English court recently was let
off from punishment on his friends promising
to send him to Canada at once, The Do-
minion is therefore playing the part of a