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ReflOaliition, "so you have brought my present I I see !them. We will not tell it ! People might
NN'e may dispense with the stocking." : think," he added, laughing, " people might
1 and my soul stood face to face, alone. "Ailly no, John," I began, when I per. 1 say that we had taken too lunch Westmore-
. (Oh, Sold, ISOW black. and scared thou art, eeived he was 'looking beyond me. Sure I land punch !"
when known :i I ` b n followeil. bv the Turk, i I came very near being indignant with my
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NATURAL HISTORY,
;how to heal themselves if a snake gets the
(better of an encounter was proved. not long
-s,s-------,-- -------• ----- - — - ' isineo by an incident waticed by same of the
Ila.A,Zog's Stomach,
a spring, placed
eddleriemletyenTother terrier. having discovered a
" C t ,k1. ba na
Au etittees an rattlesnake ready coded for
',Look at' me well, because I am thine own. i ions earnestness entreated John 'to buy his .', rug I perceived had been removed, but 1 ime4native power which no one would ever herself at a safe distance and began barking
i who now pressed forward awl with trona-
eno g
tells a story which if not true,
ant, One of her family A ditty sweet and sum 1 ;
z brother. I resolved to say no more. Ihe
year in and out I grew as thou host grown, , rug, 34 it is royal Daglie.stan 0, It is for the was too proud to ash questions. aly brother suppse him to possess. A farmer named
, of terriers responded to the call, when the He whistling loud a tune, you know,
loudly for an assist
; brought me a pretty violet pin with a dia. Oreille while in town was persuaded to bu
led." lady. Twenty dollar t Fifteen t-
" Fifteen dollars t peer fellow,- said John, mond centre, and what is more, he sent me a fee Chinese lily bulbs, which will
side of the rattler, barking, at it and slowly It Inappenea so, precisely so
And my feet followed in _the way thia e . ' grow it two dogs placed themselves one on either i That had no tune at all.
"he must be in distress. Come in, we will ' to Tuxedo to spend Chnstinas week with my placed in a bottle or jar. They resemble in
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, 1 1. 1 approaching it from opposite directions until As all their friends and weighbora
Iheing nay Soul in dread ;it twilight de r
' look at it," and opening the door with his • mother's o t friend, Mrs. • ' . " _ aplearance, ' 1 • within about striking distance for the ser- ,
Then my Steatsaid, nicaa key we fouowea hen into the haw , returned ea New yeatas eye he hod put all. set on the streets for a mere trifle. Farmer
. e ma- belongings in the front room, and my Graeae took a fancy to them, and bought 1
s ran at The •otower dote when the motile • a
1 shrank away anal cried, aloud in fear. Rot, The exasperated rattler at last i
.11 t lookbet -very worn inua M, ,
l mind." Do you know Nell, we will bey it " the atreet limes Preveut Your feeling tlem. in and threw them into the hog lot tttrerilo713s.'ealzieult1Sageltier ttr°1VItitth11011(tilal-Zrel ' fi.1311Peo-heZstehtty goo tnlei lao' ZerVi)..or„ti7P ,
Deo:Ahem Own, shun the path thine own
without looking at it ? It will be more ex. ' lonely.'
vith e. bucket of spoiled potatoes. A few
What caused their eyes to roam;
feet tread t- .they both were pained, they both explainett
'until Weis extinct.
In this case the mother terrier attempted
either. It will be lake a lottery." Hastily . I had prepared a basket of New Year's "Says afterward one of his largest hogs be -
Snail wonder 'Nat I cried anti shrank . countiog twenty dollars into the hoods o : gifts iti a 1 patients' John'sh p' 1 o ' 7, f ! : g food, o ot lying down in
successful, but the fangs of the snake insome
Alone, bat for my soul at close of day,"
And mashie after 0 • '
the usualmode of procedure, and was fairly ,,, that ten -lamed
the bowing Turk he gently put him from and wishing to make each one as personal as 'i, corner grunted as if in constant pain. No
i the door, and calling Sorali bade her take ' 1 could,' I asked for a list of the names of Mons of disease could be discovered, but a
away. s
But ray Ssal said,
• ' - N 1 •••• "You the sick. people. John hesitated,
"We are alone here nu the twilight gray. 0 his pare ate , ..
ferings began at once, but she did not lose
Thou Hypeerite : Fall on thy hawes and are not to run upstairs to look at it," hesaid "We have verY few just Pow," be BAK icleath was discussed nu th.e usual fannly . 6
her head with fear. Sim made for a bunch , know.
Praaa• • to me. "That would not be proper and . "all of them are well enough to enjoy youafrouncil around. the supper table, and it was' .
'Why is.!ar'st *mime . 1. followed. Thou- s Christmasy. Yon look as pale as a little pretty books and flowera except one, who a:finally concluded best to cut op the hog and
of snake weed, not far off and ate freely of it. 'Fie:at day to that Was common chat,
Admitting no debate,
12...est lekl.'" 3 dark sister can. And 1 ant famished. Conte : in the last stages of consumption and voult:. 'find out, if passible, whether or not the dis. .,.
and i Her next move WaS tO P. pool of water that
lease was contagious, This was done,
Mara Itaxsta Wawa ri Id in and givo your .saod brother it plate hardly notice yourgift."
Catutad1).
Itsehanced, they say, upon a day,
A furlong from the town,
That she was strolling up the way
As he was strolling down,
She humming, low, as ht be so,
As I Into:you' perhaips might do,
Notion .: ootwer out the echoes dear, began to fumble at the striogs whitit tied owo. room was entnr.ely emphy.
Front rooms .ate best,' he explained ; lame he
a dozen of them. 11 hen
snake, The They gazed uson the ground ;
"Ay ery colt ; no man will ever hear;
tjax o put gFeat fort -pounced upon the
the pareel, yawn John said '• Never had. no bottle or
=use 0a way struck her, inflicting wound. It was
air days after the hog died. The
bose '
atelth
But he should see her home.
it happened so, precisely so,
As all. their friends and neighbors
"Please let nxegixe it," I untreated; the cause of death was instantlk apparent. made a smell muddy spot pito this she A bonnet close beside a hat
That Was %ur first dinner in oinr own will keep the Mies for her. Let laa fecliThe animal hail swallowed a t. hinese lily 1;111 -aged, rolling herself about in. every
wreintion aod covering herself with mud.
riliR MARVELLOUS RUG. house And how lovely it was to sit op- 0 that some one cares for her -some other bulb wbole, and there west:odic:lent moisture
•
i exottp.
Was sitting on a gate.
A. mouth, not more, had bustled o
When, braving nod and smile,
pestle my dear brother to. oar own round , woman.' in the stomach to eatise it to grow. The T gave her f I t; t the at
table. John bad produeeil stoat black ; John looked puzzled, bella had not only ewelleil and siioateil, but eraufue Phatsieitm had healed herself, and the vne meshing soul eame thiough the door,
.lnhnanti _I wove, ;1_ into our nietutilatlecle ,lio.rttle fr.somithg eide pocket in& his oven:too, omit aaht, weinao,.° he said; ithave leaves had octonag. termed. The animal orxtiontiorve‘ng was teuhtirelt• .as Willeirteitwo wenityp the aisle,
le • ; -at • ° ° - V. 1
1-3 I*3 L°M. .111" anhl Inas ;I N, 0.1.14111e- t the *Int- Nolte own way. Ill take your ba4et for was not ada ted to the purpose of a flower ht Utaer me la ratt esnaheagull
Tenet oo, precise y so,
It „to to tagatati atintit ot our little hounte. :, inc Vi estmoreland punch from tae eloh un ;s H t setnaealOng.'11 ,, . !gut tn Mt Slit, .,
sin di ..tordm Aoinil: ."?ta: t.,k rulwase toe Y Richmond. Lee Ndainti sent it to nue by a ',, It was New Year 0 me and quite late in
. • '''' 1 ' 8 N etalut kiend to data You can't have much. Oidv the eveniug-warm and fooro.7norainiS it Was Syeel Of Auttoale.
illmtnitt 1. .,;t!E4`:5:1,i-vs...';.;.-'111..f°11.,itis,4iovritut, f,,,, thimbleful in lar ghisa, Norah, It is a, on that Christmas eve. We walked. to,,osther
.1 aela foe little giris-now : To old Vir- , to the hospital anal John introduce'. me toi . write, in the ,g,., -,is ON.; e., ,- ears tliat he Londoners lenve made acqueintanee with
11.'1' ''-'"'q '""'311' ktl ull'en it JAIn Lulit "r g'''"''''• she never tiro of mush onneh." j his patlents-sono" of them boys aul Pala> has sprinkled individual wasps and bees several snake charmers, gond, bad, and in.
hm ,e -the ttl.s-t !so; that was o'er ilar.lb- 30111I litt4r...b , . . 3 V' ' ,* 4: .1. 1
... -• xis ,e,/ to ma,te me an ;moo. ti1,-.311.... ttanae. while I WIWI it 4 -ear min' With rotiocolorea powder, met Is x» fOilla different,. recently, hut a lady whose show
, :starched dress, starehed skirt, oft woude
i;.,.a by T.W.i pt.'41V1e. , omnipresent or lls 44444 ...ow thax i,rentos, lutes with va..rh 4,,,, awl presenteti UT 1* Lt' tb:vt thus Iroulatappeil they could with ewe tahpses all otliiI8 Ot the 'Dint fOr arace DOM
"Wv 1311'41 124 1,1,' iliiriTtilleItt " our het- awl take me to the theatre, U144 4 ..,-s tt;tk ' peesento, a
I keep up with On itentest tritins wben epeed- darmg„ as well ins letviug peindiaritea of it', she ooemo :,o oleo*.iwr to 60 c•ve !
teE.,,- .i.1 my brut ta-r. "mei it AIWA tint in tired to a:ot, so Nce read atom' to ev_-o 1 .„,c,w for the poor doog. wouetn," 1 said, jag down ,ist ap summit:, the steepest num, is noW to be Nam; at the „aquarium- • ' .
uotienn ;tea -lams to eleaue oar iititteeraie caber, laiiinees' aCinritinai Candi" and ' ifolot V'Sgateq. - lilt night,- ke said. grotlivot jo the e,Julary, Nor were these ear- Mille. 'Paula. Clad frmn top to toe in tight- He's weltering in ltis ;eating elothee,
uaialaii n ta' aliltou's 'liven on 11W Nativity." A big with a sigh. " Pell:apt it Is heit-I think riea elong hi the ringh of air canted by the fitting -,,,,geten, with giaileu treSSeS thikt renwh , The ciropa dee:1.101m; o'er his nese,
!e- st•Ile,lei a style of urehitee• Lunith of nottlease and tow Chat -tow ; it is kindest." Ho led tlas wav to swathe train. Theo woula eonim in and. out of the below her waist, the latest subjugator of His tennis blazer stwkiog 50 151415
s
tete al :oat Mg wie; thn o‘1,1 coloi:ial man- rosos, oraerea iaT WM, arriveil Lae. He encall private rooms. sa. hiiipitel tori,e was whalow,eometimee ilisapoearing for a minute reptiles g,ivei an entertainment with suakes As eviny solar ray goes through him.
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eton, niS ts43'.1. otr a 1,1'riaing L'''''.17-1? look Ming the former m the ilotirwony, kitted me sitting !fetid(' a cot, hut she rose vita our or more, but freauently returning attain and awl 14`,1y1Ii4.Ens-or alligators -Loth on the ' ,, , „ , ,
rate . a'a; late an .7.7.,..;• '...T.t.‘,..L24 to tile 112;,s- . rap.h-r it aril sent no- to heil. . entomve mull left the roma tamooachoog a24tait an tatiantet 01 atan fart 10 ian mina, tutt: a,,a. at a ma, 104,4,,a iti. ,15 ima,pfomnas ; ‘,"osse $00 AS, an ince tennis drese,
Whin 1 entered my room 1 found Nouth the. bar bed with my Iteirt in mi. mouth, they dropphil Lehied, when/a-hers took their f» 11½ novelty as for its nerve. The deadly :, An I:11T of PUre 1°,Velint" ; i
••Wi .4 8,, Xens,,- rsdi Jan, "%re let i pei a hoop of eanaid 4!0-441 in one gime. - for I knew 1 wis in tho nresenee of death, 1 ow. re ttigew states that the 11)010 of the attentions of aothon, or the playful emtp : 44e• $""" '''' ulee, "" PrettY d'''''',
to.,,y .•-,,,, 45 2, ;..e atanel 1...,..,,e :0 'RV ? It 4! W;i Seltafar4 a thin thine UPVIC 4:4. 1 l'.04 Art ell With ,:12111 isle at the fig= lwfore , talk worm t,ntvels at the rate of irim Tone, o of a eayinan's jztw, are no laughing wetter • . /I" wf'rld "feharming. furl'al"w'h
up!. ,.., Lily otl:..,. 4;414. 4,41,ne ent,::41.. ' ,... ' a:al' &at n4at. ale new tea wtosigo.,t15,„: , Then: jly pt.,: rettiese..foromi, innaelat51..1 is well known, and ea the time the French 14 5(114114 her ,orauge ouhieeto that the HOW 51*55455are ISO Mat 1144 *5' swee1 than
iday. The ,spectl of flight attained by pigeons but so e.impletvly has Malta ralift learnt:1i ' A mryinla:1114)1: ue 2 he 1;11°11.5 well IhtIll
II:232:44y a ive itateeftee ; nnd thi8 Wa,- glaa of this, for I never h1 -,e to s!eep ist me.
1 ao.;• 1,.,,y ptouil of ney haadier. rias ace the ace. Snail a beauty 1, nv, •.:....51541 • u..* anti Last -2,2011114 eXeY 4,2 My 411TItisil pea- avere making trials withaatasenger swallews twilit; her will with -the more finoniamile .
A$ their hien& and neighor
• n deadly conthat.--(Santa Cruz Surf,
know,
Queen of theAlligators,
$111111110a.
The youth who looas upon a maid
In all her summer clothes arrayed,
geode a- 1 nu the tits: a inn the Collette of war]; woo na!at mot 'gear allot eoft at the ler. Atrest hit 'meat laY the hannte4 rug, the “ermin Ennpvirar ordvie41 extensive tete minestere without the alightest hesitation or
esiSt;rg4 44.144 14151,151.1 41%4 Olt lane the mist delieate Inn:a-at one ceIge wilielt he Le:4 f.:191 in one of his lillsrinients to let willed iett with earier ilieniatt In a large glass took sine pinata
ha -at sesteta a; tine list of competitatts. He atilt:asters were mood. Turning 184 141 eats, thin hands. In the other he etaspni a loiig. pigemis, to Ise tested at tine vowing imperial hale and seek with huee serpents and sever.
ak4"adY• 110 Vali pot civet" it tO Ile a rate Wttli 0, thin 101441 of due: tieil Wit1141, tatilisho.,mantonvres, 1,:you - this nix of tine first Co- ul jar,„,v alligators. epetiniug of her
re.nly t!..is isotre as wool a'', I Of velvet, rand the evoiens light leity earill anal ta-tel. !Iumbarian soeulies of4:c1lumny exit ofiered Ctptain lam husbnuel, Kaitt "The
115 5,t Nliks Petter's; -at le..tst Isemil in the teat native eatpets. Thaw "Weir said dohn • "so far Mtra?' tn Sttioldy13 hirds, ss .1 are teiw in train- great thing is nerve iota knowledge of tlic
ootat tte I a anti contatanati hailding7 W.;Sill4liark Ppd. however in the ventre. Tide from his home." I was dirctulfullt shoellen ; ing, Su OM we have it that tlw Freneli axe Is slits of animals. It is necessary to know
4:44 t' '11 ti .v• 41.1F nransena I thought detracted from its beauty. lett I :1 but I lai,1 5115 hand gently on his, autl,eusleavoring tuck) swows
all, the thirmans .etoustly hw oto catch hold of thm
e, and to
5' 51 1 441 „1511Y, ii.highL9rt". remembered it wasjust here that the Midruns Plaeed 1115' Pure lilies on his Lwow- Ire, pigeons, and the Russians faleonseateh indil at the eiaet moment. Tile boa,
1%tea,-- enve,Miir. .rien'iq it's asIteett !wilful worshipper mist for grnerations lose gated at me ure,P•Zultikar
s a pretieal proof of the possb
ile value for instatwe, is allowea to twine heelf ns it
One 11:k ^41 nn.: ft'ar. I thitaglit. to Itit 5114 . htteit tit prayer, and I knew tsiat this nisaild gasped mid expired.earnestly, ------------
pgeons toS Orders, the fellewing ineident
kusit''rit .. No toeitemptionis flunky coull Ise considered by connoisseurs to eneliatoo- its ' My brother !mows he OM 55151155½expret may Ise given ; As tut experiment -a trainvd
ve,-.0,1^,; s.t.nel lataitel 'Ciente bread doors, lie value. I ailed my bristlier stud we admired. 551050 he 14e11,Sible. I never wish him to birff way despatched from a northern, WITS.
eiiiii i;t:,44s 1n..11 lattilve ;host' !ow etAIlugi. 1 . it to,vtitm ', 1 nenstfind that poor fellow," keep painful things from ine. Why sheuld paper office, with a request tiCtt it might he
etptat .111 In- very happy in my home, for said he. "This is a superb rug-wtirtli more he bear everything and have no one to liberated for its return punt -Tat :1.45 A.M.
my 157.4er 11:1$ 1i1,1415 Iht• 1Ie41 et gnardians d than as hundred dollars. It 'Will never do to speak to.ilt reached hem at I, lo P.M , having env.
to me. lie is handsome WO. cheat him this way Itemise he was in extre. Sitting beside the fire that Light Ivo talk- ereli in the meantime 140 miles at 40 miles
..1 imaa. Levu unfair to you, Nelly," lie nifty. What a marvellous blue : Itbevonnes ell the matter over. "It is a most Strange au hour, In the north pigeons have long
said gone 'lay, "I have taken all the swami von spirituelle anti arlstoeratie style. Nelly, neeurrenve," he admitted ; "I found this been used to convey messages between
stnent al; of the falui:Y ,;411.1 left none for DIY hut it makes everything else in the roan look poor fellow hanging around the door early leonutry houses and market towns, and in
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lit tle.sitver. 4 111,Spititi1gly new and shoddy." Christmas morning. He was desperately Russia. they are now being employed hi e4*15-
"A.c.1 all the beauty and talent too," 1 r could not fall asleep at once that night. ill. I took him with me to the hospital, rev negatives of photographs taken in
thought. 4 I thought of many things -of long ago Christ- amt soon saw all was over. I gave him iballoons, The first experiment of the kind
unt John never makes one feel insi'mit• ' May times when our parents Nts WOliVillg, Of haek his rug, ana he has beqtteatheil it to,wa,s made from the cupola of the Cathedral
I cant, 1 he some great fellows. With him my great treasure in my brother anascimines nie. It is telmost priceless in value. It of lame, and the subject photographed was
one always grows stronger anti cleverer and to make him happy, linallt. °finny honnselneep- WM the dower of his bride. She was roma the winter Adage. The plates were puked
We wereso haPPY on this Christmas eye, I, kilts. She must not fold them in fancy t'Perhaps he killed her," I said, -invhat :tied to the feet of pigeons whieb safely awl
more anti -mons. ing. I must speak to Norah about her nap. %inn it dead, the night of ber marriage." in envelopes impenetrable to light and then
mut in slush litoit good humnr with all our ' shapes; and Agnes would need buttes butter do yon thmk?" !quickly carried. thent to the station at Vol -
1 elona.,ingi tit rt we would, not aeknowledge
eur house te be 00 158,5551,
"It is rather like a ladder I ant afraid, inotree urn in the morning. thought I had . Ito one understood bun except mYself. I speea and staying power iu pigeons. The
s;dia J„ho ; "imf it is a Jaeolas ladder, elt , best make memoranda, of these things as I • picked up a little of the lamniage when 1 "Ards in question flew from Boroleaux to
whiela
54)) .*1S VC; ascend; ana descend. Mark thought of them, so I rose, f 1
_num. my tablets was in Constantinople, He thought shot:Manchester, aud not only beat all existing
you. I sleep mi tile tinit 1100W. ThiS remark_ tool peoctil, mid by tine light el a candle on • had been unfeithild. He has wanderea all reeords, hat flew more than seventy miles
applies only tti you ana your friends, Nay. the talde beside my bed. began to jot dawn over the world, poor awl peniteut." 1 further than anything previously attempted
I am :afraid you will havu to select them.' Vinintni items for my use am the morrow, . "The Miscreant 1" I exclaimed, "I um by English flyers. The winning bird flew
with l'efelence to their slimness. No room „I mention these things itt this painstaking Orry I tonchea him." laa the rate of 1879 yards a Minnie, or over
here for expansive virtues. L'ut there is way to prove I was not asleep, nor dreaming "(441t1y, little sister," said John. "Re- AI miles an hour, for a dietance of alai
one good thina aliout our house," he added. with nny eyes Open 210r indulgino in rInnall'. member that 1
'Iva° with rePentauee is not 'miles. The same elub has flown birds dis-
,-"there will 1555,01' be any ghoets in it. No . tie fonelea,
paddles. Her balls looked rough awl stalky. 'I know he del, replied my brother. He )ovo.
'neve had been 110 alcohol woviclea for the told the story in his delirium. FortuniatelY Here is a recent interesting instance of
living over %lark deals m Olar 11511131Vile., The .elnek in the r00111 below was striking
When tine title was searehed it appeared. : tWeiVe when I San' my door open a little
there WaS lieVer a bailing Mt any kind, ou
Nothing way very gently. I suppose the new bolt and
the oraniel before. ever grew . not caeght when the door was closed, and I
there but ohl Mr. Stuyvesanth Dutch was adaiug to my memoranda " have locks
tulips."
-How about wigunmer I suggested. I oiled" when the fingees de, email haud .ap
peareil, clasping the door as if the intruder
"Nor wigatune. When the anunaations i hesitated on the threshold,
were dm; Mit a bit 44 a tomahawk or ar- i
1 Presentlt' the door was pushed Tied:1y have it cleansed, fumigated, exorcisedhin better time than a dozen pigeons would
row -Lead was turned up ;. nothing but oia , open, shut again (1 heara the 'bolt click), sprinkled -with holy water and sold. The reach their cot from the same distance. The
meta A peat tree grew here m tine In- !
and the figure of a young girl stood within. Turkish minister -will tell me of some good competitors were given wing at Rhynhern,
dam a thaw. ana dear little papooses swung ' She Was elm' in . oriental. grarments. Her charity for girls in his country, and there 'a village nearly a league from Hamme, and
on its branshes. We will have to make our head was covered with a white cloth; which . the -money most go 5 I don't want it 1" 'the first bee flinshea a quarter of a minute in
Onal histort- for ourselves." i
I was too tired Oita Christmas eve to
speenlate about history or auything. else.
But how sweet and fresh end dainty it all
Was ! My pretty maids in their white caps,
my glistening floors and artistic rugs'; the
rose-colOred iash-curtains with a fleur-de-lis
pattern, the delicate bits of chinao-surely
there was never a daintier spot to be happy
eatelhed, is not of heaven nor earth. I tances of 613 and 025 miles. These latter,
John sat silent a few minutes and then however, were several days in returning,
rose with a siAit ana st.otul before the inc. iand in their case the only wonder is that
"Did you notice the loug tress of hair 1" he ,they could tamoiniallah the distance at all.
inquired. I The following is still more interesting, as
"Severed by his scimetar I" I ventured (0 11 entailed a race between birds mut iusects.
ask. . , IA pigeon fancier of Hamme, in Weetpludia,
"Precisely. I had it buried with him: in-ia.de a wager that a aozen bees liberated
lialeft no papers -alai as to his rug, I shad:three miles from their hive, would reauh it
she dropped upon entering, disclosing& del-
icate, dark and. very beautiful face. Her
hair was plaited. in a thin, long, black braid,
gold cord and tassels tying it at the end. A
band of goal seri-tuns bonnal her brow. Sim-
ilar bands and chains fell over her bosom
and encircled her arms and slender ankles.
Her robe was of striped silk -white and
yellow, and bound about her waist with a
fringed sash of blue and crhnson, and she
wore a littleblack velvet jacket embroider-
ed all over in gold. She stood quietly at the
door, looking around the room and once
her dark, lustrous eyes gazed earnestly at
me. I was not frightened. I observed every
detail of dress and gesture. I was always
peculiar about seeing everything. When
one is intensely surprised one cannot speak
for awhile. After a few minutes, more or
less, she moved forward and. stood motion-
less in the centre of the rug. Another pause
and then she kneeled, threw her head back-
ward. and clasped. her bands in an atti-
tude of supplication. I distinctly saw her
expression of agony and fear as she gazed
upward. Instantly a bright scimitar, held
by an invisible hand, circled above her, de-
scended and severed her head from her
body
Shriek after shriek brovgat my house -hold
to my bedside. Almost fainting with ter-
ror, and. with my hands pressed over my
eyes, I could not explain for a moment. "Oh,
John," I gasped; "the girl."
"Where?"
"There, there on the carpet."
I felt my brother's hand on my brow, and
his voice sounded far away as he said. gniet-
ly, "Miss Nellie has been dreaming, girls.
She is overdone. And Norah, bring me a
(Dab atd a pillow. I -will lie on the sofa
awhile after I give her a powder."
My brother raised me to give me the
soothing powder, and to my amazement
everything was just as Ihad left it upon going
to bed -the blue rug, little rocking -chair,
dim.light from the coal fire. I was over-
whelmed, but I told John the whole story.
Be did not rally me or ridicule me. He
looked with interest at the dark spot, bade
me say no more, that he would not leave me
alone and I must try to sleep.
The next interning when I opened my eyes
foencl my brother dressed and standing
beside the. "I have let you sleep, little
girl," he said, "and after all my visits aro
over I am going with you to dine at Delmont-
co's. I'll run in in time to go with you to
church. And -Nellie, don't mention, your
dream to anyone."
"But John, it was no dream ! I was wid
awake and writing. , Look, here are tb
Dear John, do you suppose— sa. advance of the first pigeon, three other bees
gen. reached the goal before tine second pigeon,
"Yes, I do suppose," said he, taking me 'the Main body of both detachmenta finishing
by my shoulders and giving me a little almost simultaneously an instant or two lat.
shake : "I do suppose that there are many !en The bees, too, may be said to have been
more things in heaven and. earth than are ;handicapped in the race, having been rolled
dreamed of in oer philosophy, and I suppose in flour before starting for the purpose of
we had just as well seppose nothing about , identification. By way of testing the speed
matters we can never understand. Zuleika of flight in birds of the swallow kind, Span -
and Mahmoud are now upon equal footing anzani captured. a marked. sand martin or
and can settle their own affairs, and 1 hat e bank swallow -the feeblest of its genus -on
had enough of them and am glad to be rid of her nest DA Pavia., and. set her free at Milan,
them. -8. 4. P. in Home Journal 15 miles away. She flew back in 13 min-
utes.
As John left me after luncheon he exclaim-
ed, "0 Nelly, you will have to buy your
own Christmas present ! I have not had a
moment -nonsense, this is not a present !
Who ever heard of furniture etcetera, given
as a Chtistmas gift? Do run across to
Union square and get a little jewel or tome -
thing you fancy. Bring it home, give it to
me, and. hang your stocking outside your
door."
I was very busy that afternoon and it was
late, nearly half -past five o'clock, before I
set forth on my errand. I had barely time
to reach Tiffany's before dark. The streets
and shops -were thronged. We all remem-
ber how warm it was on Christmas eve. I
almost suffocated in the crowded store, and
saw at once it would be useless to think of
reaching a vacant place at the counters
where the smaller wares are displayed.
When John asks me to do anything I like to
be a strict constructionist, so I resolved I
would buy sotne trifle in one of the entailer
shops nearer home. But when I tamed to
emelt, warm fog
retrace lily steps I found e
and the streets un -
filling the atmosraere,
pleasantbraioist and. slippery, I could not
sas low lionises half a block off. I had a short
distance to go, but it bad .grown so dark I
felt a little nervous at being alone. I was
hurrying alon,,n when a voice very near me
said, '1.1 is for you, lady I I sell cheap ! I
make bargain. It is for you." Cloaatcriny
face I saw the gleaming eyes andathin cada-
verous countenanee,of-a foreigner. From
hi z blue( eortand long tight coat I supposed
hint to be a Turkish peddier-the same in
fact that I had • seen at Narragansett last
summer. The face was rather pathetic;
not•sinister, but I did netlike to be followed
in the street, and with decided 41 No" I
hurried on. "But lady it is for you," no
protested. Glancing at him again I perceived
he held under his arm a tightly railed rug, and
/twos this hewisheclme to purchase. Iwas glad
to loose him the crowd; and piesently I des-
cerned through the mist, looming. up like an
old gray Santa Claus with a Christmas box
under Isis arin, the old Stuyvesant mansion
with my own little home tucked snugly at
its side. I fairly hugged mtrself with joy to
think it was mine When I reached the
door John approached it from the opposite
di rection. •
"All, good little sister !" he exclaimed,
Killea by a Street dm The Bulbul.
Moternaao, Aug. 14. -This morning, on Throughout India people will make pets
St. Louis street, while two boys were draw- of any animals which can be induced to
two little companions in hand carriage, the contribute to their a,musement. We noticed
same being pulled by a rope, and while try- 'in Delhi that the average small boy, as well
ing to race with a steet car the little waggon as children of a larger growth, exhibited a
upset, thowing the occupants, Joseph Chart- particular fondness for a certain little bird of
land and JosephMorrisette, to the ground. ashen plumage and black crest. This was
The car struck the former and killed him the famous bulbul of which Haflz has so ble of doing many things at once. The
instontly, and Morrisette died shortly alter- much to say, aud some Western poets also mind, is not a unit, but is composed of
wards. who have sentimentalized about the 'Vale of higher and lower centres, the available
Cashmere without ever having seen it. He fund of attention being distributed. among
is usually tethered by a string attached to them.
Funerals are Expensive. his leg, and sits upon his owner's finger or
hops about on his arm; sometimes, too, he
Family doctor -"I should no longer con -
adorns a tall perch in front of the doorway.
°eat the truth from on sir. You have only
7 ' A lady at the hotel remarked that "it was
a few days to live.' MaLevellmod (weak- touching to see how fond these poor people
ty)-"Then, doctor, I wish you would buy
me a ticket to Europe and have me pieced
on board a steamer." "But you could. not
live to reach Europe." "I do not wish to.
I want to be bnried at sea, so that my family
will be saved. therninous expense of a funer-
al and have something left to live on."
will, to a certain extent, but its movements
have to be eheeked. at a given instant or
madame would he crushed to death in a .
minute or two.
"The alligators all come from the Missis.
sippi ; the largest, about seven feet long, is ,
between SO and 90 years old -we tell tine age
by tlie number of rings on the tail -another e
te Years, and a third '20. They are
ekions trutea. I can tell you, ana want very
smart handling. The performance in the
water is more dangerous than that on the
stage, because out of the tank it is easier to
give the slip to a snake or alligator ahowing
tight. A punt repaying attention isto keep
them warm. Here they are kept at a eom-
fineable heat of 75 degrees, whieh always '
insures their being lively, and, the water in
the tank also about that temperature."
"How does madam contrive to stay so
long under watet 1"
Before allowlog her head to sink beneath
the water she exhales aud then inhales deep.
ly. this means she bus mauaged to stay
under as long as three minutes. Of courant
g •
that means the possession of strong Inn $ "
The Ideal Man.
Steaillast a.nil earnest, wain purpose ef
Tender and cheery through woe er through
weal
Carefully N.:Melting wherever I go,
Loving and guiding-711ns Ulan that 1 knOW,
Helping me bear all the burdens of life,
Holding nie leek front a entit;v1 with strife ;
Waiting Mid readt, to ward off each blow-.
Sweet IS the care of thia man that I know.
Praising my eilsorts toward glory and fame,
Speaking in pride that we bear the emu
name ;
ming new courage when trials tierthrow,
apeeding ouward-this man that I
know.
Well when a woman eon elaini, as I do,
nataili a husband or brother or father to
know,
FM' WWI tile moment shallerano that I die,
Well ao !mow whose bravtivoice will be
nigh ;
When alf earthly objects wave dim to and
fro,
His face shall shine last --this man that I
know.
Quicker than Lightning.
"As quiek lightning is &plume
mica to express the maximum of
rapidity. But, according to a =temporary,
electricity itself is outstripped by that ofd-
fashionea machine, the human body, ht.
which it appears power can, so to speak, be.
generated in the brain, transmitted through
the nerves and developed in the muscles in
an influitesimal fraction of a second: It is
etatea that a pianist. in playing a presto of •
alende1ssohn, played 5595 notes in four
minutes and three seconds. The striking of
each of these, it has been estimated, in-
volved two movements of the huger and.
possibly more, Again, the movement of the
wrists, elbows and arms van scarcely be less
than onci mot -Molt for each note. As 24
notes were played each second, and each in-
volves three movements, we would have 72
voluntary movements per second. Again,
the place, the force, the time and the dura-
tion of each of these movements was con-
trolled. All these motor reactions were con-
ditioned upon a knowledge of the position
of each finger of each hand before it WaS
moved, while moving it, as well as of the
auditory effect to force and pitch, all of
which involves at least equally rapid sen-
sory transmissions., If we add to this the
work of the memory in placing the notes in
their proper positions, as well as the fact
that the performer at the same time parti-
cipates in the emotions the selection de-
scribes, and feels the stteugth and weak-
nesses of the performance, we arrive at a
truly bewildering network of impulses,
coursing along at inconceivably rapid rates.
Such. estimates show, too, that we are cape-,
were of their little birds." The mystery
was soon solved. Returning from a drive
one afternoen we passed the colossal gate-
way of the great mosque and saw that the
broad and towering ;light of steps before
the principal entrance was covered with
scattered groups of people, all intent upon
some occupation of absoilsing interest. So
• "The plaintiff say," recited the Judge, vast and imposing was the architectural back.
"thtyou often deserted her; that you sub. ground that the crowd of little figures
jectecl her to shameful treatment. that even suggested one of Martin's weird pictures of
you often struck her brutally. You call the Judgment Day. Some .great religious
ceremony-. was evidently going on. So we
yourself a man and strike a woman of
twenty-flve." The wife who is in the court got out, deeply impressed,.to obtain a nearer I
room, weeping, with her face in her hands I view, when, behold, in the centre of each
raises it soddenly at this and exclaims ; little group was a pair of these birds in
'.'I beg your pardon, Judge; only twenty. mortal combat, and they fougbt as pluckily
as the bravest of game fowl, and breathless
four years."
was the interest shown by every spectator,
A man recently wrote to the Lond.on news. whether street urchin or shoveled and'
papers about au 18 -year-old lad living at turbaned merchant.
Bristol, who, being without arms paints
pictures by holding a brush. in his mciuth.
It has sioce been discovered that there 1* an
armless man at Antwerp who has for years
A Smart Terrier.
Among the valuable dogs owned by J. F.
worked at copying pictares in the public Coope, of Ben Lomond vineyard, is a family
e gallery there. He uses his toes instead of of thoroughbred wire.haired terriers. These
e his fingers, and can put his foot into the tail little creatures are very bright, and among
pocket of his coat, pull out his haandkerehief,
notes I was taking. . other achievements are quite expert at snake
"Ala well, the girls think it was a dream. and wipe his head, which is bald) all the killing-. That they have an intuitive know-
n will be better to let it pass as finch with wails balancesl on a high stool.
A Deistical Doctor's Discomfiture.
A clergyman was once accosted by a doc-
tor, a professed deist, who asked him :
'Do you follow preaching to save souls?'
"Did you ever see a soul ?"
oNat,
"Did you ever taste a soul ?"
"Did you ever smell a soul ?"
"Did. you ever feel a soul ?"
iraat.;;
"Well," said the doctor, "there are four
of the five senses against one upon the ques-
tion whether there be a soul."
"The clergyman then asked," Are you a
doctor of medicine ?"
"Yes,"
"Did,you ever see a pain ?"
;
"Did you ever hear a pain ?"
"Did you ever taste a pain ?"
"Did you ever smell a pain ?"
"No."
"Did you ever feel a pain ?"
"Well, then," said the clergyman, "there
are also four of the senses against one upon
the question whether there he a pain. And
yet, sir, you know that there is a pain, end
I know that there is a soul."
ledge Tnot only of how to kill snakes, hutI
-C1,ile/10k Osborne.
The Sultan at Dinier.
The Sultan never uses a 'plate. He takes
all his food divan from the little kettles, and
never uses a talde, and rarely a knife or fork
-a, spoon, his bread, it pancake, or fingers
arefound far handier. It requires just
twice as many slaves as there are emwees to
serve a dinner to him.
The whole household is at liberty to take
meals where it suits hint or her best, and
tints evert one is served with a small tray,
with a spoon, a. great cheuk of breail, and
the higber ones only get the pancakes.
:Nearly one ton of rice per clay is required
for the inevitable pinnate, 60) pounds of
sugar, as much coffee, to say nothing of the
other groceries, fruit, vegetables and meat.
Rice and mutton and bread form the greater
part of the food for the =platy of the
Turks, together with fish, sweetmeats, con-
fectionery, nuts and dried and fresh fruits.
That there is enormous waste and extrava-
gance in the kitchens is obvious, and it is
said that enough is thrown away daily to
maintain 100 families. Alt the water for
the Sultan's use and the drinking water for
the household is brought hs barrels from
two pretty streams at different places in.
the Bosphorus toward the Black Sea.
Charles II. and His Beauties.
Hampton Court witnessed many strange
scenes and. was the backgrouna for many
beart-burnings, as the course of events
brought the Stuarts to the throne. Tudor
or Stuart, the reigning family had little
cause to boast of pure lives or hold hearts,
and the Stuarts were especially noted for
inability to hold fast to their plighted. word.
In Maca,ulay's brilliant pages we ha,vp a
glimpse of Chtrles II. surrounded by those
infamous beauties who witched away his
heart from his queenly wife, Catherine of
Braganza. Among these were the Duchess
of Cleveland, the Duchess of Portsmouth and
the Duchess of Mazarin; each noted for
charms of person and. manner, each unscru-
pulous and wicked. The poor queen was
accustomed to sit alone in her asnettnents,
while aer recreant spouse amus aA amself
with these favorites. With all-",•-a-faults,
Charles II. had a degree of personal n'%Ott-
ism and grace. which won the love of most
people,
a,nd at his death "every housemaid
in London" managed to procure a bit of
crape to Wear as an emblem of mourning.
For Married Women only.
Married women would do well to paste in
their scrap books the following statistics,
compiled by an exchange, relative to a wo-
man's work: In one year a woman gets din-
ner 365 times, washes the dishes 1,095 tines,
gets the children ready for school thice a
day for 180 days, gets the baby to sleep
1,460 times, makes about 300 calls, and as
she wishes for something she hasn't every ,
minute, she wishes 60 things an hour. Who
says that a woman has nothing to clo?
Armed with such an array of facts any wife
may calmly await the next time her husband
tells her that her activity is limited in dur-
ation a,nd degree, ancl then simply paralyze
him by quoting the figures.
To those who do good in the morning,
every hour of the day brings pleasure, and
for them peace and joy spring from every
object around. '