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paper.
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"For my pari," he said, with a clumsy ef'
fort to lude his own a .motion "Ism begin,
Mg to think that theordinary daily news.
,papers are unsuitable reading for young
ladies, who had better keep to the magazines
and journals specialty devoted to their
Wants."
There was no word spoken in return,and
after another cent), ehe old man continued:
"Whatwas that you said about dropping
moat the club? By all means, yes. My
leg was rather bad to the night, Don't care
so much about walking as 1 used."
Still there was no reply, and, as if struok
by the notion that he had been loft alone
in the teem, Sir Mark coughed again nerv-
ously, and slowly moved himself in his
chair, to Writ the paper slightly aside, and,
as if by accident,, so that be could see be-
yond one side.
fie sat there the next moment petrified,
end storing at his daughter's wildly exoit-
d face, for resting one hand on the table,
she was leaning toward his, her hand ex -
`tended to take the paper, and her eyes
questioning his, while Edie,looking terribly
agitated, was also leaning forward as if to
ugrestreni her cousin.
a ! Sir Mark's lips parted and moved, but
he made no sound, .Chen recovering him.
- !self, be hastily closed the papery doubled
lit over again, and rose from his chair.
"Myra, my darling I" he cried, "are
yon ill?" •.
Her lips now moved in turn, .but without
sound at first ; then she threw bank her
ead, and her eyes grew more dilated as
he cried hoarsely :
"That. paper -there is news -something
utmy hhusbend."
'Elio, ring 1,, She is ill," cried Sir
.
o, stop" 1 cried Myra. " I am not a
!now, father. I tell you that there is
in that paper about my husband.
it to me. I will see."
r Mark was as agitated now as his
d, and with a hurried gesture, perfect -
natural under the otrcumetancee, be
ant the paper behind him. •"No, no,
j child," he stammered, with his florid
oe growing mottled and strange.
"I say there is, father, and yon are
d- deceiving me."
' "Well, yes, a little, my darling," he aid
au hastily. "A little. Not for your ears,
of dear. Another time when you are pool and
calm, you know. Edie, my dear, come to
her ; talk to her. Myra, my child, leave
t to me."
Myra's hand went to her throat as if she
.en-
thS
th8 i, were stifling, but once more she forced
back her emotion.
oto• "Something about -the prison -my bus•
ox ned band ?"
Yes, yes, my dear. Nothing so very
of ily, _ articular. Now do -do leave it to me,and,
.o ion.. try to be calm. You frighten me. There
dear. I there, my pet," he continued, trying to take
I caught her hnd ; "go to your room for a bit with
mior part- Edie, and -yes, yea; lie down."
: startled, ,':Give me the paper," she said hoarsely.
ion her to No, no, I cannot, indeed, my dear."
awkward "Ah l" cried the agitated girl wildly. "I
•tion. know -they have set him free?"
er upon Sir Mark- glanced at his niece, and then
passed his hand over bus beaded forehead.
he'Itret " Yes, yes, my dear," he faltered; " he
titinga- ts5A
1 of an Ah• and he will come here and claim
me, and tlien—"
Names, She reeled as if to fall, but her force of
M will was too great, and she mastered
her emotion again, stepped forward, and
fiery seized the paper, her senses swim-
',eye'
wim-
till
d see tee iarg type of as she the tit elegram caain and ught her
d see attention.
nd, I Then she closed her eyes for a few mom-
'eneed ents, drew a long breath, and they saw her
vithout compress her lips and read'without a
,ht how tremor:
ed, and DARING ATTEMPTED ESCAPE.
e• BERIOns AFFRAY•
e' viae Our correspondent at Grey Cliff telegraphs
gave of a. desperate attempt made by three of
ton, and the convicts at The Foreland last night
w if all it about eight o'clock. By some means they
table. I managed to elude the vigilance of the
nterbur warders atter the cells had been visited
orae, and lights were out, reached the yard, and
'•d soon
k ant ff5n;F
then, and
leaping. I
herself rids -
herr, pet at the end of haven years, b tt
earlier released before hie Ohne-thee PI n
-while she sat below in her room at t e
piano -yes, aha 'recalled vividly;»c e'y
minute of the pravieua night--ehe r t
playing the melodies of old ballade, favi r'
ilei of father, witlt Percy Guest to,
ing to Fdia, and at that time this man ti e
fighting to eeoape--•thio man, her herro
And had he snooeeded Ile would have ea 9
there,
t brief' d seri
She shuddered ae, from the bt e e p
tion of the struggle, she saw him trying to
descend the reeky faceof the cliff, stumble
when !heti were Arad, and fall headlong
upon the oruel stomata
It was horrible -too horrible to bear ;
and yet she felt obliged to dwell upon it
all, and go over it again and again, shud-
dering at the pictures her active brain
evoked till theagony was maddening..
Then, to make her horror culminate,
doubt stepped in to ask her, as If in an
inaiduous whisper, whether the oould helieve
it to be all true, and not some reporter's
error.
She felt as if she were withering beneath
some old mental blast, end in spite of the
horror, her hopes and dreams, which would
have place, shrank baek again, For it might
be a mistake. Some other wretched man
had striven to escape, and in the hurry and
darkness had been tnieeeken for her hus-
band.
But hope came again directly, and while
shuddering 'at the thoughts, ehe recalled
how explimb it had all been. There could
he no mistake. She was wife no longer -
tied no
ongertied-no more by those hated bonds bo a
wretched adventurer -a forger -whose sole
aim had been to get her father's money -
she was free, and Malcolm Stratton had
told het --
She • shuddered again at the horror of
dwelling upon such thoughts at a moment
when her ears were stunned by the news of
death ; but the thoughte were imperious,
She had never loved this man, and the
ceremony bad only been pert'nrmed under
misapprehension. Once more she was free
-free to follow the bent of her affections-.
free to give herself to the man she knew
she loved.
What had Malcolm Stratton said -what
had he said?
A miet had been gathering about her
mental vision, and she staggered toward
her bedside, once more to sink down and
bury her burning face in her hands, for her
emotion was greater than she could bear.
(TO BE commun.,/
sealed the lofty wall. Then, favored by
the darkness of the night, they threaded
their way among the sentries, and reached
the cliffs of the dangerous rocky coset,where,
their evasion having been discovered they
was brought to bay by a party of armed
warders. 'in the affray which ensued two
of the warders were dangerously wounded
with stones, and the convicts were malting
their way down the cliff to the sea when .
orders were given to fire. One of the men
was shot down, while in the desperate.
attempt to escape recapture, the othere
went herdlong down the almost perpendi-
cular precipice whioli guards the eastern
aide of the Foreland. -
Upon the warders descending with +
I
ropes, two of the men were btoughtup,one
with a shot through the leg, the other
suffering from a badly fractured skull
while; in spite of the vigorous search by the
boats of-H.t1.S. Merli% the body of the
third man,which had been heard to plunge
into the sea, was not recovered. We re-
gret to add that the man injured by itis
fall expired in the ambulance on the way.
back to the prison. He was the notorious
oonviat Barron, or Dale, sentenced to seven
years' penal servieude,abouta twelvemonth
ago, for the daring fraud upon the Russian
Government by the issue of forged ruble
notes.
The paper fell from Myra's hands as she
stood there motionless, and apparently
unmoved by the tidings ehe had read. Then
turning slowly, she held out her baud to
Rdie, who obeyed the imploring look in her
Led the old eyes, and led her from the dinfng•room to
d both his her own chamber without a word.
me pre- " Myra," ehe whispered then, and she
it and premed olosoly towards her cousin, whose
lips now parted, and site heard almost
like a sigh:
" Free -free 1
" Talk to me, dear talk tome," whisper -
d Edie. " Itfrighters me when you look
eke that."
Myra turned to her, caught her cousin
to her breast, and kissed her rapidly twine
:Then, 'thrusting her away, she whispered.
faintly:
"Co now-go,dear. I on hear no more;"
nd when, a few momenta later, Edie look -
back from the door she was about to
se,Myra was in the sot of sinking upon
woes by the bedside, where she buried
co iu her hands.
sardly had the door closed when she
to her fent, and hurried across to
holt, and then stand with her
or head, and starting eyes, ph: -
Magical -ton thegomse of the past
e darkness and Jemee Barron-
--the man who had Seemed
day in connection wit5tthe
would come back and claim
cached this
or tea, and
settle mat -
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If included,
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ld it there
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CHEESE IS KING,
ONTARIO FAST BROOKING A l REAT•
OIIEESIa-btAI{INQr COUNTRY,1
Tian ;Myer, er Ocoee irons the 9lononla}F
Ie Nearly IIeuble Viet or the flailed
etatce,--e'nitte or Choose New First lit
the Met of Caundlnu Corm I'rodeots.
The Deputy Minister of Agriculture for
Ontario, Mr. C.C. James, is contributing a
remarkably interesting and valuable series
of artioles to the New York Independent,
correcting in a most convincing manner
some erroneous statements regarding farm-
ing in this country, which the Independent
copied from the Springfield Republican.
The people of Canada were as much our.
prised as were the people of the United
States when the results of the dairy eompe-
tione at Chicago were made known feet
year. Canada entered the lists in June and
also in October, and the following were the
results :-In June Canada took 129 awards,
the United States, 9; in October Canada
took 400 awards, the United States, 45
the result then stood 619 to 54 in favor of
Canada. Out of the 619, Ontario held 383;
Quebec 199; Prince Edward Island 12;
Nova Scotia, 10 ; New Brunswick, 7; Man-
itoba, 3. The results gave rise to much
slim:useion, and the kindest of congratula,
tions came from the great American :dairy
papers. The American dairymen have
received a lesson that has started them into
new life; they are ready to receive light
from any,nource, and a short statement of
theprogroes ef this industry in the Provinoe
of Ontario may be opportune,
Side by side let no -piece the cheese ex-
ports of these two neighboring countries :'
From Canada. From U.S♦
ib lb•
1860 124,320 15,515,799
1870. ...... ,....... 5,827,782 57,296,327
11880,. ... 40,368;678 127,663,907
lggp-, 94,260,187 96,376,053
1893133,946,365 31,350,923
It will thus be seen thab Canada caught up
to the United States in this friendly race
four years ago, and is now leading by over
50,000,000 pounds. Great' Britain purchases
every year about 2401000,000•pounde. We
are after a still larger share of her trade,
and because ef the falling off in the United
States production and exports and the in-
creasingpity growth, we believe that a
demand for Canadian cheese by the Eastern
A BIT OF CHINESE'HISTORY.
new it (tame About That CIeInamtem Wear
Plglalle.
The Ost-Asiatisehe Lloyd, Shanghai,
publishes a very interesting article to show
that the present reigning dynasty of China
is of comparatively recent date ; that many
of the Chinese bold it in contempt ; and
that having gained its position by force of
arms, itmaylose its power in the same way.
The people of China do not: censidee them-
selves bound to this dynasty by the ties of
oyaity or affection. The paper Bays:
" The ancestors of the Shin dynasty are
entirely unknown. They suddenly came
into prominence at the end of the Sixteenth
century. In the year 1583, a certain Ai -
Shin, Ka-Bu-va, rained the standard of
rebellion at Ohio Ha -Ku San, in the East
of the Empire. He conquered a large part
of China and called his new Empire Man-
churia.
"The Min dynaaty then reigned in China
and General Ohio Ilio Sei was sent to quells
the rebellion, He was a very able map,
whose political essays are read with much
interest to thievery day. - But, unfortune
ately for the Mins, he was killed in the
first battle, and there wee no one to take
hie place. The then Shogun of Japan,
Hideyeehi Toyotomi, made use of this
ciroumstence to attempt the conquest of
Korea, and succeeded in his aim. This
served to lessers still more the prestige of
the Mins, and theysought to regain it by
an active war against the Manchus. An
army of 250,000 was mustered in 1619, but
it was beaten in one terrible battle at the
Llan -ho liiver,and Tal -so, the sun of Aishin
was enabled to make Moukden his resi-
dence. His eon, Tai -so II. again beat the
old dynasty in 1600, and proclaimed him-
self Emperor of all China, calling hie dyn-
asty the House of Shin. But the old
Emperors held their own until the begin-
ning of the Eighteenth Century, and some
of their descendants at last fled to Formosa.
To -day all trace of the Mins has vanished.
History relates a very curious incident with
regard to the capture of Pekin by the
present dynaaty. • Another powerful rebel
ostahlished himself there during the Seven-
teenth Century; his name was Ri-si•eei,and
he endeavoured to establish a separate
empire. The Mins who had not yet caused
to regard themselves as the only legitimate
rulers, despatched an army against him;
bit the commander of this army did aot
think himself strong enough -and galled in
the help of the Shine. rhe allies took
Pekin in 1668. But the Shins did not be -
conte sole mestere of China until the con-
quest of Nankin, whioli followed a few
years later, and they then decreedthat the
hair of all Chinese subjects should be worn
long and in a plait, whioli resulted in the
familiar pigtail of to.day."
shelp.
n
e Io1 91 lin sent ant Duo
b. A6 a recent maetin 'n the indu tr , 8
J Thirteen Clu i
I 4 y
they had a "witches' cave," with boiling traveling dairy,in 1802 three wererequired,
Uncomfortable Comfort.
srtrk, graduittes or the oollegg r who- tire'
going to make eespeelalty ef dai'ying, Audi
•young Wawa who have faith is the totm,
are filling the school, end are Mo it enthuef•
,actin in Its. araisotn TIIrr barb. tstruotots
' varlons
oroughly
sepera•
eats• ere
manufacturing centers is among the possi-
bilities.
These are times of falling prices, and the
farmers have suffered more than any other
class, partly because they have no control
over the markets of the world. Wheat has
gone down to nearly fifty cents;. bat cheese
has advanced. Hero are the prices received
at the factories of Ontario for the entire
output of the different years.:
ebtalnaltlo 'have' charge of t
branches, and everything 10
preobioal. No less titan six kintld)
tors are in daily usel.end the•tiei
taught hew eo handle pronerlyallltbeneoee.
ar dairy apparatus. '
LO'sia'
ere aro
ow let us gee what the Ontar
Wm is doing for thio industry,
the grants for 1804;
Three dairy associations
Dairy Scheel,Quelph...,•.
Dairy Buildings,.
Dairy School, Kingston . .
Western Dairy' School ... .. .
Travelling Dairy
Dairy pamphlete, . , , . , ,
Total
From time to time very atria
have been passed by both the 1
and the Dominion Parliament. 1'
Onion, manufacture and sale of of
rine and ooh products are a
prohibited. No patron is allewe
hank any portion of the oow's milk
first giving notice. Filled cheese is ss
Skin cheese does not compete
whole -milk cheese, which is all
uniform in size, shape and quality.
Figures have been given to sh
the exports of cheese compare w
same from the United States. The
ing statement shows how the cheese
compared with other Canadian
in1893:-
Lumber exported
893:--Lumber.exported .8/9,77 08
Cheese " 13,40 70
Animals " 10,661,412
Wheat " 7,060,033 -
With the great development now taking
plane in Quebeo and the Maritime Prov
inces we may expect to see cheese soon
move up close to or ahead of lumber, the
first on our list of exports.
We got our start and our first lessons
ip oheese•making from New York; we
have frequently called her leading
dairymen to our assistance, and we
think we have made fairly good use of
our instruction and our opporbunitice. We
desire to aoknowledge our indebtedness to
our neighbors to the south; and if there ie
anything in our thirty years' history that ie
worthy of imitation, it would be unnatural
eelfiehness on our part to withhold it.
$'7,500
5,300
. 5,600
2,000
7,000
2;300
1888...... 9.24 Bente 1891..... 9:35 cents
18899.35• " 1S92 9.55 °'
1890..... 9_06. " 1893. 9.68 "
The 48,000 patrons of cheese factories in
Ontario are one-quarter of all the farmers.
The returns average $166 per patron, while
in one county, Oxford, the average is .3230,
Such cash returns help over the hard times,
and at the same time the terns are iuoree,s-
ing in fertility. The dairymen of Ontario
are to-daybetter off than any other class of
farmers.
Out of the 1,565 cheese factories in
Canada in 1891, 802 were in Ontario,
according to the Census returns, It will
thus he Been that cheese -nuking has
grown to large dimensions in Canada; that
Ontariodoesmore than half the work, that
the farmers of this Province get large
returns from the industry, and tont, as a
businessit has been .subject to but little
fluctuation.
Another point meet be emphasized here,
namely, that whereas some years ago there
was a great variation in the quality of the
cheese produced and the price received,
there is now immix more uniformity. 'Thus,
taking the output of 1893 county by
county, we find a variation only from 9.33
cents to 10.15cents. It was found, also, 00
examining the lista of awards at Chicago,
that they were distributed with great gen-
erosity over all parte of the Province. How
this high quality has been attained and
uniformity obtained may be worth puffing
on record. In my article in The Independ•
ens on October 18th, "Farming in Ontario,"
sufficient reference was made to the natural
capabilities of this portion of North
America in all the varied phases of
agricultural work.
In 1864 cooperative dairying began in
Canada. Harvey Farrington, of Herkimer
County, N. Y., ie generally recognized an
the originator. After. starting the first two•
tory in his native country he oame to On-
tario and erected a factory in Oxford
County, in. 1864. In the same yearanother
faotory was started in the same county by
a man named Smith. 'In Quebec, shortly'
after thie, a factory was started near Dun-
ham. In will thus be seep that we got our
first, start from New York State just thin.
teen years after the commencement of the
work by Jesse Williams at Rome. Tho
idea Buon spread, and factories sprang up
"Mrs. Wayupp-" I sympathize with you rapidly east and west, until at the present
deeply. It roust be very painful to lose a time we have 807 in operation.
fortune." In 1886 agriculture wesrecognized by the
Mrs. Illuck-" It's terrible 1 When we Legislature by the oreation of a special lie.
were rich we used nothing but the most pertinent and the appointment of se Minis-
exquisite antique furniture, but it's all ter of Agriculture. The Dairy Department
i
ie, every pece." b 1
I'he new furniture which youhare hero
3 000
,
Dial
'inpor f
ergo,
lutely
keep
thoub
event
the
der,
how
the
low -
Torte
rporte
Y • "
looxs very cam or ab e. .
"That's the trouble. It is so comfortable Hon• John Dryden, is a thoroughly
that I am toutinuallyreminded of the aw' nal farmer, who has made a great success of
ful foot that it is not antique." . I his lifework, and, who is in perfect sym.
pathy with the dairy interests, Under his
was este lished at the Agrio° tural College,
Guelph, for purposes of instruction and
experimenting, The present minister, the
THE USE OF IT.
unselfish: Ileroism Which Alma Nate a
Effect Upon the Whole siagllsk-Speak.
log World.
European journals a few weeks since
gave detailed acoouate of the forest fires in
the West, when nearly a snore' of towns
were encircled by tlames and swept out of
existence. .
These papers recounted with enthuettstn
the many unselfish and heroic acts which
the tragedy called forth ; they told of weak
women so' burned that they died before
night after helping each other carrythe
children to the swamps few safety;
A J.. W• 4�,11805; '
. RIPE OLD' AGH,,
A FAMOUS NAM QUESN' SAMD' TO
13G:$OO YEARSAOLDJ
She is N'5* ' It' Captive 40 {l*e• Atrltlllk
100 South Africa, anti is llelleVed'. 10'
Areek all Weenie or Longevity.
England has just talon captive a woman
who itis ola'mel
l c is three hundred years
, ..
old, She is Queen Majajie, the
ruler of a tribe of Kuffirs, whose
age ie vouched for by the reputed traditions'
of her -tribe, and who has been famous •
among the savages of Southern Africa fer"
her admitted great age. Generations Nave •'
spoken of her ae being blessed with the•
gift of perpetual life, and her fame has
extended throughout the uncivilized regions
as far north as Egypt.
While it is not for a moment to be
believed that the weman aohid have remelted
this marvellous age,bhe English Government
adtnits that it has authoritatively traced
the histoty05 Queen Majajie's tribe back
for 110 ye re,dui'ingwhioli tioseithasbeen
under Iter' •ale, Previous to that period no
authentic words exist, but the er'adibione
of the. K fare credit this Queen with
having
' - Among MANY GENERATIONS BEFonn.
A•mieeionRev." Mr, Rutter, who has
lived for twe t�ay.lfiva- yours among these
savages, has id ormed the -British Govern-
ment that his invesbigationo`eakisfyitthine
the ,Queen has absolutely been lid' head
of htat' tribe e' oe 1780, and he couldfetid
no trace of an previous. ruler. In fact,
the legends of the people are identified
;entirely with the present Queen endanake
no mention of an other, head to their
government.
The Queen ie' d
who have seen her
•
scribed by Englishmen
es of a light copper
color, with a frizzy wool on'her head. She
wears a dress made of tiger skins, which
has a largehood ti at usually' covers her
face,.
There is a eugge
this savage Queen, f
of the tribe that non
how men worked all day amid hor-
rors which drove many of them mad-
uatil they dropped, dying,by the roadside;
how one- engineer, his clothes and flesh
burning, persisted in driving his train
through the flamesto save his passengers;
how a teloge,apli clerk, for whom a way of
escape was open, chose to die athie post
that he might send a message for a relief
train.
"Aote of snail unselfish heroism in the
face, of unparalleled disaster," eaye an En-
glieh writer, "preach a sermon whish must
have an effect upon the whole English-
speaking world."
More than a year ago a young girl, hie
longing to a prominent family in a Southern
town, was stricken with a loathsome die.
ease. For months she bore incenee agony,
the mere eight of which made strong men
turn pale ; but whenever a moment of relief
came she was hopeful, loving and gay, as if
in health, eagerly seeing the villagers. in,
.whom she was interested, and saying once
to her father, who had been a soldier :
"When your captain ordered you to
march over a bad bit of ground, you knew
he had e. reason for it. •You did It without
complaining, So will I."
When, at last, she was laid to rest, an
intelligent working man Dame up to her
father as be turned from her grave, and
said respectfully :
"Sir, .there a hardly it man or woman,
Weak or white, in this village, who has not
been helped by the eight of that child's•
courage and faith in the Master she love&
Perhaps you don't understand why such
pain was sent to her, but we do. She suf-
fered for us,"
Paul, it may be, saw no reason for the
tortures inflicted upon him, by Jew and
Gentile, for his feibhfeinnes in declaring
that a Saviour had oome to men, yet the
words he wrote after seourgings.and im
prisonntents had boen endured, have inspir-
ed humanity with patience and hops for
nearly nineteen centuries.
The youngladies of Canton, Ill., have a' direction the school at Guelph and tete tray-
elin dalrtea have Sono mush toward
csldron, around ii'hioh the members danced. fn 1893 two. During the present year Dna
A wonderful edifloe can be aeon in Dela-
sixty-nine places were visited in throe years,
ware, Ohio W hon built the corner poets
were of green willow. These have taken and great
nnm help
given Paine show have to s. While
root, limbs nava sprouted,, on which rho first class butter, yet cheese•making also
owner hangs 'lamest and the bora is really benefits through talks on handling and care
growing up from the ground, of milk aud•practice with the Babcock
About twenty years ago Germany adopt: tester in analyzing milk,:
ed the system of compulsory insurance of The apealoi dairy school hold its first Seth
workingmen against aooidente. Since that sign in January, 1493 ; eixty young men
time there has been paid into the reserve and young women attended. It was then
fund about $58,000,000, of 'which about 'foetid neeeesary to increase the accommnda•
522,000,000 now forms the capital. In the tion, and a new building was added,
your last reported mo a than 37,800,001' was Again the available space was all filled, The
paid id indomnitiee, .ndmote bhan38,000,- clawing for 1891 will net essonble for t
000 was added tot • reserve fund. It is months yet, and 120 applieabiens have
now proposed to exte' , ;t s system to ap- lamented, and 4i toed or pieced
pronticos and employee ., wages do not rngsrv.. = of til
axoeed 8470 a year,
The meanest man who recieree his orders
to face pain and, misery like a faithful -sol-
dier, may see some day bow he helped to
in the victory of life for the great hosts
w men.
GRIZZLY WHIPPED BY A COW,
Itosav Roused tm Terrible Rage to Defense
of Ilex elfanring.
"Usually a sew does not, stand much
chance when the engages in a hand•to•hand
conflict with a grizzly bear," said Micheal
tion of "She" about
r ie has been a law
should look upon
her! faco•exoepting heir indiums and - three
women. Her indnna. are the generale
and leaders of her ar y, and they aum-
berainetytwo. The h ad laduna, or nom-.
mandarin-ohlef, is nap ed. Jonas.., and 'he
is -a -man of considerabl age, eupposed to
bean the neighborhood or eighty. The
other ninety-one are bet sen the ages of
thirty and sixty, and- a 1 of them hare '.
been prominent
Ayers, a British Col'uobia stockman, " but
aevoral y ears ago one of my cows killed one
of these animals and came out of the
struggle without a seratoh. The cow had
recently given birth to a calf. It being her
first-born, the mother was exceedingly
vicious, and it was unsafe fora stranger to
approach her, as her horns were long and
pointed. The cattle shed had a thatched
roof, and was scooped out of the hillside a
short distance from tho`•llougit One night
a bear, having emelt the prittetibe,.ot, a cow
and calf, mounted the roof of the she nand
proceeded to force an entrance by soratcut,;
ing through the thatch. The cow at the
same time detectedthe presence of the
bear and hold herself in readiness to receive
the intruder. The noise of a terrible
struggle tiro°sod me, and grabbing a'Ian-
teru 1. melted from the Ilona°, and °i.etting
the, shed door found rhe. cow In a freebie
abate, butting and tossinr to and fro some
large object, which evidently had lost all
pewerofreeistahoe, It turned out to be
a ood-eized grizzly, which had been run
ugh and through tis° Unity by the
genua another, The little sal was
in a dottier, aloeping peacefully and
unmindful sof the tuatsrualetragg
ono that aspeoj4a tlr'„hent,oe2,t
ansa?t1t16u't ,
Fri s5LV'ABm `PAR. ttu.
The- three women are r markable from
the fact that they are freaks. One is er
oeedingly tall, another et to usually stout,
and the third wears a song .bard. These
women oocu the oeitten of advisers.
They.all•liveiogetnerpin what is known as
the Sacred Kraal,. the Quern ooeupying as
apartment some thirty feet square, while
the three women are in small rooms open.
ing.lnto.thie,.
Aroundthis• kraal are numberless wooden
imagesi•epreseating every nation of Kaffirs
land and all sorts of animals. 'These images
are beautifully and adroitly carved from
wood. So numerous are these figures that
they form a veritable forestabout the kraal,
and winding petite are made among them
leading up to the entrance. The images
are colored ao that they approach Nary
closely to the flesh tints of the different
tribes,and they are made the natural
height of the human beings represented.
Once a year the Queen has been in the
habit of personally supervising
THB. St.sevuotTER OF 140 OXEN
which ceremony constitutes one of the
religious fetes of the people. Even upon
this occasion she is not seen, for elle is
oarrtedby the indunas in a covered chair to
the plaoe where the ceremony occurs. She t
also was required to go at stated periods to 1`
an enormous tree in the forest, which was `
known as the medicine tree, and there
with certain ceremonies, the heath of her
people was guaranteed for the time. being. `•�
The English general who took possession
of the Q,aeen's capital and of her has per-
mitted the members of her tribe ao nee her,
and they come with the greatest curiosity
and for many .miles around to look upon
the face of theirruler, one,whom they have
been taught all their lives to consider as a
goddoas.. The English show her every
attention, hot it is feared she will not long
survive..
Anything in Reason. •
• A, traveller who was going in leisurely
fashion above Ireland, many years ago,saye
that the smaller inns there were wretched
planes, where one could find nothing desir-
able -but courtesy. At ono ofthem title.
dialogue took place between a: guest and a.
waiter`
”
gi''hat can we have for dinner?"
"Anything you please, ma'am. Anything,
you please !"
"Welt, but exactly what can we have
"You eau have a pair of docket"
"1 am sorry to say my father cannot eat
ducks. What else ?"
"They are very fine ducks ma'am."
"I dare say. But what else 5"
"You might have the cloaks. bolledy,
ms'aml"
"No, no 1 Can we have mutton?"'
"Well, not mutton to.day, ma'km."
"Some beef 4"
"No, ma'am."
"Some- veal?"
"Not any veal, I'm afraid."
"Well, then, a fowl,"
"We haven't got a fowl,"
"What on earth have you, then ?"
"Well, then, ma'am, I'm efeerd if you
won't have the fine pair of ducks, theta's
nothing for it but bacon and eggs t"
Property Rights AniongfL:1`ds.
Birds and other creatures apportion the
earth among themselves just about as in
ries
done. A bear line bound i beyond wh
his fellow bears does not trespass v
impunity -the wild rabbit you nee on ye
lawn in the moonlight is the !same lir
,idneeent creature you have been .so'
every night of the Bummer time-af 0
he ikebin that gathers the early' 2•
his breakfast from your garden 1,
figlstiOtrttn another comes marhis p sei1, ve. Nor d000 thisonly, for here is good evideno'
same bird •ill come batik to t
stake off th year previous.
hap Ying. a Doltb
She t -"Lot a have a hued 'i
for a oak anti 1' 11 give you ten
Spa e -"That iWiil be oleo 11
ten_ de'aro for tt tundrsd, won'
t
lies,
ti yon give me 111
1 I'll lot' yen 11