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IN SEARCH OP A MURDERER,
Threatened Entnlne in Germany,
The accommodations of the Vatican may
be imagined when the Pope put 2,000 bells
in it at the disposal of tho Fr011011 pilgrims,.
free Of Charge,
Higher collegiate oduootion for girls is
becoming popular in France, There are
two girls lyoeeo in Paris already, and there
is to be a new college 111 the Faubourg
Poisa0niel'e,
0111 P10801) forts cure being sold very
cheap. A French artist hoe bought the
Fort do Gueselin for about eleven 1111101)011
dollars. They go from a few hundreds to a
thousands dollars,
A company is formed in France before
the winter 18 711 to insure demages against
frost, The annual loss during bud weather
toagricultare is put nt about liftmen million
dollars,
Tho 911(0 of Prince Louis, the future King
of Bavaria, lets just had her eleventh child.
The percentage of insanity in the family is
not known.
A wave of hysterical religion is passing
over some parts of France, 1 number of
Protestant peasants are travelling with
tents, preaching the end of the world, bare•
headed and with naked feet.
Thera is a rumour that the Austrian Gov.
eminent have sounded the College of Car-
dinals to find( whether a noel -Italian Pope
might be regarded usossible. The septi.
[Hen) is that the next Pope (mist be Italian
like his predecessors.
Young Prince George of (Vales is soon to
be promoted to the tank of commander in
1110 British Navy and appointed to the rnyltl
yacht Osborne. At about the 001110 time
Prince Lamle of P,attenborgwill be riven the
command of the royal yacht -114711 and
Victoria.
According to the latest reports of the
Naval Commission, the merchant fleet of
Russia has 420 steamers and •1,001 soiling
vessels on 11 barges 00 the Baltic, the Black,
the Azov, the (White, the Ice, and the les-
pnt11 sells. 0)1 the seas and the rivers of
European Russia it (has 1,804 steamers and
'20,045 sailing vessels and barges.
Bya now law- just published tho Jews 0f
Poland are forbidden to buy real estate from
peasants. The peasants may mortgage or
sell their lands only to persons of their own
trade and of the Christen, faith. No peasant
„ is allowed to sell loss than four dessyatins
(about twelve acres). The Inst proviso is
nada to prevent Jet's buying small pieces
of land for gardens to plant kitchen veget-
ables.
Odessa boasts of an ardent follower of
Tolstoi's teachings in the person of a young
lefty, daughter of a naval officer of high
connections. She has resolved never to get
married, and has learned the trade of a
locksmith at one of the technical schools of
thaleity. Site hes become such an expert
at her trade that the proprietors of a large
factory in the neighborhood of Ekaterino-
slay have offered her the position of superin-
tendent of their establishment.
As fears of war and famine increase
andl troubles thicken around the German
Emperor and rumors of a reconciliation with
Prince 13ismack are revived. It is said
that the Emperor, funding tho 01111aton
more difficult than at 0113 tune since he 110•
cen(1ed the throb, feels the need of the ad-
vice of his old oounsol'.o,',and overtures have
been made to hint through other eminent
pelsona1))o.
A plan has bean submitted to the Impel'.
ial Cabinet for approval by which all foreign.
en's will be prohibited to settle in Russia
outside of the limits of incorporated towns.
They will not be allowed to own real estate
10 rural districts or to farm it. Such for-
eigners as have acquired real estate before
the issue of this regulation will be ordered
to sell it within a limited tune, according to
the judgment of the respective Governors,
and foreigners who farm the property of
Russians will be transported to their native
countries.
It is not necessary to join an African) ex-
pedition in order to taste the delights and
dangers of exploration and wild beast en.
counters. The ambitious young man might
join 0 railroad building gang. While such a
gang was pushing the construction of the
Florida and Western Railroad through the
swamps near T1011ah0ase last week an enor-
mous panther leaped from a tree upon one of
the men named McWilliams- The rest of
the gang fled. McWilliams tried to defend
himself with his shovel, but the panther
killed him and mangled him beyond recog-
nition. Work on the road was suspended,
as the men refused to work any more.
The Kurhaus on Heligoland, one of the
favorite resorts of European pleasure seek-
ers, has been doetroyed by fire. This mei-
dent 1180 caused 111e abrupt elnsing of the
season 011 the island, 01111 this is quite a
calamity for the natives. They say they
never bad such a bad season 1011110 they
were under the English Government, and
now 11 is brought to an untimely end, lealy-
ing most of then without moans to meet
the winter. It is proposed, however, to re.
build the Kurhaus at (loo at cost of 200,.
000 marks, and roopeu it in time for the
season of 1802.
A Sabbath.keeping railroad is to bo built
in Europe. The village of Sainte Croix, in
tete Jura, whioh makes a groat many clocks
rand musical boxes, has been long anxious to
got a railway clown the mountain to connect
with Yverdcl. Al) last a wealthy mal,
named Harbey, offered to build it at his own
expense on the condition that for twenty.
five years there shall be no traffic on Sun-
days. His condition Wee accepted, and the
road, to cost about half a million of dollars,
will bo opened next year.
A German late of compulsory insurance
on wage Gainers has been in operation for
01x months, with results that are not regard-
ed as satisfactory. The pensions' provided
for by the Measure are not over $50 a year,
and in order to obtain them the pensioner
must show that he paid insurance rotes for
thirty years at least. 9I110 old age pension
does not begin before a num is 70, and, as
comparatively feta lnbeeers roach that age,
the Investmentsoons doubtful. If a man
has been wonting for twenty-eight years and
sate up in blsinees for 111m0011 he forfeits
Ids contributions and all rights to a pension.
There is e. great dual of publio vexation
toward the law.
Despatches from Zanzibar a1111(ln00 that
the etstive0 111 the German territory ore 111
a state of rebellion theoe)1out its entire ex-
tant and are attaelcing the colonists where -
ever they are established, The 011001008
and trading posts arc being brisket) up
and their inm0)os are fleeing to the coast to
save their lives, A footle) talc of massacre
is expected, the military 101'00 being unable
to voted all the cleinehed 801110nl011ts and
the motives being intom^lootod with their
meant 01100138000,
desp)tehes a (01411ight age, and whose e,.
eal.e le au h ell:rutlon of the inellieiency and
(len/oral 1x0111,11 of (1114' pollee service, \Poteel,
who killed one man in Spandnn and followed
this up with another murder 111 the 0011111.l,0
of Berlin, committed within a week after
110 first, lingered leisurely 010111111 the eh),
until he got ready to clop Art, elu4ing the
police with 0080 owing to their 11iv!ied
authority i)1 the suburbs, in84)001or Klima
finally took the search in hand himself and
traced the murderer 111 bast to Denmark,
Holland, Belgium, Fiance, and England.
In the latter 000)1037 he lost all clue 01111 900.8
obliged to return home 1011110111 1140 1111111.
lreare of farnine are becoming facts, whioh
press closer upon and cone nearer to the
(101111an Government, Tha dis1res0already
existing in the suburbs of Berlin, right
under their oyes, is fearful. Numberless
heads of families have been unable to obtain
work for months, and with those dependent
upon them, live on h diet of potatoes only.
F olnnta'y charity is invoked and commit.
tens are being formed for the systematic
administration of relief. The poo' look
1113011 t1I0 approach of the winter with terror:
never have they been so unprovided to
sleet lt, The increased distress and (testi 111•
Doe appeals to;cremes at home and abroad,
and nowhere will their sympathies be more
powerfully aroused than in America when
all the facts are known,
Since Batooln has been occupied by Res.
sits its population has increased very
rapidly. In 1878 the city had 1,000 inhabi-
tants ; in 1882 the pepnla1lou was 0,000 ;
the 00110118 of hist year showed a population
of 15,000. This phenomenal increase of
population is clue to the port whioh the Ras.
9100 (l0s'ernn,ont has 611111 in 1110 city, It
has become ono of the principal ports on the
Black Sea for the shipment of naphtha from
the C!0ucasian urines, and attracts largo
nnnlbe'O of lnhere's. Thee nye at present
400 factories at 13atonnl, forty-five of them
0000131011 exclusively with the manufacture
of t1)1 and 01110 vessels for the various pro-
ducts of eaplltha. They sell about 800,000
tons of their 901.0 annually. It is interest-
ing to notice, that only 29 pet' cent• of the
population 1100 W0111811, for the reason that
only young unmarried laborers are stream-
ing to the busy town.
A Rose hy Any Other Name.
First the leacher celled the roll,
(110 t to the beginnln',
" A,del In0)' Bowersox 1'
Bet 1. he school a grhuln:
Winter limo, and stingin' cold
When the session look up --
Cold as we all looked at her,
Though 0110 couldn't look up.
Total stranger to us, too --
Country) folks ain't 1)1111s
Nigh so shameful un loins
As some people ca11110,
But the honest facts lo 111011,
n ddeliney Bower,
Sox's feelin x was so hart
She cried half an hour!
M)' deet was ncrost from herrn I
Sot and watched her tryiu'
To p'tou1 she didn't keor.
And a kind 0' 1103)1)'
L1Phoutears,, Welwith l smiles—lel
I3ow01'wx to plain, but she's
Pu rt3' as a piney !"
It's be'n many cf a year
Settee that most enc01111110n
Curious nano o' Bowersox
Struck meas so abon1111-
Nubble and 01110ndish-11ke;
I changed it to Addo-
Liuo3-Daubonspeck—nod that
Nearly killed I1cr daddy!
JAMES WnITCONR RILEY,
"Rook of Ages."
"Neat), the Ands theste was sluicing
Shedding beams of golden light ;
AsacrossOutfields I wancicrcd,
Plucking buds 1111,1 blossoms bright.
Spring was fading into 511th icier,
.111111 1110 sky 10110 sort and blue ;
Nature shone to all her beauty,
The mos possessed a greener hue.
Fleecy clouds 000000 the lient-ons,
Slow pursued their lofty way:
Softl • called the hidden robin,
Slowly diad the stunner clay.
Deep thy' thoughts wore, as I pondered ;
Climbing up te sloping 11111.
'rill a voice of Mein the sweetness,
Roso behind the ruined mill.
Long I listened, half entranced,
Sweetly rose the solemn hymn :
Rock of Ages," 111411 and higher
Swelled until my eyes grow dim.
Gently stealing in the twilight,
Near the ivy-covered wall,
Soon I saw the singer near too,
Sheltered from the dewdrops' fall.
Two 1000 girls with trustful faces,
(Though the night 11708 falling fast 1)
They (tad wandered after blossoms,
T111 they lost their way at last.
But the Friend of little ohildreh
Kept their feet from clangor's way,
And the star of even' brightened,
As they lost the light 0f day.
When their weary feet had failed them,
And the sun had left the slay,
Down they sank, 111010 arms entwihing :—
" God will save us by and bye."
I will sing, then Ho tel11 heat us,
Whispered soft rho oldest ono;
Thus it was that "Rook of Ages"
Brought the trusting wanderers home.
Bluer Kenre,
John's Humor'
The minister caused a little mild excite-
ment m his 01100811 one forenoon by turning
over two leaves of his sermon instead of
one, As was to be expected, this trifling cir-
cumstance was commented upon by one or
two of his hearers after the service was over,
and it was while looking on the humorous
side of the matter that 0110 member said to
another;
"I suppose, John, that ministers are no
like you or ne ; they canna be put not of
theirjobif they happen to mak' a bit mis-
take."
is-
take. "
"No ; they are there for life, or till they
commit some 800101)0 error whioh unfits
them for preaching the gospel," said John
in all sit0erity.
" And yet it was touch and go wi' oor
minister the clay?" continued the first.
11 Nonsense. Hoo dao ye think that?"
" Because be was very nearly Posing this
place this morning," replied the frivolous
ono; and he indulged in a self-satisfied
01111ekle notwithstanding hie more serious
friend's remonstration that it was not a
day for making jokes.
---
What at the beginning may have boon
regarded merely as a side issue fr0gnanty
turns out to be the most important subject.
.1t was so in the ease of Eve.
Dou411s that Wok to rolling pin, board
and hands i1) a hot kitchen should bo sot
away till thoroughly chilled, but all trouble
might have been saved by using cold fat,
flour and liquid et 11:st, and the texture of
the dough would have been bettee,
"!Chis world males 1110 tired," said Pav-
ltins, "" A In0n dens something odd or queer
slid everybody talks of 11 from ono old of
the land to to other. 1101 if he only does
some good, decent set sal, it is never hoard
of." "Oh come ewe I" said his friend
Hawkins, d" don't, be ss, 11150ourago1, Jusb
try it 01100 and set, ,"
YOUNG FOLKS.
To llopo, Eighteen Months Old,
1110' mit, 1111.11 1hes, big egos of bloc
9'11101 0w'e 1110 gra rel}• 1111'0,1411 and through
le 4111, he "l's undaunted.
\\'701,1 e .vane t heir color and )11.10 size 1
1114 11)11m'n, 1111111 to nnr.:0'1(14 nese,
Loud I hen. her speedwell's tirtte,1 hue'1
And did the ounn c3'o of Day
Teach your; t o ap)u the 0111110 80113.1
101111 with Iho1rgaze abashed,
I roll
1'0111' 1111011' 01' 1084 the aimless ball,
O15 coent1r-1harnls to rid uhy'sense
f those dein-lied stars' in1uenee 1
Come, shall 1 1111. you 1 Round you wile :1
With arms nutsprend, prepare to feel
My hands beneath them laid, and sear
To spot oft visited before.
Dear, 011113y silo -elder perched so high,
Yet deign with 1113' 1110011 9011 0.01114)13',
MIs 00101119110131011 101(11 your bliss
And bond your cheek for m010 11140 1
Nay 1101011 must 1, when you prate
So enger•Innrlleu late 1
(Phut 1) inlet could Interpret, pray,
Those voluble wise things you say 1
Tet words you have, Your little stare 1
Far see, 1 polio your Pinafore
.And cry " \Vitas this?" and straight 1 hear
Your an8lwer, "(laky,"sw'ouland Dear,
And when some far piano plays,
With lifted 1111401'111111111C011 11000
A 001e111 •' If ark !" you utter plain,
Rapt 11010001111 an elfin strain 1
Then, worldlier busy, dolly's heart
You amputate end earthward shed
Its sawdust soul with IlnlLotting fist,
Small Leveler, infant Nihilist
Sweet Hope I Methinks for comfort's sake,
As here our toilsome way �1v
tee take,
it1o1:1,tntl that Kayo 110 mo00 and Ater
Made you the 10111, 1110 thing you are,
A COWARD AND A HERO,
T
It was the 1.081 of December, before San•
Tay. For two days we had splashed in the
Mire of the rico fields, the 100101' up to our
knees. I know well we would get used to
it, but it was wet vying all the same. Never-
theless, we marched steadily on, as regular
and attentive as if we were on drill.
I tell you this is true ; I am an old tramp,
have been nine years in this service and six
with the rank of sergeant, and 1110 number
of young soldiers I have trained and cin.
mantled "right about face " is incalculable;
but never have Iseen men march like those,
shoulder to shoulder, as exact as if drawn
by a line ; and that, I tell you, in two feet
of end, Sapristibut it 11100 superb, I
wasj,,bilent, and yet It littlevexed, to see
how well the scamps could keep step when
they chose. Ah, well ; I hail nothing to
complain of that (lay.
Halt ! Well, not a bit toe soon, I thought,
and yeta droll place to halt in. No matter.
I filled my pipe and looked around to see
where we were. Rice fields to the right,
to the loft, and behind us a thick slush
made by our tramping feet.
A little corporal who had a tongue well
hung, indeed too well hung, called out to
me ; ' Sergt, Bertrand, Sergt. Bertrand, no
need to light your pipe, Wait awhile, they
will light, it for you."
The jackanapes ! As if I didn't know we
tvould soon be under the fire of the enemy.
Suddenly I heard them calling the roll of
my company and saw my brave fellows
break ranks and trot like rabbits across the
rice fields to sleet the baggage -master, who
was returning with a great package under
his arm.
Letters 1 Now I ask you was this agood
time to distribute letters ? There they wore
running like so many madmen. I was the
only one to remain tranquil. It is true 1
have no one to Write to me—no fondly, no
friends, nobody—all alone in the world,
like an old bear. Heaven help me 1 At
length I see shy 111011 return to their places,
holding up their hand to keep the letters
from being soiled by the water, es carefully
as if they were guarding the last words and
testimony of their dying mother.
All ! ,111egtt0 has o letter. " News from
home, Jacque?"
Jacque is sergeant of my company. I an,
chief of the first section, he of the second. A
handsome young fellow with a bright, boy-
ish face, a beardless elfin, and cheeks as
smooth as a girl's. Nevertheless I hold a
little grudge -against hint. It is always Pex-
ing to see these brats of 22 promoted along-
side of an old trooper like me ; but for all
that he is a nice boy, and the men would go
11000)1411 fire and water for him. He is well
connected; of good family, and often receiv-
es letters with the seal of the war department ;
but that is his business, nob mine.
I watched him out of 111e corner of my eye
as he ran through his letter. Then I saw
him wipe away a tear, a little tear, that
glistened on the and of his eyelash.
I pretended not to see it, even joked a
little, to make 11i111 laugh.
"c What has she written to you, Jacque ?
What says 111y lady,fair 1"
He turned without a smile and gravely
said : " I have no lady tan, Berthoud. 11
is from my mother."
"Alt l" Ifelt asifIhad madeafool ofmy-
self, and said no more, but Jacque con.
timed.
" Do you see these letters, Bertrand? I1
would be better not to receive them in tinges
like 11115,''
That was my opinion, as I had already
said. Ib 10105 nob good to allots them to
break ranks, the scamps ; they ask nothing
better. But through politeness to Jacque I
said : " It is always pleasant to 0000tv0
good news from home, no matter where, I
hope you had nothing disagreeable,"
Jacque shook his head,
" Oh, no ; to the contrary." And that
was all. Really l:iastor Jacque was not talk-
ative this morning. His eyes were fixed o1
the horizon far away, where there WAS noth-
ing to be seen but a bit of blue sky. I
wondered what he could see over there.
1I,
At last—" Forward, march 1" I repeat
" Forward, march 1" for my section, Jacque
no doubt, 1105 still dreaming and did not
hear tho word of command, for I heard the
lieutenant behind me say :
"Ah, well, Sorgb, Jacque, lagging behind
--already ?"
I hope bo hear a reply of some kind, no
matter tvllat. Waren an officer so far for -
gels himself a5 to speak in that way to a
subordinate I like to see a little indignation.
Parblou 1 you darn not speak outlou11 ; that
is against the rules ; but it muttered word
under your breath Is a 001000 to your self-
respect.
But Jacque slid not a word; he simply
repeated, "Forward, march I" in a dragging
tone, 105 if he were weary. T1101 is to say,
it Was not the tone 0 Fro1011 sergeant 11500
w11011 he commands " lfo ward, march 1"
They never mumble those 11110 words, but
01ent then out with enthusiasm, What is
1110 m,'; her hitt Sorgb. 30e4110 this morning?
I4u is nal like himself.
Ali, that was a rough day, 1 toll you.
When night come we wore stili 111 the water,
ln1), n4) to our waists this time. And all
trona us little field-pleees wore spitting
tiro lilts 0o many demons, lint we 11111r01ed
stondily rut until we were within 501) teeters
of the walls of the (+Rade'. Nola gun -shot,
net a movement; the rascals were saving
111011' 4)0101301' until 1101'111111' near, I said to
mq'seh: " Wait, old fellow, you will 111re
something to warm you up 1 y stel by: ::.,,'t
ire diseep,tge/1."
1 Mem behold, Ivo were 0;ait1 canunau,i•
ed 10 1111.31. '1'110 1.y,tnul si.'p9 111 hoot of
1 the ('unlit, 10111 d"mlun1, i1) (t lou veu.0--all
�1110 0111110 it 0)118 111`111, 1!t 1119t1d .-'11 A 11th.
n1113»'r w•i11iey 1,, undertake a seems and
dao„ 'roux a„•"11 a !"
Naturally f stepped forward. Now have
the misfortene to be a 111110 tomldlnpprerl0.
4011 Iry nn}' 1upt,tlu, an old to,ellisk01 like
nl73eh, wile had been my lieutenant in Afri•
0a,
\,,t you, Bertrand, I know you well,
100)1 when I want you I will find. you. 13e
kind e,lougll to remain quiet,” 3'ou see,
some oilleers w111 not grant you the least
favor. '('hen 1 said to myself, "This is just
the thing for Jacque," The captain seemed
to be of the some "pinion, for he stopped
exactly in front of hint and reheated under
1118 nose, "A suleollicer willieg to under-
take a (1angllrons ni801011.'' 1 t 10101 ph041)137
to be seen he was making a 1entices to Jae•
quo, and you will think 1 ant stocking yon
when I tell you ley fine fellow lowered Ids
eyes under the gaze of his cap-
tain and said not a 9('ord, You. may
be sura the captain %vasangt'y, for you know
it isnot pleasant to make advances to any
one and have them thrown back in your
teeth. 1 heard him sneer 001100 his 111 110-
1001101 " Well, he meats to take good caro
of his skhl,"
Ah, it was trough. Jaogne 1000011 as red
as fa beet, but said not a word ; only schen
the captain had passed ho raised his eyes
and fixed theme on that bit of blue sky far
away on the horizon where I could see 00111.
ing, nothing at all. Then I said to myself :
" 13'eli, my fine fellow, yon are decidedly a
coward-"
To be brief, Berthelot of the third division
was ol100011 for the expedition ; ho returned
1vit110(11 a scratch, the jackanapes, when nip
4)000 J0014110 —
IsI,
Well, 100 set off again ; there wits no lag-
ging behind this thee. About 450 meters
from the walls the scoundrels gave us a
broadside full in the face. Soloist ! how it
rained, the balls fell to the 114111, to the left,
in the rice fields, making n "flic-Hoc" as
they streak the hatter, \\'o answered back,
but it was litre living into the air, the rascals
were so well protected by their walls, This
fusillade lasted only about ten minutes, but
I shall remember it a long time.
However,it could not contfntte in this 11'03'.
The bugle sounded the charge ! Sapristi !
that music always sends 11 slrfvor of gayety
1110011411 111e. Behold us running with fixed
bayonets, like mal men, But, as I had
already noticed, the gateway of the citadel
need upon a high embankment, scarcely
three meters w'i'le ; to enter there, we must
climb that narrow ascent and push in two
by two under a terrible fire, and that, too,
through a palisade of bamboo which the
rascals had constructed to bar the way,
already narrow enough. All, it was sufficient.
ly difficult without that cursed bamboo, and
God only knows what it cost us. 1 saw my
two lieutenants fall, the adjutant of the
battalion, and many others. Impossible to
pass that cursed bamboo. 11y oaptain raged
like a demon. At last he commanded :
" A section up there 1"
This time it was serious, very serious ; no
time to hesitate : all who climbed there were
sure of certain death. I thiuk the captain
must have retained some spite againstJaoque
for he turned to him and said 1
" Go up there, sir, and tear away that
bamboo,"
1t is but justice to soy he did not wait to
be told a second time. Touching his nap,
with " All right, my oaptain," he started
in a quick 11111. In passing me he drew a
package of letters from his pocket.
" Take care of this forme, Botraud,"and
in the twinkling of an eye 117 was up there
with his section,
!111, the brave boy ! It was boautilul to see
bun so cool, so 001111 ; 1101 n load wont, not
an oath, only quick, dot/3101100d orders :
" Tear away this." " Throw that in the
ditch." .He was as tranquil as if superin
tanclin4 a squad of .soldiers on fatigue duty.
And all the time the 0115(113 was pouring
upon 1115111 a deadly fire, the balls whistling,
tearing the bamboo, plowing up the ground,
0'ey now and then crushing in a shoulder,
carrying away an arm, or breaking a leg.
illy God, what a sight 1 They were all left
there, all my comrades—Jacque among the
number, but ho was the last, Just as the
work was finished aball struck hint between
the eyes. Jost as he raised his arms to shout
a great " Hurrah 1" he fell dead, face fore-
most.
Perhaps it was not very proper what I
did next morning, but truly it was tbo much
for 01e—that packet of letters that Jacque
gas'o me as he went to his death. I would
not keep them. I thought, " a boy who
acts like a coward and a few hours after dies
like a man. It isnot natural ; there must
be something under this ;" and I felt I had
the explanation there under my hand in
those letters. They burled me. It was int.
possible to keep them. Ma foi. I could not.
Then—then, I drew out the packet.
Upon my word there was only one latter,
the one he had received that morning.
Nothing else. Ah, blood of blood I what a
latter I He was right, poor boy. one ought
not to receive a letter like that just before
a battle.
As for toe, I cried like a baby and was
scarcely able to read it for the tears in my
eyes. It was from his mother and here is
what the good woman wrote to hoe boy as
she ended her lotto) :
"Now, my precious Jaoque, take care of
3011000 t for my sake, Remember, you are
all have in the world, and if anything
should happen to you I would surely go
mad. It is true the time passes very weari-
ly when one is waiting, but I try to be
patient, to forget the present, and only
think of the future when you will return.
"Above all things, my presiows boy, be
prudent. Do whatever pearl: commanded
to do, like a brave soldier, but della expose
yourself unnecessarily. I forbid you. No,
my darling Jaequ0, 1 forbid you nothing, I
implore you, before entering into any en-
gagement, to think of your mother, who is
always thinking of 3011, and do not risk too
0111011. Promise me this, will you not?
And remember, 0 man 10 not 00100rd bo-
0ause lie loves his mother,"
The letter fell front my hands. I under-
stood all now, Ho had thought of his
mother, the bravo boy, and waited until he
was dtreetly oommamled to go.
And 110110114.111101,,, 1111114 when to was
looking fuer away to th0t bit of blue tky
where there was nothing to be seen, ho w0.8
thinking of his mauler 0t1c1 of that promise
lie had sworn to keep.
And that t0 why $orgt. Jacque, who died
like a hero with his face to the enemy, 1x00
0on01der01 a coward twi'0 in one day.
What a Boy Did,
A duke wanting in his garden olio day,
saw a Latin copy of a great work on mathe-
matics lying on the grass, Dud, thinking that
it had boon brought, (rete his library, 0a110d
some one to tobto itba0k.
"It belongs to loo, your grace," said the
g0rdenor'a son, stopping n4).
" lours !" cried the 1101[0. " D„ yon un.
drl'.,tniei geometry, and Latin ?"
" 1 know 11 it !I:: of them," answered the
but-, inesisily.
havh,g a taste for the 0ulelhc00,
1 ecu, t0 tali; to the 30014 stu,lnnt, and was
I:stems:0A at taw 0100111099 111111
of 1118 answers,
" lint 11011' 7,11111) you to know so mush?'
asked the duke,
"Una of the servants taught me 10 000:1,"
answered l e 6t •" 0 f e
11.1 1, one it pes not need to
know 11111')111114 more than the 1211 letters in
order to learn everything also one 1vi0h00,"
1301 t.be nobleman wished to knowmote
about ft.
" After I learee'1 to read," said the bey,
"the 11108011 0:1110 to work on year louse ; 1
noticed 1110 architect use a rule and 0010-
1/0•99013, and made a great many caloul0tio110,
What was the 111ett111114 mol use of that ?' I
asked,and they told 111e of the science called
arithmetic. I bought au arithmetic and
studied it through. They then told me
there was another 80101110 called geometry.
Then I found that there were better books
shout these s„1en0rsfn 1411111. 1 bought a
dictionary and 118000ed Latin, 1 heard
there 10e00 better 01109 in French. I got a
dictionary and learned French. 11 8001118 to
1110 we may learn everything when 100 know
the 211 letters of the alphabet,”
They aro in fact, the ladder to every
science But how many boys are eontentut
to waste their time oe the first two or three
rounds, without pluck or perseverance
enough to climb higher? L'p, up,up, if you
want to know more and seeelea'er,ald take
a highpostof usefulness in this world. And
if y011101'0 a poor boy ail heed a little friend-
ly encouragement to help you on, be sure, if
you have a 117211 to 011011), you will find the
way,just as the gardener's son found it after-
ward in the Duke of Argyll, under whose
patronage he pursued his studies and became
a distinguished mathematician. Stone's
aiathoutatieal Dictionary—f00 Stone was the
gardener's son—was a celebrated book
published in London some y'ear's ago.
--'m -.m>0 --•(44)10
The Oat -Threshing,
A little brown old hnnlaslond,bow'ered In tree
That bier the amnion bindal•npo shine afar,
Burning with anther and with cinnabar.
A yellow 1101 -side washed in thy seas
Of azure. where the swallow drops and flees,
Midway the slope, clear in the b,aming day,
A barn by ninny seasons beaten 01113•,
Big with the gait) of prospering 1t'tlbaOdries.
In hillrw?ro'-md t1," wide rod wol"•+ming doors
11ig11 piles the golden straw: while from within
\\ hero plods the testi amid the chaffy din,
The load pulsation of the thret•her soar:,
Persistent as If earth could not let eonso
This cheerful proclamation of her peace.
Cnaut,Es (1, D. 1tooxnrs.
Two Maidens.
A laddie sailed out on a calm blue sea
And two nhaldons fell a weeping,
Alas,"' said they,
` 'l'ls a doleful day;
,llnyh104) nevermore
To the sweet green shore
Shall lover to me
And brother to tit oe.
Shall lover to thea
And brother to me,
Como back from the treacherous, smiling sea,"
A good ship went clown in a wild, wild sea ;
And two maidens toll a weeping.
The years passed by
And two chooks were dry—
A'rife and a mother with baboon her knee,
Sat crooning a tender old lullaby,
Nor thought of the lover beneath the sea.
But et eventide,
By a lone fireside,
A sister sat weeping for him who had died.
Who came nevermore
To the bright green shore.
To wander with her the sweet nlead',wo o'er.
1t'1ELL.1 COOK>.E.
' Song of the Last Wildflower.
Tho' the winter hinds my requiem patter,
\, they heap oto round
With a deg? 011011• mnuxul,
And wide 111u lutvcs 0Y m3• bloom [Ilcy scatter
Cot 1 do but sleep
11) m3- lvlatm' koe n,
So the wild winds song is Unt 11110 chatter,
447 tender shoots, they are spent and weary--;
Pis 10 long time ago
Since we shot from the 011010,
And the stricken woods they aro 1)08' s0 dreary
That I long for rest ;
But the winter's blest,
So you must not weep for 01y foto, my deario,
Why isw inter blast' For the song of praise
That then Timor
From the dying rear—
A 811081 swan song that the winds upraise
For the winds so droar
Too mortal oar
Aro chords of tiro harp that the spent 37000
play0,
I hear the strain rise high and higher
In tho breaking dat111
Of each Christmas morn;
Then taken 110 by a 13000Only lyre
Than, sweet and sweater,
In wondrous metro.
'T1s given words by an angel choir.
And I lase myself in a trance of wonder,
And sink to rest
On Earth's harm breast,
As she lies, snow'•nhantled, the cold skies
under,
"rill spring and the shower's
Awaken those flowers
Still deaf to the unbolted river's thunder.
. JOSEPH D. CERMET,
Fall Styles for Women.
Fall goods are ripe. Thera is 11111011 that
is novel in the designs, Many are covered
newly all over with a pattern of interlaced
paler leaves In neutral tints mixed with
white Cheeks have .been woven on the bias,
so that the pattern is seen in many respects.
The now color is a rich dahlia, closely allied
to petunia. Blue is to the fore in manypy
shades, and grey also: twill sergos are much
in fashion and ohevr011 weaving. Heathers
in marbled designs conte out well, and
thicker makes of oorduroy in wool, some of
them speckled. Reversed diagonal stripes
are so arranged that the points meet in the
noddle of the front, and many firework effects
—lines shootingandradiating from theoentor
—are new. "raved and shaggy oloths present
a hairy surface. Largo patterns, winioln take
a quarter of a yard for a repeat, stake effec-
tive dressos, and most of them have mown.
ponying cloaks, whioh for driving are cer-
tainly better suited than jaokots, now that
these are made with the baoquos suit all in
nue. 'Many soft woolen gowns are being
made with bodied and skirt in one, and the
fastening at the bank lots be0Om10 a11no01 a
necessity with some of the new makes,
The Colossus of Rhodes.
This was 0 gigantic statue of Apollo, or
the sttn.1)001. It rested on moles on eaoh
side of the beautiful harbor of Rhodes, and
vessels passed between its brazen legs, It
was 01701' 100 feet n 11814111, and there were
winding stairs hy which it was ascended,
Tho statue held in one hand a light for the
direction of mariners. It was thrown down,
presumably by an earthquake, and never re-
built; but fregme110 of the statue retained
for 1100 years, At length a Jewish merchant
bought elle brass and loaded 000 camels with
it. The value of the brass was estinuatedat
41.50 000, A b rho present time the harbor
of Rhodos is neerly useless, and the island
has many Vanes suffered front earthquakes,
Mrs, No1'0olller—" Mow is the sotioty
here ?" bars. adeilaprop—" It is full of air.
ou[nsoribed Hebrews,"
7'
LATEST BY CABLE.
Exodus from Russia—The Dardanelles
planation—A Moyamont of the British
P1eet.
Private letters from Moscow inform me
that the exodus of the higher artisan class
now for a fortnight has been in full awing.
This class, who had lived in Moscow for
many years by virtue of imperial oiroular0,
as their residoutal warrants are called, num-
ber nearly 0,000 souls, I was in Moscow in
duly when these oiraulars granted by Alex.
ander I1., were without warning withdrawn
and wltlleseed the strange excitement on the
130u100 when the news spread about these
circulars. People were divided into four
classes by the new edict, and to be removed
in three, six, nine, or twelve me 11101, ac-
cording to their class, Tho 11)50 of the first
division has now nearly expired. '('hey are
leaving dally in throngs. They, however,
are not wholly destitute like the earlier ex.
iles, stud numbers of them travel 000011 d 011989
to the frontier, but where in 1leay.n'e name
they are going must he to 111(111 quite as
blind a (problem as it NV 10 t0 the pauper ref-
ugees of the Spring and Summer..
A quieting influence in European affairs,
is the issue of a cheddar letter from the
Porte, explaining away the latest plias/350f
the Dardanelles gatstnn. The explanation
does not come to very 11111011. Hitherto
Russia, in clever evasion of the treaties, has
treated what is called a volunteer fleet,
which, sailing trader the commercial flag,
has free passage of the Dardanelles, Some-
times these innocent -looking merehant ships,
being found to have soldiers on hoard, are
stopped by the conscientious agents of the
Porte. In such a case it has been usual for
application to be made direct to the Porte,
and the embargo leas always been removed.
(Chat has happened, the Porte explains,
merely is that general instructions have been
given which preclude the necessity of special
application to headquarters in particular
instances.
There is activity all alring the oriental
line. The British fleet 9111ic1) recently went
en a picnic to Mitylene has been sailing
around Cyprus and paid another visit to
Alexandria, The fleet is said now to be
again on the way to the Dardanelles, but no
more pieniciO4 is promised. Wnen the
British sailors land again it is expected that
they will be in earnest. The Sultan is going
to make an effort to resuscitate his ironclads
that have not yet become useless from neg-
lect and rust. A dispatch from Vienna
says that Russian troops are practising
forced night marches and other nocturnal
maurd uvt'es aelos8 the L'''iver Prlith; on the
Roumanian frontier, with the aid of electric.
lights. Tho Roumanian Governmeuthas be-
come alarmed at these warlike demonstra-
tions. Consequently itis also concen beating
troops on its frontier, and has sent a force
of Roumanian cavalry bo upper Moldavia.
A STRANGE AFFAIR.
Tho Story ora Romantic marriage in St.
Petersburg.
A Dalziel's St. Petersburg correspondent
sends the following '—The tribunal here
will shortly have to decide a case whioh is
expected to cause an enormous scandal.
Some months ago, when Prince Yousoupoff
died, his immense fortune went to his only
daughter, who is married to Count So11m0ro-
kar'Eeston. Tho latter, by special favour of
the Tsar,waspermitted to assume tlheprince-
ly title of the Yousoupoffs,as the family had
no further male descendants. It appears
now that Count Sonmarokoff will have to
renounce his claim to the title. 1t is said
that three years ago Prince Yousonpoff 1011 -
traded a clandestine marriage at Konigsberg
with a German girl by the name of Franlein
Schneider, who had been governess 1 go 0tnosa to his
daughter. The Prince kept this marriage
a secret for various reasons—one being that
his wife was a Protestant. He conducted
her to St. Petersburg in the greatest
seerosy, and lodged her in one of the
wings of the Y ousoupoff Palace, on the
Morka, near the Krasnymost. When the
Prince died, Fraulein Schneider immediately
left St Petersburg, fearing, she said, that
she should perish mysteriously. She is now
in possession of all the documents necessary
to prove her marriage with the Prince, and
she demands the whole of his property, which
amounts to 110 less than 800,000,000 roubles.
The ossa is still further complicated by the
fact that Prince Yousoupoft's first wife w0.0
his first cousin whom he had married abroad
secretly, as the Russian law forbids marriage
between well near relations. Tho daughter
married to Sonmarokoff would in such ease
be illegitimate, and would not have any
right to succeed to the enormous possessions
of her father. The case has already com-
menced, and it is stated that CountSouner.
okoff has made au offer of 50,000,000 roubles
to the exgoverness to compound the suit.
Frauloin Schneider demands the whole for-
tune and, what is more, the right to use the.
title of Princess.
A HORRIBLE DISOOVE1.IY.
The Body or a Roman Found in it Wine
hose.
According to the Madras ll allyl Mai/ a
startling discovery has been made at the
Howroh Goods Sheds, A wine case, mark-
ed P. S. A. Co., Limited, containing two
dozen pints, endlconsigned to aMahomodan
in Calouttn front Patna, was found to emit
a bad 0111011. It was opened, and a human
foot was disoovered. The case was conveyed
to the Howrah Hospital, and opened in the
presence of the police 1111(1 the civil surgeon.
It disclosed the body of a young Mahomecltn
female in an advanced state of decomposi-
tion. The limb was pressed close to the
body, which, save for a piee0 of coarse gun-
ny, was entirely nude, and jammed into the
box with considerable force, No ornaments
and no Marks of violence were discovered.
The post mortem disclosed that the brain
was congested, and that death was dtto to
arsenical poisoning, accelerated by suffooa.
tion, Tho pollee aro inquiring into the
matte', which has caused some sensation in
Howrah. Some s0nsatbon las been caused
by a report that the alleged murderer has
been arrested at Patna. Ile is a servant of
a well-known merchant of that city. As a
the woman's jewellery, had disappeared the
motive of the crime is supposed to be rob•
berg. p
A simple dessert, which is a variation of
cake and peerice'v08, is made by Halting a
1113011 1011 of sponge cake—teat baked the
day before is all the better—and ortttmg it
in round pieces with the aid of a largo -sized
bisetti1 cutter. Slightly hollow out the
centre, awl put in a large teaspootfn' of
peeserved strawberries or 011010108 or pine-
atrple. Ar00040 these cake mounds on a
platter, and 000170 with whipped or plain
oream, 111011411 whipped cream give0 the
dish a 10111011 prettier appearance.