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The Brussels Post, 1890-6-6, Page 31 0 il ("NE 0, 18gO. 019.104110.L111n,011111310,5.111106011101ILI, YOUNG POLES. JESSIE'S OPPORTUNITY, "Wiekliire". said M tithlie 000 etinhe R4 he looked up from the perusal 01 10, 11101 10111111 on hie tweet:Met, plate, in fixed his oyes sternly t le, him, ef hie 011 8011- -"Mkt.) hall 'titee that you It We a 81,110o1 frtju.alLyShia tile Vo olden+ it neeessary to veil my attentioe the ttttt IhCtItt Itt titi 0X01180. whatever f such lardinese, and if it latppons again ehall punish you severely. You unilerettu me?" Ve1.1., Sir," .1111MV011,4 Vieklillts meald hie eyes On 1118 I11111e, 11,11t1 Itia Voice trefuhlii a little. ''.1 Ell, tvy to get to soloed in tiin father, but somehow ev ether " "V0'11 aro $010.41,11Y 101,'‘" fitt•lier,tu tile boy heeitated, "111 th 'bed habil, must be broken up, or it will he hindrance to you all ;veer life. I hope will not be called upon to punimh you, bi shall them it toy duty to do ito if eveasio rug -nines" Isoor 'Wick He found it difficult to eat his breakfiod with those (Intimate worth, ring ing iu his ears. He knew by past expt:11; knee What waif =nut by penishment as in- terpreted by his father, and hie appetite for the buckwheat cakes on his plate failed steldenly, lie didn't look at hit; mother, for he knew he etmlan't bear very well the levieg sympathy hefelt sure was hiller eyes, Anil he did not look at Jeeeie for he felt equally mire shewore a look of inteme satis- faction. Ileand Jessie had quarrelled, and harl nt spoken to each other for two days. It wit ell about a blue silk umbrella with a got( knob on tho handle, which bad been ti gif to .Tesele from her father oft bee last birth Stay. With Mel borrowed it one rahly da without asking, and had h,st it. Jeseie who hail a very hot temper, waft extremely angry when she heard her brotherS, coerces ion; tool the result watt a qua' r.,I, deign tehieh both had made Koine very unjust and unkind remarks, ''hey didn't, often quarrel. Vi Mee, his Bitter dearly, and was elow 1a»ger slow about everything, in feet -but .1 eseio's 8 harp tongni, hit,i tinig hint into saving it good deal that he :atom:nth, regretted; But he wouldn't say so Whitt, she maintained that haughty manner anti sullen eilenee. Ile kuew that wade she wee in that state 110 apology, however humble, would I st aceept- ed. leesie bad no desire te heel the beenels The loss of her embrellit rank Md still, and her anger and resentment revived fresh fuel front the feet that el, had to early au old cotton ninbrella when the went to visit the Art ;allevy with Stilla \ Veld, Whose t•ostufne wit$ perfect in every detail, and who smiled faintly so it seena.,1 to sensitive Jesitie-when the cotton etroeity in all it', faded ugliness Watt raked dming a brief ehower. 11 generally hurt Jeesie Els much to have Wiek reprimantled ea to he reprimanthel heis Neff. But this morning she was not sorry for him at all, and thought het, father ought to have said It great deal more. wiled (lock le the ball hi to blame for 1Viek's being late," eaid Mrs. Stono when breakfast SAILS nearly over, and Wick was gathet iutg um his broke. "It runs a little slaw, 1 Gunk I had better Eater the pen- dulum a trifle." "Do not let him offer that as ail excuse," said Mr. Stone. "I will lic,t accept it. He can find out the time by some other clock if the one in the hall is not to be depended on." • "I think I can make it run correetly," said Mrs, Stone. She twee., out into the hell, aml Wick followed her to get his overcoat front the rack. "It will keep good time now, elle said, as slit raised the peielnIum of the clock, and turned the hands ahead ten minutes. S'You wifl bo able to depend on it, after Ibis, 1 think." "You are always so indulgent to Wick, mother," said Jessie, when her brother had gone, and Mr, Stone had retired to the library to read the morning paper. "And you make so many excuses for him. And as father says, Ile has a habit of being slow, which ought to be broken while he is young. I ou know he is never in time for anything." tg te 1,1 ly 0• te or Iti Y, tg itt itt It it 11 " 11.'s only a hill f et. eight liOW." `.1 111,1e1 lhillk 11 WU14 tiny earlier, Slise," rejoiteel •Inale, "mud 1 it'e by the hall eltiek you're going, 1 here'm 11,, telling what time it M. Lam night 1 1111 agaiest the elm* when 1 was going 1 in'ongh the hall met et/piled it, 13111 1 didn't know it. until 1 None down etaire ,tgain this livening, and then I set it by Jeesie seareely hoard t he last words, 1 fer thoughts Inetilown to her brother. Wiek was up si airs working ou Ititt thememen, happy iu the thongld that 1,,, need not shot for selieril for half en hour yl. etetie rall quickly tip to her own roon and eonsulted the welch on hie, bureau. The hande pointed to t wee ty minutes It nine. With weithl require fifteen minutes to get to the school -house, That gave itt lust live inieutes to think. She thought tif the loss of her nice inn. bridle, and recalled with a pang her feel - Mgr, at having to carry the old cotton one when elle went oat with Stine. Ward, And Wick had said No many hateful things ! She had maid hateful thine% herself, but the lois of her umbrella gaviaer 41, eu1141111 Fight to Hay them. But suddenly there came lido her mind the wortle liev mother had said about snoring a small viutory every day over low tempee. Here lay the opportunity to score a very great one, But would elle take advantage of it? athe heard SVick whistling over his work. Time wits passiug. She inuot decide at once whethor to seize this opportunity or not. Another five minutes, delay, and it would be too late, Wick's punishment would be its. sured, fur had not his father maid lie intuit not rely on that, hall clock ? THE BRUSSELS POST. THE HORROR OF HIRTORY. mown Prom 11 (inn ftemintseence i4eitiry wit 1111/yn Ill 1110 spring of le,S7 1 wietquaeferiel it my hill, ut Seelloo e, the Pea/mils wi hi sight of the snow -citi,p,„4 Menchaca lying heymel the fortr11.11 111EUII.MItt, ,.1..11,1141,1 (d from, of Imam artillery, a hatters of lit artillery belonging to the 13,1,4 lihtie Co pasty 's servioe, the feet end t Sixth Dragoon (Mani,' of 1,1‘r i 11,1114)'!,1 tol'eeS, twe reennent s ot at, peps 'I le, Into tet Miss, low to first, of the great Sepoy 111111illy had beet, r ; ttit guards over Om Berme/ea [H.Flioll Id I11,. gar seem, had been doubled 1 Mc. wives met ebildren of the Eurojestu ellieere attaeled tc, the native regiments had newel int. 11 Patent/Mil part of thc, garrisols aial 0 sharp Watch ltept on tiny erevernent anima: the Sepoya, stem lieWs ithelesi ne cd the revolt at Dinaporo, guieltly follewed by the outbreak at Meerut, Ir110 1111Mr.LL of the Ettropeau °Meets ettnelled te the Sepoy regiments, tegethee with their wives and children, with :an. Stiee not fit hn• puf • Hendon, and the Memory of even it this distance of time, makes the Mood cur. dle in one's veins. 3 torintalaawaesoarzwessio J. ;aitt t ,tts ing. The Oonfeseitin Of Fait/b ,g,41 Ai% (It 111. 411,1/ It Olen Wlio 1111derst OM 1 I 1Ie Itt, 16.11,1 ivy proo VeN, 1/Warta/ea .t1,11. ,t•t generally believe,1 that the unit My brought alead it by au impression which lee,1 11 tvt 01 it aloolig lite t*iepoys 1.1nit the 1 beceeetienn itt at, 1,1e1 in some way to ,I, strey 40s1 10111111i,,., I1'1 Illy been hems t• Hem, ,''.i t' .0. all toil! 11.1 /I wo111,1 haVr. 1.0 ih, 0.101 leo11111 1.11,1."• '1'i 1111.Ve 11,01 lay hands en the otilpelit- t," their theft, ttaml,1 liave been destroyed, and Ib, tv,in1,1 hoi' lost theta all hopee of t heir l'aradise nod would have . P-1 well tell Inns" thought ,Tessia, some - ,, thing like a sob escaping her lips. "I'll be stronger than my temper this once, any- how," and not giving herself thne to change . her need, she ran across the hall, anti th1.1,W g open the doov of her brother's mom. "‘Viek," she said, "The ball clock is half am hour slow. You einem% lose a minute or you'll lie line. It's a quarter of Mee." Wick sprang to his feet, seized his cap, caught up his bag of books, and was off like a :leg Not a word of thanks did he utter, lint nc,vertheless, Jessie's lietti•t felt wolielevfelly light as she went back to her room. She was putting the top dmwer of her bureau in order itt twelve o'clock, mid WKS SO busy that elle did not hear the door open, and turned. with a start when she became emiseiens that wane one was stan, tlinbeside her -turned. to liti.V0 a pair of urine 'flown about her, and to hear het, brother say : "Jessie, I didn't have time to thank you tide mothing for whet you did. It was nav. fully good of you sand after I'll lost your umbrella, too ! It was veal noble of you, And I'm going 1:0 buy you another umbrella this very day. I felt awfully about losing that um- brella, and- why, Jessie, are you erying?" Yes, strauge to say, Jeasie was crying. And she refused to say why. She only begged Wick in ti very broken voice -after klsttiiug him -to go out, and let her be by herself. And Wink went, looking very much put. eled. But he noticed one thing. -from that day dated Jessie's ability to control her temper. -(Ladies' Home Journel. "Remember about the mote and the beam, little daughter," said Mrs. Stone. "I Ithow some one who ought to try to cull) her tem- per while young, that it May not lead her in. to sorrow and causo her bitter regret. Score a small vietory with each day, and the grand mull; will be gained before you are really Ware of it." Jiessie flushed hotly under her mother's tender glance, and went up stain feeling deddedly uncomfortable. She had deter- mined again and again to begin a war on her hot temper, but had IM one opportunity after another slip by, and now, though she know she ought to intik° up that perm]. with Wick, she wasn't ready to do it while her heart 'NILS s0 fell of resentment. She had been Obliged to leave school for a time on account of sumo affeetion of her eyes, and as she could neither sew nor tune hung rather heavily (in her hands, and she was able to do more thinking than she exactly liked. And of course, she could not help thinking of Wick. She remembered during that day a good many little sacrifices Wiek /teamed° for her at different times, and how ready he had al- ways been to do favors for her. He had tff ways declared, too, that sho was the pretti- est girl in town. Jessie's resentment softened it little as she' recalled these things, but returned in full force when she happened to glance totvard the comer in which stood the old cotton um,' brella. " No, I won't apologize to him," she mut, tared. " deserved every word eaid, and more too, The idett of his daring to take my umbrella, Ho might have known he would' lose IL" She did not see her brother again until the next morning at breakfasts and then sha took no' notice of his viresence, addreesing her conveyed:16e entirely to her mother. Ilut, as Mr. Stone had taken his break- fast at six o'clock that ho might, catch all early traimand Mrs,Stone was suffering from a nervous headache, the conversation WaS nob very animated. Wick devoted himself en- -Lively to hishreakfast, and was quite mew°. Ltd not to look at his sister as sho was not. to look at him, "Now, Wick, et off' to wheel NEI Lion as possible," said k re, Stone Ite her sou rose to bo ninettial after this." No danger of homg late this morning, • said Wick, " Why, It's only fivo minutes past eight; 1 IT have Eine to work on my eliessmen little," And he ran up stairs to got out his tools and the chessmen he was carving as a birthday gift to a favorite Inicle, Mrs. Stone went upstairs also, to lie clown ; but Jeasie lingered in the dining.room to Water her plants and feed the Denary. While she was thug engaged Jane, the cook, MOM in to elear the table. "I suppose you had our breakfast &good deal Motet than usual this morning Jima, ell teteenet gettagg mite ece-le for epette The Angel's Picture Books, There was once a little boy who had been blind from the first day of his birth, Ho longed vainly. to see the beautiful flowers and birds, of which his mother told him; but alas! all mound him was dark. One night he had it most beautiful dream. Ife saw an angel hovering about his room, who present- ly ittepped to the gide of his little bed and said smilingly "I have here a lovely picture book, width I show to good children at night while they are asleep. Would you also like to see it?" "Ales! dear angel," replied the little one, weeping, "you mum ourtainly have mado mistake. I am only the poor blind boy, who cannot see anythieg, not even your beanti. fel pietures." The angel dried the boy's tears and said, "You con eertainly see them as plainly as you now see me, and on that &Mount (often visit blind uhildren, so that they can see in (litotes what they otherwise would never catch tt glimpse Of.' The heavenly visitor then sat flown on the bed, opened a large, beautiful book awl showed the boy malty of the pictures. The blind child shouted for joy, for he oould see all of them quite distinctly, and he found tho flowers aucl birds and all other things m the book much more beautiful than he had aetually supposed them to be. The kind angel also told him, many of the stories and thus added greatly to the thild's pleas. urn When they had lookedat half of the book the angel rose and odd ; "Now I must go bunk to heavem Tor it will soon be moriung, Tomorrow night I will come again and you shall then sue the vast of the matures.' - With those words ho vanished, and dark - 1108 mute again surrounded the cilia When tho mother came to her boy the next morn. ing, he told all about the angel with his wonderful picture book. She, however, spoke sadly, saying : "My poor boy, you are ill, and must remain in your little had toglity," lie wits perfectly willing in do so, for Ile felt very tired. Ife ley quite still, smiling now and. then to himself, when he remem- bered the angel's promise to visit him that night. When evonffig mune it brought the angel ; the mother, howevev, whit watched by the ehild'e bed, meld not see him nor heat' him ; riot even when he told her boy the pretty stories ; but she trembled end grew anxious at the shortness of het, boy'a Muth. When the blind child had seen the last plater°, Ile begged ; " Oh, dear angel, do come again as soon as over you can and show me some more of yonr beautifut pictures. You surely have more than one picture book." The angel replied " I have many, many far move beautiful atid I will show them all to you, but they are hp above, in heaven, and I dare not bring them dowu to earth, lf you are willing to come with ma, I may ed show them to you mid toll you all about po them," tin "1 shmild like to ootne, so much," replied ti the poor " hut I must first ask my in niotiter Come, do come tomorrow °voting and fetal tit ana tea her where I am going. to The 1111001 promised. When the boy wl Ihi an po 130 th bit Then came the news that the toutineets, through the ineaseteity of the ;meant ill 1,0111111111111, hail been (1,1 to mend], to DolliiiVithellt any attempt having beeu made to prevent them, although there watt it large Eutemerte foeve statioeed Sfeernt, The same atrocities were enacted at Delhi, which oontainel the arsenal for all le ,rthern India, aud would have fallen into the hands of the nintineere, bin that a young Lieutenant of avtillery, with his own hands, blew up the areenal. It lets always been tin open ques- tion whether Inc perimhed in the explosion, or Whether Ile campe,1 on the kleerut road and was nmrdered by the natives, but nothing W110 OV01. heard of him after. The East India Company gaVn his widowed mother a large penSioll. Ho was a native of Dalt, mad had been a schoolmate of the writer of this arti- cle. In the early part of June the ISuropean por. tion of the Sealkete'settrrison was ordered to join a force that had been ormotized under the command of Ibis ; en, Chamberlain to lie ealled " The templet., Movalde (Sebum'," it's object, being 11111.11 1somess the large fore,: of Sepeys quartered in the Punjaub end prevent theill Irina Marehing tet Delhi. We joined that whim at Amirlin. dee, the old cantonment of the Khalsa army under Runjeet Singh. There weve five re- giments (d Sepoys and two (dilative cavalry then quartered there, and shortly aftev our arrival Seine Sikhs tV110 had been enlisted hi one of the elepoy regiments gave information that the native tinkers were inciting the men to mutiny and to march to Delhi. All hives. tigation was ordered and it was found that two of the officers had deserted. They wove captured by senile of Hodson's Guide Corps, and brought bath to the cantonment fuel Oen, ClunnberIale ordered a drum -bead court martial to assemble for their trial. They were convicted of biciting to mutiny and desertion and sentenced to be hantted. It was couelusively proven 'afore the court by men from their own regiment - both Hindoos, Musselmans, and Sikba-that they had assembled the men and urged them to murder their officers and march to Delhi. The finding and sentence of the court, were approved by Gen. Chamberlain, who isseed an miler, the reading of which was about as follows: " The (hidings and sentence of Inc court martial, of which Lieut, -Col, Campbell is President, are approved, hut to show to the natives of India that the British Govern- ment has no intention or desire to interfere with the p,rejudices of mate, the sentence of the entu,t Is changed front that of.being hung to being blown Pawl Ton mOUTII oP A eivs•AM, and the sentence as modified will he carried out at sunrise tomorrow morning under the orders of the oflieer commanding the garri- son. The Ptinjaub movable column and the garrison will be paraded an hour before sun- rise to see the eentence carried into effect." The officer commandieg the garrison directed the officer commanding the artillery to detail two guts to execute the sentence, and the two right guns of ray troop were detailed for that duty, The n•oops were paraded as directed, and formed in three sides of a hollow square, the two guns from which the culprits were to be blown being at the base 01 1 he square ; on the left came the remaining four gime of the troop, the battery of held artillery, the guns being placed in echelon, so that if necessary they °mild sweep the right-hand sitie of the square, Next amine the Sixth Carbineers. Iter Majesty's Fifty-seeond Foot, and a squadron of Hmlson's Mese ; tbe right were stationed the native tioops, two re- giments of cavalry, and five of infantvy ; and as it was not known but that them might he some attempt at it rescue, the gum of the artillery were loaded, double allotted with grape, and the cavalry and in. fantry hail their carbines and ineskets load. ed. Soon was hoard a band playing the Dead March, and the precession appeared. The priSoners marched np to the front of the two gnus at the base of the sqeare, TuRlatFoNS WHIM liTnittin front thelllt and tile proceedings, findinses, and sentimee of the court, together with thc approval and ohange of seeteece by the cons maiming General, Wan; read by the niter - ureter of one of the native regiments, it English and Persian. 'rite interpreter was tett English officer, one being attached tc ettch Sepoy regiment. The commending officer then gave thc order to the Lieutenant commanding the t we guns tb eatery out the sentence. Be clireot• ad tho prisoners to place themselves witi, their backs to the inmate of Outguns. Steed. ing up ItgainSt each was a thin plank, about eix feet long against whith they placed them. SelVes, the guns having previously been load. with the usual service blank charge of Weis A rope Was t•lieu lessee(' amen/ eit• bodies, the gunners having been con - mad that it was to be dono without in 1111 tumor touching their bodies, as to be milled by Inc hands of an infidel was, in eir eyes, worse than death. The eulprite ere attended by tt lot of Berthmin priests. to kept ou °holding something, in which O prisoners joined, until the fastening was visited, When they were 8,141 to witildralv, I the officer gave the command to light fires, and then the comnionci to lire. tit flashes wore simultaneous, rind whet, o smoke cleared away nothiug was left t it mass of awoke he togged his mother to let hint go to leaven so that he cotild sae all the angel's °wily pictuves. The mother wept; bitterly hogged so long mild im earnestly that she finally gave her coesent. When night eafile the alleol entered the room for the third time, looking far lovelier and swatter than ever befoee. kiesed the little one on both eyes, and said : "Now look at your dear mother and bid hoe fare. Wall." The blind boy looked rettIld, recognize(' Itis mother, whom ha had never soon before, end smiled upon her lovingly, The angel then clasped him in his arms, it»cl flow with him np to the morning star to inoot the Ikotteteen IC, IL WAX% rom the table. " You must make it a poiut L111 dir not want; to part with him, but he A.V11 noNPS, 13XIMeo.13/4Alll..1I to the rtallaillS nt (Me 1111111all being& Aer:L ralt Meng tile Mice of the native t•roops, fi Persian, "God in greatl" The parade \Vat then dismissed. the eative troops nevoid% back to their aantonniente. Oen. Chemberloin WAS severely criticited at the time by the Illarepean press for havim changed tho method of execution frouthang Mg, /to Wee InfltiOntanl to Inake theehange ni 111i1111+4 ef their frimelt that they leer,. rise •,eably lost, MISSIONARY MACKAY'S DBATIC :real Qualities Ile Inol Slum n nis Andean The Englidl 1, Soeiety .1)1110 weeks ago reeeive,1 telegrion frein An112111111' 1111110110eing ille death from fever ,f Sit,. A. M. Slashes.. It seitet, epeaking if Mr. Alaekity, whom he Iiiiked with Avingtamie and Slotlitt, that Mr. Stanley wrote from Africa, missionary soeletlex certainly eoutrive touroduce ex. traordituity mer." 31r, A, Maehay WaS 110t IL elergyinan, Beset; the Pea Mall (r•olove, "altho ugh most people called hint reverena lint was the most enthusittstie d ley worker:3. 18, was bitty years of age, :mil not thirty-two, as, owing to his youth- ful appearanee mid energy, Stanley surmised. 110 was born in Edinburgh, the son of 14 Presbyterian clergyman, whnse 11111110 fa - miller to schoolboys tot the author of 'Mac. tleogramIties.' The future missionary was educated fov the profession of an en- gineer, but in Soottand moth an ,,,ltteation temlies a university course and a training qtate equal to that which the buddiug clergy. man or barrieter receives in Regime:I. Ift, was a young man of marked ability, haul was soon appointed to the head of a mech. ;wield engineering. works at Berlin. "He wag there iu November, 1473, wheu Stanley's femme; letter in the haPg grant appeared, describing his interenerst. with llIteea, the then King of Usetuda, and challenging Christendom to mewl mission aries to that. country. 3 fiwkay, twenty-eix yeers ef age, Mendel of entluteittem end les 110,0110 for the purpose front 1.Wo generous donors-volenteering to g,, ect, riffle was accepted, and In waft dispatehed, with Sella' others, into the hele•t of Africa, lie, photograph taken at the time represents a hnilsome and dennenined faces with weli. lefined features a high forehead from which eaving hair is b'rushed letek, resolute eyce old a firm mouth, a light muetache cover. ing the upper lip, Not a trace of whisker or moustaehe was there then, but by this time he was probably "bearded like it mod.' Since he left tandem thirteen years ago, he never once left Africa --indeed, he nevev re. turned to the coast His memory of the tioast cannot, as a matter of fact, have been very agreeable, for be wits laid low there by eickness on landing and had to allow his vompanions to proceed -only to meet their fate by massacre. As soon an he recovered he pushed on to Uganda, and there he labor, ed without intetemetion since that tlay. "As a practical engineer there was nothing that he could not make with his hands, and the Waganda regarded him as endowed with tt divine power of manufacture. It was an extraordinary point about him that there, in the heart of the Dark Oontinent, Ito kept himself abreast with the London reviews which some kind friend sent him, and in his letters he showed as complete a knowledge of modern thought as any London editor. Were it not for such symptoms of the great intellectual power which he possessed many readers of his letters would hove set him down as an artisan from the homely bnages Ito borrowed from the vocabulary of toir to enforce his arguments as to the moans where. by the Afrioan problem might bo solved, Such was the man who so ably took the place of t/te murdered Bishop, and who has now followed him to the grave." Baboon for Signalman. A well -know chantater in the Cape Col- ony, but more particularly in the neighbor- hood of Port Elizabeth, is an intelligent bas boon, says the Illustrated Sportiug and Dramatic News. The history attaeleng to him is it curious and probably unique one. The signalman, his owner, was, through no fault of hib OW11, 1011 over by a passing train, and had to have both legs amputated which would naturally incapacitate him from work, but the idea stenak him to ammo a baboon and train htin to do his work. This Ile has successfully accomplished, mei for many years the one in question has regularly looked after tho levers, and done the hard work of his afflicted master. The minted is possessed of extraordinary telli• settee, and has 110001. made a mistake. Of course the human servant works the telegraphs, and the baboon the levers, ac - fording do instruction ; and taking into consideration the fact that at the station in inestion, Ilitenhage Junction, and about 20 miles from Port Elizabeth, there is a argil volume of traffic, the sagacity of the weatere is really wonderful. At firet passeegers raised tt strong protest !goblet the employment of the animal, 011 le wore of risk of accident, but the baboon las never yet foiled riming his many yeaan 4 -work, and on more than one occasion has toted in a manner simply astounding to ;hose who navel. had personal experience 4 the intelligence of those brides. One of his most noteworthy performances was the correct switching, of en unnamonne- nl special tinin on its correct line in the absence of the signahnan, The latter livee about it mile op the lino, Ind the baboon pushes hint out and unite, morning and night, anti is the tole companion of his legless master. Buffalo in Australia. It is said that the wild buffalo has found a tongenial home in the plains of Northern kestmlia, where His now found in vast horde. Phase animate aro supposed to bit the dei °andante of the first buffaloes which were landed in Australia, 00 years ago. In the meantime, the kangaroo, thio typuntlAiistra. lion marsupial, is said to be gradually beeem. ing 00 reduced in numbers that there to a chance of its extinction unless rigorous inst. ores be taken for its preservation. A kart - prim will, it is said, eat as much grass an six iheep, so that from &farmer's point of view its extermination would not be looked upon Is an umnixed evil. Ilis estimated that in the years 1888 there Were 141/0111. 30 percent, :ewer kangaroos in Australia. than there were the previous year. The Chicago coopers who sit higher wages -have gone back to wo old rates. Ex -Quell Isabolleof Spain is in Sjte YieiP (J1100.fl ViofOritt W mck r rk at the "1'1 11'1' "u" roldeet ,tt rt -1 .k.1111 11,431 ty 1•1.0.11' oto.Oim• 1" the 11'1 1""hoMbles, "4"1111 war,' la .Pinipertmee to the cleileral Aeseuldy ot thgoset in 4/4 bout Vil11 nle e 00., 1;1.,V 11 10! ietass Itsd '0 1: onItt of 1 his The desir,. tor skill 1,0,101 tV,h1 10.•IP tvollh11' gl 0 0 0., 0101 0, the 11,1,11.1/y 11111'11 ,p.::/1(11114 111,0 it ill their „,,ssts iviO fto,n1 „a 111 tle Sh.. eo111,1 rOW 4101 1001 !„ithI g gssi „),,,,, "WY Ingle 1,111 tot oar Wit 1 Itt ficf hie", to livar 1 he etamp ef infallible euti atm her hie little mem'. ;;;"/11unalt,,rable t ref b. That whieli is to be en- ing the wave, , homed nwerily in 0,0min-1.1,111e, cf s,„i, It, adapted sy owl the 'sisal vsss"1 11;;T•I'"1 slssoy, the Ws ,stininsi el' A.441141,13, of Divines Ott famil sP(1 W3i1Y 0°184411 1." lily 11,1,1 Demetther. Finds in regard water. sit, ilenly the redder with its bun ,„ „,,„ o strike againet /40111e 1111111ell th, Nets ;gammas its frifloy,•8 11,0c. WW, ,i'ash, r,ul i h"f, The 16!113 Thie &name epee' of Calviuistio Modes the 0F,t1 r Lymph. appeared above tite Mans wait (Idled together by the Long Par - 011e et' the thimuns id my er3"-'.. members beleiesid ti, the f %arta' of Eligland, minima •fuly I, 8143, and reinahied "Fieie.r Den," lie 0411 ''Yon seseion till February 52, 1042, Soule of the mend it." ;al Plass,' limier' the woOmr S"" ",""( i but most them were Presbyteriane and nearly all were stream Calvituste, It ap- Little Janet was pale with fright ; her r,f j“,tt,n Lc,„g",uatCovo.„ father only laughed (mil btil, "AwaY wilt; t " 13 l'uady adopted in Scotland, and put You, "1,1 \ V.Sev King ; 1 '1" "01 ktic'w iittr 1,,,,th a Direetore for Public Worshi 1.0 mend your windexas and matey have no time to talk 01 1 11 And lite boat shot away leaving the angry king murmuring threats ef vengesatee. A short tine, after tide agrees festival was held in thevillitae near fisherman's .1anet, tirceteetr ill her best clothes, was bast ening tf.1 join her companic,ns ; already she eould hear the sounds of music and al- most see the claiming on the village green. As slit, ran along the sandy shore she met an old winnati earrying a basket of ribbous 14:1SIS4Siviees' re are yeti going, little girl 3" she asked ie a ',Smelly way. "TO the replied Janet, "do pal net bear the mimic .1 " But, my deer child," said the old wo- man, " I have juat come hen, the village, and there all 11,,' middens toe adorned with gay ribboue, mid you have none ;" and bend- ing over her basket, aim eeleeted a bright aoarlet riblem. " Let me tie flit; about your waist," she stid, mai thee pm will be the envy of Janet could not refueeaogenerone titi offer and allewed ilte old woman 1,, tie the ribbon on ler, But when she turnot to t intik her miend, the attv net the efil worime with lan leuffiet, bin the angry tral.nkieg freaming upon her, '(bit,, i4 overeome with frhdit she tried to run away ; but the king of the aymphe seiZed her by the aches ervieg Now I have ,aught SlAl iL/111 1 F101.11 1:111141 yOly father -to tweak 1,1y witelewe end then make apes ef :tie. Come you shall never more sail ht your little beat 8, inntre orystal palm,: with your iron rudder, ' The little girl tailed aloud for help ; but 110 one beartflitir, itild she Iva. dragged itillLy by the angry king. She disappeared under the water, and for many weary days the father and mother waited and watthed tit vain for the retern of their agar daughter. At the door of the dark thingeon into which Janet had been thrown by her cruel captor sat the sea king's only daughter, it beautiful little nymph who, unlike her fath- er, was kind and gentle, and grieved that the poor little girl had been taken Irani her home and placed in the dark, dark room. She wanted to speak or ming to the little prisoner 1 but she had been forbidden to do so, and dared not disobey. The hours seem- ed very long to janet. Avery meitger pots tion of the plainest food was oven her each day, and the dark room was so small that ehe could walk only a few steps in any dir- ection. She lost all count of time, aud thought it might be years since she had seen her father and mother. One day the king °stoned the door of her prison and in a stern voice cried "You may come out now and play in the garden ; but in an hour yen unist rettuin." How gladly Janet came out into tile light again Before her stood the crystal palace of the sea king, with its glittering walls and transparent colunme • and down the steps came the king's &udder, who greeted Janet kindly and walked with her in the beatdiful gardens and played with her in the bright sunshine. The hour passed very quickly and .Tanet was again led away to the cold, dark room, where she spent many weary days. Another time the king allowed her to play an hour with his daughter. Then she whisp- ered to the little nymph (for the kiug was near): "Little fairy, you are verY kind to me, and. I love you clearly. Can you not co2ne sometimes to the door of my prison and sing or speak to me, for I am very lonely ?" " I would gladly do so," replied the fairy, "but father watches me constantly all day, and would punish me severely if he foutolme disobeying his orders, But at night, when all are sleeping, I can open yonr door and we can mount to the Surface of the water, and then ride in my water -lily boat." When the play was over Janet returned to her dismal room, but she was no long- er unhappy and discontented, for she knew that the nymph would not forget her, and that night she would icgain ride on the sea. Whennight ouneendeveryone in the crystal palace was sleeping the sea fairy crept to Janet's door and softly whispered, " Are you sleeping t" But Janet was not sleeping and hastily follt»,mtl her gnide to the water.lily boat, which as soon as they were Heated in it, rose to the surface of the water and glid- ed through the waves. How happy Janet, was now. The sea nymph had brought her golden harp. from whieh floated sweet melodies, Again she breathed the fresh, pnre air, and the mom smiled kindly upon her ; all night long the flower boat sailed over the water, sometbnee along the shore and then out npon the deep, ee that Janet sometimes even heard the familiar sound of the church clock telling the hours. So the months passed. Janet was still in the power of the water king. Every night she sailed over the flea in the waterlily boat with the King's doughter. She had learned to sing the sea songs, and often when the two sweet voices, accompanied by the harp, sounded over the water, the fishermen would listen and wonder whenee came the strange, sweet mueic. Although Janet loved her fairy friend., and the time spent with her was very pleas- ant, she greatly lensed for a sight of her dear parents. One night she told this to the nymph, who said '' Perhaps soma (145%1 can help yon, lint now I know of no way.' As she said this, they JAW something cleric floating in the water. Directing tho boat thither they discovered the body of a little .girl, which had been carried off by the tide. "Now," said the fairy, "I can releitee you. shall take you to the shore, and while yon are running home I eludi put this little body in'.3'1,1°IeutuPesrt4'°nu 1ilOrning while Janet wee being received with joy and gladness in her ow» home, the wicked water king was rejoicing over what he supposed to be the tleart body of Janet, thinking thot now Fisher Bon werild never find his daughter, liet Janet did not forget her fairy friend and often on moonlight nights she Hilo. with her in the water -lily Minx,juvlsitini her her er iaweet melodies, Loniol;1 The open jacket with the high medic/ md. indoor, 1 ar o ow fira faVerItei tto most impoptillit WOrk Wilbl the Confession of Faith has had snub a profound in - on Presbyterhum throughout the world, and whinh may almost be said to have oreated tt distinct type of religione bite. The confessimt 0.as filially adopted in August, 111117, and the two catechisms in July, IRS. These forlintlaries haVII been adopted with slight moditioatioes by all the Presbyterian churches in the world. The Shorter Catechism was introduced into New England hy the Puritans, and formed the basis of the cele- brated NM &gland Primer, which for near. ly two (sectaries Walt the only recognized book of instruetion for the young. It has been saia that the Weetininitter (Smfession is not formally a Calvinistic creed. This is trite. But as a matt er t,f fitat,, its framers , were so deeply tinctured with CEL1FiTtiKa flint they etruld not help putting it good deal of it into their creed ; and, as a matter of feet, the Westminster Confession has always stood as the bulwark of Calvinism. Tlit, ( 'bereft ahus, by revising its creed, to give More perteet eXpresSion nf its present thought not to diecard the old standards of Nith. Them, ataudards have bet,n en, etunbered with nttertinees which moder.p minion repudiates, whielt have given it great deal of treuble to expoulidere of the Gospel. There are expritesions which the lay mind fails te comprehend and whieli even the tined theologian eau rot interpret to the ,..01iskietioll of himself and othens The sub - pee hos been dismissed with such marked candor and liberality that the meeting of the United States General Assembly bids fair to wituess a most profitable interchange of views. The church can not fail to be strength- ened in its howls of fellowship and in US oapaeity for usefulnese by meeting the issue presented, and giving it soil treatment as is eeinuiensurate with the hold it has taken on the minds, hearts and consciences of a great; majurity of Presbyterians. Using Up the Earth's Space, According to Mr. Giffeu, a few generations more will sec the end of emignnion, be,canee there will be 110 room for more emigrants, all the blank habitable space having been "templed. Mr. Ogren is it master of statist- ties:lint this manipulation of figures is support of this rather dismal theory 'is open to objection. Take the case of the United Status • at the present time the most attractive emigration field. Uncle Sern's territory, excelsive of Alaska, amount, speaking roughly, to about 3,000,000 square miles. One-third of this Mr, affect deducts its uninhabitable; but if the rest of the coma, try beet>, nes as populous as Western Europe, the Americium will soon find means of uti- lizing and fertilizing their sage -brush and alkali deserts. Then of the remaining 2,000, 000 square miles, Ile says that only about 100,000 square miles remain to lie eultivated implying that that is the only tram open to the agricultural immigrant. But any one who has visited that "great sloven eontin- ent," as Nathaniel Hawthorn styled America,, will know that, although the remainin nineteen -twentieths have been alienate( from the State, and have become private property, only a small percentage of this area is cultivated, in this sense in which (cultivation is understood in each countries as England, France, Holland and Belguim.. In the State of New York alone. despite the big city at ite southern extremity, there ore hundreds of square miles of wild land -land vddeb could and would be cultivated if the pressnre of population needed it. Depend on it that the United States, and stillmore Canada mid Australasia, will need an abun- dance of strong, willing hands for many itt. year to come; and we only regret that the working classes of our nation (that is, the. English, as distinguished fromthe Irish, the 800101 and the IVelsh) show at the present time so little desire for emigratirn. England alone ought to :tend out at least 300,000f yearly; and, iu their newhomes, they would do more to preserve the unity of the empire than !my artificial federation schemes.— ' Londmi Standrtili, Mysterious Music, Tt was late one evening in September, MA, that I first heard the mysterious nillsio of Pascagoula, An old fisherman called me front the house where I then was to come tiOvIll on the river bank and "hear the spirits singing under water." Pull of eager enriosity I readily obeyed the tranunons, anii if what I heard cannot be properly caned music it was certainly mysterious. From out of the waters of the river, apparently 50003 forty. feet from its shelving 'hank, rose a roartng, murmuring sound, which gradually increased in strength and volume until it had reached its height, when it LIS slowly descended. It never advanced 01' reoecied, but seernea always in the same spot and, though I re- mained there some time, it; never ceased,. but continued to rise and 1111 in the manner that 3 hove indioated above, The reader may obtain a better idea of tfte muilie if ho will place his ear against a telegraph pole, the timber of which, noting s.8 a 1101111ding board for wires that are playedt upon by the wind, gives forth a strange,tremulous sound that is an moot counterPart of tbe "inusio of Paiiingoula"-with this differonee, however, that, whereas the music of the wires is very wovering and treninlons, that of the water rises and falls with a steady swell, Preeione Little- 14lamma (who is stirring Up a cake, says to her little boy of five summers)--Tommys, tun ovee to the corner grocery and get me t*. bottle of extract, of lemon, New hurry 1 Tommy -I will not have to pay for it,. will I, mamma To he sure you will. Precious little on gets in this world without paying for t., Why, mamma, you said God gave nie you. Silence. Then mamma kisses her boy very meekly and says t "Mt he slid, dear t bet yott wore precious little then. Now rim, or my cake, win uot be liAt 1t it mtouclo much loser." 1