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Show TWlLtCHT. i.' ,.. f ,:t sv i,; t" ,..?! l I li t -' o v.t ! a': n T mu vi v, rr- J Al t O A l O yi T -- . H t r O t id i Oi I. tl 1M ... V I O r til w. i :t wiu d rc, u1 7') 'FlV 4 aa I nd 1 'vsljr- uert called :n th ; L r'f' t' in. hi imure uf evo. iti M. K. Ik Dak A in Disguise. HORATIO AI.OLK, JR. Bt Ilil'ip th; (lood, Duko of Burgundy, in tho habit of throwing oil his a.v.rt costume nt limes, and in various going forth to souk such them-r.tc- s. us might pre-cAd ."ifi-ure-s On one occasion, being over-ir- o n tr, a storm, lie took refuge in a t Lou-- e on tl1.' out kirts of tho 'I'l.o ho o un tioaliy i,f Ilrugt cDy iiu'xpcn-Jl- . hut still in u hv manner. Ti:o ooor ;i'. vomnn, to whom A ;. pr.u C .ho nudro'sod his j tiliou: at j'1-.- i op'-no- . My pood d.imo, J h.ivo hoon sudden-J- j o. or tula-- tty tin- ftorm - will you, i.allow mo to tarry o,.r kiiidin-ss- , h is o it until ji.u V.rh ploasuro.' v. us tho reply. t, its there are these who go about I should feel more 3k .Mi e il name and eou-d- . if 1 knew - vising your tiers. Vim may judge from my dress, nri tho duke, evasively, "that I am a Thant, and for my name, you may sradl me lieilip "Jo you do business hero in Ilruges? 3f thinks I havo never heard of that aiatmn' 'lii,r and elsew here. My business r..:Is me to dillerent parts of tho king- - siOJTl. Vou should curry on an extensive then? Ibuj-.iaes- At any "No, bo, said the duke. smV, I n.nnago to gain ti eomfortablo You are a widow? jKipjmrt. Ala-yes, sir. My husband died a year or more since. il.no yon any children? One a son of twenty-one- . hut business does he follow? I fear mo he will never follow any. And u hereforo not ? Hoeauso, sir, he is at this moment iu love, uml bis suit does not rx. as-r- . -- lh-ri- True tarly ilm-- s Mot so, said rmr smile upon him, tinwidow, a little must indeed be blind no: to love my llenry, but it is tho - Nile JUicher who objects. And what is the ground of his ob-io- lie isweilthv ami we are not. "Perhaps bo thinks jour son a for tumi hunter. lie knows beth-r- ; but the worst of t in, that, but for his evil practices, mx son would be rich us himself. "Ha! said tho duko, growing more if nl.ivo, "Let me know how that is, il you havo no objection. "You must know then, fair sir, that $1. Caspar and my husband were part-ser- a up to tho time when my husband They wore engaged in a prosperous trade, and were both thought to se rich equally so, for both began sarith the same capital, and he expended & much for living ns we. lint when my poor husband died suddenly, and Sft M. Caspar to settle up his affairs, h St was found that only of the whole establishment belonged to him, h'do M. Caspar claimed the rest. And did ho give no explanation of Shis great difference? "Mono. "Humph! this must bo looked into. At d now ho declines your sons suit? stis-d- . one-tent- f Yes. On the score of his poverty? That is what ho says. And is tho daughter really worthy bs love? Richly, sir. Then she cannot take after her lather. is in till respects liko her rr.'her, who was a lovely woman, but 3d. C.gspar treated her harshly, so it is sM. and slio died, nt length, of neg- "She i-et- , "Do you know whether M. Caspar -- his any particular alliance in prospect ifor his daughter? "I do not know, hut I bear ho has vvi-rthat ho meant to secure ono of She young lords of tho court for her. "ila! he is ambitious; and yet thore is men- - than one who would prove but unworthy of her, if slio is really as and attracts e as you say. Xkmbt it not. sir; sho is all that I 71uvo told you. And jour son whero is he? I should like to see him, and if I take a i.-c- y to him, who knows but I might dnr.CO his suit! Ho is even now coming up tho road, hi, will be here in a moment. Tho duke kept his eye fixed upon the through which there presently a young man of fine form and Afcnd-iomfeatures, but the last were sc He re; .st by a gloomy expression. mitered the room with a downcast air, end did not even glance nt the stran-jjy- r, but threw himself wearily upon a in one corner, and buried his la. e i i his hands. Henry, said his mother, do you not ms- - o ir guest? ilo look"d up sight.y, and nodded, n -- - ej e f rrlo aymg: II t would find rie but poor com--y- ji t le.ie him to cy, motlier. 1 h:ni yi; j.'' ' "1 J. h.e 'A k s lie n . 1 ht ' s 1; infe'v-,'- -- m he t' V. lit i s V L i : t I' i t n ev t.i d m n is.1' ea-i-il 1"- - t . - i"' .1 i.i:n : - ' i yd .r," ",j u MU : U) e - v. to in "t. I d H- - 111) unly for i.n im.i,.t of i .y I am p . ir, he wo.,al s ; a I v. rbiii l.v a l.e i ; ' ... i e . i it m I. a- of this i . : loan'd e di S. i: ill n. l:i r irabie I- - He I,,.-- , i re 'tr' d at court, ca- i a;' "Mv : ;f .1 C oils1 nee. as lwr e! ha ai 1 l.e c right, ami. b e.i is eet mi m.. f rl.t r cuiuni' ..i m'. i the d .he s mwi- i.l all th..t. but still. Yesi'l i.n d. I ba.e tui .g it I mil n.'t i "Ye ., my d. mMifi-re tu'd wish to d.-- e of a plan v, hi'-'AnJ w in :v a. c? with you in private. My good lady, "That 1 know imt; but ns Philip is , motla-r1. (. he eon! nue I unit g to the r..:al of b"s..y, be lias, me with apmuN; oou'd you d t ) i.i. k you a lady of the court. apartment for an ii.t.rview with joir "I know not whe'her that tu son? It may be that we can devise a said Constance, thoughtfully; hut 1 wi at plan. obey the summons. Coo.1. thought the fa'her, well Sat"Willingly. and may heaven bless your good wishes, even if vou do not suc- isfied. "I would gno something to ceed. know whether tho duke will b successful in accomplishing what I havo not I,!,, red into a piivue room, tho duke changed his manner, and said, m been able to do reconcile her to giva dignified tone: ing up Henry Dumont. The next day, mindful of his engage"My gooil friend, it is well that we should, at tho outset, understand each ment. Caspar took his way to the palace other. Would you know who I am? to his daughters wedding. A merchant, I judge, from your "1 wi.--h I knew who is to be the attire. he said to himself. "It bridegroom, "It suits mo to he considered such, may bo Do Courey, or again, young but I am not what 1 seem. Beaumont. "Who, then? inquired the youth, in Filtering tin palace, ho was again wonderment. ushered imo the long audience room. the duke, A curtain conc'-aie"1 am o.,r sovcioign, from view the lowin a dignified tone. er cud. There wane present besides "What! Ihiiip of r.urgundy? him-e- i f, many noble lords atul ladies ed Henry, dropping upon one attached to the court, aiul his he trt ktlee. sued dv. In n lie considered that ail tins I call for no "Mvi n so; hut arise. ant w as a is "i;hl"d lor Ins daughand you jiugi homage, while in ters bridal. must stiil mldrosS mo as if I were a As the clock sounded, the curtain merchant. Tell mo, do you now con- ro-and d upon a raised dais sider your ease ns s,( the bridal party". Caspar glanced anx"I do not doubt your power, my lord iously at the bridegroom. hut was duke. bis when he recognized Ilom-Call me only sir. Dumont, The ceremony "Spare titles. mhly drtsed. Without detailing my plan, I will mere- commenced, but such was Caspars be-to will go ly say that it require you ilderment, that lie did not think to inback with mo to court, and as soon as terfere, and tho twain were declared tho storm is over, wo will start. Y'ou husband and w ifo. can render some exeu-- e to your mother, "Let the bride's father come forward but take earn not to tell her tho truth. the herald. proclaimed You shall bo obeyed, said the Caspar advanced mechanically to a youth, bowing. table, whereon he found awaiting his signature, an instrument conveying his goods to llenry Dumont. Tho merchant, Caspar, was seated in one-hahis warehouse, his mind intent upon a 'I w 111 not sign it, he said, hastily. Would you rather have it wrested contemplated venture which promised to be lucrative, when his attention was from you? But is that justice? said Caspar, attracted by tho entrance of a page, dressed in court livery, who ad- sulkily. It is just that he who defrauds should vanced toward him, atid said, inquirimake restitution, was the stern reply. ngly: "Is this M. Caspar? Caspar seized the pen and affixed his The consciousness of guilt It is, replied the merchant. signature. Then I have a missive for you," ma le him a coward. Need it be said that Henry Dumont said the page. and his fair bride lived happily and From whom do you come? From the court. prosperously, under the favor and And your missive? said tho merof the Duko Philip, and the former received, in course of time, a chant; surprised. Is from the duko. degree of nobility in return for his Herewith, ho presented a missive, faithful services. Kightly did he attribdirecting the messenger, as tho duke ute all liis prosperity to the lucky desired an inton ievv with him. Caspar chance which led to his meeting a was surprised ami perplexed, hardly Puke in Disguise. Yankee Blade. s knowing whether to feel p ratified or at the sudden summons. approhon-iv- e Altar Fun. "Know you why I am summoned, ho was a stevedore, Duggan Timothy asked of the page. ti feet in perhaps height and proporMy master is not in the habit of lie appeared ns a communicating to mo his secrets, was tionately broad. bride was a charming tho the brief ami bridegroom: reply. At length they reached the audience young por.son of tender years. All chamber of the duke, and tho merchant went well until the moment came for j was announced. Philip was seated Timothy anil his bride to give their upon a throne at one end of the apart- troth to each other iu tho prescribed ment. Caspar bent his knee. manner. I suppose you are surprised at my "Say after me, said I to Timothy, summons. said Philip, abruptly. I, Timothy such was Caspar acknowledged that There was no response. the ea.-"Say after mo, repeated the parson, I am told that you havo a beautiful I, Timothy daughter, said the duke, after a brief Timothy was still silent, a puzzled pause. look creeping over his broad face. "I am willing to leave you to deeido "Say after me, said I for the third upon that point, said tho proud and time, with, perhaps, a shade of annoy ambitious father, in whose breast a Ulu6. wild hopo arose that tho duko might After you, sir, responded Timothy, seek her for himself. with the politest possible duck of his I am willing to trust to testimony. bullet head. I have to tell you, responded Philip. But this indifference to the rubric is then, Caspar, that a young man, in so great that upon the injunction. whom I am interested, has conceived on the third linger, Piaee the I a passion for your daughter, and have more than oneo seen the bridewould fain receives her hand in margroom clap it upon the third finger of riage. his own hand with all tho complacency A court gallant, thought Caspar, in ti bridethe world. Once I It is tho very thing that I groom endeavoring to detected proudly. force the ring on have been longing for. to the bridos thumb; but there was Have you any objection to tho alli- just a suspicion that ho had been makance? queried the duke, or tiro her ing marry before coming to church affections engaged? that morning. The same excuse could Nay, my lord. not be offered for a bridegroom from But methinks I have heard of an at- whom I could get no word of response, tachment between herself and a certain not even a sulky "I will. The situayoung mail. tion was becoming mo- -t embarrassing, is "It quilo broken up, said when tho solitary bridesmaid his sisCaspar, hastily, "lie was unworthy of ter casually observed, ITs a little her. aid of oaring, sir. The man was Then yon have uo'hing to object to stone deaf; yet they had not thought it the alliance 1 suppose'. necessary to toil the parson, if the "May I inquire w bo is the voting genbridegroom understood not a word of tleman?" the service wliat did it matter? "Is it enough. "said the duko. haughtily, that it is one in whom I take an Flight Noble interest? F.ight sisters who, with their father, "Yes; certainly. responded Caspar, live near Belfast aro now enjoying a hastily, fearing to offend tho duke. llow much are you willing to share of now -- paper attention. Their give your daughter as a dowry? mother is dead, but their father is yet able to do chores about the place. Tiio Philip. "One-ha- lf of all that I possess, said sisters carry on the farm, keep several Caspar, who though covetous, was am- cows, a liot-se- . four oxen that are never bitious for his daughter. yoked, from three hundred to five hun"It is enough. I wish tlio marriago dred hens, hogs, a broo.l of ducks and to take place thirteen eats. They got up their own So soon? repeated wood in winter, at which sea-o- n only ou me-yknow young two of them are at home, the other, Caspar. "I fear girls aro full of whims that my daugh- being employed in Boston, where two ter may object. She may fancy that of them pro teachers in the public she loves the other young man. schools. All spend the summer at "Send her immediately to the palace, homo and enjoy themselves as well as and the ladies of the court shall so pre- carry on a good farming business. Tho sent unto ner the advantages of this reason given for tho keeping of the union, that I warrant mo all her oxen for which then is no work, is scruples will vanish as tho morning that tho sisters rai-e- d tho calves and dew. hate to part with them for beof. Lew"It shall bo done." : aid Caspar, bow- iston (Me.) Journal. ing. Atul mind y on breathe no word to Hies in Bis Pi Ament. her of tii" purpose for which she is is always a ily in the pot o! "There t. cn n to called il yor, d in j t . ' u in j o ir - - tUnl iik. ? ox-ela- e, hop-de-x- y lf pro-Lcti- ed "To-morro- y I :i .w K i'' v. ;v tr i . t!' i i w r i ?u Cju- t it .a I'U'pn WM . The bushel measure used iu England 300 years ago weighed eiLrliteeuqxunus of themselves, and any one who walked across the fioor while wheat was being measured was t. liable to An orange tree is growing in the garden ofi the Iala-- e of Versailles that is over 400 ye..rs olA It was planted about Wlti, Eleanor of Castile, at Deinpeluna, and finally transplanted to Vei snides iu Ids!. Some hens eggs that were nccidn,a,,y covered up by some men plowing at Pet a Cal, last stmnm r, were hitched by the heat, of the sun upon the earth, and tho noise made by tue i inckens led to tli ir discovery and release. There are whole towns in Germany that do l ttlc else than make dolls fur American children. They are mo-tl- y simple country folk. Englands children spend almost 1,000,000 annually for Fr melt and German dolls, and American children almost double impri-onmen- that. A pony was recently lost for eleven days at Mold, England. It was found in a culvert which conveyed water from a colliery, up to its belly in ntud and water. Tho culvert was too narrow to allow the creature to turn, and the men had to dig down several foet to rescue it. Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle will have as their guests during tho season Miss Mary Green of Covington, Iy., and Miss Alice Berry of Newport, Ivy. Major Steele, the Indiana member, and his family will spend the season with Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle, as they did last year. Yon women dont know when you are Here you well off, sneered old Brown. are complaining just because you havo to do the housework. Why, in ancient times wives ued to be slaves. Yes, my dear, returned his belter half, but that was before the invention of brooms. Tlie co- -t of wai3 forms interesting reading. The American war from 1575 to lTs.i The war with cost England 100,000,000. France cost from its opening in 1 TO.'! to its ). close at Waterloo, neary la carry ing out the war with Russia, England added $10,000,000 to tlie national debt. A still body of waer at a temperature d from 15 to 00, which is about the ordinary summer temperature, will evaporate s about of an inch in twenty-fou- r hours if there is no wind. With tlie wind bowing at twenty miles an hour, tho evaporation will be about half an inch. Harry Smart, charged with the murder of Meisner Greene and Belle Ward, who were found floating in the river at Louisville last summer, was found guilty and the sentence fixed was death. Smart, on another count of the same charge, was convicted several weeks ago and sentenced to tho penitentiary for life. A contagious form of soro throat has broken out among the Mexican children near Albuquerque, N. M., and it is said that 2U0 deaths have occurred in the past few weeks. In some villages it is raging to an alarming extent, Ony a few deaths have occurred in American families. Smallqiox has also apjieared in several Mexican villages. Dante, the most powerful of the Italian poets, was born at Florence in 1365, and died in exilo at Ravenna in 1321. At an early age he was a popular magistrate of Flor-enebut in the reaction of parties he was banished, and passed tlie remainder of his lifo as a fugitive in other Italian cities. After his death all Italy contended to do honor to his memory. The British laws wero translated into Saxon in 5JO. Alfred compiled tho Saxon common law, in 85. Edward the Confessor promulgated laws in 1065. Stephen's charter of general liberty was in 1136. Henry tho II. "s confirmation, 1154 and 1175. Magna Charta, by John. 1215. Confirmations, by Henry III., in 1216, 1224, ! FIT, 1250 and 1304. (Forest charter, 1225) by Edward I., 1297 and 1299; by Edward III. in 1345 and 130S. The floating gardens on the rivers of Cashmere are formed by the long sedges being in'erwoven into a mat, earth being superimpos"d thereup m, and the stalks finally cut under water, thus releasing them from the bottom of the lake. They aro usually about twenty by twelve yards in size. A dishiaiet Caskmiri will sometimes tow his neighbors garden away from its moorings and thus appropriate its produce, which cucurbitarcous fruits and generally vegetables and a fine description of grape. A writer in Nature, who says lie has measured a great many Roman coffins, finds that the Roman could not have greatly exceeded five feet five inches. From the measurement of ancient armor it apj03rs that tho English aristocracy havo decidedly increased in average height within 500 years. The mummy of the celebrated Cleopatra measures about fifty four inches, about the height of the present European girl of thirteen. The mot ancient mummy of the Egyptian king yet discovered measured fifty-twinches. A San Francisco new spacer offered $200 to the one who would correctly guess the cumber of types in a jar, exhibited in the Exposition tnore. Two men were suceess--fu- l. naming tue correct number. 34,200. How they e.une to lilt on that number is interesting One of them once gues.-e- d the number of shot in a jar about the same size as the one containing tho type. There were lie thought then were one third as rn, .ny ti j no bill, . nd so divided 95,000 by three, and as he said, added a little, to make The other man saw a crowd it mviud the jar, and felt in Ills pocket tor a He pen il wbh whi h to write a number. after-.'.- g .nd'di't nn 1 one. and moved on; strongy inipe.l' 1 to make a a aln f a pencil, an Tu.nl 'in . l I ; i n w n c i qj p taree-e:ghth- e, s 95,-H- l). - 1 . Kir. J vm; v.-- .. 1 m. r. V ,!, p ;'r i Eor-iotime- s The Regular Sunday M ermng gram atTheir House, as Described by the Lady. I Mippo-- e the reg.ihii Funlav t.a ers. "Y'ou make q program :.t or.. loci-- - i the 3ai-:Mr. sis at nll other-- - uml I pre-im- r' Bow--- rs c uidact i th -- uine - that of lhlie is itioritiy average nw ay at N o'clock, when I give him a dig and remark: Conn. Mr. Row or, we me t,olng to church this moniing. After about a dozen digs I get him out of bed and iu due time we have breakfast. After that the performance begins. As the curtain goes up Mr. Bow-e- r is heard saying: "Id like to know what particular benefit vve get from sitting iu church for an hour and a half anil listening to a dry old sermon? "NVell, we mu- -t go for example. "Example! AVho knows whether we go to church or stay at home? knows, Mr. Bowser. "Everybody We aro iu a neighborhood of churchgoers, and we shall bo sot down as . heathens if we don't go. -- I might listen to 10,000 such sermons as we hear and not be an iota better, but I suppose 1 must be dragged off. Have I got a clean shirt. "Of course you liaVe five or six of them. Go right up and dress yourself. lie proceeds very slowly muttering as he goes, amt in about a minute calls over the banister: if there is anybody in Detroit who can find mv shirts I'll give him a ?20 bill. "They are in the lower drawer of your bureau. "Oh! They are! What did you tell for?" mo to look in the clo-From the interval of silence that ensues it is fair to presume that Mr. Bowser makes a discovery. There are five shirts in the drawer, all alike as to cleanliness, but he lays the five out on tho floor and makes a selection. When he has done this he walls out: s Have you given my away again? "I never gave any of your away. Then where are they? In the shirt you have on of course. You never had but one set. Oh, I didnt! Some men have a set for every day in the year, I suppose! There is another interval of silence, during which he is supposed to get into the shirt, but it is presently broken by: Where's my Sunday pantaloons? Hanging up in the clothes press. Ive looked They aro not there! the blamed thing over forty times! On the first hook at the right of the door. What did you go and move them off the first hook to the lift of the door for? Hereafter I want you to let my clothes alone. I havo about three minutes of rest and then Mr. Bowser inquires: Is there any such thing as a collar in this house, or have all of mine been and mop-ragtaken for dish-clotYour collars are in with your shirts. It is strange how helpless some men are. Thero is silence for about five minutes this time. Then Mr. Bowser with one end of liis comes down-stair- s collar buttoned, his hair standing up and his eyes having a dangerous look. Mrs. Bowser, do you pretend this is ono of my collars? he huskily demands. Certainly it is. Anything wrong? Wrong! Why, the infernal tiling wont go half around my neck! I'll be hanged if this isnt the worst run house in Michigan! I button his collar. It buttons very to put easily and he goes back on his necktie and vest and calls out: How much did that second-han- d man give you for my coat? I haven't sold any coat. You must have! I cant find my Sunday coat anywhere up here. It isnt down in the basement, is it? I go up, and his coat is lying across a chair, right where he flung it. It will be the last time I go to church for a year, and you chalk that down! he growls as I descend to finish my dressing. By 10 o'clock Mr. Bowser is dressed and down stairs. Then he discovers that liis shoes wants a shine and his hat ana overcoat must be brushed, and after pulling the right shoo on the left foot ho mildly observes: Church! church! Don't you ever say church to mo again! By and by he discovers that ho is minus handkerchief and gloves, and and hunting after going around he calls out: Did the young un swallow all the handkerchiefs in the house? Xo, dear; you will find a clean ono in your hip pocket. Why didnt you say so at first? ; , er gold-heade- gold-heade- IDs .Memory All Eight Mr. Smith was going shopping. Mrs. U..I. .. Smith said, tw die was nbout her first order, that he should put them down on a piece of paper. "Oh, no, said Mr. Smith, "my memory is good. YYell, then, began Mrs. Smith, a spool of GO Coate's black thread. Yes, said Mr. Smith. A yard of not too light ar.d not too dark calico. Yes. A small hammer, a can of peaches of the Pasadena brand, a dozen small pearl buttons, two yards of cardinal ribbon, silk on ono sido and satin on the other. Y'es, A pail of slippers for baby, a dozen a pinelemons, a good tooth-bruse Germanapple, two ounces of town yarn, an ounce vial of homoeopathic nux vomica pellets, a Wait a second, said Mr. Smith, counting on his fingers and looking h, sky-blu- perplexed. And a bottle of vanilla extract and a yard of triple crepe lisse d ruehing and three yards of box-plaite- small-checke- h, didn't ask.' Well, my gloves are gone. They are in your eoat-tapocket. Oil! they are! Y'ou saw me como upstairs and never said a word. I suppose now I'll have to wait half an hour for you. Xo, dear; T'm all ready. I had to stop to tell tho cook about those ducks, and to feed the baby, and to fix a button on my shoe, but I'm all ready.. Its the last time I fool around like this. There! my durned old watch lias stopped." Never mind the watch. Lets be going. And I believe Ive busted my suspenders! I get him started, however. He growls all the way to church, scowls at tho minister throughout the sermon, and its only after the service is out that he says to me as we walk homeward: "Mrs. Bowser, I wish you wouM reform in one matter. Look at the number of people out to church and then think how they would estimate us if we stayed at home. I hope to see you a lit le more enthusiastic about getting out t i servii "Why, dear, Ihn always ready to il to-d- ay ..'-'- V' v ;at - : s 1 jo i ; l , d nainsook and But Mr. Smith had seized his hat and was running for the station. What the poor man brought back was a yard of bed ticking, three yards of black crape, a bottle of vinegar, eight yards of waukeen, a scrub-brusa pound of green yarn, sixty spools of coat thread, a yard of very light and a yard of very dark calico, a pint bottle of homoeopathic pills. There, my dear, he said, triumphantly, throwing down his numerous I dont think you'll find a packages. thing missing. YYho says a man can't never do shopping? My memory played mo false yet? May Leslie in New York World. up-stai- rs l said Mr. Smith, thoughtful- ly up-stai- rs to ;r of Afgii. ni- -t m. "You remember that man who was out here the other duy during llii- - hot war, hearing somel ody ta'k of the wounded being pick",! up ey a deolm (anibulauei iilter), a id he took it for s nue kind of w i id In as t, and began his next letter nceouut of the with a feroeious doolie swooning down upon and carrying off the the battle-fiel- d wounded. In- -! Well, I did nearly as bad my month, rejoined I, "in a letter to the New Y ork Times, describing my it to the ruins of Ambln-rnear Jeypoor, i.n Western India. I had meant to put I had previously w ritt-to tho British Resident for an ek pliant, and on reaching the city gate found the great biute all ready. But dpv some mi. ehanee I ommitted the words for an elephant.' and the sentence ran thus: It had to the British previously written Resident, and on reaching the city gate found the great brute all ready. "Not so bad, though., lauglu d my companion, "as the way the Kugli-- h papers mixed- up the ciqiers of a s' ray itkai of a dog with tin- pie-on- t to our head lm.-tjust i fore I Dr. G returned left school: thanks for the t; imouial, and then proceeded !o p'ay a series of plunks d ig which only such a could have iurejined. Hi ran furiouy down the lna n itreit barking and snapping at every one whom he me!, till some frolic'i nm bos got hold of him and tied a tin pan to his t ill, with tho presentation which ceremony ended. "Well, I can beat even that. said I. YVliat do you say to this as tho result of mixing an luciunt of cutting up a pig by machinery with the prcscnt-.itind cane to an English of a His friends explaim d tho professor? object of their visit and presented him d with a handsono butcher, who seized him by tho tail, cut his throat dexterously, and plunged his He carcass into the boiling water. then observed that on such an occasion his feelings overcame him, and ho could but faintly express his gratitude, the way in which so huge a beast was cut to pieces being truly admirable. As tho doctor ended the machine seized him, and in a trice be was chopped up and worked into delicious His friends will long resausages. The member this gratifying event. best bits may still be bad for tenpenee per pound, and all who have profited by his lectures must rejoice that lie has been so handsomely treated. s? a duly v. e ira and to ourselve sta'-iewith i, .i 1(0 i!- S a- Southern sliirt-but-to- I i rhhorhnc sud oir.'ii't ;i"."T:gthe mountains bordi-- shirt-button- y y correspondents su'.m-liui- nt et "Then prove it - "laVy to a corivBp'aid-el- :t sat i:i uf Wcvl.y, - th-f r. int of the cau'ui.m-at a little s, rn'Enn-- . p,u- ..e Br.ti-- h 11a flier's -- You r a i..'- - in a yuurg hu-hni- - l.e i as. va.. J'i'Vi M.-- AESUPD BLUNDERS. Cet MlxeS How Things by Corres.'onclents and Print- Pro- e "Ca Sat- was a t tV or tm jurors f Rena Judu ' C.e-a- r. A tun of rop 'S made fn m the a r of the women of J. pan is used .a bail hag Bud Hast temple at K:A who was re.vatly k.lled Niiimiuails, Jlr ia a halloon m v.dent in Knsrk.vl, w is the man whom Blond. n earned in las bark when he crossed the Falls of Niagara on a tight rope. Steam was first applied to b ats in America in lslO. A steamboat large enough to convey 1SOO persons, the first of its kind, commenced running between Liuiehouso and Gravesend in Did. U- : a tW'-.v- I - i l 1 rs '! - t.w of moL.ds l m x !J. C. j I Wui li I. eu-on. Ti..might be ;:b e li Mr the P'd.ip pci re- 1. t la d k-- . C piu.K-- g.dy-u- 1'-- in Bren rs py. t .e ' i v. a ,lu -- L"Ia: until t.he f bj a e f- MR. APJD MRS. DOWSER. MISLES. WINGED i d d r. .. ; - lilng wl'h ex- I. - d led thi ! hi- - f 11 i'- " toil. gut. "but e i: e, when w. 1 Id. -- . 1 -h 1 X? f rt i rc-3- o. il;s non t s';l fo i;w m coirniir l.o fs m to ii t .njht no- h"iK to think of the 'i I tiny i i m on in w ; C v. ; . 1 i ! r-o . - a, ei - nr sine th K.rinT h ionif ihAt -.- id f is ! - fc I i rt r it. a.! tLy r "1 v. i a ! i:s i "lie itl YoV Iouflt i j ho.: that the ni '.I fo 1 V t t.-- - d a.idove, In nri w.is i:..d u lb . vn i r! w, L'rt ! v ti T t'u .t I . o'Ci I tit a 1 i.y ixit'jt i i-- n i i d i..la.-- i to lrnr9 ad .u wi : : ri I. u - tf I e.i :t I,,. : I. I - n: s I dvi i i v. ZX I1 J Ui ' ' 'j .reav.ri ilui"I '11 Xa ,v n Fell Into a Whales Month. My narrowest escape from death, said Captain F. D. Haskell, a retired sea captain, to a Minneapolis Tribune reporter, was when I fell, like Jonah, into the very mouth of a whale, which, however, did not swallow me, probably not thinking me a choice morsel. In my whaling days we didn't have the harpoon gun, but were obliged to row up close to the whale and harpoon him by a cast from the hand. The whale that I speak of gave a sudden twit and threw me backward out of tho I tumbled squarely into his boat. mouth, which hung open fourteen feet from jaw to jaw. He closed his mouth and crushed my legs rather gently for a whale and let me go again, when 1 was picked up by ono of the ship's boats. We got tho whale though. Bydrc phobia is an Inuginarv Disews1. Dr. William Owens presents a long article on Hydrophobia, a Dismiso uf Ho cites a largo tlie Imagination. his number of cases to and concludes with the stniemcnt: I am y thoroughly skeptical on of hydrophobia, in pvii or the subji-cfrom animal which surface of the body- .- M deal Co I s'Ttor. pe-i-ti- t piT-m'-- es m-- mv i n ? a n.c-- r. girl th' J. a. ,' o |