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jg 1 11 ^SSSS?^USSS? An UiioxDootort HUKKIIIK. As tho Alloghony Talloy railroad train bound northward stoppod at tho etation rocontly a half-grown girl, ac companied by a man, dosccnded to tho platform. Tho man looked around an xiously, as if in search of anothor train. Tho girl also looked around anxiously, but abo dld'nt seem tocare about anoth or train. She* was pretty, but there was a restless expression iii her eyo which unhealed an aching void that traius could never Oil, A telegraph messenger boy, struck with her beauty, gazed at her with a freedom that attracted her wandering attention, Just as tho man who ac companied lier stepped into tho station to inquire if tho Buffalo, Now York and Philadelphia train was on timo tho girl how at tlio admiring niesscngor boy, folded him in hor arms and hugged him rapturously. uOh, you dear, darling, sweet littlo thing!" exclaimed tho girl, in a voice tremulous with unrestrained emotion. Again Hbo showered kisses upon his clue!;!, which wore blushing as only those of a now-to-tbe-busincss messen ger boy can blush, Agaiu she frantic ally pressed him to her bosom and bioko out into passionate words, uttered in equally passionate tonos: "Kiss mo again! Oh, do kiss mel Don't turn from me." Tho boy evidontly didn't know what to make of it. ile would have enjoyed it moro if a crowd had not assembled to witness tho proceedings, but ho was too bashful to bug before a crowd. Ho toro himself from her embraco and rushed down tho platform. Th? girl fairly How after him, like Atalanta in the mythological race. She was gain ing on him, and in one minute moro would have been hugging him at tile end of tiio platform, when the man em erged from the station door. "lleilol" said he aa ho looked at the np: ' where he had left tho girl. "Wherels--V" But tho direction . WhiOii llie crowd of loungers had taken made it unnecessary for Illili to finish tho question. Ile looked down tho plat form and in a kind but a linn voice shouted, "Nolliel" Nellie started as if she had been shot. The fugitive messenger boy, who was still running as never messenger boy ran before, had no further attractions for ber. Timid and subdued in man ner, as though fearful of reproof, she rejoined hor com panton, j est then tho Titusvillo train carno up and they cot aboard. "Crazy?" said tho handsome station agent. "Yes; ho's taking her to tho | North Warren asylum. Of course sho'o 1 crazy. The idea of hugging a little I dr:.;? iha>, " and he disaua peaied . n disgust, j '? 1 Uiga, each ?i?i>u? a u>ut, j long and six inches wide of somo dark material, and sow them together at tho edge so that ono may be inside tho other. Next make a number of pockets, each with ti eovor to it, which may bo fastened down with a button and loop. Placo these about two inches apart, bo twooutho two bags, sowing ono sido of tho pocket to one bag and tho other sido to tho other, Make slits through both bags about an inch long, just abovo tho pockets, so that you can put your hand in tho hairs ; and, by inserting your thumb and finger through these slits, J you may obtain eal raneo to tho pockets and bring out of thom whatever they contain. It is, of course, necessary that a variety of art icles should bo put in tho pockets. Before commencing tho trick you may turn tho bag insido out any number of times, so that your audience may conclude that it is quito empty, You can then cause to appoar or disappear any number of articles of a light nature, much to tho amusement of your audience. Lust ol'tito WloumioooH. Tho Wicomicoes as a tribe sold out their possessions to tho colonists and moved away. A few, however, em braced Christianity and remained be hind. A majority of theso converts and thoir descom?a ts intermarried with tho slavo population. There is in Charles county, one Indian who is said to bo undoubtedly of original unmixed Wl comico blood. His complxion is very dark, but not Uko that of a negro. His eyes aro durk and piercing, his bair is of tho same color and straight. Ho is rather uncommunicative and averse to conversation. His replies aro always monosyllabic in character. His profes sion is nominally that of a farmer, yet most of his time is employed in hunting, fishing and idleness. Ntcurnuitii duwil.; Tho total length of thc route of tho proposed Nicaragua (Janal from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific is 173 157 miles. This is composed of 17,27 milos of canal, from tho Pacific at Brito harbor to tho biko of Nicaragua, 66.50 miles of lake navigation, (19.00 miles of navigation of tho river San Juan, and 35.00 miles of canal from this river to Greytown. Tho estimated cost of thia work la $41,193,8:10, or littlo moro than ono dollar of capital against ono pound in tho estimate of M. Voisin for tho Panama canal of 40> milos in length. Those who luwo not expuiieucodsomo of tho "tips and downs of lifo" seldom aro prepared for ii s omergcuoieF. Underground Exploration in Austria Tho extraordinary underground phe nomena found in certain portions of tho southern and Adriatic provinces of Austria including miles of under ground caverns, lakes that dlssappoar and reappear at regular seasons, and rivers that aro swallowed up by tho earth and como to tho surface again at many milo's distance, have recently beon tho subject of much attention on tho part of tho Austro-Gcrinaii Alpine club and of tho Club degll Alpinistl ol Trieste. A section of tho members ol tho former body determined somo time ago to instituto a systematic explora tion of tho subterranean Course of thc Uiver Meka. Hising in tho Schneeborg, in Carniola, this mysterious stream sud denly disapppears in so-callod Kai si caverns. At San Giovanni ill Duiuo, the Heka is lost, a river of correspon ding magnitude is found issuing fron tho foot of a hill. Thisstrcam is knowi as the Timnvo, which lakes a westward course, and discharges ? its walors inti tho Bay of Montfalcone. As to tin tho present year no attempt had ovei been made practically to demonstrali the fact. Tho members of the Austro Cern?an Alpine club, wno had resolve* to exploro tho underground meander lugs of tho river, mado tnoir prelinna ary reconnolssauco on Marob ?JO last Starting ironi tho celebrated cavern o St. Cn/.ian, into which, tho Roka pour; its waters soon after its disappearanc from the surfaco, tho exploring part succeeded in following tho course of th stream for a short distance. Owing t thc unusual dryness of ibo summci however, it was impossible to procce with the work of exploration until th month ol' September, when a second e> pedilion started. The third atteint was mado on ibo Dib of the presen month. A boat and raft which ha with great dilllculty buen got down t the stream in the cavern in March ha been carried away by a sudden rush ( waler before September. Fresh boni were nceordi'igly provided foi' the ?<oi bud attempt. Starlin.!; from tho first great caver called tho Rudolph's Domo, the ex pod lion, consisting of lour persons Iii tv boals, proceeded on their eventful vo tige. From thc cavorn just mont lom the river Hows for '200 feet through narrow channel between two perpend! j ni tr walls of rock, estimated to bo u wards of 100 yards in height. Atti end of this channel tho explorers, whoj course throughout was illuminated 1 the magnesium light, found the nisei v in a vast cavern, whero they wore al to land. Fastening up their boal i tiley proceeded for some dlstanco < I foot mist .several cascudos nivi rwpi<' I wibhoUi bl nob .iii?.l}?nl.?';l for .. ? ?"l?.a*. abie distune . w> . Uvwiiiij I.ho'n0w'? i'diiiijiivorod wjvcri , keeping tn tho li btt?k at inst. At length they reach a spot where tho river contracts to width of barely twelve feet. lloro th wero compelled to cross to tho rig bank, which they did hy help of a woe on ladder they had with thom. T nd vaneo now became moro dillie ult, t explorers being only able to get fi ward by creeping and climbing, length they carno to the sixth waterfu which thc parly was unable lo pa The river here runs between t wo p pendicular walls of rocks, und suelde) takes a downward leap of over twei feet. From tho Rudolph's Don where the start was made, to tho si: waterfall tho distance is rather oye furlong, and requires half a day to eomplish. At the third attempt I four gentlemen forming tho ?xpediti Kuceeded by help of suitable ladt] and other apparatus in gelling o this cataract and advancing some < tance beyond it. They soon, howe\ came to a seventh waterfall, where tl were compelled to thru back. Tl found that to make any further y gr?ss it would bo necessary to get a b past the last waterfalls, as lhere is standing room on either side of stream, but sheer perpendicular w of rock. Tho further exploration the underground river will bo resin as soon as tho requisito apparatus be got ready. In the meantime tho pine Club has decided to make the proachos to tho Rudolph's Domo < ern more easy of access to the gon public. Tho second cavern, which discovered in September, is of greater dimensions than tho Rudol Domo or aliy of tho other caves of district. Its height is upward of feet, so that it could anally contain cathedral ol' St. Fetor's at Rome. / With regard to tho Italian Al Club, Its committee has during past summer done somo good soi by rendering tho splondid caven Trebitsh, discovered by Herr Lin forty years ago, accessible to tho 01 ary holiday tourist. Tho cavorn only be approached by descend!] deep shaft down which visitors 1 hithorlo had to clamber on the rocks. Tho Club dogli Alpinisti now caused a ."eries of ladders, sevr. four in number, to bo fixed. The bilah cavern is .'100 feet high, 400 in width and 1,000 feot in 1er Through it Hows a rivor which se authorities bel I ve to bo I nilen tl cal tho Roka and Timavo, but tho hy| esis is repudiated by many ot hoi servers. Tho question can only bi tied when tho Austro-German A Club shall have accomplished tho i estlng task it has taken in hand of following tho subterranean com tho river Rekr from its beginning 1 torntni nat ion. A niyuter?ou? KCJ About u year since lt wan rumored that ft gentleman in Tuoson ba<l fourni tbomuch sought for Tuniac ?bi 1 ia . but was dobarred entrance . ii by a large iron door. Tho story jud ned con siderable circulation, audit was liccepl ed in good faith by Tio Naso-1.\ an ole" Mexican,a veteran prospootoi and i dbi woll known in tills city, mal much respected. Ho knows very )?.:; end and romance that timo in anco lias woven around ibo ?nu ly worked mines of the Jesuit ft Hub's, and his belief in them in unswen n>. ami will die only when ho dies, howasattho old Tumacacoi M.i looking it over for thc tbousa dib I From tho mission ho went to tams on tho west sido and ?\ upon an old iron key. lb Wi.* ol i <luo make, had lain long and 1 i deep, bul that is the key tb: i?iock:; Ibo iron door that has h i Iber : ? securoly tho time-hidden ti ? tho Tumacacoi v. at least so tl ?'io (unelo)Nnsario, who, wltliou \ ? " to make further discoveries, self to Tucson, whore bo is gaged iii raising ii company iron door previously tnontio If'i has tho Hoy and bo lacks bu to put it in, and, as thc lock it belongs is on the iunv-rtoor minc, ho purposes lo raise fu a company and search for i mon, ho says, will put in ?50 thus raise a working capital o: door can bo found, tho key bri ' .. requisition, Ibo door unlockei long coveted treasures broug light of day. Mrs. .Jesus Castro, au aged . adv, n;)w residing at Amelie in tho Sa nlu Cut al I pu Mott perhaps thc only woman who. speaking, ever cost ber hus weight hi gold, ll is .said th early gold-digging days of (Ul she was a resident of .Sonora. Stale she. was born and grow I hood. When about thc agc of s u paternal uncle, but a few senior, returned with bis con. gold-laden, from the El Dorad i West, and became desperately ?ii iii ed of her. He sought her ham riage and was accepted, but th ' refused, because of the near ?hil? existing between them, I? nlzo tho marriage. Persuasion! bolu- iii vain, ho tried tho power of gol I tho church his way, and suCcee led i by tho payment of ber weight ? Shoat that Hmo weighed 117 and against ber in ibo scales lie . tering dust was shoveled. ill I anced husband still bad sutil i 1 f.bis i*.ld*!? ITO o d n to p'rcvl/?r n i Tbiiv tri ! ?I tiabb i ? >;ei la 1, mw |';5hb1 : hore I.)1!! - h.ip>j .. ?. ebji ei, ?bi?dieii. j married again, Mr. Castro being Hoi second husband. Tho above ia i fan and not llction, as living wittie > prove. --* IKIUHtl l'llllm.. Dryness of the air is the collei ' clo to successful window gaiileuiog. Plants succeed much bolter In'jU ku chen than in the parlors, as t iii?" charged with molslurn from big, etc. If tho bouse is ber furnace, Ibero should be a pan a, orating water iii tho furnace, supplied. If stoves aro used, sels of water on them. Dust i iri ons to plants. Much may be from settling on tho loft ves D} tho pants with a light fabric tho rooms uro swept. All leaved plants, like tho ivy, mel eic, should have a weekly wa^. , h a damp sponge. Tho other be placed in a sink or bal h-tub, ki d |; < n a thorough showering. Wall bo given ns needed, whether laiij oi weekly. Do not water until tin ?oil is somewhat dry. Keeping (li i?,ii ii constantly wet soon makes iiuiie;i ".. plants. Let the water bo o temperature as tho room. lian;! plants dry out rapidly. Pin , in pots or baskets In a pail ?i lui j ?I water, and after they have ce ? ' ul roturii them to their place . called green Hy or plant loi is easily killed by tobacco water. . t h bj when ot tho color of weal, lea, lied spider is very minute, and v oi ks iii th.i lower sides of the leaves. When iheae turn brown tho spider may I M ; ted. Give frequent showers, lay pot ou tho side, and apply wal i with the syringe. Scale insects and . I u s aro best treated by hund-ph ' before they become nu ai?., nw. < lu ihulii^ mums, when through llowi. . d have tho stems cut away and i bu pott) of roots taken to tho cellai ic poi? of bulbs which were placid in io cellar or in a pit for roots t , Ly bo brought to tho window >y grow givo un abundance bi witt If needed, support tho heavy wej spikes byacintbs by a small Stake Thc emmont botanist-, l >o Candolle, gavo tho ugo of an olm at throe bund red and thit'ty-flve yonra. Th is of some palms have bcon sot dov i io ir DI six hundred to sovon kuudrod years, ?nat of lin olivo treo at sovon hui i red years, that of a plano treo att even iiundtfea and twenty, of a coder at e nindi od, of nu oak at ono thousand ?ive hundred, of a yt w at two thousand eight h um I red and olghty, and of a baobab tree al live thousand, Mo?om Ola Foll?n. Dr. Holmes montions among tho dla eovorios of maturity, "that ago was old er onco than now. " To fifteen, seventy seems Uko tho span of Methuselah. To f?vty-?v? it is but a nearing milestono by the way, and by no means tho goal in tho nico of lifo. But, besides that, tho point of view changes in our esti mate of tho dealings ol' limo. There is no doubt but that ago was older once than now. iivorybody rem em berti sicing, as a eli lld, very old people sans eyes, sans hair, sans teeth, sans everything. Lucky was the small spectator if these decrepit patriarchs were not his vener able ancestors, oxtortionato of duty vis its, much tributo of reluctant kisses, and enforced companionship. For chil dren aro not cumbered with traditional Beaumont, and nrrivo by swift process es at tho conclusion that ago is not, of itself, venerable or interesting. They may be patient, or pitiful, or conscien tiously pol ito. Bui if tho dear grand mother is foolish and sclllsli, they re cognize that fact witli clearness. If thc dear grandfather bores Hiern to death, they know '-bat they aro bored. The kind ol grandfather and grand mother, however, on whom full-page pictures were bestowed in tho juveniles, of forty years ago is becoming as raro as tho Dodo, lie, who with a counten ance ol' infanto-senilc innocence, and lank wliile locks falling over Iiis should* ; eis, sat in a hard chair and passed his days m telling stories ot his distant youth to spell-bound children, spnidle ihanked, and pale of lace, bau ceased to be. ?She who, in sell'-denying cup and gainful gown, leaned back in a ''Boston cocker," her window opening on an illegoric.il sunset, lier attenuated anns 'olded in her hip, her ancient spectacles pushed up above her wrinkled forehead, ind an air of supposed sanctify infold* ng lier like a martyr's robe, is bul a rad ilion. The actual grandfathei is a keen and activo peisonago, far too busy with tho i present lt) wax garrulous over the past. ' Ile is director ol' a dozen corporations, J interested in a dozen charata s, public niprovenients and now enterprises. Ile drives out and goes to parties with "Hie ! ?iris" who have girls ot their own al most old enough to go w.tn them, ile ;>lays a capital game ol' whist, and is ; jonsidertd an invaluable counselor by : .ne youngest politicians of his party. ? In short, he does with his might what 1 bis hand linds to do, and when, at last, j lis name appears in that somber news* ? paner list where all our names must one i day stand, tho obituary notice remarks ? th ut his death was a surprise to his friends vw be was ?ir wiiVk lis usual on IV IK* I" i;i 11 ay 1 iifore. j i ?tc ti ti a 1; g i;^ ?riVpliV?) i. :\..,\ in) . Uti .uti1. Snore active, bht; uv,or .ia-. ? I IV) ia: "Jobi;lng low..rd smus-:?.-.." [ Uer housekeeping is elaborate, and ano j is competent to "boss" tho housekecp I ii ig ol her married daughters, though principle may forbid ncr to do it. She i illonds concerts, is a keen critic of thc i play und players, reads the monthlies, j weeklies and dalles has strong party . convictions, crochets, knits rugs, eui? ; broiders'table scarfs , ?oes to church and unuses her grandchildren. ?She dross , ;\s with an art that admit? ago but does ' not suggest supiraiiualion, and is, al , together, an important Hg ure. Mankind is apt IO'igno re its bcnofae j tors, among whom, conspicuous for their benellts, siro the dentists. Per" t'eotly lilting falso teeth have done moro to postpone ;tge than any one physi i cal cause, Before their use was gener al, old people wero never properly nour \ ished, because their food was never ?is siinilated. Their thin blood kept them in shivering discomfort close to the lire ? in tho one or two rooms which wero ', habitually comfortable in winter. They ! looked and felt in tho way, and grew j querulous and exacting. Thoy could not exercise. The dlflloulty of bathing and dressing piado thom indifferent a bout personal attractiveness. Tho adoption of falso teeth, tho moro uni' orin heating of houses, tho general use of modern improvements that take stc count of all bodily necessities, and that profoundly wiso decree of fashion which insists on the natural gray hair, for bidding both dyes and wigs to old peo ple, and condemning tho hideous "false front" of an earlier generation to outor darknoss, these, of themselves, might have made age young again. But these havo implied other chang es. Habits of travol have beon formed. Vsirioty instead of monotony ol exis tence bas been secured. Most potent of all, life has become interesting, lt is related of a certain leader ol' society that nt thirty dive she retired from the gay world, her hair having beconio o gray that lier young daughters thought it frivolous and indecorous for her to at loud daucing pailios. Having married off those intolerant guard isms, she be gan life on her own account, as it were, and now at eighty-four is indispensable at coinmitteo-rooins and receptions, walks her live milos without ll inching, and plays tho ''Moonlight Sonata" with incomparable graeo. Our dowagor has found tho truo olixir of youth, which is mental energy. Mon and v* onion appear young by fooling young. They feel young by hoing vi tally interested in the pursuits of youth, prosperity, enjoymont, culturo and tho improvement of tho race. Tho mind commands tho obedient body to bo roady and alert. / This busy world puts ugo ut A disad vantage. It is organized at tho inter est of youth and force and progress But young follows of CO and 70 may have as good a obauco and as good a timo as young follows of 20 in Hus re constructed chronology. ,And young ladies of threescore may bo as welcome and necessary at homo and in society as tboso other young ladles Uioir grand daughters._ Our Atiuostors UH Nut liat?n?. In tropical woods, wbero our "liuiry quail numinous ancestor" used play fully to disport himself, as yet uncon scious of Iiis glorious destiny as tho ruin?te progenitor of Shakespeare. Mil ton and tho lato Mr. Peace-in tropical woods acrid or pungont fruits and plants woro particularly common, and correspondingly annoying. Tho fact is, our primitive forefather and ??ll the other monkeys are, or were, confirmed fruit eaters, Hut to guard against their depredations a vast number of tropical fruits and nuts have acquired disagreeable or llery rinds anil shells, which su Hice to deter tho bold aggress or. . It may not bo nico to got your tongue burnt with a root or fruit, but lt is at least a great deal hotter than getting poisoned; and, roughly speak ing, pungency Iii external nature ex actly answers to the rough gainly labels which Hourn chemists paste on bottles containing poisons, lt means to say: "This fruit or leaf, if you eat it in any quantities, will kill you." That is the true explanation of capsicums, pimento, colocyntb, cotton oil, the upas tree, and tho vast majority of bitter, acrid or bery fruits iiiid leaves. If wo bad to pick up our own livelihood; as our naked ancestors bad to do, from roots, .seeds and berries, we should far moro appreciate tins Himpl? traill. "Wo should know that a great many moro plants than wo now suspect aro biller or pungent, and therefore poisonous. Even in England wo tire familiar enough with such defences as those possessed by tho outer rind of tho wal nut, but the tropical enshewnut has a rind so intensely acrid that it blisters tho lips and lingers instantaneously, in tho sanio way as canlbariiles wq.uld do. 1 believe that on tho whole, laking nature throughout, more fruits and nuts aro poisonous or intensely bitler, or very bery, than aro sweot, luscious and edible Til? VlOOllt'H CUl'lHllUllti. All day the snow had been falling in gr, at leathery Hakes, blotting out tho barren strolcli of Held and meadow, hiti ng fonces and hedges, and wrapping tho earth in one vast mantle of purity. At o Mt tia li ibo slot io i/etise'l. Nu- : .ni' i uo eil tbc'!l(iuds;'ajie with j ! . >>r . . . tviind, resting [rom her work;. I A (iib? <>' I' sharpy di d incl ugu'Msi. l tho svesto.ru slued Iii.? giuu sentinels keeping watch over the body of a white-robed comnuls. It w.is bit terly cold. When tho faint streak of ved in tho hori/.im announced day-break, a black object might have been seon moving through tuc snow, A closer observa tion would luitye shown that tho object w?i a man. Ho plunged through tho drifts, breathing heavily at every step, and stopping now and then to glance arohnd, as if not sure of tho courso bc was talcum.. A rough outer garment j enveloped him, and when tho wind blew this asido it disclosed a glimpse of gay striped cloth beneath. It was tho garb convict. Tho man now (ix id Mi ga a t lin wreath of smoke that curled lazily from a distant chimney. In fact, the house was so low and so deeply burled in tho fleecy mass that only thc chim ney-top was visible, lt was toward this house that tho wanderer was mak ing his way, his progress hoing impeded by frequent stumbles, as ho met depres sions in tho ground whick the snow had Ulled up. At last ho reached tho goal. A bright light shone through the frosty window, and a shadowy form passed and ropassed boforo it. The man pressed j bis face upon tho pane. Tho room into i which ho looked was rude butcomfor I table. At tho farther end a brisk bro j was burning, and over it a tea-kettle steamed cbeorily. Abovo tho flrc-placo were several little stockings, varying in leugtb. Homebody was moving about in tho room apparently engaged in gotting breakfast. Tbf> Wanderer hesitated for a mo ment, and then, drawing bis long cloak closer about bim, ho knocked at the door, It was thro wu open and a man stood on tho throshold, shading Ins eyes with bis band, as if blinded by tho daz zling whiteness without. "Who is there?" ho said, in ii clear, ringing voice. "A stranger, needing rest and warmth," was the answer. "(tomo In," cried tho Hist speaker, eyeing bis visitor with a sharp but not unfriendly glance. "Hore, draw up to tho fire, wo shall have breakfast i ti a few minutes." The man scated himself, and spread bis chilled bands to tho wei como blaze. As no did so his cloak becarao unfas tened. Tho host started back with an exclamation of startled surprise, "Yes," said tho convict, in a dull, apathetic tono, "you know what I am; un outcast of sooiofcy, something to bo dreaded and shunned; a wretch who only looks forward to the grave. But do you think I do not know what it is to lead such a lifo as yours Is? Once I luul a homo, friends, waa prospering und I foll." Faltering a little lie wont on: "? hud rt wife, she never know my disgrace; alie believed ino dead. Tho thought of hol lins haunted mo in tho longyears I have spent in prison. Was slio living? Was sho in want? 1 must lind ont. Th6 agony I enduredl Hours scorned like wooka, weeks liku centuries. IC I toltol not done something I should have goat mad. At last I determined to esqapV. Can you understand what it is to filo ai. an iron bar day after day, to dig Into tho stones with tho brno lingers nod n move Hiern bit by bit, to moot wU.i fail mo, failure, failure, aitd to. begin again, again and again?" "Finally I was freo, Tho storm helped mo; tho dark noss carno to my aid, lt is only fora little while, but 1 am salo till to-morrow. If I eau learn something of my wife boforo 1 am re takon I ?hall liayo done all that I can do hi this world. Now I am ready to go.? Ho arose, and there was something like dignity in his bearing. "Ho" said thc Other firmly. "Hea ven forbid that John Bonton should turu tho most miserable of God'o crea tures from his roof, and on Christmas of all days. .Stay-and may lie be morclful to youl*' Ho wont to tho door of au adjoining room and called, "Maryl" A pleasant faced woman appeared, followed by a group of rosy children, shouting merry Christmas greetings. "This, Mary," said tho husband, "is ;i poor fellow who-who plays in a cir cus. You see his queer clothes. He strayed away from tho company and was lost in tito snow. We must take care of him, eh, mother?" Tho woman answered in a fow kind words. Hut'tho 0 Jil Y let grow deadly judo, and shrank further into the dusky corner. His eyes gleamed Uko tho oycsof a hunt ed animal. Every nervo waa quiver ing. Ho was saying; "FoundI" and this is my wifo; was my wifoi I am dead to bur now. Sho cannot even recognize ino. Am I not dead to mysolf? What resemblance do I bear to tho Hugh Langley of other days; tho (lays when I was a respected man; before crime had fastened its clutch upon mo? Herc she is, happy in tho lovo of husband and children; while 1-But," ho thought with lierco exultation, "ono word from mo would destroy all this happiness. Shall 1 say it? I have tho power. 1, too, haye suffered I or shall I keep silenco?" Tho voice of John Bonton, culling him to breakfast, broke in on bis thoughts. Tl1" uv rd waa Pimple ? idinu ian!.. Al 1 he oligiiui.Mig 'he- h'u?< bjirid vedi from IVtfc'eupturn? hW> wa** ?ot fj'iClOd iii bkicntion, this phi fut liier, pul tho hw rt '.vas the/o. An<? thou ho asked a blessing on tho house hold and tho stranger within his gate. Tho guest bowed his head, "A re ligious man if ho is a play-actor," gain Mary Benton to herself. The day passed peacefully and quiet ly. Husband and wife went about their daily duties. The children played with their Christmas gifts, Hugh Langley crouched iii the shadow answer ing briefly whon spoken to. Now and thou a littie ono,"attructed by his gay atlire, crept to him and wondered ut. Iiis passionate-caresses and tho team in his eyos. Tho shades of evening foll, tho can dles were lighted, anti tho children were hustled off to bod; no sound broke tho stillness savo tho ticking of the clock and tho snapping of the fire on tho hearth. Thon tho stranger said: "Mr. Benton will you grant mo one favor?" 4 4 What is it? "asked John very kindly, "Will yon read that passage you read this morning-."There is moro joy over one sinner that repenteth-' " And John read the chapter, read it, as he had never read boforo, fooling tho sweetness of tho promise, thrilled with tho thought of Divino compassion. And whon ho had finished, tho listen er spoke softly, but in a volco so earn est, so full of pathetic entreaty, that even tho Angels in Iloaven must have have heard and pitied, "God bo merci ful to mo, a sinnerl" Whon tho morning carno tho officers of the law, flushing with viotory, rejoic ing that thoy had tracked their proy that ho was within their grasp. Con cealment was usolos3. John Benton pointed to tho room wherein, tho convict slept. Tho ofllcos crowded to tho door way, but paused at tho unaccustomed sight which mot their gazo. At tho bedside knelt a figure in the attitude of prayer. Ono of tho mon stopped forward anti tapped tho figuro, noe ungontly, on the shoulder. It did not stir. Then he bent over and looked into tho man's face. "Boys," lio cried. 4,Numbor Sixteon s dead." Wolves. The excessive coldness of tho .weather and heavy snowstorms aro reported to have driven herds of wolves from tho Carpathian mountains into the cultivat ed distaiets, where they have In somo cases spread torror among tho people. At Homonna.ln North Hungary ?a pack of 120 wolves entered tho vlllago while tho inhabitants wero at churob, And woro not driven out until a squadron of Uhlans attacked thom with sword? and carbines,