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BRIGHTER THAN STARS OF NIGHT. BT MR? NAPOLEON B. MORANGE What need to ask was hor heart my own, the very breeze In Its undertone Whispered; she loves but you; fly glance caught her eyes of melting brown, he lashes drooped demuroly down; Tbe whisper then was true. fhe world embraced by a summer night Ley half asleep in tbe tender light. As together we walked alone; fhe whole world seemed replete with lovel what need to question the stars above And ask was her love my own? What were the million stars of night! Oould they make my future pathway bright With their pale and far endeavors? We homeward turned, silent, alone; #o need to ask was her heart my own; We were plighted, happy lovers. Niw York City. WITH EYES IMMORTAL bt m. j. ad ami*. 'TIs said The dead Beyond this life See all our strife. Our struggles long and vain For worldly fame and gain. 'With eyes Immortal; note tbe days Devoted to ungodly ways? Tko wanderings astray, foolhardy, blindLook down and pity loved ones left behind, Yet feel po grief nor know regret, Nor pains the hours of life beget; For peace is all they know, Greater than bliss below, For eternity Poor mortals, we, Should sigh To die! Ravbkka, Ohio. Dr.ElfenstemsHission a Y < fl Remark! Romance. -i, f?T? y - - * BY EMILY THORNTON. jjfe <?. . lit---. CHAPTER XIT Contioned. Sir Reginald was a very unpleasant alck person. Of a fiery disposition, he would rate oundly any person who did not instantly acquiesce to his opinions. This failing, together with his rough and ungentlemanly words, often brought tears'into the eyes of Ethel, who was entirely unused to such harshness. Often she would question her own heart, whether it was her duty to remain and bear the many petty trials that daily arose to meet her. Then she wou?d remember the promise given her aunt, and would try to banish each unpleasant scene from her mind, by striving to tfclnfc 01 some way in which to lead his thoughts into a purer and better channel. "I must have been sent here for some especial purpose in the providence of God, and it may be that it was to be iQetrumental In saving the soul of this ?oor ipan. But how $an I obtain tbe least influence over him, wLen bels so eccentric and unapproachable. The only way that seems at all feasible will be to introduce some religious reading, and perhaps now and then drop some thoughtful and holy sentiment. But he Jb so rank an unbeliever, and so utterly profane, I fear every effort in his behalf will prove a failure." That afternoon she found an opportunity to put in force one of her good resolutions. Sir Reginald had asked her to read the daily newspaper. This she had done, and after a tedious hour spent in that manner, she took a Bible from the table near by and without a word commenced reading the fourteenth chapter of St. John. "Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe a'so In me. "In my Father's house are many manminnc it. -HrprA nnl. an. T would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where 1 am, there ye may be also." Thus far had she progressed in her consclontious effort to bring something holy to bear upon the sufferer's mind, whon suddenly the book was snatched from her hand, and hurled across the roon\ while in a tone of thunder, and with wicked oaths, he bade her? ? ' "Stop that canting, hypocritical work, and never dare read from that old book of fables again in my presence. It is bad enough to lie here suffering, without having religion thrust in my way at ?very turn." "But, Sir Reginald," pleaded the shocked girl with a trembling voice, "a few words from God's own book, has often proved a source of great comfort to Christians, upon a bed of pain " "Oh, yes! 1 know all you wish to say, but J tell you, once for all, it won't comfort mo, for I am nc? Christian. I do not believe in that folly, and 1 won't have it around." With a sigh of weary resignation, Ethel crossed the room, and picking up the volame she loved so well from the floor, she tenderly smoothed its rumpled leaves, and restored it to its place on the table. v "Stop!" be roared, as it left her hand, j "I said I would not have it around! I warn you it shall not even remain in this room. Carry it instantly away, and never let me hear a word regarding it, or Its contents, from you again." Reluctantly obeying the bold, impious command, Ethel carried the sacred book to her own apartment, and again re sumed her tank of reading long political articles and descriptions of races and events that had occurred in the fashion* able world, while her soul was yearning to give to the wicked master of this strange old Hall the true bread of life. In one of Dr. Elfcnstein'ss visits, he had been presented, with a quantity 0f exceedingly choice Dowers, by a grateful patient, and suddenly remembering the dismal life Ethel Nevergaii was leading, he resolved to divide them with her. Driving then, first to his own home before seekintt the Hall, he selected the most beautiful, and forming them into a graceful bouquet, drove into the ramble with them in his hand. Belle was in the drawing-room, and ? ? tfV?n f?ir? wifJi hid flnrftl WW unii icaj; iiuiu vuv &<& ?? prize, so stepped quickly from the window tbat reached to the floor, in order tc attract his attention, supposing, in her extreme vanity, that he would instantly present them to herself. But, to har deep chagrin, he merely made a few passing observations, and walked on, carrying the covetec flowers with him. Kiting her lips in keen vexation, she muttered as she retreated to the room she had left: , "J will stay here and watch for bis return. Something seems to tel! me that those flowers are for that odious Ethel Nevergail. If thej are " 8Le~(ird nol finish Ler sentence audibly, "but the ominous look in her eyes told of bitter feelings that would seek some peuy revenge. Ethel was passing through the upper fcalJ to her room, when Dr. Ell'enstein nui lightly up, and as he pronounced her jv- - ? " name to fffetaln lei- she tarrTecT un?T) Hi reached her side. "Miss Nevergail, I do not know wheth er you are as fond of flowers as I am, bu I have brought you a few, hoping thei may cheer you in your lonely duties." "Oh, thank you, Doctor! They will indeed, as I love them dearly. These are perfect beauties and I shall priz< iO?m Digoiy." "T^afTrose, I think, will adorn youi hJir to perfection. Allow to fasten ii there. May I?" With a pleased blush, the young gir bent her head, and with skillful finger: Earle placed it just above her small white ear. where It nestled lovingly, add lng a new charm to her bright young face. Just as he was finishing, a step ap proached, and Belle, who could not re strain her curioSity another moment, a: she had heard him pause on the fioo: above, and then make some remark in j low tone, came upon the scene. Just in time to see his hand leave th< rose, and to see Ethel turn toward he: own room, and disappear with the bou quet in her hand and a gratified smil< hovering around her lips. Waiting until she had seen the Doctoi leave the premises, and Ethel again re pair to Sir Reginald's side, the malicious girl proceeded directly to that roon where she found the flowers carefullj bestowed in a fancy vase upon the dress lng-case. . Seizing them without a moment's hesi tation, she turned directly to the baron et's room. Ethel sat by the bed, and at his re quest was striving to cool his heatec brow by gently moving a fan. Raising her eyes, to her astonishment she recog nized her flowers, but before she coulc claim them Belle's angry voice arrestee her attention. "Sir Reginald," she exclaimed, HI think it my duty to inform you that Miss Nevergail seems to have forgotten hei position as your assistant nurse and paid dependent, and seizes every opportunitj that offers to carry on 6ly flirtations with gentlemen. I Just surprised Dr. Elfenstcin placing that rose in her hair outside your door, while at the same time he gave her these flowers. Do you approve of such behavior?" "Approve? No; of course not!" he returned, flyinpr into a passion at once, as | she well knew he was sure to do. "Miss Nevergail, what business have you to conduct yourself in that style? Did I bring you here to form intrigues with gentlemen?" "You certainly did not," was the calm reply, "nor have I done so. Dr. Elfenstein is an old friend, and as such he presented me with the flowers Miss Glendenning has taken from my room. Being my own property now, I will thank her for their restoration." So saying, she reached forth her hand for them. But Belle drew back and scornfully replied: "You shall never have them again, I assure you, as I shall instantly see that every stem, leave and bud is destroyed. If you do not know your place better in this house than to put yourself on an equality with its visitors, you must b6 taught. Do you not think so, Sir Reginald?" she added, appealing to him. "Certainly. Just take the trash away and see that it is destroyed. I shall myself Inform Dr. Elfensteln." "You Tfil] not do that, surely, uncle, ge would then be vexed with me," Belle hastily exclaimed. "I will destroy them, since you wish it also, but not until you promise to say nothing to him about it." "Well, have It your own way; but if I do not, perhaps Miss Nevergail will." "She dare not! she knows it would seem unmaidenly to mourn over the loss of a few flowers that were his gift, in his presence. I am not at all afraid of her doing so." So savine. regardless of Ethel's be seeching words and looks, the spiteful girl left the room with her ill-gotten treasures, and Ethel saw them no more. Sir Reginald remained excited, cross and nervous, for some time after this scene, and poor Ethel found it almost impossible to please him in anything she attempted. The sight of the flower she still wore seemed to aggravate him, although he made no further comments upon the subject, but Ethel felt that without a direct command she was not required to remove it Therefore it remained, and when DrElfenstein returned in the afternoon for his usual second visit to the sick man, he smiled as his eyes rested upon it, but never was told the fate of the rest of Kio nffavinr? Kaorrl f\f harrl \rnrr1 c she had endured on account of his friendly Rift CHAPTER XV. ANOTHER 8TAHTLI.NQ ADVENTURE. After Robert Glendenning had been so justly repulsed by Ethel in the grounds of the hall, he felt exceedingly ill-used, and the more be. pondered over.tltf coldness of this beautiful girl toward himself the more he felt inclined to punish her want of appreciation of his merits as a handsome, wealthy, and popular young man. Her decided repulse of every overture that he had made served but to enforce the desire he felt to subdue her pride and turn her feelings into fawniug admiration. Robert Glendenning was not, as Ethel had supposed, a dissipated and depraved man, but owing to the strange influences of his childhood he was a vain, reckless and utterly selfish one, having a strong will of his own, together with a teasing, mischievous temperament. Under proper government while young he ?nignt have made a noble man, but neglGCt and indulgence, together with the baneful examples of both his uncle by marriage and his spoiled sister, he had allowed his nature to become perverted, and drifted .into the weak character we now find him. Immediately after his last adventure with Ethel, while yet chafed and sore on account of it, his sister gave him a graphic account of the presentation of the flowers by Dr. Elfenstein, and her own bold destruction of them, thea concluded hv savinir! "She's a proud, stuck-up thing, and I do delight in humiliating her lofty feelings. I intend to do all I can to bring her from the high pedestal on which she has perched, and if 1 can only incense Sir Reginald against her, bo that he will send her away, I shall be delighted. Bob, I wish you would help me." "I will do all I can to reduce her abominable pride, I assure you, though I do | not care to have her sent away. She shall, however, repent snubbing me as she* did yesterday." "Snubbing you! What do you mean? Did she really dare to do that?" "She did. indeed." Robert then related his experience with trip nhier.t, of their discussion. "The idiot! She does not deserve your further notice! However, if I see a chance to lower her in Sir Reginald's esleefu, i slaTI <To It. ir TioeflTuT, T sliaTl call on you for assistance." That afternoon the wished-for opportunity arrived. Belle h^*~pened to be in her uncle's room a iew moments, when she heard the following conversation take place, which gave her a plan upon which tc work. Sir Reginald had received a note from a neighbor in reference to some very important private business, which he found necessary to attend to immediately. Wishing some intelligent person to set and converts with Mr. Perkins in regarc ) I 3 to th? ~malte7, "Be "TiaS expIaTnwTliia views to Ethel before Belle had entered, ' and was just saying: 1 "Do you think you could find Mr. Perf kins for me and attend to this important work, Miss Nevergail?" ? "1 do. I understand your wishes per3 fectly now; so if you can direct me there, J I will ko at once." "You had better not go around the f road. a9 the walk would be full a mile t and a half, but go from the rear of the Hall and take a short cut through the 1 fields. There will only be a couple of 5 bars to lower, and the path is direct and > plain." "Then I will start at once." > "It will only take you until about 5 o'clock to go and return. Please be as * quick as possible in getting back, as I - shall need you by that time. You un9 derstand. I wish you to hurry. I never r like a person to loiter when I 6end them * upon an errand. "I will certainly return as quickly as J possible," returned Ethel, as she left the r room to prepare for her walk. Thin, as T said, was Belle's onnortunity. 3 Seeking Robert at once, therefore, she Informed him of the errand Ethel had to " transact for Sir Reginald, and his strict ' injunction that she should hasten back * to his side. ? "He told her the whole work could be ' accomplished by five o'clock. Now, Robert, I think it would provoke him greatly If she were detained until seven. " Can you notTnlercepTEer on "Eer return, ' and manage to keep her away?" "Yes, indeed. It will be splendid fun. ' I will do it. If I cannot keep her in any 1 other way I will force her into a phaeton ' and take her off upon a ride." "Do; then I will inform his lordship I that she was seen riding with some I strange young man." "Ha, ha! good; and if she says it was : thi8 chap, l wijj deny it in iuji.> "And I will come in to prove an alibi. ' Where will you meet her?" I "Just the other side of the Perkins r wood I will have a horse and phaeton i waiting on this side. There is a woodman's road there that leads to the main ' road; we can take that, and have a Jolly ' long ride. But I shall have a fuss to get her into the vehicle, I expect; however, I shall manage it some way, never fear." Laughing gayly over the fun in prosi pect, the two separated to put in force the mischief tb^r had brewed. * Poor Ethel left the house without a suspicion of what awaited her; glad, in fact, that she could thus enjoy a stroll after the confinement of that close, hard day. The way was perfectly direct, but she saw at once that it was lonely, though very beautiful. Crossing several fields, she at length * j ? a u.,* ? entered quite h. ueust; wuuu, uuu a ouau path had been cut directly through, and the whole way was wild and full of interest. The atmosphere was made delicious with a woody, spicy fragrance from mints and woodland treasures of all varieties, and the whole combination was so new to her experience that she really enjoyed every step of tho long walk. Arrived at the place she sought she found Mr. Perkins at home, and soon explained the cause of her visit, and transacted the business with Svhich she had been intrusted. This completed, she turned her face homeward. All went well TjJth her until she apprgac^ea the woods. At the entrance she found, on consulting her watch, that it y&s quarter past four. MX.5hall.reach the Hall just about five," she thought, "and so pJeasd Sir Reginald. I would not have likod being late, after what he said." Sndrifttilv Rhfi was startled bv a sound at her side, then, to her surprise and chagrin, Robert Glendenning stepped directly in her path. "My dear Miss Nevergail, this is a delightful meeting in a delightful place. Where may your curiosity have taken you to?" "My curiosity, Mr. Glendenning, took me nowhere. 1 have merely been to transact a matter of business for Sir Reginald, and am now cn my way home. Being in a hurry, I would be glad to pass on." "Not so fast, not so fast, ray pretty girl (don't shudder so?you know you are pretty); surely you will linger awhile in this romantic place, now that you have some one to enjoy the beauties of the wood with you?" "No, Mr. Glendenning," was the dignified reply: "I cannot linger a moment. Sir Reginald desired my immediate re turn, and I cannot keep him waiting." "Nevertheless, my sweet creature, he will wait; for you cannot return Just now, as I intend for once to fully enjoy your society." So saying, the bold young man attempted to take her hand, to draw it under his arm. Snatching it instantly away, Ethel fixed on him a stern look, and ordered him to stand aside. Not heeding her in the least, he impudently slipped his arm around her waist, exclaiming: "Perhaps you would like this way of walking better. It makes no difference tome." snaKing on ms arm, pusneu nira aside indignantly, then with rap^d steps pressed onward. [TO BE COKTmPED.] don't drink. Dr. George Herschell. of London, has recently written a book, entitled "Health Troubles of City Life." that is very highly praised by London critics. In one of the chapters devoted to the study of stimulants he says: "Stimulants never increase the natural capacity of the brain. They can only abstract for the purpose of wort in hand some of the energies which are solely needed to repair and to restore a brain which has already been taxed to the furthest limit which is consistent with health. To remove the sense of fatigue caused by overwork by tut) CUUSUlLjpUUL: 'J I tUUUUUi *o iu vivse vuv ears to the voice of nature. The weariness of the brain is a protest against further exertion until recuperation has been obtained by rest: and if the weary feeling is deadened or destroyed by adventitious means nature will exact her penalty. When the overworked man of business, having been on his legs all day. and feeling fit to drop, with a sensation o! all-goneness' about the region of the stomach, roases himself with whatever he is in the habit or takin;*. be it whisky, champagne, or eventeu or coffee, he does no: add oau atom of force to his stock of energy, although be faucies be does, but having put to sleep his sense of weariness, simply appropriates some of his reserve for the present necessity. He lias accepted a bill at short date to wiiich a ruin.ntn r.f intoraat in MttHflllHrl. iLnd his rtf sources will not allow him to makti many repetitions of the experiment. His account at the bank of life will soon be overdrawn. Alcohol cannot add one iota to his reserve o? nervous energy, hut it may delude him into txiiaustiug it. The busy "man should oii;t? lor all rid himself uf this lauey that he can create i>y artificial means an aonormal store ol brain power. He cannot enlarge the limits vrfcicn na: are nasset up." An 1804 Oollar Pat a Bill. Rosenthal Brothers. Philadelphia. dealers In old iron, had a debtor in Virginia from i whom they tried vainly for some time to colI lect a bill of $500. Recently the Virginian sent the firm one of the 1804 silver dollars. ( It had been supposed that there were only seven in existence. He said that he sent the coin in payment of bis bill, and if the Ros 1 enthaJs could sell It for more than the total of the account they uould keep the balance. I Mr. Rosenthal took the dollar to the Mint und It was pronounoed genuine. At an nue, tion sale of coins recently oae of the 180J I dollars eold for S1000. 3S5* It ' MEXICAN "SPORT." POPULAR CELEBRATION OF A F12AST DAY IN JUAREZ. Bull Fighting as It Appears to the American?Great Crowds and Uninterrupted Gambling?Scenes in a Bull Ring. nN December 8 the the Feaat of the Concepcion is celebrated in Mexico. fand for the three weeks following, writes George Foster Piatt in the Denver News, La Sen or a de Guadalupe is reverenced in a manner characteristic of the people of the southern republic. For months the peons have been saving from their beggarly earnings to acquire an amount of money sufficient to enable them to cat, drink, gamble and see tne mm ngnis; aji elements of the holiday feasting. The morning of the 8th dawns, and in sombreros of straw or felt, high crowned and wide brimmed, some heavy wiih silver braid; wrapped in blankets of brilliant hues, for at this season the air -is chill to their sunparched bodies, the men gather at Cuidad Juarez from all the country round about. Some are on horsed, some in lumbering carts, but the greater number are on foot. The women, with their black locks smoothed close down to their heads, and with shawls of black, purple or yellow surmounting the folds of calico dresses, straggle into the city behind the men. In their ears hang gypsy like hoops of brass, and dark eyes sparkle from sometimes pretty faces, artificially whitened with cosmetics. As they pass the air is redolent with musk and often the blue smoke of a tiny papelito curls from full, red lips. There is little noise, few sounds of laughter, but a tension of nerves, a glitter of eyes, denotes anticipation of excitements to come. At all the street corners are stands, presided over by wrinkled, brown, old men and women, wnere sweet cases, sugared pastries, fruits and confections are for sale. Within low doorways there are glimpses to be caught of crude barrooms, where are displayed temptingly rows of bottles containing firey liquors?taquila, aguardiente and pulque. At the doors of butchers hang dark red cuts of meat, the color betraying long exposure. In the grocers' shops there is lively trade in cornmeal and chile, the basis of the National dishes, euchiladae, fryoles, +amoloc oncl ^hilp-nnn-narne. Garlic. too, is ready in abundance to lend additional flavor to the highly seasoned mixtures. It is not in the shops of the merchants that excitement run6 highest. Up beyond the plaza, where stands a bust of General Juarez, is the square cornered, flat-roofed, crose-surmounted church; so close by as to seem under the protection of its sanctity are the gambling booths and the bull ring. As the hill on which the church BianaB IB CilQlUCU, HUams Ui rnuiuv mv. heard, and the cadencee are soft and eweet, but with a movement that inspires the feet of the Mexicans to pat the time, as if ready at any moment to swing into a dance of wild abandon. Through the undulations of the melody hoar$e cries are heard and an undertone of excited conversation. The sounde come from the groups about many gambling tables standing in the very shade of the church. Here a dealer calls off the names of strangely decorated cards as he pays them out one by one from the pack he holds to rows of three on the table. The players place buttons on fac similis of the figures on the cards until the winner gets three in a row. It is a Mexican modification, surrounded with a Spanish color scheme of green and red, of the game of keno. Just beyond this is a long line of tables where the jingling of little bras6 bells fastened to leather cups, wherein are three dice, indicates the progress of monte, the National gambling game. Piles of silver, paper and copper money are before the dealers, blackbrowed, vicious-featured men, for the /|r TORH2ADOR. most part. On the painted "layouts" other piles of coins show where the bets are placed. The dice rattle; the gamblers call to entice the hesitating; the enp is lifted, and jubilant "UnonnB " nr -wiftpil "L'nraios.fall from the lips of winners or losers. Still farther away from the church, under a shed, a crowd sits on ties of beni-hes above a big concave disk, in which are placed a number of cupshaped pieces of metal radiating from a clear space about a centre post. The player sends eight little ivory balls spinning around the circumference of the disk, and as their momentum increases. they roll, one by odc. between the metal obstacles and into the centre, or are caught' in the cups. The r. ; player has bet on an odd or even number of balls to reach the centre, and as the number that lodges there tallies or nn* w;+V> fc-ie Viet, ho wins nr loses at the "square" game of "Las Chuza*." Men and women alike play at all the games, and red lips utter mild carambas as easily as coarser, moustached ones mutter "Muerte de Dios." Tie silver braided coat of the vaquero contrasts vividly with the black cloak of the man of higher estate as they sit side-by side on the same rude bench. Justice and desperado touch hands as they place bets at the monte tables. "Love levels all pranks," and so does gambling, but nownere 16 ine iaci surer than at the booths erected for the Fiesta de Guadalupe. The music ceases in front of the bull ring, and there is a general movement toward the circle of peats. Prices for seats differ according to location, those covered and grada da sombra, that is, in the shade, are presumably preferable, though the chill in the air renders the question open to discussion. One dollar apiece is the price for such seats, and if the American who wishes to see abull fight at Juarez is wary, he will provide himself with a Mexican dollar before he crosses the Rio Grande from El Paso, paying for it at the bullion value of the coin. This year it cost but fifty-six cents to obtain a shadv seat, but the Mexican gatekeeper would have given no change had an American dollar been presented. The crowd pours in through the gates. A detachment of Mexican soldiers is marshalled up to the ring, and soat-arl in the nrm with th? npotlR. ThflV are unarmed, and wear high ehakae, covered with pure white cloth, an excellent mark to guide a bullet. In their seats under the tawdy decorated stand of the judge of the bull-fight,, the band again plays soft, southern music. Through all the aisles pass vendors of fruits and sweets, crying their wares lustily and cadencing the last syllables in absurd drawing intonations. Cigars and cigarettes are everywhere lighted, and faces shine in . i_r -j_ A BULL CHABGING expectation of the coming combats. rTTUa ??A*\t\ a1 /I r-r*oT-i lionTfl/1 anrl 111C JUU^C) (UI V1U U1HU, WV?MVV? MMM wrinkled, mounts to his stand. There is a pause and then he waves his hand in signal. A trumpet sounds a gay faufare, and on the opposite side of the sand-carpeted ring, double doors are thrown open and out from the depths beyond march the bull-fighters. They are splendid specimens of men, strongly built, lithe and graceful in bearing; gay in brightly colored garments, heavily trimmed with silver braid, all, save the torreador, whose garniture is of gold, they present a strange contrast of splendor and development to the slow moving, dirty peons on the benches above their heads. Six of the bull-fighters are on foot?the torreador, and matadores; two are on horseback, the picadores, who carry strong lances with sharpened pieces of steel at their tips. With military precision the cortege I +<-i tV>o / entrn nf the rinc. acd. turning to face the judge, take off their rounil black hatB -with netted tassel6 hanging from either side, and present them at arm's length in salute. Turning about, and marching to the other side of the ring, the same salute is tendered the people on the benches. Again there is a musical blast from the trumpet, and, at the signal, torreador, matadores and picador es tike stations about the circle; the picadores to the left of a door a quarter way around the ring from the point where the entry has been made. Once more the trumpet sounds, and amid clapping of hands and cries of delight the bull is freed. For days he has been tantalized and rendered as wild as possible. As the door behind which he waits is unfastened, a piece I of steel, barbed like a fishhook, to which is attached streamers 01 tuner- i ent hued i>apers, is driver into his I back, and, smarting with the sharp pain, the bull's entrance is a wild rush for frf'dom. For an instant the bull stands in the centre of the ring, imagining himself at liberty, but it is for no longer than an instant, for a matador springs close to him and tauntingly sweeps a flame colored cloak before the beast's eyea. Enraged at finding himself still beset by tormentors and at e-.ght of the hated color, the bull makes ? vicious I lunge to overtake the matador, only | to be gracefully dodged and to have I another red cloak flaunted Detore mm I from another quarter. One after an! other the matadores tmmt the animal ! until he in crazed. He strikes wickedly with his horns at the barriers erectcd nt four points in the ring, behind which the bull-fighters seek I refuge when tuo closely pressed. He bellows and foam flakes from his mouth. lieady to accomplish anything to secure liberty, he glauces around and before his eyes appears hie natural enemy, a man on horseback, the picador who, until this mohimself in the back """ "-r* ? ground. With a snort of rage the bull dashes toward the horse and rider, and for an instant, notwithstanding the shield ol' leather about the horse's breast and neck, it appears as if the ugly home must do their deadly work, and rip and gore the milder animal. The picador knows' I well the danger of his steed and of himself, and awaiting the proper time he directs a blow with his lance at the ball's back, and holds him by sheer strength nntil the pain of the stab canses him to turn and once again attack the matador, who laughs in derision at the futility of the attacks. The work of the picadores done, they retire from the ring, and a matador springs to the centie bearing the banderillas, or rods covered with bright colored papers and rosettes, and tipped with fishhook barbs. He rises on tiptoe, and waves the banderillna VvTl 11 OTinrffl lilOO wv vug UUJ?j <TUV omv*v? and paws the ground. Lowering his head, the beast darts at the banderillaero, who steps lightly aside. Again the bull eyes his antagonist, but before he can prepare to make a rush, the banderillaero springs toward him, and for a brief instant is almost within the reach of the murderous horns. Simultaneously he drives the banderillas into either shoulder of the bull, and before the now madly infuriated animal can recover from the audacity of the attack the bull fighter is well out of his way. Twice more the banderillaero plants his barbs in the bull's shoulders, and, glorying in the plaudits of the crowd, he gives way to the torreador, who advances to put the finishing stroke to the spectacle and to kill the bulL. Erect and handsome, he is a pleas ing eignt in ms goia-wejgniea garments, this torreador. Bare-headed, he pays a silent tribnte of respect to his horned adversary. In either hand he carries a long, straight sword, the one on the left draped with a cloak of a deep crimson color. Straight up to the beast he walks, while the bull glares at him with threatening eyes. Springing he seeks to kill, but the torreador steps deftly aside, and again presents his blood-colored challenge. To and fro they move, man and beast, each striving to obtain a favorable moment for a fatal stroke. Suddenly the torreador jumps to the side of the bull and strikes. A shorjt goes up from the crowd, the music fj f'tea, j urun a ritAiAf-v swells triumphantly, the judge waves his hand in approbation. In the bull's shoulder, sunk to the hilt, is the torreador's blade. For one or two minutes longer the animal angrily charges the spreading cloaks of the matadores, but with each movement he grows feebler, until, at last, his hin 1 quarters shivering in the chill of approaching death, his legs begin to give way under him. Poor old bull! He has made a gallant fight but it was against odds too great, odds of human skill and training against mere brute force. Once* more he rallies, and though blood streams from his nostrils and his legs almost refuse to carry him, he makes a last weak lunge at his victor, the torreador. Another stroke pf the ?word, this time directed into the spinal cord at the base of the brain, and with eyes turned np the king of some far away herd is dead. Such, in outline, was the bull fight "to the death" on the day of Concep cion at Juarez. xnree omer duiis were fought, but were driven into the corral again when the banderillae had been planted in their shoulders. Once the horse of a picador, poor yellow hack that he was, was wounded, the horn of the bull striking through the thick leather armor. With blood streaming dpwn his legs he was led from the ring. It was disappointing to the Mexicans, very. Had the poor animal been gored until his entrails would have been exposed, they would have glorified, and the end and aim every Mexican seeks at a bull fight would have been accomplished; blcod would have been 6hed profusely, and horrors would have been accumulated. Nothing more serious happening than the wounding of a horse, popular verdict pronounced it a taiae affair. As it occurred, it was not a beautiful sight, nor even a thoroughly interest-1 in** r,T<o +<-> Amprifftn eves. There -- was a picturesqueness, novelty, and a rare exhibition of skill, but the death blow of the matador brought up recollections of a shambles. Hatl the bulls been truly ferocious, there might have been more of interest, but until the last one was brought m, it was evident that the animals produced had been in the ring before. They fought shy of sharp points, and even, at times, refused the ! challenges offered by the red cloaks, j When the bulls decline to tight, verit' able and int ense excitement showed itself among the spectators. "Otre . ^j ?a itorro! utre torro; xuey mcu, >uu, I obedient to their demand, another bull was brought into the ring. There have beeu revolution*; in Mexico that turned old governments out and new ones in, because the bulls that were furnished for lights refused io put themselves in harm's way. All the bulls used at Juarez were advertised to have come from Samalayuca, a noted ranch in the interior. A novelty presented during the last contest, when a two-year-old showed himself a novice and offered real tight, wae when Mine. Rodriguez, wife of the torreador, rode into the arena, mounted on a superb chestnut horse, t.nnk f lip nlaceofthe banderillaero. Clad in sweeping robes of wine-colored velvet, her trained steed prancing beneath her, "La Charrita," as she lov ingly is callcd, vas t picture not soon to be forgotten. Biding as if she And her horse were one, her dark cheek? flashing with excitement, she won the ??..?.? ; \ ' v PLACING THE BAXDEBTLLAS. hearts of all. Whftn wavincr nrrafiefnllv the banderillae, the reins resting loose on the horse's neck, she suddenly ' /* dashed by and struck the barbs into the boll's back, the admiration of the crowd knew no bounds. Hats were thrown into, the ring, and cheers : '.\i4 shouts went up in compliment of her skill and fearlessness. Kissing her hands to right and left, she returned to her post, and again performed the dangerous feat Then the grave judge raised his hat in token of praise, and1 the banderillaera's face beamed with perfect satisfaction. Plows Drawn by Camels, Oxen drawing plows is a sight familiar enough on our Sussex downs; but camels employed in this way would be decidedly a novelty. The1 experiment, however, is being tried in Southern Russia, and, it is said, with remarkable success. Vice-Consul t Smith states that the bad harvests of >>j the last two years,. together with the low prices of grain, having forced most agriculturists to look into the 'i:S\ question of reducing eipenses, and one great difficulty being to obtain animal power which would cost less for feeding than horses and yet beabie to. do the varying work of a farm, ,v camels have been introduced upon an estate not far from Kief? At present eighteen camels are at work, and their ] j' keep is found to cost much less than / that of horses, owing to oats being / dispensed with in their feeding: The / , price runs between, six and seven' pounds per head, inclusive of trans-' port from the Government of Oren- , . burg to Kieff.?London News. ' Helped Steal From Himself. ? - ! _ TV 11 Tl.n.i. A larmer living near rerna, ruuuu County, helped steal his own hog the other night. He wae awakened from his sleep in the middle of the night and asked by two men to assist them in loading a hog whieh had tumbled : out of the crate in their wagon. He willingly gave a helping hand and then returned to quiet slumbers. The next morning he'went to feed his porker, but there was no porker to feed. It then dawned upon him that .he bad helped load his own hog in the wagon the night before.?Montgomery (CaL) Reporter. Stylish Winter Outdoor Costume. Costume in cardinal-faced Amazon cloth. Bodice with basque and deep rever6, trimmed with Astrakhan. Shirt fall and short, edged with Astrakhan, - " ? - 1 ? und with tabs of wide military- braid. Narrow bands of Astrakhan down the seams. Eonnet in cardinal velvet,: with Astrakhan introduced into the' velvet loops. Osprey and large pin& of finely cat jet.?New York World. Ocean Driftwood. In some parte of the world, notably in the Malay Archipelago, vast quantities of vegetable matter are always floating about the sea. On the Molucca Islands the trees seem to dispute with the waves of the ocean for the possession of the soil. Not only aro there roots and often portions of their trunks immersed in water, but their branching crowns inclined in the same direction and are bathed by the tiden. Thus the numerous currents of the Molucca Sea are charged with seaweeds, intermixed with flowers, fruits, focoanuts, nuts of other palms and even whole trees. The amount of driftwood throwo uj) on all shores is enormous. Eskimo* along the Arctic coa6t of Alaska depend upon it wholly for wood supply. Natives of the coral islands of the Pacific pet all their stones for tools from the roots of drifted trees in which the stones are found imbedded.?Chicagtf Herald. ^ A Xmp.Pouiift Rat. The story of a rat huge enough td have been created in the imagination ~c Uorrnonl has inst arrived UI JL UC Ui # from Cambrav. France, where the beast is said to be on exhibition in the shop of a spirit dealer. Including its tail it is three feet long, and it. weigh* nine pounds. Its teeth are formidable enough to terrorize the largest feline. Its hide is brown, and very thick, ind a veterinary has estimated its age at forty-five years. It was found eaV?Bg the bodj' of a little dog it had killed in the Cambray Fish Market.? York Muii ana JL,zpres8. _. , j