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hnhhbhk nc ro}rs. ?liza v (Copyright. 16y2*cd :fs?3, b ^T7AT?TT?r> VTT ? F vuai ajua* C0NT1NCEP. "And it was here that Pedro Menfloza finally resolved to stay, for a secret prescience?the magnet that responded to the love of gold within bis Boal?told him that on this charmed spot he -would yet find the treasure he sought. <4The natives on this island were in every way superior to any the Spanish adventurers had yet encountered, but they were simple in nature; and, as the others had done, they firmly believed Columbus and his followers to be angelio visitors descended from the sky.... They said, in answer to the usual inquiries for gold, that the island abounded with the precious metal, but must be sought in the interior, where lived a great prince, surrounded by warriors, all of whom wore ornaments of gold and whose wives and daughters wore strings of pearls and precious stones about their necks and on their arms and ankles. "This was joyful tidings for Columbus, who felt that ho had now reaohed "? -1 - TT . j.i 2?.w1 j the true Jiauoraao. ne uoteriuiuou l> to send envoys to the oourt of this barbario prince, while he and the rest of his followers investigated more closely the shores of the island. The natives had told him that the prince lived a long distance away?a four days' journey?and he was not expecting the return of his. messengers within eight or ten days; for he had commanded them to bring back full accounts of all they should find and also specimens of the gold and treas' are a^the interior. When, therefore, they feturned several days sooner than he expected them, reportiflg that neither prince nor gold nor any kind i of treasure was to be discovered, he 1 was bitterly disappointed; but Pedro Memloza, who had been one of the messengers, exulted. In the disappointment of Columbus he saw hia own triumph; the Hour for wincQ Be had waited and hoped was now at hand. The admiral at once decided to leave thia island and sail further in search of the river whose waters flowed over sands of gold. A young Indian girl had described this river to liim as being in an ailjaocnt island called Babeque. It is supposed that thia word was not the name of the island, but an epithet descriptive of its people or its productiveness, and that the admiral's iguorance of the Indian language caused him to mistake it for the name of a place. To the great delight of Mendoza, aud to the dissatisfaction of the rest of the crew, he decided at once to set sail in quest of Babeque. Disoontent had again broken forth among the sailors, although as yet nothing of it had reached the ears of Columbus; but Pedro knew that Martin Alonso, captain of the Piuta, had sworn to part from Columbus, ia order to make discnvsrv 011 hia own account. Piuzon and his crew, and indeed all tbe sailors, considered that Columbus inado too great baste to leave these isluuds before be bad thoroughly investigated their resources or even permitted hia men the enjoyment of a change from ocean to land. "The threatened desertion of the Pinta gave Mendoza the opportunity for which he had been watching, When the order was given to return to the boats he concealed himself and vas nowhere seen. He feared a search might be made for him if his absence was observed, but he had given out among his fellows an intention to Join tbe crew of the Pinta, This would, of course, anger the admiral, whom be hated; but as the Pinta would aiso have deserted before the morning, anger would be useless. It pleased Alendoza to think of commander's dismay when be should discover me uesertion 01 iuarun Aionzo wuu ms chip aud crew; and it pleased him still more to picture to himself the distress of Columbus at ttie loss of 'a faithful follower,' if he should ever be rejoined by the Pinta, This man bated the admiral with the instinctive bate of evil toward good and for per*eonal reasons besides. The reward for the first sight of 'laud' had been awarded to the sailor on board the Pinta, although Mendoza swore that be had first proclaimed it. This reward was finally given to the commander himself, as being the real diaeov, erer, from his having first descried a light moving along the shore of Ban Salvador. "But this act Pedro Mendoza never linew; and if he had, it would only have intensified his hate of Christopher Columbus. With a triumphant heart he watched the preparations for leaving the island; and from a secure hiding-place his gai:e followed the other sailors, accompanied by great numbers of the natives, as they slowly took their way to the water's edge, where they entered the boats and soon rowed to the three ships at anchor in the beautiful bay. "It was characteristic of this singular and self-contained being that even while he beheld tbe departing vessels lessening every moment as the shades of night fell over them like a purple veil, Lis feelings were all of exultation and not of sadness. He remembered, indeed, that he was alone on this island, surrounded by savages, of whose language he was ignorant and of whdse real disposition be could not, froi$ his <brief acquaintance with tbem. possess much knowledge. He bad taken care, however, to provide himself, with arms, and be knew that the Indian ascribed supernatural power to everything ap pertaining to tue wuite man. tie was quick to note the awe with whichthey liail regarded i be brilliant colors? the admiral's dres.-, n?jd be bad supplied himself from the wardrobe of hiBOOOjjp mander with nacb articles 'g^^Ee thought likely U? be.e^rctive in displaying bib- own "^erBonal advantage*, of which be was well aware, and be bad garnered up A\iry little etrivir cI beads aud D -0 ?D* )VEL. betVi (J. c$infer. CASTELAR.) r Robirt Bonnct's Scns.) every pair of hawk's bells that ho had been able to borrow, beg or steal, from the moment he had tirsfc conceived the idea of remaining with the Indians. He was, therefore, fairly well prepared for the enterprise ho had undertaken. It was only necessary to work on the superstition and simplicity of the natives to have a free course. "He decided not to show himself till the morning, but in the early dawn of the next day, when the savages were gathered for their first meal, he suddenly appeared among them, with the full effect of having descended from the sky. Their surprise was wholly joyous, and with ohnnfn nf "Tnrev! Turev!' thev cath ered around him, and Mendoza perceived by their use of this word, which, among them, meant something celestial or divine, that he was received as a god. That he had returned to them while hes companions had chosen to depart eeemed a special act of condescension, and to show their appreciation of this favor they prostrated themselves before him and kissed the hem of his mantle. "This was precisely the effect that Pedro had desired to produce, and he was not slow to avail himself of the great advantage it gave him. He at once assumed the position of the visible representative of their presiding deity, and from that moment his influence over these simple and amiable children of nature was supreme. "Mendoza had no cause to fear that any search would be made for him by Columbus, but he had determined to run no risks and at once made known *n^<\n4iArka end' +V> Ck iliis lubuuviuua i-w nuv/u. vw** cealed city and its ruler in the interior of the island. During the time that the admiral's messengers had spent in this searoh, Pedro had seen enough of the country to feel sure that it became finer and rioher the further it was explored; and it had been because of his selfish desire to have its wealth entirely to himself that he had persistently discouraged his companions, dcolaring to them, notwithstanding all the Indian guidos protested to the contrary, that only disappointment and fatigue, with the probability of death under the tropio heat, lay before them if they persevered in the hopeless search. Now, however, he set forth, accompanied by several of the natives, and feeling confident of success in that same search, while he listened eagerly to their predictions that they would soon arrive at the kingdom of Ornofay. Ever since his arrival on the island Pedro had especially noticed two young Indians of exceptional quickness and intelligence. They excelled in pantomime and learned words and phrases of Spanish so readily that very Boon he could communicate easily with them, so that now he had no difficulty in making himself understood. These tTAiilltn Vi .-v nn IA JUULUO li O IUUU. UU Uja pCHJl VJUH M\J the interior, and they proved of signal value in the course of the journey afterward. "The Indians had, at first, described their chieftain's city as being at a distance of four days' -walk, but, owing to the extreme heat in the middle of the day and the hilly character of the country as they advanced from the shore, Pedro found himself not yet at the end of his journey when the four days had lengthened into seven. "But on the evening of that day tliey had come to a range of mountains beyond which, as his guides assumed him, lay a valley, hemmed in by another range of mountains not yet visible. The Indians, who seemed superior to fatigue, were for pushing on at once; but Mendoza, wearied by a waroh such as be had never known before, and unwilling to admit that he was quite worn out lest he should ptsril his reputation as a celestial being, peremtorily decided to wait till morning, intimating to the Indians his desire to greet the sun before proceeding further. Ab their rude religious ideas embraced the god of day among their deities, they readily responded to this desire on the part of -the celestial stranger, and all prostrated, themselves before him, kissing the earth at his feet and transported with joy when ho permitted them to press their lips on his hand. "Fruits and flowers and manykinis of nuts grew everywhere in great abundance, and crystal streams of water were frequent. Besides this, the Indians had brought a supply of cassava bread?a thin cake, made from the pulp of the yucca root?and skins tilled with the juice of a luscious grspe which grew in the woods in such profusion that the trunks and branches of trees were often covered by its vines, from which hung great bunches of the purple fruit. Pedro fared well, and although he could not wholly banish anxiety in regard to his reception by Ornofay, who might be neither so simple nor so hospitable as his present friends, he felt no serious alarm ! and calmly retired to rest. His ! ImliauH Lad prepared for him a oouch made from the boughs of trees, covered with heaps of leaves and long grass, and Btrewn with the gorgeouB blossoms of the amarylliH, and as the island was free from Herpents and every kind of reptile, sleeping in the open air'was as safe as it was pleasant. \ "At the dawning of the day, when all the tropic sky was pale blush-rose, preparing for the deeper hues of sunrise, while the olear air palpitated In harmony with awaking nature, while the myriad llowers unclosed their.? UlAaoAma vAi'aitior t-lim* vnilioTtf 41 UiUOiJUUiO I v l_i V/Ai. 1UVUMUV 4?yvifl I to the light and sending forth >Uei# jierfume as inoense to the mqijB&ng trembled with the mueio of birds thai; 'blended into one triumphant'pftbdliM j of praise and joy, the Spanfth" aoH venturer awaked, thoroughly refreuhed, aud raising from his fragraut couch, hastened toprepare hirni telf for the coming interview. He IwnUttWefvl twilst, tpfeing io mate the most of his fine person and handsome face, and'also to display to the ntmost advantage the brilliant scarlet mantle stolen from the admiral's wardrobe, and as many bright?i?i,?n,Ta and iinclin.T lit+lo UUi UJ Ull --- o o o ?w hawks' bells as he could hang about hiB neck and arms and ankles. Tc his simple followers he was a most imposing figure, and while they prepared and served his breakfast, standing so as to form a circle round his j sacred person, Pedro began to feel that he was rapidly becoming more than mortal. "When they began the ascent of the mountains, Mcndoza pointed to the highest peak, and signified that nothing would satisfy him but to descend into the city beyond from the greatest elevation; and as this was in accord with the Indian idea of his character as a deity, it served to increase their awe and veneration. He went first; and being a good climber, sure of foot and well accustomed to the mountains of hiB native land, he made an excellent show of speed, which, to the excited imaginations of the Indians, was easily exaggerated into supernatural swiftness. Any one of these fleet, undressed, untram-1 ? -3 rtnwM lintra Konfon lueieu. nava^co wuu ja?vv> UVHWU Pedro Mendoza in a race, bat so penetrated -were they with awe, verging on.terror, that they lagged behind, exclaiming and gesticulating among themselves, unconsciously supplying him with the appearanoo of human powers with which he deajrocT to impress them. "Long before any of the IndifflKsjJ had overtaken him, Pedro had reached the summit of the highest peak, ana there a sight of grandeur and of glory burst on his view that for a moment caused his sordid heart to forget all else in beholding it. The sun was now well up in the sky, for it had been a steep and toilsome climb, and Meudoza was more than two thousand feet above the sea-level; and on etery side, for he stood on the highest peak of the island, he could see the shining waters of the ^Atlantic glittering in tints of mingled sapphire and silver, palpitating ns if with life and seeming, in the dazzling rays of the sun, to undulate like a sea of quicksilver. "Here and there he could discern dark spots breaking the glistening expanse; and these he guessed to. be islands. Some of them.probably those he had already visited with Columbas and his followers, others those to which his late companions were now sailing; but he felt no longing to rejoin them', no regret for having deserted them." Here he was a prince, a god, and, if he did but manage wisely, this beautiful island would soon be all his own and its people his subjects and devoted slaves. "At that thought he^withdrew his gaze from the vast expanse which had for a moment fascinated him, and looked down towaH the fertile and beautiful valley at the foot of the mountains, a great emerald set round with points of silver, turquois, ruby, topaz aud amethyst; for in that clori- j ous light the mountains took on all hues and colors. * "By this time the Indians had reached Mendoza, and by signs and eager ejaculations they told him that he now beheld the city of their chief and the home of Anacaona. "At first Pedro could see nothing but the valley, and for a moment a sharp spasm of disappointment and also of fear shot through his heart, for he thought the Indians had deceived him, and that neither city nor inhabitants lay before nim. He had A xt- - I- -.i-Vi i-"U~ UUt LIl'J &COU BlgUb U1 klUO liUUHCO, bat presently he began to distinguish i specks of white and moving figures, j And then, in answer to the excited gestures of his companions, he began composedly to descend the mountain, while the Indians went on ahead to prepare for his reception. "The further he descended the mora plainly he could see this curious city. There were several huudred houses ] and a number of habitaticus like tents; whioh, as he subsequently learned, j were made of a species of. stjrong cotton cloth stretched upon poles of bamboo cane. The ^houses were rude structures raised on foundations of Jogs, open on all sides, having roofs thatched with straw, leaves and grass, but within they were neat and clean and ornamented in many ways, showing a rude appreciation of artistic effect that gaye token of a much higher oivilization than anything met with so far in this new country. TO BE CONTOrtTED. Wound* Which lien I ltapldly. Wounds caused by Mauser ballets healed with Wonderful and unexpected rapidity. The small frontage of thesp ballets caused' lesions in the' soxr tissue almost subcutaneous in their nature and the wounds healed quickly and kindly. Frequently repair went on under a scab. In many cases it. was found unnecessary even to change the first-aid dressings. Not over three per cent, of the wounds went on to suppuration. In these results antisepsis and surgical skill played an important part, reflecting great credit on the medical department of the army, which observed every requirement of modern antiseptic surgery in the face of serious obstacles. Mortality among the wonnded is con Bidered almost entirely dependent npon antiseptic treatment, and this, even more than the humane modern missile, has mitigated the horrors of warfare. One on Der Majesty. The following story?for the truth of which, however, we ?re unable tc vouch?is told of the Empress Frederick. When Her Majesty was last iu England she purchased a quautity oJ very artistic wall-paper, which sh? had sent to her villa at Horn burg. Ou showing Bome samples of it to hei chamberlain she asked him where he thought they came from. "This piece," replied the chamberlain, "comes ffom Berlin, and the othei from Magttetenrg? 'made your Majesty. "?London Chronicfty. / 'jgvElectxJcltj in. Africa'* Wllclf. * TBd-a ic Koin cr rnrti <11x7 r^n-uaTdki "" LORD KITCHENER ?^fl Wf ^ Ws The conq^?tOt,;6'lthe Khalifa is no General Roberatftffl'it is he whom the the disasters that their armies have me map out an new campaign. H iant miliary meh in the world to-day. ooooodboijtooooooooooQooQooo | AEAPIA. THPEEAIITIFIILLAND, 8 ^ Scenes in Southern Louisiana Wheri the X O Rich Rice Field* Lfe. q , ?0000000000099000000009000 f~)AYOU NEZ PIQUE, Acadia, La.?In Southern | Louisiana I 1 you may eit under ^ I brella tree." look at grotetfcjrofl?a ? and ent -whiteblaokbej^SWi^ou may watch the chameleon^j^m^Bdftrlet, blue, green, brown or gray, or hear the mockine bird nour'vfa*ii*jtii wild melody from the roof of areragflgfe] or see a flight of white cranes like great snowflakes, on a' Jifltan^ This subtropical land, with its tree?; ghostly with Spanish moss, its bayous ablaze with Bcarlet leafage, ont of whose fire of color leaps the Louisiana red bird; its pale green prairies, its intense snnlight, orange sunsets, swift twilight and brilliant moonlight, is weird and enchanting. It looks as if it had been borrowed from a fairy book and did not belong to geography at all. It is midwinter, yet the dooryards of Acadia,.St. Landry and Calcasien parishes are abloom with roses. Christmas trees of live oak or* holly or mistletoe, still bright in the little -farmhouses, were dressed on Christmas Day with fresh flowers gathered out of doors. The umbrella, tree is common. Every farmer has half a dozen to I HARVESTING K1CE IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA. j leud. It ia easy to borrow the use of ono on a rainy tree, and as it is chained j to the ground by its roots no one ever forgets to return it. Its branches radiate from the trunk like umbrella stays. Its foliage forms a waterproof covering like an umbrella top. Its trunk is the handle. It will keep one entirely dry in a subtropical storm. In summer it affords perfect shade from the sun. A tramp once explained bis wanderings through Louisiana by saying that he was a traveliug tinker, mending umbrella trees. The green rose, the only one I have ever seen, is not as large as the red rose, nor doea.it display its petals is'fully, but it is distinctly a rose. If some Northern floriculturist would develop the green rose further it might become a prized and uuique bloom in the beautiful sisterhood of flowers. Boutonniers and bouquets nf erraan rnnflfl lyiiffllt, ft feature of St. Patrick's Day in New York. White blackberries are much esteemed in Acadia and Calcasieu, because they are superior iu flavor to the black kind. Some regard them as a concession of nature to thu color prejudice. They differ from the black blackberries mainly in complexion. In Louisiana is what popularly is known as the "dishcloth .plant." It produces a green pod, which yields, when opened, a large piece of cellular - ?! OF KHARTOUM. Ppjjib^i 1 ?' W V" w in Cape Town as Chief of Staff to British people expect to retrieve all t anker the other leaders. He will e is considered one of the most brill. mi1 Nofthern farmers came hfere to settle they found that the .Creole ponies would not eat corn or oats. Both re mained untouched in their feed boxes. In some cases the native horses had to be^ starved for days before they would touch piiher. A Northern farmer threw an ear of corn among a herd of wild cattle. They came up to it, looked at it, sniffed ?t and walked away again. Not a steer would eat it. The colonists Irom the North inferred that to the ftox^K-and cattle of these parishes oowHfcd oats were an acquired taste. ffiit ?* Louisiana 's the k^vtSpiaio. It will grow anywhere _ ^ THRASHING RICE IN SOU: in any kind of soil. The varieties of sweet potatoes are almost innumerable. They yield from 200 to 500 bushels to the acre, aud usually sell for fifty cents a barrel or twenty cents a bushel, though in seasons of scarcity they are thirty and even forty cents a bushel. They are the daily food of the farmers,,. and are fed to horses, cattle,..#win^' and poultry. The Louisiana *#6et potatoes are wholesome,, but lack the fine flavor of those raised in Virginia.., ( Irish potatoes are regarded here Qg^fljj luxury, and the people have Sundays and holidays. It is supposed generally in that Louisiana is a swamp cqnjMy?|j5 network of morass and bajg|HH|| that there is little groan^^MMy^p limits that is firm beneath This is a mistake. North of the Red River, >h'''t5pT northwestern, part of the S tet6.jp the famous hill country^? Here the Ian J is upheaved in'inntuj^H able little mouptaina;NwhkSh ria'e 'IhMB or seventy feet above the anrroanMfi^ landscape. The hig^es^ M^^tfCne State is in this wild diBtafigj|H^il it towers 15.0 feet above thS^pT of The hill country might SH^te mountaineers of the Alps or tlmSHes smile, bat it is as serious a fact intSia Stato as are the Highlands in Scotland or the Catskill Mountains in New York. This mouutamous couutry is the lumber belt. It is full of sawmills, and turns out vast quantities of handsome yellow pine lumber for the Northern market-. In the southwestern part of the State lies the Acadian country. It is , a land of beautiful prairies and of magnificent yellow pine forests that in the distance look blue. This is the upland of Louisiana, the foothills of j it - i*iil _ O ? 1 -1 a ? XL. il. I lue nine owiizennuu u? tue uurm. i It is the rice bell and cattle country of the State. * . In Acadia tbe prairits we small, 1- ' '. " * beinfc#jf or twelve miles long am: ntfte's wide. They are fSledronnd by yellow pine forests, through which run bayous. It is. a < fertile parish, but njt as preHj to the eye as Calcasieu. The Calcasieu prairie is the largest in the Stateabout fifty miles long and from five to forty miles wide. The parish itself, which is also the largest in the Commonwealth, comprises 4000 square miles, and is about two-thirds the size of Connecticut. Here the land is finu and solid. In diggiDg wells the farmers have to go deeper to find water thanx they do in "Wisconsin. The land, whifh now fifty to sixty feet above the\Gulf of Mexico, was once its bed, anv^ contains a great deal of sand. Thermae's are sometimes dry within twelv^ hours after a semi-tropical rain. Ther^, is 6o littlo mud, except in proximity to rice marshes, that one may ride a bicycle along a highway covered with water. This is the upland, and yet it is the rice country. The explanation is simple. From a foot to two feet under the soil lies a bed of clay which is impervious to water. "Wherever land lies in a shallow saucer shape, so tbat its edges are slightly higher than its interior, the falling rain will till it to the rim and form a marsh, because the water cannot percolate through the Underlying bed of clay and escape. In Louiflia&ia you will find the low groundifhard and dry and lnarshes on the rid^te. The flilnvial land which lies in the Misrisslppi bottom seems to be plantations part of. the time and part of the time Hjusiscrippi River. Swamps are not anknoiga there. "We are having a Louisiana bliz zaru, Btupn .noriuern seiner iq uaioasieu pgfrisfi, "The thermometer 4ifa-fall2Sw, seventy degrees above zerofr jPJ*' The children ip. the country go to PUERTO RICO'S WONDBnR^^LQE 1 TBI THE FIBRE OF ITS OV^t||gj^^AOB school barefoot all winter;. try ecboolhouee, on a sharrrtnidwinler. day, there was only one cfcfj$?who> -wore shoes. All the childr^^Jud shoes at home,'bat they did rroteaxe to Ve&r them. The well-to-do French farmer, wjjgfc land by the leagne and cattta hundreds, with money bnriMMiLfcfap. gronnd or hidden in hollowJaWOTW", deposited in the bank, go ?^?~? the parish town. a straw hat, a oak^gHHHtijH^^pr ! of blue cotton tron^Bk ! oat collar, crafflHBHH are as i n s e n bands of a Northeig& mpy'wha ii <>?$$? wears gloves. dotem<iMM[ftfl in Acadia, on a ;'you are mistaken?you wrong Mn. i I have proof that be loves me."' i. "What is it? Has he asked you to marry him?" .. %. ' "No. but I accidentalljr^said I ' had puw ' the other evening, ind he immediately afterward qaid something about ' having came,' just to make me feel that he was somewhat shy on grammar. You needn't tell ipe that Snytbing less tbau love?deep, soulJjgJi~eYeria3ting love?would induce a Mao to do that."?Chicago Times. '} / j:K' TIi c, A rt of Kii fflr I . '/^Tbe/.Vwting of a "pnlf"is an art in ifaelfciftfce'effort abounds in honeyed so to soeak. with gsmr*. J , . praise and couyiendation, a large portion of the reading public is intelligent enough to take it with the proverbial grain of saJt, or perhaps reject it entirely as unreliable. If. however, it is a paragraph or article that actually gives some information, ami only incidentally commends the iirm upon whose instance it is inserted, it may be expected tu accomplish some good. The majority cf puffs overleap themselves in the desire to make of the personages or commodities of which they deal, "creatures oo bright ov gooil for human nature's Jaily food." i ?-?- $9 THE CURIOUS LACE TREE. One of the Many Marvels of Oar Llltle Puerto Rico. Some exquisite lamp shades, nap- g kins and centre pieces have come from 1 our dear little Puerto Rico this winter. I They are made from tne inner ;?art of 1 LACE ROSETTE AT END OFVt' STICK, SHOWING THE KATTEE OF THE F^IiEthe lace tree; to be more expra?**; from a lace-like libre, which grows bit; rieath the bark. The outside of this^L curious tree very much resembles the \ white and mottled mistletoe boughs \ ( one sees exposed for sale during the V holidays, but the inside of.the younger limbs and branches is a mass of the ^ lace fibre, sometimes pure white in color and again yellow, tending to brown. Though the lace tree is apparently a very hard wood, the interior , '{ fibre may be unwrapped in sheets, JE?WHfP, WITH LASH TWISTED PROM i B08ETTE FBOH THE 8A.ME FIBBE. which the Puerto Bican ladies convert lu^ drawn work or embroider in bright Whips are made of the branches, -a part of the branch being left for the stock'and the fibre lace drawn out to .form a topkn^fcosette. A long lash is plaited jrififitaftfccr end. The maa^BRred lace fibre is very 3Bxpensire;i?rt nothing can be more "beautiful<|Kn the effect of light through the lamp shades. The cocoafefat'palm grows sheets of fibre on the butside, so that it looks as if it is-tied up in old mats, but the lace tree grow* ;its delicate textile fibres inside, with Vast improvements in texture ana cplbr. : vvThe women of Puerto F?ico do herfn* tifal decorative work with this natural jiUbe, the net of the fibre being so tine that it lends itself to the most delicate ^tei4gna. It is dyed the brightest hues Mid-made into flowers, which are applied to the lamp shades of the same 4KT 'Arranged in shapes of brilliant .moths and butterflies. The large fireJly of the tropics is exquisitely simulated. On the centrepieces for table ^piXtment, the Spanish rose is freBmgntiy imitated. This rose is white fcthe morning, pink at noon and a Jfeptimwn at night, hence there are ^HKraiee to go with the centrepieces ^Kjbeae are daintily attached by ^ean?^ minutefcbres to correspond' Hft the hour of the day. Each color 9$tfae70?e has a meaning. The white Suffer signifies that jthe daughters of the m&je are too yonxtg to think of marHftgb the pink roseihat they are sotfit^y^bntanteB, and the red rose that ||i " Towmr a* a Hnmorlit. 4 ^ ^HBamy Atkins is a regular liumi&ort at times," the subaltern couffrin " DM Ton Av?r of the court-martial in tssafc? No? Well, yoil it, just as'in the ordinsoner may object to the ; ;< juryman whom he thinks( me prejudice or grudge o at a conrt-martial he! d if he is satisfied -with: the officers selected to :try him. Well. this particular Tommy,when the pres-, ident asked him the regular question, i looked at the officer* sitting nolemnlyf before him and answered : 'Certai a-; ly; I object to the 'ole blooming lot of yef." I believe that they were so astonished at this startling reply that thw had to put off the trial till they or id make out what was the right ? ing to dp under fheaircumstances." ? St. Jame&'sGazette Correspondence. Vi-i. ilwmi llmlv For a M#a1. Perhaps you fancy the birds don't work. Just watch them next time yott have a chance, and you'll find they are busy every minute of the clay. During the 6ummer thrushes get up before 3 o'clock in- tie morning, and don't go to bed until after 9 o'clock at night, so they work nearly nineteen hours. Blackbirds are not nearly so indnstrioa?. Tbey only ;work seventeen hoars, but daring that 'time they feed their little ones be'tfreen forty and fifty times. The Halm-lava Cap. 3? In England just now women are busy knitting comforts for, the British soldiers in South Afriea?sleeping helmets, tam-o'-shanters, cardigan jackets, cufl's. scarfs, mittens, .socks and <1 111\m chest ami back protectors. The Balaclava cap isr.the favorite object with these patriotic kuitters. It is cold o' nights id South Africa, and some of the soldiers find the Balaclavas very uueful. - ,\