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No.40 """""""'"N"**'sS'De-Y AM R)' -NG jet'J )Jtill N FF611( 3110E'-A , N68 Fountile l oil t :It t Inst I h1, she'sdogged me rotnd about; Al' lily hirrying it'o she'.; '1hui d tile, Tr-k-sding har11- anid hot She's 'alcud Inie, Ahiost touched m i, n 11 but fateil file l 'ro she H lit hait I V Iry were you, !:ppinless! 11ti1:11t to the I11isl! Frent youtr that.,k iss bt sihiess Lto,: ,ai TI'mic hu-i come tot frec yott. Ala vs dlriveti by Fate to tieu you, N1i r did I thik to see you Track fie down itt lait! A 01'"IEmU E IAiOW1 R~OO M. Good friend, don't crowd so vety tIght, Thire's reor esough ifr tvo: Keevp hII youir lntu!lttl Itlt I have at right To IiIv, as Well it; s0 yO1. Yot rich antlitroncg, I poor andal weak, iut think yot I prestlle, lien tl0111y thik poor booll I lsk A little elbow room ? ''ik such as voll, the riech anlil-strolg, TI you ttI h:ve (ite will, Coltid give tIlhe weNak at lift :llong, Atid help hitt uip lit hill. Ih11t no--you joiv, crowd andi lrive, Yotj Storm, 1n14d f'ret id fule; Are Von tite ony luslin alive li1 wvant. or'elbow roomi? But thiis It is on] life's round path, Self seutns the God of' 1il; 1le strong will crush the weik to diti, The bilg il(V)tlkr the( Sinal1.1. r better be 16 rich mo's io11nd A valet, sert'or itoo1 ThIlt striiggles '11id 'he 11118 arotild", When WC'Ve! 110 Ihow o1o111. Up1 hteart, mly boy ! dlon't mintd tile Shock; Uip heart amd putsh ailong! Your skhi w ill -;row rough with knockq, Youtr limbs with latborstn; Auid i hir's it 1 nil lilsee11 to Id, A stim to light the gloom; 'Up hcart, mny boy, nmr be al'rind, Strike out for elblow roll. And whc-n you see amIli( the thronai. A fellow toilvr slip, Jutst give hlint as y-ou pass allong, A brave atidl idly grip; Lm ) noble deeds, thottgh) poor you be, Yourt path in lIfe 1ilime, Atl with true Christian charity, Give others elbow 10011. MEHITABEL'S STORY. "It lust be very lonesome for you here in this great honse, with no body bit the servants, Hit ty," May Osborn said to her mother's (d friend, whose90 gtcest she had been foc six of the happiest Nvwks she (ould rem1eIber. "Why didn't you marry years ago and have children of your own instead of petting other pe()pe'H-p1aa Osborne's for ill sho1ce ?" Mohlitabiel M?tooro smniled up qi etly from the sofa where she lay, but mlade no vocal anfswver. "You'd have made a good wife, H fitty," continued May, "and a good mother ;and you'd have been so "'ThIanks ; but do I look unhap py? I am sorry if my face does so great injustice to my heart." Mahy's eyes openeld wider, and she drew her bre,ath in quickly. She was so sure that all "old 'maid1s --~~e~o absolutely wiretchedl that she :ac ferodher darling' Hi tty was1r sacriiking truth to a happy make-believe. ionCl, too, May wasF an eng~nged girl, wvt hl e.ccounts in part of the pity she fe (and look ed) for the lonely conditi of hem friend. i "Ah !" laughed Miss Mo >re, soo0 ing the change over May's face, and~ knowiig weoll t in ean i "Now you look doubtful ; and -y~ your yellowi curls till tihe sunshine inl them seems like a hundred star shioots, or a luindred feet of fairios forever on the wing. And you caun niot imaiginle how happiness is pos-' sibio Methitabel Moore ?" 'Not qulito that," prevaricated May ; "but it seems to me so unnat ural for a woman to be wholly happy who has no itrcnger home ties than a b)eautiful house with costly furn Como over to the window, child," Miss Moore said, holding out her1 hand, which May hastened to takec ir 1ahot own, thait were not half so dainty '"Look yonder at the noblc ,ipfleef hills that shuts the sun on 6't ur1/rin the afternoon from this 4liofw~here my ,homo is. I have li ved6 in sight of it f.11 my life-ox dept l~ yearA i passell abroad--and sithlin sound of the mill whools to th~e right and the church-bells to the left. I shall die hero, I supposo,5 aba heroeshall I bo buried." "Don't, Miss Moore 1" pleaded May sor'rowfully-"don't talyc e0 * dying a n a tiuoh like dreadful things!1 "Wh~y not, pray? We shlould hI ~bo toi talk of all things that are and inst bo,shoniad we . not ?-a-to tall ofthem rationally and without feat -antv, ithout1 sorrow-save wh~r< ' "Yes, aX suppose so. Bunt i bt ing buried. .1.can't ibc L '1 ~ ~e ~0Al '6 a 64nice." ig(odstie tim1e, which I all coiteit to wiit. happy ill waiting !" Then, ufter at pausc 1 1111 goin1 to tell you i 'Stor'Y, -he Conltibuited--"a1 story that would not read we.l1 if you were to write it 1) evell, so little there is in it of incident or necident; but litule as it might seei and be to the wold. i la kldo 1e what I amll to day-- an Old mnaid, lnely and alonle." 1-lonely!" (lpteri(d M1ay. "I. use that w\oi in t comparative St'lnse oily. I lovo life well enough it enjoy its dities, which have real ly much of pleasm-re in them, and am not uh11appy ever." She rose, then, with May's hand still ill her's. leanemd. oil the wiidow's led"e, lookin for. a long tim in silenme out over the valley and upl) to thl le b All"! sky, so peaeful in its beatity: an, Ithe0 wind played with her silvering hair. is if it loved it dear lv. and snttiered there the pale bluish blo.-,soins of tho hawthorlne from hedget humd'ed yardsl Iwiay, while over her yet beautiful faco liLtt(d the lights and shades of Memory, whose life is infinlite, evll ais (God is. "You Sco the old 01lmi, May, down by the bridge?" she asked. "Tho roa( turns just thero, and go,:s winding through (Ien Valloy, and 11t the viA WhLCre, tli'ty yeal-S ago, Ellery Hopkins, the village Sclol m1aster, livew with his widow ed mother anid one sister, ielp,less always. a1s at birth. You have heard you-(r imlother speak of t1mill, perhaps ?" ".I think not, May said, musing ly-"and yet the nam1e seem1.4 fa iniliar. fopkins-Hopkins? )h, yes, I remember now. "'was a General Hopkins, whom I met at N ice, and your Ellery ! " Ellery?" queried Miss Moore. iYol aro right--thoughi you Speak So utterly at ranldo-i-for lie was miile, ifX mine, I think, wherever he may be !" May nest.led up1) closer, olager. for the romance Shr) was sure to hear. "Why, aunt Hitty." she said, "yoU didn't love a school master, did vOU ?" "Thore it is agin !" Miss Moore excliiilel with soi show of pas -ionl. "T'he poor., plltry, piLifill pride that has wreeked so iany livus-that has mado mine the lone ly, barren thing it is! Bit for it I giht have 1een to-day a happy wife, with children of my own to keep ine low and wise !" She wals trembling fromi head to foot, and Mayv, puittinlg her arms iarounfd 1her, said: "orgiv'e me-do, dear H-itty ! I am so sorry !" "Y'ou'ro. niot to blame, chil' Miss Mi\oore wvas growing quiet. "It's all owing to the way you were educated. In yoiur world and mino, hearts count for nothing." "Not o hadl ats that in miy worldl(, M~1ay broke 'of there, blushing foolishly, and Miss Moore took up and finihed the sentence: "or you really love Claude D)es pard~? I supposo05 so. I pk of the rule, to which thoi'e must be ox eteptions always. YOU love aL man - ouri equid ill all things. Sulppose he wvere to b)e suddenly impoverish ()d-what then ?" May drew heri breath inl sharp1ly. "'I should love him just the samre," said : e.-fee o b,C"" e -fvryo loved hlimr. 13iiI (1's .O you suppose your priould partsilt wvoud let yOU mate "I have never' thought of it,'''gay niswored, soborly3. "I doen't thin they wvould break my heart." "Humrph I 'That would be 01no.of the times wvhen hearts wvould count for notinilg even in your' world. I believe that were there forced up)on themn, to-dgy, a choice for your fui tui'o between poverty that was pui-e and riches that were corr'upt, they would choose the lattei'." "I suipposedl y'ou gave to my p)a rents an honoring r'egai'd,'' May said, coldly letting heri armii dr'op fronm tile old waist and turninlg her face away. "And so I do. d My own parents dlid the same by me, and I not only honored-I loved them. I honor and love their memories today. They (lid what they thought the very l)out. I tiever blamed them." t"Will you tell me, the 'story,' Hlitty ?" May askod,i h6ei coldnoss all gone, and in her voice o,nly a gen tIo sympathy for the wonmn beside her-the woman whose whoile life had b)een shadowed by the unright eous verdict of othoera, nutl by the sentence: whoso seyerity had wellh nigh o'manslpd . h,r, $hat thip l1eir hopo,' and life, and love were bMuti L ful arnd young. "You can. scarcely so tha *Ower of the villa from .his wiind, a4me tiines, when the wind, is high, and the trees sway hithnr and thithnr,' Iit i sid, ill anlswer. "I was vatchinl"'g it, I remliilber, the evvin I first saw him ;anld the rain was poml-ilg frhom Il l low vlonlds full of tHimulb.r, malI a frighee b IIvlv i rd h Iad fluttered inl at Ily window, atIA I hadt; hlidd:-n it, in mly bosoml, Nwere its heart could -rmw (quiet, from Che very ah of mine. I reinl>ier it ail so weoll. I1 .nnl hicar ]Iow, it sueemis to me, 1he awfull viis tlhat en11n tvaring u)) the avellu, llinultes; be fore a ser,anl , friom the villa stood there, hvieeed-drowned ahnost. it semd--anid pleadilg for help. 'e misthress is thruek !" she stid, wringing her llinis anld tear ing her hair liko ia crazed thing: at' the 11111Ohr's gone, il' the poor cripplo (',1 (10 o1ary i thing, but sehranllo, an' cihramtle, al' Scilnameit! Won't s:mb)dy htelp us, for Lhe Lord's sal.u "There waio o0 lit homle that day but, I ald the seivait,s. I set 'm1, th gardener, at ole for a doctor., and wend yself to the villi, talkilg lly milanl with imle. e md Irs. Iopkins still t nne1COnsmiouls from Uho Stroke, which,I s-trangly eougih, hat left the hlouse nijrd; and poor Arga 'l r*ct,. t,he cripplu wa,; wailing pit.cols-I ly scrett-e1w lpoln tile car-pet besideI her motdr, and elinging to her hands--sthe rowning ingt sprsu-h t poerlss o id her. "We dlid, thle little that we vould.f It was not, mneh-at least it et- I .,d not nmneh to do-a-blithin. and I at Chafing 1;V the body, that Slowed I little sign1 of vitality; bII the doc tor Said w had sive(d the life, for She did liv:e, and-loved me! Aliss Aloorn'S chin Settle( down into lier >almll, and for a little while sie sat w,th closed eyes, whoso fid grew tremiulous and wet. and heart whose beating could be leard, so hard it was, againlst the viidow ledge. When she spoke again, she had grown, 1 tvardly, wholly Calm. "i m suro you can guess how the friendshlip It lrst, 110w the love tL list, caml1o abollt," she said. "For two days I searcely left tHe villa. Margaret was aln1ost its helpless fromk the v fright as heir mother from the stroko, and both begged ilm not to leave tHiei. l1lr01y, too, IId the doctor, wished 111 to re 111111; anid I was so glad to be of some ue in the world. that had been so good to m1ie,thiat I eagerly seized the0 o#pportunlity, which was inlo by It( vidlnt adle, to learl) son.10thing of my neightbors' lives and nOolds. "Marar1, a I said, had1( b)een helpless fr'om her birth ; lbut sheC was la sweet-laced, swVeet-spiritedl girl. and I learn'ied to love her ats a sister. Shte had1( r'ead a great deal mnore than I, and1( inl many things shte becamol my1S teatcher, as5 her1 bro' 1t(e1 had1( been her.l' . Thle mfothler was said-eyed and said heate(d (Ilearnod0~ this last from ly inl her0 face and hleard( it in heri voice), yet gentle and1( patienCt, anld fond, alnost to idolatry, of 'the chiihir'en,' as4 shl always called Mar Little by little I learned the old lady's trloub)le. The villa, left lher' bly lher' hulsband years1' before, had been heavily mortgaged, and by st.rictest econiomty they conild onlly live on Ellery's car'ninlgs. 'HeL mtighlt eairn mnore somlewhtero else,' shle said ; 'bult howv can he leave poor1 Marigariet aund me ? "I hatd mon0ey3 of my own, eveni thlen, enough to clear11 the home steadl, anid I gave it to Mrs. Hfop kiuns, in lb way nlot traceable to me, fhough I think tile good wvomatn al ways suspe1cted I conld tell her if I wonul. Sile (lied, however, with (t knowing ; buIt that was long Aghb'in thle bowved hiead and11 tly' wet, s hn 1C yeO; again ft silence biroken otr. y by thec beat of a br'o. ken htear't. - "I hwavo toNi you nlothling of my dalu'ing," con til ld she, aifter' awhile. "I cold( not if ji world. He was eiverythinig I hand >J1okod for----long ed for-and we lo/(( (31each otherl. Friomi tile very first ~knewv it wo/u1ld b)e so;. anid hl.--he n1 or' lost silght of the social gulf betwe n us5-nover for tin inistant,. I think ht1 1 any hope of passing it. If hero wvas blamWo at till, it,WL was iwh<'lly mine; for I let htim so' my lov and on coniragna him to tapdAk, en when he( str'ove to be0 silenit 1mo for my sake( thn is own." *"WVhat mado(1 you aun - y" "llocauisrI loved laim--b c'ause I knewheoloved mo--because thobught I wva neove to b'd thw'arte in anty plan oiihop4' bf- mit10a, since~ I never yet hlad boon," , . 'And you wOlO mistal i4" "I was mistaken. .T 'oy dragged me off to- Germany, raris, to Roeithey kopt ino {y ye'ars anld yearsa avvay, waitching l/t)A nlo vord should passR between/hAl two, whose hearts 'wm.n wa1O1vykU f'reer,.f... mlly liative soil they told me he wa "Oh, I litly !" moaned May. "Pooi L!hild ! poor child : Hlow did you live through1 it 01i ? or wasn't. it truo ?" "It wa not t-te, though 1hey be lieved it was. I. stood besile him wIh he died : I held hiis Ilid, ild I[ promisd t> be true to him for v'r, aid to the love that tiie lid mly srel gI hiened in my heart and nI my life. He Could not live with it Me, le said. He had trit"', but aice hi Inother ald \largaret had one, and since I was lost to himll or they told him I wits Imlarried to ial-he had longed to bo 'where he % VILAV lre ait rest.' "80111o timeio I vill go vith you Ohere they are lyiig-the mother md0 hor childrenl back of the villa awn, limder the hemlocks. The villa 3 mille, you kow. When I cal no 0mOger cae for three mounds there, t shall be yorts, if you wNill tend to ,h1em1 faithfully as I. I (10 not wait hc dear ol Place to fall into the lun(Is of srnes a ty iateliptud ia reply, but the >l la0 ly silece(l her by a wave of er hand ; then, rising., she swept uajestically out of the room, aid Vis s ln 1110 O that evelinr "I si:l never feel like jesting 1)boui, oil im-ids agiil, May said ,o10 r l r-llnever i my life." And tlien, ill the twilighit, with iOr hand f.st locked inl his, nIld Vith11 tears inl her happy brown eyvs, Ohe r po"ted to him, as I to you, lear renler the story of Ielitabel \Ioore. A TEXVAS DICK TURtPIN. l'il- E.ND O-' A BlRDiAt 11itP1 )ADo HUNTID DowN AND KlLT,iD nY TIES nutrrm:nau-ix-rAw. -Talues 0. lWed, one of the most aCited) anid at the mame time most reckless, highwaymen tha t evor [payed tie r/e of Dick Turpin or laude Duval in this country, mlet with a tragie cnd by the hands of his brother-in law, John T. Morris, i few milkis south of Paris, Texas. His body wis brouil-ght into Paris At oice by his slayur, who dumand (.d a cor-onlec's inivestigaitionl, and gVe the following statement at the inuulkest "I came up with the decoased at IIenry Russell's, about 20 miles inorthiwest, of Paris. WXO staid all night at *Russell's. -In the morning we started for Arkansas together. W~e traveled on until dinnler time, when I propIosedl to stop) and got dinnler, to which ho agroed. W< stopped at Mr. S. M. Harvey's foi d inneor. WVhen dinne r was ready we womn 1 out into the dining-room and sat dlowni to the table. I gol done eating before Reed anud wei bacik into the main room, and cx plaied to Harvey, Reed's character aind asked him to assist mne ini hi1 arrest, wich lhe agreed to do. M\r HaLurvey andC I.then went out to th< hiorses wvhere we took the pistols of of Reed's and miy own horse. W< then wvent to the dining-room wher< Reed was still eating. I said t. Reed :'Jimf throw upj your hands$. He said he would do so, but rai undI(er the table1, andl( raisedl up witl thet tablIe and rani toward the dooi withi the tabIle inl advance. I shiol two hooles through the table. Aftei lhe dropp)ed thue table I shot him ii the iighet sie. He ran1 hUL is had ii is pock1het to dlraw a cyhlindler, as] thought. I shot at him four times and hit him twice, on1ce a scalping shot ini the hiead anid 01nc0 iln th< right s ie. A fter lie got ont of th< honso-e lhe iLan iip to mUe andi grabbe,l) melOJny pistol refuinlg to fire-an( as lie rushe~d against mec I fell ani andt lhe fell too. I thou:L cailed upor0 Mr. Havyt si m ini his ar* rest, wvhichl he dlid, ando wo thwi secured hhnii." Several o the r witnesses wvere ex amnined wvho idlentified bo0th Morrir anid Re(ed. The sheriff of Lama1 testified that the deceased wat Reed, and that lie knowv him durini the war as one of the Quantrol men. Tho verdhiet of the coroner't jury wasB in) accordlance with th< above fa'cts. After the inquest th< boily was encased in a mqtallic eof fin, and sent to the sheriff of Collir county for idon,tification. Thu porishedl one of. the meste recklss desperato and dangeronsly ba( men that over infested Texas or th< Western States. Reedgat. ppel ago, entere the ga$g6f 'Quinrell. Soon aiftoi thu 'vat~ I&l 1g a (iflrey a highly edu6ated and accomplishei ueemied sufiloent to oheck. hil tbudtig. WVeo first liaAi'bf bin ini Catlifornia in 187Odi1when,jt is stated, ho robbed a man 6f a larg aumi of money, loft the WJata- anu (1:111e to '.'exis, bllyilg with his I Illoley a farm oin Cook vreek, Bosq1ue cou , wherv for w hIIlc his gel. (1r,0us m1alnnerS wvon the esteeml of his liiilhbor,". Soon. however, ngly r111111rs floated throu1gh the neigh horhood, tih) Stock disappt-ar-edl inI that sve-tionl, anud he drewm arom111d him the worst class of men, and his o pham bec:1-ne ia rolndezvous for lore thieves, anld desporadoes froml itil sections. Tii Februarv, 1873, Dick Cravey, living sixteen llilus froi Meridian, was called fr-om1 hiis hed anld n1111-dered. Fourl menl we](1 ellga1ged ill Ihis Cold blooded killiig, for robbery alone. It lls since heenl learied, that Jim and S.1ls Reed, his brother, wore two of tho " four 1111durers. In August of the Samlie year. these two brothers murdered a 111111 named Wheoler, who had been a confedertte of theirs, but had be Th Hill Come larilmed at the attitude as sued toward the Reed gang by (1du en the citizens, and had discloisd Somec, things, and( for this, and to preventi futher1 discloslre0, his life was ta kell, and his tolglie cut out.* For this they were run11 fromll the coulty by a posse of citizenls. J i I e 1 ed (c thell illoved to Seyeniie. and boughtl 1 p'ope)Ly, sottling the salaic oil his wife. He floated throullgh the 01n111 try, llwmyt vell 1molillted, sOMe tiies ill comp:lly with tlle Youinger 1111d Jiles brothers. and other loted Iighwayilienl. Mlany were the bold( and daring robiberies committed ill the 1diall Nation and elsewhere in vhilih this llOdein Dick Turpill figured, and, it sevld. like his nio(ed predocs Sor-, he was 110 less renolwn(d ilN love thaln ill arm-ils. In Febiua.y di, 1874, 1ho fled( with at young giri 11111 1osa McCoius to San An toni jo his way three of hlis pals. These four worthies were Jim ). Reed, Cal. H. Carter, Jack h Rogers from iBates County, an(] .. K. Dickens of Vernon county, Mis A souri. They routed it house, and all lived together. in common as ol ( household, in San Antonio, the men frequenting, as a loafing place, Price's saloon, watching the banks and wait, r for an opening. a On the first of April, Dickens, at with his wife and Rosa MeComus, cr camie to San Mrcus, and on the day following they worM joinod by the other three men, their diabolical . planls having air, dy been concoct Inj ed. On Satim, . the three len of left town, and on the Tuesday eve- po ing following the San Antonio I stage was robbed two miles east of 4 tihe Blanco in open daylight, and ~ very near tile residences of several farmers. They secured 81,080 in Lu mioney, anid wa1tchesR and jewelriy "1) belonging to tihe passengers. A r reward of $7,000) was offered by the thi former Governor for the apprehmen- " sion of tihe two Reeds for the mur- nl der of Wheeler, ini lloscoe county. s9t Tihe citizens of Verjion county be. ing apprised recently that tihe gang" woro1l iln the counlty, turned Out itn thi force and pIursued themn some dis- " tainco, nntil they formed a junction WI wvith tile .James and Younger bro of thers, when they turned and1( inl formned the citizens that they had1c better return hlolne, as thley (tihe 4 outlaws) had no0 .ro6m nor food in h11 camp11 for' so large a crowd, beingti themselves on half rations, which " kinlly adivice tihe citizens, well ~ knowing their men, atvailed tilem-Il selves of anfd left theO fuild. The deadI lleed 1has. a1 mfother, a sister and a brotherC, ai'on Itood, in1) Vernon counlty, Mo., who arie highllyhi respected and1( worthy people1. h A 82,000) PAnnoTr.-"AHe was nine- o teeni years old, !oulld talk like a law yer, alnd was tihe hiandsomest birdil that ever lived." f Thalft was John Enright's descr'ip- ~ tion of his piarrot .in thel Special Hoeshions yesterfday. "How much01 is 1h worth ?" askedil st Jlistico .l2edwith, diriing to fix tile grade of crimiO of which Thiom-l a Ias Miler, a1ccueHd of stealing the bird, was guilty.l. prmp reply. h Nothinig could .'induce Mri. En- m right to lessen his valuation, and tli lhe was allowedl to tell his story of Lth the thoft. Miller had with a ibook and string, fislied up the cage from p1 - where It (danglod froi a fourth..story til win<ow, and skurried away wVithl it se over tile roofs. Mr. 1nright, hear-. it inig tihe Cri0s of the0 sacd b>ird, T' hadehased the thief and catigh~ .w himl. }illr wvas egnltonced to the penitentiary for three months. 01o his mouth shut," Ie toldsthe officer s at hie hpf6N gd ldI t load t er'. -It's my opinion that - aG pako't"d is ad--d poor thing to atoal:" - ,FNew York RSun. -in ('IEINTEFI' ANE ') cCiO 'N 1 FAC"T'. Sinow is o (0, the m objcts1N iebl abw.orb and alrc wvarmled by .l s011ar ivat. Oi a sunniy day I may see fhe siiimlits of the(1 h Alps glisteing with the water liquefaiction, while thet air abhove I ainoll the mloulnt:insl iIlay be 11, dv!".vc )lV tIh iezi lit. lwu i.ic t i n"'.K J\) 11: Nil it) i Sno0W llpon yurhous roof. U sutl1 play.; IIok)n it', ait melts The w e tilet's to the caves, 111,1n"s inl a 1n>p OW the N'ar, s A in le hde, or I lelinig iniile, or the air initensely colI b at brilliant sunl, the( drop), inl ad of falling, congeals. An infant 1 le is formiled. O1)thler drops ild blei snevved, which b(Ith thick- L it at Ile Ioot. and Iilgthel it. P drainage frm tho snow, after ishine is gone. (ontiuiles to pro- Ci : icieles until the low of water A stopped by the frost.. In the W. Dr. Tyndall tells 1i: when the 1lefactiol is co(pi%)IS Inild the n 1 intenlse, iCieles grow to an I Wm0ius sizi. Ove. thu cdgesw )StIy) Ithe Hoithern edgs) of the it Sis, hangs a coping ( snow, ti I froi this d1,epenld. liku. stalhm s, lOWS of tralseimnlt iciils, ti twenty, thirty fvL long. con ,(1 uJing one of the imodst b-Iatiful hires of the higher erevasse.-- E t an ieiele would b( illcolpre isible if w did nlot know that, solar beams Imlay pass; tirolghl air, and still leave it, at an1 icy pler"Ature. ri [ail is another forim of water, ich wecll en ot eg--lrdN with inl I'renicu when the heavens are i ting us with solid missiles. 1 l l seen a whole city, covered h11 stout red tiles, unroofed by a I gIe hIilst-orm. What, became of Swindows it is needless to state. Iziers were in request for weeks ' erird. Like rain, hail, is form vi when two or Inore strata of t uds over lie one another, but I Lh a differelne inl their respective ysical Conditions. h Ulail is prodneed du1ring toiempests, f' en the temperature, very high o the sIrvaCo Of the carth, do ImIss rapidly at loftier altitudes. C that case the upper clouds conl t of icy particlos, the lmiddlo stra- f of watery vesicles below the freez r point and the lower strata vesicles above tihe freezing r., int. Usually those clouids trav in different directions, and hail produced when a conflict of posing winds compels a mixture clouds of suchl diflerent tempera 'es. The rain drops5 resulting, itantly frozen, have the time (du ig their fall to inCrease in size b)y t a condensation of wvater on their rface, and not seldom by comibi tion, to unite into large and die.' -uctive hailstones. The formation (of hiailstonss is all .ys rapid. Thme clouds from w~1hi ay fall are never spread over a ry widle area. Sailing b)efore thet uid they pound and riddle strips landl oftent less than a mile, anid rely ten miles, wide, al thlou~gh the t igths of tihe strips paissed( over is imotimelIs considerable. Hatilstones ye been picked up weighing more 1 in half a poundl( aLvoirdulpois. In mne instances, this wveighit, on 'diblo authiority, has been very. 1(eh e'xceeded. Oni such occasions is not surprising that trees should n strnippled of their leaLves and e1 anchies, the larger animals munti od(, "'thle small dleer" and( game t led outright. Thel greater the velopmient of electricit.y inl a temi st, the greater is the tenidenicy a downfall of hail. Hail occurs incipally in summer na inl the ornIoon ; nammely, under the me >rological cond(itions that have 4t yeenl mentioned--great heat at< C) sulrface of the soil, rapidly dim- 1 ising higher up in the auii, wvith 1 'ong ouod-ev'aporati on under. th e tion of the sun. Nevertheless, as e simple conflict of anl upper very la wind with a very hot one I ised( to the same lofty legion, iy bring about thme formation of il, it sometimes falls in winter, d sometimes ini the night, bult ose are thle exceptions rather than) o rule.. 4 As water, dur.ing its metamor iosis into snow, assumes a beau 'uli st,ar-liko form, jio does tile did etionl of ice, by heat, prove tha6 possesse' a similar structur. So architoeture of tihe ice over hich we skato is quite as wonder I as.the flowers of the snow. All ir Mike iCe is built of six rayed. ars wonderinlly faterlaced. To o tlism; t&islab ot pond iee, (1 ~lacV it athe path -of concen.. aie surn.beam.. Iut ice and wa i,. Noi .o, opicly4tWk,,tb ikt - btionl, from separate spots of 'the a little 0hining p9inits MO seeii t9 )aIllil. forth'll. Every ole of th I oseH I is :Irr ded by a bea tiu I 1 l I li 1liA-l owker with six petals, laingl inll I se paralb-lIto tht. miurfave )If (lezillg. Thel (.1ntritl Sp,)t. i- at vat C1l11. I'e svinis on watf-r lie I I.- c, hulk Allr huilk, it. isli h r ('t ; Id ;( ill in: s ill ":;Z . T he1 liquIlid i twer c:u no. ihn oettiy te hwoe -Zpavv of tho ive mwhed. A 1' - splev is 1,crlled ill tihe, nte. or sriirace. which is V(Iv rt 0 1, 4b Et E 9P ' 4V U C .A N'S ed "Nurridge dis way-25 cents to Iy part ob de ciLy. " This wavs thev themlle of a Sable 't whillim at a revent publie gatiler.' I 'Only 25 cents to aniy paroh de to u ld thIIs he accosed overy passing dt is Preseint. y at welhdressi'd, g.-entle \4 aliv oUTval1141 (!oor11 1111 (11110 When all of a u nthe lmek-I an Ise tell out t.he" - 'S." a111 iturne' so ats not Io look \', ".1 would lik<e aL car.riage,v." :Aid i "No ponenIm .tin 0 1)kll-l No rop se. to " 1W0114 wo 1 1likhe to r -ith (Ivo I hI IBo3o i)d v " O," sti-ppil nvarer, a.1l speak glouider. Mth ?"Sal ".Is this at hack I'V4 "No, sah - iL's a p 1 r i v ,t t cl kurl-- J1 )(Il, v( y I( lit rnry pass,11-or's "Some.imIes I does, "al,land Some d. 1es don't sah." inting awi "How. mulch to drive mle to t.he loody ?" "Tihree dollars, sahti Bui t,' gontlemlan got, ill, anld Nrmed to display his fave at the 'inldow as inuch ias possible as icy drove alongI the streets. sui. ilma .inc the driver's disguist A look when the gentleumn holped imself out and handed i <1uarter >r his fare, and, vith a ille, pass th1 I ilto the hotel. Su He was no other than 'Prof. Lar- eO r>mo, of Washington, whose life " its been spelit inl i'aching and in ef. th >rts to clevate his racv. ([TolcooComra. in (enlius is the gobd i tIho 111i) ; alent, is~ the ine~ i,r w ho worik s and1( r'ings it, out1. jiI inds i slhiC I thle goldeni(11 chin by mi lijhi society is bound togeth. 9'1 r. I gnoranc(e gives a sort, of etrnii y to) pjujdico hand h)prpetUit.y to ei '.I.'() have ideas is to gaLthe r. TPo ' hinkil is to we'ave them into gar A ma0,) n must stanid crect,, not1 beO ~I ('pt erect by'~ others'h. t WVit.houtI. aL r'ich he'art, wecalthI isl in ugly beggar. While on t;he Poninsula (luring ] he( war; an otieer cameT aLcross a aL rivate belonlginlg to one of the mtost "i redatory complanlies of the Irish s r1igadelC, with the lif(less h)odies of goosi-e anid heni, tiedl toge'ther b)y alI he leg~s, dang)(ling' fr'om his muisket. 'her diid 1( you stel tihse, you g aslH(f?" "F"ai th, I wasIi miarebiing long wvith Color-Ser'gean lt Malguire, 1 nd the goose-ad cess to it! amol 1 outrl ndhissed'I the Amaerican r lag," "BJut the hon!, sir; how abIoul.tc hie lhen ?" '"The hini, sirI, ble(ss ye, 'hn. inl had1( companILy, anid laying C ggs for the ibles'." A Connectiit manL! who went vi 'Vest, intending to settle there, has tt (etuIrnedl disgulsted. lie went~ as fiar & .s lansas Cit.y and1( found 100) law- hi -(ers liC)re andl tie thermometer 11.5 - Ilggrees; in the shado. Th'Ie comubi. 'j1 labtion was too much for him, anid ui >0 cameil right home again.- hi "D)ear George," said an Indianapo- v is young wVomanL1, "I amn willing to a nairry you if wo haCve to live on Li >reaid and water." "Weldl," said( the I i nthusiastic George, "you furnish si ho bread and I'll skcirmish around1 ndi( find tihe water" A lady wrot.e with a diamond oni a a >anC of glass: I 'God did at first maiko man upright ; but hl.---" 11 To0 which a gentleman addied : 'i'Mo.4 surely hasK lonlt.inued so ; but e she-" An exchango say' that a French nyoutor has taken out a patent for' 'stockings wit.h garters attachied. l"or our part we should profer' a aandsomo young. lady attached. * Chii'opodisEtcinonnees~ on is iusiness cara, that he has "remnov .d.orneB sfron, soveral of the crown ad head&of Enrope.t' IrAvos~ tI' Htair brushes with miusic boxes in I l.heir covers are thaiatenkinventiorn. 1111TAN-:\T- -II':C.)I- Ti'll.:4TAE,N "I: I '. :.ENI -:1CI)I \ItT .'_ -:.' 1'1T .1mia rN i 'I.i Til-: liE ll:sI:.\T i IN 11: - I he d-i ion ofk heS y -m , I t aif0rince t" hi"nn stad .mumiAes ich e pu li.h beow, i oi.e ofi At 11mii tulwo 1 t,% vT3 f:aiiiily inl s tat. It iii; hes t e Ii .'ivtt:ni I I Ii' ii~i"iii il i ll t'''l t ll deofthe m.Ilmit : :nl act Iof&1' . s', b as that ait iikvs the -l is t e ,T j t hlt -xive tionl andm l e by I t ditor ., 1 bt tin d - l ad fI' o lily" whoen tihly un- , child vomleS tN u,.v in l aeyh . who - d rlifii (h1d1'. io inl the clour't belMw ml whithi itle aliip al was takn ,hell d 111-i At tho citiv.In takcs the hmles,t,ead !)It i , it I not as it individual, b ut his n rt m ttv Ubaracterl as thle d a y n w i tho e ad h ut if a f ilvli" is withil illtent anld mia in ;I' the colsnsti i ill, Simply t e til trus te('. ald t P. Iilly th4l 0%,/1i /ui trutA-that as r individuial is Ihlie lunit of tle fam- t lme lle, f iaily is (the inlitId (fit tll, mlld the primlit purpowe of Ihe IIIstemli claulso inl the conlstiltutionll to st-cure a .-lwcal lhabitationl" I'or 1 Li ily. lci i'ce dep iv tint htile t Illy ofthe b w.dlo heid'- a 'Il'e of* it.s natur'al plohecot violatf-s 11a.r01on 11it l, c n tiitutional pro. illi. aald thal, too, wilhen1 the fa 'ily t.I m'eIIs its he l i proteict i .ll. tge Ml-liy fit' .uIthr w that the u mi "llxa"llPt" inl thv cons tituitioni, as )li t tie b iuws d reserla ti sin law, as- inI it t y lo , as ilg till' ie i titla 1 res(!rvatio (it'f ' olwstad from excention and e1f.r debt. The homist-adl m -r, b1-cilp in tho niatur f' a grant , I" d1geM aky held that thet conlstrue1t.- ii 11 WhitAb gi%VeS 11he largest.' prIiv'iIegC8s d the Salee,t iiuint be reanle asi j,C tru cnsrutin,wholnever a, tI arises inl the1 castn a tcah frlm a' tihe tatuik. 'I I is thit e i lof t illionl tf.i g -)111" lackey v-hich ha; 1. i Lt ' l t 'e ulpril oe 'our t- L :"wiei.: ( 'r r----Novembor 'I'e , 1St C. I . --t. 31e K vowe" vs. J. S. Iar Wi ral ct al.---Appl al fro-m oulilt of d Commlon P'loas for I'fser Sixth ('ircuit. 31ackuy, ('. J. Illimestead Iemainders. )piliuln by W illard, A. J1. (.N Ises,l J.,:dn Wright, J1. .J, (,cncrrinig).I le Circuit jiudge having dismi.sed V COMpllainit onl comlplailt and an ,r al"ne, it is Ilecessary For it s to '11ider whete Iu 11n11 tile facts ited by th(e. p fluitilf is centitle(I to i 0 r'iel , delinu kid by hilil, orl to The p'lintillt claimlis to bet! Ihe owner fee (1 1* ec rta II lanIId in ; i the isses >1 Oflit, ll t c hialts. l is litle, u s l' w derived as pureha'er at. hervillif's Sale,l inde a jludgmi elit I L al-ral the widow Ill Ilo e tillmentibi debtor, oaie the (is-' pne of'h alhinsty a of' the preit lf 'tati r 1'stQ . She' dlt i ed in 1ie7 . !intidefend:wos. An the wtof ie oJ 'iarroul,the inwol chibiui of(laes joyni te ofid f the m se.' sl Ieiulto fiJ the netad tle rmight vee b sipe nthe th eempionI ise soldr at he lrifs sale. ujc thle rjihtil tfho-nesteadO, and 'mr inse b thed plaintoptiff. fl alleges at dhefndants? ipt are itile wo eidt the osiution tof theg tiber 1d et,bcaiwe dor no en shf' 'th tolmenoteisissing the om deterinaetion ,ha therigtwaeiredett en an nh.ow hetd ythe defedats oas n thenae o Keemplfen,~. an at acodnl ~asite~l could noit he A th cls th th aelant.'s ar-nct accerbdns for~1 the asigoe of the~ . 1a that lder which the plaintiff lims. It, is equally cloar that, an We p u-itiff clims, through the opera Min of the law alone, and not froin l y :n-t of the pirties, lie can only' k, that which the law confirms on InI i;l virtle of' the validity of his -11Netdini-. Now, as theo constitution a p I of the law governing the Ie Iuid e1vet. of the process of the urtS. il I'>low.s that that which the itt it ution forbids cannot be effoctual obtainied tilrough the abuse of tho oeoss of' the oollrt. Unless, then vn. is something ill the proposition, at olthough tho land could not be 11, y'et a renlininder over after the pitition of the homestead right ild be sold, the plaintiff altog(ther ils to show such title in himitself as alleges as the foundation of his 1114kid for relief. We iust then inquire whethor on reing a judgment zigtiinst promises rspect of which a homestead dht is properly scemed, by way of Iling a r in.0mt,ilder tihrcin to vest in SsOssioi after the termination of th IItho hoiilestead, is conformable to e colst i tiution. I ft th conistitut ion in using tho term eniptionl, means absolite exemption, oil it is clear thitt the aitteipt to Il such a remuainlder was a violitiotn its tirm.s. li order to hold that lhiit(d exemption only was intend .- ci ts woihl adiliit of stripping tjud,menti debtor of title while leav him a libited Iight, of possession Mne, it. would be necessary to find Aher 1anguage iin the constitution porlting suheli limit:1tion, or some ing inl the declar-ed policy of the en tient. renlderiog such a conlstructionl oper. Nothing of this kind appears lie constittion, orl cal be mudo it, on the priiciples of construction. he cbjbect, ol' tie constitution Was orkiI'ly to perpetuite inl the judgment hmi or his f'inily, ntider certain Iilitions, tle ownership as well as e Use of' the 'aily homlestmad. We eo no. justilied iin diminishing the Ie an:1d (Alvet of the word "exeipt" it st:ndis ini tle constitution. Tho phiiiitilf' lis not mado out a ti e in himself that, authorizes t in Imetioin to stily waste. It is not. Ilecessary, then, for us to isiderl wVIha't wV'as the nature of the Ifcrest reintining inl the judgment oor :1d his fri13ily un(d the opera on of tilie homiestead law, for the 111ntiff does not, put himself' in a roper positiotn to question the nature the detIdants's right, of possession. Ie appeal shoild be dismissed. AN ARTFrLLY ARTLEMS I)0I)(E. A "Smrgglor" rolatostho follow. "Wo shall be, 1113 detr madam," tid I to a fello w-passengir inl the )ieppe boat, takimig out my watch, it keeping my eyes taiudily upon oi, "we shall bo in less than ton. iinntes at, the ci.tom housc." spasm-1-a flicker from the guilt ,ithin-a glanco from her counto. "You)L look very good-natured, ir'," stammered she. I bo wed andi( lookod considlorably ciOro so toC i nvito0 her conf(idonooe. "Ift 1. was to toll you a secret, che is(1 ~ too mu ich for moe to keep [lyself, ohbI would you keep it iln 'iolatblo ?"' "L. kno0w it, my', dear' matdam-n-I itow it atlready,"' said I smilingly -" t is lace, is it not?"' She u tteredt a lit.t,le shriick, and -yes she hatd got it thore among hie er'inito . She thought it had coni sticking out, you see, unt nown1 tO 1her. "Oh)li, sir','' cr'ied she, "it is only ~1 woi't.h ; please forgive, anid I'll oever' do it aigaint. As it is 1. think "My' (leat madamllh,"' relied I tor'nlhy bumt kiidly, "h)ore is the ior, andc t.ho officer', has fixed his yes upIon us.. .1 must do my dui. I ruishied upl the ladder like a uin)plighit,ei'; I po0inted out the o omani to a legi t,imate author'ity ; aiccomn hied her upon bor way, n (enstodyV to the sorobu'ing,houso. dlidi noit see bior searcehod, but I aw hiei fuied atnd dhisiisd wit,h gntomtiny. 'P'hon, having generous. y' give oupil my emoelumeont.s as in ormier' to the subor'dinato offlciale, hurried off in search of' the be t'aye'd wotman to her hotel.I gaLvO hier laieo twioe tho value of' hat sihe Iost, paid ht' flue aind cx >lainod:I 'cYiu, madamlltf, had ?10 worth f smiuggledl goods about your por' on ; I ha~d nearly fitty. times that Limout . I turnedl(,( informor', ma lam, let mfo con)vinco you, for the 1ak<e of bo0th of us. You have too xpi'essive a counteniance, believe n10, iani the ofloor would have 'ound( you ont. at all events, ovent is I did( myel~. 'Are you satisfied, ny dear niadlatm? .1f you feel ggriovod by huo in aby day, .pray ,ako more Iaco; heto is lots of 'Whiet I finishod i ox hAniation ho lady sood pert e tiatsfied vith my little ath'kflf opiaoy, h ogi h ai to'jro.d:tlo "JTnelo'B ob," b'onM hkedholtizen if' 1allas 'to an old ngto who sells tahik, and who Was1 eomplaining how mutch b.isfittisOra ,ro in lebted to. hiim,'"youimust ad(opt he cash systen."' Uridle Bob ooked.dg 'oy,'fjs )hen ' and vith a quie stn ti bidus hake of teg i:no naal,r," go doptoash ystemn whan.d (a ant no Oas4hI r ,~.o ~ ors & polte ,V ugh olog de n