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I hops ho.will 8ur5, althagh 11e's squeezed almost to death;. 1 skea.bim i sometimes, I know, And takes away his breath. nur home Is 7 Bince there came This angel from above ; . . ,Hi#s qoaffetuon. His tfhme Is "Tootsey Wootsey Love." He makes o ap : b And feel lOdr joy: I pray he never will incline 1B A Ot boy. When he's awake his eyes are blue ; 11f'ft him when I oan ; He'llBs"80415 Litt tip whoa be sa man. LOOK OUT FOR BROWN., "Bless me," said Mr. Ferret, sud denly. "1 quite forgot this letter for you,-my,dear." '!Why, it's from .myF"Uncle" Rich. man. ', "Dear Madame: The bearer of thisIs.a friend of our house and desires to be introduced - to Mr. Ferret." Yours, GoRe EI!aN "For I1OUKA.'& Lo." "Dear old tihole," said' 1drs. Ferret, "it's-a long-time - sime we.. heard from him. I'm glad .we, can show him a olyllity.,, He's so very. ioh." "And we are his only relatives. My d.ay,. I ook,,op Uunole Richman as a part bf your marriage settlement. Hal Mr. Ferret had not done laughing at h1si )Aappy voneAt whe,the - mai4 en tereld;'idput in his hand What she in telllgently called a "legtrif." "Why, this is also frorp. Mr. Rich man," said Mr. Ferret, as.ie read alld this telegram: .rom George Richman. Londop, to Ferret: Look out.for Brown." Ferret:n'e -u ea Jed ;.visi t4 ha do ;he.nban lyi' out ow Mr. Ferret 'was 4A wyer, at4d prided himself , idisgrigp n:' " ' ,a " ul'it tel#dle-d fd. an he was therefore. received rather coldly by Mr. Ferret: "I am looking for a person named Man o," said Brown. "Mr. Richman kiif&ly toid me you' would help me' find - him." how unfortunate," said ACre. Ferret. 'Nj/gt all," said her'husband. "A who lutis silly creatures to des'ert t r natut=al.:proteotorp" "'You a*tonish .'e". said Browp. "ahgo ws thought to be the soul of honor. May -I inquire whom he has allured hito error?" "Four Aylesbury ducks, sir-en ooprged them 'to' lay on his premises." ' B w1 reaidently.thougbt.:Ferret in sane, but was glad to get Mango's" ad di'esSo "Me 'took 'out' his watch and d'tati..t had'stoped. "You 'will treturn to lunch- with us a' I2).'askced 'Mxs.,Faritt.; pray nk use or ixy watch, rT ,n I ll leave you, mine; it's r of' o,ld Jooldpg. 'It's of English. makle, and I hope to have sothething to t 4you 'of it wheti I ret'urn.. ,er.et. held up. thea. teldrain as. a t ken of disapproval as -Brown disap -a,"I'm ashaamed of you" nosaid his *tfe. -- ."i'i.,ashama,f you for' being a '1,Do. you,.expeot to. see your watcg any more? You'd better. have a handle put to,at tbaig $ el al. W a warmning pan." .Mvst Ferret s seemed- strpngely ar seted - at the oddi-looking time-piece akad left the t6orailtea.rs., . -i client-was admitted. *W41P Sji.ooner,. an .early "bird- this atk6nink. .aWhat' t he matter ., at Mtf Spooner was ai.w'yshe'vous, fe4t~ was not till told several times to '*o ,I4 and to "fire a way" that he vktted eto observe that he'd 'cone for , an M~avice. "%been broken into, Mr. Ferret I I was a victim to a burglary last mizg}t; 1 wps in bed an,d heard a noise sihQ9 ranhouee. Up I gets'l'~. tU - .MAd-dow~n you'goes ,Ane'there you 'A man who cried"ook ot'.- -" . ~"For Brown? ,eclaimed F'erret, C starting uiP, ..1b 1c'i can't say, but -e-- threw a- boot Ja4k'At'ne,.and I lhrew Tboytack at ofb e noy 'of 4iis," said tb. poo toduista. blue -bag which re o I m tbng burr., Tha hi%ust erlet biw it h e ald "As I live it's that edoundrel Brown's. He was fill, eh?" "No, yiort and fat", "I know 'him. Z don't mind show i1g you,' producing the telegram. "Read that; 'Lpok but .for- Brown.' Now )'ve a brill ii, idea. You shall identify him; he's coming back. Gat in there." He opened the bath room door, and had hardly bestowed Spooner when nother client entered. "My name's Drabs, sir, I'm from Pankers." "Well, who is Pankers?" "Pankers is a place- there's a fellow has desertO his ,t five oldldren and we've tjaoed hiuXWv n here. He takes all sorts of names. Sometimes its Down or Brown." "Or Brown," cried Ferret, growing interested, % P Why, I've got him, Drabs. I '1 be heie ;directiy. "But are you sure?" "Yes, .you shall pounce upon 1dm There's. another of his victims in there," sald' Ferret, as he opened the b'aih=rooin door and introduced the two. While Mr. Ferret was in his dress ingroom, Mr. Mango called- and Mrs, Ferret received him pleasantly, "My Yislt to you is in reference to as interviw I have had with Mr. Brown,". said Mr. Mango. Now. Mr. Ferret 'had completed his, toilet and arrived. at the door just in tbne'to hear the name .of "Brown," and to see Mango in conversation with Mrs. Ferret. "Your maiden name was Chubb, I Lelieve," said Mango: "You had an an uncle Godfrey, who years ago went to India-a bankrupt, worthless fel low.'" "He had been unfortunate," said Mrs. Ferret; "but my mother always said he was the kindest of her broth era." Mango took Mrs. Ferret's bant, and Looking tenderly at her, said: "You are like your mother.- Bro,j.4las told n3 'of your kindness in, loading him your watch' He left one"with you." "Yes; here it is. I recognize it as an old acqaaiutance." dan ol4er !'said Mango. a short thmee?" - "Certainly niot. " "I see it all." said Ferret, "Brown as her watch, Mango gets his, and Mrs. F. is done out' of both." At this ' moient Brown appeared, and Ferret was forced to enter the room. He stood with his arms folded, otaring At their 'guest. "John, what's the matter?" cried his wiie. "Is the pan mad?" said Mango. Ferret drew'near -Brown, and in a lissing whisper that would have made % tragedian's fortune,-said: "A wife and five children are in Panker's workhouse. Where is the Iiusband?--.where is the father?" "Hlow should I know?". asked Brpwh;"with an alarmed-air. "The house of. a peaceable oltizen wais broken into last night. That hat was left behind!I" "Well, sir." "But we were warned,. in time, thanks to the electric telegraph. Read, Look out for Brown.' " "Mad, decidedly mad," said Mango. "And dare you accuse me of burglary mnd desertion?" exclaimed Brown, as soon as his indignation permitted him to speak. -"Yes, i've witnesses there," point Lag to-the bath ro'om. "Mango, ring the bell and see if there are any sane persons in the house," cried Brown. Mango saw a rope and pulled it. It was the cord of a patent spring bat.h, and there was a rush of water, followed by the atpparanee of two in dividuals shaking, themselves like two dripping Newfoundland dogs. "Behold my witnesses!" said'Ferret, pointing to the saturated pair. "You shall' pay for thia," said Drab, shaking his fist. "Why, there's your deserter." "It's not,t' cried Dzmbs, "not a fea t.ure like hin," anid keprushed ourt of the room in disguet." "i$pooner, then it's your man." "Not the least like him; I've caught my death of cold. I'm a 'corpise, ?er ret-a corpise," and' he left witn chat tering teeth. "We)1, you've made a pretty mess of It," cried Mrs. Ferret. 'Look out tog Browim;' 'indeed! Better look~ oute for yourself. "I -have hek'e a will from' yrour nephew, William Cbubb," said Brown to Mango., "Abut sir, this lawye ta;yu o burglar."y alyofra ""It bequieaths ?10,000 to his cousin, Mrs. Ferret here. - Mrs. Ferrot sankr on.' tha sal" 'ud the hair of Fetet's wig stood on 4 almost. "Whati" oried the astoishe4 I, should have, no' ig- lie monoy it not6 e Mr.-Brovia with r1 ea that make me doubt he validity. e documents." hj%i. don't say that it's a t cried:Yerretw "tou will have to wait til sed. to India for proofs." "Oh; 'ohn, how could you behs fot. ish?" said Mrs. Ferret, in tears. You must find' some proof or Brown's respectability," ad. At that moment another tel appeared, whfch the excited Mrs, ret seized and read for the delectation. "Look out for Brown. Hs most honorable man alive." Hoorahi ill was.clear at last. telegraph clerk bad sent. only one the message whioh produced Ud1i; confusion. Old Mango proved a'toY Mrs. Ferret's Uncle Godfrey made her richer than she ha4 dreamed of, and the telegram n hung over the mantlepiece in -mx@t'!; of the eventful day. recorded here:; The Russian Wolf'. Although the wolf has long be6 n extinet animal in the United Stats it Is far from being so in European Rue sia, where the value of domestlo it male annually destroyed by wolveo a been set down as not less than .2 000. In the statistical report addressed to the Minister of the. to r1or, the frontier government of San is suffered most, the damage being'eati= mated at' 050,000 roubles; i came next, being 560,000 roubleo.lie Polish and Baltic provinces an 4be Archangel suffered least. In agiti. mate like the above no account c lot' course, be taken of the numberb? ', animals destroyed by them,or; thq j of human life. The police repor J3i persons killed by wolves in fortunate for the traveler that is one of the most suspicio4t' existentl in connection; with a$ ject with which its noe or accustomed. A stick at nn hf d it .i oftet eauiefb to preserve the carcass of a slhii.nuffalo or deer for the hunter. Wiien- a Sibe-. rian finds his sleigh pursued by Wolves he very frequently fastens a coat or some spare garment to a piece of string and tows it behind. So suspicious are the wolves of this novel object that this is often sufficient to keep : them from advancing ahead. When trapped the sensation of confinement seems to deprive.this ravenous animal of its na-, tive vigor and energy; and it has been known passively to allow itself to be dragged from the trap to neet its fate. Swedish Manners. One great peculiarity of traveling in S wedea .ls the extreme quiet and lack of Burry. The Swedes. are a taciture and noiseless people, They do much by signs and never shout; a Swedish crowd makes singularly little sound, -Swedes, even of the lowest class, never push or Jostle. It is the custom to do so much bowing anid hatlifting that one is obliged. to move much more slowly.thain in England to give time to all this courtesy. When a train leaves a platform, or a steamboat, or a pier, all the lookers on lift their hate to the de parting passengers and .bow to them, a comapliment returned b~y the travel lers. If you- address the poorest per. sons in the streets ybu Enust lift your hat. -A gentlemlan passing -a lady on the stairs at a .hotel. iust do the same. To 0nter a. sho6 oi bank with one's hatron is a terrible breach of good manneafs.' If you enter or leave a co#ee-rbom yoti must bow to all the occupabte. Passengera ont board the little sideswhich.pl.y..ntStock holm inYariably raise their hats to the occupants of any other boat which. passes near them. The very men in charge of the locks on the canal-boatsI bow politely to the sailors as the boats go through. Imagine English bartees indulging in such amenities. Twent-y-five to theo Pound.. The eon or a .rich American was in Paris with ~ani open credit from his father on a certain banking house there, the head of which ran over to New f7oik, where he happened to run on the father. The banker reported that the young man was in goodhealth and hay hng a -good time, but that he was spend log a good deal of money. "We let him have 20,000 last - month, and Just before I left Paris he6 came in for 5,000 more." -"Whati" cried the father, "pounds?" "Oh, no,'t replied .the banker, "francs." "Oh," .said, the father, with a sigh of relief, "those liti tIe things--let him* hayO as mnany of tham a he wanta,' 'J tr j nd ba' ' o e a thoib t fcu ltoi' kt tf hae ofi b a l Aa t6t f ee a u n te iridtlt os .t.$ i which Is oniyuf: usta to arg oMat e e~q' ~V1~~shl Inpgt 'at el Wep Xsipr sedby'iil td tu at;e d p iAu' id sJ bas.tsteiiil pib sipdh f iko~ Thebit{es re brought fitm6ti etasnised fer letigth hxid thi9kies, theuibent acctrding to esiidited raee; two 'hea y right and lft cUIts are then stuck at a wofodei block')itb the edg,and .,Wo blows -with, the fiat of each blade weavipg'pesed these tests, the blades are stamped and laid aside to e Santed " and hnished. Whe o4ited thiey are again. tsted for solidity of olnnection between blade an4 blt. The testing of bayonets is equally severe and exhaustive, . N~o itewp . ' material or defective. WorQ manship escapes the cognizance of the inspecting o cers, who are specially ahosen by -the ministry of war for their nowiledge of all the physi al and tech thalcetails connected with the mater jal ea dfabrication of stgel wap6tns. thejs,ted blades a d stbayoneta are aener ty fold bu the m.anufactuers lo n~o raeasures of. este'd and found perfect.. Those -re eIted are not paid for. This system fompels tho workmen to be areful, nd result in the production of a very ngh percentage of faultless weapons. ananeed scarcely add that none are passed which, to the minutest detail, do 3ot fulfil the requirements of the gov srmi.entstanding. Marri'ages in Turkey. Marriages receive scarcely any more attention among the Turks tan births and deaths, and there is but little embarrassment from the adminis trative formalities that precede and ac company this solemn act in the. west. There are no bann, no announcements, no registration.. A man obtains a wife just as he would buy a bouquet; but neither the buyer nor the seller, ncr the intermediary asks for a receipt. As it is forbidden a man to enter the harem of another (even it he wore a near relative of the latter) to see a young woman and talk. with her, there are no marriages for love and no engagements. One father meets another father, and saysto him: "You have a son and I have a daughter. If the mother of your eon knows my daughter, let us strike a bargain; if 'she does not know ner, let them see each other, and then set us close up the business." The 3oniditious are 'discussed, and dowry haggled over, then all the arrangements netween the parents are made and the young people introduced to each ohIer Let us add in passing, the; among us the marriages that are contracted in the great capitals of Europe, esgiecially in Paris, do not depart from this pro. gram. In France, however, -a man is still allowed to behold the object for the acquisition of which negotiations are i progress. In Turkey this is for bidden; there, marriage Is a lottery in deed. Turkish 'girls are pronmised usually vWhen they are very young, even at, a tensder age-when they are only Stor 4 years old. If the young bilde should happen to die before her marriage, or be required for the Sultan's harem-for it may be pretnised that this is an honor that breaks all engagements, and is es teemed as a -great honor by parent the Intended husband is not erliected to weep over What lie loses', for be has never .seen it, When the youing gui reaches her twelfth or thirteenthi year, or somewhat later,. her fourteenth year, she receives the nuptial tlessing, and the,husband ecnact see the face of his wife until after that ceremQny. - NQ wonman, not even' the wife, takes ra ln,thosofuityo*ifriage, whicb iui ole to *d eldr=brother,',itt wi 2 full bsard, :who plays the role of the ride. The parents of the couple sign to eQQtact befoxe the.M>tam of thelr uar In che pgesec ,ot a ftw ! 4 o l;,a .ygtbeseg, . The .gebrate. by the itith , atmnes <and gravity th~t would beas iiuitab a for a funeral as for a aedding . f ; ha& EUinkI iWarshes. There;is in Ruasla a district aBegr ' I>el4if, koown by the Above tiP add a plly "ipaesable from the size and nirinbe>F dt it- moeasses, in add tion to,wbhiph It Is covered with an iOpenetiable f4rest of undergrowth an4 tangled jubgfe;and consequently . ' utterly- useless. To " :ak this oidt etent. of an4 avalable for. the pur poses of psturage and agrlcolture, all pl( s a;iped, PppFently,; was - a t,orou tm, et qaninga ian olear .it, as. a id itqelt,as laud, was found g odrfor the ropos.ed purposes. acordingly, t eF 7usilan Govern>ient h e to #k wlt . will, and is nat, ahe been for some time past, eer ally engaged in both thene u$eful and important operations, and the work'has been crowned' with mar ked success. At present,' 4,000.000 of acres have been reclaiwt;d; and during -hett year it is proposed that 800,00e) more shall be taken in hadid by means of 120 miles of canals and dikes. It is further reported that upward of 600, 000 acres of once. useless bog are now good meadow land, whilst 2,000,000 acres.of .impenetrab:e jungle have been brought into cultivation. In addition to all this; the engineers have built 179 bridges, sunk 577 wells and sur veyed and mapped 20,000 square miles of land. - If ych a so4eme'as this can be so suocessftlly carried out by RuB aia, why should not some such plan be tried in Ireland? A. scientifio contenp orary, referring to this question, says: "The amount of bog in Ireland would, of course, be child's play to 'the Pinsk Iarehes, fot somehow we are always cofronted With bog as the chief soprce of Irieh-dlirculties. -if itsannihilation willipay:so ell InRussia, it :ought to wel i ta'asune taka of sh magnitude would bring Immediate and constant work from the, very outset to half the able-bodied. population of the country," The suggestion is well worth the serious attention of all in terested in tlie question of the prosperity of Ireland, and the preftable. employ, ment of her working population. THE MYSTERIES OF CLAARET. What Becomes of the Vintage in Oatalonla and Andalusia. The complaints of bpaniards that wk will not drink their wine seem to be open to a curious reply. There is rea son to believe that a good deal of bpan ish Wine comes to England by way of France; that we. drink it as French wine, and, of course, pay ingenious Frenchmen a profit on the transaction. In a report of the United States Consul in Catalonia he says that of the wine produced In that, the chief wine-grow ing district of the peninsula, one-fourth is consumed in the country, and three, fourths are exported to France and South America, with small lots to Russia, the United States and Cuba. Our counsel at Cadiz, Mr. Joel, in a report on last year's vintage at Anda lusia, says that in the district of Jere. de la Frontera, which produces the finest qualities of sherry, the yield is an average one of about 2,000,000 gallons. Up to the present tithe the demand for the French market has' been limited, biEt large orders are expected. In the San Lucar district, which produces Mantanilla, .the yield has been labout three .million gallons; and "a large quantity of sweet wine has been made of the new Juice, blended with German spirits, and of this about 150,00O gallons Us/ve alreAdy beeti exported to Bordeaux qad Cette." But the largest produce is that of the Inferior white wine of the Hluelva -district, which amounted to 8,000,000 gallons in 1885, and Was mnore last year. This wine gomnmands a ready sate to Frynch houses who send repre sentatives t9 buy It up in advance. .It is shipped to Bordeaux, Cette, Nantes and HiaVre. A relatively unimportant quantity goes to Hamburg. It is, of course, possible that Frenchmnen 'may prQfer these Spanish wines to .their own; but the probability seems to be thiat they swell the export as French wines, a4d that we are thus customers of Spain ithout knowing it. *A 'TurwgIh Paper MIilI Aecording to the teport of the Belgian 00hsui ih l3eyrout, the only Turkish paper mill.-4hat at Antellas, near 'Bey-. rout--produces annually about. 40,000 francs worth of paper all interior wrappin. ti Eating Ap and Ojhedr intereq" in Item or Inforrnatao At wat ngedoes, aq ;alligator begis to eat, aq pbt does hoieat,.lnyhowl t am not versed in the killipg ways 7i3 this ,p90es0 the. Sauria? ribe,: and, though aitatorp are by no insane un. common pats in ,fh North. I neves happened to.N tlie proud p as,or of on until redebtly. This littl, creature "traveled in. a" box all' the from rlorida, and when he arrived; pfter his tour dlays' journey, had Ipl arently givein tp the ghost. There he lay on his ba0ki eyes shut, his haldd oletlohed, lips feet in the air-i faob d w, as a d4oor 'aill. ,A God SasdelteU eug gested, as he was nbt: tiff, a warm bath might revive him, and 'o: into water be was tenderly Uropped, witb the reflection, that . the - tauidermist Would ee him later. But not sof An hour after a; bark no biggor than the sognd etn1 ted by a tpy dog warned me h t, aste oator as' go;p ie 4ead than the family oat who sat be$*de the bowl containing the unaccountable ob ject and -looging , unutterabl9 tlings. Since then this infant'has been as live. ly as ten oriok9ta. It is inpo siblo to keep tract'of hli' and the cat ati the same titge, so when one is taking its airing tho" 4tlir is shut 'I the' closet. In the mean/khile the native of Florida refuses toparfake ,of food. Indeed 1 have not been able to see if that historic jaw has any hinge to worlk it, for though he.deeind to enjoy the -petting he receives, eapeolally being rabbed on that particularly ugly place, h8 won't open his mouth. I begin to think he hasn't any; that he is a a:,ject for the dime museum, or will havu to have an operation performed at.tho Massachu sette General Rospital to enable him by and by te eat the noisy children in the neighborhood. At present he measures ten inches from nose; to .the tjp of his tail and is so very afe4tionate tb t my hopes of makn of hitn;i.that resifect 00 real zed. It ismo aa WAb t ,w1 eat him and dhtii ctt or a m m. ex. iatelic ao lmo s b atter er The Japanese Pharnacopoeia. The new Japanese Pharngacopcela has Just appeared and it is hoped' that an end will ino3 be put to the inoon venlences which have hitherto existed in Japan of there being ro.official stan dard for medicines. The ch@mists ob tain their drugs from America, Eng land, France and Germany, and, as the preparations vary ' considerably an strength, all kinds of confusion arose. The new Pharmacopceia was .under taken some twelve years ago, and in 1880 a commission was appointed by the Government to . carry out the work. This commission has held 165 sittings. It was found advisable to write the text of the Pharmaoopeia originally in German, that 'being the language most generally un&derstood by the members of~ the committee.. The oflcial text is, however, Japanese, and there is also a Latin translation. The number of prepai'ations is 475, whIch are named first in Japanese anid then in Latin. The general character of the work is similar to that of the En glish and German Pharmacopwias. I l' What an Egg Will Do. For burns and scalds nothing is meore soothing than the white of an egg, which may be poured over th wound. It Is softer as a varnish than; ollodion, and being always at hand -esn be ap plhed. It Is always more cooling than. sweet oil and cottola which 'was for'merly. supposed to be the surest application to allay the smarting pain. It is the con. tact with the air'which gives the extreme discomfort experienced from the' ordi nary acoident of this kind, and any thing that excludes the air and prevents innlammation is the thing to be at once applied. The egg is considered to ,be one of thie best remedies for dysentery. Beaten up slightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed at a .gulp, It tends, by Its emollient qualities, to lessen the inflarmantion of the stomacoh anad intestines, and,'by formin;a tren elent cQOting on these orgns, tQ enablo natur4 to resume. her healthful siway *over a diseased body. T wo, ci at most three eggs per day would be all that; is required 'i mordinary (a*ses, but since egg is not merely medicine, but food as well, the lighter the diet otherwise ahcd the quieter the patient is kept, the *more certain and rapid s the rOcbvez'y. A sound head, an honest heart a d a -humble spirit are the ~rebest guides through time and to t*lIty. . What as our life blat an nle f'ght of winged fcts or oventel In splendid variety the changes come, all putting - aheations to the humaa spirit;