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His Newfoundland dog lay close to his feet, With silken ears all alert to hear, And bright eyes steadfastly keepiug watch 'S r '1pplsfi)o gad( r ,91ir A distant rtidbj1ng ajudte Jia.e ar, And swift as a flash to his feet he sprang, Eagerly pulling his master's coat, y;. And loud ly-;b bill; bar' Q'lg ' The switohiuan-i'e t lb feei (n harsio, And saw, through the heavily falling pnow, - - The howlng wiuds and bitter night. Twdo fldry headlights' glow I ie spraig to bts aduty. Tho trains swept by, , L.leti With prQiotls huitauity Peaoofully sleeping, not knowing how una r Tlie6 had peen to eternit 1 A RE;CORI) 01' ONE DAY. On all the country side no more "mighty hunter" or more genial com panion was to be fognd, than .Walter Drew of Callerowo. .Fr'otthe Aorn Ing when, mounted upon his shaggy Shetland. he .first rode to .meet beside, his father, until the day whose record 1 am about to chronicle, only such vex atlous interruptions as ,were. imposed, by the exactions of school and college had been allowed to interfere between himself atid the following of this be ' Ioved&sQrt.N arrived ma,,13 ptai pthroyg i.4hdeath ;of . ther. r ' ! eoppt lord p ihe mnor,-" ir of a fnb eatate_ hti a Sublci oi, t ll; nothi bnt unpropitious weather need debar':him fYom its pursuit. It w4 s' wbisper' that he wejl,.succeed 3lr 'varrd Wyng, the reigning; M. .F. H-who. howevr,. althou gh over 70;. Wan Mie .and vigordg t 11--henever GA' Ct stkies, dr nnt , ,%emtn'died iis' du cO d 'Ito society, to w hom ths w hole k sceag s a ovify, and .Mafola 1'4.4e, were standing upon. the terrace watch ingtb splendik animals, whioli wero bein id (up and dow i while;waitihg .. for tcir ia tei's to mOunt' and ride to cover. The hunt breakfast was at Callerhowe that morning; and Mrs. Drew's little ioiiy carrlage was in.read iness for Marcia to :driye herself and me to.watch the hdunds throw off and the meeting of the field. Marcia was a good horsewoman, and often hunted.- But to-day she had waited her own prediiections, tnd in-. slated upon acting as my charioteer; being unwilling to deprive me -of wit nbs'aing the stirrig 'scene, yet know lug $hat, town.-bred, and not over strong., l'was, ignominously afraid of' trusting myself upon ashorse's back. Marcia Fane was a tall and slighte A girl; dark eyed, dusky-haired, pale, T n4 eelt-gontained. To Jny superfIleal uidhent' she seem'ed cold and'unsp,-. pathetie; -and I rather pitied WhIter prow, fer i: needed small. p)enetfeldi to discover ibat his mother's d'eaYst wish was embodied in a marriade be' vtween him and Marcia. who, as an or~ jihan heiress whose property "marched " with his own, was, in that'lady'.t opini ion1 man ifestly provided by Providence or lbis br,ide. J' had ofteh tied to fathiom Marcia's feelings upon the0 sub-' * ect, but, so far ithout success. Presently the men trooped outs and Iremember well the ensuing hubbub of laughter, jest and repartee--the cV hamping of horses, the hashIng of pink, huntamen's calls, and the deep baying'of tp6 dogs. 'Tho weather w'ab perfectlodn;a good hiii afitIcipated, ayh( every o e.in abiits. Alo,W4lter Wah 'the hero of.the hour. A few (lays he - k fore, 4ti adi6i8t had. badly disabled' his righhai'dI It was bourmd lppate~ in a sling perfectly useless. But noth.. ing would deter him fJrQm takiigg his usual place. Hunt he would; and his cogppn,tof8 admirtatlon of his -pluck bit serted 'to spur him 6e. * ~ "it seems foolhardy," I said, as. we watched him mount .with wogderful Ily little awkwardriess, I must admit. Wa I mistaken? dr dki iMfarcia's lips whIten as I spoile? If they' 41t1 the 4occasdning spasma was but momentary, and her voice kceptts ev9ncalp as,ahe replied: r* "Not in this lest-Whiter s bth'or oi~i~1 ~ ie~ n the saddle. And be is 1Ii( ies, wheo idhNy seetih Tile meet was appointed for tat iay on a moor some three ilibf. M.'U ngpg e,,no to catch so,m,egiing dp.j 6the lhfoc to9us thrill aind stIr wit '\- which the commodn iteVest inveited its Trhe hbatii seelned alive with figures. tdeery'ysert and' de'betiption; and' meut q8 every variety ofseqglleice, fr iorditghbt'eds" to' Shank's-pony, ~mt6 N*i1o thes re?t-odted hittden n6ed,9011qr4'sjnigriups.ptreeod 16i heir powerful animnals baside Oarriages Aied with well-.dressed women, or some in ,:.with pilf igtt<apig At. thl:3ir,6 in impatienpe , for,the "fnd," while A ' sd (0alde of the moor was being drawn foe the, expected Far away into huzy distance stretchedl the furze-covered wastu, ..which in 'ing anut{ t ' i ss of gol en bo4]l hlfIt ospitable sopines sh" 1gra y ' b beneath the subdued coloring of a Februaily sky, on Or . 9hleh, . co ;ly, a #i, 1Ort g C ho (is ,n$t io', 'rigfn t;IYg al as by a sudden smile that lingered for a -.moment, and. faded back into quiet gravity. Quite a small court gathered arouiid Marcia as soon as we appeared upon theI groud. hoi\d4ve're' th6a:protest> tions .Of, dlj$appoten .1;tlci cl*a 1.in that she had ch'osen -this day, of all days,, or (irlying .,o cover. "Such a slQ 'te toof;j'at a pity!' 'Ie l est-rmi " if ie ason"' were phrases repeated on every side. "Ai un va'rantable waste of oppor tunty ' as my guv'nor has such a pen chant for observing," reinarked little Teddy Bolton, of the 3uffs-like my. self, i guest at Chllerho%V --who,' or shipping Marcia as an llnapproachable divinity, condQscen4ed to bestgw. his conversation upon me' on the palpable suppossition that I was a being more nearly upon l1I own level of cteation. Marcla Nniled coldly, And "'Parried, r answerod'question or reproof, vith "vern more than her habitual calm dig. nity. There was an indoOnable change in hei"'manner'-an ioy-'self-repress.on, which, joined to an exaggerated ludif ference - to her s,oiety anianfested. by Walter, who neither noticed nor ap proached us-an indifference belied by a certal.n'wistful pleading in his honest blue eyes, whose glances, try as he wonti to distract them, reverted contin ually- to Marcia's beautiful stateusque ieatures-which Intuitively convinced me that the crisis. whence Mrs. Drew hoped so much, had been' :.eached t nd passed, only to leave p.in aiu. ilsun derstanding on one side, if not on both. School girls 'are prdv6rbially obsert ant, and- I was 'a little ulore. 13uV,whei ,tlQ fox -broke ei-r h, and thQ. yiew,hallpo rang, out, .1 hgd eygs and ears for ,nothing .but the excitlng sc S ioefpre me. A; aliaf 'ot' wMnlglit streamed. the pack, their loud delighted baying roverberating on the air. In a naoinelit our vicinity was deserted; and man and horse were speeding throughi gorso Af4d brake, Over moind and bil lock; making for a -lioundaiy wood toward which the fox was heading. A tolerably even road ran across thp moor, and we-Marcia and I-followed as soriftly as we could in' 'tie' hunti men's Wake, until We reached an iso lated Inoll rising abruptly from tlje heath, and crowned by three wind\ blown larClies. It colpmanded a good view over the.sdrrounding country; so, leaving the trap with the groom, we climbed to its summit t, strain our eyes after We"' fast recedi't tirures. The irebO.r r esl'lf a aces calls. the ries o _ e 'p '~elj).. ing of th hmounds. nL~d~8&9a~ ing .'guitst gne o~ eh~ te( larbliiholds. Ier ddd tig dQyh before h' bQ O1A3gro~e5 anti ojof the11lp t 1,~~u l coloseJjytionghtm'1ghft haV&esmbi fo lowing one central figure, 1 doubt 1,f her. physical vislon- took cognizance of auglht actually passing within it's Ve hird been etandinmk so but a fe~ mninutes when I fancied I discerneda d1usty.oebject-long and lithe-rapidly approaching in our direction, and that the mingled voices of the hunt were growving tubre distinct. I was right;. The fox had doubled deftly and, by a detour. leading, over -slOme cultivated faling' fot.h! buird, 3dec kswept. the, ield-huntsmen, horses, hounds4 each mere :frantc thtm:1 tihe. ot er to preven6;Ihe scape of -thefr tatineri quarry. Over hedge and ditch the.y leaped~ scrambled, tore, bringing witli thoem a vety babel of confusion, nols$ and exciteQ fergnent. *am afrelidmay sy'mp'atibs went with, Ileynard.. Prob;rbly they were wasted, hiiowe e,foinh6 Wall a veteran at the siport, and had managed to preserve his htus~h throiugh many a chase.2E t wes ~ ~ties were as well digested as those of any generall and, at this juncture, h6 rushed headlotqg down q narrow gully, at a spot '9plch lie well knew was toQ wide fot' leaping, a'nd which woul, Qblg1g is xrose tocuy i o$ to (1ng a,a lhege the . 114 died through a shalloW ' diefl at toa *ttitm?'and obtained a .minute'a "There was a 'momentary obenk in the 'nhjof-which 6ne' Tider took advan' tage to rest his ,stoed .philie he. drew forth' is handkerchief 't' tdip0i:ll iIefd 'd1 brdw. Tife ilisagleg'irtledIf tingutsbed him aw Walter. Dfrew;u al thoith Ni to6' faPadg featiir'di to lesvlstble . As UI-lulik Would hay0 it,'just-68hhJd availalae hand'wan nniftead...4iie rind tYpBt 14pS 4U; t 4sprsi, 5! 4ag the -fo$asa "agaifi at ted.:;4 m"';ali;tallpa r-bb k$'dkshd' f6i0art are's tanli ni paslg. 'ie tdi, e animal. w ewved rou"d, pluugd and then Ret off at f,earful . speed towaid a low hedge, easy enough in t*-te t overleap, but yhich, by reason. of. a sudden di - in the round u the further sl fpp is rio litn ' ill 1ve care to attempt. Qickly Walter re gaiiie, popsessQr of- the reln ..bu1t ytvl9;.;) 1i "t-d ' t), e .p o 4pkt ge. Gray,sstoItle fnce 4)ke it bird, but even she couli not bridge the titch below. Down they both came with a sickenipg thud--the mare strik-. lng Walter as they fell and partialli rolling over him. H ers rusjt -tog ils aid; fronu, 1l1 sid.es. Dd+tl lh in id .tlet-Loltd edico fused heap-lay silent and motion loe. ; ' *. ltarl t ed o,cry; 'bj hei, gr,At .dark e,es.distended, iWith.. orrrW _her lips paled -with a to*rible fear. cIs ',t-Can it--lic- YatCer ? S e whispered gaspiug-at,last. "Oh! he Is -lie 'must, bo---killedi Oh, Alisoul' giasping-my hind fiercely, "last night I wan so,cold, so hard, and. now,, now, lie will neyer, never 166ivl4' With tagesture'of despMir ahe iutig aside the hand she had.. taken, turned and began-:murriedly to d6sceed ,the knolT,Tfolowed her, slent 'aitti per plexed, uncertain what to do or say, so doing, what proved best and kindest, nothling. - When I looked at. hpr again she had quite recovered ier slf-possesslon. But I had cauh,:a 1llr &br-tNe 1 be neath the' lee, and I ntever aftewa.nils nisjudged her. - . It yd It,h1ii'e' fu-e, "ho'voveriii?i, aid bdnt lipoit littloeTeddy . .tolo,li', with g'od-n1htturei assIduity,, hi(ad .rI den 11 to: relieve,. as far as possible, the-ahkiety. we must:natfi'ally be feel. ing. "lie cam11e a unasty cropper, there's to a o i 'a1id thil i oL ot.a fitolvo Jcr es, who'stared tth arp, desrea at llors4.ipplni fo. 8 stiiit..( 11;t Drew' wdOnderfuilly ltt a hdd, tlo,AQj sure you, Miss Fane. 'Poi honor he is TheyV were hetping him to :wount lie interpolated sotto vo:c.0;1'ngataid she, poor - brute, is doie' foialti& I heard hIm' talking, so lie must be sensi -ble. Luckily, Dr. Hackett was 'out' to-day. He's taking Drew to Farmer u sQ +.ye tg, make surey-, 4outr llis 1>cn ,} ro profess i t l, yc c , . t} ilb; it in eed, YY nod' alarm yourselves, he'll be all right af ter a bit." "Then the best thing wo'st1& dOpv'. Bolton," .Marcia answered, in a vo!ce hicli had regbilde its wonted even tones, "is to return to Callerhowe; at once, and so prevent auy unnecessary shQok to Mrs, Drew, by aquAinthig her with the real ainokrt of injury which the accidentt has entalled, Than k you very much for hastening so kindly to lessen our suspesis." Tie oo) .f blaug am'uzuent .0on guleless e. dy?'a ai p(. w~ ,drov, ~awayAwas,somBthi1ng,.to remem~bBr.. A aniy other time .1 8hould have la.ughed. "fs she sno* o'r rifarbhe?" lhe asked me, that night at, dlnnetr, ecast.ing ,a .furtlve glance 'at JMn'rela .who..wasoe 2h(t 'b 'tf&ta'bl. "Why I' i ieled she hadl been --l imean, 1 uiniterstoo:. thiere wvas some attaichmient between her and D'rew. .mnaQlight, of,thigs for that very eaon le w'i .a'-fearf ii spill, you kt' .rQal i-~reghhar touch sudjbJ 1C Itek& en.4f one else t 1~la,was . ti way a va day I. obs "IA( 0 tT16 ~ vor eqe6i' thIng :1 ever saw, too," continued Teddy, wariming up to his subject; "for when theypd~ijpphestpokie and acted, answeOred (luestions, mounted vitt Ro'm'e e assistancei,., of" ourse--as olicaiently "as a- bhild, or-'ad i! he Were all . rigby - mn square. , .PcrQs--you knw'Bacrea '.of"*ours~ IStidbe, O.%.. cre~s we call him,;pe%ause he always looks as 1f. he'd been kep,t wrapped uip in lavender, you 'see -dwell :Dacres. daw i' front tooth chad been kn6oked ott 1)ldCe as neatly as ;ould be, and told the doctor to keel) his eye on .It. Must he tidy, fop'tisjhis )1ute to.' And i hear they've fixed it in .with sticking ores*was n;t hand-," I said, smiling.. "Wasn'4 it4 now? That's what I r Aftke&4 ~itii,on edd f bilelfly. "But, as I Waf tellings you, they got Drew-.to;Q1d3atson8 ind t4le jecto* 6verlinuled h?im-ecounted his.botiesapyoi No ~d MipAo! .ap&sk04 3veoA w49A V w6a , eh pned, TAnd. dI you?)I belhe9'e tW hMaeciateds.hlad k'hown nothini i1 se bt~i~ ~ihI How -ho laughed whIen t,hey told hin ovir. hti I h)1(e p Ahit Teddy B3 6t lid uot aoen, as had, -4e wondert iOw beauty t i bad stolennt'd a's face .and- . and' Mrs, Drew., -l Ored. -eotib t c hour earlj -1 tgotsiie p t of wh: i so aA w s c n .to>mit a short tineo loq ; or heard the au prlbig tiut) )p t< n I l ola; my-1o9 o.? 1 An Old ~goh Gan. Curling Is no"d bt Scotch in grlg 1 d ydhufHe: koar4 u Iih a pted t t m e, Ib ed -u atmoo1 board, 82 feet lon id abot 18 inoh .whn;w they ;sl1ld fhen board. -"Tl pieces areiroq hd,weIghte sudh ate ued 'on gtr' bale's itede per feetly smooth oft the bottom. Ti player shoves a Wfght along the boa'. with a quick umoti and force enoui to slide it to the eati. Six inches froi .tlie'on'd ip linhl; ~" as the boarl1 'J.he object ot't ta o i to make I i weight cross hat ino" and stop withi the olx-in.ch.sp}. ,Q .-gtai it 'i very evidont.th hi niust-gauge,t force of his play 14tdealich aoul"c: Whetn two porsoiis play eawl tises to 1 weights and they' play. alternately. weight that stoys short or- the ii counts one point.i it is not behind tI oponent' s Q 3 le e : trae si -1n. 1 spe evei'y y"ilc cbtti two. "O that projects .bey nd the end of ti board wtiwoitt, lugoffls cAlled i shlplhatd cott1rthree. Only tfioo, pieces'ootift ihlUi eni l 6 The:lbart wvluen":tfte et'tit ~~sO C.6 1jqeq ant In o0e e16 i1I 4Qafed itc base ball-the poQ'r the i ay the fast the reore i"tus l ,'he\, plt;y i'i s 1t;'a .'Q 1 h t oppuuelc's se re wef tlas o ncoaeasiF Ell w,and two. kl'il me: gp rage ali pe or-aabo one of Wo p nt tQ ant inning. 'i t manwo p1 generally iAkQ't on).gglt sn-it that 01n9 player aims to. knock -lia bpponent' 4ic it ,dt- board, and doee it 1po* overy time. For example A plays ani leaves his piece inside the space tha counts twd. "B plays and knocks thtt piece over the border or off the boarl es e tii n ad, iee goes th t'wy until It ti9tS1ay, whqi he knocks off A's fourth piece, aic leaves his own to count. it one 6 then 'alls to remove a plece, that piec will he protect9d on thp next play b lhis opponent; who sends alOng a weigla to stop about. two feet behind it in, di:ect line. It Is pretty dilUoult to ge 'both of thesc off at one shot 4beoals1 4tlo weights lue' circular and are pretl. sutre to glance when they meet,. If Lui forward piece happens to jeinahIp, tl~ opp;onent may try to curveo his welg~ around - the 1i'po.ecting piece, jlust asi p)itcher curve' a bail, and so linock :' iff:leaving l1own4l *its: plab"e3B4 that is diffliult auuid'rquires very acc(r ate work. A-first-class player,hu~weiel seldom gives his adversary a ochanc :protedta pIece. " .* The fMett.rdcy "wlth 9vihieh p welgla can beo shot, along a.82%fhot~ boatdAti< madlO t.o stop just short of the~ o'dI surprising toma novice. -The baal it gon Whieh4he playing is done'is pland ~sinoth ahd pexfedily le#et butL 16 14Ni ~oiled. It iscaefersA"wItha pt<ii' serd I,,aii,ldpiayers aros iprpartigli 1about the;quelity of tihat m#Aerial. m'nst, be Ilvoiand perfeotif dry. 8 h3< that hats bbalstyded for hif dth hiout ba otheiis Aissis#. jThe jhI4art 1.l iO%, iipi|iss thr.'dlg4 the cunstgblt&tr tion, aM( the dan(d 1sItheii d.494i' good- player will3 pldy on dead- sand. Hie cannot gauge tids play on It at'l Wlfeh & niiatch li bein playedhtetsaii Is bhang~ed.1quodtly, say efvt'y 9rt# Altibough :the game ha~ faliln'nt< decadence there are sgma old-Scotc4 mael who'k4e Iit up ayideevdir tht 11 bata.bliirs as nd pool Ant eVt~ni down irgo .9pe of t$ae heic t shuftl3,boards cAn.be founJ-aud dyvb's braw time-at-It for a whole evo'rrig - ow Sptde'taMontt, Wena sid'dfis p eig, to moud it .b9peng for'several days and fas tens Iel by.af611rtlhe of wettto onk of the main lines of it:3 agre4 c)io holds finrly,.v Po2tQue9s o ti 'thorA~avad ls.4be1 9t1ySby tho troni sdgesi 1l'ext ths"rbdomVn j itihoov continQd pesleveranil fo tot 0 lfel min4tieeS~tM e W a~ sl Udie Rfid shl bi-o e al i ~bJher and nrettIe hnI in or~tr kepI r use wAen need Trn',: o laok nted i 0 e, s1 i. upQu yeo,wln .its -~olnu, toling ls:kuown, tiUdoaill 'kfid 1;'' Alglllfy jng tih'atr sei..X' uinrdajr super'stition has always Yfivi3sted bells 1 unciraculous powsrs apf4 trng4 itNilge qn.but yhy. the soL ,,balled.'pirits of darkness are.credited: with a tg PAQj on -heir din'has never ti Act ily explained. In many Cathollo countries the ohur#h blls are set ringing during a thunder 3 mtion, for Latimer alludes to it, say s ing "that the devil might take flight, and so the storm subside." Wynkyn 'de Worde- also believed:iu * its ellicacy, "because," ho writes, "e?il st''gprtta do.doubtim'6hw'ivhl they heat' s-tbo'bblis ronkebi" A retinant of the 1 same faith lingers in totlin'g' of the i "Saizo us,:- or. pat ug sbell, which, t prOl'ous to the eglhtenth'century, was . ,sounded-,before, liot After, the mortal - iad joinod the.great majority.; and the Italian will account fo'r the deafening tiproar -of ursting bombs on .the piazza in "fnont of the durch, and the promis sPl9,4s cl,ashing ,f,l el s from the. camn. Ili pe,u tltring the celebration- of. the . festa of a local saint, by saying tllat? suc i noise "pleases t;e uints apid di+ s'aay thledovil," il. ilors are especially credulous ;of a odor pyi. mlns of bellsset..rin g ing; and storiui of thrui haying liehn t heard aliove ti roar:of the oceau, aid * - tIih histii, att i6ividd during storms,, I like the lost bUlls of .Tintagel, or those or the subnerged -!ty betweel . thu; illy; I c d . b I ds ,1 are 3i t. bea'el' t toi dro inid 'l fs 'laintlVe .g, "fl1i :o Moyle," on an "old Irl9h myth on the i power of church bells. "The daughter or lr was y sop,ip supernatural power transtormdl into a swan, and con-' y:4e.th1)led 'toi Wlkuder for many hundred years over eer;ain hills and rivers;ili _ reolnd till the cointi oiChrilstihity,. ivnh l:0,st. aoiUil of.. -the .nUtirct.: Sbelis wais to'bohe -signal for her re lease," L a 4 Jiunaes (heuttst's hoip The quaint oId man whoso'loyal ad. i--htenbe t'o the custorba of his'ancestoro afforded me such an interesting.illus' 1 tration both of old Jap tn and old Brit. an sas aseller of .curoyakie-i. e., car b'nized animials; in other words, -ail mal reduced to charcoal, and pottedin. small covered jars of e.arhenware, to ~'be solis' tMedicine for the sick and fgmIg. oruierly all theso.animals wereeibt alive 'ii the^bick preinises, and custoiers selected the creature for, themselves,and stood by to see it killed a iwnd )lufEed /o:.the spot, so tnat the,re a couild be no deception,' and no doubt as to t1I6 r0$M\19 b'f 4their lcharred me~ 1 cinle., pa3ubtle sjso,me insensible foreig t' n mmituence hhnay Acdouit for'h -io disap. p earnce of the, menagerie of waiting victims. ind that cermation-groun'd; ;'ow the 2oologlQal baoc-yard has van lahued''and okly'the str'ange'chemist's "shop remalns,hike a weli-stored mugeurn, whuerdin are' ranged portions of tpe *tigers andi elephants. * 'The rarer the animal, and -the farther it has traveled, ;the more precious a : Sparently are ll,s virtued. From the r -of *huggfetoo pf of ,g1gantleg stm ke-sk,1 ( k whih rtiinl4wde foreYig mp6r a tin nfo some land where pythof ' lourish, Ja'iii'belng happily exembjt '6 fom tlmet prehenee o'- suchf sheattith a sin, s'hioji, though, badly dried and mut9h shrunkenl, mneasu[ed tw'enty-six, eesacrosj li ij: aoiW Nfrag *ment ten feet.inglength,.an45washelhpg many strange ingredients.: I was 3old very nearly4 fee'Einlepgt}be I javi' uioj,hei framdhRtefittwo feet 109 Sanid t)yeve inches wide; this also hn,d of eii b~oAt l in dt:y ing, e been a very fle specimen. decorated the iymat.. form, few had4e more ctirlogls bite of history than the. and the reasons for this general prefrr - imdWalitiWti.fbrr tid6voidther Aieles of al he ~pp J~9in tie i must dress; tAre Maseuda and oftennp at onceesed,~ "Pns,brooches, b)ucke' les, d itaB l1boe or later -l aindedi the snrint or other faatin of a bracelet are eally broken, and the bi acel t 4alhea. With regard to or 1' n4,t 1:'uateo,e t, Parta,of tlio savage , )Q1Y.,.1i4tilatiog; is: n.ec9ssary, the ear must-be bored, the uose be pierced, tile cheeks dr,lips.bo alit, and -evan: after. ti ese aurg1al opei'tlins. a-e.coopleted e e arttcele used for adornmnent are p nerally inouyenient, and somietmes,' I by, their weight or construotiou, Are I extremely painful. . =In striking contraat with decora ions I rorn on the clothing'in the liai, fouug 1 the neck 'atd arms, or pendait f66m the .t ears, lips, and noso, is the ' fnger-ri4g, e the modol.of couttinience. Itls seld6m c Ids,or it need nQt be taken .off; re'- .' quires.no preparatory mutilation of the t body, Is not painful, is-always in: view, t a perpetual reriifder, either of .t4. IVer, or. o' fbe,purposo foi; whic)i 1 is The popularity, of the ring. must,. f therefore, be in large measure due to u Its convenience and tlhat this good qual- ) ity was'early learned riay be inferred' from the Iiebre tradition, which at- s tributes the 'ineg'tioi of this ornament g to Tubal-Cain,. the 40nstruotgr of every a arhilcer in brass and iron." . Deatlh by the Gullotin. .)ru. Regnard and Loye on the exaii- a itiatioh of the head and' body of a codn- e Vict Immediately after his dec4pitation: by the. guillotine. The prisoner as r cain. to,the last and not pale, even when t ills neck was fixed ready to receive the. t fatal' knite. Two secbnds t fter the t decapitation the cheeks were still rosy,. n the. eyes wide oppen, with. moderately I dilated pupils, the mouth firmly closed I When a finger was -placed close .to ono r eye no change of expression-took place. 1 but on'toUichlrg an eye oie the tips of < the lashesdtiitig" the first five seconds, i the lIds closed just as in; life, This < reflex could not be excited frpm the cl .sixth secon,d after decapitation. :' he l jaws Were'tightly cldsed and could:.iot' t be opened by apual force. No. aI ' t d lar' mtOif1'' 8 traetion could 'be Ie. '1 tected 1i, t11.6 iink or extremitibs. - SOne minute rerleath the lace began 1 to ttu a pale,.th,o trunkt;emained flaccid; t the .cacot ds continuing to. throw out .e bliloaeining in the circulatory area. At the end of four minutes the face. was, }1te Pale, th' nfper lids wre hilf, .tile lower part of the fourth cervoal .vertebra. Those researohes 'show that not' a trand 'of colsciotniess remains tQo' seconds .afte: beheadiig;. that refex .novement of the cornea can be excited I for- two seconds; that the heart may beat for an hour, the aurioles continu ing to puleate alone for half that perigd, and that, putting aside the reflex move- c ients of the eyelid, the contraction of the -jaws and t4e je.s, of, blood frtm- Y the carotids,-it-;eemed-ini tliis case.as' though n corpse had been'decapitatec, so inert were the.remains of the donvibt. Dra. Regnard and Loe note how calm and;free evep from phyaiglgical'death atruggl :symptoms is death by te galliotine.' Tihere is hot even asphyx a. Womlen are befiul empjoyed more and niorg as book-keepers.and catshlers, and one avowed gi'oud of this employment I Is that tliey are m0fe honest than-.men. . Unile9tio'nably they are so up to tis 1 time, and It Is'trobiable that they W#ill hieve' some "permanent advantage in that way. Their ntormal instincts are somewhat higher and their temptatidny, ipas 'on'the side of perlilQn indulgenc' s. Blutitlhaq been pointed out niore than 'once iby1.the' moi'e cautious friends lof vddmen tliet'a good degl'of thie present .moral-advantages of that sex insmatt rdg ol' honesty to'issainply from~ in9X)r. '.1100. - 'l ey have hitihert.hd:o lititle to do with .the direet-handling-of morjey' thaLth iyferd3t Wth more r'yerence regularity- alarims taga the conscie.ce .Is wholly .f.resh and.ssns;tive;.they can net-conceive how a person can wionig sanother'out of a dline and,llve. 'More-:] 'ov.r,. th6y 6ve frate, the alfllculties a'nd. 1 peiabde(ot -anNi-iig dolIrg. 1A .. I young book-keeper. told ne. ;ence~ that. I whenever hef'.accouts.flied .to beul .1 anee/if It wefe only by 'a'eingle cent,. s "slid"felt d If a policeman aere )utt pQPiijg is at the d6dr. it' li as fel fin the case to'be with lending money-;-ahy 4 puitideitle :fbaldatbn iheled it t.o r a'w6mant'than toth u ian bedaiise hiBj kv10WtithydI9'nce of ifeaydbnt il 't greguey . 1 hne pre'tent eiate of 'scity d~e~ 4f $8eensa .t'ieplo'ious affair I to. Awo.msn and a very all affair sto 1 a nmhi but let tha yda bOrrow ahd r,e .ya few times,j d 1~fipe ed'ge lof , t se itoffgegIsely,. A Questien or AmLhority, ' -A i iofessor of thedhiltie who w'~ danger.usly: iill tglded .b coileagues ut ,his. bedI-sid'9 that according to liis dldg. nosis h~i douldenot live longer th1aid three days. %,1008p days, howev6ie, 'he begapato thend(, and bi. witesapoyse to.itinViii' L 'ifoDetflstr'alni Ilut the prof 4 'i)trite9 l Ref.'idity WIti' the wqr8d a .Douit talk>tomina. I tie way; n u i~ 4e\ 4 du wantp that wo cnunat perrorm. :GH?i'tANTXNE WIgDOt. lases In Which They Have Ooxiitruct. ed gpeucal Tools for 'SpecialWork. One evening, .soon after my arrival in astern Assam, and while the dye ole hants werQ, beiaq. ted opposite the ungalow, I . observed a- young and Ately,caught one step up to h, bamboo anoe and quietly.pull one of the stakes. 'Jadingjt under its foot it, bQe off a ece with its trunk and, after,lifting it o its mouth, threw it away. It repeat. d this twice or thrleo, and then drew nother stal e. 'e) g,ttat the bamboo Yas old and dry, I asked the reason of his, and was told to wait aut,see what he elephant wot}ld do. 4 At last it seemed to get a piece, that uted hitn and,holaing it in. t1e trunk rmly and stepping the left forQieg.well orward, it passed the piecQ of, Dtaboo nder the armpit,. o' ti speak, and, be Ati to soratch with somq focce. MY itrkrise reApfted its clmtiven 1 aw a large elephant ledeh fall td the round quite six inches lozig and thick s one's .finget,.and which, from its po ition, could - not be easily detached rithout the 'scraper, which Was deib. rately made by the elephfint. I subse ubutly found that this was a comitno u ccurrence. Such scrapers ar used b'y very elephant- daily. . .. . On another occasion, witen travelling ,t a time of .the year when, flies are sat ormenting to an elephant, I noticed hat thooe I rode had no fan or whisp. o beat them ofT. with. The driver, at ay order, slackeped pace and allowed er to go to the side of the road,,,,h or some moments she tnoved a'ong, ummaging the smaller junile on the ianks.' 'At last she came to a cluster r 'youitg shoots well branched, and tei' feeling among then and selecting ne raised her trunkand neatlysti'pped own theetnt, taciug off the lower rauches and leaving . a fine bunch on lie top.' She deliberately laned it lowil beveral times and theri .layiug kold at the lower end bfoke off a beautt utl fan or snwitch, about,ive feet long, andle included. With this 'she kept he flies at '"bay, flapping: them* off on ach side. Say wyhat ;we wpay;. these . are both ealy,bona-fde impletpnts, a?d, Intel !gently igade foi adeQln te Vut;posQ, ( zIi,s' Nd i1 Uoiie;..... There is not oie virtue i the calendar vhich girls need -so mub as curage. f a boy' 1.' afraid of anything he is retty soon shanmed out of 'it. 'But, ddly enough, his sister is sheltered and ,aressed -when she shows some . silly lttle alarm or other. , And " ia cOnse LuOUce of this timid mind growing up vithout help anSI,discipline it is Molly, las I oftener than Jack,, who will sit tuietly at ker desk . in school ansi let iiotker mischief maker, no more uilty, stand up and face. the blame. :t Is no trne'bravery to seek outc danger; mit When a risk comea, and a cool teaaed child makes the best of* it, why, hat is so mu6h gold capItal in tihe ex erience of lire.' When wve aee so. few women really ound and steady we cannot help think ng that .itispecauge they never learned, s girls, to commanid their nerves, and o be anyt.hing in tis world sooner ban shrinkers or tremblers. 'A "brave girl" is eertain to have the: right streak af. honor, and truth in her, and the tentleness which goes .with force of :haractoen snd a firm body to .match ter 1rm heart. We all ,loyo suoh a )Xe, and,' oh, howv Beldom ,we come ucross h'er But for a miserable little coward rio screams and rups for a miouse, or )pow,,or,a'kind, big' dog prancing by, ~r who hesitates to' "ovn' up" in the acs of unpleasant con.sequences, this idritributor it 16hst has the very shab blest sort of respect. rho VreIlnan's fypereenitiiveniess. The estremeit $ensitiveiess bf the "re.neh , character Wasftmu5ingly -illus ra.ted44~ I recollect some years ago in he Plrmus of Athens, where a vast utpls of ships of 'war of all <national Mie3 were assellld, aiyaiting 9ygnts fter the fligh) gf. ilng Qthq agd the om1ing of the, present monargh, who viy.then Prince G~eorge,of De8nnlark. Eifnnst the Einginai sgu'atlyg was a lne~ >f battle ship Ianied Obukueror, rulicf had f6. a'figuje dentd igi oni rar(i>lirijn&n rOeslir. '1'h&shI@ere 'iFycloAe together-in tile Pl'Tus,%*hilh faaimall barbot, ahndlit hapt%enod' that ho Uonqueror WM'na red unOt t'o&the0 hate t'e larlyr evofy dan-~tbiW0 'Pgher v#Qf o~q do 4plled tC O6iiUn on ieror' figure thead right outsido his tehi gal.ley,* Thq. c91tedylgLiott be MA9aih6yingt him tbia4.ho ac ifif,rtt.o,.elgl(81h adairal, ,nd1 regqestegdhat the obj&itIdtnable gur:e bead. might;Us "fi1noved. Of durAO, thid.dotid nott ye ' ell be done; 6t1 frd ' t0 i1ittet.(the yonqueror Maa- or'der'd away to. the dai, offhe alxhipeio, ind on~i her boe diagnst of her: of0cera; e ado to (911t0pt ty, %:e. as to i.oout' of the yrof' exlgibiopig' hexr aggraaLng OF*ibead tW('th1ip' eensW #N.lreoh. en1,