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('Twas a bitter cold night In winter t'iune
Awl the switohinan ioiibdc lgo.
With never a tLouigiit of crino.
Twas a bittqr night, and the snoW' wr;t
tffltk,
His senses bennbed,by fatigue and cold
The trai cu.i,g lAUtv with .
Alasl for them, with nuo guard at the
switchi
Fi' rr,4e th a', r m!stig y , to.
Or destroy. and this nigit 't would he
which?'
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,