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Wi t etight," ,answe "Oh, i ht'la vida es upa faydangot "You think I am a great fool not to 1 dance at. th ball to-night, eh, FlorlaA?" "Well, yes." Flortan and I are both attaches of a legation in 'Lrna1 It was my 1irst To p'omatio appointent'a,id sone ye'ars ago niow. "Peraps, amigo; but 1 have much writing Lo de aund-.,--. Wrting, che? What IffI Josefin Aan.. Mrcedes,aid Carmen and Aloita, and Doilis, Paquita ai Consuelo do when you are nt.there?" "Ntio tgt, u an swoner.et comzpanying me.: "Oh, I.hecaid to-day the lagend at-C tached to this hoIse; It is -enough tb make the b adld run cold!" "Well, I am wa m; tell it. Fon know the house Is ooer 300 years old? Welj, 1.was uilt *by two brothers-Jews; men of immense wealth,. obtained by. means of their l ver mines, especially the mhira. Ilores"- -__ '"Ah, that mine wlah is now flooded and hlch no science has been able to drain!" "Precisely. Well, the Jesuts, you Skow"-Floran blinks his eyes x opressivey-"thy say- that Senor Jose, the younger brother', had made himself 'an iIage In ilvert of the Blessed Vir gin weighing forty poundse that every mornke thn blne ofth ooms yode h fell upon his knees and, after the cus toip of the Jews, said his prayers, and immediately afterward he took a bunch 4of- rods,- sharply tipped-fancy! and beat the Image.with the frenzy of a madman. Every morning, they said, as the quarraqinirrI tapped three, the Jew set to work on his damnable task. Oh, say, took here, why do you start?" ,Florian n pauses. Yes. ?c*ood-good l You .are al ready becoming frightened." nel o, hak t ogstory suoit, clever--theyseize sSenor Jose and put him in prison. Senor Jacob,- he is very clever also; he offers the Jesuits money, but hey ay n, tht m pain alone lines hrmous an offense be tried or rciepunishment or p)ardon. Senort Jao ssfor the time to go to Spain t toe for his brother, and offers a lirge sum for the privlege; not laige enough, however; he doubles it.; no; ,tebles and quadruples it, almost beg garing himself to .do so-and at last< the Jesuits accept lisa proposItions. He t sets forth-.but before he goes he spends a night away from home, and the day after he has sailed the Miraflores miner -.the source of all his wealth,is found I to be flooded. As you know, to--day It t remaiins the same." -"And Senor J6se?" "Alh, you .are anxious! Well, what do you think? The ship was "not out I of sight of the port Ulao before Senor Sose, together with his imago, wats walled up-think of 'it--lmmured, 4 ~ buried alivet-in the room iil which lie - was enid to have daily beaten i." What?" bh, btyes, I assure you; and all r thlose inbiedible noises that we have ' heard are the spirlt of Senor Jose beg-. I ging sorno charitable person to come ri 'reea him 'from his Chiarnel houso. Say, you will come to the ball "13y no means." "Oh wll ao-morrow you tell me how many duennas you havo eluded, i - and how many delightful waists you h have clasped." Florian has left me. I blow out the.candles; the curtains e lve rose a, 0 paindltl o r0i a the pl6, id{~ fow of 's iatr6u p aint"-at, 4ea igl t l ,tl~ b yij with , 4 tortpight ago ysle ee at t lrit the nokuipg by a tralge hril noise. sometblngJo tub etallo whir.of bundle oi' Ocs -lk a c 0 .110 aUrd( riingint ar I ,V4i eitt pre the tapO 14}y inot ur i Ito the wind arid1.Y iueardduarraqu)rrL ot the ni d root Soff o'clook,: the b'ells of thi con rent rang but,. and 'presently, ts. t1 low dawi e$.1at o casenikt, a ar;pantitii d t:$o 4olr,?grow ug fainte, iantir, ifdlstnguiehabiy uat somewhere down .he broad corri 10'. I arose and pressed ray hand to ny forehead; It was cold and wet. My iaids,tremebled "at ruoit *light. ?, Antl' : f ee tioe ir' ioro1 'I uceeson, 'ia th .thU nha enec lb ne. It annoyed .and puzzled me., I am not. A -stiperstitious ,iersgn; ieverthelegs it'would 1a'e beeh follY tot to yecpgnize the coluoidence be. we n'any experiences and.: the story Piorlan pad told atte.* As I have said, I ha w It$ t 0t but *had determinugd td att tii ntire night in osh t ilant a il>t; y er t ludheahi'e . k nay peafal ioutr.o I had tnade u my mind to. glye to ill' g,wbat1 'e W q t"- 72N i~e full ettet tof 11 t . 3ohsea; hfi mberrd >y the drowsiness and mental in. ificiency incident to the fir.ft mpments fter a night's:sleep. If the house-a superbly tar4} o y the by, with Its, grark br taireas.s, and wide, o lt adintedd 1 ,ther"el I, y that thing--spirit,;.lesh, Gabgli arboreO. . I. I -laughed aloud. it .was an odd experipnce to tid my. elf sittinqugp of'fi nigit 'in r vatoh for a ghost. ' .:j The tnoon turned atrthd, thi!c rner by.f n ow o ed t;op, TS?0M Iral'roof.. The breeze ron the Sea had eased. Florian, too, hadcbie homp, eeing. th'at "my 'candles "were . not ightedi he had taken;for gra$ted that was aslet,p and .had ¬ ' parted. the murtains- between our yooms. Did I feel drowsy? Surely-yes. But I lifted' my head and by, he noonlight I looked 'at my watch. It was half after two. I laid it upon the able before me. I lighted a eandle. If ghost absolutely refuse to demon trate themselves save.in the darkness, hen to-night I shnuld not hear Sonor ose beating the lver Image of. the dlessed Virgin nor Ilark i Oh, bahli The forlorn tingle of a far IY lute. I set the candle near'er to my eyes as sat leaning my chin in my palms. There -- The gjuarraquirri tapped three. I .teadily.took time to glance down at ny watch. The'bands mnirked the hour f three. And--what thien?. Yes. The metallic whir--dios! I could dis inguishi the string of each separate od as it fell, lli like, upon the ring.. ng silver.. Stroke by stroke, frantic, showering mne after another in impetuous fyry. he long, wailing echoes sounding out vith a horrible distinct,ness. I looked around. The hanglings at the farther end ot he room filow out straight, and y'et here was not a breath of air to st.ir hen4 The alert stilindse of the houri efore the dawit wgaii.over all the po.w ~rs of nature. I put my. band. to my head; it was damnmy. I. rrahhed my I Ands together; hey were stiff as ice.' I looked at.my' vatch; it wats ten minutes after- three. Ten minutes and still that souind wat Inging in my ears--still I heard1 the ast, regular b6ats fall witti a destierate iatred of energy. A lhttle~ fainter now, and ti little ainter, not ceasing gradually, but nerely that a greater distance was rowing between me and it--whatev'er t, was. Should I attemplt to followv.it,? Decide Ily. -I walked theo1lngthi'of half the r'ootn md the curtains blew back ;n my face. pushed through them, the attempt at esistance:giving re'an, angered e6ergh' crossed the other' half of my apart nent to the door. It stood open. I had left. , clospd, latche(1, locked!i I passed out on to the falter'y. The sounds were now' much louder Cf the same intensity after the. first cement I have heard them. ,' They grew louder still, 'and the'lon~ vail-bit,ter, hm'rible as' the tro~denh rayer., of some disembodied -spirit- in oil itself, sounded despei'ately inoy ars as I pushed on. The corridor was very long, and it ras not until I had almost reached the groat tuit ills }Q1e0Vcti tar. - - 6 ' and tMi Isad i. hoo 's1 r+et led wp every linbl e II s 11%I'dt This- .deviPa l ig1,, 'andi ufte iit a crash "it h olioe hrow h)iel with ttl utaigt;iolencO i ig t tie wall of the doi'ido to x sh et6 the ap t 144 eby bt ajS1 wall it shook sligh>y, tretnulottiy. $the skylighta,aidlso at";thb'lildoi belowI-n the court.i ' .: " I gathered myself togethec with ll t my;rength of lusty youth-I We six feet''iu height and'road, as mos to y country are-and t,hrew myselft agost had- -ae. rl oA - C twice, three! At lastthe hud ti i ej 8l ,! u eAv,l p? . e gneshgd ;,o ki ustand ogr bling ru1ns, r n$tbec 1J 0 ed oriylf breathe: Stb dust. td th it; "m' heal a g to come only; more 0 g6h -l - - ' NQ-mhist~ ompkatteally. , ci ue na cil 'di Se:ld i oem yI 'tl ur h d .rnde.ia. ;' ; .I' a whiff of aijr. iu .I turned around " i By the dlm glca 'I beleld'i aelt in ii a large apartment. At first I could' ir distinguish, as I cautiously 'cropt n1 around its four sides, clinging to the ft cold, wvjlls, but7liptle. 1+lnaliyIeamne, al to ra spqu a e'of rouglnda$.:it i&s *,b a h Walled up onthuco\ltldo! a With the increasing light, dim al- 41 though. it was, I beheld a few molder til ing rags; and worm-eatOngbits of wood?. at the remnants of furniture, very likely. Sc lA pedestal'of 'marble.atood at the. 'east- it ern end; it fell a crackling \ph' as T. 8t touched it. A book that crumbled into ti a film of dust lay in :orie cornera I of stooped to pick up iti fragmepts. The tl only scrap that heid together was that At portion of the CJordova leather binding5 a bearing its title--'The Talmud."' Pt Sheld its between my fingers, and, 01 oppresse0d nilnoat to dbath -b~y. thd'at- Si wlosphiere, 1 made (or the iperture,ar As I did , sq-again, the last .time -- ',r unearthly strokes fell ringing, stinging, Pr lashing, cutting on the echoing metal shi I turned buck, and stumbling to the gr ;middle of:;thb:room, er wha.t seenmBl to '1$ me dthe middle. 'wlence 'the sonu.ls S9i came, I (dashed my foot against some.. th thing. Ial What? Wll-this: . t The skeleton.of- a maa. u4 .f;JrPised myseif upon my knees. Ifit 18 t l'-.it'j lujk:.there In all its miser-- ;Pr able sduaol'r '. jar i,~ t.lieshled- right hand, tightly' of grijype,a:flail ofipietalhoc rodui. '' nfl.stdeth; helt. fas$ in the agonies fel of'-starvatiQn, -a sticet of worm eaten pa wood. sic A'cross Its breast, h'oldlng it pinioned t'o4lhe grouind,4lay.an iaige of silver of hec theiEldssed Virglii. -, l . The drst ray of 'sunlight, that; had th penetrated tis plaoe in three centuro:s on~ at this moment crept in the rent I fi fo: rmde irr tiioiWall. - achi It fell across the silver image. iir I lifted it in my arm;it weigheJ ful 1 r forty poundls.. Did the quarraquirri ever azaina4 ken me at 8 o'clock in tha mnornir $ -No. ' ? 0 Anid was'any one ever again dist~bd;b by t,bgoecruel so1411ds? And, afer 41i, how can oue s%. did not dream the whole affair? i4f' Oh'.wvell, that is true, exceiSt fd~ -"The silve' image," pitted an idthiet% .hynsue in 'M600o#, Wh carr!ed It d'hen I qitted LimnA. ~ wvill tiiere's a', wag td: 1*aIt laughs beat w'ho laehis at hs owrI4c' -2peech~ 1allvWer, but , the oie dew , bforoja Wl i t io every timo it ljghten dod$ phb9k 6 en bu hnd show a-'little tait Or the golaen 111 etreet?" ... d a ey Ov eut a:rle h id? e n nbg tore rain. Ev ryone lowa how thi1' of a sma 1 town ke;early o mornitt The stip .ato oor three sleepy tie ei ;h .be l .6,000 , at, itnatelf :to be time e r peplp began arow . tRthe e t oAlee, h14tp te statib 36 a y.silent an d pres0e tlu a busy so no. 1 r iink ihere 1 no O:e wher o e way Sso pople 'in oshort t mna t'$tisinq; hl 10. ninny:otIo bo aei e at re I 1b ::; I 'Jt6n to find is 0iho3 .peak., he langua o,4ie. n etIn ep g ,reeablo, eket.e~l o t 4e adven nta b y y oasio liey can. We were rt ten minl utg Etif al Called D rligev, tti 2ok a steam. f't u o al'ied rly that we not k iep d a9n the j yIS.pjest, we ld , t ma tudes. Lake Sti!in 18witieei ae i river beyiond 48 n r rand X was .ootistantly vonder g in which direction w9. would go 3t, for it, seemed 'imposible ,tgp; urther forwArd., The water is very ear, "an- f,a ..dar, blue t n. The kare suced. i h f ila ad' alb, 0 s, e _Npti p e t 'tie ; e lbrli Iich is barren and preolpitous. With io view constantly changing as tio eanier wends Its way onward; ,r per* n would be inleed fastidious tp say was iinI teresting. M7reatly after arting, looking backward in the dilea. )n of Interlaken, the rugged peaks the Wetterhorn and. lciredklifrt . snowy 'summits of the Jupgfrau, onch and Eiger, come into view like gigantic panorama. .Next as werap. oachi thema,4 he'glittrint,imnd anger. is snow fields of the BlumIisalp, the. ocihomi, with its conical suimmit, e- seenm. Tihe lit tles ale loo.ked very et,ty in the early nibraing, 1hait in adow, halt in sunllghj, wvith the and and rugged Alps sarrounding II, aeeefd'o ine thM th mot I see <ff vitzeriAnd .the dr&ttie.ditinecomes, a senpry is so varied. Soon the e becomes so narrow as to. be little 3re than a river, up which the boat, kes its way, and stops at Timh t~ .ay nearA.-railroad stationi. It itaint oldtown oft51O0 iunhabitan:s, ettily situated on the river Aari. The lucipal street Is et'irious. In front the-houses,' project a r ofi~t, dlware-houdfes, In' height io Ln st, on the flat roofs of Whichi is the. velment for pedestrians, and on either~ le are shops.. Taking t.he train at. this place, In an ur we teached Borne, one of the >st imp6rtant of Swiss -towns, and e seat of the government, Itis built a Deninsuhz o'f saridstone rock, rLned by the Aar1.6 One of tlpe9fd ardeteristicsiof the place is the miber and variety. of, fountainji i. esenting ~ ects of 69 cito * * JBible, any of ft4tk tfi~I century, ~ QM4 t which 'AI~ horr bys a few ft siteting t.i ifteh6d ~'oihafd~ ul h scnr s'n~es,Albth an ie'lng t alUe oathe r g a a l itig %5t Won, n. Bragg iiiineedlessl' weakoned ~i~cenitre by sa4eat to Cieburne; a o er minim vpl the strength of What he had >left y im prudently deploying them o ea ptrat n t tiop .had gathered behind the. little tf r of :.woods In front of Bragg's posti nd tlhenervousness and excitemeitlb tie, Confederate General and his stiff *y MRasolepp O oo9,d b arq ael to the dottou fhey WQui< tal Q, .noW that it was.too late to rectify,thelr lines. Nat B Blr ~ "ogt,,l staff, was i> y' h'ap mood niaving flyaltttle, nore to .drink thui was neo psry,Q pra vi iol,.aii.n Rarity somewhat shocked the, nerves. r thpse who did not bavo scess to Iil tidin 'u'ply. lmo :qujdebii 'ail g t r l oPh iim at the ft a tipo, Gen. )3ragg dr tcied liini to { lt,a a tl q utc;oui-ler' and do to a plosi,ttp 4p t -e dge wiori there. was a rude breastwork bf I Maj. Blank called. two of t'Ia ?p6eneras U d.g'uard' athd, to .the i .; d sgnt d, -t'd thtiu outer line. of :the r hiiars sta u rltl ated. .T 'imount, c it jr ' and e nas skirmishers," ;s1 Maj1l ;Ta couriers obeyed sRud d el b i ft og ti eq oye r."- Thinking that the curie bie,oileer he did so, and as p anI. Blahki .~ tb time qestiloning tI e th er loue alt tny se he Sthe courier: 4a lienep r o~ $t,Quh g; lhim - he h advance o? Ge (21eve's ,cQp$; and checked it, G} o't Gen. Breokinridgejind tell him to scid die tin en wittt lng=nd oguus, and whio,the*ho.le.l" d army,. This ourier 'it s -glad tb get awa. from suc. aOire,eating '.ofl1cer, but.,hd iiever got to Gen. Bragg. The men nnese.d bemd' th o piede Of woods opehed out in the meantime, just ,as ..a person woukd unfold his armg, id; with It wjl,d rush, made for the ridgo. swee'p. ing the centre as completely as tlgouglh'a :tLttible, tornado had 'struck 1'.Tie courier drdbped, his prisoners and made for they" c6richoy rbadt acrdsa the (ickamauga,- while Maj.TBtanld_tfriWed 'up In -' Aniorlized ochditti o in day afterthe btle. - lIn a Frenuch Bloar ig S9hool, Ia every Erench school, be it convent or pansion,- the'girls are obliged to w~ear the uniform peculiar to their suoo. T6 jsonai is Ati eXO8lnrt one, as'it tot' ~Aysvis a greatadeal of t rouble, but it prevents any petty jealousie's oiu the subject of-dress. The time: after dinner until 7 o'clock, with the excep tion of .~ ninutes .for pijaye'rp,, is en tir6uldvtel td oeoshe 4n summel' the'sahlerd Walk or'piny.In tlilharden, and in winter, with the exceptioni ofi the very small girls, who amuse tli n selve hy iIron haj t i~ e ado?' des slees, ci' scholars' parlbr Thia dancing' incoipulsory, n9 .oher' mqde of exercise l#amg allg wedlhznodork sud-lttWgh grout fufi to be'gin with, towadpte clos3 of winter the formula be th/mnotonous, and 'the time. for playIng in the garden at night as well as in the day. time Is halled with 4,elight. . klev n o'clock erjngs1 a'nd tlus le tiie;~ saif thou'd' stl!dy b eforo (edtfa~"~ pg nlope ,ho,gs being usually devoted to thieplano. At 8 th(' ProteQtant girls have their praye'rs, and the..small clhildren go to bed, folloved, at 9Oby the. ,entiretschool. TIt,us one, day euoeedsjhS 'Other, with only a chaxige of ro,tesa to naiatk the differ ence, until Thiirsday afternoon,.from 2 until 4, whon the scholars arq0 alloWe l taceivel th9il pauent's or friends in tjie a or, If they hiaVe none near enough L6V10i them, to wIito. (beIr letters, To frren61Egirls thiero is very little liberty' allowed on the subjectof letter-writirig,. Iutoths Engli.sh arieriomils the L)rmISi s isgiven,to correspond with mioh friends.9r rolatgves'gs,air.puj onia Uklibyt60. parents. 1 guardians. ii. hUnoti the ottfotnwfor/'Freoh l yas ,oi' end tOem must be lef6' ungeeo, O be aroad.1 lie 'principal, tbr ugha h,pse; hyds pasp,s ert lett ut1 m zuthe echool.,/Sp~otud BbedIIl fallt. With-an .of thdse-letthr(sBhc a to ho~ adidtob er o 1l$ V reo2to0iotW avn8 PA :f IT iFI~ ' ver.was ithatempire V.(of- T, ra iu gora) i: sipo; danger a' 1 a oe"-Qrman wr.., Aa soon a w evignt,that it, ws:go14g' ag i e Fre t,,t4eir, $rpoO_ weVo. feoj ro1 rleoa t ttke p rf ip,t4ie. st ug : t 1o n c-- il'le'ria W as 'I ; 1tga,tle 'hour for Wh Iah the qubrel rates had long' Waited coglie, aif kiu;'cbuld at oh4'i }oind" their fb'oes and proola1id 'ilf "var, it Is etolether probA ?le tiie'1'rebci Widiave been dr, (frOm Nortliern Africa. 'They; ir nlavb tegained Algeria ffter'thu ei War *is oi er; but'only by a re et ;of*,thei yeat offlghttng which It !to conquer it. That the tribes dic take advantige of, thjs,. and, (e,s Ahe Yrenclt had their hands full oi 'other side of the [edfkerraueau., owing wholly to their fideilty to a emnipledge.-. .*, When -the war broke out, a clih :great' influence *.among- the ; tr Mokrani; gave his word to the (* nor.' General of Algeria, that' t should, pe , .iniirreotion whilh w. r,l eted., That word 'Ws faithi seiit. The Frenucl arlins were foli by disaster after,:disaster; 3apc i'urrended, at Sedan,'and Bazaine iderd"' at Mbz. , Then It- seOmE e"i in lie Rine called tc tyawatchi uight- uevop agre ag Bit not'a inai stt:red, nor. yet ;y al the defeati and disgraces of the oulminkte4in the alege and styrro o ' a s, The.. Mosleri's faith 'kept l .Bt-,whe alI was over, .v the"last-battle had been fought Id treaty df'peaoe had been Aiel xra ktort, tlien Mokrani e isonli plede,'attcl pb n hl -wolid itake:Mt>o ; ad vaitegq,: <buif fortyweight 'hOUre' notiee. Tl ein t 6:ry went throigh; the nmoita it;e'tiibes islied to tie Ikl 9wg ku r,JlY g".qt qr~ Ott placeseMy t8r'Rh. ? -w ae jneyv) p, ae *aboen; as rench armies were roed-Xromdul 'idite, they catke in large divt ro 0'the-IMedj6reneani Seong ali Was los't,' Mpkrsni put hins; i bo of-hi troops for the last ba n l ahing to the front t(oren lighting, fell." The war was ended and- the Yial were'subdLied, liut with no loss of utation for courage,'and with inor of honor, in that they, had: kept ff even; with ' unbelievera; and it wi tIig that the French should'the m'e i'erett a ionulneit to mark the * Were .this npble enemj perlel udr andlt, couldwith valor wrndIndustry. in peace, with int love of co'untry-and courage in def lng it, :are enough -to redeem a w peopili from the reproach of' barbari Pi'ez IEssay onu Skatinug. S*atng i not oontlned 'to any C< try; you may -see skaters in Canadi G ermaniy; in England, 'and' -ini *United- States and 'it is a peculiar' that wherevei' skating is a favof'ite time, the demland for arnica is gre than the supply. Although not dIued to anycountry, skating is cont to a'season; very few peoDIe skal the summer; about July the exercia slightly laboi'ious, and is abandoned the more' congenial pastime of robl oprchards. The first thing to do i aibout to skate, la to hunt up gaine 'a person may 'attempt to skrate' oni rences, but Ice Is 'always 'the best; nhecessary to test the thicknesof ice; this mnay be drMe by sleating.. an' air-hoie; we. tried that 'plan o and it succeed&d admirably; we hal - borrow money though for the year to keep us ip tar--drops and balsani. "' Hlistoi'y says that a al once rn his life Lywearing skates, lhe had 1 on; a jouriney t1o a settlement twe miles away' and 'skated the distalled the b'om of'the' river; when retur, lie was ptdraued by wolves, bdt knowledge of skatipig en bled h it get away .from them' Thus, .we that wefehould. always wear- skateL we are linible. to be attdcked b'y, Wo at- any moment, and when there I tree to elimb, it Is thO' best to ha good pair of skaites, for, .altho hurry is the mark of a weak mii 'sa't flN%ayA healthy to xemiain in e ewhet t.heircs a baker's doarof , wo trying to dissect a man. S3kating 'is griadually going out Ifavor, for ,the'reaso~n th.at' Ice 'canno Iolytained, for 'less than 1-2 a' cei poiha, @lid'thd6g Yd$o have tr4d it. that there isit much enjoyrment ia lug> to ' ka,te In th6 ftiidet of' a a br.or on ho. tes of a stidet rallk WhIuppose,thie ezpression ofla *nlg in One's sleeve is 3tlrdd4 fom facot that a 'n>ndneralliy obW ks elbow when ho "smIne," pU oex TO, ng )at Is ;Far S! tJ 1~ . t e I. . \ 1". J a S:ota 9198 n rQw,the man of oe, g paaust, o pne,s,Qulkay. be broad the iii. tie range ,94 Aio9epstiani and. on i n.igQha tetn, oand iilo .There .inst is a" pnge, Ande, in w ioh every artist diled wouldbe 'igal er eoming uni reat :eia. 'hnius the p ind thp painter left my each prbIt' froia'fill and exact stuiy Of ttig ifgts n'atural science. B 13ut' then' th' tis le 'benefit 'depends lig' oi.t figtubjeua'f'bia ,d not as a V' aanut Would tudy it, 'erely for the , ( n rooiseknowilede, Uiit' for the sake of tUdtj ,the:, pootical' or pibtrispects, rela V9 tine atd14 au igestiolid' which' the facts ikht presdat, - ; moan. 'So'true tb this i that dbe is hardly go. tion iug too far in laying it down'as a canon cost that a painter ought to be a good -ea not sbr "' the causes of natural ,hile henomena, aud, .haG a painter ought the not o,to ;be au authori$y in the realm, was eay, of purely historical and ethical 'so. discussion. the iivS of-. great men litve'ften hhotwii usa strange and per of verso inclination to break thiough the bes,. bound-4 of theirroer dogiain. More ver-- thhh one hnon'of' hdoubted genius tbe has, It ia'averred, dliressed regret that t he ibm tnot attatned< distinctions in ully Some 4thet line thani his Own, Wolfe, Wel 'when ; actually. engaged - in his last ]eon -orowpingfeat of.general8hip, said that sur- le ,w9ul'1 ratliter have written' Gray's d as "egy, the Uoetho, npt satislqi tp<bei the great il,;, ost of .poqts, g mt o.usej to become a savaut.as well. ;8Spl faot appear at then' irst siglit'o contr ctur lheory that w&r huperlht '9 ,erforpi g eof, any kind aer Impled .a irespoudtng ,concentration . of impnule he otr.liction is was only elppbteiit. e. ia be sure that Wolfei..bibby th b tieuome a sol e dier bobti'afldr had 'thirteen-was rroh the h tol, 1ibre isidntely desir f ous :ifmiinti thAnOt etic distino ti tton=et{ eidi e ldtliat'in Goethe the etioit iulse wIas the 'rost potent au ekmaneitt. A 8uch. oecahional - roy gi"n np bitions- mA mean nothing more gliey than thtr the great nah', 31lke,the small ying Qei is apk;to, .overestimate1.what, lies Ifled p rofi} his ach, or perhaps that he, sPor ~ 00". au t,! oromt.A;i aw care of the ~, y at A corresponcent of Nature reports ions that tie-elephants in captivity are often that seen to cover their. .beoks with now own grass, ,tklng.,t up-by the trunk t10, ad .carofu'lly. thatching themselves ost, .a lil the .n?ra' s. 4nd another (orrespolndent of lie "eame -journal yles segl.a the following Statenients, which rep. ma.e it heeessarq't'0 Yevlge th1 old say Base iil that inn Is, thi .e only animal that 11t, tt edl. tools, ' nIh- d e 8yening,: 8o1 .after my arrival les in Tastern Aaasam,rand while the fve spot 0lephauts were being fed Oppo,ite the ied. bugalow. I Abseryedt a young and in lately caught ene, 8tep up to a bamboo mnse1 fence, fnd.. quietly pu'll up- one of the mnd stakes. 'Placing it under hls foot, he do1e broke .off.a plece with bis trunk, and sin. ,al'ter lift.ing it 'to hli mouth, threw it* a way. , He.reieated this'twvice or thrice, iin-d theni drew another stAke. Seeing n,asked~ the reason of this,and told to wait ,in.adeewhat the elephant would do. he "A ast he seemed to get a piece that acsunited himi and h9lding it in the trunk pas, flimly, and. stepping tihe left fore-leg Bteo~reial forward, lie pass9d the piece of y- amboo under the armpit, so to speak, ne and began to scratch with somne 'force. ;e ini ' "'My surprise leached Its climax e is when I saw a large elephant leech fall for to tihe grouud, quite sIx, inches long, in n thick as one's finger, and wich, he I romn Its- position, could not be easily ice; I detlacheOd without this scraper, which rail,. was deliberately made by the elephant. it is ,I tmbtquently foid that- this was a the icommn ornourren1ce. . Such scrapers into : are used by every elephant daily. ace! "On another-occasion, when travell 1 to 'lug at a time of the year when Jarge text dlies are so tormenting to en elephant, ung' I notibod.that the one 'that I rode had no fan or 'Wisp to beat them off with. Ved 'lh driver at my order slacIeped pace een "an allowved hrto'go to the s[ke of the uty road1 when for so09te inohionts she on 'hoved along, i'ummraging the smaller. ing *d ungle on the' banks,' At last she - cameo hi oa cluster of: young shoots well tobranched, -and: 'aftor 'feeling among S them. and. selecting *one, f'alsod her i aL runir, nd :neatly .stripped downi the lie stem, talcing off all the.iowerhbrnches, a no and-loaving a fQne bunch on top. She rc a dehitberately cleaited it ,down several agh time~s, AndL. then layipg hold at Liho 4 it lower end. broke' oil a beauitiful. fan, or bive 'uwitchi about fiye feet :long, handle In yves chuded. With 'this she licpt the flies at bay, i'iapping them oiR on eachi side. "8 ay whiu~ 'we mal, t ero are both b be reallyhona fid. implemnts,' Stelligen ~t a tly.nim de forug dotumite piurpos6." say try-. a YoUG WoiANu~i-Kran and ssee.00e8 'ile wran mayor, a isthi'flrstifUited Stts woman 'mrshal and-Nebraskathe fiArst woman pIl13n9e ( judge of-.tho,skupreme ,* 11 .Tirid Ai rm -arrots ia a pawn shop. * ,