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't a d der p ' e iY e
WI the brief 59 a tee' and t wilne a ,
grta3y
An umiddets a aboed and the Ey
Wit' we moet aa ~nd hat senowt a
n at h
- hl4ay e
- At the end of thi" deay
F' or the last load hAc?.""
- lut what did yeaay,'alid what did ye d
Wi the butterflies oit, and 4We swaller
An the ilderts all' tboed,ad the skya
bluo? -tl
'Wh~y COOm then ,Qd f9e 4,tl tt
you;
; or oue. abd mny. pai w: are to b
trute,
' be tr u t to each other lt 'appen 'what
till the end Of the daay
An.d the last load hama."
THELS VER hiAGEOk
"Olt w r d -ee alo aha- d y
aals it iiiIn'g in. thi .lodI9ly '(
place all night ? Comnet oh?"
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.
* ,