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". 3 ,.FY \ I J J ' n tr os of daliug; btilfi tsoy n a. ) eSttli aud corkl-r o{s arrdwvn; v be etW'eets iabo by dep 0.iadow os or , ~t ougjt tl *ator : an m ', > l4s e t orit l w g ra pnt h e 'f b iat 1 tbf s tlek , rth isopoite er of t hihn frm ashuet Ll uinei n c atil a ugget en of the. Beiu". dai ,Mest of h ese was :isile u tiny wicker lunch bas etfit one hand, the other grasping the eiic;of a bit f stick,. the. op)posite end of."whih was firmly ' ar set Iii the cstpaolous jawis o ti grat hSt. Bo1ad M,iss Jessamine Mauro was i t ~speeding. 'Wlicah eriJoyed tte romp most, the mitfess or the dog, would ltave: been difficult to. tell; both cor * iely pursued,the sport with a wonder ful zest. Miss Jessainine's cheeks were flushed to the 'color of roses, her eyes .1 . sparkled witi 'an intehsity of excite ment, the sailoi. hat svuig carelessly over l er shouldr, and her, hair,,loosed from its usual stylish bounds, fell streaning, down .ter back in glossy ringlets. .The dog, : pt content wiph many -exhibitions of his superiority In ,' , yhe way of 'fleetness, occasionally tug god at his end of the stick with a sud denuess that snatched it out of her k';? " iveaker grasp, greatly to the detrimnent . her gloves; but he evidently con. sidered it much pleasanter to submit to t"t the gentle restraint, pnd ilways ltast t ' eiled to re-establish tifo connection. nd ho was therein a sensiblevldfel 1 ipw,4o not .4 few of his intellectual S periors would have given a fortune 6 ve possessed his hol4 on the end of hat bit of wood. It would have greatly siiprised qa,ny e.0s1 r'rIt itg sae 9,tse;tog ave en -ne 'estidious Miss J'essaimine Mauro that September afternoon. Her ghi -record for - irreproachableness in the natter of proprieties would have been considerably damaged, and grave doubts would have arisen concerning the .:sincerity of certain sentiments ex pressed in the widely read "Odeoto"the tiblne in Nature," of which she was the distinguished author. flow this usually.demure person, if truly gifted with a soul for "the sublime in nature," could so far neglect the grand old woods about her, now radiant with all the glories of early autumn, as to stoop to so frivolous amusement as that in which she was then engaged, would } ' have passed all comprehension. But Miss Jessamine Maure, secure in the s.olitude of the forest, and animated with the sense of freedom which can only be appreciated by those wvhoso lives.are mostly spent in the confines of a city, little heeded the sublimity of her 4surronndings, and not inCrequently broke the solemn stillness wvith a peal of 'laughter so merrily musical thati the very birgs wvere hushed into envious all.. 'Such vigorous exercise as that, how ever, must of a necessity soon out wind one so little accustomed to it, and Miss Jessamnine presently settled down to a *walking pa'ce, relinquishing~ the stick entirely to the dog, much to his evident chagrin. They soon reached a spot in) which any one blessed with an Iota of poetic -or artistic feeling must have halted. A small 'stream; that doubtless had its source in some swampy lake buried.in the very heart of the woods, here flow-.. ed softly by, almost hidden, save whore the road crossed it, by the growth of bushes on either hand, A bridge form ed of rude planks, which had.in its day been sturdy if not particularly ornamen tal, siihned the stream. T wo slender poles, made fast to posts piaced at each corner of the bridge, were the only guards on the sides of the structure, and against one of them Miss Jessa mie leaned, partly to fully recover her still scant breath, and partly to. enjoy the calm beauty of the icene. It was glorious. Tall trees of every species lifted their heads above her, through the foliage of which the sun k.. .beams glanced, subdued and golden. .Thie birds, flitt,ing to and fro among the branches, chattel:ed merrily to each other in their mysteriously musical dia lect. The soft murmur of the stream sounded like the faint echo of a far off strain, sung by the breeze which faint ly stii'red the tree tops-,as it journeyed toward the north. liere, indeed, was "the subimity of nature"' personified. -~ 'The recent excitement eidmed dlow,, Miss JessahYnine stood wrapt in med ita t4ye enjoyment. A distalnt look in her byes bespoke the boundless realms to which her poetie soul was soaring; So * cety, witLh Its many mockeries, Its fol il'~ es an~d frailties, was forgotten. The (nemory of the home in which her or phaned childhbod had been alient, full '7 as it was of Indignities arid accusations Wto td he W J BQbq in of the scene fr9l Ca1xordisoa byil~s -orinedt~ 46bit Wsiedrs Now~ e.gith athfeep1 t stransgr,~I who se l, ino woa tiloig exibiVenj hiihp d' 1 iWdannd rked Nhe ty watercetIibl t'4 shuk bese ft eohai e pt hoe~ t< Was aore intalesei the pioais, an like lonrew~ yestalnglypaneabr look and pheephl at.he wasxpecetibl before him, her dignitf~ o~o pnsiderd~ bly above par,. ~ in an embarrassed m anhet. 1r1sae' Y You I' had no ided of ladybeing j "And pray," she i'nteirpifsilr4fy torted, "though gon' liad been quite o0 alone, why should you sish to abue 5 .' my good Carlo?" - "Don't you see?" he inquired ir'fa 5 apolog tic tone, at the satne time point - ing -down at -tlig dog. "!he has beei' e playing tlie ,thief." Miss Jdssmiie looked down andtal C sight y'as ao troly riic is that' n spite of hergftorf,s she joild iot re'is' ai hearty laugh, which, being a nti' u i ally.Infectious one, as imme at felned' in 13y the bahe' Tihere )i4tweenl$ higeapw1'irt0 OaiiJd wa's stil0 holig the i'rangers a silk hat! - "O,iCarIoI you naughty villain!" Miss Jessamine csed1, as, soon as she coulil control her . voice; "see \What mischifC you have done, you bad fellow! aren't you. ashamedl of yourself?" and she shook the dilapidated remnant in the animal's face. l3ut Carlo, -seeing the dimples still chasing each other over 11 the cheeks of his reprover, only looked n up knowingly at her,' and wvagged his ti tail in token of his enjoyment of the il unfortunate but laughable incident, ~ "Tell me how it happened,Mir.''---. of "Walton." h "Walton. I amI indeed sorry that e. Carlo should have been so rude." p "It ,loesn't matter in thie least q Miss"--~ti "Maure." .a: "Maure, 1. assure you. I strolled out ii here from the hotel to enjoy the- quiet le wdods. Ulnexpectedly d[covering the i, stream. . thought to pursue my ex- E ploration as far as Its source, but, grow- le ing tired, Jay down-to'rest under a tree I some distance down the creek. Falling si sound asleep, I was only awakened by h; your dog here (and stooped to pat vi Carlo's head-in token of forgiveness, as which that gentlemian graciously .ac- o1 cepted, though with an air which show- tc ed that it came unsolicited,) who was hi amusing himself with my hat which i had lain beside me. - When I tried to ir take p)ossesslon of my property, he (118- 11 played a socialistic spirit and decamped q1 with it-wvhich action, though it ag- tl gravated me at the time, I have now ci cause to blss him for!" and he bowved 'tr very low as he. emphasized this lat o1 clanse. ai "It Is too bad, indeed," saidl Miss ii Jessamino, her heightening color show- 1) lng that she was not impervious to the ki gentle flattery of the strangei', "and I must insist that you will permit r.le to make good the damage!" "I could not hear of such a tlag!" tc "Isat I insisti" t "Then I can do nothing but submit, ai though with great reluctance, I assure fc you." And he really looked hurt. si "Will you give me your address?'" al she asked. L "I am stop)ping at the Coldbrook ti house." . a "Indeed!i I arrived there last night, al It is very fortunate"- . Li "For me I anm sure!'' . tL "It is very fortummnte," she smilingly T pursuIed, "'that I my thuns have anm op- al portumity of repaying the damage im- ce mediately." . as "I beg you will not mention the sub- al ject again," he salq; deprecatingly. -o0 "Are you re#dy to return?" - 51 "In a moment," she replied. "I want to take one more view of these delightful surroundings."- And she leaned back upon the r'aih aga.in. b "The scene is truly charming," lhe C assented, leaning back beside her, his al arm (unconsciously, of course) resting upon the top of Ithe rail, and touchlug her back. tU At this .Iuncture, Carlo, who had been L. t ted the Rtii h o . l er " '4oul a .atti+. aqI b t It Ft,~ Wo ~u ,h~ h ti eaqt spee: is'. ;rueng al.t- 1 ac er o o4 roO ~ar~~d 1 4i a 'ipi eat th i 1steIc his ' elos .K 1ae9 d t 4 i t n y Wofrli ato in for liae=per0 ,e ~1 di oeb? sx herjI 0 t tley ea toxoh e aty? pu a atn atoul euy etwil e o1i t 1 ' at.tb t{uin e rlclib}iibi o. )hism st ittel; h t 1, 9 that the ha it % ti$4ori r Shis back. for, a %.e he st/tts outid it'i quite ai roprietary air strici ' tacin? as Carried ott 4Y.n Africa--n tove Pas me. We Yegre treited to b exhibition 'hich 'wi a niovelt,y vorthi travgligg fles to ee-o-ani ostrich ',i age,. TIo ttle carts, the friries of - which Wei-o tade of bamboo and the wvheels similar those of a velociped, ltoighng, allt 3e gear included. thirty-seven pounds, 're brought fort.aind four yery large atriches trained to the business and irnessed abreast wore .attachel to wi 0one. The race course was a flat lece of country about four miles and a i'aiter in length; the disWtnce~to ha caveled was fotr mile8 strailght away ud return. 'wo ofl the smallest spec ens of African humanity ever etn, rs than four feet in height. and wigh ig about seventy-,wo pounds apiece, ojesmen, pure and tnple, were se cted as charioteers, and all was ready. had been provided nith a magnicl"ent Xteen hands high henglisht hunter, ving a record plaing has ainoni ".el ry best saddle horses of' Cae Town, hd was quarter vay toward the turn the course, pushing my freshi stcee do his best, when the feathered peds otarted, and befo': I reached the >rn the ostridh chariothad ai ssed e, going and rturning like a lash of ghtning. rI did see them, and yet so ickly lid' they vtanlsi into distande at a pen picture, valhrble for its te tracy, 'n not- b'e glet The time ken at tire starting point by several the spectatoi's was, for thie four inies Id return, dfearly. nhtieteen -.ninutes, >t very fast for ostriches, so they said, .it too rapid -for. English hunters, I Liow. Dan'alh Speaks Out in Meetig.c While at service an old lady happened Sseeze, and, as 'nearIy every eye was. irn0d towaurd her immediately aftdi te lxmd snteezed, she felt verf' iQoml t table. When she arrivedl at lipmo ie said to Dinah, her colored malid-of i-work, who hlad accomnpanied her to to meeting: "Dinah, why didn't you Lke t he blame of thiat sneeze on yoi xoulders? You should have made it .eras thoutgh 1t was yo.u, not I, mat sneezed," At the - next, meeting to 0o(d lady hatpp)ened to snieeze aigain. le ptreachler p)aused in' his discourse, id there was a slight titter among the )tgregation, which increased to ai roar ithe simpO-mlinded but honest Dinah rose atid remarked: -"I takes de blame dat imeeze dat my thissus h1tb u1sti teezed Cn myl own shoulders.," scienific expedition for'the explora on of Africa is in outrse of organ|2i on under the charge of Dr. Ensil ite ock. Alueh is expected of it.: rr ottlob Adolf Kratuse will lead the party i see tilat tihe plans are. carried out he immediAte Object 1s describedt as to investigatiori of the langitages and. poial condition of the ..inhabitants pf te region about the Niget, 1Mefiuend' ar ad. - gohs~ of ee it r ct troa~m toroh o roway4 n y Tibd oNV ii1i'4r s a~~nd ut hlitl re nev rottred a Of place. They t simple olothe$, it Iih that :feiaks of the'oery bot dres. n1alereuui4. 'of"t6it city.: They ne6;eac coi.t itl pdress, cc;4 t 21 btec':'at thy 'co1ds e a 3e'hlto i)4 a1 .. sten flo1s'dhw xt ~et m iad there it stops, bI~e J1~d' tce, adl ome inever of It below that o 1 g/na crowd Of 21 7" a "1: ltht.thoroughfare ll ai" osiy frorin''tie amin i S'ab York, idbrovin. cif}. .i htf1 thmri for its wn. TI eir oh the a hoes of yabt" fasoi IOn:.; ! . ? . p .te flamboyant, thy aeliels and olustel AOit.t~ lo , sko' 'indows. At home a;ahs ti.i !beliground they a.e ing but against the can"_ d fine grooming' of the ,' a v" they look not quitU AfWxt~Th~Fblitee.th- p}rel 'Oo1lex i3 b u-i 'to see the westerin itid s 4o wear expensive Ja e made -it lack umin,Aone recdgnizee ilotrope gowns thai one f;J spring. i. ' -ely'pretty fr L ~~ ~ t.tiahorr. Par pf;th Iinddle-agd ,~~~~ {1 e putof the ~BI~ an~ who iiave, X6tk omen. ?' Below .9ighth atreti the ctowd changes for a thirditiri d are native -Nw .Togk's'agaii4 o'are th( Womeri whowNork fprth rlHving, and iay be seen i gioupsof t\vOiid three going home, anywhere between 4 and o'clock. 9Thieo ~io ethit a good. looking sprinkling' f elderi, meagei females in dingy black, with anxiouw faees and little black bags in whicl they carry their lunch to the ofice where they twork. Many -of ther are pretty and many yoL g. Their clothef are evidently pelected with an eye tc woi, the purchases evidently being had in mind whether the material vould .show spots ahid dust and\yhethier it was the same on,both sides, so that it4 would.-"turn." Their general appear anice shtows.that they,have been hard at w ok alli day, and thave had meaggi toiler apiances to repair damages be. fore -coming out on the street. Man3 of them walk arm irA arm, with a littke independent, half-fnasculine air t,hat they have insensibly pleked up fvon' their emp19yprs, anld Jostle throught1e h1nryhg thirongs of me; wid -t h6. t acidg. them. Tiiey are pie vnd lady lke, n's a rule. AN, EVENTFUL J4ipE. . ldowed$ The recent death of Mrs. Josephine Baxter, at her ho~me In -Trumansburg, near New Y~ork, recalls sto those whc knew, her the rewuarkable series of vi cissitudes through whfeh afie' passed 'during her eventfg ulife;~ Ifer mar ried life ,was an extraordinary one, and ih detii reads more: like fiction than a story of real life, .She was'six times a bride and flye tinies a widow. Born in .Ua'nandaIgua idAugust, 1838,:her inaiden -namneaa Josephine. Tabor. :Mer fg.ther was que of the wealthiest fstner, In' Oitark co'unty, NeW 'Yoi-k, azid sh9 wed fil oilly datighter. Au e'child alhe was the aqanywledged kieauty of :tile aneighbor. hood; and: everybody hho romembera her asty 'oungla'dy dealls hbi patticu larly vivacious and delightful mannier. It ~'ofago,se wi ti49~i al IIer. affections Were soon sot upon an imnpecuinlous but smart young' teachei in' the aademy, named James Odehl, and one night in December, 1857, sin eloped with hini., In 1858 ge jUed, and sh10 fnaihtahEd 'herself, by her nee'dk until F'ebiuary, 1860, -when she quietly married Clarence W. Cusptbar), a lach elor pork'paoker at Cincinnati. "She \vastheu only 2Z, and, notwithstanding her hard-toil for a livelihood attd'.het privations, was es bandsome.and viYa. clous as ever. -. M'.-andl Mrsr Cushmnan went to Ett rope. in 1q62. ~.In itome thie lausbing caught the Itoman. fever, of ih hhe sudenly died. 'The' y em$n again a WIdo\Y, retiuriied t4Amer.icaL In Juef86 she s mnarried ai t1.b ;h x i rai t6ioea Sul , ppig together n J 1~ nw becamue f l *to l p t i of All rt r'4 on#C 't0 rtLu t~ "t6 i toi ienx liQnle antl. hot'Is refusal . reaognize he flrst-mat.. c 'tgp s~ac ,i ire3e an nng her W Qwdi, i"or o l ore she'w a'govenes altho family of'a Loui ". llle @roiiiit: lid'ciji' ien }y. wArd Lukes, at Qovington, Ky,."i c 1809. I b n . , sent a litt e later a tel - issionary (o iscia,iiise edinp itd bin t'h made their home seeesgtvely; ii Ind ia, ITpg" Kong ;and <Honoluli, ii each of i jhich blaces M.rs. Luges Was vell, at hnoWn foir; reyo}in to her husban , - ty,q'iype; as cpnaumptivy, and for ;r aslitane in his misionary labors.i . lein te fiandwict 1elauia.i 'q a84, ttd his Widow made ier way, e .bl&tk t iferiet with he hu8band?a 1 'For year sli'e iade her,, home W'it61 er6 th r near. P nlmyitand tiien re oved to ". Philadelphia, vbere, she en t'qed a private hospital as a nuise. Her slender fluances had been.exhaust od and'blio was'tliivory coi'. Among he ,patients to 'ivom she miilstered ia'Gihan P. Eety, a sugar' id mr. iasspb 'ilecilanit at e v.O'leans. IIe t fell ccap8ratelf in lpve with Ida "nu'a, ii d atte Weeks ant ionths of a 9e wa4m courtshiip,married t'eri March 13, 8.Tiieir happy liorn at New Op-, leans was broken.up by. her. husband's failure the'hext year and his suicide by ;shooting.while in the depths of despa because 'f his inan6illlsses - L,ft a widow; fo ths fi tii time andI broken in health and spirit, Mrs. -Esty returned to her brother's home a fdy. weeks after her husband's death. F : several months ' she was very ill, and was convalescing wher ler 'father died of"- olW age atir exhaustkon. Until 1891 she. lived alone with her brothei',- and r bout Z,it ,timp: bane aceUitinted with' a'wealthy and retiied gord miner, Albert M. I3axter, fiomTevada. They oels n ew if foirveird miori1 bh , Duriig the pdsi year Mv. Baxter has been .enga ed in'>)tildinig magnifleeit * .panaiot . costing ovei' $0,000, for their .occupancy, near? Ithaca;. It ~was their -intention to spend- their remain. lug days therG, aud sis. Baxter, who had" known. so many disappointnments and beieave'ments, -1boked foiward -with t pleasure to 'her' bright prospects. Bit in all this there was still another disap pointnlont for' her. She 'was, attacked *by a fatal disease two months: ago, when about to remi e to her mansion. She died on the 11th of November, 1887. I Nationality of E~uropean MonarchR. -It is a curious factlhat there is hardl 'reigning monarch' in Europe whose family is of the- same niationality', pur '1 haug, as the people governed. The hbuse o't Austria Is really the house of < Lran,and even in their origin thei Hlabsbuirgs . w6re 'Swiss. And If the $Smpei-or Francis Josepli be not, strIct ly speaking, an Austrian) still less is lie a a Hlutgailan, although hre is king oft .lundary 'The king of the Belgians is, a Saxe-Coburg; the king of Denmar:k a Holsteiner; the infatit monarch Of Spaina is a Bourbon; the king of Italy 'a Savo- ,a .yard;'th,1 king of Rloumanik'and Prince t Ferdinaini of Bulgaria are both-foreign-. .a ers; the foundei of the Bernadotte dy.~ nasty of Swveden was born at Pan lesw than a century and a' quarter ago;- 'the f 'czar is a Hlolsteiheupttorj, and the kcing of the l(ellenes is likewise 'alHolsteinier,.r flaen, iti the 'BritisW'royal- family there t is very.little English .blood. left. The 1 Hlohenzollerns were.origipally Suabians, and therefore 'pzitly Bavarian anid part ly S3wis. Neither was ths his(orioh hotise of Orabge,' in which. patriotism hias~ nearly 'ahvay4 been the fIrst instnt ObIjdren '-ti WVinter Taking the chiildren out is a very es-- I sentiaiP gnd touch'neglected thatter. Boisterbue Wvinds and an out-doo'r torn teratt'f less than tenty-fige deAgrees I inakes it iiecessary:thaf a sheltered.spot I 'shall be'aguglht"fgr thie ilng;.if,,how-a eiver, ft.Is imossile to do as here.sug gested and the 'little folks must remaina ia th6 house. day aitet day,:letthem beo I kept in'the sunny roo'm o' the' house, and jf.'the house liappens 'to haye lo' I su1nny Toom i it, remeinberl ~tIs, and wyhen chamnging get a house with at leastC one aBtnny room.' Twenty-flye cents invegt,e ii a. thermometer to hang .in the rooxa itn which the children are kept J bql ba, very good investment. F1or t the 'sittinmg-room -' -temperature" of ' sevenfly, Alegrees Would do very well; in lI the sleepff)g-rooYp atemperatur'e of tenri degeen less inn that :just menitioned a Wotild be right . When the, romis be; t coine too warm~ admitthe outer air by logeriug, the whidow -sash one inch r from the top%, Aid. 'aising in'ho samn a 9v 4a0,ut& Dyr gb~Iio. I Saght- at} the"Palace or StandaIa e- llaa~t ini Diegrace. Mally theigO i witiesed} i udbtf'thfepac of Mandaay . t OtlSlng {st yk my' a titidn' io muo l sihb'annii"oftrained 'elepliante, itely ibelonuing;i<to th~ d$posed! 4motl eohj Mand tlia spldiud qtartel" in vbteh' they were :located,tan l mny stii rise was atill :igre incre'sedCr vhevt I vnt 1atroduced ;to and entered itto onlve jon. wito. the .gentloi nlI 1o rpidedlsoy@r thi$ extenslye eetabise 1a. lHe tl nqdoutout, tg. xp I li e.of tip I81e,of .W1gt. lierylIte rno. olo e& e1pia>tws ther f s, i"ho are. the ight ial" Heas ino oggea in a n4agnl - hnt PAYIIibo, atond ln hie graiidpt , uttop nde by n#n dorvitortof "t1ej 1in;'on the oiitrary li wasn st* (ke theti'est of tie ?asts, and,' it' ay hing leis iibtid&ed thin' many 6f' ijs One moli8' ahecdot' aboit' this wo#= lorful beast and . liave)done with el 4 hagts. 13iiortly before-olrarrival oh e ft; these anitnals had greatly disgrac d ilhuself:.by refusing.r to carry a,cerR n veight of: goods which bad.been p11 d n his back. There is. theiregulatLon veight, and the. beasts ;know_,to,.an 11tnG0, wYlhat the ought to. carry,.and It ny one of .tl nahouts attempt toip t surplp:s amount- on his or their iac s t is' imnadiately shot on to the groun Che animal Iin question had been dil y aden with a weight whloh was 'tiidbr he rilon - se; "iathough it ad been twice Weighed, at Mrs. Ganip vould say, before hi own eje , he still of used to carry. it. wThis:wa too inuph or even- his Indulgent driver, so he ac ordingly reported, ad''usf is we ar3 Ived he was about to be tried fgr. is'a xtraordinary and obstinate conduct..> Several elephants,vere led out into a arge.courtyard,.forming a kind of cir le round the delinquent, who seem d Jready, to feel his position acut61y, for e glanced anxiously fron time "6 tit e t his mahokit, -ho was%slbly Affect d nd who stood at his head. A karn oresided oter the 'colrtinartial an ead aloud the -hidicthient agaiust the |'lender, thi elephants wljich con$tit*t d the jury apparently listening l hI teat;' ttCfldn Aft r IJ stals ipe t asalu*t td tb rfAhit.exainei, Yhir byn the' way: uae hisi evld L t at the' rase h.c been distinct)y >roved and. the culprit was adjudged he punishnient-, of twenty strokes. 7pn th announcemeitof :he verdict he jury marched in a most solelun nann,st 6to in "disjalgtprtQf the ya d ud Luried vitl as ltok about as arge as a fair sized scaffold pole. In ho meantime the mnahout had been ad lressing the offender, who was nowy veeping,coplously, large drops of tears aling from his eyes, and occasionally shrill and peculiar sound issued from ils capacious throat. The executioners of the law were at land . and stood about twelve to four cen feet apart, each balancing with >eculiar nicety in 1h19 trunk- the afore aid' Itch. rghu culpgrit v(asileq uip to ,he place,' andl as'he passed ihu'mbler'one ,here was a sounld heard which resem' )ied somewhat a sharp clap of thunder; 6 was the first ilow delivered by thie Iread myruilidons of the law. The )low was followed -by a sharp, shrill cream, although there was evidently in attempt on the piart of the culpriti to uppress any exhibition of paini. 'f his mnishmient' continued until the whole >f tile sentenlce had been carried out. i.lt,hougli I felt considerablie sympatlhy vith the unfortunate delinquent, I vi ~t the same time intensely amused with he thQrough business like ''air with vhich these jninisters of justice carried >ut4the sentence. Thiere weise no light >lons delivered; but, as 'a, matter of 'act, each elephant determined to ad ainister a theavier amount of punish nent than his' neighbor, .and the sly winkle in the eye as the blbw' was de ivered was a aight to see. Puzzledl Lambs. -is said that so acute is the sheep'a etise of hearing, that she can distin tis4h tihe ory of her own lamp among a hiousand others, all bleating at the amne time; and the lamb is able to re ognuize its mOther's. voice,, even though t be in. the midst of a large flock. rames Hogg; who was a shepherd as vell as a poet, tells that it Js very amus ng to watehi the sheep ahd lambs dur ag ,thle. shru'ing season. .While tihe hueep were being. shorun, tile lamubs rouldbe put,inlto a fold. by thenmsehves, nd the former be sent to joi thleir lIte onies its soon da theo operation oft hearing is ov'er. TIlenmoment a Iamb eard its mother's v'oice it.wouild hasten 'rm thi'brdwd to meet her. Instead if flnding the "rough welh-clad usama" vhich It hfad left a shiort time before, it rould mneet a strange and inost deplor blA looking creature. At the sight of his it would . iheel about, uttermng a nost piteous cry of despair, Soon, owever, tile sheep's Vdice was heard gain; the lamb 'yotuki theroeupon tiurn, nd sometimes refient this bot'iduct[ for enl or a dozen,timestbefora I ;pIly illi er'stdod that tlie shorn1 ewlS was eality Its mother.. Mosquitoes are accused by 'rotesso~ L. F, 4. King, of ortg;uating and di* oinatings mlatal heas TH)ElRA AND' TB.)i'1DEA1x the Blei4Ing of tht Two ttreat S*visions of Modern Fiction. Justin McCartiy f M. P., has given t Birkbeok riTstitute a lecture 'o& todern' ictioii," -i ts two groa divisions 'of"- the 'ireal 'an't 'the ideal, glatmig'that.tliewo must- be b lei'ed in every tide work' b'art.' A great manyyears ago,2h said? when he cas beginning his literary carder in Londor, 1be used to,cQme dowuthe,river as ,far A4 13lakftj0a-s'?3ridgoe at all s sons aid in l,a 1 weathers, and be n.gvr came pear to t )ridge. wthott qbsetving. the magnidcent dome of Jt.. lPaul's. He would goJnto ooe.of.tho niches and lose himselfjan. the% singular beauty of the noble dome'fising out .of the mist or' ilde by the sunlight. It \yas always beautif4} and 'alwdys tottahing, no natter what'the weathei' might be. Seen dimly shiAlft tlr'ough'fg orinist it'itad'a'~eitti dharthi bebausWii ed tohbo like sone building 'in s 'distant phantom city of 'wh1oh -you could'only imagihe-a dim outline. When he look ed around him and 'saw the hurrying orowd of pegple. and heard the.noise, the tcurult. heb lceseant tramidng, the constant talk of the passers-by, it seem ed to hi n.a sort of-,pogtjp,duty to lift hiefor, a few nion.tts at least, out of the c9mmonplaae _of fife anvl haveo a sort of comrniunlon llth: that ideal woiid which tras floating high above him. The object of'Iis dIScoUrse was" to dltstois the wo poi t of view fronii hh such a p ctre'ouitd be looked'at; td'oneider wietfe' tile real and ideal,pbJe(od oght.l,o be brought. into juxtaposition or to be co1npared and: cntrA ted ivith each other to make a true Picture, -th'etlie' ii life,or in art. !The yery ddie of- St. Panl'a Would hot be so beautiful:were3lt not fo'r the bust ling crowd. below, nor'would tlie crowd sem 'so real wlbhott the 'calm dome above. in 4.sglish-litera6r'vitere ii. a col. stant rotation. of the idgal and the .eal, one generation runing iy)ld', after the eal and the next generation taking. up {hli most,absolue' rer,tisni. 'W1hein i1Wther In his i'deal liction made. nn Aid 'woti en talk the most, magnificent hiuAen. the coiirse of daily )I 'a reactiin neceselarify followe l, ndl ]]lbkons catie to' the' Loiloii of te Nouad uiedjith iui&s to' St idy :theiiihtI to'ideAlixe'Ilose as well ats A re' i f could consistenty With i realism. jte made a fairy .tale'of Londoi pov rty by inyqnting a kind- of happy Aiand 'in which. deserving poverty always fottud its. rewnrd, 'while the wrong-doer vas invariably punished. After ]3ulwer's extravagant idealism and Dickens' ex travagant realism. It was time to tale up the phase 'of London life which neither of these had touched, an.d the idea suggested itself to Thackeray. He. saw ' a'. world 'in' the West End; lieople with yetty'tioubles and emotions t"odi which .ire otly a memory to morrow. As the tendendy of each k faid of ietion is to find imitation before re action, Diokens and Thackeray foLund a host of Imitators. QOri of these, An thony Trollope, followed Thackeray, but in a fashion distinctly his own, discard tng all Thackeray's romnantic feelitig and1( pathos. The next development. was the sensational story, with'its muri ' ders, mysteries and fearful disclosures. Some of these novels were written after the manner 'of conundrums, and they. left the reader fio time in which to take breath to criticise or to make observa tions. Then people became disposedi for a sudden and new departure, and the school represented by Mr. Howelis and Mir. James came to us from.Amuer Ica. Their aim is to make a story in teresting out of xnaterials.entirely with. ~out interQgt to chai-m 'or fascinate the unwilling reader. With: the next reac tion arose a kind'of Imaginationi the like of whibhbad niot'been seen before, and Mr> Haggard' " IKing' olombn's Minos," "She," etc.,'are the resuln. In all works of fiction It is impossible to discern Whete the real and the Ideal begin and end; everywhere they" are b)lended. Strikinlg examples are tO be found In "Don Quixote." 'Again, Scott furnishes his hdimorpus 'pietures of. life.and caricature, bold and daring adventures and thilling tragedy. He has idealized by the touch of sympathy and genius the htimble,Jlte of the comn pionest jeople. . Anld It Is so with the novels of realism, such as , tiloae of lFielding and Mr.. Howells. Mr. George iMeredaih, who has only lately .come bt isO fame, has '~ught .tpgether th,ieland.the reai perfeotly. The 'Fretich enisafd *chool o.f 'Zolo Mr. Mc C4ithy deolined to dasculs, becatuse it woutld';not, he said, deeply illuence,.ot literature 'or our' socll life, it being no niore. reism, in9tho ttfie sense, than any other 'class offotion. . ne o ~ tle ech so01 bles 'in the interpst .fj1u~fa lsshas rec coend tLe ar i of all dir culat saw' ln wtsu~swhere prac ticable' h followin redsons <are given for'-this action .namely: Such saws' are extrem9l dangerous for workan ia 'te re re innah more force than4 ther saws; 'they cut a '~'s broader-line, and consequenitli roduce * God ua o as14g0 and b4W tb'ey treat t poor as tb'h ay gaW9dajg fothe'greate natKeb