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 ' -^y Ao^ V v^'f^?5r?^|£Er V@s^^^ â- "si^TTJ^r^- 5-sgF!?r Jt.K.N WT â- ^ 5^ 8UB(iIGAL 0FEE1TI0H8. greater effort i e blood flow. â-² PKcaaaemt 8«rge»B Telia S wm Seewto KeoKMUlas. A theory freqiiently advanced among minds who give phyuological aabjecta some thought is that if a human beiw should be- come aware in one moment of aU the saffer- iiigs in fntnre store for him the ithock re- aniting would produce instant death. "The law of self-preservation is powerful and concinaous in its action," said a well known and very skilful surgeon to a report- er recently " and the dre%d of physical pain is intense among highly organiMd animals. "If injury has followed an accident on the railroad, for instance," continued the surgeon as he sprayed a man's great toe with cocaine in order to deaden it against the pain of an operation for ingrowing nail, "a man is hurt, perhaps, in such a way that a surgeon finds it a difficult matter to give him ease or to place him in a position of safety. The patient did not dread the injury because he did not know that the ac- cident was going to happen, but the conse- quences of the wounding are disturbing to a high degree." The surgeon's attention was devoted a moment to seeing that the cocaine was in sufficient quantity to cover his patient's toe, so that all the part to be removed would be anaesthetized. " If the man in later years develepes a tu- mor," resumed the doctor, looking up from the foot, " he will fear that he must suffer as much from operative procedures as he did from the immediate effects of the accident, and that the consequences must be as dis- turbing as they were then. It is a popular fallacy to suppose that, ai this date in our century, physical pain is to be expected in connection with operative work. The man will not suffer at the time of the operation, because he will either be asleep or hia nerves will be rendered locally insensitive through the agency of cocaine. Pardon me, for di- (aopt Fran A. Tiil»-Lo§- CHBISnUS SOBXS AHD PAsmos. ofexeoatia»«»aetliewoA»«icee«. Thk S!iT!f "IS^TS?* P*^ " *•«' previous beluf that Ibe slightest aUpa ot lai^eta aie pM TiW M " tNt-mrMt ilsalflf a!â€" MM wrgW wadatan wportwith a anrfle. ^-y* ramdri^^cxtwiaive ao^gical work do not often Bad tSeir way into the Jiands of an opwator who does not «ttk w»U bat mppomig tiurt sach an operator shbnld ao- raidentaly cut the brain I Portiona of the ta»mare nowadaya removed pwpoaely by Oi aU aporta, howevw, anap-araeon haa we mort OMaervativa augeona, and expos- come down to us with the longert Christmaa we of the brun for the parpoae of removing pedigree, whi'e fate anap^dragon ia a tumors, miasUes and extravasations of blood modem improvement upon the old Eiu^sh TH£8T0T OFAWSfiCC. lia^T. tt the year that^vta a diana io ky pC Chi!iatWM aaya Waahiai. and nevw do bluimui's-bn^ hnnt-Ae- allpper, charades, and mwaqwatrndinga flonriah barter dian dmiog tlM niga of jolly King Holly and hia p^le Queen Mia- tletoe. gressuig. Do you feel that " The surgeon pricked the patient's toe with a needle, and receiving an affirmative answer to his question said he would need to let the cocaine remain longer. The after results of the operation," said the surgeon, picking up a knife with an ivory handle whose edge was like that of a razor, "will not be distressing, because each step of injury to tbe tissues is taken with; the exercise of judgment on the part of the surgeon, and the procesa ia very dif- ferent indeed from the rude injury which, occurred at the time of the accident." A basin of water and a large sponge, an antiseptic solution with iodo^orm and pr':.- ttctive oiled silk and bichloride cotton and biindagea of gauze prepared with bichloride of mercury sol u tion were drawn near. WAK METHODS OUT OF DATE. " The laity has not yet learned to look at the matter in its proper lifrht^ because ocr new surgery has not yet had its opportunity to be generally appvcciattd," added the surgeoa as he prodded the toe with the point of his scalpel, discovering that the cocai ie had done its work well and that all sensition in the toe had departed. "And it is a fi-ijt that a proposal by the surgeon to perform an op ration is apt to rouse fantastic ideas in the mind of the patient. After the accomplishmeLt of a successful piece of work the patient and his friends are inclined to express emotional seatiments, and to say that the opsrator was gifted with coolness and courage, with mechaiiical ta- lent and with a steady hand and a clear eye; Just wliat amount of comparative value the people ascribe to each of these ac complishments and gifts it is hard to say but certain it ia that the importance of some of them is pretty regul; rly exaggerated m tie public mind. Knowledge of the subject of surgery, general information and common senle are the matters of primary importance for the operator, and other pomts are of c 3m paratively little worth. "The value of experience is relative, ihe nece.^sity for courage on the part of the sur- geon is small. Operative work is plain and matter of fact in character, and it requires noi courage but underst£^nding for its prop, er management. A timid man posseeses enough nerve to do the most dangerous opcrrtivo work if he is simply famihar v^ita the subject, and although recklessness is sometimis mistaken foi courage it is well to remember that the surgeon in good profes- sional standing is not the reckless m^n. EXTRA DELICACY OF TOUCH NOT REQUISITE. At this poiat of B^s remarks the surgeon had cut away more than one slice of toe without causing the patient to wince inc^ Mentally remarking that the « d J *^J;«°^f wav of tre iting an ingro wing nail was brutal. Jhlold fashioned wty. he «--• -^f,*" ^^^ a lance down to the bone and cut through the nail fr^ back to front, afterward ex tracting the detached portwn of nail by means of p«r of forceps or ^^'PI^^^- ^. "Mechanical ingenuity is conft^f^y brought into play in the different Imes said the surgeon, the toe no more m some caaea of apoplexy ia now reoognized as a regulariy aafe procednra. " Wliat happena if the opentw aniaten- Uonally cuta a large blood vaeaelT Large blood vessels are divided without hesitation by surgeons in common operattona with the effect of cauaing simply a moment's delay until ligatures have been applied. Other blood vessels are ready to do the work of the occluded ones, and the patient does not know the difference. The surgeon cares lit- tle for hemorrhage from any vessel that he can get his fingers on, the aorta excepted. "Does the operator open the abdominal cavity by mistake Abdominal cavities are opened daily for nothing mmre than purposes of diagnosis, and any of the abdominal or- gans may be cu*: without much dacger. " A deviati m of the lancet opens a joint cavity, but to-day joint cavities are opened without hesitation by the men who work according to scientific antiseptic methods. " An important nerve is cut, but the ends of a severed nerve when sutured together unite again, and the functional activity of the organ is renewed. "It is not often then that an unto wax d movement of the knife can result in harm to the patient, and patients are seldom sent to surgeons who are apt to make accidental incisions. THE SHEET AKCHOB OF THB HOME. " No one dreads lack of success any more than -the surgeon himself, and after an operation which has failed to accomplish the end sought for it is frequently the opera- tor who should first receive consolation from the patient and his friends. " When making arrangements for a diffi- cult operation the surgeon feels that the entire responsibility of the case rests upon him, but unwise friends of the patient some- times assume an attitude of responsibility, and fearlessly venture to give advice. This is only one of the manifestations of egotism which is constantly bursting the hoops of human nature, bur. his demonstration may be more unfortunate in its results than any other one can be. " A case is in my mind at present in which a reliable surgeon knew that a certain operation would save the life of a young patient without exposing her to danger or to pain. The patient gladly set about making preparations, but two or three emotional and wholly irresponsible ac- quaintances frightened her to such an ex tent that she was unable to aHow the work to be done until it was too latp. The friends proved fatal to her, and the case sis a whole is a pretty common one. • " I wish it were possible to impress people with the fact that the family phytician, • the sheet anchor of the home,' is.the one who should be askei to make the decision for the patient. There are at this day many self styled specialists who are really charla- tans, but who are nevertheless able to at- tract to themselves business men whcse judgment on other matters is sound. The successful specialistâ€" reckoning success by professional achievementsâ€" is usually a man of broad education, who has devoted many years to academic, scientific and meaical training, and has followed a special line of study because he has found himself to be particularly well equipped for such work. He has not t»ken up a specialty for mercen ary ends, but he has found that he is that part of Emerson's fragmentary man which can accomplish something 'unusually good for the benefits of his fellow fragments. VERY LITTLE PHYSICAL PAIl^. " Surgeons are popularly supposed to be able to bear the tight of pain eaaly, but that they are quickly moved by s'jffenag »« sufficiently well proven by the fact that their greatest efforts are made to obviate The ones who are most successful in de- it. ease re after of dressing ^^'^^^'â- ^knr^^ndil^g-^ptient^homyith clum.inea. of a bandaged foot, " and quick and senamg nis F*""" """" â- â€¢ V" discomfortthan that produced by the of a bandaged foot, " and quick Berception of the mechanical points involv- ?d r^St determine the direction of almost eveS step of the performance of f ^^f^^J operations. Coohiess is sometimes desirable. Perhaps in ninety-nhie consecutive opera- HnnsXre would be no caU for the exercise of an Inusull degree of this men' feature but in the hundredth case a q'"f « r*^^!;!^' Jected moveaient might conduce to the com- fort of the patient afterward. « Delicacy of touch is popularly believed to be^ acquirement for which there la fre- • " "" T* U..4. ♦u^ ordinary degree of de â-  of men vising means for giving the pa,tieut ceive more thanks from the profession than the ones who solve intricate operative prob- lems With the present method of employ- ing anteathetic for the purpose of preventing pain during an operation, and scientific antiseptic methods for avoiding mflam- mation and blood poisoning afterward, the surgeon of to-day physical pain, " â-  " gni inclined to be timid but it is consoling very ' little Speaking of anaesthetic, the Quent need, but the ... Ucacy of touch which the majority possJss is quite sufficient for mos operative purposes, and the boy who had learned to LTmuskrat traps without gettmg bis fin- gers pinched could successfully operate on ye if he were fortified with the requi- site amount of information. Here »nd ^hereTcertam amount of trained deUcacy is adventageous, and the tactuserudttusu. of the utmost importance in making some diagnoses. „ " THE SLIGHEST DEVLiTION OF THE KNIFE. " A steady hand is a good thing for the BurgfoJ. and a pleasing «|ht for apoctatora, S^aa a praoti^l matter lor ^e patwnt it nSlea very little difference whether ^ej S«Stort hand ia an oxoeptionallv rteady ^l An awkward hnnd would certain- ^hTtV brought Co mind that patients are P'"" P. x:_,:(i about taking ether, to them to know that other is very much safer than chloroform Sight imes^safer according to Morton ses- iimate) and that a well-known rargeon stTe? that he has had chloroform admims^ ?e^edforhis patients five thousand times consecutively without an accident. " The pleiure derived from surgical work ia dependent upon the gratefulnera of the natSt And the stem, determmed opera- ?or who carries his point agamst a mu t^- J^de of objections raised by the Patient m Smet^mes'caUed hard j^^'^fj when he ZuZ^^A he coneratulated on his masterly SndSss^B^. The notion that opera^ Sns we ^rformed for the plewure which ihewOTk gives the surgeons or for the sake of the fee'would hardly ^^ ^e^r serious consideration, ^nd yet there Sy persons of gentle gender who the question to trouble -hem. AOCIDEHTAL ISJUBIBS BARK. to many minds game for this tbere must atitl betlie dark- ened room and the blazing platter, but in place of ndaiiia in the bmrning alcohol, figs are anbatitated, in eaidi of whioh ia ooocealed a alip of paper containing a fanny rhyme 01 prediction prepared beforehand by the hoateaa. One of the oddest Kentidi sports of old was called " hodening" the ' hoden" be- ins the atuffed head of a hono faatened to a p(He and clad in a long horae-oloth, beneath whicn a amall boy waa hidden to pull a string attached to the creature's lower jaw, thus keepng up aloud snapping noise. WiUi this curious object, parties of childrwi in fantastic costumes proceeded from house to house singing songs and cuola, and re- ceiving small gifts of money, cakes, and truit. One would perhaps figure as Dame Mince Pie, another as Koast Beef, and another as Plum Pudding. St. George, the Dragon, a Turkish Knight, and an Egypt- ian King, had their representatives, while the leader was known aa " Andent Christ- mas." We are inclined to pity the Puritan little ones of New England, who knew nothing of merry Christmas-tide but some of them enjoyed one practice which they called "burning the Christmas candle." This taper was a home-made affair, and differed from other tallow dips only in beins; larger and having the wick divided at the lower end to form three legs, while at its heart was concealed a quill well filled with gun- powder. On Christmas Eve it was lighted, and the quaint little Puritan folks sat round telling stories and riddles, and roasting chestnuts and apples, until suddenly the powder-candle went off with a tremendous explosion, making a delightful excitement, and giving the children of the colonies their only taste of uproarious holiday fun. CHRISTMAS PIES. The hearty Christmaa cheer Ai old was never shown more beautifully than in the wonderful pies that were the pride cf every good housewife's heart, and there were, no doubt, plenty of Little Jack Homers eager enough to pop their thumbs into the savory contents, for we find in a very ancient book that " every famiiye against Christmass makes a famous pye. It is a great nostrum the conipositiou of the pasty, which is a learned mixture of neat's (cow's) tongue, thicken, eggs, sugar, raisins, lemon and orange peel, and various kinds of spicery." They were baked in long deep dishes, re- presenting the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid, while the rich ingredients were supposed to have some reference to the offerings of the Wise Men. Sonit of these pies were of such enormous s'ze as to make our modern pastry sink into insignific;ince, while the substantial portion seems to have been more thought of than sugar, plums, and spice Ore that in 1709 was concocted by Mrs. Ddiothy Patterson. a house keeper at Ho wick, and sent to her master, Sir Menry Grey, is said to have contained two bushels of flour, twenty pounds of butter, four geese, two turkej s, two rabbits, four wild- ducks, two wood- cocks, six snipes, and four p irti idgas, two neats' torgues, two curlews, seven black- birds, and six pigeons. It measured nearly ninf ieet in circumference at the bottom, and weighed one hundred and sixty-eight pounds. To be serve i at table it was fitted into a case on four wReela, and two men pushed it around from guest to guest. A still largerCbriatmas pie, however, was presented by J Ames, Earl of LionEda,le, to King George ILL; for that contained two geese, two tame ducks, two turkeys, four fowls, six pigeons, six wild liucks, three teals, twelve pirtridges, three starlings, fifteen woodcocks, two gumea fowls, three snipes, six plovers, three water-hens, one wild-goose, one curlew, forty-six yellow hammers, fifteen sparrows, sixteen .chaffin- ches, two larks, four thrushes, fifteen field- tares, six blackbirds, twenty rabbits, one leg of veal, and half a ham, while the ciust required three bushels ot flour and twenty- eight pounds of butter. This huge speci- men of cookery weighed three hundred and eight pounds, and had to be borne through London on a two-horse wagon, and I am sure all will agree that it was a " damty dish to set before a Kmg." •MorikoSoa Theachoonfr^J}. W, Hamnowl, Cufk Flandeca, ot Bodtttad, a small coaitar of aix^ tcaa, left Purtamonik WedMaday morning, tnaaancd, b4ddoa ihe oaj^liain, by his BiAii Albeit fisol^ta." "and 'barren McFadden of BocUi^. The oargo eoosist- ed of t sa uu ty batieb of fioor, twenty bamla of day, iSOO fire bruAa, aeveral padtagea of sugar, nnd other artidea. Jnat befoi* Cape Bh'zvbeth wn« neuel the wind waa ao vehement tltat ife. waa like a tornado. The Captain knew Uiafche oonld never weather the learfol Uow, an lia de- terminod to pat into Portlaad harbor. The exartiona that were made to loond the Cape Ught and to para the famooa Tmndy'B reef where the ill- fated Bahamian went aahore were anparhaman. It waa the mereat dianoe the hardy aailota had before them. Bat the flij^t waa mtde and the vessel waa pnfr a little farther oat to aea. Then cam* the tearing wind of deatnietion. In an inatant the aaila were torn to Shreds and to navigate the little craft on the rampant aea waa a matter bey«d the akill of the best sailor that ever pulled a rope. What could be done to save her The Captain saw that a bit of his jib. was left, and with this ray of hope he set about turning it to the best advantage. If that would only l*3t the vessel might be guided into the hariw r in safety, and tne lives of the crew w "ltd be- spired. Crash I 'j len most everthing seemed to go off the schooner on the winds. The "traveller" had yielded to the mighty strain and hope waa loalL Just then, to add to the perils of the moment, the Captain atrusgUng to do his best, was struck to the decks almost dead by the swinging of a boom. His son, too, was hit and fairly hurled over the rails, which, with singular fortune, he happened to grasp. This saved turn, but his father was mssnsible, and there he lay on the icy docKSa What those three men wentthrough before they reached Portland light it would reqnure a long time to tell. First .high on a mount- ainous wave, then deep down in valleys of billow, on â€" shoreward they dashed â€" with ropes flying, timbers cracking, and all things scattering in all directions. It was 7 o'clock when Assistant Light Roepers Joseph and Gilman Strout, sons of John F. Strout, heard cries for help off the rocks. They rushed out, and beheld the Hammond coming straight in toward the worst cliff on the M»ine coast. Down to tne very sea s edge they hurried. For a moment it seemed as though there wasnotthe slightest chfince to save the men. " Throw us a line," shouted they. The little schooner was not one hundred feet Kaglaad haa in Indin aoma 50,00aj|00 ti tbe moat in£bka of tliyn^tive rae««, th* races upoaf ^^(itt P Bti fa^ irinat chiefly rd^ to roll bade the tide of Baaaian aggramm; andBaglandia no«likofy to ferintJthatit anu tb^oa rery mm irim in ' 1807; m% the biddins of their Ca'iph, the Saltan Abdnl Siedjil, gave their naited aapportto Ae British ooanestion at that aapreaw moment when their defection might have coat the life of every white man nod womMi in India. My late father frequently aasarod me that the whole inueiwe of the Caliphate waa used moat unremittingly from Constantino- ple to cImA. tiie spread of the mutioy, to rally to the Kngliah atandarda the Mnaanl- man races ol India, and thatin this way the debt whioh Turkey owed to Great Britain for Briliah aap]prt in the Crimea was paid in fall. And Um time mayasain come when the devoUon ol the Hnssalmana to their Caliph and the ahrine ot St Sofia ma^ be not leaa neceaaary to Great Britian than in 1857. I am aware that in the Western World the religious sentiment of nations ia no longer oonsidered an important factor in politics, but it would not be wise to regard any such maxim as applioaible to the East. The myriads who to-day in the hottest re- gions in the world keep for an entire month each year the fast of Ramadan â€" entire ab- stinence from all food and water between sunrise and sunset while continuing their full daily toilâ€" the religious zsal tha has endured th'u trial steadfastly for more than 1,1 00 years at the bidding of the Prophet is not likely to look on unmoved when hia shrine at Mecca and his tomb at Medina have become the objective points of fore^ aggressi. a. The enlightened classes in India recocmize that the rule of England has secur- ed us against incessant internal strife, in- volving a perpetual exhaustion of the re- sources of our community, and also that by a just administration ot equal laws a very suffisient measure of individual liberty la now our birthright. We have lost, aa some think, our national liberties, which after all were merely the liberties enjoyed by despoto to compel their subjects to make war on one another this so called " liberty" is denied us but more than 240,000,000 of us have now the right to live our own lives on what lines we please, and to be subject only to the control of a known, a written law and this being so, the one further inducement needed to keep the Mohammedatf millions forever steadfast in the British couueotion is_ the bond of a religious faith and a cherished conviction that, beingjtheiloyaljsubjectslof the Great White Eaiprees, we are therefore the strongest link in the natural alliance between our Qut en and our Caliph, between the tem- poral power in India and the spiritual power that radiatesfrom the Bosohoras. :., the away. The line was thrown, and then came terrible emergency. The breakers ran many feet high, and for men to attempt to come ashore it seem- ed utterly out of the question. Should they ever reach the land alive Time settled all this. They did reach land. They mmaged, with the aid of the line and urged on by the words of cheer from the brave keepers, to get to the rocks. When very near the- shore it at one time seemed as if they were to be dashed to eternity, but they were most gallantly rescued, almost frozen by the chilling waters and half dead with exhaustion. They were fairly lifted from fate, in the arms of th-: keepers. It was one of the most remarkable rescues ever heard of on the Maine coast. ,, BorneO' Had I to introduce the most un-European are allow and men who perform ns daily may not bt case of accidental m one on tively rare, liany cases they (^iddjetaUU^^^^ Sancial reaourcea the h-PJ^haa to De htfged for their accommodation. my reaaers to scene I know of, I thhikTshould ask'him to take a seat with me in a native canoe and paddle up the araceful windings of the Meimbun River. At its mouth the huts, built on seaweed cov- ered piles, form each a separate island. The floors are raised a bare three feet above the level of the water, and ne needs not better evidence of the fact that here at least we „e in stormless seas. On the palm-stem platforms in front cf the entrance the na- tives squat, whUe around are playing half a Sn nak^d Uttle Cupids, now plunging into the water, now paddbng races m min- Sme^oes. A little father and we enter tSriver, whos« water is so clear and pure and bright that one longs to tamble in, doth« and all. Close to the banks bes ?he marketplace, a picturesque !««»«« «* «oniearioe bananas, red sarongs, palm-leaf Ks'aS flashing spears. Beyond the sSJgomg praus are Wed up onshore. th^Kwieldy stems a mass of qtu«jnt carv- £r Si though a tiny '««',»' .^'J" J^*li. â- Â»;«» ralm whosc graceful fronds, \l "A ftgS ^rfi directiy from ^e^^m'TandwXd our^l^ m a^ °^^"S:S"i^^-- eSiTor'^t A^^r THe nh«« i- tiie ab«.lute ,: ./; Waverers. Among the practical moralities of life the habit of prompt decision should hold no mean rank. But few persons fully appre- ciate how much saving of time, how much personal comfort, how much actual success and happiness is involved in it indeed it is chiefly through the evil effects of its neglect that we estimate its value. It is not uncom- mon to meet with people who seem to be nearly destitute of this quality. On the most trivial question they will pause to con- sider and to make qualifications. Jf asked their opinion of some new book or new en- terprise, of the prospects of business or the harvest, or a candidate for office, they tire out the most patient listener. If any one asks of them a favour, they cannot decide whether to grant ci to refuse it and so loug do they hesitate that the petitioner would often be glad to withdraw the re- quest. Two different courses are open to them, and they spend so much time in com- paring them that they can follow neither to advantage. Those who value their time cannot waste it in waiting for them, and, after much delay and irritation, they leave such indecisives to themselves. In_ fact, their whole lives seem to be a series of waverings that end in no definite result ex- cept disappointment and inaction. A Moustar of the Deep- Those who have seen a diving-suit are aware of the frightful appearance of a man arrayed in it. The front of the headpiece is a large circular pane of glass, giving the wearer the appearance of a hideous Cyclops. From the top of the head runs a rubber tube for supplying air to the diver, and there is also a rope for hajjvling him up. .In the early days of the gold excitement in California, a Mr. Potts and hia partner, both giiners, decided that there was gold at the headwaters, of the San Joaquin. They discovered a deep hole in the bed of one of. the forks, and concluded that, if there was gold anywhere in the bed of the stream, it was in thatlhole. They tried diving to the bottom fbttt the water was^too deep, and they found themselves in a dilemma. Mr. Pott's partner bethought himself of a diving-suit in San Francisco which he could procure, and the decision was reached that he should go and bring it. This he did, arriving with it after some time. Mr. Potts's part- ner arrayed himself in the suit. Lying •across the hole was a fallen tree, and Mr. Potts and his partner walked out upon the log, and the partner slipped down water and was instantly out of sight. witli en- iTbe out oTplace in tome "Peratior-. ba« take part "JS'^In^oi^wrnti^^ i« qnito a.id»byirt»dor, lookiBg IP Triabmaa wboae ^^^im^^ ^tavotpbe Miiftiniiii " rup^7towi;.wh«ethehou«.. -ft^ ^-difference either i • ^^^^Talm.witiiitagolde cumes r^wy"u;dlm.withJta^gMmi3^ like nuta. In Uioae happy â€" aeed, wdteth. moment, at !»*,*• have nodMibvfiirit. iia*4* Boned in her Wedding Gown. For many years Miss Nellie Yale, daugh- ter of the late Grejiory Yale, one of Califor- nia's most eminent attorneys, had been the affianced of G. P. Vance, and longingly the two awuted a day when a wedding would crown their happiness. Vance drifted off to Denver, and during a visit to friends in the South and East something over a year ago Miss Yale contracted a cold which cul- minated in quick consumption. Returning to her home in San Franaisco she grew feeb- ler daily, and even the dry atmosphere of southern California, whither she went, failed to stay the wasting diseaae, aa ahe was again broueht home. So'feeble had she become last week that her lover was sent for. He reached San Francisco ooFriday. On Sunday Miss Yale waa dressed in the wedding gown wiiich had been ordered over a year l^fore, and, her lover's hand in hers, was solemnly wedded, the Rev. Ed ar J. Lion (a aahool-mate of youthful days) readinz the service. Then, with a happy heart, the loving bride sank slowly to her death, whioh occurred early yesterday morning. ., This afternoon the body of the bnde, again attired in her bridal dress, was bcwne from St. Stephen's Church, San Franciaco, to the quiet home ol the dead. into Mr. Potts held the rope by which to pull him up. The signal agreed upon was a jerk of the rope. While Mr. Potts waa thus sit-, tin? on the log and holding the rope, he appeared to be fishmg with a stout line for big fish. He was thus engaged when Chief Keweah and his tquaws came down from the mountains, whei u they had been gathering nuts. He stopped, i*ud thus addressed Mr. Potts " You kdtchum fish • " No, not yet," was the reply " but I ex- pect a bite pretty scon." The old chief was evidently much interested andawaited devel- opments, his Equaws following bis example. Prettysoon therelcame a jerk of the rope that rippled the surface of the water. Keweah became greatly excited when he saw Mr. Potts pulling heavily on the Ime; and the old chief raised himself to his feet and watched the procedure with the deepest interest. Presently the monster of the deep came to the surface, with its hideous Cyclop^n eye turned in Keweah's direction. Ugh shouted the old warrior and he and his squaws tomed suddenly and fled pamc- stricken over the plains. A chicken fancier is trying to get up a new race of pullets by crossing weather- cocks with Shanghai hens. This if»Pro- CTCSsive age. Rope walks will yet be made to trot. " Aw, Miss Wealestate, weaUy, I should like to get bettah aoqaninted with you. Er aw may I escote you to the wefwesh- menrw^m^' Miss R-lef^I^^SeT; Mr Forinhand, you are kind indeed. Here I have just been dying to jom the muffin stmgglein the next room^^and you are the first to come to my rescue. Tie recent introduction by Faber, m Germany, of pencils for writmg upon glass, ^rcS: au5 metals, in red, wS.te.or blue. MM /-. ma I A society pi^or, in dea(ribtaig tlie order In which a bral party ijjiwa down the chnroh aiale. aaya " Tho hgie w»»k«4 «» (he um of h«r fathBr.*? TW|«ay aD ilKht. bat it aeama toju «M n^hpeb wm huAy tiM pnq^ (iMO to 'J;i*^-^*^i^-=^' ^;^â- .: 'â- ^:)ji:;l'XTiqA-^^i~-i^- f^ (-ni^M:;^ iff'-tilf-'iV]iiia â- ^W ^•4 IB to be noted. The composition coum^ 5 malting togetiier fourparts of spermaceti, three of Idlow, -^^ *T? Z/^*^;^ ^^t AT» a.4ded six Darts of either red leao, wmce uS^or PrS^blue. according to the coter SM. Themass thus prepared is tamed J^the usual form «« «t«»^".j;^t â„¢SS ready for use. The marks "e eaady mbbed SuTwhen desired, and save aUUbelimg. A female surpUoed choir is an mnovataon in tn Bngli.h cfiurch tiiatis c^tt^ n^ thina 5a sensation. The singera wear 3c2 not unlike snM.. A. gown, «id Sle velvet caps. There u a choir of tiie JKkind in Mabcurne. Auatwlll^ ^ce Sofaaak WM imported to England. Canon Uddwrheartily ^approved ol it, and pro -ouoea it irroTorent and grotaaqne.^ ^^Sriodioad kKikor^^ «w6var, 1M« it jkhair/wwiiaiBMi^iMf. *â- . Mi