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 fWOLF m BY HJALMAB HSOBTH B0TE3EN« nr V. T. BSEAU Hen ft Co., • Bomtiir J.V the w»tcher« brooRht word »» KU beginning to, Jjr.^«j.^tij« )KSTQCK IcUeltwa, ararBaajcotl OWT. IH All PMlTJ OBA â- rdi, with I. MAwuwsriri nnipea:. intomC I settlen â€" ^^^ ' •ee. Dh McMICHABL Kiacan St.. BuOdo, I|,£ « brei np the camp Md to mov. ' â-  -«,ev in upon the highlanda. A S J^Sen feme's, which fa apr^«lon '*\» twenty reindeer, with puttM »t- ' ^D«din Binglefile, e»oh tled:with r tothe rear end ol the puliha of the ^M^wt Elis had himeelf o»tried|out ^Md recumbent in the last jni/iAo, r" l^ longer than the rest, while hie hw hobbled after him with atrange gea- ' igiBg wild incantations. '.wcarded as an honor among the Lapps ^- jrthe first pvlkha and drive the raide. °?ku honor had always belonged to Zdla. n.. ihe seemed inclinsd, aa usual, to as- rt herprivUege, bnt when aU the children SWkhold goods were packed in the iZ she handed the reins to one of the fhtfa whispered something in his ear, l!,- inw instant, before any one had time nonstrate, the raide flew away oyer the crnst of the snow with a dizzying «] Then she detached a great reindeer JiHrom another and smaller raide which K ready to start, patted him on the reck, IWd her own nose against his, spoke to I would to a child and called him let names. For this was her own reindeer, Ihich had been given to her at its birth. Vddenly she made a sign to the Norseman, L was standing apon a pair of skees, lean- nnon the skee staff. He sprang toward lemo loTw, ud MTw to rMt natn h« had MMnd hw fo«m tiM dagndatkm of hw lok-fiom the dusky, Mul impwilliii« heathani ik snrroniidiiiga. T^low growl of the dog Twhalmo. ^rho abowtegj^ ugly aet of teedi, wm approMdi- IDS the Noneinui, warned ZUb that aome- thing WM wrong. She atMrted forward. a andden fear dilating her eyet, but stopped, tenor atrleken. at the sight of her fatibet'a motionleea form. The question in her ayea waa answered, liowever, befcne is waa fidrly made. With a sigh of relief, die shamed the dog Into ailenoe amd with business-like deapatoh fetehed a clipper with whioh she hewui to ^rinkle EUa' waxen featarea. Fitful little spurts of flame rose from the nnoulderiog fire and tinged with the semb- lance of a flash the yellow pallor of hb face. As he began to show signs of returning con- sciousness she motioned lyar away. He took hfa gun, which was leaning against the wall, and sauntered out. It occurred to him now, for the first time, that he might need its protection. • iBjUlTteW, Hekadtho him faemtlM^ edtowud epwMlts. Soatlsndin the wid e, f' nwnwhTng the eaeaty i groond. Round abovt^ oonU leaoh, tiieir ' stooping heads against the white bnaehed maHlan and CHAPTER Vin. A few days after this occurrence messen- gers were sent forth on skees to invite be- friended families from allover the mountains to a kind of religious ceremony. Ivar, who was strong enough to find hfa way unaided back to the valley, was yet lingering about the camping ground, though, at Z ilia's l,m,„„--â€" ^^_ draw her »dvice, ho had removed hfa quarters to the ,, ^ted himself m the pt^Ma,^ ,^^^^ where the watehers alept. agon his lap and away they wont like jj^^^ were not servants, but dependents and relatives who owned no herds of their io. 1, tl10;Cometlt. I ew Rapid, 9120. *, ie street west, TonsIi. j mi the eun, lUows. The mountains rose. MBIA BICYCLES E'" osD Hand Wbbsls. Dd r Catelogne. HUR CH ST.. T0B0I1TII ISO 8eeaad-Hsai. .1 Send tor list i A. T. LANS.I HOKIKSAL, Qui East, Toronto ITS! not mean merely te J tlien have them Iadical cvke. lot JYor SICKNESS |ra-t my remedyW because others M» lowrecelviugacmo; liul a FREE BO-i^ iDY. Give Exprj" you nothln?: »»r a â-  Address lest Adelaides*. TORONTq^OHT' ife iwn le win3- It was a glorious day. A vast expanse of imittensnow sparkled and gifatened as u the eye could reach keen white rid- undalated in soft lines with a pale lustre, and bluish shades in the peak behind the horizm, shooting long nu in Uio sun and flwhing the light upon ,eir icy shields with dazzling radiance. id to be scudding away upon the wings of je wind over this star spangled surface, ith the cold air singing in your ears, and » loving little maiden in your armsâ€" it was life, that was happinei^s. » The barrier of race, of wbich Ivar had, in to of his gratitude, been painfully oon- ioni, crumbled away, leaving but a man's t and a woman's heart beating agsdnst other. He spoke loving words in Zilla's and Zilla, half child as she was, felt a ._ tumult in her breast which made it tost impossible for her to sit still. If she not known that a leap from the pitlkha old have meant death she would have iped out and shouted some meiry ditty it the sky. She thought it quite sup- ittOM to give any answer to his wooing, id his conqueror's ways, which took every- liBg for granted, did not oflfend her. It thns people wooed when the world was g, as yonn^ Lochinvar wooed fair Ellen NetherbyClan, and homage to the con- leror, whether he comes on horae-back_ or [got or npon a golden calf, lies yet deep in a 'Oman's heart reindeer bull interpreted Zilla's en- ahonts and her flinging the rein mthii back as a sisn cf disss tfafaction his performance." Her "Heigh up I" "Heigh-ho 1" and "Pall away " wore »nmany lashes of the whip upon hfa and he pulled away until the snow from his boofs whizzsd about their and the star strewn mountain plain ltd an enormous sparkling river, rush- «ith a furious speed against them, while with their reindeer seemed the only sta- objects in a white universe that was kthlessly sweepimg to perdition. life b beautifnl 1 Life fa glorious I Far ivibelow lies the world with its sordid bat here npon the white infinite love ia warm as the suu and pure as ur. Heigh-ho Heigh up Pall away 1 me, child, kiss me Eternity fa long to in. To-d*y we live â€" live intenselyâ€" • nptaronslyâ€" live a whole life in a mo- lt of bliss V- CHAP PER VII. Iltvaatheday after the pitching of the â- â€¢at the new camping place that Ivar *pped up before Eiis, as he lay wrapped ' uinB at the fire, and asked hfa daughter 'lU'riage. "My name is Ivar," he said, ««Mly, "and I am the oldest son of Even • rnuigenid." l"Efen of Trangerud!" shrieked Elfa, "Snp, with wild, bloodshot eyes. iM, even of Trangerud,' said the youth iJij" ^*PP gasped once or twice, but not bring forth a sound. Then he I ,°*" "» a swoon before the fire. \jV?" intensely still in the tent. The dogs the grapdmother, weary from the leku ^^' ^^^ corner only the fire BrtT '"** " "^n and shot a spark out toU â-  u "'**° ^°°^ â-  Through the iquare "m the top, through whioh the amoke "•npward, apiece of blue sky peeped •ivar stood with folded arms, looking Lettiag Hm Enow What Wm in the FniM. rr ty M â€",.â€"â€", whOe tiie â- mall, squatty watebon, dartfng aboat on their akees, followed by their bwUac don, headed off thoee Oat wen iaolined to strag- gle. It waa a pretty and exhilarating sight: and yet a pang nestled at Ivar'a heatt aa he watohed it. It symboUisd, aomehnw to him, the wild, nomadio strain in Zilla's blood wliioh drew her away from himâ€" whioh made her like some beautiful wild tiling whioh yon may oage for a while, per- hapa, but never tame and domesticate. There she sat now and Ibtened with devo- tion to the savage howfa of her ydlow kith and kin, howling perhape, and tearfaig her hair like the rest. He owed her hb me, to be sure but how could he ever wed one in whose soul there was suidi a bit of primeval forest, housing mysterious beasts andpolBon- ous things. BeoaBkCBiMiCH at RigmlUIi. falla of nek a* Nlagan riS. If In* vlrfs to rObiMiM^ mnf AvP^ at the aaBaHofroakfottfkte«MSM«H»*|ila Oimtinsatd Hotel »|pk i •nd twnty-four hba^ latw miSAm Asms Whsa the wa!tor ap^MaMd thi i wwpreoinated hstotheabfHbdow, wldin aooa •• they jhad got esated at I â- she ao Gf ees i yises whHin that ef«« anrth- Ikaven palled oata vjaU- Wad pane aad SNake as to alann the rMidMrti ef the Mid Mighboihood. Tberendt ef tiM dii^laae- •* Look he-he-here^ d-doyo« kaewwhat â- wBt k a change in the stupe eC the iaIL th-ththtabr Btemerly tlie gsnadfwi nortten ei the fall I •• Oh. yee, m* oh. yes," anneuneed A» ooald be d« aeribed aa a hotasahoe bat the 1 deH^tad darkly, whoaatlaipatod having at breaking awa^ of rooita in the oentn eoaM I least a dollar. no own. He was well aware that hfa presence at the religious festival would be felt aa an intrusion, and mfght imperii hfa Ufe. He could easily enough bribe one of the watohers to take him in a pulkka down to the inhabit- ed districts, and he would perhaps have done so if Zilla had not appeared to divine thfa thought whenever it invaded his mind, and with her troubled ^es implored him not to leave ner. Then the chivalrous feeling was again enkindled in hfa breast, and he felt courage to grapple with all the powers of darkness rather than leave the dear child who trusted in him in the lurch. The day appointed for the meeting arrived About twenty peonle came on their skees, foremost amsng whom was the great ROSKfe. or medicine man, Mathfa V nolab, and hfa son Rtsmus, Zilla's wooer. After having partaken of food and drink they tM seated themselves in a ring, the men inside and the woman outside began a long, wailing and indescribably mournful inosmtation. The cermony waa in tiM nature of an au- guaiy â€" a question addressed to the Kods re. garding the life or death of EluL Mathiaa Tuolab, the soothsayer â€" a small, stout man, with black, l)ead- like eyes and a face full of low Mongolian cunnini; â€" seized with hfa left band the handle of the magic drum, upon which was painted a number of rude figures. Then befell down upon- one knee and all the rest followed hfa example. With hfa right hand he placed a horn ring upon the image of the sun, in the centre of the drumhead, and with a small hammer of horn began gently to brat the drum. The ring then botran to jump about, going from one figure to another, whOe the as- sembly, still wailing, intensely watched ite movementa. At last the ring remained sto- tionary, near the rim, persfatentiy jomping up and down upon the same spot. The song grew louder and more beseeching, but the ring would not stir. The figure over whioh it lingered was Jabmo aibmo â€" the realm of the dead. It meant that the dead were clamoring for EUaâ€" that Elfa was death- doomed. the prostrate Lapp, whose legs were lASsns Iasaoiso Dim"'**' Mills, |ii{«iHamnuS iSteelCatn»«* IR -s,Csrf^ _^ np under him and over whose face tZ T'°'5"°'" P*«ed. He remembered Wnl.L '""" childhood dark aUmrions »»ites^^" fMher's sister- who had been ""T?k W and had followed him «n me Wilderness until she became no 5;'«»natramp. "membered al.o, as a dim tradition. •iatd Iv father's warfare with thfa ^n imS""" 'lad shot at and would »* St. " •' '^ere not for the fact fiiimKw. °*!y n»»de shot and buUet fall •^Trts tw \^-' f"« a duck. Could it be Srt' a;1 tJ" " tl»e same Etis. the .^niUk. °°"«f 'an through Ivar's frame. KWnofl'T'y °f •" 'ace superstitious. I*' power. ^^ venture a conflict with l"^*©*,? "^^neas. The dreadful old P»»d nM^6^?®°^"y inspired him with l^i^^ihle fJfJ:"?. anxious to aw*y as soon ZUl»rwu*" "i^* ot iniquity. Ir* J*, hi JI°*.* was to become of Zilla T liurr^T to h curiosity, whioh gave lh!Sel«»tttoHk "y^ »nd flashed her ISS ffw**^ A st^ng suw of IC)*«it Tk*!!." â„¢P in »• young CHAPTER IX. The next ceremony was an attempt to propitiate the ded, so as to induce them to grant Elfa a longer life. The old grand- mother offered to sacrifice a reindeer bull. The rin(( was aga n placed upon the image of the sun, but aa soon as the incantation commenced, moved again to the realm of the dead. Then two reindeer bulfa were offered with she same result, and at last a horse. But the ghosts remained inexorable Elfa must die. It was then asked why Elfa must be out off in the bloom of hfa strength, while so m«ny that were decrepit and useless were allowed to linger. Tfafa time the ring began ta dance upon the image of the wolf, and thence moved .to the sign of the reindeer herds. ' That meant that th«o was or was to be a wolf in Elfa' herd. That seemed very mysterious. The dead wre incensed became there was a wolf in Elfa' herd. The soothsayer pretended to be in grMt doubt as to the meaning of thfa oracle. He beat hfa breast, rolled hfa eyes and fioaUy went into a trance. A great wad solemn awe pervaded the assembly. The inowata- tions lasted, beooming wilder and more fren- zied, until aU, with deepairfag ahiieksj aome teaming at the mouth, tore their olotnes â- nd flung their hands agabist tiie sky, beseeching the dead not to visit their wrath upontiiem. Then tiie â- ootiia^w awoke f^m hfa trance. Elfa waa carried wi*in tiie ring and pUoed in ••it^KP^^^S oDDoaite to him. The oeremony had turned hiiup to a high pitoh of exdtomwt. In his de^p eyes smouldered »fi~of'"S3^' " Mv soul vfalted the realm of the dead. beganMatiifaVttolabinasort of intoned radtotive. "I saw tiie mighty "i*^- «* SSfatoisin tiie deep dwelling, of tiie Twa. along and teriWe tele he «« buthfaaudiwSefoHowed it witii ^tatod faTtareat. SomefeU into â- iw»j«« "~^ »?«ithad • others beat their breaata, in- ?^rof^.Kr:J°i.nL^ cJi' £C»wS«**hiii|;«j.-^ ^MMMthautiiaae whioh deatroyed taie CHAPTER X. The brief daylight had faded whOe he indulging in these meditations. The stars burst forth, lart;e, cold and lustrous," and al great pale red flame flashed acroas the sky from the north, flared up towards the zenith and agsin tremblingly faded. It waa long since quiet about tihe tenta, except for the barking of the dogs and the shoute of the watohers who were driving the herds home. Ivar, seeing that the gueata had depirtel, put on hfa skees, tied the birds together by the legs and flang them across hfa shoulders. Great dark blue embankments of cloud were piling themselves up in the wes^ and gusto (rf wind careered across the plain. The cold grew.intenser and a mfaty twilight came rolling down from the north. As the camp was blotted out from his sight Ivar marked carefully the sounds which yet showed him the direction he had to take. He had with hfa skee staff propelled himself for- ward for about fifteen minutes, when it seemed to him as if he heard a hushed voice calling hfa nama. He stopped land Ifatened. " Ivar I" came an anxious whisper out of the mfat. " I am here," he answered. Twice the call was repeated and twice answerad. Then suddenly, like a pigeon pursued by a hawk, the form of Zilla flung itself at his feet panting and terror stricken. He lifted her up with soothing words, and felt the agitated (flutter of her heart against hfabreastt. " What have they done to my own little girl!" he asked, stroking her ash blonde hair. It never occurred to him that it might be himself who was in danger. "Da not â€" go back," implored Zilla, panting and sobbing "they will â€" kill theO. R«smus Vuolab has â€" made a vow â€" to kill thee. He is â€" lying in wait â€" for theeâ€" -now." 'Rismus Voolab," repeated the young man wonderinglv. **Wliat have I ever done to Rasmus Vuolab 7" "Thou dost not â€" understand. Thou canst never understand. But hurry away 1 Do not go back ' "Dost thou suppose I am afraid of a yellow sfanteyed scoundrel like that?" "Kay hush 1 If thou dost not go he will pursue thee, he and hfa father. They have many men who obey them. Their bulletoare made with magic songs. They never miss. Lose no time. Farewell 1" She dung about hfa neok and kissed liim,' weeping. "Farewell I" he cried. "And dost thou suppose I will leave tiiee alone In this murderous den T" "I belong to my father. I cannot help it." "Nay," he shouted imperiously, "thou belongeat to me. " And he told her in a few hurried words the story of her mother'a Itfe and their ties of kin^p. Sfae^tened «Mi upturned face and eyei that abobe on Um like dewy stars. The r«|ialtt of a shot, dnll and unreaonant, broke tiirough the fog. Then vague sounds of voices and the baying of hounds careered hither and tiiither through the darkness, now near, now far away it seemed ao times aa if they came from above, tossing aimlenly to and fro. or falling down from the donds. He had dropped down upon one knee and and held her in a tight, protecting embrace; while the mfaty tumult raged about them and charmed buUeto whined above their heads and bored through tlie frczm snow. Suddenly he smelled powder; the voioea came nearer and nearer be sprung np with hfa finger on the trigger. The zsst of battie was in hfa blood. But in an inatant her hand was over the mt zzle of hfa gun and he dared not shoot, for hfa fate waa now he.' fate, audit aeemsd wanton to Invite des- truction. ^. At last, as the night grew deoaar, the noise oeaaed. Hand in hand they wan- dared about in the diiUy mist, mdDg tiie dim stars overhead, thoi^^ themselvee wrapped in gloom. The moon nee like a vague, liuniiMua point over the mou ntai n 'vSk», ud drifted like • ghootiy pnaenoe loroM the aky. Cnitioaalf tiuy V^^ yeara ago made it V-eiiaped. New that a further dfaplaoement baa ouenn e d tiie tell liaa returned to it dd oonditioa. It ia, of oouise, generally known that the faUa of Niagara are gradually moving to iIm aeuth. The deep out tiuough the aoud rook marka the oourse they have taken in thdr back- ward movement. It fa a wonderful excava- tion, a chasm dug out by the sheer foroe of water. Not leas aatenbhing lias bean tiie removal of the debris. The ro haa be«B iborongh- ly pulverued, and lias been the swept out of die river, to be dfatributed in Lake Ontario. Once it was tiionght tiiat in the wearing away process the falfa would reach Lake Erie, and there degenerato into a aeries of rapids. But the theory baa been set adde by one which retains the oataraot, although the latter will be the ahadow of ite preeent self, and mnoh reduoed in rise. The lateat idea fa that the falfa will reoede two miles and then remain atationary, -their hdght at that point being 80 feet, instead of 164, aa at present. The auppodtion fa supported by an argument whish appears reasonable. The present dte fa a limestone formation, aome 80 or 9d feet thick, with a shaly foundation. As the shale fa washed away the limeatone breaks of, and the falls take a step back- ward. Bat the end of the ahalydepodt will be reached two miles from the present falls, and then the rushins water will have more than it can do to wash away the solid pred- pice over whioh it will be projeoted. *Iron" suggests that it would be a waatoof time to attempt to estimate the number of oenturiea that will efapse before Niagara Falfa will have found their permanent site. ••i-ifyy.yon iH kaow wh Yankee lagenutj. The "Sdentiflo American" showed, in a recent number, that many of the improved contrivances and processes in use by foreign armies and navies are Ameriean inventions. The French cumon, which are built on a plan described as the " interrupted sorew," are of American invention while the cffiv dency of Germany's Krupp gun fa due to tho " Bradwell plate " a Yankee contrivance. The "machine gun" fa primarily an in- vention by Dr. Gatiing, an American. " the French mitrailleuse is a modiflcation of it sofathe Nordenfddt." The higbeet devel- opment of tiie machine gun fa the Maxim, which fires 600 shota a minute, Marim's " disappearing gun mechanism" Colt's re- volver, the dynamite gun, the dynandte cruiser and the automobile torpedo are men- tioned aa American inventions. " Well." oontinned Travers, attend to na w-wall. y-yo-yoall wba-what'ainitr The dinner prog r eess d, and our frienda reodve.i prompt attention from the otaeequi* ona waiter. Every delioagy waa aet before them, and every motion obeved. Finally tfMy came to "almonds and rafains," (as the MUs say,) and jast aa they wero about to leave the atammering individual beckon- ed to the waiter, who. with expectant look, oame up inatanter. Slowly drawing out Ua purae. and holding it up as in the first in- stance, Travttse obterrei â€" "I told you th-th-that ifyoyou wa-wa- waited on us well, you'd know wh-wh-what was in thfa pur-purse T ' 0h, yes, sar," said the waiter, with gUatenfaig optics. " Wdl, th-th-there'B mo-mo money in it?" oontinoed the gentiisman, with impertorba- ble gravity, putting the artiofa back into hfa pooke^ and riaug up "and as you've only d-d-done your du-du-duty, you don't w-w-want any of it 1" As the darky SGOod witii rolling eyes^the picture of African indignation â€" the gentie- men walked off, and as they came into the hall our stammerinj; friend remarkedâ€" " That's th-the w-w-way I oome it over th-them, s-s-sometimes, j 1-iastfor a 1-1- little joke!" A Back Aotine Innoyanoe. "Say, Hannah,' remarked Mr. Hnghit to his wife, as they came out of the opera house. "Ill toll you something if you'll proniisenot to be provoked." "WeU, what fa it I' asked Mrs. Hnghit with a tone of resignation. "You won't be angry r "No." 'Wdl, your bonnet was on awfully ne- aided all the evening." "Oh, I'm so glad you noticed it, dear, yon are generally so unobserving. The fact ia. Qiarley. that ndserable bonnet won't ffo on any other way, and I'm wanting a new one so much I I hated to say anything to yon about it, dear but now yon have disoovsiwd how horribly the bonnet looks, yoa'U give me $16 to get a new one, won't you " "Oh, I suppose so," and Mr. Hugidt almost wished he hadn't been so observing. â€"[Omaha World. A Olear Proof. Governor Trumbull, of Connecticut, on the occasion of a riot, attempted by a speech to qnUt the people, when a random mfaslle, hitting him on the head, felled him to the ground. He waa badly hurt, and as hb friends were sarrying him into the house, bis wife met him at the door, and exdidmed, " Why, my husband, they iiave knooked your brtdns out I" " No, they haven't," said the governor, with aome asperity; •*if I'd had any bndns, I shouldn't have gone there." The Climate is all Bight. Boston Manâ€"" I thought thfa waa a cli- mate for lung and throat trouble." AlkaU Billâ€"" Arizona haa the best olimato in the world, atranger, for jnat snob things as them." -Boston Man-^"Yet my young friend Skinner died about a month ago with throat trouble didn't bet" Alkali BUIâ€"" Well, I reckon he did. Bat you see hfa throat trouble waa kind of mixed up with the vi|^lance committee, and that's a sort of bad feature in the disease^' The DifferenoQ. "Look here, waiter," said a sentleman in a restaurant the other day, "is there any difference in your roast lamb and toaat mut- ton I don't detect any." "Oh, yea," said the waiter "you'll notice that yesterday, when you had roast lamb, I charged you eighteenpenoe. To-day. when yon have roast mutton I only ohu^ a shilling there's the difference." ASadFate. Anxious Fathn â€" "I saw our darlii^ daughter in the street to-day, and ahe look- ed very unhappy â€" miserable in fact only married a montii, tlo." Sympathetic Motherâ€" "Yes, I noticed the poor dear. I m afrsdd her huaband snoree." A Good Beason for Stopping a ITewsDaper I hapoened to be in the office of the Mer- caniiie Review live Str ok Journal on Wed- neaday laat in time to hear one of the beet reasons ever given for stopping a newspaper. A Gsrman boy entered, removtd hfa hat. andaaked: "IsMr.Vepdderinf "He fa," repUed Charlea H. Webater, looking up from a mass of tissue live stock reporta which he waa winnoiring." "Yell, Mister Bitters don't vant to take dot paber no more. He voa dedt laiit nide abretty." The name of the late Mr. Bitters, a oattie dealer, waa duly eraaed from the delivery sheet. takes HelMM a Murder That Wonld Out. Bride (on wedding tour)â€" *^ Now. their way westward, where lay the tiona of white men. Thai a wind oame and broke the f«« into wiwrtha and falands tiiat drifted along the moantaki aidee, and at longth these oaaght tiu faint, pale ftnsh of a shivering wintry da^_ It tMmed a mw- vd that light ahonld rtine again upra the world. It seemed •â- Â«Â«Â»Â« that a new day •houldbnak. Bat tiiey tta^ed God fer tiie darkness, M it waa the" Aukamt that had aaved them. Some three weeks Utert«i«l^^|JPf«»« SrSK.^«^*»*^SSi«.'4^ISte^^^^^ aiood.faontiug teptizadf oonfirmed anid i|ittdaff-«II fai tee day. That maiden wf»2ffllfc;:.. Extraoidinaiy Advantai^ of a Coat. Custom^-" I tdl yon I don't wairt tiie ooat. Â¥ell Designed Honth. Wife â€" "I know now why husband such a fancy to that yonns man. mouth exaotiy like niine." Auntâ€" "Well, Ella. I don't think your mouth very well designed for a man." Wife (to whom niianriage liaa not been a failure) â€""Excuse, me aunt, but I tidnk my mouth fa well dedgned for a man." He thought £Hie Was a KodeL A young man well known about town and quite a gMd fellow b laughed at bv hb friends for hfa abesnee of mind. AllAoagh not quite as bad aa the young fdlow who went out in the rain hdding up a broom, tab actions are very amusing at times. The otlMT day he waa walking down L xington street and waa swinging hb cane in a brisk careless way. Looktog up, thisabaent-mind- •d young man aaw what he thought waa a lay figure dressed up standing in the door- way of a large dry goods atrre. Hardly oonscfcusof what he waa doing tfafa young man hauled cff and oraoceii tiib figure a good blow with hfa cane. To bta hMTor the flipue turned quickly, and a tall, good-look- Im woman atood oonfronting hiss. liie ^ng man knew' then that it waa no lay fltture. but an indignant woman, who waa be ioxahim. He anatdiedoir hfa hat^ and,/'Oh. ezeole mejBmadam, bnt I tiioaght yon were a modd I" The woman waa so indignant tlmt she oould not speak. Imt turned away witiumtaword.â€" fBaltiinore ' bert. darling, don't act like a bride when w« arrive at the station. not endue the idea of those obsequi- ous (porters who baten upon newly mar- ried people as victims and demand twice as mnoh for carrying a aatdiel aa they would of anyone ebe. Yon see my dress fa very unbride-like, and I sliall lode quite cross at yon aa I leave the cab, for I ai detemdned they shdl not suspeot us," and out she stepped, severdy austere, to be confronted by a regiment of smirking porters. Of what avail were orosi looks when a white aatin slipper, thrown full rice after the departing couple, caught and hung on the back of the cab " Undoabtedly. Fit St Gentieman â€" " I suppose your song at the Daohasa L.'s last night waa a great success 1" Second Gentleman.(a oonoeited tenor)â€" " Oh, parfait I y«i I atrike ze high C yon ought to bat nen zs old Duchess ofap lier hands to her ears to hold een ze beautifnl Bound." -^^llffiSS?wJd'ap-r-« oommmood, and had ^^^ gkeeafcwn •» o* •^ S^!S?-«Mi â- â- ^ iJ'jjIjBOt n mile Irosa the «â- â- * a At «a- ffk.?»« »B^it*'™»nio beansy el her ««» « â- "^•J" J!rilur M,d by vmut « Mid the odor dont suit ^aaa8-**IVa vaded and dir gdor dn't suit you. Veil take it tor aofea and m l»n««-" ^^jaee It fa hrff WW «nt Poor Onessiog. There b nothing, in an examination, like thinking bafoco MM gisasss, if one fa going to guess. In a aohool examination, for iaatai^ee. the following question was put: "In.wUchof hfa battiea waa King Gaatavns Adolphus kiUedr A student very pradentiy est down tkb safe reply *1 thiA it waela hfa faat." Tbbatndental leafthad Ua wits about him msM ismplstdr thaa did tiw ati^id person wiio b asid to irnim sokod Sidney Sssith tUs qneotion, at a dinner- table 'AW( Mr.Snsitiil Do yon know in which of hb joumras around tte werid Giqpftain Cook waa kmedâ€"bb first, or hfa last " Sidney Smith looked up quickly. "I beueve it waa on hfa first voyage," aaid he "bnt he doesn't seem to have minded i* mnoh. for bs immediately set out on hfa ' -if U i mm iil: n t ' f. •* s: I n f alrea^." The new ooUapdlde bonnet^ made by Lon- dsB millinen, wntenp at a toudi, aad may be ased as a fan, if need be. It fa tiiMU^t that it win be a gnat orimfevbto Sai^bh- WBflMB i^o oame into town fay tnin to go to