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The loss to the municiupality in pro~ perty_ was $2,415,180. The Governnleut lune In nurvnnnu nnt\'. "Jr. :.. +1... `uni. Chicago re Rome, 64 Great London re. lbany . . . . . . . . . . .. "II. C v uucu. The re o=f October 9, in one hour_ and , `fteen minutes, had burned Over e1g11ty acres of the city and entailed a pro- perty loss of $1,175,UUU., Such :1 swee-p- ing gale of ame had never before been wltnessed by man. The early bursting ` of water mains and pumps and the `le- Itru-ction of the water tower made the re department almost useless. 'r`hn fnfnl `_I("'.nl.IlI`f\ ... L. . ._v__ rn.2 ure ueparvment inmost u-seless. _ The total acreage swwep-L by the Chl- cago_ re, compared with that of other res. was: 1`. Cilll l rted is `L .. 6671` _ ___ _ ___-_ _..__.. .., ggyg, vvcsnao Chicago re . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . $100,520,500 Great` London 111-e.v . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000,000 N ew York, December 16, 1835. . 20,000,000 Plttsburg April 10, 1845 . . . . . .. 6.000.000 Albany, September 9. 1848. .. . . . . 15.000000 Boston, September 9, 1872 . . . . . . . 80,000,000 The Chicago re began October 0 about 9.30 o'clock in the evening, in the barn or Mrs. O`Leary, 137 De Keven: street. A fractious cow is supposed to have knocked over a hghted. lamp. The re lasted twenty-eight hours. It had. been preceded by a re the mght 01:` October _7,\ wh ch burped_ fourteen nours. with a property loss of $270,140. Sm-:13=l res ra-ged October 8. The weather was Yery dry and southwest and west winds .preva-ued. 'l\1..-. 5:..- -4sA. A 0 - ` I propert o\A.J\, .....u.-:.-. n..'cu\'el't'(l m Uulcugo om-r s record) Lives lost in great London fire, her 2- 1666 . . , { - Intorentlng >Contpu"i.nor_q" with dine. 1 Great Cunagrution. . _ Octobei` 9 was the tgventy-sixth :1])ili- versary of the great Clmago tire u- let 1. e T.mes-Hm-ald of that city luuai-.:s the fol-.owing imeresting compansuus:- The famous London re, wmcn cmled the` great plague, and the desu-ucnun; [ of Rome by Nero are said to have ex- ; ceeded -it in loss of human hfc. In all three res accurate gures as to. life loss have xgevur been obtzuned. These are the est1mates:_ Lives lost in Chix-ago nr. . 208 Bodies 1-ocoveu-d in Chicago. _ _ _ou-rs record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1` - 'P.il'al<=.~` \`r'ilh l}lu1u`u.-1'5. ,, ,- ..-..,,...,..u I-vuc ucxu uuu were, shouting and cua'sing,and t;h.rus:ting with their long swords into every -buislh that seemed dense enough to hide the body of a man. The memory of Presbonpme and I+`a~lkirk still rankled in their minds, and though the blood shed at Oullovalen and amid the grim scenes which -fol- lowed that tragic dearth struggle might well have satiated thnir I-um mv .=.i.=.mh- '?:F+1'A`o S GREAT F182. "lH.crsy_w-ti. A: _-~ '9. Scpfe'1ix: 98,500 200,000 10.000 . d:;; 1 . '/6 2 454 117 strengthens the digestion and in- : .. vigorates the whole systern so that the nutrhnen_t- is all drawn from the food. It takes just thesame trouble to ciaretor a cow when she gives only three she gives a pail. Dick's Blood Purifier will back its host witiixgood interest in a few weeks. ,_;;;gg;n, _,_maLL;gi;a; cb., ea cew-rs . D|cKa.co.. o ; f ` ` '7"`5- """"-**i' The Flow of Milk '1`he_ dragoo rhn-ir Inna gun. 5T0 ciear out aA'I=mII:'s` `LEADING JOB PRINTING OFFICE. Ouri Stockiif b'cI'ibbJeI'e and Exercise Books Cannot be Equalledi for Value All Sizes in l)iere.nt Bindings of the new Presbyterian Book of Praise with or without Music. ROBT. S|MCOE'S PIONEER NEWSPAPER. SCOTT S - - BOOK COMPLETE STOCK or SCHOOL - BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. THE KITTEN. " Famous the Dominion. HULL, MONTREAL, TORONTO, QUEBEC, HAMILTON, KINGSTON, HALIFAX, WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER, & VICTORIA, ST. JOHN S, mud. No. 5 Dump 31.. mp noon. PROPRIETOR. It, will sel: Balance of Baby Car- riages at cost Price. Just a tune of living chun And t e car`ds.are wuteml, Ere we hand of fate advances _ Unto us the ones` that tell Whether we draw the token, shall the hazard run in vain; . Whether ours a heart that`: broken, Whcter jey be ours to gain. There's a tiny joker hidln somewhere In each pacg ot-Fa'te,` His the message of good tldlng When he is not dealt too late. But to those who fall to find hln At the outset Cupid mugs Just a smile and leaves behind hhn But the utter or his wings. ._\Yn..u 1r...._I- rn._lL-' Drop usa Card. will be Increased. DICK S BLOOD PURIFIER Why go to all the trouble of keep- ing cows and get only about lmlt the milk they should produce. And We will endeavor to please you. N 0 t h i n g known to the trade We are net familiar with ; and our prices are reasonable. LARGEST CIRCULATION, MOST NEWS---MOST ADS. ONE ISSUE A WEEK, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Often the cheapest. Always the Best. D- Dmnmn 16, 1897 1| she falteredz ``but\ 1311:` ml 1-1, want to go home. 1319. he, exclainned; you home. 1`hey lil see you run- .,umd catch you. and bring Ill] mn.|:n Irnn I-13:" l-MAI-n nvknnn dI`S00'ns _rode here and there, I8 cu,rsxn2.and f-hrnmf-in.d mm. LIFE. V __ ---pa sunk`! _ --Ne-w ;'.ork Tribune. .. .. vv--V n \.u .uu.u ugh an to desp.-.u', to nlndv s-u.pernatux-al aabozlt Vitv nnrl Ivun..u....... `.4 "U. II"!-ISU llluul IV: :1, Ivu\.n UV I: cried. teousfy. Dpn t ,{e :1]? it. Oh. on t lethim H1113 I-t.~ n:...1. 6|-nvnn mm-rilv nn I: can - 't!. o ~ ' _ T. 9p1'hen, suddenly .rear7Iizin.g her `own helpalessness. she broke. into sobs; and` ;cxu~n-2 despaitingly to. Dick : arm. uni. vno,Iin mm rive ift hm:-ktn me." a.umre_ new 0]lE5lft9lUllu uuuua. W111 you tell us where the man`: hidden? he exclaimed. Game, will. u. or won't you? Y0 . ' No, I won't," she cried. sbamping her foot. on the ground and taciughim "with ashing eyes, I won .t, wonft, .I_ ....-A.-.Hl" - WQCI-I w'on't!77 unvlmm cammru auu uounaucu u. uvct um uc-'|.u. '1.`el.l us where the man's hidden," he c1~ied,_ trium h.a*ntly.V Out with. it, you cubstn-narte -itztle jde, or I'll cut the cursed litle brute n_ two. Let it alone, she ct-zed. passionate- ;y. How dare you take it_ from me? t'.s mine, and you ghan -t hi] it. Dan laughed sneennng-lyvasv he `held it above her outstretched`-hands. unrm unui mil 11.: whoa: Hm mn-n n IJIIII, unu uruypms -ufc uw'u.\:u ue Iuiuu: a swift grab at the Int`-ten. and catching it by the back. or the neck twitched it out of the ch:-id's arms and held it sprawl-ing in the wit. 'l`}m.n ho drawe his award from the q)!'IWl'lug In Luc mu`. Then he drew` his award from the scabbard and ourished it over his head. ulnll nun nnlun-n fhn man : Inn Th-i will serve `my popinpose, -said Dan, and dropping the swatch he made n unybo anvmh 1:} the IHH-on nn nnfnhinw UULUI. ULJVIIJS UUI. Ugl. Ull1.'!'.'a' ' , But his companion, a brawny fellow, with a square, resolute race and keen gray eyes, sprang from the saddle and stepped before him. None of that. said he, or.you ll deal with me, Dan Rothlwell, and you know yourself whether you're like to have the best of it. I've stood by and seen you do many a cursed cruel thing -more s the shame to me-buut lay your hand on that child, and I ll lay my hand on you, as you'll _fi-nd'to your cost. y Stand back,,w1ll _vou?"_sn-arlsed Dan. with a savage scowl, tr,vmz to tlwust him aside and s=tril{e._at t-he whimperng child, who was clinging desperately to her protector. . , . Not I.- Kee your distance, I tell on. I've a ll-tt emaid of my own. the , living image of this one, and I'll `wring , your neck before you shall lay a finger I on her. V u l\I..:.. -`rill manna `unto !\IlI.-I\l\u(1 , -uni.-I ' `' v1,----vu uwubu Juu. nuu Ulflll {$13 and ma-ke you tetll them where sit d(')w18-aVnd then they'll k-ill xpe. the kme : on the s tone_a,nd play With seen me v lid they 11 thmk you haven't my * and they won't look here _ut ..T'he thud of the horses boots and the J! 7 . nglmg 0'1 Spurs and brnddes were now: '0 0139 thilt he turned despairingly "`-V from uhe bewzldered child, and ' 1 - . . M`1I Uhe thxck stems of the,ivy,T he Put - - _ . V rmmfisth In one_ last eifort the 5 b"ug u f ms * `118`t_h. andv -sq:-axn-', the (.lugt Z"`.`d. forced h1maelfthro11g:`A1. the - Wig leaves and bra.nche.s_into mehe. Peemn-g out ,he s'a'wher gaz- I . l;>s,uD?;_.`t'g wuth round. 'wondemu`g; sttitude it `e t"'Ders_ "found . her. 'in~"that = on. `W16 mean j centain diaov-{ % 0111: It'_t mm mu I-L. ed amzrxly on his comrade. he said,` aternly,` that's (Elna to battle In her- ` I tell CI` mme vr BOD on 1` Bit at ne 31110, aI;eru1_v,_ tum. h. Givg it hack her, I _te}l in its trnnbic [lg gpiggi . teous y. Don't let him -..!1. 1-4. I.!.'.. `I-n:`l ll " IHEIJ l\IVVi'|l'|.IaB IIU-1;: Do you see tins? ,he n.sked_ brutal!-y. ' Well, as sure as you re satandmg there, I ll break it across your back if you don't speak out at once. R111} Mk: ntn-nnnn`n.n o `\I9n1I! 5:1`, c.-use ID uer OWI1. Come, find your tongue, will you?" `he excaimed savagely. She began to sob helplessly. Oh, I m 1`.rightene~d, she cried, piti- fully. l, want `to go houn.e-I want to go home. . _ You shall golhome when Im done with you, and not before. he growled, wrenching a thick brwnuch from a wil- low Ibranxch that grew near. He stripped off the leaves, and advanced threaten- lngly towards her. l you he asked brut.-lllv. V: LL: u1_uu Wll.[,:I0!" J essxe .sv -white, despaxrmg face--as`, `still holding her tiny playmate in her arms, she shrank back from the `troop- er s upraised hand, might have touchml the heart of anyone but the callous mf- an before her. But the -brutal nature oi the man was now thorough-ly aroused by he! stulbuborn silence. He thrust his evid, bloated face, ushed with an- ger, close to her own. ___ M acmnn 4-1....) ......_ ......._- __4 cenuy at his comrade. What di-d_I tell you, Dick? he said. W'e sha-"ll get at the truth now. I wager the fellow has some hid-i-ngapxce here for which he `has been ma.kin.g ever since we first sighted him. Now, then, you imp of szrtavn, will you tell us where the man went_.to? TQ.:n n .1-1-l:Ln -`l----A! ' ` Hold your tongue, you dull fool," answered Dan. Do you think I dou`t know what I'm about? He may have seen her and threatened to eat her guhve If she told as where he was bid- ing. But she`-2.1 soon nd that's noth- ing of What she ll get from 1110 if she doesn t speak out. Come, you cursed lrttle rebel, do you wantme to uvlst your ears off? Have you seen a strange man aabout here`? Speak at once, or-- He raised his hand as if to strike her, and she shrank back in alarm. ' Did you?" He took a step forward. Did you? threatening hand. she cowered tremb- ling against the wall. - Yes, she almost screamed. - Walter's blood run cold. Wha-t mad- ness could have possessed him to allow the child to see him enter the hiding- place? Nothing could save him now. The dragoon looked around compla- cently at his a7hn+ .-,1 1' LAN --...- he, nu . -- Ter-ror-stricken at his grim face and i . 11!]- Another of the tnoopem had drawn rein and half turning in his saddle was curiously watching the scene. Leave the child alone. Dan, said he. If sh_e d seen the fellow sulking about dhe d have gone screeching home to 11e`1"tn?t.her. A:-I --'A---- V cwucnmg lips, but made Haven't you a tongue or -are you deaf? he g:ri'ly. Aiunln`-An -4' " .ugnLc~zxed, and It's too 114 mustn't go '1 ning away,_umd cant mu back and make . I'm h.idu'ng--a-nd the Sit down S kitten, and : me, :1}; _ ptltlieu ` 1191`. Ind you hear me, claimed. Did you [by ? V e__- um o-c ucru-ueu HIDIG creature, but the last of" all, a big, eshy man, with a pale, puy face and small, oruel eyes, asked roru-ghluy it she had seen a man go past, and, _ receiving no an- ,sw-exr, swung 05 In horse, and ap- proachedhe-r. TIL-1 tyne: LA--. .4- ` ` we cuma crouched back among he ivy, staring with a white, frightened race at the bronze, erce-Jooking men who came bursting in among the quiet old ruins, with a clatter of steel-shod boots and the loud jingling 0:1 spurs and _scabIba1-do. Most of thgzf`. 1i]nieed,1see- mg no sign at :1 possi . i in-g-p ace, passed by `with an indifferent side- glamce -at the terried l-ittle creature, of with gale, puyface small. cruel Qvvna I "<}>h('i..;;ll;l1u):i-ng with the" kit- But 'inst`-"ad gen as Waslter h ' the dragoons would ride on waghout tmoubl1n'g to question her, te `chalk crouched ck amonv he ivv dea Lu]! III , _---, ....,.,u|I.\:L.l`CL| LGUC ronze, rsting th g. them. indeed, see- ugn noasib 1.. m.1.:....._..n.. .... .s"' t0 he!` feet. and gazed With tear-ned eyes and psi TI-l\ nrlnvtvn-u - -....9uv: Au JUul.' Utfilll, a.f? growled, an- tmrnimg in `g unrlln .--.-- U\JlL'LlolA@(1 t no answer. t011ue in your head 99: 1 - he 2-mwlml on- e, you brat? he .`}\lll'Il. uc uc-iu:H:u ll. WUUUU U8 llpU5' siivit-. for the dI`lLg`0Oll8 to discover h-im. Another quick rush across the open hrottglit him to the ruins, but as he h`t'l`ll.llli)i(i among the loose heaps Cf stoiies he s-tttrtotl -back with :1 groan of l~s.p:tir. A little, fttir-haired, bl-u-e-eyed girl \\'i1-S sitting on 8. stone at the foot of tho wall, just beneath the very spot w'hcrt-the niche was situated. She was l.-uigltixig glcctnily at the unit-ics of a tiny white kitten, that was pursuing :1 ])it`('e of string which she trailed before it on the grass. Now, with quivering iitnth-.~' and waving tail, it crouched be- hind ti stone or :1 tuft of grass till little llitil`t: than the tips of its ears were vis- ihlt.-, thcn sprang switft as it -as-h of iii.-ht on its pI'0y, only to dart away agaiiii with tail erect, fr-istking and gain- i)t_I.ill_`-.' back to its shelter. But it fresh _ou-ttburst or shouts from ht-hint], us Uhollgh 11 pack of hounds had rm-ow--tctl :1 lost: scent, bro-ught himfuce ` to t`;tt-t- with the grim fact that in a few n1t)l`t` sectmds his pursuers wouid 't-u u-[mu him. What was -he to do? He (`Ull`i(i tly no fm'th?1'. As `he reached the ruins, his limbs hnd sunk beneath him, and, t-hoking for breath, with his -`1ea.rt bf`:li}lI;.{ ilkt` 21 ail, he had been forced to t-mwl forward on his ha-nds and i(llt`(`.<. l"'he hiding place in t.he w:i_ll ott'.~r. ti the only ch-ance of s-arety, and it wotthl i)!` int-possitble to gain it unob- 5C`l'\'(`\i it` the wustetl a moment. He knew the child well enough by sight. lltr name was Jessie Waters, and . was the daughter of 11 poor gcntit-woninn, whose hu-s-band, a naval ollit-ct`, had been kiihled in an eng`age- ` Illtnt with the lt`rent.-h. Still, he fearetl that in his prose-nt rugged and dishevel- Eti t-ontlition .4110 might fail to recognize nn, D~Hl1iL'.~`il`i(,`i\'(`ll ight attract thin ot` the drzigoons. He rose pztini'ull_v to his feet and Stag ts'(`i't`ti t`ot'w:trtl. Terried at the sight 01' this mggcd, hatless man, with his hmmtt-ti l':i.('c and !biO()d'S'h0-t eyes, the (f1i1ii(i it`2l.p(`(i to her feet with _a cry of car, W. and was d'tll'tiI1.g -away when he ('illi('iH.'ti hm` by the arm. .lA-t me go," she exclaimed, strug- 5:}1Iu: ft-ttttti-t~:1.lly to get free, and sob- `bill:-' with fI'ig"i)vf. Oh, let me go! "Jt`.:~`sit-," he said, dS4J`1'11t`-ly, `TOT Hcti\'<-tt`s sake, -listen to me, child. Look at Hit`! tion'tAyou know me? Don't you 1`<`II1-intact" me?" s _As sl1t- looked up at him the terror dl('ti out oi` her eyes, and she half Sllltltul throu-gh her tears. ``l 111 Whltv-r Nevilie, he continued, W -"`llli!'<"s son. Yes, I see you re- xlit-inhcr inc now. \Vel'l, do you hear thfxsf` men shouting?" ` ' . W`-5'." she answered, ti-midtly, look- "18 l11>_:tt "`iii.b11Igliit1g in her arms. 1 1l<.`.\' re looking for me. and` it they 316 r_nc they'll kill me. I'm goin to lde In a hole in the wall utp ti ere` "@0113 the ivy. You won't tell them 3'01! know -11 ' ' `. Jessie? w ere Im hiding, with H211. HM . ` the atten- instinctively caugtht up the .cit.-. him With the kitten purring A untl by a scream of terror or a V` rcu? uau amwn 901311 A ex. 80 - . Do you swear? --an-._.., - How many of your male acquaintances in do not? i Do you even obserye, as _ you walk (dong the.street, the percentage otApro- fnnity in men's conversation. It you `have, and your walks `have taken you time a broudxvm-iety`y`-of clasars. you have ,, n struck with thefact that the a-Yerage ot .9. day. ,s~ conversations would have a protane expression in at` least I r iixty of every one huqlred aentencea. BIFIKES uue Lurelgucr nu n.u~a:nu-u .~1U.:u-Ly '13 the absolute freedom that rei-.:n-s and the ease with which one s int.i-matrzs many be chosen. A .I- IA n}uau\.`n.I-A The . Iiitssian an-d fr1vo1ou.s,Va ci-ty.where -the transi- tion from the sublime to the rid-`ac-.11m`,~; take pl-aces natunt-'ally*and with rum-n'eIn.1s _1'acitlit.y.. 0139 can leada life of the wild- est dissupatnqn in. the canitgnl "or the Ozags, or a. late themost senous. Strik- ing contrastaaebound; tor the most ox- aggerated luxury shoulders the most ah- ject misery. What at first narticul.-u-l,v strikes the foreigner in Russia-n so;-My ' Irndnm Hmnf rnhnmu oaapitaul is both serious I ,;xu=uua .wt: uuu tutu 11'-Iulum. \Vl1!L'U 00- ies the last place on the list, is w-n-th '3. times as much as gnfdz pal1:u1`x1zn 4 1-2 times as mu-ch._.'1~n d barium. which is tout-t_oe-nt.h on the list. nem-l~y- six times In mu-ch.-.--New Yo:-k'Jo_urn21l. ~ ' Al_thou=gfh gofd is considered the most `preclous of all mefu.-l.s, there are-, no fewer than sixteen others\vl1ichfzn-=x- ceed -it in. value. _ An ounce of va=n-nrli-nu commands a pmce _0If 155 nnd <.-nuld only be pumlmserl by thirty-seven mun (-3 at pu're g0ld. 7:i1'O()Il-illm is Va-'.'11eulT21t ,10O an ounce, -h-t:hi.um _at 98 and ca1- ; ,ciu-m at 62.. Descending .the scan, of ` Imetals wee-nd that `ix -idium. which no- nnnn1'na'I-ha loaf nlnnn an 4-}... `:n`- :. ...,....- '4'!!! \" ~ 1'1`-p'*"t'v"i'v \brnml. Germany is supposed to be :1 land [where women_ have sma opportunity to .earn money In competition with men. {The idea of the German woman as m:m- * gtrodden, helpless, and oppressed. has he- 3001110 so gexwml thntiwoman s11ffm_.r:1sts ;roga1`.d her l1Sl1:lH_\-' as an illustration nf 'ull that is evil in masculine methods of conducting government and rndustr,\'.' Yet the last industrial undjprofossimizll cnsus of the German Empire shows that the number of svlf-suppn_vting German women is already in `the mill`-.ons and is growing rapid1_v-sn rapidly. indeed. as to provoke the question: If this con- rtinucs what can be done with the men? mun; aux: munuu UL` 21.41] .'lC"l'.l'r`SS. She was pr(>sont,od fm` exzlmination at ,the Conservatnrio. To gain zlmission slu- .h:1d to recite :1 piece of poetry. All she kne_w was the De_ux Pigmms," by ' Lafontmne. Aulwr prx-slded on the occa- sion, and as she boldly trotted up on the stage he said he saw all her future in her st1':1ng- o_ves-cn1ned_v. tmgedy, idrama and :1 bit of mzldnoss. Th" D3vn2- ` av`-I -I P di'v:'m\. Sara Bernhardt is the daughter of a Dutch Jewoss mother and :1 I`:1ris Catholic father. the latter c:msin_.rz hm- to be brought up in :1 convent at Grand- ch:-unps, as a Catholic until she was fteen. After that her Jewish 1not`m.-r took her from the nuns, who wow (lis- tructed with her pranks, and declared that she should be an actress. She 'aS Drosrmtml fur nvnnnni-:.... ..L .L- lil-3. gut. .lIl.\|'ll :21 V\" i Her daily b:1tl1'nitorded her g1'r-at eu- joyment. A broad. shallow stream. with a sandy bottom. owed through the us- tate, and, in :1 large pool. Rengau used to scrub her down every day. Of com`.~'e he went into the water also. and .-lie would lie down and roll, sometimvs with , all four legs in the air, but always keep- iug the tip of her trunk out of 1)-.e wat- I or rzio that she might have air to breathe. |VVhen she had done enou,-rh of `chic. sort of nonsense, according to Rengzufs idea, he used to make her come out and lie _ down on a sand bar. and then he would : serub her down. :1 process of which she seemed highly to approve. after which she would be once more W.\`-l1(`(1 down and then she would trot of beside her keeper, both clean and glisteninsz. while. he went off for his dinner. He used to bring her back :1 handful of boiled riee. usually rolled up in a banana leaf, which she received with great satisfuc-` tion. V , I Ah, well, at. l:UllbUAtlll'l()Il Wltn an-gry Imlpauencc.-. sa-id he.--perhaps you ll lliorgive me in time, Jessie. You're a brave little maid, and I ll never forget -that on saved my life this day. You `and will be good friends yet. i To judge from the imperious manner .`in which she ordered him to go away. (the quite declined to share this hopeful `view of their future ` relations-; but lwhen he returne-d from France ten iyears later. having obtained a free par- :don. .they became very good friends in- deed. % If you ever pay a visit to Moor hall, `to which the public can readily gain ad- mittance when tihe familv is rrorn hsorm-e, the houselcvceper is almost certain to s-how you the portrait of a beautiful ,'girl in bridal `costume, with a slender gold chain alhnut her white neck, who became mistress of the hall in 1775; ` and--i'f you do not appear to be a. hope- lessly unromainvtie sort of person--to tellvyou. far more effect-ivesly than I have done. the story of he white kitten. --Sltra-nd Magazine. ' I F. Fitz` Roy Dixoxrtells of A Baby I Elephant that was captured by friends or his in Ceylon, in an article that he contributes to the November St. Nicho- las. Mr. Dixon says: 6613,... .)..:I.. 1....u_ --11-_.._1- 1 1 _ vv \..Av: anucnuy DVJLUC Ul'b"'Lill.HT.' ZHIBHU. As soon as he was convinced that they were out of sdgh, VV-alter sc:':1111- ibld down from the nichehto comfort (the chirld, who was still seobmng over `the -body of her 1ittle,pla;vm-ate. But she refused to be comvforted. and. re- gardin.g'h-im as the cause at the k1'.tten`s death, revpu-lsed his awkward at-teunpts at consolat-ion with an-gry impatience.-. I A11. \VP" , Q93!` Ha . n\l.'Lvt`1nv\a Iv:-\|I"` Bill. I But she only shook her head,~ Ind "bent sohfbing over the dead kitten. He patted her on the sho11lder'with'rougl1 kindness, put the chain on the ground beside her, and mounting his horse lode away. The rest Olf the troorpew, having found no trace of the fugiti~.r<-. were already some distance ahead. A: snnm on In. nu... ................:| 41...; pvcncl. . ' Come, little one, don .t cry, he said, gen-t-ly.. Look, hene s the pretty chain 'for_yo11. Cheer up. and be a brave little mud. ' 'D...L ...I. . __1,_ 1 1 1 1 . . -s=u_u-- Dick glanced at her.cornm)ass1ona.teIy, and once `more drew the chain from his pocket. r`.4\v-r\n HI-6-.1- A..- .`l._..h_ -___ H I, ,,-1 "`:gs'=W;,=wu twice-u 1-t _tem1er~Iy in her Jap. ,t, 051. she sohbgd, pxteousl-y. it _s dead, I smggd, and 1-t .1 never play wxth me T}-in! nn`n-4~.J -1. L-.. _-________,A,,, tered curses he sii1'uil_< z'1}iv:1:;.-W H mm" In the meantime Jessie had thrown herself on her knees by the side of her little comapagnion. a moment; ago so full of happy dlfe, now a mutt-Eated, bleed- ing colzpse. She lixtted it with t.resm-bl?ng ngers. `and placed i-t tender-ly in her lap. it,0h, sobbed, piteousl-y, it's 5 dead. and i-t I|l nnvn-r mlnv xvii!-u um ` wzfuwnx us sucn as you that make us ctmk in"the nostni-ls of the 1people'. `B2- gone, or as sure as there is a God in `heaven I ll drive` my sword through your black heart. The other eyed him with a venomous look, but no doubt Dick was the better swordsman, for with a` string of mu.- curses he slumk a;w'a.y.` n I... ......\....`a.:...-.. 1---: V` -' \.Auu|. uu'u Syt'C.U, Lue tricks, of the 1'nVlSil`b]e rebel. Had anyone seen him, admiratio-n would have_rbeen the last feeling sug- gested by his aippeamnce. Hunted like a wild beast, with death threaten-in-3 him on evepy hand, he was reduced to that condition of panic terror into which the bravest may fall when the odds against them are so great as to { ieave no hope of csacwpe. With as-hy face and bloodshot eyes, with bileeding hands, an'd_cl4otl1es torn by rocks and brambles, he ran and crawled and crouched, gasp_in% for breath and ach ing in every 1111) . AI; lnL'll by a sudden rush, which by its very audlacity passed unnoticed by the troopers, he succeeded in cross- iUI.:u11 open space and gaining :he slml'ter of a thick fringe of trees and Cousin-s that bordered the side of H sir`.-~:un. Sheltered by the trees. he ran swiftly down the hillside in the direc- tion of an ivy-clad ruin, for which he had been inuking ever since the dra- goo-ns first sighted h-inn. 1-t was an old pi-iory, and contuinerd :1 hi~ldiu:g place which he had (l`iS(?0\'e.l'ed as a, boy. It consisted of :1 niche in one of the high .~tom- wail-ls which had once held a stziluv. '.l"he niche was some six or seven feet from the grand, and was com- pi('l(`l)' hidden thy :1 thick growth 01? iv_\'. ll` he cowld con-trive to `cl-amber up, force his body through the ivy, and sluncl in the niche with-ouit being ob- S('l'\'i'(l. he believed it would be impos- open` alnnuu lun u-hi-vi-ml .l`\n1r`y u-":41-. .. ........_ ...n . ---- - uu-u5I:'uuu.I_l.l.l\`l' 011 me Side Of [US headAand- sent hm: staggering half :1 dozen yards away. .``You hulking iblack.gu'ard., -shouted Dick; you corwardly brute, will you` never have done with your iirty trick-s`{ I`is such you that make-_ m H19 nnah-.11: A! H... .`.-.....l..' mu tne grass, twitching and writhing m the agonies or death. He was about Op strike it again, when Di:ck s st came hke a. sledge-hammer on the side of his 'IA`n tvnuula a------ entorts to dc-ape, the A kitten coutrnm to dig its .u ~.:u-p claws into his hand, and he dropped it, with an oath. Jus- oie darted forward to pick it up, but he thrust ho: violently on one side, and with 11 blow of his sword stretched it on the twitching azonies nf Ann. :1. -....-. eorts to do th die its ;.:\,'.`.`1`......f .,..='; ?.' -A Human (`mnhlnutlum D` M m'e Prociouu 'I`lum 4-`um. ___. ___|1 n n. _ Vrll '\ . " ` "I Y! n it y-.,9_.` v\ Bu? Inn" an El:-phanf. .154,` runs . n - .. Pr nfarilty-. caulu uuu 1llL'X'illly swauorwed him up. The troopers began mid something allmost aabozltl thcamazing activity and resource of the fugitive who had for houns con- Lnived to evade chem. Many, of them had disunou'nted, and explored with do.- gvod pe'1'siste'ncy evezry bush and cra.J1z1.)' and c-lump orf bracken; but their efforts proved fa-uitless, and they wandered about the hillside helpless and bewild- ered, and lled wi-oh admiration at the cmuft and speed, the quick shifts and the i-nvisi`b]eLi'eIbel. LT`)/I nnrynnn rul\1x-_ ` Tmz: xrnnrm-;v* ill! nnnn, i7fi 91- `tut III DJIIC ..l... You ought," cbntinued the aid gen- tleman, you ought t9 have more respect for your mother.--O.nc-_nnnti Enquixer; ' Ullll Llbilvll UUU I.1'l,LC'I.Yo u.|:1.u, Drtll-llJu' 113 JUUI V ` mxght as well admit it, said the young man contritely. V1511 nnnvlm" n'nnO-{nun}! 5|... ..iL:' ._-__ ,.......-,_....T.. , V . "It has -come-to my ears_thut you aria calling me `the governor. - said the old man, -sternly.` Are you? ` Y In3al1- `:11: 19:31] nnnhb 34- I! ..._:.`I AL- u'ctu:u:' at u:uaa.u." when this doiuebvle blunder was made. in 1577, transiwtov and printer were held to .task, and all the cmpies weredestroyed, but some few escmped. l`.reacIe or triacle is not after all such a blunder,`because in the sixteenth. century etreacle meant any kind of an antidote, or a mixture which 3 asosuaged pain. Galnad was, perhaps, the composivtofs mistake. The V-Vooden Leg Bible is so called from :1 picture, where Satan; with that conspicuous tail which belongs to the part, sports a wooden leg. But why"... wood? '1`l1ere;maybemany surmises in- dulged in. _ One is that in `the England of that time there were numerous. soldiers who were tramps, and isomehad wooden legs and bad traits. ~ , _ :POUU Ur .uw'1`e. 1 Occasionally the Breeches Bibrle turns up. In vG'enesis, iii. 7. the text neads: And. they sewedg-tree Ievuvoa together anod made themselves breechcxs. Coverdale makes it apurns," .a.nd, pe'i'ha-ps,v comes nearer to primitive tail: ions. nun--. _.!..A._1,, I - ` ` 5 value. Once or twice they had caught sight- ot their quarry, and the hitbside had rung with shouts, the jingling of har- ness, the thud of hoofs and the crack- ing of pistons. But the man they hunted was on familiar ground, the estate of his father, a gentleman at Cum.ber!:1nd, and being quick-witted, agile and fleet of foot, he threw them off the scent again and again, and vanished among` the rocks and bushes as though the; e21r1`h hard literally swallowed him I The began to doian.-.i.r fn n.-I cAuu1ut:5 UL Olll art. The Bugge Biyble-is_ exceedingly rare. Psalm xci. 5, reads In the Matthew Bible (1551), So that thou shalt not nede to be a-fmyed for anye bugges by Ilyvghte-" . B) bpgge is meant bogie. A tperrfect Bugge" . Bi-ble will bring $300 or more. t'\m..~.c.:......n.. LL- urn 1 u -.-- - UL LOUUo . The Pagan Bble contains in its :1- lustrations some torrifble :1-nzvchronisms. It was pwbl-ished in 1572, at the time when the same wood cuts served for many punposes. At the head of St. J0hu s rst Epistle; oha-pter 1, 414DD:'ll' Mounut Oly'mpus,Leda1,the siren: Daphne M and Apollo. The least - that can be said of the pictures is that they are good `examples of old art. In n11nnn 'D:.kI.. .'... __--__'I!__ ._I V _--- ..-.u--qu- Of curious Bibles, the names of which gure occasionally in sales, the follow- ing are the best known: The "V1negar Bub-le is so called because The Bar- wble of the Vineyard" is printed Par- I able of the Vinegar." The date of this 1 Bible is 1717. The Servant Bible l makes the error of printing "Servant `for `1Su1~pent in the third chapter of Genesis, thus: Now, the servant W-is more subtle than any beast of the e-ld." The "Judas" Bvb-ie has :1 ham typo- g'raphic:11 error, suebs-ututin-g Judas for the Saviour. Then coameth Judas with them into a place called Gethsemane. The M a file is of 1631, and the not is left out in the seventh com- mandment. The printer paid for that blunder, so it is recorded. to the amount lot 300. FIVI... ur|-.___n n-an, IpJ.uU,o.!.. .U,UUU. The entire burned dxstrict was rebuilt within three years, the character 01 the buildings changing from the frame prior to the fire to brick and stone. - r..- .,_, .....,. .,,..,;;u,;uu. .nuc LluvcL.uu_Lr:nt loss in currency and coin in the Sub- 'J.`1'vasury was $1,046,200. - ',l"11ere were 555,153 Lbu.-ldings in Ghimgo before the re, so that -nearly one-half of them were `destroyed. The value oil? the business block-s, residences, depots, wawhousos, evtc.. desrtro-yud was $54,000,- 000. The loss on other property was $138,52(3,500. 'l`|1..~. nn4uu-. Inuu......,J .`l....L__!-L _,,, `I "A `uc LuouLul.uL'C UH L118 illufllea. 1n'o1w1't_v was $!);;,U()U.U()U, and the loss excccmcl that h-;` $1UU.."'>f_ 6,50U. The in.sm-:um- cu1n=1;:1n?es acted heroically. NE:11`}}' 101) were driven out of oxistelmc by their losses, but nearly all 0-1:` them nmde an e'm't to '11l'30t their policies as far u.~_v p<)s.`<;_m1e. The 1uun:'bcr of people relulerod home- M less .b_`,'_the Chicago re. compared with other res, was: Chicago tire . . . . Great London lire. Portlalnd, Me. .. . . . . 'l_`h9 C`-Thicngo re de.partment lost in bu11l1ng,s_:111d avpp-aratus pruperty va.11md at $140,046. _ I`-c ' lhe lnsumnce on the =buv1-ued Chicago 1!1`0m`1't,\' was $!):,:IMmmm mm H; 2...; cnaul. uuurs. , . The mruuber of buildings destroyed iu the Chxcago re far surpas-sed amything on reconl, even the ravages by mun-.-3 during Li-um of war. The figures and the comparisons are: Clncugo lire ...........a.............25,00U Great London re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,zo0 corumu, March 25,1748. .. . .. .. . .. . .. we 1 New York, 18:55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UUU Uhaulostou, April 27, 1838. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,158 Plttsburg, 1815 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 Albany, 1818 . . . . . . . . . . . . . (300 Sun Fl':lllCi.s`C0 1851. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 Boston, 1672 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUU The dunation of the Chicago re was much sho-rter, for its mu-gmtuue, than than of any other known guat Inc. 1.... great fire of boudu-u burur.-u for fnur days. Rome was uestruyea in three uays, The Boston nrc lasted a. any am`: at uaui, while that of Chicago lasted twenty-. eighht hour I" A vxnn... l\,\.. ,n I `I1 ` ` ' svvvtnl 'L-.uut magnc aeartn struggle satiatcd their lust of slaugh- ter, they hunted rather to kill than to capture, and a dead Jacobite was ever a_ :_mo.re grateful s'ig.h~t to them than 3. hvmg one. .`]..nnA 1.- 1,,6 I