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: I who hare worshipped beauty long H.buM a womD r ( to-nlbt That thnlltrt iuy beiug lut ""OK AuJ tuuchwl iuy soul wiib Buddtn light; And vol. iwrohauce. baa you beo there You scic2y would bave called it lair. Qrtyi tht held a subtle shade Of M4oM< that WM half xprMMd. Lips that for !DgU'r were not made Perbap* y 1'aTu's white nuer preaaed To patiant iiliKB. All ')f art BaaVdown ababe4 withuj my heart Ah. We has ene hUh lesson yet Tbt 1 bave liarued of womanhood TU when we IOM and we turret The beaatif ul within the good ; 'TuwbcD the sent** swoon to see XlM soul's surpassing luyiur y , Like mooull|b,t ooiuai a calm conuut With larger hope a d purer love, A lusjuury uf the luriu that bout Tbru' uUhts of fevere I pain aboTe Iheeot of childhood, batter M For this brief vision I may go Once more Into the world like him VUio baa been raniooed. l/o I be kueeli And luuiniun lu the cloister dim, " II y father, I hae slcnod I " II* fel> The craving uf the spirit ceaee Soothed by the unswor, " Go In peace I " BLUE VEINS AND BLACK A tjtory of itioml and Iron. It WM the fink tima the accusation bad beeu publicly bod boldly made in the pree- enoe ol the miners, and, although uoue ventured to jiiu in it, the faces o( ail betrayed that tbey Jolly believed it Ulriob yet stood in hii place silent and motiouleun ; be did not contradict ; he did aot defend hirnkelf ; bnl hi eyes, with iteady, opeo gaze, were filed upon the young chief ,ae it from that mouth alone be expected abaoln- tion or eoademoatiOQ. Aztbor'e glance met bii lor a moment only i then be broke loose from the strong armi which Bought to restrain him. " Below tbere in tbe mine* there are more than a hundred lost men if we do Dot help them, and tbere I think no band will be railed but to cave. Give tbe signal ! Land me you arm, Hartmaon. Too mast belp meant more Iban a mere rtik of hi* life, wbiob any oilier la bis place might have offered, be kuew (bail by this penevera>noe be contended fur the future of hit work', aod tor thin pr iee be left Kunauie alone) in ber aoftoiib, aud remaiuod. The woik want uu wuu uowsa*t*4 energy, uuwearisd pemiiteuoe. They preaacd forward slowly, step by step, bnl null they pressed forward ; and Boon luo malicious powtri ot tbe mines yielded to tbe will of men who bad forced a pat b to their brothers) tbere below. When tbe sou above neartd tu settiog, tbe way to rescue bad ban found, and tbe rescued were lifted up to tbe light ot day, wounded indeed, baU-Buftooated, ituptfied by terror aod mortal agony, bat itill living; nd there followed them, aa it were wearied to death, the reamers. Xbo chief and Hart- manu, the two foremost iu tbii heroic undertaking, wet* tbe last to return ; they would not leave tbe mince nulil all were saved. " I do not know what it means that tbe chief and Bartmann ttill linger down there," said the chief engineer anxiously to tbe aarroaadiag iflijecB. They were already at tbe outlet when tbe laat men were brought op, and Hartmann certainly koowi tbe dangers ot the mines too well to linger a moment longer than necessity demands. Tbe elevator still waiu below ; tbey give DO sign, answer none of our sig- nals ; what does that mean ? " "Wbalif an accident should happen at tbe very laet moment ! " said Wilborg ner- vouly . " Jail now I heard a linage noise ID tbe mioee, just as tbe laat men oeme up. The dietanoe wan too great and tbe creak- ng ot tbe elevator too load tor me to die- tiogniBb plainly ; bat the whole earth around seemed shaken. I only hope that oo falling io of tbe abaf ta ban followed." " God (rant that it may be 10 1 " cried tbe efaief engineer. " Oive the signal wilb all your migbt ! It it remains unanswered, we mtut go down aud iee what bat happened." CHAPTER XXI. Trembling, Ulriob reached forth his arm to give tbe retired assistance. The nezi minute Arthur etood at hie side. "Ae aeon ae we arrive safe below," be aaid, " eend down all who wish and are able to follow oe. Qluek an/ / " " Gluek auf I " repeated Ulriob in a hollow voice, but with the aame iirmoeae. Il bad a weird, almost gboel-liku aoond, thia lalutation which botk men threw np from tbe depths ot the abyss which now reeeivad Ibem. The eltvator Bank alowly. Tboae standing above law only how the young chief, giddy at the etrang* deeeent, stupefied at tbe vapor now happily but faint, reeled backward, aud how, with a quick movement, ilrtmann placed bis strong arm around him and held him op; then both vanished in that anfio eating pit of vapor. Arthur wae right. Bi> descent decided all. while that of Ulriob remained without tffeet. They were accus- tomed to see Ibe steiger Harlmann imperil kis life for immeasurably leas oaune than this, and always to rescue U unharmed ; to tbere wae already among his oomradee a tort of superstitions belief that no danger ooold reach him. Il wae be who bad made tbe footway-shaft impassable ; and hie attempt upon tbe elevator bad caused more than an boar's delay, and bis father was down there with tbe otberi, lost, perbapr, through b's act ; and ao, as a matter ol course, be would without hesitation rush Into a danger none eUe could wish to share Bui when the obief set tbe example this delicately-reared, arietooralie man, who bad nsver entered his mioee when they were aoppoied to be safe, aid who now forced bis way down when death threatened every one ; ae be went before, so all fol- lowed. Next him were tbe three miners who this morning had laid Ibeir hande upon tbe elevator, which now carried them down aoder Ibe gui lance ot one of Ihe engineers. Then came new and etill new helpers , no exhortation, no command wae needed. Tbe ehiet engineer very soon bad to keep bsok the rashing throng, because the servioee of only a part eould be made available. Hour after bour went by. Tbe iau had long since reached Ibe meridian, long since n eared Its setting ; and still below tbere, in tbe bosom ot the earth, human intellect and human will contended with tbe destroying elsmenta to wrest from them their sacrifices. It wai a battle more ter- rible tbair "could have been fought in Ibe light ol day ; every fool's breadth mn.l first be oonqaered, every etep be won in tbe face of mortal danger, to make il a poeaibilily to press forward ; but they still pressed forward, and il seemed M if these unheard- of exertion! wonld have an unheard-of reward. Universal sympathy was awakened for tbeee out orlunate mec ; all hoped to rescue them, for they Mill lived, or a part ol them at leaet. A heppy accident, tbe ditoovery of two mioen, loet or bewildered in their baste to escape, furnished tbe right clew Tbe explotion seemed to have only parti- ally affected tbe upper shaft, and Ihe miners most have bad time enough to flee lor refuge to one of the secure tide passage*. where tbe vapor could not reach them, hot where tbe falliug-io of a portion of Ihe oua- side wall bad blocked them up and out off their eaoape. Tbe aim of tbe reaonera was now to work through to their oomradee, by a way wbiob, at least, looked possible ; and to tbe carrying oat of this hastily-formed and reasonable plan all lent their utmost endeavors. Even if the whole earth lies above them, we maet make our way to them ! " Dlrieb bad ezslaimed aa the first clew was found, and Ihia had become tbe rallying cry of all There wae not one who quailed, not one who shunned the perilous duty imposed upon him. Viith moil, strength and ardor kept equal pace ; and yel, cot to increase the number of victims, many bad to be sent back exhausted and stupefied, to bs replaced by new helpers. Tbere were only two whom noibiog moved, nothing wearied Ulriob Ilartmaan wilb bis Iron body, and Arthur Berkow with bin iron will. This will to-day had lent that tenderly-reared, frailly. built man nerves at of iteel, and belped him to endure amid surroundings andjln dangers to which so many stronger mm were not equal. Both held out ; side by side they Dressed forward, Always In advance, alWaye the first. While Clrioh's giant strength aooora pliahed almost incredible things, and tri- umphed over obstacles which seemed invincible to human hand, il snffloed to Ibe "matter " that he ttood at the bead, that he wae the bead. He could in truth not do maoh more than inapire Ibe men wilb cour- age for their work , but thU wae enough, far more than his arm could have aooom pitched. Three times already had the hand of bis more experienced companion Ktatobed him back, when, unacquainted with the dangers of tbe mines, be had imprudently exposed himselt ; repeatedly tho chief engineer had entreated him to turn baek, DOW tbat there were men enough to hilp, and officers to aaiiat; everv time Arthur most decidedly refnaed. He fell how much depended upon bia remaining among tbi workmen, wbo, from mutiny and sedition, had hastened to this work of rescue. Tbey all looked upon tbe ohief, who, lines he bed been aroused to self dependence, bad always bian opposed to tbem, aod wbo to day for tbe nrat time itood wilb tbem in need and death , who, like) the humbUel ol them, perilled bie life , like tbm, bad left above there s young wife ia mortal angai-b. ! thii hoar of common labor aod danger tksrs ws t last extorted from them tbe confidence they bad io loig denied. There below in the depths of tboee rooky mine*, toe old hatred and the old dieeenaioD were I ; tbere the qaarral ended. Arthur tor aim Ik* remaiciof ban Bat, before be or the otberi could carry oat thU deoieion, tbo signal for aaoent was quickly and violently given from below. All above groand breathed more freely and proekod nearer to tbe mouth of the shaft, to wbiob, altar a short delay, tbe elevator appeared. I'Uieb stood upon il, his lace distorted by pain and blaokeutd by the sool of tbe mice*, hie olotbea torn and covered with earth and gravel, wbile blood o . .-d frem bis forehead and temples. Ae at tbe descent, bis arma were around tbe young chief ; bat now he aapporled not merely a niaggeriog can. Arthur's head lay upon his aboulder. Tbe f aoe WM while aa death, ibe eyea were closed and tbe form hong lifeletiand motionless in the arms winch held il upright only by tbe exertion ol all their strength. A ory of horror roee from all tide*. Tbe men icaroe waited until tbe machine etood etill. More than twenty arms were out- stretched to receive tbe unoouioious man and bear bio to bia wife, who, like all tbe olbers, daring tbe whole time bad not moved from the eeene of tbe axioidsnt. All crowded around Arthur and hii wife. Tbey called fur MiistsiDoe, tor the physician ; and oone, in all tbe oonfusion.halatbocgatfor Ulriob, wbo, strangely eilent aud submis- sive, bad let tbem take tbt burden from bis arici. He) did cot spring with bii wonted quick- net! and agility from tbe elevator ; alowly, painfully be aaepped out, and bad M nra*p twice) at tbe obain for auppurt. Not a syllable wae beard from him ; but Ibe youog miner's teeth were eet in illenl agony, aod tbe Mood now flowed in a torrent, although, under tbe thick ooating ot dual acd tool, none ssw tbat in deathly pallor bis lace qaite f quailed that ot tbe ycnug obiat. He taggered a few atepi forward, until mar tba group which was now pressing around Arlbur ; ibeu be suddenly paused and with both arma embraced tbe pillars of tbe build- ing for support. Calm yourself, my lady ; it ia only a ewoon," eonsolicgly aaid Ibe pbyaioian who had battened to the aid of Arthur Berkow. " I do not find that your husband bai sue- taiued tbe iligbtosl injury. He will re- cover." Eugenie did not bear the comforting words ; abe saw only tbe closed syea, only the prostrate form which gave no sign of life. Then bad been a time in tbii young wife's experience, when only a few hours after ber marriage a atranger band had res- cued ber from mortal peril, and abe was still ID uncertainly aa to her husband's fste a time when , with cool self compos- are, almoel indifference, she had said to Ihe retouer, " Sea after Ilerr Berkow I " That ein of cold nees and disdain was now bitterly atoned for by Ibe anguish ot these last hours, in wbiob she bad learned what it means) to tremble for tbe loved one with- out being able to belp him, or eveu to be near him. Now abe allowed no other at bie side ; cow she knelt by bis prostrate form, and, like any other wife, in bopelooa gooy, called bar husband's name. "Arthur!" Ilwae a ory ol passionate love, of alter deepalr, and, asit rang forth, a ooavuln vu quiver passed through the frame ot the young miner, wbo still leaned against tbe pillar for inpport. Yel, once again he turned bjs melan- choly bias eyes and fixed tbem upon both ; but ia tbem tbere lay nothing ot tbe old hatred and defiance, only a deep, silent agony. Tbsn tbeir glance was veiled, tbe baud roee, not to the bleeding forehead, but to ibe brsaat, which, though it bore no wo and, be pressed lightly, ae if there were the worst pain of all ; and at tba very moment wben Arlbur, in tbe arms of his wife, opened his eyes, Ulrieh fell senseless behind tbem. Although all bad betn rescued from the miusa, a itraoge ailenoe and oppression rested upon tbe assembled throng. No houti, no expresaions of joy were audible ; be appearance of tbe rescued men forbade. Tney did not yel know wbo would really be restored to life, or if death might not yel demand the victims with such difficulty natchtd from hie grasp. The young oblel bad recovered from hie swoon more quickly than had been hoped. It bad been a caving- in of earth wbiob at tbe very last moment bad struck him aod bia companion, but which, Btrenge to rslate, had not wounded Arthur in Ibe leant. He again stood up- tight although still weak and pale, and, leaning upon bis wifa'e arm, tried to collect bii scattersd thoughts BO as to answer her anxious inquiries. We had already reached the outlet of the sbaf s, Harlmann some steps ahead, and therefore in eafsly ; then be urn-it have re- marked Home token of danK< r, I saw him suddenly rnsh back to me and gra>p my rm , but il wae loo late ; already all above nd aroand UB wavsrsd. I only felt bow he flung me to the groaod, and tbrsw bimielf over me ; I felt bow, with bis own body, be covered me from the down-rashing frag- menti; than my Bensee left me." Eugenie made DO aniwer. She bad so nnepoakably feared Ihe oearneas of this man I Bhs bad trembled with such indes- met, and aaob unamntuod tbe other. In pite of hit exhanatioti, Arthur roused him- ee.lt, and, graeping Eugenie's baud, led bar forth to the place where inn rescued miners had at first been takeo to receive the aid and sympathy so abuudautly offered. i'riaada and relatival bad borue away all bat one. Uiriab Hartmanu lay stretched upon tbe ground. II IB father had not yet returned to ooneeiouiuet-t, aud knew nothing ot tba fate of bis son ; hoi he wai not alone uor dependent upon stranger-aid. At hie mde knelt a young girl who held tbe dying man'a bead in ber arms and wilb an expan- sion of heartrending agony gaicad into his face, without in tbe least regarding bar betrothed who stood on the other side and held tbe ban* nf his friend, now growing cold. Ulriob Ji> <ot ate either ; be, per- bapt, did uot know that tbey wore near him. His wide-open ryes wers fixed upon ths flaming evening sky, upon tbe siukinV sno, ae il he would reeeive yel one beam of tbe eternal light, aud take it with bim over into the long, raylees nigbl before him Arthur bad addressed a half audible qac a- tun to tbe pbytioiau wbo stood near ; be auawered with a nilent thru* of the aboal- dera. Tbe young chief knew enough. Loosening bU hand from that ot bii wife, he whispered some words in ber ear, and then etepped aside, while Eugenie bent over Ulriob and called hu Lame. Then, even through tbe miats ol death, broke forth a migbty flame. Tbe whole fire and paesion of a lifetime were for a moment concentrate J in that glanoe which with the fullest ooufceioaanets be gave the youog woman, from wboie lipe oame tbe low, Horrgwful question " Hartmann, are you severely wounded?" Tbe agony of a tew momenta before again quivered through hie features ; bin voioe sounded hollo w and broken , but calm. " Why do yon aak after me ? Tun have kirn agam. Why ebonld I want to live T I have already aaid to you, ' be or I.' I certainly then sup- posed things would turn out quite differ- ently from this ; but that threat passed through my mind wben Ihe wall fell in. I thought ot you and of your sorrow, and I remembered also that be had reached me bia hand aa no other man wonld have done, and then, then I threw myself upon him to abield bim from tbe impending danger." He aauk hack. While be yet spoke, the spark, kindling iota a fitful, momentary glare, went out; but the wild, (ibwiog life, without pain or straggle, bled slowly and calmly away to death. The man whose whole existence had been only hatred aud warfare agatnat tbote whom deetioy had placed above him, bad found bit death 10 retelling the chief he bated. The prophecy the waters of the alrcam had yetterditv murmured iu bia ear wai now verified. From the depth of the mioee, from a deed of aelf-aaorifioa, tbe death Creeling bad come to bim. There was now no need tbat he ehould gaaj with anxious foreboding out into a to-morrow BO thickly veiled from his sight. With that to-morrow, all had euded for him all 1 From tbe highway yonder Bounded tbe measured tread of an advancing host, words of command and tbe clatter of arms. The military help expected from the garrison bad arrived to put down the revolt. Imme- diately upon entering tbe colony, the com- manding iffioer learned what had hap- pened, and bidding bii men halt, be bad come, accompanied by a few ot bit eubordi- natee, to Ihe scene of Ibe dUaeter, where be atked an interview with tbe obief. " I thank yen, colonel," aaid Arthur Berkow wilb quiet gravity, " but yon came too late. I do not need your belp agaiosl my men. In a mutual tan hours' struggle for the livee of our miners, we have made peace - let il be hoped forever I " CHAPTER XXII. Again it wai summer ; again summer's aplendor and annehine lay upon wooded Mile and valleys, and over all tbe Barkow colony, where life, a a aurring and vigorous aa ever, had become more free and happy. Tbere floated now, ai it were, aa almoe- phare ot freedom and prosperity over all tbe works, which bad loet nothing in mag- nitude, while tbey bad won all which bad been wanting to tbem. This certainly had not been a work ot weeks or months ; il had taken yeari, and they bad been loll ot anxiety and toil-tboie years wbioh had followed tbe catastrophe. When work upon the mioei was resumed, a heavy harden lay upon the shoulders of tbe young ohief, who, although ha had made peace with bia workmen, stood upon tbe brink ot ruin. Thai time ot danger, when by hii personal ocuragi and sacrifice be had opposed Ihe excesses of a rebellious mob, wae over ; but now oame other, graver duties a time of oare, of iteady, arduous work, of of teu despairing conflict with the might of circumstance and these almost crushed Arthur to the earth. In Ihe first slruggls be had learned aud proved hii BtreoRtb, in the aeoood ha knew now to use it. For more than a year it had remained doubtful whether tbe mines would retain their organization or their posaeaaor, and even after Ibis fint danger- oos eriaia was past, there were still enough dangers and loseee to challenge tbe almost endurance. Paring the later yeara of the elder Ber- kow, daring speculations, bouudleBB expen- ditures, and, above all, a system ol opera- tion! based onlyopon immediate gam a system whose diaaetrona oooMqueooes had at laat fallen opon tbe proprietor himself bad imperilled both the Berkow position and fortune. Tbe cessation of tbe works, wbiob for almost a month had lain idle, the accident in the miner, to repair which great sums wore neoeseary, threatened niter ruin to tbe already half -ruined obief. More than once it seemed impossible to main- Iain the works ; more than once it seemed an if the woundi which past dissensions, aod more than all Ibis tail qoarrsl, bad inflicted, must be iuoorable ; bat Arthur's character, aroused at so late an hour, grew firm as steel, and became tally developed in this eohool of enforced uninterrupted activity. All had tottered and threatened to col- lapis wbeo. yean before, tbe young obie had assumed the arduous taak of creating a new order of ibinga out of the ohaoa of bniineis obligations and demandr, wbieh mustfiratof all be arranged. But be had learned confidence in himself ; be had his wife at bia lids ; and be had a whole future, life's bappineai for her and himself, to win. This il wai wbiah lent bim courage, where, perbape, any other wonld have given up, will- leu and daapairing; Ibla It WBB wbleh sustained bim relationahip to which at flnt they vouch sated to descend very much againtt tbslr will. Biiioe our holiness aud our organiza- tion bave received each wonderfully flatter- ing nt'.eatio* from government, thoae In higher place* have become interested ioue, aod tbe old aristocracy oonaider oar works worthy ot representation at court. Thie sou io-law certainly can rank with tbe WludegH. The whole Kabeuau beimbip and magnificence doee not ball cqaal Ibe Bef kow possessions and the iutiaenoe ot our chief. The Barou now seee tbat with hii estates be ia lost in Ibe multitude of other proprietorB, wbile we bave become a power in tbe Provioee to wbiob no one any longer denies recognition." " Bat we are aocompliabiog more than any ot Ihe other works," said the director. " They are everywhere studying oar organi- zilion and onr improvements, and yet uoue have imitated us.' " Ah, yee , aod if things go on aa now, we ahall soon be ranked among those ' philan- thropic institutions ' agaioal which tbe late Herr Barkow once oo vigorously protealed Well, Ood be thanked "here tbe ohief engineer raised bu bead with intense belt - iauifaolion ' we are able now to be one of these I II doei not at all embrrana as to expend upon our workmen name that other proprietor! must auxiooely bide ia Iheir pookete, and these aumi are not small. And yet only a little while ago we bad neither means nor iniluenee, but bad to struggle I or tbe very existence of tbe works, and we could not have saved them if, at the) deci- sive eriais, two loeky accident! had not come to our help." " And if onr miners bad not conducted themselves so excellently," added tbe direc- tor gravely. " It was no slight thing for tbem U remain calm while mutiny and inenrreotion continued .l around us upon Ihe other worka. Thai accident in tbe minea ooet us vast expenditures of money wben every thousand wai dif&cjull to obtain ; but I believe that wilb these oat- lays we bave not paid too dearly for what we bave won from our workmen. No man forgele to day, none will ever forget, those hours of anxiety and danger onr chief shared with tbem in tbe minea to rescue tbeir comrades. These bave bound bim and bia miners together. Since that day tbey have believed ID bim and In bu promise to do all in hie power M promote tbeir interest, it they wonld only give him time and permission to proceed ia the way he thought beat. They have honorably waited, and il is no wonder that be baa done more than be promised." "AU very well 1 " said tbe chief engineer dryly. " He ean now afford himself some luxuries in tbe way ot benevolence. But, under Ibe oiroumaianoeB, il is a consoling fact tbat we are carrying on a moal floor- iabing businees with oar philanthropy, as oar yearly aoeoonte prove. Tbey are far more oonsidsrable than under tba old regimt, which eould not be reproached with any especial philanthropic acts ; and itill at that tame all tbat eould be forced oat of the works WM forced oat ot them." " You are an incorrigible icoffer ! " said tbe director angrily. " Too know bait ol all tbat Herr Barkow does not allow himself to be actuated by enob motives. (To be eonttnaed). cribable terror wben she beard thai Arthur wae about to take Ibis venture in hla com. paoy. And now she moat thank bie pres- ence aloue that she held ber bnehand alive and late in ber armi. Tbt abltf engineer approached then two. Hia face wai very grave and bii ronae wae deop and moarnfal as be said : " The pby- iloian tbinke they will all recover all bnl one, and ibat is Bartmann ; him no belp eao avail What he did down In tbe mines to day was too much for even hie giant naturs, and tbe wound bae done the reit. I cannot at all comprehend bow, in aptte of Ibie severe wound, be eneoeeded In lifting yon ap from the man ot earth aod laones, Herr Berkow. in placing yon In tbe eleva- tor and holding yon fast until you came safely to tbe ligbt of day. He did it, bat be mast atone for II with bia life." Artbai looked at bia wits. Thsir glacecs whan the task teemed beyond hia strength ; thii it was which at tbe last won for him the vlolory. Now the lail painloleonatqaeneeaot that catastrophe wsre overcome ; and Ibe old [rosperny bad besn restored to all the etiterprinee attached to tbe name ot Berkow. But this name bad been diveated of ill for- mer ill-repnte ; it now stood pure and honorable before all tbe world. The works, with their giant extent aod their Taet activity, were more firmly and aacurely grounded than ever before, and with tbem also tbe wealth of their posieaaor. This wealth had once threatened to prove fatal to the yoang, spoiled heir, and had in a measure become to, beoauie, without iff irt of his own, a fortune bad been faid at hia leet and be had regarded It with scornful indifference. Mow, when in a elrnggle ot years' duration he had been obliged to win baok Ihe lost fortune ; uow, when in hia banda it had become a bleating for many il bad alro become of worth to bim. A I n . -I llinblDH Ot all land frequenting flab, however, by far Ibe moet famous le tbe eo-oalled elimb- ing perch of India, wbioh not only walks bodily out of the water, but even climbs treea by meana of speoiaJ apinea, near the bead and tail, 10 arranged ae to etiek into Ibe bark and enable it to wriggle its way np awkwardly, aoaiethuig after tbe aame f anbion aa tbe " looping " of caterpillar*. Tba tree climber U a small, eo*ly flub, seldom more than seven incbee long; bnl il has developed a special breathing appara- tus to enable it to keep np the stock of oxygen on its terrestrial excursions, whiob may be regarded an to some extent tba exact converse of tba means employed by divers to tupply tbemsalvea with air under water. Just above the gills, which form ot oonrie its natural hereditary breathing apparatus, tbe climbing perch bas invented a new and wholly original water chamber, containing within it a trilled bony organ, wbiob enable! il to ex- tract oxygen from tbe itorad-np water during the oourse ot its aerial peregrina- tion!. While on shore It pioki op imall insects, worma and groba ; bat it alao has vegetarian tastes of ite own, and does not despise frniti and berries. The Indian juxgleri tame tbe climbing percbea and oarry them about with them aa part of their stock in trade ; their ability to live for a long time out of water maJus tbem utefnl confederates in many email tricks wbieb seem very wonderful to people ao- onsiomed to believe that fleh die almoet at once wben taken out ol tbeir native ele- ment. from " t'ith Out of Water," by Orant Allen, In Popular Science AfonlAy /or January. I h, Hklrl ' the Pipe*. The Maharajah ot Johore ia an excellent and mo-t enlightened monarch, yet from a past-age ID tbe speech which he made at tbe Scottish corporation dinner on Si. Andrew's night, an Englishman we do not lay Soaaobmao might imagine him to be a mounter of cruelly. His Mjeaty said be would never forget tbe reception wbiob bad beeu accorded to him, aod ba hoped to lake baok with bim tbe national instru- ment which bad enlivened tbe proceedings. Thai is to lay, that be U going deliberately, and in cold bold, to introduce the begpipea iotoJoborel Bat if any Kaglisb man feels iaob pily in advance for Ihe poor Johoi iana aa to olaas tbe Maharajah with Ibe mis- creants wbo first brought rabbits and thistles to Australia, tbat English- man is mistaken. Tbe bagpipe Is jail the instrument to delight the Eastern ear. In India the popoJaee follow a High- land piper about with open-mouthed tanoinalibn, just as in England itresl children pursue a performing monkey. The reason for toil ii tbat genuine Eastern masio H more like that of tbe bagpipes than of any other European iuBtraineul. Natives of Indis learn to play our mniio aod musical mslrnmente very respectably, and form fairly tfflaient bands. Bat their heart is still with the moiio of their native land, whiob to European ears ssams M monotonous, discordant and uninteresting. Ii may be suspected tbat tbe Scottish bag- pipes arouass Indian entbnsiatm, because ills like native music, only more so. It is by no means rash to asaert tbat tbe " skirl o' the pipes" may be destined to aid itateriaUy in aronaing tbe Eait from ill immobility and lethargy. FASHIONS FOB LADlKt. The l.i ii ii > .. . i;l, . as . . n la l.nrfou lr waa) stewBas. Velvet and plaah for amarl occasions, and Ihe roughen looking materials for everyday wear, ia the order of the day. Hoi e attention than ever ii beitowid on the fit of the bodice and Ihe eet of the akirt Thia winter there n no " waggling,' but tbe skirt falls straight down, after beiog well kept out by tbe toornnre or mattress pad at Ibe waist. Tbe walking gown* u 'ear tho groand well . the afternoon reception ones are a little longer, the ball onea just tonob, and tbe bridal and dinner robes have long eqaare trains. for day wear, petticoats o! AaUakan cloth, wbioh reaemblea exactly the ihort curl akin, are worn under tunics of rough Berne or vicuna, draped long iu front and ai Ibe back, open on one aide and drawn across the other. Tbe bodice opeoi away from Ihe waiatooal of Aatrakan cloth. For out- door wear, a abort jackal, tight-fitting at tbe baek, wilb ba-.ques, aod loose plain front*, with large Buttons, ii worn. A colored, fcilken, full ebirl front ii frequently teen under be*e jaoketa, or a Mart of oof fee-colored or black laoe brought from the throat, left to fall loose, and then oaugbt io at tbe waiat. Oa a dark costume this bit ot color ii tffeeuve. Tbe large buttoni, apparently growing larger ai tbey increase in popularity, are to be seen down the aidei of the tkirti, tbe fronts of j token, and in cauplaa al tbe throat! and wauls and oofft ot gowna. Borne skirts of early cloth are arranged in long graceful drapery all round, eKCept down one side, where great bowi either ot the new Aalrakan iiobon, or broad velvet rioboo, are plaoad al abort distances apart The Bignorita and Matador short jackets an very popular. When tbe costume ia velvat, looss doable-folded fronts of some pale colored Burst are inserted between tbe jacket and tbe tigbl-filtiog velvet vest, Pale blue witb dark brown, or olarel velvet, pink witb black, or dark grey, green, or ruby, are i scalar. Fancy pocket handkerchiefs are now tucked into the bodice very high under tbe ohm. II witb laoa harden, tbey look wall under bonnet alringa at afternoon recap- tiona. Tbe Primroii Dames and their followera use pins witb small primrose beada to fasten their bonnst atrtuga or attach the corners of their fancy handker- chiefs to their bodices. Tbere ars alao pretty little aafety pin gypsy brooches, with a tiny primrose in the centre, used for tbe tame purpose. Striped muslin pocket handkerchiefs in soft blended hue* are novel, also self -colored once with Valen- oieunea laoe round Ibe edge, or vacdyked ones with boneehoei in two colon alter- nately in every Vandyke. For desp mourn ing, plain white with very deep hem- stitched borders are considered in bettor taste than black bordered onee. Colored silk ones are very popular, peeping out ol tbe front! of bodied, with two or even three cornere pinned baok wilb fancy beaded pini or tmall brooches. A flying swallow, or a flight of Ihrss or four, is a vsry fashionable deeign in jewel- lery, whether real or in imitation. A crab epiked on a trident, a royal crown resting on a soaptre, a guitar, a banjo, an Irish harp, a crescent moon with an owl on il, are a tew of the many new designs. A very large book and eye in Paris paste diamonds is novel at a clasp for wearing al the throat of a handsome evening cloak or rich material gown. Tbere ars some beau- tiful " berry " pini now beiog worn in Ihe hair, about the tin of a very large rasp berry, composed of mixed pearls and paste diamond!. The same may bs seen in jet. A diamond alar ia well displayed by being put in tbe eenire of the bonnet airing bow, al any entertainment. Another IB fre- quently put in tbe centre of the brim of ana bonnet. H.ooco jiwellery (made in England, and copied from the antique) is gaiuing iu popularity. Ttas tournurs aod its steels bavs taken np tbe attention of tbe modiatea ot London and France lor tbe past year, and many are tbe devices which the inventors havs submitted and bad rejected, until now oamee a Frenchman wbo bas been entirely anooeiilnl iu a device which is said to be an Improvement on any and every other, and wbieh ii quite acceptable to the French mod ialee. Tbey will be bare very aoon. A ball drill ii wholly of tulle and bae three tkirti. Tbe two lower tkirti are of plain tails over a taffetas lining. Tba tbird skirt ia of illusion, covered with fine pearl beada. It is fathered and has a satin ribbon drawn through ths hem. Tbe secand skirt or tunic 11 iligbtly poffed and fattened on the side under a long and wide satin ribbon bow. Ons loop aad ons ind of ibs ribbon ars embroidered with flel d fl jwen in all colors, and tbe remainder ot the ribbon U plain. The waist ii low, in bretelle shape, and ii covered with draperlee ot beaded tulle. Around the open part of tbe neck U a puffing witb a narrow piece of satin ribbon drawn through it. On tbe lower part of the waiit it a satin ribbon eaib embroidered with field flowers. Now thai fanoy dress balls ars in vogue in London, the ingenuity is taxed to appear in soma new ooetame. A more elaborate costuming, to repreaent a carp, than ie given elsewhere, may be interesting. Tbs bodioe waa of white aatin, covered entirely with silvsr tealss. A vsry long train ol tbe aame material was cot in tbs shape of a carp'e tail, and was covered from end to end with green icalee, shot wiib nlvir, and at each aide were flue ot eilver gauze, fattened with silver thread. The front of the akirt WM profniely trimmed with water lilies and reads, and diamond! wire ahowared over every part ot the drew. The hiad was adorned with a oarp'i bead ol dia- monds, arranged in tbe form ot a orescent The tailor drasaes of urge wbiob by many are considered indupaneable for utility me bave almost without exception drsped backs, which ire belt deioribed by comparing them to a very large half iqoare, the centre point falling to tbe baek ol tbe skirt, while tbe other two are caught up in butterfly draping!, the extreme eode bid- den beneath tbeir soli folds. Tbe tffiol of this arrangement is easily imagined. Il is .Hll n.AD TO UHUHU. A VBlfJBe U umi.m Wk I* I ouli ul wllk Ian tterTBat. Althoagb 1 have worked for wages, iayi a writsr in the) Philadelphia I'rtn, I ant sorry tbat I am obliged to admit that I bad never tbe Itltoily either (I am vulgar enough to pronounce il tuber) to bave been a house aervant or to bave married a rich man. I keep no servants, whiob may be tbe reason that I don't spend my whole timi in oompUiining about them. I have one hired girl, whom I made to order. I learned the way from my respected mother, wbo alwaya keeps ber tervantB until they marry. Julia was aorawny, yellow and sickly looking whan I found ber. She was suwing from 7 in the morning until S at night for 86 const a day. Now abe ii fat aud toay end oan officiate at a wash tab wilb Ihe best Biddy in the market. Bbe gets leas money and lots more (us. [It mutt be said that she doea not get very good wagea, then.] I loil my cook and nurse maid in one week, one from sickness and tbe other from sanoiaeea, ind Jalia ome to atay until my cook was well, andhere ibe itays. Wben ahe nrat earns I bad to do all ot tbe cooking. lhs>d my washing and ironing done out ot the bonne, acd my washer- woman came one day in tbe week to sweep and clean. Now I send tbe collars and ciiff* to tbe laundry, and oooaaionally a while dreai for myself, but tbat is all. I do not even have help lor the home- cleaning, except that I hired a man to whitewash the cellar lait apiiag, and Julia was ao disgusted with his work thai tbey quarrelled and ibe did bii work over, and all tbe ruti, baek yard twoe and all. I bave never given her across word tinoe she bat been with me. What ii the aia of getting angry when yon just bave to get over il again ? To begin witb, I sat down in the kitchen and told her just bow big a pinob of salt and how big a lump of abort- ening to uie, and so fortb, to tbe minnleet detail, and, having aakcd ai>d found out that the was willing to under take anything new, I never touched it afterward. Sometimes I bad to tell ber a great many times over. I had ber measure every thing exactly. I never told her to take " some augar," but op to a certain rim in the measuring cap. If I changed a recipe in a cook book, I wrote) il all out in fall. I never make her feel akbamed or afraid to ask me aboal any- thing. I told bar that wai what I waa here for. I osn trail ber to keep boats any lime. Her oooting pans are as bright as immooia and Band aoap can make them. I buy all sorts of work aavmg things, and we experiment wilb all sort of soaps and aodai, and I loop op ber overakirta and interest myself io ber bats and wrapi. Sbe runs my aewiug machine, and | uts tbs children to bed wben I bave company or wiah ta go out. Tbe children jasl think il grand to have Julia pal tbem to bed. They dote on ber, and she on tbem. Bbu thinks there are no obildren born quite equal to them, in wbiob we perfectly agree perfectly. Bbe never takea advantage ot my frtendlineee. Sbe never hat sat at table with me. I have aaked ber rt peatedly when we were alone I've told ber tbat I wonld not eat ber, that I preferred obloken or even beef. Bai she always baa aome work to finish first, wbiob work invariably lattt nolil I am done. Next weak aba ii going home one day to make a new dress for herself. Her mother and aiiter are going to blip ber, and tbi children and I an going to ran thin Mlabliebment. They are wild over il. We bava done tbe aame before. Tbe neighbors always think Ibers ia a riot at aneb timer II may be tbat Julia baa bar faults. If she ban, I aay if ahe bas, I ahall never tall of Ibem. I never uquire into ber goings- out or ber eomioge-in. I tell ber thai eba is old enough to take oare of herself ; that every one will judge ber by Iba company ahe keeps ; if ahe goee iih a girl who ia talked about," people will ssy the sams svll thing! o( her. and whether true or false will make no difference in their belief. I also tell ber tbal as losg as ibi bat nnmsroot admirert I am satisfied, but as soon aa il settles down toons steady fellow I shall load my ebotgun lor him. A UOOKHIK uriMO l-lltlr Wile l...h .iiir io i Keeuisj Has). My son, there are jnat two things In tbii world tbat I don't know aboal, and you have jnslaaked ma about ons of them. I don't know why tbere is trouble and lor- row and toil and povirty and tiekniai and death in Ihie beautiful world. I oacd Io know whan 1 wae mooh yonoger, but I rind thai as I grow older I don't know a great deal more than I used to know. I don't know why the heal people teem to bave all ihe saffeiing and the great ainnen have all the fun. I don't know why iunooenl man suffer for tbe wtekadusss of guilty mm. I don't know why the man wbo east tba faulty column in Pemberton mills wasn't crushed wben the mills went down. I can't nee wby my neck should be brake* in a railway accident because a train dee- patcher tenda oat a wrong order, or a aignal man gota to Bleep. I don't aee why my neighbor should be cursed wilb ill- health and suffering, jast beoaate bis grandfather was a rollicking, bard-drioking old profligate. I can't see wby I ahould bave neuralgia just when I want to fael at my besl. I can't understand wby Lincoln died and Davis lives. I don't know wby aome psople starve while worse people founder. Well, you say, wouldn't it bs pleasanlar it all these crooked thingi were straightened out? Yea, oh, yea. Aod wonidu't I ran tbioge a little better 11 I bad the running of them ? Ye a hold on a minute-ye-I don't know, really, that I want to try. Tbere are several Ibioge to ooniider, when you lit down to rnn a universe. Trui, if I managed things, I could make several improvementa ai once. I would nsver sgain have the neur- algia, for one thing; my boolt would not A Lewiiton basiuesi man'i wife has been away on a visit to tbe old home in another oily. He bas livid, dming her absence, uateuaibly at home, but really has beeu living on porter-house iteaks at tbs hotel, and had jost been ekoled President ot a new whist club, in wbiob bs bad a yoang red cheeked girl for a partner, and while ot eonrie be deeply rtgretted the enforced absence of bis own dear wife, be was man- aging to get along without pining away very rapidly. Tbe other night be and his roseate partner had jntt iwept tbe board. They had bad a thirteen trick hand and the reel of tbe table was nowbers. Tbe Lewiston man wsnt home at 10 80 Things looked just Ihe ssme. He com- posed bimaelt to write bia Quaternary letter, beginning, " II ia now bait-past 8 o'clock. I have jail eomi in from my work on tbe txjohs. I am awfully tired, dear, and miu you io maoh. I don't want to hurry you aome, and 1 want you to stay as long an yon ieel like it, this time, for I shall not want M III yon leave me again, itc , etc." He fioiibed the letter and stamped ai_d directed it, and then took a look at Ibe tarln iveuing, and thinking be wonld finish bis oigar (ha never need to imoki in tbe boost) walked out to tbs corner. Wbra be got baok be heard a rustle in the dicing. rojm and looked in. Tbe light bad been movid. There was a head bending over the light. HII wife'! smiling face looked up out of tbe radiance beneath tbe bade and treeied bim. Sbe was rsading ibe letter. His heart dropped down bia iroaaer' leg. He felt like death. " I'm reading a charming letter from you," aaid abe. " Bo kind of you 1 It sounds like those we need to write before we) were married." Tba lady read il through and then read it aloud. " If ibi'd only a got mad I'd been all right," said Ihe Lewiston man, Tuesd.y , II but she didn't ; she languid. Every one of my yarns twisted bsr op and sbs laughed until il made me sick. I never got such a roast, and tbs worst of it is I'vs lost all my refutation for veracity. If I aay I'm going to tbe lodge ibe sets out oos ot tbem laugha and I stay at home. If I aay I have been making up a trial balance at the cfflae and it kepi me late, shs draws thai langn on me aud I will. It's terrible. I feel meaner every day. If it keeps oo I'll have to fix il wilb a sealskin cloak. It'imylast rtiorl, bnl it this thing kec pe on and worn cornea to wurae, I'll have M atop taking degrees and ante on the seal- akin." Leteiiton (Me ) Journal. tbrli " Frank " U a very pretty, pUaiant sounding name, and it is not strange that many parsons nas it in common conversa- tion all tbeir dayi whsn apeaking of a friend. Weri they really christened by that name, any of these numerous Franks ? Perbapa they were, aad if to there 11 noth- ing to be said. Bat if not, was tbs baptismal nams Franou or Franklin ? The mind is apt te fasten In a vsry pervtrit and an- pleasant way upon tbia question, which too often tbers ia no possible way of settling. One might hope, if he outlived the bearer of ibe appellation, to get at tbe fact ; bat since even gravestones bavi learned to use Ihe names belonging to childhood and infancy in their solemn record, tbe genera* lion which docks iu Ohriitian names in sneb an un-Ohriilian way will bequeath whole churchyards full of riddles to pos- terity. How it will punle and distress tbe btatoriatJB and antiquarian* of a coming generation to settle what was ths real name ol Dan and Bert aud " Billy," whiob last ii legible on a white marble slab, raised in memory of a grown person, la a certain borul-gronnd in a town io Essex oounly I "lii-rr Wendell Holmet. r.m Urorejc tin. The charm of fond words vablsbee when one repeat! Ibem to tbe indifferent. Wbeo Death, the great reconciler, has corns, il U utver our tenderness tbat ws repent of, but onr severity. Oar love ii inwrought io onr intbasiaiB as electricity ia inwrought in tbe air, exalting iu power by ainbili prseenee. Trouble ia appointed for as all hue below, aud tbere cornea a time whin we need more comfort and bslp than tie tbingi of ibii lift ean give. Il il well known to all experienced minds tbat car firmeit eonviotioni are often dependent on anbtle Impreeeiona, for wbioh words ars quite too coarse a median?. But we gel soouitomed to mental as wall ae bodily pain, losing onr sen HI bi My to II ; il becomes a habit ot oar lives, and we oeaee to imagine a condition of perfect ease aa possible for us. Let at rather be thankful that oar sot. row liven in us as an indestructible force, only changing iu form, as forces do, and paaaiog from pain into sympathy Ihe one poor word wbieb includes all oar hast insight and onr best love. It WM toward mid day, and the director and the chiel engineer were going home from Ibe mioee. Bitb had giovn older with Ibe lapse of yeare, bnl they bad not changed. Tbe one had returned bis good nature, tbe other bis mallei, which onee more gave intonation to bis voice ae he aaid, continuing tba conversation before began " Tbe Herr Baron Windag has announced bis oomiog through bii eldest ecu. Ileeema they now plume ibemielvai somewhat 00 Balcray ond MrUfc. Witneai TM, sir. He struck ma on the bridge- Lawyer (sharply interrupting) Bow ii that? Tcu said a while ago that ha itruok yon on tbe balcony. Wilneae 80 be did, lir. I'm tallin' ne lie. Lawyer Did be ilrike yon more than onoe? Witness Only onoe, ilr. Bsgorra, I wai quite satisfied. Lawyer How then oould ba strike you on the bridge and on t hi balcony at the ame time, and with one blow f Witness Anyhow, be did, sir. Judge (interfering) -Oa what balojny ? Witness The balcony ot Iba hotel, your honor. Judge Aod on what bridge ? Witoeaa Tbe bridge of my non, sir. Had tbe spalpeen wailed I'd told bim fhilodflphia Call. extremely simple, and not likely to get out of order, M more elaborate dr pings are apt to do. Tbii style of arraugiog tbe ikirl baek ii nswsr than tbe tqaari-ont waterfall drapery, tbe point ID the baok being considered more graceful than the one jail alluded to, which Ii out itraighler aoroai both top and bottom. Cincinnati wai 97 y*ara old Ibe other day. It waa on Dee. 38th, 1788, that taraelLudlow aod aboot twenty otberi landed on tbe present sits of tbe eily and oonolnded to ellle thire. In 1789 Fort Washington was ireoted, and U 1802 tbe city of Ointunali wai incorporated. nrroi the Ban. " Picking the eara" is a moil miiohievoos practice ; in attempting to do tbu witb bard labBtaooei an unlucky motion has many a time pierced the drum and made ii aa useless as a bunted rubber life pro server , nothing sharper or harder than the and ot the little finger, with tbe nail pared, ought evir to be introduced into Ihe ear, unless by the pbyaioian. Personi are often aeeu endeavoring to remove Ihe " wax" ol Ibe ear witb tbe bead of a pin : Ibii oogbt never to be done ; firal, beoan-e il not only endanger! tbe rnplore ot tbo ear by being pushed too far in, but if not so far, il may grate agaiLil tbe drum, excite inflamma- tion, produce an ulcer which may finally eat all Ibe parta away ; second, hard tub- alanota have often sllppea In, and caused the necessity of painful, dangeroue, and expensive operations ; third, the wax is manufactured by nature to guard tbe entrance from duel, inaeoti, and unmodified cold air, and wben it has subserved its purpose it becomes dry, tetlsy, and light, aid In tbii condition ii eauly pushed oat- sidebynew formal ions of wsx within. 1'hremlofieal Journal. run over at tbe heels like an italic d ; my pantalooni would not work up, nor bag at the knew, aud my collars would not olimb ibe baek of my peek, and my moosUiolie wouldn't keep waxsd like a bristle at ons end and fray onl like a satin ribbon al tbs other, and bat there are BOOM other things to look aiter. Tbe little matter of day and night I think I might manige for a week, may be, eclipse or two to but there would be) an look after, an occasional A Urir.lt t-.ll.lrl..-. Hartley Campbsll entered Birlin with- out a word ol German to bless himself or curse Ibe cab driven wilb, says Ibe Detroit t'reefrni, yal before two months be msde a ipeech to the Berliner! from the stage of Ihe great theatre there, wben tbe " Oalley Slave " proved snob a laeeess. It isn't always sate to trail a person'! self in an unknown language. A Detroit politiciaa wbo sought the loffragei of the Poles got one wbo knew tbe language to write him a peeob, and thii hi committed to mimory He didn't noderitand a word of it, bnt unfortunately thi 1'oles did, In ipite of his pronunciation. " VUlaioi and icoundrtli," he began bowioi P0"tely, under tbe impression that bi wai laying " Chairman and geatlimen." " What are you all Handing gaping there about r (Sensation) What the old Nick do you know aboal politici any how? (Murmur a ol disapprobation.) I don't want ths vote* of inch traso as yea" Here, to ths astonishment of tbs new l-eaker of Poliab, there was a rash for him rain, somi anow, a late spring or an early anlnmn or a oaprieioai harvnt time to manage ; tbere art certain movements ol the sun and other planets that have rather delicate relation! with the earth come to Iblnk of il, my boy, I have never yel been able to control my own personal neuralgia. Mow, yon are vary kind, but I will moil reipeetfnliy deelloa thi appointntnt. I find, on looking into Ihs varied and trying duties connected wilb tbe office, tbat my bodily and mental itrength would not eland the gnat tax tbat would be laid upon them. Wbile I an in tbe highest accord with the administration, and wilb to give It and to Ibe ixtent of my poor ability do give it my moet earnest support and encouragement, yet, I much preltr to de thit in my capacity ae apti*te-eitiien. Hiirdrttr in Brooklyn l-.agle. A writer in ths Boston Oiobc traces lie origin of the umbrella baok to the Garden of Kdeo. This may ftwaieh a olew to the orlfui of petit lareany. Al a race in Bomb Australia, a few week* ago, thi falling of a leading horse brought nearly ths whole field tumbling ovar bim. Two jockeys were killsd outright, half a dczm othiri terioutly (tonai fatally) in- jured. and several horses killed or maimed King Tbebaw has fear qaeen wivn besides a itaori of aatiitant ssarera in his royal smiles). Is it any wonder tbal wben they all made a demand opon bim for win- ter bonnets and'tealnktn aarqueabe found il cheaper to no to war with England ? M. OAMiBr>, keeper of a mosenm in Parir, I* negotiating for Ihe bath in wbieh Mnt was aesastinated by Charlotte Corday, bit thin irtenlieal bath oan be bought by aMiy> body in taw one of Iks old onriotity shoe a IB Pasta A trtwk ai V.nrfrrblll. Wbn W. H. Vanderbilt mid* hie lui trip over tbe South Park road be stopped with his parly at Basna Vista (or rapper. Mr. Yaudarbil i . WH not hungry ; bs only wanted a " glaM of nioe, freeh milk," which Proprietor McOill anon handed to Ibe millionaire, receiving a 85 old piece in payment. MoOill pat tbe money in bis pocket i and Mr. VanderbUt, after drinking bis milk and not receiving any change, remarked : , % |',. MUk ' - *" N** ia tti^oonnlry, isn't " Oh 1 no,' replied Charlie, " ntilk a not high, but it ain't often ws get a oraek M yon out here." An uproarious langb followed in which Vanderbilt joined. Denver Tribune ' WeisjM alike A B| n ., .. ui." Angelina- Mr. Sooopklne, I have heard that you are engaged. Aaguatua Why, what an idea! Bat I bear that oa ars. Angelina (blosbiogl-Nonsenu I People are so absurd. Anguetns- Aren't yon, really I'm very glad to hear it. Angelina Really? Augtutne- Really. After a pause-I eay, don't yon think it would be " ? Angelina (neonrsgtug)j) Tee. Aogoalos I wae going to lay, dou'i you think it wonld be biee to go oat and get rome oysters? Angelina (<Dapp.hlj) No. I bate 'em.- - ( Aira(/n linmbltr. The twelfth child wbleh Mme Ferdinand d-! Leetepe presented bef husband, who ia in his Kiel year, tbe 6th of December, ta aid to fcw BBI aU Parti in . V