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w Tb« llwit«r juul the B«ap«rs. W»« m»flt«T e&lled to his renporB ; ** Mako Boytiui aud siuklo keeu, Al>d brli4{ me the k^b^^u from the nplaods, And tbi' Kr^A* frum the moadows Kro«o ; And from oti of thc^ niiflt clad marBbe«, Wlioru the bait wavos trvt and foaiu, Ye aball gather thi- rustling B«di{us To furtiuh the barveBt'boiue. f. Then thu laborers criod : " O maBt«r \\'o wilt brio^ thtHj ibe yoUuw graia That wuvoH ou the wiiuly bill-bide, Aud tliu teudor graitii from tlio plain ; But that which Kpriugti ou the uamhM Ib dry aud harsh and thiUf UnWko iho fiweet Odd fprnsBM, So we will not feather it In." But iho maator said : "0 foolUh 1 For many a weary day» Throu>;h Htorm and droDRht. ye ta&TO labored Fur tbe grain aud tbu fra^'rant hay. Tlje K'^nerouH cartli iti fruitful, Aiid the breo2«8 of sumuier blow Where tlit^se. in the aan and the dewi of heaven. Have rifuned uoft and Blow. ** Bnt out on the wide, bloak manb-land Hath never a pluw buou 6(!t, And with rapine and ra^u uf hungry wave* Tbu Bhiveriug Boil is wet. Tbijru lluwur the pule ^'reeu ledges* And tbu tides thiit ebb and lluw, And the biting breatb of the soa-wlnd, Aru tbu only caru tboy know. *' They have druukon of bitter watere, Tbcrufood hath beoti shari) Kea-saud, Ani yet they have yielded a harvest L'uto the nukster's band. So eball >(4uit, u reapers, Honor tbem now the more, And gariKT in gladneus, with Bonga of pralBO, The ^ttu* from the deBolate Bb*re." SHIRLEY ROSS : A. Storv of Woman's Faithfalness. Uo had not seen Bbirloy for moro than s year, and only once or twioa during his long exile had a letter from her reached himâ€" (rank, and friendly letters, suoh as a sist«r might write to a brother who was absent from her. Gay had smiled a Uttle sadly over the cordial words ; they were the only letterH he had received from hor, save the few during the brief separation jaet sab8e<|iiont to their cnijagement, and con- trasting thum with those, be saw bow the eager yuniiij girl bad grown into the grave SMdened womaD who had sufTered and loved and borno a load of aaguish rarely laid opon the ahoaldors of frail haiuanity. Bat all the letters breathed a spirit of tenderness and trust which touched Oay sensibly au he read thera, and which made it easier to keep away frum her until each time bad passed after that peaceful death in Adinbruoke Castle as woald admit of his claiming the precioaa chart;e 8ir Hugh bad left him. He heard muoh of her from others, more especially from Lady Oliphant, who was a constant correspondent, bbo told him how asefal and earnest and boaatifnl was the life which Khirley lad in the pretty ootta(;e- home he bad choson ; for she had steadily re- fused any of Bir Hugh's wealth save the â- mall annuity be had left her in the will he so regretti'd at the last. Bbe told him what good she did, how muoh she was loved, and she cheered him wit%\« few words of hope whtoli brightened Uuy'a lonely life Hbroad with the thoo^^t that perhaps, aftur all, the visions poor Hugh Ulynnhnt Heen with his dying eyes might become blessed roAlities in the time to come. Bat, wlien the roses were in bloom a second lum', Guy received his summons home in n pretty afleotionate nolo from Madge Oliphant, aeking him to come back to l>e present at her marriage. Anil, with Ilia heart beating with a sense of joyous expectation and a passionately tender longing for the Bight of HhirKy's faoe onoe moro, Oay tnrnod his own to- ward home. CUAPTEH LIII. It was on a lovely summer evening that Oay Htuart got out of the train at the little country station, and found Madge and ber ponies waiting for him in the golden sun- light. She greeted him joyfully, Kn<l as he bent and kisBe<l her ohei'k, it seemed to him that he had hcuu nothing so fair in all bis wanderings as tliia " bonny English rose." "It was very good of yon to oome to meet in« yoarself, Madgio," he said, as he accommodated bis long limbs to the limits of Madge's fairy-like little vehicle. " Did I not always came to meet yon when yon came to Krindalo?" she asked, gayly. " Yes; but you were only a lassie then; now you are a young lady about to bo I married, and a very important personage altogether. When is the great day, Madgio?" ""The great day is to-morrow," she she said, merrily. "Guy, how dare yoa call yeoraelt an eld fogy? Ton look ever so mach younger than yoa did when â€" when I saw you last." "Doll I am glad o( that. I am glad too, Madgie, thut Jack has been able so to arrange matters that ho will not be obliged to take our sunshine away from us." "Mo; that has been settled very comfort- ably. Mr. Kearton takes the management of the house at Calcutta, and Jack stays in England. " "It would have gone hard with your people to spare you, Madgie." " Ves, my heart was almost broken when I thought of it. It was so terrible to think that I most leave either papa and mamma or Jack. It was miserable, Gny." " I'oor little Madgie!" " Sometimes I almost wished that I had never seen Jack." she said, half ruefully: "and the next moment I felt that not even mother wanted me as he did." "i'oor Jack! The past shadow will make the sunshine of the present all the brighter." "That was jast whatâ€"" Madge began, impulsively, but she stopped, coloring a little. "Just what, Madgie?" Major Btaart asked, looking at her with a little smile ; bat Madge shook her head, smiling also, and did not tiniah ber sentence. Perhaps he guessed what the conclusion would have been, for he did not urge her ; but a great longing came into his gray eyes. They drove on in the golden sunlight, down the pretty leafy lanes which were so pleasant in Guy's eyes. When he had seen tboui last they were bare and leafless and glittering with hoar-frost, now the haw- thorn, both pink and white, was blooming in the hedges, and the banks were ablaze with lloral treasures. Perhaps it was because the thoughts of both were so full of Bbirlcy that neither of them spoke of her. Once or twico glancing at the grave face of the man by her side, Madge saw the yearning in his gray eyes, which she interpreted rightly ; and she touched the pretty ponies lightly with her whip to increase their pace; for were they not bringing them homo to Erindale Hall and tobhirley? The golden sunlight was taking a shade of rose-color when they turned in at the f)ark gates, passing the little ivy-grown odge where Shirley and Madge bad first met, and driving swiftly up the avenue. Sir Frederic and Jack were standing on the white stone steps, and the great hall door was crowned with an arch of (lowers, one of the unmistakable uigns of the mor- row's proceedinga ; and, while Gay greeted the two gentlemen, Madge disappeared into the house. " The child would not let any one mbel you but herself," Sir Krederio remarked, smiling. " Wo are glad to see you again, Stuart, and 1 hope your wanderings are over." " I hope 80, too," Guy said, smiling, bat with a great earnestness m his voice ; aiul they all proceeded together under the tlower-crowned doors into the great ball, which was likewise full of unmistakable signs o( the coming event, where they stood talkmg, until Madge returned, slipped her hand through Uuy'a arm, and led him away, talking fast and merrily tho while, to bide her great agitation. At the dour of Ik little room which Quy remembered well as ber own favorite sanc- tum she stopped, opening it very softly, and motioning to Guy to enter. She did not follow, but closed the door after him, and then slipped away with an April face of smiles and tears as she thought who was waiting for him within. For a moment after he had entered the room Guy thought that it was empty, but tho next he became aware of a slender wuman in white standing by the open win- dow, with ber faoe turned toward the letting sunlight and hii heart gave a sudden great bound of joy and gladness as his eyes rested upon her. Uow uften daring the long months of his exile and wuitiog he bad yearned for the sight of ber face, tho sound of ber vnioo, the touch of her hand I Even as a thirsty man in the desert craves for water he had thirsted for her, hia ilarling, whom be had loved so faithfully, so unsellisbly, so perfectly, all his life long. She was so lost in some day-dream or muling that alio did not hear him enter, nor tlie closing of the door, and ho was able to watch her for some minutes nnpcr. ceived. He saw that she was no leas beautiful than she had been in tho old days, and that ber loveliness had inoreased rather than diminished; and, as she stood there in the sunlight, in her soft white the pretty hair. The sweet eyes weredown- o«Bt now, the red Up* qalTering a little. Gny Btooped down and steadied them with hia own and the flush faded. " Shirley," he said very earnestly, very tenderly, very softly, " If , during all these years we have passed far from each other, you have learnt to love me less than you used to in the old days, and not only to love me less, but to love me differently- as a friend, as a brotherâ€" let me hear it from your lips now. But â€" " " But what, Quy?" she said, lifting her eyes now to his, with a little smile in their lustrous depths. " But if not, Shirleyâ€" if you care for me atiUâ€" " " If !" she repeated, with a tone of ten- derest reproach in her sweet voice, and her arms crept up about his neck. Closer in his arms now, nearer to his heart, clinging to bim with a love which had never swerved not faltered, a love which bad endured, and would endure, they were very happy. replied, with a laugh and a blush. " Vou | drosa, with one deeply tinted rose nestling will soon see outward and visible signs of it." "Tomorrow I Then I am only just in time?" " Yea. We expected yon ijuite a week ago." " You gave mo no date, Madgie. I sup- pose you were in such a wild state of ezoite- ment that you forgot that I was not likely to know what day yon had tixed." "In a wild state of exoiteraentl" uho echoed, tosHing her pretty bead. "A propo$ de qiu>i, Quy ?" " .< jyropoj of a wedding I Yonng ladios are always wild about weddings, so what they must be about their own particular one passes the limits of my imagination completely 1" " Well, you see, I am the exoeption which proves the rule," Madge aaid, langh- ing. " I am muoh as usual, thank you." " Yon are aa asuey aa usual, Madge. How are your father and mother?" "Very Well, indeed." " And the Hall is turned upside down, I presume?" " Nearly," Madge answered, gayly. "The dining room is intaot; so you will hare your dinner in paaco, which assuranoe will, I know, be a great oomfort to you. You see, Guy," aha added, more soberly, " I should have preferred a vary quiet wedding, but mamma and papa did not like disappointing nil the village people, who have been looking tor- ward to all kinds of gayeties ; so last night there was a ball for the tenants and house- hold, andâ€"" "To-night?" said Guy, langhingly. " There ia a danou for ourselves. Mamma wanted it to-morrow night ; bnt I said that I did not see why I should be oat of it, so I begged to have it to-night." "Quite right. And, if the bride-elect will honor an old fogy so far, I beg to put in a retainer for a danae or two." in the lace at her throat, she was a sight " to mako an old man ^onng." As she stood, she sighed softly â€" sighed although there was a little smile upon ber lips ; then she turned quickly, feeling suddenly, as people do, that some one was watoblng her; whereupon Uuy immediately went forward ; an<l all ber heart went out in glad welcome to him, although for a seoonil aho could not move. Then ahe held oat both hands to him, and the next instant â€" how it happened neither ever knew she was in bis arms, hold there in a olasp which spoke more plainly than any words of Guy's longing and Guy's love, while hor e^oa the lovely, lustrous hazel eyes, ao pas- sionateâ€"looking up to his, told him, better than the sweetest words oould all he wanted to know. In that moment it seemed to Guy that all the past suffering was forgotten in the the great joy and blessedness of their re- union. For many minutes he oould llnd no words to speak to her; she was so true, BO beautiful, so loving, that he oould not utter what he felt ; his joy and love wore alike dumb. But ahe needed no words. Ue held her in his arms, ornahing her in a close, fond embrace, looking down at the sweet faoe as if he would never tire of the rapt fond gaze : and, as they atood thus, the golden sunshine streaming into tho pretty room fell upon them both, a pressage of the happier days tooome. Shirley was the flrst to break the rap- turous silence. Putting her hands upon his breast, ahe looked up into hia face. " Yon have come baok to me, Ony ?" she aaid aoftly. " I have come baok, ray darling." " You will not go again?" The sweet voice was a little hurried and breathleaa now. "Not if you tell mo to stay, Shirley." There was another silence as Uuy watched the lovely pink tinsh mounting As many as Jack will let yoo have," over the fair pale face up to the roots of The tenants' ball given in honor of Madge's marriage bad been a great snccesa, and the ball given to BirFrederio and Lady Oliphant'a friends on the eve of their daughter's wedding-day was not less so. The entertainment gained considerably by the presence of the charming bride-elect, whose fair and radiant smiles were pleasant to see and to remember. Out of consideration for the event next day, it was not to be a late party, bnt dancing waa kept up with unubuted vigor, and the bonny qaeen of the ball must have danced her tiny satin slippers into holes on the occasion. Many of the guests were to remain at Erindale for the night, in order to be pre- sent at the wedding on the next day, and from garret to basement the grand old house was bright with light, while the gay strains of the dance-music rose and fell softly. " Madgie," Jack whispered, when, having waltzed her cleverly out of the circle of the dancers, they found themselves for a few minutes alone in the solitude of the con- servatory, where the light fell on tho ricb- hued flowers aud on Madge Oliphant'a golden hair and white dress, colorless and pure as the dress ahe would wear next day, " tell me, my dearest, are youquite happy 7" "Quite happy. Jack," ahe answered, lean- ing her bright bead against bim for a mo- ment. " You have no fears, no misgivings, Madge?" "Nofoarsâ€" ob, no â€" and no misgivings. Jack save one." " And that, my own ?" "Is that I am not worthy of your love !" He caught her in his arms and pressed his cheek to hers. " And you never thinkâ€" you never fear that Uh Madgie, even now, in my great happiness, I cannot helpthinkingofâ€" " "jai'k" â€" ahe lifted her bead and looked at him with deep eurDsstness- "this eve- ning, when I went to Shitloy, and she told me that what we had all so longed and wished for was to take place, she said that she hud no regret no'v fur the past, that all the sorrow had oeun blessed to her, that the present happiness was brighter for the past darkness, that there was uo shadow â€" not oneâ€" upon her or Guy now. Jack"â€" the golden head was pressed closely against him uow â€" " if you cannot forget, think of it lis she doesâ€" with gratitude and love ; and"â€" ahe looked up smilingâ€" "out of that trouble haa come sumelhiug for which you at least ought to be thankful, you ungrate- ful boy, since without it you would never have known met" Un drew her closer in hia arms. " And you are more than able to make me forget the past," he said tremulously : and the last shadow of the cloud fell away from them. Uthor lovers bosido Jack and Madge sought the solitude cf the conservatory to talk to each other in uninterrupted felicity ; but perhaps of all none were more peace- fully happy than Guy Stuart and Shirley Glynn as they stood there toward the end of the ball, while Sir Frederic and Lady Oliphant were speeding tho parting guests. Many an interested aud admiring glance had followed Lady Glynn that nighl, fur hor story was well known, and it surrounded hor with a halo of romance which her grace and beauty had incroaeed: while to her, aa well aa to Uuy, a ball-room was a sight unfamiliar enough to be intereating and pretty, and to have maay a touch of pathoa and aontimont. "Shirley," Uuy said aoftly, as ho bent ovai, "when am I to take you home?" " Wncu you like, Guy, she answered, smiling. " Thank you, my dearest," be aaid with a grave tenderness which pleaaed her; and there was a steadfast light in the deep gray eyes which bode<l well for the happiness of the future which rose before them with its rainbow of hone aud joy. ' Uo you re- member, Shirley," he added, "that once before I said that, looking into the future, I could see no shadow of parting with you ?" " I remember, dear Guy." "Itut the shadow ought to have been there, dearest." " I saw it, Uuy," she said aoftly. " I cannot aee any shadow now, my dar- ling. Can you, Shirley?" " Noâ€" for there is none, Quy." midnight walk throaeh the snow. There also was Quy, ao tall, erect, and stately, with a wonderful tenderness in his eyes as they dwelt upon Lady Glynn, his face that of one who has borne and' endured, and conquered sorrow, and learned peace and faith through pain. There waa a low but irrepressible mor- mnr as Madge and her dainty white-robed bride-maids came up tbe aisle and a gleam of passionate tenderneaa and joy flashed into the eyes of the handsome young bride- groom who stood waiting for her, and by whose side she knelt to make the vows which she purposed, with all tbe strength of her pure yonng heart, to keep. It waa a pretty sight and a touching one. Shirley's eyes watched them with a grave tenderness which bad something a little wistful and Bad in it. Fcrhapa she waa thinking of her own wedding-day and its disastrous ending, and of the tears which had fallen upon the gleaming satin and lace of her wedding-dresa. No such fate was in store for Madge, ahe thought thank- fully ; and, looking at liuby, she met her earnest and sympathizing glance with a fond little pressure of the band. The next moment they were both smiling at Bertie Fairbolme, who, in a dainty court-suit of velvet and lace and silk stockings, brought up the rear of the bride-maids with little Amy Graham, and who had evidently given all his childish heart to hia little golden- haired companion. It was a pretty wedding, the guests said afterwards, the prettiest that some of them had ever seen. There was no lavish dis- play cf wealth, and the good wishes that followed the young bride were heartfelt and earnest. Aa she went down tbe path on ber bnaband'a arm the sunshine fell upon them both, aa it fell upon tbeirfutnre lives. Within a month from the day there was another wedding in the old church, a very quiet wedding, with no gay cortege of bride- maids and groomsmens, bnt which, not- withstanding, tbe village turned out to witness to a man, for thereiwere a beautiful bride and a n-ble-looking bride-groom, and a few true and tried friends who had been with them in their sorrow and were with them to share their joy. Mr. Venn was assisted in his office by Mr. Urey, the Vioar of Easton, and his curate, hia daughter Lucie's husband ; and hia wife and daugh- ters were present. Jack and Madge were there also, having returned to England for the purpose, the former a proud and happy young huaband, the latter the prettiest little matron imaginable. Aa Guy and Shirley went down the aiale together, inseparable and blessed, those who loved them felt that their " feast of joy" waa not the less glad because of their experience of misery. They had learned to suffer and to endure, and the suffering and endurance had enobled and strength- ened them ; and, as the sunshine fell upon them and the soft summer air floated by, it seemed as if some passing angel had touched them with his flying wings and blesaed them with a heavenly blessing; and no sweeter words had ever fallen upon Shirley's ears than those two which Guy uttered when they were onoe more alone â€" " My wife." "For tbem NUbt hag (adod faraway ; Their sua has rliuu aud It Is day; " aud from tbeir present bliss they could look back thankfully and without pain on that long and desert land through which they bad toiled with weary feet. A plain white marble tablet in the church whore thoy worship bears, without name or date, tho short prayerâ€" " MlSKREllK, DoMiini I" and, in the words of him in memory of whom it was placed there, the future lives of Guy Stuart aud hia wife may bo summed npâ€" " I aee a happy home brightened by mutual love and joy and peace, a home whore I am not forgotten but remembered soraetimea with compassion and pity. I see two persona perfectly happy in their mutual lovo aud trust. 1 see the husband, strong, brave, true, loving and protecting, and striving by a tenderness which never fails to make his wife forget the misery she has suffered. I see the wife loving, honoring, trusting, and looking up to a man worthy of all hor tenderness, and makiog the sunshine of hia home and of his life. I see too in that happy home a pale young mother lying, smiling and serene, with a child in her arms. I see the stately old home bright with restless children, who scamper swiftly down the galleriea, and whoao sweet gay voices echo through the old rooms, filling them with mirth and laughter." And what the dying eyes saw in vision has come to pass in reality ; for it is oven so. TBE INU. BATS CAFTUBE A HOVfilL They Drive the lamstM Out by Fear of Ghosts. There is a dwelling on West Fayette street, near Fulton avenue, that for the past twelve mouths has been the oaase of vawik fear to superstitious neighbors, partionlarly to the colored colony in Bruce street. In the last year the house has had three tenants. The first family lived there two months, the second about a month, and the house then remained idle for a Uttle time. The neighbors would see the new tenants get their furniture and coal in and then make preparations to vacate. Servant girls whispered the stories of the strange bouse to one another, and many were the conjectures of the cause of the queer doings. Shortly after the first family moved in the children would wake up and scream for protection, declaring that some one waa in the room, and had pulled the bed clothes off them. The gas would suddenly fliyre up after burning ateadily for some time, and go out, leaving the occupants of the house in utter darkness. This sort of thing con- tinued until the folks moved into more desirable quarters. Loud and unaccount- able noises were beard in tbe house nights. Except that one of the back third story windows waa open there was no entrance except by unloekiBg either tbe front or the back door. The young folks in tbe neigh- borhood would give the house a wide berth and scarry along past it as qaickly as pos- sible. The windows would rattle and the doors bang without any apparent cause, and finally the thing got to be intolerable and tbe second tenant moved. The next family that moved in were entirely ignorant of tbe reports that had been cir- culated about tbe house, and they settled themselves in the firm belief that they had secured a good dwelling at an extremely low figure. In a little while they, too, began to be disturbed, and would vainly light the gas after it was repeatedly put out. One night recently it was determined to ascertain, if possible, what caused the strange doings, and watch was set. The lights were dimmed and all but two of the family retired. After getting nearly asleep the watchers were rudely awakened by the aoaud as of the flapping of wings and a peonliar chittering noise. The gas, which bad been dimmed, had gone ont, and refused poaitively to be lighted again. The watchers were in a dilemma. Matches were at a premium, and ill tho dark none could be found. The flapping of wings kept on, and the alarm was increased visibly by the smothered cries and the uneasiness of the gboet catchers. After along search a match was discovered, and the fears of the scared people were considerably lessened by a ray of light from a gas jet. The cause of all tbe excitement was two large bats. They continued to flatter unlU one had been killed and the other escaped by tbe open window. The next day an examination of the gas pipes was caade, and they were found to hv clogged up in saoh a manner that when an extra force of gas was put on tho whole house was cut off. The mystery of tbe noise in the house was cleared up. It is supposed that tbe bats had free access to the bouse at all timeu, and their flapping around the rooms, particularly when tho house was vacant, made the racket. The question of the bedolothes being pulled off the children is only accounted for in ths belief that they went to bed after par- taking of too much supper, and were rest- less and kicked off tho clothes.â€" /(aftimore Amtrican. Qneer In the Kxtrenie. artesian well sunk under the salt Bay, on the Jersey on water in abim- Unmistakable aigna of a wedding were plentiful the next morning; and the aun shuno gayly on Madge Oliphant'a wedding- day, streaming through the stained glass winnows of tho pariah church on theassam- bled guests aa they waited for the bridal- party. Tho old church waa crowded, the chancel alonu iKting reserved for the guests ; the rest of the building was thronged with the good people of Erindale, the women in their gala dress, the men with nosegays in their button holes in honor of Miss Madge. And in the carved pews of the chancel there were familiar facesâ€" Sir Oswald and Ijady Fairbolme, tho latter aa bright and Bweet and sparkling as ever, and Mr. and Mrs. Litton, who had been married a year or more, ami were settled in London, where the young surgeon's skill and perseverance and genuine love of his profesaion were meeting with their reward. They had uoine down for the oooasion, for Rosie Litton and Madge had been fast friends in their girlhood. There, too, was Shirley, grave and beautiful in her rich dress of ehimmorin!; silk aud lace ; and, aa Mr. liitton'a eyos rested upon her, ho recalled the pale trembling woman who had come to him through tho winter night, and their To Death In Her Bridal Robes. A romantic case of attempted suicide is reported from Buda-Pest. As tbe morn- ing express from Vienna was approaching the station at Palota a girl in a white bridal dress and a wreath of orange-blos- soms on her head rushed ont from a copse, and threw herself in front of the engine. Before the train could be stopped the locomotive had passed over her body. Tho unfortunate creature, fearfully mutilated, waa conveyed to Budapest, where on reaching the railway station her legs had to be amputated. Although her case is critical, hope is entertained of saving her life. It appears that the girl, who is only 18, was a governess residing close to the spot where the attempted suicide oc- curred. The faithlessness of the man to whom she was engaged to be married ia aaid to have driven her to her deaperate resolve. A Mad Hull In a Theatre. Much excitement was occasioned at Nottingham, England, the other day, by an infuriated bull. Theaimal knocked down aud injured several persona in the market- place, and afterward ruahed into the Theatre Itoyal, entering by the stage door. It did considerable damage among the soenery. A number of property deer used in forest soenery were oonspiououaly ex- posed, and these the bull savagely attacked and destroyed. Eventually the animal waa driven into a blind alley, and despatched by a ballet. Fun After Dinner. Helenâ€" Oh, Ethel I there's a man-of-war ooiuiog directly toward ua. FUhelâ€" Do let me take the glaaal I have been here six weeka, and it ia the flrst man of any kind I have aeen. â€" Life. An watera of New York side, produces puro fresh dance. The English put-a-niokel-in-the-slot machines have got ao far along that they now give a chew of tobacco to any one who drops in a penny. Mr. Sinn, of Koyston, Ga,, dreamed tbe other night that he bad shot a burglar, and awoke to find that he had shot himself and was minus a finger by tbe operation. There are two sunflower stalks of natural growth at Koohelle, Fla., one of them has 1,000 and the other 1,136 blooms and buds. The stalks are about ten feet high, with branches reaching ont about six feet. One Huolarinen, of Helsingfors, Finland, was daring his life believed to Uj on a friendly footing with the devil. His will leaves all his land and property to that individual and the authorities of Finland are muoh troubled about what to do. In Paris a man makes a living by going aboat tbe streets playing ou a clarionet through a oanula placed in a hole in his throat after the operation of tracheotomy. When he has finished a little tune he takes the oanula out and exhibits It to the audience to show that there ia no deception. « Mainly About Women. Bouciuault and hia daughter Nina do not speak. Tableaux at summer lesorts are giving entertainment at much expense of time and labor, and the " May Qaeen," the "Gypsy Camp," "Jacob's Dream" and others are making their annual appearance. Ella Wheeler Cox seema to have become a convert to the mind cure. In a recent poem ahe says : Think health, anil health will And you As certain as tbe da.T, Anil n»in will lag beluucl you Ana lose you ou tho way. A distinguished physioian, who recently retired from practice, has built himself a flue houae in the suburbs of Paris. Over the portico he placed the following simple bnt significant inscription : Who would hare thouRht it, Moloua and euounibem bou((lit It I Sarah Bernhardt has gaineil a good deal of Ueah of late. But aho is far from re- quiring a Banting process. â- â™¦^ , Where the Quail Ilelongs, An Austin teacher waa instructing his olass in natural history. " To what olass of birds dooa tho hawk belong ? " he asked. " To birds of prey," was the reply. " And to what class do quail belong ? " There waa a pause. The teacher repeated the question : " Where does the quail belong ? " " On toast 1 " yelled out tho hungry boy at the foot of the class. •â€" â€" Mr. Crowley, the Liberian chimpanzee who haa attracted so much attention at Central park. New York. diedyeBterday morning ol malaria. --'• i-:?'.. : - # I e