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 ipjy^uipii ii^mm 3, too, ha\» w.n ries. " 1, near laa owned ot^j- Klwork of tbeeiJ 3n the works H ichinery haa Thec'odihij iok de Liftkeij sailors and scie e the voyage fcâ„¢ Julownin in igjjj 1 thafc Be»vfc»| orations whft|« e scientific Jr. of Birdslx^ 1 field on his fa| "3- Upon renn to be of silver, dollar, bearing d was of coppcrJ nny, and dated il •wr Y(3#^ f ^e mnst all Scratch. m-d the first little chicken. With a Queer lUtteWl^*' .•T wishleoiriaflnit «,j^l A fat little wftriA. Said the next little chicfeen. With an odd little shrvg, -I wish I fould Untl A tut little bug." Sa'fl the third little ctiicken, â- â-  With a sharp little Squeal, •• I wish I could find ' "• Some nice jellow meal. ' «aidthe fourth little chicken, " With a small sigh of grief, "I wish I could find A green little leaf." ' Said the fifth little chicken. With a faint little moan, •'I wishlcouldtind .â-  -_ A wee gravel stone." ' â- â-  '• Xow, see here," said the moUier, From the green garden patch, " If you want any breakfast. Just come here and scratch," n6a paim-iS DknA^s 6ti 8ventn^, to ser was ari CalLe to the Kescne. It was such a lovely day! â- . Calliehad Wen. nd out since six o'clock in the wrcet- First he hail a splendid 8\fim. Then [played ball, fed a pp-t horse, and was all lout. le sat dowu on tiie piazza -railing to rest, watch the beautiful river which flowed t the house. Little Rose caiae to- 'him Ithl'.er hajcls full of flowers, begging him y with her. Gallic was nop^ too tired. use his little sister Rosy Posy, an« tan to tell her a story about the fairy who ed in the clover blossom. Just then they heard a cry from some vs \\ ho were under a tree near by. They .chad for a moment before tbev could^' what had happened. Thto Callie took by in his ar ns and xan to the spot. VViiae I you think they saw dear pussy cat, the pet of ttie children, a family of five kittens.. They were i^ delight of the house.;" Puj^y Jjad Jlipb- I into a hi!;h tree. I am afraid that ste tut to steal a bird. She had fallen right la kitestriiig which had caCght there, Id it had twistsd around her neck till it arly straigled her. [The boys were much excited, but the ee was too high for them to climb. Poor osy (hopped upon the ground sobbing and lyir.f.' while Fussy kicked and kicked but yAdi ot etcipe. Callie at once saw that imetliiiig must be done, and ran for th« rdenei' The man brought a ladder and bt the t-ti';iig, lifting the cat so that she al.i i:Ot tall. He gave her to Rose, who L'td and kissed her till the almost chok- T'l- figam. She took her back lo her |iit(.i;.s but they did not knw what a iiax- tw c?capf their dear mamma had had. Veil may I'e t-ure there was nothine: too ID.' i-'ussy to eat after this. Rose went htl'out a peach, to give it to her but she lou'.il not eat a bit of it. Her saucer was Iways lull of rich milk, and if she was not iaiic sick by (...ndy, it was because she had o •.; e not to eat it. KiTTiE Brown. against one of the aer'a cafe on Saturday observed -to pitch suddenly ble flor. e wmhe? QiV ti^MMtJf^ \itioa Sd Men noticed. It di4 not appear to have been, and he wtfked tabk to tfte inilar and ex- amined it critically. Then he walked around it and looked up tcthe ceiling. He self whether thepo^fi^moved from its â- plaoe/Mid kickqdT ^im, he pressed hard against it with thfe i^im cf his hand. -In another instant, the gentleman was sprawling on the floor. 'He got u^.-in*- finUBg that 4if was beginning, to attract atteiftionj he Valked bacfe and WT'hi.jtfr Dooner, "Is this place haunted,' he° Mted,' " or have you a familiar spiiit which ^bpkB people down?" Then ,he e^plain'd ^at ha* tak^- 4)Uce. "Jfoi»^eitteit' said Mr. iJooner, "show me the post and I'll hug it ifyi^uaay jo/' Mr. D.pnejc was shown the post, and he put his arriis around it. But it was not for long. In less than tv, o seconds Mr. Dooner was where his guest had been a few minutes before. At the same time a howl «tf lage JicMd in jjtii(|j,bar-room. Mi; Bafovgk n^ 9^1^ A man'iias standini; there Hif it in his hand.' de-jraaded," -landing ^?Il^..gla4i of wine in liat does this" mean " he I attempted to take a drink and a .«hodc went through me like a galvanic battery. Do you â€" " He was inteiiia^ted by an9ther nym, who entered suc^etl;^ with a j yell and buttered ' jiwrecation, " Wh^t'A the natter ret".h^^»ked rather angrily, "I pat my hand on an iron post out t^here, " pointing, to the cafe, " and I believ e L-ia pai«lj?aj."' By this time a group of excited men had •gJi^eied aronnd? £*TIi* nlfci^e is be- witched, "saHoae, 'k)ihiB»5e*tfBU*netized," suggested another. "No, gentlemen," ven- tured a.httle rasLtti who nraa saQjjw broadly,. " it 8 nothing td tii^kincf. Ttfele gentlemen h»vkll leceiveian el^ti^^^^o^. M^ ail ttivestlg^tioH ana see n^I*ata%oi righ|.'*. The hotel proprietor sent for the mw^ief cf the Electric Power Company on A-fCt^ Etre^^a^ve Tieatta. He jCame, and in^ Ipsi than'tWenty^imnutesfeid'lolvedthe myatel^ It was found that a steel screw, from which de^eH(|ed an alectric light, h^d "been pushed too -far through the lath and plaster aajff^ ' t«m# t« came in contact with an iron girder. Tte' girder rests on a pillar, and the base of 1». pillar rested on anpther girder beneath the floor. The gentleman who were knocked down had completed the circuit by touctiing the post, und the man who thought he was drinkins; molten lea^ldidthe same byplatK^g^ tis foot on the' inetal rail in front of tUff Jmr, after he had lifted the glass to his lip»."'-^e' screw was given a half turn back, the circuit was broken and everybody was relieve.1. â€" Philadelphia Pre-s. AmoBiiisrUoldaaC of the War. An American paper says â€" Wlien Mr A Fosny Itittle Motl^er. l'i.;'p I'cep Peep Ten little orphan jit.5 all crying at once, and each one try- to cry louder than the other. What sliould be done with them? Poor tioti.ui' Hen Blacky had been killed, and vho was to take care of her ten baby- lliickcus " lien .â- -peckle had twelve chil- Bren of l.ur own, â€" as many as ^he could bover. No room for the orphans tbeije. Hen rVliitey's eight children were so large and to ill uatured they would not let the downy little new-comers so much as look in their toip. hen Topknot, who had but four in her d, would not hear of adopting any Qore,anl taking care of the little strangers. She pecked at them so sharply that the poor le things ran off, and stood in a gronpe Ihy themselves in a comer of the chicken- jyard, crying as loud as they could cry. ifusie felt like crying too. She was sn Isoixy for the motherless ones. She to(^ up [the chickens in her apron, where they cud- Idled down, glad to g^t warm, and glad to Ihide ai ay from cross Hen Topknot. " I'll be your mother, myself," said Susie. And a good mother she was, too. She Isoon tauglit the ten little black and white [and speckled chickens to scratch for w-orms. I She put them to bed every night in an old basket, and covered them up warm. In the ' morning how gladff-ey we:e to see their |niw little mother They ran to h«er whcre- ever she was when they were t.rpdj ^nd such a nuiLv tight it was to see- Ihose fen chickens tly into S-isie's 1 ip, creep ucfler her apron, and cuddle against herKfckHfith ht- tie couiiig Sounds They nev. r knew any. ptler fa»tli^r, and tlu-y Lever wanted -fa -better 'OBei- -^u#ic ne. er for;;ot tp fe©i her babiss, and they grew as fast and were as fine-looking as the other chickens, wlio had htn-mothcrs to take ca;e of thein. And Crtis^ learned how to bo thou^itf^l and jliiml^ htlpl£^ ,tliing3^ But one^ees ncft often mfd ^ittfe-girr whS- ' is mother to ten little,cli^l*9n6. r. ., -, ,rj^, ». LccY lU:ip(^ii.|j4Mfi"o,|,,' ' KeCurmaruie â- IsKeeeat ISuik, east of Nantucket, the wina cani.,_,. the southeast and headed u.« ofiF our course!^ the ship makine from twelve to fifteMHiiS)(»; E aaiioiA, Hie fourth day out we ran ihlo a ia-^t soundings on the 6r»fd Diseorar^a N«v and Xapeftamt -BMtUaic AgfOamt Oiaealtles. ete. Mr. Stanley is once more ui EJurope, and at the present tiiD»4a'iD Bmoiel^ 'the ^e«i of his Majesty King Leopold il., under whose auspices he has for the two yeirs past been carrying on his labors on the Conzo. He was rec^^jjgtW;railKMTf«|of%: the secrefcarylS! ffieltfSLnlnleffiifioSrSor ciety, and eince^ then (that was a weelt ago) has had many an^diences 'witTi" uls StTgtiOT ij to whoai he has made a detailed epogltfof Mb Ai||ean ' ^nuMjifencce^d the orgj^i^g^ the SfBreaftB 4^ Com- te (UPhdoift Bliat-Qgi|e, of ^Mch soc». ety his Majesty is, as of the Intematiohal African society, president. Mr. Stanley has besides been kept very bubv by the visits of interviewers for French papers, which, since his arrival in Europe, have been filled with the doings of a certain M. de Brazza, an ex- plorer in the service of the Ere»ch sectioa of th« y^fric^ International Societjr, whosajm that he has in a way forestalled Mr. Stanley, and has annexed a large territory on the right or north bank of the Congo, on Stan- ley Pool, and now awaits the sanction of his Government to what he has done. A re- porter ff the Herald hapliftd a lomk talk ^^^, â-  a^ ^-z. ^i^h- Stanley. W« l^ie m follow^p?^- f J^"'*!5'.;i5^-^l.^^J°"'^- tUctB J' x^t T • gy .-' I iflfe»lt*r t*%H»eaiQf Je E^ heai ox THE CONGO AGAIN. "Arriving on the Congo," Mr. Stanley sad, "there were four hostile lines to be met and passed before I could commence work. Therewwe the white traders, wlia natur- ally regarded ali^new catners as Scopp^^- ors and^rivals. " They would hOt, indeed, proceed to violence or acts of open hostility, Jot thay would be quite ready to do any harm in a loundabout or indirect manner, drivTjijjjjrtrn aw|i|,' If {WMible, by faar, aot relishj4g,*he idea of 'new rivals on grpi^^ they Ud Utherlo cohpdered as sacred to them?elves lSie« there were the Jiati*p4 [. who 4i?e,in3;he .^e^ghborfcood ol tk^ ^Ifite ' tradira. 7heM gte "*ki tradafeei«4 liltd the white men, and they have very natur- ally no desire to welcome you to the in Qaptain Rodney Baxter, of Bostjon. writer "Aboat the tin* of the okwe of tl« C ' I eMM9Dded the clipper gKip day at 3 p. m., we tuibk ire ipm the Highlands of N*ver ew ToiF harbor, for Marseille*. Tb« was blowinga ;ood breeze from aouth east, so that we coold carry our toi flv^^fore and aft. ^fter passing ^n^anfe^and traje whe#' v selves out- of the natives more distant from the coast than, ttiemselves. Aft^ t^^e native traders there are the flabwenidfes and Bacongos, who go up as far as Stanley Pool, t%H».dfb«i(jFthe il ' 'the nRtiiie m the' turn to the natives dwelling nearer the white traders. And then thjBre arp the people at Stanley Pool itself, thfe Bateks and Bankunas, who have been accustomed to keep small stores of beads and brassware and cloth, and to buy ivory brought ,down to Stanley Pool. Si, you see, yon have four lines of opposition to contend with. And these jifiS^ or bll^tacles, have h^n the ' cause, in fiic|,Jwhy A^ica on the w^i coas^ has been so long prevented from enjoying the blessings of honourable trade with white men just in the same way the slaf a' tcaders on the west coast 'prevented the early 'tra- vellers from proceeding inland to discover the grand lakes of Central Africa. Added ta^ thi^^^nay be^id .{hat a £orei)W*x;- p^ition li^ o|if^ h»iIto meet thefostaJity ofk other Burdftean^sattoas, notably a^he. French on the Gaboon, and the Portuguese at Angol*. who, though they have not pro- ceeded to any overt acts seizing without raying By yourle^v^,!,or anything of that jy^id,f d^btless^ llj^frie entertained and still entertain hopes in the future ot being able •to extend their territory, provided it is not taken up in the interests of f^te meiu A NEW LAKE DISCOVEEEb, Butler, or SDmebody else, comes to paint the history of the Egyptian campaign, it'is sale to bet that one ot its most striking episoetes will go unnoticed â€" the charge of Lieutenant ' Lang ac Chalouf. He had a band of blue- jackets from the Mosquito and a small party of Highlanders, and was endeavouring to turn the Egyptian .flank, when he found his advatice bin-edibcr- the Freshwater Canal. There was a boat on the further side, aujj,^ stripping off his cloth 2s and accoutreinents, the young officer plunged in, swam oitpTftjii. secured it, and sculling it back, crossed his men and deployed them- just as the Egypt-ana perceived their danger. Appre- ciating the value of the initiative, and "not deeming it consistent with the traditi(3*^ o\' her MajlBS^^K's ^semce " to wait to dress himself. Lieutenant liong caught up ills sword, and, clothed in his boots and a cholera-belt of red flannej, headed a success- ful charge on the enemy. From one point of view this exploit was up to the Berser- ker standard, from another it quite out- stripped. The colored population of the West Indies upon one memorable occasion were terrified by the advent of the terrible Highlanders, who were " in such ahurry to kill the poor black men that they hadn't waited to put on their trousers," but here was a foeman still more eager for the fray. It was, as we have already said, a gallant, exploit. â-  .^ â-  â-  HlBdv BMpitalUy. A correspondent of th Missionary Herald says hospitality, as we understand the word, is a thing praetifaify unksflji'n in Incyaj This is due to two causes; the selfishness- • theHindus is so marked as to be called a^H tional peculiarity. The social atmosphUi s yne writer sayd. ^nd3.at f.^ezing temjf. bef4t^^e.; The i)e^)l^ have Wstrictly selfisT _„ aim4n e^eiy al^t^wf-charitS, tod e\;enin jve^gijdiired, dar\n£.^e.4iir^m^ their offerings to the gods. Their rnotto ' â- Â» '-^ 'â-  -• •- «e«Hns t* b^HLook oi tloryourself.butnever do ' anytfiiig tor which you are not likely to be repaid." I have many tim s seen a whole family sick, and p.rhaps, aUnost starving, and a neighbour in the ne: would never for a moment contider "'.^fter this woi^ was ()one4 1 p^^eeded up f'ver arid began to explore the K^ango, the last great affluent .of th^ .C^ngp., .op the south or left bank. C' 'pfrdceedea ii^iflhis river for about a fatmdred and fifty aiiiev, and having seen that it' was navigivbler stM~ further, I â- Â» ent a few miles and lo a fine, noble lake opened to my view. This I cir- cumna.vigated and found it to be abqp^ sdv^^ty mil^slongandlfg^cplQi^ to ifl^ miles in its extreme breadth. The natives dwelling on the .-banks were wild, but as we had a steamer. there was no necessity to indolgt iaadyoct tha^ :wpuld be lifcdji to cause us on our side or thtm on theirs to feel embittered by -our visit. To this lake I pave the name df King Leopold It, in honoui: 9£ hi* ^laje^]^ the 'Ij^ing of the ^V gians and the main promoter of this great and Qniqae ehterpriaarfor the -introduction of civilization into' Africa. 3!'he privations Banks. The soatheast winds had foris* fi'uui out' course fartiier uoith taban we bd wished to go. We lay becalmed ifrom 8 «^ockAt B»««ill 3 p. nvrthe wind then httemfu^mbm the soutnasst so that all outi|PDiv^woald draw, '^^^^aeveath, day. fromrNe^rYork we ^tseixJor^o, ths tobst northwest island of the Azores. The day before wc sighted this island we had a fine chance to learn our position. We got good observations from two good chronometers and clear horizon for meridian altitudes, so that we knew pur position exictly. We were 223. miles fron^ Corvo, where the obser- (|ationB were taken 'at noon j we made anc{ passed the island at 3 p. m., running the dis- tance in 15 hours, averaging a mile in four minutes, or fifteen miles an hour. From here to the Straits of Gibraltar we had baff- ling winds and calms, hut pegged the rock ** " ' From .-» • â- â€¢ .m if head winds ahd* calms, but Arrived Aere tre nineteenth day out. The pspers reported this to betW quickest passage from the United States. They also said that' the bark Race Horse made the passage from Boston in twenty-two dayjL The Spudjregistered 1,800 tons, and 'Wf^ a full r)Med clipper ship. I think her Tjmra yard Vai ninety feet, carried sky eails fore and aft. Her model was excellent, and shPY'ed that perfect, yfmjp^try which a sailor admires. I commanded her for sev- •tfii f can, and -npship eyer^^aned her bound the BAnM way^ either byfaii^J^e the wind. A.t tfae^^l^ma I hive re;^ce ' to, we were i(4^d deep wivi com;^ thsMower hold, ' ' Ai^O^ haiT^B of fifmf li^ween deck, ^i^W V*iity-tfl|o.;^t| Our crew consisted of forty men before the mast, three mates, cook and steward. â€" Boston TJOmeo mardere killed sevej '^itti had qmfe oeyond^ m the British ^e Qiiv^or "Wftti intaDded bip. In the good city of Liverpool there were afud a'o: two young men, who, like several other voting men in the world, felt that appreciated bne hundred' t^t^^at,.iitin ^li|t^nQ4f^^of5oe,( one« aE'tUbci mysterious places where brokers and agents do all kinds of origiual little operations in jth«l hope of making; some money. Perhaps it was thu genius ot the fitui which they served, or still more probably their own un- aided talents which led these two young nifen â€" Orestes and Pylades as we may call thetn for conveniencs sake â€" to conclude that, as no*p|iere of distinction could be fpua^ in'tti^opdinary cb%nnels ot commerce, ih^y- wohla ^vent one. And they did. They heard of a ship^ â€" call her the ilari/ Jane â€" which had once been a schooner and which was then nothing in particular. She belonged to a gentleman who for a Variety of reasons, more or less personal, desired to get some money in a hurry. He was willing '•to sell the t*sel for £230 â€" positively only i|2^6; ^Uitfortuna*ely, (Jjfestes and PylaJfes could, not raise 250 shillings TjetweJen tnem. In old-fashioned times this would have been an awkward position of affairs, but of what use is high finance unless it teaches young fellows earning less than two pounds a week how to buy ships for nothing They signed a memorandum of c6ntract to buy the ves- sel. Then they advertiiied for a captain, j'who was obliged to invest £200 in the ven- tuxe. ThejLioiin^a malt without the least diCcul^. ^e ]^id his nooey, an 1 Orestes aod £|^5ideaAeiiupon w^ot to work to find a cargo. Th s, too, was promptly obtamed, ^and £650 was advanced by way of freight. *rhe Mary Jai^e., '^^nt to the bottom of the de^p Jilue sooii .afterwiii^s. It was an accident, of course. Tli«|^ little mishaps befall men of ,thc highest ivapectabiliiy. Tne Board of Trade allowed the ship to leave the poot. Ithere ^B^wi end of the matter, so ttr as Orestes and'Pylades were cnncemed. Not quite though. The fcaqjgo proved to be insured for £2,000, and the ship for £1,500. This excellent couple ape Mow the reputed owners of twa steamers, pntf if they live long enough they may botW-^1 the ntayoral chainin their native cify.^.^ancashi « loves sejf-made men, â€" BfUish frade Journal. » â- â- Â» » ' â€" «f North at Mr. Witti the Austrian ann^), ~^ice of the Brituh y, has been treacber- bead hunters," who f his native attendants, making his way to the icc)^ River. This region is Active administration North Bonieo Company. ya^^ firf Jijfcre that Mr. "'to mak^ib hazardous a jountev. i "il Mr. Witti being an experienced traveller, a brave man. and on good terms with the na- tives generally, theie was no reason to fear that be might ipt go throngh)^e very heart of the country without mo estation. Near theheadof the Sibuco River he would be on the frontier of Dutch Borneo, and in a re- gson where Mr. Carl Bock found the natives unusaally savage and unfriendly. Witti had a party ef seventeen men. He divided them. Some nine or ten were told off to at- tend to the boats. They were navigating a river, and Witti had bought boats fiom the natives. The other men remained to push on ahead in company with the ex- plorer. The natives had shown no disposition to hostility. The local chiefs had hospitably entertained Witti, which is generally a guarantee of friendship. While his little party were preparing tP^^nove forward 'Witti sat down to make some notes in his diary. Suddenly, from an ambush in the river, some 300 natives, armed w ith poisoned arrows and spears, rushed upon "witti and his men. Three of the latter tell almost im- mediately. Witti defended himself with his revolver, and killed two of his assailant^. The rest crowded upon him, however, and speared him to death. The others of the party had already run away, one of them, who was carrying Witti's "Winchester rifle, taking it off in his flight. From a hiding place they saw one of the attaching P^^T decapitate Witti, while others cut bff tne lower limbs of his dead attendants, fling tlfem, with the explorer's head, into a boat, Imd make off with the bleeding trophies, "fiown stream. They also carried off Wltti's papers and de- spatch box. Mr. Witti must have had the dang.rs of his expedition in his mind at the outset. It is quite likely, from what is 'known of his adventurous spirit, that he ha(l resolved to accomplish a great achievement even at the risk cf his life, for, prior to setting cut, he m^deja will, and left behim^'him full in- structions as to the dispbsitibri of his proper- ty. He was known to the Geographical Society of London, whose "Journal of Trans- actions" contains several of his contri- butions to the tfeographicai history of Borneo. of the Isike were vf havine faHea^shorti duced to pirafong O" means and beyj • m ifc^ '•CeTOirWePfttioM b« wC Tbe Uan ITIiii nyima Mm rhu TTI^^niT "1 had a i^ny experience to-day," re- marked Feed^^on. "1 had taken my seat in t!ie car and opened the window, when all of a sudden a i tU w M t i atk -o^ Twe kâ€"ed t or -Hwtoti^^ ward and said- „Vi be£^X)uj: nariO"!. su:-i-» couragfid an eliije if ejdu|klinoFed nl^l ci but J? f y great, our sin« w^ had nr tfXpTOratrdli bi what prudence a^^^^jo w b duty to help, if he was rot a relative,^r of away by the discsvery that, for iiire.^days. .hers, the amount of business carried r dnr- »he,^me 9^^«^je;k'efl t^ou^hi^ was to tave .... .â-  _-.l.-^_ ._ _.. m, ,oo, ___,._ j.j ^^..^ :,_: r o c/.= life.' " " ' •• • â-  y^A4ittle,iwSyli*raJ$i»| t the only hil 1 of a widgwed mother, was bnrned to e4tli*«-'d^(t ftMFy-'ti«6 m^m that com- ^d they had hear««*«iWHl#^ «Mng, but it seeThSl!»**ey«a»«A« a*«*ed themselves to step across the yard to inquire ^A^^ any assistance to the lonely mother, 'MFVUy 8houm'-«»'*^'"*iW#»«k«*'"*^® '^I.'jL^*'" we had absolutely nothing to eat. This and an attack of bilious fever gave me an- other severe illness, and as it was accom- panied by complications cf other .^seraes, such as swelling of the lower limbdrAAlihi-- â-  t:sm, etc., and 8kil^4*i|ig|wm3i*)tM)e iad., luttwuliMly anaiidoned ihe jurosecu- %%y taieieAtB^riseMiWaJtyirio the tfaiitt. My promise had imply lieen that I ' womd launch a steamer on the Upper Con- The f ostal Onlcn. Djiu-ing the year 1881 the International fcBtaTtJmon was reinforced Tjy the accession of!.. Chill- Columbia, the Little Antilles, GR"(^adferlit. Lucia. Tobago, tiie Turks in- lands, Barbados. St. "Vinc ent, Guatemala, |a]^niay^jAiil su^petoB comihence- 'haTO ilSfimJwl.^«Miir round onm- ing 1881 included the ti-wsndsaion of 3,865, 000,000 letters, C49,0ddi,00©' postil' (AtSs, 3.000,000 iSitd» Mith paid answers, 1,9^;- 000, OW newspapers. I,023.000,o6d printed' pickets, 64,000.000 patteras 9»,«e«*^,- ' small parcels. The post-office orders grant ed wtre 95,600,000, representing a vaigsjOt, 8,045,000,OOOf. Daily throughout the'gtoBe,- the Postal Union expedites upyaTis.M 13,000,000 letters and posi-can^, without *mkm â- â€¢U.H.I uiiU BclH.lI ^^'bnt did y^iwaei f f didn't kafci^ and subdivieiocs. it mejaufannotei Bfe»# wWa to mkkJURliiiAi-fcut J? f bi shook mv head and took us my paper, di visions Hye minutes Tgt^^'BTarKtr^'gBr'dmf p' aiHW aWUi al equahty didn'tt^uchffi^Mm tin V-"|fc jaf" f»4 °° 'SlklliJaskfei^ t^^widOas Miu. for me V And rhadn'f said a blesSCff won to him. .;ae^qtiip^t,,ljj^ ^iflTHj^ is^^Bwwy- ^reot caste' ifamerable none of which ora rf ;i lo' ififtH- DRE T ?B»3h -TKO L^L OF SUNSHIN4 "X lEBTttiLKS. JRtf^itcresting experiment UAtii»tW-fc«fttf%tatWri -ind Cfti ^^^1 i^Q^i^ffAmcsi. exp'oration of the Kwango â€" -warn oniyâ€"dne the .W,k:;,^|i .m;?iret.uriiJr,^jbTrardXtP89^- crazy." '1 The hoys said they goMsed, teynvuj ,My^ been, and then began' to itoigli.' But Fender sou couldn't see what in laugh at. Three hundred dollars a year gives ,a spacious and elegant reaaeiiifeiBf ^IDreh, servant wages are $2 to $5 a n»onth"P9e cent a pound buys the finest- grapes .meat. aj^a chickens cost about 50 per cent, 'less ttian here fish i5 cxceHent a^d apn^attt, i^nd vegetables are plenty andcBea|»J -^' y, or signalling by sunshine^ ein Egypt. Col. Kjeysf s^^ttsslffi""' ,cei_^ 's«ttifai ^^, points of brightuesfcr i-i_i. â€" thei coast.'-^=^ that daily instead of text IxKits in th*, e.pr*)dipal thinks that thfe were distinctly readable on !f:PMtei3»PHf, *.#«'« --M'.H,' •.;'!-â-  lB.iJlfc j»i^; acbopi of D*dJ»4'9s JI*8s expegiment is, b^Bg_ Wi*^* o^ijjam newspapers ie stal iP«Kf6f^t|eM4«¥ft«ej«tpn3^ Jf^fpct) at Manyanga°to app^ to me for assistance, which I readily accardisd, as is in Evidence- H^:ttar,j^l4^i«t Vruon^a^atf.hii4 in London, indebted to me for assistance." â- ^^. '°T^e 'jwjtTialii^,';i9'd^au't^6r? of Germany -â€" "'-â€" -ttftny prner coontry^- Jjiwa y ey meet in convt-nti n, itryj c ming to- j^intiy, and Exohanslng Wives. It occasionally happens that mat; imonial alliances are brokea in mining di.stiicts by the husband "selling" his wife, but it is very rarely that a couple of husb.inds and wives agree to exchange partners with so little ceremony as has just occurred at the village of Greasborough, in south Yorkshire. Two miners who work together at the Car House Colliery, having been enamoured of one another's wives, met, in ^onipany with the ladies, at the dwelling of -one of them a few nights a^o, wLen the question of a transference ot affections' was introduced. Without the least hesitation the women, who are about 30 years of ago, and have each several children, conseutsil to change husbands, the bargain being struck there and then. After liaving been with her fresh "husband" two days, however, one of them discovered that her felieitj' was not so ^reat as she had anticipated* and returned to her lawful husband but' he gave her to understand that he was satisfied with the change, and ordered her out ot his house. She went and has not since been heard of. Tiie Dangers of Bn^gy Ridiag. An editor who probably knows what he is talking about says that buggy riding is cou- ducivetothetender filings. VV'edon't, for our part, see how it conld very well help being fco. When a young man in a soapdish hat and polka-dot ed socks drives up in his side- bar buggy in front of the bout-.e where she livcp, and she comes to the door all rigged out in things which we h iven't time to enumerate, and trips down the front step, and the young man just tossed her into the natrowseat and gets in bssicfe- her and taps the horse with the whip, while the buggy quiver 3 tike a '"thing of I J'fe and a joy lor- ever, and the ycnng man bS9ife her doesn't know but et^ery m'nute'wfll be the next one, why, we don't see wliy -buggy riiling should not b^ the moat conducive to the tendifti'est feelings of anything extant. Hdraafoack .tiding is cold and distant, buggy ridineisthe thine, and the Iwnger the ride and the'm.ore lonely the road) i;he better. '..U A Brave De^a. -Mrs.- Dw'yer .Gpi^i the .wifji of the High ^heri^^of £lk(ihiii),wh^«p;nai)e i8.,now so prom- .^ntig: b^fope." public in oe^nection with his gQpi,i||iW»li^ «M»t«!wpW i^^ very hand- some_a.n4.- interesting woman. She is the "A§«tert4|iMrtr.'ChilbolM^ better known as I veirb was ncmpni^T^ „ coflo^pted with the nf tpmSfp. pniTgrafinn tO Australia 'wm^ ce wftlT her husband a romantic manner, fffipd at Billy- 1 iffeyd at liilly- ,|^^M^)f}ublin, where '^a crew. n a vijjit ^84i^ „..^ .oir Jpbn v;rax, ^r. Gray's father, AnUv'vemUn^i- During a storm, hooner^r-the ^lae "Vein, from Portmarloc, '^dHf^nOTi ttft r^cks opposite Mr. Gray's "In the,prMen£^.(rf his wife, Mr. SiWtewl^A a W^t^th? rescue of the "KhtlMs'hwOki^M^y obtained'the fe- JB^ft^^irJ Institution and a "^fclWP'»'.°°"Q^^*^^*^" *?^ ^l^lA^Mayoressof Dublin in 1880 '«a«rhe|Pj|tutpritiesm1JP]^^^|rj|^i9-T^^,o^y^,^^^^^t^^ for brilliancy sas ^ergeact: oi ^hese asstnnum ually help to entertain them honor. Their latest convt n-^ :kr fA notaiblef^es^are. 's'i^to be. the targe fair nex. The number of women wnt^a » sid to le growing every year, and it ia thought that if they keep on increas^ig ip the same ratio fntcre conventions may fi nd them in the niajcrity. and H«B|rtt4ltty. A Troublesome Km,9. â€" -The Calcutta ifbo belong, |x) ,the,| tradesuftenhayeiHM^wkwardcustomertodeal ' " " ' |Wikh in his J^jesty the «x-King of Oadh, jK^iQ is disqu^fi^ by lepiaiative enactment from contracting liabilities in tiis own name, and so obtains goods throngh hjs servants, (ni, when convenient, disfamiors the bills. â- ' :?"1i.. ^t I |i If 3 1 ii4^,i :m *-i». 5j. ^ji'_:a' .»»*j.