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 THE MAN IN POSSESSION. I.V FIVE CHAPTERS. CHAPTER ^^ Occe safe iu London, I epeeuily sought ont and engaged a temporary lodging lor Miss Wintock. !Next, I proceeded to wait on my chief, to whom I rendered a faithful account of what had transpired and who, far from blaming me, was pleased to com- mend my conduct highly. 1 knew the solic- itor who always transacted bis law busi- MS8. "Do you think, sir," I asked respectfully, " that 1 had better go to Mr. Wrightly, or can you advise me of any one better ' " "Wait on old Wrightly at once," was his reply, highly pleased at my asking his counsel. " He is as sharp as a ferret and as persistent as a leech." Jumping into the first cib I met, another half-hour saw me in Mr. Wrightly's office. I need not detail the steps which event- ually ltd to the recovery of the greater part of Miss Wintock's property. Sufficient to state that the astute old lawyer at once un- dertook her case, conducting it with a per- severance and skill seldom surpassed and that also, while matters were in progress, he very kindly and thoughtfully provided her with a safe retreat, by receiving her into his own house and family. At first, the Win- tocks threatened proceedings against me on account of the mare and gis; but these they were soon glad to forego, for the shrewd old practitioner at once commenced the battle, and they had much mc.e importaat inter- ests to engage their attention. It was, how- ever, about two years before thinsrs were finally settled. During the early part of that time, 1 called once or twice, at her own request, to see Miss Wintock, and she had by degrees drawn from nie much of my past history. Long before the expiration of that two years a'luded to I had, however, bidden farewell to my occupation as a bailiff, for one morning my chief called me aside. " Mere- dith," said he, "here is a cote from Mr. AVrightly, requesting me to send you to him mmediately." "Good-morning, Mr. Meredith," said the latter, as I entered the little private room at his chambers in which he usually sat to receive clients. "Take a chair. 1 want a word or two with you I have been given to understand that you were formerly em- ployed in the law. Is it so " I began to blush and s'.ammer, for I could not for the life of me guess what was com- ng. "Ah, well! I see committed yourself. Never mind. Do you like your present vocatiou, eh â€" Not particularly enthusiastic in it," he continued, in his sharp shrewd way of speaking. "'e:y goo;l. Glad of tl' I bDwed, for I had littially nothing to re- " Now, young man, and he fixed his keen gray eyes searchingly upon me, " I can per- fectly comprehend a hot-brained inexperi- enced youth sowirg his wild-oats, and after- wards reaping the bitter crop, too often throughout his after-life. But your conduct in Warley's affiir has given me a favorable impression of your character and disposition; and I am induced to hope that with the en- ergy you evidently possess, ycu may yet accomplish better things. â€" Stay " he said, rd-Bing his hand, seeing that I was about to answer. " Hear me out. I conclude, from the few scraps of your history which I have heard, that you have received a genteel ed- ucation. Indeed, your manners indicate that you have not always occupied your preseut position in society. Had you the opportunity of regaining j'our former status among your fellow-men â€" on your word as a man, would you do your best to retain it? " His words fell upon my ears clear, cold, and calm, yet melodious as the ring of a sil- ver bell, i sprang to my feet. The gor- geous sunshine was gleaming with golden rays through the narrow window of that lit- tle room, tinting with hues ot gladness even the piles of musty deeds that lay ranged up- on ltd she'.ves, Itelt its loving warmth strike to my inmost heart, as 1 stood erect before him with quivering lip, vainly struggling to force out the g'ail v. •rds ol tranks that would not come, for my emotion was t., o deep for utterance. Could it really be that there v.as yet one more cl;arce lor me of hope in life? tor my present existence, passed in a low and degrading cctupation, that I tiioioughi^^lir.ted, could not bj termed lirinj. V__ !Mr. ^^'ri;:htly percei^^. d my agitation. "Enough ' saiil he with a smile, ^lul v.av- ing his hand. "Sit down again and co:u- pose yourself. Actions shall speak for ou in the luture Hike them bettert-ian v.ords. â€" There is just at this time a vacancy iu my tii:e tlie post is open +o your accept- ance. Fill it wo/thily it is the first scep on the ladder. In due time you may rise to competence at !ea-t, if not to eminence. Uprightness, energy, and perseTorance â€" you know the rest. â€" There no thanks. I owe you some recompense tcr biinging me a good client." Wow my heart bounded within me as I left Mr. Wrightly's presence I could not resist the cOLclusion that iMiss Wintock's representations h::d influenced him. Doubt- less, she wished to repay me in some way for my sei vices. AVhat nob'.eroff'ering could she preseut me than the opportunity of re- deeming mj self, and regaining my f..imer social status? " And John Meredith will prove hiirself not unworthj of her kindness 1 ' I exclaiUi- ed, as I threw myself upon my couch for the night, to dream of the past, present, and improbable future, mingled in inextricable confusion for amid the tempest of conflict- ing emotions, a second hope had flashed momentarily, like a brilliant meteor, upon my unhinged mind. I dared not breathe it even to myself, far less encourage it. Vainly I tried to banish the remembrance of Miss Wintock from my senses. !Mr. Wrightly's residence was some distance from his cham- bers. Sometimes I had to wait upon him there, and occasionally saw her for an in- stant. Her kindly grasp of the hand, with occasionally a few words cf friendly interest, had served to feed and fan the flame that was smouldering in my breast and yet I felt that my case was nttetly hopeless, be- cause of the gap between our relative social positions. During Miss Wintock's stay at ^Mr. Wrightly's a Major Courtly became a con- stant visitor. It Jaegan to be whispered that as soon as her afiairs were settled, he would be openly acknowledged as her accepted suitor. When first I heard the news, every faculty seemed for the moment paralyzed. Then I woke to the depth and intensity of the feeling I entertained for her. That night, in mv chamber, I cast myself on the floor in a wild tempest of passion, grief.and despair. A few weeks after the trialâ€" which re- sulted in her favorâ€" was over, it was cnr- rently reported among our clerks that Miss Wintcek would shortly leave Mr. Wright- ly's family for an establishment of her own in the country. I felt it was good for me that it should be so. My idol removed from immediate proximity, 1 hoped to regain by degrees equanimity and composure of mind. Happiness was not to be expected, for the mainspring of a joyful life was broken. One morning I was in my aocu-stonaed place at the chambers, gloomily poring over a deed entrusted to me by Mr. Wright- ly, when a perfumed billet was laid on my desk by one of the juniors. It ran thus "Miss Wintock presents her kindest com- pliments to Mr. Meredith. Pro'^ftbly he is aware that she is about to leave town for Briteleigh Hall the day after to-morrow. She would therefore be pleased to see him any time this evening. She cannot help feeling rather surprised that he is the very last of her friends to congratulate her upon her good fortune." " Well, I'll go and have it over," I soli'o- quised. " Little does she guess the agony of mind to which it will subject me." I went. Punctually as the clock struck seven, I was ushered into the library. Miss Wintock and Miss Wrightly were sitting to- gether, each with a book. Miss Wrightly was charming. But my every sense and feeling became absorbed and entranced in the contemplation of her friend. She had always appeared to me strikingly handsome even under the unfavorable circumstances of her captivity but now, she dazzled me with the brightness of of her queenly beauty. Time, repose, communion with congenial spirits, had combined to develop her form and perfect her lovely face. She might have sat for a model iu ancient Greece. " Good evening, Mr. Meredith. I am »o glad to see you once more before leaving London. But what a recreant knight We have neither heard nor seen anything of yon since the day of our triumph." I murmured very confusedly something about not liking to intrude ujxm her. " Oh, nonsense I You were not such a coward on a certain night which I shall ever well remember. And yet I have been very busy indeed, or I should have sent for you earier. Now you are come, w e must have a little chat. So, take a c'^air, and make your- self at home." I sat down, and we talked awhile. Miss Wrightly occasionally joining in the conver- sation. By degrees 1 overcame my embar- rassment. We chatted of the past, of our hairbreadth escape, and of the trial and then I took the opportunity of thanking her most gratefully for her interest with Mr. Wrightly on my behalf. She raised her delicate hand with an im- perative gesture ot displeasure, "Mr. Mere- dith, I do not wish to hear a word about that. You have only to thank your own noble conduct. I always felt, from the first moment you befriended me, that you were in heart, as in bearing, a gentleman." Other desultory conversation followed, and soon afterwards I rose to take my leave. " Stay one moment longer,' she requested, as she tiipped across the room to a little cabinet. " I have a little trifle here for your acceptance you must not go away without it. â€" There I" she added, as she placed iu my hand a splendidly executed miniature of herself. " You will not refuse to wear this as a memento of your services to me." I bent over it and kissed it fervently, and also the snow-white hand that she placed in mine to bid me farewell. " And cow, Mr. Meredith, good-bye I L;t me hear now and then of your welfare. You will perhaps leave town for a few days' holi- day. AVhenever you may chance or choose to come in the neighborhood of Briteleigh Hall, remember I shall expect a call from you. â€" Nay no excuses. I command it " She spoke with a bewitching imperiousness that awed and fascinated ma. " Miss Wintock," I stammered, " I shall be most happy â€" most delighted lo^to but perhaps â€" 1 fear " Ga/.iug upon me for an instant witi; atixod look of aatonislur.eut '• But peri;a;i.s u hat?" she asked. ".Miss Wintock, I appreciate your kind- ness far more highly than any poor words ot mine can txijress but, in tact, I dare not trust myself. It is for me extremely paicful to decline your kindly meant inxitation but it would be even more painful for me to ac- cept it and it is tjuite possible," 1 Llurtcfl out, scarcely knowing what I said, " that Major Courtly might not entirely approve of my doing so." Both lailics regarded me withlooks of puz- zled wonder, as if they thought I was going di-itraught. " iMajor Courtly " eacli involuntary re- peated very slowly and in the sarae breath. The next moment both burst into a simul- taneous peal of merriment and Mi=s Wrightly, with both hands to her face to conceal her confusion, hurried out of the room. Miss Wintock was the first to re- cover her composure. For myself, I was completely confounded, and stood speech- less. "Mr. Meredith," she gravely replied, " this is a serious matter, though I have been silly enough to laugh at it. What can Major Courtly have to do with ycur giving me a friendly call now and then at my own resi- dence, if I choose to etertain you " ' Iâ€" I thought that he hail a right toâ€" I have heard that you were" • "Major Courtly is the affianced suitor of Miss Wrightlv, the iady who has just left the room," she quickly interrupted. "What next?" There was a mischievous archness in her glance. It flashed upon my mind tint she half suspected my secret. "l lost all self- command. Out it came in a headlong tor- rent of words that would not be control'ed In the frenzy that shook me, I had taken her hand in mine, when she gave me one startled look, and with her face averted stood motionless as a statue, her color alter- nately fading from crimson to the pallor of swooning and th^n as quickly flushing to the brightest crimson again. I told he? all -of the love first kindled while she bent over me by dim candle-light in her dark pmon-chamber-how. through the long dreary month, which had ««" elapwd. it had ^thered intensity, until it h^ become the (iikitessence of my existenceâ€"how that, real2ingthe impassable gulf that yawned between her station and mine, I had re- solved to come and bid her farewell; and then to see her no more, but to bury my se- cret within mv breast for ever, and Dear my burden as best I might. Bending for an in- stant over the hand that, cold as marble, still rested in my own, I raised it passion- ately to my lips, and was about to rush from the apartment, whea a sudden dizziness seemed to overtake her. But for my assist- ance she would have fallen to the floor. I was sobered in an instant, horrifaed at the consequences of my own impetuosity as 1 conve^ el her to the sofa. I was •bout to ring the bell for assistance, when she lan- guidly opened her eyes. " Do not ring, at least for a minute or two I shall be better presently.- Alittlewater "-pointing to the table. I hastened to comply but my hand trembled so violently that I could scarcely help her, as, kneeling on one knee, I raised it to her lips. "Oh!" I cried, "forgive me. Miss Wintock, the alarm and pain I hav« caused you. " I believed that intense terror at my excited manner and speech, com- mingled with anger «t my efirontery, had caused her to swoon. " I will summon Miss Wrightly, and never intrude my hateful pretence upon you again. Would that my tongue had been " She laid her hand gently on my arm. "Do not speak, please I cannot talk yet." She sat for some minutes without moving or speaking, and with her eyes cast down. Presently, a few pearly drops began to steal gently frooi under the dark pencilled eye- lashes. For my own part, I scarcely dared to breathe. At last the color began slowly to tint her cheeks. Suddenly, she removed her hand from my arm, and with a great efTort stood erect. ".John Meredith, "she said, 'â-  I know you to be brave I believe you to be sincere. Tell me solemnly â€" was that your whole mii-d and soul, or only a mistaken feeling of enthusiasm in parting with a dear friend? " "Dearest Miss Wintock, it was indeed my whole mind and soul, my" " Then take me to your heart, John Be my protector through life, as you have been my gallant delivery from worse than death." It was not until some time afterwards that I left the house. Miss Wrightly did not re- turn to the library and we sat sweetly con^• versing of the bitter past, the joyful present, and the hopeful future. At length the sup- Fer-bell warned us that we must part, and tore myself away, once more to dream â€" but this time blissfully â€" of Maria Wintock. A few months later, we had a quiet wed- ding in the metropolis, Mr. Wrightly officiat- ing as father, and his daughter as one of the bridesmaids. But at Briteleigh my lovely bride was received with a hearty ovation, the villagers turning out en 7nasse to meet and welcome her. New servants had been appointed to the Hall, and there was a jovial spread at the Three Nags for the tenants and workpeople on the estate, including the friendly landlord and landlady of the inn wh3re we spent that memorable night nor did her liberal hand forget the aged and the poor in the village itselt. THE END. A CCKNING ELEPHANT. Steals His Keeper's Cookies and Turns His Back on tbe TUelt. The highest mental faculties are more de- veloped in the elephant than in any other animal, except the dog and the monkey. The general tact that elephants are habitu- ally employed in parts of India for storing timber, building, etc., shows a high level of docile intelligence. But perhaps in no lab- or in which they are employed do they display a more wonderful sagacity than in helping to catch wild elephants. A herd of wild elephants is driven into a corral, and two tame ones ridden in among them. Two decoys will crowd up on either side of a wild one, and protect the nooser until a rope is fast around the wild elephant's leg, when the tume one, to whose collar the oth- er end of the rope is fastened, will draw the captive out and wind the rope round a tree while the other decoy prevents any inter- ference from the herd, and pushes the cap- tive toward tlie tree, thus enabling the first one to take in the slack of the rope. The conduct of the tame ones during all these proceedings is truly wonderful. They dis- play the most perfect conception of every movement, both of the object to be attained and of the means to accomplish it. On one occasion, in tying up a large elephant, he contrived, betore he could be hauled close up to the tree, to walk once or twice around it, carrying the rope with him; the decoy, perceiving the advantage he had thus gained over the nooser, walked up of her own ac- cord and pushed him backwards with her head till she made him unwind himself again; upon which the rope was hauled tight aud made fast. One could almost fancy there was a dis- play of dry humor in the manner in which the decoys thus play with the fears of the wild herd, and make light of their efi"orts at resistance. When reluctant they shove them forward, when violent they drivethem back; when the wild ones throw themselves down, the tame ones butt them with the head and shoulders and force them up agtun; .and, when it is necessary to keep them down, they kneel upon them, and prevent them from rising till the ropes are secured A remarkable degree of cunning was dis- played by an elephant who had been chain- ed to a tree, and whose driver had made an oven at a short distance in which to put some rice-cake to bake. The man covered his cakes with stone and grass and went away When he was gone the elephant with his trunk unfastened the chain round his foot, went to the oven and uncovered it took cut the cakes, recovered the oven with the stone and grass as betore, and went back to his place. He could not fasten the chain again around his own feet, so he twisted it round and round it, in order to look the same, and when the driver returned the ele- phant was standing with his back to the ov- en, ihe driver went for his cakes, discov- 'hf.f'V^f ' "" ^^"^•'^S ^°""d caught j.he elephant's eye as he looked back over his shoulder out of the corner of it In stantly he detected the culprit, and condign BMbelon' Button*. Did vou ever see a man in the solitude and prfvacy of his study attempt to sew on rbutton himself It is m a" its dstoi s one of the most interesting performances in %TA hunts for a button. Generally to secure it he robs Peter to pay P^-l"lf «°^ one from another garment. This button Zj be much larger than the size he is wear- in/ Next he hunts for a needle. Proba- blvhe goes out and buys a paper of needles. He always chooses the largest needles, hav- ing the impression that large needles will sew stronger than «mall needles As to thread, he gets the coarsest he can find, and this he doubles. He would thread his nee- dle He takes his big needle in one hand and his coarse black thre^ in the other. He bites off thread to the desirable length. Then he tries to twist it to a fine point. Gen- erally, in this he succeeds in making two and sometimes three fine points of one end. Of course he can't get all these points through the needle's eye at once. He tries liard to make that needle and thread get on friendly terms with each other. Sometimes it is the needle that kicks' sometimes the thread. Sometimes he imagines he has threaded his needle. It is an 03ular de- lusion. The thread has misse I the nee- dle's eye by half an inch. It is harder work than sawing wood. At last the needle is threaded. Now he ,ries to sew the buttons without taking his trouiers ofi" This proves a failure. He twists himself into an uncomfortable posi- tion, and so would sew. But he can't sew. He runs the needle into himself. And the contrary threads always insists on fouling or on doubling on the next button. Then one part of the double thread won't work harmoniously with the other part, one part draws through the button's eye first and leaves the other part behind. Then it gets hitched up, and the ambassador swears. Or the needle breaks. He has forgotten all about the necessity of a thimble. He jams his thumb down into the needle and it punc- tures his thumb or runs under the nail. By-and-by he sews the button's eye full of thread. His. big needle won't pass through any more. He must stop. He ends by winding the thread as many times as it will go under the button. And per- haps he leaves off with two or three inches of thread sticking outside. A woman can, through many outward indications, tell when a man has been trying to sew on a button. He doesn't know the shibboleth of needle and thread, and it catches somewhere every time. At last the button is sewed on and he is proud of his work. Cities Warmer than the Country. Those who happen to live at a little dis- tance from the heart of the city, says Sci- ence, must frequently have noticed a lack of accord between the readings of their own standard thermometeta aud the published observations of the sign u service observer of their locality. The reason of the discord is plain â€" viz., the perturbing action of the heat which the city emits; and, however gratifying it may be to the outsider ta find himself superior to the Government obser- vers, it is very little to the credit of the weather bureau that this particular source of error was not long since recognized and avoided. The lemarks of Prof. Whitney on this subject, as applied to observations made at London, are pertinent and convinc- ing. He says "It is a well-known fact that cities are considerably warmer than the more thinly-inhabited countrj-, otherwise under similar dim itic conditions. Statis- tics prove this to bi, true; and there could be no doubt that such would be the effect of an immense aggregation of populatioa within a limited space, even if there were no statistics bearing on this question. Many millions of tons of coal are burned in and about London during every year, and the whole mass of brick of which the city is built is heated during the entire Winter, and more or less in the Summer, many de- grees above the natural temperature. There can be no question that conditions such as are here indicated vitiate all observations made in or near larce cities, with a view to the determination of any possible secular variation of the teninorature." Gatlierlns and Drying Tea in. Jairaa. Tea f,,at]iering is (.onimenced iu M-iy. Girls arc employed, at an average of live cents a day, from sunrise to sunset. The sprig of leaves is nipped off carefully with ttie finger nails and deposited in a basket, and other servants carry these baskets, as they are filled, to the tea planter's house and necessary out-houses. Here other employ- ees spread them out on large palm mats and here the first and only adulteration essayed by the tea planter is executed. Having de- cided the percentage of exhausted leaves to mix with his fresh leaves these are put -al- so on the mats. The drying is in the open air and in the sunlight. That having been completed, the next operation is the curling, lo efi'ect this the'dried leaves are poured in- to open cast-iron receptacles over a charcoal furnace beneath of accurately graded heat. Sufficient laborers are placed around thf se pans to constantly take in their hands the leaves as they become heated and to roll them. When the curling is done the leaves are packed in coarse, cheap boxes, freighted to the nearest tea market and there sold to a foreign tea dealer. Every foreigner keeps a special variety of tea-tast- er, who has to tell the Quality of the fresh eat and to make a guess at the amount of leaves that have already done service Mr. Borce on Engia^^ In the June Cent. *)idi "n/. Pn co»ww» WA FreacWng aad Practicing. Several years ago Miss Cynthia J' Cleve- land was a meek and efiioient dress-maker at Pontaic. Then her soul was fired in the temperance cause, and she became one of the most efiicient Gospel temperance workers in Michigan, and as such was favorably known throughout the entire SUte. Two or three years ago she went to Dakota, where she likewise became famed in the anti-beer and anti-whisky cause, becoming President of the State Woman's Christi^ Temperance Union if, indeed, she was not its originator. Less than a year ago she was admitted to S^b^'f^^"?^ *^-^ " ^^"y to enjoy that ^.f i'^^AT "i ^*^°**- ' -tort time ago she had her first case in court, and. stranger than fiction, it was the defence of k lieenseâ€" and she won her oare. Bryce, M P discusses iLuS a singularly fair spirit andViS^1«' tery of the facts. What I ,W^1 the sentimental obstacles to K ' " iiL I the countries are explained i„ ""jC'I "The English gove'rnment^'^^^^^^ practically a foreign govern^ '^Wi^l hsh may say that it ought 2 ' ^kCI not be 80, because after all th***!. form one kmgdom, owe all. • '"' it who is directly queen of H^"'oai, other, are governed by i °"" "" in which representative of T 1 sentatives more mmeroas tha i*'"' tion and wealth entitle her t^ "' P and speak freely, and trvyTli^^ Nevertheless, people in Iip1=!j '^^ and talk of the o'ovcrnmem '«: Government, but as "tho p' """"S ment." It seeuia totric-niane?" " set ill motion by fo:ccs ti ev f" conducted on piincipits vcaian'^^ " not be good, iHit which are notT°" pies. Unquestionably there is Z'M in such a view. Ur,e need onlv i " Irish debate in the llou^c nf f 'H cognize it. And one nii-t f I"""*] that the English are not n-J,!"" but by no means gru'jio;-;. ""^t4 foreigners, to deal with. 'I'm sdI " many virtues, partly becauseoC! virtues and especially of ihejr improving. people aiirl thin.^ thr-"v" not make themselves l;l:jd"L'vcf not even in India, w];rro they ar.^'" doing their best for t!ie nat'v •â-  V too stiff; too dry, too iiiuyr^patij^^ ' much disposed to make theT own univer,alstand.raof'il â-  r â-  ' â- ^â- """' t^iey tliinta inferioES they are les? t f ten c and customs th Towards races often unjust than m-jit K; â- 5laii(iij.J But they are contMiptuous or a" ,-• 1 descending. They d' not allow V-'" jectto forget that he is not only as but an inferior. Tluir very iaaffere," his opinion of thern i-! the most co"' evideuca of their pride. Between t the Irish there is a sort of inco.flp»ij like that which exists between the fe and the Slav. It is true thatthevc hate the Irish as the Germans hate thejii and as the I.K)wland .Scotch hate the'o Highlanders, even sorecentlyaain tbe cini Thomas Carlyle's youth. An EngLV^ not sensible of any antipatiiy u^ individual Irishman; and it neediiotliii that an individual Irishman has stj chance, and uses it, of success in Ea;'ia In the professions ot arms and lai j medicine, in the church, in literatwe. science, many of the leading men dai Britain are Irish by birth or education-' Irishmen with their Irish qualitr, pe: even their Irish speech Lewraviii; But for Ireland as a whole, cffor'anyT of Irishmen asscciatiiig themselves ai men, the I-Jnglish have a feeiin" ' if not dislike, is at least distrust, an. though hardly to be called contempa: certainly not respectful. An Iris):: is content to be even as an Kaglishir.iij ceived on the same footing. Bu who obtrude their Hibernian characK nationality are ill-regarded. lae: patrictisin is thougli: ridicalovi ' have they to be proud of ' says theE:;i man ' why cannot they leave tha: sense alone. Tnd he satistied tu ue ;;;;, the 'Meat United KiDir.Io.n:" The Late Archbisop of Ciaterto| In the loni; roll of rri:r.ates c; al land who have made Limbeth tiiei: few names will beremjnibored«i:iiE; ercnce and ali'ectiou than that of thek bishop. Dr. Tait. He knew mn:i: ccp Eonal sorrow, and the readers of tlii: 2 der and touching bjok, the meioriii J " Catherine and Craufurd Tait. partly by the husliau IniuifatiierhiKi:." remember .Mrs. Tait' ov.n aojcuat c; affliction which be.'ell ti.ein in l;"' '-1 her hubbaud was Doan i Dr^isit deaths of five luN'ciy little dn;. scarlet f :â-  iu as many weeks. Acfit-'-j he lived a conip;uat:vely happyp-'-- Kiiglish history, the I iiurcii kutwi.'i-- times, in \\liieh iti iiiad needed to -: strong, true, broad in:.n ti;at he v.a.-. words ci v.u V. liter, ti.at "liis kis-^T wisdom, and ti:uru:.itinn entitle his '•• lasting gratitude o; tl:e Kngli--!' •â- â- â€¢-' may be truly cited a- i leisircti:;- al opinion ul his iiincrs. In '•! hon;c at 'r.' \-.;o!i a^il .aiiileiii I'i^' iitirsii-"' Lcntie i.:. t-lu's CiS" the puljdt, ot t. 31,11 till ^â- iu-t:ie•ll'â- '•â-  I though.t ' liic !i:-te-t ;i!i.i nf.e.-: â-  ance made n ti;ar t!v.:r.e iu Ergiiu:- his death-bed iie runaiiu 1 still K-- appeareil, fl.IllOil^â-  ti.' a loving fatlier aud heard liim speak c M.i IlKI.- liani the wcrk th;it w.u cive:; h:i"' ' his last etiurts were il:i-,'i tc.i v.)., ful tact to the removal o: one ul t.ne j|--;l ties in the way ol rci'or.ciliation o: " â-  ties iu the church, do tiie nc^' Dr, Benson, \\ ho comes irein vi^i. able work iu his see of Truro, 1' that best of legaciesâ€" the fiuits ottK;-j a man who was both stood anil viy- Z. B. (U-^TAF^oN, 111 }/.r'7'-/'i-"" JlllW. bii MaUins Gold Rings. Gold rings are made from hats"-- teen inches long. A bar tiiteen id»--_^:3 about two inches wulc r.:ui t.iroe-- :^.| of an inch thi;k, was ^^'O"" ',,'-• would iinke .SOO fonr-penuyweiSlN -:^ dozen processes and tuenty mi"" :^,,. are required to change tne ^j^;;! chantable rings. A pair vi sue^'^jj bar into strips. 15y tlie f'""' °ii(ta«-;1 one, two, or three times, the ., j^'.jAiJ blade of the shears c'.oys the bar '••^ one, two, or threc-sixteentlis o- ^^,^., wide. A roUiue inudmie F" j'^^o.' strips and inakes the:ii "â- " '""bkif'?) Each strip is then jnit u:Kier '" .jufl and annealed. The cxido oi coppe ;_„j; f the surface and is put mio /^ t ..,4 " oft!" r.**! sulphuric acid, the bit oi with its quality and the 'â- ^^'^\.^. and is put through a '""""'^jpje """ to the shape of a ring, P" 'jfae (^' making a riug of any svis- ^^jjjji soldered with an alloy " '""^^ceopl" the quality of the ring- -^^^^ J bees"' ine that rings are run m a mm ^t can't see where they are soWer • ^^,^, spins through the turning Wn^'^dr;'" tripoli and then with steel bhnp^^.t They are now ready for tne matrimony. r.^rtdrawn by a U Va-olergymar I -•â-  of amall pe ten -i°-^«« ^^" "' «f roal weighin X'^neTia Tro'ut B L hundred negro me bv Miss., were a^L St of the United Sti I tell. ^., k^Hne the recent tide. CT the ship "Ca.. S.ide a century ago, ha tts having driven av Sit had been cover Che borers of an artesian FfL Cal. have enc( KToI 280 feet a tree ^cularlv. Great pieces c jsto be sycamore, a I pipes. Columbus, Ga., man ' nut-houses on his br ,.bers County, Ala., ^^ .cendiary fire The nex Ltter from his brother g L burning of the prope tmed. hilologists say that tlic «ty, mo," and " Lny »e"v.'hich children us L'of their games, and tiy considered gibberis lio\e survival of the 1 Ithe earliest inhabitan' a the Uppet- Palatinati jl common, or was rtce Tspoken of as J'rau Son Herr Mond. But yet n Tis tbe fact that in the I should still survive, w [following coramonplac y for the genders of t L'tion The moon and si fc, but the moon provin, Itoo much addicted te Iday laid him a wager b; [right of shining by day hre to whichever of tin Jtto awake. The moon Ited the N\ager, and aw Ithat the sun iiad lo:- t ^a hghting up the world. londition and consequen. fct that un'c=s they a.:\ le they should shine rt effect of the wager jratioD, much to the imphaut sun, v.-i.o, f luse-like love for lier n lays is tryiu.; to icp-ii Wdi. I']elipjes arc real (ctings for the purpose c Jtas the pair ahvr.ys bi iroachcs, the lime co:i e? lore they have ceased to ftt account the sun gee- th anger, and the te^rs o Iher departure are ofte r by the redlysctting rii rCaturc in Sib "The history of aLir.ial [the tundra," says our a riois one. For eight m ielve every trace of veget Itely hidden under a blan I snow, ^\â- hioh effectual nk and bush â€" trcts tl: Be. During six months Ist, animal life is only Itprints of a reindeer or a [by the cccasianal appt.;i: Isnow-owl waudeiing ab; fest growtl;, where it 1 Iter. For two niontaj :. never rises al-ove i white snow rttlects f'ul the moon, the stars, Irealis. Early in Febi ,; Vt peeps upon tb.e sere I noon aud then retire ;. JoloDgs his visit more Ibniary, iiarch, April an land continuous niuht puous day. E.irlv in ' Schcs the horizon" at r.i:, |t set any more for so;.. Tgnt the sun's riys are ister the skin, but thry N tlie snow, and :.' F^thc anomaly ui uw' r^ r'Then comes tlie sc.uti' K and the great event i laceâ€" the ice on the great Fthe blanket of sii^'W n T^ck earth ab.-orbs the b. IttiDgsun; quietly l.tit F awaken^' fronri.s 1 Fee months a hot Sun F'lhant alpine ffoia, like ^Qen run wild, and a p Tilt diversified only by F'rtli, which sometimes" Dg cold and rain dowi â€" Chamher-i Join mil. I l^iie practice of chswm F unknown in Cliina, i P^ilalaysto great exec: rj'gtothe Malav what l-'?*«P. or tobacco to th J u? "decent traveller, c Polting habit." and the y^"o«:sittobenothinc f»*gea in chewing betel P«Proc,ss_ his mouth lo ^J blood. It blackeni Vll^^ tlie Malays say ^â- ^ffical accuracy, that "' 18 to be like a beast, ilie fi*^^"^^ t^e ramoval |lot;i 1^ ^^P"^leo° i"rc" S lle.i'l^I^validesithas IT V^tom to solemnize n- J^n the dome under wh inr.. â- ,* y^^i" howev. ** S^ ^^" nearly h f W^^^^' ««"• Thiba l»«L tK ' ^^^°« forbidder TVae venerable chaplai f'yj^ of the founder