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 "â- is'f^^-iwt-, -^ k«ti where it bpototed. ^. PUF cue Ul 'to; *«* ^„lev«l Th8loBgerther»Bge ' "'â- " ^Thould not be expected with ^Tdoneti"o' ammnnition t all ^barrel clamped in av»e wiU not ,^T»bolletB.oclo.e together -when •^ lrk.m»i 'hoot, it from a rert. Tir«erci« ja.t before .hooting wUl r.*^llhave the s»me effect. '"' ,-«ofa(!tmUalway.dangeroni; "' "aired one .con contracU the ' ,»,y matter to .ho.t whm the or to .boot on the wrong target; I jr^bieerror. should be gnarded again. "in"»h'»"J ' "***' carefuUy to avoid kln» of fulminate, and when Mating ' „re ihoald be taken that powderi. out ' nge of any that may explode. who i« »fr»'l of the recoil of a gun I mikeagcodBcore. Never wince before ""ttfo hnit; there is plenty of time to do ^t ifterward. Sot one half of the gmi. made are worn I by far the greater number being mined ° ' 1 luck of care or on account of being Itiianf « I rf tberanfie Koo s«rtte HEED ION rtte NAVY ID BO Letttn, SRGI k^m ElD SCALES â-  ""' ^,„d by their owners. ^unine yonr firearms frequently to see it nut baa begun to form. Make it a point prevent rast ratherthan remove it. Keep i, .way from damp walhi, and do not ,« tbem in positions that teed to warp jlie itocki. lo .hooting, the longest range of the gun I h lid be t*^'" '"' consideration. Ask imeli; Where will the bullet drop? The who uees a long range iiae to shoot at ibiidina tre#, U either very careles. or lerj ignorant. i gun may ehoot poorly becauie it is not Studnith fine sight., a fact which .ome- jaei U not fully appreciated. For inatance, itelacops, spirit level and vernier add no- to the accuracy of a gun, but only af- liet the power of directing rfio:.. Hold your gun in the utme manner every it U fired that is, with the same prei- mi, to the shoulder, and do not hold the jjetothe shonlder at one time and the heel Uthe ihoulder at another. The proper way i, to hold the centre of the butt plate to the A Giia^^iiiyip homesUc r«e. 1, Consult Yoorl nteresU tad In buying "» *»! gcaka are InHy «n" iiie«KaUfoad,WB Alnm '••"L nd Price Lirtlo««*'l YWAl ILTON i^udWtanlpe^ LHIBIT«D-- Toront iviction hior Oil ot llanufacture E Clotk*" H« man that dcesn't leave his wit. at I toe ii the one who succeeds in any kind 1 ,1 ihooting, whether in the field, at the trap, liibeforetbe tirget. Do not imagine that Ikiniejou are easily excited, it is impoa- likletokeep cool. Try a l.ttle enforced IwheMiperhttpiyoar excitability maybe I itlvi matter of habit. Powder ij very susceptible to moisture liliiiykind and will be miterially injured lil left exposed even for a short time in a Itapitmo^phere. The residuum, that ia, llktboried powder remaining in the barrel, Itotheiameiimaity for moisture and may I leuilfectually softened by means of breath- I win the barrel, as by the application of Inlii. POIHTS or HI3T0BY. I11I6O7 VlrginU wiS colonized by Sir Wier Raleigh; in lliOS Champlain found- id ijaebfc ard the following year New Mâ„¢ settled by the Dutch. To these sttlements, in J6'20, was added that of Suiith'nietts after the historic landing of li("filgrim Fathers." Horace Waipole rilites that when the iwliliil Countess of Suffijlk married Mr. Smrdthey were both so poor that they W to Hinover, before Queen Anne's l«ft,to pay court to the future Royal My. Having a party to dinner, and Wi; dinppointed of a remittance, the â- niteii vaa iorced !o sell her hair to fur- •iikthe enteitiinnent. L ng wigs were tail fuhion, aid her hair, being very jnjfine, and f.'r, produced her twenty ie»i sccordng to Chinese writers, was W linovend in the 18th century. An "?«wup\acednpon it by the Emperor MiBg in 731. It was introduced into Vifrom China in the 9.h century. The I*««iiBtrcdnced it bito Kurope in 1591 it ""uedinEnglandonscme rare occaaipni ^t«165:, and was sold at from £6 to' "Ijwpoimd. Millions of pound, weight " liquorice, and ash-tree leaves are "«!I«« mixed with Chinese taa. in Eng â- l The annual consumption of tea in '"tBritiu it 30,000.000 pound., while ""•ftfthe rest of the civilized World •iTWonnt to -22 000,000. Jiwsttompts have been made to kill EoDsr- ^^ •"'ttignj by infernal machines one ••kicHMbeen directed against each of *«« lut sovereigns. On December T"' St. Regent tried to blow up the T^fleofiwitha barrel of gunpowder. *P^tith grape shot He missed ?*»- Wt hit ::! other., killing 20. ^^fsmpted the life of Louis PhiUipe j^-sth, i8..).-,_ by gjj^g gn infernal Tilths Kmgand hi. sons rode along ^J* «' the X«timial Guard, en the iT»l du TempIeTSl^maohine oon- hich were otgunpowder qr l»g JftJ^fcwriJTIfilijyiW hSTVK I WW on irHf »t the yttk ptmH^ltagbU bridge Caval^Aonudka. â- :^^^^^ " An Hiht, Ox^ «^IB«. "^H I am le- Ueved before yoar return, I ihall hand U over to the next mtry." " Oh, I .han't oe more than half an boar at the tateat, ae I mn t he in Uie oity nte. It doesn't oontida very valoable prop et ty â€" only leH of clothea and a few docnment. â-  of no nw t any onebat the owner,' at the ny iag iik AU thmmu»,l»wtint, rii»TO no dedre to lose it." Sa aaing, tii« gentleman turned away. The reqaort to look after hie property did not In the leart mrpriM me, aa nnmeron. robberiM from the clothing of penona bath- ing had for wime time before been reported to the police, tht barrack' dock .truck eight. Folly half an hour had elapaed alnce the owner of the bag departed, and aa yet there wa. no ugn of nim the " quarter pa.t" was chimed from tiie neighboring clock., and rtlll he did not turn np. About half pait eight I peroelved a great oom^motion in the park. Men were mahint; from all quarters in the direction of the Serpentine t and Mon afterward. I aaoertained from a paaMr-by that the excitement was canaed fay one ot the nnmer ua bather. Iiaving been drowned. An uneaay mupieion wa. at once excited within me that the penon who had come to inch a •ad end was the gentleman who had left hi. valise in my charge, which mupicion was in' tenaided when I wa. relieved at nine, with the article rtill unclaimed. I handed over the bag to the untry who relieved me with- out mentioning to bim any of tne circnm- atanoea of the caae. I went on .entry again at one o'clock and no one had come for it. It wai the height of the London Seaaon, and Hyde PjtA pre- unted it. customary gay appearance, bnt the iippaaing array of splendidly- appointed equipages, dadiing equeatrian. and fa^bion- ably-dre«el ladle, and gentlemen, which at other times wa. to me a mort intererting spectacle, that afternoon paued by unheed- ed, a. all my thought, were centred on spec- ulation, regarding the fate of the owner of the bag. Before being relieved at three I had it conveyed to my room in the bwrrack., and after coming off goar^laced it for great- er Kcurity in the troop store. After rtables, I left bamusks for my cua- tomary walk, and purchaaing a copy of the Echo from a javenile newsvendor, I read the particulars of the fatality of the morning. Friends had identified the body, which wa. that of a gentleman named Nixon, who had resided at Bayswater. " Nixon 1 That corresponds with the in- itial ' N ' on the bag," I thought to my wlf, now perfectly convinced that the deceawd was the person I had seen in the morning, also ascertained 'rem the newspaper report that a man had been apprehended on suspi- cion of having attempted to rifle the pockets of the clothes of the drowned man, and who had been roughly handled by the crowd, be- fore a polioeman could be procured to take him into custody. After a moment's refleo tion I decided to call at the address given in the paper, in order to arrange about the res. toration of the bag to the relatives of the de- oeand. I was shown Into a room, and immediate- ly afterward was waited upon by a young lady, the daughter of the deeeaMd, who nat- urally enough, was perfectly overcome with grief. I explained to her in a few words the abject of my visit. " I am uncertain whether poor pat)a had a valise of that description when he left this morning, ' she said " but possibly yon may recognize him from the photograph," sub- mitting one she took from the table for my inspection. I experienced a strange sense of relief â€"the features in the photo were those of a person bearing no resemblance whatever to the in- dividual who had left his bag In my charge. The young lady thanked me heartily tor the trouble I had taken In the matter and I left the house of mourning and returned to the barracks in a very mystified state of mind. " Could the owner of the bag be the thief who was caught in the act of f lundering the dead man's clothes ' I aakjd myself, but immedUtely dismisseif the idea from my mind, as being absurd and improbable. After this the bag ceased to interest me, as the valueleM character of it. contents caused me to speculate less on tiie unaccountable conduct of iti possenor in never returning for it. Sometime afterwards I was on Queens guard, Westminster. X had just mounted my horse and taken up position in one of the two boxes facing Parliament street, when a gantieman st pped opposite me and scanned me curiously. Addressing mo, he Kud, " Don't you remember me ' There was no mistaking the voice it was that of the owner of the bag 1 Otherwise he was greatly altered, as he had denuded him- self of the luxuriant whiskers and moustache he wore when I saw him previously. "What has been wrong f ' I asked. "Oh, I was seized with a fit that morning when I came out of the water, and was tak- en home in an unoonscions state. I have been very nnwell ever since, and I have left my house for the firrt time, to day. I ^n to get my bag at onoe. I pteaune you nave it in safe-keeping at the barraoks " «• It's much aaaTor at hand," I replLdâ€" " jart araoBS the street from here," an^fthen '-â€" f the AepeBee •r tvo, Md •â-  woadiMstia |» -We afttr tknt^iie speedaygn)do4Mdtt*nlbe. oWhydUat yoa see alKmt this brfsnr k* Mkad. addiw "BeeaawIwMtooOI toM* i^oa^^MT' thing," was the repif. Hie genUem n than a^aadabtf*. owti- ^iog that Us property h td Iieiai l es l o ied to Um, giving aa ]ia did M Oa aasM of Nobbi. Having thanked the affii^ Mr, NoLfas eaoght BpUs prepertr and «B l^tlka dSsB. Wlun we got to tiie door we foondaaem bled a small erowd of men employed siboiit the e^tab'iahBiettt; for IlieaMiaaal speetacla of twohelmeted, jack-tMioted gnardsmen iiad caoMd a good deal'rf speeolatioa as to oar business there. Mr. Nobbe^aiiiedly brash- ed past them, and gaining tha stiaet kaSed a passing oab, and the driver at onoe palled up. " Here is smnetiiing for your tmabia," he ttid, slipping a wvereign into my hand. I, of course, thanked him heartily for this monificant doneenr. Deelining tiie oSwof the driver to place U. hag on the dicky, he put it inside the vehicle; then shaking liands with the corporal and myself, he said to the driver " Bnsten, as fatat as yon entered the eabb The driver released the brake from tbe wheel, and. wa* whippng ap his songgy horse with a view of starting, wlien the poor animal slipped and fell. The man belooging to the Sootlaad Yard who had followed ns into the street at onoe roshed to the driver's assistance, unbuckled the traces, and after pushing back the oab, got the horse on ila feet. All the while Mr. Nobbs was watch- ing the operation from the window, and I noticed tiiat one of the men was surveyiott him very attentively. " Your name is. Judd, im't It " the man at length remarked. " No it isnt.â€" What do yon mean by ad- dressing me, sir " indlgnantiy replied Mr. Nobbs. " Well," said the man, who I at once sur- mised was a member of the detective force, " that's the name yon gave anyhow, when you were had up on the charge of feeling the pockets of the gent's clothes who was drown- ed in the Serpentine a week ago. I know you, although you've had a clean shave." I started on hearing this statement my susi^cions, ridioulous aa they seemed at the time, had turned out to be correot after all while Mr. Judd, cUiaa Nobbs, tamed a. pale as death. " Come out of that cab," said the detec- tive. "You've no right to detain me," aud Nobbs, " I was discharged tMs morning, " Because nothing was kiiown against yon â€" Bnt look here, old man, what have yon got in that bag " "Only some old clothes, I assure you," sud the crest-fallen Nobbs. " Come inside, and we'll see," said the do. teotive, seizing the bag. " Out of the cab quick I and come with me to the office." Mr. Nobbs complied with a very bad grace while the corporal and I t llowed, wonder- ing what was to happen next. We entered a room In the interior, and the bag was opened but it apparentty oon- tained nothing but the clothes. *â-  There is certainly no grounds for de- taining this man," si^ an inspector, stand- ing near. Mr. Nobbs at once brightened np and cried " You see I have told you the truth, and now be good enough to let me go." "AU right," said the detective. Pack up your traps and dear out." Mr. Nobbs this time ooinplied with ex- eeeding alacrity, and began to replace the articles of clothing, when the detective seemingly acting on a sudden impulse, caught up the valise and gave it a vigorous shake. A slight rustling sound was dls- tincUy audible. "HiUoI what's this!" cried the officer. Emptying the clothes out of the bag, he pro- duced a pocket knife, and in a trice ripped open a false bottom, and found about two dozen valuable diamond rings and a magni- ficent emerald necUaoe carefully packed In wadding, besides a number of unset stones. The jubilant detective at onoe compared them with a list which he took from a file, and pronounced them to bo the entire pro ceeds of a daring robbery that had recantiy been committed, in the shop of a West End jeweller and which amounted in value to fifteen hundred pounds. Mr. Nobbs, aZtoi Judd, now looking ter- ribly confused and abashed at thi premature frustration of his plan to dear out ot the oountry with hb booty, was formaUy charg- ed with being in possession of the stolen valuables. He made no reply, and was led away In custody. Before returning to the guard, I remarked to the inspector " I thought, sfr, when he gave me a sovereign for looking after his bag, that it was more than It was worth: but now I find that I have been miatoken." "A sovereign 1" cried the inspector. "Lot me ree it." I took the coin from my cartonche-box, where I had placed it in the absence of any accesrible pocket, and handed it to him. He smilingly examined it and throw it on the table. " I thou^t as much," he remark- ed it's a bad one." Mr. Nobbs, oKo* Juddâ€" theae names were two of a forinidable string of aliases-tnmad out to beanexpert ooiner, ""^•f" dler, who had long been " wanted l^*- police. Hewasoonvieteda ndsptCTo edto a lengUioMd perfcid of psoal awy" ' ., r. ^cTlft.. Mr. NobhaAad mmbr • eld DsUaaay i»tka Baa ^^ and Ussduadoa, wliaeat tke aniatef4e!kaslitlady, vkeae soiTrieeke knd eatsndi. aeoKidiMi to kfa eaaten.fw tka^ parpsaa ef plaadsrâ€" ««ia. gdaaUaed shwUy attsf ' jaybcaak. It wna azpseted ttattka wiaiekss aonldbe iq^evad, aa Osspsid kad kadsn aco^ivlice, and Haroh- â- ndodr'a frisDds kad- asade etargetic efforts to save ^^fm^ 'tiisgaiHetine. Their ^[t- psal% kmraver, wai e rejeotad, and b ,th the handed over to the common nBUHai.T ABono- At 1 o'clock in thejnofning tlie Place do la Boqnatte, oa'sHethe -priaim of the con- daBiaad,'wns faUol pao|ile, who, sfs is oostom- ary on sock oonsatons, had lamained vp all night to witnsis wliat, in the annslsrf re- cent ssBSitioB, was an exceptional sight, namely, a donUeezeoation. Tbe police had oonsideral)!^ dffienlty in keepirg the crowd at right a ssrs in tkefr places, and the mount- ed niaidsi iiMis were freqnentiy called into le- qutaitioatooiear tiie approaches to.the places of exeention. The usual horseplay, low jokes, and badinage were freely indulged in by tiia ezpeeiant orowd in tiie raadwAy, oomptasAaaitwas rf the lowest strata of the Parisian rabble. Snatches of obaoene songi wen even song by some of tlie villain- ooa ganuna and vidous girls who pressed t'~~'|[*' tlie orowd to obtain a view of a scans wliiok seemed to have no terrors for them. At I o'clock a moving light was seen ap- proadiing. It preceded a dark mass scarce- ly disaemibU through the enveloping dark- neas. This was tbe car conveying the ter- rible boit dejiutiee, or guillotine, iriiich had moo more been removed from Its resting ^aoe in the vicinity of the prison. It was followed by DaibW and his aaiirtante, and wa. well gnarded by policemen. Turning the comer of the Rue Folio lUgnault, the ghastly caravan lumbered heavily into the Place dela Rcqnette, and stopped before the door of the jail. The guillotine was promptiy dismounted andby2o'dook everything waaready. Del bier, having supnintended the preparatory measures, went into the jail with two of hi. men, and there was then a long apell of wait- ing and expectation, during which the day dawned on the impatient and chattering crowd that filled the Place do la Roquette At 4 o'dock the number, were increased by workmen and others who were obliged to be np early, and barricades were put np by the police to prevent the people from filling up the approaches to the place of execution. A long narrow liasket was now placed near the block of the guillotine, and at ten minutes to 5 the huge, heavy and gloooay doors of the prison swung open amid a dead- ly silence, only broken by the sharp rattling «rf the gendarmes' sword, as they were drawn from thefr scabbards. Gaspard was the first of the fdons led to death. Tall and muscu- lar, he walked firmly between two priests, whose ministrations he had rejacted until the approaoh of his term. HI. face wa. pale and hia features con- traotsd oonvulaively as he neared the guillo- tine. Here he stooped towud the prison chaplain, the Abbe Faure, and embraoed first the priest and then a oradfix hdd by the latter In his hand. He was now seized by the executioners, his head was placed in he luntUe, and, after an awkward pauw, during which Deibler seemed -to have lost the momentaiyjcontrol of his instrument, tbe knife desoended, and the headless trunk of the criminal fell away from the frosea^. The head was then put into the basket. The guillotine wa^ now washed, and every- thing set in order for the next execution. After an interval of seventeen minutes, dur- ing which the clamorous crowd seemed to have lost its grotesque gayety, the doors of of the prison again opened, and Harchandan, looking like a pale boy of 17, tottered feebly out. supported by the Abbe Faure and the other priest who had assisted Gaspard. The otiminal was evidentiy more dead thanaUve. He still wore the patent leather boots with pointed toe caps which he had on when arrested in his country house at Compiegoe. After havteg oonvuUlvdy em- braced he priests he was caught sharply by Ddbler and thrust into the Iwie«e The knife again rtfused to work, and nearly four seconds eUpsed belare it feU on the crimin- al's neck. When it did so a double jet of blood sparted out for nearly two yards, Mid sprinkled the adjaoant ground. The bodies were then taken, eoeorted by mounted gend- armes, to tbalvry Cemetery for mock bur. lal, after which they were handed over to the School of Medidne for the usual exper- imental purpoaes. A«««SBtnn«rtlM«*A«aM" Oaring the thraeiesig weeks in whidi wc were bsaet la lee, tnBe)kang kaavily en oar hands. sMeagk wa .31 had asass dailty datfes to perforab OoosafoaaUy wa wnoU getaskot itaiiiBireeragall.er,ifttete opaaed ap a little, a shot at aseaL Aftar Ufing for some time on salt meat, a ddivaiT nke curried guU or seal pie or boiled seal flipped washlgUy appreciated. ForamaM- nwat and exerdn we were obUged to con- tent oursdves with pitcUpg rope quoita on deck, walking over the ice, or, whoi a pW- tionlarly large ioe pan was near tiie ahip, by a gave of ' rounderi' Those who, like myself, bdraged to the great order of land- blalibers, would make vi^ attempte to imi- tate the sailns in climbing about the rigging, and to impress the crew with the idea that we were old hands at it, fcTBADQI ABCnC SCmES. But in spite of the oocssional te dinm of our monotimou. life a bile impriM»ed In the ioe there *as much to intereet one who had never been in Arctic regions before.- At times one would be -i£p^essed with tbe mpematural things which tiie aurrounding. would give Everything seems odd and the world opaide down and chaos came again, where nothing was to be seen but iceâ€" ice everywhere except where the blsck rocks of Basolnte.Island broke the surface. On the evening of Jane 21, the longest day of the year, I remained a long time on deck. It was bright dear and cold, the thermometer at 8 p.m., registering 31 deg. In tiiat region the variation of the magnetic needle U very great, being 55 dog. to.the west of true north. Sunset occurcd about 10 p. m. on that evening. It was difficult almost to con- vince myMlf, knowing the time of the night, that I was not dreaming. And s'range.t of all the aun was setting east of north by compass. It was a weird, eerie, impreuive scene. It almost seemed that the sun had strayed K far from it. oourM that it would wander off into aome infinitude of apace and never return. Soon after it diMippeared behind the Ice, as if conquered by obstinate frigidity, the still Arctic twilight shed ite pale light about. Clouda, like a funeral pall, hnng over the grave of the extinct sun. Solemn, mysterious, gigantic icebergs moved slowly along, carried on by bidden cnrrente which were powerleaa on the nir- face. The ghostly procession passed in re- view while our littie ship lay motionless In icy fetters. Kesolution Island, black, for- bidding, looked like the evil genius of thi. atrange aoene. Later on the moon roae and filtered pale, flickering rays through the clouds which, mixed with the peculiar Arc- tic glow, made the most dngularaud super- natural light I have ever seen. UnaelfithHeroei. When, at the battle of Zatphen, ;y mean, of' Wd'^g^nades ' ttU "Tft b very •wk'*^ ^^." also unsuccessful, and by it two persons killed and many wounded. said A paier by Admiral F. S. Tn qusdrilatnral constructions nea' been read before the Anthro^^e^ tote, L-mdon. The enclos»t5t ed by the late Mr. James MUn. caae the boundary walls are formed undressed stones put together witb kind of cement, and have built them a series of small menhirs or " stones." The enclosures sbo hive structures for cremation pi dsnad and become friable from great heat. It would appear thU thi oasB of cremation had been a very one, as notaparticleof calcined bona vaa to disootered hi any of the enclosures. I bave to cateh the rix train for Liverpool, as I wish to saa by the steamer that leaves to-m^ -««»i»« '« «•' Y«k. Couldn't y«i oome aewas witii me to get it A few weeks after Mr. »»»*5Mrr •d his wea-eaw^pa^-^ y ^^* wounded Sir Philip Sidney was given water toqnanekhiithirstheis recorded to have handed it nntastsd to a dying soldier near hbnwiUitiM exolassation, "Thy necessity bgiaaterthanmfaia." A similar instance of unselflsk thougktfuhisas during suffering tarooofdedof thagalbnt Sir Ralph Aber- sronliy. Being mortaUywmmded at the battle ef Abonkfr, he was pUoed on aUtter and taken o.boarf a skip tteniyingin the harbor. To raise htahaad sad tiiaa to pboa him in a mora ooMfortaUa position, some one tooka Idankat from a saldteiriio was standing by and pat it nndsr tiia ksfoai a pOlow. Mr Hiiiih iiinilliMl MtVftmnn g«-» wlfa^tioniils aas. and askadfha* B "l^aanlya a sld lsrt Much Oroakiiu: about Marriage- The average society journal devotes about one colnnm per week to the discuuion of the ao-called marriage problem. In thi. the tendency toward celibacy i. again and again repeated and every remedy which could possibly be thought of is invented at wme time and place. In nine caK. out of ten, while some responsibility is attributed to men, the i lame for the falling off in mar- riages is placed npon women. They are ac- cuied of bdng vain, extravagant, incompet- ent, and frivolous, and utterly without qualification for any rtemer work than flirting or idling away whole day. over sen- â- ational novel.. The merite of the young man who minds hu own business and doesn't get married are lauded to the skies those of a girl who does exactly tbe same tiiiog are never mentioned. Of course, the young men are not to blame for the falling off in the number of marriages. Who ever beard of a young man who was lacking in any dngle or double respect? As a rule, they never smoke, drink, or idle their time away, but are busy day after day developing their mental qualities by industrious stady, and saving thur hard-eamed wages for the purpose of getting married at a later day. Girl, frequent beer saloona, play pool, and organize expendve clubs, but the young man has no tinie for such frivolous enter- tainment. If he did he would fall quite to the level of hu sbter, and such a fate must be escaped at all hazards. The marriage problem will doubtless solve itself in a little time, as most-evils work out their own solution. At any rate, there u no reason to fear the depopulation ot the country from the falling of In the number now. Nearly every Institution that the world has ever sanctioned at some time or another has passed through some spedes of trial. The desire for congenial feminine aodety is natural to every man, and will continue to be gratified in spite of high rente and extravagant markete. And while it b being gratified, just a littie lesi of the one- dded argumente againrt women would be acoeptoble. On the whole, women are as sensible as men,â€" very often more so,â€" and given a fair tte opportunity, with a husband worthy of the name, they are usually able to do their part towards keeping the wolf from the door and making home pleasant for those who share in ite happiness. 'Beware of "Youforgettisrtlamon »toy. Iw-! plied. "Iwon'tberdiwredantilfoor. I aaront bava the guard." D,ai,g tiie interraiaiatabpsed u na â- Â» period of duty wm tu M tt g-""" paced about iua moat inqpattant iawklditiiarobbaiTkad Heinfonnad meti»tfci» emptojar, fcaving Shinto oonsideraaon til, «^,**f I â€" toacertein extent. tP-««â€" ".^t« .every of th. stohsi J.-^. »-^ -»* "" a present of fliirty pounds. I gratefiUiyao. KTtii. ""»-•/. wkbk, a. Il-d â€"1 [diasaafmy diaahsrga baas CSwaby. teidievahb ^^ J u._ 11 .lias mvasUal my oni- -TsB," B id tiia GsiMral. "but osie of tlis men's." I ,rish," panlstsd tke dying offiflsr, «to t^ti^swaaa^slthanianwhoaebbnks* *^ali.thsn, arBaIph,ltbelongp to Dan^ eanRoy.oftka«2ad." ^^,jj IWass.-aa«Nfaatha tk««|jktfaleld MMkaktUa vaif «iiM I" faot OnaeltiMOiaporali aoooovai^ SUMMER SMILES Said the monkey to the dude, imitetions." The line that tailora hang clothes saâ€" HasenUne.-^ Of ooorse, no one-armed man can evar be- come a two-rist. We fail to recognize a hermit by tke that " a man b known by the com] keeps." TUrtsekkaaatara^ keen an anil Urn. Aday* ttlrtsssth lib waa tha ofanUstrftabUa. " _^ At tiss ukibtsninj of Mr. CrAyzvin new baby laat Sonday the child grrfibed^lb falaia name to ite twder hand., whkdi ware severely laosratad. l^hsar a good deal saidaboat tiie qriA- nsia H* wbT »»t •««•».-«* •»;" giniu* ft** aa WAaian should say Pat A stLr «• r** *• »~^ *** ""'" inaoar gave Bootti.tiieaelor, $SOforaH.s jj^l^^lneij not to be uadertold, our price ksMriterwmkeen^lM. „» weighs ntai^y thirty timea kan'Bagg,bnttohssr .•^MmaifeB aftsr byfac •b*!! mm ^afcadbsatfta sa lri choat .j j«hfc. Itba gsad daal tke 16 DEATH PAIHLEBS. Tfe) rrseUee el Kathaaasia KUeasie« ky raystciaah Tke fact that narcatics were fiedy used thnrnghcotthe iUneesof Gen. Giabt to se- oaia sleep, bsm, and freedom from paie, and ••«• asked fo- by the patirat and promiMd ti him openly by his phyaidana, in the event of their babg needed, ta procare a qaiet and painless death, .eema to have been ao- c pted quite as a matter of oourM by people in general. Ooly a faw years ago, however the idea of moderating the fear or assuaging the pains of death by the use of narooUc or rtimulante would have been horrifying to the great mijority of Curistiui people. Thb rapid an J very marked diuige of opin- ion, whatever itacauK may be and hoaever m-derat« the degree of attention bestow d npon it by the public, has been vary dcsdy observed by physicians, and lathe bcKef of aome of them, as stated to the reporter, will bring about an increased use of sedative drug, for distressed and dying patients. In discussing the matter phyaidan. are necessarily drawn to ite logioilcoiuequence. and thcsie may be aummed np in the ques- tion, "Have we a right under certain cir- cumstances to cut short our llvas " In one of the recent articles on the subject by Dr. Ami k an abatract Is given ef the question as formulated by a prominent m- mber of the Birndngham Specnlative Club. The stote- ment is interesting, from the fact that it u accepted by many me leal men as being a fair exposition of the argument. The term euthanasia, or "an easy death," Is described a. intended to convey the following meaning " That in all oaKiof hopelec. and painful illness it riionld be the reoognizsd duty of the medical attendant, whenever so desired by the patient, to administer chloroform, or other ana;ithatie, K aa to deatroy oonwiioua- nen at once, and put the sufferer to a quick and easy death, all needful precautions be- ing adopted to prevent any pouible abuse of such duty, and means being taken to es- tablish beyond the possibility of a doubt that the lemedy was applied at tbe express a ish of the patient." In defending the act the writer says "Cases of ttau dan abound on every hand, and those who have had to witness saffering of this kind, and to rtand helplessly by longing to administer to the lieloved one, yet unable to bring any real respite or relief, may well be impatient with the easy going spirit that sees in aU this misery nothing but "the appointed lot of man," and that op- poses as almost impious every attempt to deal with it cffectuUly. Why should all this suffering be endured? The patient de- sire, to die hb life can no longer be of um to others, and ha. become an intolerable bur- den to himidf The medical attendant b at the bedude with all the reeouroe. of hb knowlenge, and could bring Immediate and permanent relief. Why ahonld hb not doing so be recognized a. a sovereign duty?" To the objection that thb would violate the sacredness of life the writer says "Nature knows nothing of any such sacred- ness, for there u nothbig of wliich she b so prodigal And man has shown little sense of the value of human life when hu passion, or Inste or interesta have been thwarted by hb brother man, or seem likely to be for- warded by hb destruction.- A ' sense of the value of his own individual life man has, in- deed, seldom been deficient in acd, by a kind of reflex action, thb sense has slowly given birth to and alwaya underlies the sense, sucha.it ia, of the value of other msn's lives. But in Europe to-day the sacredness of man's life b thrown to the winds the mo- ment national or poUtical pa«aion grows hot Indeed, it b hard to understand the mean- ing of the word 'sacred' when applied to life, except In so fares it may signify the duty laid on each man of ushig hb life nobly while he has it The man who b ever ready to face death for others' sake, to save others from grinding pain, has always been reckon- ed a hero and what b heroic if done for fcnother b surdy pemdssible if done for one's The man who could voluntarily give up hb life to«ve another from months of slow torture would win everybodv's good word. Why should he be debarred from taking a like step when the person to be rescued b hlnMclf It b furthermore urged that thesaoredneu of life b vioUted by ex- bting medi al practice, when in cases of ex- treme and bopeless suffering physicians ad- minbter drugs which give present relief at the expense of shortening the patient's Ufe. If it b objected that submission to the will of Providence forbids the shortening of pain by taking Ufe, by the same prindplo we should aubmit to the wiU of Providence, and not seek to escape any p»iu." Dr. Amickadds: " Some approach death with a calm count- enance and a aerene mind, otiiers are racked with pain and suffering. For hours, and even days, they writhaand groan between life and death. It b in thb cUss of cases m which it b proposed to give the hopeless sufferer respite from hb agony, and eutiian- asbb suggested. A hypodermic injection of morphb in such cases would result In general and lasting sleep, and has the irri- tation tiiat exbted in the body became les- sened the mind would graduaUy relax ite hold npon the system, and ite departure would be so easy and quiet that a sprotato would scarcely recagnize it was going until it was gone. Euthanasb b recommended only in thoee oases where there b continued pain and agony where there b no chance for Mooveiy and the patient wbhes to be fMsd from hb misery." FOfinOI EOHO£S. The Wood Worker tor »oogl«ia« »«â- Â«Â«. r '*** t^ ,,Bil «M. Irtiatil"" rough as to require Ja ooUoUedtosplua 'P^'r^*tj^ mA bv .jHiirfs* the timbOT and saMutttag rtoendpressara-todinloany. "a^ttiag" tt_th«s W-dng the celb and fib-i. in- tooneoompaot»«i Ith ti» opinion of ioee who have experimented witii tiie pro- oess, tiiat wood canbe compiessed seventy- five per cent and tiiat tiie timber whidi b now oonoldered anfit for ass to sadi work McarriMpblMlng. «»-" «" ""^^L^S" aUe by tiib means, snd nnoa •V^^ *^ the rapid oonsumptto. of our best ad. and bkiory wm sooner or Uter rsiidar some aaMitote neeessaiy. I Wh.oavsr,».dwomuib.^P«««*« ' witii a revolver tiis wbe men always dodgta __ nfcontofhsr. I Mtering stone b now made by ie.S^^H»«-"' day witi. tovigatsd -^â- Â£^^::f.S£r:s:?^i»-«-*-- The newspapars of the wot M have jast been reckoned up at about 35 000, thus giv- ing one to every ?S 000 inhabitants. Under sevantecu was the Frenc.i girl who savagdy murdered her father with a dob iiecauMbe would not let her marry her .weetheart The Piinoe of Wale. goe. to Norway and Sweden next month to e a regatta' of a yacht dub which has King Cscw f r a Con modore, and to hunt elk with a rryal party. Artificial honey importe.l l..to England from tlib coimtry has been found, on anily- sis, to be made of wheat or coin starch treated with oxalio acid. This friud can- not be detected by the taste. Preddent Cleveland keeps a scrsp book of excerpts from the newspapers in mder to be informed of all sorts of public opioion. It b one clerk's sole employment^to coUest aud preurve these things. The new Australian Cardinal, Patrick Moran, b a nephew of the late Cardinal Cullen, and waa bom in Irebnd S6 years ago, hb mother being sister Ito the eminent Irish churchman and hb father a p-osperous farmer. The French militia having shown them- sevles in thirteen days of cimp training are by competent critics pron uncad more lliie hastily raised bands than an army, so pbor was their diKsipUne, and .0 lacking were they in dtill. A man became bankrupt with liabilities of $20,000, and in the settlement cf the estate, wliloh yielded 78 per cent to the creditors, the caste of the udminiatration amounted to less than 13. This happeaed away off in Smalaad, Sweden. Joaqnin Miller tolb how he and Bret Harto stood at the tomb of Dicktne. '-His left hand aought minein silence," says Mill- er, in describing tha momentous occision "hb eyes filled with teturs. Wa had never- been friends before." The American Medical Missionary Society organiz d in Chicago, alms to piovido med- ical men imd women who will devote them- selves to the work of healing the body: Bnd thus be auxiliary to tbe missiouariei who work for sou's. Long ago the Partugaeeo supremacy in the Roman Catholic church in Indii was bestowed by the Pope, a. against the Jesu- ite, who are now revolting under hb con- trol, and the conflict is said to be the moat bitter e.-er known within the Church. A seemingly dead pigeon was picked up from the ocean near Dover, Eagland, but it revived while lying in the son, and proved tobeacarrier pigeon with a letter. The bird had been waylaid by a hawk while fly- ing from ite master's yacht to his home. The lately dbeased Anna, Countess of Meran, widow of the Archduke John of Aus- tlalia, was famous in her youth for a beauty which gained her an aristcctatic husband, by enchanting him suddenly as he stopped at the small Poet Office kept by her f uther. Two New England pastors exchanged pul- pits, and one delivered a eermon which tho congregation had within a month heard from tho mouth of the other. The DaiilUt Weekly vouches for thb story, and would like to know the real author of the diecourse. The tombstone of the Gladatone family. In Leith churchyard, haa been restored by Sir Thomas Gladstone, brother of the ex- Premier. The monument b a simiile cm- stmcUon, resting on a base having bix pilas- ters with an entablature and intermediate pandling, surmounted by a moulded table. Being informed that a man whom he bad discharged for drunkeimets waa the sole support of a wife and six children, a Lowel mill superintendent replied: "It happens thfit the man who takes the place has a wife and seven chUdren. It should he borne in mind that every expulsion of a bummer makes a job for a decent worker." The Superintendent of theElmira Reform- atory says that drunkennem can be traced in the ancestry of more than a third of the convicte sent there that only one ia four of thefr parente ha. received a common school education and that, as nearly as can be as- certatoed, the home influence in half the case. hiM been dlstlnctiy vicious. The Chinese Viceroy of Chen-.i ard Kan- su explain, that tho earthquake, which have done much damage in his jurisdiction wtra chiefly oocarionedby the mildness of the winter, which caund an excess of the yany or male elemant of nature but they were due in a measure to the perfunctory perform- ance of their public duties by the local olli- ciab, who failed to call down the harmonix- ing Influence of heaven. Lawn tonnb was being played on the L-. ng Branch grounds of a wealthy famUy, and the game struck a spectator as being inordi nately daborate In ite movemente. Kvery pose and stir was laboriously careful in its grace, and at the same time tiiere was a strange dbregard of the real progress of the game. A glance at the adjacent veranda re- vealed an amateur photographer making a series of instentaneouB views in which the pUyers would be shown in a successi n of attitudes. A hundred prepared plates were the holders, ready to be exposed one after another, and tho scheme contemplated the printing of copies from these numerous neg- atives so that every person portrayed could have a bound volume of the pictures. A smart thief has just been convicted In the Rhone Assize Court. Hb real name b GresiUon, but be travelled under the name of Walton, and pretended to be a rich En,. H.i.mn. Ha affected the accent andmai; nera of the Britisher, pUyed high, and Uv.d in the fastest style. In reality he was a oonvM irtio had ••»«•» *boâ€" »••«» arrested fur theft and robbery. One of htareoent.ex- ploite was to rob the safe oftha priKm.of Og^Tsrl, to Oofdca, where he was a priwrn- «r, and from iridoh hs CMoped with j.the funds. Hewssarrertedonaohargoof rob bing several churches fa tho Department of- the Rhone, and was tried upon one of these obSTMS. Hb manner fa court was cool and SSlt. Hewasarreeted at the Cafe M^dTone of tii. most fashionable cafe, of Lyons, snd when tiie Court sentenced hunto twenty years' penal servitude he nmled con temptuoudy upon tiie Judges, and, taming, w^ limto quite aple-ant and somewhat ;^i.jd„g ««uier "I win see you next An rarofrl" I„ the cato of a miser itb much »«br lo t^tidngs ss tiiey oo«e tiisn part WiU. mixiag