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 • y^ I j«t a lovely „^ fnder iJifficultieg. [ulS'/i "'^t. What tt'8 the docther thn» +» i^ knfer me blood. S-'S ^n the poker, b^d^^* gracious, Bridget ted iron ' y°n |)i'Il lave it till it cools. iBick a Day. Urick, don't you kao. l«yourp,g pen 80 close to ?hy ahnd oi not, sir " yer nonsense. Sure the sick a day in hia loif," dvantageoftheOiuMan. met his daughter's "hope" aterially hastened his de- lal manner. Then he re- the parlor and sat down idnthnrt Harry, papa" ;er. ' replied the old man, pick- Mid nursing it. "No, I but if he ever comes here in his coat-tail pocket 111 girl smiled softly through her to give us some moreof George." George (a lin- ademoiselle, donnez nous kcree musiquee." ioea a wooden wedding ing over his paper)â€"" ft hat if the wedded parties wooden" get marriedagain. over (quoting Moora in a. couch shall be roses, be- ew." Practical Girlâ€" " It heumatics, and so it would "or bags of all sorts. Shoe gs, shopping bags, lorgnette base are made dainty of one kind or u^other as of the \Vest Indies once I his inland home in multi- ;ular order marches down ig over and not around any f acme in the way. has the reputation of being ind of having fewer homes en in it, in proportion to any city in the United s are always fattened with days before a turkey is valnut is studed down his y he is given an additional le twenty-ninth day he has uts. He is then immense- time the gates of Hyde against the " masses" and ::ept oa payment of ah en- ;ates were (piarded by por- g staves, who prevented iing in without paying his ling par head and sixpence who enforced strictly de- cry of the curlew whfle e dark still nights of win- some pi*rt8 of England to ig, and is called the " cry tiers." This term w *1^ wing, the wild goose, and bropshire and Worcester- liatlers are oonsid red to md the six fly about con- looking for the seventh, d him the world will come er, is the principil and »I- iholic bever-ige of Japan, s estimated at about on* million gallons annually* ir and a half gaUons^ last two or three centnnae jfaetured on a larsw acaJe^ Id made its own supply- y large breweries in aa- country. The proi»rtio» varies from ve to fifteen £e of Japan is very heat- d appears M be as ^-uJOU» ;ngth as European ale or red with honey or sugar, ,n extradition treaty be- in and the United Stat» Foro the senate at AV ash- brought to mind by tn* aetition from, a company onds for persons hoIaiBK lying that the treaty be lie exhibits accompaJ»y»« that there are now living an defaulters whose theKS arly $4,003,000. It oOT' h to the civilisation 01 and Great Britain tt»» ,ce of law ia toleratefl- .argue upon the quesfaon of protecting the PuWhc gainst •InbeaBlers. I one accord ^J^ZZi 3 a self-evidant "y « be that so much cm. nanifested. MTOR. jetireen the parallels of twenty^ and '"Ttv-seven degrees south latitude, n" nominally embraced within the I"f'^iM of the Argentine Republic andBo- H^f^^GranChaco (Great WUdemess) ii*." probably, at present, the least ♦°^ «(7ion of ita size on the earth's sur- kno«» ^6 •. A^^^i^. tnract, as the reader but, on the kl)0«». ft* ^jgrst conjecture, due, on cne oon- °* well watered, remarkably fertile, and '^in natural resources. "ti, t M broad an extent of country, oom- â-  not lesa than three hundred thoosand f ""Smiles should have remained nnvisit- 1" unknown for so long a time in thin '^Zrvol travel is due in part to its geo- ««"S,i position, but chiefly to the hostil- rt X Indian tribes that inhabit it Vindicative of the climate and general *Lter of the region, it is worthy of note, TTthe Indians of the Chaco are of fine "flflue wtflike, and remarkable for their rtvity Thus far these savages have Ktuiaily resisted the approaches of white •Vi-jers and travellers, The Chaco 'a believed to be a paiadise of _me and of wild honey, for no less than n varieties of wild bees have been found f iB flowery?gladeft. Deer, tapirs, capy- " nnd peccaries abound, also the arma- wild cattle, wild horses, and the The reptile family is also well re- dillo, Sted? as ia shown by the following ad- Srerclated by Mr. Wilhelm B. Marin, v'oung gentleman who spent several nonths last season exploring the course of the River Pilcomayo. Mr Marin is an enthusiastic believer in thefntnre of the Chaco which, he confident- predicts, iB destined not long hence to be wme the Garden State of South America. Hii exploration was effected by means of a mill steam launch which he shipped to Soath America m sections, and set up at As- uicioa, on tne Paraguay River, near its con- Icence with the Pilcomayo. Both the Pilcomayo and the Vet. sjo are large fiver not less than eight hundred or a thoasand miles in length, which flow down out of the Chaco and unite with the Para- ay and the Parana to form the Rio de la 'lata. The Stanley, aa Mr. Marin named his little iteamer, in honor of the great African ex- plorer whose deeds he wouid emulate in the South American continent, was a well-a^ pointed little craft, but only about thirty ket in length by eight feet beam. To serve 18 a defence if attacked, and to furnish a dormitory by night, an awning covered with iheet-iron and whitewashed was carried over the entire length of the deck, the smoke itack alone rising through it. Wide shatters of white iron closed in the sides, so that the entire deck could be converted into I single, long room, at will. By night this ^fficed admirably to keep (rat both wild beasts â€" when the little craft was moored to the bank â€" and hostile na- tirea. Nothing could get aboard, save per- haps at the small, hinged windows, one or two of which were generally left open for Tentilation. This odd deck bouse worked so well, that the voyagers did not often feel it necessary to do gaard duty by night, being -assured that the noise of an attack outside their iron shield would rouse them in time to re- pel the assailants. The engine was constructed to barn wood uutead of coal. The party and crew con- Mted of Mr. Marin and a fellow-explorer, Mr, C. P. Lnth, an American engineer, hired bBoenoa Ayres, whoae name wi»8 Sackect, cook called Lugar, and two gauchoa oi the oowboy stamp, natives of Rosario in the Ar- gentine country. These latter were wood- cutters, firemen, and men of all work to the party. The launch left Asuncion en the 2d day of December, which, in the southern hemi- iphere, correaponds to June with us. On the day before Christmas, after various ex. periencea, the party reached the foot of what Mr. Marin terms the Third R pids of the Pilcomayo, which, however, tne water liemg alack, the little craft waa able to sur- mount, by aid of a line and an impoviaed windlaaa, for a few hundred feel ^f the most rapid current. The day before Christmas was thus em- ployed and late that evening they tied up in the shadow of some lofty manauma nut- trees, to the bank above the rapids, all be- ingmnch fatigued from the hard labor. The night was warm, and there was a "riglit moon, the silvery radiance from which fell through the foliage of the branches "f the giant tree which projected out over the water. No Indians had shown them- •elvca during the day and after a hearty "^t the tired explorers turned in, +heir •"M, as usual, bein? set ready for i ' ant "W both fore and aft. " We soon fell sound asleep," Mr. Marin "lates, "into that overpowering slaiaber »hich comes from heavy toil, and wfllphold 'person in Its embrace for ten hourf with- riT*^8-, But not long after mi^ni^t* *»« roused by an indefinite kind noise '•uciilatfirst thought was madelqr vth%: ^M, causing a branch to scrape- thfe'top "our iron cover " â- , â- â€¢: T ' 1 was about dosing off agadn; when tf »Miderable bump, aa of aomethiaf .falKng â„¢ the shield overhead, set me hroadaTrake. My companions did not w^ken* J^'f- I thought that it might he .„,. â€" ^wild animal that had either fan'ea Jit *P«a out of the branches which overhm»g boat, and so lay stUl, listeninp, Jor ?«f momenta, thinking, too, wha£ an odd y^tmaa eve it waB, and how different 1 ^~,*°ything I had ever previonsly-experi- Shortly after, I heard a curioos In^P,' knl» "'^^^ *°d stir of the trees, which I IV?"'*^ °o' » dtie to the wiBct: set; it jounded as though one or more large_ Wfcre swaying heavily; Thi* » WM m the treetops over as, wits my hniik"?T*5 and rising quietly from any. cwH 1 *^P °»y «n»a «d *hcn fWBped "lonaiy out at the window-Ught which BWunghaUback, to admit air. Brt I forward end of the boat. Sackeitt was try ing to light his lantern while the two ga\i- ehoa crying out, ' Cvlebra I culebra grande I' (snake big snake !) threw down one of the shutters, and jmnping into the water, waded ashore, followed Dy Lugar, the cook. " Indeed, we were not a litde inclined to do the same thing, for from the rackets aft, it was evident that the reptile was aboard us, and tumbling about among our bunks, and whether our shots had diMbled it, we could only surmise. It was thruhing around, and its tail banged against the «nginel repeatedly. "At length Sackett got his lantern burn- ins, and putting that on the end of a pike- pole, we thrust the light back toward the engine, to discern, if possible, where the snake lay, and get another shot at it. "For some moments we peered about, veh- tping back a little way, but failed to get sight of it, though we still heard it moving. Suddenly Sackett yelled that it was crawl- ing under the mess table, right beside us Before we could back o£F, its head rose, all bloody from the shot we nad fired at it, behind the table, and its jaws snapped close to our faces 1 " Luth and Sackett who stood a step be- hind me, promptly leaped backwards, and disappeared through the aperture which the gavchoa had made by removing the side shutter and I, obeying my first impluse of horror, sprang aft, around the engine. " Sackett had dropped his lantern, and the only light now on board was the dim moonlight that came in at the shutter hole forward and the little window through which the serpent had crept in. I could hear the ophidian's long body moving slowly, and judged that its head was coming toward me. " I would have given almost any price for a light just then I A horrid odor filled the air Outside, Sackett and Lnth were shout- ing to me to come ashore but for the life of me I durst not stir now, nor answer them, lest the serpent n-ight strike at the sound of my voice. I wondered whether snakes could see in the dark " Suddenly I heard its jaws snap again, on the port side of the engine â€" the very place where I had supposed its tail was I and making a trienzied jump, dashed out for- ward and Icmded in the mud and water, over- board. " ' Are yon bitten 7' Lnth cried out. He and Sackettjthen assisted me up the bank. "The reptile still continued to crawl around iasLao our deck house and after lis- tening to its movements for a while, we de- termined to kindle a fire and secure a little light on this dark and scaly subject. The gauchoi were afraid to go out far to collect tire wood, lest, as they said, the mate of the serpent might be in the vicinity. Enough was gathered up, however, to kindle a con- siderable bonfare, by the light of which we approached our little steamer again and finally boarded her, gun in hand, in search of the snake. " A portion of ita mottled body was then espied lying diagonally aeroM the deck, just in front of the engine boiler, hj way of stirring up »* creature, Lnth fired a load of heavy shoe into it, at which It squirm- ed slightly and crawled slowly for a few feet, but soon came to a standstill again. " ' He's about done for,' said Sackett and taking one of the pike poles which had also a hook with the pike, he went forward and struck it into the reptile's hard, shining car- cass. Again it writhed a little then all three of us took hold of ^Op* pri» :*«»d thus ;wW*abl»4»J»(^»MM»*i *•:.;,â- â- â€¢Â£ _, '^It KP^^^ *ft «i" fihitiltota had fair- ly iiddled B*»e a0« headâ€" othMwise we ^im ha*61imi iHicfcfaore *f!»uble in dis- pogiBgof-tiie-fcnite^^fcr it.WM ^^ »» iSy reptile to encounter. The thickest ^,i«i»,ot«»"*ody was almost as large as ySotbtoh of M* adult man and I may com- ^e itsflattenedhe»d tor* Kood-siaed water .„.„,^ Sichar of ^r^ q«arta ^*paoity. â€" jDJoaaawaae. ?^^t^enty-fouf feet long. ,„!,* K- """" â- aStVi^tlJttt aild 'fii,s»ia to be noctur- nal tii its tabits. J supnose-^atit h»d swung itseft doWli.u©on.4h»W«*.from the Urge â- nnttS»ea.6aw1»Bnk. 1; i. .. .. •^-Cfer afeck'Sadl)e«m w»st shockingly de- ^l«twith its blood but the Wood wasmnoh SSsting odor which seemed to emanate fro^te«!rcass, and for a long time resisted the action of our «Uondes. "Sr 4»t night's adyentoBe, we took It was avcwrt- doali o d dutinguigh nothmg, and snppMiiig \^\ *« probably a sloth, ora wU^;***^ "r^^jn again. hower^^ *?"^^y taken a reclimng pw^i^ i» {v, • 'When there was a beaiy74R»laeb ho»r.*?*»r, on the opposite â- ae^,*^* .and a few moments later, tiie Uttle T^ °PPed perceptibly to that side," anTT •W w ltd vy man had. tyi too, 1 liMra a* grating, ^^ch began on the side of J, â€" the guards, and pisaed np .™«tton sheetmg of the cover, as if *»«r was being hauled athwart na. near S^ ntr •kutacfmiadlsiT'hoBiriMd, dw6 flnt as lis- iBirsttn 0(HspTe« mora •hone bright aaAtiew, oataie- darâ€" tiM last. And as I niaik tham well, with syes that sm â- â€¢ ne'sr Whslte tha pMtwM.Auk la bm my ntDd li boras, that ooV at death's An wAitA those myslariM â- say a tear. of MH, which cost as S!i â- ?»»L""k^ Mr. Ja^ who atarted^ %l" *? fate • .ij;i.£ff^^ ^ttS«"nn^*J!J'!!J!f ^!l?i""^*'""*» ^*»•«s*abu6iimb«d«Hr.th.â- Â«d,p«»to• uw nccing np, and whispered, • What's aa. ' "»"• ing on outside I' r^-^ „mum ^o. AnUorowdliwaniBydyiBffhoar ooaMvisloMataM "•Don't know,' I Mdd. 'Santa CU^ perhaps hard deddin. in thisl^t.y?' forwarf. ""^^' «^"»« "wd ao^ r " '^*'»i«'«»««w, I beUeve.' maiiand " Improbable as thU idea was, there waa yet somothmg m the strange, grating noiaa that strongly suggested itT^I hiardckett. or some of the others who had their bonS Ki'fi.f°"*^' "»? 3». M if to liatan. xnen the sound moved aft again. "Luth reaohe4 for his grn and then ateppedto the window, but instantly started back with an exclamation of astonishment or atom, and I saw what I took for an Indi- an s head and neck appaar in the moonlit aperture, as if tiying to lode m ^^ "1 heard Luth's gnn-oocks click, and whispered .Don't shoot;' for I thought, possibly this Indian is only peeping about from mere curiosity. ^^ "•Dont shoot 1' sneered Luth. «Than shook, yourself, and be quick I Why,Marfa. don t you see that 'tis a tremendous serpent»' • Before his words were articulated, the creature's head waa thrust in at the little window, darkening it. With that wo bodi raised our pieces and fired, and then by mu- tual impulse ran around the engine to the lasattepnndies with which mytte was nahered i" Iia«ttahw«aiid tsaa with wbish each day ha« -bMa-hsMl. I see tha mij^ty rains d the wd, aad " Mii^haTS bCM," I see the wrecks on either side, the woridly wavts sUUtnt Ia«s-4h«ik Ocd thattt is sot-Ise« thesuoahioe Thmn^ all this VUdailBr nisi of day% with aattly ahiidiirlight: I ass the flewsis, ths losas bloom by life's oft datksn- •datrasBi, I Bee file sOrsr bow on hi«h, whoae beanu illume tha nif^t. ssatuH maayagood issolra wUchhas ta'aaroot and grown. And many a life has blosaomed oat in foil trnition sweet. Both wheat and tares were harretted, alas I ware also sown. And tRMldan down in wHIiaK soil by aaKer, hunryiBg feet: The good and bad atand aide by dda throng alljmy length of days. :-% The aunahine and tha ahadoWa dark oft mingle into one, But darkest douds axe brightened by tha bnmiahad giddenrass. And changed to haaven'a etheiaal blue by kiaaaS of «» --r m, tha aniL. Uy twelve f^ ohildien all delUe before my glazing eyes,â€" I die this hour to give to tham again their youthful bloom. May each ona carry in hia haad tha gifta that man- kind prize. Then no r^reta will cloater round theOU Tnr'M dlent tomb. Tha dawa of death are on my brow, my reign ia all bat e'er. Tat moam no* that so soon I will be laid upon ray bier. A royal youth will take my plape,'.he enters now tha door, Hope. Happineaa, and Love he bears,â€" Qod bleaa the fair New Tear I the pi««itiont*.fc*«f £*J^Mr *» ' â-  J " ..... 1 1 " ' A Btrange Tiling- " Joaaa-" SWinge thing, Mir«dy ^very l^tMi«{ oil *Wt •o*«S»%3 ,d; .9-'»T Of Hot Mnbi IfitiftJeBt hnabaad)-" Son don't toU "" citieB were overflown, and left homeleaa and starv me. •nsbaad-"Ye^ to ' The Kingdom of fleaven. BY L. A. HOKRISOH. The kingdom of Heaven ia like onto :â€" A grain of mustard aeed. Leaven, liid in mea). A treasure, hid in a field. A merchantman, aeeking pearla A net. that waa caat into the aea. Matthew, XIII, 31 to 52. The Kingdom of Eeavtn,â€" lite a muatard aeed Cast into the earth, in the bright June day a. Though it be ao amall and feeble, indeed, Aa to promiae but Uttle to laud or praise. Shall, by and bye, like the musUrd apiing, Thoagh Satan binder, and sin uprade Soula, weary of flight, told each tired wing, Find rest, and ahelter, and joy in ita aliade. The Kingdomo/ Heavenâ€" in ita vital strengthâ€" la like " Leaven Aid " in the house-wif e'a meal, It shall qoicken the maas into lite at length. And the vital power of ita grace reveaL Hiddeu from ei^ht, it ahall reach through each Away to the other, and so abroad, As one shall sIdk, and another ahall teach. Till all be leavened with tha love of Qod. The Kingdom of flaacan,â€" like a treaanra-trove Safe hidden away from the carelaaa eye, Hath each matchless beauty, and wealth of love. That ha, who flndi it, ia ready to buy. At the price of all that hia life holds dear, This ' i^tefd q/ Ood " that his soul may own Thia treaaura, that, driving oat doubt and fear, Bringeth aweet reating in the Lord alone. The Kmgdom Heaven is like one who aeeka For a " Goodly Pearl " o'er the Umda of earth Who, when he hath found it, in gladnasa speaks That ail hia poaaeesions nath little worth Compared with the valae of thia " Wnite Stone." The fairest pearl of all diadems la tlie one love aent from a pure " WkiU Throne " The goapel Jewel is the " Oem of gem*." The Kingdom ef Heaven, like a draw-net wide. Let down in the depths of the lifs-f ranght aea. To gatharup from ita aurging tide All kinda of fiahea, therein that be. Will gather in with its gospel aeine. The myriad peoplea of every land And the Angel-flshera will choose between The evil and good on the Jadgment-atrand. The Kingdom if Heaven, with ita preciooa' word, Ita Christmas aong for a new-born King, Ita Easter joy o'er a riaan Lord, Hakes the heart of the ain-thraird nabona aing And every " Scribe " who ahall aeek ita gold. Or know the wisdom reveale'i in ita love. Shall have in " flu treature, things new and old," For the life below, and the lite above. ^tfSMMWW^ Hnsband-" x«^ ':^ inCJhIna. In- ^r^n^i^^^"^-^^-' A aadcwa tjbatgiitm beea liwBght againat. fenmaMHoJlcMrQCtfaaliaa.ia th»^|ikgM ti tbe Sottil, The ut-offioer fat qnaatioaliufd distingaiihad Umaatf fat the iTonqniB cam- paigB, and f« a racoBspeBse bad been pro- iiotad^to ba fan Ajntaat of hia einpa aad to reoaivethemilitaiy BsedaL While station- ed la the pleasant gairiaon of Nioe he fall a victim to « looal aftiumuas, on whom he spentmoM]^. Owing to Us repeated acta of ahâ€"noa wifliont hav* he waa deprive^ of his rank wd oid^«4to i^iaoa for aeventy- five days. ' ' 'â- " When ho'fama'^oib^e aent a letter to his mlaliias, wiiioh m aMked her to forward to tlM Qanaaii C9il|BL The Woaoan opened the latter, ^aad: Ajaad kept it A month ago she qaitte3'-9lae to fallow her lover's r^limeat to AntibM,.|Mid as she was nnaUe to pay for hernjigiain^ ahe left some of her effsoto behind U Jbim with her landlord. Amoag tbeae waa tSa letter, whioh the land- kwd read. He fonnd that ia it an overture waa made to oommnnicate secrets ooacem- ing the new Label rifle of the French army to tJM German War Department. There was^ however, another letter in which the aold^ IumI aaiked his Amie not to send the lettnr on to the German Consul. The land- lord after he had made himself aoquainted witii the peculiar contente of the first epis- tle, denpatohed it under cover to the officer's fatther, a doctor living in Nancy, who com- mnnicated ito purport to the Colonel of his son's regiment. The soldier was at the time in prison. By order of the Colonel the rifles in the keeping of the regiment were counted, but none of them were missing. In the mean- time the police seized all the documenta and papers which they found in the rooms of the ex-officer's a^uaintance, and among these, it is stated on the authority above quoted, was a letter from Oermany, in which the alleged traitor was told to draw up a new plan of the fortifications of Anribes, as his first one had not been understood. As the price of his work he was to receive 200,000 franos, or £8,000. Such are the de- tails, aa published- of this new scandal in the French army. It has caused the great- est sen wtion at Nice and Antibes. A Modern Fleastue Trip. A brief pleasure trip to India made by a party of Englishmen last fall shows now mnch may nowadays be seen in a short time with the aid of fast steamers and fine rail- road service. The party was away from England jnst sixty days, of which tiiirty- nlne were spent in the round trip from England to Bombay, leavinfr three weeks for sightseeing in India. Two days were given to Galontta, two to Darjeeling on the north- eastern edge of India, where there are superb views of Se Himalayas two days to the temples and palaoes of Benarea, one day to the beautiful city d Lucknow. two davs to the remarkable palaoes and ancient tomDs7at Agra, two days to the scenee of the mutiny at Delhi, and twotdays to Jeypore, the most nnique and one of the most interesting cities of northern India. Then the party returned to Bombay to catch the steamer. The^ had devoted fourteen days to sightseehig m the towns and seven days and nights to railroad travel, catching glimpses ofagooddwlof the country, and travelling by land and sea in the sixty days a total distance of 18,000 miles. Of course, in so hurried a jounioy there la no time for careful Investigation, bntmany valuable impressions may be ob- tained even in a flying trip of this sort. There is no doubt that the members of this excursion to India will hereafter be able to read about the affairs of that great country with more iotelllgenoe and Litereat than ever befwe. • Able to Hold Hia Own. ifra. Homer (Ae landlady)â€"" Mr. De Smith haa joat had hia breakfaat, Mr. SImpaon, and he made no oomplalnto about tbe liulter. ..^ Mr. Simpsoaâ€" "No, I a'poae not. De Smith, yon know, is something oian ath- lete.' A'^onmUe AaaoB thn Ladiei- • Mother (to daughter who haa been ont)â€" "Why, Cbura, whafa the matter 1 Yonr hat'Ua J^AiWr7» ' torn, and yonr general appearaace dlah^valled and diaiepn-j teble." â-  V ' " I)Huditerâ€""Ta^ mamma; Fve been to HuwSSuot. Igotaaeat,bat7oaOT«litto oftheotlMrladiea." Intelligenoe of Dogs. It has always been a subject of difference o opinion whether dogs next to human beings were 'the most intelligent of all ani- mals. The horse is acknowledged to have been most useful, but the following from the Hartford Tiijites, shows that dogs can also be taught to be useful " A very common thing on all the Con- necticut railroad lines is for accommodating trainmen to throw newspapers off the trains at or near the houses of subscribers liv- ing on the line of the road at a distance from the stations. 7n many instances dogs have been trained to watch for the cars and get these papeis, and country dogs, it is noticed, take quite an active interest in the affair. Over on the Nau- gatuck road some one has had the curi- osity to inquire into this matter of dog messengers. Mr. McLean, proprie- tor of the Gate House on Thomaston road, has a dog who goes a mile amd a half every morning to meet the train.' The paper was formerly thrown off by the brakeman of the last car, and there the dojr watched for it. Lately It has been tJirown from the baggage-sar. The dog ap- peared angry at the change, barked furi- ously, and waited sullenly for some time before going on his errand. He 1ms not yet become reconciled to the new way of delivering his paper. Below Derby a dog has acted for several years as newsboy for a number of families. The papers are thrown out of the cars under full speed. Whether one or a large bundle of them the dog is able to lug wem off, maklog good time back. Another dog, who has become a veteran as newsboy, and cannot now, from age and rheumatism, get down to the cars, has in some way managed to train a younger dog to do his work. Edward Osborne, re- siung below Naugatuck, has a dog who re- gularly meets the early morning train. This house IS a mile from the railroad, and the dog. never leaves on his errand until he hears the train whistle at Beacon Falls Station. Then he Starts on a run, and waits at the same spot always, with his nose pok- ed between the palings of a fence, and hu keen eye watching for the flying paper." An English Officer s Hamage to an African. Mr. Justice Stirling, sitting in the Chan- cery Division, London, the ouer day, had before him an extraordinary and romantic marriage case, arising out of the death f Commander Bethell, who was shot by the Boers in 18S4 in an engagement in which Sir Charles Warren also took part. Com- mander Bethell a few months before his death had become enamored of a native girl belonging to the Bjiralong tribe, and he married her according to the rites of that tribe, the ceremony consisting of the slaugh-. ter of an ox, the head of which was sent to the mother of the bride, while the father was provided with a plough to plough the land. The name of the bride was Teepoo, and ten days after the death of Commander Bethell she gave lurth to a daughter, who was suheequently baptized under the name ef " Mabetele," meaning " Mother of BethelL" In support of these statements, Montsioa, an African King, chief of the Boralaede Baralong, made an affidavit to the effect that Teepoo waa duly married to If Why FeflfieBeoome Bald. "^--ittfng of the Brftidi tba Inaiunral ad- ifa. C. H. Wheelar. wira asldlt wistheobjeot of the British Trioholqaiaal Aaapdatlon to trfoe the loaaof kak tfrfil traa aaassa, to iatostigate Hb* aeorata of ^tora, and loam tiietthynologloal actloBS of ramodlaa thtt wonld benefit aad assist natata to repair diaeidared f onotioaa. Ontof 17,000 mea upon tha Modlaal Regia- tar" he believed that aoaroely twentyhad inade a spedal stady of the hair. Hair- falllag might ba indoood bv one oanae only, or by several acting tcwistaar or in snoaaa- sion, aa debilitating InMenoea, nerve tooa- Uea, axoitsmaat, oaia^ wotiy, Uood dlaeaa ea, hareditary pradispoaltion, osonpation, climate, mechaaiosl obatnotion, meatsl emotion, bad ventilation, high temperat,nre, vegetoid plaints, and animarparasraa. The oanae of baMneaa was not la ne hair ah aft, bnt In the faulty foactioB of nutrition, and although there were In this oonntry aom« 50,000ao-oalled]hairdreaseTa, their treatm^t had proved practically Impotent |to preveat, arrest, or modify the progreaa of baldneia. The association was endeavouring to eatab lish a hospital for the treatment of hair diseases with a staff of trichologists and periodical lectures and demonstrations and it behooved them to Impreas upon the na tion the advisability of giving the associa- tion a charter, and compelling every trlohol- ogist to pass an examination bdfore being aUowed to practice. The habit of keeping the hair dry and free from some kind of grease to assist the depressed powers of the hair was to hia mind a source of a great deal of baldness. Ont of 380 subjects between the age of 25 and 50 who had passed under his observa tion ninety-two were either bald or getting so, and the curious fact was brought to light that sixtv-one ont of the ninety-two were wine drinkers. In fifty habitual spirit-drinkers, men of umilar ages, he found seven partially bald and eleven quite bald. Among total ab- stainers, on the other hand, he found nine partly bald and seven totally bald out of nftv. After obtaining these statistics he took note of fifty '" beer-brinking drunk- ards," the investigation resulting in the discovery that fire were partially bald and four quite bald. It was only fair, however, to add that the spirit-drinkers were well to do, whUe the beer- drinking drunkards be- longed to the very poorest classes. On another oocaaion he made notes of 140 bald persons of mixed classes and of various ages. This showed that 47 wore ftdl beards, 43 shaved nearly the whole face, 41 shaved only the chin, and 9 shaved only the mous- tache, showing that the beard had littie to do with baldness as a cause. In his own experience since 1870, when this matter be- gan to especially engage attention, he was not able to demonstrate conclusively the transmission of any special fungus or para- site from lower animals to man or woman in this excessive hair falling or baldness. He had never been in a position to do this experimentally, yet his conviction was that the dog and the cat were often the cause of some hair loss and trichologists should study and teat the question when they had an opportunity of witnessing the commence- ment of extensive hair-faUing, when no other cause could with a certainty be proved or even assigned for it. It was becoming an increased belief that dogs were subject to some unknown disease which caused bald- ness to human beings. Cases of this kind had been brought within his view and had induced him to give a good deal of attention to the subject. In one instance, Mr. Wheeler said, a gen- tleman, an artist, had a large black retriev- er dog whose coat had suddenly become grey, m fact almost white, and it was being shed in such large quantities that he could not be had in the house without everything being covered with hairs. This gentleman had a beautiful head of hair when he first spoke about the dog, but when he came again the next year he was |uite ^Id. He also said the female servant that attended the dog had nearly lost the whole of her hair. For himself he was convinced that the continuous electric current was the most active and efficient hair stimulant of the day. It was a remedy of great therapeutic value when used as an accessory to other remedies. â€" London Standara. Commander Bethell, and that she was not before married. Commander Bethell, by j his will, left a certain number of heifers to Teepoo, and directed that if a child were bom it should be educated in England after It reached ewht years of age, and if a boy tiiat be aho^ enter the English army, but that Teepoo. should forfeit her property if she behaved improperly. Commander Bethell left considerable property in York- shire, and tiie question bcdore the Court was whether the marriage was a legal one, and the daughter conaeqneatiy legitimate and entitled to the property. Mr. Graham Hastings, Q. C, contended that this was not a polynmons marriage, and was oonseqnentiy vSttd. There may have been polygamy in the Baralong tribe, but Commander Bethell lived with Teepoo as his only wife, and had no intention of committing polygamy. Freeziiu;. Parts which have been frozen should not be thawed too quickly, as more harm will be done by the rapid thawing than by the freezing. If a person has been exposed to the cold so long that considerable portions of the body are frozen, he shonld be care- fully kept away from the fire or a very warm room, being first brought into a room of quite low temperature, where the frocen parts should te rubbed with melted snow, or very cold water, until they become pli- able. The temperature of the room should be gradually raised, as the parts are thawed. Sometimes it is neo^sary to oontinue mb- bing^for several hours before the interrupted circulation is restored. After this has been accomplished, the parts should be anointed- with sweet oil or vaseline. By thia course, much rf the injury which generally results from freesing may be avoids. If ulceration takes place, the sore should be treated the same as a bum. If a person finds himself in danger of freezing, through exposure in the open coun- try in veryioold weather, he should resolute- ly resist the drowsiness whioh will come over him, and keep moving until the last, a piercing wind is blowmg, he should take shelter in some hollow in which there may be an aceumulatioi of snow. The snow itself is not a bad protector from the cold and a person would be much safer buried in a snow-bank than when exposad to the wind. A Gold World. cents)- The modem yon|^ man la criticised a good deal In the newspi^era, bat after all tiw modem alei^iag party couldn't get along witiiont him. Anarch (handing office boy six Wilhelm, get me a pint of beer. Office Boy â€" But beer is seven cents a pint, sir. Anarch â€" Veil, vot of dot â€" hang him up de baluiee, can't you T Und if you don't hook me a handful of cheese und grackers I vlH bounce you alretty. A Hoary Old Time Server. "Ma," said Bobby, after a thoughful al-. lenoe, " do you know that I don't believe Santa Clauals really as good as he is crack- ed npto.beT" "Why, Bobby, what makea yon think that " " Because he gives his nicest presenta to little b^a and gvla that have rich paa." ' id 0' v4-f ';-4l ^ii" " â- â- â-  'â-  â-  ,] 1 R