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 rf â-  I- â-  I if m â- â- \ti J HUTTIE'S FATHER. CHAPTER Xin. OETBIHKKTAL8. NiB« miles waa aevere dUtenoe tliroagh «oaiitry Iaiim in NoremlMr to go to a ball bat the Redcaatle Hunt Ball waa the ball of tiie year, tmitiog all the oomity magnatea and y«ang ladiea were hardly reckoned «â-  "oome out" till they had appeared there. Mn. Egremont'a podtion would liaidly be established tfll she had been presented to e notabilitias who lived be- yond calling intercoarse and her husband prepared himself to be victimised with an amount of grumbling that was intended to impress herwithti^enutfuitude of the sacrifice, •imt which only made her offer to forego the ..gaiety, and be told that she would never â- liave any oommen sense. So their carriage led the way, and was followed by the Rectory wagonette con- taining the ladies and Marie, who had been •ommoned home, since his stepmother dis- liked public balls without a gentleman in •t(endance,/And his father was not to be de- tached from his fireside. And in a group near the door, got up as â- elaborately as his powers could acsompliah, -stood Gerard Godfrey. He knew nobody tiiere except a family in hia sister's parish, ^rhe iiad good-naturedly given him a seat in 'tbeir fly, and having fulfilled hisdut^ by asking the daughter to dance, he had no- thing to disturb him in watching for the cynosure whose attraction bad led him into these unknown regions, and, as he remem- bered with a qualm, one might surely grant «neself a dispensation from the vigil of a black letter saint. There at length he beheld the entrance. There waa the ogre himself, huh bred, al- most handsome, as long as be was not too closely scrutinised, and on his arm a well- known figure, metamorphosed by delicately- tinted satin sheen and pearls, and still more by the gentle blushing gladness on the fair â- cheeks and the soft eyes that used to droop. Then followed a stately form in mulberry moire and point lace, leaning on Gerard's more especial abhorrence, â€" " that puppy," who bad been the author of all the mischief and iiehind them three girls, one in black, the other two in white, and, what was provoking, he really could not decide which was Urania. The carefully- dressed hair and stylish evening drees and equipments had altogether trans- formed the little homely schoolgirl, so that, though he was sure she waa not the the f air- baired damsel with pale blue flowers, he did not know how to decide between the white and daisies and the black and grasses. Indeed, be thought the two whites must he aiatera, and all the more when the black lace halted to exchange 'greetinga with some one her face put on an expression so familiar to him, that be started forward and^tried to catch 'her eye but in vain, and he suffered agonies of doubt whether she had been perverted by greatness. It was some comfort that when present- ly a rush of waltzers floated by, she was not with her conain but to provoke him atiUl more, as the daisies neared him, he be- held for a moment in the whirl the queer smile, half-frightened, half-exultant, which be had seen on Nuttie's face when swing- -highl Then the pause came and people walked alMut, the black lady stood talking so near bim that he ventured at last on a step forward and an eager "Miss Egremont," bat, as she turned, he found himself obliged ato say, " I beg your pardon." ** Did you mean my cousin. We often get -imistaken for each other," said May civilly. He brightened. "I beg your pardon," ha said, " I knew her at Micklethwayte. I aun hereâ€" quite by accident. Mrs. Elmore "was so good as to bring me." May was rather entertained. "There's my cousin," she said, " Lord Philip Moly- aeox is askint; her to dance," and she left him mostnnnecessarily infuriated with Lord â-  Philip Molyneux. A steward introduced him to a dull-look- ' ing girl, but fortune favoured him, for this time he did catch the real Nuttie'a eye, and »11 herself, as soon as the dance was over, ahe came up with outstretched hands, " Oh j«rard I to think of your being here 1 Come â- to mother " And, beautiful and radiant, Mrs. Egre- ^mont was greeting him, and. there were ten minutes of delicious exchanKO of news. But « pleasures are as poppies fled," Nuttie had no dance to spare, her card was full, Mid «he had not learnt fashionable effrontery -411' ugh to play tricks with engagements, «tmi just then Mr. Egremont descended on â- i t, ,111 â€" " I wish to introduce you to the 9 • luhess," he said to his wife and on the V he demanded â€" " Who is that young cub!" *• Gerard Godfreyâ€" an old neighbour." "I thought I had seen him racketing «bout there with Ursula. I'll not have ^loae umbrella fellows coming about 1" ' Does he really make umbrellas, KuttleT" «aked Blanche, catching her hand. " No such thing 1" said Nuttie hotly, " he is in the office. His father waa a surgeon Ids sisters married clergymen t" " And he cans here to meet you," said Annaple Ruthven. " Poor fellow, what a «liame it is I Can't you give him one turn I" " Oh dear 1 I'm engagmi all through To .Mark this time." ' Give him one of the extras Throw Mark over to me No," as she looked at the faces of the two girls, " I suppose that wouldn't do, but I'm free this time â€" I'm not ^he fashion. Introduce me I'll do my beataa consolation." Nuttie had jnat performed the feat, with ireat shyness, when Uerk appeared, having been sent in quest of his cousin, when her .father perceived that she had buns back. Poor Gerard led off Miss Ruwven the anore sloomily, and could not help sighing -«mt, "I suppose that is an engagement I" "Oh I you believe that impertment gossip in the paper," returned Amsaple. " I won- der diey dont contradict it but perhaps tbey treat it with magnificent soom." " No doubt they know that it is only premature." " If tikey means the elders, I daresay tbey wish it, bat we aren't in France or Italy." "Thenvou don't think. Miss RathTon, that it win come off T "I don't seetiw slightsat piflMnt ^o- yect," said Annaple, oaable to restat Um 4dndly i»i»i«niâ€" of giving immediate pleaaure, thon^ i£e knew the prospec t might be «ven slighter for her partoer. Howavw, he "footed it" aU tike mote ^ghtiy and joyooaly for the aasuTanoe, and Neu^ tbewbala'of oe good-natured maidm aftarwarda made moat ef the door Mark and Nuttie were also tendiog. and there aU four oontrivad !• gi* maa*^ together and Nuttie had time to hear of Monsiear's new aooomfiishment of going home for Mr. Datton'S lonohecm and bringing it in a basket to the offioe, before fate again descended; Bfr Egremont, who had been at the far end of the room among some congeners, who pre- ferred stronger refreshment, suddenly heard her laugh, stuped up, and, with a look of thunder towardsher, observedin a low voice, " Mark, yon will oblige me by taking your cousin back to her mother." " The gray tyrant father," mrrmured An- naple in sympathy. " That being the case, I may as well go back in tliat direction also. This resulted in finding Lady Delmar and the two Mrs. Egremonts together, compar- ing notes about the two diffwent roads to Redcasde from their several homes. lAdy Delmar was declaring tliat her coachman was the most obstinate man in ex- istence, and tliat her husband Iielieved in him to any extent. " Which way did you come " she asked. " By Bankside L«ne," said the Canoness. " Over Bluepost Bridge I There, Janet," said Annaple. " So much the worse. I know^ we shall come to grief over Bluepost Bridge, and now there will be treble weight to break it down. I dreamt it, I tell you, and there's second sight in the family." " Yes, but yon should tell what you did dream, Janet," said her sister. " She thought Robinson, the coachman, was waltzing with her over it, and they went into a hole and stuck fast, while the red-flag traction engineman prodded her with an umbrella till she waa all over blood. Now, if it had lieen anything rational, I should have thought something of her second sight 1 1 tell her 'twas suggested by â€" " London Bridg^e is broken down. Dance o'er my lidy Lee 1" ' " Well, I am quite certain those traction-engines will break it some time or other,' said Lady Delmar "I am always tiying to get John to bring it before the magistrates, but he only laughs at me, and nothing will induce Robinson to so the other way, because they have just been mending the road on Lescombe Hill I Annaple, my dear, Ican't allow you another waltz Mark must excuse jou â€" I am going. It is half -paat two, and the carriage waa order- ed at two I Robineon will be in a a worae temper than ever if we keep him waiting." She bore her aister off to the cloak-room, and there, nearly an hour later, the Egre- monts found them atill waiting the pleaaure of the implacable Robinaon but what waa that in consideration of having kept her sister from such a detrimental as poor Mark had become So muttered Mr. Egremont in the satisfaction of having himaelf, with gentlemanly severity, intimated the insup- erable gulf between Miaa Egremont of Bridgefield and the Man of Umbrellas. Moreover, his aiater-in-law took care that he ahonld hear that the Duchess of Redcastle had pronounced his wife sweetly pretty and lady-like, and talked of inviting them for a visit of a few nights. "A bore," observed he unnatefully, " 'tis as dull as ditchwater." Bat, in truth, though the Canon's family, when in residence, were intimate with the ducal family, Alwyn Egremont had never been at the castle since the days of hia earliest youth, and he was not quite prepared to owe hia toleration there to his wife's charms, or the Canoness's patronage of her. And innocent Alice only knew that every- body had been very kind to her, and it was only a pity that her husband did not like her to notice poor Gerard Godfrey. other. .4oQ!C« CHAPTER XIV. GOING AGEE. " Gin ye were a bri(r m auld as me." â€" Bcrks. "What's the matter!" exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze, " tliat bridge " " Bridge I Don't be such a fool I We aren't near it yet." The servant, his face looking blurred through the window, came to explain that the delay was caused by an agricultural en- gine, which had chosen this unlucky night, or morning, to travel from one farm to an- other. There was a long delay, while the monster could be heard coughing frightful- ly before it could be backed wit£ its spiky companion into a field ao as to let the car- riages pass by and meantime Mr. Egre- mont was betrayed into uttering ejacula- tions which made poor Nuttie round her eyes in the dark as she sat by his feet on the back seat, and Alice try to bury her ears in her hood in the comer. Oa they want at last, for about a mile, and then came another sudden stop â€" another fierce ^wl from Mr. Egremont, another ap{arition of the servant at the window, saying, in his alert deferential manner, " Sir, the biidge liave broke under a car- riage in front. Lidy Delmar's, sir. The horse is plunging terrible. " The door was torn open, and all three, regardless of ball costumes, precipitated themselves out. The moon was up, and they saw the Rectory carriage safe on the road before them, but on the bridge beyond was a struggling mass, dimly illuminated by a single carriage ^lamp. Mr. Egremont and the SToom hurried forward where Mark and the RflcUxy coaplman wero^abeady reader^,' ing v^b^it M^ fh^ coold^' IfrT itandliu a« the itbrses*^ heaa, and fabr mAtner ti^Ug" wrap everybody up, itnce stay in eir oaroAgBB :iihey donM TB6t.~ TiMUffertfii^ the horses to Nattft, tiMt i/i^o lijAei?- hurried tom^rds eandnethar toibe tsk-raon, whiAirirfd*, Blanche's Wbiba-.satia:. ^^ her far, and 'fce^ toiued m( unci*. He sjiiiiietf %ttllt*' brisl alacrity that made him like another man in this ameigiBiusy, wi be iii^jr^«H«r jjiixiow ladies tiiat thor frieiniils were akfii, Imi tbi^ they oould aotbeazlrieatedtiiltha wrlage was lifted fram the h«le inte iiUdi^it had sank amidhndnb atsnet,' •ad' fatekeii'ti*ri hers. He sent bis ofm Maehaaan to aadvb;' as balag the «tn»ger Bsaa, ani^vmaaatbu the box, tamed and dMre off^fct questM further help, at a ^ayiAia rflllam. "â-  li'i-L the attendants on thaa^bM^JMhoae -weight had pnbabtjr doae the mlachief, and pre- pared the trap for the next coiSbR " '^^ •^'» As May cans aMr,'1lwlRb«ito 'i^ide^er ayaiJdUa by patfiag^M biiMistiiliti^hand. bidding hw bold it M as to Hghi ^^am who wen andeavoariBg to teiiaae tfie h»w, which had deimd ^p^Qon of tim bridge before Ibe "^ntk^mMWM^ brooe^aa, and asv }ks on tba md, tta qodledby a â- ernOII M Hk- bead. B»4jytMis and on this side, and her voioe was hoard »U- faig to May fai iU'oi the laagfaterwhioh la perliaps near akin to screamsâ€" " London bridge U broken down, Daaoe o'er my lady Lee r "Janet will go ui for second-sigbtever after. Yes, she's aU right, exocmt ja scratch from the glaa*. and ^at I'm sitting on her more or lew. How are you jjettbig m " " The horse is all but out. Not hart, Jiey thiok. Here's another man come to helpâ€" a amtle- manâ€" my dear, it is your partner, Nutjie â-  umbrella man." " Oh, making it oomplete â€"hopes, Janetâ€" I'm sorry, but I can't help squaring you 1 I cant help anbsidmg on ybn What is it now! ' as the lamp-Bght vanished. " They are looking for something to make levers " returned May " these wooden rails are too rotten. " Can't they get us through the window " sighed a muffled voice. "Not unless we could be elongated, like the Hope of the Katzekopfs." " We shall manage now," cried Mark " we have found some iron bars to the hatch down there. But you must prepare for a shock or two before you can be set free." The two gentlemen and tliree servants strove and struggled, hoisted and pushed, to the tune of suppressed sounds, half of sobs, half of laughter, till at last the carriage was heaved up sufficiently to be draggM backwaurds beyond the hole but even then it would not stuid, for the whetels on the undermost side were crushed, neither could either door be readily opened, one being smashed in, and the other jammed fast. An- naple, however, still tried to keep up her own spirits and her sister's, observing that she now knew how to sympathise with Johnnie's tin soldiers iii tiieir box turned upside down. Two sturdy labourers here made th^ ap- pearance, having been roused in the cottage and brought back by Mr. Egremont, and at last one door was forced open by main force, and the ladies emerged, Annaple, helping her sister, beginning some droll thanks, but pausing as she^roeived tiiat Lady Delmar's dress was covered with blood. " My dear Janet. This is worse than I guessed. Why did you not apeak " "It is not much," said the poor lady, rather faintly. " My neck " The elder ladies came about her, aed aeat- ed her on cushions, where, by the light of May's lamp, Alice, who had been to an ambulance class at Micklethwayte, detected the extent of the cut, extracted a fragment of glass, and staundied the bleeding with handkerchiefs and strips of the girl's tulle skirts, but she advised her patient to be driven at once to a surgeon to secure that no morsel of glass remained. Mr. Egre- mont, gratified to see his wife come to the front, undertook to drive her back to Red- castle. Indeed, they must return thither to croaa by the higher bridge. " You will go with me," entreated Lady Delmar, holding Alice'a hand and the one haatily conaigning Nuttie to her aunt'a care, the other giving in j Unctiona not to alarm her mother to Annaple who had declared her intentiona of walking home, the two ladies went off under Mr. Egremont's escort. Just then it waa'diacovered that the Del- mar coachman, Rooinson, had all this time been lying insensible, not dead, for he moan- ed, but apparently with a broken leg, if nothing worse. Indeed, the men had known it all along, but until the ladies had been rescued, nothing had been poasible but to put his cusmon under bis head and hia rug over him. The ladies ^were much shockcHi, and Mrs. William Egremont decid- ed that he muat be laid at the bottom of the waggonette, and that they would take him straight to the hospital. They were .only a mile and a half from Lescombe, and it was pronounced safe to croaa on the remaina of the bridge, ao that Annaple, who had a pair of fur boota, had already decided on going home on foot. The other girla.wanted to^accompahy her, and, aa May and Nuttie both had overahoea, they were permitted to do ao, and desired to go to bed, and wait to be picked up by the waggonette, which mustjratum to Bridgefield by the Les- comberoad. Blanche, having a deUoatetliroat, was sentenced to go with iier stepmother. Mark undertook to ride the horse through the river, and escort the three girls, and Gerard Godfrey also joined them. The place where he was staying lay a couple of miles beyond Lescombe, and when Mrs. Elmore's fly had been met and turned back by Mr. Egremont, he had jumped off to render assistance, and had done so effective- ly enough to win Mark's gratitude. It was by this time alwut half-past five, as was ascertained by the light of the waning moon, the carriage lamp having burnt out. It was a fine frosty morning, and the moon was still powerful enough to reveal the droll figures of the girla. May had a fur cloak, with the hood tied over her head by Mrs. Egremont's lace shawl Nut- tie had a huae white cloud over her head, and a light blue opera cloak Annaple had " rowed herself in a plaidie" like the Scotch girl she was, and her eyes flashed t merri- ly from its dark folds. They all ^.adained the gentlemen's self-denying offers of their ulsters, and only Nuttie consented to iiave the carriage mg added to her trappings, and ingeniously tied on cloak-faahion with her eaab bv Gerard. Ho and Mark piloted the three ladiea oven the narrow border of the hole, which looked a very black open gulf. Annaple had thanked the men, and bidden them come to Lesconbe the next day to_be paid for their assistance. Then tliey „ the -..,. river, at the shallowest place, indicated both bwi by her and the labourers. It was perfectly aOtd lordable, so Asnaple's were mock heroics when she quoted â€" " Never heavier man and h-'ise StemsMid a midnicht torrent'a loice." And Nuttie responded in a few secondsâ€" 'U!^ Utrongh gocd haait and onr Ladye's rnm Fall soon he «daed the landing place." They were both in high sprits, »«i«n»'-*"g ^h other's droll appearance, and speonbkt- ing (m the ghosts they might appear to any «ne who chanced to look out of window. Annaple walked at the horse's head, mtllfag him poor old Robin Hood, and carening "him, while Gerard and Nuttie kept together (lO BB OOBTUnrBD.) Antidotes for Foison* ' More than two-tliirda of the deaths from poison ooald be avoided if men and woman woald only acquaint tiiemsdves #ith the simple remedies always at hand in every wdl rogulated household." The speaker waa a house surgeon at a city hospitaL " I see the names ol six persons on this record of mine whom I know might have been saved had their friends or the police known what to do, " he continued. ' All six died because too much time was lost in notifying the police, calling an ambolanco, and in getting the sufferor to the hospiUl. Paris green, rough on rats and laudannm ae«in to be the favorite poisons for raioide. For each of these poisons an antidote can be foond in almost every household. The chief points in oases of poisoning ara to encourage vomit- ing, and thus get rid of the substance to counteract the poison by antidotes and to check death by the use of stimulants and artificial respiration. Roush on rats is simply arsenio. Hardly a cby passes but some one suicides by its uses. If on dis- covering that this poison has been taken, the sufferer is jriven one or two raw egga, and the eggs aro followed up with large draughts of tepid water, into which a tea- spoonful of salt or mustard lias been thrown the stomach will usually throw the poison off. These, supplemented by a dose of castor oil, sweet oil or milk, to oflfset the action of the poison, will usually save the life of the patient. The same treat ncnt is the one to le followed when Paris green, opium, morphine, paregoric or landanum is the poison used. When opium, morphine, paiegoric or ^laudanum is swallowed, it is well to give a cup of strong black coffee after the emetic, to apply cold water to the head and neck, and to pravent sleep. These poi- sons represent the majority of those taken by accident, or by persons mtent on suicide. When tartar emetic is taken, after en- couraging vomitiiw, it is well to give milk and strong tea to u-ink. When poisons like mineral acids are used â€" such as aqua-fortis and oil of vitriol â€" after an emetic, solutions of soda, magnesia, and even of plaster scrap- ed from the walls, can be used with good ef- fect. Oxalic and carbolic acid calls for the same treatment after using a little flour and water, the white of an egg, or castor oil in order to protect the gullet and walls of the stomach. When poison like caustic potash, soda or lime ia used, administer vmegar, lemon or orange juice in water, emetics and oil. If phosphorus is taken, like tbe ends of matches, for instance, keep up the vomiting and adminiater big doses magnesia in water. Oils in* such cases must not be used. For corrisive sublimate adminiater the white of an egg, flour and water or milk and then the emetic. In poisoning from chloroform or il- luminating gas, let the patient have fresh air, looaen the clothirg and dash cold water about the face and neck. All of these anti- dotes are, as a rule, always at hand, and if used will almoat every time save the life of the patient and greatly facilitate the work of the physician when the case comes under his care." Nw treatment oaa hsTTiT^^ ed to individual casoL^ ^P*«»5y .{^^ to fi^d out and remove the'.i!"" worked stomach should w.^ i^^JkolythewcrkSkie^I'li and by fumUhbg to ito„i*'*»4o easily digested. ^vyi^°*y««. to improve the generri b koahty and general help. Dyspepsia is rare toon. There U with them a S -- Moreover, their phyaiy ^P' » door habit, and aUceo{^^'y. eraUy a sufficient safegnsrd ** WhereachildoryounRMr.â„¢.^ tic, the cause ma^'k. r-.P*"«u tki °»»y be imprope,-; 'H- some are incessantly at it Ti ** sleep, or undue preajure «t~il!?**' accompanying daily nervoui S.*^ lessons. Or the trouble may W hented weaknesa of digestjos, ouiLv resultbig from some early dui»L t»« case the best medical advice ihoSdur m. â- ' OuStOBU* "7iiiw' g under the •^!^soSio»^i" »yt^- ««*5. i«*ed Balder, the Ape **gr,and««ghttokil S moth"' J^*** T J^ not to harm the ce !?2rU-tletoenot««iingi Ski made an airow of SfwagodHebatoteat -T'.KiMSiot theaiww and •' ^£t as aU the gods and gc jiin. .*"Vv,. restoration of thei J52*^*hth£i b«k to life ^^^^lu^^ given to th i***^« keeo. and everyone "teSi^tho** who value al â-º"•y^Xeir antiquity w km •** rhristianity found its w. «*^r,SrNSeben-before t '•^^ CamUe turned their ^SST^talwart youths of S '•.TSurtributes from fan '^fjnd^lhe mistletoe bo, ^•".„.* and found the sport lomnii namt it was a cu T. Coleri A Detective's lam. A good anecdote regardino tk, detectives, i^noir, wSo wSfattl,??*. the French police during the ,SJn „^ XV., is described in Templeff 1 '" ing to popular belief the BreatJ^**? waa end Wed with auperhu J' "'""" and the very mention of his terror in criminala. The young Prince of Orleans oamua that robberiea would be leu \t^J^ _„.. ., Paris if people only avoideJ'JrlaS'i^l^ J^t^a"" s oughfares and wagered a handred wuF*" *^""^- -- pieces with Lenoir that no one would t ture to rob him. A day waa set for nobleman to try the experiment Simply dressed and unaccompanied â-  by Lenoir, the Duke set out on hii'en sion, and avoiding the more frequent ni of the city, waa piloted by the UeuteBaitt;L.^ «.„„,«- a compMativoly deserted apace of gN^KT^tom of gift-giving cornea t ?t^ a large fortune, all of away in charity, dowering p« leniid aiding poor children. telle how the good biahop re children that had been n 'â- 'KKdrSie youths of the fetut^rk«i '"JSbteB the dullness of wintr L" J nkin but it more prob ^^^ Sffival pageantry. ' years ago- Qgland. ,o -;««ffavSit to Germany m 18 "•rfi, amount of the Chiist "'^oSfo^hichhehadnev 'and peculiar *« .^^^.^p^'"^*' Wtorica -rith t;he Gen r?P«m«ylvania,whokeptup 'dwades before the descendani I adopted it. where to all appearance they were absoW ly alone. However, after walking two or! three hundred yards, they beheld at tbe door of a miaerable hovel a shabbily cUi' hard-featured woman brandishing a cue! and severely chastising a boy about tat The Means of Oontagion in Scarlet Fever. Scarlet fever can be communicated by in- fected milk, and, as far as we know, the milk baa only to stand in the room where the disease exists or has existed, to absorb the germs, which are ao subtle, so light, and yet so tenacious as to float in the air and adhere to particles of dust. We all know how much dust is constantly floating in the air let a beam of sunlight pasa through an opening in the abutter, and we can readily see how the scales of skin from the body, pieces of lint, etc., can carry these microbes, which may be thrown off in the muscus from the nostrils imd mouth, or in the perspiraton, and even the urine. Not only ara these secretions germ car- riers â€" that is, contagious â€" and they have been all proven so by direct inoculation, but the passages from the bowels, as well as the urine, are so â€" in that way sewer air may be the means of their conveyance diinkiiu; water also, as well as the vapor from soii^ (m which these matters have been thrown. Bear in mind, then, that the scarlatina poison can be carried in this way hundreds of miles that it does not need the personal contact of individuals that it re jtins its vitality for mouths, and even years, unless it be subjected to certain influences that either entirely destroy it or deprive it of its malignancy â€" these are intense heat, eapeoi- ally boiling or ateam, plenty of f reah air, and certain chemical substances, as chlorine, sulphorous acid, and others. There is one other point which is important. It is now known that animals, such as horses and years old, â- who waa crying bitterly. The Duke stepped haatily forward and com. manded her to deaiat. " Ab, my good sir," ahe mntterei "if you only knew what a little wretch he u; Nothing but a aound threshing will keep bin straight and if I did not give it him not and then there would be no end to his wick ed tricks." Meanwhile the urchin, with tears stnu ing down hia cheeka, crept qnietly np to iui would-be protector with a piteous air, ta if to implore his interceaaiou. " Now, Monseigneur," whb pared Lsdmi, " I hope you are convinced that you hart loat your let." The duke regarded the apeaker widiu. toniahment. " What do you mean." "Deign to aearch your pockets andyra will see." Monseigneur did as he was requested, ud discovered that the only article of value he had brought with him, a anutf box, enriched with diamonds, was missing. Horrified b; such precocious depravity, he declared hii intention of placing the lad in the hands of some strict disciplinarian who would under take to bring him up properly. " You will do aa you like about that Mm seigneur," observed Lenoir, "bnthemsit first be discharged from the prison out of which I had hm taken thia morning, a- pressly for the purpose of stealing yov Royal Highness' snuff box." h^re the BO^ of actioi^ uh ai t j all a'xibd to watch Mark ride through *-^**- did^|»(^ carty -â-  " ^^ â€" l_,.^ tfatt^ dAos, hate a disease which is evidently acar- Uw» tiiey can be infectod by ijie scarla- tina of man, and probably their disease oan be communicated to man. The poison of scarlatina Is, then, either inhaltd. by tbe individnal or is $waUowed. It is then tak«i np by the ciroulation, and, finding itself surrounded by material which develops it, vivifies it, becomes rapidly re- produced, and the symptoms of the disease show themselves. This period between the reception of the poison and the appearance of the symptoms is called the period of in- evbatioH; this is known to be from one to six days, in some cases longer. Chronic Dyspepsia- Acute dysp^daâ€" aon lilfous attaok," Tenayon did his firs t wrl l in g on a date. In Ais ooanection it may notbeirfeverent br irrelevant to remark that a good many ^Iwkeepen havn^begnn this ttate wf^j. " Yon n)4y bring mcL" said a Xon^asirl ^Awlud^iaitf"iMd,thnwait«, " Irish i^yMvttt^d," annwimd die^ ... imatimes improperly called " bilious attaok," or " gastric fever " â€" is often a distressing disorder, bat it is soon and readily relieved. Indigestion due to oreanic diaeaaea of the ston.ach does not strictly come under the head of dyspepsia. Chronic dyspepsia is a functional, not an or- ganic, disorder. If the eye could look with in the stomach, in the latter case, it would see no explanation of the trouble, as in the case of organic disease. At least five kinds of fluid co-operate in the digestive nroows saUva, gutric juice, Inle, pancreatic fluid and intestinal qecra- tions. Indigestion, therefore, does not ne- cessaifiv heve its seat in the stomach. Two forms of it are specially recognisedâ€" nitric (that of the stomach) and inteetinaL Each tana has two ptomineat varieties one in which the food u really digestod, while the person baa a great sense of discomfort the other, in which the food is not duly di- gscted, while the person has comparatively little snfferiDg. In the first variety there is an abnormal excitability of the nerves of sensation. Tliis is known aa nervous dys- P«JPjrf». The more common causes of dyspepsia are ezoesses fai eating, neoleot of physical exer- cise, protracted aaxie^, change from an nntive to a sedentary life, biaaflfdent deep, Inxnrious living. Lavyers in Congress- It transpires that out of a total member ship of 409 in the United States Congress no fewer than 307 are lawyers. How is itthst so many lawyers find their way into the halls of legislation! The province of a lawyer is supposed to be to interpret the ItkWB not to manufacture them and yet m every legialature members of the legal pro fesaion predominate. Doctors, who are al- ways moving atwut among the electon, •• pecially in the country constitnencies, wom seem to have the best opportunities for making votes, yet the number of ^°*J"J who go to parliament is small as compsw* with the number of lawyers. It is hardly fair to assume that if there were fewa Uv yers in psu'liament the laws would "•^"' complicated and would not need to be eo frequently amended, hut it is certainly strange that with so many lawyers al«y« tinkering at the lawa, amending t*""' "' pealing them and enacting new "'*•"â-  object and intention of thoae on the sUtew book should be veiled in so mnch doubt ttw oases have to be carried from court »«»' argued by able lawyers and sat on by (Us- tingnishr 4 judges before their «n«»'"J°* "f' comes clear. It does not always beoow clear then, as some little technicabjr â- Â»? upset the whole legal structure. "r.'J many lawyers as law-makers the l**""" be perfect and so simple that he whortw may read. This is by do means the ca«e- m â-  .â-  How Horses Best. The foUowing account of the way in which horses rest contains suggestions f.^, " Horaes can rest standing, pro^"^f-n. position be reasonably easy, bat ca"""""-^ rest except recumbent. It is known oi w"j» horses th»t they never lie down m ^^^r^ though if kept in pasture they t»ke i rest habitually in a recumbent pMl"?*- .(,, is well to consider whether the habit nas " been forced upon the horse by some circo stances connected with the stall ,^j made to occupy, in that it had a earth floor, or one made of dilap'^ajf" P. ^^ uncomfortable and offensive to tne that has been accustomed to select nu bed hi the pasture. If the horse oafl^^ the privUege of sdecting his own p«» for resting on his feet, he c*n "^V'"*Z^ but, whUe his mnsoles may be to a « degree relaxed, and get rest m «!»*J"7i the what oan be said to the b««^ l,oa jobita Without relief through tM ^^ bent podtion, the joint surfaces "ff {„,» oontinaoody to bear a weight v""*. an- 1,000 to 1^800 pounds. Thu "n^' Tj^ted favorably, espscUUy upon the compu^^ stamotores within the hoofs, whicn ^^ bitanded should have periods ot rw day." him to be regarded as th of chUdren, and it soon came ,m for the elder members ot tl .re Uttle gifts of toys or sweet little ones on the eve ot bt. which was December 6. In this is still one of the great f « sar, and far more pre-eminentl: 'i day there than Christmas. e how thU festival, falling s of the nativity ,T3ecame m meet be combined with it. SanU f 8t Nicholas in Holland sp© it who, in Italy, the home of a man of tall and imposmg le in the Deutsch legend ah pot-bellied, and tbe neceasit ,te supplied his garments of f u Jie atocking was a Netherlai and aa thia waa generally sua huge open fareplace, the ator; It made his entrance through i month followed very natur ition of the sleigh and the rei necessary to explain aatiafa children how the awnt could i of the lowlands in the abort |le night. Kria Kringle. is of the German Santa Ulaua, bu â- or. Kria Kringle. is a cort itKindlein, or the Christ cb ived from a wholly differe describes the Saviour in child bringing gifts to the anniversary of his birth as 1 This legend the poetic G their Cliriatmas tree, and eferred it to the old fat Sm lUand, with hia Christmas reindeer. lit ei tr by Does Sugar Cause Cane some time paat it has it a new method in the trea fovn Prince's illnesa had td the Munich Nev^ite Nac »% atated that this new ••W on a theory launched I Vienna, who found that the ttti Buffering frem cancer vwrmal quantity of sugar, â- *.»• growtha might be deat *ai the augar in the blood P«tity. This statement is fw« by telegrams from San "*• the Crown Prince began "nt on Nov. 20, and that inutian has been steadily im^ "t- Freund is no specialist, M. He took his degi name became knowi intiie Wiener Medic 1S85, in which 'u between sugar anc piper of his on tbe non OB ofled surf aces was l^ •od since -then he has di growths invari ai said a " Oh, fm; I hdp. Why, there's it can any grumbling fdka'af'aya helps them as don't i Jp. Why, there's lightnm -ji^, down to the ground fast enough au «r and yit folks is aU the time a-pntw» a for it to fUdn down on." JuBt So- ,J«« (pleadingly)-" I'm i fnotlovemcas weU Bnsbandâ€" • Why »" a«shana_i':Nonsense. n to light the fire '^^Jd^Didn't Wor " v3 yo" hnsbanc %. ^fSf fe the plan of 1 M^Vail* J aaggested to •^j^W whist «(y jn **s'SSfci*'^**»«f^di^ V •* dioQl be 1 „_, ^Ili^fiRtf Done *,^|»^».Ma w^^.«nDo«- a pomi triflec thron *• â- df-mnda iNHBt^ tut yon to let