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 .^^.ijo*- â- .:;j«-;B.s(J5»s:f;?^«^v-4. â- ^r-^ "fc" 5l --..-,V-. ..»S?'?." im^:-'^- â- â-  J.^JiK ;0^^'i iTT i^-.f-U |#i t "(ft V--J tr, »,»i*; 'f ii m YOUNG FOLKS. "R nnniTia^ tke GaXUltlet. " You mndewtand how it u. Captain Carter? Theae storea which you are to take on board are being aent up the river to the Turkish garrison at Abu Bekr, and between it and thisplacp the Araba have jast broken out in rebellion, and are raiding the whole country. If they know that you have Turkish stores aboard, they're certain to try and sefza them and even if th^y don't, they're likely enough to fire at the steamer aa she passes, and try to pick off the man at the wheel, in order to drive the vessel ashore and plunder her. Xow those stores must be carried through, come what may; bat at the same time ii's only fair to tell you plainly what you're running into, bsfore you do it. Will you take the risk " " Yes. ' The man who answered thus, as quietly aa if he were only undertaking to pose a letter, was a short, square, powerful figure, in the uniform of a merchant ciptain, with a thick brown beard which was just begin- ning to turn gray. There was nothing boaat!ul or swaggering in hia tone and manner as he accepted a commission which meant little less than certain death but in his firm lip3 and deep gray eyes there was an indescribable something which gave a sufficient assurance to his two employers that they bad got hold of the right man for their work. A few hours later all was ready for the start. The stores were on board, the Abbas had her steam up, and the perilous voyage up the Tigris from Buareh to Abu Bekr was just about to begin, when a shout was heard from the bank, and a young man in the dress of an Eaglith army tifficer came scamp- ering down to the landing-place, carrying a gun- case in his hand, and followed by a sturdy Arab porter with a light bullock- trunk upon hia bare brown shoulders. " Jujt in time. Captain," said he, panting for breath, as he sprang on board, while the trunk was hastily handed up after hiff i " I heard there was a steamer just starticg up the river, and up the river I've got to go somehow. Will you give me a passage if I pay for it?" "You're heartily welcome," amwere4 Captain Carter, with a grim smile " but I ought to tell you that we shall mcst likely be all shot dead on the way." " Well, it's my trade to be ihot," rejoin- ed the young officer, as coolly as ever, '• and I miy just as well work at it here as any- where else. Besides, it'll be a fine chance of trying my new lifle." Away they went up the broad smooth river in all the splendor of a glorious sum- mer sunrise. Onward, onward still, past curve after curve and point after point but still there was no sign of danger and the young Lieutenant, who had loaded both barrels of his rifle, and held it in his hand all ready for action, began to look rather disappointed. *• I say .Captain, cried he, " it looks as if there wasn't' going to be any fun after all." " Don't distress yourself," replied Gap- tain Cirter, Bdiiling ttjnily. "If we get past this bend that we're coming to now withtiut getting a hole in our skins, we may think onrselvps precious lucky, that's all." Just in front of them the river made a deen curve, from the right bsnk of which a vast sand shoal stretched more than half- way across the stream while the left bank, under which the deeper channel ran, was fringed with a thick belt of thorn bushes and prickly undergrowth, in which a hun- dred men might lie hidden without betray- ing a sign of their presence. Worse still, the current ran so strongly at this point that the steamer made way but slowly against it so that the Captain might well expect: to be attacked in a spot which seemed mide expressly for the purpose. Bni all was silent as death, and they had already gone some distaoce along the peril- ons channel withoat a sis^n or sound of dan- ger, \\hea all iu one moment the whole thicket seemed to burst into a storm of fire and fmoke, a deafenii g crash echoed from bank to bank, and a shower of bullets came rattling like hail upon the deck of the steamer. The treacherous volley was not fired in vain. Two men fell dead on the fcrecastla, one shot t'nrough the head, the other through the breast. At the same moment the steers- man fell forward on his, face, with a hoarse, gasping cry, and the vessel, no longer con- trolled by her helm, began to swing round toward the fatal uhoal. With one bouad the Captain sprang to the wheel, and clutching it as it escaped from the dead man's nerveless fingers, Jammed it hard down, and turned the sliip's head away from the fatal sand ahoalâ€"juit in time. Tne next moment another volley flamed and crackled from the thicket, and the Captain's white jacket was instantly streaked irith red; bnt be still kept his hold of the wheel as firmly as ever. Jajj thn, amid the blinding smoke that; came rol'ing across the deck, the young Lieutenant's voice was heard calling out, " are you hit. Captain " " Not so badly but what T can hold this wheel a bit longer, ' said the brave man, in a voice hoarse and hollow with pain. " Keep her steady, then, ^hile I have a pop at these fellows. They think we have no fire-arms on board, and they're coining ont (.t the bushes quite boldly." His rifle cracked aa .he spoke, tuid a howl c{ pun from the bok answered the shot, while the report of the aecond barrel was followed by a heavy splash, as if one of the enemy bad fallen headlong into the rivpr. The Arabs set up a wild yell of fary, and poured a third volley into the devoted â- teamer but by this time the orew were all under cover, the Lieutenant had id- trenched himaelf behind the mainmaat, uad Captain Carter, lying flat on the deck, with both handa clatching the apokea of the wheel, waa quite invialble. Meaawhile the ateamer gbded at««dily onward, uid a lew minatea mora wonld aee her uroond the bend, and baycnd the readi of her aaaail- â- nta. Then the Araba begui to fire viddiuly et tbe wheel itaelf, hepfaig to ctippkit U they eoold not oripfdethe iiiwiiiih*'""wiriB. Xiie flying splintera drew blood again uid again from the atont Gafttain'a ham^ai^face, bat he never wiiiaad, and atill the ahip mov- ed on. ,.'â- â- â€¢ â-  -â-  'â-  ^.' Bnt the j tafc t e Bt. yyriI ivm ftt to oqlpe. Jut befor%|3e«riof ,theipn«ir dliimne|i|ne â- teamer hafto^siude^ni^jaatilngliipJE from whu^Uhe Ante (if4k«r dwa^ it) nught ^pSy j|w |y jh«rl«i»w; officer aaw the dark figuree clnateiing along the edge and held hu rifle in r«»duea^ Crack I crack! Two men fell wounded, and at the aame inatant Captain Carter, wrth a andden twiat of the wheel, drew the i*ip • head aeveral yarda away from the bank, while the Arabe, darting wildly at the ra- ging, miaaed it, and fell 8pl»ah into the water J The next moment the Abbcu awept out of the dangerona channel into the 4q?en water beyond. ^, j " Thank God 1" aaid Carter, famtly, and his worda were fervently echoed by the Lieutenant. ' Not many montha later that young Inen- tenant waa famoua throughout all India aa one of the bri^veat men and beat officera who upheld the honor of England during the great agony of the Indian Mutiny. As for Captain Carter, he U atill alive in Bagdad, and any one who goes thither may hear the tale from his own lipa, and see the haadaome gold watch presented to him by hia employ- ers in acknowledgment of his courage in " running the gauntlet." Millions in the Moon* Bnring the last few weeka deapatohea have been sent from various parts of the country stating that there was a Brandenburg estate near Berlin, value $8,000,000, which had been confiscated by the Government 188 yeara age, bnt had recently been oifdered to be reatored to the heira, manv of whom, it ia atated, live in America. This is an o'ld foe with a new face. Sometimea called the Lawrence estate, sometimes the Hyde estate, and now the Brandenburg estate, it is under whatever name " a mockery, a delusion, and a snare." There are no eatatea of any great value acroaa the water awaiting American clai'nants, and none which have been hung up accnmulaiing for a century. Theae ea- tatea are almoat invariably gotten up to in- duce silly people to give money to scamps who pretend that they intend using it to make the last final investigations which are to convert their dupes into millionaires. So do not lend money to Brandenburg heira aim- bly on the aecurity of their German estates, which are about as much value aa aeveral square nulea of land in the moon. A Becoinmendation Domley â€" That Uwyer brother of yours, Brown, I s'pose, wonld defend about as mean and disreput ^ble a case as any lawyer in town Brown â€" Well, I dunno what Jim might do. You go and state your case to him, Dumley, and fpy I sent yon. Next Tiling to a Foitnne. Woman â€" Have you been a tramp long Tramp â€" Pretty much all my life, ma'am it runs in the family. My poor old father was a professional for twenty-seven years, but tbe other day he struck big lack. Woman â€" Did he come into an immense fortune Tramp â€" Wellâ€" er â€" no, not quite. Some inflaeiitial friends of his got him irt) the poorhouse. He Was No Night Hawk. " Young man,' he said sonorously, " are vou ever abroad in the early morning when th 3 great orb of dav rises in all his majestic and brilliant glory " " Well â€" er â€" yes, sir, sometimes," replied the young man " but I generally try to get to bed earlier than that." An Auspicions Beginning. "'Veil, before I onteitfike to gif you lessons on tbe fiolin, I vish to know if you haf a correct ear ' " Correct ear! Waal, I saw a feller play the peany with his nose in a show one time; but great sci^sors^! I didn't knov ye ever played the fiddl'3 wit'a yer ear." Bepartee- "Oh, John" said Mrs. Bjonea, "I have juat found the most beautiful receipt for cuirant j Ty." "Well, I wish you'd find v receiptf or your dress-maker's bills." "Oh, no, John dear. Thatis'not necessary. I always have Madame Brunetti make my dress-maker's bills for me." Lnck. Gysant. " Do you know, I don't believe there ia any such thing as luck in odd num- bers." Chipperly. "Bnt there is, though. Why, my rich uncle that left me his money wasn't drowned until the third time he sank. Fact, I assure." A Serions Qnanel. "What time did young ' Sampaon lea vo last night, Clara?" asked her papa. " It was after midnight,*' replied the giil, with a haughty sneer. " We had a quarrel, and I bade him good-by forever." " If yon quarreled, I wonder he didn't leave earlier. " " We didn't begin quarrelling until neuly 10 j'clock." SoUd with the Dog. " George, dear," aaid Mabel, " I thought you and papa were not very good friends." " Well, yea, that'a ao to a great extent, I'm aorry to aay." " Why2 then, did yon send him that great big bandaome bulldog 7" " Why. did laendhim that dog?" George smiled a tander, tboughtfnl,|far-»way amlle. "You aee, deareat, that dog and I are old friends." Her Effeotive Voioei Miaa Screecher â€" WeL. dear, how wm my voice to night Did it fill the room Misa "Veradty â€" At fiiratitdid, bnt after- ward â€" Miaa Soreeoberâ€" Well? ;- Miaa Veracityâ€" It emptied it. A ConTeident JGCuluid*. yon uro •â- nthuHofjif very intarMfe- Hoabandâ€" •• Wife, reading hooka." Wifeâ€" "Yee, I find then fa*' %. "It'a a pity I ain't a hpek; then yin might tales aotoe iaUn^tM^iimJ' .^*4- kfedof^bwk." 7^;-^ ^^^ •• WiMi fWtof a Mjlb yen faaham^iWghfc to b T^ .-^^l 4* THJB ITALIAB AND STILETTO. â- â€¢w It la BUde mmid Wky Ua Thraato An a* fienerally Fatal. To the Italian laborer, a knife ia as necesa- ary to exiatence aa the macaroni and aromat' io oOnserva that make him f orset hia drud- gery. It cuta Ua tobacco and 4i^dea hia cheese, and if he practiced the art of the manicure would nndoubtedly be effective in depriving him of hia naila. He finda it ef- fective with coma, and even witb hia be arc*, and in hia not infrequent fights, to which even an Iriab ahindig ia incomparable, it is iacKapenaablp. There are a dczan kinds of knivea more or leaa popidar, bat the stiletto ia the prince of all. The atiletto ia a diatinotively Italian wea- pon, though uaed to a large extent by the Spaniah banditL It haa a bad reputation. Their ia no recognized acientific way of us ing it, and in the fencing achool, for which Italy is, famona, it ia oatracized. Among the briganda and the criminal class of the citiea it ia however, the moat popular of all aggreasive weapona. This is due to ita " handineaa," the dexterity with which it may be used, ita murderoua execution and the eaae with which it may be concealed. In Italy atringent lawa have been paased against the atiletto. The fine for carrying a piatol ia almoat nominal, and even sword canaa are tolerated to some extent, bnt the penalty for carrying a atiletto ia ao severe aa to M seemingly oppressive. For each of- fense the law providt s an imprisonment of from two to three yeara. In the more popu- lated aectiona, and particularly in the vici- nity of the large citiea, the law is rigidly en- forced, and auepected peraons are aearched without ceremony. A Ucenae can be obtain- ed for carrying a piatol, but never for a ati- letto. Ia a peonliar weapon. There ia nothing of Canadian manufacture like it. In length it runs from afx to fifteen inches. The blade ia about twice the length of the handle, dagger edged, thick at the narrow guard and tapering off to exceaaive thinnesa at the point. At the snard tbe diameter of the blade is diamond sliaped and the two extra edges run almoat to the point. The real edgea, which are razor-aharp, make a wound which the auxiliary edgea, more blunt than aharp, aggravate to a terrible degree. So every grain of apeed effective ia it, and ao murderoua in the handa will be carried full i of a dexteroua man that the Italian govern- ment has recently been experimenting with it as a weapon at close quarters, and in the Massowah campaign reveral companies were armed with ahielda and long atilettoa. The weapon ia carried in a aheath like an ordin- ary dagger. THE DEADLT MOLLETTA. Another knife, commonly carried and fre- quently used by criminal Italians, is what Professor Scannapieoo, the neopolitan fenc- ing master, calla the " moUetta." The mol- letta beara aome resemblance to a razor, though considerably longer. There ia only one edge, and the blade opens like a pen- knife. It swings loose, however, and when drawn is opened by catching hold of the handle with the fingers and throwing the blade outward. Thia reqnirea practice and dexterity. A tmiU apring catches the knife and holda it open. It ia cloaed by preaaure upon a tiny " button " on the handle. Tnough not aa effective a weapon as the stiletto it makes an ngly. wound when used by an expert and can be opened almost as quickly as a atiletto can be drawn from its sheath. The eaae with which it can be con- cealed adda to the frequency of its use. The handle ia hard wood or bone. A small atiletto can be bought for $3. The largeat sizft coat $5 and $S. An import- ed moUetta coata $4. The price placea the real Italian article out of the reach of many of the knife- uaera, and they content them- selves with a apeciea of small dagger, crude, but effective, and not infrequently made by themselves out of a well-worn table knife. METHOD OF USING THE WEAPON. In nearly all the Italian murders in this country in the last five yeara the stiletto or lome similar weapon has been used, and in ive instacBsa out of six the wound inflxl^ed na (been below the riba. The ordinary mode holding a dagger is with the thu;tbat the apper end of the handle. The *Iti Hans re- 7erse this. He invariably grasps th handle with the upper pirt of his hand nearest tke guard. This necessitates him giving an jader-thurst and accounts for the wounds oring in the lower part of the body. The weapon, if carried in a sheath, is concealed in the scarf or belt invariibly worn by Italian emisrants and cin be drawn with remarkable rapidity. flirtatioii ud ita UonaeqMBoei. If yoiong ladle, who pride *i»"||^ « their akai and tact in the «J el ffirtation ooald only hear rfl that is said of tiwm he- hind thefr backs we think, eayi » N«r York paper; they would rraoaaia.: their meretii^oas hiandishmenti *^I^! »»" blnah, if not pait that whoWaome tedioation of ahame, for the falie part they h»d w far played in aooiety. The practical flirt ia looked upon by all young men, aaye thoae green enough to be her victteia, merely as a frivolous piece of human trumpery, with whom it may be well enough to while away an idle hour now and than when nothing better in the way of amassment offers. She is freely discussed in the olnbrooom conversation, and her tricks of fascination are snbjects cf the coarsests jastfc Instead of die respect with which all honorable men rMard trae women, she earns for herself thefr contempt, while the good and amiable of her own aex look upon her with loathing. Of obtaining a desirab'e husband she haa not the slighteat chance, and the ^rolmbUity ia that she will either die unmarried or accept, as a last resort, some wretch who will avenge ujpon her by his brutality the decep- tion she has endeavored to practise upon better men. In either case she will deserve her fate. We would advise any youug lady who is inclined to flirtation to ask some old jilt who haa been through the mill whether she thinks that sort of thing paya in the end. â€" No Petticoats in the X^bin. ' Why do not the commanders of veaaela take their wives to sea with them?" was asked a shipowner the other d«y. "For various reasons," aaid ha. "The principal one perhapa ia beoaoae the ownera of veaaela are opposed to paying for the ex- tra proviaions which the preaence of the wivea would entail on every auling veasel. A woman wonld not reUah the regular bill of fare f amiahed to the ordinary merchant- man. "A second reason is because a sailing vessel without the captain's wife on board is always faster than another which has the skipper's pride in the cabin. Why Be- cause the captain whoae wife ia on the land will not be iJraid to crowd aail on hia craft. Hia thoughta will be on hia veasel, and he will endeavor to get out of her. All can whenever possible, tur the reason that he will entertain no fear of this stick or that spar civing way. Now, if he has hia wife on board, his first thoughts will be to keep as far away from danger as is pcnsible. "Another reason, just as important, 7s that the captain might devote too much of his time to his wife u she were aboard. He might shirk hia duty on deck to remain in the cabin, and hia duty would be ahoved off by him on one or other of the matea." Autninn Styles. For autumn travelling are protectivd and very comfortable Normandy cloaka in golden- brown, grey, and dark-ffreen caahmere made with close coat aleevea, with long, open sleeves aboVe, that are trimmed with Peiaian galloon, like that on India wrapa. The front lapa to the left aide where it haa a p3inted revera of velvet. There are also velvet cuffs on the coat sleeve, and a deep velvet collar. Striped Indian cloth of pure wool but extra light in weight, checked and barred Scotch cheviots, and plain camela' hair fabrica, are made up in like manner. Engliah tweed, Linoolnahire auitings, and Ulster clotha in plaida or atripea have looae fronts attached to a yoke, and a closely fitting back finished with a hood if pre- ferred, althougb hoods do not appear upon the choice imported wraps this season. There are also Directoire redingotes for travelling, the skirt portion cut away slightly at the waist, revealing a little of the dress skirt beneath. These are mads ot plain pilot cloth, handsotnely braided. Fnglish Newmarkets, made of Queen's tweed, are silk lined, and fit as snugly aa a walking dress. They are invariably accom- panied by a jockey cap of tweed to match. The AMoted farmers. Farmers report that grasshoppers have destroyed about two-thirds of the tobacca crop in the parishes of St. Esphrit, St. Alexis and St. Jacques de Laohigan. Others state that the excessive rain has had ouch a damaging effect upon the crops in general and grain in particular that they are at a loss to know how to provide for the winter supply. A farmer from lehind Laprairie says all the habitants are heavy sufferers. Oats have lain on the ground for a fortnight, turned probably a dozen times and abandon- ed as worthless. Standing wheat and bar- ley u'e actually sprouting. The pea crop promiaea to be entirely deatroyed and the potatoea are rotting. The Trials of Business. Houae-maid (entering haatily). "Good heavena, Mra. Pancake, I'm aJEraid that new boarder from the country haa auffooated himself I His door's locked, and the hall's foil of gas." Mrs P mcake. " Dear me how dreadful I And the gas bill'a so high already 1" Care in Diet. Mr. Shentperabent (at hotel table, a Sum- mer reaort) â€" " Mein craciona laaac, yen little vool vat voi aak for brtt!" Little Isaac â€" " I vant bret mit mv meat, f adder." Mr. Shentperabentâ€"" Shuat hear dat I He vanta bret ven bret aell for only fife cents a loaf, an' he gan't est a kavatsr off a loaf, an' I pay fife toUara a day at dia hoteL Here, Isaac, eat dia bcttle of olives. Day cost von tDUar a bottle." Wasn't Bnilt That way. "Here's a piece of pie." said a woman to a honsfy tramp at the Jback door. " Thanks," he rej^ied, oatdiiac eagerly at it and biting a hor^hoi oat of tf "" " ' Don't yon want a kaifa to oofe it with " sheioqalred. The tramp looked hurt. "he said, in froaiag tones, who wodd oat ^e "doIlookHkea with a kaifef .91 yO tnamm^^H A Bathing to Fear. Sh« (b great aglixtion)-^0 Oeorn. I V hear paia at t*ie fronk gatai aad hfa is Vwv apt to be impolalvp. vb«B J^iswaea beam late 1 ^m ia Mr. S. Butteiworth on "Trtist." The " Detroit Free Press" has reprinted a former speech of Ccngressman Butter- worth, who is a Republican, to show that he does not entsrtun on the subject of trosta tbe aame viewa that the " Plumed Knight" holda. Tbeapeech waa delivered in the Honae a rhort time ago, and be said I did not heaitate for one moment to assert that the moat aarioaa menace ti Republican institutions in this oonntry will be found in the power and infloence of overgrown wealth, and I am net alone. upon this floor in the oonviotjon that anieaa they are apeedily throttled they will have npon the throat of the Repnblio ao firm a grip that nothing abort of a revolution wiU compel them to relax their hold." Compare thia with Mr. Biaine'a uttaranoe, that " tinsta are private affaire with which Preaident Cleveland nor any other private citizana haa any particular right to Interiere." There evidently is qnite difference. 00BAN8PBAY. "Knows the ropes."â€" The sailor. Nautical misenuâ€" Twin serawa. A marine aaotion.- A sail at sea. "Alwajaop to date."â€" The oompass needle. Signal aervioe.â€" Flag talk at sea. For crying ohildcanâ€" The spanking breeze A mist-erlona prooeedbg.â€" Qaing ahead In Why woaU wflors make good hostiwa ?â€" Beoaose thef aM alwayi ••UteUBg np." What part of tiia itaamfr is beat to â- tody aatraoMito -Tha star-board aide. As a gensnl tiiiag, a aU^Jikat is "run down ' at thisltaioa does M^alM a tonic. Oa board th* ooeaa atea^Mnr desoendlog wj^a^Urth haa wg£ to do with Mtniaable nader tUa^lHEars from tiie It IS enoonragino u know tiiat therewver ii'1»8 "p.*^ wUlbesuch a thiaJ'^^^J**.^ There has never yetb^ WL orator beoominir fwln^ *f i"*!?*^' himaelf aaaiduoSsfc*'"' «• I art. Many even hU"tote?'^»SX sical infirmities thatiZj "n«er... ,•"• less for them to SopSf '"Cl^- apeaker. The best T«! "*^r "U .V of Demoathenes. ;b^""J2J?'*»'»^ t m a aubterranean cell \t?*? »»»« a„!r hia head so that A?S»«e:5j and gesticulated ben'atl a' "" lS to rid himself of an tLg?4^Kll«455 U*"' fromt •^«« â- ** tlykr odte^SSaai theilagto the shoulder. Em^^rnt'^^'^^rJ from the beyna in hU wrU «**• luw perseveredâ€" the world wl.'**' ^«b, ancceaa. When Robert \ffl ^^ wbu in the House he pans5» ^^\ and continued only to stnL, " »«tdi ' Curranw,sknowLtS' JackCurran," and m a L7.,."»t«rii» which he joined aa " Oral, ^*»8 "odS one will also recall Di:r5-.**S'E? I he rose to make his maiden ^S 'S fia. I ftot â€" ^mb den's first effort was also a h„!!Ff*'*- ure. But one eh" ^d not "^S« '•»â-  1 theseinstances that every" pedf.'"« branchea."-He-r; h^cam^^r;: J'H and then he added " *»^ "My lords, « ever I rise again in house 1 i?ive yon leave to cut 10^05°!^ branch tor ever." Many of the SS have, even to their latest efforts, felt a tZ! I on rising to speak Erskine said thZ his risin? to plead for the first time he. hrt have sat down in confusion had he not Z[ his children tuggmg at his gown. fhtU of Derby, "the Rupert of debaS ways knew when he was goinf; to speaiirel by his nervousness on rising. This wu i, a_ characteristic of Canning. At a diiuj given by he Mayor of Liverpool hewui nervous before being called on to speakthiil he had twice to leave the room tocoUsctlil thoughta. This may have been, howeni owing to the comparative novelty of hiB»l aition. Many an orator outside his aocMtoa I ed haunts is completely lost. Lord Eldtjl said he was always somewhat nervouii I speaking at the Goldsmiths' Dinner, thonjkl he could talk before Parliament as though I he were addressing so many rows of cibb^i I plants. Mr. Cobden, speaking of Lord Joh I Ruasel, said " On the boards of the Hom I of Oommona Johnny ia one of themoattgl^l tie and dangerous of opponents; take Mi I off these boards and I care nothing for hia' To few was it given as to O'Connell to ti^l ceed equally with all audiences. Before bi I entered the House he was declared to be 1 1 mere "mob orator;" but in ISIJO beiul returned and in 1831 he waa recognized hi I leader. Whether in swaying a multitndea I a hillside, appealing to the more educated I Assembly in Parliament, or in persuading 1 1 jury in a court-house, he was equally it I home. ' ULakinz Wills. It is an astonishing thiog that lawjenl and men who are most careful in all othti I business matters often show the greiteK carelessness with respect to their directioa I for the disposition of their property afta I death. The late Lord Chancellor St. Leot ards, for instance^ wrote much respecting the importance of drawing wills so eleirlj aa to leave no room for litigation, and yet after his death the will which he was know to have executed could not be found, m the courts were asked to determine whette its contents could be proved by hisdangli' ter, who declared that she could repeit them from memory. Mr. Tilden, »1«J though an able li.wyer, left a will wM rendered legal proceedings elmost necesMiy to its interpretatior. This week also it W been discovered that the late ConrtM Palmer, of New York, the founder otjK Nineteenth Century Club, left two «« and two codicils which are eonflictm Oce would think that men would pay P^" cular attention to the proper traBS-.caoc* so important a piece of business, but it »| not so. A Noiseless Clock for the Sick Boom. A curiously considerate invention has J produced by a Frenchman m the ^^ape noiseless clock, for use more JP««'"f " rooms. In place of the "8"»l P^°J°S' d hands are se't in motion by the unroto « a chain, the end of which is f«t«u^ j^ bouy floating in a tank of liqud. x ^^^^ escapes at a uniform rate, and can « to f ied a lamp wick, thus f '7»g ^^^5 atus the double character of clo" "T^ When the lamp is lighted thenece^ inution of liquid takes place by jg"'^^ at other times by carefully regulatea mi ping. â-  Keeping Still. " i'oung Tommy " » T^ j£hiB » The other day his "«le promu«l^^. cents if he would go an hour without i- '"KmT/wanted the dime ve^^^^' set ont bravely to keep perfectly •til' five o'clock until "x o'clock- .j He watched the clock very no«^e b»»* eagerly, however. By and ^Y^ j^ poWd to half-past five. Tom:jy „ic,i up.acd exclaimed, at the tcpM W'ell haU the t'me's gone,aDy ^3 WasHetheJoBaJ? Gustave Gundersen, l»J*^ t^ er ThingvaUa, survived "f"^!.], njj prior to the recent "po.^J^aei, «• J^ andtheGeiser. B«I^f«f nW 3 shipwrecked on the ««»f °i, ,tf«d f«Sl next vessel on board ""fJ'f^; ered off C»p. St. Vi»cent« l^ij^.jM was wrecked o«,^^C»f^C fonrth was dismast^ offtje-*^ Hope in 1873 the fif^^e» ^i griTon the voyage 'w«V^^ «*f down and sunk ofl fort Lucky "Forta.ateI'qaothBi^fty« tically. •• Fortun.^ I 'f ^^^ ^, was tortunate I Zf^rttT^'^Wf twenty *««»f J?"'7oofr^ " beUeve his expenses i^ thoosand." "ROUGHING C3HAPTER VIIL JOHH MOHAOHAN. ^..M^ni* I e" *hy ample breairt â- ^•••^rSMa lor thy negUcted son 5««* "fSl^Mam. lie has naught but i ff-^S hSd attonjcer hewt thou ir*«jJff^«Sr toU his daily bre«l '** A^v after the old woman's ' *!1-1 onr servant James abaent o**"**?** withoat askug leave, «* tlSmation of Ma Intention. 'r^^-.wa. and a numerous fi ••^^SSL^iiJto chop all thef oSff^S. HUunapect^d l^ti^nolamall trouble in the •"Sfteawt at last made hw lL*M^e di»ohar^ m a toge fe/lrfSer had now f ably set in- llfcs jg33 The snow was u •"" „a it beiig our first winter in S^lJSitd in^^" » miaerable dwe i*f^rv aeverely. In apite of fed7Sitade-ind I think mj r^r^oe have been tried to the fc!:lSwi» « *»»" country-1 tee^Late aubdued my proud i 'i EogUA spirit, and I »etuallj I? womanhood, and cried with felTuSxt to blush at confessing fconabfe '^e'^kneaa but I was f o ,jS«iC0d, and unaccustomet *uv huaband did not much relish *L menial dutiea of a servant Ser but he did not complain « meantime commenced an activ jrCn to supply the pb«je of th lost but at that aeaaon of th -waa to be had. It WM » bitter, freezing nu?ht. ^howled without, and drove ,w through the chinka m the do« Aa hearthatone, on which two X of maple abed forth a cheer Sluing the narrow window p onp the blackened rafters ru la heart invigorating blase. TSe toilB of the day were over, t Lu cleared away, and the door « fiaht. Moodie had taken up e sweet companion of happier lecarneat rtqneat of our home s vuii air I, to cheer her drcopv playing aome of the toucbin /rf the glorioua mountain land t chivalry and song, tiie heroic K ire retiring to reat. Bell, who h iiiteearfor mnaic, kept time it and hand, whUe large tears her aoft blue eyea. "Ay, 'tia bonnie thae songs; «k' me greet, an' my puir heart rhen I think on the bonnie bre Mt o' lang syne." PoorBeUI Her heart was i mils, and mine had wandered far to the green groves and meadows â-  • land. The music and our re ;e abruptly banished by a i ipontbe door. Bell ro^e and rhen a strange, wild looking lad Md, and with no other covering ban the thick, matted locks oi r sen that hung like a cloud over h innbumt visage, burst into tb e r 1 "Guidnesa dtfend us! VVt here?' screamed Bell, retreating iner. " The puir callant's no can i My huahand turned hastily roi ithe mtruder, and I raised the c the toble tbe better to distmgui wMle Bell, from her hidiEg-pla him with unequivocal glances mistrust, waving her hands to m mg significantly to the open silently bsaeecbing me to tell n^ tarn him out. „ "Shut the door, man, sai whoae long scrutiny of the strat fore ua seemed, upon the whole i "we shall be frtziu." "Thin, faith, sir, that's what the lad, in a rich brogue, whict oat asking, the country to whic ed. Then, stretching his bare 1 fire, he continued, "By Jove, sii er so near gone in my li?e ' " Where do you come from, your business here? You mu that this is a very late hour to 1 by storm in thia way." "Thrue for you, sir. Kt knows no law and the oondit me in must plade for me. Firs^ oome from tne township of Dâ€" aaasther and nex to that, bed •omethiog to ate. As I'm aim thousand piUes that I'm alive bt ahure God Almighty never tisfortanate cratiier afore nor i had Bothinjr to put in mv head »way from my ould masther, yaaterday at noon. Money I dr the divQ a cent. I have n to my foot nor a hat to my hea Nfnae to shelter me the nigh Motint to perish in the snow, i faiad in the wide wurld." The lad covered hia face wit •Bd aobbed alond. "Bdl," I whiapered, "goto Md get thd poor fellow somet Ow b(^ is starving." ' Dinna heed him, mistress, Us lees. He is ane o' thae w â- A^^ ?rs^tj-c?^*»*£*ii^ '#^a' -Mi ^^4L •as wes. He is ane o tnae w ha'e jnat atepped in to rol IB." "Konaenae! Daaalbidy "I winna be faahed aboot ^U4eshere.IUe'en flit by t fteaioni." "Inbal, for ahame Is thi ^CMatian, w doing as you BsU waa aa obstinate as a i ^hriBftopntdown any foo PNlJad..lmti^terating her ailiha hooae if he were suffe jRhn sbaad. no longer able .9Ul had abanrd conduct, «*nM8t, aad told her t â- M kanalf that he did n tltkvo iM to whom he re *,iotmypart,hadD " tlur threat. Sh -^oleaB, honest, ai i the dear baby. 1 tldidt better of ..^aaifoaeaad^i lOQllbeafaadbread ' "tthe ronaway jgoit yo loMdAllvewid ft peorfou -ort «i