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WAIFS FROM A OLCUD. The Cnei For Help Which Fartnsr Heard. lill.li . u i'l. Ur.l I ,. I,, !.... I ..mail* mm* i ...,.i. .1 1.1 .. >i r n.iu . A Oieaae, Iowa. Ici.ur )..: When Farojur James K- ^=>i . . ( l;,-r... O ido eouui}, mood at me ratthtg sou h window of bin aiding ruuui on Buurd*y ovei.ii.>, leu dttjb ago, waicUug the loruado a boat be could ibrouxu the gathering gloom, he had many reasons to rejoice He kuiw thai tiit) moral Mould be api to diujaga LIB orop to some ex'-.ut, bat it I a 1 oouie at about aa good a time for bim UH it oou.d. Everything wa >>uipabape si u 1 . tbe (arm, and hi boose aud baron ba<l been built ou purpciie to resist tbe tempentn ot summer an well IB the blizzards of winter. Wbeu tbe tornado was at ltd womt tbe farmer thought, a* be was turning away, tbat bt beard a human ory, aud, i*i I-U.K uiu to tbe window, be listened luituny to tne wbialliug, screeching. roaring wiud witb- out. UU wife Doming ID at that moment, be told ber what be thought be bad beard, and a f t-iut, incredulous smile he her pale face ba fhe laid : " You always bear vo.oes ID tbe storm. Put down tbu curtain ; tbe ligutniug is frightful." Mr. Keegau drew tbe ourtaiu, and, taking a seat LI ear ibe wiudow, read from a news- pai.rfor ten or fifteen minutjs. TLc.., tbe kiorm having pou'ea, be rained tbe oar- tain and, balding bulu aaudn to bin e>> -, looked > ut. Hiawif'j looked up in a manled way as lie tamed arouud. aud wUeu be askud ' JJul you utar that?" nhe made uo answer. Tbe tiri* ot tbe wind bud UD- tided, aud above tbe rapid palter of tue tain drops oouid be dimiuuily Ui ard a voioe M of some one in distress. Tbe farmer pot 011 bis big ooat i.d to it-. light. d ijm labturi. aod utarled out. Toe door bad bardiy cloned behind him when be reiuri.r" with eometbiurf wbite in bin arm*, aod laid it in tbe baude of bin wife, it wan t..e dead b-dy of a fair-baird obild cf to or three jeara. Tbe litJe oue'l scanty ol '...- ing and UH long yellow bair were dripji -it, wet, ba* there were uo brainee or outs au> white to indicate tLu oaue ot dcu'.U Mrs. Kegan wtu< bu-y m a miuute applying reotorativo Hue bad tbe delicate body stripped almoet before tbe farmer could explain where be louud it, and wbai she oouid tbink of in tbe way ot tteatrueut wai resorted to, bat witboui avail. The baby wan dead. Wuue the) were bending over ita little forui tb> beard ouoa more tbe cry tbat bad startled them earlier in the evening, and oaoe again tbe farmer ntartsi oat lu Ibe pelting rain. He wait gout half an bour tbu time, aod bin wife, growing uneasy, went to tue Imle porch r.-puatedly with a lantern in ber ban. ID aud tried topieroe tbe blieanenn with bee viiion. Wbtu Keegau left tbe houe be walked straigMl to tne meadow wheuoe tbe oriee teemed to oouie, but ouoe there be oould bear and nee nothing Atu-r making a oon.plelu tour of tue lot through toe tall wet gram, ntoppiug frojaeotly to liiten, be beard too crj agmu, this time eeemioKly fron ib direc.iou of tbe bouae. (Several liiueii tbe roar of some tall poplar* lu tbe or tbe Boreeob of a paimug bird him 10 tbat bi teeth chattered, ai.d tbe ram would oome down with luoh furoe tba: be oould Maroely keep bn ejeii open. Following the ory laat heard, be retraced bin etepe, and, mauuiug near tbe entrance to hi* garden, bo revolved to remain there and liitcu. In few uiinutee be beard tbe wail again, e>ud feeling tbat be had made no rnmtakc tbii time, be again entered tbe meaduw, aud goiug tbroogb tbe centre of tbe lid . oame npon two children, both nearly uuae, tbe eldtnt a bey o( not more than U yearn. Tbe Other, a little girl, lay witb ber bead in a mall pool of water, evidently deau ; but the boy, though nelple**, wan oryiug loiiil) . Keegau gathered tbe obildren into hi* itrong arm* aud itarted tor tue uouee, where hi* wife greeted bim at tbe door, lantern in band. An boor later both of there children were restored to ooukctoue neu aud bealtb, and before tbe warm nre wbicb Mn. Keegan bad made were eagerly devouring tbe light repaot wbiob ebe had provided them. When it wai foand that they were otmparatively uninjured tbe farmer pat oat bla lantern aud made tbe uoune fet for tbe nigbt, though he eaid that be felt M though be ought to maku a tour of tbe entire township and aee if there were not tome more little ouee that bad rained dowu. After tbe bpv bad had hU meal ho wan aftked if the girl wai hi* niter, and replied in the negative. Tbeu both of them were taken to tbe place where the baby lay dead, and a> tbe ebeet was drawn from ita face they were asked it they aver aw tbe child before. Bath said they had oot. Tbe boy then told where be lived, cave bin name and some other particular*, but could not tell how be oame to be in tbe meadows. All that be remembered wtui a big storm and nnding himself in tbe gram wet and cold. The little girl oould eay nothing, and appeared lo be vary well satiifled with her situation. Never doubt ing but tbat they would be able to find tbe homed of tbe children too uext day, and congratulating themselves on their success in saving two of thorn, tbe farmer and bis wife and their strange little gneata went to reel. Early tbe next morning Keegao, tbe boy and girl started off to tbe southwest in tbe direction of the place where the former aid ho live. Ilia parenta were found well nigh distracted over bia loe>, tbe injuries which they themselves bad suRtained hav- ing prevented their going iu search of him. Their place was two miles from Kaegan's, and there appeared to be not tbe slightest doubt that the lad had been carried tbat entire distance by tbe tempest in tbe twinkling of an eye. The boy's parenta knew nothing of the girl or of the dead baby, and, though Keegan rode all that day and made inqairiea in every direction, be found no trace of tbe paretits of either. Finally, at tbe end of tbe third day tbe baby was buried, and as the faetH of the ease had become known for miles around, scores of people attended the services and followed tbe nameless and homeless little one to tbe grave. On their way home, the little girl, whom no one had yet claimed, sitting en bis lap, Farmer Ksegan told tbe minister a story about bimaelf. "It i* strange, Uo't it, that these things should have happened jaat as they have ? Twenty-five year* ago thia summer, when this on u u try was a good dbal more of a wilderoean than it is now, a iuau named Jehu Eeegs.ii owned the faros where I now ive. Durinp jam such a storm as ibis one u. wan rauuiDK from bin baru to bin housn wh"ii be beard men from Ibe prairie, aud, KOIL : iu ibe direoliou wueuoe they o>iu- be tuuud a little boy about 8 yearn old, almost >p<jeoulon with fright, numb wiib cold, ' i wot to tbu nkiu. Ue picked Liui op nud carried bim to tbe bouae, aud, after uuri-iug bin. (or nevaral days through M nevere sickDens, trird to nod his borne, but be never did. No one kctw bim, aud the boy, tbuugn able 10 talk and pretty oertaiu tbal be kuew where be lived, wan never permitted to go there. Tne funny uiu* abjul tbat case was tbal tbe boy, who ac- companied K'.egau in bis tripe, always lutis'ed tbal be lived at a heute about thtee milts away , but tbe people there awerted tbat iii. y didn't know him and bad never r- 't-u him before. I don't know bow tbal wan. Tuu buy may have been u.mlakeu, of ooume, bai it han alwa>n seemed to me liial tbe lad munt have known where ba caaie from, though perhaps not. Well, tbe little fellow felt bad al fitnl, bat Keegau was a pleabaut old man, aud an be bad uo children, except a eon, wbo afterword* weut off to tbe war tod wa* killed, be didn't mind taking the boy. Toe (ouudULg dM well by the old man, and the old mau did v>eil by him Wben the old mau died be gave tbe boy all bia property, aud that boy i ibe man wbo i uow talking lo you. Ive !> kc-pt the lot wbera tbe old man loutd rcn lb meadow. I've never baa tbe hi art 10 plough it up, somehow, and uow I I rci-uu.'. I fcbull want to do no leaa tnau evtr. It would be mighty qaaer, now, wciuldu't it, if tbia Keegau property should iJ.tr lue go to auolbtr child that tamed down on U?" It m now tea day* ninee the little girl oame to Kargau's, aud altbougb dillrft-ut inquiry ban been made iu ail dneotioiut uo one a| ptara to know anything about ber, ud ibe farmer aod his Wife bava niled Cowu to tbu cuuviotton thai nbe is their* to keep. Aitmr *r Inn tmlumi S/rrrr. Whoever baa read Kobineon Crusoe) " aud who has uct revelled in itJ pages ? muat bave formed aoma idea an lo the uatureot a,u-. The nta are BO grspbically deiMsribed, and tbe description in 10 true to nature that we feel assured that even it iJeli '.iJ uot himself suffer Irom tbe malady, be mU4l l.ave had cpportuuitie* I o->ix(ully waicbing its progrM. Agua rei>tniLln matiy other dmatoe in oomiug ou iu parcx}hic>or nu. Tbe patient stiffen) f rum a certain aeries of symptoms, and then revert* to bio ordinary condition ot health. Tbie alternation may occur several or u.auy limei), according to tbe duration ot thu attack. Ague is caused by the entrance into ti.o xyHtem of a poison called, malaria " Wbat malaria is it u not very eay to lay. We uiunl pause, however, fur a rnoujBut, and, consider wbal we kuow about it. Ii is nothing we ean i-ee or feel, or tbat the chemist ean detect, even by bin most subtle tests, aud wa know of Ita triii-leuOB ouly by tbe marked effrots which it produces on tboMi who are exposed to it* lufloenee. Il ienotaimply " bad air ;" at all evenu, in the ienae wn u-ully U-H tbat term. Tbe iDipare air of London aud other large cities i i- j inooa eocuith to tbe health, but it uevar gives rme lo agae. Mtlaria In some- t>jing quite dUticot. It in oomuMnly met witn iu tbe ueiubborfaood of marahea in hot climates, acd is often spoken of as " mariih mianm. ' It is believed to arise frt>ui tbe decomposition of vegetable waiters in mout plaoes and uudar bigb temperatures. It la kouietimaH mat witb iu naudy soils, but a careful examina- tion will nearly always disoloi-e the fact tbat there is water and vegetable mat- It r not far from Ibe surface, the moiaturc being in all probability retained by a bed of clay IT some timilar eaase. It in curious to ob.ervf what u email jutotity of deeotu- I oniug vtgetable matter in, onder favorable oiicummauoe*, sufficient to excite ague. A few years ago, al a haopital in Germany, a large day-ward was u.ed for convalescent*. As soon a* a patient had been in tbie ward for two or three days hs invariably had a bad attack of tertian ague. In no other ward did this occur, acd the matter remained a mystery until, on olo*e inspec- tion, a large rum-cask full ot rotten leaves and brnshwood was found. This bad over- flowed atd formed a stagnant marib four or five feet Kjuare, close to tbe doors and windows cf tne room, which on account of tbe hat had been lafl opso at nigbt. On its removal the occurrence ot ague al onoe ceased. Book of Health. i .. !> nn Ik* Mlllrn. I took one of these baboons it was a female along to my home in Germany, because the had alwaya proved to be ot txtraordinary sagacity, and actually exhibited a far greater intelligence thau tbe average of tbe countrywomen of Tbur- lugia, where I was living. Apes in general like other creatures, provided they submit to ibeir oarebaing and fondling. My baboon at flrat concentrated her teudernesa upon the obildren ot tbe village, but, to bar great Borrow, found no reciprocity. Then she turned to oats tad dog, and teased and tormented them in every way. A bright pu*y, which tba most ot the time she carried in ber arms, was tired one day of ber company acd attempted to eioape. Tbe ape strongly objected, and tbe kitten in ita straggle scratched ber in the shoulder. Qravely the baboon seiatd one of the pawn of ber pel, examined it carefully, and find- ing probably Ibe sharp claws a dangerous superfluity in so small a being, bit them all off, one by one. /'r. Alfred Breton in Popu- lar Scttnct Monthly. mm, .1 a*ke. There are many novel waya of making a dime, but tbe last just inaugurated by the Mexican boys ot Yuma caps the climax. Il is tbe selling of smoke in old tin cans from tbe burning of a weed called " hedion- dia." They go from house to houie and offer to furnish enough smoke to drive tbe motqoitoes away for the small sum of 10 oanta. fan franeiteo Alia. A fire originating curiooaly occurred Ibe other night in Crawfordxvilla, Oa. A elook oord broke, letting tbs weight fall upon and ignite a box of matches lying on tbe bottom of tbe clock oaea. The family were all asleep at the time.aud tbe house was nearly burned. lit -IO Kll.\t l - fbclcc Kuril.*. Krsjartflasj frumtr We -rl Illld 1 k. Il I . < . Ulrl. Mr. " There is only one thing," naid ibe aad paaoengar, " more depretmve and irkbome to a man than having to wail for a train ; and tbat in, when tbo traiu baeb'l waited tor bim." "Through to Wakhiogton wr.noui change," aald tbe printed plaoaid ou tue oar. " Tbet'H tbu traiu for uie," n marked tbe tramp ; and be climbed right on aud took a teat oo tbe abady sidt. uear the centre. But, before be got to tbe aeooud eidiug be changed bm mind, obauged bis neat, cbaoged bin btory twice and finally obai.ged bis train, aud t -OK a tie -ticket. He naid a train so full of change ought to be called " the till." " B a-aay," said the passenger with an impediment, making a frautio clutch at trie evasive elbow ot the brakemau, and then rising and pursuing him duwn the aisle "k-B-aay, I w-wa-wa-wanl to get off at Pup-pup pup pup pup " " Peppered ! ' bouttd ibe brain ,n'j, opening tba door, "Pepperell'' "N-t.o, i.jt Pup pup-pup- Tep-( up-pop. pap-pereil, i-.. Pnp-pup-pnp- pup Point ot Pup-pup pup-pup-Piotn I 1 ' ' Tben," said tbebrakaman, " you'll bave to taka all them pups into tbe baggage oar, and get cff at Uollis. You're ou wrong train." But the pu t -p'jp-pup pat>eijger wan ao mad he went ou to Onaetaaway, six mile* farther. Tbat ia right, dear. That U the proper thing to do. Tbe day in bol and aollry ; tbe air ia full ot flying cinders and clonda of choking dust. Open your window as high as it will go and xit off at tbe farther end of your Heat. Now you are comfort- able. Tbe uioe, freab, hot air U delightful. Tbe avalanche of dost aod cinders tbat oomee in with the airoooo and goes nweep ing iniu the eyes and face of tbe passenger sitting behind yon, ia delightful to him also, no doubt. He doe* not say sc. As a rule be doex not eay anything. He only n:n till and thick*. If yon turn around and ask him if tbs p- n window U dis agreeable, he will probably he and say, " Ob, no t ' beoause be is more of a geutie- 114 an than ba is a Christian. Bat, it yon only knew what tbe passenger in the next seat thinks when you open a window nu bim yon would never do it again. He Ibiokx yon are teln^h ; tbat you are a fool ; that you are too mean 1 1 be allowed to travel with other people ; that be would like to see a red-hot cinder, as big M a pea, uy in your eye, and stay there ; that be would like lo wriug \our neck ; that he will if he ever gets the chance ; tbat be will take tbat seat iu front of yon an noon an it in vacant, and open Ibe window on you ; tbat you do cot travel enough to know bow to travel ; tbal yon were brought up ia a nbanty where the only window was a bols atd an old bat ; tbal he would like the traiu to jump tff the next bridge, so that, iu tbe contusion, be oarfld break your neck with a coupling pin. And be'd do it too. Brethren and acjcurners, all my lympathiee are with tbe paaeenger in tbe r.-ar teat. I o. , In C.r \ I . .,.. There is any amount of fan in courting a young girl wbo b. not been need to it She swallows all thereof efciittf* fellow aays, but when it comes to poppicg tbe queetion, or something of thai kind, she gels trigbteutd mure or less, and wants time to oontider, uuil there are enough loopholes for ber lover to ilip out through without tbs least bit of trouble, U ha bap- pena to aee some one he tbinka bs could love a ahada or two better. Young girle are timid and shy iu earnest, and if a fellow is not pretty certain he has found pre oiasly the angel be IK looking lor, be can manage ao us to have the refusal of her, for a year or more, and al tbe same time man- age to keep his neck oat of the reach of a breach of promise suit when he happens to meet some other iweet-faoed acgel tbat seems to him to be better inited to bis taste. Il is different witb a widow. She gets rid o! all ber shyness st tbe earliest convenient opportunity, and finds out tbe principal things she de- sires to know of him before abe allows him to gst acquainted. The school-girl ot 16 tru4ts herself to any >cung fellow on sixty or ninety days' sight without security, bat the widow, like a thrifty wholesale house, goes oat and examinee the mercantile reports concerning him, and then sells to him on hsr own terms for cash. Bhe baa bim Mined up before he oomss to market, and when abe looks as if abe were a very artless creature, and fights aby ot him whenever be happens to ail a little clone to bar on ths aota, there are tan ohanoas to one be will not look any further, hot will buckle right up to her and pal tbe question fairly and squarely, aud when ha has done abe ia not going to tremble and bluab and ask for a week or a month in which to make up her mind. Bhe will just wind hsr arms around his neck and look op into bis faoe with one of Ella Wheeler's fiery yearns, and before he has bad time to oatcb his brealb he will find himself nailed to tbe oroes with a " yen " that pierces bim to his very aoul. UatfkintnUe (O )Ntwi. l.lfcr Nr4lr Us Havatack. It IH ratber a bopelrti qaest that of old Mrs. Mary Healy, of ooonly Bligo, Ireland. Bbe arrived at Caitle Garden a few days ago and has been waiting there ever since in the hope of beiog called lor. She is 70 years old, and she wants to find bar ion Thomas, bar daughter Mary or her sister Mrs. Hunt. Bhe bas lost their addresses, and all she knows is thai they livs in " Ameriky," whoss geographical immensity the old lady has so little conception of that it is a matter of perpetual surprise to ber to find that tbe Osstle Garden clerks can- not direct bar to tbt houses ot hsr relatives at onoe, and Mrs. Healy evidently has a auipioioc tbat she is being trifled with. Bbe bas 13 with bur, and will be allowed to stay in the Rotunda and " board il out." Bat if no one calls fcr and claims tbe old lady in a few days the authorities will be obliged to ship her back to tbe verdant vales of the county Sligo under the Pauper Immigration Act. - A'. )'. Herald. Charles Godfrey Leland says thai there is " a principle which is gaining ground rapidly in England in all kinds of culture. I prcgressea with great rapidity in novel- writing, in painting and in conversation. However able or amiable people may be they are regarded as almost intolerable in the most cultured circle* if they are really original." an !'" K. . , ,.i fulfil IM..OMF... *>r Ike .. .r M | n ... kroakrr. God won't keep . young lady pious wbo bas ber waist eun t: <1 s*vn limes a week by the arms of a ( . nr legged dude. Bome of yosj lit i 'inert are sitting arcuud here waiting for lvatirn to sinks you an il did b. Paul. S owoird waning to be bit with a oannou ball (j ii adjustn Uin amauuitiou to Ibe *.i ot the mau Hs is after. Mustard seed khni will do for you. Bow billiards, reap fools. Bow eardf, reap gamblers. S>w wLUkey, reap drunkards. Saw germane, reap sprier legs. The dude looks an if be wan uieited and poured into bin pants. There's many a fellow with a whitewash brush trying to clean np a hill* before be goes to God. Many men think tbe people dou'i know that they are gambler*, but they do. You wear fine eloint-e aud look like a gentleman and think people don't know what v n are. But you dou'l find the town full of greeniea, you big old foel yon. Bome msn are f *ling all right, beoaute all their boys ars girU ; but the first tbmg tbal you kcow, the devil wi I ^ack cf! a drunken son-in-law on you. He oouldu'l do any tbisg worse than tbat il be nad a thousand years to work up a bad ttr.ng. There is not a mau in Chattanooga wbo doesn't bave family prayers that bas got as much religion an a goal. 'I a* cju. . , I ai,-^. II , :. I .-,,| AS*. One of the moel ourioiiu traits about him was bi complete indifference to tbt dinguating nide uf bu txparimenta in tbe naea of animal life. Tbun, when tbe panther in the Barrey aaologioal garden* died, be instated on having n disinterred, tbal he migh'. cook a panther chop and taste it, wbiob be did, with the dry remark tbat " it wan uot very good." Aud be seldom lost an opporiu^r.s of tryiug a new food, however du>gu>ting itrme might bave thought it. A frifud wbu found biin eatiug a p.eoe ot dead kelt (nalmoa at tbu time of year when salmon are u: nt to be eaten) asked him bow be ojutd taste anything ao abomicably nasty ; to which he replied : " II ia nasty enougb, but how ean I aay so unlera I bave tried il ?" Again aud again ha records bow much tbs worce he (ell tor aomr cf tbe*e expert- menta ; bow tbe lumi ti-t. coup, wuiob was "something like turtle," made bita rather seedy" the next day; how the h .r- 1 flesh banquet rtruked lu a fit uf bad indigeatioo ; how be boiled elephant tru-k for many da>s wuhiat producing any particular result or. tbe barduesa of the texture, aud u forth. With one exception thai of an oyater tbe sizj of a cheeie- plate he aa no more dmoouraged from making experiments on his own atomaoh by any aenae of di-guxt than ba was din- onraged by hu duliko of cold aud phyaical illnesn from venturing into freezing water in search of salmon tgga a pursuit which wetun to have u at him his life. London Bjictator. hl.,l . , ,l . I >,.!..,, ,,,, t| , , Fuw chndr. .. like tbat part of ibe meal wbicb oonaihix uf meat, but prefer tbt pud- ding, tbe fruit, tbe vegetable*, if well drenaed. wrni Ii uuhappily i oot <fien tbe ease. Ma" y obildrvu aiutfeat great repug- nance to meat at first, and are coaxed and even aoolded by anxious mothers until the habit if rating it is acquired. Adopting tbe inxular creed, which regtrda beef and mottou as nroearary to health and strenttb, tbe mother often suffers Irom groundless forebodings about tbe future of a child wbo rejects flesh tn4 manifest* wbai is regarded as an unfortunate par- lianty for bread and butter and pudding Nevertheless, 1 am satisfied if tbe obildreu f> Uow their own luatioel in thai matter ilie result would be a gain in more waya ill an one. Certainly, if meal did not appear in tbs nursery until the obildrrn enl for it, it wculd rarely be seen there, and tbe young or.es would as a rule thrive on milk and eggs, with Ibe varied | -Juoe of tbe vegetable kingdom. Ninettft.t h Cen- l>r. illation al KnKrkr Misa Levecquf, wbo was one of Kiel's priaonsrs al Batocbe, bas arrivsd in Bl. Boniface, Man., from tbe west. Bbe was a teaeber in thai settlement and was wall acquainted with its psople. Bbe left Baloebe on June S7tb, aad reports tbtt some cf the people there are almost on the verge ot starvation. They are simply destitute and in order to scratch op some kind of a living women and boys are banting and killing fquirrels witb a bow and arrow, as they have nothing else to shoot with. Bhe says that unless the Dominion Government comes to Ibe rescue immediately and sends provisions to Ibe unfortunate people at Uatuohe that a grt t number will die for want of food. Tbs inhabitants of Loretle bave signified their williogneea to aasisl these people finan- cially, aud subscriptions are uow being taken up with this snd in view. Mian Levcoqae gives a thrilling and harrowing account of the tufferinga ol the people op there. An Krrrnirlr Ik, Ionian The celebrated Prof. Naander was spend- ing an evsning out when ram began to fall, and the host begged hia guest to pal up with him for Ihe night. The renowned tbeelogut shook bis head and said be would willingly remain, but al present il was oat of tbs question, as he had not bn night- clothes witb him. Suddenly il was dil- oovered that the professor had disappeared, but a half bour later he rushed in as sud- denly as he bad Isft. Hs was wsl through to tbe skin, but be pointed with satisfaction to a small packs! in bis hand. " My night- clothes, ' be said naively. " Now, my dear friend, I can stay witb you I " The protes- tor bad walked home in a tremendous rain storm for the purpose of fetching his night-clothes. Liverpool Theologian. rSard UM. At a dance given last week in tbs Crom- well Koad the hostess' daughter wore a pink rose in a spray lighted by a small (amp insids, Ibs current being supplied by a Woodbouse and Rawaon email portable accumulator carried in tbs dress. The effect was very charming. A wedding at Elmira was postponed beoauas the expectant bridegroom became interested in a game of baseball and arrived al the church too late. He bas now gone cfl CO bat. Oo*|a> e>f To-day. First-class railway carriages are not in favor in Germany. Oue ef the beat lines report* a yearly average of only three firav clans ticket* fold for every thousand pas senger*. A Chicago hotel kre(er had a man re- cently arrei-ted for ntraii: u a oaks of noap. Tbs man pleaded, iu extenuation <.f bii offence, that be wanted II for bin oiltotioa cf onrimuies, it being ibe first cik ot soap be had ever discovered in a Chicigu hotel. Lord Randolph CbuiebiU used tbe most i-trt tu uu effort* to obtain the IriHb Chan- oellorthip for Lord Justice Piujibbon, a very brilliant and h< ;nbln luminary of the IiMh bench, at who** house, since bis star m Dublin, while bia father was Lord Lieutenant, be baa bran a yearly guest. Impermeable fl urn are now regarded as ind.tpti." ,ble features iu booses con- structed on hygienic principles. They mnat be 10 treated that the wood oanuol absorb mcistnre ; rough places moat ba made mootb, and aucb oraeki or depressions as Sive rue to the auiall*t accumulations ol oat ars not permissible. Hir Peter LamMien.wbo is receiving high honor* from tbe Qaeeu and the new Minis- try, whsn ordered ncmt frusi Af. hauistan had to ride all the a) from Herat to Aslrabad on Ibe " v. ;.-. norntn," along tracts almoet impas<nble. and witboui change of clothing for dy*. lo one day tbe Gen'-al, wbo is over 5M, rode ovsr eighty- Ihr f ilnrt-.. Hr.nlr, ' Several months ago I aunounead thai the widdiug i>f PrineesH Beainoe aud Prince llanr/ of Baltenbrrg would lake place at Wl'ippmgbam Cburou doricg tbe week before Goodwocd. Tbe .| aentiou for deci- tun La* been whether tb oeremouy abould be oj Wednesday, July M.A, or Thursday, July 13rd, and tne Utter day has now been decided ou by lue y i*->i. . 'lae Arcbbmb.jp ot Canterbury, tbe U f in- of Winchester, the Deau of WiLl-or aud Cnoa 1'rotbero will otnaialo and tbe service will bi> fully choral. The oeremouy will cegia al 1 o'clock. The bridegroom will be attended at tbe altar by bis unmarried brotnere, Priuee Alexandria cf Bulgaria aod Priuee Franoiaot Batteuberg. Tne Priiioeas will be nrported " by tbi Queen and by the I'rlLeaot Wales, aud > i will be given asy by Her Majealy. There are lo be Un briddeiuaidi). all nieoen of the bride the liatublcre of the Prince ol Wale* (three), <:f the Dane of Edinburgh ('.bree), of Priooe Curiatuu (two) aud of tne Grand Daks of Hei-se (two). I aodersta- d that ibe Crown Pri: oe ana tke Crown Prtnoes ol Ger- maty will uot come to Knglaud lor the wedding, and tbal they nave refuar 1 to allow their younger Caugbtcrs to act ae bride-maidi. Tbo fac-. u mat at Berlin tbe tnalob is looked upon ae a flagrant mrtallitaur, and this view is taktu by uicxit of tbu Prineenk' r 'laHviy. Tbe Eiuprasa Eogm.it bas been sp^tally invited by the (juseu to attend the wedding, bat it ie doubtful whether nhe will be present. London Truth. Onr~la Malar. I have bten to ses tbt> statue i Darwin in the Natural Uu>tory Muaeutu. It is a. graud piece of sculpture, tbe marble spot- Haaly white, tbe pose easy, tbe rnemblanoe striking. Tbe great theorist is depicted io heroic IIAJ seated in a large arm-chair, his legs crowd and a light overeoat thrown carelessly across bis knees. Tbe massive brow, tbe pensive eyes, tbe thoughtful lines about tbe lips, all betray the mask of bone dlese knowledge. The status was sub- scribed for in surna varying from 6 to 3d, by readers of Darwin and believers in hie wonderfol discoveries all over Ibe world. In a glasi case, near by, tbe Dirwmian theory is shown al a single glauoc. The skeleton of a man and that of a monkey are suspended sids by aide. How fatally alike ars boat, hsad, arms, thighs I while as for Ibe spice, there in nothing to be said, except that ths caudal appendage ia nhorer in man than it is in monkey O(ir Login ia Ci RcurMii En /virrr. ilstaBM in Arctic it . I..M. Lieut. Oreely recently remarked tbat breathing air ot such lutecse coldness had something of ths cffeel produced by breath- ing purs oxygsn. As lor polaonary troubles, be beard no complain! of thsm while Ihe party was al Fort Cougar, in Lady Franklin bay, al a latitude of H2 degree* 8 minutes, where the flnt two years were spent. Evsn simple catarrhs were unknown, Ibs only thing from which the men suffered being occasional rbanma- tism and stiff neas of muscles aud pints. The party had ferocious appetites during all tbe long sojourn in the nirih, each man eating with relish three meals of animal food and two louche* tvory dav, and craving fat, though not to II"- < xte i some Arctic travellers report. As a meai^i to fortify tbe aynlem against eold < r brace il np for forced marcbe, whisk >, ram and other alcoholic stimulant* were regarded ai of little benefit. A I.M4 Wllbm HHBdai . There is no Sunday in Peru. To shore are open on that day as u ul, and ,n ibe atternojn bull fights, oook-flgtr* aod similar public entertainments are always held. Tbe women always go to mass in the morning, and do np the religion for th entire family, as very few men are ever seen in the churches. I'uder President 1'rado. frcm 1M>9 to 1876, ths Catbolio Church was subjected to the same sort of treatment il has received in ths othsr republics, but bis successors wars more hospitable toward tbe priest*), and Ibe church is regaining much of its anoisnt influence. Hjme of the con ti totted mon- asteries bavs bean restored, aud a bishop presides over tbs lower brar.cb ol th national legislature, having been elected by a popular vote io one of the interior cities He ia a jolly -looking old padre, rosy and rotund, aud doea nol bave Ihe appearance of suffering much mortification of Ihe flesh A kiss is said to be sweet not bseaaa it oontaioa aaoobarme mailer, but because a man doesn'l know whal else to call il when lie feels tbe effect travelling through bia system on a lightning express with no stopover check. It is safe lo assume tbat a man who attempts to deeoribe a kisa nsvsr bad ons ; msn wbo bave had kinse- (uot smacks) don't want to talk ; they just want to think, and dream, and die with tbeir boots on. Bo we have been told, says