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1 *> A Baby-R Faith. ( Mrs. Clara I>. Boss in the Boutli Boston Keeorder.) " Only a h&i:dbill '. I'rOKaic ! " And thu lady'H tln|;erH slight Took (rom the waiting servant'ii hand The tiny luisHive white. One carolcRs glance at its contents. And uho t(>BS4.'d it in the air ; Ilsliliued tlirouuh the o|ien casoment Without hor thought or caru. CircUni;, tloatins, tlutterini; down, It Bought the aunty fltreot. And dropped, as soft as a suuwttako. At a baby's pattering feet. Tile littlo ttua caught the ()aper. With a cry of glad Hurnrise, And lifted to the blue of tieaven A pair of heavouij eyeH. *' 'Tis a letter from my nianuna, 1 Ifuuw," the baby said, "God lias sent it down from heaven Wnero sho went when she was dead. Bead it, nume," the lx>y commanded ; But the nurse's eyes wore dim. Not fur her U> read tiie message Tiiat his mother sent to hiui. But the baby kissed liis treasure ; He could " read lietwoeu the lines," And the coarse and common paper Bore a word from fairer climes. So the V 'ly's careless fingers Tossed a message to bis heart Which, in all the years of childhood. Bore a not forgotten part. and begin to draw the tacks. He bad loos- ened the carpet for about a yard, when he cried suddenly : "Ha! there is a mouse-hole, at any rate." Mrs. Vivian, by this time, began to catch the infection of his excitement. She leaned over him breathlessly. " I will feel down the hole," said her husband. "The handle of the hammer is thin, and this iron at the end will cotcli the note, if it is here. Ha! there's a rustle; gently now. Bless my soul, if this isn't the very note." " Sure enough there it was ! A crisp $20 bill, with the ink-stain on the end. A bit of one end was gone, about a quarter of an inch, but otherwise the note was jicrfect. " Mistress Mouse found she could not drag the note tn her nest, it was too stiff ; it has stuck half-way ; she has torn off the end, you see, in her struggle," said Mr. Vivian, rising to his feet ond triumphantly holding up and shaking the crisp, rustling note. A FOUE-LEGGED THIEF. " My dear, what do you think '.' " paid the wife of Rev. Mr. Vivian, almost in tears. " Jane, whom we thought so much of, is a thief." '• Imimssible, my love," was the answer. " Jane, our chambermaid '? Whom we have known so long ? Whose probity we have seen tried so often'? " •' ic seems incredible, I know," replied Mrs. Vivian, excitedly. " Hut there is no d')ul<« of it " " No doubt of it'.'" " Yes. You remember giving me, as usual, the marriage fee after pretty Miss Howard's woilding â€" don't you ? " Her husband nodded. " Well, my dear, was tired and sleepy, for we came homo very late, and, instead of locking up the money as I ought to have done, I pinned it by one comer to the pin-cushion on the dressing-table. Y iTday morning, when I came to look for it, it was gone. I have searched everywhere, but cannot find it. Now, nobody hod been in the room but our- selves and Jane." By this time Mr. Vivian himself began to look almost as serious as his wife. " You are sure," he said, " that nobody else has been in the chamber ? " " Why, my dear, you know we always keep it locked, and that Jane is the only servant who has a pass-key. No burglar could get in." " You have looked everywhere ? " " Everywhere â€" through all my drawers, in the pocket of the dress I wore on the floor, under the bed, in every possible place. Hut it was really not worth while looking, for I am positive I pinned the note to tlio pincushion. When I went to look for it after breakfast it was gone. Jane had been doing her chamber work, as usual, while we were at breakfast, and is the only person who could have stolen it I " Have you spoken to Jono yet? " " No. 1 thought I would consult you first. Hadn't we better have her trunk searched secretly 7 H we let her know she is suspected she will find pomo way to hide the note away ! " " I am glad you have not spoken to her. It is no littlo matter to take away a girl's character." " But the proof, my dear ?" " The proof looks strong, but is not con elusive. Huppose â€" just suppose â€" that after diBclmrging Jano, and so destroying her character, you should discover some day that she was innocent. I think I will take a look at the room myself." " It's really a waste of time, my ^ear. I have looked everywhere. Htill," hesi- tatingly, " it is but right to give the i)Oor girl every chance." " I should know the note if I saw it anywhere," sa'd Mr. Vivian. " It was a peculiarly marked S'20 greenback, not a national note, but a legal tender, and stained with ink at one end. Tho stain attracted my attention particularly. It was as if a thumb, wet with ink, had been laid on the note. The impression was very distinct." An hour's search, however, only con- firmed Mrs. Vivian's story. Mr. Vivian desisted at last. " I cannot believe it," he said, not give up my faith in Jane." " But who else could have done wonld not have believed it, cither, go upstairs and search her room, busy in tho kitchen, and will not know it "No, my dear. If we search her room it is due to her to tell her first of our inten- tion. Let us do nothing underhanded." "Then shall I call her?" " I supjiOHO there is nothing else to bo done," said Mr. Vivian, wearily, but as if he only half assented to the pro|K)sition Mrs. Vivian moved toward tho door, hut before she had reached it her husband had started to his feet. "Stop! I have it!" ho said. "My dear, have you never seen mice about? They generally infest every house " Mice !" Mrs. Vivian laughed, " Why, my dear, are you crazy? Mice don't oa ♦20 notes." " But have yon ever seen mice in this room ?" persisted Mr. Vivian. "I have heard them at night occasion- ally, but 1 Imvo never seen them. But what can that have to do with tho money!" " I am certain now. 1 should Inivc Boarched every whore in any event ; but now I feel sure tho mico have done it. Don't look so incredulouH, my dear. A mouse wouldn't cat a bank note, she would rather have a bit of ''liceso ; but she might think I..' noto Mould make a very nice nest for her little ones. We must have the cari)ot up." " Oh, Mr. Vivian I what do you mean? Take up the carpets and have the room to clean again, and everything upside down " 1 will it ? I lA't US Hhc is Don't. Don't read this, if you exi)ect to find tho old stereotyped advice that is usually sprung on the un|)rotected public at the be- ginning of the year. Don't go to bed with cold feet unless they have been pickled and taken inwardly. Kvuu then the nea'thiest plan is to get a friend to take the pickled feet inwardly. Don't jump out of bed immediately on awakening in the morning unless you are a lunatic. No sane man ever junipe<l out of be<l immediately pn awakening except per- haps in a few isolated cases. Don't forget to take a drink of pure water before breakfast. If you are very thirsty during the night, you can get up and empty the water pitcher ; it settles things after the last night's seance, reduces the size of the head, and, besides, makes one ap|)ear like a temperance advocate. Don't take long walks on an empty stomach ; if you want to take a stroll on a stomach at all try and find a full one, as, it softer. If you can find an empty stomach large enough, you can take a ride uiM)n it. Don't start to do a day's work without eating a good breakfast. Be sure to chow up the coffee proixsrly. If you haven't got goml breakfast don't commence work until after dinner. Don't eat between meals, hut if anybody invites you, it is healthier to take a drink. If you get hungry have tho meals oftener. Don't try to keep up on coffee when nature is calling you to bed ; coffee is an uncomfortable thing to sleep on; a sack of flour or a quiet conscience would be better. Don't stand over hot-air registers, it is tiresome. TnlesR the register is hot enough to be use<l us a branding iron, you might as well sit down on a register and be comfort- able. Don't strain your eyes reading on an empt> stomach. If, however, it is essen- tial to your happiness to read on an empty stomach spread a cony of the Times over tho vacant organ ana read that. Don't make a practice of relating scandal calculated to depress the spirits of tho sick ; only tell that kind of scandal which will raise a laugh. Get some back files of the Knglish papers containing accounts of the Lady (Campbell trial. Don't forget to cheer and gently amuse invalids when visiting them ; tickle them under tho nose with a feather, dance a jig, giiig a comic song, or do something that is light ami convivial. If the invalid objects and tries to throw things at you, tie him down in tho bed. Don't talk your sick friend to death. It is easier to fracture his skull with a paper weight ; bcsidcH, you have no right to in- terfere with the prerogative of tho doctor. And finally : Don't worry yourself about other people's habits to the extent of making an ass of yourself. • -^ Women Should Learn toWlilHtli*. If there bo one thing v'-ich tho modern woman regrets it is that she has never learned to whistle. Leaving out all ques- tion of being able to cheer one's self with a tune occasionally on tho street or in the oflico, a whistle is a very handy accom- plishment in signaling an elevator or a lio-sc-car. Tho historian's wife bought one of those nickel whistles recently to make up, if ixissiblc. for this deficiency, and used it for tho first time tho other day when she v. -vs cll^,age<l in her Ohristinas shojiping. Kho blew it once at tho corner of Brattle street. The car was just ht ip- pin;.; at the further corner and showed signs of starting up immediately ; in des|M'ration sho gave another shrill whistle, and thecar started up as if all the city govorn- nient officials were pursuing it. Tho driver had thought it was the rar-starter's signal, and when the fact was explained by some kindly passerby tho historian's wife re- solved that she would resort to her voiie next time she wishes to stop a car â€" llonton Itfford. A ' Bllzsarded" Train. As the train came in, with her two hand- some engines pufling and snorting and glistening, she wos admired by a crowd of Bisniarckers, wno arocver ready to applaud tho beautiful and pictures<iue. The most interesting sight of allwas tho white cap|)od snow plow which came just ahead of the train. Tho plow was loaded with several tons of pure white material, the engine was a gigantic moving icicle, of curious shaiw and exquisite beauty. Tho drivowheets, the boiler, the bell and tho smokestack wero handsomely slated with ice and snow, and tho cnbwas a |)crfect littlo crystal palace. - lliiiiiiiirk (Dakota) Tribune. THK KISSING IIAIIIT. A Queer Caiw Trleil In a New York DlToroo Court. A very queer case -that of Pye versus Pyoâ€" was called in a New York court this week. It was a divorce suit, and the evi- dence went to show tho kissing habit is more easy to acquire and more difficult to shako off than the opium or cocoaine habit. From the evidence it appears that Mr. Tompkins, one of the boarders at the I'ye mansion, drifted into the habit of kissing Mrs. I'ye. In fact it is very little exag- geration to say that he became a chronic Pyo-biter. They became so brazen that their kisses were suggestive of the ringing of a patent gong, lu the Pye family the kissing seems to have been almost as [per- sistent and promiscuous as that to which the witnesses testified in the Bcccher case. Mr. Dempsey, who boarded at tho Pye house, was put on the stand and examined by a lawyer. Lawyer â€" Did you ever see Tompkins kiss Mrs. Pyo ? Witness â€" Lots of times ; and when I didn't see him I heard him. There was u plaintive, sobbing gurgle about it that reminded one of tho exhaust of a bath tub. It could be heard all over the house. Lawyer â€" When did Tompkins kiss Mrs. Pyo ? Witness â€" Whenever he had a chance, but I noticed he didn't kiss her when he wos down town. Tho only time when he didn't kiss her was when he was not there. Lowyer â€" Who did kiss her then ? Witnessâ€" I did. I liked her a littlo myself. Lawyer â€" O, you did, did you ? Did not Mr. Pye object to you kissing his wife ? Witness â€" No. Why should he? I didn't object to his kissing her ; why should he object to my kissing her ? There was noth- ing objectionable about it ; it was a mere friendly salutation. Lawyer â€" Did you see Mrs. Pye kiss Mr. Pyo? Witness â€" No ; but she may have done so when none of us boarders were arouiid. bhe is a sly piece. Lawyer â€" How did you come to kiss Mrs. Pye ? Witness â€" Put my arms around her neck and kissed her in the usual way. Lawyer â€" Did she ask you to do so? Witnessâ€" Well, I noticol that no matter how many times she and Tompkins kissed before ho went out, sho never got enough to last until he came back, f or as he epened the door they were at it again, so when ho wos away 1 kissed her, more as a matter of ac- commodation than anything else. Lawyer â€" Where was Mr. Pye ? Witnessâ€" Oh, he was nowhere. Lawyerâ€" That's enough. You can step down. The divorce was obtained. " My dear, I will begin at the most likely placeâ€" by tho hearth, say. I will take out tho tacks myself, ami very care- fully ; there shall bo no dust inado. I as- sure you. I'eihaiiB we will not have to look far." Mrs. Vivian know, when hor husband spoke in his mild, yet decided, manner that thoro was nothing to do hut yiehl grace- fully. She wont, therefore, to a closet, and brought out a tack-hammer. Mr. Vivian, clorgymon as ho was, did â-  not disdain to get on his bonds ond knees, New l^se for Mm Tolmreo Plant. A now tiso for tho tobacco plant hos been discovered. Its stems ond waste, it is iliiiined, are equal to linen rags in the Miniiufacturo of paper. Tobacco waste lOMts less than JIO o ton, linen rags J70 to JHO. There is nocxiwnse in assorting the former and very littlo shrinkage, as against a loss of one-third of rogs. Tho yearly tobacco waste is estimated by tho census reports at from :i,000,nOO to 4,000,000 pounds. \ little girl, while looking at some wares in a Spartii (Wis.) store win<low, remarked, " My papa has got a whole lot of pocket- books just like those." The owner of tho store immediately srcurcil a senrrh warrant, and tho result was Ihot tho child's father was arrested on a charge of burglary. Von Moltkp on the nattlrflrld. Since Moltke's important s[M.>cch at tho Iteichstag the papers are full of anecdotes relating to the gt:-"ral, and the following is one of them, related by Bismarck: "When on the eve of war even Moltke becomes talkative, and when wo marched in 1870 ho at once grow ten years younger, spoke with vivacity, took pleasure in chamnagiie and choice cigars, and lot-:', all his iwdanlry ac- quired while resting on lh%. Uurela ho had gained in 1866. Daring the battle of Konigsgratz, when victory was <loubtful for hours, Bismarck approached Moltke, tor- mented by doubts and fears as to the result of tho terrible struggle. .Moltke sot silent on his black steed. He was observing the course of the battle, 8n<l it was impossible to attract his attenti<ui. But Bismarck hod o little case in his iiocket containing two cigars, one of excellent, the other of inferior (|uality. He offered the case to Moltke, and without speaking the general took it, examined the two cigars, and chose the go<Kl one without thanks. But Bismarck understooil him. He put spurs to his horse and cheerfully returncil to his ix>st, for thought he, if Moltko is still able to make choice of a cigar with such colmness of mind it means that all is going on wcll."-- Lomlon Dailij S'fict. LEGISLATOKNAT LOOGEKBEAU.S. Exciting Scene* In the New Jersey C'upltuI â€"The Ueuocrata "Knocked Out." A Trenton, N. J., despatch says: There was a big fight in the House of Uepre- sentatives yesterday. When the regular Democrats were holding their caucus and nominating officers, tho Kepublicans and disaffected Democrats and the two J,abor men, numbering 31 in all, and const) ..uting a majority, held a meeting in theSp-'aker's room and nominated and elected ai. entire mixe<l ticket. Dr. Baird, tho dissatisfied Democrat, was elected Spetker and took the chair. No sooner did he scat himself than Mr. IJeckwith, Chairman of the Demo- cratic caucus, tried to forcibly eject him. A general hand to hand confiict ensued, and the police sent by Gov. Abbott attempted to remove Terrenco McDonald, the newly elected scrgeant-atarms, but were overixjwered by the latter's friends, and amid tho greatest excitement the Six^akcr declared the House adjourned till to-day at 10 a. m. Tho Democratic Benotors caucused at the State House at 11 o'clock and nomi- natcl officers. The Itepublican Kenators held a caucus at the Trenton House at the same hour, but adjourned at noon without lominating. The labor men joined neither caucus. The Democrats overreached them selves by forming a combination of Hudson (,'am<li'U and Sussex counties, and three dissatiBticd members bolte<l. Hubset|uently the Kepublicans met in tho Speaker's room. They secured the dis- ancctetl Democrats and the two labor men, which gave them a majority and made n|i the ticket. After being sworn in, the majority effected an entrance to the .\s8einbly Chamber ami escorted the newly elected Speaker, Dr. Baird, to the chair, then occupied by ('ha.nnan Beck- with, of tho Democratic caucus, which was still in session. Dr. Baird took the scai, and then began an un- seemly struggle l>etweeii Beckwith and Baird. Beckwith tried to eject Baird from the choir, but the new Si»«aker was surrounded by his friends, who main- tained him in his [xisition. In the struggle the chair was thrown from the |>latforiii and several members engaged in a list fight. Three policemen sent by the Gover- nor to try to quell the disturbance and eject the members directed their attention to tho new Scrgeant-at-Arms. Tlicy suc- ceeded in lifting hint from his scat, and were carrying him toward the door, when he was rescued by his friends. Meanwhile the struggle on the platform was going on, but Baird's friends prevailed and he kept the chair. .Vt this moment the doors of the room were burst o[)en and the nearly frantic ciowd rushed in, ond from the press of the moh the battle was stop|x-d. During the turmoil tho galleries were tillc<lwitlnx'*>pU', who cheered the combatants in the arena below. The defeated Democrats tried to renew the contlict, but the Kepublicans withdrew, followed by crowds of congratu- lating friends. A Snowball Battle by 90,000 Men. In January, 1H61, while (Confederate troops were in winter i|uartcrs ot Dalton, Go., there came a big snow storm, and 'JO,- 000 soldiers engaged in a regularly organized snow-balling. The Georgia and South Carolina troops took one side of a small stream and the Tenncsseeons the other. Tho Tennessecons formed a line of battle, their drums boating, bu^K'S blowing, colors fiying and officers mounted. Kvcry soldier had a knapsack full of snowballs. The Georgians lorme<l and prepared to moke the attack by crossing the branch. There wero 10,000 men on each side, and tho scene was very imposing. .\s soon as the Georgians crossed the branch they met a terrific fusillade from the Tennesseeans, who were at home in tho snow. The com- mander of tho TonnesBceonB wos captured, but a bold dash was made by tho Tennes- seeans and ho was rescued. The Georgians and South Carolinians, being unused to tho snow, were ot a great disadvantage, and were forced bock oc'ross tho branch. As the Tennesseeans crossed the branch they wot their snowballs, and tho next volley fired ot tho Georgia and South Carolina boys was terrible in its effect. Passing on, tho Tennesseeans coptured tho <iuarters and proceeded to loot the whole shebang, carrying off rations, tobacco, pipes and everything else that did not belong to the Government. â€" iilohe- Democrat. At the Feotlve Hoard. " Mr. I'eterby, will you please carve the turkey ?" " No, 1 thank you. Themnn who carves must either bo a fool or rasial, and 1 don't care to bo either." " What do you moan." " If ho keeps the choicest portions for himself ho is o scoundrel ; if he do<'s not keel) them for hiniself he is a fool ; and, as I said, I don't care to place myself in either category." ^ A footpad near South Prairie, \V. T., hold up a citizen the other evening about dusk, but before he could rifle tho pockets of )v.a victim some men came along. 'I'liey caught tho robber, stripjied him to the waist, gave liini a sound thrashing, and advised him to leave, otherwise he would bo hanged on the spot. Ho took the ad\ir(<. -The toboggan business is oiilv tem- porary mania. W(^'ll bet a nAw Imt that ovory slide in the couittry will boabuudoned before July Uiyâ€" Detail Frte Prtfu. IIUL'TAL KVH'THIN IllOT. A ritche<l Battle Wltnr»»e<l by Srutch and i'liKlUh M,l*.*s. Evictions on tho Winn estate yesterday were witnessed by several Knglish and Scotch members of Parliament. The Iieasants of the surrounding district are terribly excited. It is feared there will be serious trouble when the bailiffs resume the work of eviction. In some cases the bailiffs were stoutly re- Hi8te<l. The occupants of one house barricaded the doors and windows and refused to allow the officers to enter. The bailifls madoBi'veral attempts to force their way into the dwelling, but its defenders re- ceived them viith boiling water and showers of stones and forced them to retreat. A number nf them wero severely wounde<l. This siege lasted some hours. Finally, tho |>oUc^ loadeil their wea|)on» and threatene<l to fire if an immediate surrender was not made. .\t this the defenders yieldeil and submitted to arrest. They were "i'l in num- Ikt, and all wero taken into custo<ly. The wife of the tenant was carried out of the house by tho officers in o fainting condition. She wasalterwarils left d>ing in the yard. The jieople are madileiicd at the brutality of the officers. Mr. Harrington, member of Pttrliamei;t, exhorte<l them to avoid violence, anil with difficulty prevented bloodshed. Tlio Oreiiii Steunisftlp War. The battle of the trans-.\tlantic mails, says the .S'(. ./ui«c.«' llazettf, seems only just commencing. The Iiiman and Interna- tional have chartered the Sardinian, of tho .Mian Line, and \.\w Vancouver, of the Do- minion Line. Tho Guion Company will put the Austral, of the Orient Line, under their flag, and tho North-German Lloyd have given orders to the Fairfield Sh^iibuilding tlomnany to build the largest and fastest vessel that can [wssibly bo turneil out from thot famous yard. This will most likely bo a ship approaching in size to the Cireat Kastern, with the i<\teci\ of a toriMnio- catcher, and capable of doing the pos.sago from Southampton in six clear days, which is e<)ual to a passage of five days 'iom <Juwnstown. Tho result of all thif iivalry will, no doubt, be to reduce tho average duration of the transatlantic passage by several hours, if not days. Incidentally, a terrible disaster or two may be expected from these ocean races. AnM(|iilt.v of Ciamlillni;. I believe tlioy pl.iycd dominoes in Kgyi>t 3,000 years ago for money, and I dare say the inerienarics of ancient Carthage shook dice for llie romuneration they had for their brutal services. I'oker was known by another name, but 1 iloulit not that Nebu- chadnezzar's army anted up in their camp ill tho warm .\sHyriaii night; and while Brutus \v,\s (inarTlling with Cassius in his tent the Itoman soldiery wore probably stoking their pi-ospoctivo drachms at sonu- game of chance. Still, in tho ninetoontli century, with civilization in full blast and a hundred religious creeds lighting for the regulation of people's morals, the thre<'- card-monte performer scoops in the astute nioii of business, and the bunko man lands tho statesnion ond the [XHit just as of old. â€" â- Vioi /ViiHcisi'o Chroiiuli', First connoisseur--" There is a certain ingoiuiousness about the picture that I admire excoc<Iingly." Second connoisseur â€" " It is certainly' ortlcsB, if t\fti'a what yoa mean." " NOW M;.\KKST THK SI -N. The Karth G«-1a hh C'I'>m* a« It Chii Io the tireut Sto\e lu the sky. Tho sun is in j)crigee, or the earth in perilielion, on the 2nd of January at 'i p.m. These two forms of expression iiieau the same thing; the former meaning that the sun is nearest to the earth, and the latter that the earth is nearest to the sun. For, strange as it may seem, the eui-th is H.OOO,- 000 miles nearer the sun than she was on the 1st of last July. It would 1>« natural t« ex|>ect that we should have tho warmest weather when the sun is nearest to us. But his rays fall 8oobli<|uely on thi>i portion of the earth that the intensity of the cold far overbalances the difference in the distance. There is, however, a compensation for the present conditions. The winter cold is doubtless teini)ere<l by the earth's greater nearness to the central fire. In the South- ern Hemisphere, where the sun is in a|)0gee in midwinter, the cold is intensified for this reason. Thus in Australia and Southern Africa the average temi)eratiire is iower than ill corresponding latitudes north of the c<|uator. .\bout ;4,t'.00 years before tho creation of Adam the sun was in ajiosee, or at his ,'reatest distance in the nonhcm winter, and in i)erigce, or at his least dis- tance, in tho northern summer. Sir John Horschoi estimates that tho northern winter at that distant |ieriod of the earth's development was "JH - colder, and tho north- ern summer 'i'.i^ warmer than it is at pre- sent. Kvery inhabitant of the north temiierate zone has reason to be grateful that the sun is in [lerigeeat the season near the winter solstice.-- 7'rorii/riiiv .Juurnal. KILLING BIS t'BII.I> IIY ACCIUKNT. » .\ .lian (Sends a llullrt Into the lliMd of Ilia Only IlaiiKhter. John HoUstrom, a 'longshoreman, aged •VJ, of S'J Sackett street, Brooklyn, yester- day by accident killed his danghtiT, Mary .\nii, age<l 6. The family occupies rocjms ui>on the third floor of the house. .Vfter supper last evening HoUstrom was showing a revolver to another occupant of the house. Hetumetl the chambers and said : "There's nothing in it." Then he cocked the pistol anil pulled the trigger. The hammer struck an unexploded cartridge and the bullet passed through Hollstrom's left forefinger and struck the little girl, who was interestedly watching what was goinK on. The bullet entered her head just above the left eye and probably ix;net~ated the brain. "Oh, papa. I'm shot." she crieil and fell backward to the floor. In a few [minutes she died in the arms of her nearly frantio mother. .\ hastily summoned physician could do nothing for her. Tho father did not wait to have his wouiide<l finger attend- ed to, but rusln d out to find a |)olicoman and gave himself up. He was taken to the CoiiL'ross street |>olice station. His >tory was found to be correct ujion investigation. He said that he had not the remotest idea that the weajwu was loaded. The shell.-, in the chambers apjK-arcd to be empty ones. HoUstrom had not Imxii drinking and he is a man of temjierate habit*). The little girl was the only child. Mm, Lungtry Df-reiHli tlie IIIrIi llat^. I asked Mrs. I.augtry about 'irr atritndo Oil the bonnet (juestion. " Oh. v.'c .1. -aid she, "I don't Ixlieve tli'' i..> !>..n!iet reform, as you call it, will |K?rmamiitlv suocetil in this country. The latliis will not take the trouble to put themselves in full dnss to go to the theatre, and Lonilon is the only city in the world that ilemands it. There no woman can sit in the stalls with a bonnet on. The agitation for tho removal of bonnets, which has Iwcii begun so spiritedly, will moke some promise und go on for a time. Certainly a man who pays for o ticket should Ik? accordeil a com- plett^ view of the stage, and theinterruption of his sight by one of tho tn inendoua steeple bonnets now worn is unque-^tion- obly an invasion of his rights. I like tho fashionable bonnets, though."â€" II'.i»/:/B^fo» Po$t. In the Slate of llllizanN. Chicago llrntid â- â-  The hlizzurds out in Dakota ore so terrible. " said a man just in from the north, "that the (voplo string clothes lines from their homes to thcii out- houses in order that they may pass to and from during the prevalence of oiio <if theso stornis witliout running the rivk of losing their way in their own yards. (Jiic cannot SCO three feet ahead in a Dakota blizzonl, Olid if he once loses his bearings he i» olmost certain to drift out U|x)n tho prairio and iM'rish iK-fore ossistanco can reach him. With the aid of a royie a man is enabled to groiM' alxiut his own yard with<:oniparntivo safety so long as he doesn't let go." I\ ^.lys worka Mr. Powdrrly Explain*. .\ Pittsburg, Pa., despatch says : In a letter to Mr. llengough. of thi^i "city. Mr. Powdorly soys he accepted tho <iff»r of ?.'i.000 salary by the Itichmond i oiivon'ion, becauno if he had continiu-1 t.i n fuse it enemies would liavc acuscd him of getting pay from outside tho Order, as they could not understand why he should devote himself to th" work without ade<)uate pay. Mr. I'owdcily his ix>8itioii is no sinecure. He from 12 to 18 lioiiis o day. Ho ^tdl- that he has hud several offers of So.ilOO or 1'1,'XX) per annnm for his services in businc i jiur- suits. Four of these offers arc still o]>ou. They .still Live. " I toll you, honest men are not nil ilead yet," he said as he returninl to his sleii;h at the Central Market. " Here's ,k rolio which could have bei'ii sold to me for a In^arskin but the <lealer frankly iiiformeil me that it was nothing but goat." " How much did von pay. " "Only 811.'^ " H'm. Same man soldmeonofor a bear- skin and didn't ask but »8 !"â€" fVfroif tWe /' .\ farmer near Minncwaukan. I). 1'.. got drunk anil crawliil into a snow bank to take a nap. Althongli thetcmiM-raturc was tcndegrees Im'Iow zero, tb. farnu-r owoko the next morning «iber and uninjr.rtd by the cold. Therf" murt be somo wo;'der- fully satisfyingwliijkty sold in tlwt ijcigh- borhooil. â- â- - * ♦ Woinau .of' the .wMlil to'n ^'outhftil adi'iirer- -Y<Vii sWhi liiknow ivgn at di al of married \itf. ^n' VOn nwrriinly Svittl (with o blase •U)-'- ^ot hai niy fAflicr i^V . *.f-'.', 'â-