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fibs had !> ml three years in college, and tbs lot of li.ro and knuwleda* Bb* had packed within her cranium wai wonder- fully irremt. That ahe underitood aetrolofy, inathematios, And the art of pa*tel paiuting, there Ii hardly need to state. But she r mldn't make a blaonlt. and his life no inau would rlak II In m akin i; the attain pi to eat her awlul apple For she titked one for her brother and to-day bis loving mother llouriii fur a eon iiu loon cut off, and wafted to th* ikiae. But b*r homely eouln Mary wa* exactly tbe contrary. Though tbe didn't stand so very high In kuowl- edg* or la looks. When It ome to making dlanun.ibe was clamed '-. ain..iix the wlnoeia. And ana made a reputation ai a queen uf oun- ulnf cooks. Kow it happened that next inmmur after she'd coma baek to " momuier." To tbe villace oauie a fellow wbo wai fall of life and daah. Be was <mly eU and twenty, and had ttock and boods in plenty, Whil.- bu air was moet dliUagulihcd; as was aU i bis moustache. Hsoame.be eaw.be tarried, and In cuorse of time he married Unfit i i.uly In tbe story-book that worth's re- warded well, For.be formed a federation with the maid of of K-luoaUon. Aad|Mis Mary now ii cooking in a second rato _ hotel. Ttrrt Hauls Kiprett. WON B! AN ENGLISHMAN A LOVE STORY. I got up frantic, |and looking at the man from top to to* ai he stood up in response to uiv movement, 1 laid : " Yoa nave appealed to me ai an Knglish gentleman and a man of honor. Being the latter yourself, yoa DO doubt will under- Hand me ; bat not being an Englishman, oar coles may s.ixhtly differ. Aian Eng- lishman, I diltinotly refute to learn from a manner what. beioi{ a friend, at >ou justly rmise, of Aladernotielle de Breteuillv's relat i vet, 1 have not yet learned regarding that young person'* politico towards yoa." U i gae me an ugly look, whioh only ar* ( me on. I'rey belie vo I do not doabt yoar word in any one particular , but until ottiiialld announced to me, I ignore your engage meny vnd you decline my request ? " I do, oo the ground which I have *t. J, and oo a still higher ground, nam ly, that tb* little I have eeeo of the lad/ in qusctioi has btea enough to prove to ui i tiat *hs i* th* soal of loyalty, and cm it absolatsly trasted to do noibing dsr , .story either to herself or to the potion to which you tell me she is now pla il at regard i yourself " thai poettioj,' said Ihs count, with a faint smile, must have been known to yoa. as I met a moment ago a loyal m44og*r from a fruited friend." " >Vno," I ooutinued, suarlingly, " would hak i Ihe foundations of her projected marriage to a heap of mini, were ner pride to b i intuited by tbs knowledge that her future traited husband had committed tbe sin,: ilar blander, tor a man of yoar experi- ence, to pay ms the visit whioh yon will permit me not to return." llu rival I " hltied tbe count. l.vsn there yon are wrong, for I know notti ii < of Mademoiselle Diane'* sanli- m . i toward* me , and as an Kugliihman ai; -i i. I would try and nod out tbal before I co ild o*41 mynlf by *noh an honorable ep Ittioa." T is wai, I thinght, a capital home- thu <; bat thi ojuni apparently had wei<i*d matters in the meanwhile, and gau(>l oorreolly that for the present, at lea. i. tbare wai no eeorsl understanding betwiso Diane an! myself paint, no doab.be bad exolunvoiy bien anxious to a r .am ; latiaQaa apparently with this knowledge, b* made a stiff bow, remarking that be regretted having disturbed m*, win h* quit* understood that national ditf .r moes of psroeption folly accounted for my ii )t SMtng matters iu tbs light h* had bo 11 1 I would look al them. II i took hit deparlars, and I was left to my reflation*, whioh, il need not b* re- marked, were of a ooafussd and at flrat ot altogether pleasant character. Tas abive repirlel conversation! suffloi- ntly Indicate tbsir nature, and I need not, therefore, dilate upon them her* , but their p ir ( , KI presently grew brighter, and bright abov* everything rose the knowledge tbal Diane trusted me, a* evinced by lier letter ; that again*! th* misohiet which Ihe gevernesi'i visit to my room* might cause bolb Medemoisell* Garoux and her lovely charge, I held in my band* to sure a card thai I knew the count would not venture to betray his secret ; and, lastly, that out of tbe oount'i visit, wbioh at first looked un- commonly like depriving me, on honorable grounds, ot tbe happiness ot meeting Diane again, I bad cone ont free man U act as I pleased, an i as a faithful lover wbo bad not oom Hint, d hie mistress. Anger soon made way to satisfaction, fear to hope, on a calm re- view of all the morning's proceedings. Feeling, however, that air was the one thing moat likely to soothe my fevered head, I went out, only to return al 6 o'clock to anolbar epistle, which gave me a marl, M tint tlm* il wai in the hand of tbe Oomles* d* Cbantali*. ' To pot m* off I " wa* my flrat exclama- tion. Tb* brutal count ha* done hi* work, I thought , and here, with an official nomination ot bit betrothal, comes ths end of all my hopes. I was in despair, and for out* minute* dared not open Ibe note. I did so, however, and this is what it contained. Thar* wa* no heading, and the note ap- peared written in a hurry ; but Madame de Cnanlelie did everything in a hurry, and all she did was characteristic : " Why could you not tell me yesterday the cause ol your animation ? I know all. Diane has told me. Fortunate mortal I Decides, It she had not, 1 would have known. I have evee, and saw fen last eight , but beware ! tbe young person has wings, and has jumped thit morning, not into tbs arms ot her future,' but Into those of Hymen. If your torch is burning al that altar, It may be well for you and for her not to meet tbi evening ; but as I nsvsr betray a secret when I do not know il, I am quite ooutent that you should come and divert me. linoe the radiant rxpression of explained, have been, after all, intended for me, and I have positively declined old Mauprrt't desire to deprive me of yoar company. What have yoa done to that worthy nephew in <<>, that he should wish you ont of the way f or, what it more to the point, where on earth have you seen him ? Where did you meet T Bat theee qusstions are too numerous for a butterfly like yoa to tit down and answer. Yoar only chance decidedly of satisfying me is by coming to-niitht, devoting yourself to me, and asking Diane something about the weather by way of polite and distant regard for a silent naooee, whose attraction is too busy to dine with her at " M Ann ui BBETICILLB'S, Comtette de CkaMaii*." I made a bound to tbe bell, and another to the writing-deck " DKAH COINTKKS " I wrote, " Nothing in the world will deprive me of my dinner with yoa this eveuicg ; and tbongh Made- moiselle Diane is about to enter tboee holy band* which 300 and Raymond make me thirst f jr, linoe they appear S3 delight- ful a* '-presented by >our two selves, yoa mast > collect I cannot refuse to beautiful a nier- * share of the adn. iration I have for herai. t. H ive my bumUa and respeotea and expect m- at seven." At U.tl" I exclaimed, when I had done. " things are mending. But what day I have had t " I noticed that Ihe bell bad not been answered, and rang again. The aervant appeared with a telegram " I beg pardon of monsieur," he said ; " bu when moniieor rang, the concierge callec me to give this telegram, which being addressed to Monsieur Fain, he U not sore may not be intended for yon." " Give il, and have this note taken al once." A telegram! Where could il com) from ? I leaked at tbe adJrees to see il thsre was a postmark, forgetting that it was not a letter. Tnen I doubted whether it was for me, and whether I had a righl to open it. Bat at last I imagined that Faire" was snOiciently French rendering for Verve to justify my reading its contents, so I opened it and read : " Goran at onoe-. Bon, London." Hang Bob 1 thought , though I bad misgivings that I would eventually obey liab's curl summons, as Bob was a friend not given to letter-writing and seldom impelled to telegraph unless really obliged to by important ooniiderations. I drafted a reply equally laconic : " Will Thursday do ? HAIBT." and took il to theofliou, when, by a piece of good luok whioh I toak lobe providential, I caught a glimpse of Diane with her mother as they drove past me in their victoria, and saw tbe dear little thing smile as she acknowledged my harried bow. That smile made me forget at once all tbe horrors of the day, and consoled me for the coarse of true love ranning so unusually roughly. It did more : it showed ms that I wae in hsr thoughts, and that despite her altered position I was still worthy of one of those joyuui expressions of her countenance whion gave me strength while they mad* me almost mad. With increased delight 1 looked forward to the evening of this eventful nay. CHAPTER IV. Though the oonntes*' Utter had tmn answered in a great harry a* no doabi it had been written in by that charming type of a Parisian faebiouable lady ot those day*, and though liob's telegram had been replied to without muoh concern a* to its meaning, bst with the sole desire on my part to gain time nay, to give myself one) more clear day wherein to develop* plans in other word*, to gratify tbe craving* of my love lick diepositiou, still an uncomfort- able feeling kept asaerliog itself tbal my arguments with ths count had no longer any foundation ; that being apprissd of Diane'* engagement to him by her owe aunt, I bad perhsps no right to go out to this dinner in his absence and after his nquesi ; and the conviction that I might be giving ths oounl some reason for doubt- ing tbe honorable motives wbioh prompted my conduct, and whioh I had eo loltily paraded to bis face, made me naturally redeot wnelner, after all, 1 had not better start for England that evening than gel myself into possible disrepute. I even looked at my watob to see how much time 1 bad before tbe mail left lor CaUis ; but il being ball- past lix, and there being only half an hour between the time of seeing onoe more tbe girl I loved and an hour and a bait before the train could whirl m* away from bar delightful preaenoe, I of course concluded thai 1 had no lira* to catch Ibe train, while only joit lime enough not to miai my dinner. That watch decided Ibe future, whioh at least provei that Time i* not always a bad adviaer. Consult Time, and he will tell yoa to nioely what you can and cannot do ; and Time i* not only an advi*er,bnl is a frisnd ; for gain him on your aide, and the dark hour roll* int j a dood of ligbl ; whisper your hopes and aspirations in his ear, and be give* the opportunity eo ardently longed for. I mad* up my mind that as I wa* to b absent from Paris shortly I would make the inosi of thi time left to me, and that, oorae what might, I would al leant reveal myself in my true color*. I would be true to the girl I loved before I were so to con- sideration* of etiquette, false sense of honor, or other aooial demands upon my relioenoe. I would know Ihe trulh, ask Diane for authority to *peak to her parent*, ask bar parent* for permission to supplant the oount, ask tb* oount to look upon m* as bis rival, ask tb* world to judge between n* ; and if re- fused that authority by Diane herself, laave 1'aris on th* morrow, and swallow my grief M bait I ooold, bat bear my fate like a man. I became so energetic at I heaped resolve upon toiolve that i oouaidsrably retarded the progress: of my toilet ; but il wa* accom- plished at lail, and not without some little misgivings, notwithstanding my high resolve*. I arrived punctually at seven, and wa* ushered into the drawing-room. No one wai than; hot in a minute or two my hostel* cam* in, dressed in a oloud of Vs hand*, and with a look whioh at one* indicated both weariness and tome anxiel aid : Tell me all about thi* busine**, for appear* to be more serious than I tbongh it. Dians's parents will be here directly bat I am not sore that Diane herself wi be allowed, after all, to accompany them tbongh I hope she will." I wa* dismayed and my friend saw il " Why oouIJ yon not tell me yesterde that yoa were iu love with her ? Il wool have eaved such an amount of trouble hot to yourself, to as, and, I fear, to Ibe poo girl herself ; for I strongly sospeol thai sb has a priifiunt for yoa." 1 brightened up at thi*. " She ha* not said anything to lead me t this conclusion," quickly added the oouutes " for ehe is too wsll brought up to betra her sentiment!) even when they are slron) wbsn she knows them to be contrary to tbe wishes of her parent*; bat I can plaiol see that this marriage t* distasteful to her and I can only conclude that it is so fro her desire to meet yon here this evening. Ha* tbs expressed such a desire ? " asked, with a fervor I could not conceal. " Pauvre gareon ! " smiled the countess Is it eo far gone as all that 7 But how i* i that yoa fell in love with my niece ? Where did yoa meet her ?" I could not for the life of me bring on the faot that it wa* at a paatry-oook'* sbo it seemed to me so ridiculous a place to love at first aighl to be born in ; so I con tented myself by a**uring her ahe won! hear tbe whole story from me a* soon a* could secure her attention for a while am a*k her advics in my predicament, while had just time to beg of her to stand by m a* the friend ehe had ever proved, when tb door opened, and ushered in Marquiie d Breteuille, followed heavens I with wha delight I marked the entrance I by Diane and her father. Tbe lace fairy went np joyously to he siller in law, ambraoed her on both oheeki and being kissed on the forehead by he brother, ltd him by Ibe band to where was, and ssid : " Then dost not know my friend here, U Verve, an Anglo- Frenchman, anxious to learn our way* and manner*, so as to fee with as and for us.' "I am bappy to make jour acquaintance sir," laid Ibe marquis, ilifHy. Hi* wifi gave m* an equally stiff bow . and Diane, on whose face a blush of untold eloquence spread quickly, in unison with the luwan feeling* whioh were agitating her, gave me a little nod of Ibe head, so fliendly, gru :ful, and so modeet withal, that i nerved m* to any bailie whioh I might be called upon to wage on her behalf. Simply dreseed as usual, il did not eeoape me thai, tied in her hair in the most oapti vating manner, and al the aame lime so cleverly worn as to defy oloee observation was a rose de Dijon half faded, which I recognized a* Ihe principal flower in tbe bouquet I had cllered her overnight. We all eat down presently. The) oonver ation wa* general and somewhat eon strained, for we all had so much oo the mind that It wa* impoeeibl* to hid* tbe anxiety which was knocking so loudly al tbe heart. Tbe marqals doused himself for not having made my acquaintance earlier, on tbe groand that he had entirely lost the habile of society, whioh he nov. never frequented and believed I wa* not a enoiennes, the world anil like looking fsiry, for or all some beautiful bird suddenly entrapped in a gilded cage. The room was a wonder of opbolstery, and a labyrinth of costly ituffs, shawls, old brocades, and cosy nooks. It was redolent of ihe perfume ot flowers, and wherever on* stood some kniok knack of yoar gratitude at being aikmi 10 dine with va | ae attracted the eye me and Kaynood may, unless othsrwlss xh* oonntcss came up to shook member ot the " oerole " or club to whioh lie generally devoted his evenings. AU this wa* vary polite, and required no answer ; but presently Raymond de Chan lalis cams in, and brought with him a little ireath of activity refreshing to our over trained nerve*) " Good evening, Leontlne ; sorry I am ate, but I was detained by Uarolo* Doran, who showed me bis lateel picture a cHff urrs of art and good taste." Ah, Richard, I wish yon had been with m* thi* afternoon ! never aaw inch a splendid mare in my life a* Bonnefois has ail purchased in England." "Bon jinr, I'ami Anglal*. Oomment oa va, mon garoon ? And little Diane too ! What am I to say ? I have heard some wonderful report* of yoar snooeee." Finally, turning to hi* wife. " Why, my dear, i* dinner not announced 7 We are as mngry as wolves." At that moment the folding door* of th* adjoining room were opened, and a groom of the chamber, irreproachably got np In ilack 11 Ik stockings and pump*, announced Mademoiselle la Comtesss eat tervie." The count gave bis arm to his sister in sw, tbe marquis to hi* sister, and, thrice- Jested message, I wai requested to take in dademoiaelle Diane. She gave me a sorrowful smile when I iffered her my arm, whioh in It* simple loquenoe told ros of the grief whioh was gnawing at her heart, of the fait friendship shs had loyally sworn to m*. I felt thai above all 1 must screen her from further trouble, and nee all my diplomacy to carry out my intention*. Happily tb* dinner table wa* a round on*, and Ihn* no great distance would separate us, and we could contrive to slip In a word not destined for other ears , while the faot of my lilting on Ihe countess' Isfl enabled ms to escape the direct observation of the marquis, wbo aat on bar right. It it true that on tbe other tide of Dian* wai her mother, but there wai quite space enough between them for the girl's words not to be heard if shs chose to (peak low. A* soon a* tb* soup was over, I said to ths oount across the table that, if he were anxious to boy a half brother to the mare he had so mnoh admired, I would willingly undertake tbe commission, a* Bonnefois had told m* of hi* rewnt visit to England, and of regret not to have purchased this horse, which h* thought h* could hav* had at a bargain. " Why," asked Raymond, " are you leav- ing u* T " I quickly took In an attentive look from all around, and law my advantage. " Not for long, I trust ; but thil evening a telegram has reached me couched in very English brevity." " From whom?" " From a friend in a Government office, who merely lay*. ' Oom* over at onoe ' ; and were il not that I to particularly wished to dine witb yon to night to make M. de Brepiillt'r acquaintance, I would probably now bs on my way to La idon." It it singular how often the simplest statement* produce the great**! effect*. Th* mere announcement ot my probable tbe whole atmosphere o* gloom which had pariaed u till now, whioh even Raymond'* Kay manner had not effectually diipelled. One little being alone bang her head and taid nothing, while the other* poured ijueilioo upon question a* to when I would leave or return, what I would or would not do, what Ihe dancing world would or would not think ot my deeerling them in tbe midst of tbe season, and a then land other queries of the same futile nature, which came tumbling oat of their month* wiih a rapidity that savored loo plainly to me of Ibat inmost thought I could read, and whioh said in so many word* that my absence was the best ending to a disagree- able matter they could have wished or anticipated. Not relishing this fact, I happened to drop a napkin or a fork or something, when, looping to pick it np, I saw a p an iremulontly hanging to Ibe eyelash of poor Diane; and though the p-arl dis- solved as dot* a tear, I rote 10 the occasion and swore in- wardly Ibat before tbe evening was ont her tsars would be dried by me, and by no one els*. Praaenlly she mustered a little courage, and in Ibe hearing of her mother asked me whether I intended to leave the next day. No, mademoiselle, no! tomorrow though perhaps il might be well for me it I did nor even the next day, if I can be of use to my friend* by claying " Yon will come and see as before joa go," she added boldly. You have never yet aeen rur bouse and oar garden, and I have such lovely roses, which I would like yon to re- member when yoa are away. Roses," she added, " are such prmoes among flower* ; they have so much beauty and such sweet scent . and they remind one of so many things, do they not V" " Diane," said her mother, " yon must not detain Monsieur Vere, if he has important bnsinesi to attend. Official nmmonse* cannot be delayed. And roses are roses all Ihe world over ; besides whioh, I think M. de Mauperl intends to bring his mother and sister* to see yon to-morrow." Once more Diane wa* silent, and I de- clined to take tbe bint conveyed in Ihe marquise'* last word*. 1 talked a while witb the hostess, and then, addressing Diane again, I asked whether she wa* weather-wise. Guessing at my purpose, she smiltd and answered, " If yon mean whether I can die- oourte on a oloud or a sky and read Ibe 'ntnre by it, I think I can." " What would you aay is the oalor ot tbe iky this evening T " Rather oveioatt when I came," ihe said, laughing , " but though I cannot see across these thick curtains, I somehow feel t very blue now." "How odd I" I aaid; "thai is exactly my feeling ; bat I have often found many storm lurking on the fringe of a blue sky." What matters Ib* storm if protected againit it T " So I think ; bat it i* sometime* difficult o find protection at a moment's notioe." Ths nine ot the sky would give yoa warning." ' II would if II faded ; but sometimes BU MTSTEKIOl'H MIMIOM. A IMI i. bm K Railroader oath* Trail ot am Lnknown Few. The following story it told by the ruts- burg Commercial Oiuttte : No WOM baa yet been received from Jsmee F. Gsrnnon, tbe train caller at the Lake Krie depot, wbo disappeared August llth. When a reporter called al Mr Garrison's home last night, bis two children were crying for tbeir father and bad been, the mother said, ever since h* left. " It wa* after the other child died," said Mrs. Garrison, that Jim commenced M look as though something was troubling him, but would not tell me what ii was. He became ihin and talked leas to tbe obil- dren than before. Tbe day he left he seemed better, and when I went to tbe gate with him he promieed to return as soon a* he got hi* pay. Then he went to Cbartien and bid the bets of one of tbe gang* good- bye, saying be might never see him again. ae be was going to leave the country. 1 1 was about 5 o'clock when be went to see mother at her lister's hoaae on Fourth avenue, and started to cry and wrung bis hands. When mother asked him what was the matter he gave her this) noil to give to me : ' Dear Mamie, fear not ; when all I* right I will come. Tell them all good -by.' Mother brought that and toe $30 to me. When h* let! her be aaJd he had only ten minutes to catch the train for New York, and be was going to fallow the man who had caused him tbe trouble. His papers were sent by J. O Hara, of Look- port, N.Y., wbo wrote that they had bee* picked upon the Hamilton (On<) wharf. I met Jim about ton year* ago and we wen married five jean afttr wards. I could think he had gone off with some other women bad we not always lived happily. He never remained away even an boor after work without sending me s note. He loved tbe children, and before he com- menced to woiry about that trouble of hi* would play with thorn for boors." Mr*. Garrison i* in deslitue circumilanors, and i* worried nearly unto death about her husband. A 1 IMIS reporter made enquiry concerning tbs finding of the papers at the wharf here, but the police or steamboat cflinala know nothing of the circumstance. They may have been picked up by O'Hara who seeing the name of Garrison upon them forwarded them to bis adtirae* im Pillsborg. here is no gradual discoloring, but a sudden >laok cloud that travels fatter than thought, and breaks more speedily than the will." 1 II asem* to ms," laid Dame, warming o thi* conversation, of the covered mean of wbion the and I alon* possessed Ihe secret, and glowing with radiancy a* each tint w* conveyed one another wrought with corresponding undemanding a* to oar ulare action, while it* seemingly unim Mrtant tenor lulled to sleep the vigilance if her parent* and restored to her her tree- lorn of talk and gesture " it aaemi to me here is nothing so grand in nature a* Ihoee odden storm* yon speak of, because they are angible and dennlte, and when over leave on to repair a disaster or rejoice over an eeoape, and at any rate make the properly hiah had bean in danger all tbe more al liable in one'* eyes." Had I not tb* conviction, whioh mounted almost to a creed, against wbioh ny doubt would have appeared to me roflano. that Diane wa* a riMp, loving, earneel, and strong nature albeit shs wa* if ted with lha levelled human form il wa* joisible to see I would have sel down this peecb of here a* an attempt at cvqiuttene, Imoit reprehensible in one wbo, speaking qrpoeely m metaphor*, knew that by pro- nrty sbs meant her own dear self, and bv > storm that battle the urged me to fight or her. I was so (track by this courageous ppeal tbal, looking straight into her clear righl eye*, I pointedly remarked bow true a* her observation, provided Ihe owner of be properly knew that property to be his, either borrowed nor mortgaged. She laughed so merrily al this that it Itraoled the attention of all tbe others, nd w* bad to repeat our conversation for IB benefit of the table generally, which we id, both ot a* laughing and enjayirg tbe yatifioation to our hearts' content. When all wa had said had been rehearsed second time, and no one seemed Ihe wiser, iane brightly addretised me again, not a race ot care or a shadow of anxiety linger ng on her radiant yoang face. Revenon* a noi montons," she laid ; of course I referred to a mm wbo, wish ig to sav* hi* property from the effect* of w norm about to break over hi* head, id " (with an inflection on Ihe word) "on hat property, may deem that property his ~rn and nobody else'*." I wa* beside myself with joy, ad nnished oar weather talk by nring her that, were I the man o suddenly threatened, I would defend my rnperty before even thinking ot my wrennal safely. Yon seem to have a good deal ot ton wit ween you," said the marquis, " and yoa ast allow o* to share it." " Would yon like, pttit ptr," laid Diane, ith a laugh, "to be lightning conductor ? ir M. Verve and I have agreed that we die- a itorm very much, but will bravely 1 he Use of Wlr an Salt i* an absolute essential to the diet of man. It r -crM?tee beslth in various way*. Many of tbe functions ui tbe body go OB better under it* influence, and without il the blood become* impoverished. While a complete deprivation of salt would pro- duce disastrous recall* an excessive oae of it would scarcely be less harmful. In large doses il acts as an emetic ; in quantities beyond the requirements of bealln it irri- tates Ibe stomach and intestine* and eome- timse purges. Thoee who use salt unusu- ally freely almost always anffor more or less from constipation. To drink large quantities of water daily should be ths rule with tboee wbo suffer from oonitipatiou. Eaoh day th* *y*lem need* al least two quarts of water, as about that quantity is need up or thrown ont of it every twenty-four hour*. Fruit and vegetable foods contain mnoh water, and in tea, coffee, soup*, etc., considerable is taken habitually. In all way*, a* stated, about two quarts of water should enter tbe stomach daily. Il is a good plsn M drink one or two glasses of water from half aa hour U an hour before eating breakfast. And il msy bs either hot or cold as pre- ferred. Whichever it need, the water should be slowly lipped. To deluge the stomach witb cold water would be to invite dyspeptic trouble*. Boiton S*nld. k* weather il it it cannot be avoided." (To be continued), Three yoang men, who are said to belong the moit respectable families in Hand- ioh, ' held up" Lawyer Ooellette on Friday and robbed him ol 141. Tb* oul pritt were arrested Ihe next morning. Bauoy pa Idler (after ringing an np In wn departure, coupled with my artful disguise ' door bell, imperiously, to angry man of the ot my real motives in coming to thi* dinner, house, with tiokihild up stairs) - "I bought and " tb* slight compliment to Diane's tbe righl to Ihii block and I've got a father I bad interpolated, olajtrod at onoe to ring. right KUaeatluB awl olety. Too often the fret thought ot a mother over tbe cradle of a little child, espcially if il be a girl, is how to steer and trim bar little bark so that al the proper ago she mv float upon th* serene sas ot social success. Th* schemes and device*), and worries of Ibe young mother* in New York to achieve this end ; tb* complications in which they involve themaalves, and the energy which they expend to control or to interfere with the affair* ot a school in matters of whioh they have no knowledge or skill, would be amusing were il not to pitiful. While they talk of anxiety and interest for ths education of tbeir children, it i* Ibis meretricious end alone whioh many parent* are seeking. Tbe teachers receive their children with ths knowlsdge that their best work will never be appre- ciated Krom "Th* Private Bcbool for Girl*," by MRH SYi.vtxus RKI> in October, Scribiur. Mot Ladlee' Day. U lioa Ukttiter : L.ady visitor in W aahiog- ton "What is going on in the Hone* to- day T" Doorkeeper " Mr. Cannon, chairman of the committee on appropriations, is making a report." Lady visitor" Thank yon. I will i some other day." DOM T rajcr. When worries and troubles surround yoa. Don't fret. Oo to work 1 You will eJwayi have troubles around you. You bet. If yoa uhlrk. * The world doecn't care for your woes, Oh, oo I Not a bit! Tbe man wbo U wise never shows To his foes That he's hit. Kvery one of your nelfhlwr* has grief, of his own ; He neatly prefers to let your irriefi alone. Aud he doMD't at all enjuy beating you groan. Ho take warning, and qultl Baron Wissmann states thai Emin Pasha was instructed to only establish a elation on Victoria Nyanza, and not to invite the allegiance of the native*. Major Wissmann is preaaing the Government to construct a railway from Bagamoyo to Daree- Salem. Tbe largest diamond found in the South African mines is the Victoria or Imperial, whioh weighed originally 457) oarate. IB it* fioiihed condition it weigh* 180 carat* aod U worth 1900.000. Sir Edwin Arnold intends to reach Eng- land about Christmas time. H* will Irani homeward by India, and it U expected hi* poem will at* the light toon alter the new year.