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- -* AN DNLOOKED FOB TURN- CHAPTER II. liird went draught out, as ho Mid tint. leavirg the niMler of the boun terribly an .gry, yet with a strange startled f-jelinc. which hr woald h&rdly permit himself tu acknowledge . foreboding that he ha I nol reen or heard lhel.il of tHs manor hi* lann. H. has left his psp*r, has he?" hs t\ i nod. I will llirow them mio the fire, < la-gin with." Hut althnng'i ha spoke lhu, ho knew in his secret heart, even a> lie alrrii-Iie-l out In* hsnd fort he p%pei( that he should not deal with them in any lucli I is! nm ; n. ir did In-, llr r- .id I In in through, and at lie laid each one down, uttered aome ejaculation of contempt ; but he *iu> u lOiually abstracted and ner\ou when In (*t down to (upper with Inn wife, to whose 'lurations he nit-rely rj>li*<l that he had a bad hoadachr. His solii.-torn, Mrs>n Hinger and Birk in.tii, were aniprisedby .call from Mr. Dudley Slarbert Smitherson the next morn- ing soon a* their oflK-e was open. He en- tered on hi* huiuness with a laugh half con temptuoui, iialf apologetic, for troubling '.In-ill m such a matter. Throwing down tic (iiuer* lelt with him by Mr. Silas Bud, he Mid : " (iive thin fellow such a rap ou llie knuckle* a* will tea- li him bettor man nrri," closing In* *pwn with another laugh iu!ei dt-d to lie scornful, but wh'ch perlupa li.ij in it .tn unround ring, for old Mr II. n ger looked curiously at his client over the I tin rf hi* gold spectacles. The li i glanced through the p.peri, and promi.-ed to attend to tbun at once. " They wo.ild )M> very aenoun, if genuine original* could !> furnished, " hsfjftM ; "hi:: the man u prolab'y duin^ thia to avcnj;<- himsrlf by it inalicn-ua hoax f ir Ihc part lit mil" know you took in tin- prosecution." A.'tcr further conversation, iu which Mr. Dudley may have nhowii more aniiety (ban l.i minuted, he rude off ; a&d Mr. Hin<; cr, liic |M|iero still in lii* Iminl, sought lua p&rlnrr, Mr. lUrkntan, with a face exprcs in e nf miy ti ing lint clieerf ulnea*. Whut tcp tho gentlemen would have i ikn., it ii difficult to ny ; but fresh evonti i i fir thrni. Their tin-lit ro le over a^ n in tin- afternoon, bringing with him a letter lie ha I jmt received a formidable legal iilUir, fn in an attorney of low (landing lull of H' rat rt-piitr fur liii aharpneu ; anil thi* waa actually the preliminary 'o a l- unit. Slat.-d plainly, Silaa liird declared that U-- was a near relative of Mr*. Kdwv Slsibrrl- he l.u'ned, indeed, that ahe was hulling' t< r and lad stood a* godfather when her ion was cnr klened. That thischild l*:ng puny an 1 sickly, Mm. Kdwy had ncverr ml fur it, and to had given Sila* liird twruty pounda to t.-ike charge of it for good and all. That he. Uird. had do-ie no. ami went away from Indou before liie death of li'wy, of which -vent he had heard; lirt lie had not kTi'inn of the ilenth of the i.ior Mr. Siarl^rl, norof hissoceasiunloaii relate, nor of his. hn-gr nf name, ao had not '.noun the position the child waa entitle I in a'Sinnr. Dnrini'thn late protei-u'lon, he I 1 1 Ir ii nt til If.eni- tilings, and on Ix-lialf of llir <-t iM, he, on lh guardian, th<- inu'.her liavinij .mi* ilieil, < !aitm- I its right*. To avoid iineition, he would accrjit half the M-iibri t mid Sin:l:ieri> property, if an agree- ment r.- arrived at without goin^' into He furnir! ei 1 a number of refer- n -ex, < c: nticate* .iiiil lli<! like, into wliirh - lln ^i i .1:1 I U.irkiiMiiwrreloin |iiire. In KI'I in lion H i- b !< .1 -i-ii m. Nl M tin- IHIII i KITI| 1*0 tiia' rate detective*; and ID lion with tin-in, it may al-u lie uid, tl.o lirin had tin- nii.nl leriou* niia^iving*. Ki ei y aii p tukc-i, <rvcry ,-ul.lit :mi j] -ra|> nf I if"li:i I.MII nl,t liheil, in:i<|i-Mi. Du.llry'a ca*e ImiU l-u Ii |ii-!ul. It wa* ahown Co yoml all ilmilit thai a aon I a-l liren Ixirn t l-jlwy nf hit nmrru/r, and whal wa* of al- most I.IKH- in pi lini- -, U wan prove I thut the ill I I Ii nl In i n K \tn ton innn who waa -. l-i-i .-';, i-li 1,1 In I ua Mm very Mila* Kinl. 'I IK- woinui married liv |M>or Kdwy waa certainly ( 'aniline Itird ; an till* p.-\rt of ihe .!.iy alao wa* outirmed. All thil waa abaotnli ly Ix-yonil ilitpute; and it waa llien-lore no w mli r that Ilinger and link- man, win'e putting the liett fa<- on the ri.'li-f (Mi^nilile. i-ounseileil 1 lie liny ing i-ff ' Mi li.i I, if only, a* they phraiud U, lor I he >ak>' of |.'.ne and i|int-tn>tt*. I M- ' oiinai-l w naturally unpl.iUl>li- to Mr. l>ndly, it ml he tin 1 i->- ury matters With it ln^li hand; but thii brava'ln wiw on ', Ii- .urf.cc 1'he logal prix-ii.liii^M li.i-l l>en fairly roiiiiiunreil, .in, I tin- "He. in 11 k iiil His nvi-ry of a I. t Heir" liad il rrii ly furni*he<l parugraphi to the In-- I |i. i- . I) idloy atlove to m--t ull innuirie* wilh .1 Lv ijli. |irnii-s-iu({ toaee only ubaurd- Ky an I KUiinl'ii n i i llie whole Iraimiti :n.n ; liui Mlieii itt home, hn wa* dren.lfully dia- (iirne I, .111 I ahi>wed that h* hail feaird the w>irit He f-li tl-Hl he could have ohal- I I he rnmli with niore i-'nn ai<i-, hut for i In birth of hi* mni, the heir to hia estate*, M liu wu lohavo micii a diatiiignia'ied careor, i er liii father had pirlun <l a ihoiiaanii tunea over. How lilterly Dudley rrgreltod that ii In.) nut ne< ulud upon n plan wln^li I .<! I .-I n null h iu hia mind when he left I nun liWoiigli in sell the whole of hi* |i r i>|iei ly am) ^o lo \iin-iiin. ll.t.l In- iliiiiij ihii, he < mid hve laughed at the elaim wlni-h now looked no dani^erou*. llie Inutile Miliuilur I HI made oni- or two iivoi tun* for a ennipruniiae ; but Hinder in. I IlKikiiian hail no anthority tu nei(oiite, and ao llieae fell thriiugh. Tim linn < II advised their client to atfoct aome arrange- ment; but he nii-liiiitlrly prcivrviiil hit dwaf/gering deliwnce, or attemptoil to do ao, until all at once he collapaod. IU thia time the auit had progrnved lofar that the action waa enlerea for trial at llie county court The final report* of the detertivew had Iwen received, and th-*e wore hnpeleuly rgauut Mr. Dudley ' internal, every shred of doubt M to Bird's having been rntriihted uith Kilwy'* child bring reinovul ; and then, axi inliin.-tl.-d, Dudley rollapied. As all inch men would do, he went into t he other ex- treme, and Kve hi* solicitors carte blaiioho to settle the *uit upon any term*, oven though ho had to divide the mate, a* Mr. Bird bad suggested in his friendly i .ill at Dudley's home ; but the day wa* now gone by. Mr. Bird's lawyer was now too con- fidant to abate the ainallenl poiinm of the claim, and Umk, no donbl, a kern prolei sioiial pleasure iu loftily re|wlling the advancesof llingrr and liarkiiian, who had always held aloif from and aiwuiiieil to I ><,k down upon their present antagonist. \Var to the knife, then, was all that was loft to him, and I)u lley became at om-e a depressed and hrnken-spirited man. Ho rarely stirred m.; of his own hoinc, wliero he would sit fur hours alone with hn infant too, who was juat beginning to nratlle, and 'he father's brow crew gloomier day i>y day. It was dreadful to Tiink that this Bright child, who had dime so much to re- lieve an I redeem his father 1 * life, who had l.oeu regarded as the heir to such fair estate*, and whose fut ire wa* scarcely ever out of Dudley Starbert's mind no, not for a kingie hour since his birth that he should HI diainherited, ihould be a comparative xi'east, should be ousted to make room for siuh a successor. Humour t of great festivitie* in th lieuse tu which Mr. Silas Bird had removed wore now attoat, and much was said of the strange entrusted my boy to him. to bring up in the country, as he was ao delicate, with his own little sou, about iho .turn age. This olerk, heaiiuc all his story, showed him how to make hi* fortune ; and, through him, bis employer* agreed to find the money for ,ul expenses. Purjury, of course, had to be fr-ely dealt in ; but I fancy Silas Bird was used to that. " " Why perjury?" aiked Dudley, to whom the woman's story was growing to be in- tense interest. " Because t'is same fever which killed his wife i rri :d off my poor boy !" was the ompany he entertained. His chief friend I startling >eply. " He" lies in a cemetery and ailviser appeared to b* the head-clerk neir Livi () ool ; and the child now Brought of the lawyer who supported nis claim, and thia clerk was a man of anything but a good character. Hia employer was by no means of high standing, and had prol.al.ly never Ix-en engaged iu ao important i r respectable a matter before ; but tho clerk waa reported to have been more than onee au inmate of a jail. However, this signified little to Dnd ley, who saw his ruin impending, the catas- trophe drawing closer dsy by day. liven Ida own lawyer hardly pretended to have much hope no v and ko It was immaterial who or what was the agent of his downfall. It houune a very serious question as to whether he aliould go to trial at sll ; his decision was pies-ed for, a* the time had come when counwl must be engaged ; and is Sir Homer Vickors, the Solicitor-general, and Mr. Julius Lance, the eminent (j. C., were the ban-uteri proposed, the outlay, especially if for a certain lass, would be alarming. The brooding, morose Dudley forward is Silas Bird'* own ueglected and treated as an encunilierance fer years, hut of importance now. .Silas Bird's claim was uasily worked. There were plenty of pel- s uia who could swear to this being the ame honestly enough, on their parts. They thought they were right, and bad never heard of his son or of the death of mins. In fact, everything turned out easier than he and his friends had expected ; sad if be had not sent me au account of my boy's death and funeral, I should ha\e known no better than others ; or if my husband Lad not died, and so caused my return to Eng- land, all would have gone well with Silas. But above all, if he had not arranged tu The Bemsurkaulu meaas tyres Pk " -> -A W) ilrrlou. Balaaer. The " swinging rock" of Mount Ttndil in the Argentine pruviuct of Uueno* Ayres, is one of the moat remarkablu features of South America. A gigantic block, twenty two feet high, eighty-two feet long, and fifteen feet br^ad, with a diameter of more than 4,560 cubic feet and weighing about 5,000 pounds, seems pivoted to ita base by au viaible pm in. I has a lateral motion from east to west, produced by the wind, or by the propelling strength ot man. The rock is shaped like an irregular conr. When the wind begins to blow from the southeast it begins to rock to and fru in the air like the branches of a larqe tree. Tte Marriage Tew. In Kngland the question of the rigid fixity oreaay dissolubility of marriage has come to the front, with it* difficulty of harmoniz- ing two irreconcilable positions, eaoh having something to say for itself. ID many Iton-an Catholic countries not in all -where mar- riage is a sacrament and indissoluble, infi- delity is leniently regarded. The frailty of human nature, the fact tliat inconstancy is part of that human, nature, and the imper- was *u>ri ely c\er seen out of his own house, he uttered a syllable, to the aatonuhnient i and not a little to the all cheat me if he had not sneered at me and I ative need of the heart for love, have their laughed at my pleas, I tell you candidly he ' might have dons his worst, as I owed you no gratitude. I have done you a good turn, however ; what will you do for me ?" Dudley opened his lips to reply ; hut ere while each day the hopelessness of his posi tion became more evident. He was seated in his study one evening, 'istening to the wind and ra-u against the windows, drooping forward as he sat at his table, and trying to think rather thin thinking. He bad something to think of, for lie had just concluded an interview with Mr. hWkuian, who had candidly told him ti.ai if Mr. .Silas liird cou'd only eatibluh iu court the exact facts which his, Barkmana alarm of his visitor, he burst into an hysterical fit of tears and due weight with those who rule conscience in private, and those who set the order of moral allowances in public. The fetters are irremovable, therefore they are made easier in the wearing, than with those who can free themselves of theirs, almost at pleasure ; which last system at least gets rid of nil those debasing elements of sobbing, the first time anyone had seen an , an intrigue which hurt the nature far more approach to such emotion in the hard selfish than the mere fact of inconstancy pure and Dudley ; but the reaction was too great, .simple. In countries where marriage is in- Ihe woman rose to approach him; but he waved her off, controlled himself by a great rlfoit, and then spoke as collectedly as before. . .,,,, |iicr. 4U vvuiiinc* wuere mamagL but I dissoluble we have the ideal in rxecJiis, with a sadly dwarfej standard in practice ; ard between the religious saciament on the one hand and the modifying '-KiVww on the other Mi- promises wereamp'c, and fully ne.-ured the undivorceable wife and the supple the partisanship of the woman. " ' ^ rest of their conversation need not be detail- ed here. Krn ahe left, a plan had been decided upon ; and as Dudley was not the man to But the i mentary pttilrftmnr we have apace enough - J - 1 -'' for reflection, and ample materials for care- ful weighing. On the other hand, with divorce made as easy as it is in certain American States, the marriage bond has no sanctity, and the good of the family, no valid influence. Love is degraded to animal instinct or whittled away to tem- porary caprice ; but the magistrate gives a clean bill for future endorsement, and the whole relation becomes one of legal i/ed and very slightly -veiled promiscuity. Held own agon. s hadaiUised him were indisput able, no talent on Dudley's aide could avail him him a tittle; and indeed, the briefer and les* slubboinly the Little was fought, f the better for him. In any case, the next linger over his vengeance, hs wa* in the day must settle the engagement of the private room of th. stipendiary magistrate eminent 'ounoil, and Mr. Smil her. Dudley , "t the police court as soon as it was open on never tin ant to -all himself Smither* after . the next morning, as was also Mrs. Mea- the tnl must give a cheque for six nun- <Jws, his visitor of the overnight. The dn-il guineas, this being tho lowest amount ' magistrate was not a little itartled on hear- for which their services could be seemed, ling the latter', story, and at om-e issned His mood wo* despondent, and ho felt | warrants for Ihe apprehension of Silas Bird by no tie stronger than desire, a transient mi almost irresistible inclination to and his confederate, the lawyer's clerk. It j weariness which a lit lie self-control would abandon the Uruggle, gather together would clearly be impossible to prove that overcome take, the dim -naion* of uncon- all thai wa* left of his own of the latter'* employer had a guilty knowledge querabie aversion ; and the present asaoci- hi* hoy s property, he thuughl andpoclcar of the conspiracy, although there could be stion is broken with no more sense of soiem- away. He had heard of grrat successes in no great doubt on the mutter. I nity than two player* cut afresh for part- Auitiaha by those who could raise us mcch I But the clerk's plans had been better tiers, at Ihe end of th* rubber. Infidelity capital as he could still command, aud surs- I arranged than they had u|>e_-ted. He has lost its (in, inconstancy its shame, be ly Ihsl would be better I must have had an ally at the police court, and cause marriage has lost both honor and sta- A ring at the door bell was heard. What provided by a convenient act of treachery bility. The children generally remain with other visitors could be coining on such a | for even such a contingency a* this, for the the mother, psrhsps to grow accustomed to night" It was the morbid irritation of hi( ( warrant* were not executed, inasmuch as a succession of stepfather., which must iK-rves of course which produced the feeling: i iSilas Bird and the clerk each disappeared soniewliatbewilder their ideas o/ continuity, but ho ! i.ied to know, as of a certainty, I from th town that morning, and werenever But, like the lady whose three divorced bus- thai pi al was connected wilh the business ' again seen therein, nor wu any trace of baud* were her constant card-taUs coinpan- which was haunting and utmost maddening J them discovered. i ms. women under this lo xe lyitum are mm. 1 lie .cnaiit appeared, and aiked if he I The poor little boy who was to have been hardened to the situation, and its pmuaucv would (ca a lady who declined to give her used a* the chief inati uinent in the fraud i in. < , but laid *he hud called upon urgent ' was lelt to i'ie mercy of the parish or of li-iaiues*. Any affair should IM urgent, in- i any onr who chose lo befriend him. To Ihe 1 1 i . i ao H-T lr Bdseo stelsrs s Waralsif ry In the March North-American Review < yrusEdsoD, M.D.. has an article winch gives warning ot tSe disastrous results which are certain to follow if the p:. le of the United .States do not abate th* tend to live so fast, is physical lav icy Mr. Kdaoii says "that as it that the union of diverse is lost in its familarity. Here, then, we have the two extremes of indissoluble fixity and fluid instability; and derd, which would bring a woman ou foot, ' credit of Dudley, be it sai.l. the poor child it would be hard to say which system i* the as it (eemed (l-e was, through the falling j did not lack a friend. Hr provided for morr duMiriu* to morality. L, "K torn nit ; so ihe was shown in. She was of course wrapped up; but she laid aside her hood and shawl, und as the seated herself, I ' i, liy saw that she waa a young woman; but In' face was haggard, harsMy lined, and d irkor tnan in ofts-u soen m Knglund. The the little fellow, and nol withoul a reward in i lie gratitude and good conduct of hi. protege ; nor without a greater reward in his own inri-eaard comfort. trial ha* softened him ; I'n haps hi( recent it K iiTiain that he lived more happily with tin wife, and iu fen -led hi- had some dun reineni { deed he was heard to declare more than raiics of this face, but could by no mean* i., ill where ho bad wen it. He began a i|ne>tion, asking as to what his visitor wish- .-d ;.i net nun him upon ; but .he interrupted " I csii see you do not recollect me," she asm lie darted, for he knew the voice at oner- knew the spoultcr, and a wild, half- de.|, i itt- hope sprang up in hi* mind in slantly. " You knew ma as Caroline .Slarbert," idi* resumed, " the wife and widow of your bru'hei Kdwy. f HIII now the widow of Thomas Meadows of the royal at tilery. I have been reported on dead myrlf\ and have indeed gone through trouble enon^li to kill in >*t women ; but as you aee I am here alive and strong, although good deal -nr-ln-il '.y the Bengal sun. I am here to tell you something ol interest You were unkind to me in my distress, when I had nut U-en a week a widow. It was by your influence I was left almost penniless, to do the beat I could in tho world." I insure you that that I did not could not." liegan Dudley. He wu unable tn fiiiini* hi* excuse without faltering, for the woman *poke the truth. She Raved him som* cinbarrammrnt by interrupting him. " Sn you see," she said, " it is not fiom gratitude I come to you. HiiHittti, ynu did not afterward* know that I had a feeble, crippled boy to *up- port." " I awe .r I did nol ! " exclaimed Dudley ; " I -UK ricl\ wish I had known it." ' Wull, iu thia boy's name- mark what 1 say," continued the woman " in his name, .Silas Bird, a relative of my family, but a disgrace to it, claims your estates. My coining home is annoying to him of course ; he had given out that I was dead, and per- haps he really believed it. In any cose, I was to know nothing about his plans till after his success, when he would not have cared foi all I could do. I am or would b* the rightful guardian of my child, and could at once have taken him from Silas, who would then have no shadow of interest in tho matter. However, I proposed per- fectly fair terms. I offered to Uke a fourth IniiiM-lf and the hoy to l-a\ r the same each, and the parties behind the scenes to tako the rest. Hut he laughed at me the fool I It would would have been more like him, more like a man who delights in falsehood and deceit, t have promised, and then have tried to cheat me afterwards. llul no I As if he was already lord and master, he carries il with a high band, and say* I may hxvo ten shil- lings a week, or a fifty-pound notn down ami this i' I behave myself ! Do you know why be thiiika this good enough for me?" " No," replied her hearer ; Ins mouth had grown so dry and parched that he could scarce ga*p out the lyllablo. " It ic.auso, he say*, I have nothing to do with the scheme," pursued tho woman. And he is right. I have not. When you onco that Situ* Itird had dono him a good rattier than an ill turn. Theunhnky Hidow, Mrs. MeadoW(, Inch alike, the morality of women suffers mure than that of men, and iu both alike they lake full advantages of Iheir opportunities. In Can- ada and Kn^land them has been effected a i "in'iromiM dear to the minds of the people Abolishing the irrevocable sacrament, the idea of sanitity while the tie lasts is re- tained. Allowing the relief of divorce, we ! do nut m ike it too easy to get. Only for infidelity can a man gel rid of his wife. For olTrrrd a mnforUlile allowance by Dudley ; nothing but the aame crime, complicated 1ml he pieferred a auin down, and with tins with cruelty, desertion, andtwo other causes potent attraction, found no dillioulty 111 of rare occurrence,** wellas foracouditionof captivating a third huaband, with whom, thing* where no crime is possible at all, for the second lime, she tried her fortune in can a woman get rid of her husliand. a for-ign c!ime, this time in Australia. So Thus we hve place! our essential idea of much Mr. iStarhert-Smilheia hrard of her ; ' nisrriage on its most elementary lelation. but no further tidings vr reached linn, and he could hardly lie expine at this re- suit. [TIIK rirklnc A Wire for frleer Oirgr Kvcryone like* to manage hi* own love affair*, hut, according to the i leas of the Kiiropran royal families, the principals ap- pear to have nothing to do with the case whatever. Kor instance, there is I'mn-e (icorge, the hrir presumptive t<i the Kng- ' hah ihroiie. Whatever (leorge's personal j pi eferi in-rs may have been in the post, he us not likely to have any future trouble in the matter of selection. But the true moaning of marriage is lost iu other ways than those of parsons! infidelity, and the law of divorce ought to I* stretched! sutliciently to include them. Habitual drunkenuei*, madness, and felony ought each to be causes for the dissolution of a tie which they rob Uitli of its sanctity and il* .i :niti. mi-,- We nisrry for the sak* of o:li|iring. Underneath all the personal pauion of that fever we oall love lies thi* other impelling of unconscious instinct. The preservation of the race i* an inetincl as strong even stronger than that preservation and, consciously nr uu bl ren are t he root of marriage, children ran we give to the A vory careful and i l * w , nc !' 'I' 1 " '*"".'? ' * dr . UIlk .* r<1 . or * solicitous royal grandmother has consider 1 ".'" ulac T A 'Irm.kardin bn*dc loth makesas ately taken charge of all the details. I J""fou.aflheras a drunkard "> >>"> Of i-ourse iho royal that she really does not interfere excepting so far ai demanding that the princess' name ; ". "'" ---r-- - - .ball U the same a. her own. Victoria hold. \ ft*" 1 "* I"" 1 ? 81 ln , _"' very lixed opinions on this point. She loses ' no ii -null unity of neriieluatinK her own **P* r * , 10 " name The. royal " consent " ha. 1-ecn given ! t ? k fr "> "" hi. active ciluenship. should surely also include grandmother in.ists ' *" n ""' who h " '"""itsd madness gives no belter chance* to her children because she drink* champatfiiu than one who forgets hur Felony destroys meaning of marriage both by it. n and dishonor. Crime, which on many occasions to lirstow tho name on towns, pii ks, bridges colleges, decoration., tlowei , vehicles, et,-., and it is <|iutti gener- ally known llnit when the Duku of Clarence engaged himself to marry the 1'rincos. of Teck it wan not long before pretty " May " was warped into heavy, hard sounding "Victoria." The same sort of favoritism caused the recent exaltation of a common mine in the Queen', apartments, who hap- pened to In- so named, high aliove any of nor companion*, ami now when it has been determined that tlnorge must marry, and that right away, the eligible princesses have gradually reduced themselves to two, both of whom are named " Victoria." \ i> tori* of Schleswig Holslein is Kuglish by birth and a sister of the 1'rincess Lmiisa, whose man lage to Prince Alliert of Auhalt wo* one of the sensation* of last year. \i toria of llcshe waa also horn in Kngland, but has dwelt most of her life in the Her- iii-iii province ruled by her father, whose dangtroua illm-M was announced during the pad week. She is said to be a charming young woman of excellent education. It was said at one time that she was devotedly at las-lied to the late Alliert Victor nd a mar- riage wasccnsiderod aiming the (Hissibilities, if Albert Victor's affection, bad not bt-eu fixed elsewhere. The Washington authoritie.4 con. plain that while the two American vessels caught poaching in Behring Sea last *euoii wore prosecuted, it is nil the same, he got h- Id of |il,,,||,.,|, the Rngli*h (lovrrnmenl has taken a lawyer'* clrrk, a \vorsr. man than him.elf, ! no action against the British vessels com- if possible. He told Ibis man how I had luitting the same offence. aurelv also include his marriage bond should release an innocent woman from a felon husliand, and free an honor- able man from a felon wife. The Wet-Id . i , r . .1 Bells. The largrat l>ell iu France i. about to be hung in the beautiful Church of the Sacre.l Heart, which is jntl tieing completed on the steep hill of Mmitinartre, to the north of I 1 . IMS. This IN-II. which ii the gift of the faithful m the l>partment of Savoy, weighs .ilmiit .VI.IKKI pounds. It is ten feet high, with a diameter of about ten leet at the li.wc. Two men could stand in.ide of it easily. While by no moans the largest In-ll in tin- win Id, this In.; fellow in considerably larger than any other bell in France. The largest bell in the Cathedral of Notre Dame weighs lei. than 40.00O pounds, whil* that in the fairou Cathedral of Kheim* weigh. hardly more than .'10,00(1 pounds. All i line l.i-lls sink into insignificance, however, when compared with the great bell at Moscow, which weighsnbout iiOO.IMO pounds. Next in weight are. the hells of Kot/.koy, :i.V.UN> pound* ; of Tekin, I -.'., 000 pounds -.of St. Ivan, in Moscow, ll.'i.imo pounds ; of Nankin, fiO.OIIO pounds ; nf I.u lion. 45,0410 |Hiunds, while the great bell at St. Peter's in Rome, weighs 40,000 pound*. An Indian outbreak in Bolivia has been iiuelled by I lovci nment troopsafter a severe hVlit, iu which 1,0410 Indians and :<OCovern- luenl troop, were killed and wounded. stock* will produce th* *trongest progeny, ihe United State* should produce the most effective race the world has seen. The ques lion is, and it is one of vital impo-.tance, are we producing this race T" The writer pro.-eed* to answer this question by remark- ing that his countrymen work harder than do any other men oa earth; that the Amer- can's business is always with him, giving um no rest or relief. Were he to reduce .he effort his competitor* would paoa him at once. Thi* and the fact that the reward* are so rich, so sure, so quickly won, slim- ilate him to his greatest effort all the time. Je ha* been aptly likened to a (team ra- tine running constantly under a forced draught. His daily routine is one of ntense and ever-present excitement Hs nu.t hate a stimulus even lu his recreations. The most exciting book*, dramas whose [orgeousness of setting and sensational haracter of plot rival the dream, of East- rn tellers of tales, athletic games that de- nand the utmost effort, horses whose speed s that of railroad trains these and a Ihou- sand olher things, all intense, all startling, all nsational, are the occupation of his leisure lours. What is the outcome? To supply lis rapidly exhausted system he is compel ed to consume large quantities of rich food and to stimulate himself with alcoholic averages. One of three results, says Mr. Kdson will most surely follow. As these onclusion. apply in a large measure toVna- da, especially in the cities, we will briefly efer to them. The following evi's are enumerated by ir. Eilaon as being inevitable from the ex- traordinary tension th* business people are ipelled to maintain : First, he become, an inebriate and i* destroyed by the alcoho- ic poison he consumes. Seojud, escaping he pitfall of acquired drunken***, hs rapid- y impairs his digestif* organs by his abuse food, and in consequence of this his tomach and intestines no longer property terform their functions. His syslein does ot receive its proper nourishment and e soon literally burns out. Third, he starts u his career with s robust digestion ot easily deranged. The over-indulgence f hi* appetite crowd* upon the excretory pparatus an amount of work that sooner or later embarrasse* aud disorder, it. Mat- ter that should be cast out is retained in the body and forms unwholesome tisstie. Fat i* accumulated. The muscular system un- dergoes what U termed " fatty degenera- tion." The heart may become affected. The kidney* may beco.te diseased, or the overworked digestive system refuses to per- form its functions. 'Iho name "nervous exhaustion " has been coined to describe the condition into which thi. overworked, over- stimulated man gets. After referring also to the ailment* of American women winch are sven mure numerous and complicated than those of the men the writer proceeds to ask what can be done to relieve the strain on the mind, to make the compsai lion less tierce. Obviously, he says, it is impossible to change onr surroundings, to change our modern lilr. Therefore we can hardly ex- pect to relieve the lent ion to which our ad- vanced civilization subjects. It is apparent then, says the writer, that as we cannot lessen the strain, we roust increase the ability to undergo it. Wo must, as a peo- Sle, learn to understand this: that while we rive the brain we must Luild up the body. The methods of doing thi. are *o simple that they are apt to bs overlooked ; they ay be summed up in two words, exercise id fros air. We must teach our children to exercise until it becomes a habit, a tec ond nature, a something that when omitted causes real physical distress, and we must choose a form of exercise which is adapted to persons of middle a&e as well as to chil ilren. The form of exercise recommended i. one of three. Ihe dumb lulls, Indian clubs, or Ihe chest weights. Of the three the lasl is the best, because every muscle of the body can be worked with them. They (hnuld be a part of the furniture of every home, and the children should tie given half an hour at them morning and evening. These children should be taught, too, to use them properly ; to txercice the mu*clts of the arms, thighs, abdomen and Itg* in turn. Out door .ports and recreative pur- suits ilioul. I be judiciously encouraged. One mouth, at least, in every twelve ihonld be spent in rest. Sundays and other holidays should be observ ed as days of rrst and recrea- tion. Fresh air and exerciae are of even great- er importance for the girls than for the boys if suon a thing )>e possible. The girls will And their reward for the work when they become young ladies in society, in the bright eyes, clear complexions, stately carriage, graceful walk and perfect health which they will enjoy. More than that, when the lime comes in their lives that they need all their strength they will find they have a reserve which will not fail them, aud thrii children will be healthy and lrong Ituild up the body, build up the body ! In our modern life, this should be dinned into the ear. of all mi till it is obeyed, for verily, unless we build up the body, the strain on the brain will ruin the people of this Continaot. A rsdarkaMe Wessa.. Details are given by the Bosnia pap-srs of the strange career of a woman named Mila, who ha. been sentenced to death by the district court of I'ozarcvac, in Servia. This woman ha. for ten years liren the terror of northeastern Servia. In ISM a prize of 200 ducat, was offered for her capture, two years later 500 were offered, and in IMIK) the pnrnised reward was increased to 1,000, ducats. She hail a band of devoted II u ducks with whom she committed her rob- beries. She never went about otherwise than in man's dress, with all her weapons in her Iwlt and a rifle on her shoulder. Voting, hvmlsoine, and a perfect markswo- nmn. she was the beau-ideal of her band. She haxl a lover named I'etrovitch, who fell some time ago, and whom she nursed with devotion in a cave on the Roumanian fron- tier. Her people told her in go. d time that she was watched and mu.t liy for safety, but she refused to al>andon her sick lover. After the battle with the gendames, two of whom she killed, she -fas captured. In the court she spoke for o\er an hour iu her de- fense, and when sentence was pronounced listened to it with stolid iiidvfference.. [London Stndir<l