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COIH.ICT in A mm TIIIIIEL T H I h.l tken my ticket at tht Lia 'o-i in of on? of the great northern rail- waj, and, hiring * I >nj night journey to m*,l lo >ked About irr aa empty e>mprt- meat, intending to iwt'.he in>w'.: 13 ri<, s>n<l g to sleep at ooa as ever ta bauld have siartsd. I l.l but son.. cully in tin ling w if. I sought, ami > lull* well-timed liberality to the oavlucior - cure 1 m. what I thea <a*id*r*d th aJ Ji- tiontl priviUj* of bemg kicked ID. I sal lor a while agtiast the window, gizing at tha bottling crowd upoa the brightly -lighte.l pVfom ; the eagios gave a shrill, prolonged whittle, and we be*an alorly to glide oat of tu* great, nouy *'-* It wu about i:x o'clock on a late Nov- ember eveaing when wstarteil; qui^ dirk, wi'tia frojtiness m the air thi' speedily eloaded the windows of the carriage wiih hoary moist urs. Tne lamp in the roof oi the coraprt*B*ir. g*v* snrfi.-ieni illumina- tion lo enable me to re'l toe advertisement tablets under the hat-rack. By the Mae Hornwy was left behind, and the open counlry stretched oa either hand of as, we were bowling along at ezpren speed exchanged my hat for a warm far eap.niiait my feet oo to the cushion* of toe opposite s**t, and in tiiu posture drew a stout trav- elling-bianket about me. and composed my- elf to sleep. I presume that I most hare freq uently dami off, for the roa.-ing of the trait) seem- ed to grow faint and distant. Bat my nap was of short duration, and I was soon wiJ- awak* again, gazing out through a little space which I nibbed dear upon the frosted window panes at the dark vague outline of the country whirling |>asl in the gloom. OB a sadden my eye ss taken by something stirring under the seat in the far corner of the carriage. I thought at first il might be a shadow, bull continu- ing to watch it with a dull kind of cariosity I was extremely startled to perceire a mm s head throat out of the obscurity. A pair f fierce-looking eyes glared a*, me for a moment, and then, while I "till set motioa- leee with surprise, a man scramble.! oat, aad, getting upon hit feet stood urveying me. He was a burly-looking fellow, with a coarse ugly face, immensely square shoul- ders, antidote-cropped hair. He wore a looee, clumsily-!ittin<tuitoisomegraymterii; that lookei suepiciously like a prison dress, aad his appearance altogether saggattsd the ee- oapd fal m. He was without a cap, and I aetioed that hie jacket was torn aad hie face a good deal scarred, as though he were fresh from some rough work. I gated at this uncjulh apparition in silence for a little while, with an expreeaioa, I do not doubt, of considerable dismay : thea I instinctively looked a-ound me for some means of com- munication with the guard. Ths fellow aw an 1 understood my gesture, and his yes swiftly darted round the carriage with n malevolent leer of satisfaction as ne per- ceived that the compartment w*s not fur- nished with the usual appliance for signal- As tooa at I dosed with th* ruffiaa 1 fait that hi* wool* effort WAS to get madaar to the door aad thrast m through it, H* was an immsassry strong feibw. bat a* clumiy as a bear in hi* struggle. I, oa tb* ether hand, was light aad nusbU. with asm* assail iciantiac kaowUdo* at boxing. For all that, I felt By*olf greatly oatsmatch- e.l ia that hand-to-hand fight. No sooner bad I grappled with the villain than ha g*v* m* a blow right ia th* face savage enough to have broken my noos *n i XBoczed out goolaeat knows bow many tMth had he delivered it with as much judgment as a* did violence. Bat I aad taken him by th* throat aith botk barh. with tha idea of throttling him into a*asv- asat, aad I continnod -lutc>-ing hU wizi- pipe w th to* tenacity of a ball terrier We twisted, and wriggled, and bumped from si.ie to ti i of tha ia<a< tamo*. and all th* while I telt aim dngciag me in the direction of the opaa door. At last I twined my loot about his log, and threw hiia;ho fell heavily, striking hi* band agninst the nnihiaaarl seat, aad down I cam* with him, ttill clinging to hi* iron- hard, mtucnlar throat, upon which my sr-Tird to makt atareely aay rm We rolled about for a while, each *ndaav- oring to keep pnanaoat, aad wbaa, with his superior strength, he got abov* me. and knelt upon my :hatt, I thought he would brutally murder me a* I lay in that ahnesi btlploss posture. Bat instead h* gataad out: "Will yon chaaga BOW '"and while he waito-l for my answer I gotmy fin* free and struck him upward under the ehia, knockiag his teeth together with a click like the soap of a rid* trigger and nearly dislocating his neck. Then I gave a heave np which threw him off me, and a montaat later we ere bath upon oar feet agaia aad pounding away at before. Bui ' not c"atin that exhausted to drag aw M the door and pitch aw through it on th* line. My opponent breath- ed hard aad fait, bat allowed no signs of giving in. On a sudden the train gar* a violent jolt that lung a* both againat th* bullhead of tb* compartment : the flam* of th* lamp leaped up, thea flickered a mo- ment and went out. XV a coatiaaed fightiag ia a darkness as deep a* that of tha grave Now tha 1 . we wore both completely in the dark, I felt myself more on an equality with my antagonist. My *ol* dread wa* that I thould tad myself tumbling backward through the opea door. He had hissed oat amid horrid blasphsmies. bit intention af leaving aw dead in that tunatl, whar* my body might li* undiscovered for weak*. Deadmoa,h* takl.lold no tale*,andb* wasn't going to lose tb* liberty ba bad that Bight Bat all at aao* I fait him relax .t rn tit i i\t- am tTl*v It wa* th* aseoad mat* of aaa of th* grattlake propeller* that spoke ai they ** jUlllg Potato Aaz Barque*, aad hit word* i coast o to this effect : " That i* a oaasr here, aad don't yea forget it.'' rance. en war re mans will require every dtnooeal to arataet their Bafur aad Horth neas. there, that b* woald aot forgot' it, providing the sailor maa would toll Wat why wa coatt WM queer. " "ell." sai th* sailor man. bat with, out inching ius irooMr* or shifting Kit quid, or performing any af th* nautical gjmaastiat atuibaud to bis kind ia th* tory book*. " It waan t exactly perhaps, bat it is a coast that awmber th* Icngeat day I live. " It was about aix years ago that I wa* Mftltm^ AM & >HMk* - > TJ .. _fc vino*; ^* ^ acawssse wnen w* were aboat where wa are BOW the eaav Uia discovered that oar yawl wa* adnft. IV* had beea tiwing it aad assac how the rrunter had parted or slipped, and there the boat wa>, Dearly a mil* away, drifting sshnrs aa fast at the water could carry it. There wa* aot a ajul to b* awa. aad if there had been, it woald not have beea an easy matter to get him to bring MOOT yawl, sad tb* captain did not know what to do, Mualiy. as I saw taa old dial worked up ever it, I swim ashore and bring the yawl, if ha world run i a a* close s* b* coald aad I cam* aboard. volunteered to Hag away a* before. I wai begianing to feal that I could nlinu* ta* struggle much longer, and xhaasted as I wa*. be would be ab< gladly, thought littl* thinking what wa* ia ttora for me. So I stripped sad towered myself into tb* 1 water. For a quarter af aa boar it was mar* f ua. bat I sooa foaad i had Ut off or* thaa I could caaw. Tb* abar* wa* further off thaa I bad ricured. aad I coald awaww omiBou looking douda. which indicated that th* wind wai rising, which aught mak* it hard for m* to get back to the arhnaaar aftar I got th* boat. I kept ea, bowwvar. getting more and more ex- haattod avary moment. I triad every way I karw to rest my tired tags aad arms. First I turned ea my back and swam in that position for a while. Then 1 tried 'All right, gnv'ner," he said, in a hoarse, low voice. " No need to trouble yerauli You surely don't want to hi neon ver ience the rest of th* passengers by de- laying the train '." " Who ar yea, and what Ao you want'" aid 1, slowly clearing my limbs of the folds of the rug which enveloped me. "Who am I. an' what do I want r' be repeated. " That t ixing, sir, sin t it? However, I ain't a going to tell yon who I am, an' ai for wSat I want, you'll be finding tha- out before very long." Hit manner, and the looks of the maa, rather than his words, made me feel uneasy. Judging from his appearance, I guessed him to be more than my match in point of strength, and I was quite unarmed. He turned, and el down tb* tram* of the window agaiait which h* stood : then, thrustuiH his arm out, he tried the handle. but found the .1 *< wa* locked. He uttered an inarticulate curse betwixt his teeth, and pulled np the window with s vehemence which 1 should havt expected would shiver the gla*i in it to fragments. Th* train at that moment dashed thrwking through a considerable station, the lamps f which ran past in a long glara, like a streak of lightning, and the man shrank back ai though fearfui of being seen. " Let's iry th* J x>r al your and, guv'- ner," taid he, coming along th* compart- ment, with hi* hand upon the hat-rack to toady himself. I hastily rose as hs ap- proached, and backed away a step or t*. while he lowered the window and loaned out to turn the handle. This door proved to be unlocked. People to whom I have told thi* story assure me that il ought not to have been unlocked, as the off-doors of an Kul:h train are always locked. I be- lieve thi* i* so, but the fact remains that the particular off-door of that part of the carriage ia which I chanced to he opened at once when the man tried it. He drew in bis bead again with aa exclamation of sat- isfaction, leaving the door unlocked. thougS th* rusli of wind created by the psitsgc of the train prevented it from twinging open, ' Now, mister," said h* gruffly, measur- ing m* from head to foot with his liit'e deep set eyes as he spoke. " you've got to change e.otha with me. d'ye ass? I mast have th*m tog* of yourn." 'You will do nothing of th* kind " I answered resolutely, though with my heart starting to beat a trifle quicker. " I'ome now," said h* : "don't make no fuss. Ye'd best chop quietly." Again 1 east my eyee round th* compart- ment in the hope of discovering the com tnunicaling cord, but without any reenlt, At that instant the locomotive gave a long screaming whistle, and th* train pluaged with a roar inlo a tunnel. " Look here, now," exclaimed the fellow, putting oa a most mraacinv air, and loaning toward m* with his fists clenched, " if you don't do what I want, then out you go through that Without answering. I again sat down in the middle seat of lh* carriage. On t ni< the man stood looking at m* for a moment, as though undecided how to act. Then perceiving my silk hat resting oa the rack overhead, be took it down aad put it on. Thi* impudent act of the dirty villain so incensed -. that, scarcely thinking what I wa* about, I jumped up and snatched it off his head. In a second he whipped round and struck m* a Wow full in the chest with his heavy list. 1 grapp'fd with h m, and thea began a fierce ami desjwrats conflict. hi* grip of my body, aad he called to me to let >>. Glad of a moment'* respite, I re- leased my bold of the fellow, though stand- tag aa my guard meanwhile, wary of some datparata trick upoa his part. After a little, anding that he did not renew the attack. I spoke aad asked what ha wa* doing, at th* tarn* tiata groping aboat to try aad fast h>av 1 received no answer. either did my hands com* ia contact with his body. Ai lhat moment UK train tmsrgsd from th* tunnel, and th* impene- trable gloom in which the carriage bad beea plunged by the extinction of the lamp gave swimming ea my side ; then Maa ' and thoa Boating. Bat all th* lime I gettiag zaore and more warn aat. I to signal ta* icsosasr, bat my vote* was so waak I c jold aot mak* thorn hoar and they did cot understand, at I afterward* learned, my frantic mstinas Beaidat they cnuld aot have bolpad aw if they had, be- cause they had ao boat. - 1 h*i" warn about a mil* and wa* still a mil* from ta* shore. Mechanically I kept p my menoas at wall at I could, but I knew I wae doomed. Tb* water began to sing in my ears sad my thought* wont back over my paat life.** I have heard drowning men's always do. I thought of my pour wife aad children, and waadered how they would gat th* **. I wondered whether my body would b* foaad aad get Carittiaa banal or b* earned oat iato the lak* aad find a last ratbag name* there. It did aot worry aw mack oa my awa account I had ceased to aar* for myatU.bat I hoped some- how, for the tak* af my family, that I ahoald be wathed Sahara sml that *mibtay would have my body cam xt bom*. I pecu- lated alao a* to tha captain* getting hi* boat, aad felt quit* aorry when ( thought b* might never aw it again. - I don't know bow loag H took aw to think of all this. Probably it was not mar* than a minuto, bat it awawd to ba gat and all th* Urn* I was feebly moving my arms aad feet aaJ just kseptng my head above wa.t*r. Motawhil* I had gut perhaps within half a mile of tk* shore. 1 made up place'to a kiud of raininess sifting through th* windows, sufficient to have raveased tha figure of the man bad a* ttill bow ia th* cotsaartmont. I bad a tox of match** in y pockets, aad with a .rambling band I pull*i it out and struck a light. Th* place was empty. With a long sigh of relief aad thankfulness, I sank exhausted iato a aeat to wait until the train ihonld pull up at its tint "topping place, Half aa hour later w* <.-.. -> to a stand- . still in the station of a Ur^ town. I avak lo th* bottom. sought ont th* conduct* and told him | It did not tak* a* long at I what had occurred. He at once despatched , would to reach tha bottom, a porter for th* station-master, and when struck U with botk hands aad that official arrived the two of ihem heard ; as tooa a I bad fairly si my ttorv. They ssarobo* tb* compartment kep my feet ou it aad thoroughly, but not a trae* of th* rillaia ' .lid tbey discover. My own op-aioa i* that, taking advautag* of the blackness, ba ha < arbor to Germany can have ne tenors for France. When war breaks oat. the '.er- war veeael at their own part* in the Any moaay. there- fore. that aigal be expended by ta* Berlin GoTaramaat M eqvippiag a naval etatioo in Sicily, or oa the Italian peaiBsaia, would be worse than thrown away, if it were M- Wwed by t*e di varsion of a part of it saval feree fraas points where Use invtereets of y mind or rather it land* itatlf up -that ! this wa* just a* good a alaee to be drowned ia a* say other, aad ahtalmiag motion I expected la fact. found that the water waist. I saaaeat I my k got oat upon thi foot-bovd. there to w* t that I uutil tne train should slacken tpeed su*. , the coaat. I got th* ya ci*atly to onab'.e him to jump off with back to tb* schooner tfcat safety aad mak* goad bi esuap^ Ba thi* as it may, I ns-*r heard nor* of the mat- ter, although th* memory of that expert- enc* t;ng*r a a sort o! nightmaie of my railway travelling : aad wkf uevr I now gt into compartments by myself. I take vary good care to tint of all peer under the seats and make sar* thai there exists the moan* if communicating with lh* guard. [Stor- iettes. l and sculled it wae waiting at anchor for me and aa I weat back I bad the curiosity to take soundings aad foaad that I hvl been extrtieg myself swimming for more than a mile where ibe water was not more than fur feet Jeep. "Wae the captain glad lo get you back?' the sailor man was ask> J Blast thecaptaia All he said was Yon confounded foal and idn't yon know that there was a mile a half of skoal water all along that la Ihr Som-< interesting statistics have receat'y beeu published with regard to the mortga a in lebtadnees per head of th population f the United States. Kvports from all t e Stataa have not been received, but the fig- ures to hand show that the greatest iadebt- edneee to ths head of population is in -he new States of the West, and the least is in the South. As to New Kngiand an.l the i Middle States, It must be kept m mm<i that their large and numerous citia< an.! towns, where real eatate is held at hmh ratee, allow a much greater prrce3tav of debt without dancer than can be rr >ice.l of the agricultural States, farms w..l no: bear heavy burden* of debt hko city prop- erty, and when the farmers are weigh*.! down with mortgagee their situation is seri- ous. Fnll n wing is a statement oi the mortgage indebtedaeae to each head of the population : Alabama ..... $ Arkaasn* .......................... 13 Colorado ........................... * Connecticut ..... .................. l'>7 Illinoi* ............................ 00 Indians. ............... 51 loir* ................... 104 Kansas ............. .... 170 Maine ........................... 4$ Ma-aobnaetts ...................... ! U Minnesota Missouri ......................... New Hampshire ................. 30 Oregon ............. . TS fennyslvania ........... 17 Rhode Island .......... ..... lini Teanceaee ............... l-.>3 Vermont .......................... M Wisconsin Tbeae figure* show that the beavieat load of mertgafps la earriad by Colwarfi-. Net t egn* Kansas, thea Minnesota, thea Nebraa- ka. aad afterward* 01' <- \\ ><t TP Sutea. The smallest loa , 1 to Arkansas, next tu IVinestea, aad third to Alabama. Irairr aa<t If it be true tha: France has agreed to leate to Rossis the port of Villefraacaa a* a naval station. w have at least solid ground forbelwting that the two powers named will cn-oneratt in tre event of a European war. Hitherto no conclusive evidence of the existence of such a coalition bat been forthcoming. Un-ioabtedly the cordial re- ceptioa of the French fleet at Croaatadtand the subsequent return visit of Raaaiaa war vessels have diedaaed a williagaeat an the -' (.Wt part to taceamg* friendly relations betn hi* subject* aad French cit- izens ; but there is a wide gap be- tweea such international courier** aad tb* conclusion of a detinue treaty of alliance. If, however, such a country as Fran * ha* been prevailed upon to let oae of her harbor* pas* *vaa temporarily aader foreign control, w* i_ay b* certain thtl ad qaate osnpsasalion will b* given ; aad thi* eaa only tak* the form of assurances that Russian armies will tupport the French whenever lha latter ar* involved ia conflict with th* three central power*. That matt b* th* consideration for th* tease : for ex- tent ia on* improbabl* contingency. Franc* woald kav* M need of aoht from Itaatia i. tb* Mediterranean, whereas th* aoauiaitioa of a naval station in that tat bat wag beea deemed a matUr of capital importance to ihs Northern Kmpir*. Il would only be ia a war with Kogland which, to long at th* Liberal* ar* ia power at Westminster may b* *xcluded from taa list of (robabilitias that Franca coald derive aay advantage from tbo nrawaot af a Rawiaa fleot ia tie Italy will have te dans ad an of Austria ale**, aad aa one i that tha Italian as rmsmrnt that Tea lea waaia 1 be tar.a. So far then a* Fraace is coo- the ntrasansut statx ea the other haad. acquaitiaa of a eaarert a thi eaa an iadiraeaaaal* move ia ta* cam*, the price of which is r laetinlinnplt it is tree that the claaas of the treaty of Pan* forbidding the Czar tj m* in tain war vasatat m the Black sea was abrogated dunng the Fraaco-iiatsasn war, bat tha strsag naval faro* SUIM colUetad there still -naaaii by treaty to that basin, aad eaald aat of- fcataatty eo-oparale with the Czar's Baltic Beat, males* tha latter iheaid obtain a eoal- iag ttatioa ia the Mediterraaeaa. For a taan* taw St. Pctarabnrg Govvraaaaat hoped ta aaaaifa eaa of the Greek harbors, bat her plane were thwarted at Athae* by th* I* a lie* Walca M ss lsna*Ua*r ta rare- Ta aVassas waj. .moug w. tnec. .1 '.ici.ed by the " De- partsaeatal Csmmitta* an the Treatment at la* or si le.* i* wall anasuaisl far oy S031T ji lh* pablic br Prof. Ladwi^ B retail < aad not th* poaitiv* weight af tha fsanta brau i* onaiilsrJ. K i* aac lea* bat slightly greater than that W a uaa far more braia t>an maa.* Bat be next pro- ceeds ta atata that tha d*velopsaaat of taa feawle braia is . pc kali froai above, it* oatliae ta that af two cooes with tar at regard* ta* top or Ifaaalaaksat a wotaeaa been practically converted naval atatsaa bat lor tha aad Aattria. that into a iatorpaaitiaa of portadby Uar- assay. The only power at aaca able aad wiling U iv* Rilava what aba hat lea^ wiahid i* Franca ; aad than ia nothing better ralal*to< thaa ta* hiriag of VUlo- fraaca* to bind th* Pawn* suvaraiga with t* stroagaat tie* of asnity . for nothing obvioaaly could mere nawarfalry farther aia dosiCB* upoa Ca>taaUaia*s. la vww af tha eaUaaaa af the Ttrrkwh navy, taa together at I** skaU pratent*. af view, sa acg-lia* ispisrii^ri. ( usaag in the aaaas* aad toward* tTt kajak- Prof. Haackk* aud a* saowicg taat th* tethe reatWtaa braia. 'exhititealaim * aa that ia reality th* fair u ban mare crown and middla braia aad whoa thavstaaf a habit awa it i* can, bat that ia women it is all 1 Ha. " VThaa tacea early ia .-pa.lanya.alU' Dr. Sheet, li-iein of a retreat at WeaV JT*~. bemg askJ if it wa* his ezparieaaa abeasa the Sea attail the urkiah nary, taa a last ia the Black an attack by Rasntaa torts that fringe ta* DardaaeUaa. Sack a upon the coald not a/*y be ua dartakam ualaai Raasia had a aaval stalina of bar awa wi th in a reasoaabl* Jislaans af a naval power ia th* Meditorraaaaa, Fag land weald have to face the altornauv* f abandoaiag her traditiuoal rot* of tb* Sultan's i*faa.r. or of materially iaoota- ktg bar war vseosl* ia that am. Th* aaval fare* whih sh* has nAcsaa-. to I ao loafer be to In- ta draw, bas a L sag off th* cranog far ttiawstnto thaa a taa hat, rpls*J : "I tbtall say. gaastal ly. ye* to that, because I tank* that, per- hapa, th* man has more Ukolibaad *f having aa srmpstna ta keen hie taiagJBi fcam th* on* subject than a wimn bas." Here, thaa, m a uriart which t she y thcDwa more apoa hanaU far coatrol. while ooatUtatwaally ah* ia not so wall equipped at maa i* tar Add to last the fact ef hereditary against tl AlbaU.iaaa*wartoa at "acariao* thing* that Prof. Clifford while a Liberal Government i* ia power at tauter. England wiU probably de- i to laava th* Turk at tha mercy af fares* fat tho protecuoa of her tcresla, Dlrtatlca Taal Take*. Can. Lew Wallace most ba a bather to the critic* aad novelist*. That* bav* beoa busy far a score of years proviag to a* that roiusiitiussm ia litoratare i* aa eatlived folly unworthy of our h^hlv cultivated ag* an 1 aaaocsataali to it. Yet nor* cxno* Oaa. \Tailace, wntiag pura ritatna* wita a s mplieity rivalling that af a contary ago, and ba book* outsell thaw of all ear rsal- i*t* rambiaod wherever the Kagbnh Iva- aaokea. HowoUa aad Boyeeoa lisas bav* piaai.b*i tb* goapal of comawaasBca triviality, aad practiotJ it, too, ia full faith that n.uon t* ia their a finer art" than when Scottand \-\i\ and Thackeray clumsily _ essayed :-. Only recently Mr. Boyatea wrot* awenng- ly of Walter Scott at a childiah romance moapr. and pityingly of thoa* feeble- tiadad folk who prefer Scott's meth- ods to his owa. Yet handrvda of thou- tae world hava taken to Lew Wallace, have read "Bra Hur" and ar* roadiag tha " Prince of India" quit* as if they bad never basa taught that the rnmtitiossat which alone givosckarm to tb* Utter work i* a folly to ba *<omed. The fact appear* M b* that ia smite ef all theono* th* aver- age awn or wotnaa like* fiction with inci- dent* ia it more stirncg thaa tb* dropping of a pair ef scissors sad emotion* more iataaat than thoa* that prevail at aaataor rasorta. There ia blood in th* veiae of men still. There uri>e a sympathy with high emotion and streauoaa aadeavor. Pity still aa*toar* to abed over sorrow aad lh* healthy man i* still able to rejoice in that "gospel of roast tsrkey "-which Howelh) aad* to be so unworthy in Dtck- en's "Cbrwtma* carol" a goanol dsMinctly plagiarised from Jean* of Nataroth. Ther* baa been ao daadUer folly in lh* history of l.toratar* thaa thi* latter-day at- tempt to ml* oat the stronger asatimeata and ympathio* of maa. There ha* been aa greater blight apoa endeavor, no more mi- chievoue aaivaraiaa of taato vhan thi* aaostwshin of trivially ia tb* aaaw of real- ism, at it reality were always tarn* and obedient to ta* laws of euqueta*. Lilera- tar* ia a dram suit M tb* litera- ture of dawdling, of weaknesa, of deadly duloeea. A toach of wit, a goatl* humor, to dwguia* th* inanity atawwbat, bat its preeenc* cannot b* compostoly or far wag hidden. It it aot the fuactioa of literature to picture the commonpiac* and th* uaintoraatiag fact* of Ufa. It* buainaw i* to atlect th* things worth prawaling Th* imaginatioa it ta* craativ* faculty, aad in all art* it* succowf ul *xorcia* i* th* measure of excolleaoe. Oar modarn school insists that it sh*ll wear kid, glove* aad coaform to th* dull, matoa<aa usagss of coaveatioaal aovwty. Tb* ronsancs wt itor tor* jwstly eatimate* hi* art, aad a* get* at the heart* of hit readers. T* the critic ho may w*ll aay : "Dott thiak because tsv art virtaaaa there shall b* no more oak and al ' Ay. aad giagar *ba'l b* hot i' th* south, too." IIVIU tirar maivu^r^rvw w Meditarraaata In aay iawcaatiaaal *om plication* to which Kagsaad shukl aat be a party. France would ba abundantly able to deal with any fore* which Italy. Aattria. and Germany coald array against her in that quarter. Ik* throat of Berlin n*ws papr* that tk* temporary casaisa of a Vrsnch ||aa*Mn*awajl p*t to Kusai* would h followed by the leasing ' aa lull* wbaa with legard to . ba a dipsomaniac aad a child tmifht ba a : "bat aruatsaa .at generally iB aaaaV aaTaaBaal sBBBfaam AsVafi ntBaaAlfaVCaaliOBf * sal had vary math tanB.tina wita *nah ether. It saam* to ma to ba a verr atraati baraav tary tsn*sacy ta a special craving." la view af thaw fact*, it dear that wimia. ia ihi* ial aad kiadly aitantioa oa the part ef botk Lag**- tatare aad asawty. Uadar th* triple baiUa of orgaa.satMa, dome.Uc.ty aad heredity. taa poet V plea goes far ia her favor : ' What's daaa y* canty may compat* ; y* know not what'* resisted." ia a greater degrae than man. matter of inebriety a Physicians are made, not bora-no boy rar yet took aataraUy to Mime. Patti foal af graahs, aad bas a |aa>t of wtico i* iassribsa autograahof A Hindoo baby Sims I when it is twelva days old. and atually by the awthar. Sots* titaatth* father wSehes for another name than that selected br tb* mother. Ia that eaa* two lamp* ar pcsead ovor :h- tw< utrrr and ta* a m> over which tb Ian a as-k: bright**: M the aao given th* child. A a*w msaaUi* railway aaa been coa- tractod oa ta* Schafberg. ia th* 8abkaat- mergnt. aftoa c*lled th. Rigi of Aattria. TV* mountain nses from tb* W.Mgaagas*. a bsaatifnl lak* situated aa boar from UaaL The summit is nearly 3,900 fet abov* tb* level of the lak*. aad th* length of th* line raitos. Thar* ar* atvtral tun a*h\ aaa ot which it UO Mat * K/>ii-lcwan 4 Boston Bey's Eyesigh. Saved -Perhaps His Life Hood s SaraapartUa Blood Pol- aamad by t'?.\k*>. the Mtowlag flo a eratetal awtatn My Ma> bay ba>; .-artrt Over whea 4 yean *!L awl It ten him very weak nU with M**4 .iia cauaee. His eyri txcamr Could Not Open His I took him twice during that haw to the Ej< and Car tolrmary oa Charts* s&vet. but (haft r*aw4t*9 tUM * *> h*M tb* (at lest i aad wan sand nun. I at rter atmbted laal It sav4 aJ* < smwnsal la aaTway vow cbnwr. I ami ntady a> found the praise of Hood's Sarsaparilla teaMnwaf the woBdfrial good It <aa xtv aaa,* Aunt P. BUA. SJILX. sass Wasaskatoa M. uotRoorrs rtoOtr* fOlLL* ar* I A