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A TERRIBLE END. A STORY Or TKOPIc AI. LlrK. Every on* who watched the coquettish, neartless way* of Sophis Richmond pn- dieted trouble, if not danger, for her. But the blue-eyed, golden-ringleted, blonde beauty of the "Circa* Royal" would listen to neither advise nor warning. Her sole object in life appeared to be to win ap- plause, to make men bow in worship, tempt them into an avowal of lov*, and than dance lightly away with an amnsed smile, and the meet m*rry cf laughter ringing from her red and tempting lips. At the North, when passion is kspt in subjection, civilisation perfected, law (tern in iti decree* and swift in execution, this was not a matter of moment. R*enge was the exception, not the rule, and men healed their heart-wound* by another alliance. Not so under th* Equator. Then blood runs hot a* the sunshine, pusions are volcanic, vengeance almost certain, law little respected or obeyed, and female beauty inflame* and drives to desperation. Knowing this, and fearful of come jatlon* episode that would wreck too chance* of prosperity open to them at Bogota, the manager endeavored to impress the impor- tance of more circumspect behavior upon the giddy girt But with her usual merry laugh she responded : "N > danger of my falling in lovs with any swarthy prince or ragged ranchero and running away with them . "Th%t is not the question. It is that you do not permit them to fall in lov* with yon and cause trouble. Remember, they are hot-blooded, jealous and revengeful in the extreme." "Little fear. I know how long to play my fish before letting them go, and always manage to have half a doxen on a string at the sams time." "That will never answer. You most not give the slightest encouragement to any. Lovers you will have in plenty, if you per- mit it, and I warn yon not to trifle with a single man." "But it is (uch fun to see men make fools of themselves," she laagbed, and flitted away singing as merrily as a bird upon a cherry-laden tree. It was as the manager predicted eould not have been otherwise. Such piquant beauty, such snowy compUxion and dashing grace, such abandon in manner fired the impressive Spanish heart* and the moet enthusiastic vivas greeted her en- trance, and the sawdust was speedily cov- ered with flowers and more oostly Kites. Nothing could hav pleased the girl better. She lived upon admiration and triumphed in floating upon th* topmost wave of applause. Sh dressed for it, rode for it, danced and sang for it, never dancod more winningly or more coquettissjly charmed, never so sxerted herself to drive en mad with love. As long as this feeling was general it was well, and crowded th* canvas. But very soon two pressed before the others, and their earnestness caused ber alarm. Thoughtless of consequence*, she had ac- cepted and publicly worn their favors, had flirted and somewhat committed her- self to both, playing one against ths other and enjoying their jealousy. Their dark beauty, picturesque dress, muscular, manly development had finl at- tracted bar. Their soft words flattered her vanity. Now shs awoke to th* reality of having gone too far, and that to th* other she had given her own heart. But little shs knsw the impsrativs na- ture, ths vm lictivs passions that Hamad behind the intensely black eye* ; the jaguar nature that was ready to break fort.i into deadly hatred at the (lightest oause : the oaths that had been crushed, ths hopes tha: were driving them onward to love reward- ed or to th* most iwift revenge. H -r woman'* wit suggested temporizing, but thein was not the nature so to do. Decision was forced when she least expect- ed and was least prepared to meet it. The night of her benefit came. She was dreosed with mon of lavishness, had mon fully displayed her physical charms than ever before, had won thunders of applause. Flowen had been rained upon her, all of woman's and artist's pride had been grati- fied, and a* *he flung herself down in her dressing; -room for a trirlo of nit a man I a tily entered, thnw himself at her feet and poured out his adoration in the moat fervent of word*. " Senorit* Americano, I love you," he said, and seizing upon her trembling fiugen pressed his lips rapturously upon them. Shs started. Hushed, paled, and with difficulty repressed screams Then count- erfeiting exonssivs fatigue and anxious to gain time (be pleaded . " Manana." "Tomorrow?" h repeated bitterly, with corrugating brows and nervously working hands. " You would not say so to another. You scorn ms because I am poor, have not land* and house* and jewels and "Go, go." shs implored, wildly. "Never until you promise, swoir by th* amord* Dio* to b my wife." ' Yours '' and th* love'withm her flamed np a hundred time* more powerfully than ever before. " Yours, Barbara ? I would die first." "Then if not willingly you shall be with. on'.. You lured tneon, drove m* mad with your matchless loveliness, and mine you shall be. Swift horses and tr-isty men wait. In half an hour we will be in th* mountains, and let those follow who dan and find us who can." Hs threw a dark cloak around her, stifled her one* with its folds, lifted her in his strong arms and was about to dash ont into the darkness when he was felled by a heavy blow and th* half-fainting girl torn from his grasp. " Malo Pecho ' " thundered th* one who had deflated hi* plans of abduction, "go and save your wretched lit*. A word will bring hundreds to my assistance. Go I spar* you, for such loveliness is enough to drive any man mad." With a growled curse the guilty man fled. Hii was not th* courage to, lion-like, face foes when balHed, and nset leath full- fronted and with unquailiog eyes, but rather that of the prowling mid-night beast that leap* suddenly and without warning upon I'M victim, crushes ikull and laps the blood from the still beating heart. The action of one lover caused the affec '.ion* ot the girl to go out entirely to the other. Passive, whue as a lily, she lay pillowed within his sheltered arms, and when he smoothed backed the tangled mist of golden hair, when he whispered his all- absorbing passion, *h* looked up to him fits) happy though streaming eye* and lifted her lip* to receive the proffered kisses. "You have saved m* from a fate worse than death," she whispered, still with leaf- like trembling ; "do with me a* you will, nut protect me from him." "Have no fear*," he answered, (training her closer to his heart, "but Dois mio ! had I not come in time !" "Yes," and she clung frantically to him, "he swore vengeance but it may fall on you." "Such men he i* but a miserable ran- chero of the mountains are but barking dog . Cheer np, darling. Hark ! They are calling yon. Yes, go to-night love. Nay, It must be so, out never again. You shall be removed at once to the home of my mother, petted, guarded, and next week Bogota shail ring with praise of the fairest bride ever blessed by priest. " Only fond lover's word*,but they thrilled her a* human utterances had never done before. Her* wa* an organisation that admitted no half-way feeling. Love was all or nothing, and onoe having found her king, she admitted not even the shadow of another upon the throne. As one walking in sleep.acting under the most subtle mesmeric influence, the g rl went through her final act. Sh* had eye* but for one face, ears but for one votoe,*aw the Hashing of but a (ingle pair of eyes, heard a single shout above the tempest of vivas. The performance ended, the company heard of the betrothal, bat nothing of the episode of the dressing-room. Th* lover* kept that an nnwhiipered secret, though of'n talking of it in the sweet commun- ing* that followed, in* (doddering sven at and Bogota gossip* wondered and question- ed in rain. (I have the authority of a late Consnl to Columbia for th* truth of this incident.) NOTABLE PETS. Tkr Brill. k telsllrv read er Peta Decs. CeaU, Aalelepra. sV*r, Tksrrm, area With Ike Beslsneats. .Soldiers are fond of f eta, and will tame anythimg that i* tamable, from a raccoon to a horse. The latter animals, however, are in most cases not individual but regi- mental charges, perhaps having been the property of a beloved officer who has fallen in action. Old Abe, the Wisconsin war eagle, wa* a regimental pet during th* civil war. In the British army there an few regiment* which do not posses* a four-footed favorite of some kind. L>ogs are, of coarse, the rule, and a famous one wa* Dash of the Royal Marine battalion. He wa* wounded in a battle in Spam, and th* ma- rines knighted him for bravery, so that he was henceforth known a* Sir Daub. The Welsh Fusiliers, formed in 1409, always bar* a goat with shield and garland on its herns, to march at the head of the drums. Black Bob, a hone, was the pet of the Royal Irish Light Dragoons in 1814. When, at last, he was retired on account of age, he literally died of grief. Another legiment had a highly prized pet in the shape or a black rain captured in India. The ram proved a willing prisoner, ihew- ing not the slightest disposition to resent its compulsory enlistment, and subsequently accompanied the regimentthroagh the Cen- tral Indian campaign, marching upward* of three thousand miles. Since then the regiment ha* never been without a ram. Billy, an an telope, is a much prized pet. He invariably heads his battalion, whn marching past, he being led by two little drummers. Billy'* horn* are tipped with silver, and his neck is encircled with a handsome silver collar, having two silver chains, one on each side, READABLE ITEMS. * Mt of UierestlsHi ii' Slathered fres All ran. .r Is* Wertd. It take* a banin expreM train a day to travel 100 mile*. There are nearly '2.100 mile* of railway open m New South Wale*. Germany ha* on an average 437 doctor* for every 10,000 mnabitants. The occupants of a balloon a mile high command a radio* of 96 mile*. A pedigree book of high-bred cat* hae jnst been published in England. Fewer than 1 1,001) Prussians have income* of more than $7,000 a year. Tea per csnt, of the inhabited hoiue* of Kngiand and Wales are in London. A quart of cream ihould yield from thir- teen to fifteen ounce* of butter. E-nployment i* scarce and labourers are over -plentiful in South Australia. Artificial limb* art uiually mad* of wil- low wood on account oi n* lightness. The incraaee of popalation in the whole of Australia last year u placed at 95,000. Curacoa take* it* name from the W**t India group where the Dutch fir*t mad* thi* drink. the recollection and fear of coming danger, and he consoling and reassuring. But such passionate hearts could not long be satisfied without th* fruition of love. . He had named a week, and insisted upon j (( ^j their marriage within that time. Rich, influential, respected, '.he narrow-itreeted city was npon ths qui-vive for the event, and the ancient cathedral was filled with humanity and festooned with flowers as never before. All the impressive ceremon- ies of the church were Drought into re- quisition. Before the altar stood the hap- py couple, th* hands of the print wen raised in benediction, when even from be- hind the sacred place a dark form sprang, a dagger flashed in ths light of a hundred candles, ths bride of bat a moment fell into the arms of ber husband, and shrieks of horror and denunciation rang from every lip. In the intense confusion the assassin escaped followed by am versa! anathema and th* direct curse of the priest whose holy vMtmeats wen spatted with th* blood of th* young bride who had been instantly carried out. Then one hundred willing hearts), devoting themselves to vengeance, were thirsting for blood. Upon whom, and how to be gamed, they paused not to con- sider until the frenzy had somewhat sub- sided. Tnen the episode of the dressing- room was told and th* rash and desperate man settled upon. " But, ' said on*, whose blood had been tempered by years, " nothing can be don* to-night In the darkness n* could hid* from a thousand eye*. With th* first ray of light, mount and follow." It wa* so ordered, and whils husband, physician, priest, and friends guarded ths bedside of the wounded woman, hones were mad* ready, weapons prepared, and a hunt to death arranged. With the first of the dawn little parties started in every direction. The husband the recovery of his wifs having been as- sured could not be restrained from leading one. He would have been ashamed of his manhood to have remained behind, and his very soul eras thirsting for blood and vengeance. Fortune and gold favored him in finding a certain clue. Hs followed swift and far, snd on ths svenmg of th* second day cam* upon the horse of the fugitive lying dead by the side of the rocky mountain path. With a joyous light in hi* eye* he thought of would com*, of th* for hi* conduc ton to lead him by . Roderick, a deer, s th* pet of a Highland regiment. On parade Roderick always goes round ths different companies, and, when column is formed, hr at once takes up hi* position in band, beside the drum major. In 1889 two officers of the Fifth Lancers, while on a (hooting expedition in th* Nepaul district, encountered a fine tigress with cobs. They killed ths tigress, and the cub* were captured and taken to Lucknow, where they used to play about ths Fifth Lancen' mess. One died, and the survivor was presented to the Madras Kusilisn, who gave him the name of "Plassey," and con- stituted htm their regimental pet. Plasssy became very tanie, and was on the most friendly terms with the men. He lived at the officers' mess.aad with an antelope and dog for companions, seemed well contented. He accompanied the regiment to England, and was in ths xenith of his popularity with ths Fusiliers when an old lady resident of Dover wrote to the general commanding the district, stating that she had PItssey ing disembark, an.', that *vtr since she mained a prisoner in her house, fearing leet the tiger should have escaped and be roam- ing about the town ' So poor Plasssy was sent to the Zoological Garden*, accompanied in his stile by his faithful dog. AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS. TVa<s>arv la 41rew I. . Wstral ranla Will n la Belter .--... uasping from between white and trembling lip*. " Por 1'amor d* Dio*, look, within :" Strong-hearted men did, and became weak as women. Th sight they saw was horrible beyond conception, and revenge mor* complete tbau they would (jave dared to wish for. Lying upon his back upon a little bench, with one broken limb hanging down, wa* th* man they were searching for. Hi* face, even in death, was tortured by the most horrible agony and fear. Half coiled around the body, with its weight crushing ttis bnast, and with its long teeth still buried in his throat, w*( a monster serpent. Gorged with the blood it had suoked. It was almost incapable of motion and easily killed. Worn oat with traveling, suffering from the broken limb, daxed by fierce storms, th* wretched man had dragged himself thither and been attacked and killed while sleeping. " Holy mother t" said the husband, " much as I desired! vengeance, I would have prayed against mch a fate for him. Some of you find means of burial, and may the Heaven he insulted and defied have mercy upon hi* guilty soul !" Sick in body and mind he hastened home- ward. To the priest he told all, and beg- ged him to enjoin secrecy upon all who had been with him. The tale was too horribls to bear repeating. To hi* young wife ho simply said ths scan had been found dead Never in the annals of agriculture were farmen' minds so much unsettled with rsj- gf rd to what crop* will b mo*t profitable the coming cereal season as they are at present. Thelowprtceof wheat has preclud- ed any effort that might otherwise have been made to be pat in spring wheat. In- deed, for a number of years now in this part of Ontario this variety has not been successful except on extra well-prepared soil. Th* gn>d price at which oat* are tell- ing will induce a majority to sow a large acreage of this cereal, and aom* farmer* have already fown a greater part of their arable ares. Those who ban their land fall-plowed, arc, as usual, first to get the seed bed ready. Of course, th* great draw-back to devoting too much land to ^ __ i one crop and not following out a mixed how soon the end i husbandry, is that if this particular crop tan at his msrcy j h-ils, either in yield or price, the farmer nothing to fall back on to make up hi* losses. There i* a strong tendency at present to change the system of farming by growing less wheat, and a areat many in this district are seeding down for meadows and permanent pastures. A great many prefer to *ow eras* seed with barley rather than oats, as it is not so likely to smother out by h**vy growth of straw Another departure that many farmon are likely to try is raising beans as a field crop, especially what is called the pea variety. The** give better satisfaction a* a general thing, and the price for genuine pea hoaui is said to be a few cent* a bushel above other varieties. These bnana are planted with * comman seed drill, by putting cork* in the hole* so as to leave the rows the right distance apart. Corn can be planted in the sane way. This crop should receive a feeling then entirely foreign to bis | has heart. Night, however, closed around dark sod tempestuous, and they were forced to dis- continue tha search. Not an instant longer than necessary was it delayed. The sun of momma; revealed a plain trail, that of a man crawling along and dragging one limb as if broken. " He cannot have gotten far," said the outraged husband, with grim determination, carefully examining his pistols. "Ha! There is a little cabin. My lifs upon it bs will be foim I within '" Better mounted than th* others, he spar- red forward tn th* Tuds shelter he had noticed the deserted hut of the herdsmen flung hiuisolf from his hone, entered, and then reeled out with face pale as death, and more attention at the hands of eur farmen than it does ; if th* land i* pioperly pro p^red there i* no State in the American Union thatcan excel u* in \ rolificcorn crops. Corn should he grown more, not tor the grain alone but for a fodder crop f >r both soiling and ensilage But whilst farmers thu spring are expand ing on general purpose farming specialties in all lines are claiming attention now. And there i* no doubt that two or three specialties if adapted to th* farm, snd its owner i* adapted to them will result in | better lucoese than aiming at loo much in the general purpos* way of farming. In tak- ng up a specialty, however, one should not go too fast, nor should ono take up some thing for which he has no natural liking. Not very man oan succeed as a dairyman, nor everyone as a stock breeder. One* must study his inclination and adaptability for the specialty in which he propose* to embark. An electric locomotive running betwt-eo Paris and Havre attained a speed of seventy five mile* an hour. It drew thirteen cars. In some of the (German towns, when a man is convicted of beating hi* wife, he is allowed to gc to his work, as usual, but his wife getshis wage*, and hn locked up only on Saturday nights, and remains in prison until the following Monday. The punish- ment usnally lasts for ten weeks. Seventy per oent. of the people of Ceylon live by agriculture. Th* percentage in Britain is 15.44. tiold to the value of $.175 was recently collected from th* soot of the chimney In the London Mint. The water that poors over th* Falls of Niagara is wearing ths rock away at the rate of five yards in four years. A belt worn by the ex-Bmpreu Eugenie just before the war of 1S7U fetch >d 1*> at a recent auction sale in France. On an average an engine-driver travels twsnty thousand miles in the conn* of a year. The first royal statue raised in London was one of Charles I., which stands in Whitehall. A man ha* been known to stay for five minutes in an oven m which ths tempera- ture wa* :iHO degress. The principal nations of the world have 2,291 warship*, mounting 3,3(W guns, most- ly of a very iioavy rslibr*. In I'.ermany then is a law forbidding restaurateurs to ssrvs beer to people who have eaten fruit. About two hundred different penons handle a pair of kid gloves ere they are co npletaly mad*. The green ant* of Australia maks nest* of leave* which they bend together and unite with a kind of natural glue. About the thinnnest thing in the world is ths film of a soap babble, of which it would take 50,000,000 to measure an inch. The tint mention of the pipe "-sran in history is in connection with Solo uon's Tempi*, where then was an or an with ten pine*. Ths sum half of a orange is usually not so sweet and juicy ai the other half, because th most of the jaice gravitates to th* part which is downward. Mining engineers now use photography to illustrate their reports by presenting pic- tures of [edge* and other features of the mine. Cnmation is becoming increasingly popu- lar in Paris, and th* crematorium erected at th* cemetery of r**n Laohaiss nas already been found to be too small. Kggs of the Algerian locust have been found to yield a thick oil resembling honey in appearance. It burns well, and mixed with alkali makes a good soap. Tbs electrical bicycle i* cropping up in England. Th* weight of the batteries whsn filled with liquid U to be forty-four pounds, and ths whole weigh t of the mac hine is to be 155 pounds. An sxpsrt declare* that he knows of at least six hundred counterfeits of the Old Masters which an now hanging in private galUrie* in the I'oited State*, and all of which were originally purchased la Europe at very high prices. A Fnnch physician has constructed an acting modal ot the human heart. It is of ths same hue, size, and consistency as th* natural organ, with every detail, and a nd Bind courses through it, and through artificial arteries. Numerous petitions have been received by the Pope from Switzerland, Austria, and '.ermany, praying him to take the initiative in summoning an international conference to consider the best mean* of abolishing th* Mont* Ctrlo gambling establishment. So great is ths echo in on* of th* room* of the Pantheon that the atriking together ot the palm* ol ths hands ii said to make a noise equal to that of a 12-pound cannon. The Chinese Kncylop.i- lia meets a long felt want, and no family should b* without it. It was published in Pekin in "i.o-.lj volumes, and at the prios of f 10,000 is tho sams ss given away. The discovery has been made by a Ger- man physiologist that ths milk of inebriate mothers contains a small amount of alcohol audit i* hi* belief that such mothers com- municate to their offspring a desire for atimulants. Th* rector of the Berlin Univenitv has just been compelled to order a new official man tl* at a cost of 'J, 400 marks. The on* which he. has worn til! now was made ex- actly 19*2 yean ago, and constant wear and t*ar rendered it unfit for Court ceremon- ies, liovernmsnt statistics as to ths cost of clothing the soldiers of ths British army show that the innu.il cost of clothing the Lifs liuards per man is t'T !)j M., while infantry oi the line are turned out ai f.' 17s. id. perhtal. The Highlander, with .iii feathery cap and tartan kilt, costs t'.t 16s. :.d. A beggar, who for mary yean had sub- sisted on charity, died a fsw days ago in Auxerre, Franc*. In a trunk he left- bond* to ths value of 1, 000,000 francs, and in his cellar were found 4(M) bottles of win* of th* vintage of 1790. The first aerial voyags was made Sep- tember H, 17S3, by a sheep.-t cock and a duck to a height of I ,.VM feet. Tim first human traveler through the air was M. Frauoois Pilatr* de Roxier, who mounted the, following month in a free balloon. AH the wan of Napoleon Bon.iparte cost hi* country t.'.Vi.ifcHi.OUO, whil ' Louis Napoleon oast France 442.000,000. The former made the snsmy pay most el the sxpeass ; the expense of the wan waged by the latter was borns by France. Mohammedanism i* largely on ths in crease in the British West African co- lony of Sierra Leone, oae-tenth of tha population now being of that fsat.i. A tate-aidsd branch of the Church of England exists then, and practically all denominations of Christiana hsve mission- aries in the colony, but isUm gains on them. Ten young women ars every year started in self-supporting careen by the generosity of Mn. Frederick Vanderbilt. of New York. The sum of $500 is devoted to the instruc- tion and advancement of each yoang'womaa. who displays ability, ambition, and indus- try A man weighs less whsn ths baromste) is high, notwithstanding the fact that the atmoephtno pressure on him is more than, when the barometer is low. As ths pres- sure of air on an ordinary -sixed man is boot 15 ions, th* rise of the mercury from twenty -nine to thirty -on* inches add* about ons ton to th* load he has to carry. Experiments mads by M. d'Arsonval, with an instrument, which he calls tha myophone, proves, contrary to ths older opinion, that nervous excitability may exist for many houn after death. The old tot of the muscle shortening is, no doubt, not applicable long after death has departed ; but as ths sound given out by the myophone prove*, the death of a nerve is much lent rapid than has been hitnerto supposed, and a nerve may aot on muscle, in a stats of electric excitability, without producing more than simple molecular vibration. Archdeacon Sinclair does not disguise the satisfaction he feel* in the fact that, in the opinion of undoubted judges, the musical portion of the services at St. Paul's, is the most perfect of its kind in Europe. The number of people who attend St, Paul's on a Sunday may be put down at 9,000 thus : morning service, 2,500 ; af- ternoon service, 2,500 ; evening ssrvioo, 4,000. Ths Bank of Francs is not entirely free from appreheneinn regarding the ability of the burglar, and guards itself in a very careful manner. Kvery day when the money is pat into ths vaults in ths cellar, masons are waiting and at onoe wall up th* doers with hydraulic mortar. Water is thes turned on and kspt running until ths cellar is flooded. A burglar would thus havs to work in a diving-suit and break down a cement wall before he could ev*n start to loot the vaults. When the officers arrive next morning the water is drawn off, the masonry i* torn down, and ths vaults opened. MISCELLANEOUS. In Nsw Zealand cats are used to destroy rabbits. A bishel of sweet potatoes yields a gal- lon of alcohol. Fifty disheartened gamblers annually it suicide at Monte Carlo. Montana has decided that the blossom of ths prickley pear shall be considered ths State dower Two-thirds of th* cotton consumed by th* w>rld during tin past sixty-seven ye-n cam* from th* United States. A ssa gull has been donv-sticated by Frank Raassll. of Sheboygan. Mich. It has just hatched a brood of chickens. For over sixty yean the Rev. Wm. Mays, of Perryville, K.y. has been preaching the gospel, and has never accepted a dollar for his service*. The smallest people in the world are nativss of ths Andaman Islands. Their average height is four fet t, and their weight about seventy pounds. Henry M. Hoffman, of reading, Pa., died suddenly of heart disease in ths West. Whsn his wifs saw the body, apon its sr rival home, shs fell dead beside, the coffin. A tree *hat smokes has been discovered in the Japanese village of Ono. It is sixty fset high, and just after sunset, every even- ing, smoke issue* from th* top of th* trunk. It is called the volcanic tree. Do Oct. II, IS*), A. H. Sutherland . ot Saugus, Mass., received a bullet in the neck at Culpoper. Vs. It remained in I. is body over thirty years, causing frequent hemor- rhages. A few days ago he coughed it up from his lunge. Flowers played an important part at a nominating convention in Tuscola, III. Miss Mamie Bunch, a school-teacher, want- ed th" nomination for Superintendent of Scnools. As each voter cams up she pinned a bouquet on his coat. She secure.! th* nomination Baited With Beer. The ape family reeemhle* man in more than one respect They love liquor, and this love, as in all case with mankind, often causes them to fall. The natives cf Central Africa make a fermented beer of which the monkeys are very fond, and by using it as a bait Capture a great number of these animals. The native* go to the parts of the forests frequented by the monkeys and let on the ground gourds full of the enticing liquor. As soon as a monkey sees and tastes it he utters loud cries of joy that attract his comrades. Then an orgie begins, and in a short tim* th* nea*t* show all de- grees of intoxication. Then the negroes appear. The drinken are loo far gone to distrust them, bat apparently take them for larger speciesof their own genus. When a negro takes one by the hand to lead it off thu nearest monkey will cling to the one who thus find* a support and endeavor to go o.f also. Another will grasp t him, and thus in turn till the negro leads a stagver- ing line of 10 or 1~> tipsy monkeys. When finally got to ths village the monkeys are securely caged and gradually sober down, but for two or three a days limited supply of liquor is given them, so as to reconcile then by degree* to tiieir state of captivity. An Observatory Incident. Elderly Lady (to the porter at an observe lory) > Will you please take up my name to Prof. Stargsr.er ; he invited me to corn* to-day *o observe th* transit of Venus." Porter " Vary sorrv, ma'am ; you'r* rather late. Th* transit took place at least half-an-honrago." Lady" Oh, that doesn't matter ' Ths Vrofeesor is a gnat friend of mine, and I'M sure hfl won't mind in th* Is anoibsr traasiu"