The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

- TIE lOST lllMifS IF IHI Wit! IH Many «re the storicfl told at the out- ivaji {Lres u( tti« South African tranR- port riders, Bume w«dr(l, soma ronuw- tic, aoone of native wara, aoiu« of fierce FD<x>unter8 willt thv wild beosta of the IU'IkI. Olten a« I travelled with my friendB up-oountry, we stopped tuhave ft chat with tboee rugigtMl people, and aouie atran^e and intiTeKtiog informa- tion wa« obtained in this way. The trunnport rider â€" the carrier of Africa â€"with his stout wa^n and span of ox- en travels year after year over the rough roada of Cape Colony, and far bfyund, in all direotions, and is oon- •tiintly encountering all sorts and con- ditions of men, white, block, and off- coloured ; and in ht« wanderings or over hia evening cami)-f ire he picks up great •tore of legvtud and adventure from the passing hunters, explorers, and trad- era. One night, after a day's journey through I he Bufch-veldt, we lay at a farmhouse near which was a jiublic outsfian. At this ouispan two transfiort riders were sitting snugly over their evening meal. They seemed a couple of cheery good fellows, one an Knglisb Africander, the other an E^ngliahman, an old University man. and well read, aa we afterwards discovered, and noth- ing would suit tbie<m but that we should )oin theim and take pot-luck. Supper fioished, some good old Can- go. the beat home-ouinufactured bran- dy of the Cape, made in the Outsboom diatrict, waa produced, pipes lighted, 8n<l then we began to " yarn." For an hour or more we talked ujion a vari- ety of to()iicaâ€" old days in iuigl&nd, the voya«e to the Cape, the Colony, its pros- pecta, and its sport. " "lia strange." said one of our num- ber, " how little ia known of the Or- ang'e Hiverâ€" at all evauta west of the Falls. I don't thiixk I ever met a man who had been down it. One woujd think the Coloni&ts would know some- thing of their northern boundary; aa a matter of fact they don't.'" " Ah I talkintf of the Orange Haver reminds me," said tlie yovinger of the traniii)ori riders, the ex-Oxonian and the more loquat-ioua of the two, ''of a moat extraordinary yarn I heard from a man I fell In with, some years bock, stranded In the 'thirst-land,' north-west of Sh<«hong. I'oor chap I he waa in a sorry plight. He wa.s an Fjig- liab gentleman, who for years had, from abeer love of sport and a wild life, been hunting big game in the Interior. That aeaflon he had stayed too late on the Cbobe Hiver junajr where it runs into the Zambesi, and with most of his peo- ple had got fever bodly, 'J'hey had had ii disastrous trek out, losing most of tiifir oxen and aJI their horsea ; and when 1 came arroos them they were atuck fast in the do(ir.-<t-land (thirst- 1 laud), unalile to move forward or bat-k.' For t wo and a half days t hey had beeo wiltiout water; and from Iwlng in bad health to befciin with, hadn't half a chance; and if I had not atunibleu n|v on them, they muat all have been dead within fifteen hours. I bad luckily Bome wator in my vatjes, and manage/d to pull tliem round; luid that night, icuving llieir wagun In the desert, In hope of being suv<-4 eulisequently. and {aKiag as much of t tu^ ivory and valu- ablre iia we coulfl manage, and Mow- bray's, the Ejiglisbinan's, guns and am- munition, wu made a good tn-k, and reached water on the afternoon of the next day. I never saw a man sograte- fn! ii£ Mowliray. During the shori time Bushmen, he was dauntless ac a wonnd- ed lion and determined aa a rhinocer- os, which is saying a good deaj. I sup- (Mne Kloos had had more varied ex|)er- lenoe of tjciulh Afrusan life than any native I ever met. Originally, be had come as a child from the borders of the Grunge River, where he had been taken prisoner in a Boer foray, in which nearly all his relations were shot down. He and then been " apprentic- ed " in the family, of one of his cap- tors, where he liad acouired a certain knowledge of seiiiii-civilizB<l life. From the iiutur family of the back country he had eubeequ<>.ntly drifted farther down into the Colony, and thence into a neJephanl-hunler's retinue. The west- ern Orange lUver and Its mysteriesâ€" for it ia a mysterious regionâ€" he knew, as I afterwards discovered, better than any man in the world. Well, we trek- ked up to Malabeleland, and after some trouble got permission to hunt there; and a fine time we had, getting a quan- tity of ivory, ajid oia^mificent sport, among lions, elephants, buffalos, rhin- oceros, ajid all manner of smaller game. Klaas, who was sometlmeH a bit too veaturesome got caught one day in the open by a black rhijiooeros, a savage old bull. 'J'he old brute charged and slightly tossed him once, making a nas- ty i^aah. In his thi^h, but not fairly getting his horn under him; and was just turning to finish the poor little beggar, when I luckily nicked in. I aiuji pvq piii) pan 'sKuuiunq oq) ii%>.)« pvq to rush out on to the i^lain, and just as Uorele charged at poor Klaas. to finish him off as he Lay, 1 g<ot up with- in fortv yards, let drive, and, as luck would have it, droi>ped him with a 500 express bullet behind the shoulder. Ev- en then, the fierce brute recovered hlm- aelf and tried to charge me in turn; but he was now disabled, and I soon settled his ganM, After that episode, Klaas proved himself atx)ut the only grateful native I ever leard of. and seemed as If he couldn't do enough for me. tvomeiime after he hatl got over bis wound, he came to me and said : "SJeur! you said one day that you would like to know whether there are diamonds anywhere else than at New Hush, as Klmberley, was then called. Well.sieur, I have been working at New Rush, and 1 know what diamonds are like, and J can leJl you wiiere you can find as many of them in a week's search as you may like to pick up." "What <lo you mean. Klaas if'" said I turning sbarpiv round, to see if the Bushman w.-»s iokijig. But, on the con- trary, Klaas's little weaxeund monkey- face wore an ex|ires8ion perfectly ser- ious and apparently t ruthf ul. "Ja, eieur, it is truth. If ve will so trek with me to the Groot, (Orange) River, three or four days Iwyond the Falls, I will sliow you a place where there are hundreds and nundreds of diamonds, big ones too, many, of I hem, to bo found lying about in the gravel 1 have played with them, and with oth- er mooi sieins loo. often and often as a l)oy. when I used Uo jioke al>out here and there, up and down theCroot Hiv- ier. My father and grandfather liv- ed ne,ir the j>U«« 1 ^I)«ak of ; and I know the way to the valley where these diamonds are, well, though no one but myself kmrws of tiieni ; for 1 found them by chance, and, selfish-like, nev- er told of my child's secret. 1 will take you to the pUu-e, if you like," " Are you really siMsiking truth, Klaas*" caid 1 severely. â- Ja. ja I aieur ; I am, I ami" he earn««ily and vehemently reiterated. " Well. Klaas," «aid 1 at la.tl, " I l*- lieve you; and we'll trek down to the OranKe River, and ae« this wonderful diamond valley' of yours." Shortly otter this (xmversation. we ciujie bac4i to Sluvihong, where Isold ui.v ivory ; and then, wiih einiity wugxm and the oxen mfreshml by n Kood rest, set our f<u*B for lh«- river hrniii Slios- hong in iUmangwato wc went straight away acrous the soutb-easteru corner of the Kalahari in an oblique direction lH>inting south-west. It waw a fright- fully waterleas and tedious journey, e«|j«cially after passing the Langetierg, which we ke|)t <m our leift hiuid. 'I'o- wurds the end of the journey we found no water at a fountain where we had expecteil to obtain it, and thereby lost four out of twenty-two oxen, for I Iknew hmi Hound him" one <.f the l)est i .^"lif'V*" ""^l = *"•'* *' '**!' ""*! trekking over a burning and moat mea- river ^H>me w,iy below the Ureal trails. Klaa.s bad led us to a most kively spot, where the ground slopes gradually to the river, â€" the <mly place for |)erhnii« thirty or forty miles, where the wafer, shut in by mighty mountain walls, can be aji- proa<'hedâ€" and where we could rest and refresh our.>*e.lves anil <;ur <^xen. Here fellows an<l m««t delightful companions ' „rr*..„\., " ""'^"'^8, »â- "», 1 ever met. I do«ed liim with quinine, ^.^r^,*^, T i'^ ""? '^'''n ''*^"'"' and pulled him togethw tUI we gl>t tl'^'nTuI to strike the river to t>lv*di<>ng ; bu t before we hod gut half-way down to Gnqualand, Mow- bray grew huddenly worw., and died one ev«'niiig in nij- wagon just at sun- set. We burie<l him under a kameel- doorn tree, coveri.na the grave with heavy stonefi. and fencing it strongly with thitrna, to keep away the jackals and hyenas. " Many and many a talk 1 had with ,:„„, f, ,i poor M<.wbray before he died One ev- JL "; L'"'^„!""*""''^} "«,"<'"'â-  â„¢,ng in particular, as we sat t»fore ^^'^,'^"?.L^.,*yr„?..*''.,^.'."'T''' the camp-fire <m t he dewless ground, where I had propiMMl lilm up and made him <x>inrort,ivbl«, he told me a most strange .slory, a »t.<iry so wonderful that inobt people would look upon it as wildly inijirobable. He lx>gun in this ''Velton, .vou have l««n a kind friend '""l!*:""'* ,°' ''* ?*""* "owers every to me-kiid and tender as any w.. man K.f";â„¢ 1*'!;l"!?*i'.'.'.!!* ""' and I feel I owe you more than I am in good heart and fettle, we present- ly started away down tie rivisr, for the valley of diaimonde, i had, beeidee Klaas, four other men as drivers, voer- loopers, and afterriders, and th»y, na- turally enough, were extremely curious to know wtiai on eatrth the " Baas " could wajit to trek down the Orange River for â€" a counitry where no one came, and of which no one had ever even beard. I had to tell them that I was prospecting for a copper mine ; for, as you prolKvbly know, ti^re are many places in this region where that me- tal occurs. As we were doubtful whether we ahottld find water at the next fountain that Klaas knew of, ow- ing to the prevalence of drought, I fill- ed the waAeir vatjee and every other utensil I could t hmk of ; and then, all being ready and the oxen in^anned, we moved briskly forward. We had now to make a detour to the rifiht, away fiom the river, and for great part of a day picked our painful footsteps over a rough and semi-moun- tainous country. Towards evening, we emerged upon a dreary and intermin- able wa«ite that lay outstretched be- fore us. its far horizon Ixtrred in the dim distajice by towering mountains, through which we should presently have to force our passage. That even- lag we outsponned in a bowling wild- erness of loose and scorching sand, up- on which scarcely a bush or shrub found subsistence. Next night, more dead than alive, we hailed beneath the loom of a gigantic mountain range, whose recesses we were to pierce on the following morning. Half a day beyond this barrier lay the valley of diajuonds, as Klaa-s w hi.;-nered to me after supiier that night with gleaming excited eyes. That night as we lay under the moun- tain was one of t be most stifling I ever endured In South Africa., where, on the high t.-Lblelaods of the Interior, nights are usually oool and refreshing. £ven tJie moist heat off the Zambesi Valley was not more trying than this torrid empty desert. Tlie oven-like heat cast up all day from the sandy plain, seemed to be returne<l at nife-ht by the** sun- scorched rocks with redoubled inten- sity. Waterless we lay.- sweltering in our misery, with blackened tongues and parched and cracking lips. The oxen seemed almoct like dead thln^8. Often have J inwardly thanked I'ringle, the poet of South Africa, for hie sweet and touching verse, written with the love of this strange wild land deep in him. ami for his striking descriptions of its beauty and its fauna As 1 lay pant- ing that night, curving my luck and the foMy that brought me thither. I lit a lantern and o^M^ned his glowing pages. Wh;it were almost the first lines to greet my gaze f The-^e ! A region of emptiness, howling and drear. Which man hath abandoned from fa- mine and fear: Which the snake and the lizard inhab- it alone. With the twilight bat from the yawn- ing stone ; Where jrr^iss. nor herb, nor shrub takes root. Save [loisonous thorns that pierce the foot: And here, while the night winds around me Blgh. Lost Diamonds of lOrange River And the stars burn bright in the mid- night sky, Aa I sit apart by the desert stone, Like Klijah at BOreb's cave alone. "A Btill small voice" comes through the wUd, Like a father controlling his fretful child. Which banishes bitterness, wrath and fear, Sayingâ€" Man is distant, but God is near. We hailed the passage of the moun- tains next morning with something nkin to delight. Anything to banish the monotony of these last two davs of burning toil. Klaas. as the oulv one of us who knew the c<:untrv. directed our movements; and wiih hoiirHc shouts and re-e<^holng cracks from the mighty wagon whip, slowly our caravan was set in motion. Our entrance to the mountains was effCK^ted through a nar- row and extremely difficult puav.strewn with huge bouUIers and overgrown with brush and underwood. (To Be Continued.) TRUE tClOUm OF A A DiiLUSlON ON ITUE WHKEL " I have found that the experience was the same with both the men and the women," said a regular bicyclist, "and during two years of observation I have never known the rule to fail. The slim, tailor-made woman, who looks tidy and pretty from behind, and is as a matter of fact neither young nor pretty when her full face is seen, is al- ready an old theme for comic papers we slopped for day.s It was a i>erfect ... .. . . ^ , ^ ,_â-  reatin45-p;nce. Down the Uinks of the i ""' J**"*'"- i'ut it to<ik the bicycie to (*, grew I put a new phase on the theme. Nine mimosa, | times out of ten the woman who Bits t hree is- an<l bnsiaril eliony. 'l~wo or lands densely cloihed with bush and greenery dotied the brcMd and -shin- i iftg liosom of the mighty stream. Hip- I poiHMami wallowed quielly in the flood, ' anil fish were plentiful. The mimosa was now in full bloom, and the sweet , ever likely to repay. Yel, if you want wealth, I Udieve I can put it in your way. Do you know the northern bank of the Oran({e River Imtween the Great I'ttllh and tie »«'a ? No, I don't sup- |)Ofl« you do, for very few peo|ile have ever trekked down it â- , still fewer liave ever got down lo the water from tbii great wallfi of deeolalo and preoipiUius mountain Hint environ its course; and except myself and two others, neither of whom can ever bliouts. I believe no mortal soul ujion this e.irth has ev«ir set eyes upon the place I am going to tell you alxiut. Listen I I Jn 1871, about the time the Diamond Fields were discovered and people !«â-  air OS we strolled by the river's brim. I had jsoiue old scraps of fishing tack- le with me; ami having cut myself a eircit, wears a well-fitting suit, and dis- plays a particularly slim and graceful figure is certain to beâ€" well, old when you ride past her and look around to gel a good view of her face. 8he is likely to be thin, with a wrinkled face, having aa much freshness and youtli about it as a dried apple. It's unfor- tunate that such should be the cast and had, for South Africaâ€" which, as you know, is not a great angling coun- tryâ€" I'aiiitnl si)ort. The fish captured were a kind of flat-lieaded bartiel fel- lows with dark greenish-olive backs and white liellies; and I caught them with wraps of mea' liees, craHshoppers, reveal its where- "nything 1 could get hold of, as fast reveal its wtiere- ^ , ^^,^|,, ^^^^^^ ,^p,_^ ^,^, ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ or two at a time. After the parching and moat haras- sing trek across t he lUserl, our eni^amii- uient Hwmed a terrestrial paradise. The __ . - , .- .- guinea-fowls callerl constantly with gan to flock to (iri(|Ualand W'e.st, I was pleasiint mei a 1 lie voices from among the rather bitten with the mania, and for 'r''?* 'l^'' "unrgined the river, and fur- Bome monlliB worked like a nigger on nished capital banquets when requir- the Fields. During that time I got (o •'â-  Other fejilhered game and sunujl Viii/W » StiQd deal aNiut sionew. I soon »«i'eU>iies were plentiful. At night, as i.Lred of tliiB life, however, and finally ' rod from a willow-tree, I employed i but it is so. and in the ma iority of i-asea aoine (>l my Biwiic time jn catching fish. 1 the pretty, fresh-looking "girl will not ride h*lf as well as her older rival who can keep a spickness on the wheel that notiody can excel. The lalior will dress beiteir, hold herstdf better, and so long as she is vlewe<l only by the men rid- ing behind hur she will be far more impressive than any of the younger and better looking women on wheels. It acquired filted together some trekked tgain for iho.se glorious hunt- log-grou ids. of the Interior, glad en- ough tx) risume rny <dd and ever-cliarin- log life. Amongst tny servants was a little Bilihirnan. Klaas by name, whom I efterwards found a perfeci treasure at aiioorint and hunting. Like all true I lay ill my wagon contentedly looking â-  " 1 a ad- aold my claim and what diamonds 1 had '"lo. 'lie utarry blue, studded with a â-  " U|) a Mugim. gathered ""lli"U i>oints <if fire, and mildly ad- native sprvants, and •""'ing the glorious effulgence of the greater constellations, I liegan l<i con- lure un .ill sorts of dreams of the fu- ture, of which the haaes and foundations were piles of diamonds culled from Klaas's wonderful valley. Having recniiteil frciaii the de^â- ert journey, and all men and l>e«alfl, lieing is of course disappointing, when the op- portunity for seeing the full face comes. But the epectacle is pltwsaut enough for a while. "Sumething of the same kind is taiie of the men. 1 have kntrwn slim fellows with finely develt»ped calveB, to turn out sallow-faced, dyspeptic-looking men with eyeglasses and a diacontented ex- pression. Riding behind them they look- ed like young athletes, and the con- trast with their reaJ lo«iks was some- thing awful. Not only physic<tlly, but also a? far as their dress goes, sudi men look bettcir, when seen from thi rear, and they ride along so slowly and delicately that they are never rut" fled, and nevef wilt tholr collars. The> are like the disa^iiointing women, thV spickest looking ndera on tba road. Hut they are never able to stand the from view." OHAPTBarV. Nearly tlhree months bad passed. A great emfiire bad lost Its spiritual amd mimdaoe head, a hundred miillions of people, ttbeir father. Priini:eia 'fella waa a bride,! perhaps the mio^t eiovied wom- ain lim tibe wide world, for the influence wtbiich Gem. Weriipoloff had omce im- puted tn her was now a reality, a fact- or tlhiat all the |gorv«riuaeints of the earth 'had, to reckon with, if one might believe the public priats. At a reception Ibeld m the winter poiaoe towards the end of the mxmth sbe espiied Prince Weripoloff amonig tlborusaoda of guests, and all of a sud- deia the memory of her short stay iiD Koruoff flasihed across ber mijad. An Adjutaint brougiht the "i^' i i^g Govern- or quickly into her preaeooce. "i waoiU to thiuik you<r Kxcelleucy for the q>leindidj welcome afforded me some miOntiliB ago," she addressed the smil- ing official^ "and then furthermore ask wihat .has become of my model with the Christ headt" '"The master of police ia Kornoff was, at the tione iniormed of your Highness' whines, i will ask him by telegraph to reiport iiumediately. "Do ao. General," soad tbe Princess, "and tell the peasant i. will pay bun royally for his trouble." ciix bourii later Prince Weripoloff re- ceived au answer to his dispatch which read as lolluws; "Midbaeil Alexandrolf w^aa sent m iirons to ttbe I'eter-Paul fortress on Sep- teimi>er 4th. â€" Uasiuff. The Gov eruor drov e at onoe to the fort- ress. -Mjidhttel Alexandroft, mused the uQuimander, turning over tihe leaves ot a ledger, "let me see,â€" aii, I knew there was somethioig disagreeable to report on this case, Jiere it is : "After behaving most uisoleutly at bis trial and refusing t4.< confess, Michr ael was knouled, receiving .^i^^y strokes," tihe commander added: "Fifty; not too luiucih for u man uf his build." Suti uext morniimg he was found bang- UD^ in bia cellrâ€" dead." The official looked u* cooi^ilaojntly, after making this alatemeul, and offer- ed the iuquiriiug General a cigarette. But U e.rii>oiuil rudely puabed away the ailven case "Found luinging, " he cried, "you mightt Us well tell me that he died of tJie measles. 1 tell youâ€" "shaking his fist un: the commancer's fac«L, "it's some of yoiu* dirty wora Vou. or your men, murdered this jwor peasamt." 'i'lbe commander tried to explain, to prove tlhut "the whole mistake"' was due to Werifioloff'b peculiar method of is.suing orders, but the Prince would not iM-ar of it. instead, be persisted in charging the oumuuinder with all sorts of crimes. 'I'hey parted as on- emics for life Wue'ii the Governor General arrived at tbe palace I'rilncess Telia was absent, and: t:«J'ore he could t>ee tier next day elbe had received the reinirt of tbe commander of tIhe Peter-l'aul fortress, SiU/plementedl by inne which the Korn- off autjhoritiea sent by wire However, she liste.ned to the General's excuses, but wtbeoi he went au far as to reimark tlhat he would procure aiuither luodel for her Highiieaa, she disimissed him ab- ru^itly. nil t-heJ antechamber was Count Wolnoff. the Adjutant dn jour "t have orders to request your Kx- cellency toftiand in your resignation at once."' (be said "U knew it would come to this," re- plied WeriiKdoff," tnit pray, whulwill be dune wiith the master of polue who caused all the trouble 1" <He boa been dismissed with^mt the usual pension. "And iv.heliusky. the blockhead?" "He will be sent to Siberia for man- slaughter, there to r«main within the pleasure of tibe crown" "Si. my dream has Income true," moaned Weripoloffâ€" a lowly peasant is the cause of m.y dismissal and disgrace."' Telia is building a ciiurcb in Kornoff. It will be culled 8t Midhael's chapel. The act vrill not atone for the fearful crimes committed, but poor Mischa's brethren will have work and their pby- ttiical oouditiun will be im,pruved F:ven the almighty Czai could not do more ALEXANDRA. ! Ilbe End. OOMilLlMiWNTlNG. Some jieoplu have the lacuity tor find- ing a cou^limeal to fit every case, and couaition, and as a rule, oom^itimcuL^ lire gcuejaJly pleasing to tbe receiver uven U not quite aiuuere. The persou wlio diatiibuteci cuuiipiimenta promiscu- ously ahiiy be one of tboae kind souls wlioare always trying loplea.^(\ and the motive which j>rompta the iximplimenla la doubtless a good one, but uu one can lirize aucU compliments aa if they came irom one who seldom gave them. A genuine coiuijlimenl is delightful, and more esipeiially so iC it ivmea from one rtho rarely Bjjeaka so. A sincere oom- .dimeut is not llatlery, and one tan iioih give and receive such witi a knowledge o* their truth A well-timed oim-llment may do a great deal of good .or it siiwene it expresses the apprecia- lion ot certain qualities in tonaeone else. An honetit comjiLiinent bos often been iinown to awaken iu pewple just the lowers necessary to "msJie something uf theouielveB. Flattery is inainuere, vad only feeds the vanity, often doing uw>re haam than isood. Such falaemve is hateful. Many â- oma>liment|jafe given by a certain class of ipeople with aelf-tteekingnjotives, and ihey are hardliy better than insults. No :loubt most people (>an estimate the val- ue of the coiU|i»liments they receive, yet I little kind praise is genrrallv well ap- iret-iated. To be able to alwavssayi the light thing at the right tlm«U) a gift, ind It la never unworthy of anyone to ry to please. vVtiere en(x>uragement ud ha,()pineu result from an honest ompliment there should certaioly be ,10 hesitation in giving one. NINETEENTH CENTURY iJIBA^La The pathetic sttiry of Helen Keller, tbe majrveilooH blind and deaf girl, of whom the whole world ina^ he»rd, haa acquired mew inlteTeat by news of hex success in passing wiub high .^redits the seven pireiiminary examiuatioos ot Harvard tJniveraity, enliUe 'ber to ea- ter Radcilfle College. Helem Keller id but sixteen years old, yet her meo- t.al developcueni, in face of appallin(g i>h(ysicai deficiencieA, is one of Uhe isax> veJs of L'he age. Because of iter misfor- tunes and the remarkable facility witli whdoh she fatis acquired knowledge bjt| pecuiiar meiijads, ber luune is knows uhiroughoul the world. a<Dd Bvery^viiiier* Lbeire baa been ^.waikened tbe liveliest in.terei«t end sjrmpatiby. In Ijoudon oa instituLioo for Ube educuitiou of blind mutes tias been, named after ber, and uf hsir life i'j t>|iaireid tbe future boa great. Uiuiopiifi ini stone Cor this mar- velous mleileoluai ctbiiid of milafortune. (Helen Keller has bad a wonderfui Luough sod career. She wb« born and apKuu. iueic eaxV dhaldbood at ber far i-oar'a home in Xuacumbia, Ala. ti>be was born blind, dieaf and, tut ber pof- eints eoon d'iscover«d, mute. SiM hod none oi tbe aeme of taste. Up to hes -jieventa year hjeir mlnld ynA a blank* Hieir family oouid oniy oommunicata witii hetr by "i«'^-n'H of the crudebl iiigaa. therefore all that cibje baa acounnpxisb- etl Id UQe worlE of a iiltie more thua tagini, years, 'lo Alias builivon, ber in- u^ai.geni and faiUh^ui teacbea, is dua muuu of the credit of unlociaing tba mysiexies of t:iis ahild"s wmuutirfuil mien-ialuy. Wita but one SKsnae lo lUd hjetr â€" LhsL oi luuiciiâ€" one oaji luiim aa idlea of the txemeuidoua otislaciles tba Leachieir had to overcasne. Mlib t>ui- iivaiu Ijegan by a code of signs IMO^ Viivsened upoti Uiie palm of lite cbild'a uunds, and after muob paliaenoe, suo- >2e«<ied in conveying (ibe first gleaoia of iLiuU^nilanaiiig lo tbe virgin brain. ithe next la'jik was to teaoh hex ta sueak, and Llus, too was soon accoot^ pliabed, thanks lo tbe cbild'a eoger- OB/isi to learn. 'Xlbe method of teaolk- ing tiiex lo utteiT wordfi was to have imr place ibe tips of ber fiu^era U|>oB hex leooher'a lips, and ibus by the sens* of touch oonveiyed to her the idea of sound. tSibe was also taughit tba rulsed alpitaobet, and Uuub iu a short time wan able to read. Miss Keller can now converse with any one. Her uiteranoe is a little im- pt:riect, as ia to be expected of on* who knows nov tibe sound ot bar owa vu..ce, but she has do difficulty in makv ing herself underslxwd. The only way how-evej-, by which she can receive oral uumuMUiioations Is by tJhie sense fld touch. Let her pl»oe her finger tips u^ioa the ibroat or lips of any ona ^leaking, and bheire ia instantly ooD- veyed to her brain under^anding of wihat Is said. Miss Kelleir bos lieeo an inmate uf the Wright-HluimaHton iwhoul for the oral instruction ol tba diesi for more tbiin a year, and 'it H here Ihat .she bas ma<ie her most rapid Irrogret^. Shv has rapidly acquired :nowIedge of Fxemdh, German and hi*- tory, and already >4iiie has written much in tbe<«e two languages, and heir uwn as well. Slbe huai a v&ry strong pietic le-minerainent. and her diary, wtoiob she has been keeping for two yearsy aboundn with beautiful thoughts, most beautifully expres.>^ed. Wliat fate may have in store lor this strangely gifted ohild niD one can pirediot. but ber fu- ture will be I'omjiaHsionntely regarded with the keenesit tntereet by all of oi*^ ilized human kind. MOTHER OF BRITISH TARS. niw Asaes Wedoa the B««i mead tka Blar-Jachel Han. Miss ,Agnes ^VestUD. known tJkroDgb- out the. length and breadth of Kngland as "the mother of British blue jack- elsi." is in reality tbe beat friend lbs sailor !fans had. at least auunig woioao- kind. She has estal lished "rests lor tbe tars at Portsmouth anid Deveik- port. Mit>si Weston took a piomuneut purti iin the enitertaiiiiment id the sail- urel gatihrred for the Jubilee at 8|i«.t- head, land was in great demand auMiug tjiejii.. She has gbveoi thirty years of ber life to the uplifting of the Bittiidl oailor. SUie' strives to make ham tem- perate wiUiKJut preaohiiing at biau« and ber methods, it must l>e gaiid. axe very altractiivei No man, wlhetbei he be drunk or sober, is denied admission lo Ube "re«ts." Theae places are the brighte.st. cleanest and tiest ventUated restaurants Im England, witibout even a suggestism of gospel or tempenanica tracts. As nei'tiherfie thrust on him the re»uU. i>' that Jack usually wanders iintui the meetings uaily held in tbe adjoluiing halls, 'i'he beat results ol Miaa 'A'estoin'M work is to l>c found on tihe !Jhli)s of the navy. I'pon almost all of tiUiiMni is to be found a tempejance so- ci?ty and ber mir^ntbly magazine. AiJhore and Afloat. So salutary has l.-een tjie influence tkf thiis puiiliialinn that the Ihiited States authoi.dc.s have eJspeciuUy requestetl Miss \VesU«i lo mail iK'iuiugaziine to the American war abiiips. Mipis .Westaniis the daughter of a' London l.arrifeter. .K:irly in life she decided to give up her lluie to the care, of lihe British tar, whose lot im life iiTtby no mealia a pleasant one. Tihat .-ihe has well siucceede<l iin her purpose i.s. made manifest by tibe universal es- tefvm. in wibich she is held l>y bailors 'hroughout the whole world. NOT? A HAplT. I see thut some scic. itist claims that deati. «!« largely a matter ot habit, de- pending? npcn thought and all that, he said.. NoTisense, .she repliei Did you ever itnow a.ny one wJui was in the habii of (lying? alhe returned. THE SOCIETY MOrHER-S DUTIES. Little Miss Avnooâ€" What is inaaimas f«rf Little Miss De Kaahionâ€" Why, they i!< to scold the nutrsea when we .tiuika a noiae.