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 1. i I- 1' I# 1 J .V Soft haze about the woodland larks, Diaturbs the ox the slender prod. And Annabel tb4 irolden rod From eaith with ooy abandon Jeita. The sumach by the meadow boms. No roUn charm* the nrdon nook, « And in the forest by the brook The squirrel skips amonff the f ema. And while the Sommet's weary g^KXst ACRMB the valley floats away,. I think of theatres and May. Dclmonico's and qoail on toast, n. The partridge darts across the wold. The rabbit by the runnel dreams. And all the sopgless woodland seems A silent symphony in gold. Now lovers in the meadow stroll. Her eye 's the poem he doth con He think* his name is writ upon The lily-tablet of her souL The bluebirds southward swiftly fly. The crow above the buckwheat caws. And small boys yearn to stretch their Jaws Serenely round the pumpkin pie. m. We dream about our seaside lovesâ€" Those sweet, seraphic little gangs Of damosels with golden bangs, Blae eyes and seven-button rloves. We dream about the fulldtess hop. And conversations on the beach. And cheeks as ruddy as a peach. And of the sparkling ginger pop. And how we laughed at Fortune's flaws That couldn't make our spirits droop. While we alone upon the stoop Mint juleps drank through slender straws. m**-*' •â-ºâ€¢â™¦I BiU Arp'« Baby Talk. The poet liath said that " a baby in the house is a well spring of pleasure." There is a bran new one here now, the first in eight years, and it has raised a powerful eommo- tion. It's not our baby, exactly, but it is in^the line of descent, and Mrs. Arp takes on over it all the same as she used to when she was regularly in the business. I thought maybe she bad icrgot how to nurse 'em and talk to 'em, but she is singing the same old familiar songs that have sweetened the dreams of half a score, and she blesses the little eyes and sweet little mouth and uses the same infantile language that nobody bat babies understand. For she say a "turn here to its dandmudder," and "bess its 'ittle heart," and talks about its sweet little footsy-tootsies and holds it up to the win- dows to see the waggons go by and the wheels going rouny-pouny and now my li- berty is curtailed, for as I go stamping around with my heavy farm shoes she shakes her ominous fincer at me just like she used to and says doa t you see the baby is asleep, end 80 I have to tip-toe around, and ever and anon she wants a little fire, or some hot water, or some catnip, for the baby is A-crying and surely has got the colic. The doors have to be kept shut now for fear of a draft of air on the baby, and a little hole in the window-pane abave as big as a dime had to be patched, and I have to hunt up a passel of kin'lings every night and put 'em where they will be ban 'y, and they have sent me off to another room where the baby can't hear me snore, and all things consider- ed, the baby is running the machine, and the well spring of pleasure is the centre of space. A grandmother is a wonderful help :iud u grea- cumtort at such a tme as this, for what dues a young moth r with her first child know about oohc and thrash, and hives and hiccups, and it t^kes a good deal of faith to dose em with sut tea and catnip, an d^me water, and paregoric, and soothing syrdp, and sometimes with all of these the child gets worse, and if it gets better I've always had a curiosity to know which re- medy it V as that did the work. Children born of healthy parents can stand a power of medicine and get over it, for aft*?r the cry comes the sleep, and sleep is a wonder- ful restorer. Rock 'em awhile in the cradle and then take 'em up and jolt 'em a little on the knee, and then turn 'em over and jolt 'em on the other side, and then give 'era some sugai' in a, rag, and after awhile they will go to sleep and let the poor mother rest. There is no patent on this business, no way cf raising 'em all the same way, but it is trouble, trouble from the start, and nobody but a mother knows how much trou- ble it is. A man ought t j be a mighty' good man just for his mother's sake, if nothing else, lor there is no toil or trouble like nurs- ing and caring for a little child, and there is no grief so tcreat as a mother's if all her care and anxiety are wasted on an unnra'eful child. â€" Atlanta CouAtilution. Smoking la tho Prercnce of Ladles. The fact should ever be kept before us that absolute cleanliness alone is compatible with healtli. And mare, a regard for the rights of others in eschewing all filthy habits is indispensable in the conduct of true gen- tlemen. WJiut shall be eaid of a man who will smoke in the presence cf ladies, even with their ui reserved consent This is done by men who would be highly insulted if they were charged personally with doing that which was in the least uugentlemauly. We ourselves have met with men who jus- tified smoking in the presen e of ladies, with the remark that the ladies expressed a liking for the odors cf tobacco smoke. We do nos impeach such as te lers of falsehood, but we do say that if Aey really enjoy smoke, their taste is altogether abnormal ind LOt very refined. It seems to us that their gentleman friends should recognize this fact, and at least do nothing to foster in them a depraved taste. The time will come, we hope, when all ladies will make it a rule to protest agaitist smoking in their presence, or in rooms in wliich they have to dwell, It is a sign of weakness for a wo- man to submit to such an outrage as to harve •tobacco smoke befouling tiie air she has to breathe. To protest against wrong is the right of every one. On our women lies the duty of combating this tobacco fiend, which is sapping the health and life of our people. To court smoke, and profess to like it, is either hypocrisy, or a sign of a depraved taste wiuch needs purifying. Let every wo- man refuse positively to mIow smoking in her presence. She will thus do her share in riddins; the wwld of a filthy and httlth-de- stroying habit, and show that she has at least an appreciation cf cleanliness and of womanly rdSnement. The qualities which guide her actions who does tms will win for her the admiration of all men whose appre- ciation is capable of eoaring above that which is coarse. The man who cheats his landlord is 4i(en to the charge of ignore-raats. A hen in a duoa closet can do vaan dam- abcmt it. Pnncttiality is the soml of bsstness, saith the proyerb. Hence it nafcnrany foUows that ptmetuality is not matoiaL Gen. Wolseley is a one eved man. If be was only bow-lesged as well, he might re^Mfi- ly be mistaken tor a bicycle rider. A St. Louis man who painted a lamp-poet every evening for two weeks saw his marics on the backs rf ninety whwol different loafers. A Cincinnati man in trying to break a $40 colt smashed up |90 worth m. property, but as he had the applause of two hundred men and boys he didn't mind the loss much. Dr. Hall says that taking a walk before breakfast has put more people into tbor cof- fins than the ulments they were seekimg to get rid of. The attention of tramps is par- ticularly called to this statement. Nothing makes the keeper of a railroad restaurant more mad than to have one cus- tomer ask in a rather loud tone of another " Have they ever tried plating war-ships with these kind of sandwiches " The other day the czar was discovered standing in one comer of his palace dodging big rubber footballs which his attendants were throwing at him. It is sappoeed that be was jHracticing for his coronation. No amount of persuasion would induce a stranger in a Vermont town, wbp got hit by a polecat, to give his name. He said he was in trouble enough without having the neighbors hear the story a^d guy him. "Hold up your hands," yelled the west- ern outlaw as he boarded a palace car and showed his pistols. •• Are you a road agent?" asked a frightened passenger. "Yes." "Thank heaven! I feared you were another porter. " A Buffalo man has been missing since "moving day." If there is any day when a man is justified in disappearing. " moving day " is the one. A man who will not get away then will stay under all circumstances â€" even twins. Thomas Schofield, aged 91, walked nine miles to renew his subscription to a paper. It is the general impression among country editors that there are a number of subscrib- ers who are waiting until they are 91 years, old to come and pay for their paper. A chile allers deserves whippin' de most when its father is outen humor. Dare's a ole saying what says neber hit a boy when yer are mad. I wouldn't give a cent ter hit him any udder time, case I ain't gwir« ter fight nobody when I'se in a good humor, â€" Arkansaw Traveler. There is a proverb to the effect that it is best to have the good-will even of a dog. This statement is strictly true. If you don't believe it, not over four minutes of the ener- getic ill-Mill of a good, healthy bulldog would convince you that his friendship was much more to be desired than his enimity. John Jones lived in Cleveland. While milking he tied the cow's tail to his leg, as the flies kept that appendage flopping. After he was taken three times around the cow- pasture on his back, he remarked "I recognize my mistake. I should have tied her tail to her own leg instead of to mine." " Vly young friend," exclaimed a prosper- ous New Yorker as he greeted a freshly- arrived youth at Castle Garden, " welcome to free America, and let me give you a word of ad\-ice you want to rise in the world, don't you? â€" become an alderman, perhaps the mayor of the city, or maybe go to con- gress." "Yes, sir." " Well, you go right up to The Herald office and advertise for a position as bartender. " It was at the shore and a gentleman was chatting on his cottage porch with two or three guest?. His pretty daughter comes up from the beach, just out of the surf " Oh, pappa," she exclaimed, " only think, I was nearly drowned." Pappa, turning patheti- cally to his friends "By the powers, gen- tlemen, do you hear that? 1 have spent more than $5,000 on that gi-l's education, and to day she was nearly drowned." Burns and Scalds. Five J ears since (Sept., '77) the American Agriculturist recorrmended the use of bicar- bonate of soda, that is the ccramon baking soda, for most kinds cf bums. Since then frequent experiments and obeervations, the opinions of physicians, and the best medi- cal journals, have more th n confirmed all we then said. As burns and scalds are al- ways liable to occur, and as this remedy, though simple, has proved to be extraordin- arily useful, it should be fixed in the minds of every one. The soda, and the carbonic acid so readily set at liberty froxi it, have aca33thetic, antiseptic, and disiufectinc propertiesâ€" all highly beneficial for bums For slight burns cover all the injured parts wi h a hyer of powdered soda. For deeper bums, but where the skin is not broken, dip linen tags in a solution made by dissolving about one third of an ounce of the soda in a pint t)f water lay the rags on and keep them moist wit^i the solution For very severe burns followed by suppura- tion (formation of pus) apply the rags in the same way, keeping them moist; but fie- quently exchange tocm when dry for fresh ones, and carefully wash off with the soda solution any matter that has accumulated underneath, so that it may pot be absorbed mto and poisou the blood. Leading Euro- pean medical journals give numerous instsn- ces m which, by the above treatment, ex- tensive birnsof very severe character have healed speedily, leaving little tcrr.â€" Ameri- can AgricuUurift. Prince Arthur Protects the Nona at Raial*]L The daughters of Sion have a convent and institution of their order at Rami eh. They write in a tone of deep gratitude for the pro- tection their Convent received from the Duke of Connaught when he oJcupied that town. His Koyal Highness took up his quarters in the convent itself, and cave strict orders that the chapel and everything sacred connected with it should be respectecC The good sisters, therefore, upon their re- turn to their convent, had good reascms to be thankful to the royal Duke, and very thankful they are for his Royal Highness^ protection and coorteey ' Love is the same all the world mrer, bat *« assarting" is managed very djfliBWktly in diflsnot coontries, Rnssiftn ooarliag, amoiig the ndddle classes, is pecnliar. The flr«t Whlftsanday after the yon^f girl ii aaknonr^ kdg'd by her mother to be of oMUtriagsable yean, she is taken to the PeteKabacg Sun- mMT-gMden to join the " bridal prowamdc** TbiB eonsists of the daa^ttrs of the Eii»' sian tradennen walking in procession fal- lowed by their parents. Up and down tb«r go, pretending to chat with each other and ta take no nodoe of the young men â€" the tradesmen's scms^ dressed in tke'r best clothes â€" who walk in anotiier prooessaon on the other side. However, every now and then someyonng fellow slips out of his pro* per rank and adds himself to the line of girls on the other side speaking to one particu- larly. The parents of the girl join in the conversation in a few moments, t nd soon they leave the promenade and are joined by the parents of the young man. Generally the old folks have talked it over before, but on this ccoasion every one pretends to be surprised. On t e next day a female confi- dant caUs on the girl's parMits and requests her hand. This granted, all thtf relations en both sides meet and argue about the por- tion to be given with the girl. If this is not satisfactory, all is at an end if it is what is expected, the betrothal takes p'ac j. The bride and bridegroom kneel down upon a great fur mat, and the bride takes a ring from her finger and gives it to the bridegroom, who returns the gift by anotheh The bride's mother meanwhile crumbles a piece of bread over her daughter's bead, and her father folds the image of his daugh- ter's patron saint over his future son-in-law's well-brushed locks. As they arise brides- maids sing a wedding song. Tho guest*, each bring forward a present of seme sort. Wine is handed about, and some one says it is bitt6r and needs sweetening. Upon this the bridegroom kisses the brideâ€" the sweetness being supposed to be provided by the kiss â€" salutes the company and takes his leave, on which the bridesmaids sing a song with a chorus something like this " Farewell, happy bridegroom. But return to be still more happy. Coui-ting time has now begun. Every even- ing the lover comes to his Udy's homo with a present which, i^ alwi^rs something good to eat â€" generally cakes or sugarplums. He makes love under rather awkward circum- stances, for the bridesmaids sit about the betrothed pair in a circle, singing songs de- scriptive of their happiness. The last evening uf the courtship is en- livened by the presentation of the gifts of the bridegroom, which must include brush- es, combs, soap and perfumery. On receiv- ing these, the bridesmaids instantly carry the bride away, and wash her, dress her hair, and perfume her pocket-handkerchief. Thus touched up, she returns to the com- pany, and the I ride's father givis his future son-in-law the marriage* portion, which he takes home with him in a neat bag. Those eteimal bridesmaids, whom they must hate by this time, are there, however, still on duty, and the evening closes by the bride kneeling down and pulling off her husband's boots, to prove her intention to be an obedient and submissive wife. Good-natured bridegrooms generally hide jewellery or money in their boots, which the bride may take possessirn of as a balm for her pride. Aftor the wedding day the parents begin to give feasts, and keep it up a Week, and it is not till all this is over that the " young couple" see those blessed brides- maids take their departure. They are then compelled to kiss them, thank them, and give them each a present. Dramatic. A handsome monument to Bellini, the composer, has just been erected in Catania, Sicily. The Big Four are doing a big business wherever they strike â€" ^and they strike every time. "Ville "Loch tba Wk«aka4 On FebnwKy 3lth« ISTQ^a 6re broke ji«« en boaid the "Herder" whUe she wtm lying at htf pier, foot of Third street, Bob- oken, to tke great con tero^^ of the paseengers, w^o were jast setting tbem- •elves down to the voyage. The United Stasee mails were on board at the time and $85,000 in specie. After a detention of twenty-foor hours the steamer left on her voyage, the fire having been extinguished after doing damage to the extent of 10OO, On January 24tb, 1877 the "Herder" then commanded by Captain Bradt, reached New York after a very stormy passage of sixteen days from Ha\Te. For a time she was under sail, but the fierce winds soon made it impossible for her to carry any can- vas. Two of her boats were swept away, and almost everything movable on deck was washed ovMrboard. The stout iron davits were twisted and broken, and the skylights smashed into pieces. The crew suffered great hardships, but the passengers esca^d with a few bruises, catued by their being knocked about by the rolling of the vessel. Ou January 20 the "Herder " passed a vessel turned bottom up, but the weather was too heavy to allow an investigation. In June 1878, when twenty miles off the Dry George's Shtah, on her way to this poit from Hamburg, and in a dense fog, the "He. der" came in collision with a large full-rigged ship. Subsequently the Captain related how near his case came being simi lar to that of the " Ville du Havre," which was run into by the " Loch Earn." "It was clear weather,*' he said, " when the du Havre" was struck, and the Earn" was seen fifteen minutes before the collision. In my case the unknown vessel, which was certainly as big as the "Loch E^m," came out of the fog a minute or so before her jibboom was scraping my rigging, and if I had not so suddenly ported my helm and sent my vessel ahead ut full speed she would have ploughed clean into us, and the chances of escape tor 300 passengers in the thick fog would have been much less than they were for those of the " Ville du Havre." In April. 1880, the "Herder" was thor- oughly overhauled. The boilers and ma- chinery were put in perfect order, the second cabin was i ntirely refurnished and all the rooms were newly carpeted, upholstered and fitted with various conveniences. The last vessel before the " Herder "iost by the Hamburg line was the " Pomerania,' wrecked off the Scilly Islands in 1S76, but the greatest disaster that happened at th ill-starred spot was the wreck of the "SchiN ler," of (he same line, commanded byCap- tiin Thomas. There were about two hun- dred and fifty lives lost on that occasion, the vessel running on a sunken rock in a heavy log and going to pieces rapidly. Tl.e ga'lant Thomas stoo ' by her to the last and went down with his hip like a hero. Cape Race is near the southeastern ex- tremity of Newfoundland, latitude 46 deg. 4 min., north, longitude 53 deg. 4 min. It is a lofty and precipitous headland extend- ing into the Atlantic from the southernmost point of the division of that island called Ferryland. It forms a prominent point for navigators in the North Atlantic, lying near the ordinary route of vessels between the eastern ports of the United States and Eng- land, anl being the last point of American land sighted or passed in the eastward pas- sage. It is a point vary dangerous to ships sailing in foggy weather between the United States and Europe. On it is a revolving light 180 feet above the sea. It was estab- lished by the Britis*! Government, and is sustained by a tax upon all ships sailing from or to Great Britain, to or from Canada and the northeastern part of the United States. TheS. S. " Herder' has broken up, and portions of' the cargo are washinc: ashore. AND TKAO] ^jjgt 1.â€" TRICKED. je years a|;o since *n JnciJ B my life whnJ» may possibly {rf to those wtK like myBeit,] ^poeed upon and althouxJ I Bold myself open to the mind mawjuline, which, bj ig, is never duped or deceive yet, in order to warn ^x who are more readily wi riU narrate as newly as I Iventuro which befell me d „ of 1669. jie wife cf an English officer, 1 of which I write was residir Ate in June my husband hi iers to be in readiness to sailj lent for C. the following ^ab sence was not likely to iktion I bad decided not to Mid had decided to make Iquarters during the time of ol »paration. sband's body servant fell sut Isent in his resignation tht| icy were expecting to start. 'r ..^_:__ »n oil Bii^f^a for Minnie Hauk will not appear in opera this season, but will shortly commence acon- cert tour. "The Vicar of Bray" â€" a decided failure in London â€" has proved as dismal a failure in New York, Salvini has added "King Lear" to his repertoire. His season begins at the Fifth Avenue, New York, on the 26th inst. " Only a Farmer's Daughter," with Agnes Hemdon in the leading role, will shortly be presented for the first time in New York. "For Congress," the new play for Mr. Joha'l" Raymond, whereof so much was promised in advance, seems to have failed. He has gone back to " Fresh. " Now we know what's the matter with Mrs. Langtry's Rosalind. She plays the part in pants, instead cf the doublet and hose and the boys are mad. So sinful a thing was the first theatrical performance in Boston thought to be that the lawmakers interfered, and no other was attempted for twenty -seven years. Charles Wyndham, who is justly regard- ed as the representative English actor in genteel comedy, will open his American season at the Union Square Theatre, New York, and will no doubt meet with a heai ty reception. Mile. Rhea is meeting with the mo3t flat- tering success on her present totir. The houses are well patronized, her support is excellent and the press criticisms eulogistic. Mr. Wm. Stafford, the clever young tra- gedian, is now making a tour of the States and Canada, and is meeting with gratifying success. He has, we are/ told, a capital company with him, indQdiiu( Miss Boea Rand, and appears in some of Shakespeare's best charactersâ€" i?onteo, however, bemg his specialty. â- * ' â-  « â-  â-  I â-  If I Had a Dojikeir. An "CMdM'rohant" asks what is. meant by "The Drawing Room Vtrrion"of tiie old Kng " n I had a donkev what wouldn't go," and how it originated. The new ver- ston first appeared in Ptmch for Febhrarv 7 1844, and may be fotmd in volume Vl' page ^. under the heading of « A Polished Iroem. It opens thna. "If I had aa animal averse to sneed SeS W« â- Â«Â«Â» oats. and'sayT^PTO- Under Fire. A few men, very few men, go into action fpr the first time without thin];ing a great deal of the bullets and the danger, and wishing it was all ovt r and they were safe the second time they are under fire they re- member the la?t time when they came out of it unhurf, and they think a great deat less of the bullets and more of the work in hand than they did on the former day. Take an instance from the late war agdnst the Zulus, where the British had mostly young soldiers, with only a sprinkling of old ones. There " funk" reigned universal with young and old. There is no need hereto tell the old ta'e of the nightly scares, of the stam- pede?, of the terror which crept over faces when a Zulu was mentioned. A lancer rides in with dispatches, and the remark flies round the ranksâ€"" Look how he's riding • he's looking behind ' him the Zulus are after him." These and a thousand other instances were but the natural outcome of ignomnceâ€" looking forward into the un- knownâ€"with men suddenly called upon to soldier btaaihlMSp Aways stamblJBg whes he ibight straight; not "bming wwardiTJ b)a*head gone, and fingers toUl stick up the siffht of his nfle whaT same aotaons, he has seen the bo. faces lit up with anxiety, lookinTJ? listening fer the word of ooamtod'" hMtity, bat always under check ' N hesitating when it was an SvSii was called lor. One fat boy nS belonging toaome civU dep.rtineM^ out on the sly, he remembers well ' K^'^^S^." P^d, with t^^^ sheeplike in expression, and inZ\ b«^ or flashing fire, as the jontfi' do in pictures of battlefields, ijnd boy kept iloee to him all the tim* firing was hottest. Whenever he down he found himsslf look ng int.i depths of his plaoid eyes, which Mkei nnmistakeably, what " sight" he sWi' up to the nfle he srasped on bis koftTl them. Now and tnen he gave him viL thought was the distance, when he »d3 the bar as methodically as if oi n turning it sidena^ s to see if the line( pond exactly with the figures, and raising it ss cooley as ever, quietly deli! his fire and returned to the ready NORTH-WEST NOTES Hon. Mr. Aikins will not assume tU ties of Lieut Governorship of Manitoba? the 2nd day of December. It is the intention of the Govenuni grant licenses for the sale of liquor in Fortage and Brandon. From the fo place there are three applications, and Brandon twenty. The C. P. H. South-western reached ris on Thursday evening, amid genera!' joicing. It is proposed to devote Oct. if the last dav of the coming county exhibi to a special celebration of the event, New wheat at Brandon brings 75c. oats 50c. Barley or buck wheat have yet put in an appearance. A rough -t mate of the grain available for shipment season would place the figures alx)ut 1 bushels. The quality so far is very gi On Monday last, the first sleeping car* ning in connection with the C. F. K. pjj west. It was the Montreal, in charge d Bryant and the Toronto, in charge of Bums, passed west on Tuestlay, and the tawa on Wednesday, in charge of S. Brown. These magnificent cars are the that are made, and are fitted up with e comfort necessary to railway travel The Portage, Westbourae, North \T»* era Railway have now in operation two f)lete regular mixed trains between Port" a Prairie and Gladstone. A distance thirty -five miles. They have left: the tract for the construction of the balance'** the fifty miles of road necessary to the curing .of their land grant, and before expiratien of the time allotted* Dec. 18S2, will have complied with all the vemment requirements. They have at sent over 200 men at work, and are things with characteristic enterprise. 1 wa» marked lowiag :â€" fio It la Said. • Madameâ€" I write tins to you An immense mastodon's remains Lave L/o*"'^**^*""' Monsieur Richard V found near Paris, Ky. Some necroeser .»to lies at this houte dying vating for ailroad, two miles from tof» " hi°^ ^^^P '" "^r\ """" came upon chem ten feet below the 8urf^h««* hesitation. Madame cf the earth. The first bone discovered v*^*?*^ j* """y "v:^r"?n tZr the ankle, which, on teing measured, ghctt^' body-for he lies in fear ed a diameter of seven inche3. FolloX^»W8« *^»^ ""^^^^ '"l '" i' up this bone, thev tUscovered the b^^^r^e prays you to ask our which, through the socket, was twe-f*' ^T' " '"l^lTrtin Bm inches in diameter. From the ankle to ;«i^ ^° °"® " Captain Bi top of the shoulder bhwle-it being tk'J •*«»^»^P*"yy°"' ' """J',-,"J^"" feet two inches wide-was fourteen i^ â- Â»*»* "°8 ""'^^ ^^v u^' seven inches. The head was of larce proH VO^'^% English money tions, measuring five feet in length Td^^^*" 7^l'T"'"^tn veral in width. The j»w was twelve ind*ȣ^*l- " ^^ ^°°" ' ' ' " thick, and the teeth are piesarvcd mg^ 3f|** condition. The back bone was then folP"" ed up, and forty feet fiom the head w le inquiries on all sides It of filling tLe vacant pos _aoe fortune favored us. Ji beginning to despair of suci who spoke very tolerable lied for the situation, and ^ing satisfactory we hastil I, heartily glad to have brci it affair to so fortunate a igh I had nmny friends resu no near relations I could rith me during my temporarj jd's people all lived in l\ the exception of a few sc [my only existing relative (some years younger than I was greatly attached, bij past had been a source of d to me by reason of hi a wi| manner of living. My Ited him in numerous difbl itience had at last become e| he had to tell my brother lively that' only incase of ext illness which would really from work or from such I )uld he supply him with pel jveral letters passed betweej sriod then followed an int Twhich remained unbroken uj which I write. This je much uneasiness at times ly hope he bad at length of putting his bhouidcr id was striving to regain tl had lost b nis own fool| jsed slowly away. One iber it was the 22nd of Jaij brought (re by one of the jtel, who said the bearer wad ' The letter was neatly foj V */i?"^li3aed in a woman's handwrf ^^"-^^^^'CTady of Captain Ralph BrauE| ' Private. lbs bones of the tail, weie exceeding large. will have to traveree. drivemight excite suspicion ats, no one but ' Ralph ' he is too ill to write name which I enclose." bllowed a few directions were to take and an injui to be two or three pounds. The hind-qiiar-' „ 7 and measui in;; ?** height twenty-three feet eight iuches. r ThJZt^^'^r.^Z^^"""^:" i^^^^^^'yie letter to guide myself wij The teeth, on bemg weighed, proved f-J^ge " Marie foisseau." Knclj scrap of paper bearing my broth* •m. • J. «» nAiich 1 at once saw was genu p The Armored Tram. TiXdcold asl fimshedthepcr Resp.cting the 'armored train " or "'tterTTut, commitding my vtice^ steam-engine ' which has been doing s.^-JJie'i ^ade the «rvant good ser'ice in Egypt, a corresponce^^^ ^g at once. I was not writes to me to ssy -that idea of a ^-^J^ the door of the salo4 steam-engine ^eing armed and going to Senedand a little figure appear, battle front, was practically demoustrau^pgjj||^i^ j^ fragile looking 13 so tar bacic as 1S53, by the famous (T.ncr.y^, -^ars oi age, dressed in a Maurice ^ash de Lacy (or de Sacy?) „ii,Vhich hung lootely about trordiu, who served under Suvaroff. 'eariM on his head a red knitt drawing of the war steam-endne was sj j^'g^p, which was pulled dowj m:ttedtothe English Gjvernmsnt, •'riiafortheadâ€" a boy whose pal: the usual result of such submission "-tChtcd up with large dark eyes IS to say, nothing came of it. In the l^rooBttg lashes sweeping his delic lowingyear just before the outbreak of tirestot'the door softly behinl hir Crimean war, a drawing of the war stean,,nffc«earching glance around r ... ,-,.•' -t~- «•" engine was forwarded to the E.Tiperor N^ien •• though abashed by my p tace something which existed only in their Poleon lU. From the Imperial Cabinet cux^d With dowrcwt eyes and imaffmatioi,.and^,.„o,„«o«:^„-.^._.u.. a letter briefly thanking the inventor for !;;«»,# folded before him communication, and that was all. I ^a^u. an indie tii.ct recollection of some kind c GooaEdwardr imacmation, and as such was pictured in the blackest colors. ^^ f* Ulundi, where the Zulus came round at the Little-square in thousands, with the sun shmmg on them, our men saw th .t theywere only men Hte themselves after "Lw'.^*fi? ^^^l 3»«miy into the brown of them, obeying the words of commandjusta* they used todoatAldershott with the blank cartridges blowmg in their fnend s faces. Ulundi worked a vast chanire in their mrnds. Henceforth they knew thlt the nfles they earned were no mere toys to make a noise with, and they learned that it » "?«f«l thmgfor themselves if they obeyed their officers. They liad seen a grou J of 50 or more Zdus creep Intoa bush infront Of them, »nd by a weUtimed voUey dis- ^ear and they remmebered it wW their ^cer who Imd told them to fire that voUey jnthout his directing work they would have potted away, and tiie Zulus wild have wt ted back, for aU they knew tiU to-morJKr or the day after. And from that iST^^ were no naore scares. So much for the •pprenticeship st.te. Now this st,«7 one! S!^;?!*^* y**^ "^^ knows £ rnJct Jbout fightmg as ttie old one, with J the buoyancy of youth to back hm up ^d w ^?^"^^ t»»e men i. no longefeJSi. Iw iv^ *^ ' ^**"« goodXtSelate- repettedly. » action J He has seen toe old war st«amengine " having been used (i^tttiH " can you conduct iie tol g the Civil War in America ii 1S62 Snaa^ho is to ill mg lUnstroted London Newi awl mg. boy." I said, addrcssil Again the dark eyes wandered! though lo reassure hinisl DC, and then he replied j though wita a foreign aj ly, madame, I will but all speed, or it will be g him to wait for me wh room and hastened to dition. 1 bad thirty sion, as it happened, Th3 PHyaioal Powars of the AnsU-iaa Esffl* prcaa. The Empress of Austria, even puttingasi- ' ths fact that she is a grandmother, is arooi* marvellous woman, and has recently bec*3J through a more than usually severe coun^ of training for the hunting season, whici by the byeVhe will in all proba'uility spend t°l Hnngay. During the time that her Maitfr;" ,„--^^,.,„ was at her summer residence at Ischl gy*g«"°^ '""^TI^A T L. Upper Austria, she generaUy roseate o'cb«R-â„¢'"T' I rt*" in the morning. aS dTvot^ a couple ff""» H. ^^^""V "°^ °°'"' hours togyn^ti« L feic :^ ^^^-^^^5SB^}l^^"'o^::^l":. the morning tub, and a nlain but hPir^-Sr '^^^ .^ f bijakfast w^ snV,pTemen£i by a walk cjJAt^t giving mtimatiou of m ride, which lasted some hours. ij lately the Empress has actually been rur^^^ ning for two hours a day and to encounp her in the exertion, a pack of beautifuH" beagles haVe recently been sent to God' which her 4najesty intends hunting hei The walking costnme. in wet or cold westlf*- »• » long waterproof Newmarket coat, brr«» tteaw hat, thick navvy boots in hot wes**^ tte hmg ooat is ohaagedior a huntingslip* thin ftnff. At Godoia the Empress a binms, in wiiioh she tnuns her own hot*" Md rides them a laIUfn,^Fron the I^\ don World. EOl one. The child stood pc t him, with the light fal e, and his hands loorel ther. I told him 1 wai d walked to the table sitting to get the letter iiten and which had xiety. y then approached me, in his cold cnes, said, eyes filled with t« the gentleman ' lovecfheave:!, and ead mother, In^g the ed him the little tac