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 www^^ ' i f\ 'â-  •^i til ^., A Romance of a Pair of Skates. A Seasonable Story. BY COLLIE WILKINS. On a suptrbly upholstered loungc.rivalliug in its magQificerce the erstwhlte celebrated "Canoe Couch damask" of the Ontario Agri- cultural Department, with her fair head supported by silken pillows reclined Miss lolanthe Do Bellevoir. lolanthe, though possessed of a graceful form and lovely face, was a confirmed invalid. Although ap- parently in good health the young lady was afiiicted with a constitutional weakness which necessitated a continued recumbent position, and with the exception of an oc- casional drive around the Queen's Park in her father's carriage, she passed most of the time on the sofa reading the latest novels, and the standard British poets, not except- ing the works of the much abused "Wizard of the North," of course taboring the ob- jectionable Marmion. Some of the more curious of her young lady "dearest friends" maliciously assumed and secretly expressed that her constitu- tional weakness partook very much of the nature of laziness, and that she naturally on that account preferred to recline gracefully on a sofa, reading novels, to assisting her maternal relative and younger sisters in the ordinary duties of the household. These base insinuations were treated with the scorn they deserved, not only by herself, bat by all her true friends, among whom figured conspicuously a certain young gentle- man who scouted with indignation anything that would tend to injure or reflect upon the adorable Miss De Bellevoir. This young gentleman rejoiced in the name of Roderick Malcolm McGregor, and waa a B. A., a gold medallist and a student of Divinity. It is not of any moment, nor does it come within the province of this tale to say what college had the honor of being his Alma Mater. He might be an iron clad Presbyterian of Knox's, a Scotch stu- dent of prelatist proclivities like the late Rt. Reverend Dr. Strachan, and have taken his degree in Trinity, or a Broad church- man of the Wycliff school, it mattereth not. It is sufficient for the purposes of this story to know that he was a most exemplary young man, and withal a most devoted admirer of the fair lolanthe. On the evening our story opens our hero- ine was in a most pronounced state of ennui, or in other words, she was suffering from an acute tit of the "blues." The novels no longer interested her and poetry had lost its charms. She was trying in vain to wrestle with Scott, and on arriving at the passage, " Oh, Caledonia stern and wild Meet nurse for a poetic child." he throw the volume from her petulant- ly, and, with a voice quivering v.ith emo- tion murmured, "I wish to cocdnes gra- cious that bome fellow would come and nurse me, even if he were stern and wild. Anything would be preferable to t";is horrid monotony." Scarcely had she uttered the sentence when Mr. McGregor was an- nounced, and in a few moments thereafter, was seated by her side. " Hoo's a in' ye the day lolanthy It's a vera great pity ye can no tak a wee bit o' air," said tbe young gentleman sympathiz- ingly. "Oh, Roderick " replied the poor lan- guishing lady. "Could I but do so, how gladly would I avail myself of every pos- sible opportunity to drive out in the air. And now that we have snow, I pine for a nice cutter ride." "Hoot, toot " interrupted Roderick, who, although quite an admirer of the fair sex in general, and desperately enamoured with lolanthe in particular, had a very dogmatic, not to say John Ikownish manner in ad- dre=sing',them. "Hoot toot, 1 ssie I wud na gie" a bawbee for a' the guid asleigli drive will do ye. Ye might as wul be lyin' here as lolling in a cutter wi' a heap of buffalo clac3 on ye, and ablins ye may get yer two lugs frozen. Noo gin ye tak iny advice ye'il try and make an effort and indulge in a wee walk. It will stretch yer legs for ye." "Spare me, I beg, Mr. McGregor," said the now indignant youiig lady â€" "Spare me your ad\iceand somewliat rmle expressions. How can I ever attempt to walk when my poor la â€" limbs almost refuse to support me Why if I could walk I could skate, and skating used obe my favorite pastime years itgo â€" before I was â€" was smitten." "Weel I'm richt glad o' that, for in my opinion ye"d better take a sma' walk wi' me every day and I wager ye'U soon be able to skate," said the confidant Mac. "I re- collec^," continued he, "taking many along walk through the hills of Argyleshire and found them vera beneficial for my health. And while in Holland I could na help ad- mirin' the bonny figures of the braw Dutch lasses, which I'm tauld is the result of skat- ing wi' bundles on their heads. Yes," f aid the phil. sophic Mac, "I certainly re- commend skating for ye." Urged Vy the solicitations of her impor- tunate lover, lolanthe "made an effort" and aided by his strona; arm gradually shook off her torpor and becan 'quite a pedttirienne, and each evening she astounded her affec- tionate family by her wonted skill in over- coming any number of buck wheat pan- cakes and other luxuries at the tea table, for she was determined to skate. After some time she felt conviacei that she was now able to perform the evolutions she had practised in her younger days on the ice. Accordingly she, as the lawyers s^y. "made search as to" and from amidst the debris of the garret she dragged oat her old pair of skates and proceeded to the "Rink, accom- panied by a young brother. Master Hilde- hrand Perceval Percy Bellevoir, who assisted her in pnttingon the long neglected "irons." Many were the remarks, and odioas the comparisons that were made by the on-look- ing damsels on the skates. "Did yon ever see such an old -fashioned pair t" said one. "Never," said another. "Hardly ever," said a third. "I wonder where she got 'em J" "She oaght to get them cast over ai^ain at afoondry." "They most have belong^ to. her grand- Buunma," c., c All this did poor lolanthe hear, and was so mortified that she took off her kates and went hMno,Iaid down on he.iavorite lounge, and wept bitterly. S»^(4 Next morning she looked over the matter with more clearness, and said to herself, "It was not I after ail that censed snch in- vidnoos remarks, it was these horrid old fashioned skates. Ill go down town this very day and buy a new pair," eg she did. She bought a pair and i^ain sought the Rink. Hildebrand buckled them on secure- ly, and she glided gracefully to the centre of the rink. She then, so to speak, "put on mnre steam,' when horror one of the skates and its correspondi'g foot flew up- ward till it pointed to the zenith, while the other described a semi-circle on the ice, and lolanthe fell with tremendous force on the glassy surface of the nnk. Fortunately she had en one of those extremely tasteful and much admired head drese sknown to the theatre going public as the Gainsborough Hat. for providentially the rim of it, com- ing first in contact with the ice, gradually bent and allowed her head to come gautly though firmly to its surface. Again she removed her skates, went home, betook herself again to the grateful repose of the sofa, and wept more bitterly than ever. She had not long resumed her old posi- tion when her lover and whilome monitor McGregor stalked into the room. She neither raised her eyes or bade him welcome. "What's wrang wi' ye, lolanthe?" said he. " y e look as cross as a bear wi' a sore head " "Its nathin' to you anywaj'" replied the young lady with asperity, and forgetting her company manners. "Oh, yes, its a vera g,-eat deal to me," said the Caledonian soothingly. "Ablinsye have na walked ootthe day," "Yes, thanks to you, I have walked and skated too, and almost broke my neck," she replied satirically. "Skating "said the astonished lover. "Yes." I first tried my old skates and the girls guyed and "Pinafored" me because they were so old fashioned," said the lady sobbing. 'Then I boughs a new pair at Moses Mordecais' on Queen street, and I came near breaking my neck. Oh, oh (sobs and tears) I never want to sf eak to you again I" "Oh, I see i t a' the noo," said t'ne un- daunted Mac. "Why but ye get a guid pair and a' will be richt. J'U gut them ioc ye. for never let it bs said that a McGregor ever went back on his girl, even if she has abused him. Noo jist listen tae me. I went down yesterday to Rawbone's, Yonge street, wi' a lot o' the lads that were ganging out tae the woods tae shoot, one â- wanted a breech loading shot gun, another a knife, and another a revolver, and they a' wanted traps of a' sorts tae equip them- selves for the camp, and while they were occupied in getting what they required, (which was a long time, for Rawbone has an immense stock ot a' sorts on hand, and th;y dootless found it difficult to choose), I amused myself in looking at tlie articles iu the store. There were as many rifles as would fit out a respectable batallion of in- fantry, and cartridges, belts, pouches, and hunting guns of a' descriptions. But what took my ee' especially, was their new style of skates, cai'd the Climax Skate, which by a vera neat contrivance, a turn or two of a screw adjusts itself firmly to the boot, na matter of what size. I was just thinking of you at the time, and if I had known that you were gain' tae skate, I'd hae' bought ye a pair. So lolanthe dry yer weeping ees, and tomorrow deo vo'ante ye'll have the finest pair o' skates in Toronto. " Next afternoon, having visited Rawbone's, Roderick duly appeared with the Climax Skates, lolanthe was charmed, and wlien she tried them at the rink shs was fairly in extasies She glided round like a swan, the envy End admiration of the beholders, some of whom had laughed at her previous discomfitures. "Oh, Roderick I hov can I repay you for all your kindness and for your considera- tion at my petulant behavior yesterday. " "By accepting me, and becoming Mrs. Roderick McGregor," said the impertur- bable Mac. "Oh, Roderick " said the agitated maid- en, who trembled so that the new skates she carried jingled an ohli(jato in B flit, "but wc must wait until after Lent." "The deil much I care,' said Roderic, "before or after as long as no time is lost." Which remark we nifst confess was some- what inconsistent with the supposed char- acteristics cf a Divinity student. Hov-ever, here we see an interesting young invalid lady brought to robust health, and two hearts made to beeit as one, and all through a pair of skates. â€" Toronto Truth. Tli3 First Shot. Just as thepaIii:gof the ftars showed dawn tD be near, but while it was still as dark as ever, a few scattered shots were fired in our front, probably from some sen- tries or small pickets outside the enemy's lines. No notice was taken of this," though one of the shots killed a Highlander the movement was unchangedâ€" and then a single bugle sounded within the enemy's lines. These were most welcome sounds, assuring ns that we should close with the foe before daylight, which just before he had seemed very doubtful. Yet a minute or two of dead silence elapsed after the bugle was b own, and then the whole extent of entrenchment in our front, hitherto unseen and unknown of, poured forth a stream ot rifle fire. Then, for the first time that night, I could really be said to see my men, light- ed by the flashes â€" the dim phantom hnes which I had betn looking on all night sud- denly woke to life, as our bugles sounded the charge, and responding with lusty con- tinued ct-eers, and without a momenta's pause or hesitation, the nmks sprang for- ward in steady array. The distance from the blazing line of intrench meut was jadged to be about 150 yardsâ€" in that interval nearly 200 men went down, the Seventy- fourth ontthe left losing 5 officwa «nd GO men before it got to the ditch. The ob- stacle va, (as the engineers after««rds re- corded) 6 teet wide and 4 feet deep, and beyond was a parapet 4 feet high. Over it, or intoand oat of it, went the whole of tiie first line, monntingthe parapet and attaok* ingtheEgyptjana who lined it, and moat of the second line followed, bat stopped the. parts of it that were neareat to me as they; caojp up, vnahiog^ keep a aanort-in kmaif whKh ^alibe4)iore feadilyMV^IabU tiiMi snch as the brigade in rear coj|14^piT»lTe9» Lieut.-Oen. Hamley in the NmeteenthCen- tury. LATE CANADIAN NEWS. MANITOBA AS1 THK NOKTH-WKST. Hay is coming in large quantities into Brandom and seems to be a drug in the mar- ket. The cut of timber for the sason at the Hudson Bay Company's mill, Edmonton, was 52S,S66 feet, board measure. The mumps are going around among the Indians at Edmonton just now^, and some of the whites are catching. The snow fall has been exceptionally heavy at Prinoe Albert. More snow has already fallen than during the whole of last winter. It is reported at Calgarry that the C. P. Railway engineers ens'aged in the mount- ains have discovered rich gold bearing quartz. Last winter river wattr cost 33 1-3 cts, a barrel at Edmonton. It now costs from 50 cts. to §1, according to the situation of the place of delivery, and no jawbone al- lowed. The first birth inWapella, N. W. T., took place on Christmas day, the happy mother being Mrs. M. Currie. Under the rule ge- nerally observed in snch cares, the young- ster is entitled to a corner lot at the hands of the C. P. Railway. A letter from Peace River written by W. Lloyd, who went in last spring, says the crops there were ahead of anything he had ever seen anywhere. It avis reporteel that two miners near Fort St. John had been making from ten to thirty dollars a day. A convention of \eterinary surgeons was recently held in Winnipeg to devise means for putting a stop to the rapid spreading of glandeis among the horses in the vicinity of Winnipeg and other parts of Manitoba. Twelve glandered horses had been shot on one day lately near Morriss. Messrs. Harvey and Grant of Kan, loops, B. C, arrived at Edmonton on Nov. 10th with W. F. Buxton's train of pack horses. They say that the trail this side of the JaS' per House is very bad, being much obstruct- ed by fallen timber and muskeg. In mahy places it can scarcely been seen. It is generally supposed that Saskatewan coal will crumble and lose its burning proper- ties after having been out of the pit some time. Ross' coal which was taken out the winter before last is still being used, and is nearly if not quite as good as when first taken out. The Brandon Sun says claim jumping is assuming a very serious character in tnat community. Cases have come under its observation where parties have made affi- davits in support of cancellatiors. After- wards, conscience stricken, or through fear of the consequences, they have made affi- davits setting forth that their first statement was false. A petition is now in circulation among the vessel owners and others interested in the navigation of Lake Winnipeg and of the Red River, asking the Dominion Govern- ment to take such steps as will not only improve havigation, but will also lessen the dangers to navigators of the lake and stream referred to. The Brandon Sun says The western mail for Brandon goes through to Winnipeg, where it s re assorted and then returned to us. As the Times would say, if it were not for the post-offioe depaVtment we would have ho mail at all, so we had better show our gratitude by being satisfied with what we have got. Somewhere near Medicine Hat a lar/e manufacturing cityâ€" the Pittsburg of the North- West will be located. Specimens of cannel coal have been brought from that vi- cinity which are fully equal to the best Pennsylvania coal. It is of a bright b ack color, so hard and solid that it can be cut and polished, and bums readily with a clear yellow flame. This district hab long been noted for its iron ore, and with fuel near by to reduce the ore to merchantable shape, a promisiog industry is sure to spring up in the near future. The only drawback is the lack of limestone. Search has been made for the wherewithal to make lime, which is required to be used in rec ucing the ore, but in vain. About forty squatters are located in the vicinity of Medicine Hat. The lowest temperature at Edmonton last April was nine degrees above zero on the 3.d, the highest was 63° on the 18th. Wheat was sown on the 13th. There was a slight fall of snow ou the 16th, but there was no rain whatever and no high winds. In May the highest temperature was seventy- two above zero, and the lowest on the 8th, twenty-six abovq. The average for the month was fifty-one above. T ie highest wind was on the lOth, bein^ forty- two miles per hour, and the average for the month was six miles per hour. Rain- fall for the month. 1,16 inches. In June the highest temperature wm eighty-six above zero, and the lowest, on the 21st thu*ty-nine above, while the average was fifty-eight. The highest wind was on the 12«i, 12 miles per hour. Eain fall for the month 3.75 inches. The weather through- outthe month was simply snperb, and the' growth astounding. In July the highest teniqpratare was 85 above zero, and the loilr- est 45 above, average for the month M abOTJB. Highest wind on the lOth, 23 miles pert^ hour; average for the month, 3 %^ miles. Rainfall 1.04 inches. InAagosttlkfr highest temperature WM 87 above zere, a^ the^west 45 above, average 59 abwS Hi|Best windon the ISth, 27 milesper hm^ avegge for the month 4J miles. Bain i^l 2. Iffnches. The first barley was cat en Vm lt^d the first wheat on tue 8th bot^ peisi fecf|rripej and before the ei.d of the mon^ aloKlst all the grain was ripe and the \niXi ofifc-was cut. In September the highe^b tenneratare was 7 above, .4pd the loweife 26 aboye^ Avenge 50«bovfc Hi([heiti ninj on -tfce^Wth, 18^ milfee pef- \iam, flfil thl' average for the month 3J miles. Kainfall U66 inched wd the.«iow fell i» the last days of the month, l\. The earlier pj^t of the month was folly as good for grdWth 'ifndi npewng as the fcmr former months, boi about the 13th ^e weatlier beeame danp and cool, and On the night ofthe leth tiie .fitetfrostof the tmtaam ttc te t t e d y ^^•Bev. Pere Leaage has detmninedr oi a crusade aga net the sale of intoxicatinK dnnks m C!hambly. Th» road of the Canada AtUintw; Railway isnow^ed fietweex. the Richelieu and wnow graae ^.^^^ the exception of just On the Seigniory about three miles. A fearful cold-blooded murder has been reported from Arthabaskaviye. Wednesday night last, a respectablefarmer, from St. ^NoJb«4, i.ame4 Mr. Goyette, came into the village to the null and to the station on business. Near the station on his retum.'he met four men, Messrs Chabot father and son, Brown and Blanchet. All were slightly under the influence of "quor. and words passed between them which quickly led to blows. All at once the young- er Chabot stepped up to Goyette, and, with his knife, struck into the abdomen of his victim and cut open the body upward to the top of the stomach, inflicting a woupd from which the bowels protruded, and whiph was'necessarly attended by almost immedi- ate fatal results. After striking the fatal blow, the murderer simply said '|^Come along, father, I've given him enough." All the parties have been arrested and are now carefully watched in the Arthabaska gaol, where they are confined. The prisoners will be tried at the next term of the Criminal Court, in February. MARITIME PROVINCES. Owen Connolly, of Oharlottetown, P. E. I., has donated one hundred pairs of blank- ets and sixty tons of coal to the poor cf that city. The product of the new woollen cloth mills at Hopewell, N. S., is highly spoken of, its admirers predicting extensive sale for it throughout the Dominion. The local option law has been worked in Pictou County to the extent of making it difficult but not impossible to procure the ardent. FEAbliS OF TKUTH. The only happiness in this world's gift that is really worth the having is the hap- piness which springs up, free and unsought, by the wayside of duty. Things that are to last Require time for building. And, when a man is living for honor and glory and immortality, it t-akes time for him to bring out the full fruit of that which he is seeking. Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors," for they will strengthen your imperfections, encourage you in all evils, correct yon in nothing, but so shadow and paint your follies and vices as you shall never, by their will, discover good from evil or v;ce from virtue. There are certain times when a hearty greeting, a word of cheer, a token of sym- pathy, or a little friendly assistance are most valuable and life-giving but let the moment slip by and they are needed no longer and lose all their virtue. How often has the help that might have saved the sick and suffering arrived too late to be of any avail In all the pursuits of life we find that those who achieve honor and distinction are strong and self-reliant in their own powers, exercise faith in their own ability, and carry out plans conceived in their own brain. Morse had faith in telegraph wires, knd Field in submarine cables, and to-day, in consequence thereof, the lightning is har- nessed to convey the news of the world to every part of the inhabited globe within the compass of a few hours. Girls, if they intend to become useful members of society and make good wives for 'honest men and true," ought to be perfect- ly acquainted with all kinds of domestic work. They should know how thines are done. "Knowledge is power," anifsuch power renders a woman very independent in this age of inferior servants. She may per- haps never be required to use her know- ledge in a practical way by performing household work, but it is well to po sess the knowledge. Marriage.â€" What should be sought, and what is sought, as a rule, in a husband or a wife, whose arbitrary conventional customs and considerations of rank, wealth, and po- sition are not allowed to interfere, is not a counterpart, but a complementâ€" something to supply alackâ€" the other self, which shall round out one's being, and form a perfect symmetrical whole. As in music it is not contagious notes which combine to form chords, but those separated from each other, as a first and a third, or a third and a fifth ' so we produce domestic harmony by associ- ating graduated differences. Banter.â€" Jesting should have its limits even at home. Among brothers and s^ers a htt e harmless banter is perfe-.tly admiss- able, and even perhaps desirable; but a family whose membeisare alwavs snapping at each other in the style at present approved as clever, both i i fiction and reality, can scarcely be upheld as a model of courte'sy at home. Both among brothers and sisters and husbands and wives, a great deal of talk which begins in chaff ends in rude- ness. In society, conventional pcliteness sets certam limits to repartee, but at home there are no such barriers. In private life when the more refined weapons of conversa- tional dispute fail, the combatants to resort to personal abuse, dangerous weapon, and must be caution. are apt Wit is a used with Sasicatohe'waa BaUwaih Col. Sproat, Hon. L. Clark and R Fuller of Hwnilton, Out., started from Winnipeg on Wednesday to Prince Albert, on tS businessof the South Saskatchewan RaU- way. They have been fortunate enough at Ottawa to receive the usual land grait of 6,400 acres per mile tt» aid in the cSurtmc- tion of the Une, and the intention is to com- mence operations at the western end next Albert vnO. reach tii? riyar, wheace .tSn. St^fu^ "^SSL^r*" P**?"' lo^« down. ThMit 18 intrirfedfe supply » rafl and %£ « nmte for the p3oid. of that town befon the,^aooiigofBayjgfttioninl883, The jpsn- 51 ^!^^.S^m^^^mS% t refer to the stones they tell about otner. "iStt, Making a Night of it. I had been at dinner. There *» good fellofws there. They were^?" other good fellow who was goinj dined him, we wined him. Tbei' protracted. It was a very damn nv? was a humid night. 'P« And then, as the nigbt was l; ^d the star-dials hinte.l of ""'â- 1 thought me of home. Ah, liomei^Vl great thing to have a home. Thev J in the French language there isj^-' home. Home, £,weet home. 'Xi, "" hear the watch dog's honest bark " that sort of thing. But then sometimes you don't wa. home. I didn't want to go Lome. But I afraid to stay away. So Itookaci!] my homeward route together. "' When I reached my stately mansv â- . missed the cab and reflected. Wa'sf condition to appear at the domestic thatawful tribunal I determined toti it over en reflechant, I took ;i ^aii; the block. I thought I might pass .j]f i,iy l,w for heart disease, or sonethia'" lUjg. Something sudden â€" somethiuc-" ^\^^^./^ Apoplexy might do. But no. I smiled sadly and rillecteddl Zulana krew-me pre.ty well. s|jj, familiar with the symptoms of my pf^; heart disease. ' I cautiously unlatched tlie door, wjti, little trouble. When within, ' I 2. again. I think I see tiie cynical upon the face of some l)eardlt;s3 Lack Ah, little reck ye, ye matcless ones. orJ no matter. When I entered the hallway I rccoileal man stood before me. He was a tall J ugly looking customer in the da' But I soon saw that I had been mis. It was only a most hideous suit of, armor, which is the very ap;.le of Zd eye. A bright idea struck me. wouldn't it do for me to doi the wa: i gery of the defunct daiinnio Thus i tred I would enter the chamber of 5 I would surprise her. 1 would th;; plain. In the midst o: the lauohte.-J slight yet pleasant glow created bymvij joke, my late arrival and my hiccoujtn perhaps pass unnoticed. Happy thought. I began the task of donning tiie arai/ was longer and more ditliealt than I liaci ticipated. How in the name ofalhLj;! inflmamable those Jiips ever get their on without bursting a blood-vtssel isi than I can guess. However, at last I got into the tiling started up -stairs. I trod as gen could, but when I entered the ciii where Zulaua lay enshrined, my helmeij vented me from seeing distinctly, I turn over an ottoman, and came to tlie floon an awful crash. I rose with much difficulty. B,;t 1 scarcely got upon iny feet when \i s artled by the most awful, the mos: piercing, the most blood-curdling suneq ever heard in my life. It was Zulana. Apparently the wife of tuv boiojisj failed to see the joke. I advanced toward her ai d eiuieavorKl explain, but she fled from bclore me-*;f in her garments of night fled she, ltd ghost through the hallway. I followed, entreating her to be But she only shrieked the louder. When I reached the foot of the stairs i had evidently fallen back for reicfor ments. She appeared presently, the cook and the housemaid. But my i^ rival threw them into disorder, and tjiejil back. I made a short and impressive sp* from my post at the foot of the stainray,! did it with as much dignity as was aii]A blewithmy raiment. I implored then j be calm. Already a policeman wasbor ing at our portal. Finally 1 succeede: quieting these insane creatures. But I had a very long and elaborated of explanations to make. I'irst policeman. He was firmly couvincei murder had been committed, aadtluti' body was secreted on the premises. I: much time to remove this impress'on i his mind, and to convince him that my' was asleep-wakcr, and that I had bai" masquerade ball. Next the servants. ordinary dignified intercourse witii t was much impaired by reason of niv att Last came Zulana. I will not dweM on this painful scene. Suffice it to sayti what I endured that night would liavei the early Christian martyrs think theirf tures were as naught in comparison. "J I thought of those whom Xero had dippj in cil, kindled and used as a torcLiig cession, I laughed bitterly. I am still of the opinion that niya^ scheme was an excellent one, and tbat:t» in it all the elements of a side-splittiflg;' With almost any other woman it woa; " succeeded perfectly. lEIopement.. The wife of Sir Francis MacNaugbta Coleraine, has eloped with a youn^ agent for the Macartney estates. MacNaughten has several children. the daughter of Dr. William Howard* sell, the well-knowh newspaper correspf ent. The two hackmen who robbed Texas ell^s are evidently trying to raise »"» enough to go to Niagara Falls. they can charge I per minute and li*!^ 1 iWt. 'So yon have «ot twins at your boa»l said Mrs. Beznmbeto little Tomiuy "' son. "Yea, ma'am, two of 'em." " What are yon going to call them- "Thunder and Lightning." "Why, those are Strange names I children." ,^, f^We^,t^at is what pa called tb^, â- poo as he heard they were in the boiv°' â-  i A Bngmboo onoe Crawled Down » n«r,to Ron vwt^ with a Child who ii*^ ^temoon previous been Detected w the Prevarica^ons peculiar to ♦•P*»y,-do not Harm me," cried **e^, ^a ytrangBtet' "But if you l^j ^xaakinsyou: Revenge upon a U^X step into the next Room and i»^ Parents, wfeo have been Givuig^^„, Traditional Stiff about Santa Denver TrUtmt. Cla' ' fs^.