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 • ,1 ll i 4 J I I i I I. in n â-  r ' f :%. f' i: t ru R^l l: His Uncle's Heir. CHAFTEB YILâ€" CoRmrvBD. Frank Uftod th* ataall tranUing band that tooohad fail armravarattdy tofeiattpiL Hoir ahoald ha «fT«r ba |n«pf •! enoagh for. avor repay tba lojal loTatlH* dated aoomoh for biaaakal "HeaTcn Uaaa yoo, my darlinf f ba wb» poad fcrrcntly, and »n tomad to bar fiOher, aatioipalnig ioom ttrriUa cxphMiOB of wnrtb, aad fervastly hopiBg that it wwdd fall upon hia baad alon*. Bat nana oama. Mr. Vanwr atarad blank- ly in tba girl'a faoa, tban tamed hia baad aaide with a amotbeiad graaa. •Oh. child, yoQ break-itf^ bearti" ba eriad below hia fanath. "GoJ EHia with yonraistfr. lam not aogry;! aballaot qoanrelâ€" all thatfdllyia forgotten; Imt I have aoma baaniaaiwitb Mia badaawa for â€"Frank!' "For mar'the yonag man broke in won- deringly, while Eaaie orept only the doaer to him, and held bar groond with that atraage new oonrage that love bad given. "If there i bad newa, I moat help him to bear it," ahe aaid; and her aoft ayaa met her father'a fcarlaariy. "What ia it, airf' Frank aaked, having ran every poaaible and impossible calamity over in hia mind and foand none that coald effect him very nearly. "No bank joan break and ruin me, and I'm ao nearly alone in the world that, all being well here, death can hardly touch me." "Deatbl" Mr. Vomer echoed the always terrible word widi an empbasia that made it more ghastly than ever; his bloodshot eyes rested on the young man's face, as though they would pierce to his soul. "Daath can harm every man â€" and you bave-^relatives, if not friends." 'Belativea and friends too, I hope," Frank broke in warmly; "but they are ail well at DeWalden Court." 'A1I1" the other repeated, with the same straoge tone and look. "Yes, all. At least, I left them bo this morning." He paused, and grew very pale, suddenly recallmg Anita deWaldtn's sor- rowfully spokenwords â€" "The shadow comes nearer and nearer, and it means harm to those 1 love, or to me." Had that wild, dreamy terror been pro- phetic? Bad harm come in any strange and terrible shape to the graceful girl wife or her gray haired lord His heart throbb- ed with an unselfish dread as he said hur- riedly â€" " Ob, what Is it You spoak of them, I know. Is my uncle â€" is Lady de Walden iU?" There followed a brief pause â€" then Mr. Verner asked sternly-^ "la there no one else at de Walden Court?" "The lad^littltf Georgie? Yes; hut surely it is not he who " "Is dead? It is." Frank stared at the speaker almost in- credulously. It was BO impossible to asso- ciate the grim and ttrrible idea of sudden death vith the br'ght faced noble little 1^ who had trctted beside him through theDe Walden meadovrs twenty-foar short hours ago. Hu could still feel about his own the warm close cla^p o! the fat baby fiugers, cculd h'ear the merry prattle of the baby- voice, and meet the frsnk glacceof the baby eyes that were as cleaily blue as the scmtntr heavens. Something rote in hia throat with the recalled remembrance, and almost choked him, while tsars of which he was all unconscious rose thickly in his eyes. "Liitle Georcie! Oh. it is horribleâ€" it seems impossible!" he cried at last, while Essie ciied softly at his side, partly in pity for the little lad who was but a nsme to her, partly in sympathy with her lover's pain. •Horrible indeed!" Mr. Verner said with a strong shudder. '-Mere horrible than death in its catursl shape can ever he, for the child was murdered 1" E sio ccV 3d the wcrd with a shrill ccreim and May Im-sslf, trembhng violently and very pile, drew instinctively nearer to her sister's side. But Essie did not see her, or feel the touch of her cold hand; she had eyts and thoughts only for Frsnk, who seemed liter- ally stncned by what he had heard, and stood staring stupidly before him. Lord Crcxford was the only person sufficiently master cf himself to take in the full terror of the situation, and venture a question now. ' -Sir George de Walden's son is killed, you say?" he asked, turning his gold riicmed glasses keenly on Mr. Vemer'a face, and speaking in the slow sensible tones that seemed to introduce a reasonable element into the phantasmal honors of some hideous dream. "Well, that's very terrib'e, of coi:riel Bat, pardon me. why use eo she ek- ing a word as 'mcrder' hire? ' May flashed^ one paesiocately grateful glance at the lover who was so little wont to sbine with an independent lustre, and wocdered wirat cratorrcal outburst could equal in effect that plain and pregnant speech. Bat Mr. Verner, wiping the great drops of a mcri a\ terror from his wrinkled fore- head. sQCok bis gray head despairingly as he an'sveied the young man â€" "ULfortunately, that is the ooly word to ase. T^ e poor child was found by his nn- tortunate mother this morning, strangled, and quite dead, with the little sash the nurse had tied on rot an hour before tightly knotted round his throat." A dead silence followed; even Lord Crox- ford drew back, turning faint »nd giddy, and May fell the room whirl round ao wild- ly tfaat she caught at the nearest table for support; but E«ie climg to her lover still, thoGgti the face that grew paler and proud* er every instant grew also more indistmct to her strained vision, and when be apoke hia voice soimded faint snd far away. Yet it waa clear and even stern; and be stood like a rock before the man who he knew accused him in bis heart. "And do they saapeotâ€" do they accnce •ay one of tbia foid crime?" Mr. Verner held the chair befme him with a tighter grip, and looked away inm the prond agony of tboaa kaen eyea. "They aay tbat-tbat the child waa laat aeen in yonr charge, that he atood in yoor way, andâ€" and " "That I mnrdered biml" Frank finiabed almoat calmly, aa, exbaaatad by the temUe scene through whidi ha Ivad paaaed, the old man dro^ied heavily into » ebair dxawn op ag^inat the table and bowed bia Ufid c« on baa ontstfetched aims, '^^nkyoo, Mr, Venier; I know the wont now, uid I can •ctr "Oh, F ank, poor Frankr May oned be- tweenU paadin^ aob.^ ' What nalneia iathial WhafcwUlyoador "Go ba A to Da Walden Conrt »%.â- *•" H» aoensan fMo to faoar Frank eM ua Soar eat faataraa aaemni to bW»«y^gr; •vacyvoid. **l bam thi fc mn *# rt %rty I 1h£ CIm jSCd olaapad inth ao* p^ aooa jSmim oa bisoitt. Ewe hid set faintad; aho hadriaplyloafc t""*?^" rTnuli Of mtiTMiant Bha ooald oaly oBng to tba man irirato fate aaaaMd wraatiiw fron her, and try to opea to him with tba dnmb aooBV of bar oyaa, ^^de, my darimg." ^^ "^f, J'^jT^I. for bar pain waa tba bardaat of all to Jtearâ€" •Tat no go, Eiale! Ba brave for my aaka, and balp ma now," Tba i^ito lips afcrad, bat no aonnd oama frantham;tbe oyaa qaaationed, anploro^ protaated aa aadylng lova and troj^ a«a Frank oonld atdl take comfort from tham. •Take bar. May." baaaid, wi^ «»«P- pealing look; and May draw her aiater away â€""take her and keep her for ma. I maatgo at onca to De Walden Court." "And I wiU gowithyoo," uid Lord Grozford quietly. It waa bis way of ahow- ing hia unabaken faith in bia friend, and be did it in hia usual prosaio fashion; but to Frank aod May Verner that way seemed the etaance of chivmhry, the one thing that could give them a ideam of comfort now. "Yea, go, dear," the girl cried, with such eager grateful [a«ion-m heraweet voice and shioincreyea as set the young man's pulses throbbing. • Go and bring Frank back to us, for Eiaie's sake, and rh ne." CEAPTER Vm. It was a terrible story that the next day's paper set forth, a terrible story that May Verner read by her unconscious sister's aide; and, reading it, the brave and lovmg Mi'l almoat felt that her heart minht break. M' Vemer'a report had been subit»ntial- ly correct. Lidy de Walden, following her husband's instructions, had instituted an in- stant search through the extensive grounds of De Walden Court. The servanta. explor- ing in all directioos, had found no trace of the misainfi; child; but presently there had been heard scream upon aciream issuing from the direction of the shrabberyi and all crowd- ing there had found the imhappy mother clasping the murdered baby in her arms and frantically calling to Heaven to give her back her child. They were stolid, rmimpretsionable folk who looked upon that scene of utter aAoav; but not on^ among them will forget it till hia dyiDg day. The baby figure had been so full of life and health an trour back, all rigid and dreadful now, the rolden hair floating back from the hUckened swollen face and wildly staring eyes, the girl mother in the tragic majesty of an agouy that drove her really mad. They tried to take the little victim from her, for the burden was far be- yond her strength; but she struck their hands fiercely away, and staggered back through the brilliant morning sunshine that gleamed on her hare golden head and blazing eyea and on the pitifully altered fac« that lay upon her breast. "My lady, my lady; cry for Heaven's sake!" her maid had implored, kneeling at her feet, while the teara ran like rain down her own honest ruddy face;but Anita did not even seam to hear her or feel the tcsdding drops that fell upon her white hands. iShe bad placed poor little Georgie en her omi bed, and sat oeside him, never moving hi r hct eyes from thie poar little face that the women could not look upon without a fresh burst of choking tears. She would not suffer any cue to touch the child until Sir George came home. There was something appalling in the utter calm with which she kept her waiting watch; and by-and-hy the women crept one by one away and left her alone with her dead. And presently Sir George came in, his face gray with pain, the veins on hia fore- head swelling and atanding out like knotted whip cord, hia breath coming in great gatp ing hobs. He bruahed paac the pale and. frightened aervants who cluatered together on the etaira and about the bed room door, and, going atraight to the bed, gathered the pale little figure to hia breaat in a very agony of rag;e and pain. "My -boy, my Georgiel" he cried, his voice hoarse with agony, his strong frame shaken with the tobs that seemed to rend hia massive chest. "My little murdered chOdl" Even this did not move Anita. She heed- ed him apparently no more ,tban ahe had heeded the servants as they came and went, the only difference being that she suffered him to touch the child. Her eyes still blazed with the same fierce lustre, her hands were still locked in a rigid clasp. And for once Sir George had no thought, no word, no look, for her. Sbe suffered, of course she did! Was not his very heart riven, his very soul on fire with » wild cav- ing for revenge on the coward whoEeruthless hanr s bad taken that sweet child life? Presently his voice rang out, a shrill harsh note that it bad never known before mingl- ing with its dee per tones and giving a at range po«sionata intensity to his words. "And this is bis Work, his vengeance â€" the coward, the " "Whose work?" â€" the frozen calm was broken through at last. Anita spratg to her feet, and scmsthing, a reah'zing horror, a comprahension that had not been in them yet, see-ned to leap suddenly into her shin- ing eyes; her rigid iipe unclosed, her breath came thick and fatt. "Whose workâ€" oh, G.orge, whose work?" Sir George's gray face and tear reddened eyes were slowly raieed. 'Who but the one man bad cause to hate our «^»»-i«"£ â€" my nephew Fiank de War- den." "TSoi nol" Anito's bands were raised and pawiemately oteaped above her bead; her voice roae in a abrill aoraam that echoed tiirouj^ all the bouae of mourning like the cry of a kwtapiiift, and broa^^ the aervuita pouring in peU mdL "Not ne â€" ^not Frankl Oh, Heaven, nOI He would not barm my darling! No; it waa " She bndca down there, with a atrange, guri^g ory, flung out both arma, and fell forward upon her faoa. Whan they raiaed her, faoa, dreaa, and hands wwe deluged witiiUood. 8b« bad broken a ' large veaael on the lungs, and even the kaat experienc- ed peraon thoto knew that her life waa diaiaiag away. And intnrth die never recovered eon- scioaanaai^ never afcka ^mn. Tbaa«oay of aknx lifetnnabad been coadeuMd in to thoae few honta, and mind and lody bad alika brokaa atnin. She lay for ll dot under the boora, looking like loatal figuw. »_»»*_P2.^ "perfaet calm, alowly bwat^ doia frilt^f *•«»«• waa dojWy beraat« nZiuSfij^ebildsofmianyjartadlip a wS-ST^ia on tba immortWMora. VhA two wBoac nm bad goaa wranas â€" --- ^^SJSZo^ to ttf ii-y S2S bataalyoMof tbem had bean wtad^v ipTSa WaMaa Court. »^'^^J^ 4Z^ailw«Mi«d tba train, aadtMttw SotSllin oharg. W.I -S2?SS loaa,to.plaoa a priaonar ao important m iw â- Mdlata aafa-haaning. j hSfi Gnafwd grow very pale, and msnlieatod aa anaxpectoay .w-ff^J'M" Sfataolintha doteotiTo'a hand; tat Frank, nalraiaad him with aa i"Pto*«..^*J*vSS? ooald only gaa* hia btonda moaataoha, and laalaavaialymiaatablaa«lhalplam. •It mart have oomo oooaeror lator, Fraak aaid, aa thay J5«»^l_?" ;!!?f.r?4. darfnlly oalm and aaU poiaaaaad, though bu •ya. giLnad with af•vari.hbrightn«;^«d bia handaomo faoa waa very nala. "But! wiabâ€" Iwiahlhad aaenSirGaorge. You will go to him, Croxford, and eay bowl grieve fcr my Uttle oouam. for bm^ fmâ€"â€" 9- '„ii-_i_ -.j*.k blank face; He panaed' anddaaly. with a tbtnVddad alowlyâ€" "But how if ba tbiuka me guilty?" .. „ t 4 •Then beia a fool for bis pama," Lord Croxford broke in. with all the rongbnosa of genuine feelim;. "You guUty, Fmikl would as soon believe m my own guUt. Frank answered only by a grateful look; and the other went on haatilyâ€" • or course, 1 will act as your deputy, and bring my report to-morrow. Keep up your spirits, old fellow. These mad miatakea oan never last long, you know; and«â€" and Heav- en bless you, and good-bye!" And, with a warm hand clasp, the good hearted young Viscount harried away, hor- ribly ashamed of the teara that dimmed his glasses snd were an boner to his manhood, if he had had but the aenae to £69 it It waa lato when he arrived at De Walden Court; but only the faintest glimmer of light broke through the maasive ivy-grown frontage of the great bouae. The vast en trance hall waa all in shadow, and the kind' ly meaaenger, already aufficiently depreased felt bis heart sink lower and lowtr aa he stood in that gloomy ante-chamber,^ await' ing Sir George's permiadon to come in. It waa hard to get and long in comingi and only obtained at last by a deaperate use of Frimk de Walden's name. Lord Crox- ford winced to see how even the man who took his message and ushered him finally in- to Sir George's presence stared and colored angnly at the sound. The great library, m which the stricken man sat, was as dark as all the rest of the house. Croxford could not see the bent shaking figure that raiaed itself from fie great arm chair at bis entrance, nor the fierce swollen eyes that turned angrily to his till his attention waa drawn in that direc- tion by the sound of a harsh querulous voice. "Well, sir, you have thruitt yourself upon my misery. Wiiat excuse have you to make?" Lord Croxford was certainly not aocna tomei to such an unceremonious style of address; but he did not resent it now. He was not thinking of himself or his own dig- nity; his heart ached for this broken, deso- lats old man almost aa much as for Ills in- jured friend. "Forgive me. Sir George" â€" bespoke, after a little hesitating pause, with infioits gen tlenets and unfeigned sympathy. "Heaven knows I would not intrude upon yonr grief but I come to tell yon that Frank " "That they have taken him, that he is caught?" Sir Gaorga broke in, hia voice trembling, iiis eyes ablaze with savage ex- ultation. "Tell me that and Iwillxhank and bless yon, sir, as you were never thank- ed and blessed before." Lord Croxford was silent. Not all bis pity for the misery maddened man before him could keep the ansry blood from hia face, the angry sparkle from his eyes aa he listened to tbat cruelly unjust speech, but, by a mighty effort, he did keep back all angry words; and his silence wiought the other to frenzy. "Is that your news? Is Frank de Wal- den in sife custody?" he broke out violently striking his band with cruel force upon the maasive toble; and his blood shot eyes shone with a cruel fire. "Yes, that laat injastice has b«en done the man you wroiig so foully!" Lord Crox ford answered, with a sott of bitter calm. "Frank baa been arrested for a crime which it is simply monstrous to aaaocitte with hia name. He is absolutely incapable of cruelty to any one, and he loved your child." Sir George gave a cry tbat was like the roar of a wild beast in fiercest pain. "Loved!" he echoed savagely, "the child who robbed him of his heritage, who stood between him and his promised wife! No we were mad to trust the innocent creature in his power I We might have know n what his resignation meant." "You might have known your nephew," Lord Ooxford said, with a restrained pas- sion that w£s foil of dignity. "I have known him as man and boy; and I know as surely ss I know that the sua shmes in the keaven. and you and I bothlive and breathe, that, whatever the evidence againat him Frank ia innocent." ' Even Sir George seemed momeutorily im- presaed by the pauionate conviction of the young man s speech. He stared atapidly in- to the abadows. then broke in with a harsh discordant laugh. "Whatever the evideUoel" he cried with a tornbly mockery. "Your faith may be atnmgindeed if it aarvive toattaatl Do yoa know, sir, that your fnend took the ohild out tor a walk, a walk from which neither of them returned, for be went atraight to London, imd tbeboy-ob. Heaven, my little dSSr" 'P«»-'""iy bro^t'ho«: Hia head sank fwwaid npon hia folded ^nV"" *• "«« ^^ ®« «* hia veriS w^obUMmeamerewaa ofwoiy. Vat ttie teara raab blindiaoly to bia «vm. n. S5S ir**^;?*^ *»» burdand. P«n*JjP»ty. Hataopowwlaaatohdp or haal m the wwiaaiiuu of tbia toaoia m^jf ^. faith in iSnS attiS *SSIS; b« thoptan fi«roe worda b./ atowoTMS S^k^^ J^.*^ *»» dtmSlj parflin m wluoh hia friand rtood. /!?•"»»«• tonSS!! ^u^*^****^" J»«^«lmoat *«»dCT^r--and hiayowa^iBBth aait^^ was brokaa, and tiirilladw^iba igitAtiDa that poaMOMd^S^ voaldnot toy 6im word tosdtatoidrfti^ yoa; bat. fortr.y.-k^I««{ J^£; atiiL I do not know, I ^^^'^S^StJ^^ ••B*«ik |ti«pir ^•HyrlitSfl -^MbaatthimF .,,^,woUa« JI^gpArford ^t tij» l^l^SM* wMTwasdaaf alika "-« jafSS tboogh bo lUt, with added Pf««J*J*Tf f. nuad. HaairfiadinyoloBtaiHyMi»"«» •d tida; ad thaatmad •*t»«*^SL*t^.* attoBtioii Haa|adlMJ«»»iJ!»»J^^ aad. for tba fiiat tima, «M« w"*^" *^ taMl toapaak witti taaioatW* aoaito^. ^rdrEtblam. yoii. «• Thib'g^- yoa do. yoa aia rifbt to •tond_tar your -Hil l » t "Say rather whan y«i know how ff^ • wrong yoa have dona bto, yoa wmbe glad tlurthobadafrland,"!LordCr«^ iwi hurriedly. "That day ^1 ooma, Sir Qeorge; but we aball never aea the one of which von apeak. TiU then, good-byo." He moved towards the door, then dame back again^d apoke with a reaoluto effort. "One queation i£ore. I muat toU ^1 tbat baa paaaed between ua to Frank, "d. Heaven know^ it will be a bitter taakl i I would gladly find one gleam of hope to jAvo bmj. Doea the poor mother, doea Lady de Walden abare yonr conviction of bia guilt " ,, Sir George atared, aa tboogh he bardly nnderatood him at firat then the blood ruahed hotly over the gray face, and the eyea emitted one vivid flash aa he cried, with a cruel laugh â€" "Yes, you can take aome comfort to your friendâ€" can tall him hia cruel vengeance ia completeâ€" Lady de Walden ia dead i" CHAPTER IX. "Frank 1'â€" "My darling " It waa a very worn and haggard feci that bowed itaelf over Eaaie Verner a dark head. Confinement and watching and anxiety had atolen the healthy broozeirom the dear akin and traced aome aharp lines on the amooth brow â€" nay, even drawn tome gleandhg ail- ver threads through the cloae oriapaeaa of the brown gold curia but the eyea were atill clear and ateadfast, and the lipa kept their brave sweet smile. That smile, though she inet it mcmine after morning when she and her sister paid their daily visita to the prisoner, fully corn- mitt 3d for trial as Frank was now, wai al- ways a little more than May's nervea could stand it always sent her to the grim un- curtained window that looked out upon the square paved priscn-yard â€" there so rage fiercely and impotently againat the cruel folly of a world that could mistake Frank de Wal- -len for a murderer. "And yet they will convict him!" the girl would cry f rem time 1o time, as the olack and bitter watera of an utter deipair surged over her struggling sonl. "There are only those who know and love to trust him still, and it rasta with the others to c(^- demn." It waa atrange to see the transformation wrought in the character of the siatars by tbia time of cruel trial. I^ was bright brave May, hitherto the guide and leader in all things, who broke down utterly now, who lost faith in the justice of man and the mercy of Heaven, who waa hyaterical and miser- ably weak in the preacnee of her morbid fearsâ€" gentle, timid, Essie who tojk ap the burden laid upon her, and bore it bravely and patiently, who cheered her lover, father, and sister in the momenta of darkest despon- dency, and tried to chase then growing terrors with the light of her own serene faitS. "Frank is innocent " ahe would aay, her blue eyes lighting with the fire that gave her worn young face a strangely spiritual look. " 9f e know that and we know that \.ae truth and juatioe must prevail at laat." Whereat Mr. Vomer would eye hia favor- ite child with somtwfol amazement, and groan aloud in bitterness of heart. He no iongtr controverted ths iLUooenoe, though his reason told him that the evidence brought forward in the case waa ovenriiolmingly strong; aome instinct stronger than reaaon wagea war with it and bore it down. He could not think Frank de Walden a mar- dererâ€" the cruel deetroycr of an innocent belpleas ohild. But though he believed him guiltleaa, he believed also that he muat die. ^ereaeemed no fecMa link in that terrible circumatontial chain that wound itaelf about him, dragging him nea'cr and ev»r nearer to the aoSTold. Hia death might be a judicial murder, bat •uch had been perpetrated in Mr. Verner'a memcry, and ndght te again. The donbte and terrora, the ague-fits of hcrror and remorae that broke down the atern strong man, making him permatnrely old and feeble, seized from time to time on Croxford and May, paralysing the efforto of the true friend and loving aiater, and making them almoit ahnn the man they were power- less to save but they never toaobed Enie her clear eyea seemed to pierce the dark clouds about them and reat with tranquil aa- eurance on the ligat beyond. (To BE CONmrVED Phyaicil auperiority of tho aata-Alsxan- drian Greek* to tba bardieat aad moat lobnat ff 'u'"*!"" ^.'°" " P«l»»P» beat il- Itttrated by the military atiftiatiorof Xeno- pbmi. Aooordmg to the author of the "Ana- oaaiB, the oompleto tocoatromaats of the Spartan aol^ar, in what wa would cill heavy marohbig order, walgbad aaventy-fiva K?^i.*^*?"'^« °^ *•»• ««P. miaing' and Bridga-bwlding toola, and UTtrttoM^ S~ «d dmdfruit which wan Jaaaad Z WBddy inatabMBtoand iaoiaaaad thalmrd^ of the mfutry ooUicr toaiiwty. niaa^va! orovwafaUbmidred p«Sd?'^2£3 wai oftenjmiad at tba ntoof foarmaiw boor for twalya boon per diemTSw^S day ani only Id tha botaitc Sl^iT nr omnauxUiantotiionght it pnidart toohortoa tba aooal length olTday'a^oarX """ „5^«*_ttree wicks to the lamp of TO'e Mo-brahi. bkiod, aad htrnXhTPtmrn :rfl.mr*2S^^22â„¢i?**«toea CoBfort for Can»teH.Aw^ Jom oan w*lk» comfortrtlyJ?' and have yonr ohotoe of tL **»K ba no diaagreeable orowd. i^ J Si o^rriagea. Yoa caa yoOrlilf atttd' moi by- tra^lttajriead. to mit?P*J •£, wbafe thay « aaaug, ana jj?-***** thcm^â€" on the map. ' Yoa wiU feel ao much moi«-„ mitoUng over yoatownnnZ^: of Ifavlog tbem to aervanta. «kn!li -^ in loOow^ra, and perbapssetthe^l^ You wm avoid those W ovaninga in the country. anTS-JS,* Ifaa aaande, when you are tiwdS*' got abook, andareaahamedtol^J:* and yoa oaa spand them hi tha^*! yoar own honae. "^^ilj Yoo oan f etoh up such a dad gi whioh yoa have never hid time S daring tho aaaaon. and heaidss. ott-L ly aat yoataelf to Spencer, TyadaU mT rrnlly initrootive writers. ° You owl aee a great deal of yoB, 5,^. nnpraaaitabla reUtions. and Mk SI taa, and advise them m to the bri ot their children, and otherwiw the dutiea of oonaanguinity. And you cannot think how mnek you wiU enjoy a country holiday in ' you omit taking one in 1884; bendti when your friends return to town, m have ao much more leisure to liitato^ their narratives of travel, having mI] bore them with in return, » " I A gang of Italian laborera near W were recently cut down ten centi» (i«| atead of striking, they cut an inohcff J aboveV blades at night. The boa what it meant, and one of the men ntn " Not so much pay, not so mnoh dmfel all right, job Ust the more long. Itaijjj fool like Irishman he no strike." '£ri ;hi ottlaad men Ignorant of fire. I do not know of any but a single i where natives of a nswly discovered ou, did not know the use of fire: thst one i, was on Island Fanua Loa, or Bsdviicli'i land, discovered on the 29th of t. j 1841, by W. H. Hudson, of the c3 States South Sea Sarveying and Eipi Expedition. Capt. Hudaon relates: "The natiTaa at first very shy of the hoatt; bat thel waiiani who were in them coon in them to approach, and to enter into l and finally enticed them aloncsidethed On coming ceir they began a songorch holiing up the'r paddles and miti,i shon* ing 'k afilou tamatau. ' They reni the natives of Oiitafu, or Dake of Yotk'il laud, wore the same kind of mati, i shades and ornaments, and come were t ed in the earn 3 rranaer. Some, ba« were tatcoad in a drfferent style, beiii|t namented with a variety of arrows od i forehead and cheeks. They were ill i formed and manly in appearance, pleasing countenances that expresEel nature. "They were cage: enough for tndc; i soon disponed of all they bai to ex:ha few presents were made theoi, bat lUi inducements failed to eitice them onb Taeyapoearel cheercul, laughing ha at anything tnat struck them as ridico 'Tne populatloo of the island is e3tim|l| to be about six hundradcouls, most o!i dwell in the town. "Taerd was no signs of places for oai nor any appearince of fire, and it is t " that all their provisions are eiten What strengthened this opiaios mil alarm the natives felt when they sat I sp»ks eminitiDg from the flint andii and the emission of smoke from the of those who were smoking cigars." The writer of this article wai on I the Peacock, and can vouch for tiie of Cipt. Hudson's ace lunt of oar inb with the natives, and alao that tbeji their entire food without cooking, bt i' had the greatest dread of fire in aay b We saw no traces of char joal or uImi| their village or town, iuid we faUyi atood them aa to their food and hov it* token. It consisted entirely of cocoa aod pandwius frcita; fish, echini, and " producta of the sea; the few birds d seen there, were not regarded as food, i even if they were, could not have beaii ly obtained or relied on for snpplio, population being large in proportioo to is'and'a ain. A CheaD Qeehire. E. L Gongsr of Maple Creek has » « of awarms ot bees which came into bu I session under peculiar circumstances. two years ago, Ute inthefa'l, aswsrma to hia place, taking refuge between tliej ing and wall of a little additioii tobuMf going in through a knot hole in the mi Coimng ao lata in the season t^ey wenj able to lay up enough honey to keep f" and they all died during th? winttf. week Monday, about noon, anotheri awarm cama in exutly the same waji few hours later another and largw ' followed suit, all goinij in though the* knot hole and making themaelvcJ « " in the space between the walls ana atuddiog The laat swarm would coj about a halfbuahel. They are nor" at work preparing to settle do *n W'?l manant reaidenoe. The instinct ot^ remarkable, but this is one of "« «u^ we have heard of for a long '" Fish-Eating Plante. Prof. Baird, of the National Mu*"*;' raoeived from England a »P*un* aquatio fiah-oating plant. ^1'^,lJ great UadderWort, which has »«• " ad to be poonliarly destructive wt j flsh. The pbmt ia large, baa no rom^ floato free in the water, and i^ '*!7| â- man bhMldara which entrap »•»». Twelve or fif 4aen apeoiea of »• P"fl|i foond within the limits ^.{y Statoa,. and it abounds in tbefw^^ â- iirion oacp ponda in WaahugtoajT hoi baoi introdnoad at oonsidano% aad oxpanae^havlng been beKf^ od aa salient fis?food. ftof. ^^ warn oarpionltariata to destroy i^J wharever found, aa he ^^^^^^M^i liona of fry moat be annnalUy o*° i ttttto bladdar tn^s. ravil art of ;tbalia ledlyi anioil ,xplan«ti| _^aotim* JTTjjfiior of tH jiamb,boandl !m The fut "" «t-»trJ Tho igraoeinmo| .(opkaoe. t, diasipat MAi'ia. Vim Twhilo ioftaJ â€",^t while cr| Rr^Hoont vOf ' part of thJ ,. ^it ia thil 'directs or (iriavoiably pride, aelf-r^ ^owa arrog â€"^i, boaatfnlnc ig^ void of it â-  I worker, a tJOB. 1^ Mount of » finger, whc f.u^ Mount of Mars ipahn, before the 1 ' foil and favora easive aelf-relianc .J of Mars, or holl 1 clear, ahowa the s I way of endurance laeesi, foolhardine k ooitardice is sug beMoimt of the ' of the p^m, 01 This mount, i reverie, medit: .-da, In exceaa, tl ssperatitioo, fana' nt (how change ahl I a love of travel. !he lines of the pa tin all symp^cms o !he rital line rises a1 aasn the thumb an Ks the Mount of V pfwar the wr at. ' Rots, indexes th pth, energy, recupe me extent the reo i aad, therefore, a 1 "Te health. â€" line favorably ray and health, an â- ^ tong life. This 1 lew ocndition of use. Tbia line q ig^, ahowa pain â- gwesaes. Cut I â- â- uggesto headache (nanohea aacendin^ â- â€¢â€¢Ue deae ending I I wowing depletini J. parallel to the vit â„¢w catting the vi '^*oib, arennfavora T». thought line b |â„¢*. and traverse the Mount c the latter, aom le Mount of the onited with the lot plan aad perf » life. Aa it c 'good memory, l^il^op it ahowa y^dbythoemotioi â- ^ Ifonnt of the Sapuated f roE Vebowa one wl "d pwfcrm anc jWooth better an •tod. Breaka in r^^ the Mount 12*«be^eenthot] tg_"waUytermina 12?2! ?* Jupiter, â- ^Xw latter. »«»• to the ideal 2?J*»» giaoofuUy ^ttaadgettf l !^"*t atenae ^orpotpoHa l.9atarmiaato ««*1.»« %itarM ' "^^ iBpiingl labeMsor HoodaadtoHMi »!^ Of the Jtoa ban « thaai