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 'SWPf"^?!F^WPS^w?^' I* IN ORE SIOIT â- i: M Mn. Blake die not taint. She did not •Ten revile ber future daoghterb-in-Uw. Pereival'a mannrr told her that worda to tbia effect would be waated. But she en- treated her aon, by every claim ehe had up- on him. to do nothing hurriedly. Of course â- he objected to hia deaire bat she knew her objections would hare*© iuflnence npon ft man so madly in love. But she prayed for delayâ€" literally went upcn her kneea and bewught him not to be married for twelve months. A clever woman was Mra. BIske. Who knew what nnfotaeen thinga might kaopen in a year? Percival yielded to Boaie extent. After all before he married he muat prepare another home for his mother and sietprs. He wished to refurnish the rectory. He wished to be married without undue haste, He wished to â- ee his people friendly with Philippa, and he wished Philapra to get fome idea of what a clergyu'an'a wife should be. So he ftgrsed to vait six months â€" even, when worn oat by his mother'a tearful imiwrtunities, extended this time of probation till the end of the present year. In exchange, be stipu- lated tbat Mrs. Blake should try and bring herself to repard Philippa aa a daughter. He told Philippa what he had promised. She said nothing, but something in her look made him regret he had made the proniise. However, he vowed th%t the first of Janu- mury should be his wedding-da). Mrs. Blake k»pt. at any rate, the letter of her contract with her son. The inter- course between the rectory and the HcUiea aeemed so friendly,, that it looked as if the teotor'a mother was going to make the best of what she thought a bad job. Yet her presentiment was always wi*h her. Al- though it was placed beyond doubt that Mn. Russell had a considerable fortune. Mrs. Blake kept her presentiment, »nd prayed every night that Percival might es- cape from this siren. To do her justice, she was not anxious that he should marry money, so Mra. RnsseH's fortune did not af- fect her views. Mrs. Blake played her part very well, and Percival was delisfhted when ahe suggested that Philippa should accrm- pany her daughters and herself to London, whither they always went early in Jane; for Mrs. Blake, although but a country rec tor's widow, was. a woman, of fashion and firiends. It^s very possibln tbat whilst pressing this mvitation on Philippa Mrs. Blake thought: "She has lived in London. A wo- man of her extraordinary appearance can- not be forgotten. Some one must surely know all about ber." Although Percival besfged her to go with his mother, Philippa hesitated. "Have you forgotten?" she whispered. He frowned. "It is better to faoe what may be in store than to fly it. Nothing can part us." "Very well, I will go." She kissed bim and for the thousandth time told him how much she loved him. A fortnight afterward Mrs Blake and Philippa were seated side by side at an evening party. The beautiful yonoe widow was the object of much attention. Suddenly Mrs. Blake noticed tbat her comp'^nion â- topped short in the middle^ of a sentence, and begged a gentleman near bertolea' her from the roomâ€" the heat was over- coming her. Th»n Mrs. Blake felt sure that scmetbing had occurred, and looking round in search of it, raw a man leaning against the opposite wall and eying Philippa with amused wr ndc. She knew him well â€" a rising barrister. With whose family she h»d lontt been upon tenns of intimacy. So when be toroed his eyes from the vanishing Philippa to her vacant chair, Mrs Blake signed him to fill It. She cut greetings and inquiries very thort. "You know that lady who just left my aide?" she said. "I thought so. Perhaps I was mistaken. Tell me ber name." She told him. "It must be the same," he said. "What do you kr ow of her " asked Mra. Blake. "The law has its secrets as well as the ehnrch," said tbe barrister laughing. "Don't jest, Richard Graham. I have known you and ycur family for years, and I ftsk you to tell me who ard wbat Mrs. Rns- •ell is." Graham glanced at her, and saw she was in terrible earnest. He hesitated, then •ud: "I met her professionally. I was her counsel in a â€" an action." Mrs Blake noticed the pause. "A criminal action?" she asked sharply. ' Well â€" yes, it was." "Was she acquitted " "No but I believe she was innocent. I believe it firmly. The jury were fco^s." And this woman about to marry the Rec tor of Cbelt:n 1 No wonder Mrs. Blake's agitation was great enough to puzzle the Ibirrister. "Speak low," she said. "What had she done?" "Her husbandâ€" a fiarfnl rogue â€" was tried for forging and swindling. The rascal tried to save himself at her expense. She Was tried with him. The man was sent to penal servitude for five years." "Yes, yes â€" but the woman " "It was a burning shame," said Graham "On my soul, I believe sbe was innocent. The judge thought so too " 'Go on quickly," said Mrs- Blake. "Her sentence was three months." raid Graham reluctantly and sullenly. He hated himself for having tattled about thi; beautiful wom'^n's antecedents, "Then," said Mrs Blake, with emphatic pauses, "she has â€" actually been â€" in pri- son?" "I suppose so. But why do you want to know I wish I had sud nothing." "I have a right to know all about her," said Mrs. Blake icily. "For the sake of sealing your lips, I may tell you that Per- cival intended marrying her. What an ea cape I In prison 1 What an escape I" She sailed awav in aearch of her daughters and Phflippa. Her head was in a whirl. The Rector of Chelston about to make a creature who had worked on the treadmill and picked oakum his wife! Her preaenti- ment had ccme true with a vengeance. She walked from rocm to room in search of her charges, and mechanically mnmrured:' "What an escape I What an esoapel" Mrs. Russell was willing enong^ to go home. Mrs. Blake'a lip curled ssabe tboognt why. She said nothins, biit before going to bed telegraphed .to her son, bidding nim come at osoe. morning. Mia. Blake had managed to get Philippa and ber ^angfatera out of the way. so was able jto meet liim alone. Hts first in- qbiry was for Philippa. He seemed greatly rtUeved by hear ng die was well. Then Mrs. Bl«ke made her commnnioa- tion. She was kind enongh to snpprMs all â- how of triomph but she told him every- thing, and wondered at th« Sflence with which he heard it. "Oh, Perdval. my son,* she cried, "what an eaoapei" He looked fearfully stem. "I hoped yon would be spared this, he â- aid. ' I hoped it might remain unknown to all s"ve Philippa and myself." 'Perdval! What are you saying?" " I knew it before she promised to be my wife. »he told me herself. Poor girl, she was r'uelly wronged. Her life bas been a hard one, Till her wretched huabaud died in prison it was misery." • She deceived yOnâ€" cajoled you! Percival You cannot mean toâ€"" *Tbis will make no cbanre in my plans. I shall be married on the firrt of January." Mrd. Blake really did succamb at the an- nouncement. She fell, a dead heap, into a obair. "Graham 1 shall see at once," continued her ion, "and entreat bis silence. But even if the matter becomes public property it may be lived o'ewB." Mrs. Blake was goaded put endurance. She rcse in fierce wrath. "Besotted boyl" she cried, "Youâ€" in your poeitionâ€" Rector of Chelstonâ€" to marry a convict, a felon I Percival, I am ashamed of yoaâ€" ashamedl I will go to the bishop â€" to Lord Keynsham. It shall never be!" In his [Hresent mood the names of the bish- op and Lord Keynsham were to Percival no more than sounding brass. "I am sorry, very sorry, imother," he said; "but I love Philippa too well to give her up; aiid surely, if one person above another should exercise Christian charity, it is a clergyman." "Christian charity!" sa'd Mrs. Blake with biting scorn. "Call it by its true nan â€" blind, unholy passion!" She left him. little knowing how deeply her parting shaft had struck. He (aw Graham then returned and told Philippa everything. She listened with composure, "I expected it," she said, ••thepistcan never be obliterated." Then sbe added, " I do not even offer to free you. You are mine â€" mine for ever. " The Io:k which accompanied her words added another link to the chain which al- ready bound him. It was impossible she should remain long- er with Mrs. Blake. Tbat afternoon, ac- companied by the rector, she went b.ick to Chelston. Percival, who considered that be was absolved frcm bis promise to his mother suggested an early dxy for the marriage. "No, no," said Philippa. "Why change our plana I have no fear of losing your love. No one shall say I have hurried you into marriage." Mrs. Blake's hopes revived when, in reply to a long, reprt achful letter, her son inform- ed her that the previous arrangement would be adhered to. There was still six months' grace, so Mra. Blake did not curtail h'er visit to town. She even went to the sea- side for a fewwe^ks as usual. Whilst "that creature" was within stone's throw, the Rectory wa-i not an attractive residence. At last she returned home, and it soon be- came an open secret t^at t^ere was friction between the la-iies of the Rectory and the lady of the Hollies, but signs soon multi- plied which told tbe Chelston folk that the rector meant to have his own way. In the late autumn a house was taken in the neighborhood, and it was perfectly well knovn this v as to be Mrs. Blake's house after the marriage. Whispers went round that Mrs. Russell had ordered and extensive trosseau from London. But all doabt was disposed of when the banns v-ere called in Chehton Chnrab. Then Mrs. Blake's b«art really sunli. Shebadk'pt, and would keep her own counsel. The world need not see the Rectory soiled linen Bat after this publ'c announcement, which sbe called an insult to God and man, she had another stormy scene with ber "besotted boy." He was more determined than ever to go his own way, so "he washed her hands of bim alto- gether. Perhaps she was not to blame, Although he saw PhiUippa frt-quently, the days pavsed slowly with the rector, and he longed for the moment which for better or worse, would make Philippa bis wife. In hii secret heart he blamed himself for the boundless sway this womin exercised over him â€" even the strength of her love Etartled him. When they were married all would doubtless be well. In time bis mother and sisters might come round. Surely, with his st/ong mind, he could make the women who adored him a perfect p ir^on's wife. In spite of everything they wouH be happy; yet, as he told himself so, he knew that had the blackest misery hem shown to be his lot, he must still have married Philippa. The ]£•'-â-  day of the old year dawned, a id Percival Blake rejoiced to think that to morrow would end hia nnoOTtainties and troubles. He was now alone in the Rectory. Mrs. Blake, having sternly refused to at- tenl the ceremony, or to permit her daugh- ters to be preeent, bad by her son's advio3 if not command, left the neighborhood for a while. Although he hnd been very busy all the day he haa seen Philippa once or twice, and had promised to call again after the evening service. He preached his sermon, intro- ducing a few fitting words about to mor- row's event; then having lingered in the ves- try giving some last instructions to his sub- ordinates, he started to walk across to the Hollies. In going from the church to the Hollies, about two hutidred yards were saved by tu ruing out of the main road and passing through the meadows which ran by Chelston stream. Although this route took one to the back of the house, he usually chose it, Philippa having given him a key which opened the garden gate. He went this way aow. It was a clear starlight night. The ground was turned into iron by a sharp froet. As the rector walked briskly along the river path, he thought of all that had occurred since this time last year, when he bore Phil- ippa into the vestry. Not now did he wish tliia year taken out of his life. Bat be pray* ed that before tiie next year was over many thmga which now dktrsaiad him might be made right. It was a terrible thing to quar- rel witii mother and aiaters, bat them it had been for Philippa's sake. Heavens 1 how he loved that womanl He tamed from the xiverpatii and itrack aoroMtiM field towaid the HoUiea. He had rSarp sSemi and looking '"""^J"" two4ark«tmggl.ii««wrms. -** »*~ ^I ward them he saw that the combatmts were rm.r«d* woman, b-t hewa- ^ort within arm's length before he realized the truthâ€" that the woman, who appear^ to be defending herself frcm some mffims mnrderons attack, waa Philippa. Percival BliAe wasJa man of immeMC muscular power. At Oxford he had been fa_ mous as an athlete. Without a word he set bis teeth an-l aprung on Philippa s wsulant, He dared not strike him-hia c r jshmg blow m-ght fall on the wrong personâ€" but m a sewnd the wretch foucd hU arms wrenched from his victim and half dislocated, whilst he writhed helplessly in the enraged clergy- man's grip. That ineradicable old Adam, rei«°g«' lurks in every hea't, lay or clerical. Wheth- er it is aroused or not is but a question of the stimulating motive. Surely a man in the rector's eituation may be pardoned for icflioting summary punishment. He did not stop to argue the moral points of the case. His blood boiled in a most unohrist. ianlike manner. Without more ado, [he put forth all his great strength and hurled the ruffian from him with prodigious force, rne man fell with a dull heavy thud on the iron bound path moreover, he lay there still and silent and Percival. whose rage was expended in that eflfort of atrength, felt his heart grow sick from the fear that he had taken human life. Yet Philippa was his first care. Sh* stood by his side motionless. Ha face in the moonlight, looked livid. Her eyes were di- lated and full of horror. She paid no heed to his anxious enquiries, but she clasped her hands round his strong right arm -she even seemed to caress it, to be trying to estimate its power. "Percival," she whispered, "you are strong â€" ^you have killed him. "Gad forbid!" said Percival nervously, and steppuog to the fallen man. His fears were soon at rest. The fellow breathed heavily and as he leaned over him the rector detected in that breath a strong smell of ar- dent spirits. He was glad to find the man a stranger to Chelston â€" glad be bad not been compelled to chastise one of his ovni flock. Evidently the rogue was a half-drunk- en tramp; so, creaUy relieved, the rector went back to Philippa. ' 'Hs is deadâ€" yoa have killed him " Bh£ said. "No â€" senseless, and. I suspect, half- drunk. Now go hsme. I will run up to the vi'hge and fetch the constable." Philippa shivered. "Go back aud kill him?" she »aid in a strange voice. The rector looked at her in amazement. Her lar^e eyes gleamed like those of a wild anim^il. "My darling," he said, "you are upset. If he has robbed yon or injured you he will pay bitterly for it. Go home, dear Philippa, I will soon be with yoa." Agaio he felt her shudder. Then all at once her calmness and presence of mind seemed to return. " I was up^et," sue said. V I don't know what I Slid. Percival, we cannot leave the pc or V r atoh lying tbere. " The rector was thinking the same thing. "Besides," sbe continued, " I am onfy frightened, not hurt. If you send for the po- lice we shall have to give evidence." She spoke wisely. To-morr'w they were to star!; for sunnier lands. Was it worth while delaying their departure for the sake of eivin? this drunken wretch a taste of the tr^dmill?" j"I will hesr his sciount of himself," said Pdrcival sternly. "Wake upl' he continued shaking the tr mp's shoaMrr. A'l the wak- ing up he seemed â-  capable of was limited to an uneasy grunt. ' Carry him up tt the bouse â€" it is not far " suggested Philippi. ' Leave him in one of the outhouses until he recover.^." The rector conld discover no better p^.au. H threw hia fallen foe, who proved to be a slight atteniiated creature, over his shoulder and bore him to the Hol'i-s By Phillipa's directions he placed him on the floor of the t 'Ol-honse. There was no look to the dor, but as the man gave no evidence of an im- me'^iate return to consciousnet s that matter- ed little. "We must try and revive him," said Per- cival. rather nervon»ly. â-  "Come indoors, I will get something. " He frllowed her through the French case- ment of the drawing rq-^m. He was begin- ner g to wonder wbat had ta^en her abroad that night, and intended to lecture) her on her rasbnnss; but as scou as they entered the rocm she left him, to fetch the remedies, he concluded. More than ten minutes passed before she returned. The rector grew nneaw and fidgety. He did not like to think of that sense less tramp outside. He blamed himself for the vengeful force he had put into his a^-ms. A horrible thing, indeed, if be. a clergyman, had caused a man's death! Where was Philippa? He would wait for her no longer. At that moment the door opened, and his bride entered. Was she mad? Why at this partionlar moment did she come to hitn like this? Brief as her absence had been.she had fomd time to make what can only be called a grand toilet. S*ie wore the richest of the many rich dresses which had just been sent from L-ndon. There were diamonds in her eara; diamonds on her white uncovered neck. Her beautiful long round arms were bare, or but partially veiled by thin, deUcate lace, an^^ a blood red flower bnmed in her black bair. A queen! No queen with charms to compare with Philippa's has yet graced a thronel So, with her maddening beaaty brightened by all that art can do, she enter- ed the room, and after laying on the table what seemed to be a small bundle of some kind, with a firm quick step she came to- ward her lover. A cry of astonishment, of delight, sprung from' him. She placed her soft white fingers on his lips, drew him to a low chair, and motioned him to be seated. Me obeyed. She knelt beside him, her faoe on a level with his own. A strauge sweet perfume emanated from her garments. She wreatlied her warm white arms aroond his neck. She kissed him on his brow, his eyes, hia month. She drew her faoe a little awAy from his, and her dark lastinas eyes gazed into his ivith wild rapture. He forgot everything save the glcMrions being who knelt beddehimâ€" all saVehiii love for her. her^ love tat bim. He fttmned her oaraswa with passionl Her maimmoent bowmi roae and fell with her qimk bnatiung. EOi ohedk bmahed her aatuy dionliar. He waa in a dream of man "Yon leva met' Pia aaawer was n,t 'TT^^ToSh loving.' she whiepercd. "Saoh love U worth a «9r J?«^ Pew^'^Ji it is worth more. It is worth primal Even then he returned her embrace. "Percival, listen. Love, k a* me and list en. That man outsideâ€" he is my felon bus- hand " A pharp fierce cry broke from him. His very lips turned ashen. Yetsfallhe held her ""my fold me he was dead-yet be Uves. No matter. Shall our love be wrecked by hrmV A cold sweat broke out all over the mao. Yef. he turned not fro n her kiss. "D'areit," she went on m her flnto-Iike voice. "How shall it be; Shall we fly like cowards to another land? I am noh, yoa hJ' shivered from head to foot. Some stranae instinct made him tarn his eyes to the little bundle she had placed on the table. The woman followed his gaze. "No." rfie said, with a low. wild laugh, "No need to fly. Percival, I would have don^ it alone, but I kuew we should love the b»tttr if we sinned together. Come. Still holding his hand, she rose. Percival Blake statrgered to his feet. He swayed to and fro like a drunken msn,and grasped the table for support. The woman smiled m his "I am worth it," she whispered, aa she un- wound a large handkerchiefnmd disclosed a stoppered bottla. • Is will be painless," she murmured. "It will be like going to sleep. Come, dear- est." She placed the handkerchief and the bot- tle in one of hia nerveless hanis; the ether she took in her own. She led him, as one bads a blind man. to the casement. Sbe opened it and the keen fresh wintry air out into the perfumed atmosphere of the room like a knife. On the threshold she paused and clang tc him in an almost frenzied embrace. The man quivered beneath it. Then, hand in hand, they walked down the garden path. They went swiftly, although the man moved as one in a tiance. She led him to the door of the onthoase. It was open. She looked into his set drawn face. Her burning fingers tightened round his icy -col i hand. "Your baud trembles, sweet love." she said, and therewith took the handkerohief and the bottle from him. She passed in, and whilst he stood as one spell bound, leaning for support against the doorpost, she began feeling about for the re- cumbent figore of her husband. In a minute she was at her lover's side again. She shook his arm fiercely. "Gone! He bas gone!" she cried. "Seek him! He cannot be far off!" Her words, her touch, seemed to break the spell. With a low cry Percival B'ake fell upon his knees, and lifting up his hands, thanked God, whose mercy had willed that he should not be a murderer in very deed as well as in thought. Then the bumMed man bowed hia head, and sob after sob broke forth. The woman stood like a statue. A dreary look of hopeless-despair settled on her pallid face. Not a muscle moved â€" not even when Percival Blake rose to his feet and confront- ed ber with eyes full of horror end aversion. "Temptress! Fiend!" he whispered. 'I have another prayer to make â€" tba% we may never meet again." He turned away aid went swiftly down the path to the gate by which he bad eifter- ed. It was bat a few steps away. Before he passed through it he oast one look back. PhiUippa stood as he bad left her. tall and erect; her white faoe, neck and arms gl am- ing in the wintry moonlight. Then, even then, the old fascination struggled for sa- p.- maoyâ€" a4 but mastered bim. He took a backward i-tsp. Had she made bnt one sign he most have rashed to her side. Bnt she moved reith'r hand nor f( ot. By a snprene effort he. wrenched himself away, passed through the gate, closed it behind him, and rushed out into the night â€" any where I any- where! For two or three hours he wandered about aimlessly; then, scarcely knowing how; found himself in Chelston churchyard. He carried a key which openei the little door of the church. He entered the building and groped his way to the altar steps. He threw himself on the oold stones and lay there in contrition and ab^tsement until five o'clock in the morning. Then, a humbled man, he crept to the rectory and from sheer exhaus- tion slept. Terrified tearful faces met bim when he arose. As gsntly aa they could, people told him that an hour ago Mrs, BnsseU's old ser- vant had found her mistress in her osra room, lying on her own bed, dressed as one goiuG! to a ball, but qiite cold and dead. In a horrified whisper they added it was feared she had committed suicide. This is the story of that year in a man's life which must be swept away from his memory before he can call himself happy. THE END. The Czar of Rassla's Winter Palace. The Winter Pilace is described as t^e largest palace in the world being one-third larger than that of the Enperor of Austria's, and unsurpassed in point ot splendor. It is the residence of the Czar and his Court during winter, and stands on the left bank of the Neva. The ptlace is four stories high, or about 80 feet; the frontage is 455 feet in length, in breadth 350 feet. The principal entrance or • 'perron des Ambass- adeurs," ia from the Neva, and leads by a magnificent fl gbt of marble steps to the state apartments of the palace. A gateway in the centre oP the building, facing Alex- mder's C3lumn. opens into a large court The most magnificent apartments ai« the Throne Boom of P^ter I where the diplo- naatio corps w^nerally present their consrat- ' *?i.?*i! **l ' "'S**' » Paralfelo- S*^'**,i^ "?*^ «0*«*; *»»e gallery of theField-MarahaUand the Alexiider »!- lery.asmteof splendid halls, fiUed sdth wl!!r;'tK-°f^^.*1' '•?,•*• " Piotnrea. ^n^^nten^""^â„¢^*^^' iaio residence, about 6,000 permna are lodged in the baild- ing,. .;«;. HBifSPAPERPABtEs. A Mark and a were on« a toeether oi the Imposinir R^,l"•^eW Mark c .ughed in a Pomp^s VS'L"?\«n •I am consfantly used t« ,»--• Wealth of the World," '••IBate tk, "And I." repUed the • as b« n ii the P.oirp:e8t Manner' "a« ""^^e^UB Liberty." • """'ymboUo^ •Bv means of mt," continued ft "the Printer csn chanv;e 1 oKf?,* ^•tk Sand into $1 000,000." "°" ®'aiiw of "Yes, bat Heaven's vanlf-B with Stars, and I am f reqi-nth l*"*!?*! Prmt to represent Uoknowu Oia«f ^^ They were still Boasting i^'f^'l^" prentice came up and Inqui-ed th«o V "B.tharerf so little use that 111 oi. u you into the pi case." "chnck HOBAL. Any man may set his own valnp kni^. Trouble is to make other men B K l*?" Figsres. ""eve m la, THE CntCnS AGEKT AND THE EDITOK. A Genial Circus Agent who Strackft. Town of Boncombe called at the Bwllnr fioe for the Purpose of Instrtin? a 'Fjuto " umn Ad. of nii. Gr. atest Show on Eirtl, j the following D aloga« Took P.ace- tion?^" ^°" '" '" '°^ " "Oh, yes." "About 1,000. I suppose?" •One thousand! Why. S r. the Bagk k the Party Or^ian ,m this Congreseional Dt triot. "Say. 1,500!" "Sir!" r'l9)l; '""J" pay yon on the b»ii, of 2,000 ciroulation, but it's 1 400 tw many." "" "Sir! Do you mean to Insult me?" "Will you swear to 3,000 Circulation'" "Of course I will." The Editor was taked out and sworn, aj the Ai, which the Agent hop^d to get in for 815 cost him $45 -with CjmpUmentarv Tickets for the Editor's Parnily of SiiteeiJ HOBAL. The real circulation was 750 copiei, bat ba Sure you are Right and then go ahead and Swear to it. ^^sJ-ssteaisi^Sfi o« Twine' the rhyna a oonpM. THE TOWEL AND THE STOVE. A Printintr Office Towel suddenly Bjtled Over one day and ca'led oat to the Stove: "Lands alive! but when were you Bhcked Last?' "And when were, you Washed Lw let me Humbly inquire " eneered the Stove. "The Editor uses you for a Spittoon!" "And the Apprentice usfb youfiTaMopl' "You are Cracked in a Dozen plices!" "And I can Count Twenty Holes in yonl" At this moment the Saeriff came in to Levy on the Ehtire Oatfit, and the Stand- ing Galley heaved a Deep Sigh and Ob- served: UOBAL. "Recrimination Never Helps a Btd Mat- ter." OH,DEAB! When you hear squalls about the hon» its scold weather you cao expect. The "iiire" education of woman, asyt a close observer, consifts in taachug her how to labor for tbe wages of independence. Although some new fall bonnets are trimmed with game, no one will be permit- ted to "shoot the hat," says the NewTotk Journal What a woman makes up her mind to do crewel work she always gets worited. Tbe key to this will be sold for a quarter, Oaida aa} s "A girl's love must never be begged but conquered." Pdradozical aiit may seem, the girl cauiat be conquered on- less sbe concurs. It is about time the papers let up on pab' lishing that threadbare item about not rtlR- ing stewed mushrooms with a silver spoon. In the first place, this a close seawn for mushrooms^ and, secondly, the stockbroken haven't left us any cilver spoons. Lord Norbury, wnen once caarging » JJ'V in a breach of promise case, noticed »» the letters of the faithliass defendant bad been so long in the plaiutiff's pocket oi often shown to her sympathiziug friw that they were grea'ly fraved at the foW' ard almost n tatters. •'Gahtlemen," •»» Lord Norbury, carefully holding up one ot the epistles to the gaae of the jory, t" easy to see that these are love letters, «• caase they are so excsedingly tender. Alaska Glaciers. It was nearly sanset when we began v near the MuLr glacier, and the day *» near ended when the cliff was reached,^tt we had anchored near the drowning P»»: pice. The shades of evening had '"â„¢J? about the islands passed during the day *° haU hid from sight the lower ranges anitne trackless forests; but the Fairweather peaw were visible still and glowed with a gMSUj Ughtin the isolated height like l»°^ j phoaphoroas hung above the trees. AroM us floated icy fragments, grinding "8- each other, or floating, solitary, and m»j tic down the watery way. Tae «f* "(j. grand past all conopp tion, wild and »» tnl, and silencing all with admiration, t^^ other wonder of nature equah this g .^ of untold age, as it moves silently ye* resistibily down fronnits birthplacej? j aea, cryingas it .pmej the ^r^f.f^^fthe of strength, the destroyer of alUife. A.u_^ glaoierj of Switzerland might be f^^T^i aud together they would not equal ""i. G'a der Bay. Set it crawling ^^^.tw leys guarded by Mont Blanc, and it w»^j oruah the country beneath its J^^f"' ^. leave a wUderness behind, ^nd ^61 » aska. long and broad and wild, ' » » fissureâ€" a single stream among the many [San Francisco Chronicle Pride. ^^^ Pride is base from the ne««"'^_Kt of it. because it cannot but^^^^^^^^ oar eyes look downward «njy' J?„„ or c»P: m* »£» man «) lofty in his rtandmgrf aeity. bnt he mast be b?'»*'^^'°htof tl«*' ihedondhabiUtionand «";.««" ?i„ P* gelle intelligenoea »bovehim,»»^ ,|,» £y^ wh^ infinity there w of »"» eaan^know nor even reach nnw ;%â-  geMsAct j^ an article g{ the Orient.] ff Bafais, who jump, dance. ioow •*•*?,?' Tolaions. Wh vajsht their p i limbs and bodi KP awallow br ^id raitns lea^ Nantes, Prai â-  0A^o, A swee jpA i^ui mm inf this man drunk, Btiippe ^th i.ettl.B. and told his at ioated with hu hue and cry, h abductor in cu Avery clev {â- ranoe, bas la' party in Switz tormerly annoi fay tbe legal a former are anai property rghti opea in the roj iions, founded thieves impair TheSavelO, preliminery in aged 8 years, v dered a compa •tabbing hfr w the heart. T point to prm the elder girl gay*colored ck to give up. 1 unless she sun Next day acco: icand, and upo atantly atabbec The Eoropea the remarkable jb^ed frcm cho of victims baa none. Of aeve Rabbi Weyle, Hebrew prectp hygiene, while and«m, the fii the hof pital, ai filial love by in The perctnta deatha was tanta, 33. 1 atj^bes the c x i mode of lit iatereati iqenthuv Jkds have jBapitale. .pital of a situation was 81 ing lis goods t( consumed on tb their market vs felt in provit WBen, in 1843, first began to I MiOD'1'^: in 1861 in 1881, 1,122 300,000 in thi l^rowth is la) ge -The fmporta Paris may be I more than $12' there by octroi alone, and the population is ai of wine, a gallo three gallons oi in Paris at leas in bad wine a laboratory rep( June last, 55 officially tested were bitter or a taste, 129crD added, and last added to them. Leo Xin. wi at tbe secret cci 10th ot Novej Gauglbauer, ai Spaniard, Mgr archbiehop of namely Mgr. ' can missicnary; of the'consistoi renzi, assessti MasEOtti, secre bishops and re retary cf the c there will rem sacred college, served in pettc 1880. Vice Admira has offered a si loss of the guD Irish coast. 1 of defective s'f ness," persons able to preceiv ness. It is eai this infirmity ship. Admira man-of-war Ti only disioveri] navigating o£ light of a ligh "mocnblindn medical sciei: detecting it is The E;bnol been lately eni South Ameti been gathered Mehtug, a Gi ooUecticn is i jects whi(^ barialmoimdf elndea axes, ai 4tone, and gen aanship; moi ntensils, andi are two pipei ing, made of I â-  fenting caiic anoieat object asnted to the i iMticn of mod BUopnts obtai diai^ *pBi?iaso de •'•♦r From â- â€¢ wA active *Wv Weeks bef