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 Old M»n Settled the Question. BtHiiHBYHABBlMAN. Ilf ,,. her ciuWoned Chair, r%?p^ was too awfHUy aome. ad ** far 5! lea, nlhi It teaaad P«nwoia^ »e»ttlMB,7i^ importiBl, »Jm^ win BtrithM, It lefolasai fa«U (_ ited, bUnc i« oeBMnl kirer, tad fa paUeot • Thai digwti U7, 8odi u»,oake,t nttarand mayba ryoate. Ch owable iaagir] r thaapiaiiac I ii rights nent ualb a haaltty ui{ and I nan waoldi waaad dManati ind I oonoaatntidl t tiia oraTlngi J i kia arUotab icer. uuMraraial Ivaa. J iha atrafa i it b alw th»| al Tftalitr tfl iti traiatUil aaaftUidii-r id a ititti rfl ng maat udl {ad, adi flul dnkMd, (Blyl iialin. withf mnlattag i«' iiar In (Up- ma, tHfetixr mfB3iaatax-[ I th^*^ pradiipo** i brnlMk «r Idapniii»* Bay daral'PJ eslianldUv*! ,fexaroi*fa| lawliW««* of oaao«j« I B»ybadim- polaiuo" :«madl*- frad I" •J5Bt â- En* -rrt 'yf^r .h. expected her lpv«r to pome, '•««lSe bangs of her hair; -I»^5r sweet mouth aae fjected the t^M^ it wide on a chair. .ha came as the twilight feU *»^n«ioB the maiden so fair V "?S h«? Ind held her s good lUtle apell. jS^Jjf Wmself down in a cfialr. jrwsxtd warm and warm waxad the ' ^^irmnmed a te doodle de dum. ^w^^ on the gill, and alaa and by "l^wck on tnit horrible gnm I ajtte youth reaaoned, with mind all s '^^fhonehta all mixed in a whirl I i^^^^^nMTj the chair on hla back ||if.«b^bSrt pants with the girll r .. olil roan settled tha qnesttoc for him, iP it t«in« d his long claws In hia h»ir. I ii 1" ,yjji him oa» of tht door with a vimâ€" lisc^^^^yer went off with the chair. She Be Sacrificed? pTj;j^I._OtB MYSTBBIOOS BEI6HB0BS r, ,1,, little tc-wn of Spannere, in a semi- llhadvUla. lived my Aunt and I. My IrLion was that ef a dootor, my prao- lETbeloS l»r«« '»' y°°°8 "^. •' ?°^y IUhfive. The next honae had been long II!«capJed. Weeden paUnga divided Ita ISenlnthe back and front frem enra. IJVrtrden, however, was totally nnoared Ih Ibe gra8" aomown fer many montha, P long and straggling, and overatrewn \Zi decayed leavea, which no one ever IL" ot rQmeving. Near the gate waa linlMk board supported on a pole, en wfaioh In, p»lnted In large aterlng oharaotera, JIobe.et,ForniBhed or Unfnmlahed, er Ljd Itqdlre at Mr. Bleggs, Henae liKnt, 15 Cern Rsw." The aame inferma- IL was exhibited in the oebwebbed wln- liiri Ite ewner had been abroad fer lime time, and possessed a few other heuaee lliaidei this in the town. At firat the rent Ini fiity pounds per aminm. No one Laid give that for it. It was then lower- lidtoferty, and lastly tethirty-five ponnda. Jfte er three tbnes I noticed people atop- Ijhjatthe gate; but the outward appear- I HM ef the villa was so unprepesseiaing and Intidy, that no one oared to take it, and I Ihoi it remabed unlet fer npwarda ef twe I nira. It was an eyesore te me and te my luDt; for our side being so neat, and enr jiittle garden so flanriahing and gay, the t ceotrait was all the mere painfal. One i^rlsg morning, • as I was gathering aeme InUtiferthe breakfast- table, te my agree- I ible inrprise I observed a gardener clearing J mj the long unswept leaves, and prepar- I bg te mow the leng neglected grass. He I tanched his hat en seeing me. I asked if I the heoae was let. He replied that it was, indtbat the new comers wenld take pesaea- ien in a few days. They had purchased i eld furniture fer a song â€" ae be had lieini-Bnd had taken the heuse by the I menth. A pleasing change was soon visible in the ntwaid appearance ef the pUcs, The win- devs wore cleaned and made bright and iblniog. Behind them were hiug new green venetiana, and the door was freshly palbted. The dast within the building, tha accnmn- litlen of many months, mast have tMon (teat. Indeed, in hyperbelio language, the chinrotDan told enr cook, whe told my unt, «ho told ma, that there waa dnat meagh to bury a man, I can Imagine that the etatement C9uld not have been far frem the truth. I should not like to be the un- ftrtnnate charwoman I hope she waa well pild fer her trouble. About a week after, ul wa« in my ourgery, at eleven o'clock at light, I heard a cab step. I went te the nndew, and shading my face against the panee, Iceked out but the darkness waa too great te permit me te observe the new- oomeiR, The naxt morning, our neighbon, sent their oempliments, asking us te lend them a few ceala, which my geed aunt gladly did. We aioertalned that the fresh arrivals were I yonng orphan lady, and her aele servant, I hoatekeeper. The former's name, we were told, was Ctlebroake. This was the ealy information my good annt oenid give enr acquaintances when they made In- qnlriei. Several people called and left cudi but nese were admitted, and so my sunt thought it w»ald be useless for her te call, eipeclally as we learned that the lady tetomed no visit! This gave eooaalon fer mnoh ipeoulatien and gossip ameng the chatterbtxes ef Spanners, which waa ene of theie places where every ene knows every one, and every bedy'a affairs are canvassed ud commented on by the oemmunity in general, Miaa Colebroeke was a new Inha- oitaot no ene knew her,ner anything alent her; and aefo'ka were ouiisus, and being ^ti»a», talked. It thus happened that before I aaw her, I felt a kind ef intereat In w, For about three weeks she never went "ut at all. What a lonely life hera iiioet oe, I thought, knowing nene, except Me old servant, Sacb a strange thlrg toe » wae, for a young girl te live thua by her- â- "• Had she ne relations I The postman Mver left a letter at her door. What a let ^De left thus friendless and desolate in W8 wide world I caught my first glimpse ef her from enr Breakfast room window as she was walking •n tae back garden ene morning. I was at WMitruakby the elegance ef her form. Mt her faceâ€" when I aaw that. I felt "awn to her at once, it waa ae aweet and PUe; and there was such a depth ef aad- ntis in her soft, liquid, dark gny eyeel oieoonld net have been mere tlum eight- ^ornbeteen, aa f ar aa I oauld judge. 2^V^ â- !»« caught my eye, she bluahed ^rmiy, uid qoiokly turned away her face, •• u not caring te be aeen. Aha next time I aaw her waa In ohwroh "«t she wete a thick black veil, ard it waa f*^,P^*nble te see her featurea diitdnotly. tiJ.1 " many people eyeing her Inqnial- 12\ ^^ ^*^ t^en » Mat with her "•laskeeper, at the end ef the church. W«h« y?5« ^8t the free aeats, and beUnd a ^i 10 these who were rude eneugh te â- vshtdtotnmrennd. Doi't thin^ I did LJ.S't^O'd »t her when I f ntmid the rat net again. I oeold paneir* fallow SewwIwwfatMMd mmiw, h^ m ed. O inn iiBi lly hrt thrtwM»» Aaa, I ?^"T5^ *â- '*•*•'*â-  •»•*••• •«" dew I In* aha amrer walked eat aoapt ob SoBdaja te ehoreh. Evwj mai^c Oe Iwnaekeeper wm» inte tte town to par- ohaae the feed fer Htmdakj. I neww aalteed nay toadeaman oaU at tbe dMr ready- maney waa paid far MrwytUog beught Xhia oirownatMMe ealy ioaeaaad tte la- quiaitlreDeM of Htm Spaaneraltsa. I per- enaded my Aunt to o»U oae day. hat ahe had ae bettor laok Oaa eOera who had done ae. Tha mxYtat told her that her yonng mlatroaa reoelwed no one. The aot ef oenrteey waa naretnraed. Soma weeka after this, wliaa my Aunt had goae to bed, aad I waa preparing to de the aame, I heard a faint, healtotbg ring at the night-bell. Thinking it ml^ht be a anmmena to a patient, I opened the door myaelf and waa lurprlaed to aee Mias Ooletnrooke. "Yen ure the Dootor. I think I" ahe said rather tfanldiy, "Yea. Oan I be of any aervloB to yont" I required. "My aervant haa bem taken very Ul with bronohltls. Will yon kindly ceme and aee her I' I said I would oeme Immediately and putting on my hat, followed her down the stops and Into the house. The aervant was Indeed aerieualy lll| and the attack waa sharp and dangereua. I pxeaoribed the neoeaaary remediea, and left the room, promlaing to return in the morning. Mlaa Oelebreok followed ma to the doer. " la It very aeriona " ahe aaked anx!eariy. " In auoh oaaea." I replied, " there la al- waya a certain amount of danger but I hope, with oare, that she will reoover." "I hope ae, tee, Deotor. I don't knew what I aheuld de If anything h^pened to her i" and the teara roae to her beantlfnl eyea. "Would It not bs aa well," I aald, "that you aheuld have a nnrae te attend her I could reoommend you ene." " Thank you but I muat nurse her my- self," ahe aald quiokly. "But, yea; I forgot," ahe added after a moment, as If reoolleotlng aomethlng. "I muat have seme one to attend to the houae and go to the town fer me." "Just ae. Then I will aend you a aer- vant to-morrow. Mra. Stonewall my Atmtt oan reoemmand tier highly." " You are very kind, air but "â€"^ I waited for her to oentlnne. "YeaT" I said, aeeing she did net oonolude her sentence, "I was thinking," she answered healtat- inglyi ' that she cannot aleep at her home." This struck me aa strange, as there were enough reoma In the houae â€" which was built on the same plan as ours â€" fer visitera as well as servants. Bat without questisning her, I said I would request the pbrson to sleep at her own house, and departed. Mra. Thompson â€" which waa the house- keeper'a name â€" was worse the next day. Her mistress was in a state of feverish anxiety about her. When the woman I recommended came, she was told that ahe need not attend to the top reoma, aa they were looked. While I was there, Misa Oolebroeke went te one of these rooms, and I fancied I heard her aay aomethlng in a low remonstrating tone. Ceuld ahe be speaking to herself I I wondered. But later in the day I found the rooms above had an Inhabitont. and ene whom ne one guessed could te there. In the afternoon, aa I waa passing to the hall door, I looked up on hearing a siHf t movement above me. I wondered to see looking at me over the balustrade en the top landing the face ef a man, beardless and whiakerlets, with only a thick black moustache en his lip. He withdrew his head hastily when he saw I had noticed him. Who could he be I resolved not te raise Miss Gslebreeke's suspicions by asking questions, but during my visit that evening, she looked at me very uneasily and inqairingly as If she expected me to question her abeut the man, who I fancied must have told her that I had aeen him. But abe said nothing, nor did I. For the next thtee days Mrs. Thompson cantinned in a very critical condition. Oa the fourth I aaw an Imorevement, and 00 falling Mias Cslebrotke ae, had the pleasure ef seeing the firat bright amtle on her pretty face. " I am ae glad," she aald liepefully. " You think then she will get ever it I Please, aay as." I said so, but added that the patient must be very carefully attended, and every precaution taken to prevent her oatohii^ btereased -oold, which would oertoinly Sreve fatal. She asked when I thought Irs. Thompson oould leave her room. I replied, that it was Impeaslble to aay. " Yon are looking tired with watohing," 1 added. "I hope yon allow the new maid te take tuma in watohing by Mrs, Thompson T' ' She dees a little In the daytime." "But why net let her take turns In watoliinf at night 7" I pursued. " It must, I am euro, fatigue yon. Want of aleep al- ways exhaute the human frame." ' Oh, I am atrong. Doctor. I can do It." '" Well, take eare then," I aaid ai I went to the deer, "that I do net have to doctor you as well as Mrs. Thempeon and then we must have a regular hospital nurse," ••I hope net," ahe returned amillng. "That would be a misfortune." I told my aunt what I had aaid to Mias Cslebreoke, and with her never failing kindness, ahe ofiEsred te help in the watoh- ing, and I gave MiisOolebrooke the message the next time I aaw her. « Hew very good of your aunt," ahe aald gratefully. " I feel her kindnen very mnch, tiie more ae, aa we are quite atraagera; and " "And," I oonolnded, 'I may therefore toll her that her prepoaal la aooeptod. Yen win knew her at enoe, and no one knowing her oould help liking her. She wenld be a friend to yon." " She must bs a charming peraon. Dm- tor." " Well I will tell her then that ihe oaa oems this evening." " Oh, please de net r I She apoko qniokly, la aa embarraaaed teae. " Bat I maat waleh bf Mie. Ikompaoa mynll at night De toll Un SlaMwoll how vwy nSi ?^ obliged I va to Imt." yea II w«^ pat soiaMto bar." • faveraUy IwMglad. After aad dariag tite day, I braaght ay aaat la aad iateo- daoed her. I nw iaaey to eaoh other, ef My Aant pMedliM ai, gU, who ewetead to have no esM to cua for her bat «M aiok heaaakoop«r. Sho fUt drawa towards hor, â- â-  Ihadbeaa, iHiea aho aaw ths geatto, beaatttal f aoo, and diviaod as I had doao, that the yoaag heart hid a â- orrow Oaaatara of iriiloh wo did Bot kaow. And on her partâ€" aad iriio eonid aot holp It tâ€" waa attraeted by my dear AaaVa kindly amile, her awoot sympatiiiaiag worda, aa woU aa by hor dear lowing old taoa, pret- ty atiU, in q^to of alxty nouiers, aad maay oaroB aad tronblea whioh had fnrrowed the brow, that had ores been the amootheot and fa^sfe. SHo atayed the whole aftmmoon with Mra. Thompsoi, and gently inaisted npon the young girl taking roat while bIm didae. CHAPIER XLâ€" IS HSMAD Several days paaaed away, aad Miw Uelebrookeaeoabeoame quito fond of my Aunt. Mca. Thompson Improved aad I rt jiloed al this, eepeolally for her yoaag miatreas'a aake. Twioe during the next week the myatorlons stranger made hia preaenoe known. Once I oanght eight of him at one of the upper windowa at the book of the houM, peeping atealtUly be- hind the bund and anotlier time, the hall- door having been by aooident left ajur, I had walked upataira without giving notioe of my arrival, when I again aaw mm and- denly disappear nptiie ataira. It was in the evening, after the maid had gone horns. But atUl I said nothing to Mlu Oelebreok abeut It. I thought It waa net my plaoe to qnostien her, bdng a oomparatlve stranger but I felt extremely iaolined to do ae. That there waa aome myatory oonneoted with her, waa evident eneugh. What It waa, I oould only oonjsoture. It might be that ahe had made a runaway mairrlage, abetted by Mrs. Thompaon, and which olr- oumstanoes rendered noooasary aheuld be kept aeoret. I oould not bear to think of thia Imt an inoident that ooourred a few days lator strengthened my suspicion. 'My laat Bveig visit had been paid to the patient. It waa past eievMi and I was atanding at the open window of my bedroom, looking out on tlie night, whioh waa very atarry, but moonless, when I heard voices bslow In the next gurden, and distingidshed two dark figures. " 1 must take a walk out to morrow. I toll you, Ida, I shall die moping up in that room all day, and you being obliged to be so much with Mra. Thompson makea mo lonelier than ever. I want exercise." " Huah I Dsn't speak so lendlj yon will be heard. Listen to me. For my sake, do remember " and here her voice sank, BO that I did not oatoh the oencluslen of her speech. It was Miss Oolebroeke who spoke. They oould not see me, though I saw them. I waited fer mere, "Yea, yea," he replied to whatever It was ahe had aaid to him. " I know that^ my darling. Have they add anything about having seen me " I did net hear her answer. But preaeent- ly I heard her aeb, and he pat hla arm round her and kissed her, and then drew her gently into the house. That was all but It was enough to oon- firm my Ideas. I oannet deioribe what 1 felt. No one osuld have known her fer a fortolght, as I had, without having thefar peaoe of mind disturbed. I need not aay that I slept very little that night find I did not wonder at my Aunt tolling me at breakfast, next morning, that I waa net looking well. Before paying my next visit to the housekneper, I had made up my mind to toll Miss Calebroeke what I had aeon. It weald put my auspenie at an end to knew the truth. "Mist Oolebroeke," I add to her rather abruptly as ahe was walking down the hall passage with me, " you are married, I be- lieve!" She started, and stared me in the faoe in oompleto astonishment, and .then burst Inte a lew musioal laugh. I had never heard her laugh before, and Hiked to hear Itt it gave me a oertain hope too, " Why de yen laugh 7" I ai^- ed. "Am I not right 7" " How oan you tldnk I am married f ahe aaid. " My thought la wrong, then " " Indeed, it Is. If I am married, I don't knew It myself. Bit why do yon aak, Deotor T" "WeUIwniteUyon. U yon wen te â- ee a man put hia arm round a young lady and kisa her a£Feckionatoly, â€" wlmt would you think? â€" That they were married or at anyrato engaged to be mai^ried 7 ' She gave a al^ht voluntary txolamation, but did not reply. I repeated my worda and looked atrdght Into her eyea She turned them away, snth an uneasy expression on her faoe. " The people you aaw," she replied pre- aently, " need not bo husband and wife, or even levers. Tliey might le brother and sister." "Well, yea; so they might be. Have you a brother, Mlaa Oolebroeke ' "Ide not," she said, drawfatg np her pretty head with dignity " nnderatand why yon want to know, or why yon should ask me BO many question*â€" espeoially when- " She stopped. **Then the gentlaman I saw tooa year brother." "YeuwUl not nwntloa "ahe began. " Yon don't think," I interrupted, "tiiat I gosdp aboat what I may learn during my vislta to patients. Yon must oondderâ€" â€" " ' I did not mean to o£bnd yon," she in* terpoaed. **I waa oaly going to aak yon not to mention that yon have aoon ftbli " 1 nnderatand," I aald qnletty. " I oannet tdl yen new," ahe oontinnod, " irh9 the gontioman la, the alght of whom has naturally roased yonr oarioaity. I mar perhkps teU yon wonâ€" aot that I am boaad to do BO, bnt yon aad Mn. Stonewall have beea so very good aad kiad, ftiAlahonld not UkeyoB to thiak unkindly at ao." I waat away wMi a lUitBr apbit I idt happiwr, I had aaosriafaod at laoat tfut diolud net pMMd «• gatoi of widbok. The aextaif I hwed from hm that tta myitariaai itnagw wm bar fatiiv Bo- M aho had •01 to rowoai ti TUa externa â- â€¢ T«iy maah. Why oboald aho obfeot to ilbolngkw»WB«batko WMhar fsAhart I jaamed to the tsaaladsa ttat h* had doao '-^"'-ig wresig. OK why was ttia atriot isata aryt She pareeiwed la my laoo tho donbta la asy Ifiraak^ avowed them. I naked hor why ho waa hidfatg hiaiadf from Oo world. Sho waa a* ayldaatly dii tr taaad aad troaUed at my qieitlea, that it aiado me vexed that I had aaked it. " Da aot Inqairo, Dootor. TiierelaaBad roaaoa for it. I wfll apeak to him. He may like to aee yoa, bow yoa have found oat hla bdag la the houio." " I aheuld like to know him. Will you introduce me 7" She pauaed a momaat, poadoriag. ** Well IwiU tdl him," aha add, "ao that you promise not to roved t» a ainglo aonl his presenoe in thia plaoe." " Yen have my word for It. It la a word that haa never been broken." Next time I oallod, ahe told me that her fatfaer had oMtssBted to aoo me, then led the way to Ills room. " Papa," ahe add, aa she opened the door ** this Is Dr. Aylmer, who haa boon ao kind to mo, and to peer Tliompaai. I have bfooght him to aee yon. " He waa dtting at a deak with hb head bent over aome writing. A* teen as he aaw ma he roae and bowed. He waa a tdl, wall- formed man, and gentlemaD-like In appear- aaoe. He had atroagly marked featnrea, with eager eyea, oapable, I thoaght, of fiaahing with fiery paaaloa, whoa he was vexed. Hia maoner with me waa oeld and anspidouB, at first. He watohed me atten- tively, but after a few mlnntea he beoamo more at ease. I aeon aaw he had something on his ndnd. Ho did not attend to my re- marks, for ho oentlaually begged my par- don, and asked bm to repeat what I had been aaying. He looked unhappy and wrotohed, oxoept when hia daughter spoke to him, end then what a ohaage came across his faoe I Be smiled brightly and seemed for a moment to forget his troubles. ' I see Ida very aoldom now," he said ** her time la so fully taken up with Mrs. Thompson. I feel verv dull when she leaves me. It Is a lonely Ufeâ€" shut np here. I don't like It. and yet " "Butwhy'atay up here, thea?" I aaked. "There are many famUIea In Spanners in wheae aociety yon wenld fiudpleaaure." " It oannet be. Dr. Aylmer. You do not knew my unhappy oiroanutanoea." •• That Is tree.^' " Well thea, those olroumatanoes oompel me to keep mytelf away frem my fellow- oreatnres." "lamsorry to hear you sayao," I re- marked. " Wdik »t anyrato I have reason enough In all oonsoienoe to be sorry for myself." He spake so atrangely that I Iwgau to fear that his brdn was afieoted. " De yen know 7" he continued " but fer her 1" point- ing te hla daughtorâ€" " I would wish I were deadâ€" rather, that I had never been bom." " Oh, dear pepa," remonstrated Ida gently. "UahapplnesB makes yon despond," I remarked. "Yes, dr;and ndsery oaumd byâ€" by' "I had rather not hear It," I add, "If It pains you to toll me." ' It would shook you, Dootor. Yen and yonr Aunt have been very kind to my child, and I feel I oan safely oonfide In yon but I will not burden you with a aeoret, that yen might not think right to oenoeal, and which would endanger me if It wore pnb- Ushed." His words made me wonder whether hla brain was i^scted by some strange mania, or whether, as I had thought at first, he had oemmitted a crime that was Imperilling his liberty. Whatever the dread mystery was, I knew it was a frightful load on his oenscience, and that the Imowledge of It waa saddening the life of his Inueosnt young daughter. Even now as he spoke, the tears rose Involuntarily to her eyea. He notioed this. " Ida, dear ohlld, oeme to me," he add tonderly. "Kiss me, my darling. You arennuppy. Oh, how oraol I am! If I were dead, you would get over my loss, aftor a time, and be oheorfnl agdn, aad lead a brighter and a freer life. BfutU I die! Say the word." " Papa, deir, what are yen saying T" ahe oried in a diatroased voioe. Poor man, I thought, he mast aurdy be insane. I roae te take my leave. " When shall I have the pleasnre of seeing yoii again favour me 7" I am so dull, never aeeing any one." I sHUingly promised, uid left the room feeling wretched at the thought that Ida's father was the ^otlm of seme dread form of monomania. (TO BB ooKinniXD,) The Indians Ouappearing* The 9 IV. Dr. Burews haa reosnUy pub- lished his views en the Indian qusatien aa derived from a thorough Inveat^Efttlon made in the Wett In the euaimer of '85. Tills Investigation gees to prove that the Indiana, Instead ef increasind In numbers, as latoly reported by the United States In- dian Commissioners, are " wasting and dis- appearing." In 1820, It wa« eaUmated by a govemment.effioid that there were 425. 76S Indians within the boundaries of the Usitod States, and to thia amount must be added the number of Indians In the territory ainoe annexed. Acoording to the oonsns taken just then, the sum-totd ef all the Indians within the present boundaries of the Udted States at that time was 526 592. Thelait oensns puta them at 255 938, Abkska not In- eluded. The decrease, then, would seem to bo 260,554. These f^res, espoohUy the original estlmau, are extremdy nnoertain. Dr. Barrows proves that anumg the dviliz- ed and aemi-dvllbsd Indiana, the falling off la 2.000 per annum for the last dghteen years. Allowing ttioae fignroa to be true, the inoroaae, if hideed ttiere bo aneh, of the aavMo ladlans, who anmbar only 50.000, oonld not bahuioethe loaa among the other 290.000. He ttmnfww ooadadea the In- diana ara waaUag amy. Thb raanltmay have baan inavnabla bat ena eaaaot hA fUak ttat witli oar proaaat dvIUsation, the showing ahonld have bean hotter. " I tromUo far my oonatry," aaid Thamaa Jaffaraan, ' whan I laaMBibK that Oad b jaat.' LAXBuaimnoi IBW Oaa haadred Saotah opoi a tlwae h«ve faapeitod tha St. Oralx Odttaa I «a wofkiatkab mlttaatSt. B ta p hâ€" Itbrepeitodthat Mn. Lewb StOIwolL ' RaMam Forbes, iriio atood tfieb *M tegoUier lor the mardartf Lewb SffllwaH. hava baea BMirfad. The dead body fboad la a hay mow at Oepetowa taras oat to be Arthar Todd, a Hamlltea maa, who waa farmeriy anplayaA ia tiia Graad Imnk Railway ahq^ la ttiak city. A littb ddld aamad MsMnOea, aged 1 year aad 7 saeatha. while alttfag on tta rails of the Graad Trunk oity braaoh, at Bsllevlllo, waa atra^k by aa engiao aad onft in two. A yonng man named Spbia. of Tober- mory, had loaded a shot gun with aa onaoa ball to ahoot boar, and whOa he atood witb hu armrosting oa the mussle the gaa dia- oharged, abatteriag the limb ao that ampn- tatfon irill bo noooasary. A vldtor te the maohlnery hall at tha Toronto EchlblUon the other ovoalag had aaarrowescaps. His rabbfor oeat oanght In the shafting and hdd him pinned until the garment waa out f nm hu Mok, A few abrasIoaB was the ealy bj ary he noeived. Aoat bdoaglagto Mr. Wm. Berbridga^ of St Thomaa, waa stung te death by hw- neta a few day ago. A number of boys db- turbed a neat of hometo in the bom, and tha Inaeots settled down upon the oat in aoonSf covering Ui entire body and stinging hioa to death. Mtasea Lfxze and Jennie Lueuden wera driving fnm Amprlftr to Sand Pebt with a young man named Wm. Ashby, whan the horse took fright at a passbg train. Miss Lnmsden, b attomptii^; to jump frem tlio buggy, received such bjuries as to oauM her death b a few henn. Early last Sunday morning the vault b the offide of the Toronto Street Rulway Oempany waa borglarlzsd. The burgbra dug a hole through from the adjebing bnUding, by means ef whioh they gamea aocees to the company's vault. They atob |600 b ailver and made good their esoape. In a fnllo ai Orangedale, Cape Breton, two young men named MoLannan and McDonald got bto a quarrel. A fight en- sued, during whbh knives were' drawn and McLennan waa stabbed to death. MoDsn- ald was arraigned at Pert Hoed and commit- ted for trid In the Supreme Csnrt. Frederick MadlU, ef Lakefiald, 15 yean of age, workbg at HazUtt'a mill, Petorbare, wmt for a swim b the river above the miU with a dosan other beys. MadlU jumped off the boom Into four or five feet of watar and never rose to the surfaoe. The boya gave the darm, and the body was reosvered In an hour. A sailor named Jaa. Glass, of Oerunnay Oat., abeut 18 yeara of age, ahlpped en board the barge Menekaune the other day fer Oscoda, Mloh., thenoe fer Ohioage, and when off Giant Pebt, about 3 a.m., he fdl overboard and waa dr wned. Every effort was made ts racover the body, bnt so far nnsnooesdnlly. The first frost ooonnd b Winnipeg a few nighta ago, bnt too bto to cause any less. Harvesting b all ever, and thresUng Is go- ing on dl over the Pravboe. The previeua estimato of the crop b more than oerrtot. Wheat will be a good two-thirds onp, and oato and barley about the same new wheat ta selling at 55o. aad 603. eats, 30. bar- ley, 503. A white girl employed in a Kliwston hotel has fallen In love with a colored bar- ber and Is detormlued to mari^ him whe^er he will or not. He, It seems, manifostod symptoms of a desire to escape the engage- ment, and on Saturday he reoelved a legd oemmunloation btlmatbg that ho must marry or be sued for $600 for breach of pnmlao. Ho will marry. Two rdtamen left Britannia, about seven miles np the river frem Ottawa the ether afternoon, te oeme down te Hull on a orib of timber. When about a mib above Oliaudlere Falls their orib became unman- ageable, and they gave themselves np for lost. The orib ran aground, however, on one of the reeky ledges above the FaUs, and there the two men spent the night b constant torror lest they ehonld be fiaated off and awept over the Fdb, The next membg thdr perilo.us position waa ob- served, when twd other raftsmen, named Geo. Kempt and Jas. Emnedy, oonrageeus- ly went to the rescue b a small beat. The twe men were taken off the Udge In an ex- hausted oendltion andbnugh^idoly ashon. The other aftomoon a Oanadian Paoifio Bdlway trab was running up to the gravd pit two and a-half ndles east of Petorberengh. As the pit was approached the brakes were put on to abokan speed. Dsnnb McC arthy, one of the brakemen, pboed himself at ms whed, and In order to get a greater pur- ohue, applied himself to turning It with a stick. As he waa f enbg the wheel round the stiok gave way and he fdl frem the oan. He .went head fenmost, striking agalnat a steep bank, made by a am»U out. As hb head struck tiie bank hb feet went backwarda to the track. He was so stunned by the shook that he did not drag his feet away. Thirteen oan passed over them. The trab was stopped, the man waa lifted on board, and taken to Petorberengh. As the left foot waa hangbg by shreds of the musdes and pieoss of the btegumenta it was deolded ts amputato and dnu that part of the bjary first. He waa placed under the bflaenoe ofohloreferm and the operation was oommenoed. Bat befora It was near Over the patient died. A Idbaial OSei A Ohbsgo woman advertised fer a lady's mdd. ' How otnoh do yon pay a meath f asked one of tha appUouita for the pod- tiea. "Tea dollars." " Thaf s not eooni^" " Ye% but whenever I got married I al- ways give my mdd two doUara. Yoo ahonld take that bto eonaldention." " I aooq^t the pedtion. Why, tiiat will amennttomon thui the wages. Ihafa tha maat libard offer I've aver had." ' â- - A oorreapendoat asks "Would yoa or any of vour many readen bform a ooaatant readarfeawtobamtopbythaffatol' Hot K wa kaow aaraabaa. titttmit^^t â- edkka