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 wm ^;?v |editerranean « le S^**" ' ^Te more onn^?^' â-  ^be horse, Mi" I^WL,. battle afaroff"" *J*«3*^« of war. And a?Â¥* *« bi7 Regular and a na^ ^** UiT' ,jivety ;lier 'SjATHm lg._(CosTrsum well for her motiimr to 1 «* " Jirr^nw and wonderings with ^%le are very exclnsiTO, my n'*- tie'lH:g*» to gneas that her «dh« P'^^ lti«reUtfd^K*'»v. "ntngarri8onedX*the, kept aa outpost o"fi":i^»*lv, These latter being^.^fij^'y^o^^ fOHTKa.xBH.VKU„0B„./ Iiin consequence 7? "°"*te" I Gauls at^ked •.ht^tell. " led the vigilance rfi?*°M t that the f?fflgt«l"l' ^^'ill not the P.„ "'oket -eanstoenlt'iK'^^K^^ i^^ t Coming doS^*^**' .-..1nthe^^^^"^«^^^i^L tprisedbytheArlK ^T^i Kiven every d^^^k -^'Ww^ p. and th7reg4eSll'fc^ toclipandcolbKnS'a^' [of this generous diet whL Un all the fight t^'J^'^^' nspxtealsoofawoundwUd^ oMacht entered into siS AT WITU A.V AC8TKIA.V JUSHW f,"" 7*« about to throttle allet put an end to the fiS!, t we mean, not Marengo) by 5to enemy on thegroundVSl* 'Mache^ut the cro-m on hia reâ„¢, defending for a time theltaS^" i his regiment, and when thee, en, by standing over the flag hough hia paw was broken ia • ^°J^"j;.*"'"8"»« the color. off or this distinguished service he rom Marshal Lannes a medal ed ribbon. [gallant Moustache was but a voli he military dogs of to-day are hey are assigned two to a com] laiht the work of sentinels, p», •deilies. They are expectedto y the men on picket duty at dil warn them by growls and by movi :i the body of the approach of party. They are to beat np and covered places on the front of a marching column, and thus r an ambushed enemy. It is belie' tey can be taught to distinguM jfj â- iend. They will be trained to I dispatches attached to their coL 36 part of the regiment to another, service they can easily cross )r swampy grounds, breed used in Pm8!ia is the Poi PTolfdog. The Fr ach writer recoi the employment Government ERVICE OF THE NCMEHOtTS DOGS J now engaged in smuggling op n the Belgian frontier. These at the improbable number They are taught to slip ier by night with packages of 1* or coffee. But few of them i although the Custom House cfBa part, have dogs trained to actff vernment. The smuggling dq packs, accompanied and gnaidi 7 especially intelligent animali, vl » baggage, but who protect thif ind scout for them. These nrai mongrels, in which the shephe) in predominates. It is hoped ' T generations, with judioioos i they will become thoroughly fiti m militai-y duties. Experiinei iowever, be tried withdoga of oli^ is likely to be the effect oot 'ace in general of this compn service We have every reaaonj ;hat dogs will take kindly tot life. The nation of the cata shoij jack up betimes. The attack iif| 3d army of curs will be far"" le than the guerilla wsffa" has hitherto been expoeed. J"' it proud man himself hesitarttM e means of conquest in the p*7 ;ieat servant ?- ' name were the real reason, were farther opened later in ti^f.^henMr. Egremont, who had [(ftifg nal health and vigour, took fMentone to spend a day or two u ' 'beauties there, Alice had her u »' b„t the visit was avowedly to j*?"" to her, and she could not ' ' biect He was in unusual good isl'ly op â-  loierated their ecstanes at '*°ajid the flowers, dined at the \i^ nd foand acquaintance, enjoyed K"" din the forenoon, while Nuttie r'tTndering and admiring, and going '"he could drag Martin, he express- " • ifethat she vxiuld be astonished at ""fdens and the music of Monte however, Alice made a stand. â- ^ von it is very Kind, but if yon r^sboald not like to take Ursuhi to r Carlo, or to go there myself," she r iioologet'ctone. ., "'" Xh " What you are afraid of H« andT liope be feeb doe iratttnde tomrS ous address. Micklo «methin^ HSd IfST*,?"°'^y gotasfarM themaTS- stead of the maater." ^^ f ««' -i T??**^ ,*° ** *°' Ciptain Hough- S "" £^°*' 8^ *° ^^ ^^^ convem- an instinctiye dread. ^\' ^1"?J "y ,*^®" ' *^° y«a" ago. Poor fellow It was low fever, but quite as much want of luck, I shaU always beUeve." she â„¢-'i.?-'-I Av """y^ ^* '^^ « l*»d to me 1 said Alice, ^squeezing her hand, and looking up with sweet tender commiseration. ./il,*"'!S'"i'***°" y°» prettytcreature " said Mrs. Houghton, patting her hand across her eyes. «;i declare, you've almoat made nae cryâ€" which I've not doneâ€" well, hardly since I parted with you at Dieppe, thinkine you a sweet little flower plucked ud thrown away to die, though I had done my best to bind it to him. What ' ' "^^he Httle one a confirmed gambler " ' r I know I am not, but " '.\m think the little prig will be con- ^11 iVink it will be happier for her ,i sees anything-of the kind." 'Jf° little foolish Edda, as if lier eyes need eee any thing^ but flowers and 'ir and good company," Iknow that, bun I had ao much rather •It was a sweet face and caressing voice implored, and he still was good hu- Veil, well, I don't want to drag you, Uy 'against your will, though I fancy todd be rather surprised at the real 1 of the abode of iniquity your fancy 'tS." "oil, thank yon, thank you so much " ffhat an absurd little woman it is I Ier if you would thank me as heartily igl cleared a round thousand and „e yon-say a?diamond necklace " â- , -^ care'I took not to let Houghton disabuse him about Jersey marriages I' There is a difference between hearing and hearkening, and Alice Egremont's loving and unsuspecting heart was so entirely closed against evil thoughts of her husband, and so fully occupied with her old friend's condi- tion, that she never took in t e signification of all this, while Nuttie.being essentially of a far more shrewd and less confiding na- ture, and already imbued with extreme dis- trust of her father, was takin? in all these revelations with an open-eyed, silent horror of conviction that her old impressions of the likeness to Marmion or Theseus had been perfectly^correct. It was all under her hat, however, and the elder ladies never thought of her, Alice bringing back tiie conversation to Mrs. Houghton herself. " Oh my dear, I drag on as I can. I've got a fragment of our 1 old income, anr" when that's run too low, I go )l up to Monte Carlo â€" I always had the lucky bletic Missionaries Wanted. Garret, of Texas, has been t en's Episcopal Missionary^ oo^ igton that they should q«" /P^ ch money on South Sea Waaa/^ a few missionaries "„*"•- " We want pioneer*, *• "J -A ho know how to take (*« 1 8 along the frontiers, "l Iowa not afraid of *^«!f^^i â- er nor of the yell M *,^r^ Men with muscles of stswt af them, throw a y^"»i-k| e fence as easily as he oj*^- i P'ote out of a religions maw"" » to make a distnrbaw* bUow, be died "VJ*?^ person lately decea*^ fc»i«api ing," exclaimed » â- â€¢â€¢"t^i^l Qg in poverty i« ^JTZi^ n povertT that pom •»" I k feUow.* arplawyertoanjjjfg*, I must giTe •xpW»*'S 5rousaidyo«*»»»*r^' r "No, air ;!*» sn do. Birr "" lemaa (*o a «^^2^»: -* conacienca of yours would be up on end. toall I don't know that youare the worse it, when itboks so prettily out of your ,n eyes. I wonder what you expect to The mined gamester shooting him- on every paih, eh " "Ko no, I don't suppose I should see ijtiing horrid or even disagreeable. I low it is all very beautiful but then every IB who goes for the innocent pleasures' ie only helps to keep up the whole thing ivilandall." "And what would the old women of all here and at Nice do without such a ioice temple of scandal to whet their teeth Well, I suppose you and your pre- laoia daughter can take care of yourselves. Eere are the gardens, or you can tell Gre- [rno to order you a carriage," " "Then you are going " "i'es, I promised Grafton. Don't be Isfnid, Mistress Edda, I'm not going to stake iridgefield and reduce you to beggary, I'm mold hand, and was a cool one in my worst I, ar.d whatever I get I'l hand over to ippeaae you." That was all she could obtain, and she secretly hoped there would be no winnings » perplex her, Thankful that she had not mde him angry by the resistance for which ike had prepared herself with secret prayer at: since the Mentone scheme had been proposed, she placed herself at Nuttie's dia- poiition for the rest of the day. They had a charming donkey-ride, and id) unsatisfied with beauty, Ursula made lier mother come out again to wonder at the lees in the public gardens. Bather tired, they were sitting on a shaded bench, when iToice close to them exclaimed, " It is; yes, it muBt be 'tis the voice â€" yes, and the kt prettier than ever. Little Alice-^ah 1 yoo don't know me. Time has been kinder «) yon than to me." "Oh I know you now I be? your psur- " cried Alice, recognizmg in the thin tutcracker parchment visage and shabbily- ilfMsed figure the remnant of the brilliant iqniline countenance amd gay attire of eigh- tei years ago. " Mrs, Houghton 1 1 am so glsd to have met yon, you were so kind to aie. And here she is," "What! is this the chUd? Bless me, wliat a proof how time goes I Young lady, joull excuse my not knowing you. You were a very incpnvenient personage not 'jnite born when I last met your mother. *»hat a likeness I could have known her ' "Alffj'n Egremont's daughter anywhere " Yea, they all say she is a thorough Egre- B-lt." " Then it is all right. I saw Alwyn Eg- â- smont, Esquire, and family among the ar- '[^ at Nice, but I hardly durst expect ffl»t it was you. It seemed too good to be "M, though! took care the knot should be "ei faster than my gentleman suspected." "Oh, please " cried Ali» deprecatingly, « first not appehendiug the force of the »orda, having never known the gulf from Jfbich Mrs. Houghton had saved her, and «|t lady, seeing that the girl was listming »ith all her ears, thought of little pitehers '^a restramcd her reminiscences, asking th real warm mterest, " And how was it! ttwdid you meet him again!" He came and foand me out," said Alice, "^h satisfaction in her voice. Indeed Not at Dieppe for he was en y^n when I nearly came across him ten J'^ago at Florence." On no He inquired at Dieppe, but «jy had lost the address my aunt left." Meed I should not have thought it w Old Madame Leroux, she seemed so »Monghly interested in la pauvre petite. "n»t did yon do Your annt wrote to me ton yonr troubles were safely over, and T "onght him lost in the poor Ninon, that «* meant to settle in a place with an awful- ^.?5«I,wl«hirename.^ *ucklethwayte yes, we lived there, ,on very welL We bad boiwders. (ad got_ ",^«^ "ome dear Uttte pnpiU bat last httu Tu Ecremontâ€" you remem] ^«ie Mark-was in the aflighborboed, )Wid sometimes think I'll take my good sister Anne's offers and go home." " Oh do, do " cried Alice. "But," weni on the poor woman, " hnmble pie goes against me, and think what an amount would be before me â€" heigh, ho 1 â€" after nearly five-and-twenty years yes, five-and-twenty years it is â€" since Houghton, poor fellow, told me I was too bright and winsome for a little country lawyer's house in a poky street. What wjuld they think if me now!" and she laughed with a sound that was painful to hear. " Well, Sycorax bad done one good deed, and when I look at you, queening it there, I feel that so have I." " You were very good to me, I know but oh, if you would go home to your sister " " My deari you little know what you ask Anne Why, she is the prime dis- trict lady, or whatever you call it, of Dock- forth. Think what it would be to her to have this battered old vaurien thrown on her hands, to be the stock subject for all the riehteous tongues. Besides," as she cough- ed, " the English climate would make an end of me outright. I'm in a bad way enough here, where 1 can sit among the lemon trees half the days in the winter, but the English fireside in a stuffy parlor " and she shuddered. That shiver reminded all that it was get- ting late, too late for Mrs. Houghton to be oat of doors, and near the dme when Mr. Egremont was to meet his ladies at the hoteL, Alice begged for Mrs. Houghton's address, and it was given with a very short, ironical laugh at her promise to call again if possible. " Ay, if possible," the poor woman repeated. " I understand! No, no," as Alice was about to kiss ner. " I won't have it done." ' There's no one in sight." As if that made a difference I Alice, child, you are as innocent as the little dove that flew aboard the Ninon. How have you done it Get along with you I No kisses to such as me I don't know whether it breaks my heart, or binds ".i,up to look at the face of you. Anyway, I can't bear it" She hurried away, and made some steps from them. A terrible paroxysm of cough- ing came on, aind Mrs. Egremont hurried towards her, but she waved back all help, shook her head, and insisted on going home. Alice kept her in sight, till she dived mto a small side street. " Mother," said Nuttie. Then there was a pans**. " Mother, did you know aU this " " Don't talk of it, Nuttie. It is not a thing to be talked about to any one or by any one. 1 wish yon had not been there. " But, mother, this once Did you " 1 knew that I knew not what I did when 1 went on board that yacht, but that God's kind providence was over n:e in a way that I little deserved. That is all I care to know, and, Ursula. I will not have another word about it No, I will not hear it " '« I was only going to ask whether you would tell my father." " Certainly but not before you. The tone of decision was n»^»*' ^* Nuttie knew she must abide by it, but the last shreds of filial respect towards Mr. Egremont were torn away by what JS: Honghton had implied, and the girl dShed upanddown her b^oom mutter- tol to herself, "Oh, why have I such a fother And she. she wiU 9o* »f »^, *« » Sf ally blind Why not break with him Sd go home to dear Aant U««l«tfS; ard Sd Mr. Datton at onee ij«»«*~* °* "omThorrid jn»J?nrT 0\^^^\ fling aUthe» e things in »» «m^ »°^ 1^ done with him tat ever. Some day f'^aif ^eTlw. of age. «»d Gerard ha. '^iSffiklice^R-me ^1^5.52 g«th.t SiMi I. so ilMid wretched. ,0^ " I cant have yon visiting her, if thaf a what yon mean. Why. after aU the pains X ve been at to «Eet yon an your proper level at home, here's my Lady Louisa and all her crew, u their confounded insolence, fight- ing shy of yon, aniyoa can't give them abet- ter colonrforitthanby mnning afterawoman 'â- '"' tiiatâ€" divorced to begin with, and like IB ?«tt rememhec dear "J»»y name, he told hia naiikbim^o r" "wn seeking as vwt ing f • 2?^w. Egremost, and took w ifliVimd ^1^ "\te^ have be«B«».ki»d V â€" .,^ ^^ d^ S^JSA^^Bod Ladjr j^l'pi Canon Egremont is itmliMWi it- ^- ^twKitu the dd.Iady'i doing, sad lie ttMlfOf ^He^notUke nieetteg;JM»d • mt ^^fia IM^ he ^;ia^t/waaderl Carioia r Why, three daTi' â„¢o^ »t every gambling table in Europe." I know that, Alwyn, dear Alwyn*7it was vary seldom that she caUed him so, and she put her clasped hands on his shoulder) •• but I am sure she is dying, and she was so good to me, I ean't bwr domgnothing for her," II Well, there's twentyâ€" fifty, if you like." " Thank you, thank yon, but you know 1 never meant to visit herâ€" likeâ€" like socie- ty only to go sometimes privately." Alice pressed him no more then, but she concluded to go the first opportunity. She telegraphed that she wvs com- mg, and found her friend more touched than she chose to allow at the fact of her visit, declaring that she must have wonderful power over Alwyn Egre- mont, if she knew bow to use it; indeed the whole tone was of what Alice felt flat- tery, intended to turn away anything mOre serious. Poor woman, she was as careful of doing no injury to her young friend's repu- tation as Mr. Egremont could have desired. Alice had come resolved that she should have one good meal, but she would not hear of eating anywhere in public where either could be recognized, and the food was brought to a private room in the hotoL To her lodgings she still would not take Alice, nor would she give her sister's address. Ex- cept for a genuine shower of tears when Alice insisted on kissing her there seemed no ground gained. But Alice went again on her husbuid's next visit to Mentone. He was, to a cer- tain degree, interested in her endeavors, and really wished the poor woman to be under the charge of her relations, instead of dying a .miserable lonely death among strangers. This time Alice had to seek her friend m the dreary quatrieine of the tall house with the dirty stone stairs. It was a doleful, empty room, where, with a mannish-looking dressing-gown and a torn lace sctff tied hood-fashion over her scanty hair, Mrs. Houghton sat over a pan of charcoal oppres- sive to Alice's English lungs. "Gome again I" she cried. " Well, I really shall begin to think that angels and ministers of ^ace exist off the stage I Yon pretty thing I Let me look at you. Where did ydtb get that delicious little bonnet!" " Why, it is perfectly plain 1" "So it is! "Tis only the face that is in it. Now if some folks put this on â€" sister Anne, for example,- what dow- dies they would be. Poor old Anne, yon must know she had a turn for finery, only she never knew how to gratify it. To see the cortortions of her crinolines was the de- light of all the grammar school. It was « regular comedy for them to see her get into our pew edgeways, and once unconsciously she carried off a gentleman's hat on her train." So she went on talking, coughing «t inter- vals, and generally using a half-mocking tone, as if defying the tenderness that awoke in spite of her, but always of her original home, and especially of her sister. Alice ventured to ask whether they often heard from one another. " Good soul, she always writes at Christ- mas and on my birthday. I know as well as posnble that I shall find a letter paste restajite wherever she heard of me last, and that she hasn't done â€" I'm ashamed to say for how long â€" really, I think not since I let her know that I couldn't stand Ivy Lodge, Dockforth, at any price, when she wrote to Monaco on seeing poor Houghton's death in the paper." There wu a good deal of rambling talk of this kind, to which Alice listened tenderly and compassionately, .making no attempt at persuasion, only doing what was possible for the poor lady's comfort She had ^pro- cured on her way some fruit and jelly, and some good English tea, at which Mrs. Hough- ton laughed, saying, " Time was, I called it cat-lap Somehow it will seem the elixir of life now, redolent, even milkless, of the days when we were young. " Then she revealed something of her lonfr. Buffering, almost ghastly nights, and Alice gently told how her old friend, Mrs. Nugent, suffered from sleeplessness, and kept a store of soothing psalms and hymns in her memory. There was a little laugh. '• Thac's for you good folk. I haven't such a thing about me Come, Par exemple " and Alice re- peated the first thing ^he could remember, the verse be^nning "God, who madest earth and heaven." " That's one of your charms, is it Well, it would not be too much for me if my poor old memory would hold it. Say it again." Alice generally had about her a tiny prayer-book with " Hymns, Ancient and Modem," attached. It had been a gift from Mary Nugent, and she was fond of it, but the opportunity was not to be lost and she took it out, saying she would bring a larger one and reclaim it And, as she was fiouly taking leave, she said with a throbbing heart, " Do you know that you have be- trayed your sister's address I shall write to her now." "If yon do 1" cried Mrs. Houghton, in atone like threatening deprecation, but with a little of her strange banter in it be- udes. Alice's mind had been made np to do the thing, and she had not felt it honest not to give dne warning of her intentions. Even now she was not certain of the lady's snmune. bat she tmsted to her husband's knowle^ of Mrs. Houghton's previous history and not in vain. Mr. Elgremont amused himself with a- little ridicule at hia wife's quixotry, and demanded whether Flossy Houghton was a promising convert but confessed himself very glad that the poor thing should be off their hands, dedar- bg that it was quite time her own people looked after her, and happily he recollected her maiden name. So uie letter was writ- ten, after numerons attempts at expressing it suitably, explaining Mrs. Hoogbton's ill- ness and the yearnings she was too proud and ashamed to express to ner sister, and ,fu answered at once by a tew short words of earnest gratitude, and an assaranoe that Miss Beade was preparing to start at enoe. Conld Mrs. Egremont meet her and prepare To Alice's dla^ppointmeat thfa ooold not be. Mr. Egremont had invited aoBefrisBde to the villa, and would not span bar. She oonJd only MBd • note, aasarjiig Mies Beade he beUeved tiiat pvepenHoB wsoU do than geedf^taTilM wotted «Ml watted euJoaiAr. A .oud oaae hw Ae peette Mta. Jbi^toB^ MMwiell' mUm. HNsAgMr KM)* wie^ir «W ^U tt "M, bat theooe she gathered hope. The qpifag was advaa^g, and Mn Bgre- mmt wee in haste to be «oae, bat Alice ob- tained one more ran to Mentone, and moe more ofimfaed np the dark and ^rtj stairs to the looaa, whoe tiie wdll-known voioe answered her tap. Come in t Ah, there she is, the wicked Kttie angel " "A sabstantial little r^-pofy business- like little woman harried forwwd with tear- ful eyes and outstretehed hands. "Oh, Mrs, Egremont I can I ever thank you enough " " Yon can't, Anne, so don't try. It will be a relief to all pai^es, ' interposed Mrs. Houghton. "Sentiment is not permitted here." *^ Nevertheless she hugged Alice almost con- vulsively. She was sitting in a comfortable arm-chair, one about which Mrs. Egremont knew somethmg, and the whole aspect^ of the room had chansed inddusribably for the bettor, as much indeed as Mrs. Houghton's own personal array, whicfi had no longer the desolate neglected look of old. A little stool was close to her chair, as if the two sisters could not bear to be far apart, and the look of love and content in their eyes as they turned to one another was perfect joy to Alice. She had no longer any doubt that Anne Beade, who had found the wandfoer yet a great way off, would yet bring her back to the home, spiritually if not outwardly. Mrs. Houghton spoke of better rooms when the winter visitors had fled. Anne spoke ef her being able to return to Dock- forth. ' Whether that would ever be, seem- ed entirely doubtful to Alioe'r eyes, especi- ally as the patient's inclination was evident- ly otherwise. There was nothing to be done but to leave the sisters together, obtaining Mias^ Beade's ready promise to write, i^ putting into her hands a sum of money which could sincerely be called " only a debt oflgratitade from my husband and me," and wmch would smooth the way either to remaining or returning to England. Nor was there any return.' Era many weeks had passed Mrs. Egremont heard from Miss Beade how afresh cold had made it impossible to move, and summer heat had brought on low fever, which h-wi destroyed the feeble strength, but not till "childhood's star " had again arisen, and a deeply and truly repentant woman had passed away, saved, as it seemed, through that one effort on behalf of the young girl whose innocence she had protected. (to bb contikobd.) thatahel Mrs. Hagoogin Disooyera that Toinmj is Drinking Ohampagae- " Do ye know fwhat, Toosy " the widow Mapoogin began. " What, mimmaw " inqnired Arethusa, languidly. "Do ye know that b'y Tammy's takin' to dhrinkin' shampagny wjine, an'Iasht noight he kem home aFther wan o'clock in the mornin' wid his morocky cane shtickin' up vut av his pints pockits, an' the tails av his coat undher his axshters, an' his hat an the back av his head, an' he boUerin' " Hot oice craim as loud as bu loonsia id let him do id. 'Fwhat'd the matther wid ye, Tammy, asrah ' sez Ot, roisin' up out av me bed an' goin' np to the dure av his room, f where he was carryin' an loike a man thryin' to kill a wagon load av woild rate. ' Fwhat's the matther Tammy, Agrah ' sez Oi. Fwhere am Oi ' sez ha, hardly able to shpake an' not able to shtand an his feet at all. ' Fwhere am Oi ' sez he. ' In your own mother's house. Tammy, me darlint,' sez Oi. ' Fwhat makes it iwhurril 'round ' sez he. ' An' sure an' id's not fwhnrrilin' Tammy,' sez Oi. ' Ye're a mud-aitin' loiar, it is,' sez he. 'Oh, Oi am, am Oi ' sez Oi, an' wid that 01 med a lep at him an' hit 'im a clout undher the lug that sint him shpin- nin' an his head into the majolicky throuby- door an' the h'arthâ€" ' "Oh, mimmaw," said the daughter " how often have I corrected yoa on that wordâ€" cuspidore, mimmaw, not troubadour â€" a troubadour is a player in an orchestra." " Cushpidoor Fwhy Oi thawt that was a shtoyle av cuHin' tb' hair. Didn't Oi affen hear ye say Tammy had his head cut a la cushpidoor. Well nuver moind, annyhow, Oi hit him a blyow that all a mosht Imockt him into the middle av nnxt week, an' fwbin Oi pickt him np he began blnbberin' at.' sed he'd bib ut drinkin' shampagny wther wid the b'ys. 01 shuppose he have a head an him. this mawrnin' an' bad cess to him he ought to. Begorry but Oi'm afeert av that b'y, uver since he quit bein' a toof an' begontobe ajood. Oi nuver knows twfaat divilment he's up to, an' mebbe wan av these foine days he'll be afther marryin'.a acthress an' dhraggin' the fam'ly down in the sewer 'an' disgracin' uv'ry raocher's son av iz. But mark my wurrids, Toozy, aff Tammy uver gets munkeyin' around wid thim aotfaresses that wears no clothes thin God help him, that's all Oi've got to say to him. Cham- pagny wather at foor dollars a bottle is bad enoof, but thim heifers wid piwdher an' faint on their faces that shkips the tra-la- 00 loo in the comoical operies â€" they're enoof to give a daycint woman loike meself the horrors, an' Oi'll brain the fnsht wan av thim that dar's to make a shmaah an my Tammy. Go ap, Toozy, an' tell the poor b'y to come down to his bmckish, an' sind Periklays ever to the grocery fur a few bot- ties av sody wather to take the drouth out av him, fur Oi know hell be awful dhry in the moath«fwhin he wakes np." ' An Ezonse for Papa. Harold is getting old enough to astonish hia parents occasionally with an original re- mark. The other evenina; his mother said something to his fatiier, who was reading. He didn't hear it She repeated it, but the head of the family was too intent on his readingto notice thathe was beingaddressed. Harold had watehed operatioae, and after his mother had spdien the secimd time, ob- served " Mamma, I thiaj|,y^a'll have to 'sense papa. I guess his ears has gone out to walk aroond the blodc tor a few minutes. " " A diild Is man writ In littie letters." â€"Bishop Earle. Sow an act and yon reap a nabit Sow a habit and yon reap a character Sow a character and yon reap a deetiny. ^Anon. Ba Oonldn't Ueep for 4kf JTcte. •* Cktod-Buraia' to ««, IftaMs Bnnnan." • Good-iBflninl.lfiMU.Wceilagr." *• An'howdidToaiiyreatlaelaok^tr' •• Oh, de dear obea weedatArtarbedwid d*Beiae»Tbbeiyte'te4Ua'tAliip«»widb" O9 CM jeebeiipa I WW aMJUifac the Littte RaaipeB dwc wilk iiaee aMJves and the mailGiJl^ wh«A we were hdkd from shore by an.Eoj^lsh boater, who hadlMen oao^ iag oat Maovg th#J|erae w9d aatnali and poHonoos reptiles for seventy days. He was entirely alone, aad he had killed five leopards, three tUiers, six or eight serpoita and much other game. He had several freak scars to prove a hand-to-hand oonflict with a wonnded tigw, and ti)e bue fact of his being alone in that conntiy. exposed almost to every danger one could drMm of, was proof that he wim a brave man. He had a raft at the bank, and was aboat to cross the stream. After a vudt of a quar- ter of an hoar we took him in tow and drop- ped him down about a mile. We had just headed for the other bank when I saw a large crocodile rise to the surface just be- hind the hunter's raft The man had not entered the boat with us, but was sitting on his traps on the raft I called to him to shoot the reptile, and he rose and made as pretty a shot as one ever saw, striking the saurian In the eye and killing him at onoe. we were applauding the shot when a doxen of the monsters broke vrater all about the raft None of she reptiles paid the least at- tention to the boat, but seemed determined to make a closer acquaintance with the raft The hunter had a repeating rifle and he stood on hia feet and banged away right and left as coolly as yon please. I ordered the men to cease rowing and got out my rifle, but before I had fired a single shot a mons- ter orooodile climbed upon the side of the light bamboo raft and npjet it We backed water. very rapidly, and it was not over thirt;^ seconds before the boat and nA had bumped. At the same instant the hunter rose beside the boat, and one of the natives pulled him in. While he lay on the bottom of the boat we rowed him about and picked up such of his traps as were afloat It was very little we saved, as his firearms and pelte had been swiftiy devoured by the croe- odiles. When I came to offer the man some spirite his looks had changed so that I could scarcely believe he was we same man. No one sttnding on the gallows-trap could have been more broken up. He hiad scarcely swallowed the whiskey when he began to cry, and he insisted that we shoidd cover him up in the bottom of the boat It was a whole fortnight before the man recovered his composure, while his nerve was gone forever. He who had stood with knife drawn awaiting the rush of a tiger, and who carried marks to prove his bravery and his victory, had been totally broken up by an experience of less than two minutes in the water with a dozen crocodiles. It was the feeling that he was helpless that took hia oourage away. In the case of the tiger he felt that he had some little show. When he was flung into the water herealized that he haul none. I have seen several men hung who " died tjame," and who got the credit of being brave fellows. It is iHl nonsense to talk about bravery in the face of the hang-man.' " Dy- ing game" is either the courage which comes f^om stimulante furnished by the j«iler, or it is false enthusiasm due to the labors of the clergyman for many days past. â€" [In- dian MaU. m Bad Writing. There is a growing tendency to encourage handsome and legible handwriting, and there was need of it for among some of the older eenerations the handwriting has some- times been a puzzle, and, as in the follow- ing instance, capable of being constructed according to the reader's pleasure â€" During the war a quantity of personal property belonging to a resident of Wash- ington was seized and confiscated by the United States. For years the original owner made repeat- ed atteonpto to secure an order for ite res- toration from the quartermaster who had charge of it But be was obdurate, and insisted that it should be restored only through an Act of Congress. Still the at- torney for the plaintiff persisted, and again he wrote to the Qoartermaster-General Megis for an order of restoration. Chis was about the seventh attempt, and the officer had grown impatient. He wrote an exceedingly vigorous reply, in which he emphatically refused to do as requested. The hanc^riting was frightful. The attorney saw his chance. He hasten- ed to his client, and, thrusting the letter to him, said, " I havesncoeeded at last Here is the order." The "order" was taken to the corral, where the officer in charge recognized the signature and at once turned over the pro- perty. When General Meigs asked what had be- come of it, he was told that it had been re- stored on bis order. He saw the order, tmd as he could not read it, he simply said, "I do not remember signing it" â€" The Argo- naut. The Pioneer's Lot in the Western States The area covered by the great storm has been unprecedented. Though Dakote has been the centre where ite worst ravages have been experienced, news of ite effecte comes from almost the entire territory lying be- tween the Mississippi river and the Rocky monnteins. Dakota, Iowa and Miswuri have been the principal sufferers, but Min- nesote, Nebraska, Montana, Kansas and Wyondns have helped to swell the list of dead and injured. Farther to the east Hli- noia, Wls..onsin, and Michigan have had a slight touch of ite diminishmg force, while to the south it has sent the thermometer to 8^ below zero in Arkansas, covered the ground with snow in Mississippi, frozen op the northern section of Mississippi, uid even hurled ite sleet and ice upon Gidveston, Tex., and given ite people the novel specta- cle of snOw-oovered streets. When i*' Is remembered that this same area which the blizzard has traversed ta li- able to be swept over at any time next spring or' summer by equally destructive tornadoes, adding materially to human and aalaial loes e s the eneigy, ho^ and oourage witii whidi the pioneers hi this new ooont^ keep tiiaiir f oo^ig and straggle on against some ot tbe most terrible forces of natoie become sabliniA. Bothing Senooi. "3 llins Clara( toFeaAsrlr.i^o Ismddngaa evening call). " Poor mtle BoU^ swal- lowed • peni^ to-daj, aad we've all been ae madi waRttdiboatK' Featketly somewhat at aloas for wordi ef eaooBrsaaneat). Oh, Iâ€" et^weoUal aaeav kaetmoak.*- 'k^. â-  .1 H/f i' V rfr-'-i^ s '.â- â- :S^.,'y:: •â- *'•:'.:•.