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 ^^: x -•^^TQ^ â- ;iw-j-.'r-5r*-:x ^,- â-  ..,-. M,"' /.-^ f^'r POB ASD ABOUT WOMEI. BT ALICE OOLDSmTH. A Franoh marqnia divided women into two rltwni Women wlio listen Mid women who do not, and when giving advioe m matrimony always said, "Mtfry a hand- aome woman if yon will, a ridi one if yon can, bat in any case many a wmnan who listens." This is a good qnalifioation in a woman, bat I am amnsed in my work among exchanges, to note the divers and nnmerons accomplishments and endowments we are required to possess. Vfe mast ride, walk, and swim sug, imd perform on some masi- cal instrument mast cook, and mend most tiJk, and be silent, and one sagacioas writer says, " Be sore the woman you marry can laagh, for a woman who cannot laugh is a bore." In regard to the listening won an, let me give yon a hhit. If she attempts to do any thing exc^t listen while yon are talking, don't take any stock in her as a satisfactory listener. Beware of her if she is crocheting, or tatting, or embroidering crimson peaches on old-gold plush, for she will think far more about her stitches or shading of silks than about the tale you are unfolding. Ab a wife she will perhaps be able to dam the family hose and Usten with due atten- tion, but she can't do the " knit one, pari two, widen one" business. Pin Money " Pin-money "with the average wife means that she cannot buy a row of pins except with her husband's money and consent. She sufiers humiliation in her own eyes, and, she fancies, in lus also, whenever she pre- fers a request for the sum necessary for the supply of the daily wants of the household. She cringes, like a whipped slave, under his comments on the rapidity with which mon- ey melts in her fingers, and if high-spirited resents his suggestion that she "ought to keep an expense book and learn the worth of a fel£}w's earnings" as a reflection upon her honesty. For ever^ instance in wnich the estate of wifehood ;i8 proprietary there are one thousand where it is eleemosy- nary. Notes. The solitaire diamond ring worn by Mrs. W. K. "VanderbUt cost $48,000. The Princess of Wales 'and her associates are setting the fashion of wearing as much jewelry as possible. Mrs. Grant has received $411,000' as her share in the profits of Gen. Grant's memoirs, of which 310,000 sets have been sold. Queen Victoria travelled through Europe with so much luggage that it took an hour to transfer it from the train to the boat at flushing. The youngest daughter of Mrs. John Wan- namaker, ofPhiladelphia, has at.their coun try hoase a little house built on the grounds, furnished throughout and containing every- thing that another house contains, a kitchen, diningroom, parlor, chamber, etc., only everything is about one-half or one-third the usual size. It is very "cute." Eva Wentzj a little Baltimore girl, whose birthday falls on the same day of the year as that of Bismarck, wrote him a letter of congratulation on his anniversary. She has received an autograph reply, in which the great Chancellor says â€" " For your friendly congratulation on the occasion of my birth- day I return my sincere thanks. Von Bis- marck." At Glose Qnarteis. Hunting wild animals is great sport, â€" for those who like it and the larger and fiercer the animal, the more enjoyable â€" to those who enjoy it â€" is the excitement. But one adventure like that described below by an explorer of Africa would be likely to prove enough for any but a thoronghbred Nimrod. Determined to make one more effort to destroy the lion, I again entered the brake, and all at once the beast sprang up within a few paces of me. It was a black-maned lion, one of the largest I have ever encount- ered in Africa. His movements were so rapid, so silent and smooth withal, that it was not till he had partially entered the thick cover that I could fire. On receiving the ball, he wheeled short abont, and with a terrific roar bounded to- ward me. When within a few paces he coached as if about to spring, having his head imbedded, so to say, between his fore- paws. Drawing a large hunting knife, I dropped on one knee, and awaited the onset. It was a moment of awful suspense, and my situa- tion was critical in the extreme but my presence of mind did not for a moment de- sert me â€" indeed, I felt that nothing bat the most perfect seU-oommand would be of any avail. I would not have become the asssailant, but on account of the bushes and the clouds of dust raised by the lashings of the lion's tul, I was unable to see his head, while to aim at any other part would have been mad- ness. Whilst I was intently watohing his every motion, he suddenly bounded toward me, but somehow, in making his last spring, he went clean ever me, and alighted three or four paces on the other side. Instantly, and without rising, I wheeled roondon my knee, and discharged my sec- ond barrel. The ball smashed his shoulder. At this he made another and more determin- ed rush at me, but owing to his disabled state, I happily avoided him, though he passed withm arm's length. He scrambled into tiie thick cover, where we foond his body some days afterward. Hannonyb Harmony, the joyful sound That all with rapture hear I How placidly it floats around. And cottons up the ear How imootihly movies a big machine, Anointed well with oil. With all the inner works unseen. And all the workmen's toil 1 Perhaps a switoh may not be set. Perhaps the rails are wrong Bat on tiie engine we may bet. For that, at least is strong. Harmoniondy the ostrich hides His smallest part, his head. Nor heeds die horseman as he ridsa To smd tiie fatal lead. â-  Smet is tiie peaeefnllofu Begnlled fey humoriy; For tU^p «n diinm iriw* Andi^Bi^iiDartta^i OiUMeEi^.WMIqrDett; " Now wake me 1^ ftt riz o'd«^" Said ha on going to bed, ** To-morrow u my buy dsy, 111 get right np," he nid. His patient wife, who previoiuly Experience had trie^ Said nothing â€" only looked at him. And softly, sadly sighed. The night passed on, the morning oame At six she said, " My own. It's dx o'clock. Yon know yon saidâ€"" He granted, "Lemme lone " At seven she gently tried again. Bat once again withcnt The slightest semblance of success- He only snapped, " Get ont 1" At eight her courage almost failed And turned to wholesome dread. For as she spoke, she had to dodge A boot flung at her head. She thought he swore at nine o'clock. And gave up trying then. And he whose busy day it was Got up at half-past ten. Then came the tide of bitterness That overflowed her cup For be remarked, "What half-past ton Why didn't yon wake me up " JJext Door to It. Well, what is it " queried the sergeant as a colored man stood before him, hat in hand, yesterday. " I wants a posson 'rested, sah." " Who is it " " An incendiary, sah." " An incendiary, eh. Did he set your house afire " «' No, sah." " Some one else's house or bam " " No, sah. He lib next doah, an' bekasel stopped de f am'ly from gittin' water at our penstock he's down on me. He gets out in de yard an' calls me a hog, an' dares me ober de fence, an' he's tole lote of folks dat he means to do me up." " But he's no incendiary." " Why " " An incendiary is a person who sets fire to a building. This is a case of threate." " Ar' it Well, it's next doah to bein' an incendiary, an' I want de law .to step in an stop it. If it doan' do it I shan't reconcile de consequences " "How?" " How Why, if he keeps on I shall designate myself to elevate ober dat fence riome day an' percolate datpusson wid a club until morality sots in Ize a worm, sah, an' arter about so long de worm turns I" All He Had .Against him Emaciated Tramp (to business man). "I'm a survivor of the Mexican War, an' I want you to help me a little, Cap'n." " Get out o' this 1" " Look here, Cap'n what have you got against a survivor of the Mexican War " " All I've got against you is that you sur- vived." No Somebody Ahead of Them- First Burglar â€" Bill, the jig is up, cracking that bank to-night. Second Burglar â€" Wot's the matter, de- tectives onto us First Burglar â€" No I saw the President an' cashier buyin' tickets for Montreal this momin' In Hot Water. Telegrarh Editor (to chief)â€"" This dis- patch about the woman who threw a pailful of hot water over her hatband is too long. What had I better do?" Chiefâ€" "Boil it down." His Bitter Disappointment- " George, dear," she gurgled, as they met at a junction of two streete where they could hear the monotonous scrape of the con- fectioner's spoon as he ladled oat, "George, dear, I fully realize that father did not treat you right when you called laet evening." ' ' No, no, he did not," he answered, with a halt in his voice, " bat never mind that, it is past and let it be." "Bat you were not angered, were you?' " No, not angered, disappointed, that was all." " Disappointed " " Yes, 1 think yon must agree with me that at that hour of the day I was justified in hoping, even in expecting, thatyour fath- er would be wearing cloth dippers." Unnecessary Trouble. Hotel Clerk (to Col. Blood, registering)â€" Shall I send a piteher of water to yonr room, sir?" Colonelâ€" No I don't believe there'll be a fire. A Timely Suggestion* Gaest â€" Sirloin steak, waitor, well done, and I'm in a big hurry. Waiterâ€" Ses, sah; if yo' u in a big hnny, sah, why don' yo' hab dat steak cooked rah A Good Idea. Wife â€" What do yon think, John, about my taking up French Husband (busy with his paper)â€" A very good idea, my love, if you will only lay down English. Hauy MoftoB Stenkj* ' HMiyH. Stul^y wm bomiii 1840, bnt Usorimiiiso'obwhire Asfethe plsoe of his birtii lift matter of dinate. An EngHsh aathwity, which we dull follow, states that Denl^h, in Walee, was his Urtti^aoe and tiiathii early days were spent In a poor- honse. He came to America as oabin-boT at the age of fifteen, and for ten yean knocked abont earning his living as beec he oonld. Taming at last to jonrauism he was sent ont to Abysdnia by. the New York HtrtUd to re- port the oampainx of the British expedition under Sir Charies Napier. His sncoessfol periormance of this task disclosed his fitadss for the graator work to which he was soon to be appointed. David Livingstone, a Scoteh missionary and explorer, had been eniaged for thirty years in opening Central Afrioa to the light. His success had made his name among the most famous in the record of the present cen- tury. But in 1870 he bad been for two years buried in tiie heart of the African continent, and the world had come to think that he was dead. In that year the enterprise of the editor of the New Ymh Herald snegested a search expedition. Young Stanley â€" then thirty years of age â€" was placed in command, and after nine months of vigorous and per- ilous research came upon the brave explorer on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. This gave him a world-wide celebrity, and Living- stone's death in 1873 left the iTieroU reporter pre-eminent among living African travelers. Stanley acted as war correspondent daring the British war with the King of Ashantee in 1873-4, and in the latter accepted a com- mission from London and New York journals to complete the unfinished work ot Dr. Living- stone. Eatering Afrioa on the eas'^em coast he explored the ereat lakes about the source of the Nile and then embarked on the Lua- laba River, determined to follow it to its un- known mouth. The coarse of the stream took him across the continent to the Atlantic coast, proving that the Lualaba ot Central Africa and the Congo of the West constituted one mighty water-way. In 1879 the African International Association, which hasite head- quarters in Belgium, sent Mr. Stanley to the Congo to establish trading posts at different points on the river. From his labors in this direction grew the Congo Free State, which was founded in 1881. For several months no news has been re- ceived of this intrepid man. In 1887 he re- entered Africa at the head cf an expedition sent to relieve Emin Bey, a European ofScer in Egyptian service, who was beleaguered by Arabs near Lake Victoria. The relief party steamed up the Congo and then left the river for a long overland trip to the lakes. Three time Stanley's death has been reported, but no faith is placed in the rumor, and it is confidently expected that within a few months the world will learn that the little band has accomplished its work and is on the homeward road. The Freaks of the Telegraph. A noble lord, as proud and fond as a man should be of his besntif ul young wife, was just abont rising to speak in a debate when a tde^ram was put into his hands. He read it, left the Honse, jumped into a cab, drove to Charing Cross and took the train to Dover. Next day he returned home, rushed into his wife's room and, finding her there, upbraided the astonish^ lady in no nn- meksnred terms. She protested her ignor- ance of having done anything to offsnd him, "Then what did yon mean by yonr tele- gram " he asked. "Mean? What I said, of course. What are you talking abont " " Bead it for yourself," said he. She read: "I flee with Mr. to Dover Standts. Pray for me." For the mo- m ent w ords would not come then, aftw a meity fit of laoshtor, tiie naqpeoted wife qmetty remarked: "Oh, tiiow dzeadfnl tuegn^ people I No wosder yott«n oat elyDqi^mfiid,dew. lUUgnmh»«rt$matmi **t tea with Mn.â€" .£ IWnir Wrart. I Medicinal Baths and How to Give Them An attendant upon an invalid should be able to give easily, quickly and effectually any kind of bath that the physician may order. Elizabeth R. Scovil tells in Grood Housekeeping how to give various forms of the bath in general use, among them the following â€" To give a foot bath in bed, torn -back the clothes from the foot of the bed, lay a 8.juare of India rubber cloth on the lower sheet, and on it place a small tub of hot water let the invalid lie with the knees drawn up, and put the feet in the tub. Cover the knees with a folded blanket, and let it completely envelop the tob. Have near a large pitcher of hot water to replenish that in the tob as soon as it be;ins to cool. Three or four tablespoonfuls of mustard are usually added to the oath. Sulphur baths are sometimes ordered for persons suffering from rheumatism. A quarter of a pound of sulphurated potash b added to about twenty gallons (or six pails) of hot waterâ€" enough to completely im- merse the body. The temperature of the water should not be allowed to fall below 98 degrees. The patient should bu wrapped in a sheet and placed in the bath, remaining there for some time. The head must be kept cool with cloths dipped in ice water. A warm blanket must be ready to receive bather when the bath is finished. A vapor bath can be given by seating the person in a cane-bottom chair, pinning a blanket around the neck and letting it fall to the ground on all sides. Under the blanket place a large pan, two thirds full of boiling water into thu plunge hot bricks, one at a time (two or three will be enough). In a short time the patient will be in a per- spiration. Dry with warm towels and put him to bed. This is effectual treatment for a bad cold if the sufferer can be kept warm the next day. â- â€¢ m ^, Uncle m'b Monopoly. Uncle Joe is one of the most ingenious d arkies in Washington. The other day he contrived to make amde whedbarrowfor himself. The morning after it was completed he went ont to try it, but was dismayed to find it gone. ^ijfl 'cUh to gracious " he exclaimed, "I knowed dat wah a mighty nice wheelbarrow, but I didn't suec' it gwine to mn off by Its own se'f." Hepresently f onndjit in nse in JakeTnmer's garden. "Jake; what yon doin' wid my new whedbarrow, I'd uke to know " " W'y, Uncle Joe, 'tidnt none uv yo'ra. Hit belongs to de comnnnity. Fer yon to keep it would be a monopoly." " Hain't," donemadeit " criedUnde Joe. "'An' hain't, it mine?" "No, It hain't," said Jack. "Twnzyo'm afo' the wheel was put on to it, bnt when you put the whed on it yon done los' It." " What's the wheel got todo wid it " " W'y, yousoe, I done hear Cunl Beck, the Kwntncky Senatcr, say dat when a man wnt a book it wsz his'n, bat ef he print it. 't wuzant his'n. An' printin' makes a book ^^' SK.* ^^•*^ â- Â°*^«" » wheelbarrow go. Unnl Beck said that it wnz a moaop6ly to give a man the book he writ arter it wm printed. So I sez it's monopoly for Uncle Joe to have his whedbarrow when the wheel's on." "Yon glnng," said Undo Joe, gome off with the whedbarrow; "I done made it and It's mine. What good's a whedbarrow thontawhed?" "Well, what good's a book that yon oaat print? An' Oil Book he saS-- "Ohshet iq^ Jaksu Some niggakaoets CoB'l Beok. I deat wwt to be dfa'nMe«£ tatt be ewer «aU aay mA ttij^S^ KaiBtaMky^aa* ef yoa g»^^ m^^,^ banow a^ ntbave yoa tnknp. Yoa beah, now râ€" Edward ^gbstoiie in Waahiognm ^**' m ' Cocaine Slaveiy* It seems we have an enemy in onr addt as bad or worse than strong drink in a new dmg, or at lesst a new property of an old one. Cocaine u an alkaloid extract from ooooaleaves. Coooa has been in nse from a very remote period among the Indians of South America. Ito onltnre and nse have extended into Brazil and the countries on the banks of the Amazon, and it is supposed that more than ten millions of the human raoe are now addicted to ito use. When indulged in to excess it weakens the digest- ion and finally ruins both mind and body. It is only within the last two years that co- caine was discovered to possess carious poten- cy as a local anaestbetic. When sprayed upon a part of the body it causes a numb- ness at that particular place, and vivisection may be made without causing pain. At the age of 37 years a Chicago doctor fell into a condition of physical decrepitude, mental imbecility and moral decay. He at first used the drug to cure himself of debilitating morphine habit, when he became interested in its marveUons properties and soon began to experiment upon his own body. Dr.B.'s strange story is of the terrible resnltoof a mixed diet of opium, morphine, laudanum, and cocaine. He was born in Quebec, Can ada, and educated as a physician at the med- ical department of Harvard College, where he graduated in 1872, when 22 years old. He married and began to practise his pro- fession in hia native city, bnt aiter a period of ten years removed to Chicago. He anticipated the verification of cocaine's value in the science of medioine, but in- curred the enmity of the medical fraternity of Chicago thereby. By imperceptible degrees he lapsed from the slavery of morphine into the servitude of cocaine, and on realiz- ing his peril found that it was too late to reform. He was arrested at the instigation of his landlord on the ground that he was insane from the use of narcotics. Having lost caste in his prof ession, he was railroaded through to an inebriate asylum. He esca ped after ten days' confinement and went again to Qaebec with his family. He struggled with his fate all through the winter of '85- 86 and located again in Chicago, but his old acquaintances would not credit his re- formation. Crushed under his grief he sent his wife to her father's home, the chUdren to charitable institutions and fell literally into the gutter. He pawned his clothes, slept little and ate less and begged for co- caine at every dmg store. After some ex- perience in a Chicago insane asylum he managed to come to New York city where, unable to procure the sixty grains of co- caine he required daily, he forged the names of prominent physicians on written orders for the stuff, and fell into the hands of the police. The New YorK papers reported his sad history and Charles A. Bunting, man- ager of the New York Christian Home for Intemperate Men, sought him out and has brought him to the light of reason from the edge of a pauper's grave. AS YOU LIKE IT. BOITDEAn. When death doth call or king or slave None dares the edict dire to brave Gold, though a magic amulet. Can never pay stem nature's debt Hope cannot close the opening grave. On battle field beneath the wave On princely couch in hermit's cave, Fate's seal must be forever set When death doth call. In vain a brief re ipite we crave, The hand that taketh likewise gave In vain we fools the hour forget. In vain like frighted children fret, The body's wreck no power can save When death doth call. The commercial value of the Mississippi river is estimated at $2,000,000,000â€" the oost of constracting railroads of equal length and tonnage. A well read man of fair ability is said to use from 6.( 00 to 7,000 words.and to be able to define and understand from 25,000 to 30,- 000. Shakespeare's vocabulary contained about 15,000 Words. It would bring the salt tears to the eyes of a stone lion to see a Vassar graduate and a Harvard man who took honors in French at college trying to order a dinner together in a Paris restaurant. Since Mr. Tilden's phydcian has brought in his little bill of (143,350 for professional services, a Western paper remarks that al though the livirg expsnaes of the deceased statesman were undoubtedly very high, his dying expenses may be rightly called extra- vagant. THE GBEAT MACKEHZIB BASDT. Beport •â-  theEnormoiu Field ertlie Fntare Tbat Ues In British Anertca Senator Schnltz's committee, appointed to inquire into the resources of the Great Mackenzie Basin, report that the extent of the region is 1,260.000 square miles that ito coast line on the Arctic Ocean and Hudson's Bay measures 5,000 miles, over one half of it being c qndly accesdble to whaling and aealing craft; that the navigable coast Imep of the larger lakes of the r^on extend tor 4.000 miles that river navigation is prac- ticable for 2.760 miles that within the region there is a posdble area of 656 000 square miles fit for potato growing, 407i000 finitable for the cultivation ot barley, and 316,000 for that of wheat; that the pastoral "«a " cqwl to 800,000 sqnal miles that 150,000 square miles are anriferous, and that the evidence submitted to the committee points to the existence in the Athabasca and Mackenzie Valleys of the most extondve petroleum field on the American coninent. if not in the world. Thecommitteesuggestthata boonded tract 40,000 square miles in extent, be reserved from sale, and its value more accoratoly ascertained. They report that they have reason to believe that a comparison of the oapal^ties of this region shows that it exceeds, in the extent of its navigablewa- tors, m die area of arable and pastoral lands, to vdnaUo fresh water fisheries, in ito ^wite, and in ito capacity to support popn- tatioo, the wmtries of Norway, Swwiin. ^oBMrVGarinaiiy, Anstria. and part of 22^^;2£S«rii^ The oommittoekQwi. SSfaSW^ '*«L^ «^ fidieriesof 25,f«;;5«^ ^fatHearingaidmala OLD WORLD HE»f •"» C«tt8 Idea o7^ EdiabngJ^Sl^^ The Czar of Rn«d» ,,,_ 1 clemency, which he dosj?*^ ««»J away that is not ei;;^***;;;! mnch sympathy. OsbZ *»*ii3 the death warrant of a^l'^lt. 3 his sweetheart in a fit of^ '*^3 scribbled across the warTT' " Wl to twenty years' penal^^;:c;^J ren,arkingatthe«.«eX 'Si don acrime ^amitted'thraugk^fcl BideringthathisautocrsrSj^'C, hangs old men and yo™„ J*^*^ Sl of dedgns against huJ^uT!^! Bbrangeto hear him forgive riiliH kihng of another. ""Wiy I The Pope, akeady the hn^ I Europe, with the poMiUe%Z? •«»l marck. is reportertl^'l^fP^ Ifc hibora the writing of a b^v *â„¢^t»li| condition of the^orki;g"°cl2?L•5 just completed after veJ. „T^»'*k^l «ivanced bysTcralis^thrtK:?^^ be an intermediary and Sr ul" employer and the. employed "i*^* Cathol cs to assist their ?e8^rtve1^„' mento in efforU to improve ihe 2 ** tion of the working cC. ' " I It is mmored to-dav thuf tv. I Edinburgh, the QueenTsottuffeSf:^ blood poisoning occasioned by rS water at Gibraltar. P frae Strf;*?* dicate that he has inherited S^ °!^ typhoid. His illness will havVtheeK stopping the abuse of the radial d2 a I satisfied at his conduct in uelntKt TUEBET rOBTS. They Seem to be a FaUnre Agaiui ike in I ExploslTei. I The London Timts published sometJu ago, an account of the experiments in fim with the steel cupola turrets mannfwhrnd at the works in St. Chamond, GhmsiA and Commentry. It was explained tk tie discovery of the new explosives had MvA the military engineers to constrnct forti am. posed of an enormous block of concrete, within which the space was obtained iiece» sary to receive a small garrison, storei, uj the turret, or two turrets, armed with eu. non, sometimes simply rotatory like thoNof St. Chamond, sometimes rotatory, deaceid' ing and ascending, like those of Chstilloi and Commentry. The firmg with the tnm» had given excellent results. The second portion of the experimenli, not less important and interesting, hu jut been conducted in the presence of E de Freycinet. The question was whether tie turrets, after their great snccess in firing oi the enemy, could themselves stand fire. Hid this been the case France, by meani of i series of forts, could have supplied the gip in her frontiers and stopped the inirader img enough to mobilize behind the protection ol these works. Unfortunately, the experiment does net seem to have been satufactory. The torrea were shattered by the first shot, and becim terrible projectiles, for the fragments of iteel struck with the violence of a cannon UlL The firing, it is true, was at 140 metrs whereas in a real siege the distance would be 3,000 or 4.000 metres. There is, howere, nothing to show that the accuracy and foroe of the explosives would be lessened bydii tance, so that the result is very signifiout, for the possibility of an effective armarnett of frontiers, if what is said be coirect, ii placed in doabt. The coating of concrete, indeed, h«i » sisted, but this is an illusory resistance, w a fort which resists without arms is re^ no fort, and is no obstacle to an enemp march. The newspapers today wm tw the fortresses must be coated with concte^ but this is a hazardous inference. H «« fort resists, while its guns are speedly aw- ed, it stands for Uttle, whether of codc«» or not. Some way must be found of snni^ the forts for aggressive purposes i then MOf can they supply a substitute for a »tn»w frontier, and stop the march of the eneny. It would be better to have cannon witsw wdls than walls without cannon, and afv the extoeriments of Chalons it « »PP»^ that the struggle wiU continue betw^w engineers who construct and the arouBJ men who destroy. • u «. not One conclusion, however, which «• looked for at Chdons resulted clearly »» the last experiments-namely, that w plate, whatever its thickness, does noi » snffisient resistance to the ne» expiwj and that irondad ships are *^^^ oaUy useless, and are condemn^*" ever having had a chance of ^^^"^^ they could do. How many f^^^ beei spent in vain! What lab6rh«^ thrown away, without one »xperin»D' made which could be turned to account He Paid Him Off. Young Phydcian (to P»«»f ' need is exercise, sir. You Bn»n» more. ,. ,^ket)-Bo» Patient (readiing for !;« P^'f^nigli' much, yonng man I walked aiii" with the baby. Uob „ Importsnt B.ii»*_^ '°tS7-?1 Ilk. u. ..n "Sl for a Bishop. the month" " Tramp, tramp, tramp, »« Marching ._„«illcoiii« Cheer up comrades, Sprmg* And beneath the buddmg trea We shall cateh the bu§s ««'».?^.ti.t«» Tam-ti-tum-ti-tum-ti-tnm-OT^ irk A German traveller, ^vJli Aki»,«»'r kas returned from » *»" ^Si^ •r*\ gdd ooast of Africa, to T«^2J;U2 teamed 3.000 â- n|l«.f**;?S.di*«j5 fliat the totai cost of ^lll^^K 9mm. itisd«»thatfl*V2h,««* " â- orparioroanontdep'" :fe;-'-^iiM s^r-v"::: By M. A!0,ho»o*"Lad»Ai:dlky'8 CHAPTEIB XX--DaiFTiNO »jrJMi Bdfidd had been a tr Sir A*J« '^YxHe earth for near *!!!f «ebe torned hU face home i?JS most of the fairest ^t. *r.M He had spent half a j ^id had seen Algiers and T. W the Holy Land, and had !!.?Wt 01 a year to a leisurely i 1â€" '"^id ^ng the life of the c NP^J^it ft Uide now and then, B( I»*^Sito health would allow, and l*i!iSe of people and of places U i»**^!r^e ^erage traveller to « l«^«?eS.road to^oure himself of a " iSta tad at first thought almos Ivi^idhe did not turn his face K^ Si he felt tl^»* *»« was hear fef Sre, and could meet hu, b RJtoiJrthoit one pang ot regret, on I TfnMsionate feeling. 1 "^Itf hTwas cured. A love whicl • jJthe fancy or the senses is i "^â- l^rScSte. A love that has 2£?oSSuoS than a beautiful, f; "TJkea very strong hold of an in ' "f*^So?en Adriun was too clev€ •^^tfdfao^ver, when the glamour i Sst ?ove W faded a little, that I- l^had adored was too shal i SSk «^ded to be worthy of broker She whTcould so easUy transfer he i !2e fwm one brother to the oth !^d teeak faith at the first ten SSnot^omantodietor Ande !^t charm of beauty began to KJ^ over his memory after ay 2^ Greece showed him wo Sm^I, Italy rfiowed him a mor S^S^loveliness in the faces of pe« b?the wayside, while in society iUen who. with a little less thai J^uty, possessed the charm of inl • Mwer Miolbrilliant accomplishmen ^He learnt his lesson in those e^e, and thanked God that he w learn it. ••1 have been away from you Kionable time, dearest moAer l blowing how keenly Lady Belfield his absence " but the purpose of iahment is fulfilled. I am going Ton cured. No hidden f eelmgs of ever make a difficulty betw^n and me, or put Valentme s wife te I can be to ner benceforwara as a This letter relieved Constance mind of a heavy burden, the fe blood between those two sons wht aU upon this earth. She loved t too well to have been happy while any shadow of Ul feeling betw^ However she might lean to Vale knew that Adrian was in all thinj character and the better son; am row that had fallen upon him tt brother's rivalry bad been a sourc estpun to her. It was not tiU he had gone froi bey that she knew how dear that hikd been to her, or how esseni happiness of her life. His way wi had occupied more of her though been a constant source of matern but Adrian had been the compan days, had sympathised with her pursuits, entored into all her pis good ot others, joined in'her ever anddevating thought. He ba second sdf and she only knew Tssgone. The letter announcing his retu fed ten years younger. It was si to her that he should write m g that he should be full of hopef u the 'fatore. " I should like to see what t doing before I bury aiyself at 1 Abbey," he wrote; "so I hi rooms at the Alexandra for the tiiird weel s in June, with the you would not mind joinmg me ean do the round of operas and see all the picture galleries in leaving a margin for your drea my tailor." Lady Belfield had not beei once she went up to see daughter-in law. Valentine i had visited her at the Abbej their marriage, and Valentu there for the hunting and she times, without his wife; run hunt or shoot for a few day back to London at the fi«t change in the weather. Hi boose as if it were his own, t aanonnce his arrival, leavin boor's notice, and standing up oeremony. Lady Belfield ha that it should be so. She was SMi shonld treat her house as She oame to London a day ' was expected, so that she m hotd to receive him, or me tsrmlnns. She had broagi soent botdes, paper-cutter hasketa enough te give a b even to an hotel sitting ro hroaght a great basket of n Abbey gudexia and hot-ho and her maid were at w tibe morning after her arriv aadirallding np a bank of bl l^aoe. Adrian was not expected eveninff, when his train wi CSharing Cross. Lady Belfield ordered drove to Wilkie Maosions *^bu Inncbeon. Mrs. Bdl f?r- 'Ithiak yon will find my 1 way, my lady," said themw lady Belfield's card and ti ibsj^intment. " Or I cai "She is at Mrs. Baddele s "Yes, my lady." "Thanks, I'll go there al A dlvery ripple of laagl Haiee Bdfidd's ear as the bf Ikevsry smallest indi^ " smallest and th ,wa« in periect st; l^pir was brushed i^s " in a ora cavali into which th pictnreE drapers a '.rcoinby ^aaxd SS'