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 'â- â€¢â- -li^ i- I 1 1 Â¥â-  •I U m .m imm AT liAiinfi semi. El]» Ifaftyn lip «Mnfori|ily mMmI. b«l loai tatiMd ftwsy HiaifMkad to tbe Moaod inw whan â- hefonnd to bardilta»y •vtry atot WM oooapM. May Gralfluna wm in the lint ud Msiog Mugery looking fwa wkt aha oallad liar and mada a plaoa liaaida har and Ella Martyn. Madama WUtnay cama ent alwnfe tMa tiaa and palntad- «nt tba seat for M argary. So thara waa nothing for her to do bat elunbar in beaide her enemy. "Itwillbe a oold day when I apeak to her," aha whiapered to May. •• If a tathar a oold day to-day, to be oare- fnl," laid Ella, who had heard the whiaper. "lapoketo May, not to yon," retorted Margie. " Ba Ha 1 didnt I lay the day waa oold T" Ella went on hi an irritating tone. ' I wiah I had never oome to thia place to be tormented y yon," cried Margery. ' Yon're alwaya teaabg me and have been ever ainee I oame, and I'm sorry I ever did come." Then ahe added in a qnieter tone, ttare«idUa.aaa bd thaw^r. to* weak to okato forUaMail mat by.all tlM |(MeiH w BHCM "May, pleaae change plaoea." " AU right, I'm willing," ahe replied. Bat in doing to they partly polled the bnffalo robe cff of Ella Martjn. " Ota, f or goodneia take, keepatUl," the aaid orotaly. Do br qniet, Ella," laid Mi^. For a wonder the eaid nothinsr back, and the reat of the lida waa taken in ailenoe. In a very short time the atation ia reached and they are joav in time, for they are no sooner out of the tleight than the train comet puffing in, and they have barely time to bid thoae left be- hind goodbye and cet themaelvea in the tirain when they are whirled away and the five foraaken girla tatn again to the aleigh nearett them and they are harried in under the warm, coay robea and driven away rapid- ly tlircagh the anew. Margery got into one comer and pnt the bnfEgJo right over her head. She thoogbt one of the girla whitpered, " I believe Mar- gery it crying." She Bteyed right there, however, and did not move till Alice Lea taid, • What'a the matter, Margie ' " Nothing, only I dislike to tee the othert :oing home and I have to stay here and" â€" ihe could tay no more, bnt hid her face again and they were toon at the school. Margery went to her room and atayed there for over an boor, when Madame came to call her to tea. It waa rather a silent meal that evening and rather a solemn face that Margery brought to the toblot But after tea the recovered her tpirita tnfficiently to laugh and talk with the rett to that they thought, ' after all, I tbink Margery doesn't care aa much aa tbe made out." But tbe did, however, and it took a good amount of coaxing on the part of the others to get her to join them one day when they went skating. She consented to go at last and they were soon en route for a pond about a mile diatant. They caught tight of an old dilapidated looking atructure which must once have been a mill and there waa at once a general rush to find oot more about it. What they did see, however, waa that a new mill had been built right betide the other and that qnito a large pond waa there too. "Thia mutt be the pond," taid Margery. "Yet, thit it the very one we intended to come to," taid May Orahame, who had been there be- fore. " And now left tee who can have their akatet on first." " Wait, girit, I tee tome rather rough looking boy a over there and perhapa we ought not to atoy for Madame m^htnot like it." "Oh, nontenae, Alice," cried Margery. " What'a the nte of being to pmdith I'm anre we needn't go near them and we can have a pood time if we try. I, for one, am foinr to ttoy, for I'm jutt dying for a tkate. o, «ood-bye, I'v« mine on." Aii4 away aba flew before any one oonld atop her. On, on ahe went with bre«tlueaa ipeed. Now dodging the numeroua atampa which alMund in almott any pond you can find and then tkipping over rough tpott in tbe ice. On, till the girli behind her teemed mere apeokt againat the tnowy bank. Then we panaea aatbeteea theioe grow thinner atevery move the makea. Andtoadd to her conlu^on die teea a tall boy coming awiftly behind her. " I wonder what briogt him here," she thought, aa she made a vein attempt to find a firmer footing. " Don't go any farther 1" he called^ for the ice it'nt safe." " Indeed, I've fonnd that out already, for I've oome too far now, I'm afraid I oan't get bacK without breaking through the ice," cried poor Margery, now at her wito' end to know what to do. " Perhaps you had better tkim over aa faat aa you'got there, and yon may be all right," aaid he. " I'm afndd to move a bit farther for fear the ice will break. I ahonld'nt be tarpriaed if it parted in a min- ute or two, for it lookt like It now. Hurry." Oh, I'm to afraid to atart,' taid Mar- ery. " But I tuppoae I might aa well firat aa It," and iha ttmok out right and left, while the loe cracked beneath her feet and made liar tpeed on more awiftly. Suddenly a loud report atartled her and ahe looked up jaat in time to aee a curly head diaappaar beneath the dark line m water wliush waa quickly growing widw and wider. In a aeoond a ghattly face appeared above the edge of the ioe, and two numb handa olutohea at the frail mpport which ommbled away at every graap of tha boy in the water. Menery w^t aa near to the edge aa ahe dared, tnd aaid, " HoM on aa long aa yon oao, tod I will bring halp." ^id ahe darted away in another direction, when suddenly tlie tlwaght ooomrred to her that the might be aUa to help him out her- aelf. Then ahe tamed and akated baok, wnuppad fOTMWt llSS^y" K^ ImU^ and EifcM A^ «WkK«li«h* world knve yoa htm, im- ^t He»,w« bewhavMBg all ever for yea. AaA- â€" ^Why, graoioka, wbnl hav* yongotthtreTj^ " Witt a minnta, and yonll aee for your- self," Murgery anawered. " Oh, it'B a boy, and he loeka half drown- ed, too I" czoUmed May. " What oan have happened, Margie I" "Don't aak me now. Wait until we get liim heme, and then 111 tdl yon. Seme one help me, pleaae." May immediately volunteered to help, and the two ahanng tha weight, made holding him up much eaaiw work, than it had been for one. The girla all wrapped their donda round him, uid 'twaa not long tUl they were on land. When they took off hia akatea he could walk all right, and after a walk of nearly a mil« they reached hia home on the outakirte of the town. Yoa may be aura that it waa not long before he waa wrapped in warm blanketa and everything done that oonld add to hia comfort. But the aick boy did not forget who had saved him and he said "Mother, did you thank thoie girla for me and one in particular. .The one with brown eyea and hair, for ahe saved me. I think they called her Margie or Marpery or acme- tbinit like that" "Yet, Harry, and I atked them to come and see me during the holidays. I didn't say to see yon, for fear they might not come" replied hia mother. Harry, aa ahe called hereon, tmiled faintly aud relapaed into ailence. Jutt a week from that day Alice and Margery came. Not to tee the mother, but to tee her ton for he had been oonitantly in Margery'a mind ever aince that eventful day. It seemed to ttrangO that ahe ahould tave a boy from drowning when he had come to tave her. "And I waa awfully afraid that I'd never be able to get him up on toe ioe," the re- marked to May afewdaya later. "I wouldn't want to go through that day again for a good bit." " I don't tuppote you will be called upon to do so for a while," May anawered, "to lev nadrop thetnbjeot." As I said before, Margery and Alice Lea went again to "Harry a' home. Margery carried a good tized basket in her hand which she guarded very carefully, and Alice bad a parcel of something wrapped in a good deal of paper which ahe too carried very carefully. When they reached the house they were ushered in by a tidy little servant who told them tbat "Mistut waa just gone over to the Simmontet bnt would be back in a minute or two and if they would be pleated to atop into th^ drawin- roonr ahe would tell the Mittna they were there." So they went into the richly fnmithed drawing room and teated themaelvea to await the coming of Harry'a mother. "I wonld like very much to know what her name is, Mrs. Somebody, I tuppote," said Margery. " It ia rather queer to be visiting a person whose name yon don't know. But we'll know it tome day, I anp- poto." At thit moment a convertation wit going on out in the hall. " Come, Mina, with me, yon nntt'nt go in there till mamma comes. She wouldn't like it, I know." " Yet, Teddy, I toUl go, I want to aee ze ladiea. Mamma won't oare if I does, yon tome, too. wiz me." Then the patter of amall feet en the floor waa heard and in a moment a litt le figure in white appeared at the door. She had the sweetest blue eyea, the curlieat golden hair and the loveliest htby faoe Margery had ever seen. She went right over to Margery and put two chubby handa into her lap. " Who are yon, dear," Margery asked. " Mina," the little maiden anawered fear- lettly. " What elte." " Mina-a a, I don't know." A voice from the doorway iidd, "I'll tell yon. Ite Mina Morton." Margery looked up and taw a boy of about eight, leaning againat the door. " You are Mina'a brother, aren't yon," " Yeth, he'ch Teddy," aidd Mina. " Oh, yon darling," cried Margery, " you're the deareat Uttle youngater I ever taw." Then ahe oaaght her up in her arma and gave her a good hng. Juat ttaen Mra. Merton appeared on the aoene, and Mina flaw to her mother, and left her new fonnd friend. She welcomed the girla cordially, and after a few minutei' pleaaant chat, ahe took them into the cheerful dining room where Harry Merton aat in a large eaay chair before the bright fire in toe grate. He looked pale ttill, for before hit cold bath he had never been very atronr, and afterwarda he waa weaker tlian ever. Bnt it waa not to hard for him to speak aa it had been on their firat meeting and he did not spare hia tlianka to Margery. Margery bluahed fnrioualy and begged him not to say anytliing alwut tliat un- fortunate affair. "Wdl, I don't call it an 'unfortunato affUr ' at all, for I mi|^t never have met either of you," he peraiated, and to aflence him, Margery brought forward her baaket and lifted the ocver, and out jumped the very kitten 'whidi she had pioked up from the road wlien coming to Madame Whitaay'a sohooL ' " Ah, kittaie, yon don't like to be ahat up tight like that, do yon! ' aaid MMrgery,eatoh- ing it up in her anna and landing it in Barry Mertm'a lap. "Tliia ia for you, if yon wHl have it. Itra the only thing I cui offer you. And I'm ao aorry yoa fell in uu my account. meanwhile untying the heavy woolen 'â„¢ â-¼Â«?«]»* J*"'" «««*«g^""»o'Mt." dond which ahe had worn around har neck. When ahe got near enongii, the threw one end out to the almoat per- iahing boy, who qaiokly graaped it, Imt could hardly hold it, for hia handa were ae weak. Margery made a litUe groove in the ioe, in which ahe planted her akate, and gra^ng the toarf firmly, gave a atrong jnSL Mot atrong ationgh, however, for it aarved only to movenlm the lenst Ut out of tlie water and drop him bank again. She polled agaia, and thb tiflM aha heard toeioo break aa hia bo^ came in oontaot wito it. Than, with abnoat anperhnman atzen^, aha bnmght Idm partly up on tiie ibo. SiM reatod fmr a momant, toan another atre^ FS^oai ha waa ont of flm frccdng water. She than wrung to* watsrbomtoie end of the aoarf wbUk toe boy had held aa a UMaa Oan bat now la » TaMcaU* • ertalaafa oeataMadly on th* aaftng baf*« 'iftlLl Mfo. Hany M«rt«D both ttdak It WM raihar a hapm than aa of ortannto»j lAM iiraaght th*m togathar. What 7«« think »boB« it? [thbkhd.] "Oh, indeed, I va hardly bteu Mok »t all, except having » oold and being little weak," Harry anawered. Alka had by thia time uncovered her bondl* and brought to view a lovdy bunch of hot lioaae fljwen, roes*, geraainma, ohryaaadiemama, pinkaand all aorte ol bean- tiful Isavea with tbem. Thia ahe laid in Harry'a llap when th* kittin immediately poanoedupott it^aadit liad to be quiekly palled away tet of the reach of har dawa. Harry oonld not Mcpraaa hia thaahaemeagh, aadboto Margery aad Alioa told him aot to aay anything aboot tiiaaka to them. DoriH tlMvartoCa* hoUdaya thoyaaw Harry Mertoa oAtn aad grew to UIm him more aad more â- â-  tiaM waa* 08, aad I tUak yoa will aot h* avpriaad whaa I taO y«a that Harry aad Maigaiy an aow ia a ooaw Utd* honw d thefr awa, aad th* Ufetn thM ASBWHT AS THE TELEGAAFH. A â- yatcBB IKT wMak Made Caa Be Tnaa* V*rte«aaUchintac Speed. A oorrcapondent write* to the " Mannfaot nren' Record" from LauraJ, Md., aa fol- Iowa \r. " The Baltimom Automatic Tranait Com- pany ia oenducUng a aeriea of ezperimento which the cfficera of the company believe will bring about a revolution in the trana- portotion of expreaa, mail, and lighter f night. Tl'e company baa oona^racted hemaoironlartnck, two milea in circuit, uponwhioh ite czperimenta are conducted. The ayttom of propulaion it much the a^me aa on the ordinary electric railway. The Ediaon dynamo and the Sprague motor are emploeyd. The overhead rail ia the main feature in the ayttom, a double- flanged wheel on tiie car and motor oatehing np3n it when the train ia in motion. The idea ia to have atotioni at twenty five mOea or mon apart tupplied with dynamot of tnffi- dent power to fumiah electeic fHroe enough to drive the train for a round trip. Tbe company have been working for over a year patt getting the experimental plant ready, and have made aeveral triala of the tyttem, which, tentatively, were quite aatiafacfcory, a Burpriaing apecid being atteined. The projectora of thit enterprise expect to work tncb a revolution in the carrying of maila and paokagea that one may tit down to breakfaat in Atlanta or Chicago and read Baltimora or New York papeia of the tame morning. The practicability of the toheme hat been patted upon by Prof. W. C. Bow- land of the Johna Hopkina University and Thomas A. Edison, toe latter of whom ia taid to have declared it to be the greatest conception aince the tolerraph." Fashion Notes. Knsaet red shades will be fashionable both for the sea- tide and the river. Some of theae coatumea are made of striped flannel, with soft blonsea of white crepaline. Very j aunty also are the tnmmer wool jackete, which turn back with Direotoire revert, and do not faaten bnt may be drawn well over the cheat. The Bonluigiat hat it a broad-brimmed atmotnn of atnw, and a broad band of rib- bon whijh falla in two long enda, ia wound round it. On one tide of a recent model waa a bunch of camationt with a long trail- ing garland ot "grainea d'epinard," or tpin- ach, gone to aeed, in imitation of the Gener- al' epauleta. Travelling gowna are made in very timple bnt ttyliah waya in checked cheviot, large- plaided all-wool French cashmere, silk ser- ges, mohair, and soft, fine clothes in rrey and dull-blue ahadet. There it alto a kind of thot brilliantine or mohair very much used, tbading from blue to grey, grey to reteda, olive to ola rote, and other harmon- izing variation!. The figurad linen, batitte, and cambric thirtwaist worn laat year, and toose box- pleated and made of plain linen or cambric, nniahed with brier-ttitohing at all the edges, will be in high favour again next aeaaon. Thia ia a neat, dainty, and stylish fashion for neglige toileta for the morning, and therefon likely to survive imtil automn. Rataet red, cream white, and old-roae flan- nel will alto be uted for Garibaldi and tmocked or finely pleated yoke waitto, thete being eapeoially adapted for the chilly daya that invariably i^pear in midsummer. The new apring mantiea ought to aatiafy toe moat faatidiona taatet, both aa to ahape and garniture. A novel appearance ia given to tome of toe neutral ailk pelerinea l^ the employment of a new tort of bead embroid- ery. Xhia is worked in mattea, pendante, and fringea, wito fine beadt looking aa if ahadedin grey, the effect being given by tranapannt cryatal beada, ailver white on the outdde, but jet black intide. Pean de- toie, trimmed wito crape overlaid wito dull- jet embroideriea and black ailk, ia need for mourning jackete, and aome degant modela or young ladiea have pointed pelerine leevea of the crape, with peplum enda of lack net edged with fringe. Toquea and capotea are still very small, yet large enonrh for the milliners to show toeir tasto and akill in arranging noveltiea in trimming. An amazing change haa certainly taken place in toe hdght of our head-g|ear, and graceful, natural, and very becoming atylea an everywhen aeon, though many pronounced ahapea an atill viaible. It is pleaaant to know toat the b)Z3km oolonn worn laat year are genendly avoided thia apring. Most women an also well awan that it ia alwaya ratoer bazar- dona to ohooae toe f aaliiona introduced ver y early in the aeaaon, for toey generally aho A exagnmtiona of aome lund that either vanish altogether, or ara toned down i^ter a abort duration.â€" .y. T. Pott. Tm Gill aad the Biafr. Telltale FoUy. A lady living in toe far Weat haa a par- rot whoae powen of mimicry am really wonderfnl. It will frequentiy repeat whob aentenoea in the exact tone of toe apeakera, although it oaarardyb* induoed to nttor toe aam* aanwne* twioe. One day when tlie pamt'a miatoeat waa very Imay, and did not can to aee oaUera, ahe happened to look out of to* window and aaw aa acqualntaao* approachlag tii* houa*. "ThnreoomeaMn. B I Dear, dearf ahe aaid, in a ton* of impatience. A momant later Mra. B liaa oaherad in, aad «a toe inatant Polly exolaimed, with a remarkalde imltalioirof lier mittreat'a tone Mid emphaaia, " Then onnea Mra. B 1 Dear, dew/" Bloahiag wito oonfoaian, to* *mbanraaaed hoeteaa innooentiy made mattera worao liy Baying, luwtfly 'Oh.p1«aaa«xoaae Polly, Mra. B- â€" Too know wliat a way ah* haa of rapeatiiw *T«rythiagIaayl' *^^ AtradcoolBdadwithaatraMoar Ia New York thaotiiar daw. Th* oar waa oooaidar- afaly nuHhad ia th* oolliaiaa, aad ite p**- imcnlooaiy eaowped injury. AnMog â- a aBToral ladiea. "Womaa ol j" a laeal paper coHa tlian, baoaoa* tiMf laoMioaA ia th* atoaal *ar irid* all to* â- laarw. n*nlinfi*Miaafok*BB ya^ aaariaaaf toaaaatowa* ataa« *v«^ th* *f ** Did v*a *v*r hav* a'ohaae* to t^mtWt vMbaarr^ jouf waiam 'b *»p dn*i «o- ward iMr aawiy •eq?«^WS!"'#S\ So aaka • wrl ta 4h» WafMnffc« (»--) Preaa, wh* laea *oj-I» f«rf« â- â€¢ !S»5C opoa her haan that ah* aann«t lafra^koA exudnins it a dtaea tiaiea an hoar, alwaya, however, on th* aly. On th* firat night ah* Bite np an hour later than nanal to admb* it boldly ia to* aeohiaioo «l her owa awj- ment. Afreqaant klaa b admlniatarad to the ahining band aad ite gUtteriaggun, aad during toe night ah* dreama toat it haa fall en into aatream. andawakea, dntching toe finger to aaann heiaell that to* preobna pledge b atifl aeoare. Then, the foUowing dny, ahe wean it oiJy secret, taking cam totranafer it to her podt- et at table and when in the company of in- timatea, bnt plao* h*r among atrangera or oaaual acquaintaneea who cannot ba iaqubi- tive, and how bravdy will ahe flaunt the token before toeir «yea aa one who ahould aay :^ " I may not be the lovelieat oreatum in toe world, but yon will obeerve that I get toenail the aame." Gradually it aianmea ite plao* in her daily life, and her bluthea grow leaa violoit with each aucceeding explanation of ite aig- idficance and each extravagant deacription of ite donor'a attributea. But before it fin- ally beoomea a part of herself, aa it were, ahe mutt, of conrae, bave it a dczen times at leaat upon the waahatand, and Buffer in contequence a dczen violent attache of pal- pitation of the heart until it b recovered. To Keep aTrim Fjfirore. Women who wiah to preierve the tlinmeta and contour of their figun muat begin by learobg to stand well. That b explained to mean thei throwing forward and upward of the chest, toe fiatteaing of the back, with the ahoulder bbdea held in toeir pro- per places, and the definite curving in of the small of the baok, thna throwbig the whole weight of the body upon the hips. No otoer women hold toemselvea to well aa the aristocratic BngH**' women. Much of their beauty lies in their proud carriage, the deli- cate erectoeto of their figures, and the fine poise of thedr beada. The same arittooratio carriage b within the reach of any American girl who takea toe paina to have it it b only the queation of a few yeara of etemal vigilance, never ro- laxing her watohfulneaa over heradf and, titting or atonding, alwaya preaerving her erectoeaa and poim, toe roBult being that at 'the end of that time it haa become aeoond nataro to her and ahe never afterwarda loaea it. Tbu in a great measun pnservea the figure, becauBO it keeps the musdea firm and well atrnog and preventa the sinking down of the flesh around toe wabt and the hips, so common in women over 30, and which it b perfectly easy to eaoape. Another thing to avoid b a bad habit of going npatairs, which most women do, bent forward, with the chest contracted, whicb, at well as an indolent, slouoby manner of walking, b in- juriont to toe heart and Innga.â€" [Mabel JeimesB. ♦ Frecocity of the Modem Touth. " It appears to me," aidd anotoer man in the par^, "that the yonngBtera nowadays go ahead much faster than toey did when I was young. Now, for inatance, the other day I overheard my small sob call hb little sbter » ' chippy.' I reproved him for so doing, when he anawered, All lioya b kida and all girb b chippiea,' aa toough wonder- ing at my i^oianoe of the cunrent vernacu- lar. When I awoke toe otoer morning I I found the boy wide awake in hb crib be- side toe bed. As I turned to look at him he saw toat my eyea wen open, and he aaid to me Pa, I've got a aeW one for yon.' Of conrae, I natnndly expn s a o d a desire to hear it. Raising himself up' on one dbow be looked me aqnan in toe fao* and redted thb: ** A big bull pup wi^h a curled up tail, A very small boy wito a big tin paQ They tried tob acheme, bnt it would not do. And they buried toe boy where toe dabies grew.' " Well, of course," I howled. "If J had ever iiad the nerve to spring Budi an cpte on my father when I was hb age I would have been oblbed to stand np to my meab for a week. It only goes to show the precocity of toe yonto of toe present day." EULED 01 TEE PACQ^ Csiatowaya ea tke •eeaa. Their g. Adveatares. TTnder F^eisiira, Sheâ€" "No, afar, it is hnposdble. I am sorry indeed, but I can never marry yon." Heâ€" "And yet toe enoonragement yon gave me last night in the waltzâ€" She â€" "Oh, that muan't be oonnted; what I aaid was under pressure, so to speak." Ontfae Boad to Fame. " Johnny," said the fatoer, severdy, "are you still reading that hbtory T" "Yee, father." "Wdl, you drop it pretty quick, and hustie out with your base ball bat and go to praotbingii If yon ^n't oarefnl you never wUl get to be famous." Hot a Snooees. Bdlaâ€" " Did you put toat piece of wed- ding oak* under your piUow last nbht I" £aBju-"No, lato it." BeUaâ€" "Did yon dream of yonr fntan husband?" Emma â€" " For Heaven's sake, don't sng- gcsB it I The person I saw would have s*nt oold shivers down th* apiaa tf a dim* mus- eum oolleotion."â€" [BorUngton Free Pi Couldn't Answer For It. A lady onstomer, aftor taUng an nnoon-i sdonably long time to inspect "our spring novdtlea," ntnma once mon to tlie very fint material that th* pati«nt shopman haa onroUed. "It tob onals qoito th* faahion," ah* begins, whan th* young man intormpte her. "Man DUu, madam. It waa quite toe very btastfaahlmi when yon firat lookad at it bat rsally. I oooldn't anawar for it now."â€" Paris J^^oro. Th6 Qulf Setwven. N*w York SwaUâ€" ««Wh* b thai gtay- habedoldBMa tha* «vas|rh*dy hi th* t*oia tamakiagBadiafBSs ovBTt" Qoif^ CMasa â€" "Thatb Mafor Halfldaaga*,^a a( th* aarvivaaB of tlM faaiooa afac hoadrad of Bahk- lava. Havoa'tyoaaiathimxa*, D* Ynd*» Yoalsiiafelaat wTS/titofaarha^ai 1^ Ithaabaaituggeatedtoatonioh. hondiida of aninh*]Uted Pacific bluL' anoaataway Robinson CrntociJrJ?S a sail and living oa toe bonnUtt^ natnn b nsnally so bviah in tSoieT On* of toes* caataways, a sailor tvLtm gaa**a, wa« fonnd fifteen monthtun^l littl* sp*ck known as Midway Ii]^^ h« bad been alwndoned by hiBBUpm.^*] looked upon him as a desperate tai £!! ons person. Them he was Utibd human oonpanionship, 1,300 mQH nonik of Honolnlu, on toe eaatera edge of i^ expanae known aa toe Anson Arob^ not one of' whose little blands it kDovul inhabited. Ihe saflors who fonnd Jon there WBBE CASTAWAYS. themselves from toe wrecked bark Wu- ing MinstreL On tob little rock tbeve!] for fourteen months, farbg poWy J,^ birds and fiah, until finally a boat iL sent out in October last took the ntnl theit distress to Honolulu, and euh i month a schooner released toem from i island prison. Some wonderiul boat journeys an i over th e Pacific's watte of itaten, jcni. thikt would usually be impoatible oa theiL tumultuous Atlantic. Two men u^ Chinese boy manned the little boat thattg the news of toe Wandering MiDBtrel't i hap 1,300 miles to Honolulu, wyj; Marston, who is at the head of the ij^ colony of Palmertton Island, joutl. alone over 1,000 milet from Tahiti ii] tmall sailboat. When his ieolation irksome he stopped in the Hervey gronpl TOOK A NAirVK WIFE and went gayly on hb way to the islandti has since been hbhome. The newiofg wnck of the Henry James on a conl t was carried by five men last year in ig boat 1,400 miles to Samoa. Some yetn^ two Englbhmen named Baker and married Samoan girls and took them b| little sailboat 1.500 miles to Sunday Iili when for years toey were the only idi ante. Two foolhardy men left Simoaiii^ open boat some yean ago tosro New L about 6,000 miles away. They fared ' well tutil they got out of water, and, pntti into 'Mausoleum Island for a fresh npfii one of toem was drowned in the surf anda other was held a prieoner by the nativai til hb rdease waa purchased by a Bchooner. The voyagen had travelled S miles. Many white men an voluntary among the natives of littb ulanda, whs they dry copra to be shipped about once I year on schooners which replenish tin stores. We hear now and then alio J sailors who have ABAKDONED CIVILIZATIOK, married a large assortment of nadve men, and become very important peruuil a lindted area. It b not difficult to beliEi that many a story of adventore and i fortune in the Pacific never reaohei u, i that while every year brings its wondo recorda of the nscue of shiprecked other oaatawaya on ialand toat were peii never seen before by civilized men, living on, eager bnt unable to escape, rep ing the experience of Selkiik and of Difoi| amona hero. ' f The Labor Commission Bepoit The report of the royal labor comt has just been issued. Wages in Canadi,) avers, an generally higher than at anv M vians time, while the lioiirs of Ubor bj been somewhat reduced. The ne of life an also lower. Testimony doMi Buatain the belief than serious inunoiili exbta in Canadbn factories in which on atives of both sexes an\ employed. It ii] evidence that sailing veasels navigati^r land waters frequentiy undertake voyiii under oiroumstances which imperil the Ir" of the crows. The darkest pages in tbe i timony an toose recording the beatiogi impriscmment of children employed ini tories. The commbsioners hope thatt bar%rona praoticsa may be removed, aubh' treatment made a penal ofience. aystom of fining waa found to prevail largely, and b condemned. The eom donarareoommend the selection of a holw]| to be known as Labor day. As regaroi » migmtion, they do not favor pecuniary r sbtance beine extended. They recomme Btriot medical examination at ports of Itf ing that persons likely to become ob]« of (^hariqr and those having incurable i* eases should be forbidden |to land, andt importations of fonign labor under conb be forbidden also that convict labor i simply utilized for govcihiment pnriwr The establishment of a bbor bureau u] commended. Boards of arbitration toi strikes an suggested. The report buj plea for a idne-honr system. In conisi don it says that the interests of working people will be promoted u^ matten rdating to toem be placed r" the adminbtration of one of the mil of the erown. A mbority report •â-  also published, but ite main differencel that of toe majoritv b littie more than teff| nidal, or, w* aro half inclined to nuT of a politloally local character. Duty on fiailway Can. Then b somothing sxqubitely abtoi' to* propodtion now bdag wf gcA npoo United Stetaa Tr«aanry Dapartmeot to^ f one to* oollootka of a duty on Ci~ ndlway can ovary tim* toey cross the t- th* aaorad aeil of th* United Stat* b believed to be atartod by Senatorial MiUan of Miohicpm, a patriot who b «^l ia til* mannfaoton of railway o*^ .^^1 and who la oonaequontiy in a V"^m fed keenly toe aeoaeaity of applyi4^l letter of toe law wito toe gt»^*'Si ness. It wonld only nmain, if this Jfz^a be carried out, tor toe Donudon b«^l ment to impose a like duty upon ^^^1 oaia antarlng Canada, and then we v.! have toe ed%lng spectacle of a P"^! ment of every pound of freight goinft " J way between th* two oountnea »" J method of "protaoting" toe iodnitn^l th* reapeotive nation*, thb ia, "v^l Then b no limit to auch protection *^i ofrednotiontotooprooeaaof barterao" itote.afnatar*, AnUnfeelinv Brute* .TeUs 'jgjGObttlaJ Bj,*! g'.*, 1 JttLntS l andotiil aitoal*"""' awd*w"8 "" VSyO yeara j.^'tarlad axt "^nottocaj iTlsU th* â- â€¢â-  fr ^- axpariens PSStigera, aaj fit known quit* THSN w Iwito our gnna to Ihadsattoarofifteei 1 were tired of holdu Ihtga to talk about I mg oame. We db I jects our attentio led, and I area in toe I booh booh I a gr lover the « and oa latwinking aaotlier I booh and bigger the barrier, ooUid knocked hiai down i llikea greased atres I last 6ne of sa forgot Jingaronnd trying. t lold the tif er and tw Ibowb, next followec N the hilUile aft I this ^ma every «ne i iba tree Or shinnii Igaiiswen lying sci and, old hnnten as ' llyltaiiten. Perohed we Ibughtor. The I Joss. Bat we resol Itigtia'^and w« did I Msieaa trailer tog Jed them acrou gnlct Ifiaally caught a' glia I rooky obftL Wilkii |by a shot in the hea low, large and pow( lufiaant â- Hin. I IBTOTHE Itraoed tba oth artigt Inoit together, going IfeetifMrtinpboee. leoadedtheminaa lerambfing in places lludes b one ride ma |nd». ft was thd l««e,whUewemad â- tbemoat,we8tatioi ItA*^ »t their I «e first came boun. |«agan,butwewe !»â-¼. Then the old iZ^' '^aahot in oae, and she tor â- ^»J«aght and hb •â- as, l"todcraahed it hiS«100pound!; a, j'^low.andonw Jtntft'^S" was I I5^2*««dmds. |bSrJ5?»onth( IttalgJiKf^*^ I ~**««hbtig. Mra. Magmderâ€" "Good Heavens, u josthato twat woman next door j^eu yon anppoaa her hnaband beate her • ^1 Mr. Ibandarâ€" "I'm not '^%'J^d ooi^t to. A. womaa wltii a voice i» «^« to b* kfllad ontrifht."