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 'W »ni the vart'oui «^aurche«. id, these degree, ia iologiadigjrni even whiipetel '(» could not re»d ieetament from !(ilengLhhMth« Lmerican dersy. aion, hit thVy 3 impogtora. dian Uaiyerjitie» ar as is known, y careful ia th, higher nr lower L D. and D. D., ti| ir our notice, hayj could reasooablyj legrees hvebee^ 1 men who will inging them into. lay feel gatiiej OS who have bee^ unworthy of thai 8iie Looked It ;it!z3ii of onr dtfl slayintr pool, oimJ wife wai igletpl lornins the foBci hi«h WM the mm\ to her lord, eyeiD| Iroppedoatofyooi Iea' bia eyea, looked d Btmaiered: krble, ain't it?' he, " but what aij in your pocket g 11â€" haâ€" the fac:i ny pocket for CI tr since 1 nted irother Bill. ' sly asked hit wifd urea on here fo| 'an "' n?" said he hesi-J^ Why, th't ill owed ma wti ked it en there: lied, but she loflh Example* Ikture " reooanti I limal sympathy i ,d two cats, a 1 perfectly white! ^ned to be M [go oa«ontheiUtl ',88 the yard to to me a "PlJ"" Ith of the yard the edge of thai she uttered aft- m turned ronndj a cheerfnl.m*" how easily it great dellgnt. ' rimOfi- [i,^' gaid GoiS L diaappolntn'" Lnglaay."JJ Uially affsctedj Uoa of the pro^ r II J reler. leal Iten* Ltbe co«Bt»y raraldistrfo*' J hkrveg'WP* "I rhadso-w*^; Fetch oa "" itanrant vegetable w" I the â- onp)L,a Lghtdem«*" iospecl* IpectjWplf' Telyonyo" igW of It lO0l ll»»J YOUNG FOLKa What ABoy Should LeanL locarve. Tomake»fi«- Tra3P^"'»t«acher. The'p his mother or Bister. I' ba too hia moihei 'o boota. rr! read aloud when reqaested. T helD t!»9 ""y smaller than himself. T sDeik pleasantly to an old woman. Ij pii every garmenli in its proper P-*-" aiova hn bat upon enterlog a house. To Ke«P •" fiagwna'l* '"" wearini? °t"i"c tha baby out ot the cradle and .i/i'forabalf »nhonr. To treat the girls so well that they wUl ,4 he was their brother.^ wiaa wbaa he was their brother. cioae the door quietly, especially 1 their is a sick person in the hoose. The Little Shroud. Thero oroe was a woman who had a little •oBHbon: 7 years old, who wa« so lovely and Liu'ifal tnat no one could look upon aim Ml beiag kind to him, and be was I' er to her than all the world beside. It hipp^adthat he suddenly fell iU and died, and his mother would not be comforted, bat wot for him day and nigji*. ShorUy jitiThawaj buried he showed himself at tijht in the places where he had been used in bis lifetime to sit and play, and when his Bather wtpt, he wept also, and when the moiuiflg cime he departed. Since his mother never ceissd weeping, the child came one nicht in the little white shroud in which he had liin ia his coffin, and with aechaplflCnpon hia head, and seating him- self at her feet upon the bod, he criet" "Oh, mother, mother, give over crying or eje I cannot stop in my ccffia, for my shroud jjosver dry because of your tears, for they fall upon it." ' ffjen the moiher heard this she was sore afriid and wept no more. And the babe ci ne upoa another night. Holding in his hand i 'irtle taper, and he- said: 'Look, mother, my shroud is now quite dry 6.D1! I c»r. rest in my grave." Thia ate bowed to the will of Providence lad bora her sorrow with silence and pa :iecoe,aa.-l the little .child returned not again, but fii^p: in his unde/ground bed.â€" [Serman ijlk L;re Ihe Legend of Paracelsus. h once hippencd thst Paracelaaa was uTilkiajrhrongii a loreat when he heard a Tiiice cilliag CO him by n»aie. He looked iioand i':i.'i at Inngta discovered that it prnce^cifd from a fir tree, in the trunk of which thera was u spirit, enclosed by a small Btoppsr, gi'-aied with three crosses. The spirit begged of Piraoelaus to set him free. Ihis he readily promised on condition that the epirit should bestow upon him a medicine cap:tble of healing all diseases, and a tincture which would turn everything it toaohed to gold. The spirit acceded to hia rEtjuaat, whereupon Pi^racelsus took his pen- kiiie and and succeeded; after soma trouble is getting out the stopper. A loathsome black spider crept forth, which ran down the trnnk of the tree. Scarcely had it reach- ed the ground when it was changed, and became, aa if rising from the earth, a tall, haggard mar, with eqaintlng red eyee, wrapped in a ecarlct mantel. Ho led Pai-acelaus to a high, overhanging, craggy mannt, and with a hsz jl twig whioli he had broken off by the way, he smote the reck, which, splitting with a crash at the bion, dividsd itself in twain, and the spirit disappeared within it. He, however, soon returned with two small phials, which he handed to Piracelansâ€" a yellow one which co:3taiQ8d the tincture which tnmed all it tonohed to gold, and a white one, holding the medicine which healed all diseases. He then smote the rock a second time, and thereupon it instintly closed again. B)tl. now set forth on their retnrr, the 'piric direotiag its course wiward Innsbruck, to »e z upon the magiciin who had banished him iroa that city. Now Paraceleua trembled for the conaequencea which his releasing the evil one would entail upon "mwhohadc-BJured him into the irc, wi he though; how he might rescue him. "tenthoy arrived once more at the fir tree oe aaked the epiri: if he passibly could jTiasform himself again into a spider and '« hiai tee him creep into the hole. The PU"it eaid that it was not Only possible but that he would be ^oat bappy to make each J auplsy of hia art for the gratifiaation of "Sdelivfrtr. Accnrdingly, he. once more annmed the tonn of a apider, and crept again into the »ell know crevice. Whan he had done ao rtfacelaua, who had kept the stopper all «W7 in hia hand for the purpose, clapped '•M quick as lightning into the hole, ham- T^u in firmly with a stone, and, with S. â„¢" made three fresh crosses npon it. "spirit, mad with rage, shook the fir tree «;hongh with a whirlwhid, that he might "'eon: the stopper which Paracelsus had ° '1 laat and left him there with little hope escape, for, on account of the great drif a « 9=ow from the mountains, the loreat will °*)|w he out down, and although he ehonld t jJ^'go- aad day, nobody in that neighbor- "Md ever ventures near the spot. f waoelana, however, found that the phiali «fe such as he had demanded, and it was J tneit means that he afterwards became â- r- =^'«brated and distlnsuished man.â€" •^"tnan Folk Lore. Tiyiag to Tame a Bly Fox. n^po you want to see a fox f cried " '"i«. rushing into the farmhouse kitchen J, ^v April dayâ€" "two foxes together 1 J'.*'ltnt there in the bam lot mnning to. ,v "^S with Sanofco. You would tup- i^P^ were dcgs. Ob, if I only bad a ^*ew V* Sood deal, I gness." â- Â»Â« •koT brother Harry. But their nncle, •»»tt'"°" jaat then, said "Oh, yes, I ,^aem. iftey ^^ fo^^^, and trouUesoma '« they are likely to be, for they most bar* » fauaOy am* by, or tiie do« When tt«re m dependent HtttaonS.^^^*** ' Csrteinly, yea may tame, or try to. aU the foxes you bring in aUre. Thew oomes yLr. Taylor he wIU give you an Idea about Ewtlt^"" •*" '" ""y » find their Their hole Is, la my opiafon, out there •nthered rook ledge, "said Mr. Taylor, J'S ??° ' "o •**»* "nnofc oi a ehanoe «lck hims:U, and aa nervy as witshes. Bat where aid you sea the rascals!" "They came down the Ull by the Ug pine treef " .aid Clarenoe. ' "Yes, I knew you would say so. Foxes have their regular 'mus,' as every hunter knows, and there is little use in looking for them outside, exoept when their appedtes get sharpened up and they start out maraud- |°2 '^wn* •ome poultry house. Go up the hill by the pine tree and follow the brook, and see wnat you wiU find." Half an hoar later the boys oune running and puffiag back, and Harry shouted: "We went to see what we could find, but found jast nothingâ€" only Sanoho foand a lame leg. £ wonldn'o wonder if the stone Clarenoe fired at the foxes this momins struck him instead." This was in truth the case, and the poor dog was laid up and precluded from the hunt. In leas than a week Clarenoe rushed in with the news, "We've found the hole. It had two doors. I stood at one end and Harry at the other. We shouted to each otber through the Icmg hole under the gronad. The old fcxis ran out, and Harry crawled in where he could just reach the neet, and he pulled out the little fellow that was nearest his hand. It was warm and soft, just like a puppy. Oh, look at him. Isn't he a beauty 7" and Harry appeared with the baby fox under his arm, Tc relate all the funny things ht did wonld take a long tinie. At first he was secured with rope that gave a good deal of liberty, and the first time he was fastened to the lilac tree in the yard he began digging a hole for himself. How his feet flaw I Very soon he disappeared under the lilac, and came out on the other side, into these subterranean quarters he now carried his food â€" bits of meat, fruit and now and then a fiih or a frog. Very soon he began to help himself to eyery chicken that came in his way. It was not long before he discovered that it was the rope that limited bis marauding ground, and he strughtway set Himself to gnawing it in two. But Clarence caught him at it, and presently fastenad him with a strong dog chain. He did not try his teeth but ocoa on that, but his effjros to free himeelf from it were pathetic as well ai amusing. All night long he would bark, and his father, mother and brothers and sisters on the hillside wonld answer back, and they filled the night so full of music that Sam s quartern (oho boys had named him Sam at firs' were moved to the little garden bask of the bain. Here he immediately dug a new hole and made himself very happy and comfortable and here his relatives used to come and call npon him in the night time â€" aa wsU9 evident by the tracks in the grass and across the highway. The boys thought it great fun, and laid many plans of what they would do with the money they should get for their fox skins and the bounty the town sLowed for killicg each head for as soon as the weather should be cold enough so that the fur would be heavy and thick they intended to trap the sly fellows. " Be careful you don't get trappsd your- selves first," old Mr. Tayljr would say and the boys carefully inspected and looked up the chicken house every night. As for the daytime, the chickens themselves scon learn- ed that dead foxes were liable to come to lile very quickly, and that a fox in his hole one minute could make a flying leap for a chicken the next, and they gave Sam's quarters a wide margin in their meanderings. " Have you faatened all the henhouses, Clarence ' asked Harry, one chiUy Novem- ber nieht. » " » " Yes, all but~the Wyandotte I forgot that, and I've got my shoes and stockings oflF You go and shut it this time. ••I aha'nt; I'JJ tired, huaking corn all day. It won't hurt you to run out bare- «-*Bat mother told me pot to do that." "Well, put on your shoes, then; ua your bnsiaese to faatan up the fowls." ♦' It's no more my work than tis youra. And so the two boys bickered until after supper, and grew -P^nty and contrary, as even pretty good boys, and brothers at that, will sometimes, when they are tired and at last, full an hour earUer than usual, they etole ofiF, one after the other, to bed. .« I'm afraid the boys are not weU. said their aunt. But their unole aald ' no, Sla Sing to get the bettor of the oth« fa acme way. I don't know what t UM i^out and gueaa I won'c n»»ddle.' But Sir a whUe he want to the door of the bed- !««m whew two brown heada were lytoff ^y'qSayon Ae piUowa of the two Uttle white beda«d aaid "Are the henhouaea faatened aU right, boya? There waa no response, although he waa Swie^tii^^raS^hi^^^^^^ SSia, a^ S«f. near by. ,^J}^8'^-^^^ SS^ifnU length of his cham. was Sam, •Te famerwaa'S^d to hi. pr«ik. He ' ^."he" id to S^' "Hemuathave "^v'-^hlmMlf to death puUing ao hard on choked hlmseu »"r"""J -.iTtivea fa Aeir hi. ohain *»f» "4^1'PS trpWt^d Sam up. wfaoleMl. â- toagn»«. r^tinw him by the KM THE NEW !EU: â- ^*'A\ 'aSfcr e'?T S^?a^W9 ^»JUf«*r. door, "Poor fellow I self, for you navi^r^-o ^f amhaement." furnished them. g^-gj^« ^^ .t sgsin. ' Wfatn WM ooafaff on apaoe: Hm lata NoviamlMr daya wore glowing aliortor, eoldar ' darker. Froat wm plantifnl fa the vioialty of Ottlv«r'a Bridge, » Uttle village fa northern New York, aud an oooaalonu anow avorm aprinkled the ground with white, aa a warm- lag of wlut waa to ome later. To Mra. Forbea and her nieoo, Jstiat Wiknot^ fa their great gloomy honae outside the village, the approaohmg wfator looked aomowliafr drtary. Oa one of the duUeat of theee November daya, the two ladioa aat over a wood-fire in Mta. Forbea'a dreating-room. They were there from choice the place waa ao muoh cod^r tbau the hnge library, wbloh even the bl«ze o! the pfae loga fa the grate oonid not render oheerf aL The older, a oiild-faoed, low- voiced woman, with a oertafa look of iron determination about her mouth when it waa oloaed. waa knitting while the younger, a rather plafa girl of twenty, waa busy with her embroidery. " It ia nearly time for Jamea-to bring the midl. " remarked Mra. Forbes, glancing up at the mantel-olock and, Juat then, a knock atthedoor aeemad to anawer her. "Come in,*' ahe aaid and, sure enough, a aervant with the lettera appeared. Mra. Forbea took them eagerly, with the air ot one who expaota aomething pleaa- ant, whilfrher niece leaned forward, a look of hopef al anticipation lightfag up her eyes. "Here is one from Harry," orled the aunt. And it waa not diffisuU to divine, from tha apeaker'a joyful tone and her nieoe's bright- ened taue, that "Harry" made up the world for these two lonely women. The remainder of the mail waa pushed aside for the present, and the mother read the letter to herself while the young girl waited patiently to hear Ito con ten ta. as she knew ahe presently should. As Mrs. Forbes'a eye ran down the aheet, she gave a or of j ay. " H« is coming home, Janet i he is coming home!" she exclaimed, leaning eagerly to- ward her niece. "The firm'want some busi- nesa transaotnd in America, and they have decided to send him on to do it, as he hasn't had a vacation for three years," she oontinu ed, glanofag on through the letter. " I am so glad," said Janet, qiiitly but there was real pleasure m her tones, and the other knew it. It waa not Janet's way to abow excitement. " He will be home before Cbriatmas," went on the reader. "Just think of what a merry Christmas it will be, and what a happy New- Year's we shall have, with my boy here I" The reading of the letter took much time, «nd then it had to be re-read on several joecsive mornings. The winter days no longer seemed dull or dreary â€" there was so much to do and plan and talk about. The two women were perfectly happy. December efipped rapidly by, and the day before Christmas oame. The voyage from India took ao long, that the time of young Forbes's arrival was uncertain but he ex- pected to reach home by the twenty fourth at the latest. The mother was terribly nerv- ous, and even Janet found her uaually patient spirit growing restless. So she made an errand to the village, and atartod. forth well equipped for her cold two-mile walk. No anow nad fallen lately, but the treea of the wood by which she passed on her way to Culver's Bridge were bare, and the fence that rose between her and the wind-tossed leafleas pines was white with frost. She felt glad of her thick fur-trimmed ulster and warm gloves. Janet nsared the village and saw a young man coming toward her. As the two ap- proached, they lucked fato each other's face, and, after a hesitation, clasped hands. "Harry!" " My dear Janet I I should have known you anywhere." " And I you,' she rejoined. "But motherâ€"" "She is well â€" anxiously expecting yon," answered Janet. "Djar mother 1 1 did nob telegraph because I had to stop a day to see the firm in New York, and I wftsn't! certain how long I might bo. Theoj too, I remembered the difiisultiee of telegraphic communication wish this dead- and alive village." Janet lan^hed. ••We are behind the times, I admit but I lov» the oH oladn. In spire ot lw» elownpss." The walk home did' not seem so long to Janet, as toat to tbe viilaK^ bad boeu. She and her couain found plenty to taSk about. At length they reached the house, and she hastened to send a man after her consin'a luggage, while he rushed up to see his mother. That meeting, who can describe! The week which stretched between Christ- mas and New Yeai'j was a season of perfect blias to the two women, and certainly a happy one to the young man. The last day of the year oame, and fa the afternoon Janet went over to the little church, ta a children's festival. Mother and son were alone to- gether, and the latter oonduded that it would be a good opportunity to open a aub- jsot of which he waa anxiona to apealc "Mother," he aaid, "you and t mnat talk boafaeaa ;. I do not underatend the way fa which my father's affaira were aettled up. You aaid he left little but*(the houae have I aent yon enough to keep.it np " " You have been very generous, my dear buy; Ijut wait for a day ox two liefore we discnsa buaineaa â€" there ia plenty of time for tl»»*-" _. X. Tbia waa exaotly what her aon wished. "Mother," he began. There was a oer- tafa hesitation about hia apeech, unusual with him. He atood leanfas againat the manteL They were fa Mrs. Forbes'a dreaa- fag-room, which opened fato her lied-room. A cabfaet, covered now with onrioaitiea brought by Harry from India, hung on the wall back of him. Hia mother aat fa her favorite cnair by a little table. She waa lookfag up Into hia faoe, not without a oertafa anxiety. "Mother," he repeated, I snppoae I aeem r kther young to marry but I am twenty-four, andâ€"' It waa not at all the way he had fatendad to begfa but he muat go on, and his mother helped him "My dear. I believe fa early mamageaâ€" your father wae «ily twenty-three when he married mo." 1 •'Of course. I don't mean just yetâ€" right away'" Harry hurried on "but next year, if all shall go well, the firm intend to giva me a amall share in the buaineaa. they are â- â€¢ wolIa-HUMd bMomo of IhrM or (•» thou- sand. Don'i yon think I might a u ppor t • wife too, OB that?" «Btte«dla,"aaraw«i,,Utawa^ upPiooadllly. I« waa a stem „«„ iMm« and Vqrk i^ New ^0*. Wfl are proajgrtag.. famoualy-T-I _fl«»a« I»»to Ilia msthnr. She leaned one oIImw oa the table as sIm spoka^ while tho otiior hand rested ia lier md.' She was looking ap fato Imt son's taoo Willi aa anxioas'ozpnaaloa. Ia Ills narvonaaaaa, Hatry patoae hand fa hia pocket} the other ho plaoed eagerly but tenderly on hia mothor'a ahonlder, aa 1m beat towurd lier aad said fervently "Motlier. she is the dearest, aoblest girl that ever breathedâ€" oaly I havo ao littio to ««erher." 'If she loves yonâ€" but, flarry. her name â€"you havo aot told mo It," and the speaker bent forwaird with ropreaaed impatleaoe. "Her name laâ€" Beatrice Thoronghby." A dienoe fell between the twoâ€" • ailenco that oould be felt. M ra. Forbea aaak wearily back in her ohair aad doaed her eyes. She looked anddealy old and tired. Her aon did not understand. Hia praiaee of Bsatrioe died on hia lips before thia inexplibablo change fa ills mother. She opened her eyea â€"her voice waa old and liard. "Forgive me, my aon, if I am diaappoint- cd," aba aaid "I had hoped it might bo- Janet. Thia honae belonca to her â€" every- thfag If ahe had not bought it in, it wonld Iiave gone toyour fathet'a oreditora." Mra. Forbea roae as ahe apoke. "I had hoped to die here," ahe went on, "and I ahallâ€" a little aooner or a little later; what doea it mat- ter!" "Mother l" "And you oan marry that girl." 'Never, mother, never, till I have aave.i money enough to buy this house for yon. Besides, I am not at ail aure that Baatrioe oarea for me â€" I have known her auch a ahort time. I have never dared ask her." A sudden gleam of aatiafaction lighted hia mother'a eyea. "Ah I" ahe ivolnntayily exclaimed then, with a visible effort, ahe added: "I will hear what yon have to tell me.*' It waa soon told. Yoang Forbea had met Beatrice Thoronghby while on hia last vaca- tion, in the hill country. She waa the daughter of s. British army offioer atationed at Allahabad poor, but of good family. He repeated that he had known her for ao brief a aeason, he had never actually made love to her, and then there followed Ida iover's-raptnres over her perfections. When he finished, hia mother explained the condition of his fathet'a aff*ir. Tue elder Forbes had died suddenly, aoon after Harry went to India, and the aon oould not come back without losing hia poaition. Hia mother bad begged bim to remain, assuring him she oould attend to everything with the assistance of a lawyer friend. She had not written bim about the house because she feared it might bring him home, and that wonld have done no good. The conversa- tion waa faterrnpted by Janet's return, and the mother and aon tried to be cheerful. That night, the two oonsfas watched the old year out and the new year fa. They were rather dlant, the young man thfaking deeply ' What could he do He had always idolizad his mother, and she waa ao fragile- how could he thwart her The property was worth a great many 'thousands. It wonld be years before ho could hops to save enough to buy it, and, in the meantime, Beatrice â€" how conld he expect her to wait all her life for him, even if he might hope that she returned his love And Janets-had not his mother hinted at her oarfag for him Could it be To be sure, she had been glad to see bim but was it any deeper feeling than a aister might ahow He conld not tell. But ha owed ao much to her on hia mother'a account that, if it were true ahe oared, what ought he to do The remainder of Harry'a atay waa a ailent torment to both mother and aoiu She waa coi!(umed with anxiety. Would he persist in his determination to try and win that Eoglish girl! And, on his side, he waa struggling with fate. The day before he went away, he said to his consfa "We have always leen fond of each other, Janet butâ€" do yon oare for me enough to ie my wife It is my mother's dearest wiah, as well aa â€" mine." "Yea." murmured Janet: "if yon want me to be." And tihen he kissed her tenderly. " I cannot ask von to marry me for a lout! while, Janet," he hurried oh. " My mother tells me yonare an heiress, and I could not ask yonto mdrry so poor a man aa I." " I am quite content to wait," hia cousin answered. So they parted affactionatdy, though hardly like lovers and Harry sailed for India, leavfag hia mother happy. L'ie went on fa the old way with the two women. On hia arrival fa Calcutta, Harry found that Major Thoronghby had been ordered to England, so he did not aee Beatrice again. It waa iJl for the beat, he told himaelf. Naarly three years paaaed, and then Harry went ttack to America â€" ^his mother waa dead. He had never oared to come before, exoept for a vidt but he oonid not leave Janet alone, after ahe had spent the flower of her youth waiting for him. " M^^htn'o we be married at once " hei asked. But Janet begged to wdt. She wanted to go abroad for awhile with a widowed friend. So they parted once more, and Harry slowly made his preparations for trander to the New York bnafaess-honae. U.he meant to marry, he knew he mnat leave India. Almoat a year went by, during wlilch he heard regularly from Jenet. At laat, he made np hia mind that the only cure for iiim waa marrit^e â€" then he would forget. So he wrote to Misa Wilmot "I am oomfag for you," And ahe did not forbid him. On the day of hia arrival fa Linden, Janet asid to him with perfect composure "My deJar boy, I iiavo always known that you did not love me aa a man ahonld the woman he intoida to marry. Of late, I have oome to believe tliat you love aomeone elae. Yon ore free to wed iier." And ahe gave him hia ring. "Do you think I would be contemptible Mionirti'to aooept ooty freedom, Janet, nrleaa yon teU me you di| aot oaro lor aie " cried Harry. ' 4' ':-" But Janet waa uexorable. "i nave not falloa so low ai to marry a man who does not love me,' ahe said, haughtily, Xhen,. before he oould resover froihUh aatoniah^osnt^ ahe calmly added: "You were going for •' walkâ€" will yon think Batten ovW| that I am right," A few Bioaioato later, Barry was Mid yoB wOt Daoemlor aftefnooa raia, hoU, ^^ oomlilaed to mako aafortuaato pedeatriaaa utterly miaeraUe. Aa ho walked rapidly oa, he aaw a figure tara the oppodto ooraerâ€" « fuatUor figuroâ€"OBO that mode hi» hoorfe leap madly, evaa of tor all these vears. A momoat later, ho stood fa froat of Baatrioo Thoronghby. Whoa the Stfji grootlaai wen over, ho ezplalaod whore he was go lag. " Mrs. Armbrustarâ€" Belgravo Square f* orled Beatrloe. "Why, Mrs, Armbmstar is my aunt, with whom I live now. I waa just OB my way to your oensfa'a slw and I are the best of frieiMs. I fdt rather out ot â- plriti, aad aha always cheers me up." Thea Harry knew what Jaaot had doM. The next few weeks were delightful tta nujor, a fine-lookfag man of for^-fivo, at nome oa a furlough, and the four oonstaatly together. Janet did not unhappy, though she steadily rcfosed to hear of any renewal of the engagement. When New- Year's Day came, aad la answer to hia conain'a whiapered "You liava aomethfag to tell me I" Harry murmured tho bliadid atory of Beatrioe'a love, alio I anawered. a qieer little glint of joy alilniag ' threngh die teara In her eyea "It la very odd â€" ^but I ahall be your atopmother-fa law I liave prondaed to marry the major." It waa all exoeedinglv aatoidahing. but Horry was oonaoled and, to four people at least, on unexpeotod happfaeaa oome Wits ThkNewYxab. Sl«iSr^tli mv' BuooaBa. Theta loould Mhdly take ttiw note to my friend Mrs. pleased ^» .^TLfSTir^r-* v-,v tl«r*4 *r*limrt^ Hef tikddreaa U oa the envel- What Caused It. Many different ateriea are told aa to tha canaea of the revoludon in Brazil, The fol- lowing, however, ia the firat authentic ao- count of the ooonrrence which precipitated it. It ia given by the oaptsfa of a ateamahlp which arrived at New York on Wedneaday, being the firat arrival at that port from Bio de Janeiro aince the revolution. '-I asked the cause 'of the revolndon. They told me that a regiment of troops tliati hai j aat returned from Mattagraaso, a very sickly place, had been ordered to return there by the Minister of Marfae, who it ap- pears, was at that dme in charge of military affdra at Rio. The commander of the troopa refnaed to go on the ground that the order was no j ast. A dispute followed, and tho Minister of Marine or Marecnal or whatever he waa drew a revolver and tried to ahoot the inaubordfaate offioer. He snapped hia pistol on three carti(lgea,but they had failed. By that time the cffioer had got his plst3l working and shot the Minister down. Had ' the Minister shot the offioer the empire would atili have been ii exiatence, they Bay." Bad Domestic ITews. Daughter â€" "Bridget baa liecome remark- ably attentive to her dntiea lately." Mother (sadly)â€" "I have noticed it." "Yes, she has stopped slightfag her work* and pa'a ahirte, and collars, and cuffs are starched beautifnlly. She walked twenty tquares last Saturday afternoon to aee a woman who had promised to ahow her how." "My! my I" "And lately ahe baa begun atudying cook- books, and askiof me all manner of questions about the desserts and other dishes which I have always had to make myself. She seenui determined to master every department of housekeepfag." "Alas It is as I feared. She la going t» be married I' Hotin? the IiidiGatioiu "Whatkofad er weather are yezhavia* np there, I dnnno," aaid one Iriahman to another, who had just descended the ladder, "Bagorrah, Si did'n take any notna whoiie oi war there, but be the way thufe Sianis Fhelan's losin' 'ia grip an the hod, oi ave the opfaion that ite fallin weather we'll Im havfa' Look out fur that bride" A Deceptive Womau. doubt that blond*-' tempera tliaa worse Smith â€" There is no haired women have bmnettee. Jonea â€" Is that ao Smithâ€" Undoubtedly. Jones (whispering)â€" Then my wife dye her iiair.â€" [Texas Sifdnga. muitt^^ Not Nearly. " It atrikea me that Slowlt'a leoturw waa rather broad," add one young woman to another. " Yea but not nearly aa broad as long." It It aeema that the buffdo croeafag mania ia extendfag ti Europe. The Morquia of Lome oontemplatea impordng a number of Cana- dian bnffaloea to croaa with Ida Weat High- land cattle. A Buaaian newapaper of acknowledged authority fa military mattera. the "Novec Vremya." eatimatea that 500.000 of the near gnus which the KnssianOavemmentis tiilak' fag of siring to ail Ito troops would 1m ro- qnlred by the infantry on the frontier. Thia is a rirtad oonfession that Rossla has many more troops at her weetern loandary tliaa was genenlly supposed. Tlte army durown upon the frontier immediatdy after mobiliza- tion, the "Novoe Vremya" thinks, would re- quire from 1.000,000 to 1,500.000 guns. A remarkable funeral prooession paraded the streets of Peking a few weeks ago. It was the formal public celebration of the burid of Tsohing Ischn, a Grand Chamber- lafa and brotlier-fa-law of Prinoe Kung. The bier was carried by eighty men, preced- ed by forty-eight flag bearers, eight oamels, and twenty-four wliite horses. One hundred and sixty men followed, bearing dxteea red planks, on which were pdnted fa many col- ored letters the name and dde of the dead nobleman. The whole procesdon was a ml» and a hdf long. A lady, passing down the Strand, fa Lrm- don, a few days aso, perceived a wretohed- lookfag man with his eyea fixed longingly on a parcel of aanaagee frizzing fa the wfadoar of a well-lcnown cheap vender of theae deli- oaoisa, the while a fragrant ateam orept from the door every time it waa opened. The lady approaohed the man and tioddly preased a sixpenoe fato hia hand. He turned round, flung the coin on the ground, and •a^rOy exclaimed, " Who are ye, who ex- pect me n pay for dmply aniffiog die food!" Ihe lady bludied and fled. Hie maa ooBtltaBsdhis onliaocy ohsemlicniu • I â- ' L :i â- â€¢ â-  .1 j i •1 f: i 4 HpVIl -7 B .; i\^ " iMniriYiiiiirriiiiaia^illi