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 T W mam m ii- 'U" if' i 1 â- \y i 1 I ^i ^1 fU" â-  ' i;I â- j :: ^^f â- ir ill :!" R If I Why fie Oried. tThey were nioh frightfnl, frightful ureuu, lUngled with piteooa ihrielu Oonli lb be Ted Yea, there bfltit|o«d, Teura rolllog down hia ohaalw. ' GrsndaM Mid graiidpk,«oiidM, ranta, Qidokly we all nudM^I «*• TreaibUag and psle; sometlreafial thing Had happcaed naw, »• dyibb.' ' What ia It laddie dearr «^ «ried. Oar hearta with fear a-b^luid. "The little cake Cook bakad for me Ii aqnare i'wai.t it roniMl f ' Thx Bbkmeit Town Musicuira. dhere waa a man who owned a donkey, whloh had carried hia aaoka to the mill In- doatiioaaly for sany yean, but whose strength had oome to an end, ae ttat the poM! beaat grew more and more nnfib for work. The maater deberaiina€ to atop hia food, bnt the donkey dbpcnrering that there waa no good intended to hbn, ran away and took the road to Bremen: "Than," thonght he, "I can tnmTown Maidan." When he had gone a little way he found ahonnd lying on the road panting like one who waa tired with nuuio^. 'HoUo I what are yon panting ao for, worthy Seise ^mt " aaked the donkey. "Oh 1" aaid the do{^ " jut beoanae I am old, and get weaker every day, and cannot go oat hantinc, my maater wanted to kill me, so I have taken leave of him bat how ahall I gain my living now 1" ••rU toll yoo what," aaid the donkey. "I am going to Bremen to te town mnaioian oome with me and take to mnaio, too, I will play the flute and you ahall beat the dram.' The dog liked the ides, and they traveled on. It was not long before they saw a cat sitting by the road, making a faoe like three rainy days. "Now. then, what has gone wrong with yon, old Whisker," said the donkey. "Who can be merry when his neck is in danger!" answered the oat. "Because I am advanced in years, and my teeth are blunt, and I like sitting before the fire and purring bettor than chasing tlie mice about, my mistresa wanted to drown me. I have managed to escape, but good advice ia acarce toll me where I aliall go " "Gome with us two to Bremen yon nnderstand serenading yon also can become • Town Musician. " The oat thought it a capital Idea, and went with them. Soon after tiia three runaways came to a farmyard, and there sat a cock on the sato, crowing with might and main. "Yon orow loud enough to deafen oae," Bidd the donkey; "what is the matter with your* "I prophesied fair weather," as id the oook, "because it is our good mistress' wash- ing day, and she wants to dry the clothes but because to-morrow is Sunday, and com- pany is coming, the mistress has no pity on ma, and has told the cook to put me into the aonp to-motrow, and I must have my head cut off to night; so now I am crowing with all my mighti as lorg as I can." "0 yon old Ksdhead," said the donkey, "yon had betcer oome with us; we are going to Bremen, where yon will certainly find Bomething bettor than having vour head cut off; von have a good voice, and if we all make music together it will be something striking." The oook liked the proposal and they went on, all four together. But they could not reach the city of Bre- men in one day and they came in the even- ing to a wood, where they agreed to spend the night. The donkey and the dog laid themselves down under a great tree, but the cat and the cock went faigber â€" the cock fly- ing up to the topmost branch, where he was »fe8t. Before he went to sleep he looked round toward all the four points of the com- pass and he thought he saw a spark shining in the distance. He called to his compuions that there must be a house not far cff, for he oonld see a light. The donkey said: "Then we must rise and go to it, for the lodgings here are very bad ;*' and the dog said, "Yes, a few bones with a little flesh on them would do me good. "So they took the road in the tlireotion where the Ught was, and soon saw it shine brighter and it got larger and larg- er till they came to a brilliantly illuminated robtters house. The donkey Iteing the big- gest, got up at the window and looked in. " What do yon see, Greybeard!" said the cook. " What do I see 7 ' answered the donkey, " a table covered with beatifnl food and drink, and robbers are sitting round it and enjoying themselves." ' That would do nicely for us," said the cock. "Yes' indeed, if we were only there," replied the donkey. The animals then consulted together how they should manage to drive out the roI bers till at last they settled on a plan. The donke} waa to place himaelf with hia fore- feet on the window-ltill, the dog to climb on the donkey'a back and the oat on the dog'a and at laat the oook waa to fly up and perch himaelf on the oat'a head When that waa done at a aignal they began their mnaic all together â€" the donkey brayed the dog barked, the cat mewed and the cook crowed then, with on great amaah, they dashed throngh the window faito the room, ao the glaaa clattered down. The robbara jumped up at thia dreadful nolae, thinking that nothtaig leas tiian a ghost waa somiag in and ran away into the wood in a great flight. The four companiona then sat down at the table, quito content with what waaleft there, andace aaif they were expect- ing to fast for a month to come. Wlwn the four muaioiana had finiabed, they put on the light, and each one looked for a suitable and comfortoble sleeping place. The donkey lay down oc the dung- hill, the dog behind the door, the oat on the hearth near the warm ashes, and the oook set himself on the hen-roost and, as they were all tired witdx thair long joamey Mm toon went to alaep Saoa mmt mid- idgnt, aa the robberain the diaMOOa jtoold see that no more lighte were burning in the houae, and aa all aeemed qoiat, the "â- p'^f- aaid. " We onght not to have let onraelvaa beaoared ao easily," and seat oli«^them to examine the houae. The maona^foaad warythiag quite, want Into tho Idtohen toi light a caadla, and, thinking the oaf a shiny' flmy ejM «rereUT««Dala, hp htidjk d|i«9ta ttwm to Iti^t ItL .fiat lifi M|#Hlot naderatand the joke, flew Ii UTh^ a^ »l him and wac^s^kitU iHajiwaj 1if ^f/tiif* frightaaad, ran aw»y, Md waft, mte Mt «• bMk door whan flialbi^Wl Aa he ran through the yard, paat tfaa dunghill, tho donkey gave him a good kiok with hia Uad foot, and the oock, being awakaned and made qaito livriy 1^ the nolaa, oalled ontfrom the hen-roost, "Cook- a-dooidle-doo I" The robber ran aa faat aa he oonld back to the oaptain aod aaid • "Oh, de« I in the house sita a horrid old witoh, who flew at me and scratched my face with her long firgers, and by the door stands a man with a knife, who stabbed me in the leg, and in the yard lies a black monster who hit me with a club, and up on the roof there sits the judge, who called out 'Bring; the rascal up here.' So I made the best ot my way off." From that time the robbers never trusted themselves again in the house, but the four mnticiana liked it ao well that they conld not make up tiielr minds to leave it, and spent there the remidnder of their days, as the last person who told the story is ready to vouch for a faot.â€" [From Miss Mulock's Fairy Talep. " BUT I AUT got 10 HOJC£ 1" The Stiongeat of Women. The strongest woman on earth has not been long in makirg her appearenoe at the music hiJls, and, according to accounts, if she had visited the Aqaaiium some few weeks ago she might almost have entered the liata with Cyclone, for she seems to think nothing of liltli^ 250 pounds. If such a Da- lilah had been found for S^mBon, strategy would scarcely have been necessary to sbear his loclu. She might nave gained her object by main force. Mme. Victorine, as I believe this muscular lady is called, is a Sii'iss, and for many years was ignorant of her extraordinary strength, or, at any rate, of its marketable value. It was only by chance she discovered it. One day when out walking, she saw two men vainly endeavoring to lift a huge fender from a cart. Smiling at their nnsaccessful efforts she volunteered her aid, and, to their extreme surprise, accomplished the feat unassisted. The story reaching the ears of an eager exhibitor,.overturesfor introducing her to an admiring public were instantly made, and after a few weeks of severe training she made her first appearance. She is indeed a pro- digy, for in adition to her really marvellous strength she ia not, like.ao many wonders, unpleasant to look upon, bnt is extremely fair of form and faoe. This makea the third exhibition of unusual muscle in London, for Samson still haa a number ot admirera and sympathizers, while Sandow ia drawing orowda at the Alhambra. A Trillion Kisses. The oaae of the Plymouth man who had his love-letters produced and read in court, should teach other lovers moderation in the making'of oscalatory contracts, says London Tit Bits. In a single postscript the Fly- mouth man undertook to deliver to the lady of his choice no fewer than 1,000. 000, OOQ, 000 kisses, and as such contracte are not infre- qaently made in love-lettors, it may be we!l to give a thought to the magnitude of the undertaking. Whoever will take the trouble to figure it out will find that even if this amorous man should give the lady 1-5,000 kisses a minute (and we affirm that no person could hope to do more than that), and even if he could keep up thia rate of oscnlation twenty-four hours a day, never pausing to sleep, eat, or take breath, working 365 days every year, it would take him inore than 100 years to complete the contract, and by that time, it would ba painful to reflect, the ardour of his love may have cooled. Eiren at the end of 109 years, counting 15,000 kisses a minute, there would remain an undelivered balance of 200,OCO,000,000, a number which in itself might appil the most industrious. We therefore feel con- strained to ad vide writers of love-lettera not to undertake oontracta of anch magnitude. He Took It FhiloBopMoally. A Toronto little boy declared a philo- aophio independence and accepted the con- sequences in so matter-of-fact a «ay last week that it may make a atory, even if It ia not so verv funny. His mother cbresaed him up in a new flannel shirt and sent him to school. The shirt irritated hia cuticle, or, in other words, he itohed. When he came home that night he waa cross, and very cross for ao small a boy, and he declared he and the shirt had parted company forew. The next morning, as hia mother prepared to dress him for school, the boy wrew the lice at the shirt. "No," said be, " I don t wantor wear that shirt." A brief debate ensued, in which the l)oy appeared to have formed his opinion and to have decided to stick to it. The question when pat to the house was carrlea by the boy, who would not don the shirt. " If you will not wear it," aaid his mo- ther, " 1 shall aend yon back to bed." Back to Ied he went. He got no dinner. Afternoon oame. A neighbor want to aee him, Ilia mother tolling her that aha had a bad boy np atalra. The boy lay there in bed wide awake, hia little cheeka fluahad with the aitnation, but ahowing no aigna of ohaoge of heart. " Don't yoa want to go to school " aakad the neighbor. "School T" waa the reply. "I ahall never go to aohool again." "Don't yon want to go " "Yes, but I can't, I've g( "All your life " "Yea'm,'wa8 the reply; "aU my life. I shan't ever get np again, prob'ly." A Pnthetle Incident af UCa la • «rent Cityâ€" TMak Twlee Before Ueujiag â- dp •nee. The Incident here related is an aotnal oo ourrenoe whidi happened only a few days ago in the ontaklrto of a city not • five hun- dred milea from " Toronto the Good" The names of the peraons figuring in the atory are with-held because their pnblioation could be of no possible service. It waa that wet, dismal day which was succeeded by a nlrht of chilling frost. The straggling houses along the muddy street looked hardly less bleak and forbidding than did the patches of open prairie between. Bat within many of the honssa there were signs of the approach of a holiday where plenty ia preaent and mirth overfloira Toward one of these houses a boy made his way along the path (itiagonally across the vacano lot next to it. The boy'a feet were thrust into shoes which were much too big and muoh too old for him. Hia clothinar waa tattered and insufSoient. Hia face waa ashy pale and his eyes had the half-startled look of one who has had a glance at the path which leads to another world. The poor little hands were thrust into pooketa which had sides but no bottoms. His drawn and dirty faoe was partly protected by the un- kempt looka of hair which might have been curly and pretty if properly cared for, and by a hat with a hole burned into the crown, which waa pulled down over his brow. A poor, iasigniflcant, shcfflicg, almjst dis- reputable-looking objsct the boy was as he plowed through tne mud and made his way up to the door, bedraggled and forlorn. In answer to his knock a wail-preserved woman, whose appearance denoted comfort- able circumstances, and three children, whose chubby faces and laughing eyes did not belie their mother's loolu, appeared at the door. "Please, ma'am, give me something to eat?" " Why should I give yon your victuals Why don't you go home and get your meals I' " I an't got no home, ma'am." " That's what yon all say. Who taught you that!" "Please, ma'am, nobody.*' The little fellow glanced longingly into the bright Interior, where heaps of goodiea on a table were In preparation for the Gliriat- mas feast. Then, with a clutching of his little fists and a choking of his throat, he tamed to go down the atopa and off again into the cold and wet. "Wait t minute " cried the woman after him. "Flossie, get the boy some bread rnd butter." "An' one of 'e' tookies, mamma," pleaded the smallest one of the group in the door. '*Yes, and one of the cookies, Flossie." Tney gave him a chair just inside the door. His feet just barely touched the floor as he sat there munching upon the white bread and butter and the cookies which the little maiden brongtit to him. And when he had finiehed and washed down the repast with a cup of milk he reached down beside the chair for hia old hat, which he had thrown to the floor as he came In. But it was hard for him to slip out of the chair. It seemed as if all his troubles might find an end in that cosy little room. Why was it that he had to! go out into the rain and tramp on, always tramp ou7 And his head was so heavy, too. " Piease, ma'am, won't you let me go out in the barn and lie down? Please do, ma'am. Pieaso give me something to cover me up with and let me go out there to sleep. " " Boy, it's getting near night. You must go home." 'Bat I an't got no home.' " W ell. we oan'e have you hanging around -~ We have given you a square meal. TfiE GOMIiaiHFLUEHZi. CMaca cf tkc Mscaae •»« SsBte WBta for Ita TrentascBt. It fa quite posaible that the epidemic of in- flue, z », now prevalent in certain parte of the Old World, will aoon make ita appeararcs in this country althongh tha approach of such a disease if not usually hei aided by a* few isolated oases, snob aa have be«n dtaoribed as ooonrring within the paat few days. Aa a role, the epii^emio,. starting from a certain point â€" many epidemica have firtt appeared in Russiaâ€" travels, aometimea quite rapidly and aometimea very alowly, nnui it haa tra- veraed an immense area, and diea out at some point far dfatant from ita apparent origin. If the cpidemio abonld attack the city of New York, it ia probable that great numbers of persona would be affected eimul- taneonaly the diaeaae would run ita conrae in individual oases In from three to six or eight days, and the cpidemio would proiab- ly ooatinae from four to eight or ten weeks. TlUa, at leaat, ia the ooarae which the hktory of previona cpidcmioa would lead na to expect but the later epidemics have usually been much milder than those of former years. The exciting oans^ of the dusase undoubtedly is atmospheric, but ita exact nature has not been ascertained. There are evidences that the disease fa slightly oontagions but contagion fa a factor of little importance AS BZOABDS ITS FBOFAOATION. If the micrococcus described by Seiferr, in 1884, be shown to be characteristic of in- fluenza, this faot will have an important bearing upon the treatment of the disease. hot driata promote pertpiratiouT^m *^Ht Infla-Bav or " 1. i,Jâ„¢ "Nin^ by the French. i« by no »! **^i^\ viaitor, but there L;\'^««ij measnres by which its aJâ„¢-?*»» l2^ I ed. Recent epidemic w *»*»» especially horses, ia the w'l* »«l2 Although tho dbeale i:?:"?^!} many persons, and, of itaeif *•** » it is nearly alwa^/ £«â-  ^.•dd., "4- epidemic that the general r« ,*"W5 fa largely increased. '"' »' «3^ The Hew Teat's B% •JThs'rt welcoiue. little l«. • Crowdln' yerself amongst ns. m. n " I winter's day, ' " """liltii^l an seven, ^â„¢' ol « ""'?o"Htrr"°"'^«v.| """tia^'iT"""""'-^'^! An' Bobbie he have no waistcoat, «• v,, she have no shoes, '^* And Sammie he have no ahlrt, ti, n ^. to his fihame), »"f.VMii An' the one that was jast befor ye », «.' i had time to name 1 "" " It u almost certain, however, that the dia ease fa due to the presence of a microbe in- troduced through the air passages. An attack of influeczt u very like an or- dinary, bronchitis which has beien preceded by a cold in the head. The main point of difference is that the fever, general sense of di£c?mfart, and depression of the system, are much greater than fa warranted by the local trouble. In point of fact, the charac- terutic symptoms of iofluecE) are seldom if ever seen except during an epidemic If the epidemic should prevail in any place, no I An» but for the nrAnhi» -,- one ^ected would iSnd any dlffijnlty In ^°VJ^!. .t?" -?""»"»"• "k«olt« An' all o' the banks be smashh' »n' â„¢ poor folk fall; ""'».»iMa An' boss he whittles the wages wheB»«k to be had at all """woihl An' Tom he have cut his foot cff, a' lie, i a woful plight, ••"mi An' all of us wonders at momin' uwlr. I shall eat at night. ""' ""Wii An' but for your father and Satdy thik somewhat to do. here. are warm, and I guess yon got to stay here." and now you batter go." The boy slid out of the chair and opened the door. He torned just before going out. In his eyes waa a hunger which had not been satfafisd. He looked up in the wo- man's faoe and in his dry, broken voice, more pitiful because the tears in it had lon^ before been exhausted, said "Why fa it that 1 can always get 'some- thing to eat but never any place to sleep Why do they always tell me to go on And I am so tiredâ€" I am ao sleepy. AU I want fa a place to lay down and rest." Then he "moved on" out into the wet and gathering daikneta, out into the cold. And next morning the policeman on that beat found hfa little body, cold and stiff. " restmi. ' on a pile of leaves beside the fence in the vacant lot. Reader, this fs no story written to narrow your heart in thfa holiday season. It fa true, and the woman who turned that boy away from her door is now suffering more than if she had lost one of her own dear little onea. There are places where such boys may be taken care of. Think tvice before you deny help once. ' very speedily recognizing the fact. While an epidemic may, in general tenaa, be oalled mild or severe, aa the caaemay be, in all f pidemics Indlvldnal cases vary im- mensely as regards aeverity. Unleaa com- plicated with some inflammatory disease, icfluer«a fa seldom fatal but relapiea may occur during the aama epidemic, and one attack does not aeoare Immunity from the future. A mild oaae fa naually preceded by a aenae of languor and general diaoomfort, which may laat for a day or two there fa then a tickling aensation in the nose and throat, soon followed by acute inflammation mas' prominent in the nose or in the form of a severe cold in the head. There fa always more or less headache, which some- times is intense, and some irregular fever. A general bronchitis is developed soou after the icflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose. In very mild cases the disease may run ite course in three or four days, but the TEual duration is seven or eight days. In thfa form the disease is attended with no danger, but there is very great ducomfort, and those afflicted often are confined to the bed for several days. In nearly all there is cases KIMAHKABLE NERVOUS DEPRESSION, What oonld a mother's heart do against tender, ma'am he so philosophic an acceptance of the tor- ' ' -- miaatioa of a career as this? What but kiss him at tea and go and buy tha little b.-uQch of pluck soma downy uaderahirto that should never tiokl* hinu A Lesson in Ozanunar » Tranp â€" "Will yoa plaaae givenMaome breakfast?" Biliousâ€"" Do yoa aee that wood " ' Trampâ€" 'Yaa, I «e« that wood." Biliousâ€" " WeU, yon'U say I aaw that wood before yoa get anything to eat here.' â€" Downing a lie- Editer'a Wttaâ€" "Pntty ooaditloa for yon S^litSdls^^ "' " Dilapidated Sponaa-* Coaldat help it. "iTea a^i bribed to folkcl tNvi Me Was Our King. That tiie old Jacobite feelins atill "?J*^i°tf"u^""«»"»' Sootlaad fa avnenoedby thefaowlnp Incident which ««i"«^, '"'"• Qitoa Victoria waa |n old Highlaad laird to vfait her. a^d whea he SI ^i uT"7 JWadonaly received him. thanked hhnior coming, and then explained why ahe wfahed to aee him. "I ahouldUka S« P°T'",*'"*f?' "the exact spo^wheS the Pretender landed, and " She waa ?i!f"i!i v.?"**^ " "»•â- *«• Inatantly the old chief amiwered, " He waa no prZ I tender, ma'am he waa our king." " I heâ„¢ your pardon," aaid the Qaeen, kindly- '«! ought not tohave uaed that word, I should have aaid Prinoe Charlea Edward." Then ^K 7/^ "*."??""« '»• Rtuff old Jacobite SL^^m*^*^;^""""'"' '"I' too, havi Stuart blood In my vaina." '.Yes, I know that you would not be where yon are.' Tiifa pWnspsaking, which rather atattfad her retinue, did not dbpleaae the Qmmij on the to like It, and it ronaed her latereatT h!» «.2urtly.»aaacr.da«bjsct. ^h« w^ of taking It went to hfa hawt. and mZHt, and ".Itoaodhfa atora aiOriT'TX long together, and thly part^d^ifirfd frjada. Oa the Q«a«iTV.Sa iffiauj S"" *• ::" •t-yl"*. •!« -aid toC bSS •Ihavo.jBrtBirtono of tho moat h^^ witn low spirits andjneuralgias, denoting considerabh general disturbance cf the system. In severe cases the attack is usually sud- den and may begin with a chill, followed by high fever, intense !nervous depression, as- vore neuralgic palna, headache, and even delirium. Still, even these oases, when un- complicated, are rarely fatal. Tho oompli- cation most likely to occar is broncho- pneumonia, which may intervene early in the disease. Ordinary pneumonia, when It occurs, ia observed in the later stages of the disease. Inflammation of the small bron- chial tubes, or capillary bronohitfa, a very serious oomplioation, may occur. E icma • o *â-  *• "Other occasional complica- tion. Seriona or fatal complioationa, how- ever aeldom occur, except in old or debili- wtad peraona. If a sudden epidemic of inflaerzi should makeltoappearanoe. It fa probable that a large number of persona would be aimul- taneously affected, many of whom might be able to secure early medical advice. It would be important for all to avoid excesses or other depressing inflaences, and to be careful to protect the body from cold. An ordinary "cold," at the time of an epidemic, would certainly predispose to the disease Attention to the general health would In many instances secure exemption, and would ^!- *7 if "" l*"' 'y^^ »«»**•' able to resist the disease should it occur. The first ind loation of a severe cold In the head, et- peoiaUy If preceded by languor, a aenU of fatigue, headache, and aymptima of aervoua depreasioB. ahould bo met Thy prompt wd helps us through, Aa' but for your poor dear mothtt i-dob'l twice her part, I Yo'd a seen us aU in Heaveu aioie n nl ready to start 1 'I An' now ye have come, yerstcal I Hheii% an fat an' sound, ' A-wolghin' I'll wager a dollar, the fall d dozsn pound 1 With your mother's eyes aflMhirj. ,. father's flssh and build, An' a good big mouth an' a stomach all tadi to be fillea 1 ' No, no 1 don't cry, my baby I hmh op, nl pretty one I I Dsn't get my chaff in yer eye boy-I cilil was just in fnu. I Yfe'U like na w htn ye know us, tboaghienl our 'ca folks; I But we doa' get much victual, aa' htlfoirl livin' is j }kes ' Why, boy, did ycu take me in etnst!| ocme, sit upon my knee I'll tell ye a secret, youngsterâ€" I'll nuMyil after me. I Ye shall have all your brothers an' tifflil with ye to play, I An' ye shall have yer carriage, and ride ml every day 1 Why, boy, do you think yell Bnffer! ft I getting a trifla old, Bat it'll be many years yet before I lonurl hold I Au' if I should fall on the road, boy, ii| them's yer brothers there. An' not a rogue of 'em ever wosld leejil harmed a hair 1 Say I when ye come from Heaven, mylilti'l name -sake dear, I Did ye see, 'mongst the little then, i*l like thfa one here I That waa yer little sfacerâ€" she died » ;(r| ago, I An' all of us cried like babies when thsyldil her under the snow I Hang It if all the rich men I ever m*^ knew Came here with all their traps, bey, offered 'em for you, „. I'll show 'em to the door, sh:,8oqaicktlnj'l think is odd, ,, Before I'd sell to another my New 1»" gift from God 1 A CJiild 8 Sympathy Not many days ago a gentlemap Wl taken affectionate leave of hi«_ """^l three months' tnp»M»l VIOOBOUS MKASTTRIS OF TEKATMBST. No epidamlo of bflacBz* haa occurred al- a £S'!^Si*^*^°"y"~«»"d thotopor* tanoe of antiseptic remodiea In caaea of dSs. •w. due to micro-orgaafams, aottat exnc^ t»" " "«^d« tJw n-e of aich »m JiTi M yet imperfect. Safe maaanrea of thfa kfaid oUa fa ooasulted and It fa probable that uoh meaanre. may auffice b niny oJi. Sd the dfaeaae may thua be rendered mSd and even tirivfal in ite character. On the firat appearance of the character, totio symptoms a full dose of quinine ahould bo taken. In an adult withoat any oonati tutional peoulfarlty nniavorable to t^e ««i„ of quinine, the fint doao ahould be tw.«?S three t meaa day. unless there shouM bTfa. daughter, for a lucao luvuxu. â€"r â-  l-he child, a lovely little girl ot tjro u«^l half years, stood by a chair with hw «r|l in her mouthâ€" a favorite P*"'""' Shi her, a panacea for all her chUdiibiUj- b»I watched her mother for a few ^oa*"*^! tba tears filUng tho lovely ey" "Sl ping one by one from her O"**"},,^-! went to her side, and with a w"Tj toao, lookiag pityingly up Into 1»« "" aid: Mamma, suck 'oo fnm! iUuBtratin^ranOldAdaee. laibyrMlm, tho moat iioneat Better Thu He TJmwiit. be mj^e to dostoiy ^e mteoC bybil an. plioatioaa. Theae mav ha m,?. ♦! u *P" naif of roaatad ccfTeo findy powds«^^ J PBAWK vno THE HOSIBILS, Hpoaslbl^ M f«r bMk M th. thrct. ev,« " Tkfi half hoar, „ wtvboiw "»yb«u^Mfneiyaadaali«r A»«-r of on. drioh« '^Ih^T^'i.tS^i Bold oaaoa«fgi.owia. nrar olDoirir's Yeaat: " Everything I drink goei np' my head." Crimsonbeak: " Tb*' """i?! to prove the truth of the old saytafi rZ Yeaat " What's that " Ctbaof^ " Thara'a plenty of room at the top. The Russian government •"'^S'Sal deprea imposing additional Umitsti^' traflio oa the German frontier, "i'"?* regulationa governing commeios ^jU\ bibiHve. A general outcry h" ,^J* a«siaat the aaw order on both border line, but it is unlikely tbjt^it toat will compel a modification of »« Lsoaido Aposteloff, a Coa^\'^\ fa at work oa a aew boat, whicb M^'^j^ make 80 kaoto aa hour on *•• â- "jrf0* I •Mk, and 120knote at full speed nBa»^# Hfa Idea fa to use the motive v;^^ H MTOW to the fullest extent ""^rf* shaded like a apindle. and «*'%|i» inner and aa onwr shell, ths ^^i*\ volviag on joaraafa fitted at b**!; "^itiil horiioatal shaft that runs tbrouo^iti ofaspbidle. Beginning at »Pf'r bow, and wiadiag twice w^^' â- hoU b a blado pe^aadionfar ^j^ i* tho apbdlo, very mnoh "ke f«*5^j iw. Aa the outer shdl ^tg4\ m thiead wiU worm *e"!idWi| tbowatar. Tha aoraw wUl be »^ M dMtrlo awtor, with a ater^!* ^Tti ^1 bispe it wm go, bat we ooaj" .. I g^VJBI) BT AS 's.TferiUtas â-  a Wfl«Ba Lur Otarhe Daviton, a i â-  Yatot^ Tteaa, ropoi 1^ fMaladvaataro *^ to tha valioy lying north of 1 ^g^nt oalUng on lalSlP*""'"' ^*'*°' l^lftoiniworda: R^ ridden "»»«» ' uTaimed Blake, about ti LTntaoa. for the purpoaa o K5o««d«bee£behad i rJ!-5ii« when 1 met a grJuSm hobbltog aloai ffii that* boll h»dohai Uott Wd flw-g bim inb jhfaerm »nd bruisi J over. The ball was a n aaatJns, and dangerous 0M oaose. You may not jjl. bat some years agoâ€" f LrLthere was a large â- paded near hero by t into the monntait and in the course Lgotly wild, for they vi Cite ansuited to thfa com Uy ihy and are rarely knc Motainoas hefahta. but a ieo driven off from hfa hei Uj, idil deeoend to the va JCTS a dangerous foe to em taebaok. I The Mexican warned me id been attacked by was, d( ,« neighborhood, and thatic rbaadto keep a look oui hd ridden on a mile or tw Uanted to drbk of a little i 1 reached, and to eat d ,iDdI left standing, witho lecantion of tfing him,' th luddling him. He was a y I nervous as a woman, and pirent cause that I could d I hia head ALL OF A SITDOE i broke down the valley in .Tying, of course, my saddlf ntainiog my pfatols, which jolishly removed from my w to before, and hung from t iddle. r'fhere was nothing for it le horse on foot, so off I |.i Imor as you can imagine, for ' jued by my long ride, ai _api miles was anythbg bn ndged on for an hour or two, re out and blutered by the 1 had sat dovra to rest ne kton wood treea, one of great at of them mere sap.'ings. Ai peard a loud roar and a ort od me, and out rushed at ge black bull, charging at: 1 only juat time to throw le flat on the ground aa he t My next move was to n np of cotton woods, which I BUng just as the bull turnec |thad fallen to the earth as I lanfanal now attacked with t ddened rage that showed m ny would be shown the man re, lavfag torn the hat to piecei i hoofs, and ha vbg amelled nmenced a circuit round the J, pawing, and bellowing pth hfa bloodshot eyes and I he looked like a demon, kmed, having, by some nnlu feleoted to puo In my knife Ins and my pfatola, aa I aaid 1 my saddle, and I was weariec I THE SIH7ATI0K WAS A DKSPKI J my only chance consfated Mwll round the trees untU 1 out, and thfa was, indeed, Ul? T?*' ***"«* "«b »ne iwMMtthe strength often oharg«^agiin and again. IfaS? *^i^ **'» **â- â€¢Â» '"b su^ lun^'L^ ^°~"' •ometlmes |Un«s behfad which I stood nc P*" "Mhed me. There fnottof the one large tree low |tosHZ3MidoUmbnp, andl fjjh to scale it ^tween £' SL*^*" »'^«^ «»«8 k «TA^^ ' **»*»* te" fo I »^ """' " »•« P"»e'va I i?f «M?»ia took posses • i.!!-?"' ^»' °»« fo' •^ ii -Stoddenly »way, bellowint wSSt?/*^ "" gored to K »?^ *» oleave to the Jl^u"»I'«lHtlmpoeaib!e It UK L2»*J grew desperate, and Ke I JS".,*°"«d frSTm. heodlBriJ ^*° *° weloom Si»][^*°y*y- Tbe I ^•â- dfi.lT®'?. •*"*• «"»d i 4e«bli ftbottt the 190 knots SB tk«Si?i*".r»»*.Ibeard 3t'2r**?«k.thevoi(J^ ".•kllsto.K? ^« tbeb *. ••Wood apartodou ^^nCAI. TCRNKD SAVAG ,^ Mid pain, but -^T^^onoughtobaflQ g«*e lash descend. "JJMamorsbnothe J^baatoa off with â- ^ "FH«fataad left, ,•**• tamed, ,,**^^ liar for *S!»ifl»ent exh •?w.fcraadIao 'â- Uttitieawid] â- f»wtodoomothi ' •« etrodo forwar w.^??* ^^^ boi ••••t lowered hfa