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 i :.: \M 'â- mi0 H-i'M "I'r r. ♦. m YOUNa FOLKS. THE DEAip OF TflE DOLL. Tirenty-thrae ipuotMo IWM at t^f'Tiil^ge «f Booft(ie, in CratelTnoflau In one of the Uttfo cotta^M of thiit Tlttkge, to which hunger liad accidentally driven me â€" thii atory i« not an invention, it actually «oearred ae I relate it â€" a little girl of per- haps 7 yean of age waa dyuig. She waa it nemi the child of aPariaian, bat a Paridan who waa bom and grew to yonng womanhood at iktoage. One morning in May a carriage atepped be fore the door of Mother Gerard, who now took oare of a vineyard, bnt in her younger daya had been a nnnw for little ohildren. A yonng woman alighted from the carriage, followed by a maid and a little {^1, delicate and feeble, bnt very pretty, neveriheleaa. "Mother Grerard," nid the yoang woman to the peaaant, "I have favoaght my little girl to yon aha needa the conntry adr and goat's milk. Will yoa keep her a few montha 1" The hnauBd of Ifother Oeraid made an impatient movement, bnt before he could apeak the yonng woman said "I will pay yon a thonaand franca." "A thonaand' francs," said the man, "abe ia very aick, and the doctor will have to be paid." "Dcctor or no doctor," said Mother Gerard bnuqaely, "I will take oare of yonr child, Nini I will care for her aa tenderly as I did for yon, my nnraling." "I am sure of it." "Kiss me, little one," continued the good woman,taking the child in her aims. The little girl did not wait to be urged, bnt kissed her affectionately. **Tou wOlpay in advance V sidd the man. "Here are the thonaand francs give me a receipt." The youDg mother then brought from the carriage the child's clothing daintily arrang- ed in a small trunk. The maid bionght a large papsr box in wiiich lay a beantUnl doll that could say ' mamma I" when one pressed a spring. The little trirl bad been perfectly silent dnring this time, bat the great teafs were rolling down her thio, white cheeks. When her mother notioed that the child was crying the made an impatient gesture, which she quickly anpprcaaed, but not I»fore Mother Ctorard aaw it. The little girl alio saw her motiier'a displaaanre, and steetshed toward her the little, emaciated hands. It was a touching appeal, a mute ciress, silent prayer, but imaiatible in it^loqnance. The maid turned away her head to conceal her toara. The mother waa greatly moved, and t«kir^ tbt child in her aims, kiafed her again and again. ' ' My dear Nini, do not cry, do not cry any more. I ahall come back for yon very Boon." " Will you surely come ' aaid the child between her sobs, and covering hr mother's face with kisses "surely surely," she add- ed, clasping her little huids as she did when she said her prayers. Mother Gerard looked sharply at her fonn er foster-child, who turned away her head with a flashed face. " Will you really come back for her, Nini " she said in a low tone. "Certainly." " Truly.mamma, yon will return." " Surely, yer, but do not be impatient. Good by take good care of dolly. Listen how beautifully she says "mamma t" and the mother made the doll repeat many times its one word, mamma I The child was silent. " She will be yonr little girl, and yon will love her very much 1 ' "Oh! yes," said the child with a deep sigh, almost a sob, and sbe pressed the doll to her heart. The doll murmured "mamma.' She really loved the little inanimate tbisg that called her " mamma 1*' Shetpent hoars I n looking at it,in rocking it, and in talking to it in a low tone, at the same time crying for her own mamma. "Do not fear, Nini"â€" she had named it for herself. I will never leave yon, never I am your very own mamma, do yon hear Your real mamma 1" And she pressed the spring and the doll repeated "mamma " Then Nini took it in her arms and hugged it tightly, as if she feared that some one would take it from her. The consumption was slowly but surely accompUsbingits deadly work. Her eyes became more brilliant, the bones of her cheeks more and more prominent. A little dry cough constantly shook the narrow, hollow chest, and her voice became feebler day by day. They wrote to her mother, but received no response. There is nothing, Ithink, more pitiful than to witness the slow fading out of a little life wldch nothing can arrest, neither science, nor love, nor prayers. This martyrdom of Infancy inflicts upon those who must witness It the keenest torture. Mother Gerard had learned to love this Soor victim of filial affection, tor Nini was ying of griefâ€" because she was separated from her motherâ€" much more than of dis- ease, and 'Mother Gerard knowing this nunied her with the utmost tondemesa. Nini oame to her in May, and it waa now October. The poor child, feeling that she was no longer a daughter, tried to console herself by imagining tliat she waa the mother of bar doll. iShe lavished upon it all the love •he formerly had for her mother. She was nawUllng to be separated from It even at night; and the poor little brain had eon otivad a singular idea â€" it was that she was not sick, bnt that it was the doU, her "dear Nini." "She has coughed all night," she woa'd say to Mother Gerrard when she had pasted a reetless night herself. "Yoa snffer, my dear Nini, but I will cure yoa. We will cure her, nurse, will we not? How feeble her voice is I" she would add, in listening to the weak sound which the doll made, be- oauae the j^aanre upon the spring gron weaker as the little handa grew thinner. Hour by hour she would toll her own mfferings, bat always attritmting them to the doll. At times she would yield to an iadcfioite despair. She did not know what death meant, but she would cry out with in- describable anguish " No, I do not want you to die even to go to heaven." She never spoke of her mother to the anrae; Imt sometimes, when she tlionght Iier- 1 self alone, they would hear her murmur to her doll "If mamma would come back Nini wonld bs welL" In the vHImo the arrival of the talkii^ dcil itad prMhiced a great sensaHoB. AU the ohildren wialMd to «e»%' and ftoaday most of the U*ti« gbrla eaaa to •dmiie tiia marveloaa toy. To fo to aw th« llttie gkl from Paris aad hear her doll talk had become a sort of fete, and then, Nini was so sireet, so caressing to all who showed friendship for her, or who loved her doU, tha« she.had become the idol of die whole village. ' " The vios(»an)e to relate to her baantifig â- torles of «Mn, where there ttred « â- â- um«a ».» »»».~^ __-- -^ â€" â€" -^- in a EoisK grove «i i»"w», »»""b" "•"• â€" "â€" gumma mp^eliuly beantifiil and pdorapy gn^l^gg ^j of a man at th9 end of a riata. A0o4« â- The etA riit^ who hMd obteft of tin vIlIage.BchdoI toeoght her ttttle tail^ of sainte and angels. One oi Nini's greatest pleasures was to aee all little frienda come with their dollaâ€" dolls of wood, of «ard-board, of rags bnt ahe thought them all charming, and talked to them in the moat delightfol manner and aa if they oonld underatand ber, and replied to her. The 15tih of Augnat waa the doll'a birthday, and all the little girls came whh their doUs and brooght the doU Nini a iMqnet, and one also for the real NinL What a merry day it was for them all I The bed waa covered with flowers, and the doU waa ao happy that she said again and again, "Mammal" Alas I the care of Mother Gerard, the love and caresses of all, the healthful air of the oountry had been able only to prolong the days of the little snJEarer, bnt all together were not able to cure her. They began to count the weeks, then the days that she oonld be with them. "She is very ill, mamma's Nini," Hhe said, caressing the dolL" She tvSnn greatly there," added she, touching the dell's sheet. Oae evening she sat up suddenly, sdi'z^d her doll in both arnis, looked at it with yeaniine, shiniaf; eyes, and tried to press the eprin?. The sound came feebly, and weakly articulated, " Mamma " The child repeated " Mamma I' with a voice still more feeble, and fell back on her pillow, but still clasping her doll. She was dead. And singular as it may seem, the spring in the doll waa broken; the doll, too, vaa dead I During all the next day the two Nini'a, the two little dead bediea were left witn un- covered faces, surrounded with the last flowers of autumn, white and yellow, mingled with branches of red leaves. ,11. When they dressed little Nini for the last time they found that they would have to use much force to take the doll from her rp. Mothei Gerard would not permit She kissed the child once more, and, without trying to account for the strange impulse, sne kissed the doll also. Both were put into the ccffia with all that belonged to themâ€" dresses and bonnetr, little shoes and stockings, and playthings of all sorts. Then upon the bier, carried by the strong- est little girls of the villageâ€" alas I it was not very heavy â€" they put all the flowers they could find and it was the strangest faneral that one could imigine. All the little girls of the school marched behind, two, by two h«lding their dolls and on the way they were joined by others, and each new arrival had her doll. Those who had two dolla gave one to thoee who had none. AH the dolls were dreseed in their finest clothes. When they arrived at the cemetery the childem formed a circle around tbe grave, with their dolls in their arms, and listened to the last prayer for poor Nini. Among the cbildren who had come to bid a last farewell to their little friend and the talking doll â€" for they regretted the wonderful doll quite as much as they did Nini â€" there was one who had been a particular favorite of the little invalid. It was a sickly little cripple, nearly her own age, with a sorrowful, pale f*c3. She almost adored the doll, and when Nini per- mitted her to roak it she was perieotly happy. She, like the ethers, had a doll which she loved devotedly. No one can know what thought passed through that little brain, but at the mo- nient that the sexton threw the first spade- ful of earth upon the ccffin she kissed her doll convulsively and threw it into the grave, saying. " Go with Nini 1" This Impulsive act so impressed the other children that one after another followed her example. It was a touching spectacle. ' Go with Nini 1 each little one repeated in letting her doll fall Into the grave. One only drew back unable to make the sacriticp. She waa 5 years old, perhaps, the child of a poor woman. Her doll was ot cardboard, old, dirty, and worn, and had lost one arm. She clasped it in her arms and sobbingly said " No not in the ho le 1 not in the hole, my Nini I She would be coldl" The return to the village was perhaps, sadder than the walk te the grave. The next day the Vicar went to Neville and brought bask with him fifteen new dolls, and gave tliem to the children In the name of the two Ninis. In this vlllagi for many years after a doll was called a Nini in remembianoe of the one which was buried. Life in Biusia in 1889. Melville E. Stone, founder and former editor of the Chicago News, has returned from a long trip aoad improved in healtli. J allowing are a few lines from what he says about Russia :â€" 'In St. Petersburg, in fact all through Russia there is hush in the very air. There's a dread of something, a fear of the OovemmePt. One day I saw a car- riage containng a gendarme and ancther per- son. I asked our guide who it was, and he s«id it was a politioal prisoner. I asked him what wonld become of iilm. "Oh, he'll never be heard of again. We don't have any bother about jaries and trials. The papers won'c take up the matter, and his friends won't attetopt to do anything." "Bat if he were your brother wouldn't you try to do something for him 7" I asked. "No sir. If I went to the officers and said I wanted to know what they were swing to do with him they would say "Come right, in. You can have the cell next to his and Ko with him to Siberia to aee wiiat faecomea of liim." ' When they want a man in Roaaia they make no fuse about it. An officer eoea to the man'a honae orahop, and, bedcouiag to him, aays "I want you." The man dosen'g ask what ia wanted. He goes. Oateideatanda a oanriage with a gendarme in It. He Is motioned into tiie carriage gets in, and that's the laat that is heard of A MAH AT TAB EJ8D OF A MATA. Tke CemaeettoB Betweemn Mnrder aad • ,9aKovei7lmthea«aMlaluetV^iBtua. • milea from the isolated raneh of CaL, in the movatains of Ventura, matlvi^ grove of pfaias, hangs the dried itly thing swings out of reaoh of h« ««y«Mi^liHid the vultures aad bczzardiaf* too timll to meddle with anything that moves ii the wind. When one of the party that hunted down and captured "Monarch. ' the great grizzly of the Sierra Mdre, rode In here and tajportod thatrha hid found* dead man in the trees of .the headwaters of the Pirn, the ranchers and vaqueroa shook their heada aad aidd it waa impossible. He persisted in saying that It waa ao until an old stookaan t0ok him aside and aaid " Now, yonng man^ none of us would pre- tend to doubt yonr weird for a moment, but we can't believe that any dead man is Ixaag- ing at the end of a riata UP IN THAI WltDIBWKSS. If anything of that sort ever had iMen done here, wad have heard cf it, and aa we haven't heard of it, of coarse it ia impoaaible. I've no doubt you believe It, bnt I wouldn't aav anytliing more about It if I were you." The bear hnnter, being a reaaonable peraon, aud no more, but went on down the Pirn on the trail of Monarch, until he came to the abandoned oablna and placer mine once owned by Mike Brannan. On the trail he met Gsorge S. Weaver, once the confiden- tial clerk of the Collector of the Port of New York, now a California cattle man, who gave him acme scraps of Brannan'd history, which connect him with the big grizzly, and perhaps with the dead man of the Pirn. A few years ago Brannan and his partner met the Monarch on the Pirn trail and rshly assaulted him with their revolvers. Per- haps they thought the bear would stand up- on his hind legs, af cer the manner of bears in the storios told by men who never met a grizzly, and so give them a chance to shoot at his heart. Bat a grfzzly does not fight that way. He Is the. Sullivan of beasts. There was a roar and a rush. The part- ner, whose name nobody remembers, was killed with one blow, and Brannan flaw through the air and fell in a pateh of brush. Before Brannan oonld get to his feet the lear waa atanding across hb body with his wick- ed muzzle close to the man's face, watohing keenly for signs of life. For a few moments Brannan lemalned petfeotly still, but unable to endure the suspense inactive, and fearing that the iMar would renew the attack any way he Iwgaa to feel cautiously with his right hand for his revolver, which he had dropped by his side. THIS SLIGHT MOVEMENT attracted the bear's attention. With an angry growl he sefzad Brannan'a right arm In his teeth, placed hb huge paw upon the face of the prostrate man, and tore out the biceps mnscle. Brannan swooned, and knew no more until several hours later, when he recovered consciousness and found himself »1 me. He survived, and had a crippled arm as a reminder of his chance meeting with Monarch. Brannan was killed not long ago at his mine, and the circumstances connected with his death justify something more than a mere tUBpioion that he was murdered for his frold. Two men.EUiott and Snider, were employed by him to build a ditch on his claim, and one day Elliott reported that Brannan had fallen into the creek and been killed, and that he and S aider had buried the body. The miners to whom this tale was told were not satisfied to take Elliott's word and at their Instigation the body was exhumed and an autopsy made. It was found that Brannan's skull had been crushed, and al- though Elliott declared that the wound was made by the rocks In the creek, it had the appearance of having been made by an iron bar. Elliott and Snider were arrested for mnrder and taken to Santa Paula for examination. Snider was a simple-minded fellow, and it was made clear Aat he knew nothing about Brannan'a death except what £llIott had told him. The evidence agalnat Elliott waa cfarcnmstantial, but not very strong, and as the Jastice did not want to put the county to the expense of a trial, Elliot was dis- charged. Butthe belief In his guilt was not removed, and in discharging him the Justice declared that he retained very strong suhoIc- ions, and he advised him to get out of Ven- tura county as quickly as possible. Elliott went furtively to a grocer s, bought some crackers and cheese, and disappeared in the darkness on the road to the Sespe canon. A few days later a party of hunters stopp- ed at Brannan's place, and in ore of the deserted cabins they saw where the earth floor had been dug up uid a small equare box removed, the hole retaining the shane of the box like a mould. The work had been done by somebody who knew that Mike Brannan had buried a ohest of gold dust there. One of the hunter^ had slept in that cabin the night that Eliott left Srata Paula, and the earth flojr waa so hard and smooth that he did not even dream of the fortune that was buried beneath. EUiott was met by a miuer en the Pirn trail. He went up toward the Mutow, and was seen no more- And a dried man swings in the wind at the end of a riata over to ward the Cuyama. A Womaniy Deed ki^^"S!iT"2f*2« '"" «' wondrous kind, said Girriok and aU tender helpful- ness springs from the faculty of insbStly ^SfJ:." "*? *~*" place. t£ Rochester Democrat narrates a pleasant In- cident as havbg taken place in tKat city • A gypgr woman was carrying a bonnoimr young "Roman," and the giy handkeroWef •he wore twisted about her hLdinSSd 3 » SSSi^?*i'Llli:*yu"*«"*^^- Having both arms fuU of baby she could not readjwt her head-dreaa. and her evident dlstrW over ",:?te.'l'L5'J«"*^ *?*• byatandlS «i."?!L^*.*!*'"»*'y t«k Inthe aitii Reubenâ€" Ye% it h porfeotty proper W â- PMk oftheyrooeeda el a waUdng natoh aa gaisteoe^ta. oame She Wked di^iK tTt'he'^v'Sw'^w W jmiled an " AUow Lr JSacSS'^ac^t^i "f*»^««^«« baby, and with her £££; S^^i^?* ??* **)S. »'«dk«ohl.f^SJ "Sd'-dtS'a ""'*? ^^- *• It strait, i hat final pat band, wiMi wUoh A Bombay Barrister'a Enoaunter With a Lioness* A ocr-eapflUdenliMliing to the B}mba G«z itto frfp^dStfuralihea exciting detaUa 4lv* fiaroeenaouator betfreenMr. J. D-*^' v»r»ity/ lie weilAa,.*! Biliie^baiirl|lefij and.a»i»rar|U!edlpaei whoJMae meton a Soir«lir,^tto, like himself, ^ftied flciWfal and were full of plnok. The firat game of the kind of which he waa in quest which It was hisgod fortune to see was a lioness, accom- panied by a cub. She was in the sand,^ and he go« a fair ahob at"Ber aacT bowletl her over She got opaad made for aome gtmu. While there. He followed her up {and gave her aaeooadahet, wonndiag her in tiiejaw and breaking a fans. She tnraed aad made for some aemb. Wben' abe g3t in there she re- fused to come out. Mr. XnverarUy^ believ- ing she was dying in the somb, tried to EB la aad give the ccnyi tU grace. Fylled tldsaltoaipt, he ouued febeiorubtobe set oa iSra to windward, aad etood withia twenty yarda of the fire pn the other aide. The lolneaa oame ont at a apot aoarbely twen- ty yarda dlatant from where Mr. Inverarity waa atanding rifle In hand. She charged atraight for him. He fired when ahe was within two yards of the muzz'e of the rifl) and hit her. In a second ahe waa on him and got him down beneath her oa the graas. She laid hold of his arm, and his fate wonld have been then sealed bnt for the Intrepidity of the two Somalia, who rnthei up to the lion- ess and dUcharged two bullets into her body close to Mr. Inverarity 's head. She let go Mr. Inveraritiy and made back for nhe scrub, bnt changing her mind sho charg- ed again, and once more proceeded to maul Mr. Inverarity. The two Somalis who had no time to reload, assailed the wounded lioness with the mczzles and butt ends of their riflas and heather off. They re- loaded, and following her up killed her with two more ballete. Mr. Inverarity pulled him- self together, and, notwithstanding his many wcnnds, took a photograph of his doM antagonist, who had so fearlessly tried oon- olnsions with him at close quarters. The number of his wounds was sixteen, thirteen being inflicted with the daws and three with the teeth. He washed oat $heae with carboUc acid. The teeth wonads were very painful, but those inflicted with the claws were comparatively slight. Mr. Inverarity rode back to Berbera, being able to au^e OBly six honrs a day. He returned to Aden In aeteamer, and waa there examined by the residency surgeon. The wounds were pro- nounced to be not dangerous, and none of the important musolea of the arm were found to be badly injured. The doctor ordered him to proceed to Eogland, and was In hopes that a fortnight would aee the wonnda fairly heal- ed. WhatSoito Judge Cjrwia'a famou, dreaa Oralis an incident dnriaglBte^FrMds MnL d%n*,wiyo;Sh'"»*i21 â- â- MurihyTSst*«^PiCJ| t^.tleSftTh^"*^ SUte-^here Z SgN*!] And my friendp," uii l "^I wretch wws^fiUsd and ^CJ:\\ hoi, and oiSfiiggt when â„¢"?«.»i»M out a candle the fl The drunken man arote !!^?**Cl huskily dett.anded- ^^J " leh thassho 1" ' " It is most asturedly .o .i. „ ;;6oter;^hic-gotef£*" •• Yes, right down here In »" The horrible example JSfr" down of expectancy. Here Allocked from the bnrBioe " I solenmly sbwear.' bLm iu " that never, sho long's I !»' " win I ever blow out anoSiet cLl' ingtonPost. ""«'«»«dl*.^^ Tiie Mtizz'e a Good The London law forbiddbg th, i. I the worlo'i metropolU to walk\SL5*"l ont a mczze was oljioted to bt^*^! the dog as needlessly cruel ani 31 VioIatwnGof the law are even 7^ visited with heavy fines, so thil ^\ regulation was evidently notmeMt^^»l| as soon as the hot weather wu ml Tl while the o-aners of dog. czm,LH animals themselves look nnhapp, L^H yoke of oppression, the health rtittrtU I rive to explain the reasonablenen ohS.*! Deaths from hydrophobia b BM year were fewer than in any yewCif I the chief centre of the diMu, k^Lf^l con tinning, as heretofore, to beLWril twenty years London had 121 duflu (*l hydrophobia, and the number drotwrf SI 29 in 1887 to 14 in 1888. Ho^TZtl benefactor desires to dlmini»h i Ww I and nervous exhaustion let hio proMrkL oate at night a remedy oorreipondliwtofcl dog- muzzle. "' A Canad'an Tiger* Perhaps the " grizz'y " of the Rocky Mountains takes precedence of all North American beasta as the terror and delight of hunters. In afarength he ia terrific, and he neither ahows fear In the presence of man nor exhibite any special desire to court seclusion. In strength and savagery he has a rival in the panther, puma or cougar, as the animal is variously called. This beast,thongh ranking, according xx» some authorities, as third among the cat families, and only sur- passed in strength and ferocity by the lion and Bengal tiger, is ordinarily very retiring, and, perhaps more than any other* animal on this continent, avoids the sight of aan. I*; ia only w^en brought to bay that his enor- mous strength and agility are displayed. A few years ago an instance of this was afibrded by a cougar In the Adirondaoks aelzing a hunter bv the shoulders and bearing him in a single leap over the top of a hemlock tree. The encounter of a brave woman with a puther near Vancouver, B. C^, Is a reminder not only of the audacity of the animal in In- vading the haunte of man, bnt of the pre- sence yet In Caaads of this most famous of the oate of America. The panther ia naaally aaaooiated in the mind with the tropioal regiona of America or the terrltoriea border- ing on the Mexican frontier. But, if much leaa frequent than formeriy, when he proved a peat of New England pbneera, he atlU h found here and there, probably as far north aa he ever ranged. He atille linaera in the foreate and mountalna of Britiah Col- umbia and of Northern New York, and ia aaid to be yet found in Gaape and else- where Bear the St. Lawrence. It is only a few pears since a panther weighing aearlv 200 pounds was shot in Northern Maine. In Oatsrio it is probable that he mav yet haunt some of the swamps and thickets. Within fourteen years an eight foot puma was kiUed in the county of Middlesex and an other in North WeUlngton. fâ„¢?MJfc"i.'""J »^ »•«" or mun of fwrmers,who has lost manyaheep through the atealthv vlsite of the faioua depredator of olden daya, was amoaat the excitlag Jll^ "' '" ""*y •» Hwo" County about a dozm year, .go. The marveUoM aeclusion ordinarily preterved by the beast bttka the tiger rteaU alone." wrote Camp- beU long ago. The viaita of the beast tothe SSfhjf • ' beoomomore klely 2!d hJi*.i^h" ~^ ?**l" '•"•ooBoolor baa a pnallelamoagat the big oata of Aali for the Baagal _tf^r b foui?faSe jaSJ me^Slr?"'*^" •"*•»»»•*• '^•^ »' Qiebeo. falls lower ia wiator Uum at Coming Down to a Fine J Therels a good story told of the «. oal qualities of two well knownudi. geatlemea living in tbeeait partofknl that is a good lesson for theie redtlMbil travagant persons who are not pomail J the true spirit oi economy, Oa » os^l night one of these gentlemen «il«dceil other to transact a little baibeaitll former's residence. The hoit liibriil candle that they might examine wmeptMl but Inunediatoly blew it out agib «h| they were through, leavinir them bo^i ting in the dark. " What made you blow ont theeuAl inqaired the caller. ' Oh, we can talk in tbe dark uvd In the light, and it saves the cindla," the reply. They cantinaed their converution k short time, when the host heard mysterious sounds coming from the din of the caller'd chair and irqaired whiti friend wks doinr. " Why," wM the reply, •' It's dark ilk and nn one can see me, so I tbooghtli ake c £f my pan ts to eave tbe wear on t° â€" [St. Joseph Njwb. What Makes a Cat Tieal Eofilj. "Grandpa, what makes a cat tread Mfii;:^| asked little Tommy Findoat ofhbii" relative as the pair sat down to ispi their minds when tbe eveefau; lanpii lighted. tijj "It is a faculty provided by in Mm Creator, my son, which enablet the M walk loftly," replied the old mm tikjj down his paper and beamed on the seeker after knowledge. "All members of the cat tribe are e with a noiseless tread which ^ready I tates their capturlmt their prey. i«* doubtless noticed that the pedal of the feline are farnished with ioft,i balls or coverings instead of hoofa Those balls extend below thedawi;' are drawn up when not In use, «»'»"« J cat to walk across a board fioorwithwi* slightest noise." "Oa that ian't what makes » cat i softly," said Tommy, when the oldmB* finished. "No What is it, then?" aiked i "Rite ' replied the boj, while »J happy imtle lit up hisiogeanoas m The Sole Survivor of Trafalf" TheRjv. Mortimer E. Kennedy, torn Ought To Be tfore Carefal Of Heraelf. Brld«f .*»""' (»~nioaUy)-Good moraiag. ba%e'r*iSi,"" "P "^-^ '"^~ -^^ tu5,'***«**-Sare, mum. it do be sgreat pity *M yez oan't be aaoarefnl av yarSSf JS Papa Was a Hm Beast ^hnny (aged four) -«Pap^ you .B«ty tt ^!!^~,A'^t}^^*l â- *** i '"«« "i^P you arsi^io'itr* ' '"•" "• ^nterval of three minatea fiUed with howl- Jofaaay (iMniteBtIy)-.Mp^nal" Papa-" What la 1^ JotamyJ" Johaay very peattneaU,)- "You a aloe 'Jk*«« Chaplahnat Costebelle, Hyerea, Loadoa dally :-" With wf«ren» » beat aaniversary of t^" "*â„¢* ° Jl, It may interest your ntAtntof^ Emanuel LonU Cartigny, ot Hy«w posed now to be the 'oleKon^'.g engagement. He was a mo'"" o" '^- ^â-  French ship Redoubtable* orew of 800 men, of whom only."j He remained seventeen y""" "ij, prisea. where he m^^J^'^i our language, which he »»"'*T^|b the death of ChevreuU 1«* C""!,, M (he doyen of the Legion d' B^Jj^f la receipt of a small peniion ttm^ ,^ J Government, and he is w'o.'TL.hW Englishman who takes an »«'2gj,« Notwithstanding his great *PT0 his health and faculties are ^^^ be seen on fine days t**^*'^^ p^oW ara awes vaa -*»a»»» **â€"j^ â€" "j .- PtlP'^j unaided on the Bsnlevard *»f^« Hyer aad he is still able to g^ reooUeotlons of the memorawe «^ „SjM^f)-'U « r. Int. *• ASoantPattem- Mrs. Bisoom (rushing to» '^^ â€" â-  a soream) "For mercy »«e'„,, down ia the pasture and tw j himr* Dressmaker {induWJff'i half a dcz:n pins): 'Ind*" know aa there was monff^ Mr. Basoom for that 1" On The Other fo«|;^ Heâ€" This ta a nice time of ' tooonehome. ,^ ui^ii^ SiM^Gmilda't help Mere, master I" orh ' .„»!« "I tald you so. .«wded. 11 Itarted after mm bat ,mh wd soon I found i iBffls all alone. I had i lyet, for I could hear t ,Bd dog 0° ahead. rgBl, strange as it may [ow It happened,-â€" whatb tiviog me as to the situi^t t Ike different parties raj ptsttiaBSâ€" I haroly know. jths faot till the sounds. Ely growing nearer and hore and moie distant. J Ihm I began to be alai Ltfties would get away fr lina leoklesa manner. sdingmy atruggles fci ne fainter and fainter idled out altogether. 1 NOW STOPPKD AND lab received na answer, nc hear any sound to give ma he whereabouts of my ci Innt. The thicket where enie, and at the bsat I cc «y forward very slowly jattera still worse, I was i Wteled homeward. As I had corns out with 9 country well, I had pai I different conges of di nnthe cardinal points of n marked ont before me, ^Mded which way to go. There I was, alone ia the M jangle that probably ex I every direction, ihhabite id serpents, and in whii ntially delivered, I shon J I had oontinued on, aha; |toatherly direction, for a nr, when my very soul wi Asd that I fancied to ilping of dogr,I atopped, 1 JMth and trembled with I Should it indeed prove to Jgtoward me followed by t kteliaf it would be from mei ]qaal to the torture of the i Aftdn I heard the aam Hearly and distinctly, as if h a ({antle breczs, and imp iaadacreamed, hoping ai .void hear me and oome to I Then I listened again wit '"I hsard the aounda aa if A and FILT MT HZABT All became ailent, when i 'loaHmratfrom the dogs 'tee, and evidently oominj pji^t where I stood. I lalsss toan another minut â- HtBe aonnd of a ruatl and preaently I aaw i imee agitated along a Frmie animal making ^^aeath. As the beast, J to be a wolf, would pr 'â- ^*'"«t of me, I insiai l»rive hiai a shot. [With my bedy well braced "artye glaoeing along i â„¢MIy waiting the oppor lsl.y°'^P"»"'benI Mjâ„¢ "oroam and the awif "not acme huge object, li Umong the buahea with LoS!^ *^^^ fearful so rr?*"^^' my blood re LlJE!^?"' "omenta beft U»^ two animaia were LJ^° '»mbat within a f, J^» the latter having 1 5|*[«a a great dUtaoce. ,«!!??*â„¢"»ner-*nsrlin ""geyelptaganddancii h-"V*»^ prepa 5?; bpth antag(m ' ' Si'Sbt put in ^Win on the ap ' •ao were doubtless, â- *oll6winq the e LSfc?w[»PP««Jhed the '*^~g»-Prudeat, watoh ^Jh^oopteate of n ^.«J^ PM»ther, as b' I niSi? *• »w« beaste: P^aan!! •l'P*«»d for whi V^2^»bMn he had be ^^JJfl' " victory, '^â„¢^erloa8, heao^ ii^ "•« oa another ^--r*" toream and it BX«" lodi with the girl., ^j^^^ too.Mf»^P Me wi Heâ€" And you've been °j;-jp;i,i' Sheâ€" Joat a giaaa or iinlat aa aeftting'em up « Mime. JoatiaaoyU! And why oaae aa irall aa the othar T at"' •'-•^^^