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 M] !^;3' II iff. 'I? tiV 1 i' II .f'i ilii S; ;ig •â- " I'i i'r 3^1 5 •â-  1 r. r. r' ?^' ii M THE STORY OF A WOMAN-HATER. EVSLAIDS STEEL WALLS. Fndaiek Cbamben iioft« fa^ed WM»ir cUwly "-^^^ Mnia, •ad â- kakiaff tiwir gtmj oorkHrvwa ndly, n- plied tb»t " it ircK a pity, certeinly, bat poOT dear Frederick bad raoh rtry peonliar UeM."â€" "Indian climate, yon know," they wonid add myiteriona^, looking know- bpT at each other aa they apoke. And their elderly friends woold try to look kiMwlog too, altboQ«b not one of them qnlte nndentood bow the climate of India had aaythioK to do with tbe Colonel'i views OB Batrinwrny. The soeiety cf the seTere- looking s^BStera with whom his sisters Miooiated did not tend to remove the Ci^oael s aversion to marriage or his dislike to the weaker sex generally. If ha detested all women, his sisters excepted, he trebly detested bis shter's friends. " A parcel of gossiping old women," he said contempt- Bonsly Report bad it that one Miss Barbara Pratt, a maiden ot fifty-eight, bad once, kindly ignoring her eight years' leniorit), contemplated taking the recreant Colonel in hand and finally marrying faim. Bat the Colonel saw throngh ber Itttle schema, and fled precipitacely to Banlogne, where he remained fat hidbg until he heard that tbe fair Barbara was safely married to tbe senior cnrate, an anxions careworn widow- er with three (children, and a stipend of two hundred a year and expecta- tions. Cokmel Chalmers had never cared for the senior oorate before but when be heard of his marriage with Mies Pratt, he positively lovei him, altbongh he expressed oontempt for a man who allowed himself to be oanght a second timeâ€" "and by snob a woman," he added mentally. But alas for the nnfortnnate Colonel's peace of mind! When he retnrned from his Bonlogne trip, expaoting to find life gobsg on as peaoefnlly as before, his sisters greeted him with tbe information that tiie house next door had been taken by a widow with a large family of children, moat of them qoite yonng. "And really," added Miss Jaset plainUvely, "fond as I am of obildren, I can- not stand tiie annoyanoe of having them oontfaraally in oor garden â€" it does spoil the beds so » The Colonel, who was eating his en p per, looked np angrUy, for he bated obildren, altbongh, havuig no nepbews'vid nieces, he knew very little about them. "Have they been walking over my flower-beds?" "No, no, dear Frederick," broke in Miss Sophia. "Janet doesn't mean that.â€" Do you, Janet t" The oorkscrewa at the other side of tbe table nodded an empbatio negative, and Miss Sophia continued "We were only thinking of those dreadful children of Mrs ndersley's who were here five years ago And i;am8ure," she added oonsoUngly, "these look remarkably nice ohUdren. remarkably aloe." "Humph " ejaculated ber brother "I hope so,rm sore." And with that be ex. tended bis hand to each of the ladies in turn as they prepared to retire. He new by any chance kissed them even when a boy be was not demonstrative; and when Miss Janet sometimes sighed over th " peculiarity of dear Frederick'*," andj'co trasted him with other people's brothers. Miss Sophiarebnked her sharply. â-  ' Would yon have Frederick slobber over us in public as that odious Mr. Green does over bis dsters 7 ' she would demand ateme]y,Eqaaah- ing Miss Janet's murmured "Only in pri- vate, yon know," witb unanawerable argument " Men can'c see when to do a thing and when not to do.it and Frederick, my dear, is no better than the rest." As far as the Colonel could jadge during the first two or three weeks after bis arrival home, the conduct of the children next door certainly bore out Miss Sophia's statement that they were " re-mar kably nice children." They never disturbed him as he sat in the garden by uttering those unearthly shrieks and yells which he imagin- ed w«re the chief amusements of youth nor did they ohase bis sister's oat nor roll balls along his trimly-kept gravel paths. Indeed, he was tain at length to acknowledge that " for children" they were not bad and he speedily forgot thetf existence. The fMl of tbe Uatier really was that the ohildien were busy at their lessons daring the greater part of the day, and their gover- ness, an orphan who lived almost all the year with them, did not permit any shirking of duty, so that the combined effect of strict lessoDs an.l a wholesome awe of their crotchety neighbour served to keep the ohil- dem from disgracing themselves in his eyes. We do not think Colonel Chalmers would have felt flittered if he had known the feelings cf fear and awe with which the children regarded him. "The Ogt e" they ealled bim among them- selves and although their mother and Miss Grant always rebuked them if they heard them speakhig of bim as such, yet even they looked upon him as a most peculiar and de- cidedly disagreeable neighbour, and kept the children aa much aa possible out of lus But lessons do not last for ever and about a month after Colonel Clialmers' return, Mrs Tracy teld Miss Grant that it would be aa well to begfad the Christmas holidays. The ohUdren were wild with glee at being let off their studies, and b^gan elaborate prepara- tions for Christmas, which oaoupied ^em so well that they were quieter than ever. Mrs Traoy was ralieved. She had feared that, freed from restraint, the ohUdren would begin to annoy their neighbours, but so far they were as good as gold. It was there- fore with a mind quite at ease that she set off the day after New-year's day to pay a long-promised visit to ber sister, leav- ing Mies Grant in sole charge. Her last in j auction to the children was to be very good and certainly they looked very demure aa they bade her noewell at the |»rden gate. Miss Grant, having emna- thiag to do in town, went with her, hud they were left to their own devioea. It was a oold day, Imt not aoowy, and Colonel Chalmers waa taking a ooaatttutifla- al op and down the gravel path, refleoting aa he did so on the CMmptad state of the army at that time, always a pet arievaaoe «f hii, and now doaUy so daeo Ue yooag ceoain, Geoffrey Markham, was always â- ending him aooonnte tf how " tUaga were doae new," whioh made bias bou with rage. The ohfldraa oould jnst aae the top «f hia has aa ha aiaiinhed slowly up aad dowa by the dividiag waU;bvt dtsra whisnered remark that "rho Ctee was iag hia ladiaa temper agida ' i^ey ao aotioe of. what waa beoomiac^ a dally oocuneace, aad devoted all their attsntMS to mmmr fame el ball, whioh Jaok, tlw eld«l boy, wh* waa at hone from school, had taught them. Itwasactaaoicy SUM, aad altbeagh oocaslosial ripplee and onrats of laaghter were wafted over the wall, the Goloael fouad it rather soolddag thaa otherwise, so that far e-erytbiiig seemed to go all right. But, alas! this state of things couldn't last long, and an extra hard bit from Jack's racket sent their only ball fl?ing right into the oeatre of the Oifra's lawa. The children looked at each other in oon- stematlon. Here was a pleasant state of things »nd no mistake 1 At last Molly said ia a low tone: "The Ogre bits goae iadoors I can't see bis head any more. We might get it if we climbed over." Jack looked at her, and the others stood round in anxious suspense to hear what he would say for thbrtaenyear-old Jack was considered an oracle by his six brothers and sisters. " There was silence for a minute and then the oracle s»id, mournfully "We can't all go, you know; tbe Ogre might catch some of us. Besides, what's the goodi No I threw it over, so I suppose I must f etoh it." Then taming to Molly, he bade her bring him a chair nom the school-ropm, and not to dawdle on tbe way. 'The Osre might comeback, you know," he said grave- ly, "and I don't want co be nabbed." Molly flew indoors, returning with a high chair, whioh they succeeded in planting firm ly against tbe walL Jack clambered up. " I most jump, I suppose," he said, after survey ing tbe land on the other sHe " it won't do to spoil his fiowerbed." Witb that he gave a spring uid alighted on the path just as the Colonel, who had gone to get a dgar, re entered the garden. His rase knew no bounds; he seized the astonished Jaok ly the colbur and gave him a good shaking, much to tbe horror of that worthy's partl- sans, who were watching the scene ia dleat dismay from some steps oa the other dde. " You young scamp yon I" he exoUmed at length when he had reoovered hia breath " how dare yon come into my garden like that " " I wanted our ball," muttered Jaok, who felt sore both morally and physically from the shaking. " It came over here." "It bad no bndness to," returned the Col- 'and And took onci, piokLig up the offending article "i since ii's here, I'll keep it. I tbink.â€" i now, be off with you, d'you hear ?â€" No not that way,' as tbe boy made for tbe walL 'â- Cai^'t you see the gate t,' And through the gate Jaok went, feeling highly indignant with the Ogre for his rude reception of him, and fully persuaded that be was quite the martyr the otheri thought him. But the Colonel was not disturbed by any remorse. In his eyes,otber peoples' boys were a nuisance he did notuaderstaad them, aad felt deoidly aggrieved if they were allowed to trouble him. So he lit his dgar and walked thoughtfully up and down, as if no such person as Jack existed. He had completed ten turns in undisturbed peace, and waa walking towards the house for the eleventh time, when a slight noise behind him made him turn round. To bis utter astonishment he bdield, standing in the middle ot tie path, a little boy. Tbe Colonel was too much taken baok to speak, but stood staring at his small visitor in speechless amazement. He was not a pretty little boy, but be had a dark attrac- tiye face, and grave wondering eyes, which seemed to scan the tall Colonel [from head to foot. "So," he said at last when he had finished bis scrutiny, yon are the Orge, are yon V Then, without waiting for an answer, he continued "well you are not pretty. Are all orges so ugly, I wonder " "Upon my word " ejaculated the aston- khed Orge, lettln? his cit;ar fall from be- tween bis fingers â€" "upon my word I" "And you are jolly ankind," oontlnued bis'small accuserâ€" 'i ally unkind," he repeat- ed, eyeing the object cf his remarks gravely. ' £ou hurt Jixik awfully, and yon prigged hte ball. I call that mean." "But it came into my garden," proteatad the Ogre. "I bad a right to keep it.' "Y4U hadn't," exolaimed^the small boy "yon hadn't any right. Jack bought the ball with his very own money, and you stole It." The Ogre blushed beneath his sunburn. ' Yes, " repeated bistormentor Impressively, "you stole it I Ana mother says it's wrons to steal.- Perhaps, tbough," he added suif denly, ' 'you havn'ii been told that perhaps ogres don't have mothers. Do they?' A far-off memory of a little fellow hardly older than this one saying his prayers at the knee of a sweet faced gentle woman he called "mother" rose before the Colonel's mind, and his voice faltered aa he -.nswered slowly "I had a mother once but she Is dead she died long long ago " and a mist rose before his eyes, and he was obliged to rub his eold-iimmed eye glasEes with his handkerchief. A little hand was laid on his arm, and a little voice cried sorrowfully "Poor, poor Ogre Iâ€" Don't cry, please. 01 course you are cross if you have no mother for she oan't comfort yon if you are sad. But Jack won't mind when I tell him so, please don't cry." And aa the Colonel stooped to pick aphis fallen dgar, a pair of soft ohOdlsh arms were pressed around his neik and a warm kiss waa imprinted on liis rugged obeek. He raised the child in his arms and said softly "Never mind, little one you shall comfort me. Will you be my friend?" And then, as the tightened, dasp of the hands around his neck told of the child's acqulesoenoe, he continued "Here is Brother Jack's baU. Give it to him from me, and tell him I am sorry I was cross but I am only a gruff old Ogre who doesen't know any better.â€" And now," he added, "will you stay and talk to me a bit?" The child nodded and setting bim down on the ground, the Colonel walked along bedde him, beoondng every moment more aatoniabed at himself for being interested by thy ohildlih prattle of his companion, inioee name he had leamt was Norman Fraads Traoy â€" **After grandpapa," the boy added proudly. He waa just ia the midst of a story their anat'a oat, "who ia oaUsd Maaky 'caoae aba's got ao taO," whoa the gsraea gate upeaad aad a tall lady-like gfal oama quiddy np the path. It was lOss Oraat, iHm, on her retorn, had fomd aU tiM diiUraa in m ^reat atate of exeitanieat, for they said "Konaaa had P^ ,*»*•• Ogre's and had aever oome Mob." They implored MIsa Qiut tooo aad see what had hmpsMd at eaoa, **m f may behalf roaated." they eriad; for, haviag reibed iadoora oa 3uk'» retara, they knew notiiiag of witat waa happeaiag. Bc oosTunrxD aw Kelatlve te tte VraveaseMte ia Fm« latereallBC K' IMUah Mavyâ€" Ii seat Skips aa« •1 ceastractlOB. The British war ah^ Trafalgar Is reported aa ra^dly approaobias oompletion. Her heavy atmameat, ooadatbg df four 69 to* anas, is ahready in position, and the aazillary armament of qaiok-firiag and maohlae guas is belag placed. A slight deUy will be ocoasioaed by the streagti^- ingofthemMatiuga oftbo 4.7 qolokfirlog guns, in whioh It Is Intended to use the new smokeless powder. The British naval antboritiea have in- stituted a plan of reorviting stokers and engine-room artificers, and have detailed a board consisting of ten engineer officers, assisted by six obtaif stokers and engine-room artificers, who have already oommenoed thdr labors. It Is proposed to reach men actually engaged In work in maohine shops, or on board merchant ateamers, aad hidnoe them to enter the navy. About 1,600 atokersaad 500 engiae-room artificers are waalied. Aa importaat additioa has beea made to the British Navy by tbe delivery to the Admfaralty of tea seooad-olass torpedo boata from the contractors. Yarrow Co. These hosts are said to be capable, when fully equipped, of steaming sixteen knote an hoar. The total cost of the vessels, includ- ing their armaments and fittings. Is about £30 000. Two first-class torpedo boats, each costing about £10.000, and steaming twenty-three knote an hour, will shortiy be ready for delivery In addition to the ten second class boats. Says the United Sarvlee Gazette " The crew of the Sultan has been bulked on the Hannibal, receiving ship, and the Imttle ahip la being prepued for sarvey. It b expected that the whole of the outer plating of the double bottom wUl require renewal and the framee atralghtening." It Is said that the oonatmottve material for tbe new B.*ltish war ships will be the now universally approved Siemena.*' mild steeL' It Is reported that the use of thia material basso far exceeded the fadlitiee for pro- ducing It that the eonstruotive work la the Clyde shipyards has been muoh retarded. More than one thousand tons of material have been worked Into the British battie ship Boysl Saverefgn during tbe laat three months. This vessel will be the largest war ship In the British Navy. Same naval offi- cers think that the partitioiu whioh separate her computmente are too slight for the great pressure of water they will have to wittistand should any of them get fljoded. The British torpedo gunboat Seagnll pro- ceeded DO sea reoentiy to undergo a full- speed teat under forced draught. This ship. It is said, waa reoentiy strengthened in tbs make of the machinery and boilers to lessen the vibration of the hull. This, the report of she trial atates, haa been effected to a great extent, but additional strength Is needed. These exporiments are deemed of freat value in determining the proportiona to be allowed in building new veasels of this class. All of the new British war ships are being supplied with dynamos for electric lighting. The Intrepid, Indefatigable, and Ipblgeida, in course of construction by the Loadoa and Glasgow Shipbuilding Company, Govsa, will each have atwut 30a inoandesceat lamps. The Australian craisers Phoenix and Psyche, building at J. G. Thompson's works, Clydebank, will each have about 250 such lamps, with projector or search light in addition. On the Gibraltar, whioh Is in the hands of Napier Sons, Govan, there will be about 500 lamps. Two new first class torpedo gnnboats have been added to the British Navy in tbe Gos- samer and Gleaner, sister ships, reoratly launched at Sheemess Djckyard. E«oh of these vessels has a dbplacement of 735 tons, and they are fitted with machinery of 4.500 horse power. It Is oalcnlated that they will make 21 knote an hour. The armament ot the Gossamer and Gleaner Is Identical. It will C3nsist of two of tbe new Hotohkiss 4 7 inch quick-firing gius, mounted at the stem and stem, respectively, and four three- pounder quick firing guns, mounted at the broadside. The keel of the new first class British cruiser Centaur ws laid at Portsmouth oa Jan. 13. The length of the strip will be 360 feet uid the beam 69 feet. She is de- signed for 20 knote an hour on the measnred nule, and at sea, steaming oontinuous'y, 18 knots, while she is to oarry snfli jlent ooal to steam 10,000 knote at 10 knote per hoar. Herarmamsnt wil consist of two 9 2-inoh twenty- two ton breesh-loading guns, ten 6 inch five ton breecb-loading guns, twelvesix pounder quick firing guns, anl four torpjdo tubes. The protective deck extends through- out the length of 'the ship, the fthickness varying from five ioches to one inch. A conaideiable addition to the British Navy estimates has been made on account of tie IncreaM la the oost of ooal and iioa. The £20.000,1 00 roted by PariUment loat session is considered £1,000.000 too littie for the work laid out. Moreover, tbe Ad- miralty has now to take into account aa advanoe in wages, which, if it does not affect the royal dockyards directly, will be felt In the bids by private yards. Notwith- standing the enormous sums voted ly Parliament during the year, the effect bw not been to lower the eetimates for the oom- ing year. Lord George Hamilton mcaoa to show, It said, th»t a cruiser now will cost from 120.000 to £30.000 more thaa It would have oost two years ago. T f ° ^J^^Z *S *° •nqniry by the committee of Lloyd s the Secretary of the Admiralty atates that ao new form of oompasa has been adopted ic tiie British Navy. Improvementa have, however, recently been made In the Uqald oompassea with a view to makins tbein more effaotive in every reneot ud capable of irithstandingthe shocks of heavy ordanoe and abnormal vibrations of ttie bridges of ships oansed by powerful engiaes! ThMo oompassea are fitted witii aa a^atii drch espeoially,Iatended for taklaa bew- Inn at night aadia tidok or raSy^Jeathw. aad are now oa trIaL The makers oftK ^piiBrfSr^ D«t 0o.,of LandeS The BrMsh war-ship Superb, iridoh t«- tamed to Eaghad ab»t t^j^Ln^nhi eevwyoM.- wrvioeoa tiie keditXSE en nmoved, aad has beea fitted witii new ?ftf^!!5?" "^^J-wy- Tb» oldeagfal. i*?!L!2S!'** w«« of « 680 horse po^ bathsraawmadiiaeiytato develop f«o horse power aader^jod dn^S!;^^ â- P«^ of 14 kaote, aad 6 000 iSSJ vm 2?*^ 5^? •«»«»•«* oltiieSupirbwIlliOw; "'««•«*?" 18 ton msaV-liidiaa ouT rfx 4iach br.«,h loadlag ganCS?ifi5 Spooadar aad 6poaada qotok firing gooh The total oaet of tefitting she Superb m^ aaniMte htf vfth new nuMshlBary b esti- ^s;5«Ut£119 288 antiah aavai opiaiatt iffpean «» **^" •tMserfrxi davtodaythat of t he «^« the Bi»iorll|y*o«krhav»beeBt«il»» fafead of beriett? ihipi. AoMdinc ««* Broad Arrow "the Admfaralty were Inflaeaood la favor of barbetiee by tin f ollowfasg arga- Bwnt " We have had ao apportui^ rt dedding praotloally #hioh fa the beet svatem the Ooatiaesital powers havo fever- ed bwbettea If war were to break ont it was agreed that if wo bav* ehipe on the laae mtam and ouro of tiiem than oor nelghbon wo shall be safe, whiohovar syaton, tarrot or barbette^ b proved la aotnal warfare to be the beet." The Anaon aad CoUingwood have proved tiiat with a ton-foot frfebo^* they oaa face aay gale they are likely *^ meet oo serrloe." " BK)W£3'U8j to The Boots of a Honsebold- (After Mis. Hemans.) They oame in beauty, side by side. They filled bur home with noise And novr they're trotting far and wide, Oo feet of girb and boys. The self same dioe-maker did bead O'er every bed aad toe. He sheped thefar upper leathers fair Where are thoae leathers now One pair b Idloking 'gainst the bench. The patfoat beaoh, at eohod, Aad one b wading through the mod. And splashing In the pooL " The sea, the blae, lone sea," bath one (He left it on the beswhâ€" A merry wave oame dand ng op. And bore It out of resMb). One sleeps where depths of slimy bog Are gloeeed with grasaea o'et. One hasty plnagoâ€" it loeaed Ita hold, Aad ssmk, to rise ao more. Ooe pairâ€" aha I I see them aow, Aad kaow them past all donbt. For throogh each leather gaj^ag wide A rosy toepeepa oat. Aad parted thus, old, doaty, tora^ They travd far aad wide. Who ia the shop, ia shiaiag rows. Sat lately side by side. Aad thus they frolic, frolic, frolio there Aad thus ^ey oaper here. But great and small, and torn and all. To mother's heart are dear. N. B. Alao to father's purse. â€" HOCSEWIFX. Somanoe of a Toang Woman- Professor Rodolfo Landaai deaor i be e la "I'be North American Review" for Janu- ary an intereetiag "find" ia aa old Roman tomb â€" the ooffii of a youag weaiaa, ^whoee hbtory he b able to give ia a laoet iatereet- lag way. He says "Who waa tiib womaa, whose sadden aad tmexpected appearaaoe baa created such a aensatioa among us? When did ahe live? At what age did she die 7 Did she have a happy exbtenoe, loving and loved? Waa she handsome 7 Was she buried with her doU 7 The careful examination of the tomb, as described above, enablee ns to answer satisfactorily all these questions â€" ^with oer- tainty in some oases, with probaUlity in others. CrepereU Tryphaena must have lived at the lieglnning of the third century after Christ under the empire of Septimlus Severus or Curaoalla, as shown by the form of the letters and by the style of the bas- relief engraved on the sarcophagus. She was not a noble lady by birth her Greek surname, Tryphaena, provee that she be- longed to a family of freedmen â€" that b to say, of former servante of the noble f«miiy of Creperei. She was well propsrtioned, tall and ercc:i. Professor Alessandro Cec oarelli, tbe dbtlngnbhed surgeon, who at our re qaesD baa kindly examined and rear- ranged the skeleton, states her age aa 17 or 18 We know nothing about her features, but we can at least state that ahe had a strong and fioe set of teeth. There b no donbt that she was betrothed to the young manPhiletus, whoae name b engraved on the stone of the second ring, and that the two happy and loving youths bad exchanged the oath of faith and matual devotion for life, as represented by the symbol of the two bands clasped together. The story of her sad death and of the sudden grief whioh overtook ber family on the very eve of a joyful wedding is told plainly by the pre- eenoe In her ooffia of the doll and o! the myrtle wreath. Want More Leniency Tbe Australians are at the present time endeavoring to obtain a divorce law which b more In aooord with the bws that have prevailed In the United Statee, and whioh thev are anxiona to improve upon, than with the exbtiog law ia Eoglaad, to whioh the social laws In the Baglbh ooloaiee are expected to oonform. Thb laada the Lon- don Spectator to oomplaia rather bitterly agaiaat the eoclal lioenao of the £aglfah depeadendes. It eeema to the Spectator ^*lMaad faiexpedient that the ooloaiee Aoold leddato on aodal matters with a ireedom whioh the home Parliameat would not sanction. Ia England one oaaaot mar- South Walei aad in Canada he oaa, aad Ibta Booial freedom b irkeome to maay ia the British Ulands, who dblike to go i%broad to obtaia privilegee whioh tiu^ i«el that they ought to enjoy at home. The Speota- f«^ *?!SI."2^J?I!*^ *• ^•rf«« rtatea iw thdr effort to aeoure a more strict riage taw, and reads a aharp leeson Australians over their shoolders. msir- tolthe WearenofWeEOt. The Priaoeas of Waba fa nportod to have very Biaoh aetonished at aeeiac kilte vromlnrtiM Mesealia diepherdaTltire ball glvea by tiie King of the Hellaaei. KUte are alee worm by the^Jbaaiaas. aad whM Mm Duke of HwdUtoa was ia Albaala. not ttioo^ hob by ao aMam ia tha habit «{ SifrfLii**^ '****^ Me natlTa heather tiM wHd Loduda A the isr, acalask wliota a Biltfah S^-aI"^H«*«:K •«**2?5?^P'" BomooiaMmahohava 10 i^ wllh the Waaler aad the drMasT^ WUe tiwlIfeofMrr tt Stovab iaiingfMt i»:.^Wi «pi#ed tou{;^!ui^l, Tita^b remarSSl ""Jki SL J tiibremarkaUe womaa huMi witii tito deetroyer. Hsr lli?«4 pleasaaHaal In tiie HlU ssoa?ht SarrooiMled by graceful twTj'^s aalavltiag appearance. taSLTSkl and a pretty porch add to Tl!»«Cl boUdiag in ^ichXl^SS Tom's Cabhi" b p»ssiikS*tT *^ joiaiag lathe r^^Sa^SSk MiiSk^waia, while witEj'iS btiie home of CharlesDnA** Her hauseboldb conjoi'^jjl twia daughters, maidenUdiiSlS eerraate, and the ntimfaall«.^| dance upon the failing hesdrfJ'.^l The son, the Rev. Ch»?lesStoi*"5| 40, has until a few weeks »» hi^'^l ot the Wiodsor Awnuf fv^'^l Church In Hartford and livelVSn^Nl from hb mother's place. Mn rZ!,*»»I Isabdla Beecber Ho. kcr. rtVS?l tame, lives in Forest street "m The bst time the reporter' met Maj^l out of doors she was followed bvkl** I In a Stroll through the bajk yu^j^l own and adjoining resldenoe.;^J['«l SINGING IS A LOW voia the stanza bommencbig, " I.hu â-  of the cross?" She stopped snd 1«1I?7 1 writer squarely m the eyes snd forTiT meat or more did not ntter s mrd i! oame an luqulry about bis doin«itfc',2j for he was an old acqaslntsncs, bai ^5 1 he attempted to enter into coBvttaiJM* I even to make an answer Mrs. SteTiL* I StmiLjl dbtoW resumed the old hymn MiiMl oa. Tbeasbe turned and ssked. «1n!!!.I trustiag fai God?" That U h«o«s!l qiery of everybody. If the tanwhki!! 1 affirmative, or b evative, she sddi tht Z I peraoa b all right if his tmst h find. Db I tog her waadering on that dsyihi m y I happy as a child, yet there wsiMaiilta I her face. Instead the conotSDSBoe von I half severe look, softened only by tki w I and womanliness in the eotllBMi lb I head was white with tbe wavy nsy hib 1 1 of yore, fastened with a bud ohdnt, I It was about the time of the dath t[ hi brother Henry that she fally mlizjittul her facnltlea were on the wane. Dp to tkk I time ahe was considered in tbe he^lcihl mental powers. The fatal illnea rfhl brother, with ito boors of kisdm n^i for tiie end, wore upon her misd, Ik I writer, in conversatioa with her s fnr ^1 before the death of Plymouth's psstot,iMi I her in a state of great unrest ud bntmI noes. ' She imagined her brother wu U,| «md her friends were keeidng it iron h I She nervotuly pleaded to know if thi si I had oome, and on bebg assutd thithl brother was reported as more oomfatti^| shebeoame ABSOBBED IK HEB OWN THOCGHIS, obllvlotis of any person in her preaail After the death of Henry Ward then I stricken with sorrow, and mahitalDcd lil quiet of a reclose for some time. The «li' ter of 18SS 9. following her retnnfrosbl Harbor, was remarkable for its mildseaui I lack of snow. Oa pleasant days ahe took I walKB on the streets in the vicfaiity of iwl heme, accompanied by her nnrse, more hi I companion than for any necessity of u it' I tendant. She was able to valk a hilf all I or more at a time, and showed imptoTeBs: I In health as a result of her ootdoorexeRia| When she met acquaiutancessbewuslfijil ready to pass a pleasant word with thta,! and she showed that she remembetsd tlw I faces and different conditions, nomitbiW' Ing her Ijog and almost fatal sickiea. Oil a number of pleasant Sundays she o»apfl her seat in the Asylum Hill CaDgret|ii»i Church and attentively listened to Ite » I mom. of the Rw. Joseph Twiohell, the VM ial friend of Mark Twaiu. ^^. During the following sprbg the taWW I diowed evidence of decay. 8ti»B»r«ei» I were at firat observed. Then MoeodW tional acta and saying Th« »7^ nurse .waa watohfal in her duties sdiB* ed notiiing to happen exsept andsr tnj Slowly but surely Mrs. Stows «"*J ing as aUttiechild. Thechanaeswswiiog* uai as to be hardly noticeable at tot »â-  continued her walks on the •«*^'" greeted friends, but could not enter iw" intelligent or continued oonveisation. a«j she failed to recognizj personi"" -I known, orwonld greet them *^^| atrange remark. Thus she has uno months. In pleasant weather she W "J aUowed to roim about the y«fT-g, ad j lining premises. Her lo" '« "TJ w« strong, and she would f?,Ry.£* wandering about in search oi^^J^ of which she seemed especially tow. of which Bbe seemea eBpe«-»/ --^ nurse foUowed behind in Jl "« rj,,s allowed the frail mind to bavejnU P^ far aa was possible. DarUtf *f« lags the woman would â- inf."»JJ!,oJ4i the words biing acme famili*r "yâ„¢" jj, old-time church service, or tno^f^rfl^ when searching for flowf"'.^, fc!l*fi» God in the flowera. A fatniHtf " Mre. Stowe b the one """S " ,« ohnrohes for the past half cenW " beginning: "When Hsurvey ttejwj^, which the Prinoe of GteJ^ she sin» acain and»g«» on and that day. Men and Women. ^^ Men do not love the womw" ttiey love to have the women »" ^i When you have found a po« BJ said to lie pretty you have fon«« pretty girl. ... _u,| iS* Women are most •«'«»' •JJJS, i*» women, and men are most so"-^ among mea. ninrts"*»'f! Some womea are never pl"«^,(i* husbaads except when there » " woman around. ,^^ .â- .. ai " The man witfi the gr»^'^^^ man with the heaviest sorrow, «• wlio say the least. «|ik The aiaa aever renews '^i/t' a womaa renews hers ew/ it in oa a new areas. n.AtV^ The ooroel h a friend to sll "T^ » nuke them look ti*^^ latomaketiiemlookfet. Inoongraons Hop* Iff. Bkeeomâ€" Dj â-¼'°^J'!ja«»W*' BItdc ezpeete to be after oollegeT Mn. Bteklot-Wal, I'te h**. hat aaagtalaary hopes of bew i»i ^yBlVSBO} loammeroe of che Ams I SB under the BrazlUi I not aUowed by law 1 sf veesds employed p; and hence it b nc ihcajdtaUsts who ooi tdeof the river to aas i BrasPlans. There ai I by an Englbh line, ' uJl subsidy from the nt for plying betweei illagss on tbe main tri I for thb financial si „ to fly the national ay has eight steuners, Jobs; and there are [more on the river and (sail the Brazilian flsj I are gradually openi r to commerce. Only I BOW running beyond B on the Negro, but Englbh vesseb wil I to Yqnitoa, 3.750 u tof the tributaries are dbtances at high imontlis of the year I I OB their bimks are r once or twice a mon THIS KITES THAI boompletdy in the eMmerchanto and i irepresented at Para. lation of 15.000. b the m west of Para. Thi with few exoeptiona, I inhabited mainly I and half-breeds. forests of the Amtu f of hard wood, are no ial requirements. I and mahogany an â-  Even if there v dwood lumber at Pai sdand brought to ms [ovbg to the deasit; t lack of roads and i which b a source of Mforeste is the rub Insrywhere, from the 1 Para to the Tapojos » Negro, and probabl] 'â- yeud thoee gieat tribi t reads arc impracUoal m that are nulked Ue i I farms can be i^ "•J^bedrawaat oc "ifor tile tmaka of "•••a or twenty feet ni rteassns. oonditione are i Jt? ***â-  *• **PPed â- Wtaoupstobeoompi rwyerbybyerllkei ^ooAed or smoked ovc Pnoess that lavol "•ailapartaelaatii aa tiua it b ready [Jtooparatloaofanol Ir^ *wate rrqufare t "7 i«ot under the i •ei 'WATOKUL MAT AHl r*^F quarter of tl l!?'" to command las W.r "'"»â- â€¢ â-¼Â«Â»* et Worest. Nowhere t^Wa-dwithsosn K?* of cleared land b 7^»qaantitytokef H^J* she adventitii "«?»2b« woods. A to L,5^«'»m»to. The 2i;f««»tointheYi I^J» do so, witi liU" TheeflfoS t-2« to iaducs ti Sli3ni5^" iavolT saT?* poorest oU I, ""â- â- â€¢the most I *r®;^l«abeok. â€" woDK, s: aa«a^«Hiati '*««*ee,.y.«l \* «5|ular lit boalyoe i2!tj.ii@t â- Hi,i£j^a£Miijk