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 â- m ' L JIM THE TRAM?. He was a bad lot Magistrates, jail chap- Jains, and police had all at various times told him so, and he quietly accepted their nor Wl- want to work for any nejrther." He expected an angry lecture and round abuse for refusing but the other safd quiet- ly, stroking his boot with the handle of hia -^ u- **- *v huntinii-crop " That is a dangerous way of judgment, knowing it to be prettv ?^earthe ^^^^^^^^ J^ frfend, and will get you into troth. An outcast from his very l)abyhood, j troublelltaiL You are a fool not to tn -vhat chance had he ever had Left by an 'unfeeling mother to die in a roadside ditch, lie had l^en taken to the nearest Union, to be brought up a workhouse foundling, until he was old enough to be bound 'prentice and the guardians could wash their hands of him •entirely. A drunken saddler covenanted to clothe, board, and teach him his trade -and at his hands poor Jim had a dog's life, until, goaded to madness by every species •of ill treatment, he struck his master and fled. For a while he tried hard to get work in the villages through which he passed 4ut no one would take on the strange friend- less lad, and so he made up his mind to en- list for a soldier. If only he had reached York an hour or two earlier, her Majesty's army had gained a a-eful recruit, and poor Jim would have iial a chancce to rise and become a credit to the service. But ill luck would not let him go. He was routed out of an old stable by A zealous member of the city police, and charged next day with sleeping out at night, or some equally heinous crime, the result being that he was committed to prison for seven days. This broke down his last shred of self-respect and when that happens to man or boy, heaven help him, for his doom is sealed. Jim came out of jail utterly reckless, with a wild hatred of everybody and everything. He thought no more of soldiering or getting â- work, but let himself drift resolutely to the bsul. He soon got into vicious company, and â- before many weeks were over was again iin the clutches of the law. The do^vn-hill trouble again.. You are a fool not to try and pull up a bit but you know your own af- fairs best. Well, here is a supper and a bed for you anyway. Look out.' He tossed a half-crown to Jim with careless, easy good- nature, and, shaking up his horse, trotted off with a nod and "good luck." How costless a word or two of sympathy are, and yet how priceless they may become How easy to be gracious, and yet how far- reaching the results We scatter kindly greetings here and there eis we journey on life's roadway, and lo they spring up bright flowers to gladden some sad, weary wayfarer. We perform thoughtlessly now and again trivial services of courtesy and forget them but they shine in lone loveless hearts as glit- tering stars to cheer the midnight sky. Hugh Boynton, smoking his high-priced Havana after dinner that evening in the luxurious ease of his favorite lounging-chair had utterly forgotten all about the few words and the silver coin which he had thrown to the tramp whom he had over- taken as he rode home from hounds. Jim, curled up under the lee of a clover rick for once turned the half-crown over and over in his hand, and thought of how in his life he had been spoken kindly to by a real gentleman. Five dreary years passed over Jim's luck- less head, their monotony broken by police- court, prison-cell, and vagrant-ward experi- ences. He had wandered up and down some dozen counties, and seen the inside of most of their jails, and now^, as Christmas drew dear, had drifted towards York not that he had any particular reason forgetting road is an eaasy one, and the pace always there, liut because it lay in his way north raj)id, and so at thirty years ot age he was ' and he happened to be making in that diiec- pit.tty widelj- known to tlie authorities as a ' tion.why, noteven he himself knew, for north south, east, and west were alike to him. He had had a run of bad luck lately. Once or twice he had found a casual's welcome and â- conHrmed rogue and thief, who would not stick at trifles when once he was roused. Yes, there was no doubting it, he was an â- out-and-out l.ad lot And lie looked it, too, .•=is he slouched along the country lane with Ziands deep in his empty pockets and the cold and exposure of the open air. He slept under cover; but he had arooted objec- tion to its CDncomitants, and clioose ratlier masterâ€" an' shake them clear and struggle to his feet. He faced themboldly,ahd mettheir rush with a right and lefthander which sent one to the ground, but the other two closed in ujwn him. Jim looked' on with languid interest. Evi- dently it was some magistrate waylaid by three men who had a score to settle against him. It was no business of his, anyway, and though three to one was hardly fair he was not going to interfere. The gentleman fought well, whoever he was, and again sent an assilant backward with a well got in blow. But the odds were too heavy, and the cudgels told. He began to stagger and give ground, and a blew on the head beat him down. "Give it him, lads, if we swing for't," cried the tallest of the three villains, jumping upon him, mad and blind with rage. A ray of moonlight fell upon the upturned face of the fallen man: it wasthatof the gen- tleman who five years ago had talked with Jim in the Lane! In aninstanthewas overthe gate and at the men like a tiger-cat, and so sudden was his on set that they gave ground then, seeing he was alone, they rushed at him with oaths and threats. Weak from want of food and half dead with cold, poor Jim liad never a chance. For a few seconds he held up doggedly against t)ie shower of blows then feeling he was done for, stooped suddenly, flung his arms round the senseless Squire," and with one last effort managed to roll into the deep ditch, keeping himself uppermost. The brutes jumped down and strove to make him loose his hold of their victim; but stuu- ned and blinded with blood, he clung fiercely to Hugh Boynton, sheltering his body with his own. The v.-orld began to spin round â€" another and another heavy blowâ€" a chiming of far-off bells â€" a hollow buzzing â€" and then â€" black night for ever. Next morning they were found together in the blood-smeared ditch â€" one living and the other dead. Hugh Boynton often wonders, as he looks at the white crosa which he put up over a nameless grave, who his preserver was. But I the recording angel will one day tell how Jim the tramp, the "out-and-out V^ad lot, iiis head bent to meet the rain which the V,veniber wind drove in his face. But he •WAS too much used to discomiijrt to heed the weather, and plodded sullenly on through the puddles in the deepening gloom, half asleep, and so utterly careless of everything •around that he never heard the beat of hoofs until a cheery voice cried " Now, my good -fellow, if you do not want the whole road to ^itirself, perhaps you will let me pass." Jim never looked round, but slunk closer to the dripping hedgerow expecting the •ierseman to ride on without another word, â-  but something quite unexpected happened, for the cheery voice said " Thanks 1" It was the first time any one had ever rhanked the good-for-nothing, and he stared upijildank amazement, and saw a man of ^bout liis own age, in red coat and top-boots plentifully bespattered v.ith mud, looking down at him from the back of a weight-car- rying h;!iLter without the least gleam of aver- sion or suspicion on his pleasant, fresh-color- 13d face. " ou look rat'aer done up been long on the louA 'r"' "A v.eok .an' more I" The reply 'was surly enough â€" not that .Jim resented the â-  'Question, but simply because he was so used • to in.sults and rough speaking that the idea of a' " blooming swell" speaking civilly to such as he took him utterly by surprise. " Toing home "' J im gave a contemptuous grunt. ' ' Never ha van, guv'nor I" â- " J'oor chap I But you live somewhere, I suppose " '-Oh jves " â€" with a grim chuckle â€" "I live somewheros â€" anywheres. I'se notlikesome folk;;, must have everything tip-top. No that's not my style. Ye've a big house, in collide, and lots of slaveys to wait on ye. -I lives just where I can, and has to fend for mysen, and don't often get my meals reg'lar. " And the cruel contrast between himself and his comjianion filled the tramp's heart with bitter thoughts. Why have some folks aU J he good things of life and others none of them Here was a man no older than him- â- scU witli tine clothes on his back and a horse to carry him while he, poor fellow, had to trudge along ankle deep in the mad with scarcely a whole thread to cover him. "Why, the very horse was a long way better sfit !iud more cared for it at least had a •ivarin.diy stable and plenty of food waiting for it, while he had never a resting-place nor k crust of bread to eat. Again the cheery, kind tones startled him "But you have friends somewhere, I suppose " "No not me There's never a single soul, guv'nor, in this wide world as cares a i7ip for me and when I lies down some day â- and dies in a ditch, there'll ncan be. had scarcely tasted food for a week, and had almost forgotten the feel of a copper coin for somehow the near approach of the festi- val of peace a.nd good-will seemed to have shut up men's pockets, and sharp refusals and scornful silence were all he got from those of whom he asked help. The afternoon was closing as he found him- self in the long straggling village of Narston, footsore and done up. The lights at the the grocer's shop threw a broadband of bright- ness across the road, and Jim could see a man in a white apron busily piling up a pyramid of loaves which a boy had just brought in crisp and hot from the bakehouse. The sight was too much for the famished fellow and he pushed his way into the shop. â- 'Now then, what is it " cried the shopman sliarply, as he scanned Jim's tattered appear- ance " Will ye give give me j'an ov them little uns, guv'nor I'm high clemmed" and he nodded towards the bread pile. " No, certainly not I never give to beg- gars or tramps." " I've not tasted bite nor sup this blessed day, God knows." " Can't help that Come, get out of the shop, do you hear â€" or I'll set tlie constable onto you. The likes of you ought not to be allowed to go about the country. Come, off with you " So the social outcast went forth into the night hungry and insulted, and the sleek -tradesman rubbed his hands and stacked his loaves, congratulating himself the while on his refusal to countenance a worthless vaga- bond, who, regarded from the lofty stand- point of political economy, had no right to live on the earth. And yet Mr. Jonathan Binner was wont to pose â- on political plat- forms as the heaven-sent champion of the masses. Then, indeed, his sympathy flowed out in sucli a mighty torrent towards the universal brotherhood of man that there was not so much as a drop left to give a crust or even a civil word to a starving tramp at his door. Three times did Jim try his luck down the length of the village street, with no better success and then he gave it up and bitterly left the houses of his fellow-creatures behind him and faced the bleak open country again. He dragged himself along for a few. weary miles, then opening a gate crawled into a half ruined cowshed and flung himself down upon some bracken and straw litter in the furthest corner, and dozed off. When he woke up the moon had risen, and was shin- ing in through the chinks of the roof, and Jim could see the country-side was white with snow. He shivered and buried himself completely in the bracken and tried to sleep again and forget the cold and his ., .„ ncan t)e, man, hunger. He had almost succeeded, when the woman, or chdd, as II miss mc. one 11 be g^^^,! ^f voices came to him on the stiU men en- sorry, ceptin' tlie parish bums as'll have to put me underground, and they'll grudge •dicing of that even." Jim gave a sliort ugly laugh and slouched on, the water squish, squish, squishing out of the gaping rents of ?2 is old boots at every step. He quite ex- pected the " swell " to ride off .now and leave him to the rapidly deepening gloom and tlic wild, cheerless night but the horse •«sas kept steadily alongside of him, and his "ider sjioke agiiiii. " (."au't you get into regular work aud leave this tramp business " " So there's noiie'll have the likes of me. I don't look respectable enough. " " Nonsense, man. Don't get dov/n on .yo-;ir luck, lnt piek yourself up. Now, look here I will give j"OU a chance myself, if you will take it." Jim eouhl not believe liis ears. Some one .ictunlly tfti'Kingto him as if he was an hon- o.stinai!, and not some sort of vermin or %-^nomous 'oeast. A real " tip-top gentle- n-ian," too. He mitst be muddled. But the IjTowii eyes were looking coolly enough at him, and their "owner was saying, "Well, what do you say "' '• Yer don't know what I be I'm a bad I've been in quod oft enough," blurted Jim, feeling somehow he could not take liis new-found patron in. "I dare say you have, and deserved it, too. But I believe you can pull around yet if you like and, as I said, I will, give you the chance of regular work and pay. Will yon take it " In the depth of Jim's warped nature there .glimmered something like a spark of grati- twde and a dim longing after a new life, for â- a moment but old habits were too strong fcr him, and the clouds closed darker again •as he shook his head and said in tones which tried to be civil " No, guv'nor yer mean â- wpell but it's no go now. I'm no good for 'Wy think but cad^g and tramping, an' I night air, and a minute later three tered the shed. " Curse the cold I" growled one as he drew back just within the shadow. " Curse him, you mean," said another, as he leaned a thick oak cudgel against the wall and began to blow UDon his numbed fingers. " I'll do more than curse him when th' time comes," answered the first speaker. " Ay, he'd best not have taken us i' hand. Says he, when with the rest of t'bcaks he sentenced Tim and Jeff ' The poaching rascals shall be stopped, if I have to do it single-handed. '" " Well, he'll be single-handed to-night anyways, for he's no groom wi' him. So he can try what he's good for wi' three ov us eh, Jack?" •' He'U find it a tough job, I'm- thinking. " " Is t'wire right. Bob " " Surely His mare steps high but I've 'lowed for it, and she'll catch beautifully. It's part twelve now he oughtn't to be long." " Hist mate there's wheels. Now for't. Come ou. " The three men went out quickly, and Jim, following to the door, saw them leap into the road and hide in the hedge on th^ op- posite side then he stole doT\-n to the grate, out of mere curiosity to watch what their game was. In a few minutes the ring of hoofs grew louder, and a high- wheeled dog- cart spinning round a comer came rapidly down the lane. It was occupied by one figure only, the red glow of whose cigar gleamed in the frosty air and just as the scent of it reached Jim he saw the horse suddenly plunge and stagger forward. The wire-snare had done its Trork, the animal fell heavily, and the driver, thrown off his balance by the shock, shot out on to the snow. Before he could rise, the men were upon him but somehow he managed to gave his life for kindly to him. the man- who 'once spoke ENTOMBED Df A OEATEE. TUe Krsnarhrblp Story Told l»y a Party of Explorers in Xer Mcxiro. A party who have been exploring the crater or lava beds about twenty miles south- west of Albuquerque have returned, and vouch for the truthfulness of the story relat- ed by J. A. Beeton and R. W. Loudon. These two gentlemen stated that on their way to the Malpais they met a Mexican who volunteered for a few dollars to go and show tliem what he knew about the crater. As a general thing the Mexicans are superirtitious and shun the vicinity of the lava l)cils, but this man agreed to go. He piloted the Al- buquerqueans to a cave on the highest point, through cracks in the floor of which a warm vapor ascended. Viewing the surroundings for a few seconds the men were startled l)y a low rumbling sound, like distant tlmndc.-, and tlie lava beneath their feet trembled. The Mexican fled iinmcdiatcly to the open air, but before the gentlemen couM realize it a portion of the bottom of the cave fell, and they with it, into intense darkness. Neither was injured, but the ground upon which they fell seemed to sway to and fro. Fortunately one of the party had a candle and some matches, and alter innumerable attempts to light it the candle wias made to burn. When light was obtained a lake erf water, black as pitch, lay at their feet, while the opposite shore appeared to be moving from right to left. It seemed that tliey had landed on a floating island or a huge mass of lava n-hieh has probably been eddying around in this strange whirlpool for centuries. The Mexican soon returned to themouth of the cave, and, lowering lariats, by the aid of their horses EuUed the imprisoned explorers out of their ondage and to the surface once more. An- other party is being organized ^and will visit the crater. The Markup of Bird's Eye Maple. Prof. Beal finds that the peculiar mark- ings in bird's eye maple do not occur in young trees up to about three inches in diameter, nor very high up in trees which are very much pitted at the base. A specimen taken 50 feet above the ground showed no trace of bird's eye, while another from near the base of the same tree was very strongly marked. If the cause of these formations could be discovered and used to produce the marks, it would add greatly to the market value of the timber, for the wood of this maple and other trees somewhat similarly marked is comparatively scarce and in great demand for veneers. Into Sahara's Desert- Undaunted by the fate of Camille Douls, the young explorer who Avas murdered in the Sahara about a year ago, a M. Femand Fou- reau has nowplunged boldly into the country of the Touaregs. He was dissuaded from his enterprise by his friends and tlie Govern- ment of Algeria, but all to no purpose. The Geographical Society, as well as the Govern- ment gives him nothing but sympathy, and no one believes that he will come alive out of the mysterious desert where several of his intrepid fellow-country men have already perished. If Chicago cannot soon raise the guarantee fund of §10,000,000 the World's Fair will be taken away, and probably given to New York. A common remark of a drunkard is that he is making a beast of himself. It seems sometimes to happen, however, that a beast is made a drunkard, ' A Sydney, N. S. W., correspondent who appears to regard the incident as a joke, instead of an act of abso- lute wickedness, writes " I am not aware whether Y'ankee trainers are so great be- lievers as ours in whiskey as a medium of Dutch courage to weak-hearted animals. About this time last year a horse called Southerly Buster had no less than three bottles of whiskey poured into him just before starting in a race. It made the horse tight as a lord, and during the running he got mixed up with the paUing fence and his jocky was badly hurt. When the Buster got up he was staggering all over the course and stmrted wagging his head with a ludi- crous, drunken leer. Australian horses often have stiff 'nips' given them, but the Buster 18 the first horse I have seen properly drunk and winking at the crowd." ' HOW EOD WAS USD. BY KATE SUJCfEB GATES. Two ladies stood by Sue Ingram's counter waiting for change. " Whatdelightfulmeetings we are having! Mrs. Walker said. â- , ^, •' Indeed we are," responded Mrs. Cur- rier. " It does my heart good to see the young people so thoughtful and earnest. I've been feeling so anxious all day about one in particular Rod Carter." Sue gave a little start as she caught the name-, but neither lady noticed it. " He used to be in my Sund^-school class, you know," continued Mrs. Currier, " but he has not been much lately he has gotten in with a set who do not Iielp him much, I fancy. Some of our boys coaxed him into oneofthe meetings, however, and he is really very much interissted. I hoped he would decide the question last night I could see he was just halting between two opinions, but he WM not quite ready to decide. The worst of it is he could not come to-night, as he had a previous engagement. " Sue started again at this and looked a trifle conscious. "I'm so afraid he will be drawn back," she heard Mrs. Currier say next. "Some- how I have a feeling that if he wilfully stays away to-night, and puts off deciding until a more convenient season, the Spirit will cease to strive with him â€" now, any way. I am so anxious about it. " " Here's your change, madam," said Sue, just then. There were tears in gentle Mrs. Currier's eyes as she turned to take it. •' My dear," she said, obeying a sudden impulse as she glanced at Sue's saucy, piqu- ant face, "my dear, don't forget your re- sponsibility in influencing your frientls and associates. It will be a dreadful thing at tha,t last day to have any one say we led them astray, away from the right; will it hot?" Sue had no answer ready for this query, and the ladies passed out. "So Rod is interested in religion, is he " she thought, as she put things to rights, "^yon- der what Mrs. Currier- would have said if she had known his engagement was to take me to the theater. I suppo.se she would have besought me to let him off and send him to meeting. Perhaps I ought But I don't get very much fun, and I don't see why he can't decide before or after just as well. Still." and Sue fairly shuddered at the thought, "it would be awful if he should get over it at the play and then blame me for it." All day long Sue was perplexed and troubled, and as unlike her usual merry, saucy self as possible. "Whatever in the world am I going to do?" she thought as she started for home at night. "I wish Mrs. Currier had gone some- where else shopping-. I don't see what earthly difference it makes the meetings last a week longer, and Rod can go every evening for all of me, but if I give up the theater to-night the dear know s when I'll get another chance to go. I guess if Mr.5. Currier had to work as I do, and didn't have any more fun than I do, she wouldn't think it such a simple matter to give it up. It's all nonsense, any vray. I'm not responsible for Rod's not de- ciding. He liad time enough this week, but he ha-sn't improved it, and very likely he wouldn't to-night, even if he went to the meeting. I'm not going to give up my good time unless he asks me to." " And having come to this decision Sue has- tened her steps and tried to think no more aliout it. But in spite of her best endeavors she felt any thing but comfortable as she made preparations to go. She even kept Rod waiting fully ten minutes while shestood in her own room, hat and jacket on, and thought it all over again. It ended, however, in her coming down witha half-reeklesslook, and they started out. But Sue found her companion very sober and absent-minded, yet, while it increased her own disquiet of mind, she apparently did not notice it, but laughed and chatted incessantly. " We've lost our car and will have to wait a few minutes," said Rod, as they reached the corner. " What got into you. Sue I never knew yon to keep any body waiting before, especially when there was a good time on hand." Didn't you Well, there always has to be a first time, you know," was Sue's only reply and then for a few minutes neither of them spoke. Sue seemed to see Mrs. Currier's earnest face, to hear her saying," Don't forget your responsibility it will be a dreailf ul thing to hear any one say we led them away from the right." Rod was trying in vain to quiet his troub led conscience. " There's no use in my feeling so uncom- fortable, ni go to the meeting to-morrow night, and decide one way or the other and be done with it. ' But, suggested something within, suppose something should happen before then things do to people many times when they least expect them. What if it should be too late to-morrow night Rod shook himself impatiently. " Here's the car," he said, with a loot of relief but just then they both heard the church bell. " Don't forget," it said toSne ' Come now,"it seemed to Rod to plead. For an instant their eyes met, and Sue, with quick intuition read the struggle in Rod's face. " It will be a dreadful thing to hear any one say we led them astray. " How those words rang in Sue's ears "Yes," she said to herself, "it would be horrible, and I will not run the risk of it for all the fun in the world; if Rod goes aw from the right it shall not be my fault ««%'•• "I cam:' »«.C "Thank God," said Mrs fs,_, herself but Sue said never k^' ""ftlv sudden rush of tears blinded u*"'^: 4 "I ^n never thank yo't!!r-.*y^^^ your help to-ni ' • walked home to how happy and thankful decided. "I am thank me to decide, as well "I did not do for was even the least bit and help me I want Tery glad also but .Ro^.forIthinUlJeK answered as you,' i/God-;;il^H; â- r«^^-ehim,t^ The Sim-Dance of the Sioux. Lieut. Schwatka contributes ti eric Remington grapliicallv iiC*' the March Century a p-.rion, » ""'•«=» a. Sioux. From this artic e^^' ^^ " 'k^ lowing " men all hid a'seTibM^"' ^â-  medicine-men had set tlie date for tK 5"'" ning of the great dance dedicate,! tl f.^"' ' the ' sun -pole ' was selected a l "'*»«, young pine.or fir, forty or fifty ^^ with the straightest and most 7. "'• tapering trunk that could be fouml ""f'j a reasonable distance, was tuo" " selection is always made bv some o^;. ' generally the oldest one in the camn T^^' is any way of determining, whS'.!""" they ,vear „n su,-; '« to strip \\ oe to the -â- -' • "' ber of maidens gaily beaded buckskin gowns occasions the part of the niaideu's the tree of its liniiis 1 ' " " out felling it. Woe lo me i;i,-i „.i,„ to be a maiden, an,l jrmis thl p-oceHn old squaw forms, against vh.«e claim "' reputable warrior w ..juaw niav puS proclaim. Her punishment i.^ »,-L y. '"«1 than ir. is tlie nnlv vay The car was close to them, and Rod put them." sure, and her degradau-n more era* ' teresting. " The selection of tlie tree special feature of the liist day's cei.l,ratinT, After it has been stripped of its Iranches nearly to the top, the l.rushwuo.l and tree for a considerable distance about it are re moved, and it is left standing for the cere mony of the second clay. " Long before suni-i.se th? eager partici. pants in the next great stc]) were prepariiiir themselves for the onlual and a cjuarter of an hour before the sun rose above the broken hills of white clay a long Hi e-ifuakc home warriors, in gorgeous war-paint ami feather?, with rifles, bows and arrows, and warlances in hand, faced the e vst and the sun-pole which was from five to six iiiuulred yards a7ay. Ordinarily this group of warriors numbers from fifty to possildy two hundred men. An interpreter near me estimated the line I beheld as from a thousand to twelve hundred strong. Not far away, oii a hioli hill overlooking the Ijarharic scene, was an old warrior, a medieiiie-inau of the trilte. I think, whose solemn duty it was toaimounce by a shout that could lie heard bvevervone of the expectant throng the exact moment when the tip of the nion)i:ii,' sun a])peared aVjove the eastein hills. Perfect (luiet rest- ed upon the line of young \v;ui!ors and upon the, great throng of savage spectators thai blacked the green hills o\crh).iking tiie arena. Suddenly the 'dil wan lor. who had been kneeling on one knee, w itli his extend- ed palm shading liis .scraggy tye-hrows, arose to his full heitrlit. ami in a slow, digni- fied manner waved hi blanketed arai a'uave his head. The few warriors wlio were still unmountednow jumped hr.i rieilly upon their ponies the broken, wavering line rapidly took on a more regular appearance and then the old man, who had gatiiered him- self for the great effort, liurlcl forth a yell that could be heard to the uttermost limits of the great throng. The morning sun had sent its commands to its wairiors on earth to charge. "The shout from the hill was, re-echoed by the thousand men in the valley; it was caught up by the sp6ctator.s ou the hills as the long line of warriors hurlel themselves forward towards the sun-pole, t'ne objective point of every amiel and naked savage in the yelling line. As they converged towards it the slow^er ponies dropped out, and^ the weaker ones were crushed to the rear. Near- er and nearer they came, the long line be- coming massed until it was hut a surging crowd of plunging horses and yelling, gesti- culating riders. When loading waniors had reached a point within a humlred yanis of the sun-pole, a sharp report of rifles sounded along the line, and a nioiiieiit later the rush- ing mass was a â- sheet of flame, and the rattie of rifle shots was like the ra])iil heat of a drum resounding among the hills. Kvery shot, every arrow, and every lance was di- rected at the pole, and liark and chips were flying from its sides like sliaviugs from the ro- tary bit of a planer. When every bullet haa been discharged, and every arrow and hinoe had been hurled, the riders crowde.l around the pole and shouted as only excited savages can shout. "Had it fallen in this onslaught, another pole would haye been clioseii and another morning devoted to this jierfoniiance. Though this seldom liuppeiis, it w»^ thought that the numerous a.ssailauts of tm^ pole might bring it to the gi-ouiid. IMJ did not, however, although it Inoketl i^e^i ragged scarecrow, witli chiji.^ ami bari; hang- ing from its mutilated sides. "That such a vast, tumultuous throni could escape accident in all that wihU'liarj^ ing, firing of shots, htnlin!: of â- â- ""^^f/i,^ arrows, and great cxciiomcut .^""" bordering on a miracle, and mi miracle 1 P pened. One of the great warriors ^^ trampled upon in the clijirgo and """ ^^' that evening, and another Indian w" ' ' Thf" bruises, sprains, ami cuts that fflij lesser aftai««f s heard ot sprains have been spoken of in here unnoticed, and nothing' out his "hand to help Sue, but she drew back. "We won't goto the theatre to-nirht • we will go to the meeting, and if I were in your place, Rodney, I wouldn't hesitate any longer. I'd make up my mind for the right to-night." Rod turned and looked at Sue, too sur- prised to speak. » ^°T ^i*^ y*^" "' •" ^« asked,presently. O, I found it out," she answered, as they went up the church steps. It was an intensely solemn meeting; the text was Choose ye this day whom ye will ser^-e." It came to Rod hke a command After the sermon, when the minister came down from the pulpit, and, looking anxiously mto the faces before him, asked if there were not some who would choose now whom they would serve, Rod" was one of the first S Two heads bent suddenly L he spoke. Great-Grandmother at fifty. The youngest great-granli;;ot:icr Wf^^^^^ ica probably lives near i'oiuoua, ^â- """' ,j Her name is Francesca CVu-dolla. a"^\"' j^Ij is but fifty years. She is a poor F^^-^ woman who has lived in'that region 10 ^^j. thirty years. She was married '"j""j,jgr fifteen years old, and her olde.-^t """^.^jp married when a little over seventeen 1)ut thii-t.vt' c-randmotf- dlsst ,.-Vr.ic old. Mrs. Cordolla was years old when she was a gi Her eldest granddaughter was marriei ^^^ April at the age of sixteen years, am ^^ that a great grand-daughter has "^^.-^j^ into the family there among the CordoUas and their i^^'^- latives. Mrs. Cordolla is in supj-" ^_^_ rb'ie*!* and she says that if the record of the »'» â- _ keeps up slie will have the fehcityoi ^^ her great-great-grandchild upon » ^^ before the bibUcal alloted time for " earth is measured out. You will never regret having sacri* pleasure to fulfil a duty. mm Attacked lOTTS nr OLBVEE I ,mori^^ Small-pox u ^^SAflSfi IB= «^ fMlOint the Uv 1 mediil has been si ani cai U'^fthe fiftieth I -eat show ot |jn the Crystal m^re are now, accor. J?P issued 2,234 1. I^le United Kmgdon 1 Bvtbe new rules JUS LJS to more thau tw vMe to admission a S^ Academy schools, vnglishanti-vivisecti ..nadvertisement of Idy for cooking tiiat K religious weeklies lAn attempt is being r L Thames River pn Lhich were abandoned i. liobeUmitedtothe Ki iccorduig to a high Vlish navy, the decis iTt masts and sprs i ^ed from all fightm rAjBEnghshman has ii Lnse of persons trave Kich is fixed in such a ^y in spite of the swi f The English army is _t because some Lond jnit non-commissione [those parts of the hou; Irequired. Iaii enormous growth o ttroyedthe wall of Chr Jd, and a few days ago 1 ItmnbUiig to the ground Tea built fifty years. lAn English naval olfic Vmatic line-throwing j able, which fires a ho I cord to the wrecked v t buildings on dry lane It is liinted that the 1 have a new responsil â- den in about three nn.i ntnry since a direct la Duke of Portlan he dividends of the kpanies varied last yeai but only five compa I cent. They nearly i i over the previous y k Royal Scottish Ac: r to raise the standard Innmber of pictures hui usual 1,000. Theyl rible howl among the Parliamentary inves ling of trams on railro. [from the south shows E only about 60 per ce i enter the city or Iraid is being made upo ]are reported to be th Eleven hundred and i are being issued aga Ifrequenters of twenty English travelling 1 Jvered cheating the rail |ttle girl done upinthi arp. He had travel nd, and had paid no ft I Kent, England, a fa s been let for S6,000 |re-letto the same tei lis said to be a fair ilh p of farm values in Ml-pox has broken 01 Nnt know-n as the " " doctrines include a fy of doctors or medic ihehealth authorities ft^en to enforce the me out in an English M f~r ^oruout horse Mom that country 1 » to be used up in ih p. aod that such sh F thing. NeofWestminste F for this year his co l^ve been among the K ?u ^««nt of th( Kev. •""'etoma py are given a rest. aquiry before the ;• ^â- lersithasjustco ^tfeemployofacerfe foSff '^^ engineer "j^med to take it nil^""r"y and na- fe-^rret H;u^«"|advertisin£ Bi^^ganyunifor tSi** "^cent F, l^^a? sheltered in KC^\t that lie aM^te^hes fort Kiftl ®weep cei g^^PPprtthemse; â- oT^??t been is „J*h8h ladies t and Wi "*®** reUeved