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 li â„¢ ir I â-  i Son* twttkif odd jaanafotiiOTe dwatt inOdifoniU »{mbu1t of tfaw paraoos, fathar, nother, and daag^tar. Tlw httar waa a maca child. All w»e f oong. Tha fathav waa a phyaidaii. UafottvaafcalT 1m iDJarad hia not r«rj sstaoaiTe pcaefaca hf intampennce. Hu halnfea baeama ao diatipated that the poor wifa, daapawing of hu ref ormatioiif and alao of tha poaat* btlitj of independent action on her own part to accure rapptnt for heraelf and child, proposed a leparation. The num agreed to it hut he waa not pot ont like p Yan.Winkle. He waa aaamed that while he lived the wonld neyer ceaae to help him, and that when he mended hia ways their old relations shoold be re- atored. He departed to core himself, if poaaibl j, and become worthy of the woman who, sorely besst, undertook the maintenance of the family. Encouraged by his wife's prayers, letters, and heroic conduct, the doctor redeemed himself. At least he thought- so, and his poor wife was more than willing to believe it. He returned to her home and heart, warmly welcomed back to both. Unluckily, he had either miscaJculated his will power, or the demon of indulgence was simply asleep, and by no means dead within him. He went back to his cops, and very soon the skeleton finger of poverty was laid upon Ilia domestic aff^iirs. The devoted wife, uuwillicg to undertake an expeil- mental separation, and unable to .remain where she waa, determined to try what change of scene would do for this miser- able man who naturally kind, talented, and wholesome, seemed to be inaanely abandoneu to the devil of strong drink. Just at this criais rumors had reached California of the Comatock lode discovery, and thither many of the mining population drifted. Acrcsa the Sierras to Virginia City this little and moat wretched family journeyed. The doctcr pulled himself together for a while and did aome buaincss, but hia health was gone, and very soon he died. Widow and orphans were hit in the very depths of poverty. The generous miners had dabbed together to bury the doctor. They made up a purse for the mother and child from ti ue to time, and thus saved both from utter deprivation of food, ahelter, and raiment. There was at that time, superintendent of one of the mines, a sturdy young Irishman, who, from the lowest rounds of the ladder, had begun to push hia way to fortune. He was not then more than moderately well off, and little dreamed of the Monte Cristo casket in store for him. He used to carry the weekly or monthly stipend to the wi«?ow, and hia visits to her became more and more {re quent. At last he married her, and her days of fear on the score of poverty were over. She possessed a well- to-do husband, who was the master of his posaessions, and certain to make his way in the world. But in the days of distress the unhappy woman had resorted to the morphine habit, and could not, of her own effort, release heraelf from it. A young physician at Virginia City, who had recently graduated in France, in- formed her that if eha' would visit Paris and put heraelf implicitly under the care of his old master there, her cure could be guaranteed. While the hmbind remained to uncover, with the present janior Senator from Nevada, the richest sUver deposit the world has ever known, ^he wife crossed the seas and submitted to a rigorous medical treatment. It was suc- cessful after many months of endurance. Meanwhile, the famous California and Consolidated Virginia mines were pene- trated by the husband, and the world- renowned bonanza, of which he was principal owner, made him at least forty times a millionaire. The wife in Paris, now perfectly cured and blcosiicig, at once o 36 into prominence and celebrity, for how could ihe marvel-loving Parisians help adoring a woman whoee talents and beauty were matched by such fabulous wealth 80 romantically diECovered. For years this lady, who ia no other than Mrs. John Mackey, has been a silver queen in the most splendid capital of Europe She has lived in palaces. Noblemen and men of G^ennis have paid court at her shrine. Now all Paris and tliert fore all the universe, is in a ferment ever the ap- proaching marriage of Miss Mackey and the Pritca Colonna. The drift isnup4al- ly to Rome, the city of the soul, and to Italian nobility. It is a miraculous bridging of the chaim that lies between the mining gulch of the Nevada Moun- tains and St. Peter's Church, where stands in supernal splendor, " the grand- est dome that mortal hand has painted against God's loveliest sky." Little did the widow of the wretched doctor of Virginia City imagine that she wonld fairly roll in wealth, dwell in palaces, be courted by Church and State, he familiar- ly associated with the proudest names of iuie descendants of the crusaders, ani finilly become the mother-in-law of a Prince Colonna, whoae nobUity dates back almost to the time of Saladin. Tha fakmily name is aa famooa 'aa any in hia- tory, and the heir of the Oclohna faunily ia, at 27 yeara of age, to wed the daoghter of the po» doctor who fell by the wayaide in Nevada, and aleeps hia laataleep hi that atony desert. She Wasn't so Voyetons as That. **I wish I had a new ailk dreaa like Mra. Jon«8 bought yeateatdaj," aaid Mia. Smith to her hoaband. *« 6rowii« covetooa f " aaiked Smith, diy^. **Yoa ahould renMotber, my deair, tha eoiamandmant Thoadudtnet eoTBtthy ii^^hoc'a ox nor Jai **Iw«Ba't oovating. aoothw rdhara 70a know I? ^nid Mta. „_ irith m aUhW^9a»MiK ^â- :iiqp:^}U /. An aitid« ban tha prn of Lord Lorn*, pobliahad m dia New Tndc Tnhme, ia fmj iatmnmiog. The ftdtowiaf «• a o w a of ita kadn^ festnea Hie r a bt i oiia bafewacn OanM • and the United Stataa aeem to reaHto the ooofitiona fawtnaUe topfogreaa and peace in the hanaleaa rtvaliyof taro kindred people. It haa faUlMi to the lofe of the CanedifBa to c«- eapy the nOTthem belt of the great con- tinent naowd after Amerigo. It ia a tract of oonntry poasesaing in the central portion magnificent laada, and having in the eastern regiona areaa oompaiaUe to thoee first aettled by the Pnritan leadera in New Eogland. It la a region likely from ita climate to breed a race of great phyaical power. ' Tia the ha*d gray weather breeds hard Engliahmen," aaid Charlea Kingsley, and the deacendanta of Norman and Saxon ahow after many gen- eratjona in Canada that the blood is by no meana deteriorated by the bracing and pure air of their new northern home. To be sure these " blamelesa hyperboreana " have beyond their habitations THE EVEB FBOZEN E£TH which stretches away to the countries of the midnight sun and the o'erarchirg glow of the auroral Ught. But if Canada has parts too cold for our race, the United States has parts too warm. The cotton harvest is more popular in the markets than is the "ice crop," but the"Kanucks" have enough, and more than enough, in territory under an excellent climate to make them a cation strong in political power. The purchase of Alaska baa given the authorities of Washington an apportunity to ahow their good will by helping the British Columbiana to keep order among the coast Indians. On the northern boundary river the territories of the two countries are so dovetailed that a rectification of the line is needful, be- cause prisoners to justice aro obliged to be taken acmss places where an escape would mean freedom under international laws. Here the old Indian depredator has almost disappeared, but the white ruffian, the whiskey smuggler and the horse stealer represent- the criminal classes, and these gentlemen ply their vocation along the whole prairie frontier until Wg ABBIVE AT MANITOBA. An agreement between our Government is needed to make these disturbers of the public peace amenable to law and ex- traditable. The frontier once crossed gives them protection for their persons. Obligations recognized by international law have been observed to the letter by the United States government in the matter of attempted Fenian raids, al- though the complication of legal pro- cedure and the power of the Irish vote have sometimes made action tardy and engendered expense. The treaty in re- gard to the Atlantic fisheries has for a period of years opened to American in- dustry the northern banks. A mixed commission might determine what local laws are worthy of being maintained in the common interest of all who wish to use the fisheries. With the Canadians a wholly new world has been opened. The young men of the present time allow no oiie to take any prominent part in public life who displays a tendency which is con- sidered that of a dastard to his country's hopes. Some indeed speak rf independence, and that party would be larger if the wiser did not know that premature inde- pendence would mean absorption of the rising naticnality. The Canadian Gov- ernment is a crowned democracy. It provides for a most perfect and rap'd representation of the national will in parliament Look where j ou will throogh the long liat of national communities in ancient or modern times, you will find none that have made a fairer use of their opportunities than have the Canadians. They have made known to themselves the marvellous territories they possess, and they feel that the only strength they now need is a fair field and the favor for a time of the mighty empire whose history is their own, and future story shall yet be theirs also when their sons shall call their country the strong ally of the old mother of free peoples. SERMONS IN SHORT. Home is the rainbow of life. ugly Withoun a rich heart wealth is an beggar. â€" Emerson. The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it. â€" Emerson. The Lord intends that our wealth shall be our servant, not our master. If men are so wicked with religioD,what would they be without it. â€" Iranklin. The human heart ia like heavenâ€" the more angels the more room. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thonaanda can think for on? who can aee. Value the friendship of him who standa by yon in- the storm, awarma of inaecta will snrround yon in the aonahine. if thon wonldat attain to thy higheat,go look upon a flower what tiiatdoea will- esaly, that do thon willingly. When worthy men quarrel, only one of them may be faulty at the first bat, if atrife oontinne kog, ooDunonly both be- come guilty. â€" T. Fnller. No man haa ever lived a right life who haa not been diaatraedby aimaaaa'aloTe atrengdienedby hereoafl^[e, and goided by hev diaavation. â€" ttw^m All impaiienoe ci moiiotow, • veari- neaa of mk tiui^;^ otaiMtKli^ avoa of thaetamity of m^ 7atibift%. the Woken Jwman faahirtda of Oe divili^ evMaatlMt- ofjcvabiBthi hiatoiyof the |utr«nung pOBoea, lor ao oftBB km the eo«ne at Wet my » n* oriaot haoB aflkfted hf imtrigtm Atnt pceciona atonea kat thi^ aaaainn •â- â€¢*• idipoctHue. The tradiiioiiaidlamoaAia the eaaeia the Gteat Mogul The ongioel wd^t tft^ie atone «aa 787 carats. Fat by cot isg it waa xedoced to 297 canta; The atcn» diaappearad as the lakt Tartar iBTaaioD, whtn trtaaarea-to the vahieof #350,000,000 were captored h^ Nadir Shah. It iabeUeved to beat preMnt hid- den away in aome obaeore fortreaa in AtAm. Minor, and it nay be recovered at some f atnre time. Some idea of the abundance of predona stwiea in the eaat may be gained from the ct that when Mahmoud, in the eleventh century, captored Snmnat, an idol atatne waa broken open and found to contain three buahela of diamonds, mbiea, and emeralds. Ala-ud-Deen obtained from the rajah of Marattua fifty poun)s of diamonds and rnbiea and 175 pounds Of pearla. Shah Jehan, the greatest of the mogul Bovereigna^ left a treasure of incal- culable value at hia death, a throne valued at $30,000,000 and a crown worth $12,- 000.000 The throne waa the celebrated peacock throne, ao called from the images o two peacccks which atood before it, each made ot precious stones so matched in color and position aa to resemble the natural colors of the bird. The throne was six feet long and four feet wide, of solid gold, and crusted with didmonda, rubies, and emeralds. Steps of silver led up to it, while a can jpy of gold, fringed with pearla, snpported by twelve pillars emblazoned with gems, eur- mounted the whole. Oa each side waa a sacred umbrella niade of velvet, embroid- ered with pearla, the handle being of gold, inlaid with diamonds. It was tbe most costly work of art ever made. Its only rival was the cerulean throne of the- house of Bahmenee, in the Nizam. This waa built in the seventeenth century, was nine feet long by three feet wide, waa made of ebony, covered with plates of gold, crusted with gems, and was valued at $20,000,000. A late traveler gives an account of the magnificence of the Persian crown jewels. In the jewel-room he found truasures valued at $35,000,000, among them the crown, a mass ot diamonds surmounted by a ruby as big as •' hen's egg. The king's belt is a wonder of barbaric mag- nificence, weighing about twenty pounds, and composed of a aolid mass of diamonds, rubles, and emeralds. As Persia is the native land of tt e turquoise, it is but natural that the finest stone of this dis* cription is to be be tout d in its collection. This royal specimen is four inches long, perfect ill color, and without a flaw. When the shah was i 1 Europe, aome years ago, he wore a variety of diamonds and other precioos stones that kept the detecrives in a cons^Aat fever of fear leat he should be lobbtd o^ Eome of them, for one, 'even of the smallest, would have been a fortune for a half-dozen thieves. The buttons of his coit were five in number, and each button was a diamond larger than the Eohin9or, hile every part of his clothing seenicd to be useful, not as a covering for his body, but tte places to hang diamonds on. â-  â-  â€" â-  â-  â€" Lincoln's Great Strength. A writer in the New York Times re- cords an incident in the life of Abraham Lincoln as f ollovs I have chaciced uponii new anecdote of Abraham Lincoln, or one that is new to me, at least. The Hon. Allen Francis, United Scates Consul at St. Thomas Can., tells it to me. The first daily news- paper in Illinois waa Mr. Francis' He and Mr. Lincoln were fast friends in their early manhood, and he tells many anecdotes illustrative of the simple life and manly career of the future President ere he was called to responsibility and fame, Lincoln was the local athlete beyond compare. In leaping, running, wrestling, b ^xmg, swimming, in every rur«l sport, he was at the head. One winter night young Francis and Lincoln went sleigh- ing. Into an ice covered slough went the horse, to flounder deeper and deeper at each attempt to extricate himself. Ont jumped the young men to the rescue. Breaking the ice from around the legs of the sunken udmal they prepared to place their shouldera under the horse's body to lift him out. But before Francis waa fairly in position Lincoln had shot hia head and ahonldera between hiaateed'a forelegs, and with a tremendona effort had raiaed the heavy, helpless body high and dry to a firm foothold. " It was a task for a half -dozen men," commraita the venerable Consul as he recounts the ind- nent, and affirma that in all things that go to make up the beat manhood Al»a- ham Lincoln waa pre-eminoitly Ueaaed. Her Blnt^as Taken. 'George," aaid a country young lady to her bean aa -hey anuggled into a aeat, "it's nice to ride on the can, aint it 1 ' "Yea, SaSth." "Gkooge, if yott wne gdng to teavel a long waya onthe cara, where wooldyoa sathergof **To Ohicago, or California. Where wonld yon raUier go f *To Florida, W idllneanB." ♦'Whyf* fwrknowj Oeorge^ be- m VknUM tiMf hareao ^- .^ ,^ .. ..Jit»aii.yo«ltiiow," |b98B«hlt| -edi iAm m her pretty ha«ii Aa iaoidciA hsppMKd ntm^oa th* Qaaidaa ]Bvalidw- IV 6:30 i» t^ •veniBl. Hot ft cairii^ •â- SjJ^ ';**?? Attwticifiantuiiddaaened. iEM eotiM- Mi' eoi^e Api^ua^ea the tot, of tiw :two itejfMncaa bardlj be heard (p the nraddy pevenent. The eoope atopic TbelMMinteH aUghta and walka a ahurt diataaoe. She IS BOOB aoQoated, without having Boon h*nt oommg, byapeta«m who aaka' for alms. At that hoar, in thia daaacted corner of P«ria, ahe naturally believea him to be an impoatw and cjntinaea her promenade without replying The man follows dose behind, reiterating hia tear- ful appeala. that refrain familiar with all profeaa onal beggara She remaina silent. " Then nothing ia left for me bat to die," groana the individual. Mid, running to the bridge of the Invalidea, whioh ia only one hundred feet diatant, he dimba over the parapet and throwa Mmaeif mto the Seine. The countesa heara the noise made by the body aa it strikes the water. She in turn tuna the distarce, throwa ff her hat and ahawl, and in the darkneaa plunges headlong into the murky water, in which the poor unfortunate, already exhauated, ia struggling feebly a few arm's length off. She seizes him, drags him out of the water, hoista him up the steps, stretches him on the groundjinakes sure that he is safe and aound, slips 100 francs into his hand, and retuma to her coupe. She is freezing, her wet garments cling to her form, her teeth chattier. The horsesare driven at a gallop to her resi- dence. The same evening, acsompanied by her husband, the countess ^as present at a grand ball. Nobody knew, nobody sus- pected that two or three houra previous she had risked her life to save a beggar, under circumstancea from which every other woman would have shrunk. As usual, she 'Was radiant in her glorious loveliness â€" even mure beautiful, perhaps, from the reflestions of her great heart, which shone in her eyes, and wearing on her brow, with the diamonds of her cor* cnet, a more precious crown. The counteas is one of three young, pretty, and fair-haired countt^sses whose grace s iciety admires, whose beauty it exi'ols, and whose illustrious name it honors. Young, pretty, and fairâ€" fairer to-day than ever. Can't yon guess her name â€" [Paris Gaulois. An Antidote for Cholera. A discovery haa been made in regard to cholera, namely, that marriage is a prophylactic so far as meu are concerned. Recent statistics of the cholera in France 'show that married men are much less liable to be attacked by cholrea than bachelors. In a population of 100,000 men between the ages of 25 and 60, 51 unmarried men died of cholera while only 18 married men fell victims to the dis- eaae. Between the aeea of 30 uid 35 the mortality from cholera was 78 among bachelors and 21 among married men, and between the ages of 50 and 55, 167 un- married men and only 37 married men died. It is thus evident that in time of cholera the married man has more than three times as many chances of life aa the unmarried man has. No attempt has been made to explain this remarkable fact, but it is not, on the whole, difficult of explanation. Tbe married man lives in circumstances much more favorable to health than those in which the bachelor Uvea. For instance, his food is better, for he has a wife to L ok after it, and ia many cases he buys his meat, his groceries and his vegetables himself, whereas the unmarriexl man daily risks his digestion at rostaurants or tnflas recklessly with it at boarding- house tables. The marrird man's linen and sheets are properly aired, and he is made to change his clothing when the weather changes, to wear rubber over- shoes and to go to bed at reasonable hours, whereas the bachelor haa no one to see that he is properly clothed, and that he does not riak his health by keep- ing unholy hours. If a calm frame of mind and an absence if nervous dread contribute to exemption from. cholera, the married man ia pecul- iarly fortunate. In cholera time the moment the nervous bachelor feels the sbghtest pain he begins to fancy that he may have contractea the cholera, and he ends by frightening himself into a genuine attack. On the other hand, when a niarried man haa a pain he mantiona it to hia wife, who iiutantly replies: "Stuff and nonsense 1 Yoii've no more got the cholera than I have. Why, I've jnat such a pain every day in the week " whereupon the married man is encouraged and oonaoled, and atra^;htway forgets the cholera^ In caae he really haa aymptoma of the diaeaae his wife promptiy aenda for tiie doctor and oompela her husband to keep quiet and take the proper remedlea, but the nnfortonate bachek« who u amitten with cholefa, leeshimaelfdMert- ed by frightened aervanta, aadia left to die 0]^ recover by hinuwU. !jtt l, n Some dwdling honaea in Antweroaxe to be hfl^ bf ^lectrio g^w lampJ; the onnent for whioh ii to b« ooavayiSfcoBi generating atation 1^ a ayat^ of on- aergroimd â€" â€" -.S^lS'P'W* *!?*•« awarted the S0CWI7,. fiqadoB, for UaMMMdZa^ fi •t SMly. OMt^Olules Inlebnecht Of wlMf^lHriiehiii^on of all j^ aad Harms San Antoniua, styled pioa rf 91^, aiake a apecialty of iBg with kaivea. They agreed to ha, Mtldrtllii^'idianpioiiahip of Ameritt' thewoild, and SCO OMn and one woih wcDVta QasdeMhrn Hall, New York a raoMit aight to aee them du it. u half of the crowd wwe Getmans, aud remainder Italiaci^ with a aprinklii aportiog men. Theh*rreeao(the evfning wore ahiHa and white trouiera Antonin.'l. Italian, wore a Uae aoarf, and was ^^ big and Uack, with a fierce eye, f^ black beard, false muatache, falte broiTa, and fidae hair. He looked through he moat win, and the Italji greeted him warmly. Eogelbrecht the contrary, waa amall, with a faint' 1 low mustache, and a broad, bald gp But he walked with a atep so catlike g|U| wiry, and gazed with stcd indifierecce at| hiaadversary'a proporiions, that the Ger.l mana took heart and applauded enthmii astically. Ned Mallahan announced tltitl the men were to stab five rounds, and en,! deavor to pierce "the heart" of theothetl The round waa to conclude when tlitl heart waa pierced or at the end of firj minntea. I Each man put on an ordinary fencioJ mask, and padded fencing gloves. ^1 thickly padded plastron was strapped ovet I each man's chett, and over tbe heart wul fastened a small round box, like a blueing I box, which would yieUl blood when I pierced. It waa called the heart. A small brass buckle fastened on the left I foreaim, and a steel knife, twelve incheil long, with dull edges and padded point completed the outfit. Ned Mallahai said **Time," advised the public to keep its eye on the "bladders," and the me went at it. Firat they atretched their arms and legs 1 far apart, t^ get their muades in work order. Then they stamped their feetL with a loud bang, and drew nods of ap. proval from Mataada Sorakicbi, who does the same thing himself. Engelbrscht edged around cautiously, eying the I Italian'a heart, and Antonius, when he saw a good chance, jumped forward and stabbed. He waa met half way, and the shields clashed and banged beneath the rapid thruata for nearly a minute. The men drew back to breathe and the croTd howled. Then the stabbing and clashing began all over again. Tiie men jumped back- ward and forward six or eight feet at 1 time, and showed ao much strength and agility that even the boxers admitted there was something in it. At the end o\ five minutes both men were dripping with perspiration, and their patriotic backers were porple with enthnaiasm. Ned Mal- lahan shouted "No bladder bust yet," and ordered the men to their corners. The second round was like the first, ex- cept that the men stabbed at each other more viciously, and their knives glancing off the small bucklers landed on the men's ifindpipes in a very painful way. Thia and the next round were finished without the heart being reached. Each bad been disarmed once, and the honors were even. But Engelbresht was beginning to ahow that he was the better man. His knife thrusts were aa rapid aa the sting of a wasp, and he seemed to be all over the stage at once. Now doubled up to jab his knife under Antonius' guard, and now leaping into the air to ati^e down and over the shield. In the middle uf the fourth round he made a feint and grabbed both of his. adversary's wris*s. A fierce struggle followed, and Antonius got away with hia heart still shfe. But Eogel- brecht was after him, and, flourishing hia knife in every conceivable direction, he deceived the wary Italian, and with a final thrust, landed hia knife in the mid- dle of his adversary's heart. That dosed the round, with Engel- brecht ahead, and the Germans were vrild in their joy. The Italians ob j ected to the German applause, and loudly advocated tbrowing the fat German, who led it, out of the room. Policemen's clubs restored order, and the laat round began. ATtonius knew it waa hia only hope, and fought all he knew how. But Bngelbrecht did hia best also, and wculd not be beaten. He disarmed the Italian twice, thus increasing the advantage al- ready gained. No more hearta had been pierced at the end of the round, and the match, cham- pionship, gate money, and receipts went to the Duiiah champion. The Germans who had read hia name were much sur- priaed to learn that he was no German. â- -"-â- ""-- â- [ "T i^ififerlr '-^"•^^^^"-^-"^â- ^â- '"*^ Home ahould be nu^le the dwelling place for aonia rather thana mere lodging plaoe for bodies. Prof. Li Shan-lsn, who died at Pekin a fewmonthaago, waathe greatest math- ematician that China haa produced within the pnMDt eentury. Weatem mathema- tidana dafiaa a point aa to that which ha» TO) parta and no magnitudeâ€" that a point bimre 90)^^00" without magnitude. U Shan-ba tocdt exception to thia definition, maintaining that a point most be an in- fimteaiiiMUy amall cube. Bir. T. p. Ph^n enda that in grapes groioiovtbf dobtitheprodacticn ofaa- fi^^w* ocottB in tin periphery, and SndnaU^ cKteoAi inward aa the Aotams ""**2t ""^^ *ha ommio acids disap- IMa. TfiiMioUsnuttiii to the last in the pulp amvyid the aeadi, where they ,aeii, aa»ininaaa4 lira ^^ti^^tha moment ar- germinate, greater por- ' arQund tha