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 V ,lo^ fabm. -Its Cauie wid Bem- In i^i^eove in the fieldi U^ "^f hM revMled mooh iI'**jftomln. M.ny foriM IW**°!,ho- origin little waa t'1:!^tT?mentwa.einployedin .1*S .irwg anlmali «d ^^HSble foe.-.ome attack- whloh he by "'!.""« the food whloh be â- tui'" Tthis ccaurred In the i"^.2re»t 1081 thronghont In the tulletin Hswa » _?£;«. the Bur.ean lliitttbe iionJbein of InduBtriea, I rot 'prevaUed through belt of the Province. ,. h»lf to three-fourtha of •-"'""' -d, andinBome it wai -,_,„, With «uch duaiter •'^litleniare naturaUy Bug- ""t^ "we of the "rot" "licw^ adopted? ".^"Keha. received a great 'S f " botanUt, .lB.e the fktme* scourge^ Ui Irelwid 'iTtheBrlthihI.le., andit ^1 d to be the rewlt of a called Phytophthora tnfes- "*«.*! »11 P»rt" " ^^ plantâ€" 'Jjwter.. By those knorant hiiof tblstlny paraiitfc pUnt Cm »l»rm w experienced un- uw. are affected. Hot being Ini lt« presence on the leavae Linricua niatter, e.peciaJly r^emember that It spreada wttb Ljitv It 1» usually indicatsd by rZDttai a blotched, brownUh, UapArance. A ewe exam- ' E poiatce. .bowing thU wiU ,„nmer»ble slender sterna srewinx eiarfwe of the leaves andattma 'ttd planta- These branch and at the snds into pearahaped l,dles(.pore.), which are produced When ripe they separate rrtOT and being exceedingly light Ue itmoephere, wheie they are 'j. mwyof them finally reaoh- ,r,imd er lettllDg upon planta. Lnrable cenditiens of moisture L contents of a mioroscopio spore h»t» long nihiate tube, whloh j,te into any part of the potato yve rise t« the fungua or may bto several distinct portiona lipoiei) which burst through the 11 ud beoeme the source of the Iplut. The mature plant which IkeWpsand tubers is very minute, (leenonlyby the aid of the mi- It consists ©f inany coleurleaa, thrsad-like strnoturea. Theae the tiaiues of the potato and feed juices, 10 that it soon weikena to waste away. From the lit itraotnres tiny stalks ailae, J beautiful plant like forma and Iqioii theli branches the aporea al- tmedto, They live bui a ahfrt fbat the thread; ike atmoture 1 and hardy, and from fragments loogi may arise. It ia aaid by tasother kind of spore ia prodno- hctD winter, and thus give rise to kiiim hi another season. These liO'Ctlhd resting spores, apparent- It pnipeae of keeping the apeoiea iperieds, while the aporea al- Imiidered are produced rapidly ao aa I the ipread of the fungua under h\i conditions. Thia mioute mi- t plant la certainly alow form of life, incapable of manufacturing ^e mineral kingdom, but on other plants and feeding up- Ijnices, A wet season supplies cen- yell adapted for its development, ^ce «e find the " rot " associated I weather. There is no doubt 1 ipeies are always more or leaa Lk they are prevented from being )e!trenble because the weather ia i for their growth. |fc.â€" The " rot " usualjy appeara tittvo "weeks in August, and kr is favourable its spread ia iid,!or as soon as the threadlike 'which arises from the apore ia de- lit kmediately becsmes spore- bear- "icethe impertanoe of examining H* for the appearance of the tipotithat indicate the presence Pwnu discovered, dig the pota- m will allow it to spread to the lied thence to the tubers. â-  If it ||M«e and damp weather comes, Ful«rtiinly apfear. â- i^iggbg, the potatoes should be F*ii, ory place, thus surrounding â-  conditicDg nnfavourable for the \^ the fnngue, if any happens to be iigtarly varieties is worthy of »f.cn, io that they may mature be- l»Mon arrives when this parasite I » Meet the crop. f. potato stalks in affected lands h gathered and burned, so aa to If millions 6f spores which may tihk qdng.â€" J^ J. HoMU Ptmttm M. A. ProfeBmir o/ Naiiund Hmerf ol the OtOaario AgrieuUtarai OoUege. He Fired on Time« Theyeupiged »n«w pertorat » Lkiayette HoteL Erery b«dy liked him, he wm w oheerfol, ao obliging, and ao rlgioronaly and acmpnloiuly ezaot inoanying out OYery order given him. The other day Mr. J. B. Jahn- Bon, the Tioe-preddent of the Omaha Chilled Plough Worka, pot up at the hotel. Mr. Johnaon la a very dignified and poliahed gaa tleman, and extremely psfftioular aboat hia room and aervioe. That OTenins a very extra- ordinary thins eoonrred. Some aay It waa about 9 o'clock, others plaoe It as late aa 10^, At any rate, somewhere near tiiat time Mr. Johnaon was amazad to see the door of hii room open and a man step in. •' Who the diokens are yen " asked Mr. Johnaon. " 01 am the porter," replied the stranger, deliberately remoying his coat and rolling np hb sleeves. ' Well, what is the meaning of this dnga- lar IntinalonT" inquired Mr. Johnson. Thomas did not reply. He apit upon hia handa, exeonted a rapid and fantaatio jig, and leaped inddenly upon the aatonished gaeat. ' Help 1 Murder " bellowed Mr. John- aon " crazy man killing me," " Shut up, ye dhirtj spalpeen I" exoldm- ed Thomaa, obtaining a firm grip upon the buat of hia trenaera, and propelluig him ra- pidly out of the room, " ita nsne of the lolkes of ye that is wanted in a daoent house." .r V • But, my good man 1" gasped Mr. John- aon, hia worda oenJug In; excited jerka, there ia aeme miatake. liot me cxplidn I" " Niver a word, ye hoodlum 1" raptied Thomaa, mahlng him toward the staira " we're en to ye The house has had ye spotted I" The next instant the guests In the oorridor were amazed to see two figures, one splutter- ing and kicking and the ether grtan and determined, aooot down the ataiioaae, plunge through the lobby, aud diaappear into the outer darkneaa. In a few memsnta Thomas returned, panting and rolling down his " What in the name of heaven were you doing " asked Mr. Weekly, the proprietor, when ho reoovered suffiolently from the shook to apeak. •' I waa firing that dhirty blaokgnard Johnaon," replied Thomaa. " Firing bim T Hold me, aemebody I What put auch an infernal idea into your hoad r " Here ahe ia," replied Thomas, with an injured air, holding the slate before the proprietor'a eyea. «â-  Byâ€" theâ€" greatâ€" horn spoon," gasped Mr. Weekly, and swooned away. Thia waa what he read " No. 40 fire at 10:30." AFUZZLBD TT^'ESL. A STOBT or BRITISH IHDIA. Two man sat under a dump ef palm on ttie bank of a small river in upper Ben- gal eating their ti£Bn (Innoh) with tbe appe- tite of men who had been all morning in the open air. One of them, a tall, weather- tanned, blaok-mnataobed fellow, was evi- dently an English officer. His oompaalon, who was a good deal smaller and slighter than himself, did not look muoh like either a fighter or a hunter but the almost super- stitious reverence paid him by the Hlndeo serranta shewed tiiat he tmut be a great manlniomeway. In fact, there were few more famous sdentista or mere adrentnrous travellers than Profeaior Anneroyd, Fellow of the Britiah Royal Oeographloal Society, Presi- dent of the Calcutta Antiquarian Club, Honorary Member of the Rusaian Imperial Aaaoolation of Sdentifio Rsaearch, with other titlea too numeroua to mention. There waa hardly a comer ef the esffth, however remote or dangerous, into which he had not thrust his little bald head and gold- rimmed apeotaolea and people who saw him for the first time, after having heard ef hisexpleita, were greatly atartled to aae, inatead of the big bMurded, ann-bumed fel- low whom they expected, a slender, pala^ faced little man, who looked as if he would be knocked up or knocked down by the first mishap that befell him, In the centre of an open space just behind the two pionickera atood a lar^e leokirg- glaaa, whioh the Prof eaaor had just been, us- ing in one of hia experiments and at this the native attendants were looking and pointing excitedly, although keeping their distance from it all the while as carefully aa if it had been a packet of dynandte. "See thoae fellowa 1" laughed Major Hampton, aa he finiahed hia second plate ef cold chicken. " I'll be bound they all take yon for a magician of the very first class. Just new I overheard two of them having a diacuaaion about what yon eould be trying to do. One would have it that you were at work to diacover a burled treaaure." " So I am, ' chuckled the Profeaaor, cut OYER TjiE OGEAI. Me. The Camei-Pigeon, The carrier, the acknowledged king of pigeona, has in ita name the aonroe of a great annoyance to ita aenaitive fimoler. He admits for it an ancestry dating back to the message-bearers of Persian kinga and Turkiah aultana, and that the peculiarities of atructure^ â€" ^the prominent wing-bntta, the great muscular development which gives the full-rounded breast, the wing best adapted to speedy and lengoentinued flight, and the protruding eyeball peculiar to the traveling bird, all points he values tor their part in the perfect synmietryâ€" that theae were all fixed In ita day of uaefnhieaa aa the courier of royalty. But he ia care- ful to explahi that he haa counted out all uaefnl qualltieB and practical valuea in the bird ef to-day that the points he values highest are these of development ef growth to perfect which hia bird la carefully ae- cluded from the deteriorating influenoea of sun and outdoor air that the name ia only applicable to it for ita elegant carriage, one of its moat valued and to be remarked propertiea that itia only the ignorant who could confound the grand high claas bird with that little ahapeless mesaage-bearer, the homing pigeon. ,.,•,, ..u The carrier haa always been held In the highest eateem in England. Moore, writ- ing in 1735, tells of a fancier in Biahopsgate atreet who kept a silver hatchet and block with which to chop cfl the heads of thoae condemmedto death, "that -betog of the blood royal they ought not to die after the manner of the common herd." loMbtit good seed. If at all ai- t'J"" ' *° pi" "» weU- *«• If the potatoea to be uaed wt been taken from cellara where â- J^ere kept, they are likely to "inMoopic sperea on them and «^* ^•nld be best to "lafficted dUtricta. » jwcely necessary to "ibshijudioionsto pis " "MM tield -- get remark ant peta- ^^ sf'the "nTt."SSiSS «*»y retain the germs of the yUght and dry soil. Thii pre^ ,^«J Mr olhnate h not ao fa- i«n« development ef thia in- j^;^*^ that of Britain yet aa W **^ by it, and although L*««14 r-IH "*«»'P8«» i* »â-  weU '^Z '-P^'a^r Ita nature and '«»^«, '*^y *« P»«d against KV ^*^ inrnmer was "flssdbtheaelectton efsead A Prediction Pulfilled. The following anecdote was related to me in 1S64, long before the fulfilment of the prediction that It containa. Napoleon III. one day took it into hia head to conault the celebrated chiromancien, Desbarollea, who died the other day at a very advanced age. DesbaroUes told him some curious facta re- specting his character, his tastes and his past life. "Now," quoth the emperor, •• tell me something about the future. Where will my death take plaoe and by what mal- ady ahall I die T" Desbarollea heaitated for a moment. " Shre," he aaid at length, "you have asked me for a frank response, and I will reply to you frankly. You are diatined to breathe your laat en Englian aoil, and yon wUl periah by the knife." Very curiously waa the prediction fulfilled, though tte knife proved to be net that of an aasassin, but that of a surgeon. Clewrly Tnunped. Two pretty qulA-witted ^ds camefa contact when the Rev. Dr. Vincent intro- duced at Chautauqua ». Chicago ohnrgyman who was to lecture on " Fools." The pre- lindnaries ai« thus reported "We are now to have a lecture on fooU by one (a rm long pause and lend Uughter •" *• "dl- eno5, when the President conoluded from tte aavi^g clause) of tiie wiaeat n»°, *« oountiy." The lectnrer advanced to deskMdiasponde " I am not half so Wg a fool as DrrVinoent (another very long pause, and still more hearty l»nff^„""" tiie audience) would have you si^^^ese. Dr York, an infidel looturwr who has to the honoisbj »yl»ft « G«d Uesi y«n T ting himself a slice of bread, " but it's a treaaure of knowledge, not of money. How- ever, this can't be mush fun for you, my dear Major and ita too bad of me to keep you here all day doing, nothing, juat for my convenience. Couldn't yon. find a wild beaatortwo toamuae yourself witii while I'm at work T' " No auch luck," replied Hampton, shak- ing his head. " Thia bit along the river here uaed to be a famous cover for the big game but since they began to cut away the jungle yen oan't get a decent tiger here for love or money." Hie words were scarcely uttered when, as if on purpose to ^ve the lie to them, the native aervanta, who had been enjoying their long pipea in the cool ahade of the treea that flanked the clearing, auddenly aprang up and fled in every direction with ahrill oriee of terror. Mingling with their outcriea came a deep, hoarae roar, whloh the hardiest sportsman never hears quite un- moved â€" the cry of a hungry tigar on tiia track of his prey. " Up into that banyan-tree for your life, Anneroyd I" shouted Hampton, leaping to hia feet, " for that fellow means busineaa, and no miatake." Up flew the Profeaaor as nimbly as a monkey, and the next instant Major Hamp- ton was beaide him. But even in that mo- ment of deadly peril the veteran aportaman had found time to anatch up hia donble-lar- relled rifle and ammunition pouch. Hitherto the flight of the Hindoos and the fearful sound that accompanied it had been the only aigna of the terrible oreature'a Sresence. But the Major's keen eyes soon eteoted a stirring amens the bushes, and then a great flat head and fiery eye gliding forth from them. " Isn't he a aplendid fellow T" whiapered Hampton, aa coolly as if he were looking at the beast through the ban of a cage in a menagerie. " He aeems to be in want of a leaaon, though, and I'm going to give him one." But he had hardly leaded one barrel of his rifle when he suddenly broke into a fit of laughter ao violent as almost to shake him o£f his perch. And well he might. The tiger was Indeed about to get a leaaon, but auch a one as neither honor his two enemies had foreseen in the lesMt. The tall mirror waa atlll atanding in the middle of the clearmc, juataa the coellea (native portera) bad left It and the tiger, coming outright in front of it,aaw(aahe thought) another tiger advanoing agalnat him open-mouthed. Hia very whiakera bristled with rage at this defiance, and with a savage (trewl he drew back for a .deoiaive apring. But In doing ao he moved beyend the line of reflection, andlnatantly the other tiger disappeared aa if he had never been. Thia was evidentiy aomethlng qnitenew to the "royal-Bengal." He atepped abort, stared blankly around him, dropped his ttdl, and altogether looked ao utterly be- wildered and foollah that the two watchera almeat buret their ddeswith Luighing at Urn. " Well," gasped the Major. " if tills isn't the best fun I've seen since I came out, my name's not Dick Hampton." Meanwhile the tiger seemed to have made up his mind that the puzzle lay in flie mys- twleus laoklng-glaaa, and ttiat itjWMhis duty to examine It mere desely. Be crept cauaously toward It. and of oewso tin otAer tiger rea^eared at onoe. Now far it I With one tremendous bound he was cum npan hia enemy but the shook of his leap overturned the mirror, and the phantom tigar vanished onoe mora. TThisseoond disappeaianoe was quits too muoh for the nerves ef tho " luni^ Ung^ With a lew whlnia of dinnay he tonod â- harp round, and was aboat to makoof^ when Major Hampton, who had no notim td loeing his game ao easDjr, levelled Us rifio and fired. The stingof the bulletin liii flsnk ohanged ttie tl^s fear to fury, uidwitiia roar like tiiunderlt darted to- ward tiie tree whence the shot hadoome; but instantiy the second barrel sent its ohaige home, and the nunalar rolled avw into tiie jungle grass, a harmlesi heap «t Uabk and yalWir fiv. wIU frntrndOa h^UM^ n- in hia oaavaasin Sootiand. Tha total coal ou^t In Grsat Britain lart jm* waa 159.361,415 tons, witt fiao.632 ooUiers nutioyd, against 160,757,779 tons and 6i20,3S0 oolliera employed the preceding year. The Iwakwardness of tlie seaaen In Soot- land is sarloiulyhwtardingagrloultural'eper- ationa and in some disiots farm work is lasi^advaaaod than it has been for a great many yoara past. Her Majesty has written a letter to EUn- beth Moua4, the liaroine of the Columbine, expressing ayn^atliy wMi her in the snfEer- ings she endured in her memorable voyage, and sendfaig at the same time a oheok for A Aopy of Dickens' "Strange Gentiemu," ana of the rareat of his produottons, wsm re- centiy bought by a small beekaeller for three pence. By him it waa sold for 15] to a young man in the trade, he in liis turn dis- posing ef tiM book to another person for £1. This last knew the value of his prize, and, in spite of Its being imperfeot, resold the the volume for £5 to a well-known firm of booksellers, who now want somewhere about £12 for it. A perfect oopy is worth £20. It is quite a small pamphlet, and has been re- printedâ€"without the frentispiccB. In the confederation of Switzerland, with a p^ulation of about two millions and a half. OT just one half that of London and its suburbs, there are no less than four lan- guages. Oat of every thouaand of inhabi- tanta about 600 apeaJc Oarmain, 227 French, 56 Italian, and 17 R^maniaoh. Bach of theae languagea represents a separately and sharp.- deed race, imd Jn addition to this multipli- city of raoe and* language, the Svlsii are divided in the matter of religions oonfeeaion in every thouaand of the population there bdng roughly 600 Protestanta to 400 Ro- man Oatholios. Surely it is no small praise to the constitution of Switzerland and to its admbiiatration. that with auch diversity of raoe tongue and religion, there should be a profound common aentiment canaing Germain, French, and Remaniach alike to cheriah as the strcnKcat political feelingâ€" affection for the fatherland. Truth leams that the Princeaa of Walea haa really been auffaring from blood-poiaon- ing. Her Royal Highneaa la now convales- cent, but it Is probable that during the Eas- ter holidaya ahe will dther go abroad for a abort time, or elae take a cmlae In the Roy- al yacht, Oabome. The Princeaa' health oannot yet be pronounced to be entirely sat- isfactory, aa ue will require much care for a oonaiderable tihne to come. The Low Church people at Torquay are by no meana pleaaed that the Princeaa ahould have " sat under " Mr. Hewitt the vicar of Babba- combe, who Is locally known aa ' Father " Hewitt, and is one of the most ' advanced " clergymen in the West of England. The Dnchesa of Sutherland Is a regular member of the congregation, and Babbacombe is.a very attractive church, the musical services being exo^Ionally good. Buoness Bordett-Ceutte (says Life) has been oarryii^ out the anggeatlen of cooking aavory diahea for the poor in Weatmlnater, and the results are most encouraging. Large supfdies of scraps are sent in, which are carefully cooked and prepared into soup, stews, pies and puddings, and theae areaold at 1 penny a dish to the poor, who gladly avail tiwmaelvea of the opportunity of pro- curing a good meal at anch a price[. The girls at the Quards' Industrial Home have been called to assist in this g^od work, and tor some time prepared the meals in their own kitchen, bat the business hasso largely increased that suitable premises have been seonred where the work is done. Lady Wol- saley stturted aMayfdr scrap cart, and has orguiized her plan so systematically that large quantities of reaily dsdnty morsels are collected and sent to Weatmlnater two or three times a week, and add greatly to the material in hand. Under the auspices of Lady Sudeley a similar collecting cart will go about Balgravia. Switzerland, since the time of the Re- mans, Belliniona has been a very important military peat, for It la the aonthem key to theGottiiardPaa8,and cemmanda the whole valley ef the Tidno. In old timea the con- quering oantona of Eri Sohwyz and Unter- walden aent in turn a Landvogt or governor to rule in Bellinstona over the province, and ^aach canton built itoelf a mighty oaatie. All three remain, and their andent towers and hoary battlemented walls, buOt as they are upon commanding eminences, give the town an old world and picturesque appearance. Some thirty yeara ago, too, the Swiss con- federation, profoundly impressed with the neoeaalty of w^^iwe good the Gotthard Pass agidnat all comera, flung a line of fortifica- tiona right acroaa the valley just below the town. To a layman, thia picturesque zigzig of turreted masonry looks very formidable, and aa if no man or mouse could overleap suoh a wall muoh less an army but military critics assert that ao rapid haa been the ad- vance in the art ef war, that as a work of defence it lii new abeolntely valueloas. Ageoae which has juat died at Stuttgart left tbe flack, while atill a gosling, and re- solved to have nothing more to do with its companion geese, but to try a new way of life for itaelf So it boldly marched into the Iwrracks of a Uolan regiment one day and atationed Itaelf next the aentry box. The Uhlans were touched by the geese ohoosing to ally itsdf with their corps, and built a shsdior It to live in. For twenty -three yean ndther tiireata or porsnadon were abiato^efantotiili Urdfrm Ita adapted Mgiiasat. W^en the corps olianged quar- tstatiMfoese went witii tiioin, and when tte UlilaiH went to fight for tiieir oauntry tiwdaselato oreature took up for a time witii a battalion of infantry but no sooner did tiie first UUana enter the town than tiie geosa mardiad out to meet them, and went with t»"«« to her old quarters. Staice her dsathahaliasbeansta£EBd,andisto be seen Ib a glass ease an the gato of the barraoks of ago a Fnnohman tk* itarma In a Gladatona bag. Ha to Sr WnUam Thww|iianB, aS Gl â- MMv ttUa metaltnai^, «•â- Â» Dr. Bncbanan oama ' In ona day to one of tiiasa bexssk skying that ho wanted to use It ona paltet,â€" a Itttia ohUd tiut had a tumor on Ita toa«ae. whioii he was afraid to out off or to bum off In the dd way ;tlia heated wire sometimes loses its haat, haa to be reheated, oausing mnoh pain. Ilw stor- ed eleotridty was taken to the ohfld's room, the wire waa kept at one heat. In one aao- ond the lightning touched off the tamor. painlesdy, soft ai a mother's kiss and tha ohUdis weU. I,.- TEESTOIOl'BAFPEASiHGE. t An lye WUnass •eatrtbea tke ^clone In â- iBBraota. The beat testimony that oau be had from eye witaeaaea of tiie storm is to the effect that the cloud was aomewhat different In appearance from cydonsa in general as re- ported. Hon. J. A. Damenlea, an ox-mem- ber of the houae of repreaentotivee waa at hia houae near George lako, not far from the track of the storm. He told a reporter of the appearanoe of the dond. Said he " It must have formed raiMly, and jnat above the lake, as it was there v hen I firrt noticed it. It was very black, and seemed to be canstantly in motion. At firrt I thought it was the smoke from some large fire and it was moving rapidly across the lake when I first saw it. It was fiat and oval in shape, with a sort of spiral at«ach of the extrem- ities, one extending upward and the other downward. It was peculiar in appearanoe. and I watched it dosdy when it had passed acroaa the lake. It aeemed to atop. Ita movement resembled that of a fan openbg and closing, and it remained stationary for some aeoonda. Almoat inatantly ita form ohanged. Inatead of lying flat, it aeemed to turn on end and the apirala that had run np from the other end formed a part of k. big double apiral. It had a movement that waa peculiar, as if. there was a conunetfeci. within it. Its ooubsb wa ka^id and as soon as tiie big Vlnl was formed it began moving at a torrino rate in a conna that was somewhat zigzag. It dropped down to the ground, and I saw the entire work of ruin. Ita oonne after it crossed the river was rather sinuous, though hardly as muoh ao aa before. Ii awept across the country, and in fire minutes from the tim9 It reached the Sauk Rapids the work of degtruotion- waa done." A Mr, Clarke was driving vMk- Mr. C3oper of the State board of agricnlturft He aaid that he had seen the cloud form. There were two at first that »me together dlrectiy over the lake, and then turned on end and swept onward. A daughter of Gkivemor Gilnun corroborates Mr. Damenle's story. She saw it when it Uy like a fan. and she said it was appanntly s tan d ing still. She thought it was the smoke from some large fire and ran to a lookout on the top of the governor's house, to discover where the fire waa. Bsfore ahe had reached the top the cloud had turned and waa approach- ing with terrible rapidity and waa already creating havoc, wheranpon ahe ran down. A gentieman who did not give hia nsuna told Mr. Alexander Rigg, of Montioello, who waa here that he had aeon a man in the apiral rapidly moving after the clouds had SHsed Sauk Rapids three or four miles, here are one or two misting, and it Is pos- sible that it may have been the druggist who had not been found. A peculiarly sad incident ocoured at Sauk Rapids, Minn. Out in the rubbiah some rods from the depot, wandering about tiie stricken ndghborhoed, was a middle aged man. He looked haggered and took no notice of the curious people who censtantiy passed him in their search among the mini. It was Charles SheUgreen. Hia home had been leveled to the ground by the cyclone, and he waa wandering near the apot whom hia home had once stood. He was a poor man and had nothing bat hia home. One ef the visitora waa the Rev. Mr. Pierce, of Fergna Falla, who had once preached at Sank Raplda, and not knowing how Mr. Snellgreen had been afflicted, he approach- ed him and aaked if he had loat any beaides hia house. The man atopped, walked up and ahook handa with the man ef G«d and aaid " my baby." He could go no further, but rat upon the ruins of his home, and the tears rolled from hia eyea aa his voice thick- ened, Hia entire family had been killed, a wife and four children. The woman and thiea of the children lay over in the dead houae awaiting their oeffina, but the fourth, a little girl baby ef acme week a, bad not been found. The mlnlater could not aay cheer np, and he left the man altting alone and deaolate, with the tean atreamlng from hia dazed eyei. A Manly Word to Boys* Yon are made to be kind, boya, genereua. magnanimous. If there Is a boy in school who has a club foot, don't let him know you ever saw It. If there is a p9or boy with ragged clothes, don't talk about rags in hia hearing. If there ia a lame boy, aaaign him aome part In the game that doean't re- quire running. If there ia a dull one, help him to leara hia leaaon. If then ia a bright one, be not envious of him for If one boy la proud of hia talenta, and another ia envl- oua of them, there are two great wrongs. and no more talent than before. If a lar;^r or stronger boy has injured you and is i^rry for It. f jrgive him. All the school will show by their cenntenance how much better it Is than to have a groat fuss. â-  I â-  â-  â-  A nl|^tg«wn is nalUng tat a When FrankUn botUad the lichtalhg he waa oanddaired an Ajax the puMt thunder- ed againrt hia daring Impiety. It waa echo ef tha aaoiant curse on the nt tiUer of the gceond. til* firrt btdlden^ towers, tha firrt bearer of fli« and the aita toman. Maver- thniisi. ene of Jove's bdta wM bottled I and. bmn tiiattlme. It haa lioen studied and aaalyasd, oatfl sdenoe haa teamed how to â- tstanpUgUningand rsgolato Ita A Leopard Oan Ghanre His Spots* " That, my young friend, is a leopard.' observed a sdhooimaster at the Zoo the other day as he was shewing off before three or four favorito pupils. " Notice the spota upon his sldn. Can the Etiiiopian alter his skin or the leopard diange his nota T" •• Yes. sir." unexpeotedly repued a keeper iriia was standing near " that 'era one often dees." "How sal" inquired the schoelmartar, eagerly, with visions of discoveries fieating before his eyes. "Explain yourself, my SlISOUo " niere. sir Didn't yon sse her 7 She's j3rt dene it," snswared the ka^er. " Sha was firrt ef all a-lying down on th|s spe^ snd then she grt up and ohanged, and now she's lying down on that spot." Exit keeper amidrt dl^gnrt af sohaalmaster and rtifled laughter «f pnpOa.