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. Mm ..!- I. uh.H. New r.r .. Qeorge Adolpbui Or Hi v> iwell KuJ il Crossed ui> in full rig. Took drop ul br.i.Jj Juit to give him toue, Brace him up while crawling ID style hti own ti> w \Yar moruloK calllnjf . He made his first ealani I'ato the kliaseslirisbthead. 'Kelreah > mc*Qts*v' Aw, daliobtod; A Rlawse of .berry ? Thanki; Bo lumi) i-all U) make. eh. Keei> Heady ID the rank*, uillon ctiuuol take, Ml ! BLUE mm Hell on the Misses Twigg, Celled George A.tol|)hui, gayly, Now, really. Mr. liriKK,' Bald Miw Jaue TviKK, Kentaally, " If I mlfbt male so fre. You luok trifle chilly. You'll Ufco some ostui|> lea "f" He felt 'twas willy ullly. George looked a little wry, but KUli*Kl it <lun quite oay, Then with a taiul " L)h. my '." Hofiau to feel rial wlieuy. Next off iuto the Browui Sweet girl.- he'd faiii have kiMCd, if he dared, but rnuu.li ! He had 'em on hti list Dear George," cried Mrt B, Yutir looking i|uite on tesiioa, Do let me five > ou see, A little drop of gentian." " Now, iluu't you Had it nice " Crle.1 all the tirli to chorus, 80 tpleadid with cruahed lee Pray take a plaster poiuub. " \Vhy, gracious. what't units t" Cried Mr.. Jones \ aa Ulntar, Ai George essayed to kill Kvadoe Maud, her inter. " PuUe hmh, eye briKht-'ti* clear lie u. (Ki Uuatmeut Siberian ; Here, iw&llow thin, Qeorge, dear, "Tis tincture of valerian." Kxt at the Belli he rung. And Mr.. Hell Mid quickly Bit withers were unstrung. Be really did look aickly. " Ban, g rls, some cooaioe Poor Georei ii faint, 1 know iL Or would you takt quluine ?" asetia faintly murmured, " Blow it ?" Eoor Grigg, now fairly floored, Made out- attempt to rally, Twai where he uaed to board, The glrl'a uatue wa< bally ; But when the mother taw Him quiver like iuo-c>-taBh She nil -her will wa* law " Urmti Ball Bromide of Potash." Enough ! A'lolphui Grigf Male one boll for the door. liu.hkU he to rattled rig Into the neaieet " store. " " I'm poisoned, waiter, bring. He cried in accents thick, " bix Bcotcbei in a iliog, And, dimme 1 bring 'em quick." I ii . New Year I nsed to think the yesr was long I was a bo* then, young and airoug. With ipirfti all a*low ; Impatient for the time to come vfbenl ahouU strike tbewtiois world Jumli By ous stapsndoDs blow. 1 attack tbe blow tbe world went on I nnsoved, and davi have corns and tone. And I am sail ths same ; A little older gniwo, lit true. And so, indeed, dear friend, have yon, And others I migbt naiue. Fasne fortune- 1 could alwayi hear Their echoes in tha coming year, Like bells acruM the mow : Like bells that through the night air cbluie. Now all nieiudioni. DOW sublime, Now iwelhog and DOW low. Those boyish bopss and plans are past : Tbe years came "lowly bat went fast, liach swifter than hefore . The bells ring oat as cheerily For others as Uirv did for me, But ah I for me uo more. Bat hark ! 1 bear Ibe glorious troth That was bat shadowed Iu iry youth Now peeling lou.l aud clear , The truth that auuiethiog t>etter lies Beyond than all that now I priie Bring! in this (lad New Year. The? good-ore, Old Year, if you mail. And welc<.nj. hew Year, la >our trust, We greet yon witb a prayer ; Keep ai from sorrow and from strife, And brine ui pears and luve snd life. Through all your seasons fair. I'm awful sorry for poor Jack Koe ; Ue'i tbe buy that live, with his aunt, you know, And he sayi bii bouse is filled with gloom Because it has got no " mother's room." I tell yen what. It ii flue enough To talk of "boudoirs" and tucb fancy itnff, Hat tbe room of rnomi thai seemi heet to me, Tbe room where I'd alwayi ratber be, Ii mother'! room, where a fellow can rest, And talk of Iblngs the heart loves bast. Wna* if I do get dirt abonl. And lometimen startle my aunt with a about ; It ii mother's room, ami if she don't mind, To tbe hints of other* I'm alwsyi blind. Maybe I lose my things- what then '.' IB my mother'! room I find them again. And I've never denied that I litter tbe floor With marbles and tops ami many thing* more, Bnt I tell yon, for boyi with a tlrod bead, It'* jolly to rest U on motber'i bed. Now poor Jack Koe, wben be visits me, I tike bim to mother's room, you see, beeanee if! tbe nicett place to go WLen a follow i spirits an getting low . And mother, shs's alwavi kind and sweet, tod abere's alwayi a imlls poor Jack to greet, AD 1 somehow the sunbeami seem to flow More brightly In motber'i room, 1 knew, Than anywhere else ; aril you'll never find (loom Or any old tbadow In mother's room. Uarptr'i Young Ptople. Al ih. Hireke oi TI 1,1 nlh< My soul, watching and musing, saw thli slgbt geli, iwift and full of power, bands, yet itay not In thur , , Two mighty angeli, iwift and full of power, Keel and clasp Cleavln tbs lenith at tbe midnight hour Clasp and unclasp, iwiftai a thought maybe; One upward and the other downward bent ; Oee with a oonntinanre serenely Iree- Tbe otbsr, thoughtful, is on servlee) seu t. But lure and iwlft at boly rraysn arise, Tbe angel of tbe Hast Year sought Uod'i f ace ; He knew the constellation*, and with e>es And heart u pi if ted passed the "terry ipaoei ; And swlfi and bright ai luoihlne from tbe aktei Cams the strong angel of tbe Earth's New Year: And while be itood with calm and watchful eyas Tbe last sharp itroks of midnight smoM my . BAB*. Silas; He Hens; ! the 014m Tim r . Bine me a long of tlie olden time "Highland Laddie 'and' Bonnie Doon ," Bloc to me now In the fading light, For my heart goes back to my youth to nlf bi- ll ing uie some dear old tune. Aad I will dream ai I bear your voice, Rweet and tender, and strong, and cliar, Like your mother's vjico, wbvn those songs ihe sung Long so wbsu we both were young Yoo are so like her, dear. Take down her harp and touch the strings ; Too long, too long have they lilent been ; My bean has been full of hurry snd strife, And sbe care aud worry ol active life I Icng for tbe songi again. Slog " Ye Banks and Hraet o' Bonnie Doon ;" Your mother sang that long to yon While ihe rooked yon there on her breast to sleep- Dear little (laughter . do not weep - Bice me tbe old songs, too. Blng ~ Logan Water " and "Land o' tbe Leal," " Annie Laurie " and " Rank! o' Dee ;" Dear old w>ngi that we never forget ; Over my beut they are echoing yet ; Hbe sang the ji all to me. No malic ererso sweet can be As the tunfal layi of the dsyi of yore Bang by mother and siiternd wife , And now.my child, In thii later life I would bear these songs ono* more. So ling me a tong of tbe olden time " Highland Laddie " or " Bunnle Uoon ;" King to me DOW in Hie faxlinK light For my heart goei back to my youth to-night- Sing me some dear old lane. NeM nplrlou l"rr.n. A pttrolmsn on Beoond Ktreel palled tbe bell of bouse at 10 o'clock tbe other even- ing, and aid to the / Ijr wbo came to tbe door: " Madm, a man whose aolioos are very loipioiooa ban joet RDtrrid tbe yard by tbe alley Kte. Wonldo't it be ell for me to soarou tbe premises . ' " Ob, oo, BIT," >be eweetly replied. " Tbt loipioiotu preoo IH taj bosbaad. When he oom0s borne sober, be enters at tbe front door. When be ie libt be ineakj In M Ihe beok ute. You need nerer rajee M eJarm OTer him. "-De Iron tree Prm. A si.- > of Blood and 1 1 Th diroator stepped b*ok a:.d BoUl!-.r raxk'd hie shouldere ; they had tow d to know their young chief well e O Jgh to understand that Ihie tone would admit of uoeontisdiotiou. " I O.IM llartuisuu amoDg the mob," laid Aithar, turtiui< to tbe obiet eDiaeer. " Be is usually tbe leader in all uproar aud tumult ; bat to-day be leerai to Lav*) only urged toe men oa to the attaok and then to have left them alooe. II: ia nowhere viMble." " Aud I, (oo, bava middtJ bim for aqaar- tor ot an hour," returned tbe engmeer tboogh'.rolly. " I bope ho ia not atirrtDg up new miiiohiel tomewhera ilee. You oaai- ruanl llio Uirds stationed nt tbo machina housea t3 oe wilhdrann, 11 .tr B.'rkow T" O-r'.aioly. We waul tbe few men at our ditpoeal bere at the Loo o ; and LOW ih .'. eutraooe baa boeu Ijroed iato tb UI.IUB, they, as wo!l aa the luaoLiue-, are quite icouie. Noibiun OAU bo doue witboat endangering U.e workmen below." " With anob a leader would tuia be aoou- aiderttion ? " atktd the cffioer dc ubtfuily Artbur'ii brov Rrew dark. " 1 might have thought ot that ! Hartmaim ia an uu eaatrolled, eavaga nature wbta ecrs^uj ; bat be ia not a villain and what you bave hinted at would be villainy. He would bate destroyed tbo mwjhiaea so ai to hinder tee deeoeal ; and as be e mid not hinder i ), why do you baiieva thai be would si inannely fall upon tbe machiue bou-e>? Ii oer- tainly would not be toezpoie bit father at,d oomtadce to destruotion. He wiabed to recall bii format order*, aud when be saw that we were ahead of bim, be became en- raged at Ibe failure ot bia rlana againat u. Tbe dttoent aloue has saved nt tbe maohicea. Mo one lift* bii hand against them while tbe overseer and tbe rest are in tbe mines, but, inatesd, they direct tbe toim a^aiust tbe home. I will go out and make an tfiorl to quell it." Ditriog tbe last wceki tbo cffiaers bsd become noeostcmed ta re> tbtir ehitt enter into seeMiee like tbit with the uitnoat dariog and without regord to peraonal danger ; but to-day warniuits and eutreatiea were beard from all tides. Even tbe chief engineer for tbii ouoa joined in, while Babsfijr, wbo well knew from what sourot sloue expostu- lation oould avtil, tarusl to Eigsaic, who still stood at her baab>id'a aide. " DJ not let bim g), your Udycbip, not to-dty. To-day it ia more perilooa than upon svll days before. The mioera are ter- ribly excited snd tbii time Hartmann ii playing u desperate game again.it aa. Keep our chief baok ! " Tbe youcg wife beoime dtathly pale at tbii warning, whioh oaly too well ouurmed ber own tears; bat ahe retaiaed her self- PXMBMOQ ; a part o* Arthur'* ealmoeaa Hcrmed to bve passed ovor to her. " My bnabaod baa declared to me that he mail make the effort," she returned firmly, "sad he shall col say that I, with team and on'.ro-itiss, kcp) biin back from what ha deemed bii duty. Lt bim go I " Arthur clasped her bind still more firmly ia his owa, but be ih inked ber oaly with a N jw, gentlemen." be said, "take an t ztmplo frum (be courage ot my wife. She Tiainly uaa tbs most to tremble for. I repeat to you, tbe attempt must be made. Lit the dcora be tpond." "We all go with you I" cried tb* ohiaf ergiaeer. "Far bctbiog, n,y lajy ; I will uotlesw<i yonr uaabsnd'e aide." Arthur calmly but flimly deoliutd the 1 r^fft-r. " I tbaok >ou ; bat you re mini bere aud tbe oihrr gontlemen likewise ; I go alone. Ia such a ease, Ihe solitary man ia Ital fr .ui the incb. The appearance of you all might teem a challenge. Only bold yourselves ready, it things come to tbe worst, to cover my retreat into tbe house. Farewell, Euginie I " He went, aoiompsnied to tbo ateps by tbs chief engineer and Ibe other officers. No one made any further tfforl to hill him back ; tby all knew that in bis appear- aaoe amosR the mob outside lay the only possibility of averting a danger, to with ettod wbioh for many hours, bare wituiu the hou<e, seemed difficult U not impos- sible. EuKonie hastened to a wiudoT. 8be did not see that all present ia anxious suipeute preibcil ta tbe other windowd ; sbe did LO! bear the half-audible remarks exchanged between the director and Bihafftr, wbo stood immediately buhiuil ber , sbe saw oily tbo wild, excited muluinie, which, head oiowdicg above bead, surrounded tbe hcu-o aud with savage yells demanded tbe release of tha prisoners Ihe multitude which would now hurl itself againat her husband alone, and Ibe next moment, perhspe, threaten bis lire. Tbe more elegant than atrong iroi fence of the park had already yielded to tbe storm, it lay in mini on tbe grcuud. 1 be costly nod carefully-kept pleasure grounds, trodden down by hundreds cf footstepi, [nsenled only a wild cbaoe of earth, flower pots aud trampled abrubs. The foremost had already reached the terrace, and from there bad forced their way oloee op to the fcon-e ; already tome flats were armed with stones to hurl againel the windows. Shoal* , threat*, oriea of all kicdj blent wildly to- gether ; tbe tumult inoreiaed from minute to minute, uutil it mounted to a bowl of a moment's duration which bad no louger anything human in its scnnd. Then, all at once, tbtra was a deep, braatbleea ealm. Tbe tumuli died away suddenly, aa if acme Celestial power bad commanded iileoce. Tbe wildly-excited group* paused ; the mob swayed back as if it bad encountered aoma sadden resistance ; and all eyes, all faess, turned in one direc- tion. The front door WAS opened, and tbe young obiet ttepped out upon the terrace. The sileno waaof only a few moments' duration ; tben tbe momentary surprise yielded to a renewed outbreak of fury more terrible than tbe first; and DOW H bad a better object. All these furious outcries, all tbeee faces dint'Tted by rage, all tbee threateningly lifted arocB, which just heft/re had menaced the house and its inmates, nr>w turned againas a aiogle one ; hot Ibis one wa; tha chief, the master ol tbe works, aud what the lather, with his mechanical geaias, with his peraistent endurance and his tyrannical will bad not been able to eatatliab in yeara, the son bsd enforced in a few weeks his absolute perrona.1 author- ity. It availed even here, where all tbe bac.de of order ware loosened. Calmly he let the norm rage around him ; the nlotider form ertol, the large eyes s'eady and clear turned to lb throng, every m.e of which was bia superior in strength, and from which he bad 1.0 protection save bia author- ity. There be atood opposed to them, entirely alone and unarmed ; bnt be stood there as if these surging waves of insurrec- tion must break against him. And, in troth, they did break. Gradually tue uproar abaided ; it subsided into cries, then murmurs ; at latt these also died away. And now arose Barkow'a voice, at first inaudible smid the exoiiameni, and still often interrupted by tbe tumult, which, by fits and starts, again broke forth ; bat wfateb, often as it roee, again sank power- lew, and at laal entirely oeaeed ; ao that only the voice ot tbe young chief was beard, wbiob, clear, loud an-1 distinct, rota above all and bjoime intelligible to the most die- taot. " Ood be thanked I " murmured Bcbaffer, sa be wiped bia foreboad wilb hia pocket- handkerchief, "now be h them in rein. Tbe mob foam* at the month and reara but il obeys. Oaly ace, your ladyship, how tha excitement is Hubeiding bow all fall back I They are really leaving tbe terrace, and see there, the atones, also, are falling to tbe ground I If Ileavan only keeps Harlmanu sway just cow, ths danger it over." H* did not know with what meulai aagrjiab liwgeuie wa raafatjsM this la inrscul. Knehad bjea coanuuslly lag that dreaded form ami 1 tha uiohj SO long as it was. m,J viaib be k^.t op osursge, ro looK HIS L 'itved Arthur ate. But i.jw hope ucd < uadrity frtfe Kt an end. II migbt LJ that Ike hud.lcu oeanatiou ot tbe uproar be bad intentionally artmied oillci biek the misaicg one, or that a sot- pieion ot what had happened drew him hither at the decisive moment. As if he stepped out of the earth, Ulrica Hartmann suddenly Mtood at the park gate behind the mob; and , single glance told bim how milter* htood CUAPTERXX, " Uowarwe y<m ares all el ye. I " be eried in a vqiccof ihundtr to his oomradea, u, followed by L >renz and the maattr-naioer. WilaaH, be foro;d hia way through the d a e masi. " I hardly supposed that you would ail i./ yourselves to fall into hid Letwuile wo went to at certain where tbe pi-oners htd bin ttkeu. Wo koov cow. They are there ia the lower story ot tin right tower, olo.-"d behind the great hall. Break in tbe I lite gUca window, ud then we have no ueid to h'orru ihe door." Mo one obeyed Ibe oouitunud, Mid yet it did not retuam int ll .o:nal. There ie nothing ILO.-U wavpriog of uoul, more will-lots, frir an exoittd mob which is want to allow it- eel! to be controlled by the will of one rum. 1 . all this lumnit and upioar, jast tubbidi d, tu re hid been a lack of |u:pcee, an inde- ci-i jr\ which would never have gone an 1 >r aaa dir>o'< attaok. Tbe eye, tha arm ot tbe leader had t/cen wat,ticg; BOW ihoy were l rtb ji.t, and tha moniecl hii baud agaia graopcd tbi> reino be gve the mob a decided purpose. Tuey cow knew where the pris- oners coali be found, they knew tbe way to them, and this awakened anew the dan- ger wbioh bad been oaly partially over- come. finch at this moment give himself little concern whether or not his orders were obryed. 11 1 bad forced bi way to the ler- ram* acd now stood oLse before ihj joung chief, with the wbo'.e obstinacy and ptide of his uncontrollable nature, with his giant form towering almost a bead above all tbe others. He was tba bcru leader cf the matses, who'o wild energy, whose depotio will impelled them on to a blind obedience, and w."o, ia spite ot all that had happened, all tbt', perhaps, might happen, ttill (or tbo onmeat had unlimited power over them. Tbe whole victory whioh Arthur had won was imperilled, it not destroyed, by tbe me-ra appearance of this rmn, whose indi- viduality was at least aa powerful in its workings as bis own. " Where are our comrades? " aakad Hurt- mann threateningly, aa he stepped nearer. " We will have them released tbia iaetaut. We allow uo outrages against any of oar men." " And I allow no dentro}iiig of my iniohicef," interrupted Arthur wilb o*lui dignity. " I have bad tbe men ibut up, although they were only the tools of another baud. Wbo ordered the attaok npou the machines? " Ulricb'a c)oa flashed feaifully bul triom- pbautly, be bad foreseen this firmness i>ud had bail! bis plane upon it. Ha wanted uo txome for attack , be would, at aay ot, gratify hia hatred ; bnl bis mjj, who were already wavering and threatening to desert color*, needed snob excuse ; thin would goad on anew tha faint-hearted ones, and tbe rival wai br*ve and ptoud euoa^b to allow bim this. I nr cd not bandy words with you I " be cried derisively, " abd I certainly neod not all j w j ou to listen to me with that arrcgabt air. Ojoa again I toll you, release tb to uriKODsral Tbe miners demand il, or " hit gUuoi finished tbe threat. - " Tbe pruoners remain in coLflaeoaeut," declared Arthur anmoved, "audjou, Hart- mano, have no longer aright to spesk to me in the name bf all tbe miners ; more than half have already deserted yon. I have nothing mare to ey to you." " Bat I have to you I" aried Ulriob, beside himatlf. " To oar comrades I " haebouicd, turning to Ibs excited mob. " Strike down all that oppose you 1 Forward I " He waa ah .-us to fall upon Barkow first of all, and thereby gtvs ths signal for attack, tut before this oould happen, before it was decided whether tba mob would yield or deny bim obediecoa, there was heard a strauga sound wbisb mads all tremble and cua,d sven tbs wild leader to paose in horror, while be, like Ibe otbera, hetened spell-bound aid in breathless silence. It was a sound like distant, hollow thander, which seemed to come from tbe depths ot Ihe earth, and waa followed by s momen- tary underground reverberation. Tasn all became still as death and hundreds of faces, white with terror, turned in tha direction of tba worka. Ood of Heaven I That came from tba mines; aomttbing hia happened there!" oritd Lxets, atartug np. " II was an exploiion," aaid tbe chief engineer, wbo during tbe) laat few orilical momenta bad stood al tbe vestibule below, at the biad bf Ibe youugnr (.tfioers and tbe wiiole available force of eervautc, so as to be ready to batten to the help ot the chief. " An accident has happened at Ihe mines, ili-rr Barkow. We most go over." For an instant botror seemed to palsy all around. Mo one s'irrsd ; tbe warning had been loo terrible. At the very moment when oue prly with deadly hatred would baft borled itself against Ibe other, a mor- tal danger had overtaken their brethren down iu the mine*, and imperionaly earn- muued them from atsaull to rescue. Arthur was tbe first to recover bis self -posbeision. " To the mines 1 " be cried to bis cffijere, wbo now, roebiog out of tbe houie,ijatnered around bim, and bs himself gave tbe example, as to advance of all be haatened to tbe works. " To tbi mines 1 " thundered Uirioh also to the miners, bat tbe ocmmand was no longer needed ; the whole mafls, in bewil- dered bail*, were already rushing in that dirsolion, their leader at tbeir bead ; be and Uerkow were the first to reach the work', and both reached then almost at tbe same moment. There was no outward evidenoe ot tbe work of tbe destroying element, none bat the dense pillars o! smoke which roeu above the ibafta. Thane told what had happened, aud they told enough. In leaa than ten minutes the whole apaoe around the mines was filled with men wboie first dumb hor- ror had now yielded to loud outbursts of anguish, terror and despair. There ia something terrible and yet tub- lime in snob a great misfortune which doss not oma from mortal band ; for it almost always redeems tbe honor of haman nature and purifies il from those baser pasniooa which ninally diafigure and overshadow il. Here tbe change in tbe people'a mood had ui MI so sadden, so lightning-like in ita awi(lnt;p, that it no longer seemed tha same mob wbiob a lew miuutea before bad raged around Ibe boose, menacing all its inmatea with violence and, perhsps, mur- der, because their insane demands were not granted. Strife, hostility, hatred, fos- tered for months long, all bad now subsided into the one thought ot resoae. To this rescue alike harried miners snd cffiaers, friend snd foe ; and the moil violent of Ibe rioters now led tbe band. An hour ago they bad threatened their oimradea, bad laid violent bands on them, aud w-juld have stricken them down U it had not been the father of Ulrioh Hartmann who led them to tbe minea, and now when these very comrades were in mortal danger- now, very oue would have risked bia life to save them. Tbe fearful warning had borne its fratt. " Back 1 " cried Arthur imperiously ai be confronted the bewildered, aimlcM tbroug. ' You cannot joat now help ; you only bin- der Ihe efforts of tbe cfBoen, Ii moil first be deoided bow and where we can < nler Ihe abaft*. Let tbe cbief engineer take Ihe iead." " Let tbe chief engineer take tbe lead ! " raputtd the foremost, aud tbs 017 weut through^ at once op with bia the spit. "To eut Inirou Kb! iur, | sower _ _ __ _ _ __-- _ tsHtM lowwt tbatv4rbiob was oouitoted with tha others aad at whoie muutii tse*e> eved vapor arose in mighty i! jlu'm.B. " We have made the attempt, but in vala ; nothing hutuau can bicaliw iu that infernal air. Qartmann triad it, but, after a fuw Mrpa, he retreated half-st.fled and had ta bricfc out Lorecso with him, wbo had followed, hut had fallen at the very si^rauctt. Qitf unjy hops lica iu the. UDD6r ab*f i. Bet the maouinary in motion ; we must n-.oeud there." J.MI. tu^ahiu. ui-.iter j jo _yhoni the last words wcro aTdrMied, aoT who nafl~nrood near palo and agitated, mads no motion to obey. " Tha UHohiuca refuse to do their work," hoRiidln a voice cf arguish, "they have for an hour. I should before have an- ut unjfcd tin > to the cflixrs, bat my meseeu- gcr could act aske bia way to them through tha mob, an I I thought ibit in any event the miners could asceud t'u rough the lower shaft Wt bave already worked a long time up ju tbe elevator, out in vain. It c iiii'iS bo in3e nvaiKbl-; " " Heaven and earth ! DJ they fail us cow.'" cried tie chief engineer, rushing Iuto the ruioMue house. " But tine footway -u.ft ? " said Arthur hastily, turbiug to toe director. "Can we not go down tu ro? " Tue director tbtok his head. " Tbe foot- way abaft has been impass&blo since tbia morning. You know, lleir Berkow, that Barlmaun had all tbo upper ladders destroyed beo*use he would, at any price, biader Ibe diaoint of the miners. He did not fully mocecd ; the workmen wtnldowa the main shaft and at present thia ii our on! v entrance iuto the mines." Ulrieh now appeared wilh Wilms and several ol hi* usual companions. " Nothing it going on down there," he aaid to his com- rade', as he made bia way through all. " Wa are sacrificing lifsneedlsesly when we ought to be rescuing il. Perhaps we can do ao here. Way ia the pit valor nol at work? Wa must go down by its help." Ai he was violently ruehiog forward be auddenly met the yoncg chief, who gi*>d sternly at bim. "Too eli v* tor will not work," be aaid, loudly and sharply, " it ceased an hour ago, and ten minnien ago tha accident happened. 1 hose two events hava no connection, but it wan just n'i hour ago we arrested your three men. What bad they done, Hart- nann ? " Ulrioh staggered biok as if ha bad re- ceived a Die*. " I recalled my order," said be, " the moment my father went down and tbe otbera followed. I went myself to bin- der its execution, bnl tbe mischief bad already been done. I did not with it. Ood knows I did not," Arthur turned from bim to the chief engineer, who had jnat come out ol tbe machine-boose. "Wall, hew U it?" bs anked qutoxly. Tbe ifnoer shrugged bin shoulders. "Tbe machinery will nol work," he said. " Bull, we havo nol been able to find where tbe trouble lied. The injury has not come from the eapto3ion ; U is from a human hand. If we do not anooeed in repairing il, all en- trance iato ibe miuea is denied uu, aud all below are loat withcut bope of rescue, tbe overseer Dartmann among them." Al the?e last words be had raised bia vjice aud fixed in eyea upon Uirioh, wbo, with a taoa white M that of a oornae, itcod there dumb and motionless. Bat cow Lie trembled aud mad* a hasty nrovemtnl tor- ward. Arthur stepped into bis way. " Where would you go ? " " I must go dowu I " be said hreathliiuily, "I must help. Let ma go, Herr Berkow. I must, I tell you I" "Yon cannot help," interposed Arthur bitterly. " We can do nothing witb our arms alone. You oould dealroy and oiake Ihe danger tenfold. Tbe work of restora- tion must ba left to the officers. They aloue can make il possible lor us to rescue oar imperilled workmen, and ttey must bs nc itbtr difttnrbad nor hindered in Ihoir task. &*ep guard around bar*, lierr Direotor ; and yon, Ilerr Wilberg, bring the three pruouers bere immediately. They must know wbars they have laid their hands. Perhapa they may give an intimation to tbe eunint ere. Hasten I " Wilberg obeyed, and the director also made preparations to carry out tbs com- mands ot bis chief. lie met wilb no resist- ance. All knew wbat hung upon Ibe efforts ot the <ffiwm, and all obeyed willingly. They fell tomelhiuM ot tbe truth of tboae worda Herr ttarktw had onoe flung back against ibe obstinate demands ol their leader. " Try all this, it the hated element is wanting wbiob gives direction to your arms, force to yonr maobintry and intellect to your wotk." Here were hundreds of arms, hundreds ot I'.torg men ready to help ; and the whole rower, the whole poasibility of rescue, lay iu the banda ot tha few wbo mud lend aoituoo to their work, so as to bring help, where tbe multitude snd Iheir leader could do nothing at tha ntmoat bnl rush blindly into curtain death. These officers, onoe BO bated aad doefbed upon them all glacojs nowhung,ntd wherever oue of them came in Hgbl, all crowded around him. They would now at any ool have protected them and tbtir work, had they needed anob protec- tion. Minute after minute passed in aniioai, agociztd suspense. Wilberg had long ainos returned witu ibo three prisoners. They knew what had happened. They came in breathless haste, like all the others ; like them, to stand there aimless and despairing. They were uo longer needed, for the reason ot tbe stoppage ot tbe machinery was already found). The injury had proved Blight and Its immediate repara- tion was possible. The engineers, under tho direction ol tbeir superior, did their utmost; while outside, they organized tbeir plans tor rescue and constantly, bul still in vain, sought to force entrance into tbe mines on otber aides. Tha danger bad, as at one stroke, firmly reunited the loosened bands if discipline. All obeyed, acd obeyed baiter aad more quickly than even before tbs outbreak of the revolt. Bat the chief himself accomplished more than all the rest. Bit eyei, his voice, were everywhere. Everywhere be ktsw how to work himself, bow to inspire others. Arthur posBedied little or nothing of tbe toieuoe and experience so needed bere. The young heir had been roared in the fallen! ignorance of wbat it mast concerned him to know; bat one faculty be possessed whiob cannot be iuatilled by culture or training ths genius ot oommsud. And this was the f aoulty moat of all wanted here, where the chief engineer, Ihe only energetic one among the officers, was kept inside occupied with the machinery ; and the director, aa well ai tbe others, half-stnnned at the tudden obange ot affaire, and al ths catastrophe itself, in spite of their science, experience and capability, had all loal tbair presence of mini. It was Arthur who gavs il back to them Arthur who witb bii quick glance pouted every one in tbe right plaoo and incited all to do their ntmoat ; it was bs wbo by bii energy impel). d and inspired all. Tbe character of thin young nian.ao long misun- derstood by those around bim and by him. solf mos'. of all, bad never shone fortb ao brilliantly aa in this boor of peril. At laat waa heard tbs beavy, groaning sound with wblcb tbe machinery resumed its work; then followed tbe panting aud creaking of itamigbly frame, atfifstfllfully and interruptedly, tben al regular interval*. Tbe worka rose and fell with tbeir wonted ebadieDce. The chief engiieer stepped to Herr Berkow, but his face had become no more oheerf ol. " Tbe maobint/ry is again in order," ha Bald, " bat I fear it is too late or too early for tba descent. Ths vapor riaes evin here. . mnit Kidta be breaking out, art* o wait." rtswr lutdu an iai;.tieut MevOte. ail I \Vj have., waited a whole hour aJy, and tbe llvww of tbi-es unfortunate U.^ _: ipou every otccqajat. J)j you itwilibo {.lauibJaiafloaowaf ' " Ills perhaps ponaible ; tbia seems to bo vapor whiob riaei uez ; but every one who goes down riika bii life. I would not ven- ture." 11 Bnl I will 1 " oricd Ulrioh with grim determination. At the moment wben tte machinery began (o work he had ruahid violently forward, and now stood close to the soul. " I will w down," be repeated, "hot one alone osn do nothing tbeie. I malt have help. Wiiogoeia with me ? " No one answered ; every one seemed to recoil from a letoerjt Into this smoking abyss, Tboy hid all seen bow the ooor- agcoui on es who it tbe flral had Bought to foroe iu entrance had reeled back or fallen. Lorens still lay tensMless from a venture which bis alroogar oomrade bad made without injury. Bat no oue possessed tbe oourage to follow Ulriob in a descent where returo'or rolroatwas almoil impossible. " Ao ene I " swild Ulrioh after a pause. Very well, then, 1 go alone. Give tba linnal I" Hetpratrjgintotke seat, but suddenly a small white baud was laid upon itu black- ened edge, and a clear voice aaid firmly, " Wait, Harlnaaon, I go with you." A cry of borror from Ihe lips ot the assembled cfnoersgavo answer to tbU deci- sion ; from all sides arose the moit violent oppoiition. " For God's eike, Herr Berkow, do not go 1 Yon are needlessly sacrificing yonr life I You eannot belp I " These exclama- tions were heaad from all aides, and in every tone ot borror and anguish. Arthur rote eieot. The full self oonr ciout- ness of tbe lord and master flashed from his eyes. " I do not do Ibis for aid, it is for tbe ex- ample," be naid. If I go, others will fol- low. L) j all pouible above here to reaoue us, Herr Engineer. Tbe director will main- tain order. for tbe moment, I have nothing to offer my workmen but courage, and that I intend to show them." " Bat not alone and not wilb Hartmann," exclaimed tbe ohitf engineer, almost loiong him back. " Ueware, Herr Berkow I It ii tue BJIUO elevator and tbe name oompstLT which proved Ittal to yonr father and below there something might menace yon more dangerous tban the explosive fire- damp." CSo ba continued). i * -I'M -u Ad vaniBiri ol Isaac a Claaa i Irnrlr Sel BYerlk. The I'imti htd reoantly an editorial exhorting pjopls lor several reaiona not 19 be olama. We have investigated this sub- ject and eaanol agree with tbe views of our esteemed oia temporary. On tbe contrary, we adview all people to be clami for Ibe fol- lowing pertinent reasons : Aolatn in unobtrusive. He is of a retiring disposition awnd does nol throat himself upon eooiely. A clam id peaeaf nl, but at tbe same time no coward. Wnea attacked ba bitei. Adam U ojntou ted with bis lot in life, No olam evor uiad \i be an oyster. A olacn u sruilworlhy. No secret told to a olam baa svcr been divulged. A clam ii very close. A olam ia beautiful and wean flue clones. NJ dim would go through life i:b a rougli aud ragged sboll like aa oyster. Aolatn attends MtrioS.y to bmiueaj. His baaiiisee n to bs a elim, and he is. A elara ii sielf-posietBed. He keeps cool andtr very trying circumstances. B a olam, and imitate that iodottrioui bivalve wbeu tbrowy upon a Ice shore by going about buiiuctisia a baalneas way. Bt a olam, and be useful to the world by laboring for the lastinance of others as well as youraalf. B) a olam, tod deport yourself ao that though you exletior may te rough you can takt as high a polish as tba bast of men. Bia clam, aud ooldly view all schemes ot designing men. Be a clam , and be boueal, never aspiring to bo what you o to not reach. Bt a olaan and attend strictly to your own business) al all limes. Bi a olam, and always bave plenty of eand about yon. The olam arowai-the fossil doesn't The olam knows when to abut np. He exbibitej more discretion In this rtspcot than tbe majority ot tbs human race. Ths claim bides) in the sand, hat yea know j oil wben to find bim when yoa waul bim, which can't be said abonl a policeman. Ii doean't take hud digging to nnd Ihe clam, lor however he may exclude himself from society he atlll keeps up con- nection with || through his breathing funnel. Ea's aihell Hib, bat that does not neces- sarily make bim relusb. He never nag- leoti bis own b cum ess to bother about other people 'sbaainess, a kind of selfiib- nen thai we art sorry is cot more popular. Hi protects bitneelf againal intruder*. If a orab pops s pebble between bia shell tbe olam doesn't bather himself about rjeolingil. JQetubjeola i; to some obemioal prooeas and changes il to pearl, thus con- tributing to tbe wealth of the world. Philadelphia Oil. Aasfrlcaa New \rr..r.i. Tbs oddea t use oi Ibe oaotua prevails in Care Town, South Africa, where its leaves are made to suva the pnrpoae of visiting cards. Fancy tarrying about in your coat- pocket a lot ol tbiok leaves covered wilh spines u sharp as needles I Bat, wait a uiuiujiat. The leaves of tba particular kind of ototnt ao Died are very prickly, and, moreover, Ibey are not carried about, but are lift growing on the plant, whioh Htauds at Ibe foot of tho front steps. When a lady oalla Bbe bag only to draw out one ottboeetver ready bat pint, with whioh ladioa arialwtya provided, sod with the ahtrp point scratch her name on the glossy green iurfs>oe of a leaf. A gentleman generally aaei tbe point of bis penknife. Tbe hrjoi turn silvery white and remain on the leaf, dear and distinct, for years and years. Oa Is'ew Year H biy, these vegeta- ble oardi are especially convenient, and ladies wbo winb to keep the calls of that day apart fromthoeeof other days, appro- priate a branch of the cactus to that pur- pose. One gentleman in Once Town has a oaolua plant whioh \ nearly 15 feet high. Its great tbiok leaves are almost all iu use as visiting oardn, BJ that he has a complete and lasting record (f bis visitors. Ii can- not ba stid that this adda to ibe beauty of the plant, bul then it is oddity and not beauty tbak ii desired iniuob. cases. There iaone caotas, not so plentiful as that just described, wbiah Uof a very accommodat- ing character. Il not only has smooth leaves, bat the spines il has are so large and so stiff that they can be ntsd aa pens (or writing on tbe leavei. f>N sfi;\\ Fi; tit s DAY. ' Nsw, 1 wonder what tba) mean*?" paid. Philu Luuk. Do bas jual come back trow bis hiiowy tramp to tbe poat-cnioe, witb the weekly caper and oae letter. d Min. Lutkhsd brought iu tbs lighted caudles and piled an extra Kg nu the fire, BO that the low-ooiied kitchen WUM ail aglow with ruddy light, while the tui til of stew- ing applee and Ihe oong ot tbo tea-kettle whioh hung from tbe iron crane lent a practical idea ol comfort to tbe scene. " Taxes, ain't it?" said Mrs. Luik, w hose eyesight waa not 10 good as it bad been. " No, it ain't," said Philo. "It ain't a letter al all. It's jaal a eyd: ' Misa Valeria Whitman. At home January lil, " L ! " mod Mrs. 1/nsk. "Bbe want s you to call there." "Grelontl" said Puilo, witb a budget uooreB -of aheepieboera. " Why Hbbnlil 1 0o) there T" " Well, why not ?" asked Mis Lask. " It's wbat tbe city people do, I'm told. They make a big cake and draw a piteber of cider, and set down iu their List clothed to see company. Valley Whitman is dread- fully enterprising. 8he means to lead in tbe fahhionH." 11 Am I to call there ?" anked Puiio. " Why, of course," said hia mother. " Wbat olio tbould it mean '/' MII-B Valeria Whitman. At home. ' ' ' "She's at home moat daya, ain't she?' said Philo, musingly. ' There never was anything of the gadabout in Valley Whit- man that I ever beard ot." 11 Ob, bnt thia 'ere's a new kink," ex- [1 tined Mra. Lnak. " New Tear's day, don's yon ace ?" "Id calculated to tako the oxen en to Budge hill aud erub atumps out of the oleariug on New Year's day," said Puilo. " Tbe next day will do just as well for tbe stumps. One might an well be out of tbe world as out of tbe fashion," said Mra. Luik. Djaoon Folgrovs got one ot Miss Whit- man's cards also Squire Hart. In fact, there was nol a widower, or old bachelor, or eligible swain in Cedarvilie who was omitted from the list. " I ain't as young as I was," said Mias Whitman to herself. " it's high time I took skps to establish myself." Bo she pal froeh mu'liu ourlaina to Ibe windows, made herself a new gown accord- log to tbe latest faahion-[ late, and prepared for the teative initial day ot tbe year. alias Valeria Wniimaa bal pused her 4iih birthday. Bbe waa alont and ruddy, with Ibe very belt set of teeth that the CeJaiville dentist could supply ; and she was vary tired of living alone aad sewing on vesta to earn ber pin-money. She had determined on Ihia particular occasion to make a coup d'etat and win a husband. So she attired herself on Mew Year's luy in a green satin dress col low in the neck and abort in the sleeves, and pinned a bunch of obryiaotbemnma al the left bide, and puffed ber hair In the moat elaborate faabion. " I do declare, " said Mian Val to herself, " I don't look a day over 20!" Deacon Folgrave was tbe first to arrive bard-handed, hard-headed old man, with a complexion of leather and the keenest of black eyea. "I got a letter tram yon, Miss Whitman," aaid be. " I suppose yon want to ooatult ms on business." " Li, deseon, wbat a very ttran&e idea 1 " said Miaa Wbitman, with a giggle. " No, icdesd; I only wish to promote sociability al this feativa seaion." " Well, then, I gneaa I'd belter ba going," aaid tbe deacon, crisply. " I hain't got uo lime for uo aieb foolery." " Don't be in a hurry, deacon," aaid Miaa Whitman. " I do wiab to oonenll yon." " About what ? " said tbs deaoon, lucking dubiously al the chilled ahonlders and parple arms of thi lady. "Marriage I" said Miss Whitman. " Would you advis me, dear deacon, to cimmil my future iato ths hands of another ? " "Eb?" aaid the deaom. "Hal an cffer?" " Yes," said Misa Wbilmao, driven by bis dirtotnass into an absolute In. " Tben, it I was you," said Ibe deto >n, " I'd accept il ; 'eanae it ain't likely you'll have many ol 'em." Miss wbltman colored aoder the rice power. " But, deacon," the stammered, " what if I don't love the man ? What if I love another who^ " " Then dou'l accept him," aaid the deacon. " Bat," fcuddjph beoomiug aware of hia danger, aa MmVVileria moves" her sJnur a little oloeer to his, " my hone ia gallic' dreadful uneasy , I guess I'll be coin'. No, thank you," sw Miss Whitman took np a plate of cafe. " I don'l never eat notbin' exeepl at my rag'lar meals. Oood mornin' I" And thus the deacon escaped. " Eb 1 what's that noise t If it'a the cat jumping at my canary again but il ounded like some one langblng, and oata don't laugh. Who's that ? Pbilo Laak, I declare ! Well, he's a liktly young fellow nol so rich as Squire Harl, maybe, bnt oh, corns in, Mr. Lutk, come in I I aoi so glad to ass yon 1 Lively day, iin'til? ' Philo Luik sat down wilh his hat in uia Up. " I received your card, Mist Valsria,' laid be, " and I am here in response to il." " Bo kind of you I" said Miss Whitman, with a smile, wbioh not even tbe fabled " oats of Oheabira " could exoil, although they are reported to be good at smiling. " To tall tbe truth," said honent Pbilo " I wanted a little talk witb yon." " Indeed I ' said the lady. " Won't yon come here and ait beside me on the act a ? " It'a more sociable like." " Ob, yep, if ycu like," said Pbilo, obeying her gesture of invitation. " Yon see, my mother is getting fee bier every day, and we fed tbe need of a young person at Ibe farm. I am 'M now, and Ibe place ia two. We'd go to PMSJOD Mstdow's and get married thin very hoar." And they did ao ; acd Mrs. Lnsk, senior, wbo was waiting at tbe tarnboose t.> reoeivo ber B.^U, was delighted bejo d measure. " If il hadn't been me," said Bella, laugh- ing uiieobievously, " il would have been Anut Val., for she waa determined to marry Pbilo." "The Lord fcrtid I" said Mri. Lank, pioatly. > And after tbii, ' aaid Fbilo, as bs led bis bride in, " the first day of tbe year ill be a doublv anniversary the happiest ot bappy uvr years to s, BeUa?' r CVKICENT TOPICS. 8riDiM were formerly considered to be a euro In rural dlitriota for ague. Same years ago a lady in Ireland waa f amous lor her sneoess) ia earing people thus affected. It appears tbat Ibe only medicine ahe employed wsi a large spider rolled np ia tresole. The patients were ignorant of tbe ouuteiiti ot tbia novel bolus, so tbtl Imagination bad nothing to do wilb tbe matter, hi England, aleo, tbi spider bis been called in as an ague doctor. Ia Lmoolnsbire tbe creature was snitexl very much after tba abive- mrntioned Iriih fashion, bf u g rolled up in pmte and avallowed ; but slsewbere the animal ii put Into a bag and worn round t blue ok II ie Ibe prevailing opinion tba4 tbe amount ol sride will fall bborl of tbat of Isit > ear beotose people seam afraid to buy iu Urge quanllnss al great expense. in prime order, and I've money al interest, so I've pretty much made up my mind to marry." Miss Valeria 1st ths puffed and frizzled head fall on his shoulder. " i><reHi Pbilo I" the exclaimed. " Tee exactly," aaid Philo, moving as far away aa the arm of the sofa would allow. " So, it you thought your niese Bella would bave me " 11 My niece Belial" gtaped tbe lady, the immovable bloom never altering on her face, although her heart beat wildly and her lips blanched. "Yes," aaid Philo ; "I hoped to have eeen her bere to-day." " No t" said Miss Valeria, sharply. " Bhe haagone away; if she hadn't she wouldn't acoepl yon." " Is-ia ahe engaged to loms one else ?" stammered poor Pbilo. " Yen," said Mm. Wbitman, " to Peter Oregton. Bat, Philo, do not grieve ; I am ready to entertain your suit, though Bella denpiaea you " " Bnt she doesn't, aunty t" aaid a clear, distinct voice, and Bella herself entered the room. " On the contrary, sbe loves Philo Luek dearly ; and she refused Peter Oreg- son, M you know very well. Oh, Philo," witb a reproachful glance at her lover, " would yoa have believed her falsehoods ?" " How came yoa bere ?" screamed Mi s Whitman. " I went to Mre. WllUI's h use,' laid Bella, "and the bad gone to apeud tbe holiday* with her nieee at Medbury. 89 I carn home." " You are a dreadful minx I' eri.d Mias Valeria, nearly safl <oated witb indignation, " OsQlly," aaid Pbi'o Loek, ioterpoelng ia BilU's defence. " Nc calling names, please " " And yoa shan't slay in my honsa an. otber day !" added the indignant lady, ' Then iiha hall ooina to mine I" boldly ssierled Philo Luok. " Oome, Bslls, my ileigb U M the door, and II holds eiaolly DocTvaa say that woman should Is caulioun haw they call to offer sympathy to nuijjhborl iiuviitf ewk ohildrca. ,Yomct/u 'clitnicg t flora tnduoemects to fugitive bacteria, and several lustanoea bave breu reoerded lately in wbiob oontagiuue disoa$ea are known to have been brought about by germs carried iato Ihe household iu the folds of heavy woollen fabrics. VKIVAIK JOHM BcaXE, wbo has junt heei. discharged from tbe Suffolk Regiment, i< supposed to hi* a been tbe oldest soldier iu tbe Britiah army, having enlisted in 1847 He bad six good conduct stripes, and WKH refused tbe seventh on the ground tbat > n was tbe maximum number allowed. Be bad served ia tbe Crimean and Indian mutiny campaigns, and also in Ohinaand Afghan islau. HAUNI M ia much bent over by his years and activity, but otherwiae does not show his age, and would pats in a crowd for an easy-going gentleman ot independent means, excepting that bis features as tbe greatest ahowman oa earth are so well known. He deuahls it be has the time to spare in reminiscences, bit memory being remarkably good. ExpfiinciKTg on an extensive nale bava been made in Germany to ascertain tbe relative strength ot iron and steel girders Tbe sol l-Bleel girders proved to be 92 per cent, and bard-ateel girdera 66 per cent. stronger than Ihe iron girders, and il is remarked that il seem*d pretty well established tbat the strength of steelgirdem ia about tho same for the two flanges if made alike in section. AnvKHTisEEs who understand their easi- ness advertise more heavily in the asat oa ot doll trade thas in Ihe season of lively trade. It is the Blow horse that needs tbe laab, cot Ibe fast oue. The steady gDera are the snoeesuful advertiajrs. They build up great businesses by keeping themselves before the public uuuuaer and winter, and whether il raini or abines, or is a feast day or a fast day. TIIF belief that agricultural duluess , England has been greatly exaggerated for parry purposes finda snppjrl in ths fact that an cmaial return from the Bankruptcy Oaurl shows that in tha paat fourteen years, oat of a total ot 1,173 bankrupts in But Kent, only b'j were farmers and dairymen, while under the Ael of 1883 only four farmers in Eaat Kent have filed petitions in tee Bankruptcy Ucurt. Ace RMS., tea ately issued department report of the Britiik army in 1883, tbs number cf applic nts for military asrviM was J'j,4*,. u: these, :ti 670 were laborer* ; 8,636 were mannfao:uring artisacs, a -j 9.880 were mechanics. The slerks num- bered 3.203, and tbe professional men or. etuJeuts 645. Aa Improvement over lor. mar years in tbe education of Ibe men was t specially noted. Of tbe ."-7,814 reported upon, 4 653 are described aa well educated. 41 608 eoald real and write, 4,607 could, real only, and 7 179 were unable to read. Among the 81.677 men serviog in tba United Kicgdom, only six oaeea of small- pox occurred, with one death, during tba year. KIFKBBI.VO to an announcement that at a recent exhumation in a Western ceme- tery tbe body of a woman was found turned to stone, the Louisville Medical Netii says " Petrifaction ot Ibe body at a warm- bleoled animal never has been known, acd it 1s quite safe to say never bas taksn place. Tbe condition of Ibe body whieb leads to such a misconception is nol thai of petrifaction, bul of csponifloalioa." It ia explained that nitrogenous tissues give cff ammonia, and this, attacking tha fall in Ihe body, rroduaea adipooer*, a hard form ot soap. Tha writer, wbeu at the New Orleans fair, saw a barrel oi pork labelled, " Found floating in tbe Missis. Hippi iu an advanced slats of petrifaction." Being skeptical as to tha eapaeily of rooks toilet, he chipped cff a piece and found- thai the hog, like tbe human beiug under like oireumstancer, bad merely turned to adi[jooere. Tin Qjrmans, having first raised their flag over a great deal of unappropriated tarritcry, aet about ascertaining wbetha their new poeaeseiona were worth holding A party ot naval cffljers h*ve visited Aogra Ptqueua and r. port tbat ito alleged'oopper mines are worthless, and that il cannot be put to any earthly nae. The only remit oi the Oerman protectorate there bide lair to be the very large blue book which Gran ville aud Uismarek wrote on the question whether Germany wasn't rather too pra- VIOUB about claiming thia desert part of Africa. A part of Ibe Osrmaa r/oetaaaiona in fiasl Africa are valuable, bat it is found, that in the greater portion vegetables will not grow, white men oancot live, aad com- mercial resources are insignificant. Rather favorable reports come from King Wil- helm's L%nd in New Guinea, a part ot whioh ia adapted to colonization. In ths recent noramble for new lauds England as neual, has led the way wilh ber seiiare ot Beobuanaland iu south inner Africa >wuu in BUUIII inner Africa a district as large as Spain. Fracoe has bean tbe most unfortunate, having virtually been compelled to .pit Madagascar, while in Tonquin ahe in in very hot water Germany baa been moat alert, and is still scanning the horizon for new worlds to ooLquer. Italy, Spain and Portugal have picked up a few crumbs that the other great powers didn i want ; and still Ihe supply of unprotected lands is nol exhausted. LORD ToLLiifAcin, who baa juat com- pleted bia 80lh year, is said to be ths modal landlord. He poetesses abonl i6,000 acres of laud in Cheshire, and during the whole ot tbe agricultural depreasion, from 1677 to 1885, be bad neither a vacant farm oor a tenant in arrears. His e.- tale ic Cheshire has, during his lifetime, been cut up into farma averaging about 300 Mraa in extent, His Lordship considering that a tbirfly farmer witb sons and daughters o mid do exodlenlly on a 'JOO acre farm, while bs would Muffi r ssvsrely on a smaller balding. In order to break up bia eatale into farms of that size, he built, or rebuilt, between fifty and sixty farm bonaes al a cost of 148.000, eaeb of tbess homesteads ooatinf about 2,800. In addition to this, Lord Tollomaobe has built 280 eottages for tbe accommodation ol the lab orers. Ia regard to tha education ol children on hia estate, an antodote Is told of Ills Lordship's practical common aenss. Lord Tollemache was anxious to provids mixed schools for the education of the farcierh' and laborers' children ; bnl after tho buildings bad been erected at consider, able expense he found tbat tbs tenant farmers objected to send tbeir ions to tb* same icbools with ibe aboreri' children. Having listened quislly to tbe master's complaint, tbe noble lord said . " There la only ot>e way out of the difficulty ; I will send my own aona to Ibe school." For nearly two years Lord Tollemsobe'a child- ren attended the cobool, snd, ibsir father add, " to tbeir undoubted advantage."