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THE SHEPHERD OF THE SALT \M. A Story in Three Chapters. CHAPT£B n. The malga ridges ronnd the Salt Lake â€" before bo silent â€" resounded with the ring of the axe, the thud of the mawl, the metallic clink of hammered wedges, and the dull grating of the crosscut saw. Fallen trees marked the line of fencing ; then the square post-holes, dug out at regular inter- valB, showed a further stage of progress ; and then the short posts themselves sprang into existence in a long, straight line, which every day was added to and length- ened. 1 During two months of hot summer weather the work was carried on bravely, •nd Scotty'a solitude was shared by the fencers and the mother and child. The long summer days, odorous with the breath of the hops and wattle blossom, tied by -, the mulga ridges lost their green, and assumed a sober brown hue more in har- mony with a dark red soil ; the dark-hued mulga trees dropped listlessly before the remorseless heat ; the giant box tree ex- nded a dark crimson gum that hung in semi-transparent drops like clots of thick- ened blood ; and still the white tent of the fencers and the hut of the shepherd stood near together by the edge of the Salt Lake. And the long days ha4 not tied by with- out bringing other changes in their train. To the lonely life of poor old Scotty they brought a fresh interest â€" a new experi- ence. He learned to love the little being who had come and awakened him by her childish presence and her young grief from his long lethargy. Hu came to love tho sound of her voice, the sight of her thin figure, the touch other hand. And, strange to say, tho Uttle girl returned his Uking. She was never tired of wandering with him behind the straggling rock, talking in a quaint way to the quiet sheep, who grew to know her. Oftentimes she would pass the day with her father and Larry at their work ; but she did not like the noise of tho chopping and hammering. It made her head ache, and she was always glad to get away from it. She liked watching her father dig the S(}uare post holes, and passed many an hour counting the mulga posts and taking long glances over their tops to see if they were quite in a straight line. She liked being with her mother, too, when she did not make her do lessens, and when she was not ill. But it was always one thing or the other When her mother was well enough she would invariably set her to spelling and reading ; and then, when she was ill and lying in bed, it was so dull in tho tent little Lizzie was always glad to get out into the fresh odorous air. Yes, she liked best of all to accompany old Scotty in bis slow wanderings with his flock, resting with him in the shade, talking to the sheep, listening to his rambling stories, which she would hardly understand, but which exercised a strange fascination over her, for they were all of tho old convict days. That was what she liked best, for they were days full of novel experiences for her. At first, aroused by the new element that had entered into his life, the old Hhopherd had thrown off in some measure t)io apathy and supinenoss X that characterized him. In his companion- ^^ ship with the little girl he becaniB more animated than ho had been for years. lie tried to amuse her to the best of his powers. He puzzled his failing memory for recol- lections of past experiences to tell her ; he Sot her bush tlowers and pretty heaths ; ug up edible roots for her ; took her to where quandong and chucky-chuokles grew, and helped her to fill her apron with tho priceless fruits. He had ac<|uired, during former years of his lonely life, something more than an ordinary skill in carving with his clasp knife, and this he returned to, after many years of diauBo, cutting out (or her all manner of curious toys and knick-knacks. Ho even deftly carved the quandongs ones and made a necklace of them for her â€" a task of tho utmost delicacy, that took him almost a, month to accomplish. It was no wonder little Lizzie likod being with Scotty and bis sheep. Nobody was ao kind to her as tho old shepherd ; nobody knew how to amuse her so well. And so the days fled, and tho golden wattle and tho hop blossoms began to fall, breaking out a sweeter fragrance in dying ; and tho peppermint trees, and tho resinous pines, and the bleaching gum loaves, loaded the summer air with a pungent redolence. The spicy air of the mulga ridges had brought something like a flush of health to little Lizzie's pale cheeks dnring those two months ; tho evening breezes, sweeping across tho Bait Lake, and laden with its saline emanations, had not carried a blight with thcMi, but had strengthened tho weakly child and benefited her. " I'm not frightened of the Salt Lake now," she said one day to old Scotty, when both were reposing under a clump of emu- bush near its edge, idly watching tho camp- ing sheep. " I don't think there's a blight on it now. Perhaps it's gone away." " No, n(T," ho answered, shaking his head. " It's here, sure enough." " But mother says it's maltiug me strong." " Aye ; it did me good at first, too. But it got hold of mo and broke me down after- ward." Tho child looked curiously at him. " Mother said I wasn't to believe it all," sho said, after a pause. " She says its wicked to talk like that." " May be," he answered, shaking his head a second time. " I don't know. But there's a curso on it for all that." He gave way to tho child in everything, but on that uiw point nothing could make him speak differently. " I'm not frightened of it thou, see," exclaimed little Lizzie. And, rising from her shady scat under the emu-bush, she ran down toward the lake. " No, no, don't go there," ho cried. But tho child shook her head merrily, and, followed by the old shepherd's dog barking joyously, walked out on to tho flat expaiiHC. A little cloud of acrid dust rose at every footstep, and sho sank up to her ankles in the light, pervious soil. As sho alkod out further sho wont still deeper. Scotty, shaking his head in a troubled way. " It won't lead to any good. You shouldn't have done it." Toward sundown the two companions made their way back to the osmp at the tail of the slowly-moving flock. The sun going down at the far end of the Salt Lake cast a blinding glare over the treeless waste. The aaliy incrustations the spread in dirty white patches over its surface flashed crimson, as though tho earth were stained with blood ; the glaucous pigweed and the darker ti-tree bushes took a strange un- natural brilliancy ; even the dis- colored limestone rocks at the edge be- came sublimated by the crimson glamor. Slowly the bleating flock mide its way homeward over the mulga ridges, the man and the child following with the dog at their heels. The glowing sunshine transfused the long avenues of the bush with a soft radiance; the birds and insects, rousing themselves after the heat of the day, Mled the air with sound ; the spicy odors dis- tilled by the heat from tree and flower made the air languorous and heavy ; from the dried herbage, crushed by the feet of the moving sheep, arose a fainter perfume. "Ohl" sighed the child, half uncon- sciously, as the white gleam of the tent was seen in the distance, " what a long, long, beautiful dayl The sun's nearly down How beautiful it all is ! Oh, I wish it could go on like this for ever and ever ! " That same evening, as old Scotty sat alone at his solitary hearth, the two fencers entered the hut. " We've just been putting little Liz to bed," said Duke. " She was that tired, happy-like, she could hardly hold her head up." â- ' She do enjoy herself all day long," said his mate. " It's wonderful what she finds to amuse her. She was singin' away like a young chirrup, almost until she wont off." "Yes?" said Scotty, eagerly. "She's asleep, is she?" " Sound as a bell." "Ah, that's it, that's it," ho murmured " She'll be awake and bright to-morrow.' "See here, Scotty," said Duke, thought- fully, " Larry and me have come because we've something to tell you. We're goin away." " What? Going away ? " he cried, letting his pipe fall to the ground in his sudden dismay. "No, no; you're not going to take the child. You won't take her from sheep camped in one comer of the bosh yards attracted her attention for a moment, but her gaze wandered away to the park- like avenues of graceful mulga trees, to the bright green clumps of emu and apple bush, to the dark green of the pines and tall pep- permint trees, and to the red mulga ridges. At last her wandering glance rested on the Salt Lakeâ€" silent, lifeless, gleaming white and burnished. She gazed at it for a mo- ment in silence, and then she said 'with strange quietness : " I'd sooner stay by the SaltLake,father." The next day the fencers took their de- parture, leaving little Lizzie under Scotty 's care. Early in the morning the two horses were harnessed to the dray, one in tho lead, one between the shafts. Mother and father embiuced their daughter for the last time ; then Larry cracked his long whip lustily, the harness strained, the heavy wheels creaked slowly romid, and Scotty and his little charge were left to the solitude of the Salt Lake. 'Oh, mother! mother!" sobbed Lizzio, as tho dray moved off, burying her faco in her hands. " I wish I'd gone too." " No, no," said Scotty, holding her hand tight in his, " you will stop with me and the sheep. We shall be so nappy together. And they'll be back soon â€" very soon." But under his beard he muttered to himself : " She couldn't go. No, no ; the Salt Lake has got her the same as me. She can't get away from it." (To be continued.) A. VISIT TO GLENBEIGH. Bits About Names. " Wn must go. Leastways I must, and it's no good Larry stopping alone. My missus has been ailin' a good bit since we came here, and she's close on her confine- ment. I won't risk it without a doctor this time. If she'd been all right she'd have got through it well enough, but she ain't. I'm going to take her in the dray to GidangB, where sho can be attended to. It wouldn't be any good Larry stopping alone â€" he couldn't do much, so he's coming along." " But the child ! " â- ' Well, it's this way," said Duke thought fully. " It'll be a rough journey to the township, It must be nigh on 80 miles, and there ain't a track till wu got in the river road, you know. She's a delikite little thing is Liz, and I don't much like the idea of her bavin' to rough it. We mean coming back, of course, and finishing thu contract ; so seein' as you've grown so fond of her, and she having a liking for you, I thought, if you wanted her, as you might take care of her till we oome bach. But the misses don't like to part with her, and so we're in a bit of a taking about it." " Leave her with me," oxolaimcd Scotty, eagerly. " I'll take-caro of her. Sho shan't want for nothing." " That's what I said," interjected Larry. *' These mulga ridges is very healthy, and they're doing Liz a tremenjis lot of good. There's no use draggin' her to tho town- ship. It's a bad place for children, and tho jouruoy'd knock hur up. We'd bo back in a mouth or six weeks most like, and so, if Liz is willing to stop, I ses â-  Lot her.' " " Uon't take her away. For heaven's sake don't take her away," cried Scotty. " Well, I'm for leaving her," answered Duke, " though the missus isn't. We've been talking over it, and we mado up our minds â€" if you were willing to take charge of the child â€" to leave it to little Liz her- self. If she wants to stop she can. If sho wants to come with us, well, then, we'll take her along." " No, no ; she must not go. I'll take care of her. No harm shall come to her I'll look after her morning and night. See here, I'll give you this if you leave her with me," he cried, fumbling amid tho blankets on tho bunk. " It's all I have. But here; you shall have it all if you'll leave her." " Put up your chocjuo, man," returned Duke, with good nature. " I dont want it. If the child likes, she shall stop with you. I'll leave you plenty of rations for her, and you can look after our camp for us, for we'll leave tho tent standing and tho tools." " Yes, yes. Only leave tho child with me, and I will do anything you want." 'L'he old shepherd passedaslecplcssnight. Tho fear of losing the child worked upon his feeblo mind to such an extent that dur- ing the whole of that warm summer night he walked restlessly to and fro in tho hut in a fever of hopo and fear. With the earliest streak of dawn he was out, waiting impatiently outside the tent of tho fencers. An hour later Duko emerged from it. " You're early," he said. " The child ! " exclaimed Scotty fever- ishly. " Well, I've been talking it over agen with tho missus, and she agrees to leavin' Liz hero if she wants to stop. So we'll just ask her." Tho girl, bright and rosy from her long sleep, emerged from tho tent at that mo- ment. " Come hero, littlo Liz," said tho fath^'' gravely, "I want to ask you something. Mothor and mo's going away for a time â€" going a long way all through tho bush. Mother's ill, you know ; and I'm going to take her to tho doctor's. But we're coming I back again soon. Would you like to go ' with us, or stay here along with Sootty and the sheep?" Lizzie's glance wandered from her father's face to the old shepherd. Ho stood feverishly, tremblingly expectant of the coming answer, with such a look of en- treaty in bis eyes that her gaze was for the moment arrested. Ho seemed about to Anglo-Saxons appear to have first given surnames indicating some moral or mental attributes, as, for instance, Wise, Good, Swift, Jolly, Merry, Meek, Gsy, Gootlinan, Makepeace, etc. Then we have names indicating real or fancied resemblance to some animal, such as Bear, Lion, Wolf, Hogg, Hart and Hare. From physical characteristics or peculiarities must have originated such names as Long, Short, Black, Brown, White, Whitehead, Cruik- abank. Strong, Armstrong, Lon^ellow and Greathoad. A nickname kept u> a family for a generation or two becomes a patrony- mic. Hence such names as Hopper, Jumper, Springer, Daddysman, Poor, and Kich. The Mo and of the Irish and tho Mao of the Scotch indicate descent. There is another way in which the same thing is shown : Adam's son becomes Adamson, David's sou Davidson ; Thompson, Wilson, Williamson, Donaldson, Anderson, and many other names are similarly derived. LocttUties or places of residence usually gave rise to such names aa Hill, Dale, Wood, Green, Greenwood, Heath, Rivers, Waters and Parks. Such names as Welsh, French, Irish, Ireland, English and Scott may perhaps be traced back to the nation- ality of some remote ancestor. Some of the Pennsylvania Dutch names which have been partly transformed into English are ((uocr enough. In Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, there are several families by tho name of Schreckengeist, which signifies in German a ghost or spectre of terrible appearance. One would think the name could be made no worse, but some of tho people have aacccudod in transforming it into Shriekinggbost. Mill- iron, Morningstar, Kodhefler and Barn- dollar are other German names which have been partly translated. The inns of old England n^t probably responsible fcr many names. For instanoe : John of tho Itose became John lioso; Thomas of the Bell, Tom Boll ; Hichnrd of tho Hawk, Kichard Hawk ; Henry of ths "Greathouse" beoamo Henry Greathouse, and so on, until there ia scarcely a bird, animal or other device that ever figured on a signboard that is not peri)etuated as a family name. There are, perhaps, as many queer names among tho English as among any people on earth. Dickons' stories abound in them, yet very few of bis names were manufactured. Such names aa Slaughter, Startup, Gotobed, Doadman, Churchyard, Dogberry and Fudge are found in English dictionaries. The Romans had double, triple, or oven quadruple names, as, for example, Caius Julius Cmsar, Tarquinius Suiierbus, and Quintus Fabiua Maximns. Frequently an honorary name was added to commemorate some warlike achievement : Fabius was called Cunctator, and Scipio .Xfricanus. Sometimes tho very queen .>t of names got coupled together as tho titlii of a firm Here are a few speoemens : Hi>uk A Ketch, Cobb i6 Hay, Peacock A Sparrow, Fox ik Crane, Singer & Hooter, Drake A Gander, Fisher & Fowler, Goslin & Pond, Wild A Free. TouohinK 8o«ium of Poverty In the Kerry County Kviotluus. Edward Heritage writes to the London Daily News ; The concert given at Victoria Hall, Waterloo road, on March 7th last, proved a success. We cleared £25 Ud. therefrom, together with £10 collected, making a total of £85, which, by ths authority of the committee, I took over to Uleubeigh. I visited the four villages and the schools, Glenbeigh, Coomasherni, Uuu- alagane, Keelnabrack and others whose names I do not mention. In those four places the people were in a far worse con- dition than I was prepared to expect. In Glenbeigh I found some of those houses which were burned were still in the same condition ; but the house from which that poor woman who was in a dying condition was brought has been repaired, as well as some others which were only leveled, but they were in hourly expectation of a visit from the bailiff. 'Ihey have till latterly adopted the plan of blowing a horn, and warn the people to come out of their houses before the authorities arrive ; the practical result has been no trespass. But tho landlord has altered his tactics. He comes at night whun he can't be seen approaching. They then retake possession, turn the family out and march tho tenant off to jail, and he is in due course sentenced to six months' hard labor. Tho tenants toll me that owing to rack rent and the poorness of the soil they are at present unable to do anything. There is but one horse in Glenbeigh, no plough, nor could they use one, us the stones are as thick in some parts of tho land as cabbages. I walked a distance of ten miles, from Kill- orglin to liossbeigh, and I »aw thousands of acres of land were covered with stones varying from fifty pounds to several tous. Now, as to tho houses. It is a shaniu to use such a term about one in thirty that has no more than one compartment. 'I'liey are about twelve feet by ten feet. Earth unlevel floor, no windows ; for tho most part a hole in the wall, about fifteen inches B(|uare,to be stopped up with as>juare pioce of wooil at night. In one uf these 1 hsw twenty people, who had to pig in ; besides that there were two donkeys. In another place the ground would L-shape about M to 3(1 feet superficial. No light except by tho door. That had to suffice for a wimlow, a baby a few months old, another '2^ years, and an old man, the grandfather, about ISO years. The woman was almost naked, iiud looked bewildered. I ordered two )xitti- coats and a shawl to bo given her, out of about one hundred- weight which I took ever out of my own pookot. Next I went along the road, and wenjt to examine what I thought was an evicted house, when a voice came from a hut like some you see on tho railway with earth roof. There was a sick man there ; no window, no fireplace ; smoko had to come out at door. The i>oor fellow had been there four years. At liunalagane there are u few cockles, and when they are fortunate they may get as many as will bring (kl. in a day, and they have to boil, prepare and take them to Killorglin, ton miles, or Killarney, twenty- one miles. Father (juilter addressed two young girls who stood away from us. They could not opproach us as they had not enough to entirely cover their naked- ness. Many instances in tho case of grown mou, as well as women, in fact, I could give them by the score, but I fear I shall tres- pass too far. Kerry is, unfortunately, not the only county where dire distress exists, but at present that is all I have to deal with. Latest Fashion Note<. The newest summer gloves are in dark shades uf bronze green stitched with pale green, and old pink stitched with white. Gourent cloth has a crape-like weave, and can be used by ladies in and out of mourn- ing ; while armure effects are stMtii in tho silk warp feather-cloth, which is very light, but not ({uite so delicate as the gypsy oloth. Basques are cut very much longer upon the hips than formerly, and Parisian bodies have an uxtremely long, sharp point in front, and the edges are finished with a double cord. When they are mado in this way they hook, instead of buttoning up the front, as the point is too sharp to admit of button-holes. Caps are little used by old ladies who have abundant hair, but for morning there are little round crown-caps uf mull, with Oriental lace in two scantily-gathered bows lying flat on the bead. For dress caps, {loint d'AlsDDon is mado up with fine net and narrow moire ribbon loops of white, pale blue, mauve or Pom^ielian red. Striped and colored lingeries are fashion- able again ; some of the waistcoats of the basques are cut in a U like the waistcoats of men, and show pleated linen bosoms in which are set tiny pearl studs. Cuffs are worn with all street dresses, and fastened by a single button, as tho sleeves are too narrow to admit of buttoning the cuffs with linked studs. Pretty and inexpensive wedding dreeses are of white crepe de chine. These are ivory white and made up over aatia, trimmed with fringes of orange blossoms and many bows and loops of wide ivory satin ribbon. These lend themselves readily to tho multitudinous draperies so faaliionablo and have a soft, clinging effect. The scintillating white of the crepe with the dull white of the satin is very much admired. A useful waist of velvet, to wear with different skirts. A pretty one was shown by a French modiste of dull olive-green velvet, with puffed sleeves and fichu of pale- bluo crape. The waist was open at tho throat and the flchu crossed over the bust. Below the loft breast was set on a pale blue moire ribbon five inches wide, that crossed over diagonally and fastened on the waist at tho right, giving a picturesque short- waisted effect. Gray hair is usually dressed with a good deal of elaborateness. The three puffs on the side ate still much liked for slender faces, and for women who have pretty heads and the hair still abundant it is parted, waved from the forehead and wound in a braided coil on tho back of the head, not too far down on the nape of the nock. The French twist and four loops on top of tho head, held in place by small shell tucking combs, is extremely becoming to some. and oven the dog, bounding ahead of her. , ,. , , ... liiiht weight as he was, sank up to its knees Bi)cak, but no sound came from him, only in^thoviolding mould. his lips moved convulsively. The child's " Tlicie you see," sho said, returning glance wandered from tho shepherd a face breathless with the exertion, " I'm not to tho golden wattle gleaming in tho early frightened of it a bit." sunlight, and the hops on thoir pendent " You shouldn't have done it," answered branches waving; a mute grooting. Tho Uuniieith Turns Up« A man named S. J. Dunsoith, who was lately said to havo been drowned off a ferry boat at Detroit, and whose beneficiaries sued tho A.O.U.W. ami thoOntario Mutual Life for insurance monoy, has boon found alive and in a good state of preservation not far from that city. It ia needless to say that tho authorities will take measures for his further preservation so that ho can- not repeat tho oxperimont. A bald-hcadod Italian and a red-hoadod negro wore among the curiosities in an Albany jiolice court a fow days ago. The Indianapolis grand jury has returned indiotmonts against thirteen politicians and election officers for irregularities in connec- tion with the counting of tho vote last fall. Eleven of tho parties indicted aro Demo- crats and two aro RepublicaiiH. Capt. L. W. Cole yesterday took a party of friends for a sail on Traverse Bay, Mich. Tho yacht was struck by :i miuall and cap- sized. D. G. Stark, Geo. WiBo, Capt. Colo, Fred. Cole ami Marioji Trip, of Harbor Springs, wore drownoil. 'I'll lee others were saved. In Chesterfieldoounty, 'Virginia, recently a colored candidate for office was defeated because ho wore a white shirt. It was tho only inimacnlato rag of that kind in tho district, but it was too much for his fellow- citizens, and thoy " soratchod" him. James Maniiiag, a middlo-agod man, was killed by tho accommodation train on the Grand 'JTrunk Kailway, tivo miles west of Chatham yesterday forenoon. Ho was walking on tho track and failed to hoar tho whiatlo. Papers found on tho body show that ho belonged to Detroit. Tho CJueen of Denmark is visiting her daughter, tho Duchesa of Cumberland, at tho asylum at Dobling. Tho Duchess pregnancy delays her restoration to sanity. A Woman'K Sweet Will. She is prematurely deprived of her charms of face and form, and mado un- attractive by the wasting effects of ailments and irregularities i>eculiar to her sex. To check this drain upon, not only her strength and health, but u|ion her aimablo qualities as well, is her first duty. This is safely and speedily accomplished by a course of self- treatment with Dr. Pioroe's Favorite Prescription, a nervine and tonio of wonderful efficacy, and prepared especially for the alleviation of those suffer- ing from " dragging-down " pains, sonsa- tiuns of nausea, and weakness incident to womenâ€" a boon to her sex. Druggists. Love's Labor Lust. Ho had taken her to hear Patti at S7 a seat, and afterwards to Delmonico's, where tho two together ato up S'.t.T/i worth. As ho reached for his hat later that same night sho said : " I am sorry, Mr. Sampson, if my refusal will cause you pain. I esteem you highly as an escort, and in that capacity I will always lie a sister to you, but your wife I cannot be. You are too extravagant.".â€" N. Y. Sun. Popular Science. * Susie â€" Oh ! Mamma, I'll never disotxy yoti again. Mamma â€" Why, Susio, what have yoa done ? Susioâ€" Well, I drank my milk at lunch and thou I ato â€" a pickle; and tho milk said to tho pickle, " Get out ;" and tho picklo said, " I won't ;" and thoy are having an awful time I There were 'J'J cases of smallpox reported in Now York city last week. A rAJiAnox. Tbo bachelor's lot is louoly aud sail, i'o»r man I Hu hasn't ii wifo to niako liishe&rl clod, Hu (loesu't knuw how hu'd be blest If ho bad ; Nor can Ho conouivo what it is ho hsHlost ; . Ho thinks ho has only uscaiiud " being bossed "â€" • Pour maul Oh, tbu bachelor's heart is Horry and sore. Indued I Ho knows hu ctui uuver know joy any more, And liu looks tipou lifo as a terrible Dure, With the croskor that lifo doosii t pay, Kud to all thuutjhtlou luveni iuiiialiuiit to sayâ€" " Tako hood ! " Yoa, thu bachelor's ](>t is a desolate iiuo. And yet Thero are girls who think it would really t)o fuu To share it with him, after all's naid and deiiu ; FiirKut All hifl iniRurioN niaiiv. and pleasuroB BO fow : I know lots ef sirlB w*lio would lio it â€" don't you ? You hut ! Yesterday afternoon a party of eight (leoplo started out from Port Richmond in a row boat for a ride on tho Delaware river. On the return trip, when near Markut street wharf, tho boat capsized. Tho names of those drowned are : Kate Murphy, aged 21, tho wife of Timothy Murphy ; .Terry Murphy, aged Ht, and Thomas Murphy, aged 10 ; Dennis demons, aged '25, and Maggio Hanoy. Tho other three, including Timothy Mur- phy, wore saved by a tug. All woro said to havo been somewhat under tho influence of liquor. While standing on tho platform of a orowdod Chicago street car, Daniel Mackoy, a teamster, was fatally shot yesterday afternoon by tho conductor of tho car, Jamos English, a cripple. Mackey's brother was recently discharged by the Street Car Company for calling English a scab. Yes- terday afternoon, in retaliation, English was assaulted by Mackey and knocked off tho car. English pulled a revolver and ilrod at Mackoy, who was in tho midst of a group of passengers on tho moving car. A wild scamper to vacate tho conveyance onBuo<l in which Mackoy, though having received a buUot in tho abdomen, ondoovorod to join. Aa he ran Enj,l;ii!i again aiinnpod tho trigger, ami Mackoy dropped dead, shot through tho back.' English surren- dered himself. A peculiar storm occurred at Bedford, Pa., Olio day last week. For (iftoon min- utes, hail, rain and grasshoppers tell togo- ther, and in such <}uantitio8 that tho earth was covered for nearly a mile 9(iiiBre. Mary Stewart, a negro woman of Talia- ferro county, Ca., has invented a car coupler that is said to bo simple and about perfect. Sho says that tho idea came to her like a dream and aho mado a model, according to her vision, out of old " oyster cups." Mrs. Stewart was tho first slave born to Alexander H. Stevens. kite was around his waist at the time, and A violin said to he 230 years old is owned tko kito, acting aa a parachute, ao broke tho by Louis Dutrow, of Franklin county, I violence of his doaoent that he was only Ponnsylvanio. ' slightly bruisod. AlwayA Rewarded. When any one is missing in Chicago tho authorities go llsbiiig in tho river. They don't alwaya find tho man thoy aro after, but they aro sure to recover a body of some kind. â€" Peoria [III.) Trantciipt. THP. STF.PMOTIIKlL First she came into our huuee. Tommy run and hid. An' Bmify an' Hob an' me Wo cried jus' like wu did When Mother dlud~an' Wr all said 'At wo all wish't at wu was dead I .\n' Nurse hho couldn't stop ua. An' I'a liu tried an' triod ; We sobbed an' Rlio^ik, and wouldn't look, Hut only cried an' cried t An" non Homoone â€" wo couldn't jus' tiuoBs whoâ€" was cryin' same as us t Our Btoiunotllor ! Yes, it was her, Hor arniB around us allâ€" For Toui slid down thu baiiintors An* pookod in from the hall ! An' wo all love hor. too, hocaiise She's purt uigh good as Mother was I â€" Jamrs WmTooMB liiuir, â€" Winnipeg City Council is seeking legis- lation to onablo it to elect tho Mayor, instead of by the popular vote. â€" Magistrate to a witnessâ€" " What is your profession?" "A lawyer." "Well, try to forgot it while you are giving your testimony." T^e haavicat locomotive in tho world woigha 1(10,000 pounds, and is on tho Cana- dian Pacific. Tho next heaviest is the Southern Pa<5ifio's, l.')4,000 pounds ; tho third weighs 145,000 |K>unds, and is on tho Northern Pacific ; and Brazil owi.a tho fourth, weighing 144,000 jiounds. An 8.year-old boy, while flyinga kite near Maidstone, England, a few days ago, stepped backward into a quarry forty feet doop, and tho pasaera-hy oxiioctod to aoo him dashed to death. But tho string of tho V ,