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Tfce Uoantrv H<-hU Pretty anil pale aid tired. Kke til. in her itifl backed ohair. While ih. l.laimi niu.er nun hhiuet la on kr null krown hair ; Aa<1 (ha littl* brook without That ha h.n through Iba open door Uwki Kith u uiuruur owl Hard bench aud duety flor. It awnm an endless rouad Qraiauiar an 1 A H Tb M kl..-r.l aud tb turn*, The itlupid K**<Kr|'hy . Whan, (ruin uiaolirr tu lull* Jim. Nat oiitxif thriii cares a tlraw Whetbnr J..l,n in in uiiy " caati," Or KauHu in Uioaba. For Junmy't bare browa feet Are actilng to wtdn In th<< itream, \V>i*r the trout to bis luring bait t>hell leap, with a <i<nrk. hriglit gleam And the tnachnr i blue een Btray To the flower* on the dakk hard by. 1 ill hr thoughti iiavn followed her eyei Witu a bait UBCooai ioui Her I. earl rutruno tla- c'i>ck. MI -hi- MUI. Hi. tneir faint iwaet scent But wd 11 have time und bxart Tli.-ir mwantire In union bent ? Fur time will hat ur lag, lake > .nr shatlow on the gr&M*, Tkat liugerifar bohiad. Or f1i when yon tain weald past. Have patience, reellfet Jini ; Tim UK-am aud nab will wait ; Ana | alien. :i.. tired bluti yea I) JD the vludmej road by the gat*. t'uder tue willow tboilr. Htafidi m.ni*oiie with treaber flowen So tarn to \ ..ur n.xAn agam. And keep luve (ur the after hour*. The KludofaFcllow the <.l rli Uaut. Tbe ri)(ht kin I ot a fi-lluw 11 modest aad uictllow, ADdKi.noroua and brave and benign ; }Iui i aiuri- H apparent andolearan.l traul]iareut, Jjilie yuurt, Kuutle reader, aud mine HJ bat no vrrlmmtv. no tongue u.rtuotny. And nevur it boettf ul aad loud ; Bo u centle and quirt aud plain in hia diet, Aad nt v.-r RuU uiad lu a crowd. He is grand aud iimjnauc. yet meek nil do And |..-u it lin tparn < v.-tnngt at home ; He t a l.r.-loet tee,ruhtr t'.r all am-lu of virtue. Like Uie |>er|ietrator . I iLi. pouie." He don I play the fi 1 lie, part bia hair iu Ibe Nor dress like ar an .i-lir .lude; Whan befoeeten .I.IJT ith alvigt or alcCartjr lie never it aoi . nd rude. Be lives with f" . ity at.. I iweet hotpiiaUty. Aodwanui'i ..u twn tnnet a day , Be ai-ver eau ..ana, nor ir--a.lt on four bun- ions. Nor Rr.iwl* n,u you got in hia way. Be it wite and hi. a witty, preserving and gritty, And liat a ni44in!l iu lina.1 . He'tatl lu;ii-. un 1 tweeiueat, fce't thorough cool- , Be a porlucuou, iu abort l4 hi't Orcluini I.akf llaiettter. To Ken I, A vacant beart to lot ; Inquire for key O( Matter Cupid. juat a^rtHa the way , Tariutoajy tu inn t..i,nt who II agraa To laaae the plant forevar and a day. A cozy dwelling lu a i leaaant etrunt Aad j j>.t a-tj* oat to Old Cour vtiip Hoad ; A bit old f*f.hi .n.l hut with furnace beat '.Vhure I.MI may Uud a v. r> tuuu aboda. Tb aguut. I'uplJ. will be glad to enow . Taw txux'un i i - !. v mtiJ or iinai ; Be II loaku Hit* prim ri-lK-ulnualy low And aaka at lilt couiuiuuiua but a kiu. Coy UIBI.I.-'I. < >iti" I an. I in thin bargain Hbare ; Tba oflt-r M tuinpurig l.y y-.itr owu coufeaHi.iu Tou'll ftn.1 thi> piKi-t* iu UKC. lleot repair Jutl ait;n i l.u I a.t; and uuter in poniMtuion. lii-..th 11.. i.- of MtnUUn. Comparing ibe death rata of ministers, io nwpect of lha caaiKi of dalh, with the mortality of other iii-n. thu (ollivriog re- Iti are obtained : or 86.331 cleriiymeu, 180 died of infealioua' diaeMta. The aiaal Zfierieiirv of an ioiaranco oompaoy would have ntda Iba camber 2:19 ; tBat it, the ortality i.f the clrrgyoum wai only 7tf par eeut. cf th ordicary dMth rate. Tbt oaath rate of iibyiiuiaot from these 'In MM wan 127 above the uiaal rate, point- imn to tl.. l. r .Unjjrr of ooiila,;ion in the caw- of i In- pbyeiciaa than in that of Lk* paiitor. Of lun| affeotiooa, axaludiri|j oa*'iraptioD, 311 clerKyman died, iDHtead ot fin. th namber expected from mortality tablet. 1'hyaiaiani died of inoh duaaun li. per cent, above the averMje. rate. Be- kw> c n the a^M of 20 and 45 the mortality of It. -MII. i. Catholic clerKymen compared with Protcetant miDiateri of the aame a|(e waa ai 137 to lO'.i. while between the * of 4C and 0.*> the ditf.'renca wai ai 154 to 1M, ami between the am of 65 and . ai IU tu 100 liow to explain tbif itrikinx eUtf-TBiK* ii no easy tank. It l> iu&<r*led tkat it may b uuiinnuted with the life uf aalibacy followed by the priciti, a)o with thi ri|>id penanct* of ('atholio eooleeiastici, which, . c|.. . ]il> in the oaaeof yoan^; men, are apt to derange the di|{Mtiva n Jnunal. Mir Uldu'Klo tuftie) Ibe !!>. .J.-i.i.i. How iii.1 yoi eujoy yonrielf at Uu thi-atre laat nitfbt / Mamii! Oh ! iiniuonaelv. J. What wai thu play ? M. 1 declare I don't know Let ma aae. I think I have got a programme in My other drew pouket. J l . I. MH nut matter. But I think it Htran^e that you ehooJd K to a theatre and Be)t know what the play waa. M. Why, blew you, dear, I wai with a Ikaalrt) party. Oh I i , . -. wlduwa. Widow When 1 waa here last week, Mr. Chi"l, 1 told yoo to pat on the beaditone, " My Only Love." Marlni- dealer Yet, ma'am, bat one of ray workmen lit* been liak aad I haven't btxin the job yet. Widow Well, in view of ub*e|uont evonti, 1 tjueii you may sobitilote the wordi, " My Firm llaiband." A pleaitiit morning, Mr. < :in.t 1. Mr waa a llellevar. Mr*. Omeni -l)o you kwliuve in ligos Mr. D'Anber? Mr. U'Aubar -Yet, iadeed I I paint 'em Theodore Thninaa and Mill Fay, of Chicago . Walter Oamroaoh and liliitt Margaret Hlaine. and Charlei U. Hauell aad Miu Jane l'.itt*r, daughter of liiahop i'otter, are among the oooplei to marry in thin " merry mootk of May." The lire IOIM* in the United Htatei an.1 Canada fer April aK*treate *H,'JH6,- 6M. The ludti for tbe lirat fonr monthi of Ih* yrar amonnt to 133,318,145, againit 4b 617 700 iu the aame period lait year and 48.4V7.9&0 io IHH. l-'ianoaa Mow, George, dear, don't kin me KwOel-bye oa the platform. Fiance No, darling. I'll kiia yoa oil your mouth. ADOPTED BT THE DEAN: A 8TOKT OF TWO OODNTR1B8 CUAPTEKXVI. While Kiperanoa wai paaiiag throa^h bard xperienoei at Kilcneater, Uaipard wai being tried, tbongh in a different way, in London. They were eauh tranKly altered, bat while, with Kiperanoe, trouble eeeaned working no much barm, with Uai- pard it wai very different. Uo had been too thoroughly rooaed by lha event! of the pait year aver to fall back again to the beltinhncee which had boen hii ohief faalt, and for whioh hii preaent enforced lone i nan itemed to him but a jait retribation. Hiii patienoe wai being aorely tried by the long and apparently fruitleii wailing lime ; bat ai, week by week, hii longing for work and action inorcneed, and hia poverty grew more and more irkaome, an inner urengtb and power of endurance i.n-w too, and bit retlMnec8 and iiilf-aeekiug were gradually eobdoed. Ue bail, however, auffered greatly, and iu oatward appearauoe was an much chained Etpuranue, for hii poverty wai not com- parative, but actual hur,,;- r an>l want. Then, too, tho itateof Fraoe, and the fear- fal aoooanti of thu Commaac and ill lappreision made h.m miserable euoogh ; while fail anxiety fur Eiiporanoo, and the pain of knowing that abe was uohtppy and changed, w uncut tbe poivibility of ntlping her, wai perhapi the worm trouble tf all. Although work wai not to be had, be would act give ap all hope of obtaining it iu time, and he employed himself in thoroughly mastering the Ungliah language, knowing Ikat it wonla be of great aae to him. One afternoon late in October he wai hard at work at a ditlioult piece uf trans- lation, when the landlady, with qaita a beaming face, announced a viaitor. Ciaa- pard ,l*uceJ at the card, which wai, ai b bad expsctod, that of Mr. Magnay, for pcranoe bad mentioned bil iuttuded viiil in her lait letter. lie haiteaed to greet Dim, with the beartineu of real plvaiare, for, like paor Kipuranoe, he wan greatly in need of aome one to talk to, aud though tbe landlady was both kind-hearted and conversational, he wai beKiuniog to weary of her itook of proay anecdote*, and of trying to oomuiun- icate his thongbti to the aleek, porring Itiamarck. Kven if Claude had been the molt unin tereiting of mortal! he would have bean welcomed ; and when (jaiipard foond tnat he wai a thorough gentlemen, a good talker, and, unlike tbe proverbial Engliah- man, neither proud, luapicioui, nor reaerved, he threw all poeaible warmth and friendliueii into bil manner, and before long the two were talking aa intimately a if they had known each other for yean They were a itraugo contrail. Claude, fair-baired and freab oomplexioaed, tbe picture of health, with bright, gonial man net* aud alraoit inperllaoa* energy. Ci an pard, pallid and emaciated, hii clearly cut f ature* betpuakiug delicacy of ooQititution, and hii animated 001. vernation and ready mile btlisd by the unit ring look whioh hii face wore when la repo*-. They had talked long about the Franco- I'rniiian war, and Gaipard had related hii experience an a National Guard before Claud* delivered Knperaaca'a- mi-Mage, and then naturally the converaaliou turned upon Kilcheiler. II i.iii-<i n v r\ dull indeed, according to my imter'i account," laid Gaipard. " I bear that cathedral town* have rather that reputation in Kngland." It i* a imall, dejayed t >wn, oertainly," replied Claude . " but though perhapa it ii narrower, 1 doubt if it in mure dull than moat iiroviauial placet. Thu ii not the drat lime I have Hayed there, and 1 annre you ther* ii really very good nooiety tbere, if )oo can piok and nhooae. There are 'juen, of oourie, but one can keep out of them, or perhapi get into them all." " You can, of oourne," laid Gapard, imiling, but that ii only beoanie you are a privileged being - a celebrity. I imagine that Ib* deanery would not care to follow your example." " To tell you the truth, the deanery heaili the narrowest oli'|oe of all," replied Claude, " and I fancy that ii why your lister u a little in. just to tbe wholo of Kilohealer , - li only vees the moit ponderous and dull ;. >ri of tb* |>laoe. I have heard Mrn. Morllake boail that they are only intimate with the (annlii H of the biahop and the arobdeaoon." Gaipard could not help mailing. " Utperanae ban aent m laughable accounti of the nnu dinner parties, and this explain! it all , they rnum iudood be narrow minded." ' You do not know Dean Collinion per- sonally V " aked Claude, half doubtfully. (ianpard tl n-li .1 a little. No, hitherto he hai been no friend to our family, but he hai bten very good in helping ua now that in to say, he has pro vided for Ksneranoo. You oan understand, however, that dependence ia not altogether pleaaing under tho ciromnstauoo!. 1 am afraid it ia doing Kiperanoe no good. Did you think her looking happy ? " It wai an awkward ijuostion. I'lauti- pautril for a moment, then said, " Hardly happy, 1 tliink . but I am sure ahe ia inclined to make the beat of things ; ahe told roe that her motto in life wai ' bsjasjM j/.iurf.' " " 1'oor ohilJ I " laid (iaipard, with a sigh. There waa a moment's silenoe, during whioh Claude watched his companion's faoe with a great deal of interest Uii next juealion, however, wai almoit a! hard to answer. " And onr relativei are they kind- hearted : Do not shrink from telling me your real opinion, for I want really to know." " The dean ii thoroughly good and kind," said Clan I. , relleolively, " absent and iadiffureut in many tbinga, and engroaaod a goo.l deal by hii favorilehouby, aatronomy ; but 1 have usvir seen him otherwise than kind and oonrteoui." " Aud ii he fond of Kiperanoe ? " " I oannot tell, but I think he mult be. I rvmsmbsr, too, I met them uut walking togsthsr ana day." " Uaapard wa* pleated and relieved, and in.|nired after tha other members of the family. " I nally cannot tell what they are like," said Claude, hesitatingly. " Mrs. Mori jlaksvariesa (real deal. Uiaally ihe ii I oni ot tboie would be graoioui ladies, whom ] on rather ditlruiti , ahe ii quite devoted I to her little girl, though. I know little of I the other daughters , thu elder is very learned, and the chief confidante of her father, the younger very iilent and in different." Gaspard rat moling over thii account of tb* family at the deanery, and Claade, fearing tbat a further oateobiim might elm more than Eiperanoe wished her brother to know, rose to lake leave, not however before be had given Gaspard bil address at St. John'i Wood, and made him promise to vilit him very soou. Tbe next week bronchi a letter from I . -|.- rat.- . bat it wai no comfort Io Gal pard, for though, still, she would not give words to her oomplaim, the tone of the letter wai bitter and uncontented. Only one lentenoe wai tbere m Ihe whole aheet to whioh Gaipard oared to revert ; it wai the following : " 1 think of yoa so often in your loneli nees, man ami, and am very glad Mr. Mag nay hai made you a vim. Us was very kind to me here, or really I think I ihould have ceased to believe in any kind of good n< m. Uilohesler i* like the stagnant water in tbe ruined fountain at Mabillon, when it got half frozen over in she winter, and the people are like the unhappy, stiff looking water lilie*." Gaapard folded the letter aadly enough, then, anxious to escape from his own thoughts, and partly reminded by Esper ance a references, be let oat to pay hii promised call on t lande Magnay. Having found bil house a large and raihiT gioomy one, with a northern aipect Gtspard was ushered apstairi by a mis- i it voun looking little page to tbe studio, where he found Claade bard at work tiumh ing one of bis Bcotoh picture*. I am afraid I have come at a busy lime," said Gaspard. "Yoa mast forgive an idle man for bi* want of consideration." Claade had seemed scarcely to notioe 1m ntrauoe it wai but for a moment, how- ever. Gaipard had not finished bis sen- lence before be bad thrown down hu brnshe* aud mahlitick, and babtened for- ward. ' I am S3 glad yoa have coma ! No, indetd, I am not busy, only I did n t biar you announced. Either that young moukey of a page waa afraid of your foreign name or i !.- 1 was dreaming over that Scotch water- fall." " Tbat wai it, evidently," replied Gas- pard, smiling. " For you would have been amused to hear your boy's version of my name' Dull Doddle on.' " Claade laughed heartily. " Tbat boy really aurpaise* I If yoa knew ihe pranks he i* op to I I only ketp m because of hi* face labstitule wingn f jr battens, and yon have Ihe most angelic creature. Bee !" and he pointed to a canvas on one of his easel*. " 1 have him in pro gross now, wings and all, wnh a background of clouds. It woold be delightful to have him in next year'* Academy No. 131, Mailer John Jone* ! ' I declare I will do il." Gaipard laughed. There wa* something so novel to him in th* whole proceeding thai he quite forget hit troubles, and aat lintmiug amosedly to Claade, who wai in high ipiriw after a long day'* work, and kept uji a continuous llow of talk. There was a certain charm, too, about the oarioas room, which was half iludio, half sitting- room, and very untidy and baohelor-liae. Th* furi.'ture wss irregalar in the extreme ; high backed ohaire, an antique mirror, and a carved oak table, were strangely mingled with in jrtern appliances, while color* of i-viiry description were to be found in an unwarrantable number of curtains and rugs, the latter relieving the stained and polished floor. Claude, in bin loose working jacket and red smoking-oap, tarnished another incongruous element, and Ua*pard could scarcely believe that this light-hearted Mlow oould be the presiding genius of tha place, and tbe creator, a* it were, of the wealth of picture* scattered all over Ihe room. tie aiked leave to look at aomi of them, Claude's wistful gravity at once returned, while, with no preieuaa ot mock humility, but rather with tha fondue** of a parenl, lie i iinnui d hia work*. Two or three of hi* Itiluhewler pictures, not yet framed, were standing on the top of a low book case, and Gaspard wa* of mri.1-, much interested in them. One wai of Ihe int. nor of the cathedral, and Claude took il in his hand to place U in a better ight, wlnli he tried to describe tbe position ot the deanery. Hut Gasptrd did not hard him his eye* were fixed on tbe picture which bed aluod behind, and which was now folly revealed. It was unfinished, nut not so as to take away from the t fleet. A diii.ky foreground, jast showing a lailirml curtain and molderiug wall, a casement window, through whioh Ihe moonlight wax nlreamiug, and a glimpse of a wide plain, glimmering here and there with Ihe faint brightness of light red Jet id a watery marsh. Islanding by the window, her hand on the fastening, H if iu ihe ant of closing il. Hood Knperanoe, her Face plainly revealtd by Ihe .old light of the moon, and full of hopeless misery, while aitappointrnent and weariness were expresocd in her listleaa, drooping figure. Gaapanl gaiad on aa if ho could never take hia eyea from In r faoe, and < 'Ian. If, who had not intended him to nee it at all, wan both vt-xe.i and puzzled. That be had reoognurd his sister was undoubted ; he could hardly fail, then, to know the full extenl of her nnhap|.iness. It was oertainly most unlucky itcci-ii-i.t. 1 1 was a relief when at length Gaipard spoke, though hi* repreased voice wa* not reataiiring. You painted at Kilohester, then T " No ; oh, no. 1 merely got an idea from your sister's face, made a nketoh of il, and am now working il up as ' Mariana in the Moated Grange.' I hope yoa will not think 1 took a great liberty. You mast allow for the license o( an artist." " Do you think I mind that for an natant," said Gaspard. " But that hope loss wretchedmaa and ill jeclion I Has she really come to that ? I knew she must be changed but that is mm ly exaggerated." Claude would have given a great deal to have been able to aniwer in the alhrmalive, aat it was impossible . nor would he equivocate. After a moment's thought, he answered, " 1 saw that rxpreasion ou her taoe, but of oourib it was not always there ; at limes she wai quite bright and merry." She used In ha the merrieit ohild in Kranoe," lighed Cia*-jrd. He was still looking tadly at th* picture, when Ihe door was opened by Claude's ' Child Angel," who announced with truly cockney pronunciation Lady Worth inglon " Claude hastened forward to receive his visitor, and Gaipard, reoogni /.mg the name . and looking op rather curiously, law a tall and peculiarly graceful woman, middle- aged, yet (till young looking, her fine, classical features, bright, humorous eye*, and ready imile fall of attraction, while her complexion, though a little worn, retained much of ill bloom. There wai something very taicinating abont her manner, and Gaipard'i opinion of Engliih women wai railed . he only ttayed for a moment, however, not sorry for tbe opportunity of escaping to indulge in hii sad reflection! about Eiperanoe, and to revolve impossible schemes for releasing her. " I feel a* if I ought to know tbat young Frenchman," said Lady Worthingtoa when Gaipard had left Ihe room ; " yet 1 can't remember where I have seen him before." " Hii name ia Gaapard de Mabilloo, and he ia a nephew of tbe Dean of Uilohesler,' laid Claude. Of Dtan C llinaon ? Da Mabillon ? O:i t now I remember il all ; bil father m.rricd poor Amy Collinson. How terribly un. I Tgal names; I must have seen this joung man years and yean ago, when he wa* a child, but of coarse it is tb* likenes* to his father tbat I moat have recognized. It be iu London, too ? " " No, he is dead killed in the siege of Paris," replied Claade. " Little Mademoi- selle de Mabillon ia living at the deanery, and abe told me all about it." " How shocking 1 I bad no idea of that!" exclaimed Lady Worthington. " We had io completely lust sight of them. He was a noble-minded man, and wai most unjaitly treated by Dean Collinson." " You knew him, then, personally ? " aiked Claude. Yes slightly, that ii. My mother was very fond of Amy Collinson, and about two yean after her marriage we were traveling in France and spent a nigbl with them, in thiir carioui old ruined castle I wai ]ait? a girl then, and really hai forgotten the nami of the family. 1'oor thint-s, it .a a lad ilory altogether. What induced them to come to England ? " 1 I hardly know , but they seem to be very poor. I believe the dean has adopted the little girl. [To be Continued. I Chooaloc gwreihrart. Choose yoor sweetheart, caret ally, wisely and tenderly, my dear girli, layi a writer m the l.ndiet' Home Journal. Remember be ii to be more than evsn thii to you some day be ii to be your hatband, for sorely you are not one of the girls who have a sweetheart b- re and one there, and gives a little love to thii one and a little love to that one, until when the real one appears tbe perfect bloom is gone from the peaoh and she oannot give him what he offers her. You girls know very quickly when a man means more than ordinary friendship for yon. You have an inninot that telit yoa that thi* big, good-looking fellow has come sweelhearting, and that that ia the lime lor you to study him a little bit. Think oat it hii temper and yours are cer- tain to agree well together , think out if his tastes and yoors are alike, or if they oan grow to be so, for you know, little women. if you want to be happy in your married life, you mat l.arn Ihe great and wonder- ful virloe of adaptability. You mail choose your sweetheart at you do a new gown, so that he will wsar well ; bat yoa want him for longer than a winter . he must last through the long summer days and through the winter uuea, and before you put your hands in his and tell him that yoa are willicg to tight out the battle of life together, ihiuk U all over wull and remem- ber that yon are choosing your sweetheart not for a day or a year, bat for all through life and, please (io I, if yoa love each other enough, for after death. Dkeli'h ..i Senator it,-, k. Senator Jauien Barnie Beck, of Lexing- ton. Ky , who dropped dead in the vestibule of ihe Pennsylvania Uailroad depot at Washington on Saturday, was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Feb. 1 iih, li -'-'. lie received an academic education in Scoilaud, and graduated as a lawyer from I'rannvlvania I'uiveraity, Lexington, Ky., n 181(3. He preolioed law iu that city, never holding oftioe until oleoted to the fortieth Coiigreea. 1U wa* re elucteo, to the Forty first, Forty -second and Forty- third ('uugrsgf In Maroh, 1S77, betook Bis Mat in Ihe Benale, having been elected to suooetd John W. Htavenion. Ha was re i.leciiii to Ihe Uunale in 1442 and in S. Hm term would have expired in Uaroh, I - ' Henalor Beck was an earnest Democrat, and was extremely popular. Ue tail many friends on belli sides of the lunate and no enemies. He was admitted to be the Democratic member of theHenate who was tu .1 informad on the tariff quei- lion. He was always a leader in debates upon cilvcr question*. A CM u lion. Young Wife I'm on my way to the iotel- ipenoe uthiw to hire a cook. Young Widow I have always done my own oooking. Y. Wife Well, I wouldn't 1*1 it get out, f I were you, if you have any intention of marrying again. l -u- of the) Ho-uiie. Wife Well, the servant gave me notioe K> day, John. Hunbaud Ho she'* going to quit, eh ? \\tlv Well, ahe don't put it exactly that ty. I'm very much afraid, John, that she wants na to quit. pa'i Love's -i i . *t> i" Ella However did you get your content? H lla I induced him to set the dog on porgs last night ? Thia morning Ueorge called on him aud threatened to bring soil 'or damage! unless b allowed ui to marry. Tha atarth. " Do yon want the earth .'" inquired the naughty hotel clerk of a meekly complain- ing xoeit. "No," wai the reply, ' you oan keep it awhile longer till I ask for it." The largest steam derrick in Ihe world ia used by a ibippiag company at Ham- burg, Germany- It Is kept at the dookl and uaed in lifting minimise weighti ou and off shipboard. It oan pick up a ten- wheeled locomotive with perfect uase. DIOKBNS- MOTUntfl. MOD* of Them WOK to Create. Le *sr " Yoa are a student of Charles are yon not ?" " Certainly ; I think yoa oonld scarcely mention a character of his with whioh I am unfamiliar." " Very well, then, if yoa can point DM) oat one mother in the whole of Dioxansj* r.oveli, with any claim to education, what oan be either admired or respected, I wilT own that I have wronged him. I am ready to admit tbat on the lower order* he ii lean ever*." Eager to prove that ahe misjudged my favorite, I began to search my memory. At the end of ten minutes I wai still searching, bat I had not spoken. The fact wai I wa* terribly perturbed in spirit. I was most anxious not to be worsted in tha argument, for it seemed to me that a great* slur bad been cast upon Charles Dickinaf character ; therefore, to f ael that I ooold only bring forward, as being worthy of re- spect, David Copperfleld's childish mother was exoeedingly mortifying. George'* mother in " Bleak House " I could not mention, as although ahe is andoabtedly a tine old dame, she oertainly baa no claim Io gentle breeding ; while in support of nay Friend's grievance there marshaled suoh ghastly troupe of knaves aad fool* if so masculine a term as knaves is admissible) in theae circumstances that 1 was utterly discomfited. " My memory is at faalt," I muttered to myself. I will go home and consult my Dickens." Pleading a headache, I made my CXCUMSJ. aut as I wai leaving the room my oldfheext called after me : " If yoa have a headache don't puna*) tbe subject to-night. I warn you joaarei {oing to search for a needle in a bottle of lay, only" somewhat grimly "the needle is not there! " I locked myself in my study and set to work. At the end of two hours, wiaer and much sadder, I pauned and ga_^ d blankly around at a formidable heap of volame*. nad selected Ihe books haphazard and had made a pencil note on each with this ts>- olt: " Great Expectation." No parent* of any importance. Blight character sketch ot Herbert's mother (a decidedly blamablsj fool). " Old Cariosity Shop." Old Mrs. Garlaaei weak). Kit'* mother (lower orders). Mr*. Jiniwin (detestable). " Hard Times." Mrs. Gradgrind (utiotio). Bonnderby's mother (lower order* ). "Little Dorrit." Mri.Clennam (criminal), tfrs. Merdle and Mrs. Gowan (worldly, learlless wretchet). Mrs. iluagles (nice, bat vary homely). Our Mutual Friend." Mn. Wilfer (out- rageous). ' Nicholas Nickleby." Mr*. Nickleby anal Mrs. Keowigs (Innalios). Mr*, tiqaeer* ( icrror). Domby A Sou." Mrs. Skewton (a diav trace to her sex). Alioe'i mother, " Good Mn. Brown," (an ogre*i). Folly Toodlesj lower ordsn). " Martin Chazzlewil." Mothers not ia .1, with the exception of character sketch : " The Mother of the Gracchi " (a fojl). " Barnaby Kudge." Mrs. Varden (u- tensely objectionable). Mrs. Budge (lower orders) David Copper&eld." David'* mother, amiable but weak minded). Mr*. Micaw- wr, (% caricature). Mr*. Creakle, (a poor hinr). Mr*. Sleerforth. (horrid). Mr*. II" 1'. (baleful). " The old soldier." won. ) Bleak Houae." Lady Dedlock, (well. well, the Isaat said ). Mrs. Jellyby. another oalpable foal). Mrs. Pardiggte. an onaupportable creature). Mrs. Gappy, ibominable). George 1 ! mclher (lowur orderi). In " Oliver Twiit," " Taleof TwoCitiea." and " Pickwick," the mother! are very mnch in the background, and taking Mra. iirdell as a specimen of those who do ap- war, paruapa it is jusi as well they ahoald] i*. Temple Rar. The rv.i., Wa* i '. -..i ' I bad a strange experience tbe other lay," said Mr. Friend, the Woodward venae photographer. " A woman came) n here carrying a baby ia her arms and aid she had an engagemeul for a pio- ure of tha child. I aaid all right and old her to gel it ready. Than she wen* the dressing room and I ankd my parator if he had made an engagemant or that hour. He laid he hsxl, and I old him il was all right, to go ahead. I el him attend to it and sat dr.ru to read my morning paper. I oould see tha woman from where I sat iu a mirror tbat ung oppoailite, and ai abo placed thsj ab> in ih* chair and attempted to po** 1 I noticed lomelhing was wrong, a* cither ahe nor the operator cuuld ha- le the child. I went to their a-isist- 11 v. and then I saw that the baby wa* ead." " Was il dead when she brought it here?" " Yes, and she carried il in her arena, aking the atreet oar to our door. She) lad no one with her and did not seesa think it wa* anything out of tha way. But excuse me. I don't want nother suoh experience a* that." Kz- kange. But It Wa* " i-..i I...L. Mrs. Albert Shugg, of Manoh Chunk. ailed it "day pot." Her husband said it was " depot. ' They disputed. Bhe re oied to get sapper and he went oat for the vening. When he returned she waa hang, ng by the neck and on the table wai a bit f paper on whioh ihe had written : ' It'* daypot daypot daypot I " e> . A i(ri>l for Appeatrmacca. She - The divorce law* in the Weil are ery looae, are they not ? He (from Chicago.) Very. Bhe Are there an, restrictions what- ver ? He No ; Though it ii not considered ood form to be divorced until one'i honey The Cologne Giuette't report of tbe ooon- \n .n of Kilwaby the Germaus says Major Viasmann made an attack from the sooth, nd two blacks ware killed before the Oar- mans entered tb* place. On the march to iilwa the expedition had a namber of en- agemenli with tbe Arabs, and repeatedly efeated them. Wiasmann is preparing to panne the Arabs who Had from Kilwa.