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THE DESEETER It wa* o*e evening, after >a nniisually harts* ng day's work that I HI with my hair tilled back before a Matin* fire en- deavouring to gain a iiltle comfort assisted by my pipe and a current number of the "Lancet," wtnea suddenly a soft nervous tinkiH came from the surgery bell, and minute after my housekeeper eivme aud informs*? me a lady desired to see me. "1 will be there directly," 1 said, as I roat with a muttered "No peace for the wicked," and ijuu-Uly exchanged my old loose jacket for a more orthodox garment, glanced in the gls to bee thai my tie had not wandered under my ear, or that the create iu my hair was not obliterate"!. Then sticking a smoker's losenire in my mout.i I hastened to the surgery. As I entered I beheld a slight, drooping figure in black near the table. She bowed, aod motioning her to a chair, I supped quickly acroM the room and turned up the ga*. The extra light revealed my visitor to be a woman verging on middle age. She had a thio, auxicus face, with faded blue iyes. and her hair left uncovered by her mall rusty, black bonnet, wa* thickly sprinkled with si.ver. Her attire wa* poor, aud yet there was a certain air of refine- ment which I couid not mistake. Taking a chair opposite my visitor I pre- psred to hear the object of her visit, for scverai seconds her faded blue eye* Al this point my visitor broks off, and honed her faee in her hanekorchief, while a luooetaien of sob* shook hir tu-uuaiil form. I as a doator wa*ccn*tom*d to see sorrow, but I don't think I ever beheld anyone so^rief-soncksn a* this poor woman. When she raised her head shi seemed in that Hrief few moments to have aged ten years. % There i* hule more to tell, doctor," she continued, brokenly. "For months we have moved and hidden away, trying to evade those seeking to take my boy from me. If he is taken it will kill me. I thought if his feature* were altered his identity would be concealed, and my boy would be safe from arrest." For several moments Isatindsep thought. I had now learnt her motive for asking the question. It wa* also born* in upon me that I was beiug made an accessory to this young deserter'k escape. What ought I to do? The mother seeimd to divine what was passing in my mind, for she suddenly rose from her h*ir, and threw herself on her knees beforti me, and with clasped hands and streaming eyes implored me 10 save her boy. I don't wish to dwell ou this painful scene : miffice it tosay that before she left, and without committing myself, I had promised to call and see her son. came into the room. They were in f'lll marching order, and I knew their errand: they had run the drserter u> earth, bnt he would escape Ulem. "On* of the nieu wasauoat to speak, when I held up my hand, aud he was silent. The noi>* had not disturbed the dying boy. His tno>t her lifted her head, and gave one terrified glance over her shoulder at the guard, and her arms were folded more closely round her dyiuK child as if she fear e<l they woejd even now take him from her. "The setting sun struggled through the one tiny window, and lit up the bare little room with its expiring rays. It gently touched the thin, white face of the dying boy, and tinged with gold the one uurT w.'ii.-h lay on his dampforehead. It linger- ed on the bowed gray bead of his sorrow- stricken mother a* she bent over him. On* sickly beam strayed to my hand as I held my patient's wrist, timing h* slow, scarcely perceptible beau, by the watch in my other hand; it tent a glow of light on the red coats of the soldiers stand- ing together by the open door the only bit of colour in a sad pic- ture. They had reverently removed their he'mets, and stood with bowed heads, silently looking on the deserter who was ask yon a question. I uowed. anil she went on : " Iho question 1 am about to put to you, peihip', you will think a strange on* ; bul believe mo it :s not put in mere idle curi- osity, but it ii of vital importance." v c paused *nd eagerly watched my face. whi'v nm Dervamry twiMsd her hamlker rhief round lierthin ringers. The q ucttion, whatever ii WAS, evidently, from her man- aer, wus one she t'elt reluctant to ask, for she sat i'ully a minute in silence, and while her lips opened once or twice they s**m*d i:n!>ie to :or>:i the syllables of that query apparin'.ly lay uppermost ou her mind. I aw she needed encouragement to speak. , sible to alter the human face by an oper- ation, not to disfigure in any way, but to so change ike features as to make them on- recopnuible ta bury as it were one's iden- tity." When I returned to my snug little room I fast stealing away before their very eye* I felt unable to pick up the ih-ead of com- fort again. I could not settle down, my pipe and magazine had no charm for me, my late viiitor had caused the spirit ot. un- rest to settle on me, and after Iryinfr Tsitn ly to fain some contort from my sunounii- to sleep, fcr dwelling on the fided t.o my _ promising to call ? Would it not nave been better to have advised the woman to let her son give himself up to the authoritia* ' I wa* in a ty ? meinu dilemma which worried meinucli. I wish- ed from the bottom of my heart to do ri|(ht. I also sympathised with the poor woman. She loved her boy so. He wav her all, and I remembered I hai possessed just such a mother once. II. It was drawing towards mid-day when I set out for my promised call I had fully made up my mind to counsel both mother and son that in th* end it would be best " IV iv, madam. I said at Fast/'spesMree- ' f"r the latter to surrender himself to the ly . V\ natever you may say you can rest | authorities. It would be far better than as urc. I it is safe in my keeping." j starving, and being haunted by the con tin- She gave me a grateful glance, and in a j <*! 'ear al arrest. It wa* killing the poor voice tremulouj with emotion, she sa-.d : I woman, I knew, and the *un, if he loved "Uh, doctor, will you tell me i* it DOS- his soother, would do a* I advised, I found their abode was situate in a poor littl* narrow com t. My knock at the weather- beaten door was answered prompt- ly by my last nights viiitor, who had evid- ently been watching for me. By day ligntshs 1 did not reply at once : the ciuestion was looked even in. ire emaciated and pale than before, and 1 felt sad as I looked upon her. As she conducted me up the long stair- cases she told me that her son was uot very well; he had a cold, aad it was rather worse this morning, so ah* had prevailed a strange 01 e. aad I was quite unprepaieil for it. For what purpose did my visitor rtqu.r* this information '.' Old she want her own ulenti y hid, or whose? What was her object : She had said the know ledgf wa* of vital importance t.. her. Kv, dently she speke truly, for her rye* were , on him to remain in bed. At length we bent upon my ;ace in a slranye, yrariung i reached the poor httl* room at th* top of gaze, and lier pal* lips were parted with ' th* hon>*. It was painfully clean and expectancy, bare. Attempts had been made to make it " Your question, madam, is, as yon say, home like Picture* cut from illustrated a strange one, " I said at l --jr"' "and al- papers had been c&refully pinned on the though I cannot call to mind at the moment I wa.ls to relieve the whitewash, and often an operation such as you mention, ,: doulit- , to cover an agly hole in the plaster, while less wculd be possible to a skillful surg.-on. i several little rag mats, made by her own But I need scarcely add he would have to busy tingures, I had no doubt, gave a de- bs well satisfied that everything wa* above I irree of comfortto the room as well a* hiding board ere undertaking it. " I th* worst parts of the discoloured rotten A siith of relief escaped her, and her face ! boards, lost something of iu strained look. When j In one corner of the room was a mattress, she spoke next her voue had regained some I aad draped over the head was an ingenious- of it* strength. ly contrived curtain manufactured from " Doubtless yon wonder, doctor, at my motive in putting the question. Yon shall old newspapers. Looking more closely I made out, stretched on the bed, a thii know. I feel ( can trust you, even if you I young fellow with light curly hair and blue had not assured me of it. I may say I have eyes, which looked out of thsir sunken not always been in the poor circumstances '. sockets far loo brightly. TWO red .pots in which I now am. There wa* a time burnt ominously ou his chuek bones, and when 1 possessed mcney and servants. ; an he raised himself on bis elbow at my Ala* ! The crash that made me a beggar j approach, he gave a succession of short, also deprived me of a kind husband, for he | hard coughs. died soon after from a broken heart, and I i " Here is the doctor, Jear," said the was left to face the world with my only , mother, with an attempt at cheerfulnea*,a* child. I loved that boy. more dearly per- she went and pruudiy smoothed the curls baps for his being all that 1 ha 1 left. I , from her sou's white forehead. -,-nost worshipped him. and no sacrifice ' "I shall have to prescribe for this cough was too much that I would not have made . now I am here," I said, drawin* near. )ir hisaske; he in return loved hi* mother; "ou are very kind, doctor," he answer- teller than aught else iu the world, aad > *H. "I never had a oold hang about me so would have done anything for me. | long. I would sell the cough f.ir a very where they could not follow The sun lower and lower, and, at last, with one ivid show of glory it disappeared, leaving t he room in gloom. The noise from the streets below appeared to be hushed for a moment, and a strange .^iietues* stole through tks room, ft was t\en my patient, ith one long weary sigh, ceased to bnathe. " 'He is gone,' I said quietly. The moth er still hung over the lifeless form. The soldiers bowed their head*, turned, and crept noiselessly down the stairs out into the street." < IIWBIVC TEEr <.n tnr.o. Lecesssetlvrs Which ... sip Bill-ai real* rrrrrm-l In Km/ II. American locomotives were the first to gain reputation a* hill climber* says the Locomotive Engineer. The early Knglish idea about a locomotive was that it must run on a fairly level road to show favorable performance, and so immense labor was ex- pended iu cutting down hills and in filling up valleys to make a level roaiihen. There was a belief that smooth wheel locomotives could not be employed in climbing steep grade*, and no attempt appears to have been made to te*t how far this theory was our rect until American engineers took it up. In iH.'Wi a Norns engine, designed by Mr. Joseph Harrison was tru-d on the Colombia railroad, now part of the Pennsylvsnia rail- road, on a grade of 308 feet to the mile and it pulled a little more than us own weight a distance of ~2, feetat the rateoi l.'i miles an hour. Owing to the lame of this feit a Norris engine wa* shortly afterwards im- ported to I'.ogland to pull trains up sleep grades on the Birmingham and Gloucester railway, which English engines had failed to ascend without a load. XOCMTIXt. A* INI fll U. UOADI. An account recently published in the Anglo Brazilian Times indicates that the locomotive is still attaining new triumphs in mountain climbing. '1 hink of an engine with smooth wheels climbing a grade that rises n. n feet in every hundred. We quote from the Brazilian paper : "One of the three Baldwin locomotive* recently obtained by the Province of Rio d* Janeiro for the sr.rra section of the Can DUPING POSTMASTEBS- The Cesisitrr OtVtaU Give swh TroHitli- In Canada the country postmaster ha* sufficient intelligence aad oowimon sense te prevent his being imposed upon by those who would use the mails for fraudulent mrpose*. But over the border it i* said hat the mistakes of these officials give endless trouble and anxiety to the post- race department at Washington. For ex- ample, says an American paper, there is the business of giving information to swindlers. Dishonest persons write to postmasters all over the union offering gold watches or Valuable books in exchange for list* of the names of people who get mail at their post- offices. In this way they get bald of in- numerable "alive addresses," among which o distribute their fraduleut advertisement* The government of late has been trying hard to put a stop to this scheme. The rural postmaster furnishes the list required of him and wait* hopefully for his watch. Il is hardly necessary to say that he never receives it. Meanwhile complaint* of the sharper have reached the postoffice depart- ment. He U doing business maybe from Jersey City. Tbe postmaster there is in- structed to bold his mail unless he will identify himself. This frighten* him and he fail* to c mply. His letter* go to the dead letter office at Washington, where they are opened. The postmaster's list of names being found in on* of the envelope* a sharp note is sent to him asking what excuse he ha* for violat- ing the regulation* which positively for- bid thu giving of such information. Never- theless in the perpetual struggle that is maintained between the poeteffioe depart- ment and swindlers who conduct their enterprises through Ibe mail* the latter have easily the best of it. Now and tlien one ot them i* caught and punished, bul suoh an occasional episode doe* nol serious- ly interfere with this species of criminal activity. Many complaint* have come in recently to the effect that postmaalers are selling names, and that respectable persons in various part* of the country ace receiv- ing objectionable medical pamphlet* and fraudulent literature in quantities. Those petty government officials, in fact, too often serve innocently ss intermediaries between swindler* and th* people. They are utilized a* catepaw* for working all manner of "fake*" and "skin games at th* expense of the jonb'ding'puhlic. A KKMAIIK.UII.K KKAIO. To one of the most remarkable of such fraud* an effective blow has been dealt by the arrest and conviction a tew weeks ago of a man whose ingenious Irioks have puz- zled the polio* here and abroad for a nam- b*r of years past. This was the man, who, under the name of William Lord Moore, conducted a so-called "claim agency ' in London, advertising to procure in England legacies and estates amounting to many million dollars, for persons in this country alleged to be entitled to them. Of counr, -he said estate* and iogacie* were wholly mythical. The method adopted was to send to country postmasters all over tbe United States circulars which they were requeued to tack up in conspicuous places. The documents thus distributed ijave notice that large sums were due to persons who were believed to reside iu thai vicinity, wherever it might be. Naturally the number of answer* sent in responss to these circular* wa* enormous. Persons who replied iu th* hope that they might be entitled to the fortune* referred to were informed that they were happily not mistaken, but before tneir claims coul I be acted upon they were ever hearuVof wa* set on. foot recently hw the establishment of mere that) a seere at small post-othoee in South Carolina. Tbe chief conspirator was quite a prominent man in that part of the Been try, named liarres*. and it was by hi* influence that the depart- ment was persuaded to create the offioes, appointing as postmasters men whom he selected. The whole business wa* fictitious, the localities chosen being uninhabited. Nevertheless the postmaster* were able to procure large quantities of goods, paying for some of them with postage stamps, furnish- ed by Uncle .Sam and obtaining credit for others. To square account* at Wash- ington they rendered false affidavit* a* to cancellation*. The fraud wa* *x- poaed by an inspector, who, travel- ng through that region, quickly found out what was going on. PoaUnsaten In mall places are often called on by con greasman and politicians to furnish list* of names of those persons in their bailiwick* who are likely to be influenced with regard to voting by judiciously selected partisan literature. This is an abase which the civil service commission U moet auxmns to put a stop to. <>f course, the postmaster* represent whatever party may be in power at Washington, and it is unquestionably a fact that they have frequently been em- ployed to propagate political doctrine. They have even been accused of discrimin- ating against opposition documents in the mail*. However, it cannot be denied that they are far more sinned again*t than sin- ning, being commonly employed as inno- cent agent* for the prosecution of fraud* in which they have no share or profit. tagallo railway having been set up and got required to send 1:25 to WiJiam Lord Mcore, , Year hmdsom Years passed, and he grew up fine * lad. He becanio a clerk in a small stun, a* it worries me so,'' ami hi handsome boyish face lit up for a moment City bouse, and ws lived together and were | with a smile. sobjffey. BuUaU ti-nes cam* at last ; the ; " My dear, how you do talk tirmwhere he worked failed, and he lost : mother, looking at him lovingly, his employment. Poor boy' he sought | I examined him. saw said his bravely for something to do, but in vain. Jts>! was depressed, and for every vacancy that occurred there was fifty to nrramule for it. The strongest, not alw.iys the meet suitable, secured th* prize. To make mat ten worse, the lady who had supplied me with needlework died. We struggled on for som* time, I hardly know how. Al that my counsel, *o friv* himself up, would not be required : neither would he want his identity concealed by an openticn. Hit identity was about to be bidden by a change mich more powerful. The priva- tion and anxiety bad done its work. The poor fellow wa* in rapid consumption, and his time in this world was very short. The though starvation stared us in tbe face, we ' poor mother, in the struggle to gain bread loved each other, if poasibl* th* more, and ' and her anxiety to hide her son, had failed we made brave effort* to R*t bread so that | to note the stealthy progress of the dread we might keep together. "My poor boy came home one day utter- ly ca; down. 'Mother,' he said, 'it is useless trying any longer for work. I have tried so long and found none. I cannot do anymore. 1 will snht.' 1 implored him not to, but he said he would enter a regi- ment stationed in Lond..n, and he could often come and see me. And at last I half gave my content. At any rate be would be well fed, and he had gone long with an empty stomach. If it dm cost roe a pang, ought I not to bear it for his sake? " When I first saw him in his uniform I cried a* if my heart would break. Alter a time I became more reconciled to the step be had taken. He w*s a fine grown lad, and hs^phiform became him so well. I think he made the handsomest soldier 1 ever saw. He used to often come and see me, and I wa* beginning to think it was the best thing he could have dane, for he always appeared happy and contented, and it afforde-i me a deal ol comfort. " One day, however, casne the sudden new*, that his regiment wa* ordered abruad. This was a shock which I had never dreamed of. I felt that I could not part with my boy. He wa* all I bad in this world, and he did not want to go. There were a great many chances if he went of eur never meeting again " When his furlough wa* ended he did not go bfc'k to the rogiment. Perhaps it wa* wrong, doctor ; but I could not part with my boy. He wa* my all, and I l leved him '" ciisesse wbich had now so firm a bold on her child. Far better would it have been for both had he gone back to his regiment at first. "Weeks glided by, and I continued my visits to the young fellow, and I saw tbit be had sufficient nourishment a* well as many little comforts. Th* mother waited on her son with a devotion which only a mother can exhibit to the child she bore. It frequently affect id me to see tbe attach- ment wbich existed between these two, especially whin I though how soon they were to be parted. "It was one afternoon that I called, as usual. My patient had been growing rap- idly worse the last few day*, and the spark of life scarcely fl cker*d in his feeble frame, As I entered the room, I saw a had come over him. The end approaching. Th* poojr mother, who had borne up btavely all through, now showed signs of breaking down, but she struggled courageously against it and tried to bear up. He had sunk into unconsciousness great change was rapi.llv ready for service, dr. Houorio Bioaiho, director general of uu:*c works, cl the ministry ol agriculture and a number of other engineers went on recently to i ' t.-hoena to attend a trial of the new en- gine made by the administration of the Cantagallo railway to lest its fulfillment of the contract engagement to draw a 40- ton train of gradients of 8.3 per cent. This wa* successfully effected, the locomotive weighing 40 J tons when ready for the trip, drawing a train of T) tons, composed of three trucks, laden with sleeper*, and a gasiwnger car from Cachoeria to Booa do Mato, S kilometer* at tbe speed of J4 kilo- meter* an hour, and then easily up a rise of >.-"> p< r cent., with curve and counter curve of 40 meters radius, a result superior to the contract engagement, and it i* believed that when the driver has become familiar with he engine il will as easily ascend rise* of 9 p>r cent. AROfMi SHORT CDHVB*. It ha* thus been satisfactorily proved that the serra section of the CanlagaJlo railway can be worked with engines with- out special adherence, and that the Fall system adopted for it, and worked at such serious expense, can be completely dispens- ed with, and will be as soon a* the Barlow rail* have been replaced by steel one* on the remainder of tbe serra section, and also on the lint section, reducing Ihe gauge of the letter to that of the rest of the railway. \Viih these improvement* it is expected that the working expense* of the Cautagallo railway will be so largely reduced that instead of a burden, it will become % source of profit to the provincial treasury." Brazilian engineers called the grade* s.:t per cent., but measurement* were afterward nade by American engineers and it was tound that th* gradient* were steeper than I per cent., and that curve* of about 20 de- ;r*e* twisted th* train* on the heaviest fiarl of the climb. Nrril. Observers of event* in Australia have been somewhat puzzled to account for the appointment of a trained diplomatist, like (General 1'oniiata, as Russian consul at Mel- bourne. Mr. Uaniyon, the general's prede- cessor, was (the words of tbe Argus eeem to imply) a resident of Melbourne who had seamed the duties at the de*ire of hi* oora patriots in Australia rather than by any deliberate selection on the part of the 3u Petersburg authorities. Nor does there seem to be any obvious reason for putting a more experienced member of tbe consular corps in his place. The commercial rela- tion* of Victoria with the Kussian Umpire have always been of little importance, the policy of both countries being protective, and no change has occurred to make it probable that the trade between them i* about to undergo auy marked expansion. (ianeral Pontiata has for twenty year* been stationed at Bucharest, where there scope for constant vigilance and the exercise of much tact in gathering infor- mation and otherwise furthering the in- terests of Russia. A gentleman of such antecedent* moat surely be lost in suc- ceeding to the by no mean* urgent func- tion* of Mr. Uatnyon, nnles* there is work for him to do which indicate* a turn in affairs international. Have recent de- velopments in Kurope made it postibl* that complications may arise in the re- lations between London and St. Petersburg that may render it advisable that the authorities of the latter capital should have the military and naval strength of Kngland at their linger ends ' To this ad it would be necessary to have able aad discreet men at tbe extremities a* well a* at the heart of the British Empire. <ie al Pontiata may use his abnndant lei* in satisfying himself a* to th* character and value of the chief part* and harbor* of Australia and obtaining fuller knowledge than the foreign office of his Coveinment as yet posse**** regarding the stale of sentiment in tbe great Australian dominion. WIBBOB r*>K A H > I I I 7 Which Ike BMer <* Rsirve* inr stead Be bin. I Hint A device to enable bicycle rider* to ob serve vehicle*, etc., approaching tt>m the rear, without being obliged to luru and look back, ha* been patented recently. The attachment consist* of a yoke-shape or arch bar fastened on to the handle bar of the bloyol* by means of two clamp*, and supporting a mirror, which is hinged to a V-shaped keeper, so that it can be moved up or down the standard bar by pressing tbe two <-uds of the keeper together, and raleaeing at the deeired height The mirror itself may be placed at the inclination desired for distance or near observation by simply pressing it in the desired position, where it will bo held by pawl* catching into from which 1 knew he would not awaken and there ai only hi* slow, faint breathing which shown* that life still flickered. "I had been watching by bis side for some minutes, when a loud knocking came at the street door, followed by the sound ol men'* voices, and soou the tread ot heavy footstep* Bounded on the rickety stairs. They came *arcr, and at length paused...- ,-,-, outside the bedroom door. Ere I could go hand only while riding. All thr part* of lo ^certain th* cause of the noise, the .loor this bicycle attachment are very simple aud was thrown open, and a couple of soHiers not liable to get out of order. y pa th* tooth keeper. Tbe adjusting of the mir- ror to the proper place can be don* with one in London for preliminary expenses. The money being forwarded, nothing more was heard of it. Undoubtedly the sharper an immense sum in this way. He gave no end of worry to the poslomce depart- ment wbich was helpless because the circu- lars and letter* were mailed in England. The British authorities, being asked for help, became grnatly interested in the ci bul the Scotland Yard rieleclive* tried for years in vain to hunt William Lord Moore to his hole. Efforts equally fruitless were made to corner a person called Leger, who acted a* Moore'* agent in New York. Finally, Moore wa* run down in London, and England being too hot to hold him, he skipped away to the United States. He was captured in Chicago, but escaped from the marshal who had him in charge. A CLIKICAL SCAMP. Then there wa* the romantic career of a person known as the Kev. Ceorge Frederick Burgoyne Howard. He was an Englishman, the son of a policeman. For a while he wa* in the royal navy, and afterwards he served in th* United State* navy from which he deserted. He taught a negro school in .South Carolina, and during tbn epoch of the carpet bag he wa* a trial justice in that stale. To escape prosecution for mal- feasance in office he fled, eloping with the wife of a railway man. Later he deserted her, went to Georgia, and became a Bap- tist preacher. The Rev. U. W.F. Howard had a large red beard, hair of the same color, and a most plausible addrem. Hspos- susssd no morals worth mentioning but his cheek is described as amaeing. After a while he turned up at Jackson, Trim., a* pastor of a church. Scandals cansed by his doings split the congregation in two, one part standing by tbe preacher and starting a new church under his ministration. He left that town and went to New York, where he set up a "claim agency" under the name of Leger. The busmen* wa* of a kind that could be conducted more safely and advantageously from abroad, and he transferred it to London, where he called himself by various aliase*. while known to correspondent* from this side of Ihe water as William Lord Moore. How he was finally caught ha* been already told. After escaping from the marshal he went back to Jackson, Tenn., and gave himself up, thinking to bluff it out. He wa* again the Baptist preacher and knew nothing of William Lord Moore or his business. It was all a case of mistaken identity. Unfortun- ately for him the government wa* determin- ed to spar* neither pain* nor expense in procuring his oonvictton. Witnesses were brought from abroad to swear that he was William Lord Moon and none other. Kx Minister Lincoln and Ex-Consul General New who had seen the man in England, want to Jacknon for tha purpose of giving their testimony. The defense of the prisoner conducted by himself, wa* a masterpiece of ingeniouseffrontery. Nevertheless he was sentenced to nine year* in the penitentiary. This, at any rate), the Argus suggests, may be in part the reason for the change. THBilaEIJA. Mr > a *! !< oie .1 Wife anil rharmlac WeiMIBU Well. One like* to read how the Czarina con- stantly aocoirpanies her huiband in hi* rides and drive*. Not only doe* it indicate wifley devotion, but H proven an inlropsdi- ty too often denied as an attribute to wo- miui. It is said that she thinks that her proeeno* is a defence from the nihilist*. Certainly she knows that a shot aimed at him might reaoh her ; that a bomb onderthe carriage womld not be discriminating. Yet she hopes that her presence may prevent the bomb-throwing, and she equally hope* that the bullet may reach her, if so be that she saves bis life. But one of the pleasantest things to read about her is tbe motherly devotion to the moral welfare of her children. In this she i* an example to all mother*. She allow* no governess, but employs teacher*, who, coming for a few hour* a day and those day* not consecutive, have not time to make a lasting impression on the moral nature of her children, as would one em- ployed constantly. She is very small, and the contrast be- tween her figure and that of the czar, who i* almost gigantic, is very remarkable. Her oldest boy i* like her in size a fact that somewhat troubles the Russian people. accustomed to great size in rulers. But hi* mother's training has developed in him a strong, resolute character, conscientious! and studious and capable of standing by a conviction. Will be a Respected Citizen. Mr. Cloth*r*tein " Dot poy of mine makes a fine business man some days." Mr. Silverheimer " What make* you dink so?" Mr. Clotlier*t*in " Veil, when he wa* measured a man* for a hair of pants fester- day he gomoe to me und say* : Fadher, dot man has youst got dree dollar* in his poo- kete. I feels dem, und veu I says to him. loud. Muses, bring me some of dose fife dol- lar* pant*, und he goes und gds me some) of dose one dollar pants und I knocks den doe/n to der man* for dree dollar*. Ob, Moses vos all ridU He vill be a bighly- reebegiled citizen* some Jays." Buh Million*. Of ths l,5OO,Ourf,UU ot the earth'* in- habitants the Kmpror of China holds sway over 4(I6,000,INM) ; vjneen ot Kngland rale* or protects 3NO,000,010 ; the C/*r of Rus*ia is dictator t tto.UOO.OOO ; Franc*, IB the re- public, dependencies and spheres of influ- ence, |has 70,(KH),OUO; subject the Emperor of Germany, 55.000,000 : t-e Snltan of Turkey. 40,000.000 ; the Emperor of Japan, 'i, and the King of Spain, -'T.OOU,- KIND or DWINDL*. I ootl- two-third* of the population of the One of the most r*Brable swindles ' glob* tinder the government of five rul.r*.