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THE SUPPLY AT SF. AGATHA'S. BY EMUMTII 8TTUHT I'HKr.PS, IN "THE CIMTCS.T. " ll I their* existed stenographic re:ord of thaitermon, this nsrrative, necessarily 10 defTtivs, would have no occajion (or its being. One at the mosl interesting things about the whole matter n that no iooh le- cortli car. to-day be found. Reporter* certainly war* in the gallery. Tba journal! had tent their picked men at uiual, and no more. Where, then, wore their column! of verbal record ? Why hai ao important a discourse gone afloat upon vagu*, conflicting rumor? No peraon knowt ; the reporter* least of a'l. One, it ii uid, lost his position (or the default of tbat report; other* receiv- ed the seveveet rebuke* of their experience from their managing editors for the tame cauae. None had aay satisfactory reason tj gie for hit failure. "I forgot," said he who had lost hi* posi- tion far his boyish excuse. "All I can say, sir, ii I forgot. The man swept mt away. 1 forgot that such a paper as ' The Daily Uoeaip' existed. Other matters," he abided with expensive candor, " seemed more im- portant at tb* time." When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ! The stranger announced this not unusual text with th simple manner of a man who promiMil nothing eccentric in the sermon to come. Yet something in the familiar words arrestei attention. The phrase, it It was tpukrn, seemed less hackneyed, biblical quotation than a poitted, personal question to which each heart in the audience-room wa* compelled to respond. The preacher begin quietly. He remind- ed In* bearers in a fw words of the true nature of th* Christian religion, whose in- terests he was there to represent. One fel" that he spoke with tact, and with the kind of dignity belonging to the enthoiiast of a great moral movement. It occurred to one, perhaps for the tint time, that it was quite manly in a Christian preacher to plead his cause with as much ardor as the reformer, the philanthropist, the politician, or the devotee of a mystical and fashionable cult. One became really interested in the charac- ter and aims of the Christian faith ; it ac- quired 1 he dignity of a drowning society, or a study in theoeophy or hypnotism, fiie attention of the audience from the start definitely respectful lieoame reverent, and thu< absorbed. It was not until he had his hearer* .horoujMy in hi* power that the preacher'* manner underwent the remarkable change of which Samt Agatha'* talk* in whisper* to this day. Be spoke entirely without manuscript or note, and he had not left the lectern. Suddenly folding hi* band* upon the grea'. Bible, he paused, and, as if the audience kad been but one man, be looked it in the eye. Then like the voice of the living (iod, hi* word* began to smite them. What was the chaucsl of Saint Agatha's ? The great white throne ? Anil who was he who dared to cry from it, like the command of the Eternal? Sin ! Sinners I Shame I (iuilt: Dugrace ! Puniihment I What words were tbee* for the delicate ear* of Saint Agatha's. What had these silken ladle* and gilded men tb do with sneh ugly phra*** 1 Nmile* stiffened upon refined, protesting face. The haughty under lip of the vestry- man'* wife, and a hundred e'.her* like it, dropped. A moral dUmay seixed the ex- cluuve people whom the preacher called to account like any vulgar audience. Bol the. shabby woman in the "poor" seat* humbly wept, and the young reporter who lost his position cast hi* eye* upon the ground, for the tear* that sprang to them. From the delicate fingers of the vestryman'* wife the smelling-salts fell upon the cuihion ed seat ; she held her feathered (a i agsinit her face. Her hu*band did not even notice thl*. He sat with head bowed upon the rail before him, as a good man does when reconsecrating himself at the communion hour. The chmr runted uneaiily in their seat*. The soprano covered her eyes with her well gloved hand, sod thought of the follies and regrets (she called them by these names) that beaet the mu*ioal temperament. Hut the tenor turned hi* face away, and thought about his wif*. Down the avenue, In the room of the "shut in" woman, where the telephone carried the preacher's voice, a oat hm I.- cry wa* heard : "Forgive ! Forgive I Oh, 1 1 buffering did >ut put out sin I" But now the preacher's maaoerof address had changed again. Always remembering that It ! now impoesible to quote hi* Ian- goag* with any accuracy, we may venture to say that it ran in some' inch way as this : The Son of (led, being of the Father, per- formed hi* Father's busineu. What do ye who bear his name ? What holy errands are ye about ? What mlraole* uf consecra- tion hae ye wrought? What marvels of the soul'* lite have ye achieved upon the earth since he left it to your trust T He came to the sinful and the unhappy ; th* despised and rejected were hii friend* ; to the poor he preached the (Jo*pel ; the sick, aad overlooked, and oast-out, the un- loved and forgotten, the unfashionable and unpopular, he selected. These to hi* church on earth he left in charge. The** he cher- ished. For such he hscf lived. For them he had sir'ered. For them h* died. I'enple of Saint Agatha's, where are they ? What have ye done to his beloved T Thou ancient church, honored and privileged and blessed among men, where are tlioa* little one* whom thy Blaster eboee ? Up and down these godly aisles a man might look, he aaid, and see them not Prosperity and complac- ency In- saw before him ; poverty and hu nuiity h* did not eee. In the day when hMl cannot reply for duly, what account will ye giv* of yrur bvlraysd trim ? Will ye aay : "'.or. I we had a million chapel. The rural* I* responilhl* for the lower claises, And, Lord, we tad* up th* usual enllecUi'ii* ; Saint Agatha* ha* alway* been rilloil a generous ohuioh"? In the startlsd hash that .net these prs pneterou* word* ihn preacher drew himeeU in hi. full liri(<rit. and railed In* handa, He ha 1 worn the white gown throughout ii"- day's sertloee, and the garment folded lUelf aliutil Inn Hgur* majestically. In th* name of .'hint, than, he en.nmanded them: Wlmre were those whom their lord did love ' (io, sosk them. <lo, And the *<! rleit, in !< it ml* in %ll the town. Hasten, for the time Is short. Searol'. for the m*< api i otUoil. Churah of Dhnsi, (iroduo* i... ,..!( i. to nir, /or I speak no mure words |.,'(,. ro their i.i'.nltut** I Thus and there, abruptly, the preacher caet his audience from him, and disappeared from the chaacel. The service broke in consternation. Ths celebrated choir was not called upon to close the morning's wor- ship. The soprano and the tenor exchanged g|ancei of neglected dismay. The prayer- book remained unopened on the sabred desk. The desk itself wa* empty. The audience was, in (act, authoritatively dis- misseddismissed without a benediction, like some obscure or erring thing that did not deserve it. The people stared in one another's face* tor one astounded moment, aud then, with- out words, with hanging heads, they moved to the open air and melted out of the church. Th'j sexton rustled up to the vestryman, pale witli fear. "Sir," be whispered, "he is not in the vestry-room. He has taken himself away Cod knows whither. What are we to do!" "Trust him," replied the church officer, wilh a face of peace, "and tied who sent him. Who he may be, I know no more than you ; but that he is a man of tio.l 1 kuow. He is about hi* Father's business. Do not meddle with it," "I/ml forbid !" criel the sexton. " I'd sooner meddle with something I can under- stand." Upon the afternoon of that long-remem- bered Sunday then was .Men in Saint Agatha's the strangest sight that those ancient walls had witnessed since the corner i tun* was laid with a silver trowel in the Dame of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy lihost "whom we, this people, worihip." Before the chimet rang (or the vesper service, the house was failed. Before the bronze lips of the bells were mute, the pews were packed. Before the stranger reappeared the nave and the transept over- flowed. The startled sexton was a leaf before the wind of the surging crowd. He could not even enforce the -fire-law*, and the very aisle* were jammed. Who carried the itory ? How do luch wraiths of rumor* fly? Every member of that church not absent from town or known to be ill in hi* bed sought his paw that afternoon. Many in- deed left their sick-rooms to be present at that long -remembered service. But no man or woman of these came alone. Kach brought a cliosen companion ; many, two or thrte ; some came accompanied by half a do/'ii worshiper* : and upon these invited gueit* Saint Agatha's looked wilh an aitou- uhment taal seemed to be half shame ; for up those velvet aiilrs there moved an array of human faces at which the very angels and virtue* in the painted windows seemed to turn their headland state. Such wretchedness, such pallor, hunger, cold, envy, sicknesi, sin, and sham* were as unknown to those dedicated and decorat- ed walls as the inmates if hell. Rag* and diaeane, nncleanlmess and wo* and want, trod the house of Hod a* if they had the right there. Kvery pew in the church was thrown open. Tattered blanket shawls jost- led velvet oluaks, and worn little tan colored reefers, hall concealing the shivering cotton blouses of last anmmer, rubbed against sealikin fun that i wept from throat to foot. Wretched men, called in by the throb of repentance that follow* a debauch, lifted their haggard eyes to the chancsl from the pews ol the wardens, and women of the town sat gently betide the " first lailiei" of the pariah and of ths city. There were a few ragged children in the audience, wan and shrewd, sitting drearily beside mothers to whom they did not cling. The pew of our friend, the vestryman, was filled to overflowing. Ths wits with ths uudsrlip READABLE ITEMS. rr.ui All erne Inlrrr.llm Bit* ,.( News Parts or the World- Some butterflies lay over 100,000 eggs. Germany took 2,000 World's Fair prices. Th* Himalayas have been seen 2-J4 miles away. Cows are used in Japan exclusively at pack animals. Out ol every 1,000 births in England twelve are twins. Tbe British Mint loins twenty-five too* of pennies every year. The lungs of the average man contain about five quarts of air. Nearly 1,000 children are born yearly in London workhouse*. Tbe practice of hypnotism is considered a crime in Belgium. Nearly a third of the Knglish small-fruit area i* to be found in Kent. Tho woodland area ot the United King- dom U stated at 3,007,549 acre*. Four-fifths of the sugar plantation* in Hawaii are owned by Americans. Tb* Tartars take* a man by th* ear to invite him to eat and drink with them. It is said that women criminals have larger hand* and feet than average women. The average length of lite among Paris- born families is twenty -eight year* and on* month. Th* orchard* of Great Britain cover 210,- 000 acre*. Ten years back the area was 185.000 acres. Tbe county of Hanu, Kngland, possesses the largest area of woodland in England 1 1.574 acre*. Peru has only thirty-iix telegraph office* in the entire country, and but 1,600 mile* of wire. The production of cotton yarn* in Japan has increased from 1,000, JOO pound* in 1888 to 04,000,000 pound* in I la. 1 . No fewer than 1,204,950,000 exs were imported into th* United Kingdom last year. The population of lUay is very dense, there being 270 people to every square mil* of territory. More than four-fifths of th* murders in tb* United State* last year war* by men who hal no regular occupation. 'J he Queen of Greece is the beet royal needle-woman in Europe ; she cut* out and mak M most of her own underclothing. The mushroom lie* for day*, and in dry time* for week*. ju*l under the surface, folly developed, waiting for a warm da/up night. The average height of men in Kurope i* 3 feet 7 Inches, of women, 5 feet 4 inches. The Knglish aad Russian* ars th* tallest of Kuropean people*. In tropic*! forests *o large a proportion if the planla ar* of th* sensitive variety hat sometime* the path of a traveler may be traced by the wilted foliage. (jueen Victoria has a fondnoa* for relic* of her girlhood, and to this day uses to cat ,h*'pag*s of new booki an ivory paper-cutter ,hat wo* given to her when she wa* a little princess. Mr. Stanley, from what he has seen of the Australian people, has come t the eon elusion that they much morecloeely resemble the people of the United Slat** than tho** of (.real Britain. Liverpool -street Station of the Qreet Kastern Railwav is now the largest railway South Amtralia.th^plao^pnnfiog up nanlly over a lar/e a* * '' lMk a- nanlly over a lar/e a* * '' lMk ? > th* loath of the coJAy At first the settl- ers thought the p*n' was weed, but on fii.ding out its ** e nature thsy resolved to cultivate lavender on a coutiderablt scale, with the we. w of establishing a regular perfumer/- trade. Though considerably smaller in quantity than tie yield ol 1875, the meet prolific on record, and leas abundant also th*u that of some other yearn previous to I87S, the pro- duction of wine throughout rraaoe last year exceeded in quantity that of any one of the last fourUen years ; for it amounted to 1.101.535,910 gallons, and thus wa* 461,- OOO.OOu gallons, or nearly 80 per cuut. in icnaofthe yield of lv.i-j. sat beside nim and did not protest. She had hsruelf gone with him to the hos- pital to select their guests. For their pew was filled with the crippled and other nek who could neither walk nor afford to ride, and whom their own carriage had brought to Saint Agatha's. One of these, a woman, came on rrutohea, and the lady helped her, not knowing in the Ua*t how te Jo it ; and a man who had not used his feet In six years was lifted in by the pew owner and hi* coachman and butler, and carried the length of the broad aisle. (TO ni i M\riM-n. Britain's Treasure House. The British Museum i* an institution ol which Engliahmsn are juitly proud, all th* prouder, perhaps, bscaua* oomuari lively fewofthem know much abonlit. They have a vagiienolion that it con tains vast treasures of a kind which they oannol very well ap- preciate, and more ironderi than thsir umple imagination oan plctuie. Ths news theiefore that it I* likely to be snlarged at no distant dais touches them lees a* a matter of peraonal interest than as a bit of filling romance. Those who ar* in th* habit ol using it, how* vsr, will rejoice at the prospect of an early extsnsion. The available space in the museum l,as long been inadequate, and the shifts which the trustees have been forced to make In order to accommodate the growing collection were) such as to inierfsre rathsr seriously with its utility and interest. It is tnersfore lo lie hoped that I'arliarusnt will grant the r.MO,000 necessary to bay ths property winch ids Duke of Bedford I* willing to sell, aad that having acquired it, the trustees will lose as little lime as possible in extending their borders. The Museum, while, a noble institution, represents in some rsstieod ill- nadir of him fortune. Mow many ardent youths anil maidens have, adopted literature as a earner and have beun awakened from tho dsliiinui thst it is ths bed and casiwst of all profos- ions by finding themselves force. I, Inch by Inch, to "devil" In the *tus*uin fm their luckier or bet'*r-ei|tiipp*d broth- er* and sistertl If the reading-room could tell tales it might relate many a tragi story of blighted prospects and disappointed hope*. Bui after all, the Museum Isa rafugo for which many a slrii|(t(ling wiiter has been and Is unfeignsdly grateful. Mode of Moral Improvement. Small Itny -" I think I'd ti* a bailor !>oy if I ha. I a puny like Ittohle Klch's. ' Father -" Better, huw ?" " Well, id bo more, rhanUble." " Mure charitable, eh T" " ^ .-. I wouldn't fee.! rn gla I when Hi. hi" tx'i.y urn away with him." CANADIAN GOLD MINIM C. ere Than Rival* Thai or f ***>er Trrhlea Ihm of Iron. If any considerable development of the gold industry of Canada wure to take place, it would tolvt our difficulty of sparse population in a shorter lime than anything el** would. The discovery of gold in Australia had much lo do with the building up of Australia's settlement* and it would be tbe *am* here. Under these circumstance*, it is interacting to note that in the published report of ths Geological Survey Department on the mm-ral pro. dnclion of Canada in 1893, th* output of gold in the Dominion more than rival* that of oopper, and treble* that of iron ore. The amount of gold mined wa* 51,609 ounce* valued at Js-.'T.-.'H. where**- the value of the copper wa* only $875,864, and that of tbe iron ore dng up ***, ('Is. It will, therefore, be Men that gold mining in Canada ha* arrived at a recognized poet tion strong the mdunt rial pursuits of the country, a fact which i* encouraging on the whole, though it ie possible there has been no department of mineral prospect- ing which has been fuller of disappoint- ment, and, in some oaaos, ruin to individ- ual*. Gold in Canada doe* not appear to b* found in inch quantities a* have at various times in history been the can** of mad rush** to the sit* of the ' pay dirt." In Australia, a shepherd might pick up a nugget, and b* in fiv* minute* a comparatively rich man. In ' 49 a digger, after a few days washing might become extravagant, mightordef champagne suppers, aad throw nuggets on to the stage of th" improvised theatre. Here another state of things seem* to prevail The prec ions metal i* so combined with tbe or* that it takes industry, machinery, and bull ness tact to develop it* value. Instead of being a business oompoeed of mad rushe* and f*v*rish excitement, it is one in which patience, of a dogged character, coabined with mechanical skill, ar* required. It i* more a queelion of good ore-crushing mills than of happy lack. There ar* ores of variou* qualm**, but many of lh*m are of uch a natur* a* to yield no return to mere- ly individual exertion. Bat capital rightly employed in tbe purchase of th* proper ma.ihiuery seems le have its reward. It has been found that or* containing only 65 cent*' worth ol gold to the ton can be pro- fitably worked. A recent instance taken from other* shows that thirty dsyt' work produced 4,047 ton* of or*. Th* bullion produced by working this, which took '29 days, ws* wor'.h S.'.'il I, and tht total ex- pens* of reduction waa 1*2,120, leaving a HOW THE STEAMER SAVED. EMS li.i. Faral k. lh WIHl.wer Ik Mr.,. > Weather. rh**h imi Seal Wa* MaahlreL The itory of the rescue of tbe .tero* r Etna as told by Capt. Livingiton of th* Wildflower is thrilling throughout anu depict* the heronin of the master in saving th* ship under decide Jly advert* circum- stance*. 1'he Wildflower left Cape Henle pen March 19. On March 26 she ptssed a number of icebergs. The Emi was sighted the next morning in the trough of a heavy crow sea, and w*i tiring guns and flying signals of listren. Captain Livingston low- ered the only boat Irft on hie ve*sel,*nd, after placing the chief officer in command and picking a crew, sent the frail craft on its errand of mercy. After a long and tedious struggle the Km* was reached and the chief ulli i wa* greeted as ou* from Heaven. When the Wildflower'* clief officer return- ed and reported that the Em* wa* leaking badly ami toleave her meantcertain death to in jeeon board. Captain Li vinmtcnt prompt- ly decided to risk every thing in an r..ort to tow the ship to a haven of safety. It re- quired delicate and skilful maneuvering to work the Wildflower about in such heavy seas in a thick fog and *u close to the Kms, but alter four Hours of patient tail the two hawsers were stretehed between the vessels. When ihe Wildflower, with steam all on, her funnel belching out great thick clouds of black smoke, forged ahead and the line* creaked under the fearful (train, the panengrrt on the Kms eent up* mighty cheer. The greatest peril, however, bad just begun, for there w* imminent risk of the line* fouling in the Wildflower's propel- ler and disabling her, voo, but she forged ahead for Fayal. Uood weather wan en- joyed for two dayi, but on th* 30th and 31st very heavy gales were encountered, and the Wildflower plunged again and again beneath tb* mountainous seas. Time and again she was almost wholly submerged the towing strata keeping her stern down and preventing her from rising to the **aa. Oa April 1 a terrific gale came np with teas that ro*e to mountainous heights, and the brave fellows on the Wildflower ex- pected that their veuel would founder beneath them. Captain Livingston never fl nched. On April 12 the welcome spires of Fayal loomed up and more mighty sltont* of joy arose from the decks of tb* disabled Ems. Reaching a moorage Capt. Livingston boarded tbe Ems and wa* at once *ur- rounded by th* overjoyed passenger*. The women embraced and kissed him in spite of blushes and protect, and th* pas* en- cheered him nil they grew too hoarse to cheer more, and tb*>n told him over and ever of there gratitude. When the people (ot off the Kmi they crowded around ths Wiidfluwer in boats and cheered the officers and crew to the echo. station in Ihe I nited Kingdom. With the j profit of $554. Then are many location* . . 1 1 i > i . , 1 1 t M t ,>..> r\ >* Ait it r^iw*ir*i I *i 3 n\ir>B I_ i ' . 1 . .*. V, .. n.il. r n^ t k. _ s U > _ . . ~ additions just completed It covers 14 ] acre*, occupying nearly the whole at th* parish of St. Bololph, Bishopsgnt*. Some of th* Herman cafes serve hot milk a* a b*v*rag*. It is said that this drink 1* rsmedy for various disorders of the stomach. Clothier bee* cover their nests of eggs with a cloth made from th* woody flbr* of plant*, and thus preserve trteir young from sudden changes ot temperature. The arm-tar y bird of South Africa, can whip any snake of twice its site. Stanley used to aver that ihn reptile* would crawl away from this bird's shadow in wild fear. 1'hila l.lphi . is a t.rick city, and well illustrates the durability of brick houses a* a building material. There are brick house* apparently a* good a* new in Phila- delphia which were built in I7UO. When th* Queen ascended the throne more than 41 per oent.of the Knglish people could not write iheir namen. The propor- tion In that condition ha* D**n reduced to 7 per cent. There are nearly KO.OOD electric lamps lncandseo*nt and arc in us* in I'sris At ths snd of March, INO, the number wa* .'-'.IIHI, so that, during a period of four years the number of lamps in use increased by nearly 80,000. Of si i ty seven (juoens .of France, only thirteen have died without leaving their histories a record of misery. Eleven were divorced, two executed, nine died young, seven wsr* widowed, three oruelhr treated, three exiled ; the poisoned ana broken- hearted make up the rest, Crims in the army is punished on a seal* ten times mere severe than anything known to olvil lit* ; th* most trumpery offencee agaiiiit discipline < momentary ebullition ol temper, or a caenal inliscretlon in the matter of drink ar* almost every day In- volving men in the loss of rank and per- manent disadvantage In their profe**ion, ilium often than not aojompaniwt by (harp terms ol imprisonment. An Australian confectioner ha* hit uoon th* idea of printing th* new* of th* day upon thin paste ot dough, using ohooolat* initead of ink. H* deliver* th**e cakes to his customers, who first read them, and then eat them with their oofle*. Holland is the land ot flatnaas, windmill*' dykes, canal*, and one***. Of th* laitn it pi. i.l uni 1 1 1. 1 nut tons and more in a year, and consumes only a fourth part. Alkmaar, ons of the moat noted and historical town* In tb* country, is tho great ohe*** market, and In its street* over 11,000,000 I lie. ar* sold annually. In a very short time tin- shako will be a thing of the pa*t in th* French army. It has lingered only in th* garrison of Paris. Ths shako was born in Hungary, and de- throned tli* oock*d hat. U has a*sum*d many shape*, all of them ugly : but It has Iweii worn in so many famous battles, and dapioted IB so many military piotnree, that the flavor of history attaches to it. l.ivsader has suddenly appeared ir in Canada where richer ore than this i* to b* found, and th* moral is that it i* b**t not to expect an Kl Dorado, but when a mine containing moderately rich ore U found, it has to b* workad on business principle*, just liks other mine*. In the Antarctic Region. It is a region if eternal winter and of u nine I ting no, whore to far as i* knew* not a single plant finds lifs within ths inner circle, and where never a living oraa tar* roam*. The xwologist is not drawn to the southern circle a* h* is to th* northern, and yet the attractions for him ar* great, becaiue they have all th* charm of th* un- known. It ii believed that only a few of the hardiest birds build in a few of ths bettered corners of the inner Antarctic but who know*? Who can say that deep within thoM awful solitudes may not be revealed the mystery of the life of the far seal when he vaawh** from th* wt*rs of th* north Pacific? Or thai on torn* Ant- arctic continent or island may not be found the pricelee* remnant of the great auk trib*T We know not, at any rate, wkat rich** or poverty may be there until we go to see. And nobody has yet gone to see beyond ths fringe. It is a curious fact that no on* ha* ever wintered within th* Antarctic, many *i have b*on th* espeditons and thip*' com- panies which, compulsorily or voluntarily, have wintered in the Arctic. There has been no need t* do to, for there ha* been no possible goal beyond, such a* India, which first led our marineri into th* Arctic ; DO scientific romance tneh a* has characterised th* quest for th* North Pol*. And yet another thing differentiates the Arctic from the Antarctic. In the North there i unless Dr. Nantsn it (rtovously mistaken a pol* surrounded by water. In the *oath there It a pole surrounded by land a polar basin a* opposed to a polar continent. While th* book* and Mays, the theories tad journal*, which have been published concerning th* Arctic regicni would fill a library, a handful of volumes contain all that hat ever been printed of records in the Antarctic. lade Alwsv* In la the resliloa. ati*jh< A cutler has recently brought out a ran' stropping device to b* used In Cbunectio* with safety raxnra, a* here shown. It con- sist* of a nickled frame, with a round wjod- n part fastened rigidly to til* centre of two side arm* pivoted at the top. Tbee* move back and forth, reversing tbe blade every time th* direction ol tb* machine i* changed. At the end of tk* ai mi us spr ing metal receiver for (he blade ofaaafety rasor. A alight pressure on the strop when CAIMO* err TOE STKOP. the machine is in motion cause*; the Mads to turn always in an opposiM direction to whioh the apparatus is going, making it impoMibI* te cut th* itrop and at th* aam* tune requiring no skill to sharpen the nuar. NOT HALF HER HUSBAND'S AGE. a*. lr Lease** a rin* ni**t4rt*B*>e and The Doctor's Advice. " It's pretty damp for a person with th* rheumatism to b* prowling around, l'nc'1* Jo*h." " Mel.lw, BOM, but it's der doctor's ad- vice." Do you mean to tell m* the doctor ad- vi*e.l you U> be out lf hto?" "Not ' racily dat way but he said I mutt have chicken brof." And Ethel Blushed. Tommy - "Yen, cats ran **e in Ihe dark and so caft Klhel : 'cant* when Mr. Wright walked Into th* parlor when *h* was slttin' all alone in ih* dark, I heard her *ay lo him " Why, Arthur, )*u didn't get shaved to day." Th* wife of Count de Lewsps waj a young governess in a country gentleman'* house hp th* builder of the Sue? canal met and 'ell in love with her. Her ho*b*.od, one of .he most distinguished msn of modi rn bto- lory, ie now wavering in mental dark MM on th* brink of th* grave a pitiable ales* to such a notable career -hut his faithful wif* i* hit constant at tendanu Conaidsrably oss than half her husband's age>, *he is still handsome tad attractive in spit* of h*r sorrow. It th* day* before *ocial tad financial ruin overcame th* count Mm*, de Le***ps was a frequent and favorite nt*r tamer at her country horn*, but of 1st* ye*>r* her time ha* b**n almont entirely occupied in superintending the education of her numerous family of children. Foe this (ask ah* i* eminent ly well fitted, being a woman of varied accomplishment*. Shs it i especially fin* linguist, tho study ot language* being almost her oh i*f delight. Mme. d* Le***p* to slso a splendid hone- woman, tad in the dayt of her prosptrity her **at in th* aaddl* was Ik* admiration Mid envy ot many a gay Pariaienna. She ha* the typical complexion of women who habitually reside in Paris, and has a fin* though slender figure, with Spanish eye* and small feature*. According to CU In a . ertam Iowa in the north of York- shire a traveling American found an omni- bus whioh carried firat, second and third clan passenger*. As the. Mats wsr* all alike, th* traveler was mystified, bat not for very long. Midway of the) root* the omnibus stopped at tb* foot of a lo ig.iteep hill, and the uervl shouted i "Kim-claa* passengers, keep your seats, ^oooad-cl*** p****ng*rs, pleaeepeg on I and walk. Third- class pa***ng*rs, t ojt atvj mo."