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SLAIN BY THE DOONE'S. CHAITKH IV. Master Pring was not much of a man to talk. But for power of thought I* waa considered iual to any pair <>f other men, and superior, of course, to U womankind. Moreover be had seen a food deal ,,f fighting, not among out- law* Imt fine ,,ldiera well skilled in the proper style of it. So thai it waa un;**aible for him to think very highly of the Doones. Gentlemen they might h*. ho ai<i. and therefore by nature well qualified to fight. Hut where could thcv have learned any discipline, any tactics. any knowledge of format ion. "T even any akill of aword or firearms t " Tush, there waa hia owu ton. Bob, now serving under Capt. Purvis, as fine young trooper as ever drew sword. and perhaps on hia way at this very mo- warrior, to aee how his successors did things, and the Imv l)i,-k aTutablnga had bsggM leave U. sit in a tree and watch the smoke Deitorali and I were left alone, and a long and a nitons day we had. At but the w..,i pigeons liad stopped tlirir cooing, which they kept, up for boars, when the weather uiulohe,d the light, and there was not a tree that could tll its own ahadow. and wn were cvntented with the gentle sounds that DOOM through a forest when it falls aalwp. and Deborah I'ring. who had taken a motherly tendency toward me now as if to make up for my father, was ait ting in I IK- porch with my bands in her lap, and telling me. how to U'bave li.-mieforlh, aa if the whole world de- pended upon that, when we heard a iwishiac sound aa of branches thrust aside, and then a low moan that went straight to my heart, as I thought of my father wlin he took the blow of lo! the bouses of tbe Doones were the same an bslors, bul a great shriek arose on the opposite liank, and two goixl horses lay on the ground ; and the red men weie stamping alioul and s ,me iiig their auiM arid some running b.i t h.-ir lives, and the bravest of th.-m s'""|.m,j "\ ne another Then, aa I tapt. Purvis rushed up in great wi.nh shouting. 'What the devil do you me -i. by thisf " another great roar anise from across the valley, and he was lying flat and two ether fine fellows were rolling death. " My son. my Bob. my eldest boy ! " ment. under orders from the bora l.wu- rr ied Mistress Pring. jumping up and tenant, to rid the country of thai pea- ] falling into my arms, (ike a pillow full We soon shall of wire, for sh- insisted upon her figure But liefore I could do anything Ah. ah! still 10 help her " Hit her on the Iwck. ma'am; hit her hard upon the baok. That is what always brings mother round." was .shout.-.!, as I might say. into my ear la- tilent race. aee!" And. in truth, we did see him. even sooner than bis own dear mother had expected, ami long liefore hia father i .!. i , n * in 144 aj i ,-i. , in m in wanted him. though he loved MB < by the young man v. bom ahe w much in hia aloence Kor I heard a incut ing. d-P voice in the k.tchen one nigl, (h H j^, ^ &*??* muln >re I was prepared for such things. i hoii hast leirnl .if war to cow and by nuking a liackway out of my bed- give le.s,si H i.s to ihv father! Mistress r"<m,..and. thinking it best to know Sylvia. forlhee tapak.Nlhing the worst, went out to ask what waa doing there A young man was sit tin* upon the table, accounting too little of our house. <ild satisfy this young' sprignal bui to bring his Iteaten Captain here, for the sake of mother's management. I told un that Tim would n--ver take him in. for his father has taken in you I'retly well 1 I 'apt 1'urvls of I he Som- . , . . . I *-|'*l. 111 *m 'F I IIT- 'S'MZ- i showing no great readiness to boast, 'erset. I know not what for the regi- on!) to let us know who be was. He " b*d a fine bead of curly hair, and *\ 'k- with a firm conviction that lli.-re was much inside it. " Father, you have Possessed small opportunity of seeing how we do things now. Mother ia not men! s now lie all upside down. Raggi- in.-nis is the proper nam for them Very like ha lie dead by this lime, and better die ..in ,jf d i,,rs thin in Take un away. Bob. No hospital liere I " Thomas Pring. who are you," I said, for the sound of another low groan rim.- tBIMgt me. (,, jfjve orders to to lie blamed for thinking lhat we are .your mutter's dniurhtei I If N .,,, hring in front of what used to lie. What do not ^h,- poor wounded genilcmun in \,,u never come through this door we c.re how Ihe country lies I \\ bs> ^"^7. beard all this stuff up at Oare. If I here are bogs, we shall timlier them.. If there are rocks we shall blow them up If there are caves we shall fire down 1 .'.'-in. Ihe moment we get our gun* inlo position " Hush. Hob, hush! Here - In- Winnie. llm mind one thing, all ? '. wa " ""."" " f 'hat shot .ir.U "" ** 1 l<<m I,- made " ff f>r his ou n kin foren, kind * nd loving. me a very is horse at low the yet biuuelf so old Hunks. I told thee so I " Ihe young m -in who spoke raised his In' LI me. and I saw that he had a scar- let plume, such as Marwoid de Wiche- h-iLse gloried in. " In with th.*-. and Itiwtch bin thai be, may die slraight am off to BoutiUBOlton for Cutcliff voiir ,""' "'"'''an make a furze-faggot No -m again. Mv filly ran make a masters daughter N..I the btMTtopm land-vard in a mile t,, T..m Kaggus and you put up with, but your real master. ' on whose property you were born. Is that tbe position for your guns f " Bring thus rebuked by his father, who these wasa very faithful-minded man Rolcrt Pring shuffled Ins long liouls down and made me a low .salutation |)ul. hav- ing paid little attention to tbe things people were full of. I left the young man to convince his parents, and | be soon waa successful wilh his mother. I Two. or it might nave lieen tbi.-.- days after this a great noise arose in tbe morning. I was dusting m. Iher's look*, which lay ojien iu-i be bad left ihem. There was " Hark- *<>' <" anyone. What hapn r's Delight " and "Isaac Walton." and BUH was simply this: While U-lmving the "Secrets of Angling, by J. D ." and ith the utm.ist gallantry and cnc.mr- *"ine notes of hia own alioul making of "King t h* militia ..f Somerset, wh * fltm . also fishhooks maile of Spanish nnuofmz] were faced with yellow, be "lel. ..nd long hairs pulled from the r.ven.-d in his chest a terrific blow tail of a grav horse, with spin. lien and fr "i 'be l.,ti/,i u ,,f a !,, , | ff f^^ na(1 i - of quill for plaiting Ibem - '"'''i, d. .-charge, I from a culverin on the I lou I and so pleased had be lieeii with "IM'".siie side of the valley liy Ihe brave these trifles, after the clamor and clash '"" HUIM-IIIOUS s ms of Devon who wore of life, that tears came into my eyes ' ld facings, and had t ik-n umbrage one.- more as I thought of his tranquil nl Pure mistake on the part of ih.-ir and amiable ways. excellent f n ..,,,u -hWs i he Tisa wrong thing altogether t o my io.i| band of 8otMr*st. Kitber brigade inind ! " cried Uelwrab Pring. running had three culverins. and never having in lo me. "They Doone.s was estal>- """ii such things before, as was natural lish.-d afore we come, and why not let i'h g.id farmers' s:)ns. the fell il a 'h in t'ide upon their own land r Th.-i emnplimsnl to ' I. -mselves to lie iniru.it- ir.-ai.-d poor master amiss, lietond de- '''' with such danger, ami resolved lo ni" I , and never will 1 forgiv.- th-ni for make the most of it Howevei when All the same, he was catching ""'V ' rie.i i.. m-ike them go. with the what lielonged In them, meaning foi i be Bjlp of a good many horses, upon place-, liest, no doiilit, liecius- be was so right- ltl -' 1 bad no run its' f,,r war. and ev.-n -oiis. And having such courage he nos..i-t of road* it all, toe difficulty wai killed one. or perhaps two; though 1 could have i nought so much CHAPI'KK. V. C * P !L PurvL ?, now brought to tbe in this .si. I c-. n, in i, ,n had not ' liy his own m-n, a.s Ihe dash- fa- "IK StSrWOOd de U ichehalse Slid as *r was n true t., Mlv that | M . lla ,| i,,^,, BJT anyone. Wliat happened to W is of lhat old knife Hut ever since that they have been giid. Miss Sillio. never beyond them Km a clever blacksmith near Mslmtatord, who had Iwller, as proved, inve M u, k i,, the plow. IMT- Illadsd tin-in llui! h- he plow all al.. even coming anigh us. and I don't be- nd would bring their guns to liear lieve half of the tales about, them. ' hey let Inni hive his way So they All tins was new to me; f,u if any- lo " k ' bt> long tulies from their carriages IH|V had cried shami* and death upon H "d lash-, I i|,,. rollers of barked oak that wicked hot, le it was DeUirah l'i ing. nd.-r them and with stout rojies and who was talking to me thus! I looked , tff'.ii r*n\i>r of swearing, dragged them at h.-r wilh wonder, suspecting, for the , '"'" 'he pro|>er place to overwhelm tin moment, that tbe venerable c amcilor Dojns*. wli.. v.as clever enough t i in ik- a . ov. Here Ihev iic.untcd th-ir guns upon forget IIT calf might have paid b.-i I <' b.-m-els, with allowance of roll lor .-.Inle I was sway. I!ut v-i\ soon lOOlI. and charged ihem i. the very the reason of Hie change appeu. I '""' of Ih'-n knowledge, and (Hunted Who both taken Tominand ,f Ihe MK-III as nearly as they could guess at af.a,!; f" .she mk.-d. as if noon.- would ' he dwelling., O f u, e outlaws in the believe the answer; "not t'api Purvis. as o;uht lo Icne l,,-,-:i. n ir ev.-ii ('apt. Dlla.s. of IJevon. but Spy Sti.-kl royal warrant the man that hath U-en up io Oare so long! And Iny son Rolert. who haih c ,in-- do.\n to help i., n.iin them, and understand.-! h canon gun- "Chat. Purvis! I s-ein to know thai nin<. very well. I have often beard it from my father And your son under him! Why, Deliorah, what are \,.u biding from m,> ! " glen ; three cannons on the north weie > >iii,-iMd. and ihre:- on Ihe south were of lie-, on.s hire, but these Litiei had no lialls of metal. oiilv anvthing round they could pick Up. Col. Slickl.-s waa in coinni-ind bv virtue of his royal warruiii. and hi* plan was to mak- 'his chief assault in company wnh s.,m, obossn men. including his ho.st, voting I inner Hid, I. lit tin- head of the vsllcv where Ihe chief entrance was. while tl.'e trainbands |Niunrled away on either side And perhaps this would have sin-c-eded Now. good Mrs I'ring wus Itegiiunng "<"U except for a little mistake in fir- ing, for which t| nemy alone could i* blamed wilh ju-iici- For while Capt. I'imis as |H-|III,,| the line rally- ing few men wh. .showed fear, and , . to forget, or rather had never borne pro|H-rly in inin. I, that I was the bead of the household now, and entitled to know everything, and to IK- a-ked al>ui it. But people who desire i , hive this H" 1 expecting any coiuhai yet. bscaOsS done should insist up ,11 it at th its.-!., l'von.sihire w.i.s not reih, an elderly which I bad not IH-.-II m pi,,|.er stSM -" "' b-in.in of great a, it I,-, i n \ ap|-aied I., do. So thai she made quite a griev- i among the bombardiers. t'li hi.s Anoe of it when I would not lie In. it- I ' won- a badge of office, and in Ins cd as a helpless child. However. I s,,.,n ll;l1 " noble plume of the sen eigle, and put a stop to that, and discovered to 1 b handed his horse to a man in red my surprise much more than could be : clothes. imagined "Just in time," he shouted, "and the And l*'fore I could .say even half of ' l-ord lie thankful for thai 1 ||\ older what I thought a irreal noise arow- in of His Majesty I liike .siipreme coin the hollow of the hills, and came along '"and. Ha, and high tune, too, f.,i it tlw valleys, like Ihe blowing of u wind ' ' "" tdioi.s, where aie you pointing your that had picked up the, roaring of man- | guns f Wbsl tllowancN have you nude kind ujion its way. Perhaps greater , ''"'windage f Wh>. at thai .-l.-vati had never risen IIJKIII the m.-.n . . V>u'll shoot yourwlves I'p with your snd Ibe cattle, and the quid .sheep, and ' mu//le.s. you yellow 1 1, kanapes ! liown even the wild deer oame liouiiding from "" your hsllkesl Hand me i he linstx-k ', iin.s.hll-red places into any offering)".*' ' '"' '-""I, \on don': even know how of branches, or of other haven from I lo touch them off " ' the turbulence of men And lhn a| ' '"' -soldiers were aluuhed al his re- fray fog rolled down the valley and ; biikes and glad lo lie down on their toU.rab said it was cannon smoke, foi- ' i'-i-:s tot lear of the pmrfor <m their g t-ne river c^nrs.- . Inn lo me it ellow faring* Ajd thus I|H-V were- seeinerf only the usiuil thickness of the -li'iUosj il.? thnv> gi.-at tons and wrap- nil .'.lien the clouds hang low I hiuas , c " '" a cloud of strnakv smoke. When Piing waa gone, as liehoovet* %n anHent ' low bid oil I off and Iber stood up, in. a furze bush without knowledge of But of the General and bis horse there was no longer any token. This was tbe matter thai lay no heavi- ly on Ihe breast of Capt. Purvis, sadly crushed as il was already by Ihe spite- ful stroke bitterly intended for him. His own men bad meant no harm what- ever unless to the proper enemy, al- though they appear to have been delud- ed by a subtle device of the councilor, for which, on Ihe other band, none may blame him. But those red-faced men. wiihout any enquiry, turned the muzzle* of their guns IIJHUI Somerset, and the injustice rankled for a gener- al urn between two equally honesl coun- ties. Happily, they did not fight it out, through scarcity of ammunition us well as their mutual desire to go home and attend to their harvest business. Hut Anthony Purvis, now our guest and patient. Iwcatue very difficult lo manage ; noi anly liecause of his Ibree broken ribs, bul tbe lowness of tbe heart inside them. Dr. Cutcliffe I,ane a most ebssrful man from that cheer- ful town of Soinhiiiolion. was able (with tbe help of providence), to make the lnca grow again, without much anger. in'., their own embraces. It is u.s- however, for tbe body to pretend that il is doing wonders on its own account, and rejoicing and holiday making, w h.-n Ibe thing that sita inside il, and holds the whip, keeps down upon the slouch and is out of sorts. And truly t his waa the c.ae just now with the soul of Capl. Purvis. Deborah Pring did her very besl. and waa in and out of his room every minute, and very often, it seemed to me, to run him duwn when I,-- de- served it not. on nuriHMe, that I might lie started to run dim up. But nothing of !. ..i wort told at all. according to h.-i intention I kept ui.vitelf very much lo myself, feeling that my nature waa too kind, and asking, at some little i|iu-iion of is-havior. what sort of re- turns my father had obtained for sup- wing other people as go.id as himself. Moreover, it seemed an impoasihle thing that such a brave warrior, and a rich man. Urn for his father. Sir Geof- frey, was in full possession now of all the great property that lielonged by right to u.s lhat an officer who should have lieen in command of this fine ex- pedition, if be had bis dues, could I* either the worse or the lietler of his wound, according to bis glimpses of s simple maid like me. It was i nut lens for Deborah Priny. or even Dr Cut- cliffe Lane himself lo go on as tbeV did niton) love at first sight, and Ibe n-iiig of the heart when i he rifw were broken, and a quantity of other stuff too fooliab to repeat. " I am neither a plaster nor a poultice," I replied to nn - self, for I would not I* too cross to 'hem and. l-yond a little peep at him every afternoon, I kept out of sigbl of Cant. Purvis But these things made it very hard for me to be quite sure bow to conduct nu.self. without father and mother to helii me, and with Mistress Pring. who bad always lieen such a landmark, be- ng no more t ban a vane for t he wind lo blow upon as it listed; or. per- nans. as she listed to go with it. And reiueuiliering bow she used lo speak of Ibe people who had ousled us. I told her lhat I could not make it out. Things were in this condition, and Capt. I'ur- vls. as it seemed In me. quite lit lo go and make war again upon some of hia Majesty's subjects, when a thing, alto- get her oul of reason, or even of civiliz- ation, happened; and |*x>pl- who live in lawful parts will accuse me of caring too little lor Ibe truth Hut even lie- fore that came about, something less unreasonable but still unexpected be- fell me. To wit: I recMvexl through Misi less Pring an offer of marriage, im- mediate and pressing, from Capt. An- ili"i,\ Purvis! He must have Iwen sad- It confused by ihii blow on his heart I o think mine so tender, or that this was Mi- way to deal with it. though later ex- planations proved that Deliorah. if she hid Iwen just, would have taken the whole reproach u|x.n herself. The Cap- taiu could scarcely have seen me. I I*- li'-ve. more than half a dozen times to speak of; and generally he had shut his eyes, g.-ntle as i hey were and beautiful. not only to mak>- me feel less afraid, but lo fill me wi'h pity for his weak i.c.s.s Having no knowledge of mankind vet. I was touched lo I lie brink of tears al fust, until when the Irav came <>ui of his room soon after one of the.se piti- ful moments it wus plain to Ihe yoiing- st comprehension tint the .sick man had left very little u|N>n a shoulder of K\mor mutton and nothing in a Uiwl of thick union sauce. I 01 that I would i,- lh" list to blame him. and. U-ing his hostess. I was glad ' find H s, l!ut DeNirah played a iiio-t doiil,|e-minded part ; leading him to believe Hut now she was father and mother in one lo me. while to me she went on as if I was mist headstrong and certain lo go againsl anything she said, though for her part she never said un thing Nevertheless he made a great <K>>. as men always do. about our w.i.s and having some sense of what is i i -hi I siid. " Let me bear no more of ('apt. Purvis." This forced him to Inave us; which he might have done, for aught I could see to the contrary, a full week liefore he departed. He liehaved very well when h" said good-by for I could not deny him that occasion and |ierhaps. if he had not assured me so much of his ever- listing grill itude I sh >uld have fell Mirer of deserving Perhaps 1 was a little dlssppointeo mio, had he express- ed no anxiety al leaving our cottage so much at the mercy of turbulent and trlumpbs.Ol outlaws. Hut it was not for me to speak of thai; and when I knew the reason of his silenof it re- sounded tenfold to his credit Not lung however, vexed me so much as what Dciiorah I'ring said afterward that, he could not help feeling in the sadness of his heart that I bad U-haved in lhat manner to him just because his father was in |NMse.ssioi'i nf our rightful home and property. I was not so small as that ; and if he did suppoae it then- niusi have been some fault on my part. lot his nature was g.cid to everr>H,d\ and iH-rhaps all t h lieller for not ,le- '.ng through I.KI mini high gen erat ions There Is nothing more strange than the way tilings work in the mind of a \v, ,111111 when left alone. I., do,i!,i about her own Ix-havior. Wilh ni"ii i' .l\ It- so cruel be.-'iuse I lic\ c.i i \Jt c.rt Min-e themselves that thej did Uieir Inwt ; a,nd if it fail lhc\ ,,,, throw the fault upon Providence or bad luck, or something outside their own l>wer Bui rt^ swiii always to be denied this happy style of thinking, and cannot put aside what comes into our hearts more quickly and has l*ss stir of outward things to lead it away and 'o brighten it. So lhat I fell into sad, low spirits ; and the glory of the year <>gan lo wane, and the forest grew more and more lonesome (To Be Continued.) THE LATEST FROM PITCAirtN. A W.iu , *i,n. r ,. ibr Island U a rra <IU>- Brppru 411 Wrll Ibrrr. When the British ship Comliebank sailed from Portland, Ore., last winter, bound for Kngland, Capt. Smith carried with him a Urge quantity of clothing, books, hardware, etc., for Ibe lonely Pitcairn Islanders. These were oollecl- ed by Dr. H. B. Knight, of Portland, from merchants and others who take an interest in the inhabitants of Pit- cairn. The Comliebank reached Eng- land a short time ago. and Capt. Smith has written Dr. Knight an account of t he passage, enclosing a letter from Mrs. Smith, who accompanied her husband on the voyage, describing the visit to the island. Mrs. Smith writes: "In true jack tar fashion I climbed down ine aide of Ibe Comliebank and landed wilhout mishap in the inlanders' boat, which leaked like a basket. There were ten men in the boat, and I enjoy- ed the row of Iwo miles to the island. When we neared the shore the surf was very rough, washing on the rocks, and it looked to me a rather dangerous undertaking to try to take so frail a craft aa their boat into watera so furi- ous. But not Ii ing happened to me worse than a little welling, which I scarcely noticed at i lie lime, and enlirely forgot when one of the natives picked me up in his arms and carried me onto the beach, the lioal not being close enough to allow me to step out of it on dry land. "The Islanders bad been watching the boat returning, and. seeing a lady in it. sent a receplion committee to bid me welcome. It consisted of one barKiuotC'* dam-wl. with a bunch of flowers, and several small children ranging in years from 2 lo 6. They, loo, preaenled flow- ers, which had lieen plucked by the wayside as they hastened to welcome me. Aa soon as the first greetings were over the girl took my arm and as- sisted me to climb a very sleep hill up to the set Dement. "The air wa very heavy wilh Ihe per- fume of beauliful flowers and orange ! Id.,- soin.s. Cultivated flowers are in great profusion all over the island, and I oranges, lemons, limes, cocoanut. guava. and bread fruit trees grow in one great mass, no attempt being made to keep them separate. The island Is dividrd into avenues, which are, beautifully clean, no leaves or twigs to be seen on them, which is quite noticeable to a stranger, swing there is so much foli- age THK HKAD MAN. Mr McCoy, who keeps the lines of goT- , eminent in his owu hamLs. and the is- | landers |,k up to him as their adviser and director has the avenues swept every Friday, the work being done by the children. "There are only 130 souls on Ibe is- ,in I al ptcsenl. two-thirds of these being children The islanders rise in lie morning at 6 o'clock, when the lab- >rs of the (lay commence wilh Ihe ring- ing of the church bell, and all hands as- semble lo ask the Supreme Kuler for a Messing on the labor of the day. They lartake of their frugal meals and then labor until noon in building houses or whatever may lie to do for the good of :he island. Then from labor to re- freshment for one hour, when all hamls n> to school men. women, and childre.n until 4 p. m. Then two hours are de- voted lo cultivating their portion of land. They grow Irish potatoes, sweet ones, pumpkins, beets, lans. arrowroot, iiions. letluce. etc. 1 also saw pine- l| [ile "1 saw the graves of John Adams and In- wife John has a headstone, hia wife none. She departed from all labors if an earthly nature some years ere lobn was called upon to go aloft, and, according to the d.-ite.s on the stone, he IIB.S now be-n dead seventy-five years. A new school house was in course of erec- tion at the time of my viail. and Ibey were at a standstill for naila, so our ar- rival with the keg of assorted sizes was |,i,,\ idenlial. I dined at the McC..\s' Dou.se on chicken soup and stewed chick- en nicely cooked, with rice and loma- tis, bread fruit, sweel potatoes, lemon ade. and orange*. I forgot lo say they cullivale sugar cane, and I saw an old woman boiling a large caldron of syrup and al dinner had some of it. "My three hours on the island came to an end all too soon. 1 would have lingered longer, and I left it wilh re- gret. The whole populalion escorled me lo the boat. Many of them kissed me farewell and told me to soon return. and if I would only stay they v.-^uld keep me for a year or until such time as the ship relumed. Time being up for me to return, 1 waa again carried inlo the boal and was safely landed on board my floating home. And so ended a t reat never lo be forgot ten so long as memory lasls. U is a paradise on earth wilhout a doubl. and I envy them their perfect lives of harmony and the peace- ful ipiiel that ever surrounds their iso- lated dwelling." A New German Varnish. A varnish has lieen patented in Ger- many for foundry patterns and machin- ery which, it is claimed, dries as aoon as it is put i >n. gives the pattern a smooth surface, thus insuring an easy slip of the mold, and which prevents Ihe patterns from warping, shrinking or swelling, and it ia quite iinperviou to m, list lire The varnish is prepared in the following manner: Thirty |M>unds of shellac, 10 pounds manilla copal and 10 pound-* of Kanziliar copal are placed in a vessel which is lient.il externally t>\ steam and stirred up during four to six hours. One hundred and fifty parts of the finest potato spirit are added, and the whole is hnated for four hours to 870 degrees Centigrade. This liquid is dyed by the addition of orange color, and can thn lie used for painting the patterns. When used for painting and glazing machinery it tvmsisls of S", pounds of sh-'llic .', i- MIII. Is of Manilla c 'l"l Ml pound* of /iiizibar copal of 151) [-omuls of spirits WORLD'S RIVERS Kmr lint-. 4iMi.i tiral asnl titolarl* Ivor* whin. i., f lauresl * The Tigris is 1,180 miles long. The Tiber is only 230 miles long". The world-famous Oronles is only 240 miles long. I IK- Xambeze. in Sou'h Afric* is 1.800 in lenirt h. Slow rher, (low at the rate of three to seven miles an hour. Kvery ancient city of note was located on or near the sea or a river. The Hudson Hiver, from its mouth to the lakes, is 400 miles in length. I or over 1.200 miles the NUe doea not receive a single tribulary stream. The Uangws is 1..V70 miles long and drains on area of 750.000 square miles. The. Mississippi and its tributaries drain an area 01 2,000.000 square miles. The Idver Jordan his its origin in one of the largest springs in the world. The branches of the Mississippi have an aggregate length of 15.000 miles. The Irtish, in Siberia, is 2.200 miles in length, and drains 6UO.OUU rnilea of terri- tory. The most extensive protective river works in Kurope are st tbs mouth ol the, Danube. The Nile, from its delta to the great lakes of Central Africa, is over 4.000 miles in length. During a single flood of the Yang-tse- Kiany. m China. 6.00.000 persons were drowned. The Rhine is only 960 miles long, but drains a territory nearly double the *re of Teias. The Thames of England is 220 miles long. The river of the saiue name in Canada is 100. The Potomac River is inly 500 miles long, and in its lower course is rather am estuary than a slream. The Mississippi, at the point where it flows oul of l^ake lloska, is 11) feel wide and 18 inches deep. The Columbia River of Canada is 1.400 miles in length ; the slream of the same name in Oregon is 600. Tbe liniLsb Islands are better pro- vided with rivers than any other coun- try of 'be same sue on the globe. Tbe Euphrates is termed in the Kasl "The ftuyal Itiver." from the fact that 672 kings have reigned on its banks. The Seine is 470 miles in length, and during the lower part of its course fre- quently attains a width of a mile. Tbe Hiver Dee in Scotland has bad more poems written in its honor than any other stream on the British Isle. Australia has no rivers of any conse- quence. The interior of this vast con- tinent ia almost destitute of water. Tbe AppsJacbioola River, in Florida, U only 100 miten long, but it has a name out of all proportion to iu length. All the rivers which flow into tbs Arctic Ooekn are frozen solidly to the bottom during ai>out six months in every year. Tbe Parana, of lirazil and Argentine, ia 2,200 miles in lengtti. and after the Amazon is the largest river in South America. Tbe Orinoco is only 1.600 miles in length, but is much larger than might be supposed, owing lo Ihe heavy rains of Ihe tropics. The Amazon is 3.944 miles in lengiTi. rising within seventy miles of Ibe Paci- fic Oician and flowing clear across the continent. Tbe Amoor, the great slream of China and .Siberia, ia 1.3<Kl rnilea in l.-ugt h. hul for nearly nine inonlba in the year is ice-bound. Tbe lloangbo, or Yellow River, of China, is 2, 800 miles in length and drains a territory equal to one-third the area of the r mted States. Tbe Yang-tae-Kiaug Itiver of Chins is 9,000 miles long, and navigable for good-sized vessels for more than two- thirds of that distance. Tbe Volga is tbe great river of Rus- sia, having a length of 2.300 miles and draining nearly one-half Ihe Kuropean dominions of the Czar. Tbe St. Lawrence River is only 775 miles long, but U tbe lake system he al-,, ia!.. n inlo account its total length will exceed 2.0UO miles. Tbe San Kranciaro. a river of Brazil. ia 1.400 miles in length, and was so call- ed because il waa discovered on Ihe feasl day of St. Francis. Tbe Mackenzie, tbe principal river of the Dominion, la 2.500 miles in length and Irani* an area equal lo one-half of Ihe United States. The Euphrates is 1,780 miles in length. Most of its lower course U through a sandy desert, and for several hundred miles il lias no Iribularies. Tbe ancient historians say that over 1,000 miles of the Lower Nile were pro- tected by artificial embankments and other works of engineering skill. Tbe Itiver Thames at London is from quarter lo a half mile w ide. bul bean on its bosom more, commerce than any other slream in Ibe world. The Indus, Ibe second sacred river of India, is 1.700 miles long Its watera have always been consiilered almost aa holy as those of I tie Ganges. Kiver water purifies itself. A few miles below a large city no iraoe of im- pure mailer can be found in the walera of a river into which its sewers empty. The word menader comes from tbe river of the same name, whose course WB.S so devious thai it furnished nearly every modern language with a new word. The floods of the Nile are so regular in their coming that fur hundreds of years they have not varied len days in the date for their arrival at a given point. A German authority states that from the mouth to tbe source of the Rhine 725 castles, formerly the homes of war- like chiefs, are to be found overlooking its waters. Somewhat SneouraffTn*,. No. Clara, I don't know w h<-n 1 shall be earning enough to ask ynu to share it The prospect Is discouraging. At present I couldn't buy butter lo put on our bread. Do you know, tie.uge. that's so funny. I iton't really care for butter not so very much. Accidents Will Happen Waiter, I found an oyster in oyster soup. U sh-xll not happen agrln sir. th!* .