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^ Paps from FafsonPaflett'sDiafi January 6, 1667.â€" Forth to Brack- mmster, by appointment, to meet -with the bishop, whn bath given me the liv- ing of 6t«rnax, newly vacated. His lordship very courteous and did offer to lodge me that ni^ht. But I was anxious for Dorothy, she being all alone, and did think of it the more that 'tia no'* two yeajs to that very day that he. dear mother did leave me a widower, ti jny unceajjing sorrow. Yet the good bishop would have me, at the leaai, dine with him and did hasten the meal for my greater expe- dition. A good dinner of roast pullet and aucking pig, but i have draok bet- ter wine. I was a *., I fear me, tJui good company I generally be In Sternax pariah, as my lurd bishop did privily inform me, there be a man of strange life and beliavior, albeit of good substance and position, one Sir Ralph Brant, whom Mr. Thorp, the former parson, n>>w dead of tiua jaun- dice, did aver regard as a thorn in Ibis flesh On my asking wherein he did more partiealaj'ly offend, "Nay, that," quotb Um bishop, "I cannot precisely tell. But iSg. Thorp did ever complain of htm as » pacTMi man wibo did set a bad •xample to the parish, nor would ao- cept bia pastor's guidaince in the mat- tar of almsgiving. Yet 1 am bound to â- ay that my nephew, who did meet with this s€une Sir Ralph io fioreign parts ere he eajne into his inheritance at Sternax, ever spake loudly in bis praise, as a most excellent good young man and a valiant. And 'twixt you •nd me. Mi. Farlett, your predecessor, tbou^b a worthy man and a pious, was granting in discernment." I was a little downcast at the thought of so contrary a parisbioner, which the bishop parceivlns did lay his band kindly on my shoulder. "Be of good cheerl" said be. "What though the moo be an odd fisbt 'Twill be tor you to an^Ie lor blm and draw kim to land by virtue of your officel" Thence, parting from the bishop with his blessinc, to the White Hiart Tav- •m, where I bad bestowed nay nag, and whence I did homeward wend me in company of Mr. Thirupton, of my parish, whom, beinc originally from fiteraaz way, I did cautiously sound as to Sir Balpib Branit. " Tts a man," quoth be, "I have sever seen, but bare heard atrangv things o/ would (ill a book. Whereupon he, being a merry man and of a pretty enough wit, did, to my great content, fall to beguile the way with talk ot this Sir Ralph. 1 will briefly set down one or two things be did tell me. Some three years a«o. Sir Ralph be- hig but newly come to Sternax, a couple of footpads, bold knaves, did •top several that journeyed that way, Isaving them ever the poorer for the oteeting. At length the rascals did wax so impudent as to strip a wealthy (raiicr to the skin and then truss him like a fowl to a stake passed under his bent thighs, and wao found next morn- ing under a hedge well-nigh perished with cold. Now Sir Ralph, when he beard it. did disguise him with a mook white beard, and bowing his shoulders did shape himself as un o^ted man, and leaninjc on a cruitch did go that way of a moonlit ni^ht. Up to him the two luffians and did jeer him, and were for treaiinc him like the rest, when he out with a sitouit cudgol from, under bis cloak, and. beintf a marveiloua strong mas, did trounce them both and tie t^em back to back. .tVnd ihe end was they were lodged in Brackuunaler jail. Where the grazier did swear to them and were both hanged. Here be another tale. Sir Ralph did chance to be passln^f through Sternax Tillage one day, when he heard words between a wulow woman and her grown son. The mother waa enlreat- ig iter son to tuiru the duug-heap aside Irom her cowhouse door lest she should soil her skirts going to uiilk. "And think ye 1 be going to soli my kinds with the dirty workf' cried the •ulky lout Dp steps Sir Ralph. "Yes, my man." quoih ho quietly, "and noi, only so. but you'll waah the stones for a P^tth for your mother when all is done. Which the maiu did a<i meek as a lamb, under the sbaduw of Six Ralph's sapling staff. 'And now for your pay," said Sir Raluh. with a queeir suuie, "follow me. And tihe rustic follo^ved him, not knowing what to think, illl they got out of sight and ken of all men into the heart oif Sternax C'ummua, where Sir Ralph did baste him right heartily with his oaken stick. 'And now be off and be a good son to yoar mother, or there'll be another pay>-ilfty." Ami from thitt day no saint could keep the fifth comjnandment better tdiaa did Toby Sikes. At wbluh hearing it did seem strange to me If Sir Rn.lph were not the best beloved man of that country-side. "Nay," quoth Air. Thrupton, "'tis not so. Kor he bath a strange twist of temper and consorleth but little with his fellowmjen. Nor will he brook in- trusion on bis privacy and delestetb to •e« II stranger on his domain. As to womankind, he doth so abhor it (des- pite bi3 goodness to the vilkige wid- ow) n.s he will have all his buusehold work done by men, nor will even have a female wa.sh his clothes, but the gardener must do It; slovenly, no doubt, but of tluit his master reclteth little. There be ruunors that, being once cross- ed in love, it bath soured the ma.n. HowevevT this may be, he is, though youug and comely and of a most dis- tinguisihed presence, of so grim and â- tern a mien that men fear more than U»y love him" "And is he sound for Phurch and king?" Mr. Thrupton laughe<l right merrily. "Why, for augiht I know^, and so he may be! But he bath deserted Sternax Chur<:h since his quarrel with Parson Thorp a year ago last Martliuuai}. This was how it befell :â€" "There was little love betwixt the two, and the parson had been reproach- ing hixn for laxity In cJwiix'hgoing, be- ing perchance secretly vexed that when he did conxe he ever fell asleep at the aermon. But one Lerd's Day Sir Ralph did not Hluinlier thereat, for the discourse was discharged full at his head. He heard hiiuself likened to moudy Saul vexed with an evil spirit, and hurling javelin.i of despite at the David of tne puJpit who would fain have harped to bun the soothing mel- ody of true doct.rine and sound advice. And all in an pointed a manner as to draw the stare of the congregation n^n him. And Sir Ralph did sit on with folded arms like to a stone figure. But when the jrreacher went on to compare him with Nebuchadnezzar, driven for his sins to a lonely life far from the haunts of men and eating n-ass as oxen ('twras another craze oc Sir Ralph's never to eat butcher's meat), up he got and ^va8 walking out of the church, holding himself mighty stiff and straight, when a fat and wheezy old dog of the parson's which was wont to lie on the steps of the pulpiit did come to meet him, wagging its stump of a tall. The wrathful man did raise his foot in act to kick, hat did oX a sudden ohajigie bis mind and did pat It on the bacjc instead. LordI how I should have loved to bave seen It alll" I could not help but join in Mr. Thrupton's merriment; yet was 1 inly grieved as well for Mr. Thurp as for Sir Ralph; good men both, yet blind to one another's virtues and seeing only one another's deteots. That mat- ter of the dog should have healed their feud. January 9.â€" Did arrive home and found Dorothy, to my joy. In good health and ol gay spirits, and did rally me on my good fare ait the bishop's, which was better, she would have me note, than the Apostles'. But I, too, was in pleasant mood, and made answer that they dined off fish fresh cauglit, which was a tit-bit Brackminster, being Inland, knew nought ot, whereat she did break into merry laughter, whi<:h was music to mine ears. She be vastly handsome, my Dor- othy, and lignt-hearied withal, as a thrush in the coppice on a summer's day. April 10.â€" We are arrived at our new home and find the house but a sorry one. Yet is the garden maxvellous pretty, with yew-tree hedges cunningly trimmed sad many sunny nooks wherein to sit â€" a thing to which my predecessor was more given than most of his coat, being a sickly man and aver of a great languor In hot weather. Dorothy and I be already drawing plcits uf alterations in the house whicti, methinks, wUl b« for the better and, doubtiess, more to my daugtuter's lik- ing. Air. Thorp having been uiunarriad, so that leas did con tent huu. Nor wUl Dorothy i»ve me forgwt mine own comfort, but iMith herself devised a room for n^ books and to compose my discourses, which pleuseth me vastly. And shie bath muireovar planned loir me a bowling alley in the garden April 12. â€" I liB.ve to-day seen, but from a distance only. Stark Hall, the abode of Sir Kalph Brant, who, 1 find, owneth the bulk of this and other par- ishes hereabout; a fine bouse, but of an appearance most forbidding for the neglect in shows. April !fl»â€" Tis strange how Sir Ralph oomes not to church. It cannot be that he hath heard my seruions 111 reported of, for the people, and notably the younger men, do flock to the cljurch every Lord's Day. And Mr. fiullamy, the churchwarden, tells me 'twas but a thin congregation in Parson Thorps time â€" the main old women and chil- dren, and for the most part sad. and â- orry sermons. But Sir Raiiih I have not yet seen, nor hath he made me welcome. Now my Lord Trujrfit, in my last parish, was ever csjreful to do every- thing for my content, and was wont to show me great civilityâ€" vension twice a year and a runlet of his beat <wine every Christmasâ€" so that Sir Ralphs coldness Irketh the more. Yet would 1 not judge him hastily. Perchance he be warped of some trou- ble beyond the common. May 3.â€" Dorothy, God bless her! be growing into mucn favor in the parish By reason of her kind heart and win- ning ways, and is already known and love<l of all my poor people. And tn sooth the maid be a passing sweet maid and the apple of mine eye. Mayl5.â€" Am newly come from the village, where be taJes that Sir Ralph is wont to set majt-traus and such-like heathenish engines in his woods, which I be loth to credit and so ba Dorothy. June 15. â€" Since my last writing things so strange have befallen that, in the telling thereof, I deem them wor- thy of more fulness and precision than is my wont. 'Twos nine o'clock at night on May 19, when, after we bad supped, a knock came at my door, that Farmer Thrib- ble, of Uebbleston. was-took of a sud- den worse and would faiu see me. "Alack, poor soul!" cries Dorothy, "'tis he of whoau 1 heaj-d ye.'iterday. Dame Pbwlett would have it he bath been ailing ever since his ague!" And she did hasten to fet<:h me my warm cloak for fear of the night air. The messenger, a raw country Tad, did guide me to the farm, which, being on the uttermost border of the parish, I had not hitherto visited. (To Be Continued.) ITALY'S GENTLE QUEEN. Some time ago the Queen of Italy asked a little girl to knit her a pair of silk miittenB for her birthday, giv- ing her the money for the material. A pair of beautifully ^vxirked mitte'nB arrived oni the Queen's birthday. The little girl received in return another pair ; oniu miitten contained lires, the other bonbons. Queen Marguerite in- closed a little note, saying: "Tell me, my dear child, wihich you like best." Tihe reply ran sls follows: "Deiare'rti QueeJi â€" Your presents have made me shed tnanij; tears. Papa took the mittens with the money ; my brother had the bonibons." THE COCOS KLAND GOLD. AN EXPEDITION TO SEER BURIED TREASURE IN THE PACIFIC. <'apl. «aald Kaaws Wbcra a raiuaiu HuanI Is Hlitdra ai>a Han PernHatled #omr I.acdisl)lM-rft le Adfauce tltr Noury He Weedn-A I'apv BreloB Nan'* Adveutam' For many years the Captains who sail the Pacific Ocean and the adven- turous folk who go with t.hefo or listen to their tales ashore bave talked and schemed and dreamed about the Cocos Island and its buried treasure. The men of the sea ali know, and they have convinced many landlubbers, besides, iJiat there is much treasure buried in Cocos Island. Many an expedition has been planned to go there In searohl of it, but it is one thing to plan an ex- pedition to go in searob of burled treas- ure and quite anottber to get up the next morning, and put hard-earned cash into tibe Bchome. So the sea follk have talked, the land-lubbers with money have listened and believed, and the ex- peditions have soome to naught, and the treasure still waits in Cocos Island. But next weeb an expedition is really going to start from 'Victoria, B. C, in seercih of it, and is pledged not to re- turn until the treasure is found; or ev- ery foot of ground on Cocos Island lias been turned upside down. The scheme bos been directed by Capt. Gould, who has persuaded half a dozen men or more, to put up ysOtV eaoh into the expedition. 'Be has chartered the schooner Aurora, and wiiU take with hiim several other sea captains whose faith In the bujried treasure ot Cocos Island is as dauntless as his own. They have no doubt tbat they wiill b^ able to find it at once, because tlhey bave CHARTS AND MAPS of the island wbiob show exactly where tie treasure is buried and how to reach i*^^diarts made by the only man who has ever been in the island and found the treasure. He was a sea Captain from Cape Bre- ton, who owned a little trading schoon- er, and ran along the coast of South Amerioo and 3£exloo. In one of his trips be heard of the treasure and after studying over the matter for a voyage or two, conclnded tlhat he was just the man to find it if anybody coold. -6o the next time be left port ha cleared ostensibly for a trading voyage, but as aoon as he was out of sight of land turned the bow of his schooner toward t?he golden island of his dreams. And after he had saifled and sailed far down toward (he equator, he found the gold- ma island and tlbe golden treasure, too. But be was a prudent man, was the Cape Breton sea Captain, and be knew fhat his little schooner was none too seaworthy. And be figured the matter out that if be took a little of the treas- ure he could go hack to San 'Francisco, get a much (letter oraft, and return for the rest of It. But if he took it all and his ship should happen to go to the bottom of the aea. that woujld he the end of the trea.siire. So he took on board only enough Ito carry out his scheme, and started for home. And sure enoujrh ho the lale.s of the sea folk all .say. nn the third night from Cocos Island ilhere camo a sudden storm no furious that the ship was driven f.xr out ot her course. And in the middle ot the night be heordi the roar of breakeTw and felt, t he crash of ja«CKed rocks through the rotten hull of his little .^h'p. All night long the storm ra«»d and the waves rolled over the vessel as she poiinded on the rocks. The next raorning a'l on board had been drowned except the Captain and two others. The schooner had struck on the outlying rocks ot a small iolnnd, from which the natives soon cam# out in Rniall boats an<l toolt the Captain and his two comrades ashore. THEY LOOTED EVERYTHING the waves had left on the schooner and took from the men everything they pos- sessed, even to Hieir last stitch of cloth- ing. The thr^e were subjected to such brutal treiitm^nt that the two seamen Hied after a few weeks, and t.he Cap- tain, in fin.al desperation, stole a small boat one n'ght and started alone oat upon the PJu'ific Ocean. HV? put up a : STTia'l sail and took advantage of wh.at 'wind there was and he rowed for all I bis Iron muscles were worth, and at the I enii of the secoml day he made a land- I ing on a small nniiihahited i."Iand.wb<»re ' be rested tor a few d.iy.s, replenished I his tiny stook of w.iter from a .spring. land gathered some edible fruits and 1 roots. Then, dnnntless .soul that he was, he took to the -seo agaim' in his ' mna'l boat. After ten da.vs of thirst and hunaer 'and blood-hollin!? heiit and lirain-wiih- pritig soli'tude he was picked up bv a sailing vessoj boiin'l for London. Down alKiut the Horn that sbiip was wrecked, and the Cape Breton Capta'm a second time endured the horrors ot the open spa in an open boat. Hut the survivors were picked up. and a' last, by wa.v of half a dozen ports. h° reached his i home in Cape Rreton too much broken | iin t>ot'h body and mind ever to tread i tlie' decks ot a .ship again. The few remaining years ot hi.s life | J«e spell* in making m.'MW and I'h.art.s ] (•most minute in their details and dir- *<:(t ions) ot Cocos Island .xnd its liuried xold. Capt. Goiild. who has been very friendly with him in former years went to .se^ Wm one day a few years ngo and *iad the whole story from the old man's lips and from Ws hand t.he maps and rhart.s of the island. Capt. Gould engaged to do everything he could to find the trea-siire and to sbarn with the wrecked Captivin whatever was found. But liad lucik bef'>ll hi'm before he reach- ed the P.acific coast, and hei had neither Banney nor ship for I hie scheme. .Since then he has been shippimg as he could and doing Ji'S liest lo induce men with money to help him in his venture. He ha.s at: last succeeded, Init the Cape Bre- ton Captain died two months ago in his home and the Cocos Island gold is not for hiBi. 'But whether or not Capt. douild and the sohooDer Aurora find what they are going for, the expedi- tion wl.l at least settle the most wide- ly believed tale of buried treasure that is talked about in all the regions wash- ed by the Pacific Ocean. AN ARABIAN WEDDING The tttorser Hex Excladnl (ram lb« Reaur •r Ike Brkleâ€" a rreUr aad Inleresllng Bveui. Tihe {oUowinjg extract from the let- ter of a gir in Cairo describes an Ara- bian wedding which the writer was permitted to witness as one of a small party ol favored guests: At 8 o'clock in the morning our Ara- gonlan, who, by the way, is a fascin- ating and picturesque fellow, well supplied with letters of recommenida- tion from many famous people, met us at the door of our hotel with three enormous Ijouquets. Arriving at a very narrow street, we proceeded a short distance on foot under red rags, striped awnings, and lanterns which were stretched over our heads the length of the street. The round was sprinkled with sand, and along the sides ot tJie houses were seats provid- ed for the men, as none of the sterner sex were allowed in the room or house of the bride. We, the women mount- ed three flights of stairs, and found ourselves in a large room filled with Arabian women of various classes, also some (Grecian and Turkish women. These were arrayed in many-colored garments, pink siilk scarfs, gold em- broidered jackets, blue plush and wool stuffs, combinations I cannot begin to describe. The women gathered around us and led us to the divan arranged for the bride, seating the oldest in the party in the middle, while the rest of us were given seats on either side. We renuxnet rated, but they assured us that the bride could sit upon a chair. We were great curiosities to them, ap- parently, and we certainly enjoyed the novelty of our position, in their sim- ple way they showed us great hospi- tality. The approach of the bride was heralded by a moelt conglomerate lot of howlinB women and children, play- ing tomtoms, tambourines and native inutruments anything but musical. We arose to resign our seats of honor in favor uf the bride and her attendants, but she iniilsted that we two remain on either side of her, while she occu- pied the middle seat just vacated by one of the party, and so we sat through all the howling and banging, the push- ing and jostling of these hall-civUlzed creatures. After every one bad seen the bride an enormous woman laden with jewelery and golden chains, be- gan to howl and hammer on a tam- bourine, then the guests threw coin into the bride's cap while the women howled and made other hideous noises. After this the guests began to mingle with one another, and we found some who spoke a little English, .some French and some Italian. Finally a very intelligent Greek woman rook us in oharge ; she was quite a linguist, and we were enaLiled to appreciate what we had seen after her explana- tions. I'hi'u came the refreshments, and we had to eat little cakes and big cakes, ail shapes and flavors, and last one awful affair of some kind soaked in wine. This was the end of the bride's part of the entertainment. We went down stairs to join the men of our party, and there met a very jolly old priest, who hi>d been in London and Paris, spuku good French, and who in- terested OS very muoh. He it was who was to perform the cpremona"- The man we had nut yet seen, Init we were soon presented to him, with his at- tendants, who were parading up and down tjjis Inclosed street, preceded by an Egyptian band. We presented him with out two remaiuing liouquet.s, hav- ing left one with his l5-yeur-old bride. Again we all went upstairs, and saw the groom lift the veil of the bride, supposed to l>e the first sight of her fair countenance. This was the ninth and last day oi tJiis wedding perfoi^ manoe, and tihe most im|)ortant one, for they were at laal duly tied liy the old priest, and went ho'me by morning light. It was a weird performance. I'hrough it all they showed us. the only Europeans present, great re- spect, and in good English said they hoped we had had a pleasant time anil were glad thai we came. On the foilowing day, Friday, we were taken lo .see the famous Whirl- ing Dervijshes. Fridiiy, one must liear in mind is the Mohammedan Sunday, and an eventful ilay. The court siir- rounding the arena in which this weird ami uncanny perfuriiiaiice takes place hoJds alxiut 5(11) persons, and it was filled with, all scri-s and conditions of people. Americans and English, the predominating elemeni. .Soon after we entered the court the whirlers made Ihifir appearance, dressed In short •white skirls and uu their heads the funniest looking chimney jiou hats. .\fter marching arirund and around for fifteen or twenty minutes to the hid- ooiM unise of a Ijand composed uf tom- toms, tambourim-s and some win<l iu- striiuients, they began to whirl, and they whirled iiuJil it seemed to us to whom the sight was new that we must cry out to them to cease. The sight was positiveJy maddening. After fif- teen minutes of constant whirling they dropped to the ground from sheer exhaustion, apparently. It appears, however, that thi.s jiart of the pro- gramme is for effect entirely. From this place we drove to hear the "Ilowler.s," quite as famous as t^e "Whirlers," who were a horrid lot of healthy, lusty men, simply bawling and making as much noise as possible in a most unplea^wnt manner which gave one the "creeps." One old fellow kept it up uu* U he had hysterics and froth- ed at the mouth. So much for the uncanny sights we s-iw this Ijeautiful day in January with the sky as l>lue as turquoise and the air as balmy a.s June. Later in the day our dragotnan took us lo the Isle of Hhoda, near where Mose-s was found by Pharaoh's daughter ; then to Old Cairo, which is indeed quaint and deep- ly interesting to a Coptic church, which It is said, is t>iiilt upon the spot where stood a she/lter for the â- Virgin and Child while they were in Egypt. A SHEATHII& PROPELLER. IT MAY BE VALUABLE FOR YACHTS AND OTHER SMALL GRAFT. Tbe InveBlloB »r m YanlitoBiSB arMr-ollaB4 -It Nay be D*c<l at WUl ar Tkrawa Out of AciluH. John Ferguson, of Scotland, vice-com- modore of t.he Royal Forth Yacht Club, and owner of the famous auttar Pet* ronllla, has invented a propeller whiob can be utilized to give the vessel syeed through the water or be withdraws within tbe hull at a moment's notico The prinoipie is auoh that the new ii^ vention Is equally valuable to large and small craft, whether it fly the yacbf> â-¡lub pennant or the company emblem that floats at the masthead of a trans- atlantic liner. The one great difficulty with which the operation of tbe propeller has been confronted from its earliest day Is tbat in sudden contract with a hard object, the result is likely to be a broken or twisted blade, and that means that tbe vessefl must lie up for repairs until the propeller is in good condition. While such accidents cannot always be avoid- ed it often happens that if it were pos- sible to change the position of tbe pro- peller or withdraw it from the water, it oould be saved from injury. Thi« power is exactly that which MJr. far- guson's Inventions' posseses. gufion's invention possesses. THE FIRST EXPERlilENTS with the sheathing propeller, as it ia called, were carried out on a fishing lioet of aixiut seven tons, yacht mea»- urement. When not in use. the prcK peller is Invisible, as it is housed' In a tube fixed through tbe stern post of the vessel. A movement of an eztendr ing rod, or raiher rods, brought about by the pulling ol a lever in tbe engine room, brings the propeller In position outside of the boat. The blades are stiil featheredâ€" tbat U, they are fold- ed together. The pu.l of a second lever unfolds the blades and places them in position. Now .et the lever tbat gives the propeder motion tie pulled and tbe vessel will at once receive that impetus which forces her through the water. Although it is true that the inven- tion is a>ijustab.e to craft of any sizes it is mure particiu;.arly applicable to yachts and other vessels uf compara- tively small tuunoge. Not only is the sing.e propeller of this sort valuable^ but so long as it is possible to with- draw it into the hull when not in uses propellers can be placed at almost any desired point. Again, it is not a neo- essily to operate '.bese propellers l>y uieans of stium; electricity or oil o( some sort may be utilised to equal ad- vantage. This is one reason why the small craft would be benefited, for It would oftentimes do away with the big engine room force which the modern steam yacht requires, and permit lb* use in its stead of the more DAHNTY ELECTRICAL ENGINE or that which find soil to bei its agent in making the wheels go around. A fact we.l known to all sailor men who have served alioard steam craft i4 that tbe slower a propellor moves, the more ilifflcult the ship becomes to con- trol. It sonietlm.-s happens that a vessel whose engines are not over and alxjve powerfuu gets caught in tbe seaa in such a way that her prope.ler be- iximes useJess. She then loses steerogo way and flops about in the trough of tbe sea and perhaps in the teetbi ot a gale Ijecomes practically helpless. Mr. Kerguson's invvntion renders It poa- sib.e for one of these propellers to be placed on encb side of a boat., as well as at the Hterii. Kqujiped in this way, t would be difficult for a ship to take such a position that some one of the pro|)ellers could not be utilized. There is no objection to the electrical engine. As the propeller may be op- erated by the '.alter as well as the fomv- er, it gives tbe owners of sailing yachts a chance lo have all the benefits which result fnrni proceeding under .sail al- most a.ltogetlier and at the .same time having .sheathed in ihe bull, a pro- peller, tlini in case of a calm willi en- able the vessel lo proceed without the .OSS of tiittie which must otherwi.se fol- low. The propellers for small i-raft are only intended to prouiole a slow rate of speed, but this would lie o great uor- proveuient upon i he unpleasant and en- forced idleness of a calm. FINE HORSES. Emperor Wllllani lias Two Pel t'harcers a B:i.v iinil II i^rn.v. The .stables of Binperor William of Oenuany contain many viilual)le blood- ed horses, but there are two which he jirefers nliove the others. Both are worthy the fancy ot any man, even a king. One is dark color, the other light, and iMiih are splendid specimens uf horseflesh. ' Of the two, tht* Emperor selects the dark horse more frequently. He is a bay charger of good sizeâ€" a deep, rich, liay. wiih a dasb of white aliout the fore foot a.nd sli. I more of the .samo co.oi- above on-.' hind fool. The bay is a fine example of the ideal charger. His biad and neok .are par- ticularly handsome. While full of .spir- it, he is docile and well-manjicred. He is the possessor ot high cour.Tge and shows his high l)reediiig in every line and movement, while the carriage is so fine as tn command the attention of a.l who see him. A striJcing feature ot the bay is the intelligtnce he displa.vs. What has lieen said of many animals, "they can do everything but talk," comes near be- ing t rue about the Emperor's favorite charger. The gray charger is a finely-bred horse, also, with a magnificent" head and neck. Wis manners are good, iind he is of excellent disposition. THE DEITECT' nTHSR ARMOR. Stroing-ininde<l women now aliound. But where is she whose mental weight Disdains the question, so profound. Dear, is my bonnet really 8lr.ai|(ittt