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rss 32133 or o silfiBOH PASS. A Weird " Ie from the Wild West. "'1‘ is Wu 9.0mm of tee Rockies : or the Spirit of s. " ron Pass," should he the .irle of this s ry, but with the marked perv yerseness uf inanimate things the types won't stmd it. They may not objec. right out in meeting, but unless filed down they will steadfastly refuse to enter the headiirss in the order indicated. Bur to the story, which is related by that amisbleand veracious fund of reminiscence, W. i‘ Hart, the geologist, in the summer of 88?. Mr. Hart and two other enthusiastic collectors of specimens were encamped near the lava beds between the headwaters of the Cache de la Poudre Riv- er and North Park. It was a rough, broken region, and we nssons'rs wsisnxess was heightened by to 1 proximity of the cut- er of an extinct volcano, while bare rocks and dead timber were everywhere Toe hope of securing rare formations for their cabinets attracted the gentlemen to the uncanny spot, for every one avorred that Cameron pass was haunted by the spirit of an emigrant s daughter. The poor girl had been driven from camp by her enraged father because she loved not wisely but too well. Joe Shepler, a wellknown mountaineer. who was piloting the party through .the hills, had often seen the ghost, and promised his companions that they should view the strange a parition before returning their homes. esaid the spirit was a thief and ‘ frequently stole food and furniture from the camps of hunters who venturedwithln the' precincts of her uninvitlng domain. At dinner, August 12, 1882, Shepler, who wasa brave man on every occasion, calmly announced that the spirit of Cameron Pass was approaching, and pointed to a strange being which was swiftly movmg toward the camp. The marauder came to within 500 yards of the men, and, seizing a haunch of venison which had been placed on a stone, started away with it on a dead run. Hart picked up his rifle, and, calling upon his mates to follow, started in pursuit of the thief. She-they were sure 15 was awomsn LED TIIBM A Liver Baas directly toward the lava beds. Being close- presssd, the hunted creature dropped the meat and sped onward to the opening of a cave. The pursuers entered the cavern on the heels of the strange robber and foundâ€"- the warm body of a dead woman. The fright and exertion had killed her. _ 'l‘he corpse was that of a girl perhaps 20 years of age. Her only clothing was a rude gown fashioned of skins. Her hair was very long, and she was sunburnt and bare- footed. The remains were buried decently. An exploration of the cave disclosed the fact that it had for some .time been used as a habitation by the alleged spirit. The ground was covered with bones, and al- though there wore cooking utensils about, it was evident that they had never been used. The unfortunate girl had subsisted on stol- en meat aud roots and leaves. She had dried meat for winter use. For several years the wild girl was thought to be a veritable spirit. Usually the visited camps at the close of a long summer,day, and itis small wonder that hunters fled at her approach. Babies of the World. 0 It has been comoutn'i that between 36,- 000,000 and 37,000,000 of babies are born into the world each year. The rate of pro- duction is therefore, about seventy a~miunte, or rather more thanjone for every beat of the clock. With the one a.miuute calculation every reader is familar, but it is non every bne who stops to calculate what this means when it comes to a year's supply. And it will probably, therefore. startle a good many rsous to find on the authority of a writer fifths hospital that could the infants of a year be ranged in a line in cradles seven deep they would go round the globe. We have the ingenious conclusion also that sup- posing the little ones to grow up and the sexes to be about equally divided, we would have an army a hundred times as large as the forces of the British Empire, with a wife in addition to every soldier. The same writer looks at the matter in a still more pictur- esquelight. He imagines the babies being carried past a given point in their mothers’ charge one by one, and the procession being kept up continuously night and day until the last comer in the twelvemouth has pass- ed by. A sufficiently liberal rate of speed is allowed, but even with these babies in- arms going past twenty a minute, the re« viewing “- .er would only have seen a sixth part of tho infantine host filo onward by the time he had been a year at his post. In other words, the babe that had to be carried when the work began would be able to wad- dle onward itself when a mere fraction of its comrades had reached the saluting post; and when the year's supply of babies was tapering to a close, there would be a rear guard not of infants, but of romping boys and girls. They would have passed, in fact, out of the maternal arms into the hands of the school teacher. Every moment of nearly seven years would be required to complete this grand parade of those little ones that, in the course of a twnlvemcnth, begin to play their part in the first age of man. -[Lseds Mercury. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-.â€"â€"â€"_ Marriage by Surprise. An extraordinary occurrence has taken flees in one of the principal churches of adrid, in the parish of Santa Crrz A ' rlest had nearly finished biomass, and Was a the act of pronouncing tho sacramental words, Ice, missa est. ’ when a young man, ‘ aged twenty~cne, and a beautiful girl of twen- i ty suddenly approached the alter-railing with three middle-aged men, and the young couple cried aloud. “We wish to be one. band and wife. Here are our three wit- nesses." Now, it seems that under the canon- ical laws still regulating marriages in Spain, Roman Catholics can thus claim to be con- sidered married by surprise if they are skil- fnl enough to do so just after the priest nas uttered the benediction at the :losa of mass. Formerly this stratagetn was, as Li the pres- ent case, resorted to by young people whose , parents up their union. When this oc curred in e Church of Santa Cruz a scene 0‘ confusion ensued. The print retir- ed to the sacristy, and sent for the p)- lioe, who conducted the offenders and wl'tludl- es into the presence of the municipal j idge. He declared the marriage valid, much in the delight of the young couple, and to the in- tense disgust oi the parents of both sides, whc had resisted the union. Highness-zircon, violet and deep orange '3“ com gown. in a costly Parisian tea- OK A ELOATING WBBCK- The Terrible Experiences of the Crew 1 i a Wrecked Vessel. The Atlas Line steamer Claribel, on her last voyage to New York. saved of .ne crew of the vessel J. S Moultou, while ‘be vessel was a ll mting wreck and surrounded by sharks, which were expecting ev ry moment to receive their prey.:The J. 3. Moulton had previously lost her captain id a sailor who were washed overboard. The J. S. Moulton was going from Jamaica. and when 120 miles off Cape Hatteras a ten tic gale was encountered. The seas were run- ning mountains high. The captain and mate were on deck when the man at Vhe wheel called to them to “look out." J let then a TBRMRHDOUS wave came over the ship, can ing away the only boat the vessel then he , the quarter rail and the steering gear. Before the men could properly recover from the wave another struck the vessel from the opposite direc- tion. carrying overboard Ca tain Cole and a seamen named Thompson. oth were never seen again. The mate was afterwards found with his head entangled in the rigging, where he had been buried by the sea. A rope was then tightly round the or fellow's neck and he was being gra ually strangled. The J. S. Moulton was left a floating wreck, and for four days she went dirfting about. Most of the crew were in an injured condi- tion, but they could do nothing to modify their sufferings. The fresh water had gone, and the only food that the turn had were a few biscuits soaked in the salt water. They had practically GIVEN UP HOPE of ever reaching land alive, when the Claribel was seen bearing down to their help. The Claribel had herself been in the storm and had lost all her boats. The captain therefore took his steamer as near tithe floating wreck as he could with safety, and then sent life- buoys attached to ropes. By these means the survivors, five in number, were rescued. The shipwrecked people, before the abandon- ment, could see numerous sharks swimming about in the water. The decks at that time were a wash, and the ferocious monsters threatened at any moment to go on the deck The deck, it is said, could not have remained afloat more than 12 hours longer, so that had the rescue not been effected the poor fellows whould have been food for the sharks the next day. The passengers and crew of the Claribel were most kindlto the shipwrecked people, who were left at Fortune Island. The Atlas Line steamer Alvena subsequent. 1y took them from the Island to New York. .____4â€".â€"â€"â€" THE AZORES. Description of the Islands upon which Brave Captain Murrill Landed Ills Ship- wrecked Passengers. The islands extend in an oblique line from northwest to southeast, between the par- allels of 37 degrees and 40 degrees north la- titude, and betwaen 25 degrees and 31 de- grees west longitude. Geographically they may be divided into three groups; the first or easterly group comprises St. Michael’s and St. Mary's ; the second or central group contains Terceira, Graciosa, St. George, Pico, and Fayal ; while the third or wester- ly group consists of the lonely little islands of Flores and Corvo. They are all very small places; a very good walker might al- most go round the biggest of them in a day. Every inch of them, with the exception of a curious little bit of St. Mary's, has been fused and burned and charred out of all resembl- ance to anything we have in this part of the world save a forge heap or a slag hill. Each little island presents a solid front of hard black lava against the ravages of the great ocean which thunders at the base of cliffs and precipices hundreds of feet high. Even on the stillest day the black rocks are edged with an ever moving fringe of white surf, which leaps up against their obdurate face or snllenly rolls in among the caverns at their base. Marveloust fertile, too, are these islands; Almost anything will grow there if it can but: manage to get ihslter from the violence of the Winter winds. The hills of pumice and oinders are green to their very tops with cedar and juniper and tree- heath; the lower lands and less exposed places grow rich crops of maizo and grain, beans, tobacco, and sweet potatoes ; in every little glen may be seen the bright green shield-shaped leaves of “enhamo,” together with enormous pendent fronds, six and eight feet long, of the Woodwardia fern. springing from a carpet ankle deep, of the densest and greenest lycopodium. The lava walls which line the roads and mark off the fields are green and gray with moss and lichen. Here and there are broad banana leaves and the crumpled leaves of “ nispera" peer above waving rows of cans stalks. The islands are rich in all manner of kindly fruits. The vine and fig tree stragg‘e in all directions over the stony sides of Plco ; there are pumpkins and pine apples, passion flower fruit and pomegranates ; the peaches are as plentiful as the blackberries, and oranges and apricots are to be had for the asking. " Paradise and groves E yslan Fortunate Fieldsâ€"like those of old Sought in the Atlantic main." â€"_â€".â€"â€"â€"_ What Be Heard. In Chicago : Stranger : “Can you tell me what t‘iat sound is l" Policeman: "I'm slightly deaf, and don't hear it. What is it like?" Stranger: f'Like a drove of horses on a trot, but don t see any." Policeman. “It’s the Young Ladiee' seminary out walk- ing. here they come ’round the corner." Two of a Kind. A bright little girl was tiken by htr father out into the country to visit an uncle whom she called Walsh. As the two drove along the country road, the little one spied a scarecrow in a field, and exclaimed : “ Oh, papa, there's Uncle Walsh." Papa laughed nugely at the joke, but told her that she was mistaken: that what she saw was only a scarecrow. A little further along and Uncle Walsh's farm was reached, and way out in the field was Uncle Walsh at work. The little girl's eyes were the first to catch sight of him, but she wasn't to be fooled so easily this time. “ 0h, papa," she cried, "look at that scarecrow l" Papa did look, and has not got through laughing yet. Stylish parasol handles are of silver and stained ivory, intermingled in spiral p39. tern. l Canada. New joyfully our voices we With gladsome hearts units, A strain to pour with sweetness o'er Our loved Canadian life. We love our dear Canadian home, Its hills and valleys Its boundless wealth in hidden stcre, And each romantic scene. The glassy lakes, clear rolling stream, And mountains towering high, The valleys green that stoop between Delight the wandering eye. Amidst these varied noble scenes 0f nature’s grandeur oft I mused, M swelling soul would form a theme hich in expression all difl'usod. Ye woods and hills, sweet flowery dolls, r For you my heart doth leap for joy, ' And wealth with independency We must retain, and not alloy. What beauty in thy scenes appear As scattered homes among them shine, Outstretchin landscapes far and dear With fertile olds and wealthy mine. Then let us all devoted be And pledge the oath to our back-bone, The: as Canadians we will prove True to our own Canadian home. t â€"T. Rowan. I Love Thee. 0, Thou Stormy Sea. _ saxssr n. LIL-iota; “- I love thee, O thou stormy sea : Thou'rt like my troubled heart ; W’liers waves of care dash everywhere And wreck and ache and smart I I love thee, O thou gem-set sea Thou'rt like a woman’s heart ; Where beauties glow far down below, Hid in the deepest part i i. love thee, O thou sunset sea; All glimmering with gold ; Thy glorious bus, is like the view The pearly gates unfold. I love thee, O thou moonlit sea ; Dim, glassy and serene ; Thy tranquil grace is like the face Of memory, I ween. My Friend. In: ERNEST M‘Gsrrsv. The old year fades in the far-off mistâ€"the new year follows it quicklyâ€"- As a billow sinks in the Spanish main. with a billow in its wake. The old days die and are buried deep by new days covered thickly; And never a hope was born that lived . except for friendship‘s sake. For love flames out in a blaze of light like a comet's transient motion As it flashes past through the halls of night and illuminates the skies. But the light of friendship still endures, as lives within the ocean The steadfast fliw of the Gulf Stream's course, whose progress never dies. No music sounds like a true friend's voice, no words like his words of greeting, For they come to the heart as welcome guests, and are treasured one by one: And their cadence sweet in after days the soul keepspn repeating, ‘ As a harp once touched will vibrate still, though the minstrel's song is done. '3') I turn to you, dear friend of mine, ’mid the changes over thronging, For friendship lasts through the old and new, as gold in the midst of dross. I ask not love with its bitter-sweet and its hopeless voice of longing, That echoes back the forsaken cry of Christ upon the cross. The old year melts in the sea of time, the new years swiftly follow, As a billow sinks in the Spanish main . with billows in its wake. And though there is much on the broad earth that is false and frail and hollow, There are men and women living yet who would die for friendshlp’s sake. _.â€".__._. An Alaskan Glacier. The most aocurateinformation yet obtained concerning these glaciers is that gathered by Mr. William P. Blake in 1836 According to him, “ there are four large glaciers and several smaller ones visible within a distance of sixty or seventy miles from the mouth " of the river. The second of these larger ones has attracted most attention. This “sweeps grandly out into the valley from an opening between high mountains from a source that is not visible. It ends at the level of a river in an irregular blufi' of ice, a mile and a half or two miles in length, and about one hundred and fifty feet high. Two or more terminal moraines protect it from the direct action of the stream. What at first appearâ€" ed as a range of ordinary hills along the riv- er, proved on landing to be an ancient ter- minal moraine, crescent shaped and covered with a forest. It extends the full length of the glacier." This glacier has never been fully explored. A number of years since, a party of Russian ( iii :srs attempted its exploration, and were never heard from again. Mr Blake reports that as usual with receding glaciers, a con- siderable portion of the front as it spreads out in the valley is so covered with bowlders, gravel, and mud that it is difficult to tell where the glacier really ends. But from the valley to the higher land it rises in pre- cipitous, irregular, stair-like h'ocks, with smooth sides, and so large that it was im. possible to surmount them with the ordin- ary equipment or explorers. The glacier is estimated to be about forty miles long.â€" [Popular Science Monthly. ' Right now is the time to use a good Blood Purifying Medicine. Lose no time in gel. ting a bottle of Dr. Carson's Stomach Bit- ters. It will do you good. Sold by all drug diets 50 cents. The “Cristian lnqnirer" thinks that one of the latest proofs of the “indefinitenees” of the term "Christian" is seen in Poonah. The natives say of the total abstaining soldiers : “They cannot be Christians; they are so good." ‘ Don’t use any more nauseous purgatives such as Pills, Salts, etc, when you can get in Dr. Carson‘s Stomach Bitters, a medicine that moves the bowels gently, cleansing all impurities from the system and rendering the Blood pure and cool. Sold by all Drug. gis's. put forward by the relatives of mind-readers localities, the outline of its provisions given bythe Detroit “Free Press" will prove inter- to test the question of local option must pro- cure from eacu township and ward in the coun fourth of the legal voters of each town or ward, or if not of one-fourth of all the voters of the coun lists of the last preceding election. The county clerk receiving these call a special meeting of the Board of Super- visors, and that body may order an election. If local option carries by a vote of the peo- ple the Board of Supervisors may declare it a law of the county. In that case no liquor of any kind is to be made or sold in that county, except by druggists and registered pharmacists. to $200, with imprisonment from twenty days to six months.” to be the first legal victim of the electric KISGBHIAE EOUS. The Alban correspondent of the New York “Heral " bids an afieotionate farewell to the State Legislature in the following terms:â€"-" The ple of the State of New York can brea e easier. The Legislature of 1889 is no more. It adjourned to day at noon after a session unexampled for the number of little miserable private steals, strikes. and jobs introduced and sent to the Governor. It is true that no very large scheme for plunder was successful, but the petty pilferings were more numerous than ever." The State deserves hearty congratu- lations upon the fact that a new Legislature is to be elected next fall. The Government has just sent a cargo of cats to Sable Island. The consignment is highly suggestive of Dick Whittington ; but the cats are designed to kill rabbits. not rate. It seems that the island is sufi'ering fromarabblt plague, just as Australia is. How the little smmals reached the place is a mystery: but theré they are, and it is presumed they are doing some damageâ€" destroying the herbage in all probabilityâ€"â€" or it would not be necessary to set the cits upon them. It is not difficult to icicles what will happen in the near future. Tne cats will take possession of the island, and the Marine Department will have to send out dogs to worry the cats that killed the rabbits that ate the herbage. There is something horrible in the idea ishop that he was carved up by the sur- geons while alive, although in a trance so complete asto elude scientific skill. Tue reasons for supposing that this condition was mistaken for actual death are that Bishop‘s mother and sister were both subject to cataleptic trances, and his mother in one of them heard preparations being made for her own funeral, but fortunately recovered sensibility in time to prevent being buried alive. Bishop himself has been known to go into one of these trauces, so that there is ahorrid possibility of the autopsy having been held too hastily. The result of the present case will probably be a conflict of medical testimony. and where doctors differ there is proverbially no court of appeal. The NowYork “Sun,” which pays a good deal of attention to scientific matters, still refuses to believe Lord Lonsdale’s story that with one body servant and four Eskimos he crossed Banks' strait in an open boat in 36 hours. It was in the ice of this strait, it says, that Parry was imprisoned for ten months. Here also McClure was hold fast for three years. Moreover, the journey which Lord Lousdale says he made from Cape Bathurst to Melville islandâ€"400 miles in 27 days, through ice driftâ€"is the same that Rae and Pullen endeavoured in vain for many weeks to accomplish when engaged in the Franklin search. Too “ Sun ” says: “Really it is one of the most remarkable voyages since the Dutch skippers two con- turies ago sailed to the North pole without seeing ice, hardly a cake of it. Let envious British critics laugh if they will. It is reasonably safe to assert that not one of themncan repeat Lord Lonsdale's adven- ture. Michigan has just placed a local option law upon the statute book, and as more may be heard of it when it is adopted by some esting : “Residents of any country desiring ty patitions signed by not less than one. ty, as authenticated by the poll- petitions is to The penalties range from $50 The sentence pronounced the other day upon the Buflalo murderer, who is expected current, was as follows : “The sentence is that for the crime of murder for which you stand convicted, with- in the week commencing Monday, June 24, 1839, within L.” walls of Auburn State prison, or within the yard or inclosure there- of, you sufl'er the death punishment by being executed by electricity, as provided by the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of New York, and that you be removed to and kept in confinement in Auburn State prison until that time. May God have mercy on your soul 1" Exception was taken to this sentence by the prisoner's counsel on the round that it was “ cruel and unusual,” an therefore for- bidden by a clause of the United States Can- stiiution, which says that “ excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines im- posed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." This point will probablybe fought out in the courts, though it is difficult to see how death by electricity could be considered more cruel than hanging. What is the net value of the afli iavit of a Chinese 2 And if the affidavit of a Chinese in general is good, what is the value of that ofa Chinese gambler? These ueriee are suggested bv e. despatcb from ew York, which states that four Chinese gamblers have made aflidavite to the effect that the police of the Sixth district have “protect- ed” them on payment of a weekly stipend of $5 for each table. In this way the police have been pocketing in that district about $100 a week. and it is believed that the un- earthing of this peculiar means of amassing money will be the beginning of a vast ex- posure of blackmail and extortion. The question therefore as to the value of a Mongolian's oath becomes important. The habits of indifi'erent hemispheres seem to vary ; we hear from'Londen of the police arresting gamblers notwithstanding their aristocratic titles ; but in New York it ap~ pears that the gamblers want to arrest the police. _____â€"._._â€". An Innodent Metal. r is the most harmless of metals," observe the Snake Editor. “ The people who got caught in the recent collapse do not think so,‘ remarked the Horse Editor. “ I am speaking on general principles, though." " Then why is it the least harmful 2" “ Because it's in a cent.” “‘00,, How We Taste. Strictly speaking, with the tip of the tongue one can’t really taste at all. If you put a small drop of honey or oil of bitter almonds on that part of the month you will find, no doubtto your great surprise, that it produces no efi‘oct of any sort; you only taste it when it begins slowly to Mass is- self, and reaches the true tasting region in the middle distance. But if you put a little cayenne or mustard on the same part, you will find that it bites you immediatelyâ€"the experiment should be tried sparinglyâ€" whlle if you put it lower down in the month you will swallow it almost without noticing the pungsncy of the stimulant. The rea- son is that the tip of the tongue is supplied only with nerves which are really nerves of taste, proper; they belong to a totall difl'ero ent main branch, and they go to a idsrent centre in the brain together with the very similar threads which supply the nerve of smell for mustard and pepper. That is why the smell and taste of these pungent substan- ces are so much alike, as everybody must have noticed; a good sniff at a mustard pot producing almost the same irritating effect as an incautious mouthful. When one is trying deliberate experi- ments on the subject, in order to test the varying sensitiveness of the different parts to difi'erent substances, it is necessary to keep the tongue quite dry in order to isolate the thing you are experimenting with and prevent its spreading to all parts of the mouth together. In actual practice this result is obtained in a rather ludicrous mannerâ€"by blowing upon the tongue be~ tween each experiment with a pair of bel- lows. To such seemingly foolish and un- dignified expedients does the persuit of science lead the modern psychologist. A Whiteohapel Victim. The Pall Mall Gazette says:â€"In his speech at the Presbyterian Synod the other evening the Rev. John MaoNeill created quite a sensation by telling the following talc: He was speaking of temperance, and said that last Sunday, when he preached a temperance sermon at the Tabernacle, he received a letter that had been written by a lady on the danger of the use at communion of fermented wine. The lady in her letter told a sad story of an inherited passion for drink. There were four or five of them-â€" several brothers and two sistersâ€"the chil- dren of intemperate parents. Her sister had unfortunately inherited the craving, and before she was fourteen had aken to drink. The others became converter and did all in their power to cure their sister, but it was of no use. The sister at length marriedcomfortably and children were born. But the craving for drink grew greater and greater, and at length she wlis sent to a home for inebriatee, where she stayed La year. She left apparently, said the sister, a changed woman. Soon after, however, her husband caught a severe cold, and before going out one morning drank a glass of hot whiskeyâ€"taking care, however, not to do so in the presence of his wife. Then as was his custom before leaving he kissed his wife. At once the fumes of Ialcohol assed into her and in an hour sis. was a rank and roaring woman. She want: from worse to worse and at last, left her husband and her children, one of them a cripple. through her drunkenness. The husband died two years ago. a white-haired and broken-hearted man, though only forty- five years old. “Need I add,” said the sister in her letters, “ what became of her! Her story is that of Annie Chapman, one of the recent Welteohapal victims. Tcat was my sister 1" _____._.___.â€"_r Borrowins Trouble. It is uncomfortably true that there is almost as much distress of mind experienced in the anticipation as in the realization. About half of our unhappy days are occas- ioned.by our looking forward to the unhap- pyness of the other half. “Sufficient unto the day is the evil there- of." We need never take another jot on credit. In borrowing trouble, natural laws are reversed; more mole-hills of annoyance become mountains when viewed at a distance ahead. Some persons never take actual comfort. In tranquil times the dread of a coming change is always in the way of their enjoyment. I know of a family who were forever ex- pecting to move, consequently neglecting to make garden, repair thehonse or permanent- ly arrange the furniture. At the latest ad- vices this family had lived in the same house eleven years. ‘ If we take things as they come we shall usually find that they come much better than we have any right to expect. Our an- ticipatory flsgs of distress may have been inviting compassion and flinging patches of darkness over many a bright scene for months, only for us to find atlast that we have been guilty of needlessly, we might say criminally, robbing ourselves and others of the happiness rightfully belonging to us and to them. “Borrowing trouble” is sometimes only another name for selfishness, for the one borrowing trouble is seldom satisfied, unless all within his or her influence are invoigled into the toils. It is holding a dangerous serpent in our hearts, which grows with what it foods upon. It is sinful, for it is an abiding distrust of God s goodness. .‘ -â€"â€"â€"_â€".â€"â€"-â€" A Bit of Bad Luck. “What's the matter, Bromley 2" "I've recovered my vallss." “I don't see why you should swear in that way about it. ' "Oh, you don’t, eh‘.’ The darned thing isn't worth $3, and it had to turn up just when the company was about to allow me $50 for it. It's just my luck.” What She" Was Thinkinv. a Young Boston wife _'(at most stall): “I realy don’t know what to get for dinner to- day." Butcher: “Why not try some of those mutton chops! Good, healthy food; 18 cents a pound." Young Boston wife (puts hand to forehead): “Let me see." Butcher: “What â€"tbe cho :2 Here they are.” Ycuu Boston wife: “130: I was thinkiu ." ‘utchor: “About the price 2" Young ostou wife: “No; I was thinking whether you ought not to have said wholesome instead of healthy."â€" [Yankee Blade. Just Sudden Enough. Fond Lover (after a long delayed propoe. al)-â€"l’crhaps I‘ve been too sudden, darling. Darlin Girl (regaining her composure with a m ghty adornâ€"Yes, George, it is very, very sudden, but (and here she became faint againl-it is not too sudden. l 1 l ; g 2.