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WWâ€" YOUNG FOLKS. HOW IT min). i. lihleow," answered kitty. . , “Now what can I tell by your meows ‘3 I : must say, for a. cat, you're pretty.” “Meow, meow." ‘ ‘Well really now, I believe you know you’re Katy Marsh? and Flora Harwood were , cute and pretty,” and Mrs. Marsh took out on the ocean sailingâ€"and bound directly 3 from her work-t-asket a ball of Knitting-cot- for Paris ! To be sure their steamer was onl ' g ton, and threw it on the floor, for the kitten a wheellnrrowâ€"and their ocean, the bac ' ' yard ! But what of that! And what. is the use of little girls having an imagination if I they're always goin ' to adapt themselves to l circumstances ?â€"I' like to know. ! and actually stopped her sew- T‘uink of it. Once, at and tumble, she to play with, ing to watch a cat ! a very funny little jump laughed out loud 1 “Oh my! what would Katy say if she Howevcrv it 3“ Seemed "81'." "331 ‘0 Km)’ heard me 1' Sav I‘d lost my senses, I guess. and Flora, and as the steamer rocked again and again in the most alarming way, the little girls clung to the side of the vessel, and said “\Vhatever in this world shall we do, if we’re drowned 1" And, as no one could ausw'er that question. they prepared them- hungry. . (.ome cat, ‘ ‘ Meow. " do you want something to eat ‘3 into almost like it myself. I wonder if it’s l “\Vcll meow it And out the ... _____.â€"â€"_~._â€"_ -.._.- a AMSUBHBBGED RAILWAY. The Ingenious Scheme for loading Ships Near a Rocky Spanish Coast. The mines of Catch, near Bilbao, north Spain, have long been celebrated for their richness in the yield of iron ores suitable for the manufacture of steel, but. great trouble has heretofore been experienced in the shipâ€" ment of the mineral on account or the dim- culty of placing it- on board of the ships. Eng- land and the Continent are the great markets for this product. The coast adjacent to these mines is high and rocky, exposed to the. ftill force of the sea, there being no harbors in the immediate vicinity. At the foot of the rocks there is a sloping shore which extends out to a considerable distance, with an even gade. It is upon this incline that the re HABSEAL memoirs STORE PBBIIS ORTHEA A SINKING-iBABK ABAIil'DONBD AND BURNBD. ‘ {Msprruk‘ (‘hasr of a Small Bonl's C‘rrw .tftrr a Ship. The German bark \chtcrn Chief was aban- doned and sct on fire on Morle it) about 360 miles nortbcmt of Bahama lshtnds. The crew left the vcrscl in two boats. and of which has not since been reported. The rcniuiuder of the crcx' were picked up after havin * been in an open bout thirty-six bouts, and they arrived here ycsterduv on tho brig l’utrl, ('upt. Knapp. from Prince. I . Chief Ollicer Herman Krusc. who was in command of the rcscucd boat's crcw. says f It is About the Late Emperor Frederick. . * and Is Curious. ; , Some time ago Col. Stofl‘el, an authority ' i in the military affairs of France and Ucr- . 2 many, published in Paris a pamphlet cor.- cerning the po§ibility of a 1"rauco-Ui-riumi allianccagihist Russian pau-slavism and Kits- slain barbarism generally. The sine: qua no: of such an alliance. Col. Stuffel said, was that Germany should return to France hcr lost provinces. The. general discussion of Col. Stotl'cl‘s novel ideas was interrupted by events of greater importance at Berlin and Paris, but it has been revived by Some rather sensational comments on it by the venerable Marshal Machlahon. Since the accession of the present. German Emperor to the throne, â€".â€"â€"_.~_.._.- 4 . 3 ‘ir; .\I'l ‘Muhon thinks. there is no ho to . ~ - . . - ~ . selves for the worst ! But Just then the sun markable railway we are about to describe till;hlfllw:; m“. 93 back he; prov-m ES {\lm: 1&0 2‘ 0‘73'1“ mm“ 17"“ Tillml‘firzl if" . i . z ' - a d Katv - ~ - - ‘ - - a: ' - r. - - i l ‘ ‘ ‘ ". " ‘- . ‘ ‘ ‘ s 0" C1? Wl A it *ciicm. carwo on c - Ll - came out from behind a cloud, u , that \ery senSible woman to get some milk hasbekn constructed, ‘ m the mm, “mart Had you, g. b c t D i, But this is such a dear little thing, I could‘ I said, "The storm is over and we are sav- “1"! “Yes,” answered Flora, “and now we must singâ€"don't you know, Katy‘: Ship. wrecked crews always sing something." “Do they? I should think they‘d be dry- ing their clothes." “ 0, Katy Marsh ! you’re so queer. But then ours wasn't areal shipwreck, you know; we only came near it ;any way think it would be lovely to sing just as we are enter- ing port.” “ All right, Flora, go ahead.” And Katy, who generally gave in to Flora, straighten- ed 11 ) the (lollies. pinned the silk handker- chief again on the kitten (for during the storm everybody and everything had been more or loss disturbed), then said, “ I’m ready, go on,” . Oh; it was just lovely ‘. F.an the kitten enjo 'ed it, for she put-red delightfully as the Tittle girls sung airs appropriate to the occasion. “ A Life On the ocean “'ave,” “ Speed My Bark,” “ O’er Water's Blue,” “ The Breaking \Vaves Dashed High” and “ Dublin Bay” followed each other in quick fo‘ a at 5 But where was Katy all this time ‘3 Ah ii after . this is what happened to Katy; ' singing the pretty lullaby, she started the baby’s favorite “llyc 0 Baby Bunting," and coming to the line about the rabbit's , skin she changed the word rabbit to kitten, I and began to wonder if a kitten’s skin was‘ as soft as a rabbit’s skin, and if any one had ever tried it, and if it would hold a baby any wayâ€"and, oh, lots of things 1 As shel wondered she kept singing over and over i “A kitten’s skin to wrap our Baby llunting ' in, a kitten’s skin tow up, to wrap our baby, wrap our baby-â€"baâ€"lvyâ€"â€"Buntingâ€"â€"baâ€"by I Bunâ€"ting»â€"-iu.” And Katy Marsh was lost to all around her, and travelling far a vay. Over a ground all covered with softest fur her chariot sped swiftly on withouta sound. Two beautiful white cats, with yellow tails i were before the chariot (an immense shell of motlier-of-pcurl with silver wheels) and the driver had on an elegant coat of tortoise fur. On, on they went, almost seeming to flyl until they stopped at the edge of a lovely ‘ 'itchen, and down the cellar-steps went The roadbcd of the railway has a length of about 650 feet and a width 01'20 feet, upon which two sets of parallel tracks, each 3:} feet wide, are placed constituting a four-rail railway. The grade is five feet. to the hun- dred. The car which traverses this railway, upon which the ore is conveyed from the cliffs to the ships, consists of a high metallic tower made in the form of a pyramid having a wide triangular base. The tower is mount- ed on wheels, which run upon the quadruple railway track before mentioned. The plat- form of the tower upon which the load of mine 'al is placed is about 70 feet high from the track, a liiglit which is sufficient to rise above the decks of ordinary vessels when the tower is run alongside thereof; and from the platform the discharge of ore is made directly into the hold of the vessels. This great rolling tower is operated automatically. It is connected to the shore by means of a strong wire cable, which passes over pulleys fastened to the rocks. the cable there are attached some weighted cars that move up and down upon an incline. These form a. counterbalancing weight for “0..-..-” .... ..._._.-....-h...._....-... i peticcabiy i Williams‘s father, however, lived to execute the foreign policy be had in his mind, F 'ancc would have recovered Alsace and Lo nine without the firing of a shot or the spilling of a drop of blood. “On the day after the battle of Sedan,” says the Marshal, in explanation of his unique opinions, “ the Crown Prince Fred- erick called on me. I could not receive him on account of my wounds, but d‘Aluiac, my Adjutant, saw him, and talked with him and on the following day related the conversa- tion to me. The Prussian general stall expected the war to end very soon, and had no idea that Paris could offer much resistance. The Crown Prince Frederick , said : ‘Hcrr von Moltkc is, in my opinion, about to make a grave mistake. He wishes to compel you to cede to us part of your territory ; I gave my views on the matter, v and declared I held such a proposal to be a ‘3 l bad error. I think I know the French and , in two boats which were mum, and tool: the southcri pinsagc. Violent westerly galcs )rcvailed steadilv for twenty- cight days, and during' the 'i:C:ttct‘1)\)l‘il\.-ll of this time the bark wusllmvc to. She pitchcd and strained in a. violcnt manner, and finally sprang a dangerous leak. The pumps were manned and were kept going constantly, but the. water in the hold uiiiiicd steadily. During the night- of March‘lh‘ the leak suddenly increased. lit the morning soundings showed that there were five feed. of water in the vessel. Capt. Rolilinq and Ofiiccr Kruse held a consultation and ddcidcd that as the. bark was liable to fill suddenly and sink at any moment it would be atl\'is«» able to abandon her. T boy were in the track of vessels bound to and‘ from the \Vcst. Indies. The weather was fine, and there was a good chance of the crew being picked ~ up. At the worst, the Bahamas whrc only 360 miles distant. ‘ d. Capt, At we land end 0f i that they 00““ £0115ch everything excel“; Rohling decided to take charge of tlic lon ' _ ~ 1 {AS boat, and selected for his crew the second the“ Silengll “ te“ othcer, four seamen, and a boy. i'lTo the they would my to get chief officer was assigned the care of the car- just such a crippling of their country. soon as they regained thus losing territory, succession. ‘ trove where the softest sweetest, music was pulling the tower when empty in toward buckall the had lust The would “lewd . v ' _ ‘ V , u Katyygdo you know . My pathcrss at the {Slayifig ; and then driéer’ chariot and an the Shore. 3’ y I pentei, wok, foui scamtn, and a. boy. The Helm "in The mineral to be loaded upon the vessels These Words Of the wealthy German who li'ltl been sutt to sea. . n , t ‘ “ No ! Is he ? I didn’t want to play when any one was around.” “ 0, Katy Marsh ! You‘ll be the death of me some day. I mean the poem ;it’s per- fectly lovely.” ” Is it ? But what is a hellum ‘5” “ Helm, Katy, don’t ever say hellum. A helm’sâ€"a helm ! It’s a something that always goes with a ship : I don't know as I can ex- laiii it ; a sort of ornament, like a flag-staff, uess. An way, it isn’t very important â€"-â€"â€" know !â€" ut the poem is elegant, and makes me want to cry.” “Oh-h,” said Katy, “I don’t believe I’d like it then. Don’t sing it, Flora, please ; it’s ever so much nicer without fathers and helms, I think. You know if papa was out here, he‘d say, ‘Katy, you’d better go iutlie house now and help mamma.’ That would be horrible ; we don't want to even Hunk of such things.” I "” .81 i the grove. All around were cats and kittens of every size and color. Some were climbing trees ; some playng with fluffy balls; some. swinging in the golden swings; some sleeping on velvet cushions scattered all around, while the most beautiful sight of all was a throne of which red and gold upon sat Prince dle”; at his left, three cats were singing, “Sing, sing, what shall we sing. The cat’s run away with the pudding-bag string 1” At the foot of the throne, were the“thrce little kittens” who once “lost theirmittens,” but who now wore them fastened around their necks with tiny golden chainsâ€"oh, it was all so beautiful Katy gave a great “ali- li-h” right out ! \Vbercupon all the cats began to purr, and all the kittens to mew at .“v.r;.7y Grimalkin ! At his right stood the “cat with the fid- l vanished, and Katy was walking through‘ is brought from the mines, which are not far distant from the coast, upon rop° railways mounted upon posts. From the mineral dumps upon the rocky heights the mineral is conveyed part way down the cliff throuin a chute, the end of which projects beyond the cliff, and when the empty tower is drawn to shore by the cars before mentioned it automatically opens an end gate in the chute and allows the mineral to drop noon the platform in a. continuous stream until a weight of ore sufficient to overcome that of the counterbaliuicing weight or weighted cars has fallen upon the platform, and when this takes, place, the tower, by its own gravity, begins to move down the inclined 'ailvay, and the gate of“ the chute auto- matically closes. The tower continues to glide down the inclined way through the water until it reaches the side of the ship, which is anchored fore and aft, and then by fore, always, be_tllr°“tenil‘g the Peace and latter was Alois Boeclicr, the son of a safety of Prussm.’ \but would have been true to his former ceii- left “tester” Chin “bout 3 O'clock in the _‘ . i , l . bmwn Prince: reported to me by ‘1 Abmh . for his health. Before getting into their unpressed me deeply. I hiwe {lever lm'gm' i boats the crew set fire to the sinking bark, ten them. I am sure that I‘X‘Cdel‘le’ "-8 thinking that by so doing they might at. Emperor, would not have altered his views ‘ tract; some passing vessel. The two boats vict-ion that the annexation of Alsace and} morning, and “maimed "cm. 1,0,. “11qu- L01‘3111f3_‘:i15 3' Pel;lnilllellt°bsm‘313t° “‘3’ At 10 o‘clock iuibc evening the bark sank. reconcdiation of Trance and Germany. Half an 1mm. 1mm. Officer Krusc lost gnldfiilllllllll. Stoffel’s1 yll‘glllczfileigl‘ci‘énlgggfgi! (slight 13f 1tllie long boat. He has hopes that; e.” ‘ l a lance Co” l ‘ v , 7 It t. -O 1 in and his men “we ' 'k i seriously. Now it is out of the question.” p g L pm “i u ls , or that they succeeded in rcacbin v the Bali- All the German dailies which are not 011- f‘ ‘ O . . amas. At day break next morning Ollicer “rely occupied “'ltl‘. Pl“) recent: develop' l,Kruse saw the spars of the Pearl, but it was men“ 0f Imperml POht‘Cs M Berlin “"9 “KY” ; evident that the bout could not be seen from ing to prove that the 01d Fl‘cllCll 30mm” 15 v her decks. The Pearl however was “‘0- attempting ‘0 “mnuf‘lcture hismry “"d that} cceding slowly. The distressed sailors Dent; UDSC‘I‘ Fritz never made any Slwh utterances on their ours and drove the boat in the as those attributed to him by (l’AbZil-c- direction of the brig. The latter was head- ing to the northward before a wmd which blcw iii pulls. southerly _ . The boat would gain upon tho brig until licrbull would Women Professionally Athletic. Food and water for five days fire placed. x” 41 2 :u any} X ‘ “lichen "Oh, 110 indeed l IGVS Sing once! Then for the first the Prince cs ied the tth Of a lever the Platform 0f tower I Tl b ' ' ' " ' " ' i u v v , . .- . . ,. . ., . a” _ ' P . .- . ‘ ’ v " 103-91311 110 OfFUlllce‘lS at “0-1 “1th the‘be'm to Show above the. horizon. Then ‘ Katy, Katy Maiin . u hcie air. you .. huty. being inclined, the whole load upon the lung of Dahomey, and a brawl, newspaper “.0511” come a pun. of wind in which the bout : “Oh dear, Flora ! That’s mamma after all. It’s that old dress to try on, I know.” “Hero I am, mamma."and through a hole in the fence came K aty carrying in her arm the little gray-and-white kitten. "l on don’t want me now, do you, mamma ?” But .\1rs..\larsb did want her, she had been wanting her some time. Then, too, she despised cats, and had said to Katy again and again : “Never bring one near the house 2" So putting it. altogether, Mrs. .Marsli was not iiia gentle frame of mind : and what do you suppose she said '3 “Put down that cat, and come in this minute!" Oh, it was dreadful! And little Flora “Little girl, why came you hither, and what is your name ‘1” “Katy,” was the trembling answer. “Katrina, you mean.” At that all the cats stopped purring and i all the kittens mewing to look at the little] girl with a cat‘s name ! “Katrina. can you purr ‘3” “No,” said Katy. “(Tau you mew 2'” “Oh, no indeed l” “Then what are you doing here ?" growled Prince Grimalkin. “Please. sir, I don’t know.” “I should say not. \Vell, well, can you platform is almost instantly deposited upon the ship, going down through suitable slides ' into the hold thereof. As soon as the dis- charge of the load takes place, the counter- balancing cars begin to draw the tower in- ward again toward the shore, and thus the operation of moving the tower back and forth automatically, and autmnatically load- ing and discharging itself, is carried on with the greatest, success. It is said this railway operates even when the sea is extremely rough. It certainly isa bold undertaking, and reflects the greatest credit upon its constructor, Mr. D. M. Alberto de Palacio. The platform carries for its load Pul’HShed the infOl‘UMtlon “)0 other flay I would heel over in a dangerous manner that a. battle had bflell fought “1 Whmh 0‘81“) while the brig would rush on until only hef‘ combatants were killed and many wounded. spurs remained above the hm-izm, Later on the Dahomians, who had succeeded' Three men Strunglcd despm-Mély m, the in capturing 3' number “f Fl'elWlmlCH» and l oars until long palit noon, gaininir‘ ground other ‘Europeans‘, made another attack, but ' only to 1050 it again. At length, {Thom- 3 0’ “'21:” “Emmy reflulsed “'{l'h 1" 103? 0f 4mklncfl- clock in the afternoon, the wind shifted to “10 lllleresmlg met “1 the ‘l‘SP‘ll-Ch lily 1“ i the northward. 'l‘hcbrig was no lonwcr ablo the last lilies: “ Aiming “)0 (lead “'01‘0' found l to head her course and stood to the caIstward. some of tbs female \Vill'l‘lOI‘S 0f the hull-l 0f l The shipwrecked men now strained every Dahomey. iinwclc in a last struggle to come up to the Who are these ARIN/10118? _ brig. They gaincdi steadily upon her and Dahomey, “CW for the fifth tune at “"n‘ , at length, to theirjoy, they saw her heave with a Europeon 1130011, 13? 11' Bulls“le 0f ‘ to. Chief OlliccrChristiansen of the Pearl had \Vestern Africa, 111 (11111180,, its llmlts bemg seen the boat just as his vessel was about to ' ' 'l‘ ' ‘ \v' ' through the m .. ., ~ - . - ‘ 5v , . . _ Harwood, who u is haltiustdzlyut w til“ her sing: 100 tons of etc. 1t is said that ),000 tons of mummy defined, but wnh m, csmnumd, go upon the other tuck. “rm” the men ’ fence, went back in an mother all about it ! I’oor Katy ! It was bad enough to have momma act so, right- beforc Flora Harwmid ; but to hear her dear, beautiful kitten called a rat was enough to break her heart, and hers. she knew, was “breaking all to pieces.” There was l’aris just in sight, and every- thing so lovely ; and here was momma with n frown, the kitten gone, and a dress to try “Oh yes, I love to sing.” ? “Cats and kittens, do you hear that ‘2 Tlii little girl can singâ€"shall we listen ‘1” All the cats bowed and all the kittens nodded. “Very well, you may sing, Katrina, but| remember to choose something appropriate, for if you fail to please us after coming to Catland without an invitation, you shall rc- ccivc a. whipping for this.” And the Prince ore per day can be put on shipboard by means of this apparatus, the total cost $518,- 000. The Wardrobe of Queen Bess. An inventory taken in the year 1600 of the wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth enables us to estimate the sumptuous attire with which the Virgin Queen at once delighted and area of four thousand square miles. The game “pm the Pun-1 they were almost, ex. Dilllolnians ill": Pagans, “1101110 “159‘ is their 3 liaustcd from the effects of their twelve Pl'lll‘fllml fallsll- They are blomlthn'Styr but} hours" struggle at the cars. A Schooner hospitable “m1 courageous- once ‘1' ye,” the was now seen at some distance to wind- mOI‘fll‘Ch (Whose People ‘}PP1‘°‘lCh 11"“ .by ward, and appeared rcadv to offer her scr- crawling With their faces I“ the d“Stl SW11" vices, but these, fortunathly, Were no long- kles his ancestor’s graves with human blood. er needed, The Shipwrecked men were There is an annual fCStiViLl WhiCh lakes treated with great kindness on board of lace about October and lasts several wcfiks. , the Pun-1, )uring the Saturnalia. many human victims ° 0n! \Vas there ever a little girl so tried! .111,“- fm-oh '1, whip of outfitnincqqim and astonished licr subjects glie had at the ' ‘ â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"+e . , ~ ‘ t ' ‘; ‘ are ut to death With treat barbarit . “ I shall never get over itâ€"nevcr ’ thought 51,001; it thrmteniugiy at Katy. ’ date named, 99 robes, 1'26 kirtles, 269 gowns A}; one Stage of thesgucustoxnsfl m); unfm._ Kitty: but the worst was to come. As hei- u puma pun.’ purr,” went the cuts (pound, loose and French), 136 foreparts, 125 tunate wretches, chiefly captives taken in All Able New Potato. mother finished trying on the dress, baby Ned, who had a faculty for waking up at the Wrong time on a busy day, began to cry “ )Iew, mew, mew,” said all the kittens. “ Silence !"said Prince Urimalkin. “ Little girl, begin.” pctticoats, 27 fans, 96 cloaks, S3 saveguards, 85 doublets and IS lap mantles. ‘ Her gowns were of the richest and cost- war, are dressed in long shirts and long Atthc lastmecting of the Paris Academy wliitc nightcaps and tied on baskets. They . of Sciences M. Aime (lirard gave some in- ure then taken to the top of a high platform I tcrcsting information respecting the lini- lUStil\‘- Oh, what a. funny f-Lint little voice ‘ Katy liCSt materialsâ€"purple gold tissue crimson ~ - v e - ~ , ‘ _ 7 ‘ ' - . ‘ i ‘ , ' . i and araded on the heads of Amazons, term, or ‘thlltcl' 3 Im )crator K tau . He I‘m-l" “'0” knew “'1‘” that 01'." “lem‘t f0" (lid 110$ feel It “'35 1101‘ 0W“: and yet “11 the 55m"! 010111 "f gomi 010th 0f Sllver’ “Tm: y togetlller with an alligator, a cat and a hawk istatcd that, after testifig iton’a litile scale her; there was no going out now till “ that chili " was amused in some way, or put- to while she heard : "I love little pussy, her coat is so warm, velvet, cloth and satins of dove color. drake ' color, horse-flesh color and a very popular in similar baskets. After the King liaslfor some years,licgrew it lurgclyiu 1888 and made a speech, the victims are hurled down 1880, and also gave out tubers for experi- m’ ' '0“ ‘ i . - ' . ..- .- . .. v ' ‘ . .n . . . . .. Sleep “O‘un' and 1t \ ‘ls ” “C “M” “MIL” t‘ Aging” do!” 1m” h“ ’11” u do m” “0 $1,101, .1?“ng 1” glut)? 01d “13105135 lady into the midst of a surging crowd of natives, ment to forty growers in dillcrciit parts of l 9 ' ’ I X I ‘ \ ‘ x ‘ j i I u ) “S l. L “me 0 1L ‘llllvLn S ‘ “~55” 1”" and meet, With a horrible death. The skulls = France. It appeared that while tbcavcrage ex )cct momma to take him: so with a most _ . _ I ll so by the fire and give her some food. 3" mptl’l I‘S‘lélllt‘ftll “lf'i‘tvlllltathbhu‘c Md And pussy “'1” love. inc, bc 'atusc 1 am ‘I‘mlthl f‘l’c‘igilfn‘alef gals ,the London ' are used to adorn the palace walls, and the! yield of tubcrsm l‘rance does not exceed 00‘” ” “m” "‘1 l“ ’3 ’1” “1' 300“- ‘a‘ 31' ‘ “’c O l” “‘1' “10m, Cheekmc‘l . Kin ’s sleeping chamber is paved with the 7,500 kilogrammcs (say HT bundrcdwuiglit \tht if at nllotbcr times, be was “ just too si'cet to live. and the most beautiful baby in the world?" He was not swcct when he" cried, and not the least bit beautiful; besides it wasn't very nice to look after a babywhcnone would rathcrlook after a kit- ten ! \\'hat if she had called mamma only the day before. when she u'otiiiscd to make the. dress like Flowsâ€"pubis on the slccves and allâ€"“ too perfectly lovely." She was far from lovely now! And Katy wislicd some- thing would happen to make mamma put up her work and pity her poor little girl! Just then I'clllclnlxtl'flllcc of the long days “ Fine, line, very line,” said the Prince, ashc stroked his whiskers and with a satis- fied smile bowed to Katy. " You have shown excellent taste, and your voice is very sweet. Had you chosen a song about the ‘ little doggie,’ or some such thing, we would all have come to the scratch and punished you. As it is, we feel you are what you said in yoursongâ€"‘ a good little girl.’ And now, if you will promise never to come ; here again, you mav take this with you, and ‘ ylo."--«.~\1id as he descended the throne with the most beautiful kitten of all in his arms, Katy felt bcrsclt, sinking, sinking, and the with red silk like birds" eyes, with demi- sleeves, a cut of crimson velvet twisted on with silver and lined with crimson velvet. A French kirtle of white satin, cut all over, embroidered with loops, flowers and clouds of Venice gold, silver and silk. The forc- part of one dress was white satin embroid- ered very fine with border of the sun, moon and other signs and planets of Venice gold, silver and silk of sundry colors, with a border of beasts beneath, broidered. Other gowns were adorned with bees, flies, spiders, worms, trunks of trees, pan- sies, oak leaves and mulberrics ; while some likewise eui~ ' heats of his enemies. The skulls of the: lconquered kings are converted into royal drinking cups. l certain coalitions yield as much ltH 35,1an to About one-fourth of the females are said to 40,000 kilogrammcs per hectare of tubers, ' be married to the fetish, tinny even before with more than ‘lilpci' cent. of dry starch. their birth, and the remainder are entirely 1 These figures were quite borne out by M. at the disposal of the king. The niosti (lirard's own ex )ericncc, his crop of 1880 favored are. selected as his own wives, orlyiclding 30,000 'ilograimucs of tubers per enlisted into the regiments of the Amazons, hectare, with 20.4 per cent. of starch, equal and then the chief men are liberally sup- to 7,950 kilogramiucs of dry starch, which plied. is more than the general average weight of The Amazons form the flower of thcarmy. , tubers themselves in France. In thirty- They are marsbaled into regiments, each three outof fortyexperimental cases through with its distinctive uniform and bad Yes. and out the country the gcncralresultwas a vield they take the post of honor on the l unks of ranging from 312,000 to 44,000 kilognuinncg to the hectare, a hectare being 2.4 acres, the 'ariety known as the lmperator may, under of last Spripig ca'ipcvto It?!" how. “'bt‘ll flltl‘ musicgrowing fainter, fainter, until itceascd were resplendent Wu” mull’owfi’ 5""5’ the battle line. Their number has been l per hectare, with a proportion of ‘20. 4 toil-i.- “JS 5“ 3“ “b | “M 9“” "“lmnul h“ altogether: and there she was in the little “1"“(15' Mllmums and flames (’f hre' He" variously estimated at from 1,000 to 0,000. :2 per cent. of dry starch, the average yield been so mod and patient all that weary, long time." .vcn Kitty's papa, at the last, said “Katy was getting cross.” but mamma hadn‘t thought so. Surely her little girl ought to be willing to help momma when She could. So almost be for»: she knew it the angry thoughts bad all gone. and Katy was singing a lullaby to baby Ned. who, as ll\‘ listened. forgot to cry and settled himself down to finish his nap. Now momma. out in thc otbrz' room. heard the swcot voici- singing. and aln-ii mammu began to think. "Poor little girlie! lt was too bad to have to leave your play, even to try on a new frock : and though you camc in unwillingly. I cannot blame you so \‘t‘l‘_\'l‘.lilt‘ll. It was hard I know, to givc up Flora and the fun in that sudden way. I ought not to have been so hasty. llut. dcar iuc'. l was so tired waiting, and tlicii~â€"that cat 5 I never could endure a cat. They're alw; ‘ in the way." “Meow. meow." went somethingright bc- :idc Mrs. Marsh. and looking down. she saw bedroom. and baby Ned was sitting up in his cradle playing with his rattle! “ (lb. dczu- mc !" said Katy, as she rubbed licr eyes, “ it was only a dream, after all. and what will momma say !I must have slept, on lmur 1" And Katy went out to see if momma wa-~ getting supper, when, there the kitchen. licking an empty saucer, was licr darling little kitten! " () liliill‘illifl 1 you'rc just like other main- l‘.t;1~'ttfici':;ll. and it was a true drcam l" " Iluinph 1" said her mother, “ wbv an! I ‘ dii't'crciit ‘.’ And what was the dream Then Katy told Eu-r all. and though Mis. Marsh ‘ said when she finished “ It's perfect nonscIise from beginning to cu~l."-»tlic kitten »»~.'m'rl. E [er’i- \" Jim)" ~7UI.‘:‘;.1L’. I *' 1 Began to Look as Tnough They Couldn'tg Agree. ! gentlemen, formed a copartucrship to do a Tom Dabbs and Mort Spiller-s, two colored 1 buttons were of fantastic device, some bein r in the shape of flowers and butter-flies, anfl those on one gorgeous dress were in the iimilitude ofbirds of pa ‘adise. Altogether, the \"i‘g‘in Queen, when arrayed in all her glory, must have resembled a preliminary in 3 edition of “The History of Animated Xa- tui'c. ’ Elevation of Woman. I“. iward ".'\'|ii'ic. Archbishop of Canterbury in a series of \‘i<itu‘.ion addresses on the prc sent social aspch of Christian life and work, thus alludes: to organizations for the protec- tion and cb‘vzttiou of women : “Not one step taken thus far ii woman's education and advance can be said to have led to one e‘il or done one mischief. dignity has risen steadily with her power for good. No scandal. folly, luxury. extravag- an:e can be pointed to as results.” llcr Their weapons are blunderbusscs, flint mus- being 30,000 kilogrammes per hectare and kets and bows and arrows. They are in part 7,000 kilogrammes of dry starch. recruited in a remarkable manner. If a ; ______‘_...'_._____ woman in Dahomey is found to be unfaithful to her husband she is at once sent to military A Forcible Illustration. “ \Vhatdo you do when people collie in ' headquarters and enrolled among the Ama- zons. If she has an acrid temper or fails; to 1 ‘ ' ' ,,, I H p .1 , , bear children, or if her husband wants to get “m. ""0 )l‘!” i "' “Mm [W’W'ml {Fluid NW1 rid of her, he honors himself by presenting "Cildlluf '3'”: 1' ,1 l u I ,_ I . her to the King, who, if she has the requisite-l , . fl?” "ml H “3 a” on” k": "mu" "’3' physical qualifications. turns her over to his ' Th” )5 \ur-l l'ngm “m1 hum” 1”,” “hf.” t” iii-my officers to be drilled as an :}llllt7.()ll. I lllm‘lril’rcy' luff]: 3m". “if”,I‘tgclltif’lllf‘“ 1” I” 1”” ‘ The gurnsml 0f Agxmmc’ the kingvs (hm, n 1]) in‘g-‘io i...(. \\ in mg 0 sec im. on impou- tail, is composed almost exclusively of Amaz- “"3, l’;""‘”if""“j‘ ,H' . ‘ u , ’1 h . ous. A recent visitor to the (.‘apital says .1 ii" ““ ,, ‘i‘t’l "“ltll‘fi, ““3 W S“ i there were only thirty male soldiers in the r“ l” "T"? “,“yl' “1‘ l Tm!" _ I, 1 garrison. The Amazons are so trained to ' “8" 1mm" "'l “lull” ‘1" "l we ‘0"? till the peaceful role of ballot girls. One of “Hzlffmg 9”." " . , l . . , _ tbcbigsiuhts of Daliomcyi-i to co the Amaz- I v "01” 1” file 0"""l’m ‘ ""ll’c' far; “Mung ons ongth days frantically brandishing their' to be“ 3"“ "ll “"l’mwm “WNW” - wr-ngmns, uttering their warcrics and going ' through their dances before the Kin". i It is said that at the death of the King a horrid scene ensue. The wives, after the A Liberal Citizen. Musicianâ€"«“lleg pardon, air, but I'm s ’i the dearest. little kitten in the world! All gray but the two fore paws, and a spot of white on the top of its head. “.\lcow,tumw,“ xvi-at pussyâ€"Hand looking up at Min. Marsh said as plainly as one could wishâ€"“I'm not a mt, I'm a fin-.4 "Mercy mc 1" exclaimed Kitty's inaiinna. "you're the very thing Katy had in her arms; when: did you come from!" general plastering business. One morning, the second day after articles of agreement had been drawn up. Dabbs seized an ax-hand- Col. \'crger-â€" “'hat's the matter with you? 10. and knocked Spiller: down and beat him Your clothes are all torn and your face is all nun; *rcifuliy. Spillch got up, nibbed his , scarred up. a head and. turning to a white man that stood Sam Johnsinggh'uflin'. hiss, uuflln' wufl' “'hy is a beehive like a Tone“ Pom"! 7 near. said: speaking of. l jus had a little chat wid my A beehive is a bee-holder and a beholder is “ Ger Wu ner ! Why didn't you new I0 _"lhs proves one thing. sho‘. [if it keeps on 1 fust and only lub, what I met for de fust a spectator, consequently, spectator is a rot- before 1' I'll or or a new set for you to-ihor. dis way the an’ dis man kain‘t agree.’ time since I married Sway-buck Lucy. - ten potato. row." most extravagant demonstrations of grief, aroundcollectiug subscriptions to huythe vil- attack and murder each other, and remain : loge band new instruments. The old ones are in an uproar until order is restored by the nearly useless," I n . ,wwwvereigm suburban Resulcntâ€"“ Is it the umtru- - t â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"câ€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"- menu. that s the matter with that band ‘.'" “ Y-c-u, sir.” They Hat by Chance. i l