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PENIS OF A BALLOON VOYAGE Some of the Dangers That Attend Aerial Navaigtion. Ivery "car Sees a how Trial of the Air Ship hui Lillie Progress Eh Mild!“â€" Snrrow Escape of an English Acronaui. Every spring about this time some en- ?jausiast on balloons makes a trial of his new . ~ship. Sometimes great crowds at- tend his venture. Usually he manages to sneak away quietly, and only a line or two in the morning newspapers record another failure. Those who go down to the sea in ships haze perils of a certain nature which they are able to Inect and generally overcome by means of the appliances man has invented for the purpose of battling with the storm :nnti waves. llut those who invade the air with balloon can safe uard themselves to no appreciable extent. Tcril attends the rise from earth, and once above the housetops the aerial craft is at the mercy of every £152ch that blows. Danger likewise sur- mounds the descent, and while accidents are not. so numerous as the conditions would seem to demand, still it is a fair statement to characterize as lucky any one who has passed twenty-frmr hours above the clouds, and then reached tcrra firma in safety. It was only the other day that the (50,001) Inhabitants of Croydon, an English city not far from London, were thrown into a parox~ ysm of excitement and apprehension re- garding the fate of Professor Higgins, a focal acronaut. . He had prepared a balloon ofa capacity of 12,004) cubic feet, with a parachute and trapeze attachment. \Vhen he gave the signal the ropes were loosed, and I'm: airship sailed away in the direction of Noxzwood. Upon reaching an alti- ude of 4,001) feet the parachute became how Professor Higgins went up detach- mi from the net of the balloon, which shot up at a great rate, and rapidly disap- peared in the clouds. This was an emer- ; cut-y not included in the programme, for Tim-gins had intended to descend within the limits of the field from which he Inade his departure. The loss of the parachute, and the perilous predicament in which the voyager was thereby placed, no car being attached to the balloon, naturally aroused «the gravest fears in the minds of his friends and relatives. The last glimpse caught of him on the ed re of the sky showed that he was hanging )y one hand to a petulant rope and clutching at the mouth of the airship with the other. No one for a moment en- terraincd any hope of his escape, and the “general relief was accompanied with intense :tastonisluncnt when late at night a telegram {from 'lluubridgc announced that he had :thcd safely. On his return the professor naturally had :I. remarkable story to tell. He reached such an altitude that icicles formed on his hair and mustache. The slow escape of gas from the balloon finally changed its upward t downward progress, and the return to lower and warmer strata of the air re~ rived the unwilliu r traveler sufficiently so (zit-I1. he was enabler to make a struggle for 1 . c. He lowered himself to the end of his itttlc trapeze rope, and so hung until his .I v 1?ch . uchcd the earth. lrle could not, however, get free until the balloon had dragged him tcu yards along the graund and rebounded sixty feet into the " . At the second descent two passing . hr-rcrs rushed forward and held the astut’gling monster down until Higgins dis- »azn..;:.nglcd himself. He was half frozen and . ‘1firing from severe muscular strain, but cruise. received no injuries. It was in in; way one of the most remarkable escapes ~ 1:. record. ___...___+..___..__ ..:\N AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE. Yflc Did Sui Find Happiness and (‘ommiis Suicide. It is reported from Lisbon that the famous ~‘.‘.‘llva. l’orto, the rich and aged Portuguese trader, has committed suicide at Bihe, stv‘c-a, where long ago be accumulated a fortune in ivory and slaves. Some of the 3’21. sh newspapers printed long obituary 21w cos of him over two years ago when a t of his death was circulated. Up to Inh‘ingstoue’s time Silva Porto was the only ‘vs'hzte man who had travelled extensively in Equatorial Africa. It has been widely as- serted that he was the first white man to cross Africa. The fact is, however, that in lit. 3 Silva Porto travelled from Bihe almost to Lake Nyassa, but did not go to the Bmdian Ocean, though he sent a party of his Winch porters on to the east coast. For many years the routes of Silva Porto anli the names of the villages he found on his travels ware the most conspicuous features In; the maps of inner Africa. He became use; wealthy, but would never return to Europe, perhaps because he had a good many native wives and children to keep him at his big establishment in Belmonte. Bil“). Silva Porto was always very kind to explor- -.-.‘rs,and gave themevery aid, while other l’or- wetness: traders, wishing to keep all white mu out of their preserves, treated them shab- scly. “I am an old man,” he wrote to Sersz Pinto. “but I am still tough. If you find Fitm'scli surrounded by peril, with all but my: gone, trv to hold your own and send a Trix” tome by the natives at any cost, In the shortest possible time I will be with you, ad will bring hpr and means.” ~ BUILT BY CHRISTIAN GAITIVES. History and Description oI‘IIIc llnsscn Tower in .u‘rira. Ihe Sum-llasscn Tower at Rabat.;\frica, is a sv. Ierb structure, and although in parts unfinished and damaged by lightning. is still {on-div and beautiful. Built of hcwn stone laconizht from Spain and by the hands of Christian captives. and 18” feet from base to summit, it presents on the outside three tiers of large and elegant arches over comparative- ly small windows, and above the topmost ‘ rch a deep honcycmnb of exquisite carving. It. has a simple grandeur of proportion that is peculiarly its own and Very impressive, says an exchange. The ascent of the tower Solitude not by stairs. but by a series of in‘ clined planes, up which a horse might be rid- rfam three abreast, as Leo Africanus asserts. are made ofaconcretc of lime and sand, very "herd and durable, was bmken away in the time of the Emperor Sidi Mahontct, and by his order. so that now a ladder has to be used hime a footing can be got. As the ascuit is made a number of spacious chambers, Ulllll. :smlcmu and tenantless. except by owls and hm, an: passed, and when the top is reached .1. magniiiccnt vicw is obtained of the restless Atlantic. The tower is not merely :1 st Italy sentinel of the great Itlosqnc. but :\ lmkout nation and a l'vcacou for ships at sea. ____â€"_____.__â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"_ ‘Ibe lowcst of these inclined planes, which" l l l ' PSYCHEN ETHEKE. Nashville, Tennessee. Scene : BY REV. LEROY HOOKER I. It was Decoration Day, and the folks went thronging by To the consecrated ground where their buried Heroes lie. There were sad-eyed youths and maidens, and many a silvered head, And loving little children gathering round the Nation’s Dead. II A passing stranger in the place, I lingered for the day To join the mourning people, and it is no shame to say My alien-heart beat faster and my eyes gave tribute due, As I walked, and mused, and listened to the tale I tell to you. Ill. Unheeded footsteps bore me where, apart from all the rest, A single mound and headstone stood with fresh-blown beauty dressed, Beside them was a farmer-man. His snow-white head was bare And bowed in reverent attitude as if he offered prayer. Iv. I would have passed in silence had I not chanced to see_ u The strange inscription on the slab : “John Stanley died for me. Making bold I said : “Good sir, was the man you mourn your son) 2 And pray, what means the legend that Is graven on the stone? v. Shame-faced, he turned away, until the flowing sorrow dried, Then, smothering many a rising sob, he thus to me rephed: “ \Val, no 3 he wasn’t son of mine ; but, stranger, you can’t know All he’s ben to me l”â€"then choked with tears res15tless In their flow. Is Cholera Coming. The neWs which the London Lancet an- i l . DOMINION nounced last week as to the continuance of PN¢"‘“I&‘ 0' "1° ‘lllflflnlh Annual Gel-o cholera in Mesopotamia has again raised the question whether Euro stands in danger of another invasion of t. e disease. Cholera in Bussotah, and even in llagdad. does not necessarily involve such danger, and al- though the disease has new for many months past prevailed in both these places and in the intermediate country, its incidence has apparently been all but limited to Mcmpo- taxnia and to the western portion of the. Persian empire. The only really disquieting occurrence is the intelligence that it has madcsnmc head~ way along the Turkish trade routes to Europeâ€"routes which would in the main convey the disease in a northwestcrly and northerly direction toward the ports on the southern coast of the Baltic. Should the port towns become infested, it is certain that no Russian or Turkish means of pre- vention such as havebeen adopted on former occasions would be likely to stav the diffusion of the cholera poison if the: local circumstances favored its cpidcmicity. But cholera in Mesopotamia, while it mav usefully incite us to the removal of these influences which tend to propagate that disease, is by no means to be regarded as an actual cause for anxiety. are not in a position to boast of any assured immunity fromcholera traveling in a Westerly direction from Asia Minor, but we have the satisfaction of knowing that. after years of :ion l‘mnk was held at the i l \Ve certaiulv ! sanitary progress, and witha steadilyimpxov- ' Ing sanitary organization of our port and in- : laud districts, cholera Iailed to get a footing in 1 mt] Meeting ortle Slorkholdfn. Held- al the Banking House urine Institution, In Toronto. on Wednesday. Ila: 28m. 1530. The annual general Incctin ' of the Domin- dmuking house of the institution on \Vedncsday, May 281b, 1890. Among those )rcscnt were noticed Mcssts. James Austin, ion. Frank Smith, (l. W. Lewis, Major Mason, Wm. Ince, James Scott, R. S. Cassels, Wilmot D. Matthews, R. H. Bethune, l-I. Leadlay, Wm. Ross, ll. Robertson, W. T. Kiely, “'alter S. Lee, J olm Stewart, Mrs. E. Campbell, '1‘. Walnut- ley, J. 1). Montgomery, etc. It was moved by Mr.G.Robertsou.‘scconded by Mr. James Scott. that Mr. James Austin do take the chair. M: ‘or Mason moved. seconded by Mr. E. Lead ay. and I:.-<u1\-.-.I~ That Mr. If. H. llcthuuc do act as secretary. Messis. \Valter S. Lee and ll. S. (‘a‘xs‘cls were appointed scrutinccrs. 'l he secretarv read the report of the dlrcctohx tothe shareholders. and submitted the annual statement of the aIl‘airs of the bank, which is as follows 2-â€" llalancc of profit and loss account filth April, is: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 7.665 5") ‘ ‘ -_- year endingwth April. ISM. ctiu; charges of" :11a11;l;e1nr11t. and making full rim 'k for U.“ bad ;.:;.l doubtful xltbts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245.534 00 ~ H . _ H _ $256,219 1‘} Burnout. a 71m? cunt, pam ls‘. .\,- “ \t‘IIIln-t‘. l. Dividend 5 p: IS?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lituus l per cent. pa 1530 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amoun: voted to pension a l guaraib tut-mud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . this country during the European epidemic l of 1884387, and this notwithstanding the l fact that we remained all the time in frequent ‘ and unhindered communication with Paris I during the whole period of the cpidnnic in that city. I Our clear duty is, while maintaining all necessary watchfulness as to the march of ‘ 3110101? 0“ the enter“ 09min“ 0f Eurallev new Banking Act. which has his! been passed to continue that line of sanitary work which at Ottawa: The act has bccn extended for we have now maintained for so many years, It‘ll. .‘“-‘=\1.'-‘ l‘mgl'l'. {\‘ilh SQHN' slight vlhplkvs‘, and which has already saved more lives in fiffi'l‘lllll‘g‘ly 5° this country than cnolera ever destroyed ' .lAMl-IS.A\I'5'1‘IN. " among us. l President. -_._,*______ Mr,.lanics Austin mome seconded by the The Executioner of Charles I. llon.ll<‘ra111k Suptlmmd re~olvcd, that the 1e )01‘ ‘ , to I‘ - . , l1 'l‘lldbpiicsidtiht spokcaf some length on the A question has often been asked, who was success of the institution. and mentioned that the executioner of Charles I. -_> “'e do not tlllle baukmlmd not olnlyl t‘lpids nvaillablc to pay . ~ - 55' ‘ ‘ l S ' ‘ ‘ i S ‘ mean,- “wlm were the men in Whose bidding lfakdmmi (lacstifiililghudcdiiIn:ihhvinfg dill‘ilil the deeu was done ‘Bâ€"for their names have hand for that purpose ton very large amount. come down to posterity us those of “the l After the usual resolutions the. scrutinccrs regicides”â€"but, whose hand actually dealt tilii‘lu-iiijiih exited the blow? There are lmdnuhtcdly my “cantata: tam-5,5,“within l»? strong reasons for believing that it was , Matthews. 16.13. u-lcr, James Scott and lion. lichard Brandon, a resident in Rosemary Frimk Simm- . - . . Laue, the entry of whose death occurs in tlfc At “ “Imminent mwm‘g “f 1h” dn‘wmw' register of St. Mary’s, \‘v'hitechapcl, under «late June 21, 1649. To the entry is ap- pended a note, evidently about the same date, to the effect that “ this R. Brandon is C, : supposed to have cut off the head of Charles 1». 170,000 00 v1. Then I asked : “ \Vere there no kinsfolkâ€"none of his blood to come? Or was it in their stead you laid these lilies on his tomb '2” “ Wal, yes ;” his voice still quivering, “guess the neighbors was all glad To have me come down here to-day to honor this poor lad.” v11. “But, stranger, sence you’d like to know, set by me on his grave 3 There ain’t no better place to tell the doin’s of the brave ; And you shall hearjust how it was I chose the words you see On that stone and every word is true 1 ‘ John Stanley died for me i VIII. “Feb’uary, sixty-three, way up north in Illinois,â€" That’s where I’ve always lived since I was a little boy, There was a. giu’ral draft, and among the rest Seth Stebbs, ” That’s me, was spotted to be sent down South to fight the Rebs. 1x. “ I wa'nt a pesky copperhead that loved the South too well, I wa’nt a coward, nuther, as my neighbors all can tell, But when I heerd my name by the Recrutin’ Sargent read, ” It seemed as if chain-lightnin’ went a crashin’ through my head. x. “ ’Twas more’n three mile of crooked road I had to travel home 3 Don’t remember how I got there ; some Devil seemed to come Balaan of pr -tlt and loss c.. ct‘. fomard. . .. ..: l)sz ng the greater part of the} -nr fair rates for money were prevalent. enabling: your direc- tors to fully maintain the prolits of the bank. The charters of thc (‘nnadian bunks expire on the lst of July. 1891. This has necessitated a 1” ‘Mr. James Austin \\'I\ rc-clcrtcd president and the lion. l‘ruul; Smith vice-prcsuh-nt for the ensuing term. Gl‘LNlIllAl S'l'A'l'lihll-IN'I‘. 5' i,.'~.\l.COO l stock paid up fluid . {id-(ll First "' This man is stated to have been R 0” ~ -- . ' . ’ y. ' l ' ’ ‘ ‘ '.‘.I,10.‘. And snarl “1150 my ear : ‘ Ye’r dlafted l £33019, 5 {‘1‘ t"375.5u3k ‘ _ p n the son of Gregory Brandon, who beheaded Divulr .Iyallli' 1s: 3 p 3 ’1‘ You’ve seven helpless children ! There 5 your httle crippleâ€"Dick . Lord Stl‘aflOI‘il, and may therefore be said 333,31,-M,W1;~1;g_;,,;,;;,;£ “W” W . _ to have claimed the gallows as his inherit. , .‘u- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.000 00 )‘I‘ , . ance. Besides, in the “ Confessions of l ' , l‘l"’””“‘"“ “"1 ""‘ Saw, I, “ ‘ There’s a. mortgage on your farm, so you can t raise cash to pay RichardBrandon, the Hangman ’11649), we ‘ noun-“off'Iiflii‘liabilitiiniii 3173;; :€»__ __ r r w m For a substitute! you’ll have only fifty cents a day Eiffel #1311131? followup: lnisslege :1-“111t{ I “"“”' :11? "-3" _ ‘ . . , v . ,V . - ; rant on I ’C\\'ISC con esset tnat Ic an I s 3.1115,?!" (ii) To keep youl elght a 30m “11119 you 1e hghtlu m the south} 1, ,, thirty pounds for his pains, all paid him in : fi‘13“3i1‘,031’°”}1§i"ll--:~~~-;-y$l»}I3-f}30 0" Y H And not a. soul can earn enough to feed one huneg mout 1 . half.01.0“,ns within an 1mm. may the blow i D3533; a.gigging£22.,g, 3'} \.II was given, and that he had an orange stuck I “gtuhw‘l'h'w Ullll‘l‘ bunks “1 mu, W, ‘ ' full of cloves 'tllll a haudkercher out oF the flu“ """""""""" "‘ ' um"; -' . . v. L A . -.â€".~ .,...,501 m “ In them days I wasn’t piousâ€"though I tried to keep my word, lung’s pocket so $00,, as he was mmed , , . V But Becky was as 300d as any angel 0f the Lord. from the Scaffold, for which orange he was > So we took it very different. When I told her of our doom , ngl‘t’dlt‘fim‘ltytSlnymgf tify 1* gentlellnmfl "1 g1) W ANTS- . , - , , (m ,- 3 t her room_ : u e 1a ,_m rc user _Ie_ same, ant a ter- ' p t. z ~ I - - - A She tul ned as Pale 3'5 death and “ ent Staoaeun 0 wards sold It for ten shillings In Rosemary um um“ ( Jmmmm ‘1‘ 701.587 00 XIII. Lane.” If this indeed be true, it follows 335 ‘03 1,, “ And I knew that she would manage to ease her heart in prayer. m d“ ’ 10-, W 7.. . v ) . I . .2. .. But, as for me, I felt and saidâ€"“r a1, stranger, I dont care in Whitechflpel Churchyard, am, it was up) Unmtllgnflmrcan:lit-lilo “05 m 9) To tell you all I felt and sa1dâ€"â€"for oh, my blood was hOt, with great ditlicultythat his interment was ll:(1hu‘.ce;‘duefromotln-rbanhs in “so 3, - n ‘ -. . , , , , - , lr-zt lr'tai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :.' ‘r '2. And man and God seemed hateful ; I do hope Its ben forgot ! egeflted, S9 snng “agithe populu loathing p,,,,.‘-,,;c,,,‘ ,;{,‘,,.,,,,,,,..,, ,,.,.,,,. ’ r,amst hun.â€"â€"Lassclls “Old and Lew int-s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271511131 XIV. London." .‘lluniclpaland other debentures. l. “I ll“ 1" “n 85 “ ' WF"- “ As | at. on “Wall, momiu’ come quite soon enough. At seven I had to go. A Gan of Bomb Robbe‘ lilillz‘11%;:116)l:‘1;ft:gc‘21:}lLetii‘relli._._(‘20th 59 , . 1, . z ‘1'. :g: ". ~ ‘4 . . . . . .24.. ... \Ve’d eat our Silent breakfast when I heard the stage horn blow , I T gd 9 . 1 _ 1 S ‘ {Mrim .{..:,,,,..cu,,..1_mil H mm 0, . _ v . v . _ v - -. p v ,' l ;_ . )v r net cits not IIpe‘ia ' That. meant that In five minutes I must leave them, live or (he , 1‘ “l1 m“) a“ .0 1c” C1” of “‘t L ’fsm CTN, (Haumud 10,, fi,,,,,’,,1,.‘.1 ' _ o d b a ,, pol quIte a sensation has been caused by the m) 16,735 32 so more than half dlstraCted I begun to say 2:00 ‘ y " discovery of a systematic robbery of bombs Bank arena-“03..., . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . 173.570 8-5 xv, . from the artillery magazines in that city. 0g": 5.0“, 5:, “ , ‘ 1 . 1 d b b D. k From the extent of the discoveries now made in. estate other than bank “ _ I (I got all round to Becky MK my. CPIPP e 3' 5’” EC, . ’ by the police, it would appear that the ab- “hum” ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' _,,§:_1,":’_,4_',’8 Ln, 5 When the stave-wheels 0n the brldOG “3V3 me warm“ to be Chuck, straction of bombs and shells has been oilw _ 1.7“ O o a n ’ 7 V ' g V a g)" ’y’ So I ketched them both In arms, but I couldn tdo no more ; ” 011 for a "Tilllzel‘toffl'efll's- 111:; Daily 3 131;“ K "I “may ,.~ , > I . corres om en a (essa savs Ie )I‘OS)eI‘l ' -. - - - - v w hard and sore. , P _ . I l I I , ‘ I calm. I couldn t Speak ’ 1 couldn t cry ’ m) 116mb as which during the last few years appeared to 901111111011 Rank. Toronto, 30th April. 90. . . follow the operations of a certain mechanical kl 1' _ engineer, who ten years ago was a Working V _ ’ f Cafe 0f Y_°ung Tlieés' “ That minute was the blackest of my hfe, I muSli allOW, journeyman, and the display which this in- I ‘ e"), 1"“ 3"“"3 “9"” f'””‘-‘”” “l”, l""’l’er ,My heart cried out: if God is “God Why don’t be help us now l dividual has recently mat c, primarily led to c “‘1“ “it"l1‘tl‘lll‘ dim“ thull 11M" b01511 J h h f d d n 1 t u be“ n to “fit the extraordinary discovery. He created P “In” “m” l "-‘3 “RC “5“01‘(-“l“t‘““ly “m' “St t en t 9 font 001‘ Opene 8‘1“ my ee 1 of” n a v ,1 large factory, acquired ahandsmnc private turity. Many magnificent trees have grown I thought It was the driver to hurry me up a bit. residence, and latterly am”. Mm“, me my 11p to fine propm‘tmns, and hle a good old II in a well-appointed carriage This sudden age’ “1mm” “in.” “r {mlcuumght {mm mu“ ; XV . . . . . but the proportion of food trees that sun vivc to the whole nmn Icr which spring up annually is very small indeed. Nature is so lavish with her seeds that some must sun vive; but her work can be greatly supple- mented by man. This is the planting time of the year, and every newly planted trI-e should have a stake for a support, to keep it from being whipped about by the wind. The trees should be fastened to the stakes by strips of cloth, or some substance that will not cut into the tree. After they are planted thoxough cultivation should be given, the ground around them being stirred every two or three Weeks until the first of Septem- ber. Sometimes amulch of straw or manure around the trees will answer the same pur- pose as stirring the soil. The trees must be watched during the growing season, and in- jurious insects and lmrers kept down. .'l'he whole shape of the tree should be made during its first your or two of growth, and a great deal of injurious pruning will then be saved. A bud may be pineburd oil with less loss to the tree than the pruning anof a large branch later in life. Very little of thumb pruning will be needed the first ymr, but during the second and third itmay be employ- _ _ _ . ed quit:- uxtcnsively. The Irv-t: can thus be the name nnphes. She has 111K011 a com-{n.- of "(fill)- shawl] without a“)- 105” “3' “ml farm. medical dentistry, and knows enough about Pruning will be necessary, hoWchr, to sup. the work to cap a nerve, soothe a violent llement the thumb-pinching Work. This will toothache, put a temporary filling in a cav- l ’ _ . ~ ‘ . DC require-l every year for some time If it is Ity requiring Immediate attention. remove a flail-ml m git-l,- the tree a noble, 3Vlllilli~lritml o y a a . ' child s tooth and Insert Wedges to loosen the appearance, Wherever a false or unimpor. little molars and "1015C?! that "(Til straights tam [curler craggcg a guryl brunch. or u“ i“- emu . In a band satchel Elbe 6“er “lit-101'- cipieut fork threatens the life and beauty of ml or that purpose, besides a supp.y Of the tree, or a branch is found growing in the drugs. pumice stone and the like for clean- . p _ I wrong Ilir«_~».:tion, thcthumb or mining knife mg the teeth. Urdmanly she charm-'9! 47) should be used as sum as {missillb- The ear- Cem-‘l "3 W“ l‘ “l "I “Will i“ “I‘ll-T- l'm Ill“ be: :2. the life or the tree that fills wdrlt l-i mouths of a small family are looked into for lluf‘n: the less will tho- amouut of in'ur ' be a couple of dollars. done to the tree growfb. I 3 i) i , AI i.* in!" ' ' organ: I suppose llnzsml Isoverflowmg With 1 uppiness sum- his new boy arrived ’3 Bn.;_',:s~â€"â€"”lie may be by this time, but I: mw him this afternoon he Iva-I only .,. ‘. " and unaccountable prosperity attracted the notice of the police, who made a raid on the factory, when large hidden stores of bombs were discovered bearing the Hov- crmncnt mark. The arrest of the engineer led to the further discovery that an organised band of artilloristsandothcrswcre implicated inthc robberies. Thcpolice areofopinion that the burning of one of the artillery magazines in Sebastopol last year was the work of the band now under arrest, who pl'csumcdlyfired the magazine to prevent the discovery of an unusually large theft of bombs. To the suue band is attributed the mysterious murder, about the same time, of an artillery driver. The mystery which chiefly L‘Xcl‘cis‘es‘ the an. thoritics for the moment is how the bombs were disposed of to such an extent as: to enâ€" rich so largely the organizer of the robberies and his confederate-s. ....__.+-. A Novel Occupation. A New York dentist employs a lady {LS- sistant at a salary of $50 a week and a com- mission for every customer, who goes from house to house and cleans teeth. She is young and pretty, attractively dressed, and, while self-assertive, she is a lady in all that “But no ; it was John Stanley, the brave boy that’s buried here ; There he stood so tall and handsomeâ€"only turned of nineteen year ! ‘ \Val,’ says he, ‘ I’m just in time ! Neighbor Stebbs, you needn’t go, ’Twould be a cryin’ shame to let you leave your family so 1’ ” XVIII. “I was too dazed and wild to see just what he meant, at first, And said: ‘John Stanley, ’taint no time when things is at the worst For them that’s out of trouble to be jokin’ them that’s in !’ Says he : ‘ It ain’t. no joke, Seth Stebbs ; I’m not so rotten mean 3’ ” x1x. “ ‘ You stay at home and let me go. I’ll take what God has willed ; For no one will be left to starve if I get hurt or killed.’ Strangerâ€"you should have seen the light that shone from Becky’s face i It seemed as if the Lord had let his glory fill the place 2” xx. “ And when she said : ‘God bless you, John ‘;’ ’twas just as if the Lord’s Almighty voice, made low and sweet, had spoke in Becky’s words. I trembled like numb-palsy when I recollected how _ God heard me think : if he is good why don’t be help us now i” x.\‘1. “ And then I thought : Wal, Seth, I guess this wa’nt sent so much for you !_ It was pity for the children I It was Becky’s prayer that drew I They said good-bye and blessed him as he hurried to the gate ; . For the time was more than up and the stageboy couldn‘t waxt.” xxu. “I let him go in silence; but I hope he understood The tears that fell upon his hand when we parted on the road. It won’t take long to finish. Before a year had passed . ’ He was shot at Chickamauga, and down here he sleep‘s his last. ’ XXIII. “ It ain’t. all told, it can’t be! But we always keep the day That he took m‘v place, like Christmas. And when we kneel to pray, And all comes backâ€"how, for love of us. our brave young neighbor diedâ€"- It don't seem hard to trust in The Man that was Crucified.” a-.â€"â€"â€"_â€" Merit appreciated.«w'fdaum' Tutti l-‘rutti “11111 is entitled to es: ll praise and rec-r1. nitinn. Sold by all urozfisti and win..- w tioners. .7 Lents. W -' h- l l l v