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THE BURGLARSGHUSE‘ CHAPI‘E'R I. cos'rtscin. I made my plan of action rapidly. I took a revolver with me, and went u to ' Miss Singleton's house. Fortunately, knew the housekeeper there a middle-aged, strong- minded woman, not easily frightened, which was a good thing. To her I communiated such information as I considered neceasary. She consented to conceal me in the room where the safe stood. There was a cupboard close b the safe, from which I could command a all view of the burglar's operations, and unce upon him at the right moment. f only my information was to be relied upon, there was every chance of my capturing the famous burglar. Soon after midnight, when the house was all quiet, I went to the pantry and got into the cupboard, locking myself in. There were two 0 nings in the panel, through _ either of w ich 1 was able to command a full view of the room. My position was somewhat cramped, but the time soon passed away. My mind was principglly occupied in wonderin if I was really a at to have a chance of istingnishing myself. Somehow, there was an air of unreality about the events of the evening which puz- zled me. Suddenly I heard a sound which put me on the alert at once. It was noth- ing more than the creaking of a board or opening of a door would make in a quiet house ; but it sounded intensified to my ex- pectant ears. I drew myself up against the our of the cupboard and laced my eye to the opening in the panel. I ad oiled the key of the door, and kept my fin ers upon it, in readiness to spring upon the urglar at the proper moment. After what seemed some time I saw the gleam of light through the keyhole of the door opening into the pantry. Then it opened, and a man, carrying a small lantern, came gently into the room. At first, I could see nothing of his face ; but when my eyes grew accustomed to the hazy light. I saw that I had been rightly inform- ed. and that the burglar was indeed no other than the famous Light-teed Jim. As I stood there watching him, I could not help admiring the cool fashion in which he went to work. He went over to the window and examined it. He went over to door of the cupboard in which I stood con~ sealed. Then he locked the door of the out 13' and turned his attention to the safe. esct his lamp ona chair before the lock and took from his pocket as neat and pretty a collection of tools as ever I saw. With these he went quietly and swiftly to work. Light-iced Jim was a. somewhat slimly- built fellow, with little muscular develop- ment about him, while I am a big man with plenty of bone and sinew. If matters had come to a fight between us I could have done what I pleased with him; but I knew that Jim would not chance a fight. Somewhere about him I felt sure there was a revolver, which he would use on the least provocation. My plan. therefore, was to wait until his back was bent over the lock of the safe, then to open the cupboard noislessly and fall bodily upon him, pinning him to the ground beneath me. Before long the moment came. He was working steadily away at thelock, his whole attention concentrated on the job. The slight noise of his drill was sufficient to drown the faint click of the key in the cupboard door. I turned it quickly and tumbled right upon him, driving the tool out of his hands and tumbliu him upon a heap at the foot of the safe. eutttered an exclamation of rage and astonishment as he went down, and immediately began to wrig- gle under me like an eel. As I kept him‘ down with one hand, I tried to pull out the handcuffs with the other. This somewhat embarrassed me, and the burglar Iprofited by it to pull out a sharp l knife. e had worked himself round on his ; back : and before I realized what he was 1 after, he was hacking furiously at me with ' his keen dagger-like blade. Then I realized that we were going to have a fight for it, I and prepared myself. He tried to run the knife into my side. 1 warded it off; but the blade caught the fleshy part of my left . arm, and I felt a warm stream of blood spurt out. That maddcued me, and I seized one ’ of the steel drills lying near at band and hit my man such a blow over the temples . that be collapsed at once and lay as if dead. ' I put the handcuffs on him instantly, and, to make matters still more certain, I secured his ankles. Then I rose and looked at my arm. The knife had inadea nast ' gash, and the blood was flowing freely ; ut it was not serious ; and when the housekee )cr, who just then appeared on the scene, iad bandaged it, I went out and secured the help of the first policeman I met in convey- ing Light-toed Jim to the office. i felt a proud man when 1 made my re- port to the inspector. “ Light-food .lim 2" said be. What, Janicslilaud ‘3 Nonsense, Parker," But I took him to the cells, where Jim was being attended to by the doctor. “You're right, Parker,” he said. “That's the man. Well, this will be a fine thing for lguv’nor, he did !â€"and left me a-lying for | I went in for honest work at my old trade, A PET TIGER- _â€"__. Fierce All-Ill lode Thoroughly ‘Docue. Becomes a Dog's companion- , (From The Art Journal.) In 1869 two officers of the Fifth Lancers while on a shooting expedition in the Lerar encountered a fine tigress with cubs. The I had hit him retty,hard as it turnedput, and it was pro hie he would have to lie on the sick-list for some days. “ “Fell, guv‘nor," said he, " you'd the best of me last night. You hit me rather hard that time." “ I was sorry to have to'do it, Ianswercd. “ You would have sta bed me if you could. . - " Yes," he said, “ I shouldâ€"But, I say, guv'nor, come a bit closer ; I want to ask you a question. How did you know I was on that little job last night? For, s’elp me, there wasn't a soul knew a breath about it but myself. I hadn’t no pals, never thought aloud about it, as I knows on. How came you to spot it, guv'nor 3” There was no one else in the cell with us, and I thought I might find out something about my mysterious visitor of the night ,m’p. killed,tbe tigress, but not before sh had severei y lacerated Captain Thackwell'saa'rm, s? severely, indeed, as to render amputa- tion necessary, the operation, unhappily, resulting in the death‘of the unfortunate officer. The two cubs were captured and taken to Lucknow, where th'izy used to play about the Fifth Lancers“ mess. One, how- ever,‘ choked himself with a lump of raw meat which he had purloined. The surviv~ ing cub was presented by Captain Chally to the Madras Fusiliers, who gave him the name of “Plassey,” and constituted him their regimental pet. before. " It was a pal of vours who gave “my became Very tame: and W33 0“ me the mfomafion‘"1 said_ most friendly terms with the men. He u can,” be, gmnnon No use telling me lived at the officers’ mess, and when allow- that. I ain’t no pals‘leastways not in ed be a" large he amused him-‘38“ by this job_" _ , - stalking a small donkey which was wont to . H Did on ever know a man like this 3n I wander about the mess compound. He describe a“. visitor. As I proceeded, was also introduced to an antelope and a Light-toed J im’s face assumed an expression dag! with Whom hf? lived amicably While of real terror. thatever colour there was ' “"3 reg‘meut remamed “1 India" Massey in it faded away. I never saw 0. mm look accompaned the.0ne Hundred and Second more thoroughly frightened. “ Yes, yes," t° England’ 138mg granted 9' .free passatge he said eagerly. “In course I know who it by the calm?“ Of Her MPJeStY’s amp“ is. Why, it’s Barksea‘ Bill, as I pal’d Jumm! and Elmalaya- TV? young 1e"Pams With at one, timeâ€"And what did he say, and h“ canine any were, 1‘15 f9“°“'_ P3538” guv»n°r___thu he owed me a grudge 1, what gets. Plassey landed With the regimental: we was quits at last? Right you are} ~’cos Dover! Whefe sfnmblc quwtem were l’ro' he did owe meagcudge. Itreatedpmvery vided for him in the main fosses of the shabby__very shabby indeed, and he swore citadel beneath the ofiicers’ mess. ‘ _ solemn he’d have his revenge_ only’g‘lv’nor 'There, l’lassey lived a. happy life witliliis what you see wasn’t Barksea Bill at all, but frlfnd' the dog’ h” “ 99mm“ “new?” ” his ghost. 3°08 BMW Bill’s been dead and being the adpitant’s groom, who fed and buried this three yeah»- - ‘ looked after him. At meal time Plassey al- I was naturally very much exercised in W33,“ allow“ the dog to have. the fil'st “‘ go" my mind over this weird development of the ml, .1)“ When he $ng “15 canine ‘30?" affair, and I used to think about it longafter me‘on had taken 3: fmr,5h"'re he won“? 3”" Light-teed Jim had“ once retired to the 1H,!“ a gentle Pat W‘th 1‘13 Paw "'5 a reminder' seclusion of Portland. While he was in .W 1‘9“ P 138.36" ‘Va‘speu'rly full'gmwl” and charge at VVestford I tried more than once “1 ti“? 29mm 0”“ Popular”)? With the to warmsome more information out. of him Fumhersi 8'“ 01d 13dy res‘dent °€ Dover about the defunct Barksea Bill, but with no WI“? to. the General, comma-“(hug the success. He would say no more than that district, and stated that she had seen (Bin was dead and buried this three year __; :- Plassey disembark, and that ever since she and with that I had to be content. ally I came to have a firm belief that lelad. . in eed been visited by Barksea'Bill’s ghost, and be mammg about t9WD' ' and I often told the story to brother-officers, so frequent were “"5 °ld lady." hue” and somumes got, we“ laughedjst, .rmmt’. and complaints that at last the General felt however, mattered little to me; I felt sure compelled to take 110'?!“ Of" them: and 5° that any man who had gone through the same experience would have had the same beliefs. Of course I got my promotion, and was soon afterwards married. Things went well with me, and I was lifted from .one step to another. In my secret mind I was always sure I' owed my first ' rise ‘to the burglar’s ghost, and I should have cotinu- ed to think so but for an incident which oc- curred just five years after my capture of Light-teed Jim. ’ ' I had occasion to travel to Sheffield from West-ford, and to change trains at Leeds. The carriage I stepped into was occupied by a solitary individual, who turned his face to me as I sat down. Though dressed in more respectable fashion, I immediately recognis- ed the man who had visited me so myster- iously at my lodgings. My first feeling was one of fear, and I daresay my face showed it, for the man laughed. “Hallo, guv’nor," said he; “Isee you knew me as soon as you come in. You owes a. deal to me, guv’nor: now, don’t you oh ‘2” “ Look here, my man,” I said ;~ “ I’ve been taking you for a ghost these five years past. Now, just tell me how you got in and out of my room that night. will you ‘2" - He laughed long and loud at that. “ A ghost?" said he. “ \Vell, if that ain’t a good on 1 Why, easy enough, gnv’uor. I was a-lodging for a. day or two in the same house. It’s easy enough, when you know how, to open a door very quiet and to slip out too." " “ But I followed you sharp and looked for you.” ' ‘ “ Ay, guv’nor ; but you looked down, and I had gone up ! You should ha’ come up to the attics, and there you’d ha’ found me.â€" So you took me for a ghost? \Vell,'I’m blowed.” I told him what Light-toad Jim. had said in the cell. ' ‘ - ' “Ay,” said he, “ I dessay, guv’nor, You see 'twas this wayâ€"~it weren’t Jim’s fault as I wasn't dead. He tried to murder me, ....... ing to go outlest‘Plasscy should have escaped ardens, accompanied in his exile by his faithful dog. Plasscy developed into amag- nificent animal, and never outgrew his amia- bility. He was several times visited by an officer of the One Hundred‘and Second (from whom the writer obtained the above particu- lars), whom he invariably remembered with afiectionatc remembrance. Plassey died at the “ Zoo ” in the Spring of 1877, and his head and skin were long preserved in the officers’ mess of the One Hundred and Second. ‘ The Earth’s Temperature. “Is the temperature of the earth growing colder?” is the question that science is ask- ing these days,and to which she is inclined to give an affirmative answer. And not without seeming good reason. , For not to press the consideration that for the past four or fiVe years both the summers and winters have been growing colder, especial- ly in Europe, there is the fact that the northern limit of the inhabited or inhabit- able areas of the world is now much further south than it was in past ages. This has been conclusively established by the re- searches of modern explorers who have found traces of human occupancy hundreds of miles north of the most northern homes occupied on that region to-day. The pres- ent' line of human occupancy skirts the North American coast line-from Behring sea. to apoint some distance east of Cape Bathurst,cutsthroughthelowcrpartofPrince Albert Land and Boothia, and then, turning northeast, skirts the northern shores of Batiin’s Land to Lancaster Sound. North of this line, above which no natives are known to exist, are abundant traces of the ancient habitations, of the Eskimo. Upon the islands lying, directly north of the mainland, and extending , over an area embracing forty-five degrees of longitude, traces of former occupancy, such ' as stones laid together in circles and winter huts have been discovered at an average distance of about 300 miles north of the present nortliernlimit of humanlife. Certain- ly the most northern of these remains may have been deposited by parties out on hunt- ing expeditious, since it is known that the Eskimo of to-day, when in search of game, travel a very considerable distance north of the present limit of habitation; but even after making due allowance for these ex- peditions there can hardly be room to ques- tion that formerly man had his habitation much further to the north than now. Of course it is not absolutely" necessary to conclude that this southward movement has been wholly due to the increasin re- 'fri oration of the north polar regions. Ti dead. 30 I ses to myself when 1 comes round that I’d pay him out sooner or later. But after that I quit the profession, Jim’s nasty couduck havin’made mesick of it. So which was draining and pipe-repairing. I was on a job 0’ that sort in Westford, near Miss Singletou’s house, when I see Light- toed Jim. I had a hidea what he was up to, havin’ heard 0’ the plate ; and I watches him one or two nights, andrgetsa notion ’ow he was going to work the job. Then, 0’ course, you being ii. officer and close at hand, I splits on himâ€"and that’s all.” “ But you had got the time and details 3' Attorney “7. W. Grad“: had remained a. prisoner in her house, fear-_ Eoor Plassey was sent off to the Zoological " the waters of an inland sea. The southern ., edge of the great ice sheet in the glacial , y ‘ epoch prevented the escape of north-flowing » - f insulin THE ALTAB. a Mien-bearish". win, .6i-de'rs In than. and Dies Before the Ian-late corona-11: Completed. v A despatchzfroin Cleveland, Ohio. : â€"On Monday morning Owen Clark a mer- . , summoned ‘ ‘ears of n to his office and inâ€" dited awill. _.Laterin the da he visited Graw Broa,‘uiidiiiitak'ers, and ad prepared a bill of expenses fora respectable funeral, which he indorsed as correct. ; The next morning Clark engaged a carria e about seven o'clock and drove immediate y to St. Clair street, where'he ‘was joinedvbyshlrs. Murphy, a widow lady. The two then drove to the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, on Lyman street, where the marriage “ceremony was begun by Rev. Father Sidley. Before the last words which would pro. nonnce them man and wife could be spoken,. Clark fell forward in an .apoplectic spasm, from which he never recovered. The re- mains were taken back to the residence on Hill street, where an elaborate wedding breakfast had been prepared. ' It has been learned today that Clark was remarkably superstitious, and'thatbis concern over. the arrangements for the funeral and the dis- position of his pro rty was due to asolemn promiselmade his t wife on. her death bed in presence of many witnesses that he never would marry againunder any circungstances, In his- will, which was probated gto-day,‘ Clark left his entire estate, valued at $40,- 000, to Mrs. Murphy, who, however,’insists that the ceremony'had proceeded far enough- to make her naiuc;Mrs. Clark.- ‘ ' - . , ATheLaniongheat- The Pacific express on the Canadian Paci- fic Railroad went west one day. lastKweek in four sections withfi'l,500 li‘arvest hands board, all bound for the great grain. fields of Manitoba. ~A slight tinge of y‘efllowjis steal- ing over the sea of waving green, and, in a fortnight thousands of reapers will make music the livelong day as" they are urged through the almost illimitable fields. We have great-blessings on this, side of our favored continent; and. can cheerfully yield the palm in grain culture to the great belt midway betweentgur coasts which for ages was fitted by the slow processes of na‘- ture to give brcad'to the world. From the bosom of these plains, some level as a floor, as ,iuiManitoba, some‘ undulating, as in Minnesota, we are drawiiigthe nourishment the ages have accumulated..‘. Over the plains-of Manitoba once rolled chant sixty~fiVe streams, and they formed a mighty lake. Boulders from the Rocky Mountains, or from the eastern Laurentiau‘lhills‘, are now seen here and there, where. they were. drop; ped by floating ice cakes: many liuiidre of miles from their place of origin. «Then canicthe recession of the ice, the 'disapr‘ pearancc of the lake rich in, cretaceousaud nitrogenous elements, and, in coursegof time,,rose a mighty forest, as great and 'as . dense, it is believed, as those whisk new cover the Pacificvslopes' of the coast'nioun- tains. _ '" .-. i j It is almdst inconceivable to those who travel for days over the treeless plains be- tween Winnipeg and the Rocky Mountains”. that here the giants of the forest oncerear- ed their lofty heads, shielding with-their dense foliage the earth that is now exposed to the full blaze of the sumihcr sun. To-day the air of northern Vl’ashington undsoutherii British Columbia: is thick with the smoke of burning forests, and, in‘ 'all probablity, fire was *a .most important element in des- i every . knows the full danger of lung trou- troying the timber that once covered the plains north of our Western Stateaf duce the almost inexhaustible wheat-bearing soil of Manitoba ; and to-day her farmerslyre I use nothing happy in the prospect of the greatest harvest they ever reaped. It is belicvcdithat' the wheatof Manitoba will average forty busliclsv to the acre. Many farmers say. it will average forty-five bushels. Men who have seenmany seasons of Minnesota wheat rais- ing said ,iu Manitoba last week'that they R. had never looked upon such wheat fields be- ' fore. Those great fields stretching for scores of miles around Brandon, Portage la Prairie, and Delorainc are worth crossing the continent to see. The wavin" expanse of dark green verdurc is most p easing to the eye. The stalks stand as tliick-gs,they can grow, are unusually high, andi‘the ears are proportionally long and well filled With. the plumpcst of grain. Our owu ,whcat growers will be glad that theirf Manitoba; brethren are fully to share the blessings of this bounteous year. We can show V these Western, farmers many things worth seeing ; but if they hard time to visit us now, they would smile at our patches of stunted grain just as tourists ' fresh from the plains of Manitoba do as they gaze upon the cats audflwheatzdoi‘Ontario and Vermont. But many Eastern Lfarm- bands will share the blessings thi-‘W'es't‘is bringing. One labor agency in Winnipeg has had demands for 4,800 harvest hands at Out of Sorts Describes a teellug peculiar to persons or dye- pepue tendency. or earned by change of climate. sggasou or life. The stomach is auto! order. the head aches or does not feel right, The Nerves seem strained to their utmost, the mind I confused and irritable. This condition and 'an excellent corrective in Hood's Ssrsaps rilla, which. by its regulating and touiis powers, soon Restores Harmony to the -ystem. and gives that strength of mind, nerves, and body, which makes one feel well. Head’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all drugglsts. 3!; six for :5. Prepared only by C. 1. H001) Jr 00.. Apothecarles. Lowell. Mass. 100 Doses One Dollar The Old Man and the Lover. I A young job printer who has dovelo ed from an amateur into a sort of semi-pro es- sional and who is possessed ,of the energy and push that will stand him in good stead if he has no hard luck, became enamored of ayoung lady-whom he eagerly desired to marry. So he called on the girl's father, who is a prosperous merchant, and laid his pro- .‘pcsitio'n before him. “ My prospects are very bright," said the young man, “ and I love your daughter verydearly. I am prospering in ,business. I’ve Just got a contract to supply the United Effort Society with tracts and it’s a good .301). I expect to make 2,000,000 tracts this ytar." - “ All right," said the old man, as a frown settled on his beetling brow, “' you can’t make tracks any too fast to suit me."- And the young man went forth from the presence of the hard-hearted arent with the dejected look of a man W310 had just been struck with a brick. ‘Gcrman . Here is something from Mr.Frauk A. Hale, p-oprietor of the? De Witt House, riston, and the Tontine “Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men i meet the world as it comes and goes, and are not slow in sizing, people and things up for what they are worth. He says that he has lost a f father and several brothers and sis- ‘ ters from Pulmonary Consumption, and. is himself frequently troubled - o with colds, and he often coughs enough _. . to make him sick at r Consumptionhis stomach. When- ' . ever he has taken a cold of this kind he uses Boschee’s German Syrup, and it cures him time. Here is a man who VV‘Heredltary The lake deposits, the forest growths, I bles’ and would therefore be mOSt were among the elements that helped pro- particular as to the medicine he used. What is his opinion? Listen ! “ I but Boschee’s German Syrup, and have advised, I presume, more than a hundred different per~ 350113 to take it. They agree with 'me that it is the best cough syrup in the market.“ 0 Without money you’re without every- thing. However, as it philosopher once observed. for the comfort of him who has none, “ If I, who have only one shilling, am so unhappy, whataniiserable dog he . must be who has thousands t“ The Washington correspondent of the Globe, after warning the pii )lic against sup- posing that all the ox erimcnts now being made by the Navy apartment are With plates made of nickel steel,and pointing out that the purpose of the de :irtmcnt is to ex- periment with all plates t mt scem available and appear to be at all adapted to the pur- pose, says : “ Thus far the plates ftom (Int.- adian nickel have given most satisfaction." This will be welcome neWs to Canadians, who have just now more nickel than they know what to do with. Should future ex- periments confirm the trials already made, it is certain that a great impetus will be given to the Canadian nickel industry. ....__._._... ,__._.._...~.__â€"__..w m-m â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"~ m ere wages of from $30 to $40 amontli and board is t e alternative inference that formerly I Haying, harvesting, and thrashing will af- -7. mankind was able to endure greater degrees ford about three months’ employment, and of cold than at present. It is a strong pre- hundreds of Ontario laborers are taking ad- snmption in favor of the former view, how- , vantage of low harvest excursion rates and ever, that the terrestrial conditions, involv- ‘ are going West to see the great enquiry and log also those of the atmosphere, have fre- , toil in its fields for a. season.--â€".\vw Yuri: quently changed during the ages of geologic Sun. time. At one time tropical vegetation, net I “ *‘j'““"“"“ “‘7’” witnessed by fossil remains, extended very’ The Prince of Wales Debts. much farther north than at present ; while i It will, be» grateful news to those who during another period the latitudes now ‘ cherish any affectionâ€"and it is to hr.- hoped embraced within the north temperate zone t that, there are few Canadians, who do not... you.’ ~ ‘ ‘ correct'?" After atiiue, feeling a bit exhausted, I! it Why. 0’ mm.” gmnnor. I was an 01,1 went home ‘0 “Y and Set 50'“ Slecp- The handâ€"served many a year at Portland, I surgeon had attended tp in ' arm, and told : have. and I know Just how Jim would work me lt “’33 bu} “‘Eul’emcm wound: I felt it, after seeing his perlim'nary obserwations. lore enough in spite of that. ghost ! Ha, ha, haâ€"nvhy, "giit"nor, _ 3 But a I had no sooner reached my lodgings than ’ you must hip been a we”), green young I saw, sittin in my easy-chair. the strange officer in the,“ days p» man who as called it . n me earlier In the , perhaps I ma At mwmle, I learnt a evening- He “'5‘? t0, ‘3 feet “WWI ente" . lesson from the ci-devant Barksea Bill w 0d- I “Ned ‘f' 1m“ m “M” “tonmhmcut' naiuely,that in scarchiugu house it is always “ We“. muffler." Mid 116. ” I 90° )'°““'° advisable to look up as Well as down. done it. \ ou vc got him square and fair, I (THY Nb» ) reckon l" “ Yes," I said. “ Ah 1" he said with a sigh of complete satisfaction. “ Then I’msatistied. Yes, I don't know as how there’s an ht more I could say. I reckon as how big itctoed Jim 311' me is quits." l was determined to know who this man was this time. “ Sit down,” 1 said. There’s a question or two I mustfok you. Just let me get my coat otf and f‘Il talk to you." I took my coat off and went over to the bed to lay it down. “ Now then,"l began, and looked round athim. I said no more. being literally struck dumb. The man was one ! l began to feel uncomfortable ran hastily down-stairs, only to find the outer door locked and bolted, as I had left it a few minutes before. I went back, utterly npnplussed. For an hour I pondered the matter over, but could make neither head nor tail of it. ‘ When I weal down ‘ the olhce next“ morning I was informed hat the burglar? wanted to see me. I went to his cell. Where he was lying in he‘s Iithhis head bandaged. I were very generally overlaid with immense fields of ice and snow. ‘Z‘hit circumstance, that the conditions of the earth have shown a tendency to change, lends probability to the conclusion to which scientists gen- erally incline, that a cooling process is gradual] taking place. That the question is one 0 universal interest may be taken for granted. As to its practical import- ance, however, this is comparatively slight. There is no need for the present generation to take alarm, or to fear that by this means they will be prematurely cut off from the earth. Even admitting that the process of w+ Quartermasterâ€"General. The familiar prOverb, ” what is good for man is good for his beast ” is fully under- stood by all horsemen from the turf to the farm, from the stable to the saddle. Very high authorities on the subject of horse and cattle ailments, concur in the opinion of General Rufus Ingalls, late Quartermaster- General, Army, who says “ St Jacobs Oil is the best pain-cure we ever used. It. conquers pain." This department has the custody and treatment of army horses and males, and thousands are treated. ly to become a serious practical ‘ for nerations yet to come. And a thongs “rs Yergg’lfifi“ Joni,” We of theSSresent occupants of the earth ought ' ' b o nuv’ w not to lose sight of those who are to fol ow the berries Mrs. Peterby gave you for me vmlemayw afteggtill when the question is one that i ‘ on Only concern those who come centuries Johnnyâ€"J“ You see, they were too soar for you. ins. so I put sugar on them and ate them myself." hence it is difficult to feel profoundly con- cernedtherein. _¢-â€"'_... .. Mrs. Hodgsou Burnett makes nearly $20,- 000 per annum by her pen. ' â€"-.... it is said that nearly l0,000 men desert the German Army every year. for the old system under which England has attained her proud position in the world, and who are jealous for the reputation of the royal family, to learn that the numerous reports concerning the Prince of Wales’ financial difficulties are utterly without foundation, and that His ‘Rn'yal‘l'lighness could within twonty-four hours pay cffcvery obligation that lie. is under. Thisgit least is the statement made b Mr. Stead in his Review of Reviews, an on the authority of a thoroughly reliable informant. Comment. ing on the fact Mr. Stead says : “ Such an assurance given to me on the ver highest freezing in “can”? $01118 Oll- it is not like- i authority,willbereadthroughont ‘- ,fi'bmpire nation ‘ with pleasant surprise. It is hardly toomuch i» to say that almost everyone believed exactly i the opposite, nor. would I have printed the | above statement if I had not received it I from one who was undoubtedly in a position to know, and who, as a gentleman ands man of honor, is incapable of misleading the ublic." And those who know Mr. Stead now that he would not consciously aid in circulatinga falsehood not even to shield the heir-apparent from disgrace. lT HAS No ‘EQUAL. 'IT is THE 3155's