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'v f .ed or 1'»â€" HEALTH. For Bight-:Sweats. An eminent German physician recom- mends for the relief of night-sweats of cone sumptivea, so icebag placed over the stomach. Patients bear the treatment well, and it is recomme'ided by Prof. Rosenbach to be superior to any medicinal agent for the purpose named. -â€" I’or Hiccough. Hiccocgh can generally be stopped by taking a teaspoox-ful of sugar dissolved ‘ in strong vinegar. In obstinate cases in which other remedies fail, chloroform may be used, ten or fifteen drops ate. dose, taken in.a little sweetened Water and repeated at in interval of fifteen or twenty minutes until three or four doses have been taken, if relief is not obtained sooner. One or Two in a Bed. Persons often ask :-â€"“ Is it healthful for two persons to sleep in the same, bed 2” This same question is varied thus; “Is it healthful for an aged aged and a very young person to sleep to- gether 2 If not, which suffers most, the aged or the young person?” We have al- ways answered these questions by saying, No to the first question. It is always un- liealthful for two persons to sleep together in the same bed and under the same covers. The air under the bed-covers immediately surrounding the body of the sleeper is ex- ceedingly impure, becoming more and more impregnated with poisonous substances, es- caping through the excretory glands of the skin, from the moment the person retires until he arises. The odor of the bed-cloth- ing, after having been occupied for a night, is often positively offensive to the nostrils of a person with an unimparied sense of smell,â€"espccially one who has just come in from outdoors, where the fresh, pure air has been breathed. The oisonous character of this under- the-be -clothes air would be somewhat more likely to affect the susceptible eon- stitution ' of a child than that of an adult. In elderly persons, the amount of impurities in the air surrounding the sleep- er, inust be greater than in young persons, consequently, while both persons would be more or less injured, the proportion of harm would doubtless be greater to the youn person than to the person of more advance years. Mr. Treves, of the great London hospital (London, England), has recently called attention to the fact that wounds, especially of the lower limbs, heal much sooner w‘aen kept exposed to the open air, instead of being covered up by bed-clothing. He remarks that the air under the bed- clotliing is foul and almost hot, and hence likely to be very harmful to wounds in which it may come in contact. This seems to be a very ample demonstration of the correctness of the views above expressed, and to which we have before often given expression. Skin Grafting. The process of skin grafting, although fora score of years considered one of the most marvelous of recent advances in surg- ery, is now quite generally known even among the laity. It consists simply in covering any surface which has been denud- ed of skin with small bits of healthy skin furnished by the patient, or by some other person. Only the minutest particles of skin are required, and it is not necessary that the whole thickness of the skin should be included in the small fragments, termed “ grafts,” which are employed. Recent ex- periments have shown that the skin of a frog answers as well as human skin. Of course great pains should be taken that the skin of the animal used be thoroughly disin- fected, although the germicidal solution should not be of sufficient strength to des- troy the vitality of the skin. It. is well to keep this fact in mind, as the healing of large surfaces which have been denuded by ‘destruction of ‘he skin through contact with fire or some caustic solution, is some- times an exceedingly tedious process. ‘ Oveiwork and Disease. Overwork, whether of muscle or brain, is harmful and often fatal; but what is ove ,1 work for one man may be' nothing but wholesome activity for another. Various causes may have lowered oue’s natural powers of enduranceâ€"lack ofsleep, ex haust- iiig exciteiuents, sedentary habits, an undue accumulation of fat, a weakened heart, or other organic disease. In all competitive sports it is dangerous for the contestants to ignore such physical differences. Spirit and excitement may help to win a temporary victory at too great a cost. Most intelligent ersons know that athletes are peculiarly iable to heart disease. and, as a class, are shortdived. It is well known, too, that exhausting marches, like the retreat of Napoleon’s army from Russia are attended by a fri htful loss of life; but even the medical pro ession has not under- stood the nature of the relation between overwork and its morbid effects.‘ Of late years, however, the subject has been carefully studied by medical experts, and the general conclusion reached is that the system poisons itself by overwork and exhausting fatigue. The effect, in short, is somewhat like what takes lace when the eliminating organs of the b0( y are debilitat- deseased, causing a retention of poisonous waste. In the lower degrees of overwork. rest restores the system to its normal state by a spec iyclimiuation of the injurious elements as poisons received form without are elimi- nated. and a fatal result avoided. In more prolonged fatigue there is a rise of temperature and an alteration of the liquids of the bodyâ€"a manifest feverish condition. In still more prolonged and severe exertions, there are changes in the bodilv tissues, as well as in the fluids, es- pecially in the heart and blood vessels, the iducys and s inaLcord. This is the case in forced mare es. nightowntching followed by daily toil. in the persistent "cramming" of the schools, in the incessant drive of bus- iness, especially when these are associa‘cd with poor living and insufficient sleep. The Medicaldonrnsl si 's : “ In some cases t caih occurs too soon for the development of the above symptoms. Thus the soldier fell dead after announcing the victory of Marathon. In Algeria two noted runners fell don! the instant they reached the goal. This sudden death from over-exertion is due no selfvpoison bv carbon dioxide, which is formed more rapidly than the lungs can exhale it." All INVASION 0F BRIGANDS. ~â€" Serlons Depredltlou by longouan Rebels. Nearly every day for a month last fall, brief and disjointed cable despatches were received in Manchuria, announcing a seri- ous uprising. Then came tidings of “an uprising in Mongolia ” and of a rebel army advancingto the Chinese wall, which was driven back with great slaughter by the forces of Li Hung Chang. There were rumors that a revolt against the reigning dynasty was in progress, but no clear idea of the trouble could be evolved from the fragmentary despatches. It is impossible at last to tell the story, and this summary of its chief features will show that early views of the disturbance was inaccurate : Mongols had nothing whatever to do with the troubles. The Manchus were not waging war upon Christian missions. No deep-laid plan to overturn the Government at Pekin, inspired the disturbers of_thc peace. Questions of religion and pplitics entered into the disorders only so iar as armed bands of outlaws chose to make them the pretext of wholesale robbery and rapine. Sever thousands of Chinese bandits were the offenders. Chinese settlers in Manchuria including a few native Christians and foreign missionaries, were the victims. The pro gress of the army of robbers was sta ed in one direction on Manchu soil by the Man- chu army; in another direction, at the great wall, near the borders of .China ro- per, by Chinese soldiers; This is the story of the uprising in a nutshell. . How is it possible for armed outlaws in any part of the world to league together in such force as to have the appearance of an army of invasion '2 It is a simple matter in Manchuria. That country has long been the Botany Bay of- China. The peniten- tiaries were emptied to form the vanguard of the stream of colonization that has given several millionsof Chinese immigrants to the land of the Manchus. Many thou- sands of criminals, many hundreds of o- litical offenders, have been exiled to Main churia. The mountain valleys of northern Manchuria have been to China what Siberia is to Russiaâ€"the dumping ground for the refuse of the people, political suspects, and offenders against the State. A few years ago three thousand Chinese exiles of the better class were living at Tsitsikar, a large town in northwestern Manchuria. In the mountains north and cast are thousands of Chinese jailbirds, who prefer to live by pillage rather than by honest labor. They raid upon the hamlets that are scattered over the plateaus and along the river val- leys south of them. "They sack towns, villages, isolated distilleries, and pawn- brokers’ shops,” wrote Mr. James five years ago, “ and occasionally they carry away men whom they suspect to he possessed of wealth ;. a ransom is then demanded, failin which the brigands invariably keep their word and send the victim’s head back to his friends. Occasionally they try what the cutting off of an ear or nose may do to extract muncy, when sending for it in the first instance.” . The presence of these pests is a crushing calamity for the country. All travellers carry arms. The northern towns and Vil- lages and all important places of busmess are as strongly fortified as possible. The authorities often send escorts of soldiers with trading parties. It cannot be said that the governing class is indifferent to the evil, but its administration is lamentabl imperfect ; and yet the number of bandits, caught in crime, who pay the penalty With their heads, is very great. It is said that in 1885 over five hundred robbers were exe- outed. The garrisons in the northern half of Manchuria are employed chiefly in ser- vice against the brigands. The-mandarians usually reserve all action, however, until the robber bands actually come down from their mountains to raid. It is a wonder, where life and property are so insecure as in central and northern Manchuria, that colonization should have continued to ex- tend further north. It may be that the riots in central China, threatening as they did, to involve the em- pire in trouble with European powers, en- couraged the idea among t ese robber bands that a looting expedition in strong force, to the south, would be successful. However i that may be, the brigands felt emboldened by their large numbers and great resources to take the offensive against the Manchu soldiery. It was not until they had entered the southern province of Manchuria that their enterprise really came into public view. This province is filled with emigrants from the three neighboring provinces of China, and it was upon the farmers, shopkeepers, and craftsmen of their own country that the full force of the murderous invasion fell. Only Manchu soldiers garrison the mili- tary stations in Manchuria. It was they who stopped the invasion of . the first band of outlaws after the sacking of some towns and the commission of horrible atrocities. But another force of the brigauds, about 3,000 strong, marching further east, advan- ced as far as the great wall, near which they were rented by Chinese troops who had been hurried to the scene. Many of the outlaws were killed in battle, and death was inflicted upon all the captives. It would seem natural that this remark- able uprising of criminals should impel Chi- na to take such thorough measures as would render it impossible in future to repeat this reckless experiment. In its resources and climate Manchuria is on of the finest parts of the empire, and its northern valleys and hills can be turned to good account when they are no longer the lurking place of this formidable colony of ev’fldoers. -â€"â€"â€"â€"+â€" Social Gravitation M _v_ Returned Touristâ€"“ What became of that fool, Sapliead, who had more money than he knew what to do with 3" Business Manâ€"“ I don't remember him. “'as be much of a fool '.'" “ Perfectly idiotic.” “ I presume he has dropped into society.” .tlven Prayer Was Useless. Bessic-â€"“ After Miss Fitz says her pray- ers every night she looks under the bed, but she has never found a man in all these ycnrs.” Jessieâ€"“ Wonderful I And she keeps on praying i" s In the Baron Office. Office Boyâ€"There's a man outside who says he wants to see you ; but I guess I'd better send him awayâ€"lie seems to be perfectly srazv. Editorâ€"Let him in 2 Perhaps he wants to subscribe. P P g 3’ P P ‘1 l: g 3’ AN ALGBKIAN CRIME. Strange Trial Refer-1;; Military Tribunal and a Stranger Acqmttal. From Algeria, land of strange happen- ings, comes the story of a military court sitting in judgment on a case, which in any other country of civilized occupation would be tried by procedure of civil-criminal jurisprudence. The prisoner at the bar, instead of being a swart Turco, or iron- framed soldiers of the world-recruited regi- ments des etrangeres wasa young and bean- tiful Arab woman. The charge which she was there summoned to confront was mur- der ; the motives therefor, rev-en e, and the gratification of jealous an er. T e guilt of the accused woman was a act apparently as lain to moral sense as was to physical vision the presence of the great orb of day, which overhead burned it westward course through the African firmainent. As for the crime, itself, it was, in dull mediocrity of conception and sodden brutal- ity of execution, a thing simply repulsive and wearisonie to contemplate. Yet. not- withstanding all this, the crimminal was ermitted to depart into freedom not only absolutely unpunished, but followed by the congratulatory murmurs and admiring lances of the always susceptible soldiers of Franceâ€"a number of whom were there, her judges. In a part of the great French possession of Algeria where neither an interpreter of the civil law as laid down in the Code Napoleon, nor an expounder of the law of God as set forth in the Koran, was obtain- able, a council made up of the officers of a French garrison was recently covered, pre- sumably to hear evidence, sift testimony, and, as wisely and justly as might be, de~ cidc the question of life or death for an Arab woman who had murdered her rival, Aicha, the first wife of a husband possessed by two women in common. A COQUETI‘ISH MURDERESS. The inurderess was a woman of quality, young, beautiful and a thorough-paced co~ uette who had neglected nothing, permiss- able by Moslem usage, or procurable through the fatuous indulgence of a com- placent husband, or owner, in the adorn- ment of her person. She, of course, wore the prescribed and omnipresent veil, but it was a material so light and transparent that it but served to soften the rich olive of the wearers complexion, pleasantly modify. the inky blackness of her hair, and add the surgestion of depths unfathomable to the dark eyes which met their gaze. Net- 9. fold of her drapery, as she stood in the presence of martial judges, that had not deftly been so disposed as to display to the best possible advantage the somewhat unpieturesque attire of the Arab womanâ€"- and, incidentally, bringout in perfect prose the charming lines of the female human form divine. Her hands and arms, the fingers and wrists of which were covered with spark- ling diamonds, were small, well-formed and delicately plump. So beautiful indeed were they, that they quite distracted the honor- able court from anything approximating a calmly deliberative consideration of the aw- ful crime which their owner had perpetra- ted. It may be here said .that it was with a bludgeon tightly gripped in the sweet little hands, and viciously weilded by the plump arms, that the murderous, after slyly creep- ing up behind her unsuspecting rival, had, battered out the unfortunate creature’s brain’s and beaten her down to earth, a. bloody, mangled corpse. AN ARAB nusnxxn’s APPEAL. There was no defense offered by the mur- deress. VVliy‘should there be before such a tribunal? But her husband, the semi-wid- ower, and Arab Shiek of some influence stalked into the presence of the officers, and made a. novel, if not thrilling, appeal in behalf of the prisoner, his remaining wife. After promising that he considered the removal of the unhappy Aicha by the ac- cused as palliated by the fact that the latter found it absolutely necessary, for her own piece of mind, to rid herself of the inter- ferences, jealousies and presence “of a first wife whose existence had become embarrass- ing ” the noble Arab coudescended to add that he regretted the loss of the murdered woman’s services. He must, nevertheless, plead with the court to spare him his second wife, the lovely wildcat then and there in the presence of their assembled wisdom. She had the man of the desert affirmed, cost him bot-h in flocks and herds, and in brief, she was unto him the apple of his eye. ‘he argument was not an exceptionally strong or convincing one, it will be observ- ed, but it served its turn, for presently the doors of the Council Chamber were thrown open, and sheik the murderess walked forth, free as the air about them, and noxiously bright as are the sun-bathed sands of old Sahara. Still, from time to time, rough and ill- mannered attacks are made on the rigor of French military rule in Algeria. JEALOUSY or iiiussuuiix WOMEN. That your downright, jealous Algerian Mussulmsn woman cares but little for either French military authority or the admoni- tions of the prophet, when the green fever forces its tortuous course through her veins, is further illustrated in what follows :â€" Alieuteiiant of the Spahis (native cav- alry) who, with the exception of his quar- termaster, is the only Frenchman in his re- gion, has for along time been stationed with his command at an oasis on the Algerian frontier of Tunis. The lieutenant is, in a manner, Governor of the district; has, by circumstances, been compelled to discharge the various and widely different duties of soldier, judge, and physician. He has, quite naturally, by virtue of his peculiar location and diversified occupations, enjoy- ed exceptionalopportunities and ad vantages with respect to acquiring a knowledge of the social customs and domestic relations of the Arab. It is refreshing to know that he aflims, as a result of familiar and close observation, that where families of that ilk are divided the proportion of four, three, or even two wives to one husband, white-winged peace does not always brood. Quite the reverse is, he siys, the fact. Violet quar- rels frequently convulse the domestic econ- omy, and it is far from being unsatisfactory to learn that the man in the case does not always come unscathed through the storm. BURIED ALIVE is A PARISH. On one occasion, says our useful officer, a date-laden caravan of the tribe of Oulrd- Dis, en route for a distant market, halted for the night at the oasis. There was noth. ing unusual in the circumatance. So, the Wayfaring men of Ould-Dia quietly relieved their animals of their burdens, devoutly inclined their own heads toward Mecca, and then quietly disposed their bodies for slumber. Nothing occured during the night to break the monotony of the soft and constant footfall of the sentinels, and the glinting of their rifle barrels as they at rc- ' ' I i CHRISTOPHER conuusus’r ‘ f. Recent Investigation Concerning the ships [and by me Discoverer. Europe and America vie withesch other at the present time in presenting tothe world interesting facts, leaned from researches in gular intervals came athwart the moon’s connection with Ciristoplzer Columbus and disk, o i the discovery of this country, the commemo- In the early morning, however, while the - ration of which is soon to be celebrated. wearied Arab drivers were still contentedly lThe Austrian Maritime Review has recent~ snoring, a frightened Spahi dashed into the ly published a very interesting illustrated presence of his commander and breathlessly article, the result of investigations that have informed him that one of the caskets, or been made. particularly in Spain, in cider paniers, which had been unladen from the;to ascertain ieyond doubt the exact t p0 animals of the tribe of Ouled-Dia on the pre- l and maritime value of the three sbi s t at viou's eveping, was at that moment hopping - brought the great explorer to the nod. about the camp without any visible means cries of a new continent. Those shi , as of locomotion. Seeing that the Spahi would We already know, were called “ cam“? lea." not he laughed down the oflicer followed but only the latest researches have gained him out of his quarters to investigate the phenomenon. Sure enough! one of the paniers, which the caravan men had laced in a huddled mass upon the grouu , was, with a gro- tesque motion, swaying from side to side was but the work of a moment to out with a knife and at the binding cords of the dis- orderly basket. This done there presently stood revealed a woman, gagged, partially bound, almost smothered, and desperately struggling for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. W hen released from her strange bondage, and somewhat revived by the fresh morning air, the woman explained that she had been placed in the panier by one Fitza, the first, or principal wife, of the victim’s husband, an Arab'of feeble will and weak impulses, named Abderaman. Fit-2a, it seems, after gagging, and as she hopefully believed, I strangling the second wife, conceived and promptly carried out the ingenious idea of. disposing of the supposed corpse by substi- tuting it for the contents of one of the a- niers of the sojourniugcsravau. IIer won d- be victim was, however, not quite dead, and reappeared in life as herein set forth, DEFILING TIIE BEARD OI“ THE PROPHET When the wicked Fitza, much prettier than the rescued one, and scarcely taller than the officer’s sabre, was confronted by that functionary and her rival, was she over- come by terror and romorse? No! by Allah! No! the dusky little vixen unhesitatingly avowed her responsibility for the plot and loudly, shrilly and vi orously bewailed its failure. Metapliorical y speaking, she re-l filed the Koran and spat upon the heard of the prophet, when the adjurations of both were suggested to her by the soldier-law- giver. ‘ The woman, she slirieked, had surrepti- ouslyacquired a monopoly in those affections of a. joint-stock husband which should have been possessed in common; if, indeed, she (Fitza) might not alone enjoy them. Pro- phet, or no prophet, it was a condition of things which she could not endure ! While the. argument was at its height the miserable Abderaman casually peered into the tent, and, seeing how the land lay, cau- tiously sneaked away. . TIIE UNDOING OF ABDERAMAN. The question of punishment proved an embarrassing one for the Frenchman but he ' appears to have successfully solved it by , causing Abdcraman, the well beloved, to be soundly thrashedâ€"not for having two wives, bless you ! or for having attempted to con- done the murder of one of them, but simply because he failed to maintain peace between the rivals. The congeners of the flaccid Abderaman (elderly Solomons) cunningly praised the Wisdom of the judge, and speedin provided themselves with stout switches, so that each and every man of them might, at a pinch, be in a position to avail himself of the ex- cuse furnished by the gallic cadi, should the necessity arise for the disciplining of their better-halves, seconds, thirds or feurths, as ~ the case might be. A NATION OF ST AIR-0L1 MBBRS. The Berlincse Have u. Fondiicss for Living in Top‘story Apartments. A Berlin letter states : I called upon l America friends. It was just in that hour' when solid midnight sets in here (6 o’clock), and when, in res ones to a ring, the heavy iron door openct with a so’t click, there were revealeda few steps, and beyond there was darkness. I did not know on what story my friends dwelt, having only the number of the house. After striking sever- al matches it appeared that those sought did not dwell on the first or second floors. More matches were struck, and at last the name appeared. There was nothing to say about so strange an adventure. It is the way of the town. One has to get the hang of the dark stairways or stay in first-class hotels. . A friend related a similar. experience. He was making a call in a fashionable quarter, and after lighting his way to the fourth story of a large house, and he count- ed the stepsâ€"there were 103 of themâ€"he entered an apartment that was brilliantly lighted and found a charmingcircle of ladies in lovely evening costumes. He expectcdl some explanation of his passage up the stairway, 103 (lurk steps, but it was notl regarded as remarkable in any respect. The people upon whom he was calling were Americans with a superfluity of money, and abroad for personal repose and educational facilities. The people are used to the climb- ing of stairs, and regard it as a form of necessary exorcise. A residence is not a house, but a series of apartments, connected and separate from others. There is a common stairwav, and it is guarded by a porter. who watches the one front door, behind which, at various eleva- tions, are half a dozen well-established fami- lies. 'I‘herc are probably four floors, with room for a family, perhaps two of them, on each floor. You come to an iron and rlass door, say fifteen feet high, and ring it fell. You are at once under inspection from the lodge of the invisible porter, and if he re- gards you aseligiblehc ullsa lever or turns a crank and the. spring Iatch is withdrawn. Then you ascend to the floor where your friends are at'homc and ring another bell, and you can enter a private hall, though often on this hall there are several parties who merely know each other as neighbors. This is the way to concentrate population and encourage architecuire. I know a youn man who has not been in Berlin long, an hasa fancy for counting the steps he climbs to see his friends. The number of steps ranges from fiftyothree to Ill. The aver- age height of all ihle apartments is about seventy steps. ' ‘heie are fine accommoda- tions in abundance at the height of 125.- steps. much as a drunken man reels to and fro. It I not the slightest resemblance to each other, ‘ at the Canaries. for us the knowledge flint this name did not apply to any particular class of vessel. The Spaniards used the word “ Carabela,” which they borrowed from the Franconian tongue, and which has its root in the Greek word “ Karati,” to designate ships that bore either in construction or capacity. The investigators gathered all possible proofs that could be furnished either by the admiral’s diary, particularly the lombook, and the sketches which Columbus published through Juan de la Cosa, his pilot, besides many ancient documents pertaining to this subject. This thoroughness on the part of the investigators has enabled them to fur- niin to the marine painter Rafael Manleon the means for executing an uquarell, rcpre~ senting the fleet of Columbus. The three veisels were the Santa Maria, the Nina, and the Plum. The dimensions of the Santa Maria were as follows : Length of keel, 58 feet; between perpendiculars, 70 feet ; displacement of tonnage, from 120 to 130. The crew numbered no more than ninety men at any time, and the ship was able to carry sufficient water and provisions for them. The udmiral's diary speaks of the size of his life-boat, but treats the arma- ment only superficially. It mentions, for example, that Dec. 26 the admiral caused to 'be fired “ uua Lombardy una Espingarda." The latter of these arms is very well known, while the former is a cannon of small cali- ber used in Lombardy. The tackelagc of the Santa Maria was that of a small three- master with five single sails. The maiumast lhad a scuttle, which the sketches show to have been round like a basket. The gener- al form of the hull was that which was com- mon to the round vessels of that age. In the stem the ship carried a large cabin. house, with a small one in the how. The seaworthiness of the Santa Maria was excellent. The admiral’s diary speaks thus of it: “ The vessel behaved splendid- ly in bad weather; it traveled with the swiftness of a good flyer.” It was the same with the other ships, and the log records often fifteen Italian miles an hour, which is equal to eleven nautical miles, a speed that was very good for the vessels of that age. The dimensions of the other two vessels are not recorded, but the sketches and the designs describe them as of smaller size. The Nina resembled the Santa Maria ; the Pinto. carried triangular soils, which were replaced with square ones after the first stop Each vessel carried the Castillian flag on its maininast, and the flag of the admiral on its mizzenmast. The Aragonian arms were excluded by order of the queen, because Aragonia refused to par- ticipate in defraying the expenses of the ex- pedition. The admiral’s flag was a white standard with a grcen cross between two crowned letters, 1“. and I., the initials of Ferdinand and Isabella. A cross was also painted on every sail of the ships. a custom adopted by the Spaniards and Portuguese to distinguish their fleets from those of the iiifidels. A canvas, found in the museum of Madrid, representing the landing of the ad- iniml’s fleet at San Salvador, and executed by the painter Brugada, corresponds fully with the descriptions set forth by the Aus- trian Maritime (femur. 'â€" Bruin in Winter. Bruin does not retire from the open till he is compelled to do so by frost and snow. He livns through the summer on berries, buds, insects of every kind, grass, mice, or any other small animal that he can get. I may any, for the benefit of the gentlemen that publish so many terrifying hear stories in the daily newspapers, that bruin is as harmless as a cow during the summer, and will take to his heels in fright on sight of a human being. It is only when he leaves his lair too early in the spring and he is not able to find anything to eat that he will atâ€" tack man ; but he prefers a calf or sheep, and the farmer’s tale is often short at sun- down. But, as I have said, when the winter over- takes him, he sets about to find a winter home. He has very likely, during the sum- mer, when poking his noseinto hollow trees lookin for the honey of wild bees, seen some pIice that will suit him, and to this he goes struightway. The tree must be a large one, and be will not select it unless there is a space with plenty of room where the snow or rain can not. reach him. This secured, be bundles himself together, his head on his paws, closes his eyes, and remains in this posture till " those blind motions of the spring" tell that “ the year has turned.” Then he drags himself out and begins his struggle for an existence. Sometimes, however, when lying in this stupor, loud sounds startle him, and his tree castle shakes ; this is when the lumber men have found him and are assailing the tree with their axes. lie seldom escapes, and if he does he will surely die in the snowy forest unless he can find another home. . Bright Childâ€"“I know what they call em, niamma. when there's three twins.” Mommaâ€"~“ What, Katy?” Bright Childâ€"- ‘ Giblets.” Lard Tennyson is said to be an inveterate novel-reader, and when he becomes absorbed in an especially interesting story at night it is often didicult to persuade him to leave it to go to bed. He does not rise early, and breakfasts in his bedroom, taking a couple of hours' stroll afterwards before his lunch. He continues to be devoted to his pipe. H. Rider Haggard divides his time and attention between his literary work and the duties of his farm. He usually ives the morning to the latter, and rarely :egins his writing before four o'clock in the afternoon. He writes until dinner-time, and gives an hour or two of the evening to the same work, and even with this he usually pro- duces three or four thousand words a day. I]: declares that he can complete an impor- portent work in six months. .Ih-~.... j "Inwl‘ ' l f. .. «ammo»ng m Dwmmrw'; vv> ~. s. .. 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