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Vii; _â€"_â€"â€"- Excitemsnt may be injurious physiaslly, mentally and morally. There are the mor- - ally ruinous excitements of the modern bullâ€" Indi‘n cm tights and of the ancient gladiatorial shows. We might well learn a lesson from the \Vhen women, made for tenderness, sym- Indian's health and strength. With him a pathy and love can find their highest en- eonstant succession of long days spent in joyment in such exhibitions, it is plain that active bodily exercise in the o n air devcl- the moral nature itself has become thorough- oped a race which was physical y unexcelled, ly atrophied. probably, even by the Greeks. To young men particularly the excite- Exposure, fatigue, privation and physical merit of the theatre often becomes so con- injury Were lightly borne. The seeming trolling that it checks all their better in- indifierence to pain, which gained for him tellectual tendencies, and leads to reckless the title of “stoic,” was probably due as expenditure and even to pilfering. "We? ‘0, 5“ ‘bsencc 0‘ “Ye” Pain 53 ‘0 an Competitive games, especially intercol- unflinching endurance 0! 1L _ legiate, which many elements combine to Tile 1931?“ 13 “05 “ill/lion lurglc‘l “"1 car the excitement. to the highest degree, mama,“ “kl”- Docmr ng‘mn,’ of Bun" are augerous, not only in the final decisive "33" _m ll Pap?" “canny read "1 14°13‘19". stru gle but in the long preliminary train- deunb“ “me “1‘3?”th PEOSCdllres Whmh ing. The tendency of such excessit'eexertions "9 Put 0‘ if“? lndmn’s “almond 3k1"- is to enlargement of the heart. Some men , F0? “10 10mm Who breaks?“ “m 9“ 1‘38 can endure almost anything, but many of m the depth” 0f the fore“, Splints “dmlmbly the most ambitious and excitable run great adapted for their purpose are immediately risks. cut- " The“ are “an With down'nk? m0”: The modern form of foot-ball involves ex- " {mailings 01' shavings 0f W003: 01: Wllgh fine citements of a very dangerous kind ; the “$83 mmrhl’ded With leaves :0”: mwmtel‘: players put into it- tlie utter recklessness of Wm" curled“? leaves 0‘ the cad“ 0': hem‘ soldiers on the battlefield. The Boston lock, and the whole is surrounded With the Medic,“ surgical Journal says : Wish“ 0; Willow 01' 0539f: 0“ young b'mh-” “ During the season in which the game of b°meum°5 4'6 5°“ but {’f the P0P!” 01' foot-ball is played in England, the record “'9 b353w°°d ‘5 used» 0"» lf the “Olden” of accidents more or less serious is practi- 09‘3"" “93" the ma’ShY Show _ 0f 3' lake 01‘ cally continuous, During the foot-ball sea- “Vel'y “3301'? may be had ‘0 W114 hay, 0’ to son of 1891-92! there died through accidents 1' eeda 0‘ uniform length and thickness: received on the field no fewer than eleven “ For carrying“ wollnded "‘3": 5“ ordinary players, while more than seventy others re- "Wtcher . 9f 91-33th bong!“ ‘3 made i but oeived injuries, mostly in the shape of frac- Wh°n idle lnlured man has only “ “Di-51¢ tures, which would entail on them weeks of companion, two young trees of birch, beech suffering and incapacity for work," °" hmkm‘)’ “0 ent: With the, “PP” boughs \Vhile it is true that the game of foot-ball left “umucmd i fro!" the“ 13 “onet'ucmfia' played in American colleges and schools is EtretCher- The Jonlnfi {mm the (1123881118 not nearly so harmful and dangerous as that ‘5 bmken PY the Clan!" Enughs- I,“ 13 “at” which is played in England, yet the ten- ed that “1 the IPdlans "Pl":ntltude 0f dency to violent exercise is everywhere so health,” bony union of fractures takes gm,“ that it ought to be checked. placg is a remarkiIibly shlprlt time. d h . ’ “ n ian tears, ndian a some an ot er . . such ‘cure alls’â€"â€"-the virtue of which it 1116 Sleep 0f Chfldmn' sometimes takes columns of the daily jour- Infants, and children of all ages require rude to chronicleâ€"are not theirs. To the more sleep than grown people, because their white man is left this species of deception.” impressible nervous systems could not bear, According to Dr. Hingston, the Indians during their waking hours, the prolonged employ counter-irritation by means of fire strain to which they would be subjected. applied at a distance from the affected part. They require more sleep mainly because, They incise abscesses with painted flint. while sleeping, all the vital powers are con- They perform amputations, in the course of centrated on building them up instead of which the bleeding is stanclied by means being diverted to muscular movements and of hot stones. other influences which would interfere with â€"â€" this concentration. The Wastefulness of Late Hours. If the children are wakeful and restless, - - , - it is an indication that something is wrong ; .02.::53:“.£°£:3‘°.3lf‘°i2ۤ3§ff§§22‘3"le and. will. generally be for“! ’ to be improper or excessrvc feeding, clothing who live in the city 2 f the man or woman . . upon whose nervous system the day makes too ugth orgy"? warmiffilcoigfigggigg very little demand lives the longer for long pure a"‘ 'en a c l . 1' k 1 nights of rest, why will not health and s1eepl‘iss’ these algefihe 311mg“ t0de 0?.“ youthful vigor linger with the douizeu of after first“; “119° 37mg “’55 8: “Mung the city who, in the vernacular of the town, syrups Sholfld never e.rFS°rte to' excel) is “on the jump» an day ? by the advice of a physiCian. . The “smart " set of the metropolis lacks These Child'sinughmnng Prepg‘rifimns at: reasonableness. The wise medium which to be fom‘d “’ many 111098": 3] S ’ h“ the Greeks taught is not in the philosophy mothers! “)0 of‘en’ not; on 5’31“! t amt mm of the most fashionable people of this com- selles’ but even leave that“ m the hands 9f menial city \Ve can it commercial for a an ignorant and irresponsible nurse, who is purpose T'he men who dance and dine. but too ready to dose the helpless little one who wait upon the opera as a duty and sup 1" order t° Secure filer 0"" rflposehflnm‘ve afterwards for pleasure the “owls n of the ieurd of mothers w in are so long ess or clubs the midni ht s endtbrifts of their 3° heartless as to gwe “do.” 0f [allda‘num’ ’ g P or some other strong narcotic to their babes, physical and nervous resourcesâ€"most of that the . h , . - - - y mtg t sleep u his the mother at- tlicse in this country are business men. If tended some play orparty. he 0 to bed at 3 o’clock in the mornin . . flieg: ignust nevertheless be down town at g8 If Imme" knew the danger 0f Opm‘tes’ or 9. They go about their business with “Fell? they wfmld no” 3.1” them 0" “W a Md steps and wormout nervem Is it t-rrvral occasion, I Will briefly mention gg some of the effects of opiates on children, an wonder that so many are unsuccessful, . . .‘ . . . . mg are financial failures, until they marry l illicit. warning against then indiscriminate {3132,53 Izzyésicg‘nzdgf 1;); ffiflgerpggnggfifi‘l First, the brains of children are very sus- American women are very beautiful and ceptib‘ie to such impressions, and are natur- charming They know more and talk beg ally prone to inflaminatlion apd congestiop. , ' - ._ Second, opium, in of its orms, great y tel than any Other women m the world Ck increases the tendency to those grave dis- :hfi: iifilrbdztdrdidleflmtffz' 0312;132:1222: orders which cause the death of the major-V ‘ ity of children. Mismcmc’" and there is truth underling Third, the smallest dose will sometimes the claim of each. The tramp is an aris- f d . _ d L. f tocrat because he is an idler. The college can” at“! eprefllon { an .""e requenb boy is an aristocrat because he has much use ofsucli drugs Will iesult in a. state of leisure for [sport The army and “My clironiccngorgcment of the blood vessels of oflicers are aristocrats because they are the file brf'm’ which fmm the Sllghtest cause! permanent representatives of the Govern, Will, give rise to convulsions, dropsyof the ment. But, after all, the woman of fashion brsln’ 0" some 0th?” ".0 less mm! @5833"- is thefinest and most charming aristocrat in llourtl" the .1" 3"" '5. We .foul’mm and the country. If any one can sit up law and mainspring‘pf life ; and if it is disordered, have plenty of leisure to sleep away the the Wh°1°flmlmafihlnery .13 Hie?”ng ":“d crowfcet of fatigue, it is she, and yet even out 9f 8"“ i “nit “do”: ‘15,“ 1"“ as “'n‘ she has no right to tempt the fates after the Fumble f,” the Elm?“ 'm'c “"9 to Perfmm manner of the British maid and matron. “‘9 “mum‘s. 9‘3 lt’ ‘3.f°ra “mob to m,“ She has more to do. The demands of our wthcndLl‘egnglfispzizgligni‘fi.grade? 29: . -_ .. aeserugie n ,‘iiseua- complex society upon the women of the cd by the brain and nerves, and thugs the . ‘ ‘ . t' t coumry “0 Swarm and more “ac mg ban healthful supplies, absolutely necessary for l t feminine members ofa . figggxrgifflgaogfwyf The American wo_ the growth and health of the child, are cut off. man of fashion is usuallypretty nearl tired Th h t, ‘ ‘ ., n u ‘ . . enough when she begins to dress for inner. mug . “.8 “n'c m “lime 1“ acu°n 0‘ the heart is interfered With, and thus are Besides with all due res ect to our cousins , on the other side of the pwater, we do not 91theah’2f31 5%?11? oakl‘md [:0 the SySll‘em . . . 1. n, t] 1.; 1- in errup e . 0 rec ing ecomes s ow mm to [me hm en“ ‘l l e m “8 lab and laborious, and the blood is not purified woman. . l, . f5 .1 b i g d in the lungs. A} “M m apropos 0 new L n ( algae i As a consequence of all this, the child to furnish leasurc entertainment andin - , p ’ p ' wastes in flesh, pales, becomes bloated and per to its members after the theaters arc , , _ __ out. Unsatiated beings are to be provided df°P5l°Mi “hunks ‘0 51‘"! “lid 13099:» and Wm, an emu” for M keeping it up” far into smks into the grave, the Victim of ignorant the morning. Occasional sittings up are bad drP‘i'E'nl-l- q enough, hm when earl). morning bedtime Ihe nicther often attrimiles her loss to a becomes chronic in this city it will be bad ” mystellous (llsl’ensaan 0f _Pl'0\'lden0e." ' to cold or to anything besides the true for our youth of both sexes. _ ' . . The people of this country who advance capesâ€"death from or er-druggiiig with nor. co ics. its civilization come out of the sober ranks of those whose recreations, like their voca~ 1ions, are calm and healthful. We receive no good. but much harm, from the feverish social life of the towns. Everything that offers foreign dissipation is to be discounten- «need. For the men and women of this country a long nights sleep is best. No one should be permitted tolive on his nerves whose life is worth a great to his fellow- bcin s, and there ought to be few in this repu )llc whose value is not greater than thanâ€"[Harper‘s “'cekly. â€"â€" â€"â€"â€"-~â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€". Fathers of Great Men. The father of Samuel Pepys wasa tailor. The father of James Mill was acobbler. The father of Verne was a day laborer. Oliver Cromwell’s father was a brewer. Epictctus was the son of a day laborer. Socrates was the son of a day laborer. Giotto, the artist, was a peasant’s sou. Talnia. the actor, was a dentist’s son. The father of Pius V. was a she herd. Schumann's father was a booksc lcr. The father of Pius IV. was a peasant. The father of Cowley was a rocer. Charles lamb was a servant s son. Mozart‘s father was a book binder. Milton was the son of a copyist. Pope's father was a merchant. Neander's father was a carter. Lucian was a sculptor‘s son. Homer was a farmer's son. Dangerous Excitements. Amusements of a prayer sort are condu- cive to health. The sports of childhood not only too hen the muscles and invigoratethc system, ut prevent too much cerebralactiv- ity. At the same time they develop agility, alertness, daring and not a few of the qual- ities essential to successin life. 1‘ i‘ largely "‘9 “me wm‘ ,‘he 5W7“ 0‘ A smile may be bright while the heart is youth, especrally among stuoents and all “d. ' who are engaged in sedentary pursuits. For .n - y, w 1 some persons all that is feasible is simple ‘szeggootfig “:33 ah.” ElSJ‘fsfil‘J-l“;§,q°f ll"? diversion-«a change in the line of thought, 8‘6 P 3 8 ape h 8 Dw- feeling and care; not an enforced change, _ _ . with “ this for my health " behind it, buta A famous handwriting expert asserts that natural and pleasant one, which for the " 110 We" do“ 91‘ M}: write his signature time alters the currents of nervous force. “Vice “ECU! fillkt" file lhereftre advan- For other: something more stirring mg ces the startling proposition that “ when two stimulating is desirable, but all such should l Signal-“m purporting to have been written remember (bu (hue i, a limit beyondlby the same person are precisely alike, it is which excitement is no: . benefii, bin . safe to conclude that one of them is a for- harm. gery.’ Kathy's Oonsc'enoe. “ I haven’t any conscience," said Kathy Ward, standing at the window and ad- dressing Georgia Greeu, her new room-mate, who was still bending over her book in the dim afternoon light. j “ ‘J uiius Caesar, Aulus Plantius and Sue: tonius, Roman generals invading Britain,‘ " murmured her more studious room-mate. “ “‘by, Kathy \Vard, of course you have ! Everybody has a conscience.” Kathy shook her head. “ Not I," she answered sadly, “and sometimes when it is half dark, and I remember how far away from home Iain, it scares me to think about my conscience.” “ ‘Julius Cicsar, Aulus Plantius and Sue- tonius.’ Just now you said you hadn’t any conscience. ' Roman generals invad- ing Britain,’ ” said Georgia, with her eyes on the ceiling. Kathy turned toward the window with a sigh. Conscience or no conscience, she was truly sorry for her past negligence, and those lively unlawful whisperiugs which had been punished by her separation from her chosen friend and usual room-mate, Jennie Randall. ' Kathy was a shy girl. To few people could she unreservedly open lierlicart ; but Youivc reins. .the difference between Shakespea l ! Next morning that promise which had been Kathy’s hope was nor, fulfilled. As the girls left the breakfast~room Jennie slipped a small paper into her hand. “I can’t do it,” thepa r said : “I think Miss H carries the ey with her. If I were you I would let it roll under the cabinet, and then they will find it. Nellie Wiles told me an elegant riddle ; ‘ What is re and Queen Elizabeth ‘." One isa Wonder and the others Tudor. It's like countingâ€"one, two. Good-by.” - Kathy saw little of Jennie that day Through apparent inattentiou in one . their classes the girls were forbidden or speak to each other. Thus Kathy woo thrown upon her own resources. “ I can’t let it roll away," she thought, walking forlornly up and down the hall. “ They might never find it ; it might be swept up or something, and thenerit would be stealing for me. I ought to go straight to Doctor Egerton and tell him about it. That would be the very hardest, and that is what I deserve to do.” i As she turned again she paused. Doctor Egerton himself was approaching her. Kathy cast herself upon her impulse. “ Doctor Egerton, may I speak to you for a minute '3” she asked with a thumping heart which almost smothered her words. She sought the coin in her pocket. In an- other ininute she would have told him the Jennie had charmed her. Now, sorely'whole. missing her confidante. she had tried to speak her thought to this newer frind, whose companionship had been thrust upon her for her improvement. “I suppose it is not having a mother that , makes me different,” Kathy went on. {favor of me. Go now to your class-room.” “Mothers can make you understand things, but aunts can’t. Aunt Octavia talks to me about a still, small voice, but I have never heard it, have you? Have you, Georgie ” “Why, yes of course I have,” answered Georgia, impatiently, “and so have you, andso has everybody. It's wicked to say , smiling pointedly you haven’t l ‘Gaul was conquered by the Romans fifty years before Christ, and divided into four provinces ; three centuries later it was overrun by savage tribes, among whom the Franks had the ascendency and gave their name to the country 1’ You had better study your review for Friday, Kathy; it is awfully hard." . Dr. Egerton’s school had for years been of high repute in the part of the country where Kathy Ward lived. Young ladies were sent from among the best families within a radius of three hundred miles to acquire their education there. Of the two hundred pupils of her time, Kathy \Vard was perhaps the most sensitive and the most impulsive by nature. She was a sWeet, honest-faced girl of fifteen, with much ability, and a degree of self- respect which should have bettered her con- duct reports ; but she had faults, and they were of a kind to interfere greatly with her success in school life. Kathy’s tallest stumbling block was that she was easily led, and had failed to select a wise leader. Kathy had become a close friend and admirer of Jennie Randall, the girl in her class. ‘On the morning after Kathy had re- proached herself to her new room-mate, she was led once more into mischief by the blond Jennie. The earlier rccitations were over, and the class had been for the past hour under the instruction of the singing teacher in the chapel. It was a large room with a raised plat- form, bcfore which stood rows of settcos. Against the walls stood a cabinet of curi- osities, of various sorts, given by former scholars. . The singing-hour was over, and the pro- cess of marching andhalting necessary to the orderly withdrawal of the class had begun. Miss Hence was dusting and rearranging be little collection of curiosities. Several stuffed birds and well-filled trays of coins had been removed from the cabinets and placed on the back settees, which had not been in use during the lesson. \Vhile she marched slowly ulon in her place, Kathy saw Jennie Ronda l. reach quickly toward an open case .containiiig a. little heap of dingy-looking come of differ- ent sizes. Jennie missed her mark, glanced back ward at Kathy, shrugged her shoulders, showed her empty fingers and laughed. In a few moments Kathy was opposite the box in her turn. With the idea of iryin Ito accomplish the thing which Jennie had failed in, she stretched out her hand toward the uncovered case. Under the very eyes of the singing teacher,slie sei7,cd.undetccted, the thick black coin which her fingers first touched, and carried it to her side with a sense of triumph. At the door she had an instant's oppor- tunity to speak to Jennie. “ I did it, I did it t" Kathy whispered, showing the coin. “ Hereâ€"take it.” But Jennie shook her head. “ I don’t want it,” she said laughing. I “I am sure I don’t. \Vhat shall I do with it?” “ Oh, anything ; put it back at recess.” Kathy consigned the coin to her pccket and went to her recitation. “ Come with me to the chapel,” she said to Jennie, when the noon bell had struck and they were free. “ I am so afraid I shall forget this. I want to put it where I found it.” The two friends walked away together, talking confidentially and laughing much. But Kathy’s laughter soon ended. Miss Hancc had finished her work, the collection was l)ka in its place, and the cabinet doors locked fast. “ What shall I do ?” asked Kathy, look- \ng at her unwelcome possession and turn- ing pale. “I can’t give it back to Miss Hance ; there wouldn’t be anything to say.” “ Of course there wouldn't; don't think of it. Wait until the things are out again and put it with them then. It Won’t be so very long, perhaps.” “ Oh, I can't, I can’t '. It may be months and I couldn’t keep its“ that time. Why, it isn’t mine ! It is siesling,"shc said, near- ly in tears. _ _ “ Why, no it isn’t stealing cried Jennie. “ I on didn’t take it to keep. \Vait until to-morrow morning and I will think of a way togot it back. I’ll find the key, maybe, and after breakfast I'll tellryou what to do.” in spite of this assurance Kathy was un- coniforted. She went about all daylong with the coin a lump of remorse at the bot. tom of her pocket. Still Jennic's cheerin premise helped her to bear up. She h unbounded faith in her friend's ability. Her own idea would have been to return the coin and confess. But Jennie thought this astupid course of action, in be employed only by a girl with no brilliant gift at get- ting out of a corner. ‘H . l prettiest, brightest, and most unscrupulous i r I l “ Are you not out of order in being here at this hour, Miss Ward '2’_’ be tuned, se- vcrly. “ Yes, sir,” was all that she could say. “ Then select a different time to ask a Kathy hurried away in mortification too deep even for tears. She entered the class- room with lagging steps, and received an unheeded reprimand for her tardiness. As she seated herself shecaught sight of Jennie Randall’s face, as pretty and rosy as ever, in her direction. The ghost of a nod accompanied the smileâ€" perhaps something encouraging bad hap- pened l ‘ It was even so. At the first opportunity Jennie handed Kathy a second note = “I have thought of a. way, after all. Take the coin to Miss fiance and present it to the school. She need never know where you got it, and she can put it in the cab inet herself.” All the weight which had rested on Kathy’s heart through the morning seemed to rollnway as she read. Without an in- stant’s hesitation she asked and obtained permission to speak to Miss Hence. Ina. short time the hated coin lay upon that lady’s desk under her near-sighted eyes. “Why, thank you, Kathy,” she said, warmly. “ I am always delighted to re- ceive contributions for the museum. There is especially agreat deal to be learned from cams, and we have only a few. Are you interested in them? Do you know about this one? No? Well, I will find out all about it for you, and it shall lie by itself in the cabinet with its description on a card. I am going very soon to arrange all our coins so, but as yet I have not had time. We will begin with yours, and your name will go upon the roll of honor with those of the contributors? Here was an unforeseen horror ! “Oh, please, Miss Hanco,” Kathy said, with quickly changing color, "I think that I should rather not be tlianked,lnor be upon the roll of honor. Iâ€"I don't deserve it.” “Why, of course you do, dear,” answer- ed Miss Hance,‘ kindly. “It is the only acknowledgement which we can make for a valuable gift. Here is D'octor Egerton. He will be able to tell us about it. Doctor Egerton, Katherine Word has presented us withacoin for the cabinetâ€"a. Roman one, I should think, although I cannot tell more without the glass.” ' She handed it to the doctor, who examin- ed it carefully. A thrill of terror ran through Kathy’s nerves, If he should rec- ognize it! Although he did not, his next question reduced her to a. condition nearly desperate. “Where did you get it?” he asked. “Fromâ€"from a collection,” she managed to stammer. “Is the collection for sale ‘2” he asked intending to put her more at her case. The timid “No, sir,” with which she answered him was barely audible. So he only closed the interview with on opinion that the coin was of the time of Antiochus the Syrian and thanked her in his turn for the gift. These undeserved thanks had a sharper sting for the sensitive girl than even the fear of discovery. It seemed to her that she had never tasted misery until now. As the days passed, Kathy’s relief at be- ing freed from the coin changed to a settled unhappiness over her manner of disposing of it. Finally, upon the day when she was informed that her name was upon the roll of honor, she found her situation unbearable. There was no use in appealing to Jennie for sympathy, for Jennie treated the whole thing as an excellent joke. Therefore Kathy acted once more upon her own impulse. Doctor Egerton, at work in his study that afternoon, was surprised by the sight of her little figure following a determined knock which he had imagined was that of the most brisk of his teachers. With flushed cheeks, with tearful eyes, but without an instant’e pause, she told to the end her story of her own performance, though she spared Jennie entirely. Doctor Egerton sat silently for a few long minutes, still looking straight before him as while she had been speaking. Then he ’ arose and offered her his hand with these astounding words : “I. am proud to know you, my child; you have a good conscience 1” As Kutliy closed the door in leaving, she caught a flashing glimpse of Doctor Egcrton seated again at his desk. To her surprise he seemed to be laughing. But this was one of those occasions when it is not possi- ble to believe one’s eyes. Kathy was sure that hers were mistaken. “ If he says it was my conscience, I sup- pose it must have been,” she decided, think- ing over the interview; “ but bonscicncc isn’t a still, smali voice. I shall tell Aunt Octavia. Conscience is when you know you must l" “P.â€" Thc oldest building in Eugland‘ is the Tower of London. In the Austrian army suicides average 10,000a year. This does not include foil- ed attempts, and it represents 20 per cent of the general mortality among the Aus- trian soldiers. There are few zinc-racked walls in thrice, Germany. The testing of the big guns manufactured by Krupp has shake). the foundations of most of the homes, .sid keep; glaziers busy. K0083 HUNTING [fl OARADA- The noniii-E'h or the Canadian mm in ms Natlve Wilda. The moose, or elk (alcos maldils), is the largest: member of the deer fami ; indeed, it is the largest mammal of ope and America, the elk of Northern Europe and Asia being the same as the American moose. Like other wild animals of the vast Aineri~ can continent moose exist only in vastly diminished numbers, legislationhy the Cans. dian and United States governments having no doubt been the means of sav'mg these fine animals from absolute extermination. Not so long ago hundreds of moose were slaughtered in the province of New Bruns- vnck for their skins alone, the caresses being left to rot where they fell. Owing to the character of those districts, which com tain a vast number of lakes, swampy, low- lying woods, and morass, the provinces of New Brunswtck and Nova Sootia remain ti the present day the favorite haunt of thi moose, and there, under certain restrictions, he may be hunted. In his well-kuowu book, “The Wild North Lent ,” says Black and “Write, Capt. Butler gives his experiences of moose hunt- ing. " No man,”hc says, “saveflie Indian or the half Indian can hunt the moose with chance of success. "’ ‘* ' Broking the moose in summer and winter is one thingâ€" killing him in a ‘ snow yard 'or running him down in deep snow is another." To hunt the moose undoubtedly requ'n‘es years of study of the habits and w of these animals. The ordinary moth offpursuing them is simply by “still hunting, as it is called, or stalking. The hunter searches for the trail of the animal, which he tracks in the most absolute silence and exercising his utmost knowledge of wood craft. Arrived in the immediate neighborhood of where the mews is feeding or resting he makes his final ind stealthy approach. Every bush, ev thicket is minutely and silently examin , and when the actual spot of concealment) Is discovered the hunter gently breaks it email twig, a- huge, dark, old-world looking Mirna} rises up, and, should the shot so carefully led llp- to prove successful, falls to rise no more. “ Moose calling” is probably the most ex- citing of all the methods adopted in hunting the moose and the one requiring the realest amount of skill. It is only practice lo dur- ing the rutting season in S other and October, and can only be employed success- fully between sunsct and sunrise, for the bull moose will rarely answer them“ in tho day-time. The art of bringing the moose within range this way is one passessed by few white men, requiring no it does an amount of practice and skil seldom possess- ed except by Indian hunters. ,â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-â€" A Night with Liana The lighting of large fires when encamp- cd in game countries has generally been regarded as a sure means of preventing the attacks of wild animals ; but this is not always the case. A correspondent of the Field in Mashonalaud gives an account of a night with lions in July last. Before going to sleep the fires had been oaeef made up. At 1.45 (says the writer) I we e, and as the fires were all a bit low I made them up afresh, especially the centre are, walked round the horses, and then into my blanket again. Just as I lay won I heard a grunt, and said to D., who was alongside of me, “ Listen ; was that a lien, or was it one of the horses '2” \V0 sat up. and just as we did so a lioness landed alongside, and took a native who was sl ' eta fire just by us, dragging him off into grass. D. and I were up in a second, mid roused everyone. 1 only hada shotgun \dth me, loaded with buckshot, and I fired hath har- rcls into the beast’s face. Ono old native was wonderfully calm, and kept telling us everything the lion was doing. After we got some torches alight we went spin the lioness, and three bullets through her made her let the native o, and she mic off. The native was fear ully mauled, and died next morning. The lioness did M go away but hung round the fires, keeping under cover, and there appeared to have been two well-grown cubs with her. I got the na- tives up a tree, so as to get them ontof the way (they are awful cowards). snafu more fires, and we all stood ' prepared. Suddenly another lion came drawing on to the horses, right through the fires, and jumped on to the back of a houseâ€"which promptly bolted right. through use picket rope, breaking itâ€"and seven not of the fourteen stampcded into the voids It was imponsiblc to go after them. Shortly after this the old lioness came back and took a saddle, which was near one of the fies, and tore it to shreds. The beasts kept round and round us, but did not molest) us any further. As soon as it was light enough to ct a sight of ouc’s rifle, six of us went out, I saw my terrier go off on aline (lid follow- ed. Marked down asmall patch of grass, where out popped the lioness, going strong. I gave be: both barrels, buckshot, ottwcnty yards, and off she went, we following in full cry. A little further on she crouched in some gross, out of which we roused her. She charged at us, but a bullet through her shoulders sent her about. We were off again in full cry, when she stopped short. and came at us again ; but a bullet throu h her head dropped her. It was me of t io finest pieces of sport I ever took part in. though my share was oor, as I Only had the shot-gun which Phad taken out for bird shooting. In the course of the day we recovered all the horses, to find one very badly clawed and three others slightly. The second night we built a very stron Mack and the lion returned and scratche on the outside. but could not gotta. We are only human in so for as we are sensitive. Empcror Alcxandcrvlias freed the Kal- mucks of Astrakhan from serfdom. These roving people are Buddhists, and the num- ber 150$“) souls. \thn the other ossian serfs were freed in 1861 the Kaliuueita were not permitted toenjoy the results of that reformation, for it was thought Woo wild u. people would abuse their privileges. Among the constables in the W Con- stabulary stationed at the depot iu the Pursuit: Park, Dublin, is Constable Sir ’f‘homas Echlin, Bart. Acorn-ting to De- brctt’s fiarunetage, the lichlin family is one of ancient Scotch origin, and formerly possessed estates in Scotland, and also large domains in the counties of Kildare, Carlow Dublin, and Mayo. The third baronet dissipated a for 6 portion of tho family estates, and the ourtli, fifth and sixth bar- cncts managed to get through with the re- mainder. Then the present haranet found himself landless, and entered the Royal Iris‘: Constabulary. , . no... .