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J STORIES OF ADVENTURE. N” WEATHER SIGNS; EH? At the edge of the quarry and beneath the summit there is a small platform upon which stands a wooden hut for the use of the labourers. It was into this, then, that he had darted. Perhaps he had 'hought, the feel, that, in the darkness, I would not ven- ture to follow him. He little knew Etienne Gerard. With a spring I was on the plat- form, with anotherI was through the door- way, and then, hearing him in the corner, I hurled myself down upon the top of him. He fought like a wild cat, but he never had a chance with his shorter Weapon. I think that I must have transfixed him with that first mad lungs, for, though he struck and etruck,hie blows had no power in them, , and presently his dagger tickled down upon the fleor. When I was sure that he was “ You saw it, sire !" “You did no; hear me follow you through the wood then? I hardly lost sight of you from the moment that you left your quar- ters until poor De Goudin fell. The coun- terfeit Emperor was in front of you and the real one behind. You will now escort me back to the palace.” He whispered an order to his Mamelukes, ' who saluted in silence and remained where ' they were standing. For my part, I follow- ed the Emperor with my peliese bursting i ried myself as a hussar should, but Lssalle I himself never strutted and swung his ldolman as I did that night 1 Who should click his spurs and clatter his sabre if it i were not I-â€"I, Etienne Gerardâ€"the confi- ' dant of the Emperor,the chosen swordsman i of the light cavalry, the man who slew the I would be assassins of Napoleon? But he {noticed my hearing and turned upon me i like a blight. | “Is that the way to carry yourself on a l l dgad’ I [one up and panned out, into the I 8 cret mission I” lie hissed, With that cold _ ' V 1 ‘ * ' ' u . ' . . - moonlight. I climbed up on to the heath ; gmrfl “ll”! eyes“ 1” "film all“ 3°“ ‘7'“ . make your comrades beiieve that nothing ' ‘ p l .' . . again, and wandered across it as nearly out, ,, mar,“ b a has occurred? Have done Wm, of my mind as a man could be. “m: the: this Dondtu'efi, inonsieur, or you will find bio“ Singing in my ears, and my mixed, yourself transzerred to the sappers, where sword still clutched in my hand, I walked you would have harder work and duller . plumage.” aimlessly on until,looklng round me,i found; I'm“ was the way with the Emperor_ If that I had come as for as the glade of the‘ Abbot's Beech, and saw in the distancsl that gnarled stump which must ever bei ever he thought that anyone might have a claim upon him, he took the first opportun- ity to show him the gulf that lay between. I saluted and was silent, but I must confess associated with the most terrible momenti to 3-0:, film, it hurt me after all that had of my life. I sat down upona fallen trunk pissed bezween us. He led on to the with my sword across my knees and my head between my hands, andItried tel : palace, where we passed through the side door and up into his own cabinet. There were u. couple of grenadiers, at the staircase, . . . u l . . . . think about what had happened and wholly and their eyes, started out from under their would happen in the fixture. The Emperor had committed himself to: my care. The Emprror was dead. Those were the two thoughts which clangeu in my head, untilI had no room for any other ones. He had come with me and he was dead. I had dine what he had ordered when liVing. I had revenged lillll when dead. But what of all that? The world would look upon me as responsible. They might even look upon me as the assuasm. What could I prove? \Vnat witnesses bad I? Might I not have been the accomplice of these wretchos? Yes, yes, I \VIIS eternal- ly dislionourelâ€"the lowest,’ most despic- able creature ln nil France. 'I‘iii~~ then was the end of my fine military ami.»itmus-â€"of the hopes of my mother. I laughed illiter- ly at the thought. Ani what was I to do now? \\ asi to go iuzo Fouiziinebleau, to i wake up the palace, and to inform Lil-‘31“: lliut Llie great Emperor had been murdered i Within a pics of me! I could no: liarâ€"Ill“, I could not do it! There was butoue course fur caps, I promise you, when they saw a. ! young lieutenant of hussars gomg up to the eEmpcror’s room at midnight. I stood by [the door, as I had done in the afternoon, while he flung himself down in an arm- chair, and remained silent so long that it seemed to me that he had forgotten all about me. I vrniured at last upon a slight L'Ol1_‘ll t.) remind him. “An, Monsieur Gerard,” said he, “you are very curious, no doubt, as to the mean- ing of all this '3" “ Iain quite content, sire, if it is your pleasure not to tell me,” I answered; "To, ta, ta,"suili he impatiently. “These are only words. The moment that you were oiiiside that door you would begin liiiLiilll. inquiries about what it means. in two days your brother officers would know about it, in films days it would be all over Ful'it‘rilliclllfillll, and it would be in Paris on the fourth. Now, if I tell you enough to appease your curiosity,tliere is some reason- auti: hope that. you may be able to keep the mailer to yourself.” for an honourable.- geiitlcman whom llate had, He did not 1iu.lcrs!.'>\nii inc, this Emperor, placed in so cruel a position. I would fail upon my dishonoufed sword, and so share, since I could not iu'ei'r,ilic limp-ror's lute. I rose Wth my nerves strung to this last and yet l could only how and be silent. " A few words villi makelt clear to you,” said lie, speaking very swiftly and pacing up and down. the room. “They were piteous deed, and as I did so, mycycs fell l L‘oiszciuis, these two men. I had known upon something which struck the breath from my lips. The Emperor w. s szunding before me ! He was not more than ten yards oil',\viili .lzc moon shining straight upon his col'l, pale face. He wore his grey overcoat, but we hood was turned back, and the front Lp-n, so that Iconld see the green com ofi ‘li: Huides, and the white breeciies. His hands were clasped behind his back, and his chin sunk for-.v-ird upon his breast, Hi the way that was usual with him. “\Vell," said he, in his hardest and mmt abrupt. voice, “what account doyou give of yourself ‘1" I believe that, if he had sand in silence for another minute, my brain would have ; given way. But those simrp military accents were exactly what 1 llt'rileil to bring me to myself. Living or dead. beret was the Emperor standing before me and asking me questions. I sprang to the ute. “You have killed one, I see," said he, ; [crking his head towards the beech. “Yes, sire." “And the other escaped '3” “No, sire, lkillcd him also.‘’ “What!” he cricl. “Do I understand 5 :liit you have killed them both?” He approached me as he spoke with a smile wuicii set his teeth gleam rig in the moon- light. “Une body lies there, sire,” I answered. “The other is in the tool-house at the ipiazry.” “'I'ieu the Brothers of Ajaccm are no more," he cried, and after a pans-i, as if speaking to himself: “The shadow has passed me for over.” Then be bent for-lard and laid his hand upon my shoulder. “You have dour very well, my young friend." said he. "You have lived up to; your reputation." He was flesh and blood, flier, this Emperor. lcould feel the little, [lillllp palm that tested upon me. And yet i could not get over what I had :t‘cli wun my own i-yes, ain.J so istared at him insucii bewddernn lit [hill lie l-l‘i lit-tine: nix-re into» one of lilsl smiles. “So. no, Monsieur Gerard," said in, “i am not a ghost, and ya: hive not not; ill" killed. You Will come :vere, and all ii ill be clear to you." He turned as he spoke, and led the way towards the great beech s'ump. - 'Ilie billies “ere still lying upon tin“ ground, and um men were standing beehiv- them. As we approached i saw from the tt1rl‘austliatiheyWereRm. hula-iiill'isiaf-i. the two Mame-hike servants lhe Emperor paused when he came to the grey figure- upon the ground, and turning back the» hood \vhicu shrouded the features, he. showed a face which was very dill'erent from « all 0W1]. " Here lies a faithful s~rvaut who has: given up his life for his ma-rer.' said he. " Monsieur de (loudiu resembles me in Jgurs and in manner, as you must admir.” What a delirium of joy came upon me- wnen these few words made exerythiug clear to me. He smiled age-n as he save" the delight which urged me to throw my arms round him and to embrace him. but he moved a step away, as if he had diviued say impulse. " You are nnhurt 2" he asked. " I am unhurt, sire. But in another minute I should in my despairâ€"-" " Tut, tut t" he interrupted. "You did . very well. He should himulf have been more on his .card. Iaaw everything which passed.” l their. in my youth. We had belonged to 1 the same societyâ€"llmibcis of Ajacho, as us called ourselves. it was founded in the old l’noli days, you understand, and i We had some strict rules of our own which i were not infringed with impunity.” l A very grim look came over his face as he Irnukcmud it Sahib-Gd tome that all that was iFi'cZiCll had gone out of him, and that it was ; llic pui'c Lilif‘slcall, the man of strong pasâ€" :SlO: s and of strange ,revenges, who stood g beiorc‘ me. Ills memory had gone back to gtllosc early days of his,:uii for five minutes l, \‘i‘l‘nppc-l in thought, in;- paced up anddown the zoom will) fill quick little tiger steps. 'I‘nizi. With an iuipaiivnt wave of his hands llt: came luck to his palace and to me. “’l‘..c nice of such a society,” he contin- ued, “are all \‘L'I'y well fora private Citizen. In [:8 vii days there was no more loyal bruthcl‘ than i. lint circumstances change, and it. would be nei'her for my welfare nor :or that of Fiance that, Isnoiild now submit myself to them. They wanted to hold me to ii, and so brought their fate upon their own heads. These were the two chiefs of e l’lic order and they had come from Uorstca ,ti summon me to meet them at the spot V which they named. I knew what such it . summons meant, No man had ever returned from nbeyii g nie. Uii the other hand if I Mild not go, ; was sure that disaster would 1fillow. I am a brother myself, you re- member, andl know their ways.” Again Ill~‘re ciiiie tiiut hardening of his mouth and cold glitier of his eyes. “You perceive my dilemma, Monsieur Gerard," said be. "How would you have acted yours-ll, iiiniersuch circumstances '3" ,r “(i run the word to the lilth Hussars, ;=irc," I cried. “Pa‘rols could have swept . the “Dude from end to end; and brought these 'vm rascals to your feet." V He smiled but he shook his head. l “l ixad very excellent reasons why I did ;n i: w.-li Llicm tel-zen alive,” saxd he. “You can uu'lcrsiand ti at an aesassin’s tongue Illl’elilt. I“: 3.3 dangerous ll weapon 33 all mess-life -la;ger. I will not disguise from you iii .1 I wslied to avoid scandal at all o. 5:. That was why I ordered you to take no plfl‘O" will you. That also is why my fllamell-acs wdl reumve all traces of the affairs .-.:.il nothing more will be heard iltbl'iu't ii. I thought of a'i possible plans, and I am Convinced that Iseleczcd the near one. lied I sent more than one guard ’\vitii I): Hamlin into the woods, then the ld'Olllr'lE would not have appeared, They ' would not change their plans or miss their “Chianti: for 'lic sake of a single man. It was Colonel Lash: e’s accidental presence a: the moment whenl received the sum- ! men: which led to my choosing one of his 'fluthal‘fl for the mission. I selected you, Monsieur Gerard, beciuse I wanted a man who could hand e a sword. and who wiluld 3 not prv more deeply into the affair than I Be: red. I trust that, in this respect, you “Ill justify my choice as well as you have ' done in your bravery and skill.” 2pm," I answered, “you may rely upon 2 ll. 9 "As long as Iiive," said he, “vnu never :npen your lips upon this subject." “I dismiss it entirely from my mind, sire. I willedace it from my recollection as if it had never bee-n. l wnl promise you to go ‘ out of your cabinet at this moment exactly as I was when I entered it at four o'clock." > "You cannot do that,”said the Emperor, :smilmg. "You were a lieutenant at that I l t l l ;time. You Will permit me. Captain, to : wish you a very goo lâ€"night." l "h; n: cosrixrzn.) {with pride‘ My word, I have 81w“! c‘rcastc address on “ Weather Fallacies” NOT EVEN A WET MOON LEFT BY A" ENGLISH INVESTIGATOR. Common Bellers About the Weather Knocked on the need by nodes-n Mete' urological Studyâ€"Alumina, Plantsumd Proverbs All Said to Be Worthless In Forecasting. Superstitions and proverbial lore about the weather were cruelly rent in the icono- read to the Royal Meteorological Society at its recent annual meeting in London by the President, R. Inwards. In early times, when the weather had to be studied from cloud, sky, and sea, and from the behavior of animals and plants, men were pardoneble for doing what is still often a cause of error, forestalllng what they most wished for and putting down as a universal law what was only a coincidence of independent events. One class of prophecies connect-s the weather with certain seas ms of the year,partlcularly days in the week,or the days ofcertain saints, which was a convenient way of fixing a date: and even with particular times of the day_ We often hear such sayings as " Fine on Friday, fine on Sunday," or “Friday is the best and the worst day of the week,” and proverbs like “rain at seven,fine at eleven.” When these sayings come true they are faithfully remembered, when they fail they .are forgotten. There is no kind of founda-, tion for such rules, which Mr. Inwards calls “ self-exploding,” or for the belief that if it rains on St. Swithin’s day, July 15, is will rain for forty days after. That date to very near a well known bad period in wet years, as the terms “ St. Margaret’s flood," July ‘20, and “Lemmas flood,” Aug- 1, show; the fact that some heavy rains began on July 15 was enough to establish the “ law," which every one knows is CONSTANTLY BROKEN. Equally unfounded are the scientific superstitious,presented under the shield of astronomy, which base infallible rules for the weather on the relative position of the moon, sun, and planets. These appeal to analogy, to reason, and to common sense. The known action of sun and moon on ocean tides is generally the starting point of such theories, and it is clear to common sense that when the earth is nearer to the sun or the inoou to the earth, or both sun and moon are pulling together, ' there ought to be tide of atmosphere simi- lut‘ to the tide of ocean which these influ- ences undoubtedly produce. But the facts do not bear the theory out: the atmos- pheric tides do not ebb and flow, except in an infinitesimal degree: Again, the sun and moon movs in planes that are at an angle to each other, so that at times their attraction acts in widely diverging lines, at others almost in the same plane. Here is a clear case: \Vhen the angle is greatestnvhen‘ the moon is “ on her back,“ there must he atmospheric disturbance. Unfortunate- ly the storms do not come, and we must find some other cause for our weather, Hardly a year goes by without a new moon theory to account for it. Id. Flarguergues, as the result of twenty years of observa-i lions, has found that when the moon wasl furthest from the earth the barometerl averaged 755 millimetres, and when near- est, 7ii<l millimetres, a diti’erence of only one millimetre. Some prophets have built their faith on cycles, predicting that weather changes would repeat themselves when sun and moon go: back into the same relative posi- tion, wh'cli thi y do in ninczeen years, with an error of only an hour and a half. Utliers advocate a cycle of fifty-four years, but all the cycle systems have broken down when tested, and as far as we know, there is no period within which weather changes re- fallacies ABOUT THE MOON, such as that the full moon clears away clouds, that you should sow beans or cut trees on the wane of the moon ; that it is a bad sign if the moon changes on Saturdayfor Sunday ; that two full menus in a month‘ will bring a flood: that to see ihe old moon slugs, he found in 361 observations of such Signs that they were followed 213 times by . “my”, ‘5 21:: 32.3??deZl’d‘lthfl'fl‘i.2 it: I THE LIME-KILN CLUB. the fine weatherand only US by rain. Even l A DISCOURSE ON THE FUTURE OF swaLList rLt’ixi‘. Low cannot be depended upon, as especially in summer and autumn they almost invariabll skim along the ground. Animals probably feel the dampness or darkness preceding wet weather, and this makes them uneasy, but not more than it affects man himself. As to cows scratching their ears, and goats uttering cries, they are no more true as signs of rain than tne_adage which credits pigs with seeing the wind. The leech is believed to be it Weather prophet and (no books have been written about its beliavmr. The author of one devised an instrument by which leeches could give audible storm warnings. It consisted of ftwelve bottles of water, each containing a leech and a metal tube too small for it to enter easily, but into which it would try to sillieeze when a thunderstorm cams on, according toits nature. In the tube was a piece of whaleboue, attached to a chain from which hung a bell,wlilch rang when the \vbalebone was touched. Twelve leeches were used so as to make sure that at least one would do his duty. Plants are also used as weather indicators and as they act in sympathy with the damp- ness, gloom, and chilliuess of the air, and, these are conditions that generally precede rain, their indications cannot- be called altogether fallaclous. The pinipernel and the marigold close their petals before rain, because the air is getting damper, and for the same reason the poplar and the maple show the under surface of their leaves. An artzficial leaf of paper will do the same. If hard, thin paper is used for the upper side and thicker unsized paper for the lower,the leaf will curl up in sympathy with the con- dition of the air. So will a slip of ordinary photographic paper. And the slackness that moisture produces in plants applies to insects, some of which can fly only in the sunshine. In 1892 attentiomwas directed toaplant, the Abrus precatorius, a beautiful shrub of the mimosa kind, which has the property of being sensitive in a high degree, so that its pinnate leaflets go through many curious movements, and it was claimed that these forms. guide of unerring certainty to foreshow the coming weather. Even earthquakes were said to be predicted by THIS \VONDERFUL PLANT. If it closed its leaflets upward, after the manner of a butterfly about to settle, fair weather was shown : when the leaflets remained fiat, changeable and gloomy weather was indicated ; while thunder at various distances was to be foretold by the curling of the leaflets, and the nearer the thunder the greaier the curl, until when the points of the leaflets crossed, the thun- der storm was indicated as being overhead. Changes of wind, hurricanes, and other phenomena were to be shown by the various curious and beautiful movements of the leaflets and stalks. These movements undoubtedly took place, but the botanists at Kew were unable to find any connection between them and the weather, and found that most of them were due to the agency of light and moisture. At the meteoro- logical ofiice the mavsments were found to have nothing to do with either cyclones or earthquakes. Yet this sensitive plant had been made the subject of an English patent. In the countrya large crop of hips, haws, and holly berries is held to be a sign theta severe winter is coming, and that nature thus provides winter food for the birds. But it is not so. Neither is it true a green Chiistmas makes a fat churchyard, as Mr. Dine’s statistics have shown. It is often stated that the noise of cannon will produce rain, and in Austrian Tyrol the church bells are rung to avert thunder ; but the notion is a fallacy. The experiments made in America to test whether rain could be produced by exploding a large quantity of gunpowder in the air resulted in nothing but smoke and noise. Only a selection has here been made of the vast catalogue of fallacies that have grown up about the weather. There are still propie, .\lr. Inwards remarked in con- clusxon, who believe that the saints’ days rule the weather, that the sun puts out fire, and that warm water freezes sooner than cold. __._.â€"_.â€"â€".â€"â€"_. GRAINS OF GOLD. â€" Politeness has been defined to be artifical good nature : but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good nature is nat- ural politeness. â€"Stanlslaus. in the arms of the new brings on rain. M. - The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, Flammarion says that “ moon’s influence on the weather is negligible. The heat coming from it would affect our temperature by twelve millionths of a degree, and the atmospheric tides caused by it would only affect the barometric pressure a few hundredths of on inch, far less than the changes always taking place from other causes.” The Moon and the Weather May change together; But the change of the Moon Does not change the weather. nou- ihemselves. There are plenty ofother Even the halo round the moon is discredit- ed ; it has been found by observers that it is followed by fine weather as often as by rain. About the sun there are many fallacies, and ever since the discovery that the spots on its surface appear with greater or less frequency, theorists in shoals have tried to prove that they rule our weather. It has been proved that the frequency of sun spots l and the variations of the magnetic needle are intimately connected, and that the aurora appears and disappears in some sort of sympathy with the sun spot variations, but this is as faras we can get for thepresent, as these changes seem to have no definite relation to our weather. Mr. Scott has proved that there are no equinoctial gales. Coming down to earth, we find a long list of statements of the behavior of animals and plants having a supposed connection with the weather. E. J. Lowe has carefully examined a number of wall known signs, and all seem to break down completely. He took the signs of hats flying about in the evening, many toads appearing at sunset, great quantities of snails, fish raising to the surface, bees busy, crowds of locusts. restless cattle,landrails clamorons, flies and goats troublesome, many Insects, crows flocking and noisy, spider webs thick on the grass, spiders hanging from their webs in the evening, and ducks and geese mak- where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye. â€"Disraeli. Opinions, theories and systems pass by turns over the grindstone of time, which at first gives them brilliancy and sharpness, but finally wears them out. â€"Rivarol. I have also seen the world, and after long experience have discovered that ennui is our greatest enemy and remunerative labor our most lasting friend.-â€"Justus Maser. Speech is too often not, as the French- man defined it, the art of concealing thought, but of quite stifling and suspend- ing thought, so that there is none to con- ceal.â€"Carlyle. What we truly and earnestly aspire to be that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, for the moment realizes itself.â€"Mrs. Jameson. Monteequieu wittin observes, that, by building professed mad houses, men tacitly insinuate that all who are out of their senses are to be found only in those places.â€" Wei-ton. Gross and vulgar minds will always pay ‘ higher respect to wealth than to talent;for wealth, although it be a far is: eficien‘ source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligiblmâ€"Colton. What man in his right senses, that hal wherewithal to live free,would make himself a slave for superfluities! What does that man want who has enough 2 Or what Is he she better for abundance that can never be tatisfied tâ€"L’Eetrange. Youth is not the age of pleasure; we then expect too much, and we are, therefore, ex- oeed to daily disappointments and morti- gcations. When we are a little older and have brought down our wishes to our experience, then we become calm and begin to enjoy ounelveaâ€"Lord Liverpool. THE COLORED MAN. l i I Learned Premiumâ€"Deacon l‘rnxlne. “he Has a he“ Theory, .Iduiute'd to 3k Ruhr-th In. l . l At the last regular meeting of the Lime- iliiln Club, after Brother Gardner had re- ; moved his coat and signaled to Samuel Shin ] to drop three windows and open the door, l he looked up and dowu Paradise Hall and . said : i “I see by de papers dat Purfessor Gilli‘ lam predicts dai in 1995 de cull’d man will be in de ascendancy. diet so. We'll drap two mo’ winders an’ discuss de subjeck a n , 1 little. In one hundred y'ars, den, ’cordiu Giveadam Jone:cs an’ Pickles Siiiltliscs of our race will be at de head ofde guv’iueiit. P’raps a pusson named Waydown Belles will be president of do United Stalts. Whalebone Hotvkcr will be do leadin' chief \: . I ‘to de purfessor, dc Samuel bums an Judge Cavader will be gub'nor of Michigan an’ Cliewso Chapman an' Depravity John- son will be de Vanderbilt an’ Gould of de period. Puriessors Backdown Turner an' Rise Up Bunker will flourish at Harvard an’ Yale, Three-ply Jones, Discount White, Bunko Jackson an' oders will he presidents of national banks, an' boards of trade‘ chambers of commerce an' stock exchange, will be run by cull’d men. “ It. am a beautiful landscape to look upon, an’ I really pity de poo' white man. He has bin lordin’ it ober de world at large so long, an’ has made slch progress in science an‘ philosophy, dat it will seem purty iulf fur him to saw our wood, clean our alleys an‘ black our buies.” At this point- Reconstructed Taylor began to stamp his feet and clap his hands and seek to start an encore, but the president interrupted him with : “ Burdder Taylor, drap it 1 Now draw yer feet out of de alley an' doau’ move ngiu till de meetiu’ am out i No doubt you am tickled half to death, but let us see what tickles you. In a hundred y'ars we am to be at de top of de heap. We am to lose our kinks an’ grow straight ha’r ; our feet am to b: pared down ; our noses am to be trimmed up : our mouths puckered on a new plan, an’ we am to lose our brunette coniplexions. Dsn our heads am to be reshaped and restull'ed, ourspeech changed about, an’ We am to progress faster in 100 y’ars dan de white man has in 1,0U0. I think I see us at de pinnacle l \Ve look awful purty at de top of do heap ! Nobody would know us as We stan’ erect on de cap- sheaf an’ wave de glorious banner l “My fren’s," continued the president, after along and solemn silence, “if Purfus- sot Gilliam am note. fool he am do nex’ bes’ thingâ€"a crank. One hundred y'ars will not do what he says. “'6 can’t fetch it. We was bo'n in (is wrong time of do moon, brought up on de wrong sort of eats ables, an’ eddecated in do wrong sort of skules. We have an’ shall progress. Our cliill’en will know mo' than we do, an' deir chill’en will be a peg higher in all do arts an' sciences, but we must not forgit do present. Dar am mouths to feed an’ bodies to clothe an’ house rent to pay an’ fuel to buy, an' be who loses a day’s work to dream ober Purfessor Gilliam's prophecy shows his lack of sense. If, nrter all do present members of dis club have bin sleepin’ fur half a century in de grave. de white man begins to lose his grip an’ do black man begins to cotch on, it will be all right. Meanwhile doan’ miss a cog. Doan' be made fools of. Doau’ try to clothe do chlll’en wid do raiment of a hundred y’ars hence,an’ doau' expeck dat do predickshun dat we shall ultimately warm our feet is de halls of congress am gwlne to satisfy present hunger. We will now tighten on” belts an’ pitch into do regular order of hi» ness." iyustice of de highest court in de lan's RULES SUS PENDED. At this juncture Bradan Wilkins arose to make a statement, He had for sometime past been in communication with Deacon Frazine, of Warren, Pa. The deacon is a square up and down man, with a theory that the earth is gradually rounding up in the center like a hog's hack, and that in the course of the next fifty years every- body who can’t get on the ridge will find himself tumbling down hill. rother Wil- kins had looked into and accepted the theory, and he desired to present the name of Deacon Fraziue for membership. He would therefore move that the rules be suspended and the name put to a vote. Elder Crossbones supported the. motion. He was also a believer in theory. For the last four weeks he had felt as if he Was walking on a side hill,and he was becoming a little anxious to know through what part of the country that ridge was going to pass. A vote was then taken, and Deacon Fra- zine was made a member. As to his theory, the club will look into it before committing itself. _â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" A Steamboat Attacked by s. Shark. A despatch from Vancouver says :â€"The Blonds, a small steamer. was caught in a violent storm in Queen Charlotte Sound on her last trip north. While the waves were sweeping over the boat and the Captain feared that they might never reach port alive, a shark, over thirty feet long, made its appearance directly in front of them, and appeared to be geparing to charge the steamer. Ca t. c could not resist ashot from his ri e at the huge fish. His aim was true and a rifle ball was imbeded in the head of the man eater. The shark. furiously lashing the water, retreated several yards and, turning on its back, charged directly at the little steamer. The shock was so severe when the boat and fish met that those on board said it felt as if they had struck a rock. The boat quiver- ed from stem toatern and swayed even more fiercely than in the storm. The shark, however, had had enough, and retreating, sank out of eight. = Brother Gardner l'itere a Few I'ondcrOIl I Trulluâ€"Ile \‘eniures la I‘umrndlrl I.