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., Mw-~.v. , NDT_0U1TE LOST. fume springof 18â€" Inmsa'toneof the ligands on the west coast of Afâ€"y rica. anxious to take the first chance um 0% -of getting back to on} England. One of the huge Cope mailâ€" boaus was due in about a Weak from can reasonably expect. 1 did not, how- aver. intend to wait for the mull-40M. .1 any other offered a chance of “Ming to England before her. One morning a. steamer came in bound for England. She was a cargo-boat, butt carrying afew pawengers; and the captain said he cou.d make room for me. More taking a. passage in this vessel| I had as good .001; at her. and 1 came to the conclusion that, though there were not many comforts on board, at‘ anyrate she lboked like a good safe Sea- boat. She had plenty of freeboard; Indeed. I found out afterwards that her 0&ng was a night one, consiSLing of. woo. and raw hides. so that she “as higher out of Winter than usual. and dim had good balm for her L’cngth. .I. wan on board about six p.m., on a Friday evening. The weather was beautifm‘. The deep blue skyâ€"set off by the Hun deeper blue of the sea, only broken here and there by the smallest: of "white horses"â€"-und the island glow~ iln'g in 8.21 the bewult-‘y of tmpical sun- mnde a picture not easy to for- get. The mesengers consisted of eighteen first-clhss and ten steerage. Amongst the former were two ladies and four little children. The crew mustered about. twenty men old told. After dinner. 1 went on deck to smoke the pipeof peace and think of wife and children, who Were being brought. near- orl to me by every.1 tlhrob of the power- full: engines. All the cabins Were on the upper, deck. the hoLd being devoted to cargo, with the exception of one small cabin for the steward. The vessel! was steer- ed from (the bridge; but. there was an-i o‘tlher wheel'house right aft, for use in: awe of emergency. Slhe carried two masts, and was square-rigged on 'her- forelnast. Next duy, when I tun‘ned out, we were out of sight. of ihlnd; the weather was still fine, though there was a. little sea. caused by the north-east tradeâ€"wind. which was blowing steadily, though not very strongly, against us. _All went) mellll till the evening. At. SIX o'clock the cabin passengers dined, the captain, a. jovial. ruddyâ€"faced sailor, who looked as if he had had no cares in the world. taking the head of the tubl'e; and the doctor. a. self-possessed wiry little man, taking the other end. As dinner went on, the flow of smalltalk increased, till, towards the end, there was a regular hum of conversation, and most of us were looking tolerably happy and cona the .whole scene changed; first come a. crash, which seemed to shake the ship from end to end; and then scrape, thud, hammer, as the engine continued to make several revolutions before they were stopped. Ab wn were wt. least two hundred- rulLos from any land or shoalâ€"water, 1 know instinctively that the screw- shaft was broken, and that, in 1110 pro-1 babiiity, those last two or three revoâ€" lutions had done terrible mischief. \Ve all made the bes‘t: of (vwr way on. deck. The passengers were not much’ dlnnned as yet; Unit. I noticed a look! of rent anxiety on the captain's face e hurried mvay. wlt soon transpired that the shaft tented. Sudden'l‘y, was broken; and 1:110 broken cnds ham; mering againslt‘ each other before the engine couid. be. stopped had broken the afterâ€"beaming where the shaft passvs out through the ship, and water was pouring in thorc‘lmo the! tunne). fifty or sixty feet in .ength. leading to tho engimhroom. ulong Which the shaft; ms. The well was soundedâ€"about a. {dot of water was found. and prepara- tions were at. once made to get the pumps to work. ‘ I must now recount. a nob.e deed. which under other circumstances might; weli have earned :1 Victoria Cromi. _ lhe tunnel which I have just. mentioned ended at the cnglne-munyxnth a wa- terâ€"light door in u soâ€"cnrJled water- tight bulk-head. The chief enginech knowing at once “'11th had happened.l and finding it lhrge body of water coming out of the tunings. called for. V‘thle to go with bun. up the. tun- nel and try to stop the leak. ‘ 1th danger was verv great; the tunne.‘ was niftth hnlf full of water._t.he rush of which was so strong that ll was diffiâ€" cult to wulk against it; and at the. rate it was rising. it Scorned almost unâ€" xlwiblb for men to get to the end of- Lhe tunrm‘. and buck mer before u was fiul of water, in which case they must have been drowned. One man only responded to the appeal of the thief: and these two brave fc.l_uws. reâ€" gdrdLD-ss of evcrytbing but Ilio‘ll’ duty. daslwd into the tunnel, carrying blankâ€" eus and rope; tn uvurc over the .leuk, 'l‘hey go: in (1:0. and or the nl‘ttm 1! y tunnel and suave-dud in placing the blunkets oxor the hole; but brfm‘c they «mill scrum thorn. the rimm: water fun‘cd them luck. just filling lhc tun ‘1 nel nstlr y dashed lurk intotluf engine room. Then. with groat._(liff1 -u.-t_v. 13w “hint-11ng dour “as «used; out the fires. nu? Lanna been put our. margin the water had minty risen u; to thorn they were mu! up \\ urk a po\\â€" arfui eff-amâ€" m; \\.\5 {.2'01. in tho 91‘. inc-Luau. _ ‘ ‘ Mklkful was still ir-ukrn: badly In sev- gral plum. and :1 n-qulr. d all the skulj rump with “him the Vet su-n reducing the water The water-tight.- o... .. -....__.-...._._â€"¢ the time my story wmmencesâ€"boata which combine the comforts of a. first drugs hotel with the nearest approach to “unite safety that persons trust- Fm ing themselves to the mercy of the sea» was | room that. could be of the chief engineer {0 make it suffi- ciently tight to prevent the water from ginning on the. pumps inside the en~ glue-roan. Aloft iheengineâ€"roou‘. the water was randy rising. , some of the passengers had been not to work at a hand-mung! on deck; but being :1 poor pump. in wns worked very hard with little red sulL. We took the Milk in two gangs. twenty ruinous off and on. and I found m '1 smoking my pipe between the with considerable comfort. The well was sounded again. and five feet of water found in: it. Shortly af- ter this. the captain told me privately. rhgit. there was no chance of saving the $11133; and. he was shorulm going to give the order to repnre the boats l'or_leav- mg her. '1‘ order was soon given: and then Occurred the only sign of Inc which I saw from first to inst. of the crew, which was compos- ed of men of seveer nationalities, made {1 (1115111 at we at the boats, with the Imrmion of getting away in her by themselves. The night was dark. the moon not h'iving yet risen, so that they were not noticed for a. minute or two; butt When the mates found out what was going on, they bundled them out of the boat in no time. , About this time I had occasion to go through the saloon; the steward was there; and a? hough he knew that orâ€" ders had been given to leave the ship. he was busy dusting some glasses m a rack. an dhad evidently leen round the saloon putting everything in perfect order, so that it might go to the bot- tom tidy! I Suppose h‘o-bit was sec- ond nature to him. On going out.‘ I passed the cabin where the four chil- dren' Mere peacefully sleeping. I cowld not. help peeping in; but it was sad to Look at the rosy cheeks and peaceful". faces of the little ones, and to think what a small chance they had of surviving a. long bout-cruise. .Tlhge. vessel: was well found in boats. six m_a-’.lâ€"fou'r large ones, and two light gigs. It was decided to use only the four large boats, as they would take us- nll; and we set to work to get them swung out and provisioned in a, harry. It was an exciting timel If the veBSell had been sinking quickly. we slhtmld not have got: one boat away. Nothing woluld work ; the davits stuck for a. long titmc, and resisted all our efforts :to turn them; and the failils jammed in. the blocks. Mbreover, the Mat I was told off to had been painted the day before, and was a.‘.ll over wet. paint, which madeiimost difficult to handle her, besides leaving a remaindâ€" er on one's garments. However, it. was dome at last; and tinned meat, biscuits, and. writer put into’ each boat. As; to our waiter-(flask, it was so rotten It could not hold water" at all, and we had to content ourselllves with filling a. few bottles. The captain) then ordered the wo- men and. children and one sick man into the boat he was going to take charge of; and in they got, the boat still swmglng at the d‘ILVltS. One old man brought all his heavy boxes from the cabin. and placed them. beside the bowl; he was goilnig in; and when told he'cmlld only (take some wraps, ho quietly dragged ltlh‘am 'back to his cabin. Just as the order was going to be given for all to leave the 5111! r, and even‘ the man at the wheel: had an culled. away, the chief-engineer came on deck and said to the captain: "Don't you lbave the slhrirpt, sir; I believe we can save. her.” file {then expllbined that though the engine-room bulkhead had leaked considerably, he and his men had made if. nearby tight, and what little water come into the engine-room was easily pumped out again; and though the water was still] rising abaft tihle engine-room, it. was not rising so foot as it did no first; and the vessel. in his opinion, was sure to float for. some hours yet, if she could not be kept afloat altogether. ' The captain consented to wait ti‘A daylight, and we men went. back to the pumps, though the poor women and (.Ihildren were still kept swin ing an the davits. the ca- tain being a raid to bake them out o the‘boats, for fear. there would not be time to get them[ 11) again. But. after about two hours at it, he let them come out. The dreary night wore on. and. once a. drink of rum, were served (>th to the men at the pumps. When the rum cameâ€"a \vrmeâ€"glnssful to every t'wo menâ€"the man I shared with was agrimp stoker. and he had first. drink. for a moment I hesitated when my turn come; but the claims of exhaust- the rest being dump and useless. T he moon was up now. We got some sail on the vessel, and headed her for. Madeim, which was about two hun- dred milks distant, and the wind fair. As far as we coful'Jd| see. no vessels were in sight; but some rockets were tried. (may one of them. however, went. up. the rest being dump was useless. Sunday morning broke at last. .Al sad Sunday! We amxiouslly Scanned the horizon; there was not. a sail in sight anywhere. The bulkhead which was keeping us up for the time-being was nearly amidâ€" s’hlps. but not quite. it; being a little: aft: of thnt position. so not quite half lhek vessel. was at the mercgv of the .ca . Shortly after daylight there was :1 consxdtation in the captain's calzin as to what should be done. It was de- cided to take the hatches off, and throw over ail the cargo ubufit the engine- got at. There was :i steamâ€"winch available, and a der- rick was soon rigged up. The cargo we could get at was all wool, in bales of uboul ten hundredweight each; and as bade after bale went over the side, we made a ltmg wake of them. as they did not sink at once. The weather still kept fairly fine; had it not been for this, we. cowL‘d not have taken off the hatches. as the after- pan of :hc vesse’. “113 by this time rather low in the water, and we should in all probability have been} unable to \|\‘§§ [he ship. The steward had not wlwted his may, and hud prepared as good a 'srcakfast us be room. manage; and :nechanicnily wo went. to it. not that .inybody lmd any res; wish to go to nrmkfast. but as amatter of habit. ll was an uncanny thing, also. to take w. meal in «cabin which one felt alums: «ire. would to at the bottom of Hit :61. before 1hx next menstime came ruund. Yel. in we “cm. the captain taking 02:0 band of the table as usual; «1:. he «Aid on: nothing. and run bi~ Nqu .urldy face war- Ilflh‘h altered. Cocoa ,‘ i Shortly after breakfast. one of the sailors who was on the lookout cried “éh’ll' ho!" “'e cemlinl ' saw wth appeared to be a sai ; but? it disappeared and again appearâ€" ed in a curious manner. Every- body brightened up at. this mans. par- liculhrly the poor women; but after careful examination through the lass. it turned out to be unity some w 3125 spouting. . Ten feet of water. being in the hood by the afternoon. the stern of the vessel was very much lower inflt‘he water. Towards evening, as the light was ' ning tofade, we mw a steam- er; but. it was hull down, and we could unify see its mass and funnel. “'6 had an old carronade which had pro- batik last been fired at the battle_of the Nile. This was loaded. and with great difficulty fired; but it took such a; long}; time, that the steamer was out! of It before it went off, and no re< will: followed. We also tried one or mvo more roskets; but. it was of no (we. S‘tmday night. A1111 the cargo in the afterth that coulld be got at had been tlhrovvn overboard; so. by way of us- ing the steam-WM. a large cask was ri ed up and lmvered into the hold, {‘1 ed with water, hoisted nip, and tip- ped overboard. This could be done about twice a. minute, and helped con- siderably to keep the water down. The stench‘from the hold added now to our discomforte. as the raw hides and wool began to ferment, owing to the action of the water combined with the heat of the weather. Burt that was a smalll matter. And so the second night went on: The great sbi looming against the tar-lit sky wt her dark square sails set on the forem‘ast, her bows towerâ€" ing high above thesea, her stern nearly Cevel with it, and three red lights on her formantâ€"signals of distressâ€"look- ed like some hlulgle monster out. of a fairy tale stricken nigh umto death. but struggling on while life lasted. There were some curious traits of. character exhibited on the part of both crew and passengers. though most of them did their duty quietly and man- f’uflly. One man, a steernge passenger book to his bertlh‘ after the accident happened. lW‘he’n the second-mate wont to maps him up and make him mike his turn at. the pumps. he said, “he was not 301ng to pump; he knew the vessel: was going down, and he would die comfortable in his berth." In; fact he was left; there. as the mate h‘ad no time to Wasbe over him. An- other man armed with a re- vouver, with the intention of shooting himself if the worsr. came. to the worst, as he . said. he preferred shooting to drowning. ’I‘ihe revolver was taken from hum. To Be Continued. â€"â€".-â€"â€"‘. THAT MAN HAS £150 IN HIS BOOTS. An Incident of the [Days of Couches in Eng- land. In the days which were called "good old" days. Without any apparent rea- son, a. coach was once lumbering heavi- l‘y between London and Brighton. It had not got balm-way before it was stopped by highwaymen. "Don't. men- tion the word boots, whatever you do l" ahilscpered one did passenger to anâ€" other. a. hard-featured, spareman. "you; see I have £150 in mine." Tihe high- warymen did their work carelessly, for they wanted to be off again. and re- lied on threats to accomplish their purpose, without troubling to search thoroughiy. When they got to the hard-featured man he said, “Gentlemen. I assure you I have no money at all; hull: that gentleman, you will find. has £150 in his boots." The robbers soon relieved the boots of their burden, and departed. Then the aggrieved pas- senger turned on his betrayer with savage recriminutio‘ns, "Steady, sir; steady l" was the answer. "Don't; grumblb about the few pounds in your boots! I have £15,000 in mine! And as '011 have been of Such service to me .sfhmll be glad to pay you the £150, or even double, if you wish 1" ST-RlANGER THAN FICTION. The. Gentleman gives currency to a. remarkable but well authenticated story which showsâ€"th most people are supposed to know alreadyâ€" that truth is stranger than fiction. Some years ago the. cashier of 8. Liverpool merchant received a. Bank of England note, which he held up to the light to make sure it was genuine. In so doing he noticed some very indistinct. red :mn rks. as if words had been traced on the from of the note and on the margin, and out of curiosity he tried to decipher them. At length he made out the. following sentenceâ€" "l-f this more. should fall into the hands of John Dean of .Longhillrnor, he will learn thereby that his brother is languishing a. prisoner in Algiers." 'Mr. Dean, on being shown the note, lost no time in asking the government for assistance, and finally secured the gardeners. will not get, me full benefit ' freedom of his brother, on payment of it ransom to the boy. The unfortun- ate man. had been a prisoner for eleven years, and had traced, with 34 piece of wood for pen and his own blood for irrk, the measage on the bank- note, in the hope of its being seen sooner or later. A PEC‘ULIAR PLANT. A plhnt grams in Assam. the botaniâ€" cal name of which is Gymnaema syl- vestre. and Which has the pemnlfiar pro- perty, when chewed, of temporarily neutralizing the sense of taste as reâ€" gards sweet and bitter things, whin sour and saline substances remain un- altered. The Hindus claim that the plant is an antidote to snake bite. However that may be. it is heiioved that the plant might. be advantageously introduced in our [:hnrlmmolmt-la as a means of disguising the bitterness of quinine and other disagreeable medi- (zines TEE SU PRE'ME TEST. Miss Fastidily is very dainty In her manners. isn't she? I should say so. «it corn off the ear with-2t Looking :1. \hmgb she has! Loth hoofs in thy l trough. Why. she can ever. . WAGRICULTUQXI ~8A~~~~ ‘. .. ‘~~\~ WINTER PROTECTION FOR DAIRY CATTLE. miry stock to be profitabhe must be made comfortable. and the more com- fort they have. other things being equal, the greater will be the meas- of profit. The whole queStion of profit in dulrying hinges on this ono \vord-i-onifort. There is more pro- fit in producing milk in winter then in summer. but, cows cannot give milk in winter to amount to anything if I they are exposed to storms and suffer with cold. no matter how well they are fed, writes C. P. Goodrich. A dairy annual is very different. from a beef animal as regards uhe endurance of cold. fattening .steers frequently seem to enjoy the crisp and frosty air of zero weather, while the‘dniry cows in the yard with them will at the same time stand with their backs arched up, shivering and suffering with 'cold. Evâ€" ery winter as I travel about, especi- azllly in the newer parts of the country. my heart aches for the. poor cowâ€"that Messed animal, which is a greater benefactor to man than any otherâ€" when I see her suffering from cold and exposure lerause of the neglect and cruelty of her in'hlunazn owner. One would think that selfâ€"interest, to say nothing about the dictates of humanâ€" ity, would prompt a. man to give his cows good shelter in winter. We knew that. many who are just beginning on new farms in the West. cannot have costly barns, bun. that. does not excuse than for not having protection for their cows. I know how this is. Many years ago in my young days I started on a. new farm with but little Icould call my own except the debts I owed. The few cows I had were furnished, the first winter. with a. straw stable, the walls of which were aboth three feet thick and the straw held! in place with poles set upright. Straw was stacked over the top for a roof. Animals never “had amore comfortable stable than that first one of mine was and itcost nothing but; u very. low oays' work. I had ulsed the wheat straw, such as some !other prairie farmers burned up. The I next year I built. a. log stable..ch1nked and plastered mp t'he cracks With mud and made a roof of poles and straw. A few years after I was abl‘e to build a frame stable, and. in time a larger and more costly barn. But, through it all, II have never had a place where cows seemed to take more genuine comfort. in the cold and stormy days of WLII- her than mine did. over forty years ago. in that first. stable made of straw, whille tlhey were lying on a» thick bed olflddgraw and contentede chewing their c‘ ‘. The setters on the prairies of Min- nesota. and 01 her Western states could. and many of thorn do, make such stables, but. the fact remains that hun- dreds of poor rows hzrvo ’to shiver through the winter, having no better protection than) they can get around the straw sum-ks, when they are not. trying to statisfy their hunger in the" stalk field. As I {have tried to show, tlhe settler on the prairie has no ox- culse for not protecting his dairy calm. If he has not raised a drop of grain and therefore has no straw. ’he can l throw up walls of sod: and cover with: prairie bay. The sle'tlbller in the tim- ber has everything right at hand to make a good fog Stable, Which- he can' cover with brush and slough grass. I have been writing for the benefit. of ' those who are poor or just beginning in a new country, and they are the ! ones. who. '1 am sorry to say, too often allow their cows to go without shelter. Of course large, fine and costly barns are gond things to have. but, after 1131, ImaMy of them, as they am managed, {are very bad pieces to keep stock 1n. - I have seen a light. stone wulll basement to a barn. with very Little light. and = no ventilation, crowded so full of cattle that. the air was most stifling in the morning after the doors lhad been closed all night. Such a place. is worse I than leaving the animals without shelter. When they are omt they have pure air, if they do have. cold. Dairy cattle, to be properly prolcztted in win- ter should be in barns with the walls well sealed nip; there should be plenty of air space or each an‘inmll, plenty of light, and there should be ventilating shafts passing up and out at the roof. I l IN EOR’I‘IOULTURE. I have Zlitly had my attention called to the fact. that them was it greatdif- ference in the. yield of honey from «'01â€" lonies ibcated only from one to two Imile apart. Judging from this. says Mrs. Harrison. orc‘h‘ardisls, farmers and of their crops of fruit, vines and clov- I ens. if they do not. keep bees upon their own fields. Especially is this trim, if the weather should be foggy and dump during the blooming season. Spot-iâ€" a’lis‘ts in bee-culture know that a good place to 1mnte an apiary is near larger orchards, seed farms, alfalfa or ulsike 'c'lover fields. pickle farms, etc. 'l‘hogr- who raise cucumbers under glass, find I l . lthey must have bees in their green [hm or'tlheir cucumbers wi'.lnul bt‘l. suits. unless there are largo npizirlr-s near them should cultivate bees as well as fields. 5 I "1-1.3. who would live. at 811.50.. should | Cultivate both fruit and Imus." It. would 1 be better for the welfare of our coun- itry. if bees were more c-qimllly dis- . tnbutod. Very large .tpiuries are not. ' as desirnlin as that every orchard and gather the nortar, and fertilize the noon). It is not neu-ssary that every farmer shmnd be In skillful apinrlst, ‘and. serum forge crops of huney. but ! he should keep bees in lurgu hives. well : "nus-tad from the intrusion of stock 3 Where homes and other annuals haw. :lvx'u :nJured by being stung it was luxunJy the result of careleaysneku. Those who am engaged in these pu.r-' farm shouid have. sufficient workers ml _..____ M. Hives should be well protected. and in. Plated near hitching posts. nor drinko" infirm ‘es. .unt sfor Bees-Beeline”? who have expo. rimented along t 15 line. luaimt’nnt it dons not pay to plant (or honey alone: but there are; many crop- :ind trees that can be 'rown. that have: a dual value. such as t e clovors. alsikol and white. Whut is more beautiful: upon a. lawn than the linden or base- -wond3 - Sweetvclover. Mellitotus all» and .Meliitmus offliinulls. are year! gaming in favor. as food for stock an bees, and are fast rusting out. dogâ€"fenâ€" . nei' nnd other noxious weeds. from roudsldes and waste plates. They thrive on gravoélly knolls. railroads em- bankments and rocky hillsidm._ ~ COMING SHOWER 0F STARS. *9 | Rain of Fire Predicted by Srvn-nl Astronomers. The astronomers look for the next great meteoric shower on the morn- ing of November 15, 1899. They cal-â€" culnte that the earth will then pass again through the centre of an im- mense swnrm of meteoroids, as they- are. called before combustion. 'l‘lmeo great "Leonide slur showers." as they are called. occur at. intervals of vvcry thirty-three years and one day. The great. shower of 1799 occurred on Noâ€" vember 13; that of 1860 on November 14; and, Consequently, (I. repetition of the next wonderful phenomena is’ex- peeled on the morning of November 1-5, 1899. In the meanwhile, however, as the aggregation of meteoroids is of imâ€". mense length. one end of it will cnâ€"I counter the earth in 1898 and the other in 1900, making. as Prof. Lewis Swift, the distinguished astronomer of Ro- chester, N.Y., says, considerable show- ers in those years (11180. Not only this, but! it is stated on‘ tihe some authority that many forerumners of the great. shower may. be equated to come with- in the earth’s atmosphere on November 14,. 1897, bet-abuse many of the melco~ rotds urealways considerably in advance of; the mnin muster. Prof. Swift says "the thickness of the ‘uretcoroidwl stream is 100,000 miles mud the dura- tion of the shower is equal to the time of the dingomu.) passage of the earth through it. usuallly from mid- night:- to dawn." Hie. adds: "As there Is" a light. shower of Leonids every No- vember, we know thin. th'cre is u vast ring formed by the comet's tail and that the immense shout-ll in- one portion is the production of the exploded comet ItSOulf. through which we pass once every thirty-three years and a day." _ l‘he meteorolds‘ arc (lurk bodies. and it. is only [when they pass into the earth’s atmosphere that tlwy are i nit- ed by friction and become visible or a few seconds. The stream makes a re- volution around '1 he sun in al.0ut thirty-three and oneâ€"fourth yours, and by consequence the earth passes through it Ln a new uiuco each your. The .bng’t‘h ‘of the B\\'\IL1“HIJ is so enorm- ous that: although at perihelion it moves. t'hc rate of nearly twentyâ€" five mules a swond, yet it takes it two years to pass 111-: curth', so that when its hinder part. is still with us its ad- vancing Side. wul have reached the or- buts of Jupiter and Saturn. Not- wmhstnndmg this extent, it is but (b fraction of the entire orbit. Prof.- waft says: “This great cluster will reach the earth’s orbit ubuinl; June 1, 1899, but the earth will! not have arâ€" rived there then, bun; willl be due near- .Iy. six months later. when our plunot wr‘lll ilunge into the swarming mass, and or at five hours we shall experience mlhteral rain of fire." _..._-- --...- A SL [G H'l‘ RES I‘IAIBLA N t‘ E. Mme. Patti, the popular songstrcss iwas delighting a large audience in the Town lIqu of Birixlinglnun. when n. workingma'n at. the rear of the buildâ€" iing'was observed to be in ten rs. There .was nothing in the song to amount for this display of grief for the famed xprirnn donam was singing in Lima. Italian |tongue; but the grief of the mm: boa iconic more pronounced and nun-lying ere Mme. Patti hnd concluded. At length amid :1 thunder of ap- plause 1hr singer retired, and the stranger was asked the reason of his grief. , reminds me so of my darlcn." said the tearful one. "She was in the singing lino." _ .“But. surely your daughter muld not; sung like. that Y“ said the man on the next sent. "No." answered the mourncr, with .amotlier sob: "but you never could it!” {what she was singing about." .‘.\'AVI".S SUBJJUICI) ll‘i' RAIN. It worms faith-Jr hard to umlc-rs‘tund how the tiny Aruizulrnps can Cullen I down 1110. enormous swells of. an angry iorean. but the observations of a well- i known 'lfnglb'h scientist explain it clearly. lim‘lr drop, he (says, Hands b0- .b‘w the surface a marlnin quantity of water 1n the form of rings, wbi -b. With grmluujy_rim-rousing velocity and in- ' creasing size, (ll;â€"l¢‘cߢlfl as much as righâ€" ltrt-n m-‘hwx beamv 11w surfuw. 'I'lwrc- fore, whvn rain is. falling on the w“, tlmm is us nun-l. "1011011 llnulmlldll'.y “month the surface at; above. only llw dropb arc .urgcr and thvlr motion slUW- rl‘. 'lbus. Ilium-n by the human vyo, l the water {it the hurrah». is hell“! nmdu m mmlmuaJy change plum-a~ 2th [but 1411931113 and In this way the unvo- nmtmn W. destroyed. . l JlélllSI-ZIIULD I‘JQIYII‘SH-IN'I'. Some one 11le lcen looking owr an American look, punished in 1972, en- MiLLed, “'1‘th Home; “'lmne 1t :Ehould i Be, and “'hut crimich Ilc pm Into It," and {nukes the discovery that the hour-whorl «mun-mutt, :05ng 81.0“: at Lh'zt time. c-nn he [Knight now {or 8100. IN DARKES‘I' A ERICA. ’I’he 'Misslhwlry-v-Ilvre! More! I'm sht- kwl! tht are you. two fighting Elfin”. I 1 hr- ll‘onzbatautsâ€"Jonnb 811' de wlmla m