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EMPEROR MLLIAM'S CAREER Twenty-seven years ago on Jan. 2. lstil, Prince William, the oesoud son of Frederick William ll . and tho beautiful and acouur pllahed 1.» sin of lleue-Darmstadt. upon the death of hie brother, Frederick William “7., ascended the throne u Kin of Prussia, under the title of William I. 0 had nerv- ed as Re out for newly {our years. no that this ubl 0 investment with kingly power: In at a matter of form. Prince William was born in the palace oi the Crown Prince in Berlin, March 22,1797. When in 1806 the news reached Berlin that. the Prussian armies had born defeated in the two eat battles of Jena and Aueretadt, Prince gilliam was but 9 years old. Al~ though unable to fully comprehend the scope of Prussia’e defeat. his mother‘s words, “ The Kin was mistaken in reward to the efiiolency 0 his army and its leaders; We have been defeated, and must flee.” made (a) proitonnd impresaiou upon his young mind. ne 0 is that the princes shall enter the army at the age of ten years ;but the events of 1806 threatening the destruction of the Prussian monarcy, the 22nd of March, his tenth birth- day, was anticipated by his aapointment as first lieutenant oi the Royal ‘uards on the let of January of that year; so that King William could count his 81 years’ service in the army. Koenigsberg, in which city the Royal family had taken refuge, soon after being threatened by the French, Queen Louisa, with her two sons, hurried away to Memel, near the Russian frontier, where young William was attacked with a nervous ever, while his elder brother was seriously ill with scarlatina. These were trying times for the Queen. 0n the lSth of June, 1807, Pruesia’s Russian ally was utterly routed near Friedlaud and nothing but a treaty of peace on ier the most humiliating terms could avert the complete annihilation of the Prussian; monarchy. It was even a ques- tion with Napoleon 1. whether Frederick William III. should be permitted to take art in the peace negotiations, the Emperor ing in favor of striking Prussia from the roll of States. Not even the tears of the beautiful Louisa, who had been prevailed upon to appeal to the Emperor in rson, was able to persuade him to m 'iy or withdraw a simple point of his hard condi- tions. Findly, the Treaty of Tilait was conclud- ed, by the terms of which Ruuin lost half her territory, and landed down with heavy wu' indemnitiep, she_ _wgs rednqednto the nnk of e second or third power in Europe. The old maxim that early hardship s are necessary to the develop ment of a fullp mm- hood must have been in the mind of the Queen when, in a letter toher father, the Quad Duke Mecklenhurg -Sterlitz, in 1808, she wrote. â€"“Circumstancee and his eur- ronndingn educate the man, and therefore it may be well that our children are com- pelled to learn in their youth. Had they been permitted to w up in luxury and leisure, they would gihk life must always be so. That it can be otherwise they can now see from the and countenance of their father and the nbund- nnt tears of their mother. We have. indeed, gone to sleep upon the leurele of Frederick the Great, who mastered his country." The Royal family continued to experience the bitterness of unsuccessful anfare. Their country remained occupied by French troops, and the smell revenue that could be collect- ed from the people hardly eufli :ed to cover the necessary expenses of State and the sup- port of the army ; so that it often hap- pened that in their asylum at niemel there we: barely sufficient menna left to defray the most urgent demands of the Royal houaehold. upon the withdrawal of the French troops on Dec. 23, 1509 «the sixteenth anniversary of Queen Louisu’a entry into Berlin as the bride of Erederick William lI[.â€"when she returned again to the capital amid the eu- thqaiagtio greetings of her subjects. -‘ . .u‘... n u On Jan. 1 1814 Prince \Vlliam is found It the side of his father“ In the Battle of Le Rothiere, between the allied armies and ace, and on the 27th of February at Bar- Auhe and Fere Champoiae, which battle resulted in the total defeat of the French under Field Marshal: Mermount and “or tier. He was also present at the entrance of the victorious allied troops into Peril, March 31.1814. Prince William was appointed by Emperor Alexander of Russia colonel of the regiment Kelng e. 'l he following twelve years of his routine life were spent in the reorganisation of ghe l‘rneeian_ermy. In 1829. at the ag e of 3'2, he married the Princess Auguste. second daughter of the Grand Duke Carl Frederick of Sue ~W eimar. From this time on until the death of his father, which occurred on June 7. 1840 Prince William‘s energies were devoted principellx to military etfaire‘. ‘Frgpon the accession of the eldest son, erick William 1V., it Was ex ected the new king would keep. ' see with t e people, who, under the fostering care of his father, had had extended to them a new system of popular education and the extension of muni- cipal liberties, but he proved not to have been formed of the same clay as Frederick William 1., Frederick the Great, or Freder- ick William III; Until 1847 the only re- form of a representative character in Prussia was the “ Provincialstands" (Councils of the Provinces). which, however, were closed with very limited powers. In this year the rumblings of the ap oaeling revolution of} 1848 began to reac the ear of the king, which induced him to call together the re- resentatives of the eight provinces compos- g the kin dom of Prussia into one body at Berlin. glint this measure proved too late to avert the storm. The successful re- volution of February. 1848. in Paris, and the flight of Louis Philippe Were the signal for action at Naples, ilan, Vienna and Berlin. Emperor William stands charged with having issued the order at this timeâ€" the 18th of March, 1848â€"40 fire upon 'I'IIB DEFENCE LRNCB I‘ROI‘LI In the streets of the City of Berlin, but, as he was a pointed Governor-General of the Rheniah rovincee on the 10th of the game Rhonish Provinces on the 10th of the same month, his personal engagement in those bloody conflicts is seriously doubted by his tdmirors. 0n the other hand. his enemies mart the his departure was delayed until the day following the order, and that the msssacro was due to his advice: The gvfiiiiflbhh ihréughout Germmy and Anni. 0! 1848 had shuttered whnt romain- od of mo "11on Alllmoo 3” the “ Gormun THE “01! 357011.38)? TRADH'IOES Ln-‘z's summs'r REALITIEa Band" In“? boon grhaolvodks‘nd in order to lppouo o popu emu: nu manure. n Pullumont, compo-ed of ropreneumivoa (mm :11 the German Sum. Annals md l’ruui. included, to be oqumd 13y pqpplq v.0to wu ordered to mmblo at Frankfort. The huwry of this mpmentuive body mu be comptmd in tho term of derision whic ,IflAA wu thzn applied to it, and with which to this day it is spoken of. “The l’appetiu meat" (chntwr gathering). The only unti- ment upon which all the uptesentativen agreed w}: 11103:. of German unity. °At this l’erliament were assembled pe triots, atetesmen, authors and historians, who for nnny years had labored and strug» gled for a principleâ€"the rights of the peo- ple u against those of kings. Their names were dear to every German heart. But the single-mindneu of such men as Arndt, AuenwaldLBeckerath, Camehausgn,‘ Delil- man, Heinrich von Gagern, Von Rodowitz, 3 Von Rommer and many others, weighed lit’ tle against those having great personal in- terests to promote. It soon became evident that Austria was manipulating this Parlia- meet with a view to acquiring the ascen. denoy in Germany, and thus to gradually restore the old German Empire under the Hupsbur suzerainty. The suspicion was confirm when on the 29a: of June, 1848, Arcndulre John of Austria was elected reiohsverveser over Germany, he having once, in the exuberance of his enthusiasm, iven vent to the sentiment. “ No Austria ! o Prussia! Only a united Germany I" This office, however, was of short continu- ance, for on the 3rd of April, 1849, a depu~ tation from this Parliament proceeded to Berlin and offered the Imperial crown of the States of Germany to Frederick William _ ‘13}ifioe Williifi), airing the latter part. of the revolutionny days of March, 1848, had considered it beneficial to take to Brussels May 30, from which city he wrote his brother, the King of Prussia, as follows :â€"‘ “ I hope that the free institutions which are to be consolidated by the represen- tetives of the people will, for Prussis’s wel- fsre. develop themselves more and more. Upon his arrival in Berlin he repaired to the Prussian Assembly, to which he had been elected. In his first speech Prince Willism assured the members of his loyalty to the principles of a Constitutional Monar- chy. but notified the President thst, it being irnpossiblefor him to Lelweysbo present at A _--_-_-_ ‘L- ILAâ€"z A TRIP TO ENGLAND. where he remained for six week§,_retprnipg iiefi-E'o-ovtigg‘sréx'fifibh oooisionn .the Presi- dent should take the liberty of calling upon his tutor-unto. It was not, however, until 1849 that Wil. liam was called upon to perform special pub- lic duties. Austria having dissolved connec~ tion with the Frankfort Parliament, declar- ing against the choice of any other German prince oven Germany, and Prussia refusing to sanction their confederate Constitution: and some objections having been raised ' against its provisions by the smaller States, notably Wurtemberg, which refused to ac» cede to Prussia’s suzerainty, the dissatisfac- tion of the people over these abortive results ‘ began to make itself felt all over Germany. This dissatisfaction culminated in May, when an open revolt occurred in several of the principal cities of central Germany. In the grand duchy of Baden the king’s army made common cause with the citizens, and established a provisional Government, with Lorenz Bretano, the present educated citizen of Chicago and former representative of Con- greu from the North Side as chief executive officer. Lient. Franz Sigelâ€"Gen. Sigel of the Union armyâ€"was put in command of the revoluntinnary forces. 0n the 8th of ‘Juue Prince William (at the request of the Grand Duke of Baden and the Princes of other revolted German States), with an army of 10 000 men, marched into South- western Germany, and before the expiration of a month had so effectually quelled all disturbances that Gen. Sigel and the other revolutionary leaders were forced to flee to the neutral ground of Switzerland, while others took the first ship across the Atlantic for America. Thus were the last efforts and aspirations of Republicanism in Germany crushed and extinguished. Throughout the reactionary measures which followed, to which Frederick William IV. acceded willinplv, and which were troublesome enough to have turned the head of a stronger monarch, his brother William was living with his family at Coblenz, de- votin his time to the improvement of the Prussian army. In the fall of 1857, how- ever, he was called upon for more serious work ; in fact, to take charge of the Govern- ment. A Roy \1 order had been published, in which it wealstated that the King‘s phy~ eician had advised his abstention from all of- ficial affairs connected with the administra- tion. and that the Government of the State would be intrusted to Prince Willlv m. His first term of was limitedm three months. Three times the power was renewed, but on the 7th of October, 1868, the office was made perman- ent. He was then 62 years old, at an age when the renewal of physical and intellect- ual vigor is rarel accomplished, and few people anticipate that William L’s reign would present so warlike a character, and but for Austria's pretentious to power in Germany and French chauvinism, his days might have assed more peacefully, and to. day we shou d hear of Prussians, Swabiane, Wurtembergs, Saxons, Hessians. Hanover- ians, Badens, Loowanstelners, etc., but no Germans. (in the 2nd day of January, 186], King Frederick \Villiam 1V. breathed his last, and his brother, Prince William, ascended the throne. On being con. ratulated by a magistrate of Berlin the ing replied ~â€" “ Histor has shown that the Hohenzoll- ems have a ways kept a warm heart for their people. I am known to possess thmsame eelin I may have been misunderstood -v.-u~ in thobpast, but I assure you I have ever been ammaud with the most sympathetic sentiments for the reople of Prussia, and it msy not be amiss o_rA mo_to sckpowledge, 3;. 1-1:; go‘ihié for he to acknoivledge, per spa, that everything has not been done satisfactorily t9 tpe mop]? of late yearn.” www-v-wv-vâ€" _,' , On January 9 the hin‘g issued a firoclamm tion, in which, among other things, he laid :â€" " It in not Pmesin'e destiny to grow rent by ncqnieitione. but in the exertion 0 her moral and intelleotnnl power, in the earnest. nose and atemiioetneea of her religions senti- ment, and in the strengthening 0? her defen- live arm will be found the condition of her power and rank nmong the European States." “u. “it was not until October 18. 187l. that the king w” crovmed, the coronation care. monies toting place nt Koenlguberg. The THE REGENCY man. with grey heir Ind guy nuouetwhe. end an expression which, if it did not dcnute intellectual power, had much of cheexiul etrength and the charm of frank manhood about it. No one wee just then disposed to be very enthusiastic about him, but every one mu inclined to nuke the nssr or flu; sovsxsmx and the situation. Bit the manner in which the coronation ceremony was conducted, and ‘ the speech which the king delivered soon after, produced a terrible shock of disssp- apointment, for in each the king manifested that he understood the crown to be a gift, not from the people, but {run Heaven. To me the ceremony inthe chapel, splendid and picturesque as it was. the Luise en scene ap- absurd and even ridiculous. The ing. bedisened in a regal costume, lilting a crown from the altar and. without inter- vention of human aid other than his own hands, plan“)? it upon his head, to signify that he had his crown from Heaven, not from man; then putting another crown upon the head of his wife, to show that she ‘derived her dignities from him, and then turning round and brandishing a gigantic sword, as symbolical of his readiness to de- fend his state and peopleâ€"all this seemed to me too suggestive of the ‘ opera comique' to suit the simple dignity of the handsome old soldier. Far better and nobler did he look in his military uniform, and with his spiked helmet, as he sat on his horse in the streets, than when arrayed in crimson vel~ vet cloak and other such stage paraphernalia of conventional royalty." It is a matter at common notoriety that the acts and words of the king at this crowning ceremony did not impress the people with the deep conviction that his reign would be a constitutional one : but, on the contrary, they were looked upon as new declarations of absolute rule. The next Chamber, which met after the‘coronation, proved conclusively that these were the prevailing sentiments of the country. A arge number of representatives had been elected upon the understanding that they were to give support to uovernment mea- sures only upon condrtion that the Govern- ment would pursue a liberal policy at home and a decided German policy abroad The FIRST DEMAND OF THE K150 was an increase of the war budget; this was refused. The monarch, however. was not to be thus thwarted in his favorite projects of increasin the efiiciency of the army. He accused e Ministers who iepreeented his wiehes in the Assembly with timidity. He looked about for a more decided character to form a Ministry. Hie choice fell n n Otto Von Bismarck von Schoenhaueen, t en Ambassador at the French Court, whom he recalled Sept. 23, 1862, appointing him Secretary oi State and President ad interim of the Ministry. But the people and their representatives were not to be driven from the etand they had taken upon the Constitu‘ tion. They remained steadfast in their de- termina! ion to uphold their prerogatives in the matter of money appropriations, and to resist any attempt on the part of the Govern~ ment to subvert them by diverting any of the funds which had been voted from their originaipurpoees. n as 9 I n I,L_2,, fn this dilemma the Schleswick~Holstein question, which threatened serious compli~ cations on the northern frontier, seemed to come to the relief of the Government. The 1 death of King Frederic of Denmark, which ‘ occurred Nov. 15, 1863, opened the question of suzersinty over these Provinces. A Con~ stitution had just been adopted in Denmark, in which these Provinces were declared to be Danish territory, contrary to the stipu~ lations of the London protocol, which had been signed by the great Powers, and, H01- stein being a member of the German Confed- eration. the Act was also considered a direct insult to the German Parliament. The con- sequence wss the sending of some sixty thousand federal troops, partly Prussian, partly Austrain, and contingents lrom some of the other smaller German States, into Schleswick. The Danes were defeated in SEVERAL BLOODY EKG AG EMBSTS on land and sea, in which the Prussian troops and marines exhibited unexampled courage and intrepidity. But this war, which was but of short duration, and delivered Hol stein into the hands of Prussia and Austria, contained the germ for the next conflict between these two Powers of much greater magnitude. The German Parliament declar- ed in reference to these provinces in favor of Austria’s demand, which amounted in effect to a declaration of war at all the Ger- man Statesâ€"Austria includedâ€"against Prussiu. This gave William I. the '0 par. tuuityto retrieve his popularity wit his aubj_ects,_ _a_nd_ u: revi‘vo :‘unong them the -wva---V' s irit whiéfiwhaid made the afinies under rederick the Great invincible. “ If they are then all against me," he said. upon being informed of the action of the Parliament, “I shall place myself at the head of my army and sooner perish with it thanto submitto these outrageous demands," and in a proclamation which he at once is- sued to the people of Prussia. he said, “The country is in danger ! Austria and a large portion of Germany are up in arms against --.. __.A n__ us. Wherever out 0 es turned ore; Ger- many we are con routed by enemies whose watchword it is :-â€"-' Humiliation of Prussia !' It is a struggle for our exist- ence. If God gives us victory we shall then be strong enough to renew in a better and more indiasolnhle form the loose; ties which to-dsy are uniting the German States more in name than in fact.” These sentiments created a deep impres- sion u on the people of Prussia and were favora 1y received by a large number of Germans beyond the frontier. The war measures received the most enthusiastic sup port, and in less than a fortnight 265,000 men were ready to cross the line into Bohemia. The war was as short as it re- sulted glorious‘l for the Plussiau arms. Austria was de eated in every battle, and the last and decisive one at Keeningsgratn laid her at the feet of her conqueror. King William. hown'er, wee magnanimous. His sword secured i’russia'e supremacy in Ger- many: that was suiiifieut. A further [hu- miliation or a dismemberment of Austria was neither p'ditic nor desirable. These EXTRAORDINARY SVCCESSRS in the field canned also a revulsion of pub- lic sentiment. in favor of King William 3t home, which malted in ihe eleciion of t Conservative Chumhor thoroughly in sym - thy with the (lovommant. This favor. In turn of din-ir- wu immodiutoly nixed upon Ill]! . WHIUII mu .-IIu-v‘- vâ€"v-.._v_ --, pot on- And re d to meet the urch- enemy, who :upmking on the wuutn borders of _Gerr_u;auy._ _Napoleon III‘ Ind y‘aâ€"v-w v- v.-." been w‘tching l‘cuzlin’. shoe-cu with un- feigned (ii-plenum. und fearing a unificx- tion of the Gamma Staten under that power, he wanted to the moat ahumeful intrigues to mount such It connummstion, _Un:_i_qr vnrihus pretext: he sought Austria's nlli once in case of a war with Prussia. He pro~ ferred his influence and. if need be, his ms- teriuleid to the States of Southern Ger- many in iormingn South German Confed. oration. but he exceeded the ordinsry limits of courtesy and prudence in sending the Duke of Grammont on e specie! miseionto Ema, where King William: was sojourning, to make the impudent demsnd of thnt nov- ereign to openly declsre that; none of the Hohenzollern princes should ever occupy the Spanish throne. Kin \Viiiiem very properly refused to see t e French envoy egsin. sending him word thst he had noth- ing further to wmmunioste. This We: the signs! for the war between Frence end_Prus_- by the king to [norm And Imugthon tho “my. which won annulled onqmpu pry. sia, or rather Germany, which closed with the humiliation of France. the loss of two of her provincesâ€"Alsace and Lorraine- and the destruction ot the second Bonapart» ist dynasty on the one side, -nd with the establishment of a united Germsnv and the coronation of King William of Prussia as her emperor on the other. Till MIETING OF THE EMPERURS. The meeting of the Emperors of Germany, Russia and Austria took place at Berlin in the autumn of 1872 In October of that year Em§eror William gave a decision ad. verse to n land on the San Juan boundary question, an mitted to his arbitration by the British and American Governments. In April, 1873, he visited the Czar at St. Petersburg, and in October visited the Em- peror of Austria. In 1875 the Our visited Emperor \Villiam. An attempt was made to assassinate Emperor William while he was driving, on the afternoon of May ll, 1878‘ in Berlin. The crime was committed by a young Socialist named Emil Hoedel, he firing two shots, neither of them hittin the Emperor. The man was pursued and finally captured. He said he had no inten- tion of murder: but, being unemployed and ‘ dissatisfied, had resolved to commit suicide. He was tried, found guilty and executed. A second attempt upon the Emperor's life was made June 21, 1878, on the avenue “Unter den Linden," whilst he was out driving. Two shots were fired, both of which took effect. The would be assassin was a Dr. Nobiling, who, after an attempt to commit suicide, was captured and re moved to the hospital, where he died from his self~inflicted wounds. The illness of the Crown Prince was a terrible strain upon the vitality of the aged Kaiser. Though always hoping for the best, he grieved over the sorrowful prospect with a suffering that only parents know. At times he completely gave way to his (ecl- ings and shed scalding tears over “Our Fritz." His attendants with the greatest difiicn'ty kept him from going to San Remo to see once more his afilicted son. A trifl- ingrillness combined with his great mental su ering was more than even his iron con- stitution could bear. the t read of life snapped, and Germany is tow. .y plunged in ‘ mourning. Mr. Burton, of Minneapolis, some time ago lost a valuable Gordon setter dog, which was found eventually in the possession of a saloonkeeper, who claimed that he had raised the animal from puppyhood. The evidence in Court was equally strong on both sides, and there appeared to be a case of mistaken identity somewhere. Judge and jury alike ‘ were in a terrible quandary. At this junc- ‘ ture Mr. Burton asked the Court if he might be allowed to introduce the evidence of the dog. No objections were made to this novel motion. Mr. Burton, mindful of the accent plishments which his wife had tau ht Sport in his youth, turned to the dog an said in a Tcareless tone of voice :â€" ‘ “ Come, Sport, go and shut the door.” Without a moment's hesitation the intelli- gent creature trotted over to the door of the Court-room, which happened to he ajer, shoved it shut, and then trotted back to his master, and looked expectantly up into his face. The latter then took a bone out of his pocket, and, laying it on the floor at his feet, “‘Vell, Sport, that waa well done; and now_ wopld ypu like y_our dinner. ’ " _ n‘ fifth; 1176833" head noaded an emphatic aflir. mafion, but he seemed to be in no hm ry to take the bone. “7(1); 3'61; 7?" said Mr. Burton, “but ycu must remember that it is nzcesam-y for a good orghodox flog to gay grgce l3efore gaging.” Upon the word the dog dropped doan on his stomach, extended his head along the floor, and reverently covered his eyes with his paws. In a moment Mr. Burton called out " Amen,” nnd Sport sprang to his feet like a flash and seized the bone_without lit Burton then had the dog do his famous "gallant” act. In this Sport eat upon his haunchee with a hat upon his head. When asked how he saluted a gentleman when meeting him. he deftly touched the edge of the hat with his right paw; but when asked how he saluted a lady under the same cir‘ cumstances, he brought up his paw and knocked the hat off his head. All concerned were perfectly satisfied, and the jury in a few moments brought in a verdict for Mr. Burton, and Sport followed his triumphant master out of the courtroom. any mot-é ceremony, crunching it between his jaws. ‘ She gently took his passive hand, And tenderly she placed Her arm, without a reprimand, About his willing waist. She drew him close? a fervent kiss Upon his brow she pressed, He yielded, and a new found bliss Set all her fears at rest. Then in a wild impassioned way. Her love for him she told, And begged of him that he would say She’d not been over bold. \Vithout him all her life, she said, \V’ould be a desert drear ; If he said “ No.” she’d never wed-â€" At least till next Leap Year. Blushing, he heard her bravely through, And then he cooed; “Oh, is I This is so awful sudden, Sue A Dog in the Witness-Box. You’ ll hue to uk my nu. I” Poor Fellow. | Then he murmured gentle nothings. bu‘ hll rile! grew strong And “tong". Till in choked nnd lulled him no he held he! wrink- led land. For her soul. In ouk of betting. cauld hi: loud“ wands no longer Undontmd. Still the pale l'pa summer“! quuuons, [“1“le ml broken ve Nurgerxpngum III the human 0! A mother's lov- "h it night 1" she whispered. vukhw (to: he: with seemed to hm ct Lat between me and world' 0 mud-o And the bed- flme uns 0! this) And the old mu). M“ “d to: In], utmbllng u be bent Mime her, _ And gun the lulled it dew-lull la the many Sun wet weather. “ Where is little Curlew. “the” [flunk md Rot» en-lm-o they come I" " They an: we." the old mu: (altered! “ .11 the chil- dren ue togethfr: “ Axe tho children in?’ we filed Mm. Could In ml her. All the trauma 01 their household 1.3 in sileaco nuny yom bo- neuh the snow ; BM her heart wu win: them hving buck Among her :3 ud pleun'rel. By tho‘ b3! “:0 old In», withing, I“ m vigil ad ad on on What his and I“. In dying; and tho twilight undo“ btown. Slowly (tom the w“! und window eluted tho tuna". golden uptendgr, in: heads. While the midnight round the mourn", hit to 00!â€" roi- '3 bitter mercies. Wnpped it: weeds. Then wu stillness on the piiiowâ€" sad the old mm listened lonelyâ€" 1‘ill they led him [tom the chnmber. with we bur- den on his breast». For iho wile 01 um,- um. his muhood'u only love nod only . Lay 1t rest. " fire you well 1" he solmod, “ my Sank: youwill meel the tubes bek to me ; Tia amide while, for author cm the panting long a e. For you will come nnd call me soon. I knowâ€"1nd Haven will restate ma To your side.” It miner! no. The Spring-time. in steps of Winter treading. Scamly shed in orchxrd blossams era the old mm closed his eyes. And they bJried him bnynh. and they had their " diunond wedding “ In ills skies. “ Speekin’ 0’ John Stehbin's barn pate me in mind of the time when thet are bun wur plenned. John insisted, John did, of erectln' it upon a side hill ; sn’ that side hill wur clay ; en’ clay is considerable more nor less like a March windâ€"continually on the shift, " \V by, clay, there ain’t no more confi- dence to be placed in clay than there in in a. kickin‘ horse, not u might. \Vhen it’s web it'_ll cling go ye like the cankerru‘sh, oLelleo EieE-gc’ri‘éh; {n_ ioi 511 your wor sh: When it's dry it’ll crackle and slough 011' w' do evoryphing else thayongxean m’ inhuman ; an’ when it sfrozsn it'll hump up like a» cam- el's back, an’ twist everything ukew that's On top of it. I allua climb a clay bill by‘ goin’ rgund'it, ekpegiultly in Ithe aprillg‘ ‘- a “ Alore John Szebbios planted his hour he held a consultation ea to how the fonnds‘ tion should be built. J uhn had his own opt inion, Johu'did, but efore he expressed it he' wanted the opinion of others. One sorter thought that a trench, four foot wide, ten foot deep. ti led with stones, an‘ the sills laid on top, would knock the stnlfin’ all out of the clay, an’ the barn would stand ; John didn't. Another thought that in addition to the stones there shonld be two foot 0’ sand on each side 0‘ the Wall. The sand would sorter hold the htoues ; the stone. would sorter hold the sills ; the sills would sorter hold the barn ; an' the barn would re‘ main firm as the rock of ages. John didn't thin" eny each thing. Another said drive- spi‘. inter the ground nn‘ set the burn on top. John wouldn't. John‘s oldest boy, 3 Sim, said : ‘ If they’d build a tire round the barn, and keep the clay thawed out, the pesky thing ud never hist ;' an’ they award- ed him a leather medal on the “’9‘“. 'l‘on Tompllll Relates llow ulo ldllce Wu Blut. “John's theory, though speculative, was right to the pint. ‘ Frost,’ said he, “ never‘ shows any partiality. If it nippith one ear, it nippith tether alsoâ€"unless it‘s kivered II It‘s agoin’ to freeze that are clay jest (a it would a pond 0' water ; an' when it heaves, it's agoin‘ to heave all the way alike. Jest' lay them are sills upon nuthin' but clay;- an' when the clay elevates, jest let the barn elevate with it. It‘ll got up in the fall, nu' , down in the epring, au’ allus be on a dead‘ level.’ So that are barn was built, an’ the foundation was laid upon nuthin' but putt undefiled clay. “ Well, you oughmr seen that burn trove! the lust season. The west side went up m’ the east side went down. The south east corner chassezed to the left. sn’ the north- end humped itself up like a men with the rheumatice. Squintin' along the ridgepole wns like aquintin’ along a range 0’ moon-- telnet.l There wus valleys and deeliv'itiu, on’ ee or es, nn’ canyons at in in intervslle) filogg the hull line. “'25? it seemed the delight of that are clev to see how infernslly it could twist that barn an' still leave it standin’. An’ stand it did until John had to prop it up with seven by nine war the many it affected the cattle. In it wur‘ some twenty head which John war 5 win. terin' the inst season. There ware Jerseys, an' ahorthorne, an' Snfl'olke, en' Ayrshiree, 311' some as wasn’t neither but a leetle of ell. They wnr ez straight, plump. well repor- tioned cattle when they entered that rn e: a man would wish to see ; but you'd orter seen them in the spring. 80 confoundedly did that burn warp up an’ double about durin’ the winter months, that, when them are cattle were let out in the month of Mny, I‘ll be bleet if each one of 'em wern t twist- ed completely out of shape. Now that’s e fect."â€"-[Bceton Courier. . joice. The reverence for the Snbboth in Soot- lond sometimes takes 3 form one would hardly have onticipsted. An old Highland- mun sold to on English tourist: _ men add to en En Iiah tourist: " They’re a G loath)” set 0' folh here, ’deed they are. sn’ I‘ll give ye an {nuance o’t. Lest Sabbath, just an the kirk wu ekeilin' there wee a drover chlel free Dum- friea along the road, whistlin' end lookin' so htppy u if it was ta mngdly o’ ‘3 week: “’31:?” our laneâ€"1"}: :God sum: not 0' lads. m’ they yoklt upon him un’ u’moot killed him.”-â€"London Ohmic“ JOHN STEBBlNS’ BARN. Their Dimond Wedding. Revel-once In Scotland. Anni-led “ Yet.” Going down. Srife In home. " Lou's Isa.