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capital at Blackwell’s Isl- Itains eight. humid-0d pap gnarantined, owing to an 19y. the engineer who was unsiaughter in connection Ireek horror, has been dis- Ody. 'pi P. \Iorton’s Guernsey infected thh tuberculosis, thinebeck, N. Y. They {,000. Fmship Company, which ,rl,i3 the olrlest trunsatlav- [entering New York. has e passenger service. the State prison at. Iglau, on Friday. and would cells until fired upon by been called to restore :ercial (Republican) says a a. portion of Ontario is 11 any other, and fetch- tes market from ten to J mute than its Ameri- ktz. of Reading, Pa.. fur- } General Washington’s rye. and his heirs, assert- ver paid, intend present- ngress for four million ughters at Park City, sufficient. money to se- poor family. The mun- f::.mily, who. instead of .ir photographs taken. of -the unemployed. in promoting repairs y. se': syn: five years of ciater! wit yh Edward S. of the murder of Jim I worth five hundred ring in the paupefi ward i work and scarcity orer classes in parts are becoming more iFRAL. izhe Brazil insurgents provisions. mg ex- King Milan and pm Sex-via have been in command of the in- 'azil,ha.s received from tinforcements of eight ,hP Bram} insurgents, rived in Rio Janeiro E says that the pro ‘ Erie Canal with permit. passage of es and grain in un- 5 beer. formed. recently sent. Prince line, and the Prince Majeszy, adding that titted he would visit thank the Emperor. Inwayo, dated Janu- : Lobenguh. with a. ,is imrenched close Commissioner J ame- at allis quiet else- lg Alexander was as. fonndac'on. He is endeavou"ing to end in: Cabinet. 1'01- the present is at [an has come to terms Libel-“d Progrcaeists, ”‘3 “espenea for mlargement of the In addition, 1:, mirements of two i is the natural out- »shortest 'route to £1. ($2255 has a . The only deb“. ye, second son of the m consumption, and in be received in Ber- tr due to his rank,and pf the Emperor at. the npany Said to .870 ’ Exist. [says :â€"The Guion which, next. to the dean trans-Atlantic ; the port, has prac- 35. So far as its :cerned, it is a thing in. Was scheduled to Lrizcna. on the same tide, to resume the the summer. News steamers, however, a had been transfer- a and would he used ompany the coming Imers never belong- I'hey were owned by x to Europe is not Engineer Schenck, r such an improve- “ says that before 6 present northern nay have ceased to ,t, the people of the the value of the 5 possibilities. The Ly has suspended the bu: has warned the Lt. they will be sup- pubiish objectionable a. The Guion u}; be Anchor fine to mod that. hereafter .d steamers to both l - Co.. of Glasgow. retest of the ow nets Ina» hue has 8180 eight. steamers dur- run them to this er of Deputies has ap- between France and I! so 3032. Il' Annexation. ”t‘ “’5‘ 31.94:“ a. steamer I ore Mrs. Hunt dropped her sewing every now and then to glance at the “ Little Lord Fauntleroy” figure near her and to wonder why he was so quiet. and of what he could be thinking. He was standing before the window with his hands clasped behind his back, evidently much preoccu- pied, for his brews were knitted/9nd there was a wistful look in his eyes. She did not disturb him, but waited for himto speak. He was very old for his years. After afew moments he said slowly and with a. bit of a. wail: “Mamms, I don’t want to dig.” _-_.- .. “- 1-1- “ Wily: bonald !” exclaimed Mrs. Hunt, startled, “ What do you mean ! Who put that idea int? your_h_ea.d? ‘Are you sick, dgar?”ishe dnépped her work and ran to hxm. I}; was th_e first time she had ever heard bun mentaon death, and a. pang shot through her. _ uu'. uuh_ __ - ‘h You muéb not think of such things, Donald, you are not. going to die, dearâ€" not forâ€"" v on. 1' 9g ,- 4.. ”VII Lv. “ But sometime I will, Mamma,” per- sisted Donald, “ and I think I’m going to die soonâ€"to-morrow, p’rspsl; I don’t want to one bit either. Will you feed my pony and put water on my plants? ” “I won’t have to, Donald, for you are going to live along time. Why, I have lived a great many years and I ex ct to live a great many more. I shall die fifore you ‘ do ; you must not feel that wayâ€"” ‘ “ Whydo we have to die, Mamma'.’ I think it’anean. Won't we smuvver with the ground all on top of us? I’ll jest kick it off.” Then he thought a. moment, “ But I couldn’t move. could I '2 Oh, dear! won’t we ever‘get alive again 2” And his eyes swelled with tears. “ Don’t think about it, Donald dear. Run out and play. I am sure your pony needs feeding. If you feel sick, tell me right 05; do you hear '3” Donald moved slowly out; he seldom hurried. .Then Mrs. Hunt heard the bell of the scissors_grinder. , LL n__ _-:_-A-- DU buau nu... -- ~._.__‘ , “ Oh, Mr. Man !" cried Donald, running down the walk, “Here’s sumpin’ for you to Vb vuv uv-â€" ~‘_ “Donald, ” she called, “give these scissors to that man t_o_ sharpen? ‘ 1\ 1,1 _--__:..... The scissors grinder took the shears. was a. very old man, witha. kind, intell fix.” face. little fellow. ‘ “ Yes, laddie, sit ye down on the stoop‘ here and tell me your name.” “ My name’s Donald Hunt, 10 Summit Street, \Vatertown. What’s yours ‘2” “ Mine? W'hy, let me seeâ€"it’s so long sinceâ€"th ey call me ‘Old Tom,’ child, but I’m only a. poor scissors’ grinder.” “ Haven’t you got any other 138’ name ‘2” and Donald looked at him with pitying eyes. “Why, but you’re a. funny man ; don’t your foot get tired, working that wheel all the time '2” “Yes, sometimes.” Then was silence â€"only broken by the whirr of the wheel and the noise of the .l. H] can "l\n,v.\â€" “ I am sorry,” said Donald. “ Are you going to die.” “ Yes , pretty soon ; I can’t last much longer.” - . Donald was silent a. moment and then asked : “ Do you want to die.” “ When I’m tired and sick and hungry â€"â€"then I do ; but no matter, I’ll be ready when the time comes.” "I don’t want to die. I want to live here anus, and hen, fun and ride my pony. Did you know 1 got a pony. a. little Shetland, with great big hair ? Papa. bringed it to me my 135’ birfday. I’m five years old and I’m strong, too. I Went to give the pony some water yes’day,a.ndâ€"what do you think “ ' 77â€"__ _â€"L-.‘ T‘H‘iu shears. 3115513. “Your hair’s jess like snow,” observed Donald. “ \Vere you born that way like my white kitten '2” “N o, laddie ; I was once a. boy like you, with long yellow curls and lively spirits,but I‘m an old,old man 11.03.” “' llA ...... £111.” m1. “ Let me tell you something,” said the ‘ scissors grinder, seating himself beside Donald on the driving block and looking into his great eyes. “Yes, we’ve all got todie sometimeâ€"the trees and the birds and everythingâ€"whether we like it or not.” “Why ‘2” “Nobody knows. Flowers die. Your kittens die, don’t they? No one knows why. There, little man, run and pick me a. dandelion from over there, a nice yellow one, and a. grey one.” A . 1 ‘ ,___._ nn!‘ lair} the!“ “ Can I watch you YOUEG FOLKS. v-.‘, __ _ He orwoog‘llt. Ehe blossoms and lam mem carefully on the old man’s knee. The scis- sors grinder held up the yellow one. “See, Donald, this one is youâ€"strong angi sturdy and blight. .3 it has a. long tlme to lure-.â€" “ No, it hasn’t,” objected . wise shake of the head. “ die, jess like it allus doe‘ picked it.” His old companion smiled. itâ€"it wofild have a long time to live, if it. were in the ground, wouldn’t. it. ‘2” “ Yes,” Donald assented, and then added quickly, “ if my pony didn’t eat it. Papa. turns him out, in the yard lots of times and 7’- _.... nmoxr ’g turns nun out: in vuv J-.- _- , ties a rope to him so he won’t run away.’» “ Well, now you see this gray one ; it- 15 the yellow one gone to seed; it was once strong, and young, like yon, but it has lived 1 a long while and grown grayâ€"like me and ‘ it will die soon. See, it is very weak. I can blow it to pieces just by breathing on it. You will live to be gray and then you will die and it won’t hurt any more to die than it hurts the old dandelion to be blown 11pm and destroyed ; because it is ready.” He blew gently and the feathery stalks floated off in the air. But we are different {min this. We have souls. Now, when we dub it won’t hurt any more than I hurt the dwdelion ; you won’t feel a. thing. A Child’s Thought. uasn’t,” objected Donald with a. of the head. “It’ll wilt and ike it, allus doesâ€"’cause I’ve do it ‘2” asked the and laid them .nee. The scis- _ow one. “See, mars. He intelligent The young- J nut your body dies. just the littlé hand stops moving. but. not you, our mind, your spirit. Oh, my dear child, ow can I make you ynderstand ?” . . 1 *~___ LL- J VJfEfifiEYEhderstand; you mean the thing I think wiv doesn’t die '2” “Figs, yes, til-at’sit. Aren’t you glad ?” And you will be happy and all your friends willrbe with you; B??? I must. go now.” “Must you? Good-bye, and thank you. I’m not ’fraid any more. I think p’raps I’d like to die,” and the child threw his arms about the old man’s neck and kissed his wrinkled forehead. .. -‘-‘â€"Gv_oâ€"o‘dâ€"-1_)§,’i’fisiar.idvthe old man with a. choke in his voice. “He is a. little angel already,” be added to himself. Donald stood there, with the scissors in his hand, watching him wall: 310 wly down the street and listening to the tiresome ding dong of the bell. He waved his little hand to him, as he turned the corner. “Come again!” he crie 1. Then he ran joyfnlly into the house. “Oh, M amma,” he said. “I’d jesa as lief die as not. The scissors grinder told me all about it. He’s a awful nice man. It’s only jess my body that’s going to dieâ€"I’m not. But still, I wish you’d bury me on top the ground and then, when it. snowed, Mamma, you’d come and cover me up, wouldn’t; you ‘2” Figures Regarding tendon. The population of Londonâ€"that is, the London of the Registrar-General, or prec- tically, the administrative county of London â€"was found to be 4,211,743, showing an increase of 396,199. or 10.4 per cent. upon 1881, as compared with an increase of 11.7 per cent. for the whole of England and Wales. This difference is referred to by the report as a. notable fact, inasmuch as it is the first time that such a. phenomenon has presented itself. London having been found in every preceding intercensal period to have gained more or less in its propor- tions as compared with the country at large. The report continues :â€" 1 A‘,AL LL- -..-°-_ ___ “r, “Suggestion has been made that the explanation of this apparent relaxation in the growth of London,ascompared with the country at large, may lie in the fact that the census of 1891 was taken only a week after Easter day, when a number of per- sons who had gone away for an Easter holiday had not: come back from the coun- L A‘-:_ __-__ L---A an AAVCL‘. wv- __v_ . iv _, -- _ _ try. It is possible that this may have had some slight etfect upon the enumerated population in those quarters that are mainly inhabited by the class that is wealthy enough to take prolonged holidays; but it is diificult to suppose that it could have had any sensible effect upon the agggregate population of the whole town,especially when it is recollected that, if many Londoners migrate at Easter into the country, many countrymen on the other hand pay a. visit at that season to From the section of the report dealing with habitations we find that according to the returns there were altogether in Eng- land and Wales 5,451,497 inhabited ! houses, besides 372,181 uninhabited and 38,387 in course of building. The average number of occupants to each inhabited house was 5.32, against 5.38 in 1881 and 5.33 in 1871. No material change, there- fore, has occurred in the last 20 years in l the proportion borne by population to‘ houses. The proportion varies, of course, greatly in difi‘erent areas, being highest naturally in great towns, where Space is valuable and the houses are of large size. But for each individual town the proportion I has remained fairly constant. A table; which gives the proportion for London ‘ and all municipal towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants shows that such change as has occurred in the proportions is in a direction that suggests diminished icrowding, the proportion of persons per house being, with two exceptions, lower in all these towns in 1891 than it was in 1881. With regard to tenementsâ€"by which was understood “ any house or part of a house separately occupied either by the owuer or by a tenant ”â€"the total number in England and Wales was 6,131,001, which gives, with apopulation of 29,002,525, an average of 4.7 persons to each tenement. and of 1.12 tenements, or distinct occupancies, to each inhabited house. No fewer than 481,653 of the tenements are brought under the definition of “overcrowded,” and in them dwelt 3,258,044 persons, or 11.23 per cent. of the total population, the average num- ber of persons per room being 2.8. The coal-bearing counties are stated to be those lwhere the crowding ot dwellings is most London.” severe. A Peculiar Discovery and a Startling Possibility. A contemporary quotes from a. report of Mr. Fonlger, the chief engineer of the Lon- don Gas Company. some rather startling information about the condition of the Lon- don streets. Manv ot the streets are paved with wooden blocks, laid on a. stratum of val. u vavâ€" ~_- concrete, which forms a sort of arch across the street. This concrete has become very hard, so that it is quite capable of sustain- age the traffic without the support of the forth beneath it ; and it seems that in course in years the soil, which is loose and soft, has settled away from beneath it, so that, for example, in Oxford street, it was found 1 in making some repairs. that a man could crawl in between the under-side of the con- crete arch forming the subsnratum of the pavement and the surface of the soil under it. Except for the danger of a sudden col- lapse of the arch, this subsidence of the soil would not be a serious matter. were it not for the fact that the space between the concrete and the soil is found to be filled with a. mixture of gas, which has escaped from the street mains, and air ; and if the mixture should attain explosive proportions, which might easily happen, a short circuit of an electric current, or an incautious excavation, might result in blowing the street into the air. No Interruptions Likely- Tired Housekeeperâ€"“There ! The house is as neat as a. new pin at last. I am going to take a. nap. Try not to disturb me with 3’09? 2131, my pets.” AL -_ Ifl‘Xan. skull T An ‘1; QY‘IV nv vâ€"-. V 1 , m eta. yofifttpleafirotieEâ€"“VVhat shall I do if any one calls '2” A.-- Q n ‘ ,AL-_ -L--_L 0116 you A»: . Little Sisterâ€"“No need to bother about that. No one ever calls when things are clean. ” The smallest tree in the world is the dwarf willow of Great Britainâ€"2 inches high. THE ENGLISH CENSUS. HOW THE PEOPLE LIVE. LONDOK PAVEMENTS. MARRIAGE AND DIWRCE. How Matrimonial Ties are Made and Severed in Many Conn- tries. . Kentucky has thirteen legal reasons for divorce. Deserbion is the most common maze of divorce in Sweden. In twenty years Canada. has had but 116 divorces. _ Scotland has fifteen divorces to every 1,000,000 in population. Many States forbid marriage between white and Chinese persons. ' 1n Austria 14 is the legal age for marriage for both men and women. The average age of widowers when re- marrying is 4‘2, of widows 39. Of divorced couples in Germany, over 55 per cent. have no children. Austria has twenty-six divorces to 1000 marriages; Hungary, but; 6. Paris has nearly one-half of the div orces granted in 9.11 France. In Eggland to 1,000,000 of population there are nine divorces every year. In eighty-five years there have been in France 22,865,000 marriages. The most common cause for divorce in Italy is cruelty from the husband. In all countries J anuary, June and July are the favorite months tor marriage, There are at the present day 62,062 divorce d persona livxng in Germany. A All marriages in England must be cele- brated before 3 o’clock in the afternoon. In Colorado a. wife was granted a. decree because her husband cut off her bangs. Heliogabalus divorced one of his wives because she had a. mole on her shoulder. Italy in the last twelve years has had 2,573,000 marriages and 6690 divorces. 0,01 IJ,vvv nuu---â€"°v~ “7 , , , The greater portion of divorced pe ople in France are between 40 and 50 years of age. Aristotle said that marriage was 37 for a woman. Twentywwo States marriage of step-child parents. S The minimum age fixed for marriage in Sparta. was ‘30 for a. man and 20 for a. wom- A greater number of widowers remarry in Spain than in any other country in Eu- rope. ' ' 1 , In no country has the marriage rate declined so greatly in recent. years as in Ireland. _ llte. The greater portion of divorce takes place between the fifth and tenth year of married Twenty-five States and Territories forbid marriage between white and “colored” peo- ple. During the last twenty years in England there were 4,872,000 marriages and 6587 divorces. Seven-tenths of the marriages in every country take place between the ages of 20 and 30. In almost every country the great num- ber of divorces is granted at the petition of the wife. In Prussia 18 and 14 are legal ages at which men and women may contracta matrimonial alliance. The English marriage ceremonies are of three kindsâ€"by banns, by license, or before a registrar. . a. . In Siam the first wife may be divorced, but can not be sold; the other wwes may be both divorced and sold. Ireland has the greatest number of un- married women between 15 and 46 of any country in Christendom. - In dochin China. the breaking of a. pair of ch opsticks in the presence of the couple is a. legal form of divorce. Little Denmark is great in the matter of divorce, there being thirty-seven divorcee to every 1000 marriages. In Ohio a. divorce was recently granted because “ the defendant pulled this plain- tiff out of bed by his whiskers." The marriage statistics of every country show that widowers are more prone to marry maidens than to take Widows. According to the statistics of Mr. Carroll D. Wright there is one divorce to every 479 marriages in the United States. In twenty years the ratio of divorces to marriages has increased from 100 to 250 per cent. in every country of Europe. During the last forty years 78,750 divorces have been granted in France on the ground of cruelty; 4700 for other causes. of cruelty;'4700 for other causes. Switzerland has the greatest; number of divorces as proportioned to marriages of any country in Europeâ€"468 to 10,000. One breek Stdte had a. law that if a. man divorced his wife, he could not; marrya. woman younger than the discarded part.- {oman law allowed divorce for three causes: the scriptural reason, designs on a husband’s life and the possession of false keys; - ~ .no 1161'. The marriages with the deceased wife’s sister or husband’s brother numbered in France, in 1885, 355 per 100,000 marriages. The decrease in the price of food during the last sixty years has not resulted in an increase in the proportion of marriages. A Wisconsin man got a. divorce because his wife kept; a. sex-vans girl who spit on th frying-pan to see if it was hot enough to fry. - - . 1‘ The average duration of marriages in Eng- land is ‘27 years; in France and Germany, 26; in Sweden, ‘23; Norway, 24; Russia, 30. Marriage is a. contract, but differs from all others in that; it; is the only contract: minors can make which in a court of law will be held good. ATennessee court liberated a. Wife be- cause “ the defendant does not wash him- self, thereby causing the plaintiff great mental anguish. Statistics of most countries seem to show that consanguineous marriages increase the number of msane, deaf, dumb and blind children. In the last twenty years the marriages in Russia. have numbered 11,820,000 ; the di- wo States forbid by law the step-children with their step- the proper age for man and 18 for a. voreés, 18,411, oi- abont one to every 1006 marriages. San Francisco has the greatest'proportion of divorces to marriages of any city in the world. For every 10,000 marriages there are 2233 divorces. In Illinois a decree was obtained by a long sufi'ering husband because “ during the past. year the defendant struck this plaintifl‘ repeatedly with pokers, flat-irons and other hard substances.” - Wisht I could go back a. little While ’n he a. boy again. _ A-jetkin' o' the minnera with a. little cracked pin , l ’N hear the frogs a-gruntin‘ as I git 'em on the L jump. ' 'N me skeered wussey'n tjmy was. when they 'hit tficv'mter plump. ' Wish I could go loafin’. crost th e medder smellin’ sweet, ‘N feel the sassy dai<iea a-tickin' o' my feet. All the while a-noddin‘ ’n a-smiling up at meâ€" Wisht I could go back ’n be like I uster be. WhilstI could go_t’morrer'n find ’em all the same. . As they was the day I lef' t' make a. bigger name; 'N see dag: old motherâ€"always skerryâ€"at the Ra . Like she uster wait fer me whenever I was late. Wishtt; ‘Iicould look in heaven '1: see her there ’ ay. ’N git a tender smile 0' love, like when Iwent away ; I feel like it ud help me to battle here with smâ€" 4 Wisht I_could go back a little while ’11 be a boy agm. â€"[Atlante Constitution. It mak's a change in a ‘thing’ roon’ When miuhcr's game. The cat has less contented croon, The kettle has a dowio tune. There's n3. t_h:1ng_has sac blythe 23. soon" S‘ifi'nmithe'r‘s game. The baimies gang wi' ragged class, 8111' mither‘s game; There‘s nane to mend their broken mes. 0r laugh at; a.‘ their pawky ways. The nichts are_ ginger than the 'lays, -aâ€"v u_v.__r. When Vniithef's gane. Wha cheers them when there's ocht amis Sin' mither‘s game 2 Wha tak’s their pairt in that or this, An’ cat 0’ trouble mak‘s a bliss, Wi’ kindly word an' guid nicht kissâ€" Dear mither's gane. The faither’a there; but losh! puir man. Sin' mithcr's gene, Although he does the best he can, He hasna. sic a tender han’-â€"- The bottom‘s opt o'_nature’s plan, Whisper a. song as we glide along, ye pines on the southern shore. From your branches long. where the cradle song of the south wind plays no more; \Vhisper of memories that ye hold in the heart of your great green boughs, Of a. summer‘s wine that was your: and mine, when the days were lone: and the nights weren't cold ; 0f the whispers heard and the warm love told, and the old, old vows. Ring with the tune, oh. thou broad lagune, of my steel-end shining feet. As I skate away to the end of the day where the twilight and moonlight meet, , Ring with the plashes of oars that plied on vour besom in nights gone by. To a tale oft- told that will ne'er grow old.tho' thed nights grow long and the days wax eo . .3 3.. -u :..A.\ mrdA n’nv- "Wh‘éfi mither‘s gage. Oh! lonely hoose. oh! empty chairâ€"- The mither's gane, Yet fancy often sees her there, Wi‘ a.’ the smiles she used tq wear. Whilk brings oor hearts mznst; to despair To think she's gene. â€"[Wi11ia.m Lyle. And {he‘i'ce has formed in an iron mold o’er your old, old tide. Echo a line. oh thou stream of mine. of the song of thy great unrest To this heart of mine from that heart of thine While I sped to the red-rimmed west. Echo of facegs that; used to grmy . ,_ _... ‘Ml‘ npuu UL .urvvu an“- __ ._ , , _ _ On your face ere the ice and rime Had come to frowrx all your ripples down. When 1your face had the blush of a sunsct’s g ow. And the winds that; blew weren’t the winds that blow in the win tor time- A Russian doctor has been experimenting to find how far some of our domestic animals can count. The intelligence of the horse, as this is showu in mathematics,seems to surpass that of the cat or the dog. The instances given by him are interesting, but before they are accepted as authentic they should be verined by the observations of naturalist-s whose skill and care are un- questioned. 1 , L“.-- ...L:.L. mnankln {fin nnnni’. {luvuv-uuâ€" He found a. horse whizh was able to count the mile posts along the way. It hvd been trained by its master to stop for feed when- ever they covered twenty-five versts. One day they tried the horse over a road where three false mile posts had been pu in between the real ones, and sure enough, the horse, deceived by this trick, stopped for his oats at the end of twenty-two versts instead of going the usual twenty-five. ,.,3 LA L- Upon the further, misty hills Faint gleam a few white sheep that stray Among the dusky, distant hills. That melt long miles and miles away. The swallows from the high cliffs walls, \Vith ceaseless wmgs cleave overhead: And o’er the dark’ning waves their calls Grow more remote, and now are dead. And voices, unknown voices. rise From out the dreaming waves, but we Can only humanly surmise Their old, unworded mystery. Amid the dark. memorial gloom The star-gleam and. the moonbeam steal; And haply through our human doom The faint, small, star-like hope we feel. To-night the waves are long and 10 av. And we who float upon their breast Are maddened that we never know The secret of the water‘s rest. -[Arthur J. Stringer. lufivvuu v- av-I-D -__- The same horse was accoustomed to be- ing fed every day at the stroke of noon.' The doctor observed that whenever the clock struck the horse would stop and prick up his ears as if counting. If he heard twelve strokes he would trot ofi' contentedly to be fed,but if it were fewer than twelve he would resignedly go on working .‘u The experiment was made of striking twelve strokes at the wrong time,where- upon the horse started for his oats, in spite- of the fact that he had been fed only an hour before. When Mlther’s Gane- POETRY. Wisht I Could- A Skating Son!- On Lake Erie- Horse Reckoning. in an iron mold o’er A Whole Troop Smothered bya. Snowsiido in the Mountains- Shots at a Stray Deer Start the Destructive Mess to Motionâ€"Terrible manifestation ofNatui-e’s Relentless Forces on a. Triple Mountain Slope. We had gone out from Fort Owen to open the pass in the Big Hole mountains to en- able the wood choppers to get a. supply of fuel for the post. It had snowed for seventy hours without a. break, and at several points in the pass there were drifts twenty feet high. There were twenty-five of us, under command of a lieutenant, and about noon we had dug our way half through the pass. The mountain slopes on each side were rough and rocky, but the snow lay so deep that each slope looked as ‘ level as a. floor, though the slant was much 1 sharper than the ordinary house roof. It was a. good 1,000 feet to the cedars grow- ing on the ridge. and it made one dizzy to 9‘look up and realize the distance. _ 12--..L-.. “ v92 are lishie to meet with a. disaster here,” the officer had said as we began work with our snow shovels in the morning. “ There must. be no shooting with your re- volvers, no horse play, no shouting. If the snow gets started up there not a. man of us will ever be found before next_June._’f _ The pass ran east and west for a distance of 200 feet and then made a sharp turn to the north. At the turn we had what might be called a third mountain in front of us. The slope was as high as others and pitch- ed to the west, or dowu the pass. \Ve thus had three slopes, two pitching across the pass and the other lengthwise of it. For the first hour every man was nervous and afraid. Then the feeling began to wear OE, and some of the men expressed their con- tempt of the peril. At the end of two hours the officer had to repeat his words of ; caution. At about 11 o’clock a fall of snow from the left-hand slope revealed the mouth of a cave about thirty feet above our heads. it was believed by all to be the lair of a bear or panther, and at noon, when the men sat down in the pass to ea! their pork and hard tack, the oflieer start- ed to go up and investigate. Without a word on his part I followed him. The fall of snow had left the rocks bare and revealr ed three or four small trees. but it was a hard climb to reach the cave. It wasn’t a cave at all, but only an indentation in a cliff, With a shelf of rock overhanging it. This overhang extended out for perhaps four feet. STARTING Tim DEsrBUcrIvs s'r REAM'. The men were not all in a bunch, but some of them were even out at sight around the bend. After discovering that we had been duped about the cave we stood looking down and across, and were just moving to ‘ get down when one of the men below us jumped up and shouted: ,,A_AL 1.---.s! xrnnuhann Jullltlvu any n...â€" _-_-_, “A deer! A deer! Hurrah, boys! Venison foy_supper ! _’_ 1 H A 1.--]. ”A AAIC‘II “AG, LUL fiuyrv- - The deer was above us, but we could not see it on account of the overhang. All the men had their revolvers, and as they began to flourish them and prepare to fire the officer called out a command and a warning. If they heard him they did not heed him. He was still speaking when three or four shots were fired almost simultaneously and some one cried out that the deer had been: bit. It was the concussion that started the snow and it started from the very top of the slope, where the Warm sun had softened it soonest. I felt a trembling of the mountain and leaned back under the overhang and as the lieutenant and I stood side by side the avalanche swept over us. Daylight was blotted out in an instactyand the grinding, roaring, and crushing were Something terri- fic. It seemed asif the mountain rocked and pitched like a steamer at sea, and the noise was louder than any clap of thunder you ever heard. It couldn’t have lasted av sixty seconds, though the time seemed‘g times as long. Then we looked down to find the pass at the soles of our feet. In other words, it had filled up to a height of thirty feet with snow, bowlders, trees, and earth. Two hundred feet. to the west of us was the lower mouth or openingâ€" beyond that a plain. The snow had not only fallen from our slope, but from the one opposite. We were struck dumb for the moment, and as we stood gazing blankly the snow started on the third slope. Away up near the crest a ball started rolling, and ten seconds later the snow on a space 300 feet long “as moving. Instead of piling up in the ravine it struck and forced the snow down there to the west and followed after. DISCIPLINE UNTO DEATH. It was a great river of snow sweeping past us. Logs, trees, and bowlders which weighed tens of tons were borne along like straws, and so swiftly that the eye caught no second glance. All at once there ‘ was a check, and right before us a soldier was shot to the surface. It was Corporal Herts, who was probably farther up the pass than any other man. He popped out of the snow head first and at full length, and for perhaps five seconds was within ten feet of us and looking squarely into our faces. He was bareheaded, his overcoat gone, and his face bleeding. He knew ‘ what had happened, and no doubt realized his peril, but as he stood there, saved for the instant, up went his hand inta. salute to the lieutenant. As his arm'_dropped he disappeared from sight. It was discipline in the face of deathâ€"an instance that will never have its counterpart. Out of that narrow, rocky pass poured the tide with a fury which scraped it as bare as a floor and tore great rocks from its sides. At the west mouth the snow filled a ravine fifty feet deep and then poured out on the plain for a quarter of a mi to. 1:; was no use to look for the bodies. Five hun- dred men could not have moved that mass in a fortnight. Twenty four men were buried there. It was idle to hope that any of them still lived. Along in the last days of June we found them, one after another, and even then we had to dig. The snow would have smothered them as it rushed down,but with . the snow came rocks which crushed some of them to pulp. The corporal who had salut- 9 l ed as he looked into the eyes of death was i thé’Tast one found. He was at the bottom , of the ravine, the body without a shred of ’ clothing, and the arm he had raised had been torn from its socket as h: was whiz-led along with that grinding mesaâ€"[31. Quad. \v v‘ UNDER AN AVALANCHE. Theme are now ninety-Qwo Christian churches in the city of Tokic, 31)“. ‘\