IN TWO CHAPTERS.—CHAP. I. remain some time longer. health began to break down ; was mip bllad U9) ake epatage by the Coomassie, | return ome from South Africa, | We my opening for It rests Gianwalt whother you sucosed or nob” if fai Dick Pre: ncle, ‘if you are| y worth year alt this canal te a capital entirely with |j which happened to ‘and Ce palette lee likely Ttook up m} quareenvatiQuitays Hlotalsseaare I toad | between thirty and forty guests were already tiaeiera rather a jolly sort of a place, low-voyager_ wit vi no special claims on my moth¢r’s brother, who, though a bachelor, bad many other relations ; and since I could bring no jital into the business, I felt that the | my, that Tshould ago, to Africa ; that if I was successful in the delicate ie ther account to ah devote a ied ES a through a pair of oa nt the elegantly dressed crowds repassin, up and Br plants Bot flowers. y to the introduced. to e beside her. was og ey Moi e hha a nineerta ee me with e off. a few words lilt Lote, andl hint abent Neat: per- plexes and miserable, till I saw the Moirs t riers sleepless night ; but resolved that next day cal explain my posi- I thnk, eels remarks to those near them. " Ts “wy ver ing party, and mei, very feet ataan other: AsI a tention ; andstlie banda’ whish unfolded her ecpnictie trembled.+ My oWn -beart was heating painfully, and T answered Preston's arks at random. Yes, el tegen ueaen cane to chink of her by old Tady whom Tai ae Bente aay ue ateiaeole wondered. Presently a young lady an gentleman came in and took the vacant seats, ovidently only’ acquaintances. s going on xt me ing que 4 the: eee ee think my ree were very co aed my ears Flo voice which Thestled eat ae ae lock here, Grahame. Are is a aeccog we ic vrell nought anid may friedd, turaing to weary! i a look a bit shaky, don’t you “ Oh, Tam all right,” I aie sae m your iting es. the garden.” ed pie Dak’s 's politeness youl not sufferhim seless for mo to ese imyselt., We paced the mo MRS flowers; and then, as dinner was finishe and other visitors ame. out to smoke, Tsug-| gested that he tock sata have it, that very morning my uncle called me into his private room an told a they had jst received advices from bo ody whe could be trusted should go out that we ean trust you, Rob- if you have no objection, kK.” to my own advantage. Twas therefore in capital spirite when T Mrs Moir’s, for Ayatet, when tho andy sacle snort sayin jandest voice : ‘1 think, Mr. Gra- tt I had the Srtunity of seeking ob- a faces. “Yn due time T reached my new field. 0 labour, ond found that the affairs of the firm | Seid Dick, as he to were even in a worse betas than had work, however, with -and-b} bach able to been feared. 1 set to zeal ai ne fered , and by bring things into better order. s high- | 80 TF CpLL ge AC BY ots Pain mand Te- caived the promised seat bale fetornad 9 Begiend as Sane year, had £ os red to oa oe: ne object in as my presence ne desired onaaret mua agreed to ome futher c ard of something |" and strange | thin town, As we ats were assailed by a collection of ragged ur chins, who held out their hands clamouring for cuartitos. *Getalong, youtronblesomelittlerascal, is, to them, sufficiently expr ce ing them all isted in constituting cea pes Pee Wherever we went they went | ped, they squatted on ross coe es S to move on again, when they in- nd resumed their march. tattered garments the material ette, which they deftly fier die cithodar taslion: ‘The diversion created by the cigar-smok- | ing vagrants had given me time to recover composure, and I was now able to ex- cnie dogrec ot iatecare Ul what ‘as, going on around me. "Look here,” cried Dick, laughing “Here is love-making under difficulties. ok at this fellow, eraning his neck a first-floor window, and the girl ae | talking to him, ov istenng ‘0 his amai 5 r speeches ; ant !if there is not Mt lady, the Tobey vary likely; sikng in in-| le and listening to every wo * | eguae at ia kant Wuee for has Gree) Scott ! just imagine making soft speeches i @ prospective mother. Tt was impossible o help laughing. «« What a lot of non: “ae Ihave ae tthe girls in my, day,” he ly; “but if Chad to cumstances, I should very soon n dry Er “Yes; I should thin! ‘ould be an effectual ‘warien to fiat ion. ht earnest when he will lic exhibition of himself is another at the same old game,” ane: Garni 9 Garten ond clmest ran into another fel uetlewas bent bask toambst soniocauie indow. id for w sal and customs rte the natives in the matter of ening about seven o'clock the at- tendant knocked at my dvor, bringing me a [cup of tea, inaccordance with the usual length my! le to pu ie . | talking to some ot hea iar tu ssot st yeoetiand orange | | he ‘ fom ihe hot ‘d us. immediately turned to Preston and chatted | the latest curious story of aninial attach- rolled and ined 4 custom. had, scarcely. left when Preston entered fully dressed. ‘What! like an old lad; ty." ca. Have they not given you a cup?” I]cerements,. “bitter” climes. substitute, homevere to get up aa whistles he crossed ite square, left loomy ri { had as ala coquettisl told that splendid eigars | spicfous F id the bour when I had left her mother’s pre- T hi ia deprived me for the time of wi ot the fight of time, tll Theard Dick's hastil; Broceede te ce andi tome minutes my friend ae worm, what can’t be help- ‘vith, ie it might have been worse. as| We might have been landed somewhere | end es in| where there was snothing but birds’ eggs and |“ Cuarto, euartito, crabs to live on.” ‘ ‘True enough.-—But do you know Tm ith such a nice-looking git), of the ite “sho was sitting table beside an elderly Indy, who tums out to be 1 atede tho waqnatntanoe of the ‘ald indy tie islands to take as b have been staying weeks, and came hert ww niece came out to meet talking, ard she was neg ede cultivate the niece. She is as pretty a many a day. “What did you @ sprang. up, |Yoluble exprean ran 1a glorions at 7 he said putting | another girl, whose hand she held up, Agent ‘only | inj tl ¢ been down to Elder & | whom she called “Carina.” We understood the room | itants of the island ; and some old red pot- whicl av not up yet ® hecried ; ‘and sipping your tea | been the work of the hands which have for cs. is| the Museum issituated, we walked along shu sat “What | a habit of flying suddenly open when those wi courteously raised his hat t said, “ Bonita muchacha,” which was Th . @ girl” thus addressed withdrew her head Miles smile, half clos had not gone far_w! ne proud of his knowledge of the language, and in murmured ‘ Boni hacha”’ as we passed a girl with i a shawl ar- ranged over her dark locks in the form oe a rwiepprosshing! However: another chance, for, as we neared the ‘lower @|sight of the enemy; have simply all) aer anish he knew. e “ pretty. TAE HORROR nas KILLING 4 WAX, sng sae of One| of the tas Tee red in the Line of Di Spmtmiienatie a men mest each other in battle. They > 3 =F im, and yor cannot vouch that a ban one n oy bullets has found a living tai irget. us in battle line G8 es g e 2 cS lying down. A division of the enemy breaks half a mile away and com i Tae Whe fi not check the smo the work of the shells, but they cannot halt that mass of men, The grape and canister io awful power but there should be a ae instead of si ‘They are cathe charge us. cannot prevent that. Orders run along the line and we are waiting until every bullet, no matter if ae by a soldier wi foe. I select mm: 2 eae ts he i yet beyond ra Thave eyes for no ad yes ther. He isa tall, angele fellow, wear- ing the stripes of a .s he comes ST anatae that part of the town, many at to us, begging for cuartos. |My friend selecterl one the nicest-looking stowed a few an 1 ley aad raminated, Sneonacions coins upon her with his usual remark. ce shehad found favour in our sight. she desired us to exten days. Des. | generosity to her friend also, which we wot of a numerons escort all the way bac hotel, al looking as fixedly atime as T sa at hire. odinite ils coaiuease Ae looks neither to the right nor the left. an on his right is hit and goes down, bbuv he does not falter. am going to kill that man! I have a rest for my gun on the breast- work and when the order comes up an irregular chorus of fang me if won't learn, some more | Spanish ‘this very. n said Preston 5 Feat it shall be the. ruivalent for some strong phrases that shall send these rascals seat (zo BE conTINvED) AMONG THE Al ALS. Cats continue growing until they are a ear old. San Francisco has a cat that is a confirm ed toper. He drinks whiskey in preference jnirrels scattered wheat over the country in Lane county, Kansas,and now it | is coming w er comp near Cheboygan, Mich., leer was killed by; Hie oe with Toeks in asked, for my sataleatall tingling at the the ae sence of fire: Calne assurance that she was still Louie sperm vin about fifteen feet ig wan shel last week by the surtmen of Moi lon i Moi Miss Moir. The aunt’s name is es beat station, Stone harbor,near Ava- srown.”” ame down yi 2 pee ses we met the id two ladies coming in 0 “y hope you uate not forgotten me? Ae tt pecan Ae Gethasist) the | replied coldly | Preston stared at me, but did not speak. eh have tags friend hore t ae she petlormed (HaMeRnIe eeenncuy.” Fe tohim freely, Miss Brown, with wh emarks as we e ook hig pleos bebide, we et th “ “on, never told me that you knew Miss a be «T was not sure it was her you meant.” “Yon must try a better lie than that it gon! you want it to pass for truth,” said he dry ly, i: Welle? seplied, 4 1 understood she was married 5 | her at one: time, aid’ that over.’ Bio ew Son “Don’t! there’s a good fe fellow,” T said ; bx I HA ‘elt you about it afterwards.” swered with a ates at Miss Moir, wh n | for | a eel best phd to be ph aiay On she could not be step. that Idid not|a ie should be ie ti see her agai id not know, reflected swith chins ona despair that my abrupt departure, without one word o farewell, must have wonnded SAREE and her pride tei had on gaged to Mr. Brem: 8 chance to speak My her, ‘allaight® be ex | plain she seemed determined to avoid me. on ised fish whale, fourteen and one-l ase it es be sent to ‘the Smithsonian institn- ‘Baber t Shaw, of Snow’s Falls, Me., went to sleep in a field the other day, and when oke he was minus a good pair of trou: -|«rs. Field mice, which swarm in Oxford county, bad gnavred the gaowiant ints atrods) 9 and carried i A Feotitip ‘gen aiand g dog is . The dog, which livesin Northampton- shire, Bngland; is a sworn enemy of all rats exceptone, ai ‘a good record for 128 | ridding Tis eseiea cities CECT ie, German journalist bas brought electric- ity into use for taming wild besata and pre pasiigbhem foe the eizodbeoUha vention eer sii etl ae eae near! g2, both being connected with a powerful tatery It is possible by this contrivance give the animal et ees any time, so that the ‘S| whip becomes nothing more than ordinary. From Favorite Authors. Hope is a lover's ataff. Love is full of jealousy. Care is an enemy to life, Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. Time is the nurse and breeder of all good. gat the sweetest bud the eating canker) be “haw re sought is good, but. given unsought ae site are turns shuffled off with feat anceecen t pay. tired moat oust! mongst all foes that Experience is by in ire achieved, and perfected by the Ruin ean Tee Giaihilics ss em Wibas Ritts Being once displayed, doth fall that very hour. est. Where there is no great love in the begin- ning, heaven may decrease it upon better : ee e passed table o was just the same—she persistently i ees wandered listlessly about the town, ae T | position, is to take TS thing wai the ae intention of cheering me up, s about as lively as a mute at a feodral, We stro ote ins inspected the mummified remains of the dead and gone Gurnches, Pia giaieht iallaie the Museum, and| it the Waenae hee constant he wore perfect ; that one error fills him with faults, makes him run through all sins. In love the heavens ‘ide th Geel soya may “heodfully be: brok-| th hai oc ease to lament for that thou canst not: help and study help for that thon lament- 8 be looking at meand no one else. the word is coming in afew seconds nd I aim at his chest. I could almost be sure of hitting him with a stone when w. et the word to fire. There is a billow of e—a billow of smoke—a fierce crash, and 4,000 bullets are fred into that compact mass of advancing men. me volley alone, though that worked orisle estruc- tion, but another and another, ek, es ha staat and ane alatohing at the grass, is legs and straight- ad eront. again, dita ceed oa pass on, Ihave killed uy man ! yullet alone struck him, tearing that ghastly wound in his breast,and I am entitled to all the honor. Dol swing my cap and cheer? point him gat and Stped to be con- gestae ted ? ave no cheers. ed no elation? oe ‘feel that I murdered him, no war, and thathis agonized face wil haunt me anh all the years of my “BURIED ALIVE. ALIVE, Strange Power oe ¥ jams to Simulate The powers of ae ae ritual, and_praetice assiduously. been verified by Bri In and attested by evince which dpa all doubt of their trutl _ this Re ae of death continues then sinks into condition resembling death and the body ie wrapped in. lien plaood im iGiont apport, Int gradually Ke recovers trength pas enjoys amazingly the woader fio bos ox Owned by the Crown. In China all the land belongs to the State, and a trifling sum per acre, never altered through Jong centuries is paid for. it by the pier as rent, The soil in China is so st mile is capable of supporting 3,340 sons. Tn this country, nominally, owners s the land hold it of th though, however, as adunltted by Lord Bramwell in letters to. the Times this is technically true, yet it is most misleading, as owners of mee le estate in land in this country isis for all practical purposes state, Money buys lands, wives are sold by fate. hose things for bird bolts that you eeu eames Wa 0 harm in being res sieeel in have found out; and if y re is no person of who will tell the world of your merits and take the trouble off your han To be generous, gultleds and of free dis- | ha e land they hold. ir al property, as well as his land, if he dies intestate with no next of kin, goes to the wn. ———__— Peers of Eagland are free from arrest for debt, a8 being the ie quaen’s hereditary coun- Hora. AGRICULTURAL. Lambs for the British Market. To THE Eprror : ¥ m,—A bulletin recently issued by th agricuitural department station on the “ Tattening of Lambs for ish evr work ii “s the estimate to Pe this experiment ‘ put ‘tl SUNDAY READING. Satie avasbels See his speaking, recelved favorable mi tice from tl pianeeya generally are pre ees tithe experiment on ae rtant subject, and that tue. eparing these, bulletins there is» manifest neces: sense purposely cho: that better! ppt were diffi time, and, se first experiment to aimat equal results are not edsi ore cat to ie skill and care of Mr, Hiliott and Mr. © sticcession Goce pigtedoe > who may em entgrprise with a better Tot of lambs. made and ages, | Weare ay at the work Te ot | soon to caloulate all experiment fee make under certain are sp fo st 4 one year, ani ble This information, T chine tes wep in ing, has never been given to the world fore. omas SHAW. Ontasio, Seer College, Guel, The Harvester, ested his wh e | matter, and, agen ple long times. us begin with “the nok instance. you that they ean remember in this country had notl with which to’barvest their wheat and r A emphasize is the . substantial profit tally reaped fro gain of 23.7: 7: low, which will fairminded the | hi as yet—t find fault with it and talks 75 pi $41 10, the chal cont. tb ie thus, apparent fit. on the Vea oem additional asta ‘shall fave accumulated on which t* base cz with the precision of a fin the hired man will only let it alon A Brave Lady Bandit. ila, who has been sentenced to death by the districts court of Ps itby two, we have | all he on 90. aes $113.28, pict ring to | lover. After a battle with the a to 12 lambs in a year we w ready for market during 5,000, d a| in the world, nd 25 4,110 mi iangerous shoal of marketing lambs 4 November should be most carefully Ss2u7 Pave slady said, in effect, that the one tain quantity in estimating values in ed, and must fly for safety, but she retused to abandon eae e was pronounced 10, and f ftom to it with stolid indifference, o} a ec Girl violiniets are becoming numerous. Girls are ealways after beaux of one sort o anot here are 842,812 miles ot telegraph Tine iles of it are the United Stat e ie a largest ail: ta por 88,280 in ‘Russi sia. many has 57,- 33 miles, pare cae) walloas pein alasia Britain 30,726 miles, 8, Mexico 27, i801 rile, Ita’y 19,460 tag ‘furkey 15,000 mi he ge cee o arelles, es cone of You a still find old men pe will get hing but the Reis ine steam eotine, if Details are given by the Bosnian papers t| of the strange, career of a woman named oi oR! the mount of Goa, they op And to His house we'll go. Shall lighten every land ; ‘The king who reigns in Sale age Hig acoptr say- be- ph. 2, 01 pane house of oie rine 5 re Spline taste light of ‘With holy graces shine. eat Monday- the Father ! be Thou ‘Saye from every ‘harm Speak the word Holy Spirit! delgn to om Sanctify usall to-nig} aes Trinity: be nigh 1 tor ot love everywhere, - | erucified as a criminal by his own men.”—[Henry Our blest Redosmer, ere He bre tender rast faroivel tide, a sontton apie ‘us to dwell, Ke ir OE 8M a gracious, willin While tfe can find one hut Wherein to rest. Soft asthe breath atm speaks of heaven. And every virtue we posses: ‘And every conquest won, "> And every. fought of holiness Spirit of purity and graci Our weakness, ying, Bee: O make ou thy are Thee. thier Amen. os Sabbath Chime, the mount of God ib rie Above the ‘summits of the hills, ‘And draw the wondering eyes, ‘The beams that shine from Sion’s hill m's towers Shall all the world command, ok ong the nations He shall jndge ; Ants audgments truth shall enides shall protect the just aaty the teome God, Golden Agus for Every Dny- ne tonight, Make us all Thy children dear, ‘he darkness ‘be our light God the Savior! be our peace, Put away oursins to-night; Ps of full fle Turn our darkness into light, e, In our hearts propareth y homo, ‘Then our darkness hall be light. Help to lveand belp to ale— Lighten all our darkness, Lord | ~[George Rawson. Tuesday--Here was an i ‘ye. | Jew, born in arace that pee then eta contempt by the civilized world ; Here was thie Gatien Ward Beecher. athed thed weet influence to impart, find one humble heart And His that gentle voice we hear. ‘That checks each faut, "hat calms each fear Place, "CURIOUS INVENTIONS. mins. subjects in which all are inte ‘The stylograph pen brought in £10,000 a fe Wasa Gua hay SS HoprasticnbDS exld very atten area ridi- uch may be mentioned a child’s stn and mad doy a ning down from hats and umbrel in e absor ‘ither of uncover- Mey the silk and vita Wotog ft hidden ern the a Deer Saved the Fawi Says ie Bikalig Herald Brutei instinet (lies formed the theme of inau the Water Canyon,and as we tu we saw a doe and a young from the stone ditch. tled, and Fan the ‘poor little fawn lost its balance and fell into the ditch. As many of ter runs very swift- mly in the rocks to rou lie aie wee with grains, and fruits, and flow Flor s who strewed and Danio the pi rs—have professors of chemistry them agriculturists a wert ‘ot this a beautiful way of par eenee eta Tywoutd not it tm Choose Thou it fo ra uo. (omy hoa my o van ¥ or sorrow fill, Apbost Pee, 0 Lord, mas ‘Choose Thou my good or il i things or great or smi Be. Pou tay guide, 78 Sirona ‘isdom and m; fitting pabulum of that at all worlds. uu crownest it with glory ai angelic life.— en, exchanging their irae idee for plain | tain side. we now call ulturists. Is God, seem. Not‘ntine, not-mine, ‘the he chotee, th, “Horatiue Bonar. Saturday—Great thoughts are the only] 4 marvelous entity, This mind, T survey upward its bear of mage, its eee itslove to the Ruler up 8 | it with er kindness and tender mercy ; and honor ; Thou hast made ita sl lower than the Dee an “ Oh, ee shall I tell !” said a languid Said a voice in the 7 miles, ia 38,159 miles, India | fev please can you tell us in whab Bon Jcaught that big fish yesterday ?” eS Now, wie shall I ay percent she crowd, ones very “bs Se ita is the matter with truth ?” day school ; and nd his sor it doe and fawn then trotted off up the moun- Tr tere is anybody Sweeters w! that doesn’t believe Cloves and Their Culture. troduced the clove tree into Zanzibar, since svlieh, ine ita; oulttvation: baw formed, the chief oeoupetion ofthe Arab planters inthe part obthe world; edpeclilly those kexidig on the Island of Pemba, tion of thet tree is a but} a sud which forms the clove of com- ‘The choicest are o 70 en article of domestic economy is very interestt ing. rc reat it aan is worked over from time to do not bear until five or six years the buds are fully formed into ranches are uae xy means of Eee looking, four-sided Indders Immediately pounds per ai A Modest Man. Miss Esmeralda Longeoffin—I hope tat you will make me happy after we are mai you have noo Mr, Hogan (after hammering on thedoor for five =n We amis it dead or alive ye are? Mr. Grogan—* Naythes) Tm re . ‘ Some Singular Paswcnttens of Inventive , the whole sae T should peta’ here, and, of | on yield of a wey yeu 2d plata tion 1 Wraty aa trea the A OUR EAT bdemrpee Mow It Feels to Get Into one. The history ey goth of of inventors are | Ni seasons afe m year ; the Ind s to pencils | travelling, af siierh itis all a man’s ut 000 5m Ao tar ee ‘otecting the soles ee neal of ots brought in £250,000 ‘000. ‘The cause of this ‘To revert strangers from getting in to see the land befo Hemi eee isa eet eee and is sas by myself. y call or wh: ietle Hks a dog. saw y grasped by. the, duickead. was slowly unexucely being dvawa-into die es | ing d in the dog days, as « protection againat the nel pant almost exhausted, but he next invention is rain-absorber, to prevent rain from run- ced to believe that i |again, but he was evidently too far away to h AsI lay there, sinking deeper and deeper i y of people on us transformed cal rible suction as possible. aught I heard my horse and Da orpsciliar oaths tried to reach up an dle or ‘ide but I was too low, m. fear a ‘firm hold Pa ie balan . a awful pull, but I could refi va wad balag dragged out of the at was sach - indie ie us Jeera ped not think Til eeu Wea “Toma ore out feeling a spasm. atic lacus Moncund vi eS EXECUTIONS IN CHINA. ie Domepliation beds a Very Stow Ls sean | of Punishm “For the minor offenses the “pepihment in China is beati mn the mout en he tells this story, let | ba ing 1m the | hem come to us and we pill voush for it footatepn of the wonder: pee Galilean ?— sent Sultan rls a bin Sane in “1830 i in- banda aE it oy pale till the breath r form of execution is that of taken off, then the other, next the tong) is taken out, andso on. A third ue death yy starvation. I have seen a man c in ae ublic streets, aad allowe ato ay his life by this method, not being permitt red to touch either water or food. Sometimes a small boy will bring him a little »pium, which lps lessen the sufteri: .| about a more speedy d Brothely Saas Little Tom was involved in the difficultice ress himself and regarded buttons which had to be fastened Dehind~ “Ne Humblepie=T will indeed Twill, if bar ma. 301 how fon't sh ” “Tdon't think she looke much answered Por, incom prune “How sown will she be big ene