i - One Christmas I spent my holi- days a a staticn near the river Murray, in' north Victoria, Aus- There were old m men" that stood) nek "six feet high, vicious old chaps who, ' when we chased t! hem, would hop along for about a mile, and then Tt took a bit of ma- etacles in 'its stridsa, and dodges the big trees very cleverly. There were also thousands of emall rusty-red kangaroos. These were the great-! est pest of the lot. Each one eats about as much grass as~a sheep ;! and when there are twenty thou-) eand or thirty thousand on your sta- tion, you. soon observe the effect. | There were also thousands of waila- bies, a emall variety of kangaroo. While I was at the station, the squatter and his manager had sev- eral earnest talks about abalting the , kangaroo nuisance. At last they decided to yard some of them. angarcos are great jumpers, but if left alone, they rarely jump. But set a dog after one of them, or give ham a bad fright, and he will clear a sevyen-foct fence. We were. going to drive the animals, and of course that would frighten them greatly, so we had to be prepared for the worst. The wings of the = or cornal were easily made, for the kangaroo if he is not 'ste oped in front, will edge along a very low wing. We built one wing by 'hanging branches of scrub along the tcp of a five-foot wire fence for about two miles. It served admirable. In a couple of places the wind made gaps, and through these a few kangaroos es- caped. There was no eastern wing; that side was guarded by mén on horseback The yard itwelf, built by the. sta- tion carpenter, was a work of art. It was made of ten-foot poles, sunk into the ground, and laced with saplings (about twenty feet long and from three to six inches thick). About two feet above the top of the yerd was stretched a tight, almost invisible wire. Soon after break- fast, the who had a feet. long. The line was stretched right across the paddock, about three miles in length: The paddock was full of trees and scrub, and we were so far apart that it was rare for one beater to catch sight of an- other. All that you could hear was the occasional cracking of a stock- whip. As we rode on, we saw plenty of kangaroos dashing Bec mel] away from us. I was on the left side, often within sight of the wing, and I saw plenty of kanga- roos running down behind the fence. They could easily jumped it, but did not do so. At ast I saw a blue one come right across my front, and take the fence | like a bird. j Now and then we came to a bit of epen country, acroes which scores of kangaroos were sweeping. At bast we sighted the yard. The kan- Garocs were a bit suspicious about entering the yard, but a few whip cracks sent them flying into it. One blue one dashed back, and the boss Yarding Kangaroos. < and we each ' dou, pres og With i Mas Shoat beenks The imitation was perfect, and it A DISAPPEARING LEGACY. | 'Laughable Incident of the Franco. German War. The famous French dramatist, ictorien u, used to tell with great delight an amusing episode that. ened during the siege of Paris. A On Christmas Day, in 1870, when}: u was Servwug in the/Naticaal jner. On his way imto the city, a stranger approached him, and show ed a covered basket that he carried under his arm. "T have something nice in' this basket for you,' eo eae > "Gf you will pay the (Something for mie?' 'Yes, for your Christmas dinner --- -- 's head !' nly one who had lived in the arto Railway. This picture shows the mg way to steel structures on the *k, at mileage 153, which is near he Hamilton Bridge Company have uilding amother monoter $70,000 oned to spend a huge sum of money ' pebonaiened city of Paris at that unhappy time. could jthat offer. that even the hospitals could get al- | most no beef, and the soldiers had | to eat horse meat, and little enough 'of that. A calf's head was an al- | most incredible delicacy. Seeing the expression of surprise 'os doubt on jou's face, the | man removed the cover of his basket and showed a. wonderful, fresh calf's head, lying on a platter. The temptation was so great. that Sardou only for a minute. "How much do you want?' he asked. "The price%is only three louis (about $12), _ including the basket and naj lied the man. Although the price seemed exor- bitant, it was not unusual for those trying times; so Sardou paid it at once, and carried the basket to Brebafft's to have it cooked. As he burst into the famous restaurant, called excitedly to the waiter; de- livered up his treasure, and ordered it prepared forthwith, 'with the spe- cial injunction that not a word about it should be breathed to the | ® friends who were to meet him there. di "What a surprise I shall have for my comrades !" the thought to him- self. An hour later, Sardou's' friends met him, expecting to do battle with} # a filet of horseflesh as tough es lea- % ther. As they were about to begin, Sardou stood up im his place, and said, "Now, my companions, I've got a surprise for you. Give a| °% guess. What i ac 7 OF es One said a pains ie = | eda shellfish ; a third, noast a oo Was a Failure With Two Lest a Success With One. 'He was pegging along the with one good my ger had worked for a ee had lost his leg by an Ronee was largely to b id so he had not been ea "tn damages. He was on & & looking for work. -He said he 08 ing in washing. If he could ¢ ing more, he could at ! the cost of his board. 'Wath away, there would be' better for his wife and the three ¢ "I was on my way to 10k small farm that I "ak 53 , gentlemen," answered Sar- = "but listen ; a fine, fresh, fra- gage grant calf's head ! ve There were boisterous expressions of joy, and smiling Hires brought on a great covered platte and placed it before them. All bent forward eagerly, as Sardou, with a ceremonious sweep 'of his arm, re- moved the cover. But. all that met berries and raspberries, which of course, of no immediate pr but with the aid of his cow, his h hens and his garden he was able-to live. At the end of-the year I sold him the place on 'time,' for eight hun-] dred dollars. 'Little by little the man increas. ed his flock a hens until he had four hundred. He started an asparagns bed. He cet out more strawberries, Where is my ' eried Sardou, furi- Your calf's head," said the wait- "is there on the platter." 'But what has happened to it?" "It's dissolved.' The fact was that the fine, fresh calf's head that the poet had bought so readily was made of gelatin. other cow. "His house was on a road "berries, and 'garde was discovered later that the ma- stuff. and paid well fox a He ker, a French cook who was famous ty faoay with a Sele pulse sed rapid ~ | Was | ridiculous pursuit when the patient =| 8fford no indication of what had and raspberries, and he bought an- : - }etrong shoe brush of moderate size. L ¢lerk produced a diminutive tooth whe Majesty for her approval. '| "What is the use of showing me| than w for his skill in making dainty and novel things in gelatin, sokd several such calf's heads to persons as un- wary as Monsieur Sardou. ------_k She Did Not Have It. said, "Frank, give her a go fur it" so 1 cet after her. But she was far too fleet. I had to pick my way, while she seemed to go through everything. I gave up the | chase, and came back to the yard, | There was a scene of great éxcite-| ment and confusion. Ie. Nearly all the catch were of the! red wort. They were very wild, and | maxis frantic jumps at the tence. few of them reached the top, ao carpenter's wire bumped them was watching | poene with great interest, when| etraight lt was tm She hit the wire, but fell over | it, and dropped with 'a thud on the | other side, I pan round, thinking! she must have roken her we Sr butt Fon dhe was off ab full apeced ~int bush, 'We killed the hot before lunch, and found we bad yarded eight hun- dred, which my wnele reckoned would be 4 great relief to his grass. * Mistress (discussing '"housemaid 'who has given notice)--Well, of 'course, if she wants to go she muet. But it. seems foolish of her if her only reason is that she wants a a better) j I tell-the silly girl, ma'am. nd upon it," I says to her; "you'll only be going out of the frying-pan into the fire." Ignorance of the law excuses no man--unless he has a pull ~- 's OGook--That"s just it "T hope I am as charitable as the | next person," Mrs. Bennet confid- ed to her neighbor, "but it seems to me there are times when no one short of an angel could help losing | their temper. "It must terrible,' | temper. Weil, will tell you about it, and Jet you judge for yourself. Only the other day I was way up in the open chamber, cleaning, when I never suspected that you had a ] heard a vigorous knocking at the kitchen door. I got up off my knees, wiped my hands, took off my apron, pi went-down two flights of stairs o> find out who was knocking. When \ I opened the_ kitchen door there stood the dirtiest, dingiest tramp you ever saw, Without even taking s hat, he said. 'Please, ma'am, I've lost my leg and--' Mrs. Bennet paused, and smiled. "What did you say?" inquired her neighbor. ""T haven't got it,' I said and slammed the door in his face."' ---_-- The jargest room in the world is the room for improvement. Ever notice how much easier i is, to ay experience than it is to eell have been something " said her neighbor, "for/ temas of the chap who borrows a quarter and pays it hack prompt- ly; he may strike you for a dollar next time. Bome genius may yet be seis bo | | make breakfast: food of wild cate. é would set out whatever he had for sale on a table by the roadside, and one of the children d 'tend store.' In this way he made nine hundred dollars in one year, "In seven years the place was all paid for, and the improvements he had added by putting up new build- ings and enriching the soil made tha farm worth several hundred dollars more than it was when the purchase' contract was signed. "If the man had kept both legs, and remained in the employment of the railway company, he would pro- Lably have had to work at a wag? for sume one else al) his life--and very likely live in a tenement that looked out on a back alley in the city. Now he. is independent, pros- perous, a man of property. His children are healthier and stronger than they ever were before, and be is hopeful and happy. "'He had made a good deal of a failure of life when he had two legs, but he succeeded with only one leg when he became a farmer.' WOMAN'S "SPIDER SENSE." Knows When Insect Is Near By "Queer Feeling." An extraordinary story of a wo- vag 8 spider sense has been related to the 'London Times by. a medical correspondent, This woman can de- teot, her husband says, the pre- sence of a spider in any room she happens to be living in without hay- ing seen the insect, or, indeed, without having any reason to sup- pose that it was there. The disoov- ery is accompanied by violent sick- ness, malaise and even debility, but symptoms .at once pass away when-the spider is caught and removed from the fA few nights ago the lady re- ferred to joine@ her husband at the house w we were staying. In the middle of the night my new ac- quaintance came to room and asked me to attend his wife, who had become very unwell. pa followed him, and found his fe in =. tinge which mugEe She very reathing. She declared that she rae Darang sick and that she lutely certain there was a t that to humor her but with- ag f the least beliéving her story her husband and I lit a candle and ed every nook and cranny of the room. We found nothing and were about to give up the rather suddenly announced that she 'had a feeling' that Bucy spider was upon the mantelpi ' (We oked there, and had satis- ieee ourselves she was quite mis- en, when it occurred to me~to 43 as I looked at each other, and I ciened to him to oc- do us the futility of our The sixth sense had I orciae Ieents to ladies in the pimted if in their walks or shop- /ping excursions many pretty things fare not said to Ome afternoon lately Queen Vic- dos: Eugenie, ied by one of her ladies-in-waiting, went to a san perfumers in one of the al streets and asked a youth the counter for a fairly r some moments' delay the 'brush which he presented to Her this?' observed the Queen. 'I ask- éd for a strong shoe brush."' '"For one whose foot.I feel sure must be as small and dainty as yours this brush will be more than sufficient," replied the clerk. Hardly knowing whether to be annoyed or amused, the Queen turn- ed to her lady-in- -waiting, but the latter, with great indignation, ex- claimed : "What insolence! Are you aware that this lady whom you reesed in such an imperti- nent manner is none other than the Queen ?"' | The unhappy youth collapsed. He had only recently come to Madrid from the provinces, and failed to Tedognize the Queen, who wore a! veil and was simply attired. No.one laughed more heartily on hearing of this incident than King Alfonso himself, who has a keen Queen Victoria has succumbed to the morbid charm of gbull fights, which at firat were so ulsive to her that she finally used an opera glass through which nothing could be geen, in order to avoid witness- ing the scenes in the arena. officially required, and watches them with evident excitement. That id the usual way with foreigners in Spain. ee es 'Listen to Mrs. O'Brien. "Have ye. any ancisters, Mrs. Kelly rs asked Mrs, O' Brien. "And phwat's ancisters{" "Why, peo- ple you spring from!" "Listen to ene me, Mrs. 0' Brien,"' said Mrs. Kel- lye impressively. "T come fron the rales k of Donahues ~ thot sphring from nobody. They sphring at thim!'" The man who gets the most out room. The writer tells the following story: of life is the man who puts the most en TRI FLE 2 UNRULY. ; Mr. Peasley Hod Wl Ills Doubis About Mr. Lathrop's Bull, "Ts thet bull over/in Mr.. Lath- rop's ~pasture gocd-netured ?' in- quired the new e& » with pasture = afraid he might be 1 =e a Mr. Peaclea ou ed young 'ote he ny he conceded, at mi 'tt: might bea mite rc sky-- uu wit ace alto un- pasture when he's right handy. He might take a notion to chase you, and = again he mightn't. any moret 't recite facts to you. ain't givin' any cpenton, y' under- stand. I'm jest tellin' you what's happened, and lettin' you make up your mind to suit yourself. "When Lathrop fust got that ani- |, he had a Swede workin' for td and he had the care of the bull "bout ail the time while he etayed here. That Swede was a kind of gtupid critter, and I guess he got careless, 'T any rate, one day we heard a bellerin' goin' on up there in the pasture, and the Swede hol- lerin' at the top of his voice, so we all grabbed pitchforks and put up there as hard as we could pelt, and we didn't any more'n get there in time, as 'twas, "After we cnen---ttiere was five of us, with pitchforks--had bradded the bull away from the man, we got him--the man, I mean--over the fence, and kinder svent: over him for injuries. He had one broken arm and two broken legs, and besides that he was trod up consid'able ou while we was sortin' bim over, "And 'ever since that ¢ime," coh- cluded Mr. Peaslee, j that amimal. In fact, I can't help oe that he's a kind of unruly ee WORDS OF WISDOM. The Sayings of Some Celebrated French Authors. The g is their wife. a mieten Man- is creation' 8 tnasterpiece. But who says so 1--Man!--Gavarni. Women di ivine that they are loved '|long before it is told them.--Mari- C vaux. Mothers are the only goddesses in pny the whole world believes.-- Anon, To be happy ie- mot to possess mach, but to hope and to love much, enmais. "Tn love the only way to resist temptation is to sometimes succumb to it.--Mme. de Choiseul. The hes ; however strong it may be, can plidh --, against the heart.--Mille de Scude ur years, our debts rin our enemies are 'always more numerous we imagine.--C. Nodier. Would you know how #o give t Put yourself in the place of him who re- ceives.--Mme. de Puisieux. Women are never stronger than whem they arm themselves 'with their weakness.--Mme. du Deffand. When death consents to let. us live a long time, it takes successively as hostages al] those we have loved.-- Mine. Necker, Some old men like "to give good precepts to console themeelves for their inability no lenger to give bad examples.--A. Dupuy, he remembrance of the gwod ne those we have loved is the only consolation left us when we have lost them.--Demoustier. That immense majority, the fools, who made the laws that regulate the manners of the world, very natur- ally made them for their own bene- fit.--Anon. Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we cannot chun the one without depriv- ing ourselves of the other.--Mme. de Maintenon. When women love us they forgive us every thing, even our crimes ; when they do not love us they give us credit for nothing, not even for our. virtues.--Balzac, The women wh» loves us is ondy a woman, but the woman we love is a celestial being whoes disfeots disappear under the prism through which we see her.--E. de Girardin. In a tete-a-tete a woman epeaks in a loud tone to the mam che is in- different to, in a low tone to the one she begins to love, and keeps silent with the one brune. With a pretty face and the freeh- ness of twenty, a woman, however shallow she may be, makes many conquests but docs net retain them ; with cleveracce, thirty years amd a little beauty a woman makes fewer conquests but more durable ones.--- she: loves.--Roche- ing 1 [wate TALE FROM GHIA rveyed the lady oe kindly eyes, and hesitated | judicially, "T've sort of had my doubts' about 0 oe ee eae or a * on lor the ica stapes eal pa MORE THAN 1,000 PERSONE KILLED IN ONE DAY: ~-- -- . Sacking of Kuangchow Was At tended with Fiendish Murder. led. No such scourge as 'White Wolf' and hie brigands hes been let loose on Ohina eince the days of the Taipings. Kuangchow consists of two walled cities on either side of a river, and its population was about 100. When "White Wolf' sent confederates imix Sinks in disguise, and the 'attack thus began «imultaneous!y within and without. Practically all the le on the walks were bute cheredl. The attackers, 1}; int» the city br 'their confederates, cams runnin through the streets, shoot: ng y advaneed. ' Their rules were fire at all who ran away; to fire all who carried so much as a stic. at all who tried to hids; at all wh. locked their doors ; "t all who wore furred clothes; at all who looked like soldiers ; and, af course, at all who resisted--but of these there were few. A Deadly Scramble. _At one house a boy was shut dead simply for eaying when questioned that a rernment soldier had just left the place. In another house a girl was shot because she would not stop crying. This house contained none but women. When the bri- gu had done with it they burned the house down out of pure deviltry. ld women who were believed to have money which they would not show were tortured in the most hor- rible manner. ceyang $0 defend was first shot down om pounded--to death as.the b: thought--with brieks, ~ Marvellous to relate, he is actually are the least villain- one tone they found a ate mother and har new- born child. cigner' 8 "Are you of the for- religion?' they 'Yes, we can see you are by size of your feet" (i.e., unbound)-- and they let her alone. There were other such cases. . Fate of a Neighboring Town. Altogether over 1,000 persons were slaughtered in one day, in- cluding the magistrate, who' was hacked to pieces, his- remains being soaked in kerosene and burnt. All cS) y families were practi- . cally wiped out and their house burnt. In an adjoming mark« town, where the poople were ¢ imprudent as to fire a ie © rusty old cannon at the b the whole population, men, women and children, were killed, except two boys, who escaped to tell the tale, Kuangchow is by mo means the worst item in tho hist of bandit atro. cities in Honan and Anhui. Oan it be wondered at that trade is stop- ped, that widespread anxiety pre- vaile, even far beyond 'White Wolf's" range, and that men com- plain bitterly of the Government's failure to crush theso monsters 7 Ps --t¥--____ PLANTS TRAVEL STRANG EL Y. Botanists Are Able to Advance » Theory to Account For It. Tt ie often hard to for the way in whioh planto spread dk tea oe and yet no &u but the be botanists inne been piso 0, advance some theory bo secon fom it. : In the early seventies of tie "ipa century the scientists in France were puzzled by finding that many: new plants hhitharto unknown that country feel myaterioustt sprung up. In suammer of 1479 noted botanists went carefully te work te find the cause of thie strange immigration, and they SUC, ceeded irably, They found no fewer than two hundred plants na- tural to Germany and the capi: of the south; these plants mostly of the grass, por, and ber families, and were found only the territory arenes by the mans in the siege of Paris. This id ,& good example of the strange way in whicti en travel from placn t¢ A. si place