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M _‘ _ ©Phree whole hours," sighed the _ lady, | {aie‘, Pike ( t > | take 1 ob * Â¥ evening spoiled ! fi wb j '-ifiul Tulk ue peotoking. ~â€" | Mail 2 were actually \unh" ho;.;’yhn. is:.‘ #" a was % _ en ard o 2 wo ol 6 f NnE.u::‘dpghbm ;u?aeo "~~@& make the most ones. . Mr. n I Nluunnylcs(lhfih.mdlrluls *‘ She Ween wo sure he would return toâ€"night, | @#cap N bringing with him her favorite sister, | line o great shadowy dra ing room was very still when they were n::"l'ha night was dark, lloudx and wir:ll. Mrs, Jessup was lonely ~~and i:n‘ppom u‘h!l'horo ':; a circle ;1 rosy, quivering it around the open grate, * nfimflw carcle of steadier ligg:n around the shaded lamp on the centre table. All slse was shadowy, dim and uncertain, She sat down “:B, and took up her fancy . work, but it no interest 'Ft.hout Nellie to &admire and criticise. What a dreary binhnifl::'lfi was, anyhow 1 "‘And ‘how still it was! Nothing to be pot . O 1P Emps t mave itile tetlow. :"' fuckeh, . vimm "JF:" is there was to be r. _lnq‘ senhouse and lots of beantiful gardens:, A pure white monument was to be put over Bobyll-lie'nm mhlova and go to Conâ€" Mtp e t d‘n.h -": iP 0'1 .’bg md morttow, hanged *"She whoul ofl the thooght with noock until an " hfi-hl'p;m o!pa":-’v nâ€"&_s: It opened at random and her glance fell on the lines : y dancing tlus ovep, and hese hy cheary call, ** Come out and Lottic." The s6 hhmflbom a coffinâ€"lid g::i! timeâ€" toâ€"morrow, m,.fln brave voice be ooo en Mhhdmw But she hed loved him then. _ He was only six when they first met, anilshe was four, His home was almost a mile away yet how og-v : had he come allthat way to see her, He was always a buave little tellow. roses and W ._ And how they ased toâ€"race i 1t all rose before her ;â€"the rugâ€" stl-mhh”h around, the bright blue y overhead, and.thetwo merry children shouting .w-‘ in the valley. Harry was always With her, Mother would Harry beside the brook, or walked tome"bythbul pine tree. mtmflury’uhw'&tdhdh- fore she was two old. Pretty HMttle Bcfln,bovthymudeophyvuhhr tiny pink fingers and count her toes ! And M"mofldvh-wlddn was dead ; evied till Lottie‘s head ached with a pain she remembered even now. They ‘carried flowers to the little grave almost every Sunday after that. Andv?ohu they which never e fulfilled now. Harry was to be hanged to â€"morrow,â€"** hanged by say, * T ood care ‘of Lottie, now," and h&lny-fl He would never take care of any one again.~ *!9."-‘;;-."!9«-"? She aroused herself with h effort and looked at the clock. & quartdr â€" to ;:h.t., Would the hours never be _ Hours were not so,slow when she pnd life was fminâ€"uudng_'_ ng for her to pay much attention to one who lupp.dg:{of it lonf ago. But toâ€"night, alone .in the dim P[lrar. 'dm' nothing to do but w-h:; tl..l:: slo .hl. memory un;l":q[hhh! l;iqjg‘hgrlmg_!or- gotten â€"pictures of the olden time. There rose before her the bright face she had liked so well. _ How clear and brave it was with ilunnhiuoflnn'hk it ! She could see theâ€" sunny hair, and the until dead." _ _He meant to bui id a grand h Eagle Mountain, looking: down to the vailey, sad been zo sure he would return toâ€"night, Nnd-a.-l\h him her favorite sister, whom she had not seen for months.. Such a happy a#u she had _ anticipated, and now . it % not be! She was, not alarmed. ‘They bad only missed connec: tion somewhere, but her birthnight must We ohildran were ‘waiting in t whildren were ‘waiting in the great w lndmndlfl'«lxx‘u"'“““' \‘.\rufl unt *Nellie had not come, *‘ omdl&audindndy.” little Gertie pleaded piteously. *‘ When will they come ?" § ‘ «* Not till after your bed timé, dear," hor mt‘:mmdvithl sympathetic kiss. Lntnt "uhkhncdes -..x.:‘ae' mdllpoM fng. Did the m‘;‘m’&:figfimm Woâ€"morrow mt ten â€" fifteen Mmhmntofin. Andlhnfi been withingshe could annihilate three of them [ She shuddered at her own selfish« mgss. _ She had known him well onge. They had been children together in‘a lonély, :‘o’hhmwhmchfl&.n:mnmj ;:% Mm-â€"m:fim'fx?u:&:fi + Mh vhiono, as the day is 141, the nldggp’ vuhfl&.lh to eternity. + Had Ne hmn.&;" abo might never have thought of Harry, "Why should she ? li "7A'nThi’-u§"’ uhmfid_ d, too, not the fl:"an, at all _ To Wfi t; hear.of his trial and sentence, but hor own Shakespeare. 'i&;;-“n;“nvfl" turned leaves every line soume â€" :flflhbâ€"flq-‘ahdm-::. "And the right vallant Bay quo walked too asked the child innocently. _ _ _ Mrs. Jessup ~#tarted. Of course there are, but not toâ€"night. What makes you ask T ath n questing, Hertte 1 ** Because when you have lots of anything n‘ don‘t mind two or three, but when you ve just a few you ‘are careful of them," nodded the Hz& girl. "But I thought there were lote of hours." * 7 * Do hush, Gertie," her mother exclaimâ€" ed with a nervous shiver ; «* you are enough to make one‘s blood run cold." She rang for the nurse, and dismissed the children to their suppet and bed. The her ; * 1f you have jusb a ou are.careâ€" fllol\iu{?' Wléi!thxzmlmglut hours on earth t hat if instead of awaitâ€" mgurimhndudnjmlln.mxm’ ingâ€"death ?_Would the minutes so long then ? Wodd-honot&lgkthohuvy pengulum swung fearfully 1 ' _ A man was to be hung toâ€"morrow morn« heard but the crackling of the fire, and the load, slow tiskipg of the s1oek. . She old barely see the hnuhd'nnt\num aa;it t I..i »!‘-MI bd". i ' u on the mantel. &ovlbvlivul Thoaubw Suddenly Gertie‘s words fiashed back on her : * If you have just a few you are.careâ€" It was ooo smmd hn mie ooo hn a mnlaing would be interminable at this rate. E g evening spoiled !, My | Would he be any more miserable if she too 1 h“'%' brnhvboht{ufi-fih. and dancing ? igve actually tears 2¥®® | she would not think of it, since thinking fim pretty, “'"““5 ‘onlddnlorod. She would read and forâ€" Â¥ circumstances, get. Shm ed up her book ‘again. What mother of . two lovely @hildreD; | was that line that peered mockingly at her may say, ift plew se you, Fleance 41 But Harry T ht day when ;!"E: _T bat any more hours, rmamma *‘ train be in ?" Mre. m bear he had * in it the ind "Mh-d-dwl:y-" no . harm." | Mrs. Jessup suddenly cor . #o sharpâ€" !zmlw T ant go aver tos "*" * on 18 o W ‘~{ ver for every ruftian taken from it! â€" A fast _ She rose and walked impatiently thron:sh the room. If only Will and Nellie would gome ! These !iorrid- viilopl_‘ would Qrivo Sould do no She would read and forâ€" get.. She picked up her book ‘again. What was that line that peered mwkin%t her ? l""* you content, fair maid, He toâ€"mor She t&l‘ud the ‘:fi hastily, “h.izi to escape that reproach, but catghing t rat line of Claudio‘s lr!\nnnt. "Yh "*Aye, but to die, andgo, we know not whtn.' flung aside the book in shuddering hortor. There was no refuge from her thoughts in her mad before loni. It must be nearly time. â€"what, barely .ifi t ! . And then she wonâ€" dered whether Harry had a â€"timepigce, and were oount.infi the slow hours as they dragged awayâ€"the few precious hours at the.â€"end of which he was to be ‘"hanged by neck until ‘dead." â€" _ “.:‘â€"H.tnqod- iged !" She could shut her eyes and see how furiously he M‘:k:h.d»wzhg resâ€" was so quick and lively, and as good a hunter as the best of them. â€" Only his game bags were different from ‘theirs. They wanted lots of deer; .he liked better_ to follow a bear. . Indeed, he had confessed to MHer in one twilight walk that it seemed mean, wmihbfi to xill the helpless creaâ€" tures that might jusy as well live and be happy as â€"not. "But I .like to killl t,hle happy as â€"not "Dut I .like to kill the savage animals," he went on, _'i'.h bloyl‘ah ufi;ruul ‘‘the poisonous snakes, and the wolves, and bears that prow! around and kill posio sometimes ; and the hawks that pounce down on our white chickens. Tell you, I can bring down,the hawks." . talk about & nviomusml and premediâ€" tation, and }:ldg jury mifihb believe them, but not Lottie Jessup. Harry had ehngfid‘,.w be sure. His boyish hopes had been di “g!polntod, his boguh confidence abused andâ€"betrayed ; and he had not been neck for which she had once knit a comfortâ€" er would have another and ruder tie toâ€" â€"‘Her e es were full ofâ€"tears now,‘ and she 1 ‘was Inxm ing with all her might she could do somethingâ€"could send him ong .word of comfort. If she could only see him again, only one moment, to tell him she had not ::moflon, that she beli¢ved and liked him ill} Butit was too late. Only one had {:u m‘a:; to‘ him h!inoo &ho mercenary wyer deserted him,â€"â€"the poor sewingâ€" irl for whom he had struck thmm blow. gho had tried her best to serve her champion, fl mo rough sheriffhad pitied her distress, her come whenever she would, bringâ€" She ltl;to'du t: l_z;r feet electrified mdblln- ired. _ A. idea, seeming impossible, l.::dfl-lmd across her mind. BSwiiW{ ing, like a very inspiration, came another that made the gnt possible. She glanced at the clock. Twenty minutes past eight ! And the train was expected at 10.13 ! Could she? O, why had~she not begun an hour sooner? Now, what could she do in less than $wo hours 1 But she must try,â€"she must or too many. ‘The chubby little hand that EGugd the kitten had struck down a man. e dead man‘s boon oo:smions might tallt about & nviomus and premediâ€" tation. and Bldge jury might believe utterly free from dissipation.. Perhaps he had been quarrelsome, as they said, but a murderer,â€"no, no! He had struck to rescue a shrinking girl, as he did before to save _ a -tmgngqing kitten, He had bionshto down one hawk too many, â€"and so the little hands . which and4et her come whenever she would, bringâ€" ing flowers, books; or fruit, To all the rest of the world he was dead already. The dim f ‘swam before Mrs. J auu];:'l eyes. â€"her playmate, her friend, her brave little heroâ€"dead in shame and disgdte. __ actually saw and heard, so vivid was itâ€" there lulud before her Harry‘s face and voice as he declaimed in the old log schoolâ€" _ The great pondulam swung fast enough now, but she had po time to watch it Every second that remained was more preâ€" clous than diamonds,â€"heavy with the ?-u of a man‘s life. : She ran from the room and along the hall with a speed she had not used for years. ‘ But just outside the kitchen door she l'nppod, and controlled herself with a strong effort. If Mary had succeeded in making the tardy flour rise,â€"if" the bread was baked or even half baked,â€"then all was over, _ If not, she mightâ€"but she must be l:Achndod her childish steps so often were held to be stained with blood ; the little cool and shrewd. most ready to scream>as she saw Mary kneelâ€" hgll.:l the oven door, but she faro:? herself to ask carelessly, ‘‘How. goes the baking, 98 b, ," Mary ed, with a ginice 5n rucprmme at obe lady s agit with a glance of surprise at the lady‘s agitâ€" Tred fage. ** But 1 gusss ivll omme al) sls in time. +I‘ve got three loaves in now, and the others ‘most ready," _ _ Mrs. Jessup felt a throb# new life. She had felt all was over. *‘ Mary," she said hurriedly, knowing how the precious moâ€" ments were fying, ‘" I want a basket of nice things packed up right away, jelly and tarts, :n:’:d?yw &nqw,â€"u.yv;kn.‘z to tempt an inval ."lhamm. ;]:;:.l. it up at onez, please, w! m on. * Toâ€"nighty mf’nkod&;’ry in astonâ€" ishment. tÂ¥ _ __** Yes, toâ€"night, I‘ve nothing else to do till Mr. Jessup gets home, and §'m tired to death of sitting there alone." z-“&flichimm,ndmd) wll her wite for the next.rmove, on 'Meh:n Sy'- arranging th in the basket. hmnpnm-:‘n:lbohd over it with a smiling word of eal, but townrd the stove as she so. There stood the tardy loaf, puffing out with fatness, and now Thenâ€"she could almost have sworn she u, I can bflni‘:ldown_the hawks." Ab, me ! He had brought down one hawk **By heaven and all its hosts, he shall not i.â€".râ€" JJE'&-&; ‘heart was Tike muffled 4 l aige anee h n NX prised at ‘ imperious tone, Mary heivg while she slowly lighted a lamp, and delib> evately left tha réom, ‘The moment she "" TD T C IIOTIL mins se O Oe e eR catns p muy“l’.fir&( m:h‘..um It was the wor %;‘uâ€"cuwfi-h& en and thrust the contents of her posket s“ heart. But then she must take tin sorible a tew lines and hide them in the toul parcel. . Z.'a."&:;.‘;rx.;.a‘. was to make the plastic dough conceal alf and pre sent its former appearance! And Mary was returning. In fact, she did come in time to find her mistress on her knees, thrusting the last loaf into the oven. _ But there. was nothing unlawful in that, and was not the hot stove OIOUP to mccount for those crimgon cheeks ? ; "I have put in the last loaf," Mrs. Jesâ€" sup said, rising and breathing hard, in spite of herself. *‘ You must watch them well, Mary, The oven is hot. Iâ€"" She thrust her hand in ber packet, trying to think of some excuse for going. "Iâ€"why I have forgotten some thing, I think." ;. En on o ns I r sowi irl that had called out Harry‘s Taca blo:-gli'fmd with her invalia Worker , but Lottic Jessop‘s flying feet carried her there in half the time. She trembled less she should encounter an acquaintance or a ‘Solioomen. and sustain further maddening elay. _ Into the bare little room she press: ‘ed, scarcely waiting to knock, and startling thetwo pale, sadâ€"eyed women thay bent over their sewing. _ . 3 Mary :n.red after in wonder, ag she hurâ€" ried out, One moment she }guuod at the parlor door and looked in. Had sho been only five minutes in the kitchen* lt had seemed an ‘hour. _ C cop . Softly opening the front door, she stole out into the dark streets, but once beyond the house she ran with breathless haste. 1t was called a twenty minutes‘ walk to.the shabby little house where C‘c‘n}'g \V.‘l’l-, th’o P S ie 1 ** Will you help me save Hatrry Gladden‘s life?" Mrs. Jessup asked . in low, breathâ€" less tones. ""I am his .old » playmate, schoolmate, â€" friend. _ You know .me!" for Catrie was gazing _ at her in utter amazement. ~ ‘For Heaven‘s suke don‘t go to sleep, girl. . Thera isn‘t asecond to spare. Spu& 1 You would be admitted to see him now, wouldn‘t you ? * Yes, 1 suppose so. It is very late, but the sheriff is very kind; and I have yone alâ€" most as late sometimes. . And now t‘fxe time is so short,â€"but I can‘t carry him anything of that sort. . They search me e\'ery_u'me.’; * He would never have been convicted if we had had money to hire a lawyer, or if that miserable wretch the court appointed had done his duty. But he never tried. There was no money in it, and he didn‘t want to offend that dead scoundrel‘s friends. ‘Law isn‘t always justice to poor folks. | But thank God for one chance, even one in so many, to save him. And Heaven help my girl to be strong and brave. enough to seize it for him, whatever it is," repeated the old mother to herself between her prayers. Mrs. Jessup wasted no time in proface, for the littlé eleck on the mantel told ten minutes to nine. The girl‘s red eyes and heaving bosom told that she woul«.( not.be indit_!_q;gnt. _ ‘"Let them. .B;JII‘-O'}:’; â€"Lottie _ ;e;un;ed, breathlessly. ""Put on your things and come with me, quick. I‘ll explain as we Inspired with new life by this strange, new hope, Carwie.aaught down her sack and hat, and two dark figures hurried back through the streets, while the invalid mother clasped her hands in prayer: that was more than half thanksgiving that even this one chance rempained. " 222 Heavy, indeed! The ‘lady,s heart alâ€" most stood still ; but she loo{ed again at the girl‘s stolid face and took courage. No, Mary sugpected nothing. Mrs. Jessup snatched down a holder, and opened the oven door. ‘*I don‘t see anything wrong â€"with it, " she declared, tun.in% and thumpâ€" ing the crisp brown ‘loaf in a fever of anxâ€" iety which she dared not betray. . *‘ Pshaw ! It is as good a loaf as need be. Hand me a big m‘Ykin. Marty, Ishall put it in the hasket along with t'.he ot‘h’or'thmgl. * + She hurried out to join Carrie, and walkâ€" ed more than a block with her, pouring out id e,;p_lagmgn!,_we%gxe-tion- and _ cauâ€" tions, under her breath, ~ _ T â€" Meantime Carrie had reached the Jessup mapsion, and gonud at the gate while the lady ran in. She glanced into the parlor in passing the â€"door. Ten minutes ‘past nine ! And so much still to do. ; * Where is my basket, Mary *" she askâ€" ed, hurrying into the kitchen. _ ‘*To think of my forgetting it ! And while I think of it, how did thefinking et on ?" * It‘s all. done, r_nem,%_mt the last loaf, " <* It‘s all. done, mer;jmt the last loaf, " said Mary.‘ ‘" And good, too, all but‘that one. It looks nice, .mem, but I‘m awful afraid it‘s heavy. " _ _ _ _ Te Indeed, mem, I wouldn‘t remonstrated honest Mary. ‘"I,m afeord it‘s heavy ; and besides, it‘s so hot. Now, any of the others is better lookin‘ loaves, besides beâ€" ing cooler. "â€" .. _ C1 o __"* You are too particul@r to live, ‘ Mary," Mrs, Jessup returned curtly, as she folded the precious loaf in a white nupkin. " Now I‘m * Ofall the crazy fromks !: But, yes, 1 suppose I might as well let you in. The young fellow isn‘t asleep, nor likely to sleep,© as far as I can see. It‘s theâ€" last time,,and its a pity if one can‘t show a litâ€" tle favor to‘a doomed man. Especiaily when jt is such hard lines,â€"but you ‘ can‘t stay butâ€"a minute, mind you. * 4 6 «* Remember, everyching depends on the way you say it. You must do him the last kindnesd in your power. Food cooked by friendly. hands must taste better, Let them search the basket, if they want to." wfie;?h;& p.rted,ilhd Carrie hurried on, to be admitted by: the big, goodâ€"natured sheriff withâ€"some reluctance. _ L © But that was enough. Despite the pres: ence oldr,he sleepy gxrd. Carrie contrived to unperceiv the importance . of Ti hotloat" e oo on * They say warm bread is bad for the digestion, but I doh't‘ thi|nk 't:hhkvill hurt o nd en oy glance told far more. _ ndu Lottie Jessup had flown homeward, for her work was not yet /do’ne. Twentyâ€"five minutes past nine ! How remorselessly the steady gnc_lnlum swung to and fro ! She ran up to her own room, threw aside Ner wraps, snatched a light, and burried up to the 5nlty attic. _ She must fulfill the prom:â€" ise in that scribbled noto, or all she had .f;m thus far was the merest cruelty. She must prepare a disguise, . ty Hcrr- was hosts of old garments, some torn, some miceâ€"eaten, many too utterly out of date to serve. ~The minutes seemed hours to her fiercely beltini heart as she hunted flno? them. _ When: would she find them ? Herc‘at last was an overcoat that would do if well brushed. She laid 1t aside and turned over the heaps faster than ever. Here was a patr of old boots, When would she have them alt* She was sure it was midnight before she found the trousers, hint, and ‘cane necessary â€"to complete the disguise. With fear and trembling she stdle down to the parlor. . A glance at the clock astounded her. A quarter to ten. Time yot. e Soonne e ts ie Oc 2 _ Fifteen minutes‘ wgrl: r;hfoed to render the di presenta en she rolied it into -m and stole out into the darkâ€" ness again. _ It was Ifard to grope her way through, ~ufifamiline ‘:dn to the empty stable at the back of their grounds ; harder mumelimbwwdor that led to the loft while her big bundle, but she succeeded. . 4 * One moment she rested on the, soft bay, &-twn-m Mh«wmfiwddzq then she Zlimbed down and groped her way back, goiry toâ€"her own rooms now, to hide ‘the trmces‘of three hourn‘ haste and exciteâ€" ment. She had barely time to smooth het hair und brush hor dusty dress, her rapid .".“..“‘.‘::'i%fl"‘..u"m"" NFe+ Will and Nellie had come, _ . _ _ _ _ umsmwnm,u*r' N ** Aren‘t tired to death, Lothie / _ Tras to Lottie Jeseup, looking buck on all Tove traime i neomen N6 ?:-,:--' o ho ; Ib-.-iqt-' a sternâ€"faced ©* Three mortal hours behind time !" Nelâ€" |,â€"""|'I; Ed;d-c‘nlufly. but her quick nce told far more. ® _ Mre. Jessap was on â€"mhg' ingI mained of th :':d --.:1'2 wa the toul | He was not was to 'ongo}dh' and preâ€" | Lottie Jessup ce ed her and departéd, for Harry‘s sake sho was very ‘three hours‘ delay. He was not Perhaps if the truth were fow ‘it; but six months later Lottie a letter with a postâ€" mark that had begn familiar to her e that of the little valley fimiflfiq‘.‘“ had been passed. It was s bride‘s letter, Taime wotired Phody mae Rephiens. . The s, and ful and eas. e Luhud::m was not mt;onodh'hf‘:lh sent teful ings, but the letter was ll‘h.‘.‘r“ Mmdw. ® It was a trifle that Mr. Jessup missed the train he meant to catch,â€"but trifles change our whole lives sometimes. Monday . 4 God‘s temple ero: holy mount, ..'."h_‘.’.‘ l‘!lslt.hfiflmnd{ to dwell ; His Siqn‘s gates, in his account . ut faradrs inireat Lonts exvel : Yea, glorious n\lmg of thee we sing, O city of th} Almighty King! 1ilustrious throngs from her pro The Almighty shail datablish hor, _ And shall enral her holy seod : . Xea, for his poogh)n shall count T he.ohildren of his fayour‘d mount. He‘ll Sion find with numbers fll‘d . Of honour‘d Sion we aver, ~Iilustrious throngs from her proceed ; _ Who oglebrate his matchless praise Who hets in allefuiangkiiPd. . _ e en m tod In heaven their harps and by mns shall raiso ( Sion, seat of Israel‘s King, * Be mine to drink thy living spring! _ Tuesdayâ€"Youth mounts the box, seizes the reins, and jehus headiong on the.dark ; passion and prodigality blaze in the front, and bewilder the oow{mm and dazzle the passengers ; wigdom, prudence, and virtue are overset and maimed or murdered ; and mt last repentance, like the footman‘s flambeau lagging, lights us to dangers when they:mre past n_lrremedy.â€"-['l‘. Holcroft. Thursdayâ€"The first gift of God to his inâ€" fant church was the gift of tongues of fire. The taoufiguez were fiery because the heart was on fire. One can wee even now the lambent flame in the words of St. Paul in the sermon on Mars Hill or the letters to Wednesdayâ€" But the difference between them is as great as between the languages they speak.â€"â€" [Christian Union. t c ; Fonne How Mineral Veins Are Formed. The procésses by which nature forms such M ol silver are very interâ€" â€"f*.Q wretched man that I ani ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death *" d . e t Now unto him that is able to do exceedâ€" ingly abundantly. above all that we ask or thm{, gceordlngb:o the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throufihout all ages, world without end.. Amen. usue Saturdayâ€"Language is an outward sign of an inward character, It would be interest ing, and not impossible, to trace the difâ€" §erent National chl.mc;‘ber}::icu in the difâ€" erent langu. Greek, tin, Spanish, Portuguese, m&, German, An lo‘?gaxon â€"all 3!0!0 and other tongues nn(P dialects have their reason .in some quality, some temperment, in the re:pecciva&c%le who speak their diverse languages. rench> man and the German live near neighbors on opposite sides of &n inviuible‘boungary line. k};h;\ll andâ€" Galatia.. Righteen centuries have not cooled them. How they still glow ; what impassioneG tervor is in v.hemll . _ ©"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God !* _ _ '3â€"6â€"&B,vv;l;§r; is thy sting ? O grave, where is thy victory ?" ere MSSEY C . 0 . 1 sccnng _ These embers, . i;i;ked up at random from Paul‘s Epistles, still glow as when they first were kindled. â€"{Lyman Abbott. utinq. It must be remembered that the earth‘s crust is full of water, which percoâ€" lates every where zhrouz}l; the rocks, making solutions of elements_ obtained from them. These chemical solutions take up small p reâ€" cious metal which they find scattered here and there. Sometimes the solutions in ?uubion are hot, the water hnvingx got so ar down as to be set aâ€"boiling by the eterâ€" nal heat of the globe, _ Then l.hé{' rush upâ€" Turned the Tables Upon Themâ€" Mr. J., owing to the jealonsy of his fel« low clerks, was M&n:n:):etod to many petty annoyances. y his enemies thougbt they had hit on a plan which would amuse them and add to J‘s discomfort. So, when J. entered the office th? one after another came up and said. to him in a tone of horror : es P m ward, picking up the bite of metal as they go. Naturally heatassists in theé)er{ormnnca of this operation. Now and then the streams thus formed perpetually flowing hither and thither below ground,â€" pass through cracks or cavities in the "rocks, where they deposit their loads of silver. This is kept up for a great length of | time, perhaps thousands of years, until the fissure or pocTot is filled up. Crannies permeating the stony mass in every directionâ€"may beâ€" come filled with the metal, or occasionally a chamber may be stored full of it, as if a myriad hands were fetching the treasure from all sides and hiding away a future bonanza for some lucky prospector to disâ€" cover in another age. Anb{ou i}l? You look simply fhut)y." r. J. sat listgning quietly for a few minutes ; then suddenly, to the surprise of everybody, got off his stool and slipped into the manager‘s office. . aad s k Mfi;‘&fl{w':ldncduvgmm manager & 0 t. I, mm?fi;;' m’, antonished, clorks said : 12 5+ An Mr. J. i unwell, ve gran him p-nidd!n‘)”bh a day or two‘s holiâ€" day, so you must divide his work equally amongst, you until he returns." \We saw Jake natiing up a box the other day containing some articles which he intended sending by ox:'-. Â¥rom the nature of the contents we knew it was essenâ€" tisl thit the box should not be inverted on the passage, so we ventured the io Toke 1C pase tht mediabursd " Tide A fow days alter we saw Jake. _ _ _ _ _ "Beket feom r, gaods, Jake? Did wgry mfinfld Jack, sullenâ€" ly. ‘*Lost the hisll lot ! Hang the expross ho L $10 4 [ Whil hss ie iabd 1-7:'}«. tur fear they shouldn‘t sib4t on the kive Wednesdayâ€"â€" '.:“Wh'yv_hnj is'tb: l.nl".@l‘ Ylth . you ? As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find : â€" As the lightning from the skies . Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly thus our fleeting days Boar us down life‘s rapid stream ; Upward, Lord our spirits raisé ; All below is but a dream. Thanks for mercies past receive ; Pardon of our sins renew ; Teach us henceforth how to live With cternity in yview; Bleas thy worg to young and old ; Fill us witgin Savlomgu love ; And when life‘s short title is told, May we dwell with thee above. Goiden Thoughts for Every Day. " This Side Up" Top and Bottom Come Hol y Comforter, Thy sacred witn ess bear, o nsl alsa." Tn this glad hour ! Thou, who nlmigh!{ are, Now rule in every heart, And no‘er from us depart, 8 pirit of power. To thee, ‘great one in Thee, The highest praiscsbe, Honce evermore ; Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see, Al_lx to eternity Love and adore. , con# o S eojge m ry of other ‘am io o9 miude ty upon the cover, [C. Wesley â€"{Anon, â€"[Anon troublous days have, smong many great men, in great wondoer, watched the aunxise mn-flmmdlhvflc contrast, its stern exaction of and endurance, and its supreme & reward, the realization of that which inâ€" spired the ancients and the posts of : the T oc oi To s Ti heuptine * ** ‘The story of the ascent of ml:l.: from whose summit Plato, in his serenc ll;â€"v-hmâ€"'o;-lfl’hb.tlhmul tho.&t‘l:l timeâ€"and Mr. tone, in our trou days have, smong many great ?Mmmluuudm posts 0 ; ING 1ddle Ages. . From the bunana and the i:l:. t'hro:é the seven botanical um to which botanists have divided the realim protectedâ€" of Persephoneâ€"because ** amon, thobmovx cornfields of her mother, i!o-ou{. and the meadowâ€"flowers she loved in girlhood are ever found sulphâ€" urous ravines and chasms breathing vapor from the pit of Hades "â€"to the snow: capped crust that spreads for ten square miles beâ€" tween the awful depth of unquenchable fire and the blue heaven that suddenly seems to be brought near, the traveller mounts, with an ovor-mcrwln%unu of ‘the wvastness beâ€" youd and around him. _ 7 °_ When twelve miles of the ascent fro m Catania have been woomc‘llilhed. the summit looks as fqr off as ever. When Mr. iodwdl made the ascent in August, 1877, no rain. had fallen in Sicily for three months, and along the éastern seabase of the mountains the mean temperature whs 82 degrees Fahâ€" renbeit. His starting point was Catania : his first halt at Nicolosi, a little town, con: lintini of one long street, bordered by oneâ€" storied cottages of lava. Nicolosi has more than once been shaken to the ground by earthquakes. From thence begins the jourâ€" ney, on mule back,â€"by no definite path, over w vast tract covered with lava and ashes, with here and there patches of broom. _ The mules know all about it, and wise travellers trust them as they deserve. While.his mule bore him unguided up the steep slope of the trackless waste Mr. Rodwell wrote his notes, and at the time of the setting sun used his pocket specti pe. Aroung the district of lava and l;o.iiel â€"lie forests of small trees, and at aheight of 4,216 feet is the Casa del Bosco, where men in charge of the woods live and whence the start for quite the upâ€" per wejfions of the mountainâ€"where q:o?d surpassing that of the higher Alps has to‘be encounteredâ€"is made. There, Mr. Rodwell records, ‘‘ the air was so extraordinary still that the flame of a candle plaged near the open door of the house did not flicker,." At 6,300 feat theâ€"Regione Deserta is entered. Lifelessness is all around. Silence broods over the waste of black sand, ashes and lava; ants are the only living creatures in the crater region. A Knlo lower down Spalfanâ€" zani found jays, thrusites, ravens, kites and a few partridges. There was no moon on the night on which Mr.‘ Rodwellâ€"made the asâ€" cent ; but as the desolation despened, and the earth became more arid, and more void and mute, the heavens * took up the wonâ€" drous tale." ‘"‘The stare," he says, * shone with extraordinary brilliancy, and sparkled like particles of whiteâ€"hot steel. Yflh:ve never before seen the heavens studded with such myriads of stars. The Milky Way slone like a rach of fire, and meteors flashed across the sky in such numbers that I soon _ A hundred years ago Brydone, beholding this same wondrous spectacle of ‘awitul majesty and splendor," records how he and his companion were ‘"more struck with venâ€" eration than below ;" how they exclaimed together, ‘What & glorious situation for an observatory ! had Empedocles had the eye of Galileo what discoveries must he not have made !" and how they regretted that Jupiter was not visible, as he was persuaded they might have discovered some of his satellites with.the naked eye, or at least with a small glass which he had in his pocket. There is bvery prob&bim{ that next year will see an observatory at the Casa Inglese, a small lava house near the base of the cone of the great crater, built by the English officers stationâ€" ed in Sicily in 1811. So simply does Mr. Rodwell record the guerdon of his toil, for, as he says truly, no one would have the hardihood to attempt to describe the impressions which Are made upon the mind while the eyes are beholding the sunrise from the summit of Etna. How greatly the isolation of the awful mountain adds to the incommunicable effect Brydone implies when he dwells upon "" the immonse elevation from the wurface of the earth, drawn, as it were, to a single point, without qg*flneighbo‘ring mountains for the senses and imagination to rest upon and recover from their astonishment, in their way down to the world." It must be a wonderful ex« perience to turn from such & conumghlion to gaze into the vast, percipitous" abyss of the %rut crater, even when it is quist, as on this oveasion. In 1838, when Mr. Gladâ€" stone made the ascent, the fire forces were in activity, and he witnessed a " slight " emotion, involving such trifles as lavm masâ€" mm(‘))rohndl in weight being thrown a disâ€" tance of a mile and & half, and a black column of ashes being shot from time to time out of the uttermost depths of the orater far above its edge. . a gave up any attempt to count them. The vault of heaven seemed to be much nearer than whenâ€"seen from the earth, ud more flat, as‘if only & short distance above our heads, and some of the brighter stars apâ€" peared to be hanging down from the sky." At 1.30 a. M., withâ€"the temperature at 4 degress (Fabrenheit), Mr. Roxrwell reached the welcome sheltor of the Casa Inglese, and rested there until 3 a. x., when thebrighter stars having disappoared, he started for the summit of the great vrater, 1,200 teet above him in order to witness what Brydone calls ‘‘the most wonderful arnd most sublime sight in nature," | There was nostrong wind,; the traveller did not suffer from the sickness of which travellers copstantly complain in the ravefied air of the summit, â€" He reached the highest point at 4.40, and, cautionsly choosâ€" ing a coolish place among the cinders, sat down on the ground, whence steam and rulphurousâ€" tai% gas were issuing, to wait for the sunrise : ‘*Above the place where the sun would presently appear there was a brilliant red, shading off in the direction of the zenith to orange and yellow ; this was succeeded by pale green, t{on a long stretch of pale blue, (Fnrker blue, dnl:k gray, en&ing effect was t}iuite gilfinct; it. lasted some minutes, and was very remarkable. This was succeeded by the usugl rayed appearâ€" ance, and at ten minutes to 5 the upper limb of the sun was seen over the the moun tains of Culabria." The minor craters look small in ccmpariâ€" son with the great mass of.the mountain, but in reality some of them are of great size "â€"as, for instance, the double mountain, called * Monti Rossi," from the red cinders that composed itâ€"and are richly covered with vegetation. 13 s A Curious Buria 1 Place. . Riding or walking down Oxford Street, London, qne can hardly fail to notice a curiqugâ€" abject m} the top of a very handâ€" some residence a few hw{dhd ym{l to the right after whl1 the Marhle Arch. As seenâ€"from the street it uplpem to be a frameâ€" work of %lul. some twelve feet long by six broad and four ‘high. Through the glass can be plainly seen a large, oblong box, suggestive of a coffin in color, lhspo.m gize. > The sto that the last tenant of this R:I.usl m«, who warl:o nvdnor of T roperty, was an eccentric an er Wesiihy gig gentieman. . When he died. away back in the sixties, he left a provision. in h{: will JM his remsins lbo-flonot he buried in the ground in the ardtnd? way, but should be placed in s coffin inside the Lhd- structure referred to above, vhto} he built for \hugpon during his lifeâ€" time. Agents f ::vpefl] have tried to disprove thh}ory.‘ t the fact remains W Londoner in the vicinity of the 4 Arch firmly believe that the remaine of the old man Iiy, or rather stand, in the n wl lals hok Ths nome hes resam: s onaiiyy med the agent mopt l wiegiver That outions box may contain 1t will never inpey utd 12 wremuils with domey ***** roves,.from â€"the vineyards and the ETNA BSUMMIT .. * ARemarkably Equine Freak Captured the Platns by six Cow boy‘s. â€"____ the Pintns by stx Cowboy®s, _ _« Five years ago six venturesome cowâ€"boys, tired of the -.o'uhnyd driving captle to Kansas City, formed a to hunt buffalos on the plains, ,.The lads td & contract to work lorldou.vhl cash d.dm from the sale of the skinz was to be div and the firm dispolved. The boys operated in Arizona, Wyoming and Manitoba, with a view of supplying with hides the Northwestern Canadian markets which were ht that time scantily _ ‘The animals were in especially good, conâ€" dition and more switt of ,pot thxn the averâ€" markete 'hhhnunhnl-o scantily stocked. The hun had bad luck for the first few months and were aboutrto abandon the yenture, whenâ€" one mornlfl they ram across a large herd of w â€"It took four. :l;;l i{iogutto hitn from his companions, and \vhilo e _nppon!_.red to bo subdued from fear, he made a fierce fight forlibefty, _ As soon as he was tr‘.pptd off his feet, Ko raised himself on Wis hind legs, !{‘lunged in the air and ttirned on his captors. he anime. was found #o have all the symâ€" metry of a perfectly formed yearling colt. The gead. ears, nose, shoulders, haunches, aud legs were those of a horse. The dull sleepy eyes, the shaggy «oat and thin tail covered with tufts, and the hoofs belonge& _ The cowboys realized that.they had securâ€" ed a prize and went to work to tame him before an introduction to civilization. â€" It was a more d?ficult task than they counted on, and five of the owners finally sold out to the other. . For three years this boy laborâ€" ed with his prize, but the best he was able to de was to get the animal to respond to a powerful Twiteh tied around . the nose and attached to a stout stick. While the animâ€" al was being tamed the hoofs began tospread, and when it was five years old, it was shod and trained to answer to a bit in the mouth. Imperial Prince, as the halfâ€"buffalo, halfâ€" horse is named, recently arrived in Utica, but has not yet been shown in public. Large royalties have already béen offered for the tight to exhibit Imperial Prince throughout the:country, as it is believed he is the only specimen that has ever been captured. | to _t._!xé buffalo upeflu â€" He is now trained to the saddle and can be ridden by a child. _ The gait is more of m lope and he is inclined to amble rather than to walk. He isiaix years old, weighs 1130 lbs., and stands 15 hands 3inches. Modern Instance of One of Them Noted in a Kecent Wreck. © A curious incident occurred quite regentâ€" lyin connection. with a collision which reâ€" sulted in the sinking of a consting schooner. The colliding steamer stood by after runâ€" ning into the smaller vessel, and seeing she was evidently settling down, launched a boat to â€"rescue the crew. The night was dark and the sea rough, and though the shore was but some four or fiveâ€"hundred yards away, the situation was a dangerous one. "he .t Oné" of the crew of the coaster when rbout to jump into the steamer‘s boat said he had forgotten to see to the dog. The animal was a large one, of the Newfoundâ€" land type, and his deep bark had never ceased since the firstâ€"immpact of the collison. ‘When the owner of the dog returned. the rescued crew were soon on board the sailing vessel‘s deck. ‘Nothing more was thought of the dog incident nntil his frantic appeals for help made it patent to all that he was still on board the uinkin% vesset. . When remonstrated with for not bringing him off, the owner statedâ€"that he had securely fastâ€" ened him so that he could not be washed ‘away either dead or alive. l € A promiuent horse dealer of Toronto was informed this Spring of this peculiar freak of horse flesh. Negociations with the cowâ€" boy resulted in its purchase, but before the &niâ€" mal reached Toronto a liberal bonus induced. the original purchaser " to sell it to a dealer in Utica, N. Y. â€" Em The boat was again hurriedly lowered, but the schooner had drifted away, and by the time she was reached the dog‘s struggles were over, for she had settled down, and only the top of herâ€"mainamnast was visible. When the wreck was raised the body of the dog was discovered secured in such a manâ€" ner as to render it impossible for him to be separated either in li(Pe or death from the wreck. â€"In the carly days of our‘ merchant shipping, the ‘‘schippe dogge" was a mecessary part of the equipment of every vessel. ; e All wrecks in ancient times were deemed the}rropeny of the crown, but by a statute of Henry I. the harsh consequenges of this law were avoided when any person, male or female, elc;{)ed. A still more humane enâ€" actmen‘t of Henry IL. extended the property= saving clauses of the statute so as to in= clude man or beast. (Hencé the custom that still lingers of having a ‘ship dog" on board. It must be remembeted, too, in connection with the above incident, that coasting hands are derived in the thiain from oldâ€"fashioned fishing villages and secluded cogst towns, where Old World traditions die hard. s * â€" A distinguished explorer, who has spent much of hig lite in the jungles of Africa, had gone offt in search of . & magnificent bull g\lfl’llo which he had shot the day be: fore, but which two lions had seized and carried off in the nishe. â€"Pollowing their trail he found himself at the entrarce to & tunnel, three and oneâ€"half or four feet high. * With two of my Tokrooris following with spare rifles," says he, "I crept upon hands and knees into the dark tunnel, following the trace of the dragged buf: falo. A light doubleâ€"barreled rifle was my companion. . . . It was somé vague and shadowy idea that by the possible sacrifice of the dog the vessel might be secured to her owper in spite of her being wrecked, that led to the animal being abandoned without being ;llowed m chance to escape from a watery eath. "After a fow yards the tunnel narrowed greatly and was little more than three feet in height. The evergreen bush which lined it was so dense ',E-c the place was was very dark, and I could no Emger see any tracks of lions upon the ground over which I crept, advancing in the most cauâ€" tious manner, with both batrels upon fuil cock. _ ‘* About seventy yards had been passed in this manner when I discovered signs that ;he}mfiulo wr near at hand. Hed n ind me, and my two men w&#@ keepin welb g':!thpr. *hp carcasy of the bu%clz could not be far of, and it was hifihly toâ€" bable thut thedions would be found in Â¥or- cible possession, _ _ _ _ _ _ on ; * were both dlose up. We mpz nois forward for a fovrzrdn, and suddenly‘a dark object appeared tq block the tunnel. | 2s M ‘*In another t I distinguished the grand head Q%. :or: mane of a noble lion on the ather" af s black object which proved to be the bady of the buffals, _ Anâ€" other head, of m lioness, arose upon the w’:l that justant a~ tramandans sase Li):m' we':’slooe at hand, Once more ked round to see if my men were comin * At that instant a tremendous roar Gunloned us, and the seone shanged belore I _ ‘‘Prese u{ I heard the cracking of a bone, and there could be no doubt :in the lions were olose at hand, Once more I t +940 A "SOBIPPE DOGUE." In the Lions‘ Derâ€" U3 oo‘ Rausd P 5 o4 l }t:.x"f' M\f&fm‘x ‘M is ut 49 ue pernly be gratiy thost wis gitosened uy ;buv‘-e-',':"ls ames '.2‘..:... at the mountain razch in Idaho on riblyâ€"injured by his itc ed antagoniat, he might lnvo’ m& wounds had not Jim Maxwell, a vaquero, sent a 'l“f from a Sharp‘s rifle through his hody., Before the muly died, however, he played even with his human foe. â€" the better fighter, and although he was ter« The battle royal between the two beasts commenced at about 4.30 in the mhs and lasted about an hour. ‘The ranch han saw the melee from its commencement, but, so confident were thr{ that the stallion would prove a victor, they did not attempt to interfere until;it was too late. Time and again old (Th[y; Rex, as the big Norman horse was called, had in short order killed bluck bears of a‘considerable size, and the men thought his early morning antagonist was nothing more than an unusually big black bear which had come to the ranch in search of a juicy shoat. They observed that the shaggy animal‘s tethod of fighting was quite unusual, but they were too anxious to enjoy a little sport to give the matter a second thought. A Old Grey Bex had been sleeping in his shed the previous night, and when he heard the men moving fboub he pranced out, naig)ll'u'ng for his matutinal feast of grain. As he rounded the cow pen the menâ€"saw him eagerly suiff the air, his ears slanted forwarfi and his mane stiff and bristling. Gazing over the.grassy range the men saw the figure of a ‘bear, lehursf; slouching off foward a heavy copse. A moment later (ifey Rex, his eyes distended with rage, sharp snorts of anger and defiance isstng" from his red nostrils, started majestically across the plain to offer battle to the reâ€" treating intruder. The bear heard sthe hostile advance of the stallion, and he glanâ€" ced over his shouldpr, but did not quicken his shuffling gait. ‘{ma seen horses before. But it was now too late. The animals were at it tooth, hoof, and claw, engaged in one final struggle. It was a terrible conflict, Both.animals were b&thed in blood, poor old Rex‘s color appearing only in irregular spots. He fought like a demon, scrikinfi kicking and biting. Again and again wit his gleaming teeth he tore patches of hide and flesh from the body of the bear, and nearly every time he tried to land: his feet he succreded. But the bear was as savage as the horse, He had been crippled fore and aft, but he was full of fight, and great pétcifes upon the stallion‘s _sides, breast, and head showed where his blows hadstruck. ‘The bleeding animals did not pause a moâ€" ment. They fought like tigers, the horse shriliy soreaming and the grizzliny groaning nuuenly. es ol mss ‘‘By George, boys, there‘s goin‘ to be some fun?" cried Cowboy Jack Spires, and the men clamored to the roef of a shed the better to see the battle. . > Rex heard the men approaching and he speedily fegained his waning courage. . He dashed at the bear, turnefi nimbly, and kicked him end over end. The bear did not seem to be very badly injured, .but he, was now thoroughlyaroused. Rex was upon him in an instant,thiuking to again stab the bear with his forefeet. , As the horse reared for the blow the grizzly darted forward, and, with a tremendous blow from one of its armored paws, it ripped open the bowels of the belligerent stallion. &:hc men saw the blood rush forth, saw the protruding enâ€" trails, and realized that Rex had at length met his match. Jim Maxwell rushed to the house for his rifle, and.the other _ men â€"tried by shouts‘and sudden sorties to frighten the bear away. _ U Presently the bear saw a chance to delivâ€" er a blow with one of his tremendous paws. It fell with murderous force upon the stallion‘s shoulder, and it knocked him over and over. When he arose he was dazed.. It was evident that he could not see the bear, for he commenced to trot here and there apparently in search of his foe. Presently his eyes fell upon the bear, which was savage and expectant. With a fearful ory of rage t.e horse rushed, or rather staggered, toward his redâ€"eyed anâ€" tagonist, and again he éssayedâ€"to strike with his forefeet. But he wes too weak. He gave the foe an opening, and a moment later he sauk to the earth dead, with a broken peck. % â€" a& sharp el;i he turned to flee, but he sudâ€" denly w{ee ed, dashed at the men, struck Maxwell upon his left hip, breaking the bone, and then falling forward across the form of the prostrate man, the grizzly died with his face toward the fo9, © ___ Remaikable Little Things. . The smallest representatives of the sheep species are the tiny ‘* Bretons," natives of Breton, France. _ When tall grown they are not much larger than a nbbf:. It is said that a ram orfonr years conld be entirely hiddep in a common wooden water bucket, but forâ€"the horns. _ One has never been known to exceed twentyâ€"one pounds in weight when dressed tor mutton. ut Just at this instant Jim Maxrwell fired, The bullet pierced the grizzly‘s body, With An interesting piece of mechanism is now on exhibition in a rewoler’l window in Paris, France. Tt.is a miniature working model of the fi““ Cruzot hammerâ€"the largest in the world. . It works in a fh- unornl two inches in height, a liliputian (;ps {uminhln' the motive power, . The origi mmther Weighs 100 tons ; this model, "ioh A Manchester cutter, who must be a light» fingered mechanicof high order, has made a wonderful little ’.n-}-ll.. It weighs buy one pennyâ€"weight. otwithstanding Gl.l: extreme minuteness, however it is provi with sixteen very useful articles, viz.; Three blades, a buttonâ€"hook;, saw, punch, screw: driver, ~dorkâ€"gorew, hook, ‘ gim two ?\h‘-m‘" picker, tweezprs, OQJ two tatal length of the knife is but eleven> sixteenths of an inch, The microscope éxhibits over 4000 musolos in a common oaterpillar ; a thousand mirâ€" mhthoqunduubu,-dm that the big * eye" of the "" devit‘s darning needle" is a grand aggragation of more than is of pure gold, nine grains. Old Ursns Flies don‘t bother the busy mas.