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9 SISTER A STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION BY WILK1I2. INTERNA! iCIIAJTRtt XVII.-frnxviscsM He paused, nmt Trudalne oroIo en Icavored to speak mioh word as might Ihow that he wns nol unworthy of the flenillr rk which Lomnquo wan pre inred to encounter. HttUonco mora tho ibjef-agent peromptorlly ntut Irritably interposed. ' "I tell yen, for tho tlllrd tlmo." he Mid. "I will listen to no expressions of gratitude from you. till I know when 1 lejorre them. It Is true that I recollect rest father's timely Mildness to in -trtis that I hnvo not forgotten what pasted Are years slnoe, nt your house bf the rtvor side. I rememher every thing, down to what you would consid er the verlset Irltlo thnl eup of coffee, tor Instance, whleh your sister kept hot (or me. I told you then that you would think butter of me some dny. I know Hint you do now. Hut this Is net nil.. You want to glorify me to my fneo for risking my llfo for you. I nm woary of life. I enn't lefok Imrk to It with pleasure. I nm too old to look forward to whet Is left of It with hope. There wns something In that night nt your heme before the weddlnR something In whet you said, In whnt your sister Jld which nltorcd mo. I hnve had my lays of gloom nnd solf-rcpronrli. from tlmo to time, nlnco then. I hnvo sick tnod at my slavery, nnd subjection, nnd Jiipllclty. nnd cringing, first under one master, then under nnothor. 1 hnvo longed to look back nt my llfo, nnd com fort mysolf with tho slghPnt somo Rood icllon, just n.i n frugal mnn comforts himself with tho slRht of his little sav ings laid hy In nn olddrawor. T enn't do this, nnd I want to do It. Tho want uXes me like n lit, at unncrtnlu Intervals suddenly, under the most ln comprehensible Influencer. .V glance up at the blue sky starlight over the houses of this great city, when I look out at the night from my garret win-low- a child's volco coming suddenly, 1 don't know where from the piping of my neighbor's linnet In his llltlo cage now ono thing, nnd then nnothor, wakes up Hint wnnt in mo In n mo ment. Rascal nn I am. those (ew slmplo words your sister spoko u the Judge went through nnd through me llko n knife. Btrnngo, In n mnn like mo, Isn't It? 1 am amtizod nt It myself. My life? llah! l'ro lot It out for hlro to be kicked about hy rnseols from otto dirty plnro to nnnlhor, llko n football! It's .my whim to give it n Inst kick myself, and throw It nwny decently boforo It lodges on tho dunghill forever. Your ilHter kept n good cup of coffeo hot for inc. and I give her n tmd llfo In return. Thank mo for III Whnt folly! TKnnk :ne when I hnvo dono something usoful. Don't thnnk mo for thnt!" He snapped his fingers cantamptu insly ns ho spoke, nnd walked nwny to the outer door to receive tho Jnllor, who returned nt that moment. Well," Inquired tho hunchback, "litis inyhody asked for mo?" "No." said Lomnquo; "not n soul has entered tho room, what sort of wine did you gotr "So-so! Oood at n pinch, friend sod at n plnoli." "Ah! you should go to my shop nnd try a certain cask, tilled with n parlla i lar rlntagol" "Wlmt shop? Whleh vlntngo?" "I can't stop to tell you now; hut wo shall most llkoly meat ngaln lo-dny I expect to bo nt tho prison this after- unnn. Shall I ask for you? Good! won't forgot!" With those farewoll words ho wont out, and never so inueli as loskod back nt tho prisoners before he closed tho door behind him. Trttdslno roturnod to his sister, four fill lest his faco should betray whnt hud pasted during tho extraordinary Inter view botween Lomaquo nnd himself, Itut whatever ohango thero might bo In Ills expression, Hoso did not seem to notice It. Bho wan still strangely Innt lentlve to all outward things. That spirit of resignation, which Is tho cour age of women In all grcnt cmergeneloa. seemed now to he tho one animating spirit that fed tho Haute of lite within her. When hor brother sat down hy hor. the only took his hand gently, and said: "iM us stop together like this, Louis, till the tlmo comes. I am not afraid of It, far I hnvo nothing but you to make me love II. o, and you, too, nro going to die. Do you remember the tlmo when I used to grieve that I never had a child to be somo oomfort to me? 1 was thinking a moment ago how horrible It would hnvo been now, If my wish had been granted. It Is a blessing for me, In this great misery, that I am chtldleMl Let us talk ef old days, Louis, aa long as we eau not of my liusband. or my marriage only of the old times, before I was a burden and a trouble to you." QHAPTIill XVIII. J Hi day wore on Hy ones, twos, and threes nt n time, tho condemned prisoners oatne from tho tribunal, and collected In the watting room. At two o'clock all was ready for the call Ing over of the death-list. It was read and verified by an olllser of the court: and then the gaoltr took bis yrla oners bask to St. Latere. livening oatne. The prisoners' meat had been served j the duplicate of the death-list had been read In public at the grate; tut cell doors wero all looked. from the day of their arrest, Hose and ROSE. COLLIN5 Pfmas association. her brother, pnrtly through the Influ enee of n bribe, portly through Lo- moque's lulereesslon, had been confined together In one coll; and together they now Rwalted the dread ersnt of the morrow. The morning came, and In hot sum mer sunrise, what life was left In the terror-struek city nwoko for the day faintly; and atlll the suspense of tho leng night remained uullghtened. It , was drawing near the hour when th 1 tumbrils were to come for the victim (loomed on the day before. TrudnlneV , ear could detect even the faintest sound ' In the echoing prlsen-rogldn outside his eel). Boon, listening near the door, he , hoard voices disputing on the other side" of II. Suddenly the holla were drawn Imck, tho key turned In the lock, and , he found himself standing face lo face with tKnlhtinchhaok and one of his sub ordinate nttondnnts. "Look!" miitterod this last man, sulk ily, "there ther are, safe In their eell. Just ns I said; but I tell you again they are not down in the list. What do you moan by bullying mo about not chalk ing tholr door Inst night, along with tho rest? Catch me doing your work for you ngaln. when you'ro too drunk to do It yourself!" "Hold your tongue, nnd let mo have another look nt tho list!" returned the hunchbnek, turning nwny from tho cell door, nnd snatching a slip of paper from Iho other's hand. "Tho devil take mo If I can make head or tall of It!" ho exclaimed, scratching his head, after a careful examination of the list, "I cotill swear that I read oar their ,,.. .i ., ,;.,..,, ff, o us or io near ot us again. -names at the grato yesterday Afternoon. ...... ,lrmi, ljimnnl. niiin with my own Hps; and yet. look ns long i as I tuny, I certainly enn't find thorn written down here. Olve us a pinch, friend. Am I awake or dreaming? drunk or sober this morning?" "Sober, I hope," said a quiet voice at his elbow. "I have Just looked In t see how you nre after yesterday." "How I nm. Citizen Lomaque? l'etrl fled .villi nstonlshmont. You yourself tank clutrgo of that mnn and woman for mo, In the waiting room, yosterdny morning: and ns for myself, I could swoar to having road their names at the grnto yesterday afternoon. Yet this morning thero are no such things as those said names In be found in tho list. What do you think of tlmlf ' "And what do you think." Interrupt ed tho aggrieved subordinate, "of his having tho impudonco to bully mo for holng cnrelnse In chalking the doors, when he wnjjoo drunk to do It himself? too driinir to know his right hand from his left! It I wasn't tho host nn turcd men In tho world, I should re port him to the bond gaoler." "Quito right of you to excuse him. nnd qulto wrong of him to bully you," said Lomnquo, persuasively. "Tnko my ndvlee," he continued confidentially to tho huneUlxiek. "and don't trust too Im plicitly lo that sllppory memory of yours, after our little drinking bout yesterday. You could not realty have rend their names at the grate, you know, or of course they would be down an the list. As for the waiting room nt the tribunal, n word In your oar: chief agents of police know strange secrets. Tho president of the court condemns and pardons In public; but thero Is somebody else, with tho power of ton thousand prosldonts, who now nnd thou condemns nnd pardons In private. You can guoss who. I say no more, except that I recommend you to keep your head on your shoulders, hy troubling It about nothing but tho list thore In your hand, .Stick to that literally, and nobody can hlamo you. Make n fuw about mystortea that don't concern you, nnd " Lomnquo stopped, and holding his hand edgewise, let It drop significantly over tho hunofiback's head, Tho action, and tho hints which precoded it, seemed to bewilder tho llttlo man more than over. Ho stared porploxedly at Iso maque; uttered n word or two of rough apology to his subordinate, and rolling his misshapen head portentously, walked away with tho death-list crum pled up nervously In his hand. "I should like to hnvo a sight of them, nnd see It thoy really are the same mnn nnd woman whom I looked after yesterday morning In the waiting room," sold Lomuque, putting his hand on the cell door, Just ns the deputy Jailer was about to close it again. "Look In, by all means," said the man. "No doubt you will find that drunken booby as wrong In what ho told you about them as he Is abeut ev erything else." Lomnquo made use of the privilege granted to him Immediately, lie saw Trudalne sitting with his sister In the earner of the cell farthest from the dour, evidently for the purpose of pre venting her from overhearing the con versation outside. There was an unset tled look, however, In her eyes, a slow ly heightening color In her cheeks, whleh showod her to be at least vague ly aware that something unusual had been taking place In the corridor. lomaque beckoned to Trudalne to leave her, end whispered to him: "The proscription has worked well. You are safe fer to-day. llreak the news to your sister, as gently as you can. Danville" he stopped and listened till he satis fied himself, by the sound of tho deputy-gaoler's footsteps, that the man was lounging toward the farther end of the eorrtior. "Dattvllle." he resumed, "aft er having mixed with the people out side the grate yesterday, and having I heard your names read, was arruted In the evening by seoret order from Robes pierre, and sent to the Temple. What charge will bo laid to him, or when he wilt be brought lo trial, it Is Impossi ble to aay, t only know that he Is ar rested. Hiishl don't talk now) my friend outside Is coming back. Keep quiet hope everything from thn chanc es nnd changes of public affairs! and oomfort yourself with tho thought thnt you nro both safe for to-day." "And to-morrow?" whlspored Tru dnlne. "Don't think of lo-norrow," re turned I.omsque, turning nwny hur riedly to tho door. "Let to-morrow tnko care of Itself," t'H PTKR XIX. N n spring morning, lit the ytnr seven teen hundred nnd ninety-eight, the public eonvtytttte i hen running be tween Chnlons-stir-Mn nm and Paris M t down ono of He outHlde pftSMiigsrn nt the first peelHta Hon beyond Meatix, The traveler, an old man. after looking about him hesitatingly for ft moment .- two, betook himself to n little lml opposite the post-house known hy Hid sign of tho I'lelmld Horse, nnd kept by the Widow Duval-a woman who en Joyed and deserved the reputation of bring the fastest talker and tho bos$ maker of glbetotto In tho whole locality. Ho sat down alone In the lnn-pnrlo4 and occupied the time, whllo hln nostosi had gone to fetch the hnlf-bottlo of wlno thnt ho ordored. In examining .1 dirty old card which ho extricated from n m.iss of papers In his pocket book, nnd which bore written on it those lines: When the troubled nre ovor, do not forgot those who remember you .with eternal gratitude. Stop at tho first' post-station beyond Monux. on thq , high-road to lnrie, and ask nt tho inn i for Citlxcn Mniirlee. whonover you wish . ."',',.. 1 1,..; . ilwuZ tiicr etiru ill urn iiirrnui wiivii uiu it m Duval brought In the wlno, "eau you inform me whether n person unmed Maurice lives anywhere In this neigh borhood?" "On I Inform yon?" ropeated th voluble widow, "Of course I can! Cllin xeu Mnurlee, nnd the rltoycuuo, his amiable sister - who Is not to be paseod over because you don't mention her. my hqnost man! Ilvo within ten min utes' walk of my houso. A charming cottage. In n charming situation. Inhab its hy two charming people so quiet, so retiring, such excellent pay. I sup ply thorn with cverythliiR fowls, eggs, broad, butter, vngrtnbles (not thnt thoy oat much of anything), wlno (which they don't drink half enough of to do thorn good); In short, I victual the doar little hcrmllago. nnd lovo tho two nmln hie roctiiNOH with all my heart. Ahj thoy hnvo had their troubles, poor peo ple, the sister especially, though thoy nover tnlk about thorn. When they llrst came to live In our neighbor hood " "I beg pardon, cltayonne. but If you would only be so kind ns to direct me " "Whleh Is three no, four no, three jenrs and n half ago In short, Just lifter the time whon thnt Satan of n mnn. Robespierre, had his head cut oft (and serve him right!) I wild to my hus band (who was on his last legs then, poor man!) 'She'll die' meaning the lady, flhe didn't, though. My fowls, eggs, bread, butter, vogelablos and wlno. carried hor throughalways In combination with tho anxious care of Cltlzon Maurice. Yon, yes! lot us be tenderly conscientious In giving erodlt where erodlt Is duo; nuver lot us for got that the citizen Maurlae contributed something to the euro of tho Interest ing Invalid, ns, well as tho victuals and drink from tho Piebald Horse. There ksho is now, tho prottlost llttlo woman In the prettiest llttlo cottage "Whore.7 Will you be so obliging as to tell mo whero?" ITO DS CO.fTIXUED.I Numll Chip of Orest lllock. (Ion. Rhornau has a grandson nnd namoanko resident In lloston. William Tcctimseh Sherman Thorndlko Is n very young gentlemnn. atlll In kilts, but pos sessed of a remarkable plainness of speech and not at all Inclined to lisp or use any babyish circumlocutions whon he marches upon any dlflletilty. His mlud hnH been tho battlellold of a prob lem evidently of Into. Ho has been as sailed in his mind even In his nursery, nnd he put the question to the touch tho other day In prompt military fashion, determined to powesM himself of an uiu prejsdleed outside opinion, entirely tin Inllueneed by parental or nurse's noJ Hons. Ho appeared hMlde his mother) (Jon. Sherman's daughter. In her draw ing room while a visitor was preset and exchanged courtesies of Introduce tlon politely with u manner most dis tinguished for Infancy. Sherman eat regarding the visiter In slleneo for n few momeuls, then he leaned n little forward and, with the distinctness of a diplomat, enunciated his question: "Should you be mad with me If you saw me suck my thumb?" lloston Transcript. Hlllitrlof. Prom the Plunkvllte lltigle: "We have It on good authority that the insect which. Is gradually sapping tho vitals of tho Clarlqn under the Impression that he Is editing it says that lie Is person ally responsible for the remarks he has chosen to make about us. That's where his editorials differ from tho groceries he owe for." Indianapolis Journal. Uhpr Than J III. It will cost over 1 13,000.000 to buy new sites for the seboolless children of New York. Uut even at this figure schools its cueaocr than tails. IS DKATII TO WHALES. ELECTRIC HArtl'OONS FOrt THE WIIALINQ SHIPS, rapt. tUritinll of Hi HnllUs M.n to Capiat III trUltmtit lijr Mn M Hi llltrtrlc Ourrtnt Tvn-Tlinuiamt Vail Will Do 11, HAT the Held for the application of eleetrlelty Is prac tically unlimited Is again dottionilrntetl by a seafaring man, who propfleee to go out and kill whales with It, re marks the New York World. The salt had so much scheme that he faith In his engaged an electrician to Imlld a dynamo that would generate an alternating current of 10,000 volts. That dynamo he will have rigged uiuln his ship, and then he will sail awny to the north to capture the whale in a fln-de-eleele manner. Capt. Charles W. llershsll. of Halifax, who Is owner and commander of the whal ing ship Hoealle. Is the man who In tend in wipe out the customs and tra ditions or die whiltng Industry with a small wire and a large dynamo. So. tho captain said, whon he enmo to New York this tlmo It was with the deter mination that ho would consult an elec trician and got the opinion of nu expert on the feasibility of the sehomo ho had In mlud. Capt. Horshell thought of in terviewing Tenia, but could not find that gentleman. Ho did llnd nn eloe- a "Lskt, the Chippewa girl,' la the greatest woman sprinter of the age, and It Is doubtful If mure than one or inn men are her equals. Her history Is Interesting. She has been brought up and trained by Pierre Crawl, a Canadian hnoKwoodmaii, who has carried out for her benefit somo long-cherished theories ot his own. "7,e mare outrun do horse, ze doe outrun M stag, vy shall not ze lultleo outrun ze mnn?" lie used to say. "1 will ere It prove some day." Ho Is new pleasantly engaged In "seeing It provo." Prom the tlmo of her adoption by Crowl the girl wo practically training. ttlclan, however, who not only thought tho plan or electrocuting whalue fettsl hie, but built tho dynamo and outlined a plan by which It mny bo dono. Ah to tho method of application, tho eap'ii ox plained It aa follows: "1 nm fining lo placo the dynamo on the whaler and not put It In operation until tho whal ing grounds aro roarhud. On board I will have a big reel of- heavily insu lated wire. The reel wilt ho plnoml In tho smaller boat, In which wo go out to meet the whale. We shall have several thouxMid feel of wire on tho rel. One cud will bo oauneoted with the dynnmo. At the other end. which will be In the ininller boat, wilt be n hard rubber stick about four fcot In length. The wire will run through that stick, so that it may be handled easily and safely. At the ontl of the sllek will be attached a pleco of metal 21 Inches lung qnd 1 Inch In diameter. The point of that needle will be sharp, so aa to renetrnt the flesh of the whale easily. The hard rubber stick and the big needle will be used Just as we use the harpoon to day. We'll sight a whale and tower the beat. The reel will be swung Into the beat and the dynamo started. The small boat will go out to the whale, the hni poouthroweriuhlsusual position In the bow. When near the big fish aa near as wo get In the old way the harpoon or will throw the eleetrle barb. At the time there will be a current of 10,000 rolls running through the wire. When tho point or the needle striken the whale a current connection will be formed with the dynamo, and the whale will get the full shock of tho high voltage and be dead In the frac tion of a second." Wlirr lUltrjr prefer Tliem. Congressman lialley. so the dis patches say. had a Hush on his face when Mr. Hurrett was In the chair the other day. Hut Mr. lialley will doubt less admit a Hush In the hand is worth a dozen on the face, Unlveatou News. Since March t the ilpaniih army In Cuba has lost 3.190 men from yellow fever. The loss front deser'lons also fats been unusually heaty, OATCHINO BHArtKSt Mom KitUlne riihlnc Tlisl IV Kit Jt7it Nfr IUwkII. Lieut. Coyne and ee-ie fifteen mem bers of company ic started out on n steam lahneh n little after 10 a. in. Sunday far the purpose of doing what they could with a certain family of shark reported to have been seen out side the barber, mys the Pacific Com mercial Advertiser. They stocked tho launch well, preparatory to an all-day's hunt. J net outside the harbor unmistak able signs lit tho shape of several fins were noticed projecting above the sur face of the water, and they made the whiter' hair bristle with excitement. A heok halted with a largo piece or pork and attached to a heavy line was thrown overboard. There was a bite and a pull, and before long a good sum! shark was hauled along ami Ailed with rill and revolver bullets. ThU waa excitement enough, but when, after the line had been thrown over again, another shark was captured in the same manner, the men In the launch rouhl harjlly remain In their places. lite lint was east overboard once mere, a ml soon there was a tug that ciiused it very burning sensation to I men over the hands of tho four men who held it. The launch was pulled here and there by what seemed to be a monster Iwlee the sine of the others. This scorned to be proved when the shark stuck Ita (In above water. At this seven or eight bullet pierced tho head ot the monster, and after n hard light, during whleh the launch was In Imminent danger of being capsized, tho prize was brought alongside nnd towed with the other two to tho Aloha honfhouse, where it wan found U be wooD-cHoppan and siuhn teil She was given regular and systematic exorcise in running, wrestling and othor athletic accomplishments, and by the tlmo she was twelve years old became tinted In the neighborhood for her feat of endurance. At sixteen she could out run any man, mid could distance any skater Jn the region famous for IIh Hkuting. She could fell n giant hem lock as quickly and skillfully as auy linin in the country, ami It Is a common eaylug In the neidiborhood thnt she can "lick her wolght lit wild eats." Hho Is now nineteen years old, weighs 117 pounds and Is ns lit hn and active hh n panther. Hho dressoa In n combination ot male and femnln attire, consisting ot a man llannol shirt and 11 feet S Inches from head to tip of tall, nod Inches around Ita largest part. Tho largest of tho remaining two measured 0 foot 8 Inches. Upon being cut open the large ehnrk proved to have n Ktotiiiich exception ally void, which In some dogreo ac counted for thn tug given the Hue. Tho Htumnch of a smaller shark was found to contain two hats, one towel a jul half of tho top of a barrel, which ono of tho soldiers construed ns mean ing that two native women had gone out In a can oo with a kog of beer, and had been mot by the shark, which had devoured one woman, tho head of another and tapped tho keg In n pe culiar manner. Tli Nw Vrliin. New York IWItor gee kwel don't you know executions by elsctrlslty are the law now? New Man Certalnlr. "Then, sir, what do you mean by us ing this old-time, ohMtmiily, moldy quotation: 'dive u rogue rope enough and lis will hang hlmsstfr Wlutt de you mean, sir? we are mi living la the middle ages." "What substitute would ysu sug gest?" "Say, 'Let a regtie go on nltecklag society and he will get shocked him self.' "New York Wsakly. Aliuott )ervaw!il, A wild-eyed man, with tils mouth eat ot Jetnt, was found leaning against a lamp tmst on Pulton street. "What's the matter with !ilmT' yellml the crowd, sa lt ran up. "Olve him air," replied the poller inan; "he's a stranger, and lis tried to my Tehoupltoulaa street." New Orleans Times-Democrat. Ma !)ciaa, "I cannot deceive you," faltered the mun aeeiMed of killing hut wife and children; "1 am lunoeeHt" He sobbed aloud, while the sweet young girl with the violets passed to the next cell where was confined tho confessed murderer of his great-grand-mother. -Detroit Tribune. if 'kLs.'. .... ENOLI9H PLANT NAMES. Jhj Ittrsll IUtlir Ctnrlout lfb! at Our Anrrtlars, Our ancestor had n curious habit ot connecting the names of plant w"ti those ot various well-known animals, says Notes and Queries. Our present habits aro so different that man? moderns are wholly unable ta under stand this. To them such names ni foxglove and harebell seem entirely senseless, and many efforts, more in genious than well directed, hnvo been made lo evade the evidence. Yet It U easily understood. The names rre simply childish nnd i h as rhll lrcit would be pleased with. child onh watlts it pretty name, and hi glud In minted a plane v It It a more or lc rnmlllar animal. This rxplatn- it o whole mntter, and It I ilie reverse ol sdrtltlnY to deny n f.n-t meri-h In cause we dislike or loiifmn It timi I nut the way to uuilorstan t Mir werklngs of the hiinmu iiiliit on which true etmologv orten iinnai much unexpected light It will i." u a ilers.ooil that I con pimluce tin ilciii"', tint It Is tedious fioni It tnan lit). 1 therefore refer lender to Mi glossary In the third volume of t-l, nyue's "Analn-Saxno l,eerim, where tks plant name nnd refrr en res are given In full. (ark ayae Includes some names, mit'i as crane's bill, which are not found in Anglo-Saxon or mlildlo Hngllsh but ap pear In early printed herbal. TIum' I pass over nnd mention only sucn at are actually found In nglo-ft;uuu or early Kngllsh. Tho following nre ex nmples: Urlddos nest, bird's nest, wild .carrot: hrlddo-tuuge, stcllnrla halostrn kathw-mlnte, ont-mlut; clcenn mete chicken moat, chlak-wecd; cockes foi cock's foot, columbine: corks hrdya coal, a short skirt reuniting ta thi knees, knickerbockers and loathe, leg glngs rvnohlng to tho skirt. N. W. Helm, ot Diirdlokvillp. wtu has recently tlmml her ovor it 10U-y.tr. course, says sln doe the dlslnm lr 04 seconds with utmost ease, and lie Is confident that on a rust track sh' can reduce this hy at least half a sn ontl. Sho doe the quarter, halt, mim five and ten-mile distanced in propor tlonntely fast time, and ns f!icn ! nothing In the Amateur Athlotle t'nior rules to bar women It may bo that th rrnok amateur sprinters of the worh will be compelled to bow bofore o wumnn shortly before the records ot Knottier year aro made up. cock's head, melllot: colts foot, mlt -foot: cow-rattle; cuslyppo, cu-Hlopp cowslip; cronesanke, crans'a eliaiiu (polygonum porslearln); crowc-pil crow-bill (erodlum moschntum); now sopo. crow's hope, latherwort; dog fennel; cfor-fenrn, ovcr-fcrn; ever hoar, poly-pody; cofor-throttt. ever throat, hoar-throat, carllno thistle foxes elate, fox-clote, bur-dock; foxo fot, fox root (sparganlum simplex) foxes glofa. fox' glove; fugole lcac, fowl's leek; fugeles boon, fowl' henn vetch; fugelea wise, larkspur; gnnk plntel, cuckoo-pintle (At-um mamls turn); K 90.eo sure, c..?kou.orrcl: gate troow, goat-trse, cornel; liarau hg, hare's foot trefoil. Vltllrrllun, Statistics show thai crime Is Increase Ing, and a vust amount of it can he traphtp the cruelty of man lo an' msl ana 18 turn to his fellow man. (lol has given ns the animals to treat kindly, and one day He will require an aesount ot our stewardship. -Hey. II. O. Ceddlngton. MISCELLANEOUS, lUperU, frem various parts of the stats, speak ery highly of the bene fleial effects ot the Ohio autl-clgarcttH law, so elllelintly Introduced and car ried. The Ilritish. Prench and Hutau embassies at Constantinople have em It received cheeks tor 110.000 as an 1ft Uemnlty tor the outrages at Jlddah in May last. Haruest attempts are being made lo elect President Daniel Oilman, of Julius Hopkins university, as super Intesdent ot Iho O renter New YorH city school system. The annual general assembly of thn Southern Presbyterian church lit th United Slates, was held In Memphis Tenn., In the same ehureh where the assembly was held thirty years ago. Important steps have been taken to ward a permanent union between the American Federation of Labor and ths Knights ot labor, which together con trol about 1,009,000 orgaolitd wotk- lBgBlIB,