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&•$ ftf1 f* r» Fv1' Sv £,• gflt g" uULLABY. i,... Sloop, buby. sleep. fc irai-cli is keeping |.Jowly, slowly fadefl t)io lj Ut, •'•••Vr1 Boflly tlio UlgOt ..•• •Moonbeams tondor round ui gloniiiui?,'' Mspor that 'tis time for dreaming. ... Huelx, mj dear, ibe world JR BLEEPING i-.leep, baby, sleep. Rock»ig--rocUing to iiml fro, Off to blumbcrluna -wo go. Vbore the fanefimvstic sojij* Kchoes swoetlv nil lTigbt long Koekuig—rocking to uud fro. Oft to fclumberltuid TPO GO bleep, baby, sieej). •,7/^ Sleep, bftbv, sleep Preamland vespers mo rin^iug: f.»: Oeutly. Kont iy Hows tlie stimiin I fewoetly bright sturaipleam t-ilverdows ure softly falling. Dreamland spiritos are cuUiug. calling lbions &\veet to theo they ro bringing fcloop. babv. Bleep. locking—rockmc to and fro. On to btuuiburlanti TVO go Down tho Rtronm worofioittng now, Mothers kissi'B oil thy brow. l»o^king-voclung to and fro. Little 0110. to Droumlani go: bl'.ep, bain*, bleep. Sloop, bnbv, Bleep. Sweet, fiimnv eyes now closing. bmiling, smiling lu \011rMeep, At the fuineti Kocrots deep tioldtmcinls in wavy splendor Nzia ht shall harm thy sweet roposinj bleep, baby, Lleep. a.Vw S)ncp. labv, sloop. i-, liocking—-rooking to and fro, Off, to blumUerlaml ive go, v.. 1.18 enmg io the fairies'so!ig !looting round ns all njqht lou'4 Hoek.ng—ro king to ar.d fro. Oil to »lumberhmd \vot o. I.: OTR WO go—oil WO {JO Sleep, babv, sleep. -Cio-d llouHekeepm-*. vj DE it ,* Dennis was a pig, but not I)v any (ucans an ord nary, common porker. Ask any of the sailors who were ac quainted with hi in on the I". S. underbill, and tliev would indig nantly repel that idea. When you lave finished the story of his life, perhaps you will agree with them in -hi"king him a rather remarkable pur- Dennis was a vcrv little fellow when he was first taken aboard his doating home, with a number of his companions, to serve as fresh meat for the officers and crew. One by -one the members of the porcine, tribe were slain and eatcu but Dennis, because of his diminutive size, was .•esei ved until the last, and then rniss i"U his mates and not being con lined to a sty, he began to hang about the men and to seek their acquaintance in dumb fashion. Thn sailors, having had their fill Df fresh meats were gratified by these marks of friendly feeline in an ani mal usually considered to be some what obtuse in such ways, and con cluded that they would rather have the pig as a pet than as pork. So a petition was sent to the captain to that ellect, and was-readily granted. How Dennis became a priveleged character on board ship. lie took his meals with the crew, trotting from one man to another to get his portion of the viands, and you may be Sure he was always generously served. What games of romps the tars used to have with him on the gun-deck in loafing hours! The pig would find a hiding-place behind one of the guns and ensconce himself there, his little eyes fairly twi ikling with tne fun of the pro ceeding, while the men pretended to hunt for him, carefully avoiding his place of concealment until at last, as thev passed that particular gun. Den nis would rush out on them with a squeal of delisrht, and away they would all go in a race for the other end of the deck, the pig Generally contriving to trip up one or two of his playmates on the way. Another of his tricks was to secure a piece of rope and go about with it in his mouth, grunting, until some one was obliging enough to take hold of the othfcr end, when he would tnjoy a pulling match with bis opponent quite as much as*a dog ever does. As the ship drew near the tropics Dennis, having grown decidedly fat with his eood living, felt the heat vcrv much, and his one solace was to climb into the water trough and lie down under the spout of the pump, making knowu his whereabouts with loud grunts, until oneot the old cap tains of the forecastle, hearing him, would call out to the younger sailors: '•The e! two of you lazy lubbers, why don't Von go and pump on Den nis? Don't you hear him calling you/" Dennis was accordingly pumped on until he signified he had had enough of it by rising and waddling oif. The ship touched at Valparaiso, a few sheep were taken on board, des tined to the same end that Dennis had er-caped. The pig had rare fun them all about the deck, and delight ing in ,-ecing them lly before him. He persisted in these tactics until hut one lamb was left, and the sailors predicted that Dennis would save the buicher lhe trouble of killing that one by worrying it to death, since he was now ir to concentrate all his energies upon it- Therefore, what was there surprise on turning out one morning to find the lamb and Dennis sleeping close together, the lamb's head pillowed on the pig's fat side. lio ean say that Dennis did not re member own former loneliness, and therefore took compassion on the forlorn little creature who was left in the sa:ne condition? His actions afterward certainly seemed to point 10 that conclusion, for losing cr..ir«ictor of persecutor, he came hilly's protector and friend, and "evei* rfiiere that Dennis weni the iamb was sure to go.-' 'J his devotion was irksome to the pig Miiiurtimes, and particularly so oil those occasions when, com orta oispo-ed in the water-trough, he was uikiiig his noonday bath, his 1 wo willing slaves at work at the pump-handles anil the cooling steam o'waler lrieklio.r down his sides. .I'.isi then, in tie.' iic'ght of his enjoy me i. a moiirnt ii bleat, would rise in Hie suil ,nr and denote that ban uus-ed Ins companion ami LC'iJuauhi/ his abicn e. mw rm\ At first 'ennis wouia pay no a teniion. lie was so comfortalblo that he really could not afford to disturb himself: but as the bleatiug became louder and more importunate he would become manifestly troubled, eiviug vent to his dissatisfaction with low noises until finally, no lenger able to bear the lamb's pleading, he would with a mighty effort hoist himself to his legs, stick his head over the edge of the trough and erunt loudly at rSilly, saying as plainly as possible in pig-laneuape: "There, you silly little thing! Now you see where I am. and can't you be good enough to leave me in peace and uiet for a while?" The bleating would thereupon cease, and Dennis would lie down and resume his bath with a serene sense of duty performed. It did seem as if Dennis had every prospect of l.ving to a green old age, surrounded as he was with such de voted love and care but sad to say, his end was an untimely one, and this was the manner of it: The man who did the butcher's work on the "Vanderbilt was a sour, surly fellow, with an inooru taste Tor his trade. His disposition was just ugly enough to afford his messmates pleasure in making hiin the butt of their jokes, and sore from one or two re:ent specimens of fun, he cast about in his mind for some suitable piece of revenge. Having matured his plans, he went one day to Lieut. who was then caterer of the ward-room mess, and informing him that all the fresh meat bad given out,inquired whether he should kill the pig. The officer nodded a careless assent, probably thinking, if he gave the matter any thought at all, that the animal re ferred to was the last one of several porkers that had been taken aboard not long before. The idea that such a question could apply to Dennis, the spoiled darling of the crew, never en tered his head. Words saunot describe the grief and commotion forward when Jack son, the butcher, was discovered dragging Dencis along the deck, and his intentions in regard to the pig were ascertained. He was quick to say that he had his orders from an officer, justly apprehending that some violence would be done him other wise. At first the sailors were so con fused by this unexpected turn of a Hairs that they could only exclaim and wonder over it: but as Jackson calmly continued his preparations they took hasty council together, and finally a detachment of them went to the mast to ask Lieut. if it were really true that he had given such a command. The Lieutenant was greatly surprised when informed of the true state of the case, and told one of the men to run forward imme diately and countermand the order. The message, alas! arrived too late, Poor Dennis had already received his death blow, and the sorrow of the crew knew no bounds. The men resolutely declined to have any of the meat served out to them, and one grizzled quarter-gunner expressed the general sentiment when he said, in a voice suspiciously husky, "D'ye s'pose, lads, I'd touch a bit of that pig? Eat Dennis! I guess I'd just as soon eat one of my friends. Where'd be the difference? Might as well turn cannibal at once and be done with it!" So bitter was the feeline against Jackson, the butcher, that when his death occurred later in the cruise the current opinion among the men was that a rightful retribution had. overtaken him and one thing is cer tain, that his mourners were by no means as numerous or as sincerly afllicted as those of Dennis, his vic tim.—Youth's Companion. "v The Colossus of Rhodes. The famous Colossus of Rhodes, •which was made ot bronze and was 70 cubits (or about 105 feet) in height, was twelve years in making, and was said to have cost only 300 talents, or aoout £75,000, if we reckon the Attic talent, or £302,000, if we reckon the other talent, and probably the latter is to be reckoned in this case. At all events the so-called Colossus of the Sun, in the Capitol, which was a bronzeof Apollo,only thirty cubits—oi forty-live feet English—high, brought by Marcus Lucullus from Apollonia, in Pontus, cost 500 talents, which, if reckoned even as Attic talents, would be over £125,000, and it would hardly be probable that the Colossus ot Rhodes, which was twice its height, could have been executed for so much with these timid creatures, chasing ]eSS. But this is a trifle compared to the price aid for a colossal statue of Mercury, made for the city of Averni, in Gaul, bv Zenodorous. On this work he was engaged for twelve years, and the cost of it was £ij35, 000. What the Lrold and ivory Athena of Phidias in the Parthenon or his Zeus at Clvmpia cost is not stated by any ancient author. For the famous statue of Diadumenos, which was a bronze figure of .ifesize, representing a youth tying a fillet around his head Polyclcitus received 100 talents, or about £25,000. Cou 1U Make Use or It. A farmer, whose practical mind was altogether superior to any regaril •for things beautiful, had the good or bad fortune to marry a wife whe brought with her a wooden substi tute for one of her nether limbs. He was at once remonstrated with on such an exercise of his choice, but he answered the objector in a man ner that undoubtedly showed he had the shrewd utilitarian character of a Scotsman. ••Heeh. sir," said he, "it's maybe no" a verra bonuie thing to marry a woman wi' a wooden les but, mon, she'll be.awful useful at settin' time when I'm puttin' doon my cabbages, turnips, and tatties. She can gaug Hilly I on in front an' make a hole wi' her .3 slump, while I come behind and put in the seo.l A-Aifr* 5 -WC THE GOSPEL OP GRACE EXPOUNDED BY OUR RELIGIOUS EDITOR. the Truth—Persistent Misconception Characteristic of Some l'uople—Teach Your Child the Value of Time—Notes and Comments 0 Economy of Tliue. V' |NE of the first things that should be taught a child is the economy of jtime. There is -j probably nothing that we waste so much of during our whole life, and which is really a part of our life, as time. Although it is not necessary to become purely au tomatic, we should regulate our lives so as to do things in a systematic manner. It will really seem strange to one to see how quickly one will do everything, and do just what one wants to do, by laying out. one's work and duty. We often hear people say that they have no time to do any. thing, anl on investigation we find that they have spent more time on frivolous things than upon actual duties. By the word duties we do not mean to lay out a regular coarse to be followed day by day for every hour and minute of the day, but to have certain time for doing things, and certain places. Where one di vides up the time in this way, he will find that he leads a much pleasanter life, and will accomplish more in the long run. Many men who have been hard workers all their lives, being occupied in business all day, when re tired from active labor find their time hanging heavily upon their hands. They have been used all their lives to the regular routine of busi ness, and are not accustomed to the polite way of living, doing nothing. People who are fortunate enough in not having anything to do in this sense will find fashionabfe crazw or hobbies very pleasant if pursued in a systematic manner. The collecting of engravings, the hunt after first editions, the accumulation of a cab inet of coins, the adventures in searching for insects, and similar oc cupations, will be found to make life more enjoyable and to economize time which might be spent in yawning over that awfully hard thing, trying to kill time. "Wroiiffheaded lVople. •'. Among the most unpleasant peo ple one is compelled to rub shoulders with on life's highway are the class whose minds take hold of everything as it were, the wrong end foremost. They are usualiy as obstinate as per verse, and the false inferences they draw from misapprehended premises they adhere to with as much tenacity as if they were gospel truths. One knows not how to deal with such in corrigibles. Good-humored rallying they are as likelv as not to mistake for studied insult, Kind words for humbug, endeavors to instruct and convince for airs of superiority and whatever one may do or say with a view of benefiting them, they mis take for insidious attempts to get on their blind side. Their field of moral vision is tilled with a mist of sus picion which distorts everything and it is in vain to reason with them: for you can no more do away with their absurd impressions than you can wipe out graven letters with a sponge. Error, we suppose, is to them what truth is to right-headed men and women, and they cling to it because they believe in it They are objects of commiseration yet, being unatfatable nuisances, it is prudent to eive them a wide berth. It is really a sad thing to be predis posed by nature to misconceive and misconstrue: but it is equally un pleasant to be misunderstood and misconstrued. We, therefore, make it a rule to have as little as possible .to do with invcterately wrongheaded people-HJ®! Sii J""1* Christian Truth. Emerson says: "The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it" yes, but we can never use the truth as it ought to be used until it. is grafted in us by a divine hand, be coming a living, expansive principle. Too many use the truth at arm's end, as something quite outside of them selves. There may be homage in this, but it is not the highest kind of trmage. And then, too, not all truth is of equal character and quality. All truth is to be loved, reverenced, and obeyed, yet not. equally as strongly and tenaciously a$ that which is due to specifically Bible truth or Christian truth. The great est homage that we can pay to the truth of Christ is to use it, not merely as a doctrine, but as th-j life of the soul. Christ is the truth, but mere homage to Him as such gives comparatively little advantage to any man. He must be used by us and we must be used by Him if we would be heaven's freemen and friends. The Value of the Sabbath There is in India a society called the Lord's Day Union. Its object ia to further in every possible wav the observance of Sunday as a day of rest To this end it seeks to prevent all unnecessary labor on at day. It i9 a singular fact iat non-Christian natives arc applying for membership in such large numbers that the so ciety is at a loss what tc da It- is desirous of aiding men of any and every faith in the prevention of un necessary toil on the Sabbath. Yet cannot afford to forfeit its distinctive Christian chajacter in basing t:.e ob servance of the day upon divine au thority. But it is a significant fact, that, even aside from the teligious & ~v part of it, Hindoos and Maliomet'iiis aad Parsees recognize the value ot the Christian Sabbath. At Home and Abroad* THE Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions reports the collections' for the month of November §57,570 as against $49,458 for the same month in 18U2, and for seven months S23i, 089 as against $200,424 for the cor responding period of the preceding year. THE Bev. Dr. J. ,T. Moore, senioi Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, and probably the oldest Bishop of any denomina tion in'the world, died December!', at Greensboro, N. C., aged 99 years. He received the degree of S. T. I). from English colleges. THE New York Presbyters has adopted a resolution requesting stu dents for the Presbyterian ministry pot to pursue their theological course in any seminary disapproved by the General Assembly. This is aimed at the Union Theological Seminary and Prof, Briggs. A VICAH in North Wales is said to be also a hotel proprietor, cab pro prietor, furniture remover, proprietor of saw mills, joiner, blacksmith, wheelwright, painter, paper-hanger, miller, grocer, baker, miner, and toll-keeper. He also runs brakes and is manager of some mineral springs. THE Brotherhood of St. Andrew was organized in the vestry of St. James' Church, Chicago, in 1883, and has just completed its first decade of existence. There are now about 1,000 chapters and 11,000 members in the United States. The movement has spread to Canada, Australia and Scotland. QUEEN VICTORIA'S habit of attend ing the communion at Crathic Pres byterian Church has met with disap proval from successive Archbishops and from other dignitaries. The late Archbishop Longly went so far as to remonstrate, but her Majesty met him with such Elizabethan plainness that none have ventured to resume the topic. TnE Endeavorers of -the Central Christian Church of Cleveland, Ohio, collected twenty-one barrels of pro visions, which they distributed to the unemployed of the city, i'or several months they have been con ducting a very successful mission Sunday-school, which has now been enlarged by the addition of a reading room to be in charge of the Endeav orers. AN Odessa correspondent says thai the Bussian orthodox missionaries have so failed in their proselyting efforts among the Khirgese that, the mission will probably be shortly with drawn. Nearly the whole of the steppe tribe, described as "heath ens," are now adopting, almost .en masse, the Mohammedan faith, which is spread among them chieliy by Tar tar teachers. THESE figures of gifts of women for missions last year are interesting reports: Presbyterians (North $S0l), SiS Methodists (North), $205,342: Congregationalists, $229,701 Bap tists (North), $155,552 Union Mis sionary Society, S51,223 Episcopal, $35,484 lieformed Church, Total, $1,070,754. There are otbei denominations not included in the above, which would increase the total considerably. ENDEAVORERS ot Dr. Goidon's Baptist Church, in Boston, are mak ing good use of the reoort of the Montreal couvention. It has passed to each committee in turn, and the committee is to prepare for the church paper, the. Clarendon ght, a synopsis of the plans and suggestions in the report that are most helpful along the line of its special work. This plan could be adopted by any society with or without a church paper. "Why He Was an Exception. -"It makes me tired to see the man ner in which these newspapers arc run," said the man in the smoking car as he took off his glasses and let his paper drop across his knees., The man who sat next to him had one lock of hair—an oasis in a desert of scalp—which he spent most of his time in smoothing refie-.tiv, ly. "I s'pose," besaidslowly, "chat-you could give 'em all points?" he said deliberately. "I'm sure of it Couldn't you?" "No, I don't think I could.' "Do you mean to say that you couldn't tell the editor how to run his paper?" exclaimed the kicker in a tone that had absolute disma in it. "I no indeed," replied the man with the oasis, earnestly. "Well—I must say, there are not many like you." "I know it I used to be like you are. But now I'm trying to run a newspaper myself, and I tell you, my friend, I'm notsavin' a word. Not a word."—Washington Star. -,.-T Avenging Intellect. j| Mental culture ciuellv avenges it self on woman for neglect of its claims. While the freshness ot' beau tiful youth remains ail is well, for the sensuous charms are so fascinat ing that the intellectual development can be ignored, but when youth be gins to grow treacherous and the freshness fades, then it is that the features commence to show a lack of soul. Intellectual apathy masks the face and gives it an expression of vac uity indolence combined with indul trance in fattening foods destroys the lovely lines of the figure, and the fairy-like gait gives way to hi'ing or pondrous steps. .Realism. Dobbins, Jr.—What yer readin'? Domino, Jr.—Dare Devil Dau or, De Dangerous Dago. Dobbins, Jr.—Is he any use? Domino, Ir.—Weli, s-a-y! It takes ninety-eight chapters ter kill 'im an' he comes near gittin' soaked fer keeps i'lo.^t evtiy chapter! ^7 ST-W 'V-% ONLY YEARLY PAPER. TTitlii: i.v '.hp Ilplitc-ni:,) IVores» the Arctir Cii*'li'* As there is practically out one mail to and from Cape 1 rmee ot Wales during the year, one issue oi the paper during the year is quit sufficient. This curious little paper contains a variety of news, arranged under dit ferent heads. In mirthful imitation of the daily papers in other localities, it triumphantly carries at the beau of its columns the legend, "Largest circulation in the Arctic,' and also the additional boast of "Only yearly paper in the world." The headings are 1-Local items "Rural Notes," "Society," "Fash ion, Marriage Notices. "Whisice.v in the Arctic" is the heading over an editorial. Every scrap of news is like a breath from tho far North. As space is scanty, condensation :s a tine art with the editor. He dis plays quite a fund of humor, too, and there is a strain of gentle playfulness in nearly everything he writes. A few lines tell of a feat that must have been both dangerous and diffi cult A midwinter mail was carried from Point Hope to St. Michael's, a distance of 700 miles, on dog and deer sled. The name of the hardy mail-carrier is not even mentioned. Think of traveling 700 miles over the ice and snow of an Arctic winter merely to carry the mail! Those peo ple must hunger for news. In his solitary editorial the editor makes a spirited protect against the sale of liquor to Indians. Directly underneath this vigorous passage are the following significant items of news: "Eluk-suh sliot and killed zins-vabok last fail. Hoth drunk." CUNNING OF CROCODILES. Jlurrowii'K "CP Tugi weie The Bulletin has two illustrations, one of the school-house and the other of a scene on Behring Strait The heading is also decoi a ted with a draw ing of an Eskimo's head. Mr. Thornton, the missionary teacher at Capo I'rin -e of Wales, has made a profound study of the Eskimo language, and is engaged in compil ing a dictionary of the Aleut tongue. During the progress ot his studies he has made a singular discovery The Greek and Sanscrit were the only languages heretofore known to have three numbers—singular, plural and dual. Mr. Thornton has discovered that the Aleut language also has three numbers. This lie regards a discovery of which philosophers may well take note, as the origin of lhe Eskimo has been the subject of much discussion and speculation.—Boston Journal. The NuBSiir Tank. One of the innumerable curious sights of India is the Nuggar tank of JCurachi. Informer times the croc odiles which inhabit it roamed the neighborhood at their will, seeking whom they might devour, but so great were their depredations that the au thorities were forced to build a wall around their haunt. This is a swamp, caused by hot springs, the medicinal virtues of which have been known from early times, and are attributed to ihe sanctity of a Mohammedan whose tomb is close by, and to whom the crocodiles are sacred. The tank, as it is called, is about 150 feet long by about half that dis tance in breadth. In this space,one observer counted over 200 reptiles, from eight to fifteen feet long, and smaller ones innumerable. Th.-y are so tame, in a sense, that it is neces sary to poke them with a stick before they w.ll move Bulfaloes are always standing in the water, and are not attacked, but any other animal is in stantly seized. One writer savs: The whole ap pearance of the place, with its green, slimy, stagnant, water, and so many of these huge uncou monsters mov ing sluggshly about, is disgusting in the extreme, and it will long be re membered by mc as the most loath some spot I ever beheld. AVhich? A young and newly-married couple were ente taiuing their friends, ajjcl amongst "the guests was one whose continued rudeness atle him ex tremely objectionable to the rest, of the company. Jlis onduct, although almost unbearable, was put up with for some time, until at supper he held up on his fork a piece of meat which had been served to him, and in a vein of intended humor, he looked round and remarked—"Is this pig?" which immediately drew forth the- remark from a quiet-looking in dividual sitting at the other end of the table— '•Which end of the fork do you refer to?" Saw Every thins 'Worth Seeing. Some one has said that the world lias progressed as much etween 1 SJO a the present day as itdid between 1-20 and the days of Abraham If this notion is to be accepted James Morri-, who has just died at Lyons. N. Y., at the age of 121, has had an opportunity of wit essing as many changes as if he were born just after the flood and lived until the discovery nf America.—Boston Ciiobe. WHAT has become of the old-fash ioned woman who knit wristlets for Christmas prose.its? 1,1 tho Blnd 1,1 °rdT t„ nsonpe a Dragnet. The following is a fair sample of how cunningly crocodiles, in common with all other wild animals, can conceal themselves in momeiits of danger, says a writer in the Westminster Ga zette. After a happy week spent in the jungle with a friend of mine we halted for breakfast, before making the last stage for headquarters ana home, at' a place called Poonarhyn Anglice, garden of flowers—and while at breakfast were amused by watch ing a number of crocodiles, about eight or ten. sunning themselves on the surface of a small lake, or tank, as it is there called, of about an acre in extent. A sudden thought struck me. "I say. Murray, what fun it would be to try to catch some of these bog gars in a net" "Bravo!" said he. "Let us try it presently. Appu, send the horse keeper to the village and tell him to bring up all the men he can find ana some long fishing nets. We will give a good santosum (present^. and The Eskimo Bulletin is the unique newspaper in the jn is tho only journal pub ished the Arctic circle. It P"nted at Cape Princc of Wales. Alaska, itude 54 degrees 40 minutes, issued only once a year. The Bulletin is a small sheet, i-xo inches, printed on one side on i stiff, white paper. It is printed the hektograph process, «h ch. simply a method ot multiplying 1 ies of writing. The writing is first, made on paper with preparei(1 and is then impressed upon t'cUtuie. The village scented some fun, and without further stimulus of a san tosum very soon turned up to the number of thirty. It was now o'clock and scorching hot, the air quivering over the bare, sandy plain in which the pond was situated, it was breast deep, as we knew, includ ing about one foot or eighteen inches of heavy mud. We tied two nets to gether so as to make one long enough to reach acioss the tanlc, about thirty yards, and this was'heavily weighted along the bottom and arranged to be drawn with long ropes from each shore. Immediately behind the net came a line, and men about a yarj apart, with long, pointed poles with which to prod the mud along tln bottoin of the net. and so drive the malingering gentlemen- into the proper position in front of the net My friend and his servant (for a!! en tered into the sport) followed cte up to tho second line. At it we ail now went, splashing,shouting,stamp ing. and hauling, but—-a big but not a sign did jve find of a single one of the brutes that we had seen before us when we came to the edge of the water. Wo dragged that watci backward and forward more than once, but our only reward was a deadly thirst that lasted us till late that night. They had burrowed deeper into the mud than we could reach them: for nothing—I doubt i! even a rat--couid have escaped un seen out of the water. Saturn auil His Rings Kveryone who has given even the least attention possible to astronom ical curios, says the St. Louis lie public, knows that Saturn presents a phenomena to which there is nothing analogous in the whole of the sola: system—two broad, fiat, and ver thin rings being his constant[attcnd ants in his trips around the sun. Gallilco first noticed a peculiarity it the appearance of this ringed planet which he said "appeared like a large body placed between two smaller ones." lluygons first described the rings, and figured them for the ben efit- of those not fortunate enousrhte own a telescope. The breadth ci these rings from the outer diaiveter of the larger to the inner edge ot the smaller has been computed at 20,w miles toial diameter of the outer ring, llii.OOO miles, and a space o! 10,c,00 miles is supposed to intervene between the inner edge of tte stua 1 ring and the surface of ti» planet itself. The composition of these rings, or rather this system o! rings (some authors mention three and eve.i four, although two seem to be the number accorded by the majority of writers) is simply a mat ter of conjecture. Some astronomer claim that they are composed of terial similar "to that of the plant' itself, while others are sure this "they are composed of nuinero® satellites (moons) mingled witliw porous matter traveling in planes Maxwell says: "The rings must formed of separate particles movi'f around the planet as independent satellites." According to Struve, observations on the ring®' a period of over 200 years prove !).•• yond a doubt that they are widci'iBi ai that the lower edge of the inn one is slowly but certainly appro:® ing the body of the planet. The Alaskan Climate- Prof. J. J. Stevenson, in the tish Geographical Magazine, .says climate of Southern Alaska source of constant surprise to visit"^ from the Atlantic slope. Alth"uC® on ibe same parallel with bloak at dismal Labrador and Cape York Hudson Hay. where the summer I'" penet ate- onl a few feet beK)« surface, tre grow 3,000 feet the sea at Wrangel, and up to mountain tops at Juneau. Tli,-',al fall is great, and the variation tempera! ure is not the mere"., rarely falls below 10 degrees zero at ,-itka, and as seldom above 75 degrees. Of course the. treines are much greater on the nisi' land beyond the mountains- ff'1 the ummer heat and winter colu much more intense than on the cca —Railroad lieview. .M A Hint to Uadies. A woman, who has given t-lm ject .consideration, says: choose a dressmaker in y"ur ,f style. If you are thin, choos" who is spare and maregre if stout ch ose her who is well CUT I It is she alone who can enter your feelings, realize your di.W and needs and clothe you not- 'I tashionably, but with that symP 'T which should always ey-st bet*ul woman and er clothes." Tim real bu incss of cvei.1 1J to keep tne pot Lohint