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MADISON TIMES.. DEV-)T1:D Tio THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH YOL. I1.-'N. I. TALLULAH, MADISON PARIsI. LA.. SATURDAY. APRIL 9. 187. TERMS--82.00 PER YEAR -- - - - - - . . i . . . i i . . . .. . . . - i . .. . ... I . ..... . . I Marrying an Heiress. S.Over the bills and far away"' sang ong Will Blaisdell. as he urged on his tired mostang with a tones of the spa. **It is 'over the hills!' " he said to h "lasl about five miles over the . Y've got a climb before you, old WL bet there's plenty of barley at the othe sed, and a good night's rest too. i All O wel. I wonder if the mdmsa wi11 be at home. I suppose elh gjir wl be II she isn't I've travel ed a~ o h ed miles for iiothing." And oee sby the last thought he adapsed late silen. Wg aiusdil was on the north-west ra at of resott. Ar.sons, on his wry to Cueopee Springs. A young physici-he had graduated three years before at Bellevue-he had settled about a year bfdore in Prescott and was doing very welL Four months prior to the time when he started upon his ride to the springs he had. while out on a turkey-bhunting expeditioa, been called soddenly to the station at Cucopee to attend ts station keeper. old Sam Qaurit who had broken his leg. The young doetor had been very successful with the ease, and had spent hs time while at the station right pleasantly, talking to old Quarll's daughter Mabel. The girl was pretty and ladylike, and what had seemed at first anything but an alluring demand for his services to Dr. laisdell, he had found to be as pieMasat as any he had ever responded l. Be had remained at the station for tree weeks, during which time he had had a good opportunity to study old ama And of a truth old Sam was as rios a speimen of humanity as one swel flad in a summer day. Cross 'gained ad angndsr, as full of mental as was ever cactus of thorns,. was yet evidently a gentleman, and when he chose to, make bhmself aseeable as he was, generally speak Stheb reverse. To Dr. Bllaidell he te- what is called in the West "a ei s;" sad the two used to talk for am the old man lay in bed and his p~ddh eat alongside. Vley charming talk it was too. to t" yuger man-full of anecdote and ssaild Mto of wisdom gathered from phllm . What induced such a man akL lmuri to bury himself and his Mabel was about r alih a phe as Camopee a good dent of theaght ;-;: 1sllawlat long explanation a S.l'te O idmer somewhat in the S M ithe eoder on board a man-of MAeir lr the decks for action." The of the story having then been I cma go on with it. But have been tell.ng how Dr. et Sam Quarlls the former ld~~war the hl 1 he sang about, eis wiShin Cia4t of the station IM. A legi low,. one-story house, ilad liiaa, or sun-dried clay bricks, Nmisl, Is which there are half a dos l mle ade hors.s, a single cotton UM tme marking the place where the Pi dier which the stat on is ade whick is the cause of its J anht me spread out before him on evil sla d of the road. Ahe Ilm np a semple of tall, gaunt dogs, dJ thekilt lld Ia the West; 'yal i a," ad which are probably the ugli eat o the camai rage, rose from whese they wene lying in the sun and has brkthlg towards him. 0S Bae Down. Jim!" said the dabm u he drew his weary mustang te a rmn wai bhat beside the porch inaat h trowing his bridle rd omver h ih peq As he spoke a wry putty girl appead at the door. 7*"Why, Dente d how do you ~a Im very glad to ame yeo." '"h, Ia Mabal, rm glad to me pee. Wher's your father'" 'Ssme up the ese, bus I ex pwhmb weery minutae. When ·'lamernng, about two. I rode WSleanmtd than camped at Half ab three hu rs Lad how -" wdl indeed. But eome in hue Orwill you~st out hereon : .ilot after my horse. She Spatty well tired out by her lon W-. Whee'a t'he ar ley, Ms oMa. "C, get isoe hr you." SPll get it mysmeif:" and taking Sof It the doetor walked Sto the apun ad proceeded t'ithe hasten iMthwnUto soak thap . IBe, wahedh hi hads and A5Ss ae ame from the long ride lig asi, and whil e he was suddenly eemeed by a dediaa abrownm sw Ikgaeet. this orn going ? Ar you . th. to tell your !knak oat lasto 4441 , IQt in vou. I guess, though, that the old house'll stand any attack the redskins can make, although I'm none the less obl ged to you." *"But Mabel, your daughter?" "She's weathered out more'n one storm along o' me', and I guess she won't faz . But come in the boase now, and get some supper." The two men walked to the h and going inside, found Mabel stanlng by the table waiting for them. A ,4*Y good meal was spread out, and bag hungry they did full justcee to it. KAr supper Sam said to the doctor. as tHa stood on the porch 'together. the girl being ins de the house: "Look yer. Doe. I've bin thinking about what you said, and I'm going to take some animals up to the little cor ral to-nig'it." ,"The little sorral?" "Yes. You see that bluff." point'n? as he spoke to one about three hundred feet high. which was within a hundred feet of the house. "On top of that there is a corral, and I've got a way of get ting there with no man seeing me. But just now there's no animals up there, and I guess '11 take some round. You stay here till I come back. The old man took three mules from the corral, and. r ding one of them, went up the canon. Mab-l and the doctor sat upon the porch and called to each other, as the short twilight of the south rapidly faded into the dark gray of night. They had sat about an hour, when suddenly old Quarlls appeared ooming out of the house. "Say. you folks. it's about 9 o'clock, and I reckon we'll go to bed. Come along 'o me. Dec., and I'll show you where you're to sleep." B;dding Mabel good night, the doc tor did as he was told, and was soont in as sound a sleep as he ever was in his life, stretched out on the floor. He never knew how long he slept. When he waked up there was old Quarlls kneelhng beside him on the floor and shaking him. As he opened his eves."the old man said to him: "Wake up, Doe. T'h' Reds have come, after alL" In an instant, Blaisdell was on his feet, and Quiarlls continued: "I hearn' the dogs barkin' some time ago an' got up. Then I peeped out. and see by the moonlight the Injinns saampeedin' the stock outer the corral. Then Icome for you." The two men went to the door and peeped out through the holes cut for the rifles. In a few minutes they saw half a dozen Indians separate from the main band and come towards the house. Old Quarlls raised his rifle, and putting it through one of the holes, fired. Two Indians dropped, and the rest. with a yell, retreated. "Doctor, you must take that end of the house and I'll take this." "Mabel," continued the old man to the girl, who had just entered the room. "you get the extra rifles out. and give Doc. a lot of cartridges. Bring some to me. It's an Injuu raid." The girl, without a word, left the room, and the doctor took up his posi tion at the window on the right, while Old Sam went into the next room on the left. As Dr. Blaisdell stood there wa ting for a sight of the Indians, and thought of th perilr they were all in, he made one of the most important discoveries of his life. He found that he loved the girl he was there to protect-a thing he had not known of before. He was con scious of a great wave of tenderness rushing over his heart, and with it a savage feeling that he would die fight ing before she should fall into the hands of the savages. When Mabel came into the room, earrying the rifle and ammunitilo, aee said to him. 'Is there very much dangerP" "'I hope not. MabeL" , 'I knew a woman once--ebl pro lam me that you will kill me befire they capture meP"and she clapedhthandsI around his arm. The doctor put his am around her waist and drew her to him. 'Mabel, my darling. I promlsa I promise because I love youa--l yen with all my he::rt." rhe girl's head sank on his ehoulder as she looked shyly down. "Sweet one, do you love mep Look at me one moment, Mabel." The girl looked up, and said: "l'm not frightened now, WilL" Bending down to her, Will Blaiadell kissed Mabel Quarils in a solemn way that was almost like a blessing; then he held her tight for a few seconds. It was their betrothaL "I must go, WilL" she said, looking at him quietly. With one more kiss he released her. and turned to his post of observation. At that moment he saw, shooting out at the grease.weod mshea, an arrow. haing upon ii a lighted hbad at dry bunch-gras. A moment afterwards a yell from the Ind; anse showed that it had stuck in the thatched roof. As the arrow rose out of the bushes old Sam tired, and the yell of triumph when the arrow struck was broken by one of an guish that told that the ballet had found a mark. The tire arrows began to ly thickly, some sticking, ad some falling short. The riles of the two men spoke lmodly, and gneralIy with eSet. judgig from i the uis.. an them at simL n shutters and doors. had been wasted. Dr. Blaladell was just loading again. when he heard he a name called Iv Mabel Going into the other room. he found the girl supporting her father. out of whose brea-t the deep red title flowing from a bullet hole showed t.at 69 old man had not long to live. "*Guess I'm beyond patching this lle. Doe.." said the old man, with a grim smile, as Blaisdell knelt do ,vn be. side, "The roof's on ti.re. ai d It's time to q!ilt. Mabel knows the tridoor. 'Take care of her. She's rich. he knows where it's hid. Swear l11 t care of her." re peated t :nng an, with startling emphasis. as he seizedL the young man' aarm. "Mabel will be my wife. please God. if we get out of this alive." The old man smi.led. looked at his daughter w.th intense all'eotiou. and sank back dead. Carefully exa:min'ng the body for a moment. Blaisdell rose, and lilt ng the weeping girl. s:aid: "It's all over, Ma bel." G v.ng her a moment or two for her sorrow, he askecl: "Where is the trap he spoke of?'" Mabel sauk on her knots beside the body, and kissed her father's denad face passionately. Then riking, she took her lover's band and led hini into her father's roon. Opentng a cupbYard. she showed him a trap-tioor. wa:ieh, when he had rai'id it.. was seen to coys er a tunnel. Descending into this by a ladder, and shutting the trap after them. tie two mad, their way along the tunnel until the- reaecied what seemed to be the foot of a cleft in the rock. IHere was a ladder ut) which the girl '"I mbael. follow;le b, thi doc tor. Reach ng the tlpof it. thel found another rest nug on a li;tle shelf of rock. Up this and two others they want. to emerge at the to, of the b lull'. "He dug the tunnel and put the lad. ders in long ago." said Mauel. with a sob. Blaisdell kissed her, and led her to the corral before them. where were the three animals Old Sam had placed there the evening before. Mounting Mabel upon one of them, Blaisdlell got on the other, and direct ed their way along the mountain trail. They did not talk much. although a word now and then showel her how much his sympathies were excited. The nest ,day they reached Prescott, where they were married. Some four months afterwards-the Indian raid having been put to an end to by thel truep,s-Mabel said to her husban.l: "Will, why don't you go and get the dust?" d"' What dust, sweet one?" "Why father hald a lot of gold dust hidden in the tunnel. He u.ed to get it up the canon." "How much of it is there, Mabel?" "I don't kuow, d'ar; but I think we had better go and see." When they arrived at the old house, or rather, its ruins. Blrisleil found that to get i:nto the tunnel there was a great deal of stutd to be cleared away. Suoc 'eding at last. he and his wife de scended the ladder, andti about half way came to a stone, which she told him to raise up. Under it there was a lot of bags tilled with gold dust. Blaisdell was amazed at the amount, and Mabel her self said she has no idea there was so much. When carried to Prescott the dust was found to be worth over $150, 000. "When your father said to me: 'She's r;ch,' Mabel, I thought he meant you were a treasure in yourself." "Are you sorry to tind I was .an hesiew, Will?" "No, I am not. Money's always good, y it's got bonestly." "Whisk is worth the most, the money r me, Will?" said Mrs. Blale-i dell with a happy sinile. "Do you suppose I am going to flat myvour vanit, by answering that ques tpia' said her husband, as he kissed her. "You are getting to vain now." An Indian's Ingenuity. A western emigrant having stolen a horse from an Indian. the latter con victed him of the offense by a very in geniaus plan. The prisoner swore that the animal belonged to him, and that he had brought it from the east, so that the judge did not find himself in a positioa to convict. He was even about to return the horse to him. when the Indian said: "If you will allow me, I -rl prove that the animal belongs to me." Immediately he pulled off his cloak, and covering the animal's head. asked the emigrant of which eye it was blind? The robber was much embar rassed at the question, but, neverthe less, not to delay the court, he replied at haard that it was the right eye. The lndian. uneovering the head, erx elaimed J1he horne is no blid etaber bf the right eye a the left." The judge immediately dPided that the n imal was hi A Texas Editor Rises to Sxplan. The Standard wishes to correct a false impression in reference to the "firing" of the editor's wife and moth er-in-law from the Methodist church. They were not put out of the building. as some suppose, but merely had their names eraserd from the roll of member hlip Th editor is not thl kiMadof a mn to qietly sIlulbt to aviing his w ni Ier me hmr '*3n" b0dily INDEST.IAIL BRIEFLETS. Dr. Wiley, chemist to the department i )f agriculture. writes: Uccasioually re ,orts are madtte which le:tl as to bel eve .'at evil effects may sotlu-times fuilow .he use of sorghum as a f',de!er. Geu- 1 traill any such inju ry ic aetributed to he poor cont.tion in wh cii the fodder 1 s used. Two French clhauits, Berthe- I ,ot and Andre. have latter!v ahown that he lower part of the sor: :utu contains [ou.'gh nitrates to make its ue objec t;onaule. It has L.tn e.timated that o ,ne hundred pounsi of sorghum as luch as six oullne of nitrates are oiatnd. Since thuse sal.s are mostly in ihe lower part of :lLAt4t it it is recom nmiended to cut oorzhum rather high t wvaen it is to be use, for foldder. lBy ,',-erv ng this pre.ca:ition anl al-o ste ng that when ,orghumtu is preserved in1 t ilo :t is fed tn gtnod cond.tiou, no lautner nee.i be attn senide'd., The oause of the fertility protiziced n trust trees by b.'nd ,u the tw:is at Si aiiate annge. Ihas been investigtatel Jv Pi (ies-or Soraner. lie tinds ti:ait ac bark on the lo:ver surface of the twie. , below the bren,. is truowui inlto tra:usverse folis, he.e anl ithere do :ached from the wiv o:. New woody t L i-ue is fiurnled in It h *e caVyties, whi:ct s tilled with starchi grainu. and after hilt there is a for:uatioun of new woody e i-Ine of a nirluai char:itetr, but al 'w:' s thicker there than elewhbere, and e- ,pecialiy on the eo:ivex upper surface. lThe mass of w()vtdy ti-sue checks the t:jw of water toward the tip ot the branch, to the gre:at advantage of the ibu directly .tn:Lath. whieti is thus more likely to develop a: a fruit bud. .lttnet obslrvatotions u:ldu in France t b. M. Coiisson wiay throw l:.:at upon tIll.l mysteriout tires. In one un ltance .1,)'nitaueoi)s hiring arose fron' an air cu:rrent heated to 77 degrees, Fahrenheit onyi. The wood slowly carbon z:"dl at that temperature. and. being thus mtna:e extremely pornos. a rapid absorp tion of oxygen retuited, anld sulficient heat was then produced to :uflame the dry material In another case the warmth from the air-hole of a stove was sufficient to net tire to woo d-work. When files have become clogged with oil and grease the beat plan is to boil them for a few minutes in some strong caustic soda-water. A little scrubb ng with an old tooth-brush w ill be beneficial before rinding thin in boil in water and drying before a fire. The "pins," which are so harmful to fine work. can be removed by a thin. hard piece of sheet brass. These "pins" may to a great extent be avoided by using chalk on the file if it be used dry, or oil when that may be applied. Some experiments carried out at the Ontario Agricultural college to test the germinating qualities of seeds of vari ois kinds, ton years old, have given the percentage of germination: Tares. Wd; nmangolds. 72; turnips. 32; buckwheat, 16; clover. 6: timothl grass, 2; batrley. oats, rye, beans, and peas, 0 Several samples of most var eties were tried. In the case of b ans, though ten sam ples failed to germinate, two tried sep arately gave a per cent of 33. Bad breath in cows indicate some dis order of the stomach, and is generally accompanied by feverish symptoms, either hot or cold horns, and a falling off of milk. The feeding of a handful or two of pulverized charcoal with each feed of meal or bran. and mixed with it, in our experience is one of the best correctives that can be used. It is equally valuable for all other domestic animals, and not less so in the famuly, only the quantity should be dtlereased. An English food-inspector, Mr. Juames Bell, tinds that horseflesh and beef can not be positively distinguish ed by external appearance, but that the fat is a reliable test. The horse-fat is fluid at a temperature of 70 degrees, and has a specific gravXty at 10J de grees of about 908.7: while the fat of beef melts at 110 to 120 degrees, and is considerably lighter. The low melting point of the fat will show when sausages are made from borse-meat. Bruises may be taken out of the woodwork of scientific instruments by wetting with warm water. Then lay on the place brown paper about tive layers thick, and apply a hit f:at-iron until the moisture is evalorated. If the bruise is not gone repeat the pro cess. If the broise is small, merely soak it with warm water, and apply a redhot poker very near the surface. Keep the wood wet and in a few min utes the bruise will disappear. The annual general meeting of the ~British Beekeepers' association was held Feb. 16 at No. 105 Jermyn street. Plecadillyr, the Baroness Burdett Contts, president of the association, being in the chair. The report for thei past year, which wa adopted, showed I that the wrok had been are sneesesa fa tan perwiouslv, the improv**e* ai baiag due to royal patmonage, and to the suppoart given by the outy a-illated branches. A. I. Brown urged the importance, at a lMaine pomological meeting, of every person providing an abundant supply of fresh fruit at all times for the home table. He asserts that hei knew from experience that blackberries ad ruaspberries in that state could be i produced sad picked for 21 cents a bsske. sad that as many banshels of strawberis a of potatoes eald be mind rqi t ad t l ! the wanton destructinn of ti-h. antd against earchiu~ them in trans duritn the spawn t(g c,3sn. I: lt r:timnt-l thiat the s'tae has aS Itr,_. a !asse ar,.s ats S31 nne-ota. and it :u- u! ',' tht _ : :n t northern pr-ople will co:e; thre duru::ui the wint,.r to h-atch t:i h. In Grteat liritati butter Is e:rried ;n the lia:il at very l.t rates. Hand a 1:tr . : numberof dairv farmeri send buter to customer, reiularir in it , way. It;s I placed in small woolh.n or metal vae ; :; ,s. an.t the postaze is prea:,: .v stamps. By empl: in,. tlhe m:il-" a 2 Ia_ ,..rvicu the proliti of mddle ,rntrl are s;aved. and Coeultluuers tai froshi but ter all the gear. Seth Green states that "lec.ass n tish. raising can not be a,.1uirel 9by the road. o injg of a bIok any morv :tn than ak i in wltcllh-vuaklin. all. M.linv ti 'S c:t ie atl',ttid. hu)Ilt x:: !' 'ii* ' ne 1 o t t, 1 ' able one to ra.,, t!ih. 11e r~co,,.tl. ltll .i that on. . ;i- ha "".ten.. I. i t ,11all3 -a'.i . int tihat t:e b'nsint's he ex teli di as one'i ktnow\ ,e I ,! 'rtea . sd. A 'omonll isttn ti cSll •i ' . nl;and n"b; ter t it - ti - t ia is :t, u it'n it) i l thile a:tlrt.n ..te - Oi, r f r lo.. l u:tn Is aull fetnte tht' 'on ""~tu rn tU s(!ch a way as to I io- e th' .oiverni nnoul t wýet .tt , t. l i pl- ,ve ,,t.n'itn- tle pa,- I sa:te of thloe who uit ht iWAii :'o "tak Stip' the l.ttUr. IT:. :ttttruvy vgeneral decl;ure, ut'h ftnnc g :1,e:tt . EV".rv fzrntlt'r who t:"thtets hos at-'i la1:1W- a:lllili-nz ' .1 oti', t'.t a t ge. ,mi:utner -atv.rv, trt thivtut to uttle in ilitv tri t' tic-tn. Pitiv'r..:+1 .v"wet herbs -ir uld ItI ,npr.ikled :1 f:' s' pork he f r- it is roast:d. On farms whore tilers is ,il.-ity of hiltp thes·e herb, ca:tn be rai:ed with profit for the supply of 3 the local inarmiet. WVhen screl:\n, ulp thel nuts on the ends of a rod it oftenii h:toens that the rod will turn with the not. To pre vent th s the not on to" other endt must bei k-pt from turning b" screwing 1 on a ch,.-,k-ut t and a wrench on th:s I w:ll hold the rod wh:le the tirst-men tioned nllt is SCIreW 1 )u. Tile second unnual sheo-shearino. I undsir the auspice' of the 31 -souri Wooil-Grtower,' a.ociation, will be t held at St. Lou:s. May II. 12 and 13. " Ca: sit prizes to t ho t e extent of $1,76 -) are oilred. P..rt:cil$l'rs IllraV Ie at ntpon appliicat.on to H. C. West, t. lok-'box . 6Ut3. St. Loui-. A Massachusetta paper clainms that a new Tranze of the P..trons of lnutbandt ry is organzedl n that -tate every- day. Early English Ccal JMining Coal has been worke I in England 1 since the time of the Normans; but it 1 was only in the bginniiz of the seven teenth century that rixllo.ions in col lieries appear to have been heard of. Even then they were seldom fatal. One which occurred at Mo.ti u, on the 1 Dee. 1676. and which killed a man and blew off the winding drum at the top of the p t. was apparently so) novel an event as to be thln.,rht worthy of de- 1 scription in th "Pihi'ooph:-al 'fr:ans- I actions of the Royal So-let'." This 1 comparative mafreinluiency of explo-ions in the early working- is real:ly account ed for byh tihe miod in w:;.ch c)al was got at that t me. The p is were very I shallow; ndeed. at the beginning of I the eighteenth century no pit hlad reached a greater depth than sixty fathoms; commonly the': were not more than 2:) to 341 fatihoms dlecp. T,)-day some of our pits are half a mile in depth; the Ashton Moss p:t at Auth-n shaw. for exarulle, is close upon I0) fathoms de-ip. Moreover. the oil wtork ings dil nbt extend to any consiilerablu disita.nce from the shafts. In fact. in I the early days of co.il-gettin, the mtiners were more hindered by w:ater and choke damp than by explosive gas. Choke damp must. indeed, have lbeen a r,ire tronble. if we may judge from the hll fashioned method of bring:ng round • asphyxiated colliers. The remedy, we are told. "was to dig a hole in the earth and lay them on their bellies w.th their mouths in it; if that fail they tio them full of good ale; but if that fail they conclude them desperate."--Good The Results of Beer. "Trhere'."said a clertcal-looking man, pointing to an individual who had jut emerged from a saloon and stntumlred into the gutter. "vyou see the resuits of beer." "And there." said a red-nosed look ing person. pointint to the large and i imposing residence of a brewer on tin opposite aile ol the street. 'vou see the results of beer."--:erristouf, Iir a:d. Score One For The Gamin. All who know Jud ge Bhlecklvy antd recall his long,. waving hair and earl| will appreciate this story. lie was ,in his way to the supreme courtone morn Ing whoaen he was acoosted by a 1 ttle street gamin, with an exoeedingly dlr t faoe, with theoustolmary 'sh:nne. it? He wasu quite impoMrtunate. and te judge, bein2 impres-el with the op preasive unt dness o4 the bor's face. said: "Idon't want a shtine, but if yeto will go wash your face I' give you: a dime." "All right. sir." "Wel. let me see you ido it."' The boy weot over to an arte-ian hydrant and malde his ablut:on. lreturning he hell out hIis hand for the dime. The judge said: "'Well sir, you've earned your money: hereitas" The boy said: "I don't want your nmey. old fellow; yop take . s _m. bm $ e haI LT' ayIni Brown of Australia. .t Is snrlpri-in il ow very few men ire ,'aIab vA :t.ikinr lasting impres. sions upon t;ci':a :ttance. ~1e nitcet and ,-re=t ra" mnien, britht men, jolly nmen, but sit: a:t way they are cone we forxet a;ll .,ou: them except as :hey nmay be rý ,.L.:ed by some circum stancect irel y e'traneotls fromn our 1 prson tii in'ern-t :il themn. But lrown if Aus-:ra li. of v'.o:n a writer in the i'hipade phih P'r: tes: this story, riertainiv "eems to it on-, of the men .or caeaty for.;o" 'n. . 2 .t,:te::an 't.:: me recently of an :.stan.e of a pet" tair unanmmi y of 1 opiu:on among a lot of prominent iltn on a quest on where one mi-tht :na: ra!ti\!v eC: ,t:'t .:, tnl a wile ditfir I' o; '.P. " S-r. T~i l)it of the manye noli'n "[t . ;I. : a it , r i. ac "it nltnrers. o "i: ; __. : " "\ r ut tile Ilnt i « . w tg. o cesittn MeintIl ip n ' Aitil 1 n t tt, l e Ster liliiip i.1 tian ,f t~ O \ n- .. n line. tlikinig wn t ( Apt. i tr_' of ::othe many "omninehnt rp.np lae 1 h,, had under hius cito .. 1n: n!i- ame on the sti. I" l i \ t' : " t .i " ti :Il-n tr-o y e lw e r :nt ~r e r't-l a J .o " a tithe c a :iii n. r tey in n, atorts, writers. )pre(: -: : :: 1 l: ep i tha an andll nthn e trit" uotrlt ihe t have seen etvhry lat: of it , but tihe nio-"t enter."timna p1 t`,e er I ever nirot: ieft ai alr ewyr trom wae! Lrie L .\t l thi lc. n l t Browi. He WAS. Wi tinltt" .u!,, o enin..t bL'io iant oneior'' l: .t :t.i. I. eof u lietrnrei to., 1il frie d i - il iiit t n the ,lon ti no t w i '€lveil thi.- tlnk:1ctWn .11W..'el, struck birdi Itas somewhat r :- L: andlll t caused him to renwnti.:,t - the name. He was htill more siir:itl hed, threfore. when a year latr he },t-:i: Jo-eph Jetlcrson. at a l niner li tn ir o in hlo city, ex press as his opnionp that aoions all the bo:nht talkers lie had ever met in this or any otter o" illlltryl thie same Prominent lanyer of Mlelbourne was the lmost ultr:lih nt. It was not that he said witty things every now and a.nain, but thalt his conversation was one ontrinaol flow of iqu r conceits, bright eplterinl s and bon mots which icame ho - asiy ani wt re so tree from titterness o ra te that tiey had it charm an t tItsii hnes sl omn founed ir n the conversation of profssiuonal rae conteurs. Broan of Melbourne became dis- no tieniphel rn inf the eyes of the fen tleman, who had tw r hei rd his prais es Motlih y so able crit iets, but he was still to ,hear of him agat. Oine even an_ sieveral ynears aio. wlnle dining with the .Savaqe, ctb in London, when Byron. author of the comedy of "Our talkers wereat the thatle, a battle of woorkls took pheace her wlen Robertson, the author of "'*,"hool" and "Caste" andti aother entntirlan possessing no earn powers of repalrte. My friend was greatly le-Ised with what ie heard iand expretsed his almirietion of the brichtne-s of the speakers. to a gentle elan -ittin^_ next to him. "Yes."said the Enolishnan, "they talk well, but we had at qeer chap heine from the trovyinces once tht madne them all ook to tfheir laurel lie wats by long odds the niost brilliant fellow I ever heard talk. His nanewas Brownand lie came from Mobmourne." It is not unnatural for three people even of wide experience to are:r on the osame novelist, eetor or singer, but it strock me tiat the tort wals interesting. if only as a coincyidence, and tnouah trown of Melbourne has rnot yet visit ed this country. An Indefatigable Liar. From the Boston Commercial Bulletia. As an i!!utration oby the "colossal lia.s ' of tile wnst, General McCook, rei les the following: He was travel ing among tie Rocky mountains, and strayint out one morning from the by the agnificent l, ndcap spreance heiore hitm, hen he was arousd from his ,neditationt by the footsterl os tone o tie dht, wno had followed him, tlett lIe .honld lose hi way.n "Is not thi. mreniieent Bll?" extr-an elaime l the tilenerl, nxious to hare o the uide, "lut [ kin fshow you biger Schl:tsnor the. XI. h, onetime Kan thre days and n:esi:, and wet:rme to a plain, at riit in th ie ,,ilst of it was a for, .t ad turned to solid stun:" The Geleral sltiled and remarked: SI have heard of lpetrilied trees before, Bill. Th'e itiixe txpectorated without clhari!xt. coxtilet-tiani't and iotiontied: "Bit thiat warntit ill, General. That war a hIix:o tin thtiit phiii, and he war pet i't I , n til he clean jttiutp, and his hlttih hal k. "ild tip a hit of sod, andi hli;ti blinll. if that warn't petri tied in "ix ai r.' The cuneral turnied an amused counlitet"atn- otlt the narrator and :aid: "*WVI, 111,i, the sod would have failie to the outlt l by tli he force of gravi: v'" "Withont any hesitation Bill an sweret: "W' ;. I j--, General, the grailty war petr.lied, too:" Artist's Models iu LondOu. Speakinz of are ist' mioels, a writer in the Mach tiibei: of toe Magazine of Ari- says of tthie in Lonilon: "Di. sipation on the p-r' 0t the women is qully rate, if oivly rom motives of policy, for stecnon:hi4 toat her heaith is her Ihily bleail her form. both in it " 'nerol treat atint uxtt', its i.othing, receive.. her :irst itiin el5CCil care. Thea il I; - ,- fw ,,ie'epttonui, vir totos, b '-,V-vri h1 k . tlin '-; e andithomi .st.. and wien wixil ehai.'xte., she not infreqnlittly en-lax the man she sits to, and then Miss Rote Madder blof soms forti into Mrs.VVandyke Brown. More than one member of the academy 'at th esent day a boast a wil A Strange Wtzaesl (or. \Vtt.tainton Starr. `oiite wt.,-s ago a yvoting woman a:i:ed .i'. ott. who was .OOtn to bo' (,)I,!it a !nother, a1. .tarel belore a Itrcer CLonty (P' . Juatice of the P,.atre and store out a warrant for tae a: rest of a young ,inan named Wil iiatu Bllood.oo'l onn chiarge of assault and bh:tttry. Bloo l;ood was arrest* sd. The , ount woman swtre at thi it::sine aT i t a w weeks previous R.,.ac.'oti i:al comnte to her hour, :a. i.. a: h r ntr -t: to hiei remainiz& h:" tlatl choe i i,.' hrI r:'v to insenei Sv:i1., and a ::<-t'd i;her ltt wrist, &l -t .- :: ,r_. it SieP said the imtars of 1. ii:,.rs and thumb were vi~§ble on htr t hroal for -everal days, and her wri-t ret:mallm crooked for (,wIme tinme. Shi'r !;l I n) witnesses to 1ub iii~ n ! f:r' . " n n " " ' ts,'nt nts or prove in mi-- . I::..n -ot adnaitted ri it- it '' i , l ailn toitt Ira.'' 2 : h _ ... t " t I; ,. ri's ho tll0 0 a th,- "m , ' h t" ti ., assault, but !tl, " I " !. r ' t l :.tv : i,"t 'i m ade. H e wai-,rsd. "l.d", <, t. to await trial at Fe , llhey I that the irl had been a-.anittid, mt 3L!tiodoodi's tischargts was tt:;. . c _ :iV ill 4 rienIds assoon AS "',-rt i.t t; . Tlhi' t'at' waW caliedl at the -:lt -!i of tnt' M',.rcer court. The ,n m:ll .llt m;t'-,:, rid., carrying her •,. -,-k,-,:dl thy. H1erlawyerput ;i.-r tll : nth, -tnllld. lantd ehe swore that Ut, ( l'r I i it.'s:auiltel her as stated a:: tat -1r. wOmis the mother of the att :i i i. ; tlillrc . A plhysician CO1 rti o,:' ,l i i;: ::ac: of :iat relation. ,pin. [ ..;old' ,n tohd the court tiat ," " - *tr -u--*m woutll" a.k for ac tllto' i tie -rOliil that there was no ti d -'n at any '-sati!lt havini.been t on. i., i. i T,: ,l 1 ,-'s evidence cor rthorative of tile plan titl!ste tinlony the hbay i -i:" brii, in hil arms. The prov-emnt tll, awyer took the infant to the lurtl. :itL'I. nlttIm',v:rll t its throat. rve:tale1 to thert tl.- .l..1itt mnarksof four tin.tIrs on one -ihe 't it and the plain tin l uan lllistaka:l)le Inlmpression of at hunlld on tile otilier. After these rmtaiitrkable btrt hmiarks had been el amiined by the iury, thelawytr uncov ered the haly' left wrist. It was twit.- tH out of .hape andll woilen. as it it lhad el el sutltlenly wrenched. These marks corre'spjonded exactly with the inirries the mitinl's mother swore she itoi rte'eiv,'(l at tie li:ands of the pria on-tr. liioo,1Ciotoi, more t han a month before it was born. The prisoner was convicted. War Correspondents. "The peaceful citizen who reads in his 'liorning pape.r the full details of a battle that was perhaps fought the previous day," said Archibald Forbes to a New York Mail writer, "little thinks of toe perils and dtangers the Torreltpondent on the field of battle has to go throuPh to send the infor imation home. Previous to 1870 the duty of the iatherer of war news was easy compared to what it is at pro sent. Then one could stand on eoOse hill, watch the battle, decide how It I had one and post off his letters. In 1S70 a reform came over this method of doing the work. The system at sendinm by tehlgraph the full particu. lars of the tight came into use. The danzers increased. With the use of sieg suns that tire a shot 10 miles, and riflde that kill at two miles, it is inpos0ible for the war correspondent to stand out of danger and see how the battle is doin-. He must be in the thick of the fight, and statistics show that the percentaze of cornre pondents killed is greater than the percentage of soldiers killed. In the recent terrible tichting in the Soudaq, out of 20 representatives of the press who went with the forces,sixlihe buried in shallow graves in those burninI deserts. The ideal war correspondent nlmut he a man who has, among otheb thints, the lift ot tongues. He must speak, in addilition to the ordinary European languages, some of the Asiati-•, incluilinm Aflhanistan, and i some African, including Soudaness Ashantte, Alwssinian and Zulu. He Smust have a lovely temper, amiable as a woman, and an affable as a cam. didate who in eanvassilni for your vote.' and at the same time he must be bi.z and umly enough to scavt off whole a:t mnies. Hle must be able to ride anythin., from a giraffe to a Srat. atnd be able to sit in the saddle for lilt) miles at a stretch, to go with. ' out eating for a week. to write agood, iul,!le roundtii hand, so the clerk at the telet!rapth st:ltia)n c'an read it. He nimust write at the rate of a colnmn am hour. and oatrr-l write eight columIs, Sand then cellop back to the scene ol iaetion lie mti t ble able to tell evry move that i-' oini to be mnade, and -(c',t a h:Lt ;:I logIu before it takem Si','e. and then. while it is raging, he mi,-ti tel! how it is coiin,. and what w il be te t result, lonr before it teL netnates. All t lese acoixmplishments woulh make a ,nai an idl,al corree' io!o:dent, hut there nevetr was such a Iu:m11. Julins (' ear wonhli hIive made a .toot ,lne If ttherc Iliad t,,n *ll'h men Sin theo e ldays., anll NtoL tim)oil I, would e have -,.ipstsl Jihiis 1, ,ar .I ho could have learnrd to be trutt, ul." All Uiapproacihable Rasal *A Woiaitn iwho ke-lS ;a boarding. Shouse on I.a:ei strleet cnaled at thu police headqutarters n"ecirtly to com. r plain that a Lt.I-tlellanI boarder had , skippe4 eri hous,*, lei'lng a till u* pa:d. 'H"le o'c-es mie about ,10 and I waat f him cmn:iht." hoi added. • 1\\tnar kn:l f a ipron was be?" saked tl:,. 'erletantit. n "\''lll t h,' ay befor le he went away heoatier."t to,:itoLi'ry ii.' to settle the • bill. You caxi Jutlge wimrt ciiek he r. has." "And you refut',l".' It "Yes--nt-no. I di,'n t"' ,he exclaim s ed as she blu-'hed (ha;r back to her . ears. "It wa.ts all settlei that we , sehould be marrtied, and that's one ree 7 son I'll pursue him to the ride of the