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I have at length brought myself to feel some interest in the hero of my tale. when Approaching voices warn me that tees to my solitude draw near. Not wishing to be disturbed I move still further into my window, and pull the curtains across me, so that no one in the adjoining room could by any chance see me. I can distinguish George Ashurst's jerky Full of such thoughts and misgivings, I one day creep upstairs to the little turret chamber, whereâ€"while still Phyllis Ver- nonâ€"I once stood with Marmaduke to gaze down upon the crowded parterre beneath. In‘nnother tiny apartment, opening off this is a deeply-cushioned window, in which it is my usual practice to sit and read such works as serve to distract my mind from the vague regret: that now for- ever haunt it. When it is too late. I learn how precious athing I have cast away. By my own capricious folly, and through wilful tem- per, I have forever alienated ’Duke’s affection. Very rarely does he speak to me; still more rarely of his accord does he seek my presence. I no longer afford him any joy. It is only too apparent that he has ceased to care for Although I will not confess it even to myself, I am sick at heart. With the return of my good health has come back my old horror of loneliness, and the girlish longing for some one to sympathize with me in all the pleasures and troubles of my daily life. Not even the frequent visits of mother and Doraâ€"who with her husband is staying at Bummerleusâ€"ean make up to me for what I believe I have lost. Marmad'uke an}: I fall once more into our pld ways, seeing as little as may be of each other. When they leave at) the end of the week I positively miss them, and wish them back again; but, as the wedding is to take place almost immediately, further delay in the country is imposaxhle, Harriet and I agree in thinking them the most charming of lovers. Indeed, as an engaged pair, they are a pattern to all lovers similarly afliicted. They never glower at us when we enter the room unex- pectedl , and they don‘t blush. They get rid of l inevitable spooning by going for long walks together, where no one can wit- ness or be distressed by their absurd appre- ciation of each other’s society. And they actually refrain from making eyes at each other across the dining-table. When I say that they manage to keep themselves alive to the fact that there are other people in the world beside themselves, I consider I have spoken volumes in their favor and halgdone them every jnsticet ‘uthm‘ 0‘ " “0113' BBWD.” "The Baby." " Airy Fairv Lilian," etc. etc. Somebody says, “ Thank you,” and then we all follow suit. Chandos alone is silent. The moonlight streams across the carpet, rebuking the soft radiance of the lamps. A hush has fallen upon us. He: song's retrain almost repeats itself aloud through the stillness. Two tears fall quietly upon my claspedhands. The love once outsâ€"” Fishing the curtain aside with one hand, Chapggg says in a low, getermined tone: " Will ydu come aisd see how the gar- dog 10015! by moonlight ?" _ “I suppose because I am such a. dismal Inimal myself,” she replies lighfily, and. risipg. oomegoyer to me. ‘ He addresses no one, he mentions no name, but his eyes are fixed on Bebe; he has forgotten all, everything, but her. Put- ting my own thoughts from me. I listen with breathless eagerness for her answer. Well do I know it is the third and last sppeal. Should she reject this she will indeed lose forever the heart that truly love§_her.__At length she spooks. “ Yes, it you {vish it.” she says, letting the words tall from her lips with singular sweetness. “I'Lm so rejoiced!" exolaims Harriet, plaintively, when they are well out of has:- mg. " Now I do hope they will marry each other, and bring their little comedy to a successful close. I am sure we must all confess it‘has had_ a. sufficiently long run." “ Yes, I sang it on purpose. I don’t mind acknowledging it to you." cries Bebe, hours afterwards, flinging her arms around my neck, and hiding her face out of eight. uAnd was it not well I did ‘Pâ€"was it not well? Oh, Phyllis, though I sang it so bravely, there was a terrible fear at my heart all the time. I wished him to know, yet I dreaded his knowing. Can you under- stand ‘2 I dreaded his guessing my motive toe clearly, and yet it was my last chance." “ Dearest, I am so glad.” “ Ah I what tortures I have endured this past fortnight ‘2 I felt convinced he no longer cared for me, and I know I could not be happy without him. But he does love innâ€"more than ever, he says, and now I shall have him always." She pauses to indulge in a. little rapturous sob. “ Phyllis, nay: mistake ohstinaoy tor pride I" “ Why will you mug and songs, Bebe ‘2” exolaims ’Duke, impatiently; and Bebe laughs. She joins him, and together they go out on the balcony, down the steps, and so disagpear. Ah, it you knew How true a. friend a. dog can be, And what a. friend he was to me When friends were few! " Only a. dogâ€"a bean," you sneer, " Not worthy of a. sigh or tear." Speak not to me Such falsehood of my poor dumb friend, While I_hp.ve )angunge to defend Only 3 dog." You wonder why I gnevelsp [fl-110171} as}: him die‘ 7 His memEry." Thrgfilgh ups and downs, through thick and 111, My boon companion he has been For years and years. He journeyed with me many miles ; I gave him frowns, I gave him smiles, And now, sad tears. Before my children came, his white, Soft 11qu was pillpwed Ievory night; And when a, tenderer love awoke. The first swegg yvqu_111_y bub): appke Upon my breast. 80 let him lie just one time more Upon my bosom as before, And take his test. Was "'M-a-t.” Poor 13718.5 I Could I no other reason tell, My motger heyrkwquld love you well ' ’Intelligono'eâ€"N Could smell, see, hear and suffer pain. What makes a._son}, if these are vain ‘1’ *' ’th ofiii that." W 7 Together boy and dog have laid Upon my lap;_toget_he; played N Vizirotfu'drmvy feet, ' ' 'l‘ill laugh and bark together grew So much qlgke, I scarcely knew Ah! go away and let me cry, For novg you 15ng the reason why I loved him so. 7 ' Leave me alone to close his eyes That logkeq so wigtful and so wise, 15 there f9r Wu 119 “Qt1.ler.eiei°?f‘. m; $53135; fieyaaaagam'amii’y’ me 7 Only a} dog'? 7 My dog had love, and faith and joy As many fiEPFB my baby boy-â€" wh’e'n’I ’gd’iieiicéi'“ 'Tis my belief my dog will be Among ghgflrgt t.o__we_1come me. "Trying to know; 7" At garden-gate or open door You’ll rgn to_y§ve_lcqn_le xpe no more, Dear lime friend. You were so good, so kind, so true. I question, looking down at you, Is this the end 2’ No home be and death’s chilly tide And envy fog, Where meekness and fidelity W111 may: yewngd, glthough you be Believing that I keep his collar and his ball, And do not say to him, farewell, But good-bye, Mat. Dear. faithful Mat. Which'waa most' sweet. PHYLLIS. BY THE DUOHEBB. Only a Dog. -â€"PEARL RIVERS. ,H,‘ __-‘ fl--. 1 lay fiv'e slight; little fingers in his, oou- fidingly : I can see how he reddens at my touch. He holds them softly, and turns them over to see the pink palm at the other ' “ There was a. time," with 9. faint smile, “ when you longed with equal vigor to be olgl‘ 95136 wor_ldly-wise." " Ah, yes! what a goose I was then! But really, though, I am rowing horribly fat. My hands, eygq7§§§ o_w plump thqy are.” “Beoiuae you look such a girl stillâ€" suoh a. mere child, indeedâ€"that I thought it would sound absurd." “ I am glad of that. I would wish to be yogi-.15. and fresh glwaga.”> » I pull up the 10088 sleeve of my dress and look with some satisfaction upon the “ pretty soft roundness.” My old weak- ness for ogmpliments is_ strong upon me. “ Why did you not finish yofi’rra‘ehitrefie?" I ask, slyly ; “ you were going to say when I wags a. girl.” tones. and then Msrmaduke's, distinct, though low. There seems to me some- thing argumentative in their discourse. and the footsteps come slowly, as though every nogv 9nd then they stood to dispute a. point. “ Very much betfier. Your faoehas gained its old color, and your arms have regained the pretty soft roundness they had when yelra wereâ€"that isâ€"before we were mar- r1e .” Suddenly now 'my own na'me is ’men- tioned, and putting down my book, I wait to hear what wfll follow. Ol! oourseI know perfectly well in my own mind that I ought to rise at once and honorably declare myself, but decide equally well in my own mind thafi I will do no such thing. What can ’Duke be saying about me ‘2 As they enter the turret, his wor_de_ ring o_ut plain agdfitegg. " You are dressed for dinner,’! I remark, presently. “ 80 early ?” " Not so very early; it is hall-past six." “ Indeed! how the time has flown 1 Well. let me addthis toyour appearance to make you perfect." I detach a little rose- bud from the bosom of my dress, and place it with lingering oerefulness in his coat. I believe as I do so he imagines I have developed the crowning phase of my malady by going mad. “ ’Duke,” with perfect nnoonoern, and with my head alittle on one side to mark the effect made by my roseâ€" ‘fDuke, don‘t you think it is time now I should give up my invalid habits. and learn to change my dress every evening, like a. civilized being '2” “'Bufi don’E you' think” m2; mild; better anflvqtronger i_n_every w_ay 7”_ “ I tell you, Ashurst, I can stand the life I am leading no longer. You cannot under- stand What it is to see the woman you love â€"to see your wifeâ€"treat you as the very commonest stranger. Good feeling alone, I honestly believe. prevents her from show- ing me absolute liatred." “I think ‘S'ou would be very foolish P1933“: t9 *5? any flames J'th vet", ” Well, well, well,” says George. “I suppose there is no use in any one's speak- ing; huh to me ibis incomprehensible ‘; why she cannot; be oofitent'snd happy in this charming place, with the best fellow in the world for her husband, is more than I can fathom. But it seems to me now, Carrlngtou, really. you’khbw'â€"thu.‘t you veg-g se_ldgm speak to her ;~eh ‘2" and." “ Poohl my dear tellaw,” says George, “ I don’t believe a. word of it. She is too kind a. little soul to hate any one ; and you least of all. Of course the whole thmg, you know. was unfortunate, you know, and that, but; it will all come all right) in the " I dare any. When I am in my grave," says Marmaduke, bitterly. “ You are a. good fellow, George,bub you can’t know everything, and I am not) to be persuaded in this matter. She is right; I should never have insisted on the second marriage; is has only made her life more miserable, and placed a fretting chain around her geek. But, indeed, I meant it for the est." “ I remembér well." He is evidently intensely puzzled by my manner, which is 00:11:31 to _the last degree. not ‘2” " Very long.” I am not progressing; I feel this, and paugg for a moment. I have gained my feet, and am standing, trembling with hope and tear. in my hiding-place, my hand grasping the shelter- ing curtain for protection and support. At this moment I no longer deceive myself; by my passionate eagerness to hear what more ’Duke may say I know that all my heart is his. And he loves me! Oh, the relief~the almost painful raptureâ€"this certainly causes me! Hushl he speaks again. I “ I'shall torment her no longer with my presence. I have delayed here too long ulready; but I hoped recovered health, and the old associations, might give her a kindlier feeling toward me. Now I feel convinced she never loved me. Let her live her life in peace. She will grow gay and bright, and like the child Phyllis I first knew when she feels sure she has seen the last of me.” “ How short the evenings are getting 1" I go on, peering out: into the dusk. ‘f Marâ€" maduke, do you remember the large party you hadin these gardens before we were married?” ' " Yes." " And how we two stood just here and looked down ppon their} ?”_ " What else could you have done, you kngw? ” inpergoses kindly (geotgm “ Do not think that," says ’Duke, in a low tone. “ The love I felt for her on our first wedding-morning is, if possible, deeper and true: now. Though at times my chains gall and almost madden me. yet I would not exchange them for letters son as down. All least she is mine. insomuch that; no other man can claim her. And I have this poor console.- tion in my loneliness, that. though she does not love me, she at all events cares for no one else.” When he has been gone at least five min- utes I steal from my concealment and, entering the turret chamber, walk softly towards Marmaduke, who is standing with his back turned to me. gazing down through the window upon the lawn beneath. His attitude betokens deep thought. I go lightly to his side, and let my eyes follow the direction his have taken. “ Dreaming, ’Duke ?” I ask, gayly. He starts violently as I wake him from his reverie. and betrays astonishment not only at my presence at this moment, but also at my altered demeanor. “ Because there was nothing else to be done. Batter to bear a name distasteful to her than to bear none at all. I did it for her sake.” “Then do you mean me to understand that you yourself but! no interest in the matter." , There isa. patinaâ€"a long oneâ€"5nd my hayri- aotuguy ptppgbgsfiing ; “length; "Almost. I think,” he says, after a moment’s hesitation. It is so long .since I have addressed him with anything approaching bonhomie. (Good George - dear George.) “ Why should I put myself in the way of a. cold reply? I devest forcing. myself upon any oneâ€"and when she is by her own avowal happier when absent from me. Bshl let us forget the subject : to me it is a. hateful one." “ Then why on earth, when you knew all this beforehand, did you insist on marrying her again ‘2” >_ “Yes, Dora is a perfect wife,” declares my brother-in-law, with honest content. " Good-bye, Carrington ; I will come over about that house either to-night or to-mor- row Blaming early." _ _ “ Better oBme t'o-night and sleep," urges ’Duke, and George, ha}! consenting, goes nofiglesagy QM"; the stairs. ‘.‘ Poor litfle Phyllis I" murmurs George Ashgrata, tendetjly. - “ You' are a. happy man, George," says 'Duke, adopting a lighter tone¢ “Do not let tgy tro_ubles fiepreas you." u flow long ago i7: seems now I does it “I have not waited in vain," he says. “ At last I can call you mine; at last ; and just when I had given up all hopeâ€"~durling â€"garling l” It; is hilt an hour later, and we are now thoroughly comfortable, full of rest and quiej joy. _ We are sitting before the library fire, I on a low stool, with my head leenmg againeh ’ane’e knee, he with one hand round my neck. while with the other he every now and than ruffles, or as he fondly believes, smoothes, my “ nut-brown looks.” For the last three or four minutes no words have been passed between us. I think we are too happy to give way to the mere expreegion 01 our feelings. Suddenly, all in one Eminent, as it seems to us, without any warning, we hear a. loud 7‘ That seems rather a. pity. does it not ?" reins.er he, bilgerly: side, and then turns them back again, but he does not speak ; very slowly, buh with determination, he lets_1gl_1em go. “ No fear of my wedding-ring coming off now,” I say, cheeriully, though somewhat disooucerted at the failure of my last ruse ; “ not even when I wash my hands does it shit. I won’t be able to get; rid of it in a hurry." ‘ We are quite silent for a few minutesâ€" during which egreat content, such as I have never before known, creeps into my heart. Then ’Duke, with a long, happy sigh, partly releases me. His eyelashes, I can see, are wet with tears, but there is the very sweet;- est and tenderer-3b smile upon his lipa. V“Apity? WhyII would never forgive mysgl! it} lost ip.” " Would you have nothing in the past altered, Phyllis ?" he asks, suddenly, and curiously, burning for the first time to con- front me. Not noticing the rather ungraeious ten- dency of this last remark, ’Duke draws me closer to him, and, atooping his head, presses his cheek to my w_et one. W“ Some thingsâ€"yea. But not my wed- ding-sing: °9£t9inlz-." ..... " Must I say it again ? Can you not see by me how it is ‘2” I answer, still crying; I am 8. perfect Niobe by this time, and am dismally oonaeious that the tip of my nose is degenerating into a warm pink. “I am sure I amynhappy enough tor anything.” _ “My love! my life'l” he whispers, and holds me as though he never again meant to Let me go.“ '7 l“’Grocgld little Phyllis,” murmurs be, somewhat sadly. " your reooverd health has testored to you ygut good:_rm§ure."_ Turning up my face so the. the full glare of the lamp falls upon it, Marma- uke gazes at me as though he would read the innermost workings of my hqart. “In this the trutfi?” ha' asks. “ Are you sure you are not deceiving youragll and ma 7” “ It was not good-nature,” I protest, eagerly,teeling strangely inclined to cry. “ I said it because I meant it. But come," hastily, tearing I have said too much, “ dinner must be ready ; we had better go downstairs.” “ But I do] I do I" I sob piteously, fling- ing my arms around his neck. “ I always, always liked you better than any one else, bub during these past few months I have learned to love you so Well that I cannot be happy without you. When I heard you say this evening you intended leaving me again, I thought my heart would have broken.” “Mgiingdhke leaves the window, and moves towards the door, allowing me to follow. "T‘VHuve you forgotten your manners ‘2" I cry, playfully. “ W111 you not conduct me downstairs 7 _ Give me your gun, ’Duke." ” Your spirits are very high to-night, are they not?” he says, smiling. " I am glad to see you so like your old self, as now I can with a. clear conscience leave home." “ Are you leaving?” “Yes. You know I promised myself to go abroad in the autumn. I will arrange with Billy or your mother to stay with you while I am away.” “ It you are going, well and good,” I return, quietly, " but do not arrange inat- ters for me. I will have no one to stay with me in your absence.” “ What 1 not even Billy 7" " Not even Billy,” I say firmly. We get through dinner almost without 9. comment. My sudden overflow o! genielity has entirely forsaken me. I am as mute, as depressed, as in those first days at Hezelton. Rising from the table as soon as custom will permit me I make my way to the drawing-room, where I sit in moody dis- content. I am wretchedâ€"most miserable; doubly so in that I can see no plan of escape from my troubles lying clear before me. I rest my aching head on ‘my hands and try to think; but alwayehls saddened face and averted eyes- are to be seen. We are so close, yetso .divided. Only a. wall or two, a. door. a. passage, but miles might be said to separate us, so far apart are we in eym- pathy. At this moment I know he is sit- tiug in the library. silent, companjonlese. There is not a. movement in the room, not a. sound, except my heavy bursting sobe. Then some one puts an arm round me, and presses my head down upon his breast. I look up into Mermaduke’s face. He is white as death ; and. though he is evidently putting a terrible restraint upon himself, I can see that his lips, beneath his fair mous- tache, are trembling. , “ I cannot,” be whispers,huekily, “ I have been too long living in the other belief. To hope again, only to be cast down, would be my death. I do not dare imagine it passi. ble y_ou lgve me."_ _ “ You are tiredfPhyllis, over-fatigued,” he says, aoothingly. " Lie still here and you _v:vill_ be befits; prqpeptly." “It is not that," I cry passionately, " not that at: all. Oh, Marmaduke, hear me now ; do not punish me for my past coldness. Ilove you with all my heath; try to believe me.” And then a great desire rises within me. Throwing aside my book, with a nervous determination, I walk down the drawing- room, through the door. across the hall, never pausing until I find myself before the library door. I knock hurriedly, less by any chance my ebbing courage should entirely evaporate ; and my heart almost dies within me, as the well-known yoicp calls out, “ Come in." v “ Yea, I did come to tell you something. Thatâ€"that I love you. And oh, ’Dukeâ€"lf yoE leave_ m_e again; you will kill me." ' Here I bufim ifito a perfect passion at wgeping, and cover my face with my an s. “ Oh, nothing," I return, awkwardly, {ailing miserath as I come to the point: ; “ nothing to signify; another time will do. You are busy now. What are you writing, ’Duke ?" v. " Iwas drawing out my will,” he replies smiling. “ I thought it better to do so before leaving home torâ€"tor an indefinite time. No one knows what may happen. I am glad you have come in just now, as you may as well hear what I have written and iliee it ,you wish anything altered. Now isten. ’ " My dear Phyllis," then quickly, “ you are excited ; you have something on your mind. What. did you come to me for just noyg, Phyllis ? mill ma.” Now or never I am conscious of a. chill feeling at my heart, but I close one hand over the other tightly. and. thus supported, go 03 bravqlx. I open. and advance a law steps into the room. A slight fire is burning in the grate â€"-ih is the beginning of September, and already the evenings shew \eymptoms of coming cold; Marmaduke is seated at the table, busily engaged; with writing mate- rials all around him. " What is it, Phyllis ‘2" he asks, expect- antlg! the pqq my i9 his hand. “ I will not 1” I cry petulantly. “ I hate wills and testaments. and all that kind 0! fihing, I won’t listen to a. word of it ; and â€"and I hope with all my heath I shall die befogg ygu.” Dr. Rate. the Arctic explorer, asserts that cannibalism took place an surely among some of Sir John Franklin’s people as it did among the Greely party. His authority for the charge is the testimony of some Esquimaux whom he met while in the for north ' The progress of invention is well shown in the constantly decreasing price of steel. In 1810 in 0091 about $200 per ton ; to-day the same quality can be bought for $87. Our visit to this seaport of Belgium was more socially successful than falls to the lot of summer travellers. Flemish life differs from the German in that it is more permeated with French customs. Women of the higher classes have a certain chic which gives them a presence, a more defi- nite personality than falls to the fate of their well-born German sisters. They con- verse more spiritedly. and do not open their eyes and look confounded if a woman smokes a cigarette in their presence, as sometimes happens when a Russian or Mol- davian countess enters their social world. At the Cerole d’Harmonic garden concerts, to which one is admitted by card of invita- tion from the members, they are not seen drinking beer at the furious rate German hauxfrauen swallow that beverage in Munich and Vienna. They go to promenade in the pretty, shadowy pathways, and show their pretty Parisian toilets in the “ rond point." where the orchestra kiosk stands. They reeeive gracefully at their private recep- tions, converse intelligently, and are grace- ful, gay and womanly. Gentlemen prefer their own societyâ€"they belong to the heavy artillery order of humanityâ€"and it takes a Clydesdale team of brain power to move them; but they can be moved to love or anger with equal ferocity, so that, on the whole, it is best to leave them and admire their tall forms and fascinating mustaches from a distance.â€"Cologne, Germany, Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. voice outside tho door, a heavy tootstep, a. rapid turning of the handle, and George Ashurst is in the room. I make one dasperate effort to rise and recover the dgnity my attitude has destroyed, but ’Duke, with a. strong detaining grasp, prevents me. I get only as far as my knees, and from that position glare at my bnther-in-lew as though I would willingly flavour him1 “ I took your offer of a bed, after all,” he is beginning, when eomenhing in the eibua- tion strikes him as odd. He meets my eyes, and breaks down. “ Oh, ah! I had no ideaâ€"I didn’t know, you know." He stops, hopelessly, looking as ludicrously silly 51ml puzzled as eyen I could Wish him. “Neither did I,” declares Marmaduke, with a. laugh, “until half an hour ago. Bur it is all right. Ashurst; we-have made it up ; and when I do go abroad, I will take my site wifih. I?!“ “ Didn't I tell you all along how it was I” cries George, enthusiastically (he had not); but by a superhuman effort I refrain from contradicting him). “ I declare to you," says he. subsidmg into a chair, " I was never so glad of anything in all my life before.” There is a story 0! a dramatic author, whose play had been accepted, being requested to make sundry alterations to suit the taste of the actors. Among other changes, the manager suggested that “ a laugh "should be introduced at the con- olusion ol a speech of an out-going per- former; " it would give him a better exit.” The author pleaded that to admit this alteration would spoil the whole dialogue, but the manager was urgent still. “Think it over and do what you can. Bâ€"â€"’s position in the theatre demands it I " when laughs are thus prized it is not won- derful that persons who rarely use their risible muscles are unpopular. There ii a minute’s pause. Then ’Duke, turning, lays a. light caressing touch up an my shoulder as I kneel beside him. He epaafla in a vegy low tone. “‘ We are 8.11 very glad, I thinkâ€"and thankful," he say a, with the softest, tender- est smile. All wag ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow; All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing: All the dnll, deep pain, and constant anguish of patlence l - Various Kinds of Cnchlnnmions and What They Big-lily. "Man," says Greville, “ is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not the only one that deserves to he laughed at?” A laugh may convey all manner of sentiments, says the New York Starâ€"joy, scorn or anger; it may be the most musical and it may be the most discordant of sounds, the most delightful or the most horrible that can fell upon our ears. Contrast the happy laughter of merry children with the gib- bering cry of the maniac or the hoarse laugh of a defiant criminalâ€"the musical ripple of cultivated mirth with the roars of a. tipsy crowd at a._ lair._ Peg Wofiiugton is said to have been cele- brated {or the music of her laughter on the stageâ€"4. most difficult accomplishment, for nothing, except, perhaps, a sneeze, is harder to counterfeit than a laugh. There are many varieties of laughs. There is the musical. cultivated and extremely rare one, pleasant to listen to as a chime of bells. There is the glad,“ somewhat shrill, merri- ment of children, the happiness of which ccndonee its norse. There is the loud guffaw of the vulgar, and the laughter which appears likely to tear the laugher in pieces, causing him to wipe his eyes after the explosion is over. There is the laugh of. embarrassment, when a shy person, at a loss what to say next, “remarks to he,” as Artemus Ward describes it. There is the schoolgirl’s giggle; and the sohoolboy’s snigger, as he reflects on some recently perpetrated, but still recollected piece of mischief. There is the chuckle of the suc- cessful man. Too rare laughers are as papular as too ready ones. A teller of good stories never forgives the man who does not laugh at his jokes. Many persons have made their for- tunes by laughing at judicious moments; applauding a poor jest, or becoming con- vulsed with mirth at a dull pun. To be duly appreciative of his patron’s wit was an important part of the duty of ahanger-on. With what ready laughter are a school- ing-star’s wittioisms _receiged by his class 1 A really musical laugh is perheps rarer than a really musical voice. The giggle, the snigger, the halt-choked laugh are oom- znon enough ; but how seldom do we hear the melodious soundâ€"the laugh in its par- feotion. It should not be shrill, nor too loud, nor too long. It should not bear any double meaning. any hidden sarcasm in its mirth. It should not be so boisterous as to exhaust the laughter and deaten the lis- tenets. Then there is the laugh of inoredulity. When Tom goes to his rich old uncle, full of glowing descriptions of the perfections of the lady to whom he is engaged, or of the appointment which he expects to obtain, does the old gentleman damp his nephew’s ardor by a long harangue? No, he only gives a dry laugh, and Tom’s hopes of a check fall rapidly. All these laughs bear some family resem- blance to each other; they all, in their degree. express sensations of pleasure. There are darker descriptions of laughter. There are laughs more cutting than the bitterestk speeches, more alarming than the cruelest threats. Satirical lsughtar is most offensive. A laugh can convey con- tempt which words would tell to express. Is any one proof against being annoyed by ridicule 7 Even a dog is sensible when he is laughed at, and resents the imparti- nenee. Some of the lower animals are indeed quite as sensitive to derision as human beings. ABOUT LAUGHTEK. Flemish Social Lilo. THE END. Dr. Samuel Hall. of New York, has donated $100 in aid of the Crumlin Presby- terian Church. Dr. Hall was formerly a. suburban resident of London, and as it is many years since he left, the present memento of his connection with that city is all the more esteemed. It is worthy of note that the largest con- tributions made last year to the missionary work of the Protestant Episcopal Church was made by a Uhinamen, Mr. Charles Ping Lee, of Shanghai, who gave $5,000 to St. Luke’s Hospital in that city. No woman without: a. male escort ven- tures out after dark in Naples 0: Rome. such has been the increased license given to crime of late. A secular paper says a. good thing about the J ewa. They are never found in the liquor business. It is believed that out of 60,000 Hebrews in New York city not one is the keeper of a. grog shop. Home at Interest [or and About Ladies. Mrs. Anna. McIntyre, of Fonda, N. Y.. aged 82, is learning to play the piano. The neighbors think she ii old enough to know better. Exactly seven calendar months after the date of its capture, the huge finner whale belonging to Mr. John Woods. of Dundee, and popularly known as “ The Tay whale,” was dissected by Prof. Struthers, ct A‘cer- deen University. It will be remembered that the whale, after disporting itself in the Toy for about a month, and success- fully evading the whaling boats that from time to time pursued it, was ultimately harpooued on the 31st of December last, but broke away with the lines, and on Jan. 7th was found dead at sea by a Gourdon fishing-boat and brought to Stonehaven, where it was bought for upwards of £200, by Mr. Woods. The huge mammal was towed to Dundee, where it was exhibited for some time, and was afterwards embalmed with a view to its preservation and exhibition elsewhere. Since then the finner has been on exhibition in Aberdeen, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle and Edinburgh, and has been visited by immense numbers of people. Recently, however. the process of dissection was begun under the supervision of Prof. Struthers, of the Aber- deen University, who was also present at the embalming, and who has taken so great an interest it it. Mr. Robert Gibb, the attendant at the Aberdeen anatomical museum, conducted the surgi- cal operations, and was assisted by a large number of workmen. When the whale was opened it was found that the work of embalming had been so well performed that Prof. Struthers declared it would have 1 , kept a still longer time. The head was the i first part operated upon, and it may be mentioned that it took a dozen men to lift the skull. Incisions were then made in the back and other parts, and the flesh stripped off the bones and put into barrels. Several lorry loads of the flesh and bones were then packed up and consigned to Aberdeen University, to which the remain- ing parts will also be dispatched. The skeleton will then be cleaned and purified, and we believe that the winter will be well over before it is in a state to be returned to Dundee to be placed in the museum, to which Mr. Woods so generously presented it. In order further to enhance the value of the skeleton, and make it complete in all respects, Mr. Woods has made a further presentation of the whole of the whalebone to the town; and the skeleton, when Prof. Struthers and his assistants have put it into shapes will be well worthy of a place in the museum.-â€"Glasgow Herald, Aug. 9th. Mrs. Quinn, 8. Scotuhwoman, died at Hackensack the other day of too much pining for purple heatherâ€"homesickneas, or, as the books have it. nostalgia. Oi 4,692,348 persons returned by the census of Germany in 1882 as engaged in agricultural work, 1,230,080, or nearly a million and a quarter, are females. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton is out with a plea. for new divorce laws in which the rights of father, mother and child shall be equally guarded. An Indian newspaper gives as a. reason why widows should beallowed to remarry that; the Empress of India (Queen Victoria) is the offrpring of the marnuge of a widow. Miss Florence Marryat is coming over from England to lecture on the subject: “ What shall we do with our men ‘1” A newly wedded benediot advises he): to “ talk marry at them.” Mrs.Van Goth, the revivalist, has been engaged in her special work for nineteen years. She is now in her 54th year, and says that she is the spiritual mother of 40,000 souls. Miss Kate Field has dropped theEMormon discussion long enough to definitely declare that women primarily dress to please them- selves, and the additional adornment is sometimes put on for male admiration. Mrs. Bridget Farley celebrated her 103rd birthday on Wednesday at West Stratford, Conn. She was born in Ireland, and name in this country in 1820. Her physwal con- dition 15 good, and she does more or less housework. Women are coming more and more to the front in the matter of education. Mme. Kowablo’eki has recently been appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University at Stockholm, and a Miss Clara Dawes has taken her degree of A. M. at; London Uni- versity, being the first woman in England who has attained that honor. For her recent visit to Heide berg the Empress of Austria engaged the whole of the well-known and expensive Sohloas Hotel for a. month, brought a suite of seventy persons (including four fencing- masters, with whom Her Majesty prac- ticed for two hours daily), and spent several thousands of florins in the town. The official hard-heartedneee of the British treasury is sharply animadverted upon by a correspondent of the London Times, in the case of Mrs. Ellen Blake, whose estate of $730,000 has just reverted as a windfall to the Crown. The treasury ofiieere, it appears, refuse to recognize the claim of a par-eon who lived with Mrs. Blake for many years as companion, to some articles of Jewellery, valued at $225, belonging to this lady, but which was retained by Mrs. Blake for safe custody; and although the solicitors to the treasury are satisfied that the jewellery actually belongs to the lady in question, they refuse 1:) hand it over on the ground that her claim to the articles is barred by the statute of limitations. The latest accession to the list 0! Presi- dentialoandidates.1rom among whom the intelligent citizen will have to choose, is Mrs. Belva Lockwood, a well-known lawyer now practicing in the city of Washington. This lady possesses great force of character and indomitable persever- ance. Her legal attainments are of no common order, and her practice at the bar has been entansive. She was for years the editor of the Legal News of Chicago, a journal founded by her husband, and con- tinued successfully by her. Mrs. Lockwood has for some time been a resident in Washington, and is the only lady admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court. In her letter of acceptance she promises, it elected to make “ a. fair distribution of offices to women as well as men.” This would include the appointment or a reason- able number of women as district attorneys, marshals and judges of the United States, and of a competent woman to any vacancy that might occur on the United States Supreme Bench. DISSECI‘ION 0F '1‘“ E TAY WIlAlJE Given over to a College Prolesaor. THE SOFTER SEX. Chm-ch Chimes. E’None genuine without a. bunch of green Hops on the white label. Shun all the vile, poisonous atufl with "Hop" or "Hops" in their ame. 7‘ And we are so glad that he uled your Bit bers.”â€"A LADY of Utica, N. Y. “ From a complication of kidney, liver, rheumatic trouble and Nervous debihty, “ Uunder the care of the best physicians, “ Who gave her disease venous names, “ But no relief, “ And now she is restored to us in good health by as simple a remedy as Hop Bit- ters, that we had shunned for years before using it.”â€"THE PARENTS. Father is Getting ‘Vell. “My daughters eey ; “ How much better father is since he used Hop Bitters.” “ He is getting well after his lon eufler- ing from a disease declared inourab e.” A 0ne~§hlcd View 01 the Three Emperors. There were three of them. They were Emperors ; three Imperial monarchs, ruling by divine right. One is a very old man, one just past his prime and the third a young man, but they are all men, all men mortals. They sat in a palace at a little Polish town with the wild, shrieking name of Skierniwica, a name that sounds like a door grating on its hinges or the filing of a saw. They were feasting at a banquet at which ninety persons participated and every one of the ninety was a high mighti- ness of some sort or other. But the highest mightinesses at;the feast were the three Emperors. There were no toasts, say the despatches, but at the instance of William the three monarchs drank wine together. And as those three goblets were raised to the six Imperial lips, not the others oi! the ninety only, but the millions of Europe looked on. Some were interested in the scene only as they are in any gorge- ous entertainment. A few were impressed by the crowns and sceptres, albeit the former seem to tremble on the heads that wear them and the latter sway ominously in shaky hands. But back of all these is a vast cloud of witnesses who wonder how it came about that these three men are invested with authority. absolute power in the case of one and a power approaching ‘ absolutism in the other cases, over the des- ‘ tinies of millions of the human race. The three men say that they have a divine right to rule. and they quote an apostle who said " The pswers that be are ordained of God,” Because they do reign they are divinely appointed to reign. That is th logic or it. By the same sign Caligula and Nero were the appointees and ministers of the Almighty in imperial Rome ; and authority once estab- lished, even it it be that of Jack Cade, it must he reverently recognized as divinely commissioned. So the three Emperors drink wine together while the princes and ladies in attendance look on, counting them- selves to be unworthy to participate in the ceremony of such an imperial sacra- ‘ ment. But outside the palace stand the guards with hayonets fixed and their pieces loaded, while every visitor to those precincts is challenged to show his permit before he is allowed to tread upon that sacred ground. Beyond the guards are the people, and among the people are the thinkers and the plotters. The Emperors know that they are living in perilous times ; an age that challenges their titles as rulers ; in an atmosphere that threatens to become fatal to monarchs who, like themselves. deny to their [eoplc the rights of lite, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. They are but three men, while millions of others as good as they. greater than they in all ,the attributes of manhood, possessing by divine right, inalienable, except through fraud or tyranny, every attribute of sovereignty, are crushed to minister to their pride and caprioe. There are also three other men at that conference. They belong to the same privileged caste, but they wear no crowns. They are the Ministers of the imperial trio. After all they are the true rulers. They, or at least one of them. possesses more brains than the three monarchs combined. Though not chosen by the people they have risen by their own merits to the positiors of influ ence and power they now occupy. Despite all the magnificence of this gathering at Skierniwice there is a lurid light resting upon the scene. The Nihilists are feared as much as they are hated and the fate of the Russian Emperor’s predecessor gives them good cause for dread. Absclutism has had its day. A storm is gathering that will in time sweep it from the face of Europe and then the people’s day will dawn.â€" Rochester Herald. “Eleven years our daughter suffered on a. bed 3! misery, "No! “ She lingered and sufierad long, pining away all the time for years," “ The doctors doing he: no good ;" “ And at last was cured by this Hop Bitters the papers say so much about." “ Indeed! Indeedl” “How thankful we shouldjzbe for that medicine." papers, . Religioua and secular, 13 “ Having Marge sale, and is supplanting all other medicines. “ In cBmpoundiugiiine ICIHG Whose virtues are so palpable to even one’s observation." “ There id 216 iienying the virtues of the flop plant, and the proprietora of Hop Bitters have shown gretrmbrshrgyvdnesa agd pbilitg * _*r * “ And simply call attention to the merits of Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms as possible, “ To induoe people “ To give them one trial, which so proves their value that they will never use any- thing else.” "Then run invintb some adébrti'ser'nent that _wei ayoid_ all'guob, Richard Grant White depletes that the letter “ r ’2 is disappearing from the Ameri- can tongue. “ It has become so common to begin an article, in an elfggnfi, interestipg style, The drink crop of Tennessee is $2,000,000 larger than the wheat crop. Mexico owes American creditch 820,- 000,000. ' Speaking generally it is not to the labora tory of the chemist that we should go {or our potash salts, but to the laboratory of nature, and more erpeoially to that of the vegetable kingdom. They exist in the green parts of all vegetables. Tnxs is illustrated by the manufacture of com- mercial potash from the ashes of the twigs and leaves of timberâ€"trees. The more succulent the vegetable the greater the quantity of potash it contains, though there are some minor exceptions to this. As I have already stated, we extract and waste a considerable proportion of these salts when we boil vegetables and throw away the potage, which our wiser and more thrifty neighbors add to their'every-day menu. When we eat raw vegetables, as in salads, we obtain all their potash. Fruita generally contain important quantities of potash salts, and it is upon these especially that the possible victims of lithic acid should rely. Lemons and grapes contain them most abundantly. Those who cannot afford to buy these as articles of daily food may use cream 0! tartar, which, when genuine, is the natural salt of the grape, thrown down in the manner I shall describe when on the subject of the cookery of Wines.â€"â€"â€"From “ The Chemistry ofCookery," by W. Matticu Williams in Popular Science Month’y for October. " THE REMEDY so favorably noticed in all the Nature’s Remedies the Best. 0NLY THREE MEN- TIIE BEST lVlEDlUlNE. A Daughter’s misery. Advertising (heals 1 ! 1 :ch1 She Die ? mi? his}? 01mm: tree U B. E., Lecturer on the Eye. Eat and Throat Trinity Medical College, Toronto. Ocullsun Auriat to the Toronto General Hospitnl,ln Clinical Assistant Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorefield’e and Gentral London Thrust and Ear Hospital. 317 Church Street Toronto. Artificial Human Eyes. 777 W THE VOLTALIO BELT 00.. of Marshall. Mich. ofler to send their celebrated ELEGTRO-VOLTALIO BELT and other ELECTRIC APPLIANCEB on trial for thirty days. to men (young or old) afflicted with nervous debility, loss of vitality and man hood,and all kindred troubles. Also for then metiem, neuralgia, paralysis and mung 0t . diseases. Complete restoration to heslt , v! .r and manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed. Write than“ once for illustrated pamphlet free. Reaches us that counterfeit bank bills are in circulation, we carefully examine every bill in order to protect ourselves ageing loss. How much richer would we be, how much suflering would we escape, did we excercise in all things the same careful scrutiny. Imitations, cheap and danger- ous. are being offered for that great corn remedyâ€"Putnam’s Painless Corn Extrac- tor. Beware of all remedies offered you as being”just as good as Putnam’s.” It is not proof positive that it is the best when such arguments are used to effect the sale of substitutes. Use Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor. Sold by druggists every- where. Cetewayo’s son has abandoned fig monarchy for which his father lay so long in captivity. He has given his sanction to the proclamation of a. Dutch Republic by the Boers. Sometimes it costs hundreds of dollars tc convince 9. man ; very often less is required, but in the case of Pol-son’s NERVILNE. that sovereign remedy for pain, 10 cents facts the bill, and supplies enough Nerviline to e )nvire every purchaser that it is the bee“, mosh prompt and certain pain remedy in the world. Nerviline is good for all kinds of pain, pleasant. to take, and sure to cure cramps and all internal pains. In is also nice to rub outside. for in has an agreeable smell,’quite unlike so many other prepare. tions, which are positively disagreeable to use. Try it now. Go to a. drug store and buy a. 10 cent or 25 cent bottle. Polson’s Nerviline. Take no other. mm- y tu'itop {Fem 1'7» u again, I mean uradl. “1,0 of FlTS, EPILEPSY mg Hndy. I warrnntmy Imcuuso others have making a cure. Send M v PM He or my infallible ‘ ,L ()nicc. ll: costs you Ina you. _.13 read St.. New York. When I an. cure 1 do no mo- 3 mm and t. 1cm have Hm: cal cure. I have mmln or FALLING SICKHL‘S~1 remedy to cure the vm lulled s no rummn fur 14' once for a trcntlse m: remedy. leo Expr‘ ‘ nothing for 3. mm, ddresa Dr. 1). Among thelaet'worda of the late Secre- tary Folger were these: “ I cannot give up my work ; I have great responsibility ; and the people expect me to do my duty.” â€"â€"Lydia. E. Piukham’a Vagetable Oom- pound strengthens the stomach and kidneys and aids digestian. Is equally good for both sexes. Bangor Journal : “ Edibh 1“ It was a woman’s voice that called, soft, low, musical. “ Edith!" she called again, and I could not but stop and listen. Sweet Saxon " Edith.” It should be the name of the voice. so full of tender mums were they both. “Edith.” Blue eyes and fair hair, a. faultless complexion of pearl and pink, an oval face, a. figure tall and mellowâ€" “Edith.” I WE $ E'S! “'hnn luv mun I um um: mn-m Nun‘s-Iv!“ ntnn (hum nu “ Yeth’m, yetb‘m, I gwanten quiok'a I kin gin my hands outen de aoapsudsl ’Fore goodness. I jes‘ wisht I could done drop 50 deep I could nevah heah my name again in dlab yet livin’ worl’. Whafi you want, Mina Tabitha. '2’ The Shah cf Persia, in returning for the ocurteuics shown to him while in Paria; has presented the municipality with (we camels of a. variety no larger than Shetland ponies. And a. sweet young girl. fair as a dream of June, petite and graceful, came to the door and gave an order to a. coal-black woman five feet eight inches in height, with arms like John Sullivan's and a rod-and- yellow turban on bar head. Fm- nll of those Painful Complaints and. * * \Venkncssoa so common to our best *3; * * i * *FEMALE 1’0PULA’1‘ION.Ԥ * * “a IT WILL cmm NTIImLY THE WORST FORM or Fun MALE COMPLAINTS, ALL OvAszAN TROUBLES, In. FLAMMATION AND U LUIZRA'I‘ION. FALLINq AND D11; PLACEMENTS, AND THE CONSEQUENT SPINAL WEAK- NESS, AND IS PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO TH CHANGE OF LIFE. * 4. * * * a. Y; J * IT WILL mssoan AND EXPEL TITMORS FROM Tnl' UTERUS IN AN EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. THII THNIIENCY 1'00 VCEImIrs HUMORS THERE Is CHECKED VERY SPEEDILY In' 11's USE. * 4" 9. * * ' * IT nmtovns FAINTNIIss, FLATULENCY, mas'morl ALL CIIAVIN". F’FIISTIHULANTS, AND RELIEVEB \‘VEAK-i N 0? THE S'I'UIIACII. 11‘ mums BLOATING, HEAD- m, NIIIm, E’Ims'mATmN, GENERAL DEBILIT!’,' Immuasmm Am II'DXUESTION. * * * * . * THAT FEELING or BEARING DOWN, CAUSING Pug, WIIIIIIIT AND BACKACIIE, Is ALWAYS I-EIuIANmbr CURE» BY ITS nus. * * * * * * * I‘ * IT WILL AT ALL Tums AND UNDER ALL CIRCUM- STANCES ACT 1N IIAImnNY wrm THE LAws THAT (30va Tum IIEMALE SYSTEM. 4, * , * «u . * film‘s PURPOSE :5 SOLELY FOR TIIE LEGITIMATI HEALING 0F mans“): AND THE RELIEF OF PAIN, AND my: IT DOES ALL 11‘ CLAIMS To Do, THOUSANDS or LADIE: CAN GLADLY. TESTIFY. 1m * * a, l. i * * FOR THE cum! 011' KIDNEY COMPLAINTS m. mum: smx Tuxs mun-DY m wsmmssnn. ' ' ’ LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S VEGETABLE COMPOUND 1.. prepared at Lynn, Mass. Price 31. Six bottles for .5. Sold byall druggista. Ssnt bymnll, postage pnid,in form of Pllls or Lozenges on receipt of price m1 above. Mm. Pinklmm's “Guide to Health” will be mailed free to my Lady sending stamp. Lt-tt‘vrs confidentially answered. . ' N0 (uni! should be without LYWA Fl. PINKIIAM’I LIVER P LS. They (‘UI‘U Constipatiuu,Billousneas and Torpldlty of the Llwr. 250mm per box. " r I l LYm E. FEENKHAM’S! * VEGETABLE COMPOUND fl * * * * * 1:3 A Foamy/{CURE * :g‘ * * *1 a“ 'r~~Jui '10 1:1! sum-r- VITAL‘TY, W‘s of 1} 1‘1 .Ax'mmsc a MEN ONLY, YOl ing from NFRW As’rm} Wmunzr PERSONAL NLUHE, rumfitinx 1mm A, Hus and 0mm: CAUSES. Rpm-11y I"f(‘f and comrlulo r<~stomfiun Lu T’; H, V in: and MANTN‘OD GUARAx'rrrm. Swd nc once for Blush-“1rd J‘amphlct firm. Address an ., A. q-r ._ . *m 1 n1 'Il-n . Voitaiof "130% 00., Hai’shaJHLMich. EYE, EAR AND THROAT. ‘R. a. s. RYEâ€"IEEON, L. R. 0.12. 1mm my: z' YOUNG MEN lâ€"BEAD THIS. Nolhlog in a Name- I]. l) N. L. 40. S4. When Report. Demousu-nlcd. PLACE to seems a Basin" Education at B nnoerinn Po manahi an t: 9 SPRING}? IAN B_ Bmflflfi oonnuu V ttffiop {Fem T‘Ef ICLFITI‘ 10 TO