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“It is just about three years ago this Christmas," raid Mr. Diamond, " that I was sent to D ver by ‘our house ’ with a valuable assortml nt of d amends, necklaces, bridesmaids, lockets, &c., die. The Earl of Exminster was a cut to marry the daughter of the then ca mmandant of the castle, and wished to select some things of the kind for his wedding gifts. About that time you may remember there had been several ' audacous jewel-robberies, and our senior partner was very nervous and fidgety at aving so much property in the custody of one person ; however, it happened that no one could be spared to go with me ; and I reassured him somewhat by reminding him that I had frequently travelled alone with jewels of similar value, and never lost a lhillingsworth. I myselfhad no misgivings, and treated lightly the old gentleman’s fears. It was settled at last that I should start by the morning express, so as to arrive at Dover in time to exhibit the jewels and return to town the same day, but a 0i rtain suite which our people were anxious to sell not having arrived from the workshop, where some alterations were being made In the setting, we telegraphed to the earl that I could not be with him till seven in the evening, and that I should go straight to the ca-tle and leave the jewel in his keeping until the following day. This in- creased our old gentliman’s anxiety a hundrediold, and I felt quite relieved when at last [left Bond Street and drove to the Charing Cross Station to catch 5.30 express. The weather was anything but pleasant for the journey. It rained in torrents, and a strong wind blew the drops fiercely against the carriage windows. By anointing the palm of the guard with some silver ointment I secured a first class com- partment to myself, and relying on his romise that I should not be intrué ed upon, felt no anxiety as to the safety of my precious waresâ€"which were in a strong rhinoceros-hide bag fastened with a Chuhb’s lock, the key of which I wore in a small bag next my heartâ€"the train stopping only at Cannon Street and London Bridge, and then running direct tc,Ashford. When we had passed New Cross, and had got up steam, I began to relax a little the vigilance with which I had been guarding my treasure; at all events, I thought, I am safe for an hour against the sharpest thieves, so I took out the evening paper and began to read. The steady thud of the engine, the howling of the wind, and the absence of any news of interest made me drowsy, so I made a. pillow of my bag, put ona soft cap, lay my legs at length on the seat. andâ€"I regret to say, was soon fast asletp. You think it strange, I dare say, that with all the warnings Ihad had, and the strict injunctions of our people that I was to be more than ordinarily watch- ful over my charge, that in less than an hour from the time I had left them I should be sound asleep. Well, perhaps, it was rc'niss, but I had taken hundreds of similar journeys without any misohance, and why should this prove an exception? 'Familiarity breeds contempt,’ you know. Ah! there is another proverb which I wish I had borne in mind that nightâ€"the one about the ‘oft‘joumeying pitcher,’ I mean. I know not how bug I slept, but I remember that I was recalled to consciousness by feeling a gust of cold wind on my face, ard, half awake, and half asleep, I lay for a. moment wonder- ing how I could have omitted to close the window, and lazily debating with myself if I should get up and remedy my careless- ness, or keep in my snug warm position, and by drawing my rug higher defy the draught. A few drops of rain blown on my face decided me; Ijumped up, and to my astonishment and horror saw two men on the opposite seat, and the window nearest my head wide open. How came they there ‘3 Had we stopped at Ashford, and the guard forgotten his promise to me i I set med not to have slept more than ten minutes. Of course, my first thought was for the safety of my bag ; to my great relief it was safe on the seat beside me. Assuming an indiffer- ence I was far from feeling, I ‘took stock’ of my fellow travellers. One was a tall, gentlemanlv man, who would pen for a cavalry officer; the other was short and thick-set, broad-chested, and apparently as strong as Samson. Something in the manner of both impressed me unfavourably, and I felt certain that my bag was the object of their strange and sudden visit; then I wondered where We were, whetherI had any chance of help in the event of the struggle; my eye wandered to the signal with which to summon the guardâ€"it was over the head of the taller of the two men and I could only use it by reaching acre-rs him ; this did not reassure me, and I was still further alarmed by discovering that the train was only then dashing through Seven- caks, and, therefore, would not stop for more than half-an-hour. I suppose my anxiety betrayed itself in my face, for the shorter man cast a look of impatient ques- tioning towards his companion, which, I interpreted, as a request for permission to commence operations on me, with a view to the abduction of my bag. I don’t think I amacoward, but I confess that at that moment I was really and truly afraid. Here were two menâ€"either of whom could have given me points in the matter of physical strength, and beaten me easilyâ€"â€" who had by some means found their way into my compartmentwhile the train was going at express speed ; what could be their object if not robbery? I had, doubtless, been watched from our place in Bond Street. The earl‘s marriage was public gossip, and the prepetrators of the late jewel robberies must have been possessed of the best infor- mation as to the movements of the custo- dians of the treasure. So, in this case, these men opposite me were not chance thieves, but members of swell organised g‘ang who were masters of their craft. hose and kindred thoughts were passing through my brain, when another impatient glance from the shorter man induced his companion to speak. the I you boxed up in this carriage at Uharing Cro-s, and we secured the next one to our 4 selves, a hole bored through ihe pnrti ion acquainted us with the fact that you wet napping, this was a slice of luck for us for the most difficult part of our rash was the gelting from our carriage to yours before you could summon assistance :wixh that in: fm nal b- llpuli there we then walked along the foot board, and h: re we are. Now, .ir,’ he sai‘, looking sternly, ‘ to business ; we must have i” at bag of yours, and you can give it to us you know, peaceably, and make up “hat tale you like to recount for its loss, or you can fight for it, whi.h is it to be ? ’ “A despe ate courage came to my aid, andI said ‘I shall only part with it with my life; if you are murderers as well as ‘ thieves, you may succeed, but I"l not suffer my employers to be robbed, and my pros- pects to be ruined without a struggle,’ and as I spoke I made a dash at the alarm sig- nal ; before I could reach it, however, I was forced back to my seat by the tall man, who was more than a match for me, he held my wrists in a grip of iron while the other man was saturating the cotton wool with the l contents of the bottle ; a strange odour of ether pervaded the carriage, and I knew my only chance lay in admitting plenty of air. The villains had. closed the window of the door by which they had entered, so I summoned all my strength, an contrived to wriggle one hand free, with which I dashed the bottle from the other man's hand, and 3 then with all my force crashed my arm E through the window and shouted “Murderl’ “ The next instant they were both upon me ; i I felt a stifling sensation in my throat, and l after another effort to’cry out, I fell back i unconscious. ,, i “ When I came‘to myrelf‘I felt the train . still flying on, and heard the bowling of the I wind. I tried to rise, but could not; tried i to shout, but my voice had fled ; instinct- ? ively, I put my hand to the place where my bag had laid, it was not there! and the two men had vanished also. An excruciating pain in my arm caused me to look at it, the ; sleeves of my coat were torn, and a pool of blood was on the floor of the carriage evidently I must have been severely cut by the broken window glass. As I began to realise the circumstances, I thought that if I could only get to the alarm signal and stop the train, I might still prevent the I escape of the scoundrels and recover my l property, but upon at‘em'otlng to do so, I found I was too Weak to attain even a sit- ting poature, and then the horrors of my situation were presented vividly to my im- agination. Ten thouvand pounds of my em- , ployer’s property gone ; my future prospects lighted ; my life ebbing away, or if spared only to be the nerveless wreik of my former self ; at last I began to hope I should die, life meant only disgrace and ruin. 1 had shamefully neglected my duty, disregard ed all the warnings I had received, and acted more like an irresponsible errand boy than the trusted and confidential man I was sup- po>ed to be. If I had only kept awake those villains could never have entered the carriage before I had summoned help. Yes I hoped I might be discovered desd, that at last would clear my character of neglect and my wife and children would be spared the knowledge of my culpable breach of trust. Presently I heard an unearthly yell, and I was vindictive enough even in what I imagined to be my dying moments, to hope that it proceeded from the robbers, who in trying to leave the train had been caught in the wheels. Soon after I felt the train slackening, speed, and presently I heard with reviving interest the voice of the guard calling lCanterbury !’ and then distantly the station porters with their abbreviated corrupted version, ‘ ’Terbury! ’Terbury l All tickets ready ! ’ Teibury !’ “ In another moment my door was open~ ed, and to my utter amazcment, I found myself uninjured and my bag quite safe ! The window, too, was entire, and as I pulled myself together, the good-natured, smiling guard said, ‘Had a nap, sir 7‘ ‘Yes,’ I replied, ‘I have, and an ugly dream.’ ” Mr. Diamond ceased, and drank deeply from his grog, as Junior exclaimed in an injured tone, ‘ 0h l come, I say, that’s a sell, Iden’t call dreams adventures.” “Nor do I," said the jeweller, “but there was a. piece of adventure in this one. When I left Charing Cross that evening my hair was as black as yours, young shaver. When I was exhibiting these jewels about three hours later, it was as you see it now, visits as snow. You see,” he continued, some- what gravely, “adventures come to the ad- venturous even in their sleep.” «o.» Thcbaw Crushed. Burmah’s atrocious monarch and Great Britain’s unfriendly neighbor has surrender- ed. No one is likely to rejoice over The- baw’s downfall as heartily as his subjects, of whom over 300.000 have in the past few years fled into British Burmah to escape his terrible tyranny. Bis little army, com- posed of the scum of the Burmese populace, and equipped with condemned arms from every arsenal in Europe, was, of course, no match for the British invaders. A few thousand British and Indian troops steamed n the Irrawaddy 500 miles, and entered andalay almost without resistance The fall of Mandalay probably closes the history of independent Burmah. Only six- ty-five years ago the greatest of all the Indo- Chinese States, the revolt of the Shans and England’s seizure of the flower of the king- dom shrivelled Burmah to comparatively mean proportions. Great Britain has new advanced her arms two hundred miles fur- ther north along the valley of the great Irrawaddy. If she yields to the almost unanimous demand of her commercial in- terests, she will annex this wedge of land that divides her Indian possessions from China. Through this country runs the pro- jected line of railroad to China which sever- al leading commercial bodies of England have recently endorced as an enterprise that must be carried through in the interests of British trade. OR, The Fight In The Railway Train. “A‘ You are evondering how and when we go§_ip,__I agppoueille aai_d_, addressiyg me. u “ ‘ Yea,’-v§as all I could answer, fFom my dry, $10859. “ ‘ Well,’ he continued, looking at his watch, ‘ Ithink there is time, so I’ll explain matten and 1911 you our plans, it may save 011â€" annoyanca.’ He emphasized this 1; word, and smiled at his companion, who hsd dnwn from his pocket I small bot- The Diamond Robbery; A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER‘S STORY. tlo and some cotton wool. It flushed acrom me instantly that this bottle contained chlo- roform or name powerful drug, which was to make me inaenfiible‘ and a cold perspir- ation broke out on my forehead ‘ You are travelling from Blauk'a, thr‘ Jewellers of Bond Nun-es,” the tall man continuvd, ‘with some jewels for Welding presume, we saw you boxed up in thin carriage at Chafing Cro-s, and we secured the next one to our 4 solves, a hole bored through Yhe parti ion acqumntud us with the fact that you wet napping, this was a slice of luck for us for the moat difficult part of our ms]; was the geming from our carriage to your: before you could summon assistance :wixh that in: n“ Mr. Diamond ceased, and drank deeply from his grog, as Junior exclaimed in an injured tone, ‘ Oh! come, I say, that’s a sell, Idon’t call dreams adventures.” “Nor do I," said the jeweller, “but there was a. piece of adventure in this one. When I left Charing Cross that evening my hair was as black as yours, young shaver. When I was exhibiting these jewels about three hours later, it was as you see it now, visits as snow. You see,” he continued, some- what gravely, “adventures come to the ad- venturous even in their sleep.” Wâ€" <0» Thebaw Crushed. Burmah’s atrocious monarch and Great Britain’s unfriendly neighbor has surrender- ed. No one is likely to rejoice over The- baw’s downfall as heartily as his subjects, of whom over 300.000 have in the past few years fled into British Burmah to escape his terrible tyranny. Bis little army, com- posed of the scum of the Burmese populace, and equipped with condemned arms from every arsenal in Europe, was, of course, no match for the British invaders. A few thousand British and Indian troops steamed u the Irrawaddy 500 miles, and entered andalay almost without resistance The fall of Mandalay probably closes the history of independent Burmah. Only six- ty-five years ago the greatest of all the Indo- Chinese States, the revolt of the Shane and England’s seizure of the flower of the king- dom shrivelled Burmah to comparatively mean proportions. Great Britain has new advanced her arms two hundred miles fur- ther north along the valley of the great Irrawaddy. If she yields to the almost unanimous demand of her commercial in- terests, she will annex this wedge of land that divides her Indian possessions from China. Through this country runs the pro- jected line of railroad to China which sever- al leading commercial bodies of England have recently endorced as an enterprise that must be carried through in the interests of British trade. Thebaw has had his day. Gan. Prender- gsst proclaimed to the Burmese two weeks ago that the tyrant would mil-rule them no more. His high handed interference with the commerce of the Irrawaddy, his intri- gues with France, and his unfriendly atti- tude toward the British are the three causes that have ruined his dynasty and that will relieve his people of an irresponsible and belt-crazy dOIPOI. “ In another moment my door wau open~ ed, and to my utter amazcment, I found myself uninjured and my bag quite safe ! The window, too, was entire, and as I pulled myself together, the good-natured, Imiling guard said, ‘Had a nap, air 7‘ ‘Yen,’ I replied, ‘I have_, and an ugly dream.’ ” to about, but my voice had fled ; instinct- ively, I put my hand to the place where my bag had laid, it was not there! and the two men had vanished also. An excruciating pain in my arm caused me to look at it, the sleeves of my coat were torn, and a pool of blood was on the floor of the carriage evidently I must have been severely out by the broken window glass. As I began to realise the circumstances, I thought that if I could only get to the alarm signal and stop the train, I might still prevent the escape of the scoundrels and recover my property, but upon at‘emntlng to do so, I found I was too Weak to attain even a sit- ting poature, and then the horrors of my situation were presented vividly to my im- agination. Ten thonvand pounds of my em- loyer’s property gone ; my future prospects lighted ; my life ebbing away, or if spared only to be the nerveless wrelk of my former self ; at last I began to hope I should die, life meant only disgrace and ruin. 1 had shamefully neglected my duty, disregard ed all the warnings I had received, and acted more like an irresponsible errand boy than the trusted and confidential man I was sup- po>ed to be. If I had only kept awake those villains could never have entered the carriage before I had summoned help. Yes I hoped I might be discovered dead, that at leaut would clear my character of neglect and my wife and children would be spared the knowledge of my culpable breach of trust. Presently I heard an unearthly yell, and I was vindictive enough even in what I imagined to be my dying moments, to hope that it proceeded from the robbers, who in trying to leave the train had been caught in the wheels. Soon after I felt the train slackening, speed, and presently I heard with reviving interest the voice of the guard calling “Canterbury !’ and then distantly the station porters with their abbreviated corrupted version, ‘ ’Terhury! ’Terbury i All tickets ready ! ’ Terbury !’ fm nak b- llpuu there we then 'walkad along the foot bum-d, und h: re we are. Nuw, 115’ he aai‘, looking uternly, ‘ to business ; we must have fl an bag of yours, and you can nge it t0 us you know. peaceably, and make up “nut. tale yuu iike to account for Its 1035, or you can fight for it, whim in it to be ? ’ It wan proved on her trial that she covet- ed her stepdaughter with soft soap, pumped cold water upon her, and scrubbed her with a broom, and that she anlpemled her Itep- aon in adeep well with 9. tape. The woman was followed to the jail by 300 people, who je'erod and booted and talked freely of tar and featherl. Le Plongeon, who ha.- reoently returned from a. twelve yean' Itndy of the mine and monuments in Yucatan. 1- thus far the “tangent competitor for the award. “ On a broad stand covered with green mullln and well hidden by boughe and branches four pillars were rained. These were twined with lvy and holly or ground- pine. Within this inclelure, and beneath its leafy canopy, was: the Christmas-tree, glittering with lugar fruit and wexen tapers. At its bale won a. field of man. through which rm e sparkling stream, mule of glen lometimel, but usually of real water, which played in fountnin jet: or tumbled in mimic cascade: over tiny rochl. On the moss we: a reprelentetlon of the manger, the Holy Child, md the shepherdl with their woolly flocks. Wexen engell (made It the Widows and Siltern’ houlel) hung hovering over these figural. Visitors were expected to go Ibent from home to house to see these pret- ty deoontionl, and cofi'eeâ€"n fevm‘ite bever- age-tn“ always pong tany ot'Irefl. Mrs. William Dunlnp, of Delaware, 0 , who has heretofore moved in good society and is a member of a leading church, was sentenced to spend sixty days In jnil, be fed on bread and water, and fined $100 for cruel- ty_to her atepqhildren.‘ - _ u y“ In the Morevien Church on high felti- vals they always hed brass instruments in addition to the organ, and many chorilterl msde sweet harmony. But, children. I really must stop talking. for Christmas is so fascinating that I might keep on all night ; only before I stop let me beg you all to remember when you hang up your stock- ings that there are many poor bere little feet without stockings whose owners’ hearts you may help to make glad, and the sweet- est b'ouom on the Christmas-tree is the flower of Christian love.” A Cruel Stepmother Sent to Jail. A prize of $5 000 W” ofl‘cred some time ago by Mr. Loriflard, of New York, for the discovery of the key of the ancient Maya alphabat. The DESI-i! still standing. Dr. “ In every household there wan not only an exohuge (t gifts and much rejoicing, but for many days previoul there had been ex- tensive preparation: in the way of decoraâ€" tions. N at only did each family haven tree â€"and it did not matter whether there were children or only old people in the familyâ€" but each tried to outdo the other in the es- peoisi beauty of its Chrinmae ‘ Putz.’ as I think they called the lovely bower: of ever- green: erected in their parlorl._ “ When I was a. child I used to visit the then beautiful little town of Bethlehem, Pennlylvenia, which yen probably know was a Moravian letilement. Dun’t you re- member Longfellow’l poem celled ‘ A Hymn of the Moravian Nun: at Bethlehem"! Ho rupee. I {fillet of cowled heads and tags and sensors. It is a. beautiful pram, t the Mornviens, an I saw them, had no such things. They were a simple, frugal, and industrious people, very religious, and very fond of munic, but their church services were very plain. The men and women were di- vided, as at Quaker meetings, and I saw no cenlers or cowled heads A poet, however, is allowed to use his mind’s eye. But their customs were very pretty, and they made much of Eeeter and Christmas, especially the latter. “ You all know about 'he Englilh can is and waits, the great Yule-log and the Christ” as oandlel, the boar'a heed borne in on a platter to the sound of music, and the miatletoe hung in the castle hell. You know, too, all about: the plum porridge and the mince-pie. But do you know that the (our teen dmyl before Chriltmae were called halcyon day-T Thele dnyl were Inpponed to b:, peculiarly beautiful. like our Indian num’ ler, and they were nemed filter the bird we call the kingfisher. The enolenta supposed that the halcyon nude in nest on the ocean, and that it poneued the power of lulling wave: and producing calm and lovely weether, while in young were being hatch- ed. And thin power came from the bird's IODR. Must it not hove been lweet! “ Perhnpe the Christmal on! all msy have had their origin in lome one’l trying to ling like a halcyon. They are among the oldest of English songs, md were first prlnted in 1521. Among the mny pleasant erratum: It Christ- mas ‘ in ya olden tlme' wu thst of electing a person as Lord of Misrnle, or Matter of Merry Dlaporte, who-e city it wan to unnIe everybody and “an: all the games. kn en; V‘z‘vgitflhhu; meant. It Was aleyn tho signal for a chat. Auntie soemed to be meditating. “ What shall it be about 1” she said, halt to herself B.’ (1 half to us. ‘ “ Christmas-â€" merry Christmas ! Hw- ir really come age 11 1 Looking up at the stars thin clear 001d evening, I 388 them shinio g as they did when the wrighteat of them led‘ the three VViee Men of the E at to that t id inn of Judeu. where they were 0 find our Sax iour. There, among the cattle belong- ing to the travellers came to pay their year- ly tax money, in the crime of hia‘lovoly yonng mother, we: the Bribe f Bethlehrm, who became the Man Christ Jana. _ To Him the Wise Men carried gifts, even M now we be- stow them in His name upon those We love His birthday was our first Christmas Day. We mutt not forget that. an we are apt to do, In the pleasurel of this gty neuon. “ Our Santa Olin-“whom we borrow from the Garmmnâ€"lu Saint Nichol», who was a bishop in Greece in the fourth century, and the patron saint of children, upeclally of whom-boys. Clnua is a. contraction of the [alt two Iyllhblfl of Nichol”. “In the Middle Agel a boy used to be ohouen u a mock buhop for St Nicholas Dny (which in Iiili in the Englinh calendar, occurring on December 6,) and was allowed to preach. One of thene boy bishop- bed a monument in Seiinbury Cnthednl. In all old cultomn you will find a curious blvnding of truth and superstition. Shakespeare aid that a Christmas-time it was believed ‘ no spirit dares stir abroad ; the night- are wholesome ; then no planet: mmke, no fniry taken, or wiich hath power to (-h rm, no hallowed and so gracious in the time ’ We were all around the cheerful fire in the twilightâ€" Benie and Chm-lie and Nellie and VVhl, and our dear old story telilng aunt, who had put down her knitting. We “Why9 Ckéristmaa of course," we all an- aw ergd pagether A... .11 A CHRISTMAS CHAT. The amount of powar wanted by ahaffing being out of line, of insufficient size, and im- perfectly cuupled, says the Induarn'al Ameri- can, can hurdlv be estima‘e'l. Ggeat as is thil loan, that from badly I ~ced, crooked, Itifl, and general y outrageom bclt‘ng. in but little less. In come establishments a. belt lacing of Infiloient Iize lo: the main belt of At a recent marriaga in Ohio she bride, a Mini Morril. Ware 3 r‘résu that WM import- ed from Paris in 1742, for a wedding, and ha: been in the famiiy ever since, brains; used only run much oocaaionl. It wan worn again in 1776 u a Wedding dress, ‘fut not again till the other day. when Miss Morris donned It. Not a. ltltoh hal been altered or added to it, and it In in almost as good condiflon a: when Tho Duke of Norfolk, In ardent Roman Catholic. or luppond to be I0, has donounc od Liberals from the platform for “backing “that lound bulwnxk of civilization, the Church of England.” Whilst most of the old Romm Cutholio gantry have continued mo ‘era‘e Liberals. Eho Duke. oblivious to the fact that ho owe: his admin-ion to the Home of Lords: to thn putty, has become an al- mont jingo Tory. According to the latest ofixial statement published by the authorities of Russia, there are in that country not lens than 14,000 square miles of oil producing land, but of this Vest territory the field at Baku is the only one worked, and own this cover: only the limited apnoe of some three and one-half square milear The output is enormous, and the fact is stated by one who witnessed the opening of a well in that locality that a 13014 umn of oil spurted to a height of 100 feet, carrying great stone: with it, the flow con- tinuing until a. large lake of petroleum was formed. The product is refined on the spot the residue being used an fuel for steamers and railways. A recent treveller in Speln tells how the children in Grenede played at bull fighting. One boy, holding n p Jr of wooden horns on his heed. repreuentvd the bull. Other boys, mounted on « sch other’l beoke, were picad- on, while other: again, with their jockr-te in their hands, were supposed to be matadom end clmlos. The hull would stamp his feet and roer, then make a web at one of the ehulos, whore jacket wel thrown up by the wooden horns, but whose body was never touched. The hull would charge one of the péeadors, whereupon the boy pleying hone would throw himself to the ground, and allow himself to be properly gored. The Andre monumaut aflnir has had the effect of putting Mr. Field before the Brit-- lsh public in a light he may not relish. The London Echo writel of him an “ am nble, pushing man of bunineu, not too lcrupuLua to jeopnrdiza success. but, on tho othorhxmr , exceedineg \ sin and fond of BEEOOihfiDg his name with person: If eminance and raak, more egpegially in this country.” a Prof. Eaton of Ya] College in a recent lecture to the ltudentn told :bvm it war: not certain Eve vtmpted Adam with um apple in the audan of hdsm. He thinkn probable it was a. quinca, “because the apple of 1:110 pm. lent day wan propagated from the crab-ripple, and it is not at all likely Adam would have been when in by such a puckery little bait.” One of the largest manufacturer'- cf glows: in England recently issued a circular to the thionable dealers in Lcndun pointing out that the habit of attempting to wear gloves too "nail bu grown to Inch an extent that it has leriously eF‘eotud the reputation of the factory, nnd urging the (is-Jere b0 exer- cile their ix fluence again“: thil expensive manifeltst-inn of Vinity. ~It would seem that Nutfield, in Surx‘y county. Englnnd, in the moat healthy spot in the ‘world, as the rector ha announced that, with a population of l 200, only one male died last year, and he was eighty-eight years old. It in a cuticl- commentary on the alleged impecuniouity of the English )anded gen ry that they manage to support at: man 1, packs of houndl a! ever, even in them ountiua which are, annex ted to be the moat dintmaned. The privuta theatrical potion-mime“ before the King of Bavaria have been resumed at Mumoh, in spite of the vehement remon- Itmnoe of tail Majenty’a disgusted Miniuteu, who find it utterly hopalens to attempt to place the ch“ 11“ expenses on a butter foot- It gives a. notion of the cast of royal travel- ling in the Inn century that aha bill of George IV‘ 3.1: the Hotel d'Hnramsmp Na.- mnr, for one day mu 3 000 francs ($601 80) The head waltvr rco' ived 840 The ohnrge at 1ha table d‘hofis It thu‘b time was two fnuon. Butte City, Montana, his: a population of 18 000,4 000 to 5 000 of whom are employed in the mines at $4 50 per day, while fully us many men are idle. The town supports five daily newspapers, five bran and string bends, and fifteen gambling establishments, four variety theatres, 3nd one opera. house, which are doing & rushing business every night. ' The moder-tion' in drinking prao’simd by their American visitor: tells heavily on the profits of the grant hotel: in London anti other cities frtquented by them. One pro- prietor felt that he had good cause for com- plhint What Mr Mackhy sâ€"ngnged an expen- Iive luite oi moms for six Weeks, and ynt drank only three shilling! and sixpenoe wertb of wine during the time. One of the Atmma prohibuinniets who was most actixe nurng the recent- c: mpngiu has been turmd mm- to the 13013300 by ms family. Hi: In: ad had been turnvd by the exctuemtnn ' ‘At Russian railway nations pas-eugara now find a. “glimmer: book" in which com plaints are entered This n cord of wrong! reaches chm central dfice 0 09 a month, when the complaintu are inventigated. It is ca'oulu'ced that there are in Canada from 10,000 to 15,000 lacrosse grim era, 5 000 curlers, 4,000 auow shcerl. 3 000 or 4 000 cricketers, 2 000 football players, 1,000 rowâ€" ing men, LL00 base balling, and 1,000 oy- cyclist: The avmv of artificial flower makl-‘rs in Pm: m said to number not lea than 30 000 nouli. No country (quula France in this at and expert Mtificam~---geuerally girlsâ€"wan always find work at good wages Sixty why of almond: were gathered from sixty fivq’mérel on the Ouknhade farm, In Yo}. acuity, C v.1., the. present season A n‘fiuml brtdge has recantly been dis- enver ‘tinv'the' "nnto Basin, A T‘., which is 200 feet 10: g 500 fwc‘t wide 170 fer. mgh. vuuors TOPICS. Captain Howard, of North-West fame, has been hauled over the coals by the Chi- cagn Hirald because he intends removing to Canada. It refers to his “murderous ex- ploits," and says that “nothing but a fond- ness for slaughter could have induced him to play the part that he did in suppressing the half breed revolt." It just-fies these words by stating that of forty half-breeds wounded and killed at Bstoche, thirty-seven had Gatling gun bullets in them. The real facts as everyone knows who read the papers at the time, are that during the entire re- bellion only one body was found with Gat- ling bullets in it. George Meack, a. Wiaoomin former, we. considerably exercised lent week by the ltrange actionl of a. partridge. which nlighted on his head for three consecutive timel while he was hit work in the field. Being superl- tioul, he was filled with forebodings, which were abren thened by the com- mentl of his neigh ore. Instead of d lug or meeting w“: some dreadful moi out, a! he fully expected, he received word that an un ale had died and left him a large el- take, The late Mr Underwood, of Queensland- }md an antidote to the fetal bite of the Id, don whiuh infest that country. He had many times demonstrated in value in his own case and that of others. He was fond of letting the maker: bite him and than of cur- ing himself. He ofl'ered his recipe to the government for $50,000, but the offer wen de- clined. One day, when intoxicatt d, he wn bitten by an addvr. Hll remedy we: not near him and he died, Among the effects Herr Zelt, the Aultrinn impreunrio. who has just been buried, were found 5,000 love letters from different ad- mirers, many moving in the highest society, besides an immense collection of tender pledge: in the shape of ladies’ gloves, rcleu und loch of hair. Most of these comprom- lain txiflen have been restored to their ori- gin owner:. The rent have passed into the bend: of Herr Zelt'l friend]. Miss West, the British Minister's daugh- ter, speaks with keen pleasure of her visit to New England, where she spent most of the summerâ€"first at New London and later at Lsnnox. She has been at the head of the household at the British legetion eve-r slnoe her arrival at Washington four years ego, when she was only 18 and just out of e con- vent. It has been a great care for so young 3. person to look after that immense mansion but she has discharged the duties as well es en older woman could. Mu. Chadwick, of St. Louis, widow of Capt; Robert Chadwick, who rerved in the? War (:f 1812, in in many respects one of the most interesting of American ladies. Mrs. Chadwick Is now in her 96th year. She was been in Saybrook, 001111., ar (1 is of the eighth gnnemtion in a direct line from Penegrino White, the first white child of Pilgrim stock born in America. “Two of the toe: of my buried le overle each other and pain me dreadfufiy,” nid the wife of J eoob Berean, of Marlboro, Mun. The leg had been amputated end buried one month. The husband, unknown to the wife, had the leg exhumed and the toes utraightened out, and Ike said she knew by the relief that followed the exact mo- ment the not was performed Daniel VVHnnn in the Ion-in-law of Presi- dent Gravy Hin English father introduced gas into Paris. He was the guye-t man about town until after the Franco-Prnuian war, when he entered the Assembly, turned politician, nun-tied and has been the politi- cal manager of M. Gravy And his miniateil. King Humbert of Italy ll 38 yeaan old. Hi: (we habitually wear: I nd and sober uxprsnnion. The rare nm‘lle which light- it 19 one of marked sweetness and c' araomr. Hia marnera are courteoul. He takes great intereeh in the education of hla only IUD, & boy of 10 years. Rev. W. J. Holland. 01' Oahfleld, Pm, has n. colleen n onmpriaing 50 000 huttexflieu gathered from all landu He has 3110 a valua- ble library containing many nre volumel de- voted to the lame gorgeous and delicate orentureu, Rev Dr. Duryea recognize: the fact that “ if pvopze won’t go to church they must do in methmg, and a good new-paper is better than a. bad book.” Mme Snphle Mantel, the famous pianist, in now ‘enjaving fihe polaesniou of a fortune of 83 000,000, left; to her by a. Ruallan ad- miter. Mr. Tricouple, the leading Ihtanman of Greece WM! for a lbort time in the States on diplomafiio duty. He npoakn Euglhh fluently. Sir Garnet VVolseley in a. military Cr, clopi, having lost the night of one of his eyes by the oxpimion of 3. shall in the trenchel ba- fore Sabastopulr Dr. Fitch, who hn for you: been In nhsrge of of the leper settlement in the Saudi wich Islanda, hat mashed the conclusion that the diseame ll hereditary and under no circumsanoes contagious. Prof.:huxley in inourably desf. Muss Louise Alcott has made a clear $100,- 000 by her well worked mine of ntories for young pnople. A gnud d: 31 has to be said of late years as. to the changes 11 tha m muer and auntoma of Qumkeru, who, in i3 urged, have put. aside crab and lavender for more decide-d unlm‘a, and indulge in many ways after a fashion George Fox would have reprohated. B 't it appears from Mrs. Fry’s vlfe th at in her day som Quake”, at all event, were as frivoâ€" lous an pex'annn of any other sect. She and her sisters, the Misses Gurney, Seem indeed, to have bad a thoroughly “good time.’ She went to Law on in the lesion. and 33.“? every- thing Her hair wuh dres‘wd in the height \ f fashion. and she “painted a little." When an Am- rican Quaker of ~ be old schnol. tv avellmgln England upon areligiousmusinn, can: his eyes around Iho company, he wan horrified and acandnlized, especialiy at the appearance of Mira Elizvxbeth Gurney, who wore “purple boot, laced with Ionian." the «tabliahmet is considered plenty good enough to lace a. threevinch b4: with, and b ueed accordingly. A punch large enough to make holes for the biggest lacing in, of course, nee-enemy, and it has the advantage of answermg for all size: of belt. The ap- parent advantage of having but one alza In a large establishment is captivating; the re- sult in bait cifi iency, howevur, is home- t-bing winch would astonish the counting houne, if 1t could underatand the figur‘ a. PEOPLE.