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Lady Langley missele them the moment she rose, for, her maid being far from well at the time, she haul hidden the girl not sit up for her, and had undressed herself, leav- ing her diamonds, which she had been Wear- ing, loose on her dressing table, when Cecil Clifford found them when she came in to her cousin’s room to bid her goodnight as usual, and she put them in their case. Of course every hole and corner was searched, but in vein. The police came, but were equally unsuccessful. Not a. t 'aee of either the thieves or the jewelry was to be found. The police, including the detective hastily summoned from London, were positive that the robbery had been committed by some (211m in the houseks eon 'ietion that did not Aadd to the comfortof the inmates of Lung. “ ‘ley Towers. Suspi :ion ran riot, the house- hold servants, one and all, belonged to well‘ known and respectahle families in the neighborhood, and had mostly been for con- siderable periods in the Langleys’ service, while the visitors’ servants it happened, seemed equally above suspicion. The only person who ventured to differ from the ofli» cials was Captain Le Merchant, who openly pooh-poohed the whole thing as simply in‘ vented by the police to screen their own in- competency. vCaptain Le Marchant never took any steps to bring about a reconciliation, which on her side, Cecil Clifford was far too proud to dream of, tho ,Igh what the estrangement cost her only she could have told. All she knew about him was that he had ex‘ changed into a regiment stationed in India, and beyond one other fact she heard no more of him till three or four years later the newsâ€" papers told her that he had joined the army in Egypt, and formed one of the band sent to the relief of Gordon and Khartoum. Strangely enough, the one fact that she did hear privatelyinamely, his having before leaving England provided for the future of the poor girl who had suffered so severely from the suspicions that were cast upon her about the lost diamondsâ€"only seemed to render her more incensed against her erst< shile betrothed, , 'Six or seven years had passed since the xojurglary at Langley, when one night toward the end of the season Miss Clifford (Miss Clifford still, in spite of her wealth and beauty), at a large dinner, found herself in- troduced to “ Colonel Le Marchant ” by her host, who, ignorant of their previous ae- qaintance, had been actuated by a benevo- lent desire “ to do dear old Denis a good turn ” by making him acquainted with the heiress. The old lovers stood for a. moment face to face in silence, scrutmizmg one another, Miss Clii‘flu‘ul, though still persisting in her opinion, lure his strictures with gentle patience, luying the very evident temper he showed to the account of some money troubles that she Well knew were worrying him, but at last he went too far, and ere their interview on this occasion terminated, the engagement between them was summar- ily broken 011 by the‘lady. Captain Le Merchant remonstrated sever al times on the subject with his fiancee (for such she really was, though the engagement was not oiliciully acknowledged), but with- ou. czfect. She somehow seemed to distrust him, as of late, from some cause or other, his usual sunny temper had quite deserted him; his tongue had acquired a bitterness new to his friends, while his handsome, merry face had grown to look worn and hug yard. \Vhethcr from conviction or opposition, Miss Clifford embraced the police theory, and before long hei- sugpicion loll on the maid of one of the Visitors, who she felt convinc- ed was at least an accomplice. Unfortun- ately for this poor girl, Cecil Clifford cou- fided her doubts to her cousin, who in her turn unconsciously betrayed them to the detective, so the unlucky maid was immedi- ately placed unzlcr a surveillance that ran- dered her life a burden to her, and ultimate 1y cost her her situation. “ To be sure she does,” laughed the host; “ and as Cecil says, I know we shall wake up some fine morning to find ourselves corpse; becauxe of that whim of hers.” Next morning the house was in confusion, for the diamonds were gone. “I wisn to goodness you’d be sensible, Flo’,” relnonstmted her cousin, “ and have it kept in the plateroom at; all events. 1 know that I shall do nothing but dream of y0_ur flia'mongls.” Lady Langley laughed gziyly, and seemed to take a. malicious pleasure in keeping the conversation on the same subject, despite her cousin’s very evident dislike of it, in which she was assisted by Captain Le Ma. - chant, who cliafl'ed Miss Clilibrd agood deal about her nerves, until the party separated for the night. “ 1 think I should die if I were to wake and see 0:10 in my roam,” exclwimed little Lady L‘mgley, shrugging her pretty white shoulders ’11 not wholly {Lfl'ucted fright. ‘5 \Vhat’s the use of having jewelry if it is always to be at the banker’s ?” retorted Laflx Lgugl 3y. “ Du you really mean that Liidy Ling- ley keeps herjewelry in her dressiuwtuhle “f” asked Captain Le him‘chant, an impecun- ions young man, who was suspected, on very good grounds, of being (w miem: with the pretty heiress, and who was, in conse- quence, rather out of favor with her gua rd- Isms. l " . . “ I do \Vlsh you would not; all (llscuss such horrors. How do you expect us to sleep quietly in our beds if you will insist on re- tailing such frightful stories, especially as those wretclxes who broke into Colston Park are still at; large? I feel as if I should find a burglarin my mom to-night, so if I should rouse the house with LL false alarm don’t blame me.” “ At; all events, film man would not trouble you long enough with his company if that tin case of yours, with your (limnonds in it, were lying on your dressing-table as usual,” returned her cousin. “ I know you’ll be murdered through those diamonds one day I” The large party assembled as usual at Langley Towers to celebrate in approved fashion the approaching 1st of September were all collected one night after dinner in the drawing-room, when the conversation hitherto rather languid, chanced to turn on aburglary that had lately taken place in the neighborhood. Every one at once seiz- ed on the topic, and proceeded to relate more or less irrevalent, but all alike ghast- ly, stories of famous burglaries and rob- beries, till suddenly Miss Cecil Clifford, a cousin of Lady ngley’s, a very pretty girl and an heiress to boot, who had hitherto taken no part in the talk, looked up suddenâ€" I1y and_said_ :~ THE LANGLEY BURGLARY. “‘VVhat a. chapter of accicléllégl’i’ said Colonel Le Marchant, slowly. “ If only we had spoken out at the time I I can hardly “ G} 0d heavens ! Then that was what you meant that last day when you mzule me so angry. \Vell, confusion for confusion, Colonel Le Mal'clnint. You saw me, as you thought, steal the diamonds. For my part, judging from your agitation at the time, and your energy in defending that poor girl, I grew convinced that you know more of the robbery than you should have done, and actually believed that your subsequent kind- ness to her was simply remorse for having let her be suspected of what you had only i too good reason to know her innocent.” “But (lid you never go to look at the | place 2’” ‘ “ Yes, that very day ; hut though I felt certain that 1 was on the exact spot, I could i find nothing. This confirmed my suspicions ’ that you had an accomplice, for I watched you closely enough to lmow that you had not again visith the river. So you can im- ‘ agine my feelings when 1 found you, as I V thought, trying to fix tho crime on Airs. ‘ Crompton’s maid. ” “ Bcezuise 1 was mad then, Cecil, and made a horrible mistake.” “ You thought I stole the diamonds?” He was silent. “ Then that was why you were so keen about the poor little lady’s maid '3” He nodded. “ You believedâ€" oh lâ€"â€"and were trying to screen me all the til 1e !" “ Forgive me, Ueei “ But do you mean that you actually saw me take the diamonds ‘1” she asked in won~ der. “ Please tell me I” Colonel Le Merchant stooped over the book of prints Miss ()lill'ord '11s ostensibly examining, and answered in at low voice: ' “ I had snt up late in the smoking-room, worrying over some money troubles, when, startled to find how late it was, 1 was re- treating us silently as I could to my quar- ters. As I was passing; along the bed-room passage I suddenly saw you in your dressing- gown come out of La. ly lumgley’s room car- rying a. tin box‘ lnstinetively I drew back behind the curtain of the staircase window, and you walked by without noticing me. I followed you softly. You went to that little side door in the garden by the drawing room, about which young Lovot had ehafl'ed Langley so much, unfastened it, and went out right across the lawn tm hid the river. Then to my horror you went over the bank till I felt certain you would slip in, and I was just rushing up to catch you when you scrambled backiwithout the box I You re- turned as you came, by the little door (through which I followed you), and regain- ed your room. I was too utterly taken aback to speak to you, for the idea that you were sleep-walking never struck me till just now. Next morning, when the robbery was discovered, I remembered the box you had carried ; und’then the recollection of that tin case you and Lady Langley had spoken of the previous night flashed across my mind.” “ No, Iam not. I saw you do it,” he re- pligqgalietly. “I hid the diamonds ! “\Vlla/c on earth do you mean I You must be mad, Colonel Le Marchant !” “ Ybu su§v me do it I Then why to good ness did you not say so at the time ‘2” “ I suppose it is because you really hid the diamonds under Dhc bank of Langley \Vater,” was the startlinrr answer. “So am I,” she answered. “ Do you know, I feel as if I were a clairvoyant, or something of the sort, for ever since the robbery, whenever I have been at all un- well, my nightmare has been about those diamonds and the river. I hear the rush ing of the waters quite plainly,” she went on dreamily, unconsciously dropping into the old tone her companion remembered so well. “ I wonder Why it is I” Miss Clifl’oi‘d had sheltered herself in the dr‘Lwing-room behind 11. large portfolio of rare prints to think undismrbed over her unexpected meeting with her old lover, when the subject of her thoughts quietly came up and took a seat beside her. Lc Marchant looked at her sharply, and was just going to speak, when their host interrupted him with some question about the Soudan, full the convemation became general till the ladies retired. “ I cannot tell you how glad I am that those diamonds have been recovery ,” he said. “ Yes, is it not ‘2" she forced herself to an- swer quietly, for the strange expression on her companiou’s face troubled her, she scarcely knew why. “ I suppose there can be no doubt that it was some of the ser- vunts ; though, after such a lapse of time, it would be hopeless to try and bring it home to any one.” “ ()hV! it is nearly a. yleexr since. Sir James was out fishing with one of the boys, when his line got entangled in the branches of an old tree which had fallen into the river at some time. In disentangling it they saw something wedged in against the trunk of the tree which, after a little trouble, they fished out. It proved to be the identical ease in which Lady Langley kept her dim ll’lOIl(l:, and when it was forced open there they were safe enough, and reports which appeared later declared that the box must have lain there ever osince the night of the robbery. The theory is that whoever stole it must have hidden it in the river bank, meaning to fetch it when the fuss had blown over, but that the current swept it away till the tree stopped it.” “Found them! you don’t say so I” he exclaimed, eagerly, “ “'hen‘.’ Do tell me, plcase, Miss Ulifi'm‘d. You sec, I only came home 'l few days ago and have heard nothing.” “Whatfi wretched time that said softvly. Just then dinner was announced. and the guests filcxl flown in solemn procession. Al- though Column. Le Murehunt escorted Miss Clifford, her attention was at first claimed by her other neighbors. But when the conversation had become sufficiently ani~ mated to allow of private conversation, Colonel Le Marchant turned toward her and their eyes met. “At Hangley, do you me deed it was. But was it not thCnyOIIIIEI those diamonds ?” ‘ the lady secretly, though not a trace of the hard work he had undergone escaped her; the gentleman openly. He was the first to speak : “ It is long since we met, Bliss Cliffortl.” “ Not since we were together at Langley,” she replied, softly. “ Yes, when the diamonds were stolen. I wonder if that business will ever be cleared up '3” :y, do you mean? Yes, in- But wasit not curious how was,” he No member of the Japanese aristocracy thinks his family an old one unless he can trace a. clear descent for six or seven hun- dred years. The Human Face. Could we but read aright, we should find that every human being, in greater or lesser degree, carries the lineaments of the life, if such an expression is allowable, in the face. Good looks or ill looks accord respectively with the complexion of the life. It is very certain that beauty is added to and called forth by the exercise of the kindly affec~ tions of love, of pity, of trust, of ho )e, and of pure joy ; and it is equally certain that intellectual qualities have a similar result, and we have it upon ancient and high authority that “a man’s wisdom makoth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.” ’I‘hus beauty is not only skin deep, as another common saying affirms, but it may also be said to be so natural that it goes all through. Boy.â€"That’s dad all over. They buys coonskins in town, but I ain’t seed nobody er huntin’ airter buyin’ l’zu‘nin’ thar yit. Dad ’lowed that he’d get er pint 11v Iicker with that air skin, an’ I’ll bet he do. Lick- ers licker with pap. Teachenâ€"I am astonished at your mother. Teacller.â€"â€"Y0u don’t mean to say that your father would rather you would catch a. coon than to learn something ? __ B0y.â€"\Vho, pap? \V’y he’s the one‘what made me chop down the tree. Teacher. â€"You don’t tell me so? Boy.â€"â€"Yas, I do, ur yer wouldn’t know nothin’ erbout it. “ Now you see how the power is applied in this machine,” aid a professor, as he started the machine referred to. and added, “ it is turned by a crank.” Then he won- dered why the class smiled. The youthful idea of school has many i1- lustmtions. “ Where are you going ?” “ To school.” “ \tht do you go for ‘3" “ To wait for school to let out.” More Valuable than Learning. Backwoods school teacher (to boy .â€"~My gracious, you have been two hours on this lesson, and don’t know it yet. \Vhat’s the matter with you ‘3 Boy (yawning).<-I’m er sleepy. Teacher. â€"~“'hy didn’t you sleep last night ‘2 Teachel‘fâ€"W’hy didAn’t your fzmtliéi' make yell go tq J39d ? As an Austin teacher was calling the 1'01], he had just came to the name of Robert Smith, when Robert threw open the schooL room door on arun, and called out, “Here I” 1 W J “_ 4 ‘ ' scholars on the bench. Come up here and sit by me,” exclaimed the exasperated teacher. “ Professor,” said agx'adumte, trying to be pathetic at parting, “ [am indebted to you for all I know.” “ Pray don’t mention such a trifle,” was the not very flattering reply. jioy.â€"â€"Ha(l ter chop down a coon tree. Dogs treed ’fo bedtime, an’ it took us mighty nigh al‘l night ter cl_1_o_p down the tree. “ Robert,” said the teacher, gravely, “ you must not answer to your name unless you are here.” “ Hem-y, you are such abad boy that you are not fit to sit in the company. of thosg This was written on the fly-leaf of a book on moral science : “ If there should be an- other flood, for refuge hither fly ; though all the world should be submerged, this book would still be dry.” “ \Vhy,” he said, “ she kept asking ques- tions all the time. She even asked how many two and two are.” The simplest rules for the prevention of sleeplessness are, “ Do not worry,” and do not think “ I am afraid I sha’n't sleep.” Think that the rest obtained by lying down at full length and relaxing every muscle is one means of restoration of the bodily pow- ers, even if sleep (loes not come. A bath or showering the lower part of the spine with cold water quiets the brain. A little food, if one is hungry, is a wellâ€"known remedy ; and Jamaica. ginger or gingertea will often cool the brain by warming the stomach, and in this way will produce sleep. School-Room Jokes. A five-ycar-old boy returned from his first day at school not quite satisfied with his teacher. Dr. Von Holst says that nilro-glycerine, though a, deadly poxson, is very useful in heart-disease, especially where there is no serious organic change. In angina pectoris the drug gives relief and sometimes produces a, permanent cure, nn4l he recommends it in preference to camphor or musk where weak- ness of the heart threatens immediate dan- ger. He uses a. oneâ€"per-cent. alcoholic solution, and administers from one to six drops three times a day. Flour kept in sacks for two or three years ceases to be wholesome, according to the in- vestigations of M. Rnllzlbd, for he states that alkaloids are formed durng the transforma- tion of gluten undmr the influence of the na-~ tum] ferment of wheat. Purpoisc-lezxther is being used in the man- uflwtm‘e of shoes, the resemblance to French kid being very marked. It has (I. long tenn- cious fibre, and, as it will not crack or tear, is very durable and waterproof, and makes an excellent leather. There is no cheese to be compared for rich- ness and flavour to that made from the milk of the sheep. To keep highly-polished brass absolutely bright and free from tarnishing, thinly coat with a varnish of bleached shellac and al- 001101. Though their teteva-tete was interrupted by their hostess, Miss Clifford must have found means of answering the appeal, for before the week was out all the world and his wife were dismissing the impending mar- riage of Colonel Le Mm'clmnt and the hith- erto unapproacliable heiress “ Let bygonos be bygoncs, Cecil, and set one mistake against the other. They have lost us years of happiness already.” complain of your doubt, but yet I think you should have known me better.” “ You doubted me, Denis I” “ B it I saw you I” Miss (Ilil‘l‘urd smiled. Still sheltered by the portfolio which they were both apparently interested in, Colonel Le Marchant; caught his companion’s hand and whispered : SCIENTIFIC AND USEFKIL. mwflmnm Boyâ€"So is pap. ’Lows that he never did see er ’oman that could chaw ez much flat terbacker ez she kin. \Vall, I hear ther dogs er barkin’, an’ I reckon they’ve treed emother coon. Good-day. My subsequent visits were after the eleev 5 tion, after the dissentient Liberals had re- . turned the Tories to power, and placed Lord Randolph Churchill at the head of the House â€"-:Lnd it was then I had the fullest opportu- nity of measuring all thelenders in full debate. On the Monday night after the return , of Mr. (llddstoue from a. short holiday on the ’- Continent, and when the Grand Old Man was in splendid fettle, with bated breath, a crowd ed House was thrilledfor overanhour, with the entrancingeloquence of the ex-l’remier in sup» portef Parnell’sTenants’ReliefBill. VVaveon wave, his beautifully rounded periods rolled ; out in most exquisite musical measure, and 1 his whole argument was charged with the most convincing logic. I shall never forget that night ]t was during this speech that Lord (Jhurehill, in an impetuous endeavor to break its force had the temerity to interrupt with allut contradiction. The great axeman drew himself up to his full height, fixed his firey eyes on the lnunptious young leader for . an awful moment, then turning to the Speak- : er and to the House spoke thus 2 “ The : Chancellor of the l‘lxehcquer is very bold. I I venture to say, and [ think the House will ' agree With me, that there is no limit to the young man‘s boldness.” The utteranee and the manner of this magnificent and deserved rebuke evoked thundering applause, and seemed for the moment to crush the ambi» v' i 1 l I : Mr. S. H. Pnleston, the millionaire mem- ber of the British Parliament, who is about to purchase $2,000¢000 worth of Pennsyl- vania. coal lands, was tWenty years ago a. re porter on a small paper at Pittston, Penn. He took an active interest in local politics there and ultimatly got a good position in Washington, D. (L He never was naturl- ized as an American citizen. It is said there is a venerable and unsatisfied judgment standing against him at \Vilkesbarre, Penn. ‘ for $30, the amount of a store bill eontmcti ed in his poverty-stricken reportorial days. 2 Altogenhcr, the British House for comA fort, elugunce and convemcnce, is: not to be compared with chambers I have halls at Ottawa. some of the continental seenâ€"0r even with our And I left the Continent and Kingdom, after five months’ sojourn, reveliug in the grim delights of musty tradition, battle- fields and tombs, castles, and crumbling cathed ‘les, with a higher opinion than ever of our fair Dominion, with its clear sunshin and invigo “Ming was» winds. 1 came EL ‘ay from W'estminster with in creased pride in our own Canadian states men, with all their alleged faults. Mr. Sexton, the ablest debater in the Irish National party, might be aptly compared with the Hon. Mr. Fraser. Mr. Parnell is without a parallelâ€"cold and grim» 7110 orator, in the general sense-«but wibhul, convincing and conunanding, sternly! logical, and firm as adamant. : Lord Roschcrryriin the Lor1lsâ€"â€" 1'1, smoothâ€" faccd, solid-looking 1mm of about 407is the Coming man for (llmlstonn's mantle, by and liy, hut meantime, the cleverost mun in the House of (301111110115, next to the G. 0. M., is M 1‘. Joseph Clunnherlain, but who, I make hold to say, could not stand before Mr. Edward Blake in debate. Lord Churchill is our Dalton B’lel‘urthy, with the voice and eloquence of \Vm. Lount, exâ€"M.l’.l’. Mr. Matthews, the {ugliest (lehatcr in the present Government, I would compare to Sir Chas. Tupper, although he would not he a match for our old maritime war horse. Sir Hicks- Bench remiiulud mo in his style of our late lzunented Mr. Crooks. Sir Vcrnou Ilar- court, a» grucciul, cutting delmter, would be the companion of Sir Richard Cartwright. L.r(l Hartington is the counterpart of our Mr. Meredith, a pleasing dehater, popular «but not intellectually equipped for a great leader. Mr. Gibson resembles our hlr. “'m. Patterson, but less coherent. Mr. Morley would he, no match for our Mr. Lnluricr, 1101- Mr. Smith for the Hon. Mr. Mowai, although parallel characters. bince Lord Benconsfield is gone. Ican give no parallel of our Prenier, Sir John. Either in the substance of his utterances, or in his nmnncr of debate, it would be ex- ceedingly ridicuimls to compare any Etates- man of the prcsvnt day with Mr. Gladstone, but thth grand oid sparkling veteran apart - ~I venture the statement, that man for man full ronndirwc have better timber in Can- ada, than they can boast of at present in the British House of Commons. tious L'naxnccllon A thin House was being lCll by Sir Vernon Harcourt on my first visit before the disâ€" solution. The Liberal lieuiemmtwus strugâ€" gling through with some unimportant mea- sures in the absence of Mr. Gladstone, who was then on his enthusiastic tour “setting the heather on fire" in Scotland. Lord Church- ill, pulling his mustaches, lounng alone on the front bench of the Opposition, nervous- ly contemplating the Liberal wreck, and balancing his personal chances for the future The Irish fort was held by Dillon and Biggar, while Parnell and Sexton, with the bulk of their contingent, were off starting the flames in Ireland. When I was ushered in there, into that celebrated arena where the grandest states- men on record have met, wrestled and solv- ed political problems for the common world, I was much disappointed. Dark and stufl'y, with seating capacity on long benches With- out desks for only about one-half the 658 members. “'ith aheavy gallery all around and over hanging one half the entire space, behind which at one end over Ihe speaker. and back of the reporters’ halcony, another gallery half hidden with cross bars. like a cage in a wild beast menagerio. This cem- partment l was told is reserved exelnsively for the ladies, whom it is considered improâ€" per, and dangerous in England to admit into the open. Entering the lofty spacious corridork with their memorial statuary, old mas- ter paintings and heraldic windowagl spent a charming hour awaiting my turn for ad- mi 'ion to the Legislative Hall. Overwhelmch by the outward splendor of that vast \Vtcstminstor pile, with its towers and turrets and sculpture carvings, ,[ had prepared my mind for a, dazzling interior. Nallve Canadian'u Im‘; essions, on [Its- First "isil lo the 0m Land. of Ike Bril- lsln (‘01::1310115, and Us Members (‘0Inpul‘ ed with 4'anadlaus. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. BY J. B. PERRY. ,__.A v“ uni Young Lady.â€" ‘1 would say, that Jal- though all the fools were not dead yet, I had seen one die.” Answering a Fool According to His Folly. Dude.â€"“ If I should through myself be- for that loccomotive what would you say ‘2” ‘Vm...~ T..,:I.. ‘1' ___A,,v1 .. _ About a New Baby. “Tarry, we dot a. ’ittle live baby in our house.” “ Has ’00 ? VV’y don’t ’00 bring it out an’ ’et’s p’ay wi it ?” “ Tause mamma. won’t let me have it. She’s afraid -I’ll let it fall and b’ake if." “ \Vhere did your muvver (lit it 1’” “ I (11111 know. Mebby she buyed it in a bore. She (lot it in bed wif her. ManLnaJ’s ' ~k. It‘s a. ’ittle wed one zm’ tin holler.” “ I isn’t afeared ter lend yera dollah, but I does so hate to part with an old fren for- eber. I’sc got; dc dollah, J eems, but I lacks conferdence. ” “ You is right. I isn’t feared ob nuflin," replied Uncle Muse. “ Jess what I said. Den of course you isn’t afeared tor lend me a. dollah. ” “ No, Joems, I isn’t ufeared ter lend you a, dollah.” “ Jess what I said. Hand ober dc docket- ment.” “ The last hufi'nlo in Dakota was killed in July, 1885, and his head adorns one of the buildings of the railroad at Jamestown. There is something pathetic to me in that head and its place nf deposit. It is like the trophy which the swvagc warrior hangs to his tent-pole, or the scalp on the Indiam’s girdle.” Jim \Vebster~“ I was jcss sayin’ dc udder day you was one 01) dc mos reckless men I eber seed." v C , , _. “ 1 send you a photograph of a not un- common sight at (Lu Y of the stations on the newlywqmmd roads. The pile, as I saw it a. fortnight ago, was about thirfy feet high and 30010ng. There is 2L terrible lesson in it; tomy mind, thong-hit comes too late. “ Your readers can form some conception of how villainous the cruel slaughter has been n hell they 161131,be l lately did, that; from one station alone (Minnewaukon,on the Nm'tllern Pacific llziilruad) the ship- ment 01' buil'ulu bones gathered from the prairies and sold for fertilizers averaged for more than a, year seventy-five :zu'vlouds daily. This represents the enormous, alâ€" most incredible number of nearly 5,000,000 of these noble animals, from one leimlity only, samiliced to man’s brutal greed. 1 . . i _ 11' A correspondent of the Amcm'ran Field writes graphically {LS follows: Those of your readers who have never crossed the lVlissis:-ippi River in quest of large game would :10 well to hasten if they expect to find anything left for then: to shoot. Fif- teen years ago 1 made my first Far-\Vestern trip. Then the hutlaloes and antelopes were in such numbers that the passengers on the railroad to Denver slaughtered them from the car windows. The t‘ZLlll was not infrequently delayed while the bovines were crossing the tracks, and the pluinsnien thought antelopes too easy a prey, by rea- son of their tameness, to bother with. To. day there is probably not one wild buffalo remaining. Think of it 1 0f the countless thousands that a. few years ago rozuned 0111' \VesLern prairies there is today not one existent. The hunter “ho gets seventy~' five cents fo ‘ {L dollar and it half skin ; the coroneted foreigner and the bloodthirsty native. hawo done their workâ€"nothing but piles of honesremziin. Day by day there labored with them one who {mm the torcst came ; No one knew his home or nation, No one ever asked his name. As wild Violets on the hiiisidu Bloom whurc southern winds have blown, By the ueft blows of his chisel Fiowux's bpiaug iruui solid stone. Then the pluzlu‘l workmen queried : " Who 15 this, “ho {1,5115 no lxirc, Yet whose perm-m, skill mums nothing ’l‘ruezt arL could c'cn acme?" And the woods felt all the magic bf his 50118“: 311155 11mmâ€" Yicnlcd malnus that 131.c(l with M ondcr AJ the Mullqu N01 mun baud. When at ewntidc the master laid the M :ngus of the may, Hc-nding not, the womhous stranger \v'ended w the him his wa ’. In the time of William Rufus, Noran monks both brave and good, Laid with Zen! its strong foundatlons,â€"â€" For its timbers hcwed the wood. Till the hour came for placing The great beam which hpuns the nave; For its length thu oak tree, bowing, All his mighty fiber gave. None gave answer to their question, but as wlnniug muummn snows Hch great, mum among the gorges meudily the chmch mot-c. No oak on the lli‘ls of England Tm’rered to far above his kin As this mon' “ch, strong, sound-hearte I 't church walls to enter in. Then despair DOSmebSUd the workmen When that toil-dune day \vas done, Mournfull)’ they piodmd Lmncward ; Lingereu then: the Silent Une. As: the mists :12th from a landscape, Swept the (iilnncss from their sight; Know they Hum ’Lwns Christ, the Master, Who had labored through the night. Of thelcgends, rarest, sweetest, [s the story of its birth, When the mighty frame was lifted Skyward from its native earth. A}: 1 we all {all :hoxt in something, Measured by the VaA‘a uL-nmml, And the oak Dunn failed in inches By the di‘ um: 02 a hand. How he labored in the starlight, \Hule (-(mi night, winds 10qu him stirred Wlnée the word in si‘cncc siumhcred, 'l‘ncre is no mm (1 word. But the first fuinc flush of sunrise Showed the Imam set, in its place, \Vhi e the stranger met, the \vox'lmlcn With a unilc upon his face. Speaking low, in accents gentle, Like some (Mutant anthem a strain .' “ L'nless the Lord doth aid in buildima Ail the “ark of mum is vain." Seven centuries have written Strangest stories on each stone, Making thus a vast palimpsets With rank ivy 0v " rown. Near the southern coast of England, Rising dark from hi1] of green, An ancient church with Norman towers by the sailor's eye is seen. ’1‘” he Last, of the Buffaloes. A Recklests 01d Negro. The Legend‘of Christ Church.