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To exterminate black ants from the pan try, place tansy leaves on the shelves. If that does not grow nenr by, put air-slaked lime in all the corners or crevices through or by which the ants must pass to reach the food. The lime must be in & flnelypowd 31-- ed condition. Mrs. Cudleigh ooked up from her work and sighed. The alight was pouring into the humble room, g it with glory, and shone upon the fa . hair of her little boy Bennie playing on the floor. V “ But I gave it to you, ’ said the husband. ” I alway give you things I want taken care of." Triton stood an instant with has ears erect, and his nose to the ground, then he shot off, making fireat, flying leaps, and ut- tering short exu taut cries. Impelled by something stronger than herself or her own will, Berenice followed him, and poor, af- righted little Ben was left alone. Out though the wild dark night she went-f down to the bleak, icy cliffs, and there, standing upon the desolate sends, his black, burly figure sharply defined against the psle, winter sky, she saw the form of a. man, with Triton leaping and barking around him, and never pausing, never stop- ping to question or wonder, but impelled by a. wild instinct she flew on and on, until she fell breathless and senseless at his feet. “ Why, my boy, my darling !" she whis- pered ; then she went to the door and open- ed it. Berenice Cudleigh had married while a. young girl 9. bluff-hearted sailor, a. hand- some, quick-tempered fellow, who liked to have his own way, and was very proud of hiq little boy Bennie. 0n the morning he went away Berenice was busy preparin his outfit, when he came to her and as ad her for a. paper of importance, a promissory note he had given her to take care of. After a. hasty search she declared she could not find it. “ A foolish habit, too,” reborted Berenice spitefully. “ Why not take care of them yourself? And you may hereafter ; I won’t have my desk crowded with any such rubbish.” And making good her words, she tossed the papers she had been overlook- ing on the floor. ... ..n1- 1: She was thinking to night of their parting three years ago, and blamed herself tor hav- ing sent him away in anger. She half fear- ed that he Would never come back. â€"?‘ lié;1&,” he began but finding his voice unsteady, he stopped short and turned aw_a._y. _. . ...I.III “ I shen’t look another hit she said petu- lantly pushing the papers aside with her pretty foot. “I’ve wasted half the morning already. You bother me so I Wlsh you were gone. ” “ I‘m oing now, Berenice. Good-by 1” He di not even turn to look at her, but strode from the room and out into the yard. Bennie was playing before the doorway, and Berenice standing breathlessly, heard him kiss the child and say : Month followed month, year drifted after year, and Berenice lived, and Bennie grew up to a sturdy lad, never forgetting his father’s parting command. He was a. good boy to his mother; but all his simple and un- affected devotionI so like his father‘s, could not drive the unspeakable sorrow from her eyes. or the stinging remorse from her heart. That night as Berenice Cudleigh est at her little boy’s bedside, thinking of that parting three years ago, Bennie suddenly awoke and said : “ Oh, mother, what is it; what is it? I can’t tell, but I feel something. What is itLTritgn ?” as the; dog pricked up his ears. 'The dog listened aggifi, then ha bounded to the door and began to scratch and sniff beneath it. 7 She Varesegwith a trembling hand and & death-white face. When she awoke to life again she was in the cottage, lying on Bennie’s little bed, with the glimmer of the firelight before her, and Bennie himself was hanging over her, petting her cheeks with his chubby hands and kissing her vigorously, his blue eyes shining with a. look they had never known before. Then 9. wild, vague hope thrilled through her, and she started to her feet with a. cry that rang above the din of the storm. filly; my 13d," he said, “and both mother and you are done grieving for 8.11 the rest of your days, if father can make it This €vas the lasTt. \Vhen, after a moment of stunned bewilderment, she hurried to the d095 he was. 8°”?- Yes, there he stood, bronzed and worn and changed, but with the same honest, kindly eyes, Ben Chudleigh, her own hus- band. He held out his arms, but she went down prostrate at his feet. “There’s nothing to forgive, Berry,” he said, at last, when he had command of his voice, “ l was most to blame; I shouldn‘t have gone ofl" in a. pet. But I meant to come back, but our vessel failed to put in at any of the ports, and when she took fire I just escaped with my life. A foreign vessel icked me u and took me to Calcutta. At last, thank 0d ! I am at home.” Berenice did not speak, she only clung to him with_her gadlanq eyes fixed upon his. wife saw in an instant what she had done, but with the perversity of achild, instead of trying to make reparation, as her woman‘s heart yearned to do, she made matters worse. 7 V A V fiibther 1 mother!" called Bennie, in aulq‘zed afi'righig.‘ Little Bennie, his bare, brown iegs show- ing beneath his scanty night-robe, looked on wistful]y for a moment, then stole for- ward and threw his biggest pine knot on the fire. The blaze went dancin up the chimney, and Triton, shaking the s eat from his shaggy sides, stretched himself before it. Bennie smiled with satisfaction, and crept; to his mother’s side. 7‘7 Good-by, little o'ne ! Be a. good boy to walker ; donjt fgrget 11"" “01;, Ben! Oh, my husband! my dar- ling forgive me! I know that God has, be- caqse _H_e has g§v_e_n ng back to me.” And Ben, aBbbiné like a. woman, gather- ed her up in his strong arms, kissing her lips Eildly. “ Mother," he whispered, “ shall I make another tea. now, for father ?” Then linger. ing a moment and resting his fiaxen head against the seaman's shoulder, he said : ‘- I didn’t ever forget your last words, father; I have been a good boy to mother. I was grieving so for you that made her look so white and sorry.” ' And' his faiher, gathering him to his breast as if hq were a. babe, wept over and embraced him. SO. ONE HASTY WORD. The Sun’s Heat. Ate royal Institution lecture, Prof. Sir William Thomson expounded the latest dynamical theories regarding the “ probable origin, total amount, and possible duration of the sun‘s best.” During the short 3,000 years or more of which man possesses his- toric records there was, the learned physi- cist showed, no trace of variation in solar energy ; and there was no distinct evldence of it even, though the earth as a whole, from being nearer the sun, received in J anusry six and one-half per cent. more heat than July. A time would come when the temperature would fall, and it was thus inconceivable that the sun would continueto emit heat sufficient to sustain existing life on the globe for more than 10,000,000 years. Ap- plying the same principles retrospectively, they could not suppose that the sun had existed more than 20,000,000 years no mat- ter what might have been its originâ€"wheth- er it came into existence from the clash of worlds preexisting or of diffused nebular matter. There was a great clinging by geolo- gists and biologists to vastly longer eriods, but the physicist, treating it as a. gynamic question with calculable elements, could come to no other conclusion materially dif- ferent from what he had stated. But in the millions of years which geol- ogy carried us back, it might sately be said there must hava been great changes. How had the solar fires been maintained during those ages? The scientific answer to this question was the theory of Heimboltz that the sun was a vast globe gradually cooling, but as it cooled shrinking. and that the shrinkageâ€"which was the effect of gravity upon its massâ€"kept up its temperature. The total of the sun’s heat was equal to that which would be required to keep up 476,000 millions of millions horse power, orabout 79,000 horse power for every square meter â€"a little more than a square yard ; and yet the modern dynamical theory of heat shows that the sun's mass would require only to fall in or contract thirty-five shocks per an- num to keep up that tremendous energy. At this rate the solar radius in 2,000 year’s time would be about one hundredth per cent. less than at present. Sir William Thomson declined to discuss any chemical source of heat, which, what- ever its efl'ect when primeval elements first came into contact, was absolutely insignifi- cant compared With the effects of gravity after globes like the sun and the earth had been formed. In all these speculations they were in the end driven to the ultimate ele- ments of matter, to the questionâ€"when they thought What became of all the sun‘s heat â€"what is the luminiferous ether that fills space, and to that most wonderful form of force upon which Faraday spent so much of the thought of his later yearsâ€"gravity. Military Bogs. Among the thousand and one inventions, appliances, and wonderful uses of men and beasts which German genius has devised to defeat France in case General Boulanger‘s successor becomes unpleasant, the dog plays a significant role, employed, as he is, as mes- senger and sentinel. Experiments have been made for nearly a year now, and have proved highly satisfactory. The dog maneu- ver of the Hunter battalion was decidedly the most interesting of the recent campaign. Several regiments have been furnished with the German shepherd dogs, known for their wisdom the world over. Each one is attach- ed, so to speak, to the person of a soldier, in whom the dog soon recognizes his master, and who conducts his training. W'hile doing duty, the dog is kept with the senti- nel, and easily learns the requirements of his post. A few of the experiments per- formed before Colonel von der Goltz Pacha, who represented the Sultan at the ninetieth birthday of the Emperor, and has since re- mained to witness the reviews, were surpris- ing. A soldier, taking the dog from the sentinel, marched ofi‘ on a reconnoitering ex- pedition. After writing his observations, and placing them in a cask about the neck of the brute, the latter was told to return to his master, which he did in an astonish- ingly short time. One dog employed in this service arrived at his post ten minutes be- fore n. mounted Uhlan charged with the same instructions, though the latter rode at desperate speed. But even more than this was accomplished. With a message tied about the neck, as in the former case, the dog was told to seek a distant sentinel and bring a return answer. This he did with great speed, carrying his message directly to his master without fail. It is little wonder that Pacha Goltz was surprised at the suc~ cess of the experiments given in his honor. And they are truly wonderful for the pre~ sent, though bidding fair to become a com- monplace institution in that great machine, the German army. The consequences and possibilities of the shepherd dog service are apparent to all who know anything of military science, and make their citation superfluous. One thing is certain, thata fuâ€" ture war between Germany and any of its neighbors will not be conducted without its dog regiment, which, though not employed in concerted action, will perform service more valuable than the cats of ancient Egypt- Heating ot Cars. Governor Hill has signed the bill passed by the New York Legislature regulating the heating of steam cars, and it is now law. The statute makes it unlawful for any steam railroad after May 1, 1888, to heat its passenger cars on other than mixed trains by any stove or furnace kept inside the cars or suspended therefrom, except it may be lawful in case of accident or other emergency temporarily to use any such stove or furnace with necessary fuel. Pro- vided that in cars which have been equipped with apparatus to heat by steam, hot water, or hot air from the locomotive, or from a special car, the present stove may be retain- ed to be used only when the car is standing still, and provided also that this act shall not apply to railroads less than fifty miles in length, nor to the use of stoves, of a pat tern and kind to be approved by the Rail- road Commissioners, for cooking purposes in dining room cars. The Washington Sta/r says that a West Virginian named Brown was at the Pension Bureau to furnish evidence in a claim pend ing before the oflice.“ It was learned upon inquiry that his mother had borne thirty- three children in all. Twenty of this num. her were boys, sixteen of whom had served in the Union army. Two were killed. The other fourteen survive. Each of them draws a. pension fromthegovernment for disabilities received While in the service. The death vf the two boys entitles the mother to a. pen- sion also. About fifty young Indians on ponies drew up in front of the tents in war paint and feathers and were as fine 9. looking set of young fellows as I had ever seen. Hardly one but was six feet in height and beautiful- ly proportioned. They sat their horses hke centaurs and were ease and grace itself in the saddle. At a signal from the chief they began their movements with a yell that sent the blood curdling to the heart and was enough, if heard unawares or in the night time, to make one’s hair stand on end. In a moment they had disappeared over a neigboring hill to the right, and I thought they had gone, but, hearing a mighty trampling of horses, I looked to the left and there they came. I can compare it to noth- ing but the wind, and they swept by so swift and compact that they looked like a ball of horses and men. Splitting in two, one body swept to the right and another to the left and again disappeared. In about two minutes the two bodies charged each other in solid lines, and I waited breathless- ly for the shock. but as the horses' heads almost touched each other the files skilfully ‘ opened to the right and left and the lines ‘ passed through the intervals without touch- ing. Wheeling to the right about they passed back in an instant and again disap- peared over the hills. It was about 15 min- utes before they came in sight, and Friday informed me they were blowing their hors- es. Presently on they came and wheeled by fours, formed columns, broke by fours and finally deployed as skirmishers. It was now we saw the finest individual horseman- ship. Some would approach lying so close tothe pony’s back nothing but the horse could be seen. Others stood up and rode as circus men do. Some would hang with one foot and one hand on the horses and sweep by, their bodies completely protected by the bodies of the animals. Some leaped upon the ground holding to the mane of the horse, and after running a step or two would swing themselves up on the backs of the horses again as easily as any circus man could do it. The positions they assumed and the feats of horsemanship which they performed were incredible, and I doubt if ‘ anything outside of a circus ring ever equal- ‘ing at full speed, the warriors hanging ‘ would ride up beside him, and, taking ‘ by an arm and leg, swing him between their led it. They would throw objects on the ground and pick them up again while pass- . to the sides of the horses with one foot and one hand. They drew bows and shot arrows from underneath the necks and even bellies of their horses while riding at a. fast gallop. They exchanged horses while riding, and got behind each other. One man would fall off his horse as if wounded, and two others him horses and carry him off. The exhibition, or drill, lasted nearly two hours, and the _ men and horses were completely exhausted. The young men were very proud of the manner in which they had acquitted them- selves, and I could imagine the feelings of their parents and sweethearts. The per- ‘ formers were much worn out, some of them being hardly able to stand after their vio- lent exercise, and all evening I saw them lying in the lodges, where the Indian wo- men brought them food and water, bathed their hands, arms and limbs, and combed their hair.â€"[Ex. At the beginning of March the gardens of Egypt are wonderful; the orange and lemon trees spread their most pungent odor; the rose trees are covered with innumerable flowers; the palms, with their green and white crowns, swing there in the wind; the oleanders there border the avenues ; on the lawns, anemones, annual and perpetual flowering pinks, chrysanthemums, violets, zinnias, periwinkles, snap-dragons, migno- nette, pansies, and petunias blend their innumerable colors with the green of the trees, bushes, and shrubs. Groups of bam- boo lift here and there their long green or golden stems, crowned with an immense plume of pretty little trembling leaves. One comprehends on seeing these stems which assume in a few months enormous proportions, the cruelly ingenious punish- ment of the Chinese in binding criminal to a young bamboo. The plant grows and the wretch is quartered in a few weeks. No wood is lighter or more useful than that of the bamboo. One does not understand why the Egyptians neglect to plant it along the canals and on every cultivated land, where it grows so well. But what gives, at least during winter and spring, the most smiling aspect to the Egyptian gardens are the great sheets of rose bougainvilleas that cling to the walls, the trees and groups of foliage, and which display everywhere the varied and exquisite tints of their flowers. The bougainvilleas is certainly the finest of climbing plants. During five months it flowers under the winter sun, takes shades of extreme delicacyâ€"one might say a. light rose trail, the intensity of which every play of li ht varies. The aloes, the agave, attach t emselves on rocky slopes. 0n the banks of the water-courses the blue lotus and the papyrus still revive antique reminiscences. Grass cannot be raised in Egypt. The layer of soil is so thin that the sun dries it up immediately, and unless the grass be constantly submer ed, it turns yellow and perishes at once. t is not the heat alone that produces this result, for therefis very much fine grass in the tropics; but the heat, accompanied with the shallow- ness of the soil, renders the culture of grass impossible in Egypt. It is with difficulty that a few isolated blades of grass sprout during winter along the Nile and the canals ; they disappear as soon as spring begins, so that everywhere in the country where artificial cultivation finishes, the dry and bare desert begins. It the place of grass 3 pretty little verbenacea is used, and this is encountered everywhere, the same as grass is encountered in America. If two persons think and express the same thought at the same time, one of them will die before the year passes. It is bad luck to whistle or hum the air that a band plays at a. funeral. If two young girls are combing the hair of a third at the same time, it may be taken for granted that the youngest of the three will soon die. If at the cemetery there be any unusual delay in burying the deed, caused by any unlookedfor circumstances, such as the tomb being too small to hold the coflin, it is a sign that the deceased is selecting a. com- panion from among those present, and one of the mourners must soon die. Superstitions About Funerals. Indian Horsemanship. The Garden of Egypt. The royal late is probably the finest in the world. ll; is usually kept in two strong rooms at \Vindsor Castle, and is vslued' st £2,000,000. The gold service, which was purchased by George IV. from Rundell 8'. Bridge, dines 130 persons, and the silver wine cooler, which he bought about the same time, holds two men, who could sit in it comfortably. It is enclosed with plate glass, and the splendid chasing occupied two years. There are some quaint old pieces in the royal collection which belonged to Queen Elizabeth, having been taken from the Spanish Armada, and others were brought from India, Burmah. and China, and there is one cup which belonged to Charles XII. of Sweden. The vases, cups, candelabra and fancy pieces are usually displayed on the huge sideboards at each end of the table of St. George’s Hall when a state banquet takes place. There is 8. peacock of precious stones valued at £40,000. The body and tail are composed of solid gold, profusely studded with pearls, diamonds, rubies and emeralds. The Tiger’s head, known as Tippoo’s foot- stool, is formed of silver gilt, with eyes of rock crystal and a tongue of solid gold. These two trophies of oriental extravagance were taken at Seyingapatam, and presented subsequently to George III. There are an immense number of gold shields, some of which are richly or- amented. One of these was formed of snuff boxes under the direc- tion of George 1V., and is valued at .910,- I00. There are 30 dozen of plates, which were bought by that sovereign at a cost of £11,000. One of the most remarkable incidents re- lative to the afliiction termed the rabies has come to light. The victim is John Allis, of Pittsburg, Pa. The story is as follows : Seven years ago a small terrier, belonging to a Mr. Mugle, hit him. Since then, he has remained in constant terror of anything ap- proaching the semblance of a dog. As often as the month of July, the month in which he was bitten, occurs, he has given exhibitions of the most peculiar character. These, for the most part, consist of his showing a dis- position to bark and bite at whatever he sees or imagines in this strange state. The will of 8. Kingston (N. Y.) woman gives all her property to her; husband for life, or “ so long as he shall remain un- married.” And why not? Surely sauce for the goose should be fit sauce for the gender. A man, a. span of horses and a. waggon loaded with stone fell along with a bridge near Port Elgin the other day. The fall was 40 feet, but neither man, horse nor waggon was in any way injured. So, at least, the local papers any. According to the Vienna Tagblatt, the Czar’s highest aim is to be crowned “ Em- peror of Asia” on the site of the holy sepul~ chre at Jerusalem. The Crimean war had its origin in the quarrels over the holy places in Palestine, and was a. continuation of the conflict between east and west which the crusades left still unsettled. Every step of the Russians towards Constanti- nople is thus a step toward J ersualem. It is of great significance that the Emperor Alexander III. confides much more upon the power of religious enthusiasm than either of his predecessors did. He wished to procure a more official and ostentatious consecration of his religious authority, and to have his position emphasized as the su~ preme protector of the eastern churches and the orthodox Faith, and so rally all the Greek-Oriental churches and peoples around the person and office of the Czar as the Con- stantine and Justinian of the modern world. This bold project has been long in prepara- tion, is never lost sight of in any diplomatic movement, and no sacrifice of money is thought too great to secure this end. Num- bers of settlements of eastern monks, of ap- parently harmless and unpretending charac- ter, have been and are bein founded, and Russia finds the' money for t e purchase of the land. The summer parasol, whose bright colors glint picturesquely along the park drives or on the promenade, has a rosette of roses or a big bunch of daisies fastened to the top of its stick or tied by a broad ribbon, especially attached for that purpose, half way down one of its curving ribs. At the latest din- ners that have marked the last gasps of an expiring season fonr-leaved clovers have been the favorite decorations and Soctch pinks and bluebells have been handed to the guests. At the J une weddings the slippers to be thrown after a bride and groom are formed entirely of roses, and curtains mark- ing off the alcove where the happy pair take their stand before the minister, have had long trailing garlands of blossoms thrown over them, and other flowers by dozens and hundreds mounted on long wires draped in their folds, the whole making floral hang- ings of the most luxurious sort. Yellow baskets, filled with yellow orchids and cov- ered with yellow daisies on the outside, blue baskets of rushes lined with blue silk and filled with violets, forget~me-nots and blue ansies, sweet pea baskets crowded with ragrant bloom. Rebecca baskets of rushes holding pitchers that will carry a morsel of water, and filled with marsh grasses and the blue iris, are the summer holiday good-bye gifts that are lavished on every woman as she packs her trunks to leave town. One of the singular features of the man’s affection is that he was warned at the time of its appearance, that should it occur the seventh time, he should die from the effects. He was told at the time that either instant death or strangulation must ensue to save his friends from the contagion of his dis- ease. A pathetic feature of the case is that the man married but a. few months ago a Miss Wagner of a neighboring township He told her during the courtship of the fa- tal evil which possessed him. Despite of this she married him. Their domestic life has been of the happiest. One Sumiay night this passion swept into oblivion everything else which came into his mind. So alarmed were his immediate friends at the attack that they thought it necessary to summon a. physician. Dr. Barclay was called, and did all in his power to sooth the overwrought nerves of the in- valid. It is alleged that upon the occasion in question he set upon and would have 18.- cerated with his teeth the members of his family present. The Royal Plate of England. Flowers as ornaments. The Czar's Ambition. Bitten by a Dog. The method of “ breaking in” a. young horse in Australia is graphically pictured in “ Advance Australia.” It is very rare, the author says, to find a. really pleasant horse to ride in the Bush. They are all badly broken in, and have nearly always had: their tempers spoiled when quite young, so that they generally have some disagremlxle tricks. There sue men who make a Hung by breaking in young horses, going rnund the stations and contracting to break; in a “mob” at thirty shillings a. head. (Jon- sidering the way in which it is done, it is no- wonder that Australian horses “ buck” anti are generally vicious. A'lot of ybung horses are run into a. yard, most of which have probably never seen a. man within a quarter of a mile since they were foals, and I ave certainly never been in a. Erdmore yhan_ once_ip their lives. VThe horse-breaker picks out one, and with the help of another man, runs it into a small. yard by itself. It the animal is not very nervous, with a little patience be will be- able to go up and h mdle i:, and get a. bridle- over its head. If all other ways tail, he has, to lasso it. The next thing is to sneak a saddle on to- it, the wretched animal standing shaking and shivering with fright the whole time. The horse-breaker is mdst likely 3. mar that no living horse can throw by any means. short of rolling on him ; so he blindfolds the horse, and gets straight on its back. His mate rem7wes they bandage from its eyes, and the rider sticks the spurs into the horse, and makes in hnck till it can buck no more. He then lchVes it: for a. few hours with the saddle on, and having repeated the process on two subsequent (In) ’4, he hands it over to the owner as broke!» v . and it is probably turned out for six momlm into the Bud]. Sam Jones recently preached four days in Henry County, Kentucky, without mak- ing a single convert. At the close of his last sermon he remarked :â€"-“ The sermon which I have just preached at you was the one which converted Sam Small. I there- foro thought it on ht to make at least one convert here, but had forgotten that this congregation is composed of citizens of Henry County.” The horse-breaker is not the least afraid of the horse's bucking. and win. perhaps, make it do so on purpose to display his porters of riding, or rather, sticking or}. A Cat Doctor. There is a cat doctor who runs a drug store in Washington who, it is said, is do- ing the most thriving practice of any allevi~ ator of the ills of the feline and canine races of any man in his profession in the country. This physician has the highest class of callers of any professional man in the city, as only the most aristocratic can afi'ord to have an expert wait upon their pets. At times as many as three or four carriages, owned by the most refined and wealthy people at the National capital, are drawn up in front of the drug store and of- fice, and his business is so large that cus- tomers with their patients have to wait their turns, like men in barber shops. It is sel- dom that men enter the drug store or office for the purpose of receiving a professional call from the doctor. They are almost in- variably women. The oftener carpets are shaken the lunger they wear; dust cuts the fiber of woven goods. “How does it happen that there are so many old maids among the school teachers ‘2” asked a reporter of a teacher the other day. “ Because school teachers are, as a rule, women of sense ;and no woman will give up, a $60 position for a $10 man,” was the reply. h The performance of bucking is pzculiar to Australian horses, and ore who has not seen them at it would not believe the rapid con- tortions of which they are capable. In‘ bucking, a. horse tucks his head between his fore-legs, sometimes striking his jaw with his hind feet. Sorrow. Sorrow is one of the keenest tests that can be applied to humanity. It is the furnâ€" ace that distinguishes the gold from the wood, hay, and stubble. Until “purposes are broken off” and plans are smitten with collapse and ideals are destroyed, men do not usually know the depth of their selfish- ness nor the rebellions of their wills. Dis- appointment and sorrow reveal the thoughts and intents and often the idolatry of the heart. “Who has not known ill fortune never knew himself or his own virtue.” Calm and sunshine never develop the sea.- man’s skill or illustrate his capacity. But storms and cyclones draw on his resources and utilize all his powers. So in mattersspirit- ual. Every soul realizes at some period of life, “other refuge have I none.” Then willit appear “their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. What is the infinite? \Ve do not know; for to limit the infinite would be to d¢stroy its conception. But we feel that it exists, and here we have reached the portals of be- lief, The first and the last, the highest and the deepest. is never known, only believed. Belief is sufficient for the judge to decide about honor, liberty, even the life of his fellow.man. It forms the bases upon which. rest the sciences of nature and with which they fall. It is true knowledge which the historians record for us? \Vas Cicero a. mere conceited babbler, as described by Mommsen, or was he a. deep thinker, a pow- erful orator, as celebrated by hundreds of historians and poets? Did Ranke judge Frederick the Great correctly, or is not) rather Arneth right in his description of that man? Only belief guided the judgment of these men. Analogous to the practical belief of the historian is the religious belief of the heart. We believe in a. voice Within us and in proâ€" gressive development, in the existence of a divine Being, and in that way, through he~ lief, reach a. dominion which does not belong- to knowledge, but which no truly knowing man would dare to touch. In that sense already, Kant in the past century spoke in favor of belief in the renowned sentence: “ If we could comprehend him, he would be no God.” The back, meantime, is arched like 8.. boiled prawn's ; and in this position the an- imal makes a. series of tremendous bounds, sometimes forward, sometimes sidewise and. backwards, keeping it, up for several min- utes, with intervals of a. few seconds, and. occasionally falling flat down and rolling. over his rider, if he fails to get rid of him in. any other way. Australian Horse-Breaking. What is the Infinite.