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P_______________â€"â€"_â€"_____â€"_.__â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€", __ __________‘__ r is , THE VERY LATEET-FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. lntcrestlng Items About Our Own Country. Great Brltaln. the United States. and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Alsortcd for Buy Reading. CANADA. City Engineer Haskins of Hamilton, died there on Sunday afternoon. ‘ The Canadian Pacific Railway Will become a member of the Jan Traffic Association. The will of the late Godfrey P. Pay- zant of Windsor, N S. bequeaths $100,- 000 to Acadia. College. A daring plan to rob the Bank of Commerce in “'innipe by its premature discovery. Robert. Stewart, an employee of the Welland canal was drowned in Lock No. 1, new canal, early Sunday morning. A despatch from Vancouver states that the water in the Fraser River is rising and that much- damage has been done. upon the low lands. Mr. 'Wm. McCammon, youngest son of ex-Mayor McCainmon, of kin ston, Ont., was drowned at Clayton, N. ., on Saturda night. The deceased was 22 years 0 age. Peter Wheeler was convicted at Kentville. N. S., on \Vednesday of the urder of sixteen-year-old Annie gamptdn at Bear River, and sentenced to be hanged on Sept. 8th. Sir Charles Rivers-Wilson before loavin Montreal for England ex- pr his belief that Grand Trunk. affairs were progressmg under the management of President Hays. 1 -Josiah Hanson, the original of Uncle Tom in Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowes novel. died in Dresden. Ont.. in 1872, and was buried in the negro cemetery near , that town. . ' Mrs. Catharine Lawless, a patientm the Insane Asylum indiamilton, com- mitted suicide by hanging herself from the bars of the window in her room.' She had made several attempts pre- viously to commit suicide. GREAT BRITAilN. The death of Baron Fitzhardinge is announced. He was seventy years of age. The Irish land bill was passed by the British House of Commons by a vote of 292 to 140. The sale of the estate of the late Cpl. North the Nitrate King, realized five hundred thousand pounds. The Duke of Atholl is the only nobleâ€" man who clothes his menâ€"servants in: Highland dress in London. The sale of the estate of the. late Col. North, the "Nitrate King." is re- rted in London to have realized 82.- 0.000. The wedding of the Princess Maud of Wales and Prince Charles of Dcnmark has finally been fixed for the 22nd inst. The Queen will attend the ceremony. The British revenue returns for the first. quarter of the present fiscal year Show an increase of £0,698,000, one mil- lion pounds of which is derived from‘ the excise duties. As a. reSult of the meeting of the ima. rial Cabinet on Saturday, the second attalion ofthe King’s Royal Rifles. ow at Malta, has been ordered to the- ape of Good Hope. Miss Charlotte Smith, of Washington. head of the lies-cue League, has written ' a circular denouncing the use of the bicycle for women, as being destructive of health and leading to immorality. The Imperial Government has . ui- esced in the demand of the Opposuion for the appointment of a Select Com- mittee of Parliament to investigate the affairs of the Chartered South Africa Company. There is a prospect of a. general coal strike in England.‘ The employers are trying to effectalo per cent. reduction in wages and the miners of Derbyshire and Lancashire have already refused to accept the proposition. The lash was recently applied to the hack of a man in England who had committed highway robbery. He knock- ed down ayoung woman and stole her purse.l Justice Day, of the Kent As. sizes, expressed his disapproval of long , sentences for first offenders. He there, upon sentenced Ellis to a month’s im- prisonment and thirty lashes from the 'oat.” It has been decided that a review of troops will be held at Aldershot camp in honour of the Ancient and Honour- able Artillery Company of Boston,who are on their way to visit England. Important conferences have been held lately between the officials of the Brit- ish Admiralty and War Department and members of the Cabinet, showing that the Government views the present state of the Venezuelan question with the gravest apprehension. Political unrest and the usual "mid- summer dulness" have together pro- duced in the United States mush more t‘han the ordinary cessation of move- ment which usually marks this period . of the year in commercial circles. Prices all round are unprecedentedly low, and the markets lai‘gcly overstocked, so that mills and factories, both north and south, are closed for terms varying from a couple of weeks until the end of August. quarters, been amicably arranged. The out ut 'of iron (has been large. and wor are closing for repairs. UNITED STATES. Cattlc_ are dying by thousands on the Arizona .ranges owing to the drouth 'A boiler explosion at Houston, Tex., killed three. people and seriously in- Jurod a fourth. An enterprising cracker bakery of NVashington has now placed upon the market a "bicycle biscuit." Beriainin Huff, an old soldier living near Niles ll/llcl]., shot his daughter- ln-law, and then killed himself. A daughter of James hallulvlip, of Mi. ‘ "'7 r A M uni, Saline 69235", $3., died Irom eat- lng mulbérries that had been stung by locusts. g was frustrated! of the United States to the Sea Claims Commission. Mrs. Harriet Beccher Stowe, author .. , , _ _ ,_ V , A MAN |N POSSESSIGN down with congestion ofthe brain and I. died on Wednesuny' "\Vhat outrageous conduct!” ex- stgfiieisiligglilfigxggn gheflégs 13:11]] claimed Mrs. Fielding, gazing at her i ’ " daughter with wideâ€"opened eyes. killed and another fatally injured. ' "Very extraordinary l” agreed Ethel. Many shots were exchanged. "Hungry J09." the famous l’unko “I never heard of such a thing in my life !" lman, reccntly released from a lelti~ "I should hope not !" returned Mrs. more prison, must report to the New ' ‘k l" .vcr' morni‘ as on as . . V101 p01“ 9 5 118 g Fielding; "what would your poor, dear father have said if, during his he. remains in that city. Gen. Lawton, who served in the Con- federate army with Stonewall Jackson lifetime. a young man had come to propose for your hand, and, on being. refused by you. had expressed his inâ€". and who for two years was .United States Minister to Tfiustria, died at Clifton Springs on ursday. . v. . . For the first time the fla. of the “when of staying m, the house unul you accepted him? Ive not even read in novels" (with a fine touch of scorn) "of such a preposterous notion. Did United States was flown on ulydth with forty-five stars on its bluc fl(‘l(l, heâ€"didâ€"did he seem firm about it, my dear?" indicating the admission of Utah to "Frightfullyl" Ethel assured her, the sisterhood of States. . "frightfully firm, and you should just. A systematic system of robbery, b ~which passenger train conductors, sta- sec what a. chin he has. It woqu make three of mine." ,lion agents and Pullman car porters have already stolen $15,000 from the “What did you say 2" asked Mrs. Fielding. ‘Chicago&Alfon railroad, has been dis- "What could I say? I’ve already covered. The United States treasury state- told you everything. I met him, as you know, at the’ Marchant-Mainwar- ment for the fiscal year 1896 discloses la deficit of $25,500,000: The defiCits for ings, and after our first introduction, saw him almost every day during the the past three years aggregate $137,- following month. The night before I ‘500000. The. deficit for July is esti- mated of $10,000,000. GENERAL Forest fires are raging in northern came home he proposed to me, and 1â€"- well, you know what I said. He then declared his intention of asking me again every six months, and didn't Newfoundland. The Khedive of Egypt is preparing seem to care in the least when I assurâ€" ed him that my answer would be just Behring to visit England. Smallpox and yellow fever are caus- ing great. loss of life in Cuba. Queen Margherita of Italy is about. to publish her Alpine experiences in book form. It is reported that a brother of Dr. lJa-meson has been killed by the Mat- ‘ abeles. A despatch from Cairo states that] ‘during June there were 3,598 deaths 1 from cholera. i The. total number of cases _of cholera in Egypt to (late is 7,550. which proved Ifatal in 6,216 instances. An official denial 'has been issued of! the report that an attempt was recent- ly made. to as~assinute the new Shah. Emperor \Yilliam has gone for a. six ‘weeks’ cruise in northern Norway seas inc. day since theâ€"the first time I told him that I couldn't think of marrying him." "And he expressed his intention of staying hereâ€"in this houseâ€"till said, 'Yes'l” put in Mrs. Ethel nodded. "Then," was- Mrs. Fielding's ion. "we must send for the police." "Oh, noâ€" noâ€" noâ€" no!" ejaculated Fielding. yo“ l §walk, and then the s'cullery decisâ€" 1 , ,shot up With a. force that denoted a. aboard the Imperial yacht, Hohenzol- . lern. l The packet boat , from Suakim for Suez. went on a reef and foundered. Sixty persons were drowned. The number of horses killed for con- sumption as food in Paris last year was 23,186. this being exclusive of 43 mules ‘and 383 donkeys. The Cretan insurgents defeated the Turks on \Vednesday, killing two hunâ€" .dred of them. and capturing three of ‘ their cannon. Brazil has not yet assent-ed to Eng- 1 the occupation of the Island of Trin- idad to arbitration. By the explosion of ammunition in an arsenal near Fort Moselle in the Province of Lorraine 42 men were kill- ed and 100 badly injured. Notwithstanding that the American , Government is confronted by a. big def- l icit, it is proposed to spend many mil- lions on a. new army rifle. . At the launching of the new German ironclad last week the Kaiser express- ed the hope that Germany will yet .have a navy worthy of her armies. The massacre of white people in Mata- beleland continues, and it is expected lthan an assault will shortly be made *upon Buluwayo by the rebels. g In an engagement between Dutch Chinese in the Dutch Indies the Chinese lost 112 killed. 0f the DutCh forces 9 were killed and 39 wounded. l It is stated in Cogenhagen that. the ,Government would e prepared to sell some of its West Indian colonies to the United States at a suitable price, for a naval station. i The Czar and Czarina made their 1formal entry into St. Petersburg on Saturday, and an immense wncourse of <people acclaimed their Majesties with great enthusiasm. .Exhausrivc‘statistics have been com- , piled in Berlin to prove the success of the. serum treatment of diphtheria, which has been followed in one of the Ilargest Berlin hospitals for the past two years. . Senor Canovas del Castillo, the Spanâ€" ish Premier, in discussing the difficul- ,ties which the Cuban parties have :created for the Govsrnment, said they would have accepted autonom for the island before the outbreak o the in- surrection, but it could not now be granted as the price of ending the re- bellion. â€"* SNAIL'S \VONDERFUL \‘ITALITY; The vitality of the snail is remarka- ble. One that was glued to a card in the British Museum for four vcai's came to life upon being immerséd in warln_water. dome specimens in the collection of a nalui'alisL revived after they had apparently been dead for 15 years. NVATER PIPES 0F GLASS. An experiment was lately tried at Some. threatened "labor St. Helen’s, Lancashire. of making wa- troubles" have fortunately, in various tar pipes of glass, with asphalt cover- ing to prevent fracture. It is claimed that they .give thorough protection against..moisture in the ground, against the action of acids and alkalies, and that they cannot be penetrated by gases. THE HEAT WE CAN STAND. Tue lliunian system can endure heat! of 212 degrees, the boiling point of wa- ter, because the skin is a. bad conduc~ tor, and because the perspiration cools the body. Men have withstood with- out injury a heat of 300 degrees for several minutes. _ CYCLING INNOVATIONS. ‘ 1 Among the cycling innovations in Battersea Park, which is still the centre â€"â€".,, The Cheyenne Indians have donned of London cycling, is that of a woman their war paint, and are holding pow- wows, preparatory to a general rising Robert Lansing, of \Vatcrtown, N.Y., has been appointed counsel on the part up- who carries a. parasol in one hand while steering her machine with the other, and of a young woman who appears followed by liveried groom on another bicycle. Rahmanieh. bound land’s offer to submit the question of Side. Ethel, springing up, “please don't do that. He’s sure to go. Heâ€"he’s very gentlemanly, mother, and I’m sure he’ll behave himself if he does stop. Besides, such a scamdall" Yes, Mrs. Fielding agreed that the affair would give Market Norbury a. month's food for littleâ€"tattle, if vene. . "I will see the young person myselfl" exclaimed the elder lady, majestically. "Don’t. be harsh, mother," said Ethel, ‘ blushing a. little. "because, after all,. . ;aroused the servants, there being com- you know he'sâ€"â€"" "Head over heels in love with voul Of course," rejoined Mrs. the plate. nificently into the drawmg-room. But severe as was her tone, and stern her mien, Dick \Vaterbury declined to budge. He apologized for the gross rudeness of his decision, but, nevertheâ€" less, refused to spike his guns and re--’ tire. _During the altercation Mrs. Fielding discovered that young gentleman of twenty-five, with. an ample income, and a small country seat that stood sadly in need of some- one to look after it. Twenty minutes later Mrs. Fielding returned to her daughter. "My reasoning had no effect on him whatever,” she informed Ethel; "none whatever. Lsuppose he must remain. He may be in a. more sensible frame of mind in the morning. Don't let the servants know about the real state of things, but pretend that we have inâ€" Vited him to stay here, and say his lug- gage Will arrive in due course." The result was: 1. That Mr. Richard \Vaterbury gained his clot and stayed at "Pleasant View." . That only his fixed determination to win Ethel Field- ing would have led him to take suCh‘ a desperate step. 3. That Ethel by no means deceived the paternal judgment when she expressed herself indignantly- about Dick and his resolution. (She let slip his nameâ€"“Dick”â€"several times unthinkingly.) 4. That it was the genâ€" eral opinion in the kitchen that the gentleman who had come so sudden- lyâ€"Without any luggageâ€"was a "man in possession." 5. That he seemed to the kitchen a very well-dressed man in possession. 6, That the gentleman immediaton sat. down and wrote a long letter, which was given to the housemaid to post. 7. That he wired to another address for some clothes. 8. That the letter was addressed to Mr. John Blunt, Friar’s Court, Temple, London. And 9. that, in the opinion of the kitchen, "Friar's Court" sounded like a low place for any gentleman’s friends to live in. II. _Dick Waterbury had been with the Eieldings a Week. and still showed no signs of departing from his resolution. He had soon made himself at home; he had broken the ice over the dinner- table during the first night of his stay. Mrs. Fielding, and her daughter had opened the ball by treating him With frigid politeness; but Dick had pretended not to notice their manner, and rattled on so gaily that he effecâ€" tually dispersed the cold barrier which the ladies had attempted to place beâ€" tween thcmselves and their self~invited guest. After dinner he regaled them with comic songs, anecdotes, and news of the day which had failed to cnelrate to the fastnesses of Market Ilfiorbury. So very agreeable did he make him- self, indeed, that by bed-time he had qmto won Mrs. Fielding over to his Ethel kept very close to her mo- ther all the evening, he noticed, and would neither play nor sing, although she could do both very nicely. On the following (lay his clothes arrived, and on the third day a letter, addressed to him in a. bold masculine hand. He apâ€" peared to peruse this letter with much interest, and the one he wrote in re- ply he delivered to the housemaid with special instructions that it was to be posted before 6 pro. at which hour the. Market Norbury mail-cart was dispatch- ed. The house-maid told the cook that, four a man in possession. thc newâ€"comer wrote a very elegant hand. This let- the ‘ strong arm of the law were to inter-, Fielding. ‘ "Ofcoursehe is. If he weren't, Ishould. suspect him of having evil designs on‘ Leave him to me, Ethell”. So saying, Mrs. Fielding swept magâ€" ‘ Stairs’ he was a‘ ter. too. was addressed to that low place, ["riar’s Court, Temple. 50. by the time Dick had been located at "Pli-iiszinr View” scven days, he was quite on friendlyâ€"nay, intimateâ€"- terms Willi his hostess and her (laugh- ter. Every morning whom he met the latter at the breakfastâ€"table (seizing an opportunity, of course. when Mrs. Fielding was notFprrsent) he had ask- ed, "WA-ll ‘2" and Alicl hud shaken her head very (letermincdly, and made the must. of the exceedingly dimpled chin, which only represented oneâ€"third of Mr. \Valerbury’s. During the wholc of that week Dick had ncver once been out. The kitchen commented severely on this point. It savoured more of the "man in possession” than anything else ho had done. “He’s been sent, and he‘s got to stop," was cook’s verdict. “And mis- tress is making ihe best of a bad job by treating him as a gentleman guest. I‘ve always understood that the poor master lcft her comf’able off, and I can’t understood how she's lost her money. I suppose it's a mine or some- thing. Thank goodness! I’ve got all my little savings wrapped up in a stock- inrr, and locked in my box 1" Seven days had goneâ€"the seventh night had come, and still Ethel remain- ed obdurate. But she paid, her mo- ther noticed, considerable attention to her toilet, and wore her prettiest dresses. III. \V‘hat was chat? Mrs. Fielding sat up, bathed in cold perspiration. \Vhat was-there it was againâ€"a. scratching on the window. She listen- edâ€"her heart beating a. wild tattoo against her ribs. Yesâ€"there againâ€" somebody was trying to break in! Only a sliding door separated Mrs. Fielding’s room from her daughter's. Her teeth chattering in time with the wild throbbing of her pulses, Mrs. ‘Fielding crept out of bed and, the slid- the same, however many times he asked 1 mg door being partly Open’ into her W911, it i5 95510“? Six months to- ? mg peacefully, but a touch awoke her. daughter’s room. Ethel was slumber- There was a hurried. explanation in whispers from Mrs. Fielding, and then the two women, clutching each other 'for comfort, stole into the outer bed- room, and once more listened. The scratching had ceased and only a. shuffling sound could be heard; then there were footsteps on the gravel Window (which was immediately beneath)wa.s careless haste on the part of the mid- night intruder. "A burglar!” exclaimed Ethel, pale to the lips, for she was only nineteen, and an ordinary girl with ordinary nerves. the Unconsciously her lips formed "I'll wake Mr. Waterbury," said Mrs. Fielding. She tripped swiftly out of the room, down the passage, and rap- ped at her guest’s door. In almost less time than it takes tore- late it, Dick found himself standing ing at his door, in dressing-gown and if he fought the policemen (and I’m:“’0r(l “Dickl” sure he would fight them) there'd be? ‘ trousers, trying to instil some calmness into the troubled breasts of Mrs. Field- ing, her daughter, the cook, and the housemaidâ€"for Mrs. Fielding had fort in numbers, even scared ones. "Stop here," said Dick. "I'll go down. If he doesn’t use arms I can manage him!” So saying, he moved quietly down- the women afraid to be left by themselves, followed him at a. re- spectful distance. A few moments, and the darkness had swallowed up Dick’s form. An anxious interval fol- ‘lowed, during which nothing could be heard. Suddenly there was a. crash of crock- ery, and a. savage exclamation. Then another crash. Then a whole series of crashes. The cook and housemaid shrieked with fright. Mrs. Fielding grasped the banisters and trembled Ethel trembled, too, for Dick. Yes. for . Dick. She loved him, she knew it now. His life was in peril. - l The house was filled with sounds of the struggle. A desperate fight was going on in the passage leading to the kitchen. The women could dimly dis- cern the forms of the two men, who, breathing in short, quick gasps, were struggling furiously for the mastery. Backwards and forwards they swayed, with clenched teeth and straining muscles. Still the women dared not move. The couple had fought their way down to the extreme end of the pas- sage, and were close to the scullery door. Suddenly a pistol-shot rangout, there was a cry, a splintering of wood and a crash of glass and the two van- ished. A few seconds later Dick returned, his dressing-gown half torn off his back. ‘ . "He got away,” he exclaimed; “but he didn't take anything. I'll get some things on and be off to the police- station." The women gazed at their hero with fond, admiring eyes. Once again they breathed freely. Slowly they moved upstairsâ€"all but Ethel. "Are you hurt 2” she asked him, with infinite tenderness in her voice. "Only a bruise or two,” he replied. "I’ll soon set the police on his track. But firstâ€"-" He took her hand in his. “I said I would not leave the house," he began. Ethel looked swiftly up the stairs to make sure they two were unobserved. Then §hc bent forward, quickly breathâ€" ed ”ies" in his ear, and fled to her room. _ O 8 O O O C O The police never caught the burglar, who got back to Frizir’s Court quite safely, after catching the earliest train from a roadâ€"side station six miles from Market Norbury. Ethel quite meant her "yes," and in due time was married to the "man in cssession,” much to the cook and ousemaid's wonderment. And Mrs John Blunt, reading the wedding announcement, chuckled soft- ly to himself. "It was a good idea. of Dick's!” was all he said. A STRIKING CHANGE. But, papa, things have changed since you were young. Yes, they have; folks used to wait. fifty years for a golden wedding, and now they demand it at the start. A MISUSED TERM. Blobbsâ€"What nonsense it is for news- papers, in their accounts of weddings, to describe the bride being led to the a tar. Slobbsâ€"How so? Blobbsâ€"\\'hy, most of the girls could find their way in the dark. NICHOLAS II.’S. OBJECT LESSON. Ila Illulcs on a Street For to Show In; 0?- liccrs than It Isn‘t. a Disgrace. Nicholas II., of Russia has had some trouble in bending the stiff-necked mil- itary etiquette of his St. Pctersburg regiments to suit his rather liberal ideas. He is not popular with the army, as were the three Alexanders. despite his gifts of reading rooms and dining halls to crack regiments, and therefore the innovations hc recommends arc in- troduced very slowly. Ever since he ascended the throne, for instance, he has been trying to discredit the notion that an army officer may not ride with propriety in a. common street car. The army officer in St. Petersburg has long been supposed to be too rich and pow- erful and too far superior to civilians to assooiatc with the ordinary street- car crowd. « One of the few untitled officers in the Russian capital ventured a. few. weeks ago to ride in a street car to hi barracks. It was a presumptuous an courageous act, for he had to alight before the crack cavalrymen's casino of the city. It proved to be a. very in- discreet act. too. for his fellow officers at once took him to task for disgracing his uniform, refused to listen to his citations of the Czar's remarks on the subject, .and eventually, after days of persecution, began urging on him the propriety of his resigning his commis- sion. In his distress the persecuted of- ficer turned to a. friend in the Minis- try of \Var, who brought the whole af- fair to the Czar’s notice. It was 4 o‘clock in the afternoon when Nichol- as heard the story. He at once put on a dark suit. ordered his adjutant to do the same, and together they went to the spot where the persecuted officer had taken a car. They boarded a car. rode on it to the barracks. alighted, boarded a returning car, and went back to the palace. The Czar wrote out a brief account of this little trip. and add- ed to it the inquiry: "Am 1 still worthy to wear the un- iform of a. Russian officer?" He signed the document "Nicholas," and sent it to the Colonel of the perse- cuted officer’s regiment. Since then there has been peace in the officers’ quarters of that regiment, and the man who rode on a horse car has been treated with the deference belonging to one. who pulls wires at court. Perhaps Nicholas got his idea of an object lesson in this case from Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. The Em- peror heard several years ago that his officers in Vienna. were agitated over the question of the propriety of riding! in omibuscs. He remarked impatient- ly that this was a weighty subject for large brains and should be settled be- fore anybody's mind broke down under it. He then put on full uniform, took with him an adjutant in full uniform, and had an omnibus ride. The ride was reported in the newspapers. and the question of propriety was settled. STRAIN 0F RAILWAY WORK. Instances Where the Tension on the Nerves flax Caused Madness and Death. " There is reason to believe," says the British Medical Journal, "that at all times there are men on the line who are working very near to their break- ing strain. \Ve may in regard to this mention three well known instances which. at the least, show the tension under which work is often carried on. A station master, seeing a. man run over on the line, himself fell down dead up- on the platform. Here was a. shock which permanently made his heart. stand still; but how many times had not that man’s heart stood still before? We may feel perfectly certain that if the major shock could kill. the minor daily recurring‘shocks of a railway life must have greatly damaged a. heart so under the influence of the nervous sys- tem Two trains collided at a. junction, It was either the fault of the drivers or of the rails, certainly not of_ the sig- nal man. The Signals were right, yet when the box was entered the Signal man was found tO'have gone mad, and had to be taken to an‘ asylum, where he remained for long. He was broken utterly by the horror of the dilemma; but what shall we say about the small- er dilemmas which every hour of his working life he had had to solve? Did they not also have an effect, although a. lesser one, upon his brain? A few years ago it was found that the sick- ncss rate among the signal men of cer- tain lines was becoming exceSSive. and it was determined to do away With the 5} Stem of leaving to one man the whole responsibility of taking charge of a signal box. At great expense every box along the line was supplied With two men. Great evils were prophesied; it was Lhought the men would talk, and Iark, and neglect their duties. This did not happen, but the Sicknessstoppod. Under the shared res-ponSibility they no longer broke down. If themas seems to be indutiable, railway ‘strain‘ can have definitely injurious effects upon the nervous system, it.beaunes an im- portant question for inquiry whether [his nervous derangement atoll fre- quently has the effect of} impairing the nutrition of the, heart. Upon this spe- cial point we do not at present possess suffician information to warrant. the expression of a. definite opinion.” â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"‘sâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"w .\\'ARNINGS. The lark was up to meet the sun, And cai'oliug his lay; . The farmer’s boy took down hisrgun And at him blazed away. The busy bee got up at "5,” And buzzed the meadows o'er' The farmer's wife wenr for its hive, And robbed it of its store. The ant. arose at break of day, His labors to begin; ' The greedy swallow flow that way And took his aniship in. Oh. bees. and birds. and ants. be wise, In proverbs take no stock; Like me refuse from sleep to rise Till half-past seven o'clock. REASON ENOUGH. Maminu, why is the ocean so looking? Because it has been crossed so often. Willie. angry