»O’* A ( .EP.0VMAS in O xford h a - invited hou.S5 ' “ Yes, s ir .” the m*n '■ l-o / ^ e P r r e h b i th e ir Ixm ting ™ road in fro , “ Y 1 ou w ere seen on the T h e Marly ' > w E ngiam l F arm er N ot l.lfce S l? CMinil h e rto s u d , custom s h ad <>f th e h ouse som e tim e after dark;- III» P ro to ty p e o f th e P reeeu t Uujr- flannels. l liti u r v s b.citm en “ I w a s th e re , s ir.” ■ > ' i “ You w e re in th e yard after dark*- T h e first m ost forceful and m ost con been frowned upon, an -rv » u » o « o r a i P A r m o b x ix o . - “ Yes, sir, an d a fte r supper also si. spicuous social fa c t in th e e a rly N ew had not gone to church —AT— E verything about th e new ‘ * re p lie d th e p riso n er, w ith a wan’smi' E ngland com m unity, w here alm o st •• a I CoL'S'TY. O b BOOM everybody w as a farm er, w as th e level steam er, the Cam parna, j a t h is in n o c e n t little joke in — smile F i .-OKKXCK, L.»\h v«»v . * •« suck a ing of th e class d istin ctio n , T h e soil m ak e e x c ep t th e i u d d e r. of a single steel plate. It is so w ide I f tille r who ow ned his land m ig h t have “ A nd y o u w ere seen by the vllc code I t . F . A H . K V . *C«ll««»r »«“ * P r o p r i e t o r . to to il for a liv in g like a serf, b u t th e th a t then- ¡» no B ritish Arm . h a v ,n £ th e s ittin g o n th e doorstep with your s!h e Yale Review says he never in cu rred th e ¿‘e e ^ sa ry m achinery for ro llin g it, off?” serf's d eg rad atio n . A round him and the job had to be se n t to K rupp. “ Yes, sir; th e re was a pebble in it ___Tsana: $i.00 « year In advance.----- on th e sam e level th e g re a t m ass of th e th a t w as to o b ig to get out of the sane com m unity w ere his fellow farm ers, G O SSIP OF EU R O PEA N T H R O N E S . hole it g e t in a t .” Entered at th e jumt-offiec at Florence. whom he never gazed upon from below , T he A ustrian em peror lias approved “ N ow , sir, I propose to prove that U n e county, Oregon, uh ••cond-cla«« e ith e r as a m a tte r of social ra n k o r i th e bill to p ro tect th e edelw eiss a g a in s t you m ade th o se tra c k s with your ban- from th e p lan e of in ferio r vocation. i being gathered by the casual A lpine fe e t w h ile y o u w ere stealing the chick luuil m atter. S lig h tly b e n e a th him w ere th e class of e n s of th e p la in tiff.” farm laborers—n o t m any, w hen w ooded climber. “ Y’ou c a n ’t do it, sir,” said the pris- K u seb W ii .J. iam will keep th e e n tire ADvaanaiwo bat «« ma »« known ox AP lands w ere cheap, n or profoundly low PLICATION. 1 crew which sailed on th e M eteor on th e o n er, m ild ly b u t firmly. I i n nl notice« * cent« |« r line, each tmwrtlon. ered as a class, in days w hen f a in itr s ! salaried list th ro u g h o u t th e w in te r so “ A nd w hy not, pray?” asked the law them selves in terch an g ed services and y e r, w ith fine sarcasm . toib d even h a rd e r tlinn th e ir ow n field | as to make sure of them n ex t season. “ B ecause, sir, I ’ve one wooden leg T he dow ager m archioness of llu n tly SAVED BY HIS EL O Q U E N C E . hands. T he co u n try m erch an t w as, u n s ir.” —B o sto n Globe. is an accomplished b o tan ist, and has a, It »»«• »•» i:«temi>on.ii*«»»i» Hpoecl». Hat less ex ceptionally rich, th e f a rm e rs peer, no b e tte r and no w orse, in th e large collection of p lan ts, n early all o f Tltrro M m N oth in » A bout II. F R E N C H CIV IL MARRIAGE. • The m ueh-odmlred g ift of exterapo- social scale. Above th e fa rm e r stood l,cr own gath erin g . T hese she h as h e r T h e C u riou s C erem onies Which Prevail rancnUH speaking Is disappearing,” said only th e men of th e professions, u su ally self classified and named. on Such Occasions. V ictoria ' s m aids of honor, w ho are I’rof. Wlllhiuiaon, of Texan, to a St. college g ra d u a tes, in clu d in g th e m in is W hile p eople dying . . . . . at St. Denis, ----- - in (..nth G lols-P en io erat w riter. “ In thia te r and th e sq u ireareh s. B ut th ese, nnid <1 ’>00 a year for th e ir services, connection th e onlinnrv after-d in n er w hile they form ed a c ertain d istin ctiv e earn th eir salaries. T hey are o b lig ed F ra n c e , a rc to be buried according to platitude» occupying live o r ten m in •cult,” w ere too few’ to be a very to anne-ir before the queen in a new , th e m a y o r’s u k ase, those who desire U. «rown everv day and to be in readiness be m a rrie d by “ civil rights” have ute«, which seem like live o r ten hours, stro n g ly em phasized gro u p o r im press W attend her m ajesty a t any and every e v e ry th in g in th e ir favor, are not m eant. 1 have reference V ia th e class d istin ctio n h arsh ly . Of th e hour of the day J * 1 A t a re c e n t w edding in the town hall hpeeeh of an hour or longer. It in tw o m ost prom inent- th e m in ister, vest- th e s a lle des m a rria g e s was profuse]; alm ost impossible now adays to hear a ixl w ith pow ers w ell-nigh pontifical, y e t d e c o ra te d w ith p la n ts and llowcrs. T H IN G S MILITARY, apeakcr make a hpeeeh of any length held them n o t of m en; and th e old A fte r th e m ay o r had tied the nup th a t 1« really extem poraneous. Per- co u n try s< pi ires, u n d er th e m icroscope R eak A hmikai , a . T. D ale is to be th e tia l k n o t an o ra to r especially engaged haps such speeches neve r were en tirely of tu n e and New E n g lan d novels, have next com m ander in chief of th e B ritish in P a ris m ade an appropriate speech, • p on tn n eou h a s ivhh claim ed, hut t Is* » ob tu in ed in o u r day a g re a tly m agnified squadron in th e Pacific. A dm iral and th e “ W edding March” of Mm- were more so th an the oo-ealh-d ex- . im p o rtan ce w hich th ey never really llo th ara’s period of office w ill ex p ire in d elsso h n w a s played on a piano. teinjsorant'ouii speeches we h e ar now posses 1 11. If th e fnrrnqr had to w re stle February. OOUIU Some Vi o f th mu e xt frien tuuua d s «/* of the me bride uouc h and uu hard w ith bln n ig g a rd soils an d had aday«. R ecih itino serg ea n ts in E n g lan d xn-idegro<Wn n e x t sang the waltz from • | r.*tnciii1»cr h earin g one hpeeeh in slig h t education and few c re a tu re com have no longer a m onopoly of re w ard s j G o u n o d ’s “ Rom eo c t .Juliette;” “Beke," •av life th a t I am satisfied w as delivered forts, he had, as offsets, sim ple w an ts, w ithout preparation, how ever, and it social e q u ality ami an assertive m a n for obtaining young soldiers. By an j,y Ile n rio n ; th e “ Romance of Maitw order ju st issued, any person, civilian o r p a th e lin ,” b y Bazin; the “Marche aux wua aii eloquent one, too. It w as in hood. lie w as in a la rg e sense th e soldivr, who b rin g s a su itab le re c ru it C h o u x ,” of C hateau, and, finally, the < alifornia in ’49. We w ere busy at eivis R om anns of his tim e and place. for enlistm ent w iil be rem u n erated . tju u t f ro m th e “ Ode Triomphale," of w ork. » crowd of us, g e ttin g o u t gold, F rance has a to ta l of 80,000 m en in A u g u sta H olm es, ATTAR O F R O SE S. amt one n ig h t tw o b ro th e rs nam ed her active navy and G reat B ritain h as! T h e e n g a g e m e n t of the orator from llurke—-popular fallow s—lost every K ipanac an«l T rouble Necc«w»ry lo r th e 53,200. Her reserve includes 150,000 i p a ris is a n ew d e p artu re at “civil wed- I 'r i x l i i c t I o n o f it S in g le I’oum l. ounce of th eir dust. Some th ie f had men and G reat B ritain ’s 55,000. R ussia ; d in g s.” T h e h in t was apparently bor- crep t into th e te n t anti stolen It. Sus A ttu r of roses is g e n erally spoken of has the th ird stro n g est navy, an d Spain ro w ed fro m th e procedure followed at picion fell a t once, and w ith o u t any ¡»a th e m ost e x tra v u g a n tly eos'Xy , x t - ¡»robably has th e fo u rth , if we can th e fu n e ra ls o f obscure person» whose reason, on un E nglishm an It* tlieero w d , futne in th e w orld, b u t w hen th e tro u b le .judge the stre n g th of usuries by th e frie n d s w a n t to have a panegyric pro- who had belli him self aloof from every und expense of rain in g th e roses uryd num ber o^siftlors and m arinesTir th em .'* n b u n eed o v er them , as is custoinigy in ,a,(TA'»M iarch of his te n t found more securing th e essi-nee in tak en in to rte- F ra n c e a t th e g rav es of notable men. ' dust th a n it seemed reasonable fo r him 1 co u n t it Is really very reaso n ab le in Mis« IIvi.nAn F r eper ic iis , of th e P a ll to have accum ulated, and lie w as a t prie«-, says th e St. Louis Globe-Demo Mall G azette staff, is th e first w om an to B a b y Jack'» rhcoloKy. out e taken to a tre e w ith a rope around crat. If th e delieiou« perfutni- were ! be tak en on th e reg u lar staff of a Lon- •The d o c trin e of original sin is »diffi his neck and given fifteen m inutes to pr.Hlm'cd in th is c o u n try anti th e lowest [ don paper. A lthough of G erm an pray. T he fifteen m in u tes reaelied an »vuges in th e land ¡»¡ml for labor it eouhl n atio n ality she can both w rite and c u lt one to controvert, taking the hour and a h alf, and sueh a flow of e l o no t I m - re ta ile d a t even th re e tim es th e speak English fiucntly and know s both w o rld a t la rg e in to consideration, but ijuenee uport the subject of elrcuinstan- exist ing ¡»rices. N early all th e a tta r of Russian and French sufficiently well to it is one w hich B aby Jack, netat twen Usl evidence I have never heard before r«»scs in tlu- w orld comes from tin- j»or- ¡let us special correspondent in St. ty -th re e m o n th s, steadily and sturdilj re fu ses to a d m it in to his theology- I • o r i.lnee. Ils pow er may be Imagined tion of Europe w hich used to be a ¡»art Ih-tersburg or P a ris at need. w hen 1 tell you th a t th e crow d in th a t of T u rk ey , b u t w hich is now u n d er Rus say s: “ N ow I la y m e,” with the utmost country and in Ui.it day w as intlneneisl sian inlluenee. T o secure a pound of fe rv o r an d in a language of his o«n. LAW AND LAWYERS. to change th e verdl -l o f c ap ital p u n ish essence it is necessary to have an entire w h ich o n ly th e audacity of a mother G u n s over tw elve can make valid w ould c laim to mean anything. Ik m en t to beillsllinent und confiscation of acre o f g ro u n d covered »vith roses and asks: “ Dod” to “ b ’ess” every one of his projierty. lie w alked dow n to b> have a good crop even then, ami then w ills under th e law s of Scotland. Frisco and took a Job as b a rt n- the eultlv o rs ennnot rely on receiving A BAXKRlt’T m erch an t a;. Acadia his re la tiv e s to th e forty• fourth d«- d t A m onth n ite r we found th a t th e m ore thu: seventy «»r seventy-five dol Mines, N. S.. has been sentenced to tw o g ree, n o t fo rg e ttin g his pet cat au e « fit »» e had in cam p w as th e I hli f, and, la rs n po' .d. m onths in jail fo r having w illfully con “ H oo-Polly.” th e unclean rag-doll, but lifter »iriui ia'f him up. 1 was sent to T he L. s»r of cultivation is very ar tra c ted a debt w ith o u t having a t the w hen m a m m a prom pts: “ Please us bun*, up th e I'kigli lim an and tu rn his duous. am i plu ck in g the r»»ses la even tim e a reasonable expi-etation of being J a c k a good b o y .” Master Jack MP- prs ,s>rty bn k t • Idin, ills m in e was m ore no. th e w ork lu-ing done by wom ab le to pay it. “ D as” in resp o n se ns earnest as th. Uvvi>. an I he w as a 'v a r.ity m an in en. wh«»»e bunds are t«.rn all to ¡»ieei-.s T he name of an alleged rain com- any good M eth o d ist brother, Eugland, and a senior w rung,er, I by th e »vork, anil w hose pay barely suf jx-lh r. who has brouglit suit in a Ne-j IUU„ . „ ¿ n „ s , " ................. y e s .” an<l ......... Ja c k Bunks . h. k > i’-uiMl w hen I m et him. lie had a pile fices t<> buy ( o « n I, Rows have b«x*n enl- brnslta court for *51H) for producing n good boy, a n d no m oral suasion can m oral suasion ca ,»f M’veral thou end dollars, and w ent tiv.ite«l in o th e r co u n tries for a sim ilar show er last sum m er, is Sw isher—a d ace h im to su g g e st to Prov’dcnw rni.iht to E ngland. 1 never beard of purpose, b u t th e re tu rn is now here so nam e p x u lia rly suggestive ....................... • h h te of a driving th e re is th e slig te s st t necessity forma m afte rw ard , but 1 will never fo rg et large us in th e neigh,»orhood of the « rain «■*»•» sto , ♦ 4 » rm »•»•»» from th e e a s t in g o v e r.—N. Y. Recorder. l l u i t «fi,x,»i«-nt nttd erteaip o n u ieo n » ud- ItniKitns, wner«> th e soil am, «•Innate up- A jc p o e on th e English bench toltl Un A L E S S O N IN HISTORY. p c ar e*«s-pti.»nal,y adapted for tin- ¡»ur- th e ju ry in a m u n ler trial a t Y orkshire g a t h e r e d in fo r e ig n l a n d s . jx.se. ,t may lx- ad«led th a t th e sweet recen tly th a t it w as his opinion “ if one i M ohammed b eg an the Kuran at th mih -11 of a genuine T u rk ish « ig arettc is m an called an o th er a lia r a slig h t blow T m unexplored art** of * ¡»nails is one th e result of a d u lte ra tin g th e tobacco In re ta lia tio n is justifiable.” He added: i ty-iive. . T he fo ld in g envelope was m »vlth th e refuse from the rosebuds and “ T his may l»e new law , b u t it is com -' m illion M,ui»n* mile«. Ill \u » n W pnxluix** t h e fin e s t b u t l e r stalk«. mon sense.” in th e y e a r 1839. E noi . ish boo k s were first Pr In th e »»»rid. am i »» It* price I* low \ In n Jud^i-d B\ it* q iia lltv B h a - til- lnrge qunntH ies ft- >m the enrth. is Ix-ing WHY HE WAS C O N FID EN T. C axton in th e y e a r 1474. m> *t »1« . m i , the E nglish m ark et (or utili.'rtl in -even»I lix'nliti«'». At Burg- D iamond c u ttin g by hnu * l»r>'hl, ii -ar Coblentx, a carbonic arid T he 1‘rUonrr K ept HI» strongent Kvtdenee I ris h b u tte r , first done in 1 lo lla n d in 1489. T ill th«» l'n«l o f th e T rial. E u i t i » plan for n (Trent bridge »pr i:g««ix n«>l «luring l»<'ringoperations, A p p l e « w e re w o rth "I It w as n ease of chicken stealing, and and*,» hit i !■» «fight inch«*1» w i«lc anti s«>nir any, is , t .-. i Neva a t Hl • to tw o s h illin g s each m th e p rin ts of bare feet w ere found in th irty o r forty fv«‘t high, is Is ing u.M 'fi h as jm-t In-eti a*-cpt*xt. mid th e Ht. th e gravel aro u n d the henhouse. H en ry V II. , ’et«T*l»unf niunieipnlity ho» v«»te»l the iu th e im p reg n atio n of mineral waters, T he law y er for the prosecution w as tw en ty -si* m illion m b I os requirt-d to F A S H IO N 'S DECREE-5’ one who, if he had been Napoleon DO IN G S IN EU RO PE. build it- B o n ap arte, never would have . crossed ,, B pttonh a re very large and O vkm one h a n d rts, personseondem ned «b ath s <«n Alpine moun the Alps; he w ould simply . . have pulled »,»d e a th nrv HOW In prison In Greece ta in tour-» oceurnxi in the Swk» Alp» in them e root« u d "th ro w n Them <i BZ'i'rr them up up by by th tin- root* a nnrl tl,„„,«.., «».__ o f ,n etaL lw a rl’ n w altlllg ex ecu tio n o f th e ir sontetwe. l ‘ . hixttx ii w« ou«- a j over th e fence. ' ' F our to six -b u tto n gloves ° Sixteen »»« re tourist» and ou« 1 o v n gl”' ' ,tp. - over th e fence. T h e |*»puh»tton o f th e »su»,,»ry I* Intrit,y , , , ! T he p ru o n e r w as an unknow n tram p . heav-v k id a re in ‘lvmaDd t vo m illions \ l n e tx-ople w ere gnillo m » t i » work»-«, d arn s and pat»-h»*s and lam e a t t h a t w ear. ««* t.m x, iu five day» Jn*t lx lore Christm as. '» .v. i.o ,.,t .„ „ v v r i a, D •« .uhsiw eti “ You on d d o o n n ’t know an anythin»» V ery ery ric ric h h w w h h ite ite satin satin h * • ” «* t :;y .» y .»«»«« 't know y th in g ----- - HMXl T i t« enst«»»n o f h a rin g a «xmrt poet in th in g Mune of the l^ y p ti: an ab o u t th is th e ft? '' queried th e law yer, b ro u g h t o u t expressly <H»e »»hoseilnty it U to w rite to n rtlrr, inninn»,«--, fiercely. ’ dresses. a« it w e re —1» a t p re se a t »xmflne.l to II» a low posarti J 8, IsD-y the um * “ T hat'« w h a t I s n o re to, sir,’ saldi Hr. a I. Iacea, point, valt’"1'""'To»0' E n g lan d , am ong eirillacd n a tio n s In « f th e m etric KV*ti ’ ; th e .like a re e se llin g b e tte r th an ’0 of w eights and th e tram p, m ekly. a n e ie u t tim es th e eusUun wa- »»ell-nigh in la «»tfiigat.iry throughout «vu m e back y ard of S la m -! years. • 'to n w ere in th u n iv ersal. Every co u rt had its j--. t »¡wh n«*r <x»lonics in private as tip p s house ab o u t su p p er tim e?” T he n ew est slippers are a*®*1 an d p a in te r, a* w ell as Ito dw a, an«. puhlic rontrocto. “ Yes. sir." m oire, und a re finished with I t»n<T«»»n. 1 u know the location of a t e wartiittir«» o f iet. TH E W EST. /A T T « 1 » . . . . . 4-