LABOR IN STRONG ARRAY.
The Contention of tho Knights of Labor
at Hamilton, Ontario.
Text of the A (lit rem limned by the
Grand ITInHcr of the Kiilckta.
Caution Regarding Strikes Recommended.
The general assembly of Knights ol Labor
met in convention at Hamilton, Ont., on
the Gth. Master Workman Powderljr, in
his address, said he had prepared the drait
( it bill to be presented to congress which
will, if adopted, prevent the employment
ol inmates of state or county prisons on
government work of any kind. He recom
mended that congress be asked to incor
porate all the trade and laborassociations
in the District of Columbia and territories
of tho United States; also to commend tha
bill passed at the last session to prohibit
the employment of foreign labor under con
tract. Some postmasters, who employed
labor, intercepted and opened communica
tions between ofllccrs of the assembly. Tho
working people of states should demand of
congress the passage of a law creating pos
tal savings banks nud tho passage of Mr.
Ontes' bill, introduced at the Inst session
of congress, prohibiting aliens from holding
largo tracts of hind, should be insisted
upon and should go further in demanding
that all lands now held forspcculative pur
poses bo restored to tho public domain. Ho
discountenanced tho proposition to innu
rate n strike for the establishment o'
the short hour plan May 1, 1SSC. Ho be
lieved an anminl convention should bo held
in every state, territory, and province to
be composed of representatives from nil
Jabor organizations within tho boundaries
of state, territory and provinco to discuss
all matters pertaining to the labor inter
ests. Boards of industry should also be
organized in every municipality, which
should keep watch over tho destinies of tho
workers. Workingmen on the continent of
North America, ho said, must tako some
action looking to the provention of immi
gration during periods of depression. This
country can no longer bo called tho work
shop of tho world. Every step to make it
the poor house of tho world should be re
sisted. Ho then touched on boycotting,
and said that when tho end sought for hnd
been accomplished it should be discontin
ued. Drunkenness, which was prevalent
during strikes, should bo punished by ex
pulsion. He pointed out tho weak spots in
co-operntion and tho mutual benefit or
ganizations. Ho suggested that n similar
co-opcrntivo movement to tho one loented
in Covington, Ky., bo inaugurated in every
locality whero there is an assembly. This
plan, he said, binds the workingman and
his employer together in a movement in
which their interests nre identical. An as
sistance fund should bo abolished and an
other plan substituted. Tho workingmen
have come to look upon it ns a fund to
support strikes. This was not true. No
strike should be ordered without tho sanc
tion of the general executive board, and
then only after every other eifort had
failed. The executive boa'd should act as
a national board of conciliation and arbi
tration. Ho thought it time for the Knights
of Labor to be moro careful about cliam-
J rioning the strikes of other organizations,
t hnd brought odium on itself in the pnst
in some instances for its generosity. Before
taking sides, hereafter, it should bo fully
convinced that there was right on tho side
of laborers. Ho hoped the statement that
tho Brotherhood of Engineers was opposed
to the Knights of Labor was not true. He
discouraged the formation of any more na
tional trades assemblies as a step back
ward. FOHEIGN INTELLIGENCE,
The warlike attitude of Servia has com
pelled tho porlo to call out more reserves
for service on tho frontier. Tho Turkish
ministry behoves that tho Servian troops
will cross tho frontier, although certain of
defeat, in order to raise tho question as to
Servin's rights. The porto bus represented
to the foreign nmbnssudors at Constanti
nople that a Servian revolution would lead
to agitations in Montenegro, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and that Austria and Russia
would eventually bo drawn into tho con
flict. Bulgarian Delegates Petroff and
Tchnnokoff, who wero commissioned by
I'rinco Alexander to assuro tho porto that
pence and order reigned in eastern IJoumo
lin, arrived at tho yildiz kiosk and solicited
-nn interview with the sultan. They wero
ifliiuedintely arrested, and were subjected
to nn ollicial examination. Tho affair has
caused a sensation.
A dispatch from Fhilippopolis sayB tho
mayor has caimed placards to be posted
throughout tho city announcing that in
viow of tho wishes of tho foreign ambnssa
dors to Turkey tho sultan has accepted tho
union of Bulgaria and Roumclia under tho
rulo of Princo Alexander.
The Davitt land system agitation in Ire
land increases daily. Tho "moonlighters"
aro forcing farmers to swear that thoy will
not pay their rent. Several farmers were
waited upon by "moonlighters" nnd were
compelled to take nn oath to that effect.
The Dublin fund for tho benefit to James
Stephens, ex-Fenian head center, amounts
to l,G0O. His friends wero greatly disap
pointed at the incngreness of the subscrip
tions. Tho war fover runs high in Servia and ac
tive preparations aro going on to enforce
Servin's demand for an oxtonsion of terri
tory. English, French and Austrian firms
have been tendered contracts by tho gov
ernment to supply complote outfits for 25,
000 troops and all thocontrncts have been
-allotted; also ono for 35.000 horses. Tho
Lander bank war loan has been raised to
7,000,000.
Tho nationalist convontion for nominat
ing candidates for parliament from tho
County of Cork nssemblcd at Cork, Par
noil, Dillon, John O'Connor and 500 dele
gates wero present. An enthusiastic recep
tion was given tho party loaders. Owing to
the strong differences of opinion prevailing
.among the delegates representing tho claims
of tho various gentlemen montioned for the
honors, Parncll solectod candidates for six
of tho divisions, leaving the convention to
select the seventh.
Tho London Standard's Berlin corre
spondent Bays: Germany, with the ap
proval of Austria, Russia nnd England,
proposed in tho plan for the settlement of
the Bulgarian question that the following
principles bo observed: First That the
3reek and Servian demands bo rejected,
-and that Turkey be advised to complete
her mllitnry preparations, sons to be ready
to interior in the event of Greece nnd Ser
via moving to enforce their demands.
L,lBt)yThat the union of Bulgaria and
Itoumelhv under Prince Alexander, the lat
ter avowing the sovereignty of the sultan,
le recognized.
t A Oalifoknian's matrimonial adver
tisement winds np as follows : "Fortnne
no object, bnt should require tho gal's
relations to deposit $1,500 with mo as a
security for her good behavior."
Nothing should appear at a cold collation
which requires carving or cannot be easily
helped.
WATCH INO AND WAITING.
Mrs. Clara Vcre de Vcre
Has sadly come asnin to town,
She thought to make a brilliant match
And win her daughter murli renown.
At men fho smiled, but tintwguiled
They saw tin snare and they retired,
Tho hello of full live seasons past,
Sho was not ono to be admired.
She made big eyes nnd sweet replies,
She wandered pensive by the sea,
Sho lingered, hopinc, at tho springs,
But all the boys said, "not for mo."
Mrs. Clara Vere do Vcre,
But few rich suitors aro nbout,
Your daughter clvo to some poor man
Before herchnrmsnre quite played out.
liostou Budget.
LOYE AND FATE.
BY MARIAN KOMBRO.
Northern Budget.
Two people, a Indy nnd gentleman,
arc walking together underneath tho
elms in an old yet beautiful garden.
The August sunshine lies warm and
blight abovo them, tho birds aro sing
inn in tho branches over their heads
and at their feet are beds of fragrant,
old-fashioned flowers, Behind them
at somo distance of! stands a largo
brown house, whoso gabled roof is
half over-grown with ivy, and upon
whose imposing black oaken door is
inscribed tho name, Elm Lodge. Far
away to tho west lio tho purple Cat
skills, to the south and east risogently
sloping hills, upon which peaceful
flocks are straying.
"It is a beautiful home, Professor.
Are you not happy here?"
Tho lady is wntclnnghisstrong.earn
cst face as sho waits his answer. Sho
is of medium height, slender, and not
pretty. Sho has Inrge, gray eyes. It
has been noted by observers that the
eyes of these two people, Professor
Hettinger and his pupil, Madge Kirby.
are exactly alike. She is dressed in a
shabby.gray gown which has for adorn
ment only a bunch of wild, whito dai
sies at her throat. Tho Professor
speaks slowly:
"It is a beautiful homo. I have been
happy hero all my lifo until " Ho
stops and is biting his lips whilo a
slightly annoyed expression passes
over his face.
"Until I came to disturb your peace?"
Madge is speaking softly, sadly, and sho
timidly lays her hand upon his arm as if
to plead for his forgiveness for somo
fancied wrong.
"We have been much together, pro
fessor," she says. "I havo grown to
find my life brighter and more full of
purposo since I knew you, so noble,
so grand, so wise. I regret that you
have not been equally happy in my
presence."
"I did not, do not say so" ho is
speaking with somo hidden agitation
and his gaze rests a little yearningly on
her face.
"No, but it is so. I can sco it more
clearly of late. You aro nervous,
ill at case, often sad with me.
Why, dear friend, is this? Do I tire
you with my chatter, or is it some
thing cntierly apart from mo? Tell
nit " sho is unconscious of tho ear
nest longing in her eyes as they meet
his, "what is it which troubles you?
"Miss Kirby, Madge, I must not tell
you of my trouble. Dear, you have no
trouble; at least, thank God."
Ho sees her start and blush. Ho is
unconscious of that little tender word
ho has spoken. It was in his heart,
and ho uttered it unknowingly. There
is a long silenco between them. Then
sho speaks in a low tone:
"Professor, I am going away to
morrow. I received a letter this
morning from my aunt, stating that
sho will accompany me from Elm
Lodge to my futuro homo. Soon I
must part with you, with this dear
pleasant summer homo and all its
memories, and forever."
Ho is looking sadly down on her
faco. Ho thinks of tho long bright
days of happy companionship which
thoy havo enjoyed together, of tho
books they havo read and written, of
tho pleasant strolls by the river, and
it seems to him that a shadow has
fallen over tho beauty of thoafternoon,
a shadow which lies between them and
blots from each their wistful faces for
ever. "Madgo" ho is looking into her
oyes, "Oh, it seems so hard that wo
must part. You will not utterly for
getnot quito banish our happy sum
mer from out your lifo?"
Sho answers fervently. "I will not
do that, dear friend; I would not if I
could."
It is perhaps well that sho scarce
ly understands her own feelings
in tho matter. Sho speaks at length
of her plans for tho futuro.
Sho tells him about her botrothod hus
band, of tho gay lifo sho expects to
lead abroad. Of her ambitions and
hopes. To all ho listened quietly and
with a grave almost indilferent air.
Onco ho tells her to bo good and true
and earnest in her futuro lifo, as wife,
mother and a Christian woman. Tho
tenderness of his faco haunts her long
ofterward, even now it saddens her
strangely.
"Will you sing to me, Professor?"
sho asks after thoy havo retraced their
steps and aro seated in tho vine cover
ed porch, whilo tho sunset fades over
the hills.
Ho has a deep mellow voice, and
now as ho sings a tender strain
sho is thrilled almost to tears.
Tho Professor lins a few pupils,
young ladies of 1U and 20, who now,
on hearing tho well known baritono
voice, come trooping out from tho
school room, with their Indy teachor.
Tho teacher is a tall, suberb looking
woman, with brilliant black eyes and
rosy cheeks. Sho is far handsomer
than Madgo Kirby, and rumor Bays
she expects to marry Professor Het
tinger. It is this which ho is singing:
"Falling leaf and fading tree,
Lines of whito on a sullen sea,
Shadows rising on you and me,
Shadows rising on you and me.
Hark! a voire from the tar awnr,
Listoti ai.d learn," it .eoiim to s.iy,
'"AH the to-morrows Rhnllbn as to-dny,
All tin to-morrows shall b as to-day.''
The song is sad and Madame Merlyn
says with scorn, it is nbsiird that ho
should treat them to such n doleful air.
Only Miss Kirby understands why ho
hnschosen it to-night nnd nt her re
quest. Her eyes say mutely to him:
"You are going out of my life forever,
and this is good byo."
When darkness gathers over Elm
Lodge tho little household separate for
tho night and go to their chambers.
Madge only lingers behind the other,),
nnd Professor Max gravely reminds
her, ns she stands outside- in tho night
air, that sho must caro for her health
and her roses. It is tho last night sho
will over stand hero thus with him,
sho tells her heart, and so, putting
out her hands, sho says soft
ly, "Dear friend, I want to say to
you how grateful I am for your kind
ness to me, how much I esteem you;
and and God bless you, Professor."
She does not, hear his" reply, but goes
swiftly, up the stairs and once in her
room she falls on her knees and bursts
into a passion of weeping, tho bitter
est she has ever known. To-morrow
she is goin away, and in ono week sho
is going to be married to a young man
who has held her troth for years.
Down under tho stars the grave, king
ly, middlo-nucd man walks uj) and
down on tho terrace, striving with a
strong man's iierco will to overcome
his sorrow and gain peaco and content
for the futuro.
II.
It is after midnight. Madge Kirby,
in her white night robes, sits at
tho open window of her sleeping
room, whero after a long, sad
vinil she has fallen asleep. A brilliant
red light is playing about her faco, and
it shines into her room and reddens
tho wall. Thero is a lire, a heat com
ing from somewhere. Suddenly a wild
shout rises on the air. It is tho cry of
"fire," from some one who stands on
tho lawn. It reaches tho ears of all
but those two who havo slept so littlo
during tho night, and who, at last havo
closed their eyes in a deep perhaps fa
tal slumber Madgo sleeps on, and
down in his own room tho master of
tho burning houso lies dreamingof her.
The lady teacher, with tho other pu
pils, flock down tho stairs and out in
to tho grounds. Tho roof is on fire,
and no human power can save tho old
wooden mansion from swift destruc
tion. Now some ono asks for tho pro
fessor. Another says ho is at work
trying to check the flames. Tho men
servants aro busily employed thus,
and after littlo parley thero is no fur
ther question foranybody. Suddenly
tho master feels a light touch on his
brow. It thrills and awakens him. Ho
looks up to find a slcder figuro bend
ing abovo him.
"Max! Max! awaken, for God sako,
savoyourself, the house isburning over
us," Madge Kirby says m a hoarso
strained voico.
In an instant ho is upon his feet,
and wrapped as he is in his dressing
gown, ho clasps her in his strong arms
and turns to tho door. A furious
crackling and ronringgrects their cars.
Tho roof is falling in, and as they
endeavor to pass into tho hall
a black cloud of smoko and fall
ing ' cinc-eis blinds and suffocates
them. She lies ngainst his breast, sho
ieels his breath heavily on her cheek,
sho cannot see, can scarcely breathe.
"Oli, my God!" ho gasps, "can I not
savo you, Madge, my darling? My lit
tle ono must we die in this accursed
hole away from tho pure air of heav
en?" It is only the moan ofhisburst
ing heart as ho struggles to find somo
means of oxit. Sho has ceased to
realize their peril. Insensibility has
wrapped her liko tho robo of death.
The hallway is a vast sea of flames.
The chamber is filling with debris from
abovo and he, clasping his burden to
his breast, is striving to reach tho
burning window whero, perhaps ho
may make a flying passage-way from
their perilous position to terra firma.
llo is thero, tho window is all a mass
of flames, and boldly, bravely, ho
steps with his baro feet upon tho burn
ing sill, and out into tho night.
With a feeling of great joy ho
finds himself on tho vino covered
roof of tho porch. Ho had for
gotton his sleeping room was directly
over it. The cool vines to his blister
ed and bleeding feet feel soft and grato
ful. Ho pauses hero not a moment,
but clumsily lowers himself with his
inanimate burden to tho ground.
" Madgo, my darling, my own sweet
lovo are you dead?" ho moans, ns he
bathes her faco and hand3 with water,
after ho had lain her on a bench in tho
garden.
Thoy aro quito alono for tho others
havo long departed forgetful of all
savo themselves.
Alter a long timo sho revives and
finds him kneeling thus calling fondly
on her name.
"Thank God that wo are safo'isall
sho says, wearily closing her eyes onco
more, and in a child-liko way
drawing him down to her until
her head can l'ost on his bo
som. For a moment they ro
main thus, both filled with a
now sweet peace, which in spito of tho
unpleasantness of tho moment, makes
tho night liko heaven to them. Then
ho says gently, "Littlo ono, I must got
you to a placo ot safety. Your gar
ments aro burned, nnd tattered as aro
mine. Tho morning will soon dawn
and, Madgo "
Ho is growing embarrassed, and sho
laughs nervously.
"And this is not exactly proper for
you, my dear. You will got ill and
cold."
"Hut I cannot walk," sho says petu
lantly, "my strength is gono, and my
feet nro baro and blistered." Neither
can ho carry her. Ho is unablo to walk
far, and thus together they aro fated to
remain until succor-arrives. When it
is lato into tho morning and tho first
rosy flush kindles tho sky, sho lifts her
faco from his shoulder and smiling
archly says:
"Dear Profossor, tho world will nev
er forgive mo for this dreadful night.
What, oh what shall I do?"
Ho bends lower abovo her faco.
Scarred and burned as ho is, for her
sako. ho is dearer to her than all the
world.
"Bo my wife, littlo Madge, and let
mo shield you t.oni all tho world,
love you so truly my darling."
Her ovo3 shone into his.
"My lovo niv preserver, my king,"
ho In ars her whisper fervently.
"But lam poor, now, dear,'' hoadds
ft littlo sadly. My beautiful homo is
in ashes. 1 have nothing left but my
self. I lovo you Madgo and will work
for you but perhaps it is wrone for
mo to ask you to como to mo thus."
"If you wero a bocaar in (ho streets
nnd still bo yourself 1 should love you
and conio to vou, now that I know
you want me,'' sho says fondly.
After this of courseis a earriago ar
riving in which they aro glad to accept
shelter and Miss Kirby's aunt, a fash
ionable lady who has come thus early
to bear her away from Elm Lodge, is?
shocked to find that very respectable
seminary for young Indies burned to
tho ground, and her dear nieco tutting
blackened and but thinly clnd on a
garden seat with tho master of the Ulm
Lodtf, also m tho sumo predicament.
"We are to bo married ns soon as we
get comfortably dressed," smilingly
observes Miss Kirby to her aunt.
They are bowling over tno country
road and tho professor suggests that
Mrs. Xetherton, Madge's mint shall
drive them to a relative's houso when
they may find somo of the comforts ol
life.
"Becauso I am to bo married to
your dear littlo nieco this morning,"
ho says gently, but with some amuse
ment. "On tho whole I am glad of it,"
says Mrs. Nethcrton and wo think she
is wiso to mnko tho best of tho mat
ter. So you sco Madgo did not marry her
absent lover, but became tho wife ol
a man twenty years older than her
self in whoso kingly heart sho found
her earth a heaven of lovo and joy.
Maud S.'s Fastest irairiUile.
From tho Chicngo Herald.
Although tho telegraph says that
Maud S. made tho fastest half milo on
record during hor trot against timo nt
Nnrragnnsott Park, thero is a tradi
tion that has been accepted by horse
men hereabouts that a faster hall
milo than 1:03 1-2 was trotted at
Chicago fivo years ago. Strango as it
may appear, Maud S. herself partici
pated in tho ovent. If sho could be
consulted about tho mattcrsho would
probably tell her present admirers
that ono pleasant afternoon, note
worthy in tho trotting calendar as the
day when sho first beat 2:11, she
trotted from tho quartor polo to the
three-quarter polo in 1:03 fiat. That
was Sept. 18, 1880, and horsemen are
fond of telling how tho queen of the
turf crushed all records, and almost
out-stripped t.imo itself, on tho Chica
go track that day. Two days before
sho hnd tried to beat 2:11 1-1, and
failed by a quarter of a second. But
on that auspicious day sho started on
her journoy at a moderalo gait, arriv
ing at tho quarter polo in 31 3-1 sec
onds. Then sho straightened out for
rhu half, and sped down tho back
stretch liko a chestnut streak. " The
half-milo polo was reached in 303-1
seconds, and tho spectators on tho
grand stand could hardly believo their
stopwatches. On sho went along tho
lower turn atanamazingpaco. When
tho three-quarter polo was reached all
tho watches showed 1 :37 3-d from tho
start. If tho first quarter bo subtract
ed from this it will show a faster half
milo than was mado at Narragansett
Park, or has ever been mado any whero
elso to wit, 1:03. Then sho went on
and completed tho milo in 33 seconds.
Tho Top Hulls Only.
From tho Lumpkin (On.) Independent.
Noticing that Captain W. II. Harri
son of tho oxecutivo department has
been relating somo of his war tales to
a Constitution reporter, wo asked Sam
Everett if ho could not givo us an in
cident of his oxperienco in tho valley
of Virginia. Sam said ho wasn't much
on yarns unless ho had somo of tho old
Thirty-first Georgia to laugh at them,
but ho would venturo to givo us ono.
Gordon's division wero encamped upon
a thrifty farm that was fenced with
pino rails, something unusual in that
section of country. General Gordon
knew that his men wero obliged to
havo wood to cook with, so ho issued
an order for them to uso only tho top
rails, and under penalty of sovero pun
ishment not to disturb any others.
Next morning when tho general awoke
not a rail was left to show whero this
fenco had been, and tho captains wero
ordered to report at onco as to tho dis
obedience of tho ordor. Among others,
Captain Harrison of tho Thirty-first
handed in his report. It stated that
ho only allowed ono man at a timo to
go for rails, and that each ono took a
top rail, acting strictly in accordance
with tho general orders. Ofcoursothc
last men to go found tho top rails at
tho bottom. General Gordon mado a
soldierly bow and announced that tho
investigation had ended.
Tho Kiss Happened.
At all tho Saratoga hops tho children
aro allowed to uso tho hop room from
8 to 9. Thero can bo no moro beautiful
picture than to seo a hundred little
whito angels flying around tho ball
room to the music of tho waltz.
Itecontly Mrs. Astor's littlo gr 1,
Ethel, danced with Freddy Living
stono, who, in tho excess of his inno
cent Jo vo and joy, put his arms around
her neck and kissed her. This made
every one in tho Stato's ball-room
laugh.
"Oh, Ethel, I'm ashamed to think
you would let a boy kiss you," said
nor mother.
"Woll, mamma, I couldn't help it,"
said Ethel."
"You couldn't help it?" exclaimed
her mother.
"No, mamma. Yousoo,i,'reddyond
I wero dancing tho polka. Freddy
had to stand up close to mo, nud nil
at onco his lip blipped and the kiss
happened." Correspondence Missouri
Bepublicnn.
Deceased Wives' Sisters.
n.trprr'i Mwinzlnc'&r Mjr.
Tho desiro of th" Knglishman to
marry his deceased Wife's sister is ono
of tho most marked phenomena of tho
times. The deceased wife's sifler bill
may bo said to bo his steady occupa
tion. In all his breathing spells from
emergencies ho turns to that. When
ho is not being massacred by tho South
Africans, or slaying Soudanese, or
lighting Afghans, or pacifying tho
Irish, or being blown up in his toww,
ho is attending to tho deceased wife's
sister bill, llo comes back to It out of
all victories and defeats with unwa
vering pertinacity and courage. It
appears to bo tho passion of his lifo to
niarrv his deceased wife's sister. Wo
who iivo In a land whoro nobody op
poses such an nllianco can not con
coivo tho attraction it seems to havo
to Englishmen. And seeing how uni
versal nnd strong this desiro is in
England, wo cannot but inquiro why
tho Englishman does not marry tho
wife's sister in tho lirst place. Why
does ho go on marrying tho wrong ono,
and thou wait for death or tho law to
help him out?
It seems to us that much as this mat
tor has boon agitated, it never has
been discussed in a philosophical spir
it. Wo admit tho fact of tho overmas
tering desiro to marry tho, deceased
wife's sister; wo can seo how tho pro
hibition of tho marriago inoroascs tho
longing for it; but wo havo not ana
lyzed tho origin of tho desiro itself,
ft has been treated m England as a
quo.ition of morals, when it is, in fact,
a question of sociology. When wo
conio faco to faco with tho question, is
it not this: Does not tho man generally
mako a mistake when ho marries one
or two or moro sisters? Tho world of
ten sees it at tho time, tho sister who
is loft sees it. but tho man is blind to
what ho is doing, llo not only takes
tho ouo who does not mako him tho
best wife, hut tho ono least ellgiblo for
n lifo insurance, and so voluntarily, as
ono may say, in tho end comes round
to bother tho world with his deceased
wife's sistor bill. And tho reason of
this mistake lies a good deal in tho na
ture of tho man himself, but somewhat,
as wo shall show, In tho nature of
woman also. He is so constituted that
ho does not recognize tho qualities nec
essary to mako a good wife. Ho is at
tracted by outward appearances.
Beauty goos for much with him; liveli
ness counts for a good deal; even will
fulness (before marriage) is attractive
In uino cases out of ten ho will ehooso
tho girl out of a houseful who is at
onco tho pet tyrant of tho houso,
tho spoiled child-, whoso selfishness
procures for her tho slavish subservien
cy of all tho rest. Seeing nil this de
votion, ho thinks ho is marrying tho
Queen Bee. Wo aro intending to say
nothing against tho woman ho makes
his wifo; as women yjo, sho is well
enough, and if tho circumstances con
tinued to ho what they woro at home,
sho would bo forever attractive and
and adored. Hut when sho is thrown
upon her own rosouroos, it thou bo
comes evident how much sho owed to
hor sisters, whoso unohtnisivo virtues
wero tho necessary background to all
llUL' npuuii" ultrimMvmmsiS. Ninn nnuna
out of ton tho man will tako tho girl
of tho family who knows tho least
about cooking, or tho management of
a houso, or about nursing, and is tho
least patient in trial, and has tho least
common sonso that is, tho least of
those ovory-day qualities that mako
nn agreeablo pastinio from hour to
hour and day to day. Hence, to cover
Ids own blunders, tho clamor for n
deceased wife's sister hill.
Tho man loves his wifo of courso
ho doos; oven hor faults, her littlo sel
fish demands upon him, aro hotter in
Ids eyes than tho virtues of other wo
men. Hut when real lifo begins, and
tho sister conies to live in tho houso,
as sho pretty certainly will como, thon
ho sees who it is that makes lifo go
smoothly, who takes up tho hundred
housohold bunions, who is always
kind and patient, and especially indul
gent to him for tho capacity of ttio
wife's sistor to bo indulgent to all tho
weaknesses of her hrothor-ln-hiw is
ono of tho circumstances that wo must
tako into account In this investigation.
Her utter self sacrilico and ability to
conio into confidential relations with
him, and to tako his part against an
authority which ho sometimes feels tho
weight of, all tho novelists havo taken
note of. It is not sho who keep a
tight roin on him. llo is not afraid of
her. Sho excuses him, and makes it
easy for him to got on with himself.
And sho has certain sterling qualities
that admirably supplement tho love
liness and nttraotlvonoss of tho
wifo. Ho feels this for a good whilo
without exactly seeing It or knowing
it, hut when tho great bereavement of
his lifo comos, and tho world is sud
donl I v desolate to him, ho comos around
with" tho deceased wife's sistor hill.
Look at tho world as It Is. Considor
tho capacity of tho sistor for making
herself iudispousablo in tho houso. Sho
may not havo had tho power to attract
tho man into matrimony, hut she has
tho qualities that ho finally recognizes
as necessary to perfect comfort in it;
and in England, when it is too lato, ho
wakes up to tho fact that ho should
havo mairiod tho sistor, Hut thU is
not tho end of tho Inquiry. Thoro is
something in tho nature of woman
herself that brings about this state of
things. In ordor to bring out tho host
there Is in n woman, sacrifico of hor
solf is always necessary. Fortunately
sho enjoys this. Sho has a kind of
ploasuro in seeing her sistor preferred
and lod away to tho altar. Sho likes
the man all tho hotter for being suoh a
f;ooso as to ehooso tho pretty and moro
neompctont ono, And in tho now
household, whothor sho is permanent
ly a part of it or only has an occasional
Biipcrlntondenco of it, sho develops in
her subordination many of tho lovely
virtues. In somo cases sho was not
nnturally bo unselfish or so sweet tem
porod or bo tolorant of a man's unroa
Aonabloness as hor sistor who marrios,
hut hor role of Bolf-oHaooiiiont is n
training school, an ! all tho sterling
qualities of womanhood are evolved.
The- very position of being a wifo's
ulster In an invaluable discipline, and
wo do not wonder when wo soo so
many households whero tho sister, un
der thi.i dlsolplino, shines with tho
iteady radiance of a star of tho first
uiuuniliule. . ...
It Is probably useless to ureo tho
Englishman to marry his wlfc's8itor
in the first placo. It would take away
ono of his grievances; and something
of this kind to put into a reform hill
ho must always havo. Human nature
is contradictory, and perhaps if ho
could carry his deceased wifo's sister
hill tho subject would loso its attrac
tion for him, nnd assume tho unimpor
tant position the matter holds in this
country.
Clcicr Crows.
Whilo treading "Unbeaten Tracks In
Japan," Miss Bird found tho silenco
broken in many places by tho tliscord
ant notes of thousands of crows, who
wero both sagacious nud impudent.
Sho says:
"Fivo of them wero so impudent as
to alight on two of my horses, nnd so
ho foiriod ncross tho urapugawa. In
tho inn garden nt Mori I saw a dog
eating a pieco of carrion in tho pres
ence of several of theo covetous birds.
"They ovidently said a good deal to
each other on tho'subject, and now and
then ono or two of them tried to pull
the meat away from him, which ho ro
sented. "At last a big, strong crow succeeded
in tearing oil' a piece, with which ho
returned to tho pino whero tho others
wero congregated.
"Aftor much earnest speech, they all
surrounded tho dog, and the leading
bird dexterously dropped tho small
pieco of meat within reach of his
mouth.
"Ho immediately snapped at It, let
ting go tho big pioeo unwisely for a
second, on which twoof tho crows flow
away with it to tho pino, nnd with much
fluttering and hilarity thoy all ate, or
rather gorged it, tho deceived dog
looking vacant or bewildered for a
nioiuont, after which ho sat under tho
troo and barked at them innnoly.
"A gontlomau told mo that ho saw a
dog holding a pieco of meat in liko
manner in thoprosoncoof three crows,
which also vainly tried to tear it from
him.
"After a consultation thoy separated,
two going as near as thoy dared to tho
moat, whilo tho third gave tho tail a
bito sharp enough to mako tho dog turn
round with a squeal, on which tho
other villans seized tho meat, and tho
three fod triumphantly upon it on tho
top of tho wall.
"In many placos thoy nro so aggrca
slvo as to destroy crops, unless thoy
aro protected by netting. They as
soinblo on tho soro hacks of horses and
pick them into holes, nnd nro mis-1
ehievous in many ways.
"Thoy aro very lato in going to roost,
and aro early astir in the morning,
and aro so bold that thoy often camo
'with many a stately flirt and llutter'
into tho veranda whoro I was sitting.
"1 novor watchod an assemblage of
them for any length of timo without
being convinced that there was a Nos
tor among them to lead thoir move
ments. "Along tho sea-shoro thoy are pretty
amusing, for thoy 'tako tho air' in tho
evening, soated on sandbanks facing
u -na, ul iu:. v... j i
Animal Instinct.
FortntRlitly Itcvlow.
Chickens, two minutes nftor thoy
havo left tho egg, will foT.ow with their
eyes tho movements of crawling in
sects and p. ok nt them, judging dis
tanco and direction with almost infal
lible accuracy. Thoy w ll instinctive
ly appreciate sounds, readily running
toward an invisible lion hidden in
a box wheu thoy hoar her
"call." Somo young birds also havo
an innate, instinctive horror of tho
sight of a hawk and tho sound of its
vo.co. Swallows, titinico, tomtits nnd
wrens, after having been confined
from birth, nro capable of flying suc
cessfully at onco when liberated, on
thoir wings having attained tho nec
essary growth to render flight possible.
Tho Duke of Argyll rolntos somo vory
interesting particulars about tho In
stincts of birds, especially of tho wa
tor ousel, tho margansor and tho wild
duck. Even as to the class of boasts I
find recordod: "Fivo young polecats
woro found comfortably imboddod In
dry, withorod grass, and In a sido holo,
of propor dimensions forauoh a larder,
wero forty frogs and two toads, all
alivo, but nioroly oapablo of crawling
a littlo. On oxamination tho wholo
nuinbor, toads and all, proved to havo
boon purposely and dexterously bltton
through tho brain." Evidently tho pa
rout poleoat had thus provided tho
young with food which could bo kop
perfectly fresh, hooauso alivo and yot
was rendered quito unablo to esoapo.
This singular instinct is liko others
which aro yet moro fully developed
among Insects a class of animals tho
instincts of which nro so ntunorotis,
wonderful, and notorious that It will
ho, probably, enough to rofor to ono
or two examples. Tho fonialo carpon
tor bee, In ordor to protect her eggs,
excavatos in somo piece of wood a view
to a peculiar modo of exit for hor
young; but tho young mothor can havo
no conscious knowledge of tho series
of actions subsequently to onsuo. Tho
femalo of tho wasp, spliex, affords an
other well-known, but vory romarkahlo,
oxamplo of a complex instinct closely
related to that already meitionod in
tho case of tho polecat. Tho female
wasn has to provldo frosh, living an
imal food lor hor progeny, which,
whon it quits it oggs, quits it In tho
form of an almoit helpless grub, utter
ly unablo to catoh, retain, or kill nn
active, struggling proy. Accordingly
the mothor insect has not only to pro
vide and placo hesido hor eggs su tahlo
living proy, hut so to treat it that it
may ho n holplos, unresisting vlct.ra.
That victim may ho a morooatorplllar,
or it may bu a groat poworful grass
hopper, or ovon that most florco, aotivo
aud rapacious df Insoat tyraut, a'foll
and vouomous spider. Whlchovor it
may bo, tho wnsp adroitly stings it at
tho spot which huliioos complote paral
ysis as to mot'on, let us hope as to eon
sutlon also. Tills dono, tho wasp en
tomb? tho holploss being w.th Its own
oggs, and loavos It for tho support ol
tho futuro,grub.
Thero woro 4G8 postmasters who died
last yoar, whilo there were 705 who
wero eusponded,