THE RED STORM Or the Days of Daniel Boone By JOEL RO B.I N S O N CHAPTER XII. "Arise:" said Star-Light. Rosalthe lifted her head languidly. She had lain in the canoe she knew not how long. The voice of the Indian girl recalled her from a state bordering on Unconsciousness. She looked around her like one dreaming and wondering where eae was. The birchen vessel touched the shore. "Step out." said Star-Light, and Ro Balthe obeyed in silence. The Indian maiden drew the canoe out of the water and secreted it among the reeds and bushes. That operation being completed, she motioned to Rosalthe to follow her and walked with noiseless and gliding foot steps into the forest. Star-Light proceed ed in this manner until our heroine was nearly exhausted, and could with diffi culty keep pace with her more practiced conductress; which the latter perceiving, Went forward more slowly, stopping often to assist her over rough places. The way was so dark and lonely that Rosalthe queried whether a human foot ever had pressed that soil before, or whether a human voice ever broke the Stillness of the solemn woods. They reached an Indian hut or lodge, and it was a spot so hemmed in by stupendous forests, that it seemed to Ro salthe completely hidden from the ob servation of the living. The maidens entered the lodge; it was without an occupant. Star-Llght point ed to a couch of skins, and our heroine was glad to avail herself of the privilege of resting upon it; while the former kin dled a fire and made preparations for cooking a meal. Rosalthe was aroused from an uneasy slumber produced by exhaustion, and food set before her. Of these viands she partook without hesitation, resolved to appear as unconcerned and heroic as possible before ber strange companion. While she was thus employed Star Llght was busily engaged In compound ing various paints, for what purpose Rosalthe was at a loss to conceive. When the latter had ceased eating, and pushed the food from her, the Indian maiden approached with the pigments she had prepared, and the object became appar ent. Rosalthe drew back In alarm. "Foolish maiden!" exclaimed Star- Llght. "What do you fear? Water will make these colors disappear. What I am about to do is necessary to your safety. I must make you look like one of my people." "Swear that you will keep faith with me, and that I shall return In safety to Boonesborough," said Rosalthe. "I swear," returned Star-Llght "By the Great Spirit" "Then I submit; do with me as you will." "White Cloud Is proud," said the In dian girl, after a pause. "She Is vain of her beauty; she fears that these col ors will destroy it, so that Smooth- Tongue will no longer love her." "I am ready put it on," replied Ro salthe, submitting herself patiently to Star-Llght The Cherokee girl gazed an Instant at the handsome features of Rosalthe, and sighed. "Star-Light Is sad and unhappy," said our heroine, kindly. "Smooth-Tongue has made her heart heavy by his deceit Let her forget him; he is bad." "Forget him, that White-Cloud may remember him!" retorted the Indian girl, angrily. "Star-Light Is wrong; jealousy and grief have blinded her eyes. But the time will come when she will see clear ly," replied Rosalthe. The heart or Star-Light seemed to relent; she commenced laying the colors upon Rosalthe's face with no ungentle hand, while the latter sat uncomplain ingly before the blazing fire, that she might see to complete the novel opera tion. sen tnia part of the singular toilet was finished, the Indian girl pro ceeded to unfasten her hair, which was confined by a band, and let It fall un restrained over her neck and shoulders. Ia a short time Rosalthe's dark tresses were arranged to suit the fancy of Was sahauza. From a willow basket. In one corner of the lodge, she produced an Indian dress, In all respects like her own. Our heroine made no objections, but suffered herself to be attired in the cos tume of savage life. When the whole was completed, Star-Llght herself looked at her with wonder and admiration; for Rosalthe appeared quite as charming In her new apparel as In her own legitimate style of dress. "Goodl" exclaimed Star-Llght, holding a small mirror before her unresisting captive. Rosalthe glanced at the Image reflected, and could not repress an In Toluntary exclamation of astonishment. "You'll be jealous of me, now, I'm sure," she said, with a faint smile. "If I thought you could speak the truth, I should not bate you," rejoined Star-Light, a portion of her former sternness returning. "Let Star-Light and White-Cloud be friends," said Kosaltne, In a kindly tone. The maiden made no reply, but taking ttosaitces nana, tea ner irom the lodge. "There Is a village not far from here," said the former, when they had walked a short distance. "Yon will be safe there, for yon shall dwell In my lodge, and I am the daughter of a pow erful chief. You must not try to escape, for that might bring evil upon yon. I will tell oar young men that yon come from our cousins, the Wyandots, on ac oount of a young chief who loved yon. bat whom you despised. This tale wm account for your appearance among us If you follow my directions. Speak to do one, and leave the rest to me." been abroad?" he CHAPTER XIIL A walk of half an hoar brought the maidens to the Cherokee village, which consisted of about twenty lodges, being only a minor branch of that once power ful nation. Star-Llght was psssing rapidly among the hots, followed by Rosalthe, when a tall and majestic figure appeared la the narrow and well-beaten path that wonnd n serpentine manner from lodge U "Star-Light has said. Inquiringly. lhere is starlight all above you, replied the Indian girl, carelessly. "But not the Star-Light that is more Pleasant to Otter-Lifter than the bright ness of day," returned the Indian. "The bold chief of the Cherokees will make mo sad," said Star-Lieht, "He would not willingly darken the rays of joy that should continually stream up from your heart, and beam irom your eyes." rejoined Otter-Lifter. "You have not noticed our sister; she comes troni our cousins, the Wyandots. one 19 called White C oud." "The daughters of the Wyandots are comely," returned Otter-Lifter, giving Rosalthe a searching glance. "White- Cloud Is welcome; she looks like the sis ter of Star-Light." "Otter-Lifter has sharp eyes!" retort- ea otar-JLignt. coldly, "May no cloud larger than that ever come between Otter-Lifter and Star Light," replied the chief, pointing to nosaiine. "The Cherokee chief is making love to my cousin:" exclaimed the Indian girl, with warmth. Otter-Lifter turned away with a smile. and the maidens passed on to the lodge near me center of the village. The ode was a large one, divided into two com partments by buffalo skins susnndd from the top, and secured at the bottom by sticks driven Into the earth. In one place a skin was left to serve the pur pose of a door, and through which Star- L.ignt conducted her captive. luia is my father's lodne." said the maian girl. "He Is one of the chiefs. and Is called Gitshewa, or Strong-Voice, oecause nis shout Is so terrible In battle. Being a noted man, his lodge Is double. as you see, and this part belongs to me ana Monon. Monon is my sister." The person last mentioned was seated on a mat near the fire: and when Star Light mentioned her name, she arose ana regarded Rosalthe with as much curiosity as was in keeping with Indian stocism, and possibly, a little more. "'TIs White-Cloud," said Star-Llght. Rosalthe seated herself on a mat. and examined Monon more particularly. She was younger than her sister, and bore a striking resemblance to her. She was fair, but her beauty was of a gentler cast tnan Btar-LIght s: and our heroine took courage from the fact, and hoped sne would be able to win her friendship, I tie tnree maidens being seated before the fire, did little else, for a time, than to throw furtive glances at each other. Presently Star-Llght and her sister began to converse in the Indian tongue. and being somewhat familiar with the language, Rosalthe soon perceived that they were talking about a white captive that one of their war parties of young men had taken at Harrodsburg. This riveted her attention, and she listened with breathless Interest to all that was said. Her sympathies were more com pletely enlisted in the subject when she heard the prisoner was a young girl, and already condemned to death. Rosalthe could control her feelings no longer. She asked why Otter-Lifter, be ing a humane chief, permitted such cru elties, to which Star-Light replied that he had nothing to do with the matter, the captive having been taken by a party of young braves, and to retaliate on the settlers at Harrodsburg for the loss of one of their number. "But has not Otter-Lifter or your father power to save the poor girl?" In quired Rosalthe. Star-Light made no answer, but look ed steadily at the fire. 'Did not the Great Spirit Intend that the pale and red faces should be perpet ually enemies?" asked Monon. No; it is His will that all men should be brethren, and dwell together In friend ship," replied Kosalthe. "That would be best, It seems to me; but if It had been the will of the Great Spirit It would have been so; for his power is greater than man's," answered Monon. "The fate of that unhappy young woman makes me miserable!" exclaimed our heroine, and lying down upon the couch of buffalo skins that had been spread for her, she vainly endeavored to rest The imperfect slumbers that vis ited her at periods were disturbed by dreamy vagaries. It was about mid night when she felt a touch upon her arm. She opened her eyes with a start. and beheld Star-Llght beelde her. "If you would see the white captive. arise and follow me," said the Indian girl. Rosalthe lost no time In obeying; she arose and followed her from the lodge. hlle Monon remained sitting by the fire. VV Ithout a word being uttered by either party, they approached the spot where the unfortunate captive was wait ing the execution of the sentence which had been pronounced upon her by her judges. Two warriors lay extended upon the ground near the door of the lodge, who appeared to be sleeping soundly. Star Llght paused, evidently somewhat sur prised at what she beheld. "The Great Spirit favors us," she said m a low voice. "The warriors are full of firewater tbey are drunken." Star-Llght passed on, stepping lightly within a few Inches of the unconscious watchers. Making a gesture for Rosalthe to Im itate her example, ahe glided Into the lodge. The prisoner was sitting near a smoldering fire, her hands and feet tight ly bound with thongs of deer skin. She looked up with an exclamation of aston ishment The Instant that Rosalthe caught a glimpse of the sorrowful face that was turned toward her, ahe sprang forward and embraced the doomed maid en, exclaiming, "Fanny Harrod I" The captive uttered no words of rec ognition, but gased at Rosalthe la mute surprise. "Mlnno Monedor said Star-Llght ia a suppressed bat eoergetle manner. "What are you doing t Is this a time to embrace and weep) Coma away, White-Cloud the Drooping-LJly does not know you." tat-Light grasped Rosalthe by the ' arm and drew her away from the cap tive; with a kulfe she had severed the thongs that bound her limbs, and bade ner stnnd up. This done, raising her hand warningly, she stepped to the door and looked a moment at the warriors before It. Satisfied, evidently, with the result of her examination, she returned, -and .took Fanny Harrod by the hand, and led her from the lodge. The parties stood in the open air, and beneath the light of an unclouded moan. The face of Miss Harrod was deadly pale; her limbs trembled with agitation, and her heart beat fast with expectation and fear. She turned her marble visage toward Star-Light, or threw wild and wondering glances at Rosalthe. The Cherokee girl paused but a mo ment, and then moved away from the spot, supporting the trembling form of i anny Harrod. They had proceeded per haps a dozen yards, when a majestic figure darkened their path, and the face of Otter-Lifter was looking calmly upon them. Miss Harrod uttered a faint cry, and fell fainting into the arms of Star-Llght CHAPTER XIV. Joel Logston reached Boonesborough much exhausted from the loss of blood; but he was not so weak as to be un able to give a very extraordinary ac count of what had transpired. The restraint which had been Imposed upon the Frenchman's actions proved by no means agreeable. He felt that he was in danger, and that many of his plans were likely to fall. He attributed all his present difficulties to young Nor wood, and resolved to be fully revenged upon him. He paced the rough floor of the block-house until near midnight, de vising plans of escape and retaliation, The pioneers were in their cabins, and the Frenchman was the sole occu pant of the structure. The door which opened into the lnclosure was guarded by Andrew, who was soon to be relieved by Exquisite Ebony. That it would be possible to corrupt the simple black and escape was an idea that naturally crept into the mind of Le Bland. The result of this conception was the following con versatlon between the parties. 'Andrew?" said the Frenchman. In a low voice, putting his mouth to a loop hole. The honest African was somewhat comatose at that time; but the sound Instantly aroused him, and caused him to look around in alarm. Le Bland re peated the name. "Am dat you spokin?" said Andrew. The prisoner answered In the affirms tive without delay. Don t 'dress yerself to me," returned Andrew, with some loftiness of manner. The Frenchman gnashed his teeth with anger, and wished, for the moment, above all other things, for the privilege or wnnging the negro s neck. "But, my good Andrew, this misfor tune of mine should not Interrupt our friendship, added the prisoner In a dep recating tone. Dis chile am berry much fat-l-srued. and doesn't want to hear no low re marks," said Andrew, yawning. Dome, Monsieur Andrew, don't be hard on a person who has been unfortu nate." "Stop dat talkln' dar; I'm gwlne to de compose some poetry. What will rhyme wird 'skies, you French feller in dar?" asked Andrew after a short silence. "Eyes," replied Le Bland, thinklna that perhaps it would be better to humor his mood. "Dar fust line am dis," resumed the negro, "Dar moon am sailin' in de skies." "But can't compare wld Dinah's eyes," added Le Bland. "Dat am berry good," quoth Andrew, much pleased with the lines. "Listen," continued the Frenchman; "I'll assist you to compose some lines on Dinah's eyes, if you'll Just let me out of this ridiculous place. Poetry Is the sure road to the female heart. Andrew, vou are a poet and a man of feeling." Ye-s, I know dat," said the negro. highly gratified by the compliment to his head and heart "The fact of the case is, that I am vilely slandered and villainously tra duced. It is necessary in order to vin dicate my character, that I should es cape this block house. Now it seems to me, that a man of your sensibility must pity me, more especially when I assure you that I will give you a handsome sum of money for your services." "Money!" exclaimed Andrew, eagerly, "Yes, Andrew; good, hard, silver pieces. "Dat alters de clrkumstance. Poke out des money frew der hole," responded Andrew readily. (To be eontlnned.t Hone Blunket. A horse blanket particularly adapt ed to draft animals is the Invention of a Seattle man. This blanket is so ven tilated that undue accumulation of animal beat under the blanket is pre vented. This Is accomplished by hav ing openings in that portion of the horse. The openings being at the highest point occupied by the blanket when arranged on the animal, the ris lng animal heat passes off freely. To AFFORDS VENTILATION. prevent water or snow from gaining access through these openings there Is used a shield, which Is supported above the openings by a skeleton wire frame. The reins for guiding the horse are held In place In the frame. The shield, which is made of fabric, is of greater width than the openings, thor oughly protecting the animal. Such a blanket would be suitable for livestock of any kind. Building- Up a Beef Herd. It Is important to have cattle of good individual quality and to have this backed up by good pedigrees. But it is equally important that their en viroment be right, writes a New York farmer in American Agriculturist. A farm that Is naturally poor and grows poor crops can only develop stock of poor quality. I am positive of this. The farm on which my cattle are kept Is considered one of the best in the county and is not getting any poorer with the large amount of manure my stock make. It is, not what could be called high ground, but almost level and well drained. This soil Is under laid with limestone, similar to the limestone and blue grass lands of Ken tucky, that have long been famous for the stock that came from them. To Fight Ball Weevil. Secretary Wilson, of the Depart ment of Agriculture, asks In his re port to Congress that $10r,f00 be ap propriated as the boll weevil item for the following year. It Is proposed that the Secretary be authorized to expend the appropriation in such manner as he shall deem best, In co-operation with the State experiment stations and practical cotton growers. Of the special appropriation of $195,000 which was made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, $105,000 has been used by the Bureau of Plant Industry in ,tlie study of cotton diseases, diversl licatlon and co-operation with the va rious experiment stations In extend ing the Improved cultural methods. It la recommended that this appropria tion be continued, not as a separate item, but as a part of the regular bu reau funds. It ia highly important, the Secretary of Agriculture adds, that the investigation on breeding of new cottons, the general propaganda work on Improved cultural methods, the study of the diseases and dlverslfl cation of crops, be continued and ex tended into other Southern States like ly to be Invaded by the weevil. The object of this apropriatlon is to en able the department to continue this work. ffHEVEEKLY RIAH Milk Pays More than Butter. The following, with reference to the decline of butter manufacture In En gland. Is from Hon. Frank W. Mahln United States ?onsul at Nottingham England: "One plausible explanation of the manifest decline In dairying In England Is that It is more profitable to sell the milk, the drinking of which Is Increasing, than to convert It Into butter. Consequently the average British farmer Is making no butter to sell, but Is even buying what he needs for his own use. Furthermore, It is asserted that some English dairies buy foreign butter and sell It as their own product the domestic article, though inferior, In the Judgment of many con sumers, commanding a higher price than the foreign." Clin to Their Secrete. Bishop Hanlon, of Uganda, in de scribing some of his experience In Cen tral Africa, said recently that, though many of the medicine men had been converted, they could not be Induced to carry their confession so far aa to divulge their undoubted valuable rem edies for native disease. Some of the converted medicine women were not so reticent, but their revelations were fenerally worthless. Failed to Find the Great Secret. There is good authority for the statement that at various times Her bert Spencer, Charles Darwin, Thomas II. Huxley and Louis Pasteur were convinced that they had discovered the secret of life, but repeated tests, In which antecedent life was more care fully excluded, showed in every In stance that they had been mistaken. The Honey Mnakmelon. One of the astonishing things In vegetable growing or rather in grow ing vegetables for the express purpose of supplying the consumer, is the ut ter indifference shown by the grower to the matter of quality. The same thing applies to fruit. It would be excusable if there were no other sorts, but when there are a dozen more or less far better than the varieties of fered It is strange, Indeed, they are not grown. A family well known to the writer was especially fond of musk melons and bought them In large quan tities until all that were offered them were so poor in quality they stopped using them and the producer lost valu able trade. The Honey melon, which has been tested for three years past is one of the promising new sorts. It Is a nicely formed melon, the skin green and the flesh a yellowish green. The flesh Is firm and deep and of a Rlngrlna- Unruly Hosts. When the sows get unruly and in clined to make trouble of various kinds they can be readily controlled by an arrangement made of ropes and placed around the jaws of the animal. Such a rope Is not easy to put in position with an angry hog, so a little device made of an old broom handle is used. Insert a small hook in one end of the handle and near the other end nail a FOB BINOINO THE HOGS. strap, which fastened so as to form a loop, will enable one to get a firmer grip on the handle. Then take the rope and make a slip noose in one end, hang it from the hook on the end of the small pole and, with a quick move ment, place the loon over and around the upper Jaw, when the mouth Is forced open. Take hold of the rope with one hand Just above the noose and with the help of the ringer Insert the ring or rings on the snout. The animal will be unable to fight much with this appliance around Itsjaw. The Illustration shows the details of the pole with strap and hook and also the method of having the loop over the Jaw. IiiJjJSp HONET MUSK MELON. sweet, spicy flavor, decidedly pleasing to the taste. If it does as well In gen eral planting as on small plats, and there Is no good reason why It should not. It will be a variety that should be extensively planted In all sections where the muskmelon may be grown. It will certainly please the consumer. Remand for Trotters. The breeding of hackneys may an swer for men of great wealth and large Incomes, but the average Amerl can rarmer win nna it mucn more profitable to breed from the best of trotting stock, says American Cultiva tor. He should aim to produce ani mals of good size, high intelligence, pleasant disposition, a pure trotting gait and high, all round action. There Is always a good demand for such ani mals and at prices that will insure a profit to the man who breeds and rais es them, provided they are properly educated to harness and well fitted for the market Kept Her V w of Silence. The case of Josephine Varillo has created a good deal of Interest In Par- from boiler and scrape the peeling off; slice very thin and spread on news- To Keep Sweet Potatoes When you have no cellar that will keep all the sweet potatoes you need, wash and fill a boiler full of potatoes, cover with cold water, place them over the fire and boll until you can pierce them with a fork. Remove la. Six years ago In resentment at a sentence of Imprisonment, she rowed she would never speak again. She kept that tow, and recently the doc tors discovered that aha had actually become dumb. Doaaoetlo Dlplentaey. "Women don't bar logical minds r said Shrewd bluntly. paper and dry them In the sun like fruit Soak before cooking. Add a little sugar and butter, and you will bare a nice breakfast dish. Fat la Milk. The percentage of fat In milk from a single cow may vary, one day giving Tnev don't need them If thTro .. 'different results from the next In an lucky aa I am," aald his wife, sweet-i xper,ment wlth cho,c 3tnT n ly. "Ton see, I bare yon think for ,tb m,lk w" fonnd to ran" from 445 mer Detroit Free Press. per cent to 5.83 per cent A alngle test with a cow may, therefore, be of no value, aa in the one case more milk would be required to make a pound of The Ch rente Beehelor. "They accuse me," aald the chronic bachelor, "of always looking out for 'butter than In the other, as was shown number one. But I'm not I'm trying la the variation la fat with the above to evade bar." Cleveland Leader, uperlment Wheat the Beat Sheep Food. Some of the experiment stations find that a pound of wheat In feeding has more nutriment than a pound of any other grain. In corn there Is 8 per cent of digestible protein, barley 8.C9 per cent, oats 9.25 per cent, rye 9.12, while wheat has 10.23 per cent An English authority estimates wheat fed to Iambs Is worth about 70 cents per bushel. The Indiana station real ized 77 cents a bushel for wheat fed to sheep. Roots Good for Poaltry. Roots of all kinds can be fed to poul try with advantage In the winter time to supply green food. It Is a good practice to split the roots and allow the hens to pick out the contents. Where the roots are small drive a nail through one end and Into a board or the aide of the house to prevent them from being dragged around and soiled. 1408 Battle of Branham Moor. 1437 James I. of Scotland murdered. 1519 Hernando Cortes sailed from Cuba to conquer Mexico. 1019 Lucilio Vanini burnt as an athe ist at Toulouse. 1050 Spain declared war against Eng land. 1094 Bradford paid for printing first book in New York City. 1749 Riot in Haymarket, London, over failure of a man to jump into a quart bottle as promised. 1759 French siege of Madras raised. 1703 Seven years' war ended. 1778 First salute to American flag by a foreign government. 1780 British under Gen. Clinton Invad ed South Carolina. 1792 American Congress granted a bounty to fishing vessels. 1793 British flag raised on the island of Corsica. 1803 Ohio admitted as the seventeenth State. 1804 U. S. frigate Philadelphia destroy ed in harbor of Tripoli. 1807 Aaron Burr arrested near Fort Stoddart. Alabama. 1812 Florida ceded to the United States by Spain. 1815 Frigate Constitution captured British sloops Cyane and Levant. 1818 Gen. Jackson took the field against the Florida Indians. 1831 Poles defeated Russians at Gro- chow. 1853 Ship Independence lost off Lower California; 140 persons perished. 1850 Ship John Rutledge sunk by an Iceberg. 1800 Ship Hungarian lost off Cape Sable ; 205 persons perished. 1801 Jefferson Davis inaugurated Presi dent of Confederate States. .. .Texas State troops seized U. S. arsenal and barracks at San Antonio. 1802 Surrender of Fort Donelson. 1804 First war prisoners received at Andersonville prison. .First Knights of Pythias lodge organized in Wash ington, D. C. ... Second Confederate Congress met at Richmond. 1805 Columbia, S. C, surrendered to Gen. Sherman. 1807 First passage of a ship through the Suez canal. 1808 Battle between Ruba and Marti nez, near Mazatlan, Mexico. .Amer ican theater burned in San Francisco. 1809 Loans of money on United States notes by national banks forbidden. 1870 Northern Pacific railroad begun at the Dalles of St. Louis, Minn. 1873 Fernando Wood moved In the House for the impeachment of Vice President Colfax. 1874 Business section of city of Pan ama destroyed by fire. 1875 Jesse Pomeroy, "boy murderer," sentenced to death in Boston. 1870 Congress appropriated $1,500,000 for Centennial Exposition at Phila delphia. 1878 Passage of the Bland silver bill in the U. S. Senate. 1879 Women admitted to practice be fore the United States Supreme Court. 1882 Congress voted widow of President Garfield a pension of $5,000 a year. ....Nihilists convicted of assassinat ing Alexander II. of Russia. 1885 New comet discovered by Prof. Bernard. 1887 Congress passed a bill retiring the trade dollar. .. .Woman's suffrage became a law in Kansas.... U. S. Senate passed anti-polygamy bill. 1892 Edward P. Deacon shot and killed M. Abeille at Cannes, France. 1895 Madge York, actress, murdered In Philadelphia by James B. Gentry, an actor. 1898 Battleship Maine blown up la Havana harbor. 1905 Five killed in mine explosion at Birmingham, Ala. Care for Llsaheraeek. For Umberneck In fowls try one ta bles poonful of copperas dissolved In each two gallons of drinking water. Maggots from decaying animal matter are aald to produce Umberneck la fowls. This Is doubtful, but as a mat ter of precaution would suggest that any carcass that may be around be buried. Short Personals. John Brisben Walker, the editor, waa the pioneer in the steam automobile busi ness in this country. Benjamin M. Jennings of Casey coun ty, Ky., has been presented with an ex tremely large diamond stud by King Ed wi.rd, which ia said at one time to have been the property of Taul Kruger. In emulation of Benjamin Franklin. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston has donated $1,000 to form a fund that Is to accumu late interest for 100 years, to be then ex pended for purposes which will, in the opinion of the board at that time, best serve the Interest of humanity. The most favored man In the kingdom of Slam la an American named StrobeL IK U the king's counsel, and his majesty takes no Important step without consult ing his attorney general. Dr. William R,. Brooks, director of the Smith observatory at Geneva, N. Y., who discovered the first comet of the year, has now twenty-five discoveries to bis credit Israel Zangwill has now taken up box ing and la said to be fast developing inte an expert He waa advised to learn the art by his physician, who thought be seeded exercise.