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I TACTS AND FIOUIIKS. A Basod on tho directory canvasi tho population of Now Haven, Conn., ''la something over 7tJ,000. Troy's now di rectory gives Unit oily a population of something over 7 1,000. tf. Y. Herald. From 1870 to 1830 tho Inorcaso in horses in Virginia was 13 per cent.; in mulds, 23 poreqnt,; oxtyt, 19 percent; cows, 28 per cunt,; cuttle, 40 per cent.; sheep, 84 per cent; swine, 42 por cont; Indian corn, G2 por cent., nnd popula tion, 23 por cent. Chicago 'tribune. Tho largost body of fresh water on tho globe is Lako Superior 100 miles long, 1G0 miles wldo nt its greatest breadth, and having an aroa of 32,000 square milos. Its mean dopth is said to bo 1G0, and its greatest depth about 200 fathoms. Its surfaco is about G36 feet above tho level of tho oca. Chicago Journal. A Now York Journal dovotod to tho ico Interests estimates that 000,000 mon are employed in that buslnoss in tho United States during tho soason; that $40,000,000 aro oxpondod in a year, and that $40,000,000 aro Invested in that business. Tho ico storago capacity of tho States is placed by tho samo author ity at 32,000,000 tons. -Chicago Times. Emigration to Llboria ovory yoar under tho auspices of tho Amoricad Colonization Sooloty has boon uninter rupted for tho past sixty-ono years. Tho numbor colonized since tho lato civil war is 3,677, and tho total front tho beginning is lfi,675, exclusive of ,722 rccnplurod Africans whom tho sooloty ctuiblcd tho Government of tho United States to settle in Liberia, mak ing a grand tolal of 21,287 poisons to whom tfio society has given homes in Africa. Tho biggest trees in tho world aro tho mammoth trees of California. Ono of a grovo in Tularo County, according to measurement niitdo by members of the Stato Geological Survey, was shown to bo 270 feet high. 100 foot in circumference at tho bow, and 70 foot at a point 12 feet abovo tho ground. Some of tho two? are 37G foot high and, 34 foot in diitmotor. Some of the largost trees Unit have boon foiled indicate an ago of from 2,000 to 2,G00yoars. Chica-' go Journal. Tho Dominion Cattlo Company of Canada has now Invested nearly $700, 000 in lands and cattle in tho pan-hnn-dlo of Texas. 'Thoir latostpurohaso was tho Wolf Crook oattlo ranch of 18,000 oattlo and 400 horses and mules, with all tho personal property belonging to tho ranch, for tho sum of $4oO,UOO. This proporty adjoins tho Word ration, containluGr 11, 000 oattlo iust previous ly purchased by the Dominion Company, tints uniting tho two rauehos, which combined aro capable of carrying 00,000 cattlo, making it tho most vnluablo proporty in tho pan-lmmUo. Toronto Globe. WIT .TilMVlSDOM. At tho West Point vovlow the othor1 day General Howard had his hat on hind side boforo. Perhaps ho is coming out with a now stylo of tactics. Bur lington Ilawkcyc, Where aro wo going this sumnior? Paraguay, dear ronuor, Paraguay. Than is tho country Whoro you aro expected to kiss ovory wonian to whom you'ro in troduced. 'Lowell Citizen. Dr. Boll, of Now York, is sura that gorms.of diseaso roninin in ico after it is frozen. Exchange. If thoy aro in ico at all it must bo. after it is frozon. Wo don't have any unfrozon ico in this country. Norristown Herald. 'So Garibaldi is dead," said an Omaha girl yesterday. I remember his muno perfectly boenuso ho invented those Garibaldi waists wo usod to wear, a fow years ago." There is noting exactly 'like fame. Chicago Tribune. ''Deacon Jenkins was yesterday throatoncd with a sovoro attack of con cussion of i)a spiuo, ,but Is. now qut of danger," was tho way the editor stated that tho, deacon got over "tho foheo In timo to cscapo tho old rami Boston l'ost. Tho Boston Transcript is sad onco more. It remarks: " It is iov nillnnqd that poor digestion is1 causod by weak oyes. And wo had always supposed just tho opposite, namely, that dyspeptics woro generally poopfo with eyes bigger than their Btomnchs."' i What is .tliff matter, old follow? , youj scorn, .worried." "Well, 1 am - ,I'n bolng dunned up hill and downdalo by my Infernal creditors." ' "Oh, you owo a largo sum of money?" "No, nut a great many Btnall auras, and dobts aro Ilka ohildron tho smaller thoy aro tho mora bother thoy arc." A 'Y. Tribune. A gontloman is a rarer thing than somo ot Its think for. Which of us can point out many suoh in his oirclo mon who aro generous, whoso truth is con stant ami olovntod, who can look tho world honestly in tho faco with an equal, manly sympathy for tho great and tho small? Wo all know a nun drod whoso coats aro well mado, and a score who havo excellent manners, but of gentlemen, how many? Lot us tako a little scrap of paper and each raako his list. Thackeray. I havo ono of tho host pianos in tho world; it was mado to ordor for mo. I havo had it ten years, and it .ins only boon tuned three times since, and it is in pretty fair tune now; try it," she said, as sho opened tho lid. " Now, how often ought aniauo to bo tuned?" "Well, madam, that depends on what kind of a piano it is, what sort of caro is taken of it, and who uses it. An artist has his piano tuned ovory timo ho uses it, professional peoplo ovory timo it-needs it, purchasors of lirst-clilss in struments three 017 four times a year, And peoplo with solo-leather ears, never. ' Music. Terrific Natural Forces. Tho prcsont year bids fair to bo noted for Its frequent and violent elemental dsturbaneos. Cyclones,- tornndpos. hcavv and long-continued rains, 'fol lowed by lorriblo Hoods, hail-storms, unseasonable andsoverc cold and frosts, havo thus fur strewn tho path of 1882, and if all predictions turn out to bo cor rect, tho next two months will give additional variety to tho meteorological programme in the shapo of torrifio thunder and lightning showers. What Is tho matter wltit tho powers of tho air? While no new forces seem to bo npparont in this general weather melee, it is yet qulto evident thoro is an un usual combination of fot'ecs at work somowhoro. Tho kaleidoscope of Naturo is revolving rapidly, and sending hor hidden machinery into how po sitions ntui displaying constantly a succession of frosh and varying phe nomena. Hut high sclontlflo authority doolaros that tills world, liko & huge bead, is strung upon a thread of law, and if this bo so, wo must not Btispoct any olomont of chance or capricious unoortainty in tho regular and orderly moVonionts of natural forces. Varinor has recently given out that ho bases his observations and guoscs in part on I ho periodical re currence of corta n courses or demon strations of atmospherio phonqmenaj that about onco in so often peculiar seasons appear, and unusual occur rences tako place in earth and sea and sky, and that by a careful study of tho past ho is able to predict to soma ex tent the future. It would tints sconi that in tho original constitution, or ar rangement of tilings, uniformity nnq regularity woro to bo tho prevailing rules of all natural movements ami sequettcos, and in addition to this thd law of variation wits also to como in at stated intervals and modify or inter rupt tho otherwlso monotonous proces sion of ovonts. dust as in a skillfully composed piece of music, thoro Is tho central thomo of melody running through thd whole, and then, hnrmoni ously mingling, with It, an almost in tuitu) number ot divergencies and varia tions, so in tho grand plan of tho world, as revealed in the operations of tho ma tonal universe, thoro is a main chord of rcgulaiity and uniformity visible and, coupled with those any number of variable and extraordinary divergen cies from tho usual Course. Many years ago, among tho popular hnd instructive Footuros of tho Rev. T. Starr King who, as a far-seeing and subtle thinker, has never had an equal in this countryrwas ono entitled "J ho Laws of Disorder," in which ho demon strated with raro bounty and force tho fact tltat the most uncertain and appar ently capricious of all earthly ovonts and movements woro under tho control of iixed and unchangeable laws. In liko manner tho results of tho patient and protracted studios of all modern Boiontlflu naturalists. Uko, Darwin and Sponcer, go to prove that tho Idea 'of unity aud uniformity, coupled with the powor of variations, forms ono portion of tho ground-plan of (.he world. This is soon alike in, tho perpetuation of spo cios or typos of un'mals and vegetable Jifo, in the movements of history and tho unfolding of civilization, in tho ro cuiToneo of 'natural phenomena and in tho rolling of tho worlds through tho in linito spaces. It cait thus bo seen at a g'nnco how orroneous aro tho views of thoo who would attributoall tho extraordinary oc currences of life 'to tlto direct intorposh tiotl of an unseen aud divine hand. Tho Conception of a Creator and Hitler of this and other worlds silting on a hid den throne and hurling thunderbolts' nt Ills own will and phinsuro far and near, as Jovo was supposed to do from tho top of Mount Olympus, may bo Grecian and classic, but in tho lie'lit of ascer tained scientific, facts and laws, it can hardly bo called either Christian or ci illzod. Anothor thought in jL-onuoption with tho working ot theso Utrriiio natural forces is, tlat any now light which can bo thrown upon tho times and seasons which they observe, 017 tho methods. and laws which thoy follow, would bo a groat public benufaptlon. And to this end tlio recent ollorls. ot uoneral llazen and tho Signal Service corps to observe more accurately tho orjgin aud courses of tornadoes in tho various portipus of tills country aro worthy of all connpen datiou. It is not much, at tho best, which can bo learned or communicated concerning theso torrifio aprial visita tions, but all that can bo known should bo known and distributed broadcast, throughout the soetions of country most Hablo to suffer from thoir desolating ravages. Tho recent exhibitions of cy clonic power in Iowa and olspwhoro muko this subject a most portiilerit ono at tho prcsont time, and call for renewed activity in tlto dii-oction which' tho Signal Corps has so happily and oppor tunely marked out, Chicago Journal. Oscar Wildo ran across a lynching at Bonfouou, La, A nogro assailant ot a white woman had been taken out of jail by a mob, and Oscar saw tho hang' Ing from a car window. '1 ho negro was a preacher, and his wild, eloquent appeals for mercy moved tho lustltotlo traveller greatly, but did not atl'eot tito lynchers, who quickly suspomlod him from a railroad bridge. Of tho Yalo olass of 1882 no fowcr than seventy-two confess that thoy drink intoxicating liquids, sixty-sovon smoko, iifty-soven hot, forty gamble and lifty-two swour. Fourteen of tlto class aro engaged to bo marriod. iV. Y. Sun. Tho Anti-Gossip Society is tho namo of a now organization set on foot by tho Sunday-school peoplo and others of tho MothodUt Epbjcopal Church in Attloboro, Mass. Boston tost. Sox anil Contributor .Negligence. Tho Supiomd Court of Michigan has 5 ran tod a,now trial in an action for umugos against tlto Michigan Control Railroad Company, which, in tho ground taken by tho plaintiff, presented a novel question. A young girl was killed by a train of cars of tho defend ant conlpany and the plnintiff contend ed that contributory ncgllgenco could not bo allogod by tho company to inval idate tho claim for damages, sinco tlto samo degrco of caro was not required from a child as from an adult, and fur thermore, that tlto law did not expect or demand as much prudence in a wo man as in a man. Tho jury gavo a verdict to the plaintiff, allowing lor. tho youth nnd likewise for tho box of tlto victim. Tho Court hold .that tho in structions of tlip Court bolow, woro cor-' root, so far as; concerns tho directions respecting tho ago of tho docoasod, but that it was an error to charge tho Jury that tho sox of the plaintllf aifectcd tho rulo as to- reasonable caro and pru doncc Tho samo caro is exported on tho part of a woman as on that of a man. Tito Court dwelt upon tlto fact that the difforonce hi sex has much to do. with tho application of legal principles in many cases. Police regulations makq distinctions. Words and conduct which in tho presence of men would bo con demned in bad taste, may bo punished as criminal when women aro present. Tho law mukes allowances for natural dllloroticcs between men and women, and for tlto results of thoir varying modes of lifo nnd occupations. A de cision in Michigan was quoted wh'oh do clurod, with obvious propriety, tltat tho Bamo skill in driving a horse could not bo ntlributed to a woman as to a man, and that a person mooting a wonian on tho strcot when a collision was threat ened, should remember her possible de licidnoios. Whllo this is all truo, tho laW nowhere has laid down tho general prinoiplo that less caro is roquiiod of a woman than of a man. Moreover, n greater degrco of caution is expected on a wbhiuri's part, timidity and inexperi ence producing a euro which is absont from tho conduct of men. Tho Court hold thatYt, therefore, is unphilosophi oal and unreasonable to establish a rulb of law which necessitates less caution'on the part of a woman. Tho immunities of women aro not to bo gainsaid, and tho doferenco and len ipnoy which arc. duo them must not bo withhold. This decision of tho Michi gan court, however, excludes any ex cossivo allowanco for tho errors of judg ment and conduct, based on tho olo mont of sex, and shows that while women aro loss likely than men to ex pose thomsolvcsiio danger tho fact of thoir being women is not to excuse neg ligence when tho risk is assumed. If this decision is to stand for good law, as it probably will, the equalitj- of tho pnrticular.'4ntncn mwF'Us caroWll as men when thoy aro iff physical dan ger. They may be on a different footing when standing at tho ballot-box, but when crossing a tracic before an oncom ing trail), that equality, as shown by this decision, is indisputable. Boston Ad vertiser. m m ' A Bravo Man. At Brother Barnes' meeting last night, thoro was an episode In which n colored btother and tho highest judicial olhcorof the btato gave a public exhibi tion of tho fraternal relations existing botweon tho white and colored races in Kentucky. Whllo tho evangelist stood with outstretched hands asking: "Who will trust the Lord?" Judge Thomas F. Hargis, of the Court of Appeals, was moved to confession and took his seat on the front row ot cluiirs. Shortly after there passed down tho nislo a penitent, blacker than tho midnight oyes of tho sable goddess. Then came othoiH who Brother Barnes observed WOt'O careful to choose scats as far away as possible from tho, dusky brother. Stwppiug right in tlto midst of tho sing ing, Brother Barnes said: "My dear friends, you see that this colored Itro'.hcr has como forward to confess Christ, and you aro staying away simply because you don't want to sit bciido htm. Hero ho sits alono on this front row, and all that havo como for ward havo bopu careful not to seat themselves near him. Any man coin ing forward despite tho prejudice against color and taking a seat by tho side of tills colored brother will bo a bravo, noble man. I know that in tho oyos of socioty there is a difference bo twoen you and him; but, dear friends, boforo God tho difference does not exist Ho was born tills way. Ho cannot holp his color. Still, ho has 11 soul to save. If you stay away now it will prove tho success ot the devil's dovico. The devil knows Frankfort people and has taken this advantage of thoir prejudices. Oh, my friends, this same devil is a sharp old follow, but I'm going to got ahead of him. Ho doesn't think anyone will have tho courage to stt next to this col ored man, amirfroudtf! will you let tho dovil triumph P A bravo man, remem ber, is ho who takes a Boat alongside tho colorod frloud who has como forward to confess Christ and save his soul from tho peril of eternal damnation." At litis .ludgo Hargis aroso, and. taking the sablo ponltont by tho hand, sat down in tho chair next him, Brother Barnes in tho meanwhile looking on approvingly, and, with a quiot smilo of happy satis faction, exclaiming: "Tho Recording Angel will noto this in tlto Book of Life, praise tho Lord!" Frankfort (Ky.) jjispatcn Georgia has probalily tho smallest foreign-born population of any State only 10.f)l54 out of 1,542,000 total; shti probably has also tho largost por cent, native to hoi own coil, over 1,100,000. Youths Department. THE CONSCIENTIOUS COBBEO OIO UABOTIIEBS. CorrcRido Carothers was n mun of much ro- nown; Tho (IoIIb ho mudo nnd painted wcro tho talk of nil tho town; , , In n room hair hhop, half study, ho would Kiilly work nwny, , . ,, Complctltitf, by hlsdlllgonco, 0110 dozondolls a day. If it chuncod to bo flno wonthor, ovory Mon day ho would go With n numbor to tho toymnn'e, whoro ho d lay thorn In 11 row; , And somo would bo bo beautiful that ono could acarco refrain ... From klBsInir tlinm: whllo othors would bo very, very plain I " Corrcflrglo, Corrojjg-lo," tho toytrinn oft would ' Oh, why do you persist In making dolls no ono will buy? Jn my second-story wnroroom I hnvo hun . drodsstrod nwny: And, If each hnd u prolty faco,. thoy d not bo thoro to-dnyl" " My work Is consclontlous, Sir," ho proudly would ox lain: "As dolls nro mlmlo peoplo, somo of thorn , must needs bo plain. roniinot,J'nssuro you, glvo good looks to every doll, Slnco boauty Is a prlooleos gift thnt docs not como to bUI" , , r Maltom'Douola8jn Kt, Nicholas. DOJN'T .S1100JLAT TBJS BIRDS. Last spring us boyflMVo'ro having a spleudid time with our rubber shooters; ovOry boy In tho no ghborhood had Ono or more. Ndno" 6f pur mothers liked it; somo windows got brokon, and when ono or two little birds got killed, it made them very angry. There Was a bluebird r that built its nest year after year in an olm-trco closo to ono of our windows. Ono day my mother saw bpy shooting at it; ito didn't hit, but: sho mado up her mind it was time for thj shooting to stop, and when, not long alter, little Willie' Brand had Ids cyo mo9t put out, thoy all thought so. Thoro was a fuss about it. Thoro orojpicccs' in tho paper about how rubber shpotors woro dangoroita things, anfljjhcn-thjjpolieo camu about and said that oVery Soy that shotrwould havo to pay livo dollars for. it Thoy all thought that moro than thoy could stand, so thoy stopped. Mother had given mo ten cents for miuet Joug ago, and burnt it, so I was gl(d when the other fellows had to ston. ' This year wo thought we'd 'havo a' little fun, and kOpt quiet nbdut it. lint Barlow made mine, audit was a iirst-rato shooter, I toll you; I gave him mv too and nr skafe-sran'and-thirtv marbles for it; ito said 'tfwouhi shoot equal to a revolver I was very careful how I usod it, for, I didn't wmtt mother to know that I had it. 1 usbU to shoot at stray dogs and cats, though it-, did make mo feel bad somottmes, to hear 'cm howl if I hit 'em. I used to shoot nt the knot-hole in the barn-door, too, to see how many times in twenty I could shoot in. It wasn't much fun when wo had to keep out of tho way all tho timo. Ono day I was wandering about tho Jk'Or end ot tho garden with my footer. Thoro woro plenty of birds ad around, but I did not want to shoot at thorn, if I could find anything else to shoot at I got over the fence'into an othor lot, but still thoro woro birds, everywhere. I .shot a few times, just to frighten them a little. Then I hoard ono singing beautifully righ$ over my head. I couldn't see it ,very plainly, and I don't believe I meant to hit ii at all, and I tell you I was frightened when it came falling right down at my feet, with a sad kind of a little scream. i picked it up and tried to make tt fly, or walk, but it would not its pretty oyes were half shut, and it kept panting with its bill. It was a bluebird. I know 1 could nover keep it from mother, for when. I linv been doing anything dreadful; I'alwayB feel as if 1 was losttillfFvo been and told, ho'r.v JAs I carried tho poor 'bird through the garden, a drop of blood fell from its mouth, right on to a great white lily that seemed" looking lip to ask me what I had been doing. Mother was stand injr near tlto back piazza; as I laid the .bird ill hor hand, it stopped pantine: and wan still. Mother said: "What's tho mattcrP" But there was such a lump in my throat, I couldn't speak a word. Then she saw tho shooter in my hand, and sho said: lhd you kill that little bird?" I toll you it scared me, tho way sho spoke. I never hoard her speak in such an awful voice before. .Then sho saidn "You ltavo stolen away its little lifo it was all tho'lifoMt had. The Lord loves His bodiless littlo creatures; Ho gavo them, tons to make us happy, amlilo will never bloss those Who aro cruol to thorn." ' , t "" Then she put tho littlo bird up-fo hor chock, and I saw the tears como. Sho 1 took tho shootur and laid it pa' tho kitchen I lire. I didn't got any "ton cents this any timo, you mayjbo sure, and t(ion sho said: "You may go to your room." I'd a groat deal rather sho'd whippod mo than to have to go thoro and iust ltavo to keop thinking. 1 thought of all tho beautiful days of sunshino I had taken away from that poor littlo bird, and how it wouhLnovor fly through the air, or sing in tho trees, or soo tho tlowers and the grass any moro. And 1 wondered if it had a nps.t and littlo birds, and what would bocomo of them if it had. And all of a sudden I jumped up, as I thought of tho bluebird that had como to build its nest near us for so many summers. As soon as motlior lot mo out (it wasn't very soon, fqr sho gave mo plenty of timo to think), I ran to her nest. Tho littlo birds all held thoir heads straight up, and opened thoir big littlo mouths, bo I almost know thoir motlior hadn't fed them for Bomotimo. 1 fed thorn tho best I could, and I watched that ovoning to seo if thoir mother' d como, but sho didn't. Before 1 went to bed l got a pieco of soft cotton, and covered 'em up. 1 1 thought, you sco.Jf I took good caro of' 'em tnoy might livo without thoirmoth-i or. But in tho morning only two of them hold bp thoir heads to bo fed," and boforo night thoy woro all dead. Y So you boo I hud taken away all tlto ' sunshine from thorn, too. My sisters cried when thev ktfow thoir littlo birds nnd thoir mother woro all dead. 1 don't think I want another shooter. I don't beliovo I'll' over soo anothor white lily but what it'll say to mo: "You killed that bluebird!" 1'ouWs Compan ion. Tho 'Geography Trap.l " Always bo honest, boys," said Un cle Nathan to tho youngsters. " Don't over try to cheat at play, at work, or at lessons. , "1 romembor well how I tried to cheat my teacher onco, nnd how I cama to grief in consequence. " Wo had aUcwtcaohor that term, a Miss Mason; and wo woro all delighted with the way sho heard U3 recite in geography tlto' tirst dayl No, passing tho questions' around 'tlmolass'by turn, but all answered in concert. You know it is such fun to school-boys nnd girls to bo allowed to mako somo kind of a noiso, and wo mado tho old Echool houso ring. It was just tho Bamo tho noxt day and tho noxt. Thoro was -a largo olass of us, and wo considered that recitation pnmu iuxi.i "Tho fourth day df school camo; andj harl drow out tho goography from my desk to prepare my lesson some thing socmed to whispor to mo: What's tho uso of your taking so much pains tb leafnryour lessons when tho class all answer togotho'rPuWho is go ing tonotiqoif your voioo isn't among tho rest? You' can pick up enough from what fyop, know of gcographytand vvhqit tho rest answer, to put in ah Occa sional word,' and it Avill do just as well.' v f I snspect that imp pf raisohicf went about and whispered tho sanio 'Jn' tho cars of tho Vest of tho class; 'and you may conclude so, too, before my story is done, si am ashamed to toll you, boys, tjiatyl list,ouqd fp,J,hop,vil suggestion, nnd spcnLtlie thho,drawing pictures on my slate,, and arranging a jack-knifo Irndo will! N61I White, that should havo been given tbmy geography lesson. And withal the geography was a now ono that term, and tut ono of tho class had over studied it boioro. 'First class in gcognqihyl' called Miss Mason that aftornoonr-and just then there was a knock at tho door. Sho answered it as wo wcro taking our seats, and ushered in the minister and his wife, a committee-man ,and his wife, my two grbwn-up sisters, and last, but most important of all to mo, my cousin Nathan, for whom I was named, and for whoso good opinion I cared moro than for almost any other porson's. Ho always had such a pleasant way of re warding me when 1 did woll, nnd anoh a way, too, of making me feel his -dis- 'M pleasure whon I was in tho wrong. At that moment I would havo give evcry-i tiling I possessed in tho world for tnov .knowledge of my lesson, but it was too lato to wish for what I might have had so easily. It socmed to mo I felt small and mean enough to crawl into a knot hole! You may recite in concert,' said Miss Mason. What peninsulas on tho Arctic coast?1 "Boothia and Melville,' piped up a small girl, tho very least and most difli dont ot the wholo class, wh lo the rest of us sat dumb as statues, but redder in the face. ,,-.-. v "In concert!' said Miss Mason. What ones outho Atlantic coast?' "igafn the small girl answered alone. "Onco more; and this decidedly in concert ' said Miss Maion, emphat ically. Whatonoson tho Faci lie coast. " For tho third timo Susio answered alone. ''You "will now. vanswcr liy turns, sinco you cannot scorn to nnswor in con cert," said Miss Mason; and lltroo nToro questions went .round tho olass, eaclt to bO lmally answered by busio. "Miss Mason laid the geography down on tho desk, with a peculiar smilo on hor face. Thoso of tlto class who havo learned thoir losson for to-day will please raiso their right hands.' "Up went ono little hand. Susie's, of course. , ' y"( . , "Miss Mason looked amused enough to seo how, t)io rest of us had walked into hor1 trap. Perhaps you thought,' sho said, that, because 1 had hoard you answer in concert heretofore, I should always do tho samo; but that is, quite uncertain. I shall novor toll you boforohand how you will answor, bo tho. only safe way is to. prepare your lesson. Now, I will toll you a littlo story; and then I will hoar Suslo roeito tho reBt of her lesson, while tho otliors take their seats and proparo to recito after school. Onco upon a timo, tlto wholo world agreed to meet together and shout all at once, to soo what a groat noiso it would mako. But, whon thoy met, it scorned each ono thought his voice could mako no difference in Bitch 11 crowd, so ho would not listen to tho rest. All thought so oxcopt ono old lady, who went to do hor duty and had no thought of shirking it. So, when tho signal was given for them to shout, all that was heard was ono lady squealing J'Bob!" at tho top of hor voice. Moral: eacli do your duty, and tho Bltout will como." " A shamefaced orow, wo went to our seats, and into our geographies. Oh, dear! how humiliating it was, boforo visitors, to seo tlto rest of tho school dis missed, while wo remained; but you may bo suro wo did not need tho punish ment again. "So 1 charge you onco moro, my boys, i Always uml overywhero Ho honest unci fair." Illustrated Christian Weekly. a. 1 k 3I , 9