e . tSTAntrf be acooair Bat jtut 4f.k -.-SOtl Writs tt Hartlctf to hi AN nalcattocs for this paper saould i Djr we name or wc auuor; for aubUcalios. but as mi evi- falta a the part of tbe writer. ob one side of the saner. Bo ly careful la giving names and date wie letters aau ngarcs piain ana EPIC-CURE. A IMnniT lpllt. .Ajrain wc meat: or hajiptnes. I am not tabic to express. I II bet the remnants of a crown That cheese the prettiest jfirl in towx Tolator ten s rl In a row And she will tke the cake, 1 ..notr. She looVs no very ch:e ken ttmart. Jcuccri, 1 feel tjufte .'aint at tart. A man could fcco'ir the universe And fall tomato hand with hers. I never sauccr-ulian eye With hcr's to viand seem so wise. When I look up I sometime . sec Her castor lovely glance on me. Too waffle in it. for just now I caught her eye fcbe hunger brow. Such wondrow Influence hah she, I Imrdlj can drink cup my tea. If hbe wore mine I'd notdci'-tert Or grieve her with a jellies heart. I'd waiter leant command, and dio Beef-fore I'd cause one little sls-i. I would prev.rv. the precicu pnu. Ana praise syrup unto the skies. To speak to her I'd dearly lov. An' knife a notion to, rL'tit ciT. Smear caw of disperation, ihoah; I'll dinner car, so hero's sajjo. "Miss Jinks, if holilnesbe no wronj. J'lcae pas tl.ut di-.h, I'm outof tonijue.' "Ah, since you arc fat uoua. Mr. Kane. 1 11 suet jois with nMfli f brain-." A. II'. li'lluic. iii UmLt't llwynint. ALLIXGSFOtiD HOUSE. How Its Burning Brought Things Out All Rlfjht. Allingsford House was not very old, nor was it particularly ltcatitiful; at least the late Allinjrsfonl Ilous, which is the one 1 am sjKjakinc of, was not. Hut, on the other hand, the park was one of the noblest in England, and contained some splendid hooting. The kennels also, at no great distance from the house, were renowned hoth near and far. The enormous trout caught in the Ailing, which ran through the park, were often mentioned in the Field, and had furnished many a day's wot k to tho local taxidermist. Add to this that the house was built of red brick and fully in sured, and perhaps you will not feel so very much horrified when I ask you to come with tne and burn it, for that is what I mean to do. Itcmcmbcr what a godsend it will lie to conversational local dinner parties for the next six months. What n story for mine host at the Eagle in tho villnpe to tell for the rest of his lire. Then think of the now quarry at Cutstono, which has just started working, and of young Mr. Smith, the sci entific architect, who has scarcely had a single job since he designed the Town Hall bo huccessfully two years ago. 1 admit that, as a rule, burning down family mansions is not a nice thing to do, and least of all at Christmas tunc; but I think that you will ugree with mo that in this ca- the circum stances render the act justifiable. It was Christmas Kve, and most of the gue-ts had gone to bed, for. indeed it was long past twelvo o'clock. Hut Sir John and his brother. Colonel Allingsford, still re mained in the .smoking room, chatting over a last pipe and tumbler of toddv. "Well, it's hi own rnult." said Kir John. 'He's had as good n chance as a man could wish for, after dinner, alone with hor in the conservatory for nearly a tiuurter of nu hour, th"e thermometer standing at cl!;l!tv flvc If he couldn't pull himself together to propose then, all I can nay is that ho never will. The boy ought to be ashamed of him self." "Vet the youngster is worth a doen of tho puppies ono meets nowadays." replied the Colonel. "I shall never forget the day be got his V. C at Ashallau (.uslin. I fancy I can see him now, falling back on our r-areba with scarcely twenty men. and those two Krupps they had taken out of the Arab fort. Most fellows would have left the guns when that ambush attacked, and small blame either. Not so Harry; he knew that if tho rebels got them back they could have riven us tho very deuce of a time of it till reinforcements came up; so lie stuck to them like a man, and brought thorn in safely. ton!" "Why doLMn't he ask our niece to marry him! Any fool can see that he wants to, and 1 know that Nina wants to. and we all want them to. Now. if I w-re dead .ipi.ii-t the match it would have been over and fin ished long ago. Then the irirl won't help pull him on either. She ought to iliit with young Jcrvis " "Well, well, .Tack: theao things h.ive a wonderful knack of coming riht when we least expect. Anvhow. I can't see how our talking half the night will improve matters. It's a quarter past one; I'm oiT to bed." So, after the master or the house had sat isfied himself that all the fastenings were secure for the night, the two line old broth ers strode up stairs together, caudlestick in band. "Jack. I believe that window on the stairs is open; I feel just like sneezing." and the gallant Colonel pulled out his handkerchief and with it his pipe, which merrily gamboled down two ilights of stairs, and then, to judge by the sound, shattered itself on the hall store. "My old;mcers-chanm gone at last ! Never mind. I hope no one trips up over the stem to morrow morning Hood night Jack " Hood-night." Their bedrooms were both on the first floor, and in half an hour's time, as befits healthy old gentlemen with clear con sciences, they were both Tat asleep. More than was Captain Henry Melville, who had been feTcrishly pacing his rc0m for tho last hour, hardly knowing what he t bought of or what he did. Promoted out of his turn for distlapuished service, he was the youngest Captain in her Majesty's urmy. aud.with his slight figure, clear akin, and tho very smallest attempt at a mus tache, looked a mere boy. Though no rela tion or the Allingrords, he had been knows to both brothers from his cnildltood, and was now in tho last week or a long visit to their house. Two months before he had found that he was looking forward to this visit with special impatience, though not for one minute would he have admitted it. Now that it was nearly over there was no concealing from hiniself that he was head over ear ia love with Nina Darlington, the Baronet's niece. Bat however brave he was ia the ield of battle. Master Harry ia this aKair showed a lamentable want of courage. -2f!?,1TMfceiW"' whUe Harry' fort waaallia chaacery: that is to say, there waa aa tenia whether it was Ms fortuae or TZodr?' He thought tbat to peeta hie enttwaald he to betray Sir John', Had- y. wd !? he, peea ilesa Cantata ia regiBMatof foot, to awry Niaa Dariinv. aetaasatoone of the Inert estate ia V tt had alwava been a take lata ft that thoturfa rii m . reat feUew that erer Hepped," be cM wr be bronchi to think hiaself aay this MftfooL Even wbea he got bis V. Git d-dnatsessatohlathat he had doae aay thiat iWtfailariy brave; he had doae hi would aay of ou-r. lows, aoavjn aach a t tMinwa. heieht of MeaamaUoa would ever ceaae to re- long walks by himself, and seeming In so ciety, aa one of bis friends expressed it, 'as nervous as a cat." A ad yet. sec hi baaaaav blindness, he never suspected that his indis position was noticed or the cause guessed by bit host or any one clue. So be paced his room up and down, up and down. Ho would cut his visit still shorter and leave early In the r-oraing tho day after Christ was Day. He would volunteer for the Egyptian army and get killed in tho Soudan. Or he wouIJ offer to carry dispatches to Einln and be caught by dcrvMies and put to death by torture, which would be very nice and very agreeable; but neither ina nor her guardian should ever bear of hi hoje !cs passion. Let us leave this young men. who is very bad company, and making a treat as of Himseii. nnu come up stair. Up. up, up. past the second story, along this little pas sage, up tho old corkscrew stair to the little turret room. Hush' tread gently, for the oceujiantof this room has had the sense to go to sleep, liko a prudent girl who wants to look her est In the morning. Light the candle and we will M.e how Miss Niaa has been amuMng herself before she went to bed. Her sketch book and iienells are Kcattcrcd about on the dressing table, so she must have been drawing; and. to judge oy the litter in the fender, she seems to have torn her drawing up into very little pieces and burned most of them. Luckily, I was looking over her shoulder all the time, sol can tell you what she drew. First, she drew a young maa on horseback; then she turned the paper over and drew an other young man in knickerbockers and a Norfolk jacket, with a gun on bis shoul der. Then, takirg a fresh pieco of paper, she drew a third, in a patrol jacket and regulation boots, with a drawn sword in his right bund, which with his left he seemed to be frantically calling to smie ono behind him to come on. Oil ! of course, we can see it all now. They are all n.eaut for the same person, and that person Lj Harry Melville; but he's not nearly so tall or so well propor tioned as you have drawn him. Miss Darl ington; ho's not, really. Ju:it now she is dreaming, dreaming that she I looking at Millais' famous picture Yes." She wonders why she never before appreciated it so much, and sits down in front of it. Soon she wonders what makes the place so terribly hot. Then she fancies that every one who passes is looking at her, and is even certain that icop!e nt the end of the room aro iwinting at her. Then sho saw some onn pointing her out to an attendant, who forthwith accosted her: "Ueg pardon. Miss, but you're sitting on the stove. It's made just like a bench; but it's a stove, and my borders aro iositivo no ono sits on tho stove." Nina thought that this was really too bad, and fairly lost her teiuor. "It's not right," she said, "to make the stoves so like tho s"ats if you don't want people to sit on them; but I knew what it was. and came here because I was cold." "Oh !" "And I'm going to stay here as long as I choose." And disdaining further argument, she too out her cataloguo and pretended to bo ei -grossed in its perusal. Very socn she could feel the heat under her beyond a doubt, and most unpleasantly. Hut mi obstinate are young ladies in Dream land in practical life they are 41iirm") that she determined to stay where she w:w for a full live minutes by the clock. Thro minutes; tho actual heat was not ho great, but the lire underneath her was beginning to smoke. Then she thought that all the by standers, and among them all the in-opN? she disliked, were saying that she would never stay there another two minutes. Four minutes; it was worse. Four minutes and a half four minutes fifty seconds; it was stilling at la,t! and she woke up with a start. What a terrible r.mell or smo'ce: her dream had Iven founded on fact. The house must be on lire. Lighting a candle, she ran to I he door and looked down the wind ing stair, when suddenly some one threw open the door at the bottom orit and a great curling cloud ol blue smoke, but showing flames liehind, rushed up through it, caus ing Nina to drop her eandlo and run cough ing and trembling bv-k to her room. The Colonel's mcciWhuuut wa a big pipe, and he had forgotten to knock outthcaslics. so that, though it hall been in his pocket for nearly five minutes, it was still jnt alight when be dropped it. When it hit tho stove it suapjied in two. The stem fell into the grate, but the bowl, after rolling alon "God help us, ray darling!" aaM Sarry. This waa the flrst time that either of thes For all reply she pressed bis hand and turned her face calmly and trustfully up to hie. Had it been Harry's List second on this earth, and be conciou of St, be could not have helped kissing her then. "Forgivc.me, ay darling," be said, hoarse ly ; "but I lore you tvith all my heart." "And I love you with all mine." said Nina, simply. Then suddenly she cried : "Qalck! There is a trap door In that corner; you can reach it by standing on the drawers." Needing no second biddinir, be leaned vp on to tho drawers, and having felt for the trapdoor, struggled with all his might to ojea it. It was fastened on the Inside with a bolt, which from long disuse bad become that the fever had gone. There was or eMtd aramJybelieTe that she waa tba same girl who bad gone to bed ia the turret room the night before. Presently ilrs. Uickley arrived and told her that her sacle were coming to fetch her ia the rcctor'a pony cart. Still Harry slept, though cow hi steep STUTTERING STOaiES. TRIBUTES TO WOMEN., sAtcr ., ii t.. v.i Jli . i i -i I Jouag man wa. ununuutoun seemed lighter. At length bo turned lastly J .,..,, J . .. . , . , on hit back, opened hi. eye, asd said. ' UiXU'' " rao-t pa-itfvo ord "Nina," i " haw heard him sro throw MtSCruLANCOUS. T irgiMt thvAtr i ifc n j-f huM I: JVnv U wY-r svewrSy ftcw.i SHrts i o grttsx&d. i cwbstf &.. i,rr.cx ft. tt 1 CV Cvd.t , rv orfl f th vnut ifVt t drritt-i ,'" tie f?t f Um VVtaU trsil ol h4.h it ! bU Hlc taio J p&ht4 irbtw. u rer4t Jls irfiBH- the oil cloth, ultimately "fetched up" be hind the umbrella stand. Here, I am sorry to ay, Mary, the under housemaid, was in tho habit of keeping n little bund Icor woolen and chamois cloths, greatly besmeared with lieeswav and turpentine, together with a lump tr the former and ubotlic of the latter materials which she useil for cleaning the front staircase nnd the polished woodwork in the hall. Some li"hted ::h fill oti ;hee i nun- .nu. -.iniu wv.ii ;i siow anil smn iter. Ing. As he gathen-d himself together for a third try, Nina thrust a garden hammer into his hand. It was a small but fairly heavy one, which she uedfor nailing up tho creep ers. A few blows with thl, another pull, the bolt yielded, and Harry threw back the trap. Sitting in the opening, he pulled Nina up to his own level, and they were both on the roof. Except for a little gable in the middle, ths roof was flat. On one side and under the turret was the blazing house; but on the other, some twenty feet lower, tvo the roof of tho laundry, which. Ixdng to windward, had so far entirely escaped thecontlagration. A watcr-pqie, standing out about two inches from the wall, took tho draiuings from the gutter round tho turret to a small rain water cistern Used against the wall Just alaive the laundry. It was down this that they must go. To climb down twenty feet by a small water pipe with only one hand and your legs to hold on by. and to supjwrt a lady with the other, is no easy feat even for a strong man and an athlete, and Harry was neither. But love and desperation gave him both strength atid skill to Mffonn the descent safelv. Only when, about half way down, first his legs and then his hand came in contact with an iron supjort to tho pipe. did he feel a momentary pain. And no wonder; for passing through the wall and being clinched on the inside, it was nearly red hot. A gre.it tongue of flame shooting out from one of the side windows enabled those below to see what was hapieniug. A ladder was placed against the laundry wall, and amidst ltistly cheers they were quickly half helped, half carried in safety to the ground. Thunks to the blanket, Nina had eseajHsl nearly scot free, but Harry Melville was badly, though perhaps not dangerously, hurt. His left band in particular was ter ribly burned. The doctor was among the lookers-on and ordered him to bed at the Kagto at once, while he himself hurried off for the lotion and other necessaries to dress his wounds. Tho ladies wcro accommodated with beds or 'shakedowns'' at tho vicarage; tho gen tlemen hail plenty to do in helping their host and his servants. Of course, next to nothing could be saved from the bouse; it was enough to bo thankful for that do lives had been lost. The horses were blindfolded and led away; tbo carriages and harness were also saved. Then it was decided to destroy u great straw stack lest the wind should shift and tho fire lie communicated to that and thence to the lodge. Hy this time all the village was afoot, ho that there was no lack or hands. A groom hud been dispatched for the fire engine at the tlrst alarm, and meanwhile a couple of garden 1i.jsu were played on the lire, but without any appreciable result. About dawn the engine arrived, and commenced operations on the slowly ubsiding conflagration. Though it was kept only four miles from Allingsford, the "man who understood it" slept nearly six further on, whereby, as the obstructionist town councilor observed at the next meeting, "considerable time was lost." It was broad day ere Sir John, his brother, and guests, having done all that men could do, and thankeipthc villagers for their willing help Iwth verbally and prac tically this la-t by having a cask of treble X broached in the yard-drove off to Lord tf rand worth's, who had placed his house at their disposal. So it camo about that the Baronet sjsjnt his Christmas morning in bed. In the alter noon he rode over to see Harry, calling at the vic.nage on his way. Here, clad mostly in divssing gowns, tho ladies from AlHugs ford House received him in remarkably high pirits, notwithstanding that they had lost all theipos'-e.Mor.s. Only Nina, in one of tho vicar's daughter's dresses, accom panied him to tliciuius, which were still smoking sulkily. It was nut an inspiriting sight, and they soon turned their .steps in Mew Mr. Mkttfc MVMeflM Ta IVrbiM Aiut ItU Wilt. I c ' - L4. An unkind filorT rc if truv -wan j Cbafucl Wnsua is tho told mo while I wa in Ln-Und of a 1 plvv yountf lady ho married a tucrinc j HcMer Wosan t, tho ctvura o! Ino younc man wa undoubtcsilr a i VolLir Wimn tnaoh u nflcft cr. I civllitr atsd Hritr. i ior i nave uearu mm sro tftrouch lvMair -N&trv sawaat t "Not a word till you've bad your soup; 1 Iirpxy.-ms to set ul simple "Oo.l I woman U iMMirpiVWk here It Is. all ready. Give it to mo. Mr. , morning' Tho ladv whom be ubs- j John Oaiaoy A in -ATI tbwt I as Hickley. And now you ao.t have another qUtfnt!y married was of an etr.inonllv ! DT mother mula v pdlow under you: o. Now, I'll hold the ! ?,.;" , ,w. . , , v ., i -' . T basin, und If vou are strong eaousb, you , I,rnttcnl u,ro of "! -N maiden j Kn,Sio h,s.KPtHior J no hnv-. shall feed yourself." t roo-"'y or Ki.shf;iInoa cloyed hr j ho kn oaly horetit. "But Nina " methods. Sh. sjkiWo to th" point and WhllUer-W kw kl J34c. aiieace. irs uney orders, w ay, nere . never left a thought unexprv-eU tf rhv such .. ,h U.M .vhL, i. . ... - T. - - - - 1 - hroi i'KHKiaolt-I l'h Adas had tbr4 four ! with ait hl ribs in bu Uslv. j times mio ucvmiHj mat it as absiut ;indtf -WcMiMtn i lite m tor- 1 ?jria j-ntwatysa jr hi. Cupula Melville's illness did not last very "tno for her to know lit- intentions, t foot bra t iwo-i vrowsnLv. i priar twl Ko wtt4 f fctj:tg long he was moved Vt Hill's farm on the So the next time ho called, after they H s:. Hftrrvt; Htnn t bv4 at ho umt.l At.. I k i..t Inft tftbrus fiir . ivPi ritt -. T .k 'i'"-"-'. iuiwiw--.- cuine ooiu my unc;t-s; tm suru us tnctr d.nietl it ih tin.T '. h. put forth all the strength he could get to voices v.v hear. O, Harry!" I , J "-- '- n- lear on the little knob, only to lacerate his ..ycs darii,,.." called ujKm her rnime thnw or . ... .- . . ... i' t t - t hands without being ab.e to stir tne xasten- "v told them." It l n:W tiMtt . Uiitj, ixi , CCMUUTW o .nt jsm i-JlKl"-- jta.wr A4 aGxi u Um Is : hlat few a iC- TW .iWlttctt' iorta.Wr icuptd h a&sw rl W Mrrlgv tMtt l -. UUwrv , live HMtaa vuurT l"xi a i rt kit ntsrlr. "a. -jly u niraaayandcould get up In about a fort- hlid Mlt,Hj thcmvJix., a. Usual on the cn.s. nd rtriWrt at Um -tv. night, hsoon after that bo reioined his rtsrl. i , ., ..... .. ' noniwiitiuikwsnis meat. I may mention, bv the way. that "'.- iufliy dux llrmiy: ".Mr. , l!alr -To u gontlmna wy while he was in bed he got a long letter f " vert much rtnttored by the j woman i- a bvd ta rtkt ol lr . rrom his solicitor stating that some missing IuU-nt you havy taken in me. and tho j aadi A hanUsottt otMr.a l a IaH.-rs had just been founu in the lining of a :!ower yon have glv.jn me are vorr ' jywol: a good omna is a trar. Sufll 1tI.tK itnWW)w.t lt. aImIih n !. -.. - . pretty, but I feW that I -huuid not Ik Ijvmartlau Hjero Ua . M lb doint: my duty :f I deltiycii any longer I beginning of all gtst tWng. a.skini: you what your intention are; lUfufiHKsuW -A .a.-Moml4 ne- wiuther do thco ititcutiou and pr- . man is aUnv 1h Ui" with hrU. ik-ilr t,i.Kn.1. .. - , A JrH"ttySii4.j''.h4;'si .ojww safe whieh establlthcsl hi claim to the property in chancery beyond a doubt, and promising that in two or three months at the most he would enter into legal pos session. The banns were put up on the 1st ol May, Sir John having an old-fahioned dislike to licenses. Living with two good-tempered old gen tlemen, or course Nina escaped the lectures and endless advice with which maiden auuts and married friends so love to load a girl who is going to embrace the fetters of wedlock. True, the Colonel did try bis ents lead?" Youui: Mr. Smith rose to his feet nnd n blush roo to his click. Uoc9ayol to fep'tilc. For a moment hi Up anil tongue- ..med paralyzed. Then ho managed to get out "M-M-.M-M-Mv d -d-d -d-d" but ho could get no farther. hand one evening, beginning by recanting M U " '"" "'" r any nam j thlog. Cvi ley What l a uuua? aly one of nattr' agri?l- blRMtWr. Kichtor No man mn olUr tiro piously or da r-ChUnottjdy withot a wife, Vrvants-All women nru SOod gHl for nothing, or gts.i fr ian- some or his exeneiices as a mess caterer, and ending by saying: "1 hoiss also, my dear, that you will let the unfortunate acci dent which occurred at Christinas be a warning to you uever to allow your maids ' to lie awake reading after they have gone j to lnd. Of course Mrs. Hickley assures v.i , that such a thing was never done at Alllugs- , ford House; but there is not a shadow of a ' doubt in my mind that that wa how It camo ubout." "It might have been one of the men j smoking." "Tut, tut! my dear: that is perfectly im- j lossibie. You can not communicate flrv to I any thing from tbo tobacco in a pipe. No, no; you may depend upon it, it was ono of tho maids reading in Ik." The marriage was celebrated in duo course amid general rejoicings. Many were the blessings fervently bestowed ou the young couple by the honest rustics at tho church door, and many a horny hand did Harry shake oa that eventful morning; for his bravery at the Are and bis genial, frank dis position had completely won tho villagers' hearts Nina they had always loved. Old Sir John's voice trembled a little as be wished thcm.ood bye, aud the Culonel's eyeglass was very misty as the brother-, stood together on tbo stes watching the carriage disappear down the drive. "She couldn't have done better," said the Baronet. "No. Jack; she couldn't." Chamber' Journal. her of word, but Mis Smith. jutltia- ' Victor lliiat-Wiiwn 4st tbo b!y, perhap, interpreted it to stand ! .-urpoat through a prof.otial ).ioO. for darling am! tho youth'. acut. ..in-i N. l Willi The- weU tfeiatf in barrametit to a mode.-t confusion in lifts I tht. undotM-ed w'k(mHof a ctW making a formal jroMaI. j Franci I. A woman ctaa!. it; Any way. .he tKk Mr. Smith by the who trut hor i tb voftsel of tar nUi. haml. and looking into hi. eve. e- ShakoMHiaro -Thor a um- : claimed: Mr. Smith. 1 upprvctnlo ! fair woman but he mottlU ia a gt. ; - t your einbarrassment. but 1 under-faiiil wjsat you wish to ay. You may Mptak to papa, and if he approve. o do 1." They wero married a few months later, but Mr. Smith ha. never ox plained satisfactorily to his friend whether he iuttered into matrimony of his own free will or againt It. Anothor amusing cou-cquenco of an impeded .speech comes to my mind t.eorge Kliot - A jaionnW iwana love i always ovoobadow mi by mr fear. Hdno-HandoMHJ wwnun .iltiiONt rvHgtou aro like flow r wtthont jmr ftime. Voltalro All tho nmmlag?. ol mmi aro not wrth oao -onUmawt of a a -man. l.s))olil S'hefor Hat one thUtg on THE DOUBLE CHIN. A lsdy who could not say twonty ! ,art" is lwl,r l,ui" ft wU Utnt I tho wortls without tuttcriug ton gr.'ater mother. or le.. oxtcnt called upon it family that Hceher Women are a tMw rn. had moved into her neighborhood a i rvr.-nt.-d sluco tho world rotoivwl .short timo bofore. A luck would Christianity have it. in this familv wa a voting! Orvaut.- Bolweona siimat'.-yii." - - i Indv who stutti-rcd. and sh.- it whs vim i " no ' .... oponed tho door when tho nforo-meii- a Pul " I wouid not vuutNro U. W Luther l:irth has nothing more i tender than a wnatf heart wjwm It b tinned lady called. For convriionci let us call the caller Mr. X. and tho girl who Ls standing inside the din.r tl"' nbo.lt. of pi'.v. Is.MlssY. MinHtsMmr -For ului I nur Mr.. X. was a little nervou. mid alhor in tho world tHw;hu t-noli iMWMty thence her infirmity gathered stn.ngth. Said -ho: ! M-.M-M-M-.M." and soon. Ml. Y. gaod at Mrs. X. in aston ishment anil n the "M'" piled up anil nothing intelligible follov.'ed them, -ho nkcl : "AVer- wor-w er-wer-wur- what d-d-do you want?" Now it wan .Mr. X' turn to bo a- riiilfMoptier f.Vtrr J'rooounrrs It "lira son's (Imtii Imajft." Tlic great justilicatton of the double chin re.stri, of votirsv, on its unrivaled value as an index of cliaractor! Iti.s t not ditlicult to divine what Lavatcr thought of a double chin. He care fully point. nut that man dilTers from ! tonishod. am!, worso stllj, angry. Slio tho animal. chielly by his chin, laying j thought Mis. Y. wa imitating her. and itdowntu.au axiom that tho chin Is , fhe said tolerably olcarl..: Vou are tin the distinctive characteristic of hu- m-m-m-m-most im-im-impudent girl I inanity: consequently, double-chinned i ever saw." people are djnHijUicrontmted r-om the beauts that porifli, which is greatly . a a womnn oyf Mich. -Ik t WoautM I tho SaMlay of man; not hi reH iMily. but kfc Joy. tho ult of hi. 1U. Murgarot Fuller U! - Womaa U born fur loo. awl H I lmfhUle to turn hr from seoklag it. loul Ionoyor A wornmi nmy m ugly. lll-hnpsl. nickiti. Ig noma I. filly anil liipid. but hanliy iv.tr rlt)tiiMMk !,ord lindalt. If the wlulo worl.1 ml ifli-at h.A tr-,j-t.ttTi s !tjm im4 la rsMiMrUM. lik thi rtW-v W b. sbM. 4 It h protr! drl-j Mtrrv-tMMi to crjltjr tcp. tH Ctlttrn in Uo ncljhsrlHVl. A .jam-viUii. Ca.. 4r &U sp MMpadl mHtt4 Ir a twV, r4 t lb Mil at Ul1 lima . ,&.! i-i-M-i ! nisi, a Rinlt vmtM?vMMi t the Vtam of aa oW .!I m tkvti M b trM to rin ih oUmt 4tg In tit rtl. na i, Mi t-pn nmM kih wto rtjM4 - A AtMtal tmkmti, imr aigrtM b hnm ihiuh4 .NHO. Tdwa , k Um frw)MPt4 ulraty ml r. Jot Ii rrt . Wlw K arv. wa a stave hm4 Issm1 ot brw4 nd tt mkvI -a vmmi Vs lM4 ai 4M U hW Um Ist Urtb ta tfco ri4. A a - m Um-jmu t4$im W Ihtm U dy. . ig m bi in vklyt. Ht s s-ttuatb -A Nt .rUma t&4y L )4f . da ll.MjgW" m. of tJ hi ettttM prtat tidli at Fall ltir Iwayqw-. wad .! U Ur thj wars. -et Wick U hW tstfMMnU Mk.M-tfy afWr ward U . Dm btratknl 4mli;m . cnlWs jit.t nsit4i ta JC- Itailrwuit bittor to tho mill mm- 4 miiiidiHg aa otplanntkni. la nHm bo rcviv a hadoitM h.arit tr bm v. itr'i. Th m f titamand tor tlpbt Urn Jlro-nnit- lm r.Uy tw, rHtlpU" la llagtaad FK 4Uoti4 m , In tho friMii hm4 1m-h .-t. ha4 It t ald otinbln tho u-r to to to t, iMa and corrrst aim in a Ui4 Uir-WU Th brilliant ar s dun) ttiot iMMto dlnt.'ly tho jtH; i htsMtghl tu Um hoMhlr th n.v in th mi nat tfc j altgiist.ont. amI tlto ty lak aln wtyls. out tl- l.tio-l hrf(Vt;ifm. Tbtt nwt ti drllltNC T4 Q im stnt.1 to ) n)MHt Ulo Jm, f an oil w-oll oa4r lh tm- Mstthaa It vnrln tuualty Intm t&Jfrl la rfiM, n'orillng to t4t dwfli. hmfm til preducltvn mHurs.t nn mrmrmt tfce urfwr... tb sa i tmmUimilj W 'I"V moUiisl piirii4 t tb mmtm ia UMb rt. A tltrrir-k t rt K mp an ib iHttttoltMl nttouf th vlL a4i a t raffN Iroa pp.t dH.wi thrMgfe vb fl mtHk until It nsvhii. tJ. wrttLl a.4t rt wore pul Into ou ! and mr mioUmm " tb f lty In ird tn. I I ing lire. However, as there was verv little ' "!e""v" ,of the village. Dr. ilrown met d.r..:;htintl.ehall,;.ud the umbrella stand I V'0'" I , T"" ,C '" J"lh, " Kn,V0 stoiht on a slab of jwlMieii granite, all might .' . ''.' In .rt'!,,Jr T9 s,r Johns in- wbUe that abe did ao to him. MatitafltoaUttw toboetl ciprocatabJBiaa, timiraiBM yet have been well; but it Was fated other wise. When the rags had been smoldering quietly for about half an hour, aud se-med ia a fair way to burn themselves out. a big rat. taking a constitutional in tljo vieinit.., attracted by the sinel I of burning beeswax-, came to set. what wn the matter. Natur ally burning his nose, he wh:kiil away in great wrath, and so upset the turjiot.tine bottle, to which there was no cork. In u:i instant the floor for a yard round wa; covered with burning spirit. There was nothing to Mop tho flames, which caught first the umbrellas, then the hall table and the woodwork of the stairs, and then the wainscoting, and any thing and every thiug that there was to catch. Harry Melville was the first to give the alarm but too late for the slightest hoje or extinguishing the .huac. In f.u-t. when once a large house, dry and airy and larpelv titled with woolwork, has fairly caught tiro a doen engines can not put it out liefore it is thoroughly gutted rrom basement to attic. The front staircase would soon bo impassa ble, so that when the guests were roused tho only thing to do was to lose no time in saving the women and themselves. When Harry saw this his first thought was for Nina, and he tone up stai-s with the flames litbrully at his heels. It was ho who ojeued the door at the bottom or tho corkscrew stair, admitting the volumes pf hot smoke as they rolled fiercely upward. He saw her, cat.dle in band, when she fell buck, blinded and coughing; the next moment ho had her in bis arms. He thought that there was still time to make a dash for it. down thj fiery stairs: It was the only chance to save her lire. Ono moment to wrap a blanket round his darling as a protection against the hungry flames, and then for tho rush. Whether he lived or died afterward did not matter if he could only struggle on to the bottom, where other hands would be ready to take charge of his precious burden. That moment's delay saved both their lives, for just as he snatched the blanket from the bed, when, if they had started at first, they would have been half way down the first flight, came a bang 1 crash: aa with a deafen ing noise a portion of the outer waU of the room and the whole of the corkscrew stair case fell while the whole building shook. In the gunroom, oa the second Moor, wen kept the stores for refilling empty cartridge cases, which Included two large Masks of teal powder which bad caie f ron Londoa only tbe day before. These, aa well aa sev eral hundred full cases, had exploded and eaased tbe damage. Retreat by the stair case waa now impossible. Under tbe win dow waa a sheer drop all the way to tbe grouad; a meakey coald aot have aaved himself there. The explosion had had one good effect, for la blowing out all tbe wiadowa, aad evea part of the outer wall aa that aide, it allowed tbe wiad, which waa Mowiagfreah, to take most of tbe saoke aad beat overte the other part of the heave; otherwise tbey Bust toe bare beea aafbeated. Tbey were stand lag together la tbe earner by tbe door. Though her feel were oa the greaad, Kiaa waa still ia bis am, wttk tha blaabet ipnry alter his patient: "Not so well as I could wish, by any incut: the burns were bad enough, and now a I-ver has come to complicate matter. He seems to have a splendid constitution, though, and that's half the b title. 1 shall telegraph to Loudon for a nur-e, and we ought to pull him through in a fortnight." -out wnai s.:ati you uo tin tne nurse comes." asked Nina. That." he replied, "is Just what 1 w:is coming to. Can you spare me l!r. Hick ley." (.Mrs. Hickley w-.uthe housekeeper ) "Stiocan bedcH.ndod upon, and wiil Is. nblo to carry out my intentions better than the eop!e at the inn." "Take her and one of the maid, too, doctor, if you like." said Sir John. "Nina, you go and sec about it" "Shan't we send u mes-agc. unclel" said Nina. 'Then you and I will wait in the Kagle till they come: and if any thing in wanted, 1 can do it." "Perhaps that would be lest," aid the docjnr. "1 am going to the vicarage, and will be the me.enger m.self. But tlrst come up aud see him." They entered the inn and went up stairs to the sick-room, the doctor leading the way. As ho opened the door he held his linger to bis lips as a sign for them to be silent. Captain Melville was sleeping soundly. "Splendid 1" said the doctor as soon as they were outside again. "But 1 takeno credit to myself. A good constitution, that's what's doao it. If he only sleeps on for a couple of hours now he is us good as cured. Now I must be off. There is some soup being made for him down stairs. He ought to have it the moment he wake. In fact. Miss Darlington, I think that the fcot plan would be to keep it in the room on tbo hob." "Uncle," said Nina. at soon as he bsd gone and the landlady had been dispatched for the soup. "Yes. my dear." Captain Melville has asked me to marry him." It was lucky that they were not in the sick room, for, Sir John's long-drawn Whew!" would nave aiost assuredly waked the invalid. "And. pray, when was thia arranged I" "Last night.' "la the conservatory I" -No." "During the fire l" "Yea." "And you said I" "Yea." And suppose I say aof" "But, uade, you won't say aa." O, well, siace yoa seem to be of that mlad, I suppose I had better aot. Give ae a kiss, you so leu little rogue, if tbey are aot all bespokea. Ha,ba,ba! Itblakthat I mast leave yoa ia charge here, aad go aad tell George. BeasJdlast aigbt tbattbne tbiags bad a woaderfal kaack ef comiag tight. This is tbe best piece ofaewal bad for maay a lea day." Aad m tha walked hack ta the rectory all who aow well he carried OafertVMa. ZllaawaeTc7 baser, sittiar at th to their credit. IIu expressly take-, for his model of "tho thinker, full of sagacity anil penetration.' a man with a lleshv double chin, coupled with a nose rounded at the end. The por trait ho fives is i.vt'ii h.-tt.M- flinti tin ! letter-pro", a the gentleman js Hmiid with nt leat live chin, so that hi. lowet jaw is a vista of magnificent distance. ' lunjh lh-.iitrh like ashitigton. This happy physi ognomy of the double chin coupled with the rounded noe. chtirneturixc.. hi tells us. tho mind which can rie te height, and which follow;, its design.- ! Puzzled Mi Y. grow mad at till, and slammed the door in Mr. X' face, and reported to lo-r mother that sh had just convened with a manioc. A groat dititrbanco shook tho neigh- borhood in consequence of thi inter view, but mutual friend tcpped In and explained to tho Indie- the truo origin of the ditlieulty. and thev grew to be f.-ist friend nfterward. I'U'j- THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL. I4lfj uuu.Iovcd bv Let, therefore, these with I Tin. 'lly l'r IVirr llullt lot lb .M If !ir of tlir Nria. There wa a sublime ru!hlen about tho Czar l'eter which reminds u at every tep of tho operation of the force of nature What rooked with retleetiug tirmncs obstinacy doub'e chins rejoice, whether they pos- ses rounded no-es or not. and quote he how many of .o.) icrf. whom ho Lavater in grtititude. He gives again ( itnpres-ed every year to build hii city, another example of the ilouhlc maiton. 1 perished in the marsh? A little a and the face o endowed, he say. en- j the. earthquake which engulfs a city or into tloi oLhr. tho Auri! wontri kloic tho lwan. i MalherK Tlwr" aroiilr tvro lwn tlful thing In the world--wom-m nail roe.. and only two fWtrot tltltip women and ini'HMo. Hu'wrlAtton (K woman. In ordl- ttiii;,itie:iliv, is l.eaon own image, lie quite revels in thi feature. He takes an example of Raphael with a ' beautifully rounded double chin, and in criticising it ho acknowledge-, that the ! profile is wanting in truth, harmony. and grace: but then. a.ks he. how i. it ' it so strongly take captive our sym tho typhoon which ib olaty a province He wa an olemetit-tl force "inhodied in human form and what a forcy. Xo ono can properly appreciate the colo il energy of the man until ho 1m had some acquainUmeo with the unconquer able inertia of the jwop.e whom i'etor Kt him-elf to force into step with na- dUtliieI rbraotilMtfi!, tdl ka n ta ttr4 lr4 ? &i Um jmti autlwrtty a to thy Otm & trrorr thiHg l hi!iry ttV phim Wrought by a rt-U fMh aljbt V tbtt 1hmi if rU h tiNMt fc- tuaaa I tdg tif m4ms ra net rt4 'ITa narv mts. wro a morUi. how in onronrtiojiMt fi-fewd lUw4tNH4 )Ua the great and mr.. .tv-at f Mfo dol " M. X . iW .jbrnng. " thou "II inu til naeal! 1 "ITi-tlie whu?" ab4 hm i. Savillo- WtMjieu ltvf moro -tr.JH)U j " 'IVlsfliMau, X . t in their lxk than we Hova la our la ! oaf Uwlt bl lwt Imu) mm klM btf and moto powr by thHr ttair Umwi rbrdirf-fUl rmd b. HtM.e4 w. lutvc by toir arguiweni. j Mily. by wajr wfoayUnatlaw -tt Kmerori -A lxraaUf.il vromas Is a ! r alr la rf.i.. .tr. " VwW$ practicitl jH":.UMnmsbriagt aw4-. Utw.i. AFrccriNO v.oMoa. ttf .! J.. .xiIIh.,1, TWftf ns aa "sipitnwkMa raj4t ia tb RmgfUk rf trMrb &m "u4 haniiMwiMMi iU Uka wf IfeaZ UMy rku-rm mi mm tfc m mm4 ... . . . . rsk . give a ymatllxlatr h'tartas: v mum i - mt. i r-j i .. plif . who urn In hitc. IV Utry orr aid. ttb bbb th- ---- "If ntlfc 4 22 tdantln1' t.niderao". !o nad queue., in all whom -b apWKUiw. Anna Cam Mowalt MWoruia. -prinkln aehe on Uh birt oi Xhm woman nwi bring forth gwusw of strength of which tha h-ewslf haw no CoafKi'HI HtSssio. Thnfktjniv Almo; all umm will tloiy grow young again In t44 mvme--ntion atnl renew vb4r own rly time. Moa are not quit m gwieraw. I M P R OVeVhE HO RS E S. tuitliv3 ")iip ! tht lllttiiirt5 Af.Y. ft in. ?iirtflrsiI-A if i'. !: iti t1 ti. rf ' awi V lit IWllt OII.I T, .!'..' -.-.-W'tV"t- IX 4JI.T wwW ..,,-.. Iv in the chin, he answer., and as the . Mucovv. Kven to tlii-i dav hi conn- ing l-ttr lHrs in tbo nigtaMM t (.. chin is a double one. the matter is no trymen have not quite made up their I is longer a mystery. Ho points trium- ' minds whether lie wn- a thnd or an phantly to Cicero's magnificent double J archangel, antichrist, or a a new ava chin. and in a burst of oloquoncc. ays of tar. Hut -ttroly in all h:tory there are Wren's that, if you can find a man with , few more pathetically tragic sp.tacl (among other things) such a chin a ! than thi tremendous battle with mud that, without being gifted with some : giant. on the part of thi m.td.rn extniordinary talent, he renouuees for-. Thor, a struggle coatanlly r.; ever the .science of physiognomy, j newol by hi unconqnemblo will. What Lavater has thus laid down, j but constantly thwarted by that tu experience simply corrobonito. The i pidity againt which the god them-double-ehinned. therefor., should hold i solve contend in vain. I -unp.e Mr. I ttful mlad. r.." W!.vMa.' Mu-z u tfc mm rrri mpv'r ( i..rv ,.i o. - i (srv-r; b It I la mri, athiila av ,,,-n.i mil in... -,. . tMt , T ,. T.T. A very cunrntm HXet. for aot bn. wiwti,,,. .4HS1- .. awi -. lt id tittat ..-,,.- .,. . t t ff. --." .rrr r no itemnan tr aca an.u. 1. th j,,, aU . ,. i- of U-n rWal that a Hen4 -. tfco ,, nwmj pr-sMaos goti enmigh;aod tiutt brwodlag frw , to Karr'4l." j pr, f.,,,, a fitll-bb-Kln.1 niial t lt skhi j lhflt ,, rj, 'l thrown awny. Kt j-rtoro ha- ilmtatttr- j wa. .j, Wil Umt.iUmr .jy u , strati dlUerfntly. ll h lr - I --!- ltigb --H Ian al rlfc." liko many wrUoHtm- ro. "m trl J Ur .vrtilal7 mt)trm aM mgt4wW worthy horis nr-r find inr -plw. 1 .,, -ts,,--,, , .,.. .. . m i mm - r- - r r - r mrwm tm mi . r iri - would heroic seo in tho attempt to their heads up higher, in the conei- J Auberon Herbert entiousness of motlost merit, and jfive j story of Peter's free play aud just prominence to their j knout a nation into reform a telling certificate of character. It i, as f objc:t leon a. to the fatuity of all hinted uliovc. rather diflicult at preent j efTort to force th pnisu o' nature. Hut to tell who is endowed and who is not. I l'eter himolf. with !U fiery cnergv I'ortntit-painters are craven enough to I and unconquerable will, was at lea.t dissimulate a double chin: they leave it to the caricaturist, who seem to think it great fun for a popular statesman or poet to havo two chins, wberea-s thoe appendage are the secret of their success. Some of our most observant writers have got a glimpse of the truth; Mr. Wilkie Collins, for instance. He very properly credits Count Fosco, the man of daring, resource and determin ation, with a double chin, to which Foco"s pet cockatoo calls public at tention, by rubbing his head against it ia the most appreciative Baooer pos sible, out your ordiaary norelist would sever have thought of that. Aa aa Englishman, by tbe way. oae natu rally turns to Shakespeare, to tm whether his appearance corroborate Lavater' s view. Shakespeare un doubtedly foresaw the poiat, aa ha foresaw every thisff else, but he waa sufficiently artful to wear just aaosf h beari to place it is eternal doubt whether he had a double chin or not Thus heleares it open to nil partiea. single-chinned or double, to quote hia as an instance ef say thing they UJm, which, after all. ia the great we whieh a. fundamental a ple'e of nature a tho slugglshno aad superstition with which he waguri so Qr' a war. I: i true he failed in much, aad nauir thing havo not turned out as h hoped. Kven St. R;terburg i now admitted to tccupy by no means tht most desirable site o n the Russian & board. The mortality among the Icrie whoe labor b-tilt the city wa grsat. but the number who perish by the m- heAlthines of tbo sits year affcrr yemr. even to this day. is still more appall ing. The death rate of St. P!--rsburjj Ls nearly double that of London, aad. even if all allowance L taaJe for tM difference of aaaitary sdeno:. the xaor tality due to the site aebrctAi by Peter eaa hardly ho leas thas 10 per l.O per annum. As the population at the capital is 939.000, this is oqui valest to aa anaual hecaioab of 9M) ric&as sacrificed to th maae of the Despot Reformer. Ownlcmpmraty MecUr They say that n Baajror tawyer. aeted for beiag ahsenV-adaded. cat up his own stain the ether day. and aeiag a notice on hi door -Reck nt te i "rrtet ujflo'?.. Hut H a f '" I laf. rilrr. tial t.r I v.r dth. 'Ja--Jt - mtUly got-1 animal 1- ril in nho. ; ia y; frsJ ..j.. Uu,. , any x'tlm nnd thert-l to J-jWiatfUaasw TaaWiL for them almtMl e.ry who., mw; or M-rll-. f'-;,W Ij. uM going hundred of mr. to "ww tA jw UttM u Mpfxu few animal. Vor "Uimple, feoW f tfair ii hn W U.- .ji farmer go into a e country, whrw , -j,. wb-?;, .pp ttr WJ JtiWr .. . .v 3..i,.. inw X-ttV CM! ... - Uie- - . .-..-. .. - -- -..-.- jfn -nq rilMHrt-r tfi th. .. (. ... ftra ulus. t ttA I nrrru ji-- - ..-. - i- - ' - Ul.ts.-f animal m.itt will oniy i-tw j:" - "- .----- . utj, m -4xiirxi 4 ..W Ho furth-nw.r b; ttot tvtractcn H;oe-,. tfc ka aou. .j over hi neighbor of btag lh- JU-t fl J . &k jj., that t-xtion to -Ur tb firM. asd uj, y UXr ,mM i l rFk. rarr all s it JL . a . a 1 .-WV jri S-l"-. Zm a. Iirlf31fM ? T. t'P L bocld h- hr- a f &A Wjt4. Uh. Uf0tt ,4 fc SmMfmt fc for aJ it b- -ry X ! frrtmr ' fc.i Ur ttUhU. -.. .r lor him to A! t ho u,,,, wrprrd - mh tey.. w a .!.! ,'s-aV's & . fm " . J- hurer will naturally Co.ay u him lor inforn:Urf r-rrding oUt-t ajar. ix- "?'" i.'V. tii dttrrt3 S4 a. . ,,4. j, ew aniraal in bl leo of reoet-. the ; UUr U'. 14 114 virtually aiding In ublUhir tor hi frf4Ulk,w - hnmkmt ,t , a. retnitAtirtn a a hrr-drr of rvt. i- dinrl with lW . . aal. Nor thl a!osr, be m lt haTc the exprijeo in his lis of htyrniag. whi4ih a!oa- is aiit cer tain sococ. With Vbrrni --as-iU to artual bias la hi projret. whC otiM.r rv thiakia abwt It ? Js at wo. WTslie tbryr beriasint. h I. ralargtsf aad iproric i hxnl. True he I istraawtl i crHg saritrt tnr theft. hbX he lov sthlt mad caias aHch. eeh ha r the experiesr 0 awy a-p-bbrhe--l. Brtrd g&Bd aslaaaU always Inm rrrls tred (aot snerely -ymAtrr') walm. Crvaie a ssppty ef f & the 4esand will c-rtaksly ljig.a irea year to jraar erer aad ahn the acpylyQrenf JmM Fmrmmr. mmwmrm mi the Ured mmm b- hh 4 w 1B "Si t . V trpo; mm. a he Ura,, 1, Iafa.t. tnmlhm ! tmm kn ii wt ol his !cmc U j mmi fvltmUm. Ah H U a wed tf mrrvm evea UsHts fu fct w aaay mrs. bwt. a ajrp4l4 v JW . rtUtrxls dead. tW. J, .v-. ! -rr ae mmrri . aiSe sctii.hlidbi. fea v, tU hs,. " r -i-hdi, th, m tJiL -J'-re V, th Ut. H kl - 4. as aa.ii i. .j V A f n rearSBlMpnaUy last fe v 4fkalni tobepitieittba Ol. taktac e'c.eck." sat down ta wait St they wen gatacte alwajrifcen putlft itanlly kesea jr. m.