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THE BEIL BEDSKINS. A 1'arty of Ther > \ Captured by tl I mounted Police--I'curw lintcrtalnc I for the People nt Port Pitt. ' Wlnnepcjr dispatch ot the 10th : Latenev from tiattlciord says fourteen persons In i were killed by the Indians on Frog lake , party of forty Indians approached Fort Pit and as It was thought they were going i make an attack fire was opened upon them i Ion ; ? range by the mounted police In the for Tno Indians were killed and the others hastl ! reticated. Another report , which comes froi Gen. Widdleton's party , says that fifty rebel were taken prisoners at Battleford whethi Indians or half-breeds is not known. B ba tcry and the Queen's Own arrived at Swii Current to nght. ! Ample supplies for an ai vancc are on the way there from WInnepcf The Hudson Hay company this afternoon n celved another dispatch from Prince Alber stating that the balance of Carlton which wa not consumed at the time it was evacuated b Irvine and Crozlcr has been burued by th rebels. Archbishop Tachc was iutei viewed this afternoon. Among othc things , he said : If the rising is confine to the half-breeds It will not amount t anything at all. I feel euro they would nc attack any one , as they plav the roll of d ( fenslve , but If attacked T would not accomi for what they would do , but I know the would run. If the Indians rise gcnerallv th whole aspect is changed. There will lie n end of trouble. It-\illbe perfectly horrible but I keep hoping they will not rise as a bodj I would aivlse the government to at one send a strong force of troops and deal wit them by no half-way measures. The Indian arc by nature cowards , and take as much dc light In scalping a woman or child as a man but If you can overawe them they are see : rendered submissive. When I say deal wit them by no half-way measures , I do not meai to slaughter them by the thousand , but If the continue to act in the manner they appea to be doing It may be necessary to make an example ample of them. Continuing , the archbishop said : "I an very much surprised at the Indians rising , be cause even in their wildest moments they wer always friendly to the whites. Ever since came to this countrv I have never know ] these Indiaus-to be other than friendly to ou missionaries , and also to the Hudson Ba otliclals ; Indeed , to any whites. I hav' always contended that the half brcei was the link which bound the Indians to th white people , and the moment that is brokci the bond is severed and there is no knowing t < what distance the Indians may go. As for m ; opinion of Kiel , I am deeply sorry for him. . think he may be m'sjudgcd ! lie usuallvcoun helled constitutional measures , but if Kiel ha really incited the Indians to rebel and rise , ht has Incurred a great responsibility the magni tilde of which he can never be awaie. I cotilc not excuse him for that act. " The Sixtv-flftl battalion , from Montreal , arrived at Wlnne peg this morning and went west for Calgari this afternoon. The Ninth battalion , Iron Quebec , is expected to-morrow. Col. Smith's battalion will leave in a day or two and Scott's " as soon as its equipment "is complete. Th < telegraph line to Battleford has been repairec and is working to-night. Inspector Morris , with the mounted police , made a raid on th < half-breed camp near town last week and rap turcd ten men and a number of women and children. MISS ADA SWEET. The Fair Pension Agent IVIio Kcfimea to Go--TIie Action ol" Commissioner Klack. Washington special : Pension Commission er Black is a sad and lonesome man if there is one in Washington to-night. He has been raked over the coals yesterday and to-day by the secretary and president in a way to cau tion him forever against the folly of asking a I woman to resign a public oflice. It is said at ) the Interior department that the first thing tl 3Ir. Lamar did Monday was to send for Mr. Black. When he came he told him in calm and dispassionate but terribly strong and cut ting language , that he had done an act which Involved the whole administration in trouble. The secretary surprised and convinced Gen. Black at once by showing him the folly of writing to an official of the president's making to ask . "Don't understand " for a resignation. you , the secretary Is reported as saying , "that there are foriibs that must be observed even by a pension commissiot er. The president of the United States made Miss Sweet a pension agent. It will require the action of the presi dent of the United States to remove her. Any proposition from you looking to her removal Bhould Save been sent from this office , and from here scut in the proper manner to the ex ecutive. " The president has taken no action whatever on Miss Sweet's case. Col. Lament eays the reference by the president of Miss Sweet's telegram to the interior denartment without comment has no significance. This action was taken by President Cleveland In sccordance nith his rule to Tefcr all papers received by him relating to changes in office to the proper department. A prominent civil service reformer , who is an intimate fri nd of the president , said to-day : -"The president Is as yet in no way responsible lor anything that has been done in the matter. Be had no information as to what was contemplated - -templated , and the time has not yet arrived ior him to take action. Nothing can be done now without the president's approval , and to suppose that he will suspend Miss Sweet and designate ter successor without reason Is 3 ? "uspect Lim ot treason to his principles , and a breach of faith and promise of which there is no just ground for be lieving him capable. If Miss Sweet is suspended , it will be because there are good and sufficient , reasons. If there are no such reasons she will remain undisturbed. " Some men , who thought a week ago Black might be circled to the senate from Illinois , now say he . Stalwart republicans s no longer a possibility. cans says , however , that &ackwill make capi tal out of the affair. A good many democrats who got the cold shake when they came to Washington for offices admire a man who shows such directness in getting the republi cans out that he ignores the president and goes right at the work himself. Miss Sweet is complimented on all sides for her shrewdness in reporting Black to the president. MABBIAQE OF MIDGETS. Itlrs. Gen. Tom Tliumb Wedded to tne Count Prime Ulagrl of Italy. A New York dispatch of April 6th gives the following account of the marriage of Mrs. Gen. Tom Thumb : Mrs. Charles S. Stratton , known better to the world as Mrs. Tom Thumb , to-day assumed for the second time the ties of marriage , being uni'.ed In wedlock to the Count Prime Magri of Italy , a gentleman of about her own dimensions who has won some distinction in variety shows. It had been de cided to have the wedding take place quietly in church and admit only invited guests. A list was made out of a sufficient number to comfortably fill the church of the Holy Trinity. The ceremony took place at 3 o'clock this afternoon. At 2 o'clock the throng was so dense in F .rty-sccond street and Madison avenue that traffic was obstructed until fifty rranged a passage. The cro d policemen entirely made up of women and prls. By was in the of the o'clock all the seats body 2:30 the galleries were filled , and church and by lonj ItaS of guestsWan to form in the aisle Ml wmhute ? fore3 o'clock a carriage before the church door , and there rolled tremendous up cheering from the crowd as .n descended the steps accompa- n fiance's bridesmaid Miss Lucy vs than Mrs. Thumb. who is no larger om.geu * , . u Stein the church were ssff w 8 kins was waiting. Thcro was a htuh as tl bridesmaid and the best roan stood aside at Dr. Watklns read the Episcopal marriage BC vice , the Count nutting the tiny ring upon Ji bride's finger with adcctional devotion. 1 soon as the sentence of the clergyman mac thm man and wife Count Magrl threw h arms about his wife's neck and kissed he There wns laughter In the church when the ta clergyman stooped over and kissed the lltt bride. The crowd were still In waiting outside < the church when the newly married pair can forth to enter their card ice , ami followed tl vehicle to the Murray Hill Hotel , where tt reception was held. A LONG JOURNEY. TJmt of American irilfiwloiinrics Bonn Tor Interior Africa. The United States consul at Sierra Loom under date of February 21st last , Informe the state department of the arrival there c Dr.Vm. . Taylor , American bishop for Afrlci together with Dr. Somcrs and Mr. Chatelaine on or about the 2d of January , on their wa to Liberia , where they stop for a short tlm hefore proceeding to St. Paul DC Loandc There arrived also at Sierra Leone , on Fcbrr ary 19th , another party of missionaries o their way to Loanflo. They Intend to nrocee toward the Interior of Africa In the hope o meeting a party starting from the caster coast Sixteen "of these people are chlldret ; the two 3oungest being llfteen mouths an the others twentyhree months old. Shoul they arrive at Loando they will have to mak a voyage of over 8,000 miles from New Yor via Liverpool. They propose going 1,000 mile at least into the interior. Bed Cloud on the "War Path. Washington special to the Omaha Herald Dr. T. A. Bland says to-night : "Since th arrival of Chief lied Cloud In Washington w have received letters from quite a number o white men of prominence residing in Siou : and Cherry counties , Nebraska , and other lo calltles in the vicinity of Pine Ridge rcserva tion urging us to do all we can to aid Re < Cloud in his efforts to secure the removal o Agent McGillicuddy and the appointment o an agent that will be satisfactory to the In di.ins. These men say that shoulJ Red Clout fail in his mission an outbreak may be expect ed , as old Red Cloud could not longer hold hi warriors from removing the agent by violence which would precipitate a conflict that wouli probably be disastrous to that whole country They think that if the chief should , on reach Ing Valentine , Nebraska , on his return , re port that the secretary would not remove Me Gilllcuildy , It would create a panic among th ( settlers of northwestern Nebraska and a gen eral stampede from that country. - ev * - - A Massacre In China. From Information brought to San Franciscc by the steamer Oceanic it is learned that the Shanghai Meicury says that the viceroy of the Yunau and Kwee-Houg provinces has issued j decree commanding the destruction of all Roman Catholic converts. The decee also orders all Roman Catholic converts and all onigncrs to be killed. Reports have reached Shanghai that several Roman Catholic settle ments have already been destroyed and several hundred converts killed. The village of Kiu- yaping , which is two days' journey from Tall , is reported to have been destroyed and four converts and tno priests Miled. The only reason which Is assigned by the Chinese vice roy for the massacre is that the Roman Catho lics were going to revolt against the Chinese * " government. Plot to Assassinate a Governor. A special from Coshocton , Ohio , says the Democratic Standard of that placd , gives pri vate information of a plot to assasjinate Gov. Eloadly last Monday. It says the governor re- : elved through the mail a small wooden box , rom one end of which hung a string. The jovernor's suspicion being aroused he caused ; he cover of the box to be removed. A care fully arranged infernal machine , loaded with lynamite. slugs and spikes was disclosed to riew. The string was so adjusted that to have mlled It the governor would have caused an xplosion and doubtless lost his life. It is aid the authorities are at work on the case md for that reason the facts have not before icen made public. Death of Richard Grant White. Richard Grant White died of gastritis at his louse in New York on the 8th. He had been U all winter. Richard Grant White was born a that citv on the 23d of May , 1822. For icarly thirty years he has been constantly he- ore the public as a writer of magazine and ewspaper articles upon literary and art mat ers. He was also the author of the articles n Shakespeare and Shakespearean literature i both Appleton's and Johnson's cyclopoedias' The Plan of the Mormons , The Salt Lake Tribune is authority for tfce ssertlon that a leading Mormon bishop has eclared that the priesthood ha& concluded liatit would he cheaper to buy a statehood for Ftah than endure the annoyances the polyga- ilsts are now being subjected to by the en- orcement of the laws. Among the laity this- j now considered to be the plan of the Merion ion campaign. - m i m On the Bench at Eighty-Eight Sir James Bacon , with whom the of- ice and the designation of vic& chan- seller will pass awajr into the history of mr judicial system , holds gallantly on o the bench , though , as the papers lave already reminded us , he has en- ered his 88th year. Perhaps the eir- sumstance that next August he will lave completed the fifteen years of ju- licial service necessary to entitle him o the retiring pension of nearly 4,000 las something to do with this determin- ition to forswear for the present his veil-earned leisure. For , the rest , liere is no reason why he should retire ret awhile. His voice , ife is true has est its distinctiveness , but his intellects . His judgment s as vigorous as ever. n the "Weldon case the other day was ilear , complete , convincing and intelli gible as well to the lay as to the profes sional mind. London World. An Untrustworthy Man. Colonel Bottleham , the man ivhosa lewspaper does so much toward shaping : he political sentiment of the south , en tered his'office the' other morning and isked if th.- editor had come. "No , sir , " the. " o > k-keeper replied ; "we have [ ust receive , word that he is dead. " "Why , confound his picture , he prom ised to bo down early this morning and write an article about the wonderful growth of our circulation. I am tired af fooling with untrustworthy men , and tiereafter I shall edit the paper myself. Dead , indeed , ! " Arkansaw Traveler. SPIRIT OF POETBYk I. fine steers the stars through Heaven's azui deep ; She lifts the leaden eyelids of the mom ; On distant hills she winds thn hunter's hort And wakes the lonely shepherd from his sleep She scales the dizzy ledge whoe torrents leaj And hangs the.bloom upon the brlstlin thorn ; She gits for hours in solitude forlorn , With downcast eyes , where hapless lover weep. When Sprlnjj comes up the vale In Winter' trace She plucks the blossom from the bud's en brace ; She binds the golden girdle round the bee , And lends the lily's luster co the pea ; She curves the swallow's wing , and guides It flight , And tips the dewy meads with twinkling llghl n. She rides , she revels on the rushing storm , She suns her pinions on the rainbow's rim- , She laves lu mountain pools ter snowy limb As sweetly chaste as Diau , and as warm ; In summer lields she bares her blushing arm And sings among the reapers. By the din Light ot autumijal moons , her tresses BWit On gales Lethean , with assuasivecharm. Into the chamber of the alchemist She peers , or , through some half-closei lattice , Fees Her lover by the wanton night-wing klssed- Anon , she walks the ditn Ilesper.dcs , Or , mingling with the spirits of the mist , Dances at will along the darkling seas. J. JN" Matthew in The Current. CARLETON LEIGH'S FOLLY. How it rained that day ! "From morning to night one unceasing down pour swept along in blinding gusts. The wind came wailing over river and valley , sounding dreary and desolate to the inmates of Leigh Manor House , set on the hill amid its groves ol maples which were just budding in the early spring-time of the year. Carleton Leigh threw down the book he had been reading , arose from the sofa with a yawn , lit a cigar , and with his hands in his pockets sauntered lo the window. In front spread out a pale blank of driving rain , and farther on the avenue of trees that led from the broad highway to the mansion , through whose branch es he could see the river in the valley below , and the roofs and steeples of the distant village. Overhead the dis mal April sky , leaden and sunless , spread lar and near , above and below , all was dull and desolate. at's a terrible storm , " he said after a time as he turned from the window to the elegant room with its carpets and ( npestric'J , bronze cabinets and rich upholstered furniture , all lighted up by the the cherry blaze that burned on the marble hearth. "Do you suppose our friends will come , Carl ? " asked Mrs. Leigh , glanc ing up from her embroidery. " 1 tent James an hour ago with the carriage , nnd i hope they will not dis appoint us. We ate getting lonesome here. Cousin Klliec'Jfgay laugh will make the old rooms merry. Are you acquinted with her friend Miss Armi tage ? " "I used to know her , though we were never very great friends. I think there is Creole blood in her veins. She is very beautiful , but I always thought her a trille vain and deceitful. I am almost sorry she and Ellice are such great friends , and that she is coming here. " "Fie , Lillias , " said her stately , six foot , handsome husband. "The more the merrier , and I am glad she is good looking. I detest homely , dowdy women. 1 should never have married vou if you had not been passably fair. [ believe they called you a beauty in those days , and I don't see that you liave faded very much , though yoked Lo such a tyrant as myself. " Lillias Leigh blushed like a girl. 3he was indeed a pretty woman , and ihe looked very sweet and graceful ; hat afternoon in her stylish dress 'of Durple velvet , and her brown hair sweeping in short curls from its coifure ipon her neck. She was only 23 , and hey had been married only three rears. "On , you flatter,17 she said smiling- y , "doubtless yea think I shall be ealous of MissArmitage , but I shall lot , Carl. 1 know my husband ; and low promise me that you will treat mr friends with ) due courtesy. You ire disposed to > bea little brusque iometimes. IJTow for my sake do not ) e rude. " He drew himself up with an air of nock gravity. "I flutter myself that . shall make as agreeable a host as you nay desire , and if Miss Armitage is rery very handsome , why , I I may -whew ! there is-the-carriage now. " Carleton Leigh was-hardly prepared o see so superb a beauty as met his syea when Maud1 Armitage stepped rom the carriage into the hall like a > ird seeking safety from the storm. Lnd as Ellice Beauaaonfc introduced hem in her easy , nonchalant way , Cousin Carl , my friend Miss Armi- age , " and he held for a moment the mall warm hand an glanced into the lark slumberous eyes , ne was thrilled vith a power and a * magnetism such as 10 had never experienced before. After supper whan the lamps wore ighted and they all adjourned to the > arlor he had time-to study her. How lifferent she was from Cousin Ellice , vho was a small , lively thing , running > ver with laughter. Maud Armitage vas tall and queenly , with a voluptu- ms languor that told of Southern jlood. Her eyes were very dark and ustrous , her face almost pale with ust a faint sea-shell tint on either jheek , and her hair , neither brown lor black , bat of a pale gold which ihe wore like a coronal upon her head , night have rivalled the glow and splendor of the fabled Lilithis. Each shining strand was a fairy chain to aind as with the gyves of a slave the leart of a man. She was a brilliant conversational ist , and Carl , who had some talent in that direction when he chose to exer cise it , soon found himself engaged in a most delightful discussion with bis lovely guest. At a late hour they separated , and as Carl took his wife's arm and walked up to their chamber it suddenly flashed into his mind that until that moment he had not been cognizant of Lillias1 presence once that evening. The days and weeks pessed at Leigh Manor House. The June roses were showering their rosy leaflets- down over the lawn which sloped to th river , like an expanse of emerald vel vet ; the apple trees hud just lost thci mantle of pink bloom , and raornin ; and night the thrushes sanjr from th maples a whole orchestra of mad , be witching music. Very merry were th doings at the mansion boating on th river , riding in the park , playing1 crc qnet or tenuis in the garden , and play ing and singing in the dim , shadow ; parlor , or talking on the piazza ii the soft moonlight. Carleton Loigl thought it was the happiest summer o his life. He scarcely realized , though , hov powerful an influence Maud Armitafjc had obtained over him. He simpb know that he was best content whei in her company , that the sunlight wai brighter when she rode with him , am the evenings more delighful as shi sang her old ballads with an art ant a sweetness that held him spellbound , He was drifting , drifting with the tide , and yet he knew it not. Only on < was conscious of it , and she only in t vague , uneasy way- the wife who fell that he was changed. Someway she feared more than she knew , and hei fair countenance began to wear an anxious , foreboding look , and sonic times the soft brown eyes were full.oi tears. Carl noticed his wife's changing looks one day , and very gravely asked if she was ill. "No , CarJ , L feel quite well. " "But you are pale , nnd you are los ing ilesh. See how thin you are , Lil- lias ! " and he slipped the diamond ring up and down the slender finger that he remembered at one time had quite filled the golden circlet. "It is the hot season perhaps , " she said , turning away her head. "You ought to go out doors more. Won't you go boating with us this af ternoon ? " asked Carl , solicitously. "No , thank you Carl : I do not care to. " "Then come out and play croquet on the lawn with us , Lillias. " "I never play croquet , you know , " she replied with a siirh. "Hullo , Sir Cavalier ! " cried Maud's silvery voice , "so you are making love to your wife while your guests are suf fering from ennui ! Don't sit here like an owl , but come out into the sun. " She laughed gayly and went out , and he arose and followed her. In her com pany he forgot the momentary thought that had troubled him. That afternoon they took a row up on the river. Carl , Maud , Ellice , and Guy and Stella Vincent , two young folks from a neighbor's house. 'Never had Maud appeared so queenly , never had her conversation been so brilliant. She fairly facinated them all by her scintellations ol wit , her quickness of repartee , her rare faculty for story telling And poor Carl admiringly listened while through his brain llasli- 3d the thought , "If I was free I could win this glorious creature. Why can not Lillian be as brilliant ? " It was nearly dark as they walked ; ip to the house , and the grounds were lira in the twilight shade. "Stella * must Lillias' , Guy , 3011 see : ese tree , " cried cousin Ellice. "It is i wonder , " and she led them to a dis- ; ant part of the garden. "I am tired , " said Maud. "I think i little music will cheer me. Mr. L.eigh , shall I not sing to you ? " He bowed , murmuring some gallant ipeech , he scarcely knew what , as she lashed her sorceress eyes full upon lim. lim.The The piano stood in a far off , shad- > wy corner of the long high parlor , md her white hands sparkling with ings went straying over the ireys with nasterly skill. It was no scaoolgirl ingle ; every note breathed fire and > assionr flames from the hot burning Southern heart of the pioud beauty inging. She had a rich , clear voice , till and plaintive , and was a perfect nistresa of it. It ) was an Italian opera that she ungfull : of love and passion , and of nusic-to < ? > and she played it from nemory. Carl went and stood by her ideand' gazed down upon theim- . eriously beautiful face. The be witching spell of her music and her icauty , and the dreamy stillness of he hour fairly Infioaicafed him. He elfc that he-oould have- fallen upon his : nees there and worshipped her. She finished the opera , and the jew- lled hands- went vraadering tremu- ously over the ivory , the long black ashes veiling the dark lustrous e3'es. 'inally she stopped , whirled round on .er stool , and said' , , with one of her ewildering smiles : "I am going away to-morrow , Mr. icigh. So youniusS prepare to bid ae eood-bye : . " "Going away ! 'r &egasped. . "O laud , where ? " "Home down South. I am tired f this northern climate and the cold earts in it. Oh , , my beautiful Louisi- " na ! that any one "should prefer this ountry to you ! " Carleton ? Leigh turned white a mo- lent , and ; then a hot flush swept over is face. He grasped one of the soft ly handsami kneeling cried : "I cannot let you go. Stay , hero , laud , andbe the- sunshine of my lite , never knew till now what a paradise ou have-made this world to me. Will oti go. and leave me when I oh , God , hat am I saying ? " MaudArmitage placed her other and in his and stooped forward , gaz- ig with Tier beautiful eyes upon his trained , passion-heated face. "You love me , Carl'she breached , [ e-raised both hands to his lips ram- ig kisses upon them till they were as ushed as her cheeks. "Love you ! Great Heavens , I " 'he merry laugh of Ellice and the oices of their friends on the piazza nt his instant startle them both. Maud urned suddenly to the piano and truck up a lively air. Carl arose and ighted the lamps. Two hours later he lighted a cigar nd wandered mechanically out among he garden paths. He caine to a ht- le summer-house , and with a sigh en- ared and sat down on a rustic seat , [ is brain was in a whirl ; he could not hink clear , and he sank into a stupid everie. He was aroused by the sound of a oice her voice ; it thrilled him all ver like a draught of wine. The oft rustle of feminine garments paus- . * * ii ed near him and ho heard Maud sa ; ( "Ellice , I shall conquer. If you hti not interrupted us I should have we his confession to-night. But I kno that he loves mo. I told him that I w ; going away to-morrow , but I shu stay a few days longer now. " "Is it worth the while , Maud ? asked her companion , half reproael fully. "You do not love him , un think how much sorrow you niu cause. " 'No , I do not love him , " roturne the syren , her voice as silvery as ovei "But I have sworn that Lillias Gate , husband shall bow at my foot. Who I hayo disgraced him and woundc her my work is done , and not ti then. " "I had hoped you would chanc your mind , "Maud. It is a wicke thing. You will not prosper. " Maud Armitago laughed one < those light silvery laughs which ha been so captivating heretofore I Carleton Leigh , but which sou tide like a mockery to him now. "Wicked ! What of it ? Itwillonl serve him right for being false to s fair a wife ! " He heard no more , and for a m < ment ho was like one striken dent Could she be so treacherous and ha he been so vile ! Thank Heaven lhi he was" warned in time. The syre should not triumph over him ; and hi wife , his deeply-injured , dearly-b ( loved wife , should yet bo proud of husband's devoted love. How woul he not atone for his late infatuation- the sin of the last few weeks. Ho fel as though he could crawl in the dus to that injured wife's feet and crav her forgiveness. What had he bee thinking of ? He must have been it o sane. There was a sudden noise and out cry at the mansion , the flashing o lights and the hurrying of feet. Wou dering wiiat the matter could be Carleton Leigh arose and walkei slowly up the path. On the piazza h came face to face with Janet , th chambermaid. "Oh , Master Leigh , poor mistrcs is dead entirely. She is lying on th carpet white as a corp-e , and there i nut a breath in her body. " Carl did not stop to ask any ques tions. The blanched face and wil < eyes of the girl told that she spok < what she thought the truth ; and will a strange look on his marble face hi sped up stairs to his wife's room. "Lillias ! Lillias ! " he cried , bending over the stricken figure that lay p < white and helpless on the floor.Oh Lillias , speak to me. " But the wife answered not. and though he chafed the chilled hands and addressed her by a hundred en dearing names there was no motion , no response , till the old family doctoi arrived and tried the potency of hit restoratives. "She had a shock. Something has been wearing on her brain and nerves , " said the grave , gray-haired physician. "She is very ill , but by the grace of God she may recover. " "Save her life , and my fortune is yours. Only save her. " "I cannot promise. It rests with God , but 1 shall do my best. " After the doctor hadgone Ellice and Maud came to the door of the dim chamber and knocked. Carl looked out. out."I "I shall not go to-morrow , Mr. Leigh , " said Miss Armitage. "I will stay with Ellice and nurse poor Lillias back to health. " He mads a fierce , passionate ges ture , which , with the black sternness af his face , made his visitors recoil. "Traitress and viper , " he hissed , "you are the cause of this. This house no-longer needs you. Depart with the morning , and never let me see thy treacherous face again. " He closed the door in their faces. Neither had words with which to an swer him. With the morning they lett ; he mansion. Lillias Leigh lived , lived and that was all , for she never went out from ; he house again. She was a helpless nvalid all her life. But no woman sver had a more devoted attendant a nore careful watcher than she had in icr husband. Ho gave her all his ; ime , and never murmered nor re fined at her weak complaints and petty ixactions. He is-a. white-haired old - - man- now , md his wife is still alive. She ha& nether > ther nurse and needs none. Carleton jcigh has- atoned with the service of a ife time for the folly of an hour. 1. Maria George , in Chicago Ledger- Kliiiie Timber Kafts. The timber rafts of the Rhine are i noticeable characteristic of that iver. They consist of timber felled n the mountain forests and brought lown to the Rhino by the Neckar , Main , Moselle and other rivers. The single-logs are first hurled down from ; he heights into the mountain torrent , hen a few are tied together , and as hey float down the streamlet grow ike a snowball , till in the Rhine itself hey are made into huge floating abrics , . which are carefully navi- : ated to Dorhech and sold. A raft tas of ten eight or ten small houses on t and from 400 to 500 workmen , rovv- rs and pilots. The vast pile is steer- id by means of immense oars , and is o constructed as to twist like a huge inake in the narrow channels. The ; ale of a single raft at the end of a ojage often realizes about , § 150,000. Bacteria as Food. All kind of food , says Prof. C. F. IJiandler , contains bacteria and other aicro-organisms. Nothing is richer a bacilli than ordinary hay , from rhich they are never absent. Huniar icings are" never free from them. They ccur in the body in life ; they arjj onstantly found in saliva , and the aucous membrane of the alimentary anal exhibits myriads of them in a tate of activity. They are found up- n the surface of the skin , in the Bronchial passages , and in fact wher- VB.T air , water or food are brought in ontact with the body externally or aterually. Pasteur recently read a aper , by Duclaux , before the French icademy of Sciences , in which he laimed that the presence of bacteria 3 indispensable to the germination of eeda and also to the digestion of food. Tolephouic Profits. One of the reasons advanced for the failura to reduce telephone tolls is the r imposibility of ranking a bare living , in connection with this the following from the Utica Herald is full of in terest : "The American Bell tele phone company reports that for ton months to .January last its earnings wore $3,007,55-4 against $2,295,549 for the preceding year. For the same period its expenses were $687,378 against $820,163. The company de clared dividends for ten months in 1884 of $1,440,315 against § 1,051,479 for the preceding year. In the former year the dividends came very near to 50 per cent of the total earnings ; in the last ten months of 1884 the dividends were nearly three-fourths of the earn ings. For the capital actually paid in the dividends are monstrous. The users of the telephones can reckon that 70 per cent of all the moneys which they pay to the parent company arc for dividends on inflated stock , without ; : ny just consideration. " A Remarkable River. Endeavors were recently made to explore the remarkable River Reka , which rises in the Austrian Province of Carniola and disappears in a scries of caves known as the Karst Caverns. At a spot some twenty miles distant a stream called the Tiniavo pours out of p. hillside , and there is reason to be lieve tluit this is identical with the Reka , which thus Uows twenty miles underground. The party engaged in the recent explorations followed the subterranean course of the Reka about pne furlong , and passed six waterfalls , until they readied a seventh fall , which it was impossible to get over without the construction of special ap paratus , as the river has no bank at that point. The explorers employed the magnesium light to illuminate the dark course of the stream. One of the caverns through which it runs i.s largo enough and lofty enough to hold St. Peter's Cathedral , at Rome. SL Louis Globe-Democrat. The Petrified Forest. Visitors to the petrilied forest near Corizo , on the Little Colorado , begin to sec the signs of petrcfaction hours before reaching the wonder. The road ut a distance of ten miles from Corixo enters an immense basin , the slope be ing nearly a semicircle , and this in closed by high banks of shale and white clay. The petrilied stumps , hubs and in fact whole trees , lie about on all sides ; the action of the waters for hnnilruus of years has gradually washed away the high hills round about , and the trees that once covered the high table-lunds now lie in the valley beneath. innnen.se trunks , some of which will measure over live feet in diameter , are broken and scat tered over tt surface of oOO acres. Boston Journal. A. Severe Winter. People living along the shore of Lake Ontario , in Wayne and Oswego counties , New York , state that this has been the severest winter known .here since 186-1. A survev of the ice lield on the lake at Sod us Point was made on Monday. It covers a greater area than. ever before known there , rhsre is almost solid ice for two miles out from the shore , and for the lirst time teams have been able to travel on Ihe ice , while Sodus Bay is almost Bompletely covered with ice of the av erage thickness of 2 } feet. All en trances to the harbor are frozen fast and are covered by huge drifts of ; now. The view of the ice and snow upon the lake and bay is one of unus- .ial grandeur , and the- scene is visited ay scores of people daily. Trenton Gazette. An Abandoned Hulk. Among the ships lying in "Rotten Elow" in the New York Navy Yard is ; he dismantled frigate Colorado. When she was built she was considered the inest piece of Naval architecture and formidable man-of-war afloat , ; he most - - she was sent to the China Station with i picked crew and set of officers selec- ed , for their wealth and good breed- ng. She was the pride of the Ameri- : an squadron in the China seas , and illed the fleets of other nations there , vith admiration and envy. From Jorea to Singapore she was known as 'la belle frigate. " But that was years md years ago. Now her glory is de- mfted ; she is a ruined hulk , and the jovernment can't even sell her for ld timber. Boston Herald. A Finland Girl's Ordeal. When a Finland girl wishes to leave he country she has to go lirst to her tlergymau and partake of the sacra- nent and procure a letter ot recom- nendation from him ; nest , to a phy- iciau , and obtain from him , after an ixamination , a certilicate of permis- ion to remain absent a certain sneci- ied number of years. This certilicate : osls her about § 20. If she returns > romptly at the end of the time pre- cribed , all is well , but if not , her lame is erased from the book in which t has been entered , and she is consid- ired as having violated her contract vith the government and loses her cit- zenship forever. St. Louis Globe- ) eniocral. A iTonster Aerolite. The San Francisco papers report hat a monster aerolite struck the arth in the foothills east of Chico. Jal. , a few nights ago. It is described s prismatic in form , over 30 feet in ength , and about 2 feet through. Af- er it struck it cut a gutter 2 feet in ! epth through the hard lava rock for distance of 200 feet before it rested. ? he metal somewhat resembled COD- ier in color , but is so hard that'a inely tempered cold-chisel will not aark or scratch it. The story looks a ittle rishy. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Only Tacks -Needed. I am determined to learn at what our my husband comes home nights , et , do what I will , I can not keep wake , and he is always careful not 3 make a particle of noise. Is there ny drug which produces wakeful- ess ? Wife. No need to buv drugs , prinkle the- floor with tacks. Ex- hange , "