RPE Gr Se ee Martin's Way of Ruling Fero- | cious Beasts. A curious history, and one that sheds , many gleams of light uponthe character | of beasts in the menagerie, is that of Henri Martin, the lion tamer, who died, | 9% years old, quietly at his home, ‘among his collections of butterflies and his books of botany.’” Martin, ing to his own letters, began to culti- vate his gift of control over animals in | the days when he was connected with a circus, power over horses, which every trick known to the profession, and some of which have hardly been exactly paralleled. ing wild beasts, and soon after he taught From this he went to tam- had started business as part proprietor of a menagerie he had labored eight in training a roval tiger and had taught he hand : but he crossed his arms and gave his animals the word of considered his method infinitely superior to that of the trainers who go through their by the terrorism of a heavy whip and revolver. Their ‘they a and when business chiefly beasts obey them, but he said re not tamed as mine were, one of them rebels vou can judge the tragic result from the tragical end of Lucas.” One day Martin that he anticipated Co- told his wife ith his who was then in a trouble w lion bourg, state of him but he said ; ement. She begged to put off the performance, » 1 for if 1 should « have excit fo it once I should to do it every time the animals have caprices,”” The next night his forebodings were fulfilled. Instead of performing his part properly, Cobourg dug , and his eyes crouched low and the had dagger Martin command except a as] Instead of obeving orders the Stage flared. no weapon at in his belt- have said never a whip.’ lion leaped at Martin, and a occurred in the course of which the took Martin him in the Martin nose for a second time, and then. lion up in his mouth and shook air. animal over the feel his strength exhausted, gave himself up for lost, and turned back beast, so that at the next spring it might attack the of ‘make an end of the business,’ struck the to his and ‘ But back his neck, N43 two seconds passed—two seconds to ne around. The lion's mood had changed. He looked at the he looked at me. I gave the sign togo. He went away as if nothing had happened.’ It was fourteen weeks before Martin could perforin again, but then the on worked as well as usual, do for four years more caprices. In taming tigers Martin began by taking the brute’s attention off the of the cage, and then, armed with a dagger, went rapidly into the cage and stood looking at the tiger, which for minutes lay motionless, staring at Then, feeling a shiver, that if the tiger saw it over with him, Cage, hour. seemed an eternity. I turned audience ; to 50 without any one door Some him. and knowing all would be he went again into the and this time stayed there half an A third time he paved the a visit of three-quarters of an “The fourth trembling at first, lay down before the pigmy who braved it.” To tame a hvena, Martin wrapped his legs and arms with cords and protected his head hand- kerchief, and then, walking into the cage, went straight to the animal and offered it his forearm. The hyena bit it, and the Jooking steadily in its The next day he repeated the experiment, substituting a leg for an arm, *‘ all the time Martin's black pupils were flashing into the grey eyes of The beast g tiger hours, time the tiger, with a tamer eves, stood motionless, the hyena. ave up, Martin personal ter.” influence alone, Nodler once said of him : of an Bonaparte, Martin might have been a Chance has made a man of genius a director of a menagerie,’ -— The Dominical Letter, As an explanation of the meaning and use of. the Dominical letter is sel- dom found in any book or paper, per- haps an article respecting it may not be unin’ eresting to many rural readers, The writer heard it explained by one of his teachers some years since, but has never seen an explanation in print, though some old arithmetic is said to contain it. The first seven letters of the alphabet are to be used for the purpose of deter- mining the day of the week, ar month, without referring to the calender or almanac. Let usobserve, in the first place, how these letters are applied to the days of the year, The first day ol the year is designated by the letter A, the second B, the third by C, and so on repeating the letter for every seven days. Now, by continuing thus through army A always designat D the first aud oning for any year, 80 on. The following couplet will i sist in remembering their order, At Dover Dwells George Brown Esquire, Good Carlos Fynch And David Fryer. Let us now consider how the seven letters are applied to the day of the week. Since A always designates the necessarily des- ignates the day of the week on which it occurs; also, B the day followiag, wd If the first of OCCHTS on Friday, then A will designate Eri- day, B Saturday, &c.; if Tuesday, then A will designate Tuesday, B Wed- We see, , then that the letter designates days week in different but the day of the throughout the year, By knowing the letter particular day of the week, the 80 on, Junuary on nesday, &e: Same of the Years, same week same designating a we know at The letter ne fixed on It is generally given in dics Domini, week. is the « designating Sunday from which to reckon, the almanac, and is called Lord's day, or Sunday letter, Since that day of the week on which January oceurs is designated by A, the day following is B, ete., we letter, as Thus, OCCuUrs readily ascertain the Dominical one falling on Sunday. first of January on Wednesday, the letter falling on Sunday is E, which is the Sunday or Dominical The first of 8 vear occurred on Saturday, for the year, Janu- ary thi and Dominical letter is B. the July oceur ? By tl Now, 4t h of first of on what day of week will the @ ( Pplet i. the The 11 the 4th is . 01 On what day will Christmas Ist of 2d is F Again, it is the May, sit? The 1st of then Wednesday is the 4th, July is Gi, December is F 25th B., o Wed- month May is B, or Sunday, occur 7 The then the Sunday, amg the § SECO what day of the and the sec. is the the month third esday t The first of October is then Friday is the the third 21st. The Sunday or Dominical was DD. Then the first of Jul Friday is the Saturday. was Friday +3 +} $ tie Ori, in Wednesday was 13th. There letters tor leap second the Dom- first LWoO The two are inical Year, first months he letter pre- HT: alphabet, for the and compensates for the additional day in February. Th of any year is the letter preceding, in the of the alphabet, the Dominica letter of the pre eding vear, is used remaining ten months ¢ Dominical letter order A irish and Scotch. population of the English, the may Looking at three kingdoms it easily be perceived difference tempera- the steady that there is a considerable them with regard to The Irish are gay, ardent; comparatively cool, the Average among ment. Scotch and cautious; are English are, perhaps, a fair the two, We remember it was not inelegantly ob served by a friend that an Englishman thinks and speaks; a Scotchman thinks twice before he speaks, and an Irishman peaks before he thinks, A lady presen- added: **A Scotchman thinks with his head, with heart.”’ This allusion to impulse operating more between an Irishman his Edgeworth’s remark that an Irishooan may err with his head, never with his heart: the truth, however, being that he obeys his heart, not always waiting t for the diet of his Years ago there was a caricature very graphi- grades of differ three ates head, Some $1 Lease ence in the ardor of the An Englishman, Irishman and Scotchman were represented as looking nations, “il through a confectioner's window at the the year and noting the letters which | shall find that they occur in the follow- ing order, A, D, D, G, B, B, G, C, F, A, D, F. These twelve (seven differ- ent) letters constitute the basis of reek- “Oh!” exclaims Mr. Patrick, us be spending a half crown the dear crayvture, that we may look at her eonvaniently and have a bit of chat with her.” “You extravagant dog!" said Mr, “I'm sure half the money would do quite as weil. But let us go in by all means; she is a charm ing girl.” “Ah! wait a wee!" inter posed Mr, Andrew, “‘dinna ye ken it'll serve our purpose equally weel just to ask the bonnie lassie to gie us twa six- pences for a shilling, and inquire where's Mr. Thompson's house, and sic like? We're no hungry, and may as well save the siller.”’ Lreorge; or nly A— The first society for the exclusive pur- pose of circulating the Bible was organ- jzed in 1805, under the name of the British and Foreign Bible Society. A————— Sat” The total production of iron and steel rails last year was 1.083.704 net tons; a falling off as compared with 1881 of 1,438,155 tons were Bessemer steel rails, 227,874 tons iron rails, and 22,765 tons pen-hearthsteel rails, ‘ oLD LOVE. { mot her, she was thin and cold ; She stooped, and trod with tottering feet The hair was gray that once was gold, ‘he voice wis harsh that once was sweet, Her hands wore wrinkled, und her eyes, Robbed of the girlish light of joy, Were dim ; 1 felt a snd surprise That I had loved her when a boy. But yet & something in her air Restored me to the vanished time, My heart grew young and seemed to wear ‘he brightness of my youthful prime. I took her withered hand in mine- Its touch recalled a ghost of joy I kissed it with a reverent sigh, For 1 had loved hes en a boy “I NEED NOT HEAR." I need not hear ench night-wind loud Go mouning down the wold; I need not lift each bleachen shroud From bodies white and cold Call not, O naked, wailing fall, O man's unhappy race! One drif jeaflot tells me all: Tis all in one paie fuce The Girl Detective The voung man, a spent ‘avorite of for tune, apparently, the afternoon with his betrothed, received his uncle in the evening beside her, and accompanied the old gentleman to his boarding house, receiving For a week he heard nothing of the robbery. house, fading that, returning home drive with Maud Clarkson, Fred his unele’s confidential clerk waiting for him at Maud’s “1 have a note for you, Mr. “and as vou were house, said, not at home 1 thought I would wait for youghere. Something in the young man’s face struck a sudden chill to Maud 's heart. ‘You have bad news, she cried “ Perhaps Mr, Fred had the wits the evasive answer, better note,’ But Maud’'s terror was only increased when Fred, after reading the A Police Story. ing room was scarcely closed, and the proprietor of the large, flourishing cot- ton factory talked earnestly with a gen- tleman! man of middle age, x v-looking whose face was as lmpressive as Wix mask. Five indi housand dollars!’ said Lhe vidual, “It was a large sum to leas e exposed,” said Mr, Marl in my private ‘Exposed ann, ‘It whiel teskE Lo which nephew wus HO Of had access but myself and my Fred Tyron.” “Would it Ix possible i gentleman said Mr. nephew Soi, 2? Markham, indignant is simply s way with 1st state allow rid ie alia it Markham 7" a8 Vou Cad : will you, dollars out meet a note payment, bank was ¢ in my desl 80, Al ted note Presses $ the desk. The mone and with it a small that “The lock was not forced 7” ““No. sir; the desk was appare actly as I Jeft it.” ‘And Mr. cate key 77 BXIH Was locked eT was in the small roll. oH 1 ) Tryon lias the only The old gentleman frowned. evidently displeased at the turn th tective's suspicions seemed to ing. ‘Yes, only duplicate kev." “Humph! Yes, Had you bers of all the notes.’ “Yes, The hundred dollar notes, my nephew éertainly had the roll consisted of ten five The list of numbers being taken the detective made a searching exam of the apartment, and prepared to his departure. As he door Mr. Markham suddenly said, “1 think, Mr, discoveries the ner- stood near vously, Vogdes, make report to me privately any arrests," Any vou had before “Certainly, sir, if vou desire it, you grant me one tion the robbery to Mr. not done so already.’ favor ? Do not men- P'ryon, if you have “Na self.” “Yery good! 1 I have any report to make,’ “Fred! Fred!” the old in a troubled tone when he was alone, “YVogdes evidently thinks it's Fred, It cannot be, It is impossible that nephew would rob me, I cannot be- lieve it. And yet he knew the money was there, Arnold the check, and here when returned with the money, He knew that Johnson's note was not presented, and Fred alone has a duplicate key. O, if it should be! promised to love as my son. Have 1 not kept my promise ¥ Where have I failed # And why should he steal from Et has heard of but one will call again when man said, ms will not believe it." 4s “May I come in?" asked a pleasant given, Fred Tryon entered the room. Looking into his handsome young face, bright and frank, with well-opened brown eyes and curls of nut-brown hair, it was hard to connect it with any idea of roguery, ingratitude and theft. His manner toward his uncle was the per- fection of respectful affection, and be. fore he had been an hour in the count ing-room Mr. Markham's fears were en- tirely gone. They were talking of a certain dark- eyed little maiden who was soon to be Mrs. Tryon, and when Fred left his uncle if was with a promise that he would call in the evening upon Miss Clarkson to arrange for the wedding- day. broke into a furious exclama io dares to say that 1 am a mid- night burglar ¥’’ he shouted, ‘0, Fred, y turning very white * My uncle has thousand dollars vial 18 11 77 asked } ried . Deen robbed of and he pays Ins compliment of me to be . supposing I have a desk, I with a {hief because duplicate ke IIS priviie great heaves he cried, siiddden change ‘he cannot it spect Al | arnold Potter Arnold borrowed my keys lust Wednesday night to open his trunk. Potter, we huzza | know “Nol s0 fast, Mr. Fred: not so fast, It will net be an easy maiter to prove this, Were there any witnesses present Arnold borrowed the keys +7 ‘No: I was alone in when my rooms, half undressed, when he knocked at my door and sald He Lad thie key of his trunk. 1 lent him my bunch of keys, fost bed the next day, "And you were also alone when he paid you the money #7 ‘Yes: YOu I thought he was know as flush, Potter, dollars is pocket,’ He he Yery well as 1 do. hundred Arnold’s cunning a note for five ‘He is a scoundrel, the tries to to ascertain if notes can get rid of Mr. ea few days hitnself, Fred, will vou leave few davs thief miv a I don’t ¢ateh the YOu may ‘But Hy uneie r -— ajar, 1 felt a his private de- should have done resolutely, “if I had I rummaged a little, when on the closetfioor I espied a shirt, apparently sleeve, wide open, the closet relnctance to overhaul positories, though | it.” she added been driven to it, scarcely soiled except one and that was black with soot. I wondered what he would be doing at the fireplace in summer, and went to examine, A few minutes sufficed that the stove been moved ont and she elbow of I repeated the of to convince had the pre WARK fe pipe removed, to find a roll hundred-dollar notes and a small note book, with the of Rufus Markham the first I carefully replaced everything and came Now Mr. Potter may say Fred put the notes there,’ five name on page, he home, ‘You are a brave girl!” cried the admiration at and Fred old man, with looking the beautiful, animated face, ** OWe You more than his life “He can repay s 13 g q 469% the god ney “ Wait till +» before you Can pros vou see him, onlva week to ca Whe way. you will give : tional chance if vou will leave Throw him off his guard In I suppose youl are bani iiae, 1 Awa Feeateg Lisi Mi from i orhit vy { Drogas 5 $00 § } i 10 1S Hoe, shoo) 3 i MOE lave ¢ TryoN: wool Mu Funbien ICH believe, without unc Filaainge tive proof-—that dollars, Yale lagen, as on sister's thousand ww, from | nesday and I'l i punish ! nephew of desk are my » one to Imprison or are no longer a Willingly, I will look vou in the face again. i ill-gotten gains 1 freely in some business, trustmg th endeavor Do not +n to any explanat Do not write, for I will letters ‘Rurrs Markuan.” my pri Y on never be the 1 last, vou; but you mine, i Dever give you to at you honestiv in the I will ions I know to live try ta to see me not open your i ) Maud heard ‘0. Fred.” Clarkson white as de the stern edict. grew as she she cried, *' what you do?" i Starve, 1 SU pm weed, TWAS the i Answer, the ill- | presents me. But “as I do not happen to possess l-gotten gains he so generously I will not ask you with me, Maud. You betrothed to the millionaire’s nephew | and the disinherited beggar frees i you from your : “Pred,” ‘how | to starve were heir promise. ”’ cried, Can bursting into you be so cruel ? unheeding the clerk, who from the window, tof red’s side. ** Darl- fixing her large black “if all the world I donot. If all the off, 1 will keep my she tears, Then, discreetly Was looking i she came close , ling,” she said, | eyes upon his face, : believes you guilty, world casts vou promise, The voung lover had been bewildared, indignant, desperate, but he folded the | gentle comforter fast in his arms, and great tears fell on her upturned face, Maud!’ he cried, ‘1 can defy the world if you are true to Now, Potter, sit down and tell what know of this wretched “Hod bless vou, me, me business,’ “Well, You Mr. Fred, 1 » heard of the myself until this morning, | when Vogdes, the detective your uncle | employed to work it up, came to make I his report. They did not notice me at first. and when vour uncle remembered 1 was in the room 1 had heard about all Vogdes knew. You remember there was a note coming due last Wednesday ?"' i “To Johnson ?*’ | “Yes: well, 1 thought at the time it | wis exrious that your uncle gave hi a check, when I knew the money was drawn out of the bank the day before to meet that very note. But I never knew until this morning that the money was stolen from Mr. Markham's private desk by means of false keys, Mr, Fred,” said the old man, earnestly, “it was all in five hundred dollar notes, and your uncle had the numbers,” “Well 7 “This morning Vogdes brought back one of the notes which you gave to T, yesterday in payment for a pearl look. et!” “Stop ! Potter, let me think. Where did I get that note ¥ I have it. Arnold gave it tome to take out a hundred dollars that 1 lent him some time ago, never robbery i i he more » has probably bh He I will will wateh. take and do securely, Hing ILE gone, It was not easy to Potter's rs Aaa but Maud’s “wt + cOTisert £) Jan, persuasions t £ eacl . +3 x consented Ww vie city leave that finally for a week and return in time i * WIL Innocence, in | Potter Before nigh i Failure. t Fred was on his Wal t another landlady had agreed to allow Mr, { to occupy his place during his absence. Fr odd id two davs Miss h ul been clerk called to report progress, i am completely | answer to gane 3 upon Clarkson he said, in Y ou vd knows me and evidentlvs: He is 80 affectionately «desirous of keeping me in sight baffled.” her inquiries Re, A ri | Arn me, ISpects that 1 cannot get a peep mto his room ; and whenever he is Ons, he to the I cannot force the door | vet, and by the time Fred returns I am the I am supe the now, landlay, afraid money will be smuggled | away. money is in his careful about Nobody gets in theré but the I did think of bribing the { chambermaid to let me at work there, but left to-day.” A flash of Maud’'s face, murely : ‘XY our not ¥'° “Yes: her English is very imperfect, Have you ever seen her #7 ‘No: 1 have heard Fred | her. My mother, you know, man,’ “But what has that todo with Fred's case ¥° ‘1 will tell vou, Vogdes has tried to catch the thief, and failed. 1 mean to try, and succeed.’ ‘You! What can you do ¥"’ ‘Cotoe I will i POSSESSION he is 80 | his room, | land lady ¥ . in when she was unfortunately she light seemed 10 pass across but she only said, de- landlady is German, is she speak of was Ger- to-morrow and tell you.’ Punctual to the appointed time Potter made his appearance. With dancing eves and flushed cheeks Maud met him. “Well #7" he asked, certain from her looks that she had good tidings, “1 told you T would succeed,” And you did ¥ Huzza! 1 feel young 8s Fred himself." as “To whom 1 have telegraphed to re- turn, He will be here this evening, and you must bring Mr. Markham, Mr, Veades and the proper police authorities to meet in bis oom. Then, Mr. Pot ter, go to Mr. \nold’s room and. re- move the pipe of the stove at elbow. In the joint vou will find Mr. Mark- hams memorandum book and the miss- ing notes,” “ You are sure ¥"' “Listen. This morning, in a calico dress, sun bonnet. and coarse shoes for disguise, I applied for the place of chamber-maid at the boarding house where Mr. Arnold has a room, I braid. ed my hair in two long plaits, and con- vineéd your landlady that I wasa recent importation from Germany, unable to speak a word of English, She agreed to take me for one week on trial, and before 1 had been two hours in the house I was sent to tidy Mr, Arnold's | the latest fashis He | ment | own room, Umnee ns ook 11134 i 4 left i quiet, He as he Opene i SPOKE with (HAOORRAT IE | Was interruptes » entered POOL. Two ton his ri hemselves gh Mr. Mark- Mr. Potte : lowed them. ‘Now, Mr. Potte semen, with the f Vogdes, find those {| ham, » detective missing notes 7 where to SW hat “What does this ov notes #°° cried Armoild. mean ?’ ‘Tt means,” Potter, ““th to thr robbery of Mr Markham's private desk upon his phew It means that the from the gentle itrage said Mr. | your plan ow the ne has failed. five lars stolen thousand dol NAN Are NOW In your possession, except only one note given to Mr. Tryon inpay- ment of dein.” “It's a lie!" eried this white shaking limbs cence, ‘ Search everything “* No, said Mr. “ Draw out the stove, if you please, and 100k in the elbow of the pipe.” With a cry Graham Arnold fell sense- less to the floor as Vogdes put his hand upon the stove, Mr, Markham turned to Fred. There Was word spoken. Hand clasped hand, and each read forgiveness in the other's eyes, Mr, Graham Arnold spent some weeks in jail ere his trial and conviction : but before his sentence was pronounced Mr. and Mrs, Frederick Tryon were ing the ocean on a wedding rope. the prisoner: but ring voice and no proof of inno- trunks: search face, falte Were my I have Iv gentlemen,’ Potter. no CTOSS~ tour to Eu- 0 The Origin of the Ass. The of the according to recent authorities, must not be sought for in Asia, but in Africa. It is upon the sculptured stones by the Nile that his name and figure first occur. The wild asses or onagers of Asiabelong to the species known to naturalists as Eguus henvionus, the hemi- | one or ig, and are all of reddish tint, | while t Abyssinia, however, vary in depth of “olor. The Arabic name for the ass signifies reddish, and was doubt- | lose first applied to the hemione, and | afte rwanrd transferred to the introduced | species which the Asiatic afterwards in- troduced into Europe. ancestors domesticated ASK, th {hs Down to 1850. Mr, Mulhall says, th United States used at intervals to im- port wheat from Europe, whereas it produces at present one-half of the world’s crop. Previously to 1885 Aus tralia was led with Chilian flour, but some of the Australian colonies now annually export twenty bushels of grain per inhabitant. Facilities for transpor- tation have sp far improved that wheat grown on the Mississippi or in New Zealand is sold as cheaply in Europe as that ro on the Den er Dasshy, Pad Farming: It is exceedingly bad to harrow up the feelings of
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