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tt Joins undertakes to pull my
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street corner, "he'll just have his
hands full." The crowd lx:ed at the
0?s ' i-i" '-'" ''-Hs-j "'f-
. m&n'a ears aid r Tiiled. f
Guided.
Up the long, slippery slopes we toil and strain
Amid the Ice and snow,
Untrodden heights above ns to attain,
Untrodden depths below;
""'"""Njr to lolt and danger to the light,
Ci t v and beautiful the blue crevasse
..
Tawns close beside the -pv,
The avalanches topple o'er ine pass,
Their cold, white torrents ptay
Only a moment ere they roarv plunge
To rend and whelm and slay.-
Each following each, we mount, as we are led,
Up the long, steep Incline;
Our Guide walks calm and fearless at the head
Ot tho long, laltering line,
And shows the narrow path where safety is
By word and look and sign.
Marking His footsteps, treading where He trod
Close following on His track,
We cannot Inint, or fall or miss the road,
Though deep the snows, and black
The precipices yawn, and rough and steep
The lorward path and back.
Intent on Hint, we do not mark or see
. Those hard things by the way.
It is enough that we are led, and He
Whose guidance we obey
Has gone before and knows how hard it is;
What He has done we may.
Above the mists we catch a faint, tar chime
And glimpses heavenly fair
Shine through, and seem to beckon as we
climb
How distant, bright they are!
DesrGuide, lead on! We do not ask lor rest
Would God that we were there 1
Sutan Coolidgt.
UNAVAILABLE TALENTS.
My wife and I looked at each other in
blnnk despair. We are such lively peo
ple that it is very seldom we are both
blue at once, but this time we had good
ami Bufhcient reaon. we naa come to
our Jast dollar. We had no certainty of
(tf ting any more money, ana we were
too honest to wish to be in debt. This
wn an extraordinary position for us,
us we were considered by nil who knew
ns to be such uncommonly talented"
pecplti. I was always told in college
tbivt if I would apply myself I might
entlly stand first in my class, though in
point of fact I stood somewhere in the
twonties, I believe. I have since some
times wondered if application may not
be itself a separate talent, instead of be
ing within the reach of all, as is often
supposed. My wife was always the life
of uny company. She was as pretty and
trim' a woman as you would wish to see,
and she sang ballads with really won
derful expression. I never saw a
woman who appreciated a joke po
quickly, and in amateur theatricals she
was irresistible. Her talents went even
fHrthrr than this. She read poetry so
beautifully that'everybody cried ; and, on
tho olber hand, she was so fond of
mutheujatics that she studied conic sec
tions one winter by herself, "for fun."
W were both versatile, we were both
lively, we were both mercurial.
Now, however, we had no money,
and very little flour in the house. My
wife had made a nice johnny-cake for
the delectation of the children at supper,
and they had gone to bed content, and
were now peacefully sleeping. Mean
time it became absolutel? necessary for
ni to face our fate. I was a lawyer. I
chose that profession, not from .any in
nate sympathy with it, but because I
could not be a clergyman, and would not
be a physician. Of course I began to
practice in the city; for though there
seemed to be no opening taere, I liked
to live in the city. You know, the
theater, and music, and boroks, and pic
tures, and society, can hardly be had in
the country. If I had been less talented
a mere clodhopper I could have
gone without the refinement of life and
been happy. As it was, it did not once
occur to me that I could live in tie
eountry. I need not say my practice
amounted to nothing. Those who have
tried the same experiment know that
some years elapse before a maintenance
can be counted upon. However, I Jived
meanwhile on a modest legacy which
had descended to me from an aunt, and
married a wife. Florence had no money
and no experience of housekeeping; but
f bono I should not marry as I would
seippt a. servant. We cot on beautifully
in spite of the quicksands which already
present themselves to the reader's mind
In the first placo we had no end to good
times together, so our life was a success
so far, and I know we were so happy
that we made everybody arourd us
h;tnnwtoo. And we lived within our
means, small as they were. We would
tin. VP liked a million, and I really think
we could have spent It profitably; still
we were not extravagant, and both of
ns were honorable and conscientious
We were at peace with all the world,
and considered ourselves noble inchar-
RPtpr and talented in mind.
Unfortunately the failure of the bank
in which uv legacy was invested
changed the aspect of things. We
smiled at first, because we thought we
should respect ourselves more if we
were brave. And our friends said we
bore it chnrmincly. " But of course
it
is not as if you had not your practice
This was vrry well, but privately we
knew that the practice would hardly
keen us in boots and shoes: and then I
had practiced long enough now to find
out I hated it. I was not meant for a
lawyer, and, to speak after the manner
of the Methodists, it would have been
"indulging a false hope" to supoose I
ever should succeed. It seemed imper
ative that I should look to some other
source for an income. I had written a
play for the " Grecian Club," to which
we belonged, the year before, which had
been received with prolonged applause;
but now, when I wrote another, and
o:l'eredit to the manager, be declined
with thanks. I had also written vers
de societe which had been pronounced
by Rood critics as witty as Holmes' ; but
when l sent them to the magazines, l
received a neat printed circular saying hi
that, "owing to the overcrowded state
of the market," they could not accept
anything more at present, but urging me
to believe that " want ot literary merit"
had nothing whatever to do with their
rejection.
Florence, getting desperate, advertised
for private pupils in mathematics; but
the only one who appeared was bent on
studying logarithms, which she had
found so tedious when a schoolgirl that
she had pkipped them altogether. This
was too bad, for she is really a snlcndid
mathematician, as far as the principles
go, and last is the reason probably she
hates eternal figuring so much.
With her music the contrary is true.
She knows nothing about the theory,
but her practice is exquisite; so of
course she cannot give lessons.
She sews very well, I believe at least
we are all kept neat and whole and she
hni good taste; but she says her
stitches will not bear examination, and
if she tried to sew better, she should
work so slowly that she could not earn
her salt. Her housekeeping is very
pleasant, I know; but we have a hun
dred little idiosyncrasies which would
make taking boarders impossible, even
if it were not intolerable, so we have
never seriously considered that .ues
tiirt. It will probably be thought cold
blooded in me to speak in this way of
my wife s earning anything, especially
when, now we had dismissed our girl,
she had everything to do for the chil
dren and for me ; and, in fact, I did not
mean she should do anything, but she
was alwavs pondering the matter, and
in some dark raomen s I gave in a little
myself. I thought I would commit
suicide, and let ner support the chil
dren!
It is obvious that now neither of us
felt as sure of our elevated character or
of our talents as before the legacy was
lost, and we had at last arrived at the
above-mentioned state of blank despair,
. " It is really too bad," said Florence,
at last; "it would take so little to make
us happy, and yet we can't have it."
"There is nothing under heaven to be
done," said I, gloomily, " but for me to
ao as a oav-iauorer in a iactory ; ana as
I am unskillful, and very old for a be
jiiuner, 1 cannot earn enough to support
the famiiy, sol think, my dear, that you
lincl better go into tne same iactory :
that is. if we can find work, hichl
think doubtful in these times. And we
will apprentice the children to the trade,
so they will be better able to take care
of themselves than we were when they
uvow up.
Florence made no reply to this re
mark, but shortly after began a short
catechism.
"Van. are vou aristocratic.P"
" No, not exactly," said I; "I like the
things aristocratic people have, you
know, but it is not for fear ot l03ing
caste tlist I object to the factory."
" I thought not." said Florence, com
placently; "but of course you object to
the chnd,' and so do 1. Now the ques
tion is. what are the necessities ot life
to vouP''
"Od. es," said I. "First, you and
the children: second, a house that does
not leak to cover us: third.com cake
ir.i. salt fish : fourth, a good fire in the
wirtsr: fif. a a warm wooleu suit for
eao'u-. us; sixth, so vto iht active out
door employment, which will not re
duce my spirivs to such h point that I
can't enjoy your society when I have
leisure to sit down in the evening.''
" And you would likn to keep a
horse!1" said Florence, conidently.
' Why, yes." I said, rather surprised ;
' but since wo have never kept one since
we were married, it seems to me we
might dispense with it now.".
Unless it came m tue way oi rusi
ness." said Jflorence. caimiy. mow
that I know what your real views of
the necessaries ot life are, I have a plan
which I had hesitated to propose be
fore, thinking you might demand more."
She unfolded a newspaper, and pointed
to an advertisement.
ITORSALE. The horse, cart and complete
; stock ot a tin oeddler. Excellent rou'e.
Business pays well. Sella only because iatnily
matters require a removal to tho West. Terms
easy. Address A. Wicks,
jiuinvme
I felt a spark of hope. " I suppose
you are in tun, rlorence, t stv.a; ; out
I really think 1 shculd not hate thi3 a3
much ns anything else I see any pros
pect of trying. However it will proba
bly amount to noining .
It then appeared that it was several
days since Florence had seen the notice,
and Jhe had taken pains to inquire iulo
the matter before speaking to me. She
knew Eome one in I'lainvilie who had
learned all the particulars. It really
was true. The business was good, that
is, of its kind. "Of course," our in
formant said, "it did not pay anytuing
like the law;" and wo hoped he was
right. The peddler really was going
West, for he had money enough to live
on, and his wife's health demanded
chance of climate. He would sell cheap.
and let us pay in installments, and we
could runt his cottage for a very small
sum.
It did seem providential. Riding
about the country, even in a peddler's
cart, had far more attractions for me
than toiling in a factory. Besides, 1 had
a secret assurance that I had no capacity
for "toil." and I knew 1 could drive
any horse in Pl iinvil'e at least. Then
the selling, my goo looks (1 believe I
forgot to mention that belore), my gen
tlemanly manners, my goou-nuture, my
persuasive address, on which I had
been complimented again and again,
would all be of the utmost service to
me in this business; and here I had
been almost tearing my hair in my
anguish at thinking that none of my
powers were ot the least avail in tho
bread-and-butter question. a
And so we purchased tho business by
selling some of our furniture, and went
to I'lainvilie to live. I seriously believe
that there is a niche for every one.
Looking back on my time of despair, and
comparing it with my present, I nm
grateful t hat I can say that while I then
thought 1 was so constituted that 1
could be neither useful nor happy in
fe, I now find that I have been endowed
with abundant capacities lor both use
fulness and happiness, and that no
talent I possess has failed of bearing
some fruit. And Florenco says the same
thing about herself.
Ivet me elaborate :
The cottage we lived in was not
strictly beautiful, but it was comfort
able, and in a pleasant place, with an
orchard before it, and we trained creep
ers on trellises about it, and planted
roses and flowering shrubs along the
stone walls. It was a fresh, sweet place
to live in, and the children had a lovely
playground. At first Florence had no
servant, and worked very hard, but she
wa9 young and well and strong, and she
declared that she did not get so tired as
she had often done i- our old home with
the thousand and one society duties
from which she was exempt now.
" And the balance in favor of this is."
she added, "that now I get tired in ac
complishing something."
1 enjoyed my ine even tue nrst day.
for. as nobody knew me, I had no loss
of caste to four, and it was amusing to
mc to see the puzzled faces of my cus
tomers, who seemed to leei that m some
way I was not to the manor born, and
were evidently pleased with my hum
ble airs and graces.
I like to study human nature, and
now I saw much of it at home and off its
euard. This delighted me. Two rules
I observed which made me respected and
popular: first, I never entered a house
unless 1 was invited ; second, I never in
sisted that people should buy what they
did net want. But I always had an ex
cellent assortment of things, and any lit
tle novelty I might have I took pains
should be seen at a glance, that it might
recommend itself.
I am passionately fond of out-door air
nnd scenery. I used to enjoy fast
horses, but I have my dreamy side, and
I hardly know anything more exquisite
than to jog leisurely along the country
roads at six o'clock on a May morning,
when the buds are all bursting and the
birds all singing, or to return quietly
home in the late June twilight, just as
the stars are coming out. I like to be
out in a soft summer rain, too. There
is enough to see and enjoy ia the crisp
autumn weather to reconcile me to the
unwieldly cart I ride in. Even on run
ners it is not to be despised. I believe I
like all winds and weathrrs. Then 1
used to give myself holidays, offn in
winter, when Florence and the children
and I had no end of fun. Of course we
helped Florence to do the house work
first, and then had the day for pleas
ure. From May to October I hardly ever
went alone on my journey. Every
pleasant day Florence, or one of the
children, or all the family, went with
me on our rounds' How exciting it
wtis, and how happy we were! We
took our dinner with us sometimes, and
pluyed we were gypsies, and camped out
in the most enticing places in the beauti
ful woods.
If I had to go alone. I often took a
book; sometimes I learned a poem.
Bometimes I even composed one, and:
strange to fay the magazines which had
disdained my contributions in the days
when I desperately needed money, now
often accepted my enusions with com
pliments. Jntue evening Florence find t ssng
duets, and popped corn, and read novels.
As wo had no social dignity to keep up,
we felt at liberty to en joy ourselves even
better than in the law days, which is
saying a great deal, for we always had
such a good time then.
Then my business kept improving, -so
Florence could have a servant. Then we
had more time for "larks" than ever.
We got acquainted with our neighbors.
There was not a person of any literary
pretension in town except the minister
and doctor. This state ol things had its
advantages as well as its disadvantages,
because it 13 pleasant to be (Jsesar even
m a country village, a lorence ana i
wrote a comedy lor the Sons of Temper
ance, and performed in it with great ap
plause. I suppose Shakespeare went to
his grave wii hout such recognition as
we received. Florence sang iu the choir
so sweetly that several people who Lad
hardly bsen to church twice a year be
fore beiran to so reirulariv. w e lormeu
a reading club of all the young people
who showed a spark ot promise, atm
thev had a deiightiui time, and thought
they were literary, and we had a de
lightful time, and the modt st conscious
ness th:V; we were great benefactors of
our race.
Once a year we put on our best clothes
ana went to the city tor a week, and
weut to the theater, opera, concerts and
art galleries, and came home tired and
happy, and convinced that tin peddling
was a far healthier and happier life than
it was possible to lead in the midst of
sudi eil'ete civilizations.
Let me be clearly understood. I did
not continue the business when I had
laid aside enough money to live upon
without it. Meantime 1 can tru-y say I
enjoyed it a thousand times better than
I ever did the law, aud to me at least it
was a hundred times more lucrative,
and I bless the day when my clever wife
discovered a sphere in which all our
odds and ends of talent would be avail
able. llarper'i Bazar.
Batter at Forty Dollars a Pound.
Gilhooly strayed into De Smith's
grocery yesterday, accompanied by his
dog. Suddenly the grocer cried out, as
if in sreat pain:
" Your blame dog has eaten up two
pounds of nice fresh country butter."
' Well, if it don't hurt the dog it's all
right, but I want you to understand he
is a valuable dog, and if he dies you will
hive to pay about 40 a pound for that
oleomargarine ."Guvtiton Aew.
After the death of Conrad Seitz, at
Monroe, Ala., thisteleeram was received
from Ella Dorsey. his alhanced wile:
"Delay luneral two days. I will be
ready for burial with him." She kept
her word by committing suicide.
A Railway In th Rocky Mountains;
A correspondent of the Denver Times,
describing the extension of the Denver
and Rio Grande railway from Conejos
westward toward the San Juan country,
gives these picturesque bits. He says:
For miles the railway curved among
the hiK9. keepinir sisht of the plains and
catching frequent glimpses of the vil
lage, its innumerable wmaings aiong
the brows of the hills seemed, in men
wantonness, as loth to abandon so beau
tiful a region. Almost imperceptibly
t he foothills changed into mountains and
the valleys deepened into canons, and
winding around the point ot one ot the
mountains it found itself overlooking the
picturesque valley or canon of Los Piuos
creek. Eastward was the rounded sum
mit of the great mountain ot San An
tonio; over the nearest height could be
seen the top of Sierra Blanca, canopied
with perpetual clouds: in front wrre
castellated crags, art-like monuments
and stupendous precipices. Hnving al
lured the railway into their awful fast
nesscs.the mountains seemed determined
to baffle its further progress. But it
was a strong-hearted railway, and al
though a little giddy 1,000 feet above
the stream, it cuts its w iy through the
crags and among the Monuments and
bears onward lor miles up the valley.
A projecting point, t o high for a cut
and too abrupt for n curve, was over
come by a tunnel. The tracklayers are
now busy at work laying down the steel
rail at a point a few miles beyond this
tunnel. The grade is nearly completed
for many miles further. From the pres
ent end of the track for the next lour
or five miles along the grade, the scenery
i i unsurpassed by any railroad scenery
inNorth America. Engineers who have
traversed every mile ot mountain rail
road in the Union, assert that it is the
finest they have seen. Perched on the
dizzy mountain side, at an altitude of
500 feet above the Bea greater than
that of Veta pass 1,000 feet above the
valley, with battlcmcnted crpgs rising
500 or 600 feet above, the beholder is en
raptured with ?Jie view; At one point
the canon narrows into an awful gorge,
apparently but a few yards wide
and nearly 1100 feet in depth, be
tween almost perpendicular walls of
granite. Here a high point of granite
has to bo tunneled, and in this tunnel
the rock-men are at work drilling and
bias ing to complete the passage, which
is now open to pedestrians. Tho fre
quent explosions of the blasts echo and
re echo among the mountains until they
die away in the distance. Looking
down the valley from the tunnel, the
scene is one never to be forgotten. The
lofty precipices, the distant heights, the
fantastic monuments, the contrast of the
rug-red crags and the graceful curves of
the "silvery stream beneath them, the
dark t reen pines interspersed with pop
lar groves, bright yellow in their
autumn foliage, that crown the neigh
boring summits height, depth, dis
tance and color combine to constitute a
landscape that is destined to be painted
by thousands of artists, reproduced
again and again by photographers, and
to adorn the walls of innumorable par
lors and galleries of art. Beyond the
tunnel for a mile or wore the scene is
even more picturesque, though ot lens
extent. The traveler looks down into
the gorge and sees the sire un plunging
ma succession ot suow-w;i;te cascaaes
through narrow cuts between the per
pendicular rocks.
One or the Sights of Munich.
A correspondent ot tho New York
Mail writes: The Bavaria is one of the
sights ol Munich, and a most interesting
one, too. It is un enormous bronze
statue of a Ionia le nguro holding a
wreath, aid is typical of the glory of
the Kingdom of Bavaria. It is erected
en a natural terraco which exists in the
suburbs of Munich, whereon, at the
giddy height of thirty or forty teet, h,
number ol beer and music gardens are
placed, commanding tho only view of
the citv which can be had, save from
the little park on tho other siue ol the
Isar. The Bavaria statue is so very
large that eight or nine people can
crowd into Its head, the inner side of the
nose being a favorite Beat. Looking out
ol tho little peep-holes, the upraised
arm, a lew feet distant, proves to be
about the size of a chimney of a North
river steamboat. The fieure has a son
of chignon at the back of the head, the
interior of which contains a copper
plate inscribed with a brief history ot
th statue.
Behind the Bavaria is a corridor or
pavilion ia classical style, containing
busts of numerous German celebrities
and of a great many more who are ce
lebrities no longer. Painters, preachers
architects, musicians, diplomatists are
represented m this marble group.
Jelly, Hans S.whs, Orlandi di Lw-;n
(whose houso m an old 6treet is marKea
by a commemorative slan), uoinein,
Crunach, Durer, Gluck and others are
anions' the number, tho latest addition
txiing the artist Uornelius. in iront oi
the Bavaria, and extending from it to
the houses of he city, is a wide plain
or common, whereon fetes ar.d races are
held.
Leath In the Electric Lamp.
It seems as though great improve
ments in tho wav ot lighticx are ut
tended with peril to life, whatever the
medium employed. Kerosene numbers
its victims by thousands, and the light of
the future electricity lias already
caused the lo-is of two lives abroad by
careless handling. In Manchester, Eng
land, a person inadvertently touched
the exposed connections nnd diverted
the current through his body. On the
czar of Russia's ya::ht Livadia a similar
accident occurred to a sailor who was
hanging an electric litrht in the tire
room He grasptd a braas rod which
runs arounu it and at the same time
allowed one of the connecting wires to
swing against his body, thus sending tho
powerful current through it with in
stantaneous death as tho result. With
the rapid iucreuse of electric lights in
his country, the above record will
show that they should not bo handled
by ttio inexperienced. Amtrica Afi-chinint.
Catching Hallbnt. '
The halibut season, says the Sea
World, lasts from the middle of January
to the first of December. At one time
New London, Conn., was an important
halibut port, thirty nail of vessels hav
ing been owned there at one time. By
reason of the business not paying for a
length of time, however, the fleet has
' on gradually reduced by loss to ten
ners at the present time engaged
a the catch. These Rre fine going
schooners of fifty to sixty tons, and
there are no better sea boat3 of sail or
steam afloat. Their average cost was
about $0,000. They fish on George's
Banks and tho coast of Nova Scotia, a
round voyage including tho running of
fares to New York, requiring a month.
The more venturesome commanders sail
in January, although it is considered
dangerous to 9tart thus early, and the
more careful maters will not venture
out till later. The service is a very
perilous one, although no men or ve?sels
have been lost from New London in two
or three years. This good fortune can
not be counted on to continue, and the
hardy mariners verily go forth wilbtheir
lives in their hands. One master in
forms us that of the men who were in
the fleet wien he first engaged in it, all
have perished on fishing trips. Three,
and even four, vessels have been lost in
a single yenr. There pre various circum
stances attending the loss of halibut
mm, the terrible storms which sweep
the fishing grounds bo;nr a fearful
element of destruction. Next to the
peril by storm is the danger of being
run down by passing vessels, during
dark nights, or the impenetrable fogs,
which cover the grounds like a pall
during so many days in the year. The
halibut catchers tell of wonderful
escapes from dire destruction through
thi3 terrible agency, which constantly
fill their lives with grave forebodings.
Tb greatest danger is from the collision
of European steamers as frequently the
damage produced by sailing ships is not
fatal. The fishermen, however, exercise
a commei dable degree of conservatism
in this matter toward the steamers.
avrrmg that in general tue steamsup
captains keep a sharp lookout when off
th? banks, and do all in their power to
avert, calamity. Often in the darknesss
an l fog tha tiny halibut vessels are not
seen until they are almo.st upon them,
when it requires time to change the
sheer of their long hulls, and very many
times tho luckless naubutmen are run
dovn and sunk beneath the wave3.
The average crew consists of eight
men, two men going out in each dory,
fif which there are three, two men being
left to manage the vessel. Twenty-five
fathom lines are put, out from each dory,
to which nre attached from 300 to 325
hooks. The men are oftea lost from the
vessel by tho presence of a sudden gale,
or tho setting ia of a fog. The laic
treaty entered into with Great Britain
has operated agidnst the halibut fl?et,
aud the m?n are hoping to see the objec
tlonal features revoked . O ur in formant
v,i-: confident that more vessels would
engage in the business ere long, and
lioyed to sec the fteet built up to respect
tb!'1 sizo; for. despite its peril, capital
t:usiuvestedpay3veryfatr margins of
profit.
Tortnre in Olden Times.
The torture of those days wa3 studied
n: a ' cience, though perhaps ii; had
rained in diabolical refinement by the
i into that Damiens was operated on be
fore the b?au monde ot Paris for his at
tempt upon Louit tho well-beloved,
f ho scene in the sixteenth century was
usually a gloomy underground cham
ber. dimly lisbtod by torches or cre6ia,
and deadened by massive masonry
acainst the cscapi of sound. The exe
cutioner was probably born in the scar
let, or had at ail events served an ap-
protiuce3tnp to some mast-r who nan
rcr&etuatud the trim traditions of the
cratr,. lie ana ms tuns ran pata careiui
attrition to tne machinery; ii the
screws and the pulleys worked Blowly
and roughly, that, wns -tl! tin better, so
long ns they did not Kill. A speedy re
lea e was tjo thing to be guarded
against; and moat horrible of all was
the presence of tho chirurgeon. There
he stood, in t;rave imperturbability.with
hard, watch) ul f.yes. or with tho linger
on the pulse of the patient, appropri
ately robed in his sa i-co'nred garments,
re;:';'.y to interpose should tortured na
tuie seem overstrained, or to awakm it
when it had found relief in kindly ob
livion. In the latter cu e ho would up
ply himself with salts and essences to
the revival of tha mangled wr. ck of hu
manity, and rekindle the sparks of life
by assiduous intention, till the recovery
wa so satisfactory Unit tho torture
mi. lit be icsumed. Owasioiiii'ly the
HuL'erer would make full confession;
sometimes, having nothing to eay that .
vfui worth hearing, he would groan out
a tissue of incoherent falsehoods ; not un
frequeutly he would bo firm to the end
greatly to fba credit of his cour
age or his obstinacy. In tho six
teenth century, and long afterward,
that licensed inhumanity was recog
nized all over France, and abused
if abuse may bu said to bo pos
sible by the possessors' of gcignioral
rights, as v;eli as by the provincial
parliaments and governors. Remem
bering tho tradhious ol cnielty and in
soloneo that h.'ul been multiplying them
selves from tiui-j iiuu.enuuial through
the length and breadth of tho lnd un
der tho rule of har.-h and irresponsible
tyrants, we may have s mo conception
of the revengeful spirit that was un
chained when the mob had broken loose
aud beconio ma.tfr in ttn ir turn.
Big Professional Iucomes.
Sir Fitzroy Kel'.cy, the late chkf
bsion, enjoyed for fifteen years an aver
nire provisional income of 25,000
($125,000), tho lareest income ever
realiztd hy au F.nglifU lawyer except
loid Seibome, wh-.i, as Sir Roundell
Palmer, before hu elevation to the wool
sack, realized lor Homo years $150,000 a
year. Thu largest incauie made by a
physician in England wui by Sir Bea-
janun Mratlie, who realized in one year
$t5,iMK), of which $25,000 was for one
operation.