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OIIAI'TEK 'granny allowed and the Wlectionuto young heart wont straight out to hoi- oii Uio for tho words that, sorry as she was, she would have boon still more sorry had Cecil's love- suit ended dill'orontly. Oeraldino's lip began loquiver. Tn to point her I'aoc had been sol- as in vise, "I foil, as if evoryono were against inn yesterday," she inur- ''oven you, dear. You you Baid iso little, and and you seemed so grieved lor him." "1 was grieved, and I am nrinvod; 1 said the old lady, almost ilorcclv, consider Cecil ia a fool nil I lie same. He ought lo have scon and known Ion" 1 "iiffo-any man with an ounce of perception would- that you did not care a button for him.

ll'o might have seen that ihoro was another "What? Yon, too? 1 And with a great cry, nut it all came, and everything was explained. "It you had on! said so before!" An. I poor granny felt as if she could never forgive herself, an 1 cried also, and wipe her eyes to ring the bell, and give orders, an I messages, and then sat down to her desk to write notes un.l frame excuses without a second's hesitation. "We can let it appear among ourselves that it was this cousinly affair," quoth she smartly, "and the world must think what it pleases. Nay, it will very likely hardly think of IB at till; wo shall just bo missed for a day.

and nomoro, and we shall enjoy tho eclat of early, as the host people always do retire early, from everything. It is noc worth while to drink tho cup of pleasure to tho dregs." And so she gave it out generally. granddaughter and 1 have had enough," she said. "I am getting to be an old woman, and cannot stand as much as 1 once cannot stand two re 'c." 'tod proposals in one day, 1 she mentally speeTied "and BO we are off to rest and recruit. vVo may hope, il' all is well, to stay longer another year." By the end of tho week everything had been ad listed, the bills paid, the light surface of yio rooms dismantled, and most of the servants sent on in front.

Geraldino was out making 1 a round of "Good-bye" as she and her grandmother were themselves to bo oil'on the following-day, when a visitor was announced to Mrs. Campbell, to whose coming nolhing was said to anybody elso at the time. He had evidently known when to call, however, and had been expected, although there was with it all a certain appro honsivcnoirs in his ring oi the doorbell, and stealtuines's in his Btep upon the stair, which tctokcneda tread upon enchanted ground. "We are quite said his hostess hastily. He murmured some-inaudible reply.

"My granddaughter has gone out" proceeded speaker, "and will, not return for an hour or two. She has a mber of things to do, and people to Bee, as we leave town 1 He bowed in silence. think," continued the old lady, very kindly, "1 Unit we need not stand on any groat ceremony with each other, Sir L-'rederick Bellenden. You would not have omo bore if you had not wished mo to bo plain spoken. Shall 1, then, toll you at once all I know and what I thinkr Or will and she looked inquiringly.

Hut it was -certain he would not. had been too much exasperated, hurt. nnd confounded at the iirst, too much cast down sul-seqiiently, to have rallied without the aid now thrown out; and, ns it was, he remained speechless, merely 1 rning on her a dumb, appealing eye, which boomed to implore comfort and Perish pride. Mrs. Campbell had meant to be proud enough ami dignified enough to have "sustained the honor of all the generations defunct of her grandchild's ancestors: but what could tho benevolent old creature do against a handsome gal-lanfc who had long ago su'ijugutod as well as Geraldino after ihe proper, respectable, grandmotherly fashion, i and who ITOW hung iiium her lips, thought what Bhe thought, saw what she saw.

fell; what she l'clt. Poor granny had-never been so setup in hor life. Hellenden had nor an idea nor an opinion apart from hers: and sho was encouraged to toll what sho had seen, whis, er what she suspected, and suggest, what sho.i Id next be done, with nothing- but tho most eager acquiescence on liis pa-t. f'inally. she wound up with a prophecy that all would eonio right yet: and, thereupon, the despondent "and dejected figure who had cro, so humbly and cautlo -sly in, vanished into thiii air, while in its place sat upright, a broad torm, with and courageous and undnunte-d air.

prepared for anything, and thirsting to display his valor. mind, my dear Sir Frederick, do, i.ray, mind urged his 001111- fellor at urti-ng. "do. pray, bis careful. Not a word.

not. a single word uf this interview to know my child. Hliti is hot and son-itivo. She tho hasly i 1 od of her race. Did Kho but once suspect yo i had with me, she woulti take, lire at once, nnd who knows whether wo should over succeed in allaying it a second time? not no or know at least, I.

mean until- until you choose your own time, for telling her. of course: but it not I e. must, not he yet." ''JMy dear Mrs. 'umnho-ll. you may trust me.

And Kolloni-bn, with some emotion, "how shall lover thaiiic you for service you have done iiicV Had it not been for you, loo. should havo left i was" on the point of when I received yoi note and. once go should I ever liavc learueii i lie 1 trem- lih-to think of it. I r-lio I-! never, of myself, have spoken again. man lO'idcl.

who had been told what 1 had. Ami how ivas i to suppose there onld be any explanation'' localise, you ee, she was always so truthful is the most irnthful child in the world." cried granny, interrupting, him: "but I think no woman living would have excused her that on, little lie." "Xor man, said n-'-llenrlon, In spirits laugh. -'She has but to own it was 0110, to be everything." "We shall meet, then, ere very long?" said tho old lady, giving him nor hand. "Within a few days, I trust." "And- at "At Inchmarew." Granny said that evening- that she had really had a pleasant day, and was not in the least fatigued: nor would sho early to Led, alleging' that she liked tho cool eventide to sit and think in: and, accordingly, sho jad hor chair brought out and placed in the balcony, although the china pots and daisies were gone, and theto sho sat silent and smiting, a little to the wonder of some one else, who was in anything but a smiling mood. All through the preceding week the temperature in Geraldine's veins had been steadily going- down: every i morning she Had arisen cooler and calmer, and more and more ready to bo i persuaded and reasoned with, had there been anybody at hand to reason and persuade.

the prudent grandmother had soon all and held her tongue. I Sue had I'orcast a swift repentance: lv.it'she had also prophesied a return of the tantrums were the repentance i forced on apace, and not allowed to I work its own end; and, therefore, al- though it had been no easv thing to I do, she hud put a curb not only on hor speech, Int on her actions, and, had by word and act carried out tho will oi her yonng tyrant. Perhaps Geraldino had almost hoped to be remonstrated with, and perhaps, had she been so, she might have given way: but granny, with a chuckle, had gone on with her preparations. Tho child needed a lesson: and to give her her head at this crisis, and her hang- herself on her own rope were, was the best thing to be done; and therefore, although tho "poor deav" really sacrificed solf.and could not but heave a sigh as sho looked round upon tho still attractive scene, tho busy parks and streets, and cards upon her plate and mautlcpioco; while in the background she had but a rue I ul vision of Inch- marew Castle, cold and solitary, and with tho cover? only just whipped oil' in the she hold bravely to the role sho had laid down for herself; and the only thing- she had dene was to drop J.Sellon'den tho furtive lino which had arrested his departure, and brought him to her side at the fust convenient opportunity. Now she could afford to sit and smile on her balcony.

I-'ear old soul! (-he found fault with nothing -not even with the rain on the Argyllshire hill tops, although it fell in waterspouts on the lirst evening ot their return to their Highland home. as was the outlook from her bed-room window, where she stood awhile to gaze 14011 the dreary mists hanging and the leaden waste of waters scarcely seemed to notice it. One previous inquiry had satislicd her: she had learned that the summer boat was running, the boat which touched every evening at their pier, and that had been enough. On the other poor little Geraldine was miserable down to the very tips of her lingers, and and professed herself ab. ect-ly penitent for bringing hor grandmother back in such an evil hour-she had almost said to such an evil place.

Inchmarew had never before seemed desolate and dreary. She could not havo it had sho been told, that she could over have looked upon the loved homo of her childhood with such an ungracious eye. The very servants saw that she was unre- i sponsive and out of spirits and fancied she had grown fine and scornful. miserable, miserable rain," she moaned, "how gloomy, how de; plorable, it all looks: Aml'yct 1 novel- found it gloomy and deplorable before. I.

hiuglit at Aunt Charlotte when sho warned mo that it would be so. 1 forgot to tell you, dear, how indignant Aunt, Charlotte was with mo for running away when .1 wont to say my 'Good-bye to hor. Sho said I need not have made myself line sy: that none of them would ever have "troubled mo: and that at least the unfortunate af- Jair might have been allowed to dio out of itself. I got away as soon as I co and left my love for Ethel and T'nay will not come here this autumn that is one thing. Oh.

it iy some-Hi, ng lo fool I havo done with the i Raymonds, and Aunt Maria-, and all of them for the present: that 1 can breuiho freely, and not bo in agonies lest, meet them at every turning of. a street: but still-i ut stilt ''and she drew a long, weary despairing breath. Now the curious thing was, that in exact proportion as the grandchild's spirits did those of mothcr rise. She prattled and gossiped. inquired a' this and about the i little novelties for tho rooms which she had ac nirod in London: arranged a siio'-es-uou of autumn consisting of the different new acquaintances with whom it was dosir- able to keep up friendly and who said they should pronenilv be I in the and altogether scorned to havo no sympathy with, nor to make any allowance for Geraldino's depression.

''Von seem very merry to-night, When iho "poor i dear" was entitled "grandmuma' 1 knew whsit ii, You seemed iiite rejoiced to bo hero, in this dull place, on this mehinchol.y evening," pursued the fretfully. 1 am sure I am glad you like it. it is i a good thing that any one can be met-- I 1 shuddering. "Kvon i'rosl" and c-iiu cast a scornful glance at the hhu- i ing logs, tliiniiing.o!'the warmth and sunlight of iho south. I "The liro is needed, 1 oh- i served granny, no whit aba-mud.

-'A tire always looks cheerful, feeling is ID have one whonevoi can bear least it seems to have made yen cheerful: 1 cannot say Uiat, it Ins had i the same effect on replied the despondent young lady. 'T never felt Jess in my life." "Von want companion, mv dear" slyiy. Cornnna would come, I dare pray do not ask her, granny, pray don't:" in great alarm. feel iis if i could nol bear nor any one elso now. 1 love Miss orunnu -but I don't want hor, indeed I don't! 1 only want to bo let alone.

I sluiit In. 1 all right soon. Uy to-morrow. I dare sav. Dear." wtth'a swift return to gentle tenderness, '-dear, I am very set 1 Try to forgive me.

You know I am unhappy; but 1. ought not let you suffer for good, kind granny that you arc." the evening ended in each other's arms. "lly to-morrow. 1 whispered granny to herself, tears and laughter struggling with each other in her bosom. "By fo-morrow, my sweet Vos.

1 can well believe there will be another face by For she knew by this time that all i was right, and that the magician who was to transform uloiid and mist, dejection and gloom into sunshine fend gladness, was already ot his post, and only awaiting that morrow's dawn to begin his delightful task. The next morning Geraldino was missing at noontide. "Gone oil to tho burnsido, ma'am, to her old place beneath the waterfall whore she used to explained the white-headed domestic, who read in this a return to a happier mood than had characterized tho evening before. "She did not take hoi- rod, nor yet ask for Donald; hut she's there, all tho same, for hero saw her cross the road, and away up through the birken wood." "i think," said the lady shortly after, when repeating this to a third person who had walked up from tho "Ferry Inn," where he had managed to endure the night, though it had not boon an agreeable one. "I think, Sir Frederick, you know tho place.

It is some- whore near that waterfall that we hear now," for they were standing outside the house as she course I can send some one to show you the way, but ho was off almost ere ho could repudiate the idea. Nothing could have, been better. in her own enchanted nest of fern and heather, in the spot wherein ho had first beheld her, the spot whereupon ho had won his lirst triumphs. Could ho have wished for better omen now? And there sho was! Ho did not call hor, as he drew near. She was standing on the self-same lodge of slippery rock whereon he had startled her that afternoon throe years ago, and standing so near the edge that ho durst not risk startling- her again.

Ho was almost afraid to to it seemed ages ere sho turned, and slowly and sorrowfully as it seemed, moved with downcast eyes toward him. At length sho was close by his side on the confines of the long, rank, dripping grass, and then one word rang out bold and Gcra'ldine did not scream, nor faint, nor fall this time. She only stoon quite still, while the color slowly left her cheek, her blue eyes dilated, and her lips fell apart. Who was this'. Who spoke 9 What did he there; 1 Was they whore wore they, and what did it all She swayed gently forwards, and onye again found herself clasped in the same strong arms that had held her in the self-same spot before.

resemblance went no further, "I shall not let you go this time," whispered a voice in her ear. "1 have you last: and, Geraldine, I will know, 1 will know the truth at last. You hod to me in Loiidon-oh, my darling, my darling, you did; I know it, I am sure oi it, and don't weep so bitterly--or, if you will, Jot mo kiss away the tears. Geraldine, love you, and I must love you whether you will or not be generous and forgive, and let us both be happy. Nay, don't hido your ho found the way to it pr 'sentry.

She could not struggle with could not choose but hearken to could not but bo happy in her cage. And Bellcnden knew his ground by this time, and was very sure that half would bo productive of only half content. Before ho left that damp and delightful (but srdly rheumatic! spot, he had obtained, all ho wanted, the fail- hand that lay in his had been promised him, the heart pressed to his own had bepn allowed to be his already. he had obtained forgiveness for all the past. And the only about the only word-that had been-dropped out on the other side, had found vent in a murmur so soft that is had Icon almost inaudible.

"Still, vou know, I do think that you shouldn't-have treated me as if had been a more child." "No, I shouldn't," acknowledged tho happy lover, ready to anything. "Shall I promise 1 never do so any more?" THE JOND. A Mile a Minute OH the Sen. A Welsh engineer has prepared designs for a vessel which he claims will attain a of sixty miles an hour. Mis proposed vessel is Hat bottomed, 550 feet long, GO feet in width, wedged shaped at each end for 100 feet of her length, with a displacement of some 14,000 tons.

Such a vessel, litted with sixteen paddle wheels driving at 170 revolutions a minute, this'sanguine inventor believes Avould be propelled through the water at a rate, of sixty miles an hour. This would bo breaking record with a vengeance, for the'Lncania, which has just elcipsed all previous evl'ormanccs, averaged barely twenty-two miles an hour. The sixk paddle wheels of the proposed express pas.scng.'r steamer would be: placed eight on each side, one behind the other in a water channel minimi; and aft just above the ship's; bottom. They arc of a peculiar construction, tin; paddle ahviiy.s maintaining perpendicular position, and always on- U-ring and leaving the water at exactly tlio same point. ONLY WOMAN SAVED- oru.

White in In the the prevailing craze for odd and styles of architecture it is pleasing to come across a. plea for the simple and homely such as contented our YorofaOior.s. William Henry iiishop, in an article in Tho Century, in which he gives his experiences while for a summer homo in upper Jui'j-hind in the of an abandoned faim. siivs: "Two small meet show (heir rimntMphor Wren steeples complaccndy. Time has been when nil white country iiHM-ting-houscs alike seemed to I'rcexe (he imagination, with coldness; but.

timc-i chunire, and ith thorn. The channiii" gracj iind lighlness of design lha't many of them possess have be; rcc- I vir whiteness is a. refreshing spot amid the greenery; in short, they are coming back into favor tho mitny other nice things of the period, and the invasion i'f Gothic chapels that them had bettor look to tho security of its domination." G()lt 'i'lHMl' A l.ill aim to t'ae missioncrs at The amount to a county previous bill lump" and itemized st; noted. Ktali-iiienf, feet long presented Xiinery, county com- theii- meeting lust week, was for repairs bridge in Skippack. A I been rendered '-in the request was made for an itonient, with the result The above ia a portrait of Miss Anna Boeckoiy the sole female survivor of ill-fated steamship Elbe's passengers.

She is a "governess, and was on tier way from jmen to take a posi- tion with a prominent family in Porte mouth. The young Avoman has recently scornfully refused an offer of $400 per week to exhibit herself in a London museum. VOLCANOES OF; THE NORTHWEST EDGAU ALLAN TOE was an excellent illustration of a brilliant mind upset by the use of stimulants. People No-w Claim to Have Seen Numerous Eruptioiis. Colonel Plummer has made extensive and collected data which shows beyond question that the big mountain jpeaks in the Northwest have been volcanoes in the memory of people yet liftoff says the Tacoma CAVS, and Colonel Plummer thinks tuajtjfflCount Rainier is likely to break out at any time.

Bordering the sounds-country there are at least twenty peaks from which take place, or which may be centers of earth tremors or shocks, and several of these have within recent Deal's given ample proof of life. Among-tlie mass of data is the story of John Hilftton, an Indian now living, that he an eruption of the mountain It was accompanied by liie, noigs'a'nd earthquake. He had heard from.older members of his tribe that this- 1 had happened many times. He had also seen 11 res from Mount Baker, a tradition of his race is to the effect that this mountain was much higher, and that a tremendous explosion threw down the entire south side. shape and condition of the indimtain confirm this story.

An old Samuel Parker, tells Indians say that they have often seerijflres in the chasms of Mount Hood, the first chief of the Dalles who is a man of more than ordiuaryitklents, said that he had often seen the fissure of flie rocky in the mountains." A few years ago Captain Syinouds, in his report on the Columbia-'River, notes that "persons who have.visited Mount. Hood say that, near its summit are places where hot, sulphul'bus gases still escape, and there are -many who claim to have seen smoke in large quantities issuing from" the mountain." In tho story of his explorations Mr. Parker relates that "there was in August, an commonly dark day, which was thought have been caused by an eruption of a volcano. The whole day nearly as dark qs night, except light red, lurid in Appearance, which was perceptible until'near night. Lighted candles were necessary during the day.

The atmosphere was tilled with ashes of wood, all hdving the appearance of having boon produced by great fires, and yet none w.eire known to have occurred in the wholp The day was perfectly calm, without any wind. F.or a few days after tho lires out of doors were noticed to burn as though mixed witli sulphur. There were no earthquakes. By observations which were made after the atmospliero bo- canio clear, it was thought the pure white, perpetual snow of Mount St. Helens was discolored, presenting a brown appearance, and therefore it was concluded had been a slight eruption." In- a footnote tin- author says: "I have been credibly informed that lava was ejected at that time from St.

Helens." There are many other facts that go to prove that St. Helens was very active in 1831. Settlers of "VVhatcorn County have often seen Mount Baker in a state of i'l-uption. In January, persons living down the sound could distinctly see a long black streak on the southwest slope of Mount Baker, which was variously estimated at from l.ooo to 2,000 feet in width. It was several months before the mass of lava cooled so as to receive the falling In 1801 people at Port Ludlow saw Mount Olympus, in the Olympic range, in eruption.

On Sunday, June L'7, at about p. quite a seven- earthquake- shock was felt at Seattle. Very little- damage was done, although dishes thrown from pantry shelves and many people were startled by the sharpness of the shock. On Sunday, Dec. 1WSO, about 0 o'clock at night, the entire region around Mount Ituinicr ex- lierieneed a series of sharp which were accompanied by deep rumblings.

The ground seemed to wriggle and twist. In Hie summer of Ta- eoma received severe shock, which the motion of chandeliers hung mi hooks showed came from the direction of Mount Itainier. On June 18S-1, at about 7 o'clock, p. jets of steam were plainly sec-n 'shooting upward from Mount Rainier to a considerable height. This phenomenon was ciintimied at short intervals until darkness shut off the view.

There was no tire, and no earth tremors were reported. Sheep herders east of the Cascades have frequently seen eruptions of Mount Uozomeen, which Is eastward from Mount Baker, in recent years and, considering these reports, this vol cano is the "Old Faithful" of- the Gas cades. Should there be a very violent eruption of Mount Rainier, there wouk be no danger in Tacoma. The mountain is too far forty-four miles The following table, which is among the volcanic records in Colonel Plum" mer's ofHce, shows the year and duration of eruptions of the big peaks in this vicinity from 1820 to 1891, inclusive: Yenr Mount Mount Mrnint Mount Mount Mount Mount Mount Mount Mount Mount Mount Mouut Mount -Mount Mount Mount Rninior Rnnicr Ranier Rnuior, 2 hours' dnrntiou. St.

Helens, 12 hours St. Helens St. Helens St. Helena, 85 dnys St. Holnus Bnkcr Baker Baker Baker Hood, hours IJozomeeii Olympus JS-U 1843--J Ig-it 1S8( 1SOS IS!) 18(1 Olympus, 3 hours 18SC HISTORY OF THE GKIP.

No Ncw-Faiislecl Disease, One with a and Honorable Itecord. Like New York, at this moment all Paris is sneezing and coughing under the reign of epidemic influenza. At the opera and theater programs are con stautly being changed to suit the com binalions that have or havo not the grip, says the New York World's Paris correspondent. AVo buy a ticket for "Romeo and Juliet," but must not be surprised if it ends in our listening to the woes of quite another pair of lovers and Delilah," for example One dear soul who went: to the opera for the first lime heard the lattei quite through the third act before she became aware that it wasn't "Romeo and Juliet." The bill had been changed Since we must endure this scourge it is consoling to know that "la grippe' has history and an honorable record It is no new-fangled notion. It is not a niiioloonth-cenlnry invention.

Ninety years ago it figured in court circles In Russia, if we may believe Tolstoi, who, in the first chapter ot "Peace War," shows one Anna Scheivr, maid of honor at tho court of the Emperor Alexander, at the height of the coughing and sneezing stage, was a grippe," she said, and a footnote explains: "The word 'grippe' was then an expression quite now nnd ns yet little in use." This In 1805. "Russian grippe" it. came to bo called, but it; was in fact nn old disease to which the Knssifins had given a new name. In reality Kngland furnishes the curliest, records of this popular disease. Oood John lOvclyn makes an entry ID his "diary" at London, where lie sponl much time at the court of Charles "Oct.

35, 1075, I got an extreme cold, such as was afterward so epidemical as not only ns in this island, but was rife fill over Knrope like plague. It is after an exceedingly drj summer and autumn." It would seem that Evelyn escaped long siege of the "epidemical" malady, for an entry made shortly tells of visit paid to his friend, Samuel 1'epys, who had gone Into retirement at the Tower, and who appears to have enjoyed a goodly amount of sympathy ami society of friends outside. "I dined with Mr. I'epys In the Tower, he having been committed by the House of Commons for a misdemeanor in the mlmirally." And few days later: "Sending a piece of venison to Mr. I'epys, still a prisoner, I went and dined with him." A sensible and thrifty proceeding, that: of sending the venison, thus himself escaping the potluck of a Tower dinner and at the same time bringing good cheer to Pepys, who, next to music, the theater, a pretty woman and good apparel, dearly loved a good dinner.

Less than 100 years later in France, ill: the court of Louis tho epidemic a lively pan in Iho annals. I'ompadour did not escape; the maid! of honor took their turn. As a remedy "strong wines" were in high favor, s'e the record tells us. Veil, verily! we begrippod victim) of nineteenth century are cm rap port w'ith aristocratic precedents. lashion was set.

at court. The best so ciety had it. Heaven bo praised There's nothing plebeian in the grip. long for the time when we cm catch cold looking for tho lirst modes violet of ORIGIN OF THE AZTECS. A.

Recent Kxptorcr Thinks They Come from Scandinavia. "I am glad to note that scientists, particularly philologists, are at last making good headway in deciphering tho hieroglyphics of the Aztecs," said Dr. Wondnll Moos, of Ithaca, to a writer for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "I have just returned from an extended visit to our sister republic, during which I mndc the most careful researches, with results which are highly gratifying to mo.

There remains no doubt in my mind that thcl warlike and highly tribes which Cortes found in Mexico were of Scandinavian origin and very closely allied to in- own Saxon forefathers. I believe wo shall soon bo able to establish this fact beyond a question of doubt. Indications point, to the Scandinavians having come over from the great, northern peninsula ns early as the fourth CCTI- tury B. C. "Speaking of Cortes and the Spanish conquerors raises a perfect storm of pent-up indignation within me every time I hear the name, for the world will never be able to fully realize tho harm they have done by their wanton destruction of the records they found and the stumbling blocks they havo put in the way of scientific research era.

There are not enough of the hieroglyphic records of the Aztecs remaining to ever complete our knowledge of their but in my opinion tho worst barriers have been successfully passed. Many of our scientists have befogged a very plain question concerning Mexican hieroglyphics. There never was a uniform system of written or printed records anywhere. They all contained the principles of several distinct systems. This is true of Egypt ns well as Mexico.

A majority of the hieroglyphics of nomenclature in Egypt were based on the rebus, or symphono- graph, where the pictures give the sound, but not the sense. This implies the existence of two languages in that country, one which gave the meaning and the other to which the picture belonged. "The sumo system was used in Mexico. Tho hieroglyph for Huaseyacac, pronounced Washyaca, is a twig of the huasc fruit coming out of the nose, or of a human face. "The meaning, however, is quite different.

Wash or Washu must have boon the name of the god of war, and as Kak, or Cac, means red, and the Cul- was were red men, Hnaseyacac must have meant the Red Cod of War. Tho peculiarity of the word is that it presents what we may call the Scandinavian dialectic formula of a name of great antiquity found in ninny countries and not originally belonging to tho rod men of Europe and Northern Vf- rica. In these peoples, who can be directly traced to the mingling of the three primitive savage races with the prehistoric white races of Northern Europe, the Ax.es, or Asar, we have the root Wash, as in Washington, Washoe nnd like words. The older form Ras, as In Baslnghall, Basingstoke, Basques, in actual nomenclature, and Bes, Bessaria, Bosnn, in ancient times. Huitxilipoctll was a title and not.

a name, and the lolling tongue is hieroglyphic for the word Lap, showing that Huitzilipochtll was the demon Lap, or the god of war, ag viewed by the red races. This hieroglyphic is based upon the Saxon word Lap, to take up water with the tongue, and is proof positive of the Scandinavian origin of the Aztecs. "Going further this we havo found that the hieroglyphic for Lap was tho rabbit, because Lepns rebuses with Lap, and we infer from that th-it the rabbit: god of the Algouquins is a proof that tho must, have had intercourse by some means with the civilized races from whom the Romans their word lepus. In every nation that refused to eat the hare there must: havo been similar intercourse, no matter under what pretext it WHS declined as an article of food." Tak II John Alexander Macdonald was borr. Glasgow, but at live years of age carried by his parents to Canada, wiiere his education must have been of a meagre kind, for at: tho age of fifteen he was earning his living in a lawyer's oflice.

At twcnty-ono lie was called to tho bar; and in his first case came to blows with the-opposing counsel, to the scandal of the Judge, who told the crier to enforce order. Tills crier was on old man, person ally much attached to Mr. Macdonald, in whom he took a lively interest. In pursuance of his duty, however, ho was compelled to interfere. Moving toward the coinbafnnls, circling round them, ho shouted in tones, "Order in tho court, order in the court," adding in a low but Intensely sympathetic voice as ho passed near his protege, "Hit: him, John!" I have heard Sir John Macdonald say that In many a parliamentary encounter of after years ho has seemed to hear above tho excitement of the occasion the voice of the old crier whisporlng in his ear tho words of encouragement, "Hit him, Spoctator.

Tile Skoals, SnollH, Ologgs. There are many examples of surnames which denote physical or mental strength in tho persons who lirst bors them. Striking instances are: Skeat, the Old English skel, swift; Snell, tho Old English Old Xorse Suialir, swift, strong; Murvell, meaning prodigy; Swift, Sharp, Quick; Magiun, probably from the Old Norse meginn, strong. A remarkable northern name Is Glegg, or Clogg, which represents the Old Norse gloggr, Scotch gleg, meaning quick, clover, and occurring in the Lancashire dialect as clcgg. In South Yorkshire they say that a quick-witted man Is "as glegg as a Is, sharp as a gimlet.

Every one of these surnames (and there are more of the same kind) is certainly derived from the mental or physical good qualities of an ancestor. -The Gentleman's Magazine. Ruggins- How do you, being a bachelor, know so much aboui women's bonnets, and so little about the drama? 1 spend a great deal of time at the Record. Old you think, young man, yon could support my daughter in the stylo to which sho has been accustomed? Her could, but I'm not mean enough to do Rec- ovd. "Tho Parasite," by Conan Doyle, la- one of the few hypnotic tales that are 1 not tiresome, The American edition of the Bookman is more entertaining than its English original.

The new American Aijthors' Guild- reports an immediate and large accession to membership. The sketches of America's Presidents In Appletou's Dictionary of Biography havo been reprinted in a single volumo.j Edward Gary has added an admlr-' able biography of George William Cur-! tis to the American Men of Letters aeries. Conan Doyle will contribute to McClure's Magazine for March a dramatic story of tho Franco-Prussian war. Crockett, author of "The Stickil Minister" and several other popular new books, looks like a bearded Conan Doyle. The books most talked of are not al- tvays those that sell best.

"Stepping Heavenward" has sold more than a third of a million. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the play which fills tho tenth volume of II. H. Eurness' superb Variorum edition of Shakspeare. Charles Dudley Warner says that ignorance of tho Bible exists among college students lo a degree inconceivable to any person of a generation ago.

Robert Louis Stevenson has at last reached the pinnacle of literay famp, though he may not learn of it. Thera Is to be a uniform edition of his books. The young men who edit the Chap Book print nn attack on the patriotic hymn beginning "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." Give us a better hymn, boys, or hold your peace. Chicago has a new club, the Caxtou, which will issue such books as only book-lovers know how to esteem in dainty typography, artistic binding and limited editions. Of a portrait of George Moore published in The Yellow Book the Critic says: "A plum-pudding eaten at bedtime could not conjure up worso dreams than sight of this picture." Mrs.

Cleveland's women friends say sho is exceedingly fond of literature nnd predict that after the retirement of her husband and herself from the White House she will take up her pen and make a name for herself in the field of literature. President Cleveland has great respect for the literary judgment of his wife. The President recently said to one of his friends: "Every message to Congress that I have written since my marriage, and every important state paper of any description, has been submitted to Mrs. Cleveland before it was sent. out.

Sho has excellent taste as to the style and choice of words, and I am indebted to her for a great deal of valuable assistance." George Moore, the binrm.tipuk<,and disorganized young English writer who has been called the "later Swinburne," is thus described by a writer in the Critic: "His face is gentle, gracious, desolate, defiant, and yet face of the dying century. The head is well shaped, the brow very high and rather narrow; tho nose Is long and straight; the chin Is molded with almost feminine delicacy of outline. Of the mouth one sees nothing. It Is hid beneath a long, reddish, silken mustache, which droops dejectedly. The eyes are large and gray." A 1 Joy's Evening Clothes.

The regulation evening suit for the boy from twelve fo (ifteen is that which In England is dedicated to the Eton boy, writes Elisabeth Robinson Scovll, in an article very fully descriptive of "The Art of Dressing the Boy" in the Ladies' Home Journal. The material used is the rough-surfaced black serge In vogue for men's evening clothes. 'The trousers are cut. iu the usual fashion, and though they display a crease, it is not a pronounced one. The waistcoat is cut very low to display the white shirt front, white collar and black tie.

The Eton jacket, cut off short at tho waist- lino, haslts collar and lapels faced with corded silk, which, while it is dull, yet shows the difference between it and tlie cloth. The cuffs are permitted to come slightly below the sleeves and are held together with simple white enamel links, the shirt buttons being of the same material. The black tie is an inch and a half wide, of black satin, and arranged iu the usual stiff bow. Immersion and Isolation Advised, Air, water, milk, oysters, butter, mussels, watercress, foreign fruit and kisses are all especially capable of conveying Infection. Cabs, eats, dogs, cushions in railway carriages, shaving 1 at hairdressers', clothes from the tailor's, washing from the laundry, change, hank notes, hooks from libraries, forks and glasses at restaurants and mud upon boots and dresses are other mediums for tho distribution of disease.

This list Is very imperfect. Civilized man, then, may only expect to live an average term of life by continuous immersion iu boiling.water, accompanied by absolute isolation. Beyond that whatever he eats, drinks, wears or touches should be boiled three times before he comes into contact with them. It Is remarkable that urn 1 predecessors thrived, despite iho eternal, though in their day unascertained, laws of London Truth. Hunting' with a Camera, There are a great many hunters armed with magazine cameras Instead of guns out In the Maine woods now, saya tho American Journal of Photography, watching and working for a chance to get a snap shot at deer, moose or any other wild game.

Tho photographers return with some wonderfully Interest- Ing results to show in pictures of wild animals ia their natural surroundings. And they claim there is as much glory In taking a. doer's picture as in taking its life. It requires just as much skill to get within photographing distance as within shooting range, and often more. Anyway, It is an interesting new neld for the irrepressible amateur tographer..