An Unloving Mother

Ohineso women are not reniarkable l'or thcir love of children, and tliink it quite proper that blind babies should bc killed, making no more fuss about it than if the victiin were a kitten. Sevoral years sinoe a littlo giri was sick witb S!r.all-pox, and when slie got well it was fonnd that her eyo-sight was gone. Tbis was hard, but even her own mother said she onght to be killed; that as she was blind she oould not be taught tb oook, sew aud keep a house in order, ho that when she grew up no man would ruarry her, and her parents would have to support lier always. Day by day the hardliearted woman talked in this rnanncr to her husbaud until he eonsented to get rid of the child. He called the Httle ■thing to him oue day, aud laking her by the hand, led her toward a pine thickét on a hill at some distaucs from her homo. Incrodible is it inay seem, he iutended to leavo her in this tliioket to be eaten by wolvas or die of starvatdon. As they wüiked along, however, he bogan to ihink how cruel ib was to treat his child thus, aud at last he turned back home aud told the mother that he had rather work harder ""d keep the little one. öhe did not like it much but had to submit. The girl is nuvv flftoeu, aud has leained to do so maujr things there will be no trouble in gettiug her a husband, and tho parënts will not have to workfor her much longer. The color oí ;t soldier's unirorm is shown to be not so njuch i matter of taste as of vital importance. Exjjerieuco proves that men aro hit in battle according to tlio olor Of thcir dress. Bed i tho most fatal : fehe least faiil, Austrian giay. ïhe pioportíoná ftre : Red, twelve ; rifla green, i ven : brown, sis ; Austrian bluinb jjray, '