nditions."

Ardesoif, unaccustomed to contradiction, and enraged at the worthy
major's use of the term "represent," which smote harshly on his ears,
sprang to his feet, and, with his hand on his sword, exclaimed,
"Represent! If you dare speak in such language, I will have you hung at
the yard-arm."

Major James was weaponless, but in his anger was equal to the occasion.
Seizing the chair upon which he had been sitting, he floored his
insulter at a blow, and giving his enemy no time to recover, mounted his
horse and escaped to the woods before pursuit could be attempted.

His people soon assembled to hear his story, and their wrath was kindled
at hearing how their envoy had been received.

Required to take the field, it needed not a moment to decide under which
banner, and the result was the formation of Marion's Brigade, which won
such fame in the swampy regions of the South.

A LATIN WORD SQUARE.

Behold my first! In her palmy days
(In the time of my _second_, you understand)
She had many poets who sang her praise,
Had soldiers and statesmen and wealth to amaze,
Her fame was unrivalled in many ways--
She had no equal in all the land.

Again to the time of my _second_ refer,
And spell that backward, my third behold--
A hero of monstrous strength. They aver
He held up a temple its fall to defer,
And ate forty pounds (but I hope 'tis a slur)
Every day for his food, both hot and cold.

Now spell my first backward, my fourth appears,
The greatest power of any time.
All poets have sung of its hopes and fears,
All men have known it with smiles and tears,
It has ruled and will rule for years and years
In every nation and every clime.

Now take my word square and look all about,
Sideways, across, and down the middle,
Not a word can be found there by spy or scout
Which can not be spelled upside down, inside out,
All in Latin, you know; but now I've no doubt
You've guessed every word of this easy riddle.

A TERRIBLE FISH.

Among the inhabitants of the sea which, from their size or strength,
have been termed "monarchs of the ocean," are the saw-fish and the
sword-fish, which are formidable enemies to the whale; but it is not
merely on their fellow-inhabitants of the deep that these powerful
fishes exercise their terrible strength. Some singular instances are
related of their attacking even the ships that intrude upon their watery
d