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,KaPP,aluead of to world, i Yon o4n, Ply PDS',
'Ms the only sure vfffiy to succeed.
If you pre fall behind, IN hard to Rot hOok
'To the spot Where youenoo bad the lead;
And there'S no way to. Win in 'the battle of Hip,
Sd'easy, se safe and So sure,
At to have a folv dollars ahead pf your wants --
For most .pf life's ills 'tit the cure,
But you never got dollars till first yen get pence,
As from acorns the mighty oaks grow;
Work hard, and 'work oVar, and savo as yoU toll
No =atter if progress soeina filoW
Thus be true to yourself in. Mo years of your
Youth,
And you'll ret without worry whon.old.
Save the pennies to -day, into silver they'll turn,
And the silver will grow ante gold.
Lot the fools try to tempt you to. pleasures to.
That will tako the small coin from yOnr purse;
Store your brain M the hours they give to the
world
With knowledge, you 11 not be tho worse;
Per labor, and study, and saving in youth
Will,givo rest aria content when you're old,
And the pennies to -day will be silver full B0011,
And the silver will grow into gold.
Fair Italy lies on the Alps' farther side,
'Tit the place w o havo dreamed Of alway,
But those Alps must be climbed by the stout
limbs of youth
Bre by Tibor we pass ago away;
So work, my brave boy, in tho years of your
strength,
If you want rest and plenty when old;
Take care of the pennies, to silver they'll turn,
And the silver will grow into gold.
L. J, BEAM:1W.1A.
SIR HUGH'S LOVES.
And it wee for this that she had come
back to him through The Valley
of the Shadow of Death," bringingher baby
with her.
Some strange feverish power seemed to
enter into her and give her a fitful strength.
She sat down at her husband's desk and
began writing rapidly, and as the thoughts
came to her; and when she had finished,
oho enclosed her letter with the torn, frag-
ment, and, after addressing it, sealed it
carefully. As she did so she heard foot-
steps approaching the library, and slipped
it hurriedly into the open drawer, and the
next moment Sir Hugh entered with a tele-
gram in his hand.
"1 have been looking all over the place
for you, Fay," he began, hurriedly; "and
not a soul seemed to know where you were.
Look here; I have just had this telegram
from Fitz. He wants me to come up to
town at once. I believe we have to start
earlier than we intended."
And as Fay seemed to have no answer
ready, he went on—" I am so vexed about
it, my pot, for I meant to have driven you
over to Pierrepoint after luncheon; you
looked so pale this morning, and I had to
arrange about so many things. Well, it
cannot be helped; Raville is packing my
Gladstone,' and 1 have not it moment to
lose."
"Do you mean you are going off toEgypt
now?" asked Fay, hardly able to
articulate—her lips had grown quite
white. What if she should be too late after
all!
," Egypt, indeed! What a child you are,
Fay; one can never make you understand
things. No, I am going up to London to
get what I want, and meet Egerton and
Powis, the other fellows who are to join us.
I shall sleep at the Club to.night, and you
may expect me to be down to dinner to-
morrow. The next day—" here he hesi-
tated ; 'well, there is time enough to talk
of saying good-bye then."
' Yes, yes, I understand now. Go and
get ready; and, Hugh, don't forget to kiss
baby."
"All right," he laughed good-humoredly;
and then Fay stood quite still, holding the
table, till he came back.
" My traps are in the hall; I must say
good-bye quickly, darling." How hand-
some, how well he looked, as
he stooped over her with his plaid over his
arm.
He need not be fearful of her detaining
him; there was no clinging, no agony of
, weeping this time. She put hertwo hands
round his neck and held him for a moment,
as her cold lips touched his, and then stood
quite still and waved to him—sadly, quietly
—froni the window as he 'drove past, and
that was all.
CHAPTER XXXII.
" SOOD-BYE—GOOD-13YE."
I never will look more into your face
Till God says, "Look 1" I charge you, seek me
not,
Nor vox yourself with lamentable thoughts
That peradventure I have come td grief.
Be sure I'm well, I'na merry, l'ra at ease,
But suoh a long way, long way, long way off,
I think you'll find mo sooner in my grave,
And that's nay choice—observo.
B. D. Browning
Fay had made up her mind to be lost.
Could any one imagine anything so utterly
gnorant and childish, and yet so pathetic?
She was going to lay down her wifely rights
and steal away, friendless and unprotected,
into the great lonely world, ad that
Hugh might come back to his old home in
peace.
With tho rash impulse of despair—of it
despair that hoped nothing and feared
nothing—she was taking the most terrible
step that it young creature could take. She
was doing evil that good might come ; she
was giving up herself in complete renuncia-
tion and self-sacrifice in obedience to a
miserable and mistaken idea. If she had
been older; if her simplicity of character
had been less childish, and her worldly
knowledge greater, she must surely have
hesitated before taking a step that must
anger as well as grieve her husband. How
would Sir Hugh's haughty spirit brook the
publicity and the nine days' wonder of the
world when they knew that his wife, Lady
Redmond -4h° successor of all the starched
and spotless denies svho hung in the old
gueet.chambers—should so forget herself
and him: as to tarnish his
reputation by .an act so improper and
incredible.
He might forgive his spoilt trip and
all the trouble that awaited him in his
empty home ; but how will he ever bring
himself to forgive that?
But Fay, poor mistaken child, thought of
none Of these things. She only felt that she
must go and take her baby With her. There
was no time to be lost, and
she nuiat make all her plans very
Fay's Will was it strong onethere wad
no fear that she Would falter in her purpese ;
but she heStet reffiernbered afterwards how
she carried it out, Or from salience earne
* the Strange feverish energy that supported
her. She was working in it dream, in it
nightmare, in it horrible impatience to be
gone—to be gone—where? But even this
question Was aniiWored before really horns
wore, over, for s49 was to 4.1440 hor poor
Ifttio1310,41.4 with the ntP1Pet preeiiii90In
-
the quiet evening time, as she paced rest,
lessly through the empty teems, she thought
of a place of refuge where she might rot
safely for it little. The moment the carriage
had turned the corner, and she could
Pee it no longer, she had taken the
letter from the drawer and laid it on the
table.
Such an innocent, pitiful little letter it
Was-
" Darling Hugh," it began, "do not be
angry with me when you C41110 back to-
morrow and find your Wee Wide has gone.
What could I do—how could I stay any
longer after reading your words. Indeed,
I think I tiould have borne anything but
this. No, this olio thing I could
net bear—that you should leave your
home and country to free yourself
from me.
" You must go,' you say of course it
must be you," Darling, do you not know
me better than that?
" I felt you could not love me, Hugh ; but
have I ever blamed you in my heart? I
was too ohildish and young for such a man
as you. Whydid you marry me, dear—that
Was a great mistake. But perhaps you saw
I lilted you.
"I tried so hard to please you, but some-
how I always failed. And then the baby
carne—our baby—and you.dia not care for
him mid then, indeed, I thought nay heart
would break. I wonder if you know how I
have loved you? I was not too young for
that, though you thought I was. I never
lay down to sleep without praying God to
bless my dear husband, and sometimes—
was it very childish of me, I wonder?—I put
baby's hands together and made believe he
was praying too.
"1 think if you knew what I suffered,
when they thought I was dying, and
the angels would not come for me; I think
—yes, I do think, Hugh—you would have
been sorry for me then.
" Good-bye, my darling—I shall never
call you that again, for I am going away
for ever. You must not trouble about me,
for I shall take great care of myself, and
after it,time I shall not fret so much. I
shall lake my baby—he cannot do with-
out me, and I love him so. When he ie
older I will send him back to you. He is
so like you ' dear—a Redmond all over—and
his eyes will remind me of you.
"1 shall say good -by to you very quietly.
When I try to:speak there is a dreadful lump
in my throat that seems to choke me ; and
I feel as though 1 could blush with shame
for being so little and insignificant inYour
eyes. You are like it king to me, Hugh ;
so grand, and noble, and proud. Oh, what
made you marry me ? You did wrongthere,
darling, did you not?
" Good-bye'good-bye. I shall be quite
lost. Do net look for mo; only give me a
thought now and then—onekind and gentle
thought of your Wee Wide."
She read throughtheletter dry-eyed, and
kissed it, and laidit onthe table. It would
touch his hands, she thought. Later on
she unsealed it, and added a short post-
script. " Do not be anxious," it said ; " I
am going to some kind people who will be
good to mo and the boy."
She had placed the letter where Hugh
would see it at once and then she went
upstairs. She wanted to have her baby in
her arms, that its touch might lull the
deadly faintness at her heart; and when
she felt a little better she sent for Mrs.
Heron and Janet.
Sir Hugh had gone off to London, she
told them ; they had telegraphed for him,
and she was to follow him immediately.
She would take her luggage with her, of
course, for she did not intend to return to
the Hall before going down into Devon-
shire ; but they would see Sir Hugh again
for a few hours—he would probably run up
the following evening to give his third
orders.
And would she be long away? asked Mrs.
Heron. She thought my lady looked very
ill, and required a thorough change.
" Yes," returned Fay, quickly; but she
turned away as she spoke. She should most
certainly be away all the time Sir Hugh
was in Egypt. Janet must set to work at
once, for they would have to start early.
And then she explained that the cottage at
Daintree was very small, and Sir Hugh had
begged her to dispense with Janet's services,
and only take nurse.
Janet looked very disappointed when Fay
said this, for she adored her gentle little
mistress. I don't know what master is
thinking about," she grumbled, in confidence,
to Mrs. Heron. "This new nurse has only
been here six weeks, and does not know my
lady's ways. And who will wait on her, I
should like to know, if I am to be left behind?
but this is all of a piece with his selfish-
ness." But she worked with it will for all
that, and all tho time her boxes
were ,being packed, Fay wandered
about with her baby on her arm
collecting her little treasures, and
droppipg them in the boxes as she passed.
Now it was a book Hugh had given her, or
it picture, or the withered flower he had
worn in his button -hole; an odd glove ho
had left on his dressing -table, and which she
clutched with the greediness of a miser;
and even a silk handkerchief he had worn
round Ms neck—she put them all in.
Such a strange little assortment
of odds and ends. Janet thought she was
daft. ,
And she would have none of her evening
dressee packed up, or indeed any of her
Costly ones—she would not require them in
the country, she said, quietly; but she would
have all her jewels—not those Hugh had
given her, or the old family jewels that had
been reset for her, but those that had
belonged to her mother, and were exceed.
ingly valuable; there was a pearl necklace
that was worthfive hundred pounds. Hugh
had drawn out a large sum of money that
he had given in charge to her—he meant to
have loft it for domestic expenses svhile ha
was away. Fay wrote out a receipt, and
put it with her letter. It would be no harm
to keep it, she thought ; Hugh could help
himself to her money. There would be
enough to keep her and the boy fed' more
than a year, and after that she could sell
her necklace. Silo was rich, but how was Olio
to draw any more money without being
traced to her hiding -place.
The last sot before the daylight ciceed
was to go to the stables and bid Bonny Besd
goodo.bye. The groom, who know that he
was to follow in it feW days with Bonny
Bess and another horse—for Sir Hugh had
been Very mindful of his wifeli corefort —
Wag rather Surprised to See' her kissing tho
mare's glossy neeki as though She &mid
' not bear to part with her; when she had
/eft the etehlee, Npro, ho ltd followed 14er
about all day With it instinctive dread
of some impending plui e, looked up in her
feet? wistfully.
"Do you Want to PPM w.ith Me? $Pre
she asked, sadly; " pop fellow, you will
fret yourself to death ithout me. Yes,
you shell come with mo;. we will go to
Rowan -Glen together."
For all at once the thought had come to
her of a beautiful spot in the Highlands
where she and her father had atayed many
years ago. If she remainad in England,
Hugh would find her, and she had a dread
of going abroad. Besides, what could she
do with baby, for of couragehe must leave
nurse behind; she would kayo to engage it
stranger who did not know she was Lady
Redmond. And then she bethought her-
self that she would call laeiself by her hus-
band's second name pt. Clair—she would be
Mrs. St. Clair. .
Yes, she and her father had had a very
happy time at Rowan -Glen. They had
been to Edinburgh, and lo the Western
Highlands, and had then made their way
to Aberdeen, as Colonel Morclaurat had some
old Indian friends there; and, as they had
still some weeks to spare, they hadcome down
to the Deeside, and had fallen in love with
Rowan-Gien.
But they could not obtain allodging in
one of the cottages, so the mane opened
its hospitable doors to them. Th4 minister,
Mr. Duncan, was old, and so wi4 his wife,
and they had no children; so, as hero was
room and to spare, and their iruome was
somewhat scanty, the good old pe ple were
quite willing to take in Colonel lordaunt
and his little daughter. Fay had orgotten
their existence until now; but oh remem-
bered how kind Mrs. Duncan ha been to
her; and she thought she would o to her,
and tell her she was married nd very
unhappy, and then oho woul let her
and baby stop there quietly in ti old grey
house.
Nobody ever came there, for iey were
quiet folk, and Mr. Duncan was invalid;
and there was a dear old room, 1 king out
on the old fashioned garden, here her
father had slept, that would just o for her
and baby.
Fay had a vague sort of feeling that her
strength would not last very long and that
by and by ole would want to b cared for
as well as the baby. Her p r brain
was getting confused, and she coul not sleep
—there was so much to plan befo the next
d v.
Ah, what a night that was. I had not
been for the soft breathing of her nfant in
the darkness, Fay must have sere med out
in her horror, as thoughts of the desolate
futnre came over her; and yet it s easier
for her to go away than to stay on a the Hall
an unloved wife—a millstone roun ier hus-
band's neck.
When Janet called her at the pr
she found her up and dressed and
her baby's toilet.
" Here, Janet," she said, with an
laugh, "1 don't think I am pu
.baby's. things very nicely, but I
try, so nurse let me; but he cries
that he confuses my head." And
gave him up and went wandering
the rooms, saying a silent good-bye
thing; and last of all she went into
band's library.
Ellerton found her thefrstcr-3. n i um-
moned her to breakfast. She would ome
in a minute, she said, quietly; show only
arranging Sir Hugh's papers as he lil d to
have them. Yes, ole knew the ca iage
would be round directly; but Ellerto need
not fear that she would be late. An hen,
when the old servant had closed th oor,
she went up to her husband's, chair, can-
ing over it and embracing it with he two
arms, while she rested her cheek ainst
the carved ebony batik. "This is wl re he
will sit this evening," she said. "Go. -bye,
Godbless you, dear; and then she 11 the
room.
But she would eat nothing, an only
asked for her baby. But just before a got
into the carriage, she called Mrs. He to
her, and bade her take care of the aged
people at the Pierrepoint almshouse and
see they had their little packe of
tea and grocery as usual; and
then she shook hands with he and
Ellerton.
"Good-bye to you all," faltered th poor
child hurriedly. "You have bee • good
friends to me, all of you. Good-bye ood-
bye ; and then she drew her, veil ov her
face, and leant back in the ca lege,
while Nero licked her little un oved
hand.
Sir Hugh had sworn to love and erish
her until death, andyet he had brou t her
to this.
The journey was a very ehort o ; but
nurse afterwards remembered the. Lady
Redmond did not appear surprised when
they arrived at Easton, to find tltt Sir
Hugh was not waiting at the ition.
" What are we to do, my lady? " ohtsked
ratherhelplessly, for she was younijtnd a
country woman, and the din and stle
wore overwhelming to her; but Va was
helping te identify her luggage, and
aia not answer. She told nur to
go into the waiting -room with by,
and she woula come to her pres tly.
And then she had her luggage put on a
cab.
'Nurse," she said, quickly, whei she
came back a few minutes afterwards, vill
you give me baby a moment, and go the
refreshment room—it is just a littkjvay
down the station. I Should like some nd-
wiches and sponge -cakes, and perhap ou
had better get some for yourself, th4o is
plenty of time;" and the woman o ecl
her at once. Efer lady looked faint, he
thought ; most likely she as
disappointed that Sir Hugh WaEl Ot
there,
As troon as she had left the weiting-r rn,
Fay went upto the person in charge, nd
asked her to give a settled note to her so
when she carne back, "You remembe or
—the young woman with reddish hair ho
held baby just now; tell he I
have gone to look after the olug e,
and ask her to read it." ,And th gh
the woman thought the, request a tle
strange, she took the sealed packet 'wit ut
demur. '
As Fay and NOT° 'Milt outside the stilt
the porter who had loaded the cab
standing a little Way off, Fay toldthe
than hastily to drive off to Ring's Crbee
I she wanted to take the Sootoh expr
Ana as the porter mine up to ol
his gratuity ho found the cab driving ,
1 'ha Po flung him a ahilling. By a stra e
fatality the cabman who drove th
met with an accident that'very a ,
from the consequences of which he a
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in two or three Wean! time; and 018
One thing checked all olPe. When the
inquiries were set afloat, the porter
certainly remembered the little lady
and baby and the big black dog,birt he
had not heard her instructions to the
°skean,
Fey only took her ticket to 'York; she
dated not go straight to her destination.
When she arrived there she would not put
upat the station libtel, but had herself
driven to a quiet little hotel for the night.
It was an unpretending place, kept by
honest folk; but Fay found herself very
comfortable. She made some excuse about
not bringing her nurse and the chamber-
maid helped her dress baby. She PM
almost too stupefied with grief and fatigue
by this time to do anything but sleep help-
lessly; but she made the girl promise to Pall
her early, and ordered a fly to the station;
and when the morning came she got into it
without telling any one where she was
going, and took the mid-day train for Edin-
burgh.
It would be impossible to describe the
nuree's feelings when she opened the packet
in the waiting room and read her mistress's
note. "Dear nurse," it said, "1 am really
very sorry to treat you so badly, but I can-
not help it. I have gone away with baby,
and I could not take you. Please go back
to Singleton by the next train; you will
find your box on the platform, and the por-
ter will help you. Sir Hugh will tell you
what to do when he arrives this evening.—
Your affectionate mistress, F. Redmond."
And enclosed were two months' wages. In
apite of heryouth, Fay had excellent business
capabilities, only her husband had never
found them out.
But unfortunately for the bewildered
household at Redmond Hall, Sir Hugh
never arrived that evening. First oame a
hazy telegram, informing them of a change
of programme, and later on it special mes-
senger came limn from him bringing a
letter from Sir Hugh—a very affectionate
farewell letter.
Fitzclarance had acted on impulse as
usual, and he and Sir Hugh had started that
very night, leaving Powis and Egerton to
follow them.
(To be continued.)
Scholarships for Canadian Universities.
Robert Brace, a market gardener, who
lived on the St. Foy road, at Quebec, died
a few weeks since at the age of 90, leaving
a, fortune of momo. His three daughters,
all above middle age, have no children;
only one of them, indeed, is married. To
them he leaves the interest of his money
during their lives; but on their death,
without issue, the fund is to be vested in a
trust consisting of the principals, or presi
dents, ex -officio, of Morin College, Que
bee; Dalhousie College, Halifax; Bishop's
College, Lennoxville ; McGill University,
Montreal; Queen's University, Kingston;
Toronto University and Manitoba College,
Manitoba, to establish bursaries and
scholarships, of the annual value respec-
tively of $25 and $100 each, to be called
"The Robert Bruce Bursaries and Scholar-
ships." The holders must be matriculated
students of one or other of the universities
named, actually pursuing a regular course
of study in arts or science. The scholar -
grips are to be divided into two classes,
one for candidates at matriculation, and
the other for third year's men.
A G. T. R. Brakeman Saves a Lady's Life.
Wm. Jepson, of Niagara Falls, a Grand
Trunk brakesman, has been tangibly
rewarded by the company for his presence
of mind in saving the life of a lady passenger
at Prairie siding one day last week. The
Pacific Express passes the accommodation at
that point, but the former does not stop. The
lady was stepping off the accommodation,
and, not noticing the approaching express,
was standing on the track. Jepson took in
the perilous situation at a glance and caught
her by the cloak and pulled her back. Her
escape from instant death was very narrow,
and, as it was, she was severely injured by
a blow from the cowcatcher of the express
engine.
a
Heaviest Truss in the World.
The first truss of the Poughkeepsie (N.Y.)
bridge was swung into position on the 711
inst. It is 525 feet long between the cen-
tres of the towers, 82 feet deep and 35 wide,
being the largest and heaviest steel truss in
the world. It rests on steel towers 100 feet
high, which stand 011 masonry piers, the
foundations of which aro 125 feet below
high water and rise 30 feet above high
water, and its total height from the founda-
tion is 337 feet. It carries a floor system
011 top for a double -track railway, and is
capable of supporting a rolling load of
3,000 pounds to the running foot on each
track.
A Small Favor Asked.
Conductor (after the accident)—" Well,
sir, we have at last found your valet, but
sad to say he's out in two."
English tourist—" Aw, vewy distress-
ing Sorry to trouble you, dontcherknow,
but I've never travelled in this country
before; would you see in which half is the
key of my trunk ?"
Natural History.
A Quincy teacher recently in giving
primary language lessons wrote upon the
blackboard the words "Ingrain," ',Brussels,"
Wilton," and requested her pupils to
write eaca sentence containing one of
these words. One boy displayed his igenuity
as follows : A hedgehog has Brussels on
hie back." --Boston Commonwealth.
Easily Suited.
" Will you give me seine cold victuals ?"
asked a niendica,nt at it Prospect avenue
door yesterday. "We have 'none,!? was the
reply. " Oh, well, hot onesell do,"'Said the
beggar briskly.—Buirale Courier.
Sir Charles Tupper arrived at Ottawa
yesterday, and will probably leave for
Washington on Monday.
Committees of leadingworkmen's Roadi,
oal Clubs held mi
eetings n London ,yester:
day, and decided to organize the fullest
force to oppose the police edict closing
Trafalgar' 'Square on Sunday, Sir Charles
Warren, the Chief of Police, demands that
the pollee be reinforced With cavalry. Mr.
Robert Graham, member bf Parliament for
the Northwest Division of Lanarkshire, an
.AdVaribed Liberal, will attempt to Speak in
Trafalgar Spare on Sunday next ,in Order
to teat the legality of the peace Odiet dos-
ing the square on Sundays.
LAIrRsY RAILWAY NEWS.
An APPllanee to .rrerint Aecjdetets fr911!,
.X44tvlulf SwItchee Oren -
Some time since N. E. Springsteen,
Michigan Passenger Agent of the Erie
ItaYWP7, eeoered A patent on P railreit4
switch of his invention. The appliance is
designed to prevent the accidents which
occur almost daily through the carelessness
of employees in leaving switches open. The
models were submitted to a number of
railroad men, inclnding Chief Engineer
Masson, of the Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee Railway, and licrat once ordered
one put on at Pontiao for the purpose of
testing its adaptability. It is so constructed
that the movement of the train of cars
operating on a cam placed on the outer side
of the rail controls the switch, closing it if
it has been left orlon and looking it as well.
A test was made on Thursday on the main
line at Pontiao. Four engines were used
on the main line. The switch was left open
and the engineer tested its working, run-
ning at a speed of from 8 to 22 miles an
hour. It worked to perfection, and on
Monday next a party of local railway mag-
nets will go to Pontiac to witness another
test. A company will at onco be formed to
manufacture the switch.
Twenty-two miles of grading have been
completed on the Northwest Central
Railway.
To -day's News Notes.
George Russell, formerly of Paisley,
Scotland, hanged himself in No. 2 Police
Station, Toronto, on Saturday. He came
to look for work and could not get it, and
got disconsolate.
Louis Goettler, of Sebringville, cut his
throat from ear to ear the other day. It is
believed the suicidal mania was hereditary
in his family, as his father took his own
life some years since.
A Bothwell man named Janne Lesle,y
has an affliction of the nose, called by the
kcal physician glanders, which is said to
be very contagious. Lesley is out off from
society as effectually as if he had leprosy.
A delegation from New Brunswick had
an interview on Saturday with Sir Charles
Tupper and other Ministers on the question
of extending trade relations with the West
Indies, which Sir Charles promised to bring
formally before the Cabinet on his return.
from attending the Fisheries Commission.
Dissatisfied with the music.
As an item of interest it might be stated
a pile of strength that would reach half
way to the moon is wasted in these parts
every year by people holding up a hymn-
book in church who don't know a B flat
from the howl of John Thomas cat.—Jasper
(Tea.) Efesperian.
Only One of Her Hind.
Visitor (to dime museum freaky
—" Beyond being a very pretty young
woman, I see nothing remarkable about
you, miss. What is your specialty ?'
Freak—" I'm the girl who thinks she is
homely, sir."—Harper's Bazar.
A raris-Ite.
"Pa," said little Johnny McSwilligan,
"here's a piece in the paper about parasites,
what are they ?" "Parasites, my boy,
are people who live in Paris. I think yen
ought to know that, and you in the third
reader."
Who SUpported Atlas ?
"Now, Mary Ann," said the teacher,
addressing the foremost of the class in
mythology, "who was it that supported the
world on his shoulders ?" It was Atlas,
mo.'am." " And who supported Atlas rr
" The book doesn't say, but I guess his
wife supported him."
Elegant English.
"Why, Miss Howjames," said the Chicago -
girl, "you don't mean that it is all over
between you and Mr. Grimshaw ?"
"What I have told you," replied the Bos-
ton young lady, haughtily, "is the—the
undraped actuality."
It is proposed to bridge the North River
from Hoboken to New York.
James P. McCabe, the murderer of
Michael Riley, was hung at Honesdale at
12 p. rn. yesterday.
Dr. McGlynn states that he will soon
go to Europe, and make addresses on
economic questions in England, Scotland
and Ireland.
The Central Iowa Railroad was sold
yesterday, and bid in by James Thomp-
son, of New York, actirg in behalf of the
Stickney Reorganization Committee, for
$2,400,000.
0. H. Anderson, a lunatic, was being
conveyed to the insane hospital in an ambu-
lance at Chicago yesterday morning and
heard of Lingg's attempt not suicide. He
concluded it would be a good idea for him
to do likewise, and took a razor from his
pocket and cut his throat. He will die.
UNcHANGED. =111
In tho merry days of boyhood
Of mischief ho was full,
And at the teachers facet mado
Behlud their backs at school.
He's now a portrait painter
Noted for his skill,
And to his predilections truo
Is niaking faces still.
--The Princess Beatrice is convalescent
and her infant is in excellent health.
—To -night the Young Men's Liberal
Club will meet at 8 p ni. Friends invited.
--The thing that a woman always knows
best is how some other woMan ought to
dress.
—The chestnuts aro just beginningto fall
from the trees and almanac makers are
very busy.
—An exchange says " Never go into the
wattr after a hearty meal." We don't. We
go to the restaurant after it.
—Peoria Transcrip .t " The Canadian
papers are calling Mr. Chamberlain a,
Jonah.' Well, Jonah perhaps made a
there extensive investigation of the inside
tof iiteverthefislilivgetide.,st,m
ion than any other an
h
—Once everybody iised to send silver
plate for Wedding proaents, but now cut
glass and brie -a -brae aro the Vagd. A
Philadelphia bride received So many of the
latter that she Can hardly find houSe-
room for theni. Out Of two hundred
presents she received not Ono Was in the
silver line.