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eannet, I Cannot."
"Not When I beg it a you vl
Diabei drted her eyea, and went out to gat
her harp,
Merthe, turned her head to oue side ad
4.11R4ITAATRIr Inatart aaresxQH., By Q., Inerasn closed her eyea o air to hear the better.
'1 JaMea had drawn close to the bed, and
And Marthe felt tenpin/ email before her, in turn at the hdereutir,ab C1qUide, and at jhad taken hie wife's band under the bed
we midi, secontemptible, so unwerthy, that Isabel. clothe's.
ode ent. a hoopoe at henna, attneugn gen What has happened Z" l naked In A /3ut near aa he waa to her he did Ut# flee
thottghts against her abater would pezeist ire low Yokes. her, ao full were hie eyea of team.
wrung up.
"We don't know." Bethel came beck.
JaMee eindd net let 'Isabel go away wttli- The diarehionese told him the facte, how " Tbruth you, sinter," "aid Menthe, with -
oat trying.. to itee her Agana He ltad ne that Martha seemed well ratough the day on Opening her eyes, "Yoe will heve
hope cerminty thet be ceelcl thong° her paw. before, bet this moraing had. asked to aea made me happy to the very laet,e
pow, for he new leer well enotigh, to be there- in her teem. Ibehel sang with a 'voice broken by sobs.
qeite sure Of the oppoeitet be new her "liew ill She, diectoz 1 What de you Clotilde, James, and the hlarquie wept
pride, the honesty a her heaet, the whole think the matter Z"
iighy of her reeturn "I find her eXtremely ill," lie replied, „at the end of the firt verse, letartha waa
belsuripeeted that he wan trying tees Ile bent down to Martha, Arad asked he o pale thet lobet stopped.
if she bad listened to her heart alenze a few queations, " Martha Marti% r cried darnel-
wetild havegiveubito theoppertunitY be was
seeking. But her strict ;eerie of right Made
her *ay to berm
• I meat not, It would be Lein. It would
s. theft. 1 cannot loek my sister in the
face, Nothing fereee lee to lelnah in her
neelence," and *0 the continued to avoid
James.
The mornieg ofberdeparture owe very
soon,
She paeked her trunks, for We tittle be
was going to take away evernthtug that be.
longed to ber.
In Spite el her cegrage, Jae1 herelly
slept at all Omit eigtite end roies early
the moraing.
sry att idwan however, the (need every-
body &needy up, the Marquis, Ctotilde an
Jenees.
They were. PPWilling to let her go withen
freelt embrace'.
Cme pereen Only WA4 ehteut tad thet Wee
Menthe, lsebel felt her elnence veee keen.
ly. James hed net Iteett hi* Wife then
morelug, Re bed henened et the doer et
her era= bet rhe bed not einiwered. She
asleep* he seta te himself. It will be
time
ePg1 to welteeher where betel ant
rea4y to go. Bq 0 faze did net aper by the
time behest wee ready, auci Itehei wee nnt
&AY,
Oen the
be newilliee to hey geed bye
be aaked beret% Wty 1 wket Ireve
done to her 1
Sundeely * servent meld jeleed theue
Tbey were all le the hall. Dieter" treeks
were en the Carriage and she hereelf wee
eeady to ne.
4f4cy lagrep ban jaat =Pie said the girl,
"the te WU very ith very reech den ed.
dot knaW What is the teatter with
but Ore made me feel quite frightened. S
*eking for Win Isabel."
1;was 414t IA44 Mime vibe hurtled
Menthe.% room, for Jame., the Marione an
CditildeaU Mewed her,
Martha lay an bee bed, and to all eppe
=cos won Welton Vat she rallied atter
few minuted
• Wtrat le the resttera doer Werth'. V ea
d Aram
44 I don't know,' the arawered, "bet I am
vehy
'Weet de you feel weep; 1"
"I cermet deuce it, hut there is gr
my greet weakeess and thee Ituriefog par
here in the then,*
She turned painfnli
You were &bout to go away 1* abOZt bar.
"Yee, the tally thin wantlog was your Every hrill hear water the other come and
goodbye." hell opened the door of her room, to look at
Ntartba did not skewer. le her wea her.
raging a lest coetlice between her ler. She would either pretend to be Weep.
row, her *law, her former tam/errata or would mile to them, saylog in her meet
for her deter, and her love for her busbies& I yoke:
"It WAS important% for no to get IT," Ilea "You see 1 ara better. 1 hue been as-
saa. "though I was (unions to, I could leen, awl I tun going to sleep nein.
not leave the bed. Do you reidly wish to T.tiey want away feeling remixed. They
lenge tie?" come no more after ehttren &cloak. About
'Toe know well, Martha, that I beer:nor one ehleck In the motelhg—the hot= when
ebenzed my mind." slumber Iideepest—the slot girlrosa, slipped
"Will you pot wait a few days V* on a dreeslog gown eta aliment.
"Wait? 'Why Mirth' 1 That would "It is certainly true," sho isaid *loud. 4'I
only be, to nuke more difficult a seperation am better. I MU capable of beeorniegtit
whtch all have brought their mina to, and well. Brit I don't with to get better 1 o
winch .ao oleo any longer opposes." I no, I don't with it 1 Oh, Death 1 beautiful,
"To -which we appose ourselves unceasing. ' gentle death lc which One forget' all 1 In
ly," interpoled the Zdarquis, "but we can do which, perhape, ono love' no more, but in
nothing to einiage your will." which neither deo one suffer Any more 1"
Mem *had laden into a deep reverie.
'Etmain, Bethel," ihe said at lint, "re.
maim it is neoessary."
"Why do you ludo, neither' she said
meetly,
** Berman, 1 tell you. Tan lore me, de
yon riot 2"
"Can you doubt 11 7'
"No. Oh no, she replied In a strange
tone, yen have always sacrifieed yourself for
me. So, remain for I have teen of you."
"In what way?"
"1 an very 111, Isabel, and fear Isbell die
soma"
Isabel folded the poor child in bar arms.
"Dia! what a foolish ides 1 Why do
you dream of that? Yon have had some
nightmare or other. Come, waken up."
44 Alas 1 leak at me. Tell me if may eyes
are not changed, if every feature does not
apeak of approaching death. A little while
ago I wanted to get np to bid you
good bye. I heard them harneseing
tire horses. All I was able to do was to
drag myself to the mirror. There' looked
at myself. It is all over, it will not last
long now. I was quite frightened at my
'appearance. So stay, Isabel. Don't go away.
You would only be obliged to return in a
few days to my funeral.'
Isabel rested ber head on the bed close to
Martha, and burst out sobbing.
"You are foolieb, I tell you, Don't speak
in that way. Yon are breaking my heart."
James caught his wife's hands. Why do
you tormentyourself." he aaid, "and torment
us also in this way because of a mere passing
an iisposition ?"
"Passing 1" she repeated, shaking her
head, "that is true, for it will prove a
passage from this life into the other."
If you are ill, my child, we will have
the doctor brought at once from Thillot."
"Ugeless. The doctor will not be able to
leave me."
"Row do yon know?"
"1 don't wish to see e. doctor."
Clotilde made a sign to Jemes, who left
the room. He hurried to Thillot for the
doctor.
Martha turned again to Isabel. "You
haven't answered me. Are you going to
remain?"
"Yes, rn remain since you are ill. How
can I leave you when you are suffering 7"
" That is well, I am now content." She
closed her eyes, remained motionless and
seemed as if wishing to sleep. As she did
not move, but lay so pale and changed one
would have said that she had really passed
away. The same sudden, horrible idea
fleshed through the mind of each at the
same instant.
"Martha 1" cried Isabel in terror. The
child opened her eyes again and seeing them
bsnding over her, smiled sadly.
She understood.
" No, " she said, "not yet."
The doctor came an hour later. He knew
Martha's constitution. He had attended
her during several attacks, and on all ocea•
diens of uneasiness which her delicate health
gave rise to
He looked at her in surprise, Her ap.
relevance made him uneasy, and he 'mad
Whet did eke feel wrong 2 Where was For a =meet or tWO sate did not anewer,
the seat of the paint When and hose Then in A Voice AO feeble that they scarcely
heard she said.
do, title crests manifest Oval ? Re win an
old doctor, very teliigent. very experiene
ed. ge wooed to get mere and more ne.
eau,
"There in very seethes, tenni:tie in her caste
the e4alae 4 Wbielk. I can't explain," he Add
45 he wee ping oat. "She was not strong
and yet. ), Men never re:perked, iniythiett
&beet her so very eerlous to.devn-e..
"To iday, doctor ?" James sadd anelenaly.
"Don't ;ray that. Ten will sane her
Iedeeel Yen meet, It is pother only an
spinition, be can't be very nit Yon
will :Ave her. deed you. amen It would
be a frightful thing for her to die. Think
of it, in the Edema other Teeth, in themidat
ei her loappiaers, acutely three months
after her marriage."
Cant ?newer for nothing. I canna
give yen any hor. We would only
repreeth me If I do. Valeee there
Is it mineele, awl youth Worliut Miracle*
inmntireer, she la lost."
preecrihed soMe remedies, and Went
leaving bellied him detente and team.
the elept all day. She eneeed her
QM tittle to time ro look rimed her.
the§ Abe 6497 jAuleti or 'RAO, nem
the eight owed,
tor came nate in the morning, hut
14ewinipmeement.
dew: patina. Sim eeemed a little
better, lier yoke beteme eleerer and also
her eemplexio. Her veree became brighter
and her heeree cough Was leas freqUenth
Two or three Chiles; she zatitt "My poor
Amen, how I pity yon flow wrong eon
were to leen nee sud cheeee roe 1 Alwity*
ligk, whennierieure or eatiefeetige eau 1 give
you, dem,*
And to Itexecif elle ;deed.
"Pettexieer1 yon will be rid of me) "teem"
James emineced her with infialte tender.
nen And tried to cuocurage he; but ithe only
"hook her teed with s nreleneliely smile.
"I feel 4.14nre4 At it IS all ever with met
ibe wonlItisay.
Fer two days tlae Imprimis:Peet lege&
denne *Olatheb wateled turn *beet. Coe
ght Menthe funded that they both sbeuld
et until the morniug,
"If you plenee—deer_PAI Issabel—if
you pleasea—once more— once more --
ac, please your sister—your daughter" and
IsehelsomMoned all her strength and all
her OtOrrege to ideg 4 OW line* morn
demo tittered a beano exclamation, and
with arMA extended towarde the elder eineer,
isetd.
"Be quiet 1 be quiet 1"
Maetterde hared wee etiffening in his gimp.
Her eyea lank beck in their einkete and
tweed glassy. Her mouth lot Ete code
Ind rentainati half /diem
"Martha t Itterthe V'
They threw themeelvee oa the bed but this
time Martha din net answer. She was
ateee with her etieret.
Breke Rim 14.
" Obt George, tbi*la tereible. 1twUlbres.k
ow brawn"
"Ob, I reckon ttot, MAIN You'U get
over it,"
,ehall paver get ever it"
"Seery. But yoe'll have to, eht. 1 an
engaged to Isabel demob"
".t4 you intend to beet* your trawl
et with ate 1 *
Why, el mime,"
"Bot whet if 1 hattitete a eult fer breee
of vendee?'
"You haws no Witrien to prove that we
et were eogaged,"
Anil 1 caret get asmagee Animal have!"
"Nee itttle nee, I'm eerily, but you
heuld have leohed oat for that."
44 Well, leted'hd."
"Geod-ity. Yee% hint me for the 1
time I"
"Yon Centre,"
"Nowt :duo ell 14 over between us
ant to eak eau CPO AtteStIOSO
" Oranaluly, deer.
"Dora eadt tee 'deer* any Mere. Ye
don't 404411 to tuttlentand."
"Net, I do not. It ia hard to reallan.Bet
whet wen the queatien yen wanted, to sett '
"Oh, yes 1 AVell, I often wonder why
you elweya bed Ode lowing mediae in the
peeler, and why fon *WV'. Waited On alt.
tingle) close to it when we were 4ying 4weet
LATEST FROM EUROPE
The Empres, of Austria—illerease of Qbild.,
• • *Alder in ., .11glautl—Atfaire .ou tbe
. Arlie= 'West Coast.
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. tMe. EKresa. :of Austria, - who has been
safte.ring from-rbonmatiara And Mental OW,
Oen, is hotter,' . She will prolong her etay at.
Wieehaden The eoyah Wally of ddoneritt
beeone inenther ranch more tiaefel .there
4volt:ego royalty. This is PririenBerdentecl,
who preetient as *physician at Itleielent re-
ceiving IM ,payruent ler. bte aervIense . The
other day he reseued. a .drowning wereen at
the imminent risk of .his life.
Judgea. et the meent Bogllah .atellehrt ea^
nqelellY in the midleed dietriete, have Again
had fecqueetly oceaeloa todenetmee the stp.
I
palling number of ebtlel murdere in which it
wee impeeeible to bring .tbe noblemen peeratte •
to jestme. The favorite method is to entre, .
Pete A .0414 IP befit and then .swear it was ,
aceldentally overlain; but WS in nearly I
every PASO tbe poor little victim proves to.
nave been inSuredt the accident.' theory
acateely hers examination. Nobody. is
'ready with e remedy,except passing i kin ,
rendering illegal or rigidly restricting 14-
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. Tite. west Qeeet of Africa is leat now an an,
usually plapiceeant place for gutopeatta to
live er die in. . The natives AMI White men
like sre,glangistering each other with a,
edger moat Woofs-Wog,considering the tor-
rid climene, and to the date of the ' lett dee-
natellee the 4.oge• et .war were .hoialleg and
rearing. around with undiminished nNt.
HOW the trenble MAO eabiedy Seetee eXaet,,,
IY to knOW, The Itedieel membere of the
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ter in COMMetion 'WWI the .044044 eetheetee
ley the blenel epee the .1tritiele eta:fele who,.
tO avenge the aceideutel.*bootieg of Posh,
.trete PArymple when. on •the warpath,•seet
all'eXpeclitien. ebletly Cenelettrg 91. feregiOnn '
natiVO alike, .wlie gleefully deveited..
.theneentle: Of kolgare- mike .of eneettly and .
killed OW men: 4pd WO women and ;hit,
drew in Whet le MeOltembelnally styled bet.
the Seine then. Meet of the fighting bee
beeu letet Wind ended the ghestlieet py4edbie
cheractert The Creekaa laint moan . melted
the Ilan neeinele and trade with them. The
havation. AM aceepted in good felth but the
treat% proved to .ho eeeite ouenideti. One
toredeedteed thirty-eix lbw; Were WaStraered
the ccildestt ed bleed. Whet followe le
meted b.y theBritish ittcera Lo 10 cer•
. Tt,e Cretin* men, woratn, and child.
rau through the town, treat:thin bite
. lben, and drieltieg !be bleed Out el
which they meted. The head Men
leaded at the JO du hinne. Maxim
baked, nolied, end, dried wee .the chief
the awlel beteteett wed. efterivend
fregre.enta that eernaltred even add at
ye anetice.
"If !Peed you deem, car yell 14nhelo btt thions to cub other. Why wea It?
e Iced cell you." 1 Mutt? That is not a sewiegenachiee.
They consented. She was certetnly better "Whet is it 1"
rd Tubed siza 100 eloht and they retired. LIAM eleven "A. peoungraph,"
edelock, however, they were not ft/mita "A phonegrapti 1 Thunder 1 I; 11 10
good ender r.
"Yon bet,"
And bas been every eight 1 have bean
"hero?'
"locierod, It has, deeding. Do you want
me to turn Oro conk just for funl"
"No, Indeed. ("You Imo turned him,"
tto voee). "But what I. Amoy earl you
e to think I meant, whet Iona j et. now
o tem you. I was only joking.L'u* not
engaged to Isabel, sad eve will get mended
as aeon as you like."
"Hownice 1 You aro such a dear delsan
eet Wean good (kiss), honorable darling.
I never doubted you,
"Of couree not. Good.:tight-, darling.— I
will see you to morrow night, .And our
wedding!"
"Next week, Good -night, preciout."
"Tcemorrow night,"
"And now," the laid to herself as the
heard the gate elm babied him, "I must
nob lee him find out that that phonograph la
out of order and noon:dr:record a tbing, until
after the wedding. It broke me all up when
I found It out the other day; but I molten
his detling little Mollie gob there with both
feet tenight. He don't play any Ieabel
Jones racket on her at present."
She eddy left the room.
James WAS in hie Oleo, sunk in deep Sleep
pen a sofa.
She looked et him, with dry eyes at first.
Then tier eyee filled.
"How I love bine 1. how Ilove hint 1"
James did not waken. She opened
tbe door cautiously and went out.
Everybody h the clone had long been
asleep, so the met nobody. She crossed the
hall, opened the entrance door and went
out fide the courtyard. This was covered
with snow except where the servants had
cleared a path to tbe gateway. Martha
patted through the gate, whioll was never
shot The snow was very deep. She shin-
ered and was seized with a 'violent tremb-
ling.
" I wish to die," he murmured, "but I
dont wish them to know that. Nobody
shell know that it is of my own free will
that death comes to take me. So it will be
sacrifice for sacrifice, and mine for Isabel
will be as great as hers for me."
After a time she went into the house
again, geeing nobody as before. James was
still sleeping profoundly and did not waken.
She got into bed again, shivering, almost
choking.
Almost immediately she was seized with
violent fever. She thought she was
was going to die there and then, and was
very happy at the thought.
Isabel and James found her time in the
morning,
The doctor when he came questioned
them.
"What happened 7 She was better yester-
day. This is a relapse so serious that I don't
understand it at all."
They did not know of course and could
say nothing.
Daring the day Martha remained In a
comatose Mate from which neither tender
words nor entreatiea zooid rouse her.
The night passed in the same way.
In the morning she spoke. "It is all over
you see," she said to James. •
Isabel was sitting at the foot of the bed.
"Don't cry, Isabel, I wish to die," cheer-
fully.
About midday she was a little delirious.
When she recovered her senses she looked
at James and Isabel and seeing them mo and
she said to herself.
"They deserve to be happy. They are not
thinking that my death -sets them free. So
much the better. It would be too painful
to die with anoh a conviction as that."
She tried bo emile, saying
"1 am better, you know, I have just been
aeleep. I had dreams in whioh I heard
magic) all the time. Isabel, do you wish to
do what will please me 7"
"Dear child 1 said Isabel sobbing,"
"Don't weep any more then. I am not
suffering now, or only a very little, 1 assure
you. If you wish to give me pleasure, go
and get your harp and sing me that sweet
little song about the soldier of the Rhine.
You know we sang it to our mother one'claiy
when she Wept, because she kne* that we
Were going to leave Bargemont. I am going
to quit it now, forever. Sing 11 10 me, won't
yea j
Precocity of the Modern Yonth.
"It appears to me," said another man in
the party, "that the youngetera nowadays
go ahead much faster than they did when I
was young. Non', for instance, the other
day 1 overheard my small eon call his little
aiater a 'chippy.' I reproved him for so
doing, when he answered, All boye is kids
and all girls is °hippies,' as though wonder-
ing at my ignmance of the current vernacu-
lar. When I awoke the other morning I
I found the boy wide awake in his crib be-
side the bed. As I turned to look at him he
saw that my eyes were open, and 'be said to
me : Pa, rye got a new one for you. Of
course, I naturally expressed a desire to
hoar it. Raising himself up on one elbow
he looked rae square in the face and recited
this:
"'A big bull pup wieb a curled up tail,
A very ymall boy with a big tin pail;
They tried this solieme, but it would not do,
And they buried the boy where the daieies
grew.'
"Well, of course," I howled. "If 1 had
ever had the nerve to spring such an epio on
my father when I was his age I would have
been obliged to stand up to my meals for a
week. It only goes to show the precocity of
the youth of the present day."
Duty on Railway Cars.
There is something exquisitely absurd in
the propoeition now being urged upon the
United States Treasury Department to en-
force the collection of a duty on Canadian
railway cars every time they cross the border
tl the sacred soil of the United States. It
is believed to be started by Senator Mo -
Milian of Michigan, a patriot who is engaged
in the manufacture of railway oars himself,
and who is consequently in a position to
feel keenly the neceseity of applying the
letter of the law with the greatest strict-
ness. It would only remain, if this scheme
be carried out, tor the Dominion Govern-
ment to impose a like duty upon American
oars entering Canada, and then we should
have the edifying spectacle of a transship.
ment of every pound of freight going either
way between the two countries. As a
method of "'protecting" the indiistries of
the respective nations, this is togioal.
Tbere is no limit to such protection short
of reduction to the process of barter and the
state of nature.
Friend-- "Do you live happywith your
husband 7" Muscular female—, 'Of course I
do. I'd like to try see hinnuot to live happy
with me."
PompelIan blue looks royal at d beautiful The drought io North Dakota has b:en
inyelvete and plashes. '1 broken by heavy rains.
Id to the trouble, the GerMICIAI Imre
ken a hand in the game, a Gertnen
having gam up the old (Weber
captured a king or two, arul kneeked
sliest* awn: the inhabitants' heady.
An event ha* eceurred which althea Lon -
&nem think there is a probability of Jack
tbe Ripper putting in some more heudiworke
The police, who nal keep bloodhounds tfor
the purpose cf trading the Ripper 11 10
commits * fresh crime, have been exercieleg
the animels this week. •
Tho Deareot Book in the Wora
What was the highest price ever given
for any book t We may venture to imp Unit
we know of one for %high A surn of 250,C00
francs (ii3D,C00) was paid by ite preeent
owner, tha German Government. That
book isa. reiseel, formerly given by Pope
Leo X to King Henry VIII. of England,
along with a parclunent conferring on that
sovereign the right of easuming the title of
" Defender of the Faith," borne ever since
by Dogfish kings. Charles IL rude a pre-
sent of the mirtaal to the semester of the
famone Duko of Hamilton, WhOlo extensive
and valuable library was sold BOMB yeara
ago by Meanie Sotheby, Vidlitinson and
Hodge, of London. Tho book which scanted
the highest offer was a Hebrew Bible, in tbe
ponseitaion of the Vatican. In 1512 the Jews
of Venice proposed to Popo Julius II, to buy
the Bible, anct to pay for it its weight in
gold. It was so heavy that a required
two men to carry it. Indeed, it weighed 325
pounds, thus representing the value of half
a million of francs ($100,000). Though be-
ing ranch pressed for money, in order to
keep up the "Holy League" against King
LOUIS XU. of France, Julius II. declined to
part with the volume.
Telltale Polly.
A lady living in the far West has a par-
rot whose powers of mimicry are really
wonderful. It will frequently repeat whole
sentences in the exact tone ot the epee.kers,
although it can rarely be induced to utter
the same sentence twice.
One day when the parrot's mistress was
very busy, and did not care to see callers,
she happened to look out of tbe window
and saw an acquaintance approaching the
house.
" There comes Mrs. B— 1 Dear, dear 1"
she said, in a tone of impatience.
A moment later Mrs. B --'was ushered
in, and on the instant Polly exclaimed, with
a remarkable imitation of her mistreee's tone
and emphasis, "There comes Mrs. B--- 1
Dear, dear 19
Blushing with confusion, the embarrassed
hostess innocently made matters worse by
saying, hastily:
"Ole, please excuse Polly, Mrs. B--.
You know what a way she has of repeating
everything I say 1"
They ilissed the Captain.
Some of the Scandinavian women who
were saved from the luckless Danmark
kissed Captain Murrell, ofithe Missouri, who
had saved them from a watery grave. They
were just going off to the North-West, and
they ahowed that they were not destitute
of gratitude and ordinary human feelings
when they said farewell to their deliverer.
It may be taken for granted that the hus-
bands ana sweethearts of the women did not
object to their emotional tribute of thank-
fulness. The cool and brave seaman, who,
with his officers and men, saved upwards of
seven hundred people from the cruel Alien-
tio, 18 certainly worthy of being remembered.
Captain Knudsen, of the the Danmark, also
is deserving of honour for the rare judg-
ment he showed in getting his passengers off
his ship when he did, in fine weather, and
when there seemed to he a slignt possibility
of the Danmark living through her troublee.
Whatever their fortunes are in the land of
their adoption, the seven hundred rescued
-ones may certainly begin to congratulate
themselves that they have, as Gonzalo says,
"no drowning mark upon them.",
MARE.TWARTOE F1SfliZ�
Some of His EriendsrulaY aZferY Mea Jole
onim
Away beck in the '60's, when Mark Twain
resided in San'Calleiseo'and was the regu-
lar correspondent of a Nevada paper, he
was a character among the Bohemians, and
was associated with many jolly souls Who
are now nnmbered among tee missiog, and
onany SOW Are Still well knower in Sari Bran.
Ono.
hlorle wee An ardent angler, and was
never happier than when sitting with Ms
lege dangling aver the aide of a oozy yeeht
and waiting for the slow and lazy nibblea
ef the denizens of the sea, In those days
Alexander BadlaM and Fait Berry owned
the tug Fanny Ann, and to gratify Mark's
piscatorial endue they dtted her up oue day
with a dents or two betties of bait and a
lunch, and with A few °twice Weeds steanaecl
off for Angel Wand. Mark load constantly
expressed as the desire of lite life that he
night catch a mess ef red remit cod ; those
in the an Branelsco markets being of a
vherrigyeh
btroeiticeo
, very fish. ry astravtiee to IQ ok t, and
nag Penn" CO,nISTJaQ,
of Mark Twain, 0, P. Sutton, formerly sec-
retary of tbe Pai6 Bank; General John
McComb, then editOr of the " Alta, ;" a
prominent San Fraticiaeo judge, now deceas-
ed; Alexander /Wien), and Fulton 13 srry.
The two latter, knowingfull well there were
no red rock Pea thia side of the Foralione
islande, purchased a large, fuze specimen in
the market, and pledrag it in A galley Mir
smuggled it on beard tbe /steamer. After a
pleasant sail aerate the bay the Fanny Ann
was anchored aerate the stream at a polite on
Angel leisradt heaven ea Beiaten's etterry, so
calied from the lecethet the rook ler the
Beek et Califoride Wee taken froze the;
piece. The tide W44 ebbleg ettoogillunli
after anchoring, all the party except %Mani
men Berry dropped their lime on the lower
eicle. The two geetlemen droppen theirs
OP tbe upper ode of the ateercer, wIth their
lune deifueg loader the Owned while thmie
en the oppesite
TRAILED f,cowetin Z SY4.
Mtn nnooticsd, Badlem ettedied the large
red rack coil te hie line, and, tipprisleg the
othera of rhe feet, pulled him te the /memo
amid great incitement. The deb WAS inn
medietely placed, in A barrel of water, which
had been provided to keep Alive What fielh
might be ought. Id was suggested to Mark
Twain ard bia frIende that they had better
Aetfah 07 the upper aide of the eteaMer/ as
they prefer liberty places, whith was concur
3.
Atter the Bees had trolled trader the
stenniboat Bercy removed the bait from hie
end On the opposite aide trailed and
mese Mark Twine% line. The letter,
complaielog thet hie line Was foul, was as -
mired that en the ewlogleg el the atearaboet
-; would, been lomat. In A few momente
the rteekenni was token front the barrel and
heeked on to Merle Tiv 'ands liee. A vigor.
pull was given, and at the top of bie
vole(' Mark yelled out "I've got a wind° 1
I've got A whale 1" Ile landed_ him in nee
abape, the two Plena taking biro cif the
hook and pleat% hint in the barrel.
mentt Immeuetnillet FRoccia31
piece of chrilk end commenced to score the
ceteli of tech of the fishermen, and during
the next two home this woe fith was hook-
ed en In the game manner fifty or sixty
times on the lines of, all the parting, and
pulled up in the same Manner and pieced in
the beret' of wider, Twain, of course, treeing
aught the largett cumber. When the fue
ce,me monotonous Barry hooked the fish ,a
the tall, hoping ttet Mark would drop on
a joke, 101 10 did not, but :limply said :
'It tithes an Artist to catch a firth on the
wroug end, 1 nave often clime to in trout
fishing in Nevada."
The datt leaving bed its gide all torn out,
mice moat torn off, and no phi= to hook on
to him any more the jokere in deaperation
fished up Twain's line and Sutton's lino at
the same time, And tied a mankeyneranch
on the former and a hatoliet on the latter.
Screams were raised that they had got ,a
devildsh, and tbe wrerach and hatchet were
landed on the deck, Wotds aim trot depict
*elms of tbe fishermen. Twain pulled
off hie coat:, looked at tho score, looked at
the monkeywrench, at the hatchet, aud
then at the barrel, rolled up hin aleeven and
fished out the poor, twittery, worn out red
tack cod, and holding it aloft, said: "Born
we have had iota et fun to clay; let's go
home." He was the only one in the party
who took it goodnaturedly, the other gen-
tlemen refusing to converse on the sport ot
red cod fishing, and always looking on the
tranraction as a very mean joke.
AS SWIFT AS THE TELEGRAPH.
System by which. Maas Can Be Trans.
ported at Xigh I n log Speed.
A correspondent writes to the " Mannfact
mem' Record" from Laurel, Md., as fol.
lovve
"The Baltimore Antomatio Trantat Com-
pany is conducting a series of experiments
which the officers of tbe company believe
will bring about a revolution in the trans-
portation of express, mail, and lighter
freight. The company has ooneructed
here a circular track, two miles in circuit,
upon which itr experiments are conducted.
The syttem of propulsion is much the
same as on the ordinary electric railway.
The Edition dynamo and the Sprague motor
are eiaploeyd. The overhead rail is the
main feature in tbe system, a double -flanged
wheel on the car and motor catching upon
it when the train is in motion. The idea is
to have stations at twenty,five miles or
more apart supplied with dynamos of suffi-
cientpower to furnish electric force enough
to drive the train for a round trip. The
company have been working for over a year
past getting the experimental plant ready,
and have made several trials of the system,
which, tentatively, were quite satisfactory,
a, surprising speed being attained. The
projectors of this enterprise expect to work
each a revolution in the carrying of mails
and packages that one may sit down to
breakfast in Atlanta or Chicago and read
Baltimore or New York papers of the same
morning. The practicability of the scheme
has been passed upon by Prof. W. C. Row-
land of the Johns Hopkins *University and
Thomas A. Edison, the latter of whom is
Said to have declared it to be the greatest
conception eince the telegraph."
.An 'Unfeeling Brute.
Mrs, Magruder—"Good Heavens, George,
just hear twat woman next door yell! Do
you suppose her husband beats her 7"
Mr. Magrader—"I'm not sure, Maria,
whether he does or not, lont if he doesn't he
ought to. A woman with a voice like that
ought to be killed outright."
The Boulangist 101 18 a broad -brimmed
structure of straw, attd a broad band of rib-
bon whiah fella in two long ends, is wound
round it. On one Bide of a recent model
was a burn% of carnations with a long trail-
ing garland ot "graines cl'epinard," or spin-
ach, gone to seed, in imitation of the Gener-
al'e epaulets. c, a reducing dame,
FOREIGN NOTES,
Three systems of elevators will be used
in the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Exposition.
Cuban iron orea are being boomed by A
inar yt hoefreA. merioans who have been.prosPeet.
Belgium's eno manufacturing business
has developed until one-third of all the eine
used in Europe ie made in that country,
A project to place an export duty on
Swedish iron ore ha a just been defeated in
the Ssvedieli Parliament by a considerable
mejoeity.
Which have been cesterners of the American
Americae produot in the Dutch Hest Indies,
4:upsadnianet:etrolemn is competing with the
Machinery is driving out hand labor at
lest in the nainworkieg trade in England.
The name:flees have had a monopoly of the ,
butinees in thie country for many years.
Three times as mucb coal ea ever before
vestigating the Russian roinee to fiad out
vewaabatintigplaerztheedmin,to Interebneg IAA Mrs
and a Russian Government Commission i1n.
has personified the tangle ey,eglass.
The names of the single " eyeglasses pre-
sent at any everkt are given, As for example
"sys Cmopmattwe gdue"X..4 UP de noe monocles lea PIUS
The original Boulaoger bat wan very large,
with a eurve of brim like the tbree.ccfrnered
riding hate of the laat century. It is now
numb mac/idea both in size and §hape. It
is hardly more than hall the Aden
The Matthew Arnole feted now amounts to,
4,000, 4100 of it haviog COMe frOm 4mer-
lan. Six
imIldred guineas will proem° ie
beet for Wean:Ouster Abbey, and the re.
meieder wilt be givento Mee, Arneld.
Woman Ileggtog (nista aa a puulahmene
Itt the Trionentel. All the South African
pre44
Is violently opposed to it, but (Ally
xecentiy ISTMen wee sentenced to receive
dam lathee tor using obscene language,
capituletion of cousideralgo moment
ea beau that of Laudon to French landscape
t. The new rage le deeeribed as feet and
leen There Ina never yet been A Mel:UM
bieude leenecepe in the National Gallery,
The City Clouuell of Idver000l bee refund
to retina the purthase of Sir Beederick Leigh.
onn "Optive Audreeneolue" fax $20.000, on,
the ground that "ClAsSieal suljecta are out
of place lu a gallery trequenteu by mimeo
pecede."
Etgleed gete moat of IN tee now from
Nor way, Scowl in avian cern peti tio n havlog
meet entirely destoyed the husiuess of ship.
plug Ice teem Ilestott to Englaud, which watt
We very pratAble. IGO II Old Leaden
for from fiS to SI cents per Imudeed weight.
An Eaglish incluatriel paper Is Authority
fax the etetennet that tbe Week country
aerial warkmen chains end nails,
working eixty and eixty.five hours A week
are not able to earn more than ten to fifteen
Wallop per week, while women earn but
four to en thillinge.
The report thet the Berlin court will
adopt the dreier of Frederick I. (1701) Is CM.
firmed. Emperor William will wear that
chow at dm visit el the Xing of Italy and
the Cm. Tee mature() onside of knee
Incethea buckle shove,. a aloord, a
three-
corneredbet, and a periwig.
In the future every great iron clad will
have its mite composed of a limed diet.
This will conelst of two drat.eliuse torpedo
boats, a feat gunboat ram, generally towed,
and a very feat 200 ton "turn -about torpedo
cannier," fitted with the lancet improve-
ments for deetroying torpedoec
The "Neater of the seholArship," Prof.
Kennedy died et Torenay an the Stb. Dr Kers-
ncdo, bad carried off elmost every classical
honor at Cambridge. was heed meter at
Shrewsbury, and Proineeor of Greek at
Camtridge. His authority on points of
philology was regarded as unrivalled.
According to a French astronomer, the
cooling of the terrestrial crust apparently
goes on more rapidly under the sew, than
with a land surface. From thia be argnet,
that the crust meat thioken under oceans,
at a much more rapid rate, so as to give
rise to a welling up and diatortion of the
thinner portions of the cruet thet is forming
mountain chains.
A man hopelessly lost in the bush in
south Australia, after wandering about for
four days, came upon the telegraph line
between Adelaide and Port Darwin. He
hadn't strength to go further, bat he man-
aged to climb a pole and out the wire..
Then he made himself as comfortable as
poseible and Notated. The plan worked
well. The telegraph repairers were sent.
along the line, and they came to the wander-
er in time to save his life.
Danmark has a now and unique society.
It is called the "Celibacy Aseurance So-
ciety," its object being to provide for women
who can't; or won't marry. Premiums begin,
at the age of thirteen and end at forty. ,Ati
the latter age an unmarried woman receives,
an annuity for life. If she marries at any
time after taking auto policy, she forefeits,
all claims on the eociety. The profits of the
society are expected to be enough to provide,
well for members who will never marry.
Aphasia in a most extraordinary form is at
present under treatment by Dr. Cheroot.
A Frenchman, aged 60, learned English
through living seventeen years in North
America, and then Spanish after hie mar-
riage with a Spanish woman. He lost his
command of these languages in the inverse
order. First he was unable to speak Span-
ish, then English went from him and lastly
his native tongue, Frenoh. The affliction
was aecribed to the softening of the third
left lobe of the brain, and by a methodical
practice in convereation he regained his nor-
mal ability, recovering the languages in the
order of French, English, and Spanish.
Considerable excitement pervades court
circles in London regarding a certain letter.
After the Duchess of Cambridge died the
Qaeen desired to commanioate with the
Grand Dake and Duchesi of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, who could not be found. It wao
learned that a lady well known in society
had received a letter that morning from the
Grand Duchess and the Queen eent a re-
quest that it ejloonld be forwarded to her.
But there was a passage in the letter which •
could not be shown to her majesty. The
owner was forced to say that it had been
burned by mistake, Every one who doesn't
know wants to know what was in the letter,.
What are known by ,the name of le n
bricks have been satisfactorily introduced as
paving material, in some parts of Germany.
These bricks are made by mixing equal parts
of finely ground clay, with the addition of'
five per cent, of iron Me. The ingred-
ients thus mixed together are then moisten-
ed with a solution of twenty-five per cent. of
sulphate of iron, to which fino iron ore is
added, until the mass shows a consistency ot
-
thirty eight degree!, Baume. After this,
the oompoand is shaped in a press, dried,
dipped once more in a nearly concentrated
solution of finely ground ore, and then bake
ed in an oven for about forty-eight hours, in.