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'CHAPTER 1,-.4.133,,, Darrnson Prizznu.
M. Montegne Dottleeon, East India
zeterebaut ef Calcutta mad Londonewasi writ,
irg lettene in the IibearY of his Petvate real:
deuce Blakewoed Square, la,eneingtori,
It was Sunday afternoon, and the rain Was
comirg down with steady pezeistency,
theugh it had made up ite mind to keep
Teencloriers intleore for the xest of the day.
lim Dottlegen, mho wee methezikal man
in. everything, made 4 xegular Praetice
g for a loug walk. every Senday after
lunch ; and when the weather presumed to
interfeee with thie arrangement the effect
'upon his ten/per was infelicitous. Accord -
it our tidefortuue to pretent tato to
the reader at a moment when he, la decided -
"It'a the heist," replied Mre, Lane:lied
with *deep sigh, which did not teem eteite
oeunlee eenneliew,
M. Dettleeme had. Paver thought of his
reetleerdo-law'e feveorite ix connection
with his daughter. fie waa eseential.
ly graspiug, mercenary man, and the
fear _ always before his oyes. Waa, that
Mrs, Lemshed might alter her will and
bequeath her Property to tide (looter, fle
bee heard a ladies ,WIra had Cob Off
their rightful heirs in favonr Oleic'
medical Otter/mete, aud bize. Lanished was
ecceattie enoogh for anything, If any one
had told Min that Kate was the attraction,
he would have laughed at the Mee, She
had nothing, and would ;Mire netbieg but
EV a p h ad Surly. what he chose to give her; and A wee not
•- likely that man Ville had to push hla way
Very tletevetten," said be, throwing -
down hie pen and gofcg to the etiodow world would encumber himself With_ei
44 no chance of its cleariee up either. How /We' /I° Lakeworth Wee 13an°"30 ettenci
. mace on the old lady in the hope of getting
Ifet:v8tfeltwedez up
'ad ae Yc c and made himself him
money, and really the zeenied se toed of
comfortable in on ateochalr kto he had Wm that the elleager was makieS bin! very
bardbr read 4 pee when the cieoe opened unea67‘
and, hie doeghter Kate appeared, She was got pvo and oPcncd the deer
a far, pretty girl of twenty, wheee gentle. that he might hear the dector's arrived, and
nevi and tact eeved, her from coming in col- ano secertaut whether Eats stayed in the
liacre with, her notable p vent at times room during Mrs Lemeteel'e interview. with
when other membere of the household the young man- De lahewerth went
*break from the contennences of intruding etraight tip -stars when he Came, and re-
upen priveey, maned eeth the two ledies for hilly an hour
ff whit'e the reettere; mud ante and a elitatter,.Wbilat Mr. Dottletion Sob Wm,
liottleson curtly. .leg and ddgetteig in the Ilibraly below.
" Grendmaranaa Isla t feeling very well " value the fellow's time moat be
*hie aiielecOn4 gera.n. eueered, looking at Ida watch, wheu the
Kate had net completed her errand, but door upstate opehed, end Mra, Leznehed'e
lineW from her father'a retralierthat elle bad thrill cracked voice amine centleaug the
cent° to at et time when It WU beet to aay clocker eet to forget that he bad prcmieed to
little As peeeible ; when he wee in tide Come end leee her on Tuesday.
beireour, he wae certain to jump at any op- "Ph waylay him as he goes out, omd 4nd
portmeity for grumblieg, and would ffeleh out, mice ter all, whether there's any Pineal
i4er =comae for her. rteceeeity for these hieetamit Waite,"
" She ward* that dector, I suppoee " Geed•Hitterlleina Mr. LaAewortbs" be 1
leaded Mr. Dettleme, Aid, ineetieg the doeter in the hall. "Jest
Perhepe we bad better lend for biro.' ems, this way for a MOreent# if yee. plume,"
Mr. Dottieum threw down his book and lie led the way into the librery, motivate
noweed eavagely. " fan't it a veryaingular the young Val= to followlem with the pem
thipm Kate, tbat eon.' enternal greed- paus air wnich had gained him the irobri
Mother ShOuld eelecia thle impecuedeue tenet of "X ejestic Monty" erueeg hierean
7ouur yrtg lakewerth to be her medical friends,
atteedent, when there ere hafeedezen ex- "I whetted to sett you whether thee Any
perielicedprentitiouerelivingwithieeetouehe OAttio for auxtety regarding blue Inmehere
throw et theme:me Isiee it very carleee health," he mild when Charlee lakeworth
thee Mee. Immetied never ham what ilinua was steeled.
wm eked tome a dcoter natil aim met Launched 14 Tinder tile impreeelon
thie Dr, Inkewerth Sciwberugh Tut thee elm aufferiegfrom OR1110 internal ma
*stunner Iler coefidence him la lenitive- lady but I am nimble to eleteet meythIng
ly tot:clang, and run my 00mpreiteriliOn euziu, Of coulee say argent° complatet
aategellier." would be seekers to one of her advanced age;
It was evidently a myetery to Elite oleo, but 1 hove no reason to suppose there le the
Icy sheshook bar bead slowly and looked lust emu for anxiety,"
out of the window. It was a fs4 of her Perhepe the cuildent toe° of 'Dr. Teeke-
erneiteether's to have Dr. Lakeworth ; awl worth's reply inieeted him queitioner ; for
when a patient has teethed the eightiel, per. Mr. Dottelum put OA WI melt nisjeAtiO
bele one Optician can do little more than and feting Ms ninettlez en his eomewhat
another, =blend nelle, he elevated that loathe° until
"I don't know why she him, papa.' he could bring hie dull fanlike eyes to
"1 "uppoee nou must send for him; but beer upon hie companion. "Ie that your
don.'t Imagine be will the* hits. Lemslied opinion?' he asked with light tarns ou the
for belagics hien through a mile of back pass:mane pronoun,
streete cre a day like thin just to tell her "That's my °plain," responded the
that ben burnt 1; much the sena es it was doeter quietly.
the cley'before yesterdey." "Then there's no actual neaessity for
Kate left the room without =kin any your rather fremmut prof:leaked violet:"
reply, and her father walked over to the "I can do nothing for hire Lernehed but
bearthreg and proceeded to addresa the fig- allay feats about hermit. They aro ground -
etre he taw ettlected lu the mirror Above less ; but I4 lady of her year" is tuttunilly
the mantel piece, bianyneopie boo a bib- proms to make much of any lIttle feeling
it of " nakiug to theretelvet," and Mr. of indhpuition."
23:Adulate miltivated it to a remarkable ex
tent ; It was his peculiarity, thougb, thethe
nould not take Inewell properly into Conti -
deice mule"' be aavr himaelf la the glass.
Bo stood with his left band thrust into his
waistcoat peahen empliesising the remarks
he made half aloud wide his Meet forefinger.
"Now, will you have the goodness to toll
my what'my mother indaw wants with this
'young medico ?He's gotno preotica to speak to go to the root of the matter with blre-
vf ; be'i gob nothing weer one CAD 400 to Lernshed. lie rose and extended hi' hand.
'recommend him, and lm liven moat !neon- " say goodmvaning, then, Mr. Leke.
verdently far away. Eller tine:, the worth t you have ielleved my mind very
Teat him limb year, 11110 hail IC quired eanon rogatain our Ettit
xnedical aeoloe and no advice but hie (Aerie* terseeworte left the house, and
dot 'Mee the thinks ehe' e reedy, Mr Dattiteeil went lesitell of hie mother.
was in own favour. ran. Lamehed had
bluntly observed when ehe Made it, diet
Nate eves eix pare old, and there was
no knowing what she might grow like; so
her moneyshonici be left to one who would
at leaat take can of Montague
Dottleson. She had at. higher opinion of her
seeeleelaw at that time thou Abe hed now;
but ke had always been hied end attentive
tepee she went to live With him, and she
bad ima. no routhe to far, to alter her des
sign*,
"What eari the man be after, if it boa
the money r queried Mr. Dottier/on on the
hearthrug of Mr. Dottleson in the mirror.
"Ne can't be so moth attracted by, Kate.
She's It pretty girl and a good girl;
but ehe's got nothing. Then again,
her grandmoner was awaya of a saving
tnre of mind, and she wouldn't enoeurage
him to pay. experieve auto if the had no
object view. it'a absurd to snmpoee that
she pays him to come here for notitiog. If be
admired Kete, he'd came without being sent
for and her grandmother can't fail to know
that.'
His mental viden lied been xo dimmed by
the atmosphere a money in which, big life
had beee passed, that he did not auderatand
the possibility of emu or woman being guided
by any other motive. Love was a misty
unreality Gentile the mile of hi; reasoning
pewere, and therefore did nob enter into bie
epeculAtielin ;that, affection for Kate
teeth the chareeteriatio eimpe of andlog
wealtby ilnaband for her; elle 0110910
for hereelf, aii she had a right to; but measor,
log her heart by the size of hie owl; it never
etreck hire time her choice mIght fat epou
Man Whom be would rejeet as meligible,
(To ns egingiErP.)
What A -51701/11111 Oftil Do.
otoileet At tile ScX “alte! women and
event man wIth content t time
g She can come to a cone astral without the
▪ eliglatest trouble of resenting. on It, end no
• eaue Men Can do that,
y of them can talk at mace and get along
Ant rate, end no two men can dothet.
She na ufely Attar fifty pine in her drese
while he le getdeg 040 trader Isle thumb
nail.
She le cool as a coeuraber in half 4 dozen
tight dresete arid ekirta, witile a ren will
meat lied fume end growl in one lute
4111$1; mut talk as street as peethei and
cream to the woman elle bete*. 'While WO
;nen weeld be mumble% each other'e heed
before they had exchenged ten words.
She un throw * storm with 44 curve that
would be a fortutee to a beathell pitcher.
She eati ny 4' no" in suck low voice that
it Men' 4' yea."
Sim ran sharpen lead petted 11 700 give
her Laney et time and plenty of pencil'.
Oan deuce ail night in a pair of shoes
two Ines two email for her and enjoy every
minute of the time.
Mr. Detection ley back in hi" their con-
siderime whet he bad. better say next. If he
made any Attempt to dteccerage Dr, Lake -
worth's cal", it would Wanly cenne to his
mothenheliwn ears, and tier retentment
:night prelatic results very detrimental to
It would not do to attack the posi-
tion from this aide, who he had only hisses
picions to work upon; it would be less risky
10311 Clad it; to taro a ite ;utmdWI" ehe'e irelaw. Ile meant to lose no time in put.
well, he's called in to receive It, He'll raver ting her on her guard against this Insidious
,fout of the hone& I wonder be doese't take enemy 4 but he knew that he would bareto
lagings text door, to beohm° to the T.hd approach the subject .very carefully.
sofize.-1 tell you candidly,* conthened *gi am very pleased to learn from
DOttlerta, endclenly withdrawn g his heed Lakeworth that your feara about yonreeff
Item les pocket and taeping the palm ire- are unfounded,' be wed cheerfully.
mreseively with his fingertips -4i 3. tell you "Oh yea ; be thinkitIen alright,' replied
candidly that if I didn't know the old lady NUL Lamthed. "I've great mundane° in
would alter her will without compunction, Lakeworth."
P4 forbid Dr Charles Lakeworth the honae. "I'm afraid he takes advantage of it to
—Why, bless my heart I if Mrs Lamshed drain your purse pretty heavily in feee."
lives ten years longer, ehe'_11 *peed every "He wante 'ern. 'replied the oldlady dry -
entitling ot her twenty thousand in physic ty. "Poor fellow I be finds it hard to make
and fees." both ends meet. But he'll make his
This final prediction, although made by I'm gong to help him,"
binaself, so worked upon Mr Dottleson that
It was bad enough to hear that this bang
ne ming round upon his heel and stamped er-on was sent for more to benefit himeelf
-on the floor, of ma than the patient; but Mrs. Lamehed's last
Mere Lanai:bed. who wais the mother
departed wife, was eighty-one years of age, anger.
made Mr. Dottleson turn red with
'
"Help,' fie ids vocabulary, was sy-
nod in spite of her frequent calls for the nonymous with money, and here was his
elector, gave every promise of maintaining
mother-indaw coolly telling him her heir,
her interest: in mundane affairs for ten or
that she was going to OM help to an utter
eyen twenty yearn longer. " rm an old
stranger who had no claim upon her what -
woman," she was wont to say ; "butI was ever. It was quite time that he did speak
on old woman when I was forty, and I to her, so he cleared Ida throat and began
haven't grown a day older eince—not a
without more ado: "You know that of late
4y.I0
it hoe often occurred to me that Dr. Like -
And indeed Mrs Lambed seemed almost worth's attention to you is not ito disinter -
as active and sprightly now as ehe had been ested as it should be. I may be wrong, but
half a century ago. Fourteen years before, I cannot get over the idea that he has some
the middle.aged, dust -dried lawyer who ulterior design upon us."
looked after her corcerns had come to urge Mrs. Lambed put on her spectacles and
the desirability of making her will. stared at her solein-lavr. "Do you suppose
"Make my will I cried she. "PR make it, if I'm a fool, Id ontague Dottleeon 1,,
you're afraid e ouvronstlive to do it, Smuggles; "My dear madam'you misapprehend my
but I hadn't begun to thing about it yet 1 meaning," said Mr, Dottleson with anxious
Why ehould I?" However, the solicitor's suavity; "but really I have known such ire -
arguments prevailed, and the thing was quent cams in which kind-hearted ladies
done, "to oblige her old friend, who had al- have been led away by their gratitude to -
ways taken good care of her affairs, and wards scheming physiciana. I never for an
eves in a hurry to finish them," And though indult imagined that Dr. Lakeworth or
the fact has no bearing upon this story, we any ono else would be able to bend
=ay mention that the engroesing of Mrs. your sturdy sense of what is right and just
Lamehed's will was the last hit of profes- so as to serve hie own interests; but he
atonal work the careworn 8:wiggles ever did comes so frequently, he days no long, and
for his client. He was twenty years her
junior; but he passed from Lincoln's Inn "And you think Lakeworth expects my
to another place long before she began to money when l've done with it, and comes,
use speotacleir. The spring of vitality was here to keep my friendship for him alive te
strong in Mrs. 'mashed. "1 am bound to confess that this had
Mr. Dottlesoneturned away from the mire crossed my mind."
ror to which he had been confiding his The old lady leaned over, and tapped her
'woes, and went upetaira to ewe his mother- son-in.law gently on the knuckles with her
helaw, whom he found in the drawing- spectacle came as the replied: "Yon are
room with Kate. the fool, Montagne Dottleeon. You're se
• "I'm sorry to hear you're not well," he blind as a mole. If you hedn't betrayed
said, going to her side. these unworthy suspicions about an
The old lady looked up and smiled. "I'm honourable man, I might have opened
• getting very feeble, Montague, though I your eyes for you; but since you have
don't look it. I am not quite up to the mark, such an undeservedly bad opinion
and thought I'd like to see Lakeworth." of him, f shell leave you toagrope
"They sent for him half an hour ago. But your ow, way to daylight,. Ne made
don't you think, now, that a more expere my will, Montague and on know what it
vetoed man should be called in ?” says ; but there's Plenty of time to -adda
"Lakeworth will do nicely, Montague; he coded.' toff:, you imow—plenty ofthme
understands my conatitution." Mr. DOttle1101111,1W that he had Medea erave
When an old lady is convinced that one mistake in mentioning his distrust ; but he
particular rnan "understands her constitu- could not repair it now, and beat a haety
no reasoning will move her. Mr. Dot- retreat. Mre Lamshed had hinted broadly
down knew this, and did not prees the that there was something going on which he
expediency of making a oheege. wee too blind to see, and which the was going
" What do you think is wrong, this time?" to le6 him find out for himself. What-
-bitsai3, sitting down near her. ever it might be, he would be very t
She CAA Appreciate a kh4 from her hue.
bend 75 years After the marriage ceremony
is performed,
Sho can go to 01=4 and ofterword tell
yon what every woman in the congregation
bad on, and, in some me ineteneee, CMS give
you nine fain idea of wbet the text+ was.
She can walk bait the night with a Wide,
baby in her arum without once entreat/
the desire of murderIng the infant.
She can—but what's the nae? A woman
can do anything cr everything, and do it
well.
She on do more In o minute thusu . man
eau do in an 110tirs and do it better.
She owe delve a man crazy for 24 hours,
And then bring him to paradise in two
seconds by simply tickling him -under the
thin, and there don not iive that mortal aon
!of Adam misery who on do it,
1 7 4
Salaries for Wives.
It is the opinion of the Supreme Gond • of
Iowa that any contract a man makes with
his wife can 'be broken by him withimpunity.
Mr. Miller and his wife entered into &formai
contract to this effect: "That Mrs Miller
shall keep her home and family in a cora-
fortable and reasonably good condition,
and Mr. Miller shall provide for the
necessary expenses of the family, and
shall in addition thereto pay Mrs. Miller for
her 'individual use $200 per year, payable
$16 66h per month so long as Mil. Miller
shall taithfully observe the terms and con-
ditions of this agreement." Miller failed to
keep bit part of the compset. lira. Miller
kept her home and family in a comfortable
and reasonably good condition, but the
$16.6e a month was not forthcoming. MI
ler simply refused to give her any pin money.
Mrs Miller invoked the law to hold him to
his contract The court has decided against
Mrs. Miller. It bolds that the agreement
cannot be enforced for the reason that it is
against public policy, and therefore void;
that it washer businers as a wife to do what
she agreed to do without any oompensation[;
that ie strikes at the very foundation of
domestic life and happiness when the courts
recognize a contract of this character between
hueband and wife. In short, that a woman
must make home comforteble and happy
and be satisfied with whamver the hueband
choose to give her. This may aeem pretty
hard on wives, but for the most part wives
manage to get a fair share of the income
without any contract or trouble.
.A. Preference for .British justice.
One of the great virtues of .English prac-
tice is that executions follow hard upon
trial and conviction. In this country years
sometimes elapse before a murdeter pays the
penalty of the crime, and in the meantime
lie le given every possible opportunity to
escape by legal means. Today there are
four condemned murderers in loyamensing
prison, whose dates of execution have not
been fixed. All of their mimes were own-
mitted long before that of Mrs. Maybriek ;
one of them has been in prison nearly two
years. The English practice is much super-
ior to our own in the matter of prompt pun-
ishment, and it does not appear that pro-
viding for delays and appeals will improve
lV.—[Phiiadelphia Ledger.
Why He Beoame a Bache on
A young leevye ,r who had been instructed
that when a witneed declared that he was
this or that, it was essential that he should
be made to tell when and for what reason he
became so, thus utilized his instruction when
trying his first ease with a vvitnese that he
had under oross-examinetion :
"Are you a married man ?" he asked.
"No, sir," I am a baohelor," was the
answer.
"Theo, sir," said the young lawyer, in a
stern tone "will you please tell this court
how long you have been a bachelor and what
were the circumstances that induced you to
become one ?"
Thibgs always seem fairer when we look 4
back at them.--fLowell.
New Raiiviav that is Cheap, Fast and
gerund Comparison.
A prose view took plane reeently, ears
'Perla letter, of ,the so called " Chemin d
Forkelimant,'" Or 44 Slide Beltway." t
EsplaeadedesInvalidee, withintheexhibitie
Th t' I I IT orighal
contrivance for enebling trains to run, by
means of water power, at a epeed hitherto
undreamed of. Arriving there without Any
ietimetion as to what a sliding eallwaY
might be. I at 000 mistook it for an ever -
grown switchback with the humps amootired
The Greatest Ends.) in the WOW at the
a I Qu.TelleLbrric4geya,esroceoatitahalenriotwh oAfppFooratelli!gt
Frith of Forth.
he completion, m a work of euth magnitude
e .1
L 4Pa reef tet4atfliit es do nit the attention *Phtadent °Iheeltrvithhoal:
entihmerine world.
In1804 a eurveyee publiehed designs fo
a bridge WOO the Forth at the same opt
tied with opine of the like magnitude
That, however, was to be a suepensio
bridge, with chains like the cable of a fifty
ton yacht, and the total weight of iron watr
eatimeted se 200 tone, as contrasted wit
50(400 tons of steel in the present etreetare
While bridge 1,740 feet, in span wa
tints coeceived of nearly a cenenter agm.l
may aloe be said that: the cantilever pun
apie of conetruction ean be found in BenO
then and, Inane templet; built before the in
troduction of the arch, An eminent engln
eer ease that the cantilever was in al .rob
ability ability invented by Boma intelligeob ea.vage,
who, wanting to get across a ahem! teo
deep to ford and too wide to jump, utilized
the projecting breeches of two opposite trees
as eentilevere or brackets, and connected
them by Oran independent piece 9f timber,
ea SO fernled rt, cantilever and central
girder atruceure.
The tme principle of eCieatreeti013 and the
nature of the etreeses may be illustrated in
eimple woy, Two men who et on Oak*
extend they arms, which they euppere by
greePhla etteke bettleff egeteet the ehette.
Thie ragmen% the two double ontilevere.
The teain Consisted of four carriages, af-
fording room for about 100 paseengere. The
carriage:I had no wheels, being supported at
tbe ounces byhlocke of iron of a ens some.
• what larger than *brick, which rested upon
a deuble bee of mon girders, In the meddle
of the line 0 regular tutervals eatted out len
regularly shaped pillare the ese ot which
was not yet apparent, 'Having taken our
teats and the signal being given we eltded
along very geetly for a space of a few yards,
when
$YODGSX.Y WE ciaTnEnn ern%
Two or three tugs were felt and we wete nye
ing ou the pace of an ordiriary train, but as
smoothie aa a boaton a rIver. There was a
clicking noise on the rats, but this, I was
neared, was due to a defect in the carotene -
time of the 01104 and would be remedied.
The abeenoe of any vibration, ehakiog, or
"bali metioa" wee wouderful, 4 elight
jerk there area at regular Intervale, but then,
;mein, I was told thab it was due merely to
the shortness of the couree and the inebility
to get up 4 proper mice. In a hydreglio
trent traveling at full *mead, that le to eV*
at the rate of 140 to 200 )1r,1ometera or 87 to
124 miles an heur*there would be almoet no
comeelenaneee 01 modem Tbe jouruey down
the eeplanede only geeepied a Jew leeender
UNA our emit; return Mr. Plitor, ehoir_men
of the cenanauy whielt own the invention,
gavel* full aCeotnit of it. The eliding roil -
way was invented in 1803 by al' en4hieeh
earned, Girard, who was killed he tea Ernnoo.
German war, and it has ben improved to
fta preeenb etate by ore of his ardent
engineers, Al, Barre,
As hes already been meutlened, the by-
dratilla mintage* have no wheels, theee
befog replaced by bellow slideri tittiog upon
A flat and wide riiii,ond grooved on the inner
unlace, Wbeu it 14 dratted to aet the
carriage in modou water la lathed Into the
elide or "hate of the carries* from A re -
maven by compresied Air and seekIng to
unapt, it spreads over the under eurfece of
the slide, wbich It rases for Omit 14
13411.4 thlekoess above the rail. The elide"
thus reit-tom not on the mile, but on
of water, ere la a perfectly mobilo con-
dition. itt faot, the protium of the forefinger
is euffielent to displace a mane thu"
iupported, The propelling force is supplied
by the pillar" which stand at regular iu.
tervais ou the lino between the rain.
Running underneeth every carrlage is an
iron raok, about six inches wide, fitted with
paddles.
Now as the foremost carriage pestles la
front of the pidar b tap on the latter is opened
antomaticelly and a serum of enter at high
premiere le direeted on the peddlein That
drives t.he train on and by the time the nob
Carriage bin gone peat the tap (which then
clime") the foremost ono is in front of the
neat tep, the waterne41011 due being eon.
tirmons. The force developed le almost
incredible. There is some "pls.:thing on the
mile at the start, but this ae the
tram goes. To atop the train the smell
stream of water dye toed" the elides ie turned
off, and the latter coming in contact 'with the
mile, the reeeltioo frietion stops the carriage
almose instontaneously.
A water trate ensuing at over 1C0 miles
an hour could, I was told, be pulled up
within thirty yarcia, could climb up grad=
lents of sixteou inches in the yard, descend
them
WITD. EQVAL SAFETY,
and run on curves ot forty -tour yardsraditee
This spawn would teem peculiarly adapted
for elevated ralways in cities, being light,
noiselate, smooth, without •smoke, fast,
and thoroughly under command. The dang-
er of running off the rails is reduced to a
minimum, the centre of gravity of the car-
riage' being scarcely more than a couple of
feet from the rails. The C01112 of a met-
ropolitan system would only be a third of
one on the old plan, but in the open count-
ry its cost would be somewhat higher than
the ordinary railway; but M. ttarre tells
me the expense would be in Femme an aver-
age of £.8.000 a mile. Where no natura
water supply is available a propelling ma -
ohm° every twelve miles or so would be
aufficienb to keep trains going at full speed.
The coneumption of coal per passenger
would be one-tenth only of the neual quan-
tity.
The importance of this may be realized
by considering the statement that the Paris -
Lyons company alone has an annual coal
bill of 12,000,000. Nevertheless, ib would
be rash to prediob the general introduotion-
of the water imatem on railway". One obs
jeotion, for instance, that occurs to me is it.
apparent unsuitability for good traffic. Mr
Persil, the n.anager of the "Chemins de Fey
Gliesants," believes it will all but do wet
with the locomotive engine. With respect -
to England he believes that the disadvant-
ages of the slow method of crossing the
channel will become so apparent that all op-
position to the tunnel will vanish. "I am
ready," he said with enthusiasm' "10 wager
any sum that when the tunnel ismade and
our syetem has a trial people will go from.
London to Paris in two houre."
A Look Ahead.
Mother—" Laura, you ought to maize
thatyoung man of yours go home earlier.
Miss Laura—"But we are engaged,
mamma and I don't see why—"
Mother--" You will get him into habits
of staying out late that you will be sorry
for it some day, after the honeymoon is
over."
What He Was Orying For, .
"Hens" said one German to another in
the streets of Frenkeorte "what are you
crying abaut 1" "I am crying became the
great Rothschild is dead," was .the reply.
" And why should you cry about that ? '
was the further query. "He eves no rela-
tion of Yours, was he " Noewas the 041-
13Wer, half smothered in sobs, "no relation
at all, and that's jut what I am crying for."
A Neecifid Statement.
Since that Bridgeport girl ruined her jaws
with chewing gum the manufacturers of the
" sotiety quid" have been forced to pub but
the following statement: "Our gum does
not paralyze."
The value of the three orops of wheat
maize, and oats in the United States In
1887 was $1,155,000;000.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
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'Prince Albert Victor Going to India,—The
XaYbriOle .Sx0itement Subsicling,—Ther
Great Strike.
Prince Albert Victor fel going to India on
a tigemhunting expedition. As it is his arab
outing alone he ia said to be very enthusias.
tic and eager, He Is also very keen to try
. hie hand On big game and, to emulate the ex-
ample of his father, Iiviza PreYea himself
nervy hunter and, good shot in India Teem
ago. Thus far in his young career Albert
Victor has never had an opportunity te bring
dewy akythiog larger than aabag. Pupae.,
ations are already being made to secure a
, sufficient eupply of big game, and the bait
tiger Preservee are to be left rannoleated
- until the arrival of the royal hunter.
The cannel ender Is eepreeented by A ;tient
atiele aueg from the orna of each Man, and
the anchorage by roper: exteredfnie from the
other arms to two pike of belches. When
etreeses aro 'brought cm ebb eyetm by
load on the °mitred girder the emu of the
men and the anellerage repo come into
tauten, and the etiolot mad chair lege into
empreaelen. In the Perth bridge we must
imegine the °balm to 3m plaeed * third of *
mile apart* the men beetle to be 360 feet
above the ground* the pull QA the firma
10,000 tone, and the premiere on the lege of
the thane onthe grimed 100.040 tom
AS reprint !dee and welglite no existing
bridge as all appromheit the Forth bridge.
There are two epee, eaoh 1,700 feet long;
the width of the bridge ot; the piers Is 120
feat; there is n dor hoodwoy for naviga.
tionathigh water of 160 feet the deepeet
foundation below high water is $9 feat; the
Welted part of the brIdge Above high water
is 3ti0. feet* and the depth of water in the
centre of the channel Is 210feet, With this
depth the bridge Gould never hove been
light had it not 'been for an bland in the
middle of the Forth
Tire train weight that will he put upon
the bridge will be smell compared with the
windproasure needed. to be overcome, and
to Malt wind the lofty eolurons ever the
piers ore 120 feet 4014 at the hese nil 33
feet at the top. AA furniehlug an idea of the
enerinus force which the cantilevers ere
(*Wale of resisting le may he said that
pull of 45,000 tone would be needed to tear
winder the top tie*. The greateet pull
from passing teems can be only 2000,tons.
The bridge is looked upon AS 1 roilway
neeeesesity. Indeed, atwlll furnish the lulu-
ing Bak in a great chainof tunrimunication
throughout the 'United Khigdom,
When we reed of such struoturea, and
know that trefue reach a aped of sixty
Miles an hour, we etta nob but smile tit
whit the *tad old "QuArterly Review"
taid in 1825 '4 We trust that 'Parliament
will, in all railwaye it may sanction, limit
the speed to eight or eine miler in hour,
which Is as great as can be ventured on
with minty."
Rotes for Women,
The Pelmets of Wales has been very atom
and verdant:kr In the educed:mot her daugh-
ters. She has had good matedel to work
upon, as her girls were clever by nature.
ThePtincess ham taken great pride in their
acoomplishmente and feels tint her dieal-
pline has been extremely beneficial. The
Pelee° of Wales hes aometimeepleaded with
her in vain to give her daughters a holiday.
She has often anewored that, as they wee to
bold high social positions, they had no time
to waste while acquiring social graces.
An American lady was keeping house in
Japan. Every month the highly:mom/AM
ed Japanese butler brought in the bilis made
°nit in English and Japanese for audit and
payment. One day our countrywoman WM
startled by this charge "To forty-four
yards black entrain.' It was impossible,
she declared, nob to be thought of out of a
sausage factory. But the smiling butler re-
turned triumphanb, the open dictionary in
his handl, hie deft forefinger pointing to the
translation, " Entrails, lining." Then she
remembered her new black silk.
Qeeen Victoria wrote as follows of the
present Emperor of Germany in 1860, when
he was twenty months old :—" He is such it
little love. He came walking in with his
nurse in a little white dress, with black
bows, and was so good. He is a fine fat
chile, with a beautiful white, soft skin, very
fine shoulders and limbs, and it very dear
fame -like Vicky and Fritz an Louie° of
Baden. He has Fritz's eyes and Vicky
mouth, and very fair curly hair. We felt
so happy to see him at last." All of which
proves that the Kaiser was a nice beby and
the Qneen a good deal of e. gusher.
In Iowa a married woman has every legal
right that her husband has. She can make
°entracte with hire or any other pereen I
nue or be sued; sue her husband; trainee'
busineas in her own name and night; receive
and recover compensation for her own ser-
vices rendered outside of the family ; hold
any public office to which she may be elect-
ed ; in fact, do all things her 'husband may
awfully do except vote. She has one
advantage Of her husband, He is liable for
hall 'her torte; while he may be never so
ram:tally, she is not liable, therefore, in
person or property.
Where nothing but a slight protection for
the shoulders is required are provided little
Carrick capes whioh have it hancleoinely
trimmed'With long bows and ends of,
ribbon beneath. The collar is burned over
on most specimens but the high Medici col.
lar appears 011 others, and these are elabor-
ately braided. A fawn -colored °loth oape,
beaded at the nook witlegold, is lined with
Rime& red, with ribbon adage to match.
Summar cloth is much used, and the edges
are not pinked or otherwise ornamented.
For very hob days are capen of embroidered
muslin, with long soarf ends of the same,
which are tied in a full bow ander the ohin.
These do not have the treble capes, but a
single one, with an embroidered cellar.
Providence is a greater mystery than reve-
lation.—[Ceoil.
Women who are the least bashful are net
(unfrequently the meet inodeet ;,and we are
never more deceived than when we would
infer any laxity of prinoiple from that free.
dom of demeanor which often arises from
total ignorance.— [Colton,
Already a rather amusing eireirmstauce
has arisen out 9f .Albert Victor's prenoeed
expedition, Lady Reay, wife of the GOveree
or of one of the niciatigagOrtentledianpreVin,
eeffi being in Leaden, and hearing ei hie
youthfel htemeashi prospective visit to her
home'teele time by the forelock anci order-
ed a lob of oards at le fathionabie idetionertes
engraved 44 to have the honor of meeting 11
R. If, Prince Alberts Victor." The stationer
was cueleee enough, or fooliali enough, to
put one of these vied* in hie window. The
etelespepere pobilehed the eircumetence. and
now everybody is numbing at the Indy
Rev, and wenderleg what she will do with
the garde if the Priam eleauld give up hie
visit or decline/her invitation%
The blaybrick exeltement has in:amides'
entirely. The sinnappy woman bee been
removed from jail at 14iverpeol and tale -
en to Woking prison, where the Wale at
OnO0 admitted ta the licepitel. Her phy-
eleitine sa3r the cermet live keg, and iter
friende believe that her invalid condition
Will 410011 Immo her pardon.
The reeourcee of Britiela Columbia are
seen to he reed° inanifeets to Leaden cermet- ,
late, Prederick Villiere, the war artist.
ef the ;graphic, will join the Governor-
Generet of Genoaa on hie tour through. the
BrIthle yovieeetone in ,Areeriose
The eiteation in regard to the steike has
become very origins, aLt trodee are paralyzed
and pricey at all nocelwatiea from coal to
coffee hue been forcedleup. Covent Gerdeue
and other large markets are eimeet empty.
Steamers filled with fruit, our and vege-
tables block the Thames. All the produce
is rottiog In the hold*. The supply in the
'hope is very small and many reetaureaste
god it impoulble to feed their pAtrone, The
river from lemden to Grovotood le crowded
with craft which eminot:he unloaded.
Soares of veesele have sailed away to ether
porta in the hope of befog able to unload
there, but the strikere may that if the dock
companies bald out; much longer the etrike
will be extended to all the principal seaports
in Greet Britein.
Eydlidii TIM BOO Straw Power.
eaw two women juggler* at Jeppore
They were bright, intelligent.Ioolcing girle,
one of whom appeared aimed old enough to
he the mother of the other, says:moll known
writer in the New York Mail and Boren,
They did many wonderful things, one of
wilt& was mixing up sand in water, and
then patting the hand into the diecoloured
fluid they brought a handful of sand which
they filtered through their fingers as dryas
before it wont in, no youngest of these girls
was perhaps 15, She bad bracelete on arras
and oet feet, and her eyes were se beautiful
as these of a peak. One of leer tricks was
the lifting of a heavy chair by the eyelid!,
the thoughb of whkh almost =thee my eyes
aore. The their was a heavy mahogany one
which belonged to the room in which Ivrea
staying. She tied two strong strings to the
top at thin and affixed the ends of these
mitigate her eyes by little round metal oup
each abent the sin of a tinkle. These fitted
over the eyeballs and under the lide, end
she butt over while they were so fastened.
Rasing herself she pulled the chair with
these strings with the muscles of her eyelids,
and carried ib from one side of the room to
the other. It waste horrible sight, exam she
took the metal cups from her eyea they filled
with water, and she almost sank to the floor.
I told her the trick was disanating, and
that she ought never to try it again. Still,
for this and the rest of the show, these girls
were well Whined with two rupee", or
about 70 cents.
Trying to Scare The Smashers.
Hotel porters aad baggage smashers on
railways and steamboats, will do well to
beware of trunks with loaded revolvers in
them. As ib is not always possible to tell
whether the deadly revolver lurks in the
comparatively harmless trunk or valise, the
handlers of baggage in future will find 10
profitable to deal gently with passengers
effects, else they may share the fate of Bill
Kelly, the rough and ready porter of the
Hotel Layette, Late Minnetonka. With
hie urinal activity, the other day he gave a
guest's trunk the grand pitch. It came down
heavily, of course, bub alas for Bill, a loaded
revolver inside exploded, and the bullete
landed him dead in the hallway. A new
terror is now added to the energetic life of
the porter.--(Quebeo Chronicle.
A New Industry.
The Mowing is copied from the lean
Post of August 4:
"TO Parents—Unruly girls and boys of
any age visited and punished at their hoinee
by a thorough disciplinarian accustomed to
administer corporal punishment; all bad
habits oured by one or two attendarces •' fee
5a. for two visits. Address Birch.' Box 253,
Willing' Advertising Offices, 125 Strand,
A Logical Illustration.
A. layman in Providence who ecouionally
exhorted at evening meetings thus recently
expressed his belief in the existence of Deity:.
"Brethren, ram just as confident that there
is a Supreme Being as I am that there is flour
in .New York, and that I know for certain,
as I yesterday received from there a lot of
three hundred barrelsfresh, superfineewhich
I will sell as low as any other person in
town."
He Had Some Grounds.
Wibble--" Of all the nervy men I think
young Wagwell takes the cake."
Wibble--" What's the matter with Wag-
Wibble--" He proposed to a deaf and
dumb girl some time ago, and now he is suing
for breach of promise on the ground that
silence gives consent."
The Binghamton Republican advises its
hr eaavdeertos teot ashoeiligvueatrhdaot vtehre itrh et oml rrhesmt oanwe swwointit
a lie on its face,