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Or, The Story of Miss Percival's Early Life.
CHAPTER XXIV.—(Cont'd)
The moment the bolt clicked into
Its socket the portieres that hung
between the library and an adjoin-
, ing reception roost were suddenly
-parted, and Miss Dexter, her face
as white as chalk, her eyes blazing
with passion, swept into the morn
and confronted her astonished hos-
tess.
"Marjorie!" exclaimed Mrs.
Lancaster, in a tone of mingled dis-
may and reproof.
"Yes, I have played eavesdrop
per, for once in my life, and I do
not caro what you think of mo for
it t" cried the enraged girl, with
passionate vehemence.
"I thought you were is bed,"
faltered hor companion.
"I know you did—I was in my
roont, but, the door was ajar, and
I heard you tell Donald you want -
est a private talk with hiin here
I knew that the &ors between the
reception room and this were not,
quite closed, and 1 was determined
that I would hear for myself my
recreant lover's opinion of me, for
I knew well enough what you
wanted to say to him," Miss Dex-
ter explained.
"It was not quite the right thing
to do, Marjorie," said Mrs. Lan-
caster, gravely.
"I know it, and I have no excus-
es to offer. I simply wanted to
know just how I stand with Don-
ald. Truly, madam, your son en-
tertains strange ideas regarding
honor to allow me to believe for the
last ten years that he intended to
marry me, and then leave me in
the lurch like this !" the beauty
complained, with a sudden pout.
Mrs. Lancaster flushed hotly, and
her handsome face plainly express-
ed the disgust she experienced in
view of the rude speech that had
• Just offended her aristocratic ears.
But she had set hor heart upon
sweeping the Dexter millions into
the Lancaster coffers, if by any
possibility she could achieve such
a result.
So, curbing her irritation over
the unpleasant contretemps of the
evening, and her displeasure at
hearing her idolized son so criti-
cized, sho set herself to soothe tho
spoiled beauty's ruffled plumage.
"Dear Marjorie, I do not wonder
that you are wounded," sho gently
remarked, as sho went to her side
and fondly slipped her arm around
the girl's slender waist. "It cer-
tainly was very unfortunate that
you should overhear Donald's con-
versation with me, but do not lay it
too touch to heart, for I am quite
sure that ho was upset over some
outside matter, and I believe that
he spoke impulsively---"
"It was an impulse, then, which
I warn you will be lasting," the
girl interposed, with exceeding bit-
terness; "he has been hard. hit by
that miserable littte beggar. Ha!
tea ! She, the peer of the creme de
le creme of New York! She shine
a queen among the sacred four hun-
tirtd ! Mrs. Lancaster, I give you
ley- of your future daughter -in -
taw with her style and her ',over-
t)
"Marjorie ! Marjorie! don't child,
Trite me quite to distraction,"
pleaded the proud woman. quiver-
ing with mingled rage and fear at
the thought of having all her dear-
est projects overthrown. "I will
bate no daughter-in-law but you,
dear ; you shall win him yet, and
make hint repent all the harsh
things that he has said to -night. 1
believe. if we use tact, we shall be
able to bring him to his senses.
You will help me, will you not.
Marjorie! You love hirn well
enough, do you not, to join me in
fauns plan to prevent him from
throwing himself away upon this
wretched little nobody 1"
CH:\PTERXXV.
"Love him!" repeated Marjorie
Dexter, with startling vehemence.
"You cannot conceive
doe I love
hint. I would almost sell my birth-
right to w in him—to win even one
leak such as he bestowed upon that
git 1 yesterday. Heavens! it near-
ly drote me wild to see thein to-
gether! While his rhapsodies to-
night were simply maddening."
"Yes, be dors seem strangely in-
fatuated with her," said Mrs. Lan-
caster. looking deeply troubled.
"Well, we cannot ignore the fact
that she has a very pretty face;
site has n foie form. her complex-
ion is of that rich, creamy hue that
makes one think of sunshine on
marble. Then those great, black,
velvety eyes! \\'ell, one couldn't
touch blame a man for being mag-
netized by them." Miss Dexter con-
cluded. with a thoughtful air.
"Really, Mvrjorie. I do not
know what to slake of you! One
moment yon laugh the girl to scorn,
the pest you vaunt her to the
skies exclaimed Mrs. James's -
ter, in astonishment. while she re-
rosrded her cot i iiun wondering -
stow his attentions whero they be-
long," said Mrs. Lancaster, con-
fidently
"Out of the way? \\'hat do you
mean 1" queried the belle.
"I intend that tho girl shall
leave New York at once," was the
resolute response. "Now dear,"
the woman added, soothingly, "g''
straight to bed and worry no more
over this unfortunate affair, fur,
believe, me, I will du my utmost to
make everything end well."
She led the girl to her door, op -
teed it, then, kissing her, bade Iter
good -night, and the spoiled beauty
went away to her room.
"Humph! Perhaps you have Mrs. Lancaster shut herself again
heard the old proverb that 'a good into the library and sat, down to
general never underrates the forces think.
el' the enemy,' " said Miss Dexter, It was more than an hour later
with a cruel glitter in her blue when she sought her own apart,-
eyes;
part;eyes; "and so I, with the ono desire 'tient, but when she did so there
of my life at stake, was quick to was a resolute look upon her proud
observe the powers arrayed against face and a relentless gleans in her
eyes that boded no good to the ob-
ject of her thoughts.
The next morning there was not
a cloud, apparently upon the do-
mestic horizon when the family
gathered about the handsomely -ap-
pointed breakfast table.
Mrs. Lancaster and Marjorie —
tho latter looking especially lovely
in a negligee of polo pink cash-
mere—both exerted themselves to
make the hour pass as delightful-
ly, as possible, and no one would
have suspected, from the tender
glances that the mother bestowed
upon her son, or front her fond
tone when addressing him, that
they had come so near having a
fatal rupture only a few hours
previous, or that she was secretly
planning to wreck his happiness
and crush the girl he loved.
They lingered over the meal, for
'everyone seemed unusually jolly,
and when Mr. Lancaster finally
arose to go to his office, ho remark -
cd. with a light laugh:
"Well, really, I'd a thousand
tinges rather sit here in this con-
genial atmosphere than bury my-
self in my sanctum among my mus-
ty old law books."
"Thank you, sir," retorted Mar-
jorie, with a. saucy toss of her
pretty, blond head; "I'm glad to
kr;ow that you appreciate your sur-
roundings."
As she said this, with the slight
emphasis upon the pronoun, she
glanced out of the corner of her
eye at Donald, and was just in sea-
son to catch the slight smile that,
for an instant, curled his flexible
lips.
The slight aroused al! the demon
in her.
"He even dares to mock at me!"
she said to herself, in a terrible
passion. "But wait ! thz tables will
tc reversed sometime, then it will
be toy turn to mock at him."
But she allowed no sign of her
rage to become apparent; but,
turning from Mrs. Lancaster to
him, she sweetly observed:
"Donald, I wonder if your en-
gagements to -day will permit you
to take me to see that picture that
is talked of so much?"
"I think so, Marjorie," he re-
plied, with ready compliance. "I
have an appointment for ten
o'clock, but my business will bo
soon settled, and I will return for
;con at eleven. Mother"—turning
Itleasantly to her as he also arose
from the table—"have you any
commands for me this morning?"
"Thank you, Don, I would like
it if you and Marjorie would step
around to Arnold, Constable et
Co's while you aro out, and exam-
ine that Turkish rug which I look-
ed at yesterday. Your judgment
of such things is good, and might
help me to decide if it, is just what
we want for the hall."
"Very well, I will do so with
pleasure," Donald replied, and
then, bidding the ladies good -morn-
ing, the young gentleman hurried
away.
"Now, Aunt Ethel, you can call
at any time, between eleven and
one, without the fear 44 running
against any snags," Miss Dexter
remarked, with a malicious, little
laugh, as the door closed after their
recent companion.
"I understand, clear, and you
managed the arrangement very
cleverly." Mrs. Lancaster returned
as she echoed hor laugh.
Two hours later her elegant car-
riage rolled into the street whero
Esther lived. and stopped before
Mrs. Field's lodging house.
(To bo continued.)
me, when we passed the girl yes-
terday. But she has no style, no
culture; she would be a perfect
guy in your drawing room."
"Oh, Marjorie! spare me," in-
rterposed Mrs. Lancaster, with a
groan.
"But she could bo cultivated,"
the belle pursued, "and she would
probably spare no effort to stake
herself all that Donald could wish
if, and there is where a big doubt
comes in—if she cares enough for
him to work for it. Ugh ! when I
saw that adoring look in his eyes
yesterday, as they tested upon her,
I could have set my heel upon her
lovely face."
"Marjorie, I am afraid there is
an element of cruelty in your na-
ture," said her companion, reprov-
ingly.
"Well, you know that jealousy is
as cruel as the grave," was the
moody response. "Buthow did
Donald make the acquaintance of
this Miss Wellington?"
"Why! did I never tell you about
that dreadful railway accident at
Oakland, when he was returning
from California, about two years
ago. and came so near losing his
life 1"
"I knew that there was a rail-
way accident, and that ho was hurt,
but I never learned tho particu-
lars."
"Well, he was terribly bruised
and cut about the head, took a
fearful cold, and had brain fever
in its worst form. Fate cast hint
into the home of this girl. who
nursed him for weeks. Donald in-
sists that ho owes his life to her,
and so I suppose that intensifies
his sentiment for her, while there
is no doubt in my mind that sho
made the most of her opportunity.
Her father died during this time,
leaving her an orphan. She is re-
lated to the Cushmans, and it was
arranged that she should come to
New York to live as the ward of
Mr. Cushman, whom you once inet
here. So sho caste on under the
caro of Don and an old lady—an-
other patient who had escaped
from the same disaster. After the
death of Mr. Cushman, there was
some trouble between the girl and
Mrs. Cushman, whereupon Miss
Independence took French leave,
and established herself in the busi
ness of apron slaking."
"Humph! she's spirited, isn't
she?" sneered Miss Dexter ; "just
the kind of a girl to airs for a hus-
band. But what is your plan for
breaking up this entanglement?"
she concluded, eagerly.
"I think I shall go to see the
girl," said Mrs. Lancaster,
thoughtfully, "and I will make her
understand, plainly, that she is no
fit mate for my son. Of course, I
do not know just bow far matters
have progressed between them;
but 1 think I shall be able to make
her realize her insignificance and
.to browbeat her into submission
to my commands to relinquish all
claim upon him."
"I think you will, too," her com-
panion returned, a gleam of mali-
cious enjoyment in her eyes. "I
do not know of another woman liv-
ing who has it in her power to
slake another feel so shall and
mean when you have your stilts
and war paint on. I should like
to bo behind the scenes and wit.-
uess the squelching act. When will
you put your resolve into execu-
tion 1"
"The sooner the better; 1 believe
i will go to -morrow morning, be-
fore Donald has an opportunity to
see her," the matron replied, re-
flectively.
"But what CXCuRe will you make
for seeking such an interview 1 Yon
surely do not want to assume that
you fe.%1 your son is going to inar-
ty her. Unless you are sure he has
led her to hope he will," Miss Dex-
ter observed.
"Oh, no; of course not. But I
shave recently given her an order
for some aprons, so I can make an
errand in connection with that,
and gradually lead up to the fact
of having seen her with Donald
yesterday. I think you may trust
the. Marjorie, to make thorough
work of sho affair." the matron
concluded, with compressed lips.
"I'll trust you," said the girl,
with a vicious. little laugh, then a
lurid light leaped into her eyes.
as she added : "1 don't doubt you
will he able to dispose of the girl
easily enough --those poverty-
stricken things are always afraid
of the rich; but I don't know about
your managing Donald so easily."
"With Esther Wellington once
out of the way, he will get over his
irfateation, and bo ready to be•
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THE COUGHING PLANT.
We have heard of carnivorous
plants, which even eat mice; there
sego laughing and weeping flow-
ers; but we have tit ver heard of a
coughing plant. Nevertheless,
there is such a plant, and it grows
in the tropics. Its fruit resembles
the common bean. It is easily
aroused to anger, and. what is yet
more strange, it has a horror of
rt•1 kinds of dust. As soon as a few
grains fall on the leaves the sto-
mata --or air -cells --which are the
Ihteahing organs, fill with gas, puff
cut, and .throw off the dust, with
a slight. explosion like the cough
of a ehild with a cold in its head.
it is an ornamental plant. One
can hardly imagine the concert
given by two or three of these
strange plants in a drawing -room,
where the passage of ladies
sprinkles them with rice -powder.
The average man is a willing
corker—when be meets another
man who is willing to be worked.
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lTheFirmt
SHEEP.
No amount of feed will keep the
nock from running down if covered
with ticks.
Comparatively few farmers rea-
lize the loss sustained in a flock
'from ticks, but attribute it, many
times to other causes.
Every sheep pasture should have
an abundance of pure water.
Watch the fences and repair the
weak places. Prevent the first
outbreak and the flock will bo eas-
ily controlled.
Put bells on several members of
the flock as asafeguard against
dogs.
No more sheep should bo kept
than can be given good care.
Every farmer should have a
small flock for economic reasons.
Every farmer could easily have a
nearly perfect flock, even if small.
Turn off the inferior ewes, and
so keep improving the flock.
Keep the ram in a dry, clean,
light pen in tho baro and feed him
well.
Seven or eight sheep will pasture
whero one cow would. From this
you can tell how many sheep you
can keep, if you aro now keeping
COWS and wish to change off to
sheep.
If you have any patches of land
that, are weedy, fence them off and
give the sheep a chance at theta.
They will trim them up in short
order.
Get around often where the
sheep are; salt thein, count them
and make friends of them.
Do pot allow the dealer to come
it and sort out the largest and
finest lambs and leave the culls.
(Sometimes farmers sell their lambs
at a. fixed sum per head early in the
>;e-uson. The dealer will call when
the needs lambs and sort out the
best and never come to get the
smaller ones at all.
Sheep must have special feeding.
They are essentially pasturing and
browsing animals, living in summer
on pasture and in winter on dried
herbage or on the soft. sprouts of
'bushes. We do not change the su-
tural habits of animals by dotnes-
t eatiort to any such extent as to
alter their feeding or modes of life.
Sheep cannot feed on sour food;
they require fresh, soft watery
food even in the winter to maintain
best condition. That. the sheep of
Groat Britain have become the fin-
est in the world i'3 the result of tho
common practice of feeding roots
(luring winter. This succulent
feeding, with unrivaled pastures
for the summer, shows in excel-
lence of meat as well as of fleece.
FARM NOTES.
Drawing out of the soil without
replenishing the fertility is liko
drawing 11101103' out of a bank with-
out making any deposits.
The best breed of stock for a man
is generally the kind he likes best,
for he will take more interest in
and caro of such animals.
Anyone not familiar with the use
of sulphuric acid had better leave
it. alone, and buy fertilizer from a
competent manufacturer. There
is usually on the farm no means
for thoroughly mixing the rcid with
bones, and on sho thoroughness of
this work success will largely de-
pend.
Loss of valuable elements takes
place in stable manure immediate -
13 after it is made and it is never
FO good again. This loss is small
when the manure is kept under
cover and spread out, but when put
out of doors in a pile loss by fer-
mentation and leaching sets in a•rpd
becomes a material waste in the
aggregate. Economy in time, la-
bor and material is affected when
it is hauled directly to the field.
We would like to say to all farnh-
ctw and those interested in poultry -
raising. do not try to breed the
Taney with the practical. Ma=ter
the practical first; then see what
you can do with the fancy. But we
advise the use of thoroughbred
stock for practical purposes, by all
means, getting new cocks each year
to add vigor to the young chicks,
remembering what has been done
by ono mem can always be done
akain.
Straw as it comes from the
thresher is not a good absorbent
,f liquids. Nature made it strong
resistant and practically indurat-
ed for its and seed's protection,
and until the straw is crushed or
cut or in some was broken, it takes
tip very little moisture. and as an
agent for the conservation of liquid
excrement, it is nearly useless.
But lot it be run through the cut-
ter so that it, is cut and crushed,
and it is no longer impervious to
moisture. When w1 prepared half
the quantity of straw will produce
better results both in absorbing li-
quids and keeping the animals
clean than can be secured when
the long straw is used.
DAIRY ANI) STOCK.
A filthy- hog is a reproach to its
owners. It prefers on the whole t0
be clean. but for some reason most
Leg owners seem to argue other-
wise and act accordingly.
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How would you like it of a big
policeman were to give you a kick
c'r i► clout un the ear every ti►uo
s..ntething startles you! And yet
that would be as reasonable as it
is to jerk and whip a horse when
he is startled.
Certain diseases among the hu-
man kind, such as typhoid, small -
Fox and the like, aro known as
"filth diseases," and aro in the
main preventable. Most diseases
cf hogs and cows justly conte under
the sane head.
The dairy head should include no
sick animal and especially none
showing signs of tuberculosti, con-
tagious abortion or other trouble
associated with parturition, or with P1ANY SAY r>tE REVEALS
nlauuuits mammary abscess or '1.I I [sip LI V i s W IT11
other udder disease, persistent
diarrhoea, actinomycosis, fever or AN1AZIN(1 ACCURACY.
any ferbrile disease.
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FARM SCHOOLS IN BAVARIA.
Travelling Teachers %ho Form
Clubs and Deliver Lectures
"In order to promte argricultur-
al interest the kingdom of Bavaria
has established agriculture) schools
1.1 almost every town," says Franz
.1. Hotauer of Munich, Germany.
"These schools are in charge of
teachers who in addition to an aca-
demic education must be versed in
botany, geol. gy, cheinis.ry, physics,
zoology and natural history. At a
time when nothing is doing in the
fields, from November to March,
these schools are open, and the
peasants for a nominal fee can at-
tend courses on cultivation and fer-
tilization of the soil, the proper ro-
tation of cr'ps on the same land,
the bust sources for good seeds, ir-
rigation and the raising of stock.
The*, aro made acquainted with
improvements and new inventions
is agricultural implements, the
adoption of which can be recom-'
mended. They are taught the rudi-
menta of bookkeeping and other'
commercial knowledge essential for
the up to date farmer.
"In the spring after these farts-
ers have returned to their work in
the fields it becomes the duty of the
teachers who instructed them dur- •
ing the winter to travel from coun-
ty to county and to act as advisers
to the farmers. Much good results
horn the travels of these teachers.'
By practical suggestion to the farm-
ers they induce them to make valu- ;
able improvements in the cultiva-'
tion of their farms.
"The wandering teacher helps to
form co-operative clubs for the
joint interests of a number of farm-
ers in one district. From time to
time the teacher has to lecture in;
these clubs on any subject which'
'night prove of interest to the men-
hirs. These visits and lectures to'
the different districts are entirely
free to the people, since the State
assumes all expenses. There is
probably no other country in the
world in which so much is done by
the State for its rural inhabitants
a' is the case in Bavaria. Other
German States have these agri-
cultural schools, but their teachers
are not sent in such a practical
way direct to the places where they
can do the most good, as is done in
Bavaria. The results of this com-
mendable care have ben very grati-
fying "
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Albert Memorial Wert Costly —
Statue in Meutary of the. Duke
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After eight years't.vi'' the
Que.'s.' Victoria Meutoriai in frons
of Buckingham Inulase is nearing
completion, and it will not be long
ere Londoners and visitors to the
Metropolis are able to view one of
the finest monuments in the
world. Altogether it will cost 81,-
250,000, and 350 tons of marble
will have been used in tho construc-
tion of figures and statuettes which
go to make up this memorial to
"The Great White Queen."
The figure of her late Majesty
will be no less than 18% feet in
height, and will depict her dressed
in robes of state, sitting enthroned
with orb and sceptre. All the
world was ransacked for a 70 -ton
block of flawless marble from which
the statute might bo carved. But
srch a block could not be obtained,
and consequently Mr. Thomas
Brock, the famous sculptor, has
been compelled to use several smal-
ler blocky, the largest of which
;P weighs twenty-five tons.
THE ALBERT MEMORIAL.
The Queen Victoria Memorial is
probably the most costly in the
kingdom, although tho fatuous Al-
bert Memorial must have cost be-
tween $2,001,.000 and 82,500,000.
i'ihe cost --provided by public sub-
scription—was given at u00,000,
e;'' but it is asserted that Queen Vie-
i<s� toria's private contribution ox -
at
the veil of myst.ry that has so long seeded that amount. The Albert
shrouded the ancient sciences been raised I Hall is really part of the Albert
at last ? Can it be that a stater has been Manorial for it was after the Ex -
accuracy the character and disposition of hlbitiotl of 18t1 that Prince Albert
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to assist in avoiding errors and taking ad- proposed
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Many of )!jai Natrona look UFOs hit as a i Square, while the fact should not
mon giftuctf with some strange, mysterious d
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standing of natural laws. be overlooked that every penny of
he accomplishes is due alone to an under -
the the 850,000 spent Oil the statue of
lie is a man of kindly tcettng toward ; Achilles in Hyde Park was raised
diatelyi impressiore with is e111; e'nee r and a belief' by the women of F.»glaad.
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proof as to his ability. Even Astrologers'
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Little Bila of Knowledge About
'310:+1 Everything.
Switzerland has an arca of 10,-
000 square miles.
The world's heaviest locomotive
weighs 266 tons.
Wigs were worn by the Egypti-
ans and the Syrians.
r / In Russia 200 people are killed
et ery year by wolves.
Salaries of the Royal Household
amount to .:193,000 annually.
Deaths from consumption in Lon-
don last year amounted to 6.419.
Tho entire space covered by the
Tower of London is about thirteen
acres.
At one time barbers were not per-
mitted to talk when shaving cus-
tomers.
Love -messages on postcards are
i forbidden by the Russian postal re-
sew
Kulatiuns.
Holland the average number
+l: deaths front railway accidents is
• one a year.
Tee -leaves are gathered four
times a year from the tea -plant
after its third year.
France has tie submarines built
and building; Great Britain, 68;
Russia. 35; and Germany, 8.
In Britain's mercantile m'irine
there are 40,000 alien sailors, who
receive pay to the amount of £2.-
000,000 a year.
Man is the only animal whose
nostrils open downwards. Even in
the highest apes the nostrils open
to the front.
Last year Mei, couples were
married in England and Wales, or
11.9 per thousand. This is the low-
( et rate for twelve years.
Soft -looking and delicate clouds
foretell fine weather ; hard -edged
clouds, wind ; while a pale yellow
sky wet weather.
"Mngwumps" is the nickname
Applied to those who vote against
their party in what they believe
to he the interest of their country•
German 'ehoolbovs will in future
he taught fltc study of railway
guides. They will he required to
cc•1t'F varic'hs travelling problems,
Man wants but little here below, p•.1 be instructed with respect to
wants that little long.• --Life. rai:ui.y tratol in (Altos uuntries.
I
r
but
cost 8100,000, and the college me
Sandhurst for tho education
sons of ofltcers, on which $500,
w its spent.
Sixty-eight 11:ousnnd five hundr
dollars was expended by our fti
fathers on the monument in lis
Street Hill, which was erected to
commemorate the Great Fire of
London. Strangely enough, one of
the most intereating monuments In
London cost the nation not a pen -
my piece. In 1919 Mehemet Ali
told the British Goscrnment they
might have Cleopatra's Needle,
which had been erected about 1,-
500 years before the time of Christ
by Thothmes the Third. But the
otter eras unheeded, and it lay on
the sands of Egypt until, by the
generosity of Dr. Erasmus Wilson,
it was transported to England and
erected on the Thames Embank-
ment in 1878. ft cost him $50,000,
and even then the monolith was
nearly lost ie the Ray of Biscay.
The Marble Arch, by the way,
which originally stood on the site
chosen for the Victoria Memorial
outside Buckingham Palace. cost
in the first place $400,000 to build
and a further stun of $55.090 to
take down, remove, and re -erect
at its present position nearly op-
posite Edgware Road. The other
great entran^e to the park. Hyde
Park Corner, thorgh not so im-
pressive. cost nearly twice as much
as Marble Arch, namely Se55.000.
AMERICAN MOM; M1 \'1'y.
In Washington Park, Washing-
ton, there is a huge obelisk, 555
feet high, in memory of the first
President of the Republic. It is
built of great blocks of crystal
marble, heel was not completed un -
1i1 1885. Within the monument is
an elevator aur] also an iron stair-
way of 900 steps. This, the hizh-
est stone strneture in the world,
eo't 81,200.000. tt
The American s:atre, ,�7wever,
which never fails to kir—mess the
visit.•,r to the States is Chit in New
York Harbor representing Liberty
Enlightening the World. The figure
stands upon a pedestal that is 151
fret 10 inches high, and Is itself
151 feet 1 inch in height- In the
upraised right hand it' a torch
lighted by electricity. The pedes-
tal and statue cost over $1,000,000.
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11iS PUNISHMENT.
,lohnnie—"\\'hat's your uta do
when you tell lies to her ?"
"She tells pa 1 take after him"'
(':\N IT 13E POSSIIBLEf
Police Witness --"The animal was
!nine on all four legs "
The Solicitor --'•Then hoc did it
stand?" j
\Witness- -"De Os fiche."