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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1909-10-07, Page 6�In Ullexpoeted €ollfessioll; 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• + 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. • ♦♦++++++++++++,++++♦+ 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. • 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. Can This Man Read Your Life? The rich, poor, exalted and bumble seek This advise Oil 11usl- ncss, tlarriit;;e, friends, Enemies, Change.. Speculation, Love .1f•airs, Journeys. and all cleats of Life. 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 " Free test Readings will he sent for a short time to all our Readers. EXPENSIVE MEMORIALS 1.1"1'!: QUEEN VI('TORIA'S MON. CM ENT ONE OF'1'HE !FINEST. Albert Memorial Wert Costly — Statue in Meutary of the. Duke of Wellington. 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 an individual. and iso outlines the life as ! the erection of a great to assist in avoiding errors and taking ad- proposed vantage of opportunities' t hall of music, and when he had soiree. a man who has for twenty awaya national subscription years been delving into the mysteries ,f passed the occult. staking a ecientiflc study of the was raised to carry out his wish, various methods of reading the lives of 000 000 being obtained. people, seems to have reached a higher I $1+ + round in the ladder of tame than his pre -I A grateful nation, too, subscrlb- decesaorr. Letters am pouring iutn hie Cil $225,000 for the erection of sho soles from all parts of the world telling of • the benefits derived from his advice. � Nelson Column in Trafalgar Many of )!jai Natrona look UFOs hit as a i Square, while the fact should not mon giftuctf with some strange, mysterious d power, but hr modestly asserts that what 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. in his work. A huge stack of grateful TO A SOLDIER'S MEMORY. letters from people who have received reach Inge from hint adds to other convincing : And this was not the only honor proof as to his ability. Even Astrologers' and Palmists admit that his system sur- done to the memory of Wellington.passes anything yet introduced. The statue in front of the Royal The Rev. D. C. R. tfaharl. Ph D of St. : Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Chore)]. in ai: Exchange cost $57,500, wltil' letter to Prof. Ito:roy. says: „real amongstother memorials t t.b certainly the greatest areeialist and mast- er of your profession. Everyone consulting , 1'iteat soldier might be Mentr'l you will marvel at the correctness of ;the arch on the north side of th your detailed persoral readings and ad -I r vice. The most sceptical will consult y•u nave in St. Pauls Cathedral, wide again and again after corresponding with you once." If you wish to take advantage of Rox- roy's generous offer and obtain a free reading, send your date. month and year of birth. state whether Mr.. Dire. or Miv9. and also cony the following verse in your oan handwriting - 1 have heard of your power To re:.d peoples lives. And would ask what far me You have to advise 7 Re sure to give your cornet name and address arid write plainly. Send your let- ter to ROXROY. Dept. 37. No. 177a Ken- sington high -street. London. W.. England. If you wish. you may enclose 10 cent+ (Canadian stamps) to pay postage, eters• cal work. etc. Do not ructus, coins or silver in letters. HERE :AND 'f11ERE. 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. + ----- 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."