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AP gocka le yetIng couple recover-
ed therriselvee Ferdinand anxiously
asked his erie if the thoaglat B.eeeor
bad any thence o6aceees,
"I ba,ve eood reiteons to thinle that
Loulee want sae no," replied. Madame
enhaael ; but 1 expeet that Madame
d'Amblecay eel have serious •reasons
f r re,siii bL requost.'1
nee wows still diecussiag the gees-
,
tio.a when Hector returned. In aceord-
ance with orthodox French metope he
had clothed himself La black from head
to foot, like a Aviary or a waiter ; end
be was juen forcing hie bands into a
Pair of tight straw-colored kid gloves.
Well, lee for the Chateau d'Atable-
encl.'," lie seed In a reeolute voice. Both
M. and Madame Auleinel tried their
best to diessuaele him from, suoba pre-
cipitate course, but their efforts were
unavailing. ''1 wish to put an end, to
ray uneertainty," he replied; "1 feel
brave, the die is east, earl I must go
on to the end. I ha,ve had the horses
Pet to tbe carriage, so good-bye, and
be sure and wisb me good luck,"
Ae soon as he was gone Maclaine Au-
banel begged her eusband to bageu
after the impudent fellow, wbo by this
foolesh unprepared venture, might com-
promise all his best chances. 13u1, Ferd-
inand simply shrugged his shoulders,
''.Do you really think be will go as
far as the ohateau ?" he asked, "For
ray pert I'm sure he wont. There' i an
hour's /neve from bere, so that he will
have plenty oe time for ref tion, ani.
be and by ne shall see him come back
without havitig carried out his pen:
gramme."
CHAPTER. Vi
La point of fact, as aoon as Hector
vas alone in the carriage rolling to-
ward the Baroness' chateau, he did be-
ginto zelleet. "n hat madness was he
intent upon.? Was he not perforce ex-
posing himself to a, refusal by thus un-
cereraoniously asking elademe d'Am-
blecay for her daughter's hand? Why
sbould he risk les a hole future on, one
card/ Might he ant rather wait; win
the esteera of Louse's mother, ana in-
terest his friends on. his behalf? This
as 'what he said to himself, and( yet he
never told tbe coachman to turn back.
It was not that he feared. Ferdinand's
raillery, but he listened rather to an
inner voice, which, like e kned of pre-
sentiment, bade hina continue his jour-
ney. in the courtyard of the Chateau
deemblecay, a big clog came toward
bine smelt him and: licked his hand.
Hector stroked. his back end walked
on, interpreting the dog's frieneshm
as a happy omen. As he crossed the
garden he thought he perceived a white
dress scampering off behind the bushes,
and he divined that she who wore it
must be Louise. .At last he was usher-
ed into the drawing -room and request-
ed* to wait, while Madame d'Amblecay
was apprised of his arrival. ln the in-
terval he was able to recover e lLttle
composure which he greatly needed. It
now seemed to him that his venture
was .oaadness itself, and he was really'
thinking of rushing off like a thief,
when the baroness entered the room.
She looked somewhat surprised on
perceiving Hector, but only for amo-
went. On second reflection she no
doubt thought he was leaving La Fres-
ewes and had. called to make a farewell
visit. With a graceful wave of the
hand she motioned. him to an arm -chair
and sat down herself on the so1a.,1Biec-
tor was very pale, like a man who has
imprudently ventured on a perilous
enterprise, and perceives he can no
longer retreat. He realized that he
must make use of all his skill if he
wished to win the victory, and so con-
quering his anguish after a greet ef-
fort, and. mentally deciding that it was
best to go to the painat at anee, he
spoke as follows in a tremulous, but
distend voice:
"Madame, I have not been able to
see your daughter, IVIademoiselle Lou-
ise, without loving her, and. if I were
fortunate enough to be judged -worthy
of her by you, my whole life would not
suffice to pay my debit of gratitude."
&merely had Hector spoken than Ma -
Janie d'Amblecay rose abruptly, rais-
ing her band to her forehead, Many
incidents which had. escaped her, or
which had appeared insignificant, now
(seemingly returned, to mind and plain-
ly enough she was mentally accusing
herself of blindness or want of fore -
'How imprudent!" she murmured,
" how impredent."
"
Excuse *me, madam," continued
Hector, in a supplicating tone. "For-
give me for taking fhb step, in sach a
singular, unceremonious manner. I
have obeyed a feeling I am unable to
control. 4 soCiety, .s,.rule, a relae
tive presents the request wEleliel heve
dared to make you, but unfortunately,
I ana alone in the world, I bagel no re-
latives. You scarcely know me, I am
aware of it, but a whole city, when-
ever it mightplettse you, would. rise to
bear witness in favor of the honor of
may family. For myself, madame, ask
me. if it pleases you for years of trial."
The baroness' frigid look abruptly
brought Heetor to a standstell; and
there came a short pause equally em-
barrassing to both of them.
" Believe me, sir," at length said
Madame d'Arablecay, striving to over -
acme her eneetio.a ant surprise. "Be-
lieve me, I feel very honored by your
epplicetion, and yet 1 think it would.
have been better to heve warned rae
cif it, for I should tben bane been able
to spare you a direct refusal, and I
must tell you that it is really impos-
sible for me to grant your request."
"Oh, madame !" exclaimed Hector.
" Impossible, sir," rejoined the ber-
m:lets, in a firm. voice.
seercely had she spoken, than
a settled sob seemed to some trorn the
;gentling room,
" Liatea I" added Madame d'Amblecay
sileacing any further appeal on Hec-
tors pare by as imperious gesture,
aria as she raised her hand, a dull
eound, as of a eerson falling on a
carpet, was distinctly heard, She
sprang toward one of the doors of) the
drawing -men, raised. the portierre, and
then turning toward elector, who had
followed her, exeleimed
" Please. 'wait for rib."
A. moment later the door elosed be -
Iliad her, end the young eellow remain-
ed alone, I
Who end uttered that Alfieri soh?
Who had fallen, an& no doubt, fainted
,etway It must reeve beea Louise d'Ata-
e!ecaY, and if that were the as she
mast have been lietening at the door.
Meter nsked himeelf how he ought, to
inter -Pint tan ifeeitieet. Dui t, not inn -
ply thee Leuese laved bine but then
waeld ber love ionleme the beroneee to
alter her deeisioe? Fliugieg himself
to ea arm -chair, he tried to refleet, but
brau was 'whirling. The agony a
altsPenee was to great. One word
miglat coefiena his despair and once
naore restore him to happiness. His
• anguish was so mute tbet be neither
heard the door open, nor notuted tee
Presence of ;the ole priest, Louise's for-
mer tutor, who in the meantime en-
tered the draneegeroom. At last the
abbe touched bib on the arm, and Hec-
tor stained like a sleeper suddenly
awakened from a bad dream. He stared,
at the priest with such a strange ex -
Pression that the old. ecelesiastie eould
not help smiling.
"Madame d'Amblecay," said be, "will
soon rehire., and has sent me to keep
you company in the meantime," *
Hector bowed.
" Ah, ah," thouget be, "I must try
diplomacy to make this, worthy ebbe
tell me everything that is going on."
He peesumed too much on his owa
powers, however, for, in spite of all his
eftorts, the witty priest, albeit a ready
talker. really told hixn nothing at all,
so tent after more then an hour's con-
versation, our downcast lover was no
=Lore advanced than before. He had be-
come quite disconcerted when the bar-
oness appropriately returned to inter-
rupt their tete-a-tete. Almost immedi-
reatetilryeaa..fterward. the priest disereetly
Madame d'Amblecay wore a very
grieved expression, and plainly enough
that she had been eryLug.
-Before zenythieg else," said she, "I
must beg you to give me your word,
sire that, no matter what happens, you
will .never say a word concerning what
bas just ocettrred."
"Ob, madame, I can readily promise
you that"
Hector's tone was so sincere that the
baroness' anxiety *visibly -diminished.,
A little while ego," said she, "I
told you what you asked me wa.s im-
passible, but I had not then spoken to
my daughter." She blushed. while utter-
ing these last words, and. then with
more assurance, continued: I have
now come to tell you, with her consent,
that I do not think it will ever be Pos-
sible to grant you her hand.." Hector
easily realized the difference be-
tween the two replies, and yet this
last aesiver still so oruelly belied his
hopes that he eank back in despair.
"My daughter's marriage," continued
the baroness, "was decided on many
years ago.,When M. d'Amblecay was on
his deathebed he named the husband
he had chosen for his dau.ghter. I
swore to carry out his decision, and. a
promise made by a dying man's bed-
side is seared. If my heart were to
break, if leatise's heart broke, we should
still, both of us keep that saeredi pro -
"Is there no hope. then ?" muttered
Hector, in a gasping voice.
e You shall judge yourself, sir. Lis-
ten to me. At the epoch of the great'
Revolution,- my husband's grandfath-
er emigrated with his wife and his five
children. All his property was seized
by order of the Convention, and he and
his family found. themselves in great
distress. They sought refuge in Lon -
den, and, lost, io to say, in, the great
city, where they knew no one, they al-
most perished of hunger, oold and. mis-
ery. With the view of obtaining food
' for his children, old M. d'A.niblecay
sought eraploynaeat, and obtained a sit-
uation in the warehouse of a rich man-
ufacturer, while his wife, by, birth a
Ceng-Cygne, went out as a day serv-
ant. However, their efforts were fruii-
less. The wife fell dangerously ill, and
an exacting landlord was on the point
of turning the whole fatuity into the
streets owing to delay in the payment
of a quarter's rant, when a saviour
providentially presented himself. 4.
Wealthy English baronet offered the
A.mbleeay family the most generous
hospitality, not for °days or months,
but for years. The ...krablecays were sav-
ed by this generous protector, and. at
a later epoch, when the storm of the
Revoultion had passed away, he assist-
ed theta in returning to France, and
regaining possession of a .portion of
their former property. Our family has
never forgotten this munificence, sir."
"1 ca.n't understand it," ejaculated
Hector, in e, feeble voice.
"Well, sir, to -day we can acquit our-
selves of oar debt. This generous Eng-
lishman's family has known misfortune
in its turn. His son vva,s virtually ruin-
ed. On several occasions my husband.
offered to place at his disposal every-
thing we possessed, but he would nev-
er accept the slightest help, He died,
leaving in turn a son naturally as poor
as himself. It is this young fellow who
is to be Louise's husband." On hearing
this, Hector could not restrain a ges-
ture of anguish but the baroness firm-
ly continued: "This marriage was de-
cided between my husband and the
yoube man's father. It, was the onJy
way in which we could come to the
assistance of tbis afflicted family which
was too proud to accept the restitution
of sums dispensed in charity. For the
Ambleeeys, be it remembered, lived for
years en their charity. The young
laronet is acquainted with our inten-
tions; he knows that' my daughter has
been chosen to he his wife; the epoch
fixed for their marriage is approach -
and to tell rm. everything.'
Hector's livid pallor positively fright-
ened the baroness, and she hesitated
expecting
Tegaftetiton gtminoegemrtheeea,rnirgstyha taieani arrival
against
gvf say; berhlowet1oe:oirtofielrotieredge tveeectsnfi: la, en, ,10,,lorkerwdo..
mg to Louise, my words with her Inc:re-
ined my ideas. Originally I ehould have
her to finish her phrase. But at, last,
dorm everything to hasten he e marriage
I recalled my fuse words," replied
" I hope eft God. Perlieps the s*Oling
Englielatrian may forget ehe .etigage-
,
inauate your first refusal 1"
with the young haronet, bee now I can
" Ah, madame," exclaimed Hector,
et least promise not to press matters."
roent, Perhape Tete, eyIll pot . please
the bironess, " because, although Twee
" you are very- erueL Why did. you at -
Then what do yoe hope for?"
meet, ,
Hector. sadly shoo* Ilia heat .
" , ' an e help, him to
forget, tee eaelehee ee If 1: kik), sw Ta co! I
fhu.iif 11111liiti
°;thlJetlllles.;
Tell if :4' deed, if
yea so Meth en meat eh teughtee's
name in his preeprice, you would have
eneli fewer ehences In your fever than
to -day."
"But, 1 aM rieji, and if half Mei for
t
"011, if it were sinielY nellestiOn of
namby it would, be already decided,"
eertly rejoined the baroness.
" Ah I elber impruaent it is for Per -
eats to decide their children's future
beforehand,' baurmared Ileotor. " My
ownthfeia(tlt.:401tr
/ile:cl thatideI should neer-
ryof his friends, anci that
frtena ie precisely expeoting me just
no:s7Lid YOU didn't mention it,?" ee-
l:net-4d Medatee a'Aniblecay, reproach-
tfhuewy
lly, a"e.,,Vhy, than another obstacle in
"Ole if that were the only one I" said
Hector, carelessly; whereupon the bar -
mess rejoined;
"I will excuse you, sir, for I make
allowaneee for your state of min& but
as matters stand, even if the young
English baronet did refuse to tearre
Louise, I WPIlid. never grant you ber
band so lohg as the young lady you
are engaged to may remain umnan
tied. But allow rae to retire, Trest to
Providence., Fpr myself I have but one
request to make you---"
"I can divine it, meciabe. You may
rely on me. This evening I shall have
left La Fresnaie."
Then, ta,kiag leave of the baron-
ess, Hector witlalrew in despair,
As he was crossing the courtyard
toward ties carriage waiting for him,
he was, to his great surprise, sudden-
ly accosted by the wortby old priest
who held a letter in his hand.
"Prey, excuse me," said the abbe.
"But if I recollect rightly, you- told.
me, in the coarse of our ounneesation
just now, that you were soon going
to start for Paris."
"I shall be there to -morrow," re-
joined Heetor, with a sigh.
"Indeed! Well, I should be great-
ly obliged if you would kindly render
tne a tittle service. Could you conven-
iently hand this letter to Sir ,Tames
Wellesley, the young Englishman to
whom IVIaderaoiselle Louise is engaged?
Ile is stopping at the Hotel dee Etrang-
ers, in the Rue de Rivoli."
Hector trembled with deligettand ea-
gerly put the proffered missive into
his pocket, whrst the -old priest re-
pea.ting his thanks, escorted hint to the
vehicle.
"WItat can this mean?" thought our
hero, as he was rolled along toward
La Fresnaie. "Madame d'Amblecay lad
not told me this confounded English-
man's name. Can she have devised this
means of bringing me into conta,et with
him? It's scarcely probable. , Can
Louise have had the idea.? No, that's
impossible. So it must be that cun-
ning old abbe. Well, I owe him my
thanks. For now that -I know who
this baronet is, a.nd where to find him,
I shall Ito 'doubt hit upon some meane
of thwarting his design."
When Hector reached La Fresnaie he
Md to give the Aube/leis an elabor-
ate account of his mission. In exceed-
a,nce with his promise to Madame d'
Amblecay, he did not.raention the inci-
dent which had interrunted their con-
versation, but otherwise he made
a clear 'breast of everything. On his
mentioning the letter which tbe priest
bud ha,nded to him, Madame Anbanel
willingly opined that he undoubtedly
baci the means of salvation in his pos-
se.ssion; but et th.e same time she im-
plored him to hi very circumspect.
Mat same evening Ferdinand escort-
ed his friend. to the nearest railway
station, some three leagues distant,
and on tee road Hector unfolded a sin-
gular plan he had formed in hopes of
preventing the young baronet from
marrying Mademoiselle d'Amblecay.
He intended to make friends with him,
he said, place himself at his disposal,
take him about. Paris, open his eyes
to the seduetions of the capital, and
so thoroughly corrupt and deprave him
that he would speeclily forget all about
his matrimonial engagements.
"And moreover," continued Erector,
carried away by his fantastic idea,
"Ibis baronet. is poor already, and aft-
er a little life on the boulevards he
won't have a single Solt left. But
sliall be there, and T'll lend him plenty
of money, and pretend. to content my-
self with his atteeptances. But one fine
morning, when he is head over heels in
debt, I shall simply go to a h,uissier,
and have him looked up in tlae debtor's
prison. We than then 808 if he won't
come to terms."
"Upon my word," exelaineed Ferdi-
nand, "yea are an ingenious scoundrel,
and no mistake !"
"Oh! I won't be too hard upon hira,"
retorted Hector. 'eine soon as I am
married to Mademoiselle d'Amblecay,
I'll grant him a pension of twenty
thousand francs a year : and he can do
whatever he may like with it; but, eon-
foune tbe man, I won't allow him to
marry Louise."
By this time the -two friends had
reached the railway station. Hector
took his tieket and had his luggage
registered; and he was about to bid
Ferdinand good -by, when the latter
abruptly drew him into a corner.
"Look here," said, be, mysteriously,
"last summer a photographer came to
La Fresnaie----"
"Good Heavens!" ejaculated Hector,
"what do you. mean ?"
"Wait a bit. He wasn't Very skill-
ful, but still, I allowed him. to take my
intendecPs portrait. Mademoiselle (I'
Arablecay was eh.ere at the time, and.
she profited of the opportenity to heve
hers taken as well. She gave tray wife
a °trey, and this afternoon I stole it
out of the album for your benefit. Here
11 is.'
Ferdinand!" exelaimed. Hec-
tor. "What a friend you are I Quick,
give it to me!"
"Here, put it in your poeket and
make haste, for the train's coming in
and only waits two minutes. Now,
good -by; send. us your address, We'll
write you word if anything fresh hap -
With these words they parted, and
Hector sprang into the train, simul-
taneously blessing the old. priest. Fer-
dinand and the old photographer. He
wan sorry not to be able to find an
empty compartment, hut he profited
by the drowsiness of his fellow travel-
lers to draw Louis' portrait very-4re-
quently from his pocket, and tell it all
manner of sweet mysterious things.
(To be (lontinued.)
A SCHOLAR'S DEOltADA.TION.
A happily rare if not an uriptecedent-
ed evetit le university history has jest
taken, plaee at Durham, England, in
the shape ef In.eeting Of cenvocietime
In order to deprive a, graduate, Who
hadi been, convicted of felony, of his
degrees in arts, tnedieine, and eurgety.
There was no discession whatever, the
painfel proteedieg*s being purely fetal -
fie and the sitting oce,epied less then
eigtia,rtet of an hoer,
A THRILLING NARRA.TIVE
TOLD BY A DIVER WHO EXAMINED
THE BATTLESHIP MAINE.
4 Minute Ilescriptten et the Awret sue,
marine sights — new the , Fishes et
�vana 7
oatrojezitt 01040e1.41 a Thouluot -'A
Shark Driven Out Matto Etanfing Away
s
One of the most abecirbiugly interest-
ine:, stories in connection with the aw-
ful disaster to the °United States battleship Maine is that told by john
Well, the Florida diver, who was one
of the first sent te Cuba after the
catastrophe in Hexane harbor. Wall is
one of the beet known divers in the
service, and his experience in exam-
ining sunken wrecks would fill vol-
umes, When he was taken to Havana
to work upon the wreak of the Maine
It Was agreed that he was to have three
aesistants to work the pumps and
ropes and that he was to re:nine $125
P55 day, to be divided up aneonlg all
hands. A. diver's day consists of four
beam. In speaking of this job Wall
recently said: '
"Diving in Florida waters and in the
Gulf of Havana is a different matter
from Mississippi work. The Florida
waters are, as clear as a bell, and a
diver need not carry electric lights
with him. He can see the shells weler
hie feet, and behold objects a long way
off.
"I am a Florida. direr, and have al-
ways worked in tropicel waters, except
once, when I went to Lake Huron to
recover valuables front a sunken steam-
ship.
"But the wreck of the raMeine. was
e different matter. Never in my ex-
pueohrielee had I been called upon to do
s
eRrnee,Ir PIECE OF WORK.
Here at the bottom, of the sea, or sub-
merged far below the surfaice, was e
$4,000,000 cruiser, containing $50,000 in
bank notes, silver and valuables. Be-
sides these were the ship's instruments
of costly make and rare design.
he ship, and these were to
su'v'Mer.ore teen all, there__ were bodies
down in t
be recovered, along -with-the gold and
"-I shall never forget the morning,
severe1 days later, when the weeek-
ing schooner took me out to the great
submerged 'vessel and lowered me
down. The suit I wore on that occasion
was worthy of note, for I had a brand-
new one made. It was of heavy canvas
cloth, waterproof and strong. Under-
neath it, as the waters are chilly, 31
wore a heavy woolen sat. Over the
canvas cliver's Bruit was a. j, which
connected by bra..ss rods with a collar
around my neck, to which were fasten-
ed the tubes for raising and lowering
me. and for supplying me with air. My
boots bad iron soles weighted so heavily
that I could not move around on land,
and My helmet was one with five win-
dows, so that I could see out of a win-
dow whichever way I turned my bead
"The helmet was fitted to the suit.
It was large enough to permit my mov-
ing my neck with freedom. It was of
were gleosswe
, with copper outside, in ',lch
v
WINDOWS OF IRON NETTING.
"My suit, when I was ready to go
down, weighed 400 pounds, and was so
heavy that I could not support its
weight unaided. My feet, each of
which weighed '70 pounds, had to be
lifted for me, a.nd on going down the
ladder from the side of tbe wrecker
one of my assistants took my feet off
the rounds,. and leaped them below at
each step. My hands were protected
lightly with rubber gloves, which con-
nected with my suit with broad elastics
bands, making my sleeve.s water -tight.
"I wanted to go down with my bare
hands, feeling that I could work bet-
ter and withmore delicacy of tou.ch
In that way, but I knew from exPeri-
enee how numerous the little fish are
and bow they bite and sting the fing-
ers. I knew also what formidable crea-
tures tbe big fish are in these waters
end how they would be attracted by
the bodies that were within. They nip
off a diver's bare fingers.
"As I senk my attention wee at-
tracted to a large 'number of small
fish that seemed to fill the water as
tlaougla in a school. They were of alli
varieties, and f aetually could feel
them beneath my feet as I sank. The
water, instead of being thin and light,
was thick, and 31 pushed my feet down-
ward as through a denee mass. The
fish, ns I quickly noted, were of the
very small kind, which' make the life of
A DIVER MISERABLE..
But this time they did not annoy me,
for the.y. were after greater game be-
yond.
"Soni were beautiful, others. ugly.
Hideous scalpels flashed around me,
greening and leinking, Huge eels that
looked eke big snakes -twined tibia -
selves around my legs. Crain and lob-
sters were there edso, clawing anont
ray divern suit, and little fish came
to•warci me:with. open mouths vocifer-
°way. In' the lot were tiny sword fish-
es with undeveloped swords, and there
were queer looking creatures with
hares arid wing -shaped fins. Othere bad
beautiful flying tails, ane there was
one big kind' that had. only one eye
in tae centre of the hea.d. None of these
were over three feet long, but many,
having 'bright green and bright blue
sales, looked larger. '
"Ls T sank a little deeper X saw
what attracted these little fish, Float-
ing about NvIole, as though waiting to
become water fit, and bobbing ar-
Mind this water like corksupon oink-
en•evere loavee of sea bread, chunks of
meat and cans of eater food,' Many of
the earls had heret and woe' half fill-
ed With water and half with feion They
fermed . cages into -Which the fish
swam, never to come out &gale uhtil
seffoca,ted by a iresh amply, of fish,
greedy to there the feast, .
"I saw greet vegeta es, probable
earried (eInerd, tate„Veine ebb day be-
fore for nowt daels. dianer, still fresh
and lerd—a tobeeneree -morsel for the
"Aor eank Eh -tent -depth of the Maine
• •
I foned meeelf eudderily erreine e great
hole, while enderneeth my fea were
Weeds and theete of irop, as though
lititioildoeddoutfltoierflo.otrii7aarbpoleaa ttah�ve tatIonudsietkos ull)e,rytel,eingya--
PiiXflate
ed the ,seene before me. It was
rl
moPoyuirn:orisntoptiAioll:waKnale•ftWura,lItTletHetlitNl
dbeelo,ecwtfruiei
recess,
"I knew fleet I mast avelic inside and
teeow the light bere and there be-
dfoervethIs.could know the seerets of the
Isto‘ra‘tiebtaivtteshrsama3ilaYbeiiaf 1 a'as8.bSiAlowoun ausplIrs°a°27
"Did I say it was clerk ? Not quite.
The sea flashed with Liget on every
side, for the phosphcireseent crabs were
there, and the sea fans made golden,
green and pink hues. These gave out
blue seiatillations. Other queer fish
which I had not noticed before sent out
a eget green glow. Every animal seem-
ed to be a light giver, encrthe twinkle
they shed as then floated in and out
of the wreck' was so Weirdly sagges-
tive that r could only think of min-
ers groping in a clerk mine witb the
lights eine their helmets.
"Cutting into the wreck I threw my
light ahead and examined eacb point.
It was an aerfuil sight. I saw detached
arms and begs and skulls ripped bare
of hair,. I saw bodies that were drown, -
ed by the water and bodies that were
not drowned at all, but held down by
great pieces of piling wood.
"I reethed for the first man at band.
He was a Japanese.
HIS FEATURES WERE MUTILATED,
But 1 could catch the race east. I
laid the poor fellow's head tenderly on
my shoulder and took him to the sue -
face, then I went down again.
"As I approached the wreck this time
r saw something moving inside. As
I came nearer, for the object was in
taut inner room, I was startled to see
that it was that most greedy of ocean
monsters—a sbark! He had in Lis
teeth a body and was swimming rapid-
ly toward the door. I took up an ax
and succeeded in reselling the corpse.
"The rest of this horrible story you
know. Of the bodies recovered, the
curreney saved and the nittchinerY res-
dou;hecer ebowakas otfbethree asvihgennaltsheoyf ftohuenud ntibite_
ed Stains Navy, and saw the valuable
articles placed in the possession of the
days steadily, and. only gene up be-
cause was too tired to work any
Cicoarpigtein, I workee. on the Maine 16
er.„
MEN THE CHEAPEST.
Animal Ince in Russia Exceeds That 'Pala
for 111111Man Luber.
In Ftussia the wages of a horse are
higher than those of e man, and hence,
of course, very much higher -then the
Wages of women. Teus, in the Nishni-
Volga, 'section, we fina the average pay
of man and 'terse to be about) 72 cents
per .day; of man alone, 34 cents; that
is, 38 cent"' for a horse, and al cents.
for man. The wemen reeetve from 10
to 20 'cents. In the central agricultut-
•
al. region the average is a Horse, 23
Gents; man, 29 cents; woman, 13 cents.
In the southern steppe; Horse, 36 cents;
man, 25 cents; woman, 16 cents.
This is an interesting commentary on
the standard Of living of Russian agri-
cultural laborers. Its Meaning is sim-
ply that human beings are cheaper
than draugbt animate. rn other words,
it costs less to keep them alive. In the
southern steppe feve women can be em-
ployed more cheaply than two horses.
Is it -difficult to imagine the condition
of home life, the d.earth of refining in-
fluences, the sodden, hopeless stagna-
tion that eueh a state of affairs re-
flects? Is it any wonder that the pro-
ducts of such a wage status as this are
individual degradation, social barren
ness, meager education, political des-
potism, reagious intolerance, and, gen-
erally, a type of civilization scarcely
above barbarianism?
WI -SE —SAY-IN—Gf3.:
Make your life a ministry of love and
a.ngees will take an interest in your
work.
Music is the 'medicine of the break-
ing heart, it is the child of prayer, and
the companion of religion.
In order to train up a child in the
way he shoultego, you will have to go
batwiay yourself while you are train-
ing bm
When you make a mistake don't look
back at it Jong. Take the reason of the
thing into your mind and then look for-
ward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom,
The past cannot be changed. The fu-
ture is yet in your power.
Here are a couple of guiaes to happi-
ness t For a fit of passion take a walk
in the open sir; you may then speak to
the wind without hurting any person,
or proclainatrig yourself to be a simple-
ton. For a fit of idleness, count the
ticking of a clock; do this for one hour,
AN EVASIVE ANSWER.
Pat, said an Irish clergymen to his
factotum, 1 shell be very busy this af-
ternoon, and if any one calls 31 do not
wish to be disturbed.
4.11 right, sorr, wilb 1 tell them you-
're not in ?
No, Pat, that would be a lie.
An' pliett'll I say yer reverence.
Oh, just put them off with an evasive
answer. '
At supper time Pat wa,s.askedif any
one had ealled.
Fax, there did, he said.
And wleit did you tell him/ asked
the priest.
Sure, an' I gave bim an evasive an-
swer,
How was that'? - mieried his rever-
,
ence. •
ale tined me was your -honor in, an'
sez to hen, se z I, Wateter grandmoth-
er a hoot owl?
REASON FOR ANGER,
Clara --Well, aunt, bare your photo -
grapes name from Mr, Snappeechotte's?
Mies Itlayderal„ angrily—Yee, and
they wt back, too, with 0 note ex -
preening my opinien Oe Ins' impudence,
Gxacioue I What, was iti
Why, on the back df evety pietcare
WerS these word: The origami of tbis
is earefelly preeerved,
PICTURESQUE GIBRALTAR.
Irne Recess Pulled 'with soldier)* nue Lee*
lush Girl, ARO Ors and SpiplIttik Realair.
It would /teem the one object of those
W140 control Gibraltar is not to let any
one ferget tbet the place is a militery
post; awl the English are the stars of
the piece, writes the oorrespeadent of
s., Chicago paper, There a consta.ht
diepla,y of military eplendor on the
streets and equads of eoldiers are
marched back and forth, as if a siege
was to be (kelt/red that afternoon. Of-
hicercrusgohn thheorteoell/avncit-rLiudreiiiunpg azdthdozt.
notenous regularity the salutes of the
soldiers who stride briskly along the
walks. Young English officers in rid-
ing suits, others in 'pink hunting coats
and, others. ciantering in from the polo
grounds give a, social, tone to the con-
glomerate throng of the street, ana
young Englith girls on slender and
spirited -looking horses or in dogcarts
Ya dodelaciiivnaltel Y1 If Q0804eveofaitihteo itilhneg 81 ilSehetgatee*
s
e mile off, They are blonde, and home-
ly, with the inevitable moss of hair
called the "bun" jutting far out un-
der the lee of a., little straw hat and
with the fresh glow all health in their
faces that comes from lots of outdoor
exercise. They walk with a swinging
stride and their shoes are as heavy as
a man's. they all seemed to be wear
-
hag a bluish -gray sort of dress, which
must be the proper thing now with
young English la,dies, a, little straw
hat, and, as a general thing, they were
accompanied, when walking, by fox ter-
riers. One girl carried e stick, and
nobody seemed to show any alarming
amount of wonder at it.
Old officers gorgeous in lace, in
white helmets, or else in simple turno
with flapping ribbons across tbeir
breasts, and pillbox caps, ride briskly
through the town, jostling the little
donkeys and rubbing against the yel-
low one-laorse hacks that rattle over
the clean cobblestones. Moors in flow-
ing and" voluminous garb and in vari-
ous conditions of cleanliness and re-
spectability straggle along in bareleg-
ged dignity, causing wonder among the
tourists fresh from the West. Sailors
from the different men-of-war in the
harbor, having a day's liberty on
shore, lurch along with the approved.
awing of a sad seadog, in their best
blue clothes and. with the names of
strange ships worked in their caps,
Pretty Spanish girls look down from
under this green shutters that swing
out frour the windows, and these dam-
sels generally are so attractive that
000 13 in great danger of running in-
to somebody or else being run over by
o donkey Geri or a yellow hack. Touri-
ists with Norfolk jackets and guide
books and field glasses hung over their
thoulclers huddle, around the tourist
agency, reading letters from home or
waiting for other members of their
party who at that moment are buying
photographs at a bazar up thestreet
•or watching soldiers drilling down on
the parade grounds
NEW FLOORING MATERIAL.
A Splendid Thing for Hospitals and School
Rooms.
Under the name of "papyrolith,"
new flooring material has been put on
the naarket. Pszyrolitn, or paper stone
is a description of papier maths, hard-
ened and tonglened for its special ap-
plication. It is a chemical combination
of vegetable fiber, paper pulp and
minerals, from welch are produced a
very tough naaterial, which has the
advantages of the hardest wood and of
stoneewithent the drawbacks of shrink-
age of the one, and extreme coldness
and inelasticity of the other. It is a
non-conductor, and impervious to 'wat-
er. It will not swell or dry up, and
neither shrinks nor twists, as other
substances of the same class will, It is
laid in a liquid state, and is like a
thick paste or cement, so that on a
sloping floor it will take the. incline
required, and present a sm,00th face
without joint or creek. For this rea-
son it is well adapted for hospitals
and school rooms, as it provides no
room in wbich hurtful bacteria germs
can find lodgment. It will take any
color, or anyr combination of colors de-
sired. It is claimed to be fire -proof,
and from its elastinty has an agreeable
feels to the tread, and deadens sound
considerably. Being unaffected by vi-
bration, it ,is suitable for factories or
work rooms where engine power is
need. It is manufactured as a powder,
and after being brought into the
semi-liquid state by the addition of
water is laid, like cetnent on a solid
foundation of brick, concrete or wood.
A coarse and a fine layer ere -used, the
first being allowed to lie about twen-
ty-four hours before the top dressing
inch thick when thoroughly beaten
down.nisit.ad and smoothed off with a trow-
el, The two applications are about half
SELF-MADE MEN OF OTHER DAYS.
The self-un,ad.e men is by no means
solely the product of modern times,
COlutabua was a efee.ver, Franklin was
a journeymen printer, Pope Sixtus V.
was empOoyed in his young days in
keeping swine, Robert Burns was a
ploughmen, Aesop was a slain, Heiner
was a beggar, Daniel Defoe was an-
tnenticed to a hosier, Demosthenes Was
the son of a cutler, while Virgil was
a baker's son. ten Jonson was a brick-
layer, Cervantes was a common sol-
dier, Ca,nova's father was a stonecut-
ter, Capt. Cook ecenine,nced elite as 0
cabin boy, Haydn, the Musician, was
thee:ten of a poor wheelwright, Pizarro,
instead of going to sehool, \ vas sent
•to`leeiga hogs, Kirlfe White's father WitS
liAtOlier, end Keats's father kept a
liyeree 'stable. •
•
MUST BE LINGUISTS,
leritish officers serving in-lndian
ro-
gimnots are now required to learn the
dialect of their Men, in addition to
Hindustani, Puebtee, Poneee,
Khaskera, Tamil and Valaratti are am-
ong the, lengnagen they must are
were,
OUR CANADIAN RAILWAYS,
THE PROGRESS WHICH HAS BEEN
MADE IN A YEkri,
What the Alallaal Report of the "awe ter of'
RailWaYs and Canals Show—inereasolu
tike Number or *nos covered.
Aceording to the annual report et
the Cenadlan Minister of Reilways and.
Canals for the past year eame jitter,
esting figures regarding the eitillways
of the country ere geese. The unti-
ber of railways in aetnal operation in
the Dominion, including ehe two Gov-
ernment railways, is 141. Of the -se, e'
howeveneome are leased, and the total
number of controlling reilway Qom -
allies is onLY eighty-one. The n
ber of miles of completed railway la
year wae, 16,686 miles, or an inee se
of 300 miles, besides 2,218 miles of sitt-
ings. There are 10,550 tulles in opera-
tion'. Tete paid-up canna is given et
n21,0358,282, en inenease of over $22,-
000,000. The gross earniegs last year
amounted to $52 653,226, an increase
of $1,807,707, and the working expenses
agregatell 435,168,665 leaving the e.
net earnings e17,184,611. There were ilfn
carried on the railways of Canada last
year 16,171,338 passengers and the
freight traffic amounted to 25,300,3e1
tons aie increase of over 1,000,000 tons.
THE ACCIDENT LIST
Shows that seven passengers on rail-
ways were killed during tbe year.
The Government of Canada, has ex-
pended On railways since and before
Confederation, $122,944,518, ineluding
$25,000,000 on Me Canadian Pacifie
Railway. Other railway suleiches am-
ounted to the sum, of e16,390,889, male.
tug a tatel expenditure of $138,335,- 1
405, In addition there has been an ex- 11
Penditure of $69 522,382 for worker/
expenses on Government railways. 0
this all but $13,881,46e MA expended
during the last thirty years. r.rhe re-
venue derived from. the- Government
railways during the same period eine -
punts to $61,196,803.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has
now under traffic in Canada 6,314 miles
of railway, including leesed lines.. Its
gross earnings were e21,242,638, and its..
working expenses were $12,576,800, mak-
ing the net earnings 48,E65,839, an ie -
crease of 4317,600 over the previous
year. These figures are taken Prone
the sworn sta,teraents of the company'
famished to the department.
THE GROSS EARNINGS
Of the Government railwa,ys for the
past Hanel year amounted to
074. Tees is a deerease from the earn,
hags of ~the previous year of Melee:
The gross working expenses were ea,o
177,269, of a decrease of e77,173. The
net loss on the operation this year was
117,205. Tiler° was an addition to
the expenditure on capital account on
the entereoloniaa railway of $11ee132,
The totel expenditure on original e
construetion and enlargement of tie
ca.nal system of the country up to t
30th of June last was 469,289,53h A!
further sum of 514,500,3e4'evas expend-
ed on repairs, maintenance anl1 oper-
ation of these works, making a total
expenditure of $83,789,875. The total
revenue derived, ineluding all tolls and
rentals of land and water powers
was $11,302,577.
The total expenditure for the past
fiscaj year was as follows: On con-
struotion and enlargement a total of
42,348,636, and a further sum of $603,-
276 for repairs, renewals and oper-
ation, making a total for the year of
C:4981,913.
The total revenue for the fiscal year
was §384,870, a.n increaee over the net
revenue of the previous year of $43,-
277. The net canal tolls amounted to
$3,21,02,7, an increase of $52,788, and the
rents received amounted to $44,599, a
decrease from last year of $e914.
CHINA WILL TAKE A CENSUS.
Throurat El Clung the air.; Efforts lbe People
of the Emptre Will be Counted.
Early this year 'the first complete
census of the Chinese empire is to he
taken. The approaching enumeration
has been ordered only after numer-
ous conferences between Earl le Hung
Chung, the empress Dowager and the
emperor. Tt came about in this way:
At last year's meeting of the Inter-
national Statistical Institu,te, held in
Berne, a committee, appointed to con-
sider ways and means for, taking a
"world eeneru.s," decided that the aid
of Li Hung Chang must be enlisted. line
TheyatuminB
e prommise. ohfhistiajinas
uerineeaantPe(3edkcuinr.
Oh his return to China Earl ti
broached the subject to the empress
dowager. He expla,ined tee ohject, and
need of a cense% and that the tote) °
number of people in the world could not
be arrived at unless China did' her,
share. The European counteles, he
eald, wanted to know, and besides he
could not go back on les promise once
made, beeause, mecording to e Chinese
bilhas
onarctokevebraibtiii'kNNe,':onvrh,de,,f7o, utrh°1.1 esalrePeeeri°craaninoatiluIi
Her, majesty gave him a line to the
emperer. At first his majesty Was '
disposed to resent tee interferenCe02,r
a committee, of unknown Europeanebut
Li explained (tat in other countries a
census Was customary, and that, le
China was to be on a level with othereee
countries elle must take a census. Thew
eraperor finally gave his consent, and
provided Li with an amtograph 01.0,er
to son that the wiehee of the Swiss eooe,
rented was carried out.
The next step was to transmit the
imaterial ordeee to the governors gen-
erel of the provinees. The governors
;have sent the order out to the district,
megistrates, and on the next official
day they mill Summon ell the local core
istanies and explain that tele time theta
ie to be a fall and fair eotatt,
AN OPPORTUNE MOMEe.IT,
I'm aeharned, to "ask you; , but if yoti
ego I
Don't asec me for enythitig, I've, jest
lied to put upmy watele
Exactly, There -why T thoilp;ht yOn'd
be f I use.