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Miss Ethel Barrington toiled fitful-
ly as a shorthand writer and typist
In tbo grimy °oleos of alesere. Way -
hart anti Browne in Muirgate Stiret.
Unlike the us ei age typist of fiction
and the vamp/ 'tonal typist of reality,
elle was Mein. dowdy, and unionist-
ble. Her views of life were bounded
on the north, eolith, east, anti weft
by what is popularly known us the
-mate Shame." unit HIM was mercen-
ary to an Inordinate degree.
Ono avoidig, whilst. 'Smiting for the
trete to convey her to Notting Hill,
Where she lived with her sister, the
youeg lady chaneed to espy a copy
of that well-known periodical The
Ladies' Pantechnieon, a journal
which gives hints on wed -nigh every
subject clear to women—from Um
rearing of babies to the destructioii.
of moths, and froiu the securing of
a husband to the dismissal of a
cook.
The train rlhed and roared into
the station. Miss -Barrington enter-
er' a seemnel-class enstriage (though
she poseessed a faded -class ticket)
and opened the paper. Her oyes
glanced fitfully from page to page,
until at length they became riveted
on a short story called "Mr. Tien-
shaw's Typist."
Being herself a menthol/ of the
tapping profeesion she natural'
y
was interested in fiction that dealt
with the same, amen she perused the
story with keen attention.
The tale was not altogether strik-
ing. It dealt with the fortunes of a
Young and pretty typist, whose em-
ployer, a philanthropic old gentle-
man, whom one rarely meets outside
the realms of fiction, had conceived
or its employe a deep and abiding
worship. On the very eve of propos-
ing- marriage Ise discovered in the
drin's letter -book e leve -letter from
the girl to her sweetheart, which
somehow had become involved with
the official correspondence. In that
*artless note she eonveyed to her des-
pondent lover that she could never
hope to become his wife until kl.500
was secured, wherewith he might pur-
these a much -coveted partnership in
a. City firm. Naturally, the old gen-
tleman, like most of his fictional pre-
decessors, sent for the girl, mad her
a short lecture on her carelessness,
and concluded by handing her a
-cheque for X.500 to hay the young
man the partnership. The story end-
ed with a touch of pathos, and Miss
Barrington was highly impressed.
"I wish to goodness old Wayheet
would treat me in a similar plan-
ner," she pondered. "I could do
with a hundred pounds or so, and ho
c mild well afford it."
A sudden thought illumined her
brain. Suppose she were to -Unit*,
the example of the heroine of the
magazine story and indite a letter to
an imaginary sweetheart on the same
lines as that which she had just read
in print. Suppose she were to copy
the eommunication in the firm's let-
ter -book, where Mr. Wayhart would
be certain to espy it, and then await
the development of events.
"It th just possible ho might be
inclined to come down handsomely,"
she told herself, "for upon my word,
there are times when I half fancy
that ho is in love with mo. People
say that he is wildly ensellish, and
probably he is just the man to act
as the old fool in the story acted.
Anyhow, I will try the experiment
and. see what comes of in It cannot
do any harm, and there is every
chance of it doing good,"
Miss Darlington sought her Bouch
that evening in a condition of keen
excitement, and sleep refused to vizi
her brain for many -hours, When
length it came, her slumber was fill-
ed with dreams of cheques fur alt
sorts and condi tions of extraordin-
ary amounts.
Next morning she went to tho of-
fice, and as Boost as a lull iii the work
occurred the girl set herself to the
composition. Of the letter. When fin-
oshed, it ran thus: -
27, Quexiield Road, Notting
Hill, W.
My Own Darling Harry—I am writ-
ing this lotto in the intervals of
office work. How much I enjoyed
our walk last Sunday, clear, and how
bravo it is of you to speak as you
spoke thee. Yes, if you are willing
to wait 1 or me, dear Harry, then I
also am More than content to wait
for you; but, ohl it seems very, very
hard that our youth should pass
away leaving us still apart. Ah, if
only that Zsoo of which you spoke
were in your possession, how differ-
ent everything would bet For then,
dear you could buy that partnership
of which you told mo, and 011 would
be well for both of is. But, of
course, it is foolish to oven think of
met happiness, far asoo is a sum
as far away from both of tts as the
sna or moom Still, my darlieg, wo
must be patient and wait, and per-
haps one day the good fortune of
which we both dretun may come to
us when we least expect, it. For it is
always, dear, the enexpecteci that
happens. Au revolt'. 1 must wind
U1 now as I have to go on with my
work, and so, with bea.ps of love, N
an d apologizing, dear, for typieg this s
letter, ani, with ,a. these/and kisses,
a t
Evyoor loving Ethel. t.
"There," Immured the ingenioue
young lady, as she read the words
of the letter with very keen satiefen- t
Mot, "Theeel I am sure that sounds
nrctural etmegh, and not a soul would
believe that Harry is a fabulous per -
soilage and that the partneeship is a
myth,"
At one o'clook the maJoriter o6 the t
staff went to lunch. Miss
seized the letter, together with half- o
-d-ozen °Metal conannnidatiOnti, and h
walked te the little room where the
copying press stood. Sho frequently t
copled letters when the Offiecaboy was h
Ms and therefote knees that nos t
body would Onside]. her present ac- n
tion at all tesusual. • Two Minutes
inter the Math of missivee, including
the love -letter, had been dilly eopiecl
Iti fae firteS lettee-Isciogs ead Miste
Barrington went off to consume h
own luneh with a sensation of heart
approval.
"And now," she told herself, "no
meet wait until to -morrow mor
ing and see what happens!"
She actually spent twopence root
than usual on her lunch that day I
view of the probability of the chocm
* 44 *
'At four o'clock that afleenoon Ill
gins, the oilloe-boY, (111(011(1 his mouti
to an alarming extent and grinno
violently. "'Ere's a rummy go," h
muttered. "This is a bit of oriright.
Not 'cwt."
He had been scanning the letter -
book and had espied the love -letter--
ileum the youth's mirth.
Without an instant's hesitation h
seisedhe tbook in his grimy paw
and conveyed It to Miss Barrington'
table.
'"Arf Leila, miss, if you please.'
Mise Bturingten flushed. She tool
in the el-Waite/3 on the instant,
though, strangely enough, she had
not anticinated this very probable
contingenc,y.
"Well, Higgins, what Is it?"
"I think this 'are letter 'as btu.
eopiod by you in horror, 1,1 I
ain't mietook."
Assuming an expression of chagrin
and amazement the girl replied,
quickly:—
"flood heavens, how silly of me. '
"Shall 1 tear it hout, tides, and
stick in another sheet?"
"No. Leave the book here, and I
Will do it myself,"
"Very good, miss."
The boy retired, grinning from ear
to ear, and for one moment Miss
Barrington was nonplussed, but it
was only for a moment. Summoning
Biggins to her side, she dispatched
him on an errand, and then without
urth ado knocked at Mr. Wayhart's
door.
"Come in," a kindly voice and
a moment later the girl had entered
the room.
M. Wayhart might have sat for a
model to the artist who had illus-
trated the short story in The Ladies'
Pantechnicon Sae was stout, rubi-
cund, and genial, though occasionally
a flaels of sternness grew into his
eyes.
''Well, Miss Barrington," he said,
heartily. "What is it?"
"I bog your pardon for disturbing
you, sir," she said, softly. "But I
am not quite sure whether I showed
You that letter to Wilson. and Tim-
mins which you asked me to have
copied this morning,"
He looked up quickly. "Oh, ah,
thanks, thanks." he replied, "Now
I come to think of it, I went out
just tut you were about to bring me
the letter -book. Send it in at once,
if you p/ease."
''Clertainly, sir,"
Higgins had returned by this time,
but, fearing lest he should open the
book en route to the private office,
she dispatched the volume by a jun-
ior clerk. Then she resumed her
work, but found herself unable to
concentrate her attention on the
machine, for the mercenary young
woman's heart was boating like a
piston -rod.
Would her ruse bring about the de-
sired end, or would the partner sim-
ply dismiss the incident with a word
of caution, or disregard it altogeth-
er?
The minutes wore into hours, but
nothing happened. At six o'clock the
Works shut up their ledgers and fled
from the office, and at a quarter past
Mr. Wayhart did likewise.
As ho quitted the rm oohe bade her
good-nigbt with a somewhat acute
glance, and Miss Barrington told
herself that the old man had read the
letter and was already beginning to
take a deeper interest in her than he
had evinced before,
She dived into her drawer and pro-
cured the magazine. Opening the per-
i0CliCal at the page headed "Mr. lien -
51181011 Typist," the young lads'
rapidly scanned the tale until she
encountered the following words: "It
seemed to Maude that her employer
cegarded her. with a very Awn glance
as he went out of the oflice—a glance
which she was utterly at a loss to
explain."
"Upon my word," pondered Miss
Barrington, "that is just what old
Wayhart has done, This looks prom-
ising-, anal perhaps my scheme may
prove a brilliant success."
Once again that fright her sleep
was erratic, ear her dreams were
tinged with cheques. The morning
arrived in dee eourse, and the Jour-
neYed to Margate Street in a fever
of excitement, wondering with lmen
wonder what the clay held in store
for her,
At eleven o'clock the electric hall
connected with Mr. Wayhart's Private
room rang violently. Ffiggins an-
ssvered the summons, and returned hn
instant lat-er. "Miss 'Barrington,
You're wanted in the governor's mom
please."
it was' coming now, she told her-
self, and in another five minutes her
fatewould be decided. Perhaps when
went to her chair a massive
themes would accompany- her return.
With trembling stops the mercenary
typist took her way through the nar-
row passage and knocked at the
door.
"Come in," said a, grave voice,
The graveness of the tone Ives quite
n accordanee with the graveness of
MR
r. enshaw's voice in Um story,
or she distinctly recollected that
viten the "Maude" of the tale was
ununoned to her employer's room
he latter had said, "Come In" in a
olle WWII was "despairingly stern."
Tho L500 seemed very near now.
Wayhart wan Heated at his
able when the youtig lady made her n.
spPearance. He glanced upwards
ulekly, arid tittered a brief "Good I
inornieg,''
"Good morning, Sir," replied the
an
Yldet, d then waited for what was
o folloW. 1,1
Mr. Wayhart contineecl the writing II
n which ho was engaged, and then,
eying 1111.4110(1 the work, turned toe
wards his empleye, "Er, do yon Moo I
hie lettee-book, Mae Barrington?"
o observed le a voice Width, like the
one of the sheet is "Itandet," was T
more "In 804(001 than ill anger." n
The girl nodded, artlessly.T
looking through thla book,"
snt on the old gentleman, Moro ,L
ravely than before, 11 eticountered
e&'a certain letter which I cannot be -
3'
lieve forme any part of this ilraa
correspondence, •
w Miss Barrington uttered a cry of
welleaseumed amazement, "Indeed,
fdr," she quivered, "What sort of
.0 letter?''
"It would appear remarkably /Ike
e. a love -letter," replied the senior
Partner, Mainly, "And, obviously
it was written by you,"
Then opening the book, he puiihed
it towarde her, and said abruptly,
ti
"There it is,"
The typist uttered another my of
assumed amazement, "Oh, how stu-
pid—how terribly attend Of me," she
exclaimed, in a high-pitched. tone.
"Really, sir, I am very, very sorry,"
Mr, Wasted smiled pitifully.
a "young people will ho young people,
a I know," he returned, in a more
e kindly tone; "but in business one
should always exercise special care."
"It shall never occur again, sir,"
c s'l'ellasaitdr; quite confident of that,"
replied Um partner, firmly, and then
a 111(016 pause ensued.
.All was going admirably, the girl
told herself. Mr. Wayhart had be-
haved almoet exactly as the "Mr.
Renshaw" of the story had behaved,
for had not the latter personage also
opened. the ball by a species of mild
reproof that, he might pave the way
for what wan to come? Yes, alt was
progressing. splentiedly, and she be-
tho asoo.
"You. will not be surprised to
learn," said the old gentleman, after
the pause had worn to its end—"you
will not be surprised to learn that I
have token the liberty of reading
that letter."
Miss liamington nodded. "I—I
hope you don't think the worse of me
for writing to—to my 'fiance, sir?"
she faltered.
"Not at all; but I wish you would
confine your correspondence to after -
business hours, and not allow your
epistles to find their way Into the
firm's official letter -books."
Then, of a sudden, a mightsr wave
of joy swept the girl's frame, for
she saw the old gentleman's hand
stretch towards a certain. drawer in
which she was well conscious of the
fact that he kept his cheque-book. It
was coming now, she told herself,
and the ruse had succeeded.
Mr. Wayhart opened the drawer
and extracted from it the long, yel-
low -backed cheque-book, Then he
opened it and. took up his pen. He
inserted the date and then paused,
1(18
whilst gleam of sorrow shot into
The words of the story in The
Ladies' Pantechnicon appeared to
float to Miss Barrington's ears. "As
Mr. Renshaw took up nis pen it
seemed to Mantle that there. was a
look in his grey eyes which told of
ineffable sorrow—of illimitable re-
gret." The typist's heart was 130W
beating to a triumphant 'tune, and
her eyes peered over the partner's
shoulder.
Good heavens! He was actually
writing the word "five" in the body
of the cheque, and so he really meant
to make her a present of asoo, the
sum named in her letter.
But, even as this belief warmed the
young wornan's blood, a sudden frost
seemed to counteract the glow, for
the pen did not go on to trace the
word "hundred," but emote instead
the word "pounds"! What—what
did this mean?
Alast only too soon was she to find
out—only too soon was she doomed
to realize that in Muirgate Street,
as in more romantic places, it is
frequently the unexpected that hap-
pens. For Mr. Wayhart, having fill-
ed in and signed the dratt, tore it
from the book with a semi -vicious
gesture, and extended the pink paper
to his employe.
"You will kindly accept this
cheque for £5 in lieu of a month'ssolary,
salary, Wm Barrington," ho said.
sharply, "And leave my employment
as soon as you make it convenient
to do so. In the first place, I can-
not have a lady in ray office who
writes love -letters in business hours,
and in tho second place, I cannot
rely upon a clerk who is careless
enough to allow her private notes
to be copied in my letter -books. Er
—good morning."
Alias Bn arringtoseemed turned to
marble. She stood rigid, hoisting
the cheque, as though she was linable
to realize the situation.
'Wayhart raised his -mine to a
higher note, "Good morning," he re-
peated.
The typist went very slowly from
the room.
* * * *
Since that unhappy morning Mise
Barrington has secured another sit-
uation, whore; we believe, she gives
satisfaction. She has, however,
abandoned the idea that the world
of business is run on the lines laid
down in Some works of fiction.—Lora
don -STU-Bits.
TWO WAYS DIVERSE.
My neighbor's daughter wedS to -day;
Lo, radiant guests in fair array
Group 'round the bloom -clacked altar,
where
In reverence kneel the bridal pair.
(My daughter lies beneath the sod;
The flowers she loved—the goldenrod
And lily --twine about the aPot)
She heeds them. not, she heeds them
nob.)
My neighbor'el son 56011(141 at her side,
Itt yopurtilae,
ftd manhood's stronsth and
Glad with the might of Sturdy arm
To comfort and to Wald from harm.
My son is- in his quiet grave:
Imre pansies nod and rosebuds
Wave -
418 favorites la the long ago;
He does net know', ho doenot
knoW.)
y neighbor sheltered rests ali home,
or sere retreat though wide she
roam;
sit beside a stranger's board,
11 what chance deer with May ate
ford.)
wo wave diveree; yet over oath
'he same blue heavens shining reachr
hough hers the joy, mine grlef
stead,
Sod Is hot dead; God it/ eot dead,
--Maritati FloWee Matmuili,
MANY CAUSES FOR WAR
SOME SMALL REASONS FOR
BIO UPRISING'S.
Child Slinging Stones Provoked
Insarrection—Cause 01
Indian Mutiny.
In the second decade of the century
before last 11111 DEWS of Algiers were
successively elected and assassin-ated
in the Male Afternoon by 011 ultra -
sensitive populace, the Ineurrections
which ended so tragically being duo
in each instance to the Algerians'
disautisfaction with the bearing and
attire of their new rulers. This is a
record, even, amoug orieetals; but
almost equally sniall causes have
many times brought about similar
great events, although on a less
wholesale /male.
In Paris, for instance, during Car-
dinal Mazer -la's sway, it was a child
slinging stones in front of the
haughty occleslastie's palace that
provoked the terrible insurrection of
the Frondeurs (slingers)—an insur-
rection which deluged the capital in
blood, and changed for the thee be-
ing the current of French history.
The United States, again, might be
British territory at this present mo-
ment had not Theophilus Lillie, a
Boston shopkeeper in a little back
etheet, persisted in selling 'British
goods after they were tabooed. His
obstinacy excited and angered the
people, who attacked his stiop. One
of his assistants, John Richardson,
thereupon fired on the mob, killing a
lad named Christopher Snider.
The latter was at once christened
the "First Martyr of Liberty," and
his body was followed to Its last
resting -.place by no fewer than one
hundred thousancl persons. Inflam-
matory speeches were delivered at
the graveside, and these quickly
found an echo all over the country,
and in a little while thereafter the
embers of revolt
BURST INTO OPEN FLAME.
That flame, thus lightly kindled,
was not finally extinguished until
October, 1781, when Lord Cornwal-
lis and his entire army of seven
thousand men surrendered to Gener-
al Washington at Yorktown.
A multiplicity of toll -gates was the
cause of the extraordinary "Rebec-
ca" insurrection, which broke out
in North Wales in 1848. Parties of
five and six hundred men, armed and
mounted, used . nightly to traverse
the counties of Carmarthen, Pem-
broke, Cardigan, and Brecon. They
were always led by a tall man, dress-
ed in female attire, and it was at
his command always that the toll-
gates were thrown down opal the
toll -houses burnt.
Large bodies of military were sent
into the disturbed districts, but so
well did the "Rebeccaites" keep
their councils, and so secretly did
they manage their forays, that no
effectual check could be put upon
their proceedings; and in the end
they succeeded in demolishing prac-
tically all the obnoxious barriers in
the districts where they operated,
Much discussion has arisen regard-
ing the curious title adopted by
those insurrections, but the most
generally received opinion is that
it was derived originally from the
Biblical story of Rebecca and Isaac:
"Let thy seed," said the bride's re-
latives and friends, "possess the
gates of those which hate thee."
TB -R1 WHISKY INSURRECTION,
is the name given by Amerioan his-
torians to a very serious outbreak
which occurred in Pennsylvania and
Virginia, owing to an attempt to
levy a saecial duty on spirits. Of-
ficers sent to °idiom the now statute
wore violently resisted, and Federal
troops were thereupon marched into
the district. This enraged the peo-
ple still more, the rising became
general, and many shocking outrages
were perpetrated.
At one time the insurgents number-
ed between six and seven thouaand,
all determined men and well armed,
and things looked very serious. But
while General Leo, with three bat-
talions of iefantry, a troop of cav-
alry and a battery of artillery, was
preparing to take the field against
them, the obnoxious law' was hurri-
edly repealed, and the insurrection
thereupon came to an end,
The Maroon Insurrection was to
Jamaica, on a small scale, 'what the
nut -tiny of the Sepoys was to India.
The Maroons were runaway slaves,
who congregated in the impenetrable
forests on the north side of the is-
land, Ono day two of them were
caoglit stealing pigs and flogged,
and tliie trifling incident sot all their
comrades burMng, massacring and
The war that followed
was exceedingly sanguinary, no
mentor being given on either side,
and at first the advantage was al-
most wholly on the side of the
bliectIcsionotti,
however, the expedient
was hit upon of seading to Cuba for
one hundred bloodhounds, The Ma -
r00118 then craved mercy, which was
awarded thane but ell who would
not promise to abandon their 'media.
tory life were banished, first to Hali-
fax, Nova Scotia, and afterwards to
Sierra Leone. Tho descendants of
the remainder are still in peaceful
possession of a few towns built by
themselves
TN THE FORESTS.
Insurrections ess to a gat ex-
tent a natter of race terripera-
mont, When in London the "Mo-
hasvits," the "Scourers," and other
similar gangs of well-bred ruffaina
made the streets unsafe by night, no
ono thought of throwing on barri-
cades IA the Strand, or storming
Ilueltinghaus Palace, Yet when, til.
dor like etheumetanees, the "armag-
riots. and the "Durn,undittna"
f018(1 with the eomfort of the Paris -
tans, the latter fell upon the rival
faCtionS and eatirpatocl them 'loot
("Idleoub.a
ritter"rill. theusartd of them, Wo
are assueed 011 erodible authority,
Were .01/slightest-el in three days—a
leeeose in seellebeed "Lheeligaile,"
411111111'
ever there Were one. And, tri addi-
tion, there fell in the rem/Rant fight-
ing the Constable of Franca, the
Chancellor, six bishops, and 3,1500
nobles, besides an unnumbered mul-
titude of the "common people."
The Thomite insurrection, which
brolce out in 1888, had Ito origin In
the insane ravings of a Cornish era
caped lunatic named John Nicholls
Thorn. Ile appearedsuddenly in
Kent, assumed the name of Sir Rich-
ard Courtenay, and gave out that he
was a being of soinvuaturea ornum
who had lately dropped from the
cloode. Ile promised his deluded fol-
lowers that they ehould be wholly
invulnerable to Ms or steel, and
that the streets of that "great Go-
morrah, London,, which have hitherto
been wetted with water only, shall
flow with blood for the rights of the
Poor."
During his march upon the capital
some private in his ragged battal-
ions set fire to a beanstack, A po-
liceman attempted to arrest the in-
clendlary, whereupon Tlioni
SHOT THE OFFICER DEAD.
The military wore then called out,
and the Thomites took refuge In a
wood. The soldiers surrounded thein
and the officer in command called on
them to surrender. Thom's answer
was a bullet, which killed the speak -
himself killed, together with a num-
er; but in the end the madman was
bor of his followers. The rest of
them dispersed to their homes.
Perhaps, however, the Indian Mut-
iny affords the most striking- in-
stance on record of how easily, un-
der certain conditions, the /smould-
ering erabeis of discontent may bo
Mimed all at once foto the all -de-
vouring dame of armed rebellion.
In January, 1557, a man employed
riear Delhi in making cartridges for
the new Enfield rifles, asked. a Sepoy
of the 2nd Native Infantry for a
draught of water from his drinking
Pot The answer was an indignant
refusal, for if the pot had but
touched the lips of the low -caste ar-
tisan it would have been polluted
for ever.
Thereupon the workman replied
with a sneer that the Sepoy need not
be so particular, as the new cart-
ridges were greased with Melo* tat
and every Sepoy in India would lose
caste in biting on the end.
Tho horrible tale spread like wild-
fire, variations of it being utilized
according to the religious prejudices
of the listeners. Thus the Hindus
were told that. the grease was that
of the sacred cow, while the Moslem
soldiers were assured that it came
from the unclean swine. Others,
again, asserted that it was a mix-
ture of Cow and pig fat.
The ultimate result was, of course,
the sudden uprising of practically
our entire native Indian army, and
the slaughter in cold blood of many
thousands of unhappy white non-
combatants—men, women, and clitl-
dren.—Pearson's Weekly,
A PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE.
Dr. G. F. Butler, in an address to
his brother physicians of the Chi-
cago Medical Society, told them the
Secret of "how to live long." Hero
are his suggestions:
"It has been said that it is better
to be born lucky than ricb, but it
is, iu fact, better to he born tough
than either lucky or rich.
"When you have passed fifty, don't
retire from business or professional
work, but be willing to put on the
brakes and be satistied to do a lit-
tle less of everyrthing, and do it
better.
"Water is the greatest and best
eliminator we have. Drink pure
water.
"13y the strict law of nature a
man should die as unconscious of
his death as of his birth.
"Eat less. Play more. Indulge
in lase fret aud futne and more fruit
and fun. Get out into God's great
sanitarium, out of doom.
"Many broken clown men and wo-
men would draw health and earthly
virtues from the brown fields if they
would take their shoes oft and run
barefoot in the furrows.
"Those of you elm feel that (he
n string of your system is weak
and is screwed up too tight must
bring the rest of the instrument
doWn tO a lower key or g(6 out of
the orchestra for a while.
"There is nothing so insane and
detrimental to mind and health as
the conversation of people on their
aches and pains and troubles.
'"Eiree greet causes of ill health
are: Introspection, pessimism and
worry, the latter especially."
"SUCCESSFUL" PEOPLE.
Professor Dexter, of the University
of Illinois, has compiled a curious
volume of statistics relating to "suc-
cessful" people, and containing 8,-
002 manes, It is shown that musi-
cians gain success at the earliest
age; the scientists at an early age;
the actor and the author next; the
inventors gain Omit place siottly, 110
one below the age oil forty being
included in the book, Women reach
success ht all callings, except in
music and on the stage, later than
their male competitors, It has be-
fore been noted that 1111)51101 gifts
tend to develop snore quickly than
almost any other. As for the best -
nese men, ili Is intereding to learn
that 81, per cent, of the successful
men of business did not enter col-
lega, while 12 pertcant, completed it.
Of the iinanciors 18 per cent, are col-
lege geaduates,
Mrs, Nagger—"Porlittps you recall
11 Was On a railway train that we
first Met, and—" Mr. Nagger
"Yes; but it's too late now for me
to sue the eolupany fer damages."
Ho had taken ptilliSiltriOnt like a
Plan, and for some Limo afterwards
had been heeled in. thought, "Mam-
mal" he said, (Melly. "Well, Wil.
lie?" "Do yeti really spank me be -
ones(' yea love foe so nitteh?" "That
is the reason 1- penish you, 'Willie,"
"And don't yeti lone paps, at alit" -
RED LION HAD ESCAPED
4NGLISa COUNTRYSIDE IN
TERROR,
Ravages of a Mythical Beast
That Devoured Sheep and
Children.
A case of s11ppoS4 mysterious
appearance, which has resulted In
the inhabitants of scores (if villages
arid hamlets in liampshire and Sus-
sex being badly frightened, was
cleared up recently, says the London
Bally Idati
At the, end of last weelc, the rumor
spread that a tierce lion had escaped
from a travelling menagerie, and
that ho was roaming over the coun-
try seeking whom lie might devour.
.A. dozen different towns were men-
tioned as the place whence the es-
cape took place, and no one was
sure as to the proprietorship of the
menagerie. These were mere de -
Wirt.
That a lion tial escaped. and was
at large, was implicitly believed in
the country districts from Winches-
ter to Petersneld. It was lust the
sort of country that a pure forest -
bred lion would choose when once
he had made up his mead to leave
the hated caravan. Close at hand
were the forest of Bore, Marden
Downs, sidles of fir trees, and the
glorious South Downs for a morning
scamper.
IPED ON CHILDREN.
Tho terrified villagers were afraid
to Venture far from home in the
day, and at night-time only tho at-
tractions of the village bar reeler
could draw them out of doors, and
then men travelled in company. For
the past few days no las in this
part of the world has Flayed truant,
All doubt as to the existence of
the lion was set at rest when it was
widely reported that a rural post-
man in the neighborhood of Peters-
field had not only seen the brute, but
actually saw him chase and devour
three sheep.
At Petersfleld it was reported that
the lion had eaten three school chil-
dren at Harting. The good Peoria
of Harting had not heard of the cir-
cumstances, but they had heard on
good authority that the Son had
been shot at Didling. The inhabi-
tants of Didling believed that the
animal had in truth been shot, hut
the shooting had taken place in some
other village,
TAVERN TALI).
After searching in vaM for the
lion, a eepreserstative of the Daily
Mail discovered the origin of the ru-
mor.
In a Mall Hampshire village there
is a public -house known as the Red
Lion, The sign of the house, which
swung from a post, disappeared.
"The lion has escaped" became the
stock village joke. The tale, minus
the explanation, spread abroad. And
it is this painted lion which has de-
voured sheep, eaten ehildrea, and
scared the wits out of thousands of
people.
ABOUT WOMEN.
Tho Terse Sayings of Sono
Great Nem
The ever womanly draws us above.
—0 oethe,
A woman laughs when she can, and
weeps when she will.
Women live only In the emotion
that love gives—llousse,ye.
There are no pleasures where worm.
en are not.—Marie De Romieus
Life is not long enough for a
codqdrsiestotne. to play all her tricks in.—
A
Friendship between two women is
always a plot against each °then,—
Ram
Coquettes are like hunters, who
are fond of hunting, but do not eat
the game.
Tbe most beautiful object in the
world, it will bo allowed, is a beau-
tiful woman.—Macaulay.
Women's sympathies give a tone,
Mc° the harp of 'Aeolus, to Use
slightest breatta—Mitchell.
God bless all good women! To
their soft heads and pitying hearts
We must alI 001110 at last.
• There are no ugly women; there
are only women who do not know
how to look pretty.-13erryer.
Neither education nor reason gives
women 21111011 security against the in-
fluence of exe.mple.—Johnsen.
Ono woman reads naother woman's
character -without the tedious trou-
ble of deciphering.—Ben Jenson.
Wornatt's love, like lichens on a
rock, will still grow where even char-
ity can find no soil to nurture it-
self.—Boree,
or a are only two good women in
theworld; one of them is dead, and
the other is not to be found. -000 -
man Provob.
11 a, woman is young and pretty, I
think you can see her good looks all
the better for her being plainly dress-
ed.—George Eliot,
On all great occasions it Is almost
always woman Vila have given the
strongest proofs of virtue and de-
votion.—Monthlon.,
No woman can be handsome by the
force of features alone, any more
than she can be witty . only by the
help of specch.—Rughes.
Discretion is more necessary to
women than elormence, because they
have less trouble to speak well than
toTshPoesackwittleerwpauys13:87pealt well of
women do not know the'inas otetiotthigorah;
dtho°SnOt101110caaolwwairem"aet all,—Pigault-
LebIlfeun
Twoman who loves US is only a
woman, but the warmth we love is a
celestial beteg, whose defects disap-
pear miner Um miens through width
We see her.—Girardin.
CURIOUS LAIttli.
It the centre of ICildine, an island
in the North Sett, is perhaps the
most curious lake in the world, The
surface of Its waters is quite treigh
VERY VALUABLE TONGUES
non MEN WHO COULD GIVE
AWAY GREAT SECRETS,
Five Working on Guard the
City of Lontion—Rrinters
Hoop Secrets.
One day an obscure chemist, named
Gustavo Eras -mks, stepped in 60 the
American Postinaster-fleneral and
announced that he had diem:mewed a
method of removing ink stains kern
used postage stamp/. Tho Minister.
offered him hay thousand dollars to
keep it a secret, but the Man, being
conscientious, refused the suns, and
retained his liberty of faction.
Tho fate of London, in thet even
of war, rests la the hands of dye
working men, A. cottage situated on
the Thames Marsbes is the key to
the situation of the subttnarine meant
which would protect the Metropolis
in the event of a, Naval reverse. By
means of an electric switch'board, the
working of which is only known to
these men, a powerful fleet could be
sunk in ton minutes, says Pearson'a
Weekly.
The Russian Government tried to
bribe one of the men with $500,000
some yews back to give thorn the
secret, but without effect.
A similar secret Is held by a de-
tachment of the sappers in charge of
the mines and general defences at
Portsmouth and other inaritine ports
and wore any of these men other,
than loyal, our position might be
gravely imperilled.
A shop worth thousands a year to
a European Power is posse.sserf by
an East Coast grocer. The pas-
sages communicating with the mines
defending tiie harbor
ADJOIN ms
He himself has not bee -n able to
ascertaiz.i the secret of their working
owing to several sets of doors witli
secret looks; but should ha one day
be tempted to sail his promisee to
the agent of a foreign Power, no
doubt it might be ascertained with
ordinary skill in espionage.
Has it ever occurred to you that
when you have been sitting in a rail-
way carriage, discoursing on some
subject of foreign politics, say a
rumored Anglo -German alliance, or
some home topic like a projected
Bill in Parliament, that some quiet,
unassuming -looking workman rosighlh
be able to upset in a few words all
Your arguments by one ounce of tact,
gathered by hire in the course of his
daily duties? He might be able to
tell you the exact terms of the rum-
ored alliance, about which the whole
world is wondering, for how do you
know he is not a Government 'prin-
ter, part of whose -duties that day
may have been the printing of the
treaty itself?
For a few sentences from that Wan
many a newspaper editor would give
many thousand dollars; yet, to the
credit of such MI/en • it 18 very sol-,
don that these State secrets are
allowed to leak out.
Then supposing you to be a trades-
man., the quiet man smoking a pipe
next to* you might that very day
have performed duties likely to af-
fect the whole trade of yourself and
others in the same business. He
might be a shorthand clerk to a fin-
ancier, and his duties might, have
included that day work connected
with a great coup, such as
THE MORGAN' COMBINES.
Look also at the secrets which lie
in the keeping of workers at Naval
dockyards. Any one of these mem
and there is an army of them, is in
a position to realize fabulous sums
were he disposed to reveal what he
knew to a foreign agent.,
Considering a first-class battleship
contains sometimes over five hun-
dred secrets in its construction, it
will be seen what an enormous strain
there is on the reserve of these
workmen. Any one of those sec-
rets would be worth enormous sums
to a foreign Government. However,
ho spite of temptation.often offered
them, cases in which these secrets
are betrayed are very rare indeed.
Monks are avowedly the poorest
men. Yet until quite recently three
of theta held in close keeping one
of the greatest secrets of commerce,
the manufacture of the liqueur Char-
atrntilhiSee0.01.
exact constituents of lyddite
dite are secrets of incalcul-
able value to Foreign Powers, yet
these Could be revealed by any one
of the thousands of me10 employed by
the Government at Waltham and
elsesvliere, and by the great private
contractors in various parts of the
00uflei
nt17e:
Irice had as many traitors in
her army as her gutter Press would
make us believe, they would bo good
prey. for the British spy. What
would not oar own. Government, for
instance, give to learn the secret of
that
NEW QUICF,--FIRING GUN
introduced a year or so back into
the French artillery?
A word or two from a hard -up
gunner would probably provide him
with opulettee for the rest of his life,
—41 he liked to take the risk of be-
trayal,
Domestic servarits, of course, Hold
secrets innumerable as to the private
lives of their employees. A valet
could, no doubt, tell us more oe ilis
inner thoughts ot Mr, Gladstone
than his biographer, Mr. Atorley; aad.
if We wished to kneW idie eatthefi of •
this or that political surprise, the
household butler could lot at late
the secret more effectually than a
thOlefthosaond reIsgt.it°grse*st secrets held by
a butler—that is to say, oho which
is worth blest to outsiders -Lis the
recipe for the Mums levies eup
the Mansion House. The conroction
of the hock cep, tem Used on Stale
OCC21810110 ts,t Bilalcingbain PalaeCt if
known o11117 to the Ring's Trailer,
and supports frettit-water creatures; Lives of great men alt remind us,
but deci:r.down it is as salt as the As their pages o'er we turn,
greateet deptlie of the sett, and Salt- That were apt to leave behind us
water 41s11 live in 16, . Letters that Ought to burn,