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Kat to
Luapula, a
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navigation
parts the
1,00C to 1,200
narrows
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bee been
ently lin
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e.
1lgliberty
minetion0
tae 0f the
just lost
a chronic
Malden at
Spectator
!notion of,
which he
381100, was
160 In the
tecta.
eiz5g pre-
y for two
f material
inolnding
have been
at Oxford
we
They were
the defect
o test the .
iced char -
just been
e measure,
L. Below
e lines are
of cream
f average
cod milk,
d duality.
iphtherla
from old
mentnow
itnte the
1acs con-
e French
lid being
auimale
evertor of
that the
es fatted
row of
sin public
ted in the
they were
r a number
ice,
Mining to
who is 12
0 sinners,
the little
Emperor,
No;
n, "the
mortal:'
said the
y mother
to British
return to
nn absence
taken by
rhe Blake
Herr
an has not
while she
ing of the
utered at
tee years
tet year ib
tered and
is places
e ports of
:don and
if by years
the treaty
ate island.
to
t rocks of
e of quartz
m. This
4bove the
ole. Mr.
junction
lit of Lake
done be.
that it is
barge had
aimed to
onatructed
ddle sank
the ends.
a. colored
y,becauae
known to
the barge
be admit -
attorney
this wna
Wera. were,
aeton the
a' like a
7tit of last
fully five
v."
arley,bhat
the barge
Ili 17511 of
ow Pee a
lne
10.
old loco.
ear Ai the
and a girl
stied, but
led agaiu
I felt that
die. After
was atCng-
aermttniug
w and hie
hob farm-
/
sllr -
I got bet
sprinkling
belle It was
nom 0,24(1, ae
thorn with
t them on
back and
build than the latter, hove 'the same narrAto
obll lie eyes, but rather moro beard, Their
ormotenanoos have 111 Mere intollectt+al met
them GbR89 of either :11130 (;I4}n060 or the
Mongols, end they 0,08 not so moolt �doml
x141°11 bytheir priests, They may, nays
alta Welly' Williams, A' nndAub11841y be
garded e.9 the moat improvable rem in Gen.
oti Asia if Jnot oil the OOntnlen G..
t What affect the advent of the Te anew
P
Indy have on the forttunoti Of the Mang}ills
remenia to be aeon, but it is 4ertain that
thea reaeiv0 little mon fronx Jw an will
net be hallowed to rotate possession
p
Manchuria, 0111033111 they 040008d iii ouufplor'
ing lb. female would neve 10surnl00ntablo
31),11/�01101 31 to Chat.
Foreign inioaionaries are now very active
in Mukd°o, more artioularl the and
P Y
Seotpll Presbyterians w1)°, besides theft
regular work, condpot a inodlcal mission'
which la very muloca sfel. There le. also
Roman Oath°lip and a Baptist niieaion. The
Gathe1100 are very num0rou0 and _remedial
in Manchuria and north China, 1sum00090
complies adorn the oi3y, and about four Miles
to elle east 10 the tomb of Nurhaelul, the
founder of the present reigning demote,
There is excellent coal in the neighborhood
of Muleden and a railway is projected •
connect the city with U1)¢ coast.,
re^
°£
a
to
by
of:
de -
ae•
p
by
be
j� ry1 q Amp �ry q
,#1 I.J,A41i, .tj�1M�,1 • vim
. �.+*;,.
W4rW10{c, XiApland, ha sat 9
Eorl of )(peewit* to be ito may
OPmin g year.
fit for 1!1111, ixi lnp0 end hr138, An
g g
.difinevered.
Twe thotteend frogs were 1031
ported into !England by the Dui
ford to gloat hie tluds of lar4sit�
7 a
The world znot ea, A bill gr Iambi
of worahlp to all rellgioua done
ilea just been puma by the Hot
Magnates in ldungaey,
eerie Oliphant, the itaveliet� h
bar last su1 141 b son. Though8ggll
invalid he hold the l]tlaxe of sulidi
lVryndeor Cesele,and wrote for the
and AClrer literar u ors,
y P p,
Charles Diolcena Gadehill col
forty¢igllt prints by Hogarth,
left by will to the late Edmund 3
recently acid at Brighton foo $1,
motion Gale of Yate personal ell
Tentyson's biography, now b
pared by his eon, will not be tea
90' three yearn. .A great deal o
Imo had to bo siftedand arraugod
letters, ,many of which
Iasi.
Two guinea -pigs were, born
recently?, each of thein with a w
droop of the left upper eyelid.
'the od's ria of aronte in whom
had Ilene produced d artlfioially t.
theory of the inheritance of acqu
aoterletiae.
A `` tell-tale" milk ju¢ has
devised in England. It is a glee
graduated at every quarter pin
the •pint and half pint marks time
etched showing the thickness
which should appear in- milk o
in good and in very g
thus moasnringhoth quantity au
Serum for the :treatment of e
has boon ohCain¢d se. fur in Praoo
haelchoraes, The [roachGov¢rn
Proposes to give the Pasteur Ins'
fire ohoicr.in t1)° sele0tfon of ]n
demnod as no longer fit for •t}
cavalry eorvf°o; t110 •prlpe to be ]
sold,he average price of the Other
To re teas drunitennoae the G
P
SC. Petersburg has just ordered
names and addresoeo.of all pare
intoxicated in the streets, row
rank or eex shall be pealed incert
pieces au the city and also prin
'Offioiel Gazette. fifty years ago
compelled to sweep the streets fo
of hours, under the eye of the pot
A clergyman wee re0eutly exp
the Crown Prince of Germany, •
years old now, that all men' war
says the Ave Maria whereu on
follow asked him if but lather, the
was not an exception to the rub
he is not; answered the olergymE
Kaiser is a sinner like every othei
" Well, l'm sure of one thing,"
little prince; " and that is that a'
is no sinner." `
The. Blake, the flagship of tl
North Atlantic squadron, in Go
England oar1y n°aapring, after
of three years. Her plane will be
the Cremate, now in Australia '
has unrealized exoeptabitn. Icor
geve trouble during her trials, n
worked aa smoothly as it should
has been in commission.
Tn 1860, the year of t1)° open
Suez Canal, the Gounageof ebipa
Hong TCoag was 2,000,000 ; t1)
later it had risen to 3,$00,000 ; h
was 7,117;026; the total tonnage on
cleared being 14,340,122. 7:1)
Hong -Kong first in the lists of ch
the BrItisn empire, though Lot
Liverpool run it pretty close. r
ego, when ceded to England by •
of Nankin in •1842, fb was a deeoh
Mr. Alohun, theAmericanCons
to the Condo Free. State, who
brought to B°]g(um the details
pas eld, s 11110 %bion, exploredth
stretch of the Congo, from IK.a
at the junction of the
disrIoeef:135 kilometres for 111
the river is impracticable fez
owing to the :rapids, In some
banks rise to a height of
metras. In oehiag place the river
00 metres, •rushing through gree
bleakgranite, while inn
g' t needle
rise - from the .bed of the steel
place was named Hell Gate. .
river become o4 i more oath a
Mohan •suacesded in repotting the
with the Lukuga, which Pews oe.
Tanganyika, which had not been
(MOTES
At that moment
o G the musical
rung u h
Ora, and a deeper'
1)0100'.
"" Ten," he said,
more and thea the
day,"
He o.. tined a
P
most label, and
To Edward Rrettison,
more for kis obliged
Rising from
cabinet, tied the
° E the °look then
and Laid bare a
penetrating, odor
game floated out
odor to those
lied preserve spa0imans
life.
Ile had' to move
get at ono with
whfoh be shook
pieces of dull looking
• p
these loose ho
by hie lettere
other. Then,
crossed the room
stood on a bracket,
large carafe and
nearly lull of
down on the table,
the lumps of crystal
P
glass,' taking
sprinkle over the
He held it up
quickly it would
again, and dropped
before beginning
nails, watching
while.
" Quick and
quietly. "Bait
He turned in
Which froze upon
shadow on a panel
weird aspect of
so terrible an
ner•res that he
fled to the wall
hard.
" Yes, I know,"
my shadow, but
cannot -it is is
There was a
and he shrank
the doorway leading
Then, as if making
drew himself up
rapidly in a low
ward the table
CHAPTER
Barron was
thee night, but
0010. Myra was
in her manner
and the admiral
tions of the
awkward and
Strive hard
help making
feeling of pity
of Stratton's
despair in his
that he had not
easily won over
For `he ie,
he mused as Ido
to seonre Myra's.
dote he was retelling,
and. that was
musedabout Sir Mark.
him. Bah
llcaow of any
my gir1Y 1 might
there would be
°curse, bat if
it would not
band to my poor
he is a fine, clever,
no doubt about:
dad, and 110 has
banker's."
The ladies rose
held the door
his seat, and
slightly. For
look as Myra
thought justified.
• "non': seem
hope," he mid
Ll ? Oh,
do come over
try this elate-,
for an hour before
"An hour ?"
of the eyebrows.
"Yea ; why
boy, and you'll
and by."
"Not a boy,
love siokee0s-wall,
yes, that's a good
eh t
"Yes. Fill
"Willingly,"
host, and pushing
want to talk to
one serine to get
"To talk to
for his nerves
matter?"
" Yes -and
"Look here,
excitedly,. "no
you want to draw
mast say so like
" If I want
gagomene, me
are you thinking
' 1-er-well,
strange."
"Not etrane°,
ere aorious momenta
way, I have assn
ing the eottlemenbe,
toady eb any time."
" No hurry,
Mark, frowning.
Barron drew
" Well, what
wrong?'"
only the
away the mine
"What do you.mean?"
"I've had
Trindad. y
"Indeed !"
"� H0 writes
has done hie beat,
in:Mediate superviafon
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TaIlIL•1,x Gy, 'RALE OF ['CAT�A,•N LLIFj1"1. '
wna a shat doll 4o knock at his outer dopa^.
A Remolookof wager 04:00 int.' ids
0onntent: m°e 411 118 at1Q4 glaring 1n the
direOtion oftheBn41mous, •.1 bee. mean
the glues 8gain,he was about to drink when
there was it louder kttockifg,
Stratton hesitated, sot down the g�"ime,'
crossed the 1130318 38nd threw epee the doers:
limos one and Ghon Other, with the int-
r t orae n on.lee thet`u b nem¢ m011 0 his
p P Y
intent:0ne 13ad11een (twine" and that 1e w'a9
she oboe.
0'r i g 1' 11"
avis a ria l old follow, °rind Guest
hurriedly, as 130 stepped in, Stratton in.Oroosiog
N4lnntarily giving Way, " I Wee pr000ing
file inn and naw our 11 ht, (nought I'd
y griver
deo In far a few momenta before going to
my perch."
Bo did nob nay,tllat he had bee" pa¢ing
the fun and its reeinete for hour's longing
p > i� g
to hear the result of hie friend's visit to
Bourne Square, hut: suable to make up
his mind to go up till the last, wizen, in a
fit of desperation, he had [seemed the
etan'a. f bo la til
"! will not :carrel with him , i
•winner. Oce was obliged to go down. 1
can't afford to lose lover and blond in one
day, over, if it does make one sore."
hie bad taken that mintonee and said it
le a hundred di0erant' ways that oveuing,
and 1, was ullon hie lips as he had'ae last
knooke0 at h traGton'a door.
Tr Itis lira: entrance he tad not notic•
ed anything particular in his friend, being
in a feverish excited state, fall of hie own
disappointment ; but as Stratton remained
silent, gazing hard at him, he looked in his
fade wonderingly and as bythe heli
out '
light, he inade out,bie Haggard countouanoo
and the wild, staring look in his eyes, a
rush of hops scut the blood babbluug, ae 1•t
were, through his veins, " Has she refits-
ed him et ran in his oars, and, s eeehlessme°hantoal
g
•for the moment, with: his heart throbbing
wildly, and itis Ghrout r of and dry,h¢ tea
a atop forward as he saw cam 0 and water
lass before him, caught up the latter, and
raised it to his lips.
"But only to start bank in wonder and
alarm, for, with a hoarse •cry, Stratton
struck the glace from his hand, scattered
its contents over the hearthrug, and the
glass itself flew into fragments against the
bnrs of the rate.
g
"dere, what's the matter with you.; old
fellow?" cried Gnen wonderingly, "Don't
act like that."
Stratton babbled afowinooherent 800040,
and sank bank in the lounge, covering
his face with his hands, and a hoarse hys•
terical cry escaped from his lips.
Guest looked at him in 'astonishment,
.then an the table, where, in the broad - olr-.
ole of light, Ile saw the letters his friend
had written, one being directed' to him-
•
They explained littIe, but the next in-
stunt he saw the. wide-nloothed, stoppered
bottle, caught it up, examined the label,
and held it at arm's length.
The cyanide:' ho cried eocitedly.
"Mal ! StcatGon,oid chap 1 Good God 1 You
surely -no, it is impossible. Speak to me,
old man I Tell me, or I shall go mad?
Dld Edie refuse you ?"
Stratton's hands dropped from his face
as be rose in his aeaG, staring wildly at his
friend.
"ddie I" be said wonderingly.
"Yes Edio 3" cried Guest excitedly as
he bent down toward his friend. "Here,
atop a minute ; what shall ! do wick that
cursed scuff ?"
Striding to the ' window, he threw it
open, leaned out, and dashed t1)¢ bottle
upon the pavement, shivering, it and its
contents to fragments.
"Now speak," he cried as soon as he had
returned. "No fooling, elan ; speak the
truth."
" Edie?" said Stratton as he aatthere
trembling se if smitten by some dire die•
ease.
" Yes. 1 ou told me yen were going to
tell her of your mecum -to eek the admfr,l
to give you leave to speak to her."
"No, no," mid SarattOn elowl y
"gra you mad, or have you been drink-
ing?" Dried Guest angrily, and he weighs
hie Mend by the shoulders.
D011'C-don't, per° t°lnf htd ratl n
feebly. Ito not myselfg
1 --Why did you come?" he asked vacant-
ly
"Because is was life or death to ins,"
cried Guest. "I oouldu't as a word to
you then, but I've loved bole Edio over
since we first mete You were my friend,
y. g
Ilal and I couldn't se. anything when I
saw you two so thick together. She seem-
ed to prefer out 10olOt to mind, and she
had aiSh.G i0 choose, i've been half mad
today 03000 you told me you eared for her,
but l couldn't sleep till I knew all the
worst,"
"I told you I loved Edith Perrin ?"
"Yes I Are you so atupefi0d by what
you have taken that you don't know what
yea are 0483,11°9?"
,q know what Tam se. informerly
y' g;"aaid Stratton,
almost in a whiner. " I never told ou
the:•" - P y
I swear you did mea. You don't know
what you say.
"! told you 1 was going to eco the admit..
al. All a mistake-your's-mine," he
gasped feebly,
" What do you mean?" cried Guest
shaking him,
I always liked little Ea]e, but it was
Myra I loved,"
"What?' cried Guest wildly...
I spoke to her father io•day plainly,
aB—e.6-an hmneot man. Too late, ol'd
fellow ; too late."
"Too late?"
Sha is engaged -to be married -to the
admiral', friend."
Barron?"
"•yes•„
I thought as much. Then it was all a
mistake about Edio !" oiled Guest wildly.
.e ikegg your pardon, Mal. 1'ir. axoited,
too, I'm awfully sorry, though, old man.
But tell me," ho cried, changing his man=
iter. "Those letters -that glass 7 Good
gravens. You worn never cin to b° sunh
a madman, such an idiot, u tog -01), say
it wee all a mistake !"
"That I should have boon a dead man
by this ?" said Stratton solemnly. " That
was no mistake," he murmured piteously.
it Whet fe there to live for new ?"
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Nlktlil'o o 3110 Country '3.113.0111) 8 WOtelk. a
tilt lane a eeets, Is itsoi.' h, 3-•,A sseaeeht•
1
:fell or the WYor111 [11.11ens halt r
Corea. ADA rho Well 0r SI Mos -Foreign
Mlesioeoetee Yore' Aoilve In ;tluIrdon,
a
the We from Corea at W lu
a Olt 896 n An a 1 11 ri¢at 3118 mouth of the
y p
9ne eat01'8 M4noh8Cta. RO 03)11 0x
, y
tending for 444840 of 100 li to it is ogee
to %beet two-thirds of an leu 1is13 mils
g >>
lige what wee 8nGL1 a few years ego Gh0
," neet3al territory.' This treat was origin-
ally Cortese but by treaty with O11tina be
deme a `t No Men's Lond," or neutral zone,
common to both countries, but offering no
attractions to settlers from either; t1)¢ strip
having rutlileosly been laid waste by the
0Orean Government and several large Pities
wi1]a1t wore flour• hfng at the time ralied,
to the ground,
Tho'terrip°0'y was given rip to hordes of
bandits initiating the lordera of Manchuria
who avenEually .made matters warm .dor
travellers between •rho two countries that
traffic wee well-nigh suspended. ' This was
a serious matter, s[nca all. -rude •between
the Chinese and Coreaus ,was limited to
that eonduoGed at the great fair held at
at " Corean Gate," near the city of Flag-
Huang Ching, and a treaty With Corea Was
ouc tided b the stroabe b the orvfe•
1 y y P
ons of which the Hitherto neutral territory
wee absorbed by Ohba and became a per -quality,
tion of tor, Mauohurianprovinas,of Shivg
Bing. This 'strip, through which the.
Japanese army is now •marching; is largely
made up of lofty mouvtaina,with intervene
ing fertile valleys, but there i0 little agri-
0ultnre.oarried on, the peace#uf dwelleae of
the lofty and picturesque mountain ranges
being tiger hunters, ginseng diggers, and
monks. Of the latter there are many thou.
sande the monasteries being very numer0te
and' invariably.aituated amid grand and
beautiful scenery.
mils gams "aoRs tx DATE
at which the great anqual fairs were held,is
avillage arewmileafrom Fine -Huang Ching.
The equally famous palisade of stakes,
which appears on the maps as extending
far north (roin'the Careen Guth and south•
ward to the Gulf of Liao -Tong, is On in-
apeetion fully as dloappointiog as the gate
itself. An agent of the Nstionel Bible
Society of Scotland, the - Rev. Alexander
Williamson, who visited Ping -Huang Ching
a few years ago where the great fairs were
still being held, deoeribes his .surprise and
disappointment at' the picture presented "at
the world famous "Gate of Coro," and the
wall of stakes, which was built with the
object of keeping Manchu marauders out
of Corea and Careen bandits out of Man-
cl:uria. He eye:
"By and by we carne in sight of the
famous range of hilts called b 1ng•Huoeg
Show, from which the pity of Fing-Huang
Ching takes it name. As we drew near
Lh¢gate our excitement rose, for we. ¢x-
peoted to see %.grand gateway, in ikgeping
with the extent of the country and its
famous history. 'Where . is the gate 0n"
where are the palisades . we inquired again
and'agaia. 'There,' shouted the crowd.
At last we found the gate. 'There • ibis,'
said a Mauohu, pointing to a email house
with an opening in it not larger than a
Scottish laborer's pottage. Io that the
gate . Iexctaimed to eurprfa°. WI rt
Can't any bigger than a cook shop : Where
are the tlisades?leacey en uired. There:'
P' 9
shouted the people, diraoting me to a fence
in bad repair, consisting of stakes of wood
about throe feat high, intertwined with
°Wince f w kind phrdef �to 6he d whlas a ancon tie
y y
the house. There then, were the grand
palisades so obtrusively merited othe
mane as extending for hundreds of mics."
eon found oflioiale,both Chino can Corean,
who received hien courteously. The countryP
beyond he described as mountainous an
y
"moorland in aspect." It reminded him
verymuch of Scotland and wna ver pia.
y p
tureque.
As the victoriousJepaneae on their march
on Mukden from Corea must pass by the
Corean gate and the pity of Fing-Huang
Ching, -
A -BRIEF p0SORrr3r0N' -
of t1)° latter city is of interest. Fiug.Huang
Ching was of im silence as the
p
llrat.Chinese city at which the Corean Em-
bailey halted on its annual visit to Pekin,
bearing tribute, and reoefvfng fn return the
calendar for the new year. Here the re.
epective exchanged courteeiee, with
much formality. The city proper is a verY
arc ail equate enoloaure, now almost ontrely
occupied by molder in offices. The suburbs
of elle oflieiai city are extensive andeonaire
of one long street running north and south,
and several branch streets. The business
done is considerable, and the people are
civil and courteous,' which can be said gen-
orally of the Manchus, though not of the
Mimeo.
But the place of greatest -importance et
the present time is Mukden; the capital of
Manchuria, upon which the Japanese army
of is rapidly advancing, allured,
110 doubt, by the treasure seed to bo valued
at $1,200,000, which " the Son of Heaven"
has there laid up for a rainy day. Mukden
is the capital of Manchuria, as well as of
the province of Shing 'I ing, one of the
three department° into which Manohurie
is divided, IC o00upiss a fine position on
the river Shin, an afliuenb of the Liao. It
is a pity of some preteneious to grwndenr.
The city wall presents a handsome appear'
mace, and is teamed by eight gates, The
sireots, unlike those of Chinese cities, are
broad and well laid out, and the
stores are well supplied with both motive.
and foreign goods, Tho population is esti"
mated at from 130,000 to 260,000,
THE PLIIIATE ts-rt1EA1 PLEASANT.
Mukden lies about 380 miles northeast of
Pekin, on he main highway between the
imp oriel capital and the Amur River. It
wa0 the residence of the Manohn sovereigns
before their 0Pngneet of China. It woul(1
create no 0urpri08 among forci¢uoro well
acquainted with Chinese politico should
3,118 present Emperor be detlirouod anti
compelled to return to the old'. Manchu
capital." Tho 'vaol•,sedomulatrml of trna0 110
by, the Emperor in Mukden la said' to have
been going en for years 1n attioipation of
hie downfall.
The Manchus are hob a nomadic: race,
like tko Mon ola, be are eat humero and
g
,mike oxeellent etldioro. They aro being
gradually crowded out of thou. own country
1' the irrepreoeiblo Chinese. They are of
a lighter complexion and 811g13G131 heavier
X,•,...Co TINIIEp. ep
the °look on a 003000
ohiffiea of four auar11
°nod be11 s9nhded rho
t°44;
smiling, "Two hours,
beginning °t 4 lessee
drawer, took Out a parch-
wrote upon it carefully .
when time i0 n°
g and grateful friend;
Merger tz STR, enee
his chair he proceed to . Lho.
label to One th'e handles
opened the door beneath,
shelf of bottles, wlziio a,
of eamp1oe and other
into the room -e. familiar
who study natural hietoy,
of insect or bled
two or three bottle to
on stopper,
a largo nook d PP ,
and loosened aevoral
up o
white crystal. One of
turned out on to the table
hesitated and jerked out an-
:letting down the bottle, he
to where a tableeilter
and returned with the
Lm tumbler, which ho filled
a n ,
water. Those two ho net
and taking up one of
y he dropped it into the
care that no water should
side.
to his lamp to see how
dissolve, net it down
in the second elope
to tap the table with his
the crystalline pieoee the
painless, I hope," he awl
1 I can bear a little pain."
his chair with a laugh,
his lips as he saw his
a few yards away, the
the moving figure having
effect upon his shattered
sprang from his seat and
where he stood breathing
be cried wildly. "Only
it is coming back ---1
mare than man can bear.
wild despair in hie utterance
away more and more toward
to the further room.
a supreme etort, he
erect, with his lips moving
m°rmur,stepped firmly to-
and seized the ghee.
---'-
t1. -
FaTE1
back to dine at the admiral's
the dinner was not a sure
singularly °old and formol
; Edie pleaded a headache ;
was worried by recollec•
morning's blander, and felt
constrained with his guest.
as he would he could not
comparisons, and a m(03000
came over him, as he thought
blank face and the look of
eyes, while he half wished
allowed himself to be so
to the engngentaenstranger,"
after all, n yy
son-fn•law elect tried herd
interest in a society ane°-
to which she 'listened
all. " Yes, a stranger,"
" 1 know verylittle
! Absurd 1 �'Vhat. should
-man who wanted to marry
meet hie relatives, and
a certain amount of Inter•
I knew them for fifty years
make the mon a good lune
girl. He loves her dearly;
manly fellow ;there le
the Barron estate in Ttini-
a handsome balance at his
soon after, and Barron
open, returning slowly to
shrugging his 0houldare
there had been no tender
passed out, and Barron's
as if we were engaged. I
aloud, "Myra is not unwell."
no, my dear boy, no. Girls
grumpy sometimes. Here,
and lets have a cozy chat
w0 go up."
mid Barron, with a raising
a
not? You're nota love-sick
haveplenty of your wife by
certainly, sir, As to the
1 don't, know. But-
glaoa of olaret. Larose,
your glass again.''
said Barron, obeying his
heels the jug, "for I
you, sir, very seriously,aorl
on over a glass of wine."
me" said Sir Mark sharply,
were still ajar. "Nothing the
no."
Barron," cried 'Sir Mark
beating about the bush:. If
bac[: from your engage-
a man."
to draw back from my en-
dear sir ? What in the world
about ?"
your manner was so
Sir Mark, serious. There
in my life. By the
my eoliritoragain reopeot•
and the papers will be
air, no hurry," said Sir
"Well?"
a long breath.
is it, man; -what is
old story. When the ear's
Play,"
will lav,
bad newts from my agent in
to mob : thi6 mail that he
buttheestate needs myy"To
_ . that he cairn
0'G :110 same ilii 903800 and aul4000iby
h eh d " -'
that 1 0131 :,
`"Lusons?"•
"ph no Raios -Shat is, a little 9u the
of ht aide. But 0. little is Abetted. These
g o ..
Ie s g pmoduca 4 prin Rly
+1
°, Tho looked at his guoab kaon•
h
1y.
""Wall," he said et Wet '"wba8 •dopa this
„
meat 7 T
"That in spite of everything my own
desires and the love 1 have for England --1
shall have. to run across as aeon ea
Poaafblo."
3'
"Woe
"" r e how long .
it 1 oaring- say -•probably fora year,"
"Bah 1" ejaculated the admiral with 4
,igh of relief, A year before he would bP
compelled tepart with his child.
`" And under the Mark,
1 am obliged- to throw mysslf upon your
mercy.
(+What do you moon ?" grind t1)° ad,
mire) in alarm • v
"Can you ask, air . said Barron re-
t'oeolifull "! knew itiamakin w roue
P v u ou oa and doer M 0'a ;gbuz Life
domed p y Y
18 Sher:, end task you if my position would.
uoE be terrible. It would be Ake exile to
not boar it. 'I would se. to
me. I oouldY
my agent, ' 1106 nhc oatate g° to-- never
trend where ; but that would be courting
rain eta time when i am beginning, to,
learn the value of money, as a 0lav0 0f the
lamp,who one, at n] li Itt8ot order,bringk
a or Ghin 1 desire tV la' atm drlbt •
y g) y 6
feet."
"" You mean," (tried the admiral hotly,
"that you want the wedding hurried on
"To bo Plain, :Sir Mark, 1 do. 111 a
month from now: I mast go by the next
mail boat butene."
"It de impossible, an 1" °tied Sir Mark.
Barron shook his head and the admiral
changed his position in his chair.
"Bat Myra?" he cried. "Oh, she would
never eoaa001 to its being so soon."
"I believe our dear Myra would, iu the
weetneae of her dispoaitton alone, °°scant,
Mr Mark," said Barron gravely 1 " and e.s
soon as she knowe of the vital importance
of time to the man who will be her husband,
she will endeavor to meet his w'lshes in ev-
ery way." „
"Yea, yes 3 she 1e. a dear good girl, said
Sir Mark ; "hut this Is terrible; so some,self.
" The tone for parting must come, Sir
Mark, sooner or later ; and thtuli 1 it is
for her benefit and happiness. " We",
yea, I must confess to my own selfish
wishes."
"And than there is her aunt -my eiater.
She would never cement to-- Yes, 1
know exactly what she would say -0110h
indecent haste."
"Only an elderly lady's objection, Sir
ikfark, " said Barron smiling. You are
certainly bringing forward a new difficulty
now, for I fear that I have never found
favor in Miss Jerrold's eyes. But surely
she has no right to dictate in a ease like
this. Nay, lot us have no opposition. I
will appeal to Miss Jerrold myself. She is
too high-minded and ewest a lady to ot:nd
fu the way of her niece's and my hapginesa,
I am satisfied of that. Come, Sir Mark,
look at the ::ase plainly. You have been a
sailor, sir, end know the mewningof sudden
orders to join. Nothing would stop you.
Mine are not so sudden, for Ihave-that
is, at all risks, I will have -a month. My
fortune is as stake-Myra'e fortune, I may
say. Help me as you feel the case de-
serves." minutes,
The admiral was anent for a few inn 9,
during which he filled and emptied kis
claret glees twice.
"You've floored me, Rarron," he said at
last. I cant find an argument against
you.'
evar owe inch:? And you will help
me in"Then
9
"It is hard work, my boy -a terrible
wrench, but 1 suppose I must. In a month,"
he muttered ; "so soon -and for her to sail
right away for a whole year."
Barron long hie band hard and smiled.
"Rowwill it be, my dear air, before
your old taste for the sea returns . Why,y
you'll be running across before three
months are poet. Really ] ehwlld not be
surprised if you announced that you meant
to come with us."
Hah 1 Why not ?" cried Sir Mark eager-
ly. No, no; that would notdo• But Icoy-
tarnlyy will run over before long."
" Do, sir," cried Barron eagerly.
" Berbadoeo, Bahamas, Bermuda," cried
Sir :Mark. Why, 1 could take a trip
anywhere among the islands. It's all
familiar ground to me. But poor Myra--
a month; 90 soon. 1 don't feel as if 1 am
dome right, Barron; but here, it is fate."
Yes, air, it is fate."
•60,000
: OARRIAGES WITHOUT HORSES.
` —
t lh•elr031 011110 rt10n 9'Lat flay 10100111'
*ionize err'an5llerintien.
An enterprising Parisian journal, the
Pett 00' 611 al, organized a r 0.OaIcompeGibfge last
July fur the bust design for a oatriage that
will run on ordinary roads repelled
means, withov- the use
Koreas- or other !telltale. Tho prizes
mm�unted to u0arly $2,100 (110"600 francs),
and :hero were 104, competitors. To the
surprise of most, only two of the 104
slower land neitlrereofitheeo�s the
.- p 1 h n au
'Pearavice at the exhibition which followed
The, design winning the first prize has game
.line for its motive ower.
p
Tloo chief 01011)8 to be bakou fntom000unt
p
'fn •the award of prizes were "Freedom iron
danger," ]arse of management,"
venienee for obtaining fuel -supply," and
" Economy."
The ibventton deemed deserving of eope-,
oral attention is the Serpoileb generator,
which consists of e. simple spiral "tube, flat•
teuod, into which the water ie injected
mecum.of a foree•pump at one end, to
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of
a
of
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is.
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to,
be
of
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in
of
re.
an
of
of
by
bile
the
to
411• . ria
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VP'
4A
cantinas W1T}I0ERYOLLET01113ERATOR.
i delivered in the form of absolutely dry
I steam et high pressure at the other, where
i it operate, the •piston. The volume
water and of steam is • s° iaeignificant
as to leave no fear of expiooioo.
The tubes, moreover, arc subjected to
test of 200 atmospheres, stamped by the
Control of 200 pounds, while practically
they are notaubjected to aatrain exceeding
431 to 80 pounds. They are benne absolutely
safe. Our illustration shows. one of the
competing carriages operated on this eye-
tem. 0'1), ee carriages are not designed for
greet speed; triage a nevertheless in the several
trete on the Exposition °nurse, the speed
00,lg0d from 1010 26 kilotnetero an hour
[0 Co 111 mi}eaJ,and on some of the descents
on t1)° road from RotlBna to Paris the speed
reached 36 kilometers [about 229 miles],
Theis were twelve passengers besides the
driver and the engineer. It will be under-
stood that vehfalpe of this °lass are design-
ed primarily for the transport; of goods
y of p g
along lfneuiwh h linethe ,railroads i passengers
alongvAnkoro,
to PP
-"hie vehiolo weighs wheel 1,600 pounds,
The consumption of coke involves a cost
4 18, 011 b a kilometer -say three cents
mile, or about two dollars for the tri .from
P
Paris to Iioraj ne!. ofreservei of water
sufficient fora journey of 30. rofies.
-._�-_
IV1AOHINE-IIYADE SPEECHES
•.
--.
mnrned <lut R9rh Itarvnwte ]rapidity
a lt0,enc English Invtntien,
There is no doubt that both the type-
wrftin machine and Llte hone to h
g P g P
very ingenious and useful inventions, but,
the hiof difecalty with them, is that they
nannot be made to aot automatically. It
'in order to fill thin want thee a d' tine '
ed •raventor, who00 •name is for the present
withheld, has invented an automatic
Writer; and; judging from the private exhi-
bition of the machine which was recently
given in London to a oommibteo of mem•
bora of the Royal Society, ft bids fhir
prove the greatest invention, of WS or any
age.
In appearance the machine is said to
not wholly unlike a typewriting machine;
•invasion
It, however, is pro'adod with a sort
hopper, in which are planed blocks of type
metal, each one of w11ih is provided- with
a oomplote word, instead of a single letter.
When this hopper is filled 104 the small
electric engine, which furnishes the !Melee
power of the machine, is set in aotion it in.
smutty begins to print. Of poure°, what
is printed depends in a good degree topo
the selection or words avhi0h are Pleeed
Che hopper, but it is understood that the
machine can be used for almost any eorb
compoeibbon.
da the exhibition already, mentioned the
hopper was filled with a oupply of weeds
lating to the English politinal situation,and
in ten minutes after the engine had been
started the machine had petted'bwo fell.
nolunino, each of about the length of
ordmmry column of a newspaper. Whoa
those wore read they were. instantly re°°g-
nized to 1)e a speech 01i home rule in 11)0
general styleof Mr. Gladstone. Ili hopper
was text filled with a ohoioo eole:Aiom
the very flites3words in the language., and
the Machina thereupon printed what was,)
at °nee perceived to be an assay after the.
matter of Mr,Ruskinonpolitical monamy,
More words were added apd three pagce
what any motto would unhesitatingly have
8000pted as passages from w new novel
Me. Meredith delighted the • committee:
r P
The last cit erimonG wna trade with
hopper . filled with words taken from
Slang Diotonary a(id the result wan eatery
in dialooLwhtch wee held to be enperior
almost any dialect °tory hitherto publishod.
-His Sworn Testimony
•are , +
R hnt makes this'story good is
true. A lawsuit involving r
•°Metals
been brought. Tlie plaintiff
prove that the barge was so ill•c
that when ft was launchadthe•mf
•nearly_ five feet- deeper, than
They depended a. good deal on
man who can be known as 0lkarle
that was his name. Charley was
have said on a certain day that
had sunk fully five feet. Indeed,
rod as muyh to a lawyer who was
for the plaintiff. At the trial
the way the questions and ens
put t
"0harley, how 'did the barge
water when it was launched ?"
' "Set like 0 duok, Jedge ; jo
dunk,"
•'But didn't you say on the 1
dune that the barge had sunk
feet?"
"I moue hov,Jodge ;'I moue he
Wall, how does it happen, Ch
onthe 17ch of last JIln0 you said
floated' like a dunk?" .
"Well, you see, Todge, on I]
,lune 011' I was jos' a-Cttlkin', but u
ewearin', Jedge; now Pee a -swear
CHAPPER XII.
0L•EST PAYS A LATE VISIT.
The crystals had dissolved in the glace as
Stratton held it up end gazed fixedly at its
contents, his facia, stern and cairn, dimly
00013 in the shadow, while the shape of the
vessel he grasped was plainly delineated
against the white blotting paper, neon
which acirele of bright light was east by the
shaded lamp.'
He was not hesitating, but thinking
calmly enough. The paroxysm of horror
had been mastered, and as a stop was faint
1y heard crossing the court, he wee trying
to think out whether :hero was anything
elan which he ought to do before that
cold hand gripped him and it would be too
late.
He looked around, set down the glass
for a moment by his letters, and ehru0tieg
aside the library Oak ho used at his writ-
ing table, he wheeled forward a]ounge seat
reedy to receive him aa he sank baek;thmk.
lug quietly that the action of the terrible
acid would perhaps be very sudden.
Anything morel
lie smiled pleasantly, fora fresh thought
fiael1ed across his mind, and taking ati
envelope he bent down and directed it
plainly, and without the slightest tremb.
hug of hits hand, to Mee, Brads.
" Poor, gossiping old thing 1' he said.
"She has been very kind to me. It will
be a shock, but she muob bear it like the
read'
He took e. solitary five -pound note from
his pooketbook,thruet it into the envelope.
wrote lnszde the flap, "For your own use,"
and moistened and seeured it before pla°mg
it with the other lettere.
"About tine to.morrow morning alto Will
find it," he thought, "and then-poorsoul l
p 1 ! Tho pollee and -1 be
pont ecu
ae?eep." '
God -forgive mel ho 0md slowly as,
after a oto in front of the easy obeli be,
P
had placed ready, he mice more raised the
glees, and closing his oyes : .
Myra," ho said, with a bittet' laugh ;
and it wee nearly at his lips when there
The Engineer's Revere
"That romind0 cue," mid an
motive engineer,- sitting in. the r
ear, "of a time 1 saw a fellow
ahead of trio ou tke :rank. I hili
they did not look (trotted. 1 whist
but still they would net look:
ib was too lath to coyote, buil di
Thai reversed and the engine
gang to book and the steam was
and the wheels eliding, thefello.
1 girl walked oil the treat, and ti
I put hie fingers to I fire neas nose t Insh.
, in n mit utea 1' w
l the coal with water from the bell
g hot. l'soized that noz
scalding
1 we passed the couple, I drenched
that scalding water. I never me
the track again, although I ran
firth there for ten years,.
Solving the Problem,
George -"Women are at,?l puahing -heir
way into all the industries.
Jack -"That's so. I haus just been die•
charged, to nmke way for a woman.
Yoe have ? Well 1 well ! What are you
going to do now? „
"1 am trying 80 marry the woman.
The Modern Gladiator.
.
Slug a son uv slugger°--
•shall
A belly full uV guff,
Every pe illsb (Mean"
Talkut fur de awn:
. When dere winds e8hau06ed
Dere will be a omit--
Isn't it a lovely eight 1-
Scrapple wid dere jaws
Ern
boson' the
pr fpr the
ttotal gas
bee been
ently lin
0 of 3304
e.
1lgliberty
minetion0
tae 0f the
just lost
a chronic
Malden at
Spectator
!notion of,
which he
381100, was
160 In the
tecta.
eiz5g pre-
y for two
f material
inolnding
have been
at Oxford
we
They were
the defect
o test the .
iced char -
just been
e measure,
L. Below
e lines are
of cream
f average
cod milk,
d duality.
iphtherla
from old
mentnow
itnte the
1acs con-
e French
lid being
auimale
evertor of
that the
es fatted
row of
sin public
ted in the
they were
r a number
ice,
Mining to
who is 12
0 sinners,
the little
Emperor,
No;
n, "the
mortal:'
said the
y mother
to British
return to
nn absence
taken by
rhe Blake
Herr
an has not
while she
ing of the
utered at
tee years
tet year ib
tered and
is places
e ports of
:don and
if by years
the treaty
ate island.
to
t rocks of
e of quartz
m. This
4bove the
ole. Mr.
junction
lit of Lake
done be.
that it is
barge had
aimed to
onatructed
ddle sank
the ends.
a. colored
y,becauae
known to
the barge
be admit -
attorney
this wna
Wera. were,
aeton the
a' like a
7tit of last
fully five
v."
arley,bhat
the barge
Ili 17511 of
ow Pee a
lne
10.
old loco.
ear Ai the
and a girl
stied, but
led agaiu
I felt that
die. After
was atCng-
aermttniug
w and hie
hob farm-
/
sllr -
I got bet
sprinkling
belle It was
nom 0,24(1, ae
thorn with
t them on
back and