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The Signal, 1898-2-11, Page 6UW IT ENDED CCAPTER V.-Conenued, "1 see. I am sorry, darling, 1 sug- gested it. Of course you would not care to appeal to him in any way. Not that 1 meant anything like appealing; I thought cooly of giving him • li'ophole of escape. "drape r Fran th's foolish engagement be- tween yeti end hem where love has no part o0 either aide." "Oh. I see," Gaye she, and bursts sat loughiog. Such curious laughter - toughie: so extreme that to brings tears to ber eyes. "You think in ed into an engagement with • most objectionable anon L • mercenary fa- ther ng of berg his y to. sofar. To alter Ot ven h'etory mama to bite also to be the work allotted to bim. Her beauty baa come home to bim with a persistency that has dwarfed aid other beauty re- membered or imagined, and the plain- tive face of bin pretty bustess has awsk- eaed in his breast a chivalrous dealre to hazard all fortunes in bar Gauss. As • fact be has ts1•len al love with ber; not very .eriosualy, still seriously enough to make han ambitious of mak- ing her his wife. A c*nsiderble zeet is added to his passion by the belief that be, and he alum, can ave her Iran • "loveless union" -that is how would be glad ut a chance to find bite- be puts it -with another -and that • sill tree age.a r most deep'irable creature, according to "I guess so much from colt you have her rename The eerta:nty that she is wearing her beart away with grief - told me, and the sourness of his ex- press.on. whenever 1 bave seen You with him." ".You bare guessed rightly," says abs, e teo4.eig up and locking down-st him with parted lips tied brilliant. be myself bave notified how c bee been of late. IDs ie tired -tired of ,.-eine" She idehs again; it is the strang- est little laugh. "Fancy two people waning Lis get rest of east ether, sad not knoowing bow to do ib 1 But Isbell help aim -I anal► let him go tree." "To -morrow, then, 1 shall speak to your father." "Tomorrow t Must you pot it off till to -morrow r Sbe bps grove se aDxi- sus noir for biro to interview her father ss she bad been frightened about It before. "Well -end say everything. Everything you • AO about cry -my dis- like to Sir Ralph . You might even drill it hatrld. You know I told yip I bat- ed bier. Yes, say I bate him." "11U say all I know:" says Eyre. fer- ventl7. "You may be suret,geleglektet a niggle point be lost." • that joy ie unknown to ber,-that abs r feat growing Into • state that will produce coosuenpt on in the body -is somewhat rudely destroyed by bar en- trance Pato the old saboolrooto next morning, shortly after bia own demo - tint into that time-honored apartment. "Oh I I've sum news-suc.h news I" cr',es lobes rushing in cod tonging the door behind her with en emphasis that makes his vetoes, still rather beyond bis control, jump again. It ie evident the has run to him straight with ber news, whatever it im. Tier pretty bair is flying all over ber bead, ber eyes are sparkling. 9zniles wreathe boar charming lips. She is waving • telegram over ber head. The very incarnation of joy end trebb young life might be painted from her en she stands there, laughing, triumphant. She is looking lovely. "A telegram foam that fellow, break- ing off the engagement," decides Eyre, within himself. "It is settled, thee r' says ba, gnickty. "Oh, yes-• certainty this tins?" "Then I needn't speak to your fa- ther r 'To father r' -ea if zxled-"Ab. be t'knows of it 1 He will be glad tool" "Your father t' - "Why yea-yes-yeei" almost (lane: Mg up.to bite. "Do you think that be- cause they have had • skirmish or two father won't be pleased to see him? I tell you he is pleased 1 And Si will you be when you we my Andy 1" -Mr. Ejrre-hhasetrteaie$% hits eta once more. "Andy t He's to nese t Haven't jou understood? He's meni g to -day 1" "And who in Andy r deamQaands Mr. Eyre, feeling a trifle .ggrreved. Of course, be tett himself, he is glad of anything that has lightened tbe hordes that loo hardly presses upon her. But that it should be -Andy I And "No," returns she, shaking her head. mob a very beloved Andy to judge by "That in welt beceues se Uiiigs •ppe•rs+ocee 1 What a name I Perhaps, stand. you, ase not likely ever to get Andromeobe. Some people called the'r "I must go mats," says the rimae. She it looking very pale end tired. "There are soma things 1 must attend to. 1 deal see au maimto-night." tiff 0Vbee be doe* es. Andy, wblek ti three hewn iter. by •atonidhmeet knew, no bounds. Andy ls indeed • revel•tss 1 Be in perhaps the ugliest mem hindered ea record; mend that is .yla* a good deal. As haodsoua ss lembeesmaia undoubtedly ere so is proportion are Iridium hideous. : ha But s meander" make up for good deal. Be Y full of bonhomie, brimming over indeed with tbe pailk of human kindoesa in the courts of the five minutes he is permitted to spend with Mr. Eyre, who ie still considered an invalid, he firer oft as many jokes as would have made a ressooabte supply f w & month with anybody obs. 'Having thee raid he felt eolught to go and present b+mselt The Me - Dermot wbo is hie guardian, be beats a retreat, dragging Duhbie into the cor- ridor outnde as he goer •'I say, he isn't half • had fellow; but he isn't Cit to bold • candle to Sir Ratpb " says he in a whisper, still chit op,* Duidsbg the arm_ "You draw my opinion of Bir Ralph," returns sbe, trying unavailingly to ex- tricate herself from his grasp. "Girls never have an opinion worth • be'penny 1" retorts be, letting her go with a dia ested grimace. ttresd7 cos of the quarrelal •'Not ton t 1 n T7 o'clock nowt" "Biz o'cloek 1 la it [rally so lath, nth for all invalids to be in bed." says .Ma smiling. though ball heart dly, "Teepee' yea well be STa-d110Yet-rtd at me," says be, smiling In turn, cod by no means be/Loring in bis words. rid at me. ,Hut- What a hurry you are in. Dulcie 1 I suppose if the duct -- or Y to be retied on. 1 shell he able Move ove the end of the week t"- "You mustn't burry yourself; yon meet be careful not to undo all bbe good work be has dote" saes she kind - y, hospitably. "And, to begin with, you ought to be In bed now surely. 1 Mall seed Patsy." She moves to the door. Patsy, the factotum, has tern in the habit, up to the. of helping, Mr. Eyre tram ons room to another. At the door, how- ever, .he pauses, and looks bark at him. Ger eyes are troubled. "You needn't be uneasy." says he, lightly. "I'ss all beet; better than ev- er I wee,'.'.._ • "Yes. 1 think you do look better," says abet, silty. "But there was sosne- tbisge'- an, usedly-"I wanted to say to you; and you have put a out of my bead." Abe tarns swan to the door, hesi- tates again, end again looks beck at bim. "By tbe by. did I than bite to you1" atter all, Andy is • girl: Andromeda - children by queer names. and Andy might be' an *bhrevi•tion of either of "'Not know Andy1" crazes 1luscinea, lifting ber brows. A friend of pourer "Yes" -sterling. "Evidently • nice girl?" hazards Mr. Eyre. - A girl I Andy s girl 1 Mies McDer mot 2,reaka into 'irrepressible 1.01111- er. "Oh wait tall be hears that! Why he has just .lyse.. gazetted to the 18th Hussars 1" "Ah l" --somewhat atifty-"brother, iperhaps r' No. No, indeed. I" -4a K If by no means sorry for the tact -"have no bro- ther. But Andy is batter than any brother." "I. he 1 11s'1-dleagm. uehlyt--"ybu haven't bed one, I don't quite see bow you can know that," "I've seen other girls. and beard what they said of theirs," says Dulcins, sav- agely. "Thein this Andy Ie-" "My eosin. And snob a nice one 1" eggs Miss Mctermrt. warmly. "Fancy you cot having heard of him! Well. when you see hJsa you'U know bim all is a moment. He" -happily -"i. mob (un l„ la het" "Ob. wait -wait 1 By the by" -brine - Log out ber left band from behind ber beck -"I had nearly forgotten, but 1 found these.. and I brought them to you V ioleta I Smell them"-th 'uatiag them under his nose. "Delirious, aren't they f I found them under the Ivy well. Andy and i planted bbem there last year" "Andy sod you seem to he great friends," says be in a gentler tone, tak- ing her band. violets and all, and hold- ing it. t Somehow, it Mas come to him that able charming chield is not In lore with "Andy," however . Heligbtfal that young gemltisoran may be. Oh, the best, the dearest! I don't diagwies from you," says Miss McDrr- mot, growing suddenly serious., "that we gnarrei. we"-tb.s tttll'j ,•-"tuarrel a good diel when together. tome when A ndy b wire* tin% me -.t 1 Thee I know at a perfect darling he is" '"Athnanre makes the heart grow foodet,- murmurs Mr. Eyre, wisely re- frain4og from a smile. "And Andy. bow dos he regard you t -here -and there 1" 'Hera' es I till yew," says she, with a fresh. daUcivua laugh, be makes bim- *elt abominable now and then. !But when he is 'there," --oh, •then, Andy loves tae 1" '.1 should think you sad he should alweys be 'there.' " says ber cetupanie tar, gravey. Welt, 1 hasn't. I'sa del)glbted he's arrnisgl Biebl me." glancing at the olnek, i've only halt au boor to see about his einets and things! And I don't believe Bridget hes thought about lighting • fire in his room. These! Goolsby for • while. 1 meat run. He'll Mil me 11 be finds himself wtthont • fire in bis roam!" Abe meshes out of the room as she had e+stered it -like a heavenly spring wind that. brings Holy joy to the re- ceiver of it. gyre, stating after, fish" a ylWr throb at hie heart. What a delillglit abw le 1 Wow different teem moot trivial And this creosin of tors-- th' Andy 1 No doubt be is a young Ad- neit; • "rurlsd derl --i treaters hall boy. half man, and wholly rhea*, Mu. That elle 1s net It love whit vit 110 mm* can he rest by those sake Ma "Him 1 -whoa that 'elbow I An. ketell 1" "Yes." "Well, you did, rather. Why r" Be has c.rt*se't the room to ber. "Oh, nothing I" letting him take bet heed and careens it; "only -it sounds horrid. doesn't it r' "What dose r" "Why, horrid to ahuse anybody. It isn't a titre thing to do--eb 1 Your oth- er friends -the girls you know. I mean -who are In society, they wouldn't do it, would they 1" "Do what darlimg1' "Why, speak ink i nd l y of people, ev- es their enemies. openly." "Ob. woulda't they, thought" Sin iSyree, vise way for mirt)L- erwrd, yet deet knew teem! YOU Mould Mar them sometimes, and"- with tuoi er meaning and a loving .R ter -"you shall some day, I and, believe me, they will open your eyes. wrhe way they sebum their assesnire Is frightful -raw le prepared toe that; hart the wtty they abuse their tisewda-that's • emptiest it you like I" "T shouldn't like." says i epic», die- 7Ke6 d *ugly - T know it. That's why 1 son love yea," says he, frankly. 'Well, to -mor- row, then, Du]cie," detaining her; "you IOWA m0 leave to try my -our luck to- me orraw 1" Ter" She ps.ew, and then. "Yeah" wtt,b antler vebwasenre "Oh, bow I desalt like to sbwr ben how indege0d- eat 1 so. re *inn." "After all. it Is hard to ,e independ- ent d cow's tether." 'aye Eyre. Yee MnDerrnot stares at him for s t�rtsL eam Her father I Then she Far and rune away. it had sed ber lenpoomihle to explain. --- MASTER Vi. "rye a eww+th*art blithe and gay; ' Fairer far then tabled fay LitLseri airy. She a t sod delrbnnet», Softly. fit hat will. hair. 1 all other Irmo& forwwear, Little fairy t" fir .Eyre, bowing brought bisessif to a, tberougb NOW Dekdnea'a slimy. Bowed sora it. That she bas base/owe BI 1 ITSTBRI008 BOND THI PRATT BROTHIRS HAVII A AS" MAILABLE RESIN:ILANCL Meow dims* Nos NN Maly Leets AM* Wet Tole Weary Tb•ispliOl Are tae Sass - Nes nal/ pyysle.r, Sas 0..S$ u Welt. The Wong tgmpathy of mind ex- isting between twins. pr•tioally am- ounting to telepathy, has long been a matter of scientific record. Dumas bas treated of it in his story of " The Corsican Brothers" and now we have an interesting illustration, la the cane of the Prett twine. of Chicago. Frank Bey Pratt sod Fred Roe Pratt are as like as the proverbial two peas in e. pod. And the drangeet 1 art of it is that the resembl•nos Is not merely ea physical one. Their minds are linked by some mysterious bond, and although the twins may be miles away from each other each seems to know just what the other is doing. and even what he is thinking aI,out. Frank Fay Pratt -U • lawyer. The two brothers dress exactly alike and are rarely seen out of each other's company. Sinop they were boys they have dreamed the same dreams, and theugbt the same thought& They ex- perienced all the ailments of childhood. together. invariably falling 111 ma the same dy, and recovering 'at the mum time. Frank Pratt has male a study of the esoteric phenomena of mind. " I know from my owin experience," be said. the other day. " that there is such a thing as telepathy. I routs give many in - stenos& but the most remarkable 1a. perhaps. what happened when 1 went to England. It was the first time I lead ever been separated from my broth- er, sad thea I ,was absent *levee wee ka. " Wben 1 returned my ship was to come In upon s friday, Bltturteg er Sualay. As a matter of fact the ship reached • port Saturday morning. Sat- urday night, when I was sitting at din- ner at the Imperial Hotel, it occurred t..ss.4haateleghato br9tli- rt er by telephone about a business mat- ter atter I we to transact while I was in New York. I went to the telephone, ad the girl said the line to Chicago was busy- I waited a mament...41144 girl said there was a man at tit *thaw end of the line in Chicago who wanted to get the Imperial Hotel and inquired for • man named Pratt. INSTANCES OF TELEPATHY. CHAPTER VII. "Honor's s mistress all mankind pur- sue; Yet most mistake the false ooe for the true." Eyre having received permission and being •exioxs ow bis own part to brbtag matters to a climax, makes an early opportunity of requesting a private in- terview with his hostwet htime chosen is to -day. As day as ever came out of tbe heaves•, and the one after that oe which Andy Mo - Dermot arrived. There had been a hurried interview between Eyre and DuJcie in the morn- ing, in col i b the girl had seemed down- hearted and dispirited, mid, inclined bad u Let matters stay as they they undoubtedly must lie coa,idered ; but Eyre -fired with sorrow for her. and determined to save her from the impending dlaaater that thieateas her, namely, bar marriage with that mis- creant Anketell-]vii refused to listen to her tears. end in now 'standing out- side utside .The McDsrenut'• private den, waiting der• edutiea4. . It L soon given. The dun is an awful agglomeration of things useful and nasions --princi- pally useless -but beloved as having once belonged to better days than theHe. In the midst of the cbaos sits McBerssrt. •viral) -smoking_ s eta that could never have seen a better day than this. and it is now as black as Week can be. "Blase my soul. Mr. Byre 1 You." says he. ruing sod palling forward tt obair for hila guest -"you sent • Me word, 1 scow remember, that you wanted to see me. Feeling atone. eh i -better. *hi Have • brandy ad Roder "No. thanks. Nus I assure you. The rant is. 1-1 wanted to speak to you about yoer daughter." "About -any daughter?' The Mc - Dermot lays damn the decanter, and tura hie eyes !DU ore Byre. "Weil. and what about herr "It is a Matte difficult to explain to you; but -I leave come to the conclusion that year daagater is not happy in the bas s t re/led." en Ah Imo' moire/led." The McDermot, wriakl- keg his brows. "ls that ail f Doe't you went to' tell Me you have fallen in lee* with Dulcimer -that she world he happier in an engagement with you, sad therefore you tberk her . coming marriage with Sir hal9h Anket.ell an iaiqultous arrangem-nt 1" Not iniquitous so mush as mistak- en." says Eyre, keeping his temper ad- mirably, wader the other's ill -concealed sarcas;n; "bes:dee, must it oome to mer - rage r So 1 have been given to understand by both parties." "Engagements have been broken be- fore nob:." "1 der: say -I know nothing of that. I know only lb's. that my daughter's engagement with Sir Ralph Anketell shall not he broken.". "Na. Oren Wit were for her good r' "How should it he for her good r Happiness counts" says the younger man, quickly. "McDermot I"- earneatly -"I should not try to disarrange your views for your daughter it i could not otter, as .mueb an I should cause her to loss. I rsa rake settlements." "No doubt, no doubt! That is mat- ter, sir, for the lady you may thecae to marry." "Just so; that lady is your daugh- ter.- " augh- ter.'' There you make s mistake, Mr. Eyre," says The MoDermot. distinct- ly. " You will sever marry my daugh- ter with my consent. With regard to her own consent. that le already for- feited. Her word. is given to another. And one word, sir ; permit me to say that as my omit you— " " No. I shall not permit you 1" in- terrutps Eyre. paadeMtely. 'Is every seared. earnest finite to be ruled by society's lawst Your 40 titer Is en - happy. Surely there all pOcasww when the beet, the- most honorable rules Monet lye broken! And. knowing her unhappy--" Yon areeloquent, air," says The Me! ermot, with • reserved smile, "Forgive me if 1 break in upon your admirable dissertation on the weak pointe of society. You say my eaugb- ter ieushappy. May 1 ask your eutbor- Ity for that speech?" "Certainly.'- hotly, " she berielt has said no!" *zrslleht authority indeed! My daughter "-grimly-" is evidently ev- e* a greater fool than t thought her." "You misjudge her." mid the young man easterly. The Mrermot. let his eyes rest as him for a flmoment I can follow our line of thought•" says he slowly. "The woman who eonid appreciate you could he no tool-eb r' "Sir 1" says Byre. frowning. "Rut are you r erre of her &Neet- ion t is every young girl's first word wrathy of *relit "i desire to keep to the point." mays Byre, • little haughtily. i mss offer yaw dapghter d position. I. es my neck's 'death. shall inherit a tele. t este offer her eelte as much &s Sir Ralpb ens. "Hirt" Interred The ideDerms1, aterely, 'it you make her a debugs i ib old still decline your proposal. Me dengieter has given her word to marry Fir Ralph Anhetell, sat be, teat ward .M' shall mohdel" To Be O'wtt nares► "Wee ea Mod awe of the strange Woes wbom she had brought to life. She said they were two bodies with one soul. When departed the one seemed to know by as inexplicable instinct what the other wee doing. Their very thoughts seemed to be one. On more than one occasion when one would be in trouble the other, although tar re- moved from the some. seemed to know by intuition of hie brother's danger. and; raided by an irresistible impulse, would fly to his aid. So striking was their similarity la appearance that eves their moat in- timate friends were often at • loss to tell them apart. At the age of nine- teen William way arrested on the charge of killing John IGICoo1. When tbs case came up for trial both the brothers appeared in court. Thej looked no much alike that the jurymen were complete) nonplussed. Witnesses wbo swore fo the circumstances of the murder, many of whom bad known the brothers for a long time. utterly failed to distinguish one from the other. Counsel for the dam» entered the pies of mistaken identity. and so con - Neel did the witnesses become In tbeir testimony that the accused boy wee acquitted BRUIN GOT EVILS vans WZIULRB. Hie Dlatinotioe Who Is that mili- tary -looking chap 1" "That, sir, h the hero of • rumored war." "She says that aisas she r irried she has been throagbi.everythbn " Ywn. Her beshasid says the same tbt*t.•• Di(fsreet Points of View. -"I deal like thig most of weather. Ile bad tor wheat," ^I don't either. It's bad for loft" I dame they *lain there is less aaaaiekatiss now than there used to be" "Thea I must have bad !11 of it," said the returned voyager. Too 1110. -Mrs Poetic,* - "Don't yogi think my new hat 1. a poplar' Poeticus-" No." Mr . Posticus --• "Why n ot r' Posticus--"tlh, I'm MOWy judg- ing by its price" 'Number (In geography elatts))-"John- n ie, how is the earth divider John- nie (who reads the foreta'* •sew) - Doa't know; I dem a ....d the pap- ers Pare this moratas." Mtatress--"Mary, didn't you bear the doer -bell riser Mald-"Ys.'m; but it's probably sotbahedy data to nes you. y company always sails at the book Mew • Ores,/ Mae rwnrsaed eM awlrae Terseame. The town of Medicine Hat. in Amine- bale simbola, oat the Canadian Pacifies Rail- road, had in 1864 me attraction in the shape of • captive g'rissty bear. Be was a tesegry-bskingt brute. &boat the wise of ea ordla&ry'eowt and was chain- ed to a pat in the oeatw of a strong log pen. The pee hood beside the tracks, about 108 feet from the station, and • recant rainstorm bad made a veritable mad -bole of it. The Mar was an object of lively in- terest and onti0sity t b the townspeople, but more particularly to passengers of trains wart"b stopped at Medicine Hat to change ensilage. Oos day early in August the east - bowed overland palled in, and in a few minutes the occupants of several eszs.hes were viewing this grisly. who wane shuffling •round his quarters. looking very innocent and unconosr- ned. His paves and shaggy gray coat were covered with mud, end Bruin was nota tsi1eth''riof beauty, still be appeared _.Y cond .*d eedrued to snJol Yi bg 0a szhtbf ti ,a Nova a geosll&os ius crowd of men bice as a refs, at least one individual in it beloegiag to the class known •s "al. t -hies " tat 1Pstbi 4ag= waif no exception and tie aforementioned parson row manifested himself. He 1.- gaa by grunting at the bear, and foll- owed that up by throwing sticks and small Moose at him. Falling t, ex - The girl asked me '11 *se the man. cite him by those means. be resorted them. Sure enough, it was my brother. He to , ey.. Fixing a bd aksrrhief ora he called me up from Chicago. at the a stick be flaunted it in Bruin's face, same moment I called hien up from New and tickled him on the a, as with it. tee York. He wished to inquire about the • same matter that I wanted to speak POKED 111M IN THE RIBS; to him stout. Not only did he know but nave an occasional growl, the bear I had landed, bet be knew I was stop- did not seam I. mond has tormentor. One or two gentlemen now advised the ping at the imperial. " i think this is the most remark- able i nat•nce of telepathy in my ex- perience. But that happens every day. My brother will call me up by tele- phone and begin talking to me about something I was myself thinking about. Or he will say:-' 1 calls i you up at so and -so, and you had gust left there "' There is, however. anotber curious phase of this matter of sympathy be- tween brothers which is. perhaps even more remarkable than the fact that they are abie to converse by thought transferenne. It is ibis: -When Frank Pratt waw in London, he was sway for the firma time from his brother. When In came 1 sck from abroad there was quite a marked difference in the •p- pesran.:e of the two. Frank Pratt, it seemed, had gained during his absence. Fred Pratt bad lost flesh. The differ- ence in their weight amounted to four- teen pounds. in two weeks, however, tiny weighed precisely the same to within one ounce. Frank Pratt believes UAW 'Was due to symi'athy. What is still more remarkable is that the handl* of these two brothers are exactly alike, The lines of the I*&Ims are i.ienticel, end the thumb marks we- plo 1e the theory of Mark Twain, in " Pwid'ahe•d 'Wilson" that NO TWO ARE JUST ALDER. Frank Pratt is • firm believer in palm- istry. having studied the science with a distinguished East Indian. now dead. He consulted • Chicago palmist the other day. Among other tbings the palmist sold :-" You have a very dear friend. • very dear friend on the male side. He is a brother, a twin brotbst. And as you were born very tear to- gether, so ybu will die very tear to- gether. within s few boars, or dare at most. of each other. It is you fate to be linked together through 1110, and the we will not survive except for a short tiros the death of the other." Frank Pratt is firmly icosviteed there is dm" meet. tie of pre -natal sympa- thy that licks hint to hie brother. They have lived together as perhaps no two brother's ever lived before. Until they were twenty-five years of age they were aster parted' fora sirivle night. Frank Pratt believes that perhaps it thehal separatedf Wiwi§ they were ohildren, grown top wni'er different enviros- mants, then might have had quite dif- ferent pressonelitles. He thinks they might not only bare hal different dada std morals, but that they would pret�ahly hive eons to be d m usual i* physical a peatsnoe. The mere *b- eams of a beer msntbs seemed ts make quite a different* In them, but the ba1- saee was reamed again as soon as they were together. etedent. at aMminology M He p.y- obolsgical phases read recall the cars of THE RUSK DR(YTHBRB. funny man to desist, suggesting that his bearsbip's patience probably had w.ah some windows, bat he did not de limits. Ignoring the friendly warning. tate work at all well." "What 10' look - the fellow waxed bolder. and: Doming in' met was ler asked the helper. Romumff K WHAT IS BOMB ON IN THQ POUR CARD OP THE OLOSL The Gift of ]6quiitbclna "Attar }tee what is beim well baLseedr' "Well balanced 1 Well, it M havlag detsnenotzgh to make more friends thee e Nurse Girl. -"I lost eight of the c ld math. and-" Mother-"Goodrani e 1 Why didn't you meek to a po�opmaur Nurse Girl -"1 was speaking to wun all the totes, mune" 8b. -"How would you petaetuats the following: "Bank of England Dotes of various valees were blown along the street by the wind r He -"I think I would make • dao* after the notes." As Advertised. -The Lady -"Can you match tht piece of ribbon r Tbs Gent - "No, lady. Yoe may rsmemtsr that It was one of the matchless bargains we ran last Monday." ON sed New Wend Nveate er Into est three - tome Isonea-nosiemelleg Mtge..ya a UMW taw The los of food crops by iejurioue Smote le 8100,000,000 per seisms The Freasb soldier le said to be "the worst droned .oldiar be ti. world." The fat osdiaary abases of Meagher tor 8hlp Ctsaal are Galling for 19. Bir Arthur Butlivco0seetsd to endued the Londa h� MYI1 Pettiest Military experts affirm that the wads its the War Office amounts to milflt en yearly. Now Zealand exports sad imports during the past lamed year were the beat Mom 1811. The workmen's trebles ramble io Mud out at London every day aumber FR. Total midge UM A bit of waste lead at Cape Tows bought fin ream ago for 4110. !ea just Mee valued at it80.002, The New &Mead Lower Wpum hes peened a bill di.+quelitytag beakrapte frost dtttas it P•rliamett. Napoleon deaasd weer as a barbar- ous trade. la whit* the only art ma- Ms1.s la Icing the steamed at a gives poise Dr. Herbert A. Griew LL -D. et Aber- deen. has bees •ppoistad W fss.oreblp of Chimes la Camases Issaestern (pathetically) -' Aehl mine frbesdt, yen I sell yogi dot suit for fife dollars I'm hosing moneysb cm 11." Farmer -"Yon bar' Imecstele- "Yes, mine frieadt ; it's lazured for more dos dot!" "Mr. Showman," acid ao laqulring individual at the menagerie, "can the leopard adage his spots?' "Yet, abr,". replied the individual who stirs op the wild beasts; "when be is tired of one spot he goes to aaotber." Equal to the Occasion -Pedder - "I have a most valuable book to well, ma- dam. It dells oro how to do anything " t 7iarotu o ir7i-" -Te- torr yob' bow to get rid of • pestering peddler 1" Peddler (prompt'y) -"(1*, yea, - dam -!bats something of him-" Voice of Experience - Literary Lo- girant -"What steps are neemeary _When you wa*t to get eat s boot?' B erne (wbe ass had ♦zperiessoc) -' Se- veral thousand step will le .eeemeary It it takes sera as long to fled a pub- lisher as it generally Utes ms," One Woman's Way. -Mrs. Biddsr- "Oh, bet 1 with I was • art " Mr Skiaaer-"Why, so, my dear r Mrs. gkinner-^1 was jest thinking today it 1 was owl • mea. bow happy I could make my write by gluing leer • diamotd necklace for • birthday present.' Mie K- bad engaged a robtest.mld- dle aged eobred woman to do man homesick/ming. During the progress of the work. Mea K- said: "A colored Man alae alma' here one day Last week and wanted work, sad 1 let him close up to the pen, thrust an arm in between the Jogs. Than the I-mg♦aff- ering bear saw his opp.rtunity and im- proved it. Suddenly and with start- ling swiftness. he reared ora his hind legs unt.l be loaned high above the aitoniabed man. and than• with a Eeap growl. of eager. bat struck fiercely at hi.' persecutor. For • breathless second the man no d bereft 0e- the power of mott on; then. with • scream a [right, he teed to draw balk. but t to Lbs. The eno.m us pew caught h'a arm la a glancing fashion. shredding his c at and shirt sleeves. and woriag several ugly scratcba+ in the flesh witll* ea aval.netre or mud fad filth dasnended on his luckless head. fairly obliterate Leg his features. and tbiz.kly smearing the wbole upper part of We pesos. '11be bear's revenge was complete. Swift and sodden - testis had been meted out. and with shaken nerves and red - ed clothes, the smart man madehi• wag to the train. while graze unfeel- ing nage In the crowd isegb0d rut - right and the grizz'y lay down with what reewnbied a sigh of relief. The Canadian Pa Lilo eastbound over- land bore that day a team wh 1 was not ,:nly sadder and wiser, but whose propenvrty to "stirring op the ani- mals" had received • decided shock. of Philadelphia The were the to of the Pratt tiw►b�as is every particular •zoept that ora wwtsl salty. A pgoboleght wreath haw. gone in- to r•ptnr'�d la studying the lives of tbe•e citable twine. and 10' trno- fan oat airs landmass whbb nely eery - qt to link their very Soule tog•ther. Fewer tied' mother, who clung to theta with • true mother's love throughout their brief career. teed in eupereti AN INFANT rLOBE TROTTZR. ^Well, be was s big, strong fellow. sad he bad but one eye. He mid that yin name was White. He did ver po Work." "I specs he did, lady. He's 's de wee no -'count in die town." "Ob. Use lora know him r "Know bleat Why, ady, I's imbibed to 'dr Travelle. • T oodlied Mile& fur t►evy Ideas M • Mw. saved. Mel Dors Eu.kbe Giffin le • charm - THEIR HEAD& Uai vend . The Britian aratty retards toe 1114•- the latiest-gives 76.511 IV•i 11.848 Irishman. sad TAU S= the make The sadden death is a**oese.d .t Mr. T. B. Hardy. the well known mar- ine water colour p•latar. at lads boons .t Maids Vale. The death 1• aeeousord at the age of 80. 0( Mr. George Julien Barney, toe last survivor of the lenient of the Chasten . pert/. y. IIs wins of the Riadoe tampers in South Ladle the ooUectios is taken up • Manama that goes �with • basket. Zywarbody coatribat n. Of tet fearless d0otore dent out to -G.sesarst at tot -. temporary wire daring the plague. naa. 111i1e.Xbtion Hantar, is a wo- mom The eldest road in Baglead is sold to ha the Dover road. Caesar is said to have oardbed lets Mesa shag alis reed when he came to Britala la 116 B. C. Admiral Hoary NlcboLsoe. moistly le command at Sbsera.*e end promoted to fell flag rack only three months ago ora the death of Sir Richard Welke had retired. On the beats est the river Puree, in Rooth Anserina. Is to be (odd a poea- liar tribe of people --sere womet, and candied. who have spotted skies of bleak end white. Sam M rM avarho fossas of ptsoer Mous. A well-known batter who hes for some yeari put beef iat.resttal Ma- ssif in compiling a list of bead des. of eminent mea: recently wrote toile. Gladstone; "I send you • tap whit! I think will prove • good tit for your Lead. aim TIM It s1 agProve mete'ea • trsv ttog' cep.' -kb a batter Team an interest in ecdleetiag areas of beads of eminent mea. Th. following ere a few sista of yupalar bawls: Lord Chelmsford, 61-2 ; Duke 01 York. 65-8; Deas Stanley, 6 11.4 ; Emperor of Get- away. 6 7-8; Prince II-4; Wales, 7; Burns Dickens. ckens, 7 1-8; Earl Russell, 71-4; W. M. Thackeray; 7 5-8; Dr. Thomas Chambers. 7 8-4 ; Daniel O'Connell, Si Dr. Tbelasoa. Arabbishep sod York, 8 full; Joseph Hume. M.P., the financier, 8 1-8. Tbim gives you the whole scale, from the mealiest to tbe largest known. Veer favorite author, Air Walter ?Mott'', ted was about 7. Our Sover- eign Queen Victoria's hoe I, from • close view I once got. I take to he 6 7-8." ing little maid of tea months, who has travelled at least • thnusend miles for every month she ha* lived. and is. be- yond rivalry, the chempien Infant globe trotter of the world. Dora. who is the daughter of a mlesioesry is Egypt, was born at Aaynt. and doe her wandering life at the early age of seven weeks. Her first escaroles was to Giro; from Cairo abs journeyed to Alexan- dria, and Odell the Pithier little soul took the steamer to Marseilles. visited Perla and lima travelled to London wad Orf�M;'• StiM'paettsg asci of senses tas'-Ittie- 505.4, isw three and a half strrrtim old. ermined the At- YatLe and saw New York. Still .he was not costent but, Uly.wr-like, most made the United ?taten which eke. 1. mow engaged in doing By the end of Dora'• Ctrkt year of lite she will have travelled a dtataare equal to halt the earth's drouatereens. Whosoever Doves gaze. Me draws • treln of admirers, sad, althongs .ln reeve relate stories of her travels, her large epee are *Inquest with all she would like to tall. ('holly Addiepate - "Aw, deetab, 1 have weeently been .11lleted with fear- ful headaches" Do,tor -"I see. Anne of those aching voids we read shout " - Mr Jobs &nitle ors of the beat down elttases of Darby. diad there of the loth alt., aged le- years. Da- mmed wee the bead of a Lege arm of brats -founders• Women. having proved very etasesss- tul ra telegraph work inGermany, will is bathe be ssspkuy'ed iD prdtfulsss to the ether sax. mi s is ciao the sirs is Frays sed Holland. While the Bishop of •odor and ]fan was wstaiiing aha settles down et eels ebiia tress r.oedly, the tree fell t*M krsorkisg him dews. It cateld g w a railing saved W life. lefles McLeod. a weeds at Glasgow. Ion glow a tend for aillsstoS west aaeme t,st dwsrfe of the Catba laerwnwork .l din he Atrlra..ad ers..g.tsesass sad/ft . Theft te tu1117' ksetrei Thee .m hent bone to the world is a Bhnilamd posy owned by W Mars chase CO.rc.w.1* Milan. it is 24 heeds high. and when srtabdag bunt* Ht owner ie pvony'a bank is only ammo above hf� knee. One of flee basdamemet patent edge - Ile Axminster carpets which bas Ind made at Kidderminster for a coolie*. able time bine bees shipped to Lentil. Booth America. It !e a sieamisae who- daotios , and a aleures >p feetMei by 14 feat 'aide. The ar pet 1. specially made for the post -office of Lima. It L eeeoanced that of the iJfi Baptist sissiat•rs in Great Britain and Ireland. so fewer than 1,688 are r* - ported to In total abstainers, IN id- at:f rs to a large number Ill UPI field ; while ea of 2019 - -" - ndabters is Bsgteed sad ales. 1384, or 88 per teat., •re in the same ests- dovy- The Greek prisoners who have been kept at (ion taatlnople. and were treat- ed very gently. have bees coat home. Tbs7y' ireived before their departnts anotherr proof of the fact that the ltd tea b►sazioos toprss. himself iee of •n ogre thin he legenerally described. livery *sad the prisoners received eye Tarkid pound as a parting gift. Mr. Licosl Phillipa, the South Af- rican apecul*tor, who was 0$a of Dr. Jsmzraon's acop.ptioss, hes bass lease imbed for lite from the Trumbull re - piddle, Moms est free with abed, eon - imitators, en prrml-lag never to in- terfere directly ol.hdt.otly in Trans- vaal polttlx ulna duds Me preen • by writing as *radii c tele.nlag the Government, in the Nlnet.e•sth Coa- tary. The Dutch Government Imo r'ejeeied the bid of an A tArlleaii firm for the bending of an trot bridge across ales earl has weepfe.l the hid of a Ihelth bili, tbDagb the Amerin&pikof- fared to do tlm work aortewhay (I'w•P er--$(71,9/0 weird •478,090. The .tan' sloe Ord le that the 'United Stated t>ddesven» to bar ontforeign Whew tries, feed that therefore forelge emo- ted are nr.t jwstifiet Ie permitting the •ssspetitlob of Ame.:waw. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS. " I have forgotten," said Mr. Nogglehy, " the wise remark that • young man once ma'ie to me. years ago. ft was this: 'Owe thing leads to an- other.' This was aprovos of a further advantage that I had brought into view by a step I had just taken. The moral of this 10 -it has leen set forth octet T may h•v.mentioned itmyself, lint if. will bear miles repetition -that if we would roomed we mustkeep stirring!" AN EXPENSIVE CARPET. The meet expensive carpet in the world is now en the shelves of the Go - belies factory. It 1s worth 11fl000,and was shale during the yearn IMV and 1870. It was or.'ered for Napoleon 1i1., hut was eafinisbel when the Franco - promise war broke not \% hat that war was finished he had no use for it. THE LiON'S LENGTH The lion, tbasgll be stands no higher then a bergs mastiff, le area six to eight frust is length CANllli' TH1 VAST SOON BEI They Will Ieew's Ae tae - .r' minas a Sort Beet Vsat ani! will tetbrs the Crow's co struotls New York mots the ormeing tb d&an North yes betw•e the east ae Ons fwd t then depos bbd the sit Mead that two WI" Oboe on tit btaeatt. foram di r iby of Cam We 4f,/69 alts. wed —4 about 150 WI. motel rite& bas seal whirl Misled fro l'Wids. the be (mail] ,a is the Interco■ as Wert Ka 18117. Tl beeL temdfar istersatIc _Sy sloes railroad terra bac » la9me11 The cos tlime aeon sigh ties. rough tr more os through were (e' umbba at umb4a at Hume ei NS li • a Blass Is to son • tk,.& of I The ve Meer a eected le fag Waal woe etrVr 014 ate were ami Maleer i 01 set ructor b k n R0 Wow ay meld for oa provd1 tram a] valley 1 "thy fid that is bearing up the wen lad .SMwb western mint er relit est thil «lssf a d�seet►&, Tbt tasaipt dsrhs l taste •re Oar •re r• thirty of sus ley, w1 sisal twesptl INA ul wiof b cines t deport re l rte lifitme rants otbor ort • 1 to Rest of nooortb fag e the p are 1 les& *mpg eentat lone last addewd let s 44041ss noel. M. con Pr spit Mn Alps .rd Uewacensetta, t cite Nates w�1y • wanes %alt et *Mew het( we 'nrt.:s g1 d s b Anil yet tet a'.