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His forecast pt n'ea to be correct, for the detective looked blank enongh when I got to Baker Street and showed bine the empty box. They had only just arrived, Holmo, theprieoner„ and he, for they had changed their plans so SS to report them-eelYes at A station upon, the way. My Ompeetion lounged in his arunchair with his ueual list. less expression, while Small sat stolidly opposite to hint with his woodeza leg cocked over his spend one. As I exhibited the empty box'. he leaned beck in his cheer and laughed aloud. "This is your doiug, " said Athel- ney Jones angrily, "Yes, I have put it away where you shell never ley hand /apart it," he cried, exultant- ly. "it is Tay tremenre ; and if I can't have the loot PR take darned good eere that, no one else does. I tell you no living men has any right to it, unless it is the three men who are in the Andaman conviet,berraeks and myself. I know now that 1 cannot have the use of it, and I know that they cermet. I have acted alt through for them as mueh as for myself. Ites beau the sign of four with us always, Well I know that they woulti have had me do just what I have done, and throw the treasure tote the Thames, rather than let it go to kith or km of Sholto or of leeoratan. It was not to make them rich that we did for Aohmet. vet'fl awl the treasure where the key 15, and where little Tonga is. When I saw that your launch must catch us, I put the loot away in a safe place, There are no rupees for you this journey.' "Yon are deceiving us, Small," said Athelney Jones, sternly. "If you had wished to throw the treasure into the 'Thames it would have been easier for you to e thrown box and al" "Euler for me to throw, eta eaeier for you to recover," he ensweretnwith a shre wd, sidelong look. "The man that WAS clever enough to hunt me down is clever enough to ick an iron box front the bottom of a river, ., ow that they are 4catterat1 over five miles or so, it may be a iterate. job. It went to mr d heart to do it, though. I was half ma there`e no good grieving over it. I've ups in my life, and I've had downs, but I've learned not to cry over spilled milk." Thie Jae very 80141011S matter, Small,' said the detective. If you had lestpal justice, instead of thwarting it in. this wey, you would have heel a better chance ei vou trial." r ‘. ,TuRticer snarled theepaaconvici. " pretty justice ! Veliositoot is this, xf it is not ours ? Where is the justice that I ahould give it up to those who have never earned it ? Lookhow I have waited is 1 Twenty long years in that fever -ridden swamp, all day at work under the mangrove. tree, all uight chained up in the filthy eou- viet-buts, bitten by mosquitoes racked with ague, bullied by every curseil biackfaced policeman who loved to take it out of a white man. That was how I earned the Agra treasure ; and you talk to me of jus- tice because I minuet bear to feel that I Lave paid this price only drat another may enjoy tz ! I would rather swing a scare of times, or have oneof Tonga's darts in my hide, than live in a convict's cell and feel that another man is at his ease in. it palace with tho money thavaboald be mine." Small had dropped his meek of stoleism, aud all this came out in a wild whirl of words, while his eyes blazed, and the handcuffs clanked together with the impassioned movement of his bands, I could understand as Isaw the furyand the passion of the mau that ittvas no groundless; or unnatural terror which had possessed Major Sholto when he 'first learned that the injured convict was upon his track "You forget that we know nothing of all this," said Holmes, quietly. " We have not heard your story, and -we cannot tell how far justice may origiaally have been on your side." "Well, sir, you have been very plain- spoken to me, though I eon see that I have you to thank that I ha,ve these bracelets upon my wrists. Still, I beer no grudge for that. It is all fair and above -board. If von want to hear my story have no wish -to hold it back. IVhat I say to you is God's truth, every word of ib. Thank you; you can put the glue beside mehere, and I'll put roy lips to it if I am dry. a Woreertershire man myself,— born near Pershore, dare say you Would find a heap of 'entails living there now if you were to look. I have often thought of taking a look round there, but the truth is that I was never much of a credit to the family, and I doitlit if they would be so very glad to see me. They were all steady, chapel -going folks, smell farmers, well known end respected over the country -side, while I was always a bit of a rover. At last, however, when I was about eighteen, 1gave them no more trouble, for I got into a, mess over a girl, and could only get out of it again by taking the queen's shilling and joining the 3d Buffs, which was just start- ing for India. "1 wastat destined to do ntuch soldier- ing, however. I had just got past the goose- step, and learned to handle my rausket, when I was fool enough to go swimming in the Ganges. Luckily for me, my com- pany- sergeant, John Holder, was in the water at the same time, and he was one of the finest swimmers in the ser- vice. A: crocodile took me, just as I was half -way across, and nipped off my right leg as clean as a surgeon could have done 15, tot above the knee. Whaa with the shock and the loss of blood, I fainted, and should have been drovvned if Holder had not caught hold of me and paddled for the bank. I was five months in hospital over it, and when at last I was 0.hle ko limp out of it with this timber toe 'strapped to my stump I found myself invalided out of the =ay and unfitted for any active Om - patron: "1 was, as you can imagine, pretty down on my luck at this Aline, for I was a useless cripple though not yet in my twentieth year. However, my misfortune soon proved to be a blessing in disguise. A man natn.ed A.belwhite, who had come out there as au indigo -planter, wanted an overseer to. look tv ien yon came up. with us.. However, after his cooliee and keep them up to their work.' Fie happened to be it friend of our colonel's, who hed taken au interest in me since the aceident. To make e tong story short, the colonel reontmended inc strongly for the post, and, as the work was mostly to be doue ots horseback; ray leg wee no great obstacle, for I had enough, knee left to neap a good grip on the sitedle. What I heel to do was to ride °rev the plantaaion, to keep an eye on the men as they evoiecea, and to report: t Ise Were. The pey was fair, I heti comfortable quetters, and altogether I eves oontent to spend the remainder of my life in indigo -planting, Mr. Abelwhite was a kind men, and he weal' often drop into my little shanty and smoke a pipe with me, for white folk out there feel thew hearts warm to each other as they never do here at home. " Well, I was never in laelee way long. Sudienly, without a note of warning, the great ninthly broke upen eta Oue month India lay as still mid peaeeful, to allappear- ance, AS Surrey or Kent ; the next there were two hendred thousand bleak devils let loose, and the country, Was a perfect holL Of course you know all aboat it, gentlemen, —a deal more thaa I do, very like, sine.: renlino is not in my line. I only know whet I saw with my own eyes. Our plantenon was tut a place called eluttra, near the bor- der of the North west Prov noes. Night- after night the whole elcy eves alight with the brirning butegalowe, and day atter day we had small companies of Earopeane pneeing through our estate with their wivesant childrou, on their way to Agra, where were the nearest troop,. Mr, Abolwinte was en obstinate man. He had it in his head thee. the ailitir bad been exiegger tted, aud that it would blow over as sr/Ade/11y as it bed eprneg up. There he sat on hie veranda, drinking whiskey -pegs and smoking cher- oots, while the oonatry WAS in a blaze abent Of 00111430 We stuck ay him, I end • Dawsion, who, with his wife, used to do the bookwork aml she managing. Well, one fine deer the crash came. I heel heen away on a disteme plantation, and WAS rideug slowly home in the evening, whoa iny eye fell upan something all Initialed teetotaler at the bot. tom of a steep nellele I rode down to see what it was, and the cold struck through my heart when I fon d it was Deeveonei wife, all cut iuto ribbons, and half eaten by jackals end netive doge. A little farther up the road Dewann himself wee lying on his facie, quite damn with au empey revolver in hie head and four Sepoya lying acmes each other in front of him. I rented up my 1 horse, wondering which way I should turn, but at that moment I sew thielc smoke curl, ing no from Abelwhite'a bungalow, and the flames beginning to burst through theme I knew then that I could do nay employer no good, but would only throw ray own life away if I meddled in the matter. From where I stood I could see hundreds of the black fienda, with their red oats still on their backs, deueing and howling round the burning holism Some of them pointed at me, awl a couple of bullets sang past my head: ao I broke away across the p Lady - fields, and found myself late at night safe within the walls al, Agra. At it proved, however, there was no greab Watt. there, either. The whole coun- try was up like a swarm of bees. Whom- ever the English could collentin little bands they held Peet the ground that their guns commanded. Everywhere oleo tney helpless fugitives, It was is fight of dm millions against the lientlred5 ; and tile cruellest pert 01 15 wee that these men that we fought against, foot, horse, and gutters, were nue own picked troops, whom we had taught and trained, hendling our own weapons end blowing our own bugle - calls. At Agra, there were the 3ra Ben- gal Fusiliers, some Sikhs, two troops of horse, and a battery of artillery. A volun- teer cerps of clerks and merchants hail been I formed, and this I joined, woneen leg and ell. We wont cut to meet the rebels et Shehgunge eerly in July, and we beat them back for a time, but our powder gave ont, and we had to fall back upon the city. Nothing but the worst news mune to us from every side, ---which is not to be even - tiered at, for if yots look at the map you will see that we were right in the heart of it, Lneknow is rather better than a hundred miles to the east, and CA -ampere alio/It its far to the south. From every prat= cm the compass there was nothing but torture and murder and outrage. "The city of Agra is a, great plaee, swarm- ing with fanatics and tierce devil-evorship- pars of all sort. Our handful of men were lost among the narrow, winding etreets. Our leader moved iteroee the river, there- fore, and, took up his position in the eta fort of Agra. I don't know if any of y .0 gentlemen have ever read or heaxtlanything of that old fort. It ie a very tamer plece,— the queerest that ever I was in, and I have been in some rein corners, too. First of all it is enormous in size. I should think that the enclosure mint be acres and acres. There is a modern part, Avid li took all our garrison, women, children, stores, aml everything else, with plentyof room over. But the modern peat is nothing like the size of the old. quarter, where nobody goes and which is given over to thescorpions oath the centipede. It is all full of great deserted halls, and winding passages, and long corri- dors twisting in and out, sa that it is easy enough for folk to get lost in it. For this reason it was seldom that any one wet= into it, though now and aggain a party with torches might go exploring. 'The river washes along the front of the old fort, and so 'preterits it, but on the sides and behind there are many doors, and these had to be guarded, of course; in the old quarter as well as in that what'll was aotit- ally held by our troops. We were short- handed, with hardly men enough to man She angles of the building and to serve the guns. It was impossible for us, therefore, to station a strong guard at every one of the innumerable gates. What we did was to organize a central guard -house in the middle of the fort, and to leave each gate under the °image of one white man and two or three natives. 1 was selected to take charge during certaihi hours of the night of a small isolated door upon the southwest side of the building. Two Sikh troopers were placed under my a:mu-nand, and I was instructed if auything went wrong to fire my musket, when Itnight rely upon help coming at once from 'the central guard. As the gutted was a goad • too hen. dred paces away, however, and as the space between was cut up into a labyrinth of pas. sages and corridors, I had great doubts as' to whether they could arrive in time to be of finer use in case of an acbual attack. "Well, I was pretty proud of having this small commend given me, since I was a raw recruit, and a game -legged one at that. For two nights I kept the wetter with ra3r Punjatibees. They were tall, fierce look. Mg -chaps, Mahomeb Singh and Abdullah Khan by name, both' old fightiee-men who Ihad borne arm egeinat us at Chile/et-wallah, They coald balk English preety well, but I enuld get little out of them. They preferred to stand together and jabber all night in their queer Sikh lingo. For myself, I used to stand Outside the gate -way, looking down on the broad,. winding river and on the twinkling litetits of the greet city. The beating of drums, the rattle of toattoms, and the yells ane bowls of the rebels, drunk with opium and with bang, were enough to remind es all _night of tore dangerous neigh- bors meroee the etream, levery two hours the officer of the night used to come round to all the posts, to make sure that all was 12""Iiihe third night of ray wittch 'was dark and dirty, with it smell, driving rain, It was dreary work steudiug in the gate -way hour after hour in such weather. I tried again and agaia to In eke my Sikhs talk, but without much suceess. At two in the mora - in the rounde passed, and broke for a mo- ment the weariness Of tile night. Finding that my eompenions would not be lead into conversation, I toois out my pipe, and laid dawn my =Act to strike the =tele • In an instant the two Sikhs were upon me. One of them snatched my firelook up an.1 levellea it at my bead, while the other held a greet knife to any throat and swore be- tween his teeth that be would plunge it into 1110 if I 1110V011. A step, "My first thowehb was that these fellows p. were iii league with the rebels, and that this was the beginning of an anemia. If our door were in the hands of the Sepoya the place met fall, and the women and children be treated as they were in Cewupore. May- be you gentleinen think that Iaan just mak- ing out a. case for myself, but I give you my word that when I thotight of than thongh I felt the paint of the knife at my throat,. 1 opened my month with the intention of my - in e sneeze, if it wae my lest one, which might alarm the mean para. ehe men who held me veined to know my thoughts; for, even as I bracee myself for it, he whispered., 'Don't make it noise. The fort, is sefe enongle There are no rebel dogs on this side the river,' There svas the mug of truth in what he said, and I know that if I raieed my voice I was it dead men, 1 mould read it in tin fellow's brown eyes. I waited, therefore, in silenee, to see what they want- ed front me. Listen to me, Sahib,' said the teller and fiercer of the pair, the one whom they trilled Abdullah Khan. You must either be with 03 now or you must be silenced for- ever, rhe thing vi tee great a one foe tie to hesitate. Either von ere heart and soul with us on your oath on the °roes of the Oeiris- liens, oe your bodythis itight shall be thrown into the each 1545,1 we shall pees over to onr brothers in the rebel army. There is ne mid - die way. Which is it to he, death or life? We eau ouly give yon three minutes to de- eide, for the tinte is passing, and all must be done before the rounds come agate' " ' How can 1 decade?' said I. Yon have not told 010101U you %Mit Of 1110,4 But I tell you now that if it is anything against, the irtfety ot the fort. I will have no 'tem* with it, so you can drive home your ltilife and welcome.' is nothing against the fort,' said he. ' We only ask you to do that which your countrymen come to this lo,ral for. We ask you to be rich. If you will be one of us this night, we will swear to you iteral the naked knife, and by the threefold oath which no Sikh was ever known to break, that you shall have pear fen- share of the loot. A quarter of the treeettre shall be yours. We can say no fairer.' " ' But what is the tres.sure, then?' I ask- ed. 'I AM al ready to be rich es you cab be, if yeti will but show nto how it coat be done.' " " k 00 W1I1SWefiV, t.144,,,, <laid 'Ito, 'by el.c. bones of your faelter, by the honor of your mother, by the cross of your faith, to raise no liana and speak no word against ns, either now or afterwards V " ' I will swear it,' 1 enswered, 'provided that the fort is not ettilengered.' " ' Theit my comrade and 1 will swear that you shall Imre a quarter of the tram- ure which shall be equally divided among the four of us.' " 4 There are but throe,' sea I. I' 'No ; Deist Akbar must have his share. We ean toll the tale to you while we await them. De you steed at the gate, Mehemet Singh, null give nodes of their coming. The thing stands thus, &hill, anti I telt it you la:cease I know that au oath is binding upon a Peringhee, and that we may trust you. Had you been a lying Wilde° though you nail sworn by all the gods in their fo.lee temples, yonr blood would have been upon the knife, and your body in the water. But the Sikh knowe the Englishman, and the Englislunan kuows the Sikh. Harken, then to what I have to eay. There is a rajah in tbe northern prov- inces who has much wealth, though his lands are small. Much has come to him from his father, nnil more still he has set by him- self, for he is of the low natare and hoards 1 his gold rather than &Tend it, When the troubles broke out he would be friends both with the lion and the tiger,—with the Sepoy and with the Cempeny's 'Raj. Soon, how- ever, it seemed to him thet the white men's day had come, for throughont all the land he could hear of nothing but of their death and their overthrow. Yet, being it careful matt, he made such plans that, coine what might, half at least of his treasure should be left to him. That which was in gold aud ailver he kept by him lathe vaults of his palace, but the meat precions stones and the choicest pearls that he had he put m an iron box, and. sent it by a trusty ser. vat= who, under the guise of is merchant, she nld take it to the fort at Agra, there to lie until the land is at peace, Thus, if the rebels won he would have his money, but if are Comprory conquered his jewels would be sievee to him. Raving thus divided his hoard, he thew himself into the cause of the Sepoys, since they were strong upon his borders. By his doing this, mark you, Sahib, his property • becomes the dee of those who have been true to their salt. "'This pretended merchant, who travels under the name of Achmet, is now in the city ef Agra, and desires to gain his way into the fort. Be has with htm as travel- ling -companion, my foster. brother, Dos bAk bar, who knows his secret. Dom; Akbar has promised thie night to lead hini to a side -postern of the fort, and bas chosen this one for his purpose. Here he will come presently, and here he will find Mahotnet Singh and myself awaiting hien. The place is lonely, and none shall know of his com- ing. Theevorld shall know of the merchent Achtnet no more, but the great treasure of the rajah shall be divided among us. What, sa7 you to it, Sahib?' In Worcestershire the life of a meat seems a great and a sacred thing; bite it is very different when there is fire and blood all round you and you have been used to meeting •death ab every .turn. Whether Achmet the merchant lived or died was a thing' as light as air to me, but ab the talk about the treasure my heart turned it, and I thought of what I might de in the old country with it, and how my folk would stare. elen they saw their ne'er-do-weel coming ba,elt with his pockets full of gold maiden's. I had, therefore; already made Children Cry for Pitcher's Castori4 upmy miud, Abdulleh Khan, however, thinking that 1 hesiteted, pressed the mat. ter more closely. " Sahib,' seed he, 'that if this men is taken by the commandant he will he hong or shot, and his jewels taker' by the goverument, so that no men will be a repo the better for them. Now, since we clothe taking of him, whysbould we not do Abe rest as well? The jewels will be as well with us as in the Company's coffers. There will be enough to make every oao of us rich men and great chiefs, No one can know a,bout the matter, for here we are out off from all men. What could be better for the purpose? Sae, again, then, Sahib, whether yoa are with us, or if we must look upon you as an enemy.' " am with you bort aud scud I. is well,' he answered, heading me back my relook. 'You see that we trust you, for your word,like owe, is not to be broken. We have now ouly to wait for my brother and the merchant.' 'Does your brother know,then, of what you will do?' I asked, 'The plan is his. He lias devised it. We will go to the gM.e. and share the watch with Mehemet Singh.' "The rain was still falling steadily, for it was just the beginning of the wet season, Brown, heavy clouds were drifting across the sky, cud it was hard to see more than it stone -cast. A deep meet lay in front of our door, bub the water was in, places nearly (hied up, and it coital easily be crossed. It was strange to me to be standing there wieh those two wild. Puneattbees waiting for the MAU who was coming to ids death. 'Suddenly my eye cenght the glint of a shaded lantern at, the other side of the moat. It vanished among theinouncl-heep 3, and tlant'dioa. tihreella appear cl again coining slowly tis " Here tbey are e I exclaimed. Yon will challenge him, Sahib, as usual,' whispered. Abdullah. Give him 510 cense for fear. Send us in with him, and we eitall do the rest while you stay here on guard. Have the lantern ready to uncover, may be sure that le is indeed the • "The light heel llieltered onwards, now stopping: and now advancing, until 1 cooed see two dark figures upon the other side of the moat. I let them scramble down the sloping bank, splash through the mire, and tliatengbeaddthem, up to the gate, before I el " ' Who goes there?' said I, Ina subdued voice. Frieudse came the answer. I anew - erect my lentern aed threw a flood of light upon them. The first Was an enormaue Sikh, with a blank beard which swept nearly flown to his cummerbund. Outside of a show I have never seen DO tall it man. The other was a little, fat, round fellow, with a great yellow turban, and, it lmuille in hie hand, done up in a thew!. He seemed to be all in a quiver with fear, for his hands twitched DI if he liaa the ague, and Isis head kept turning to left and right with two bright little tsvinkting eyes. like a mouse whoa he votituree one from hie bole. It gave nte the chills to think of killing him, but 1 thought of the treasure, ;ma Iny heart set as hard as a flint within me. W hen he sew my white faee he gave a little chirrilP of jay and came running up towards me. " Your protection, Sellibe lie pulite& your proteution for the unheppy mere ehant Aelunet. 1 have travelled across Iteepootana that I tnightseek the shelter of the fort at Agra. I have been robbei and beaten and abused because I have been the friend of the Company. It is a ble.sseti night this when I am once rnore in sa,foty -1 and my poor teoesessionai ' 'Wm= have you in the bundle le I ask- ed. "'An iron box,' he auswered, 'which con - teens one or two little family mattere which are of no value to others,but which 'should be sorry to lase. Yet I am not it beggar ; and I shall reward you, young field°, and your governor also, Him will give me the shelter I ask.' "I coulii not trust myself to speak longer with the men. The more I looked. at his fat, frightened face, the harder did ib seam that we should slay him in cold blood. It, was best to gob it ever, "'Take hurt to the main guard,' said I, The two Sikhs closed in upon him on each side, and the giant walked beaind, while they marched in through the flare gate -way, Never was a. man so compassed round with death. I remained at tho gate -way With the "1 coutd hear the measured tramp of their footeteps sounding through thelonely corridors. Suddeuly it, ceased, and I heard voices, and a souffle, with the sound of blows. A moment later there came, to my horror, a rush of footstepe coming, in my direction, with the loud breathiug of it run- ning mem I turned my lantern down the long streight paesage, and there tvas thefat man, running like the wind, with a smear of blood across bis face, and dose at Ins heels, bottuding like a tiger,the great black - bearded Sikh, with a knife fleshing in his hand. I have never seen a man run so fast as that little merchant. Ho was gaining on the Sikh, and I could see that if he once passed me aud got to the open air he would save himself yeL iMy heart softened to him but again the thought of his treasure turn- ed me hard and bitter. least my firelock between his legs tie he raced past, and he rolled twice over liked a shot rabbit, Ere Iso could sta,gger to his feet the Sikh was upon him, and buried his knife twice in his side. The man never uttered moan nor moved muscle, but lay where he had Men. I think myself that he may have broken his melt with the fall. You see, gentle. 05014, that I am keeping my promise. I am selling you every word of the business just exactly as it happened, whether it is in my favoreor Ht enpopt e. and held out his manacled hands for the whisky -and -water which Holmes had brewed for him. For myself, I oonfess that I had now conceived the ut- most horror of the man, not only for this cold-bIoodea business in which he had been concerned, but even more for the somewbat flippent aud careless way in which he nar- rated it, Whatever punishment was in store for him, I felt that he mighb expeet no sympathy from me. Sherlock Holmes and Jones sat with their halide upon their knees, deeply interested in the story, but withahe same disgust written upon their faces. He may have observehdiavfoOredthaeure 1101,3 1/ touch - of defiance in isle manner as he proceeded, "15 svas &II very bad, no doubt," said he. "1 should like to know how many fellows in my shoes would ha,ve refused a share of this loot when they knew that they would have their throats cut for their pains. Be. sides, ib was my life or his when once he was in the fort. If he had got out, the whole busieess would emne to lighb, and I should have been court-martialled and shot 'as likely as not ; for people were not very len,!eGnte aotn awi timethyloi uk re sbthtoary. said Rolmee, shortly. . " we oarried him in, Abdullah, Akbar, and I, Ain° weight he was, too, IncOiTontted 4887,vit1i {lash Caght al 1,000 Et 1.10.16, 8 '611§2. 41AIAPATAAAPASI AND APPLIANCE CO. 49 KENO ST. W., TORONTO, ONT. G. a.PATTEP.SON, Mgr. for Cateede. • Electricity, as applied by tbe Owen Electric 13elt, M no* recognized AS tbe greatest boon offered to seirering huntainty, It is fast takluir1)10 place of drugs in all nervous tuul rheumatio troubles, Imo will effect cures in seezeinaly hopeless eases wl ere every other known means has failed. It le nature's remedy:and by its, steady, soothing (current that is readily felt, • 4 POSITIVELY CURES RSexual Weairatess,• eeirtitiscnuam' , Female Complaintal General Debility, KInittynoteTtivis. 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Ira poteney, Lost Id aonfholortdi,itliri'leetli.3itt yeutroo.: that tho old modes There is a loss of nerve force or power that eannot be restortel by eminent treatment, and may doctor wen would try to accomplish this by any hind of 41rugs15 practising a ilanteirotia form of (Marl/mune= Properly treated TUB DISEASES CAN BE CURED Electricity, as applied be -Om Owen Electric' Belt and tiuspecsory, will most assuredly do so. 35 12 the only known remedial agent that will supply what is lacking, namely, nerve force or power, impart tone and vigor to tho deaaes and arouse to timidly witiou the W11010 TleTVOUS system. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS ,Aud the worth:laze, clime?, so-called Electric Belts advertiser! by some eoliceree and Peddled , through the country. They ant eleettic in ; item only, worthless as it curative power, and dear at any prate. 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Some very interestat particulars re speoting the home industries et Egypt are given ma recent report witieh the A,ustrian, Consul at Cairo mado to hie government. 'The greater part of the goods manufactur. ed find it sale principally among tourists anti foreigners visiting the country. Speak- ing generally, the Egyptian industries ot to -day may be divided into threegroups The 101000 00 "house" industry,agricultare, and the factory industry. Of the/fret group; one of the oldest is the ceramic industry, which is carried on in pottery works on tht river sides in Cairo, Alexandria, and Ros- etta. The chief artieles of this class pro. clued are tbe porous bottle-sbaped vessels and bulging refrigerators known by the name of Alkaraza, as well as filters knowa as Sir, the latter chiefly made at Kenehi The finer classes of goods, such as ornamen- tal vases, lamps, and ornamental arta eles generally, come from Aeleiont and Up. der Egypt. Cairo is the chief center of the metal in- dustry. Articles of gold and silver are manufactured in small quantities indeed and chiefly for the peasant population and tourists. They mostly consist of massive silver rings for decorating the arms and ankles, Twisted bands, chains, and filigree work of fine gold and sliver. There are several lapitliones in Cairo and Alexandria, cbiefly engaged in crating turquoisea. The wood industry, besides employing a largo number of joiners engaged in.produe- ing ordinary European furniture, Includes also some establishments in Cairo and Alex- andria-, where art furniture in tee Arabian style is turned out. This mainly consists in wall screens, presses, tars, fauteuils, small tables, so-called Koge stands, mirror awl picture frames, pier tables, ete., gen- erally inlaid with mother-oapearl, Irene, or metal. The principal purchasers of these articles, too, are foreigners, either added in or journeying through the conntry. Assi- ont doee an expert trade in articles of ebony of finer wor kmanship inlaid with ivory. It Ras Come to This. The women wear suspenders, And are fond of men's cra.vate; They also wear their blazers And their nobby little hats, fheir gloves are very mannish, And they wear their hair out shoot; They are up in all the taxing slang, And hate -ball is their forte, And things are so reversed that men In courting will not speak Until they ascertain how much A wife can earn a week. Tooled too Often. Robinson (very late at nightl--Hello, Brown, aren't you late? Brown—Yes, I've been working (vex no books at the office and rel afraid to mad mywife, , Don't Mrs. Brown like to have you work at the office so late ?" "She doesn't mind that, Lot MI wear* believe I ve been theeta"