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Pr«*f«rence» iiml TrciuDrM. I'd rMhor drink cold w&t* r from Ihebrouk Thau 'lUftli uxcitoiui lit from a Kolden ohfclicc. I'9„fatt'*;'' h1»*«p ..n Htraw lu the Hhopherdi hut stU-ns III a palate. Thau ho awaku a-ul rr I*a rtthor earn dry bread In Insty lioalth. Audeat It wii() ft r .-r.s.- .,f who].§<»riio iileafluru. Thau foed \MtiiOUl luv /-jhi of at'poTim U17 (;'>rReoos plate *mld anavailiag trMaur(^ Id rathiif hftte <>&« true, tmUiling friend, rjiari nfty para^iilo^ i j trtivt mv bounty, And ouo poor !»•« who lovpd mo for luyaelf Thau our wi'.lii-u: a ht urt who uwuod a ctniuly. Nfttore U kiud if uur det-irri ar« I'uro, Aud t> trews rich hlesMint^Hi vt-rywlmrr around us While Koriuuu, if we |"i: : uj Ju-r pursuil. TcK) oft«n KranlB horfu; .rs tj coufouiid us. Vrofih bir aud tiuu^hi: lovo. These an- cudowiii thoiu i The wiw) uiaun troar-irti, t;uid. And ti'U*- h'U Ii. <1- it;id v.i theui. • vera and health and if Wf loarn to priz* h<-ticr worth than ui'-a ilcspirff tih* (Mil r«Hiii. (Ity lt«v. Jfinit â- Â» Ot l.j bcynrjur . Who waked ih« t<'i,rf . t ;..ddy inirib, Tn liiaiiv a witktjd puu y.:vvi i-irth 'MoI;^• all till- datjih'.rf-* k f tJai . arth '.' The i.i'l. Old ijitiid \V'h3 wo:iJd uot vvr 1 for '..ko of gold '' Who would U"t i-arttr 1'A.- lu.tijld For M-lf or all I uld ^>â- :t uulnld "' 1 Ue yirr. uM Uiaid, Who would Uftt cast ht rscif auav Ou woi thienB mtiti. what* or iijf*y say V i'erl<'r fur «• t-r old mairl t j btay ' Thi- wit' old uiftid. Wild woariiiK fac*;. if wnrn. â- . L*t meek '.* Wi.'> ^earchi-.i roiiiiU thr '^ad in M-i-k .' Who hflpd the I'oor, Witt. i>arduwod cheek Thf kiti-l .,\ i maid. WhoM heart has tender I 'vo f'>r all '' Who huK8 thu(dn]dreu v,i.t n ihey fall '.' lUr fe« *. run hwift at ev» ry call ' â- J he litur old maid. Who BcrvtB the Lord with earucst love ' Who waits III (aitb fur joys above '.' Uor hff B iMMiedicliMO provch ? 'J he iv'-vd old maid. I>U«iicbaiitiueut. Twai loD^ iiijo in hitin^MDck days^ How very \-'t.^ it nf m-.â€" Thdt douu liiH u iT,diU({ conutry wajM Iw^mdc the hiii^int; ^trrauw 1 went III Bcarch of dreams ! O: :â-  dr' nil I ff'Uiid as tht re I Bta>ed, .\ ptrfuit V i*-iou. io<. ' A m«>rry n. i-liu kirtlfl iiiat<l. Wt.. Be .->.'» W.T.- (:»rid.ullMue. A mu^it eiiljirailifu; h jo I (She 'inil. -i I emiU-d Ah I who can tell What vc) iiuii'i* tljcrt* v.tTi' Haid, AlihniiKh w.' Mpukt! ui> syliahie '/ 'I h" fl(iv«-r l»Uic>iui» v« r»t red ; There wua no cluud o urhead. i leane'l. Hue lifti><l i.p her face â€" What ruhy lipn i-lje hid t Hliiia for (t[i« litih iii'.ujent'H Hpacoâ€" Aud then nht' i-ried " I'Oere a dad ' Ob, wa->u't it luo had ' THE OEDEAL. Tiny Clurciiâ„¢ usl in liir pretty little par- lor ag a bright, tropicnl hirJ baUntea itself on the uwajiiit; boii^jha of a palm irei-, for tho carpel w»- jf (ireun and tho window draperii^a won- uvii, and the walls were just tinted of 1 .1 deli( »te eoa «reen that shiDCB traiialri . iitly tliroii({h tho rolling billowH of the dii'p , and uliu heruelf, curi- ously carryiiiK out Ihi unity of thinya, wore a dress of soft urten cashmere, willi lilver lilies in her liair. Her real name was Flora, but [loopln called her Tiny , it waa a pet name bhe had ever since she could remember perhaps bocaiiaoshe wan amall and dimpled and fairy like, an I had a faahion of noBtlin({ down on low ottoniana iind little footatools instead of perching heruelf on biy, atill chairs, like full ei/n mortalu. Slie was very fair. \uth a transparent skiu, tluahcd with pale rose, and hair like llosa silk, where thi- burnished shadows came arid went in Koldun glimmers, while her blue eyes were full of sweet, wistful eipreaaions a human lily of the valley, in short. At Icaril 80 Krnest Kart^ent thonnht, as ho sat lookini; at her, with his heart in his eyes. " You will not tjivo mo the answer, ihon, which is to seal my fate V" •â-  Not this niorninfj, Jlr. .Sar({ent." " Why not ? I have urcly the rij^hl to ask the â- meatijn." ' 1 am not allo^;ether certain that 1 have made up my mind. Mr. Kar^ent." Krnest u e>eB brightened. " You will (jivo me tho bonoflt of the doubt, then V" " I can't ttdl you juat yet ; 1 don't know myself. Cannot miu TOmpreliond, Mr. Harnent." alio added, with a audden epark of impatience in her Bdfl eye, "that Ihis matter of murri»i<n i,\ with ua women, Homcthinj! niore impoiiant than the seleo- tion of a favorite aliade in flilkn or tho color of the aprin>; iiblion '/" " 1 stand rebuked," he aaid, riainj^ and bowing Honiewhat ceremonioualy. " To- morrow morning, then, I am to call and (jet my anawer." " Ves, to-morrow morninij, if you like." Ko KmL-t liari^ent bent hia head over Tiny (JIarence'a little roao leaf of a hand and went hia way. " Well, my dear, " naid Mrs. (Jlaronce, as Tiny camu elowly up^iiaira. twiatin)^ the UTi-iin laaaeld that liunK from her waiat, " what have you decided V" . " I have dociili'd upon notiinj; at all aa yet. mamma." " Don't you like iMr. Kar^ent ?" " Yes." aiiawered I'lny, afttr a m.imont or two of ni-ave coudideration ; " 1 hupposo I do." " ll-> is very rich, and. your father aaya, in a lMifini!.'H whoau pn lila are continually increttKint.'. ^ jii would he .voalthy, my child." " la wealth tlio limt object in life, mamma ? ' " No, but it ia more or li'sa important ; and then ,Mr. Har,^int la very haiidaome." " 1 know it, manimii, ' And then Tiny ('lar^mco wont further still upstairs to the r<>om where lirid^et was Hwccpinj; imd dujtui^;, in a fren/y of onorxy. ' Hrid»{et," bIh' nniil. " will you lend mo your brown â-  loin eloak this afternoon and tho black ailk bonnet .' I want tu wear them." " la it fun je'ro makim,' of a poor fjirl, Miss Tiny.' Hure, jou wouldn't even yourself lo tliu likes o' thetn. Ami you, wid all the linn clothes a qnoen would wear !" " l!nt I Bm in earnest, Drid^jet. I am goin){ to ueo a poor woman who Uvea in a tenement houaa down town, and I would rather dress so as to attract no particular attention.'' hridi^et still stared, but abo made no further oppoaition. " I can'i uudcratmd at all, at ail, so I can't," she said, sbakint; her frenzied head as she carried the aforeaaid garments into Tiny's room. " Sore, miss, it's like dresain' the i|ueen of the fairies up in a cabbai^e leal. Your bonny face is lost entirely in the old bonnet, let alone the cloak covers you from bead to foot, entirely." " Never mind that, Bridget. Now lend me the veil. There ; that will do." Tiny Clarence felt curiously unlike the aristocratic little ijaee'i of fashion that she was as ahe rode down town in the extreme corner of a Second avenue car, ami ali^jhted at Icni>tb at a cross atreot, whose narrow- purlieus and Bwarrain;; rows of tenement houses on either side betoken it the residing place of tho poor. Turnini; neiilier to the rijjht hand nor to the Ufi, Tiny Clarence kept on her way, until at length sho entered a dwelling some- where ia tho middle of the block, and a.s cended the lonij lli^jhtof carpeted wooden utaire. which was com mon property to all the inhabitants. I'auainn at a dooi on the fourth story, she knocked softly. " (^ome in,' was the reply, and openip;^ tho door liny Clarence enterei. It waa a small rojm, comi>aratively bare of furniture, but vtry neat. A little bed occupied the farther corner of the room, and the emalleat iiosaiblo remnant of a tire smoldered in the tidy (,'rate, while one or two (rhairs und a pine table constituted all tho rest of the onltittint;a. Close to tho window a younu woman sat Eewin^, while a crippled child played on the tloor at her feet. Bhe arose as Tiny entered. " Is it you. Miss Clarence?" she said, her pale face momentarily dyed with a deep lintjo of color, aa she courtesied a timid welcome. " Thia ia bu*, a poor place for you to come. " "Miss Clarence!' repeated onr little heroine, reproachfully. " i'ou used to call mo Tiny when we were school jiirls to nether, Helen !" "But there is such a gulf between as now I" "Because you are poor and I am rich ? becatiao >ou lire a forsaken widow and lam still the favored child cf fortune? Uelen, yon jud^jo mo unjustly I" Helen fitarr'a eyes tilled with tears. 'â-  Dear Tiny, 1 will never do so again." the establishment. We can get plenty of hands who won't tell lies." Helen Blarr grew crimson and then pale, but know iD(4 her own utter belplessness in the hands of this liuman vampire, she was about to take the miaenble sum tendered her and paaa on her way when a low, soft voice at her side detained her. " Heloa, Slop an instant. Mr. Sargent," aud turning back the long black veil which had hitherto canoealod her faoe. Tiny Clarence looked calmly into the rich bully's eyes, "I am sure that my friend, Mrs.Btarr, spaaks only the trath. You lose all claim to the name of (gentleman when you allow yourself to apeak thus insolently to aught bearing the atuxp and image of retinod womanhood." " Miss Clarence, he stammered, overcome with confusion, "there is some mistake bera. I " ^ " There ia no mistake," she answered, calmly cont';raptaous. "I have baen near making one that might have lasted a life- time, bat niy cjes are fortunately opened. Pay Mrs. Htarr the money rigbily dua her, and let ua leave this den of money making iniquity." Mr. Bar^ont paid Mrs. Starr the *1 with andisgnised nwkwardneai, and strove to detain Tiny ai ahe turned away. "Miss Clarence," he faltered, "will you allow me to e.tplaiu " "No, Mr. Sargent, " sheansweredhaujfa- tily, " I will u^v .1 allow yoa to speik to me again." She kept her word. Ernest Sargent s nature had been tried in the balance of bor womanly discrimination, and found wanting. Tiny Claronoa was heart whole still. â€" I'liicti'j'i Ih'fninj Jourivd. A. Flail Hospital. A hospital for f'uh 1 This is the oddest thing heard of for a very long time, bat it cxistH, and an iohtbyologiat, who knows all about it, sends particulars. Hospitals are springing up in all parts of the king- dom for the benetit of domesticated ani- mals. The horsj, the dog, the cat and winged creatures are cared for. and now a hospital for liah has been opened at the Midland Counties Fiah Cnltnre establish ment at Malvern Wells. All fish are liable to expedemic, endemic and fungoid dis- eases, together with other maladies which may be due to natural or accidental causes, and thcho suffering from any of these affections are removed from their habitats at the establishments and placed in the hospitals, where tbey are carefully attended •' I have brought you some more sewing,"/, to. Tho home of rest, or tinny hospital, id Tiny carelessly, as ahe eat down by consists of ponds, constructed in such a way that the patients may be readily H3ratinized and doctored. A hospital without surgical aid would be lacking in an essential, and, therefore, the art of tlsh- healing haa been carefully studied by the founder and proprietor of tho hospital, who has invented aud manufactnred special medicine solutions for application to tishea of different species, according to the nature of their Bufferings. â€" L"/iJo/i Spnrdtt'i iftfJ- by tho sid'j of her sadly changed school mate. " By tho way, Helen, do you atill sew for Sargpr.t * Copley .'" Ve.i. 1 am going there this afternoon to return some work and try to get a little more." " Are you ' " Tiny Btrovo to speak unconscioosly, althoutjh the deep crimson Hashed her nock and brow. " Would you object to mygoing with you? I 1 have a great curioshy to see the inner CURRENT TOPICS. At last a man has gono on record as generous enough to b:ijaoath his fortune to his widow on condition that she marries again, instead of depriving her of it if she {.ursuoB that course. Xbe pity of it is that the man ia dead. I.N accordance with custom, the Court Jiiurniil of London, in announcing the com- pletion of Qaeen Victoria's 7U(b year, gives the ages of her royal contemporaries aa foltowH : King of the Netherlands, 72; King of Denmark, 71 ; King of Wurlem burg, 00 ; Kmperorof Brazil, Oi; King of Saxony, 01 ; King of Sweden aud Norway, 00 ; Emperor of Austria, 5s ; King of the Belgians, 61 ; King of Portugal, 60 ; King of Uoumania, 50 ; .Saltan of Turkey, I'i ; Km^ of Italy, 46 ; Kmperorof Kussia. -IJ; King of the Hellenes, '13 ; King of Bavaria, U ; King of Siam, 35 ; German Emperor, .iO , Emperor of China, 17 ; Iving of iSjrvia, 1-'; and the King of Spain, :i. It ia not often society finds itself ia a shower of psarls, bat it happened last week at a vary smart ball in London. The Countess of Dudley broke a string' of her famous necklace, causing for the moment a profoand sensation in the crowded room, as the pearls llaw in every direction, and were in imminent danger of being smashed or forever lost. Evid'-'otly Lady Dudley, boaatiful as she is, antagonizes the family jewels. Not so many years ago the whole world was in arms bscauae a casket tilled with the almost priceless Dudley diamonds had been stolen in transitu from London to the earl's country seat. Nothing hau ever been heard from the gems. Where they went to or who benefited by their pos sesaion remains a secret to this day, although an enormous reward was ottered at the lime for their recovery. The sense of Ibis loss mast have been keen in the minda of the tilled company when it went down on all fours to search for the fleeing pearls, pearls said to be ijizH and color to no others in workings of one of those great manufactur- ini; es'.abliiiliraents," " I shall be glad of your company." " Do they pay you well '/" went on Tiny, alfuctiiig to bu deeply interested in removing a Bpec:k cl mud from tho liom of Bridget's brown cloth cloak. Mrs. Starr shook her head aadly. 'â-  Starvation prices. Tiny, and Mr. Sar- gent haa juat cut iluwn the wages one- quarter, ilu says times are hard and he cannot meet expenBes." " Yd ho liiivea the handsomest horses in New York and lives in a brown stone palace." observcil Tiny. " I know it, but aiich is the universal justice between employer and employed. Wu are powerless an I they know it, these grinding rich pi^ople. She waa folding up tho bundle of neatly sown ehirls as she apoko and putting ou her own worn and shabby outer garments. â-  You will 1)3 food and quiet, Charlie, and not go ntb.r I ho (ire until mamma retiirna V" ahe iilded, pausing on the threshold. " Yes, mamma," the child answered, with docile ineekueEK. Ho was aciuistomod to being left alone, poor little follow, and then Helen and Tiny set forth togtithor on an errand entirely novel to tho latter. It was " pay day " at the establishment of Sargent .V Copley, and a long string of worn looking women, eomo youngand Bomo old, but all pale and pincbod, like plants that had grown in the shade, were waiting their turn for the misarable remuneration due them. Mr. (;o|iley, a fat, oily looking man, with a white neckcloth and beaming spectacles. Blood bohln.l a ponderous ledger, a day- book and Mr. Sargent, with an expression of face very different from what he had that niorning worn in Tiny Clarence's boudoir, leaned against the edge of tho desk and took in the work, examining and com menting as he did so. I'or Mr. Hargenl clinao himself to super- intenrl thi.-4 portion i f his businefs. Nor waa tho tongue of alander behindhand in proilaiiniiig that ho contrived to make inoney out of this poraonal BUiicrviaion. "Clara Coyt! ' ho callnd out, sharply, as a pale, freckled young girl nearod him ; " how much duo Clara Coyt? Ton dollars and aeventy cents. Take off Sl-work groaaed from aowing machine." " liut, sir," began tho girl. " Nine aoventv hero you are! Tass on, Clara ( oyt I Now, then, Mary Maoalister -behind two days. I'lne Mary Maoalister 50 cental' Ho ho wont on, iinicktodetoct or imagine faiiltfl, vigorouH to puiiiah, merciless lo p.xaot lines, until acaniely one of tho wait- ing throng received Iho amount of money fairly duo her. When Helen Starr's name was called she advanced tiniiilly, with her brown clad companion at her aiile. ' Helen Slarr ! " aharply enunciated Mr. Sargent, i, !rutini/.ing her roll of work. " Eoiir dollara deduct 10 cents! " "On what aocount, sir? " faltered Mrs. Starr. " Work soiled in making np- paas on ! " " Yon aro mistaken, Mr. Sargont, indeed," pleaded Helen Starr ; "tho stains wore in tho linen when it was given out to me. It ia not iu the least soiled in my hands." " 1 can't stop to argue matters with inso- lent sewing women in my employ ! " snarled Krnest Sargent. " Take your S.'I.OO, Mrs t<Htl«rHeturr All Around. " 1 don't want to break the law," he said, as he stood in the presence of Capt. Stark- weather at Police Headquarters the other day. " You are very kind." replied the Captain. " What is your case .'" " My wife haa skipped. ' " Indeed." 'â-  Yes, skipped out two days ago. As I said, 1 don't want to break the law. \Vhat is the cast imary rule in such cases?" " Let hor tkip." " I am uot expected to pursue her and shoot somebody ?" "No." "Thanks. She has skipped. Let her skip. If she returns 1 overlook and forgive. If she does not I marry tho hired girl. Perfectly sati.sfactory, sir, all around, and 1 thank you for your kindness."â€" i'f (roil Free Preti. I w A nad (liiieii. " I've been a superstishua wuman a' ma life ; aye carefu' no' to spill the saat, nor wilk under lailders, an' wud never sit doon thirtteii at a denner-tableâ€" eapeashully when there was only denner for twal'. Ay, I'm a lirm believer in the supernaturalâ€" an' no' withoot gnid reason. 1 rain' \ince o' hearin' that if ye h'ard a doug barkin'at nicht tune it was a verra bad omen indeed, an' a shair sign that somebody waa gaun to de. Woel, yae nicht, some years syne noo, 1 wai gaun to bed, an' was just on the point o' dosin' ma een, when suddenly I h'ard a doiig howlin', an' I made shair that some puir buddy was broathiu' their last : an' Bae help ma guidness, within a fort nicht efter 1 happened to tak' up a news- paper and I fund that >i mun had druiipit dtii:ii deed near ililvij'ivie. Krerain' thai I've been terrible auperstishaa." Tliey Want Uoney. The call from Johnstown for money in stead of »;ocils is a reasonable one. Nobody at a distance can tell what the dostiluto |wople most need, and many of the goods contributed are, as might have been o.x- pected, unavailable. With money all wants can be supplied. The largo relief funds oontribnied iu New York, Philadelphia, and Bonio other places liavo in largo part been holdback â€" and wisely so, no doubt - but now the time hss come when the money is needed, and there should be no delay in sending it forward. Tho appeal which tho Kelief Committee on the ground make for immediate assiatanoo ia un anawerablo and irresistible. countess second in Europe. Befouk the Koyal Commission ou English Elementary Kdacslion, Mr. J. C Filch teatilieil what ho siw done by a class of children 10 years of age in a school in BrujBola. Around the room waa a continu- ous blackboard and at its base a abelf. Both were marked oif iu sections, and on each shelf were crayons, compasses, clay, a wooden instrument for inanipalating the clay and a graduated metrical rule. A child stood at each section, and the mastor standing iu the middle of the room said : " Draw a horizontal line tive ccntimetura long. Now draw a line three centimeters long at an angle of 46 degrees to the first." Thus continuing by a series of direct:ous each completea a geometrical pattern. "Now," he said, " take clay and fasten it to the border of the pattern. " That made an ornamental framework. Tfaereaftor the pupils continued to add pieces of clay, making adilitional lines, dots etc . after their own ideas or inventions, until at tho end of the lodson each had a differeut design before him. Mr. Eitch says the leaaon tbroaghoat was an exercise not in hand-work only, but in intelligence, in measurement, iu taste and in inventiveness TiiEUK appears to prevail among the laity a belief that the cure ot cancer is seldom effected by the use of the knife, and that, when it is used, the disease is quite certain lo reappear. At the recent congress of Uerman surgeons a nimber ot them told of the after results of operations for the re nioval of cancers from the tongue ami throat. In one instance the whole touguu was removed from a patieut 'JO years ago, and tho cancer never returned. Auother patient tirst had the left aide of his tongue removed, and as the disease reappeared, ho was again operated upon aud the other side taken out. That waa between f.\e anil ai.\ years ago, and yet siiioe that lime ho baa remained perfectly well. Prof. Kuater, uf Berlin, presented a case of carcinoma of the tongue upon which he operated 10 years ago, aud which haa not returned since. Prof. Von Itergmann e.\hibited two patients ; one was a case operated upon two years previously, and the other fonr years before ; the diaeasa had not returned. As for carcinoma of the throat, several patients wore presented who had had the entire larynx removed, aud now, aeveral yeara after the operation, there had been no signs of a recurrenoe of the disease. Prof. Win. K. Thompson, .M.D., of the University of the City of Now York, B»\a that moro adults aro carried off in this country b\ chronic kidne\ diaoase than b> any other one malady, except oonsnmiition, and yet many people look upon a Bli^;ht kidney dil'liculty aa of little conseiiuenoe. Others take Warner's HafeCure anil remove any possible danger. When kidney disease beeomoa chronic, or Itright's Disease, it becomes a very eerious matter. A llo|t«li-ftH TllHk. Husband (100 years hence, when women rule) My dear, 1 expect ti^ go to town to day. If you could spare mo a little caahâ€" Wife (from bed)â€" Certainly, darling. You will find some loose ohanga iu my pooket. The belt remains with Chicago for ttrst- class mnrderers, discovered and nndisoov- Btarr, without any more words, or leave fored. It is a po'aseSsion no one envies. Maxima for Ueiitory. Htilts are no better in conversation than in a foot race. Polly must hold its tongue while wearing the wig of wisdom. It is the foolish aim of the atheist to s3a\i infinitude with a miuroacopo. When poverty comes in at the cottago door, true love goes at it with an a.\e. A vein of humor should be made visiblo without tho help of a redaction mill. .Ml tho paths ot life lead to the grave, and tho utmost that we can do is to avoid the short cuts. The olVioe should seek the man, but it should inspect him thoroughly before taking him. The reformer beconioa a fanatic when lio begins to use his emotions as a aubstituta for hia reasoning faoulty. Many an object in life must bo attained by tlank movoraenta ; it is the zigzag road that leads to tho mountain top. The Good Samaritan helps tho unforlu nate wayfarer without asking how he in- tonda to vote. WAYS OF A Wl/ABD. Olorloas Vlxloas of Gold and Bills .llalk Into Thinnest Air. Herrmann, the magician, is his own best adveitiaer. Be declares himaelf that if ha waa able to mix in with the public enough he would need no advance man or preca agent. Wherever he doea go lie always makea his presence felt, and almost every one of the people who witness hia marvel- lous little sleight-cf hand tricks is anxioaa to go to the theatre and sec more of him. The other afternoon he dropped in with â-  friond at a popular down-town resort, and waa introduced to a couple ot gentlemen at the bar. The ma^^ician'-i Mephistophelean lace marks him everywhere and his two new ttcqaaintances knew at once who he was, and regarded him wonderingly. Pretty aoon Herrmann said: " Excuse me, sir," to one of the gentleman, aud, taking hia hat from his head allowed a huge roll of bill.i to drop on tha bar. • It is very careless of you tn carry that amount o( money there, my friend, ' sail tho wizard, and as the gentleman reached for the roll Herrmann threw it up into the air and it disappeared. After the gentleman had b>en laughed at and had done the proper thiii^ tha wizard turned o the second genileman and said : My dear sir, yoa ahoald li^ht your ci^ar properly. The one you are smoking ia burning up oae side. Allow me," and gently removing tho cigar from the gentle- man a mouth, Herrmann deftly slipped a freah cigar from ita wrapper, returned tha burning cigar, and then proceeded to light the fresh cigar as a cigar should be lighted. Both men now regarded the magician with amazement and some degree of saspicion. They closely eyed hia every movo. When he casually pulled out hia wat^h to note the time they thoaght he would bring k rabbit or an egg along with it. I'pon tha little finger of hi^ right hand Herrmann wears two beautiful rings. In the upper cue is Sit a rare brown diamond between two white gems of purest ray serene. To show the lirst of hia new friends thali there was no hard feeling existing between them, the wizard agreed lo loan him thia ring. ' Hold out your Uuger. " he said, and the gentleman willingly did ao. Ba thought surely that he waa wearing tha ring, when Herrtnann exhibited it in ita proper place on hia own hnger. The gentle- man was dumfoanued. Then U>>rrmaiin took cit the ring and said : " You see I drop it in my sleeve," which he apparently did. Then he stroked hia long imperial with hia left hand, and there the ring glistened from bis little linger. The man to whom it wfta to be loaned rubbed his eyes, looked da^ed and told the man behind tho white apron to make it the same as before. A gentle- man in the party started to roll a cigarette, and Herrmann begged a paper. The littla book was handed him and he tore out • leaf. " Now, wat:h me carefully." he said, and every eye was on him as he crusbed up the delicate tice paper into • pellet, aud then began to pick it to bits. Une piece esca^td him, but he caught it before it reached the tloor and rolled it ap with the other fragments. Handing the pellet to one of the gentleman, he asked him to carefully unroll it. Thia was done, and a whole and perfect cigarette paper was revealed, greatly to the astoiiiahment of those who had seen him tear it to bits. Taking a curious gold coin from his po::ket, he asked the man next him to examine it. The man took it aud looked at itâ€" it waa an ordinary silver dollar. He looked sheep- ish and passed it backâ€" the gold coin was in the palm of the wi.'.ard's hand.â€" CAicdi/u Herald. Harryluf; a Yuuni; lilrl. In the 8t. Mary's Established Cluiroh, Dumfries, on the Uth inst., au old man ot 71 and a girl 17 were married in tho pre sence of an amased assembly. The bride- groom is stated to be a land agent in New- castle, a widower, with a grown up family, ono of whom ia a clergyman. The bride being a minor, aud the parents having re- fused thiir consent, the pair conio to Dumfries tive weeks ago to fultll the re<iaisite condition of a tilteen days' resi- dtnce in Sootlatul with a view lo a Scotch marriage. The oiViciating clergy was the Itev. A. Chapman, who produced a emile by giving out the 07th Paalm at the close ot the ceremony, " Lord bless aud pity us," which tho congregation joined iu Stiiging. Ou leaving the church the bridegroom waa cheered and biased. â€" Hie Scottiih AtneTican. W«>rtll Hellieliiberlllic. Many who drive do not underatand that tho law gives the right of way to the pedis- trian. .\ man or woiniiii crossing the street at a regular crossing is not obliged to look out for the person who is driving tho tuain, but the person who ia driving is to take care not to jostle or incommode a person walking. This is law and common courtesy as woll. How frequently do we SCO teania drawn np at a oroaaing aud pedestrians made to pass around them. A TIrod Skeletiiii. Living Skeleton (ouly one in America, at dime museum) â€" These folks make me tiled. Hympathetio Visitor â€" In what way? " Here 1 am earning 5500 a week aa tho greatest living skeleton, yet hcnr after hoar, day in an' day out, one old woman after another stops an' ohins aud ohina at me about the things 1 ought to eat to get tat." A Fleee ot iiootl Luck. Country Editor's Wife â€" How happy yon seem to- night, Edward. Have you had any good luck to-day ? Country Editor Well, I should say I had. You can have that ailk dress now. ' What has happened ?" " I'aruier Hendricks, who hasn t paid for his paper for seven years, came in to- day and Btopped his suljscription." â€" Even- iuij \V iscontiii. Suiiietliliig t«i Tlilok Ab4mt. " No, Mr. Meredith, you must pnt away thia madneaa. 1 can never, never he yours; there ia an insurmountable obstacle." " Do not say so ! Tell me what tliia in- surmountable obstacle is, love that I may rush it as I would a worm in my path." " It's a husband in Now York. ' have all cf a Honesty the Cttu.'ne. Chicago Sportâ€" Our baaeballists become too honeet for any audden. Friend Why do you think ho .' Sport Of lain not one of them can be induced to even steal a baae. â€" C'/i icaao (;(,./„•. " Kiilly Kiilll|i|te(?. 'â-  Bromley, I hear you are going to start houHPkeeping '.'" " Ves, i'arlinggcr. ' " What have you got toward it .' " " A wife." rlilla<lel|ihla AVatar. (lueat A glaes of water, please. Waiter Yea, eah ; without' Cueat- With or without what .' Waiter Microboa. (lueat -Without. Waiter- Ye?, sih. Diatillod water one. for t It is aaid that arrangements have been (concluded between Anderson .V Co. and tho Dominion liovernmeut for the establish- ment of a 111. knot steamship servioe be- tween England and Canada. I