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LORD KILLEEN'S REVENGE CHAITKR VI. Midnight had struck w hn a young man crossed the ball of Araglin. and looked aumewhut vaguely round him. It was late to arrive anywhere, and of course there was no one to welcome him. or pat him an fail witb hLs sur- roundings. He wandered rather aim- lessly through the salon to the left, and, avoiding the ball-room, which was unmistakable because of the fiddling. went for a quiet little nook of a .place Kbit appeared to him to be empty of everything human, and a prey only to flutters and a dripping fountain. It wait liadly lighted, and be was quite into it before he discovered humanity after all htd a place there a human- ity remote from himself. A slender form clot hod in lace was bending over a cactus. The amorous plant had seised her dainty robe, and was holding it fast in spite of all the owner's efforts to release it. O'Grady went forward, and addressed himself to her. "Perhaps I can set you free," he aid. "Let me at least try. A ca ;tus is such a hurtful thing, and you are wounding your fingers!" "If you think you can." she said; she lifted her head and looked ai him. She was slightly flushed, and there was something in her expression that, even tt that early hour of their acquaintance. NMigbt and bold bim. "I have been very awkward, but" She paused, and O'Grady, stooping over her. strove witb the prickly plant for mastery. Eventually be gained. She stood released, and gave him as his reward a lovely smile. It parted her lips, and sfroe in her lustrous eyes. "I am indeed indelited to you," she said, courteously. She regarded him very thoughtfully for a few moments. "1 do not think I saw you before this evening." sbn remarked. at last, in a gentle, gracious tone. O'Grady smiled. It was surely a sin- gular speech for a girl to nuke to an utter stranger, but as said by her it pleased bim. and besides, she struck him as being altogether unlike the ordin- ary run of people. "That is true." be told her. "I ar- rived quite late. I muant to be here yesterday if possible that is. at my When her friend had gone by she film-. I to bun. "You were naying " she began, and Uhen hesitated, as if in do.vb bow to proceed. "1 was saying bow I had omitted to present myself to my hostess," supplied he, gayly ; "an omission 1 have no doubt sho will appreciate. Poor woman, I ex- pect it was a kindness to relieve her of so much of her duty." "You think." she said, looking down- ward at the fan ahe was idly swaying to and fro, "that Lady Varley in one who wtinld willingly evade a duty!" "1 am not thinking of her at all." de rl.it, '.1 he, laughing. "Why should If Strangers we are. strangers we .shall prolmbly remain. She knows as little of me as I do of her." "As little, indeed!." said ahe. slowly. She rose to her feet. "Hut let me tell you " "Ah I If you are s friend of hers." (exclaimed be. rising too, and speaking with a sudden accession of earnestness. "ti-ll hnr from me, though I have not bad the pleasure of bemg known to her. that whan I had only been half an hour in her bouse. I knew a greater happiness than 1 had ever before ex- perH-ncod." "Sir." she said, very gently, "I am Lady Varley I" CHAPTER VTJ. It was aliout this time that the great- est diificulty of bis life was experienced by Mr. Strunge. This was to keep away .from The Cottage, as Mias Mao- Gillicuddy's very unpretentious resi- dence was called. There was some- thing in it literally in it that at- tracted him to an extraordinary degree, ilia OH 11 plaoa, Incbirone, was situated aiiout five miles from it ; yet there was scarcely a morning that Mr. Stronge diil not discover some special business that led him past the modest gate lie- bind which dwelt Constantia. At times he felt jealous of Keather- aton. in that the grounds of bis place actually adjoined and touched the de- aired paradise that held her, and where bo would lie. This was before be bad w.ik-d to the fact that he had reason to be jealous of Keatherston on strong- er ground*. The latter, too, was an old friend, whereas Stronge was quite a new one ; and besides the nearness of land. Keatherston was near enough in acquaintance to call on Constantia every .day, had it so pleased him That it did not please him was an everlasting wonder to Stronge, though certainly a greai comfort. He himself had not the hardihood to present himself except on nettled occasions. He had told himself that once in every ten days was all he could afford himself in the way of vis- its ; and though be often longed to transgress this rule, and frequently stopped on his daily walk or drive past the gate to argue the matter out with "". and persuade his better judg- it impossible to get here until to-night ; an hour ago. in fact. The last train brought in-' eo vou con imagine what lii II. time I had to hurry into my clothes and get here. To tell the and a natural modesty that sat very admirably upon him. always won the day. He was an honest lover, and rmver denied lit himself for a moment that be loved Constant la with all bis truth," here lie laughed involuntarily, large and kindly h<vtrt ; but just as *nd lowered his voice to a confidential honestly he acknowledged t himself tone, "knowing nothing of my bostesn. those defects of his that might easily I hod no great desire to get here at render him undesirable in the eyes of all, but I ilberalon was imperative; a founy girl. His years (he was fully un<\ now i lut I am here." with a lin- thirty-four and she was eighteen); his Kering glance at her, "I am more than tili<\ I came. parentage. which was a thinK of naught , bis fa-v. which was not hand figure, which was very loosely knil .ill tituae were bad. but it was the that crushed bim. He felt Hut nomiuinion hlushnd vividly, and some, (to put it kindly); and his large .in . i|.r.-.s.si, be failnd to understand ' -*-" 1 " ' '- 1 " lT ' widnned her eyes. Was it surprise, per- ideiityt And if so, why? 'Your coii.-titi lives at the Grange. I '* damaged his cause morn than all ....!. -K- _-!j .. i-.. the rest. The country was kindly, and had received hlui graciously enough, and .,.._ _ , yet be knew those blankets were a or more, apd on iny return to Kngland tr i*l to it. and 'hat Conslanlia. whose think." she naid at last "Yes. You know hire been in know him, perhaps? I KiO'pt for the past year blood was old and famous, would ne- look down upon a man whose was quite glad to receive an invitation from him to my native snore. It seem- ed lo me-i.-k of arid plains an excel- grandfather was nowhere, and whose lent thing to come down here and thor- money bad I wen gained by trade. Yet, ouguly vegetate a bit. I am Irish of though he dwell upon all this a good course, my name is guarunt<<e for that, deal more than it was worth atill be Iwt I hid not seen the distressful coun- toped. try for many a year. It has left it- To-day having almnnted himself, with elf open to comment, beyond doubt a courage that was Spartan, from The to abuse, perhaps* but." with an Lire- Cottage, for the oxthodox nine days iirnssible glance at her, "it certainly he f'lt be might call there without be- bis its ooni|>eTUtations." '"* regarded with coldness, or snubbed Again that curious look flitted across as a too persistent visitor. It was a b<T face. fine May afternoon, and as he walked ' liulv. it is an unhappy land." she "P the nteps and knocked at the hall aid. Her tone was colder this time. door, thn extreme beauty of the hour, and she regarded him with what might thn season, entered into him. The li- ! almost termed disgust. This dii- lacs were all abloom. Ih-ur perfume fill- tressed him. though be hardly then un- ed the air. and the music of small glad di-ist.Hi.| u by. or what it was that had birds rang sweetly from bough to lief.illen him; be only felt that he could bough. Kipplmg streams sang in the not remove his eyes from the face lie- disl-anoe. and a cloudless sky lay over fore him. Its dimness, its purity, the JI- Stronge felt his heart uplifted. extreme beauty of its gentleness, touch- ajid a aensn of youth, of -joy, took pos- ed his very soul. And there was a session of him Suddenly, too, it seem- sadness aliout it, too. that enhanced ra- ed to him that, there must be hope in Mi T than detracted from its charm. | 'be future. lie n.ut asUniiflbed at his admiration, , The door was "i-n."l presently by the 1'iit not displeased; yet it did occur to demure Minnie, who wore, besides a him as strangn that he should have jubilant air that sat very much at traveled over half the. known globe only hum- upon her pretty peasant face- to return lo his '(arting-Jioint to find a new and remarkably smart cap. It tbn one woman at whose feet he wo. Id w as triminnd witb cherry-colored nl>- cbooM to lay his heart. bons. and was of a most abnormally All this was vague to him as vet ; | email aixe. i MI i still bn knew vaguely too. indeed I "Miss AI.u-i;illicuddy Is not In, sir," ' li il bis fate wai .ill ting there near , sbn said, in answer to bis question. uini. grave, and a little cold, perhaps, , "She is off to Duuling, but Mian Connie but only as be would have her. Who was and Miss Norab's at home. Come in, he this calm, still girl f | sir ; tbny an' the young gintlemen is 'i ou are not dancing." she said, pres- i in the garden up to some game or an- Mitl> ; "you say you came late, and per- ' other. They'll be raal plaxed to see ye, ons. I did not present mywlf to l.ady him. In hnr opinion "he was a n Varley a rudeness, certainly, but one ' fine gintlejnan. though may lie alhri tint I daresay site will condone when too on Id for Miss Connie, an' not a pal ahn knows at what an unearthly hour I inn 111 on appearance^ that is, if, in- deed, if she ever bears of me at all." At this ahn started and looked toward bim as if to speak, when Mime one pass- her laid a hand liulilly on her ing I>V her boulder. It j for there hasn't, linen a sowl near the alwiiidly late, (hut it is of no i place all the mornin'." use. I imagine, to think of partners. ' Minnie waa talkative, and she liked I'nless, indeed of courne, 1 know no | St rouge, an did mosl people who knew a raal thrlfls patch on Mint her Harry, who was the divil all out for fun." Si rouge went into the shabby little drawing-mom to wait for Constantia, feeling almost as glad as Minnie her- self that Miss MacGillicuddy was in Dublin. That meant alumnae from The Cotlsge for a day or two at all events, per hips for a week. Would it be pos- MI-II- lor him lo call at her houau during hnr alisence, with, say, an ostensible message for the boyaf A gift, an in- vitation lo go shooting. Stunting what, thought Why. rabbits: all boys liked .shooting rabbits. George, the eldest Mariiiltic.uddy, was now at home, and bn had no gun. He, Stronge, might make him a present of one. There was that breech-loader he got the other day, and didn't exactly want. After all, what on earth had he got for ill In all probability he would never use it, be much preferred the two old ones to which In- wae accustomed ; and yes George might as well have it. It would be> a im i nat ural gift for a boy to was a large, "iuiii. HI i hn generous side of forty. ' \oii bore. Yolande f" exclaimed she, smilm/ ' ^ mi area wraith a verit- able spirit. I wai p -' 1 saw you in 'h Hupper-ronm a moment, since, and yel now ' "I'eihips Mm di'l ; tonight I am ubi- quitous." The newcomer laughed and xn'iil cm. but. O'tirady hardly noii'-'-d D"r departure. Yolande I How thn name suited her I Surely il was made for I he pale, statu- esque creatiin- beside him; could any n'h'i HO well '-fit the clear, soft eyes, ill- o|p)-n brow, the pun-, sweet lips f Yolanile I No h^liUmi chatelaine of olden davs could have shown a fier profile, a sorener mnile, a kind, pr wore replvte with gentle I receive from a man of his years. Of his years I He checked himself here with a little *Urt, a1 panf of re- grot. Ol his years! and Constantia -./as exactly two years older than "the Ixiy."; He put this reflection away hurriedly, and went back to h-s first thought. To lx> able to call upon her (ahe had been "her" for a long time now), even for a moment or two, every diy for a w> <'k , to be able to soe bur once in every twenty-four hours. It seemed too K'" ( to lie true. He was so wrapped up n. his blissful dreaming that it was with a )|iiick start be turned from the open win-low near which be was standing, an. I which was only a foot from the ground outside, as the door of the drawing-room was flung violently open. He glanced toward it expectantly, and then something some one dashed past him, cleared the window-sill, and was gone like a flash of lightning around the corner. It was a little flying figure with silk- en hair streaming wildly in the wind. It was Norah ; her eyee blazing with excitement, and evidently in mad fear, to judge by the rapidity with which she ran. She had literally flown past him I "Oh, Mr. Stronge," she had gasped, and that was all. In another instant she waa oui of sight. "What bad happened f Had the old woman returned unexpectedly, and was ahe now pursuing her? Was there murder in the air I Where was Con- stant iaf" Mr. Stronge had just begun to form some plans for the staying of MUs Mac- Gillicuddy'tt vengeance when once more the sound of hurrying footsteps caught his ear. Again the door was thrown wide, and in rushed the rest of the MacGillicuddys en masse. First the collegian, then CoiiMtaiiiia. then the two younger boys. Thf.y all made for the window ; they all went through it, all save Count an- i ii She paujwd with one foot on the ail 1 to cry aloud to htm in a breathless way. "Come on. Come, on. She'll be round th<-. corner, and if sue onoe get* to the wood we'll never catch her. I can't stay. Come on. Come on with us." "For whit f What has she done!" cried Mr. Stronge, roused out of his customary calm by all these terrible, successive shocks. What on earth bail that wretched Norah done now? Would they lynch her f Who could tell what these wild Irish children might or might not dot He atared in liewilderment at Constant ia. Was this lovely, brilliant- eyed. eager creature, the sedate nirl who had sat m this room with MIAS M&cCillicuddv mime days ago with her wurk in her hands, and her head down- bent, and her voice low and toned f "Y'ou'll lose it all." cried the "bril- liant creature" now. with an impatient stamp of her foot. "Lose what the lynching?" Mr. Stn>n had not been many months in Ireland, and was still in much doubt about the inhabitants. "It is rude to leave you, I know, but go I must. I've set my heart on catch- ing her, and there never was a bare like Norah " Dawn broke upon Stronge. A hare f Hare and bounds, of course I All this extraordinary excitement, then, was aliout nothing greater than a game a aimpls game an old game. He re- membered it well. The very sound of it brought back his youthful hours. Once more be saw himself ai be was when be wae considerably slimmer. /adding acronn country with a whole srb-ol of fellows at his heels. It was alkcurd ; but as thli picture grew be- fore bis mental eye, his heart iiogan to IfteX vigoioiuily. Could he fall in and h-i ni the flying Norah T Should he- be, with bis fears, his his liset It would be undignified, of course, and yet "What are you waiting fort" cried MIAH MacGilliouddy. indignantly this time. "Are you coming, or arc you not I Can't you run f" There was scorn in her glance. She did rait even neek to disguise it, Stronge gre.w miseraltle. Yes; that was it Shi- had touched the point of pointe. Ought he at hU age to run. likn an irrmpon- sil>le schoolboy f Memory, which is << iii-rally hateful, reminded him on the mutant of the gray hair he bad dis- covered when linuuiing his head that morning, and of the shock the discovery bad given him. A man witb gray hair to go racing all over the place with a >et of lunatto children I And yet, to run to run with Constantia I He looked at her. The acorn was still .0x1 her lips, and she had taken a step Forward that meant a continuance of h-r flight. He new, understood, h'-nit-at- ed, and was lost. In another instant he bad sprung after her through the low window, and was running as if for his very life. "Follow me; I know a short out. We'll catch them up this way," panted Constantia. And follow her be did: into the yard over thn ducks, through the geese, who km-.w him at once as an intruder, and raised an unholv row over him. and madn vicimiA dabs at his legs ; past t h 'in. and into a whole flock of turkeya. who gave way only to precipitate him into a pecking household, where in- fants ruled the day. The bens and thir chicks scrambled to their feet in awful wrath. The little, tiny, yellow, fluffy things chirped loudly, and their mothers ruse at him. In a body they advanced. He flew past them; he scattered the bantams that delight in war, but nearly came to grief over a hue sow, who, witb her family, was aalenp in an angle of the yard, all her lovely babies slumbering round her. All those delights he left behind him, and. still following wildly In Constaji- tia's footsteps, found *""" presently in the orchard, toiling at breakneck Mxwd up a stiff little hill that rose in i h<- center of it, and was decorated on either side by flowering apple-trees not the modern espaliers, but good, old fHHhioiiml. mose covered trees, gnarled, and highly respectable, and, indeed of very ancient lineage. I b- hill, though abort, wai steep. Mr Stronge went bravely up it, though panting and puffing in a rather alarm- ing degree; Imt Oonstantia took it like a young deer. At the top of It they overtook the others, till in full ery, and rushed with them through a wood- en gateway Into a mall wood beyond. 111,1. le swent with shAdows and cool winds and in all ways desirable as a retreat from the burning rays of the young sjiring sun. But if Mr. .'itnuitfe hvtd Imagined he was to be allowed to breatJie nem. he was iiiin-h mia'aken. Now, he andCon- Mitntia wnre completely mixed up with lli" others, and be was swept onward Ibioiigh the grateful shade into the tannin* open Beyond. At this inflUint a wild shout' arose from the leading MaoGillicuddy boy Hn pointed frantically with his hand, and ibnre, far away, at the very end of the long field hat stretches to their left, 11 frairiln litlin figure in a nh< w bite frock and with golden floating Irenes can he seen, still In good wind apparently, and making for a gap that will give her a chance of doubling on her pursuers. A stiff enliankment bounded the field, with a heavy fall on the. other side of ii .i treacherous fall, as it was im- IHMsibln to judge of it from the wooded side. To the BaoGillicaddyi it was evi- dently an old friend, as they all made for it in a body, cleared it like so many birds, and were scouring away down I be field before you could say "Jack Itoliinaon." Not so Mr. St rouge! Ks- .toying to emulate them, be fouii'! his WIIIKH were clipped by time, and. mim- ing his mark, caught his foot in a mali- cious hit of bindweed, and rolled com- fortably on to bis face and hands. Not hurt, however I He was up again in an instant, satisfied himself that C<nstantia had not been a witness of bis downfall, and was presently tear- ing aUmg again at a gallant pace. Age, dignity, dread of ridicule all were for- gotten; he knew only that be was nagerly lient on catching that little, slim, flying form at the end of the field. Not for years had such a sense of t borough enjoyment warmed bis blood ; he felt ynuiig a<rain I Pooh ! be was young. What signified a gray hair or two, or his thirty-five yjaraf Other meji oT thirty-five were only boys; be would he a boy, too. He scouted the not ion that he was considerably out of breat h. and. indeed, put on such a fresh and gallant spurt that in a minute he h '1 '--aught Jimmy and actually pasard bim passed a lad of twelve I " lo iriuiupbnl Viva! Hurrah I Tally bo I" hn shouted to himself in glee, and was > far carried on by his delicious en- thusUmn that presently he passed the other boy. and came up with Georjre and Constant U. who had circumvented tho wretched little hare, and now were pursuing with hands outstretched to grasp, ao near wajt the prey. "You I you !" cried Constantia, as St rouge joined with her. Kvidently she \vas l iMi surprised and delighted with bis prowess. (To Be Continued.) A TELESCOPE THAT LOOKS BEHIND Wllk ThU lirl"X. ImlrBinml H << a in While He i u.i ace . Mankind once bad an extra eye in the back of the bead. Scientists say that they can still find traces of thin eye in a certain irregular formation of the skull at the point where the ancient eye socket used to be. These irregular places are called rudimentary eyes, but they are not to be found in all people. In fact a man who lean boast of a rudi- mentary eye ia quite a superior per- son. Of course these rudimentary eyes are of no real use to anybody, not even to the owner of one of them, but they nerve to show us that at a cerU ! n stage in our career nature thought it was a wfae thing to enable us to keep a watch in the rear. Thin wan certainly a very wine pro- vision, for in the primitive condition of mankind our ancestors were not only very treacherous and cruel, but they were surrounded by all kinds of danger- ous wild beaMjs, very monstrous and horrible to behold, and with names still more monstrous and horrible to bear. of itmr-v it must be borne in mirwl that neither the antediluvian animals nor the nu^uKim of the human race who exiiled at that time are respon- ,-ibU- for them names. They were in- vented by SCIENTIFIC GENTLEMEN for the purpose of preventing any one but thenvtMym from mnn.ioning the animaltt familiarly. No one but a scien- tific perm can pronounce those name* corrm-tly. It would be a very bold thing to ques- tion the wisdom or nature b depriving us of thit rear eye. but it does seem) a.- if it would have benn juat as well to let it remain. There are thousands of ways in which it could be made useful For example, 1*1 DM on the street would not tie obliged to turn round in order to study the dnws of anot -er lady who bad iuM. passed. A foreign firm of r>pti' iins have very considerately endeavored to supply, fes far as may be done by mechanical iitean.H. the loos of this rear-view eye. They have (xmatructed a telescope which nnablen the user to look around a cor- ner. Hy its means you may see and re- main uii-snn. a . 'instance which pos- isea <Aivu>us KM mil mini They call the invention the si eneo- telescope Stereo i > i iinn from a Greek word mean mg solid, and in this connection it u uand as indicating that the image UK teen through the stnneo-teleacope means an exact counterpart of the object, and nut a mere picture of It. The general scheme of this new tr-le- ope may be easily Understood by t h.- following description. The two tub** that extend horizontally carry AN OBJECT GLASS in either end. The eye pieces are plat- ed on an axis t right ar ' to that of thn objective or long tuoes. When the observer looks through the small pernhokse he MWH a different field witb each eye. The rays of light from the objects that lie in the field of vision are reflected by means of prism* .* that tbny turn the corner of the right ;uigbe Thun you may leisurely study .in object while under cover, the heac being in such a ponition as not to admit of its being seen. When the tubes are thus extnmled the. <Vbsrrver may stanc behind a tree or a wall and reconnoitre from his concealed position. There are alin otbnr points in favor ol the instrument. The field of vision enonuounly extended. You may Mudy ubjectA at opposite points of the com- pom wit h no more, trouble than thn wink ing of your eve. The Btereo-telewxfx may be folded up, In which position, beinj held with the tubes upward, il enables the observer to look above an object obstructing nis view, such a* a hedge, wall or crowd of people. The Htemo-tekiHrope should be a use- ful instrument in the hands of a spy or a sharpshooter . Dntactivea would also find il valuable. If the police could be provided with them they rould keep an eye on both tbn front door and t be side door of a saloon at one time. And as lr woman, with one of these impln- mente in her hand Bbe would never have to turn, her head to see the cut of that other woman's gown or the trim of her bonnet. Emile Zola will visit Kngland again in I hn spring. He wi.slie-i to .stml the- industrial and social life in .sue. i-itMvs as Manchester and Sheffield. CURIOUS SOME STRANGE FEATURES OF EVERYDAY LIFE. * rin in Hr !>- A liter's ratal ! liko-Tke K I m. K r k hlili-tf Hj a >! tHMbrr r mmlntmm Brartf Mrs. O. Boioe, of South Plainfield. N. J.. is very ill at her home from having drawn a pin down into her lungs. She was sewing two weeks ago. and had a pin between her teeth. In a coughing fit .she sucked the pin down. She bai almost constant hemorrhages, and it U feared that fatal results will follow. Mrs. Gustav Hyman. of Newark. N. J.. is prostrated witb grief, and it w feared that she will go insane, over the sad death of her seventeen-year- old daughter Ella. The young woman went to bed on Wednesday night with a slight cold. During the night her mother arose to give her a dose of cas- tor oil, but by some mistake poured o it carbolic at id instead. Tbn girl swallowed the poison Iwfore the horri- fied mother discovered, her mistake. I'bysicians were summoned, but theii efforts to save the girl were futile. Shs (iied af' e,r two hours of great suffering. The mother became erased witb grief, and it is feared the tragedy may re- sult in her death. A prominent family residing in the Inrsiness part of Wayneport, Me., pos- a dog, which, having reached old age, they decided to put an end to. The/ procured 4 quantity of chloro- form, and the wife proceeded to admin- ister it. The handkerchief saturated with the fluid was held to (or near) the dog's nostrils, but the applicant, watch- ing closely to hear the dog draw bis Last breath, inhaled the chloroform in much larger quantities than the dog, and promptly went off Into an after- noon nap which was awakened by the dog's quite lively voice. The dog still lives, and the family have decided to let him die a natural death. Ed Anderson and E. E. Knapp. while excavating in the LO^^M Mine, Col., on the Nortu aide of Cow Mountain, opened up an extensive cave, contain- ing five balls. The first three are plastered with ice a foot thick. Cur- Lains of ice, 10 feet long by li incbe* lain sot ice, 10 feet long by 18 Inches Lhick. ar suspended from the ceiling. In one room an abundance of white talo was found, which assays 99 gold per ton. The other day the three yew-old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Meadows, of MeryvUle. La., died. The child swal- lowed a peanut whole, which lodged in the windpipe. Failing to dislodge it, the parents went to Lake Charles for snryical aid. Too much time had elaps- ed, however, and shortly alter reaching the hotel the glands became swollen to such an extent as to obstruct breath- ing and death resulted. A Pottslown. IV. barber has found a new occupation for spare moments. He has counted the number of hairs in a man's heard whom be had shaved. Wbno the lather dried which had been used in shaving it was not difficult, al- though tedious, to count the hairs, which numbered 12,662. James H. Grayaon. living at Saline City, Ind., reports that his well, which along for years before the recent earthquake afforded only the hardest kind of water, has ever since yielded only soft water, almost equal to rain water for domestic purposes. Two deaths occurred at Kearney, N. J.. the other night, which have thrown a gloom over the town. One was the result of an iocident. the other of grief over the death of a bright newsboy. While returning to his home on Mag- nolia avenue, George Helm. U yean old. was instantly killed near the Ar- lington Motion of the Greenwood Lake Railroad. The boy had been skating. and was crossing the track to make a short cut for his home. His bead was completely severed from hi* body. Two companions fainted at the scene of the accident. Another companion ran through the streets, spreading the news of the fatality, and stopped at the home of George L. Andrews, while the fam- ily were at dinner. Mr. Andrews, his wife and his sister. Mrs. Abby Graff, the latter 63 years old. sat at the table. They were all intimate friends of the Helm family, and George was a great favorite with all of them. While the messenger was rehearsing the details of the accident Mrs. Gaff began to weep hi a hysterical manner. She was re- moved to her room and died within a few moments. ivtcr Fork* was killed in the mines near WUkesbarre, Pa.. Wednesday, he was mourned for on Thursday. Friday he was buried, and that evening his widow married a boarder named John Strong. Where the Day Begins. When a mariner sails around the world to the westward be neee t be sun rise one time leas than those who have T~T > F'T*' < stationary. For this reason, if bis calendar, on his return. U to correspond with that of the place he sailed from, he must somewhere in his journey add a day to it. For the same reason, if be is going eastward, be must subtract a day. The line where this fhtnge in made is sometimes '-.ailed the "date line." and it is the meridian running through the Pacific Ocean, 101 degrees from Greenwich A mariner going westward, who reaches this line on \v edimsday afternoon, calls the time Thursday afternoon, as soon as he has crossed the line. If he is go- ing eastward he changes from Wednes- day to Tuesday. The line alluded to by "Nellie" the international date line, runs from 167 degree* east to about 118 degrees east, and back again to about 175 degrees east, and appears to be intended to separate those lands which were discovered by persouo sail- ing from the east from thcioe which were discovered by persona coming from the west, and, therefore, conform to the maritime reckoning. It is certain that mariners crowing the iivan pay no at- "iiti.ni to any xuch line, but chan(re their date 18U degrees from Uronun u h.