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^H^WB ^w^^^wpwnm â- HRB "No, l'v« aever been shipwrecked, nor •ver been in a collision all the time I've be<>in to sea â€" a matter now of over forty yeara. But I've carried wMne queer paa- â- engen in my time. I'll t«ll you about two who exercised a powerful influence ©ver me ; but whether for good or evil you shall bear presently. "It was iin the fall of '72 just when on the eve of sailing, that an old gentle- man stepped on boa.rd and hurriedly ap- proached me. Ue was a tall, spare mao, with iron gray hair, ami bad a slight itoop at the shoulders. " Gocd-day, captaim," said hie. "I on- ly heanl this moroiing that you were â- ailing for England, and I hastened down to ascertain if you could find ao- eommodation for myself and daughiteir at so short notice." " Ceitaiinly," I replied, in my hearty way, "I afaall only b« too pleased to take you. As it bappeias theT« are on- ly thi°ee paaeeingers booked this trip,and tliiey aje secood class, so you cam have ttae salooo pretty much to yourselves." Be thanked, me effusively, and disajv- peared into the saloon. I marveled at his precipitancy, and wondered where tile daughter was to come from, for she was not visible anywhere. I gave instructions to the apprentices to have their luggage conveyed on board and myself superintended the stowing away of their ti unks in the two beet ap- pointed cabins on the ship. While so en- gaged I bieard a light footfall behind me, and, turning around. I beheld the fairest vision of loveliness that ever bright«nied my saloon. * "My daug'hterâ€" Captain Harnott," said lilx. Brandon, introducing us. I was so taken aback by her exoeed- iag beauty that I awkwardly touched my cap, ajnd with the wind clean out t€ my Balls, stammered : " Glad to see you, miss," She placed her soft little white hand ioto my bifT, sun browned paw, gind, laokiiog me squarely la the face out vt. her laughing blue eyes, said: " I'm Bune we shall be good friends, captain, during the voyage." She spoke with a charming colonial accent and Crom that moment I was her most devoted humble seirvajit, slave, anything you like. I went head over aaoB Id Iovb with her at eight. You may â- mile, but recollect I was a compara- tively young man then. Leaving them to arrange their cabins to their own â- atisfactioo. I ascended the companion â- teps, and w»nt on dec'k. It certainly occupied them a considerable time, for neither father nor daughter appeared on deck until the ship was well out- aide the " Heads," and the tug had re- turned to port. That voyage I look book upon as the bappletit and saddest I ever made. Miss Brandon was a Q>IenKlid sailor. In fair wieatheir or foul â- he'd tie on deok, delighting me with the admiration she expressed for my handsome three-masted clipper, and the ohilJ-lilu9 a.-i.viete of her questions. I used to pooe the quarter deck in the morning, impatient for her first appear- ance. On thje duUeet or dirtiest day, iJt was like a ray of sunshine suddenly bursting forth from a lowering sky to â- ee hvT emerge from tbe companion liatch, loukiiDg as fresh as a daisy, and a thousand times more lovely. Of course it waa only naioral that my mates should fall iin love with her also, but j?'^'*^â„¢^ she treated them with marked Indif- fereooe, \t nut absolute coldness. Her â- niles were all reserved for me, and â- he lavished them upon me In no nig- gardly manner. 'rhere waeapiaaio in the saloon, and ofteiu in tbe long evenings she would aiqg and play for my sole delectation, whiie I would sit on a settee alongside and gazpi rapiturously into her pretty lace. The song I liked best waa "Tom Bowling," and she inflused such an •ancamt of pathos into her expressioa IB that the> tears would sometimes trickle down my weather-bi'aten checks a.ssbe sang. Ah ! tho* were happy days; it vras heaven while it lasted. I have •carcely xnenltioned her father yet. The fact is, I was so eiigrocsed with his beau- tiful daughter thall iliila't imyso much attention to hiiu asijerhapa loMght. At the bewt be \vaa a saturnine, unsociable sort of i>erson, wlv) seemed to prefer his own coonpany to other people's. When not in his own cabin, where he spent most of his time, he was walking with his bands cjasped behiind him, apparent- ly in deep thdught. In tbe w:tist of the ship. Sometimes, wbein standing idly at thi'breitk of the poop, 1 have eai'ghu my- seJf wondering it he had ever cojamitted a crime, the remembrance of which was weigbiug heavi'ly on his coni>cieDce. I was destined soon to learn more about him. One evening, wbeIn alx>ut nine weeks tftist, I was sitting in the chart ho'.uie ailone with my idol. The second mate was stepping the planks cutside, odd Jofaeoa weis at the wheel away be- hind us, aind the wB^ch on deck were lounging about forward. Some days pre- viouti to this I had had the temerity to couifeas my love to her, and a&ked her to Iw nay wife. She had made me iur expressiWy happy by promising, nub jcet to my ol.tainii.ng her father's rousent. Thiti, after soooe demuir, he had granited and that night the future appeared very bright for me. We had beeasitting .si- lent, for some time, too htippy for words, gaziiig on the setting smn as it di.sa()- peared inilo a glowing muss ufgolden- rimDBe<l elauds onlhe horizon, when, to my iafinliQ amazement, she suddenly bUTst iiuto teaiTs. "Daplioig, what Is tbe matter?" I ex- claimed, in an agony of aivprehension. "Oh, Alfi-ed, I have just heard such a dreadfiuil sioiy from, my father. I .sliall never be happy again. We can neverf be (oanried oow." "Nev«r be married !" I ejacnilated, tghast. "Why?" Becaiuse my father Lsaâ€" a criminal. Oh, I feel so miserable, I think I shall thnjw myself overboard." "Alice, for heaven's soke don't talk like that, or you'll drive me mad. What has he dome 1" "Something dreadful. Ob, don't speak to me any more," and she sobbed vio- Seinitly. At i^*' momeint I was so mad that I fellt half im;lined togo down and tear the old 8<4ireiTow Ku.t of his berth by the cjuff of the neck and demand what the dijoe he bad done to cause my darling s^ch poignant grief. But I didn't. Intitead, 1 drew her to my side, and kissed her tears away. "Tell me all about it," 1 said, sooth- ingly. "Well, any father, as you are aware, wan an agent in one of the banks in Arlington, Vlct^jria, and it <ieems he embezzled large Kums of money belong- ing to the bank to s|>ecu'iate with. Of coune, be meamt to rep/lace it before tbe audit, w^hen the defixut would have been discovered. But he lost it, and that w why he fled tJie oouintry." "U that a,;!," said I, with a sigh of relief. "It's bad einough, certainly, but 1 1 fail to qee that iin itself it forms a auffideut barrier to our union." "But that is not the wrost. My father is comvlnoed that the police may have traced him; to Melbourne and ta this ship. He declares he will be ar- rest.ed aa landing." "Nothing more lilkely," I thought. But I rwnurked casuallly, "Has he any piUun to suggest ?" "Yes, oh, yes, if you wifll unlr assist him. But it seems too horribila tocon- tem(>late. He says it is his only chance of esca()e." "What is it then?" "That he should die and be buried at .%a !" she responded with a percepti- Me ^iver. "I don't understand." "He profKises to feigm death. Then, after he has been sewn up for burial, we must find the means to lllierale him and substitute sutnethiilng eise." The daring audacity of the proposal! fairiy took, my breath away. If disr covered the ooiu'sequences to me in aid- ing and abetting a feUon to escape would be disastrous. I resolved to liave nothing to do with such a cruniuuA pro- ceeding, but a look of entreaty from those tearful eyes mode me falter in my resolution. "For my soke," abe murmured, pdeod- ingly, facing her fair, white hand on my arm. Her touch thrilled me. I hesitated no longer, but gave an unw^illlng con- sent. Ah, what fojly will not a man cocnmit when in love I Next day it wa« reported that Bran- don was seriously un<lisi)osed. I took out the medicine chest, as In duty bound, and ordered the cabin steward to attend him. Three day.s later Mr. Brandon was reported dead. When I was Informied of this I en- tared his (nbln. He waa lying in the under berth, pole and motionlesB as d«Lth. I Celt the body; it was cold and rigid. U this was not dieatthi, he sim- ulated it to perfection. I sent for the liailmaker, who sewed the body up im my presence, Wihen his task was aompleteilv 1 dismissed him. a<nd, secuir- ing the cabin dioor inoidA, with ashary fcnife ripped open the stitohea. My hflind shiaok ijamfhitLly. What it be were really dead? I coniens to experiencing a singur- lar feeling of relief wlbon the man opened his eyes, and the re.siuscitatnd BruodoD sat up. I administered some brandy, which heJiJed tjo revive him. He quickly and Moiselessly dressed hin»- self. Then he pjloiliuced from, an Am- erican trunk a duimmy figure which he had {jreviBusly prepared .ijid weight- ed, and inclosed it in the shoroud. This he sewed up wiith bis own bands. Not a word was spoketa Ixy eiitier of us. When all was couipletod E stepped out bo reeonnoiter. Seeing the coast clear, I signalled him, and be crept swiftly aopcsB the possagie iin to his daugh- ter's cabiki, where he concealed him>- seftf. In the first dogwatch of the sanve afternoon, the bell commenced to toUi its solemn kmeJl for i lie fuaioral of /Vmthony Brandon. Officers and man and passengers stood around mje with heads utncovened as K read from the Book of Common Prayer the beautiful and impressive burial service. Godfor- oe, it was an awOuJ mockery. I don't know how I got fthruugh with it. Afterwards I heard it oommemted that I was miw-h affected during the .service. Heaven, kntows I was, but 'twos with guilt amtl fea^r. After the funeral Bramlton returned to his own cabini, which was kept con- stamtly locked, and the key of which I retaime<l in my own iweseesion. With ray connivance Alice smuggled ftxxl to him fnom day to day. About two weeks afterwarils, while proceeding up the Channel under all sail, we were hailed by a tug. .Antici- pating danger, f slipped down the com]jonJoni-way, and conveyed Brand- oin to my <rwn cabin for concealment. When I got on deck again I was just iin time to see a stout, well grooim- ed party chunberlng over the vessel s aide. Withimit naiy in%iliminaries he brusquely dematnded: "Got a passenger of the name of Bran- don on board? "I had, stnanger; I had." He gazed at me inquiringly. "Come below, sir," said I. As we descended, he exj^Iained that he was a detecti/ve in pursuit of Brandon, who had al)sconde<l from Australia with a consi<lerable sum of money and valua- ble negotiable securities. When he had pnxluced his warrant I ordered the mate to fetch the log-hook. Under date tbe 15th of January he read this en- try: "Buried at sea in lat.35 degrees 49 minutes N., long. 33 degrees Ifi minutes W., Anthony Brandon, cabin passenger. Cause of death unknown. He muttered something under his breath* which was quite unintellig- ible to me. Then he demanded to see Brandon's effects. I led the way into his cabin. He ransacked every trunk, and portmanteau; but not a vestige of paper or anything of value did he dis- cover. The expression on his face when he left the ship .some hours later was not particularly pleasant. When we arri ved In the dooks at Lon- don, I .smuggled Mr. Brandon ashore in one of his daughter'.s trunks, after they had been searched by the customs' offi- cer. No one in llhe ship ever suspected the truth. Their secret remained alone will) me. It was arranged that Alice and I should 1)6 morried quietly before .setting otrt on my next voyagiv, and our honey- moon was to be spent on the bosom of the deep. When we parted that night she promised to communicate with nie retreat in tbe country. She kept her promise. Here Is tjbe Letter. I have preserved it all these years. It has neither superscription nor signature: Dear Old Captainâ€" Many, many tiianks for all youx kindnesses. My husband and I â€" for Mr. Brandon is my husband, tihuugb it was not known in Arlington â€" wl.l never forget them. Pj^ay forgive the deceit we found it expedient to practice on you In order to cany out our plans. We are in fairly affluent circumstances, for my husband did not lose taip money in speculation, as I thought it necessary to tell you. Dear captain, I know I can rei.y up<m you, for your own saike, not to inform the authorities about my husband, .^s be died at sea, we expect to live securely unmolested by the bank officials or the police. Good-bye for ever." iUSTRALIAOELERATIOU. JEALOUSIES OF THE DIFFERENT COLONIES MAY BLOCK THE PLAN. TryiHK to .4<lopt tbe .imerlrnn .Model oi FedcnitioU' -The CauHdluu l*lvu Muy Aiuwcr Their Purpuie Better. The Australian convention is still in session at Adelaide, South Australia, toiling witJi the problem of a consti- tution wliich is to knit together in federal union New SoulJi Walts, Vic- toria, South Australia. Queensiuoid, Western Australia, and probably Tas- mania. Whether it will succeed in draftinj; an acceptable and workable plan for a new Colonial Dominion re- mains to be seen. According to mail advices by steamer Miowera last week, the prospect is not bright. Ef- forts to come to an agreement are said to be blocked by liie jealousies of different colonies. One vital matter on which it seems impossible to find com- mon ground is Uhe fixing of the powers of the Upper Chamber. That is a cru- cial difficulty. The oonvention is fol- lowing the .^Vxusrican, rather than tbe Canadian, model of fedenition. It pro- ceeds on the principle tliat all powers out expressly delegated to the central autflmrity are reserv6<l by the consti- tuent States or provinces. Of course tthe several colonies are Jealous of their PBJEKENT INDEPENDENCE, and are loath to spare much of it to bbje union. A small colony will want its State or provincial rights fully guar- anteed and protected by the constitu- tion. As the convention bos agreed on a Legislature after the pattern of that of the United States, the Upper House otr Slate Council, or Senate, is to be the stronghold of States rights, tbe re- fuge of minorities. It is in the task of defining the powers of that second Chamtjer therefore that the convention finds its greatest stumbling block. Here its delegates fall into two groups, each stubbornly determined to carry it.s point. The smaller colonies hold tbe balance of power. What they are contending for is the inclusion in the powers' of the Senate of a right to ame'ml money bills. These small col- onies are aware that in the popular Chumljer, which we may call the Com- mons, where representation would \yy population, their delei^ation wou not equal those of the big <olonies N«?w South Wale-s and Victoria. If tjberefore fiscal matters were decided by the Lower House alone, they would pnictiially be controlled by the twx) must populous colonies. If, on the other hand, the Upper Chamlier had tjiie right of amending all bills deal- ing with taxation, the small colonies wouUI p'rartii-ally have control of FINANCIAL Ll«;iSLATION , for. on the American pl.-in, in the Up- per House, each of the foul small col- onies would have as many members as would each of the two large colonies, and cnuld therefore outvote the lat- ter on such questions. To enter a un- ion in which tbe control of fiscal legis- lation is in the Lower House would. th«> small colonies say, l)e to efface I ht-iii:ielves, while the large colonies contend that to make money votes a sul)j<'ct for joint legislation would mean th*" giving over of the taxing power to the minority. Between these views and stubborn altitudes it will be hard to find a compruniise so long as the convention a<lheTe« to the American plan of federation and the American stTU<'IUTe of legislature. It is perhaps an well thai the dclegixtes should f.Tni- iliarize themselves with that system of checks ,or rather of deadlocks, at the out-et. Afte.r the two sides hnve fought ejich other toa slaiiil on the question of Lb*" division of powers between the I<"ed- enition .an<l the Statpji, they may turn to the Ciino'li.xn |)lan, and find aome- tlhijig to answer their purpose. ufd WHEN EGGS ARE SCARCE. Lemon sna.ps are dainty and delicious little cakes, and no one need comidain tliat they cannot have nice sweets just iKcsuse eggs are scarce. One lieaping cupful of sugar, two-tAirds cup of but- ter, half a teasptxinful soda dissolved in two t«ispoon.s of hot water, flour enough to roll, flavor with, lemon, roll out very thin, cut small and Ixike in a quick oven. I^ayer Cake.â€" One cup sugar, one ta- bUespoon butter, one egg, two-thirds cup sweet milk, one and a hulf cup flour, two teaspoons baking powder. With thJB as foundation, a variety of delicate and palatable cakes may be made hy varying the filling. Hickory Nut Killlpg.â€" One, heaping cup of kernels rolled to a paste and mixed with three-fourths cup of thick .sour cream sweetened to the taste, and .st>re<id Ijetween the layers ; this is de- licLons. Caramel Filling.â€" One-half cup ,s>v'eet cr«'am, one-half cup liulter, two cups brown sugar. Stir while boiling un- til it "ropes." Renuove from l.bo fire, and beat hard until cool enough to si)read smijothly with a knife. If de- • , - u_ir * r..i „f .Sired, a half teasj)oonful of vanlll.i may ^^^ ^ ^ ._ _ be added. Is very nice indeed. P\ii when h»r father had secured .some quiet on top as well as between the layers. flABITS OF THE ESKIMO. CURIOUS UNDERGROUND HOME AND THE WAY IT IS BUILT. Trade Wllh tbe Wbarlem In Hammer, aad Lar la â-  MIeek or NeeeMarle* tor Winter â€" lake Lire Kaky In the ('aid Weulherâ€" â- u<r 'mey Treat Vermla ou Ml* ClatllcHi. In all tbe years since the exodus from Lapland the Behring Sea Kskimo has clung to his primitive customs. Hte still lives in tents, though whereas for- merly they were made from (walrus hides or deer .skins, in recent years he has sul^Hstituted the more convenient drill! or canvas, obtained from Kbe whaleTB or trading stations. Six months, frcm May to Octolier, he moves almut the coast, fishing, bunt- ing, or wholly Idle. The other sixl month3 are siient in bis baraboxas or dug-out. In April, when the ground •tvitb which his hut is covered on one Slide and top begins to thaw und drip, he again takes to his tent on the beatch. and inunediately makes preparations for his seal bunt, which provides him with the staple foods â€" seal oil, bluti- ber and meat â€" liesides fur for oloth- ing and for barter with the whaler. fieuling being over, he returns home an<l engaged in filing, untiil whal- ens and other ships collect at Point Spencer some time io June and July, when he again lanuchus his omiak and departs for that place. Here he stays untiil tile shi(w leave, fishing, trading, or enjoy iog a general goou time, iln a«uordance with his industr}' he lays Kn a fiU(>ply of sugUA flour, molasses, IKJwden, lead, caps, fcni^•e6, axes, needles, thread, etc. This done, he journeys into the liLkes through Grant- ly Hhxbor and finishes his fishing^re- I tumiBg some time in October. I In these days an extended trading goes on among tbe Eskimos of the vari- ous districts. Deer skjus and deer legs , and sinews are Urought over from East Cape in large quantities and bartered 1 tor red fox slcins, in great demand on the Siberian side. Ogurooiks, or ilarge sealskins, tTiim the Kotzebue Sound, used Xor soles In the manufacture of their bootsh are exchanged for powder, lead, tobauco and caps. rVOttY AND WHALEBONE in great plenty come fvom Indian Point and King's Island, and are graded off ' for tobacco, knives, cuJioo, flour and the like. From Goluvin Bay and Nor- ton Sound come the minki lynx, red ' fox, Iwaver and wolf skins, all in g^reat deimand umung the Ailimk.-iim west and ' nort b of tlieiie two bays. In the selection of a buildiing site tbe Strait Eskimo ohooses a bank near I the fabore, with a gentle slope torward I tbe .^aouth. Here he excavates, with his I whalebone siioiel, a place lU or 12 feet ' square aiul aljput 6 feet deep. Level , with the floor he digs a tunnel 3 l-'i I or 4 feet square out tu the hillside, und here he sets up a drlfbwocad indJosuru i with an o]iening lat the top. large enough to admit one person at a time. ' In ail the long winter moutlu), when tbe snowitriJls keep the subiterraneab resident confined for weeks at a time, b«it little snow finda its way through this opening. Moi-aover, us the beat nlses to tbe to(> llttlls utf it escapes through the tunneil. Tbe room thlis exc»vuted is studded closely with driXtiWood, of which ther« is always an alMradani*; a rafter is Iilauod at eai'h ct7ni«r, reaching to a square frame or sk^' light in tbe center. This is covered with the intestine of seals or walrusi iustetid of glass. The spaces l)e4ween the rafters are fille<l out with Innusli, whalebone, split logs, or odds and eiuib of iKiards foun<l along the l>eacli. This thatch is covwrwl with sod or loose ground, and the home is completeâ€" a home warm and comfort- able and one that offers no ol>st ruction to the almost continual north iwind from January to the muldle oi May A» & rule, no fireplace is found in tbeMC underground dwellings. But little cooking is done. The nati\'es live on ili^ I'tib. stored up in suimner. or (xn raw frozen tonicod caught through the ice by the women in the winter. This, with seal oil, blubber and seal DiCiUi, constitutes the entire diet. Knives, forks and spoons are unknonvn. The men find an exixijlent iiulwtitute in their first and .setond fingvrs, which th.\v dip into the tray of seal oil an<l lick with gusto. The women use three fingers, and tbe children all four. FOR THE YOUNG PEOPf^E of tbe fxmily. or families.â€" for they crowd into one hut a,s many as possibly <an find sleeping room- a platform fi feet long, is constructed, the entire wilih ol tlie itjooin, mi<lway lietwieen floor an:l ceiling. Here boys and girls rest their limlw in months of sliunlx'r. (he floor l)<>ing reseirvejl for tine older folk. Vjion eiileT'lng Uie n.ojn the I'Js- kiino care.fully bi'Ufcheis from hiscloth- ing every jiarticiU; of (,now. Then, tak- ing off his art iga, he nits nude to Uie waist, chatting until lnodtiine. Uedtimn Im any hour when the eildens of the household feel like go'ing to bed. When that time arrivel*, all clothing is re- iiii)M*d and the f.'imi.ly n>tire to their deerskins. Extreme filth troubles the Kr-kiino not nl :i.ll. Vermin he rather likes than (lislikes, although there i.sj a limit to all Ihlngls. When his arliga becomes unbearable, he hangis it out- side the hut on a e«>ld night, and the trouble is remeilieiii. Tbe habiits of these jioople vary con- si<leral)'ly in different districts. Elsiie- cially is this difteneince noticeable be- tween the .Vlatiikans living on the coast and thoBC less fortunate confined to the inlands. There is a distinct variation in appearance, habits, mode of building, i(in.<tj-urlion. i'ern<pna,I decoration and clothing. Whereas^ on the mainlami I he .Manikan.s lirvo in villages of 100 or '200 inhal>i<ant», in aejiiirote one-room underground dwellings on St. Law- rence Island, for example, and else- where in the Behring Sea, they live in large above-giround huts of aa oval or round shape, the IntMlor of whfa:>lil is dirvlded liy walrus mdes into a nunv- bar of aleeping apartments. In the centre is left a Urga lining room, usedl as weil for Btorajge. This room has a fliX4>lace in the ceuiire, ugul the squoro frame In the roof iit nuijfie renuwaihle. The fire is made some time during th« day, a«id when a desired temperature is obtained the still bulrning pieces ut wood are thrown outside through the square hole in the rapt; tbe smoke ta allowed to eecatje, and the fireplace In the floor is covered over vrith ix>ard», Th^n no (iire is made untU the next day. GLADSTONE IN GREECE. TUll at tbr Urand Old .Wbb la 188a. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton had mad* in his duspetch an eloquent allusion to Mr. Gladstone's Homeric studies^ dry officials insisted tihat this was nothing short of an unwarranted out- rage on all tJbe precedents of conven- tional diplomacy. "Wlbat axe we oom- ing to i" tbey asked. "We have a Prime Minister, Lord Derby, who goea in for Greek ntudies ; we have a nove- list as leader of the government in the House of Commons ; we have a novelist as colonial secretary ; and t^ese three propose to send out a mum on a mission to tihe disturbed lonia^ Islands for no onlher reason than fae« cause be is fond of reading Homerl" Mr. Gladstone, however, was in hop* rlhat be could do some good in aocept- ing tbe mission, and he went out to the Ionian Islands, arriving at Corfu in November 1858. At Corfu, and during all his publio addresses in ijie Greek islands and the mainland he spoke in Italian. Mr. Gladstone did not attempt to speale in modern Greek. He could read mod- ern Greek witih perfect fluency, and has been heard tu complain that ha found some difficulty only when Greeiui would write to him in a very bad hand and in "cursive Greek." But tihe hope- less incomputibilliy between the pre nunciolion of Greuji laugiht at Oxford and the Greek spoken in Corfu or in Athens would bare rendered it im« possible for him to make himself at- tectively understood if h» attempted to addre>« in Greek a modern Greelf audience. 1 have l>een told that the effect of Mr. Gladslime's discourses id Italian was eomelhiug supberb and electrifying. TWO PERILS COMBINED. Patrick L. I'enuell, an engineer of Williamsport, I'a., recently took charge of a sawmill iu the forests some milea from bis home. The mill bad not lieen in operation for aome time and it re- quired several duyo to clean it. Then l'°ennell started a fire in the furnace and prepared for business. He was cal- led to some other |>art of the mill, and when be returned to the engine be saw that the uteum gauge registered 110. although the^ boiler was tested only to lOU pounds and was supposed to work with 70 to 8(1. In his excitement at tbe peril Fen- nell slammed the dour of the engina- bouse and a latch on the outside dro[H ped down, making him a prisoner. Pay- ing no attention to mat, he started for the safety valve. It had liecoma rusted and retused to work. Catching hold of the pipe he started to swing himself into position to reach the valve when be noticeii a rattlesnake hang- ing to the pipe. lie jumped Imck and landed on sonietbiiig which yielded un- der his feet. It proveU to be another snake. The fire in the furnace had warmed the walls of tbe engine-house and roused a den of rattlers and several of them were retidy for trouble. Fen- nell seized an iron bar and atta<-ked the snakes, finally killing all uf them. He then loosened the safety valve and released the imprisoned steam. The gauge registered 1-0 pounds, and in a few moments more there must have Ijeen an explosion that would have wrecked the liuilding and perhaps kill- ed several men. TOB.\CCO Cl'ItE. All sort.s of nostrums liuve been pro- posed and tried for tibe purpose of cur- ing the excessive craving for tobatto* but t.he results of tlueir administra>- tion have been ioT the most part very uncertain. A remedy of a differenC order ha-s lieen piUenled in the shape of a time lock for tobiwco boxes. Tlie victim of t.he hubit can adjust the tor- ture of deprivation to suit his moral and physical limit at ioii.s. Having made up hisi mind whut is the longest per- iod that he can abstain from the weed he st,-l.s the guui^o on the box .ind waits for the expiratitm of the prede- mineil interval of lime before he take* a fresh chew or fills up his iiipe. The inventor, wlm a4)pears to .speak feel- ingly on tile subject recoiniiieiids) suf- ferers from the nicotine habit to make the early intervals very short, and to increase them gradually until the yearning for the weed has at lasb be(!n trained down to the vanishing point. I JEWELED EYEGLASSES. Delicate eyes are now considered an opjiort.tuiity for using jeweled eye- glasses. A fashionable jeweler has con- 1 rived famcy spectacles heavily mount- ed in e>!aborately chased Roman gold; to t.hem. is .'vtlaehed a long, equally el- aborate gold handle. They are then iield l>efore the eyes precisely after the f.isbion of a lorgnette. Single ejeglasses are daintily set in .T.'.i manner of pretty .stylos, t.he rims studded with jewels, the gl.asses them- selves lieing ovai. .square or round, ac- cording to the preference of the owner. Lorgnettes are massive with gold and brilliant wilih genus. This fad is tak- ing immensely wilih elderly womain who wish to avoid the appearaiic>e of age. Thert> are to lie no more slender gold bows, resting upon old ladies' oars, rhose Willi be only for the superannuat- ed.