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 r'-^'^-^'^^jfi^d^ if .-. â- :* u in • •♦ il: t i ri If F? IN ONE SHOKT Â¥EAK!| If the Rector of CheUton could cut oat, obliteTate. forget one short year of the fortyfiy«.teJM UmAiM arigiM htmluippf ft^n • or as happy as a mortal may be, who (cocgnizes the responsibflities and dntiea of We. His living is a rich one. He has no do BMstio worries or aggrieved parishioners. H« il of good familyâ€" BO good that betakes bis place among the county people as mach lij right as by coartesy. In spite of his grave, not to say soatere, mannera, he has won the loveof his ptrishioners and friends •nd if the world he rales spiritnally is a Kttle one. his writings have carried his name far beyond it. Certainly the Kev. Percival B^ake is a sncceasfnl man and ooald that one year be forgotten might ba a lianpy one. The story of the year he wonld consign to oUivion is this Ten earn ago, at half-past six o'clock on the Slst of December, the stars were shin- ing brightly at eifrht o'clock the congraga- tioo coming oat of Chelston Charoh found a heavy soow-stcrm raging. The wind had dianged. An army of dark clouds had hnrried up and wa^ attacking the earth so fnrionsly that slrrady everything within nnse was white with snow. The Rector's mother, a lady of stately Ereaence, came down the aisle attended by er two daughters. She paused to address a few reproachful words to the sexton, re- â- pecting the low temperature inside the onnrch then passed into the porch, which was full of mtmbers of the ccngregation preparing to fight their way home through the unexpected snow-storm. Wishing all present a happy new year, the ladies wrapped their cloaks around them, and at a brifk pace went up the lane which led. to the Rectory. Ther-d was warmth and comfort. The teflection of a roaring fire danced on every polished oak panel of the dining-room. Mrs. Blake nd her daughters gathered round the blaze like priestesses round an altar and the bell was rung to show they were ready for tea. It was a week day. The service had ben held to mark th i last day of the year. The rector, a sensible man, disapproved of mid- night services. His flock were better in bed at such an hocr. So he had given them ' the ordinary evensong, and preached a short suitable sermon. His work over, he was expected home every moment. The tea came, but not the rector. The oozy vaa put en the teapot,, and the hot cakes p^ed inside the fender. The ladies sat toasting th( mseh es and discuesing who were and. who were not at church. Preeently Selma, the youngest daughter, locked out of the window and reported that the lights of the church were.c xtmguiehed. It was decided that Percival had gene rn some errand of charity, so the ladies began tea without him Mrs. Blske was filling the cups for the second time when the miss- ing rector entered. Percival Blake was above middle height, mnd strongly but not clcmsily built. H face must be described by a word which would convty more than "landsbme" â€" it was a fine face. If now, and whtn in re- pose, it wore an expressic n of contented in- aolence, it was. nevertheless, the face of a man from whom something out of the ccm- ~mon might be expected. The truth is, his life bad been far too un- eventful and easy. He possessed abilities which had nsver yet been fully called forth be was capable of pa3slcn that had never yet been aroused. The sharp spurs of ambition had not yet gcred his flanks. This may be underst':o:l when one kcows that at thirty he was R€Ct( r of Ciielston â€" and even now, at thirty-five, he had not met the woman he could love. Young as he \»as when the la*e rector, his father, died, his succession was a matter beyond question- The living of Chelston belongs to Lord Keynsbam. and, as all the county knows, Percival'a father was Lord Keynshams first cousin. That the yeung clergymsn was to stand in his father' shoes had been settled leng ago. He bad been brought up to do so as surely as a mer- chant's son is brought up to enter his basi- So the boy was af prenticed to (the trade. Taere was no question as to his fitness for the sacred office. The fact of his bain a; his father's sen settled this. He himself ac- cepted his position as a matter of coarse, and after a creditable career at Oxford, Eet. tied dow n to do duty as his father's curate. He was a cooscientioJS mfvn, and did bis work well, But his life had been made te o simple, too easy for a ir.aij cfhis poweri. It seemed all arranged beginning, middle, and end. His father died. He tcok his p'aoe, his mother and sisters living on at the rectory, and Icoking after the needs of the parish even as they did in his father's reign. At first they supposed Percival wonld marry after a year or twb they believee?, p'rhapj hoped, he would not now they Icoked upon him as cutout for a bachelor, and felt pretty sure of their tenuie. "You are late, my dear," said Mrs. Blake, as the' young rector took bis seat. "Yes and cold and hungry too." They ministered to his creature comfurts. He dpr.k his tea ^nd ate his muffins vnth gusto. "Your s;raion was very powsrful." eaid Mrs. Blakei "At times I think you pteaoh almost i^p to your poor father's level." "Thank you," taid Percival, suppressing a smile. Preaching had not been his predecessor's forte. "Percival," said Maria, l^is eldest gister, "did you notice a lady in black? Sbe sat in tk ' south aisle." Tae laity may be ocfidin;;, but a clergy- man's mother and sisters know he is able, wid ottea ready, to take stock of Jus con- gregation. The rector had notioeet her. "We feel sure she is the persou who has just come to the Hollies.' "ohe is. Sie told me *o." "Told yoa so When " Tnree para of aitonished eyes gazsd at t^e rector. •'In is on her account I am latel Just as I wa^ leaving the church, old Jones told me a lady had slipped on the snow and sprained her ankle. I picked her up and arried her into the vestry." "You carried her 1 Couldn't yon have _^eft that to Jonesâ€" if necessary " "My dear mother She is a fine young wo nan, weighing abcnt twelve stone. Jones is past seventy, and getting shaky." This answer was ar.answerable. "Well " asked Mrs. Blake, severdy. "Jones went to the Red Lien for a cab, or some oooveyanoe. I tried a little ama- t«ir surgery." "Alone with her Ui,fee ««jt5f.,lSrj f* .^^Hwnaid wastK!*. A pow^ helpless creature, more hindrance than use." H Ipless or not. MiS. Blake was relieved at hearing aboot the maid. "Was it a real sprain " she asked sospicionsly. "The ankle was swollen to an enormous siz9. I WIS obliged to cut her boot off." gasped Mrs. Biake. "And "Oh I" then V "I ascertained that no bones were broken, bathed it with cold water, and bound it np, in a m;8t wcrkmanlike way. Then Jones and the cab cune. I saw my patient home, and here I am." The Reetor of Chelaton bathing and bind- ing up a oanii woman's ankle in the ves- try was more than Mrs. Biake conld stand. She rose frcm her seat and, gave berson her ideals on the subject "All I can say is that carrying beautiful young women into vestries, attending to their ailments, and taking them home, is, in my opinion, an nnclerical, if not a disre- putable, prooaeding." The rectcr's cheek flushed, but he checksd the hot retort which rose to his lips still hia voice and manner showed there was a limit to maternal authority and his own patience. "I did not say she was beautiful. I would have done the same for the oldest and ugliest of my congregation Good- night, I am going to my study." The ladies looked blank the more so when the hours passed without his reap- pearing. It was their custom at the Rec- tory to watch the old year out, and ex- chwige good wishes as the clock struck twelve. Mrs. Blake grew very fidgety as midnight drew near, and was trying to bring herself to go to her ton and ask his pardon. But Percival spared her this by retnrn'ng of his own accord. "Mother," he said, "yon f p ke hastily. Bat it is the last night of the year let ns foreetit." Mrs. Blake melted. "Oh, Percival, it was cnly from anxiety on yonr account*" He laughed. ' "I am old enough to look after myself.' "Yes, my dear. Bat, Peicival, who is she?" "I told you. Mrs. Russell, the lady jusb come to the Hollies." "But who is she No one knows any- thing about her. She may b3 an adven- turess." "Adventuresses are not likely to come to Chelston. Bisides, we heard she bought the house, and I suppose has paid for it." •Is she a lady r asked Selinaâ€" "lady" bore a very high meaning with the BUkes. "Undoubtecily. You can cal and judge for yourselves." Mri. Blake irade no objection to calling. Unless there was something known against her, t'le new arrival was entitled to a call from the Rectory foJks Besides, Mrs. Blake, still much troubled by the vestry episode, wanted to see Mrs. Raesell and form her own opinions. Twche o'clock struck, and after the usual good wishes the family party sep sr..ted. "What will the new year bring ' said the rector, a? he undressed himself. "Not much change so far as Chelston is con- cerned. That was a very beautiful wrmin," he added. The next morning, in opite of the four itches of fcnow, Percival Biake felt bound to walk to the Hollies and inquire after his new parish.oser. Toe Hollies, a medium- sfzsd house, tt)od in about half an acre of garden on the outskirts of CheUtm village. At ^he back were meadows and tbroush the msadows ran the deep CieUton brock or river, aa the inhabitants wr ra pleased t call it. The Recbory was halt a mile from the Hollies, ini Pircival, as he walked t'.e distance, had tima to wonder wty a beaut • ful youBSi woman like Mrs. R'liseil should choose Ch- Iston as an abode. Not that so- ciety was warting, provir e I one- was duly ccaredited. Bat tbe couutry people ate riginly exclusive, and few enter the circle nn ttieir own merits. Tt:e impression Mr3. Russell had given the n ctcr « as that of a wcmiu who would scarcely le contented with the society of the doctor's anl lawyer's wives and canghters, much less with thai of the respectable farmers' womftu-kin-l. Mis, Riesell was better. Shn was np, and woula be glad to tee Mr. B.'ake. Tue rector lesitateci â€" thinkins; of hii eooiV- caked toots â€" but after some vigorous work with Ecraper and door-mat, decided ti a:; li^ might venture into a drawing- rocm, ao he followed the servant to Mri. Rasill and his fate. His first thcujht was that, high iis he had raoked her beauty, he had uadei -estimated i^. BaK then he had seen her in the dimly, lighted vcatry. and while M^e was sulTering grett pain. Now An artist should have painted her A sculptor should have fired that attitude immovably in marble 1 She lay on a couch wieeldd lonni by the fire. Her pose was lull of that grace which appeals so clo qaently to the eye capable ot appreciating btauty and symmatry of form Is wa-i uu- itadied and natural, yet full of dignitv. Moreover, the classical p irity of her st^ 1 â- . w: s bouud to tell t pon a min of Percival Blake's good taste. Adventitious aids she hid noue. The thick c'ark s'.ining hair was ooilsd eimp'y on the well-propottioced head. H .r dress was plain black, but fitting her so as to show eyery line of that splendid figure. The dark eyes, lishes and eye- brows looked darKer, the bright red lips redder, .^rom the c; ntrast of the white face White, bat, if such wcrJs Cin convey th ider, warm- white. If co!or was wanting on the cheek, no one would call her pale her complexion spoke of warmth, life and h alth. And Percival marveled again that such a creatare should bury hersel' in such a place as CheUton. e greeted h'm smilingly. She cave I im her hand it was white ana weil- shapen, bit not diminutive. A tiny hand wonll have been a deformity with a woman of her splendid build. She tlunked him for hh last night's kindnets Ha hoped she wai bei;ter, and complimsnted her on 03 her fortitude. After this light skirmish of pretty, sayings they settled down to gen- eral c mversation. Cartainly a most interesting woman I Sh9 wai animated she was natural ^he questioned the rector about the parisii, the ctmrch, the schools, the naighborbood, and nther sahjeots which are clerical sp^aialties. T-ien their oooveiaation became more eclec- tic â€" ^litwature. muBio,p:iinting, evenpoli- » reseated himself willingly enoug... suppose you sra all puzzling your heads t mi?' she said grav. ly "yorr mother die oontinu- a new com- tica. After a Uttla while the rwjtor found ^rVZSZ^rJ'Jte^t Atlsjt the rector felt that, so far m Ijf » T" °5° cerned. the obUgation. «y»*y "f Pj"S ness had been discharged. He showea signs of leave-taking. ,, ••Spwe me a few m nates more, wd Mm RosseU. "I have »omething to »y. He reseated himself .^»""«}y_*°f °5|J: about â€" „ and sisters, for instance? ..^.k- This direct attack confused the rector. "Chelston is a Kttle jjlaoJ," he said. • And, like all little plices." â- Â»â€¢- "" ed, "much exercised about er*" "Ai you use the phraae, I may ai well say it is the ripht one." • u 4.^ k- "W*.ll, Mr. Bake. I have no wish to be an ol j9ct of coriesity or fuspioioa. In a village, the Rectory-not perhaps, the rec torâ€" is often the headquarters of gossip. Percival laughed Imt remembering hie mother and sisters, da'ed noi deny the charge. Mrs. Ra«wll looked at him with her gfeat dark eyes, and smiled as she taw how correctly sbe hsd jji^ged, "I am right,then f Well, Mr. Blake, if you are expected to give information, it is just as well you should be correctly inform ed vourself." -r m. "But I have no wish to know. It is not mv business." She shrugged her shouldfrs, and jast raised her evebrowa. The aoticni were, perhaps, bordering on cf quetry. Mr. Blake at once caught th if. meaning. His dis- claimer of curiosity was not fUttering to the fair woman beside him. He hastened to atone. •'I mean, if lean be of service; please com- mand me." He wondered at the eagsrness of his own manner. She smiled. "I should like this to be known," «hp said. "I have no wish for society, and I bring no credential ». My story is this: My father was a well to- d*! merchant in Liverpool. His name wai Bennett, My moth=ir died when I was an infant. I was an cnly child, and was utterly spoiled. My father's kindnesi I repaid by marryin? a man whom he particnUrly disliked. My husband died three years ago my father shortlv afterward. Be forgave me on his death- bed, and left me all he had tn leave.. He might well forgive me. I had hng be lore re{^eated of my obstinacy and folly." A hard look came into her eyes as she spoke. "Yon were unhappy?" said the rector, sympath'zingly. "More than unhappy â€" poor, unhappy, andâ€" ill treated. Bat that oonoems no one save myself." She was silent. Her eyes looked far away. Her lip? hardened and grew thin with a hi t'er smile, Percival Blake, watch- ing her, knew she tad a past she would fain forget, "Thank yon for your confidences," he said. "You are right, living in a smsll in- quisitive world, to publish your anteced- ents. I shall tell the busy-bodies as much as see ms enod to me. And you really una.-} to live at Chelston " he ccntinued. "I think so, I hated the lonelinesa of Londoi, I have m friends, ro relations. The fit seized me to try th" country, I saw this bouse advertised. Cie'stcn was the same to ice as anothe* plvce, S her' I ami, with a faithful old servaut to lock after me." "You wili find it terribly dull." "Ona may be dull, yet fairly happy, I can amuse myself, I am fond o! reading, of painting, of music. Perhaps, when you k 10 w me better, yon wil' find me scmeihing todo." "Anywar, we must try and keep ycu no-"" sa'd tbe rector, gallantly, Taen he trok his leave, and went to per- form L si agreeable if le s dangerous duties, H3 dared nit eumfess to himse'f how greatly his interest had been awakened b/ the strn£;s, uncommon beauty of this womir. Bat he dimly understood how it mieht be posiible for a man to forsaki fiiends, duty â€" even oref dâ€" for the sake of some ore whom he pictured ai not uiuike hii new parishioner. Ho was nearer to his fat i than ie imagined. His acconnt of his moin'ng's exp'oits sp-rad conjtternat'oi through the rectory. With ducreditable want of t^ot he praised Mrs Ruastllto the skips. HiS mother and sisteriatooce took tbe aUrm Percival, after all, might not be cut out for a bache- lor. Tiejobt regency was threitmee? â€" not by oae who vonld be a suitable spouse for tbe Rector of CaeLton, but by a terri- bly beautiful young widow aboat whom t o cn.^ knew anything 1 Nevertheless, they called at the Hollies, and Mrs. Blake's heart sunk as she saw ttiat Percival had cob been led astray by the glamour of eood looks when he declared that Mrs. Russell was a Uwly. Maria and Selina, the rector's sisters, two plain, middle- aged women, wto had outlived envy of another's personal charms, rather inoliaed to the new-comer bat their mother was obdnrate. She shook her head ominous ly. There is a mystery," she said. "There is something wrong with that woman I have a praeentiment." Mrs. Blake'o presentiments were not things to bs trflad with. However, a kind of reserved friendship sprang up between the ladies. Mrj. Blakci looked upon it as an a-med truce, ander cover of which she coull better protect her son from the allurements of this mystarious siren. Bat unhappily that Eon began to manifiSl; a strength of will and determination to walk his own way, and, moreover, walked that wav so far and so openly that the folks about CheUtoa began to t.lk but even that troublad the rector very littla. He had long left off deceiving himself. His fate had met him. Ha loved this woman with all the strength of his really strong nature, and was striving, in deadly earnest, to make her love him, H s passion had swept away all domestic barriers. Mother, sisters, everythirg fkded into insignificance beside it. Life withemt that one woman's life was worthless. The toach of her hand, the look O: her dark eyes, the sound of her musical voice, thrilled him. The.Restcr of Chelston lovaid at last â€" Gloved as inly one man out of a thousand oan love. H's was not the sparkling traoaieat emotion of a boyâ€" not the dofe^e of the aeptnageaarian â€" ^itwas the ardent glowiag piasion of a man â€" the love of a lifetime I IS nn- sbown h«altbv etate of mmd ww ""'J him whilst he was ,«'8»?»;' '» J^* ' mance of a peculiarly pamfol duty. A Km of one of hiT^nshioners bad murdered his sweetheart. ^He wa, ""w tymg in the ooanty jaU under sentanoe of death It wa^ reported that he was oalloue and imp ni- tent. His father, with tear^ in h" eye" begged Percival Blake to vwit^h.s boy and tnf Md ssve his guilty -onl. The cr m.nal hid once baen the brightest of tH« viihge boya and a preat favorite of P«roiv;ls, Perhaps his pleading might succeed whera anothfVs failed. The rector at once visited the jail, and tried all hit powers of per- suasion to bring the convict to a proper frame of mind. Bat his labw was vain. The young man was quiet sni rtmpfetTn\. He rcgratted the necewity for the deed, bat not the deed itwH. "I loved her." he said "oUenly- "^o other man sbocli have her. I would do it assin rather. " -lu Percival prayed end reasoned without moving him an atom. But the murderer at last fumed to him and said "You've never loved a girl like I did, Mr. Blake, or you'd have done just the same. Percival Blake turned rale. The thought struck him like a bullet-the man was speaking the truth. Heâ€" even he, the Rec- tor of CheUtcn-wonld kill his love rather than another man shoiild have • Gnd help me I" he groaned. "I must end thia." So one bricht afternoon in April be w^lk rd over to t^e Hollies and told Phil'ppa Rai(fl he loved her. H" "poke fi^rce'v and "' emly, almost like one under compalsirn In fact, hs all but commanded ber to re- turn his love, and perhaps she likftd him roT-e the less for his masterful bearing. She looked particularly lovely that after noon. AUhongh livinc in solitude, she was always well drsssed. Hid she anticipated the visit and wished to hasten the avowal, she could not h«ve attirad herself more efiF fctively, THe man must be» ultra fastidi- ous who could find a single fault in her per- sonal sprearaccB â€" or so thought the rector as 'le waited her answer. For a while she was sib nS She stood with her whita fingers intcrlased. Her downcast eyes gave her wooer no sisn, but a wave of color crosied the hnalthy pallor of her cheek. Then she raised her eyes and her look sat every pulse in his body throb- bing. In another moment he would have thrown his arms around her. Bat she cheeked him, although she still eazed at him. She spoke her words were strange, but there tias something in her voi(» which as yet he had never detected there. "Tell me bow much you love, me 1" she Eaid. "I cannot," he whispered. In truth, he dared not even tell himself. "Tell me how niuch you love me " she reiterated. "Far above any being in th« world," A scornfal smile mide her look even more beautiful. ' Spare me the ordinary lover's protesta- tions. But stay," she continued, with a marvelous change of voico »id mannar. "I am treatine you unfairly. Percival, listen, I love you I love you 1" She ieanad a littla way toward him. The action was unmistakable. H's arms were round her his lips on ber lips. From that moment life held but one thing for the Rec- tor of Chelston. "Tell m" tell mo now, Percival." whispered Poilippa, as she lay passive in his arms. Even then there flashed across him that icene in the jail. If he spoke the trath Vie nsed seek no further for a fitting simile. He bent his head, and whispered in a strange hoarse voice "I love you even as that young man jast hanged loved. I would kill you rather than yon should love another." She laughed deliriously. "Sweet, sweetlnve 1" she cried. "I believe you I love yon " f hen she laid ber head on his shoulder and sobbei. He adorad her, yet .he feared her. He was her mast* r, vet her slave. She had wrung wor 's frm him which DO man, cer- tainly no clerfjymau, should dare to say but she had tfld him and shown him she loved him Ha led ber to a seat, and, nov that the victory was his, bf gan to count the spoil?. "We will be mirried ton, dearest," he said. She pressed her hands to her forehead. "I did not promise to marry yon," she said. Tbe rector wondered if he heard aright. • ' Philippa, what do you mean " he cried. "Yoa asked me if I loved you. I an- swered truly. For the rest, you took me by surprise. Come to morrow or the next day." "Bat why. What is your meaning? You love me, and of course you will marry me." She clasped her hands, then once more pressed them to her brows. "I am tailing lies," she said. "It was no surprise to me. For wecki I have pictured this moment. Percival, there shall be no deceit between ns." "None on my part," he answered grave- ly- "And none on mine. I said. 'Come to- morrow.' One day of pleasant dreaming â€" rne day of your live â€" seemed worth having To-dav and to-morrow are the ta-ne. Sweet love, I love you! Hold my handâ€" listenâ€" and leave me. He obeyed with a white face. She spoke for some minutes in a low voice. Tne gravity of her communication was shown by the change which the reotor'a face and bearing un-ierwent. Save by one or two smothered exclamation), he did not intar- rupS her, aad when she had finished speak- ing, saj sileit anl motionless. She rraw her hand from his lad rose. Hie eyes fol'^owed her, and at hut. with dry lips, he whispered "This is the truth?' "This is the truth," she sa'd. moving to- ward the door. "Farewell. I leave hen-to- morrow." A" the door she Ungered and looked back. Iheu- eyes met. A shiver ran through the man a stroag frame. Then, like one who makes, for good or Ul, a anddea reaplatioa hes^ngtohiafett â€" v»»wwb "What do I ciraf he cried, 'l love •a forgotten, or bom* togel^." Once more he embraced het ql i 'â-  ""t»° g« |^ attempt to coij^*' *yl, j^ littla away from him, "s heSl?*' '»MiS "P«5rc;val, if you aWt, mV spite of all. it must be fSi,r'i» must part na" ^^' Not^ "It IS for ever. Nothing ri,.i, An hour afterwards the ttoli^ **««." homo, aod informed his ^F *alkei Philippa Russell had c nuntX' wi«6a bis (TO BE CONCLPDED.) QUAINT AND CDElOcT" WHY NEGROES ARE BLACK Sargeon Maj. N. Alcook has cont^w to Ifaivre an interesting commuai,*!- " to why the tropical man is black ""»» which he sugfett) tha' as the W ' mal pigment cells placed behind ato ' " ent nerve termination ex^h its vihr.«"'" the highest pitch, the reverse Ukni^ when, aa in the negro, the pigment-o^ii. " p'aced in front of the terve termiS' and that the black pigment in th^'"?." serves to lessen the 'ntensity of the ' vibrations that would be caused in a ^T^ body by exposure to a tropical snu â-  f".t ' fact, the pigment plays the tame pLrt »!,"' piece of smoked glass held between th» »* and the eye. " we «„, THREE MILES ABOVE THE SEA A racent traveller in Asia, Mr. Webhe states that in the mountains of Thibet if' has lived for months at the height of n^ h the f^^re^ beats per minute, seldom feU be^i^l 100 beats per minute during the time ±t lived at that altitude. His respirations were often twice as namsrous as under criinar* circnmstances a run of 100 yards wo^ quicken both puhe and respirations more than a run of l.OCO yards would at the sei. level. NEWSPAPER LITKRATCrRE, A' tiongh there are few tongues thit are not represented in newspaper literature, an enormous majority are published in four languages. As a matter of conrse, English heais the list, inasmuch a* En^lish-speakine races have peop'ed North Americ* and Australafia The Gai man races rank g»c- ond, the French third, the Sp'»nish fourth. The proDort oa is as follows ErtjrliqV, jg ' .500 publications German, 7 350 Fnu^ 3 850 Spanish, 1 6oO, A WONDERFUL MACHINE, An inventor writing to the " Scientific American" proposes{ta revolutioa'zs the pre- sent system of cultivating the earth. He describes a machine that is rigged with a large windmill sails, has a tiller for steering, Will travel up hiil or down, and with the wind in any direction. A full-sized cne of 8ixty-hor;e power may be depended upon to draw ten ploughs four miles au hoar. with but one man in attBudance. ItwUl also hairow, and furnish the power to iow, raap, and mow, thrash, grind, orcir.y loads to market or irrigate lands. Will travel ten miles an boar in any direction and car- ry twenty passengers, provided there is a good breeza. â-  The machices are not expan- sive to build. than 15.000 feeS above the rc?an with th following results His pulse, noriajillv The HyprocrisT of thelFace. An Italian author, Signer M, P. Mente- gszzi, professor of natural history at the Musuem of Florence, has just contributed a very remarkable volume to the list of scien- tific works. Mantegazza's work ia devoted to the subject of human phyicgaomy and the expessson of the emotions; it deals very amply with one very interesting ques- tion â€" whether it is possible to mask one's feelings by force of will so completely as to deceive the. keer est and most ex^eriencei observer. Civi'izsd, and even unoiviUzed perples. have been steadily training them* selves to master all outward signs of emo- tions as far back as history reccrdsâ€" the fa8hi9nable man of Paris, Londrn or St Petersburg tries to appear as impassive as a god the American, less hyprocritical, aimB nevertheless t cultivate sompthing of Indian gravity and stoicism. What are the results of the long continued c ffort of man to master feeb'ng and t? hide what Na- ture seeks to express under all circumstances Thsy are sometimes vory wonderful but M. Man tegazza does not believe they are ever wholly suocfS'fulâ€" notwithstanding that the capacity for sef-coc quest may have increased steadily through generationa. Woman Eucceeds, indeed, bettsr than nun; and the uninitiated may be deceived by either, but the experienced physiologist can neverbe wholly duped by the immobility of a face or te teat lest nass of an eye. How to Increase the Pleasure of Eating* In his essay on "The Pleasure of Eating,' Count Ramford says: "The pleasure enjoy* ed in eating dependsâ€" first, on the agree- ablenecs of the ta^te of the food and, B«ocndly,upon its power to effect the palate. Now, there ara many substances extremely cheap, by which very agreeable tastes may be given to food, particularly when the basis or nutritive substance of the food is taste- less, and the effect of any kind of palatable lolid food (of meat, for instance), upon the organs of taste, may be increased almost in- definitely by reducing the size of the par- tides of such food, and causing it to act up- on the palate by a larger surface. And i| means be used to prevent its being swallowed too soon, which ma/ easily be done by m^* ingit with s ime hard and tss'relesssQbitance such as crumbs of bread rendered hard by toasting, or anything else of that kind, by which a long a:aiticatioa is rendered neces- sary, the enjoyment of eating n-ay ba great- ly increased and prolonged, " He addOhai "the idea of occupying a p?r«on agpat while, and aff'jrding him much plessi(est the same time, in eating a small quantity ot foDd, may perhaps appear ridiculous to some, but those who consider the matter atten- tively wUl perceive that it is very impor- tant." The secret of the jamping Mexioan bean is out. It was discovered on the CoustocK lode in Nevada. Each bean "onta'ns a worm which can uncoil itself with suc^ sw- den vehemence that the bean is miae w jump. The Nevada newspaper which a^er? this also says that the worm is a provwwa "j nature whereby the beans are distribuiea and bsoomeplan-iedk Dropping fr'^J" tree* which produce them, they jump asou until they faU Into crevices in the groano, where they are imprisoned aid may ta^ root.. ^.fceiutotAlgl •^L the tragi Sr»ack.f' J^on, aua on » ^01 K irOi«^ thoogk»t wâ€" 1 ^^no-.eacUwp itshouU a t;^ottbemne- ,ve»ti of P-r*i lecall, as jj^isqaes for w jjji pavilions of plinetreisb/ t g|ji,8 who *r jaAuest of Ba (Bcunp-d upou j„iea with lo: Krof fight be ,rliOa by Al. X edwiknniscap jBtUI siriassini lee tie stately ci| by fire. Mere,! jeirelfitsla-'i^ii perhaps, the sun Svel Taa:s hel ^e greatest a m; indâ€" who knows Ijt VI s her owi jondtoiiS white Lh'Cb all ttie bos BOt compiss, to mat E 1 athian, luerer tf the wc )opB. Perhaps id It may be tl iiy city of [or her amaeeme )ll giiitered irbish, the 1 g« itstenid with hi sliding, to the be Pillars. Fmcy m, for its post DO fact remains ind found, too, ijostifies m ich ODJiiies up all tb team. Oicj upou a t eacoast- of Imia Q treasures of t,u iani invaded O be god ioipiou ly urrenilt re i tiie c the inemy. ained, b. ffl.d, [raid ef the vengei ^d to bi taken a istant spct beye rteece. So they »twiird nntil ti od there, in that dthemsaives •* i beir name of Br lit i ten ef the te y Miletus. Yet Uth.;t the ami lem, anl, as he llk^ husk the ar atteriog tbi mas irightiud latt, t las and to this c( iests. The venge nel, and c mple Mted TO ex at. i 1]