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 â- m i ' Iff P^ H- i' t ig EoÂ¥a]Gserva8(M. Jonas Pray WM born stingy; he hid his sweetmeftta from his little brothsn whenlM WM a child, and eiqoyed his pleasares alone when he waa a jronng man. By the time he was f»ty he was a rich man; but he Uved as plainly as ever, and somewhere about this tfane uie fiiat tender feeling he had ever known crept into his heart. He tell inwove with a boxom, good- tempered yonng woman named Sara Wool- wich, and offered himself to her. He was not an ill-looking man, and when he chose could make himself agreeable. Sara liked him and accepted him. Jonas meant to be liberal to her at first, but after a brief honeymoon of h^piness, his old habits resumed their sway; and at last, the sectMid winter of their married life coming on, Sara found. 'that all her remarks about oer shabby summer hat had no effect whatever, and that she might wut a long. time without having such a thing as a com- fortable cloak suggested her. She had been a poor girl and had no trouaaeao to speak of andso she found it necessary to put her pride in her pocket and ask for what she needed. It was hard enough for a wife to do that, but to be refused was something she had not calculated upon. She knew ^at her hus- band had a large bank-account, and that there was no reason why she should not be dressed as well as any lady. But yrhea she said playfully, " Jonas, shall 1 bnv myself some winter things to-day I need a shawl dreadfully " he had answered, " I thoui;ht you were too sensible a woman to run after the fashions, Sara. I'm sure yon have very decent things- that you might wear a long time yet." "That shows how much men know," Sara answered, determined to be pleasant and not to show that she was hurt " you would not like your wife to look shabby, Jonas V " Well, no," sa'd Jonas " But really, Sarah, money Lb so scarce just now. Don't you think you might make what you have do a little longer?" ' How much longer," she asked quietly. " Oh, I don't know," replied Jonas. " I had an aunt who left me somethinc; when she died, who wore the same shawl and bon- net sixteen years, and boasted of it too " His wife looked at him and said nothing. "Economy is a great tning, Sara," said Jonas, uneasily. "It would be a dreadful thing to die in the poor-house, you know, and you don't care for other people's admiration, do you, Sara, when you know your husband likes you just as well in your well-saved clothes We don't call them shabby, Sara, only well- saved." " Call them what you please, Joiias, they merit both epithets." She sat quietly for a while with her hands folded on the table before her. Her temper was rising fast, but she had seen enough to control it. A miser is the victim of a vice that mast- ers him just as the drunkard's does him. Jonas was ashamed of himself, even as he spoke, and she knew it. As she looked at him a little while, grief came instead of anger. There was so much that was ^ood about Jonas. It was terrible to see this canker creeping over it all, to see the pinch- ed lines about his mouth â€" the strange anxi- ous look in hie eyes. Poor Sara remembsr- ed stories she had read of misers how they had starved themselves while they counted their cold how some of them died in the dark to save candles and how, through a long illness, one of the wealthiest of these men refused to have a pillow brought for him, or even a little saucepan in which to heat his porridge. Would Jonas grow to be as bad as these How could she tell Once or twice of late he had found fault with the amount used, and moaned over his butcher's bill. But men generally did something of^this sort, she had heard, and men knew nothing about dress. She arose softly and went out of the room, and brought back her shawl and bon- net and placed them before him on the table. " Jonas, dear," she said, " I don't want to be unreasonable look at these, see how shabby they are. They were nice when we were married, but they were cheap, and cheap things fade so. I have made every- thing I had do for- two years. I did not like to ask for clothes. You know you gave me two pairs of sieves in our honey-moon I have them stul." " What a good, careful girl." said Jonas, caressing her dark hair, as she came and sat on alow stool beside Mm. " Yes, I have been careful, it is my na- ture, to be careful," answered Sara. " Few rich men's wives would have done so much. Now look at these things, my dear." Jonas looked. There came a time, after- seemed to him that tht: that shawl, its dingy yellow-hrown, and the and shabby ribbon of the bonnet, had Ibeen seared into his brain. He looked at them long and lingpr- ingly. He knew that his wife was reasou- ame, and that the things were, and long had been, unfit for her to wear. But hia money tugged at bis heart-strings. " The shawl is very thin," she answered, " and I shaU catch cold again, as I did last winter." " Poor girl I" he murmured softly, and looked toward the desk where hb check- book lay. But the grip of the fiend that rules a miser's soul nipped him sorely as he did so. "They wear sacks a good deal, Sara, don't they?" he asked. " Oh, they are very fashionable," repli- ed his wife. " Then couldn't yon make one of that old billiard-cloth that is in the trunk-room? My poor mother bought it at auction, and she meant to use it for a coverlet but it's a very pretty green â€" don't yon think so, Rara atM anch ni« material I" ward, when it faded tint of palm-leaves of crushed flowers Sara and such nice material 1' There is a limit to woman's patience this suggestion measured San?s. She started to her feet and, g»tiierine up her bonnet and shawl, waJkM out of the room. After she had gone, Jmas really looked at his check-book, and, tat at least two minutes, contemplated dsawin^ a check, and telling his wife he had only been teas- ing her. But he conld not bring himself to do it. After a while his wife lo^ed into the room wi har old bonnet on, hi4 her old shawl about her shoulders, ud atu "Jonas,! with my wrtw -fa-iawj ^nt imu^f^^ before dfime^tSm*. 'r-.-z^i^^aidi «ti' "I hope yon will dBji^^^MMar, my dear," he aaswoed. Batmwharmymwmnhm i wjwiA and lodced awaj, mAmmttH of him w lf he betook himsdf to his office where he ^ronad out his money, aad. Aunag the day emnpromiaed with htmarif.. He wosud 4iK mo extravagant thing; bat «hen he home he woold. gife his.irifa whi^ sssi I And, mtbm alt, aahe liiil to him^ptf, ii would kave hcen boMer t KoiMMl dmu^atfiBt. He had snefvad hmf aad she was the mdy tUng helhved on nrtk He went home earlier tlnii usual tiiat evening, to make what amends his soul would consent to and, as he wa^ed brisk- ly ahmg, being light upon his net for â€" who ever heard of a miser gn»vii^ fat â€" he thought he would never agam bring tears to those good, kmd eyes. Never, never again never again, and tiien â€" ^bnt what was that crcwd 'Btofit were coming his way, looking backward as th^ oame â€" men, Iwys, women, and all the riff raff that acddoit, quarrel or arrest conld collect in the city of Toronto. And now he was in the midst of the throng and close to four Klicemen, who, with set faces, were bearing tweenthemajstretdieronwhiohlayahnman form. It was covered withashawL Jonas looked. Oh, heavens he knew the pattern of that shawl Only a few hours before, its dingy palm-leaves of yellow-brown, its faded fringe, its shabby brown center, had been spread before him. It was his wife's shawL '• Stopâ€" stopâ€" stop" " he cried. "Let me see her â€" ^let me see her " ' Do you know her?" asked a policeman. " Let me see her face," said Jonas, grow- ing so faint that a kindly man hard by sup- ported him by the arm. " You would not know her face a tele- graph pole fell on her,, and it!s-«:u8hed all out of sliape," replied tfa^police. " But shsiwls are iJike. Ke^[^p your courage. I do not think "tius4s^y relation of yours she's too shabby. Look at her shoes; see here, this is her bonnet yon don't know that " He held up the bonnet. It was crushed entirely out of shape, but Jonas knew it, the streaked ribbon, and a flower among the other flowers had lost its petals. He had fingered it as it lay on the table beside him. " Yes I know it," he cried. " It's Sara 1 It's my wife " Then he pulled away the shawl from the crushed face and fainted outright. Just as his senses left him he heard some one say " Hia wife Why, I thought she was a beg- gar " And another answered " Like enough â€" they call him a 'miser. I know him, his name is Jonas Pray." They carried the poor woman, home to Jonas' old house, helping him to follow as he became himself. She was laid upon her bed, and there was a coroner's inquest and then women prepared her body for burial, talking among themselves of the shame it was that she, a rich man's wife, should be so clad, and then there was a pause, that he might be^lone with her if he would. Before the time came he had a cab called and went out in it. He was driven to a large dry-goods store, where he asked to see the manager, and was shown to his offlce. The manager found faim there, a pale, miserable object, trembling and faint, as one in deep illness. "He has come to beg," thought the manager and his " wliat can I do for you " was curt. But Jonas cared nothing for any one's manner now. He answered sadly " I want to buy a shawl." "A salesman will attend to you, sir," said the manager. " No," returned Jonas, " I am too ill, too broken, to talk to a salesman. I can trust yon. I want the costliest shawl you have." "A mawlman 1" thought the manager, "our costliest is $1,500," he said, repressing a smile. " Have it put up for me," said Jonas. "Certainly mad," said the manager to himself. But Jonas had taken a check from his breast, and with trembling hand was filling up the blanks. The manager looked it over carefully. "Jonas Pray," he paid, more respectfully. Then it flashed upon him that he had read in the paper of a fatal accident to this man's wife. It was a strange proceeding altogether. Secretly he called others to look at his customer. One knew him financially he was all right. " And tne rest is none o^ our business," concluded the manager, as he saw the bundle of splendor carried down stairs after Jonas Pray. "They spoke of him as a miser in the paper. That's a pretty pur- chase for a miser." Meanwhile, Jonas drove home. From the door floated long streamers of black crape. No sweet face smiled a greetug. Within all was hushed. Carrying the shawl under his arm, he went upstairs to the darkened room, where, under the straight folds of white drapery, seemed to lie the sorrow of the house. A wateher sat there. He sent her away. Then, alone in the room, he knelt down upon the floor beside the coffin. " Sara," he said, " Sara, can you hear me? I loved you, Sara, but I was such a miser â€" such a miser I've bought you a shaw? at last. Oh, Sara Sara I've paid as much as I could for it, my dear you shall be wrapped in it in your coffin â€" " But at that instant a voice cried " Oh, Jonas I Jonas, dear 0, my poor Jonas " And turning, he saw his wife, either in the spirit or the flesh, standing before him. Hu knees trembled under him. He cried out to heaven to protect him. But the fig- ure came closer. It was no ghost, but a living woman. She took him in her arms. " Oh, how iU yon look 1" she said. " And it was all my f amt. 1 went to my uster-in- law's, and there, in a pet â€" oh, I was so an- gry, Jonas â€" I gave away my dress, my shawl, and my bonnet, to a beggar-woman, and vowed to sit in one of my sister's dress- ing-gowns until you gave me decent clothes to come home in. And the poor woman was killed two hours afterwards and I never knew that she had been token for me until this morning. Oh such a dirty creature, my dear, the papers described her. And for a little while I was glad yon had a fnght but I am sorry now tlwt I was glad." For an answer he jd^ed up the costly shawl ind wrapped it about hw, apd took her folded in It like a mommy, to his -heart again. " The miser is dead.^ he said, " but Jonas Pray will show Us wife how he can cherish hsar." ' He did and tf, ever afterward, Sara de- tected qm^tomfl of a ralnee, aD she had to do waa to wrap heraslf fa Oe ivoBderfiil aha^ The ritfhfrofk"iliti»IUMy MoaOad BmWELL. THE FOBftSR. 4^ «? rlMAM- •M/^ "Yea," reified WiUiaiB PinkeHlta»-«lM datoetiTO. "I arrartedaadiindedBidveU das great frarger and hank robbw* behind the bam. Beading rf bis reoent (Baoharge from tiie Engliah wiaon inthapapontha oUwr day sturtedmd-timeremintteeiieeaof |pnr- ten yeara ago. There is a good deal ro- maooe connected with Bidwell, and tiiat sister of his who, it seema, affected hia re- leaae, ha# been in my office in Chicago ha ad r e da aadh â€"dr eda of timjw ea her bro- ther's acGohnt to have us use our inflnence with the British anthoritiea. He was an educated fellow, sharp and shrewd, and con- sequently one of the most acconmlished and dangerous crindnab at that time m America. His name is Austin Byron Bidwell, and he has a Inr^er named George. He was bom and raised in Adrian, Mich., and now is about 40 years of age. In 1872 the Third National Bank of Kdtimore waa robbed of nearly a million doUara, and the caae waa given to us to workup. I took the cue in hand and began work by shadowing a woman named Chapman, wife of the notor- ious bank robber, Joe Chapman, who I sup- posed at the -time was implicated in the robbery and I thonght perhaps she would in some way communicato with her hus- band, who I had every reason to believe was in England. I finally got over to London and one day whUe walking about the city tracing some tank notes, I casually stepped into Russell's tailor shop, on the atxand, and there, right before my ayes, pricing some goods, stood Austin Bidwell and Joe Chap- man. Inspector Share of the Scotland Yuds and I watehed them for some time, and I finally came to the conclusion that they were but indirectly, if at all, connected with the great Baltimore robbery. I was at that time making my reporte to Messrs. IFrechfield, of the bank of England, and I took especial pains to explain to them the importance of keeping an eye on the two men. They merely pooh poohed the idea that these men could do anything, saying that banking in Eng- was done on a different system than in America; so I let the matter rest. " In the meantime we had caught the Baltimore bank robbers, and in March, 1873, I returned to America. A short time after my arrival I received a cablegram from Lon- don saying that the Bank of England had been defrauded of nearly $1,000,000 by none other than Austin Bidwell and a pal of his named MacDonneU. Another cable- gram stated that MacDonneU was en route for New York in the steamer Thuringia, that she would arrive in port in a few y8 and that Bidwell was at Santo Andre, Spain, and was about to sail for Mexico, and would stop at Havana, Cuba. Being well acquaint- ed with BidweU I started on myself to in- torcept him, and made a bee line for Florida. " At Cedar Keys I secured a cattie ship and we saUed for Havana, and as good luck would have it, we sailed past the very ship that had Bidwell on board while rounding into port. I arrested him as soon as he stepped off the vessel, and there being no extradition treaty then between Cuba and England, the police authorities would not lock him up, but merely kept him at their station. Through bribery he escaped, and I had my work to do over again.. Securing a Spanish interpreter Isterted out and finally located him at a Spanish town called Mare- now, about forty miles below Havana, and took him back with me to that place. He again endeavored to bribe the man I had to fuard him by offering him a United States ond for $1,000, but the man luckily did not recognize the value of it and he failed. I stayed in Havana until June awaiting the arrival of the English detectives, when he was taken to England. While in Cuba I intercepted a letter directed to Bidwell at Havana which was written in cipher. I made part of the cipher out and immediately cabled to New York to have them secure a trunk adressed to Capt. George Mathews that was at some European express office. Austin Baldwin's New York Express office my brother Robert found the trunk, and~ opening it found 365 $1,000 United States bonds wrapped up in an old Suit of clothes. A woman called for it, and my brother shadowed her and found she was the wife of the notorious Phil Hasgrave. The letter was written by George Bidwell, who was at Edinburglf at the time, and who was arrested there a short time afterward. All the others implicated in the robbery were arrested afterward. Mac Donnellwas arrest- ed in New York and Edwin Noyes Hill in London, so with the two Bidwell brothers we had the whole lot caged. " Now it seems when they first went to London they went under, the name of Hut- ton Co., and were ther^p ostensibly ior the purpose of establishkig lajr^e shops to manu- facture Pullman cars to operato on English roads. They brought $4P,00QiHth them and established a credit at the western branch of the Bank of England. To begin opera- tions they went to Brussels and securad a number of bills of exchange, which was counterfeited and passed on the bank. The next they wanted was a Rothschild's bill he exchange, which was a little difficult to get. At last an opportunity offered itself. Bid- well was travelling between Calais and Paris on the railroad which happened to be- long to the Rothschilds, when an accident occurred and he was bruised up consider- ably. Patehing up his face witih plasters, he hobbled into Rothschild's office aad ask- ed for the Baron. He stated that he had been injnred on their road, but instead of complaining he merely wanted a bUl of ex- change for a large amonnt of money that he had with him. This he secured, and after securing a bill of exchange of Bledenstein, their plans were fully perfe Artificial honey consistt of -.^ slightly JWvouna, and^.5?P»i Anwtihar epiaode la BidweU^B lif e b die oae that girea the ro- mantic cdorkig to it While in London he became infwfrna^ ^nr^aad married an English ooloaal^ daqig^ter, who, there is no pore ha|M ia added. doSbtk loved him deaHy, and hidieved hifUi 4^honefw mind witii one -*â-  to betbemanherepraaentaai^isdf to Ym. tto ooadb various miztun. !i^L He settled a dowry of C25,m0 on hoe whea naiid. J thay were aoaniad. whid^ of conrae. waa Rhaa been demonstrateH iv Btoiea money, aad the poar gucl did.aot^ wiM mair he dnwn » «rr" "*t i have aa opportunity to spen lint aboat $150 of it. t '^J^^ "a °P«»'^°»f.»»«S^ They in-*o| this kind, the first being serted an advertisement in one of the LHi- • -- ^^ don papers for a private secretary, and had one of their own pals (the Edwin Noyes Hill that I stated was arrested in London) to an- swer the advertisement in the p re s en ce of some big bank official when tb^ engaged hinu Their plan was this: After counter- feiting a nnmbar rf the various billa of ex- change they would in the inoming send Hill to the hank to cash it Th^ would then wateh outside, and if Hill oame out alone every thuig was all right, but if he came out with a stranger it was a signal that everythinar was. discovered. Xfalngs went on smoothly, and they had already se- cured neariy $1,000,000 when the fraud waa discovered one day hy tiieir beiiw na ^to on one of Bledenstoia'a bills of esohai^' The aeqnel ia aa-IUava already told yon. ,madUmmm»WSliifmSi.*^ all aaa t enoed to Ufe inmriaoaawt, aa^ now I aee tiui* Aastin Bl^r^ ia at laat par- VAMETEBS. ^e shell of a limpet fonnd on the South American ooasta measnres a yard round, and is used by the natives as a basin. The main f eatare of a Chinese feast lies in the preponderanoe of gelatinous food â€" e. g,, maxkn fins, bechedertner, sea- weed, iringlaas in the form of birds'-nest soup. Fat pork and fat duck are also favourite food. A " mendlntc office " for bachelors has been established in New York. Here socks are darned, bnttons sewn on, and other necessary repairs made at small charges for the benefit of single men who have no fem- inine belongings to care for their garments. Attompta are being made to put into.cir- culation a number of the new issue of six- pencea, gilded so as to lesemble the new naif sovereign. It may be useful to point out that the inscription on the obverse of the half-sovereign is simply " Victoria Dei Gratia " above toe royal effigy, while on the sixpence the observe inscription is "Vic- toria Dei Gratia Britt. Regina F. D." Heart-disease is an affection to which nine-tenths of the wild animals in confine- ment are subject Among elephanto the most common and fatal of many diseases is rheumatism. Monkeys and baboons gener- ally die from bronchial affections and heart- diseases felines, such as lions, tigers, leopards, a, from dysentory and heart- diseases deer, antelope, c., suffer most from dysentery and heart-diseases; while wolves, dingoes, foxes, and other canines seem to be subject to no particular disease. A few weeks since there was a f aduonable wedding in Fargo, Dakota, to which the tlite of the surrounding region were bidden. Among the presents were the following From groom te bride â€" one bull-pup, one yellow dog, one pair of wator-spaniels, and a meersch'ium-pipe with tobacco from bride to groom â€" one good shot-gun, one bowie-kniN, a rifle, and three dogs from parenta of bride â€" one pair of setter pups, a fame-rooster, and a barrel of the best Da- ota rye from parenta of bridegroom â€" one fiddle, one banjo, one spotted pup, and six pounds of tobacco from Shotgun Club, of which the young couple were members â€" one English mastiff and a pair of silver-mounted H^tols. The Han In The Box. The convicts of West Australia devise many ways to escape from the hard life of the Penal Colony, but rarely do they resort to so hazardous imd torturing a method as on a certain occasion not long ago, an account^ of which is given in the Queenslander: A Port Adelaide Customs officer was badly surprised last Thursday, and his nerves have been unsettled ever since. He was superintending the unloading of the steamer South Australian, from West Australia, when he noticed a box three feet six inches long, by two feet one inch wide, by two feet deep. r It was a peculiar looking package. THting it up on one side, he found it unconscionably heavy. He turned it over, and it fell open, and from it dropped not a gross of clothes- pegs, but a man! â€" a live man, too, six feet long when standing, but literally doubled up now. The poor fellow gasped for breath, and looked terribly emaciated. The good Catho- lics standing around picusly crossed them- selves. The man stretohed himself, and cried â€" screamed â€" for water. No one knew at first what to do with him, but at last toe happy idea struck somebody that this man had not paid his passage money, and could, therefore, be indicted for something or other surely. Anyhow, he had no friends, and should go to the station. He was given over to a policeman, and carried to the station, where he shrieked for something to eat By-and-by he told his story. He was a West Australian convict, and wanted to get away. He couldn't book a passage, because the agenta and police knew him, soheengag- ed a friend to put him into this box, with a littie water and a few biscuita; and in ad- dition he had with him a small saw, pannikin, screw-driver, auger andbito, chisel, matehes, tobacco, and a small bottle of oiL He ar- ranged a number of strings to tne lid of the box, so that he might keep it shut when he wished to have it so. The box was heaped up with the rest of the^luesage, and thrown end over end into the hold, shaking toe poor fellow in a terrible manner. He was packed under a lot of other packages, and thus cramped, stifling, starving, lay hialf -dying during seven days and nightol When he arrived at Port Adelaide, he was almost a skeleton. Excruciating agony had ploughed fearfully deep furrows upon his face. However, he had, at any rate, the satisfaction of knowing that his arrival has created a greater sensatioa than the in- coming even of any Governor ot late years. The Customs officer is in a fix. He can scarcely detormine to what rato-list of tariff the "man in the box ' belongs. It is tlk^ught, however, that he will be included id.the "unenumerated" articles, and pay ten peif cent ad valorem duty on hhnseli. This is the second instance of a shipment ' " a servant girl, w^ proved "an undesirable colonist." The following civil sondce {nvblem was asked at the- recent examinations: â€" ^If a horse is sixteen hands high and oato sixty cento per bushel, how old is Sfr John ' I will tell you, Susan, that I will com- mit suicide if you won't have me." "Well Thomas, as soon as you have given me tliat proof of your affection I will believe that you love me." in Slrench eonntiy houses the iaahion- idfjespiiHrt is frog spearing. The wefipon used retembles a cross bow,~aad theharbed arroirssre attached to the bawal^ aaSkeh sfri9g,a6aato haul the fr in vQe^^ ia reb rare I BUIimTli'IG IHB tn oonib vai naiid. 1mui been _^ wire ma^ be drawn so fine uf.1. â-  to tiie naked eye, ^tho^^^ upon a card can be detected J ,iJ it can be seen by the aid of glass when the card is held *^ tiea that the wire casts a shsdoir If the end of a fresh egg be cold tongue, it feels feds warm. fresh egg and abstractin]^ toe heat fro,^t^ bemg m contact witk ii ' witlm,j m this substance scarcely distbguigh,^ meerschaum. By subjecting the ^W^enr the last gUiiUitt ' ^atf froint A«i«riiaitt^«d li i feug fcs ip ol^ wndred aad tiranty- three thooMad fraacs the gambUag btiw Hoenae fee from #â- " and joy has become a desolation, -^ sitia silence, contemplating t°®J^ii has been wrought. They have but u interest them in this world, ana are Only wMting tUl the shadow Are a litOe lon?er grown- do what he can to Who would not loneliness of age, ,j and to comfort them in their decu loaelmess of age, to smooth t^etf Pr;^ lota Talkative Man. ^^^ Old Gentiemanâ€" Little ^."^^J'^gitf He wouldn't XH s'pose your pa would say 'fishing on Sunday __ LittterBoyâ€" Say? iM«i^;;;_;; ' ' c^t^ Hamerthe Bet^- ij la the beauty of toe dear little leu N^^ i3HAPTER VIIL »-»-*»- aritf*.^"" I for more rapidly than does the air stale one. Fresh eggs are metâ„¢ m the centre, stale ones at the eni A substance resemblbg cellnloiii I inadefrom potatoes by peeling X^l after aoabng them b water imr^* with eight parte of sulphiiic 1â„¢ drying and pressing between Aeehrf *?ng-papfer. In France pipes we »rcely distbguidi ly subjecting tht â„¢,. grea,t pressure a substance can be bZ nvalung ivory u hardness. " Before the BerUn Physical Societv fessor Vogel recentiy produced thw, in three flat phialsâ€" one yellow aj blue fluids â€"which he made nw rfl' monstrations regarding colour mixtiftil order to dispel the belief whioh prn^ very largely among the public thatv2 and blue, when mixed, yielded only T Phial one contained " acid yellow •â-  two, ammoniacal solution of copper'., three, aniline blue. One and two i imposed on each otoer pave green ok. three, a fiery red. The practice of plastering over cuts is one which in numerous inatancak proved injurious. Apart from any qg, of blood-poisonbg indeed, the mete t of retained discharges is an inetj source of mischief where this cnitoa^ adhered to. The simple rule in BnrgenJ to provide for the free escape of pas t J sucn is likely to form. Accident! dnej neglect of this rule are chiefly liable too wnen a wound has been treated eithaij the injured person himself or by a prwi chemist In such cases plaster is the resource, and is apt to be used rather i than wisely. BBITISH AND POEEIGN KOm Rubies are now produced chemicallji great perfection. Duelling among women is becoming ionable in France. All the orderlies in Alsace-Lorraine use bicycles or tricycles The scenery for Henry Irving's Ami tour will fill sixty freight vans. The electric light is now being niedn the Scotch fisheries yith great snccea The Mayor of St. Die, in the Yo8get,y forbidden the sale of Gen. Boulanger'ipoi' trait A Parisian doctor has seen the Popelifrl ly, and says he is certainly good for ti| years more. At balls at Hamburg evening dre8Bitiiit| demanded. Dark clothes and a bMli| are permitted. The head of the Sultan's harem is norij Christian woman, beautiful, cultivated, ulj a Spaniard, The Bulgarian Government havethieyal given orders for 124,000 medals forthe«nii| for " bravery." The " Melograph " has been invented,^] which a perSon can improvise on a " and have the music recorded. Cricket has been introduced into Hollui The Duteh are said to be light andwtiti,] and to make good cricketers. Five toousand ProuMtents recentiy cA brated the edict of toleration of Louie ah] upon a peak of the Cev nes Mountaine, Sir John Lubbock says that among at- tain hill tribe of India it is a mark of » spect and gratitude to put the thumb to* nose. One hundred and fifty-five thousand bn* made on Mr. Gladstone's estate have be« shipped to Boston for a new court honie. â-  â-  " »â- â-  mi â€" ' The Loneliness of Aa;e- The loneliness of age How few thui"' this and treat with due tenderness Md* sideration those who have out hved m generation, and whose early co'nP'T and friends have been taken from them .^. able to engage in the activities of m»^ are no longer brought into contact •" sympathy with those around them, m" tae of common interest and mutual depw ence binds toem together. Their view •• tastes have naturally grown ai»rt. share but little in common with .o»» The future of this life has do""*^,!. inspire thefr ambition or excite theurwp I What calls forth the energies of othen no inspiration for theoi. They n^f*^ to a great extent, Uve in a world oiTj own, with which those around tuen not famiUar. The commumngs oiw^ hearto are with the senses of the pw the companions of other years, ^Yl^\ long since passed away, "^^^l^ » have been taken from them, '^*l,r: {jfji quaintance laid in darkness. 1°; they adnured and loved are gone, tw^ that looked into theirs with the t»»^ affection are sightless, and the voio^ cheered and stirred their «i» " „« ]0 been silent. Their early '^P"" the Hoi L^ohafr in 1 pSjJt^ Zi ttiaking wd tl 'â- ^^SaSt**- Mias Verse E^^be bridge. ^^^ «- â€" eontemptoons i «f *%„!:-»- *fi»t it ha( „„ diss 3he had decline* 1 thing approad^S ' Shad discovered that shi •*•* I^of each importonw •^ST to it could send th f^vSetaand almost deprm ' '"Lf"ulm this knowledge h« "-Edld his ruined fortunes ar 4lBiebiUWn» j^ ^^ break 1 «** *w»h stakes at whist and « ^Stoi^" :?\."%*';h'af •.?5^k. he told himself that *itultt^i«g. that Lord Are, "t?!!!^ Colonel Ponsonby's so ?;Xtl^ beginning of better '^J.Tt l«t, he was gett ' J^dlooked quite pleasantl: M«mllt JiO^ «• H^Tvn.are is Gannon now r cSSriUughton r^^^JZ* L. w «d aold dock on the mat |sT;ifflto^'i"^«'p"*°'^* WnlfV^know MiytMng. about LlJSiT.b-fc" »»• 8** ^^ I'mKu.' -ir. "Ot to say mucj. â- ^off-iMtdoeawhat be s told wSSm- But in ooarae I'd find KSTiSng I do knowâ€" he was a sw |2toS ither ehap that's here v, ISl do V*sure you, «r. that wh ln*iTetIrishâ€" aswe called hiraâ€" SrSSroom in "« t»h«:k cl as any, you conld have kn. S^ wito a feather-you could ir Captain Hanghton nodded litiU msfaig at the fire, murmured- |^Ahâ€"«mradesâ€" chums, as yt I Jim KeUy saw atonce that J I bad a purpose in pumpmg hi iGarret Croft and his own y I Gannon, apd he knew that t honrsrduig of his masters Isenerally resulted in sovereigns I with aa expcesnon of profound r I his tanned and wrinkled face, h( Itdkmg, quite sore that, the more" IwMonthe tubject of Croft aud 1 tlie bettor it would be for himself I "Yes, sir, just as you sa; I When I see these two swellsâ€" for I every inch a swell, perhaps more I the otherâ€" keeping to themselves luposslUe, an' himtingin couples I night say, why, I watched 'em- I does Gannon now, he being, in a i I my eye, an' the other, in a way, I Oaptidn HauKhton, who had h I a state rf borectom during this sp I yawned, and intormpted sleepily- I " Well, and what did or do yoi Get on, Jim â€" get on " " Why, rir, not so much, after tliat they write to one another P'^M Gannon seems uncommonly si "Of toe ladies?" Captain Hat awake now, and listening in goc "Yes, sir. The other day he m tbe stablea bandaging the K I yon took it out of him pretty v I Bringing of him home from Wt turn of 'em " " Miss Verschoyle â€" was Miss 1 there?" " Yes, sir an' her sister, an' â€" taroaght to look at the horse syes, if yon were to see how G I «d l"'â€" and with a saluto Jim sto ffis master reflected for a m I thenaud â€" "You say he and Croft wrj flther did Gannon ever show tiuNs letters T" " He No, sir, no â€" he's too i Ws what made me think hit Mit-4or he's good at everything *fakhisworiS" J5«"«ren" questioning him si at Bis laft-haaded compUment t tod, tnmlag ao aa to look int( p«VJ*edUl. _, "hMi Gannon reeeives th Vbai does he do with them? WUwm up?" Both, air â€" carries 'em aboi »|«»«ket.book with a lock to l**â„¢fbums'em. I'veseenhi Then there might be a lett JJJwja-there at any time- ^j!|i«»ldsayso,8ir." I sirStaai^*^*"" '*â„¢** " "^^ oould you get hold ^S^ ^••lâ€" tfiat podiet-bool ahh wi*' **^ I «*^«*« " i ^MM^ oompoeare, as if 1 • -Btooa waa aaiong the m^ yra geotiamui'B valet ._ T«*--wtth an amnaed lo Si'???"^**!)!^ Kyoi 5S^£2?t *• I*****" for th "Btofa aU,sir? tliaVa alL r OB the quiet aad, if this tniz ' ande aa well as weg^lsma inveated; râ€" aad the aomewhat â- ^waya lUBg,^ yon kn ^la tiielei iMte fiU of nuutbei â-  ' -4*1,4- u ^*-W:. '"^â- '"'â- - ' ^^ tie '-^i^JiStaiiiisCiiii^M^:^^^:^!:.