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 ^^? â-  iVK^*" ' •â- -"T8W '5»(t-f,'5?^sf1i* ^^r w: ^V;. [Now PntSt PCBUSHID.l [All. Rishts Rbskbtxd.] LIKE AND M. E. BRADPON. AvTHOB o» " Ladt AxnLKT*8 Sbobbt. Wtllabd's Wkibd, E^atExa By CHAPEER XLV.â€" On the Rack The inqaest had been called for 2 o'clock in the atcernoon, which hour gave the de- tective time to get back from London shortly after the opening of the enquiry. The Coroner held hit coort in an upstairs room of the Ring of Bells. It was a wains- coated apartment, which at ordinary times was divided into two rooms, but which in its double length was used for vestry dinners, auctions, and public meetings of ail kinds. Colonel Daverill and I)rd St. Austell sat near the Coroner, with their faces in shadow, and their fit^ures partly hidden from the crowd at the lower erd of the room by an old-fashioned four-fold screen. To tbe right of tbe Coroner sat a middle aged, sandy-whiskered gentleman, with a bald head, and a legal air, who took careful notes of the proceedings. It was known to same of the audience that this gentleman was a solicitor from the 'Treasury, and that he was present in the capacity of Public Prose- cutor but it was not known to anybody that his ariival on the scene was brought about by Lord S^. Austell's urgent application to the head authorities at tie Heme Office. Lady Belfield and Sir Adrian sat together on the other side of the room, and Laiy Belfield's old and trusted lawyer, Mr. Grea- ham, of the old established firm of Gresham, Gresham, and Thorofood, Lincoln's Inn, sat a little way in front of his client. Adriin had entreated his mo:^er not to be present at this enquiry but she had insisted, and he could but submit to her will. She was pale as marble, and her plain black gown and bonnet only made her pallor more con spicuous. Her old friend the Vicir sat jast behind her, and bent forward now and laea to speak to her. On the table in front of the Coroner and Jury lay the stained and ragged "tt: remains of a small Persian carpet, a bilk handkerchief, and four rings. Felix Loseby, a medical practitioner of Chadford, was the first witness. He deposed to having examined the body, which he pronounced to be that of a youos; woman with long auburn hair. He had dis- covered an injury upon the left temple, where the bone was fractured as if by a heavy blow, from some blunc iascrument. Such a blow, he said, in answer to the Coroner's question, would -be snfB ;ient to uauae death. 'rr°re was no other miurk of violence. Tne Coroner asked if death could have been caused by drowning. No. The state of the lunga indicited that the deceased had died before she fell into the water. The rings on the table had been found on the fingers of the left hand, which was so confined by the carpet and the long hair that it was impossible for the rings to have been washed otf by the action of the water. Ha was of opinion that the body had been in the river for some months probably, in reply to a juryman, six months. Mr. Loseby further dee""ibed how the carpet had bsen tied round ^e body by the long silk muffler now lying on the table. The two men who had dragged the river deposed to having found the body in a deep pool, which formed a little inlet, under a group of willows. Colonel Daverill was next examined. He had seen the remains, and believed them to be those of his daughter, on account of the colour and texture of the hair. His dangh- er, kui been temarkable for the beauty and proflnon of her hair, which was of a pecu liar shade of dark auburn, with a natural ripple in it. He could swear to the cat's eye and diamond ring upon the table as his daughter's engagement ring, given to her by Mr. Belfield. He could swear to the black enamel ring with a brilliant cross upon the enamel. It was a mourning ring, and his own gift to his youngest daughter. It con- tained her mother's hair. The Colonel was deeply affected while givins! his evidence, and Lady Belfield seem- ed equally overcome. There was a dead silence at the end of the room where the crowd was congregated â€" a silence of regret- ful sympathy. Mr. Belfield was next called whereupoa Mr. Gresham rose ud informed the Coron- er that Mr. Belfield had (rone to London three days before. A message had been telecraphed to him at the Great Western Club, where he usually put np, and to the two clubs which he was in the habit of using, but no reply had been received. It was at this juncture that Mr. Melnotte quietly entered the room and made bis way to a seat at the back of the Coroner, I J Sir Adrian Bslfield w is next called. Ha was asked to state the circumstances of Mrs. Belfi aid's disappearance from the Abbey. " I can only tell you that we rose ,one morning â€" on the morning of August 20th â€" to find her gone." " Did she leave no trace of the manner by which she had gone " " No. She left a letter stating her inten- tion to leave her husband, which letter was found by a servant after my -sistei -in-law 's disappearance." " Can you produce that letter V " t cannot. It is in my brother's posses- sion." " You and Lady Bslfield were both at the Abbey at the time of Mrs. Belfield's disap- plearance, I understand." "We were." " Do yon know nothing as to the hour at which she went, or her mode of leaving the house " "Nothing." He answered unfalteringly. He knew that in so answering he was goilty of per- jury but he knew also tliat the only chiuioe of saving his brother was to lie nnblnshing- S. He who loved troth and honour better a!i hia own life was wlUingao to perjure himself for the love of liia brother, and of the heart-broken mother yonder, whose sad eyes were watoliing him. " Was Mr. Belfield at the Abbey on tiiat ml^ht?" "Hewasnot?" "Ton are snre of that fact I Yoafiad better reflect serioftsly, Sir Adrian, before yon answer my ^aeetion." He numeotaa an attempt to trap him into aiatalaainJMion, and anawerad h^^^ff/a^ "I«n«ire." ' ' "' "^^^^ -^ ••mtiriU a»,8ir Adrias. ^^iiik^tki[mV«^ ^^ down. 'nBdT- Meiaotte Fbbpaed â€" ""-^ â€" *i^ .^. ' '••••â- ' J. ' w' â€" ""' "' Coroner, and the next witnem was called. John Grange, coachman at the Station Hotel, Cnadford-road. "Dj you remember anjrtiilBg particular happening npon the 19th of Auj^ut laat year?" " Yea, sir. I remember betn^ called np to take ont a fly after eleven o'clock. Therers a trin comes into Chadford-road Station at 11.43, but we don't of i^en get a fare by that train, as it's a slow 'nn. I was to ^et my landau ready and look sharp about it, for Mr. Belfield " " Where did you'drive Mr. Belfield " " I took him as far as the avenoo leading to tbe Abbey. In the middle of the avenoo he puts ont his 'ed and calls to me to atop, and gets ont of the trap a'most before I conid stop. He gives me a shilling and tells me to go home, and then he atarta oflf a'moat I at a run terwarda the Abbey." " Are you quite feure as to the date " " Can't he no mistase about that. The I 7 was booked that night. There it is in the master's day-liook. August 19th. Fly to Belfield Abbey." ' You are snre the geptleman you drove was Mr, Belfield " "Qiite sure." " vVould you know Mr. Belfield from his brother, S^r Adrian?" asked Mr. Gresham, the Coroner having no further questions to ask this witness. •'Yes, sir- Mr. Belfield's a bigger made mj.n. I've known the two gentlemen by igh!; Fiiuca they was boys, and I could swear to either of them anywheres." So muchfor John Gi-ansjo, of the Station Hotel. Laiy B-'fi-ld was the next witness called. She vcas asked to state ^luyf^tots she could resail connected with Mrs. Balfield's dis- appearance. '• There is very Utile for me to recall," she said. " My first knowledge of my daughter-in-law's disappearance was from my housekeeper, at nine o'clock in the morn- ing. A housamiid had found Mrs Belfield's room empty." " A housemiid found her room empty in the morning of August 20 ;a. Had tbe bed been slept in " "Ir had not." " Th?n the inference would be that she left the house at ni^ht." " I do not know that. She may have re- mained up all night, uad may have left early in the morning, before the servants were up." " She left a letter, I understand " " Yes, the housemaid found a letter. " " Addressed to your son " •' It was written to my son." «' ov as it a sealed letter ' " No, it was open and unfiaished." " A.n unfinished letter, left open, lying on a table, I presume. ' " I did not ask where the letter was found ' " Did you see your daughter-in-law's room that morning " " No, I went to London by the morning train. A telegram was delivered just after I heard of my daughter-in-law's disappear- ance â€" a telegram purporting to come from my younger son in London, and which caus- ed me considerable alarm. I started for the station as soon as my carriage could be got ready." "Was the telesnram actually from your son " "It was not. I have reason to believe that it was part of a plot to lure my daughter from her home." " D.d you find your son in London?" "I did not." " Had you any reason to suppose that ho was in London ' " Either there or at York. I had heard of him last at York." You did not know that he came to the Abbey on the night of the 1 9th " " I cannot believe that he was there." " Yet you have heard the evidence of the man who drove him into your park " "I have heard that." " What time did yon and your family re- tire to rest oa the the 19ch of August " " Mrs. Belfield left the drawing-room soon after nine o'clock. She complained of a headache. I went to my bedroom at half-past ten, and Sir Adrian went to the library at the same time." " Did you hear anything unusual during the night " "Nothing." " How far is your bedroom from that oscn- p:- d by Mrs. Belfield " " It is at the other end of the house." " You say Sir Adrian retired to the library at half -past ten npon that particular evening. Do yon know at what hour he went to his bedroom T" " It must have been very late. He is in the habit of reading late at night, and on this night he told me that he rOad later than usual and fell asleep in his chair in the lib- rary." " Do yon mean that he did not go t) led at all?" " He did not tell me that, only that he had fallen asleep in his oliair." The next witness was Jane Pook, the housemaid. On being asked if she remembered any- thing particular npon the morning of Angoat the twentieth, she described her entrance into Mrs. Belfield's bedroom with the early cup of tea, which that lady waa in the habit of taidng while her bath-' waa being prepared for her and how she had found the room empty and the bed nndiatarbed and how on looking about the room ahe had discovered an open letter lying on the floor. " Did you read that letter T" "Tea, I waa ao takm aback tiiat I read the letter almoat bef»e I knew what I waa doing. If rd bad time to give It a thongbt, I ahould have been above doing anob a thing." "Did anytUnc peooliar alrike you In thelettert" " It waa a dreadful letter,, ftUfaw bar iiusband tiiat Ae did notJeve Un»^aBd that ahe loved aemebody elae, aad #m giinf off with him. The latter wun^t fifiaied. It left o£F In the middle of » aanttnotb" "As if riM had been iatarn^tad wUlt, "No air,â€" nothing dM, toaatwayaâ€" â€" " Jane Pook faltered, reddoied, and looked nervoualytowaraa^-Kdrhn. "There t«M 'aomieailng •!«•,' laid tiie 8andy-whld:ered gendemaa. "What waa Itt" â-  ' 'Sir Adrlan'a bed had not keen almt In." "Where had SicAdrlan apeitt the nigat ' "demnat have been all night In Uielibrary. The oil was burnt ont in the two lamps, and the oandlei on hia dei^ were hnnt to the aooketa. Sir Adrian pltan dta pp late at night, atndying." "But doea he often refndn from going to bed at all " enqoired the aandy-whlakered gentleman. "No, air," "Did yon ever know anoh a thing to occnr before?'*^ "I cant call to mind, air." ,*Yonmean that itnever did oecnr before? ' "I tbink not, air." "Have yon lived long at Belfield Abbey " "Five yeara." Mra. Marrable, the honaekeeper, waa next called. She was very pale, and her eyelida were awollen with weepii^. She gave a vindictive look at Mr. Melnotte, as she took the sacred volnme in her liand. which argned ill for the Christian temper of her mind at that moment. "Do yon recognise anything upon that table 7" aaked the Coroner. "No sir." "Look again, if yon pleaae. There la something there which yon tiave seen before. Perhapa yon had batter put on yonr specta- cles, and look at the object a uttle closer. Do yon see now what it is " " It looks rather like an old mg." " It is a rug. I think yon have seen that rug before." " I can't call it to mind." " I fear you must have a bad memory, Mrs. Marrable. Did yon ever miss a carpet or rug of any kind out of one of the Abbey bedrooms " Again Mrs. Marrable looked at Melnotte, the detQCtire, and by the nervous action of her finffers it might be inferred that she longed to inflict personal injory upon his imperturlmble countenance. "I may have been foolish enough to talk some of my nonsense to apiea and eaves- droppers,' ahe aaid acrimoniously, " but as to misiiing a mg or a carpet ont of a house where there's nothing but honest aervanta «( â€" aetteddng to the tiMOoTO- "Mrs. Marrable, waa there or waa there not a Persian rug missing oat of Mrs. Bel- field's bedroom on the twentieth of August?" asked th sandy- whiskered gentleman severe- ly. "Rtsmember, if yon pleaae, that you are on your oath. Mr. Marrable hesitated, looked piteously at her mistress, whoso face was rigid with agonv. and replied â€" " I did miss a Pors'an rug." " Can you tell me the pattern of that rug?" " It was something ot a piue pattern." "If you will be good enough to look closer at the rug on the table, I think you will see that it is a pine pattern." "lu is too muca discolored for mc to make out anything about it." "You are underrating your own intelli- gence Pray look at the rug again. Now, will you swear that it is not the rug you last saw in Mra. Belfield's bedroom " "No." " Then perhap^i you will admit that it is the same mz Remember that to deny a fact of which you are convinced is perjury." " I believe it is the rug." " That will do." The brief winter day had closed in some time tefore the enquiry had arrived at this stage and the coroner now suggested the adjournment of the inquest to give time for the development of fresh evidence. "The case is a very painful one, gentle- men," he said, "an exceptionally painful one, and I should be sorry if anything were done in a hurried or precipitate manner. I believe that upon every consideration it will be best that this enquiry should be adjourned until next Friday, when we will meet again in this room at the same hour as we met to-day. The interment of the remains of that tm- happy lady whose fate we are here to inves- tigate, can be proceeded with in the mean- time." It was some time before the room was cluured of coroner, jury, reportars, and audience, but Lady Belfield and her son did not wait for the crowd to disperae. They retired together by a door near the end of the room where they had leen aitting, and thus escaped the crowd. Sir Adrian put his mother's hand through his arm and supported her faltering footsteps as he led her downstalrs'^and ont Into the dusky street, where her carriage waa wudng for her. She spoke no word until after the carriage had moved away, and then at laat the white lipa moved, and ahe aaked in tones that were almoat like a wtdl of agony â€" "la thia true, Adrian?" "What,moth«r?" "la it true that he came to the Abby that night?" "Yes, it is true." ' Oh, God I And yon awbre that he waa not tnere." ' 'I per j ured myself â€" ^to save hinu I knew nothing alont the fly. I did not know ^:'aat any one had aeen him. Yon tried to aave him^that meana that he is «nilWâ€" thatâ€" he killed her," sobbed Lady Belfield in broken anatched of apeeoh. Adrian waa ailent for aome momenta, thinkins deeply, deliberating with himaelf if it might be poasible to keep the fatal truth from hia motner. But it aeemed to hlqi that it would not be poaaible, that the meahea of the net were fkat olonng roond him and hia brother^ ttiat idl which liad been done that night In the Am.r^t^ naat Inevitably be bronsht to l%ht. The only hope left waa that Valentine might eaoape poranit. ' Mother, I have atriven to keep thia hor- ror.from yon I have iwom falaaly this day in the hope that my brother'a gidit might remain for ever hidden bat after Uhdn I feel that all is over, that the evideDoe yon have heard most brfaig his gnUt hone te yonr mind as well as to tiMsSnd of atnngara. only he is not so guilty as he sny^ ^ear- he was not a ddlliiirate mnrdanr." And tim h« toW his mother, briefly, plaiidy. n nfli n nhln fc ly how tiis dMd hMl bean done how r-rniwti nff madeTaleatiaeBdId a ho ha« orinie, sad had tfans broiudit fsSi^ yon oan help me to save him, to get him awi^. to seme aaie hiding pla3e before the poUoe, baa bnnt liim down. There are oor- nersof tiiesarthwlMrohswHttldbesafe. I would go with him, live with him, jive with hhc a ny w he re in tba dreariest apoc-ofearth, among a savage poo^f happy and fnll of natitnde to Ooa, mdy to know tbat my dearest had beoi saved from a shaimefnl death." ' We will do all that ingenaity 9» do, dear mother," Adrian answered qtiietly, whfle his motiier jaat back in a oomer of the oarriase her face hidden, her whole frame oonvulaed by the violenoe of her aobc ' In all probability Yalenttao haa left England btfore now. The fact that he haa not writ- ten to me mav mean that he la on the aea that he anatched the earlieat opportanity of getting away!" The oarriage waa In the avenue by thh time. Aa the coachman drew np hia horaea in front of the Abbey, a gig drove rapidly round the gravel aweep and palled np In the rear of the carriage. Two men alighted fropi the gig. One of them waa Melnotte, the detective, and in the other Sir Adrian recognized a local police officer. He took no notice of the two men until he had assisted his mother Into the house, and placed her in the care of her maid, who was waiting in the hall to receive her. Then he went back to the porch, and confronted the detective. " I am sorry to appear npon an unpleasant errand. Sir Adrian," aaid Melnotte. " I have a warrant for yonr arreat as acceaaory to the murder of Mra. Helen Bslfield. It is too aerioua a charge to admit of bail, ao I must request you to accompany me to Chad- ford without lose of time." " You mean to Cnadford «roal, I suppose?" Y'es. You will be treated there wifh all respect, and accommodated with a private room. I must warn you that anytbmg you may say '" " You may save yourself the trouble. I am not going to say anything, except that I consider that Colonel Deverill has been guilty of an unirentlemanlike action in bring- ing a detective into my house as my guest." "Colonel Deverill's position as a father may excuse some laxity in a point of eti- quette." "It was more than a point ot etiquette it was a point of honour, Mr. Melnotte â€" if your name is Melnotte," " My name is Markham. I bore her Ma- jesty's commission before I joined the de- tective police. Sir Adrian. Necessity com- pels men to adopt strange trades. Will you be driven to the gaol in your carriage, sir, or will y on allow me to drive you in my gig Thompson can walk back.'" " I may as well go in your gig. It is too dark for anyone to recognise me and for tbe matter of that, everybody in Chadford will know where I am before tomorrow morning. Be good enough to wait while I give an order to my servant." T e detective waited, taking care not to let Sir Adrian out of hia sight during the brief delay, Adrian ordered a valise to be packed with the necessary chanzes for an absence of three or four days, and then sat down at a table in the hall to write to his mother, while Markham stood in front of the fire, warming his back and admiring the stately old panelled hall and Vaulted roof It was a difiicult letter to write, and Adrian could think of only one form of consolation. " My arrest may make my brother"8 escape easier," he wrote. " They cannot find any direct evidence against me, and on reflsotion, I believe it will be impossible to bring any conclusive proof against Valentine, Put your trust in Providence, dear mother, and hope for the passing of the dark hour. My heart is less heavy than it was under the burden ot an intolerable secret." An hour later his mother was sitting by his side in the gloomy-looking room which he was privileged to enjoy in Chadford gaol. " \iy poor Adrian, it is so hard that yon should suffer â€" you, who are innocent â€" who w-tuld have save! your brother's good name had he only been guided by you. It is very hard." ^.f^ " I can bear it, mother. I would bear more for your sake. Would to God it had been possible for me to pay the penalty of my brother'a crime. I would have done aa much willinglyâ€" for year aake." (to be COMTIKITBD.) Sensible Edaoation* The time has fortunately arrived when children are not merely crammed with book lore, but are provided with occupations for training the hand and ejre. While we are watohinsr the outcome of our own kinder- garten methods, it becomes Interesting to S(lance back over something more than a century, at the training acjorded a French family of royal blood. The Duo ioti Dacheaae de Chartrea ap- pointed Madame de Genlia governess of their four children, thn eldest of whom waa Louia Philippe, afterwarda King of the French. Theae childran. were not only taught the regulation branchea of education, but were given practical inatmction in man- ual labor. Madame de Oenlia writea "I had a tumibg-maohine put into my ante-chamber, and in recreation houra aU tiM children, aa well as myself, learned to turn. £ thna acquired with them all the trades, in which atrength la not required, m a kin g, for iwtanoe, pocket-booka and moropoo porttoUoa.' They made baaketa, tapea, ribbon^ ganse, paateboard, artificial fl»wera, marbled paper, rilt frames, and all sorts of work in hair. The boys learned caUnet-making. Their governess says: 'Bedde thdr palaoe of the five orders of arohiteotace,whioh they ooald bufld and take down at pleasore, I made titem varioas tools sad ntenrils, the interior of a laboratory, witii retorts and otnoiUea, and the intenor of a oabiaet of natural hiat3ry." Six I months wore p a ssed at tiie searide, studying fish and sea plants, an^ leamiog fiwtsin regaDrd to '4ilpa;and during one wtetar the 4hydf«a mm taken to « hsq^tat todrHitheimiuds«(1ibBpo9.\ Thatfwaa I mttmatwmmtA imtmok liiJtdTHMM'of hf|«is ia^Bd«a«^uit^jiiMiia^ 1b book A»«hHari.J^ WhiUt yachting w**^ ney. and ShetWdr*»««a*,is. „ anchored dose bv » T^ **• oal^'** «« of rocks. §e,L7"*«»il ducka weeping dowj^l*$»*V,,' to reach the water^we^^ of *»â- !« they had any nest^L^kth..b;f« There were none. butth^L'J ' L, waa abwlutely ooversS 5^*« of fl^ theseaurchiI,;'Siri*«SS the cormorants hereaban^ **• WT tofeedon^ ThesK^!"'?^ by being dropped on tlier,^2*S « quen^y do wic'hshsUfi.h tS*^ had been extracted bv a Li *• ««IW bird's biU as a Z7 tJlu*' V doubt these sea urchi Si?*!!? erous around this rook ^*7ii that the cormorants, after « i.** *»cliil carry them to the shel^ S!^"?*«S| iently to break them ""*^«f«»i| While thus becalmed several L.. near us m the evening, wh^" Qui time we saw herrbgelLnTh! %. «,e {Zl Each man held in his Sv"^^ » Hi "dandy" Hne4 cord ftâ„¢te'»fi. sinker and half a £4^!^** ^^4 I metal, but without "ny ^ff "' »^ Stantog upright in hUb«tlJe W jerked his hue up and down bV**^ throwing his arm upwards Uh,M^ and the herriaKs. attracted by the 1^^ hooks, seized them and were^S'*H or four at a time, with g^Ti^ Having slept away the night^C,"?^ we awoke in the morning to ness that the coustinl WE LAY MOVELESS OS THE \VAm rocked only by a ground swell pLâ€" out from under the tarpaalin there ««? â- !«* unapproachable headland in the dil?^ ' and toe hearse-like rock close b? iritkl, its wind shaking cormorants JMt « ti!l were, only the boat aad rocks hid rerj ._ """Mil I Damg thea^ *» Ivsl tbM I go tno Bowwowry n tout No nan. Xaiwlvo ao owah." a their relative positions. we had advanced backward with 'the'tmi I of the tide, and were now slowly fl,^ towards the port we had left on theprev^ The skipper, a cheery fellow, whobj hitherto put a good face on it, telliniajT' was sure a breezs was " jun coming » m advised us to go back to Raawick wd ni for it there. We might be a week in tb I si lop, he said, swing backwards and !«. I wards in the tides, and as we knew Raiji was very muc'a plsasanter quarters, tbithi we returned. We had begun to think Foula little ek I than fabulous, but during an afternoon wilk I to the top of a hillâ€" the Wart oJ Rewick- there we sa-*r the veritable island, with il its five peaks standing ont with » diitinct ness that seemed to mock the efforts wehii previously made to reach it. Next moraiij the breeze tempted us j ast as it had formdj done, and with much kindness our hoit I suggested that as he was about to tend i sloop to K'.rkwall, we might take her tg Foula and bring her bajk again too, if vi found it necessary. As on the previous di|, ' we sailed for a time very merrily along, ui then, as our Irish friends say, it became "u bad as before and a great deal worse.' After getting well out to sea the light breai chopped round till it waa right against u, and as ni^ht fell a new difficulty arose-we became enveloped in one of THOSE IMPENETBABLE MISTS for which Shetland is too famous, In eicli weather it is very difficult to hit Foola, u i single point missed would send a ship wu dering out into the Atlantic, and the sbipptt, exercising a prudent discretion, advised ni to turn and steer for the magnificent huboiir of Vaila Sound. To reach this haven wis, however, no easy matter, for though the fide and what air there was favoured us, tie mist had completely shrouded the coitt. As we oeared the shore every eye wu strained to catch the first glimpse of tiie breakers, which a strong tide and het^ ground swell made considerable. We he»td the dull, heavy, coatiauous, sound, bntcoula see nothing. Oace wa thought we lud descried the white foam line, but on cw- tiously approaching it we found it to be only a long stream of froth, which, likea nverol soapsuds, stretched ont into the eea. At length the actual breakere becme visible, and most strange and weirdun was the appearance they presented. ItieMJ- ed as if a pale grey curtain was slowly u* continuously lifted up and down, tf â„¢ roar of the surge had a dnU, deadened »iM that aeemed to have no connection witn w long grey phantom shape that so solemnlj d^oeTuefrontofus. ^spiteof it.««J» hue and uniform movement?, the orera- like thing before us reminded the 8?e«»«« of THE FLITTING SILENT MOTION of the Aurora borealie. Certaialy no «» could have conjectured that what he » were living waves spurned sato «?»• hurled from the preaipisous rocks^ mm tremendous sound and turmoil, and oontiM ous than ieroua uproar. -JtUa.kit- •Til tell ye, Magni. m^n ' 'f^^fl per to his m\te, who looked oat Jm « bow, "ye'il take the boat and tie wm^ and see if ye can find -^hereabouts wa. re. " Aye," replied Magai, and coatmuea » stare out into the darkness. "Did ye hear what I was say.ng_ « out the skipper: but M»gmw»snoW8o tently straining his eyes that « "/° |^ aum^ his ears were closed. f^'J"^;^ not It was clear that M*gni d.d m and the •kiPP-Jf^'^S Ye ^dder, BCIBHTIFIC PfiOI ^.tobeacatlefrom Javato Ml 2300 miles of mams for '•^Msto the States. ' k THitdng down artesian wl I is to^yieW a million gallons ^KkUeoost of the NicaragJ ;S£jSe.n40.000.000and^ is to have a new electric ,*ftlUtion, driven oy a â€" itSOOO horse power. LifaraaiUeaa chimney 118 feet **rintemal diameter at the li^astormsothatthegreat^ ,1*8 twenty inches. Portland and Vancouver iit a treatle across the botton fn;iumbia Biver 8300 feet long^ SJ'J^t into the stream. ".EnglUh ironclad, the Sap -of the triple expansion type, ^linder 108 inches m diai| -disfavoring the exploratio Yana-tae River, and the tol Jed notice* to the effect I l^t be friendly to the exd .troleum ia said to be soli| fLLjtn by heating it and ^to3 per cent of soap the led ^uot being available „ correct grade for a tobod Sa be a cycloid curve. It is ta-i?»hawk makes when swocj W'bedaof riveraaretme „ Orleans has now become ol at ports in the woild, the lei h^e jetties being thirty-oii« hsB. and a thirty foot channel ?^de. Above the jetties m til Bum depth is twenty -stvenfl he Italian admiralty has be -ting with olive and castor cili Bon aboard ship and now th. Tforth that castor oil is to b parts of the machi oils in cylinders and lU^ 16," aidd, "Ye'll come This time Magn-i heard wjwt'^j joj, and the old man and the "Iwf « night theboat and rowed out ^^^\^l^t of "Whatever you do, dont »«« ^^ja^ the alojp." we cried after him, " JV^ted, aa we had no great fancy to « *l-; ^^ for onr own aake as well aa W«- minntea, however, we saw »« "^ft wM theaklpper waving h« cap «^^h,a aU right We h^3hit th'^^J â- ^liffron" ateerSl for, and «%«»«" Jyi?w.# which the awell «»tl»t"Sid^5w««**' od faito tbe atOl and aheltered wa aonnd. £^ The people of Alberta ""jf^fin" the eafi^hment of « ^^p-J inthoprovinoe. T'»eCaiJP^.^^tfp*«- m«ital firm »» alberta, •-"'•^^uitrto a pecnUAr ollmate. and there » ^^ •aittithiiritatf tdy -y ^^u gj grown there. ^JSL^ sM* Soalfannen ut AJB^^^ biunlgranta w'*,5fai««»* It ia «iJed,^th«i«fore i»^" peral tioation. .-he Watkina position- finder, i British Government paid y- {proved to be very efficaciouB els and like object* that coil from the battery which • m, and such objects were stru nifly by the guns from such ti 1 invisible therefrom. «cently a paddle-wheel ste need into the twin screw typ« sbting to increase the carry ;l,e vessel by 190 tons, large ftle-carrying space being o-ai et register u decreased 2ii B„ has been increased conside I fuel conbumption reduced 60 rhe question as to whether or Dt shorteBS life is being agitat d that anything which qu a. of the heart, »ny kind cf ._j and reduces the storage St everyone knew this long aj ily recently that the matter gdered in the light of percenfc new process for purifying i M a current of air through i »j hours. All oxides of zinc, L, collect at the top in the fori yder. Thia does not, of cours I silver and gold which may e: enrv, but which are of no hai le used for filling thermomete «r tabea. per cent of aluminum adc ak metal copper gives it the i el. One stove making concer I nses abcut one-tenth of one I metal in all its iron castings, Bit of diminishing the shrinks ill tbe mould better, improvu Dg the grain perfectly ev I chilling, even turning • gray. Che electric light is now be ng to attract the fish to i » to facUitate their capture. 1 trouble has been that the « ,-je submerged incandescent 1 I become fouled with the fiehin 1 the cable of the vessel. B^and has got out a pnn "i can be tossed overboard a I desired, the lead being « I battery to the lamp L ttdlway pass for ' self and t held to include the grant* I these descendants being b i makes it necesssary that th ovidence Railway carry fo descendants of John O. ieboro, Mass. There will « few generations hence- l be a good many deadheads ppose a family to donWe e tts, that will make in 300 ye P9ople. a recent meeting of the ion of the American Institi i a new magnesium light yed powdered magnesium w bnmed it in a strong j I of npon " flash cotton The advantages are tba out one-sixth as much of the i »i there is proportionate!' I annoy tliose present, and the the flame may be controlled Jjy be repeated as often as Wly ia undoubted and tb " great A Single Trial all that Is needed to prove "ne ia the moat rapn rinthe world for pain. trfor a trial bottle. ^iHQl .prove Nerviline I aa an,eztemal or ii tin ol evw^y deaorip Try 10 caqffc sample t â- N* Iarse lottles 25 itataa,;; 1 ^**^« '» â- P^fc 'Mm i,aSs