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You mi.lit tblnk In. eyes wera dazzled hy a Uart Iroia Cur.ld's bow. V1 rn he sars my eyes haTe told him lit? 1. ilenrHr.t of all nrnn, You would think my cheeks would crimsoa So tbt-y'd never iJa asaiu. r.nt my name is not upon It, Uiiy "lvirm" in earh Una; A n.l 11' you should read tba latter Yea would never dream it mine. SCRATCHED OUT. Iiirlnsr the earlier years of tlie pres ent cvutiiry ttin Ituisiaa nobles ruled their liuusehuKla witb a high band. Acccr llntrly, wlieu the Dowager Coun tess C'li?ritski found tbat her only son, Ivan, a youn man of about 20 yeais, was enKHt(ed to marry a beautiful serf on liU esta'ej, she forthwith banished Lim to France and ordered the girl to whom liu was engaged, to marry an other tterf iiumediatrly. As the cotn mamls hal to obeyed, poor Sophia TschkofT. for that was the girl's name, went with her father, some six days alter the Count's departure, to the chapel where the marriage service was to hr ierformed. There were present, tiesmlt-s her father and herself, Michael Tokhlanii.sli (the bridegroom) Lia father, aud the priest, an old man, who was upwards of 7J years of age. The nervice Lad sc.irce y commenced when the door of the li' tie chapel opeued and Ivan Cheraskl. the young Count entered with a revolver In his hand. "You thought I was out of the coun try," he said, '"but not so; I have been buliuir my time not far away from here. I know all about the attempt tc umrry my betrothed to this clown, and I have come to prevent it. .Everything Is ready the priest, the altar and the bride. Sj, my good father, you will please marry me to Sophia Tachakoff at once, or you and Michael Tokh tatuish shail die before five minutes axe over." I do not know what would have happened ir the priest had refused to obey the Count's order. As I have said, Kusaian nobles used to be, and very like y still are, rattier nigh hauded. especially in dealing with their de pendents. At all events Ivan Che raakt was a". nobleman armed with a revolver; Michael Tokhtamlsh was only a serf who might have been shot for the fun of the thing, while the priest was a very In firm old man, and bound moreover, by bis religion, to discountenance bloodshed. So the.sert stood - asidaw the . Boblemaa took a is place, the prifest performed the service, and In a few minutes Ivan Cheraskl and Sophia Tschkoff were man an J wife. The service over, the company entered the vestry room, where the prieft proceeded to enter the particulars relating to Hie marriage la the registry book. Xo I must pause here to Inform the reader that in Kussia It was the custom for the priest, and not the par ties who wee married, to sign the names of the bride and bridegroom in the marriage registry. Alexander Troubetakol, the priest, was pla-jed. as the saying is, between two Ares. If he had not obeyed the Count's orders, be would have been shot. On the othe hand. if the Countess Dowager found ont what he had done, something else as bad, or worse, would probably hap pen. To escape from the dilemma he entered in the register Michael Tokh tamish instead of Ivan Cheraskl as the name of the bridegroom. The parties who were interested uid not observe the substitution. The register was restored to its place, and the Count and Countess Cheraski left secretly for l'arls that day. or Ave years they lived very hap- tnlv In France, and then tne count aieu. leaving the Countess a widow with two children. Ills mother naa aiea auoui a year before and Troubetakol expired short v alter they leu tue village 01 Narovel, where the marriage took place. On the death of her husband the Countess went to the provluce o? Minsk, in Kussia, to claim his estate vi behalf of herself and bis children The claim was oppose! by his family, who produced the register which bore evidence of her marriage, not with Ivan Cheraski, but with Michael Tokh tamlsh. There seemed, then, no use In resorting to legal proceedings, as the -evidence of the witnesses to the mar riage, who were all serfs, would be worthless against the evidence of the marriaiie register. Accordingly the Countess, as Bhe was not dejure, if not delac'to. returnea to t ranee, x-aruy bv the sale of her jewelry and partly owinc to her husl and having invested some money in their joint names in Freuch 5 per cent, rentes she had a little mote than Jt-HJOO, and with this capital she opened a sort of boarding bouse in Tarts. Here she bad been living for about two years when a voiiiw Knirliahman named tdwln Alar: lou came to stop at her establish ment for a few days, hp to tue pres ent I have not said anything about the character or appearance of the Countess Cheraski, lecause so rar, 1 nave mereiy been reciting a number of facts which are necessary to euable the reader to understand the curious tale that we are atmronchinir. That she was either pretty or handsome or beautiful. In some tense or othir, the reader will prolably anticipate from the fact of the Count having fallen m love with her. If I uenllou that she was tall, with dark hair and aquiline features, all who are interested in the matter can till un the rest of her portrait to suit their own tastes. In character she must have been of rather trustful dis position, as will, I think, ippear from her conduct to Mr. Marstou. lie was her senior by about two years, and had been fractlclns as a surgeon ana pnyu cian for some time in a poor district in the east end of London. When be Crst came to her honse he did not In tend to remain many days In Paris, but his stav was nrolontred for one rea son or another over a space of about three weeks, during which time he ana the Countxu had contracted a very sin cere friendship for eacli other. Finally ou the night before he left she told him her arorv and asked him if he Could ee any way in which she could estab- ... - . . . . t : . I n iisn the rights or uerseii ana couuicu, ' Not at Dresent-'" taid Mr. Marston. story; -but 1 t&all think the matter over." The next day Mr. Marston left for London, having bale the Countess a cordial farewell, and promised to write to her at once if any idea sliould occur to him with legard to the recovery of her title and estates. More than a month passed away, during which she did not hear from him, and, consequently was beginning to think that be had probably forgotten all about her, or be would have writ ten, when one evening the rervant came up sta rs to say thai Mr. Marstou was la the parlor on the ground floor, and would like to see her. "1 have been thinking ever since I left you." be said, when they had greeted each other, "of the extraor dinary history yoa told me. And I think now that I see a way to overcome your difficulties. But you will have to exercise great patience. It will take me probably a year, perhaps more to carry out my plans. I shall have to go to Kussia and live in the village of Narovel, and I shall want at least JCi'A) at once, and probably another '4l0 in the course ot about six months. In the meantime you must be content not to ask me any questions, and to remain in perfect ignorance of what I am doing. My word Is the only guarantee you can have that 1 shall be honestly doing my best on your behalf." "It Is suflicient," said the Countess. "You shall have the money. When cau you start?" "To-morow." was the answer. Accordingly next day Mr. Marston started for Narovel, which is a village In the province of Minsk, in Western Russia. Here he took up his abode in the guise of a well-to-do Englishman, Who wished to make himself acquainted with the language and institutions of the country, and who had no objection to spending his money pretty freely. He was a good shot, was fund of riding. and apart altogether from the necessity of acting a part which was involved by the business he had on band, he was really a jovial and pleasant companion. The consequence was that be soon became i Iavont9 with everybody in the distiiot. The mt-n liked him be cause be was a capital sportsman and could take bis bottle with the best of ttiem, the women, because he was a good looking foreigner, who was always pay 133 them such marked compliments as c.rcumstances permltu-d and who was very fond of children. Among others with whom he s lortly became intimately acquainted was the new priest, a young man named Nicholas Kohl. Kohl acted, as priests very ofieu do iu Russia, the part of priest ahd physician lo the district. And since Marston was able to give him a gre.it ii al of valuable advice and as sistance tut y soon became fast friends. One day, about Ove months after be came to Xarovel, lie went to Kohl into the vestry room or. the chapel where the Couutess was married. He had been In this room frequently before. and knew exactly where the book In which her marriage was registered la; among some others la ami of, cm board. "Already he bad, oulLe prr tence of comparing the ltussiaa system ith the EuglisU, examined registers of births, deaths, and marriages, so that he was familiar with the forms. and on looking at a book of such reg- lsteis could easily find any particu.ar one that he might be in quest of. As yet, however, he had had no opportu nity ef examining the book which con tained the record of the marriage of the Countess. Xow what be had been scheming for during the past live mouths was to get the book secretly into his possession for about half an hour. Already he had formed a num ber of plans for getting half an hour alone in the vestry room, but these he had discarded one by one as being un suitable. At last, as often hapiiens in such cases, un accident gave him the opportunity lie sought. On the occasion in questun they wera going lor a long walk aud bad ouly gone into the vestry room to leave a parcel, which the priest had in bis hand, scarcely, however, bad they entered tho room when tl.ey were followed by a little girl who had seen them go Into the chapel. She had beeu to the priest's house to look for him, as her mother who was very 111, wished to see hiin lor a lew minutes. I shall wait here for you," said Marston, speaking to Kohl in French, hen he understood what the girl's errand was. -I can read till you come back." Tnere were some French and Latin books in the room. Very well," said Kohl, It is only a few minutes walk from bere. 1 shall not be more than half an hour." When the girl and priest had left the chapel Marston took out of the cup board the volume that contained the record of the Countess1 marriage, and turned over the pages tlil be came to the entry he was in search of. Yes, there in black and white, was the rec ord of the marriage nf Sophia Tschak- off with Michael Tokhtamlsh. Mr. Marston looked at the register latently for a minute or two, during which time he had turned rather pale. Then he got up and looked out of the vestry room to see that there was nobody in the chapel. Haviog satisfied himself that he was quite alone, be sat down aizaln and examined the characters in which the name of Michael Tokbta mish was written with the greatest care for about a minute. 1- inally, he took out of his pocket a penknife, a bottle of ink and a pen, which be bad always carried about with him in anticipation of an opportunity like the present. With the penk ife. he carefully erased the name of Michael Tokhtamlsh. It took him about three minutes to do this, so anxious was he to do the work neatly, and not leave a trace of the letters he was removing from the regis ter. Wken he had succeeded to his liking te put the penknife in bis pocket agair, and having caretiuiy examineu the p.u to see that the nib was in order, be proceeded to write over the erasure the name of it me first ask If the reader bu messed whose name It was that Mr. Marston wrote over the name he had hMn at such pains to erase? Xa. Having most carefully erased the name of Michael Tokh tarnish, he proceeded with the very greatest care to write the name of Michael Tokhta r.Lt. nearly in the same place and .k.nrtor that It bad stood la before. Whea be had done this to his aatisfac in. ha lot the ink dry. and then re stored the book to its place. Kohl came back presently, and they went for their long walk. a Km t three weeks afterward Mr. rrrnn fonnd that he had business nv9itated his leaving for Eng land, and, very ninch to the regret of the inhabitants ot arovei, u From Russia be went straight to Tarts, hwr. he called upon Caunteas Che- raski. with whom he had bold no com' mnnicatlon whatever during the whole time he was living at N arovei. "You have placed Implicit confidence In me," be said, "you will flad that it has not been abused. I have told you before that you must not ask any ques tions, and I tell yoa to again. You mnst do exactly as I direct you without asking why. Commence proceedings at once for the restoration of your title aud estates; and. mark me. when the register is produced, it.sist on having every word that relates to your mar riage most carefully examined. Do exactly as I tell you, and you will find that the result will be most satisfactory. And now good by. I must get back to London to see if I cannot get my pa tients again." The Countess did as he told her to do. She commenced an action in be half of herself and her children for the restoration of the titles and estates. The register of her marriage was pro duced, but when it was examined it was found tbat the name of Michael Tokhtamlsh was written over an era sure. This destroyed the value of the register as evidence of a marriage be tween Sophia T&chako3 and the Michael Tokbtamisu. The natural presumption, in fact, the moral cer tainty, was that somebody else's name had been erased from the place where the name of Michael Tokhtamish was written and further that the somebody l?e was the man that married Sophia TschakoC Under the circumstances the evidence ot Michael Tokhtamish himself and the two other witnesses, w ho were present at the marriage cere mony, together with the evidence of a number of French witnesses, that the late count had lived with her for year? as man and wife, was held to establish fully the claims of the Countess and her children to be the lawful wife and Issue of the late Ivan CUeraskU Tokh tamish. I may mention, gave bis evi dence very willingly, as it was perfectly certain that the Ccuntess would never marry anybody else while she was sup posed to be his wire. On the morality of the transaction I pronounce no opinion, and abandon that problem to such casuists as may be still extant. The Countess left Russia shortly after she had gained her lawsuit, and was married about a year afterward to Kdwin Marston, who, partly through his own abilities and partly with the assistance of her fortune, became one of the leading physicians in Loudon. A New Glimpse at Wellington. In looking at more than one episode In Wellington's career we see that, like many a general since his time, be was hampered by a ptagmatlcal government at home, and that his whole aim in war unlike Napoleon's was rather to protect his country against failure than to win success for himself. Ilia cau tion aud his calculating instinct are well illustrated in his words to Mrs. Croker; "All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to And out what you don't 4taaw- by what you do know; that's what 1 called guessing what was ou the other side of the hill." Hisviews, too, as to the piobabillty of his success, as expressed on the eve of his facing the French, form a fit text to the whole history of his tactics in the Peninsula, There was a world-wide discussion in those times about the enemy's new system of manoeuvres. Wellington had no faith in the new system. He be lieved in the superiority of his own. "I think it a false une." he said, "amongst troops steady enough, as 1 hope mine will be, to receive them with the bayonet. I suspect that all the Continental armies weie more thau half-beaten before the batt!e was begun. 1 at least will not be frightened before." That his series or Driiiiani successes during that memorable cam paign, in the face of the discourage ment, want or confidence, ana inapti tude of two governments, were in no sense due to the "lucky star," to which so many of bis detractors bad recourse, is proved over aud over again by the record's here collected together. To the otl-repeaieu cnarges oi uaru- ness there ate manifold answers, ana no one who has really studied the prin ciples of discipline practiced by Wel lington can fall to admit inai ne was guided by that sound conception of mercy which maxes it a duty to sacri fice one life to spare a iriousanu. his grief at the saenhee that was in volved there is not the shadow of a doubt. The man who said -thai noiu- ing was more tragical than a victory except a defeat." was, to a certainty. no stoic, ir the men qualities wuicu made him au Ideal tacticiau in the earoe or war iauwi wueu appueu iu ailv.rs of state, the fact only goes to prove bis fidelity to himseir, and to mt high purpose be endeavored to achieve. His action with regaia to me retoruj bill was tbat of the commander rather than of the statesman; but no one will say that the result of the contest be- tuoen himself aud the nation was otherwise than honorable to both. He was true to his belief, and the peop.e were true to theirs, aud, though they opposed the statesman, they revere J and loved the soldier, xurouuoui. ut was the same, and whether iu a con troversy with the king as to the con duct of the Duke of Clarence, or iu a correspondence with Massena on the questlous of prisoners; or in declining to promote the interests of friends unfit for promotion, or in defending the just claims of neglected widows and ill-treated officials, he always took tmi. honest, drownright view ol every case that came before him. Carelewsneaa in Mating Vp. Many of our best actresses paint most carelessly. They usually redden thelr hps with a hideous cherry paste, which nrtn looks ouite revolting. The white is put on carelessly, so that the natural color of the flesh is left behind the ears. and they rouge either too much or too little. The black about the eyes Is put ou so thickly as at times to quite clog ma Tlida and to kill all expression . ti.ar nf the idiotic stare of an ill made wax-work. Inventing an Aristocracy. Says an Englishman: "You Ameri cans have been trying to build up a social arstem without an aristocracy but you will never succeed as long as there is a woman in the great republic If there were uo such tiling as an aris tocracy in the world, women would id vent one." A ladv who advertised for a girl to do light housework," received a letter from an applicant who said ber health demanded aea air. ana asxea where the light-house was situated. CAPITAL PCMSHriEM. Hanging Kaid to Prodnoe Death (Quicker Than KIcctrlcity. At a recent meeting of the Medico Legal Society. Dr. William A. Ham mond, the eminent specialist and phjsiologlst. discussed the subject of capital puuishment by lunging and electricity. He and several of his col leagues were of the opinion tbat hang ing was the more painless and certain of the two methods of inflicting legal death. As this State has changed Its laws, substituting electricity for the Classic rope, the subject was one of great interest from a medico-legal point of view. For the Interest of science and the euthanasia of would-be murderers In zeneraL. several well-known surgeoas determined to perform a series of ex perimenls oa living animals to decide the question, and their results, which are about to be published in a well known scientific journal, are consider ed of special importance. The experi menters were Dr. B. Curtiss, Dr. Geo. Brown Phelps and U. S. Lewis. They were assisted by three medical stu dents. Their programme was: 1. Time required to produce death ty banging. 2. Time reauhed to produce death by electricity. 3. Post-mortem appearances. 4. Resuscitation after death by either method. The experiments were chiefly carried on at the Carnegie laboratory. Boys were employed to obtaiu the unfortun ate canines, and all collision with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was carefully avoided by secresy. The room, or la'ooratory, in which the exierluients were made was at the rear of the building, on the fifth floor. A powerful electric dynamo was ob tained and a gibbet ol the most approv ed pattern erected. Room was also provided for the dog3 who should be resuscitated arter apparent depth by either means. The animals were se curely muzzled before the experiments were attempted, but this aid not pre vent their howling. The details of each expei lruent will be published by the ex perimenters. The results were greatly in favor of banging. Out of a hundred dogs fifty were hung aud fifty submit tel to the electric discharge. Of those hung twenty were dead in less than five minutes, and from post-mortem exam ination it wh. apparent that they died almost iustautly. Five out of the fifty were resuscitated, and are alive, but they were all small, li was found thai the heavier the animal the quicker the result of death was obtained, and where a weight was added te the dog's weighty death seemed to take place instantan eously. Of the fifty submitted to Uii electric discharge of the strength and in the manner prescribe 1 by tliS"ie law for the death of criminals, lnr nl death was produced in only five er trt ments. It required on the a vera- 'en mmiitM Ia kill, and in eiirhtf . ir.. II . i 1 anjili-i-oerii" siauis i u o auiuiAi tiw coouj -- tated. In seven he came to without the slightest treatment within two hours after apparent death. The pre scribed discharge entirely failed to pro duce death In three instances, and one of these three dogs came to after double the strength of electric discbarge .had been given. From the post-mortem appearance ot the brain and nerve centers, and from other things observed, the experimenter concluded that the electric discharge caused the intensest agony, especially when not strong enough to kill at once, while in the case of hanging the evi dence pointed to immediate paralysis of the nerve centers and a painless death. Such are the chief results of their investigation?. His Wooing; or. No Fool Like an Old Fool. Ximrod OJlin bad known Flora Forsyth ever since her infancy, but it bad never occurred to him that she would make a good wife until he beard one day that she had been left 20,000 by a rich relative. Ximrod was not a handsome man; he was thirty-five and very bald, and even more near-sighted, but that did not prevent him from taking an early opportunity of flinging himself at the fair flora's feet. She appeared very much flattered with his proposal, but requested tbat be should allow ber a fortnight to think it over. 'And you will give me an answer in two weeks" overcome with delight. Yes, If you keep in the same mind tld then." "Tdl then!" with fervor; "aye, till then and foreverl" She laughed and, rapidly changing the subject, asked him ir he had ever met her cousin Beatrix. Xo; Mr. Ximrod bad not enjoyed the pleasure. She will be at Aunt Hephzibah's in a day or two, and 1 want you to meet her. We don't speak, but you know Aunt, who, I dare say, wi.l arrange matters. She has red bair, it is true. but enough money to make It golden. She's worth more than twice what I am, and in ready cash. He was about to say that Flora s hair was the only perfect color for hair and that be despised money, but she excused herseif on the ground or pressing engagement and he went away, promising to return la two weeks. Three days afterward our friend 271m made a triendly call on Aunt Hephzi- bah and was formally introduced to ber niece, Miss Beatrix Tavistock, wto had only arrived the day before. Id ss Tavistock, as Flora bad said. was not a bad-looking girl. She was about her cousin's age, to whom, in features aud expression, she bore a strong family llkeueas. But ber hair I carroty I why carrots would have paled before it! It was of so fiery red that it fairly made X imrod's eyes water. But as be thought of ber twenty thousand ia possession and another twenty thousand in expectancy and beard Aunt iiepuzlba s backing cough be forgot just then that she had had it for twenty years the effect of the hair began to wear off and was quite forgotten al the end of hair an hour, which sufficed to reveal the fact tbat Miss Tavistock was altogether the most engaging young lady he bad ever met. 2klmrod repeated his visit the next day and the next and for many suc ceeding days, and at every visit found Miss Beatrix more charming than at the last. Her treatment of him was decidedly more enoourging than Flora's bad ever been. Indeed be had not a little ingratiated bimsslf by rather more thaa half-way chimicg in witb some not very nattering criticisms of ber cousin indulged in by Miss Tavistock. It lacked but a day of the expiration of the two weeks. By this time Sim- rod bad reached the conclusion tbat some shades of red were not inferior to chestnut especially when backed by the dds of forty thousand dollars against twenty. He was furthermore convinced that If he popped the ques tion to Beatrix he wouldn't have to wait two weeks for aa answer, and that when it came there wouldn't be any danger of its being no. But Mimrcd was a prudent man. Ills proposal to Flora, while It re mained unanswered, was of course, ubject to withdrawal; and to with draw it might avoid many unpleasant future complications. And as no time was to be lost be sat down at once and addressed a note to Flora. We shall not give it verbatim, having no wish to furnish a form for the use of other fickle lovers. Enough to say. It was a perfect model of a sneaking-out letter, full of lying excuses and brotherly profession of everlasting friendship. Aow for the lair Beatrix!" was Nim rod's exultant ejaculation, as he hied his 8tep3 to Aunt Hephzibah's door. But why unnecessarily prolonging our story? The scene that followed up to a certain point was an exact rep etition of the one before described Nlmrod had gone through it so many times tbat there was no danger of bis sticking." He sank again oa the same knee, seized Beatrix's band and in the same tone made the same speech. At the words, 'vdl you be mmel Do not break my heart by saying no!" be bowed bis bead meekly like a sup pliant awaing the answer whereon hangs life or death. As we have said. N iinrod bad been through it all before. and knew the part perfectly. He waited, but th3 answer did not come. He felt a convulsive tremor of the band held in his. Doubtless Bea trix was too agitated to siieak. II ventured to look up, started back, lost his balance, and fell into an attitude. rather less graceful, but much more firmly poised, thau that he had just quitted. Instead of Beatrix, it was Flora he saw before him, aud It was ber baud bebeldl With the other she held up a blazing red wig, while ber own chest- uut curls shook about ber fair neck and shouldeis with a ringing burst of laughter that shook ber whole frame. Nim rod sprang to bis feet and rushed out. We shall not repeat what he said on reaching the street. It would require too many stars and dashes to print it without breaking a certain known section of the penal code. The Art or Conversation. 'Do you remember as furback as th' siege of Petersburg, friend?" . "I sized the questioned up, got a good prlp on my pecketuook and cautiously answered, "1 do, but 1 was very young at the time." Wasn't there yourself, tLen?" "It's a great tity. I didn't know but what I might talk over old times with yer." 'Perhaps we can find a congenial subject." I observed, as 1 let my knee drop so that bis hand could slide off. and moved over as close as I could to the car window. P'rhaps we kin," lie said; "ever besn ter Maddygasker?" ii "Ever seen a South American du- gong?" No." "What's yer opinion on th' subjec' of th' sideral astronomatics?" "I dont know anything about them. " "Shol Got any chewin' terbacker about yer?" "JSo." "Say, friend, where you from?' "Korglyackker. ' ' "Where?" '"Korgiyackker." "Where's tbat?" "Right cross the Yuggernock River from Yorstlveriskl." "Kushy?" "'o; New York State." "How far is it from Yoakers?' 'About ten ohms." lie was beginning to wilt a little, and I followed up my advantage. "I've read something about Peters burg." I said. "Did you fight in Charlemagne's division?" 'Whoser" "Cnarlemagne'a." "It's so long ago I most forglt, but'r near as 1 kin remember my gineral was named Smith." "Was be monocotyledonously inclin ed, or did be favor anthropological esterotism m his manner of conducting the campaign?' "Look bere, stranger, one or th' other of us is a nat'nil fool," he broke out, "an I'm puffectiy wiilm ter take the benefit of the doubt au' shut up. What d'ye say?" I said, and the train rolled on. Warner's Prediction liiuiscir. Concerning The other day at Boston's ancient book 6tore nnder the "Old South'" church. I came upon a mildewed Ger man pamphlet on Bayreuth, Bavaria which recalled a never printed and all bnt forgotten prediction I once beard Wagner make regarding himself; one subsequently literally fulfilled. It was In the Hotel Sobne, Bayreuth, Uie next day following the first production of the master's masterpiece, "Pars' rah" The city was thronged with visitors and ablaze with excitement over the majestic scenes and passages of Parsi fal." A few of us from foreign coun tries were paying our respects to 11a- terna. the original Kundry. at ber hotel, when Wagner entered the room. He was almost prostrated from that terrible foreboding often following supreme success. Striding about the place, pale and restless, and unmindful of the solicitude and praise of those present, in aa almost tragic burst of grief he at last exclaimed: "Ah, triumph kills the body, if i immortalizes a name! I shall never again create. My power is gone." Ia less than six months' time Rich ard Wagner's "tilled" body w.s brought back from Italy and laid to rest in Bayreuth. This life had beeu exchanged for an immortal name. Linden has developed aa unmis taxable ringbone. To take out ink or iron monld staius from -white goods wet with milk and cover with salt. AN EYE FOR AN EYE. How a Smoker Got Eve. I entered Uie sleeper at half past nice and went to bed. Tbat is, it is called going to bed. Four other passenger bad gone to bed, and at ten o'clock we were all asleep. At tbat honr two men entered with a clatter. They were talking loudly, and they sat down and continued it. I waited fifteen minutes for one of the other sleepers to kick. Xo one entered a protest. Then I rose up and asked: "Do you men know that this is a sleeping car?" "We do," they answered. "And do you propose to continue this disturbance?" "We propose to talk as long and as loud as we please." I called the conductor and Inquired: "I have paid for a birth in which to bleep. I can't sleep for this disturbance. Will you stop It?" "Really, 1 can't," he answered, "Are there no rules?" "Yes; but people In a sleeping car must be expected to be disturbed." Ob, they must. Very well see me later." Four others came ia with just as much racket, and they kept their chat ter going until eleven o'clock. At half past eleven o'clock the lights were turned down and everybody was ready to sleep. I bad been patiently waiting for this. Lying on my back, arms locked over my bead and my palate down, I brought a snore which weut thundering over that car in a way to open every eye. After two more a man called out: "Thunder and blazes, but we've got a whale aboard 1" After three more they began to yell at me from every berth. I put In two extra ones, and the porter came down aud shook my arm, aud said: "Ileah, you, stop dat!" "Colored man." 1 said, as I looked up at him, "if yeu come bear and do that again, I may fire upon you." As soon as he bad gone 1 went back to business. When a man sets out to snore for revenge you'd be surprised to know what a success be can make out of it. Iu five minutes they were ail ing for the conductor. He came down and said: IIey you wake upl You are dis turbing the car." "Conductor, haven't I paid for this berth?" I asked. Yes." 'Is there any rule which prohibits snoring?" Xo, but" Then you keep away from me. 1 have a revolver, aud I might take you for a robber." Then I returned to the main ques tion. I snored in every key ot the scale. I snored for blood. 1 had every person in the car swearing mad and ready to fight, aud they sent for the passenger conductor. He refused to interfere. Several chaps volunteered to pull me out o' that," but when they came close enough to see the muzzle of a revolver they fell back. At two o'clock in the morning they held a conventionH and as the result one of them asked: "Stranger, can we buy you off?" "Xo. sir." "Is there any way on earth to stop that bazoo of yours?" "ihere ia. The four of yoa who came in last were grossly selfish. You had no care for the rights of others. The four who were bere before I came were disturbed, but had'nt the grl to kick, aow, then, promise me on your solemn words that if you ever enter a sleeping car again you will resiect the situation, and I will let you of!." .Every soul in that car made the promise, and hair an hour later we were all asleep. lion. Cutler and tlie Cripple There was a boy In Lowell, Mass, the son of a poor man, who, a number of years ago, was run over by a railroad train. Both legs had to be amputated close up to the hip. The company told his father they would give him S1000 or the boy a practical education. The father accepted the latter alternative. and the railroad company made a tele graph operator of the crippled boy. When he became of age be found he was not getting as good pay as other operators. He wrote to Gen eral Butler and asked If anything could be done. General Butler sent for the boy. The whole story was gone over. 'I'll take your case," said the noted lawyer. Then he sent for the solicitor of the railroad company. When the solicitor arrived at the General's office the legless boy was in a chair on the top of a Ions table. General Butler explained that he proposed to be; in suit for the boy to get damajei. "But," said the solicitroy, "we agreed with bis father to give him a practical education. We made a telegrapher out of him. and there is no law for getting any further damages." 'You can't tell me anything about the law," was General Butler's reply; 'but how much damage do you think that boy would get if he sat oa a table like that before a jury?" The railroad lawyer caught the point at once. "I do not know," be said. "How much do you think be would iretT" "About 510,000," replied General Butler. "I'll compromise with you," hur riedly returned the lawyer, and by bis shiewd stage effect General Butler got over $7000 for the boy without going into trial. The lawyer knew Butler could make it cost that much, as well as a good deal of trouble, and be was glad enough to compromise. The Japanese's Good Qualities. A recent writer ia ,'apan suggests tbat we should. Instead of sending them missionaries, ask them to send us a batch. He says: "The Japanese are temperate. To a visitor tea, and not alcoholic liquors. Is offered. There are no standing bars in Japan, and no public drinkiug of liquors that intox icate. The Japanese are polite. Their honesty is attested by the fact that the shop is often left by the proprie tor with nobody in while be goes to a distant part of the city. There are no bolts and bars on public or private bouses. The Japanese are humane. Horses are rarely beaten, and oxen drawing loads have awnings fastened over them. Cattle for slaughter are careful.y led. Gunning for siort is unknown. At school, the children of nobles are poorly dressed, to avoid in juring the feelings of poorer children. They are also remarkably hosp.tabie and courteous." The petroleum leiners of the United States consume about 9,G00,0OJ pounds of sulphuric acid per month. I The IrUb Setter. 1 Tlie Irish setter is without doubt one of the oldest of the setter breeds, aud a descendant of the brown or liver col ored setting spaniel of four centuries ago. He has been zealously guarded in certain Irish families for generations, and there is to-day no breed with stronger characteristics or that pre serves its characteristics better when transported to other countries. An Irish setter is an Irish setter the world over, and for endurance, speed, intelli gence, pluck and nose has no superior. He is ever ready for bis work, free aud open hearted in his ways, and has the faculty of adapting himself to every climate and all kinds or game, while bis rich colored coat and affectionate nature make him a pleasing companion when not required iu the field. He is free from lumber, but has plenty of bone and muscle, and that energy which Is his greatest fault in the minds of some who seem to forget tbat with out it no dog for field work can rise above mediocrity. However, all bis vim is but the natural result of tbat great courage and power of endurance which, when educated, carries all be fore it. and without which there cin be no superiority. A few years since there was quite a discussion in one of our leading sport ing prints, between one or two corres pondents and the writer of this article, on the question of color, owing to the fact of a well-known sportsman, "Old Calabar," offering che.tnut colored Irish setters for sale, which led some to believe he meant liver color or the black tipped coated ones. He did not mean liver color such as is known on our spaniels of to to-day, neither that of the chestnut grown dark aud black with age, but simply the rich, pure red of the chestnut as found when it conies with a gloss and a glow fresh from the Lurr. It is this shade of red which is the iierfectiou of color in the Insli setter, and which varies with every Hash of light, from the hue of a golden ted to the deeper tinge of rich mahog any a blood red, aud no amount of argument can change the fact. Most of our crack bench show win neis are field dogs of known merit, while many of them are winners iu Held trial competition. The first dog of at y breed in America to sire a cham pion winner upon the bench aud a eh implon winner in the field was au Irish setter, and the blood breeds ara forming a list of bench show aud field trial winners that will cause the uame of Elciio to be remembered long after the present generation has passed away. He was the sire of the famous Joe. Jr., who defeated the great Glad stone every time they ever met in single contest, aud who was never defeated in nlugle trial by any dog of any breed, lie was the sire of the crack Berkley ,a lield tiial and bench show winner; of lUleigh, a lield trial and bench show winner; of Bruce, afield trial and bench show winner; of Leigh Doane, a field trial and bench show winner; of Little Xeil, a n-ld trial and bench show win ner; or loube, atleld trial ana uencu show winner; and it Is his blood, crossed" on the Falrnerston strain, as wa have it bere, that produced the fa mous Avelme, winner at the recent Kennel club bhow, ia England, of liist prize for lield trial winners, open to all breeds of setters. It was an Irish setter, coupled with a Llewellyn, that won the brace stakes at Memphis in 1S0. It was an Irish setter that won the champion stakes at Sauk Center, Minn., iu ISTrf, deleatlug among others the famous field trial Llewellyn setter, Sauborue's Xellie; lso the crack pointers, Ranger and Countess Ral It was an Irish e ler that won the puppy stakes or the Eastern Field Trial club, in ISrfO. It was an Irish setter that won the mem bers' cup of the Eastern Field Trial club, iu 1SS1. It was an Irish setter that won tue muid mil cup again iu ltSl. It was au Irish setter that won the membeis' stakes of t;e Fisher's Island club's trials, iu 18s5, and it was au Irish setter that wou the members' stakes or the Xew Jersey Kennel and Field Trial club's trial, in 1SS5. Many more might be given, but the foregoing are Bulllijieut to refute all statements that the Irish setter is not a field dog of the hU best merit. Among the many noted dogs of the lay is Tim, owned by Max Wenzel, E -q., Hoboketi, X. J. He was sired by U.z, a held trial and bench show win ner, and out of Hazel, a daughter of F.lcho aud Rose, the latter by the fa mous falrnerston. Another noted dog is Chief, also owned by Mr. Wenzel. Chief is a well known winner in the field and on the b inch; ho is a son of Berkley a o id .nal and bench show winner and Duck. Berk'ey washy Elcho. ex Loo II, Among the famous bitches. Molly iiawn is prominent as winner of the 1-t Newark, 1st Xew Haven, 1st Hart ford, 1st Champion Cla-s. Xew York, lS-Hi; 1st Champion Class. Xewark, Boston, Philadelphia and Xew York, lsS7. She is owned by Charles T. Thompson, Puil tdelphia, and is an an imal of known lield merit. She is the laughter of Glencho; he by Elcho ex Xoreen, and a litter brother to I'nnce aud Elcho, Jr. TiicrrJ are many more famous Irish setters in America, but space forbids a history of their winnings. The re cords mentioned are suflicient to show tt e quality ot the breed, aud it Is hoped wi.l prove of interest to all its admire', and possibly somewhat of a surprise to those who think the Irish setter ouly valuable for his beauty. 12uropfan laM-r Muary. Some European countries get up their notes regardless of cwwed ink. Thus the Italian 1,000 lire note is an elaborate affair. The paper Is plain white, but the printing is done in pink, biue and carmine. Here is one which has a very finely engraved vignette of King Humbert, and the scroll work will compare favorably with the best of any currency. The smaller Italian bills are about the same size as our old frac tional currency. mey vary in ue- nomlnation from one lire, or tweuty cents, to ten lire, or about 12 in our money. Here, perhaps, is the most rorgeously-colored bank note of any Euroieau country. It is a Rusulan VMJ rouble note. It bas almost every color of the rainbow, barred from top to bottom, as though it bad been thrown through a prism. The 100-rouble bill Is quite large, being, I think, four t y ten inches in size. In the centre is portrait ot Catharine L I he paper is not of an escially fine character. while the lettering is done with dark and light brown ink. The 25 and I t rouble notes are much smaller and almost free from any elaborate display of colors. The note mostly used is tlo 6 rouble, or about 12.22 in our money. NEWS IX BRIEF. The chief duty of one of the watchmen in the Mew York Post Office is to collect the keys of boxes that are left ia the locks by careless men and boys. A vulture, measuring nine feet from tin to lip, was lately shot near Julien. Cal., as it was sailing away with a full grown sheep iu its claws. A lady of Empire, Wis., has in ber possession an ostrich egg which she bas owned fifty yeais. It was pre sented to her by a sailor who brought it from the Sandwich Islands. Julian Hawthorne is a magnificent specimeu of physical manhood, robust aud athletic He measures forty-eight inches around the chest. The "telephone disea.se" has been discovered by Professor Wllborstadt.of Berlin. The use of the Instrument produces disorder in the vibratory chambers of tlie ear, generally in the left ear. The largest strictly cash purchase of real estate la the history of Chicago, was made recently when W illiam A. Slater, of Xorwich, Conn., paid over 800,000 for the Honors block oa Dear born street. Masters and doctors existed A. I). 820. Those iu law are traced up to 114'.), in medicine to 11, in music to 1403. Among recent achievements in photograpny is a portrait copy taken by the light of a CuIjau fire-beetle In thirty seconds, and a photograph of the aurora borealls. To obtain the latter lias been declared an utter im possibility. Parchment was invented for writing books by Eiinienes. of l'erga- mus, the founder of the celebrated li brary of Fergamus, formed on the rno lel of Alexandria, about l'.K) B. C. Parchment books from this time be came most used. The German military authorities have exiierimeuted successfully with night attacks by tlie aid of electric light. The beam of llitht is reflected from a mirror yards distant from the lamp, so that the enemy cau not tell wheie the battery is. Huge mirrors mounted as screens In the dining-room of a certain hotel at Xiagara, reflect the tails in the most graphic and realistic manner, so that one may dine and view one ot the greatest natural wonders simultane ously. Panama Is to have a street rail way. The builder has bet n granted a franchise for fifty years, during which nine be is to pay a privilege tax of 'JO per cent, of the net profits of the road; .it the end of that time the road and aU appurtenances revert to the munici pality. The receipts from shipping on the Suez canal Meailily lucieave. In July they were C,4;50,OUO francs, agalust 5, luG.UcW francs iu July of 1SS7. The earnings in tlie first seveu mouths of the year were 37,071,853 francs in 18S8 and 31 310 "JOU franc in 18S7. A woman in Walton County, Ga.. claims lo have performed laparotomy upon the craw of a sick hen, taking out the Oman, cleaning and washing it. and restoring it to lis place; the stitches being alter ward sewed up and l he heu set free. The bird is said to have recovered. According to the Ike Jurnil there are in North Ameiica about 200,000 liersons keeping bees. The amount of .limey product is alnmt l00.00o.000 p muds, aud its v.il le nearly 815,o.o, ik'U. The annual wax product is atniut 500,000 pounds aud its value more than 1100,000. In the rolls of the British Parlia ment, 1415, is a etitiou from two counties setting forth that the liiitnlier ut attorneys had lately increased from six to twenty-four, whereby the K-ac I those counties had lieen Interrupted t.y lawsuits. i hey asked that the nutnlier be reduce! to fourteen. -Dr. J. W. Porter, of Kansas City, claims to 1 the originator or the standard tune svstoni. Uo says tho subject was first brought to his mind la lSi'ls, when he was in the (oast ."sur vey, by uotini; the variation of dorks and Hatches. JIh finally marked off a -taiidard time map, and his theory was unanimously adopted. The natives of the Arctic regions have a hai b.uo'is but effective way of dealing with the wolves which are a (H-.it there. Miarp blades are stuck in the ice and la.ll. The meat freezes aud in thawing it out with his tongue the blade cuts the tongue, ultimately preventing the b:tsl from licking the snow, and finally kills the annual. A Xew Haven professor, who sjient li is vacation among l'ie granite quar ries of Vermont and New 11 atupsiiue, found a cuiious p.ece of stone which lesemhles one oT t .-i small idols wor shipped by the II m loos aud Chinese. The figure has a sitting posture, and has all the form and detal.s of a hu man beiu In correct proportions. The agricultural commissioner of the State of Alahima. Mr. Kolh, has leen visiting tlie Noi th western Istales to present the claims of Alabama upon i hose who have a desire to change Hu ll l;;ce of residence and seek a more southern clime. Alabama has ii.OiHJ, 0i0 acres of government land, much of which cau be purchased lr il.25 ier acre. Mnuy years iiijo, among the house hold -ff-cls of a Scotch fanner who died in Cii'jada, was an old portrait of Hums, which bold tor little, arid found its way to a pawn shop in Toronto. Some ouu Loiight it th-s other day for 'J. h-td it caretuily denied, and was rewarded by finding It to m an oil painting by Raeburu. Jate-1 17-i7. He values it at J.2 and will send it to Scotland, where it will m exhibited. Theodore Thomas, who appears to be about to retire to some extent from the active career that ha been so help ful to musical interests In this country, was au "infant prodigy." He was lora in 1830, and jet when Ms family removed to Xew Voik in 1815 the young Theodore anix-ared there aa a violiu soloist of reputation. He had beeu plaving in public In Hanover con certs lor three or four years previously. Dluizulu. the rebellious sou of Cet-c-wayo, is an enormous black with a development or brain above other Af llcan chiefs. He is a total abstainer from intoxicants, but makes up for this asceticism by rn iiutaiu'ug a large number of wives. He is a warrior by hereditary taste, aud bis tremendous physical strength and wonderful swilt uess as a runner elve him great influ ence over bis scldieis. It is said of him that, uulike bis klud, be bas a sense of humor and Is a hearty laugher. But be sometimes thinks things funny that to a white man are quite otherwise- X i - r Is ' ,i i- wheu he had listened attentively to her i T.i. i aiu. nJ M.ro.- - -iwikaiaaa. 4Uir. w
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