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Although Miss Jennie I'.rev.ster ar rived in London angry with the world in general, and with several of its in habitants in particular, she soon begun to revel in the delights of the great cit\ It was so old that it was new to her, an ' she visited Westminster Ablxy and other of its ancient landmarks hi rapid succession. The cheapness of the lia sonis delighted her, and she spent most of her time dashing around in a cab. She put up at one of the big hotels, an 1 ordered ninny new dresses at a place in liegcut street. She bought most of the newspapers morning ami evening, and declared she could not find an in teresting article in the whole assort ment. From her point of view they were stuphl and unenterprising, and she resolved to run down the editor of one of the big dailies w hen sin got time, interview him, and discover how he reconciled it with his conscience to gei out so dull a sheet every day. She wrote to her editor in New York that London, though a slow town, was full of good material, and that nobody had touched it in the writh.-g line s'i:" Dickens' time; therefore she j.rop sed to write a series of articles on the me tropolis that would wake them up n Lit. The editor cabled her to go ahead, and she went. Her adventures wiJ 1 form the subject of some future chap tcrs. Kenyon and Wentworth, having set tled to the satisfaction of all concerned the business that lufft taken f- m to Oinada, now turned their attei :n to the mine 011 which they had a three months' option of purchase. Kenyon er timated that, the property worked as a mica mine alone would pay a handsome dividend 011 £.10,000. while if a poo.l market was to be had for the spar in which tha mica was found, the in!nt would be cheap at £200.000. liesaidto Wentworth, however, that as the;. were to pay only £20,000 for the prop ertj', it seemed hardly fair to ■? price to ten times that amount. "Not a bit of it, John," said Went worth, who was a practical man. "If the mine will pay a good dividend on that amount, then that is the right price for it. Now, we haven't any time to lose, so we must get to work. The first thing to do is to take these speci mens of spar to some man who knows all about china manufacture, and find what demand there is for it in thlis country, and at what price. That 1 will attend to. The next thing is to ge* some good man who understands all about the formation of companies to join us. You spoke about the mine to young Longworth on board ship, ana his name would be a great help to us 1u the city. You go and see him, and in terest him in the project if you can. When these two tasks are accomplished, we shall have made an excellent begin ning." Wentworth was an energetic man, who did not allow the grass to grow un der his feet, ne speedily discovered that a Mr. Melville was manager and par* owner of one of the largest china es tablishments in the country, with offices in London, and this man he o + ajc- to radio, iv liO Z i tixy nntfc him some of the specimens of spa*. "I want to know," he said to Melville, "if you use this material in the nialdn« of china. Is there mueli of u market for it, and at what price?" Melville turned the specimen over and over in his hand, examining it critically. His great knowledge of his own busi ness enabled him to instantly recognize the value of the material, but his face showed 110 eagerness or enthusiasm. When he spoke it w as not to answer the questions, but to ask some 011 his own account. "Where does this come from?" "From a mine in America." "Is there much of it there?" "I control a mountain of it." "Really. You are canvassing for or ders, perhaps." "No. I intend to form a company for the working' of that mine." "What price are you asking' for the property? Is the mine in operation, or is it merely projected?" "It is in operation; that is, it is being operated as a mica mine, but my part ner, Kenjon, who is a mining engineer, says this is more valuable than the mica. We are asking a 200,000 for the mine." "That is a very large sum," ssiid Mel ville, placing the specimen on the desk before him. "I doubt if you will get it." "Well, we expect to get it. Kenyon is at this moment with Mr. I-ongworth, who spoke of joining us. Longworth's objection was that the sum asked was too siuall." "Old John Longworth is a good man to be associated with in a scheme of this kind." "I am speaking of his nephew, Wil liam Longworth." "Ah! that is not quite the same thing. I know both uncle and nephew. Did you wish me to take stock in the com pany?" "I should be delighted to have you do so, but what I called for was to find out what you thought of this specimen, and to get an idea of the demand there was for it." "Well, candidly, I don't think much of it. You see this kind of spar is one of the most common thiugs in nature." "But not in that state of purity, sure ly?" "l'erhaps not, but still pure enough for our purposes. If you will leave this specimen with me 1 will consult the manager of our works. lam merely giving you my own impression; he will be able to offer you a more definite opinion. If you will leave your address with me I will ask him to write to you. That will be more satisfactory." This was somewhat disappointing, but Wentwortli had to make the best of it, and the letter from the manager, when it ultimately came, was even more discomforting. The manager of the works asserted that the specimen sub mitted to him was of no commercial value, so far as he was able to judge. Meanwhile Kenyon had fared no bet ter with young I.ong-wort.h. Long worth had some, dilliculty in recollect ing that he had ever met Kenyon on shipboard or anywhere else, and he had no remembrance of the mine at all. He questioned John until he learned all the engineer knew about the matter, and then told his visitor abruptly that the scheme did not commend itself to him. John Kenyon walked along Cheap side feeling very much downhearted over his rcbulT with Longworth. The pretended forget fulness of the young man, of course, he took at its jiroper value, lie, nevertheless, felt very sorry the interview hail been so futile, and in stead of going back to Wentwortli and telling him his experience he thought | it best to walk olf a little of his disap pointment first. lie was somewhat startled when a man accosted l.irn and, glancing 1 up. he saw standing there a tall footman, arrayed in a gray coat that came donE to his lieels. "I beg your pardon, sir," said the foot man, "bat Mhs Longworth would lil;e to si eak to you." "Miss longworth!" said Kenyon, in surprise. "Where is she?" "She is here in her carriage, sir." The carriage had drawn up beside the pavement, and John Kenyon looked round in confusion to see that Miss Longwortli was regarding him and the footman with an aroused air. An eld erly woman sat in the carriage opposite her, while a grave and dignified coach man, attired somewhat similarly to the footman, kept his place like a seated statue in front. John Kenyon took off his hat as he approached the young wom an, whom he had not seen since the last day on tlie steamer. "now are you, Mr. Kenyon?" said Edith I.ongworth, brightly, holdingo . her lis. ■.d to thi young man by lier ur riage. "Will you not step in? 1 vant to talk to you. and I am afraid the polic<= will not allow us to block such a crowd ed thoroughfare as Cheapside." As she said this the nimble footman threw open the door of the carriage, while John, not knowing what to say, stepped inside and took his seat. "Hilborn," said the young woman to the coachman; then, turning to Ken yon, she continued: "Will you not tell me where you arc going, so that I may know where to -sctVou down?'* "To tell you the truth," said John, "I do not think I was going anywhere. I am afraid I have not jet got over the delight of being back in London again, so 1 sometimes walk along the streets in rather a purposeless manner." "Well, you did not look very delighted when I first caught sight of you. I though you were most dejected, and that gave me courage enough to ask you to com© and talk to me. I said to myself, there is something wrong with the mica mine, and, with a woman's curiosi ty, I w anted to know all about it. Now tell me." "There is really very little to toll. We have hardly begun yet. Wentworth is to-day looking over the figures 1 gave him, and I have been making a be ginning by seeing some people who, I thought, might be interested in the mine." "And were they?" "No; they were not." "Then that was the reason you were looking so distressed." "I suppose it was." "Well, now, Mr Kenyon. if you get discouraged after an interview with the •* How are you, Mr. KeuyenP" said Edith first person you think will be interested in the mine, what will you do when a dozen or more people refuse to have any thing to do with it?" "I'm sure X don't know. lam afraid I am not the right person to float a mine on the London market. I am really a student, you see, and flatter my self 1 am a man of science. X know what I am about when I am in a mine, miles away from civilization; but w hen I get among men I feel somehow at a loss. Ido not understand them. When a man tells me one thing to-day, and to morrow calmly forgets all about it, I confess it—well —confuses me.' "Then the man you have seen to-day has forgotten what he tcld you yester day. Is that the ease?" "Yes; that is partly the case." "But, Mr. Kenyon, the success of your project is not going to depend upon what one man says, or two, or three, is it?" "No; I don't suppose itis." "Then, if I were you, I would not feel discouraged because one man has for gotten. 1 wish I were acquainted with your one man, and 1 would make him ashamed of himself, 1 think." KenVon flushed as she said this, but made no reply. The coachman looked round as he came to Ilolborn, and Miss Longworth nodded to him, so he went on, without stopping, up into Oxford street. "Now, I take a great interest in your mine, Mr. Kenyon, and hope to see you succeed with it. 1 wish I could help you, or, rather, I wish you would be frank with me, and let me know how I can help you. I know a good deal about city men and their ways, and I think I may be able to give you some good advice, at least, if you will have the condescension to consult me." Again Kenyon flushed. "\ou arc making game of me now, Miss Long worth. Of course, as you said on ship board, it is but a very smail matter." "I never said any such thing. When did 1 say that?' "You said that £50,000 was a small matter." "Did I? Well, I am like your man who has forgotten; I have forgotten that. I remember saying something about it s being too small an amount for my lath er to deal with. Was not that what I said?" "Yes, I think that was it. It conveyed the idea to my mind that you thought £50,000 a very trifling sum indeed." Kdith Longworth laughed. "What a terrible memory yov. have! Ido not wonder at your city man forgetting. Are you sure what you told him did not happen longer ago than yesterday?" "Yes, it happened some time before." "Ah, I thought so. I am afraid it is your own terrible memory, and not his forgetfulness, that is to blame." "Oh, 1 am not blaming him at all. \ man has every right to change his mind, if he wants to." "I thought only a woman had that privilege." "Xo; for my part, I freely accord it to everybody; only sometimes it is a lit - tie depressing." "I can imagine that. In fact, I think no one could be a more undesirable ac quaintance than a man who forgets to day what he promised yesterday, espe cially if anything particular depended upon it. Now, why cannot you comf to our house some evening and have a talk about the mine with my cousin or my father? My father could give you much valuable advice in reference to il, and 1 am anxious that my cousin should help to carry this project on to iuccess. It is better to talk with them there than at their ollice, because they are both so busy during the day that I am afraid they might not be able to give the time necessary to its discussion. John Kenyon shook his head. "I am arrant. utrNim, timi uuiiiu no no I do not think your cousin cares to have anything to do with the mine." "How can yon say that? Hid he not discuss the matter with you ou board ship?" "Yes; we had some conversation about it there, but I imagine that—-1 really do not think he would care to go any farther with it.' "Ah, I see," said Kdith Longwortli. "My cousin is the man who 'forgot to day what he said yesterday.* " "What am I to say. Miss Longwortli? 1 do not want to say 'Yes,' and I cannot truthfully say 'No.* " "You need say nothing. I know ex actly how it has been. So he does not want to have anything to do with it? What reason did he give?" "You will not say anything to him about the matter? 1 should be very sorry if he thought that I had talked to anyone else in reference to it." "Oh, certainly not; I will say nothing to him at all." "Well, he gave no particular reason; he simply seemed to have changvd his mind. Hut I must, say this, he did not appear to be very enthusiastic about it when 1 talked with him on board ship." "Well, you see, Mr. Kenyon, it rests with me now to maintain the honor of the Longworth family. Do you want to make all the profit there is to be made in the mica mine—that is yourself and your friend, Mr. Wentworth?" "How do you mean 'All the profit ?" "Well, 1 mean —would you share the profit with anybody?" "Certainly, if that person could help us to form the company." "Very well; it was on that basis you were going to take in my cousin as a partner, was it not?" "Yes," "Then 1 should like to share in the profits of the mine if he does not take an interest in it. If you will let me pay the preliminary expenses of forming this company, and if you will then give me a share of what you make, I shall be glad to furnish the money you need at the outset." John Kenyon looked at Miss Long worth with a smile. *'You are very in genious, Miss Long-worth, but 1 ean see, in spite of your way of putting it, that what you propose is merely a form of charity. Suppose we did not succeed in forming our company, how could we re pay you the money?" "You would not need to repay the money. I would take that risk. It is, in a way, a sort of speculation. If you form the company, then I shall expect a very large reward for furnishing the funds. It is purely selfishness on my part. I believe I have a head for busi ness. Women in thus country do not get such chances of developing their busi ness talents as they seem to have in America. In that country there are women who have made fortunes for themselves. I believe in your mine, and I believe you will succeed in forming your company. If you, or if Mr. Went worth, were capitalists, of course, there would be 110 need of my assistance. If I were alone I could not form a com pany. You and Mr. Went worth can do what I cannot do. You can appear before the public and attend to all prelimi naries. On the other band I believe I can do what neither of you can do; that is, I can supply a certain amount of money each week to pay the expenses of forming the company; because a company is not formed in London for nothing, I assure you. Perhaps you think you have simply to go and see a sufficient number of people and get your company formed. 1 fancy you will find it not _so easv as all that. TTeslfies' This I>tlstTl? T ss TOTtT est I have in it, I have a very friend ly interest in Mr. Wentworth." As she said this, she bent over toward John Kenyon and sj>oke in a lower tone of voice. "Please do not tell him so, be cause I think that lie is a young man who has possibilities of being coneeit td." "I shall say nothing about it," said Kenyon, dolefully. "I'lea.se do not. By the way, I wish you would give me Mr. Wentworth's address, so that 1 may communicate with him if a good idea strikes me, or if I find out anything of value in form ing our company." Kenyon took out a card, w rote the ad dress of Wentworth upon it, auif hand ed it to her. "Thank you," she said. "You see I deeply sympathized with Mr. Went worth for what he had to pass through on the steamer." "lie was very grateful for all you did for him on that occasion," replied Ken yon. "I am glad of that. People, as a gen eral thing, are not grateful for what their friends do for them. I am glad, therefore, that Mr. Wentworth is an exception. Well, suppose you talk with him about what I ha\e said before you make up your own mind. I shall be quite content with whatever share of the profits you allow me." "Ah, that is not business. Miss Long worth." "No, it is not; but 1 am dealing with you—that is, with Mr. Wentworth—in this matter, and I am sure both of you will do what is right. Perhaps it would be better not to tell him who is to fur nish the money. Just say you have met a friend to-daj who offers, for a rea sonable share of the profits, to supply all the money necessary for the prelim inary expenses. You will consult with him about it, will you not?" "Yes, if it is your wish." "Certainly it is my wish; and I also wish you to do it so nicely that you will conceal my name from it more suc cessfully than you concealed my cousin's name from me this afternoon." "I am afraid I am very awkward," said John, blushing. "No, you are very honest, that is all. You have not become accustomed to the art of teliing whut is not true. Now, this is where we live. Will you come in?" "Thank you, 110; I'm afraid not," said John. '"I must really be going now "Let the coachman take you to your station." "So, no, it is not worth the trouble; it is only a step from here." "It is 110 trouble. Which is your station, South Kensington?" "Yes." "Very well. Drive to South Kensing ton station, Parker," she said to the coachman; and then, running up the steps, she waved her hand in good-by us the carriage turned. And so John Kenyon, without the price of the carriage and horses to his name, dro\e in this gorgeous equipage to the underground station and took the train for the city. As he stepped from the carriage -it South Kensington, young Longworth came out of the station on his way home, and was simply dumfounded to see Kenyon in the Longworth's car riage. John passed him without noticing who it was, ami just as the coachman was going to start again, Longworth said to him: "Parker, have you been picking up fares in the street?" "Oh, no, sir," replied the respectable Parker, "the young gentleman as just left us came up from the city with Miss Longworth." "Did he, indeed ? Where did you pick him up, Parker?" "We picked him tip in Chenpside, sir." "Ah, very pood. I will just step in side," and with that, muttering some imprecations on the cheek of Kenyon, he Btepped into the carriage and drove home. CHAPTER Xin. The «.•: —e that uo matter under what circumsu.. - -rr Longworth and Kenyon had L.s. . . '"rnier would have disliked the latin. Al though strong friendships are formed between people who are very much un like, still it must not be forgotten that equally strong hatreds have arisen be tween people merely because they are of opposite natun*. Xo two young men could have been more unlike each other, and as Longworth recalled the different meetings he. had had with Kenyon, he admitted to himself that he disliked the fellow extremely. The evident friend ship which his cousin felt for Kenyon added a bitterness to this dislike that was rapidly turning it into hate. How ever, he calmed down sufficiently on go ing home in the carriage to know that it was better to say nothing about her meeting with Kenyon unless she in troduced the subject. After all, the carriage was hers, not his, and he recog nized that faet. lie wondered how much Kenvon had told her of the interview at his uncle's office. He flattered himself, however, that he knew enough of v.om en to be sure that she would very speed ily refer to the subject, and then he hoped to find out just how much had been said. To his surprise, his cousin said nothing at all about the matter, neither that evening nor the next morn ing, and consequently he went to his office in rather a bewildered state of mind. On arriving at his room in the city In found Melville waiting for him. Melville shook bands with young I.ongworth and, taking a mineral spec imen from his pocket, placed it on the joung man's desk, saying: "J suppose you know where that comes from?" Longworth looked at it in a bewil dered sort iif way, turning it round and round in his hand. "I haven't the slightest idea, really." "No? I was told you were interested in the mine from which this was taken. Mr. Wentworth called 011 me yesterday and gave your name as one of those who were concerned with the mine." "Ah, yes. I see; yes, yes, I have—some interest in the mine." "Well, it is about that I came to talk with you. Where is the mine situated "It is near the Ottawa river, I believe, some distance above Montreal. lam not certain about its exact position, but it is somewhere in that neighborhood." "I thought by the way Wentworth talked it was in the United States. He mentioned another person as being his partner in the affair. I forgot his name." "John Kenyon, probably." _ "Kenyon! Yes, I think that was the name. Yes, lam s'ure it was. Now may I ask what is your connection wit h that mine? Are you a partner of Went worth's and Kenyon's? Are you the chief owner of the mine, or is the mine owned by them?" "In the first place, Mr. Melville, I should like to know why you ask me these questions." Melville laughed. "Well, I will tell you. We should like to know what Chance there is of our getting a eon trolling interest in t'*e mine. That is very frankly put, isn't it?" by 'we?' Who else besides yourself? "By 'we' I mean the china company to which I lx*lor.g. This mineial m useful in making china. That I.suppose you know." "Yes, I was aware of that," answered Longworth, although he heard it now for the first time. "Very well, then: 1 should like to know who is the owner of the mine." "The owner of the mine at present is some foreigner, whose name and ad dress I do not know. The two young men you speak of have an option on that mine for a certain length of time: how long I don't know. They have been urging me to go in with them to form a company for the floating of that mine, for £200.000. on the London market." "He mentioned £200,000," said Mel ville. "It struck me as rather a large amount.." "Do yon think so? Well, the objec tion I had to it was that it was t'-o small." -*lt seems to me the young men have an exaggerated idea of the value of this mineral if they think it will pay dividends on £200,000." "This mineral is not all there is in the mine. In fact, it is already paying a dividend on £ 50,000 or thereabouts because of the mica in it. It is beinp mined for mica alone. To tell the truth, I did not know much about the other mineral." "And do you think the mine is worth £200,000?" "Frankly, I do not.'" "Then why are you connected with it?" "I am not connected with it—at leasr, not definitely connected with it. I have the matter under consideration. Of course, if there is anything approach ing a swindle in it, 1 shall have nothing to do with it. It will depend largely upon the figures that the young men show me whether I have anything to do with it or not." "I see; I understand your position." Then, lowering his voice, Melville leaned over toward young Longworth and said: "You are a man of business. Now I want to ask you what would be the chance of our getting the mine at something like, the origina. option price, which is, of course, very much less than £200,000? We do not want to have too many in it. In fact, if you could get it for us at a reasonable rate, and did not care to be troubled with the property yourself, we would take the whole ourselves." Young Longworth pondered a mo ment, and then said to Melville: "Do you mean to freeze out the other two fellows, as they say in America?" "I do not know about freezing out, but, of course, with the other two there is so much less profit to be divided. We should like to deal with just as few as possible." "Exactly. I see what you mean. Well, I think it can be done. Are you in ar.y very great hurry for the mine?" "Not particularly. Why?" "Well, if things are worked rightly, I don't know but that we could get it for the original option. That would mean, of course, to wait until this first option had run out." "Wouldn't there be a little danger in that? They may form their company ?n the meantime, and then we should lose everything. Our interest in the matter is as much to prevent anyone getting hold of the mine as to get it ourselves." "I see. I will think it over. I believe it can be done without much risk; but, of course, we shall have to be reason ably quiet abont the matter." "Oh, certainly, certainly." "Very pood. I will see you again after 1 have thought over the affair, and we can come to some arrange went." "I may say that our manager liar, written a note to Wentworth saving that this mineral is of no particular use to us." "Exaatly." said young Longworth. with a look of intHligei.ee. "So, of course, in speaking with Wentworth about tlie matter, it is just as well not to mention us in any way." "I shall not «lo so." "Very well. 1 will leave the matter in your hands for the present." "Yes; do so. I will think it over this :.ftemoon, and probably see Wentworth and Kenyon to-morrow. There is no immediate hurry, for I happen to know they have not done any thing yet." With that Mr. Melville took liis leave, and young Longworth paced up am! down the room, evolving a plan that would at once bring him money and give him the satisfaction of making it lively for John Kenyon. That night at home young Long worth waited for his cousin to sny something about. Kenyon. but h? soon saw that she did not intend to speak of him at all. So he said to her: "Edith, do you remember Kenyon and Wentworth, who were on board our steamer?" "Do I jemember them? Certainly." "Well, do you know they had a min ir.g property for sale?" "Yes." "I have Ix-en thinking about it. To U'll the truth. Kenyon called at my of •• Edith, do you remember Keayou and Went worth who were aboard the •teamerP" fice a day or two ago, and at that time, not having given the subject much thought, I could not give him any en couragement; but I have been ponder ing over it since, and have almost con cluded to help them. What do yon think about it?" "Oh, I think it would be an excellent plan. I am sure the property is a good one, or John Kenyon would have nothing: to do with it. 1 shall write a note to them, if you think it best, in viting them up here to talk to you r.bout it." "Oh. that will not be necessary atal'. 1 do not want people to come here to talk business. My office is the proper place." "Still, we met them in a friendly way on board the steamer, nnd 1 think it would be nice if they would come her" home evening and talk over the matter with you." "I don't believe in introducing busi ness into a person's home. Thiß would be purely a business conversation, and it may as well take place at my office.. " T , He—has one, as I suppose he has. "Oh, certainly; his address is—" "Oh, you know it, do you?" Edith blushed as she realized what f;he had said; then she remarked: "It there any harm in my knowing the business address of Mr. Wentworth?" "Oh, not at all—not at all. I merely wondered how you happened to know his address when I didn't." "Well, it doesn't matter how I know it. I am glad you are going to join him, and I am sure you will be success ful. Will you see them to-morrow ?" "I think so. I shall call on Went worth and have a talk with him about It. Of course we may not be able to come to a workable arrangement. If not, it really does not so very much matter. But if I can make satisfactory terms with them, I will help them to form their company." When Edith went to her room sh» wrote a note. It was addressed to tieorge Wentworth in the city, but above that address was the name of John Kenyon. She said: "DEAR MR. KENTON: I felt certain at the time you spoke, although I said nothing of It, that my cousin was not so much at fault in forgetting: his conversation as you thoupht. We had a talk to-night about the mine, and when he calls upon you to» morrow, as he Intends to do, I want you to know that I said nothing whatever to him about what .vou said to me. He men tioned the subject first. I wanted you to know -his, because you might feel embar rassed when you met him, by thinking I had sent him to you. That is not at alt the case. He goes to you of his own ac cord, and I am sure you will find his assist ance in forming a company very valuable. I am glad to think you will be partners. Yours very truly, EDITH LONOWORTH." Sne gave this letter to her maid to post, and young Longworth met the maid in the hall with the letter in her hand. He somehow suspected, after the foregoing conversation, to whom the letter was addressed. "Where are you going with that?" "To the post, sir." "I am going out.; to save you the trouble, I will take it." After passing the corner, he looked at the address on the envelope; then he swore to himself a little. If he had been a villain in a play he would have opened the letter; but he did not. He merely dropped it into the first pillar box he came to, and in due time It reached John Kenyon. [TO BE COXTIXCBD.] He lYai Not Handsome. Crimsonbeak —What's the matter with your friend Muggs? Yeast—Oh, his face troubles blm. "Well, I should think it would."— Yonkers Statesman. Enough Torture. She—lt's a pity you haven't a mind of your own. Cholly—Jove, I ought to have. You give me a good piece of yours often enough.—Harlem Life. An English Joke. Mrs. Vulger—James, the doctor says 'ow as I wants brightening hup. Mr. Vulger (who has married be neath him, sarcastically)— Yes, you cer tainly do want polishing.—Fun. "The Noiij Plebeian." She —Mrs. Parvenooh talks in such a loud tone. lie —Yes, her voice is better raised than she is.—X. Y. World. A Strange Dork. Peastraw —Barnes is a man whoisset in his opinions. Oatcake—Yes, and he hatches out some mighty funny ideas.—X. Y. Truth. Regardless of Expense. Brown—What a beautiful complexion your wife has. Jones—Yes, she buys the best there is.—Town Topics. No. 2 SUN AS A HAIR DYE. Hal lon Have I.ight l-ock» and LnxnrlajM One*. The latest use to which the suii liaj* been put is to make It dye human hair, and on the head of the pretty bathing girl at that, says the New York Journal. This fashion begun last summer. A fashionable physician recommended bright sunshine and sea ozone as tho best means of making the hair light colored, healthy nnd strong. The young person for whom this prescrip tion w as given f ound it very efficacious. The end of the resort season has by no means caused a subsidence of the fad. Never before were there-hi New York so many young women whose golden hair hangs down their backs once every day—that is, every sun finny day. A queer fact, too, is that the idea, simple as it is, seems to have tilt result of producing the desired ef fect. It is certainly a much more harmless way of bleaching the hair than that which requires the use of chemicals. "It t-eems to be a very intelligent idea," said a physician, when ques tioned regarding it. "All sai'.. . will Id! you how rapidly tho haii when on board ship in the trc. 1 have had some opportun.ty to < -crvs the color, or rather the a-, crag color, of sailors' hair. I have found that their dark-haired shipmates by two or their fair-haired shipmates by two or three to one. I suppose the sun has something of a bleaching power, as well as forcing the grow th of the hair, by causing on increased circulation of its 'sap.' In this respect It stands to reason that each individual hair must be somewhat like a plant in Its nature." QUEER MUNICH HOTEL. Ban by Duke Theodore of Bavaria on * Plan Peculiarly Bis Own. A thousand years ago Benedictine monks discovered a small sulphur spring oci a mountain near Munich. They built a hospital there that was used by their order until 90 years ago, when it was bought by King Maxi milian, of Bavaria, who filled it with poor sick folk, says the london Mall. When the king died his grandson, Duke Theodore, found that be had not money enough to keep np his charity. After long and anxious consultation with his brothers the honest, kindly prince erected new buildings and opened the house every year for three months as a hotel. It was patronized by many of the royal and noble families of Europe, though It is free to every comer who will conduct himself re spectably and pay for his accommoda tions. Duke Theodore provides the food from his own farm, which he oversees, while his brother, Prince Ludwig, act* as host of the hotel. All gtoests are re quested to leave on the last day of Au gust. The house is then filled with pcores of poor teachers, artists and au thors, invalid soldiers and poorly paid clergymen, whom the royal brothers have formally invited to honor them with a visit. The money made durinjf the summer is devoted to their enter tainment. The duke and prince remain in the house, lavishing kindness and courtesy upon their guests. WAYS OF THE ANT. Members of His Tribe Made to Do Doty aa Honey Pots. It lias long been recognized that the ant is a very intelligent insect and leuds a very complicated social life. There are classes among them—pluto crets; laborers and criminals, tomology notes the curious habit of one species of ant of "turning soma of their fellows into animated honey pots." Instead of placing honey in a comb, as the bees do, the ants select a cer tain number of workers and disgorge the honey obtained from the Eucalypti (on which it is deposited by coccldae nnd other insects) into tlie throats of their victims. The process, being con tinually repeated, causes the stomachs of these workers to be distended to an enormous size. This extraordinary habit waa first discovered in the case of certain ants in Mexico, and subsequently shown to prevail in Colorado. It has been found to exist in Australia also, and Mr. Erog gart describes and figures three ants of the genus camponotus that pursue this remarkable practice. The ants con taining honey are favorite food with the natives. Novel File Driving. In a paper recently read before the American Society of Civil Engineers, Prof. W. 11. Burr described some experi mental pile driving through new stone filled crib work. Nineteen piles were driven. The crib was 35 feet deep, and the piles, from 52 feet to 00 feet long, were shod with chilled cast-iron points, held on by straps spiked to the pile. The hamiqer used in driving weighs 3,500 pounds, and the greatest number of blows was 350. There was no diffi culty whatever in driving the piles, and there ware no failures. In the discus sion following the reading of tlie paper several other gentlemen gave particu lars of pile driving tbroug-li loose rock. The shoe used in tlie work of the New Y'ork department is conical, the angle of the cone being about 60 degrees. The base of the cone is fiat, and It is se cured to the cone by a pin caust as u port of the shoe and let into the end of the pile. This type of shoe i» said to haTe proved very satisfactory in practice. An After-Dlnnsr Discovery. It was just after dinner, and they found the' little girl crying plteously to herself. It. had been a good dinner, and she had etiten heartily, and they copld see no reason for her distrew. "What is the matter, dear?" her moth er allied sympathetically. The tears were running, nnd she could hard ly speak. She managed to sob out finally: "Oh, my dinner aches so har-1 thnt f wish that I did not l»«va it." The PngllUt's Weapon. Tho Jawbone of a humble ass Strong Samson used to kill The Philistines. Our champion class Fights with that weapon still. —Chicago Times-Herald. A Terrible Accident. "Did you ever have any serious acci dents while traveling?" "Did I? It was while I was traveling through Italy that I met my wife."— Titrßits. A Disciple of Rousseau. White —Why do you send your son to college? Black —Because I believe that the leas we know the happier we are.—Up-to- Date. Diagnosis. "Uncle Simon, what's chagrin?" "It's what a fat man feels, sonny, when he runs and jumps on a tram that doesn't start for half an hour." —Louis- ville Courier-Journal. The Size of It. "The principal ingredient In all these patent medicines is the same." "It must be a powerful drug. What Is it?" "Printer** ink."—Brooklyn Life,