MONTMORENCY ORANE. A Lost Opportunity That Brought Him Happinosa. Montmorency Crane had been brough\ up to believe that he was to "come into his property" when his .majority was attained. But on the morning of that eventful day his mother had revealed to him, in a long and serious interview, that his "property" existed nowhero but in his own imagination. "I have done everything for the best," Mrs. Crane had said in conclusion. "In stead of scraping and pinching to save you a few pitiful thousands, I have, on the contrary, brought you up with the most expensive habits, and to associato with only tho richest people. I have not spared any pains to turn you out a gentleman; in fact, tho last of ray ready money has gone for your initia tion at the Howling Exclusives' club, and to set you up with your horse and trap, with just sufficient in reserve to pay your expenses at Saratoga for the summer. I have kept back absolutely nothing for myself, and now have only my small annuity to live on, which, as you know, dies with rae. It is true that I have accustomed you to look forward to a brilliant future, but that futuro now depends entirely upon yourself." Montmorency moved uneasily. "But what do you expect mo to do?' he asked, after a short pause. "You must maivy money, of course," was his mother's reply. "But suppose—l should prefer—cr— going into business?" he ventured, ten tatively. "That would never do, Montinoren cyl' Mrs. Crane said, decisively. "Yoi haven't brains enough for anything in the world but to be a gentleman! You are all Crane, my dear boy; and there never was such a fool about money matters as your poor dear father!" Late that same afternoon, as Mont morency drove in his neat turnout down the street, he was still revolving in his mind all that his mother had said dur ing that fateful interview; and he could not help acknowledging a certain jus tice in her conclusions. Indeed, he was in so deep a study that he forgot to look up at Jennie's window until after he had passed by. Then, glancing back over his shoulder and catching sight of her pretty, smiling face, ho groaned in the anguish of his spirit. But by evening, when he gave & dinner to a party of his intimates at the club, in honor of the occasion, he had himself in hand so well that he was able to respond to their toasts with even a feeble show of wit, and to dodge, their most searching questions relative to liis "property" and his future plans. "You sec, boys, I really haven't de cided anything yet," he said at last, with a fine assumption of candor, "ex cept that I shall spend my summer in Saratoga." Without his mother's assistance, Montmorency would never have been able to make his choice among all the rich and pretty girls he met at the springs. But Mrs. Crane was too wise to let her son run the risk of a refusal, and soon she had settled upon a handsome and spirited young woman from the west. "There's your opportunity, Mont morency," she said. "Pork-packors, with enormous wealth! Tho old peo ple are good-hearted, but common. They have come east on purpose to marry their only child to a gentleman, and they don't care what it costs them. You can't afford to be too particular, and the girl has style and spirit. Be sides, a wife always rises to the rank of her husband. Montmorency, your path lies clear before you. Just do as I tell you, and as soon as you get things settled 1 shall go home with an easy mind." Notwithstanding that Montmorency bad come of age, ho apparently had no will apart from his mother's; and, hav ing followed her instructions to tho let ter,it was not long before he found him self the accepted suitor of the handsome Edna Barlow, of Chicago. But, in spite of his enviable position as prospective son-in-law to one of the richest men in the west, Montmorency was low-spirited and miserable, and his avoidance of his former associates gave color to the story, that was generally circulated, that "Monty had bceii caught by a couple of old schemers for their handsome daughter." For all Montmorency knew, his fail fiancee might be a charming young woman; but somehow —poor fellow!— he hud never felt quite at his case in her presence since the day she had pas sively allowed him to slip the brilliant solitaire, still unpaid for, upon the slim third finger of her small left hand. One afternoon, however, it chanccu that the two were sitting alone togeth er, side by side, and Montmorency was emboldened to let his arm slip down from the back of the sofa upon which it had been resting, and, encircling h#.* slender waist, he bent forward to press a lover-like salute upon the tempting cheek. The first attempt at gallantry was fhet by a sudden and stinging repulse. With the vigorous box which fell upon his ear it seemed, for moment, that the room had turned upside down. Then, as things righted themselves and his scattered wits returned, Montmorency saw liis fiancee erect before him with angry eyes and flaming face. "Don't dare to touch me! Do you hear?" she cried. "Oh, I hate you! I hate you! What shall I do?" "You hate me," Montmorency echoca, in a slow, puzzled way, "and yet you're going to marry me! Why, what does it all mean?" "I cannot help it," she said, half defi antly, half in desperation. "They will have it sol But, until then—until then, at least—you shall not touch me! I will not permit itl" A great light broke in upon Montmo rency's slow intelligence, and with it all shadow of resentment died away. "Poor girl! I'm sorry," he said, simply. 4 4 You see, there are—two of us in this fix. Come, let's talk it over reasonably. Isn't there something we can do?" After this breezy little episode, to which, fortunately, there had been no v Jtnesses, tranquillity was restored. Nay, more, a certain cordial under standing seemed to exist between tlie engaged couple, which the fond parents of the bride-elect regarded with evident delight Instead of avoiding Montmorency, a* she had done at first, Edna now actual ly betrayed impatience if he failed to come at the accustomed hour. Myste rious letters frequently passed between them; and the girl no longer invented impossible excuses to avoid the tete-a tete drives with her betrothed in his jaunty turnout One beautiful, bright Septembe. morning, however, Montmorency, ap pearing rather earlier than usual, re ceived the intelligence that a sudden indisposition would prevent his fair fiancee from accompanying him upon his drive. After expressing much re grot and promising to return in the hope of seeing her later in the day, Montmorency drove away alone. Once out of sight of the hotel, he whipped up his horse and fairly flew along the level road, until, just beyond a turning, Edna herself appeared, all smiles and sudden blushes. He paused then, but only long enough to help her up beside him, and, more swiftly than ever, they .spun away, until he drew up at last before a quiet country church, where a good-looking young stranger from the west was awaiting them with hardly repressed impatience. A hurried, ecstatic conversation fol lowed, and then the trio hastened up the aisle together to where the fore warned minister, with his witnesses stood in readiness. The marriage service waß begun, ant. at the question: "Who giveth this woman to be married to this man?" Montmorency stepped forward, and, with an elegant air of importance and satisfaction, he placed the hand of his beautiful betrothed into that of the other fellow. The brief ceremony was ended, and when they were again in the vestibule, the smiling bride turned to Montmor ency with outstretched hands. "You are more than a gentleman, you're a perfect angel 1" she cried. "We never could have done it without you; and—and—and—you may kiss me now, if you like! "It's awfully hard on the dear old peoplo,"she continued, regretfully, after the short pause caused by Montmor ency's now permitted salute. "But they can't help forgiving their only child by and by, for, after all, their greatest desire was for my happiness. Only they wanted to see it accomplished in their own way, and they couldn't be lieve that I'd never be happy with any one but John, the dearest fellow in all the world," smiling up at the radiant bridegroom, "though I must say, Mont morency, you do come next!" John's outburst of hearty gratitude was cut short by* Montmorency's ob servation that train time was fast ap proaching. So, having seated them in the dog-cart side by side, Montmorency sprang up in the groom's place behind, and they drove away gayly to the near est railroad station. At the very last minute Edna slipped something into Montmorency's hand. "I'm so sorry, I almost forgot it," she said, "but here it is, and I'm sure you'll want it again very soon for—you know whom!" . The storm which broke with the dis covery of Edna's runaway marriage with her old western lover was an un pleasant one to weather, even ulthough her parents never dreamed of the part Montmorency had played in their daughter's elopement. Ilis position now, at best, was an awkward one, and he was glad to make his exit from the scene at Saratoga as speedily as possi ble. But at home he found it even worso, for there he had to face his mother's bitter disappointment, and her con stant lamentations and reproaches mode his life miserable. So one fine morning, having actually sucoceded in persuading pretty Jennie into following Edna's example, he bold ly presented his blushing bride to his astounded mother. This, then, was the ending of her ambitious dreams! That Montmorency should have risen in such open rebel lion, after submitting himself to her authority so long, was a cruel and crush ing blow to the elder Mrs. Crane. She gave no voice to her anguish now, for this grief was too deep for tears; but she packed up her most cherished be longings and without delay went over to Italy, where she had been told that she could not only live comfortably on her annuity, but with oven a semblance of luxury, determined to end her days a voluntary exile from the country where Tier ungrateful son had fallon a victim to his own short-sighted folly. Montmorency's first care, after his fall from grace, had been to dispose of his jaunty turnout and to resign from the Howling Exclusives' club; and by so doing he had dropped out of sight, nay, hud sunk fathoms beneath the no tice of his old set of acquaintances and chums. All this Mrs. Crane the elder had foreseen, but worse was yet to come; and when she learned that her fallen idol had actually accepted the situation of clerk in a fashionable dry goods shop, which was the only position which offered itself to his limited capa bilities when Montmorency set out to fight the battle of life for Jennie's sup port and his own, she felt that, though the ocean rolled between them, she could never hold up her head again. But when, a year later, Montmorenfcy wroto of his unexpected good fortune, und how a fine and lucrative position in one of the largest pork-packing houses of the country had been given him, through the influence of his former liancee, now happily reconciled with her parents, her motherly fondness be gan to get the better of her anger. And now she is actually contemplat ing a trip to her native land next sum mer, ostensibly to visit the Columbian exposition, but, in reality, because, hidden deep in the recesses of her fond [ though foolish heart is a great longing j to see Montmorency again and to make | the acquaintance of his infant son.— Judith Spencer, in N. Y. Ledger. QUEER PARTNERS. A Muii und Cut, Both Deaf, Who Wci-h Tor Unci© Num. The existence of a singular bond of sympathy between a human being and a dumb animal, both similarly affect ed, is conspicuous in the New York general post office. It is between a man and a cat, both stone deaf. Gustav Fersonheim is the man's name. He is j sixty years old and has been In the service nearly a quarter of a century. The cat's name is Dummy. The de partment where the afllicted friends are in daily communion is the third division. Dummy is one of the thirty felines 1 that Unclo Sam maintains in the big granite pile to keep out rats ana mice. How Fprsenhoim's attention was first attracted to her Is not evident, for Dummy is an undersized black cat, lame in tho right hind leg and stub tailed. About six months ago, how ever, Fersenhcim began to buy her delicacies at tho risk of incurring Unclo Sara's displeasure by Injuring her usefulness as a mouser. Every day at noon Fersenhcim feeds Dummy, after eating his own luncheon. She manifests her gratitude by a faint purring and an arching of her back. Iler twenty-eight furry companions crowd enviously around, and in the dimly-lighted corner of tho basement their green eyes sufficiently attest their jealousy. Tho other cats try all their persuasive powers on Ferson heim, but he is true to his pet. Tho little black cat is so bright-eyed and sprightly in her movements that it is hard to convince strangers that she is really deaf. Fersonheim's ab normally quick eye detects the look of incredulity that flits over the onlooker's face, and he points first to tho cat's ears, then his own and gives a reas suring look and a convincing nod. If a doubt still remain, some oblig ing clerk will leap high in the air and alight on the floor with a noisy stamp a few inches to tho rear of Dummy's tail as the cat sits on the floor. She will not move a musclo. If after this tho ghost of a doubt haunts the vis- DUMMY, TIIE DEAP CAT. ltor's mind, other obliging clerks will cease a great truck and run it thunder ing past the cat, all but over her funny tail. Sho docs not stir. Then they will run the truck close in front of her and sho will jump aside to avoid all possible danger. A few weeks ago Dummy gave birth to three kittens. Fersenhcim adopted them at once, and when they get old enough they will undoubtedly share tho tidbits dispensed at luncheon time. THE MALAYAN TAPIR. One of the Queer Creatures Now on Ex hibition In London. An addition of special interest has just been made to tho collection of ani mals in the Zoological society's gar den, Regent's park, London, England, in the form of a nearly adult specimen of the Malayan or Asiatic tapir. It is only at very long intervals that speci mens of this interesting animal have been obtained—the first being in 1840, the second in 1850, one in 1882 and tho present example which arrived last week. The homo of the tapir is in Central and South America—where there are three well-known species, viz., Baird's tapir, the hairy-eared tapir and the common or Brazilian tapir. Of the latter there are always living spoci- CTI \ TIIE MALAYAN TAPIR, mens in tho gardens, where they have ored with tolerable frequency. Tho Malayan tapir has only been known to European naturalists rfince 1810. Tho specimen from which our illustration has been taken is a male, and has been deposited by Hon. Walter Rothschild, F. Z. S.j, and may bo seen in the large house set apart for the exhibition of zebras and wild asses. It is perfectly tame and docile. Father of American Law Reformers. In tho history of American jurispru dence the name of David Dudley Field will always be associated with law re forms. 110 began as early as 1889 to show by public utterances his interest in the subject and issued a number of pamphlets on the subject in the years immediately following. His work in the preparation of codes and simplify ing forms of procedure in the courts has influenced almost the whole world. Moro than half the states of the union have adopted wholly or in part his system of codes. Tho Australian and othor colonies of Great Britain, India, the British Isles themselves and other countries have adopted forms of pro cedure founded more or less closely upon those which he advocated. In international law also his influence has been great. He prepared single handed a code of international law which was published twenty years ago, and which j has been translated into many lan guages, and has had an Important In fluence in forming public opinion on many branches of the law of nations. WOMEN IN CHINA AND JAPAN. They Are Helng Benefited by Changing Pundit lout*. In a discussion of certain papers re cently read at a meeting of the Japan society in London Mr. Okoshi declared that at present in Japan a wife may. believe any religion she pleases, though before tho abolition of the feudal system she was bound to adopt the religion of her husband. In former times a Japanese woman's property consisted only of what we should call her paraphernalia—that is, her hair ornaments and mirrors. Now she may hold real property and solely dispose of it. She may own in her own name stocks and all kinds of securities, and if she is left a widow she may manage even her husband's property until one of her sons attains his majority. Mr. Okoshi further states that many gov ernment appointments are now open to women. A paper read last April by D. Goh on "Tho Family Relations in Japan" had contained tho statement that there was no check to divorce ex ecpt tho family council. But Mr. Okoshi, replying to this, declared that, as the law now stands, if one of tho parties considered the ground for tho divorce unfair he or she could appeal to the courts, which would grant tho divorce only on Justifiable grounds. An interesting conjecture is what in fluence will Japan's examplo have upon China. Prof. R. K. Douglas, in a lecture on "Modern Society in China," in the London and China Telegraph, says that at present ho trace of the dawn of a better day appears on the horizon of China. Woman is still re garded there as a chattel, which in times of adversity may bo disposed of by salo in the markets. BAPTISMAL WATERMELONS. A Singular Competition Among of the Gospel. Shrewdness is sometimes very effi cient as a lever to open tho religious: conscience. The Apache Indians con fined at Mount Vernon barracks, Ala bama, remnants of the famous Ocroni mo band, have of late been the objects of great solicitude on tho part of the ministers of tho vicinity, and quite a rivalry has, according to the Now York Recorder, developed between tho va rious denominations in the conversion of tho braves, squaws and children. Recently a hot pace was set by a fa ther of the Roman Catholic church, who took charge of a class and by his good offices converted some forty In dians, to each of whom ho gave a cer tificate of baptism and an order for n watermelon, which latter paper was honored by the trader. A few day? after this a Methodist clerg3 r man, hearing of the father's good luck, ap peared on the scene and mode known to the Indians tho object of his visit. When lie opened his services he was flattered by seeing nearly all tho In dians in tho camp at the meeting, and among them all of the converts to Catholicism. lie converted tho whole crowd and afterward gave each a cer tificate of baptism. These the Indians presented to the traders, and their dis gust when being told that they did not call for watermelons was terrible, and they all agreed that the next time they get baptized the watermelons must bo distributed in advance. THE AMERICAN PLAN. Tho Admirable Policy of Lotting Other People's IIUHIIK'M Alone. In many ways tho United States has educated ,tlie world in politics, and I, for one, do not hesitate to say* that its scheme of government is the best that has over been established by a nation, says London Truth. But in nothing do we owe more to the Ameri cans than for their having afforded us the great object lesson of a state pur suing the even current pf its way with out that meddling in tho affairs of other states whicli has been the bane of European powers. Here wo have a country, rich, powerful, industrial and commercial, yet never troubling itself with what happens outside its fron tiers, or annexing foreign lands on the plea of philanthropy, or on the ground that in some centuries its area will be too small for its population, or in order to create markets for its goods. And what is the result? No one dreams of attacking the United States or of pick ing a quarrel with it. The lesson to bo lour at is that a state should rest satisfied with promoting the well-being of her own citizens and leave it to other states to promote the well-being of theirs. Can anyone conceive the United States annexing junglos in thq center of Africa in the wild expecta tion that the inhabitants of the jungles will be civilized and then cover their nakedness with American cotton goods and cook their food in American pots and pans? The Moral Lifted. Some months ago the Marion was oft tho Chinese coast taking coaL A high Chinese mandarin called on board and vvas received by Commander B , who offered him cigars, champagne, ;tc.' In leaving the ship, the man darin, while on the deck, gave a look around. "Ah, commander, I sec you have still got the old guns?" "Yes," re plied the other; "still got them." "They are very big," said the Chinese, smiling. "Yes; very big." "Iu fact, they look much bigger than the new guns." "Yes, rather," said the com mander, who did not like the talk at all. "Oh, I sec—l sec," said tho man darin, in a very sarcastic way; "you have got them for the moral effect!" The Growing lloy. "It seems to me," said the father of a family, "that the growing boy is a sort of a human telescope, lie stretch es out in the most wonderful manner, ■ but I don't think you fully realize how ; much until he comes to try on his last ; season's clothes. I was reminded of this to-day when my oldest boy, ap pearing in his last summer's trousers, seemed to be all feet and ankles. Tlio mother of tho growing girl lets out tlio tucks in her drosses. Would thero i were tucks In the boy's trousers, but | there are none, and thero in nothing to do but to buy now ones." CHILDREN'S BUILDING. A World's Fair Structure of Ex traordinary Intorost. Description of Its Most Attractive ntul utilitarian Features Where the Huhles Are Cared For—A Col lection of Pledges. No one who Is interested in children can fail to find much interest in the Children's building at the fair, and we doubt not that some who do not in clude themselves in that category will give inoro than a passing glance. The building is prettily decorated on the outside and is built with an open court in tho center, extending to the second story. In this court are various appliances for gymnastic exercises, which boys and girls enjoy alike. Here at certain hours of the day, a class in physical exercise is led by a teacher. As one CHILDREN'S BUILDING AT THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, watches tho children go through the movemonts of arms, legs, feet and heads, one longs to join them and can not but feel that their muscles will be developed and more graceful actions will be the result of such work. On tho second floor are several rooms, devoted to sloyd, a model kindergarten, kitchen garden, tho teaching of deaf and dumb children to speak, etc. In each of these, practical demonstrations are given at different hours of the day. Where many of the visitors linger the longest is tho roof of the building, which is tho children's playground. llere, protected from the sun by an awning and from all danger of falling to the ground by wire netting six feet high around the edge, a group of merry boys and girls were playing. Some were sliding down a parlor toboggan, laughing heartily as one and another slipped, coming together in a heap. Others were sitting in little chairs amusing themselves in other ways or talking with the visitors, for whom benches were provided. Eash child child wore attached to its clothing a brass tag with a number. This serves to identify the child by its mother,who is enjoying the fair in comfort, feeling that her child is being cared for in comfort, with no fears that its health will be ondangered by heat or fatigue. On the lower floor are tlio rooms where the babies are cared for. Dainty cradles and rugs for those who are old enough to sit alone, with rattles and other suitable playthings, are provided in abundanco, to bo viewed, however, through glass doors. Very wisely, visitors are not allowed in these rooms except by special permission. Many eases arranged around the walls are filled with toys and children's books. In tho upper halls are also specimens of children's work, drawings, etc. One very creditable painting is marked tho work of a little girl thirteen years old. In one room the red, blue and green temperance pledge cards which have been signed by children throughout tho country are festooned in graceful loops. Altogether, we think many will find this a spot of great interest. Tho Hook That Modes "Smote." The famous "Rock in Ilorob," an ciently called tho "Rock of Massah," and at present known throughout the orient as the "Stone of the Miraculous Fountain," being tho Identical rock which Moses struck with his rod in or der to give water to the children of Israel, is religiously prcsorvod and guarded even down to this late date. Dr. Shaw in his book, "Shaw's Trav els," page 1152, says: "It Is a block of granite about six yards square, lying tottering and loose in the middlo of the valley of Rephidim, and seems to have originally been a part of Mount Sinai." The action of tho waters of that miraculous fountain, as related in the 17th chapter of Exodus, hollowed a channel about 2 Inches deep and more than twice that broad across the face of the rock, this not upon unsupported testimony, but upon the word of such men as Rev. Dr. Shaw, Dr. Pocock, Lieut. Cloghcr and other eminent scholars and travelers. M. Beaumgor ton, a German nobleman who visited tho "Rock of Ilorob" in tho year 1507, declares his belief in the generally ac cepted story of it being the rock of Moses' famous foun tain. See "Church ill's Collection of Voyages," volume 1, page 887. A Snake Laboratory Pounded. An enlightened Bengali, Babu Govind Chandra Laha, has contributed 15,000 rupees toward tho expenses of a snake laboratory at Calcutta. Two main lines of research will bo followed In the laboratory. So-called cures for snake bites will be tested under strict ly scientific conditions, and the prop erties of the snake poison as such will be investigated. Tho laboratory will bo the only Institution of its kind in the world, and the committee of tho Calcutta Zoological gardens which has taken the matter in hand expects that It will be largely resorted to by tho scientific inquirers who visit India (luring cold weather. In accordance with the practice of scientific labora tories in Europe a charge will be made for the use of tables and instruments at a rate sufficient to cover working expenses. Work done on behalf of the government will also he charged for according to a regular scale. Then ami Now. In the monster newspaper printing presses of to-day the roll of paper is from four to six miles long, and the chilly papers using such presses are le gion In number. When Benjamin Franklin proposed to start n ncwspiv per his mother tried to dissuade him ' from the undertaking, urging that i there were already two papers in i America and thero was no room for another. - TACTADIA H ■ ■ I I 111 I P ■ V ■ M m I r^/n^vvxvsysssvvsx^^Nsssj^ for Infants and Children. • 'Cant orl a is BO woll adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me. 1 ' 11. A. ARCHER, M. D., 11l 80. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 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