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'^ .> V A lovclv woiuau ia *ti ea»U:r:i laud Onc(^ HwayAd n kio^duxu with lu-r fileiider hAnd ; HorburdoiiM ImaTy Rr««- tiTH|>V('it:liod Uer d»wn, Upon lu-r bruw tbun- i>t' -^t-da jewelled crown. Too cuuiUirfonit f(jr its tender n stijig plftce, The golden w«'t)i;btadoriii-d aweary facti ; She cried : " I \»vf Rruwn tind uf my powt-r It â- cotuctb more uubi-arablefach buur. *' Let Bouio one w>ine that I may crown him king "Within hiH hand he must a i;uiird<tn hriuf; Thftt BtiHll by far luv iKXimlltss wealth exceed. fto. having it, I'll tuul no oliiur ueud. Her wish was known, and In ' from far and near There througcl around her poet, prince andi'ter, With otleriuKH of da/.^liu^i i>vatity wrou(;ht In wondrous bliapi-u and with dii-p meanings frau^lit. They laid their j^ifta down humbly at her feet. She Bighed ; " AlaH ! I tind tlimi iucouipteto. Withiu tht-Ho (Sparkling MtuufB no solaee Ilea; 1 dream of wealth ruvealed iu hmnau eyoR." Horn aftt_T morn a Bupi'liant uunt away LlaUl ihuru cauie uulu hur throuu one day A man with empty hundo, v<'t uohlo fact; AJid f<frm of matchlube meld aud peerleBs grace Thefjucen looked up and asked ; " What gilt haat thou To tender for tho crown upon my brow '.'" He ga/ed within her eyes and naught replied. Bbe crowned him. saying : " I am aatished. ' SHIRLEY ROSS : AStory of Woman's Faithfulness. OHA.PTER XLVI. Lee P»rkâ€" Lord Lee's estate of Adin- brooke â€" presented a scene of uiiusaal ani- mation on tliat winter morning when Sir Frederic (Jliph»nt drove bis dau;^hter and Jack lioss {j&at the schoolhoase over the hill 1 for the weather, tliou>;h bitterly cold, was bright, and the sun was shining; on the lake, on which a crowd of skaters were dis- porting tbumielves. Lee Park was not so remarkable for its extent as for the beauty of its situation. It lay in a valley with bills on three sides of it, while the mansion itaelf was baill on tho risinij groand at the back. Iho lake lay <|uite in the hollow, â- nd the sun glinted tbrou(;h the tall ekel eton trees, on which tho hoar- frost glittered »ii<l sparkled like diamonds. The ice wag perfectly safe, and a quaint, little chalet on the banks of the lake afTorded accommo- dation to the chaperons and lookers. on. Bright tires were bla/.ini,' in the two little rooms, and refreshinentH were provided for the skaters, who, numbering fully fifty, were enjoying; themselves thoroaghly. It was a bright, animated, pretty sight, and Ku&iciently unfamiliar to Jack Robs to have an additional cliarm in his eyes. The bright faces, the ladies' pretty akatingcos- tamui), tho snow-covered hills around, the mddy light thrown from the Ijres in the chalet over the frozen lake, the ({limpses of vivid color here and there from a bright hood shawl, or wrap or rug, thrown upon the hard ground, the merry voices and laughter, all contributed to make the scene one of unusual interest and brightness in Jack's sight. But there was another reason for every- thing looking ruu/trur dc Tiiif in Mr. Koss' â- ight on that Qne sunshiny morning. The few words ho had oichanged with Guy Btuart on tl<n terram at L^rlnJaU lma.1 cheered him wonderfully, lie had fitllon in love w«th Madge almost at first sight ; tho little tricks of Bpoech and manner which the young girl had i|uitu unconsciously •c(|aired during her intimacy with Uhirley gave hor an additional rharna for Jack , ami, before many dayn had elapsed of his vistit at Cotsford, where ho had met hor, ho was irretrievably in love. At first ho had given himself up to his happincHu with- out II thought ; but then it struck him that Hir Frederic Oliphant's only daughter and heiress might justly aspire to a wealthier and more highly placed husband. After all, he had but little to offer aworaan whom ho lovod , his income, handsome though it wan, depended a groat deal on his residence in India; and how could heexpect that Hir Frederic and Lady Oliphant would allow thoir darling to aocom|iany him thither, ovoii if Madge lovod him enough to risk tho perils of a voyago and to give un all hor dear oneH fur his sake? lie had Icen very heavy-hearted when Hir Frederic and his danxhtcr had left ('otsford, and ho had been undecided aa to the pradenoe of accepting tho invitatiim to Krindale which Kir Frederic had given him with imnsual cordiality, and which Madge had Hoonied to second with a glance from her sweet eyes. At lirst ho had eonclmlod that it was blotter to refuse ; then he de- cided that, coHt what it might, he would not dei>rivo himself of the happiness a few ilays more of hor society would give him; and, since the danger only touched himself, tho happiness wa« worth the riHk. And, when ho saw Madge iu hor own homo, he loved her all tho more d(^oply. When ho saw her with hor father, so bright «nd Hweot and frank, and with hor mother, BO lender and r^roful and loving, the •ffection ho hail already conceived for hor grew deeper and more mtonao; and ho felt that there could bo no liappinoss for him on earth if she diil not share his life. Jack's early manhood had been a soli- tary one, for althoiiijh ho had mado many ao (uaintancoH in India, ho ha<l made no friends; and for many a long month after he had left F.ngland he had been weighed down by a senHo of romorso and sliamo for tho wroag he ha<l committed, and wkich had cauwMl his sinter such hitter woo. Ho had nut known the real oxtent of the niisory which hor visit to Dumlife had wrought for Hhirloy ; hut ho had soon how terribly hIui had siilTered at the thought of his disgrace, and in many a solitary hour during his voyago out to India ho hail dwelt with ahame and horror on thn depth of nin- fnlnuss into which ho had fallen, and from which pixir Hhirloy had rescued him at audi a iiOHt to hermlf ; and he iimiln a lirm rosolvo to keep in tho narrow path of honor for the future. lie had loft Hngland for his post at ('al- «nitta jSHt before tho time fixed for his â- istor's ntarriage, and, knowing tlmt sho was hetrdtheil to and professed a pasHion- ato k)Vo for Major Htuart, he was not a little nur|«riBed to rncoivo a few liiioa from his iiiiide, Hir (lilbert, telling him that Hhifley was now l.ndy tllynn. I'lio note gave liini no particiilarH. and he had to till in all the details for himwelf. He fancied that there WBji no dilUciilty in doing this, for ho had seen Hir UuKh'Meviilentdi'Votiiiii to his sinter, aiu) hii rnMemhered hiii own expressed regret at her engagomont fu Major Htuart. Hhirloy was very young, ho thought, and like many oMisr girls before her, she had accepted the first offer made to her, and, repenting afterward of having done so, Guy Btnart had released lier from ber promise. Jack thought the narriage bad taken place rather too soon perhaps ; but, after all, Shirley was not very happy at Fairholme Court. Shirley bad been married soma few months before she wrote to her brother, and then she said nothing about the cir- cumstances of her marriage, nor did she say much, Jack noticed, about ber domes- tic happiness. He knew that her hnsband was wealthy and most indulgent, and on several occasions Sir Hugh himself had written a few cordial lines asking him to return home even for a time ; but Jack resisted the invitation all the more easily because f hirley did not second it warmly. 8ometimes he had seen bis sister's name in the papers as being present at some stately entertainment or in a list of distinguished gneste at a country house, and he had had some undefined idea that she was not very happy ; but in her letters to him she had never hinted at Buy unhappiness, and he had not asked ber any questions. Sir Hugh's death, the news of which reached him not only from private corres- pondents, but through the medium of the press, had startled and shocked him terribly, and he bad read with mingle^* indignation, horror, and wonder the account of Gay's trial for the murder of the friend who had betrayed him. At the time, he was making preparations to retnrn to Kngland; but the illness of bis senior partner had detained him, so that he arrived in Kngland o(ily to find that bis sister had disappeared and that every search had been completely nnavailing. Jack's anguish at these tidings was acute and bitter ; and, when he heard from Os- wald Fairholme the circamstanres of Shir- ley's marriage, his remorse was great. All the suffering which she had endured had been caused by him â€" the brother who loved her, and to whom she was so tenderly attached. He had at once confessed to Guy the motive of Shirley's presence at Dumfife, and Gay's gray eyes bad flashed at the thought of how cruelly poor Shirley had been betrayed. " If I had known that," he said, in a low, diep tone of pain, " I should have found it much harder to forgive him even than I had already. Heaven knows," be added, brok- enly, " if I did not murder him in deed, I had slain him in my heart more than once." Itetween Jack Koss and Major Btuart a warm friendship bad arisen. It had l>ogun, as was natural, in their great mutual at. taehment to Shirley and their ceaseless anxiety about her welfare, and it had in- creased as they grew to know each other better aud disoovercd the noble and endear- ing qualities each possessed. Another great bond of union between them was their loneliness, which drew tiiem daily closer together. Every one of the fen who had maintained their friend- ship for Guy had other ties; Oswald Fair- holme had his wife and children and the superintendence of his estate, for Sir Gil- bert had died in tho winter, and his son had taken possessian of Fairholme ; while his mother and two younger girls had re- moved to London. And, although Jack would have been made welcome by his aunt, lt«t cwiL bua» iiiure w»,. diality between them ; and ho was happier when with Guy. It was a strange and touching bond which e.xisted between them ; and, although they never montioucd Shirley except when they wero alone, she was constantly in their thoughts. Jack was inclined to despair sometimes, and say that she must bo dead, •r she would not leave them in such crtiel susponiui; but (iuy, remomboriug a look in her eyes when they had parted, and those few heart-broken lines hIh: had written, felt that surely " Heaven would be merci. ful, and let thorn iiuiet again." But Jack WKB nut thinking of his sister on that bright winter day when he knelt at Madge Oliphant's feet to put on her skates. For once Shirley was forgotten, with all tho miuery of tho past and tho wretched uncertainty of the present. Guy's words had lifted a load from tho young man's heart, and he felt unusually cheer, ful and light-hearted. Something, too, in Madge Oliphant's manner, in the look in her blue eyes, made him hope that ho was not quite inilifTeront to hor, and it wax a bright as well as a handsome faco wliicli looked up at liurs with such signiUcauce in the carneMt teniler eyes, .lack Uoss was fooling what the quaint old song so well ex. presses : "To il»y, to >Uy. wlmre er I i)a»ii, A Rlury llfttilxii't throiiKli the iirosa , A liliiry wnlf^lilH tile tlowt*r ; A ulery lien nil tlis aliiniiiK nThM. A Rliiry crowiiH tUo iMirnmtivd llower "To lUy. to diiy, wliiiro'«r I lonli. Holt laiiKliti* illinpleii o'er tlie lirook , lilail Hiiiilns Itriiak hii tlie nir; Lik'lit liiiiijIiteralilneH our tlio wlin|>ltUK lirook, Aiiil RiiiiIeH riliine out In tile minny titr." Never had soonery looked so lovely ta .lack as that o( Lee I'ark, never had their boun such a delightful piece of ice to skate upon aa tho lako; nover had there beon such a bright sky; and, abuvo all, never had man had a sweeter coaipanion to skato with than Madge Oliphant I It was not that sho was a very graceful and capable skater ; Aladgo, liko laAuy other Knglish girls, was only suflioiontly adept to glide Hinouthly ovnr tho lako, and she was, more over, rather timid. It was very delightful to Jackâ€" himself as accompliaked a skater as any tiaiiadian could bo- to feel the lillle hands tightening over his arm, and to meet the sweet alarmed blun eyes as they looked up eonlldingly into his, and Madpi had hover had so eiiroful and export and tender a teacher as uhu found in him ; while Sir Frederic, having satisliod himself that his daughter was in good hands, sauntered olT with Lord Loo to the houne fur a quiet talk. " You are getting on famously, Wins I Hiphant," Said Jack, as they rested for a few moments. "If Uio ice continues for a few days nuiro you will have mastorod tho outside odgo I" "Thank yon I" cried Madga, brightly. " I mil afraid I uinst ho a terrible boie, Mr. ItoHB. Vuu cannot piissibly enjoy yourself towlhg me about like this." " Gaa't IV" Jack said, smiling into the demure bhlo oyes. " At any rate, I laan- agu to boar lliu intliotiun with equani. niity." " That ia 80 considoratc of you," Madj^e rejoined, lightly. " ("onfess, though, that you would niiuli prefer glidiiij^ off l>y your self." " Why should 1 confesa to what certainly would not bo trao, Miss Uliphant '.'" " Would it not ? It is really very good of yoa to help me!" " It ia very good of yoa te let me do bo," Jack answered, with an involuntary pres- sure of the little hand which still lay in his, " I see scores of anvious individuals looking after us." " Voang ladies envying me your assist- ance," Madge replied, demurely, looking at him for a moment. " No ; yoang men envying me the happi- ness of assisting yoa," he answered earn- estly ; and the sweet saucy blue eyes drop- ped under bis earnest glance. " Shall we go on, Mr. Ross ?" she said, a little abruptly. " If you have rested," he answered, rather regretfully. "Uh, I have quite rested! But perhaps yoa are tired of being a • anpport.' " " Yoa know that I am not,' he replied ; and they glided away together, many eyes, as he had said, following them with envious or admiring looks, for Miss Oliphant, both as beauty and heiress, had a little train of admirers who UBually followed her and danced attendance upon her ; and some of the young ladies of the neighborhoed would not have been averbc from a flirtation with the handsome, fair-haired, bronzed stranger who seemed to have eyes for no one but Madge. After one or two roands of the lake, Madge sat down on a safety apparatus of peculiar constraction in which Lord Lee had great faith, bat which had not had a chance of proving its utility ; and Jack, standing beside her, looked down on the pretty tluahed face and graceful fignre with a world of longing and love in his blae eyes. " Do yoa knov that you look like Balzac's j'emme penile pur eUf iiieme f" he said, smil- ing, after a minute's silence. "Do I?" she answered, laughing, and putting op her hands to ber face with the prettiest, shyest gesture possible. "Ah, I know, that rotlge won't come off," be said, lightly. " I am glad to see that you are not very tired." " i am not a bit tired," she answered, gayly. " But I am wondering what has become of mamma and Guy." "Perhaps Lady Oliphant was tired, and preferred to go back." " I should not be a bit surprised. Will yon not sit down, Mr. Boss?" " Thank yoa," Jack answered, and 'took the offered seat by ber side ; then Madge's roses deepened and Mr. Boss's blue eyes looked as if nothing could indaoe them to leave her face. For a few minutes neither spoke; a sudden tit of dumbness seemed to have fallen on the pretty chatterbox by Jack's side, and he himself was at no time a great talker. Still it was he who broke this silence first. "Miss Oliphant," he said, rather un- steadily, " may I tell you an episode of my past life?" Madge started, and the pretty roses faded a little. " It is something that I want yon to know," he said, very gently ; " for, although our acquaintance has not been a long one, I should like you to know the worst of me at once." " The worst!" Madge said, looking start- led. story- do youTSt'^"' " "••"" "«>rsuter'9 Madge hesitated. " 1 know that she was engaged to poor Guy, and that she married Sir Hugh Glynn, " she said, gently; "but that is allâ€" and that she was very unhappy." " Her life was sfioiled through my fault," said Jack, gravely. " Had I been an honest man, Shirley would have been a happy woman now. " "An honest man!" Madge repeated, gently, nut shrinking from him as liu had expected her to do. " Yes. Let me tel you," he said, eagerly ; "aud, when I liave related it to vou, yon will know why I fished you to bear the story." He told her grai^ly and earnestly, with- out trying tu exciia or palliate his own wrong. doing, of tboliolish and guiltyaction which had so nearlj been his ruin, and which indirectly hd caused all |)oor Shirley's misery; an Madge listened with a touched, sorrowful xpression on hor face and a deep sympafty in tho blue ayes which, so bright wh« ho began, were dim and misty when he ^ed. It was a pain- ful Btory ; aud the A-elation of her own fellings toward Jackthich had cometohsr that morning made )r feel for the suffer- ing Shirley had end'ed, and helped hor perhaps to undcrstan it b<'tter than she vould otherwise havu me. ".\h, [loor thing, pr thing," sho said brokenly. " How iti}le for her, loving one man to bo marricto another." " Yes, and marriedr a fraud, by aâ€" Ho is dead- 1 would not oak in anger now," Jack said, oheokin himself suddenly. " And you see it waall my fault. Miss Oliphant." •' Yes," Madge saidjry softly; "but, however great a fault, it is never too great for repentance, i you reiwiitcd it sorely." " My repentance cd not give Shirley back her lost hoppia," ho exclaimed gloomily. " When 1 tlk," ho added, with sudden passion, " of tb lives blighted by my siji, itâ€"" "Hush, hash!" Bgo said gently. " Vou must not talk scYou must try to forg.'t it. Your sister ITorod in silence, that this burden of reitis might not bo laid upon you ; is it ri)»)f yon, or grate- ful toward hor, to go>urniiig all your dayn for a sin whichuu havo so re peiitod .'" " And sho-IIoaven I her! â€" so atoned for, " ho pjaeulated hitt ; and they wero silent for a space, iliir which Madge's heart, in hor pity for f ' some face, htolo out pAHHiid into lliu forever " Must I tell you tholon for making thii confession to you, L Oliphaat," ho said tremulously tlier or have you guesdod that only to hnian whoni I loved with all my hcartlvishod to make my wife, should I eonfe mt episode of my life? Is it |«-eaiii m to tell you Xk\t, unworthy, utterly orthy as 1 am, I love yon, that 1 shall i love any but yourself .' Nay, do no iwer mo yet; I know, ' lie conlimied f, " that you cannot love mo yet ; but I try to win you .' I think Sir Vt o would not object ; if you give mo loi will speak to him and -Madge"- liiie was broken and iinstpiidy now in Ireiiit earliest ness -" 1 think tho hopo|nning you I think I could forget in a measure the misery of my past. I coald take my stand among my tellowa without feeling shamed and hamiliated. Do yoa think â€" ah, do not answer me hastily !â€" that at any future time your feelings toward me will alter sofiiciently to let me hope?" The roses bad deepened and faded, the sweet red lips were quivering a little as she listened, and the girl's warm heart was beating fast. "No," she said softly; "I do not think they will." Poor Jack turned white to the lips at the prompt and unexpected answer. " Forgive me," he said tremulously, as soon as he could command his voice sufficiently to speak at all. " I was very wrong. I had no right â€" and â€" " Madge turned to him with a little wonder in her eyes, and, seeing bia agitation, guessed its cause. The color which bad ebbed away came stealing back to her cheeks as she said softly " Yoa ask me if my feelings will ever change toward you. and answer that I do not think they will ; but â€" but â€" " She leaned toward him now, and ber little hand stole iato his ; " Madcap" Madge had disappeared, and a gentle, tender, true hearted woman was there in her stead who said, in the sweetest words which had ever fallen upon Jack Boss's ear â€" " But why should you wish them to do so, since â€" since I love yoa. Jack?" CHAPTER XLVII. AVhite as death, trembling m every limb, and with a world of startling horror in her eyes, Shirley looked ap into the grave, tender, compassionate face bending over her, the face of the man whom she loved, and from whom, for that love's sake she had tied â€" the man who was new, she believed, betrothed to Madge Oliphant ; and, almost as pale, but less unnerved, he stood looking down upon ber, noting with intense sorrow the changes which a year had wrought in her face. For a few mo- ments he dared not trust his voice to speak ; be was afraid he should break down, and he knew that she had already been dreadfully agitated and tried ; and he mastered bis own emotion out of pity for her. " I did cot think to &nd you here â€" and thus," he said gently ;. and the horror iu the great ba/xjl eyes grewevenmore intense as she answered him. " And it would have been less hard to die than to see you here." The words oame slowly, one by one. from the parched livid lips, and each one fell upon Guy Stuart's heart painfully. "Those are bitter words to hear," he said, in a voice of pain. " Do you think they are not still more bitter to speak ?' she asked, in tho same slow fashion. " But they are true." "True!" he repeated earnestly, a great sorrow in his gray eyes. " True from you to me, Shirley ?" " Yes." He stooped over her, and tried the little trembling bands i but she back from him and rose to her feet away from him backward, with her bands outstretched toward bim, as if to keep him from her. " No," she cried, in a shrill, unnatural voice. "Do not touch me -do not touch â- "It" lie stopped immediately, luoamg n an with unfeigned surprise and alarm. What •rtraiigo rooeption was this from the woman who, when they had last met, had parted from him with her arms about his neck and her lips to his? What madness was »'"*â- ' Often, in the time of trouble which had followed her disappearance, he had wondered if hia brain were giving awav under the weight of anguish; and now, aa he pushed his hair from his forehead with a troubled gesture of pain, ho thought that ho must be losing his senses. " Whv did you come?" sho said brokenly. " W hy did you not leave rae alone ?" "Leave you alone!" be reiieatod after her. " Shirley, do you not know that for all these long weary months I have been doing my utmost to discover vour where- abouts?" " And yet you knew that to take shrunk moving DAT FIREWORKS. Moveltles in Pyroteehntcaâ€" Some Costly Display Pieces. The Japanese day fireworks are coming into greater favor this year, says the New York Mail. Shells containing tigores of animals, birds, fishes, dragons, caricatures of men and women and beautifully colored smoke effects are thrown from a mortar high into the air. Some of these figures are very odd. One shown the reporter represented a great red vase, the upper part of which contained a hideous face. Another was a monkey holding a big globe. Another was a Japanese woman dressed in a yellow gown and kneeling in great terror. Upon her head was a large rat. There was a ligare made up of a big fish with a cat on its back, the cat holding reins run through the fish's mouth. A man riding a turtle and another riding a fish were odd figures, as were also elephants whose faces resembled the caricatures of Gen. Batler. The remarkable ingenuity of the Japanese in this kind of work was shown in other figures, such as the flags of all nations, groups of scorpions upheld by parasols, dice boxes, lampposts, an American God- dess of Libierty with a Japanese cast of coun- tenance, figures of savage-looking Japanese officers, sailors in boats and like designs. (;ne of the oddest pieces is a colored "gallopads." It consists of a long drum.^ which turns on its centre with great rapid- ity, driving with much force wide spreading bursts and trails of brilliant fire, and form- ing a circle of dazzling effect. Within this circle of tire revolve, in contra directions, two wheels with illuminated centres of var- iegated colors, and which throw out jets of fire. The " Man in the Moon" is a novelty. It shows a large, round, laughing face, illu- minated from behind with brilliant fire, showers of brilliant sparks being thrown . from it in six directions. Other new de- signs for this season among the large exhi- bition pieces are" Boss Tweed's Diamond," a peacock's tail, Italian rosette, Egyptian pyramid, Chinese spider, Gothic cross, a revolving snowbake, a jewelled star, bas- kets of jewels, emerald jewels, Saxon pyra- mid, a puzzle wheel, "Star of Ameriea," "Cross of Honor," Egyptian mirage, Don . Quixote's mill, " Shield of Iris," fairy dance, whirligig polka aud G. .'\.. B. mottc*. The larger of these exhibition pieces coat from $(>0 to 9150 each ; the smaller from $10 to 950. Exhibition cases of fireworks, containing an assortment of pieces and bombs, rockets, Boman candles, etc., cost from JT.JOto S20O each. "Water fireworks" are an attractive novelty. They are made for use in water only, and consist of " div- ing devils," flying fish, " tloating illumina- tors," Boman floaters, water volcanoes, spray fountains, jewelled fountains and water wheels. you knew that I had come away to escape from youâ€" to escape from you!" '^ She was standing by the wall now loaning against it, and still holding out her hands with tho same gesture of abhorrence the same expression of horror in her eyea Guy stood still by the table, resting his hand ui)on it, a great sorrow and pity upon his faco and wonder deepening in the i;rav eyes. " ' (To beoonttnoed.) |iin on his hand or keeping and A Ooud tluKBMtlun. The ix)lico authorities on the American side of tho Niagara Biver have received orders to arrest all persons who may here- after KO there for tho purpose of Derforminu daring feats at the Falls. Now let our Pro- vincial Govornmont isauo similar instruc- tions, and an end will be put to the tragic follies which havo In-en [lerptHrated bv cranks who are not lit to take care of them- selves. Liko precautions need to bo taken m eonnoction with circas shows and certain industrial exhibitions.â€" .Sf. TAow,., /„„„. OI<.iectlanul>le Feuturm. Brownâ€" How do you like house ? Smithâ€" Well, there able features about it. Brownâ€" What are they ? Smithâ€" Tho landlord's. A Do( Fuz/lcd by UresH, A cattle man from Arizona, WilUam Wilson by name, has just come down to the city and brought with him a dog that would havo delighted the heart of the authorof " Sartor llesartue." fortbe animal itaunts a true Carlylean contempt for the tlipparies of civilization and the useless adornment of clothes. Mr. Wilson sent Nugget, the dog, to board with a dog- fancier in a canine boarding-hoase, anj then went to a clothing store and ex- "J^I!**^ hie onwhny'a tig (or new clothes Of the latest cut. The next dav he called on Nugget, but Nugget would ha've none of hun. Jhe master whistled to the dog, petted him and made every etTort to make him understand that alTection was not changed, even though clothes had bees The dog looked up at the silk hat which had taken tho place of the broad. rimmed slouch to which he had been accustomed, snifTed at the dude- like cane, and surveyed tho light trousers from several points c< view, and then walked oil to the corner of the room, lay down and gave a long, mournful howl. Mr. Wilson tried to coax him out of the corner, but could not. Nag- get would look up at him with a knowing expression in his eye, and occasionally give the feeblest little wag to the end of his tail but he conKl not be induced to reconsider his evident deteriiiinatiou not to recognize his master in any such ridiculous attire as tliat. Mr. W ilson went to his hotel, donned bis cowboy's rig again and then returned to Nugget s quarters. Tho instant the dog saw him ho was almost wild with jov, and his delight at seeing his master "again clothed as ho thought a man ought to be was almost unbounded. .Y. o. Tim.$.lhmi^ erat. your new are some object ion- TaliliiB No Obanrea. Groom (to bride; thoy are waiting for the miiiiatcr)-Hadii't I better skipoat and sen what IS tho matter, my dear? Tho minister should have been here twenty minutes ago. ^ Brideâ€" No, George; you stay tight where youare.-i/,i,-p„', yjatar. Nnpoleon' as a D«aerl«r. When tho first Natxileon, having aban- doiied Moscow, arrived at tho fcrry on the river Nicman, ho asked the ferrvman, who did not know him, if many French .lesort- cru liail crossed over. first""'' ^*'"' """â- 'â- P'y- ">°" "'e the At tlte ci«i». Jftok Hardup (who always forgets to re. pay) I say. old foflow, lend me a dollar will yon .' 1 havo nothing but a large bill' irt my pocket. , ., , ,,- a â- â€¢ - , I'nendiwho has beon caught before)â€" only the hopeâ€" would m*e n new man. Whose is it. your tailor's ? He tVNiit«(l Nnine. Jinks-Aro you going to OcoBomowoc this summer, Jones, as vou did last ' Jonea -Heaven forbid, that place is too quiet. "^ Jinka-Too quiet. Why, I thought this was one of its principal attractions. • Jones-So it is for some families but you never heard my wife scold. 1 am goiBg to Niagara Falls where the roar of the waters is so loud that it drowns every other noise. Jinks, who is contemplating matrimony, begins to whistle in a low tone, and the expression i,, hia oyea haa a far-away look that IS painful.â€" Pf<-A'.« Snn. Kxi>eet»€l Ti>« Mucli. Indignant Customerâ€" I sent my little girl to your store an hour ago, sir, for tvvonty-flve cents worth of oarbelio acid, diluted four-fifths with water, and here is what you sent me. There isn't five cents- worth of tho acid in this mixture Draggist-Did you want twenty, five cents worth of carbolis acid itself, sir, with tour times its bulk in water added V ^_Castomor-Thatisesaotly what I wanted, Druggist- »1.'J5. Then you should havo sent nthl; ,V° *â- â- ? ""PP"'" I K<" •»>• water for lothing ?â€" c'Ai,-,i.,o Trihun.: Marriage customs in India are to be re- nw-T^' ^â- '" ^'"''^ »'"* «â- â€¢Â«"" ''"^'after must bavo attained the ages of It and 1<> roapectively The families will not s,M«d so much in ftwtivhies. .YPittsburg man has inventexl a glass conduit which he thinks solves tho probloio or nndorground electric wires. Plates of glass are grooved on the upper surface, and the wires are laid in tho grooves and cemented there with pitch. Then other plates of glaas are laid over the first, and wires put upon them in tho s«»„e way. When all tho wires a-.-» laid tho whole is inclosed in a wooden bo:; and embedded in cement. \ l£ 'â- â- -.*)â- .â-  % •HUS, K» .,-4» iJ.'. .!L..