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THE WEEK'S NEWS I SNAUl. The rate of taxation for. Winnipeg ha* been fixed at I ^ mills. Ceiling w'hoomrs are returning tu Vic loi-i*. i; i . in ieipou*e l<> orttere. Manitoba fai IIKI - ex| t lln- larg' <t yield on record from then land- Mrs. On, an inmate of the K;iiL,'it m House of Industry, i* oiw hundred and fix yearn of age. < ' tips report* state that throughout On- tario boy i light, while wheat, barley, rxe, oats, |K-aa, poutiK-s, and roots will give pood returns. Apple* are oaid in mit duiricts to be a failure Mr. Ciillingwood Schreibcr'* report on the yuol/c bridge project say* the bridge i '.d IK- 5,806 feet in length, 7" feet alx>vu high water, and would cos' ln-tween nine and ten million dollars. A good crx>p of hops is promised in Kssex l-OUIlly. Lord and Lady Alierdeen will revisit Can- ada in the fall. Salmon fishermen leturning to QIII-|M:C from the men on the south shore report* the fishing almost a failure. (hie hundred and fifty Icelandera aim.- 1 at Montreal on Sunday arid have gone to the Nlllthwe-t. Ii'diari lands at Kdmonton, N. W. T., ' have lieen sold at an avi-rage of nearly $4 an acre. Piemier Abliot lias declined a banquet frcm the Junior COIII-ITX iit ne Ci uii ol Mmit - re il "i. in.- score of ill-health and advancr.il years ^ The Ogilvic Milling! 'ompany ban decided to ef.ct a. .'"r iii Manitoba this yrar, each of which will have a capacity of :I,IK<I Imshels. Forty Indians and one white woman were killed lev a landslide on the. tnuikx of the Skena River in British Columbia the other ll.l\ George P. Biichinnaii, late manager of the Bant' of llntish .North America at Paris, Ont. , who arm- on. led last November, i* re- ported to be m Mexico. Tin- ei|irU of live stock from Montreal last week were remarkable for the large number of sheep that were sent to the Old Country. Ilri'.ry Parsons ha* discovered rich silver deposit* on hi* farm about 10 mill s west of Pert Arthur. All the farmers HI the neigh- borhood ore now seeking for imneial wealth. There was an increase iu both export* to and import* from Canada during tho last six months in (in.it Britain, ao.-ording to trie report of the British hoard of trade just issued. Aid. Klliott, of Kingston, rnunt bo a h milvirne man. He won the pri/e fiT the best looking man in line at the recent O'ldfellows' demonstration in Syracuse. The Kingston canton brought home with them a black goat, won for efficiency in drill. IIRKAT > I.ITUV. The Irish Land hill wan read a third time in the House of Ixirds on Tuesday. The grand jury at Carnarvon, Wulus, ha* found a true nill against It. C. Duncan, of Washington, D. C., accused of murderously aaaanllini; his wife. Duncan wo* acquitted on the ground ol insanity. Thei-nurt order- ed th*t he be detained in cuito ly. At a I/eagiie convention held in Line- rick on Monday, it wa* decided to adhere to the uld programme and the old haders The tone of the meeting was dncidely anti- clerical, an I Mr. Mohony, M. I' . wild Irish men might as well Iw the slave* oftireal lint mi as of the Irish l.ilmp 1'h> Kdn alien hill wo* read a third lime on Monday in the Knglisli Hoime of Cum morn, 'I'h- population of Knglund and Walei is .i,oi|,iilS. The l.oiiilon Daily Telegraph a<lvocstea that murderer. in.l'-mneil (o tl< \' i nt inn In- chloroformed. The Nation, a Dublin weekly newspaper, has erased publication. Il died on tho liftlelri anniversary nf its establiahment. The Kaiser has presented lnl Salisbury with a splendid l)reden cluck, made e|.e- . tally fur th Itntudi Premier. I., ttern have just been dfllivtied m linn I n from Yokohama via Vancouver in '-'II -. 17 days lens than the average via Sue/. Th* exile of the (irenadicr liuards. who were sent to II. -i inn. 1. 1 an piiumhlncnt for in- snbor 1 1 nation, has expired, and they will shortly return to London. The I. ui. Ion Tinnn, commenting on the Carlow election, warns tlie country tin 1 tlie colUpxt of M i . I'. u ii' II means the denomin- ation of thx Iriih prn--tho.l, who always hated the national moxi rnent. A Ixindon clerk named K'lwanl Wilkinson has confessed to having hail a hand in steal- ing llieCounteM of Dudley ' diamond's four yearn ago, at Knston station. They were 'Id ill Amsterdam At the Slat i baiii|iiiil given to the Kaiser by UK; Queen in St. (ieorge's hall, Windsor castle, the gold candelabra and ' plate were valued at fl.tot.iim. The parnellite press I* exceedingly de- prrSMMl over the result of the Cixrlow ejec- tion The Dublin Fret-man's .loiirnal says there Know no more chance of gelt mi; II Rule for liel.md than them in of getting the moon. Mi (lliulstone has written to a personal frirnd that he has not now nor ha* hit had any intention of abandoning the field of politics, and that he intend* Iu take an %ctivu part In thu coming general election*. A gala operatic pnrformance given in honor nf the Kmpnror and Kmprnu of (lermany at Covent i*rden theater, London, is |>ronouiic i"l the grandnat speotacle ever witnessed in l/mdon Thu airdiiinwi was I'm mom liril liaru that could be gathered togetlier, and theflnwermised in decoration* emt llioiisonils of pound* Mme Albtuii was among Ih singer*. i MTU) STATUS An l.n,-l'h Hyiohcalc is said to hava got lontrol "I the Aiiieri'-aii glucose nmrket. ' Train arrived on Monday a. \Slial. ..m. Washington, the end of his )ourii"y, h 11 ing cin loci the glulie in (I'.'iUyn Mir Nava^a Indian* in An/on* have win ned the settlers to leave their part of the country. They are very defiant, and I'. S. troops are to bo sent against tin MI. Mews. \leii.lenhall and Merriam, the U. S I'e-hring sea coinnuasioners, have betu instructed to collect all acc-mible informa- tion upon the subject of breeding places, effect* of pelagic sealing, diininution nf the nnmlier nf seals, proper line* of demarcation in the event that clow; seasons are, regarded as necessary, and the proper month* to be included in such seasons. .reat drought in reported in the upper ; i. I. in-ill. i of Mil-lux in I ' iriucrt of (ieorgiu and Kanso* are pr- piring l> itote furm products in order to aliorlc... the market. It it said that a line to connect Detroit and , in connection with the C. P. K. will be built at once, to > called the Bee In.- Abraham Smolk has jimt died at Mackinac Inl'tiiil, Mn-li., aged KM) years ami li months, lie u. 11 a total abstiiner from liqour and iv t -unlit - M.- i HUM William Hanlon, one nf the fainnua Han- Ion luntlicM, wa* instantiy killed at Lyons, Iowa, on Monday, through the breaking of a tra|ie/,e l>ar in Forepaugh's circus. He wa* .'il years old. The United State* Board of General Ap praiser* has confirmed the action of the colletor of customs at Butlalo in levying ID per -rent, ail valorem duty on Canadian na- tural gas. Despite ''IP McKmley law, the Frankfort diit net of lierinany reriorta that the export* to the United .Stale* for lh three months ending with .lime are one third of a million marks in excess of the exp M Is fur the same I- 1 1... I ill !'" A call ha* been issued for a general con- vention of the Farmers' Alliance and all in- dustrial organization in thu state of Kantas, at Topeka August 'JO, for the purpose of organizing a co-operatix-eosmociation for the control of all farm products and exchange of nuupli' . A* the result of a j.idi'-ial investif ition by U.S. Attorney ( Jeneral Miller touching the sulked of Chinese smuggled into the United State* by way of Canada, the collocter of Custom* at IM put has received instructions from the U. S. Treasury Department that in such coses the Chinese must be returned to China and not to Comvl.i. IN '.t XKK.U. Latest reports indicate u heavy deficiency in the Kiiropean rye crop. An unsuccessful attempt to shoot Presi- lent Carnot of France won made on Mon- day by a madman. Heavy Hoods and much distress ire reporter! f rum Melbourne, Australia. Thr new Council of Metz consist* of '.'.'I Protesters and nine (lermans. The result '. the election has cauted a sensation in Berlin. A Calcutta correspondent siys that owing to the partial failure .if the monsoon ten mi'hoM people are threatened with famine n Madras. i"ild II., King of tho Itelg.ans, pride* ilium-It on Ixiug a woikingmaii. He rises at six o'clock and does two hours' work be- fore breakfast. In reply to a ' aide nn|inr> llradstreet's lias received word that the prol>alile Kntai'in output of wheat will this year be lil.isn MMI huihelK. The average for four year* past ha* been 'I l.nui.iKHI Iiushel*. The (inunl Duke Kredenek of lUdeii has addressed a memorial lo K>o| U illiam i in rgi-ti' ally opposing the readmisniun of .lesuit* to tieriimnv ThelJrand Duko is a tioug enemy ol tlie Jcnuitu, whom he l.oiiiih- i .1 ti.iin In* dm hy in IH.VI. An old Imly who has just died in France has left lOO.iKNif us a |in/e for any ait i one mer who shall within ten years entnlilish 'ominnii; -atioii with my planet or star. M. Kl. mm i.i' lli, the i eh I. rated I rein h in'i'Mlo mi i. I" nangiime that i:iiii that tune . om- niunictttion can lie bad with Mars. Speculators attempting to corner uruu m Kucia aru to be prosei ut< .1. Kuuinania'i Kussian borders havo lieen ' .iiiloni-'l with troops to prevent tlie niiliix of .lews. The I hrltlls l.sUeai nr Msrlel) . From a Inoul Chriilian standpoint, the most interenting and notable convent ion of the \ciir i* now iu session at Minnen| <iln. . Inn. Ii conxentions and general as- semlilics have attra. te.l .ittontion. but this tenth annual gathering of the Sueietiea ol I liri.timi Kndeavor with ita ten thousand delegates stands out as distinct from all 'lie others in it* fieedom from nectarian II-..IH .mil itn powei fm ti lining yniing men and woman in Chris. lan life and xvoik. The Clirinl inn Kiideix\or SiK'ie,tios are what their nan c impliei, liandr of young (H-opIv iiimlng lo lui- l liii-i.nn lives. The \ .ui mai-iiitv "f 'In- million memlier* arc already profetiiiiiig Chrimians, and these who an n..i are usually hrought into the i hurchby tbeir ninile. ll HI Hllll the society. The pur|io.ie of the iiocieties is to promote Chriitian liv- ing. With the Kro ol principlen of funda- mental < 'hrmtiaiuly as a basis, tho urgaui/a tion invites inemlMirs of every coimmiiihui to unite w it i it in the Work of building (Inn tlan i haracler, the work which alone muni diHiiiiginsli the church from the world. Around the central thought of dnedx Hot creeds the mcmlixni ol ihiitx e\angelical ih.oi-hrs aru now galheieil, u\ri lii.mm blanch societies exist, and more than I, INN), (NJO young men and women hold membership, and meinliertihip is much more than a mat- ter of form since every active memlier takes a pledge to lead a Christian life ami promote Christian work in every way |iossinle. It is, indeed, what a Canadian pastor |iio niiinii-ed it Thursday, " the best federation ol Christian effort trie world has yrt seen," and its deep significance lies in thu ahse.no* of all denommalional feeling. While, aiding vny church, it yet inculcate* that spirit ol broad toleraniT and Christian lilierality that is still too ruro in the church, and asinres mine thoroughly trained and in every way stronger anil more effective, be-cauio bettel ml.. lined and more liberal, Christian work- ers in tho future than in the past. The Christian endeavor spirit make* for the development of all that is best in ill. Chris tian church, and il i* one of tho)mo*t hopeful signs of the tunas in religion* matters that thin groat non-sectarian organization of sin- cere and earnest young people has grown from nothing to a memU-rwIiip one million strong in a decade Such growth is a strik ing pi ..of of I he *i length and vitality id (. hnii'iii principles. The Mrasise l.tprrlr ee or a Party f Travrllrrs in the AlTlrasi Desert. The ever bright iky ot the Sahara in in strong contrast to our changeable weather. The atmospherical laws, which in our coun- tries bring rain and wind at almost fixed periods, are uot iu force there. The only regular aliiiospherical variation is the equi- noctial mrocco. The light which come* due. ily froui southern Africa, where the hottest period prevail* in October, is driven northward by the fir*t rainfall, the latter generally coming about the close of that 1 1. on ih. Heated uuder 'he tropic of Capri- corn and dried through the desert* of (iuinea and tho immense aandy expanse of the Sahara, this impctuou* wind stirs the whole surface, heaving up and driving along showers of sand and dust, which arc per- ceived in their coming hundreds of mile* away. It generally lasts from two to three weeks with -more or loss intensity, mild 'lining day nine and increasing toward night, iietime-i t.i the fury of a hurricane. There is no rainy ajason, and even in central, *on them, and eotluru Sahara, whole years noun timei past without a drop nf water falling. During the year of my sojourn in Wargula, the city wa* *truck by rainstorms only three, times. These wvre. abundant m volume, but lasted only an hour or two. Only twice was the storm repeated daring m. journey through the desert. A sultry and vaporoiu atmosphere generally succeed ed these storms. The nights were clear and nowhere have I seen the star* so radiant The weather is not token into account in agricultural calculation*, irrigation taking the place of rain, so that the failure of the crops is rarely due to drought. On our journeying frnin Wargala to Uolea we were struck by rc of the storms alluded to above. We left t n it luxuriant group of ' se, of which Wargala is the chief town, ' and resumed our way along the wild desert, following the dry U- 1 of the Wad Mia. Though it was October, no rain had yet fallen, so that the earth still lacked her win- ter mantle of green. The conformation of the land during the first five days wa* a variety of firm, pebbly and sandy ground, while a mountoU, range leads directly tu F.I liolea. In all part* the firm soil appeared to be excellent for culture if il could only be watered. Tract* of laud of the color of iron rust were to he noticed along the Wad Mia, denoting the existence of some ferru- ginous spring. The apot where we encamp- ed in our sixth stage wa* aseaof sand inter- spersed with dunes rising from thirty to forty foci. One niuunt, seventy feet high, probably formed by a whirlwind, wo* notice- able above all at a certain distance from us. Several long and straight eminence* four or fixe feet high, with a striking similarity to waves, were to be seen. Flamingo* gazing .it us from the top* of the dune*, were the only signs of life the region presente 1. This l'ird, the vulture, and raven are the only winged creatures seen in the Sahara outside of the oasis. They fly in flocks in the wake if the caravans, in expectation of prey, and are often regaled I y the death of camel* or lave*, as Inn caravan owners never take the trouble to bury them. During the preceding nights the sirocco i.i.l l*< n blowing ...u.l, without, however, ausing much disturbance. But now an at- nnn|ihi-r'cal ri \ "lutton lirokc upon thec*>mp, A fearful bluster aroused us from sleep and I teintied the hones, lllast followed blast; our tents were terribly shaken, while the ind grew rapidly to the force of a cyclone. The horses were neighing and the camels groaning. Kverybody was awakened, and all wen- obliged to take a frantic hold of the tent -. from thr> interior. Some tried to get out to pitch the tentii more securely, but mild nut stand the whirl of sand. Showers of sand wvre beating upon our tent* like a ho.ivy rain. The more courageous men were wearing against the impertinent element win. Ii had interrupted their sleep and was Mowing How n their tlinmy shelter. Others win- terror alrickrn, fearing iminim -nt ! MIII. lion. Ail were clinging desperately to tluir tents to prevent t M-MI fioin U ing car- ried away, but in spite of their efforts all the tents, one after another, were Mown down. F.ndi man underneath graspe I frantically at one side of bis can v a* house and rolled il aroinul h fare f'>r protection against the and. The .unitls, it3*pite then .'mining were little injured by the gritty whnlwind, and seemed to be quite accustomed lo it. Their incomparable vital strength enable* them to stand the surest privations nn. I the overrit weather. They live, iudeed, day and night in tin- open air, and are fed and wateied only overy three days, thus becom- ing innieil lo very hardship and stress of weather. The burses felt the violent pelting of the sand quite differently. As they ore stand- ing up they oiler mure hold to the lien-" wind, and can resist lens than the camels, H|II< h always lie when at rest. They lie- came unt i .i. to.1 and Hung frantically against their invisible pr.noker. The otlicers shout- ed to the horsemen to muni then homes Imt no one dared move. Finally several homes broke loom?, .in,l blinded by the sand, ran against ilia tent*, tumbling again*! tho men, and falling upon them. Screams and strug- gles ensued, increasing the dinordvr and con- lui"ii ol the f.tinp Tlnie who knew nut the cause of these cries were prompted to go out and sea what was happening. Finally, the homes got up unaided Olid were captured by mune of the Arnln. who, lietter a.viil"iiii .1 to this hurricane, were groping and crawl- ing along with I heir face* covered with a drapery. The eadi commending the Arab*, seeing that we could not be uualitivd u* " .11 1 mi of tin- desert," an we were unable U> liravu that uneipoctod enemy, ordered k-is men to look to the horses until the tem- pest ceaaed. After two hour* of struggle calm succeed- ed in tl e atmosphere and peace in our camp. I went nut to see tho effect of the storm. The dm I cloud tipaoe. threw a gloomy light u|x>n the camp, revealing the overturned tente with tho human form* underneath like hrouds covering corpse*. The sand waa he.i|ied ii. i against their liodie*. and had fil- led all tin interspaces Iwtwoeu the men ly- ing under thesamo lent, almost levelling a surface smooth a* a table at the height of their shoulder*. 1 went up to the annual* and found the horse* smiling and sneu/ing while the ca- mel*, a li, tie further on, were lying partly covered with *and in perfect nuieU Thuy seemed t<i have tiravely Inline the brunt of the utorn Knveli'pcA in thnir drapery the Arabs were sitting on the ground, with leg* drawn up and their Uwln'* leaning upon the backs of ttieir camels s upon a pillow. Om< of them hearing me, raised his head, and unrolling hi* drapery, gavn m* a look. " llave you uot been frightened T" I amid to him. "At what?" he answered, a* if astonished at my question. "Atwbaf: 1 repeated, amazed. "At what has jint happened, of course." " And what hi* happened?" oaked he in- differently. " Did you sleep so deeply that this tierce temptest could not awaken you ?" "I* thU peculiar weather for you ?" re- joined he. " Is it peculiar weather for yon '" I de- manded. "Muni heaven itself fall upon your head to surprise you?" " The roar of the ghabihh \sirocoo> and the groan of the. camel are two sounds fa- miliar to us since birth,'' h- answered. Dumbfounded by such stoicism, I returned to my tent, wondering what such a people would not be able to endure. They are truly hardened and toughened ui every re ipect ; deaf to the snflenngs nf other*, dumb to their own, inured to fatigue, and insensible to hardship. The awakening call was not sounded that morning the Colonel wishing to know before starting how much damage hod been done and whether the men were fit to inarch. When I arose at daylight and looked around, I could scarcely realize that I wa* awake. The plain wore quite a different aipect. Thu*e large wave* uf sand that I had noticed the previous day had disappear- ed. A dune, fifteen feet high had also been removed, and several of the eminence* had been reformed a few mile* further on. Many teuta had been torn and the (and hod penetrated through every fissure and hole in the knapsack, and even into the gun barrels. The pack saddles and loads of provisions had disappeared almost entirely beneath the sand. Several boxes weighing eighty pounds had been rolled a distance of 'JUO feet and partly broken. However, aside from the three men who hail been tumbled over by hone* and wounded no one felt any serious consequence from the tempest. Two horses were found to have lost an eye from being struck by coarse grains of sand. Th day was spent in mak- ing repairs, but for fear of a new hum cane on the following night, we moved toward evening ten mile* further along, where we encunped on firm ground. TIT BITS. Thfc Fair Athenian. She wa* a Boston brae-stocking and he was a sailor r*cuing her from t he wave*. " Hold on tight ! he cried, between bii breath. "Say tightly :" she murmured, while the ' salt *ea played hide-and-seek with her gul- let just before they went down for the third time. A Thoughtful Spouse. " I've a great notion to go and jump into the river," laid Mr. N. Peck at the end of a little domestic discussion, a* he picked up his hat and started out. " You come right back here," said hi* wife. " If you intend any such trick as that just march upstair* and put on your old clothes before you start." Payrental Affection. Pauline "Then yoa give your consent, dear papa ?" Isaacs " Yes, my daughter ; but but I ! can not let yon leaf me You are mem only I child, and you and Peujamin must lif ride here with the old folks. Yon can haf that second-story front room for $20 a veek. " I ll.lll MM. M ..I I k , 111 III'. II I I I 00 V * tmnl Mamler q.l. H) < ulU|..r,i i,, Clash .. ,, t i.,r, While six men were making a desperate endeavor to hold a monster balloon at Chic*- i'i> during a storm the other night the rope* broke and it careered over on it* side, buy- ing fuur of the men. Just then came a % ix i.l tlash <>f lightning, followed by a loud report. The balloon had been struck. It bunt with a detonation that was beard for miles around. Two of the mm under it were | ludly burned. Pedestrians in the vicinity were knocked down by the concussion, con- ' sternatiou prevailed in the neighborhood, ami the Fire Department came upon the scene. He Did not Enow Much. " I* it forimn Dennis U.Maley isgoia' ter thry T" said a laboring man. " It i* the same. " " Why," rejoined the other scornfully, " he don't know enough about farrutmng to plant hi* feet in the row! and raise dust. ' The Modem Dram*. Farmer's Boy Say, pop, there's a man ouUide want* a job to help clean out the stable*, and feed pig*, and do other chores for a while. Fanner A tramp ? Boy Dunnu : he's pnr y well dressed. Farmer (who hit* read * teaman Thomp- son's " Uld Homestead ") Oh ! I gue*s he'* some New York actor praclicin' fer a new pUy. An Unmeant Hint. Mis* X. Travogont -I think the brooch you are wearing is one of the most beauti- ful lyre* I have ever seen. Mi** Sheye You just ought to see the gentlemen who gave it to me ! lie- lialloon had been brought from Pari* especially for a big excursion. It w* so big that the pressure of gas from the city mains was inautlicieiit to till it, and there wa* no ascension on the Fourth, lint the big air ship cost $25,000, and when the itonn came up the aeronauts, F.ngene lioddard and Pilla* Pani*. became solicitous for it* tafety. The aeronauts has ipent the evening re- i pay up pairing some of the guy ropes and other [ appliance* When the lir*lsiimof the storm appeared they were couliilent that n was safely moored. As the wind grew stronger, ' Mrs. The OnlT Time, Though. Charlie: "What talkers women are. They never give a man a chance to get in a word edgewaff*. " Bood : "Oh, ye*, they do." " \Vhu, lor instance?" , When they see a fellow i* trying to pro- longing i POM. They don't interrupt him then, if he I* rich, until he lia* committed himself. VhoWaatheOreditcr. Col. Uuff : "I see, Mr. Shears, that yon are charging me $50 for my last suit of clothe*, what is this highprice owing to ?" Mr. Shran " Well, it is chietly owing to me, (.'ill. Cuff, and I should feel very ranch 1 obliged if \<ni could make it convenient to Bmks : word of Prophetic. " Walker say* that people however, they took the precaution to tighten ' will wake up *ome morning, and find that the fastenings, but were finally compelled the Rothschild*' have lo*t every *hilling." to call four men to their assistance. Tbr Mr. limits: "That* true, every ballon was located in the centre of a vacant lot, and the open stretch f territory around it give the using wind lull anil free scope. Tin- huge air ship, luaji-slic in its sire, uutlined against au inky ky, swayed to and fro, each time straining the guy ropes inure .ind more i* the gluts of wind mere .is- ed in force. " Boys, I'm afraid we ran ( hold h. r." shoute.i I'm!, lioddard, a.i he was tugging !away with might and main on a two 'n.h MM " Oh, ye*, we can," cried Prof. I'.u M ; "this M,II.| won t last long." The wind did not last long, to be sura hut neither ilid the ll|,.ii. Hardly had Pains repl'cd to his companion's warning when the l*lldon, caught up by a stronger gust of wind than any that had come before, careened. Several of the guy ropes snapped like so many threads of silk and the captive air thip rolled over on its side. Both profensor* and two of their assist- ant* were buried beneath it. Before the others had tune to reali/e the misfortune that had befallen Iheir companions a tlaah of lightning blinded tbeir eye* and an explo- Mon followed. The house* in in, \i, m.iy were, shaken as by an earthquake, (ioddard and Panis were knocked from twenty to thirty feet and li.ull v binned about the face and head. Til " My goodness : When will it be, do you think'" " When they die." Real Estate Item. A. I* land dear in Italy ? It. No. but the ground rent* are awful. " What'* the cause of that?" ' Fjurthquake*." How to Oare fo: a Razor. " Been shaving yourself, sir ?" asked the barber iu a tone often lively patronizing. " Ye* ; how could you tell !" " Oh, that's easy enough. I can follow your track*. Your neck show* it." ' Well," sin! I. apologetically, feeling a* if I had committed a crime, " the trouble i* I can't keep my ra/or in order. I'licharlirr smiled in that superior manner InrlKTs have, and said nothing for a few trokm. " How do you keep a ra/or in order T" I asked with humility, whereupon seeing him* self approached with becoming respect, the KuUi delivered the/nllow ing extempore address on the subject of caring for razor* : " It would take you a long time founder- Cm department wa* called, but when the stand the ra/.-r. said I.e. as if deciphering firemen arrived they found nothing but a >>icroglyphu were child s play in compan- pile of ashes and a .trong odor of go*. I - " ln th nnlt P U< T- y o mu>t ''"' to Tlie Ulloon contained HJO.OOO cubic f,. rt ' hon. your ra/or. See, and he drew forth of gas, and what was not consumed by the Jj"^ ;' " '!|' 1 .*'; lll | <M>ttl l " 1 I1 ' ml liglitning wa* carruil on ahead of tb* wind for many blocks. As it was borne on it penetrated thu upen windows of private re- sidences and caused a panic in several house- holds. The I wo aeronaut* were liadly bruised and binned, but will recover. The balloon wa* partially insured. r.iri.in Tea Tafclei. Paris now claims to drink the Iwst tea that can lie Imught for money. Formerly the French did not drink it to any extent, and it was dinVult to getftven at high price. Itut since the Kughsh introduced the fashion of the ,~> o'clock tea the French adopted the custom. Tea is Wginmng to supersede coffee, which the French ha v always thought they cou'. jmako Iwttei than any other people. In Kngland the idea obtains that French water is not adapted for the making of tea. Hut the French do not agree with this idea, and consume tea in large quantities. Literary Item, De Style : " I say, old man, you're mat- ned ; ..ml you iiuggeat *ume acceptable and appropriate preeent for me to make my OM n, who is to lie ntarried next week ?" Benedict : "Certainly, my boy. Why do you think oi a copy of Milton's ' Paradise LOUT ing to it the tint Made moved it diagonally back ami forth with a ncicntific motion. Then he laid the keen edge against hiithiimb nail and made an observation. "Now Us right, " he said triumphantly, "just alike from end to end, hut it's hard to get it so. You would spoil that edge with half ador.cn stroke*. "The next thing i* to know how to strop your ra/or when you've uot the edge right. And the hard part of that 11 to keep your strop in order. Look at this one." (Two broad ntraps of leather and canvas used al- ternately.) "Notice how soft they are. That is because I keep them oiled just enough. I pay a dollar for a brand n. w trop, and six months later I would not sell it for two dollars, because I've hod the trouble of breaking it in. It's the same way with ra/ors ; they re worth twine as much after they've lieen used. " Anolner thing you amateurs don't under stand is that a man needs a dull ra/or in shaving just a* much a* a sharp one. Didn't yon notice that I changed razor* in going over your face the second time? Well, the sevond one I used wa* dull. I could not have used it at all the first time over no more than I could have used the aharp one the second time. You must have a Keen edge to get otT the bulk of the beard, but for shaving cluee the edge must be rounded. W hy i* that * Oh, 1 am not giving ex plan* tion* ; I'm simply stating facts. M Well, good dav, si*. Neat I"