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LORD KILLEEN'S REVENGE I'HAPTKH IV. (Continued.) , "No great difficulty in slopping that <dd lady's grog." Ue said, still laughing gayly. "Noi much of it to be ^ot out of three shilling-, a week I" Silence foVowed this ta-ii remark ; "1 hope we have you on our side." said Feat lie rs toil. shook her head but said nothing. i ! -lantia will join UK." said Miss 'MacGillicuddy decisively. N.I. I think not," contradicted Con- atantia. quietly. VIS- IIV^ 1\J- V/ '* - V* i ...... i-- "... . | ,, LJU Keathemon .oughed. gently, and U~' "<*-^ ^J^^^^S aunt, exactly aa if she had not heard BIiM MacGillicuddy. as Ihough waken- tna c | ftar _ disfinct voice. ing slowly from an unpleasant dream. "I -.hall not indeed." returned the girl, turned her head toward the culprit, and onldly. Slie w.-i> alr.ii I of her a fuel him with a baleful eye. It un- f r 'i'. n a |". K f^ r hrHelf s'li'e was ^ever'afraid. hinged Mr. Harry directly, and put an "Hut" why*" demanded Feather -ton. instantaneous termination to his mirth, speaking very gently. "Why will you "5Tot only youi opinions, but jou your- self. Mr. Barry," sue said, slowly, "are lnB Jjg fyfM wefe haj,,^^, a^j just now ft range to me. I feel no embarrassment, R | H ,kt. volumes. He laid a certain stress thereiore in telling you that if you come upon the words happiness and heart. IIM, to scoff and jeer at what I believe gjg ft?** "*"' d tor ey " to be a righteous work. 1 shall ask you .., ,(i-l,ke extrerr.c measures." she said. to" j "I .li-hke the touch of affectation in the f-jeerl" interrupted Bairy. with matter I >>J-. 1 to the Pharisaical way, uin... in which the mission is conducted. The gnat presence of mind, now quite a b , ue ribl)oo u in my opinion a mistake, to the danger of the situation. "My |>, U .-,,|,. is death to anything that should dear Miss MacGillicuddy how can you be long-lived." so misjudge met True. 1 am ,n a -nae ""^^V^^JMffi; M 1ss a stranger to you. but that u a mislor- E^OllUeuildy half rose from her seat, tune I hope every day of my life to com- she waa evidently ahout to launch into lau." Ue oast a glance at Conslantia. bitter invectives when once again Featb- who refund to see it. "A. to my opini- "SSgJfjfSSl truth in what your ona. 1 feel convinced they are yuurs. lou mecc j, a said." he murmured, softly; nu* of trealmg Ibis new mission "hut I think if she will go a little with diareapect. On the contrary. I re- er into our real meaning, she will see ..-_ the use of the ribbon to which she now gatd it a- a benefaction to my .oui ry. ^Q,^ vigorously ol)j >cu. In the rush and manly. Almost directly afterward Mi Stii.Mge was announced. He i .ime in. with Norah at hia heels. He was a man of about thlrtJV-tour, who Umked fully hia age but im nn-ie There was nothing very particular that could be said of him nothing decide. i A div* liptiim of him .shotil.l perforce be a negative one. He was not very tall, and not very short; not very stout, not very thin; not very ugly .and certain!., not very handsome. Two things aboui him so far as surface knowledge went. were alone positive. HU eyes, a dark luminous gray, were so Inautiful that t h. y w-mlil have redeemed a plainer face. They were undeniably at ti active, earn- est, and fulfilled with honesty and 'hat greatest of all beauty loviugt-kindneas. He was rich, too there waa no doubt aUjut that; rich enough to come under the head of a modern Croesus. That his father made, these riches by means of trade, was perhaps, a drawback in the eyes of the county families round, who, though for the nioit part poor, could count their In 'in. I twelve generations. The elder Miss MacGillicuddy received him with a certain reservation. She was not arcu.s'oine I to hold these levees, and her mind misgave her that Constan- lia had something to do with it. Three men in her house, and all at once ! She cast a searching glance at her niece, who was looking wonderfully meek aa she murmured a commonplace word or two of well-nine to Mr. Stronge. To him, however, had ahe known it, these simple words were not commonplace at all ; they were, on the contrary, a very ac- cumulation of all sweetness and light. Mise MacGillicuddy pondered. Could they all lie here because of that grace- leas girl 1 Could even two of them f and a moat requisite thing in these be- and buslTe of life people are only too uurhted days when the laud is laid prone to forget, unless things are pei- ' . ' >^.l.. .11,. 1, t.I .. I. ../...... . i...:.- ... ..u \\* mrder and ' l >etua ">' he'<l"P before their eyea. ami rnuruer. ouu j , . ,:ui_ \Ve waste with rapine auu """/ ~ bold up to them the blue riblwn to re when, no doubt, lawlessness is fed by t e U1111 d them always of tbe great work i spii it uoua liquors you so wisely con- which we would have them join, teum." Ue felt very near aa eloquent as an re- in We uieuiber when he had got thus far, roo t O f a i| i would eradicate everywhere the fatal weed intemperance. The love of drink like money, might justly be termed the and stopped short, delighted with his He looked very earnest, very disting- \f, i .,,,..,,!., whr, had re- P**^ Constant ia admired him uearl- outl.urat. Mr. Kealherston. who bad re- il> It was ,. . . . 1 '} * fc "0 B garded him all through with a calm. en up BU(?h a -!,.nii.l luve tak- r . and should I* de- eye, now made a suggestion to voting himself to it so nobly. It was juui. *'">' I' raise worthy. He was rich, well- "I had no idea you felt o strongly u J wer l yet * her 1 e h k on the subject." he said. "I am very an( j ^ energies to ia~work that at all pleased to hear you so express yourself, events he hoped would be of service to but that could hardly be ex- Peeled to make a name for him. She mr dear Barry You will then join us I r.t i- o mae a name or m. e U may a.ld your name U> our 1 wondered if the Karl of Killeens knew He iln-w out a little Ixwk from his of the interest he waa taking in this rib- l.rt*-i-|--kel as he spoke, and with pen- bon movement. U waa probable he did, , , h,nd look^ inqu,r,ng,y at Barry, Hu oounli-nance was amoolh and uumov- able, and Harry, as ha looked back at work, of any temperance , , was only natural they hiui. felt that the murder he had spoken "hould have talked together on the sub- tne that it ject. ( 'mutant i. remembered that of with such horror a moment siuoe would not be altogether without its county at the nelt election? If so. Kil- i harm ou certain occasions. leeus might be of service to him, as waanxioto sand forb. be air We hope you, too. will " )U ' (I >mmand half the 1'roteNtanl part v~.. cf llle c "unty, at ali venu. She hoped give us your voice on tbw mailer. You ^ Wou|( , gin hu yulix ^ Kwllherslon . seem well able to plead the cause." put i'roliably heatherstou hoped so loo "' s last speech had raised a curious in Mias MacGillicuddy. grimly. She waited, with her gaze fixed upon him, for hia answer. Mr. Feai torsion's eyes sparkled. This yourself, never truuldesou, nval was now. he thanked * leaning forward, himself, ui a dilemma from which he aTtoXw.Tih.wn. would find U difficult to extricate him- "Nothing." returned wir. 'lh re, however, he wronged Barry, with a pleasant him directly. "You uieaji us lo understand that you touch anyt hing !" be " Champagne Keatheraton, i *- not no dull, in spite of his He din not try u> improve on the siuip- |>ionene.v to laughter, thai he could n.it licity of hi- aiuwer lie left it so. set hi* way out of uio.st things. He 'I bad no idea you were a teetotaller," I. ni a deft-rent ill glance on MLSS Mat- continued Barry, rather (xuntedly. (iiliu-i. '\ liat an objectionable won! that is!" " M lajiie." said be. with hU liest man- **id Fealherston, .-till smiling, but lift- ner and bis atrongivsi brogue, "if you ing his shoulders in a faintly depreca- will I* the one Ui instruct me, I'll be t.iry manner. "I hardly know why it only too glad to learn from you the should be so. but it always strikes me rules to w hioh 1 should sulacribe were an being in a degree shall we say er 1 in join this . omm.-ndajile society. Day vulgar. A teetotaller, as you put it, by day I shall be only too happy to come my dear fellow. 1 certainly was nut. a lieie to you. to ait at your feet and year ago but aa an example of my ten- learn." Again his gaza wandered to antry I became one. It ia really, with Cuiuitanlia. and told her this last speech little wave of tbe hand "no selfdenisl; waa uient for her. "I have no doubt at and the effect is good I" all Inn tint I shall be one wilh you "Deuced good I" said Mr. Marry, with nborilv S ill, it ii a S'lious mattT. and barelj real rained animosity as he rnark- I think .1 Inly of yiHir ab.lity would only "d the "effect" upon Ihe elder Muis Mac- one \\ ho would rashly enter into GUIicuddy, who was plainly ready to a . oiujM.t without having duly weighed worship r'lheratoti as a modern saint. "As for the tenantry," said that apins- ler with much acrimony, "and their class gi ti'-rally, it is iilmoHt impossible to get i h pin and c ms of the affair." "Ifight," declared Miss MacGillicuddy, uitli an approving snort Feat he ' ton auFjaided into hia wilh an angry sniff, and Harry scored >' know he laliors heavily amongst i liein; and yesterday he came to uie al- Miaa MacCilliciiddy returned to her HH.-I in dni>air. He came to me, I .ir*t |Miint and went on. might aay," Muw MarGillicuddy correct- other names upon my list," -.he ed herself wilh a stdeum air, in avio- aaid, "are Jolin Hryne and Michael lent temper. It was Ihe first time I i hair at i hem. Mr. Kvana he is very active. Walsh." \l. ' Men !" exclaimed had ever seeu him even irritated, so that leather-lull. I look note of it." gently aninialed oni-e more. 'The lalmrer U worthy of his ire." tlv fe "Aa a rule I reel more gratitude when in Mr. liarry, mildly. Constant m tin- converts are of my own sex. One re- Innately, was the only one who heard e, "put ia, for- of remark. "They had treated him. he aid, with more over tbe reclamation man I ban a woman I" I ngallanl . !" said Conslantia, with xwifi -m. I'- that made her lovely. "No.no 1 assure you." He seemed lo the cabins into which he had entered .m-4'lf for a moment in that won. I- had lien distinctly abusive. One < Km- -mile, and then reicovering lum-i-lf woinari.w ho had I NTH just partaking went ..n ijuu-kly: "They are more prone the |MTiiiciou.s whiskey, threw the l*>t the gn-ate-i dLsres|xvt . From what I could learn, many of the occupant- of ' I entered One old ittle i. i-iior " He ti>k his eyejt reluct anlly at him. Another flung Ihe cat. His from Cori-tani ia, and again gave bis un- coat was much bespattered, and his hat divi'led attention lo her aunt. "These was stove in. He told inn I be last house m -ii I xhoiild like to have s talk with he went the owner of it advised him them." he said "You can give me their to go home and aleep il off ! I confess I hardly wondered at that, hia appear- Mi.sn MacGil- ance waa so very much against him. A .lull red flamed int< lictiddy'n cheek* She grew confused. Poor man I I told him he had my sin- Conntanlia. graceleasly, laughed aloud cere .sympathy, but it didn't seem to do i in.- of the men is inn yeans of age," him any good. What hurt him most, of she said, "the olher eight." She folded course, was the accusation of drunken- fa r hinda up n h-r Up, and valiantly re- ness." tunned from looking at Barry, who was "I should have supposed it would have choking with joy in the liackground. , been the cat," said Constantia. "Their reformation U a subject for pub- li. lejon-ing " Mias MacGlllkuddy cast awiihenng "D'you know," like said Barry this he .liino "that it's my 1 ' ^ ' ..iiiii u in 11 i j.- 1 nniiiifiinu - 1 i A. II glanre at her She would proliably have "!""'<">. he goes on in hia present line -,ii-. , for very much longer, they H break not broken into unparliamentary language, hul that Featherston .wme to I Re re- h 8 !"" '' 1 he * d . , - .- . Irishman it would be risky: for an Kng- "To begin young, is to begin well." lwllman - He "rugged his shoulders he Mill gravely and cleverly His tone ' "I'resatvely. "They hate Iwmg p.each- was slow and impressive, but not g.Kidy-'"' * "U 1 *!"* their chapel, and just now goody, he had carefully avoided thai H ' he very sight of a gentleman and a I'ro- would !* impossible to either sneer or ; \* a \ ' J M ^ mo i " u '!, l "_ tne /?i- 1 _ lf V<>1 ? laugh at him. Mis aristocratic bearing so greatly in hia favor, that one to keep Mr. Evans still on your vuiting list, my dear madame, I should could not help congral ulating the M i- lr "KTy advise you to advise him lo . ' . IrMar, lil,,\uall .,>A| " ety that had gained him an an advocate. He was looking full at Constantia now, as though challenging her to attrilmie t/> him the vilest of all sins, hypnr.risy. There was. however, no suspicion in the face she uplifted to hia. It was evident Dial Kile believed in him, if she did not altogether lieliev* in his dortrin* She keep himself quiet." "A martyr's death makes a nobls end," replied Mias MacUillicuddy, gloom- ily. As she waa not the one to endure it she spoke with great courage. At this moment two figures went past the window, and the sound of two vnicow wafte.l inward to the drawing- had subdued her amuaement, nd waa i..,n, One w*a h'gll, shrill, voluble, and quite calir again eminently youthful; the other waa deep of course was fool enough for anything; but couH a sensible man like Air Stronge be so carried away by the wiles of a silly creature like Constantia. aa to spend his time dancing attendance upon her f No ; it waa impossible. And yet She was civil enough to Stronge, how- vei , in spite of her lingering suspicion. He was not, indeed, a man to whom it would be easy to be rude. To Garrett Barry she showed her rough edge with- out any hesitation, and even to Feather- ston she could betray iui|>atience, but Si ronge was of a very different stuff to either of these. He was a man of no lii i ib. yet his face was full of a gentle dignity as restraining as the bluist blood could produce a dignity that rendered it verv difficult for any one to offer him an offensive word. Mi-vs Maidillicuddy aat then in silence meditating on many things, and feeling slightly baffled, when her gaze fell on the luckless Norah. How did that child come here I How did she dare to defy the rules laid down, that forbid the en- trance into the drawingtroom of muddy booUf "What brings you here, Norah f" she demanded sharply. "She came with me." answered Mr. Stronge. quickly, scenting mischief in the breeze. He took the child's hand in hi and feeling it tremble slightly, tightened his grasp on it, and drew her closo to him with a very kindly smile. '1 met her in one of the fielils as 1 came toward the bouse, and she most consider- ately turned with me and Ixire uie com- pany, and entertained me most delight- fully by the way. She has indeed been very kind to me." said Mr. Stnmge, turn- ing to the little, thin child beside him and laughing to her, not at her, which latter is s thing liich all children hale. 1 have repeatedly told her that she is not to come into this room with her boots in the muddy state in which I now see them," went on Mias MacGil- licuddy. transfixing the child with a stony stare. "They are muddy certainly." said Mr. 't ronge, glancing down at the thick tile hoots heavy with soil that adorned .Norah s feet. "But I aaaure you that thai too ia my fault. 1 am not very H accustomed to the country, and as we came to a boggy place, next to the river. I slipped, and should proliably have fallen in but for Mias Norah. She came valiantly to my rescue; in fact, it is possible that she saved my life I Hut she got her ImoU tuuddy." He smiled again at Norah (who had forgotten her fear m a wild desire for laughter that could not lie indulged), and again press- ed her slim, bony little fingers in bis own big clasp. "H'ml" responded Miss MacGillicud- dy dryfer, as if sue could have said more, and ahe would. Conversation then became general. In the course of it Mr. Stronge, who was an agreeably sociable sort oi person.said: I was up just now at Hullyaiore. 1 went to oaf! upon Mrs Dundas. who is quite an old acquaintance of mine." He did not aay friend, and Constant ia noticed it. "She seems to be quite the old acqu- aintance of everybody." said MLss Mac- GilUcuddy, with a sniff. "Her corning amongst us will, I have no doubt, be a great acquisition," put in Featherston. who had seen and ad- mired Mrs. Dundas. "I suppose to. ' replied S r ng There was. however, in spite of t he acquiesc- ence . a lack of enthusiasm in hit tone. nhe is remarkably handsome," went <>n Featherston, who had brightened a bit. "Is she? As a girl she was remark- ably plain." said Miss MacGillicuddy; "a bin. awkward creature, with flaming hair, and no manners." 'Yes I remember her," exclaimed Bar- ry, laughing; "she was ordinary, certain- ly, in. I her clothes use to hang on her as IOOM as baga. Yet now she is beaut- iful. I was never so astounded in my ife aa when I saw her yesterday. And yet, somehow her heauly, in my opinion, Is er unpleasant. She would strike me as being " "Subtle?" suggested Mr. Stronge. Constantia shut a suddan glance at him. Was Donna auhtlef "What do you think of her I" asked t eat lierston, addressing her suddenly He had marked the change in her face. "She U my cousin." returned she simp- ly. She was glad she had this to aay. aa it saved her having to anawer hia question; but her words wrought con- st ernal ion amongst them. "Ywt, *hc is oloacly c..imc. tc.l with us," .said Miss MacGillirudily. in her grave- yard voice, "though for many years we have lost sight of her We believed, in- deed, aha had quite dropped out of our lives, when this sudden marriage with Mr. Dundaa brought her back not only to Ireland, but to the very part of it where she had passed muc.h o/ her earl- ier life It is a good match, I hear, in many respects. We all thought she would have married I/ord Varley, but doubt leaa this John Dundaa. from what I hear, is the better man for her. as he is more likely to keep her in order-and that ahn would require. A curb, a curb. for Donna I As for Varley, he la a man of no character whatsoever." To t hi* sweeping comment no one made reply. "Hy the bye, I,ady Varley is giving a dance on the Bevenlecril h," said St rong". presently, looking at Constan- tia. "Von will he them/" "Yn." she smiled at him as she an- swered, and Stronge colored lineal h that touch of sunshine as a Iwy in his teens might have dn "Varley is away, and It Is uncertain whether he will be back for it. Mrs. Bundas gave me to understand ' >'t Ijidy Varley was very doubtful ;il. A cousin of mine is to arrive on tbe seventeenth. I hope be will be in time at__all events." "A coimin of yours f" asked Constan- tia was pl"aed half unconsciously at this was an event in Carmnen. "Carew O'Grady. You must have heard me mention him, I think. He has been abroad for years. He was at one t i me an attache at Constantinople, and for the last year or two has been traveling in the Kast. He hns come home, however, and I have asked him to stay with me for as long a.s suits him." A he spoke he put on the little touch of |OHI|KI ity t hit alway.s broke nut w tvn he was alluding In anything that touch- ed his family pride. "He is in reality The O'Orady." he aaid. "the head of that family, but he prefers the ordinary prefix to his name. I think you will like him." He was ad- dressing Con-itanti.i lie seemed anxious to interest her in this cousin CorustAn- tia was pleased half unconsciously at this mark of his regard, and aa she usually Hid when her eyes met his. she blushed delicately. The blush waa not lost on Andrew Stronge. (To be Continued.) NEW PHOTOGRAPHY. Taktai rinuri-. ( mdiir. oi,|. i. D*. rrlni m Ika rm. The new photography introduced by Professor Rontgon, of Vienna, by means of the Crooke's tube in Berlin, has lieen lUccessfully tried in London, coins lcing photographed when placed in a leather purse. The experiments prove that the strange medium which produces images of bidden objects on a photograph plate ia not light at all. It is equally in- correct to describe it aa electricity. It ia some force or influences produced by Crooke's tutie when excited In a pecul- iar manner, but it is not the visible light or glow which comes from Uie tulw. That visible light has tbe same qualities as an ordinary light. Tbe invisible new medium lias not the same qualities. It will penetrate ground glass, though more feebly than wood and other or- ganic mat tor. Aluminum is far more transparent than glass. Even copper ia leas opaque than glass. Mr Swinton. tbe well-known electri- cal engineer, showed a large collection of these strange photographs, which had Iwen taken to the Camera Club, of Lon- don. He employed a half-horse power electric current, and paasing it through an induction coil, loaded ten Leyden jars. Tbe discharge from them was passed through a second induction coil by a secondary system, by which Crooke's tube was exciu-d. He said that he had only succeeded in this way, and had failed with Crooke's tube excited by an ordinary induction coil. He showed I u-tures of the skeleton of a living hu- man hand, a purse containing coins in which only the coins and tbe metal clasp of the purse were reproduced, and other objecla . The, method of procedure wan simply to place the object to >* photographed Iwtween Crooke's tube and the usual wooden cane containing the sensitive plate in which tbe negative is placed when carried to and from the camera. The slide is not removed, and an ex- posure of from four to twenty minutes is required. terrors if, with Kontgen'a attachment, the ordinary kodak can reveal tbe Imne.s t h eordinary kodak can reveal the >x>nea I hi nd the fle.sh and Ihe contents of the hidden pocket. SATS HE HEALS ALL DISEASE. 1 I .ill. hi. .. Wh. la u,in Murk IlK-rr.l ! Illlmil. Turin, Wilbur Hammond, a young English- man. 29 years old, whose home Is at Bel- videre. 111., haa Iwen causing consider- able commotion in his own town by pos- ing as a sort of Schlatter. But instead of a meek and lowly follower like the quondam Denver healer, Hammond com bines faith cure wilh spiritualism, or, at least pretends to effect hia cures by means of trances. Hia medium ia a Herman, and although Hammond is said to know not a word of the language when be ia in the trance he speaks Ger- man fluently, and after a abort lecture lakes Ihe patient by the hand and pre- scribes for him. Hammond has excited so much inter- eat that he is now devoting one day each week to hia Sycamore patient. The homes of thoae he visited the other day were heseiged by the sick and the cur- ious. Charles Patch, an epileptic, feels greatly encouraged after only a single treatment, and II M. Stevens, who haa Iwen operated upon repeatedly for a ditteawi of I he head, claims to have been greatly benefited. Mra. L. M. Singer. w ho was I bought to lie dying with neu- ralgia of the heart, ia said to have been restored to perfect health in a lew min- utes. Mrs. ()r ton waa cured of a pain- ful rheumatic attack, and Mrs. George M.mdiei haa had the growth of a can- cerous tumor stopped. Hammond ia slightly built, of medium stature, and tioyish in appearance. Hia education La only ordinary, as be did not get any schooling until he was 12 years of age and alttnooned it before he was out of his teens. Hia services are ren- dered free. A Diplomatist Say, J inimie. d'yer ma lick yer I Naw; you bet she didn't. Ueet you got off eaay. Tep ; you aee, she waa 'f raid I'd boiler so loud I'd wake the baby. Executions in France. Spain, and Austria are in public, and many of the sjiectators consider them more attrac- tive than stage tragedies. THE HORSE HIPPOCYCLB IT ENABLES EQUiNES TO PUSH THI RUBBER TIRES Prot Balls Idea In PraMce-A Tread mill Arrangement Wli.ob Kaables the Animal to oil ,jb Hills witl> Perfect The prediction made last summer by Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, the in- ventor of the telephone, that a machine would ! invented that would be to the borne what the bicycle is to the man. baa attracted mure than pausing at- tention, and the problem of a vehicle in which the bone shall be the motive power ia not an far from solution a* many others that have vexed the sci- entific world for years. A correspondent of a leading F.ngliah paper, Cycling, believes that in the "hippocycle," of which he submits a working drawing, a great advance in this direction has been made. The ma- chine ia equipped with four 40-inch rubber-tired wheels the two rear wheels being driven, the forward wheels steer- ers. The machine ia so designed that the boras will propel himself and the vehicle, and there will be two riders, who will do the ateering and govern- ing- The method of transmitting the power from the horse is by a revolving ENDLESS PLATFORM built UDOH two chains supported by rollers, the construction being identi- cal with that of the horse-power tread- mills and with that in small flour mills and wood-rawing yards. Upon thia platform the home can walk or run tt desired, being harnemed with collar and traces in the usual way. the traces being hooked to the end of the machine. In moving the horse pull* at the traces, and as the plat for a recedes un- der hia feet the machine advances. Mo- tion from the platform is communicated to a toothed and racheted drum on the driving axle over which the platform runs, and the other end of the platform run* over a free drum. When the first machine waa built it was found by this arrangement that it was propelled liackward. To obviate this difficulty the platform waa reversed and the bone placed so that his bead pointed in the direction opposite to that which it was desired to propel the ma- chine ; and no doubt this system will ba continued in machines not intended to reach a high rate of spjei. Hut a little study got over this diffi- culty, and the perfected machine per- mit H the borne to be stationed in a normal posit ion. so that his head points forward. This result it achieved by fitting the platform below the driving- axle communicating its motion by out- Hide teeth engaging in similar teeth on the driving axle. THE GEARING of the platform with the axle, aa in the bicycle, determines the speed of the ma- chine But whereas in the bicycle a two-npeed gear ia not a necessity, in the hippocycle it ia indispensable. When the cyclist nowadays encounters a hill that is too formidable, he dis- mounts and pushes his machine. To unharness the horse in like manner and attach him to the front of the machine would be out of the question. But with the low gear as designed, which is ap- plicable at will, all hilla can be mount- ed, and the tire speed gear ia said to answer admirably. The horse of -the hippocycle ia enabled to rest alttolutely on every appreciable .if. In,- Every driver known that tbt strain on a horse drawing a carriage is equally severe, whether the gradient be for or against him. The ancient lines called the "Horse's Prayer" will lie recalled: "Up hill and down hill. Snare t hou me ; And when upon the level rrm* I'll make it up to thee." In the hippocycle the hone will be a* much at rest when going down hills as if he were at home in hU stall. Proper provision is made for preventing injury to the horse in caae of sudden applica- tion of the brakes. Tlie problems of steering the hippocycle are those in- volved in the government uf the moto- cycle, or horseless carriages. Over good roads a speed of fifteen to twenty miles is said to have been made by tbs hippocycle. Spain's Gay Flag-. The national flag of Spain Is more elaborately decorated than is that ot any other country. Of its four main quartering* the first, beginning at the top left-hand corner, ia divided into four quarters, two of which contain lions rampant, in red on a white ground, and the other two. cast led in gold on a red ground. The top right-hand quarter is divided into halves; the first composed of red and yellow- perpendicular stripes; the second, two half diamonds in white, bearing eagles, and between these the background ia composed of red and yel- low stripes, narrower than those in the other half. The lower right-hand quart- er is divided longitudinally into two un- equal portions; the upper ct>nsisting o( red and white, vertical stripes crowed by a horizontal white stripe, the lower half filled by a yellow lion rampant in a black ground. The lower leit-hand quarter is divided into two portions; the. upper filled by two broad red stripes with one white one- running horizontally the lower by a half shield of blue and white diagonal stripns on a red ground; the corner left by the half shield filled by a lion rampant on a white ground. Misplaced Sympathy Citizan Why am you in this con- dition? Tramp It ia not long to tell sir. I can't live with my wife. Citizen (filled with sympathy, be- cause be had just had a quarrel with hia own) Poor man I I deeply feel for you. Here's a quarter. Tell me why you can't live with your wife. Because she won't support me. la, tal On* thfct De Seete b n't you Iwtvfaceaf I should hope not. One such face as he hart is enough to oquviot a Man.