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LORD KILLEEN'S REVENGE I (ear. Did any CHAPrBR XXXIV. "I oame at onoe," be Hid. "Rather too aoon ve notice jouf" •No; I took care of that." A quick sigh broke from him. eternal deception." he said; "1 wish it wan at an end forever." "Not more than I do." "End it. then." hn eiaid, loldly. "That would >« a lighter matter for fou than for me. In casta ot that sort, •romen go to the wall, whilst men are pardoned and taken back to the ao- elal boaom. Weil," slowly. "I shall think of it." The dreamy look passed from her face, and she straightened hiTself. "It was not to talk to you of this 1 sont for you." she said, "but of something more pressingl I have been annoyed. 1 am worried lieyond my •trpngth. I have lost money to Feath- erston, and 1 don't know how to rep- resent the matter toâ€" to my lord and master," she laughed, slightly, "so aa to got It out of htm." "To Featherslonf" "Yea; in that lies the sting. If it bad been any one elbe, I shotiid not have oared so much, l)eoauiid any one llse could have waited." "But t'eatheratimâ€" surely he did BOt " "No, no; that ia not It," Impatiently. "It is that I so detest him, I will not owe him a shilling for a day even. The difficulty is how to manage it. Unfortunately, it waa only this morn- ing I received my half-yearly check from Mr. Dundas; but that was mort- ently. He rose to hin feet and drew ber up with him. "Oh. for another worldl" h'> exolniined, passionately; "where we twf> mijiht be aloneâ€" we two together." fill hid her in his arms now; her _ _ _ , lovely head liy upon hia breast, and 1 urn tired of thisj^^'" <'y»». brilliint as stars, were gaz- ' inft upward into his. She was trembl- ing â-  iiKhfly, thotigh hT lips wure part- ed in a happy smile, as she rested, pas- sion-pale, in his embrace. This warm pallor rested on her tightly, as might a veil, and added another chirm to her 1>eaiity. Never had she seemed .so love- ly as now, when she. looked at him in a tremulous silence, her large eyes alight with loveâ€" unholy. "We two!" ehe whispered back to him. so faintly (hat the wofts seemed but the offsprini? of a eigh; In this sigh, however, lav consent. "And now for the dry details." cried he presently, in a radiant tone. "Oh, to he rid of this st.ngn:int exlstenne soon! â€" aoon!" TT" seemed on the instant younger, full of a fiery gladnea-i, with all the vitfor of freshest youth upon him. "What land will suit you Ix-st â€" what clime â€" what people?" "Any people, ao long as there are plenty of them," returned she. gayly, falling into his humor. "A humdrum existence, with two or three prasy coun- tv families to drop in once a week to discuss their servants and their chil- dren, disagrees with meâ€" as you see. Let there l« change. Frederic, what- ever else there he. I have a trick of growing weary; if Mr. Dundas had con- quered that fact he would probably have eaoaptd this hour." "And I should have lost youâ€" twice. I have mmh to thank him for bis native dullness. Yes, you shall have change." "You strengthen your cause. To roam the earth, to Iw forever moving, that is my dream of bliss. And to roam it with â€" youl" yho threw into her tone as access of tenderness that thrilled him. It was certainly unfeigned. She loajied a Ut- (aged long ago, and I dispatched it by tie Ijatkward, and looktjd at him with post to stop the mouth of my dreas-mak- a soft, slow smile, the witchery of ,r. If Dundas were anylxKly else there which intoxicated ^h.m^And^^^^^^^ J- would be no necessity for so mucn ^^ j^^^^ ^-^^^^ herself. The memorv of thought, init be sets such great store that cruel past, in which ahe had Iw- >y his coffers, that I dislike appeal- trayed and abandoned him, faded^ now Jig to him." "Yet he is liberal to youl" qaestioo- •d Varley. "To me â€" yes; but at heart he is close •a close can be. He has hitherto de- nied me nothing, simply becauao I have *aot gone ijeyond liounds in the ask- ing; l)ut if 1 ask for this sum now. lieneath ihe rapture of the present pos- session. "Wherever w« go, however," she said, lie sure our sin, in the shape of Mr. Dundas, will find us out. Will be sue for a divorce, I wondert" "1 hope so." â- VVbyJ What good would tiiat do us? Do you know your saintly wife so lit- tle as not to understand that she would endure anything rather than ,, I shall lie subjected to a erosa-eiamin- for,.jjo ^er role of martyr. That will - Ation that I confess"â€" with an angry lie beer and skittles to her, if one dare little iau(rh-"ia sure to disagree with make such a remark alwut * orea- ^ „ k.t â„¢,..t ),<. t"re so decidely too good for human my temper. However, what must 1«, nature's daily food.' -No. my friend, must l)e. Advise me how to put the you will not get your divorce." request " '"I'here must ije some way to compel •1 should advi^ not to put it at all^ her." ^saM ^^^^"^^^^ ^ Why should youf Let me Ue your muliably obetinate as your good wo- banker now, aa in those good old days man. But it is of little consequence," . when 1 liocked you at liaccarat and cried she, gayly. "I am sick of mar- > Unsguenet in Venice, Rome, Vienna." '•'»«^- J». '« .'«"^'l '.» t^ '"."9 *" .'.?9.'^ "Youl" ube said, "oh •d a little, and frowned. "Why uoK I'ahawl From you to me •Ueh unfriendliness ia absurd. Us seus- Ibft, and let mu help you in this mat- ter." 'To take money from youâ€"" sue said I on.''8 chains. If wo tire," with . nol" She color- nljrua;, "why, we can separate." "Neverl" stid Varley, warmly. little Tirel You Oh, no, I will not l)elieva it. love me too well for that." "I did not apply the suggestion whol- ly to myself," siiid she, smiling- "Men, too, have been known to change. The •Dd then broke 'off impetuously, and matter is hardly worth an argument flung herself into a chair. She clasiHid however, as I think have studiod mj her Ln.ls behind her head, an.l turn- dnig^Thmn suf iciently well to knmv •d her eyes upon the wall opposite- a 'h.i . be will sh.wt you first, and seek dark-brown will with an oaVen dado " divorce afterward. ih.U would « •Dd a frieze of pule.t yellow. The "wk ward for us; for me more than you, room !o<iked curiously prellv In the as you would be out of it. Ihose sil- â- olt glare of the lumps, with it^ Per- •'nt ""â- n always make them»-lvoa un- •ian prayer-rugs cast hero and there up- P'ta^'nt-they should be marked dan- 00 tfie floor, ttie tall nalms in the cor- B'T"'"-,, ihere is but one "jhanoe in ners. the open, hospitable, glassless t|i'' "iatter--that you shou d aho.-t him. book-<-asee. The low bni-ss tender shune lhat__would sijuare the difficulty at hrilliiinlly, catcliiiig the light as it fell;, "I";"-, . . . , ,. . ,. !,„.„„ and there was a great deal ot early , At this instant the sound »' 'heavy English pottery in the quaintly carv- '""tfall "n the tar end of the corridor ed cabinets that were now black with w'th"ut. f„u on their ears. Donna Mi>. Upon the walls. Queen Anne cup- "'?,'t""^-, . . , „ „ .. ^u- bSirds held cups and l«wls of Chels.« I â- .Ul""l'eard, in propria persona, she ware, and werl rich in priceless Wedg- I whispered hurriedly. 'Pub j"^^ the LggA curtains, ho; do not go vet, he may "Tiitl -what signifies itf " said Var- have heard pur voices." The steps had ley. "Why »h(vuld you know annoy- ance that a mere insignificant slip of paper can assunget 1 have no chock with me, hut see"â€" gaylyâ€" "y have an I O II from me that as wi'll. T(>-mo*row I will bring you | gold to the amount needeil." lie dipped a pen in inlt, and wrote upon a shi'ct of paper lying on the tslde near, and held it out to her. Hut •he piLsheii it liack to him with a pet- ulant movement. An exclamation broke from him. He nut the papcronihe talile, •nd going to her, dropped on his knees beside her ihair, and as one sure of be- ing iinrehuked. encircled her with his arms. 'My lieloved! my soiill" he whispered, "why are yon an strange to me? You refiisB Ibis paltry gift of mine; yet what Is there I would not give you? Myself, my life, my wealth, my honor, are in your hinds If von will but ac/- tppt them. Donna, think of It. Why ihould our llvwi lie wasted; wo have Itiven a trial long enough to the alt- siird laws that heilge in respectability, • nil I think you. aa well as I, have found them wanting. Put a finish to If; come with mo to India, Canada, wherever on earth you will." "Mr Fronde's idealized Australia, tor example," sild she. laughing. She Ipaned back and reganled liira c.nrioiis- It. "And what of Lady Varlev?" she •aid. "That question might aa well apply to Diindn.s. Whv answer it? We go â€"they rest. Tn the new lite I would create for us, memory of the past would hnvi' no part; we should not forget all that has been in the Joy ot our pres- ent." "A mo<lem Arcadia." She smiled, and laid her fingers, with a dainty, cnrea- slng gesture, upon his lips. "Well, I confess the picture is templing," she â- aid; "the very audai-Ity of it fetches m". To oompel the waters ot I/ithe to flmv over one aiunds chiuiningly dic- tatorinl .And thenâ€" T have grown so Weary of all tliisi" throwing out her hnnds to the room with a comprehen- sive wave that meant all she had not Kilil. "The people are ao tame, so good, one's very merhancetes fall flat. Fverything is laatolea.s, dull; It in al- ways Novemlxr here Iwifh In mind and in"nner. I hivn mide the discovery thnt a perfectly iinimpoachiible hli.s- li«nd Is an upmiligntod tiore. and that his friendn are not as mine should I*. lint yetâ€" to break through allâ€"" "To gain freedom," cried he, vehem- voices. ceased, "ilu is now looking at the moon and thinking ot me, and studying the stars. 1 wonder what they tell him of ou shall 1 his f ul ure destiny?" she said with a thai will do i '"eer. "Truly, there ia no tool like an old one!" The heavy tread commenced again, and came nearer. The moon, now the curtains had been softly pushed back, shone with a cold brllliauue into the room; and outside, against the white stone-work of the lialcony. they could see a stalwart figure that looked al- most gigantio in the uncertain gloom without, drawing leisurely toward them. Ihe massive bead, the calm, pow- erful face Ixvamo at last visible. Uon- na caught his eye, and made a pretty gesture of invitation to him. " Now go," she said in an under-tone to Va^l«^y, who was not slirw to accept the hint. In spite of the folly of such a weakness, it is always a trilTe embar- rassing Ul l)e obliged to make civil B|M-ei-bes to a man upon whose wife you have set your affectionsâ€" with suo- oess. Varley went toward the door, but Jiassing the table his eye fell upon the nil ot i>aiMT with the compromising I O V 8cribble<l on il, and taking it has- tily be hidd it out to her. lie had twrely time after that to leave the room, without any show of undue hur- ry, when Mr. Dundas entered it by the window. CHAITER XXXV. country folk, that at last I gava In and crept in here to gain a little rest. Iteat denied me," she went on, with a path- etic little sigh, " as lyord Varley un- fortunately uime into the room, and finding me, thought it bis dutv, I sup- pose, to entertain me," She shrugged her shoulders. "Such entertainment I" she said, disdainfully. " I wished him many miles away. But that is un- grateful, is it not?" with pretty »<df- condemnation. " Ue is always so kind, 80 good." "lie is a ^ood fellow au fond, I do l)elieve," said John Dundas, warmly, " though no'w and then one hears a whisper al«ut him and his treatment of his »vite." " A "white mouse of a thing like ithat 1" cried she, gayly. "Pout 1 who could spnd an unbroken life-time with her? She is so still, so cold, so entire- ly incapable of a ripple anywhere. Poor Lord Varley, one is compelled to pity him." She spoke very lightly, airily, as though the tcjpio were of a breath's iniportanc*. Now she turned her soft, Mo/lonna-like face up to his. and lean- ed her head back against bis shoulder. " If I were like that," she whispered, " you would not have missed me awhile since, lielieve me ; you would not love mo as you love me now. You do love me, you naughty hoy?" Her glance changed suddenly from a lovely tender- ness to a coquetry more lovely still. He pressed her head down fondly against nis heart. " Too wellâ€" too well I"- he said, little dr«>aming how^ dcAiily true the assur- ance,. ' And whatever you were I should miss you always. I am not my- self without you." " What I not even when you are trudging through your priceless tur- nips, and counting up vour immaci'late shorthorns?" He could not see the slight sneer that curved her lip as she said this in ber low trainante voice. Then some mischievous fiend taking possession ot her. she went on deliber- ately : " And bo I am indispensable to your lordship's happiness? And how th«-n would it be, were you to iniss me altogether, some day?" " That will not be, sweetheart. My span of lite must needs l>e shorter than yours. You will be the one to have to mourn 1" Her face was still hidden against his heart, which was well, aa such a deli- cious sense of amusement took bold of ber at the folly of the word, mouxn, as applied, to her, tbit she broke into one oi her fits of silent mirth, and had much ado to conceal it. She was, how- ever, equal to the occasion. She bur- ied her face in bis bosom closer still, aa if in an access of grief ; and indeed he did lielieve, poor fool, that the gen- tle agitation of her frame meant sor- row, deep and profound, at even this l)are suggestion of losing him I " Donna I how alwurd I My dear one, to think you should suffer at a word I Come, now, lift up your head I See I Lord Varley will be returning present- ly with your ioe, and it will never do for him to find you so distresseil. Why, they will tell tales everyw here on me ; call me a cruel ogre, anil you a lieauty in distress; I shall have Varley in the character of a gallant knight, arriving here to rescue you, and carry you away from me I" The farce was growing louder every moment. Donna, however, suljdued her- self. She released herself in part from hia arms. " You can Jeat I" she said, reproaob- tully. " At such silly babies as you," re- plied he, with infinite tenderness. ' Would I have you still in tears when Varley came ? Uy the bye," with the hopt^ ot making a diversion in her sad thoughts, " what was that he gave you just as I uume inf" Donna started slightly. But ber self- possession did not desert her. " If you will take me out to the balcony," she said, in a low, choked lit- tle tone, " I will tell you. Ue may come at any moment, and to see one's eyes redâ€"" She pressed her bandker- ehiet to th<'m. Yes. The balcony in the darkneaa will be best. He will not !« able lo see her face there as she tells her lies. With his arm round her, be drew h•^r out to tlw^ calm, cool night with- out He had forgotten her abcience from her guests, all, save the sweet face th,it she was witiping and distres.sed at the bom thought oT some day losing him. " Now tell me about it," he said, chatertully, with a view to lifting her out ot her tender depression. "What was this thing he gave you. eh?" " A check I" said sue, with a soft sigh, supposed to Iw lx)in of her great grief, It waa a very careful thing, her leaving the well-lit room Itefore making this avowal. .She c^mld, however, have <lrawn upon her imagination, which was iiX'xhauslible. for biilf a dozen answers to his <iu<'8tion. but a sense of reckless <lelight in telling the truth so far, and taking a rise out ot " Uluelieaid," en- c.hante<l her. "A check, my love? For what?" " i-'or my old ladies," said Donna,who was extravagantly kind to the old almswoiuen in the parish. She went to see them very often, and delighted their dull old hearts by her gay laugh- ter ; and for herself she founui a fund of entertainment in them. She gave them t«>a publicly, and tobacco on the sly, and smuggled in every now and th"n consi<leral>ly more wine than was good tor them. She was such a fre«b s'y to tbost^ tottering, sickly old souls, that they cuunteil the hours that lay be- tween her last visit and her next. " Vour demoralized old ladies, you should say," said Dundas, with a twin- kle in his kindly eyes. lie was lient on bringing her back to her usual bright- ness ; ibis time he succeeded. Mrs. Dun- das having come to the conclusion th:it she bad mourned long enough, ami that she might now rfturn to ber former state, took this opi>ortunity to break into merry laughter. " How that good soul the rector lets hims.!.t lie cheated 1" she said. "1 firm- ly lielieve he knows all about the to- liacex) and the wine, hut he winks at it. Ob, yes it wss tor niy old dames I was liegging to Lonl Varley. You see I lost! no opiiortunity ; I levy my taxes wherever I be." " And 1m> res[)ond«d to your petition?" glancing at the paper in her band. " Ueneroualy." She tightenwl her gra.sp tin the check aa sue spoke. It was in her left hand. Her right l)eing tr<v she lifted il, and prettsed itâ€" a dain- ty, cool, sweet little thingâ€" l>eneal h his chin. " He was not so stingy as you were this morning," she said. " Parsi- monious old boy that you are I" She could sw that his eyes were on the slip of paper, and hl^vlering her lids the moment, and the absurd side of it, too, so caught D<mna, and grew upon ber, undisciplined soul to such an ex- tent that hier eyes lit with laughter, and she stood there almost hoping that be would demand a view of it In all probability be would; and thenâ€" the way out of it? It would require' wit, realdiness. It was a situation such aa her soul delighted in. .She waa un- feignedly dtsappointe^l when she saw be did not mean to press the matter; that he wa.- ; ntirely devoid o(. any jealous suspicion. " There is, as I have said, gocjd in him," said Dundas, speaking approving- ly of Varley. " Genejoualy, you said?" " Yes. Ue has given me all that I askt!d, and more," returned she, ambig- uously. It was atisurd being careful about one's speeches with such a dul- lard as this. " By the bye, our guestsi They must be trebly anxious alxiut our reappearance by this time. If we do nut make some sign, they will be hav- ing the ponds and lakes and rivers dragged for our drowned bodies. Coms, let us frustrate their hopes." She moved toward the window. " Stay, Donna," said he, suddenly. He was made a little uncomfortable by this tale of Varley's generosity toward the old almswomen. How good she was in her ministrations to them, and what a niggardly hand was his that held back anything from her in ao just a cause! " Stoy," he said, und she turned at once and came back to him with the sweet friendly smile that m<ade the whole world so beautiful to him. " Varley has put me to shame," he said, with a pleas- ant laugh. â- â€¢ I will not be outdone by him in your 'good graces and those of your ancient pensioners. To-morrow oome to me. and I will give you what will keep them en fete for many a day." " You are worse than Varley," she said. "Thank you, a thousand times." " Talking of him, I wonder he has never returned with that ice," said Dundas. " Probably he did return, and tiot .seeing me went away again. And we " she flung a tender glance at him (it cost her nothing, and was good prac- tice^â€" " when two people (two old mar- ried people, t<x) !) are so foolishly wrap- ped up in each other aa we have been for the pest half hour, they would not, I am afraid, notice tb« oiming or go- ing of any one. Ah I" â€" she laughed, saucilyâ€"" you have much to answer for." (To Ba Continued.) DOQS OF MADAGASCAR. Their i;xlraonllnary Snsarlly AiloBlshed the FrenchDien. When the French troops invaded filadagaacar, they found, among the least disagreeable of the inhabitants, a race of halt-wild dogs which roamed the country in email bands. U not tame they were readily tamable, and made friends with the French soldiers at once. And then, on many occasions, the Frenchmen had an opportunity to wit- ness a performance of these dogs which showed extraordinary intelligence. The rivers of Madagascarâ€" or that pirt of it, at any rale, through which Ihe Ireiich inarched to Autauanajivu â€"swarm with extremely desiruoiive crocodiles or caymans, which make en- trauce ot the water on the (lart of men or ordinary animals almost certainly fatal. Hut it is often highly convenient to the Madagascar dogs to swim the rivers./ Tbey do swim them, and this is the way they manage the matter. Five or more dogs gather on the bank of a river some t hixte hun<lre<l yards below a ' convenient cros.sing- place. Then tbey all sot to barking at the toiB of their voii-os. They are heard liy the crocotliles, which at once liegin to gather in the river in antici- pation of a dog-feast. When all the cay- mans of the city have thus assembled the <logs suddenly take to the bush, run up the stream to tlie spot chosen, and swim swiftly over to the other shore l>efore the crocorlilea have had a chance to find out where they are. Donna swept grawfully up to him and slipped her band through hia arm. lie lifted it and pressed it reverential- ly to his liiis. llis U'autiful l)<>unaâ€" his ownâ€" his wife I What a word that was I How sacred I How holy ! "That was Varley, waa it not?" he said, as ho stood stroking her hand. " Yea, he has gone to get me an ice; he will lie baidc presently." " Hut, my darling, ia it wiao to re- main so long away from your guests? I miss<>4l you some time since. You see," with a grave, tender smile, " I miss you alwaysâ€" I can feel when you are far from mo." " Ah I that is so sweet of you," she said, fondly, gratefully. No one could ... tell by her gleaming, smiling eves, that she played gently with it, letting! the SUICIDES IN VARIOUS LANDS. Jane M»w Said lo â- >« Ihe Month Whea Hrir-deittrnrllon i* .Honl Prrquenl. It la a serious thing when statistic- ians disagree, tor when they do, their only ammunition ot controversy l«ing figures and tabular statements, thesa are dealt in so extensively aa to con- tuse and perplex the ordinary reader. Just now there ia a war ot figures go- ing on in England over what might seem to soma persons to be a very sim- ple matterâ€" the favorite month for so- icidea. Buckle wrote that "November ia Buicidea' month." He tiosed this conclu- sion on a series ot computationa which seemed to him to show that otheo things being equal the number of sui- cides in chill November waa greatest. Why this should be so Mr. BuckU did not state, though some persoiu liava pretende<l to find a reason for it ia the claim that in London, at least, No- vember is ths foggiest month of tba year, and if any outward causa could drive a man to suicide it would prob* ably be the continuance of a deep London fog. Some recent atatistica prepared for the London insurance com- panies sbuw that in England (and ia France, too) July, not November, ia SUICIDES' MONTH. and that Buckle didn't know what ha was writing atx>ut when be bestowed that sinister distinction upon Novem- ber. Unfortunately, this is not all. July is a longer month than Novem- ber, and the total number of suicidea would naturally be larger m July than November; but Mulbail, still another statistician, whose figures are usually accurate, declares that neither July nor November is suicides' mouth. That distinction belongs to June â€" ths leafy month of June, the month of roses aud umrriages, the last mouth in the year one might suppose would ba utilized for suicidal purposes by sentU mental persons of either sex. In Lon- don, according to Mulball's figures, tba number of suicides in June is '^ per cent, higher than the average in other months, while in July it is only 8 per cent,, and in November â€" Buckle'a month â€" it is IS per cent, below the av- erage. In France, acourding to Mulbail, June ia at the head of the list, wita 35 per cent, more than the average. July follows with 19. In Italy â€" suuuy Italy â€" June ia the leading month foa suicides, the average number in June l)eing 44 per cent, greater than the av- erage of all the year. May is 36 pet cent, above the average. November ia 27 per cent., below. While these variances exist concern- ing the mouth preferred by suicidea for their work, ooiue other facts on the subjecta of suicidea are not subject to ao much dispute. In the first plaoe, 75 per cent, or thereabouts of the sui- cidea in all countries are men and 'ii per cent, women. That proportion doea not vary much. Then 45 per cent, of the auicides in all countries are married; 55 per cent, are unmarried. In Newt York city the uumlier of auicides In ft year is aliout 250, of whom 8U per oent., on the average, are men and 20 par oent. women. THE STATISTICS compiled by Ritti. an Italian atatlstl- can, who baa not been included in tba Buckle controversy, show that men, aa a rule, have atrong partiality for sui- cide by hanging or by the use of fir*, arma Women, ou the other hand, era partial to drowning and to the uae of poison. Oddly enough, the knife aa a means of self-destruction is most gen- eral in use among men in England, which has an honorable position in the list of nations with a low average of murderous crimes. In Italy, where durw ing mediaeval times the knowledge ot subtle poisons and of their prupertiea is known to have reached the highest point, auicides by poLsou are, relatively, rare. By the lateat figuiea 50 per cent, of the number ot Italian women who committed suicide (and auicida among women of Italy is very rare) drowned theiuselves; very tew took poi- son. It has been ascertained by ona statistician that the favorite hours for suicide are from 6 a. m., until noon, whereas the least popular are those im- mediately succeeding midnight until S a. m. Ireland stands at the head of all countries in respect to the low av- erage of suicides. In Denmark the av- erage is highest. In pro|iortion to tba total population. Paris, with a very large transient po|iulation, has tba largest nuinlier of suicides in a year. Rome among the larger cities has tba least. New York city's average Is about midway between the two. ABOUT PICTURE BOOKS. It eveir the busy mother con find tima ahe should noAke picture books fur her little ones. Children have been known to amuse themselves foir hours with ona ot them. Brightly-oolured pictures ara the lieet if tbey oau be procaired^ but othera, providing they aj« not atiff or conventional, do just aa well. The pictures found |to interest tba little on(« nuist are of animal^ prefer- ably domestio. Picturea of hursea run- ning or raoing, or ol kittens playing ara always more interesting to the llttla one than pli-tures ot t heae same ani- mals standing still or lying down. 'Tetr- rible pioluros of robU-rs, Indiiuia, etc., are always ^reat (charui^ Picturea which the children do not undei-stand are very often the kind they like tha beat. ,..,.. H.O ,..^^ H'8 scraplooks of iiasteboajxl can ba ^ _„ _ Iwnk will es- Procurotl cneanly, lait the letter kind rabasli~mttny more br.inchea. and will ! are made of cloth. I'heae can \>e mad» undertake the service of the national 'â-  at home and never wear out or tear, debt and will perform other Govern- | Paper tvunbrio is gt'Oierally uae<^ and ment service without charge. It will the leok wui lie mad»' as large and thick also pay the Government 2.;<H»,I)00 franca ' «» desired. The edgea of the leaves annually, and will have the right to ' should lie bemmea or pinked, otherwisa increase the amoi-nt ot notca issiieil 1 they will pixvsint a ragged appoarauoa from three and one-half billion franca | "i a short tmie. The picturt's should to four billion. Another imixirtont con- I l* carefully pasted in with oooke<l flour TO PROTECT Tllr: ELEPHANTS. So many eleiphants have lieen killed in Af'ica within recent yejirs that it is feared they may became extinct. To prevent this it is pro|Kised to establish a preserve for them somewhere within Somalilaml wbexe they will be unmo- lested and will be protected from hunt- era. Such a i-ourse has already been taken in Cape Colony. The Asiatic ele- phant luia long been protected by the Government in Ceylon, India and Biam. It has Ix-en demonstrated that the Af- rican el<n>hant oin he damesticated. They make valuable lieasta ot burden, as they climb mountains with remark- able ease, are sure-footed and can swim swollen streams. They possess the further merit of being impervious to the dreaded tsetse fly, and they never •utter from rinderpest or horse sicJt- ness. A huge African elephant now in the lx)ndon y.oo carries women andcbil- <lren on bis l>ack and is as trusty aa any of the Asiatic breed. THE BANK OF FRANCE. It now seAins probable that the char- ter of the Rank of Franc«, which will expire Dec. 31, 1897, will be renewed tor another twenty years. The question \\ill soon come up for deltate in the Chamber of Deputies, after being in alx'yanco since Ibd'Z. Umler the pro- po8e<l new charter the she was inwardly execrating him for his troublesiiine surveillance, prompted aa it was by a still mon» troublesome affection. "And have I lieen long? 1 was feeling so wearieil, so tired, trying to keep up the spirits of these heavy delicate night wind cjitch it here, and flicking it with ber fingers in an idle ta-sliiou \Vh«'n the wind dieil. Men say women are devoid of humor. T'mna at least was an exception. A sense of keenest aftpreAiation of the d.inger of cession the bank will make will be the foregoing of all future inler«»t on the national debt, amounting lo 14O,0<)O,O(X) francs, and the amount ot the principal will not b« deniande<l so long as the charter ia in force. FLOWERS AT A FUNERAL. The floral offerings at the funeral of Col. North, " the Nitrate King," were estimated to be worth #25,(100. The King of the Belgians sent a wreath eight fei»t in ilianieter. He also sent a <lup(icate made in artificial flowers to take the place ot the real when the flowers had withered. paste or glui\ and there will be a book which will lie a souixie of great pleaa- ure to the little one. AN INDICATION. I think the new girl must have lit- ed with a milkman before she came ta us. Why ao? The first question she asked waa where she could find the pump. A MISTAKE. They tell me that Austin made hia first start in life as a messenger l»yt ImiKisaible ! No messenger U>y BVtt made a start I