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AS GOOD AS GOLD. '» COAPTER XXXIX.â€" Cocttnued. Tbs look uf Kli2a.beth botrayed that ttle Utt«r know it. already. "I/et u« •hut it out," coaxed Ealia- beth-Jaao', noting that the rigid wild- at Luoetta's featwrea were grow- ^^ "ffm-tluifB odd," said Mr. Grower. '/Ah â€" here's a respectable man com- ing that I know by sight. Hare you," he inquired, addresaing the nearinc^ shap* o( Jopp. "have you se«n any gang o£ fellows nxukiiit; a noi»» â€" akimming- t«n riding or soimething of the ^ort f" "Oh. noâ€" nothing, sir," Jopp replied, ln« yat more rigid and wild with the ^a if receiving the meat singular newsi â- Marine of tte noise >ind laughter. â- ;^,,*; J^^l,""' »'«'»'' '" t<^night. so "Let us ahut it out I" "It ia o< no u»e I" she shrieked out, "H* will see it, won't he? Uonald will perhaps ' "Oh, 'twaa here â€" just here," said the masiatrate. "Now I've noticed, come to think o't, that the wind in the Walk trees makes aee it. Be U juat coming home-and ^ peculiar poetical-like murmur to- it will break his heartâ€" he will never j night, sir ; mure than common ; so per- love mo any moreâ€" and oh. it will kill ' hapa 'twas that t" Jopp suggested, aa ' he rearranged his hand in his greats coat pocket, where it ingeniously sup- ported a pair ot kitchen tongs and a oow's horn, thrust up under his waist- ooat. "No, no, noâ€" d'jre tbink I'm a fool? Oooatable, aom« this way. They must have gome into the back street." NeitW in baok street nor in front street, however, could the disturbers be perceived. £ffigiea. donkey, lan- terns, band, all had disappeared like the crelw of Comus. "Now," said Mr. Grower, "there's only one thing more we can do. Get ye half a dozen helpers, and go In a body to Mixen Lane, and into Saint Peter's Finger. I'm much mistaken if you don't find a clue to the perpetra- tors there." ThB rusty-Jointed executors of the law musiered assistance as soon as the/ could, and the whole party marched off to the lane of notoriety. At last they entered the Inn boldly, by the till then bolted front door, after a prolonged knocking of loudness conunenaurate, with the importance of their standing. . The landlady looked mildly at the laiyadera, saying in honest piccents, "Good evening, gentlemen ; there's plenty of room. I hope there's nothing amiss ?" They looked round the room. "Sure- ly, " said Stubberd to one of the men* "I saw ycwi by now in Oorn Street- Mr. Grower spoke to 'ee?" 'The man, who was CharS, shook his head abgently. "I've lieen here this last hour, hain't I, Nance V be said to the woman who meditatively sipped her aJe near him. "Faith, that you have., ) I came in for my quiet supper-time half-pint, anil you were here then, as were all the rest." The other constables was facing the dlock ca«e where he saw reflected in the glass a quick motion by the land- lady. 'I'urning aharply, he caught her closing tlie ovem door. "Something curiousi about that oven ma'am?" he observed, advancing, open- ing it, and drawing out a taiuljourine. Oh." she said apoltgetiually, "that's what we keep here to use when there's a little, quiet dancing. You see damp weather spoils it, so I put it there to keep It dry." iNohow could Knything be elicited from this mute and inoffensive assemb- 'y. In a few uiinutis the investigators went out, and joining ihuae ol their auxiliaries who had been left at the door they iiuraued their way else- wJuther. meâ€" kill me I" miaabeth-Jane was frantic now. "Oh, can't something be done to stop 11?" she orled. "la there nmbody to do It â€" not one ?" She relinquished I/ucetta's hands, and ran to the door. Luoetta herself say- ing reckleeely, "I will see it I" turned to the window, threw up the sash, and went out upon the balcony. iHlizabelti unmedistely followed her, and put her arm round her to i4iiill her in. Lu* Delta's eyea were straight upon the spectacle of tbs uncanny revel, nowt advancing rapidly. The numerous lights around the two effigies threw them up into lurid distinctness ; it was Impossible to mistake the pair for other than the intended victims. "Come in, come in," implored Eliza- beith; "and let me shut the window I" "She's meâ€"she's meâ€" even to the parasol â€" my green parasol 1" cried Lu- oetta with, a wild laugh as she stepped in. She stood motionless for one sec- ondâ€" then fell heavily to the floor, lAJmost at the instant of her fall the rude muflio of the skimmington ceased. Tbs roars ot sarcastic laughter went off in ripples, and the tramping died out like the rustle of a spent wind. JGlizabeth was only indirectly conscious of t&is ; she had rung the bell, and was bending over Luceita, who remained convulsed on the carpet in the par- oxysms of an epileptic seizure. She rang again and again, in vein ; the probability being that the servants bad all run uut of the huuae to see more of the I>emoniau Sabbath than they oould see within. At last Farfrae's man, who had been agape on' the door-step, came up ; then the cook. The shutters, hastily pushed to by Klizabeth, were quite closed, a light was obtained, Luceita carried to her room, and the man sent off tor- a doctor. While Klizabeth was un- dressing her she recovered conscious- ness i but as soon as she remembered what had passed the fit returned. The doctor arrived with unhoped-for promptitude ; he had been standing at his door, like others, wondering what the uproar meant. As soon as he saw the unhappy sufferer he said, in answer to Elizabeth's mute appeal. "This is serious." "It is a fit," Elizabeth said. "Yes. Hut a fit in the present state of her health meann mischief. Yoif must send at unoe futr Mr. Farfrae< Where is he?" "He has driven into the country, sir," id the parlour-maid; "to some place your retnrn. I've run all the way here 00 purpose to tell ye I" Farfrae was silent, and at his silence Henchard's soul sank within him. He who, four hours earlier, had enticed Farfrae into a deadly wrestle, stood ndw in the darkness of late night- time on a lonely road, at a point where it plunged into a cutting through a wood; he Invited the man, w hcun (knl (he first occasion be had let off, to enter that wood, when his pur- posed way was across an open upland, where there was at least a better op- portunity of fruardiog himself from, attack. Henchard could almost feel this view ot things in oourse< of passage through Farfrae's mind. "I have to go to Mellstock," said Far- frae coldly, aa he loosened his rein to move on. "But." implored Henchard, "the mat- ter is more serious than your business at Mellstock. It isâ€" your wife. Sh«« is ill. I can tiell ycn^ particulars as W€< go along." The very agitation and hesitancy of Henchard increased Farfrae's suspicion that this was a ruse to decoy him into the wood, where might be effectually compassed what, from policy or wan,t of nerve, Hieiicbard had failed to do earlier in the day. He started the horse. "I know what you think," deprecated Hienchard, running after him, "But! 1 am not: what you think I" be cried hoarsely. "Believe me, Farfrae; I have come entireOy on your own and your wife's account'. She is in dangerj I know no more ; and they want you to un tbu Uudmotith Hoad. He's likely to be iMck Hoon."« • "Ne'vnr minil ; he must be sent tor in case he sbuuld not hurry." The doc- tor returned to the bedaide again. 'Ihe nuui was duipatched, and tliey soon heard him cJatt*j-ing out of the yard at the hark. M»anwhile Mr. Heujaiuiu Grower, that prominent burgess, had put on his hat and gone out to learn the caiuse. He came to the corner above Frafrac'.s, Bill I sijon guesM-il Ihe nature of the pro- ceedings; for lieing a native of the Ujwn hi" had witne«sed such rough j««ts liefore. His first move was to search hither and thither for the con- stable; there were two in the town, Hhrivialled men whom he ultimalidy found in hiding up an alley. "What can we two poor laiiimiger.i do against such a multiluiie I" t-xiioKtulat- ed .Stubberd in aiiswer to Mr. Grower's chiding. '"Tis teiuptinif 'eiu to com- mit Irla de «« uiMin us, and tluit would be th« detith ot the perpetrator ; and we wouldn't l>e the aiiuse i.'' a fellow- creature's death on no ac.ount, not we.' "(iet some help, then. Here, I'll c^me with you. We'll see what a fev wurds of authority (Min do. Quick now; have ye got your staves ?" "Wb don't vvnnt the folk to notice Us as law officers. I>eiiig so Hhort -hand- ed, sir ; so we pushed our Goverii.'mont staves up this wutei-pipe." "Out with 'em. uiul wiiiie along, for heaven's sake I Ah, here's Mr. Blow- body, that's lucky." Illowliody was one of llui DitiglHtruteti. "Well, what's the row? said Blow- body. "Got their namcMâ€" hey ?" "No. Now," said (Jrower to one of thi.^ constables, "you go <wilh Mr. Blof*body round by the IHil Walk, anil coine up the street; and I'll go with Stublwrd straight fiijrward. Illy this Klan we shall have 'em between us. •ef thoir names oBiJy ; no attack of in- terrupt ion," 1 ha-) Uiey started. But aa Stub- berd with Mr. (Jrower advanced into Curn Street. when(« the sounds had proceeded, thev were surprisfid' that no pr<icession could l)« seen. They pa.ssed Farfrae's, and looked to the end of the strce.l. The lamp flauips waved, ihe Walk trees snuuhed. a few Imungera â- hood about with their hanils in their pockets. Everything was aa usual. "Have you seen a motley crowd, mak- ing a disf urbane* ?" Grower said maqfis- terially to udb of these in a fustian jacket, "Beg yer ixirdon. sir?" blandly said the person addressed, who was no other fchnn Charl, of Saint Peter's Finger. Mr. Grower reiwated the words. Chiirl shook his bead to the zero ot childlike ignorance. "No; we haven't teen anything: have we, Joe? And fou were here before I." , Jmepli was r|uit« as blank aa thei ttttaer in his reply. OHlAPTBlft XL. Long before this time IHenohard, weary of his ruminations on the bridge, h(id repaired lovvards the town. When hie stoiMl at the bottom of the street a procession burst upon his view, in the act of turning out ot an alley just above him. •' 'I'hey crossed the way, entered an- othisr street, »nd disappeared. Ho turned hack a f«vw steps and was loati in grave reflection, finally wending hi* way homeward by the obscure river- side path. Umihle to rest there he went to his stepdaughter's lodging, and was told that Klizabetb-Jane had gono to Mrs. Farfrae's. Like one acting in obedience to a charm, he followed in tho same direction, in the hope of meeting her, the roysterers having vani.shod. Ddsupiiointed in this, he gave tbw gentlest of pulls to the door- oell. and then learnt particulars of whut had occurred, together with the doctor's imperative orders that Far- frae should be lirought home, and how they had set out to meet him on the Uudmouth Hoad. " Hul he has gone to Me.llHlook and Weaihcrbury I" exclaimed Henchard. now unsiwakablj giiBved. "Not, lijd- mouih way at all." Hut, alas I for Henchard; he had lost his good name. Ihey would not be- lieve h.im, lakinK bis wonts but as thii frothy lltteraiicew of recklessness. Though lAiiretta's life seeiued at that, moment to depend upon her husland's return, no meeM(-u,;er ^^a.^ dt-sixitched toward Wp,itl.brbury. I'vncLard, in a state of bitter anxiety and contri- tion, determined to seek Farfrae him- self. To this end he hastened down the t<>wn, ran iilong the eastern road over thi! moor, up the hill beyoiul. and thus onward In thu niiHlerale darkness of this sprinK nigiil 'ill he Imd reached a second and u tiiinl hill aliout three mile.i distant. In a cutting on tlin summit of tlii) last he listened. I'res- eirtly there uime the sound of light, rtlieels whetting their felloes against the newly stoned patches of road, ac- companied by the distant glimmer of liglits. U'f kneiw it WU.S l''arfrae's gig. from an indescribable personality in its noise, tlu'i vehicle having lieen his own till Iviught bv the Seoli^hinan at the wile of his effects. Henchard there- upon descended the hill on its further side, meeting the Igig a.s its driver slackened speed at the foot of the in- cline. it was a point in tine highway at W'hicb tlie road to Meillstock branched off from the homeward, direction. By diverging to thnt village, as he had intended to do. Farfrae inigUt probsl)- ly tielay his return by a odiiple of hours, ft soon nopeareiil that.liis in- tention was to do 80 still, the light swerving towarils tlie by-road. Far- frae's off gig-lamp flashed in Hen- chard's face. At the saiiiei time. Far- frae discerned his late- ant agonist, "Farfraeâ€" Mr. Farfrae I" cried tlie breathless He'nchard, holding up his hand. i Farfrae allowed the horse to turn several steps into the branch lane be- fore he nulled up. He then drew rein, and said "Yes? over bis shouilder. as one would towards a pronounced enemy, "Come back to Oasterbriilge at once I" Ilenchiard said. "There's some- thing wrong at your houseâ€" requiring' way in mistake. Oh, Farfrae, don't mistrust meâ€" I am a wretched man ; but my b^^rt is tilue to you still I" Farfrae. howWer. did distrust him utterly. He bad left his wife not long ago in perfect health ; and Hencbard's treachery was more credible than his story. He (quickened the horse's pace, and bad soon risen into the open coun- try lying between there and Mellstock, Hencbard's spasmodic run after him lending yet more (substance to hia thought of evil purposes. The gig and its driver lessened) against the sky in Hencbard's eyes ; his exertiona for Farfrae's good had been in vain. He cursed himself like a less scrupulous Job. as a vehement; man will do when be loseri self-respect, the last mental prop under poverty. Presently be began to walk back again along the way br which he had oome. Farfrae should at all events have no reason for delay upon the road by seeing him there when he took his journey homeward later on. Arriving at CVsterbridge, Henchard went again to Farfrae's house to make inquiries. Aa soon as the door opened anxious faoen confronted his from the staircese, hnll and landing; and they all said in grievous disappointment, "Ohâ€" it is not he I' "But haven't you found him?" said the doctor. ' "Yes ... I cannot) tell ye!" Hen- chard replied, as he sank down on a chair within the entrance. "He can't be home for two hours." "H'm." said the physician, returning upstairs. "How la she?" asked Henchard of Blizaibetib. "In great danger, father. Her anxi- ety to see her husband makes her fear- fully restless. Poor womanâ€" I fear they have kUled her I" Hem-hard regarded the sympathetic ^Jeuiker for a few instants as if she airuok him in a new light; then, with- out funher reimark, went out of the door and onward to his lonely cottage. Jopp was juat going to bed when Hen- chard got home. As the latter entered the door Jopp said, "Thia is rather bad alxmt Mrs. Farfrae's illness." "Yes," said Henchard shortly, lhimf|th little dreiuning ot Jopp's complicity in the night's harlequinade. "Somebody bus called for you," con- tinued Jopp, when Henchard was .shut- ting himself ioio his own apartment. "A kind of traveller, or sea-captain of *>me sort." ]'Ohlâ€" who could be be?" "He seemed a well-be-doing man â€" had gray hair and u broudi.sh fai-c; l>ut he gave no name, and -no mes-sage." "Nor do 1 give him any attention." And, siiying this, Henchard olo.sed his door. The divergence to Mellstock delayed rarfrae's return very nearly the two hours of Hencbard's estimate. Among the other urgent leasuns for his jire.s- ence had been the need of his author- ity to send to BudmouttH for a .second phy.sician; and wlien at length Farfrae did Kume b,'ick lie was in a htato border- ing on distraction at hii< mLsconieptiun of llencliard's motiveN. â- \ ine.<isenger was despatohed to Bud- mouth, late as it had grown; the night \viore on, and the other do<Mor came in the small liours. Luiietta had lieen much soothed by Donald's arrival; lie .seldimi or never left her side; and when, immediately afler his entry, she bad tried to lisj) out.Ho him the secret which .so oppre,.«KMl her, be cheeked her feeble words, le-st talking shimld l>e duMgertJua, assuring her there was plenty of time to tell him everything. What, and liow much, Farfrae's .wife ultimately explained to him of her pa.st entangu'inenl with Henrbard,whenthey were alone in the solitude) of that .sad night, cannot be told. That she in- formed him of the bare facts ot her peculiar intimacy with I lie eorn-mer- ohant lierame plain from l<'arfrae's own staleinems. Jhil in respect ot her sub- sequent conductâ€" her motive in eomiiig to t'aslerbridge to unite herself with Henchardâ€" her assumed justification in aliandoning him when .nhe discovered reasons for fearing himâ€" her metliod of reconciling to her conscience a marriage with the seixxnd when she was in a measure cununitted to the first: to what extent slie spoke of lhe.se things re- mained Karfiae's secret alone. Hesides the watchman who railed the hours and weather in Casterbridge that night, there walked a figure up and down Cora Strejit hardly lesa frequ- ently. It was Henohnrd's, whose re- tiring to rest had proved itself a fut- ility aa soon aw attempted; and he gave it up to go hither and thither and make inquiries about the patient every now aind then. He called as much on Far- frae's account as on l,ucetla's( and on Klizabelih>-Jan«'s even more than on either'*. To see her on each occns oii ot hi« inquiry at LuoetlA'f/ was u com- fort lo him. The last of his calls (was made about four o'clock in the morning, in tlvo steely light of dawn. When withini a few yards of Farfrae's he saw the door gently opened, and a servant ra'm her hand to the knocker, to untie the piece of cloth which had mitftled il. He went acro».s, the sparrows In his way scarcely flying up from t;hie road-litter, B<i little did uiey believe. in human ag- gression at so early a time- "Why do you tarke off that ? said Hen- dhard. She turned in some surprise at bis preaence, aad did not answer for an in- stant or two. Recognizing him, she said, "Because they may knock as loud as they will; she will never hear It any more. CHAPTER XLI. Henchard went home. He bad not sat there long whan a gentle footstep ap- prtiacbed the house and entered the passage, a finger tapping lightly at the door. Henohard's face brightened, for he knew the motions to be Elizabeth's. She came Into hia room, looking pale aood sad. "Have you heard ?" she asked. "Mrs. Farfrae? She isâ€" dead I Yes, indeedâ€" about an hour ago." "I knowit," said Henchard. "I have but lately come in from there. It Is so very good of ye, Elizabeth, to come and tell me. You must be so tired out, too, with sitting up. Now do you bide here with me this morning. You can go and rest in the other room; and I will call you when breakfast is ready." To please him, and herself â€" for/ hie recent kindliness was winning a sur- prised gratitude from the lonely girl â€"she did as be bade her, and lay down on a sort of couch which Henchard had rigged up out of a settle In the adjoin- ing room. Presently she fell asleep. Meanwhile her stepfather in the outer room had set the breakfast in readiness; but finding that she dosed he would not caJl her; be waited on, looiking into come. Your man has gone the otheri >tbe fire and keeiiing the kettle boil- ing with hcmBewifely care, as if it were an honour to have beo- in his house. He was disturbed by ancttber knock at the door, and rose to ope>n it, rather deprecating a call from anybody just then. A stoutly-built man stood on the doorstep. It was the man who had ask- ed the way at Saimt Peter's Finger. Henchard nodded and looked Inquiry. (To be Continued.) "DO YOU KNOW WHY ?" DU«aletlas Were Ike «|ac*llaas 8lie Aiked Abeet Moeer Net HI*. This particular family jar was labeled " Economy," and every one knows that that is the very worst kind. It came when she asked for some money to buy a new gown. That is when they usually come, and the strange feature of it all is that a man who is moat particular in all matters relating to the subject ot modesty in women will roar like an angry bull at the mere suggestion of spending money for clothes. He seems to think that a woman can go out and find such things growing on trees as Eve did, forgetful of the fact that he would be the first to find fault with the costume. If you don't believe U, ask any wo- man who is married. " I should think." he said in this in- stance, " that one gown a month ought to be enough for the wife of a man In my position." " It would be too much," she replied coldly. â- ' I haven't had one in nearly six months." He was about to dispute her assertion, but. after a rapid mental calculation, he decided that, perhaps, it was not advisable." " It costs a small fortune to riui this house," he asserted. Latent upon mak- ing it interesting for her, in some way. " You pay the bills." she said, "and do most of the orderijig," He winced a little, but returned to the attack, " The trouble is," be said, " that you don't know the value of money." " Do you know why ?'" she asked, with 'a suddenness that startled him. " Whyâ€" whyâ€" what " " Do you know why ?'" she demand- ed again. " Now, Mrs. Warblehead," he said, re- covering his B«-lf-po«.ses8ion, " 1 don't wa.nt any of your worn-out excuses." " Do you know why t" she repeated, refusing to lie turned from the ori- ginal question. " This foolishness must end," he ex- claimed. " 1 " " Do you know why I don't know the value of money?" she p«'rsisted, at the same lime opening her purse, and tak- ing out a solitary quarter and toying with it suggetitively. In another minute she was alone. He had retired vanculshed, and inside of 24 hours he had suggested that it would lie better all round if he made her a regular allowaiu-e for household and personal expenses, which was what she bad been trying to convince him for two or three years. WOIUW OF WISDOM. Poverty is no disgrace, but poverty brought about by laziness Is a dis- grace, and a black disgrace, at that. 'ITiat per.son who ia too lazy to work for the necessities of life, should not be recognized as being a oiemlier of the human family. No one who contentedly remains ig- norant and thoughtleiss baa any right to plume himself upon being a good and moral man, whatever or however be the vixtuous actions which he per- forms. AJ EPIEEMICJF HOLD-UPS ALL CHICAaO HEN ARE HEAVILY ARHED THESE DAYS. reetpad* are Very Utur la the Wlmdy Cllr â€"Vive t-ltlseas Bcskted. •â- a 1* Dead, •ther* WIU Beeaver. The "hold-up" epidemic has reached mixsh an acute stage in Chicago that men go to business and attend social functions axmed to the teetti. The footpad is now operatlngi in ail portions of that city. The police cannot catch him and be invariably 'subdues bis vio- tlms. There have been eighteen high- way robberies In six days. Nearly all have taken place In the best resident istrMte. Five men bad the nervo 'to offer re- sistance. One is dead and four are csn- valeacli^. Henry Sobomaker, a Wellh-. street saloon-keeper was ahot and killed in 'his barroom.. tHe was a>loniei in the place and was preparing to close up wiben a man entered. ' Tbere was an exchange of shots. CHara Schomaksr, the eighteeik-year-old daughter, seized a revolver and ran Idawrt tf rom the llr- ing apartments. (Her father was lean- ing against the couinter. (In the door stood the intruder. She fired four shots at him but be escaped. Schomaken was shot four times and died soon after- wards. BOCHDGiAN BOUILEVARB is a favorite haunt for the footpad. Dr. C. W. Friend learned this while paaainff the Hotel Metropole. Three men stop- ped faim opposite the hotel entrance. Two pressed revolvers to his bead, while the third began searching him. He struok the unarmed robber im the face. The other two fell upon blm with their weaponci They stnidk him over the head cutting deep wxnunds in this aoaip. He shouted for help and ran into the hotel. Fifteen minutes later the same trio of highwaymen met Fred B. McMui- len at Michigan Uouleivard and Twenty- fifth street. They held him u^ in the entrance to the .Keformed Lpiacopal Church and took his pocketbooki con- taining |164. . A policeman came up before the thieves were out of sight. When with- in range he began shooting. One man fell, crying out as he lay on the aide- waUc, "he has got me boys. Don't leave me." His compaiuoiis levelled their weapons on the policeman and stood their ground. One assiated the wound- ed robber to his feet. A cab was daishing up the boulevard. One ot the robbers ran out in the street, pointed his revolver a,t the head of the cab driver and brought the. vehicle to a bait. The wounded robber was assist- ed into the cab under the protection of bis companionA. ' The cab was driven off like the wind and all three escaped. Martin ilaous, a banker, emx>unt«r- ed two men and two guns at Eighteenth and May streets. ( . "Put down your revolvers and I'll give you all I've got. The footpads low- ered their revolvers and Hauu3 starU e<l to run. Bioth fired at hint, one bul- let going: through his hat. He was found lying on the aiduwalild and car- ried home. WEIGHING A LOCOMOTIVE. A Teat la Selerailae Uow Mack It Laurt by Wear. A peculiar scientific experiment has been made with the famous engine No. 870 of the New York Central Hailroad at the shops at West Albany. Some months ago this large eugiue, which in the opinion of many well-informed rail- roadmen excells even the famous No. 99)1, was taken into tho shops and complete- ly overhauled. It was taken apart com- pletely, and every part of the engine from the maaslw driving wheels to the very smallest bolt and nut, was sep- arately weighed. The heavy {Murtioua were weighed in the shops and the small parts were taken to a Watervliet avenue pharmacy, where they were weighed on the phoriuaoist's scales. The greatest care was takeiil by lbs machinists under the direciioix of Mast- er Mechanic thichanan to aeei that the weighing was acourale. When every part of the engine hud been weighed a force of the best skilled niechamus were put at wurki to reaasemlile the en- gine. "When it was complete agali^ it was put into active service. A short time ago the engine was tak- en baok to the shops and mechanics were put to work diaseoling it again. Once more every part was weighed. The si-nles of the pharmicist was brought in- to service agaiai. When every portion had l>ee.n weighed the rei-ord was com- pared with th- former one. Then Mast- er Mechanic Buchanan knew just how much the engine bud Ux<l in weight in through the wear of a known' amount of work. The records of the weight* A toother's life must of necessity be 1"^ "â- * separate part.3 also showed which coniession in little things, a contin- il"*/,!" were subjected to the most wear. A ha-ipy family-life ual .siujiJice. A ha-ipy family-life of many raeniberi cannot be maintained unless th»re are concession and sacri- fice on the part of every member. And in a small way the family-lite ia an epitome of the life of the great world oustide. Hoiie awakens courage. He who can implant courage in the human soul is the best physicijMi. Oonfideuce and trust ore the sweetest things we can give to a friend. Sus- picion is always cold and cruel to a sensitive heart ; and it were better to be often de»-eived by unworthy friends t hod) to be guilty ot causelessly wound- ing a noble soul by unjust suspicions, ana, although they are rare, we should ajways be Uioking for noble souls else- wheire. We may fiaid them when least expected. BIGNAL SRRVIQE. We won't have any more cold weath- er. .How do yo»i know ? Tlie Wcimen at oar boarding house luiviA liegan tn quarrel about how deep to plant sweet peoa. 'l^ho lest coal many hundreds ot dol- lars, but the New York Central was willing to spend the money in order that it might be alile to know what parts of an e>ngine wear out most quick- .ly and in what ratio the several parts wear out. The exact figures have not been made ^)ublic. There is no doubt that they will be interesting^ to mech- amics and scientists, i THIEVINO READtLE. British institutions have received a severe shodk by the conviction of a beadle of the Bank ot England for larc- eny. He has been 13 years in the ser- vice at the Iwnk, and was employed regularly at the banquets of the Lord Mayor and the city companies, where he filched plates undetected. innfor- lunately he stooped lo stealing ffomtha army and navy stares, when he was caught and the trea.sure of piote he had ix>ilecled during nine years from W oumpaniea was discovered. !