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^p ^v^ f ] ID .A-^W^IT- CHAP'rrR XXXn.â€" Contimifid. Arthur n'-^v ma<l« hi» bi>w unfl «!«- parted, wo/i'Ifring how twu women bo dittsimilur as Mrs. Carr wn<l Misa Terry came to be living togethier. As It U a |»ie<!e of rurioeity that the reader may jvhane, perhaps U had belt*/ he explained. Mias Terry v/aa a miildle-aged rela- tive oif Mrs. Carr's la.te husljand, who ha4 by a nerias of OQLsfortunes \mca left quite destitute. Her distress hav- ing come to the knowledge of Mildred Carr, siie, with tho Itind-hearted proimplitude that ili-tinguished her, at oni.'e came to her aid, paid her debts, aod brtHigbt her to h>3r own house to Btiiy, where she hod remained ever sint'e under Uie titl« of compauion. Tlit-ao two women. Living tliu.s togeth- er, had luothinK «hatdt»3ver in oonmon, save that Mi-ss Terry tcK>k Home reflect- ed interest in beetles. .Vj ht travel- ing, having Ijec-n Lnnig^ir. uo anrl li'. ed in fhv: same h(ni*i of the hom tuun j «>'''h tv ..â- Â«.v;i ••a'.il su.' ivavhed ice ago of; '• forty-five, it was, as may be imagiuoJ altogether obnoxious to her. Indeed, it Is more thoji doubtful if she retain- ed any clear impr&vi -n whatsoever of the places she visited. "A set of for- eign hiAiea I" as she would call them, cuntetoptuously. Miss Tvrry was, in short, neither clever, nor btrong- mind- ed, but HO loing as she could be in the company of her beloved Mildred, whom •he r^arded with mlotfled rcveren'O %Dd affection, iJaa was perfectly happy. Oddly etnougti, this affecliun was re- cdprocated. and there probably was no- body in the world for wliom Mrs. Carr cured so much a.i her cousin by mar- [ riage, Ayatha 'IVrry. Ami yet it would be imiKwsihle to imagine two wo- men more dissimilar. Not long after thiey had loit Dart- mouth, the afternoon set in dull, and toward evening the sea freshened suf- ficiently to wnd most of the passen- gers IwNrtv, leuviin; lliijae whu remain ed to Uj fimilly di .iiersed by the pene- iraliny drizzle that is generally to be aiftd lost, of those who lia»e l^e^-n scorn- ed or Ijetrayed ; of the eufferittg army that cry aloud of tlie em(>ty bitterness (it life ami dare not hope beyond. They do not uo'lerstand that, having onoe loved truly, it in not possible that they should alU^etlier lose; lliat there U to their j>aln and the dry-rot of their hopes, as to everything eUe in Nature, irn e«'l and oljjwit. Shall the soul be immortaL and its best e.ssenc-e but a thing of air? Shall the ottd thought by day aad the ocie dream by nigiit. the ethereal star which guides us acros.s life's mirage, and which will still shine serene at the m<nnent of our fall from the precipl e of Time ; shall this alone, amid all that makes us what we are, he ohoeen out to eee corruption, to be cast off and forgotten in th« grave? Never 1 There, by the workings of a l'rovi<lence we cannot understiiud, that migbty germi awaits fruition. There, too, siiall we know the wherefore of our sorrow at which, sad-eyed, we now so often won^lor; there shall we kiss the rod that smot;* us, aind learn tlie glorious uses ami P'"*^'',^*' «'";;• '"g i that ThTsTlt^ration fruits of an affliction that on earth filled us with suoh tick longing and an lu-JiioK pain, the long-suffering reader for- , Rive â- "« piiges of .speculative writing 'â-  loi ll:.v â-  '^t is a tempting one, and full of iintercst for us mortals. In- deed, it may dinjice that, if he or she is more thnn five-and-twienty, these lines may even hHve been read with- out impatience, for there are many who have the memory of a lost Angela hidden away som-'when- in the records of th»'.ir past, and who an fain, in the breathing siJOi'es of their lives, to dreiim thnt tlk^y will find her wand- ering in that wiJe eternity where "all h'uman liarrier-i fall, all human rela- t.i-.m.s end, and love ceases to be a crime." could roll thto tiiniest wave, and, sally ing forth took up li^r position in th little society of the ship. But between Arthur and herself there was no attempt at reoondliation Biach felt their wroiogs to he eternal as the rosks. At lum^beon i hey look- ed unutterable things from <iifferent sides of the table; (foing to ilinner. she cut him witii the sweetest grace, and on the following morning they natur- ally rejnoved U> situatioos as remote from each other as the cubic area of a mail steamer would allow. "Pretty, very much so, but ill-man- nnred ; not quite a Lady, I sinould say," reflected Artliur to biimself, with asu- perior smiLe. "I detest him." said Mrs. Carr to her- self; "at lea.st, I think I do; but how neatly he put me down I There is no doubt about hiii lielng a gentleman, though insufferably con-eited." The«e ulmcharitable thoughts rankled keen insight into character that made her talk so charming. "Busy, no; one of the idlest In the world, and a very wcrthless oue to bo)t," she an,swered, with a little sigh. "Then why don't you change your life? it la in your own iiands, if ever anyljody'a was." "Do you tiiink so? I doubt if aoy- hody's life is in their own hands. We follow an appointed course; if we did not it would lie Lmpossible to under- stand why so many sensible clever peyi- ple make 9uch a complete mess of their exLsten.-e. They can't do it fr-na choice." "At atiy rate you have not made a mess of yours and your appoittte*' course .seems a very pleasant one." "Yes; and the sea beneath us is very amo th, but it has been rough l)efore. and will be rough again â€" there is no j which they sacrlficsed their lives an the THE WAGES OF MUBDES. CrlBie DaMs't Par, Krem Wmn the EvU Darr*! Paiat af Ttew. Tlie Parisian police department ha* juBt issued an instructive and possibly an effective dDOomeat, ahowlng fron actual facts that apart, frona the fear uf puni&hment crime does not pay. The poliice enumerate 21 murder* don* by 27 "artii^ts" as the assassins are rather humorously termed. Bind the av- eragid profit to each a^ssasaiin for bis share ic the cri^ne was {16.37. It ia iuterjsting to read of the very small returns thie more or less famous mur- derers receded for tjieir work, aJid for stability in the aea. mess of my life, wh As to making a knows what I may in their re»pe:-tive minis about 12 a.m. not sec mplLsh in that way. Prcwper What tixeia was Arthur's disgust, on ' lief . Myself lam afraid of the fu- des<'ending a little late to luncheon' ture, it only thr ws it into darker re- thttt day to be inform^ed by the re»plen-i lief. My.'-elf, I ajn afraid of the uf- dent chief-steward â€" who, for some un- j tureâ€" it is unknown, and t â-  me what diiicovered reason, always reminded him I is unknown, is n jt magnifient. but of Phoi-aoh's butlerâ€" that tlh- captain terrible. Tlie present is enough for CHAPTKR XXXIII. The morning after Uie vessel left Dartmouth orought with it weather, brisk and clear, with a fresh breeze that just topped the glittering swell with white. There was, however, a considerable roll on the sliip, anti those poor wretches, who for their sin.-s are given to n^'asi.kne.'ss, were not yet happy. Prwicntly Arthur obter>«d the pretty, bUick-eyed girlâ€" poor thing, she did not Look very (ireLty nowâ€" â- neep on U:e deck and attempt to walk lU'Ut, an effort which promptly reoult- cl in a fall into thu scup|«rs. lile mJt with off the Kng-lisb c-oast. Ar- l icked her up. and asked if she would thur, left alone on the heaving deck, surveyed tte sceue and tbounln. it very de«olnl»'. Around was a gray waste of tossinK waters, illumined here and there by the setting rays of an angry sun, above, a wild and windy sky, with not even a sea-gull In all its s|>ace, and in the f:ir distan* a white and fading line, whi.-h was th« shi^re of Knglaud. Faint it grew, un I fainter yet, and, as it disapiiearud. he thought of Ange- la, and yearning sorrow fell uiKin bim, When, he wonlercd sadly, should he igain look into her '.^yes and hold that proud l>euuty in hU arms? what fate awaited ti>>m in the future that itn^lched l.eUiiv theut, dim as the darkening <A'e4iii, and more unierluiu ,' Alasl lie could not t..'ll, lie cnly felt that it wa-s ver)' bittar to 1j« parted thus from Iter to whom had been given his whole lieart's love, to know that •very fleeting in'micnt widened a brv.ach alu^aily lai l<n> wide, and n.l to know it it would again Ix* narrowL^d, i»r if Ihii farew-/ll would be the la.st. The,n ho tb 'iight, if it should be the last, if slie should di'O or de.sert him, what would his life be worth to him f A cou.sciou.Mu-.>8 uil.hin him aus»vrvtl, "Nothing." Anl, in a degive, his con tlusion »us rigid; for, althnugli it is. fortunately, not often in tI.eiKmer of a/ny .'â- ingle ixi*i m to render life al- togetlier worthless, it is certain that, wlnein it strikes in youth, there is no irickne.Hs so .sore us t.hut of the heart no sorrow i>i<>ru keen and no evil more lasting, tlui II Ihow conn i!c ted with its disa |)|i< >i nHii nts unit its griffs. For other Horrovv.s, life has salves and ccn- •olations, but a nnlile and enduring puNsioji is tiM, all 111 this world, and to cure iUi stijiK ^^i' iuu.sl look to soine- Uiiing U'yonil this world's quackeries. Other grivfn cm fin I sympathy ami • xpn'ssiiiji, and le iiiu«! alisurlHjd liltlo by little in the variety of life's issues. But love, i\H it Ih, anl should l« un- derstiKHlâ€" not llm fiiint ghost that ar- rays il.-x'lf in .stol.^n rot>es. and says, "I am lovp.," but lovj tl'.e stii :ig and tho immortal. Ilm niss-key t." ilm hap- |)y skies, l.iiu angel ripher we read, but cauin >t uixlrri'tanilâ€" such love us this, ami Ihorvt in none other true, can find no full .-udiu-e here, not even in ita earthly tuttisfaclion For still it Uvats against its mortal )>ars and reads the heart that holds it; •till Ktrive.s likrt a meteor flaming to Its cen<'"al star, or a n.>w-lo«».-erl spirit •e^^king U.e pres<>n'o of its G<kI, tu pass tiemce with that kindjed Houl to the i'limt-r hpaven whence it came, there to be wholly mingled with its other life »nd clothed with divini idtintityâ€" there to satisfy IbtwiMiiraliiiiis t bat iu)W vain- ly llirob within llk'ir fU-.^hly walls, with the Hpl/>»iidor un 1 I be (leiu'e and tbti full meii.Mure of the eternol joyti It kmrtvs await lis c<fming. ^ml it is ntt a fir.'it-friiil of this kni'W led^te, tJiat the thoughts of those who Biv i>hMiKi><l inio the fires of a pure (lev»li«yn fly upward as surely u-. tlie H|Nirkst Nolliiiig but the <lr<Kss the grosser earthly part, is purged away by tlioir ever chaslenin- <K>rrA^y, which is, in truth, a di-<- cipliiio for fin.'r .souls. Kor <li «,her>« ever yot live the nvi'n or woman who, loving truly, lias suffered, anil the fliyw IniriK'd out, has tint ri-'en phoenix Uke from llii-ii' hhIkvh, purer aiwl bet t*r. iiftil h>>ldi»g In tho ljo:irt a hrinhi. 'un-iyinK lio]i»> / Never, for those bavf wulk'srt harefoti'ted u\ma tlie holy &rc>und, U Is the fl.unw from the altar lat hiive imrgvul I hem and left theii own lijtht within! And Kur»>ly Ihi hii>Uln iOm) good of ihoM who bave loved not like to .sit down, but shie faintly declined, saying that .sJie did not mind falling HO l< n^ as liisi could walk a little â€" she did not feel so sick when she walked. t'nder the,*; circumstances lie could hardly do lens lhii.n lielp her, rthicJi he did in tht> only way at all practicable with on« «> weak, namely, by walking h^-r about t,n his arm. In the mid. I of his interesting iiere- t'riaatii ns he <ih(<er\e<l Mrs. Carr gaz- ing out of her d^n-k cabin window. bad altered the places at table, and involved his Le- ing placed next to none other than Mrs. Carr. Everybody was already seated, and it was too lata to protest, at any rate for that m.>al ; so he had to choose l)etween submission and going without his luncheon. Being extremely hun- gry, he decided for the first alterna- tive, and reluctantly brought him-^lf to a halt next hii avowed eni^my. But .surprises, like sorrows, come in battalions, a fact that be very dis- tinctly realized when, having helped himseLf to .some chicken,, he heard a cLear voice at his .side address him by nfi'mie. Mr. Heigham," said the voice, "I have nut yet thanked you for your kind- ness to Miss Terry. I am commissi! ned to assure you tiiat she is very grace- ful, sim* she is prevented by circum- stam:es from dung so herself." "I am mucib gratified," he replied, stiffly; "but really I did nothing to def-erve thanks, an I if I had," he added, with a touch of sarca.sm, "I should not have expected any." "Oh I what a cynic you musf lie," sha anHwered with a rippling laugh, "as though womein, helple.ss as they are, were nixt always thankful for the tini- est attention. Diil not the pretty girl with the black eyes tbicnk you for your attentions yesterday, for in- Rtnnce?" 'TDid the lady with the brown eyes thank me for my att?ntions â€" my very noc««ary atlenli.ms â€" yesterday, for in- stawef " he answered, somewhat mol- lified, ti>r the laugh and the voice would have thawe4l a humivn i i-le, and, with all his faults. Arthur was not an icicle. "No. she did not ; she deferred doing so in onler tbiit she might do it letter. It was very kind of you to liolp me. an I I dare say that you'saved my life- and Iâ€" I l)eg ymir panton for being so cru-w. but being seasick always makes me cross "ven t'> those who are kindest to me. Do you forgive mef me. I do U' ,t like speculation, and I never loved the dark." And. as they talked. Madeira, in all its summer glory, h omed up out o l the ocean, for they bad passed the I-'eser- ta; and Port) Santo by night and for awhile they were lost in the cintem- plation of one of the mo->t lovely and verdant scenes that the world i-an show. Before they bad well examined it however, th? vessel had dropped her anchor, and was surrt.unded by boats ^ , , . , ,r„^ . , full of custim-house official. I.oats trouble blew over. r,he jewelry cvaffold. Eyraud, who, with the help of Gabric elle BoDupttXit, strangled Gouiffe a fei\r years ago*, found 93U cm hie body, and then it ciet hnm #600, escapirug to Can- ada, the United States and elsewhere, to avojd arrest. It cost him his life and 9^70 casib to kiiU a nuui as a ^>ei>- ulation. Pranxini committed three mu'-de.'s by which he secured a diajmiund mounted watch, a pa T of earrings a brooch and other artii:Ies lA jeiwelry, Init no casV. He t^em was forced to borrow money from h.B mistresa, with which he paid I bis expejuKS to Marseilles until the wa» full of diving biys, of vegetables, of | seen in his possession, he was crrested wicker-chairs and tables, of parrnta, , before he bad an oi>portuiniity to die- fruit and 'other articles^ to tiumer- | p<« „, ^ ^jid he wa« gwiUotlned. ous t'l mention, as they say in the "^ . _ "7^ . auctioneers' catal igues, and they knew The that it was time to g i ashore. ""Well, it has heen a pleasant voy- age," said Mrs. Carr. "I am glad you are not g dng on." "So am I." "You will ooooe and see me to-mor- rwv, will you not? Look, there Ls my house." and she p inted to a large. only profit lie deriived from bis crimes was a tr.^ to .Uaraeiilee on borrowed money. Mecrant, who kiiUed. a watchman at a bouse hie bal docided to rob, t'oand but four eihiilliings in the house, and furnutiire he couLd not carry away. Qe was guillotined. Prado murdered a womau liming in white hi>u«e. • jrpoeite Leuw Ro"k. that the Rue L'aiuuariiui, and secured jj-i,000 pretty and rather cr.-vs, WI.eu that lady ,saw that she was obser.el, she pulle<l tliB curtain with a jerk and vanifdiexl. Shortly after Ibis Arthur's 'I nipajii<,n vaiii-hed too, circumstance's "»cr whi.di «hi< had no control coi.i- iwlling hfr, anl Arthur him«lf sat down rather relieved. Hut he was ue^tiiie t that day to play knight-errant to ludidw in distress. I'nwently Mrs. Carr's cabin-d(x>r open- ed, and that lady hepelf emiirged theie- frorn, holding on to tlw .side rail. He luul jiwt liegun to ob.si.'rvo how charm- ingly .shfc was dresae.l when st»mt> <iualm seized her, and she turned to re- enter the cabin. But the door had swiung to with tlie n>ll of the vessel, and ."die could n «t oir-ii it. Impelled by an agony of doubt, sli© fU>w to the side, and, to his horror, .sprung w ith a .sinKic lioun I on to tJio broad rail that surmounted the bulwark netting, mil ivmuined jeated there, holding 'â- nly to a little rope tJuit hung down irin the awning-chuin. The sliip. whi h was at \h^ moment â- â€¢oiling pretty Iwavily, had ju.sl reaihed I lie full niigle of her windward roll, ami wiui preparing for a heavy swing lo leewanl. Arthur, se»'ing that Mrs. Carr would in a few sec-sinls tertuinly 'w flung «>ut to sesi, rushed promptly I fonvard and liftwl hfr from the rail. It was none too noon, for next niom- ,?iit down the great rvhip went with a lur^^h into a trough of the sea, hiirl- iiiic liiiu. with hi>r in his arms, up igaiTiiit the bulwarks, an I, tosay truth. Iiiirting bim condli.irably. But if he pxiiecio t utiy tlinnks for this exploit, ho was destined to Ixi di.sappointed, for iu> .s<Kin<T liiid he "et his lovely bui- k'n down, Ihun slu.-, iua<lu ust< of her freedom to Miiimp upon tie deck. "ilow could you lie s<j foolish?" said •.<!. "In anirtlvr moment you would lave Iwen flunif out to sea I'- ".And, pray, Mr. Hciighnm," shu ans- «erv<l. in a cutting ami f^arcaalic voice, 'is that my biisiniAss or your own' .•surely it would have itet^n lime enough lor you to t.ike a lil>prty when 1 a'-ked vou to jump over afU>r me." Artliur drew himself up to his full i.tvight and looked digniiiedâ€" he could look digmified whvin he liked. "I d<i ju>t quite undorstand you, Mrs. Carr," he said, with a little l>ow. 'What I did, 1 did ti> save you fivm tfoJiig overlKiard. Next time'that suoh a lillle ailv<vnlure crnme-s in luy way, I lio|ie, for my owiii' sake, that it may con<-<'rn a lady |«iiHKiivs.sed of less rudo- nAiH and m:>r<< gralitude." And llu'n glaring definaco at each i-'tticr, they seiNi rated ; she marching <vff uilJi ail tiie dirfinily of an offended (liuwii to the "sweet seclusiin that a isbin grants," while lis withdrew to a lie'wii, comforted, however, not a ittle hy the tloiight that he had given .Mrs. Carr a Itolaud for her Oliver. Mrs Carr's IiouikI on to tlie bulwarks lad UvMi the last effort of that prince of dcMiiviiH, seaMickness, rending her ere lie l"'( \\''en the occawon for rc- raaiiiliw (ln>r> hn.i tljius pa-ssod away, die Hoinn lir>^ I ol her cabin and of lis- tening to till' ina rtii'ul'ite moans of her l^^loved AgiUint. >\ lw> was a most faith till subje.d i>f thii" fiemd, rnf who would never desj-rt his Ixianor so long as hi- bad a lackground of glossy foliage and commanded a view of thw sea. "If you cuie. I will show you my I'eetles. And, if you care ti coirae next day, I will show yi'u my mummies. " "And if I lame the next, what will you sh iw me?" in jewelry, but no money, fearing to oiffer the jewelry for sale im Paris, he took it to Madrid,, where he sold it for 924U. lU B expensee to Madrid and return Wv.'re 9175. Ue cleared 965 tuid was guiilotimed. I^ageny. I'Vrraud, Keisgen and two "^o ften as you may come." shp said 'others, who stra<ngted Baiomese de Val- with a little tremor in h^r vi i e "I "ley. secured $40 from, their victim, shall find something t'. show you." wiich they divided and they were goillj- Then they shoik hitnds and took lotined Ijefor.? Uhey had spent e.eu their i-espe<"tive ways, sheâ€" together that small Bum. with the unfortunate Miss Terry, wh ) â-  Prevuet committed two murders, by lo'ked like a reeuscitated corpse- on | which he received MOO, but waa arrest- to the steam-launch that was waiting j ed before he hud tiime to expend one for her. and be in the b at belonging penny of it. to Miles' ».tel. (To be Continued.) ODD NOTIONa -.king, he thought, pale, but swe.Uy j l>|,.„.<. forgive me. I really am nuite "' '*' unhappy wh<n I th'nk of my lehav- ior." .-Vnd .Mrs. Cmr sh d a glance at limtliat would have cleared the north west passage for a man-of-war." "Pleaite dom't apologiz«,t he said htunbly. "i really have nothing t ' forgive. I ajn aware that It. ok a lilierty as you put it. but I th. ughl that I was justified by the circum- stances." 'II is not generous of you, -Mr. Heigham, to throw my words into :iiy teeth. I had forg tten all about them. Hut I will set your want of feeling aga'nst my want of gratitude, and we'll kiss and I* friemls." "I i-an, assure you. Mrs. Carr that there is nothing in the world I should like lietter. When shall the ceremony ivime off?" â-  Now y;u are laughing at me. and a-tually interpreting what I say lit rrally. as though the Knglish language werv* ni>t full of figures of speech. Hy that phrase." and she blush-"d a little â€"that is h"r che«>ktoik a deeiier shade of (»ralâ€" "I meant that we would not out each other after lunch." "Vou bring me friiui the .seventh hea- ven of exixH'tatiou into a very pro- widc world; but I accei>t your terms whatever tb'y are. I am omquered." "Kor exactly half an h ur. Hut lot us talk sense. .Are you g ling to stop at Madeira?" "Yes." "l''or h'lw long?" "I don't know; till 1 get tire<l of it I supiKxM'. Is it ni e. .Madeira?" "Churming. I live there half the year." "Ah then I can well lielieve that it is charmingl" "Mr. Heigham you are paying ccra- plinients. 1 thought that you looked ftliove that s .rt of thing." "Ill the presence of misfortune and lieauty" â€" henx he bowed â€" "all men aro reduced to the s.«iuie level. Talk t i me from U.hind a curtain, or let me turn my back ujioii you and you may ex- (Ks't to hear workaday proseâ€" but face to fai-e, I fear that you must put up with compliment." "A neat way of sayirkg that you have had enough of me. Your compliments are two-edged, tlood-bye for the pre- .sent." .And she rose, leaving Arthur â€"well, rather amused." The Iven is not a good exairople for humanity: she se,t8 when she wants to, , - but heaven and .artb can't make her | '?' i>' ot'h*": G«org>8a. Voly aaidiranr Barre and Lebilez overlooked $2,000 iiB the apartments of an old woman they luurdiered, (und maile away wL>tb prec Bely onje 'halfpenny that was on her table. fial tihea^ were the fortunate criint- iuuls. T,be amounts they found were much greatc'r tlian tboao fallimg to the After this tliey saw a go:)d deal of each otherâ€" that is to say, they con- versed together for at least thirty minutes out of every sixty during an average day of fourteen hours, and in the cx)ur«) of these conversations she learned nearly everything aliout him. except his engagement to Angela, and stie shrewdly guessed at that, or, rath- er, at some kindred circumstances in his career. Arthur, on the other hand learned quite everything about her, for lier life was ojien as the day, and would have iKirne rei^rting in the Times newsixiiier. Hut nevertheless, he found it extremely Interesting. "\'ou must lie a busy wvmau," he said one ni.irniivg. « hen li ' had been listening to one of h"r tattling atv counts of her travels aud gaycties, 'lirinkled over, as it was, with th' shrewd reiiiarks and illumined by tb* 8e.t wih<sn Sihe dr*an't want to. rmige<iia»lity ia what we discov.'r in ie<>|>lr' who keep still and let us talk alxml m'raelves. The must iue<ldle8ome persons always have a:i i I a tlmt thi'y have no ourioe- ity wtatevetr. At an auotion the near-sighted tem- perance lady always bids in the plast- er c««t of Bacchus. fililent people itre not poiiular he.puse they are supposed to be engaged in crit- icising talkative people. AjJitvog the few great joys of life is stayi<:iig in bed fifteen minutes after we have lieen told to get up. Plumtiers naturally deapiee a woman who <-!in thaw out frozen faucets with a handtui of salt or a teakettle of hot water. Ml STACUKS AMONG WOMKN. A learned German who has devoted h'lm.'^elf to the study of physiology, an- thropology and allied sciences, makes the rather startling assertion that mustaches are leooming cummoiier among women of the present day than in tlie jw-st. He says that in Constan- tinople, among the unveiled women that are to lie met with, one out of tan pcBsesses an unm statable covering of down on the upper lip. In the capital of Sjiflin. again, the proportion of la- dies with the mas.iuline characteristic is said to lie quite eijual to that obser- vable in the Golden Horn. An Amer- ican medical man states that in I'hil- adelpbia fully 3 iier lent. of thj adult fair sex are similarly adorned, and pro- bably the proportion would lie still larg«!r but that many wtxmen take th' trouble to eradicate the unwelcome growth by the a;iplicatiou oX depilatory preiKi rations. WOiMKN AND THGIK WAY'S. A girl doesn't love every man she is willing to go to a dollar-and-a-half show with. After a woman marries a man she slops looking wistfully at hiia and says what she meanai When a girl lias a iihotograph taken showing a good deal of her shoulders it is a sign that she thinks she is pretty. The average girl may not be able to name the Poetiiiaster-lieneral. but sh© can tell what kind of marriage service is lieing used before the minister has read half a doze>n lines. A mother ia never satisfied that she has washed her boy's face clean unless his kis»t>s taste 8i«,py. A woman is no longer interesting to a man when shiB is no longer de- ceived whej) he tells things that ere not true. The enjoyment with which a woman listens to a young man reading out loud is recalled to him painfully after niarriag.i whtvn she begins to find fault with his pronunciation. ck tiiurdered a man and <Mrned s.x- peuce haM iiexLny . Chottin, on â-  mur ler, seven pence, Cixihe and Pou.g, one mur- der tC'H p noe. Ollinrier, one murder a brass waloh, Scluunaker, one murd- er 9S- Dorc Berluiiit and Mcae. Berlant kilted a woman and eeoured two silver spooois a,nd $4. L'icidi Baiilon, Soullet, lir'rnard. Servant, Caniipis b'rey and Ri- viere, each comjultted a murder and found their vii'tiiuns penniless; they did not prufii a brass farthing. Ko.'inigt one murder, three sous. In addition to the small amount re- alized, every one of t.Lc criimiuals were executed. The dticum.»''nt enumeniiea m^wards ot a hundred incidents in the criminal h story of Paj'is, proviing in each in- stance tiiat criiiue fails to offer an ad- equate return for the actual work in- volve<l iin carrying it out. aaide fnun the eleiment o* daiiger that must al- ways accvsui'aiiiy it. It is to be hoi«d th.iL evtli-do.'rB will see it in this lightr â€" Loudon Telegrapib. PEARLS OF TRUTH. The better part of valor ie discretioab â€" S.hiukespeare. Wiscuim is to tlie mind what bi:a!tb is to the botly.- Rochrrfoucauld. Immodest words admit of no defense; for want ot dk-oemoy ie want of sense. â€" Itioe^icctnmon. Villaimy wh<en dfitjcted never gives up, but bo!illy adds iimj.udeiio© to im- posture.â€" Ooldsmiith. The man who trusts men wijl make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.â€" Cavuur. Farth has nothing more, tender than a womau 's heart wjben it is the alx>„e of piety.â€" I.ulbier. We enjoy ourselves ouly in our work â€" iin our doing; aud oui best doing is our tiest enjoyment.â€" JiU-obi. The sjiddost failures in lite are those that i-ome from not putting forth the ptiiwer and wi,li to succeed. â€" K. P. ^Vâ- hip- ple. A pervere.i teiuper and a discimtent- ed fretful dispiBilictti, wherever they prevail, render any state of life un- happy .-Cicero. If rich men wouid remember that shrouds have no pockets, they would while living, ahore their wealth with their childre.n and give for the gcHid of othera and so know, the highest pIcaHure wealtli can give. â€" Tryon Kd- wards. Try to mnlie at least one person hap- py every driy and then in ten years yimi Jiiny have madi.' StiuO persons hap- py, or brigihten a aniall towti by your coiiitribution to tk^ fund uf g<;ner,i! ea- joy>iient.â€" Sydney Smith. IHK FlRsr aVNK NCl'B. The oldeet ttank note in the world wae printed in China in 13t>8â€" 32 years liefore Gutcniicrg the rejmted Invent- or of vf'"*i'n« *â- "* 'lorn. It was issu- ed SOO years beiforo baiilc notes wur* circulated in Eurutie. !.S >