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TO THE BITTER END. A I :tlc Of TWO I I v r> CHAPTKH XIV. MOTH Kit M> -0V. Tlir funeral of th" lUrl of Mairowdean bid lie.-ii it great function. .statesmen of .lie highest rankaml mpuUl.ou Im I follow- e<l tin fmt to the grave. Deputa- tion* from all cluiei of society had fur lea\e Ui attend, and I lie mult exalted personagu in llie State hd herself Ix-en represented by a near kinsman. Kn^'i.in l' n.ost ebullient and learned |>re- lair li.nl pronounced a eulogy over lii.i grave wrich had left *orcely a ilry eye Among ilm whole of that vast assemblage, and which " Auil if you did you wo-.ild not tell "And if I .In I I should not tell yon," the iuitwered. "I ara not revengeful. I am sorry to sec that you are." Hi had determined that li would keep his ttmper, and he kept it ; but it wan no ' j - \ mal 1 1- 1 . " Reveugcful in scarcely the word," he .ui-.Hi-i.il ((iiietly ; "1 want justice. Hut you did not tend lor me to iliscu.su thii. 1 sup- pose there was something else ?" " Yes, t lii-re wus. They tell me that a reward his bceu offered for for " For Neillnon'i arrea!." he interrupted had ina.le the hearts even of strangers hum qnietlv. " Yes, I h.ve offend a thousand pounds reward. " She u>ok up a fan and half liid lier face as though to screen it from the fire. " You are doing a fooluli thing," she said. " You know that Neillson could not have hod anything to du with it.'' " OD the contrary, he answered, " it i very el. ir thit he had something t.. do with it. I will not say he was the actual murderer ; perhaps not. Hut one thing in very certain he knows all about it." " If you find him he will Dot tell you." lie smiled incredulously. " We shall see about that. The law will have a hold upon and 1 1. rub with indignation against the cold blooded assassin WUUM midnight crime had taken such a life. A* a statesman, a phil- anthropist, a nobleman, and a Christian, ths Kul of Har'owdean vas held up as an example to his order and to all men. The names of those who pressed upon the be- reaved widow and her only son their respect- ful, heartfelt sympathy included the names of all the noblest in the land, and the wreath* winch poured in from < 'ovent (iardeu, from the country, ami even from foreign royalty, mad* t be air of the great cathe.lral heavy with the perfume, and formed such a collec- tion of Mural offerings as hail rarely before been aeen. When all wa* overand the mortal remains of the Karl of Harrowdeau had been placed under the earth, tlie public mind )>egtn to turn from sympathetic grief to strong ro- eminent. The murderer must be discover- ed, must be hunted down, or the prestige of the Kngiith police was gone forever. All speculations as to his personal identity were put a mop to by Neillson 's flight and con- tinued ai>-em-e. It could bear but one con- xtiu -lion guilt. Neillson wa* the name in every one's mouth who talked about the " I cannot ti-1! you," she inotned. " I can never toll you. ' " You must either tell me, or- or " " Or you will go on with your purpose ?" " I shall." She made no reply. Forscveral iniuntis there, wits a deepsileiiue in the little apart iiii-iit. Tli-n, an though rousing himself, from a deep tit of abstraction, In; drew him self up and pushed away the high hacked oaken chair against wnich he Tail l*cn leaning. " Motht-r." he saiil, "you h.ive nothing more to any to im- I am going." She let him read, tlie door Iwfore she spoke. 'I hen her voice, weak and shaking, barely reached him, a -id seemed like a wins- |-i from a long duu*uce. He turned around at once. She was standing on the hearth- rug, leaning heavily against the mantel- piece with a ghastly look in her white fare. ' You have brought tin- upon yourself," she said, speaking hoarsely au>l as though with gre.r. d'thcully. " Come here closer, closer." He inn. -.! to her i Je, and in obedience to .- nervous clutch of hsr fingers upon his coat sleeve nowed hit head until it was al- most on R level with her lips. Kven then she looked lineally around the room before she spoke, her dark, unnaturally brilliant eyes travelling restlessly around it and lingering auspiciously in every dark corner. " No one can postihly overhear you, mother," lie said, a little impatiently, yet awd in spite ol liimself by her strange nun , Her while i|uivering lips almost touched "'" w * las ears. They moved, slowly, at first, then bun." There was a brief lilence. udden, swift movement she rot* from her chair, and before he had time to make up j ,; <>%r , H - a g iute( , wh i.per. ni mind what she was about to do she was' - - on her knee* before him, her dark eyes gleaming wr.h tears and her feature* ion Mil-.. I with a sudden itorni of paSMioi:. Her hands clasped his knee* her whole at- titude was one of wild abandonment. The change amazed him. He would have -trt ed backward but she would not let bun go. listening to her passionate words, quickly, and the words streamed out in a They ueased and be drew back, frightened and training to watch their effect. His faco was suddenly white and haqgard, and great liea Is of per- spiration bung upon his forehead Hut blank incredulity struggled lo the front, und expressed iUelf in a fi antic, passionate tum- ult of words, whiiTi seemed a* though it mustoverwhelm ill opposition. She listen- ed, and the white pitiless lips moved again. Tm n there was silence, deep intense silence. . f , I" II kUVKV .llt !H I , llrr.-ll III- fll3c murder at all. NeilUon was clttt.ly and ! *'tn a strange sense of unreality creeping | br()ken . ^ U|nea . JJ , r. NeilUon must over him Surely thi. could not bo his .,,,, It WiM the J ol/uj , J uudoubttidly the murderer. I* disco- t-red. At first Scotland Yard bad been very 'oiitiilent ab iiit the matter. His appio- hension, it gave out, was only the nutter of a few hour*. He bad had too mother, this weeping, suppliant woman. "Bernard," *he cried, "for tlod'* ake listen to me ! I beseech you, I warn you for your own aake, a* well as mine, let it all rest. Lea veil to the detective*. Don't let brief a start to make his esctipo. K\ery 'bem find out any tiling if you can help it. railway -slat ion in London and every port) l><>n't help them. Withdraw that reward. as watched by tried ", ymi don't know what in i.ii- it Hritain wa* detectives, and to have shown himself at any of them must have been instantly fatal, however good his disguise. A cordan of police wa* drawn around the little house in Ho'loway where a married sister of bin was known to live. His descrip- tion hung in every police station and bud lieen Mashed all over K.rglund nlong the t jhvraph wires. A photograph wan d:si overcil among his effects, and m an in .-ndibly short space of time album-ami were issued aiid distributed. The uunilier of the missing notes drawn by the Karl of Hanowtlcan from bis bank on the morning of his murder were in every bank managers In 1 is, and were on the bills Hi in. -hannounc ed him as " wanting." Scotland Yur.l b.iigliivl at the idea of failure. lUplani were perfect. Hut a day pawed, two days, threedays, and as yet nothing bad bren done. '1 he i'iy of tho funeral had i ome and itmie ; and on the day after the ilay of l.-.i . Mi -ton's viHit in hn> friend Thornton a fresh placard wa* t ir-'iibited througlitiiit the country and bung upon every :,!! und 1. 0.11 ding in Lon. Inn. Lord Alcoalon hf.l I i!.' n hni friend's adi ice und followed his own inclination. He bud ottered one tlioiitanil pounds lew.ti d for the ttppieben- I'mlip Neillson. Tin- li .! I.e. -n .lone, on the. mm inn > of his vi'i' '.itl.e It. tlnml lii-enn Road ; in the afternoon, alter hot return home, lit- was t"l I th it Ins mother wished tti tprak to im He Mcnl Klrai|(b> to her UK. in. >ln i MM- to greet him, a tall stalely figure in In-i deep crape ilie.sw an.l Hitlovt'n garb. F.ven hei HOP, who was preparing for the little which be know was coining, could not .in a I brill of itdn tuition .IK ho I,. ,1,, ,1 at her. She was still nlwaulifnl wom.m. you're doing heart. Nothing He knew. sobbing i ould h 1 - than this. ( IIAl'TI'K XV. TUB I;KW vm> \viriii>ii.\\\ N. You can't know ' Have you thought any- thing about it at all? You cannot think that he w.is murdered for that miserable money! Oh, this will kill n e, will kill me!" he cried, wringing her ban-is. He tried to raise her, nut nut- would mil move. She grovelled at his feet, and her itkjony brought the tears into his eye.s. StroiiK iu his pur|K>se though he was, he mill. I noi help butng moved. " Mother,' he cried, trying in v.i.n I.. lift her, " if be was not murder.*! for that money what was he murdered for? Can yon ought to I* in bed tell me that ?" j lat : 1 ought lo In A few minutes before midnight Stephen Thornton rang the 1*11 of tin) great house in (irosvcnor Square an 1 asked to see Lord Alceaion. He was nhnwn at once into a small study on the ground -Moor and in a few minutes was joined by Ins friend Tlmrnloii was not a man of keen aym- pithies, nor was he naturally an oWrvant man. Hut when lie saw Lord Aleeston ruler the room he rose to hi* feet with a quick eiclaniktion, "My dear man," he said, in a piuing "bow ghtstly bvt you look! You I'm soriy I came so ave put U off until Lord Alceston's fingers closed over the piece of paper, and he transferred it to his raiitoott pocket. Then he resumed his former position, his face half shaded with his haml. " Anythirg else?" lie aske 1. " Yes." " Important *" " Verj-" Lord Alceston chantted his position un- raiily. What is it?" he asked. Thornton leaned across the table and look- ed vury grave indted. "I afBc'overed something almost by sc- eni.-iii hi.-h seem;, as though it were, in- deed, a link betwxen the two murders." "And the link is? ' Lord Aleeston drew % long breath and the color came l*ack to his cheeks. "Tell me about it," he laid. "That's very *oon done. It seeme.il to me that the crots examination of .Mrs. Judkin, the landlady, at tl.e iin|uest, wa* very weak, ad ae 1 passed the house OB my way back I went is and saw her." "Yes?" "1 frightened her." "Yes?" "And I made her acknowledge that *l:e tad accreted something which ihe had found n llie dead woman's room." " Yes? What wax it!" Thornton took a crumpled piece ol paper mm his pocket and throw it across the able. " A filly -pound note," he said quietly, ' and the number M 'JO 1. 006." Lord Alcoaton repeated the number a* though not appreciating ils significance. " Don't you remember," Ihornton wid, ' that is lue number of one of th* note* which your father, the Karl of Harrowdean, drew from Coutt*' on the morning of hi* murder, aud which Neillson evidently de- camped with?" Lord Alceeton grasped the noto tightly n bis fingers and sat back in hi* chair. For t moment or two the room seemed to IM- swimming round him and there wa* a low buzzing in his ears. Then he felt a cool i. in. I upon his forehead and some brandy streaming down hi* throat. With great effort he pulled himself together and sat up. I'm all right, thanks," he said weakly. "I'll sit quite still for a minute or two. " Ttiure wbs a short silence. Then f.on Ab-CHton got up. "Thornton,' hesaid, "I asked you to help found themselves last ummer in possession only of Sanaa, the capital, and Amraz, town two days' journey to the north. Roth of these towns, being walled and fortified, were able to withstand the fierce onslaught of the Arab bauds, which, as a rule, were armed with the most pitifiU of weapons. In two months six Urge town* fell into the handi of the rebels and were the scene cf wholesale bloodshed and pillage. Rein- forcements numbering Iti.iHjO troops were at last sent from Turkey. This force had a terrible time but fall. Cholera raged among them, an. 1 the oad quality of their rations helped to make them an eaay prey to die- ease. Whon Ahmed Feh/y i'aaha was finally appointed commander of the army late in the fall, the situation of the Turkish troops improved. Their new commander instilled fresh courage into them, and drag- ring their field guns H.UOO feet up among the mountains, they at last reached Sanaa, where the Turkish garrison had I *en closely besieged l>v the rebel*. The Arab* were now dislodged from their position with groat slaughter. A series of victories re- stored to the Turks the cities they had lost. How don it bapptn thit we are recxsiving freeh news of the hostilities in Yemen ! The fact is that while the Turks have regained much of their lost ground and are back again in the cities, they h*ve been unable as yet to conquer the hill tribe*, who ac- knowledge no allegiance except to their be- loved Imau, Ahmed ed Dm. These moun- tain trihcs are still in a stale of complete re- volt- They constitute the larger part of the population of Yemen, n.l the recapturing of the cities was eisy work compared witn subjecting tlie Kab>las to Turkish rule. Tlie plains near the sea have remained faithful, or at least they have maintained an ttitude of indifference to the rebellion. The Turkish (iovernor-Oeneral of Yemen laid a few weeks ago that to comiuer the hill tribes wa* impossible with the Turkish [orce* at present in the country. The result i* that tho Turks are acting entirely on the defensive, and are simply trying to repel the assaults of the rebel* until more rein- forcements are sent from Constantinople. I'ule.w these reinforcement* are torthco.n- there i* every prospect that the Turks " ivcn entirely out ot the country. ng there i rill be dr to- 4 Von, y e ?" she cried. you, but <iod knows that "I could tell I would oonr r 1 morrow. '""' mlo an easy chair die at this moment, hcr at your feet, than lll>ol < '" I'ead. that you should know." " ' '" 8 lai ' )" u 'I" 1 ""' P" 1 !t * ' "sW " There is a history, then a secret and bccn "r**-''' 1 "! yu ; 1 shouldn't have gone you kno i H to Ix-d if you nadn't enine. 1 uni anxious "I know nothing ; but I can tuen. Her to h r *'" l"Pl""ed after I left you." nard, listen to me. Think of your f, " I'll tell you directly. May I have a as the whole world thinks of him think braiidy-and-selt/er first, l hough? I've conic bow nerv paper is full of hi* praise* : ro 'tra'd 1 " 'r""' Whilochapel." meuilMjr that sermon ye*ti>rday. They hold '' '"course." l.'inl Alcestou laiu t:i bull and the him up its an example to his order and lo , all men honest, tirtuous, loyal, a Chris- | >'rmh and -It/er w is brought. Thornton nan. all that a mmi ahoiild IH-, al- i I' 1 ' 1 !'" 1 hinuelt ami passed n tumblerful most without a fault. What should yon think of i he man who taught them to think otlietwi-u, who pointed lo .-oiiio dark spot ill Ins life which none hud known of and which mule men relnu ' all the good which they had s|ioken of him, und shake iluir heads at the very mention of his name? \\ li.it nli'inbl you think of such a on>- "Tlunl. of him ! I slmiil.) i-ni.-.- him fioin the bottom of my heart!" cried lx>rd Ainu- ton lilllel t\ "Then. Itern.trd, be careful lest yru luiiiM l>e llnit o-ie. Youneek to penetrate ne in this, and you ve done so like a brick. 1 in immensely obliged to you." "That's all right," Tlmrnton aniwered. "I'm glad we've l:een so fortunate. We've maile u good start, at any rate." "And the start must b the finish." Lord Alceston said slowly. "Thornton, I waul to drop thin, drop it altogether. I want what we have found out to remain a pro- found secret, buried ltweeu no two. riioriit"ii was a man whom it was not easy to surprise, but he ttarted and looked at his fi -lend in. redulously. " IVi you mean this? he asked (lowly. " I do. ' You mean to say that now the clew is ir hands you want to throw it up? You don't intend to follow it?" "I do mean that. I have the strongest Thornton. You You may have The Arabs have at Uast been able to gain an abuudan : supply of arms from exiraacoo* 1 sources, and they themselve* turn out a " I very excellent quality of gunpowder from materials found in their own land. The war has already coot Turkey an immense sum of money, and she is paying very dearly for the extortionate taxes which she ha* wrung from the bold mountaineers of this far-away province. In* lite jr.. in which the curtain must never societ y inotiirr to a -." n -ty r m. 'I >-i-y bud Iwen on 'mildly iiin.s alwnv, but then then- hsd i.iier lieen either :M-< 11*1011 or opportunity for difference. At that inoiiient, as she roso In meet him and they nloo.lf. H to face in the dusky t ilicjit of Idi Ui ;... He I l.i* I, ill ulmoHt foigotton mother. The one thought in bis imiel wax thai this woman had HOIIIII Inn, m-i i . i knovt I- 1^. pi-i bapsi not knowledge, but at any < ispn ion which aim wax refusing to .nth birr.. It never net uried lo nini to sussed hor of the least complicity in Ins f<. : In i ' murder, of any actual kn nl.-.lti >if I in- guilty person* ; but mill him knew something wnletl miuh', ifpropeily un-il, I him a i-b'e. What her reasons for v it li'il.lnc,' it infill In- lie could not imagine ! ii .1 in. i try to, Simply hu fall that if Mo- illd not meet him frankly and tell him be lilted I, -,).,( of all by elinnay, uiithiiiking fingers groping in the dark." Hor voice had gat here I force, had rison from a nervous, Ircmulmin whipei to un , inipmuioned cry, which seemed to fill the llflped li. m .'It across the tab! " I'll not s|N-ak a word until you have .li iin to it down," be said. "Why, your lips are blue, mid yon all) shaking all o.ei. Is anything fresh I lie matter T" "No; limits. Holding of consequence. I'm im: \i iy well." He took up tin) tumbler and drained it. Thornton took out a cigar case and parsed it to him. "Try one of tbeec. You'll tin.! a smoke will do you good, ' he said. " There, that's i liii' You look more yourself now. I in you know you t|iiit frightened me when you first c.uno in. And now for my news, such news as it is. It's a Wonder I'm here to tell it. They took me for a detective or a spy down at the Uising Sun and wanted lo mull mo. Only just ^m .ill. " "AhT" Lord Alcistoii made no fiirthur iem.nl, and Thorn ton eontiniicd : "I haven't l>eeii alio,;i thor unsuccessful. In the ti-st pl.i e. 1 know the name ot the man who ha 1 hor Imricd and who atle.ii.lfl I, el funeral Here 1 1 is l.co|,ol,l ,|c Ft-iiiyd , Chnndo* Street," he said, throwing u pi. . of paper across the table. Und , ,..,.,,. . w ord Aleefton's lingers closed npon It and ) w.i-hn drkened room and whi.'b rung and burned |,e nodded. To nil appearance V might in his ears with strange Ihnllinx elfoi't. He have been a iitnn- iiimiU-rwled listemi , Thornton'sn'oilal. llul Thornton w.i t ,, atudyins; own'* faces aud he knew that it W m otherwi.e. ()( ( |, B n,, , ,,,,.,, ;. , ..... '! u little away from her and looked into her wild beautiful face, im which the lin-linht was casting strange Inn, I gleams, half laaoinaUd, halt frightened. Itesintanee, anger, entreaties, Im bad steeled himself ugainst Hut HIM ai soinething difleient. There wan the ring of truth in her p.. atewonU. What di I it all mean? What .mil. I it mean! " Mother, I eitnnot believe this '" he (mil u! I.IH! in a low, lioarae tone. " You you inni! be die iniiiii;. My father s -Ins lil li.n Ix-i'ii ii public one Iwiore thu eyen i.f 1 can never l>elii'\ n rt him frankly .ml I. -I i ivai no inolhrr nt hu. I . ,, ., .it.mpt at any orilmai-y ll11 ">'" I here uould have been Mthlng ,. teliBf between IhsMi, He .t.M.d on i.hmdit. Oh.it m horrlbU laerUef* to end of the be Hlli ru^, upright uml fiowning, with his eyes bcnl aean-lnnnly n|ion her ,n:e marl. l face, a* though striving to |,i in 'l.ile I be lll.uk whiell he fell I'oiivine .I \\.in llie nvuli nt her nnnntiiinl r.tlm. i.i.l fa. in^ i. im f ol a moment, ln'i I. iik i-yes meeting I. is without a uiiivi r uml her thin lips piesned tightly toKutin r Then ng yi.n-1 ml movement, nil* sank bai.-kwurd into tin . - 1, in liom v, bieli she hail linen at " Sou si-ni for me, inotbei ," he said, short K-. " 1 illd. Th;uik you for coining mi i|iiii-k- II _ I his shonldeis " '- ' : I was asanxioui to. .on. as you ci.nld linn- been to nc., .. ^ ,,u up y>ur inii.il to tell im'. " 1 have lung to till y.ui. 1 sent In yon for another leimon." | h. n it. AH to yi-ni ing n ithing io tell I dnn'l agree n i tell im a Kieil ilnivi Yii'i conl.l, if j . , :.. clear up lliemynti ry , . . ,|. ,i,,. ol your bOiDMdl \on HI i," rl.e aniwerM : " I iiotbing." hint at xueli thing* 1 ii " S'l" rose, .lowly to her feel and mo\e,l iiwiiy till her dark figure w i-. nlmii lont in the shnili.wH of the room. Mi. f\. i t illoneil her wondef ingly. \Yhen nlie rnturneil ^he I . I 1 111 In i 1 1, 'hi band a smiill blm-k book. " \ on ue Intnl. I lei n.ii d Jthen.iiil, " \n \ hard to r.m\ in.-e. See, I swenr that . . . \ Hied I lm\e nllered i truth. If you go mi with v" 11 "eaii-h, and if you sue.-eeil, you will blaekim forever your fatliei'ii memory. I .In not -ay (bat thin will li iustlue. I d . not say that ever in hi- ln'e RSJ Committed km wmgly one single sin. Itut if you .li i cover anvlhiug t nil, you will liseover but u |ni I 'I he other part could only be ex- plained l.y lipi ulu.h me silont foitner. .n, i. r li.it will seem likenin, yo:i n ill |illl.lisll to the Wnlld ; the |ilnl ilii-ut Inn the woi I.I .-.in n, , .'i know. Ai I live I Inn is so. 1 swum- It. I uni yoiu mother, llernard, un. I 1 i<wu.ir it." " l'l"- i' '' '" so," he annweie.1, " I must I,IIOVV nil. Then I will judge Ne- mmli. I iii. mi sbaie yom knowledge, in, .tin II mity I..-. ' to have \imtr.l the \i..inan on the nn,lil of her mur tier 1 have foiin.l out iiollnn^ as yet of im- portanoo. Yet Int I havn heard IK my i tenons. Tins murder wan no .'i.min.in nne. Al.'rslou. Nor were lliosu \ i-ntorii connimn men. I have mailr no iiii|iiu n in this di- rection yet. Scotland Ysnl will havo done all that, I dare sax ." Ho looked aeros* at hi* friend ai though fi-iiin.,' that he t\ oi.M ap|K-itr disappninte.l. llul Lonl AUu-sion did not appear diaap- |K>intoil. " I have lieen making iiu|iiirir* in another .In. In- n. lli.i'iiton , ,.nt inn. ,|. " Kroin the talk win. h in: on m tin- ta\ -ni I learn- ed that Iherc n i.:iii|n rnon with whom the mur. lei eil woman !i . I ..,-<'itiionit|ly lalke I and who was snp|>i>-. I In be to a certain e\ tenl bur conli.Unte. I went to see that wo- man. " 11 Diil iilie tell you iiny thing?" Not much. Rat ih* astonished "What are they!" " I . atinot tell \o'i, mnl take my woi I. ' Y.I.I m.y l>e mistaken, got bold of some falao idea." " I am nol mi'takcn.' "1m not at all sure that we shouldn't be liable 1 1 lie indicted for conspiracy. " " I will tuko the risk of that." ' Thornton lliought for a moment, aud then I lus shoulilt is. " Yery j;ooil ; you are llio most intereslwt iu ibis matter, of course, and you shall have your own way. Hul I tell you frank 1. thut I tlon't understaii.1 this and I don't Ilkl- it. lilKMl Ill^l.t." Ill left somewhat abinptly, for he wts annoyed : und he was one of those men who nev.'i t..!.e the tio.ili!e to hide their annoyance. Hut l.or.l \lcestoii knew lli-tt lit- would kmp his w. rd and hu let bun go without further pro! .:. On the following morning the paper* con- tained a somewhat - t r.m.-.e annouDCfnieiit. I'bi rewanl of one thousand pounds for the i'i -OM : v of I'hilip Neillson had Wen with- drawn without any evrlanation. The in trreiiiv wa olivions. I he nutborilie* no 1 unrer I'l-iu-if'l in bn guilt, and though s.-. .1 1. m. I N ard wax not siipp-mcd to be af- fected by the olleim,: of I'm- i.-w.u.l at all III" search for the missing man ln-came weal and halt hearted. Tho clew wns swept away one and pos the IM l 1:1 -IIM. ii i u< There arc Iti,0o0,t>00 cow* in the United States. An entirely new race of ludians has beon discovered in Lal-radur. The Druids are stated to have barnt their human sacrifice* in wi.-ker cages. lly an Art just pasaed in South Australia, all hotels are to be altogether closed on Sundays. Auctioneer*' fe9 iu this country and in the I'mtetl States ate paid by the seller. In France and Holland the purchaser pays them. Nomanied person in the Middle Agei could go a distant journey until it was pub- licly known that he did so with u- consent of his wife. From h.ili-a crown to live (hilling* a . I M.I re foot is to be charged exhibitors for space in the F.n^tish section of the "World* rair" at Chicago. In Xu.'iitiue the drivers and conductor* of street cars are by law responsible for any accident whioli may occur ; so when one happens their hist care is to escape. More gold ha* been obtained from Spin ish America than any other part of the world. Twenty three dueN have been fought by I :>. -Iii-Miri, the I'rench editor and politician. In seven of them he was wounded. lieneral Sir Frederick KoU-rtn has chosen a* his tub- Karon KoWrts of Candahar, in Auli.iiim ui. and of the city of Waterford. .M . I tine Sarah Bonihardt ha* now added liter iture to her varied a, ..inpl:shment. She ha* juit publishetl a ghost story in a San Franciseo journal. It i. almost incredible that the average pr.>diictioii of novel.-, tale*, and other works of fiction during tho put year was (even- teen a week, or aUmt tour tm every work- ing day of the year. Yard very little. The chief inspector of tin- latter was woi Tied almost out of his senses. Hut p. i hips Stephen Thoint n was ot all men the most perplexed. (Til Br COSTISt 1 H. I -in . - nii-t. i> , .u ! .1 i\. Mrs. Stanley says the reason she ilesnet . her hujbaml to be in the House of Commons murderers of thg^r.arl ol Hnrrowdean and i, because she think* it would be such an of the unknown woman in the Kiit : advantage to haTo someone tberj who really Kn.l were still at l.rgc. Th papers .loi-s know somethim; about Africa ! bid lili-nl v to SUV atMMit it, ami Scotland I , ,, i . i u Old-fashion BoBting Mitchns have lieen resue 1 i!i I'.iiiueetu.i:. Fifty men, some limes twio.o that numlier, elect captains and hunt for a day and a night, the aide bagging the most game winning a gamp supper at I he expense of the defeatetl hunters. Wlu-n the elTevts of a man who died re- jci'iilly ii! l.eadville were examined It was di.scovereil that he was nntler einjagenn nts to marry twelve different girls in van.ms parts of the country. He had a photogr iph I .. i.. - a* lei I nniili i I'm Itown llie KeliMlloa In teiuen decpixtebes say that the rein-Mi, n in Y eini-ll lias not no pn|>e onl force, will IKI aid . the rurkish lloveiiimeiit \.-tlv.-n -ii|.|u.-xsed, nnd there is I |' tV1M1 t ,-el Hi vttht, 1'urk*. with their pre, ,,, , ,, to put down th. r*volt. Thin rebellion lias now In-en u pro- or a year. I'euple who paa* througli the Ited Se.uire. of each, Mid on the luck" h.td wrilttn the dale liiied for the m.irria^e. ex|ierimenU in t} leensUnd hive that mother. ,>(. pearl shells can be m.i.le to produce pearU artificially. I i. -IK are atwut .'M.iHUloromotivn* in the I'linc,! StaU-s -t>eingi>pt< to -. very ti.e mile* of railroad itml l.ltrl.noo ci.s of all kinds. than I was ever asi.nii-.il.-. I in my life." you mea me in >re i my How \\hii iii i)oii mean?" "I'll tell you. 1 I. Mind her in nn .itti working nt l.n ti.i.le. A i.uloivss xhe is, Sim ii'.HoluUily rufiiMil lo ituawer ouu nt m\ 'ii. I ol'en-il her nniiiey a good dual ol uiMiiey liit K)I M ill rufuned. lust ns I w.is leilMllg her .-lie called me li.tck. ''Who wan tlie \onng ui'iilli'in.in with ymi in Sheet to. lay? she asked. I saw .on lor emit-* ulnii' ii , no I told her your inn ie. ' Tell him,' slu- Haid, 'that if In- will com tn me nloni) 1 will t.'ll him all I kn.iwal-out tlie iniirdeii I ninan.' I couldn't | r, what j g*t itnot her word unt ol her, nor any e\ )'' in ' ' . I untM . Her name und S!,.- tluew horself Uck in her chair will, ] ft ,l,|,. r . M , 4 , lmt ,,; , ,,,._ , ,il cry an.) coM'ivd h,,r fnce s,,llt;,c.-nw |, || .,,,, | ,,,,!,,, jSttfft, \\hiti'ehdUcL" W! ii hei h .11. U. almost u itbin night of the scenes of blood- i .>- . ,,hed and di-ord.Y whii-l, f ,r a year have I f > 1~V* Ke.'ii Hitnesseil 111 Yemen. Most of the' ' ny "t 1 ilermo, Italy, b.\s yield- , however, have o -curred nniong the I* 1 !"'" r *" 1 vl '.*. t<le num n skeletons, one mountains, which are separated from the sea I iy a low. sandy stretch of counttj. Yemen is the Inrge province belonging to Turkey in the ontliwesterii part .-I \i il n The wr l<og,iu as a proteil of the Arab in intlicti-d Lv kabltsjil* against the Turkish utlicials, who /.ealously enga . . lltvliiij; money, not only for their royml niHstei, bill also for thu benelit of then |iu.;.ils. I'tu- Ara'n.i cii.e biitfily to hte the Turks, and, limlm^ that, in spite of tl.i ir uppuals to I 'mutt ant im i|.!e, thu situation in UIO, one in i:.lf.. ai.d t bo last in IV*). The tiist was IHeii'y one, I ho second thirty, and the thud thirty four feet in height. M. Paderewaki, tlu- pianist, whose por unl biography aiipeared in No. l.M of Spit, Moments, ,s receiving CJOO A concert in tin- 1'mted State* and hi.s entrepren urs an understood to be earning a Urge {unfit by his recitals. I'luli-r I 'JO of the wills reported during last )car the IH-.JIU sts for relnjioun, e luca- . . . _ ..,1101111!, in. I -hariialde pnrpuses m I'nglaiid v...i-e ind wotsi', they rone against J "inoiintnl to almist I'l.'JiHi.rMN). In , their oppn tthrllireo iirtveding yeai" the amount thin Ni'.uly nil the pomlaUoa of Yemen live I'p'iucalbt-d was about f|,uni.im. moans of (1 f writing for a fow minuten dutly in hr ,...,u4t all toe diary. Nob.nly ever .es the contents of Lhe mountain j diary, not even tin- Kn,|N>rnr. At Ihe cl nf Ihe moun- of the year a new ,.i uy is eptned, and the gamtuiis had old ono, which has a locked i-Usp, is !:::.":i" 1 , n .?:, ll .T l ...v::? 1 " 1 -. 1 ' :'; iini ,. wi r ",*"* t{ '" lhi< "^ wfe " n ^ h<ji i IH i :.iu jl.tj ty a tiomwUc if weir T* ae far nn, fa n.s ire nie , tops "'? sratt, re 1 along t "'" "' takra V