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^^^^ AS GOOD AS GOLD. CHAPTER XXXrV. (Continued.) "U It «oâ€" aund ia it sof said Far- traa, loakins down. "Why should he do Itf" addod the young man liitlerly; "what barm have I done him that he ahould try to wrong me ?" "God only knows," said Joyce, lifting hia eyebrows. "It shows much long- suffering in you to put up with him, and keep Turn in your employ." "But I cannot discharge a man who was once a good friend to me. Ilow can I forget that, when I came here, 'twas he enabled me to make a touting for myselff Nos no. As long as I'Te k day's wark to offer he shall do It if be chooses. 'Tia not I who will deny aim such a little as that. But I'll drop Um idea of eatablisbiiig him in a shop till I can t^iuk more about it." It grieved Farfrae much to give up Uiis scheme. But a damp having been tbrown over M. by these and other roices in the air, he went and counter- manded tiia orders. The then occupier ot the sbo() was in it when Farfrae â- podce to him, and feeling it) necessary to give eooie explanation ot his with- drawal tram tibe begotiation, Donald mentiooad Hencihaxd'a name, and stat- ed tliat tbe Intentions at the Oouucil had been changed. > The occupier was much disappoint- ed, and atraightway informed Hencb- •xd, aj aooa as be saw bim, that a scheme of tbe Council fbr setting bim up in a shop had been knocked on tbe head by Farfrae. And thus out at er- ror enmity grew. t When Farfrae ftot indoors that ev- aning the tea-kettle was singing on the high bob ot tbe semi-egg-shaped yrate. Lucetta, light aa a aylpb ran forward and seised his bands, wbere- ufioo Farfrae duly kissed her. \ "Oh I" abe cried playfully, turning to the window. "Seaâ€" the blinds are not drawn down, and the people can look in â€" what a scandal I" Whan tbe candles were lighted, the euxtaina drawn, and tbe twain sat at tea, ahe noticed that be looked aerious. Without directly inquiring why, she let ber eyes linger aolicitously on bis face. "Who has called?" he absently ask- *d. "Any folk for met" "No," said LucetU. "What's the natter, Donald I" "Wellâ€" nothing worth talking of," he responded aadly. "Then never mind It. You will get through it. Scotchmen are always loflky." I "Noâ€" not alwaya I" he said, shaking bis bead glootnily as be contemplated e crumb on tbe table. "I know many who have not been so t There was Beady Maofarlane, who started to Am- erica to try his fortune, and he was drowned; and Archibald Leitb, he was murderedl And poor Willie Dunbleeze and Maltland Macfreeze â€" they fell in- to bad courses, and went the way ot •11 Mich I" "Whyâ€" you old gooaeyâ€" I was only •peaking in • general sense, of course. You are always so literal. Now when we have finished tea, sing me that fun- ny aong about bigh-heefed sbuon and •iller tags, and the one-nnd-forty wvo- •ra." "No, no. I oouldna sing to-night t It's Henobardâ€" he bales me; so that I may net be bis friend if i would. I would understand why there should be a wee bit envy; but I cannot aee a reason (or tbe whole intensity of what he feels. Now can you, Lucetta? It is more like old-fushiuned rivalry In love than iuBt a bit of rivalry In trade." 'Lucetta had grown somewhat wan. "No," she replied. > "X ^iva biui employmentâ€" I cannot re- (uar it. But neither can I blind niy- â- elf to tbe fact that with a man of pasaions such as bis, there is no safe- guard for conduct I" i "What hafe you beardâ€" oh Donald, dearest?" said Lucetta in alarm. Tie words on ber lips were "anyH<'\« •bout met" â€" but abe tlid -•:. utter them. She could not, however, sup- praaa l^cr agitation and her eyes filled with teuu. "No, noiâ€" it is not so serious af ve fancy, " deelared Farfrae soothingly; though be did not know its serious- ness as well as she. "I wish you would di> what we have talked al," mournfully remarked Luc- ftta. "Give up business, and go away from here. We have plenty of money, •nd why should we slay ?" Farfrae seemed seriously disposed to dieouaa tbia move, and they talked thereon till a visitor was announced. Their neighbour Alderman Vatt came hi. "Tou've beard, I suupose, of poor Dr. Ohalktield'a death? Yesâ€" died this aft- •rnoon at five," said Mr. Vatt. Chalk- field was tbe councilman who had suc- eeeded to the Mayoralty in the preced- kuf November. Farfrae was sorry at I be inlelltgence. Mid Mr. Vatt continued: "Well, we know 'he's l>een going noma days, and ee bis family is well provided for we must take it all as it is. Now i have ealled to ask ye thisâ€" quite privately. If I should nominate ye to succeed him, •nd fbere should be no particular op- poeition, will ye accept the cbair ?" "But there are folk whose turn is before mine; and I'm over young, and may be thought pushlngi" said Farfrae •tter a pause. "Not at all. I don't speak (or ray- •el( only, several have named it. You won't refuse f" "We thought of going awav," inter- posed Lucetta, looking at Farfrae anxi- ously. "It was only a fancy," Farfrae mur- mured. "I wouldna refuse if it is the wiab of a respectable majority in the 0»uncil." "Very well, then, look upon your- self as elected. We have bad old men long euongb." From lliis evening onward Lucetta was very uneasy. It she had not been llMrudenoe incarnate, she would not have acted as she did when she met Henchard by acciifent a day or two later. It was in the bustle ol the mark- er, when no one could readily notice their discourse. "Michael," said she, "I must again ask you what I asked you months ago â€" to return me any letters or papers of mine that you may haveâ€" unless you have destroyed them. You must see bow desirable it is that the time at Jersey should be blotted out, tor tbe good of all parties." "Why, bless the woman- 1 packed up every scrap of your handwriting to give you in the coach â€" but you never ap- peared." She explained how the death of her aunt had prevented Jier taking the journey on that day. "And what be- came of the parcel then?" sife asked. He could not say â€" he would consid- er. Wh«n she was gone he recollected that he had left a heap of useless pap- ers in his former dining-room safe- built up in the wall ot hSa old bouse- now occupied by Farfrae. The letters might have l^een amongst them. ' A grotesque grin shaped itself on Henchard's face. Had t'lat safe been opened? ^ He, in the meantime, festering with indignation at some erroneous intellig- ence of Farfrae's opposition to tbe scheme for Installing him in tbe lit- tle seed-shop was greeted with the news of the municipal election (which, by reason of Farfrae's comparative youth and his Scottish nativityâ€" a thing un- precedented in the case â€" had an inter- est^ far beyond the ordinary). Tbe next morning be went to the corn-yard as usual and nbout eleven o'clock IXonald entered through the green door, with no trace of tne wor- shipful about bmi. "1 was going to aslc you," said Hen- chard, "about a paoket that I may possibly have left tn my old safe in tbe dining-room." "If so, there it is now," said Farfrae. "I have never opened the safe at all as yet; for I keep my few securities at the bank, to sleep easy o' nights." "It waa not ot muob consequence â€" to me, " said Henchard. "Bat I'll call for it this evening, if you don't mind." It waa quite late whan be fulfilled bis promise. Farfrae invited bim into the dining-room, where he at once unlocked tbe iron sate built into tbe wall, bis, Henchard's safe, mads by an ingenious locksmith under bis direction. Farfrae drew t.bence tbe parcel, and other pap- ers, with apologiea for not having re- turned them. "Never mind," said Henohard drily. "Tbe (act is they are letters mostly. Yea," he went on, aittini; down and un- folding Lucetta'a paeaionate bundle, "here they be. That ever 1 should see 'em again I I hope Mrs. Farfrae is well after her exertions of yesterday ?" "She has felt a bit weary; and has gone to bad early on that account." Hencbard returned to the letters, sorlLng them over with interest, Far- frae being seated at tbe other end of the dining-table. "You don't (orget, of course," he raaumed "that curious chapter in tbe history of my past, which 1 told you of, and that] you gave, me some assistance in? Tbsae lettcra are, in fact, related to that unhappy' busi- ness. Though, thank God, it is all over now." "What became of tbe poor girl?" ask- ed Farfrae. • "Luckily she married, and married well," said Hencbard. "So that these reproucbeu ahe poured out on me do not now cause me any twinges, as they might utherwiee have dune. . . Just listen to what an angry woman will say I" Farfrae, willing to huxnor Hencbard, though quite uninterested, and burst- ing with yawns, gave well-mannered attention. "For me." tbe letter went on, "there is practically no future. A creature trtu unconventionally devoted to you â€" who feels it impossible tlut she can be wife of any other man; and wblo is yet' no more to you than the first woman you meet in the streetâ€" such am I. I quite acquit you of any intention to wrong me, yet you ore tbe door through which wrung has come to me. That in the event of your present wife's death you will place me in her position ia a con- sulatiun so far as it goesâ€" but how far does it go? Thus X sit here, forsaken by my few acquaintances, and forsaken by you." "That's how she went on to me," said Hencbard; "acres of words like that, when what had happened wa« no fauU of mine." "Yes," said Farfrae absently, "euch 18 tbe way of women." ''.eucbard unfolded another letter, °.udreadit through likewise.slopping at .be Hubst^ripLiou aa before. "Uer iiaiBo I don't give," be said blandly. "Aa 1 didn't many her, and another man did, X can scarcely do that In tairaeas to her." "Tr-rue, tr-rue," said X''arfrae. "But why didn't you marry ber when your wile .Susan died?" Farfrae asked Ibis, and the other questions, in the (x>m- forlably dlHerenl tone of one whom the matter very remotely concerned. ' Ayâ€" well, you may ask that," said Ileiicliard, the iiew-moon-sliaped grin adumbrating its<\if again upon tils mouth. " In bpite of all her protes- tallon^, when i came forward to do so, as in generosity hound, she was not tbe wuiiuiu for me." " S\w bad already married another â€" I presume ?" Ulenuhard answered "Yes." " Tbe young lady must have had a heart that bore tran.splanting very read- ily." "She had. she had," said Hencbard, einLhalically. He opened u third and fourth letter, and read. Tbe trut b was that, as may !» divined, be had quite Intended to ef- fect a grand catastrophe at the end of this drama by reading out the name ; he had come to the bouse with no: other thought. But sitting here in cold blood be could not do it. Such a wrecking of hearts appalled even him. CHAinEXl XXXV. As Donald stated, Lucetta had re- tired eariy to her room because o( (at- igue. She had however, not gone to rc-st but sat in the bedside chair read- ing, and thinking over the events of th« day. At the ringing ot the door- ball by Hencbard ahe wondered who it should be that would call at that com- paratively late hour. Tbe dining-room was almost under ber bedroom ; she could hear that somebody was admit- ted there, and presently the indistinct murmur o{ a person reading became au- dible. The usual time for Donald's arrival upstairs came and passed, yet still the reading and conversation went on. This was very singular. At last she left tbe room, suaA descended the stairs. Her own words greeted her, in Henchard's voice, like spirits from the grave. Lucetta leant upon the liannister with her cheek against the smooth hand-rail, as if she would make a friend of It in her mLsery, Rigid in this position, mure and more words fell successively upon her oar. " One word," he was saying, " Is it quite fair to this young woman's mem- ory to read at such length to a strang- er what was intended for your eye alomt ?" " Well, yea," said Henchard. " By not giving her name I make it an example of air womankind, and not a scandal to one." " Xf I were you I would destroy them." said Farfrae, " As another man's wife it would injure tbe woman if it "were known." " No, X shall not destroy them," mur- mured Henchard, putting tbe letters away. Then he laroee, and Lucetta heard no more. She went back to her bedroom in a setmi-paralysed state. For very fear she could not undress, but sat on the edge ot the bed, waiting. Would Hencbard let out the secret in his parting words? Her suspense was terrible. Tbe door slammed ; she could hear ber husband bolting it. After looking round In his custom-ary way he came leisurely up the stairs. Her gaze hung doubtful for a moment, then to her joyous amazement she saw 'that he looked at ber with the rallying smile of one who bad just lieen relieved ot a scene that was irksome. She could bold out no longer, and sobbed hyster- ically. When he had restored her Farfrae naturally enough spoke of Henchard. " Of all men he was the least desir- able as a visitor," be said, " but it's my belief that he's just a bit crazed. He has been reading to me a long lot ot letters relating to his past life ; and I oould do no less than indulge him by listening." This was sufficient. Henchard, then, had not told. Henchard's last words to Far(rae, in short, as be stood on tbe door-step, had been these : " Wellâ€" I'm much obliged to ye (or listening. I may tell more about ber some day." Next morning Lucetta remained in lied, meditating bow to parry this in- cipient attack. Tbe bold stroke ot tell- ing Donald tbe truth, dimly conceived, was yet too bold. She decided to employ persuasion â€" not with Donald, but with the enemy himself. Having laid ber plan, she rose, and wrote to him who kept her on these tenterhooks: " I overheard your interview with my hustiand last night, and saw tbe drift of your revenge. The very thought of it crushrea me. Have pity on a distress- ed woman. If you could see me you would relent. You do not know how anxiety baa told upon me lately. I will lie at the King at tbe time you leave workâ€" just before the sun goes down. X'lease come that way. I cannot rest till i have seen you face to face, and beard from you/ mouth that you will carry this horse-play no farther." If ever tears and pleadings have served the weak to Qgbt the strong, let them do so now I' With this view she made a toilette which differed from all she had ever attempted before. She bad not slept all tbe previous bight, and this bad produced upon ber naturally pretty though sllgnily worn features, the as- pect of a countenance ageing prema- turely from extreme sorrow. She sel- ectedâ€" .as much from wont ot spirit as designâ€" her, poorest, plainest, and long- est discarded attire. To avoid the contingency of lieing recognised she veiled herself, and slip- ped out of the bouse quickly. She was not disappointed in the fearful hope with which she awaited bim. HencU- ard c.ime over the tup', descended and Lucetta waited breathlejtsly. His manner as he had come down liad been one ot cynical carelessness ; but he now put away his grim half- smile, and suld, in a kindly subdued tone, " liood night t'ye. Of course I'm glad to come If you want me." " Ob. thank you," she said apprehen- sively. "X am sorry to aee you looking so 111." he stammered, with unconcealed compunction. " How can you be sorry," she asked, "when you deliberately cause it?" " What ?"sald Henchard, uneasily, "la it anything 1 liavu done that bus pulled you down like that?" " It is all your doing," said she. "I have no other grief. My happiness would be secure enough, but for your threats. Oil, Michael, don't wreck mo like thia I You might think that you have done enough I When X came here 1 was a young woman ; now I am rap- Idly becoming an old one. Neither my husl>and nor any otbeir man will re- gard me with interest long." Henchard was disarmed. His old feellnjt of supercilious pity for woman- kind in general was intensified tiy this suppliant appearing here as tbe dou- ble of the first. " Well, what do you want me to do?" he said gently. "I am sure I shall be very willing. My reading of those let- tes waa only a sort of practical joke, and I revealed nothing." " To give me liack the letters and any papers you may have that breathe of matrimony or worse." "So be it. Every scrap shall be yours. . . But between you and mei Luc- etta, be is sure to find out something ot the matter, sooner or later." "Ah I" she said with eager tremu- Inu.iness ; " but not till X have proved myself a faithful and deserving wife to bim, and then he may forgive me everything." " H'm-^ hope so," he said. " But you shall have tbe letters without tail, and your secret shall be kept. I swear it." " How good you are Iâ€" how shall I get them ?" He reflected, and said be would send them the next morning. " Now don't doubt me," he ai'deU. " I can keep my word." (To be Continued.) â-  BOYS THE BEST COOKS. A cooking scbool teacher says that she finds it much easier to teach boya to oook than to teaob girls. The boya learn more quickly, &nd are more in- terested and attentive at tbe leaaons. This, ot course, ought not to be so, but others than this cooking teacher have said tbe same tiling. Hoys, too, learn to sew very readily, and sew extremely well when they make tbe e((ort to learn •t oU. EEI&flTEffl) FRANCE. TOHTURE USED BY THE JUDICIARY TO EXTRACT CONFESSIONS. â- â- uiaBcrit ef tke Brnlal «;nnduc( of Frrmeh Judge*â€" Tkr»a;{h Trlekerr laeuecBt Nea Are Seatcuccd t« Ttrau ef In- prltoauipat. Tbe wide^read scondle in France created by tbe diamisaal from office of tbe Juge d'Instruction, M. Due at XJay- eux, for having pommelled prisoners into confessing the crimes of which they were accusedâ€" in one instance act- ually breaking tbe nosie of a man â€" has served to fix tbe attention of tbe pub- lic on an almost incredible abuse of power by the magistrates who conduct the preliminary investigations into criminal cases. Becruited from among the lawyers wXio have (ailed to secure remunerative practice, miserably underpaid and with their prospects of promotion dependent entirely upon the number o( convictions they secure, the French Juges d'In- struction literally stop at nothing to obtain admissions of tpiilt (rom tbe ac- cused. Tbe methods which magistrates o( this class adopt sailor o( tbe old sys- tem of torture. Some o( tbe Juges d'Instruction adopt methods of persua- sion to compel confessions that are sug- gestive of tbe Inquisition. They will have a prisoner fed almost exclusive- ly upon salt fish and given only a minimum ration of water. Then tbe poor wretch is introduced into tbe pre- sence of the magistrate ; a bottle ot clear spring water is placed temptingly jiutt beyond his reach. Be begs (or a drink. "Not before you have answer- ed my quentioos," replies bis tormen- tor. Another method is to hint that tbe prisoner's wife, whom he may not have seen for months, is waiting in a pri- vate room ot the court, and that if he ia amenalile to "reason" be may be permitted to see her. i TO FORCE A CONFESSION. There is literally no limit to tbe pow- ers which the Juge d'Instruction pos- sesses over unconvicted prisoners. The unfortunate Marquis de Nayre was kept for two years in solitary confine- ment and subjected once or twice each month to examination by the magis- trate before tbe taller finally consent- ed to send him up tor trial, which re- sulted in his acquittal. Recently in Paris tbe brother of a lunatic was accused by the latter of murder, and, although a married man with a family, was uompelled to spend four months in prison before he was tried, when his innoi'ence wraa so patent that tbe presiding Judges said that the investigating magistrate bad broken the record of all his fello^rs for asinine obstinacy and prejudice. A short time ago a man and bis wife were executed at Blois (or parricide on the evidence of their six-year-old daughter. Tbe latter had been taken to tbe private room o( tbe Juge d'In- struction. and by means o( candy, cakes and toys cajoled into making the re- plies necessary to convict her parents. Another murderer, Gamehut, was in- duced by the magistrate to confess oil being assured that it was bis widowed mother's desire that he should do so, and that it was by complying with her wish in the matter that be oould ob- tain bis pardon. 'X'bero assurances were backed up by a letter purporting to have been written by tbe old woman. She had never 0|>ened ber lips on t he subject. The letter was a forgery. DI^'RAYED BY A STOOL XUGEON. At Versailles X'ibrre Lance, charged with murder, was sent to the guillo- tine on evidence obtained by first keep- ing him in solliary confinement a year and then by allowing hini to take eiej-cise in an inclosixre where there was a bole in the wall. On peeping through i'ierre found himself face to face with another prisoner. An in- timacy sprang up between the two mt-n, and the murderer ended by giving t he fullest detail.s of thecriuie to Tils friend, unaware that every word he uttered waa being taken down by the Juge d'ln- â- structlon, who was seated against the wall, out of sight. L'erhaps the oest-known case is that of the celebrated BadicAil leader, Has- pail, who waa falsely accused of being j®^.®^ '^i?^!' implicated in a iwnspirncy to upset the *!„?.*^' _ Government. The examining judge, unable to obtain a particle of evidence, at length summoned M. Haspail to his private office and addressed him as follows: "My dear Mr. Raspail try to forget for a moment that I am a Judge, and let us talk freely like two men of the world. Supposing 1 were to attempt to upset the existing Government and you were in my place, what would you do with me?" "It would be such a bare-brained at- tempt," replied Raspail, "that I should at once have you locked up in the luna- tic asylum at Charenlon. The Judge broke off the conversation there and then, and on the following day Raspail, without l>ning allowed an opportunity of explaining matters was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for having insulted a niaglslralo v.bile in tbe exercise of bis judicial functions. STRANGE VISION. Hew n Haved a Wamna la India Froai • Obra'ii Rite. An Rngliab woman of assured social position in every way was recently pay- ing a visit to 8om« friends in Hoxt- ford. Coon. Some months previ^osly she had been in India from which tap. off country she brought with ber » most remarkable storyâ€" so remarkabla^ Indeed, that only the personal reputa* tlon of tbe narrator and the one other person concerned entitle it to conald- eratlon. The occurrence took place in tbe house of the narrator's sister at Meerat, Northwestern India. Two sis- ters are connected with families ot un- doubted repute, .both in India and Eng- land. The narrator's sister was seat- ed at a table readimg one evening when, bai:p.;^lng to lift her eyes from her txicir. she waa astonished to aee aeat- ed in a chair before her, and betwesn herself and the door to tbe bathroom, a man. a stranger to her, who calm- ly regarded ber. It was too great a tnirprise for ber to .jpeak and demand who waa thus intruding unbidden up- on ber privacy, and what was wanted. She remained tor a moment in silent astonishment. Then it trradually dawn- ed upon her toac tne figure waa not that of a person of R£AL FLESH AND BLOOD. but a visitor from the unseen world of life. She rememtmred having once, as a child, seen a similar figure, under circumstances which seemed to pre- clude the idea that it was any person still in the body, and in later yeara.in revolving those circumstances, she bad remembered bow tbe apparition bad at- ter a little while faded away Into ia- viaibility. Concluding that this visitor alao waa not a person of flesh and blood, ahe sat silently gazing at tbe ailent ob- ject, while the intruder, whoever or whatever be was, sat also in alienee, steadily regarding her. Just howlooi this state of things lasted the lady did not accurately know, but it waa pro^ bably not very long, when the myste- rious stranger began to vanlah into • thinner and thinner persona) presence. until in a moment or two ha had vai>' iahed quite away. She had been vaguely conscious that in a minute or so after she had nrat aeen tbe atrange visitor ber two pet dogs bad begun to bark (urioualy In another room. It bad t>aen ber invar- iable custom to take a l>atk at this time in the evening, after which ahe liber- ated the dogs. As the animals on this evening were making such a tremendous and unwonted ado she opened the door o( the adjoining room to sea what was exciting tnem. They at once darted to tbe door o( the bathroom. This their mistress opened in time to see a huge cobra on tbe floor â€" the snake whose bite is certain death. Tbe reptile rais- ed its head angrily, but apparsatly be- came afraid uf the dogs and wriggled through a hole In the floor and escap- ed. Taut for the appearance of the au- pematuraj visitor she would undoubt- edly have gone directly to her bath from the reading table and would with equa.1 certainty have been bitten by the anake. HE KNEW BETTER, I think, said tbe minister's wife, that you ought to cultivate more vehemence in your elocution. You mean that I ought to make more noise? I believe that might help to make your sermons more popular. I doubt it very mucli. In fact, I'lu afraid that method would have the op- posite effect and send some members ot tbe con^egation away with an un- Cavorable impression. I don't see why. ._ _ _ You knoMT my dear, that most peo- ' (one mile in every Yhr'eeY are consumed pie are liable to be lU-natured when in overcoming the riseâ€" and this be- they have jurt been awakened from a sides tbe unprecedented maintainiag ot _^.„.i .!..« ji^pjj ^ maximum grad*. WONDERFUL DOG ACTORS. Seme •t the KeaiarkakU Tricks Wklch rher Are Taaakt te rcrreraa. A dog which axpeots to pl&x an im- portant rule on the stage tbeae days Is obliged to be a very akiUtuX actor. Tbe taste of the public has become very exacting and only a very advanced grade of dog trioks are in demand. There waa a time when a somersault- turning dug, dressed as a clown was con- sidered a novelty. ' Tbe training of dogs fbr the mod- ern variety stage has come to be one ot the fine arts. Tbe acts on sketchea In which tbe best dog actors of the day appear must present some striking nov- elty and the various parts must be cast and rehearsed and staged with tbe greatest care. i The KuHslan dogs liave been (oundi to show u peculiar taient for acting. Iwan 'X'cberuoff, a woman trainer, had recently, the Loudun Sketch says, in- troduced a dog ateeplecQase. 'the horses were represenleJ by terriers of various kinds and a number ol puppies in the bright cosiiuues of ordinary huntsmen cccuplod the saddles anl jcok- eyed their muuuls through llie race The iiio4t elaborate bit of canine act- ing in the world Is, however, probably thill done by Mine. Luoy Kolzuwa's troupe, who repretent the life of a lius- slan farm. A trcupe of a dozen duus are dressed as peasants uud realistically perform every part of the work lof the ordinary (arm. 'the dogs go through the lung act without prompting and the Wirrk seemd to be entirely voluntary. Tbe offspring of these remarkable dogs are In lurn to be trained in the hope thai iheMe taleais may be found to be transmitted. If Ihis is found to be the case the poulliillllesof the teats which dogs may perform in tbe future are almost limiilesa. TALLEST RAILROAD. The Peruvian Central Tran.saniline, or Oroya iiailroaU, is '..he tallest rail- road in the world. I'rom Lina, eight miles ahead and 500 foet higher, it winds up the narrowing valley of the Rimac, past great haciendas and forgotten ruins. At Chosica, 33 miles from the seat, it has gained but 2.800 feet in elevation, but within the yard limits o( that station begins the 4 per cent, grade, which ia steadily maintained (or 73 miles. Th\ Rimac's gorge lie- oomes deeper and more contracted, the little bays and benches of arable lands scarcer. Not to confine tbe matter to single points, where the road has to give five miles to ^ain one. the total percentage is astonishing. From Cal- lao to Orova the length ot the track ia 221 1-2 kilometers; of these 76 1-1 â- tund aleep.