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Prologue. OHAPTUR I. o*wM lntfait m, Fedor 7" biam un ofeetymms.tr qlodaN Mt b. ber. tslbing te yon If tO et siMi' dsrlig." h ~aara vrspasMtentely spoeoe, aa aressed vomit bave Wtboseaker te bis br-emt If mie Ul.t,"le MaId."rer. ]lelimr abot." '«Bke .aiore..To-morves-,tien, ti'stoau; It l baitb.tue slu et mar l~ke vexu ap>y'la u anaItali' On forgt siaverY." lavU »otbecu a slave, Ormabi'. Re bu verni have b... cesest vili 1 bb. slg kMe a wu tbird cee. q bkb et "hl;haas Mot sa MIes *bIs es- awst e"q *Wt tblak le bas." sudthtee ma b'i>smt ta&k shout st l Ibi e N te-mmw." 7o~a v cl fleer-te Rai Oak, *abel tuer. or b. ent&" sic ne- gravely. "Nothint bat deatu vwu] ý" tron me nov." b Wtt ber iead on bie breat sud l Ut vitu greal, meltiag, pasionste ÀAd h. murmurai tuat hcaven Iai iUîem fer caci otuer. ik nt g -li you," he sald; '"v. "tl ta al right ta Sydney," and awel a'tirougi the open vlodov, 511bar standing lu tue home sie bou te.il axdidsgrace. " aSVooaId heard ail froin the 1140 te lenta! lI' prone among the wh »W"in pasatonateli' tuat he «6,rther tbon lie eiould ha taise p~*,for vhose sweet sab e b id All lespiscihome W*bb& *bobut the nelgiiborlrrg set- et of Unteaîeld coli bave toIt Ft.tea Chtueroe lovai Orushi' Vau- t bte thon ber humbaut, but if p a t titî uch a tblng ho be oeieo vould hav, been h esfer hi. pains. t... sbad horst nov, and tbe toslooblamisres1 tth «Ybi #ë# gha aaifrenher bombnt 8re the fortunes ot a maxi lie lovai ,»a" endstIntenaiti'. l«e altueroe bai vorked hard to il hà omne; bad piclred anid saved Ir Foetugmen ever do tiat tue neat -MegIkt bIrd migit bhan Dting one. sta i. Sonmez vas iardby tlee vue aAvtraltan fermer. 8h. vas pas- t, vain sud se»Di. The daughter NMb wh ai diedet thle dlgglnga and hompa blumef grateil hle Younig W *h*e ernfot.d and tenied hlm. lesat vords ver.. a beseeching gaap 1dmahter's ain,.and thie ioung predu thatinthe oli iebp ber. =eeto Eut nume commen ,enant- bd lre vma aed, vien ie met her, ,n" sgentlady-luée creature, vtu rineaface i. bad ever loobed np- 'ie*y short lime bch aiimrred lb, 4ýOýtt, ani laken ber t10 Beldoaxi, h"oetin btsâmed 10 go on ïMiema as a prethi' place-a vertt- iméer oes ud Il vas amoirg thB , e*mi«s.zbI autâter ettue P4ai ftiWb e or. ddd hi - I' 1,thelm. he _____ tefaceadtoteeethte MrOl- tets ia foreeai. hIr t o a," , i;"bc or 1; vbl.b? lour oWcleck t.- G. ew Oak-, a ltnt place triol;'-yvite; a rlght A""bo à" em1. i tvtrougi Mri lover batdopevartet sut est sut plan, vhen bler bua- F'rab6cImimed, and tuer, vsa lam h er tac%. "Tom boer, i'm atgne t. Lindeu- ,btEbrobe a trace, asuda geoe re »au l aie aiti, '83 Mmoe, Walter." obi boxom eherer =1* 'l Ste-morrow" 1 f'tebÎlts; il tubk t. eeniilb rà,et bim. lauxe me so» les, 49 "19b paieAre yen IUt.Wal- é1bi "Tomns- Quito vhite *band letrurbln."1 tan h elg h.mater, tuaI be hr mtutu viieu aie9 1&tes, wvb ie drank nager- ~-%~s holagvitulrat, butj jjo o1ilg. llttle tumhî 'IUW ê ha batlaben tuatIday1 lni -the disoveri'ofethle1 R","7% mb an be isi callai bis, 1.1IL P etors bai prom- zasa place ratier et 4 tmags'y rt, ~eo o uddWsaieli, for Fedori's bus- b&Usd dtW d fesaoet 0f ti&iaidov. à*a? heClatmet. «Betrai'ed r, sud = s*ugtie vhoe .ituation at a ta" AOgfang torvard. Walter Calhieme. bai teobthas overbeari sothtng set pre'»redolara trou comtng. 'Wbat have Yen don. vîtuber, jon heunt?' lie alume brieet, grasplagWalter Citte- lm.vit s au"det rea. -"You knev tuat "0i. vas cONAÏUS toe ,, liat 1 could glve hor tue bappimem ansd position tIraI aie emli aVer hale alti you si. ta mine, 1 ton You, adgt1îll have herr' "Tom mial illD me irst," Walter Clîthe- m MI al ercely, gatIng 9Pessession o t.e liflfe.rerer he carrled Lt hie wrtat. "Voi Ivitalur' "If yen vilî bave It, i vll, and Orms- by Vandaleur made a aprimg, sud litted hbonhad wiba kntfe in t .Therevwasa mmotam Ug«gle, a crash, eMtOrme- iii V-aieur sank acbvard ou the.ver brab of tue deet belsud dlsppeare. AB avfol sIlence succeced. Walter Clith-ertooPeil dovnansd listeued; h. ba id eItm eydeeP the, hole mrntb h-- l seeme hit fuil of black, stagnant vater. ilte vh rtue body eol us rivai àa" pasoet sut saab out et slght um- medi*teY. lbe htev badl beauenian sd besvy-It asemet te him as if h. hmd boardthte -eW«cinagflaet ii. akuilbasi tif'- 'ser mrde.te.He rame slcb But -ieak:-hia vife toot hefore ibm itI -bit, t71ac.nd vild ese. and w» a ins astair huau"d wvtlia borror tuh" le neyer forcot te lita dying day. 1500't tooci me! DO't coin. near mer aie gmPed. Ton have billet hlm- lay darllng. ToU &hall se. boy I love.! She vould bar. fiuxig iersef into the. bldeous bol. after lie body, but that h. tayet ber vith a strong airn. She woold bave ffallen aofiis feet in a dead faint if ie had not csugbt ber. Be ltfted her frOmein . Mund ns tenderli' as if ah. had neyer don. 'bin anY vrong, and placet ber ru tue vebicle he bad brougbt. "I sald I waa conting ho fetcb ber," be Mid te hirmef; "I vIlI take ber homo au prouised." "Marion, your ristress, la 111; gel hon baed readi' for ber" Thal vas aIl that Walter Clitheno. laid ho tue frîghtexi.d servant Who caine eut terrmbly alarmed at the white face and closed eyes o! ber inistresa. She dld not rally froni the svoon, and a mari vas dlspatcbed for the nearesi doctOr. By the time lie came Mu.. Olthbe- ro. vas delirions, raving of nrurder sud suicide and ail sorts of horrona, snd ber buabarid vas bld that fa sharp attack Of fever vas impendiog. "I am n oxxg nurse mi' vite mymof; ntbtng t. o! any consequence compsed vilth ber ie" saîd Cittuero,, and b. would not eave Fodora. Wiat If she ehould teltI ber ravngs vhat had be- coin. o! Vaxdaleur The waktig came, one sunny day. Be va. aitting hi' ber aide, ookng vearli' out of the vtndov, and turiied ho se, hi@ vite Iookmig at hlm vitb a recognlsing glance. "Do you knov me, Fedora?'" he askei, gently. "Tes," she nild, fairilli. *"Am I dying. Walter?" "Beaven forbid; you are botter nov."- "I don't kboov I Ougt te die; ib vouid b. beat, usband. If there wves 10 haDo mlore, life togetuer for Yon and me, voold yoo forgive me for lie sorrov I causai CHAPTER Ili. Walter Clitheroe ooked at hi@ vIte as if be doubted the. evidence of hie seules. ..l am not ravîis nov, Walter," ah, aMi; *'aot 1 arn mncere."1 Fedora belteved thasI lie vas Gyng, and obe bat a vlld fanci', Poor, undia- ciPlined -Il, tiret ut Walter voubi grant ber hi% Pardon Il voold ha soin. atone- ment for ber ai. "*WhataleSahle. 10fOrgive?' he sMid, 1, a loy, md tonte. "I va. to blame, loo, Periapa; 1 vas se sure of yonn love, 1 MWrewcrelesa Wo vIl burythe. pagt. Yeu viliiDot beave me agala?" "No.,-" e,"Mi d, tue teans runulng tevn ber ciseka; "lneyer, n heIp me h«evel Bot t l vDomt be for long, Walter." H. soothed and caressai ber thlîl le va. quit. heroeît agatn, but tue caresse bei loatt her ternon, adthte. oobthlng s- ale igîithb sch satineu at basie slonoat wisbed aie bi neyer vabe tet 1fe. Nature assert.d berseif prsutiy, and lii'tue lime t.. autumnal tinta ver. ou tue trée. the vas dovn.a-sara again- a feeble. vast.d creature. Sein, vseke had paa.ed aine tuaIday beside the lRed Oak, and It seemed ai- Ment au If theY had forgotten I1, but it va. bamâtlng Fedora nov luke m ieverlsh dremm. "It ta horrible veatuer," sie aad tb her buabani, ianaver te sOorumark of bis. "There isn't a sount. t seema as If ail nature ver, walting ir sometulng Sa fear. Walter, do you tulo-, Rer velce vas drovaed lth a curions hi88lmg roar, that a.euedte ha lai tue air aheve thm and under the gnound aI theIn feet at tie"sain ie. Walter Cltueroe Seizetbits vite and held her, vblle the viole Place rOcked mand beaved onder tuelr fast. "Courage, dear, t lasail over," h. said. vben 1h. hideous gSmanlagand convul- sIons bai died saain latue distance. "Look Bnpandtlet us go and mee vhat tue sartirquake boas don., for ue,." Net veny-muob eiam.luckly; noth- fat liIcoold flot ha remedied vili com- paratIve emée. lit hbda meitue bac et tuheasn-sud met dova a stock o! chbmnejR, but D ne wuvas urt. "W. s-II bhave a drivelhita eeni. Tb# w.o.&cl»ci»peë' ena Uffle ythat uM' t out-=" abth tiim o 'lt, and brouiht litwtt. te the. veryipt vibere h. hai l led bur ovdr. -nly. "I dld flot see we were coming beref The. place le ail upeet! DýOa't look that way. We shai b.oat home directJy now,*" and h. urge bhie bore% whlch shled .10 lently at sometblns lyhrg Dot a dos« ft froin the patb, hait la and hait out et a aailtream, whlch wsu rusiilng madly down a new openlng gaog the. brusii- wood. It waa the dinfitured corpse of Ormsby Vandaleur, tlirown up frouà Ite r.mutng place by thie convulon of the. earthquahe, and Fedora was looklngt t wlth mtaringye. L H. wW flot rut" ahe said, la a curi- ou»asbarg, ton., "tii. eartb will not cover imu Walter; se, ho la smnllng at me, b.ckoalng me; don't let hlm do that; bide hlmever hm." F.ellflg as It he were turalng to atont, h. got down, te obey. ber, but betor. iho could reach the. c"a eit suddeniy saab and disappeered, and the, turbld wmter bld It once more. *"It la ont of mlght now," heosald; "I muet get you home.- Try neot to thlnk of it, ft la better forgotten."- "I enu neyer forget," mii. said, and spOke no more dnrlng the drive. "Try and bear up, my wlfe,," h. whl.- pered, home et" a.Iwll mal»e ai! Bats." Rer orily answer was a delirlona laugb tint made bis heart stand eill. Tiiey took ber in and sent for medical aid. Tiie doctor .sabl there waa n criais at band, and ho was afrmid It mlgbt ho a long Urne hefore the mimd assumed !te proper tone. Walter Clltherue, two day.sfaterws.rd, was told that b, was thie father of 4 litti, son, for wbou he would only have tir pro- vide a cofit, and that the wife ho had loved so uadly was a creature te lie ispoken of wftt. îity and morrow. Ber mimd was gouieand site was place In maie keeplng ln a large asyluin. Six menthe more, anid b. stood by the open grave etftth. hapiessa Fedora, and waz a free Mau to go where ho would andiiegln the world again. It would not ha la Australie; ERazei- dean was bateful te hlm, anid h. sold the, feai and left the, country. OxiIy very few people knew bis destination-he bai gvne te India in the Osprey, and when the. news came that abc had gone down with ail bandein the Bay o? Bexigal, tiiere were only ber. and there old acqumint- ances who remexnbered that Walter Clitheroe was on board her. CHAPTER IV. The, prettlest place lxi ail Exigland soin. people caîl il, vitu its wavtng trees ami green hills, and bilteto light and shade, vomi and valer. It vas Une. ruilea tremn a railvai' station, and Cbatfield Wood- lelgh vas remarbable for th. number of old People ln l-lite ws-as imple there, and tie eveet air, sud frugal diet, gave lbe villagers constitutions tuat mnade it dlfiltl for tinre to deal vilh theun. Suci a one vas sltting under tue biggest yev tre. one linight June aftermoon. No one vas sire how obd Jahaz vasi, but be ratuer liked bu bave people tumi. ve as a hundred or tiiereabouts. Bie son vas a gray-baired mari of neariy seventi', sud is vit, bad lmin la her grave for forty i'ears. A stranLger s-sa comîirg acroas tue chorchi'ard, looklng about hlm vitu li- terest-a taîl, opright, bandsome man of about thîrti'. "A pretti' place," ho salt. "As pretti' a place as 1lever bave aeetaxiyvbere."1 "Ai', master; a main pretti' place.", Tue stranger atarted-be iad tionglit huisaeif aione, and hurnai abruptly ho the spot roin vbènce tue piplng volce pro- ceeded. "Ton apprectate your home. 1 sec," he sald, good-naturedly "Ton have liv.d here long, I auppose?" "Ai', master, man sud boy, nigi upon a hundred year. "Then whlci Is the vay to lie Inn 7" "Oh, tue UnicornI It's over there, througb that gate; lut don't go tuene." "Wiiy not?" "She ta a lad womari," vas the prompt repli'. "If you tend ber anytutng alil ke.p it I lent ber a stick once." "Jahas, Jabea, that's very nangbty; hov cari you go on se?" A sveeh gtrbti vouce broke in upon tue conference. and the atranger turned sud coufnooted a girl very sinrply dnesed, but looblng everyIn chi a lady, s-ho had come up vltb a buge mastiff bi' ber aide. "I beg jour pardon," she sald, "bot pleas. don't mlnd hun; b, i. ver' eld. Jabes, hov could yoo teil]thre gentleman sncb a $tor'?" "ItlaIn'b a atori', mlssy," the old man refflled; "it's true, cher di beep at, mi' horloiae-beaied stick." "O(h, deur me, whaî @halI do vitu i'ou?" the girl nild, laugbimg. "WIl jyon nover necollecî-the at vm fr.Grmysona molier, and ahe's beexi dead liese fort' Yeam 1 Iana afrald you are thlnking us ail ver' sili," the. young girl said, gmai. ng-'andthlb.youxig man tieught 1h lie monaretetali. be bat ever seen. "OId Jahes realli' bas doue miscbtèf ta MMs Grayson lii'tuat absurd @tory of!bus; it la nearune tryig ho jake hlm onderstand. Yeu vilI bard the Unîcoru very comforta- hIe, and I kmov Mrn.-grai'sot cooke Weil. Sie usedtelobe My' ncbe's servant." "Thanb yoo ver' mucb," lb.e atranger mnsvered, qulelli'. "Who ls 'oncle?"'be ambet hijriseif "Sire haloage te gentle people, evidently-a svet vld rose." "Mildrd, my dearl" A fr.sb -voice interpted, and a mit- die-agot gentiemnan, cîa .d in urimiatakabîe cierteal babîlîments, sppeared. "blty dean, who lei. bs t" e mat, graveli'. "I don'b knev. ondle," she repliai, fraribly;'l it la a gentleman Who vas talklig hoe old Jabies.' "Permit me ho nti-oduce myseif," the gentleman naid; "'I ought te bave don. 8o et once. My »=iae ta George Donner- I anmun artmsb--nol exsetli' hi'profession, but frec inpesure, sud I seatenIohave ligihet hi'accident on on.etftue prettieot places lu ail Eagtstrd" Il. Plaet a card ia th.elterli' gentie- man'% band, andthlie latter looked pleaset vltIrte face sut manuer of Mr. George Dorme:. "Tbanb You," he lml, "alow-me te tn- ti'odoea màrysf.; lm tue Renouai- Heralle <Juo, rector et Ibin par"a;tlia yeomsIrxg Iiila Mi' ulee,uMiss Mai, cons% ,mtldrt e ot r. . in a-s-ail. Lmb fer Os; . omi Mest4iwe, *.--aï- lhe atstwas, IVye« uAm il Cause tuU-a Ingby merel ellned te mIni' viti tint gon. tiemaa than te 'go home wltu hie master CIAPTER V. M-r. 0urso oe.d tthelis oiag usan, &$ it te, Intimate tilt tir short comter- enc. w.. st auend, and puttlng hls band on hie miecesboulder, turned awsy. George Derme: vas thmnking of ber a. h. madhie ia m te the Inu, tiat loob.d a temPttng place ot reat te a weary man, &.111 royer.d as It Wras wltb creepers and roses. Beowajs rather asuusei than otiier wvIset!citl ahean sd bls dennaclatlon. À deeat-loekng wousn-wlti a cblld lu ber aJus bai coine te fetch biem taa Jnmt se.Mr. Ourson and bh iee dsap- peared, end the old --aie hd introduced ber àà hlm dsughler, Lt wblcb aho laughed. "i'm Is andisughter, air," ail.esaIt, "ut ho tailsIln his ueuory aow." "Bus ho lhed ber. &Il bie bt!.?" 1Mr. Doriner asked ber. "Neý!t: gate, air; but ho bas nover beea ftaatieavai'. Hemsons aln't Db. hlm. Tb.Y ase ail away eîcpt amy father."1 "Sllrs oT "Two of thein were, air; one la drovn.d, the, other le la Austraie." "What part?' Mfr. buriner aabed the question sou.- wbat sbruptly, as If h e e thlnklng of semetbu lngele -.1 dea't rlgbtiy know, air," va. the r. pIr. "N. on. ever heurefrein bu nov. We have count tblhnk h. in dead.'1 5h. took hold of ber grandtather'saBrin and led hlm, away, making a reapecîful courlesy te tbe stranger, vbo mtrode off te. the inn anid a coinfortable dînner of lire. Grayson'a providing. Tiie landladi' walted upon htm heracîf anid laugbed at he story of oeh jabez. "*He's a tiresome old fcilow, anid that'. the trntii," she said. "My' mother neyer kePt bis t icik. It wmàstolon. hobelefI it boe one niglît, and never saw It after- ward. lt's more than a dozen yearsamgo now, vien 1 was cook up aIt te rectory." "Aye; Misag Murray sald yoo badl lived tuere. Does she alwaya ceaide tuer.?-, "Oh, Yen, sir. Mitas Milile la an or- Phan. Ber oncle adoptei ber long ago, wben site vas a tlny little baby. She la the rector's slster'a daugliter. Ab, poor tiigl-It vas a nad atory"1 "Dld ah. marry badly?" asked George Donner. "Ah, Yen, air, hadly enoogli. 8h. rari awmy frein scbool wlth a genitlemani she1 hall met somevicre out vslking. Be1 vas thouglit te bc a-gentleman, but dia- slpatei liii., anid net the sort of busband the famlly vould have chosen'for the poori bîir, but listead a commori swlndler and1 tiief, wtth the. marinera of a prince anid1 a face as haridsmne an angel. Be vas( taken up anid dled in jail, anid no one1 knew where the poor vIte vais tili lber9 brother iouxid ber by accident almosi eit0 death'a door lin a miserable Iodglug lx1 Lordon. She orily just lired to e exp baby, anid they brouglit the poor 11111e cbild dovri ber., and the rector anid bis wlfe are Juat as found of ber as if se vere hhelr own."1 Mm,. Graysoxi lad a great deal more te sai' about the villagers and their wsys. and Mfr. Curzori's klndxieaate evervbody, but ber guest's Ixilereat flagged, and alle left hlm, preseritly te hlm reflections. *'We may meet agaîi," saId George Do-- mer to hlmself. 'Ougit ve to, 1 vonider? -ia it vise of me?-arn I in love willi that fair-faceil chîld. I thougbt myself more of a mano han to fal Let the feet of any vomari lu tue world, no natter bow iovely. Did chance lead me ber., I von- der? I muet lbe going mad, I thIink! 1 vilI go avay in the mornling, far ava-, and tbink no more of tuose eyes and that rosi' mouth." (To ho contlnue.i.> Breatxnlm n Stifflng Aiolke. t A patent reepirator han been put te a mevere test lii a board o! naval officeri. A quantt'of combustibles cousistîng Of WOOd, coal and tar vns piaced tin a1 c-mtory room and &et on fire. Cay-d enine pepper, whtcli vas thrown onL tue fire, tbrew out fumes whlch It was not possible to I breathe urider ordînari' conitions. A respilrator vas fitted to an officer, and another te the Inveniter of the apparu- tne. The. apparatirs formed a tîglit1 Joint nrotind thie nos. anid mouth tb- à Out nay Iriconventence to the. vearer,a and thre outaide Ltmoophere vas pre-t vented froint mlîng wltli the air tairaI- ai. Respiration vas carried, on tiirough stuýtabli' arrazrged valves vithout e!- fürt the valves being se adJuated that the air te be lnhaled pagned through purifylng materlale betore entertng thie a yalve charnIer, and tire exhaied air vas a uJected turough a apectal passage, no b that ln ne case could ani' vltlated air a mix vîtu thre purilled air for breathing. The. officer stayed ln thre uffocating tblck subie for eleven minutes, thre ln- tenter staYtng tventy-etght sud a hait 0, amnutes. Taklng off tire respirator,.tbe officer Placed a wet tovel over bie boad and re-entered the room. He vdas out again in seventeen seconds.,Tire ap- ai Paratus basntreen sdopted b hitIe En- 01 giab and German naviea, sud it vas to asicertatin Us utlliti' for vessots of!0 the, United Staes mavy tIraItute test 1 vas made. it la expected that lire board wilI make a favorable repor.L si si A ]Fumaî so esamst of patience. IIAITLoas "e TOWN MA» IVER KNOWN, Rato trta'ta levers' OmrsEuee- utan l'.ulc4troken- Leesi li Doegatmeat impotent - pringteid IlleaWet.me Ait. Block tlain., Tih luget Ire Ilite liatory of Dec. tur startod la Povets' orbe4 opera Rlous t 9 o'c"ecMondai' .vmbIagsud et a late, heur 4Tue.al mornlag iia t bhem entiraly slibdu.4 Il la répoatel, on viat applas te b. go" autiiti, tii. opera boeu a.sl on fir, 1 inceadmales. Tii. SMt maa te 4t Itta tue basemehât "ayauh. 5mwtirea dIstinct tro. Ivo under the Mstadu e0e in the auditorium Whig* tue opera bohouwre am ttin bWyed the contrel oet tii.Irsun au alam wv aud tn for auolieu irela tue tsr,.1ethle St. James lReelj at noutu et the St Nîchoa.,thi e I"a hotel la tue titi. ,Il vas ln thé roof e au extension er tue et. lause, sudthe amoke va. blovu into tb. et Nkli^ela cauaiguaàtriglit vici aoU*Mthte gueuta, aIl ot vhom on lb. upper doma and dovir tue ataîrvai' and lie elevator. vay er. partI' undresed and soms dr.mingIin tIre odice. Tiers vas ne lu- modtste danger, but tuer. vaa bihg scase in botuhetelà. It la generalli' bebtered firebuga bave been et wonk ln Decatun. Opera Bouae Vlrst te Go, Tiie opera bous. vas the fIrst to go. Ont' part o! the waîls la standing. Tue lire caught la the basement near tue stage anid svept the. bous. trou end te end. It bLd been barrnlng thirti' minutes at leant hafore it vas diacovere, and the lire vas then found tin tve places beneatu the. otage and Iin on. place In lie audito- rium. The exitire building vas fIU.d vt arnoke. The firernen penetrated turougi tue ciokîng fumes sud fougit the lire thu. sertouabi' handicapped. The. dames bad huroci tbrougb 10 thestag4e, idckng np tue, scenery and other tnflaunrable materlal. There vas no blas discernt- le et fIraI eîcept on the stage, but vitb- in hait an hour tihe vhoboiteron vas il- buxnînated. ThaIelre crept betwe.n the. c.llng and roof, and lIn a short tlm, tue roof feli In vlth a great crash, sendinq blgh In th, air volimea of dame and sparks, vbtci were driveri hi'the vîni froin the souti on tue roofs of buildings adjoilng on the nortb, anvelI a.uarom. tue street. Soin, structures a block dIs tant vere igntted, but the.lIre va* extin- gutshed iy umen on vatch. It vas tlxooght for a time. and tis hoe vas renewed et frequeirt itervaloi tuat tue buldigs la tuesme block norli et tue opera houa.eraight b. maved. Tii. occupants ver, tue J. Milligan & Oo.'s Bank, the Colomblan ManufaCburlag Comrpany, lie B. Finsr furnitur. store, sud IÀnri & Scruggs' large dry goode bouse, vti tIith odge roonis of the Kxilghls of Pythias, Modern Wooirnen, Princes of thc Orient, Ratuburu Sluters, and Royal Nelghbor. o! Arnertca, on the. hird floor over LIiri & Scrngga' store. Noved Money oaiPapera Tue harik st once mored its booksand papers, traueferring the Cash te places et pafety. Later Linn & Scrugge, vhe bave a stock of gooda valuai at narly1 1M0,000, remoredt iost of tueir gooda, storlng lien lin a dozer ifferent places. Hundreds o! meni and boys asatted the Inn lIn gaving the rnercbandiae. Tue en-1 tir. stock of H. Pink vas destroyed, as1 vas aise tirat of the. Columbia compeni'. Thre secret sucieties saved ail ilortable1 prperty, Iicluding the secret vonk. Six0 mges are nov n-itiout homes. Great cbeers vent up wlren tue ireni sent by special train frein Sprlngleld iraatened turougb thre streets to tue scons Orf the.lire. AIli fîl to vonk vitu a vil 1 and tuey dtd so velli t s.eoied for a thne9 the flaines vouîd b. auppresc, boltuh Ire had too inucli o! a smort. The fortunes of the opera, bouse block propery ver, In the balance for heurs beOre ruinri ame et last. The opera bouse ltself in now a masso! ruina, but ai dlifferent tUnes It Was thougil the buIld- ing nortb vould ha saved. Thia vas the prospect at 11:30 o'clock, but the block vas doomed and notulng bul Part of the vaîls vas standing viien tue Ore bnrned itzelf ont. At 2:W0IL im. a greet masoet Dames miled over the roof of the LInn & Slcruggi building at Water and Eat Mamin zstuet, and t.e property ovriere in tbe block aeros e e treel vent 10 lhe roofs mgaln te protecltuteir bulding. ]rire »erartment Beficient. t Tue local Ire deparlrnent va. deficintt In force sud neceaaary apparatus. Majorz Conkut elephoned 10 Sprlagleld for as- itajice and lie respongs, vasprmt T!he Wabash furntslied a uprompt.- and brougbt tie train tirougrh in "amala a ionr, srrivlnt atiIl o'clock. Tii. tran breughb one atearnr. It vas put t. o, n i once sud dtd good service. Thon. la ne otier opera bouae lu tuhedCiysud im M.r- ragernents mde itu F. W. Hines, tue manager, vili bave toeaccle&. 1r. Raince «lya tue houa, vi11 b. rebulit vlth- out delai'.c The. Loqus., Folloig la a List o! properly burneix Lion & Sei-uggs's stock, ilu* invojc.d et $19z2,00, a. neurli'ail mateli' crdai out Inaurace, $106,000. Ilarri' Pink, fux-niture, los $6,000. - eiuubiaCouxpani', Iosc 840,000. Part. a Kalgits ot Pythias, ModemWeedmen and Ratuburn Blutera, losses n2000.lu sured. Very Little Oppfeltlon te tagiqu cisot., Wbie the Vteala hii CA$wi W» NtArly AUl Ou* W&F. Najerlty ef 77,9» Votes' The Terrens land titie o mys wu& a adopted b y Ook Cournty b7 a majorlty 0# 77,200, Te vote on the. qucetion Wau- larger in proportion tu ttie total vote eatj thau n nurnstinilr proposition oier ssii- mitted te tii. votera at an éeetion SOC: ealied for the. apectal ptirpou, and whie- the proposition was sumietttaiet the talli- efthe ticketIl la prodicteL tth. law vU nom hbu adoptq4 by the.tai. lu the country towlim, patlilrly,t vote vasflot ouly large t epetee the total, but wu$ practlaally unanlueus. in favor of IL. CommitnesIl thumls.tlO Louis A. lleergar, o e Rosi B1ai lat& Boardl comuxtte. wbih ta vas erget wltb the compulge for the. Oaitat5 et the. luw andil&t suhaistion te lhe peogle,. vas .nthumlaatîc over the. Vtctoi7., 1It was lb. greatest Ogitthle bond. oer made and va thtnk that tt bas ate- eompllsb.da ramai thvw b e oftlw. grattent benefit te the, viile cocnty. j I effeot this law puts reslty la thé categoir ot qarlck amets, vhereas It hhbuma s excfflngly slow aimet ltnhe.peut If a. man vlsbed te borrow $M0 on pioporty b. bai te have the ttisleexamaed easeut ay of $50, and then ha bait te psy gmme broker a commission of 2% per cnlt ter the. negttatlon of tle loaa. The nov loir wttl do may vlwth aIl]thta elamlnla of' titi.., and as a connequence breberage wli fat coaatderably. Thun the. borrower vlU ha beueted in a large memare, A"4 the poor mari wbo la compUled te mert- gage bis property wiIt derive the. Iargéat, possible cash In Instead of bovin« te' fritter nwmy a great dent of tt lni.fa a commissions. How thre Law Wii Operate. ..Brelly the, law ie ti: Any pencem May register bis property for $2. Te get a title certificat. ie uet present ai l tii- evîdexce of bie ownersblp b, boldo wbtcb has flot been eritered of reco.d, but ho ta. flot requtred toelireseril any abatract A. board of examnier@ examine& the» .pi-eofs- and a wrltteri opinionr of a majority of the. board deterîninea the action 9f the.- reglstrar. Witbin fire )-@ars ail have the,- opportunity te content sucb certillcate of regitaton, bot mfter dve jears the cer- tîficate ts immirune frein content A&l iens un property sre lIndorsedl upon th. certiticate and in the reglstmrm ou- ondier the nuniber of the certificae.. To. make such a nienicrial of a lieu a fee of $3 la chargeil; lu ûaccel sncb a notIon the feis $1. Titleit may ha trunaferrsê for $3. Ta% itlcs vil l ot ha rogmtered antti the, holder bas biail orisputed pomme- sion of the tmî male property for tcm ycang, and paid taxes tuera-on fer seveai yearm._ Tax boyers muxt presenàr theIr proofs o!ý tax purchae. to the registrap inmsdlately snd give notice tu aIllcuncerned before thé.' mremoritil of such tas sale ian otei on t"i register, and if this riotiticatlen la net made witlirî Ibreea intri theUictaxbayer toe,.ail bis rights tin the prernîse. "After a titte la once. regiratered the ova- or canant bc duepri ramiof any of!isi.right» by reason of atiother person's posege.ain, and occupancy (iftheb land for sny pet" vhatsoever. Thes, certificat«e i.valI proofs ut ownersbip according te tiarir face representaiatis in ail courts. ,. "Wtun the five-year lirnit of the. set it la likely that the abotract companlem wthi do a big business supplying prootfer, conitens of titi,, but aller that perfoil th* abstract business yull vane. Tiie banal record. set, hhongh lnteridcd teo hafe general benetit, vas flot serviceable te the poor because it was costly to obtain a de- cree under ItL eo the poor were compelled to go tbrongb tbe lorig abetract 11#nnality. The new law will change ail this. lre Protect ]Innocent Persena. "Another berielit of the new law la tht an indemnlty fund la created out o! a tas. of one-tentb of 1 par cent. ou the value of property certltted for the Bfrut lire. This larid lsbeid for the. protectIon et innocent permons wbo suifer tousauntier th« operation of the, bmw. It j. analog» on.t the iaw Protecttng the Innocent boider of a note. In Australia durtug gftftgenlier. $1,000,000 wu@ colierted in sucb mun - denoty fond and flot a single amanit on. It wftz sucemful. Rlght W the. beuefitm. of sucb a fond, of cour.,, la settled ln th. courts. "Nov, the. Real Estate Board ta avar. tiaI tbe abstract companles are oppommi, te this Isv, amdxii viitry te make Ita eope,_ ration as odious as possible. W. are con- Mient that It la a good 1ev, and v. are. PrcPared te enter iite the. trotter figit of preventing any corperate jutereot vht- ever from naecvoring te nUlity or Im-. pair ta elflcacy or te create eatbmat- àgalnat uL Sncb lavs ava,.een ln opura. lion for centuries in snma foreige cona- tries, and in every case viiere trWa thuy- have Prolvcd to ha conomlcal, sure; mmte- and satlsfactory te the, peupl. I wtil bW bo hers,and ltu the future.thre ity wtllr cooat the. passage Of the. TerreauloirvIcii 1M0 as on. of the greateat beneitgsever Coxiferred bY the Legislature ef thi. Btatt upon Its people." la Wlse Pweoaasbon. The president ef à large accident :OMPany telle thîs remarkable story-, andi locates tihe occurrenc, In Brook- lyn, "Some Urne ago a large polley? bottier lni mY company was mn over by- ftrolley csar and is right ieg painftlly :rue<LHo remlaîned coasclous Liter- TUF, STOHY.