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.. H. 71â€",“ _ mrmo 'Lm. The length miles Mid their value to he 53.2141100 The length of all the wires n the -..- rb! "mild Tutti H llllllu ml nil t':. oath. ” I‘du.“ aid 3. young 1. id at .5 f\l-londo «aiding. when the minister uhd if any- body knew any reason way the couple allm'uld not be united. 7hr: objector ex- Med that the bride had promised to marry him : but that was not considerch a. sufficient mason for stopping the ceremony. which was concluded amid the tittcring of the memblage. A boy foiled two burglars at Johnston. If. I. 'lbcy had no.1“. st ,500 in a box from a. goose. 321d [Were making all!" when “'12:; 38!. Kg 4. ve chair.- ‘I e se , Ind he overturns: the win: wit i tm‘ng. Then he boldly ainiul his umbrella. and cried: " Drop it, or I'll shoot." It was too dark to tell an umbrella from a gun, and the code was ol‘»;ycd. The Supreme Court of Peusylvania holds .that n ticaet is not invalidated, ass. title to: ride, by having been purchased from a per- son not an authorized agent of the railroad ; not can a theatre manager legally refuse ad- mission on a ticket be :.‘tlw: i'. has passed through the hands of a spcculatur. Stipula- tions to the contrary, as printed on tickets, are of no account. Cllro occupies an area of betwuen three and four square miles, and contains at the present day not less than 400,000 inhabi- tants. The Citadel M pleasant as well as historic and di ilied quarters to the victors of Tel-Kl-Kc lir. Khan in the hot- test part of the year it is cool among the al- abaster columns and upon the aiarblcd courts and galleries of the Mchemet All Mosque which is the chapel of the fortress. The reason given for killing wounded men at the battle of Tel el-licbir isthat in that country peoplcdo notcrmcfighting when they are wounded but shoot a man when they can. This is called treaclicry. and so it would be in Europe where the lives of the wounded are s red, but if their understanding is that t e battle is to bc fought to the death without more , the conduct of these barba- I’iIInl showsrp uck rather than treachery. \li'. Hammond, engineer and general manager of an important Brazilian iailroad. bears strong testimony to the .value. of coffee as a preventive against miasmatic fevers. lie instances the case of Father Vaughan, Who. on a journey through a. most unhealthy country from Panama to the River Platte. considered that he owcd his health to taking strong coffee, and mentions that since the natives in pestilcnt districts in Ecuador have taken to drinking it the death rate lllL‘l fall- en considerably. A movcmentis on foot in Cairo to have Egypt declared independent of Turkey. All the Powers but Russia and France are said to approve the plan to do away With joint control in E 'ypt. 'l'lio breach between the Sultan and t io Khedivo is widening. and re- cruiting for-the Klicdivc‘s Body .Guzird at Constantinople has been stopped, ‘ ’Iurkcy is intriguing against continued British Occu- punc ' of Egypt. Ambi's counsel has dc- man ed trial by a mixed English and Lgyp. tian tribunal or by an Ottoman. Court, as his life is not safe in an Egyptian prison. Another of those reiiiorsolcss agents of deathâ€"u gun that was thought not to be loadedâ€"was used at the Island of Grand Manan, Bay of Fundy. by one boy to scare another with. The attempt was very suc- cessful, as the lodging of the bullet in the region of the spinal column is a very start- ling occurrcncc to the person affected there. by. Herbert Lune, the lad thus injured, was sent home to Portland. New Brunswick, but it is not said that the witlcss youth who l shot him has been put in prison, as he ought. The latest bit of legal sensational news is that Sergeant Ilallantino has been asked to, go out to Egypt to defend Arabi Pasha. As the learned Sergeant is now in his sixtyâ€" j eighth year. he would certainly exhibit great cuterpriso if ho wont to t 0 land of the Sphinx to plead on behalf of the Egyptian lcudcr. It will be remembered that some , years ago‘this distinguished English barrister ‘ wont out to India to defend the Guicowar of i Baroda. and received on that occasion an I enormous fee for his services, a large portion of which he dropped at Monaco on his way home. The number and extent of railways cons structcd in the United States annually is astonishing. September aloiic shows an iii- crease of l,200 miles of new truckâ€"all main line ; while no less than 5,075 miles of rail- way cumiiiuiiicution huvc been constructed; during the first hint: months of 1882. Iiy| the end of tho present your at tho avcragc' rate of construction, 10,000 miles of railway will have been laid. l‘liis gives no idea of the thousands of miles undcrtukcn and yet‘ to bc complctcd. the thousands of miles of: grading and preliminary construction, and; the thousam s projected. In some cases they are opening up new country and terri- ‘ tory; in others they destroy monopoly by competition. Mrs. Stowe it San Francisco dross ru- formor, has informed the police that on Jun. lst she will begin to Wear trousers inj public, and she demands protection in case , street crowds insult her. But the Ciiicf of Police thinks it will be bisdut ' to arrest her. on tho ground that her com net would bedlsonlcrly. As to the form of the pro- posed gurmciit. Mrs. htowo says: “ Myl trousers are made with a plait, mid descend ; 'ust to the line of beauty in tho calf of tho ' cg, juat when) the dresses of can v girls conic ; and if young girls wear t ioir \ rcsscs thorn, why should not old girls adopt the same fashion? ' She is advised by a lawyer that California has no law under which she can be prevented from dressing in that fa- shlon. ._.____â€"n<-o-> copâ€"â€" (liuur (Lushâ€"There was during the cu, - part of this week such a gale in Ire- lam and the North of Scotland as has not been known since lS.'l9. All the hay and flax in Armagh has been blown away, and the fields left clean swept. Fully half tbc‘ lutstandiiig crops arelost. It was Mike's third appearance in court within thirty days, and in reply to his us- ualapjmal for clemency the magistrate im- patiently observed: "It‘s no use, Mike, you‘re good for nothing." “It's not me. sthylo tobe braggin'." rctortsd Mike. “but’ if yer lionncr \vi l borry a pair of shellalchsj and slip outside wid me l'l make it incou- - vaynicnt for ye to howld that opinion." The latest calculations of Robin and Wag- nor. the Well-known statisticians, make the i0 ulatiou of the globe is little short of a bil ion and shall '- l.'|33~300.0(1)30uls. That um world's po iulation II steadily inc ‘ hgcnerally a niittcd; but the revision “pumice in countries where the enumeration has hitherto been largely done is guess Wily mince- thcufiguru primr- au posed to “institute is popu ation. 2.35.?“ credited with the top score, 796,. 791.000. Euro coming next with 3-27,. 743,”). and A rica and America following ‘with some» and momma respect- irely. Mark Twainis in trouble again with the Fina“: pnhlinhun. It is a Chicago firm not. and they have brousht out a book of sketches "in complete form." and with a w-DW preface. Neither the pre- face outlay of the skrtches were writteniby k'I‘watn. who in his spplica'ion for an Mics ingeanucsly refer-towers: as sonic. w. like his ovrs. We an easily led to in- gu t hthey are not the Sun a: pure, M” in 'Nd as “funnyâ€"nos too“ t just funny assists to r Imam at least. Mg: We brie good into ~â€" ' itth American writer. Tull twillhenakuinlhsendbyl I. took. The ptyle of countess his namj beam lead on, Win a w court over of any limry “all: exacted ‘1“ no ' amine. and will be , dumb you a fun which: in unstable- elm, sir '9 E 55.53%; i r ‘Eg‘Ergtgé ’23 eggs El . 1: , iii 2: of the submarine cabin in the whole world is minted tolse mom . f i l l The Wheel. See the wheeler with his wheel. Silent wheel. our mind as past he steals. As In: lides along the pave, With t c silence of the graVc. plated steel . Bursts upon th' enrapturcd sagbt. As it flashes dazzlan bright, Till megame with delight. (Which t e cannot fecll. tood’nous whccl. t On his w ieel. wheel, wheel, wliccl. wheel. will-cl, On his lofty and vclocipcdic wheel.” flour the tinkling of his bell. Little bell, As it warns the folks to he gives themâ€"Top ct. And he dings it all the while. With a feeble, vacant smile. kind of style. . And the poo le. Ali! they think, When they ear that linklc link, the missing link." And they positively feel Like smashing up his wheel, that wouldn't heal, takes his mid-day meal, upon his wheel. On his wheel. wheel, wheel. wheel, On his iilckclvplatcd, highly-polished wheel. ....__..»<-..>”-.â€".â€" MY my FEE. 1. I fear I am not saying anything very original when I mention that my father was a poor clergyman. There are hundreds of reckoned by thousands. I know there were find standing room in our small North Coun- try vicurzige seems a marvel to me when I look back upon the time of growing up. And then the struggle toscttlc the professions of eight sons ! Mine was, however, soon fixed upon. My aunt's husband, a Scotclimaii and an‘M. D. in a. country town, said he would bring me up in his own profession. provided I eventually became his partiier,aiid in this manner i'cpziid’ him the cost of my education. The proposal sounded well : anyhow it was accepted. But oh i the realization was dif- ferent. He never raised me when I worked myself almost to ( oath in order to pass bril- liant examinations, and only gruntcd when at last I came to settle down with him in a. desperately dull town after having come out first on the list of Edinburgh. My uncle cared naught for my being Arthur Mcrrificld M. D. I was to be his white slave. and repay, with hard labor. what he had spent on me. I honestly tried my best to please him. the practice increased considerably, but time want on and still my uncle never spoke a word about money affairs. I was more than a partner asto work, but no partner at all as to pay. And yet I felt that I could make a. name, also a fortune, if only I could get a. fair chance. And the live girls at home were expecting grand things of me, which looked as if they might iicvcr be realized, for even if I pcrscvcrcd till my uncle died and left me his practice I might by that time have become gray with zigc and unable to begin to make my way. At last I could bear it no longer, and one day I determined to come to anundcrstand- ing with him. I am sorry to say this ended in a regular quarrel, and I declared I would scck my fortunes in London. My uncle call- cd me all sorts of names, which, as they wcrc the reverse of complimentary, I will not repeat, and I respectfullydisagrch with him. Ills last words were : -‘ I should like to know, sir; how you are go'ng to find a patient in London?" I did not answer him, for I was perfectly unable to do so, but I had courage and perseverance. “ \thrc there's a will there's a way," I thougllt, and thus I left my uncle’s house, knowing well enough that I should never see a pcimv of his money. I will pass over the many difficulties I next encountered ; the applause of the other lwclve as to my conduct, and tho regrets of my father, who had fancied I . at least. was off his mind. and lastly, the difficulty of find- ing anyone to lcml me some money where- with to make a start. I meant to begin at i once in good style ; nothing venture, nothing have, and I was determined to have one of the best practices in town. At last a part of my dream was realized. But yet it was all vcry well to be the occu- pant of a respectable-looking house in a quiet London square ; to have gone to the expuisc of a brass plate on which was neatly engraved, “Dr. Arthur Mcrrifield ;" flir- tlicr to have engaged a worthy middle-aged female to answer the door. if the doorbell had ever been rung and tlic master inquired for. Alas ! I was beginning to feel depressed. in mind because no patients appeared, and no fees filled my kets. I had told the live iris nt‘liome that my house would soon be icsiegcd at all hours of tho day and night. I had even had a ni ht- bcll stacked, which rung in a dcfcm ing manner close to my cars as llny iiibcd; and. best of all. I had contrived n pcepliolc through my window shutter. in order to dis- tinguish the rank of the visitor who disturb~ cd my slumbcrs. But up till now I had slept peacefully night after iii lit, and I might have slept all day if I hm so wished it, for no patients had come to ask me to cure them. " And yet," I thought, as I paced the floor of in consultingroom, where no con- sultation ad ever taken place. “and yet that rich young Jones promised that he would recommend me. to the first of his ic- lations who fell ill. The constitution of the Jones family must be terribly good. for [am sure the fellow nil-ant what he said : ho is mod nature itself. Perhaps I have been a col after all. and I had better have staid with my uncle. where at least my food cost. nothing !" You must understand that my spirits had reached far below zero to be able. even in my most rivatc thoughts. towondcr any- thing of t e kind. And, curiously cuoug , it was at this vurv moment that in ' front door-bell was suddenly rung in a furious manner. I ver ~ nearly rushed out to open the door mjsc f. only I was met by Mrs. Davis, whohad run up from below. almost as much excited as I was at this unpaved. outed event. " Show the visitor into the consulting- rooni. Mrs. Davis." I whispered. “ and lay you'll see if I an: discs l.” I retired into a an: study room next the consulting-room and so ted from it by folding doors. It was here I had my meals. and. babies in bedroom. it was at present thewl fa ' lmomin the house. But hardly l I closed the door when I recog- nized the loud. jovial toms of “young Jones." who rather unceremoniomly eaten in en. rimecer the-nu ofariclibreirer, and. knowing very I’cll that be “told conic in for hap- ol my. bad wandered it would really bewute of time textile many profusion. lie was, however, a good- natnrul. generous will, delighted to do a kindness' and iii no grater vice than a bveofdonfi' ' and “Hello. :23 l" he exclaimed. "how all except Lucia ; I've often wantedhct to “filling. And the crystalliuic glittering of his nickel swered. ordinary lnul‘litl and pcdcstrianjLondou is Yell out "See the blooming bijit on his alli-; . I " [other subject. but truth compelled me to more gratitude. lie 1 On his loft '. and exalted and vclocip vrlic wheel. wheel. ive him room before As he works his number twelves in a rythmic “ Here comes old Darwin's lost one! Here comes And lmpluntingon his puntuloons some wounds And would give him heaps of trouble as he sat l are you 2 “'orked to death, I expect, since I've only or a MAS wiio was xcvzic ox a BICYCLE. jcome to mwn this very day, but I made a. ' point of hunting you up as I promised. I , lcame at lunch-time, for fear. otherwise. of pe "ow ' m" mum mus ‘hougm’ pass wrough linding'you closeted with someiicli old hyp- : lyou setup on your own hook. pochon " I am not very busy just now," I an- “but delighted to see you at any time. " see ndoctor. but it's no good complains. even of headache.” ' This time I really smiled. ' doctors are only too rfect health. The present excited life which many of them leadâ€"" but Mr. Dil- ' [on was not listening to me, for he suddenly :turned round (for he had risen tolenvc). icon hed violently, aiil then, sftcranervous ffuiifiiliag among the pockets of his great ” “'ell, how many fees have you taken 1‘" ' cont. he said : asked the irrepressible J ones. already ringing with answer carelessly : “Of course, your.portant little matter. praises." I wished he would talk on some ‘ never gave a. fee with greater pleasure or “ Bless me i I had nearly forgotten an im- Believe me, sir, I iresscd his fat hand into mine, and I fell: a small round thing "No, no, not yet : these are early days ; ‘, slipped dextcrously into my palm. I then the truth is l have very few patients. To be ; went to release the vision of fair hair from quite open with you, my dear fellow, you ‘ my den, and at once hope i that if Mr. Dil- are my first.” was perfectly round in that direction. l life. I lead to more. That would cause him to stand upright as hei Dillon, is coming to consult you this afterâ€" noon, because l lold him you were the very V 1 man he wanted, but I just. looked in to tell wheel, whee}, whee], l you that he is very ci'otclicty, and you must just manage him properly. As to his ail- ments. I don’t believe they are of much con. i sequence, because he has been just ti c same to my room. ever since I was in arms. Never looks a day and in the middle of my palm lay a. bright, . older.” j “I‘ll do my best, professionally,” I said, . secretly not much believing this rich man realization was so small tliatI burst out “As to managing him. I , laughing at my own bad luck and my dis- would turn up. am afraid this is not in my line.” Jones jumped up, pulled a face, and then ; acconijmny him: j gave his chest a. mighty slap, intimating lie ' front door, and jllsl- as Mr. Dillon had enter- ‘ However, if the case is as you say, you won’t quite despise my news ; I fear it is not worth more than a guinea fee, but it may i I My rich old uncle, Jonathan don't be anxious.” But before sl c could say 3 ion did come again Miss Lucia. would always I escorted the pair to the ! ed the carriage his daughter made apretciicc “ My dear doctor, I wish I could think ' to run back for a glove. there was anything the matter with me, but, l ‘ . ; ' . ‘upon my word, I never felt better in my said, looking right up into my face with a I haven‘t a pain or an ache about me. most aiixwus expression on her sweet count. “ Please forgive me, Dr. Mcrriticld,” she ’ eiiaiicc. " Please forgive me, but what do you really think of papa ?” ‘ In excellent health, Miss Dillon; pray any more her father called llcl‘ impatiently, and she was gone with just one sweet smile and a “Thank you so much,” for all the world as if I had just cured her father of some obstinate disease. And now, claspiiig my first fee. I returned There I iiuclwpcd my hand, i hard, yellow ginger lozenge ! , The expectation had been great. and the ! comfiturc. Yet. not for a moment did it en- . “ \Vell, that’s a. pity, because if he Were I tcr my head to acquaint my patient with his poor clergy ; naturally their sons can be to take a. fancy to you, you would want no mistake. otlicr recommendation. He‘ll recommend family are disgustingly rich. And all iii- lierit asthma or bronchitis. Fact.” I began to express my thanks, for, in spite of his ofi'~handcd manner, I felt sure that 3 Jones had taken some trouble about me, but I he only laughed at my gratitude. “Don’t mention it. .ocsmes, old Dillon may take a. dislike to. you. musn’t find me here; perhaps he uouldn't; believe I had come to consult you, though I did tell him you were the cleverest fellow in London. And so on are, in my opinion 2 I wouldn’t mind to! ing the queen as much, if I had the chance.” And then he was gone. But no, once more he turned back. “I say. Mcrrifield, old Dillon’s daughter is sure to come with him ; he never goes out without lier;a perfect slave he makes of that girl i” . L It was toward 4 o’clock on a winter’s .nftemoou that a. carriage and pair dashed up to my door ; then a grand flotilla“ jumped down from the box and gave the correct an- nounccmciit of my first patient; I had just time to escape to my den before the frontl I heard voices. then a loud cough, tlicn doors being closed. Yes â€"iny first patient had come. In another moment bis card was handed to mo, and on it was written : “Mr. Jonathan Dillon.” II. I entered the room in my most profession a1 manner. and looking straight before me at once saw what was unmistakably “ old Dillon," but, so much wrapped up that little more than a quarter of his face was visible. I can honestly say I never noticed Miss Dil- lon till her father himself \vnvcd a small fat hand in her direction, saying : “ My daughter, Dr. Mor- illcld ; sho al- ways comes with me wherever I go, for I am soiufirm I don’t think it safe to be left alone door was opened. â€"but she enjoys excellent health.” This last remark was said in a most d. ploi-ublc tone, and as I turned.‘ almost starttd with surprise, for old Dillon's daughter was a. small delicately-made girl, who could notbc inucliniorc than 19 years old. Hcrforc- head was encircled wgtli the most golden hair Iliad ever seen. and her face, though azcd at. The expression was so simple, the urge blue eyes were so innocent and shy, that for a moment I was completely lost in wondering how such a. man as the one before me had any right so possess such a daughter. Miss Dillon was evidently very retiring, and at this moment also feeling «In (rep. “Idnrc say. Dr. Mcrrifield,” she said hurriedly, blushing up to the roots of her hair, “that there is a room I might sit in while you hold your consultation. Papa rever likes me to leave him alone a minute, for fear anything should happen. Anywhere will do." I bowed, and rang the bell, say- ing. inas ca in a to :c as possible: “Show Miss Dillon into the study.” The vision of fair hair liaviiigdisuppcared, I gave myself up to the examination of my patient. After a careful inquiry I came to u conclu- sion which made me certain that this was the last time I should see Mr. Dillon. The truth bcia there was nothing much the matter wit i him, that the old man was a regular hypoclioudriacâ€"in fact. that. all his ailments wcrc imaginary. But yet, come what might, I must speak the truth ; oven for the sake of further fees, I must not give However, he I felt sure if I did so the vision cf golden hair would blush with confusion, thirteen of us, and how we all managed to you right and left, and' the whole Dillon § even thouin I did not see her, and the blue, 3 truthful eyes would look troubled. i No, my first fee was not worth a guinea, such as it was I did not hate it, becauseâ€"oh, j well, I might well call myself a. fool for even ;faiicyiiig that I, Arthur Merrificld, penni- less and unknown. should for a moment I dream that I had fallen in love at first I right with my rich patient’s only daughter. , I put the lozenge away in a. box, and that ‘ night I again slept tlie elccp of a fearless )h sicmn. 1 y III. The next day I found myscl'f thinking 0} a. vision of fair hair instead of taking in the ‘ sense of a clever treatise on the anatomy of I the hand, which certainly could in no way be connected with the events of the day be- fore. Curiously enoughfliowever, about 11 l o'clock a cab drove up to the door, and what was my astonishmentâ€"I need hardly any pleasureâ€"when Miss Dillon. fo’lowed by an elderly maid, made her appearance. There she stood, as fair and soft and beautiful as the night before, but, if possible, more shy and Culbfll‘l‘aSSCll. The little hand she held out to me trembled visibly as she said: : the girl never l out ; he is not down yet ; and he would be I so distressed he might never come again, and "I am sure we I should be so sorry. as you suit him exact- glsd to see a lady in l ly." “ Pray don't c ll this a favor," I said, as gravely as 1 could. “I think you will be- lieve me when I say that. without even knowing your wishes on the subject, I A FEAT IN SURGERY. Transplanting a Part of a Rabbit's Eye Into a. man's. An unusual andiatorcstmg o ration was performed yesterday, in the pub ic cyo clinic that is held every Friday from 1 till '2 o'clock in the amphitheatre of J effersoa 00l- should have never mentioned theâ€" the loa- legs hospital, which will no doubt turn out cage." “ 1 don't know how to thank you. Now entirely successful. It consisted in trans- planting the conjunctiva (which is the layer I must go," And then Miss Dillon put that Of “53‘” forming tlw inner lining 0f the lit-ls small gloved hand in her muff and drew it and Wflected 0" W “10 eyeball) 0‘ a rabbit out again, holding it out toward me once into the eye of a man who was brought in~ more, and this time I felt a little square bit j to the hospital a 00“ le 01. "ION-115 ng0. suf- of paper in my hand. Somehow our eyes met, and in spite of the gravity of the-occa- sion we both laughed, feeling, I am sure, we should never again be afraid of each other as she said : “ Please, Dr. Mcrrificld. don't laugh at me. Is this the right way togive a fee! be- cause I iimst tell you this is the first time in my life I have ever had to give one. I suppose some day I shall be ill and want a doctor. but I never. never have wanted to go to one before. And it wasn't for myself this time. was it? will you hear me witness I meanâ€"I hope you will never mention it. Good-by. Now, Brown, I am ready.” Aiidjust as a ray of sunshine sometimes comes into ouo's room, glimmers. dances, and illuminates the place for a time, and th. n suddenly disappears, so L'icia Dillon had come and gone, and that noisy four- wh: cler took off my vision of fair hair, lenv- ing me with a golden sovereign and a new shilling wrapped in a small half-sheet of paper, on the top of which was stuni ed the address of their London house. folded that pccc of paper and put it away in a pocket book among my trcusurcs, such as my dear mother's first letter to me at school. and the flower that a little girl of 7 years old had dropped when I, a 9-ycnrold urchin, had fallen desperately in love with her. There was nothing there unworthy to lie next to the paper which Lucia. Dillon's fingers had touched. Later in the day I received a note from Mr. Dillon, begging inc, if I were not too much engaged, to conic and see him, as he felt very uiiwoll. And if I would do him the great favor of dining and spending the evening with them they would be very grateful, for he saw so few people on account of his wretched constitution. “’cll, I went, and spent a very happy evening. It was only the first of many more. at least during this first season. But Mr. Dillon was as good as his word;from the day of his first visit; my practice slowly but surely increased, and though there were years of up-hill work, vetit is perfectly true that “cc ii’est que o premier pas qui coutc." I had at last got u clianncc, and seized it. I worked with dcublo energy be- cause at the bottom of my soul I had an- other object l asides the one of making the five girls proud of mo ; I wanted a. small, fair, blue-eyed, Lucia. to be proud of me; and I wanted to be able to lay at her feet all that: is best and grandest in this life. _ It was not till I had fxccd myself of all “01,, Dnjuerrificld' can you forgive me debtâ€"and though still a poor man I was for disturbing you this morning? I don’t “Olllpflmmdy “Ch, for]; bad ag°°d and "1' know how I made up my mind to conic. but “9‘13"”; Praetii’cf’tlmt at 1‘13” _Imad° “Pmy I felt I mth even if, if____” She paused, mind to ask Lucia. to be my Wife. I should and tears almost came into her blue eyes, while I could think of no word suitable enough to set her mind at rest, being ignor- ant of what she wanted to say. “ Indeed, Miss Dillon, if there is anything I can do for you I shall be delighted ; so I beg you will not apologize for troubling mc." “ It isn’t: that exactly,’ she answered, once more looking at me in a. most distressed manner. “ Perhaps you require further particulars , as to your father’s health. what I said yestcrda -â€"â€"â€"â€" “ Oh thank you, it was so kind of you ; lie was much better last night ; I know you will do him good ; but that was not what I wanted to ask ydâ€"oli, dear I you will think me so rude, or else an impostor, orâ€" n (-râ€"â€" “ Impossible,” I said, more vclicniciitly than the case required. “ I don’t know how to begin; I mean, per- haps, you don't know the peculiar way pupa. keeps his accounts !” . l was startled at this question. Rcmem~ bcriiig the yellow lozenge iii a box,I thought I could 3:in did know one of Mr. Dillon's peculiar ways of paying fees, but not for the world would I tell this blushing, shy, bc- witcliing girl before me the truth. “ I don’t presumeâ€" ” I began. “Oh, no, I’m sure you don’tâ€"I was go- ing to tell you about it. Papa always mach his confidential man, Baker, put the same change every morning into his pockets, and iii the evening, when Baker turns out the packets, he just puts down in a book what is missing, and makes up the number of the coins the next morning." I was gettin I rather puulcd myself now, and could thin of nothing more original to say than : ” Indeed 1'" “Yes, it’s I must repeat l) quite true, or you see I shouldn’t have known about it." (Herc the fair vision blushed still more). “Baker pu‘s in a sovereign, a half-sovereign, a crown piece,â€"â€"he finds tliesc rntlicr difficult to -;et sometimes;â€"linlf-n-crown. a shilling, a .- ixpencc, a fourpcnny piece, a threcpenny is dishonest opinion. I would not be the first I Dime, a penny, a halwauny’ and a mm), of thirteen to act a lie. Mr. Dillon now began to give me a minute account of his ailments. and to repeat the advice of various doctors. ” And now, Dr. Merrifield, I feel sure you will agree with me in thinking it absolutely imperative that I should leave England at once. to cure this troublesome cough." If oalyI could have agreed_witli him ;but no i “ Quite the contrary." I said, calmly. "I think you should stay in England, the finest and most healthy climate for a constitution like yours." " Bless me ! lllcss inc !" ejaculated Mr. Dillon, looking distress d. " Du you really think so 2" " Without a shadow of a doubt. sir.” ' ‘ .‘ “ But about exercise! I ought to take very little of course?" " Not at all ; the more you take the better it will be for you." “ You are r uite unique. sir. in your opin- ionâ€"remarks ls l But about a prescription, doctor, I suppose you will write one for me. to allay this cough, for instance 3" “ No." I answered. "any ordinary lozenge will suffice." I knew now I had signed my death warrant : or rather I thought knew; for that was my surprise when Mr. Dillon exclaimed : “ My dear sir, you are the first pli 'sician who hunot given me a prescription! licve you understand my case. I hogs I may come and consult you as often as fuel the need of it; which nccxl. I grieve to fly, oc~ can frequently." I was amused. Curiously enough. for once the truth had pleased the old man, but now I was obliged to atmrer : " I am sure you I'll] find it quite unaccu- nry to come again, unless some unforeseen “Tut. tut. Dr. Merrifield. not one of my medical advisers ever told inc not to name again. I assure you I shall come spin. whatever too ; andI here. We on may say. and many times. to send others of the family not what could be called extremely benuti~ ful. was yet one of the sweetest I had ever i I my.” "A very complicated way of keeping onc’s money‘, isn't it! or perhaps complicat- ed for Baker," I said, feeling it perfectly impossible to repress nsmilc, though Miss Dillon's sweet, earnest mouth kept so grave. “ X0, it is quite simple when one under- stands, bccausc Baker knows exactly what asovereign, a half-sovereignâ€"and all the rest comes toâ€"l for at what it lS'â€"-but, oh, Dr. Merrificldi Ba 'cr knew we had been yesterday to consult a new physician, and in the evening there was only a tlirccpenny bit and a farming missing. and noâ€"und so I knewâ€"I menu Baker knewâ€"and he told me ~thsl pamust have given _\ on something by mis 'e. It wasn't the farthing, I can ac- count for that, andâ€"but was it the three- penn piece. or-â€"â€"â€"!" " ’ray. dear Miss Dillon, don't distress yourself about such nlittle matter," I said hastily. “Any time willâ€"â€"" "Oh, no, but papa thinks he paid you, be- cause he said to me he never gave a fee with so much pleasure. So now I begin to think he uiu-t haveâ€"given you~â€"" Miss Dillon quite gasped. so that I hastened to fill in her use. this time feeling quite (Illi- tresscd at er trouble. “ Your father gave me a very good ginger lozenge, Miss Dillon ; one of those little mistakes which will occur now and than. Pray don’t make yourself the least uneasy about it." " How very kind you are 2" she said, again holding out her hand, which I tool: and forgot to let go till she had done spak- ing. " I felt sure it must be that. and then I thought gain]: you would think us im- poston, an I knew you would be u» much of a gentlemanto mention it.andso-â€"-do vou think I was wrong 2~I cam OH with Mrs. Brown this morals . and made up my mind Iwould a his a mistake, only it was so dreadful. t I don't ruicd now that you have not gone mad about it. And then would you do me a slight favor. Dr. Merri- ficld! Would you mind pretending not to have wretched constitutions ; know pay-thing about it. or that i had done papa doesn‘t know I am I i not have bad the face to do it even then, only a. young good~for-iiothing aristocrat was perpetually coming to the house, and I knew that if Lucia. so young, simple, and innocent, became the wife of that man, her life would be miserable. The fear of this, and some amount; of jealousy, perhaps, made me speak out one day. I shall never forget Luciai's face when I had said some strong. curucst, passionate words. She put her little hands once more into miiio and looked up w.tli her beautiful truthful eyes, as she half sobbcd : “-Oliâ€"â€"do you really mean it? Because. somehow. I think I haveâ€"loved you ever sinceâ€"â€"" “ Ever since you gave me my first fee, my darling," I said, as Idrew her beautiful bend on my shoulder andâ€"well. never mind the rest. " \Vcll, Lucia.” I added, “I loved you the first moment I saw you. So you see I, loved you lonir before you cared for inc. There was still the questioiins to what Mr. Dillon would say nbo-itit, but our true love, which had had to wait so long. this time run smoothly. Mr. Dillon, who still suffered from his wretched constitution, was deli Ilitcd at Luciu‘s choice. and said all kims of complimentary things about my rising fame and my other qualities. And so we were married, and the five girls from home were bridesmaids, though they were soon afterward married from our house under Lucia's care. And though I often tell Lucia that the last person she should have married was a popular physician, consider. mg she is never ill. yet she always shakes her pretty golden head and says gravely : “ But, perhaps, Arthur, some of the chil- dren may inherit papa's wretched constitu- tion.”â€"- The Argosy. «0940.05 00 New Electric Appliances. Mr. \V. II. Akcstcr, F. S. 11., electrician to the Universal Electric Com )any, has con- structed an instrument, which operates by electricity, for gathering apples. mowipg lawns, reaping cereals, liairing hides. singe- ing horses and shearing slice). It pulls :ippics and chestnuts ofi'trccs witli great suc- cess. It consists of a telescopic bamboo, which can be lengthened to the height ofany ordinary tree. There is a calico shoot at- tached to the end of this electrical apparat- us, into which the fruit operated on falls, and thereby is transmitted into the basket or other vessel rovided for its reception, the latter being p need in any convenient posi- tion either at the root of the tree or else- where. In fact, the whole of the apparatus, when denuded. of the necessary connecting wires to the battery, dynamo or secondnr ', simply resembles an ordinary walking-stic . llcsidcs having his family sewing machine driven by u peautiful motor. Mr. Akcslcr has lately, though not the leastin ingenuity, coiistnictal an electrical fly-catcher, which in confectionery and other such establish- ments. where flies “ most do con rrcgafc" must be invaluable. It consists ofba series of plates, one-eighth of an inch apart, the spaces between being filled with a min- ition of glue and treaclc. which attracts t tea in great numbers. Every alternate plate is positive and negative. and the mo. ment the flie aliglits on the plates he receives a shock which causes instancousdcath. \i'c wonder to what electricity and magnetism will be applied next. â€"â€"‘ood-.-yoofiâ€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" Going Two Ways at Once. A mining superintendent at the Wat says that by the use 0 the chronograph he ascer- tained the fact t t the long pump bobs in his mine moved down at the top before they stopped coming up at the bottomâ€"that is. they went ho ways at once. This secure absurd, but it is rational. for the pump hob being 3.000 feet long. and made of wood. some time ela before motion at one end is transmitted through to the other. I would be interesting to know exactly where the neutral point is. m The new statue of the late Hon. George Brown is now in the hands of the artists, and Will be completed in about a year at a cost of 85M”. fering from a severe urn that had entimly destroyed his si ht. He is a young Irish man named Mic ael MeMullin, 2Sycars old. just over from the 0d country, a few months, a strong, well~fornicd. healthy fel- low, but as helpless as a. child in his blind- ness. Shortly after coming over be secured employment in a large chemical works. and while handling strong sulphuric acid the fluid splashed up over his face and head, burning him terribly and suddenly and com- pletely blinding him. The right cy’o was destroyed entirely. and the left one was so injured that anchylo-blopharon resultedâ€"â€" that is, the lids grew fast to the ball, the burn having destro ed most of the conjuno tion. It was dcci ed bya consultation of the surgeons in tho cyc do artnicntto resort to this rare operation, wit i the hope of ro~ storing the ball and the lids to their normal condition, and afterward of securing sight to the injured left cycL The chief surgeon, after some trouble. succeeded in vetting a healthy buck rabbit. a large finc fellow of the lop-ear variety. He was fastened firmly to an apparatus used in cxporiiiiciiting on animals, and ether being administered to the man and rabbit both \vcro soon under the influence of fhc :inzcsllictic. Four of the operating surgeons soon had the eyelid of the man loose from its firm adhesion to the ball and ready for the new conjunction which two others had carefully and skillful. iy dissected from the left eye of tlio uncon- scious rabbit. The part, still warm zuid bleeding, was rapidly transferred to the under surface of tbs man’s eye-lid and neat- ly stitched to its place. he was then re- moved to the ward lip-stairs. and it is hoped that in n’few days the wound will be ontircl healed. Tliat' much being accomplishch another different operation will be resorted to that will most likely restore to tho man thoinvaluablc blessing of sightâ€"Philadel- phia Press. 0 ~-~ --.â€"..--_......_ Vital Science. A recent number of the Philadelphia Medical Timescontnins an interesting article on the origin of the blood corpusclcs by Dr. Ryder, of Toronto. This is a subject which still puzzles scientific men, and none have proved how these corpiisclcs develop, or why the white corpuscles are uniform in size while the red vary. A Boston scientist has lately shown that thoindividunl red cor useles associate together invariably in 0d numbers of 3, 5, i) and 15 and are on- closed in a. membrane, thus giving the aspect of variation in size, but why this association exists does not appear. Dr. Ryder made some experiments in wine by which he found that fermented wine before being clarified contained opaque atoms which did not ob- tain in unfcriiiented wine, in other words the llllferlllell10ll wine was translucent, the fermented wine not, unless the opaque par- ticles are removed by clarification. lie was led to remark the analogy between this and the fact that the blood as seen through the hand of a living man, held against a light, was translucent, while that of a dead man’s was dark or opaque. He concluded that the opacit was due to the destruction of the cells y fermentation, these cells having previously existed in the fruit from which the wine was mndeumd that tho livin cells in the human body are recruited am maintained from the living cells in the fruit and grain which We cat. The cells in our food grains are the sumo as those in our fruit and vegetables except that in the fruit they are 111er filled with water. This is nicrelyn difference of condition and is so arranged by Providence that food may be .reserved without fermentation or decay. but it is a. difference merely of condition, is seen b the way in which the cells fill up and enlarge when water is added in cooking, a. very small quantity of dry meal making a large quantity of porridge. The process of digestion therefore is not a chemical one, he argues ; the cells are not destroyed and rc- constructcd into new blood corpusclcs, but simply transferred. Vital laws organize. Wuilo chemistry breaks down organisms. Chemistry has never produch u. living germ, nature abounds in its wonders of vitality, which leads him irresistibly to the conclusion that God has reserved to Himself the power of cndowing matter with life. ' " The living cells which we rccoguizcus the blood corpusclcs must of iiccessit find their primary source in the realm o vege- tablogrowtli. This is the first part in the process of elevating the ‘dust’iiito which man was made into that wonderfully in- teresting being." From Dr. Itydcr's theory it would follow that grain. vegetable and fruit foods give better vitality than flesh foods, as it is assumed that the living cells abound more numeroust in the former ;and it must he confessed that the theory agrees with the facts wherever they have been faithfully examined. According to ancient writers. apart from the Bible record, prim- itiveinsn was a vegetarian and was very long lived. Tho Mosaic record gave to man as his food "every herb bearing seed and eve tree in which is the fruit ofatrec yiel in seed." and some of the early gcncrn- tionso men lived to nearly a thousand years. l’ythsgoms, who travelled extens- ively, tells us of the same simplicity moon the people of his day ; and Hippocrates an: Didorus confimis it. The Romans in their most vigorous days were grain and fruit cutters and degenerated through refinements ; and the l’atagoninns, who are dcsceiidcnl fromsraco of vegemb'e caters who were literally giants, hove steadily degenerated in the last two hundred years during which they have been flesh caters. .â€"..â€"â€"_‘” 4-...p oohâ€"n._ Italians in South America. The great current of Italian emigration has till now been directed toSoutii America, and especially In Plain. In the republic of Uruguay there are now about 450,000 in- habitants, and there land at Montevideo every year about H.000 Italian emigrants. The celebrated hygienist, Si 'nor Paolo Man wrote. not long ago. that on amrmg there one seemed to be trans into an Italian colony. The boatmsu who landed you, the porter who carrird your baggage. the hotel keepers, all were It diam. Italian emigration develops caoflnously on the other shore of the estuary of La Plats. It is calculated that from l8u7 to 1375 more than 449,“)0 were Europeans, and that from 1875 onward the average annual number of emigrants is 40.000. Therefore, in a period of twentydivc years there is a total of 8.50.000 emigrants. of whom quite a third are of Italian origin. During tho last few years Italian emigration to Baenos A amounted to 1.000 a week. t Ith Janciro the calcium of 1879 marked the lead ing of 22.000 uni ts, of whom 9.000 was Italians. 0f yearrltslisn emigra- tion seems tending more toward the United final. l JOINING m cm i A Great Engineering Project for Uniting j the North Sea With the Houston mean. 'I h.- uhjcc: of tho European canal. ssvs l the lamina Post. is to unite the North Slur E with the Mulitcvrsucsn by a navigable and : maritime canal, suvfiilde to the largest ; trading vessels, and which will unite the j as.“ of China and Austria with the Atlantic " and the Gulf of Finland. The project is not a modern one. for the Romans. and before them the Colts: had forsccn the giwit nib , vantage to be derived from the junction of jthc seasofliaul by its great rivers. The jsclicuie was grand, but it was necessary to istudy and furnish the means of putting it l info execution. In 1873 Prince Gale Beam. formally a staff officer, published at Denice a brochure treating of the project of the canal bctwccn Marseilles uiid Dunkcnpm, [musing by Paris. Lyons. and others of the richest towns of lh‘uiicc. This projccl. largely glsnucd as much from aiingricultui‘al as an lllt ustrial point of view, had the ad~ vantage of opcuiiiga direct and sure mud to the vessels \rocccding from England and the coiiiincrcia ports of the north. which could thus cross the Continent and avoid the dangerous assagc round Spain hv the Straits of Gimiltar iiiordcr to reach the cast. As the canal would malizo, at the lowest, between the North sea and the Mediterranean. a saving a distance of two thousand kilometers, it would be found that the maritime commerce of Europe would benefit by about 175,000,000 francs. 0n the 10th of Juno last M. Duclsrc (senator) presented to the president of the French republic a first project. treating of a maritime canal running from the ocean to the Mediterranean. A commission appoint- cd to examine this first project ducidcd upon tlio urgency of studving it. M. Duclcro's rojcct is simply a plagiarism of tho Prince t c Bcarii's vast conception, because if it favors the southern and southwestern dc- partniciits of Fiance it would injure the greatcst interests of riclicr dcjmi‘tiiicnts. If the project of a canal which is to cost millions be put in question, one may ask why that of Bordeaux to Nurboiiiic (project of .\l. lliiclcrc) should alonc liavu this pri~ vilcgc. In fact, if M. Duclcrc's project avoids, like that of M. do Ilcnrii, tlic pussngo of the straits of Gibraltar. it docs not avoid the lluy of lliscay and its rough tciiipcsts, so di'cudcd by scziiiicii. Trading vcsscls will certainly never fuco this tci‘i'iblu gulf to- get up a canal that will never bu anything mt an adjunct to Iliguct's cniml. aside the possibility of tho cxccution of this canal, which ought to rcsultin making Paris a seaport, we must study the qucstion iii a technical point of viciv. M. dc llcurn‘s project is coiiccivcd in :uicxclusivcly French spirit. This vast conception ought to sup- p ant all qucsfions of local interest. for it. makes Paris a great. seaport of transit from east to west, and why should this project bu impracticable, and why slioiild.tlu~y be im- able to execute this canal, which \vuuld bu supplied by the three largest rivers of Franceâ€"tho Scinc, tho Loirc, and tho leionc ! Iiidccd. it wuuld be a chain a mountains to cross, but could there not. be found on the higher point different. tori-cuts. tlio waters of which could be casilyuscd for the supply of the canal 1’ Besides. M. do licurn gives us the solution of the problem in a iiiciiicir which appeared two years ago. A glaiicc (it tho map of France will suffice to show tho sii )criority of M. dc Bcurii's work and the advantage to be derived from a usual, the plnco of dc- partiiro being Dunkcrquc. and passing by St. Onici‘, St. Paul, Doullcns. Avullon, Cliolon-surâ€"Suonc. Macon, Villcfrnnclic, TI‘O\’01], Lyons, Vienna. St. Vulliors, Laix, Valence, Moiitcliiimit, Avignon, 'l‘ui‘uscmi, Arlcs. Beaucnii'c, and arriving (it length at Marseilles, crossing countries favored by numerous and abundant. water courses. Let us tum to the other sido of tho sumo map and follow the course of the canal pro. jcctcd by M. Duclcrc and judge for our- selves. Lot us com mrc the wealth of the dc artmcnts crusscrili tliu respective lines of otli canals. But tlicso questions, though of great iiitci'cst, can only bo of secondary consideration. The prcdoniimmt qucstioii is to make Paris a seaport, which would rc- stilt from M. do llcm'ii's project. Tlici'o is another question which rcmovcs all doubt on the subject. Since tho disaster of18701'uris has bccomcn bordcrtuwii. Wlmt iulvuiitagc would them not be in tho czisu ofun invasion in Paris being ill coiiiiiiiiiiicntion with the Mcditcrrancaii and the ocean ‘2 TIIU French navy, tho value of which was paralyzed III the last war, should be in :1 condition to supply the great city with provisions. Paris ii seaport, Paris nidcd, supported, and supplied by the navy is invincible. l’nris invincible makes Franco :ilwnys triumph- ant. â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"‘l»<o.w cowâ€"â€" Called Her "Darling." As the train pulled out of Charleston 1 lookcduround the car and saw that tllvru wcro seven of us occupying u holc seats, while the eighth wasa pearl-looking girl about lhycars old. I think the idea with the other six inciiwas to get some sort of an excusc to share the young lady’s scat. Unc offered to o wn the window, but found it open and fell lflCk. A second offered her a book, but she had read it. A third immi- cdlieru newspaper. but Hill) had the same issue. The fourth was a diiimmcr from Cincinnati. llc pulled his cup down, picked up his grip and went to the door and bang- (:(l if. us if he had just ciitcrcd. 'l'hcn rush. iiig along the iiislc lic plumpcd down beside the girl without a word, stowed his grip under liisfcct, and pulled out ii paper and began to road. It was ten minutes before he said a word to her, but when the con- vcrsaticn opened ulie proved to be the most entertaining talker innn ever listened to. She had travelled everywhere and ‘ seen everything, and had a laugh to nmkcamsn's licnrt jump. As the train thundered on the drummer inadclovc, lied right and lcft, and seemed to have made- ncomplcfe mash. She gave him her mldrcss, invited him to call, told him all about the family, and permitted him to call her darling before we reached Savannah. lie was to see about her baggage there, and wliilclooking for it hllb slipped away. \l'lieii “'0 got to the holcl hu sud- dcnlvgrcw as white as flour. Sim hm! boxrowcd hisdiumond ring and still had it. She had slyly takcn his gold watch and chain. and when he felt for his wallet liisfingcm clutched (in empty pocket. llu danced around like a crazy monkey, figuring his total loss at $520, but he raved in vain. The entertaining girl. who had permitted him to “darling”lier, and who had solemn y in- formed him that she had never known what love was until then, could not be found by the lice. It was it back-banded game. IJrlraif 1"”? l’l‘rsfi. ~â€"~-â€"â€"â€"-oo 4-} OO”â€"-'~~' Rapid Photography. The practicability of photographing lmzd' swipes from the window of a train running at fort miles an hour has been recently proved by r. Csudcm, who uses what he calls a gyrograpli for the piirjzmc. The apparatus comprises a cop )cr tube similar to that which carries the cum in ordinary camcrmv, but the lenses are placed on opposite sides parallel to the axis, Within is a shutter similar in the box of :- stopcock ; it plenum. two quadrangular apertures. which, noun-l.- ing to the position of the shutter. do or do not let pus the light rays in making a quarter of a turn. '1 his rotatory movement is obtained by means of a spring libersz from a catch. An cxmurc of only l-lOOth of a second ins ' be had. \‘th a llllll: prac- tice wonderfully distinct views can be ob- tained from the apparatus. M”~P“»â€"‘~fi A federal soldier has appliul for s. [scallion at “'asliington for a broken leg got in “jump- ing the bounty." The Steamboat Inspectors at Toronto are apparently determined to do all in their power to prevent an "Asia" sailing from that port. Not satisfied with disabling one lu‘hllllfint to irevent her running they have now prevents: one much: under a cortllio cate tonavigatc the bay from anyi an excursion rty across the lake. This as it should Is. Too much vigilance canard be shown in lookiii after these vessels, per- ticularly thou: of tile emission class. / .,a L. Lcuviiig “" .WL‘.*__.J_AH_.- _. "7‘ _ ._s .'