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. t-mâ€" ... Bv CHRIS‘HAN REID, ix “ CHAPTER XIV. l “ Never was I more glad of anything i112: my life,” said Don Maurizio. “ The whole; matter has proved to be exactly as I imagin- ' ed.” “ Do you mean," said Derwent, a little; startled, “ that it was really Fernandez! who had the shooting done 2”" “Certainly,” the other answered. “ I never had any doubt of it. He is not a man to stop at trifles, that worthy Senor Fernandez. The opportunity was so tempting to punish you run throw the odiuni of murder on Barrera. But he overshot his mark : his instrument was not zealous enough in the first instance, and a little too zealous in the second. That is always the difficulty , in employing instruments. Hereafter I should advise him to do his shooting l1llll~ self.” “ But how was it ‘3” asked Derveut. I “How did he arrange the matter 5‘" “ The substance of the dying man’s con- fession is this,” said Don Maurizio, “He is a notorious dcspcrado, a semi-outlaw, who if bri Iandage had not been made so unpleasant an: dan rerous to all concerned in it would i have cnfbraced that profeSsion. As it is, he‘ is known to have been concerned in many crimes. He is a cousin of the ram-hero at whose house you spent the night,and chanced to he there on that occasion ; although it is not likely that you saw him. Fernandez did, however ; and probably his idea flashed upon him at the sight of such an instrument. The man says that he told him guardedly, but in language sufficently clear to be understood, that you carried money, and that he was at liberty to shoot and rob you. He was kind cuou vh to remark that it was not necessary to ki 1 you outright, although if such an ac- cident occurred he would not deplore it. That accounts for the fact that when the rob- ber found you senseless he dragged you back into the road and left you alive. Had you been conscious, he would no doubt have kill- cd you.” “ How could Fernandez be sure that I would give him an opportunity, by falling behind the rest of the party?” “ He reckoned, it is to be supposed, on the coolness between himself and you, and on the fact that you could not talk to Arau- da or the moms. A man in such a case venerally rides alone, and is easily left he iind. He told this poor tool of hisâ€"whose name, by the way, is Lopezâ€"that if he, Fernandez, were with you, no harm was to be done, but if he found you alone he might do what be pleased.” “ The scoundrel I” said Derweut between his teeth. "That meant that if he found me a pliant tool I should be spared. He offered me the mine, with many plausible explanations, again that (lay, and I again refused it. Then he left me to the fate he had preparcd,-â€"-the infamous scoundrel !” “ Certainly an infamous scoundrel,” said Don Maurizio. “ He left you coolly to your fate; and when he found afterward that things were not going very smontlily from this point of view, that you had found a. powerful friend,â€"for I may say that of my" sclf,â€"and that inquiry was growing but upon his tracks, he met one day the man whom he had tempted to put his life in jeo- pardy, and taunted him with having done i l g x x ' his work so badly, with having spared your life. ‘ You sholild have remem )ered,’ he said to him, ‘ that dead men never tell any tales.’ It is not likely that he meant by this that the work should still be done in a. more satisfactory manner ; but so Lopez took it. He fancied that it might be safer for himself if- you were out of the way ; and the result was simple. He hung about the hacienda, diScovered that you were in the habit of visiting the «'unmla,â€"a pIaCe that seemed made for his purpose,â€"and watched for you there with the intention of pin-ting an end to l-‘ernandez’ taunts. The rest we know.” “ Yes," said Derwent, “ we know that God sent an angel to frustrate his purpose, â€"â€"why, He alone knows ! I am sure my life seems unworthy of being saved in such a manner. “ Think, then, of poor Barrera,” said Don Maurizio, smiling. “ He absolutely wept-â€" and you know how much of the impassive Indian calm our Mexicans haveâ€"when he heard of the confession. I had sent for him, and he arrived just after it had been taken down.” " I do think of him, and am most sincere- ly grateful on his account, as well as on my own," said Del-went. “ But what will be the result of Fernandez ‘3” “The result will be, of course, that he will deny the story, and his powerful friends will hush the matter up, probably. will put a quietus upon him in many ways. _ \l'ith such a charge hanging over him, he 5 will make himself less obnoxious for some 3 time to come.” “I shall let him know that if he crosses i my path I will shoot him like a dog.” 1 “He will 1th cross your path," said the 3 other. significantly. “And if he does, you 9 can afford to scorn him. The blond of this i poor creature is upon his soul. Let that ’ sutiicc. " Yes, it might wellsuflicc, Derwent said to l himself a little later, as he passed across the f pun‘o on his way to his own apartment, feel- lug exhausted by the manifold excitements E of the day. \Vithiu the short space of l twrlvc hours many things had occurred that he should never forget. That moment l of close and deadlv danger, the instant when l v I A CAST FOR FORTUNE. " ' which the dark eyes shone with a calm and 1' u Lirrixcorr's MAGAZINE.” on his last dread journey with that sacra-l ment so fitly called the \ laticum of the, dying. Zarifa knelt just outsrde the door; of the room, shielded from observation alike ; by her black draperies and by the dusk of co“ 5 the court ; but a few minutes after the com- 3 is making a“ the prepamtious for om. de_ munion, as she rose to o, Padre Francisco 1 came out to her. “ fife wishes to speak to ; you,” he said. “ Nay, do not fear,”â€"â€"as| she shrank back : “ what he has to say wrll l not distress you. He begs you to come.” She could not refuse then. Derwent, saw i her gather herself together with a supreme I ? effort, and very quietlyâ€"though pale as any statueâ€"she followed Padre Francisco into‘ the room. The young man almost held his ; breath as he gazed at the picture which she made, standing beside the bed, looking down, 3 with a face which might have served a i painter for that of the Mother of Mercy: upon the worn, brown countenance out of solemn gaze,â€"â€"the gaze of a man whose re- ‘ gard is fixed upon eternity rather than upon : time. “ Senorita,” he said,â€"so low that she ' stooped to hear him, yet so clear that Der- l went, leaning against the door, heard I every word,â€"â€"“ I have asked you to comel that I may thank you for saving me from the crime I should have commit- ted this morning. I kuow that you are kind and gentle ;I have thought that you might be sorry ; and I wish to tell you that it is well for me that I am here. I have l been a very wicked mainâ€"my soul is stained with many crimes,â€"and it is likely that I I should have died as I have lived, had you I not brouaht me here, to make my peace with God. It is more than I dcserve,â€"-far more than I deserve, senor-its. Thank God when you think of me, and play for my poor soul.” “So long as 1 live,” she answered, very gently,“I shall pray for you, and I shall have the Holy Sacrifice offered for the re. pose of your soul.” ‘ “It is more than I deserve,” he repeated again. “Tell the senor whom I tried to kill that I thank God for preserving 'him, and I beg his forgiveness with all my heal t. I have told the padre where his watch can be found, but the money, alas ! is spent and gone.” “Tell him,” said Derwent, when this was translated, “that I forgive him heartily, and that he need not trouble about the money. I hope that God may pardon him all his offences against Him as freely as I pardon those he has committed against me.” “He is good," said the dying man when these words were repeated. “Senorita, there is but one thing more. My poor wife and children,â€"-if I could think that you would care for them ” Dona Zarifa placed her slender white hand upon his, as one who makes a solemn coven- ant. “ Be sure of it,” she said. “ I will bring them here. I will see that they do not want, and that your children have the influences that alone will save them from sucha fate as yours, My poor brother, be satisfied of this. See ! to make you very certain, I will promise on the image of our Lord.” She took from his breast aslender crucifix which the priest had laid there after the last sacraments, and lifted it to her lips. Then she touched it very tenderly to his. He looked at her with all his soul in his eyes, and, with a last effort of strength, took the hand which laid the crucifix again upon his heart, and kissed that also. It seemed to Derwent, as he sat in his own room, somewhat worn out by these varying scenes, that the last was like the memory of a sacrament. Could he ever forget the expression with which that man had regarded the beautiful and ten- der face above him '3 And could he ever forget the look with which Zarifa had lifted the crucifix to her lips to seal her pro- mise to the dying criminal? “ She is an angel !" said the young man to himself, with a rush of adoration which madc‘as far above me, as far beyond my reach, the very angels of God l” He rose from his seat and began to pace to and fro, saying to himself that he must leave Miraflorcs, that it is impossible for him to A remain longer and restrain the expression of the feeling which was passing beyond his control. “ I must go before Iliave forfieted her frendship,” he thought. “An insane outburst may do that any day, and nothing could be more hopeless or more presumptous. l {Mexican house,~â€"â€"for although yousay that you are in a comfortable place I fear that vou say-so only to relieve my niind,â€"â€". withdut attendance or care. I shall start as soon as possible and travel day and night until I reach you. My own daughter could not be more sympathetic and tender. She comforted me when I was prostrated by the shock, and it was she who suggested the journey to Mexico. \Vithout her I could never attempt it; but she is so strong, so eons, that she keeps me up, ant she ure while I am writin .” It is to be feared that “gum Derwent laid down his letter he uttered an ejaculation which was not very expressive of gratitude toward Miss Lenox. Few things could have annoyed him more than such a resolu- tion as this on his mother’s part, and, if her own resence in Mexico would not be enough of an embarrassment to him, she must be accompanied by the person whom of all others he most- disliked to meet. “Poor Sibyl I” he thought, with a thrill of com- punction , ‘ ‘ She does notdeservesuch thoughts front me; but when anyone is associated with a most painful memory, how is it pos- sible to avoid shrinking from her? One thing at least is certain : this cuts short any ossible indecision on my part. But for this, might have found it hard to tear myself from Miraflores; but now the matter is taken out of my hands. I must leave, without fail to-inorrow.” (To an coxrtxt‘so.) +â€"â€"-â€"â€" They Don't Like It. It is stated that Mr. Gladstone has given much offence to some of his supporters in Parliament by his advocacy of the English Channel Tunnel scheme. It is said that Sir William Harcourt and Mr. Fowler are much irritated by the contemptuous manner in which their leader inveighed against all the ridiculous siinpletons, as he considers them, who oppose the bill ; and when he sat down they walked out of the House. A corres- pondent says that he wonders whether Mr. Gladstone ever heard the opinion which Von Moltke expressed to the late Lord Ampthill about the project. He declared that a Channel tunnel would destroy two- tliirds of the carrying trade of this country, as gauds would be consigned through it overland to Marseilles, Brindisi and other convenient ports, and shipped thence to all parts of the world in French, Italian and German vessels. ' As to the military view, if a foreign army ever succeeded in landing in En land, and obtaining possession of our emf of the tunnel, it could bring reinforce- ments through it as it wanted, and would speedily be' in a. position to dictate terms, one item in which, in~Von Moltke’s opinion, would be the retention of Dover and the tunnel in foreign hands. _â€"_â€".â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- Her Duel with the Doctor. An extraordinary duel is reported to have taken place in Vienna. A few days ago a girl, aged nineteen, challenged a young doc- tor, who had offended one of her friends and refused to apologize. ' He was challenged in the usual way by two seconds, a student and an officer of Reserves, and when he ridiculed the idea the} girl threatened to horsewhip him publicly. “The challenge was then accepted, and,a meeting, with seconds and doctors, took place in a hired room in 3. Vienna suburb. All the rules for a duel with swords were strictly observed. The doctor first acted on defensive, but was soon I obliged to fight in earnest, and left off after the second round with a 3’ wound in his left side, which was declared not to be danger- ous. The girl, a Croatian educated in South America, issaid by the seconds to be the best fencer they ever saw. After wounding her adversary she left the place without casting another look at him. Well Merited Praise. Rev. Thos. Dixon, of New York, the other day paid a well deserved tribute to that great modern engine of civilization, the press. “ The modern editor, ” Mr. Dixon said. “ had one hand on the telegraph and the other on the throttle valve which sent his words all over the civilized world. He was the representa~ tive of the highest single power of modern civilization. The newspaper could not be expected to be all good, for it was the daily and weekly record of the doings of the world, and the World was never known to go . straight for twenty-four hours. The bad i must be taken with the good, and all the 1 editor ought to be ’l‘equired to do was to What am I in her eyes, or those of her fath- er, but a mere adventurer, a stranger to_, ‘ whom they have given hospitality in charity ‘3 ; But it ‘ And even if they knew me for what I am, i 1 and if the ruin both of fortune and of good l name was not hanging over me, how could I dream of aspiring to the greatest heiress in ; Mexico ‘1 What was it some one sankâ€"that; her father would look only among the high ' est for an alliance for her? He is right. Yet where can any one be found who is worthy of her? Oh, lny beautiful princess with the courage of a warrior and the gentleness of a ' dovc, one man, who has nothing to offer you i but the passionate homage of his heart, thank God if he might only die to serve you ‘3" Presently he sat down again wearily in, his chair. treine emotionoverpowered him. And th in, it was that he saw on the table a letter which ; had been placed there during his absence. 3 He took it up with some awakening of in- The lassitude that follows exâ€", give the evil asevil and the good as good, and not to print evil to suggest evil or to end to evil. The modern preachers received asevere scoring. Theeditorhad,” Mr.l)ixon said, “takenhis place as aguide forthe peo- ple. “'ho exposed corruption in high places? Not the preacher. He was somewhere writ- ing an essay on the number of feathers in the angel Gabriel’s wings. It was the “CW” - paper. Thenewspaper'alone was freeand fear- less.” This is rather severe on Mr. Dixon’s own cloth,} arid "wedo not think altogether merited. â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"-â€" The Curious Derivation of Popular Words “Varlet’lis the same word as “valet,” and each is an offshoot of the feudal “vas- saL" ., €_.-~~.' ' "Madame is “mydady,” and sir has been extractedfromLatin “senior” through the French. “Dandelion,” dent de lion (the lion’s n; ,7 - he had seen Zurifa standing before him with i mm“ for It was addressed ‘" “‘5 mother 3' toothy Mill “vinegar” “W3 01109 "in aigre her flashing glance and her lifted pistol,‘ her \Voinanly anguish at the si'ht of the fatally-wounded assassin struck down by l her own hand, her swift summons of assist- aucc.-~-these things were burned ineffacenbly : upon his memory. And not less vivid was I the ru‘ollection of the moments in the fwi. light quiet of the cloistered court, when § Zarifa and himself had stood alone together, and she had spoken with a confidence 3 so touching that it had almost led him to a betrayal that he felt would be the ' depth of folly. Then he had walked beside her as she made one of the procession that followed l’adrc Fninciscoas, with accom- ! pauying acolytes, with shining tapers and: silver bell, and all the sweet and solemn slate which-the ritual prescribes, he bore the holy Host to the dying man. And what i a scene that was upon which they cuterml 1 The hushed quiet. the kneeling forms, and the radiance of lighted candles, centering about the bed where he lay who in the’ morning had Deena murderer in intent, and who noun-oh, wonderful mystery of eternal love andparzlou two-as to go forth: ;a thought to her anxiety. I being I am ‘:" ' befall you.“ she wrote. - Mexico. handwriting. “ It is probably an answer to i the account of my accident,” ie thought, as ‘- he broke the seal. mAnd I have not given: “'hat a selfish: It proved to be what he imagined. His} mother had just received the news of his; wound, and the first iage-i of her letter were almost hysterical in tlieir distracted anxiety. ‘I “ I knew that something of this kind would i "I was sure of it: when you insisted upon going to that savagel and dangerous country! I have not onel \, hour's respite from anxiety since you left. . and when received your letter saying that 3 you were going into the mountains to look 2 v for mines~~aml what rm: vou want with the; niinesfâ€"«I said to Sibyl, 1‘ He will simply; be killed. I am sure of it." So that you} have been shot is an awful shock to me, in- l deed, but no surprise. Under the circmn-i : stances. I suppose it will hardly surprise you i that I am now making preparations to go fol It is a terrible journey to under- take, but. I want stay here” and think of but means cl (sour wine). A “villain,” before the sti ma of disgrace was attachéd‘to himywas a. shorer on the villa of a Roman country gentleman. 1 v“ “Biscuit” Keeps alive the Latin his coctus {twice cooked), and a verdict is simply a vere dictum (a true saying). An earl was an “elder’ in the primitive society, while-pope is the same as “papa,” and czar and kaiser are both “Smears.” Queen at first meant "wife" or “mother,” and a survival of its early signification exists in “queen,” used now only in bad senses. “Jimminy” is a reminiscence of the class- ical adjnration. O gemiui, used by the Romans when they called upon the twins Castor and Pollux to help them. Redingote is "riding-coat," borrowed by the French from our own language and re- turned to us in a ndw guise with the dress- maker‘s stamp of approval. “Slop” shop has nothing to do with slops, as some "amour otymologints hare asserted, in; shops, theword coining you wounded, ill dying perhaps, in some from Icelandic slopperfia coat. 8 W 'i I the inventor that: bv this apwmll‘ ~«fm’c‘ll‘ BLECTRIOAL.--'~ A Story or Edison-meat“ I‘ars In Berlin â€"lnlerest In the nounsâ€"Bermuda Cableâ€"Jinn“: Bnrglar (mt-lung. etc. A characteristic story of Ediion is told by a friend of his who called on business at tlfe Orange laboratory not long ago. The visitor waited patiently for Edison, who was not in sight, and in the interim observed a sharp fusillade of neatly tied-u packages why on from the roof of the la ratory. \ 'hen the ground was pretty well strewn with these novel missiles an attendant came along and scooped them into a basket. The sit- uation became interesting, not to say mys- terious, for althou h the gentleman happen~ ed to be very fami iar with the wonders of electricity, and, moreover, with the original way that Edison sometimes has of develep- ing them, he was completely nonplussed. The solution was simple and amusing. He was soon shown into a room, and there was Edison and his zealous coadjutor,Batchelor, opening out the packages which they had been pitching from the to of the laboratorv. Each packa 8 container 21 speakin v doll, carefully pac 'ed, and the object of t ie in~ speetion was to find out whether the con- tents had come unharmed through their rouin ordeal, for the inventor argued that if they were well enough )210de for that they could take a trip round the globe with safety. n“...â€" The German Government is not onlv keena ly alive to the advantages of modern science, but is promptly utilizing them. A number of non-commissioned German officers, who have been instructed in telegraphy. have been dispatched to east Africa to join the “'issmaii forces, with the special object of establishing an improved news and com- munication service. They will take with them field telegraph apparatus and supplies. Their several garrisons and outposts will be connected in the same way as those of the Italians in Abyssinia. An important decision was rendered by the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court in a decision sent to the Massachusetts Leg; islature last month. By this decision cities and towns have the right constitutionally to manufacture and furnish gas and electric light, both for public and private use, and the decision of the Attorney-General is thus completely overruled. Last week-a noteworthy event took place in Berlin in the opening trip of the first electrical traini car that has been seen in the streets in the city. The car runs from the Behrens Strasse to K rcuzberg. People were much amused to find inside the car the. words in English, ‘,‘No smoking.” The complaints which have been made of the iniquity of subjecting firemen on steamers and nien‘of-war to the frightful heat entailed by forced draught have brought out a number of suggestions for ameliorat- ing the condition of these human salanund- ers. Among the rcuiedies named is the electric motor blower. It is pointed out that, as every modern passenger steamer has its electric light plant, such blowers could be easily rim, and the motors them- selves not orly' take up very little room, but could be placed in any desired position. That the adoption of the electric motor on board ship for this and a variety of other purposes is only a matter of time is shown by the success which has attended its intro- duction into the United States Navy. -«AM‘A‘ .m â€"â€"â€" was Considerable interest attaches to the lay- ing of the cable between Bermuda and Hali- fax, and its completion will mark a new era in the history of the island. An American electrician who has just returned from the Bermudas points out how much tuore pala- doxical the absence of telegraphic commun- ication there is from the fact that it is an important British naval and coaling station, with one of the largest floating dry docks in the world, and a large military garrison, and that the prosperity of the island is mainly dependent on its export of vegetables, which brings in a revenue of over $260,000. The eople have become alive to the necessity of 'nowing what is going on in the world around them; they are putting up better buildings, dredging the harbor channels 3!) as to admit the largest craft, building docks and wharves, and now are placing them- selves in a position to reap the full advan- tage of daily prices current. This evident- ly is not the end, for it is rumored that plans mm. for an electric road are already under con- sideratiou. There is reason to believe that the rumors of a coalition between the Westinghouse and Pullman interests in the formation of a com- pany for the construction and equipment of electric street railways are well founded. It is said that one of the features of the new undertaking is an air brake, devised for use on electric cars. ' __..__ "-1 Electric burglar catching has received an impetus in Paris at the hands of an enter- prising wine merchant in the Rue Secretan, who has just landed his fifth man in the following way: there is no roncivrge for his premises, and he has had his store connected with the room occupied by his waiters by means of an electric wire. When the burglar enters the bell in the waiter's room rings, and the intruder is quietly nabbed. The wine merchant’s experiment has been so successful that several other traders in the vicinity have adopted his modus operandi, and are now yearning for a real live “mid- night marauder” to come their way. That electricity lends itself very kindly to the correction of vice several instances are on record. Not. lon Iago the owners of a house in the suburbs of this city left for a few days visit in the country. A burglar, seeing the house untenanted, Hot in through the window and "prospectml’ the premises to his satisfaction. His comfort of mind, however, was presently materially impaired by the appearance on the scene of a couple of policemen, who promptly handcuffed him and removed him to the station. He was in blissful ignorance of the fact that the window by which he entered the house electrically connected with an alarm in on nearest precinct. 'v. The tests made by the ( lovernment on the ironclad Konig \Vilhenn for the purpose of determining the practical value of the new electrical steering apparatus are reported as having been most successful. The claim of taia can control the rudder from t‘ or from any point on deck is said v been thoroughly established. bridge have A singular and mysterious plot has just come to light in Paris, having for its object, the assassination of the well-known electri- cian. Dr. Cornelius Herz. In 1888 an ad- vertisement in the Fin set forth that an agent was wanted to carry out a difficult and dangerous undertaking. The advertise- ment was answered by a former police coni- missary named Amiel. Having discovered that the undertaking was to com the murder of Dr. Herz, he determinism do a rofitable little business on his own account. iring a room near the proposed scene of action, he pretended to mature his plans, and did not fail to draw pretty freely on the means which were placed at his disposal for their consummation. Having obtained 15,000 francs, he thought a term of foreign travel would not be out of order, and leav- in 1 Dr. Hex-z and his would~be murderers be iind he sailed for Buenos Ayies. Herc attempts were made on his own life, in- stigntcd, he was convinced, by the disap~ inted plotter: so, returning to Paris on . larch 4 last, he submitted the matter. with documentary evidence, to lh‘. llcrz. who has published the affair. It is not known who the delinquents are. but Dr. Here. is one of the wealthiest men in Paris, and has enemies as well as :txzzac'svius frinnls. The methods Usually adopted for indicat» ing the exact spot struck by the bullet in target shooting are crude and often danger- ous. \\'ith a view to overcome this dai g :r and to enable tiring parties to ascertain for themselves the actual spot hit by their bullets, an ingenious system of electric and self-indicating targets has been devised. The system is divided into the electric tar- get, and the indicating aplxiratus. The target, which represents the bull, inner, l magpie, and outer, is formed of concentric iron rings, with the cxce )tion of the outer, which is square. At the ack of each ring or square is a strong horizontal sprin 7 which is almost in contact with a vertica lever On a bullet strickiuv any one of the four sections that particu or section and its cor- responding spring are forced back until the spring hits its respective lever, causing the latter to fall into a horizontal position. As the lever falls it establishes, by means of contact and a battery electrical communi- cation with the indicating appnratus erected at the firing end of the ran e, thus showing \wlici section of the target ins been struck. Mr. F. \V. Jones, who was associated re- cently with the investigating committee which sought to formulate a law to regulate the use of high tension and other electric currents, hasjust given in his report to the. Chairman of the Senate Committee on (len- eral Laws. One passage in this report sug- gests, somewhat, graphically, the difficulties occasionally met with in maintaining the connection on telegraph lines. “ The lilies on turnpike and wagon roads," says Mr. Jones, “ must be patrolled by men on horseback or on wagons, and in spring, fall, and winter such roads are frequently nearly or quite impassible from mild, water. or snow. In many cases of my own knowledge farmers keep shotguns, with which they warn offall lincmcn from trimming orna- mental trccs to place the wires in working order. The effect of this is such that en rainy days the telegrams of the public must stop on such wires on account of the lcuk~ age of currentto the earth through the tree \lcavcs or limbs in contact with the wires.” Prof. l‘llihu Thomson, who is one of the first electricians in the country, on being questioned regarding the feasibility of sub- stituting electric power for cable power for the propulsion or cars on the li’ooklyu Bridge, stated as his opinion that there would be no particular difliculty in super- posing on the bridge an electric system, if desired, or replacing the cable system by an clectricsystcm. l’riif.Thomsonihowevcr,adds that he has always been of opinion that the lrooklyn “ridge presents Conditions specia‘ lly favorable for the working of the cable system. A very significant meeting has just been exhibition and comparison of the respective )()“'C!'S of the phonograph and the graphop- bone, which Were used on different days. As the sentences were uttered by each speak- er they were rcpcatcd into the instrnincnm. The phonograph showed superior qualities of recording and rcprodiming, and indicated far-greater seiisitchncss to HUlllill than the graphephone. The results were most remarkable, and seem to point to a new era in verbatim reporting. _._â€"_.-â€"â€"â€"â€" The Best Novels. Whichis the bcstuovcl written in the A 3 English language, is a ( uestion in answer to! which an interesting c assification is made by Rossiter Johnson. The best sensational novel, he says, is Collins' "The \‘l'onian in “'hite ;” the best historical novel is Scott’s “Kcnilwurth ;" the best dramatic novel‘is J.ronte's “Jouel‘lyre :” the best marine noch is Cooper's “ {ed Rover ;" the boat country life novel is lilackniorc's “Lorna l)oonc;" the best military novel is Lc‘mr's “Charles ()‘Malle ' ;” the best religions novel is King- slcy's “ ypatia ;" the bcst sportii“: now-l if Whyte Mclvillc's“l)igby Grand ;” the best political novel isllisracli's “Coningsby ;" the icsf novel written fora purpose is htnwc'n “Uncle Tom's Cabin ;" the best imaginative llU'v'cl is llawthornc's “Marble Faun ;" the best pathetic novel is (luorgc l-Ilot'n “ Si- las Morncr ;" the best humorous novel is Dickens’ “Pickwick ;” the best Scotch novel is Scott’s “liob toy ;” the best English novel is George Eliot's. ‘Atlam llcde :"the best Americannuvel is llawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" and the beat non-l of all is 'l'hac- kcizty's “Henry Eamond.” held in Chicago for the organization of an association of phonograph companies. The most striking feature of thcmcetingwus the A Woman's Way. woman wage-earner who works from H in the morning until 1} at night and trunnion- ally finds herself too Weary to sleep, takes down her hiir at )0 o'clock, brushes it vig- orously, washes her face, neck and arms with lukewarm water, takes a crash towel bath and goes to bed, with a hot water bag at her feet. The light in her room in so ar- ranng that she can. after reading for a few minutes some light pleasant work. extinguish it without rising. and she usually drifts into dreamland in less than half an hours-wri- . alng Tribune. 0