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x! In \ .9â€" " angmfm‘ ’ ‘ Ism deeplypsine-d-tzbecbligedtoinform pity thequ thathfr. Boner hushed are- lspse..Itwam'tentir'ely but the:i time he took Inplus it; the acetic twig, psi amzl‘hnery‘ ’ o l2wi out aw , raised the cook’s es fiity cents perweek, acknowledged that could buy groceries ches than he could, insisted on allowing me pin-money per week, and was so different from his usual self in other ways that l was quite bewildered. He went away from the house Saturda noon fairl beam- ing with goodness, an as he rose ed the bottom stop he turned and said : an: Tra-la chicdkeyl you'll run down town ' evenmg' an see a ut etting some new silverware. 3 When he returned I was at the door to meet him and to greet him, but he waved me aside and growled. "Come, now, but don’t be playing baby at your age '." “ Are you sick, Mr. Bowser l" “ No l’ . “ Has anything ha pened ‘l” “ No 2" What’s t e matter that- supper isn't ready 2 If that good-for-nothing, lazy cook doesn’t get up and stir her stumps more lively I’ll fire her on a minute’s notice. Mrs. Bowser, you never have any first-class help in the house 1” “ Why, Mr. Bowser ! You told me onl yesterday that Anne was the smartest coo you ever saw in a kitchen l” - “ Never did ! Never said a word which could be twisted around to mean such a thin l” “ d you raised her wages 2” “I did that to smartru her up, but it is no use. Discbar eher to-morrow 1" At the table r. Bowser found fault with the biscuit, the tea, the cold meat, and everyitbin else, and finally called out : “ 1 rs. Bowser, are you stone blind !" “ Of course not." “Then how came you to buy such honey as this? Any one but a blind woman could see that it is buckwheat and not clover. Why, a dog wouldn't touch it E” “ But you ordered it yourself." “ What !” ' “ You ordered it of Green through the tele hone Thursday. Don’t you remember on d to spell out the word honey before e could understand 2" “ Never ! Never telephoned ! Never spell- ed out the word ! Better take it out and bury it !” After supper I be u to et ready to go down town, when e and only looked up from his paper and asked : “ What’s up, now 2” “ W by, you said we were to go down town this evening.” “- You must be crazy l Don’t you suppose I ever want a nightto sit down and rest my- I self? It’s a wonder there’s a woman left . alive on earth ! It’s nothing but gad, gad, gad, from morning till night. want down town 7” “ You said we’d see about some silver- ware.” r - “Silverware ! Silverware 1 Great Scott ! but is the woman a lunatic ! VVe’ve got l bushels of it now in the house ! We’ve got I it in the closet, down cellar, lip-stairs and in the garret ! It’ll be the insane asylum next I” ~ " Mr. Bowser, didn‘t you call me chickey when you went away at noon 2” "Chickey ! Never 1” “ But you certainly did.” “ I certainly didn’t ! Chickey? Well, when I get as soft as that I want some ice- w on to run over me i” bout 8 o’clock that evening he removed his shoes to put on his slippers, but sudden- ly paused and inquired : “ Is there a damning-needle in this house, Mrs. Boweer f” “ Wh , certainly.” “ An a piece of sheep twine l” " What on earth do you want of sheep twine 2” ‘ _ “ I want to darn this hole in my sock. Some men‘s wives can see such things in half an hour, but this one has been here three weeks. I’ve got to darn it, the same as I have to sew on my buttons. I suppose I’ll have to make the bed and sweep the floor in another week." ' “Those socks were all right when you changed Sunday. I’ll darn ’cm the first thing in the morning." “ Not much! The limit has been reach- ed !” get a darning What do you He wouldn't even let me needle for him, but be hunted one out of the basket, and then, instead of takin yarn, he got a piece of twins which ha come around a package and be an tosew back and forth across the hole. e also made a de» termined attempt to look like a martyr, and he succeeded so well that the cook, who had looked in for a moment, beckoned me out into the kitchen and whispered: " I knew it wouldn't last, ma‘amâ€"knew it all the time! He’s got his high jinkson again and now nothing will go right for the next month i” When Mr. Bowser had finished the sock he put it on and then went for his overcoat, saying : “ Imight as well do this job, too. There's been a button loose for over two years, but of course you wouldn't see it 2" “ But you only got this overcoat last fall,“ 1 protested, “and if there was a loose but- ton you should have called my attention to it." He felt of all the buttons twice over before he could find aloose one, and then he made a great ado about cutting it off and sewing it on a sin. I was rather glad to see that he mm c a mistake of two inches in uttiug . it back. When he had finished I mi dly in- quired whether he would have bccfsteak or mackerel for breakfast. “ There's another thing I want to speak about right now !" he sharply replied. " You are using as much moue to run this house as if it was an ordinary otel. I can't see what you do with the provisions, unless you sell them second-hand or give them " A week ago today you gave me $15, didn‘t you 2" _ “ Yes, and you have t every rod of it, and are now in debt for 10 more 1" “Mr. Bow-oer, here is my account. It startsofi'withthmbsrs ofsoap." “Thresher-s! It’s no wonder Icsn't lay up a cent !" “ Holden. You have ‘ the table all the week, andyctmy b foots upâ€"” “ Haven‘t praised a thing-not a thin !" “ Well, how much does it foot up?8ee or yourself. I‘ve run our table on about 88, was still something of a shock. . 180st "good streak ” lasted eleven days. D's-g i “Nine dolhrsl ms. .dollsrs! Crag: Museum ScottlButisit any . ' mess {walk out l‘You have wasted nmedollsrsinaweekt‘f’, ' I , $16 to run the. house for a week 1” “ Never 2 I‘ve always the world in a l” “ But, Mr. ." wife l” THE VALLEY OF DEATH. Ir. Bancron Relieves Ills Blind and Leads Ills Conscience by Repeating an Aged Yarn. “ I visited ‘ The Valley of Death ” when on the Island of Java three months ago,” said Lieut. Leon Bancroft. The Lieutenant is connected with her Majesty’s service in India, and registers from Calcutta. a“ The lace is milled the Valley of Death,’ explain the officer, “ on account of the deadly fumes there. But the natives cannot account for the poisonous odors, nor has their presence ever been explained. The deadly place is about thirty-five feet below the surrounding ground, looks like a dry bed of a stream, and is about one mile in circumference. As I approached the place I noticed a suffocating smell, and was at~ tacked with nausea and dizziness. A belt of this fetid atmosphere surrounds the val- ley. -I passed through it, and in purer air was permitted to view the awful spectacle, for it was awful. Before me I saw scatter- ed, all over the barren floor of the valley, skeletons of men, wild hogs, deer, and all kinds of birds and small animals. The en- tire bed of the valley is one solid rock, and I could not discover a hole or crevice in any place from where the poisonous fumes came. he hills surrounding this desolate strip are covered with vegetation, and although the neighboring mountains are volcanic they do not emit sulphurous odors or present any indication of a recent eruption. ‘,‘ There is no apparent cause for the strip of deadly fumes surrounding the valley. After I passed through it I became bolder and approached the edge of the deadly place. ley if possible, but was afraid to make the attempt, as I had been warned to give the place a wide berth. I determined, however, to see what the fumes smelled like, and started to descend. My pet Irish terrier was with me and as soon as he saw me step over the side of the bank he rushed down ahead of me. I endeavoured to call him back, but was too late. As soon as the lit- tle animal reached the rocky bed below he fell over on his side. He continued to breathe for ten minutes. I don’t believe I was ever nearer death’s door than I was at that time. Four or five times I was tempted to rush down to rescue him, but I subsequently learned that such a move on my part would have been certain death. For ten minutes I suffered the agony of seeing my dog die, and then turned and fled from the spot. While there I saws. bird fall a victim to the deadly fumes. It evidently intended to fly to the bottom of the valley, but before it reached the ound it fell dead. I don’t believe it live half a minute after entering the dead- ly atmosphere. “ No one has yet been able to explain the cause of the fetid emanations from the earth, the natives say, and so many lives have been sacrificed in attempting to explore the valley that they have determined to keep away from the spot forever. ’ -_-..___.._â€"â€"â€".npâ€"- A Black Female Samson. Freedman’s Town, a suburb of Houston, Tex., boasts of a female Samson who has re- peatedly proved herself a match for any three men that have pitted their united strength against hers, and who a few nights ago successfully routed Officer John Barker and three of his assistants, all men of fine phy sique. The woman is a negress, as black as ni ht, and of a statute slightly above average, ut magnificently built and extraordinarily ac- tive. Her grip is such that she was able to break two of the bones of the hand of a Woman with whom she had a fracas recently, and it was on the police attempting to arrest her that she not only was able to prevent then: from putting the handcuffs on her, but, taking the officer and his posse, one by one, flung them out of the house and closed and locked the door. Baxter, in particular, is accounteda man of unusual strength, and is of large build, but he says his muscles were as a child’s when compared with those of the black amazon. The woman whose name is Caroline Jenkins, is about 30 years old, and is the _ mother of seven children. She has been seen to pick up a barrel of flour and carry it a distance of some ards without appearin to overexert hersel , and when tested was ound tobe able to break with case a new grass rope an inch in diam- eter. Since her exploit with the police it is said that a rty of entlemen propose travelling wit her if s e will go and give exhibitions of her strength, which is to be ascribed to no electrical or magnetic process, but to muscular development alone. .. -. a”-.. The Beautiful Blue Danube. Among the most important rivers in Europe is the Danube; in fact, it is the sec- ond river. It has alength of 1,700 miles; it and its tributaries drain a valley having an area of over 300,000 square miles. Man nations live along its banks and those 0 the rivers which flow into it, and nearly thirty dialects are spoken from its source to its mouth. It rises in the Black Forest to the north of Switzerland, and almost in sight of the French frontier. Through Ba- varia and Austria is its course, through Hun- gary, past Servia and Bulgaria, Roumania and Roumelia, while tributaries flow iner Bosnia and Macedonia on the south and Poland on the north, so that practically the valley of the Danube comprises the most im- portant portion of Eastern Euro It runs through the battle-ground of of ' tion and sav cry. Here the Romans contended with theaytbiana and the Hans; here the Greek Empire strove to maintain its supremacy over the hordes of so tribes which came down from the step of Russia ; here after the Empire of the t faded away Char- lemagne contendedwitb savage tribes of semi Asiatia ; here all Europe fought the Turks for generation after generation until, a great battle fc tender the walls of i- while I have used another dollar for extra eons, the flood o the Mohammedan invasion film: for kitchen and _ tanned boosting!- Wm‘ “ But you have said it often oostyou I was anxious to reach the bottom of the val- - saunas nose ,_ , 4 ,etthelfllc. V swordsman ofthe Turkish grandee. run itforfive 3r six. ' Defte’rdar Bis” ,‘wh‘o"* married a daugter of and been reckless at that! That’s it. let Mohammed A i, numerous anecdotes are re- a woman have the swingand she’llbankrupt , lated in t. He had, it is said, a tame 3 lion, usual y lying at the foot of his divan, ' l which, althou h mild toward its master, “ No useâ€"no use! I’m going to bed. I’ll 3 was suficient y ferocious to terrify his probably have to get up at 6 to defend the visitors. Sometimes he allowed it to worry ouse against your mob of creditors clamcr- his slaves, ing for their pay. Such a house! Such a . was about to kill the wretches. calling it off, perhaps, just as it This savage, when governor ofthe delta, piqued himself on the simplicity and primi- tiveness of his manners and his entire free- ;dom from European habits and notions. During the period of his command in the v upper country a" soldier robbed a poor woman of a little milk. The woman, not I foreseeiugthe result, 1 laid her complaint g before the hey, who demanded her to point ; out the culprit. This being done, the isoldier was ordered to belaid upon the i ground and his bod ripped 0 en. The milk being found in is ssomac , the boy paid the complainant, and, dismissing her, observed : l “ The robber has been punished; but had l he been discovered to be innocent the same i punishment would have awaited you.” It was the custom of this barbarian, who l always moved surrounded by the terror of arms, to ride abroad accompanied by a num- ber of mamelukes (or domestic slaves), each of whom carried a thousand sequins in V his girdle, that,vshould he be compelled to ' fly, which , considering his decided hostility to the posing-was by no means improbable, he mig t stillbe provided with money for ; his immediate use. During the Syrian cam- , paign six of these young men, dreading the l effects of his ferocity, examples of which l they daily beheld, made their escape, and took refuge in Ibraham’s camp. Being dis- covered, however, they were immediately l a prehended and conveyed back to Cairo. ere they were commanded to a car before their inexorable lord in the great hall of the palace, where they found him encircled by a number ‘ of blacks, armed with drawn swords. They were not lon , their fate. He commanded t em to take every mane sabreandattack each other inhis presence, untilfive of theirnumbershould fall 1 promisin life and a thousand Sequins to the he mamelukes obeyed ; ranged victor; themselves three and three, and, having been trained to the use of arms, and unit- ing skill with courage, fought desperately, shedding their blood like water, while the Defterdar satvcalmly on his divan enjoying the spectacle. At length, after al'ong and ! sanguinary struggle, one only remained the l victor over unhappy companions. Exhaust- l ed and bleeding in every limb, he raised his eyes toward his master to receive the prom- ised pardon, but at this moment the hey gave the nod to one of the black slaves who l stood behind the victim and the head of the fulnanieluke immediately rolled along the our. . On another occasion two of his military slaves, quarreling, drew their swords in his reseuce ; at which his anger being kindled, e commanded their heads to be struck off. The mamelukes, however, mindful of the fate of their companions, resolved to sell their lives dearly, drew their pistols, and, aiming at the head of the tyrant, were about to rid the world of such a monster, when the interposition of other of his slaves en- abled him to escape into the harem. Reck- less and desperate, knowing esca impos~ sible, the mamelukes, nowjoiued y several others who all had wrongs and insults to revenge, pursued and besieged him in his private apartments, where, but for the s dy arrival of a party of soldiers from t e citadel, he would have paid the forfeit of his innumerable barbarities and crimes. With this assistance he succeeded in repell- ing the assailants, who, in their turn, were shut up and besieged in one of the turrets of the palace forming the powder magazine. g several days, 1 Here they held out duriu fighting desperately, but at length, finding 1 their number decreased, and bein entirely destitute of provisions, they set re to the powder and lew themselves up with the tower in whici they had taken refuge. No Mercy for Their Helpless Enemy. Somehardysparrowswereengagedinavery cold l‘ath inapuddleofmeltedsnow in Queen’s Park Toronto the other day, when a youn husband and wife, who with their two little 'rls were evidently moving from one resi- ence to another, placed their hand age on a seat, and sat down to rest besi c it. One of the children put down on the ground, some yards from the bench, and behind it, a bird ea c containing a savage looking Mal- tese cat. s cat must have been introduced by the removal of the bottom of the cage, for the door was too narrow to have admit- ted him. He seemed to be dejected by the close confinement and when an audacious sparrow hopped close to the cage and stared at him he spat feeny at it and cowered in terror on the floor of the cage- Then the sparrow, stimulated, no doubt, by its brac- ing plunge, picked at its ancient enemy’s tail and elicited afeline growl, but no active resentment. Before very many minutes had passed s. score of other sparrows had ‘oined the first assailant, and eve ~ one 0 them was in- dustrious] en in pecking at the cat. Hish was t 8 only rt 0 his external anatom that escaped t eir wicked little beaks. Yoneof them cared to meddle with him above his neck. The cat was completely cowed. ‘ “When he could endure no more he fell over on his side in a fit, foamin and cater- wauling. The noise attracted e attention of his owners, who had not noticed his pro- dicament. The man Now the children scream- ed, and thewomanhad tears in her eyesasshe scolded half a dozen bootblscks who had been far too deeply interested in the scene to interfere with it. Then she put the cage and its convulsed tenant under her shawl and moved away, with her family, toward their new home. Ocean Gables. The longest ocean cable in the world is that of the Eastern Tel ph Compgny, lwhose extends from glsndto dia landmeasures2l,000 miles. Africa is now ; completel encircled b submarine (ables, , which e up alt er a length of 17,000 miles. There are eeveu cables across the North Atlantic, though not all of them are at I t in use. Five companies control , mi telegraphic communication between this country and Europe in learning ' s more grasses snvssruss: The p ' ' adventureofavaizwelb known mpg“ y with two diamon von~ dora in ' just oometo the knowledge of her friends. Even the most experienced travellers confess themselves amused at this latest develo ent of la Vie Par-(dense. It was in the otelCâ€"â€"one leasant morning not so very long ago, and t c youn woman in question was enjoying to the all her coffee~and-roll-sleep, as the French say, when something seemed to compel her to emerge from dreamland long enough to open hereyeson berdainty bedchamber. Whatshe saw was enough to make ‘her shriek ten times over ; but she didn't. S rise got the better of horror as she saw leaning over the sides of her bed two old women, hideous, yellow-skinned and hook-nosedâ€"very eager old women withalâ€"each holding A KANDPUI. 0F DIAMONDS in her withered palm, and each pouring from her skinny lips an incoherent torrent of supplicationsâ€"which seemed half threatâ€" that la. belle would bu her wares. How did they get there 2 W 0 were they lWhat did th want ‘1 And, oh, where in the name 0 wonderful Paris even did they get so many brilliantsl If there were other questions than these which rushed through her still semi-somnolent brain the young woman didn’t allow them to alarm her. It was still the nineteenth century in the fin deSiecJeca ital, even if these harpies did look like g ouls out of the “ Arabian Nights.” At last she managed to understand each of her hideous bags still clutching at one of her wrists as they profl'ercd the gems, that she had the honor of receivmg a visit from two of the agents of a certain well- kuown diamond house in the Rue de Sor- bonne and that the bargains they were then alpd there offering her were so very seductive t at am: COULDN’T RESIST sumo, even had she not already as many diamonds as she could use. to lose the feelin surroundings an aversion to the hysical - resence of the harpy~like diamond rokers. What is more, she be an of intense horror at or Vhen she came to herself and described what the hideous old diamond merchants had done, her maid assured her she had boon hypnotized, and advised that the police should be called in. But, after all, there didn’t seem to have been any great amount of harm done; none of the young woman’s money was missing from her portemonnaie on the dressing-table and her jewel case in the tray of her trunk had not been tamper- ed with. Besides all that there was the handful of diamonds the hypnotic he 3 had left on the bed. Examination owed quickly enough that the stones were yellow, uneven and faulty. The stamped paper in which they were wrapped bore the name of a diamond-house of which everybody has heard. It was easy enough to go and ex- plain that the young lady didn’t really want the diamonds after all ; that in the dim light of her bedroom, when they were so mysteriously exhibited to her without even “ by your leave.” THEY HAD SEEMED MUCH HANDSOMER than when viewed later on in the calm, clear sunlight, and that besides and above all it was an outra e demanding le al redress, that two of t eir disreputable- coking old diamond vendors should force their way into the bedroom of a guest at the hotel and in- trude upon her privacy so shockingly, to say the least of it i This all was done, with- out delay and without other result than the calm announcement by the Frenchman that his agents had received from Mademoiselle a written receipt for the stones, with an ex- plicit promise to pay 5000 francs a month for them until their total price, 45,000 francs had been paid ; that a. bar ain was abargain and Mademoiselle, having ought the stones, and received them, must pay for them ! “ The trade is made, v'ta. !”s.ud that was the end of it ! The hotel people‘expressed polite surprise that any one should have been able to enter Mudemoiselle’s apartment while she slept and her maid was within ear-shot. If Mademoiselle said so, they believed her of course, but as the lock showed no signs of having been forced, and as No ROBBERY on PERSONAL OUTuAGE had been committed while they regretted the whole affair, what could they do? Re- course was next had to the Consul-General’s ofiice, where the gentleman in charge up- preciated the situation keenly, and was en- 8 raged at such extraordinary, debased and dangerous methods of plundering his fellow- countrymen. That some hypnotic influence had been exerted by the two women on his fair young countrywoman there could be little doubt, since the reaction had left her, in a dangerous condition of nervous collapse. Yet as no personal violence had been offered her, no money or property taken from her and no direct threats made to her, it was exceedingly difiicult to see how to take help- ful action in the case. An eminent lawyer was retained at a cost of 2500 francs, and afterrackinghis brains for a waK out of the bargain, after acknowledging t e hopeless. ness of securing redress for t e hypnotic as- sault and insulting intrusion, he discovered that the two particular old women in ques- tion had no license to peddle diamonds, and that therefore the sale made through them was null and void, and the promise to pay 45,000 francs must be instantly returned to his client on her surrender of the diamonds, all of which was done. .~â€"â€"â€"â€"._.__ The Worth of Tobacco to France. Frenchmen are about to erect a monu. ment to Jean N icot, who introduced tobacco in France. Nicot, while Ambassador to Portugal in 1560, sent a pack e of tobacco seed to the Queen Catharine e Medici in Paris. The weed throve so well on French soil that sixty years later Cardinal Rich- elieu found it worth his while to begin col- lectin the first French tobacco tax. In 1697 ' tax was 40 sous on the hundred ands. Shortly afterward the annual pro- ct of the tax was some 850,000. In 1718 the right to the product of the tax was let out to the collector for $3,200,000 Between 1719 and 1730 the tax was not collected. It was reintroduced at the the latter date and in 1791 me again abolished. Napoleon I. in 1810 begancollectin the tax means of a Government mono y. The t em- pire got some 38,000, annually from the tax, and in 1830 the roductwasw,000,000. In the following half century the tax grew ,to $48,000,000. Altogether, the tax has bro t the Frenoh Government 81,800,000, 000. o wonder that enthusiastic French smoker-shave . that the Govern- ment could «sell on! to commemorate in [pure the fans of Hm _ the matter wit the rn SGIBRBE‘ ALL ALIVE. Building the mine "Bangs Ob- servatory: ' he misses: sue-ascension in is. Wei-u emu announce. The ascent to Mt. Blane has always been regarded as one of the most fatiguing in the list of Al ‘ e climbs. Many tourists anxious to make e trip have been deterred by use fact that there hasbeen no rcfu at the sum- mit in which the Alpinist coul rest before retracing his steps. Last summerJ. Vallot, a member of the French Alpine Club, con- ceived the idea of constructing near the top of the mountain a building which could be used both as a shelter and as a scientific ob- servatory. When Vallot announced his plan of build- ing a refuge on the summit the idea was la bed at. It would be impossible, it was saii , to en e in any kind of work at such an altitude. he originator of the idea ex- pressed his willingness to demonstrate the incorrectness of this belief. He proceeded to pass three da 3 and three nights at the mountain top. lDuring the daytime he busiod himself with scientific observations ; at night he slept under a tent. The practicability of workin at a high altitude had been proved, and Va lot received abundant assistance to carry his scheme into effect. Plans of a small structure best adapted for withstanding high winds were drawn, and the building was constructed at Chains ounix. The house was then taken apart, and each timber was marked properly so that the parts could be (put together readily on the mountain top. as hundred guides volunteered their services to carry the parts of the building to the points fixed upon at the site. ‘ The dismantled structure was tied up into 111 loads, and the work of trans- portation was begun. It was a tedious undertaking, carrying the cumbersome pack- ages up the ascent. Three days were con- sumed in conveying each load to its destin- ation. The work commenced on June 15 and on July 31 the last section of the build- ing and the last of the ninety packages of scientific instruments had reached the site of the refuge observatory. Six days before the last date Vallot selected five of the hardiest mountaineers as masons and carpenters, and set out for the mountain top tobuild the foundation. Two tents were setu for the temporary shelter of the party. T e temperature was rather low for summer ; the mercury dropped to 9 below zero at night, and did not rise much above zero at noon. The men were clothed in regulation Esquimaux mountain capes." The style of dress was not conducive to rapid work, but the men labored vigorously from 7 in the morning till 7 at night. In two days the foundation was completed, and on the third the frame work was in lace in spite of the persistent attempts of t e wind to overthrow it. On the fourth day the last plank was nailed on the roof and at night the workmen were able to sleep in a 163! windy chamber than their tent. The work, however, was extremely ex- hausting in~thc rare atmos here. At the end of the second day one of t e men was dis- abled. He was given a few whifl's from the oxygen bag which Mr. Vallott had taken the precaution to include in his supplies, and recovered sufficiently to start down the mountain. The following day a second mountaineer was exhausted, and a third weakened on the third day. Although the house was not entirel fin- ished on the fourth day it was thong it in- advisable to remain longer on the summit, especially as the weather had become un- favorable. All hands therefore, descended and took a brief rest. On Aug. 31 the party reasceuded the mountain, accompanied this time by Mr. Vallot’s wife, an enthusiastic Alpinist. The refuge was pro erly braced with masonry, and the finishing touches were added. Lightning rods were put in position, after which colors were fluu to the breeze to celebrate the completion 0 the work. The building is divided into two apart- ments, one designed for the use of travel- lers, and the other for scientific observers. The latter room is a private com artmeut. The public room is supplied with all the con- Vt‘lllenCLH needed by the tired tourist. N iue beds are placed in the room, and a sup ly of provisions and of oil for light and fuel is always kept on hand. The observatory, which is said to be the highest in the world, is 14,350 feet above the sea level. It con- tains automatic registering devices and the most approved appliances for making scien- tific observations in high elevations. DECIDED BY is}: 13033 or A com. The Goddess 0! Chance Invoked by Mr. Sla- lcy in mien. In a little speech to the New York l‘rcss Club Saturday evening Henry M. Stanley said : In Central Africa it was not the fashion to indulge in after-dinner oratory and he was consequently somewhat out of practice. Several times in his career he had been compelled to decide in a moment what course of action to pursue. In his first African en~ tcrprise he found himself stranded on an African island without friends and without money. This was nineteen years ago. He had to decide in a moment what to do, and be determined to go on. He raised a loan of 830,000 in a few hours by paying $5,000 premium, and went ahead until after a lapse of nine months, he found Livingstone, the object of his search. When he reached the spot where Living- stone had turned back he wasagain com out. ed with the necessity of instantaneous decision. He was in a quandary. if he turned back he would stamp his enterprise with failure. If he wanton he knew not what would happen. He held a consultation with his lieutenant, and the latter suggested that the matter might be settled by tossing a coin. He accede the suggestion and tossed up a rupee. The coin decided against oing on. But Stanley was not satisfied. e tossed again, and still again, and each time the coin said that Stanley shoul I not go on. Then he had recourse to long and short straws and three times this divination declared that the explorer should turn back. . . But he was still not satisfied to back. He then ht that somethin Intuit and so he cast aside the prophecies of both and wanton following the course of the , river until he found whence it came. W hen he returned to London after this _ex dition he found the Geo ical Society ebating whether it shoal him a pirate or fly: him a. dinner. It finally decided ta- 5dr; 1 a dmner’ . , ,..‘. 'wwn3M~Mv;yxxn whale-m.1«'-:s»-msu“a-bew..i-M:.-rz ’ ' “ ” pee and t e straws... .. N .. 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