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should dirk what, (med me. I had a he had been talking, and went to one firm. was“ idea that I had Chang. of the great bay windows. lhu May ad my own identity. and that the 501-. sun had set, and the light was dead in mw~stricken woman walking by her- the 8‘3.“ . . ‘ Self under the summer trees could not Lady Yorkes V0106 bka the 508“. be Heme Chester She was asking for her favorite, and ' ’ the words came readily to meâ€"\ irmnla Gabriel’s beautiful song, "Ruby" To be Continued. ms PAY or casuansnrs. , i: Boers Gr: urges: Salaries. but Our Scum (or: “are “double Perqulnlles. So far as payments in hard cash go. the brawny burghers of the transvaal am decidedly the best off. Quito re- cently the loor par‘inment increased the salary of its members to $6,000 a year for each individual, as they can! easily afford to do. when one remem- bers the big- tax rolls which the un- franclrised Utlandcrs are compelled to UNDER THE LILAC TREE. ‘ CHAPTER XII. , n . " d I n he continued, "'1 went abroad. L'urllne Luriine 13 my “156 110" an "i preferred it. She said she never cared not say one word against her. I will .to 1.1mm England. a“ in truth I w” That evenin Lad Yorke came tn not even say that I could do 80- 511°; lgd‘fferent 0“ the subject knowmg my room. She gas aluyays kind and conâ€" was certainly the most beautiful, the] t at no place could ever be the same to, sidflmte to me_ "As soon as my affairs were settled." CHAPTER XIII. ‘ WORLD’S DRI N K ST ATISTICS. . . _ me again. At Mentone we met the u c . I M' ‘ most fascinating “01113-11 1 had ever Yorkes, and I liked them very much. Ch;&$,m§fi§,°,f,:eet§1{gegémiiil ylosf: Icon. She looked so young that it “'33 1 WG-5 a miserable, haunted, gloomy m“. h d , l, d h 1d. .hls‘ almost impossible to believe that she man. My wealth bro 9 a one Of Your ‘8 81 M 6‘ ‘Eugilsh Arc Greater Ill-or Drinkers Than light we no hap- mo Il‘rnmns. Are you better? You look very pa':c had been a wife and was a widow; but fémrrgfailifemfihgd tfosLt you? k I and cum}de in some “:a): {I came ['0 The mum”). owes thanks to Sh. Lay. But in mmul emoluments m. I knew afterward that she was a; least She seemed to thinkg “fat alligad gm: zgktfigudfi 5"?“ “'OUld “Hill? your, mm}: Courtenay Boyle, says the Pall Mall United States senator prolobly ten years Older than we thought her. great sorrow in my life. (I do not sup- would bar: iggggrggll: to ‘gle‘ermng' ' Gazette. Nbst blueâ€"books are dry. and receives a better reward. He pose I should have returned to Eng- land ati-least for some years had not imperative business compelled me to go I will not describe her to you: you I but few of us care to master their conâ€" will Jae her and judge for yourse f. tents. Sir Courtenay Boyle. has suc- .I thought for a few moments before gets mileage and numerous minor fees I answered her. I could crush down and privileges, which swell his annual .Neme‘n continued Mark, "there is to sever“ Gonna fevweeks ano 01, my 0““ Pain and anguish for I had ceeded, however, in producing one that income materially over its nominal .. , . d - u . .c - " plenty of self-control; and I longed to , . . .,_ ' as great a difference between you an heme, there are some disappomtments see Mark’s Wm,” How the words Diem- might almost be described as fascinat~ £3,000. Luriine as between a simple natural logullnttfr.1tt:l) grgifi for twofds.’ [Shall ed my heartâ€"“Mark’s wife 1" EIAkissâ€" lugâ€"the drink statistics of the civil- Great Britain, as every student 1in of the valley and as gaudy urti- re “ 0 3 ’ canno 1”" “1 Eng“ ed the white jeweled hand laid so kind- land." “Why f” I asked. His face clouded, an ‘angry gleam came into the eyes which had been full of pain and despair. “(I cannot tell you why, Nellie, but my life is blighted. lf cannot stay any- where for long.” “Shall you ever ized world, or, to give it its official and rather long-winded title, “The Proâ€" ductiOn and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages", wine, beer, spirits. A study of the paper leads to one conclusion, namelyâ€"chat not only will people drink as long as they can of- ford to pay for it, but that they will drink. France produces ten times as much wine as Germany; it also exports ten times as much, and yet more Ger- mom wine is imported into the United States than French Wine. The answer is obvious: There are in the states many successful German settlers and they, knows, gives her members of parlia- ment no salaries, o?t.bough govern- ment officials for the time being are royally paid. The first lord of the treas- ury receives $25,000, as also do the for- eign, home, colonial, ln.lian and war secretaries. The. lord chancellor ro- cen'es 850,000 per annum. But. for the hf. P. who does not hold office there ls'nauglit. save honor. Even the old privilege of not being liable to arrest far debt while an MP. has been abolish- e . l The British colonies, however, do not follow the example of the Mother country. New South “’alcsand Victor- ia al'ow their M.P.'s $1,500 perannum Canada and South Austra'ia 31,000,wlth ly on my shoulder, and said what was trueâ€"that I would do anything to please Lady Yorke. “If you feel tired," she said, "do not join us for a little while; come later on. And Miss Chester, make yourâ€" self look nice. \Ve must not let Lady Severne think herself the handsomest woman in the world. Bring some of your best songs. Lord Severne is very fond of music. I knew that. Had I not sung to him a. hundred times by the river and in the woods? ‘ That evening it seemed to me that I. was about to rival Mark’s wife. \Vns it foolish or wicked that I went (to my box for the long plain blue silk dress that Mark liked, and that I made the ficial camciia. 1 saw it. afttrward; but at first took my senses captive, and held them in thrall. I remember how she puzzled me, how I watched her. One of the first things that struck me was the subtle odor of sweet violets that seemed to envelop her. Every- Court T, I asked. fling belonging lo her â€" her saigies' “Never,” was the gloomy reply. “The shawls, books, fans, glovesâ€"everythlnglpunishment of my folly is that I shall had the same. sweet odor of fresh vio-lbe a. wanderer on the face of the . . r : leis. That charmed me. (.h. N811”. Le‘arth’, , .. . l “But why, hfarkâ€"why l?" I cried, be- was a ram, foolish coward, but I nev-éginning to forget my own trouble in or thought of loving her, and I never'ms, druamed of marrying any one but, you ll “l‘here are some thing‘s that a. man Every man on Lourd was in love with‘cannot 5993'“ 0f: 116 replied. "Cannot live at Severne .even think of or lay mm to his mm I f having the money, will have the book If"! mldil-ionlal qmileugie iral'éa? f)or the . ' -- < v - â€"' . J ' . lden hair. that ound .. . l. . . OI‘mer. ant - ueensunc .3! with her but she fzuored me and l “as weak hmrt Tms sorrow of mine is one of mm“; of Fly 8° I of the fathermnd, no matter what they . V v , ' . ‘ ' r . ~11 a , _ ml ... on ma ,- - enough. young and {0011511 enough: t°.th€m-" some “ ‘ t6 roses for it' nd that I pay for rt. ’Dhus also in prosperous Bel- Henge New Z la‘ ropr‘wnml" tried to look bright and happy while my heart was dead? I need not speak of the other guests. My story deals only with Mark and Mark’s wife, Lady Yorke introduced me to all her visitors. I had gone to the drawingâ€"room before the gentleâ€" men had left the diningâ€"room. I could not have entered with Mark look- ing at me. I remember no names, no faces; my whole soul seemed waiting until we reached Mark’s wifeâ€"tho most beautiful, brilliant, dazzling woman I had ever beheld. She had the vivid bloom of acarnaâ€" tion, a face of exquisite Grecian type, a wide low brow, straight dark eye- brows, lovely mouth, though the. lines and curves were rather proud than tender, 8. beautiful chin with a, delici- ous dimple. As I thought of Mark kissing those lovely lips, the pain in my heart was more bitter than death. A superb woman, with dark.blue eyes and dark hair, she was dressed in white velvet, re‘ieved by a. rich bordering of purple heart’s ease, a diamoan neck- lace clasped the white firm throat, a diamond cross lay on her whi'te breast. and the very moment I stood before her I noticed the sweet odor of vio- lets. Mark's wife! She looked at me with a kindly smile; and then I noticed that there was something peculiar in her face. 'I did not like it. beautiful, bril- liant, as it was. There was a vague, inexplicable something â€" a metallic brightness in the eyes, a. hard peculâ€" iar color on her cheeks. Love for Mark. interest quickened by affection, made me wonder, and as I looked at her, so beautiful, so brilliant, I asked my- self, \Vhat was his sorrow? \Vhat was the secret that clouded his life? \Vhsl was the mystery that sapped all the pleasure and happiness of his EXIS- tence? What could it be? Lady Severne drew aside the folds of her velvet dress, and asked me to take a seat by her side. "Lady Yorke tells me that you have a beautiful voice, Miss Chester," she said. "I hope. you will sing for us. Lord Severne is fond of music." Long before her fair face had wilod Mark from me I knew that. What would she say if she knew that I was Mark’s first love, tl:atâ€"-â€"â€" Ah, what nonsense! \Vas I mad? Mark was no longer for me. She talked to me kindâ€" ly enough for a few minutes. I felt. rather than knew, that there was some.- thing strange about her, but Icould not define it. The gentlemen came in. lMy only hope lay in not looking: at Mark. if was keenly, painfully conscious of his pres- ence. if knew where he went; when he spoke I heard no other sound. But as get $1,200. .h‘rance gives its senators and depu- ties $1,800, but there is a "string" to this salary which might be tried else- where, in Vienna, for instance, with good effect. Any member who is twice called to order during asittlng for- fellas half hisj sa'ary for two weeks» Cases exist. where certain FIERY FRENCH DEPU'l‘lES have lost. their entire year‘s allow- ances in this manner. Belgium grants members of the re- prelsentatives’ chamber $800 a your and passes on the railroads, but, curi~ ously enough. mo.ch ils senators work for nothing and pay their own travel- ling expenses. -In the realms of the little Queen.I of Holland, members of the uppcr house are paid a sum equal to about; $4.18 per diem for each session, but since they meet only on thirty or thirty-two days in the year they cannot be said to clear much. In the second chamber $830 per annum, with a travelling grant; of 27 cents for every hour spent on the railroad are the allowances. Ab- sentee .Dutcb lawgivers forfeit their salaries whether thclr absence be caused by illness or not. The new Japanesr parliamentary con- stitntion compels oaclil member of the national parliament to draw annually from the treasury about 8605. Any member of the aristocratic classes re- fusing to accept this salary, through pride or other reasons, is subject to fine and dismissal, by the parliamen- tary rules of 1890. Portugal is niggardly with its re.- presentatives, giving them only ~$320, and Norway pays members from $350 to $400. according to the length of the session. In Sweden members of the upper house servo absolutely for patriotism and the lower chamber members get only 8335. Moreover, $2.75 per dicm is deducted for non-attendance. lu'von the unpaid upper house is fined for amen- teelsm, although its members get; no- thing, not even train fares. The Greek lawgivcr is a 8360 per an- num man, with additions for overtime work (such as in the recent war). it was suggested recently that. those sal- aries should be "docked" slightly, so as to help pay the Turkish indemnity, but the idea. was condemnvd promptly. Switzerland gives bcr councillors some« thing less than $5 a. week, with (iconic a day for travelling expenses. be flattered by this preference; to feell “Then, Mark," I could not help sal- liroud and delighted when the littleE mg as I l°°ked sadly at him, “You have _ , rr-uined all the happiness of m life court of admxrcrs had to make waywithout securing your own." y for me; when s‘ae turned from theml _"That is just what I have done, Nelâ€" all with a smile for me; when she laid‘ 116- Between the remorse ll feel at y _ , 5the loss of ou a ' ' that Whit? gemned hand or he” on‘my secret, I army the rinlogtlenffslelrg‘blgfmrgh zu-m, dismissing the rest with alittle'in the world." I . nod of the head, saying, ‘1 will accom-l A11, Mark my lover. I read in your puny you, Lord cherne. I should like {3‘99 that. your folly had cost you dear! . ,d . “fe- sat .ln Silence for some time, the a quiet promena c. ‘wmd: Stirring the mac branches and ‘ ll, [ileuscd me. to mark but angry, bearing to us sweet gusts of perfume. jealousy in other men’s eyes; it pleas-i \Ve had not been there an hour, and al- cd me to note how they envied overy,1‘93-dy it seemed to me an eternity. I [lurk of preference which this beau-lknew that We “1113‘? Part. Time was _ ,passing, and I should be wanted. Then lil'nl woman showered on me. St1l1,' the full force of my misery rushed ovâ€" Nellic, i never dreamed of being false'er me like a lava. tide. How could I to v0.“ ggyerh talc: upl tlislduties of life again? . ' - .. .. . . . ' _’Y ear an so had no strength, no At first I was attracted by hernia “,here should I turn for help or great beauty, her fascination, her 10W,:c0mf0rtg For, alas! II had given my sweet voice, her nameless charm of whotlie heartati)1 adman who had married 1 \s‘ . l manner, then b' her decided a1}? 191‘ an a forgotten_mel - blizns [Tziil'cruncc for me, )shown at all? I Mark, What shall I do with the rest times, and in all places. lot _my.hff’i I E‘s-lied, wearlly. "I ran- "1 never thought that rank, title, or‘noL Ifife .1115}. becousc I “'lsh to die. I money had anything to do with it; I a? “*3 9' SJW “Wt-bout a rudder. Love behaved if. was myself alone that she 0. your “Chub” HYHIB’ 03‘ 'dead, has cared for. Ab, Nellie, perhaps even a Sigfiwto filled my “[8- What am I to strap rer mun ti.an myself might have N . . suusuinked! I shall never forget the I calm“ t6“: Nellle.” he replied. nights on the ozyean, with-the slarsflllfgie #011 happy here: with Lady =. .' t 'k,thes>a5 , like goden meteors in he s y t I fliesâ€"as happy as I could be anyâ€" dzu'k, silent, m 'sterious, and solemn, ' . v, n . Such nights as fihcy wereâ€"the sea. and;“1,{?§e “lthollt you, I refilled. . skv so calm, and that beautiful face: h lhen d0 “0‘5 £0 away- IVo Will do looking into mine! All, Nellie, you t at, DOtIYOIL- We “"111 remain for a taurhl. in»: love, and it; will never die; few days. then I shad say that. I am Blitfldlugilt me passion and it is deadllsu'mEDOHEd P0 the Court on busxness. "I ingan to forget you my darling. N91119: forglVG me for what I am go- 1 must tell you the. whole truth. The “18' i0 say. All I have in the world mcmorv of the sweet true face under, Ought to ha“? been Y0ur5~and I 119V? the. li‘acs grow fainter; the [:assion-‘suCh “bundfult wealthii let me SW8 ate beautiful face of the woman whol 5'09 ‘Vhat'f‘nu keen You 111 comfort and showed this marked preference for me afflu’ence~ . almost muddencd me for a time. it could “0‘3 be 311317,; his £33783 were "There can be no excuse for me, Neal-1 full 0%, tea-1‘5 {1nd 11“ 11138 Quivered. licâ€"l offcr none. But remember thatl NO- ImplledpgenUY. You must not for the first Limo in my life I was ‘10 lShall. Mark. [do not care for monâ€" flallcrcd b ' all the subtle. flatterics 01"- li would rather have had one true that a. clevgr and beautiful woman word 0f love from you}; 1108 than all could use. The lxrlance of my reason thf} money YOU- POSSESS- . was gone. She had aroused passion I. “,5bou‘ld be 30 11111011 118091633 Nel- tllat yet was not love in my heart. I 19v If 3'01). would let me do this. Let was driven onward by the anger of “10 buy “31' you 3 Pretty little home. those whom she slightod for me, and In the midi“? Of my mls’el‘)’. let me one nightâ€"one fatal night, when the have the onefllmm 0f Comfort that moon was shining brilliantly, and the YQPThaXe no porldlycsres. _ . sea was calm as a. lake, we stood togo- 1‘0! I Gama: Wlth (llllt‘k, Impath thcr at the end of the vessel. Her fair ent 3001“- Can you not understand while hands stole into mine; hcr beauâ€" that I would ratherâ€"a thousand times tiful face was raised to mine, palewith rf‘th’erâ€"dle 0f hunger by the road~ emotion, her eyes glistening with tears, “‘19 than “accept even "one crumb of I forgot. you, Nellie. I forgot honor, bllfa‘éfmm your hands? H _ truth and loyalty. I bent down to , l 1“ you 0V0! forgwe’ mcl’ he said. kiss her, andâ€"â€" “fall, I cannot tell an the Years 130 001118, When YOU- 1‘6- gltum people put scarcely any limit on themselves in the matter of drink, and whether ill; be beer or spirits, Belgium stands head in the matter of consump- tion pe-r head, whlills even. as regards wine, although it is not a wineâ€"produc- img country, rthe inhabitants consume as much as do the Germans, whose coun- try is wine producing. One point that is brought out very clearly in these tables is the fact that the drink trade is almost everywhere A HOME INDUSTRY, i..e., that by for the greater proportion of the drink consumed is made in the country consuming it. \Ye in England import so much wine and brandy from the continent that we are perhaps not altogether in a position to realize the fact, and yet even ill]. England by far the greater portion of the drink conâ€" sumed in home-made. This is proved by the relative proportions of the cusâ€" toms receipts from imported and the excise receipts from home-made liquors. The customs receipts amounts to five and a. half millions sterling, and the excise receipts to twenty-seven mil- lions, or in lthe proportion of 17 per cent. to 83 per cent. llll favor of the home-made. Perhaps very few realize to how great an extent France is the great willie-producing and also the great willie-consuming country of the world. The statement that the quantizy of wine annually drank in the United Kingâ€" dom, Germany and the United States, which, taken together, have a. popula- tion of 150,000,000 souls barely exceeds a. tenth part of what its consuuned in France with its 38,000,000 of inhabit- ants enables us more fully to recognize the fact. Many, moreover, willl be sur- prised to find that the consumption per head of beer in this country exceeds that of Germany, for while the Ger- man drinks twenty-five [gallons per amnwm, the Englishman drinks thirty gallons. In both countries the con- sumption of bccr is distinctly on the increase. The following is an interesting fact taken at hazard. Sevdnty~seven galâ€" lons of beer are consumed in this coun- try for every gallon of wine that is drunk; could any clearer proof be wanting that it is the masses who drink not the classes? Scarcely the seventh part of a bottle of champagne per head is drunk per annum by the inhabitants of this country; in the United States â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"*â€"â€"__ SHE LIKE!) SAILING. The following true tale is a most cun- ous instance of living well on nothing . &. __. m as ILL.â€" you how it happened. I am speaking member that I amâ€"ah. a thousand my eyes navel. sought him_ Even scarcely the twentieth part. a year withOut breaking tho laws of the truth Nellie. I would not hide (1)118 1:310:1ngggggyugfnlizfi‘ 3:: when Ladv Yorke introduced me to him the 13-11(1- Allow “Willy yea-r8 alt" fl ' , lsxretmt ~ ., , ' ; t.-,- , .v -, - . ," :llfouilgiilrtéflinilujymmd {offioss 111“ Ihad no comfort because It 13 my mum WW I never saw him but five mmu es aft THE S‘VAN AND THE P’IKEI steam [JIM kot (01m any of l nerpool t askin her to be m ' wife:, you 110‘? try _ _ Bgttlbgi’frg {fricther Ila.” hour had puss-l me as You did: {018,943 films Interval of ed I had promised to marry her, andl f0“? and falsehood. Think of me only __Veme 10“, “Stemem that, "10.29.55 Mark. with his honest lads love: ment to this I have never had one forget Mark the man who failed you tingle happy momentâ€"not one. 'l‘lierejâ€"|‘[”!l 51")“ New“. ' . _ could be no drawing backâ€"no hestta-; 90“ (1 PM} help ltâ€"doubtless it “as tlon even for [found the next day‘W‘I'.v “thnlfled. but When I saw that the \iholo of the. pausengers knewf “'9 011111.011 the honest face, the humble that. Lord Severus and the. beautifullsormw i" “10 dear PIP-“- When I 9-3“ to forgive me? Think ofi Mm. Nment were engaged_ [Mark dislressed, grieved with the misi crward when I went to the piano, the. music fell from my nerveless hands. All]. w 09. was me i The first song Ifound was thisâ€""Remember and Forget." "I sat beside the stroamlet: I watched the waters flow, As we together watched it - One The. soft rain puttcred on the leaves, The lit tle yes r ago. April grass was wet-â€" Ah, folly to remember! wished to buy a plccc of land which wuu owned by a "stay-ut-lmmc spinstcr," as her neighbors described her. She sold her land at a very low price. but in- sisted upon a clause being inserted in the agreement giving her the right, at. any time during her life. to travel with a. companion in any of the company's vessels. 'When the agreement was closed Hho sold her furniture and want on board the first out-going ship be- The. following accident was describ- ed to me by a friend who heard it from the lips of a man who saw it, says a writer in London Spectator. My friend's informant, 11 laboring man. passed on his way to work every morn- imr a pond on which were swans. (Jne morning he saw a swan with ils ln-nd under waterâ€"no unusual thing, so ho ” ‘ . I , _ , ‘ H.”- of n Iifpfinla on his [Me 1 forgotl . -S f t. thought. nothing of it. The next. morn- I in t u , “(.k t . .- . kno‘YreIkvyvd‘s‘itIlntii‘dt(ilsigfiful my wounded 10"“ for 0"“ éhprt’ "10“ Tls “1 er to orge m“ It was m expm‘l‘v the 5mm! plum yzrzlg‘s Ibis? with: Elliptic;nl'fl'letilnyriclirti; feted horribly. From that hour to this9 ment- How could I “ms” h‘m an)" "The nightingales made mus-Val and l’o‘uhon' Stm' that “as m“ n" all the time upon: one ship or another. I have men a misumhm mun. for [1 thing to whom 1 had never said "nay?" found out that it. was you I had lovedIHow “"1151. Ifefus“ 1“? P‘EMO“ When after all, and that tho love of the ladI be asked “r “"“l imam {n his "37857 H]? WM batter um“ we “Hahn of me, mum had marred my life, ruian my happi- Thore were times when l resolved on M‘s“- "m‘ie "(fr-V hol’e bankr‘ml'r "l" telling her, but it would have been rise-'H,10‘_'ed in!“ Sl‘lll- [held my hands to has. Sim had. decided on marrying “10.311191! I tried t“ .Sm‘le' although the and I knew that my intcntions vv'eregm.“n‘ng_ tea-r3 ,Mlmk‘d me- " , quite secondary to bars. \thn n; was". I will forgive you, Mark, 1 said. '00 mm. my heart went hark to its: Ah. my dear. I could not, if Iwould, first “legume. ,1 [om‘d my e,Jgag,,_ll)e angry wrtb you!’ “e must never me“ to this woman of the world a meet again, Mark. l‘he Wide world wry businesyuka maven Them “.83 most ever be between us two who were no museum. no dam .. wa were map once to be always togethcraa deep tied thm wwks aft" Lh, Queen “(grave lies between us. and In it Imust the Bead reached London. ihury my 10"“ but Inform“ you' as I "Ah. l'ellie. you have suffered. but'hol” ‘0 [‘0 forslnn- , m. pain )1“ been greater. My con- He held my hand in his for one mo- ocience gave me no mt. Night and. “mat. “ad um“ i” sam' “1th “‘3” that day your image was with me. nightfiifl 30‘ Shim?“ m3. mnfhmdf up, and day my folly and cowardice were} My deal‘ “‘5‘ "9' “'9‘” "or before m‘ a [omd‘ I“ dm‘dedl 'I knew what he meant. It would be to .60 10m 1, 1 1nd known an; yourlbetter for him. better for me, that we mum m ‘M “4 flat you “molohould meet no strangers. He would waiting for me in the old home clonal! 5‘ lam in " “w an!“ “ad we would hove gone to on. no matter,thomd one each other no more. Better «in: bad happémd. your utter amt-01 June's [niaces paved with gold; ll watched the rose you gave me ‘1 is warm red heart unfold, But sight of rose and song of bird Were fraught. with wild regretâ€" ‘Tis madness to remember; ’"f'were wisdom to forget. "ll stood among the gold cornâ€"- Alas, no more I knew lâ€" 'l‘o gather gleaner's measure Of the love that fell from you. For me no gracious harvest. Would God we ne'er had metl For, cruel as remembrance is, 'Tis "The The The corn-fields are deserted, And ev’ry _ I sit beside my lonely fire, - harder to forget. streamlet now is frozen. nlghtingales are fled, rose is dead. And pray for wisdom yet, For calmnws to remember. .or ' For There was no sound in the room In courage to‘ forget." markable, and he. passed on. 0n the third morning, seeing the swan in pro-- cisely the same position, he called the attention of the. keeper to it. The keeper proceeded lo examine. and found that the swnn‘s head had been swal- lowed by a large pike. Both, of course were dead. frequently w-cnmpnnied by u cmnpnnâ€" iou, acoording to the agreement. 'l‘hi~ was always a pcrmn who otlmrwisc would have been a regular pasm-ngcr. but. who purchased bcr ticket at ro- ducud rates by paying the spimater inâ€" suznd of tho packet company. The company offered her more Umn twice the value- of the land if she would give up her privileges; but this she would not do. Her reply was, "You got tho. [and cheap, and I like sailing; no we ought both to be ralisfied." ,lN A SLEEPING BAG. Peter Carroll, of Plctou, N.S., who is the possessor of a Klondike Bluepâ€" ing bag. boasted of his ability to spend the night on the ice in the harbor-41nd the talk resulted in a wager as to the utility of the bag in an emergency. To make the test Carroll travelled out on the ice some distance. and. tying the bug about him lay down to sleep. He was not seen again till daylight next. morning. when he turned up at the hotel so hoarsethat he was barely able to ask for something to warm him up. In the meantime the commercial man with whom he madetho bet had taken .-â€"_ APPR Ef'lATIVE LISTEN ER. I enjoyed your lfl'lllr!‘ last night on ‘The Operatic Anthology of the Yr-ur' very much. said the (“MS little man, with enthusiasm. By the way, pro- fessor. he asked, what is in: meaning of the. term operatic anthology? AN EASIER WAY. You don't mean to say,- Ilumplydhu “ed . the last notes died away. (I knew they the early-train out of town, and u no you paid $15010:- ihat wit. "if" M7”). .. I l ’yffifldngktdgo Mao a" bad one straight to Mark's heart, for money had, been put. up the “ugh u..- Wcll, I should say not. i had it it III roulle ‘0 “On at.“ m jut ‘6“ on. meet!" m, h. [fit the group of ladies mth whom very much on Carroll. chimed. .0...» ..... .