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g‘IN'THE MIDST 0F ALARMS." In the marble-floored vestibule of the Metropolitan Grand Hotel in Buffalo, Professor Stillson Renmark Stood and look- ed about him with the anxious manner of a person unused to the gaudy splendor of the modern American house 0: entertainment. The professor paused half-way between the door and the marble counter, becmse he be- gan to fear that he had arrived at aninoPPor« tune Lime,â€"that something unusual was going on. The hurry and bustle bewildered him. A man with a etentorian but mon- otonous and’mournful voice was filling the air with the information that a train was about to start for Albany, Saratoga, Troy, Boston, New York and the East. When he came to the Words “The East” his voice dropped to a sad minor key, as if the ' man despaired of the fate of those who took their departure in that direction. Every now and then a. brazen gong sounded sharp- ly, and one of the negroes who sat in a. row on a bench along the marble-panelled well eprang forward to the counter, took some- body’s handbogand disappeared in the direc- tion of the elevator, with the newlyâ€"arrived guest following him. Groups of men stood ‘ here and there conversing, headless of the ‘ rush of arrival and departure around them. ,‘ luau VI w~--vâ€"- “_V All this was very strange to the professor, and he felt himself in u. new world, with whose customs he was not familiar. No- body paid the slightest attention to him as he stood there ameng it all with his satchel in his hand. As he timidly edged up to the counter and tried to accumulate courage enough to address the clerk, a young man came forward, flung his grip on the polished top 6: the counter, metaphorically brushed the professor aside, pulled the bulky regis- ter tOWards’him, and inscribed his name on the page with a rapidity equalled only by the illegibility of the result. “ Hello. Sam.” he said to the clerk. “ Hello, Sam,” he said to the clam. “ How‘s things ‘2 Get my telegram ?” “ Yes," answered the clerk ; “ but I can’t give you 2.7. It’s been taken for a week. I reserved 85 for you, and had to hold on with my t_eeth_ to do that.” A _.... ”Amx‘lp The reply of the young man was merely a. brief mention of the place of torment. “ It is hot,” said uhe clerk, blandly. “In from Cleveland '3” “ Yes. Any letters for me '2” ' “ Couple of telegrams. You’ll find them up in 85.” “Oh, you were cock-sure I’d take that room ‘2” ‘ ‘ ' . 1') t , l UUIII . “I was cock-sure you’d have to. It is either that or the fifth floor. We’re full. Couldn’t. give a better room to the Presi~ den: if he came.” ‘ ‘ 9 AI- uvu- It may 'wn-w- “OT-.1, well, What’s good enough for the President I can put up with for a. couple of days.” The hand of the clerk descended on the bell. Thenegro sprang forward and took the grip. “ Eighty-five,” said the clerk; and the drummer and the negro disappear- Bu “ Is there any place where I could leave my bag for a. while 'r” the Drofessor at. last said timidly to the clerk. “ Your bag ‘3” The professor held it: up in View. “ Oh '! your grip. Certainly. Have a. ed. room, 311‘ 1’” And me czerx s lluuu. HUVGLUu over the bell. “ No. At least. not just. yet. You see, “ All right. The baggage-man there to he left will check it for you.” “ Any letters for Bond?” said a. man, pushing himself in front of the professor. The clerk pulled a. fat bunch of letters from the compartment marked “.8” and handed the whole lot to the enquirer, who went rapidly over them, selected two that ap- peared to be addressed to him, and gave the bunch a push towards the clerk, who placed them Where they were before. , _.-.. L- n nnwfn'ln Although the professor was to a certain extent bewildered by the condition of things, there was still in his nature a certain dog- ged persistence that had before now stood him in good stead, and which had enabled him to distance in the long run, much more brilliant men. He was not at all satisfied with his brief interview with the clerk. He resolved to approach that busy individual again if he could arrest his attention. It was some tirne before. he caught the speak- er’s eye, as it were, but when he did so he said,~ u I urge nlnnni'. m aav to van that I am y“-..â€" “ I was about to say to you that I waiting for a. friend from New York may not yet have arrived. His name is Richard Yates, of the " nwuux u 1wu:a,u1 wuf 7, i ‘ “ Oh ! Dz ck Yates. Certainly. He’s here.” Turning to the negro he said. - “ Go down to the billiard room and see if Mr. Y ates is there. If he is not, look for him at the bar.” The clerk evidently new Mr. Dick Yates. Apparently not noticing the look of amaze- ment that had stoien over the professor’s face the clerk said,â€" -- v11. "VIE'Sréifxâ€"afi’it’ih the reading room I’ll aend Yates to you when he comes. The boy will find him if he's in’ the house ; but helnay be ‘up-town. " 11, LL- -7331}; pEAiés‘sdr, disliking to trouble. the obEiging clerk further, did ‘not ask him where the reading-room was. He inquired instead of a hurrying port-er, and received the curt but comprehensive answer,â€" 1. “Dining-mom next floor. Reading-, smoking-, and writing-rooms up the hall. Billiard-room, bar, and lavatory dcwn- stairs.” "I “ Icing your plrdon, sir, but. may I ask if , ~ 3’01} ape z} gupst. of t‘his £30113e2” ‘ . 1g ,1 LL-___ ‘ J VA eixeaeaof apprehension crossed the pro- fessor’s face as he slipped the book into his pocket. He had vaguely felt that he was trespassing when he first entered the hotel, and now his doubts were confirmed. ,, 913 ROBT. BARR, IN “ LIPPINCOTT’S MAGAZINE.” CHAPTER I. 111513;}; clérk’s haild hovered man was merely was to a. certain “ I presume, technically speaking. I am «not. ” meted. , " \Vhat do you mean by not exactly a guest. ’2” continued the other, regarding the professor with a. cold and scrutinizing gaze. “A man is either a. guest Grhe is not, I take it. Which is it 111 your case?" . - v “ Technically speaking ! More evasions. Let me ask you, sir, as an ostengibly honest man, if you imagine that all this luxuryâ€" thisâ€"this eleganceâ€"45 maintained for noth- ing? Do you thinl', sir, that it is provided for any man who has cheek enough to step out of the street and enjoy it ! Is it kept up, I ask, for people who are, technically speaking, not guests ‘2” ' . ‘ The expression of conscious guilt deepen- ed on the face of the unfortunate profeswr. Ho had nothi g to say. He realized that his action was too flagrant to admit of de- fence, so he attempted none. Suddenly-the countenance of his questmner lit up with a smile, and he smote the professor on the shoulder. “ V211, old stick-in-the-mmi, you haven’t change-d a particle in fifteen years, You «ion’y mean to pretend you don’t know “ I not only can, but I can’t be anybody else. I know, because I have often tried. Well, Well, well, well ! Stilly we used to call you, don’t you rcmem‘ner? I’ll never forget that time we sang ‘ CE:- in the stilly night ’ front of your Window when you were studying for the exams. You always were a. quiet fellow, Stilly. I've been waiting for you nearly a. whole day. I was up just now with a. perty'of friends when the boy brought me your card. A little philanthropic gather- ing,â€"sort of mutual benefit arrangement, you know : each of us contributed what we could spare into a. general fund, which was given to some deserving person in the crowd.” “ Yes,” said the professor, dryly. “ I heard the clerk telling the boy where he would be most likely to find you.” Ye. 083 .0 u my vuv wav... â€"- “ I say Sam,” cried Yates, “ can’t you do I something better for us than the fifth floor! l I didn’t come to Bufl'alo to engage in bal- looning. No sky-parlors for me, if I can l help it.” “ I’m sorry, Dick,” said the clerk, “but I expect the fiith floor will be gone when the Chicago express gets in.” “ Well, what can you do for us, any- how ‘2” “ I can let you have 518. That’s the next room to yours. Really, they’re the most comfortable rooms in the house this weathâ€" er. Fine lookout over the lake. I wouldn’t mind having a. sight of the lake myself, if I could lecwe the desk.” “ All right. But I didn’t come to look at the lake, nor yet at the railroad-tracks this side, nor at Bulfalo Creek either, beautiful and romantic as it is, nor to listen to the clenging of the ten thousand locomotives that pass within hearing distance, for the delight of your guests. The fact is, that, alwa. vs ex ' L' ' r “Oh, you did, eh '2" cfied vYaLes with a. laugh. “ Yes, Sam generally knows where to send for me ; but he needn’t have been so darned public about it. Being a. newsPaper man, I know What ought to go in print and what should have the blue pencil run through in. Sun is very discreet, as a. general thing ; but then he knew, of course, the moment he set. eyes on you, that you were an old pal of mine.” ' ‘01. ,,1 Again Yaies laughed, aver}; bright and cheery laugh for so evident/1y wicked a. man. “Come along.” he said, taking the pro- fessor by the arm. “We must. get you located.” , . a va wvvu . They passed out into the hall and drew up at the clerk. 5 counter. 1 x',.___ u -__’.. "A“ An “You can’tâ€"you can’t be Richard 9’, â€"-I am not exactly a. guest,” he stam- 9” “(’11 m: ibuucu , " u mu; wu L yuu u.unu . “ I’ll take a. glass of water, if it can had without, troub‘xe,” said Renmark. “Great heavens l” he cried; “have something mild. Don’t go mshly in for Ba ”ialo water before 303. realize what. it» is made of. W'ork up to if, gradually.T1y a. sherry cobbler or a milk shake as a starter.” “ Thank you, no. A glass of water will do very wcil for me. Order what you like for yéurself.” - | ‘ 'l 3 __ £_\_ “JThanks. I can be depended on for doing that.” He puahed the button, and, when the boy appeared, said, “ Bring up an iced cobbler, and charge in to ProfessorRen- mark, No. 518. Bring also a. pxtcher of ice- Weter for Yates, No. 52"); There,” he con- tinued, gleefully, “I’m going to have all the drinks, except the ice-water, charged to you. I’ll pay the bill, but; I’ll keep the account to hold over your head in the fu- ture. Prof. Stillsou Bennmrk_1)r. to Met.- ropolitan Grandâ€"one sherry cobblerâ€"one gin slingâ€"one whiskey cocktail, and so on. Now then, Sbilly, let’s talk business. You’re not, married, I take it, or you wouldn’t: have responded to my invitation so promptly.” The professor shook his head. “Neither am I. You never had the courage to propose to a girl, and I never had the time.” “ Lack of sell-conceit was not; your failing in the old days, Richard,” said Renmm‘k, quietly. Yates laughed. ,,I#__-__ A-”â€" both hands on the other’s shoulders and fishing, him into a. chair near the Win30W.2 L‘hen, placing his finger on the electric but. r,” ton, he added, “ What will you_d§ink . iates’s hand drdppcd from the electric button hopelessly to his side, aud’hc Iooked reprgmhfully at the professor. 1 (Z‘AM-_ l “Wen it: didn’ 1; hold me ha ck any, to my knowledge. Now I’ll tell you how l’vc got along since we attended old Scragmore’s academy togethe1 fifteen years ago. How time does fly. ‘ When I left. I tried teachinv for one short; month.1hud some theories on the edécation ofrour youth Awhich did not seem to chime in with the prejudices the school trustees had already formed on the s ubj ect. ” _ e au .. A. ”EH; érofcssor was at once all attention. Touch 22. mm on his business and he gener- ally responds by being Interested. nnu _ ,41_ “And What: Were your theories?” he as ed. “ Well, I thought a. teacher should look after the physxcal as well as the mental welfare of his pupils. It did not seem to me that his duty to those under his charge ended with mere book-learning.” “ 1 quite agree with you,” said the pro- fessor, cordially. “ Thanks. Well, the trustees didn’t. I joined the boys at their games, hoping: my example would have an influence on their conduct on the play-ground as well as in the school-room. We got up a. rattling good cricket-club. You may not remember that I stood rather better at cricket in the acad- emy than I did in mathematics or grammar. By handicapping me with several poor players and having the best players among the boys in opposition, we made a pretty evenly matched team at school~section No. 12. One day at noon we began a. game. The grounds were in excell- ent condition, and the opposition boys were at their best. My side was getting the worst of it. I was very much interested, and when one o’clock came I thought it a. pity to cell shool and spoil so good and in- teresting a. contest. The boys were unani- mously of the same opinion. The girls were happy pienicking under the trees. So we played cricket all the afternOOn.” “ I think that was carrying your theory a. little too far," said the professor, dubious- 1y “ Just; what the trustees thought, when they came to he.“ of it. So they dismissed me ; and I think my leaving was the only case on record Where the pupils genuinely mourned a. teacher’s departure. I shook the dust of Canada. from my feet, and have never regretted it. I trumped to Buffalo, shaking the dust off my feet at every step. Hello ! here’s your drinks at last, Stilly. I had forgotten about them,â€"an unusual thing with me.â€"â€"Thut’s all right, boy ; charge it to room 518.â€"Ah ! that hits the l ot on a. hot day. Well, Where Was I? , yes: at Buffalo. I got a place on a per here, at just enough to keep life in ; but I liked the work. Then 1 drifted Rochester at a bigger salary, afterwards Albany at a. still bigger salary, and of rse Albany is only a few hours from New rk, and that is where all newspaper-men imately drift to, if they are worth their t. I saw a. small section of the war as cial correspondent, got hurt, and round- up in the hospital. Since themalthough y a. reporter, I am about the t0p of the e in that .ine, and make enough money pay ény poker debts and purchase iced nits to soothe the asperities of the game. en there is anything big going on where in the country, 1 am there, l'wvv â€"-- 7,, feet, and have not made any great success. I have simply plodded.and am in no danger of becoming rich, although I suppose I spend as little as any man. After you were expelâ€"after you~left the acaâ€"-â€"” M ‘ “ ‘ " 3 4‘1 0....131-1s CAPvLâ€"auvvn. Jvn .v.â€" -_.- “Don’t mutilate the good old English language, Stilly. You were right in the first place. 1am not thin-skinned. You were: saying after I was expelled. Go on.” SMLL L- n HAVIA I'U-Vv "'H w___, “I {fought perhaps it highs be asore subject. You remember you were very indignant an the time andâ€"â€"” 44:“ 1:... +1.04 Luulfiuuuu lav u-.- -_.--v “r “Of course I wagâ€"and am still, for that matter. It was an outragg.”‘ I ,1,A_.'l IIIOUWLo AV “I thought it was proved that you helped to put the pony in the Principal’s room.” “Oh,certainly. That. Oflcourse. But what I detested was the way the Principal work- ed the thing. He allowed that villain Spink to turn evidence against us, and Spink Stated I originated the afl'air, Whereas I could claim no such honor. It was Spink’s own project, which I fell in with, as I did With every disreputable thing proposed. Of course the Principal believed at once that I was the chief criminal. Do you hap- uâ€"u vuâ€" 'wv-vva~â€" '11 other fellows to do the drudgery, writing up the picturesque descrip- ns and interviewing the big men. ' stuff goes red-hot over the tele- uph-wire, and the humble postage- 1mp knows my envelopes no more. I am twinned with every hotel clerk that nuts to anything from New York to -- - .. , ”4----1 P9930 km"; if 89ka A25: bgenfiranged " . 91) yet . I ' “I believ - he is a very reputable business- man in M trezfl, and much respected.” “I might -..ha.ve suspected that. Well. you keep your eye on the respected Spikn, if he doesn’t'iaxl some day and make a. lot of money, I‘m a Dutchman. But go on.‘ This is digression. By the way, juet push that electric ibutton. You’re nearest, "and it is too he: to move. Thanks. After I was expelledâ€"~‘Z’i â€". ‘ 1- “After your departure, I took a. diploma, end for a year or two taught a. class in the academy. Then, as I studied during my spare time, I got a. chance as master of a. grammer-schoolmear Toronto, chiefly. as I think through the recommendation of Prin- cipal Scragmore. 1 had my degree by this time. Thenâ€"”A There was a gentle tap at 1:110 door. “Come in,” shouted Yates. “Oh, it’s you. Just bring up another cooling co‘oâ€" bler, will you, and charge 11: as before to Professor Remnark, room 518.-â€"Yes; and then “And then there came the opening in University College, Toronto. I had the good fortune to be appointed. There I am still, and there I suppose I shall stay. I know very few people, and am better ae- quainted with books than with men. Those whom I have the privilege of knowing are mostly studious persons who have made or will make their mark in the world of learning. I have not had your advant- age of meeting statesmen who guide the destinies of a. great empire.” - - n.-.u “N 0, you Qalways livere lucky, Strilly. My experience is that the chops who do the guiding are more anxious about their own pockets or their own political advance- ment than they are of the destinies. Still, the Empire seems to take its course Westward just ,the same. So old Scrag- more’s been your friend, has he ‘2” “He has, indeed.” “Well, he insulted me only the other day.” ' “You astonish me. I cannot imagine so gentleman! y and scholarly a man as Principal Scragmore insulting anybody.” vs I. uvlwsulvxv AIIUMAULMS w-.J vvma - “Oh, you don’t know him as I do. It was like this. I wanted to find our. where you were, for reasons that I shall state hereafter. I cudgeled my brains, and then thought; of old Scrag. I wrote him and enclosed a. stamped and addressed envelope, as 8.11 unsought contributors should do. He answeredâ€"but. I have his reply somewhere. You shall read it. for yourself.” ~ Yates pulled from his inside pocket a. bundle of letters which he hurriedly finger- ed over, commenting in a, low voice as he did so “I thought I answered that. Still no matter. ng0 ! haven’t I paid that: bill yet? This pass is'run out. Must get an- other.” Then he smiled and sighed as he looked at a letter in dainty handwriting,but apparently he could not find the document he sought. ‘ VBREOBFF. THE MISSING SCIBI‘I- TIST lie May Yet Be Discovered Among the 'Wilals of Ike Arctic. A correspondent of the Boston Trans- cript gives an account of the life of John M. Verhoef‘f, the scientist of the first Peary expedition, who did not return last Septem- ber in the Kite, and whom the world read of as " lost in a. crevasse,” but whose re- latives and friends, the correspondent says, believe him still alive. The story is most interesting. Verhoeti' was a direct descend- ant of one of the officers of “ the 01d Swiss w..- v- v..- Guard ” oi Paris,'so that he ought to have been brave if heredity goes for anything. His father, a wealthy merchant of Louis- ville, died while John was, ahaby, and thus l his mother â€"-a very talented womanâ€"had full charge of his training. \Vhen only 33 years old he is remembered to have exclaim- ed: “ When I grow to be a man I shall go to Greenland and live with the Eskimos I \ that time this was his sole aim. Says the correspondent : “ He early learned to read for himself and delighted in books of travel, telling his young schoolmates that he meant to go to the north pole. He was born with a. pur- ‘ pose in life and early began to deny himself any taste or pleasure that would conflict with it. He never ate but two meals a day, and that of the plsinest and most nutritious kind of food. He would never wear an overcoat in the very coldest weath- er, sleeping at night under but one cover. He devoted himself to a rigid course of‘ training in the gymnasium, strengthening every muscle and joint of his body. He rode all the way from Louisville, Ky., to New Haven, 00011., on his bicycle when he entered Yale college, the first attempt at that time to travel on one. All his feats of strength and daring, as jumping from roof to roof on a. sleety morning in January, were but tests of his skill. He was a strong, imanly, brave youth. He dared to live ‘alone, as he had often done while yet a boy, absenting himself for periods of time, testing his strength of endurance in walking in rough places, until at last he had acquir- ed the strength to wall; sixty miles a day ; continuougly. " “ 777-3:L:_.. and find the north pole ;” and almost from \ l 1 Wmmwwv. When Peary organized his expedition Verhoeif paid a: large sum for the privilege ofjoining it, and if these stories of his train- ‘ ing are true it is manifest that hardly one i of the party could have been better prepar- l ed than was be in go to Greenland. The theory is that when the relief party tock charge of the expedition Verhoefi' became l his own master, and improved his oppor- ? tunity to attempt still further the great object of his life. Peary himself is report- ed as having called him “ the most faithful and conscientious young man I ever saw, so reticent that I never learned all his purpose 9! in 0°!“ng With me. Four nations send exploration companies into the Arctic this summer, and it it should indeed happen that Verhoel‘f still lives it; is likely that the World will hear °£ him. A curious contest between a. lion and a.1 bull took 91300 at an exhibit, the other day at La. Paz, in Bolivia. The President and his Ministers were present at the show, which was witnessed by no fewer then 6000 persons, and the amount of money which changed hands on the fight in bets reached some 150,000 $013. The hull won by pm- ning the lion With his_ horns through the jaw and body, and practically killing him, and so quickly epfled what must have been a. most demorahsmg spectacle. The lion ‘ had previously come out conqueror 1n sev- L eral fights. -Iight Between a Lion and a Bull. V) (TO BE COXIINUED. Chic ago Ponders Twins for Their Destruc xon In lump figures $19,000,000 went into the construction of-the World’s Fair buildings and the preparation of , the grounds for the exposition. The point that now inter- ests the stockholders, and incidentally the whole eitygmd country, is how much can be realized from that $19,000,000 worth of time and material. It is safe to assume that the time is dead waste, It is safe to say, also, that a. largeâ€"afrightfully largeâ€" proportion of the material will have to go by the board. In the rosy days of pro- motion it was figured that $3,000,000 could he realized from the sale of the buildings and the’materials. Since then there has been a. slump in the expectations, and to. day it is a. toss-up whether .there will be enough salvage to pay for the tearing down of the buildings, the removal of the materi- ‘ ale and the Nineteen Millions in Beautiful Structures A3. Jackso : 'az-kâ€"h'n Wrecker Yet Found to ‘t‘ear'i‘hcm Down. RESTORATION OF THE PARK to the condition in which it was before it was turned over to the Exposition Com- pany. The South Park Commissioners fear that the lair corporation will forfeit its one-hundred-thousand-dollar bond and abandon the buildings rather than attempt to tear them down and restore the grounds to their original condition. John C. Flem- ing, Chicago representative of the Carnegie companies, which furnished about two. thirds of the iron entering into the biuld- ings, says “ that a. very large part of the, iron at Jackson Park will have to go into the scrap pile,” That means that it will have to be sold for old iron, and at a. price which may not pay a. half or a quarter of the price making it available even for that ldisPOsilion. There are 7000 tons of iron in the Manufactures Building, costing about $70 a. ton to put in place, or nearly $500,000 in all.' There are nearly 30,000 tons in the several buildings, representing a cost of over $1,500,000. WILL 0051‘ 43,000 and every dollar that can be realized from the sale of material to pull down and re- move that unsightly monument of yet other blissful promotion moments. The owners of the Ferris wheel expect to pay 883.000 to responsible contractors to take down. transport, and set up that wonderful piece of work on another Site. Emil Phillipson says it will cost $100,000 over and above the salvage to tear down and remove the Manufactures Building. Diligent enquiry among wrecking firms and contractors fail- ed to uncover any that would confess hav- ing any intention of bidding on the destruc- tion of the White City, or that would ad- ‘ mit that they knew of anybody who had a definite purpose in that direction. No a matter who has the work to do, there is going to be great trouble and expense in disposing of the waste and rubbish. Where to put it will be a tough problem to solve. It cannot be dumped haphazard into the lake, as much of it would be washed back upon the shore by the action of the water. . The authorities would not allow than disposition to be made of it. There will be between 10,000 AND 12,000 CARLOADS of waste material to be hauled away from Jackson Park, according to the calculation of a prominent contractorâ€"that is to say, between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 cubic yards of rubbish. There will be some thousands of carload of stufi' alone to be carted away. There is no hole or swamp to fill up within ‘ transportable distance of Jackson Park. A sgggestion has been offered that the waste material be used for the creation of an arti- qficinl mountain at the southeast corner of ' the Park. In the loose form it will be in when carried from the grounds, the waste material will make a pile 1,000 feet square, and between 15 and 20 feet high. The sur- face area of such a creation would be about ' twenty-three acres. It was said while the buildings were being erected that the iron framework of several of them would be ‘ sold to railroad companies to be used as l stations, and there seems to be no chance to dispose of the iron frames here. Tue CTL- arm. Illustrative of the cost, of taking down iron work, it maybe stated that the archi- tecture of Steele Mackaye' s skeleton Spec- tatorium estimates ehat it MW ’8? WHITE ELEPHAfi’IS. vv __ I.’ question the ofiicmls want answered is: What shall be done with the buildings and the rubblsh ‘3 Discovery of the Tombs of Those Great Celebrlllcs of Antiqui I y. I wrote you from London, says a. corres- pendent of the Boston Advertiser, of the discovery inIAIexandira six weeks ago of the tombs of Alexander and Cleopatra. Here is the letter sent to Aberdeen which describes 1he remarkable find : “ The tombs are intact and no doubt as the excavations proceed the tombs of all the Ptolemies Will be‘ brought to light. There is no doubt about the matter, as the names of the occupants are over the doors. The doors are of bronze and covered with Greek inscriptions. Here and there the bronze has corroded, so that with the aid of a magnesium light they could see the marble sarcophagi and lots of other things in the rooms. Some of the vaults seem to be full of rolls and parchments, but this is mere guesswork on the port of the observers. All will be cleared up when the khedive returns from Constantinople, as he isto superintend the opening of Alexander’s and Cleopatra’s 3 tombs.” Dr. Grant Bey, the writer of the letter, datedJune 17, goes on to say: “ Lots of beautiful vases and gold things have been found, and a moss beautifully executed stela, in whose tomb they found a. crown of gold. My information is at first hand, because I had a. long conversation with the proprietor of the land and the manager of the digging this afternoon. In the course of digging the Greek gentleman came upon {a pit that led down to a. series of vaults ‘thirty feet below the surface. These are the tombs of the l’tolemies and the one exposed to view is that of Cleopatra. The. others have still to be excavated. but they are thereâ€"only all the passages are filled With earth. Twenty feet deeper, and only six feet above sea. level, is' Alexander’s tomb, all by itself, only there are some chambers near it filled with rolls and para!» mentsfin other words, a library of ancient ALEX ANDRE AN D OLEOPATRA. ,3