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E: 23$ "O ot' 2' ___._ Boris Geoltrey'e (that and Auger: were radiant with delight, whilst to Matthew Dene the day was the real- lntion and accomplishment of ell hie dreams and desires. He had never, perhaps, in the whole course of hi: life, been no euhlimrly happy. nor so complutely satisfied. Ba had already loaded the young eoaple with gifts. To Geoffrey a broughun and a pair of homes and to Angel a diamond neck- bee. which glittered and summ- around her white throat. And he had still a further gift in store for the. highly favoured nephew who had done as he was told, and fallen o'rediently into his plans. This was nothing lesattran the title deeds of a mall country residence which were even now securely resting in his breast emit porket. It was about this that he was at this very moment whispering to his brother, the clergyman, in a corner. CBAI’IER xxVu.-Coutiuued. But aumdly it “an tho "Parents Ind guardians" of the nowty wedded gait to when that marriage-d” tough! Ibo that”: and tuna: Inn- ure of sad-(notion. "You see, I dont mean him to work hard yet. There is no occasion to. He ean't At in the clerk's office now he In a partner, and I don't want him perpetually in mine. Theres plenty of work in me yet, Bob, and when Ibogin to Gil, then Geoffrey can coma in and help me. Now, I mean him to have his fling. A young fellow ought to see life, and a bit of sport. He can be away for a month at a. time if he likes, He doesn't want I country restate exactly, what he wants is a " tle box where he can run down for hunting or shooting, and where Angel can get a breath of country air to keep up her pretty looks. Now what do you any to this, Bob?" pulling a packet of long blue p.pers surreptitiously out of his pocket. "Look here, the pur- “use was Just completed in time, only restertluy! l didn': think {on would Ike the idea any the less or having Imam tor your p:trivhiomsrs, brother, e ,. "See, here, that's the purchase; this is the deed ot gift, lo the said Geof- frey Walter Dane and his heirs'-- do you see that - heirs, brother Robert; that‘s the way he has got. to pay me buck again. As to to the place, it was your daughter Florence " ho put it link into my hand. Nice girl, Flor- once. Not at all pretty-plain, in fact, but most amusing." The lien-rend Robert looked aur- prised. He had not been won't to derive amusement out of the conver- sation and society of his elder daugh- ter, very far from it. However. he re- membered that a prophet hath no honour in his own country, and resolv- ed to awullow the compliment in good part. "My dear Mutt. you are, indeed; too 'tof, "to generous!" cried Parson Dane wittta flush of tsurprise ,nd pleasufe on his f; papers. Matthew was pleased, his brotharfs evident gratitude and delight fed his love of power, which to-day run In amiable and handle-m channels. He took his brother's arm confidentially, no Idling and winking at him, as he pointed his forefinger along the lines. "Ott, very much 30. Never laugh- ed so much in all my life as the day she lunched with us in town. Your younger girls promise to be pretty, Bolt. I am glad to have seen them." "My dear brother, I do not know how 1 can ever thank you enough for your goodness to my bor"-here broke in the clergyman with real emotion. "You have simply done anything on earth for him, and now thin marriage is :0 suitable, the girl is so beautiful, no swret and charming; it will certain- ly be the making of him for life." ”Well. to tell you the truth, Robert, it is tt meaciful thing for him,tor there was another little entanglement, as rv'lhdps you know-a married woman, itu-tl over in this very house hy the way; however, it will all be altot‘e-l be- too, he go--s there. Geoffrey behaved Very well. quite like a gentleman. Gave it up directly I spoke to him ulmut it. It's owr now, so we can " ford to laugh, trt, ha! Young men, you know, must have their fling, and he's very well out of that affair." - "You think so? You think her amus- ins!" The Rev. Robert looked serious and alighlly setndalised, as in duty bound, and trusted gravely that Geoffrey, al- though foolish, had not been led into actual sin. At which his wicked old brother, highly delighted at the moral sentiment. dug him in the ribs with his knuckles. and. with a playful chuckle. tsauntered oft to make himself agreeable to his new niece. ll was rather hard upon the great man that in this the very hour of his "You seem to be muting yourself very much at home. Mr. Faulkner." mm the great man to his clerk with a freezing politeness. Mil“ blushed sheepishly. but Dulcie lonkm! up defiantly at him. "Be is very much at home here, Mr. [hum I ~houll be sorry if he wasn't, cozridering how often he comes to see ua," for Dulcie was ready to speak up for her love now (In: Angel was mar- liml indeed. It was rather hard upon the great man that in this the very hour of his triumph two distinct sources of annoy- ance should have crossed his path in ttte Very short space which he traversed between the draxxing-room and the ad- joining dining-room, where a stand-up luncheon was being dvne full justice to. M l D n' n t . d "trrrthing b, tween a grun. of rage and a snort of scorn, an" 'u.ned his back upon them, only to v 'n' face to face with the scowling phy Roenumy of his other clerk. "Do you no theml ' whispered Albert Wichet in his ear. "Are you going In all mt (but sort of thing to so on, sir. and that beggar” fellow Faulk- ner to take the girl you promised to macs out of his direct route in order to in.errupt these delinquents. who started guiltily at his sudden ap- preps I The first of these was the night of Dulcie and Miles Faulkner, comfort- ably rammed in a window-seat lo- gother in the hull. with a plate otcold mom upon the tady's lap, and a tumbler of champagne in the gentle- m .95 hand, trout of “blob anivlz-s were apparently common pxoperty between them. Uld Qweyem at least ten ace as he looked wit the "Thank you, Mr. Trichet. Idon't know that I can turn Mr. Faulkner out just now, but I will tell yuu what you can do for me, if you will be so kindt" "Allow me to compliment you, Miss Elli lay, upon your charming dress. I never saw you look more lovely," be said mincingly. "I haw had all I require, thank you. and if our good friend Mites will kind- ly get up-he has been absorbing your attention fur some time now-l sutoy.id like to take his pines, and have alit- tle chat with you," “Isn't it a piiy i didn't bring Trous- ers with me" said Miles, looking at D13!ci_e,' in , perfectly audible voice. _ "Oh, anything of course, Miss Halli- day!" cried the deluded youth eager- lyCpray tell me what it in?" "My dear follow, don't be melod- dramatic." replied his master coldly. "Do you own lovemaking, if you please, and. by the war, did you not tell me that it was our lovely bride, and not her sister, whom Miles admired? It Mum-q to me you have made a mistake, my friend." Albert Trivium looked after-him .101 a minute or two, with an evil .smile, and then he hiicbed up his shoulder with a little foreign way he had, and Went and planted himself deliberately in front of Dulcie and Miles Fauikn.er, and there he went through a 591195 of little bows and smiles, which ht. no doubt conceived to be of an: ingratlat- ing nature. Dulcie looked at him with cold sur- pnse. Duidie 1ooired%ir' Vélikibert” dnd laughed. _ "Row good you are! Then, please take my amply Plato and glass, and put them into the dining-room for me," and she thrust than straight into his hands. “Oh. it is only like his impudence to have transferred his attentions from one sister to the other! Bat you must take up my affairs now, sir. now that your dear Geoffrey is settled. You must see about making me: partner next, and you must square the Halli- day into giving me the other daugh- Ire." "Must, must indeed! A pretty word to address to me, sir! I must make Foy a partner, must It Don't talk busi- hrs." to me out of the shop. p1eayr--ar14 --:tnd just get out of my r.o.ad, will you!":1nd with that he took him by the shoulders and swung him rousr.h.ly .to one side, and strode away past him m- to the dining-room. ,, - "Thank sai, Mr. Trichet; hadn't you better go and have some lunch? You will find it in the next room." . The wretetuid man had nothing for it, Lu: to obey her; he bit his lip sav- any aryl .etr.ried.ott ‘the crockery, Albert Trichet was a very small man, and Matthew Dane was a big broad-shouldered one. He looked flown into hi, clcrk's face with an ominous tryyy upon his heavy brow. _ "You had him ihil" jiaaietiflli'd'ie laughed Miles. Geottrtiy put the long envelope In his pocket as he was told, and pressed his uncle's hands. He felt certain that it was atoll of bank notes,, and as he had plenty ct money already for his trip [.0 the Riviera he felt almost an- At that moment two things of a very different nature were put into the bridegroom’s hands. Mr. Dane had just given him the packet of blue papers. "Don't look at it now," he whisper- ed, "not till you are off in the car- riage-it's only a little souvenir from you: old uncle, my boy." nuied that Mr. bail}; "jTirGijiry shank} fake this practical form. . "Yes, but We must make a bolt of It'now, and hide somewhere, for he will by back again in no time!" And then a servént caliie {JETO him and handed him a telegram on a tray He opened it and read: "God bless you, be happy," nothing else; there was no name, not even an initial, but he knew instinctively from whip the message came. With a slight flush, which died away again suddenly leaving him very pale, he crushed up the paper and put that also with the other into his pocket. feeling a vague annuyanee the next mavmrm to find that his Wife's eyes were fixed upon him somewhat won- deringly and enquiringly. 7 So there they lay together, Rose do Bretour's telegram, and the. title deeds of the Hidden House, and it was only when Geoffrey was well away on his road to the station, with his bride, that he realized what they both were and. [to full significance of each. The tangle of "brake and brier" which had been one of the chief eharur, of the mysteriously secluded house had been completely cut away. leaving only a few of the best of the tree-. and shrubs remaining, the clear- ed space being tastefully laid out in gardens and lawns, and not only that, but alst. the two projecting shoulder. CHAPTER XXVIII. The Hidden House amongst the Cthk hills was so trunsmogrified that its former inhabitants would scarcely have recognized it. IA whole army of men, builders, carpenters, plasterers, and painters, had been at work with- in it for two months,. whilst another arm} of labourers and gardeners had been at work outside for the some period. The result was so astonishing u change. that it was no longer the sum- place. lt “I l A smooth road now wound easily up I from the valley below to the restored and remodelled gates in lieu of the ' old rough track worn into deep ridges l by cart wheels and peppered over with Ctiints, whilst the dsive itself, re- ,gravelled and slightly altered in its course, landed the visitor unshaken :and with no injury to his carriage springs at the handsome new por- tico. In short Hidden House was now a compact and charmingly situated gen- tlemun's house, replete with every modern comfort and convenience, with a grey old centre part to give it a flavour of romance and antiquity, and . no trace remaining of a cause for the jqueer strange name that fitted it no longer, yet clung to it still, as names have a habit of clinging, like the "scent of the roses," which is said to remain long after the ra.se is shattered and broken. of the hill that had shut in the rho. from the outer world, had, by a c ever piece of engineering, been shaved away so that from the windows of the house there could now be obtained that den lighttul and extensive View. which, in former days, could not be enjoyed without a toil up the steep face of the dawn at the back. It was now his own tsitting-room, and his wife fortunately, perhaps, did not come into it much; she found it gloomy and cheerless--so he had it pretty well to him.»elf. The dark panelled walls, the low, uneven ceiling with its heavy ouker, beams, the three deep-set win- dows with their cushioned window- seats, were his constant companions on mornings when he sat writing letters or reading his paper. But in the even- ing he shrank from going into it; for memory played strange tricks with him in the twilight, when the ruddy fireglow lit it up with faint, uncertain gleums. Once, coming in to fetch a book, when there was no other light in the room, he could almost have sworn that he saw, in the shadowy chimney corner, a deep, low chair, and the faint outline of a female figu e learning back with one white hand uriiited against the blnze, and the flickering light pliying tittully upon the soft foldn of Was Geoffrey Dane glad or sorry tor these changes? At the first, when he came back to hr, new property, after his Wanderings in the South, the sight of this. house-this house, which was the very last on earth he would, of his free will, have chosen to live in-this house that was the same, yet no long- er the same, struck him with a sense of pain and dismay, and he told him. self that he was unfeignedly sorry. And now that a month had gone by and the first pang of the change, the first dreaded moments of a return to a place that had once held so much for him was over, he had come to the conclusion, that since by a strange fur- tune he was destined to live here, he was glad-very glad, that in almost all things it was altered well-nigh be- yond recognition. For there was one room in the house that was not chang- ed-the lung, low library in which he had first come to see Hose de Brefour -und into this room he could never enter without pain, u dark-hued velvet dress. He had started and drawn back, and then the delusion had faded away, and he saw thut there was nrrthing-yrthing but an empty chair and a portiere curtain drawn across a corner. He had laugh- ed at himself. had even been angry at his own foolishness, but he avoided the room after that at that gloaming hour, which had so strange and vivid a pow- er of reproducing the past in his im- agination. On the whole, then, he was glad, when seated in the pretty modern room in the new wing, or standing at the open door locking forth on to the. pleasant slope of new turf towards the blue line " country beyond, that there wan so little left to remind him of the Hidden House to which. as a poor. foolish young lover, he used to come dowt: " year ago, week after week, with such a beating heart and with such eager and expectant gladness. All that was over and done with now --Gelrey Dane had put away his past; he had begun " new life, and was a new man altogether. He was; very quiet and grave now --the face that had always been a thoughtful one was perhaps a shade more serious in these days, and that bright, [Inching smile that had re- deemed it from sadness came and went less frequently than of old: but let it not be imagined that Geoffrey was un- happy He possessed a lovely wife who was good to him; he was genuinely fond of her, and he became fonder of her no the days went by. But it not that, then what w“ itt There was the diffieultr. (To Be Continual.) They were apparently an ideal cou- ple Angel always welcomed him with a rrnile, studied his fancies and ores- ed hr, lightest wishes religiously. Her temper was sweetness itself. They never qurlrrelled or contradicted each other-there was no panting on her side, no rough words on his-and they were never in the very least jealous of one another. But there was arme- thing else that was left out as wpll. "It is my fault, no doubt," said Geof- frey tr himself penitently. "How can I expect it, when I married her, pt or girl, from duty and not from love I" And yet. at the very bottom of his heart, he began. almost unconsciously to himzelf. to crave for the passion he W213 powerless to awaken. It had crime upon him by degrees after his marriage, with a cold sense of disappointment, that she loved him no better than he loved her. He had not been prepared for this discovery; it disturbed him when he did discover it more than he would have cared to own Vaguely he wondered why, if this was so, she had decided to marry him. Had the golden bait been held out to her too, by his scheming old uncle? Had her father over-persuad- ed her to give herself to him out of prudential and mercenary motives' Could this inducement, which to him had been so tsontemptiNe, have been with her all powerful and all convinc- ing? Looking at his wife's pure spirit- ual face. learning to know a little of the refinement and grace of her cher- actor, he could not bring hinge” to be- lieve it of her. Often Ger ftrey soid to himself: "How cold sh? is!" At the first it had been a relief to him; but now he sometimes caught himself wishing she was nut 50. It irritated him, it almost angered him. Nothing ruffled her unhrnken sweetness. nothing, aroused in her even a mrmentary editement, and, alas! nothing warmed in the very slightest degree the ice-like {rigidity of her na- ture. NTARIO ARCH TORONTO QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Mr. Clarke, West Toronto, called at- tention to astatemeatt in a Toronto evening newspaper, that 75 Italians had been brought over from Buffalo to Toronto to engage in labouring work. The Premier replied that he was not aware whether the Government officer in Toronto had called attention to the statements made by the newspaper. The Government will expect informa- tion from its officer before it takes any action. Sir Charles Tupper asked if the Gov- ernment had any informulion in re- gxrd to the rumour tron) Washington that the Anglo-American Joint High Commission will um meet in August according to agreement. The, Premier-l have not yet heard anrhing in regard to the rumour to which the hon. gentleman alludes. So far as my information goes, there is no foundation for it. [he Premier replied that an ottitwr had been sent to Winnipeg to make a new list. Mr. Clarke Wallace asked whether the, report published in the Montreal Witness that the old lists were to be used in the Winnipeg elrcion was cor- rect. 'th, Piemier-H. " make it accord- ing to the law of Manitoba. What the Legislators of the Country are Doing at Ottawa. ware, moved a resolution for the pur- chase of the Drummond County Bail- Mr. Blair said he had not furnished the House with the statement asked for by the leader of the Opposition,for the very good reason that no such statement could be procured which would be of the slightest value to the House. He had assurance of the De- puty Minister and the General Man- ager of the Government railWay that it is impoesible to furnish such a state- ment which would be of any value with respect to the running and oper- ating ot any section of the Intercol- onial. The accounts are not kept in sections. but of the railway " a whole, and any statement which he might Procure from the officers of the de- partment would be a mere estimate. and, therefore, of little value. Mr. Wallace-Will he make it on the basis of the old lists! war. The motion to go into commit- tee on the resolution was opposed tor six hours, when a division finally set- tled the matter by a vote of 80 to 38. Sir Charles Tapper asked whether the Minister of Railways had furnished to the House the specific atatement re- garding the amount of the expendi- ture, and receipts of what is called the railway extension from Chaudiere to Montreal of the Intereo1onia1 Railway. Without this information it would be impossible to discuss the Drummond County Railway resolutions intelli- gently. Mr. Morrison was told by Sir Wilfrid Laurier that no claim for damages has beer made upon the Government by or on behalf of the British Yukon Min.. ing Trading, and Transportation Company. TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. The bill to incorporate the Canadian Inland Transportation Company, for far as the inland fisheries were con- cerned, the Dominion had no authority whatever to iicense. Hence Ontario ind Quebec were issuing licenses for tiriheries entirely within the boundar- ies oi those provinces. By agreement with the Governments of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, the Dominion was -:dministering the fisheries in those provinces this year pending the sub- mission of a case to the Supreme Court to determine the relative powers of the provincial and Dominion authorities in tho_\vaters adjacent to the sea roasts. Mr. Bergeron asked for information in regard to the fisheries question as between the Dominion and the pro- vinees. bir Louis Davies replied that under itw Privy Council judgment the Lo- minion had sole power to make regu- Inlions concerning the fisherics, but so Mr. Charlton's bill to amend the Cririartl Code by raising the age of consent from 16 to 18 years was read the third time on a division of 68 to When the third reading of the Col- umhia and Western railway bill was reached. Mr. Oliver made an attempt to have it sent back to committee with 't view to striking out the clause in- creasing the companys bonding pow- ers. On a division the motion to send it hack was voted down by ill to 14, and the third reading was then agreed to. Sn Hihbert Tupper was told by Mr. Border that prior to the departure of thr Government freight tor Fort Sel- kirk from Seattle he was not advised that the Huston and Seattle Steamship Company, was bankrupt, that he did satisfy himself by careful enquiries that the company could perform its contract, that he took no security for such performance, and that no money was paid to the company on behalf of the Government on account of that contract. Mr. Davin was told by Mr. Sifton that the Government had not yet made up its mind what legislation, if any, it would introduce this session with regard to the seed grain question in the West. Sir Hibhert Tupper was told by Sir Wilfrid Laurier that it is not the in- tention of the Government this ses- sion to ask Parliament to provide for the representation of the Yukon terri- tory in the House of Commons of Canada. Mr Davis was intcrmed by Mr. Sif- ton that 234 miles of the Manitoba and North-Western railway have been built, of which 55 miles are in the North-West Territories. The C(mpuny has earned as suhsidy 1,501,376 act-vs at land, of which a part has been located and the patents taken out. DRUMMOND COUNTY RAILWAY. Mr. Blair, the Minister of Rail- DOMINION PARLIAMENT. Moms attractive is the custom which exists, so the writer is credibly in- formed, in a family numbering some fourteen children, inn London suburb. Every evening after dinner a thea- trical performance is given by some members of the family, and it no guests are present, the other members them- selves constitute the audience. The servants are always permitted tojuin in the revels, and some very cheerful evenings are often spent witnessing family plays. But perhaps one u the strangest customs of all is that which is in vogue in a Quakers family. At meal-time he does not permit a word to be spok- en by any of his children, his wife and himself reserving the right of speech to themselves. The youngsters. there- tom, have to write their questions on slates provided for the purpose, which slates are duly handed by the servants to the mother, who executes the writ- ten orders as they reach her side. The worthy Friend states that his plan works admirably, and the children like it themselves, as they consider that the writing of their wishes confers on them a sort of, dignified importance. A well-known grammarian initiates his offspring into the way of gramma- tical rectitude by fining each one who makes a mistake in this respect, the fine going to the one who discovers the blunder. Naturally, there is much competition to "spot" the errors in question, and no bad feeling is aroused because the "spotter" of ttwday may be the "spotted one" of to-morrow, and thus the balance is kept even. SOME QUEER FAMILIES. There is a family living in a remote northern town in which the curious custom exists of each member address- ing the other with the prefix "Mr." or "Miss." It seems rather absurd to think ot a sister addressing her bro- ther in all seriousness as "Mr. So-and- so," whilst the action of the brother in calling his sister "Misa" would av- pear equally ridiculous. Ihe custom was originated by the head of the house, and is strictly observed. the purpone of engaging in the grain trade between Lake Superior and Mont- real, and to attempt to divert trade from Buffalo to the Sl. Lawrence route, Wee panned. The capital stock wee reduced from 8g,000,000 to $2,000,000. POWER COMPANIES. The Canadian Power Company's bill Was considered by the Miscellaneous Bills Climmiuee. The name was chang- ed from the Dominion Power Company to the Ontario Niagara Falls Power Company. A clause "as adopted pro- _ . __r_, L..:..... mmuructed ""‘“r‘-"i~ --- hibiting the works being constructed within the limits of Niagara Falls park without the consent of the Govern- ment of Ontario. The ones! ion of bor- rowing powers was postponed. The Welland Power and supply Company's bill was reported with an amended clan-e limiting the bond is- sue to 75 per cent. of lhe paid-up stock. The name was changed to the 'iir'iii'iiniciiiGrG Power Co. The Nation Owe More Slam-y “an. They (in Fly. The world is so heavily in debt that it can never pay up. There is not enough gold in the world to pay the debts of the nations. The water of Salt Lake in Utah is nix times as why as that of the ocean. It is animated that it contains Moo,- 000,000 tons of “It. The East Greenlanders journey round to West Greenland to get snuff, and will consume four year] in a single excursion there and back, often ao- eording to Nansen. remaining no long- er than an hour at the trading station before taking up their homeward march. THE MAREORAMA. This is a French invention to be ex- hibited at the Paris Exposition next year A model of an ocean steamer " mounted on a pivot, and moved by machinery so as to imitate all the mo- tions. of a vessel at sea. Steam will issue from tsmoke-tstacks, real water will foam around the vessel, and mar- ine odors Will fill the Mr. On each side of the ship will be immense mov- ing canvasses, painted after the man- ner of the scenes in a cyclorama. and as these steadily unroll they will pro- duce the illusion that the vessel is really moving forward. Starting from Marseilles, the imaginary travel- lers will be transported to Constant- inople. end there wilt be no guarantee egstnst seasickneee. world to pay the debts of the nations. There is probably only about two thousand millions' worth of gold money in the world. But the debts of the nations-aside from private, municipal and local debts-amount to thirty thousand mil- lions. B. THE EARTH BANKRUPT. A LONG JOURNEY. a . o o .. Avuurv l. . . . . 155.00 . . . . . . 90.00 . . . . . . 80.00 rita'm. . . . 72 .50 . . . . . . 70.00 . . . . I . 65.00 I. o a o o . 65.00 ja . a o o a 45.00 . . . . . 30.00 . . . . . 30.00 . . . . . 22.50 . . . . 15.00 Sta tea, . . . 15.00 y. . . . . 10.00 SALT LAKE, A WONDERFUL NECKLACE. What is considered by Jewellers to be perhaps the most remarkable dia.. mond necklace in the world, and a triumph of the diamond Better.,' art, bu just been completed in New htuk. It is asserted that there is not any not euch another in the World. but that it an attempt were made to dup- licete its perfection it would requne fifteen or twenty years' time in with h to do no. It is not the abnormal size, weight or number of the stone.» that constitute this necklace'e pecuiiir value and beauty, tur there are many necklaces which excel it in each of these perticulera. but it is the tact that every stone in a gem of the choicest quality and absolutely mint- chee every other one. The necklace, " it rats in its case. encircles closely a centre piece, six inches in diameter, and the diameter of the necklace iusrlf, " the centre line of the stones. " about 6 3-4 inches. It contains iors.s- seven stones. which very in use in in front to back in perfect gunman u. [run diameters of 7-16 inch, ' weights of 7 caretn. to diameters of Fiti inch and weights of 2 Ic..' (malts. The necklace is worth at retail he twtstsn “25.000 and 0150.000. A new hnsnphl was. mu tBe law We“ We". lull-3. Home meat I. laid in m ma stuam in Paris. The prime cum Bel for about 20 cent. a pound. Henry Lnbouchoro maiden ttr Home of Lords a mole- body. H, divides: the members into three Hus. ess-thr, "mentula," the "01111an talc." and the "detrimentalu." ".855 vanakel, from twelve to tour teen feet long. are domestic pets it tho residence. of Manila. They m potted for their skill in catching an: devouring rats. There is in Putin a drinking Baluon called "The Cafe of Death." The guests drink their wine nnd beer " hile seated " coaina, on which lighted candles rest. and out I ghostly glare arounc the tomblike place. In the Whitochapel district of Lon. don, where rough are numerous. nine per cent. of the police who' patrol that quarter. Ire constantly registered on the sick list, the result of personal assault: by the vicious. Twc Chicagoi footpaths attacked Charles McConnell, an humble pedes- trian, dragged him into an alley, and robbed him of all the money he trad--. Cifteet. cents. To prevent pursuit, they cut off one of his legs, which wau of wood. Pyrotechnic birds are made in Na, gasakl, Japan. When a light is up plied to them they nil through 1h: air. fluttering their wings and per forming other bird-like antics. Some ot the clergymen in Melbourne advertise their readine- to perform the marriage ceremony for the low fee of gs, 6d. For " 6d. the ring and . wedding bruktut are supplied. Glut tubes for water, gas and sew- age are about to be introduced. A Pennsylvania company, which is manu- facturing these piper, expects that they will displace iron pipes. as the glass one: will not corrode, and are more durable than iron. An immense growth of hair ome- mented the head of Miss Mabelle litte- lind Wallace. of Battle Creek, Mich. When unbound it reached alum to her feet. Its great weight caused her frequent headaches, but she m ud not have it cut. Finally it caused an attack of brain fever, which resulted fatally Ten years ago Charles Burrell, of Tttontratree, Ill., lost his reason by be- ing struck on the head with a brick. Recently the X-rays disclosed a par- tiele of bone pressing on his bran. The pressure was removed, and lhe mm is now thoroughly recovered. lla first words, on regaining his scum-s, were: "Why did you hit me r" About twelve years ago the largest handler in the world of diamonds ill the rough was instructed to begin the collection of stones for this neck-lave This dealer is in London, and uuuLt'ze else could anyone be found throgls Whene hands enough diamonds mun] pen in a generation from which to make ouch a collection. The instruc- tions to the dealer were that ezezy stone must be of the grade known is tb can. Lint the color must be Mur- white and each one capable of lung cut into the perfect form to dew. ' brilliancy and fire. The collection it the stones was begun at once mu st was not until six months ago that the last “one of the lot was picked out in the rough. Then the whole lot were sent to New York where they “we cut and mounted. Although there we no requirement that this should be 31'. every stone. u it happens, came (it in the ante African mine, and this, ll" doubt, helps to give them the ennui-m of effect which in one of the mort re- lnarkable trnite at the necklace. 'l i. 4 In ensured also by the cutting of we stones, for in each the same mules a',tt found. with the tune number " ttee/a, the lune comparative size, it girdle. and tlble and height. from git- dlg to tyble and point. -_v ..-.v- uuuuc' wclu, U1 CUUIM'. _1g out to the largest line that they “(mid ttford., but u the required size grade" downht was not-uncommon for a an tl" that if Bud separately might h m- (ll: . One of t.he chief expenses in prwiw - In; the cuclu lay in the cumng of the (can to the cue: sin. renumi The larger stone. were, of comm, Al to 5 1-2 or 6 carats. to be cut :iwun to5 carats. It is estimated that “MP the dealer we: gathering the stoma in the rough he handled from QIOJWJMNI to 012,“,000 worth of dilmunda I um the one mine and that he handled altogether About WANNA!!!) of dia- moods, all of which were manned fur stone- tor this one necklece. Some of the "minus were pretty swift, but Simeon was the firm to get u gait on him. [TENS or INTEREST. in tho Brit it h u n WE lie “I" he. that W Att Par“ 01 AMI-nu lot me‘n th ll It n ih M m ll M a when! l by an A y Mr. Ant iron and tfast ll ll nu n tt mrr Apr (a: u h tur I ttte M h " mu he l “III h h DI inn " "