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, jy J LOLA PULASKI; I ? OB * The Victim of Circumstan T tial Evidence. j V A Story of Nihilistic Plottings and Crimes. m | BY LEON EDWARDS. | CHAPTER V. I TREACHEROUS CONSPIRATORS. | The secret polioe of Russia ramify a 4he empire, but as they never appear i ' jrn uniform, there is nothing in their appearance by which friend or foe can jtell them from the ordinary people. These secret police have often suc(Beeded in joining the Nihilists and in this way have acquainted the authorises with their plots, but such traitors to the conspirators never escape detection, and their fate is invariably the tullet or the dagger, unless, indeed, they accept a bribe and fly the country, but even then they are nearly certain to bo overtaken, for under different .names the Nihilists are to be found in every civilized land. It may be said also as an offset to /this, that many of the Nihilists with the consent of their comrades become | jpies in the service of the Czar, the jbetter to carry out their own schemes, r 1 Indeed, there is no knowing where these secret plotters against tvranny not, nor does the gloomy Autocrat of All the Russias, with all his power ,, ft?ver the life of his subjects, know what /moment his most trusted servants will J rise against him. f Dr. Mulek was a Pole, and was one the surgeons in the great military Hf hospital situated on "The Grand Canal," as the principal outlet of the Neva is called. ' ^ Peter the student had been studying medicine for six years. Tn America hfi would have been a doctor four years before this, but here I 'he had yet a year to serve before the ''student" could be taken fom his name I and the "doctor" placed before it. | He was thought to be poor and he supported himself by assisting Dr. Mulek and the other physicians of the military hospital in caring for the sick and instructing other students, i Dr. Mulek lived in the hospital, and Peter had rooms no one knew iwhere, perhaps because no one cared to Inquire. The night following the council, the doctor and Peter met in one of those queer, vault-like places that answer jxor wine cellars in the great metropolis. : "And so you saw Lola this evening," ?aid Dr. Mulek, As he set his glass on the sloppy little table between him and his companien, wiped his long beard on jhia sleeve, and adjusted his spectacles that he might see as well as hear, for the light in the vault was dim. "I paw her; walked home with her," ! chuckled Peter the student. "Quite an honor to escort the queen." j "It will be more of an honor to own ! ter." "I fear that will never be," said the WN -A? -1- -1' 1 1._ 1 J i^ocior, SilUiULlg 1113 L'usuy uoau aii?A adding, with a sigh: "Ah, love is stronger than patriotism, else why flhould I, an old fool of forty-sis, think i only of Elizabeth Berger when I go to pee Ivan." IW "Ivan stands in your way and mine," 5 said Peter, first looking round him, r then speaking in a theatrical whisper. "He does not like us." "Ha! he'd like us less if he knew us better. But I say, Doctor, we can make him serve our ends and get him out of the May." "I am not a bad hand at a scheme, , Peter," said the Doctor, closing one eye and keeping it closed till he had finished his sentence, "but I must confess I cannot see how this thing is to fce done." "Then I'll explain." "Do so." "Ivan loves Lola Pulaski?" tic1 - -T _ -AT ? ou uu uineia. "He hates me and he hates you." , "That's his bad taate," growled the ?octor. "Lola loves General Pa?L" "More fool she." "Yet she "will strike the blow." "I suppose so." "But she must not be permitted." "Who is to stop her, Peter?" "I will." "You?" "Yes. Doctor, I will have the blow Struck before she can deal it." "What! Do you mean that like a fool you will strike it yourself?" "No. but I will madden Ivan Berger into doinc it" "Madden him?" "Yes, Doctor; I am to meet him here fco-nisrht. and I will show him that if Lola does this it means her death, .whether she fail or succeed: then I a \- will propose that lie ana l a raw lots so ""-I as to save her. He will scorn my offer " "Of course he will, Peter. But surely you do not mean to have our friend, the gallant General, put out of the way. Curse them all! yet he has been our friend," said the Doctor, with a show of feeling. '? "Friend or no friend, I do not care a snap. working for Peter the student, ^ut I propose to warn the General. The plan will be to let Ivan make the attempt, then the rope or Siberia for life.". "And this wili give you Lola and give me the fair Elizabeth." "Wait and see. If we work into favor with the powers that be, then we can have Madam Berger paid her fortune and the Pulaski estates returned. Oh, 1 see if all through to the end, but we must be careful. Now, hide in the next recess, for it is time for Ivan to be here, and he is ever as prompt as a soldier." As Peter the student ceased speaking a quick step was heard on the stone ^ 4.1%? ?aa*. crvrnnnr Hour utjai tun uwi, uno t into another recess and let fall a curL tain, and the next instant Ivan Berger " appeared. Peter pretended to be very glad to , see him, but the young noble, for such 1 Ivan was by birth, met him with a haughty civility, and said, as he sat * down: "Let us at once proceed to business. " "Will you not first have a glass of vine?" asked Peter, making as if he I would tap a dirty little bell on the a 'table. "Thanks; I never drink," said Ivan. I i "Ah, I forgot that. Drinking is a habit which all doctors preach against jand most doctors practice. But let us ' ito business, as you say." Peter laid his hands on the table jand bent over, so as to bripg his face icloser to Ivan's, and then he began to I unfold his plans. He managed tha matter with wonderful adroitness. From the very outset he made hia companion believe that he, Peter, was most anxious to take Lola's place. "With the skill of a surgeon handling | a scalpel, he traced out all the young i man's sore nerves, and played upon hia j feelings, until at length Ivan struck the table with his clenched fist and hissed out, while his white teeth gleamed between his thin lips, like the dash of a dagger blade: "This, sir, is my work!" "No. I'll draw lots with you for it. ; I know that I am only one of the common people, yet I have dared to wor- ! ?Vit> " '"I will hear no more!" said Ivan, ; rising. _ J "Patience, patience, kind friend! If you insist, I will yie'd inv place, but it is on one condition." "You have no rlace to yield. Yet to ahow vcu that I am not insensible to the sacrifice you would make," said Ivan, softened, "I will hear your con | dition." "It is that the work be done before forty-eight hours," said Peter, reaching out his hand, "It will be done by that time, if General Paul appears on the streets of : St. Petersburg." Ivan shook the fellow's hand, and buttoning up his coat?it was none of the newest, ho left the wine cellar. "You should be called Peter the devil," was Dr. Mulek's salutation j when he appeared, after Ivan had gone j out of hearing. wl'ou would hardly expect me to be St. Peter, and keep such company," | laughed the student, aa he tapped the I bell for more wine. The men drank their wine, and soon ! after went out. Although it had been dark for some hours it was still early in the night, j for the midwinter days are very short j i in the regions of north latitude sixty I ! degrees. I The street3 wore ablaze with light, | ! and the crisp air thrilled to the music ! j of bells and the laughter of merry i sleighing parties. ' Mounted guards rode hither and i thither, and Ihere were evidences on eveiy hand that the ordinary life voca| tiona in a great city -were going on, A mutlled figuro followed Dr. Mulek i and Peter from the wine vault, keep- > ' iu?? in tho shadows till the two men \ | parted, when it. kept on after the stu- I I dent. Peter did not walk like a conspirator who is afraid of being followed, but ' with a long, sturdy stride he kept j straight on, whistling the while as if ' he were the happiest man in the world. ! He went straight to the "Winter Pal- j ace, where the chief of the secret ser- i vice had his official quarters, so as to j ba '"near the sacred person of the Czar." He was halted by a guard to whom he showed a written pass, and he entered the palace without further molestation. In the Hall of Knights, as it is called from the scores of life-size figures that line its marble walls, an official halted Peter, and demanded his object. "I come to see his Excellency Prince Paul." was the rer>lv. "Who are you?" For answer Peter showed his pass j and whispered something into the man's ear. j The pass and the word had a magio j effect, for he was conducted up a grand flight of stairs and into another hall, ! in whose blue vaulted roof blazed lights j that looked brilliant and far off as the i stars in an arctic light. Other guards were met and other ; I challenges given, and at length Peter j ! the student, bare-headed and some- j ! what awed, stood in the presence of : General Paul. "What brings you here, sir?" dej manded the handsome soldier, with j something like contempt in his manner. "Danger to your Excellency," was the reply, accompanied by an abject i bow. "That is not news," said the General, j turning with a smile to a number of | his staff who was standing near. -.Excellency.-' stammered Peter, "x I can only talk to you alone." "So let it be; come witn me.-The General spoke something to one of his officers, then led Peter into' ; another room and closed the door; ! then throwing himself into a chair he ! said: "If vou are ready to speak, I am preI pared to listen." | Peter coughed; the pictures all I around seemed to have living eyes, and . | they had, for a dozen armed soldiers looked down from the lofty walls. CHAPTER VI. THE CZAE. Peter the student delivered his mes- ! j sage, or warning, the details of which : j we shall pass over for the present, and General Paul dismissed him. If the story of impending danger ' made any impression on tho gallant5 j young soldier it was not visible in his! face. He attended to some official duties, | and was about to leave his office, when I a messenger, dressed as a courier of I n - /-i ?j. A V?v, a I HO V^z.ur% CJLLbt7X cu auu uauuuu uiiu ? note. "From the Emperor!" exclaimed General Paul. Then in hia ordinary tones he added: "Announce that I shall seek hia Majesty's presence at once." With soldierly promptness the General went to the royal apartments, and on entering the ante-room gave his his card to the gentleman in waiting. The gentleman returned in a few seconds to say that his Majesty desired Prince Paul to remain. The Prince, or rather General Paul, to give hira the name in which he most delighted, was about to sit down on ; one of the many luxurious chairs that 1 I lined the ante-room wall, when Prince ' i Alexis, son of the Emperor, entered and saluted him. ! They had been schoolmates, so they ' | met with the familiarity of friends ana j equals. "I am glad to meet you, General," ; | said Prince Alexis, "for I wanted to congratulate you." I "I am always glad to meet your j j highness," replied the General, "but 1 j | am not aware of any special reason for | ' congratulations." "Whet? a man's engaged to be married," laughed the Prince, "he is usually glad to have the happy event known." "Pardon me, but my engagement to ; the Countess Linwold " "One of my fairest cousins, bv the mass," said the Grand Duke, witn another laugh. "I was going to say -we were engaged by my uncle and the father of the Countess when we were little children, go that the story's told." "Aye, but Count Linwold and my father have to-day derided that official publicity shall be given to the matter. Ah, me I child-love is very nice, but. it never fits the man. However, it is *he ' ::';r privilege of rank to marry one and mate with another," said the Grand Duke, lightly. "Privilege or not," said the General, "rank has made it a custom, and?it is one I do not like." "Well, well, let that pass. Have von seen the beautiful Lola of late? By the way, Paul, I feared you and I might have had trouble about her, but as you are about to wed, 0/ course you will give up flirting, at least for a time " At that instant the gentleman in waiting called to the General that his Majesty was ready to see him, and so he could only bow to the Grand Duke Alexis, whose light words had maddened him and brought a stinging though an unuttered retort to his Hps. Surrounded by a number of glittering pages, and with a tall old man, Count Liuwold standincr near bv in the unirorm or a General, the Emperor sat at one end of the stately apartment, with a light writing stand at his right hand. Though seated, it could be seen that he was a tall, handsome man, urit.Vi fVia liiorli narrnw hftftfl fhafc rlia. tinguished the royal house of Romanoff. He was simply dressed in evening costume, a blue ribbon over his right snouider ana a guttering star on ms left breast alone indicating his high rank. The gentleman in waiting preceded the General, and both advancing midway of the royal chamber, the former knelt on one knee, and said: "Your Majesty, General Paul, Princa of Moskeva, awaits your royal pleas* ure." "Leave us, and let the General advance," said the Czar, in a low and not unmusical voice, and with a slight inclination of the head. The gentleman in waiting withdrew, walking backward to the curtains that hung before the anteroom. The General advanced with a soldierlv step, and again kneeling before the Czar, he took the proffered hand and pressed it to his bearded lips. "Rise, my General, and hear why we have sent for you." The General obeyed the sovereign's order, and turning to Count Linwold, he stood in a respectful yet manly attitude. "The men who forget Yenus in the service of Mars," began the Czar, with a cold smile, "as you have done, my General, are to be pardoned. But now that war has smoothed her ruffled front, and there is peace throughout our em?irlh it ia nnr Tfwn.1 winli t.Tifl trusted officers, -whose duties keep them near our person, should be married." The Czar hesitated, but seeing that General Paul -was not inclined to make a comment, only acknowledging the royal -words by a bow, he continued: "We have talked with our cousin, Count Linwold, about this, and he. showing us the agreement made with your guardian and uncle, the late Prince of Moskeva, we have caused your engagement to the Countess to be announced in fill the official journals of the empire. You will read of it on the morrow." "A Prince of Moskeva never broke his word," replied the General, proudly, "but had I heard of my proposed execution?and this I eay in ail respect to the noble lady with -whom it has pleased your majesty to connect my name?I could not be more surprised." Count Linwold bowed, and taking a step forward, said: 1 "Surely, General Paul cannot forget ?for it is recently he came into the estates?that one of the conditions of nnn<vntnTif>A was that he wed mv daughter." "This I do not doubt " "But surely, General, you read the conditions of your uncle's will," said the Ozar. "Your Majesty, I must confess I did not. When my uncle died I was battling with the Turks along the Danube, and since my return the service demanded by your Majesty has barred me from even visiting my homethough the true soldier, as 1 claim to be, is ever at home uj;on his master's business." "But you have heard the conditions, md. having accepted the estate, you will abide by all the requirements." "Your Majesty, I have not seen the Countess Elvira for many years " "I'll pledge you my word she's beautiful," said the Czar. "And slie loves the General for his jjallant deeds," added Count Linwold, as he rubbed his white hands and bowed. "Love should be for the person, not for the deeds," said the General, quietly. "But," said the Czar, with a show of anger, "you do not wish to imply that you will not keep this agreement." "If it is right that I should hold to a pledge made when I was an infant, or rather made by others for me, I snail not retract." "Perhaps," intorrupted Count Linwold, with a cynical arching of his white brows, "the General's affections are already engaged." Seeing that General Paul remained silent, the Czar looked quickly up and asked: "What say you to that, my cousin!" "Simply, sir, that Count Lin wold has struck the key note to my objection," replied the General. "Ha, I thought so," said the Count, rubbing his long, bony hands, and showing his teeth. , A cold light, like An electric flash, came into the Czar's pale blue eyes, as Yin aalrzs/3 tnfli "Are you not aware that it is the duty of all nobles to convey to the crown their proposed matrimonial alliances ?" "Now that your Majesty recalls to my mind, I do know of such a custom; but love is not a matter for head work." "Love is a boy;s dream; but who is this beauty, who has entrapped the heart of one of my most trusted soldiers, and made him indifferent to rank and wealth?" "Sire, she is of as noble blood $s any in your vast empire," replied the General. "Then she has a name?" "Aye, your Majesty, Pulaski is not a nauie to lilush for." "Pulaski!" repeated the Czar. "Yes, sire, the daughter of the Count my father wickedly sent into exile and whom it pleased you to pardon," said the Genera!, proudly. "Ho, ho! why Count Orloff pleaded nrifh mo nftt. an hour aco. to restore this old man's estates. This woman is a teacher in tha family of the Czarowitz." "This lady has that honor, sire," said the General, moving nervously and biting his lips. "An honor she shall not long retain. Yoa shock me, sir, and make me half regret the love I bear you," said the Czar, rising. . i'ik&rM&'td'&jL* . is ii m . "I would shocK mvseif, sire, if I did not dare to tell the truth." "Think over your wild conduct, sleep over it, and see me on the mo*row. This must not be; this woman tempter must be seen to." The Czar waved his hand, to indicate that the audience was at an end and that the General was not free to speak again. With a white face, compressed lips and a dangerous flash in his brave black eves, the gallant young soldier withdrew from the presence of hia sovereign. "Linwold," said the Czar, looking up at the Count, when General Paul had gone out of hearing, "this is as bad as Nihilism." "fully as bad, your Majesty; it is open treason." "But I shall cure the youngster of it. He must get over his absurd love. Know you this Pulaski?" "VI v t. j: w ~i Know mm oeiure ms uiogmuo, xcplied the Couut, "and your Majesty may remember I interceded for his pardon two years ago." "I am sorry you did." "And so am I, sire." "The man is, without doubt, still a traitor." "Siberia does not cure men of such crime, sire." "This man must be arrested at once." "Pulaski, sire?" "Yes; see that it is attended to." "Your Majesty shall be obeyed." "And as for this?this adventuress, we shall see that she is at once dismissed from the palace. Our daughterin-law, the Princess Dagmar, is not over-careful in her selection of instructors for her children." The Czar turned, and, preceded by four pages and followed by Count Linwold and the others, ha left the audience chamber. Count Linwold could have told the Czar, but he did not, that the clause in the iate Prince of iVioskeva's will was inserted by him, Count Linwold, withj oat tiaa Prince's for thi purpose of allying his own daughter with that mighty house. The Count now saw that he could bring General Paul to terms or ruin him, and he determined boldly to use his power while he was sure of it. In the meantime he would carry out the Emperor's orders, and remove one of the stumbling blocks?Lola's old father?whom he imagined to be in his wftj. [to be continued.] CURIOUS FACTS. Postal cards are made at the rate of 4000 per minute. There is a growing demand in England for human skin leather. A pall-bearer at a funeral in Dorset, Vt., dropped dead while stand at the grave. A crazy man in the Milwaukee (Wis.) Jail labors under the impression that he is a telephone. The art of making paper from cotton rags was not introduced till about the close of the eleventh century. San Salvador is the first of the Central American republics to establish telephone service throughout its territory. At the rate of increase in the past few years the wool crop of Colorado will soon exceed in value the output of her silver mines. J. B. Green, of Mosherville, Mich., captured an eel in his mill flume which weighed six and one-half pounds and was forty inches long. The Government monopoly articles of Honduras are gunpowder, tobacco, cigars and liquors. It retains complete and abrolutii control of the liquor traffic. The Dictionary of Fossils, issued by the State cf Pennsylvania,contains thirtyfour pages in small print correcting statements found on the other 405 pages. Children as expert musicians are coming to be the wonder of the profession. Alice Liebmann, aged nine, is astonishing London critics with her skill on the violin. A curious wedding ceremony recently took place in Dublin, Ireland, when the clergyman,the son of a well-known Dublin artist, married his father to a second wife. At a California fair the other day a Plumas County man s.' ? forty-three eggs for supper. The next morning for an appetizer he partook of nine boxes of sardines. Amos Reider has contracted to attend to the street lamps of Fleetwood, Penn., for $5 a month?in which time he will have walked ninety miles and lighted 720 lamps. James Clevenger, aged fifteen, of Nashville, Ind., and Miss Anna Patterson, aged fourteen, were married recently at the home of the bride's father, in Columbus, Ind. A single sheet of paper six feet wide and seven and three-quarter miles in length, has been made at the Watertown (N. Y.) Paper Works. It weighed 2207 pounds, and was made and rolled entire without a single break. Lieutenant Schwatka estimates the number of liviug cliff-dwellers he has discovered in South Chihuaha at from 8000 to 12,000. They are wild and shy, and upon the approach of white people flee to their caves in alarm. Members of the Iowa tribe of Indians are very well off. They have been reduced in number to eighty-three persons and have 200,000 acres of rich farming land, which they are to sell to the Government?an average of over 2400 acres each. Large fortunes sometimes grow from queer beginnings. A Gardiner (Me.) paper is responsible for the story that one of the wealthiest firms in the State began business on $5000 which a sister of the partners got in a breach of promise suit for damages against a wealthy man. In Stockbridge township, Mich., a VinnoTv hawk swooned down on some ~' Q'J A. . _ young turkeys. The mother turkey tried to drive him away, but, failing to do so, sped away,and in a few minutes returned I with a whole flock of able-bodied turkeys and made a combined attack on the barn yard pirate and beat hiui off. Ben "Williams, of Lansing, Mich., has a novel way of ridding his face of whiskers. Every Sunday morning for the past twenty-two years he has sat down before the glass and pulled the hair out of the lower part of his face with a pair of tweezers. He says that it hurt like most anything at first, but he doesn't mind it a bit now. He is 75 years old, and is loaded with nerve and srrit. ; CASTLE GARDEN. INTERESTING FIGURES ABOUT NEW YORK'S "BATTERY." Five Youngsters Who Came Alone From Scotland?A Genuine Circassian Woman?Two Slovacs? Beginning Life at 92. Five little red-cheeked children stood upon the dock at Castle Garden and looked across the waters of the harbor anxiously. Their eyes were red from crying. The attaches of the place, from Superintendent Simpson down, all treated the little ones with marked attention, and saw that everything possible was done to make them comfortable. They had just landed by one of the puffy little steamboats from the steamship Fulda, down the bay. These little folks were the last to come ashore. Upon the breast of each was a yellow tag, bearing an inscription PROM THE LAND o' CAKES. in several languages. There were four girls and one boy in the group, and they had come all the way from a little hamlet near Glasgow, Scotland; thus oddly labeled. The tags told who they were, I where they were going, to whom they were to be delivered in America, and also certified that their fare had been paid to the steamship company that forwarded them. The children were looking for the first time at the wonders of the new country into which they had been sent. Only one or two of them were old enough to understand the change from their native land. The camera secured a negative of the interesting group, and it is reproduced above. The history of the little party is as follows: John Young, a miner at Cool Glen, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, is the father of the girls, he came to this country a few years since from Scotland, and left his wife and family there, to fol A HUNGARIAN" BABY. low him as soon as he should have earned money enough to send for them. He sent for them two months ago, but before his letter reached Scotland, his wife had died and Jeanette, aged eleven years, was left in charge of her three little sisters. Of these, Ellen was but a trifle over four years of age; Jane just past eight years, and Katie not quite ten. Alexander King, aged fifteen years, but a boy quite small for his years, was the only acquaintance the orphans had near their home, and boy though he was, he came bravely to their assistance in their hour of need. He wrote a letter to Mr. Young immediately on receipt of his letter summoning his family to America, and informed him that as all five could travel at a less rate than Mrs. Young and the four girls could have done, he proposed, through the aid r>f tVip sfcpamshin comnanv at Glasgow, to """ r ?* . * w hrino- t.hp mnf-.hprlpss r>;lrlrpr? t.n Amfiririfl.. Tnd tlieir lather, and deliver them to Him. aiid then look about for something to do J for himself, since he. also, had lost his I parents. IJ THE BABY'S MOTHER. With the money Mr. Young had sent young King purchased steerage tickets to New York and landed here with money enough left to pay the railroad fares of the party to Cool Glen, Penn., where Mr. Young met them on their arrival. BeI fore the little travelers sailed the agent of the Fulda attached to each a card or tag | giving name, age, destination, and route all the way through. Jeannette said that she got along very well, except that the two youngest children were very sick coming over. She was eager for the meeting with her father, which was to be the greatest event of her life. The party left by the Pennsylvania Railroad for Cool Glen. "Here are two specimens." said Major Semsey, of the Garden, "the like of whom very rarely come to this country. They are Slovacs, and come from the highlands in the east of Slavonia, in | Hungary, on the borders of the land of [ Galicia, which is an Austrian possession. These men speak the oldest language known to exist to-day. The Slavonic tongue, with its eight or ten dialects, is spoken by these men. We call them | Slovacs." The immigrants referred to came forward from a seat in the large room at the beck of Major Semsey. They were clad in loose-fitting blouses ot homespun woolen cloth. They wore fur caps of turban shape upon their heads and were most peculiar looking people. Each of these men speaks several dialects of his own language, besides -/v.- : / Latin, Greek and Russian. Yet they have come to America to work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania for ?1 to $1.50 per day. A picture of one of the pretty sights in the Garden is drawn from an instantaneous photograph of a little Hungarian babe, not vet three years old. xlie cxixru, ctj/cctultukmrj ciirtj, or^vurac, was rolling about on the dock when the reporter first saw it, perfectly contented and happy and the picture of health. When the reporter whistled to it it looked up and laughed, blinked at the sunlight which streamed in through a window and began counting its toes. The mother of this rollicking little baby was pretty also. Her husband came A PAIR OF 8LOVACS. to America a year ago from Hungary. He started a hand-organ route, and gathered in money sufficient to purchase a peanut and fruit stand. Then he bought a fruit store, and to-day is doing a good business on the East Side. His wife and baby were waiting until he should come to meet them. There was a celebration in at least one family in this town last evening, and this happy reunion was the cause of it. Tell me, Balbus, where, oh where is the Circassian beauty's beer-stiffened hair? Circassian girls in museums always have hair that sticks straight up all over their heads, and it always stands that way: but no one. even thousrh he watched the door of a museum for \ month, ever saw a Circassian girl emerge ft /%**? if offOf rvflrfnrmQ Y1PPQ nf tV?P dftV CIRCASSIANS IN PRIVATE LIFE. wa3 over. Why? Well, a photograph of a Circassian family at Castle Garden was taken. It shows that the costumes of the woman was pretty and quaint. She wore a plaid shawl over her head and her bodice and skirt were of brilliant colors,but she hadn't stand-up hair. Her hair was long and straight, but soft as silk, aud reached to her waist and be low. There wasn't the slightest resem blance between her and any museum Circassians ever seen; but she was better looking than any of them. Her husband was a round-faced, tall, lanky individual, with little squinty eyes and short hair. BEOnflONG LIFE AT NINETY-TWO. Tie was dressed in American clothes, for lie had been here a very long time?a Wt'KK. X1U >Yit? UVtitiblUg icuunuu^w uj | an incoming steamship, which would enable him to go into business in the country. The woman wanted to know how large the river was that flowed through New York, and what held the bridges up on which the railroad trains ran. She imagined that the elevated roads were gigantic bridges. What will she think when she sees the Brooklyn Bridge and its trains of cable cars in motion? Ivan Godoviski is ninety-two years old, and spry as a man of fifty. His beard is as white as snow and his hair is a good match. Old Ivan has crossed the ocean no less than sixteen times during his life, and now, at the advanced' age of almost a century, he comes to our shores as an immigrant. He has but* little money, but his stock of pluck and courage is as great as it was before most of the readers of the Evening Sun were *nA Vvo en\rc Via TOllI errs into hllSl uuiii) auu uiy 01ijkj mv it *4* gv uess in New York and lay up something upon which to live when he becomes too old to work. His former visits to America were made in the interest of his business as a furrier in Odessa, on the Black Sea. He was worth an independent fortune at the age of forty, but, like many other men, sought to increase it. He became involved in political troubles about fifteen years ago, and his property was confiscated. He left Odessa and went to the south of France, but. despairing of success there, returned to his native town and commenced business all over again. Another failure resulted, through no fault of his own, and now, at an age when most men are laid in their graves, he starts out in life anew, in the land of the free.?Neu York Sun. A Small Boy's Lore Letter. The following letter, written by an eight-year-old boy, recently fell into the hands of a teacher in one of our rural districts, says the Hartford Post. It shows some training in letter writing and the use of words, as well as loving sentiment, fast budding into active exercise: Dear Lena. Charlie says you are going to marry him. Are you goin ty!' Marry me and we will have him for a hard (hired man.j Your friend. James. The modern names of sizes of books are deiived from the folding of paper. When the sheet is not folded, it is called a folio?and this size was very fashionaable throughout the sixteenth and seventeen centuries. The folio sheet doubled becomes a quarto; another double constitutes the octavo of eight sheets or sixteen pages. The newspapers and periodicals published in the United States now number 14,000. . A Yery Artfdl Dog. "Speaking of dogs," said a gentleman to a Cincinnati Times-Star reporter, "there is a little fox terrier owned by one of my acquaintances. His mistress * thought so much of him that, when he was a pup, she used to bathe him every day. First she would bathe the baby, then the dog would be given his douse in the water. But she never used the castile soap, which was reserved exclusively for the baby, on the dog. He, poor animal, had to be,content with ivory soap. This discrimination evidently annoyed the terrier. The other day his mistress saw him go upstairs a little before the hour for the bath. "She followed on tip-toe to see what he was doing. She saw him go to the bathroom, pick up the cake of ivory in his mouth and drop it out of the window. His mistress, just previous to the bath, secured the soap and put it in her pocket. When the dog's turn in the tub came.he deliberately picked up the castilei soar), and wagged his tail jovouslv as he put it in his mistress's hand. Then she produced the ivory soap. You should! have seen the poor dog. He was utterly woebegone and crestfallen. Never saw a dog look so cheap in my life." * 1 i ? Tain Regrets. There is no flock, however watched and tended; But one dude lamb is there; There is no clubside, howsoe'er defended. iiut has one vacant; stare, ?Time. Baby Smokers. In an article in the Courier Journal on smoking, Frank Carpenter says: The baby smokers of the world are found in Siam and Burmah. I saw little tots of four, trotting about Bangkok with cigarettes in their mouths, and the babies of Rangoon and Mandalay are taught to chew the betel nut, mired with tobacco, as soon as they are weaned. The Siamese children, like their fathers, use their ears as cigarette and cigar-holders, and the lack of clothing or pockets on the part of the little ones necessitates their carrying these articles over their ears, as the American clerk carries his pencil or pen. I saw M one noble Siamese boy with a shaved head and a string abput his waist, who had a cigarette over each ear and another in his mouth. After a few moments he ^ threw away the cigarette in his mouth and began to chew betel, .squirting out saliva until tip mftflp (l nnfl. (.UU UiUVU lVV* ?U*? t M MMWM ?w ? die in the road beside him. His father, who was with him, was also smoking, and his mother had a cigarette between her lips. When the party went away the mother took up the naked smoking boy, and, balancing him on her side, walked off, both smoking as they went. The thousand odd women who make up the harem of the Siamese King all smoke and chew, and it takes a good part of his Majesty's ten million dollars a year to pay his tobacco bill. Each lady has to have her betel spittoon, which is of decorated I china, the size of a coffee cup, and if she is a favorite, she has also a silver box in which to carry her tobacco and betd | nut. TiifttnlnM M pAnAlliatAtl uuiu[jiii? ai a vwuvtuij?wiM I ?Te.ras Siftings. It is not by any means the poorest imong us, the most unfortunate, or those who bear the heaviest burdens tfho are the most discontented. Often i is, on the other hand, such as are Tirifh /v\mfr*rf.a an/1 IT CH O U|/^HVV4 VV4*iJ.V*. vuj wum .1 MVWV ot i3 cast in the pleasantest places, tfho thus torment themselves and >thers with continual moaniDgs and :omplainings over slight annoyances ind fancied tribulations and trials; while some who have many and real ifflictions, bear them with a brave and Qoble spirit and meet their fellow-mea lailv with a generous cheerfulness. Senator Sherman has a finely stocked library of standard books, but he practices the theory of Gladstone: "Never rend a book till it is a year old." He buys all valuable and rare books on finance, and informs himself of their contents. He knows the his* tory of prices, and has a theory of hi* own about what creates values. J j-.y