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Lost Lina; -OB,THE BITTER AND TEE SWEET. A Tab of Two Continents. BY MRS. NINA LAWSON. As Ray entered Jearmette's chamber, he found her propped up in bed with large, snow-white pillows, and she looked almost like a corpse. Her large black eyes were now sunken in her head, and the once fat, rosy cheeks were now pale and thin; the hand she extended to Ray as he advanced toward the bed was white, and scarcely any flesh remained on the long slim fingers. As she looked at Kay's wasted form and sunken cheeks, "her conscience smote her to think she had been the cauce of it all; her voice was no longer strong, and hal lost its commanding tone. "Ray, please be seated, for I wish to talk to you awhile. Minna, you may pro to vour room now, and wait until you are called. "Perhaps you are not strong enough, Kay, to listen to all I have to tell, but it must he told now, or never, for I shall never see another day." She spoko slowlv and distinctly. "No, Jeannette, 1 am not very strong as yet, for I have had a very severe time of it for the last sis months, and -when you get a little l etter I will tell you oil about it; but you must not talk in this manner, for you will soon recover from the shock. You make me feel worsa by talking so. But you were going to tell me last night where my Lina is, and then the shock came and you could not finish." "Yes, it is that that I have sent to tell you about. Ear, after you have heard what I have to say you will curse the day I was horn and hate my memory forever, for I have been the cause of all your trouble; no?don't start in that manner, but be calm and listen to me, for this is my dying confession, and God alone knows what it costs me, but I do not think now that 1 could die without telling all. "I knew where you were all the time, Bay, and it was I who had you put there. I knew when you were shot and how badly; it was I wjo wrote that letter that caused you to go to the city that night, and I who wrote that anonymous letter to Aunt Marguerite about Lina.' It was I, too, Kay, who put that poison in the cup of chooolate on the morning after the ball, and I who tried to smother that girl to death; all of this I have done, Ray, and why ? Because I once loved you and tlus dear old mansion more than I did my life or my hope of heaven. "When she first came here I saw how beautiful she was, and I was then afraid that you would love her more than me if she remained until you came, and then I did all that I could to get her away from hero, but aunt was firm, and I saw that she loved the girl.'' Jeannetfe stopped a few moments to rsst an.l then went on: "And then, wiien I saw you give our heart to her, I grew jealous, and it seemed to me that you had forgotten me, and I used to think that you loved me, and that I would one day be mistress of this mansion. But, no; that was not to be, and now I am a ruined, lost woman. "After I failed to kill her with the poison, I was still more determined to get her out of the way, thinking that yoa would then love me and soon forget her. It was then that I tried to smother her to death; but before I had quite succeeded the nurse came and stopped me. Rather than have her betray me then, I killed the nurse and threw her body in the lake. Yes; and it was I who shot the poor simpleton, for fear he would te'.l on me! "Then, when I failed at that, I was afraid to attempt a third time to kill her. Then I tried fo get her frcm the mansion by writing that letter to aunt; I but, as you know, I failed in tl:al also. I was taken sick then, as you remember, and I knew nothing about what was going on in the mansion until just ^ ? a few days before your marriage, and tLca I would have shot her before your own eyes if I could have got at her. "Weil, you were soon married and gen 2, while I was h ft behind to nurse my wrath, and think of the i ast and my lost love. "Oh, Bay, how I once loved you! Noae but God knows how much, and I bo longed to be mistress of this house that I have sold my soul to eternal damnation to win it; but all in vain! "I loved you too much; yes, I would have been your slave. I would have died for yon, but when I saw that you cared no more for me than any of the servants here I vowed to have revenge, an 1 now I am the curse of your life! "Be patient, Bay; I know you feel Jjke choking me t? d< ath. But I am Tlyin^ now, and I hope your trouble s will ccase?but?listen, Bay, you have not heard the worst." "My God, Jeannette! you will kill me yet, as you have the rest." "Hark! Listen! Be patient. There is only a little more, and then all is over. n x ? i. -i. " w en, J. got mv reveuge ul ihsi/, >11111 hers- I glorifd at tlie sight of tli xt womr.n's misery! Oh, it was sweet to me then to see her suffer at my hands, when I have liveil ten thousand deaths because of hc-r! "I hired a man to go to Chicago that tight that you were shot in the woods, and the next day he sent a inessaee that you had colnmltteil cuicMe, and eh? was told t) go there immediately. 1 tl.ought the shoek wonl 1 kill hc-r. end then I did not care much if it did. I weald have seen her die and not shed a Uar. As soon a^ she was able she went to Chicago with Tom and her maid. l>ut when she arrived there they told li'. r that you had thnwa yourself in th" lake, and had Sent a k-tter to her the same morning. They say she came near dying there at the Pac'fic H( tel, and perh u?s it would have been abief-sing if she had! "Sin1 ii.ul lr.on search lor your t ody, but of course they (lid net find it; and is soon as slie was able she came back. [ had hired a man to come that day ind take away her babe, and when she rain* home nurse and all were gone, ind the nursery was all dark. "I then told "her just what I thought of such as she, and that she had, indirectly, killed you and her babe; that both of your bodies were lyi'.ig at the bottom of tli3 lake. I then thought that fell:-* c tight to be tliere and 1 tola her s;?; I also told her that I was mistress of this mansion, and th.it its doors were henceforth c'.o ed to her. "I gave her a lptter that I had ordered muiled in Chicago, and it was a farewell letter from you. I imitated your !iandwn?ing as much as possible." ''Where are they now?" gasped poor Ray. "I do not know, Ray, where your wife is. She may be dead, for all I know. She leit here alono, about midaight that night, and I have never heard of "her since. But your little girl lives and is well; as wicked as I have been I could not kill her." ""Where is sho?" "She is at Jonosborough, 111., with ihat o!d couple that her mother once lived with. They know . whose child jhe is, but think that both her parents are dead " And my wife lives; I know it? something tells me so. Thank God, 1 shall once again see the light of day, and can forgive yon, Jeannette, if she live?." "I do not ask your forgiveness, Ray. l"ou know what it is to love and to lose, but you don't know what it is to be cursed by God for a crime committed for that lost love, and I do. "I know now that that storm was sent last night as my punishment, and I should have been compelled to lie here fori years if I had not confessed." "That storm was my deliverer, and I thank God for it. Yes. jou have com mlttca a great cnme, Jeannette, almost an unpardonable sin." Ray's eyes sbone now like two great Btars, and it seemed that every particle of D'.ood in his body bad rushed to hi3 face. His blood was on fire, an.l he was in great danger, but in his pvesent state of excitement he could not realize his condition, and did not seem to understand fully all that Jeannette had said. "That is all I have to say, Ray, and now good-by, and?good-by forever!" Ray gazid at her in a very strange manner, as if he did not understand what she said; his eyes were like two great balls of fire, and his hands and knees were trembling as those of an old man stricken with palsy. He said nothing, but sat gazing at Jeannette with that strange, unnatural look. By and by lie rose and left the room, but his limbs refused to carry the light weight of his body, and he sank to the floor as he peached his room. .1 Jeannette Nathan died that night bofore midnight, and the mansion was dark and desolate indeei. She hal her revenge, but of what avail to self or mortal man ? CHAPTER XXXV. Those six months were long and clouded to another besides Raymond Bristol. There was a little woman, a little, lonely wife, wandering over the earth, from place to place, carrying as heavy a burden as her soul could b?ar. A long future lay before her, without one visible ray of sunshine to light up the lonely, dark road. This lonely little homeless wifa was Lenora Bristol. On that darkest of dark nights that she left the mansion, alone, friendless, and almost penniless, and after her lonely walk to the city, she reached the cottage with the "light in the window. " That cottage was the first on that street, aud its only occupant was a |to:>r, lone widow that once had been the wife of a fond, loving husband, and the mother of two beautiful children. All were now gone from the world, and their bodies were at rest in the little quiet cemetery by the old white church. As this poor widow opened the door and saw a woman standing there in the rain and cold, the kind, saddened heart went out to that poor, lone wanderer, and then when Lenora sank to the floor she pitied her still more. "Poor, dear soul, no doubt she is burdened with sorrow, and perhaps is a dear littlo lamb that has strayed from the flock. I am glad I have left that light in the window these long years, for perhaps it has done one poor soul enm n nrnrul. w MWM4V I She partly carried and partly dragged the limp cold body and laid it gently down upon a low worn sofa; the black dripping hat and long heavy veil were then removed from the head* and the old lady's eye rested on a young beautiful woman. "Ah! Dear, sad heart, so fair, so young to see trouble; but then th: world is full of it, no matter where we go-'' 3Irs. Bassett (for that was her name) stiiied up the fire and put the kettle on; in a few minutes a hot, steaming up of tea sat on the table that stood near the lounge; the warm fire and th. gentle chafing of the cold hands and face soon caused Lenora to open her eyes, and as she looked up she saw a sad gentle face bending over her; the hair was white and the eyes had lost the brightness of youth, yet around the mouth played a sweet gentle smile. "Is that-you, mother? and have you come to me at last ? Oh, it is all so terrible, and I need you so much. You know now all about it, and you know it isn't true. I am going to Chicago on the first train an I see if I cau't find some clue to this str.xnge mystery. You believe in me, don't you, mother? I know you would." "Yes, dear, I do," and Mrs. Bassott stooped and kissed the cold white brow, while a few motherly tears trinkled down her pale, hollow cheek. She readily saw that Lenora was delirious, and as she had been a nurse since her husband's death, she knew just what to do and say. "Here is a cup of good hot tea I have brought for you; you seem chilly, and this will do you good." Lenora sat up and drank the tea. "How pretty you have made my room look, and did you or nurse build that nice bright fire? How is baby, mother? Tell nurse to bring her here. 1 want to eee her?there, now, I drank the tea, see? and that will do." "You feel a little better now, don't you? Nurse said l>aby was asleep, and we won't disturb it. You lie down now and go to sleep, for I believe you are tired." The poor, weary young -wife obeyed, and was soon asleep. That was tho first night, of many more following, that kind Mrs. liassctt sat np and watched over the fevcrieli, delirious stranger for three long weeks. Lenora lay in that pretty little clean cottage, and her unknown friend did everything she could for her beautiful strange patient. L?nora had gone again and again over those awful days and nights, and Mrs. liassett now knew who her patient was, tint she saiJ nothing to any one about what Lenora would ?ay. At the tnd of three weeks Lenora began to grow better, but wry slowly; six we.'ks had pass d, and sin was au;e 10 waiK round tnc cottage, aim it-It q lit' strong. She wanted to leave tlit-re then, but her kind friend would not consent to her going just yet. "You may go in one \vi ek if you promise t:> be careful of yourself, b.it no s joner." "I shall miss you v< ry ranch, for you i have been l.ke a mother to me; but rou know I can't stay "here, for tfie memory of it all would kill me, and then I must go to Chicago to see what I can do. I would just as soon die as live, now, but I am not the one to say that it is time for my troubles to cease, and I pray God may give me strength to b^ar them." _ [to be continued.] POPULAR SCIENCE An Englishman proposes laying deep* tea electric cables by means of submarine boats. Floors of rubber?claimed to be as lurable as asphalte and chcaper?are >eing tried in Germany. It is suggested that bird-music be token down note for note on a phonograph, and then "scored" by a musician. French physiologists have found that ilcohol produces the 6ame effects?iniluding a derangement similar to dcirium tremens?on dogs as on men. The Supreme Council of Vienna has recently published a report on saccharine, b which it is affirmed that that subitance is as harmless and may be as firmly ised as cane sugar. After working with magnesia or cop>er solutions, the addition of a little tugar rubbed on the hands, together irith the soap in washing them will renler them clean and soft. An application of naphtha once or a tew time3 will in all cases sufficiently loften paint to allow it to be rapidly viped off. Chloroform mixed with a imall quantity of spirits of ammonia is dso effective. In some ninety species of plants growng on the coast and in the interior of Trance, M. Pierre Lesage has fouad that jroximity to the sea causes a thickening >f the leaves. Artificially salted soil produces the same result. It ha3 been noticed that liability to ;ancer diminishes from about fortyive to fifty-five onward, and that ifter seventy there is little to fear from ;his disease. Only one centenarian is tnown to have died from it. Experience has shown that an electric Itreet car can be comfortably heated by ihe expenditure of one horse power of slectrical energy. The electrical heaters lo not reduce the seating capacity of the tar, which is kept clear of coal dust and :inders. Instruction in agriculture and forestry has been introduced into the Belgian irmy, intended for such soldiers a9 expect to return to the farm on retirement from military service. Land for experimental and practical purposes is acquired near garrison towns. The scheme offers the double advantage of turning out scientific farmers and providing suppliei for the army. The amount of heat given by the moonlight ha3 again been investigated, this time with a thermopile ol almost incredible delicacy. The results show that the warmth received from the reflected light of the moon is equal to that given out by a candle at twenty-one feet distance. Observations seem to show that, although the moon's face is undex the blaze of an unclouded sun for fourteen days, it remains comparatively cool, and that whatever heating it does receive is rapidly gained and as rapidly lost. The Prince and the Sentiuel. The Paris Petite Prus tells a funny storj about the young Prince Royal of Greece. A. year ago this young man was engaged to the Princess Imperial of Germany and immediately set out on his sparking expedition. The young lady lived in the Palace of Potsdam,and the Prince used to go there frequently from Berlin. A1 fl'st he made stated visits and was taken in a carriage from the railway station to the palace. But one day he took it into his head to pay an informal visit. Dressed in plain civilian clothes he boarded the train, and on arriving at the railway station took the first vehicle he could hire. When he reached the palace a sentinel was of course at the gate. "Wcr da?" growled the big Prussian. "Tis I," said the Prince, "the CrowD Prince of Greece and the fiancc of the irincess. Livt rue puss. "You are a nice looking Prince Royal, you are! And a Princess masher, eh? Get away!" Tao Prince insisted and got angry. The soldier thought he was a pooi crank, and tried to bring liira to his senses. "Now, my fine fellow," said he, "don't make a fu?s. You cau talk as much as you please, but I know mj j business. A Prince, my boy, always has ; fine UDiform, with a cocked hat and feathers and a bushel of decorations. ] Oh, I saw our Fritz, and you can't fool i me. Now, go away!" Noticing a lackey, the Prince beckoned i to him, and, after scribbling a few lines on the back of the card, told him t<j | take it to the Empress. The lackej \ went off on his errand. The sentinel | grioned. A crazy man might fool o j lackey, but an old soldier wasn't to be token in. But what was his astonishment when he saw the Princess coming to meet the poor crank and welcoming him in the most affectionate manner. Then she took him into the palace. "WfllI T swan!" exclaimed the seati nel. "If ft beggar man cotnc3 up to mc the next time I'm on guard and tells me he's the Pope I'll kneel down and ept hii blessing." ' Petroleum. Considering the various theories in ro? gard to the origin of petroleum, Mr. Edward Orton, in the last report of the United States Geological Survey, finds the following to be the b^st supported propositions: 1. Petroleum is derive j from organic matter. 2. It is much mort largely derived from vegetable than from animal substances. 3. Petroleum of the Pennsylvania type is derived from the organic matter of bituminous shales, and i= of vegetable origin. 4. Petroleum of (the Canada and Lima type is derive:! j from limestones, aud is of animal origin. > 5. Petroleum has been produced at normal rock temperatures (in Ohio fields), ! find is not a product of destructive dis- I " v i _ _ n rnt. ti nation or bituminous suaies. u. auc j stock of petroleum in the locks is already j practically complete. A Lock Pocket. It is said that the bank cracksman is Inv one decree behind the safe maker and thai ' his arts soon make vincible the most im- ' pregnable of treasure houses The Eag- ! lisli tailors, I am informed, have beet j adding a very practicable attachment tc the waistcoat pocket. It is called a loci* pocket and averred to be pick-pockcl proof. While it is easily opened by the wearer, the thief can neither get into il nor cut ic away.?Clothier and Furnisher. 1 ALGIERS. THE OLD HOME OF PIRACY AS IT EXISTS TO-DAY. i A Picturesque City, Inhabited by i 75,000 Quaint .and Not Over Cieanly People?The Surrnnndinp Country. , Algiers contains in round numbers, 75,000 inhabitants, and is tbe capital of the largest French colony. The French occupancy dates from 1830, when an army was lauded and forcible possession taken of the city of Algiers. The reason for this action was found in the injuries inflicted on French commerce, but even more in a personal outrage on the French Consul by the Dey of Alters some three years previously. Attacks and a blockade from seaward having proved ineffectual, the shore expedition was resolved upoD, and in less than a month after landing was effected the Dey had fled to Naples and French rule began. At first the French ostensibly sought only satisfaction for injuries received, but in 1833 they declared their intention of retaining the country acquired. Among the benefits which their possessions conferred, not alone on France, but on humanity in nrpnprfll. -war the sunm'ession of Alcrerine e> ? if" ? ? ? piracy forever. till ARAB WOMAN AND CHILDREN. * There are two towns in Algiers side by side?the French town and the Arab town; the former clean, regular and modern; the latter filthy, crooked and antiquated. The casbah, or citidel, is located on the highest part of the city within the walls. It has suffered much from time and neglect; part is used as a barrack. It gives its name to the Arab quarter, which is often spoken of as the casbah. Its principal street mounts the hill for half a mile by steep flights of stairs, and leads to the citadcl; it is called Rue de la Casbah. A perfect labyrinth of streets, or, rather, of crooked and dirty passages, branches off on eilher side of the street, and the routes defy orientation. There is, however, a safe rule given to strangers by French residents. Having mounted as long as you wish or are interested, you have but to descend and keep on going down and you will again reach tko Frcnch town. This Arab quarter, a remnant of the old civilization, is the greatest curiosity of Algiers. Its shops and cafes, its angles and arches, its houses meeting at the top across the narrow lanes, its motley collection of inhabitants of both sexes and every age, and almost every southern and eastern nationality, with the Arabic or Moorish predominating; its draped and shrouded Sgures of men and women darting in and out of unexpected passages or low doorways; its filth and gloom?this once seen Is always remembered. French writers divide the inhabitants of Algiers into several cla-scs. It must be said, however, that rules are of no value in assigning this or that man to a certain race. Habits of life are undergoing a slow, gradual change toward European methods as an ultimate end; costumcs arc being partly replaced, partly interchanged, and the strange* who would decide by external characteristics would be often misled. Especially is this true in the case of the inhabitants of the city. If, however, we go outside, or watch at the ftatcs the people comius into Algiers to trade, we snail soon separate them into two, three or more classes, according to the time over which our observation extends. There is the native, commonly callcd the Arab. lie lives on the plains, camps out in t(:nts, a number of which constitute the dotiar, or hamlet; he is seen comic g into Algiers with his fruits or vegetables, barelegged and dirty, with a bernouse on his head. After transacting his business he wanders aimlessly up and down the streets of the city or seeks the solemn precincts of a Moorish cafe in the cabash before icturaing home. The Ivabyle, brown, short and thickset, was originally the inhabitant of the mountainous districts, lives in houses which assemblage constitutes a dechra, or village, ana comes into town vigorously prodding a small mule loaded down with immense baskets of charcoal or leather bottles filled with country produuee. His head is covered with a simple chachia. or skull cap, once red? now dirt lends the principal color. lie wears a shirt originally white, long ago become gray or black with total abstinence from washing. The Moor is the inhabitaut of the city; he is the owner of the cafcs and native Datns, or ot a tobacco store; his com p'.exion i9 a dead white. The M'zabitc comes from M'zab, a district south of Laghonat, the most southern city in the province of Algiers, on the very borders of Sahara, whence he emigrates to Algiers to make his fortune and then return to his own country. He keeps the stalls, which are supplied with groceries, vegetables, charcoal and kindling wood. His dress is a kind of sack, brown in color, striped with red and blue. The r.egro, the son of Central Africa, once a slave, is now the favorite shoemaker; his wife bakes the little round bun?, covered with anise see.I, a delicacy which sells to the Arabs "like hot cukes."' Spaniards and Italians are generally calied Maltese by the residents. A uumber of the latter are transient sojourners, coming ior the nsmng season, returning to Italy when it is over. Jews are numerous; some wear the French, some the Arab costumes. . luost oi tne native ciress is white?l. e., the material when new was doubtless white?but such is the uncleauliness prevalent among the lower classes that the color does not last long. The women wear the same baggy trousers as do the men, only more ample still, and in their case the whole figure and face are concealed by a flowing robe or mantle, leaving only a peep hole for the eyes. Seeing nothing but these dark, gazelle like eyes, of which extreme care is taken to render them as large and lustrous as art can make them,one might fancy the ownev Beautiful, were it not for a process of analogy which forces us, from the appearance of the children or of faces accidentally oxposed, to believe them in most cases to have little worth hiding. Still, enough exceptions can be found of beauty of form and figure to prove the rulo of general ugliness, juosques are naturally a feature of the city, ?nd a visit to them serves to stirau late as well as partly to appease curiosity regarding the Moslem religion. One of these, the mosque of El-Djedid, is a prominent landmark on entering the harbor, as, indeed, it is conspicuous in almost any view of the city, on acoount of its tall minaret, its large and elegant dome and spotless white walls. It is situated at one end of the boulevard, and covers an area of two thousand square yards. Neither on the exterior nor the interior are there any attempts at decoration. The whole is masonwork, pure and simple. It is after sunset as we enter and take olf our shoes to tread the matting with which the floor is covered, rhe interior is dimly lighted by many small night lights, giving a rather pretty sffect in themselves, but entirely insufficient for purposes of illumination. The interior is singularly bare. Chief imong the mosques is the Great Mosque in the Rue de la Marine, the most imoortant, as it is almost the oldest in Algiers, dating, it is stated, from the jleventh century. But they are all disippointing. There is little to interest in ;he simple service. The congregation stands in two ranks facing the mihrab or liche, and therefore have their faces turned toward Mecca. The mihrab :>f the Imam, or Chief Prie3t, is paved with tiles and adorned with plaster cast3 * "? _ f - - 1- A. an tne wans, ana >isuauj wo* out MOORISH LADY IN OUTDOOR COSTUME, through windows on a gallery of stona colonnade with oarival arches. The Tmam conducting the service has his back to the devotees, his face toward Mecca, like they. The prayers are chanted by the priest in nasal tones, and the f?,int>TGrration follows him in the irreat -J 0 w number of curious attitudes required by the faith. To gain an insight into the wonderful beauties of the country surrounding Algiers we took a drive to the northword and westward, with the fine modern observatory as au objective point. The road is known as that of Bouzarea via El-Biar. The carriages and corricolos of Algiers arc generally clean and the horses good. The drivers are easily held to one tariff, or established rates, of which they must possess a printed ' opy. At a brisk pace we soon leave behind us the European part of Algiers, clean and alive, and the Arab part, dirty and dead, and make our exit by the Port du Sahel. Here a Zouave guard is stationed; the soldiers arc conspicuous objects, with their red baggy trousers and large turban, as they pace up and down on post, or lean on their rifles, on which figure ? ? * -It TT r tile oia swora oayonuis. neru is uiic ui the prisons of Algiers, the prisoners being put up in tents in the bed of the moat surrounding the fortifications. The institution is certainly clean and cheap, and is said to be efficient. As ws pass through the gate our ascent begins, and btL'p3"umy on reacmng tne ooservatory, although a few level tracts intervene. As we begin mounting the hills a fine view is had of the Bay of Algiers, in which our four white ships moored to the mole are prominent. The Chicago's guns peal forth in a salute to the GovernorGeneral, who had just left after an official visit. The tricolored banner flutters at foretruck in his honor. We pause at a bend in the road to take in this scene and a glance at the region roundabout. On one of the hills is a palace of the dcy, now occupied by the captain of artillery. Below us is the cosbah, the citadel of the dey, which contained also his official residence and harem. The casbah occupies the apex of the triangle which inclosed the old city, and was itcelf built in triangular shape, fortified so as to command th? country ana also tne city, a stauciing menace to the dey's subjects as well as enemies. There was an interior square court, which the windows of his living rooms overlooked. Under one of the galleries ir* fViio fVin Jipmsfcrimpd IU lUid VVU1 V VUV vtu J .,HS> , te receive shippers and merchants, and to levy an impost, amounting to from Gve to ten per cent, of their cargoes, as lis fancy suggested. The result "was an iccumulation of goods from all quarters )f the globe, which must have given this :ourt the appearance of an immense bazaar or curiosity shop. In the court ;vas situated also the treasury, where, it 5 said, at the time of the French conquest thirty-eight millions of "rancs were found and turned into ;he Freucn coffers. In the upper itory were long galleries affording communic.ttion between the dey's ipartments, from which a low-walled passage led to those of the slaves of his uarem. Their rooms faced on a small :ourt, the ground of which was here 'evel with the floor. They were shut off "rom anv view of the outside world, and jould thus resign themselves entirely to their thoughts of slavery and persona! jealousies, while awaiting the tyrannical pleasure of their lord and master. As sole recreation they were permitted to promenade in a small gardcu, reached by i labyrinthine series of passages, and surrounded by the highest of walls. This garden is now converted into a gymnasium for the soldiers quartered in the casljah. On the upper galleries is shown the spot where the dey slapped the face of the French Consul, an act which led to the loss of his possessions. I We reach El Biar, the village of wells, ' V " ' w 'V-'ivif* ; ' . "' . ? 'r)i''T^W' containing nearly three thousand inhabitants, which is also the village of gar- I dens, of picturesque modern villas and superb Moorish houses. Kitchcc gRrdens are abundant; remains of windmills arc seen, long ago replaced by steam. A short stop at El-Biar gives the horses a breathing spell and the vivacious coachman an opportunity to air his experiences. He explains how, as a guide, he cxcels his confreres, who are an ignorant lot; he himself, about forty years old, was bom in the country and knows all about it. He is certainly a curious mixture of a French base with an Arab coating taken fiom the climate and the surroundings. As we turn in leaving we catch sight below of the le?el plain, the large dyill ground of the soldiery, capable of giving room to 20,000 troops on a review. Behind, too, in the dim distance are (he snow capped Atlas Mountains. Leaving the city of Algiers and penetrating into the countrv villages, the austerity of the | city disappears. The inns resort to devices which would appear undignified in the city. There is, for instance, the cabaret at El-Biar, whose sign is labeled Aux deux Entetes, and carries a shield on which a lady in green and a mule in | blue are nulling in opposite directions: \? f II MOORISH LADY IN INDOOR COSTUME, both are obstinate and tho result is doubtful. The Arab women at home or in the villages do not cover their faces; it is only when they go into town that the forehead is hidden and the impenetrable vail drawn over nose and chin; they assume this apparel, then, much as the Parisienne dons her gloves for the promenade. The faces exposed to our gaze in this Kabyle village, although ono or two were interesting, did not lead us to modify the conclusions reached above.? I XCtWOW ttlW'.v 44HIV? IW.M Not a Great Feat. First Gif! (proudly)?"Our baby cau say pa and ma." Second Girl?" Dat's nuffin. My cousin, "wot's rich, us got 'er wax one wot kin do dat."?Life. Consolation in Adversity. ' " I ^ Professor Noodles (whose new eight j dollar hat has been sat upon)?"Now 1 an interesting illustration of the laws of ! gravitation and of the compressibility of , matter under a superiuiposed body of 1 iupeiior ponderosity!"?Mumey's Wceklv. J j CURIOUS FACTS. | There are 13,0'J0 kinds of postage stamps. There are over 7,000,000 pores in the human body. , There are always 3,500,000 people on s the seas of the world. It is estimated that every seal con* * sumes about ten pounds of fish daily. c The word boss comes from the low Dutch, and has the same meaning a3 in English. jj The St. Gothard tunnel, in the Alps, c is twice as long as the Hoosac?over nine miles. j The inventor and founder of the uni- * vcrsnl lauguage Volapuk is Rev. Dr. 1 Johann Martin Sch!eyer. j Gold can be pounded 3200 times e thinner than printing paper. One ounca ^ ef it will cover 145 square feet. A chair 120 years old is in use in an i office in Spring City, PenD., and it is 1 said to be just as good as the day it was [ bought. s The material known to Americans as c canton flannel is in England called swan's t down, and American mu3lin is known in r England as calico. A duck with four feet is a curiosity t owned by James Stewart, of the York s road, opposite Guilford, Md. When swimmiug, it uses one of its legs as a rud- { der. ; ? f The young girl in Baltimore whc r put arsenic iuto the coffee of her neigh 3 Lors, thus killing two and perhaps 3 thio."- of them, explains that she did it t "just for fan." The aggressive quality ol t the Maryland brand of fun is such thai [ this ambitions exponent of it will b< i sent to prison for life as a means of re J I straining her daugerous exuberance. : >* '"-V- ' V? S* ????????ik TEMPERANCE. JUST TAKE A DROP. A drop? One drop?of wine or beer? It isn't much to take. If it would only stay a drop, It would no trouble make. ^ One drop! If that indeed were all I'd ever wish to drink, Surely it would not, could not cam? My soul in woe to sink. But here's the trouble: one snjall drcp ' Quick to another leads; Then to a third, and on and on The appetite each feeds. The first drop criss, "'Tis not enough;* The second, "Give me more;" The third says, "I must have a glass; My thirst is sharp and sore." Each one tastes better; each one makes Me thirstier than I was. And so a druukard I b?come,? That first wee drop the cause. There's only one thing I can do, iVT- n L j? ' wlui c me urst to swp, And say, "I'll not a drunkard be, So I'D not touch a drop." ?Mrs. Helen E. Brown, in Banner. NOT A PROFITABLE BUSLVESS. A recent London telegram states that the English Royal Niger Company has prohibtea the importation or sale of intoxicating iquore in its African territory north of the leventh parallel of north latitude. The offl:lals of the company state that it is their oonriction that the profits growing out of the iquor traffic are much more than cancelled >y the pecuniary losses resulting from the iemoralization among the natives and whites caused by the use of liquor. They do not ;lalm to be actuated by moral motives, bat pre proceeding on business principles. On . "business principles," as well as on moral rounds, Congress should promptly prohibit iquor exportation to Africa from oar own iountry. V HOW GOCGH WAS TEMPTED. Speaking of Gough, Mr. Bos worth said: "He was a great orator and grand, noble man, but he was not master of himself. I remember one time when a man put some whisky in a glas3 of soda water he was about to drink. Just the taste was enough to set the appetite afire within him, and he went off on a protracted spree. Very few people ever knew of this, but the fact is related in one of his biographies. When he came out of it I never saw a man feci so in all mvlifa. .Be cried like a baby and vowed that ha would never speak before an audience again, and. if I remember rightly, he canceled hia engagements for the rest of that year. He has told me many times when passing saloons mounted on a horse, ha had dug the spurs Into the beast's flanks and ridden for miles at break-nock speed to get out of reach of the temptation.Clevdand leader. TIPPLERS TO BE OSTRACIZED. A singular crusade has been inaugurated by Rev. Father Ziegler, of St. MtchaeTs Church. St. Louis, one of the most infloeo* tial Catholic parishes of the city. Father Ziegler has from time to time made efforts to close the saloons in his parish on Sundays, but was only partially successful, and the intemperance among the parishioners was unchecked, and hard drinking among the. younger members of the congregation increased at an alarming rate. On Sunday, says the New Orleans Times-Democrat, he announced from the altar that he had prepared a list of the habitual drinkers, and that this list had been handed to a committee o| sixty ladles of the congregation, and unless immediate reform follows members on this list will be socially ostracised. The committee of young ladies will keep a watch on the young' men and on the saloons, and every drinker will be spotted and the names of the unre< generate will be read from the altar. The statement created a sensation. THE BCIN OF MILLIONS. "With the privileptfs and customs of social ?fe, so marked as a~product of tbo modern ipirit, the young man needs double care in resisting the temptations that will certainly jeset him. If it were not for the soda! ;heer among them, many a gloss would bo eft untouched. Bare, blank drinking of. leadly alcohol by itself is not what first de- ' joys young men, but the social features snr*j rounding the drink habit that makes it fatalljH :harming. How the Satanic lights shine, 5lind the dram-drinker to the danger and iestruction ahead! 'Letus take a drink to* rether,' is the deceptive voice of companion* ihip which considers treating a iuanl/ and jenerous act. 'This is an orderly and respectable saloon;' it is the last false light trith which Satan would dazzle the eye of Ajnerican youth, and allure the popular heart from its burning determination of prohibiting the infernal traffic. There havo been millions, drunkards on their death-beds, , who could testify that their ruin began in the social glass. They had no thought of irunkenuess. But the fatal charm lea them >n step by step, until their will was enslaved, and at last drew them down to a irunkard's grave, and landed their souls in a irunkard's nell." STEAMSHIP DIUXUNG AJTD GAMBLING. J A Liverpool correspondent of the Cleveland (Ohio) Leader calls public attention to what he designates as "a great and growing curse in ocean travel," which American put? lie sentiment, he affirms, should put an end to. He says: "It is an undeniable fact tliafc the smoking-room of every passenger vessel1 now afloat, the only place on a steamship whero a gentleman may enjoy his customary cigar, is, from port to port, no less than a veritable gambling hell of the most pernicious and vicious sort." He criticisas the steamship companies sharply for permitting organize! bonds of gamblers to travel on their vessels for the purpose of robbery, and adds: "One can find no motive for the infamy save the paltry one that the environment of poker and daily pool-selliug?in other words, the anxiety anJ excitement of the ordinary gambling-house?tremendously increases the sales of liquors at the bar. But it does," He further says: "In the secondclass cabin, and ;>.lso in the steerage, are tho ?ame seductive 'smoking-room' and bar." * 1 U1S ocean Sbeaiuei uiasiuauvuua gitau auu growing evil which rU who travel, and those who do not, should in every possible way discourage, and seek as spsoJily as inay be to abolish. To the young and the ioexpe- j rienced an ocean voyage 13 needlessly peril-J jus as involving the avoidable danger of^ moral shipwreck and ruiu. TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. J Motto of the temperance reform clnbr 'We bend the knee, but not the elbow." With an attendanc3 of 50,000 a day at !owa State fair not a drunken man was to be ioen. The Weekly Times, London, says that five mudred children under ten years of age vcre taken into the custody last year in LouIon as druuk and incapable. George Blaiklock, the London temperance ecturer who is traveling in this country, ays that his city contains 00,000 paupers, ind spends annually for drink about $70,100,000. The W. C. T. U. has established an indosrial home at South Had ley Falls, Mass., for n temperate women, to be "called tii2 Francis 2. Willard Home, with accommodations for welve inmates. Iu Great Britain there are 16.000 Bands of lone and similar juvenile temperance so riefies, with nearly two miiliou members.' The Scottish union aloue has 600 societies in l 130, COD members. J One of the svmptoms of a victim to whisky, s a continual moistening of the lips with the ongue. Under normal conditions nature jrovides for this, but when the stomach and hroat are overheated by alcohol the lips get o parched that the tongue has to do frequent luty. Governor ilcKinney, of Virginia, says hat it is not at all necassary for a public nan to drink, as is often asserted. It has >een his invariable practice to decline ail 'treats" in his political campaign*, and he mlieves that instead of losing, he has gained rotes by abstinence. ,, The theory that whisky is nocsssary in tha reatmentof pneumonia lias received a blow, rom Dr. Bull, of New York city, who dis-j overs that iu the New York hospitals sixty-; ive per cent, of the pneumonia patients die iith alcoholic treatment, while in London,1 it the Object Lesson Temperance Hospital,!/ mly five per cent. die. Carroll D. Wright, the best authority in he United States, state* that eighty-four, isr cent, of all criminal cases are due directy or indirectly to the influence of liquor.' 'even out oi every ten of the convicts at the Columbus Penitentiary are men intemperate habits. Seven out of ten of he men locked up in our county jails are :ommitted for drunken ess.