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.7 j< Mt ?< ** i A DM il. , The Story of a Tragic Life Drama. BY E. M. DAVY. CHAPTER XV. IS A HUNTING COUNTRY. Sleep being entirely out of the question, I was early astir, packed my porti JJ J TJ f.? Wot. manreau aim juiuou uqm a? a> tuo fast table, he imagining the while that I merely meant to accompany him to the station. On my way up-stairs to excuse my departure to Georgie I encountered Mrs. [Armstrong. She appeared on the lookout for me. "The mistress has getten a sick headache an' does na wish to be distorted," che said. "But I'm going from home for three days, Mrs. Armstrong " "Weel, Bor, an' that's ne news. She tolled me so hersen." Edna had done this?she had made the way easy to me, God bless her! "Can I neither see my wife nor Miss Lynton, then?" "No. Ye justcanna." The carriage was announced, and we *et off. Hawks, noticing my bag, asked an explanation, and I told him I intended going as far as York, adding, vaguely, that I had heard of a horse for sale there. * -a? -3 nn monfinn nf X ueeujeu it wiocoi iu mom uu __ Leicestershire even to Cfcarlie. On parting company at York his last words were, "I guess you'll not forget the tip I gave you last night, eh, old chappie?" I laughed, said, "All right, Charlie," then set about making inquiries as to how I could best reach Whitmore Park. After ' considerable delay I obtained the name of the nearest post town, and for that I took my ticket; but foand, on my arrival, there was still a branch line to travel before I could get any way near my destination. It was 7 o'clock in the evening, and almost dark, when, wearied and impatient with the long, slow journey, I alighted at ? ? ? ->11 '1A a + a + invk Wl'fK fV?0 fiTPATJ tt Bill an WO-v D1UO II ?>u ?MV v*vvf tion of a female who got out of a second or third class carriage, the rest of the pa6Bengers vent on. "How far is it to Whitmore Park?Mr. Hargreare's place?" I asked of the ticket collector before passing through the turnstile. "Whitmore Park is about three miles off; but Mr. Hargreave'6 been dead these two years an' more." "Indeedl Will you inform me who lives there now?"' "Maior O'Neil, sir." "Is he a hunting man?" "He's a master of hounds, sir." "Ah, Mr. Hargreave used to be. Did the Hajor keep on the same huntsmen and whips, I wonder?" I asked, with studied carelessness. "Not one on 'em. Major O'Neil brought his own with him?all Irish," he Baid, with some disdain?"even to the stable boys." "I wish I could have seen the old huntsman, or some man who had been in Mr. Hargroave's 6tables,n I said, ma_ singly. "That's easily done, sir," he replied, with animation. "There's a good inn a mile and a half down yonder road kept by Tom Little, the late master's huntsman? 'Little Tom* he used to be called in the old Squire's time, an' he's best known by that name yet. Beg pardon, . sir, 4mt you'd be very comfortable there if you happened to want a bed for the night. He's got good stabling, too."' I thanked the man for his information, And was about to push on in the direction indicated, when I saw him turn to receive a ticket from a female who, hitherto unobserved, had probably overheard our conversation. I looked at her, and there was yet sufficient light to see she was a little woman in a large cloak and bonnet;. that she wore spectacles, carried a. VmcTtftt of nrimupR. and leaned on a stick. Then I set off at a swinging pace, and never slackened it until I reached the inn. At the open door stood a small, wiry znan, with a weather-beaten, good-humored face, who looked as though he might have been born and bred in stables. Minehost, asstiredly. I ascertained that I could be pat tip for the night, and he at once inquired if I required stabling. No; I had merely come on a voyage of discovery, adding, as insinuatingly as I could: uTo speak perfectly frankly, Little, my chief object is to have a chat with you. I want you to tell me something about the Major's kennel, and what sport he has been showing. The fact is, I have some thoughts of bringing my hunters next season. That, however, will depend on your report." The ruse succeeded. I was at once in ited into the beBt parlor of the inn, and while 6ome snpper was being prepared lor me, the ex-huntsman and I Bat at op* posit? sides of the cheerful, blazing fire, both smoking, and I listening, with well* assumed interest, to such information as a man anxious to hunt in that country might be supposed to want. At last, however, without, I beliove, manifesting any undue eagerness, I said: "And now tell me something about the old days. You'd rather speak of them, I fancy." "I'm not bo sure I would, 6ir," he said, shaking his head, while a cloud Beemed to settle on his hitherto cheerful face. "There was that terrioie catastropne, you see " "And what was that?" "Don't you know? Didn't you hear of it when it happened? Why, the whole hunting world was ringing with it." "I was oat of the hunting world for a time; that may account for my ignorance. I have only taken to it again this season," I explained hurriedly and somewhat lamely. "Tell mo the 6tory. Do." He "laid his pipe down carefully, and seemed preparing foi* a long yarn. "She was just the handsomest girl you Mioo T7 orflrrnoro cir hor V * CI Oil w, n no iutoo xa i*a vm. v, none! 'Squire Hargreave bad kept 'hounds ever since coming to the property, and his daughter bad been need to the saddle from a baby, but, when the yoang lady grew up, the master took a fancy to keep her out of the field. I wont go into particulars of the why and the wherefore now. I believe he was in the right from what I learnt afterward, but that's neither here nor there. Anyhow, be got rid of her hunters and made her drive out with her stepmother instead. She had a high spirit, she had, and resented it. 'Tom,' says she to me one day, the end of December of the season '78, 'whut'll you bet I don't get a mount befor? thiB year's ont?' 'The master's bad to move, when's mind's made up,' said I. "I don't mean to ask him, but I'll be out. you'll see. Tom,' says she. And sure enough she was. "She'd plenty of money at command, any amount of plucK, anu wnat aoes eae do but goes and bribes that sneaking horsedealer fellow Brown to buy her a ? horse. He bought her one and they kept it dark. But this didn't come out till afterward, you must know, sir. The meet was at Cowley's; a fox was found in Winlow Willows. A grand old sly boots he proved, and gave us a ring or two before the catastrophe happened. My mind was occupied only witn my work, and I sever gave another thought to Miss HargTeave when I saw Bhe didn't show up at the meet. Now this is the story of how it all happened, which I heard from mo.'to IhiLo one eye-witnesp, sir. v ir/ * "The master had ridden his horse at a very large and deep drain, when Mies Hargreave appeared suddenly, from heaven knows where, riding at a very great pace. She gave a shout of laughter, they say, as she set her horse also at the place, close on the master's heels. Too close, for the Sauire's horse, though he took the leap all right, in struggling up the opposite bank fell backward into TrofAi. Vinrofl /?nrri??rl ViAr OVAT I safe enough, but in so doing kicked the poor Squire?Good Lord! will any one who was out that day ever forget it?? Hold hard, sir; I haven't quite done yet. It's no secret I'm confiding to your keepij ing?the whole field vouched for the truth of it ? Miss Hargreave, sir, rode on " "Good God! She did not know ? Bhe could not," I burst out, as a cold, creepy kensation almost paralyzed the words upon my lips, "That's just the worst part of it, sir. I'm afraid she did." "Impossible!" oried I, starting tip in my excitement. "No woman in hei senses " But I wbb interrupted, by the door of the room being quickly opened, and a man putting his head in. "Wanted," he said, making an impatient Bign to Tom Little; and leaving the door open, he disappeared. Tom got up to go "One moment," I cried. "Close that door and finish your tale." "Beg pardon, but it seems to have rather affected you air. You don't happen to be"?he paused and looked at mo uneasily?"in any way related?I was ahnnt to ask?" "Go on. For God's sake, go on!" < "Party won't wait. Wants you this'in6tant," said the man, this time grinning, j as he again put his head in:ide the door. I placed myself between him and "mine host." "My business must be attended to first, sir," said the latter, looking at me curiously. "If you'll sit down again, I'll finish the story when I come back." He passed me and went out, closing the door behind him, but not before I had caught sight of a woman standing outside. Though her face was turned away, I recognized her at once as the person! had seen at the station. She had a basket on her arm, and waB leaning on a stick. CHAPTER XVI. MT 'WIFE AND MY FBIEND. That I am not endowed with a superabundance of coolness and patience the reader, doubtless, haB already discovered; but also that the position in which 1 found myself was a trying one cannot be denied. Barely touching the supper that hid been brought for me, I paced the little room in a fever of impatience until Tom returned. The moment he came I was struck by the change in his expressive face. "There was an ominous tightening about the corners of his mouth, and an evident desire to avoid looking at me. I sat down again beside the fire; he also dropped into the chair he had occupied before. "Now, sir, I can go on with my story. But, after all, there is not mnch more to * " -A TTT1 TO n 1611. Jjei me see. v? iiert> who x; He spoke with some embarrassment, quite at variance with his manner before he left the room. I was silent. I would not assist him by word or look. That something had occurred to alter his first determination of telling me the whole truth I felt convinced. Possibly the strong - emotion' I had shown was the cause. I would manifest less interest; by this means perhaps I might learn most. He resumed: , 1 "The poor 'squire was carried homte. He only recovered consciousness on hour or so betore fie aiea. Ana wnat maae matters the more painful, you 6ee, sir,' was this?he knew very well it was that kick from his daughter's horse that had done for him. Immediately after the fuueral, Mrs. Hargreave and her stepdaughter left the Park; everything about the place was sold, and I've been told the la'dies went traveling on the Continent." "Is that all?" I asked. "Well, yes, sir, that's about all." "You had, in point of fact, finished the Btory before you left the room?" "If there is anything more you would like to know that"! cnn tell you, I'll do bo, sir." Clearly the answer was evasive. "You said that Miss Hargreave rode on. Would you mind explaining what yen meant more fully?" I inquired. "I said she rode on, and that all the field could testify to it. I suppose the excitement of finding herself on horeback once more caused her to lose her head. I can give no further explanation on that point, 6ir. Is there anything more you'd like to know?" What had come over the man I knew not, but felt it would be useless to pursue the subject. I would try him on another track. "Do you know the name of Gasco:gne?" I asked, abruptly. "Gascoiene?" he repeated, and seemed considering. "No, there's never been any one of that name hereabouts to my knowledge, and I've been in this part over six .years now." "Ion never heard of a Dr. Gascoigne, then?" "No, sir." "Who was attending Mr. Hargreave when he died?" "Dr. Wilson, from C ; and a great London doctor came down?when- it wag too late." "Where is Dr. Wilson now? Possibly I could hear of Gascoigne through him." "He's dead, sir." "uici oe aiiena alish nargreave r xuu see I'm taking you at your word, and asking plenty of questions." "If Miss Hargreave needed a doctor, he would attend her, naturally, as he was, you may say, the family doctor. But the youDg lady was never ill enough to require medical attendance. She'd one of the grandest constitutions going." "But af;er that terrible tragedy, for instance, waB she not ill? Did no medical man attend her on that occasion?" I inquired. vividly recalling to mind what Mrs. Hargreave had told me of her daughter's attack of brain fever, of the shock her nerves had undergone, of the doctor's advice concerning her. "You give me credit for more knowledge than I possess, Bir," answered Little. "I told you Mtb. Hargreave and her stepdaughter left the Park immediately after the funeral. I wonder what's got them now?" ha said, looking at me keenly. Involuntarily 1 winced, reeling that the tables were being turned on me. I rose and tried to laugh. "Evidently your too graphioally told tale has had a depressing effect," I said. "J'll go outside now and try to walk it off.* Alone and in the darkness I would think over what I had just heard. Alone and in darkneBt! How truly did those words describe my own condition! It was evident there was no further in* formation to be gathered from the exhuntsman. In point of fact, perhaps there was no more to leam. God knowr it was enough! But even then, as I tranmed alone the unknown road that starless night, my passion had somewhat cooled, and I felt I might have pitied Georgia had it not been for those damning words of Little's, beneath which such subtle meaning lurked?"Miss Hargreave, sir, rofle on." Good Godl would th? tones ot ms voice, the expression of his face as he uttered them, ever cease to haunt me? This, then, was the story which, a few seasons ago, h id been the talk of th? sporting world! When a certain Mr. and Mrs. Dudley took up their abode in far-off Northshire, nnd the huntingmen, who were so cordial with Jack Dudley in the field, wished their wives and mothers to call upon his wife, they inquired first, "Who was she?" "Lester Hargreuve's daughter." Why, every M. F. H. in the kingdpm * y i' \.r * * , ' . ' would remember the tragic tale the very moment the name was spoken. And how the news would spread! Need I wonder any longer that no callers came to Langdale Grange? Need I wonder now what Edna Lynton meant when Bhe tried all woman could to dissuade me from thio fatal marriage? Fool! Blind, infatuated dupe that I had been to sell my liberty for the sake of a beautiful face and?Mammon! But, alas, more remained to be discovered. The part Dr. Gascoigne played in this wretched drama was still to be explained; and I vowed to heaven I would neither sleep nor rest till the mystery surrounding him was solved. 1 left "Leicestershire by the first train next morning. How long the return journey Beemed? how wearisome all' the changes and delays? It was nearly 9 at night when I found myself once more at Wexham. I had telegraphed from York for a cab to meet me, and two were waiting outside the station. Selecting that to which a pair of horses was attached, I was about to enter it, when the driver stopped me. It was engaged, he said, for a lady. I therefore took possession of the other, and we were soon passed by the twohoreo cab, which I could not help noticing was being driven at unusual speed. About half a mile from the Grange we met the same vehicle returning; a ray of I 12-A.A l-m. ~ a.i 24. moonilgui guuilug 1U Duunrcu Ul? lUM It was empty. The entrance to the grounds was reached. The gates stood open. A few secondB more and I should be in the presence of my wife. Sodden conviction that I was not prepared assailed me. I called to the driver to stop; I paid him, took my bag, and walked slowly along the moonlit carriage-drive. I did this to gain time?to no other motive can I assign the action?to gain time to frame the words which could best excuse my absence and explain why I had returned a day earlier than I had named. It was supposed I had gone to York about a horse. I had not bought the horse. The less said the better. Still brooding over my somber thoughts, 11 v?r?r*r? ani rvnol tr T + n 7*n o rJ alnnrr a. favorite walk which led round the side of the house. All here lay in deepest shadow; bat a broad food of light from the mnsic-room window crossed the path and lost itself in the Bbrubbery beyond. Georgie is in there, I thought; but, instead of hastening forward, I stood still. One minute more with the fresh March wind blowing on me?one minute more, and then I was close by the French window; I had even advanced a step with the intention of tapping on the pane to be let in, as I had done numberless times before, when it was flung suddenly ojien, and a shadow fell aloDg the illuminated space. "There, that is better. The air will soon revive you." And the voice was the ' ?!-? knf Via nfifVi a VUiuo U1 uaDl/VJk^U0| vuv uw oyua? TT*?U W tenderness I bad never heard from him before. "Yes?I?I can breathe now." And these words were Bpoken by my wife. The shadow seemed then to separate? to form two; and I felt certain that he> Gascoipne, my friend?heaven save the mark!?had been holding her in his arms! The conversation that ensued was clearly a continuation of one that had been going on inside the room. [TO BE CONTINUED.! POPULAR SCIENCE. At Cassis, France, granite blocks of fifteen cubic metres have been moved by wave force. It has been shown conclusively that insect or meat fed plants bear heavier and more seeds than those which are uufed. The new British cruiser Pique in a recent run is reported to have made a cnpprl nf snvenfceen knots an hour with out difficulty. Recent experiments in France on tho vflocity of propagation of electric waves give a mean velocity which is almost exactly that of light. It has been found that vaccination is beneficial to horses having the glanders, and this treatment is now being used in Franco and Germany. A marinn railway ha? been built in Elizabsthport, N. J., wbicb is capable of hauling a 2500 ton vessel out of the water in nine minutes. The eu terprise of stocking the rivers of Arkansas *ni Missouri with the rainbow trout of California is said to be a most gratifying success. The alleged power of camphor to awaken seeds or stimulate their termination has been shown by the experiments of M. Henry de Varigny to have no real existei.ce. Currents of water serve to a vast ex4-k^ %% ?? */%?>/* r\P /liofrihnHn nr QPPfl LCUU IUU |>U1 pUOU \JL uwu iwuwiu0 wvWv., Many trees are fouad oa the. baaks of streams which carry their nuts miles away, where they spring into new forosts. An alloy which adheres firmly to glass and can therefore be used for joining up glas3 tubing, is said to be made by add* ing five per cent, of copper to ninetyfive per cent, of tin. The tin is first melted and the eopper added subsequently. A recent English invention is a buoyant life saving seat for ships. It is intended for a deck seat, the upper and lower parts being made of buoyant material, so that if thrown into the water the apparatus will support several people comfortably. Sometime ago Professor Parisi, of Athens, Greece, was surprised at being relieved of a tape worm after a very free use of cocoanut. Since then ho has tried this as a remedy with almost in* variable success, and good re?ults are reported from its trial in America. W. Verncr writes to the Zoologist that the Kentish plover, like the stone curlew or thicknee, is being rapidly ex terminated in the county from which it derives its name by collectors and so called "naturalists," who, with walking stick guns, in and out of season, destroy all tbey can opproach. The recent decision of the Supreme Court in Michigan in respect to the grounds on which a will can be properly contested ought to aid the New York courts materially in determining a knotty case which has come before them. The will in the case is contested on the ground that the testator was in the habit of making execrable puns, especially on the names of friends and acquaintances. Under +v?a "\t5/>uw*on 1/LiC 3JJ11IU Ui. l/II ^ XUi^Ul^UU U^vioivu this habit is not conclusive proof that the capacity to make a will is wanting; and we believe the New York courts will so hold. The relatives of a man so afflicted ought to be contented with the knowledge that he has abandoned it, and let his will stand. THE CHILEANS. PROUD AND ARROGANT MEN AND PRETTY WOMEN. Class Distinctions Are Finely Drawn ?The Home Ijife is Exclusive? How They Dress?Peculiarities of the People. fMofrVwMiWVuHih \Wf -w <-nue ciass uis% I*110**0 D 8 are marked. There Sjfc' I are three classes f/ am6nS her inhab?/ itants. The ruling flfe^Jbi v /MB "Class is pyre white, descended from lljr '^J^Sanm the Spanish con^i\V// 9 querors of the land 53 Americans are descended from mwirm thc formcrEnglish possessors of America. The lower class is a mixed race, combining the blood of the Spaniards an i the Araucanians. The mixed people are called peones, in English peons. They constitute the bulk of the population, and do the laborious and menial work. In the third class are the Araucanians pure and simple. There are 50,000 of the savages in the country. T1-"" "toM *> to t.hf> iwoy jioiu a. icaujr ? laws when they leave their wilds for civilization, and they can be impressed into the army if desired. They are fierce, cruel, and tireless 6ghters. Nearly all travelers who write of Chile fail to distinguish sufficiently betwecu the Chilean of pure Spanish, or, at least, white blood, and the mixed class. That is one reason why Americans have such wrong impressions of th^ people. The Chileans are as. white as we are, and nearlv as numerous as the peons, whom they treat imperiously. There are naturally many of the lower class whose admixture of Indian blood is very small and who are nearly white. For that, however, the unfortunates must suffer. The Chileans are a proud race, arrogant, pretentious and fond of display. There is much of their Spanish forefathers about them. They have acquired in the brisk climate an energy not Spanish, but have retained a love of ease and a carelessness or slovenliness with their work which is traceable directly. They have kept their Spanish beauty. They are not stunted in stature to the degree noticeable in the descendants of Spaniards in other South Americm countries, probably another result the president's palace and 1 of climate. They are strongly of the Spanish type, however. The men are slender and graceful, although strong of build, and the women are dark, languorDus beauties, who know well the coquettishness of the Spanish manta, and how to sing love soDgs to the twang of a guitar. There is a certain atmosphere of poetry and romance thrown over this interesting country, wmca is ceriaiiny an inheritance. It is not born of the air, which is brisk, and inspires action rather than sentiment. The Chileans are far from lazy. They are hearty and active, with an ambition to lead in all things, art and science as well as business, manufactures and war. They are copyists, however. Their civilization, high as it is, is crude and in many ways unformed. Suntiago, the Chilean capital, is a handsome city. It lies in the great plain between the two mountain ranges, the trreat snow-capped summits of the Andes being visible from every street. It is laid out like a chess board, as, iadeed,is every Chilean town, however small. There is a grand central plaza, with the cathedral, the Governor's palace and the great public buildings on two sides,and the swell shops of the city on the other two sides. The plaza is the real centre .1 ^ Ti.- i;/. :?i 5 L...: I 01 LQe lOWDi us me, auumi nuu uuainess, seems to spring from it. At night there is music under its trees, and the inh: bitauts gather and promenade, making a nightly festival. By day the plaza is liued with baratillos or small retail booths, much patronized by the inhabitants. The city is well ordered. The shops arc small and not remarkable for the variety or quality of the goods they oontain. But Santiago is not a business city. Valparaiso, four hours away by express, is the great seaport and business centre of the nation, the New York of Chile. Santiago is the city of homes and society, the social und governmental head of the nation. There are numerous street car lines in the city, and bloominir half-breed girls act as car conductors. It is a singular custom, #ecn nowhere else in South America. Many of the half-breeds arc handsome, and the women, when Jjoung, arc plump and rosy. The bright-eyed conductors seldom retain their places long. When one becomes a conductor she might as well order her trousseau and be done with it. The great street of Santiago is the Alameda, a boulevard with a central garden of trees, adorned with statuary, and with roadways ou either side. There are many fine residences along the street, as there are also in the interminable streets which run to right aud left, always crossing at right angles, and occupying great areas of ground. The Chileau house is something of a fortress. It has indications of the out Spanish house built about it, with many original features. It is built around one or more courtyards, and is shut oil from the street by heavy doors and sometimes by iron gates besides. A blank wall is all that is presented from the street. The outsider get no glimpse of the charming home-like Fcenc within, of the orange trees blooming in the courtyard, of the curious angles, far-projecting roofs, quaint turnings and twistings, carved rafters, nail-studded doors, aud other comfort-suggesting features of the truly interesting structure. Au exceedingly inhospitable Building is tbe Chilean ' / ;v * f i. family home. It offers no welcome to the stranger, and little even to the acquaintance, for social lines are drawn much more tightly in Chile than they are here. The well-to-do and poorer Chileans live in more modest dwellings of the same general plan. It remains to the peoms, the half-breeds, to live in oViArla on/1 ViAttoId iflmmpH tn. YT IblV/liV/U auvu<) UUV* HS/ Vtuj gether in frightful and filthy dens. But it may be that travelers unwittiugly exaggerate the poverty of the peons. Doubtless well-to-do Chileans who visit New York write home thrilling descriptions of Hester street. Most of the dwelling houses ar^ built of adobe or sun-dried brick for the first story. If there be a second story it is often of cane, the 'whole plastered with mud and colored and ornamented. But few houses have more than one story, ' - a - * ^ 1 A 1 ior unneis a iaaa 01 earmquuKes. Although common and of constant occurrence, earthquakes are not regarded as either dangerous or unpleasant. Many private houses are of large size, covering 400 or 500 feet square of ground, and accommodating three generations of a family -with dining rooms, which will seat sixty at table. Many have architectural pretensions, and are decorated with elaborate mouldings and marble slabs. But stucco is depended upon, and houses are painted evury color and shade distinguishable by the human eye. Santiago has a large theatre, which is patronized extensively. An admirable understanding of the Chilean people can be obtained by visiting'the plaza in the evening. The scene has been described by more than one traveler. A military band plays European airs, while the people, young and old,promenade in the winding pathways under the trees. Many of the costumes worn have been imported, and all have been cut after Parisian fashion plates. The men wear biack coats and silk hats, the women and girls dresses of silks and expensive fabrics. There is more or less flirting, perhaps more boldly carried on than with us. The scene is enlivened by the presence of many officers in gay uniform, for Chileans atfect the army, and are fond of its display. Mixed with the throng of gay and light-hearted whites, are the mixed people, the peons, who have Indian blood. The women are dark skinned, with straight black hair, and are homely after they pas3 the age of rosy cheeks. They dress coarsely and are vulgar in their manners. Both rflen and women acknowledge the superiority of the whites. The whites in turn treat REA.SURY BUILDING, 8ANTIAG0. them like slaves. A Chilean will ,not thnnk peon for a servico. The military atmosphere is everywhere. The officers are bold, arrogant fellows who know their tactics by heart and are accustomed to command. The Peruvian war showed that they were intrepid and fearless soldiers as well as brainy tacticians. The common soldiers, the peons, are stocky, sturdy, powerful, brutal, fearless. They love fighting, and they have no fear of death. Large and expensive barracks and military schools are now in course of erection in Santiago, for the Chileans mean to cultivate the art of war. The Chileans are close students of European armies, tactics and systems. Of the other institutions Santiago has her share. She has aa extensive public school system, galleries of art, scientific collection s nnri fior.ifitiea. a n ational college of a I I : riTTTT T? i vr nnTTVTUV HTfcT.lTS. high order, schools of law and medicine, and the like. With its electric lights and telephones and telegraph systems, you would not know Santiago from an American city. Eight newspapcjs arc published daily. Besides large banks the city has every necessity or luxury attendant on the highest and most complex state of civilization. Valparaiso, the port and business center of Chile, on the Western slope of the Cordilleras de la Costa, is very different from Santiago. It is essentially an English city. It In large, of no particular beautv. and with something of a cosmo politan air. It has clubs and a large English population. Germans, too, are very numerous. A great deal of wealth is centered in the town and invested in its enterprises and business projects. English is spoken everywhere. One ean hardly get along without it la Valparaiso. For that matter, English is well understood throughout the country. The time was when Paris was the city upon which all eyes were fixed. Paris is yet the Chilean's ideal in matters of dress and art, but London is all else to Chile, and it may be said that it is a nation of Anglo-maniacs, although there is not any aping of the English to a perceptible degree. English is taught in the schools, \ A0/ -v ?v- vr and when the children are old enough to go abroad they are taken to London. Of course they visit Paris, too. Social life is more formal in Chile than with us. Society distinctions are drawn more definitely. The great families of the nation live apart in a small world' of their own. Family counts for much. The chief social functions are the dinnei A WOMAN CAR CONDUCTOR. party and the reception. Even in the | middle classes there is not that joyous freedom of social intercourse which we know. The young man who falls in, love must be content with unsatisfactory' tete-a-tetes in crowded ball rooms. He must apply to the girl's parents and obtain permission to address the daughter before he is granted any additional liberty. Lovers are never permitted to meet alone until they have been married. Chilean women of the upper class ex-: * * * A 1 /TU. baust tne vocaDUianes oi iraveiens. ?i?ey: are exceedingly slender and graceful, al- I most always with rich dark complexions,: long, soft, and jet black hair and black' eyes under long drooping lashes. They: speak the soft Spanish language with < softer voices than their fair American sisters of the northern hemisphere. They are educated carefully. Many of them speak English, and a few speak French. Traveling in Chile is rapid and comfortable. The railroads are well constructed and the rolling stock is of the be3t. Express trains make 'almost as good time as they do in the United States. Parlor cars are common on the principal roads. The number of travelers is amazing in a nation of 3,000,000 people. The usual explanatiom is that the lower classes are restless folk, never satisfied with one plate, always wanting change. The idleness of their Spanish progenitors and their Indian shiftlessness make the peons ioving good-for-nothings, but always happy. They will never work long at a job. As soon as they have something ahead they knock off and spend it. ! The country districts abound in grand scenery and bits of pleasant and odd rural life. The grape country and the wine presses interest the traveler, for wine is becoming an important product of the land, and is securing a demand abroad. The great grazing districts, ?fViaiv nnnnorno nr TnHiftTl CrtwhOVS. WJfcU bUWU Tuvjwv4wj v> .. _ _y and their rodeos, or roundups, as our ranchmen term the periodic stock accounting, and the great forest tracts, with their interesting Indian inhabitants, are much talked of by travelers. Amazing tales, too, are told of the game in the southern forests and of the savage pumas which make life exciting for the mountaineer of the warmer regions.? New York Sun. Lemons at Fanerals. | In 1878 I was called upon to officiate (for a neighbor) at a funeral in a Lancashire (England) town. The relatives, working people, but not poor, desired mo fn oH-nnd nfc the house before the Dro *w ?* I cession left it. I found the company drinking lemon-juice, mixed with warm water, sweetened and spiced. The vessel was a large two-handled pot mug, and the rind of the lemon was wreathed from handle to handle. I found it would have been a great offense to refuse to drink of it. A similar custom in Yorkshire is noticed in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1798.?Notes and Queries. Chile's War Fleet. In January, 1880, the Chilean war * iimnnla^a on/1 nnp neec mciuueu depk protected ciuiscr, ten first class and two second class torpedo boats, two corvettes, three rams, two dispatch vessels, two transports, four gunboats and four sailing vessels. The Esmeralda is an old boat, but a magnificent cruiser. She was built for the Chilean Government in England at a cost of $1,500,000. She was chartered by the British Government in 1885, when England was involved in trouble with Russia, but returned afterward to Chile. She was badly battered up in the Chilean war with Peru, but was repaired and restored to her primal glory. The Esmeralda is a protected cruiser and one of the best war ships afloat. I a orlHifinn tn tha Chilean XX lUiJUlUUUiW navy , will be the Capitan Prat, now nearing completion in France, and expected to prove one of the most powerful war vessels ever constructed. THE CHILEAN WARSHIP CAPITAN PRAT. In addition to these there are one iron clad of steel, (5000 tons; three deck protected cruisers, also of steel, and two torpedo gunboat?. Two years ago there were five rearadmirals, fifty-nine captain*, and 160 other officers. There were 1609 common sailors, all thoroughly drilled men. There is a Naval College at Valparaiso wua an average attendance of 100 cadets. The fact that there has been a civil war in Chile changes somewhat the statistics of the army and navy, turning tL< National Guard and till local war organizations into one active body trained for service. The marriage ring used at a New York cweJnony wa; a key ring. I ( - ... i I THE BRIGHTER DAY. When the dreary -weather, cold and weV Produces "blues" and melancholy, Look back o'er life and don't forget That most of it was bright and jolly. There never was a day of rain But sunshine followed soon thereafter* And gloomy mood and aching pain Gave way to health and merry laughter. The bells of time i Will ring their chime Of mingled joy and sorrow, Yet the refrain In hopeful strain Speaks sweetly for to-morrow. When clouds of darkness hang their pall Before the future you're exploring, With patience wait for them to fall In faith their threatening look ignoring; Their "silver lining" soon will show An knAAmao KlrtW fhom AVdl* X\a ivl WUUO O UI UiV" vuvu* vivij And just beyond a rosy glow "* Will light your pathway through the clover, The ringing bells Have told their knells And now proclaim with pleasure A sunny day That's come to stay, Filled high with precious treasure. ?George E. Brown, in Atlanta Contention. .. PITH AND_ POINT. Brands from the burning?Mavericks. ?Puck. A winter resort? ixying to Keep warm. ?New York Journal. Running expenses are those which you . pay as you go.?Augusta Chronicle. If a man once poses as a wide-awake citizen he must not repose.?Boston < Post. A big enterprise on foot?A man start* ing to walk around the% world.?Boston Journal. It is not a very serious matter to quarrel with an actress. She never refuses to "make up."?Boston Post. There are too many people in the world who use their nest-eggs to make cake of.?Atchison Globe. "There are times when he is very gloomy." "I don't wonder; he calls . himself a self-made man."?New York Press. A Western lecturer has selected for his subject "A Bad Egg." This subject often strikes lecturer unfavorably.? Texas Siftings. Rosaline?"How is your new beauP Grace?"Oh, he promises well." Rosa- > | lie (warningly)?"Get him to writerNew York Herald. When an unmarried woman says she has remained single from choice, do not be so rude as to ask her "from whose /rS choice?"?Boston Transcript. ? George Eliot says: "The man who trusts a friend educates him." But the * * ? - A-2 ?-A- AWNAMmanffll ' ? tTUSI^F OlttU gCUJ tuc uiUBk r- --n. knowledge.?Columbus Post. Au anti-crank bill has been introduced into Congress. The farmer's boy will be anxious to know if it includes the grindstone.?Lowell Courier. The banana has a great variety of uses. It is said that flour is no*v made' from it. It is no secret that the skin makes low slippers.?Lowell Courier. Querist?"Why did you borrow that 'five* of 8mith, the restaurateur!" Aud ace?"To give a little lunch at the Ettie Cafe."?Elate Field's Washington. After much solicitation the German Government has decided not to send the Watch on the Rhine to the World's Columbian Exposition.?Jewelers' Circular. v | t A woman can give much more advive 1 1 A 1 VtiaKon/^*a InVA Aft I &OOUC HOW iU iiCCp a uuouauvt 0 ?wf M _ the first anniversary of her marriage than J she can at her silver wedding.?Elmira J Gazette. > He (fishing for a compliment)-?"All handsome men are conceited,yon know." She?"But it does not follow that all conceited men are handsome."?Boston \ Transcript. Lady (engaging servant)?r"You seem to possess every necessary qualification. Have you a sweetheart?" Servant? "No mum; but I can ?oon get one."? The Comic. J He?"Well, how is Mr. Jones gettingon since his accident?" She?"They j say he doesn't seem like himself." He , ?"Well, that must be a comfort to hi? wife."?Boston Beacon. Mistress?"Fanchette, why don't you sweep with the new broom?" Fanchette ?"Rut. madame. the room was so dirty J 1 -? I thought I'd use the old oue a littie yet J and save the new one."?Comic. I Young Mrs. Fitts?"You do not .tire J of my singing, do you, dear?" Mr. Pitts \ ?"No, love; your voice reminds mo so / much of that girl I was engaged to along / in 1885." And she hasn't sang anything i since.?Indianapolis Journal. J "Why, how is this? You, your wife* and all of the family have got your face$ bandaged? Are you all afflicted with the toothache?" "You see, ouroldest'is learning to be a dentist and so he is drawing our teeth for a bit of practice." ?Dorfbarbier. Tommy's Mamma (as Tommy suddenly bursto out crying?"What is the matter?" Tommy?"I hurt myself this atternoon." Tommy's Mamma?"Why didn't you cry then instead of now?" Tommy?"'Cause I was busy. I was playin' with Freddy then."?Comic. ~ " " ? " ? ? 1 J Bultinch?"Miss omiiax uas a woauer* ful memory." Woodea?"Why, what proof has she given of it?"' Bulfinch? 4 'Why, I met her at supper last night and she not only reminded me about our being engaged last summer, but gave me a number of the details."?Boston Courter. Jack Hardup (with unwonted enthusiasm)?"By Jove! I see that some fellow is talking about introducing a bill into the house making it a misdemeanor to send annoying letters to any one. Very clever idea that. I'll have my tailor locked up for six months, by Jove!"? Tit-Bits. A famous railway president, while out for a constitutional a few weeks since, noticed a sou of toil digging a ditch. "Prpm-hard work?" suggested the rail way magnate. The laborer put down his pick and shovel and replied, with deliberation: "Wefl, it aint't lawn tinnus." ?Harper's Drawer. Philistine Wife?"Your paper isn't at all amusing just now. But there, I must confess it is noteasy to be either funny or witty every week." Journalist (much worried)?"No, my dear, much easier to be always dull and prosaic every evening." [He was about to add a personal illustration,but as, fortunately, he didn't, the subject dropped.]?Punch.