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BETRAYED; I OR A DARK MARRIAGE MORN. A Romance of Loue, Intrigue and Crime. ?? T -r* r* * nnrcmAXT HX jr. tAcwvioiun. CHAPTER XII. DISHONORED. The President of the Atlantic Rational Bank, in which Eugene Cleveland had been assistant bookkeeper, and in which Bay Fielding was stiil employed, was Sidney Leland. Esquire, a near neighbor of the Hon. Sherwood Elliston, and a T?ry wealthy and important personage, indeed. He had married young, and had two (.rnwr-nn r>VnMrAn_ a son iind a daughter. I !rhe son, Warren Leland, was not far fiom twenty-eight years of age. The daughter was pome years jounger. On leaving his uncle's house that eventful afternoon Eugene wnlked slowly toward the next corner, lingering for a stage to oveitake him. As he arrived opposite the Leland mansion the door opened and a young man Issued forth. He was not only strikingly handsome but very stylish-looking, and had that indescribable air of the elite which, without words, proclaimed to all tbe world how exceedingly well satisfied he was with himself and his position in life. An unaccountable feeling of aversion seized Eugene, and he experienced a sensation such as one is said to feel when an enemy walks upon his grave. "Warren Leland," be muttered, as he passed on. "Wonder what he's up to now? Some deviltry, I'll be bound. Leland, after a nod of recognition, walked slowly down the street. Presently a cab approached. He signals d the driver, and, as it drew up to the sidewalk, said: ' "Grand Central Depot," and sprang in ide On rAnehinp the deDot. he bought a ticket for Bedford Park, and a little later landed at that station. He made his way to one of the most attractive streets of the village on foot, and presently stopped befoie a gate upon 'which a gentleman, a little older than himself, was leaning. This man, Hobart Brownell, had been his classmate and chum at Ya!e. He loved Leland, and trusted him. He had been poor, but now was a successful civil engineer, and likely, in the near future, to be very rich. ills inmny consisted 01 mt> mio, a vcijr beautiful la'ly some years younger than himself, and her mother. Leland, since leaving college, had lost eight of Brownell, and had only recently met bim again and become acquinted with his wife. But since he had first seen her, his visits to Bedford Park had been quite frequent, and had resulted in seriously disturbing Amy Brownell'e peace of mind. At first she "had only been dazzled by the elegant Warren Leland; but soon, without herself really knowing it, this man bad taken possession of her very ovuti He, peeing clearly the situation, was a little disquieted at the course things were taking, and made some slight effort to . divert it. But men, who in fencing wish to spare their adversary, often hnd habit too Btrong for them", and lunge horns in spite of themselves, Besides, hebegan to be really interested in Amy Brownell?in her unsophisticated ways, at once artful and simple, provoking and timid, suggestive and reticent?in short, charming. And so it was h? was now standing at the gate facing her husb-nd. "My friend," said the latter, fcas yoa are here you can do me a great favor. A telegram calls me suddenly to Chicago. 1 must go on the instant. The ladies are feeliDg qnite blue; pray stay and dine vith ttiern! I can't tell what the deuce ails my wife. She is weeping half the time. My mother-in-law has a headache. Tour presence will cheer them. So stuy, I beg'of you." Leland refused, hesitated, ma3e objections, and, of course, consented. He went in, and his friend presented him to the ladies, whom the presence of the unexpected guest seemed to cheer a little. Brownell started for the depot, after receiriDg from his wife an embrace more ferment than usual. The dinner was really cheerful. In the atmosphere was that subtle essence of coming danger of which both | Leland and Amy felt the eshilara ing influence. Their excitation, as yet innocent, employed itself in those lively sallies? those brilliant combats at the barriers? that ever precede the more serious conflict About 9 o'c'ock the headache of Amy's innthftr became more violent. She de clared she could endure it no longer, and mnsjt retire to her chamber. Leland wished to withdraw, but the elder lady insisted he should wait until it was time lor the next train. "Let my daughter amuse you with some music until then," she added. Left alone with her guest, the youngei lady seemed embarrassed. "What shall I play foryou?nRhe asked, in a constrained voice, taking her se.it at the piano. "Oh, anything. Flay a w.dtz," answered Leland, absently. The waltz linished, an awkward silence ensued. To break it she arose hesitatingly, then clasping ner hands together, exclaimed: "It seems to me there is a storm coming. Do you not thiuk so?" She approached the widow, opened it, and stepped out on the veranda. In a second Leland was by her side. TVio nioht tens lip.intifnllv clear Re. fore them stretched the somber shadow of the trees, while nearer tiemb.in'.; rays of moonlight B'ept upon the lawn. Their trembling hands met and for a moment did not separate. "Amy!" whispered the yonn? man in a low, broken voice. She shuddered, reEnlsed the arm be passed round her, und astilv re-ertered the room. . jjeave me, i pray your sne cried", with an impetuous gesture of her band, as she snnk upon the sofa and buried her fa e in her hands. Of course Leland did not obey. He seated himself by her. In a little while Amy Brownell awoke from her trance. How bitter was that awakening! She measured at a first glance the depth of the awful abyss into which she had suddenly plunged. Her husband, mother, all whom she loved, whirled ronnu like specters in the mad whirlpool of hei brain. Sensible of the anguish of an irreparable wrong, she rose, paBsed hor Laud vr.caDtlv across her brow, and muttering: "Oh. G'd! Oh, God!" peered vainly into the dRrk lor liyht, hope, refuge. There wc.3 none. Her pi or sonl ca?t itself utterly cn ttjat of her lover. She turned her swiuiiuiug eyi-K on him, and saiil: 'flow you must despise me!" Lelnnd half knetliug on the carpel near her kissed her h nd indifferently and half raised his shoulders in token ol den al. "Is it Dot so?" she repeated. "Answer me. Warren." ms icce wore a strange, cruel smile. "I)o not insist on an unswer, I prny yon." he said. "Then I am right? You do despise me?" Lemnd tun ed himse f abruptly full toward her, looked straight ia her face, and said, in a cold, hard voioe: -J im To thiB frightful speech the pooi woman replied by a wild cry that seemed to rend her while her eyes dilated as if under the influence of strong poison. Leland strode across the room and through an open doorway, slamming the door behind him, and so disappeared. Amy, who had listened, motionlessjind pale as marble, remained in fhe s'anTo lifeless attitude, her eyes fixed, her hands clenched, yeaming from the depths of her heart that death would summon her. Suddenly a singular noise, seeming to | come from the next room, struck her ear. It was only a convulsive sob, or violent and Rmotcerea laugnter. The -wildest ana most terrible ideas crowded to the mind of the unhappy woman; the foremost of them, thnt her husband had 6ecretly returned, that he knew a.11?that his brain had Riven way, and the laughter was the gibberish of his madness. Feeling her own brain begin to reel, she sprang from the sofa, and rushing to the door threw it open. | The next apaitment was the dining[ rpom, dimly lighted by a hanging lamp. I There 6he* s iw Lcland, crouch ng upon the floor, sobbing bitterly, and beating his forehead against a chair which he clutched convulsively. Her tongue refused its office; she conld find no word, but seating herself near him, felt the beating of his heart and wept | | silently, He dragged himself nearer, seized the | hem of her dref s and covered it with kisses; his breast heaved tumnltuonsly, his lips trembled, and he gasped the almost inarticulate words: "Pardon! Oh, pardon me!" This was all. Then he rose suddenly and rushed from the house. He hurried to New York. Bitter weariness, disgust of life and disgust for himself, were no new sensations to this joung man; but he bad nevei experienced them in such poignant intensity as at this cursed hour, when flying | irom me uiMiouureu ucuuu ui iuc aheuu t of his youth. He knew he had trampled all honor under foot. Like Macbeth, he had not only murdered one asleep, but had murdered Bleep itself. His reflections became insupportable. He thought successively of joining Stanley in Africa, of enlisting to fight Indians, and of getting drunk eio he reached the Hoffman House. Chance favored the last design, for as he alighted in front of the hotel he found himself face to face with a pale young man who smiled as he extended his hand. * -' 3 ft** a1/1 J-.eUt.LlU ICtU^Ui^cu iiu v.u "The deuce! "i'ou here, Charley? I thought you in Europe." "I only arrived this morning." "Quite well, I hope?" "Yes, and anxio-b for one of our old times. How are all our fast friends?" "About as usual, I think. And if you are really anxious for a time, bo 8m I. The truth is, I am a bear, a savage, a ghost! ABsiBt me to return to life. Let us go and sup with some of these sprightly people whose virtue and temperate habits are extraordinary." "Agreed" with all my heart." Half an hour later Warren Leland, Charley Jtavmond, and a half dozen guests of both sexes took possession of nn apartment, the closed doors of which we must respect. Jvext morning, at grav dawn, the party was about to dispersq, and at the moment a rag-picker, with a gray beard, was wandering up and down before the hotel, raking with his hook jn the barrels and piles that awaited the street scavenger. In closing his purse with an unsteady hand, Lelandlet fall a shining told piece, which rolled into the mud at the edge of the sidewalk. The rag-picker looked up I with a timid smile. "Ah!" he exclaimed; "what falls into the gutter should belong to the gloauer." "lick it up with your teeth, then," answered Lelaud, smiling, "and it is yours." The man hesitated, flushed under bis sunburnt cheeks, and threw a look of mortal hate upon Leland and the laugh, ing crowd round him. TVi,r,? lio L-nolt iln?'n hnried li:a chest in the mire, and sprang up the next moment with tbe coin clenched tightly between his sharp, white teeth. The crowd applauded. The rag-picker smiled a dark smile, and turned away. "Hold on, my friend!" cried Leland, 'onchinR his arm; "would you like to earn ten dollars more? If 60, strike me in the fuce; that will give ycu pleasure and do me fjood." The man turned, looked him steadily in the eye, drew back a little, and raised his fist to strike, and then, letting it fall, exclaimed: * "No! Keep your money, and I'll keep my wrath. We shall meet again." And he CHAFTEK XIII. AT THE OPERA?THE FATAL KISS. On reaching the counting-room at the publishing house, Eugene found himself in no inood to work. His mind was eternally dwelling upon Com Elliston. "Who is this woman and what does she \?ant of me? Is it love or vengeance which inspires tier witn tms nentflsTi coquetry?" These were the questions' he asked himself. But whatever it wa=, Eugene was not such a novice as not to perceive clearly the yawning abyBs under the brokeu ice. He resolved sincerely to reclose it a:ain between them forever. TLe best way to succeed in this, avowedly, was to "cease all intercourse with t lara. But how could such conduct be explained to bis uncle without auaking his suspicion and lower ng his wife in his esteem? So this was impossible. He armed him^eli with all his courage, and resigned himself to endure with resolute soul all the trials which the love, real or pretended, of the siren leserved for him. Some little time before this bis name had been proposed in a body of a certain powerful so:ret organization which bad for one of its prominent objects the maintenance among its members of all the fixed points of Lonor in their strictest form. Indeed, the members bound themselves to observe, in their reciprocal relation, i the rules of the purest honor. These rules were speciticu >c ihe> code. This night he wa6 summoned to ap?eaj for initiation. He presented himself, was received iE due form, and was astonished to find in the head of the order no less a person th in his own uncle. "Now," he thought, with a sigh of relief, "I am safe. We are members of the same order. He is my superior. Henceforth his honor is sucred to me." The next night he went to tho opera. It was an impassioned play, and the house wa6 crowded. Cora ElliBton oocupied her own box. After the first act Eugene attempted to go to Ler, but meeting several acquaintances in the passage, was prevented from doing so. "\Vui!e he whs t liking with these, Warren Leland and Charley Raymond passed thc-m, and the thought that they might Le poing to Cora irritated him. At last, nfter tbe fourth ait, lie \veiit to visit her in her box, where he found her aione, bis uncle having gone out for a few moments. He was astonished at entering to ?pu tho'tvaceTs oftoTfiT on her~clieeEs. Iler eyes were even moist. She seemed displeased at being surprised in tbe very act of sentimentality. | "Music alwnjs makes me nervous,she said. "Indeed!" said Eugene. "Yon wbo always reproach me with hiding my merits, why do yon hide yours? If you" are still capable of weeping, so much tbe better." "No! I claim no merit for that. Oh, my God! If you only knew.' It is quite the contrary." What a mystery you are!" "Are you very curlons to fathom this | mystery? Only that? Very well, be it j 60! It is time to put an end to this." She drew her chair from the fiont of the box out of public view, and, turning to Eugene, continued: "You wish to know what I ?m, what I feel, nnd what I think; cr rather, you wish to know simply it' I dream of love? Very well. I only drenm of that; and what iB yet Aore, if I have or have not lovers, or if I never 6hall have f? lover, it will not arise from virtue. I believe in nothing, but Belf-esteem and contemct of others. These little intrigues, these* petty passions, which I seo in the worla, make me indignant to the bottom of my soul. It seems to me that women, who give themselves for so little, must be base creal. nres. As for myself, to commit a sacrilege I would wish, like the vestals of Rome.>a love a6 great as my crime, and as terrible as death "I wept just now during the fourth act. It was not because I listened to the marvelous music; it was because I admire and envy passionately f^ie superb and nrofonnd love represented. And it i? ever thuB?when "I rend of 6ueh things I am in ecstasies. "How well the people of the sixteenth centurv knew how to love and how to die! One night of love?then death. That-ifl delightful. "Xow, my friend, you must leave me We are observed. They will believe ^ love each other, and as we hive not that pleasure, it is useless to incur the penalties. Good-night." # "I thank you very much," replied Eugene. tak ng'the hand she extended Jhim coldly, and left the box. He met his uncle in the passage. "Ah! my dear fellow," said Mr. Elliston. seizing him by the arm. "I must tell vou an idea that ha6 been in my mind all the sveninc." "What is it, uncle?" "Well, there are here this evening a number of charmiDg young girls. This set me to thinking of you and yonr loneliness, nnd I even 6a:d to my wile, that we must marry you in due time to one of these young ladies!" "Oh. uncle!" "Well, why not?" "It ia snch a serious thing. If one makes a mistake in his choice " "Pshaw! it is not so difficult to avoid that. Take a wife like mine, who has a great deal of religion, not much imagination, and no fancies. This is the whole secret. I tell you this in confidence, my dear fellow." "Well, then, uncle, at the proper time I will think of it." To th.nk of it," said the other, in a serious tone; and went to join his voting wife whom he understood so wsll. Eugene left the opera in a peculiarly disturbed state. His mind still dwelt upon his fair connection. He felt, how ever, more sure of himself, since he Had bound himself by the strictest obligations of honor. He abandoned himself from this moment with les9 scruple to the emotions and to the danger against which he believed himself invincibly protected. He did not fear oftener to seek the society of his beautiful connection, and even contracted the habit of repairing to her bouse almost every day. Whenever he found her iilone, their conversation invariably assumed on both sides a tone of irony and raillery, in which both excelled. He did not forget her reckless confidence at the opera, and willingly recalled it to her, asking her if she had yet discovered that hero of love, for whom she was seeking. At last the night of the ball came. Cora's parties were justly renowned for their mntjnificence and good taste. She did.the honors with the grace of a iiueen. This e ening sne nacf a very felmpTe toilet, as was becoming in the conrteoua hostess. She wore a long dress of dark velvet; her nrms w< re bare, without jewels; a necklace of lar;:e pearls on her l.ncnm find 11 ru-h coiffnre wo8 placed on her fair hair. Eugene caught her eye as he entered, as though she were watching for bini. He had seen her on tho previous evening, and they had Lad a more lively skirmish than usual. He was struck by her brilliancy?her beauty heightened, without doubt, by the secret ardor of the quarrel, as though illumined tiy an interior flame, with all the clear, soft 6plendor of a trans} arent alabaster vaso. When he advanced to join her rind sa1?a? t-iftl/lir n naoinct Viid will tn on iUlO UC1, JJClUiiig, ? involuntary movt-meut of passionate admiration, be said: "You aie truly beautiful this evening ?nougk so to make one commit a crime." She looked fixedly in his eye, and replied: "I should like to see that," and then left him with superb nonchalance. Mr. Elliston approached, and, tapping tha voung man on the shoulder, said: "?ugene, you are to hj end the evening with me, you know. Let U6 retire to the enucgery." "Willingly, sir," ancftraversing two or three apartments they reached the retreat. It was a small, oval room, very lofty, tapestried with thick, red silk, covered with daik flowers. As the doors were removed, two heavy cur:ains isolated it ? ' * i.1.1?? v,?n t completely irom iue um^uuunug uui, a* whb here* that Mr. Elliston spent the greater part of the time during his parties and balls. After nn hour or bo epent in talking, Mr. Elliston thrt*w himself on the divan and Eugene took up a 1 ook. Little by little the e.der gentleman fell into a doze, his bead resting on his chest. Eutiene threw down his book, and, start ing~up, placed his back against the man- J telpiece. He listened vaguely to the music of the ' orchestra, kad fell into a reverie. Through these harmonies, the murmurs a_.l warm perfume of the ball, he followed, in thought, all the evolutions of ner wno was tlie mistress and queen of it all. He saw her supple and proud step; he heard her grave and musical voice; he felt her breath. He was not positively in love; but his imagination had roiiBed itself all inflamed, before this beautiful, living, and palpitating statue. She was really for him more than a woman?more than a mortal. The antique fables of amorous goddesses and intoxicated Bacchantes, the superhuman voluptuousness unknown in lerrebinm pieti'suree*, woio iu iuc iou^u of his band, separated from him only by the shadow of this sleeping old man. Bnt this shadow was ever between them?it j was honor. His eyes, bs if lost in thought, were fixed straight before hirn 011 the curtain I ttViioIi wnc nrmnoitft fhirrmPV. All at once this curtain was noiselessly raised, and Cora presented herself under the tile of < urtains, her brow surmounted with her rich coiffnre. She threw a rapid glance over the room, and after a moment's pause let the curtain fall gently, and advance:! directiy toward Eugene, who stood stupefied and immovable. She took both his hands, without speaking, k>oked at him steadily, throwing a rapid glance on her husband, who still slept, and, standing on tiptoe, ofiered her Hds to the vountr nwu. Uewildered utterly, and forgetting all else, he stooped dov.n and imprinted a kiss on her lips. At that very moment her husband made I a sudden movement nnd waked up; j but the same instant t-he was standing j before hiui, Lor linmls resting ou a little j card table, and smiling upon lrin, she j Bai?: "Good-morning, my dear!" ; He murmured a few words of apology, but she laughingly pushed bim back on tbe divan. "Continue your nap," sbe said. "I bavo come iti search of Eugene. I want bim to conduct a little party through tbe garden." Her husband obeyed. Sbe passed out through tbe hall. Tbe young man, pale as a specter, followed her. Passing under tne onter curtain, ene turned toward him with a wildli>$ht burning in her eyes. Then, before 6he was lost in the crowd, she whispered, in a low. thrilling voice: "There is the crime?" CHAPTER XIV. IN WOEDS OF BLOOD. Eugene did not attempt to rejoin her, and it seemed to him that she also avoided him. A quarter of an hour later he left Lis uncle's house. He returned immediately home. A. light was burning in his chamber. Wicm Via oaTO hrmcolf in the class in yssing, his face terrified him. This exacting scene had shaken his nerves. He could no longer control himself. Ee saw clearly that Cora, having determined on her coarse, would go to any length to carry out her purpose. The fiict itself did not surprise him. Woman is more exalted than man in elevation of morals. There is no virtue, no devotion, no heroism in which she does not surpass him; but once impelled to the veree of.the abyss, she falls faster than man. This is attribntnble to two causes; J she has more passion, and she has no j honor. For trnly honor is a reality and must not be underrated. Honor iB a noble, delicate, and salutary habit. It elevates manly qualities. It is the prudery of ' man." It is sometimes a force, and always a grace. But to think that honor is all* sufficient; that in the face of great interests, great passions, great trials in life, it is a support and infallible defense; " ?* ii. max it can emorcn me pictcpt? nuivu come from on High?in fact, that it can replace God?this is to commit a terrible mistake. It is to expose one's self in a fatal moment to the loss of one's self-esteem, and to fall all at once and forever into that dismal ocean of bitterness, where Eugene Cleveland at that instant was struggling in despair, like a drowing man in the darnees of midnight. The next evening at C o'clock he was at his uncle's house. Mr. Elliston was in Washington. He found Cora at home, surrounded by all her regal luxury. She was looking a little pale and fatigued. She received him with her usual coldness and Ee^-Dossession. _ v ? "UOOU eveillUK, tuo ouiu. uuit aiv yon?" 'Not very well," replied Eugene. 'What is th? matter?" 'I fancy tb> l you know." She opened her large eyes wide with surprise, but did not reply. "I entreat you. Cora," continued Eugene, smiline, **no more music; the curtain is raised,' and the drama has commenced." "Ah, let us see that!" "Do you love me, as you once told me you did?" he went on, "or were you 6im4mo Iriff Pon pjv avuu^. IV 111 T U1C, mow vtwuw^i VMM you, or will yon tell me?" "I certainly could, but I do not wish to do eo." "I had thought yon more frank." "I have my hours." "Well, then," said Eugene, "if your hourB of frankness have passed, mine have commenced." "That would be compensation," 6he replied. "And I will prove it to you," continued Eugene. "I shall make a fete of it," said Cora, throwing herself into an easy chair, like one who was making herself comfortable to enjoy an agreeable convers tion. "T 1r>cn rnn Cnrn. and ns von wish to be loved. I love yon devotedly end unto death, enough to kill myself, or?you!" 'That it) well." said the lady softly. "But," he continued, in a hoarec and constrained tone, "in loving yon, in telling yon of it, in trying to m+ke you share my love. I basely violate the obligations of honor which yon know of, and others you know not of. I put away from me tender memories, both sweet and sad. It is a crime, as you h ive said. I do not try to extenuate my offense. I see it, I judge it, and I accept it. I break the last moral tie t.;at is left mo. I leave the ranks of men of honor, and I leave also the ranks of humanity. I have nothinp human left excepi mv love; uomiuR s tcrea uui yuu; but my crime elevates itself by its very magnitude. I TO BE CONTINUED. I POPULAR SCIENCE. Sir. W. Herecbel discovered the polar ice caps of Mars. A Brooklyn (N. Y.) inventor proposes to tap the earth's interior for heat and thus save fuel. An English syndicate has paid $400,000 for chororinal raining property In the South Dakota hills. A valuable bed of terra cotta clay haa been discovered on the farm of J. Chatt way, just outside of Petoskey, Mich. Surface indications point to a great J oil basin in the Flathead country in Washington, and an attempt will be made to prove its existence in paying quantities. A new arc Lamp has been invented, which, it is said, casts no shadow, the carbons being made in the form of two curves, the point of contact being at the bottom. Electricity has been employed by an English concern in the propulsion of canoes. The trial run showed that the experimental vessel had a speed of six miles an hour. A fish breeder at Oldenburg, Germany, has sued the Government for 3,000,00;) marks damages for fish destroyed by im perfect drainage, allowing sewage to run into his breeding ponds. Asiatic cholera, so called from the i fact that it is a disease endemic in parts of Asia, ie a malignant disease of the | blood, caused by tho presence in the intestines of bacilli in countless myriads. The North German Gazette states that j it has been determined to recognize the centigrade thermometer as the official instrument in place of the Reaumur thermometer, which is still in use here and there. Several astronomers, accompanied by M. Bischoffsheim, loft Nice, France, recently for Mount Mounier to prospect the heights of au elevation ot more than 8000 feet, where be intends to erect an aUbabw nflvf onrinnr uuacivawuAjr uuA?w|/..Hd. A body of salt water has been struck near .Foster Station, twenty-six miles from San Diego, Cal. The water is reported to hold gold in solution. From two gallons of the water over two pounds of pure salt wa3 obtained. Dr. PatacheS, of Moscow, Russia, has beeu experimenting upon a cancer cure, based upon a course of sulphurous baths, and is couviuced that he has hit upon a remedy. He is to counnuaicate with the French Academy of Medicine about it. The problem of long distance transmission of electricity will probably be solvod, according to an expert's opinion, uy tne use ui mgii ivi?>un *>.. currents generated at low voltage, then transformed into hir^h voltage and sent | over the line, and fiually retrausformed to a low tension for U3e with motors. Bo oid a man as Bismarck should be less ambitious, and so young a man as tha ??0?AN? should be lea? aitfUPt? w " 'T -- ~ STJJ1CK N HAMBURG. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHOLERA-INFECTED PORT. One of the Four Great Seaports in the World ? Fine Quays and ,rregular Streets ? The City's Attractions. EE cities of VlTBftVI1/7 Havre and Antwerp <yWiV /are t^je gat ways ^uroPe wbich open Xxv^u/ outward for the thousands of emigrants to come to America. It is the purpose of this ari'f/l HW1 fi'olo corq tVi#? "Npw .4*m York World, to give some idea of Hamburg. >5/ * Commerce has made Hamburg great. Next to London and j Liverpool it is the greatest commercial place of Europe, and with New York j it iE one of the four great seaports of the world. Its imports amount to more than a billion dollars annually. Nine thousand vessels visit it every year. From it are sent thousands upon thousands of emigrants to America. TT?mhnro l?p* nn the Lower Elbe. It is seventy miles from the North Sea and 171 miles fiom Berlin, on the Upper Elbe. At Hamburg the Elbe is broad and deep. The harbor is magnificent. There can be found more vessels than are Been in New York Harbor. The harbor, until death placed its hand upon the people, presents always a busy and picturesque scene. The quays extend along the right bank of the Norder Elbe from Altona to the Billwar" * - -- - # ? il der-Neuendeich, a distance 01 more iuau | three miles, and accommodate upward of four hundred sea-going vessels and ae many barges and river craft. The west end of the quay, opposite St. Paul, is chiefly occupied by the English colliers and the steamers of the Hamburg American Company. Adjacent is the Neider-hafen, intended principally foi the reception of sailing vessels during the season of floating ice, and connected with the Elbe with several outlets which are called Gatts. Further east are the Sandthor-hafen, 1100 yards long, and 100 to 140 yards wide, with the Sandthor quay and the Kaiser quay, ana we Qrnsbrook hafca with the Dabann quay and the Hubener quay, both suited for vessels of heavy tonnage. The latter are used principally for the Atlantic liners. NEW BRIDGE OVER THE ELBE. Still further east are the Ober hafen ard other harbor9 for river craft and finally on the other side of the Elbe, on the small Grassbrook are large Holz bafen, or wood harbors, for the storage of timber. Between the Brookthor hafen and the Ober hafen, to the south, is the large Yenlo station of the Paris line. Near it are extensive warehouse and custom house premises. A little above the station is the handsome iron railway bridge whose design looks so strange to American eyes. j The Steinwarder and Kleine Grasbrook are little islands opposite the Neider-hafen. They are occupied by extensive wharves, the ship-building yards and the dry-docks of the Hamburg-American Company. They command a fine view of the Hamburg quays, which are said to be the equal of any in 1- 1 "x the world, wmca is saying mucu, ior it was popularly believed ihat no quays could ever hope to equal those of Liverpool. As it is this harbor which bag made Hamburg great, it is a good thing to know something about it from the first. And it was along this part of the city that the cholera was first discovered and there it is now raging with such fury. The water is deep in the Elbe and it is o large that the ocean steamers can come up into the city. All the vesssls do come up except tfce big twin-screw - i ; r THE CITY OP steamers of the Hamburg line. One of I the big twin-screws might make its way up to the city, but there would be no certainty when it would be able to get out again. So now the twin-screw steamers land at Cuxhaven, on the North Sea, which is three hours' ride by rail from Hamburg. There are two rivers about Hamburg. Thev are small, but they add much .to the attraction of the city. They are the Alster anil the Bille. The former flowing from the north, forms a large basin outside the town and a smaller one within it, called the Aus?en-Alster and the Binuen-Alster respectively. It is about the Alsters, which would be called lakes or ponus in this country, that the fine I hotels, the fine houses and the fine shops I are found. They are beautifully located- | It is the fashionable part of tne city. I The little rivers, the Alster and the | Bille, are discharged by locks into the j ~..r,nia win'nh are called fleetes. These j W'l,iulw) caunls make a network of the lower pare ! of the city. They run off from the Elbe. There are many of them and on all merchandise is transported. There is no trucking in Hamburg to talk about. The cargoes of vessels aud other merchandise is placed on large, flat bottomed boats, which are poled about (he canals in a manner curious and strange to the visitor. Down among these canals is St. Pauli. St. Pauli i9 the Bowery of Hamburg. The concert hall and the beer garden flourish amid cay and furious fun with the hawker and Zakir. The city is the most tangled up place imaginable. The streets wander about in the most haphnva*/? TTTQT7 an/1 ouonrcphppp flip viflitftP comes upon water. St. Pauli is called a suburb. A right-angle triangle, with the Elbe as the base and the apex beyond Altona will give an idea of the general shape of the town. But Altona is not a part of Hamburg, it is a suburb. No one can tell where Hamburg begin* and Altona leaves off any more than one can tell where Yorkville leaves of! and Harlem begins. It is a big suburb. According to people who know all about these things, the city of Hamburg consists of Allstadt and Neustadt, formerly surrounded by fortifications, and St. Pauli, together with several adjacant villages. But Altona has been left out in the cold. The greatest attraction of Hamburg is the Binen-Alster, which is usually called the AIster-Bassin by the people of Ham| burg. It is a beautiful sheet of water I of an irregular form and more than a mile -in circumference. It is bounded on three sides with quays, planted with trees and flanked with palatial hotels [i'* ^ THE PORT 0 and handsome private dwellings. These quays are called the Alte, the Neire Jungsernsteig and the Alsterdamm. The fourth side, towards the Aussen-Alster, is laid out in promenades connected by the Lombardsbruche. The wafer ia covered with launches and rowboats on summer evenings, and the swans have an uncomfortable time amid the pleasure seekers. The banks are the favorite promenade of the city. Adjoining the Alte Jungfersteig on the southeast are the Alster - - 1 it . /- .L! Arcades, wnere are rouna ine imiouable shop9. The ramparts near Lombarsbruche overlook the Binnea-Alster, which is three or four times as large as the other basin. The banks are studded with villas. The houses of the tich people are modern and attractive. The houses of the poor have the appearance of great age and look rickety. The poorer quarters suggest great difficulty in maintaining good sanitary conditions. Every person in America who has ever had anything to do with the royal Bengal tiger or the tierce Nujnidian lion knows that Hamburg is the world's great animal murket. Every wild animal or bird or beast or reptile that is placed upon exhibition is bought through the dealers of Hamburg. It naturally follows that the zoological gardens of Hamburg are the finest to be found anywhere. They are over in the northwestern part of the city. There is a sarcophagus in one of the cemeteries commemorating the death of 1138 citizens of Hamburg who, having been banished by Marshal Davou9t, together with many thousands of their fellow-citizens, during the winter of 181314, fell victims to grief, starvation and disease. The streets of Hamburg are well paved, and it strikes the visitor from New York as being a particularly cleanly city. In fact, the streets seem a most delightful contrast to Broadway. There is never any dust in the city. This is accounted for by the fact that it rains in Hamburg nearly all the time. The official records show that rain falls 850 days in the year. Sometimes it sprinkles for only a few minutes ana then it pours for day3 and days. During the first week in August last four days passed without any rain falling, and it almost created a panic. No one could remem I ' HAMBURG. ber of such a thing happening before. The city is so old that no one knows when it began to be. But it is certain that as early as 811 the big and strong Charleraague founded a castle at Hamburg, to which he soon added a church, presided over by a bishop, whose business it was to propagate Christianity in those northern regions. The Counts of Holsteio, within whose jurisdiction Hamburg was situated, particularly Adolph III. and IV., became great benefactor' of the towu and secured for its privilege! and immunities which fornieJ the ioundition of its sub- | sequent inslepeudencs. Hamburg joined the Flanseatic L^a^ue at au early period and playe l a prominent part iu its contest with the- Dmis.i kind's ?n the thirteenth and fourteenth ( centurks. The city was also honorably J distinguished in the good work of : sweeping the sea of pirates. Even in those early days it began to have importance as a commercial point. The discovery ] of America and the sea route to India I had its effect upon Hamburg, but at \ that time it did not maKe mucn 01 a skowiDjr with England and Holland. In 1529 the citizens adopted the Rj formed faith and established a free political constitution. The Thirty Tears war didn't affect it particularly. It was so strongly fortified that it wasn't considered wise to trouble it. These fortifications are now converted into promenades. Then the Council and the .citizens bogan to have trouble with each other and Hamburg became stagnant. It was not until the end of that last century that she began to make any progress again It was then that direct! communication, with America was established, and to this day that is the " main-spring of her commercial importance. In 1810 Hamburg was annexed to the French Empire. She rebelled in 1813* and then it was that Marshall Davoust; . wrecked vengeance upon muse to wuom the sarcophagus is erected in the ceme- j tery. After the peace of Vienna Hamburg got along comfortably until 1812, when the city was almost destroyed by fire. It recovered from that and grew apace. But its real "boom," as they, say in this country, began with the formation of the empire in 1870. Sine? that time the bulk of the foreign commerce of Germany has passed through; Hamburg. Its population has increased almost with the rapidity of the cities ot the West, and its increase in wealth has been even greater. In 1886 its popula-f tion was about three hundred thousand.! According to the German census last year, Hamburg had a population o? 520,000. This does not include a num-l fiv f HAMBTJRG. ber of its suburb, like Altona. Altonaj has 200,000 people. Hamburg is there-1 fore about the same size as Glasgow aad! Liverpool. I ^ Until four or Ave years ago, Hamburg was a free city. That is, it was one of the States of the German Federation, and included a small tract of contiguous; territory. Bismarck made an effort to in-i corporate it into Prussia, and finally sue-1 ceeded in overcoming the opposition of) the people, who jealously guarded their1 freedom aad independence. One of the chief factors in Hamburg's development has been the HamburgAmerican Steamship Company! It has built up a tremendous trade and an enormous emigrant traffic. Many railroads run into Hamburg from the interior, and! hrinor thousands of emigrants. It has be-" o - w | i come the chief embarking point for \ emigrants from Russia and Poland. It was some of the Russia emigrants who; v are supposed to have brought the disease into Hamburg. Between thirty and forty thousand emigrants leave Hamburg for America every day. Cucumber Grown in a Bottle. A full-grown fcucumber in a smallnecked bottle is a I'Bgll.curiosity easily ob- llfl&fcffl tained; you simply JJfflitmi select a healthylooking small _ cu- fji cumber, place it in M]|| ifJjUfluJ I ' the bottle which is | laid by the side of |8fci Uu|.w | the growing vine, g|p|| ''m w flL||' and when grown so |n|i ^ l]rfin\|' as to nearly fill the ||jjliw/f Mi nnjjfflj v bottle cut the stem, jjl'iif 'f |.;d i'! |m Fill the bottle with (Ml M J| alcohol, firmly cork fffi'fil U W Iff and seal, and you lyf'j; j ||i "jj1 |jj| have something to ;;j|i| |||L' jiiffl show to your friends HI a!; jiff, m tjj| for many years, as |j| in Ml seen in the illustra- inRfgMj tion. Two red Deo- 5 fWl&i w'SKtPlf B pers may also be fully grown ia a bottle. In this casa? you have to tie the bottle to a state driven close to the pepper plant, placing a bit of cloth over the mouth of the bottle to keep out as much rain as pos-i sible. It is be3t to remove nearly all the remaining peppers and cucumbers from the plant, that a well developed specimen may grow in the bottle.?American Agriculturist. Science nnit Millionaires. At the top of the list is Alexander Graham Bell, whose profits on the telephone are represented by eight figures. Next comes Edison with a seven figure fortune. Brush, of electric light fame, Elihu Thomson and Edward Weston are more than millionaires. Frank J. Sprague was a junior officer in the United StatesNavy. He is now living in the mansion which was built for the Grants. His company sold out to the Edison company for $1,500,000. and half of it went to the inventor.?Boston Globe. Way Mama Had to Get a New Ilat. - I is estimated ac a quarter 01 ? w | whom 125,000 are Scandinavians. :f|? il i II ft Too bad dat nobody's watered aese petty f'owere? Dessldo it mine ownse'f. The Lutheran population of Chicago' 1 - - . c :nj?? nf