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BETRAYED; OK A DARK MARRIAGE MORN. A Romance of Loue, Intrigue and Crimt. BY MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON. CHAPTER XVIII.?(Continued.) Under the dominion of the passion vhich controlled him, the voice and ltmgnage of the Senator became more elevated. His features assumed an nir of somber dionitv and imDOBinc erandeur. A Blight Bhade of pafeness passed over the lovely face of the yonng woman, and a slight frown contracted ner forehead. By an effort, which in a better cause would have been sublime, she quickly f m-.etercd the rising weakness, and, coldly pointing out to her husband the draped door by which he had entered, said: "Very well, conceal youreelf there!" "You will never forgive me?" "You know little of women, my dear, if yon do not know that jealousy is one of the crimes that they not only pardun but love." "My God, I am not jealous!" "Call it yourself what you will, but station yourself there!" "And you are sincere in wishing me to teitifci do so?" "I beg yon to do so.' Jtenre in toe interval, leave the door open, and when yon hear Eugene enter the hall, return." "No!" said the Senator, after a moment's hesitation: "since I have gone eo far"? and he sighed deeply?"I do not wish to leave myself the least pretext for distrust. If I leave yon before he comes, I am capable of fancying " "That I might secretly warn him. Is it not so? Nothing more natural. Remain here, then. Unly taKe np a book; for our conversation,under the circumstances, cannot be lively." He sat down. "But," he mused "what mystery can there be between you two?" "You shall see," she said, with her sphinx-like smile. "The Senator mechanically took np a book She stirred np the fire in the grate, and reflected. As she liked terror, danger and dramatic incidents to blend with her intrigues, she should have been content; for at tnat moment 6hame, ruin and death, we:e at her door! ' But, to tell the truth, it was too muc for her; and when she looked, in the midBt of the silence which surrounded her, at the true character and scope of the perils which environed her, she thought her brain would fail and her heart break. She was not mistaken as to the origin of the letter. This shameful work had been planned by the privaie secretary. To do him justice, however, he hadnot suspected the force of the blow he waB dealing. Of course he did not really believe in the lady's virtue; for during the perpetuul surveillance he had never relaxed, he had not failed to see the exict nature of the intercourse between Eugene and Cora. But it must not be forgotten that he was himself in love with Mrs. Elliston. .and that he dreamed of securing for himself the succession to his master's place. N He had let matters go on thus long because he bad not seen how he Cuuld very well stop them without making an enemy of Cora, and that he 2*d cot wish to do; for, notwithstanding her intimacy with 4ClqveIand, he still loved her,- fsc tar as such a creature is capable of loving; aud then there was the vast wealth that would be hers at her husband's death, and of he was perfectly willing to assume the ehar^e. , But being in Washington, and remembering what he had Eeen just before leaving the house in New York, his jealousy and hatred of the rival who now had the field all to himself, got the better of him, asd he determined to act To awaken the distrust of the Senator toward Eugene, so as to cause his doors to be closed against him, and to hasten the lady's coming to Washington, was, however, all he mediv? tated at that time. He wrote the letter, dated it a day ahead, sent it to a confidential friend in New York to be remailed, and so it reached the Senator's hand. But, like most villainies of the kind, this anonymous missive was a more fatal and murderous weapon than its base author imagined. ? xne oenaior s youaj; wuo iucu uutsu while stirring the fire, casting from time , to time a furtive glance at the clock. Eugene would 6oon arrive. How could she warn him? In the present state of their relations it was not impossible that the very fir6t words of Eugene might immediately divulge their secret, and once betrayed there was not only for her personal dishonor? ft scandalous fall, poverty, retirement ?but for her husband or her lover?perhaps for both?death! When the door-bell rang, announcing Eugene's approach, all of these thoughts crowded into Cora's brain like a legion of phantoms. But she rallied her courage by a desperate effort and Btrained all her faculties to the execution of the plan she had hastily conceived, which was her last hope. Ana one woru, one gesture, one miBiuKe, . i or one carelessness of her lover might overthrow it in a second! V.*Y A moment later the door was opened by a servant, announcing Mr. Cleveland. Withoat speaking she signed toherhusband to gain his hiding-place. The Senator, who had risen at the sound of the bell, seemed still to hesitate, bnt shrugging his shoulders, as if in disdain of himself, retired behind the curtain which faced the door. Eugene entered the room carelessly, and advanced toward the fireplace, where Cora was seated, his smiling lips half opened to speak, when he was struck by the peculiar expression on Cora's face, ?nd the words were frozen on his lips. This look, fixed upon him from his entrance, had a strange, weird intensity, which, without expressing anything, made him fear everything. Bnt he was oecoming accustomed 10 trying situations, ana was as wary and prudent as he was intrepid. He ce<*sed to amile, did not speak, bnt waited. Raising her right band, she made a gesture intimating that he must preserve silence. "Either she is mad," he said to himself, "or there is some gTeat peril!" A searching glance into her eyes increased his alarm, and a sudden and heretofore unknown feeling of dreau seized him and almost stilled the beating of his hsart. CHAPTER XIX. THE OBDEAL PASSED. With the rapid perception of her genius and of her love, Cora Elliaton felt thai Eugene understood her; and not leaving Vim fimn tn onflolr nnd pnTrmrrimisft her. instantly said: "It is very kind of you to keep your promise." "Not at all," he replied, slowly seating him6elf. "Yes, but it is! For you know you come here to be tormented. There was a pause. "Have jou at last become a convert to 5r? my plan?to my fixed idea?" she added, fter a second. "I am not sure of that. It seems to me you have a great man v." "Yea, of coor6e. But 1 speak of the plan?my best idea, in fact. In a word ? of iout marriais." & i "What! ag?in, my dear friend':'" said Eugene, who, now assured of his danger ana its nature,^marched with a firmer foot over the burning soil. "Yes, indeed, and I promise you that nntil you conciat you will never hear the last of it." "Oh! have mercy, I beg." "There's no mercv for vou: and I will tell you another tiling?1 nave round tne Derson." "Ah! Then I shall ran away!" She cut Bhort his smile with an imperious glance. "Then you still adhere to it?" he said, with a forced laugh. "Most firmly! I need not repeat to you my reasons?having preached about it all winter?in fact so much bo as to disgust my husband, who suspects some mystery between us." "What! My uncle? Is it possible?" "Oh, nothing serious, you must understand. Well, let us resume the subject where we left it." "What! ro over again that tiresome list of available persons?" "Exactly. Miss Osgood will not do; 6he is too blonde?an odd objection for me to make, by the way; nor Miss Van Nametoo thin; nor Miss Gould, in spite of hei millions: nor Miss De Lancv?too much like the Umberfield6 and Thorn dykes. All this is a little discouraging, you will admit, but finally everything clears up. I tell you I have discovered one?a perfect marvel.'' "Her name?" asked Eugene. "Flora Leland!" There was silence. Eugene Clevelan d experienced the same disagreeable sensation that had affected him the day when he saw the young lady's brother descending the broad steps of their father's mansion and saunter down the street. "Well,you 6ay nothing," resumed Cora, "because you can have nothing to say? because she unites everything?personal beauty, family, fortune, everything?almost like a dream. Then, too, her father and your UDcle are old friends; they are connected in business matters?at the bank, you know, and in other ways. He aleo owns your old homestead, the place you loved *so well, and which will thus como back to you. Ah, you eee how I have thought of everything, my friend! But I cannot imagine why we never came to think of thiB before." Eugene did not reply, and Cora began to be surprised at his silence. "Oh!" Bhe exclaimed: "you may look a lone; time?there cannot be a single objection?you are caught this time. Come, my friend, say yes, I implore you!" And while her lips said "I pray you," in a tone of earnest entreaty, her look said with terrible empbasie, "You must!" "Will you allow me to reflect upon it, Mrs. Ellison?" he asked, at last. "No, my friend!" "Bat really," said Eugene, who was very pale, "it seems to me you dispose of the hand of Miss Leland very readily. "Miss Leland is very rich, and they court her on all sides; then her fathei is very proud. He is the president of a bank?the one from which I waB discharged, and her mother has peculiar Via* /3onrrV*for 1UCU& UUUUi a uuouauu xux uuu^-w., wbile her brother " "1 charge myself with all that," interrupted Cora, impatiently. "But what a mania you have for marrying people!" "Women who do not make love, Eugene, always have a mania for match-making." "But seriously, you will give me a few days for reflection." "To reflect about what? Have you not told me a thousand times you intended remarrying, and were cnly waiting a proper time, and the right chance? Well, now is the right time, and you can never lind a better chance than this; and if you let it slip, you will repent the rest of your life." "But g'.ve me time to consult my relations!" "Your relatione?what a joke! It 6eems to me yon have reached full age; and then, wfcat relations? Your mother's connection, Mre. Morgan?" "Doublese ebe is one of them. I do not wh to offend her," "Do not worry on her account, I beg. Indeed, ehe will be delighted." "Why 6hould she be?" "I have mv reasons for thinking bo;" and the lady smiled knowingly. Eugene, to whom little by little the light fell stronger on the more obscure points of the terrible enigma proposed to him, enw the necessity of shortening a scene which had overtasked all her faculties to an almost insupportable degree. He rose. "I sm compelled to leave vou." he said, "for I have an engagement for this evening. But I will come to-morrow, if you will permit." "Certainly. But you will take Flora?" "Good gracious! YeB, if I can get her, for I really cau 6ee no reasonable objection. " "A thousand thanks! And you would like the Senator to broach the subject to her father?" "I certainly would if he were here; but " "Don't disturb yourself, I beg. I exoect him home on a brief visit, and, indeed, I know he would come if for no other reason than to oblige you." "He is "very Rood to me." "He loves you well." 'I have had substantial proof of that.* "You will have further proofs. And now you will wish to meet the lady. Leave me to arrange that." "I leave everything to you." "TbankB again, You are a dear, good boy," and she gave him her hand, which he pressed convulsively, and immediately departed. It would have required a much keener vision than that of Sherwood Elliston to have detected any break or any discordance in the audacious comedy whic-h had just been played before him by these two great artists. The urate play of their eyes alone could have betrayed them, and these he could not see. As to the tranquil, ensy, natural dialogue, there was not in it a word which he could seize upon, and which did not remove all his disquietude and confound all his suspicions. From this moment, and ever afterward, every shadow was effaced from his mind; for to imagine 6uch a plot qb that in which his wife in her despair had sought refuge, to enter into such a depth of pervorsity, was not in the Senator's straightforward and simple spirit. When he reappeared before his wife, on leaving his concealment, he was coni strained and awkward. With a gesture nf finnfnsinn and hnmilitv. he took hei hand and smiled upon her with all the love and tenderneBs he felt for her beam* ing from hia ffcce. At thie moment Cora, by a new reaction of her nervous system, commenced weeping and sobbing, and this completed her husband's despair. | iOut of respect to this poor deluded I men we shall pass over a scene the in| tererest of which otherwise is not suffiI cient to warrant the unpleasant effect it would produce on all honest people. We shall eqaally passover without record the conversation which took place the next day between Cora ?lliston and Eugene | Cleveland. : Eugene had experienced, as we have ooserveu, a senumeni ui rejiuimoii ?i peeing the name of Flora Leland appear in the midpt of this foul intrigue. It amounted almost to horror, and he could uot control the manifestation of it. There were several reasons for this. In the first place, he had some acquaintance with the young lady, and liked her very much. He knew her to be a girl of lo ely character and ew?et disposition; highminded and refined. But ho did not love her?had never thought of loving her. Had he been at liuerty to choose for himself?if, indeed, he must marry ag iin? his choice undoubtedly would have fallen upon Meta Fielding. But tied as be was to Oor* Elliston, he wanted do wife, and the idea of taking <one seemed a mockery. ab we.ii as a terriuie injustice ;o tne woman selected for the poBition. But there was another reason?an indefinable, a subtle reason, that he himself could not understand. All he knew was that in the presence of eithor of the Leland6?brother or sister?a feeling came over him that was nkin to death?a sensation fearful to experience and that portended the blackest evil. Then, too, his conscience rose up against him and battled for his soul. How could he conquer this supreme revolt of his conscience to the point of submitting to the expedient which would make his intrigue a s.nfe one? Bv what detestable sophistries he dared persuade himself that he owed everythng to his accomplice?even this we 6hall not attempt to explain. To ex* plain would lis to extenuate, and tn t we wish not to do. "We shall only say that he resigned himself to this marriage. On the path which he had entered & man arrest* him sell; as little as he can t flash of lightning. As to Co::a, one must have formed no conception o? this depraved though haughty spirit, if astonished at her persistence in cold blood, and after reflection, in the perfidious plot which the imminence of her danger had suggested to her. She saw that the suspicions of her husband might be reawakened another day in a more dangerous manner, if this mar* riage proved only a farce. She passionately loved Eugene; and she loved scarcely less the dramatic mystery of their liai6ion. " 1 1 - ' - * * I - ?/? ? Q t Ol ? 5>Iie Iinu HihU ieil >1 xiujuuv, tcuvi ?thought of losing the great fortune which she regarded ne her own; for the disinterestedness of her early youth had long since vanished, and the idea of sinking miserably in the social world, where she had long reigned by her luxury as well as her beauty, wa6 insuppoitable to her. Love, m.vsteTy, fortune?she wished to preserve them all lit any price; and the more she reflected the more, the remarriage of Cleveland appeared to her the surest safeguard. It is true, it would ftive her a 6ort of rival. But she had too high an opinion of herself to fear anything; and she preferred Flora Leland to any other, because she knew her, and regarded her ag an inferior in eveiything. And did she give no thought to her poor innocent victim in Roxbury? Alas. not one. CHAPTER XX. WARREN LELAND'8 PROGRESS. ""Loosen the dog' This order was sufficient for Warren Leland. He was not a coward; he wonld not have budged an inch before an enraged tiger; but he would have traveled a hundred miles on foot to avoid the shadow of ridicule. Profiting bv the warning and a moment when he seemed unobserved he slid from the tree, jumped into the next field, and entered the woods at a point Bomewhat farther down than where he bad scaled the hedee. This done, be resumed bis walk with the assured tread of a man who had a right to be there. He had gone but a few steps when be heard behind him the wild barking of the dog, which proved his retreat had been an opportune one. Some of the farmers he had noticed ai he pnssed befoie were still standing at their doors. Stopping before one of them, he asked: "My friend, to whom does that large house below there, facing the road, belong; and whence comes that sweet ran* sicV "Xnrt i-irnlioVilr tnn? that ftfl XPflll ftR 1." J replied the man, 6tolidly. "Had I known, I should scarcely hav? asked yoc." eaid Leland. in a quiet tone. The farmer?a poor one, by the waydid not deign further reply. His wife stood near him ;~andLeland bad remarked that in all classes of society women have more wit and good-humor than their husbands. Therefore he tnrned to her and said: "You 6ee, my good woman, I am a stranger here. To whom doe6 that house belong? Probably to Nathan Metcalf?" "No, no," replied the woman. "Mr. Metcalf lives much further on." "Ah! Then who lives here?" "Why, Amos iJenton, of course." "Ah, AmoB Denton! But tell me, he does not live alone? There is a lady who sings?his wife??his sister? And another?very beautiful. Who are they?" "Ah, the first, no doubt, is his daughterin-law, young Mrs. Denton. Mr6. Clara, who " "Yes, yes, and the other?" "Is ajoung lady who is living with her. I don't really know " "Ah! thank you, thank you, my good woman! You have children? Buy them presents with these;" aud dropping sev. eral pieces of silver in the lap of the obliging woman, Leland walked rapidlj ovatr t* .. %mj . Beturning home, the road seemed less gloomy and fur shorter than -when he came. As he strode on, humming the prelude of Bach, the moon rose, the countr} looked more beautiful, and, in short, when he perceived, at some distanc e dows the ever gloomy avenue, his own house, bathed in the white light, he found the spectacle rather enjoyable than otherwise. And when he once more ensconced himself in the maternal domicile, anc breathed the odor of new damp paper anc old moldy trees that constituted its at. mosphere, he found great consolation ir the reflestion that there existed not verj far from h m two young women whe posessed charmingfaces, delicious voices and one, at least, a pretty name. Next morninp, after plunging into e cold bath, to the profound astonishmen; of Seth Gridley and his wife, Leland went to inspect the farm. He found the barns and other ont-buililings well constructed hut not bo picturesque as ha co _Jd deBlre. But he w? 8 amazed to hear the farmers he met arguing, in their peculiar Yankee drawl, on the various modes of culture and crops, lifce men who were no strangers to all modern improvements in agriculture. The name of Metcalf frequently occurred in the conversation as confirmation of their own theories, or experiments. Nathan Metcalf gave preference to thie fertilizer, to this machine for winnowing; this breed of cattle was introduced by him. Nathan Metcalf did tfiis, Nathan Metcalf did that, and the j farmers did like him. and found it to their advantage. Leland found the Congressman had not exaggerated the local importance of ttiis personage, and that it was most es6ent<al to conciliate bim. Resolving, therefore, to call on bim dnring tbe day, be meanwhile went to breakfast. Tbe duty toward himself fulfilled, the young man lounged on the veranda, as he had the evening before, and commenced smoking. Though it was near mid-day, it was doubtful to bim if tbe solitude nnd silence appeared less complete and oppresciiva thmi nn Ihn nrfipfldinp eveninff. A hushed cackling of fowls, the drowsy hum of bees, and the muffled chime of a distant bell?these were all. Leland louDgedots the veranda, dreaming of his club, of the noisy crowd, of the rumbling stages and street-cars, of the playbill of the Mad'eon Square Theater, of the Jrives in Central Turk?and the memory of the least of these enchantments brought infinite peace to his eoul. The inhabitant of New York hns one great blesBing, which he does not take into account until he suffers from its lo-*s ?one great half of his existence is filled up without the least trouble to himself. The all-potent vitality which ceaselessly envelops him takeB awny, in a vast degree, the exertion of amusing himself. The roar of the city, rising like a great bass around him, fills up the gap in his thoughts, and never leaves that disagreeable sensation?a void. jvow, Lelana Had within himself more resources than most men to conquer the bine devils; bnt in these early hours of his experience in country life, deprived of his club, his horseF, n'ud his Freni-hcook; banished from all his old haunts and habits, he began to feel terribly the weight of time. It therefore approached a delicious sensntionfor him to suddenly he?r that regularly recurring beat upon the road, which to his trained ear announced the approach of several riding horses. Next moment he saw advancing up the 6omber avenue and turning into his own grounds, three lovely females on horse back, od6 of whom was a mere girl kin poiot of years. Though quite aruazed at thi6 charming spectacle, Leland rememb^-ed his duty as a gentleman, and descended the steps of the veranda. Bat the ladiee, at sight of him, appeared equally surprised as himself, suddenly drew rein, and conferred hastily together. Then recovering, they continued their course, taking the private carriage way to a road in the rear, and disappeared in the direction of a lovely lake, .a prominent feature in the neighboring landscape. As they popped the corner of the house, Leland bowed low, and they returned his salutation by a slight inclination; but he -- -?1.- 1 j.1 !1? ?!,,? was qune sure, in spue ui uo icus iu?t floated from their riding-hats, that he recognized the lovely singers and the young pianist. After a moment he called to Seth Gridley. "Gridley," he said, pointing to the carriage wuy, "is this a public road?" "It certainly is not a public road, Mr. Leland," replied Seth. "Then -what do those ladies mean by using it?" i "Bless me.' Mr. Leland, it iB so long since your grandfather's death, and since any of the family have lived here! These ladies mean no harm by passing through your grounds; and sometimes they even stop at the house while my wife gives them fresh milk. Shall I tell them that this displeases you, sir?" "Displeases me! Why the deuce do you suppose it displeases me? I only asked information. And now, who are the ladies?" "Oh. sir. thev are verv nice ladies, indeed! Mrs. Denton, he* daughter Edith, and their friend Miss Mildred?" "Mrs. Denton?eh?. And her husband, Mr. Denton, does he never ride out with them?" "Great Scott! no, sir. He never rides with them." And grim Seth Gridley smiled a dry smile." !. " Why not, prav?" "Why not? He has been among the (lend this ten vears. as, no doubt, you very well know. "Granting that I know it, friend Gridley, I wish it distinctly understood that these ladies are not to be interfered with. Yon comprehend?" Gridley seemed pleased that he was not to be the bearer of so disagreeable a meesage; and Leland suddenly conceived that his stay at Roxbury would not only be prolonged indefinitely but at the same time be very agreeable. Thinking thu6, he directed his 6teps toward the residence of Nathan Melcalf, of which, at la6t. from Seth, he had obtained correct information. He took the same road as the preceding evening, passed the quaint old dwelling that he believed held Mrs. Denton and her loveiy friend, glanced bis eye at the great oak that had served him for an observatory, and about half a mile farther on discovered the 6omewhat imposing COUHB LIB bOUglll. He ewnng open the gate, sauntered'tip the well-kept path, and reached the broad veranda, which was shaded by climbing vines and rose bushes. ITO EE CONTINUED. J Most Important Fact Absut Cholera. The most important fact about cholera, a fact to bear in mind and to emphasize, is that it is a disease which is never generated on this continent and can cone here only by importation. It has never traveled faster than it could be conveyed by sea ot by land, and it has always followed the track of human migrations or of commerce. After every visitation iu America or in Europe, it has been completely stamped out in both these continents. When it has come again it has always been brought from its home and breeding-place?Asia. If quarantine is a successful method of prevention by communities and by continents, as it has been proved to be over and over again, the same method is applicable (to a great degree) to personal prevention of the disease when it has invaded a community. Cholera is not communicated directly from one person to another, even under circumstances of the greatest intimacy; yet it is spread only by patients afflicted with the disease. By raeaus of one infected person in whom the disease has manifested itself by only an apparently insignificant diarrhoea, cholera can be conveyed to a whole locality. This person may travel without further development of the disorder, but he may leave behind him matter which may give rise to the most deadly epidemic It is thus no longer inexplicable how the cholera in its wanderings take no defined course, but spreads indifferently, now from west to east, now from east to west; now with the wind aud now against it; io cold weather as in warm weather; how it always follows tbe routes of travel; how * 1 - -- ?fr\ r\laf?p in n. it aocs not go uulu jduw _ shorter time than is required tor men to travel the same distance, and how, since the building of railways, it has been able to spread more quickly than before. Sometimes it has made great leaps. In the localities visited by the disease, the houses and streets in which those infected reside are of course the places of the greatest danger. It has happened that a single house or street has for a longtime been the only infected locality. But while those buildings or neighborhoods first visited by the cholera are being depopulated,the infection sooner or later is easily co.nmunicated to other houses and streets, partly by means of common privies and partly by other ways, surely by water if by any means the water supply has been affected.? Dr. Lewis A. Sayjre, in tin: Forum. CURIOUS FACTS. West India people eat alligator eggs. A salmon with "two tails" was lately caught by a fisherman in Coas Bay, Oregon. There are in the United States ninetyseven religious denominations; in Great Britain there are 257. Paper from rags was made in 1000 A. D., the first linen paper in JLoiy ana paper from straw in 180C. At the castle of Simonetta, Italy, th'.ire is an aDgle in the building which reechoes a pistol shot sixty-one times. Among Sir William Harcourt's Parliamentary supporters at Derby, England, were two voters 102 and 103 jears of age. Dicky Proudfit?Huh; I can*t see why you never put on your Sunday clothes 1 Bobby Poore?But I does. I wears 'em seven dajs in tha week, j ?Puclt, ! RUSSIA'S RULER" DAILY JjTPE AND CHARACTER OF CZAR ALEXANDER. in flic Hahiti] anfl Vprr TTnnrl ol Bis Family?Richest Mail in the World?The Czarina. keeps" hi^ great frame in good condition by regular exercise, and, like Gladstone, he often goes out and cuts down trees in his forests. He sometimes saws these trees into lengths with a cros3-cut saw and he does all sorts of manual work. He is an : athlete of the first order and he is fond of playing -with his children, and during his stay in Denmark he had a number of wrestling matches at the palace there, in each of which, I am told, he came out victorous. He is found of horseback riding and has 150 saddle horses in his stables here. His stud contains some of the finest horses in the world. He knows all about horses and is anxious to improve his stock and is very careful about the character of the horses which are 1 Li. A- iL - TT~ -/l ? orougm iqio me army, xie uuen unvcs > himself, with his wife beside him, in a phaeton about Gatchina, and he holds his reins with arms stiff, in the Russian fashion. I visited the museum in which the imperial carriages are kept, the other day, and spent hours wandering about through the hundreds of golden coachei and gorgeous landaus, each of which is worth many, many thousand dollars. I handled harness which was inlaid with precious stones and the metal work of which was of solid gold or silver. I saw harness cloth embroidered with pearls, and the total value of these trappings and coaches runs high into the mil '* wmmw, / / y \ > ..~P- ' a ball at the 1 Hods of dollars. As I looked at tbem I could not but think of the simple carriages which the Czar really uses and how far his spirit is removed from that v" THE CZAR. of ostentation. He leads a more simple life, in fact, than many of bis nobles, and be cares nothing whatever for style. He is one of the hardest worked men of his Empire. He rises at daybreak and takes a cup of coffee, say9 hi9 prayers and then begins work, looking over his State papers. At 1 o'clock he takes breakfast with his wife, and after breakfast he exercises for a while before going back to work. He keeps his system in perfect condition, and his stomach nerer goes back on him. He has his dinner at 6 o'clock, but, like many big men, he - ? ? ? !->- C--J ?- _ cats little, anams arms is cuuuueu iu a glass of Burgundy. He always dines with bis family, and his family relations are most beautiful. The Czai of Russia is in lore with his wife. This is an extraordinary thing for a Russian monarch, and both peasants and nobles have spoken to me in the highest terms of his purity in this regard. He spends his evenings with his family and often reads to his wife while she embroiders, und there are a number of stories here which illustrate this part of his character. It is now twenty-five years since he attended a court reception at Paris, and there met Empress Eugenie. All the beauties of th? Paris court were present, and as the Empress chatted with him she asked him to point out to her ; the most beautiful lady in the room. The future Czar replied that he was too much of a barbarian tothinKany womau more beautiful than his own wife, .ind his actions toward her from that time to this have shown that he has continued of this opinion. Still his marriage to her was one of diplomacy rather than of love. She is, you know, the daughter :?f Christian IX., of Denmark, and her name was the Priqcess Dagmar. She l.ad been engaged to the Czar's cider . ' ' ' brother, who died at Nice, and in this way the present Czar became heir to the JL '.ilk r" a m \ L ? M /Cc;3. WT & EMTRES8 OF KUSSIA. throne. The Princess Dagmar was much in love with Alexander's brother and she did not want to be married to her present husband. Alexander himself had a sweetheart whom he was anxious to marry,' but State reasons made both these young peopie give up meir cnensnea ideas, and Alexander III.. wooed the Princess Dagmar and married her. Love came after the marriage, and though this was more than a quarter of a century ago, they are lovers still. The Empress of Russia is the reverse of her husband in appearance. 8he is as slender and petite as he is strong and massive. She is not beautiful and not homely. Her nose is slightly retrousse, / WINTER rALACE. but her features are otherwise well formed and her eyes are bright and kindly. She is one of the most beautiful dancers in Russia, and she is as fond of dancing as a Danish country girl. At the winter palace in St. Petersburg are given eacn year some 01 me must wuuderful balls of the world. Seven thousand people can live in this palace, and the thousands of dancers trip the light fantastic toe over floors of ebony, of rosewood and of ivory. Now and then the Empress appears at these dances in her royal robes. She wears a gorgeous crown which fairly blazes with diamonds. Her necklace is of many strands of the purest pearl3, and her vest is a mass of rubies, sapphires and diamonds put together so that they blaze like fire. One of her gowns is of emerald velvet with a train of white velvet which is fairly covered with gold embroidery and the front of which is linked with strands of purest coral. The jewels on one of these robes would make an American village rich, and their value surpasses computation. In the treasury at Moscow I saw the Empress' coronation robe. The train of this was of woven silver, and there was enough of woven silver cloth in the robe to have carpeted an ordinary parlor. ?? 7 <t (j ?r &}Jh ^ ?.1?? rT-: 7 / r -U' >> 4,ncnn DAT, MY CHILDREN." The Empress is the member of the imperial family who most fears the assassination of the Czir. She is in suspense whenever her husband is away from her, and every time that his life is attempted her nerves become shattered. She worries about her children, and I doubt not she often longs for her girlhood life in peaceful Denmark. It is for this reason - ? - tf J largely that she is so lona or u&acing. She can forget herself when she is on the fJoor, and as long as the mad gallop goes on she does not feel the presence of the spoctcr which continuously hangs over the Rupsian t'nroue. 1 don't suppose there is a family in the United States which has a more happy home life than that of the Czar. He has five children?three boys and two girls. The eldest is the Grand Duke Nicholas, who is now twenty-four years old and wno shows himself to be & bright, aggressive young Prince. With oil hit orroatr.Mfl f!'/nr it 6 ~ more simple in his manners than any monarch in the world. There are no frill? or furbelows about him. He talks in a simple way to his friends and to his officials, and though he is the Czar in every sense of the word he is not puffed up with conceit. He is probably the richest monarch in the world. His in- . come amounts to more than (10,000,000 a year and he owns more land than any other person in the world. He has more than a million square miles ofculvated land and forest, and be has gold and silver mines in Siberia, and his receipts are so large that no one knows how large they are. I wish I could describe for you his wonderful palaees. There is nothing like them on the face of the earth. I saw a single crown in the winter palace which had more than, a million dollars' worth of jewels in it, and the treasury at Moscow contains cart loads of gold and silver plate. The winter palace is so large that it covers acres, and there is a story that when it was burned V'/ THE CROWN PBINCE. not long ago a cow was discovered la one of the unused rooms where s servant had been keeping it and the people of the palace knew nothing about it. There are 2000 acres about one of the summer palaces near here and it takes ouu men to Keep inese in oraer, ana the palace of Peterhof surpasses in its beauties those of Versailles. Odd Decoration of the Thibatan "Bird. The somewhat remarkable bird de* picted in the cut is to be found on the borders of China and Thibet, but more frequently on the slopes of the Himalaya Mountains. In appearance it has a great resemblance, in many respects, to th< pheasant. The plumage is very beautiful, being dotted with round, white spots on a brown and reddish ground. The male bird is distinguished by large wattles, which extend from the cheeks down the whole length of the neck; ' while behind each eye rises a soft, fleshy horn. Both the horn and the wattles may be dilated or contracted at pleasure. They arc of a bluish-purple color, mingled with scarlet. The color deepens when the bird is excited by anger or pleasure. The feathers of the crest, the chin and the back of the neck are black; the upper part of the breast, the neck and shoulders are light cinnamon, with a dash of carmi&e and purple, variegated by the white, eyelike tips of the feathers; 'the wings and part of the back are rich amber, mottled with brown and also decorated with white spots. Little is THE HORNED TRACJOPA5. known of the habits and manners of the tragopan; but from their strong legs and round wings it is thought that they do not fly very mucb, but depend more on. their swiftness of foot than on any power of flight they may possess. In the breeding season the tragopan is to be seen at his best. Hi* condition and plumage are then in the highest state of perfection, his beautiful wings and tail are expanded, his horns erected, his wattles inflated and glowing with bright colors. There seems no reason why these birds should not flourish in other countries. They live in a cold climate or temperate region, and soon die if taken into the hot plains of India. Their food consists of grain and seed, and their flesh is a delicacy, having much the same flavor as that of the pheasant.?Mail and Express. The nearest approach yet to perpetual motion is the discovery of a European ulockmaker wuo has invented a clock that will run for ten years without winding. rhe Tami ian Theory Vindicated. Human' beings do sometimes spring from apes.?Puck. .. - Us, ? .w\, ?