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h Jt . " * -c Sft?> *'" ">y rc* A KT u ^nii (CorraioBT, Kobzxt ] CHAPTER V. (Continued.) *1 shall be glad to do this," .Mrs. Graham answered. "If you tell me to-morrow, or the next day. or any day to the future that you wish this, I shall believe that you do care. And now. good-bye. 'Just Little Me.' and all good things come to you"?for she felt that the might never again see tbe pretty face of this child-woman?"but promise me here at parting, dear, tbat you will be kind to those who love you. Love la easier to hold when won than tempted back when once repulsed." She knew, as she turned away to Join her husband, who was waiting for her at the fang-plank?even before the ahy words of promise were whispered?that she could safelj trust the gbi whom all claimed to be heartless and thoughtless. The Zlngara puffed and splashed her way. and the Island, with Its gleaming t&nd'hUils and beaches, Its fluttering hotel-flitg and lighthouse tower rising calmly above the bearing and falling 9t the ocean at Its foot, faded from flew sa.re as a speck upon the horizon. Meanwhile, pretty Bess, with her warm impulses, tee words or ner menu Kill fresh in ber memoir, turned to her lover glowering gloomily at the retreating steamer, and said, very softly and very sweetly, no trace of their quarrel apon ber face, save a burning color on ber cheeks and a tender wistf ulncss in her eyes: "If only the friends who are good to eae would stay with one. Mr. Leland. It Is so bard to be always misunderstood and unjustly judged. 8he knew that X don't mean half that I say that Is unkind." Those great duck, wisirui ejes m her*, like the reproachful eyes of a grieved child, scattered his anger to the four winds of heaven. He scarcely heard what it was that she said. He certainly never.heeded the lookers-on. "My dear little Bess!" be said, softly. Ber lingers were clinging to his arm Instead of Alecia's, and his eyes were bent upon the sweet, shy face in its beautiful color, reading the heart hidden by the curling lashes over the betraying eyes. He was bending with great assurance above the graceful figure in its creamy flannel morning-dress, ss they turned from watching the steamer bearing away their friends. And it was heaven come down to earth that morning to Leland, as he sat on the beach with this willful girl, careful that her red parasol should shield ber i from the ran; that Her camp-cnair was set most comfortably upon the sand facing the bine and gold of the ocean, whose white surf brought in many a fragment of beam or plank. What cared he that she bad so often protested that she would never marry for lesa than limitless wealth, when there. In the broad light of morning, she whispered aaaorance that he must not believe all that s.'fte said, especially that, because she loved him; and what beside that, was wealth? "Particularly." she added, very gravely. but so sweetly that there was left ?o sting in her words?"particularly. Lane. dear, when you know that you are not poor. I couldn't marry anybody, no matter how much I loved him. if be were very poor and had no chance to rise, because 1 think it is qnite wicked. Every one should feel as I do about this. Lane. They don't | think half enough. It isn't so much that I love luxury as that a man has no right to marry a woman if he cannot support her." * - - ? ?? 1-1 V? 1 J. Ut 1 ADU vui euuiu urr iuvct uu uul ?v qulesce and murmur bis astonishment ct the wisdom of ber words? "It Is strange bow the world can be shaken by storm one bour and brilliant with sunlight the next!** said Aleoin as she and ber husband and Gregory Bensonhurst. with the party from the Queen Tapbenes, left the steamer at the Babylon pier and took tbe stage for the depot. "And tbe strangest part ?f It is that the heaviest storm leaves ao adequate trace of its violence." "But it is better so." said ber bustend, quickly. "Let tbe gardens of the Eaat fall Into the sea and tbe flowers of the West are Just as sweet! That Is but justice. Alecia!" "And yet, who would think." said one of tbe yachting paity. laughing, "that some half-dozen hours or so ago we were In the blackest storm I ever taw; or came so near never seeing sunshine again, whether in east or west? It Is a rapid world we live in. and. as ?nch. let the gardens of the East fall. If they will, so long as the flowers of the West survive!" "Well. I like It best ss It Is here in the East?now-.ves." said one of bis companions. "It wasn't a specially clever thing to be clinging to a wet rope in a wet sea. with a wet sky coming down on you. Earle got off pretty tacky. I think?thanks to"?he came ear forgetting his agreement to speak ?f th? to nn onp outside of the witnesses. and caught himself with A slight fit of coughing?"thanks to the Ben oa the beach! He vaiue a trifle too near going under to please me. were I in his place!" **I wouldn't wind being in his place.*' Mid one of the others, laughing, with * shrug of his shoulders, catching the strange expression upon Harold Graham's face and belieriug that he knew its cause: "If by being there I could possess bis wealth. One of the richest men in the city, he in! Look at the yacht that treat down! Worth a good sight of money! And his hornes! Whr. his stables are enough to make ooe bowl from pure jealousy !** Conversation strayed upon indifferent subjects after that The gentlemen. after boarding the train, buried tbemaelYea In the morning papers with * comment now and then upon some ?* -? Afhur thmifrhr nR pOiill Vi |ivmiva v? ?? ?-? suggested In the columns before tbem. And before they reached tbe city most of tbem went Into tbe smoker to refresh themselves against tbe trying day with a cigar ?all save Harold Graham, who protested that be did not care for this stimulant, but would xcxoaln with his wilt. / i fTHROP'S DEFEAT, ' a Novel. 4 KATE LUDLUff: Io.xku'i Soar, KM.] "And now, dearest." he said, when they were alone, as regarded their friends, "this will be a hard day for both of us. I shall take you borne at once and then go down town. I will place everything in Clarering's hands -a At m4 u T* WI11 Ka nuu K( mem ugui u uui; 11 mu uc . the bitterest fight of my life! I regret that your mother and sisters are still j In Europe, Alecia! I wish they were here with you at this difficult timer' "You need not regret their absence, } Harold," Alecia said, quietly. "I am ^ glad they are away. I prefer having only you until this is over. We will fight it out by ourselves and hope for the best that can come." "Tour faith is wonderful, Alecia," , be said, rather coldly, bis temepera- j ment changeable under tbe trials of tbe past day. He bad so little bope for blmsclf. "I fhink yon Trill find it tried to tbe utmoat ere yon bare done." "And atill there will be some good left Nothing ia erer all wrong" "Nor half good," said her husband, bitterly, "except you. Aleclar But be aa brare as abe would Alccia knew that much of bitterneaa must come to them ere they could leare the city and begin their new life at the West, where the .flowers were still sweet In spite of tbe falling gardena of tbe Eaat. And In truth she was tried most bitterly during tbe week8 that followed tnat day. Tbe failure of the house of Graham the rltr at thp first shock: a little later came tbe comprehension that this failure meant loss to many? possibly utter ruin to some?and then came the ruthless clamor for self and self and self. "Literally every mas for himself," said Harold Graham, bitterly, one day, "and tbe devil take him that comes last. Would to God I could but meet all my liabilities, and I would start afresh in a Western city and build ap a new name. But burdened as I shall be at tbe best?" "If all is done that is possible," said Alecla, in her sweet, quiet voice, allowing no shadow of her own suffering to fall upon ber husband, "we can do no more than start afresh, anyway. Har old, and Duua up tne oia name auu pay u off the old debts and find a happy life a through It all." L 1 believe jou would find happiness 1 If exiled to Siberia. Alecla," said her c husband wearily, jet always courteous ( to her. "What Is It in your heart that ^ lifts yon over everything?you, too, * who love every good thing as well as E I do? One might think you tbe daagh- ' ter of Solon, my sweet philosopher. ' What would I do without you?" She went to him and ran her fingers T softly and lightly through his hair. c There were wrinkles of care in bis face and threads of gray in the midnight T hair, that had come within that short 8 space of trouble. Very soft and tender * were her fingers and magnetic in their lino* cnftaniwl anrl a ? smile fell upon the tense lips. "Then Mr. Earle will not compro- 8 mite the matter, Harold?will not give ? you any grace, no matter how it is urged open him''" j "I ten yon. be is Implacable, Alecla! j He has such straight lines of integrity ^ for his own trading that he cannot see ^ a hair's breadth to left or rigbt in an- j other man's affairs with leniency. I A do not think the man is really hard- z hearted. He believes himself ..0'bt. ( Clavering urged the last plea for me j with bim to-day. He might as well ^ have pleaded with a rock." t "Then I will see wbat I can da I am not a lawyer, nor so eloquent in t business phrases as Mr. Clavering. but I shall see what a woman can do. We . will not despair, I tell you, Harold. We will do everything that we can." He pushed the soft band from bis ^ bead and arose facing her. A flush was fighting the pallor of his face. . He was frowning heavily. "Wbat la it you wouiu ao, Aiecin r* , "I shall go to Mr. Earle myself," * she s lid, quietly, standing as resolutely facing him as be faced her. "I shall { appeal to his sense of justice I shall { tell him, if every other plea fails, that j he is worte than cruel to be so impla- } cable toward the roan who save his life at the risk of his own " ?fever!" he interrupted her fiercely, starting forward. "Pardon me. Aleda. for my harshness, but I will not have that used in my favor. If he will not give me a fair chance to retreive myself from purely business motives, r. be shall not ever say that I worked i upon bis gratitude. Who told you. any y way, Alecla? They gave me their t word they wouldn't repeat it. He 'lid e not know." I "No one told me," the said, steadily; (' "I guessed it, liarold. 1 knew, every 1 one knew, that yon did much toward * saving the other men, and i added this. a I knew you. and knew it was what you would do." 3 "But you shall not tell him." he re- 1 peated more quietly, the first intense 1 feeling of anger at discovering that she was cognizant of that act?uncon- 3 scions also of his temptation ? was * gone. "You shall not go to that man. , cither. Alecla. Do you think I would j allow my wife to plead with any man? Do you think that I will allow you to have anything to do with this matter? (.Jive me your word that you will not go. that you will not do this, as you 11 _ ? 1 iu?u iuc. "Because I lore you." the said, very 1 gently. "I will do this. Harold. It is very little. It may do no good. I can but try. Tou will allow me to do It 1 because you must. I am a woman as i you are a man. and I will not yield i what I tblnk it right any more than : would you. 1 may succeed where you t would fail; I am your wife; I shall try. > But I will not urge your act of bravery < upon him. I will promise you that, : .Iaama* a* f Iavo rnn '' f UCQiCVl, ? A ?V? v /w-. * t CHAPTER VI. J JUSTICE. { Mrs. Harold Graham was delicately t engraved upon the card laid upon the t desk before Palmer Earle in his bsnd- t some private office; and Palmer Earle's i rraT broTrs were meeting beaTily as ie bade the boy admit her. M8be baa kept her engagement with iromptness," he said, glancing from lie clock above his desk to the man itandlng at the window. "Yon must icknowledge that. Wintbrop. in spite >f your scorn of women." "I do not scorn them." answered the >ther calmly. "You misjudge me. Mr. Sarle. Only?they are not fitted for >uslness or this sort of thing. 1 warn rou beforehand to expect tears and entreaties. If you yield. It will be itrongly against ray advice. This voman. his wife, has a fortune in her iwn right, and if she be a true woman tut; will uua IU |,I1C U vvnaiu ?v> lusband's liabilities. If she does not -well, tbe matter ban been gone suflclently over with their lawyer, it teems to me." "Perhaps her fortune went with her lusband's." suggested Palmer Earle, vltb no idea of arguing for the wornin. but as tbe thought suggested ittelf to bis mind. The other shrugged his shoulders. "It isn't probable." he said. "If it re re so. Graham's counsel would have itated the fact" Further conversation upon this x>lnt was interrupted by tbe entrance >f the woman in question. 8be was tressed very plainly in a close-fitting Inrk-blue suit with a hint of gold >rald about it, and a bonnet of blue vith yellow rosebuds almost bid in ace, one perfectly gloved hand beld or a moment in the strong band of !*almer Earle. For. stern business man bough he was, be was impelled to adniratlon by this woman. "I sincerely regret that you conIf naAannnr tn /-nil imnn mp I bis morn Ins in regard to tbis mater, although at any other time I am tleased to meet Mrs. Graham," he aid in his large, grave way. "Mrs. Jrabam, my counsel. Mr. Winthrop, I >elleve, is a stranger to you. Allow ne to make you acquainted. Mr. Slavering, your husband's lawyer, aranged for you to meet us here this noruing, as you know. Believe me, n tbe first place, that I sSfcrerely retret tbis misfortune end would have iad Mr. Winthrop close with Mr. Wavering's offers if I might; but it is mpossible?utterly impracticable!" "Entirely so!" supplemented John Ylnthrop emphatically. Uis straight rows, frowning, cast a shadow of lardncss into tbe dark-gray eyes lookng so levelly into the beautiful violet yes of tbe woman before tbem. Her teart almost failed ber as sbe looked nto bis quiet, stern face. He was tot a handsome man. but be was tall md broad-sbouldered and command05; bis cleanly, sbapely bands berayed perfect self-control, and a powrful bidden strength of will and mus:le; those steady gray eyes and tbe [ulet mouth under the brown musacbe made him a striking looking anyone upon whom to rely implicitF. but one who would never yield one lair's breadth from bis standard of ight or justice. His heart must always yield to his will should there ome any conflict between them. "I know tliat Mr. Clarering has done chat be could to settle tills matter," aid Aleclai her soft voice sounding weetly through tbe room, stirring the learts of ber listeners. "But be is a an. Sometimes a woman's Instinct iverbalances even a lawyer's keen inIgbt" Her swift, brilliant smile lightd and faded from ber face like tbe ransflguration of some passing dream f beauty. "My husband bas given ip everything as you know, gentlemen, le 1s willing and anxious to meet all lemands against bim; that he cannot j lo so is bis misfortune, not bis fault. : need not tell you It Is againsf bis i vlshos that I am here. You, also-canlot fail to know that. He is too proud o plead for even simple justice where t is not freely given. But I am his vife, and If in any way I can lighten lis burden I shall be infinitely grateful. "Knowing tL.it he lias done every- | hing in bis power, that be is willing ; md anxious to do wbat be can to rerieve bis fallen fortunes, being bon>rable men and men of justice, can rou still refuse to make some concesiion?to compromise witb him for sucb >r such an amount on tbe dollar? Perlaps I do not understand business terms >r business itself well enough to meet klr. Wintbrop upon equal grounds of irgument, but, being a woman, I have i heart and know that my husband's s very bitter and very heavy. I, as lis wife, therefore, ask you to be just. appeal to you beads, not to your learts. and ask you if you can frankly ell me that you do ail that any man nuld do under corresponding circumnances?" (To be continued.) Young at m Hundred. If tbe present increase of the averse age of man continues, we will be u our youth when we are a hundred ears old. We who are now living will lot realize this condition unless we x]>cricuco another incarnatii/ti or two, tut when the time for It comes?unler the conditional "If"?there will ikely be mortals enough on earth with topes, fears, trials, tribulatious, pains md pleasures the same as we have. The thought of centuries staggi>;s us, ind millenniums ure beyond our com rehensiou. but little things like these lo not bother nature, with whom a day b as a thousand years and a thousand 'ears as a day. And she does not collider whether she is dealing with us. vith the peoples of thousands of years igo, or with those who will be hwe u a thousand years rroiu now. The overuse age of ninu bas been ncrcased fovea aud a half years in the ast century, aud at tbat rate tlie averige length of bumau life will be about me buudred and ten years in ten cen uries.?New York Henild. Cfnini Oddities in Germany. In taking her census tieriuauy difers from otber countries iu tbat she s not content to number the? people mlv K<ir uiniii tltno then* his h?-r:i i rattle ceusus, auil on this occaslou here was a further extension of the icope by the institutiou of a fruit-tree eusus. Fruit as au article of food tud as a luxury has been steadily jrowiug in favor for a loug tiwe. aud be Governiueut considers it advisable bat it should know its resources iu Lis respect. A record of forest land* s also kept, and a yearly returu has 0 be made of tbe number of trees elled or otherwise destroyed aud of be young trees planted iu the forest turserles to replace thus. % 1 - ii ^'ri'iTfirS iSit " PETS-FROM* ^^^TTHEv A Jca)ou<; 1 <D1T Fe^llKi. The Island of Luzon bag been called the "Pearl of the Philippines." and, like Cuba, is a marvel of scenic charm and productiveness. The two islands enjoy the same climate of perpetual summer, their mountain ranges are almost exactly of the wmie average height, and are clothed to their very rummits with evergreen forests. In the coast hills of Luzon the dawn of day is heralded by the multitudinous creams of little moukeys. Tree cats occasionally raid the top n ranches and give the monkeys some reason for screaming. The hills echo the hay of wild dogs: wild pigs rustle about the jungle, and jackals prowl along the beach in quest of sen spoil. There are three varieties of deer In the uplands. roncrpiN* ri8H. j and all scrts of curious rodents can be trapped in the Sierras. As a consequence the cities of the Philippines swarm with pets, and the supply is beginning to overflow into the zoological curiosity shops of the seaport towns of the United'States. The Luzon contributions chiefly represent the tribe of the macaques (pronounced makaks). Luzon exports a mischievous Tockbaboon. and the ringed lemur,*a sort of night-monkey, with owl eyes and a. bush tail that can be made to encircle his neck like a shawl. The sudden opening of those big eyes bus a weird effect; but their owner is a comparatively harmless Filipino, and needs not much persuasion to nestle in the overcoat pocket of his protector. If. moreover, that pocket should happen to be furnished with handkerchiefs, he will wrap himself up like a pet fray squirrel, and express his delight in a curious chuckle. But at about C or S o'clock In the WiNGED LEMUR-A COMPARA' evening, according to the season of the year, the Lemur torquatus wakes up and begins to explore his boarding bouse; cautiously at first, then in wider and wider leaps, taking Jumps of ten or twelve feet without ever miscalculating his distance by a hairbreadth. He will hop on bis master's knee, down again, and up on an armchair; there he will crouch for a nonient with a quivering bush tail, then double up fcr a spring and land on a bookshelf at JBIfktS, A REPRESENTATIVE OP THE TRIBE OF THE MACAQUES. the opposite cod of the room, or ou j bis own cage. but never on the lamp. | He inspected that the moment it was brought in. and toucbcd the chimney long enough to satisfy himself that !t had better be admired from a distance. "Moi.o bruxo"?"ghest monkey"?the Filipinos call him. He never np:>earK In the daytiJie. ac.1 would he but lie quiet in bis nist in a hollow branch. I bis existence would never be suspected. But curiosity is apt to get the bettci I of Uis discretion, nmi n a uui iw mi bis nest tree with an axe. a 1 lack face trith n nnir of still blacker ey?s will peer down from a knothole to inquire the cause of the disturbance. The hunter then mark* the tree, a id an hour later returns with a bag aud r. forked stick. Master T^rjuntus La*1 goue to sleep iiy that time, and is I rjused when the fork gets a gjcd hitch In bis fur and twists him out of his dormitory. A hushy-tniled and extremely wide- j awake islander is the Luzcc '*w.vfl fox. whrh is o.'ten caught in the 81crras and caged as we would cage a goi her or weasel. "Perrito" means literally "doggy." and there is raalir ecmcthinc DCDDTish about the . vrirn'fcV a * ^ -f t . J ? -- . _ _ PHILIPPINES JOt, i. Osioa,ic& appearance of the young bill foxes, but their cars soon get too sharp to leave a doubt about their affinity. The perrito is a true fox, altbougb not nearly as heavy as a Kentucky fox-squirrel, and quite able to live on a vegetable diet. He will eat bread, berries and grapes, and tbe Filipinos even get him used to boiled rice, flavored with a few drops of oii; but tbe instincts of bis species revive If be is turned loose in a room enlivened by scampering rodents. A nursing perrita bides her whelps as best she can. bundling them away in the darkest coruer of an old crackerbox. or even in the lee of a Jack-boot. A week after they have their eyes open the pretty little anltnals will venture out of their own accord, have a leaping match after a cockroach or grasshopper, or roll about on the floor. pawing one another use piayiui *utens. As the days go by they become more enterprising. nud contrive to scrape a gopher out of hig wire trap without waiting for the assistance of tbeir keeper. In default of other fun. they will tiptoe their way to the stove, where n Newfoundland puppy ll?s snoring on his rug. For a minute or longer they will stand, closely watching the young giant; then they will crouch down and approach with a catlikc wriggle, until one of them touches the sleeper. I pon mat an win Fcaiup.-r back, frightened at their own boldness. The Luzon kalong bat. with his enormous skin wings folded, is hardly c? big as a half-grown rabbit, and normally weighs from a pound and a half to a pound and three-quarters; but breakfast, at which be gorges himself with bananas and boiled carrots, increases his weight by some sixty per cent. At noon he is ready for lunch, but he reserves h)3 cliief effort for supper. These winged gluttons infest the Eastern Archipelago from Sumatra tc Luzon, and would be a worse plague than tlie Egyptian locusts ir xueir habitat were uot a region of inn haustible fertility. A rbillppine ban ana-planter can wort one day a weeli riVELY harmless -r.i I 1 //*?.! fonm fin a/>PA a( 1UU gCl UiUIC 1UVU I1UIU M LM HVII. ?> ground than a bard working Americat wheat farmer could possibly raise on twenty acres; but It has been proved that even that enormous harvest could be doubled If It were possible to keef tats and monkeys away. As it is, the depredations never cease night or day. and by way of getting even, the Filipiuos cage and sell a; many of the marauders as they car trap. In San Franciso tame kalon; bats cost about $5 apicce. but ic .Manila the gardeners bring them to niarkel in home made cages, and are glad tc sell a pair, cage and all. for two reals? about twenty-live cents. Fishermen sell jars full of porcupinc figh. nod thtre is uo enu or nra aeaiers, peddling: winced curiosities of all s)rts, front a silk finch to n fire pheasant. Of parrots alone Luzon boasts some twenty different species, besides n vaviety of pretty parrakeets, including the "spike-tail." a grayis'i preen pet with a passion for nest-building. raiJ ready to begin operations at short notice. A swnrui let loose in a vacant rocm. with a row of nest-boxes, will waste on? day fighting for building lots, and after that they will alxncst forget eating and drinking in their eagerness to forage for material. Heady-njade nests wjttld spoil half their fun. and they are never happier than in a tussle with an old cotton :>.'dquilt or a little bale of hay. Pl'ick! iug cut shreds of bedtiing. a billful at | a time, is Just what suits their idea I of a picnic, and they rever etop screechI inr while Javlicht lasts. They are about the most restless of all feathered creatures, lut in the cattor of noisiness they are far surpassed by another feathered Filipino?th preat hrrnbill. a creature with n head ! a foot and a half lotic. and a voice tl at has been described as something be I a nnnvniu. ! twecn tbe Nray of n doikey end the I screctb of a ioconiotivc. I Captive bornbiilv .ire ratber subdued. I perbap3 beeause tbeir keepers bare I learned the trick of drew nine every creech with a dash of cold water.? Tooth's Companion. The Sklpp?rs of tb? UtMt Ukn. It was the fog alone that bothered tb*m. Swift currents and narrow, crooked channels have few terrors for a lake skipper, as long as be can see. Give bim tbe nse of bis eyes and be will make good time "wherever the gronnd is a little damp," and carry sev oral Tnousnnu iodm 01 iruu va- muun ? bis trousers' pockets. Tbe seemingly reckless way in which he pushes his 500-ton ship around sharp corners and over shoals where there is not a foot of water between ber keel and tbe rocky bottom, finally bringing her up to her own wharf without power, without thinking of calling in a tug to help mm is enougn 10 maice a sea capisiu ? hair tarn gray. Not tbat lie likes it exactly; not tbat be wouldn't much rather bare open water aud clear Railing all tbe way from Dulutb to Buffalo, if tbat were possible. But it Isn't possi a (From the Soli ; BRIDGE TUNNEL SYSTEM PROPi Tunnel tube is carried through soft which boring through solid rock would tion of tube, showing interior bridge gii ble. so be takes things as tbey come and does the best be can with his tough proposition. And a remarkably ;,'ood best it is. His business is to bustle. and be does it with all his might. Even when the fog shuts him in. or a blinding snow-squall comes howling down the great lakes, It is to be feared that be does not always slow down ss he should. The season of navigation is short, the ice will soon be making, and the owners will be jumping on bim if be doesn't make Ills trips in tl:no. "Can't step for a trifle of a fog. Let 'er go!" ? Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. VENTILATING SASH LCCK. I Catch Which Hold* the Window Frame I at Aay Polat. I In nearly all tbe sash catches now In I use the device is operative only when > tbe sashes are entirely up and down. An Improvement in these is that in, vented by Homer F. Livermore, which j is shown in the accompanying cut. i Instead of being placed in the middle 1 r ? - 'i j?c=a=j=-? - K1W WIXDOW SASH LOCK. and top of tbe sash it is fastened at tbe top. but at tbe left-band side. It has two bolts, one engaging in tl e upper sash and tbe other iu tbe window frame. Holes may l>e tared at suitable points in tbe upper sasb and in tbe window frame, and by this means either sash may be lowered or raised and locked fast in tbat position. Located. Xo natter how wii'.ely pome people travel, they remain provincial, and Ik Id the village they live ir. as thestarting-point of all knowledge. A prl-1 vat* soh'.kT once Introduced himself to Lincoln as the brother of the man wLc gave the Fourth of July oration in Topeka. An Andover clergymat: is said to have llxed the town he hailed frcru with equal precision. II?* wan present at a patlicrinj: of j not.d scholars and professors in IVrlin. A distinguished German i?Idlol>irist. Just intrtducef. t?? l:iti:.jsk.d what part of America lte -'aLie frcui. "Andover." said the clergyman, tvitli proud eontidctce. "Eh? W'iere is Andover?" "Next to Tewksbury," replied the American. TLe.v is o if physician in the present United States Senate an! fjur \ kysiclans in the jre?eut Ilotm* rf ilejre<.???? w>r?a T"i?.r?? if? <iiu? clorsrviiinn in the present Hou*o of R?preseata. lives. It is harder to rencmbcr a viatua than a fault : t )OOOC]iO)CICi()ICiQIOiC)CIQiQICy 3161 XXyyKKt * 5 TM TT? _ m 1 ? | nan ror a 1 uijkki j i | Under the Hudson, j Charles M. Jacobs, the consulting engineer of the Pennsylvania Itailroaa Company, has devised a new ystem for the construction of tunnels through Hilt and other loote materials naturally, in tny otwli ttmrtiirn. In ' , ?xi uuaj'ivu ?w? puvm ?? --- ? -? Scientific American this is said of bis device: "In driving tunnels through the ordinary run of material, sucb as solid rock, loose rock, cement,gravel or itard* pan. it is sufficient either, as in the y case of solid rock, to make an exca? vation larger than the gauge required by traffic and line the excavation with masonry or concrete, or, as in the sya* ' tem so largely adopted in London ttmnels, a metallic tube may be driven jc"n 1 dLLS* ?ntiflc American.) 3SED FOR PENNSYLVANIA ROAD, imttnin on nler*. avoiding steep grades. require. Upper diagram Is cross sec* rders. through the material. In case of any of the material named, when once the tunnel is excavated, or the tube driven the stability of the structure is assured for all time, as displacement, vertical or lateral, is impossible. "In driving tunnels beneath riven where deep deposits of silt of varying consistency arc encouutered, it may happen that the silt is of such a semifluid consistency that when heavy hpMn tn nous though the tuncel ? " - _ it would be In danger of throwing the tunnel out of alignment, even to the H extent of causing actual fracture of tbe H same. Tbe invention of Mr. Jacobs. wbile it was primarily designed to B overcome tbe difficulties llkejy to be 9 encountered in building tbe proposed S tunnel beneatb ;bc North River is, of H course, applicable to tunneling operations under other rivers or through SB swampy or saturated material whoso 9 consistency Is such as to threaten the B permanency or tbe tunnel. _ "Id tbe cane of tbe North River ten- H Del Mr. Jacobs determined to overcome n tbe objectioos due to looxeoesg of tbe ffi upper strata of tbe river bottom by givlog bis tubes sufficient transverse and ?1 lateral strength to perform the full functions of a bridge or girder, and EH support the bridge tube thus rurmed Smjj at stated intervals by means of pier* carried down until ibey reach the un* gal dcrlying rock. aH "The piers would be slun? from tbe Era tube itself by tbe pneumatic process, | and they would be of any form or con| stmction that was fouod most suit- nS able." ? Facts About DeifnfM. 99 A French surgeon has collected st? tistics relative to deafness. It appears HB that male* are more subject to aural MS diseases than females, and that out of . every seven middle aged persons there are one or two who do not hear as jsl well with one ear as with tbe other. nB In every 1000 children under fifteen years of age four show symptoms of some ear disease, am" six a marked deHcfcncy In hearing power. The llahility to disease increases from birth to the age of forty, aod then begins MH gradual!? to decrease as old age ad- figl vances. Out of tbe totnl number of jgH cases subjected to surgical treatment. | It is estimated that about fifty-three I per cent, arc cured and thirty per cent. ^ I permanently improved.- London News. A Chimney on StllU. mBM ? On the road between Bowling Oreen ! and Ar.bum. Ky.. a few miles from the | latter town, is a cabin with the chimuey 'milt t f a novel and economic style of irchitccture. WBB Heavy wooden stilts, with a platform I H BEiT I QUAINT SENTCCKT CE1MXET. ffltt ii i . ... ???^ on top. rtpport the chimney proper, ra| which Is merely a pile of br'ck* a few feet i:i height. Directly under it Is a IH small window. The house f as the appearance of hav- Hfl ing been 'milt without a chimney and ^^9 then bavicg had one stuck on it in the most coLvebknt spot. fiflE 1