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AS FORTUNE SMILES. A TALK OP THE OLD AND NEW WOULD. CHAPTER VI. Mlu Lacy, ihnpU daughter of nature, nursed ID all th savage frankness ol the wild Weil, Mid taught from early infancy to oil spade a spade.aud, being a nalnial Woman, a true woman. Now, it I* on* of woman'* moet highly prised attribute* be Lord (Jle*e smiled; ht> wa* rather pleated to *ee a little nascent jealousy clouding Luoy'* (ace. It looked to him like au awakening of that electric womanhood which flashes and spaiklei h) the contact of retponsi e lovs, a* distinguished from that merely holy feeling which join* mother and child, brother nd niter, in mutual affection . Lord Cleve's arrival wa* no sooner herald- the fair one a Parisian mondaine.au Kngliah _, . . ed about town (nan he v/aa inundated by a aristocrat or a Turkiah od.li.que-U> ob. ; ^^ hower o , Mugnt ^ ima and in 7 vi . tain from .imple man what slia deaire* ind f tationa. Had the young man believed about to giveju.t a. much a* ah wi.he., and nu ( >na tithe of what . a> written to him, he might have weadered why the bell* of Bow ' Church were not rung a* a token of the I universal joy at hia return. He might in more, in return. Miae Lucy had a ihrewd little head on bar ahoaldsrs. We have al- ready teen that the wa* eudowed with a strength of will and purpose of a moet un- tuual kind, and by adding together these qualities in a sort of psychological arith- metic, the euro obtained wunld form a re. markable example of female supremacy over the helpleu animal man. deed have been persuaded that bin person- slit) w,n not only of importance to society, but to ili* commonwealth. People began to wonder, and society began to inquire, who wa* 'he lovely girl in that quaint no-fashion hai.it who *o often ac- companied Lord Cteve. Society, according to iu hat.it, in similar casrs, speedily solved the question, and shocked itself beyond Mis* Lucy set her little wit* to work the measure by the aicernou that Luoy'wa* mom.nt she had recovered her wonted *elf- > Lord Cleve's raislrees. What else could possession, to extract by insinuatorjr wheedling, and deceptive pressure of inquiry, from Lord Clevs all he had learned about her cousin. process ol *''* '" ' asked society. She wa* nut Lord Cleve's wite, that society knew, neither ' was she his sister or relative; therefore wciely, without further ado, wrote down Lucy a wauton, and considered Lord her father and Lady Kvrdyn*. She had no , Wev ' coJot po.uively shocking. So- cieiy, it. ou'r.ged notioc. of propriety troubl. in elicuing from lhe young man uotw ,,h.uuiding. looked upon Lord Cleve as a much injured and interesting young man, and found excuse for his life a la grand Turk in the circumstance* that he had passed so many years among the sav- his usual clap-dash manner, write a Utter M|{M "He'll make a* good a husband most young men," the Duchess said to the M( rehioness. "If I were Kvelyne I should that he had once been engaged to Lady Kvelyne Wynter, and thereby started Her- bert upon the idea that he must ueedi, in him to that youug man of whom we know so very little." And the March- of apojogy to the lady who had once upon a time consented to be his wife. The thought wa* no sooner horn than it was acted upon, and young Cleve st down at ,,. confessed' that her v~iws coincided the old-fashioned mahogany bureau to pen with (hose of her (irace. A mistress was his apology, while Luoy stood behind hi* Cocking lhi,g. but young Cleve would soon b* come civilized undsr 'he influence chair looking ovr him. The Karl of Cleve presents his compli. ment. to Lady Kvolyue Wynler," he wrote ( "and deeiree to explain a circumstance which, he i. afraiu, mnst have surprised l*dy Kvelyne. Lore" Clev. i. aflliote I with loss of memory, lhe result of some wound, in the head. It wa., therefore, his misfor- tuue, and nol In. fault, if he did not recog- ni/.e Lady Kvelyne Wynler this afternoon. !! hope* that this apology will be h's ex- cuse, and that Lady Eveiyne Wynter will believe that Lord Cleve oould not possibly hare acted toward* her in any spirit of .liscourteey." "It'* jeet a bit soapy, ami it t" Mia. Lucy exclaimed, when tl.e young gentleman had di'lled all hi. "i'" and cnnse I all his "t's," "an' it's a little smeary, like maple lugar, when yew get too much of u on yewr spoon. I guess she's a beosun young wo- msu. Waal, it aiut no mallei." W ih that sht ilanctd away, apparently un- burdened by thoughtf illness 01 carr. That wa* all outward show, however; all nervoun determination not to show to Hi* man she loved how much she loved mm. If it hail been possible for a prying -ye to penetrate into Lucy's chamber that " ,: hi, a would have found her walking I had "" l '''"I 1 - up.nd down th* softly-csrpeted floor liki j moun ."""' lhe y V P !", IM "J 1 V , caned panth.r. Her bosom heaved, she b X , tn<> <*' '-hal she nad gone oil wrung heVt.ny u,d. wi.h a nervou. grip. I **! yK ">" Heaven only knew sn.l big Uar. were rtow,n down her cheek, -hither, and thai Dick Aanland had gone * with the pair. Lucy . many ad- .,,j leader of of a handsome fashion. I will not go so far a* to lay that either l.sdy Kvrlyne or Lady tiwendale went purposely out of ll sir way to throw them elves acroes lhe young man'* path, but they came a* near thai course of action a* an impartial judge would allow without actual admission of the truth of the charge. They miesed no entertainment, ball, or function of any kind, where they could imagine or hope to meet Lord Cleve. But an Lord ('leva lor a good many day* and rights, went to none of these their love's lalxir we* lost. In the meantime, Lord Cl.ve nad endeav- ored to learn from Lucy, why she had held no communication, and wished to hold no communication, with lier father and cousin. Her reply was simple enough. She Skid that she hatrd her cousin, that she nad had deadly quarrel with her father, and vowed nevrr to live with them again. In answer to mor preesi g inquiries, she turned np her big blue eyt* at bun and looked into hi* eye* with such a under pleading, that he bad not the courage to persist. " l>. n 1 ' auk more," she hedged, and h< who ai so deeply indebted lo her was hippy to look into the face that bore such a heavenly stamp of iru'h, and, by one deep gaze, lo silence lhe promptings of curiosity. On ii"! other hand, ine Maclaues. Ueorge and David, seemed lo take no trouble lore- open intercourse with Lucy. When the girl from the hut .n the away with the pair. Lucy's many mirer* came to the ooncluiion that the girl whom they had thought unconquerable had, after all, turned out a woman like ihe re<l At last .he Hung bereelf on her knees by i ric neddde and bnrimi her head "ii 'he wills the sod masses of her hsir fell like a glossy shower around her. She eohb.1, sobUd land .ohbed. a. ,f her he.rl ''"?'" "";". -nd had fallen a ou'd break P rev " lhe ">'" u tlu K !>> >' of a hand- On a .,. Hen, she jumped up in a .il.nl | ". V ou " stranger. From that moment. tury, ,M,.n.g.,nMher.ir*ndlh. fortune I * e """ r , Ml ln "'.'""" ^.appeared. > Dave made an imposing pretence of a brok- en nearl, but (}orgebra/.enly asaorled that his daughter, having left the par*tital roof wit bout his authority, might lie on the lied he r ' which oppressed her. She i^nsrhed white teeth and lore at her hair. "liud !" ah. cried, "don't try me too ssversly ! I'm only . wotntn after .11, ami it'll soon be more than I can bear. Wnat have I done, how have I unned to dsere It a ! ' ' she had made for herself, for all he cared. The re.ull of tins line of conduct was that nut li'tls inquiry wa. made after the fa le of the fugitive., and even .uch a* the Mac babbling lip. 1 done? What have 1 dons? What have 1 done? What have I done?" Kven the squalid iiglmes* of Ixmdnn architecture could not roll a summer morn- ing ol Us roseate be i the firal .1 inquiry the wherealioutsof Lucy and Herbert could not. have iM-en easily discovered. As to I', t. Ashland people had always been wr.nderi'ig why he hail been liv ng in that ont-of-the way placn, and his habits had " ' excited no surprise, therefore, that he cresprng from aero,., l,h,,,,-.top.. through .,,,,, hmv . , r . P t . nei(!n borhood. hi. r curtains ere she .,.. h uk . n . to , tr , hi . ,,-,,vr.d her wonted oomposure. She went u .iw.w-y semblance of truth into her drcaning-room aixl Mewed lierielf , _;. u _.. TI -i. .. .1 (___i_ i tnmr story. witn could water. The touch of the relreih- ing element seemed lo bring back vigor of miinl and "laslicily of l.oly, and the previ- ously. mentioned pryin.' intruder, had ha The Maclanes had been wise enough in their generation to allow a sufficient stretch of time more than a year, in fact to elapse have deemed her the oynioa. l hardened of i selves the aafe and undisputed posses Waal, a , ,e.t another. lice ' my luck , h , , n lm ,. J^JJ ^ .poa.. ah-, said, a. shs splash..! and T , ^-handed Kortune .miled. and. flung the water ahem her in all direction. ; ,. , ,,. _ ...,, rmm i "an what oayn t be cured '. got to lured. I've gono that fur, an I'll j be I jest ..n.i. , all the necessary step* to secure to them- poisession ahh, by her guilty leer, Lucy was, and remained foruolten. Nearly three weeks had paaeed since l/or>l I Cleye'i arrival in Lendon, and he had not, iv, minute, afterward, her head reding {of , ,,, limt>M efe .' on ovi'L in" MM.il %,- chTl'l miZ W > n ' er " r the MMl ""- H < mm ing in as tranquil aleepa* a child might I joy, l.n. y 's mind wan at rest. The next morning i>i<ighl Lady Kve lynes reply to Lori Cleve. Ldy Kvelyne told the ynnrij! rurtii that she had toll sure thst a sufficient explanation would be friiih.'i.iniii -, snd that slie had since learned from other lips, ss well a* from Lord Clevs' n letter, that he was nol to blame. Ths writer ended with a statement that Kvelyn. bad taken part in none of society's ceremonial., until, one afternoon, in company with Mr. Quint helm, ht .trolled into the Koyal llorticul' lural Society', ground, at South Kensing- ton, where a charily fete was being held The lovely garden, were ablaze with the 'tioicc.t bloom and green, and filled by fashionable thi..n_. Delicate, high-born ladies hawked trinket* and trifl*., while , others had, for Ihe nence, transforms. ely . ,. would meet Urd Cl.ve, and , tnenlMllv , t \ uto tuM u.Jer. and harin.ida (Mill to assure , Uri , ,,,, ,,, Mr QuMliB . Im MUn , r .a up and down the broad walk., stopping here and there to purchase or to chat, for, although the young earl knew few persons, hiH . JIMI|. .moil has some measure of acqnam ,, hk*M the matter had p.s.ed Irom h.r "That** a downy young woman," Lucy exclaimed when she had read Ihe letter which Lord Cleve had tosssd to her across the break fact table. "She knows a ester- pillar from a skylark. A Yankee couldn't lance with mol. Quile a l>uu of excite menl followed their foot*teps,a* everybody wnnlol to have a lo. k at the ymint get over her with the bras.. earring ilo.l^r, noliimnnn, whose romantic career, and ' Hon't reckon. But I gnoM shn'. iiicp.noiie perhaps, also his bachelor condition, mailr the leu, ele* ytw'ri revert. m TJIU! n- her,' lm ..... v ty interesting. Kye glasses were raised, and opera gUsses were pointed with but slight ceremony, and Herbert, to escao- if possible, from the well-bred rudenee* which dogged him, walked leisur.ly with hi. companion toward a more secluded part ol the ground*. He thus managed to free himself from the starers who mobbed him, and was about to ei press to hi* companion hi* satisfaction at the result, when he heard himself addressed by name. " Lord Cleve, won't yon buy something From me ?" He turned and found that the speaker wa. no lee* a person than Lady fcvelyne Wynler. "Uo buy something, Lord Clev*," the ady chatted on, exhibiting a basket with a teterogeneou. profusion of odditiss and uaeleuuesses. "It is for a charity, yon tnow a hospital most deserving. With that the young lady dipped Into her assortment of wares, and produced a hand some embroidered cigar oaee. 'Only five pound*, Lord Cleve, and it'* uch a deserving charity. I know yon won t refuse me. Lord Cleve naturally neither could nor lut refuse. He counted out the fiv* sover- eigns, and as h* did so he looked into my ally's languidly imiling eyee. They were nig. and they were blue, ti<1 although they were neither a* big nor a* blue as Lucy'*, Lord Cleve thought them very beautiful. Lady Bvelyne wa* not a* pretty a* Luoy hat she oould not possibly be but lx>rd Cleve thought .he wa. a* handaome young woman next to Lucy- as he had seen in 'us life. As he placed the coin* on the ang Is.ly's extended palm, hie finger lips irely touched the soft and velvety hand, and whether u weie from nnieon of feeling or just for lhe fun of the thing, both Lady Kvelyne and Herbert miied. The young lady had no difficulty in ad- mit ting that the youncearl wa* a handsome example of distinguished manhood, and narmony of sentiment between the pair wae quickly so far established that they liegan lo chat, apparently in fun, of their, as they called it, pail and forgotten engage- ment. Lord Cleve found Lady Kvelyne'* society charming, and the young lady, on her side, had forgotten all abont her celt-imposed duties sea vendor on behalf of charity. Sne thought the young man much improved by hi* long residence abroad, and hi. man- ner towards ner .imply delightful. In the teeuh, the conversation degenerated into a not loo harmless fliration. wuich wa* kept within hounds by the opporlune preeence of Mr. Quenthelm. A* itwa*. they became ao interested by each other's converse that they did not notice the approach of Lady (Iwendale, who, accompanied by Meaera, tieorge and David Maclane, (topped for some seconds in front of the little group without either of the three being aware of her presence. Lady Owendal* acted a* a cautious general ; she neither appeared to approve nor to rebuke ; she did not even evince astonishment. She was never he- leee, just a trifle afraid that a word might escape from her daughter'* lip* which could by mieconelrued by Mr. Maclane, and therefore ended lhe slight temporary em- barraasment by saying : "My dear, Mr. Maclane haa been looking for yon all over the ganUni." Then seeing that the young earl roee and bowed, *he held out her hand. "Lord Clere," (be said, in her Man lest tones, "you must allow m* introduce myself, for I am aware that you most likely have forgotten me. I am Lady (iwandale, and ycur mother wa* one of my earliest and d.arait friend*." Th* young man, taken aback by her lady- ship's sudden apparuion, and even more by lhe presence of the two Americans, whoee cold gaze seemed to penetrate him like somelhing uncanny or inexplicably loath- some h* knsw not why stammered a few incoherent words. The moment afterward hfc'ii led iiim-elf for hi* seemingly unreason- able dislike to lhe Maolanee. "Now that you know me," continued Lady (iwendale, in her brightest mood, "you muH allow me lo introduce lo you my tu'.ure sou-in-law, Mr. David Maclane." At these word* Lord Cleve discovered a new, and to him reasonable, excuse fer dis- liking the young Westerner. He wa*, shortly to marry Lady Kvelyue Wynter. and, strange a* it may seem, the young earl suddenly considered this a personal injury. David Maclane, in return, looked at the young Kngli.hman as if he could have poi- aoned him. "I have an idea," said Lord Cleve to Mr. Quenlbejtn, a* ihey wete walking back, "tune a confused idea, but alill an idea, thai I have met these men before. I wi.h Lucy were not so reticent on the subject* The pity is thai lhe more 1 try to think the lese my brain will lend iteelf to lhe work, and I generally break down hope- lessly in any attempt of the kind." "Why don't you go and ee* Sir William Cuthbertson ?" .uggested Mr. (juenlhelm. "He i. the great (peoialist in oases of t his sort, and some of the ourss he hss mad* are nothing short of marvellous." "I don't think there i* much chance for me," Herbert answered. "My injuries, I am afraid, are permanent." "It oaunet possibly do harm to try," the lawyer replied. "It i. surely worth while." "I will take your advice," exclaimed Herbert, with a hot and sudden deter- mination in hi* eyes. "I'll go and call upon Sir William CuthberUon to-morrow." (TO HI CONTINUED. ) A Glimpse of Balaclava. At Balaclava there I. a marble oberuk which mark, the entrance to the Valley ef Death, down which th. Six Hundred rode to their doom, or rather t* their immortal- ity. Th. open .pace of (helving plain narrow* betwaen the ma je.Ho cliff., which close around it and bound th* harbor. The bopeleeeneee of a cavalry charge in uoh a position i* apparent, exposed to a raking On of .hot and .hell on either .id* from th. gun. planted on the height.. The sacrifice which won th. admiration of the world .eem. ignored by ihe Russians ol lo-day, and lhe presence of a huge merry- no round in the valley consecrated by the life-blood of Kuglish heroes give* as a shook of indignant surprise. Balaclava it now the favorite plaj ground of th* rising generation, and the Valley of Death resounds with the laughter of a holiday- keeping ciowd. A bill i. befi.r the New York Legi.la- lature to compel the street oar companies to huge inly hall far* to paeeeuger* who fail to obuiu souls. BABOON HUNT ON A SHIP. THE PATHAN'S STEWARD DIBS OF THE BRUTE'S BITE. II Brake ef Its < ' ami Ran *> Is) Ike Nalnlopinn.i All Ike frew W..lr far I Wltk RambM relrs aal finally II l.ritff.l Inlu Ihr lea. A cargo of tea and a log book full ot aea tales arrived at New York the other day on the British steamship Pathao, a long, narrow, rakish steel freighter from Japan- ese, Chineee. and East Indian port*. The oddest of the tale* relate* chiefly to a nameless baboon from an Indian jungle, and to Lam Tuck, a Chinaman from Hong Kong, who was ohief steward of the 1'athan. The Pathan arrived at Singapore on f eb. 6, and Lam Tack and several of the eight laecars in the orew went aihore. The laeoan bought five monk' .1 intending to sell them in America. Lan. 1'uck law a big baboon 3J teet high, with uisks like a wild boar, at a native dealer** shop, and asked how muchee. He got it for about $5. He knew that it would be worth at least $50 in New York. Oa the ship the baboon wa* kept in a heavy wooden cage about four feet *quare, with (tout ban in front. It wa* no hand- somer than most baboon*, and wa* lubjecl to mood* which indicsted a lack of mental balance even a inipiciou of insanity. When the Pathan wa* about in the mid dleof the Rod Sea, oo Feb. 26, her command er.Capt, \V . H. Wright, who is an amateur photographer, decided to group the five monkeys and take their picture*. The sky wa* cloudlet* and the aea so smooth that there wa* barely a ripple. It was a fine day for a snap shot. The ship wa* ap- proaching the Daedalus lighthouse. The |a*car* brought up their monkey* and told them to look pleasant. Lam Tuck noticed the proceeding* and suggested that his baboon could look pleasanter than ail the monkey* put together, and that it aUo should be included in the picture. Capt. Wright recalled the baboon's two-fathoi mil* and decided to immortalize it. Lam Tuck started down after the baboon, taking with him a rope to tie around it* neck 'jo reetrain any desire it might manifest to attack anybody. L*m Tuck thought that the baboon wa* on friendly term* wilb him, a* he had cared foi it and fed it regnlarly. He shoved hi* right hanl between the ban of the baboon'* cage 4nd grasped the beast by the neck. Then hs opened the door, intending to t*,ke the baboon out, and, after securing it by the rope, to bring it on deck, Toe baboon hook otf the Chinaman'* grip- end tank it* harp, tuak-liks canine* into Lam Tuck's right wrist. Ths wrist waa pierced through and through. The Chinaman yelled and eeveral laecan ran to the eage, and by prodding the baboon with the end of long bamboo sticks, used a* dunnage aboard the ship, made it let g i. The baboon vented it* rage in shril} criee and a wild tugging at the ban of. the cage. The laecan beat it with ham'uooe until it became submissive. Chief Officer C. H. Butler cauterized Lam Tuck'* wound and bandaged it. Meanwhile the group of monkey*, all docile, had been transferred to the skipper's dry plate. Lam Tuck went about hi* mork and the Hainan (teamed on s-reuely through the pulseless sea. At noon a laacar wa* startled from hi* siesta by a noise on deck. He saw the big baboon, looking bigger in the open air than he appeared in the cage, running ou all foen toward the starboard maiD rigging. The laecar uttered a cry of alarm, and instantly nearly every man aboard ship was prepared for a baboon huuu The baboon leaped on the ratline*, stopped a rpomeut, perhaps to *ize up the strength of the opposing force, and than clambered nearly to the malthead swifter than the nin, blest tailor man that ever lived. The skipper went to hi* cabin and got hi* re- volver. He came out nn the npper deck and blazed away at the baboon, which elimbed to the topmast and dodged around IL Five more time* the skipper's revolver barked, and each time the baboon shivered and made iteelf a* compact a* poeaible. The skipper's smmunition wa* exhausted. Since the baboon's attack en the China- man all hands had agreed that It wasn't a desirable shipmate. The (kipper (aid that it mnst be killed or captured, and that he preferred to have It killed. Officer* and men, swinging their bamboo sticks, swarm ed into the port and starboard shrouds of the mainmast. The baboon, when the tiring oeaeed, came down several feet and olung to the starboard shrouds. Slowly hispursnrets climbed the ratline*. Preeent- ly two bamboo sticks whaeked the lie- boon's flanks. The wild creature grabbed at the stick* and screamed. It then leaped ten feet athwart ship to the port (broods. There the bambeo wielden lashed it again and it made a desperate jump for the bark stay , a steel strand running down to the port rail, just abatt the mainmast It caught the backstay, and men in the port and larboard (broad* triad to dialodge IK Then wa* a (wishing of bamboo (ticks and a (hriek from the baboon. It (lid down the backitay to the port rail, ran along the rail a few feet, jumped down on the tram deck, and mads the poop in a few phenomenal leaps. Fifteen men, with bamboo sticks pciatd like spears, charged after it. It ducked under the wheel house. Hearing the rush of feet it ran eut and faced it* pursuer* for a moment. They approached more cautiously. The baboon saw that is was doomed to either death or captivity. Before the near- est of it* pursusm could touch it with hi* bamboo stick it turned and leaped into the sea. All hand* ran to the tarTrail and look- ad over. They saw the baboon struggling in the water. They watched it a few minutes, and then returned to their duties. The Daedalus lighthouse wa* two mile* away. Maybe the baboon reached it and caused the lightkeeper to swear off. Any- how, there ha* been no new* from Daedalus einoe the Pathan passed, except that the light Is still burning. ('apt, Wright went to the baboon'* cage and found out how it had escaped. It had gnawed apart a plank twelve inuhee wide and an inch thick at (he back of it* cage, and had then ripped the board out. The Pallia* arrived at Port Said after ring through the Suet Canal on Maroh Lam Took'* wriit had swollen and be- come 'lieoolorsd. A doctor atma aboard at Port Said and said that he thought the injury merely needed poulticing. It was poulticed, but it became worse when toe I'.LI hau put into Gibraltar for refuge from wild weather on March II. Lam Tuck bad taken to hi* bunk with blood poieoning. A doctor wa* sent for, and he came aboard and had Lam Tuck brought up on deck. The Chinaman died while the laeoan were carrying him up. He was taken aahore and bnrted near six of hi* countrymen, all of whom had died on ship-hoard while bound to or frcm their native land. A BUFFALO SAMSON. re Mrbrew Clerks Pal I a Jab te Teat Hi. Mreaglk ! Lee* 91*. A despatch from Buffalo aay* : Ths examining lurgeon* of the Sixty-fifth Regi- ment, National Guard, found a Samson the other day. Among the candidate* examin- ed wa* Bert Bartram, a eartman, about 32 year* old. When he had stripped for the examination be sat on a ohair and asked the physician* to stand on hi* ankle*. One stood on each ankle, and then, appar otly without any great effort, Bertram railed hi* legs until they stood like parallel ban, and held the doctor* in the air foi two minute*. Four Hebrew clerk* in the wholeeale clothing houee of Warner Bioto- ers & Co. foond tnis .Samson a week earlier. They knew that he prided himself on hie (tnngtb, and put up a job on him. H* get* the wagee of two men on account of hi* great strength. A few day* ago Bartram wa* delivering some heavy case* at th* clothing house and lifted the cases on and oif to* dray without the aid of skids. One of toe clerks pointed to a big oaee on the floor and asked Bartran if he oould lift it. They told him it held 700 pound* of oloth. He otiered to bat that he oould, and agreed to return a* soon as he had delivered the other packages oa the wagon and do the tnck for them. Anils be wae gone the young men emptied the case, drove four lojig nail* through th* bottom ef it into the floor, and went int* the cellar and clinched the nails. Thei they returned the good* to the box and waited for Bartram. He appeajratLaA-' appointed time, *lrode^*7erto'the oate I took hold of iu JA didn't budge. 4 Sure theryi only 700 pound* in it ?" aid ha. XM four young men aeenred him that thai was all it contained, and thea offered to bet him that he could not lift it. Bar' ram put up $20 against fM raised b> the four clerks. Then bs removed hi* coat, fastened nis big hands on to* oaee, gave i powerful tug and the case roe* in th* air with a crackling of timber and a cloud ol lull. Six square feet of tl.e floor came up with the box. Bartram pocketed the money and after reproving the young men for the aittempted fraud went away. The carpenter bill of $8 wa* paid by the oreew fallen clerk*. i and SHEEP INDUSTRY OF PATAGONIA. Immense rierks wweed k; Keirewean rexmnenlee Bavatjes of AnlasaU. Down in Punt* Arena*, a port on Terra- d*l Fuego Island, there i* much enthusiasm over the *heep industry. A manager for a French company, owning something over 100,000 sheep, with the neoeseary horse*, eaij that they made 1 francs (about 60 cent*) on every head clear of all expense* from the sale of wool alone. The increase of the lamb* averaged about 90 per cent, of the e wee, and this wa* an additional profit. When told that estimates made up the coast called for 100 per cent, increase, he replied that that oould be had only when labor wa* abundant enough to care for the lamb* when tint dropped. The lamb at birth does not know anything not even it* own mother. Such bslpless being* need great oare. though after a week or so they require no more attention. The long- wooled varieties of sheep are in favor there. A common ewe will weigh from 160 to 180 pound* in the fall. Th* lowest average ol wool aheared is said to be 7 pound* a beep. A printed table ef statistics which th* manager carried showed that the aver- age yield in 1889 in all the Argentine wa* 4.4 pound*. His rang* wa* considered poorer than the average, but it had sus- tained two sheep per hectare (two and a half acre*). The one disease to which Patagonia heep are liable i* the scab. This I* kept under by dipping them in various kind* ol baths, the expense for bath running front $80 to $90 gold per year for erery l.OOC sheep. The next greatest expenee is tor th* killing ot panther*. A common night'* work of a panther i* th* killing of sheep to tf.e value of |100 gold. Kvery shepherd, therefore, carries a carbite, and must he supplied with all the cartridge* he want*. These rifle* Mil for less money in Punta Arena'* stores than in our gun shop*, but the annual expense for rifle* and cartridge* on some ranches run* up to hundred* or dollar*. Foxes and a specie* of wild oat make havoc with the young lamb*), and so these mult be exterminated, too. What with hunting down vermin and looking after the sheep to keep them on the range and to dip them for the scab, the French manager ha* to employ a man for evsry 2,500 sheep in hi* flock. On the whole, hi* flocks, numbering a little over 100,000 sheep, ooet th* company 200,000 franc* ($40,000) per year, while the sale of the last clip yielded 500,000 franca (about $100,OU(, and the price wa* not high. In his judgment it would be very poor busi- ness man who, after starting with a gond outfit and 1,000 ewee on the Patagonia range, did not attain an income of (20,000 gold a year at the end of ten ysara. A Lightning Phonograher. Business Man Can yon writ* short- hand? Applicant Ye*, air. How many word* a minute ! 1 never counted 'em ; but the other day, when my wife found iu my overcoat pocket a letter which she gave me to wail last fall, I took down every word the uttered a* fa*/ a* she said them. You'll do.