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 i\-r i^^ m ^1' i-ii PEESOHAL Lord Cantelupe ia about to leave England for India, and will be gone two years. Cantelupe ia cut up, of course, about leav- ing his friends. Wilkie Collins is said to be a mast punc- tilious and prompt correspondent. His letters are not brief despatches, but are of a flattering length and carefully written. His addr.3s is stamped in one corner of his letter-paper, and hts monogram, pierced by a quill, ornaments the other. L. M. Hudson, a flrist of Sumner, W. T., recently went on an exploring expedition near the io i of the glaciers of Mount Ta- coma. A3 he stooped to pick up a stone bis revolver fell from hia pocket, and when it struck the ground was discharged. The bul- let passed through his neck, killing him in- stantly. His companions buried him forty miles from any settlement. Mr. Irving has given some very realistic touches to his interpretation of Robert Macaire, one of which is to j ump through a vindow of real glass, which is shivered to atoms, the lifcy or sixty pa^es having to be reset for each performance. This is not only realistic, but it ia more or leas danger- ous, which adds not a little to the blood- curdling pleasure of the audience. Herr Tiaza, the Austrian prime minister, iaa Hungarian and was born in 1833. He is a very wealthy land-owner, having inherited a large estate from his father. Ordinarily Tisza is not a striking-looking man. He dresses in such poor taste that his tailor recently put an article in the newspapers saying that he was not responsible for the Premier's lack of style. Tisza is a tall, lean man, with strong features, bright eyes and a long, white beard. The Rassian Government has just made a contract with M. Kozell, the engineer, for great irrigation works in the recently acquir- ed Murghab valley. Kozell was the com- mander of a battalion of Polish insurgents in 1863, and was taken prisoner and sentenc- ed to death. He escaped to France and be- came famous as an engineer. After the Franco-German war, in which he fought against the Germans, he returned to Rus.-^ia and was pwdoned, but sentenced to serve as a private in a Cossack regiment for four years. George B. Hazard, a wealthy citizen of Newport, Rhode Island, finds a great deal of solid pleasure in giving away houses and â- land to his less wealthy fellow- citizens. He recently gave a valuable block on one of Newport's principal streets to ex-Post- master Thomas Coggshall. Mr. Hazard is seventy-five years of age and in feeble health, and he is anxious to dispose of nis property before he dies. There are any number of worthy though impecunious citizens of New- port who ara net only willing but anxious to have him cairy out his intentions, and not to delay about ir either. Miss Vmelie Rives is now Mrs. J. Arm- strong Cnanler, and as her husband has in- herited some of the money of the]Astors (his grandfather being John Jacob), she will not have to write for money. It was not money, however, that induced Miss Rives to write for publicatioa, as she always had a goodly allowance of that desirable article. VIr. Chanler is a n- an under thirty years of age, of finephvsvi'ie arid hinrlsomp features. Hn ia a New- Y orker, but spends a great deal of his time abroad. It was in Paris that he met his wife for the first time, and he is said to have been interested in her from reading her stories. There has just been placed on exhibition a Windsor Castle a ?un with this inscription on a tablet on its mahogany mounting •• This ^un formed part of the armament of his Majesty's ship Lutioe, totally lost off the coast of Holland on the 9 th of October 1799. On the conclusion of peace, the wreck which contained a large treasure was handed over bvthe Dutch Government to the corporation of Lloyd's, where the trea-'ure had been iasured. The wreck was embedded in sand in nine fathoms of water. In 1886 ihia gun was salved, having lain nearly 100 years below the sea. and was presented to her Majesty Queen Victoria, who was gra- oiouslv pleased to accept it from the corpor- ation." How Women of Fashion Crcwd into Trade- Paris is about to follow the example set by London in the matter of titled shopkeepers. One of the most popular and pretty of Par- isian countesses is opening a millinery es- tablishment, whence she will dispense hats, bonnets, and costumes to her friends for a eonsideratfon. A well-known Marquise has for some time been makinji' a neat little in- come by hiring out her magnificent silver plate, cut glass, and silver candelebras for weddin? and other festivities. Another Parisian of high position is proprietrissa of a successful littleahop which dealsin curios and artistic trifles. In London, lady shop-keepers are intent rather upon aucceas than on pri- vacy. They wait on customers in person and woik as herd as any of their assistants. One very charming personage, whose name may be found in the peerage, tries on the bonnets herself in the interests of her cua- tomera, to the detriment of her coiffure, but the great advantage of her excbr quer. Two or three ladies are seriously inclining toward the projecc of a large poultry farm not far from London. An elderly lady of position has already gained for herself quite a re putation as mender of fine old laces. There are abundant openings for cultivated women who do not despise the labor of hands. The Wions Medicine- Young Doctor (to patient)â€" That pre- scription I left laat night air, waa a mistake. It was intended for another patent. Did you have it filled Patient â€" 'es, doctor. • Doctor â€" We.l, how are you feeling this morning Patient â€" Very much better. He Forgot One Course. " It seems to me, Miria, that we've had nothing but veal, veal, veal, for breakfast all this week," remarked Mr. l5entley. " You forgot another thing we've had, Robert," replied the old lady, quietly " we've had growl, growl, growl for break- fast every day too." And then Johnny Bentley was sent away from the table for laughing at " nnthin'" The Sight Man- Stranger (in newspaper office) I want to see some writer who can get up a whoop ping advertisement for a circus. Editor Yes. sir. (To boy) Jamea, ask the obituary editor to step hear for a mo- ment. Almost Another Engagement. Hill So Miss Gadabout is engaged. Jove she's been engaged to every fool in the place, I think. Who's the last idiot she hooked?" Jinks Myself 1 fcr Hard Pressed. ' If anybody waa ever more pressed time than I am I'd like to aee him. " " Theie's such a fellow on exhibition at the museum." "Who is he? "An Egyptian mummy." :? in St- James' Steeple. " You should be a baseball player,"' the beetle to the spider. •' Why to " inquired the latter. " You're so good at catching flies." "True, but I'd fall a victim to fowls." And he went behind the bat. said the Java. Java, which is about the same size as Ireland, is by far the most imporbuat of the East Indian colonies of Holland. It is the jpranary ot the Asiatic Archipelago, and is Bt^posed to be capable of supporting many times its present population, as not one-half of its surface is yet under cultivation. The oliirate is healthy, except in the marshy TegioBs of the north, and the scenery is both grand and pictuie^qne. The island is trav- ersed throughout its entire lentrth by a chain of moBD'^i-iaa of mo'ente elevaion which slope geatiy to the tea; the.e are crowned by volcavoesâ€" which indeed oonatitnte a prominent feature of this region â€" from eight to twelve thonsand feet' high. The rocks are chit S 7 basaltic, and the soil is extremely fertile, the island, like the lest of the gronp, being oovered with a sombre vegetation and luxuriant forests. The p ipnlation ti over nineteen millions. A Monstrous Notion. Brownâ€" la it true, Dumlev, that you dis- like me bitterly, that you feel for me no- thing but vindictiveness and malignant hatred Dumley â€" Great heavens, old man, what put that moniitrous notion into your head? Brown â€" This (puff) cigar youVe just given me. Objectionable Features. Brown How do you like your nsw house Smith Well, there are some objection- able features about it. Brown Whit are they Smish The landlord's. One Touch of Nature. The wind was high, his hat blew off And rolled along the street, " Great Scott " he cried, and after it He ran with nimble feet. It stopped â€" he reached it â€" as he stooped To take it up, a gust Came suddenly, and off the hat Went in a whirl of dust. The sage, the fool, the grave, the gay. Young, middle-aged and old. The tall, the short, the lean, the fat. The timid and the bold. The rich, the poor, all laughed to see The dicer whirl and spin â€" This is the touch of nature, sure. Thai makes the whole world kin. He Knew What he Â¥as About- " Spieglehausen," said the leader of the little Germ\n band to the Trombone "vat for you Way so loud You drown der rest of dat music." " Meigensteiner," returned the Trombone " ven I don'd blay so loud und drown the the rest of dat music, ve lose money don'd you forgot id " 80 A Gennine Eniclish Turk. Henry Selby Bfckards, for some reason of his own, turned Turk in 1840 after settling in Egypt. He publicly embraced Moham- medanism and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, assuming the name of Abdallah. He set up housekeeping in the Moslem style, with slaves and all the rest of it, and was married in 1841 to the daughter of an Egyptian Sheikh, of Oitiro, the fair Fatoom Hanim. By this lady he had ten children. He enter- ed the Egyptian service, was given the rank and title of a Bsy, and after twenty-one years retired in 1870 on a pension This ho proposed to enjoy at Beyrout, in Syria, where he purchased a house. He had a rose garden given him in Lebanon by the Govern- or of that province. He was rich in hoiiaeB land, gold, and jewels, and so far all things seemed to be well with him. Upon the death of Fatoom the renegade went through the form of marriage according to the Moslem rites with Catherine Bick- ard" the daughter of hia brother. This sort of thing, however, happens to be invalid by Mohammedan law as well as by that of Christendom. In 1885 Abdallah Bey, alias H. S. Riakarda, made a will leaving the bulk of his property to Catherine Bickards. He died in 1886, and then began a strife-for his wealth between the children by the first wife and the so-called second wife, ending in an appeal to the court of Chancery. The whole affair reads like a story ont of the "Arabian Nights," for the testator, it hap- pena, died worth more than £21,000, besides the jewels valued at £2,000, the house at Beyrout, £7,000, and the Lebanon rose gar- den, £6()0. It aeems that there have been pagoda treea in Egypt worth shaking as well as in India. It is a mistake to think that Yolapok is a Biw la ng n ag e. The brakemen on paaaeogar tnins in thu country have used it for yesn t»OMtt.oot th« aames of stationa. About American Eailways. 1. How many miles of railway in the United Statea? 150,600; about half the mileage of the world. 2. How much have they coat §9,OCO,000.000. 3. How many people are employed by them More than 1,000,000. 4. What ia the tasteat time made by a train Ninety-two milea in 93 ninety- three minutes one mile being made in forty- six seconds on the Ptnnsylvania Reading Railroad. 5. What is the cost of a high class, eight-wheel passenger locomotive. About « 500. 6. What is the lonp-est mileage operated by a single system? Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe system about 8,000 miles. 7. What is the cost of a palace-sleep- ing car. About §15,000, or $17,000 if "ves- tibuled." 8. What is the longest railway bridge-span in the United States. Canti lever span in Ponghkeepsie bridge. 518 feet. 9. What ia the highest railroad bridge in the United States Kit zua viaduct on the Erie road, 305 feet high. 10. Who built the first locomotive in the United States? Peter Cooper. 11, What .road carries the largest number of passengers Manhattan Elevated Railroad, New York 525 000 a day, or 191. 6-25.000 yearly. 12. What u the average daily earning of an American locomotive? About SK 0. 13. What ia the longest Ameri- can railway tunnel Hoosac tunnel, on the Fitchbnrg RaUway (4| mUes) 14. What is the average cost of constructing a mile of railroad At the present time about §30 000. 15. What is the highest railroad in the United States Denver and Rio Grande MarshaU Pass, 10,852 feet 16. What are the chances of fatal accident in railway tra vel One killed in ten million sUdstics show more are killed by falling ont of win- dows than in raUway accidents. 17. What line of railway extends furthest east and west? Canadian Pacific Railway, running from Quebec to the Pacific Ocean. 18 How long does a «teel rail last with average wear About eighteen years,. 19. What road car ties the largest number of oommiiters; XUi- nois Central, 4,828.128, in 1887. 20. What u Uie fastest time made between Jersey City •luSanFranoisoo? Three days seven hours .hirty minutes and dxteen seeends. Sp«dal theatnoal train, June, 1886. Strau?e Burials of Military Heroes. The funerals of military heroes are always peculiarly impressive. It is said that the conqueror Alaric, after having captured Rome, died while on the march for Sicily. His army buried their chieftain by turning the river Businto from its bed, in which his grave was dug. After placing the king and bis treasures there, the water was turned upon its former course, this having been done in order that the Romans should never find the grave of their conqueror. The task was performed by the captives taken in war, who were aftererwards slain in order to pre- vent disclosure of so important a secret. Attila, who led the Huns to many a field of slaughter, reac'aed at last the moat murder- ous ever known in European history, a place near Chalons, A. D. 451. Thii was Attila's last battle, and two years afterwards he died in his own capital of apoplexy. Three coffins, it is said, were made, one be- ing of iron to enclose the corpse this was placed in another of silver, while the out- side coffin was of gold. He was Imried at midnight, in secret, vith much treasure, and, as at the funeral of Alaric, the prisoners who dug the grave were slain. This took place near Buda, in Hungary. Charlemagne was buried at Aix-la Chapelle, where his throne may still ba seen in the cathedral. It is one of the oldest in Europe, having stood ten centuries. Many years after his death, when the cathedral was built, the tomb was opened, and his body was found seated on the throne and clothed in tihe im- perial robes. The latter are still preserved at Vienra, and are the oldest garments in the world. Ee-Peopling Palestine. Dr. Sivartha, of Chicago, is organizing a movement for the resettlement of Palestine. He is working in England as well as in America. He is making many converts to his views, and he expects that there wiirsoon be an extensive migration to the Holy Land from both Europe and America.' The new colony, although the product of deep religious convictions, is to be formed on strictly busi- ness principles. Captain Conder, who has made an official survey of Palestine, reports that its agricultural capabilities are very great and that it can be easily made to rival in fertility the moat productive coun- tries of Southern Europe. Plans have been formed io rebuild .lerusalem in harmony with the prophetic descriptions of the Bible. It is proposed to be made a centre of learning and political influence as well as of religion. Dr. Sivartha's scheme is ex tensive and far-reaching. He says that he has long made it hia study to develop not only all Paleatine but all the great Euphratea Val- ley, "which is capable of sustainine 100,000,000 people, and of again being the centre of the world's activities. " He expects aid both from Jews and Gentiles. Accord- ing to his expectations the Jews will form bat one-sixth of the population of the reinhabited and revived Holy Land. Dr. Sivartha is evidently an enthnsiast, who has the faculty of inoculating others with his enthusiasm. He Lacked Material. Seedy Partyâ€" Can you help ma, sir Im a spring poet, and in hard luck. Gentlemanâ€" What caused you hard luck » Seedy Partyâ€" The bad weather, sir • there wasn't enough of the • beautiful ' dur- ing the whole season to make a ten-line stanza. A Trifle Off in Accent. Madam (to French cook applviog for a place)â€" Your accent, Maria, is net strictly Parisian. ' French Cookâ€" No. mum me husband, hiven rut hu sow], was Dublin bom. ond It IS his accint that I have absarbed a troina. Ia Great Luck. Angry Customer (to Mr. laaacstein)- Datchy, when I bought this suit two months ago you said it wouldn't fade. Look at the color cow I ^r-l'^tem-llj bent, dat vas changed peautifully. I iron you dot suit out lor dhree tollar, und heebies will dink choos) bonghd a new von. for ysu A Greftt Difference- Smith How are you, Jones Jones Excuse me. I don't know you. Smith: Vouknewme when you borrow- ed that ten doIUra. "wrrow Jon«s Well, I don't want to borrow anv. thing now. ' Oompniaoiy. Old Li^ (to conTict)-Do they aQoir you to read the Bible, my MoriMn* Cpnviet (hitterly)_fi;diuB, thay sulfa bm read it. â-  ,. Oiaat On Chuud. Any Incident which shows the noble or generous nature of General Grant is eagerly r'iad. The following incident, reported by a Western exchange, showing hu generosity to a raw recruit, may be new to many of our readers. It «as a drizzly day, only a short time before General Grant drove the enemy from Petersburg and moved toward Five Forks and Appomatox. A chill north- east gale made overcoats comfortable even there, and more men who could wore them than left them off. A sentinisl down toward the river near some storehouses shivered as he strode to and fro on his poEt, his gun-lock under his arm to keep off the wet. He was a raw re- cruit from "down East," sent out to Help fill the ranks of a regiment which had lost one- half its men since the campaign began. He saw a man in a regulation overcoat and with a slouch hat, but with the steady car- riage of a veteran j paaaing along a few roda away, and he called out to him "Say, friend, have you any terbacker in yer clothes?" The passer-by waa smoking a cigar. "No," he replied. "1 can give you a cigar, but I don't chew." " And I don't smoke, but I'm starving for a chaw," replied the sentinel, as he looked over to the other wistfully. " An' I chaw, and dasn't smoke on post. Say, couldn't you stand post a minute till I run over to ihe sutler's yonder?" " I could," said the other, with a grim smile on his face, and then he added, " I will. Give me your gun and orders." " There isn't no orders, only to hail any- body going a-nigh them stores, and to (top 'em as has no business there." So the aentinel, relieved of his post hurried to the sutler's for the desired tobacco. Re- turning promptly, he took his gun and quiet- ly said " If 1 git a chance I'll do as much for you, friend. What regiment ba you in " " Not any. I belong to head-quarters." " What, to the general's guard What's your nime?' The quiet-looking man puffed out a cloud of smoke and said " My name is Grant." " Great Jerusalem " gasped the sentinel "I've been relieved by General Grant him- self, and didn't know him." How could he when not a mark of the general's rank was in sight, and the poor fellow was yet too green in service to know what a fault he had committed in yielding post and gun to any but his regular relief ^^ â- â-  Some Fine Clocks. The Lick Observatory has five standard clocks by the best makers in the world. They are all bolted to heavy brick piers, which pass up through the flour of a room specially constrvicted for the purpose, with double doors, waHp, and windows through- out. The piers are built on the solid rock of the mountain, and are entirely disconnect- ed from the building, so that no jar can be communicated to the clocks. The double walls of the room effectually guard against sudden chances of temperaure. Five chro- nometers are aho kept here, two of which are regularly used in connection with the time service. In some observatories the clock room is situated deep under- ground, and the clocks are even sealed up in air-tight cases; but the equable climate of California renders this unnecessary on Mount Hamilton. Fcur of the Observatory clocks keep sidereal time, and are allowed to run without regu- lation, their errors being allowed for; the fifth is the standard mean-time clock, and is constantly adjusted, so as to be as nearly right as possible every day at noon, when time signs are transmitted ta the railroads. This is effected by means of small weights of different sizss. The one most used makes the clock gain a tenth of a second per hour when placed on top of the pendulum, and makes it lose the same amount when placed on a little shelf at the bottom. It weighs 73.1 grains. The clock is compared with one of the sidereal clocks and two chronometers every day a little before nine o'clock ia the morning, and thus its error is determined. Then the weight is applied, so as to correct the error before noon. If, for instance, the clock should be found two-tenths of a second slow, the weight would be put on top of the pendulum and removed at the end of two hours, when the clock would be just right. The pendulum is of itself so nearly in adjust- ment that the clock will rur a day without getting more than the tenth of a second out, and it is hardly ever necessary to correct an error of as much as two-tenths of a second. The lule which has been adopted ia to always have the clock within a tenth of a second at noon. Another comparison with the two chronometers immediately after the noon signals are sent gives the precise amount of eriora of the latter. The errors of the si dereal clocks are determined by observation three times a week. There are other me- tbods of regulating a clock without disturb- ing iu pendulum, but probably none are simpler and better than this. • Couldn't fiecoliect the Medicine, But Knew What it Was For. 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She wa» sitting at a writing ta ^jje of the room, in a loose whii ?J^ her hair filling upon her Cm nwm was in supreme dwarde iaUed ont to their fullest extent, jjir-g open, a Utter of discarded apon the floor, and trunks pi ^^ a journey. She heard the door open, looke her husband standing in the !Hth that blanched and an^ry 1. htd so impressed Adrian. She her feet, staring at him with dil ZZi her hands stretched tremulov the paper on which she had been "Yes, it is I, your husband,' ••You expected some "one else You thought it was your lover." His quick eye caught that mo hands, the fingers spread wide a eeal the writinj? on the table, stood motionless, paralyzed with ^rae at her side before she had from the shock of his appearanc! matched that half-writcen lette The ink was wet in the lasl there was a long tremulous etn her hand had faltered as she lool aaW him in the doorway. «.' Don't read it don't read it vake, Valentine," she cried, pitec «' Not read a letter which is a myself," he said. "You are a v woman, Mrs. Bslfield, and tht curious request. Stay where yc cried, gripping her wrist fi sroely, aterrorstricken movement to wai c "when I have read your letter 1 1 how to answer it." He held her there pinioned, tl wrist clasped as in a vice, while I iBllowing lines •' As you have loner oeased to c Valentine, it can hardly be any g you to part with me for ever. ^red your own life, and have left â- line. Yon have done nothing tc life happy, or to prove your rega For a long time 1 went on lovin tiently, devotedly, blind to your and neglect, waiting and hoping that never came. But at last m; opened, and I began to under character and my own folly in 1 And then another love was ofiFer atlfish, generous, devoted, self and for the first time I knew w h sion of a lifetime meane. Wl'e this I shall be far away from this away from Eagland, I hope â€" wii who loves me well enough to a social position for my sake, and love 1 am willing to forfeit my I have but one regret in taking dreadful as its consequences may i n my sorrow in- proving myseli of your mother's affection. T esteem is very bitter. From 3 nothing to loe, for you have nothing " He stood with this letter ii .hand, and his left holding her locking in her face, after he ht last word, she looking back at changed to defiance. She had h and startled at his sadden entrs was not in her nature to turn cri " Do you mean this " be aske "Every word of it â€" yes, e' You have neglected me, trample â€"treated me as if you had bou^ murkec for your slave. Yes, w best men in London were treatii queen, while I had followers an enough to turn any woman's he( not aee that there was danger â€" eare. But there was one who whom I love as I never loved yo: " And you loved me as you ny brother, and you will change the of St. Austell as you tii Adrian and then of me. You a: by nature, but you have rec^oi] your host, you fair, false devil, not live to dishonour me." He had his Malacca cane in I •ane with a loaded head. Die «at the gold top was loaded wii be raised the cane and struck at •y in blind ungovernable rage, st fair, pale brow with all the â- trong arm. She. reeled under the blow, ai nackwarda with a dull thud, fell •y» and lav on the Persi-vn car Vjt at him with wide open eye tarfi upon her forehead. It was done. He stood looki) â- Â« for aninstant, and then his 1 â- â- d he staggered bock againpt â- *k upon it, half unconscious, ' â- ka the surging of the eea in b great light in his eyes. Then â- â€¢â- h through which he heard h\ â- 'â- P'l and an opening door, and « w-opened hia eyes after *^ interval, and saw Adri •**** *^t prostrate fitmre, boi "â- war above the white lips. ^Adrian 1" he faltered hoan ff^*rroM alowly to his feei ^^•y atood looking at each Sy "SM with h(HTor so like, gyt ev en when the same ov gy nnpoeseased each in the si ^aymigfat have been the princ ^S.l!l *^. encountering each ^^2*™»*a. right and wrong, com '-^Cft^' *°y two qualitiea ot hu ,*^are moat antagonistic. I^l!* **»^« ^ed her, ' s :^y» •unoet in a whisper, j^*** you aure," gasped the ^^•aliope; Is she reJJ^y det J ' K ot a breath upon ••n the mirror as he sp trt throb of the heai .^ "a^y eyee Murderer 1 fcl^ y* act mnrder I stru |r-Hrtnidcat her as at • had betrayed me â€" l-aa. Yea, ihe defied iMif nUt; told meahi I^SlMaeTar loved me. wntingthat lei â-  bttw Ml the U