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 :m y â-  â- 'I " A STRANGE LEGACY CHAPTER III. Mr. DottleBoo, who had jait oome faftok from the City, walksd away to the park, and â- onght asecladed bsnoh, whereon he seated timseif and drew oatthe letter he had taken poMesaion of. What did his mother- in law want with this yoang doctor now I And why did she send her letters by band, instead of putting them in the pcstbag He had a right to know what it meant, and he intended to find ont. The enve ope was carelessly (rammed and came open witbont diffipalcy. He nnfoided the enclosure, and bit his lips with chagrin as he read it •'My Deae Doctoeâ€" Come and meet Sir Alfred Blodgst here in conaaltation at noon to-morrow be is coming to see me. â€" :t onra uncerely, "Masta Lamsheo." Mr. Dottleson stared at it, and a few emphatic words escaped him, Wuali covld his mother-in-law be thinking of To ask a yoan man who was little more than a medical stndent to come and " consult" with the very firsc authority of the day I It was ridiculous it mcbde farce of Sir Alfred's â-¼isit. What a a outrageous thing it was for the womui to do 1 " Of course it cai^'t be allowed," he said to himself "and Hi just take the respon- sibility of posting this letter â€" in time to ' be too late for him to keep the appointment." He replaced it in his pocket, aud returned liome, deeply vexed at what he looked upon as a mean attempt to take advantage of his generosity. His thoughts fi^w back to the oonversadon he had had with Mrs Lamshed the day iMfore how he had urged his duti- ful anxiety for her health as thereasonfor call- ing in Sir Alfred Blodget and then, in spite of himself, he recalled how he had carefully arranged this to supplant Dr. iiikeworth; and now, instead of doing anything in that direction, his scheme was made use of to benefit the man. Oh, is was very dishearten- ing, and enough to aggravate any one. No wonder that Mr. Dottleson entered his house in a frame ot mind which caused KUe to avoid him, and made the servants quake in their shoes as they waited upon him at din- ner. Everything had gone wrong, as things have a way of doing when our little tempers get the better cf ua the soup was smoked, the fiah done to rags, and the joint as tough as leather. Krita, who was skilled in reading the paternal barometer, took little time to dlicover that the hand was set at "Star Jiy," and knew better then deliver herself of her ^andmother's message, asking if Mr Dottle- son was quite sure he had left the note for Charles Lakeworth at the right house in deed, she had a faint snepicion that the said Bote might have caused the present .iistnrb- asoe in the domestic atmosphere, and judioiouBly abstained from referring to it. So her father, shielded by his smouldering passion, was allowed to keep it fa) his breast-pocket undisturbed, and the an Truth he bad ready remained unspoken. .He started for the City earlier than usu^l Bexc morning he wanted to evade bsiog questioned about the latter until he had despatched it, but he was careful not to commit it to the post until nearly eleven o'clock. Tnen he felt eaeier he had foiled the firat attempt to make capital out of his Hberalit.y, aiid had gained time to remons- trate mildly with Mrs. Lamshed upon the absurdity of her ideas. Is occurred to ' him m're than once during the day that detain- ing the letter was not quite the best way of beginning operations but if that cropped op, as it was tolerably sure to do, he must plead failure of memory or make some ex- cuse of that kind. He walked home to Blakewood Square than afternoon, wonder- aig much what the result of his manoeavre had been, and warning himself that he must fed prepared for an outburst of wrath hereto fore unheard of on the part of his mother- hi-law. The nearer home he came, the more awkward he felt his own attitude in the matter to be, and had he found it neces sary to confront Mrs. Limshed at once, ba. would have made out a poor case for himself. Ii chanc3d, however, that she was indulg- ing in her customary afternoon siesta when he came in, and ho was fully posted by nis ianghter in the events of the day before the e/i lady awoke. It seemed thatpuuctually »r twelve o'clock, Sir Alfred Biodget had calied|; but there was no 'D-. Likkeworth to meet him. At Mrs. Lamshed'a earnest re- quest, he had consented to waste five minutes of his valuable^ time in waitihg to be intro- duced to "her doctor. ' At a quarter past twelve, just as Kate entered the room, he drew oas his watch and rose to go she ^!t«hed recklessly into the breach and in.jaeded in detaining him until nearly fcwenty-fivemlnut«s past the hour, bu-i still BO Charles Lakeworth appeared. Then the I physician was annoyed, and picked up i h'tt, makins; caustic remarks about the independent manners adopted by struggling practitioners. When Mr. Dottleson heard this, he felt that he had at all events sown the seeds of a good misunderstanding be- tween Sir Alfred and Dr. L»keworth, and tiiat his task with Mrs. Lamshed would b easier but he had not heard all that Kate had to tell him. Three o'closk brought Charles Lakeworth to the house In a Batter of disappointment he had with him the note which had been writ- ten yesterday, bnt which the City pcBt-mark proved to have been despatched to-day. Grandmamma had been exceeding- ly angry, and told Dr. Lakeworth that she would sift the matter to .the bottom as soon as Mr. Dottleson came home, and further premised to make another opportunity of intToducing him to Sir Alfred Blodget. Mr. Dotdfesondid not feel quite so well after hearing that but aa he received a anmmons from his mother in-law almost im- mediately after Kate had finished her story, lie had no time to prepare a brief for his de* ianoe. ix% Lunahed was lying amongst her pil- lows panting for the fray she waved her *ya. in-law to a seat at the bedside «nd Attacked him at onoe. "It wm a great pity yon forgot that note, after taking it from Sarah, Montague the contenti were Bost importantâ€" mtst important." ' So Kate lias been telUng me," Mdd Mr. Dottleson " and so I imagined from the fact of your sending^ it by hand." ••It was worth everything to Charley lAkeworth to meet Shr Alfred prof esdonally. Condderiog how the boy stands towarda Kate, yon ought to renet hayinff deprived Um of the chance lie had te ^y." Mt. DoUIemi was very far^om cegiet- flng It, but did not thii Diia^aai^to a»y ao on the oont?rary, \a haatoned «e expound his own views. "Yon coidd not have weighed the matter with yonr nanal good sense, when yon aaked th«« yonng fellow, who is scarcely more tiian a atndent, to meet anch a man aa Sir Alfred in oonsnl- tatloD. Sir Alfred would, I am sore, have felt grossly insulted had he seen the person you wanted to introduce to him in such a manner." It was an. unhappily worded asntence the back-handed alinsion to her "good sense" the suggestion that 3ir Alfred would have i)een grossly insulted through her In- strumentaliiy, and finally the careless refer- ence to the " person," stung the old lady to the quick. She turned upon him sharply and spoke with rising temper. " You're jealously careful of Sir Alfred's aensibUities, Montague, foa don't see the advantage of extending a helping hand to a deserving man who wants it, do you?' "I have no wish whatever to impede his progress' â€" " Or to help it either, no doubt yon seem to forget that he's engaged to K»te." "He isn't enga^ged to K»te, and won't be, till he can satisfy my requirements." Mr. Dottleson was a passionate man, and was letting his feeliogs get the mastery of him. It irritated him sorely to be taken to task like this by Mrs. Lamehed, and he lost sight of his own interests in the anger of the moment. Mrs.. Limshed paused for a few seconds, and then produced the card she ad- ways had in her sleeve when she wanted to ornsh her son-in-law but this time it failed utterly. " Must I remind yon again that there's still plenty of time for me to alter m; will, Montague 7" " I have no control over yonr intentions, madam vou are quite aware that my daughter Kite is dependent upon me, and will ultimately inherit all I possess." It was a very gentle hint that if he were ont ont of her will in favour of Dr. Like- worth, Kate would be the real sufferer bnt it had its effect upon' Mrs. Lamshed. "I don't think K-tte would lose much. Those two wiU be faithful to each other, however long you may keep them apart, in your greed," "I will never raise a finger to thwart Kate's happiness if she marries a man of whom I can approve." "Then you don't approve of Charles Lakeworth "' " No, Airs. Lamshed I do not. As things stand now, I most emphatically dis- aporove of him and there's an end of it," There wss a dead silence for five minnteSj until Mrs. Lamshed spoke again, calmly and quietly ' ' Please ring the bell, M antague. ° ' He did so without a word, and stepped back to his place by the bedside, where he stood facing his mother-i:law. Mrs. Lamshed neither moved nor spoke till her maid appsared and asked for her commands. Inen she collected her- self as if fir a spring, and cat: bolt upright with her white hair falling over her should- ers, whilst she pointed with her thin trembl- ing nager to the door. Her sunken eyes fliahed with suppressed excitement as she spoks the words which Montague Dittlesitn remembered tiil tha very last day of hia life. " Send for Smuggles's partner," said Mrs Lamshed. Although tha order was oatanaibly ad- dressed to the maid, Mr. Dottleson kn«w that it was in reality given to himself. H (offered no protest perhaps he recognizsd that it would ba useless be pulled out hla watch and glanced at it before he answered, which he did in tones whoso coolness surprised himself and were evidently not pleasing to Mis. Lamshed. "it is now half-post six, and the office will be shut. Do you know the gentle- man's name and hia private residence " Hia mother-in-law glowered angrily at him for a few leoonds before she replied " No, I don't. I want Smuggles's partner." Mr. Dottleson bowed, and quitted the room be was in no hurry to discover the nameless individual who was to assist in altering tbe will. " I'll wait until to mor- row," ho thought as ha went to his own c'lamber "she may have changed her mind by the morning." Bat mcrsing c%rae, and Mra. Lamshed vas as firm in tier purpose as she had been the evening before, ider son.in-law went to her room to make inquiries about her health before he set out for the City, and was startled at the change for the worse which had taken place during the night. Uer breathing was heavy and laboured, and there was a listless apathy in her manner which' contrasted painfully with her wont- ed brightness. She seemed indisposed ta speak to any one bnt when he referred to her demand for "Smuggles's partner,' she roused herself with an elKtrt. "It's Starbone aud Smuggles â€" Lincoln's Inn- -aak for â€" his partner." "Are you well enough to attend to bnsi- Dess to-day ' asked Mr. Dvttlesoa anxious- ly- "Yes, said Mra. Lamahed. "Send him to me now â€" at once." He said nothing more bnt as his gac« rested on the form of the old lady, who seemed to be drawing near her end, a dark thought crossed his mind. She could not last very long she was breaking up rapid- ly a few days, in all likelihood, would see the laat he could forget her commisaion to- day, and perhaps â€" "Don't forget to call at S'n^rbone and Smuggles's office, MoTtague I shall expeot the aolioltor here at twelve o'clock," She spoke more fluently i;h^n she had done bs- fore, and seemed to Lmt pointedly at his singular forgetfninesa in that matter of the note to Dr, Lakeworth. He tamed red under her searching eyes, and heartily dis- missing hia half-formed design, promiaed to attend to her wishea without fail. Aftsr all, it would anawer no good purpoae to neglect them she could easUy send anothar meaaenger, if she distmstad him; and ho felt that he had little cidm to her confldenoe. She would pat the true Interpretation on hia remiaaneaa, and visit it ^1 the more aeverely upon him. No he must oloae hia eyea to the nature of liia errand, and exe- cute it with that honesty whoae mother ia neoeaaity and whoae chUd ia eelf-interKst. He bad no difficulty in finding Maaara, Starbone and Smngglea'a office, where he waa reoalyed by the anrvivfng partner, a gaunt melancholy man, who dwelt in a little back roem Ibaed with battered tin deed- boxea. "Mia, Lamahed T" aaid the gannt man wearily â€" " lAmabed â€" ^Ah, yea I remem- iNr 10 Potfield Gardana, ian^t it T" "Tliat waa Mra, Ltmatted'a addreaa at one time," aald Mr. Dettleaon. "My mother- I in law new raidea with me, at No. 21 Blakewood Square. She ia partacularly anxioaatoaeeyouaaaoonaapoaaible. Con Id \oa conveniently call upon her at alrant mid-day?' .. .• The melancholy aolidtor chewed the atnmp of a very old qnill pan ttionffhtf o^, and referred to a memoraudom â- Ud on me table, " To-day ia Wedneaday. I will attend Mra. Lamahed at noon," he aaid in a funeral voice,â€" " Will you be good enough to aay that Iâ€" Mr, B^;faiald Sllmpâ€" will be in attendance at noon " Mr. Dottleaon ahook handa with him and withdrew. He intended to telegraph down to let hia mether-In-law know that he had loat no time in carrying out her direotiona it would look disin- tereat;ed and might have a aoftening effect. Accordingly, he wired, telling Mra. Ltmshed that she might expeot Mr Reginald Slimp to be with her at the hour appointed. "I may wash my handa of it now, I suppose" he aaid as he affixed the telegraph stamp. "I may ait down and wait for the earth- quake. That was a long-remembered day at 21 Blakewood Square. Mr Slimp arrived at twelve o'clock, armed with a fashionable parohmenc envolope, which he carried in his hat up to Mrs. Liimshed'd room. The old lady dismissed hettmaid with instructaona not to return and to prevent others disturb- ing her until she heard the bell, aa ahe waa coing to be busy with the visitor. Charles Lakeworth called, and, for the first time during his acquaintance, was told that his patient was engaged, and could not aee him. â€"Was Miss Dottleson engaged? No. Then be would see her and was taken up atura forthwith. " Is anything wrong. Kite " he asked as he took her handa. " Why won't Mra. Lamshed see me " • â- â-  Huah I" aaid Kate (the old lady's apartment waa next to the drawing-room). " There was a quarrel of aome kind last night, and grandmamma sent for her law- yer. I suspect it's about her will. He is with her now they've been ahnt up alone together for nearly an hour." The bell rang aharply at that moment and a message waa aent to the butler to go to Mrs, Lamshed at once. He was not detained very long he was only called upon to sign his name, after seeing the old lady insoribe hers at the bottom of a document and a few minutes after he left the room with the ' msid Sarah, who also acted aa a witness. Mr, Slimp With hia papers followed, looking if possible, more melancholy than ever. His aspect gave an Increased air of solemn- ity to the occasion, and Impressed the under- housemaid who let him out with the convic tion that something very deep and mysteri- ous indeed had taken place up stairs. Sir Alfred Blodget paid his visit soon after the solicitor had gone, and found the invalid with her grand daughter and the young doctor for whom he had been kept waiting the day before. "Explain," eaid Mrs Lamshed to K»te, nodding at Charles Lakeworth and then at Sir Alfred. Nothing loth, K\te informed the latter how the miscarriage of a note had caused the mistake of the previous day, and introdnoed Dr Lakeworth a the physician who had taken care of her grand-parent for the past twelvemonths. Sir Alfred was ex- tremely gracious but Miss Dottleson was a little disappointed to find that he did not at onoe retire to the window with Charles and earnestly discuss the case in low tones, which was her preconceived idea of a "con- sultation." Oa the contrary, he only patted Mra Lamshed's hand kindly and told her to s»y where she was for a day or two said ao qnite independently, without even asking the younger doctor if he didn't agree with him. It was not much of a consultation, rt-flected pior Kate, when the great man went ont- followed by the sm»ll one and she told Mrs Lamshed her opinion of Sir Alfred, which waa quite at variance with that usually entertained about him. "You are intimate with the family, I understand ' he said to Charles Lakeworth aa hp drew on his gloves in the hall. ' Yes I have known them well for aome time." " Well, you may mention to Mr. Dottle- son that I can do nothing more than you can, and shall not look in again. â€" Very old woman. Course ot nature. I shall be aur- prisad If she sees the light of Sunday. â€" Good day very pleased to have met you," The brougham rolled away with Sir Al- fred, and Charles Lakeworth returned to Mrs. L%mshed's room. He had known be- fore that she was seriously ill, but did not possess the experience which told tbe older man that her lease of life had ao nearly ex- pired. He was charged with the duty of telling Mr. Dottleson that the oase had been lift in his hands as hopeless, and he would have to break the newa to Kate alao, a task he oared for even leas. He would not tell her yet, he decided; she had no idea of Mra. Lamshed's real condition, and it would only prolong her grief to reveal it sooner than was aotually necessary. Mr. Dattleaen must be told, of course, and ho waited until that gentleman oame home, in order to aee him. " You arrived here aoon after noon, yon say, Mr. Lakeworth," aaid Mr. Dottleaon, when he had been told Sir Alfred'a opinion. " Did you see Mra. Lamahed at onoe " " She was eiurased when I oame, and I did net see her untu her visitor had gone." "Mrs. Lamshed seemed to me to be a little strange in her manner laat night and this morning do yon think her f acnltiea are perfectly clear ' " Perfectly dear. She ia very weak, and ia growing weaker aimoat every hour bnt her mind ia quite aennd." Mr. Dsttlaon had conceived the idea that hia mother-in-law might if neoeasary be proved mentidly faioapable of making a new will, and did not intend to give np the notion yet. He would aend a line to Sir Alfred Blod- get about it Dr. Lakeworth'a e^iien waa hardly worth having, and might, moreover, be prejudiced. He loat no time in writiag to the doctor, and waited untii late that evening in keen anxiety for hia reply it would be a great triumph if he auoceeded in getting thia codicil lej^ly aet aaide, for he had firmly persuaded hlinaelf that it was in Charlas Lakeworth'a favour. Whatever ita provlaiona might lie, he would be aoqnainted with them in a few dayaâ€" by Sunday or Menday, at the lateat. It waa hard that, alter idl theae years, a alight blnndet ahonld throw ont hia oaloolationa when the «id waa almost in aight; it waa very hard. Still, there waa a ahred efhep? left. If anch an authofi^ aa Sfar Alfred Blodget oenld certify 'that Iw had aeen Mra Lamahed half an hour after die had altered her will, and that aha waa then incapable of underatandins what ahe had done, he waa aafe. He oo^ anap hlafiufferaat Dr Lakeworth and kick him Sli.* a. *Â¥,«?â- â€¢â€¢â€" Hew waa the anawer from Sir Alfred at laat. He anatbhed the and tore it open in In upU- letter from the aervant nervona haate "Sir Alfred Blodget preaenta his oom. menta to Mr QoAihaon, and haa pleaanre asanriatt Um that lira Lamahed waa perfect ly capable of tranlaottnf any boaliMM a aa he refera to at the tine he vialted her day." Foiled 1 Ha cmabed the paper into a ahapeleaa lump and threw it into the waate- paper Imaket. Whatever the old harridan had done, it waa done, and would hold good. He swallowed hia paasion, and went np to see his daughter. (TO BB comnKUBD.) I audi to- Amiable Barbariansâ€" Aseodotes of Tolstoi and Melikoff. From the Tsar down to the humblest mn- j ik, the Boasians are more or lesa barbari- au(, from the point of view of the refined West, but certainly most amiable barbari- ans, ao far as forei^eri are ooncemed. Their hospitality knows no limits no trou ble is too great when it ia a question of obliging a foreign visitor bnt charming aa they are, yon are oonatantly being remi..ded of the wildness of their real underlying nature by the strange oontraata of delicacy, and brutality, of civilization and barbariam, which their daily life offera. To hear the Ruaaiana talk about the unwritten contem- porary history of their social and national life ia like liatening to the atoriea of the Arabian Nights. The true narrative of Skobeleff'a career and death, and the true narrative of the oiroumatances of the aaaassi- nation ot the late Tsar, are far more thrilling and extraordinary than print haa ever told. As an example ef the strange contrasts of real Ruaaia we will dte two aneodotea that were related to us by a distingniahed otiidal whose intention waa certainly not to throw dust In our eyea, or even to aat^nish us Im- yond measure. The converaatiou happened to turn upon General Loria Melikoff, the famous chief of the dreaded "third section." The Eaaperor, wewere told by our inform- ant, had given L'lria Melikoff unbounded power to act agalnat the Nihilists, aud had virtnallv created him vice-Emperor, aa Melikoff himself need to say. Now, Melikoff had diacovered that one of the leading Nihilist chiefs was In the habit of frequently visiting Cstmt Tolstoi, the novel- ut, and one day he went out to Tolstoi's country house. Bsfore the visitor had announced himself, Tolstoi recognizsd him, and said 'Yon are Loris Melikoff, chief of the third section. Do you come to see me official- ly, or as a private man? If you come offi sially, here are my keys search open everything. You arc free." "I oome not officially," replied Melikoff. "Vdry good," answrrad Tolstoi; and calling two inujiks, he said to them, "Throw this man out of the house 1" The mujtks obeyed Tolstibi to tha letter, and L^tis Melikoff had to accept thia treat- ment, for in hia way Tolstoi is a mizhtier man even than "our father the T«*r, ' In the eyes of the Raasian paople he is an ex- ceptional being, being more than a saint, and almost a saviour. The mention of Loris Melikoff brought up another anecdote. Sr)me twelve years ago the Emperor sent for Melikoi) and announc- ed to him that the plague was raging in two villages o' the empire, and oidered him to do whatever was needful with a viev to stopping its ravages, at the same cima giv- ing him unlimited powers. Thereupon Loris Melikoff wen!; first of all to the Minister of Finance, informed him that he should perhaps require a great deal of money in order to carry out the Emperor's commsmda, and demanded a credit of fifty millions ot rubles. The Minister of Finance made a long face, but was unable to refuse. Loris Melikoff then posted to the villages In qaestion, and having observed the situation he telegraphed for twenty fire engines to be sent from the neighboring towns, had the pumps charged with petroleum, and ordered the nremen to approach thevillages by night, inundate the cottages with petroleum, set them on fire, and save nobody. The order wasexsouted; the cottages and their few hundred Inhabitants â€" men, women, children, and cattle â€" were bamed to ashes, and those villages disappeared from the map of Russia and nom the registers of the empire. The measure was radical, but it stamped out the plague effectually, Loris Melikoff thereupon reported to the Emperor that his commands had been executed, and then called on the Minister of Finance to tell him that out of the credit of fifty millions ef rubles granted to him he had spent only two hundred to buy petroleum, and that consequently hia Excellenoy the Iflniater oonld dispose of the balance. In both of theae atoriea, which we have reaaon to lielieve to be literally exact, we find that onrioua mixture of the grandioae, of ostentation, and of barbaric recklessness which are characteristic of the Russian tem- perament.â€" [Harper's Magadne. Ape andLookill^IaBB- Alooking-glassisamystery, an object ef intense interest, to many animals, and it ia often very amusing to watch the their man- oeuvera. Prof. C. Rebertaon deacribea the behavior of a large ape in the Jardin dea Plantea. He waa in an iron, oage, lording it over aome amaller monkeya.i Ferna and other thinira had been thrown batween the bars, which the ape attempted to aef a At length a amall hand ^ooklng-glaaa, with atrong wooden frame, waa thrown in. The ape got hold of it, and began to bnuidiah it like a hammer, when anddenly he waa arreated by the reflection of himaelf in the glass. After looking poslled for a moment, he darted his head behind the glass to find the other ape, ^riiioh he evidently supposed to be thwe, Pinding nothing, he apparently thought that he had not been quick enongh in his movements. So he raised and drew the glaaa nearer to him with great oantiou, and then with a awifter dart, looked behind; and again finding nothing, he made the attempt onoe more. Ha now grew very angry, and began to beat the frame violently on the fl^or of the cage. Soon the glass was shattered, and piaoes fell oat. Again he was arrested by his own Image in the piece of glass still re maining in the frame, and hereaelved to irj again. More oarafally than ever he bsmn, and more rapidly than ever was the final dart made. His fury over this last faUure knew ho bounds, and he orandied the frame aud e«s together with his teeth till nothins t splinters remained. Electric Oar BrakT The expresaion, deotrio h^w often heard ^d requires » »„'^^^ » J Mtlon. Therfc^ are various f*"' ' «il dectric brakes which a" ".^plCl even efficient, working deviWT^ZI t^m, however, doe8eleotriei^""»»Hl power by which the brak« l?J""»i?J •navels nn4:a in «.x-.-..3. ^° iML.'l merely puts in operation some «n,- In one type of electric brA^ braking force is taken from an L ' •=«*l car. A smaU friction drum b **•««! «| the axle, â€" .Lt-_ niiH.i i Another f riotion-dtnmi; the body of the car sw^;, JS^I If, when the oar is in motion TJ *^I are brought in contact, that Si con!;_ hangs from the car takei motion^ ^1 other, and may be made to win? i its shaft. Winding b thiS*N the brake-levers precisely as if ^^^ wound OP the shaft of the s }â-  '-- The sole function of cVctrlo% ""^l form of brake is to bridg tb. i2 dmins together, la a rf.n\"" which has been u-iei exprimenl,i' B-jme years with much reocesa i„ f 1 current, controlled by the enei • 1 energfzss an electro msgaat whi""^* part of the swinging.fr»m9 in »uj" lo 3se friction- pulley is carried Tji • ' magnet being viulizsd, is attracted t"' the axle, thus bringing the f riction dâ„¢*" contact. In an American btke exhibited on a long freight train »,, electro-magnet is uied, bat the wLL, accomplished by muIHplying the noit f the intervention of a lever and wheel""' other type of so-called ekctri: brake i in which ths motive power ia coaiv air, and the function of the electric dL simply to manipulate the Vilvea nndet car, by which the air ia let into the cylinder or allowed to escape, thmunt en or releasing the brakes. AH of c devices have thia advantage, that, \riu» th* length of the train, the applicjt the brakes Is simaltaneoua on all the vk and stops can be made from hiza snut, little shock,â€" fScribner'a. A Fast Bide on a LocomotiTs, We cannot tell from the tiine-tabltsk fast we travel. The schedule times dii, indicate the delays that mn^t be inideipl spurts between stations. The travelletf is curious to know jast how iaal he is goL and likes the stimulus of thinking thity in a little danger, may fi.id amaa'meiitf ticking the time between mile post!;« when these are not to be seen, he can til, got the speed very accurately by oowi the rails passed in a given lime, fjiii n be done by listening attentively ataii window or door. "The regular clickiofi wheels over the rail-joiats can aeaailji be' singled out from the otbe^ naite!, i counted. The number of rail-len^bBpia In twenty seconda is eJmo'jt ezwtl;il number of miles run in an hoar. But if one wants to get a lively vssA what it means to rush through sputi fifty or sixty miles an hour, he moitgeti a locomotive. Then only does he urgisj realize what triflsa stand ba:we(!n hiia destruction. A fe?7 weeks ago a hdysitJ hour in the cab of a locomotive huail fast express train over a mouataii i She sa 17 the narrow bright line of ih; and the slender points of the switch^. heard the thunder of the bridres, aiii the track shut in by rocky bluffj, aad i perils suddenly rovealnd aa tha eagiasen around sharp curves. Tao experience i her magnifioenc, buu the aenae of din^er^ aimoat appalling. To have mads he: eii ience complete, she should have takenoai^ gine ride in a dark and rainy ni(rbt. Iiidi light ride on a locomotive, we cixe t ]z3 bow slender is the rail and honr fra fastenings, compared with the pDid! machine which they carry. T^e ses wl trifling movement of a switch ms'^^l diffeience between life and death. l how short the look ahead must i and how close danger sits on either f But it is only in a night ride thit *e 1' how dependent the engineer must be, Jj all, upon the faithful vigilance ofo* The head-liiiht reveals a few yards of gin' ing rail, and the ghostly talegrapb pola switch targets Were a a witch op3ii, » taken up, or a pile of ties ontho tr»,l could not; possibly see the danger in nrol stop.â€" [S jrlbner's. The Oldest and Smallest S^ct in the l^'ij There is to be found in tha hsjrt cf small city of Nablus, in North P** a little religious communityâ€" n"'"" in? about one hnndrei and fif? which has defied the ravages «f »"' poverty and oppression nearly mf s»d years. Unlike the Vaudou, Samaritans have had no" friendly «y'» mountain buttresses to defend them "i the centuries and still more usMe long-lived Savoyard Proteatnnta, theyj be«n right in the path-way along «lif devastating armies have marched bi» J forth, from the time of Sargon tn ^ip'1 But they have lived on, and their niu7l never been broken. They havo ciwj little Nablua and to their aaored aj Gerizim, aa the very caotna rooa granite aidea of the sombre EW «"*; fronts them across their little enc» VftlxOV u The' feeling with which the preje"',! arltana regard tha Mohammedans is «-1 intenae bi8tem«ss which tl^^V "J"'.,. manifeated toward the Jews. Ana J^J Dsea not the Samaritan date bis f»i" T Abraham, or rather from Adam. » i ho not a right to call J:hat an mtanu which haa been in exlsMnce lor » trifle of twelve centuries Is not rs» one of your new oatohpsnny '^^^'^^ that mysterious copy of the ra ^^ made of aaored lambskins, whicn m -^ tans have been reading and bib'Ius j, these many agea, is the oldest copy enoe, written down by Aaron a ow i aon, and the veritable original" the Pentatencha in tha world As the populalioa of Nablua !• J 12,000, the little S»maritan comm aimoat abaorbed by the snrroundttg^ medan maaa. Save to a "'^^t^l the very exiatence aud presence " j aritana aa a ditfino^ element oi iu Nablna would not be notii Samaritana wear a turban, oW" of their trae Moslem neighWi-j tween the history and theology classes there is not a single poi"'"' resemblance.- [HarperVM»g«]; A kitchen table with as many *J|, neath itaaa writing-desk, 'r«^^ high back like a side-board, n" h^ea for the kitchen ntenaUM addition to the hired girl's con«» JHersarasoonbol lAndgetqnitelar |Bnt»tUlahetrie«3 JXoheareachsoui I And every word I She listened noon J Her ears at last t; I And o'er her head lAod when her paj I Pot her to bed to lAccepted meekly â- Bnt cooked her ea lAnd now her puni â- For her big ears h llbionghout the w The heard great ca jid the small son] 1 South America, Imidthisdinshe _d, nearly deafei he begged the doi nd ont off both h Di, oh, alas I 'twi Folly lost hei For vhile she criec big gun fired. In 'ioae mighty thu joked both the d _B then remarked \%t she'd become ' useless ears no at soon she tad i I to a mournful I a poor little, od the who once 1 I thenceforth ve I little pitchers ' 1 let this tale I have nice ears it hey ahouldn t listt h^'ll keep their 1 fthey aie warned