1 A WOatAM'S PKRFIDT. A Hnaluuid Bfurderad by the Destroyer of the Peace of His Family. A Detroit despatch says : Peter W. Bnraba, a well-known locomotive engineer en the Michigan Central Railway, oeeapied with his wife and two children until last avening, a pretty home on Indian avenue. Bniaha was a hearty, well-to-do man, and â- eemed ^together wrapped np in hig family. He frequently spent hoursplaying with his children, a little boy aged 7 years •nd a little girl about 5, and the happiness and sociability of the Burshas was com- mented upon in the neighborhood. About a year ago they took to board with them Richard L. Landon, 20 years of age. He ia the son of a commercial traveller named Landon, who committed suicide in this city a few months ago, who came from Toronto about a year previous, and being onable to find employment, in a tit of despondency ended his life. The yoang man was a friend of the family. His business was pedling teas and coffees. There was nothing par- ticularly attractive about him, and it never entered Bnraha's mind he would be a caoae of troable in his honselrold. Ijandon had lived there about six months when the husband coming home one even- ing entirely unexpected awoke to the real- ization that a place in the affections of his wife was occnpied by Landon when he was away from home. Matters wer t from bad to worse, until Buraha applied for a jivorce. His wife, however, influenced him flwi^- draw the bill. Landon was dismisaS from the house and the husband and wne ap- peared to live happy again. Landon left tbe house in Jannar^ .^d rented a small cottage about two blocks further op Indian avenue, where he baa since lived alone. Tbou({h Landon was forbidden to enter the house, sub8e<]uent developments show his communication with Mrs. Bursha, though irregular, steadily continued. Borsha re- turned from a trip at noon yesterday. After dinner he left to collect the rent for k house he owned on Oliuhigan avenue. On returning home about 6 o'clock be met Landon on the common. The men met first near the sidewalk •t Vinewood avenue, and had some words. They were evidently quarrelling. Persona were frequently crossing the common, but at this time no one noticed them except ao old lady. She was returning from the direc- tion of Michigan avenue, and was quite near the qnarrelling men. They did not appear to notice her. Finally Bursha raised hia finger warningly and shook it in Landon's face, and the men then parted. Bnraba turned and walked toward home. Landon started in the opposite direction, then stopped, hesitated a moment, the* ran back towards Bursha. The engineer heerd his steps and tnmed around. Almost aimoltaneously with hia turning about Landon pulled a revolver from his f>cket, and taking deliberate aim at uraha, who was hardly three feet ai^kT, fired. The engineer threw up both hanoa and fell heavily to the ground. Landon looked on him a moment, coolly turned from his prostrate victim and walked away. In three minutes Bursha was dead. Landon was aubeeiiuenlly arrested and locked up. He takes the matter coolly, claims Bursha has threatened him and that he was jovti- lled in shooting. - > ! . a*. â€" fcr I ' ' » Died from • Sudden IShock. A oar horse was lying dead on a track in Seventh avenue on Monday surrounded by a crowd of men and boya. " What did he die of ?" aaked one of the men of a passenger on the horeelese car. " Why you see, he got balky, and the driver, instead of poking the car hook through his ribs, got off the car and spoke kindly to the horse, and the shock proved too great." â€" Sev York Evening Sun. A Vna ror It. Proud Father â€" Welcome back to the old (arm, my boy. So yon got through college all right ? Farmer's Son Yes, father. P. F. â€" Ye know I told you to study up on ehemiatry and thinga so you'd know beat what to do with different kinds of land. What do you think of that tlat meddsr there, for instance ? V. S.â€" Cracky, what a place for a baM- ball game I ^ rtree Love's Pl»ine Wont Kindle. " I love you," he protcated. "better than my life. I would die for you if neceHsary." " O, nonsense I" replied the practical girl. " Swear to me that yon'U get up and make tiie fires and I'll consider your proposi- tion." â€" Judge. ^ â€" A Novel Idea for SoKne Hnabaads. An article ia printed on " Uow to Treat Tour Wife." Une good way would be to treat her aawell aa yon did before you mar- ried her, but few married men do that. â€" Somerville Journal. They Seldom Do. Jodge â€" The priaoner ia discharged. Priaonerâ€" Well, begorra, I didn't know Oi waa loaded I â€" liurlington Free Fre$$. The women's Jubilee offering to the Qneen somewhat pu/zled Burmese ladies who were aaked to join in the royal gift. "Why ahonld their aovereign want money," they inquired, " eapecially so soon after the annexation of Burmah ?" " fUii â- he no rice?" and " Can it be that she baa no tobacco?" were frequent queries. For, aa all Burmese ladies smoke several oheroots daily, they became deeply sympa- thetic Kt the idea that their Queen should be without the solaqe of tobacco amid her State cares. In this poetic style a California land agency offers job lots of scenery and cli- mate: On this Wednesday afternoon, at 1 •'dock, at Louis' Hall, on Fifth street, we will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, the Pacific Ocean, dra ' â€" "^"^ western sky of scarlet and gold ; â- ell a bay filled with white- winged we will Hell a southern horizon ri a choice collection of purj^ '^atoontains carved in castles and turrijtftvMid doae« ; we will sell a frostlesa, bmoiig, warm, yet nnlangaid air, braided in and in with snn- â- hine,and odored with the breath of flowers. Money, medals and testimonials are pouring in on Arthur Kobinson, the aB£ STABVICD TO DEATH. The Miserable Cnd of a Miserly Old Maid In Hawkesbnry. Miss Maxwell, daughter of Mr. Maxwell, who taught school in Montreal many years ago, died at Hawkesbury, Ont., last week from sheer want of proper food. She had a good bank account and ample means in the bouse to make her comfortable, but preferred to atarve. The father removed to Hawkeabary many yeara ago, and opened a school SBsiated by his daughter, this being continued up to the time of bis death. Miaa Maxwell has been living alone for several years, carrying on a little business in period- icals, books, newspapers and music. Miss Maxwell waa known to be eccentric and no one was ever seen in the portion used as a dwelling. Last Friday she was missed, and a neighbor ventured in â€" to find her lying in misery and poverty. The lady brought her something nourishing, but the doctor pronounced her to be dying from want of proper nourishment. A stove waa found in the house, but without any pipea, and it is surmised she passed the winter in the same way. A large quantity of wooden blocks were sent her, thinking she was in want, bat these are said to be atiU piled up in the shed. She lingered on until Satur- day, and search was made for some clue to her funds â€" when, much to their surprise, over 9100 in cash was found in the leaves of an old book, and various small sums were found in other parts, to- gether with a bank account of over S'i,0OO. 'The Board of Health had her buried on Monday, and owing to the unsanitary state of the premises with dirt, it was found necessary to board up the house and have it fumigated. Facts have come to light since showing that she must have lived entirely on bread and water for some time. The addreaa of a young man in Philadelphia waa found in a letter, and he waii telegraphed for, but he replied that there was a nearer relative in Algoma. An inventory waa taken of the various sums, which are held by a person appointed by the Board until such time aa the heirs are known. â€" Witneu. She Doted on B»n>'pe Music. It was aaid of Lady Randolph Churchill that she came to England with the firm intent and purpose of Amaiicanizing the British Empire. The same cannot be aaid of Mrs. Carnegie, who, though a New Yorker born and bred, has taken to tbe institutions of Caledonia, " stern and wild," with wonderful readineaa. Most of her coatnmea are of tweed, and bonnie brown heather and broom are her favorite flowers. A few days ago, in an an;jD«rded uiomont, Mr. Carnegie remarked in public that his wife doted on bagpipe music, and that she had said that the only thing wanting to make her home at Kilgraston a perfect paradise was tbe presence of a bagpiper. The next morning tne glen of Kilgraston was awakened at an early hour by the wail of the pibroch, tbe weird croon of the coronach and athimderous notification that the Campbells were coming. By breakfast time there were 104 pipers playing away at Mr. Carnegie's piazza. At last, in despera- tion, Mr. Carnegie chose one of the Mc- Pheraona to be his bagpiper in ordinal y, which very much incenaed the other Hmh- laud uuMttfians, w||o maarobad off snarting their diasatiuf action. â€" Cur.ut N. Y. World. D008 IN THB QERMAN ARMT. How they are Drilled to Act a« Messttnrers for SentlneU. A correapondent of the New York Tri- bune writes from Berlin: "Among the thousand and one inventions, appliances and wonderful uses of men and beasts which German genius has devised to defeat France in case of General Boulanger's suc- cessor becoming unpleasant, the dog plays a significant role, employed as he is as messenger and sentinel. Experiments have been made for nearly a year now, and have proved highly satisfactory. The dog manoeuvre of the Hunter Battalion was de- cidedly the most interesting of the recent campaign. Several regiments have been furnished with the German shepherd dogs, known for their wisdom the world over. Each one is attached, so to apeak, to the percon of a soldier, in whom the dog soon recognizes his master, and who conducts his training. While doing duty, the dog is kept with the sentinel, and easily learns the re<iuirements of his post. A few of the experiments performed before Colonel Vender Goltz Pasha, who repre- sented the Sultan at tto 90th birthday of the Emperor, and hai since remained to witness the reviews, were surprising. A soldier taking the animal from the sentinel marched off on a reconnoitering expedition. ^iter writing hia observations and placing them in a casket about the neck of the brute, the latter was told to return to his master, which he did in an astonishingly short time. One dog emploved in this service arrived at his poet ten minutes be- fore a mounted Uhlan charged with the same instructions, though the latter rode at desperate speed. But even more than this was accomplished. With a message tied about the neck, as in the former case, the dog was told to seek a distant sentinel and bring a retHrn answer. This he did with great speed, carrying his message directly to his master without fail. " It is little wonder that Pasha Goltz was surprised at the aaocess of the experi- ments given in his honor. .:Vnd they are truly wonderful lor the present, though sidding fair to become a commonplace in- btitution in that great machine, the Ger- man Army. The consequences and possi- bilities of the shepherd-dog service are apparent to all who know anything of military science, and make their citation superfluous. One thing is certain, that a future war between Germany and any of its neighbors will not heconducted without ita dog regiment, which, though not em- ployed in concerted action, will perform service more valuable than the cata of ancient Egypt." Cnre for Ivy Poison. A correapondent of the Philadelphia Record writes : " I suffered from having been poisoned by ivy twelve yeara ago. I was completely covered with it, and I tried all of the old and new cure* for it without any good resulting from them, until one day a druggist's clerk gave me ten cents' worth of Btilphite of soda, disaolved in one pint of water, and told me to bathe with it freely. It acted like magic ; it allayed the itching and was very soothing, and I was well in a week. I have told a great many people of it, and those who uaed it l:«vo been invariably cured. I keep a bottle of it oonstantly mixed, and when I have been among the ivy, which I often am, I always bathe with it, and I am not bothered with poison after using it onoe or twice. It is not poison, like augar of lead and some of the other remedies that cannot be kept in tbe way of children." His Bnslneas Qnallflcatlons. Father â€" Well, what can yon aay for the yonug man ? Daughterâ€" He's young and handsome, and has good businees tjualifioa- tions. Father â€" How do you know anything about his business qnaUfications ? Daugh- terâ€"Why, he has figured out for me time and again how nicely wo could get along if yoa would make us a present of |6O,U0O. A Libel on the Sex. Wite^Can yon tell me, my dear, why a widower ia like a young baby ? Husband ^ â€" Er â€" erâ€" because â€" because â€" . Wife â€" The first six months he cries a grea^ deal, tbe second six months he begins to take notice, and he always experiences great difllaulty in getting through his second year alone. ♦ Liked the Cockade. Barberâ€" " Bay rum ?" Granger (whose â- have has been supplemented by an appli- cation of the powder puff-ball) â€" " No, I'm temp'rance; but, friend, you'd jest's lieve pass that air oockade over my face agin you'd obleege me." â€" Tid Jiitt. Butter More Approachable. Butter ia being made in such (juantities here that the price for the best samples has fallen from 60 to 30 cents a pound. â€" Stu- katchetcan Herald. ine uignest ped witfaA| yiMuedwith That Man Balrd. They are nursing the man who has no more right to ait in Parliament than a tramp off the highway. And they ask honest men to endorse this. â€" Montreal Herald. A Lost Secret. ' 'Her mother and bis mother-in-law â€" He's a brute, my dear, and don't cry. I gave you to him because he said he knew the •eocet ol making you happy. Daughter â€" Well, he's kept his secret aamirably. â€" * On the occasion of the Queen's Jubilee a baronetcy waa offered to Mr. T. C. Lister, , I a rich silk manufacturer of Bradford, who rescueiTof nine of the Mystery's drowning ''so happens to be High Sheriff of York- passengers in Jamaica Bay. The oolored hero bears his honors modestly. ^The imports of Canadian lumber at the port of Buffalo from January to July amounted to 4,831,330 feet. shire, but he declined the honor. In New York, FhU<ideIphia and some other cities the roof in the tanement-houae district is a general resort Ut hot night*. Sometime* whole families camp out. A StartUnc Prediction. Two hundred years ago in China there waa juat such a craze about natural gas as we have in this country to-day. Gas wells were sunk with as much vim and vigor as the celestials were capable of, but owm|^ to a gaa exploaion that killed aeveral millions of people and tore np and destroyed a large district of country, leaving a large inland sea, known on the maps as Lake Foo Chang, the boring of any more gaa wells was then and there prohibited by law. It seems, according to tiw^^buaeee biatary. ^Mit many lar^ aiCd Mavy preaaure gas wells were struck, and in aome diatricts wella were sunk quite near to each other. Gaa waa lighted as aoon as atruck, as is done in this country. It is stated that one well with ita tmusual pressure, by induction or back draught, palled down into the earth the burning gas of a smaller well, resulting in a dreadful explosion of a large district destroying the inhabitants thereof. Lake Foo Cbang rests on this district. The same catsatrophe ia imminent in this country unless the Jaws restrict further developments in boring so many wells. Should a similar exploaion occur there will be auch an upheaval as will dwarf the moat terrible earthquakes ever known. Tbe country along the gaa belt from Toledo through Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky will be ripped up to the depth of 1,'iOO to 1,300 feet and flopped over like a pancake, leaving a chasm through which tbe waters of Lake Erie will come howling down, filling the Ohio and Miasisaippi valleys and blotting them out forever. â€" C'incimuiti Coinntercinl Qaiette. A Trained Left Band. Many are the advantages missed by the non-cultivation of the left hand. Oc- casionally an artisan is seen who is e>]ually able to handle tools with either hand. Such a one has constant advantage over his fellows, not only in the avoidance of fatigue, but in doing nice work and over- coming with ease diffioultiea that present themselves to those skilled only with one hand. The man who can use a hammer or knife or perform any other feat with the left hand at the same time that the right is busy will find fre<iuuiit occasion to exercise his skill. Another and im- portant reason for training the left hand to act with aa great eaae and preoiaion as possible is that if injury occors to the right hand the left can exercise readily all the functions possible to one hand unaided. By training the left baud in youth one would be spared, in such a case, from aiiending much valuable time in educating maacles hardened by age and unaccustomed to obey the mandates of the will. BBNEriXa FBOM FAIBS, How Exhibitions Huve Helped the Ontario Fanner. The fifth annual convention of the Inter- national Association of Fairs and Exposi- tions was commenced in Toronto on Wednesday. Between 30 and 10 delegates are in attendance. Mr. Thomas Shaw, of Hamilton, editor of the Live Stock Journal, read a paper on The Influence of Fairs on the Improve- ment of Live Stock." He rapidly reviewed the history of exhibitions and the great progress made in stock through them, and laid down the proposition that exhibitions have had a wonderful effect in the improve- ment of live stock, finding irrefutable demonstration in the facts : (1) Nearly all tho substantial progress made in the im- provement of live stock in lands where e.\hibitions prevail has been made since their introduction, {'i) That in countries without live stock exhibitions no substan- tial progress has been made in their improvement. (31 That the progress has been most markea in those countriea which have given the most prominence to live stock at their exhibitions. In support of these propositions these interesting facts were mentioned : The average weight of a dressed bullock at 5 years, in the Lon- d'^n market in 171'J, is given at 370 lbs., an average which is attained by many of onr modern breeds sold in tbe shambles at little more than one year, and there is reason to believe that this advance is equalled in other live stock lines. A letter to Lord Sumerville by Mr. Pitt, of Penderford, in 179'J, in respect to Shropshire sheep, said : It requires eight fleeces and a half to the stone of fourteen pounds, ' and thn weight per quarter of the wether is given at from twelve to eighteen pounds, a weight that is attained by well-fed lambs of this breed now at 'J months, while the average un- washed fleece of good Shropshire sheep ia ten pounds. The first Provincial Exhibi- tion in this Province was held in Toronto forty -two years ago. Then there were not a score of men who were possessors of im- proved cattle. Now there are 443 members in the Dominion Shorthorn Breeders' Association, most of whom are in the Province of Ontario, while there are as many Shorthorn breeders who are not members, making about 800 Shorthorn breeders in Ontario. The first Shorthorn cow on rtcord in Ontario was im- ported in lH'd'2. The progress is largely due to the exhibitions, of which there are over 300 in this Province. He continued : " Our own Province has given much attention to the live stock departments of onr exhibi- tions, and what are the results ? Why, in one of our counties, Ontario, more than 200 pure-bred Clydes are to be found at the present moment, some of them of the first order. In another of them, Brant, from 'iOO to 300 pure- bred Shorthorns are to he found in one herd ; and in another of them, Wentworth.is kept the most famous herd of .Jerseys in the world, while we have many breeds of cattle, swine and sheep and other classes of live stock of so high an order that they form a standing temptation to hundreds of our American cousins to come and pay us an annual visit. We are gTad |'ahe l^onga to see tbam oome, and hope tbe day is not far distant when they may come whenever they please and get from us whatever they may choose without having to consalt any one along their border. (Applause.) Twenty years ago we bad next to no cattle fit for shipping ; now we export (iOO.OOO annually to Great Britain and 40,000 an- nually to onr brethren soath of Lake Ontario in the face of a restrictive duty of 20 per cent." CHKISTIMK MII,8M>R A* HOMK. inc it» The OhariuiuK Songbird's Bridal Bower In the Fashionable District of Londoi^ (Olive Logan in tbe New York Mail luid Cx|iress.> The home of Christine Nilason in Ken< sington court is one of the most luxnrioul bonbonieres in London. It may really bo looked upon as her bridal bower, tot previously she occupied ahonseiuBelgraviaf which, though very fine and expensive, wa« uot half Eo charming as the beautiful nert in which the nightingale now reposeH. | made one of tbe diva's company at her la reception and pasaed an hour or two ( that unalloyed enjoyment which it in oo- oaeionally given us mortals to experienca. The world -renowned songstress re<:eive3* me with engaging and hospitable warmtbr at the door of her drawing-room, an apart' ment crowded with artistii; furniture, richly carved and gilded, embroidered draperietf and an almost indescribable quantity d$ rare bibelots. A gilded cabinet beairin^ her monogram is qoite filled wit exquisite ancient fans, several of which are historic, having belonged to <iaeena and princesses ; a Chickering concert grand piano is partially covered with an unusually fine China crape shawl embroidered U9 uolors, trimmed with a multi-colored frinOS and looped up here and there with rare oi3 silver clasps. Sculptured ivories, buruisbea enamels, an ancient ormolu clock with H0 face set ronnd with costly crystals, wbiu]^ sparkle almost like diamonds, a marhl9 bust of tho diva standing on a buhl labto under the graceful foliage of a palm, and aft least a score of photographs of crowned heads, whose sovereign fingers have offere9 these tribntes, with their autographs, to Christine Nilsson, are a few of the manv . interesting objects upon which the charmev f-. eye of the visitor falls. Tbe Icveljf ^ Queen Mercedes of Spain, the Bna- presses of Rneaia and Austria, tba Queens of Greece, Sweden and Norway^ the Princess of 'Wales, the Duchess OB Edinburgh and many other grea4 ladies bavo given their photoa with auto* graphs ami phrases of admiration to tha celebrated singer. Right well and hapQj[ does the celebrated sougtresa look tu-daji in her dark blue gown of satin- faced suraP| made without train, high neck and with tl4 elbow sleeves which show to auch advaa* tage the white shapely arms. A touch ol pink ribbon and a voluminous cascaJfa oV fine old point lace form an admirable bauk* ground for the wonderful paruro' aS sapphiresand diamonds with which her earfl^ neck,&ngersand arms are adorned. SheloolW haudaomcr now than she did n acore cM yeara ago when Cavanel painte<l that ex-> <iuisite fall length of her as Opiiiiia whicb hangs yonder. " I was yoong and poor then,' she sayV^ stroking her now plump cheeks, and by tiM use of tho word " poor " in the sense ol " thin" showing how great an influence beat American connection has had in formiqtf her English speech, for in England â- poo^ and " lean " are not considered identical iltf meaning With a hearty admiration that has truth ringing in every syllable, ChriA* tine speaks of her fondnexs for America* and b^nratitication in the knowledge th*l# to the Scandinaviaa race, a people, wjw>, more perhaps than any other, assimilate well with omt native.born popnlaiion -. and one can quits easily believu that if she were but oiui ol the many Swedish women who inhabit America, instead of being one of tho great- eat prima donnaawho ever lived, she woul^ like, even almost as much as now she doefl^ the free air and the socially noble institu- tion of tho United States. The fair Christine is uow the CountetB Casa de Miranda, and I waa interested m the personality of her bappy spouNO. Tli« Count is a slender man of middle ago, at about Nilsson's own height, with 'lark complexion, and eyes whicii require a rim- less glaas stuck in one of tbeui only. Iia- measarably proud, and naturally so, tbm good gentleman seems to be af his re- nowned and fascinating wife; and tbM pleasant little daughter, who has brongfaft them together, flits from one parent to dio tw S A FlKht Under Water. A diver named Quintree, says the Lon- don Daily Telegraph, had a remarkable fight with a formidable fish called the boultous or boudro, a kind of shark which infests the Breton coast, at Douarnenez, the other day. According to all accounts Quintree had a narrow eacape, and his own report of his terrible submarine encounter reads likea stanza from Schiller's famous poem, or a page from one of Jules Verne's ' other, as joyous as a bird in the stmshina. romances. The diver, an old salt, waa She is qmte Spanish in her coloring, and employed by tho Government, and in pur- though she has tine black eyes would A Faithful DoK. A faithful little dog saved a young boy called Maher, living in Douglasfield, N.B., the other day, from beirg gored to death by an infuriated cow. The boy was pretty badly hurt as it was. ^ â€" A Plea for Vacation. Ah ! how the editor of a daily newspaper would like to be a beloved pastor or a faith- ful school teacher during this torrid summer. â€" Dayton Journal. The Proper Thatoh. Experience and hot weather have at length convinced the bald-headed man that a oabbage-leaf is less irritating than » brick in tho hat. â€" Pittibury Comlnercial Gazette. The Fateful Hiuumook Now ia the time of year when love's young dream gets jolted all out of shape becanse the hammock lets go. â€" Mi:rchanl Traveler. » Jacob Seligman, of Michigan, is a million- aire and director of nine banks and four railroads. He is less than five feet and went to Michigan twenty-five years ago ^ with less than 9100 in hia pocket. suit of his daily tabor duly descended in a -diving apparatus off the Dooarneoez Pier for the purpose of laying the feandation of an addition to that structure. While he was at the bottom of the sea the men who were working the air pump in the pontoon boat above were suddenly frightened by feehng the alarm signal. They instantly pulled up and brought a large boultous, nearly eight feet long, to the surface. The marine monster's head formed three- quarters of his length and his under jaws were of immense size. Shortly afterward Quintree came up, hia hand on tho air pipe of hia helmet and hia diving appnrataa somewhat damaged. It appears that when he went down to bis work he had scarcely got to the last rung of the Itkdder when he saw the sea monster lying between two huge lumps of rock. He had in his hand only his stone chisel and a hammer, and he intended to go up for a crowbar at once, but the fish was too fast for him. It came toward him through the green water with its enormous jaws wide open. Without losing a moment Quintree managed to wound the animal in the throat with his chisel, and then held it down on a stone while he drew his knife and made a hole in its body, through which he passed a rope and thus seat the fish to the surface. Had it not been for his qnicbness and dexterity the diver, owing to the rents which the fish would make in his apparatus, would have been drowned and then devoured. As it happened, it was the boultous that was not only defeated but eaten, for its body was divided among tbe victor and his comrades, who made a capital bouillabaiue of its prime parts. . ^ Death from a Bee-stlng. A Hartford, Conn., despatch says : Sarah McFarland, aged 19, daughter of the over- seer of the Rookvillo woollen mills, of Rockvillo, was stung on the lip by a bumble-bee on Sunday. The poison entered the girl's system and the body swelled to sii enormous size. Last night she died in awful agony. scarcely be called a beauty. With tho joj of happy motherhood and wifehood gleam- ing brightly from her sapphire eyes. Nils* son herself is a beauty ; and her voice ia the angel's prayer it ever was. Am I oak to be envied 7 I who write to you, sittin|g on a golden divan, by Nilsson's side as sbo sings Sohnbert's Serenade, Nettie (.'arpeo- ter accompanying her on the violin and Ganu at the piano t I will hear no Icsseor vocalizing after that exijoisite dream (St melody, and so departs down tho ' lobelin- tapeatried oak staircaae, past the dinins- room in claret velvet, the dining.room in Spanish leather, the<iuaint hall with otaine^ glass windows, in which stand three men servants in livery, and then out into tfa» prosaic world of spoken speech, tho Queen's highways of Piccadilly, Bond street an9 the Strand. VWae Bconouiy. To do part of to-morrow's work todajf. Living cheaply so that yon can dress weL. Going to law about anything that yoV oan compromise. To employ a botch because he doosnt charge much. Sitting in tba twilight doing nothing in order to save oil. Buying things you don't want just be- cause they are cheap. Marrying yonr daughter to an adventnrex so as to have her off your hands. To take yonr money out of the bank and invest it in a wild-cat scheme. Taking your boy from school and allow- ing him to grow up in ignorance for the- sake of two dollars a week he can earn. A Stony Glare. Pa," in()uired Bobby, who was reading A Social Et< It. Chicago Lady (to oaller)â€" Did you know that Mrs. S. has obtained her divorce ? Callerâ€" O yes ; we received cards yester- day. " The best art patrons In Kahsas City," the veracious Chicago Ni'Wi credits a Kan- sas City artist with saying, " pay so niuclb a foot for pictnres. ,\ good picture â€" one . with plentv of red in it and desirably locatedâ€" will bring -»20 per front foot ; tba average price is $12 per front foot. On* pictures aro divided into two classeeâ€" im- proved and unimproved ; the one framed and the other nnframed. When a gontls- man fancies a picture we let him out offa the paper, " what is â- a stony glare' ?" " It ia tho expression which oomea over a man's face at church," explained the old __ ^_^___ gentleman, " when the contribution box is sample of it (jnat as they do dress good 8)"to held before him and he has neglected to take home with bim to «ee if bis wife likes provide himself with lOoents in change." , the pattern." >e â- H :S t -•» ».;i^5i"