«> AT TD[ STROKE OF ONE ! Altogether it was a vwy curLooa af- fair. He had been paying her svich marked attention for Home time, andslie tad seeiaed only too pleased to receive it. Whether she went, he went too, if possible, and if by any chance he wa. '^^J^ ^â„¢^^ lief saw him coming. He had not seen her, oaid he wa.,'liea in uneuncernedly, and h»?r little start at aurpriae when hecaught ixp to hex was quite perfect. "I waa ha.X afraid I jiiig'ht vaiaa y<ru this morning," he said. "My aant kept me ta.king a long lime over her b\usi- ne&s mattexa." He was stayimg with the atmt, from whom he had "expectations." Jii.ia knew thiil shs was very rich, and had ascen aimed thai he was her not there she was diLll and restless and foand things slow. All the town knew about it, ajid waa oin the tiptoe of ex- pectation for this annoiinceaient. Then, suddenly, without B^jpareni rhymie or reason, he went book to town and there there wns no taiik of any engageonjent. Her Bisters oould not understand it any better than idid the gcesiiKi <^ the town, for from hints she had let fall ttey felt mire that she would not be unwilling to excihange her position of eildest daughter in the large family of a doctor whose practice waa greater in dimensions than in lucxativenesa for the position ol wife to a rising young lawy- "I know you do so much for her. She has often tuld me what a clear head you have for buBinrsa." Juiia threw a glance of admiration at him, and at the same time noticed with saliiifactlan that he was hot and flush- ed, and had evidently hurried to meet her. "A man miist not be muddle headed these days if he mpanx to do any good," returned Roger naturaliy pleased at her little ccimiplim«<Bi. "I don't know what she will do when you have to go away again. I hope it wi'.l not be yet. She wUl be quite lost withoTDt you." and Julia gave a sigh, as if to iinplry that bis aunt would not be the only one to miss him. "Ob, she wiZl be oU right, I hope. Indeed, I had a letter this morning er wltlh expectations. She was not very j from my firm saying that urgent buai young, ekJher; twenty-seven is getting "•"l^'^i'* n<iniTe m« to return this ^^ ' *~"***' '=" J-""''" ~ n^^ "B week to townâ€" to-«norrow d possible, on, and four other grown up aisteia did "jjot so soon!" Julia's tone of regret not Ofipeof to maike one appear any ^and anxiety was realjy genuine. youiig«ir. Besides, aihe "hated helping in | "I'°i afraid so. It is a horrid nuis- fcousehold work and always having to iffjf*. 1*'^'°^ J?*** to leave the coun- +ij„ .„ ,. ,^., , ,, , |ti7. andâ€" and the peop.e here. Roger tJdy up after tiresom* dhildren, and blushed. "1 thimk I never liked it so ogieDl^ declared tihat she would do any- tSiing to get away fjrom it ali. The gossips ot the town w<ere very im^iartiai in tibeir reinai\kB. Tbey said it be hod not proposed to her be ought to Ihave dooe so, after tnairing su^ih an obvious fuas over 'her, and therefore he muet be very mucih to blame, for she oertaiiily would not have said "No," but tbey further stated that Lf he had pro- pooed to ber and ahe had refused him, then ahe was also very much to blame tar h*Tiiic encouxaged him to such an â- ztent. Onre tbung was oertainly clear, (fbat tfaKre ought to hav« been an en- Sagemeot, aod tbiey abook their heads and said they had always before thought lue was such an honorable young man, and no f>irt, while they had also con- sidered ber a very sensible girl, who knew on which aide her bread was but- tered. And there 'was a good deal ot truth in these re/lections. much faefoire." Bqger paused and went a little deeper critneon under his sun- bum. ''Iâ€" we shall mifls yxwi dreadfully," faltered Julio, casting down her eyes. They hod arrive at the top of the long avenue and began t'heir waUi back in si-ence. iCoger waa ihiakii'g. He hardly tnewr how to begin, even with all Julia's help. ' He waa a nervous young man with great ideas of woman's sweetnesB and unselfishness, and he in- dulged In c chivalrous reverence toward t'tie weaker sex which is fairly rare in these days. To him women were ali nutnisterlng ongcts meet to be en- tfhrined in a seu^uded home circle and whoee proper vocation was to make home happy and oil the wheels of life for men. He had got his notions from hie mother who waa a.I this and more 7-a veritable pearl aunong women, and it waa an apt illTistration of the blind- ness of love that he shouid have select- ed Julia Viocars as ohe woman who most neor'or apprua<ihed bus ideal. The minutes pa><aed. Only an odd de- sultory remark was intaroiianged, and the bottom of the avenue waa reached. Yet heâ€" Roger filadceâ€" tvas a young !and yert he had not sp<^rke'n aa she Long- nian wix.lv right intentions, and, he had ^ to hear and as he, too, strove in vain teen ve<y much in lore with her, and I V„'^ '1^1111^'' ""^i u « a . ' J .. T â- • JuLia, though inwardly chafing und- bad wished to marry her, and sheâ€" Ju.ia J er the de^ay vma very quiet, too, hav- Vicoarsâ€" was as food of hion as she could ing a shzewd idea of the purport of his be of anybody, and was not only wai.t- 1 **'J'*?5*- ^ , . , , , , ' As tliey turned again he suddenly drew himseif up and bent toward her, the very words Ireunbling on hia tongue. At that instant the town o.ook boomed oneâ€" decisive, distinct. [Roger started, for the silence had been so deep a mo- ment before, and the words were arrest- ed ere jiukien. "One (I'cilock! Will they be waiting dinner fur youf" he asked. He knew that the doctor's family dined ajt one punotuajy, lor the child- ren bod afternoon school, and he re- membvre*! â€" he waa the very aouL of oonsideraXLon for others â€" that the busy mother hod once told him bow put about the bouseliold was <i dinner were by amy chance late. Hid w-aa one of those well regulated mdjida wluoh never und- er any oircumatancea a.low feelings to run away with them. Julia was at bigh tension, and his question mode her forget herself for a moment. "I don't care if they are," she said, â- iittrpl,y, iwith a little scornful laugh. "Let them wait. I'm tired to death of considering th^m,." The next moment she could have bit- ten bier tongue out, for she saw that she hod mode a falise step. Hoge>r looked at her amazed. Was I this the woman he had endowed with every virtue, who was the unsalfish, de- voted eldest daughterâ€" a second moth- er to hex youngeat sistert LiJke a flash certain hints he had beard whispered about lier, but had disbelieved, came in- to his mind; certain little actions of hers he had seen, but had overlooked, arranged themseivee before his eyes.and she stood before him in a new light. He teuJt as if be hail received an icy cold shower bath and the scales tell froon tus eyes. "At any rate, I ami sure, Mrs. 'Vio- cars would not like me to detain you. I had no idea it was so late, and now I think of it my aunt wiU be expet-ting me," was tb*" answer as he turned hume- waxd decisively. Julia noticed his change of tone, and tried to smooth over her rfap. But it was loo late, and, thougb he made no fun her comment on her remarks, he was jarred to the very core. Her true nature waa revealed tb bim, and she had lost her chance. i\Vhen thej' arrived at her {father's door, he shook hands with her and said: "I think thus is our good-by, Miss Vio- cars. I return to town to-morrow." Long afterward h» confided the tale to tt friend and ended with: "By Jovet I thought a girl who could speak like thot of her home people would not long want to 'consider' a buaband. It was a narrow escape, though." And that waa why "it" neivex caoue off. ing, somewhat impatiently, for the Biomentous question. And this waa bow tbe little town was disappointed of its fa^onable wed- ding. They had been at tbe vicarage garden |)BXty, and he had resolved to get a quiet half hour with ber there, and put the words to hex wbioh bad lain for 4kiya at the tip of his tongue, and yet, â- omehow, he nerer got a chance, though both were willing parties. Onoe they bad really escaped frutn tbe crowd and were strolling towards a sequeated part of the ahrubbery, w\bien the vicax's sec- ond son. a veiry obtuse youth, es- pied them. He waa anxiously looking for a fourth to meike up a good ten- nis set, and rushed up. "I soy. Bloke, make a fourth in this â- K, wiil youf" 1 "I'd rather not, thanikB. I've just teen playing. Find some one else." "I can't find any one good enotigb. Jones is playing on the other side, and we have no one bis equal but you. Do eome, there's a good fellow. I am sure Miss 'Viocars will spare you." 1 "Ohk oertaioly," said Julia; bat if • tone couild be frigid enough to freeze any mortal, the vicar's son would have then and there been turned into solid iee. Her persisted in bis request, and they were obliged to go bauk to the tennis lawn. Howev-er, that evening aa Roger itlake escorted Julia and her sisters the cohort di»tanoe honiM'., be found opportun- ity to say : suppose you wild taike your usual oonstLtutional to-morrow morning in the |iaxk? Perhaps I may see you tbere." Just lately, Julia, usually so indol- ent, had given it out that she had head- aches and required a brink walk every day, and had carefully chosen time and place, so that she mught be likely to accidentally meet tRoger Blake and have bim for a companion. The next moi-ning she dressed herself with unusual care, chose her most be- ouming hat, and went to the extriv.vg- anoe uf putting on her best gloves iind â- hoes- "a lady is always judged ly her g-ioves and shoes"â€" and borrowed her slater's criimsun parasoll, for it was of a newer fasihitui than her own, and, more- over, ilt lent a becdming pink shade to tlfae whole effect. She strolled along toward the park, expecting every mom- ent to hear a maaly ste^ behind her, and a morning greening in the well- known voicei and as «lbe strolled visions of hea- future grandeur occupied her tlhloiightsi, She reeoived that there should be no unnecefwory delay in fix- ing the wedding day. though, of course, â- be mxttit isbnw a little girlish hesitation. Her wedding dress alhouild be white sat- in and â€" yesâ€" her bride..«aBo.id should cer- tainly wear pink, and thiti oh'tldren oould come in, too â€" notihiug ^vas so pretty as cihildren at a wedding, and siuiple lit- tle frocka cotUd \ye easily made at home. fUg^h, how glad she would be to get away from the little brats, with their tver!a<«tlng teasLt)g and noise, and from tihe endless contriving how to moke one doilar do tihe work of five. The folk!« rtiould see Kbe knew how to do the proper thing I The town clock struck twelve, and then tbv quarter, ami she began to Wonder where Roger was and to feel a Htilr aj.iirehensfon, and she mentally abused the vicar's sou tor his tiresome IntexfeTence the day before, for she was certain that Rtiger iwoild have been trough* to the point in the shrubbery. Preeenlty she looked back through the (re^ til the pai''k and to her great re- I PRAYING BICYCLES FOR BUBD- BISTS. To sc greoJt an extent have the Jap- anese adoipted Buropeon methods and models that am enterprising Bkiddhist has adopted the bicycle to seTve the needs of tbe praying wheel aa used by iba followere of his creed. Instead of attaching th** written prayer to tbe custonwry wht*! which is generally tluraed by a convenient stream of run- ning water, the new vxigiue ietto fix the prayer to the hub of thei bicycle wheel, so that the faater the rider can pedal the tieitter he can pray. Although there appears to be a spice of .sacrilege iu the practice, it is apparently catch- ing om. for rumor has it; lh.1t American firms are already prepariug machines with Buddhuit. collect.s eonlxxssed ou the tires, so that the bicycle will become an inatpuiDient of pleaaure and a pray- er-book combioed. A REVOLUTM IN GLASS. ^fEW METHODS OF WORK HAVE LATELY BEEN ADOPTED. eid An »r BIowIbk and Preulas timpr.r- •eded ty B«ernt lavraUan*â€" !«« Limll «• the nUf »r Plpm au<l Jan. What is practically a new art has been developed in France wMhln the past two years. It is a process for working glacis vessels and pipes to large sizes. Tie process is in itself so simple fiat it is hard to realize why it was not discovered years ago. The glass industry is one of tbe oldest known to man and yet ceutiries paaaed and the use of the substance was confined to plates for windows and vessels of small sizes, which was noade by pressing or hlDwingr. Heretofore the glass manu- facturer has conaidered ut an achieve- meut to moke by the odd methods a veasels which would hold more tiiam six galloins. To one of the leading scientists of FraAce 13 due the credit fox tbe dis- covery of the new and valuable process by which glass pipes can be mode to compare in .size and strength with those otiron and eartiienwa. e, and glass ve»- aeils can be manufactured uf any need- ed dinaensioos and fashioned to aimuiit any &bu -i from a simple Jar to a bath- tub or coffin. Thija is done by mould- ing. MOULDING GLA«5. 1%e problem, oX mouldiiog glaes Is aa old one that many ingeuioua men tried in vain for years to aoive. The best illustrations that can be given of this successful process is Che casiimg of a section of a drain pipe. The cylindrical mould i3 placed in an upright puaitioo, with a core at tbe luwer eiad ready to be siboved up>ward. A large lump of tbe molten glass is then placed in the bottom of the mould nuiliintf on the head of tbe core. When tbe cure is pushed upward the viscous substance Clows down about us sidesk filling ail tlw spaoe between it and tbe mould. Tbe glaw is aUow ed to harden partiaily, and then the core is withdrawaand tbu uwMii.d s(iliit off. Tbe product la a spicjodid piece uf glass pipe, umfunn in atrenguta and thickness, and perfectly »uu>toh on its surfaces. All the other furuiN into which the glass is worked are made on yreciseily the .some principle, that of forcing tbe core upward into a muuid. By thus method is attained what has hitherto tieen un- known in glass vesbeU â€" uniformi Atrvnvtii. and thickneaa. The oid nieihodtt of expandinii tbe glass in a mould by air vi fcrcing it into a uuDuld about a core have proved utterly impraciicaible iin any vusels other than those a few cubic feet in size, tar wiheu in the foimer process, the glaos blower places his sphere of the viacuussubstauux! un a square mould and blows, the gloss necessarily ex- pands unevenly in filling the oornei-a. It ia obvious tiiot glials must in the future occupy an enonmousky extended field of usefulneas as a result of this revolutiom in tbe art ot manufaotur- iog it. It ptnsisses four ((uakities which iOHure tbi»-it is cbeaf), impervious to all ocidt except b^drafluoriic, cleanly, aod, if property cared for, it ia prac- tically inde&truutible. GLA/^ DBAU4S. < No better nnitary drainage can be conceived than that which will be af- forded by gloru pipes, irun pipes rust out, and the glaze on clay pipes, now NO generally used, cracks, and ttie pipes absorb the refiuse matter flowing throQgh them and l:)ecume 'unhealthy. Again the prubtenn of .sewage will be Krtatly simplified. 't%e sewers in most cities are suupdy brick ducts. They cuDr .stantly get out of repair, as the brick and mortar absorb the sewage and con- sequently decay. Gloss sewers will be absolutely unaffected by these oondi- tionis and will allow the passage of a greater volume of sewage than any other kind of duct of e<jiuil cross sec- tion, .since tbe skin friciion is very smail. France ha^ twen the first coun- try to utilize gUuss for this purpose, for alseady several of its ciities are lay- ing glo'SM pipes. A decade ago there was great oppo- sition in large cities to tbe introduc- tion of electricity an a means for trans- miitimg energy, llhis aruee in part from tbe fact that the heavy currents which traverse tbe earth as a conse- quence destroy by the process of elec- trotysis tbe irvn pipes with which they comi! in contact .T.b« fact th.it the elec- trolysis does occur is well known, and the pecuniary loss caused to gas and water companies is not small. ^ON-CON DUCTOHtf. teries huve been a foot ia cube, a size greatly inadequate for the proper working of a large battery. GLABS BATH TUBS. Consequently the electrioians buve been compelled to use large vessels made of wood lined with lead. These are difficult to keep clean and to insu- late pri>perly. The grea/, glass tanks which have lieen put .a use recently have pr-jved admirabily suited to tbe purpose. OS they are clean, afford ex- cellent insulation t^nd are absolutely impervious to tbe acids used in the Iwtteries. Potter'- will find in glass a power- ful rival, for the latter will supersede it in ail works where chemicals are used, in canning and pickle factories and creameries. Heretofore the manu- facturers of che>nic.i4ia have used clay [lots glazed inside. Quantities of these are destroyed yearly by the powerful acids. In handling many uf these acids it ha« Ijcen necessary to use tubs of platinum, a very c-ostly metal. As gla«» tubs cuji now lie m<)ulded, these primitive vessels uf earth must of ne- cessity to tbe post. , Thi. Rlans bathtub, too. is a novelty. The fault-s of iron and porcelain when used for this purpose axe well tnown. Gla/» tu,bs will be cleaner and stronger than porcelain, and can be used also for sulphur leihu. It ia saiil that the influ«'uce of this glai^ revolution will extend even to the undertaJcer. for the gla/9B coffin is a poesibility â€" N.Y. Sun. DONALD THE DEER. Oe Was Ike PM •! a Fmaaaii BrltUh Mrgl â- sent. "Donald," the deer, was for several years the pet of the "Auld Forty-T\va," the blstoric regimeat of Highlanders known as tbe Block Watch. He went with tbe regiment to Dublin, where one day. without any previous train- ing, be took his piece at the bead of the troops aloogaide of tbe sergeant- major, and marched with them where- soever they went. He did not care for nuinoeuvres and evolutions and u-as often a mile away, feeding, while the Lroups were drill- iag ; but when the time came for going home be wan always found at bis imjsI. When the regiment had tbe duty of guarding the castie, Donald went with thttn, making his way through the dense crowd of Dubkin idlers as one who could take care of bimnelf . Once a rou^b offende dbiin. Donald instant- ly singled out the man and chased bim through the crosvd. Fortumueiy for bim/seif. the rough escaped, fox Donald hod an iui|>leasant way of using his antlers, which though cut, were still formidable. Donald had several infirmitiee. The TERROR IN MIDAIR. klee DenerlbiM the lleaitaUeBS ef a Pint Leap frem a Ballonn. "Circus life basics incidental dait- gers, as I found out in my experience of more than half century under fba can/vas." The speaker was Dan Rice^ the veteran clown and circus propri- etor. "One of tbe dangers I encount- ered was recalled by a paragraph in a paper the other day about an aeron- aut being killed in making a jump frocn a balloon »vitb a parachute, f had a oarrow escape from a similar death. "I was always willing to act as gen- eral emergcnicy man, to do any woriD and fill any plaoe in any circus witb which I have been connected, and, \a auch cases, have been in inominent' dan- ger many a time. I have been in grave dangiir of t^ing devoured by lions, crushed by elephouits, and 'skinned* alive by candy butchers and other en^ ployeea who handled my money, but the occurreni'e I aon about to relate wae a.s initexeaiing as anything in my^ career. "I believe I was the first circus pro- prietor in the '^rld to employ a pro- fessional to make a balloon a.scensinn and a parocbtue jump prior to eacb afternoon perfurmauce, picking up an aeronaut named Ed Billings. "Now Ed was a good aeronaut, eiv- tirely devoid of fear, and made leaps with the parachate from greater heights than had ever l>een made be- fore. The only trouble was that SA was too jovial, and at times DRANK T(X) MUCH WHISKEY. More than once I had spoken my mind to bim. on the subject, and, as be did not heed my remarks, I made every. preparation for oâ€" ortunely advertis- ing my ciruus on the day when ha should in the natural course of events tall from bis Liallooa or parachute an<l be killed. Wiib the same foresight I made a study of aeronaut i>» and parachute, leaping, until I felt com- peten/t to fill bis positiun when mada vacaot. The occasion for my services cam^ at White Water, Mich., when, at ascension time, Billings lay under a wagon suffering from, 'sick headache.' "When it become evident, that I must make the ascension and jump, f did not hesitate, Int, donning a tinsel suit, eni tared the car and began my first jour- ney skyward, amid a ohorua of half- suppressed exclamations ol admira- tion frum an immense throng of .spec- ttutore. As 1 saw the earth dropping frxm me ami the human forms belovu growing shorter and :>maller, until si^diers of onotiier regiment, the Bays _ __ annoyed him and the deer declared I Tbey appe~ixed~iiku~The 1 1 nest, "insects, war a«aiu.st all of thtitt. So thorough- t contrived to maintain my nerve, and, ly did he buck bus declaraiiou that no, leaning over the edge of the liasket. bay trooper woiUd cross Uie square! or .-ar, bravely i brew kisses to the ga^ without making sure that Donald waa, in« crowd Ijeueu^h. When 1 had as- not around. 1 cended nearer heaven than I had even On the march from one town to an-) been before â€" aav 1,201) or 1,51X) feetâ€" J other. Donald would becume footsore | prepare<l to iua.ke my maiden leap, be-i and get out of temperâ€" then woe to ^ ing pariiLiularly careful that my ever^ the hustler in tbe stalde-yard who monememt should liie seen by the crowd interfered with bink after a tiring day's I of .'spectalcrs away down beneath 00 marub I the earth. ' 'Donald had another failing, a great "After oi time il nulled open the likine fur alcoholic liquids," writes Ar- j escape valve of tbe baltooo, which slow- chibold b'orlies in his history of tbe ly begain to descend after remaining Blaok Watch, "His particular °wani- stationary for a l>rief moment. Then ties' were wliislcey and sherry. At Lim- ' I clutched the trapeze l>ar, which waa erick, as houq as the officers' dinner- j attached to the parachlate, kissed m^ pipe .sounded, be mode bis way to tbe ; hand, to tbe expanse of upturned faces mt-se-roum windows, w^hJcb were on tbe ground duor, in seurub of strung drink until at length a .severe fine bad to be enforced on any one giving it to him." When tbe regiment went to Corfu I below, shut both eyes and made a bold jump out into space, and .shot like an arrow earthward. My feelings ai that critical moiiienil can best be described one of all-gonenes9, but grimly and it was arranged that Donald should ; desperately I diitched the oar rn mj» have the run of a nobleman's parit, | hand, and, with as bis temper made it inexpedient for wpy HEART IN MY MOUTH the pet to acct^mpany the troops to a.c.tvxi a laiwl of ntrungera. Ue was tied, pull lULxiously awaited (he sharp l«uap- into a cart and carried off, bleating ping sdjud which would announce tbe pitifully and even shedding tears. In tbe nobleman's vark be sought out-of-the-way piaoes anil declined in- tercourse with maiQ or beaet. He at- tacked all who a^>|>ix'acbed. and finally hod to be shot. I be .seiiaralion from, his beloved trDoi>erB made bim a pes- j .simiBt. 1 A SANITARY CENSUS^ This trouble will be done away with by the introduction of gloss pipes which will be totally unaffected by electrical currents, as gia&s is a nun-ixinduci or. The actual truujsmissiloin of electrical energy underground will lie rendered easier and cheaper. At present when wires eure carried underground 1 hey are encased iu iron pipea which magnetize with the ultitunte result of causing a resistance to the passage of the cur- rent in the wire itseif. The loss of 011- ergy resulting is considerable. This trouble will be elikninated by the use of glass pipe, the non-conducting pro- perties of which ufcirranl ita introduc- tion to this fieild. It is expected to prove of particular value im protecting wires carrying high tension currents. It is interesting to note that a glass the suuue size and strength as an iron pipe con 1% bad at almost tbe same cost. The manufacturers of electrical stor- age batteries have hailed the new pro- cess with doHght since one of the knotty i>rt.>bleni,s they have had to deol with has wen that of pcetting suitat/.e vessels for the immersuiiu of the lattery plates. The largest gU.sa jars thot have been ml»de in this country for storage bat- Vreat VndertaklBK or Ike PnrlHiaa Itaanl •r Heallk. A gigantic work is being undertaken by tbe board of health of I'aris, which I is taking a census of all Parisian dwell- I ings and buildings from a sanitary standpoint. This work was begoiii on Maroh 1, 1894, and wiU not be completed until 19(10. The census is taken on cards and in a peculiar way. Ota each cani are the following facts: 1. A short detH.'riptiutt of the building, comprising a sketch or diagram indicating the .sit- uation of tbe drainage, cesspools, con-' nect iuns with the wateir mains, gas 1 mains, etc.; 2. a statistical list iodicat- i ing the deaths in the houses from ordin- d«vtb. ary maladies, as well a.s from infectious 1 and. taking ut.v diseases; 3, a record of all actions of the board of health having become ne- cessary in the particular building in the course of time, and indicating whe- ther and how, disinfections became ne- cessivry and were performed by the board of heiUth ; 4, the results of analy- sis of air. water and dust which ta.iy have been made in the respective build- ing. All this information given on tbe card is contained in an envelope for eiu'b bouse, which is iiuiiibered and hears the lutdress t»f the particular building. Envelopes for new buildings axe added as they are being constructed the architect being requirexl to fill out the necessary blanks, and in this way an immense mass of valuable informa- tion is kept In a comiiaratively small epncei These cards are kept up to date, iind all sanitary information is referred to and disinfecting expeditions (wtier- eil by the bi.xi.rd of health in the slums make their reports to this office. A number of employee of this particular office axe detailed to go to certain dis- tricts known as unheallby to complete phins of some propert ies which are miss- inlg from the list and to gather other infomaatioo in the respective districts. .\t t he present time complete statistics for 35.000 houses and )»artial .statistics for 14,000 more are filed in t his office. opening of the parachute. But the sound did not come. Great Go<l 1 howi the seconds fleiwl by. and still ihe ac- our.se*! ciuiivas did not open. Though) darting earthward fatally, hope did not desert me. "My mind, under the excitement, be- came untisually active, and, as I lot>k- ed l)elow aaul saw the earth rapidly ap- proaching, 1 concluded that my chance of eecape from figuring as the chief object: of initerest at a fl.ineral was too small to menition. I re.si>lve<l that myl death shai.ild be the best advertisement Dan Rice's circue ever received,. Iiui the thouRht of how well the show' wa.s pre- pared to herald the sad event far and neikr was poor consolation at that mo- ment." "ii^ddeiUy the sharp, .snapping sound rails' upon my ears. Thank God 1 the I»racbute had opened I was sived and thai, too, at the last possible mo- menit. My descent w.s.s at once check- ed, and ibe earth was noti :JOI) feet awoy It w.-is with assuimed ease that I finally landed u'pon the gixnind, .and I doubt if any. save the cin:la» people, in that great crowd knew bow near I had tjeen to death." v. "When Dilling.s subsequently learned of my i>e.rliaus leap with the( parachute ind narrow lescaiie from a terrible ho come with tears in his eyes baud, vcnve<l that he would never again tou-h intoxicant. He wns trtie to his vow, and remained in my emjiloy ujiitil his detith from na- Dural causes several years later. .\1- ways I have been a stickler for tem- pwr-ate habits un Ihe part of my ein- piovees of all kinds, ami on settling wiili them always made an allowance 01 money for these 'who had refrained from overindfulgence in strong drink. As a redjlt I had Ijelteir control over my comim-ny ilioin hod the average circnis proprietor. If yctu want .sol)ri- erty to prevail ia a circus, or anywhere else for that matter, make it an object tto the people to keep sober." ; BIG PRICES FOR STAMPS. BouB rtceni 'high prices paid for postage stamps in London were: Mold- a.via. 81 paras, 841)5; Tuscany, 8 lire yel- low. $31)0; St. Vincent, ti pence, yellow- green 8it0; Reunion, 30 cents, first is- sue, $250, for Ik>i h a used and an unused 8i)e<'iiii.?ii; Newfoundland, 2 pence, car- mine $190; 4 pence, carmine, 9iM: New Uruusw'ck, 1 .r^bii.ling. violet, $100; Oreat Brilain, I penny, back, $IUU, and a strip of three, Queensland, 2 penny.blue, 1390.