The mug drawing-room was almost dark; the shutters had not been opvned; the furniture remained as it had stood when the brilliant assembly of the previous evening had broken up; the iarsfe fireplace was full of ashes; the atmosphere was deadly 001d. Courthope 51001 in the streak of light which entered with him. Upon the floor, crouching her cheek leaning against the iower part of her father’s picture. was Madge King. She was dressed in a blanket coat; mocassins were upon her feet; a fur cap lay upon the ground beside her. At the instant of his entrance she lifted her bare beadand across the face flushed with tears and prayers there flashed the look of haughty intolerance of his presence. She had thought that be .m locked up in one of the kitchens; dhe told him so. intensely offended that he should see her tears. It was far that reason that she did not rise or come to the light, only commanding wanted to harm you.†He spoke re- PMCMully. knowing instinctively that n «he. nitiad him. she woulld accept his pmachfully, knowing â€she pitied him, she pity- “ on have harmed us enough a1- mody," she sighed; “all the rest of our silver, all my dear father's silveris gone. We found that out thismorn- lug. for what we had used for the feast had been put in a basket unti‘l we could store it away; it is all taken." He was shocked and enragedtohear a! this further Ines. He did not at- in last night.†he said. "Don't. you think that you would have had some perception of it last night. if I had been! entirely unworthy? Think what an utter and abominame villain Imust be to have accepted your hospitalityâ€"to have been 8‘0 very happy with you-†So he went on appealing to her heart from the sentiments that arose in his V'" â€V Madge listened only for a reasonable E period; she rose to her feet. “I must 8. on snow-shoes three miles to the nearâ€" x ,1 est house which belonged to a. couple a of perish: priests, where she would he i 11 certain of obtaining a messenger to n carry the news of the robbery to the Â¥ telegraph Station. She could not the n brought even to discuss the advisabil- ‘ o ity of her journey; Morin could not be" 0 sent, for the servants and Eliz would g go mad with terror if left alone. § "Do Courthope‘s meghnation her journey seemed to be an abandonment ‘ of herself to the utmost danger. It i between the two houses she failed to i make progress over high drifts and against a. heavy gale, what was to him- der her from perishing? Then, too. 1'. there was that villain. who had seemed 1 to stalk forth from the isolated house i afar into the howldmg night as easily as the Frankenstein’s demon, and might even now be SkULKiIIIg nearâ€"a darngerous devilâ€"able to run W‘heraii others must trudge toi'lsomely. Madge. it seemed ’had only come to l pulse still remained. an under-current oicalm. a knowledge that his will and the power of the world were at one. such as men only feel when they yield themselves wholly to some sudden con- version; but above this newâ€"found. faith the crossâ€"currents of strife now, broke forth- again. Thu-s he ragedâ€"â€" "\Vhat “ms the use of my coming. here! VVh'y should the Fates have sent me here if I cannot go this er- mmd for mu. or if I cannot go with! $588ng heâ€"vdisoussimg ‘ her own‘ ety with her risoner. Very curl-i1 on"; me the co ict in her face; her; strong natural companionablenessher} mspioiom of hi » and her sense of the: dignity which er situation demanded, contending together. It seems easner to her to disregard his words thanto i? all the answers which her vary-g fag feelings would prompt. . She wast: tying on a. mink cap by Winding a: £8; fl 8' i: a. '3' >1 {3‘ CD 9: a. 7 "Miss Madg I Miss King! It is per- fectiy intolerable! Itâ€"it is intoler~ able!" He stepped nearer ashe spoke! A thought came over him that even? the conventional title of “Miss"which; he had given her was \vhdily inappro- priate in a situation aostrong-that he and she. merely as man and woman. as rational beings, were met together in a. wiflderness where conventions were hilly. “I pannot allow you to rink £11.11: life 1:11 this way.†There was a we emphasis In his words: he felt. the natural authority of the protector a? thettender thing to be protected. intirhate authority Wthh stress of circumstance may give. She dropped her hands from tying the scarf under her chin. returning for ' words a flock of mingled curiosity, isio'n, and distrust. Qmok as she looked upon him. his min‘d's eye looked upon himself; there ‘Jv F'vâ€"‘â€"â€" ‘7‘ he stood in grotesque undress. bound around with the cords of an extraordiâ€" nary disgrace... He blamed hdmcelf at the Went for not having ha".- hiq hair at me rerently. for he knew that it FREAK n with: her; he with h-i’mzse‘lf. as when you let me he said. “Don't you: was full of ashes; was deadly 001d- the streak ofli‘ght Lh him. Upon the her cheek leaning part of her father’s WIWJ- -â€"._._ . ‘ I .r‘ at eloquent pleadlng, O‘D-Y mat P, we 1 9 enter. He we J; liberty to make 0 “,0qu n t 1 - or or com nion. ' . L ‘0 9X9 3 D8 . pafl “is tblnk what she. I the injured hear . Angry too. am upon his heart be_*pxcwn, she turn - saw her, as she :\ nf love. That im‘ ' 93, pair at gm: stood in a. Wiid shook above his neauw andhe felt thaizit dangled in his eyes. Then a. gust of emotion rose and choked his utterance, momentary .deâ€" moccasins, which, after the ï¬rst 13““ ting on, bad relaxed with the warmth of the feet. Her business-like prepa- ratio-m for the road maddened 1mm. "Don't you see," said be, “what (115- n-rqna tn“ are heaving 1190111 me? " †he believed What he said. “\Vhy haven’t yoq the :courage to act upon your commotion? iYou .will never regret it." , : "mm qu that she saw you (1‘11â€a distinctly." E1112 1% a [‘1‘le 13 a lll|1\: a. .-_._ that arose within him, but what he said was, "Your sister is excitable and n-“rvouq; she saw the thief undoubt- edly. and by some miserable freak of fortune he may have resembled me." “Dona that. seem at all likely 9" “\VeH, then. there was no resem- blanoe. and she fancied 113-" u, k + Uiailw. uuu Fault: luJJUqu w. Withou reheating. "I must go~there is nothing else to be done. Do you think I would stay hare whqn 3 day might make all the difference 1n recov- ering the things which belonged to‘ my father? Do you think that [am going to lose the things that; belonged to him just because I am too much of a. coward to go out and give the alarm ?" She walked away from him recreâ€" Iutcly. but the thought of the lqst treasuries and all the dearhgemorps that in her mind were identiï¬ed WILh them seemed to overcome her. She drew her hand hastily across her eyes. and than to his dismay. the sorrpw for her 208.3 emmhzasized hex: wayermg belief in his guilt; for the. ï¬rst tune he realized how strung it wag?» Imxmlled by emotion she turned afgam and came Shrinkingly back into 11.13 presenge. "1' Ln 99A “5‘ mnnï¬ncln‘ï¬nf‘ â€n11 Qhï¬ 'w‘ ' Wu‘.° .J ‘M‘J‘. n†w 'w L ‘.‘I have not reproach-ed you.†she Said. "because I thought it wcuid be mean in case you had not done it: but â€Seems that you must have done it. ‘vVoru't. you tell me where the other man has taken our things? They canâ€" nqt be of any value to you compared W'lth their vaiue to us; a‘nd.oh, indeed Iwould much rather give you as much hmn‘y as you could possiblymake out of thus‘m, and more too, if you wonid only tell me which way thifs map lh‘as gage.-;{1dm§eï¬'dw;;o\rdwto him that he mugt give them back! I Will pledge you my; wogfd of _hornqr that-†1“ I j J vforwgthe â€f“! {“317 ‘t'ngi'eu Vliae gas offpnded Wlth her. He stepped back ‘Wlth a gesture 9f ggride, which 3.11.3: 111%ngth v- 3-‘ - he saw she had construed into unwtll- mgme‘as to,give the booty up. “I could promise to give you the money; I could promiee that you should not be tracked and arrested. I have enough in the qavings-bank of my own that I could get out without our iawyer or momma knowing. and You don't know how dear, how very dear, everything that belonged to father is to Eï¬iz and me. If you wait here tied until my stepmother comes; she will not give any mae-ney to get the things back; she wens-d not care if you kept them: so long as she could punish “'15;er word of her gentle pleading made the inqu’lt deeper and more gross. and tho. fact; that qhe was whqshe W.“ Ointy ma"!!! the hurt to 113% pride. the enter. He mm-iid not anmver; he would not explain; he would let her think what she. liked; it is the way of the, injured heart. ’ no 1 I I _ __ - Angry too. and confirm-0d in her susâ€" picizcon, she turned proudly away. He saw her, as she crossed the hall. take up a pair of snow-shoes that. she had loft leaning against the wall, and with»- out further farewell to any one turn wward the front door. me «mow-Shoes. Keep my horse and my watch and my luggage, as surety that I moan what I gay. I cannot romise that. I cam get back the silver 3 mm the other man, but I will (lofar lmore than you can do. I will do more Wham any one else could do. If it is iwithin my power I will bring it back H" knew then what he must do. \Vithout inward debate, without even weighing what hiq act’s ultimate cun- squencgs Amigpjt be, he follgwgd her. “I will do what you aak. I give you my word of honorâ€"«and there is honor. you know. even among thievesâ€"that I will do all in my power to bring back everythingï¬hnt by; been stolen. Give: 'V_v~ â€"â€" â€" â€" you know. even among thievesâ€"that I. He was forced to leave her thus. will do all in my power to bring back By a miracle of determination, as it everything that has been stolen. Give seemed. be freed his right shoe and me snow-shoes. Keep my horse and made slow and Weary strides forward. my watch 341d my luggage 83 surety f He saw that he had exaggerated the that I mean what I say. I cannot width of his snow-shoes. but his grog- promise that I can get back the Silver ; Tess now was still made upon the plan from the other man, but I will do far of keeping his feet wide apart. al- more than you can do. I will do more though not too wide for motion. He then) any one else could do. If it is;knew that this was not the right within my power I will bring it back ; method: he knew that sign peered at to you." 1 him between her fingers and was more She considered for a. little time convulsed W‘th laughter at his every whether she would trust him or notJStBP- Ht} was thankful to thinkothat It seemed curiously enoughthat from i â€1'3 fall‘flg flakes must soon begin to first to last she had never distrusted -: 013601179 1115 figure, but he did not dare her first instinct with regard to his ; to try another plan 0f walking While character, but that her child-like be- " she watched, lest sheshould see him lief that in the unknown world allgStOP 8871.111. things were possible, allowed her to (To Be Continued.) believe also in his crirgminalhty. ngw __,_ that he had, as she t oug t. ma e 15 confession and promised restitution, it A LAZY DOG' was perhaps the natural PIOdIiCt, ï¬t I want to speak to you about that her conflicting thoughts and feehngs dog: you sold me, said the small many ithat she should trust to his oft-.re- \Vell, he's all there, ain't he? l % peated ovowu. and make the pactlorn Yes. But you toLd me he was a hunt- lwg'ii hcï¬i' t It th 11 ' izmg dog' m‘ d, , e 1 no com-su erorms;per-‘ I): oumeanto"+ ' ihaps she knew thatwshe would 1only saidJ? y con Gt What 1 provoke their 09903! 10m 01' per 303 Not for the word sir. Not to t $116 knew thi’ft they WODId only be 100 iworld. But I waldéo so far as to 82?; glad to get rid of the man they feared. .71 didnt' understand that his specialt; cari for nothing but the actual was tg I . isafeitlg of the lives in the household. sieephg mg a pace to he down am iShe brought him his coat and cap and also a man's mocassms and snowâ€" POTTERSBIâ€"YIW'S MSTAKE tshoes. \Vith a courage that, because isomewhat shy and trembling, evoked What became of that Samuels gir all the more his admiration. she un- that Pottersby was flirting with las i tied the first knot of his rope. unwound stumimer? - -. tthe coil. and then untied the last imgt. You .mean. the “girl that_ rqttersb; The process was slow, because of the trembling of her ï¬ngers, which he felt but could not see. She stood resolute. milling him dress for the storm upon the thresholri of the door. He did not know how to strap on the snow~shoes. Rhaâ€" “Latch-e": his ï¬rst attempt with VG “-ul 2"."’"'_ " U! y but a. in tbiq a bound an hear with them by seem the pain 0 medulzty returning to her eyes. Vtâ€"v She dimeted- him how the the straps; she com/11 him, incmaeing anxiety self in her face. ‘O Q L The snow was so 11gnL um.» snow~shoes sank some four inches. It was just below 1‘ that he had tied‘his stxzapg. 8 uuwv uv --w\. _ _ he first moved forward 1) one shoe on the top of the had not expected this; he 1 further progress was bounds of possibility. For minute he stood. his bank j his face turned to the i111 gion of driftg and feathmg’ ‘U‘ â€Vt He 1'9de the door open now again csharply, and he felt. certain, yes. cer- tain. that the lasso was on its way through the air; this time he was not going to submit. As men do unthinkâ€" ingly what they oould in no way do 'by thought, he found himself facing the door. his snow-shoes truly inextricably mixed with one another. but still he had turned round. There was no rope. no Morin; Madge was standing alone upon the outer step of the porch, her face afL’xme with indignation. ‘ -‘v .â€" __ _ “T1133 is either perfect folly or you have deceived me,†she cried. “ I shall learn how to use them in a minute.†he said humbly. He um conscious: as he spoke that. his twisted legs made but an unsteaz'ly pedestal. that the. least puah would have sent hlm headlong into the drift. " How could you say that you would go?†fh'P: agkod fiercely. .. “-1- .AI Ho looked down at his feet as school- boys do when childnen. but for another reason. The question as to whether or not he, could get his snow-shoes headed again in the right direction Vz'ofghgd liko lgad gpon his hem. ("JIIEUIUIL‘ (15 UK} 5W3!) L'u‘anv 1.1“.) ; -â€"â€"- 19813 made hilt an unsteaz-iy pedee’t'il‘ peaxn ‘ports. There are no startling in-‘i 1 i that the. least pmh would have sent novatione from a structural standpoint him headlong into the drift. . " HOW could you say that you W'Ollld and no effort W111 be made to plaoe her 80 2" She asked fiercely. at the front of the fleet that are known He looked down at his feet as school- as o-oean gmyhounds. Nevertheless , her boys do when children. but for another engine capacity will be sufficient. it reason. The question as to whether . - or not he could get his snowâ€"shoes is believed, to take her across the Atâ€" heeded again in “the right direction lainutio in four days. The present time weighed like lead upon hlS heart. rd is a little more than five days ‘ “I tho ht that I could walk upon , these twigs," he said, and he added, and. four hours. The total combined yvith such determination as honorafly- horse power of the Oceanic will be 45% mg for shame only knows. “and I 1““ 000. That of the Lucania and Campan- 'alk on them and do your errand. ‘ .13 is 18,000. She will have three sets of A Freak of Cu id ; i J , . . , W’ith that, by ogrefully untwisting ? u'zple expansmn engines, the capamty his legs. he facedexgain in the right 10f each of which will be 15,000 horse 9‘3?"me .bl‘lt. he?!“ Elfl‘ed hm right gpower. She will also have three screws, 4'... h k - A- _- â€"MAI\I\J‘“ foot ‘roo high in the untwisting promos. he found that the slander tail of its SHOW"~S‘zhOB stuck down in the snow. setting the shoe pointing SkYVViLI‘d and his toe, tied by the thongs. held W‘iï¬â€˜ onor about a foot above the snow. He tried to kick, but the shoe became move firmly imbâ€"edded. He lost his bn lance, and only by a wild fling of his body. in which his arms went up into this-4 air. did he regain his upright posi- tion. The moment of calm wbivh suc- OEé‘ffiEd produced from him another re- mark. “ It seems to me. that you have got me now in close-r bonds than before." As he spoke he turned his glance bark- ward and saw that comment of his was needless. 'oot too high in the untwisting prrorrees. . , t re found that the slender tail of its one more than the usual equipment. :now~ehoe stuck down in the snow, Therefore, although a much higher setting the shoe pointing Skyward and t sea. speed than that now contemplated , Ins toe, tied by the thongs. held prie- is quite practicable from an engineer- mer about a foot above the snow. , . . . He tried to kick, but the shoe became mg Dom’c of mew. ut has been deter- nore firmly imbâ€"edded. He lost his mined as far as possible to aim at a 'm 113*“09' an}? 0111113};1 .by a wild fling of. 11:3 regular 'Wednesday morning arrival. nocy. in w 1c 13 :1.er wen up mo . 1 r ’ ~ , the air. did he regain his upright posi- ! both. in New her}; and 1n Lmerpool tion. The moment of calm whivh suc- imakmg the â€1511 Channel and Queens- :eefled produced from him another re- 3 town by daylight, and enabling passen- mark. igeps who may be traveling to p-laoea " It seems to me that you have 80$ i beyond the port of arrival to proceed me now in cloee-r bonds than before." to and in the majority of cases reach AS he 890k?» he turned his glance bapk- ! their destination with comfort during ward and saw that comment of his the day. At the same time the vee- Wï¬‚ï¬ [19631068. 991 is to be so constructed that the mo- The girl had atlast yielded to lan‘zh- tion of. even the winter seas will not ter. Worn out, no doubt. by‘a 10“? ' be felt with anything like the severity COHiTï¬llde eXCiiP-mï¬nf. laughter had i that ordinarily afflicts those who traw- now entirely overcome hear. Leaning ‘el in winter by steamship. It is expect- her her-1d on her hand and her shonl- ed that the service of the Oceania will der against a pillar of the porch, she b9 continuous. regardless of seasons. was choking vmhly from head. to foot To read the dimensions of the Ooean- and he effort she made to keep the io hardly gives an adequate idea of her sound of her amusement wisthin cheek tremendous size. H31- model shows that only seemed to make its hold upon her she will be beautifully proporï¬onedend entire being "19“? abSOIUteg -_ _ ‘80, like a very large man offline 1’th‘ But she did not make the slightest (reply. Her face was crimson; the rip- plea of her laughter went over her whole form as ripples of wind over a. yogntg tm._ †I don't wonder you lauv'h. †he said {38111157 beginning to laugh himself a I e I want to speak to you about that dog you sod me, said the small man. “’9 l, he's all the-re, ain't he? } Yes But you toLd me 11.3 was a hunt- imgdog Not for the wor‘lrL sir. Not- for the world. But I will go so faa' as to say 71 didnt' understand that his specialty was hunting a place to lie down and sleep Ln. YOu mean. the girl that Pottersby. thmght he was flirting with? She: married mm. “Gaddles is a. remarkable man." “In what way ?" “Eb uses our telephone withom; making led pencil marks on the wall while he is talking." succqed of m- ITHE BIGG Mammoth Ocean Floailng Land She Would Oversh: Seven flu take place next J an- is time she will New York and her and Her launching will nary. A year from th‘ be voynging between Liverpool, Contrary to custom. name has been selected in advance. this queen of the ocean will bear on of “the Great Eastern. Her depth will be little more than 50 feet. her mean draught being 25 feet. and her beam LLZ... In.‘__ a “mine less than 83 feet. In this lat- ferior of tar respect only is she the in ithe Great Eastern. 1 While the speed. power of the Ocean- in will be tremendous, the ship will be built for the purpose of affording 'orto {staterooms will give that one improve- !ment for which trans~Atlantio travel- ers have in vain sighed-plenty of room. The additional space which the greatly increased size of the vessel will afford is not to be utilized toward increas- ing: the number of staterooms. as much 1 as toward making the state-1 rooms larger. It will also be possible for a traveler to secure a room to h‘imr- self. In fact. the Oceanic will be arâ€" ranged as greatly as possible upon the basic principle of a great modern hot- lei. not the floating hotel that so many advertise. but the bona fide article. NO STARTLING INNOVATIONS. In very many respects the Oceanic will merely beanenlarged counterpart of the Teutonic and Majestic. two of the most popular passenger steamships a that ply between New York and Euro-- â€'1; ’ Her promenade deck is three blocks long. There is almost sufficient space to play a game of baseball, and certain- lly handball could be played Without difficulty. It is among the plans of the : builders of the boat to so arrange a _ portion of the deck that golf can be hat played thereon. Twenty-one lifeboats, each capable of carrying 45 persons. ‘ will be secured to davits. on each side mt“ of her upper works. The Captain, or whatever officer may be upon {the I bridge, will have a promenade of an ‘eighth of a mile when he wishes the the exercise. There will be as much room 3.33 i in the main saloon as in an ordinary- autyi th L 5 ea er. . . and! Regarding her fittings 3 representa- ltive of the White Star Line. to which lshe will belong. told me the other day 'that an point of elegance they would girl far exceed anything now afloat. The last Iarrangements for the comfort of pas- ,sengers in rough weather will be such why i that it will require a very heavy sea She f indeed to make one uncomfortable. It i- as been a common source of complaint zamong trans-Atlantic passengers that “In the furniture of a steamship was built lone on the land principle, that is, as if the . on - traveler “as never go’ng to receive any shocks or he lfl;ely to be thrown about. [8.11. To need the dimensions of the Oman-l io hardly gives an adequate idea of her tremendous size. Her model shows that she will be beautifully proportionedend so, like a very large man of fine phy- sique, she will not look her size unless ’, {some object be placed beside her en.-‘ aiding comparisons. For instance, the Ethiopia, of the lnehor Line of steamâ€" ships, that plies E‘setween Glasgow and New York, could be almost placed be- tween (lee-ks aboard the Oceanic. \Vhile I have never seen the steamer North- west. which travels the great lakes. the dimensions which 7 read of herâ€"depth. ;length. and beamâ€"show that she is hardly half as long as. the Omeanic will i be, and of depth and beam proportion- !ate thereto. She‘ will be more than a third larger than the steamships which {ply between Vancouver and Japanese and Austral‘an ports. She will possess but two smoke stacks, it is true, but ,eithei' of these is of sufficient size to tpe'mnt of an opening being made :through it large enough to admit the Spas age of a double team from a, farm lwagon. I A GRAND PROMENADE. loailng Palaceâ€"0n Overshadow Large even Hundred Feet lhmbeam In this lat- inferior of 1.101115 'daLlu Db. Lauu, u; wuv _____ line, are each 55.63 feet long. The Hamburg-American freighter. Pennsyl- vania, tne biggest freight. carrying craft. afloat, which hays jnust gape into ser- â€" “n- m1“... vice, measures 585 feet in length. Thus the Oceanic, with her 705 feet over all, will easily be the longest steamer ever constructed, and the largest in all oth- er respects excepting the Great East- em. -- ,_x‘-1_-.1 Ll..- rli‘he steamship company selected the name Oceanic for this giant craft now underway, because it was the name of the first liner put into the New York service, a boat that nearly a quarter of a century steamed back and forth across the Atlantic with hardly an ac- cident. They propose to make the Oce- anlic, they say, as good as their former standby. She will carry, it is expect- ed. about a third more passengers. and a correspondingly greater amount of freight, than the largest steamship now running in the trans-Atlantic ser- vice. Bettie to the Death Between a Wasp and 3 Spider. A professor while camping out, saw a fight to the death between awasp and a spider. A wasp had partly built his mud-house on. the tent-pole. and a big spider had span. a. wad across the cor- netr of the tent so as to shtut out the wasp ï¬rom his halfâ€"finished house, un- less he passed through .the web. Said the professor to a reporter of the New Yonk Tribune: The spider, an ugly-looking black fel- low. stood on guard, watching the movements of the wasp. The wasp flew backward and forward, looking he alighted on the tent-pole Within an Inch" or so of the edge of the web. While I was still contemplating the t‘gvo fees, the wasp flew off the Role and directly toward the spider. which had been keenly nmtching h'Lm. As the Wasp flew pant: hIlS enemy, he curled the under part of his body up so that the part containing the stinger .would come in close proximity t9 the spider. â€"_â€".-LA.â€"AAAA to such mamfar‘e. however, far he got out of the way in a twinkling. Mad- demed at his fail‘uire. the wasp took a mm and went â€back again. Once more the spider eluded the venomous stinger. bulb“ at the same time he appeared to betiryimg to bite the. wasp. 1-7â€"1.-.) -A W â€Jug-D vv wâ€"wv â€"â€"__ This spider might hatve retreated so far from} his web fort that his ememy oowld not have touched him until the obstruction: was broken down. but he awidemtly did nidt intend to have his carefully constructed fly-trap destroy- ed Wirthdmt a. struggle: _ . .4 .. .. eluwv'wv â€.m- “CDC" _ There were several skirmishes of the kind already described, and then the wasp again alightfled an the tentâ€"pole. as if reconnoitering and getLing breath far» 2} grand omlaaggh't. . 1 I 1'-.. - .- 5). “‘UV- ‘1‘-"‘2â€"7 ... After remaining on the pole for a few seconds, he flew off and poised himself in the ailr a foot or so below the web. Then. he darted directly for the spider! and wen-t completely th'rulgh the web at the exact spot. which had been ocdmpied by the spider befare. For an instant both combatants were 1081‘. to View, and I hteafndéthe battle raging in the peak of the tent. Almost; before I had time to wonder which was getting the. bettea‘ of it, both insects dropped 'to the ground close to; me. The spider was holding fast, to the wasp's head with his small butt effective mdyth, and the wasp was running his Stingeu‘ in and out of the spider’s body with lightening-dike rapidity. Al, 'V-‘ "v ‘7‘.- There was a short .st’r'uzgg'le on the ground; when bot’l} Insects began to grow‘ week. wqd thelr movements were I! I! less rapid. Finally they fell apart, butt†neither moved. I examined them both, afteu‘ watching them for a few saronsds. The poison of each had done the. work for the other. and both were demL Some luterestmg Comparisons That Show Ra! I read En terps'ise. Some future generation of men hav- ing, perohance. adopted the names of locomotion set forth in Lord Lytton's “ The Coming Race â€-â€"-name1y, Wingsâ€"- may look back upon our mode of trav- el with very much the same feelings At the dawn of this century the ap- pearance of a steam engine would have created a greater impression than the after~Christmas sales produce upon the female mind; to day there are more 1 than 427 .000 miles of rails along which t’he panting engine speeds its way .The l following table shows how these thous- lsands 013° miles of line are distributed over the face of the globe: as the contemplation of the coach of {ire-railway days is apt to incite in most men of to-day. For us however. the steam railway. though threatened by electricity, and contemptuously sniffed at by the bicycle and the motor, car. is an institution of interest if for no other reason than that in considerating its merits and importance the great powers are 1n corppiete acoord. North America. Europe . . . . Asia. South America . Ausï¬ralasm . Attica. f . . or railway. North America. . . . . . . 202,993 Europe . . . . . . . . . 152,417 Asia. . . . . . . . ...... 26,078 South Aniezriéa†’ 9 9 9 o c 99 23,799 A usuralaSia o a a o ‘5 D a 5 o 1.31795 Aï¬rica" o 8) 1 43 The inclination to “ hustle" seems inbred in the Anglo-Saxon race; hence we fin-threat Britain, the United- States and Canada giving all other gompetitom a‘}ongs_ leadt and_sepa_mteq from one another bf only a fraction of a mile per hour. the advantage, how- ever, lies with England by four-four teent-hs of a mile per hour. the United States comes next and Canada makes a very close third indeed.~J-New York Herald. THE WORLD‘S RAILWAYS. AN INSECT DUEL. No of miles of railway. afu asham 2‘ . , ‘ 1‘0 ï¬t 1“ man .( .3311 LA I“ 10013Y ‘ mdua a1 rï¬â€˜ï¬‚l'i else. 9 [We a )8