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STORIES FROM THE DIARY OF A DOCTOR. i.i rn.i: >iu NOEL. A Bom*>t or two later, Hart and 1 went spitairt to Tillt th* littl* patient. The room hi which he was lying wa* large and lofty. H* wa* half lilting up In beii ap- porteH by pillow* hi* breath was coming quickly th*r* wa* a bright *pot on on* cheek, but th* reit of tb* face wore a iui- pioiouily lilue tint. I ipoke to him cheerfully ; h* gav* m* n* of hie 11*11*1 bright, affectionate glance*, and put hi* hand into mine. Stoop down," he said, in a whisper. I bent over him immediauly. " It takei my breath away to talk, bat I'm wfully gUd you've come," h* said, with mph**i*. II I'm delighted to *ee you again, dear koy." I replied. " Now ths thing is to get you b-tter a* quickly a* poaiibl*. I will jnit luten to that trouhlaiom* little heart of your*, and *e* if I can't do aomething to **l it right again." " It'* Ilk* a watch gone wrong," laid Noel. " I wih it would tick properly." " MO it *v>all, by-and-by," I an*wer*d. I took out my itethoeoop* and mad* th* ninal (lamination. Th* action of th* heart Wai leeble the puls* Intermittent ; but I quirkly came to the conclusion that th* disorder wai functional. There wa* no oigauic miichiaf to b* detecud in any of th* lound*. "What ar* you giving him T" I *aid to Dr. Hart. Snirp. who had been lUnding by th* head of th* boy'* bed, now oame baitily 'or ward. "Perhap* you want to ** the preicrip. tion ?" h* laid. Hammering a* h* ipoka. "I am very aorry I left it at the ohemiit'*. I took it there in a great hurry this log, and brought away without waiting for it. fetch it t" "No," replied Hart, "that i* not neces- sary I can Ull yon eiaotly what I prescribed, Halifax digitalis, bromide of potastium and Sharp oame out. H* evidently didn't xpeot m*. for he started violently and his ugly whits face an.umed * green tint hi* mall eyss almost started from hi* head. ' Uh, ths boy i* just th* same," h* said. " He's weak 1 don't behave heM do glad you'v* oom* didn't know you were expected." 11 I hav* come," I replied, briefly, "in consequence of a letter from Nurse Jen- kin*. I am lorry th* boy i* not so well." " H* desin't gain strength," said Sharp. " Ar* you going up to see him now T" Yes," I replied I passed him a* 1 poke. I ran quickly upsUirs. No one knew I was in th* house. I opened the door of the *ick room, Mr*. Marsden wa* sitting H* wa* 1 led the hou*e,)iailed th* first cab 1 taw, and drove to th* 1 chemist's shop. I tnUred quickly ; a tall, '-rnin looking mas wa* taud ing behind the counter. I asked him If h* wai a men.l-er of th* firm. "I am Mr. H<>w> II. ' he replied. 1 took out my card and gave it to him. "You hav* i>ren making oj> medicines for a patient of mine," I laid, "a littl* hoy of th* n*me of Sir Noel Temple. He i* living with on* of your customers, Mr*. Manden. You have mad* up mediciue for th* ohild several time*." "I have Dr. Halifax." "I want to look at your copy of the last prescription." The man turned to fetch his book. "May I ask, docUr," he *aid, a* h* handed it to me, "if th* ohild i* bet- ter ?" "No ; he i* luffering from serioun colUpt* and weakne**." "That **em* laarcely U be wondered t, " remarked the mao. "There i* a special in?redieot in your preicrip' ion which sur- | prised me nioonitin seems quite a n*w drug to order in ca*e* of he&n failure." by the little tallow'* bed. He wa* lying flat on hi* back, hi* head wa* railed, h* ' "Nioonitin V I excUimed, horror in my wa* breathing faintly, his ey*e wer* shur. 'tones. "What can you poMibly mean? The nur*e wa* arranging torn* bottle* and There was no nicnnitm in th* pre- medicine glasses in a distant part of the icription. Such a drug would act as direct room. She turned on hearing my foot- poison in a ca* Ilk* the child's. " tepi. put ou* finger to bar lip*, then i " Nevertheless, it is one of in* principal beokonad to m* to follow her into th* ante-ruum. "Ob. Dr. Halifax," lh* .aid. "I'm so relieved you've come. The ohild I*, I f*ar, linking fast." " I hope not," I answered. ingredienu in th* prescription, doctor. Look at my copy here you eee, th* pro- portion is large I hve mad* up this medicine three or fonr lime*. As th* man spoke he turned his book towards me and laid hii finger on the copy ' But h* U he grow* wore* eaob mo- of Hrt's prescription and mine. With a ment. I am dissatisfied about, the medicine, glance my ay* took id tbe namea of the Dr. Hart is very ill hit auistanl know* different ingredient*. The chemist was nothing about th* case. Il is a grral relief right lanre proportion of nicomtin wa* on* of them. This drug, as i* well known, i* the active property of uibaoco. It* effect upon the heart w u d ac-ounl for all lh* ' lymptoms from which the child was suffer- ing. Taken in quantities her* prescribed, you here." " Vou ought to have t*lrgraph*d for me," I md. "Now don't keep me I will ascertain tb* child's condition myielf." I returned to the sick room aud took th* even- the medicine Shall 1 run and little of the alcoholic and a exlraol of aconite." "I will talk the matur over with you downstain," 1 laid. We left the room together. After eome ooniDltation, I suggested th* addition of ellier to the medicine. I then proceeded to iay i "The condition of th* heart is not alarming iu lUelf there is no murmur, hut th*r* seems lo be a alight dilatation of th* left ventricle. Yon did quite right to order the extract of aconite there is. In my opinion, DO mor* useful medicine for such a condition. Th* l>o- will require rest and great care. The probabilities ar. that, with thi., he will return to his normal condition witliiD a few day*. I should Ilk*, howi-ver, to hav* a trains I nurse sent for immediately." " I agree with you, "said Hart. "1 don't oar* for that fellow Sharp,' " The child ***m* atiac-hed to him," I replied ; " Imt in any ca*e h* can't be with him all th* time, Th* boy will do much be'.ter with * nurse. I happen to have a nurse 'lelonging to my own stall who will be just the person to undertake th* ca*e. I will telegraph to her to come here tbe first thug iu the morning." I saw Mr*. Mar*d*n, and spoke on th* subject of tb* nurse. " 1 shell be delighud to have a proper nurse," she replied. "I thought of engag- ing one before you oame, but tbe child clings so to Joseph Sharp, that I didn't dare to propoe* that anyon* else should take hi* place." " He must have a nnr**," I answered; " h* can se* Sharp now and then in her presence. The mere fact of hi* taking so much interest in th* man'* society I* too much for him in his weak state," I asked Mrs. Mais.lsn if she oould giv* m* a bed, am) spent th* night in th* hous* with my little patient. Toward* morning I rose and want into th* room, sharp wa* lying on a ilretcher bed in another part of tb* room. H* didn't hear me when 1 cam* in. He was lying on hi* back with his mouth open. I thought hi* face repulsive, and wondered why the boy took to him a* he did. I felt my litlle patient's puise without awakening him. It wa* oft and regular; there was a faint moisture on the akin. H* had already taken two dose* of the alured medicine. I was aliinaii with th* resu't of the new intiii'dient which I had introduced. I wa* about to leavr tb* room when Joe'* voice, sham and sudden, imole on my ear*. "You might make It Eve thousand pound*, Mr. Marsdmi," h* said. He turned over ou his aide s he uttered the word*, and fell oil into profound lumbar. I wa* too busy and preoccupied t give thequrer sentence a second thought, but I was destined to remember it later on. I went off now to Ulegraph for Nurse Jenkins, a nurse 1 knew and ooulH depend on. She arrived in the oouri* of the morning, and I *sub- hshed her by littl* Noel'i be.liide be- fore I returned u> town. Hart and I had a further consultation about the boy. Tti" nurse promised to wrlu tome daily, ana I want back to London under ths convict i n that the child would speedily 'r from his present attack. 1 received M bulletin every evening from th* nurse. On the third day her letter ran a* follow* i "I don't Ilk* my littl* patient'* symp- toms. I .tv* him his medicine regularly, but I often feel inclined U leave it off aliognhi-r. Almost immediately afur Uklug il, h* complains of a feeling of sickness h* ha* even vomited once or twio*. The vomiting t* followed by a (late of collapse mor. or lets savere ; th. pulse i. very Intnrnulteut. Dr. Hart Is II, and ha* not seen th* ohild for a ooupl* of day* t his assistant promised to wriu to you about the medicine." I expected a letter by the next post, but none oam*. I felt uneasy, ami resolved U go lo Bournemouth. I arriven 'ate in th* afternoon and went straight to tli- Mars. Un i houce. just as ' reathed the door, it na* suddenly opened boy'* litlle wrist between my finger aud Ihuir.b. The pulse was scarcely percept- ible. "He has been very suk again," laid Nurae Jenkin* ; "h* ii lick every lime be takes the medicine. I bad almost decided not to give him another do** when you arrived." " Kring me *om* brandy at one*," I aid. Th* mine did so. Mrs. Manden, who bad (tarted to nor feet when I approached the bednde, gazed bt me with eye* di.ated wilh terror. " Keep quiet," I uid to her ; "the boy i* too we*k to Hand th* slightest noise be will be better when he take* thi*." I mixed a strong do**, and put a littl* between the child's lip*. AfUr >om* difficulty h* .wallowed it bis beautiful ye* wer* glased he looked at m without recognition. "That'i right," I laid, when I became certain thit h* had really (wallowed th* brandy ; '\he heart's action will soou b* better." A* I ipoke I took out my hypodermic syringe and injected a little ether under the (kin. The (fleet wa* instantaneous the child's breathing became aaiier.and a littl* colour came into hii ear*. During the next half-hour I admini*Ui*d mall iloiei of brandy at short interval*, and tried every mean* iu my power f> in- duce heat. After a time sucoeis attended my effort* the boy sighed moved a little aud opened hi* aye* wid* tb* *UU of oollapee had passed. Hi* cheeks now burned with fever, and the pulse galloped hard and fail in his little wriit. I motioned to Mr*. Maraden to Uk* my place by th* bedside, and then aakcd Nun* Jenkin* to accompany m* into th* n*xt room. Show m* th* prescription," I laid. I am very lorry," she replied ; "I have just given it to Mr. Sharp." It luddenly flashed through my memory that on the last occasion when I wanted to ee Hart'* prescription, I could not do so because Sharp had l*ft it at th* chemist'*. Th* nurse went en apologizing. "We were out ol the medicine I wanted to have some more mi\de up. Mrs. Manden'i own chemist live* *om* way from her*, and Mr. Sharp *uRg**ted that if I gav* him th* prescription he would get it made tip hy the chemist oloee by." "Hew lopff i* it *ino* Sharp wa* hereV I aaked Mui', before you came h* rushed into the room making quite * no-se. Th* child wa* very weak at the time. H* earn* clow up to the hed, and looked at the little fellow for two or three minute*. To tell the truth Dr. Halifax, I never liked th* man, hut he must have been much attached to the boy. I seldom law such a look of probably want t Meanwhile, glv* it would cause vomiting, collapse, and feeble action of th* pulse. In short, iu effeoi on the irriubl* n*art of my little palienl would b* thii of direct poison. "Do you mean to tell me," I laid, in anger, "that you, an experienced ohewUt, would dispeni* a prescript inn in manifestly contradictory without referring to the doctor who wrote it?" "I spoke to Mr. Sharp about it," replied the man. "I even poinud out tbe in.on- uunoy. H* replied that the case wa* peculiar, and that niconitin w** necessary ae a sedative. Had it not been for Mr. Sharp, whom w* know se well " "That will do," I interrupted, "I have no more time to wait* over word*. I in all to se* thi* book again. _ m* a pieoe of paper, I must order another medicine." I hastily wroU out a prescription for a trocg ro*torativ*. Thu medic. DC was sup- plied to me, and I went back a* fast a* possible to the Manden*' house . Mr*. Mandeu cam* downivair. te meet DM. " Mow ii th* child r I said to bar. " Betur ; h* U ia a natural le*p." I took tb. bottle of ir*h medicine out of my pocket. 14 Oiv* thii to nun*," I said. " Th* ohild is te hav* a teaspouoful every quarter of an hour. By th* way at what hour doe* your boerdet, Mr, Sharp, com* nom* ?" " Not until evening, a* a rule, but it so happens that h* 11 is the house at the present moment." Wh*r* r " In hi* bedroom h* ran upetair* Un minut** ago. H* asked flr*t if you were in. Do yon want U se* him T" " Yes, 1 do. Which i* hi* room r ' I will send for nun." " No ; Ull m* which is his room, and I will go to bin." My manner surprised h*r. She gave me a brief direction. 1 rnihed upstairs and enteied Sharp'* room without knocking. Th* fellow was Handing by a small port- mania** which h* wa* haalily packing. When he heard my slep he turned his (ace became alhy pal* b* looked almost a* U h* would faint. " Now, look h*n." I laid, closing th* door and walking straight up to th* man "I hav* discovered th* wh l*of thi* villainou* plot. If you don't confess everything immediately, you will rind ycnnelf in tb* band* of the police in a few moments' time. In hurt, neither you nor I leave this room nntil you have told m* everything." The fellow went on hi. knee, in his terror h. covered hi* face with hi* shak- ing hand*. "0(t up," I said, in disgucb "I oan't pea* to you nor ItsUn to yon io your present position." H* roM and tottered toward* a chair with th. doctor's pre.cnption. I had be." | !i '1 '. i C , I i 1 ,\i i APlLIAMEIl i he heart, and then that I should tamp. on 7 on "7 '* 1 <*" "l d.ionbe h* was really too weak U itand. "' expression hy no other word." "1 am glad you know, ha said, with a "Ar. you quit* *ur., nun*, that Sharp sort of gasp ; "y*., 1 am- I'm glad Its all r, ha* not been alone with littl* Noel since yon had the charge of him?" "QuiU; I have actually lived in the room. Mr. Sharp has been to Me No*l once or twice every day. The littl* fellow delighted in hi* visit*. Mr. Sharp uied to imitate th. bird* littl* Noel generally fell asleep while he wa* whittling." "What is the name of the chemist wh* usually make* up the medicine?" I asked. " H o well and Jones their .hop is clo*e to the sea at the bottom of the hill. Howell and .(ones are the chemists Mn. M rs len u*ml to employ when she lived in Iheir old hous*. flhe thought that Noel'* medicine mignt a* wall be made up at her own clie'nist's." " 1 1 ,iv* you any of th* medicine left?" i I aaked. " So, I he last dose 1* finished th* boltl* wa* forgotten to b* sent to the chemist's thii morning that is why Mr. Sharp ' rushed off with the prescription in a hurry. Tne hour it past now when th* child ought to have hi* medicine." " 1 should like to set th* empty bottle." Nun* -lenkiu* went to look for it. Sh* oam* back In a few momenta. " I l*ft it on the waih-hand (land in that room," *be laid. " It U not there I wonder if Mr. Sharp put it in hi* pocket?" sti,. lying th* effects of tobaoco teksn in niocm.kuJ it occurred to me tiiat nicouiun wouUl do in* deadly wcrk. That'* alL lr boy has been taking large doec* ol uicooitin duguieed ID y our ratdiciu* for th* lut (01 might. Where's Marsden DOW?" I Mid, when the fellow paused. "1 oan't quit* Ull you *omcwhef* Is) America for Ood's take, lon't give m* up to him he'd murder me." " Vour future i* nothing to me," I said, "but I shall take the precaution to look you up in thii room until I know if your liule vi urn ii to live ordie. If h* lives.youoan go ; if not " I did col finun my t*n- rnoe, bu, turnmi( tbe key in the door.ran r,u ckly downnlair*. iln. Marsden was waiting for me in one f the pasgei, you COMPOSITION OF THE GREATEST LEGISLATIVE BODY. Tiir Mak' *> .r ike Umiak f <* NIIIUI.T. ii Huertrrel * Kneal) Ibr l,..rr. < .irlbyl<- Ik* l.r.fSI ila*eil-r>lllalle ' Ike iBlteel hMaidoHS -* rl.* Pull. Macy pereon* hav* erjr rroneoa ideas about the composition of the P.rituh BOOM of Common*. Some belie) r* that in* land- owneri and memcer* of the aiwtocreoy constant* a majority, an 1 that they rui* UDcha.lange.J. Olheri are of opinion that o long with Mr. snarp : sne saia. "Come in her* I hav* something U Ull j represenud, and that they oonaeqn* you," I answered. | eiiginetr all aoru of outlay* for their own 1 opened a door which .tood near we fo^fa Another asciion couleod ibat th* entered a sitting room I closed the door behind me. "I can't conceal the truth from yoa.Mrs. Mars. len," I (aid. "I have made an awful discovery that poor little fellow ha* been tb* victim of a fiendish plot." Sh* interrupted me with a cry. "No, no," she began, "m, don't say il no, it'* impossible re's far away he is bad, but not *o bad H that." I pity you from my heart," I answered. "hut your husband i* bad enough tot any thinghe l*f'* hit tool behind him Sh-.rp wa* hii toot I am only juit in time to av* the hoy." I then briefly told Mr*. Manden of the discovery wh.ch I had mad* at the cr-em- Ut'i. Her horror and agitation wer* exce*iT* ; h*,at lent, poor won.ao.wat fully innocent. ' I muit take the boy away from here," I aaid. " I am eorry I know yea hv* ha<l nothing to do with it, but beoauM you are that icoaodrei'i wife I muet take the child away from you a* 1000 a* ever he U til to be moved." " I lohmit," the answered. 11, I would not have him now on any term*. Ob, what a miserable woman I am why did I ever In ten to my huiband ? Why did I ever oonaent te receive the child ? )h, he 11 a 6end he if a fiend why have [ the milfortune to be hi* wife V known. I could n't have gone on with it I'd rather b* hanged than go OB with u for another hour." "Tell m* your *Ury quickly," I said ; "I hav* not a moment to listen to your senti- mentalities th* child'! llf* hang* at this moment in ths balance." "Is there a chano* for him, doctor?" laid th* man, looking fill up at me. "Yes, y**, if you'll only b* quick and pull yourself tog*lh*r." "Thru 1 will-myOod. I will-I don't oan about anything in the world except th* littl* fellow'* III*. Half an hour ago I tood by hi* ilcath-brd. My Uod, it was torture lo aland there and look at my own work I" Speak," I aaid t "If you don't Ull me what you know at once, I will send lor tbe polio*. " Sharp gave me another Urrified look. aw by th* expieision in hi* eyss that, whatever hi* sin*,h* at least repented now. "It wa* this way," he began : "I was Mats. len stool. I don't want to blame bin over much.but I wa* hi* tool from th* tirsu H* wanted th* boy U di*, and bs wanted to got off himself scot-free. As s*on is ever h* heard who th* ohild w**, h* began to plot thii ti.-ndish thing. H* dragged .ne into it I ttrnggled against htm, but h* was brewing interest dominate* th* country. In reality nothing can be further from tbe truth than the** bolief*. In* following ummary will give a good idea of the make- op 01 the Hou*e ol Common*, wnioh all told number* 670. There are 26 banker* and financier*. It brewer*, dutilleri, and win* merchant*, 4 diplomatuu, 11 doctor*, and 15 farmer*. Th* gentry and landowner* number 10&. not one-tilth of trie HOUM : there are alee 31 journal!*!* and newspaper proprietors, 12 labour represealativee, 1W) lawyers (Cromwell's "loni of Jerniah"), 42 aoldiers, r anging from the rank of captain upwards ; " It doein't matu-r whether he did or 1 *trong, and I had no power. H* kniw oni not," I replied. or two thing* agalnit me, and h* h*l< My suspicion* were fully arimied. There I them over my head. I agreed to help him. wa* more than angei in my heart at that ' I wain'la week with th*boy befor* 1 began moment, i to net fond of him." "l)o not lay a word of what I suspect,; "Von can leave that |>art out," I mter- nur*e," 1 said, "bat my lmpr***ion ii that ' rupted, with boat. there ii foul play lomewhere. 'Ihemedi- Sharp paused at if eomeone had dealt bin oiue which Dr. Hart aid I prescribed oould ' blow, Maridvu went to Aniprioa," he continu Mr promiied U glv* in* 4,400 oa I my a dose of th* day h* entered into )><><>* ion of the brandy i( there i* th* Isait r*t urn of faint- ohild i estates. 1 was alway* itudyin) no**, and don't allow Sharp near th* room drugs, and h luggetUd that 1 ihould givi n any term*." I theooy *om*thing to bring; on an attack oiue wnion iyr. nariauai preeuriueaconici a mow by no poulbility have the * fleet* whlob you "Ma deaorib*. I am going Immediately U is* ed. ' Howell and June*, (live th* boy a dose of th* d*j 4 sailers, including one admiral ; 89 mer- chant* and manufacturers, and 10 pro- fessors and lecturer! ; together 618. Th* 1 mnoellaneooa occupation*, trade*, and | professions number 152. giving a grand The (act ! total of '070. Thai th* lawyen ooutri- buU THI UafcUUT CONT1.--.I1T, numbering nearly one-fourth. Adding Uv (ether th* m.rcbanu, manufacturer*, banker*, and financier*, their number I had no reply to maks U thi* it was o **di that of tb* gentry and ianJ-ownen | time for m. to hurry back to my littl* | ; , htr .|, r . e |.ar lh at a* far a* dees- pauent's bedside. H* was v*ry ill. For he neit few day. hi. lif. really hung in t*resu ar. concerned tb. latter ar. nol he balance. The case wa* inch a peculiar *v*n th* second urongeav. Tb* ima.l num- ber of brewers, diet: lien, and win* mer -hurts, of whom Ireland and Scotland return iheir full proportion, shows that th* outcry of eome Radical* that th* looal option fiasco ol Sir William Hercourt largely influenced th* reeu'.t of tot general election M not wsll founded. It locally unseated htm by a gnat majority, but iu in- fluence eta* w here ha* been vastly overrated ; in tn* majority of the coo*tituenciee it was positively nil. Tb* electoral battle wbioa gave the Unionists a majority ef 162 was fought oposi th* qoeeue* of HOB* Rule. Practically, with ran *xo*ption*,both sides in I'arliameen obey the party whip. Th* Regietrar-i.eneral'* report (bows that th* total population of th* United Kingdom u now 39. 136,000, it having overtaken that of Franc*. It i* mad* u* (leaving out hundred*) tbu* : England and Wai*., 30.394.OtlO ; Ireland. 4,.M6,OUO | and Scotland, 4. IM.iiOO. The increase sinoa theceosn. of 1801. totalling 1,43,000. is. one lhat I resolved not to leav* him. Nurse Jankin* aad I watched by him day and night. AfUr two days, th* eitreme weaknea* became Use marked, and gradu- ally snd (lowly th* heart recovered lone and strength. Afur * very slow eenvalee- wnoe, littl* Sir Noel becam* ranch belter. I brought him back u Har'.ey Street he till with m*. I men t* keep him nntil hi* mother returns to England. A* to Sharp, I gav* h m hii liberty whan I that th* hoy was likely U live. I lave sot heard of him lino*. (TO B. COMTIXriD. > WORLD'S TALLEST STRUCTURES. A Water Work* Tewer la C'levelaae 1 Tall. rTbaalb* Wa*blafl*n Nananeai. Th* tallest chimney wa* built at Port Dundas.J21a.gow, Scotland. 1857-9, for T T.-wnsend. It U th* highest chimney in th* excluding hundreds, a* follow* ; England wor,d,4M f..t). and on. of th. loft,e.t , JjJ ^^^0^0^ by - snaeonary structure* in .xutenoe. Il is, nd*p*nd*ot of it* site, one of tb* bee* pccimen* of substantial, well-made brick rork in *xisUn3*. In Europe thsrs ar* only two church steeples that oxoeed this tractors in height namely, Uiat of the :ologns Cathedral (510 feet), and that of tb* Straeburg TJetheiral (468 feet). Th* th* Uwer of th* Philadelphia Public Build- ' ngi, which i* 537 feet high. Th* Biff*l Tower, at Pari*. Francs, *ur- jasiti all other Urn*tnal metal structure* wilh iu altitude of nearly one tbouaand : fe*u The " Great Tower," for London, i UUO ; bat Ireland (mainly caused by th* feeling of insecurity) shows a decrease of 118,000. The** official figure* llloaUeU sons curious facts which will uli:mat*iy lead to parliamentary representation on TH. BASIS or rorcLATioir. Tb* tru* proportion mould b* one member for every 5H.400 Muls. On that basis Ireland should only have 7V miuad of, as ._ now, 103 memb.rs, a diminution of M. great Pyramid of Tii*h was originally 480 Thi* would practically r*du, N - - eel, although not so high at present. The J 1 mimben Scotland hav ng IU right United Suu* outtop* them all with iu num b*r, Knglend would therefor* get M Washington Monument, 550 feet high, and more. London, which has nturned six ' UmoaiiU for .very .ingle Glad.tonieo. ought to hav* 14 mor* member*. Eng- land, Roeebery'i " predominant partner. " returned 348 Uniomsu to 113 liladstomen*. mor* than three U one. Therefore 29 . ... additional mesnbsrs, if i th* earn* propor- hngland, in course ef construction from lion, woo Id givs 21 mor* English L'nioaisU designs of Mr. Henry Uavey, C K., will to **vea additional Home Ruler*. There oultop all metal itruoture*. being built of would b* a diminution ol at least -23 Home steel, sad iu extreme height will b* 1,250: Rnlsr* from Inland and Wale*, which feet when finished. I would on th* pre*eot basis reduce the Horn* The highest and mo*l remarkable meU.1 ' Rulcn. after allowing for their snare of th* chimney ID th* world is erected at the mi- 28 transferred to England, from '2 .9 to 243, prial foundry at Halsbrucke, near FrtebeTf and increase the Usieniste from 41 1 to 432. inSaiony. The height of this structure u thus railing th* present Con**rvativ* 4A2.8 lest, and 1 5.74 feel in internal diamet- majority of 152 U 189, a Parliamentary er, and is situated on th* right bank of predominance of either si.is unknown for Mul.le. at an elevation ef 210 fee I above the last M year*. It will, therefore, b* that ef tbe foundry works, so that iU totaJ seen that th* Radical cry of "one man on* height abov* th* **a i* oo lee* than 711.7ft vote" would, if honesty earned out, greatly feet. Th* work, an uluaUd on the left strengthen th* Conservative. ; but I ha bank ef the river, and the furnaoe gases ar* Oladstenians, lhat adopt from Hudibra*. conveyed across ths rivsr to ths chimney | w*nand ar* anxious "to compound lor 'on* on a bridg* through a pip* 3,927} feti is man on* voU,' when they have a mtod length. U, by damning 'on* man on* vot*' where The highest artificial struct are in Amerioa I they have n* mind u," consequently they I* the waur works tower at Eden Park, have strongly opposed equal elector*.' fin- mnati, O. The floor of the tower, ' districts. But John Bull has shown the reached by elevator*, is 522 feet above th* j be don't Ilk* trickery. Ohio River. The base is 4i> feet abov* tb* treani. If ttir neight of tbe elevator shaft be added to the observation floor the grand toUl height i* ;v. feet. Th* highest office building in th* world Is ihs Manhattan Llf* Insurance Company idewalk i* 347 feet, and iu founds' ion* go down 53 feet b*low th* same, being 20 feet below tidewater level, making a total of 400 l*et> Th* fouodations consists offituen masonry pttn, and ar* carried by th* tarn* number of steel caissons. The latter wer* sunk to bsdrock by th* pneumatic process. Ths cantilever system was ussd for ths foundation*. A Carious Railroad Contract Th*Qr*a>uWe*Urn railroad, of England, ha* jost had to pay 9500.000 to free it**ll Swinoon station 'or Un minute. In 1841> befon th* road had reached Bristol, it made an agreement for ninety-nine yean with a firm of builden to hold every train carrying passengers, " not being sent sxptess or for special pur- p<sfs," for a reasonable period f about ten minute*, dtSwindon, in consideration f th* erection of euiUbl* refreshment room*, for which a nnt of a penny a year j was U b* paid. Th* railroad soon found out th* tnoonv*nlsno* of th* arrang*-nont Mis. Mocue Biddy, shu.p thot klssin' and tried t* break it. The courts in 1*46 and in 1879 held that " si press* did not mean lo th* contract what is now meant by an *ipre*s train ; but ths price asked for th* annulment of th* concession was always LOT* at a Cottage). t th' front dnr*, an' tend Paddy Moilee off about hi* bu*in*sc. Biddy (Innocently) An' did ye hear any kiuin', mother ? Mrs. McCue I heard phwat sounded as men than the company was willing to pay. msch loik. a kits M wan pig's squeal i* In* After a fight of over fifty years it has bee* another, drive* by th* competition of other road* Paddy (ge!!antly>-Jure. mum, it was to boy ot iu opponent*., and th* ten- ouly me a-spittio' on m* hands t' get ready minute stop of f \st *xt>rea*e* at Swtndon is r ms long walk hem*. new a thing of th* pact.