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â- nr-rrr â-  r" .i:.r t r ' .i!M ' . i ' m«j LORD KILLEEN'S REVEN&E, c^ % CHAPTER XXV. "Welir ho askefi, ».» she jolasd him. "An loapproprialo word. 'Ill' would rather deacril>e il. That Utile country 4iiTov, that iniiioMible cousin of mine, haa given me an extremely mau- vais quart d'hpure. 8im|)ly because I mnda a laudable effort to put her in the right path to fume and fortune. Had I deliberately plotted against her peace ot mind, she oould not huve l)een more abuaive, yet I was all (or it." "To know you Lj to be sure ot that. What mischief have you been up to now f" asked Vurley, lazily.* She cast a swift, amused glance at hint. "Every hour proves it," she said. "You are the one mm in the world suit- ed to me. The boldness of your insol- eni-e is refreshing in this adulatory age. But of ConstantLiâ€" yon do not under- stand." "Probably not; she would be a dif- ficult study at any time, I faucy. Well, what have you done to her I" "Merely betrayed a tiny secret. A aecret so tiny th^il it was scarcely worth the Lietrayal; a thing of no real import- anre, and entirely without depth ; but because of it she turned upon me. and was, in all, rather violent. At all events, she gave her ui\l>iased opinion of my poor self pure and undiluted, an opinion decidedly more forcible than complimentary." 'She requires training," said Varley, with a frown. "She is brusque to a painful degree." "You nieun she tells the truth," said D<mna, with a laugh. She was not at all bitter â€" she w.is even generous. "Exactly. I have yet to hear what truth sho told you, or why abe told it." "All because I gave her a domino of the most recherche â€" one I should not have (lisd>\ined myself. You have not seen her yet, I think, so that I must enlarge on it to you. Well, Fealher- Bton not having the wit to see through yellow satin, mistook her for some one eL-ie, !ind poured out unlimited love at what proved to be a wrung shrine." "Considering how O . itantia af- fects him, she ooiii-J itu'dly be annoyed by the love." ".She was, however, whjn he address- ed lh<! supposed ol>ject of his affections by her Christian uume, which happ^'P to be Constant ia. That was awkward ; I heard a little, and I guess- ed llie re.^t." Varley gave way to merriment. "Poor e'c-.^hflratcnl" he said. "Con- dole with Coa'-tantla it you will, but you must confess it was too^ii on him." "Ah, you take bU parti " cried Mrs. Dundas. It was her turn now to lie amused. "If you knew for whom the love wn.s really meant, you might be, perhaps, a little more chary ot your was a lie, as Featherston'a attentions for some time, in private, had been de- cidedly prouoiice. Hut a lie more or les.i di 1 not count with her. "But I had my su,s])icioas when first ho Iwgan to make polite imiuiries as to when Mr. Dundas would lie at home. 11 oc- curred to me that he must have been struck by Mr. Dundas's moral quali- ties, which aie unimpeachable, until I disi'overed that he avoided Bal- lymore on the hours named. But why waste our time talking of himt" cried she, suddenly. "The mom- ents are flying that we can spend to- gether." "Happy moments have always wings." He placed his band very tenderly be- neath her chin, and turned her face to him. "Have you enjoyed yourself?" "Does that require an answer ? Have I not l»een with you? Thrice blessed jellow dominoes that helped me to my desire to see, to dance, to talk witn you as I should not have dared to do under mor« open circumstances I If anything should be said now, why, it was Comitantia with whom you danced. "He little likes me. Yet, am I so poor a thing, that 1 can not .see vir- tue in mine enemy? PoutI" cried she, gayly, "you are in the dark yet us to my mental powers. I acknowledge his g<K«l parUs, though he slay me. I Know them all, aoil they are numerous. 1 like to acknowledge them; it makes me, in a sense, his superior. lie will gnmt me no charitable doubt, and so I um the more generous of the two." "Why .stiimld he dislike you?" "Who shall say? And it is of no con- sequence at all. Your high-minded per- son i» always very narrow. However, be loves most honestly that little fool, and I would see her happy, in spite of many insults." She laughed ^ayly as if at the remem- brance of the insults, and after a bit Varley joined in. "You are truly an incoaaipreheiisible woman," be saia. "In that lies my charm. That is why you adore me," returned she, with a saucy smile. "Were 1 easily under- standed of all men, my power would vanish; I should lie like the rejt cf my kindâ€" flat, stale, and unprofitable; I should bore you in a month. You say to yourself of me, one moment; 'She is wild, wioked, incorrigible;' the moment after: 'Nay, she is good, char- itable, generous.' After that you are talked, etc. What more natural, oon sidering how old a friend of yours she j hopcIt\ssly mixed, and, being a niun, and is, and so determined an ally, too, of impossiljlo, as you think, to be beaten. Lady Varley's I By the bye, speak of you are determined to wait and watch aâ€" an angel, there she goes, with her ; forever, until you solve the mystery; but shadow as usual Ix'side her." _ | that will l)e never. I perplex, puzzle. An amused laugh thajt had mischief ; interest, stimiUate, and so â€" bind youl" in it, and something besides that I She laughed again triumphantly, and brought the blood to Varley's brow, I stepping back from him, placed her arms broke from her. She laid her bund I akimix), and nodded defiantly at him on his, and swiftly, noiselessly, with- j like any queen of tmrlesque. droNv deeper into the shadow, a« Lady | "By the bye," she exclaimed, sud- Varley, accompanie<l by O'Grady, moved | denly, "did you notice bow that bit of across a patch of moonlight. Yolaiide antiquity, Lady Daryl, danced her Ian- had her musk in her hand, and her face cera ? No? No, really? Why, where lookeid sail and colorless. Her eyes ' were your eyes â€" your sense of humor"? seemed larger than usual, dark shadows ] As for me, I was inthralled, enchanted. lying Ijeneath. She walked with her ordinary proud step, but there was wejiriness written on every line_ of her figure, to-night I refused to talk to Mr. Barry, who was rather amusing me at the time, that I might with uninterrupted thought .She had come io BaJIymore .4tudy l.he ii«>rformance, nnd entirely against her own ^ take a le.sson g^ratis. She is eighty wishes, partly in obedience to an ex- as you know, our Daryl, but she hankers pressed desire ot her hustrand's, and aftir youth, and fondly believed her partly lest her al>sence from Mrs. disguise would delude the onlookers in- Dundfas's Ixill might give rise to any to the belief that a young and artless •pec'ulation amongst the army of ' thing was tripping it liefore them. All gossipers that Iwsiege every snoall place. I the steps learned in another age came O'Grady was talking to her. His back to her. She minced, she pranced, calm, cultural voice came to them ; sho showed copsidarably noore ankle across the gra.ss. I'resently a rhodo- : than was projMjr, andâ€" well, look here, deudronbusb hid them, and they passed i see how she conducted herself, deem- from view. | ing herself secure aud unknown behind "Her iibadow I why do you call him the folds of the wily domino." that?" dejuunded Varley, with a sus- As she spoke, she picked up her petti- picion of haut*>ur in his tone. coats on either side, with an airy grace returned she, light- j and a generous disregard of propriety. Vnrlcy dropped her arm, and turn- ed to her witn a rather savage ex- pre.ssion on his (ace. In spite of the careless good-humor that usually char- act*'.rized him, he could l3e at times ang- ry to violence. He laid his hands up<m her shoulders, and so moved her that the moonbeams fell upon her uplifted face. "Well," said siie, with a little curl of her lip, "am I as lovely aa you thought me?" "So," he said, "you have Iwen en- couraging that sneak, it appears, all this time?" Mrs. IJundas shook herself free of him, and, stepping Ixick, regarded him ejirnestly for a moment. Her eyes shone • like stars, her rose-red lips grew grave; and slOMly a smile grew upon er face that never was seen there save l>v him alone. It was a revelation, it was lender, gentle, real! The whole wom- an seemed transformed. "When one lovesthere is but one en- courage<i," she wbiispered, softly. At that instjint she was an exquis- ite creature, refined, idealized, purified l>y almighty love. Varley, with an impassionate gesture, caught her in his arms and held her closely to his Imating heart. To him this imperfect woman was the one perfect thing on earth; a woman to love "passionno- ment, eperdument, et |iour toujours." "How strangely you looked at me just then," she said, with loving re- (iroach ; "how oddly you look even now I" She pushed him from her gayly, and casting sentiment to the winds grew once more provoking, tan- talizing. "What means that frown, my lord?" cried she. "Are you down on your luck, then ? Have you Imcked I lie wrong horse, or baa your true love played you fal.se ?" "I trust notâ€" I believe not," return- ed he, with emotion. i\a he spoke he lient his head, and pres.sed his lips vehemently upon the l>are, lovely arm. They were standing in a very secluil- ed spot (well known to them), one win- dow only in tlie whole hoiLse l>earing upon it; this twlonged to a smafl tur- ret chamber seldom in use, and in which now a solitary light was gleaming. On such a night as this, when the house was full of guests, il was quite certain to lie untenanted. "You would not deceive me," he said, with agitation. The words were rather a queatl<m than an affirmation. "You know it," she answered. It was inexpressibly sweet to her to know be loved her ; il was sweeter still to (eel her power over him. "But that fellOTv, Ke.atherslon; you must explain tluii," ho went on, ouickly. "You have known of his â€" his damned impertinence for some time." His face was very pale, and he had evidently lost control over himself. He did not aeck to apologize to her for the ob- jectionable word used, and was, In uot, ignorant of havmg uttered it. 'Trifles of this sort, however, did not weigli on Donna ; she i>assed them lightly over aa a rule, and indeed, found 9, certain pleasure in them. They gave f, flav;>r to tno situation, a piquancy hnt eoriched it, by their betrayal of tno speaker's feelings. "I fl:uessed at It, rather. I roiiid h«;rdly know, aa he gave ma no open Oemonatratton of bis meaning until to- Clght, when, as t tell you, 1 overheard t part, and filled In the real." This "1 was wrong," _ _ „ _ . ly. "Sufth godly women never have j and, stepping back from him into the a 'shadow,' or a 'frU-nd,' they have middle <â- . the path, commenced a pas <mly an 'agreeable acquaintance.' But, seul that was irresistibly comic. She as we have all leirned from our in- ' so exactly re.lTi-es<'nted old Lady Daryl, fancy, there isn't so very much in a ' with all the ancient quavering move- name after all â€" or else a great deall" ments, the decayed cociuetry, the sweep- "l have before this suggested to ing, bowing, grimacing airs and graces fou that it would 1)6 us well to keep of a day forgotten that characterized ,ady Varley's name out of the oonvcr- that faded iw.Ue. that Varley fairly „„ sittion." said be, in alow tone that roarcl with laughter. which didn't i time had taught her iv would be wise "Note her frLsky ways I" cried she to regard. But she despised warnings. gtUl springing to and fro with all t he "\V;lh all my he.-irt. Keep her out exaggerated sprightliness of one vain- of your mind, forget her iuu<;h as ly striving to be young when handi- you likrt," she said, flippantly. "Butâ€" cappe<l by dreary age. "Mark her keep your eyes open. The traveled yout htul grace ! Talce heed of the youth is «ver full of guile, and Ijetween tender agility that sits so sweetly on you and madame there seems to l>e lit-' the g.iy young thing 1 The very poetry lie l<.vfc lout. 1 was astonished at see- of motion, eh, Varley? I'm sure I'm ing her h^re to-nigbt ; but now t see vastly obleeged to you, my lord, for light." 1 your i>olite criticism." Here she 1ml- Wouid you leave nothing unsullied?" Utted the miserable old frilible's voice be said, with a dark glunoe. "Do not to a nicety. "Stand back, air, till I pursue this subject, 1â€" entreat you." _ give you a better view. Say now. His tone meant, "I command you." Frederick, wouldn't it have been a piiy IXmiia, who liad said all she intended to .say, laugli6<l softly, and slipped her h.md, with a tender, seductive glance, through his arm. "Did you hear that?" she asked, al- luding to a clock in the old tower that luid struck the qmirter to twelve ; the glance met Donna's and dwell on it. o had peculiar eyes, earnest, .search- ing â€" eyes that compelled your regard. Ah, Mrs. Dundas," he said, pleasant- ly, "do not tell me that you wish to get rid of me this early. I had hoped, when I had seen Lady Varley to her carriage, that you would have given me that dance yon denied me in the earl- ier hours." For a second Donna was disconcert- ed. He had known her, then, through her disgulsel But after all it might as well have been Constantia. She bad not spoken, she remembered, and how could he t)e sure It she persisted in say- ing it must have been her cousin be had asked (or that waltz? By the bye, it would be wise to allude to it as a polka; it would >>e a proof that she had not lieen the one. She was startled out of her pretty ?ilans (which all had roshed through her ertile brain in the short time it had taken her to pretend to disentangle her fan from her lace flounces) by seeing Constantia coming swiftly down the hall.' The girl looked pale and dis- tur>>ed, and passed her aa though she was not there. "Are you going home. Lady Varley? Will you take me with you?" she aaked in a voire that was almost a whisper. "Certainly, dear, if you wish it. But as soon. Connie! and the dance only just commencing, aa it were." "Oh, do take me," said Constantia, with an entreaty tiiat waa vehement. They bad both spoken very low, but the hall was quite empty, and tliere- fore every word could be distinctly heard. "Are you too deserting me, Connie?" said Mrs. Dundas, amial>Iy. '"This dance has been a failure indeed. All my friends are forsaking me together." At the word "friends," Constantia lift- ed her head and fastened her large eyes upon her. They were filled with a pas- sionate contempt. Then she turned away and moved closer to Lady Varley, who was still gazing with an intense eagerness into the night beyond. Will it never come?" she said to Constantia. The words .seemed to escape her involuntarily, and betrayed her loss of composure. Even as she spoke, the crunching of wheels upon the gravel outside was heard. "Now Lady Varley," said O'Grady, coming forward and offering hii arm. Mrs. Dundas also went up to her. Sht waa not to be ignored by any on* in her owp house â€" and aa yet the game was in her own hands. "Good-night," she said, cordially, "I hope a good night's reat will make you ail right in a few hours." "Good-night," said Lady Varley; "thank you." Her tone waa cold, but courteous; she laid her band gently in Donna's. But Constantia could not do this. She swept pa.st her cousin as though she was invisible, and set- tled her.self in the very furthest reces- ses of the brougham, so that it might be plainly seen by everybody that she was not going to offer even the barest civilities. She was young, of oouraa, and had. many tbinga to learn. (To Be Continued.) ORIGIN OF WIGS. t* to let yuu be done out of »o good thing ?" Panting, exhausted, laughinix until her sides shook, she stood befors him an<l griu|)ed hia arm. "So late, so laite !" she gtusped. "I,et us run for it. Mid-night, is on the sound rang out sorrowfully, solemnly | very stroke, and I am Iwund as hostess upon the still air. "I'd assassinate to see the death of the unmoral dimino, that clock, if I dared. How it kills and the l)irth of the decorous dance." one's joy, breathing dissolution as it strike! Now, it will sei>arate you from me. Our happy night, that knew but the one xegreCâ€" that it should some time endâ€" is now almost ' As they drew nearer the win- dows, she stopped him. "You that way," sho said, "I shall igo And renxemljer, should the ques- tion arise, that you have been _very go tl thki. over. Midnight is at bund, when attentive to Constantia to-night. Dance with her now to give the idea a color." CHAPTER XXVI. gone from him dominoes and the merry mask must be (lung aside, and we must once again be aa we seem, not as we are." "You have been happy, then?" „. . â- _• • "Absurdly so, (or many reasons. Hear Sn« was gone (rom him in a mo- theiu: I have been with you, I have men'' She ran lightly through aside done that girl who hates me a really i door, and when, a (ew inmutes later, good turn, and I have circumvented I at the s gnal (rom old Lord Muskerry- Fealherstonel Threefold bliss I" I who had l)e»-n requested to fling a slip- "You are a little bitter with regard P*"" 'nto the air as niidnight struck, to Featherston. " said be, regarding ?? * warning to all Cinderellas to her with some suspicion. I throw aside their disguises and pro- claim themselves as they really were "You liave a glimmer of reasim now and then," returned she, airily. "Yes I 1 owed him a tiny debt whicu I flat- ter myst'lf I have now quite wiped , ^,| out, leaving even a little to my credit. | j^u^ ' j I have but one sorrow, and that is, | tliat I could not .see his (ace when Con- ! slant ia spoke. It must have been a picture." ] There was a satisfaction that was i venomous in her tone. To Varley it was music. Ills doubts cleared i ^,1. She shunted him on to a dow He fancied he lovod me, went on i „ , ^^^ dimensions, and catch- Mrs Dundas, with a light sneer. 'In j^ i,^^ new useless domino, moved reality, any affection he baa in him ,^„^, ^y^ ^„,, ostensibly (or the spouea Dis . purnose o( getting rid of itâ€" she who all there diverted themselves of dom- noes and miusks and stood revealed to tlieir partner.s, and their partners to them, Mrs. Diindaa was discovered at of the room laughing payly with old Ix>rd Killeeos of Blue Ribbon fame, who waa the kindest, the prosi- est, and certainly the most harmless man in the United Kingdom. I Her purpose once accomplished, she did not lose much time over the prosy earl. KecrnI DI%eovrrles Hkawlag Thea Have Bcea Cued t,*00 lean Ase. Wigs hare been used either to con- ceal the want of natural hair or avowed- ly as mere ornaments. In the former way they have been used (rom the ear- liest historical timee. The oldest ex- isting specimen of this kind of wig ia believed to be one found in the tomb of an Kgyptiin mummy at Thebes and now in the British Museum. This, it is con- sidered by the beat authorities, is 4,000 years old. The ancient Assyrians, the Persixins, the Medes, the Lydians and others are known to have made use of wigs. Toward the end of the Roman Republic the ladies were very fond ot wigs, and the fashion spread still more un<ler the Early Empire, when yellow wigs, mode of hair in Germanyâ€" were in great request. Horace, Ovid and Juvenal ridiculed the large wigs of the Roman laities. Statues even were made with movable martde wigs. Two ot these are still preserved m Rome. All the wigs so far mentioned seem to have been intended to pass aa the real hair of the wearers, 'the latter use of xriga :ls mere ornaments began in France in the seventeenth century, when Louia Xill., to conceal hia premature baldness, took to a wig. Ills courtiers followed suit, and the fashion spread rapidly. 'The wig became larger and larger, till under Louis XIV. it reached an absurd size. The fashion spread in England also, being at ita height in Queen Auue'a rei«n. could have had a little army her will had she so cho.ient to do the affection he has is given to Constantia. I chance there." "He is an excellent parti. Why des- troy a little game like that 1" "For her sake. He is not good enough for her." â- Quito so, 1 should say. A girl with- 1 cY<';;jk-around" he?. "O'G'rady'^as" sUnd out a iiennv especially a girF of good ; „^r ^er, but she waa not talking birth, shinild be glad to accept such a to him; she waa sUring at the opeS chance of escape Irom the slavery of doorway, gazing out into the darknSss Aa she passed rapidly through I empty hull, she saw Lady Varley stand- ing there with a heavy crimson plush poverty "There are other chances far better for her than imirriage with li'eather- Hton. He is selfish, unreliable, a liar and a hyiHX'ritel" She spoke warmly, and as one who _ __ know. So far, indeed, as the last two Ijidy Varley, in a low, careful tone. J. gi beyond with an impatience she had al- moRt ceased to subdue, "What, Ijidy Varley I going so soonl" Bald Mrs. Dundaa, going alowly up Jp her. 'I must ask you to excuse me," said Tke PEACEFUL BY NATURE. EgTP('a> Abhor* Warflire, J nu rathen Beftre Him. She did not look at her hostess as she spoke, but employed herself fastening the already fastened catches of her cloak. "My abrupt departure may seem to you ungracious, but â€" there are many reasons why I must leave your â€" pleasant danl^e so soon." The manner in which she plainly forc- ed herself to be civil made her words accusations went, she was, beyond doubt, a comi>etent jutlge. Varley seemed surprised. "You are very careful of Constantia," be said; "a girl who, it is notorious, regards you In any but a friendly liglit." "1 know that. I can hardly exnlam it to myself," she saio' with a slight smile. "1 feel that girl de.spi.sesâ€" hales ! almost an Insult. Mrs. Dundas regard- I me; yet I am so far fascinated by her ed her with the warmest sympathy, that 1 would work her way to hap- "Ahl you are tired, fatigued," slje piness, I use her: yes. I abuse hor aaid, sweetly. "On* can see it. That â€" truel Yet I wish her only good. She j will do (or a first reason, at all events. is the one honest thing amongst us, I As for the othersâ€"" Sho pauaod She iHjlieve, and I would not see Tier sacrl- \ turned her eyes upon O'Grady, and her ficod to a ^oor-blooded creature like lips widened into one of her most bril- Featberston if I eould prevent it." j Hunt smilea. "Mr, O'Gradyâ€" li he go- " Perhaps you think it will l>e for her , ingâ€" with you?" The little hesitatTon good to llie an old maid." | waa perfect. "Am I to be so unfor- "I think It will be to hor everlasting tunate aa to lose you both in one mo- advantage if she accetvts Andrew I ment?" Strongo. There is a man, who will Lady Varley made her no reply; she make her happy, if you will!" only moved a step or two nearer to "Whatl \ou advocate hU cause the door, and stood there ia though she 'nowt" had forgutten her. But O'Grady'a The ordinary Egyptian ia by inatlnot utterly opposed to military life. The last thmg in the world he wanta to do is to tight. He bates the pomp and clroumstanoe of glorious war, and no- thing In his nature la appealed to by the idea ot strife and combat. He is a goon- tempered, pleasure-lov- ing man, and for 6,000 years hia an- cestors 1:>efore him have loathed the clash of steel. Go liack as tar aa you like in Egyptian history and you will never find a trace of the Vlkina spirit in the iiihatutants of the Nile Valley. The surooasful wars of the Pharoaba were waged l>y mercenariee, and the papyri ahow tnat the military calling was always deoorilied as pure evil. The records show little delights in battle* but plenty of plotureaiiue contracts be- tween the horrible miaerles endured by the soldier in the field and the ple.a» ant, snug life of the olvllUm tribe. The spirit ot the old Dane, who, wb<Mi he felt (U>ath approaching, put on bis armor be<;auBe he would not die like a cow in hiA bouse, has no echo in the past or ui the present of the true Egyp- tian. THE NEW DOMESTIC. Housewife (to new domestic)â€" There is one thing I wish to say to you. The last girl had a habit of coming nito the dramng room and playing the piano occasionally. You never play the piano, dp youl" New Domesticâ€" Yis, mum, I plays, but I'll hev to charge yer five shil- lings a week uixtiy i fi'm to furnish music for the family. iiiMisin. iTEAI5 OP INTEREST ABOUT THB BUSY YANKEE. Nelthborly Intereit Io HI* Dologsâ€" HUttcrt ol Momeat and Hlrtb Qathcred HMI Hia Dally Record. The State Legislature of Ohio has passed an anti-lyncbing bill. In New Y'ork State there are 280,- 029 acres of buclcwhe&t under eultivs* tion. Uncle Hiram Leater, ot Henry coun- ty, Ga., is said to be now in his ISOtU year. A Thorndike (Maaa.) man has a yoiing kitten which haa two distinct bodiea, eight legs, no tall and a head which looks strangely human. Work ia proceeding day and night at the ordnance shops in the Washington navy yard on the guns deaigned for the new ships nearing completion. The Chicago City Railway Company is preparing to spend 82,000,000 in build- ing 40 miles of track in the south aud aoutb-western parts of Chicago. The gifts to colleger, churche* lil> raries and public charities in the Unit- ed States last year amounted ta 1^8,943,549, against 919.967,116 in 1894. Rockland, Me., has a woman just'ios of the peace, a woman court steno- grapher, three women who liave mad* an ironclad agreement to wear bloom- ers. There ia nothing very eccentric ia " Young " or " Old " as a name, but ths combination ia rather odd in the caas of Mrs. Young Old, of Portsmouth, Va. Cats are scarce in the little town ol Valley, Washington. The ooyotea com* bold!/ into town at night, and carry off all the cats they see prowling around. Mr. Charles H, Hackley, of Mus- kegon, Micb.t has added 923,000 to hi* original gift for a manual training school in that town, making his total gift 9155,000. Coal o( excellent quality, and in a|»- parently enormous quactitiee, haa juat been discovered In Arizona, in the Do* Cabezoa district, only six milea (rom the railroad. A woman lawyer has won the (Irat dl- voroe case tried by a female member of the bar. The trial took place ia the New York Supreme Court befor* Judge Smytbe. Mra. Ann B. Whitman, of Marlboro*, IMasa., who died Last week at nearly 94 years of age, was present at th* laying of the corner stone of Bunkat Hill monument. Mra. George Gould's tiara, which sb* has just received (rom a London mal^ er, cost 980,000, and is said to be OM of the finest specimens of the jeweU Isrs' art in America. The newly elected president of Eenr yon Coliege, at Gambler, O., W. 9. Pierce, is but 28 years old. Ha haa beea profeasor of philosophy at Kenyon to* the Last three years. The congregation ot a church at FU* more, Cal., has invited its paator t* resign because he accepted contribu- tions tor church work tronn sportinU men and saloon-keepers. Joel Luman. of Burtonville, Ky., ia * big man. His height is 6 feet 4 inches, and his weight is 3.54 pounds. He haa a son and a i^aghier. each of whom is aa tall as himself. Michigan haa been called the " Lak* State " for an obvious reason. It ii (letter known aa the " Wolverine State " from the former presence of great num- bers of these animals In ita forests. South Carolinlaua are " Weasles," "Sand Hillers," amd "Rice Birds;" ths first an illusion to the thinness of the early natives; the second, to their place of residence; the third, to a oommoa crop and birds which feed on it. Arkansas, a great many years ag(x waa nicknamed the " Bear State," from the abundance of bears In the moun- tainous districts. For over forty years Arkansas had almost a monopoly ot ths bear stories of the country. J. de Barth Shrob, whoae death ia announced in Los Angeles, Cal., waa one of the liest known viticulturUts in the world. He leaves among other pro- perty a vineyard of 1,900 acreav iiMluil> ed in his big ranch of 10^000 acres. Encircling the throat of a baby left on a doorstep at Day's Ferry, Me., waa a card to vvhich waa attached an en- velope containing 9500 in bank note* and these words : ' When this is gon* there ia more from where this cam* from." Ros>vell Silsby, who died at his horn* In Aurora, Mie., the other day, wa* known all through that part of CiM state aa " the hairless man." From birth his head was perfectly tiald, and he had no hair on any part of his body. H* always wore a wig. His age was sev- enty-six years. The largest prune orchard in tha world is said to be located at Los Gates, on the western edge ot the Santa Clara Valley, Cal. It contains nearly 50,009 trees, covering about 380 acres. A hun- dred workmen and aa many horses ar* constantly employed on this farmk which la provided with ita own water- works and electric light plant. Neither coloured folk nor Chinamea are permitted to live or work iln th* new colony of Fitzgerald, recently founded In Georgia; but a novelty to* that section ot the country has lieen let Inside the limits in the person of a pret- ty girl barber. She baa set up a shav- ing shop and is doing a big business among llie westerners, who form ths greater part ot the colonists. The Mayor ot Flint. Mich., perfornUI the duties of bis o((ioe without oomi>eiv satlon other than the satisfying sens* o( having done his duty. But the May- or who retired laat week has directed the a(fairs of the towo so well durinj his year of office that the Common Council unanimously voted to mako an appropriation for bim« as an eapecial mark of satisfaction. 'Ibe sum was on* dollar. Mls9 Kate Shelley, of Moingona, la., who made her way through a raginfl blizsard at midnight several years agdi and, by signalling to a crowded ex« press train on the Chicago and North* w«>stern railroad, saved U from pIuOj^ ing tbroutcb a wrecked bridge), has ag^ plied to toe Iowa Legislature for eno* ployment In the State House as a mea> lal. She Is destitute, and had to aup port her aged mo',hier and an invalid orother. â- â- Â«-H«fMMMt«wa<»« -w