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CHAPTER I.
Marie Anroinett ie Montolieu ni a
tru eioa of th old French noblesse,
with fin features and clear, pule com
plexion. There had been vivacity and
brightness, too, in those brown eyes, but
th luster vat gone now, and there was
left only the calnv expression of resigna
tion which follows life of trouble nobly
bom.' - She had lived sixty-four years
In th world.
Her father and mother, the Marquis
and Marquise d Montollea, had been in
high favor at the court of Ixmis the Six
teenth. They were proud, handsome
aristocrats, and when tha Revolution
came with Its fearful horrors, they were
forced to fly for their Urea. When they
reached England they were penniless and
compelled to earn their bread.
The marquis gave lessons Is singing.
. and th marquise made a little money by I
celling her paintings. A kind-hearted no-'
bleman, who had known them in former
day, allowed them fifty pounds a year;
and with this, and the fruit of their own
exertion, they managed to exist. Three
years later a daughter was born to them, !
whom they named Marie Antoniette, In
affectionate and reverential memory of I
their martyred queen. From her earliest '.
infancy aha waa deeply imbued with the j
aad spirit of the time; and the unvarying ,
melancholy of her parents produced a ,
atrong effect upon her. She wa nat
urally bright and vivacious, but the at-'
tioua.
When aba waa wTnfMn vaara nIA Iia
" beloved father died, and from that time
11 her energies were strained to provide
for her heart-broken and widowed moth-,
cr. Five year later the marquise died
also, and Marie was thrown on the world, '
literally- penniless and friendless. Then
11 at once th nobleman who had be-1
. friended her parents came forward and
offered her a home in his house, in spit
of th remonstrances of bis wife, who
waa keenly alive to the imprudence of j
bringing a beautiful young girl under the j
a me roof with her grown-up sous.
For time Marie Antoinette waa hap- I
py, and then cam the most bitter trial j
of her life. She went out again as a j
govern es, and traveled abroad. At the :
age of thirty-fiv she went into Sir How- j
, ard Champion'a family, to educate his
daughters, and remained with them J
twelv years. The lder daughter made
brilliant match, and the younger eloped j
wltn gentleman, farmer. There being
thus no further occasion for her services,
ah waa dismiased; but Sir Howard, be
ing liberal although arrogant and des
potic man, settled an annuity of a hun
dred pounds on her for lire. On this, and
th Interest of what she had saved dur
ing her long years of teaching, she lired;
and small aa was her Income, she gave
way much. Hera was a grand life of
love, of charity and of self-abnegation.
Uasoored by her troubles, nnimbittered
by her loneliness, she was the true picture
of a gentle, aympathixing and patient
woman.
Sir Howard cursed his younger daugh
ter solemnly on the Bible from which he
erased her name, and commanded that it
might never be uttered in his presence
gain. The whole household were awa
tricken, and crept about silently and
fearfully. - Madame de Montolieu waa
heart-broken.
Winifred bitterly regretted her false
atep. She loved the world and the fash
Ion, and so the comparatively humble Ufa
th now led was gall and wormwood to
her. Her husband was fond of her, but
he chafed under her constant fretful re
grets; ah quarreled with hia family, re
fused to notice them, and made him bit
ter, eontemptuoua little speeches, which
drove him In anger from her presence!
Th only link left to her between th
present and the past was' Madame de
Montolieu, who cam to lira in a small
cottage near her, and was with her con
stantly. But poor Winifred fretted night
and day at her loaa of caste, and became
thin and ill; and when her little girl waa
bora ah died.' ,r
For aome yeara little Winifred waa
brought np and taken care of by her fath
er's sister; but when she waa eight yeara
Id Miss Eyre married, and her father
waa somewhat perplexed what to do with
her. Madam de Montolieu offered to
educate her, and Mr. Eyre gladly accept
ed the offer. j
She received a complete education from
Madame de Montolieu, who loved her as a j
. daughter, and bad brought her up with
tender car and watchfulness. She spoke
French perfectly, waa a good musician
, and sang aa sweetly aa a nightingale. I
Madame de Montolieu had devoted great
time and care to perfecting her accom-1
plistrnentt, hoping that, when abe grew
np. Sir Howard might relent and give her
an opportunity of entering Into society,
for which aha wa eminently fitted. But
the baronet and hia whole family sternly I
persisted in ignoring her, and it waa a'
vary bitter grief and humiliation to poor
.Winifred.
. It seemed so cruelly unjust. Why
should Flora Champion her cousin, and
flattered, and received everywhere, while '
he, who longed to ardently for the same '
advantage, waa compelled to live unnotic-1
ad in a farm house? Her father had civ
et her a pretty little pony and carriage,
la which ah took great pleasure. She
wonld hare liked to ride at well, but her
father could not afford, he laid, to keep
two horaea for her, and had given her a
chance of riding or driving; she preferred
the former, but chose the latter, remem
bering that It waa a pleasure which her
dear madam could (hare.
Mr. Eyre waa very fond of hit daugh
ter, aad, moreover, exceedingly proud of
kr. He desired intensely for her the
advantages of wealth and station, person
ally Indifferent though he was to them.
Hit greatest truble, his most bitter mor
tification in life, waa that her grandfath
er would not acknowledge her. For him
self be did not care, he had no wish to
rite from the position with which his fore
fathert had been contented. Once, at
hit Instigation, Madame de Montolieu had
mentioned Winifred to Sir Howard. An
angry flush darkened hit brow at he
aid, aternly:
"Madame, I feel no Interest In hearing
f Mitt Gyre, and I beg in future you will
pare me all allusion to the issue of a
disgraceful connection."
The gentle old Frenchwoman had con
veyed the result of her attempt to Mr.
Eyre with characteristic delicacy, but he
felt th Insult of the refusal keenly. It
was hit only hope for Winifred, for bis
wn relatione were not la position to be
f use to ber. -Always in the evening
gM eaig. played or read to him; aad
ooMtlmeav whan b bad watched her
ritfc proud delight butled with tonie re
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DAUGHTER.
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fined accomplishment, he would sigh and
aay:
"Ah! my child, yon were born for some
thing better than a poor faruier'a daugh
ter." But it Winifred at times chafed be
cause she was the unnoticed daughter of
a poor farmer, she never looked down on
or blamed her father. She had no wish
to be elevated from her present position
without him; she sought no advantage
from which he was excluded. She even
strove to conceal her regrets from hiui;
but the eyes of love are discerning, and
although Mr. Eyre never allowed her to
aee that her longings were kuown to him,
he was painfully alive to them.
Miss Eyre left the town one day and
walked on for about half a mile, until
she came to a small white cottage stand
ing back from the road in a pleasant gar
den, well shaded bv old-fashioned fruit
trees, Winifred' did not stand on the
ceremony of knocking, but raised the
latch and entered the drawing room,
where Madame de Montolieu was sitting
before her embroidery frame. She looked
ap with a glad smile, and, rising, kissed
the young girl on both cheeks.
"Ah! my rosebud." she exclaimed, "you
have come at last."
"Yes, dear madame," Winifred replied,
"but I have not been wholly successful
in executing your commissions. See!"
she added, "this green wool la a ahade
lighter than the pattern, but I thought it
would acarcely matter, as your other
greens are so much deeper. Th red is
the right color, but It seems to me a
little faded lying In the ahop. It is im
possible to get exactly what you want
in these little country towns."
"Both will do excellently well, my
child I thank you," returned Madame
de Montolieu. putting on her spectacles.
Then she looked fondly at Wiaifred'a
face; but something she aaw there
brought an increased gravity over her
placid features.
"My lover she said, gently, "has any
thing happened to distress you?"
The quick tears sprang to Winifred's
eyes, but for a moment she was silent.
Then she essayed to aniiie, answering:
"It is my pride, for which you so often
chide me, that has been hurt, dear mam
ma. I shall make you laugh when I tell
how amall a thing has provoked me."
But the kind old lady did not laugh
she was full of pitiful tenderness for
the feelings of youth, and sympathised
keenly with the wounds of a sensitive
nature like Winifred's. She heard how
Winifred's cousin. Miss Champion, had
passed her on the road that morning, ig
noring her.
"Madame," said Winifred, suddenly,
after a pause, "who do yon think the
gentleman with Miss Champion could
br
"I cannot tell, my love; probably a vis
itor at the Manor. Stay, my love, may
It not have been Mr. Hastings? I hear
he has just returned from abroad, and
you know his father and Sir Howard
were great friends. Perhaps he at last
feels a desire to see the beautiful home
of hia fathers, which he has neglected so
long. Csn you describe him at all?'
"I only saw him a moment," returned
Winifred, blushing, "but his face aeem
ed rather bronzed with travel; from what
I remember, I fancy he had dark blue
eyes and fair hair."
"I think, then," remarked Madame de
Montolieu, "that my surmise is correct,
for dark blue eyes and golden hair are
the family characteristics."
Winifred turned homeward with a
lighter heart. She had almost forgotten
the affront that had been put upon her
but she could not forget the eager look
of admiration that had crossed the hand
some stranger's face as he turned to
look at her. Without doubt he was Mr.
Hastings, the owner of all the property
about of the very wood through which
abe was even then passing on her wny
to the farm. And a very bright smile
came on her lips as she thought how near
he lived, and that she might perhaps see
him sometimes in her walks. It would
be some relief to the monotony of her
life, only to be able now and then to gaze
on a handsome face like his.
One evening Winifred went out for a
stroll In the woods with ber little Scotch
terrier as her only companion, and, choos
ing a picturesque spot, sat down to rest
and to dream of the many women no fair
er than she, who had become famous.
Her speculations were auddenly cut
short by a yap from her terrier, and
turning aharply round, she beheld her
little companion rolling over and over
down the bank under the sudden and
unprovoked assault of a huge mastiff.
She uttered a little cry of fright, and
sprang to the rescue, when she heard a
crashing of the branches at her side,
a sharp, "To heel, Hollo!" from a man's
voice. A sudden recognition, a hasty
apology, and he stod looking at her, hat
in hand, with the same expression of ad
miration In his eyes that she had aeen
there before. There was a pause, dur
ing which the startled Winifred blushed,
and felt painfully confused.
"I fear my dog has alarmed you," said
the stranger, at last; "he Is rather wont
to be aggressive to bis species, particular
ly in this wood, of which he is accus
tomed to consider himself sole monarch."
"Then I fear we are trespassers," Wini
fred found courage to answer; "but we
have always been allowed to walk here,
and "
"I shall indeed be sorry If our rude
ness and Inhospltallty should drive you
away," laughed the stranger. "I beg
you will always, both for yourself and
friends, consider you are entitled to a
free right of way over any and every
part of my possessions."
Winifred thanked him and would have
turned away, but be lingered; and there
was such a charm to her in the presence
of this refined, aristocratic looking man,
that she felt no inclination to break rude
ly away from him.
"You are Mr. Hastings, then?" she said,
interrogatively.
"Yes," he replied. "I have come back
at last to enjoy the delights of home af
ter my long absence."
"It must be very pleasant to see so
much of the outer world," Winifred said
timidly; "It must give one such broad
views of things and people, and stamp
out one'l petty, intolerant thoughts and
narrow prejudices."
Mr. Hastings was surprised by this
last remark of his companion's, but he
was far too well bred to allow his
thoughts to appear. He remarked quietly:
"Yon teem to have considered these
things more than young ladies are apt
to do."
"I must be going," the uttered, nattily;
"it It letting lata."
lie turnej to teemnpsay her, bnt ah
bowed with an air of decision, saying:
"My path leada away from lUsel
Court"
"I hope," he said, lingering a moment,
"that my present' to-night will uot teuj
to frighten you away ftviu these wood
for the future. May I rely on your nuk
ing use of them as usual?"
She thanked him again, and, bowing,
turned away. He stood, hat in hand, be
fore her as he might have done to a
j princess; and as she wrut on her way
; home, he gate,) after her slight, graceful
; form with a look of teuder admiration
' such as might hare befitted a man who
watched the woman he loved.
CHAPTER II.
In a very elegant drawing room, with
French windows to the ground, leading
on to a velvet sward gemmed with Bow
era, sat Mrs. Champion and her daughter.
The mother was employed ou an elabor
ate piece of woodwork, while Miss Cbam-
I pion half recliued upon her silken couch,
' reading. She looked up from it to answer
her mothers interrogatory.
"Do you think Mr. Hastings will bt
here this afternoon. Flora?"
, "1 cannot tell, mamma; Retinal J has
' gone over to the Court to lunch, and look
, at some new horses., and he said he
j should probably bring Mr. lUstiug back
j to dinner."
I "lie is very handsome," remarked Mrs.
Champion. "ludisputably the best match
in the county."
I "Except Evelyn Vane," remarked
' Flora.
"Evelyn Vane?" echoed her mother
"Evelya Vaue has nothing uutil his fath
er dies; and even when he become Lord
I.anciug, hs income will not be much
more than halt that of Mr. Hastings."
I "But there is the title," said Miss
, Champlou; "Lord Lanclug cauuot last
j much longer, and I would rather have a
mie, even u i were oongen 10 aacrince
half the income."
Which was not true, for Flora Cham
pion was rather in love with Errol Hast
ings, and utterly indifferent to the Hon
orable Evelyn Vane. She and her mother
Mvere much attached to each other at
i least as much as waa possible for two
such selfish and indifferent nature to be
and they were wont to indulge in mu
tual confidences. At this moment Regi
nald Champion, the only son and brother,
eutered the room.
"Have you Just returned from th
Court?" inquired his mother.
"Yes; Hastings left me at the door not
five minutes ago."
"I thought he was going to dine here."
"I thought so, too; but I suppose he
changed his mind, for when he arrived
here, and I pressed him to couit In, he
declared he had a previous engagement.
It was all a lie, though. I could see; but I
think I know what the counter attraction
was."
"Indeed!" said Flora, disdainfully, "and
may we inquire the result of your pene
tration?" "It is nothing that will please you, Flo,
I can tell you."
"Don't be provoking, Reginald:" utter
ed his mother, sharply; "tell us at once
what you mean."
(To be continued.)
AN ISLAND PRINCIPALITY.
Chocolate Menler's Pomala at th
Msath of the PU Lawrence.
Having Inspected the exhibit of Men
ler chocolates and the other tights at
the Pan-American, and shaken hands
with Lord Mlnto, and "done" two or
three of the principal Canadian cities,
M. Henri Menler, of Parts, betook him
self to his Island of Autlcottl.
This Island lies in the estuary of the
St. Lawrence. It Is twenty-five miles
longer than our Long Island, and a lit
tle more than twice as wide at Its wid
est. There are square miles of
Antieosti, and every square Inch of it
belongs to M. Henri Menler, of Paris.
His purchase of the Island made a stir
among our good neighbors of the Do
minion. Some of their papers were
pretty ture that It meant mischief.
Their doctrine was that the French flag
follows French chocolate men. They
warned their government carefully to
consider whether It would be safe to
permit the establishment of the trl
color in perpetuity In the lnws of the
St. Lawrence. When the new proprie
tor's agent evicted some Wesleyan
squatters of the fishing persuasion
from his luluud religious excitement
was superadded to the political. But
all that teems to have quieted down.
M. Menler paid a round price for bis
island, but It is now thought In Que
bec that it wat a sound business in
vestment He hat a small fleet of
steam and sailing vessels In the near
by waters. Ills agent shipped $40,000
worth of lobsters to Paris a fortnight
apo the product of two months' can
ning. He Is going to extend the fish
eries and the canneries on a grand
scale. He Is going to put up a vast
pulp mill. He Is going to develop the
ether resourcet of bis island. He It
stocking It now with the illver fog and
Jhe beaver. Their pelts wUl presently
swell the profits of the chocolate man.
Meanwhile moose, caribou and deer
abound on his Island, beart shuffle un
der his trees, the little rivers are full
of salmon and sea trout No monnrcb
could ask better shooting or fishing.
M. Menler la having the time of bis
life, and all those forests and little riv
erg are his own. They will be there
all the time, awaiting his visits.
Which one of our Yankee archmlll
ionalres owns an Island like that? They
never thought of buying Antieosti.
They let the chocolate man get the start
of them. And the supply of purchas
able Islands 135 miles long, 40 miles
wide In spots, stocked with game, and
affording flrHt-clusK salmon fishing Is
limited. Hartford Courant.
Called Dog Through 'Phone.
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, now lays
clnlm to an exceptionally clever dog,
says the Cincinnati Commercial Trib
une. The other afternoon, Mrs. Edward
Brauns, the owner of the dog, had rea
son to telephone to her daughter, Mrs.
.T. J. Burckhurdt, nearly a mile distort
During the conversation Mrs. Hrpris
stated that she was going out calling,
but Intended to leave her dog Blng at
home. At this point Mrs. Burckhardt
anked Mrs. Brauus to hold Bin's car to
the telephone and she would Invite blm
to spend the day at her house, to be the
guest of her little son Edward, Edward
and Blng being the greatest of friends.
More for a Joke than anything else,
tier request was granted, and In less
time than one can tell the dog jumped
from the arms of Mrs. iirauns, made
for the door and began to bark. The
door was opened, and in a short time
Mrs. Brauns was Informed by tele
phone that Edward and Blng were
hugely enjoying themselves la 'he back
yard,
NOTED AFRICAN EXPLORER AND AUTHOR,
DISCOVERER OE GORILLA, NVJIO IS DEAC
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Paul du ChalHus. whose exploration, covering tbuaiala oi ij.Uc of
Africa, added greatly to the world's knowledge or th.' da-It cnUn-nt nt
Its Inhabitants, died recently at St. Petersburg, wher !. ;n :nsUn- prep
arations to start on a tour of exploration In Siberia, do wivi to, first to
tell the world about the gorilla. He was t years oi wan .ru Hi New
Orleans, and had his home In New York. On hit first x-xMi'.hUi he sailed
from New York to the French settlement at the mouth of '!, linboon Illver.
In west Africa. At hit own expense he traveled 8,000 miles with only native
companions, tnd covered much previously unexplored country. After reveral
tubsequeut trips to Africa. Dn Challlu turned his ttteutlon to northern luudt.
Lapland waa explored from end to end, and he embodied hit experiences In
a book. "The Land of the Midnight Sun." Recently he had been waking a
study of the Muscovite races.
The portrait Is from a photograph Mr. Do Challlu tent to Mrs. Robert
L. Glflord. 277 East 4t!tb street, Chicago, who had known him for a number
of years, tnd at whose home he was a guest whenever ho came to Chicago.
Mrs. Qlfford last night confirmed the statement cabled from St Petersburg
that Mr. Du Challlj had no living relations.
HABITATS OF THE MOST PREVALENT
DISEASES IN THE UNITED STATES.
AN official death map has been prepared under the direction of the
Census Bureau. It showt that causes of death are largely a matter or
geography, and the twenty-one districts Into which th country la
divided mark the limits of different regions where various dlseaaet are
most ravaging.
The most sensational deaths occur In the raelfle coast district region,
In the State of Washington. This It the only district lu which gunshot
wounds are reported as a prevalent cause of death. Heart disease, tulclde,
and apoplexy tbow there the largest number of victims, and the record la
held for the greatest number of deaths from alcoholism.
Lung troubles appear to be most numerous along the Atlantic coaat from
New York to Virginia and along the Mississippi River from New Orleans
to the Ohio River.
Typhoid fever and malaria come far down on the list in momitnlnous dis
tricts, but appear at the tup In North Carolina, South Carols, Georgia
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Indian Territory. '
Although only three out or every 100 dlo of old' tge. there are a rew
fortunate districts where old age rlvalt consumption and malaria at the
cause of death. Among these favored spots are the Caiskllls, Adirondack
Green Mountains, parts of Michigan and Wisconsin, and the reglou ou either
side of the Missouri River.
Croup and whooplug cough appear to be most dangerous In the districts
which have the least population and where, presumably, medical aid la most
dlltlcult to obtain. Cancer, heart disease, and apoplexy are more to be
expected In mountainous parts of the country than In the level districts
In eight of the twenty-one districts rheumatism reaps a large harvest of
death, noticeably In the thinly settled State, where tho Inhabitants are most
exposed to the tudileu clumes of the "weather. ,
Generally speaking. It appears' that the majority of dentin In the count-.
are caused by climatic conditions, whllo those in the cltlet are caused ..i
social conditions. The farmer on the Dakota prnirla, for example nee .
to guard against rheumatism, but not against malaria or heart dlseato
Czar Is Not Omnipotent.
nenry Labouchcre, the noted Eng
lish publicist and journalist, In a re
cent article In bis London periodical
glvet an Instance of the tuuuuer In
which even a definite command of the
Czar may fall to be carried out by rea
son of the complicated system of ad
ministration In Russia. It teems that
somewhere In Finland the peasauts
very much wanted to have certain
roads opened so aa to give them more
direct communication with St Peters
burg. A petition wa therefore circu
lated and largely signed pointing out
;L value of these roads as a means of
unifying their country with Kussla.
The Czar read the petition "with that
minute attention characteristic of all
be does," and with bis own hand wrote
on the margin of It: "I command that
these roads be made at once."
Not satisfied with that, he sent the
petition and command to the Minister
of Public Works, who discovered that
bis department could not possibly car
ry out the making of the roads. After
a delay of tome time be made the fur
ther discovery that the only person
who bad the authority and means was
the governor of Archangel. A Fln
lander declare that when the gov
ernor of Archangel asks for money
with which to carry out the Imperial
order be will be tent to the Minister
of Finance, De Wltte, who Is an al
most fanatical economist and never
has any money whatever for new un
dertakings. It Is now three and a half
years since the Czar ordered the mak
ing or these roads, and not one step
hat yet been taken to carry out bit
command.
Joke Wa on the Whites.
A Wichita boy serving In the Phil
ippine army writes to hit mother In
the greatest Indignation over a gigan
tic Joke played by a colored regiment
In the far-away Islands. This regi
ment It the Forty-ninth Infantry. They
were stationed at Blpa, one of the In
terior provinces. TLey told the iiutlvet
that tb cttored race predominated la
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America; that the whltee had been but
recently released from slavery; that
the colored people ran the United
Stntes government; that President Me
Kliiley was descended rrom a pure
blooded African chief; that the white
folk In America were low down, Iuzy,
pilfering trash, much given to tteallng
chickens; that the white were not per
inltted to own property,' and that the
negroes wouldn't associate with thctn
on terms of equality at all.
By and by the colored regiment wa
moved elsewhere and the regiment to
which the Wichita boy belonged took
Its place. The white soldiers found
that they were looked upon with con
tempt and that everything told by the
colored troops had been believed.
Kansa City Journal.
Employer No, you can't go to your
grandmother's funeral, but ' about 4
o'clock you can go out and look at tho)
baseball tcore tnd come , bnclt and
ten tuc who won. ;
Natural Oat,
The origin of natural gat Is the action
of water upon aluminum, carbide .by
which methane It evolved.
Tell a man he doetm't look woll, and
be begins to reflect that he It looking
Inturittlug.
ThHon UpD. '
IDENTITY O DICKENS' SQUEtftS.
Uaeat Itenewed bv Keprlat oflM.I "A.I"
la London Tints.
Th quest for the Identity of Mr.
Wsckford Saucers hits been revived by
the reprint by th Time or an adver
tisement from It Issue or Jan, 7, IU.
say th Loudon Chronicle. A Mr.
Stttipauu, or Woden Cr. ft, nenr Hm n.ir.l
Castle, thereby smiuunoed bl attend
ance at the Huraoen'a lli .i.l, Showbill,
to receive "yomig gentlemen," tnd
contemporary Jumpe to th conclusion
that this person waa the prototype of
the tntamou 8iueer. A a matter cf
fact, Dlckctiq bad only too many orlg
dial for hia pitiful ttory, and an intra
ordinary parallel to the tal told In
"Nicholas Nlckelby" may be found In
the biography of J nines Abernethr, th
father of marine engineering. This
work waa published by bit tun In I Ml 7,
and reviewed lu th Chronicle of Dec.
JH. or that year, th facta a to the mU
rrtiblu school life being reproduced from
the late englnoer't diary, this portion of
which was written lu 1K3I, or about
four year before the novel mad Ita
appearance In monthly parta.
Th reviewer thua tell the ttory, tnd
drawt the parallel: "The school to
which Jniiie and bl brother (irnrga
were aetit waa kept by t ruffian named
Smith, at Cotueratotir, near Barnard
Castle, u North Yorkshire, and there la
something quite remarkable lu the facts
that there waa a Mrs. HniHh, who ap
pear to have been th counterpart r
Mr. Bqtieers; that th arrangement
for placing the boya were made whll
Smith waa advertising hit ttendanc
t well known couching bouse In Lon
don; and that th amount to bv paid
for th two lada wa t) a year each,
the exact auiu In consideration or which
Mr. 8nawley ' mad over bit two
wretched little atcpona to th oily
Squeers, Th description of th
awful den at Cotherstoiie, with Its
wolf-eyed "pupil" stnrvlng on putrid
meat, and clad In workhou clothing,
with wooden clog: th tyranny and III
uaage, the utter abaenc of moral con
trol all this la pathetic In th" ex
treme." The brothers, after spending
two year In I his hopelea misery, were
rescued owing to the casual visit of tn
undo. It It Interesting to recall thai
Jainea, who wn taken aa pupil by bla
fattier, who waa then resident engineer
It the Loudon dock works, and had at
a new companion Bidder, th Calciilnt
lug Boy. became president of the Instb
tutlon or civil engineers lu 1H8I.
Marriage and lmg Lim.
Bcleutlrlc research Justifies th rule,
"Marry and live to ripe old age." After
a long expcrleuc with mortality ta
ble, Frederick It Hoffman, a writer
upon Insurance subject, demonstrates
the Intluciic of marriage on longevity.
Interesting figure show that the mor
tality or married male ha been roil
tlderably below the mortality or tingle
male at all sges, th dlfferenc belug
moat uotlccablu ltwen the ago pe
riod of 4S and CI year. Between
thoa age, roughly speaking, three
tingle nieu die to two married one.
The rate of female give remit fa
vorable to married women. Although
their death rate 1 greater than that
of tingle women In the period between
13 and 44 years, after that period th
proportions are reversed In favor of
the married women.
In both sexes below the age of 40
the deaths among muriled persona, due
to certain specific causes, are slightly
In excess of death among single per
tons. The causes are cuncer. tumor,
nervous diseases, circulatory, digestive1
and urinary disease. But death rrom
consumption among alngle person nr
preponderating greater than those
among tho married. Above th age or
45 the mortality of the married lu both
sexes, from all causes. It much less
than that of single people, Mr. Hoff
man unhesitatingly conclude that
marring make for long life. Un.
doubtedly many factor other than the
fact of marriage contribute to decide
th question of longevity. The ques
tions of regular living and settled habit
must be considered' as well as that of
the hiimnn being fulfilling bl natural
destiny and following natural luwt.
-8t. Louis Republic.
Two Way.
There It a good deul of comfort tn lu.
found with the people who are, at tho
I phrase goes, "like our folks." The Con
gregutlotinllst furnishes an Instance In
point, relative to the old tnd new way
of giving out church notices:
The old-fashioned clergyman had
been In the bahlt of making the an
nouncements In lilt most punctilious
manner. Each ono was couched In
tome such language at this:
"If It be In accordance with the will of
Divine Providence, there will be a meet
ing In this house this evening; the sub
ject will be, 'Scripture Promise,' and
there will be a short address by the pat
tor, no unforeseen accident prevent
ing." ' . .
Wheq bit tuccessor arrived every one
supposed that the old order of thlngt
would probably continue unbroken; but
the congregation Involuntarily drew a
breath of relief when the pastor re
marked, In a pleasant, conversational
tone:
"I haven't yet decided whether or not
It't advisable to contlnuo the evening
meetings during the coming month.
'Tany rate, we'll hold one to-nlghtj and
let's all try to be there."
The Amateur Autor,
"A few of ut are going to have pri
vate theatricals," the aspirant said to
an old actor the other day, "and I am
cast to pose as the dying gladiator.
Would you mind giving me a few
wrinkles?"
'tOli, no. You are the dying glndl
ntor, eh? Well, to begin with, what
nre you dying for?"
"1 I don't understand."
"But you must understand. I want
to know whether you are dying for a
glass of beer or being carried off by
gnlloplng consumption. It will make
a heap of difference In the pose."
According to later Information, the
young man was wildly searching a vol
ume of Shakespeare to see what the
gladiator died for.
Ill-Tifnod.
, "You sny your playing created a
great deal of talk?" an Id the friend.
"Yes," answered the pianist, "but,
unfortunately, It was mostly during
my P'iifotumnce."-Wathlngton Star.
"I confess I on't umlcittand what
your baby' tayliig." "It I a queer
language, lau't It?" "Ye. ort of rl
English,"
I Munk Charmer-Bo th fat lady took
too much antlfat How la th now!
Hword 8wllowcr-Oh, lu reduced clr
cumatance.
' "Aud o you ran away from your
wife to enlist lu th army. What did
yon do that for?" "I'm lor ot
peace,"-1 .If.
Visitor tt lnan saylnm-My! the
are bad case, areu't they? Uuld
Yea. lr. Tbl I th ping pong wrt
-Town Topics,
Customer -llsv you snythlng that
I good for falling blr? Fctlou
Clerk-How would a watbkt do?
' -Chicago Dalljr Now.
Father-In choosing wlf on
should never Jndg by appearances.
Bon- That' right. Often lb preltlet
girl hav th leaat money.
i "Ther I on thing pertain," remark
ed lb Observer or Event and Thing!
"If we all hav to us oft coal, It will
teem bard."-Yonkra Htateaman.
II (who ba offended hr-Won't
you look up tt m? Bh-lf I did.
; you'd kiss ni again. 11 No; honest.
' I wou't Bh-Tbcn wbal's lb uw?-
Lir.
I Bamuiy-What la pollt! harmony,
't'nel Bam? Unci Bam-I'ulltlcal
harmony, Batnmy. I any period In poli
tic when tber It nothlug dolng.
I Puck,
I BheYou must not klat m until w
' r roniially engtged, II Do you
! mean to lay that you slwsyt lualat
upon that rule? Bh-I'v slwsyt tried
to,-Judge.
Lawyer-Tb Jury b brought In a
sealed verdict lu your c, Prlaoner
-Well, tell th court that they needn't
open It on my sccouut t)lgow
Evening Ttlue.
Th Udy- Did any on call while I
wa out? Th Maid -No. tua'aut. Th
Lady-Tbat' very Strang, t wonder
what people think I hav an "at bom
day" for.-Moonshine.
BhKut moat elopemrutt turn out
so disastrously. He Yea: but tvery
body expect them to. You a all
that trouble of kevplng up appearance
after th ceremony. -Judgo.
Mrs. Blobbal quit thought you
had forgotten ua. Mis (lusher, Mlsa
(iunher-Well, I have a bad memory
for face a nil, but I should not b
llki.y to forget your, Punch,
Visitor-Young man, I bop that
when you tr frea you will turn over
a new leaf. Couvlct-Bur I will. Th
lawyer 1 hire tb next lim will be
better on. Chicago Dally News.
On tho plnaxa: Ethel- Oh, Mal I'm
In such a quandaryl Old Mr. Box hat
promised to me and I don't know
whether 1 lov hi in or not. Mae-Why
not look him up In Brndstrect?-Judge.
To their liking; "1 your family
fond of cereal. Mrs. Junipup?" "Oh,
veryl we're reading several In th
Parlor Portfolio now, 'nd cau't hardly
wait from week I' week."-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Ptrdonabl Ignorance: "Let me e,"
satd th man tt the desk, pauslug with
hia pen In air, "ho waa the author of
Twlc. Told Tatea.'" "Chauticey De
pew, wasn't It?" suggested the man at
the other deak. -Chicago Tribune.
"That friend of yours seem to hnv
a clear conacletice." "No," answered
Benator Borghutu, "not clear con
sole nee; merely a bad memory which
with tome people answers the purpose
much better."-Washington Btnr.
"Kap alive, Mike; we're resruln'
ye!" Voice from the Debris 1 big
Clancy up ther wld ye? "Hnre he la."
Voice from the Deep-Ast blm wud h
b so kind aa t' atep art" the roolne.
I've enough on top av inu wldout him.
-tTlt-Bltt.
"Kentucky Is on of tb liveliest
Btatel In th Union," remarked tb
young man, "It It," answered Colouel
Htllwell, "beyond a doubt When 1
wat last there every man I met wa
running for office or for hi II fa."
Washington Star.
Principal-Well, did you get that
money owing by Bmlth? Collector
I'ui aorry to say I did not. There wer
a number or Smiths at that address,
ill of whom denied being your debtor.
One even threw me out. Principal
That't the one. Call on him again.
Mrt. Benham-Hnir the world doesn't
know how the other half lives. Ben
ham Then half the world must be un
married men. Mrs. Beuhnin-What
mnkei you think to? Beuhnm-lf they
wer married men their wive would
find out and tell theiu.-Brooklyn Life.
"Bay," remarked the Impatient pas
tenger on the New York cross-town
car, "don't yon ever go any fasier than
this?" "Don't get gay." mapped tb
conductor, "If It don't suit yer yer kin
git out nu' walk." "Oh, I'm not In
tucu a hurry at nil that," replied th
passenger iarcnsilcally."-p,adup1a
Press.
Sir Augustus LackeoHh (0 t(,r)
My ton tellt me that you bar ullowed
blm to ruu a bill for three yerp, i
have, therefore, come Tallor-Oh
pray, Sir Augustus, tlmro It really i,d
hurry. Hlr Augustus Lnckcasli-I
know that, and, therefore, I have com.
to tell you that In future I want to got
my clothe, from you, tqo.-Tlt-Blts.
A New Ilreakla.t Food.
"Do you know the 'Auto,.,,,. ...
Breakfast Table.' Mr. T.ukhamV" ask
' party "Cr',0Bt atrU,'nl dlr
I "Well, really, now, I don't know ha
replied. "We've tried so ninny o'ihem
I breakfast foods 1 can't keep track of
'em. Maria," he called to l,U
cross the table, "have we ever tried
thewator-cracker of tho breakfant
I If you have never tiled tomke any
one happy you have no Idea of what
you have mltscO,