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( MR. DUNDER'3 TROUBLES. ' lla Oo to the I'nlloe Stailoa mat Tail I Woeful Tain. "0. It'a yon, ehP" queried Sergeant Bondcll yesterday as he looked up from hi work Ht tlio desk and law Mr. Dun der before him. 'I believe alio vhas nin, Sergeant, und I like to have somo remark mlt you." "Somo fresh trouble, I Hiinpo-tn." "Vliell, I haf some experienco. pr nnp. mm winter, vlinn I h it pone aeho, det' doctor say 1 vim to go ome medical flannel." I "Medicated, you mnan." "Mdjlio Hhe vliat. Vhas It all right?" ' "Certainly. Medicated flannel I sup posed to be a good thing. "Vhell, dis wek a mai comes In mv place und liken to null me some modi cated ftv-screons. , "Wluit?" "Vlias she all right?" I Who ver heard of such a thins!" "Vhell, dot vims it. If you medicate some flannels vhv dom you medics some fly-suroons? Ha say it vha to be an awful ba I rear for shlll is i I fover, uud if I havo somo medicated flv- screens nothing can come In. A soo as dose shilU und fevers strike dot screen it vluu all oop init her." "And you bought somof" ,' "I buys ton." "Mr. IJiimlnr, you don't know enough to pound Hiiiid! "Id'ian'! Show m no ne sand un. I I p hi nl his head olf! Do you belief I like to bo seek?" "Well, go on what elso?" "I hnf u liro-ncapn put on my saloon Melilio you find somo fault mit dot," ")u your saloon! J t what point?" "On dor baek door. (Ie vhai mail of wire, uud holds half a bushot." "tin tiio baek door! holds half : bushel! Explain!" "lean oxplaiu In two seen m Is. I h t a man put nop a tiro-esonpe so dot . shall eseapo a liro dot burns mo omit. ' "How will you escape?" "Doau' I tell you dot I haf no fire I' lio vlia oop dnro. lie doau' let a lin preuk oudt--he inakos ma escape i file." "And you paid for !,?" "I pay four dollar, ofoourso. Peoples doan work for nothing. "Well. I declare! It's a wonder somi one don't oiler to buy you for a cueuni ber!" "1) 'io you vlia again. Eafrybod;. yells for liro-csc ipo, und shtist as soon hi I gut nun you imtku tun of me M 'lilie y in like inv place to bum oop und I vhai ruined?" "Well, well! Hit go on. Two swindler n week uru nothing for yon. What elso?" "Vhas Sjonoral Shackson dead?" "Wat bo! Well, 1 should remark! (ieneral .I n k m has been as dead as a door-nail those lifty years iasl," "Has lie? Dot does mo goo I, 1) it V:ihIi one time I vash all righ', uud doan get sliwiu lied." "What di von mean?" "Vhell, n nice man conies lit my pin 'C two da) s ugu. ash I Girl Diimler? I vash. All right. Kay, Mr. Duiider, I vash on tn a scheme dot niiiko u rich. I like you to work her anions; iter Shi'i iiinns uml I take r Yankees. It vims callixl Slieneral Sliaoksou's Dis covery, but be died before he do much Hboiidt him. It lias luiw to get dor sand out of sand stone." "Croat Scots!" "Hen vluu he great Scots! Don't you like to got the sand oudt if lie vhas In d-re?" "What for; ran't you get sand olmosi anywhere? Isn't It as cheap as dirt?" "I doau' think of d t. Vhell. py golh !" "And you bought the secret?" "Vliell, vo go into partnership, yo i sec. 1 givo him Iwntily-llve dollar uud he goes uy Chicago to get some machinery. He vims to do all to' work, und I vhas to sell dor sand uud bo the treasurer." "Well, you'll never treasurer any on that twenty-live dollars. It's a won .lor h didn't strike you for lifty." . "He did." "And why didn't he get It?" "I doan' happen to haf him. Sen how sharp 1 vims! 1 safe twcnty-llvo dollar in one lump. I like to seo you do put ter." "You'd boiler hiro a small boy to slay in your place and keep sharpers oil'. You don't know grass." "I doan'! You pring me somo straw uml 1 will allow you! Serjeant!" "Well?" "Iiok at my oye! I safe twenty-live dollar und you call mo a fool! Now look oudt! Keep your ear py dot tele phone. 1 vlias going homo. Pooty soon some feller come idling uud wants to know if dot vims (iratiot ave nue. H vhas a shwindhr. I take hi m by lor nock uud preak him in two lifelines, u:id if dot tolephono rings it vhas mo uud I like dot corpse carried avhsy. Good day, sir!" Detroit Frtt Press. A Booming Psalm of Life. Tell mo not In mournful numbers that the town Is full of gloom that the man's a crank who slumbers In those bursting days of boom. Life is real, life Is earnest, ami tiio grave Is not its goal. eery dollar that thou turnest helps to make the old town roll. Hut enjoyment, and not sorrow, is our des tined end or way; If you have no money, borrow buy a corner lot each day! I.Ives of great men all remind us we can win Immortal fame; let us leave the chumps behind us and we'll yet there just t ho same. In this world's broad Hold of battle, In the birouao of life, let u make the dry bones rattle liuv a corner lot for aifo! Let us, then, be up nud doing, with a heart for any fate; still m-liicvlug. still puruing, booming early, booming laU'. .1 -ion (A'. i.) O'.'tii. SCOTCH OIL.. MINES. The Curlou Petrnlnmn yield at Wart Caliler, Hcotlanil. William F.ndiey, of West Calder. ScutlniuL which Is the nnciout oil hale region of that country, has been making; a tour of tiio Pennsylvania petroleum Holds during the last few weeks, and was in New York this week. "I am more than amazed," said ho, "a I what I have soon. The petroleum of Scotland is mined like coal, and al though I had read of the oil-wells of America, I was not prepared for such a vast difference in the method of oil production. Tlio Scotch et role urn is not In the fluid state, but In a shale formation. The extracting of the products of this shale was for many yours a most Important industry, and is quite an extensive ono yet: but the American oil, botli illuminating and lubricating, is now set down In our markets cheaper than the Scotch oil can bo produced, and how long our oil production will last 1 only a quos lion of how long national pride will resist considerations of economy. The Scotch oil shale I black, a id lies at a depth of about four hundred feet bonoalh the sul fite The shnlo- producing regions aru all buiwoeu Ed inburgh and Glasgow, and are known as the oil fields of West Calder. They are very extensive and literally Inex haustible. Thai is ono hope wu have. The fliiid oil of this country will un- doiibiedly bccoiil) oxiinustvd or groat ly cii'rlailod in production somo time In the fiiture. It would not bo kind In me to say that I hope so, bu, well, I am interested in West Calder. When your Holds cease to pour out a quantity of oil that enables you to iv lino it, export It, ami sell It In Scot land at n less figure limn it cost us to exln.ct the oil from the shale at the Very threshold of Scotch markets we will come to the front with our oil mines again, and know whatever hap pen they cant bu exhausted. When th.i oil ilnlds of West Calder were being operated to a full capacity tlio shalo refinery there known as tlio Addiswoll nil work, and which cover seventy-live acres of ground, gave em ployment to over two thousand men. In various parts of (lie field there were shale crushing works, not unlike your coal breakers whore the shale Is run on being taken front the mines. It Is broken up Into small pieces, and tlio rude oil exl ranted at the crushers. What wo call crude oil, you would i all tar over here. Tlio roliner tnko it in that condi ion, and from it extract llluminaiing and lubricating oil, am monia and wax. Tlio latter is called pariilinn In tlio oil trade of this conn i it. The tar from a Ion of slialo will yield fourteen gallons of illuminating oil. This Is snilectod to four dif ferent eciil distillations, each ono much heavier limn any tlio Amor lean fluid petroleum requires. The result I a clear, white hlgli-tlash i II it nil ii nt as good ns American ko ro se ne, out lour limes as exiiousive. JI the American product simply enmo in competition wilh our Illuminating oil. the t fled on our Irado would not bo of much consonuouco, as in that branch of tlio Scotch oil business is not whero the profit lies. Tlio lubri cant, ilia ammonia, and I ho wax are the products which make tlio shalo mines valuable. The American lubri cating oil Is cheaper, nud thoso who use It sny bettor liian any. Iho hitler altogether I can't agree wiUi. Of course the American oil does not In terfere willi our ammonia prnducls, nor with our wnx trade, but wo can't ii ll'ord o produce kero-eno and lubri ciiiing oil to throw away in order ih.it wo n ay get ni tlio ammonia and wax that the shale contains. I am forcod to say, therefore, to use an American ism, that the Scotch oil business is not booming at tlio ) resent time. A', l: Sun. PHY3ICALCULTURE. How Ulrla Art) TaukIU (lymimstlct lu fcivtrHl II lull Ncltutilt. The riltslmrgh (1'a.) I igh school is pioneer in tlio inaiter of physical culture for women. S veral limes a week the girl i f lliat insiiiutioti are put through a course of Indian clubs. dumb-bells and other appliances for gymnastic. fco far the boys havo boon xeluiloil. As a result of this, other Institutions have taken I his idea iiv iho ashinglou (l a.) school has re cently received a donation of a coin ploie on. Ill for a griuiiasium for irirls from a wealthy l evident of that place. iliocostumo is the regular gviunas- tiu dross. Ii resembles u battling suit, and Consists of what is ruled the "Flower'' waist, short skirt ami bloom ers. J lie more varietv in color and material, the prettier the ctl'ect when donned by a lot of pretty girls. Ten uis slioes sij worn, llio object is to secure freedom i f motion and unim peded ciroiilaiion. Iho appliances are ladders and rings, parulhl bars, dumb-bells, In dian clubs, wands, eta In somo ol the classes boxing and fencing is added to the list. Then there is run ning, ju in lug, wrotling. etc. Tlio class movements are timed by music. J here is nothing prettier In the world than a bevy of pretty girls swinging on cross-bsrs, shinning up ladders, or swinging dumb-bells and Indian clubs iu rythmic motion to In spiring music. It Is the cutest little circus imaginable. Their eyes sparkle, their cheeks glow, their health and muscles de velop, and their tempers evaporate Into pellucid pleasaiiiuess, and all the blessing of a healthful mind lu a per fect body. Liiuui Lhr untile. There are now eighteen Avon Ik the United Slates, the last town to bst lo Lamed beiu lu Massachusetts. VIRGINIA DARE. Tbe LfnUrr Rlorf of the Flnt VfhlU Child Bora la America. Roanoke Island was in sight as Jus tice had been done to the baked shad and other delicacies, and the captain was reminded that he still had to tell the story of Virginia Dare. "That's where the Brat white child was born In America," said Captain Souths-ate. nolntinir to the crescent- shaped, low-lying Island the Manteo was approaching. "What was her name, captain P" In quired the curious passenger, who hod recovered from the shock administered to him earlior In the day. "Virginia Dare," was tho captain's roply. There were loud calls for the story, and, as there was time, the captain spun it. Regarding the exact date of Virginia Dare's birth the cap tain admitted he was in doubt, but it happened so long ago that it was a matter of minor importance. She was born on Roanoke Island, and sho grew into a very lovely and blooming maid' en. White men ami reu men iroiu iar ai . SI and near heard of the beauty of Vir ginia Dare and came to lay themselves and their possessions at her foot, lo all of them she turned a deaf ear. Sud denly she disappeared. Search was made all ovor Roanoke Islund and the adjoining mainland, but to no pur pose; not a trace o' Virginia Dare could be discovered. There were many deer on Roanoke Island, and hunter noticed about tho time that Virginia Dare disappeared that ono of tho lamest herds was always led by a beautiful, snow-white doe. Many nt tempts were made to shoot this White don, but with so little success that It wonderful sagacity and its fleetuoss of foot were soon heralded for miles around. Noted hunters visited the island for the solo purpose of killing tho white doe, but went away disap pointed. Quo day an old Indian wandered into the white man's settlement. He had lived all his life on tho island and knew every foot of it Had he ever seen tlio snow-white uoof A single grunt denoted that ho had. Under the Intluonco of frequent and heavy pota tions tho ancient red man became in his silent way loquacious. Tlio white doe could only bo killed in ono way, and as ho did not want to soe it killed ho relmcd further to explain himself. More firewater brought his secret to the surface. Tlio white doe could only be killed by a most skillful shot and with a silver bullet. This information was dispatched to Jamestown, and the most noted hunter in Virginia eamo to Roanoke Island in response. A grand hunting parly was formed. The great hunter loaded his smooth-bore with a silver bullet ami took his station at a point which tlio herd of deer would pass in its llight from tlio rest of tho party. In good time tlio hunter hoard tho flying deer approaching. Ho got ready, and a tho white doe shot past him. a hundred yards in advance of tlio herd, ho fired. Tlio white doe sim ply increased hor pace, nnd whon the rest of tho hunting party renchod tho spot where tlio groat hunter stood he was compelled to acknowledge his failure. Ho returned to his homo, but promised to return and try again. He was as good as his word Again he loaded Ids gnu willi a silver bullet and tuok his station, while the otiter hunt ers scattered to discover and drive the gamo in tho proper direction. For the second time tlio great hunter took care ful aim as tho while doo appeared lead ing tlio herd. As the sound of tho shot rang through tho woods tho white doo took a tremendous bound nnd then pillowed its head on tlio moss-covered root of a giant pine. Tlio silvor bullot. had struck it in tho heart. Tlio great hunter waited for his companions. He was possessed of a strange foreboding. In a body tlio hunting party ai proached the spot where tho owner of the silver bullet had seen tlio white doe fall. In its place they found tho body of Virginia Dare (V. .V. 1' Timet. RAILROAD ENGINEERS. An Ohl Knight of tlm Throttle Talk A limit Ilia ('iillrniciirs. There is a a general belief among tho uninitiated that all jrooil cninuces are practical machinists. This belief Is entirely erroneous, for the rule has al ways been that tho best engineers come up from tlio ranks of the tire in en ami not from the machine shops. While an engineer of experience can repair a ueak in tlio machinery of Ids charge he could not build a locoinotivv or anv art of It at all intricate in construc tion. Instances can bo cited whore machinists havo totally lacked the nerve; gained by long experience, to run an express train at tlio high rate of speed necessary to make schedule tune, and In tho majority of cases where a man is taken from tho shops ami placed on a locomotive ho makes bs'tter freight engine driver than w hen put in charge of a passenger. I once know a popular ensrineer who had worked in tlio machine shops until into middle-life, and had then been given a desirab e run on tho limited express. His train wa always behind time, and in a few mouths he looked terribly aged. Ono day ho threw up bis job, and none too soon, for he would inevitably have lost the place anyway, and ho afterward told me that he lacked the nerve to pull the throttlo out and give her tho full head way needed to make the time on hi run. Ho said that w hen running at a rapid rate he fell like n man gazing down ward from a dizzy height, and nothing could induce him to step within the cab again. Ho went baek to the shops. There are exceptions, of course, lint they are few and far U- J Uctu. Louit (jiuvc-LtiiKxrat. A MOSUU PRISf- Ur. LantiUII Iraw Hathfr IMMln I'lctnra ol HuuUn ABMn. When In Moscow in 1885 I drove out with my traveling companiou and an American, a former Governor of Virginia, to see the new Central prison, recently built in tho suburbs. We arrived, however, "after the fair," for it was at the end of August, and most of the companies of exiles had started, live hundred only remaining, of various categories, including, I think, wives and children. We went over tho building, which was a great improvement on tho old one. The wards were very largo and lofty, re minding one of extensive city ware houses, and detached from the main building wore towers with small rooms for political prisoners. Tlio rooms certainly were not large, but they appeared reasonably com fortable, or at all events had nothing about them to recall the sensational 'damp," "fugus-colered" cells into which certain writers on Russian prisons are fond of thrusting their1 political prisoners, especially in inn Alexeiefsky ravelin of the fortress id l'cter and Paul in St. Petersburg. I did not secure a photograph of tlio Central prison at Moscow, but had unexpectedly become possessed of a sketch of a cell in the Alexeiefsky ravel in mado uy a political prisoner wno occupied it. This prisoner, on my second visit to Siberia, heard mo nar rating to a friend that I had been per mitted to visit tlio Peter and Paul fortress, whereupon ho drew mo aside and told me that he had been a prisoner therein, and would tell me his experience if I would call upon him privately. I did so. hut was rattier be hind the time appointed, and whilst ho was waiting ho mado for mo a pen and ink sketch of his cell or room, which measured eighteen feet eight inches long by sixteen feet four inches broad ami nino foot four inches high. It was furnished witli table, chair, commode and n bed with two feather pillows, a pair ol sheets, blanket ami woolen coverlet Meoutsell", chief of tlio se- ret police, wlio was assassinated by tho Nihilists in 1879, asked him on ono occasion whether ho would like to smoke, in which case ho should bo sup plied with a quarter of a pound of to bacco for cigarettes every other day. Ho was also askod if ho would like to paint or write, and drawing materials were brought to him, as also books from t lie library. It was in this fort s' prison, lie said, that ho rend Gil- bon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." How far this state of thing prevails in the new prison at Moscow I am uu- iblo to say, but I should imagine not to u treat extent, because the Mos- ow cells are intended for "politicals" on their journeys. At tlio time of my Wit there were lint two political pris oners among tho live hundred others. I'hey were in separate colls, ono hav ing, 1 noticed, quite a littlo library of books, and among other thing a scent bottle, but whether containing cau-de-Cologne or vuilk't I was not sure. The small proportion of political prisoners to criminals just mont.oiied will not coincide witli tlio popular idea as to their number, but in fact much nonsense has been writ ten and more believed respect ing tile number of Russian po litical oll'enders sent into exile. One w riter talk about a calculation thai in Eastern Siberia idono there were from :t(l,0O0 to 40,000 Polish political exiles, whereas, in 1871). for instance, 8!i8 was tlio total number of Polish imimils exiled, and criminals out number tho politicals by more than ten one. Others, when they heard prison statistics quoted that from 17.000 to -JO. 000 Russians were exiled yearly, jumped to tho conclusion that these, or a large portion of them, were piliiieal olleiulers, whereas the depor tation of political offenders, until re cent years, did not come under tho or dinary prison administration at ail. bill was separately niunaL'ed. The "political" traveled alone, and was usii'dly kept in prison alone, specially ffimrdcd; and under these cireuni- tanees from time to time I saw them in the prisons of Russia ami Silierl i. lit it was always in ones and two. and as rare birds among a whole flock f others. I do not think I met with hit v in going through nearly nil the principal prisons of Siberia; ami this impression receives support from such information as I could obtain from an tlieial 1 know, high in tho prison ad ministration, w ho told mo in Novem ber. lfWl, that tho total number of po litical oll'onders of all kinds sent to Si beria that year was seventy-two, of which number, however, about half had been condemned to tlio mines in four previous years, but detained in Russia.-)-. LanstUII. in Larvcr'i No Wonder They Were Fresh. "These fish, my dear Mrs. Hen- .1 ricks," remarked the minister, who s discussing a Sunday dinner with ho family, "are delicious! v fresh. I am enjoying them very much." lhoy ought to be fresh," volun teered Hobbv, who was also enioviii" th em. "Pa caught 'em onlv this morn. I -A. J. Sun. -It is related of. the ex-presidi nt of Iho Press Club, John C. Heniiessev. ho i a devout Catholic, that on a fa-tday recently ho went into the club restaurant nnd called for boiled sal mon. -We have no salmon to-day only steak, roast beef and some game," said the waiter. "Well." said John, meekly, "you may bring nie a steak, but Hod knows 1 asked for tish." .V. MONSTERS OF THE DEEP. torn Mighty Qnr FUbas at the ItUnd ol Maurltliu, "I never saw a aja-serpont," said Colonel Nlfhola Pike, formerly Con. sul at Mauritius, "but a fish was seen while I was stationed at Port Louis which answered very nearly to what is generally known as a sea-serpent. The keopor of the lighthouse several miles below the port and on a ledge some distance out at sea sent me word that a huge lish. some ninety foot long, hnd appeared there, and wanted me to come down immediately. I took the first boa', but, unfortunately, when we reached the desired spot we were unable to land on account of the roughness of the sea. and were obliged to stand on and off until it cat moil When we finally landed tho huge fish hnd disappeared. I talked with at least fif y persons who were entirely trust worthy who had seen 1L They all agreed as to it enormous size and un usual nppenrance. My opinion is that it wi s h sea-sorpont, and that It came In shore to spawn. T1ih island of Mauritius Is thirty miles long nud twenty wldo and con sists of one huge volcanic deposit, ft contains many caverns which open into the son. In those I have found fish and animals wiiich were marvels for form and color, some being beau tiful and others hideous. A strango serpent was said to Inhabit one of the caverns, for which I mado a dill gout search. Ol 1 fishermen would not go near Its supposed haunts. A gon tlomau owning a sugar estate nenr by declan d that he had seen it and nn other that lie had fed it with cuttle fish and that It was the most hideous brute he had ever soon. I searched for him in a hale boat with a bomb lance and other tackle, but never came across him. Af or I loft the Island my friend. Hon. William Ward, who was a groat shark hunter, took my rig and went in search of the monster. Ho states that he saw his head and It was as big ns a wine pipe and was coverod with barnacles; that he put a harpoon into it, which was twisted off as if it had been a pipesiom. Ho in tended to blow it up, but could not got the charge in the right spot and flu- ally abandoned tho searclu There were so many beautiful and Imeresfing things In nature at my stall ji), however, said tho Colonol, "that it was not worih while to waste any time searching after monstrosities. Tliero was a lisli srvonly foot long, which seemed lo bo composed entirely ot curtilage. Wliou it was landed it would nil go to pieces, having no bones nt all. Then thoro was what was called tho angel -fish, which, when hung up, seemed to have broad, while wings liko an angel. Then there was the wonderful eels which measured nine feet. Once I caught a specimen of this fish, and getting him on tho bank, he fought so desperately that I didn't know what to do with bin iho native who was in attendance called out, 'Massu, I fix him,' nnd leaning down grasped tho squirming lish with both hands, bit through his vertebra), and tho tish succumbed im mediately. Ihis specimen is also in the museum at Cambridge. The devil tish, also found in tlio Indian ocean, is not very pleasant to meet some times. I snw a man who had his arm so badly lacerated by ono that it had . . i , . . to uo amputated, ii uas a body as largo as an ordinary dining-room table, with tentacles extending over a space equal to an ordinary room nnd and so strong that they ca i soizo u man and drag him out of a boat. Victor Hugo speaks of this lish in his Toilers of the Sen.' Harnuni also had one on exhibition hero at ono time. "Then, again, there is tho tnzzard, which lias been called tho tiger of the ocean. Hi is not longer than a walking-stick, but terribly fierce. In walking over the reefs I havo fre quently encountered him. If ho sees you approach ho will wait and then dart nt you liko a flash. If thero is any peri ion of your body exposed he will tear a piece out of it as it it had been cut with a raz ir. F.shing one day tff tlio mouth of tho harbor. I hooked two of thoso lisli at the same timo willi two difforout linos, and iu trying to got thorn into my boat they fought mo with such desperation that I wns obliged to call two fishermen to help ni", and they declared that they wero two of tho worst fish they ever killed. being worse than bull dogs. A lish called tho lafl" exudes a deadly poison. A row of spines are concealed in his back which, when excited, ho erects. These spines are filled with a milky-looking substance which, when injictod into the human flesh, causes the most intense agony, irfd if roinodies are not applied pronptly. results fatally. This fish generally conceals itself in tho sea weed where it is apt to bo stepped on bv tho bather. I saw a soldier once who had been unfortunate enough to step on one of theso fish, and his cries could be heard for half a mile, his foot swelled greatly, but tho surgeon was successful in counteracting the etfects of the poison and the man re covered. O i shore at Mauritius there were no dangers, but the moment you put your foot into the water you were surrounded by dangerous fishes and reptiles." Brook'yn Eajle. A disease called "black rot" is attacking the vineyard in the United S ales with desiructive eflec:. Some vineyard that had been wry product ive and profitable have been destroyed by the "black rot" within four years. It threaten to bo as destructive as the phylloxera was to the French viue yards. The question among grape Crowei K W'hat is the remedy for the "Hack rot?" GREEK NUMISMATISTS. Eiplolto orTlmoloon Peridot Blaeto a4 Another Athenian Qtmu Some forty-four years ago there ap. poared In London a young Greek Ken tloman called Timoleon Pericles Bins to. Ho came to London highly rec ommended by more than one forolgner of distinction, and thus got the per mission to study the collection of Greek coins lu the British Musoum. Hj very soon proved to the officer In charge of the medal room that he wag an accomplished numismatist. Hi knowledge of coins was great, his de votion to tho subject greater; for a whole month ho came every day to study the magnificent collection ac cumulated ever since the time of Payne KnlghL His manners were lngenu ous, and ladies thought him quite fas cinating. At the end of the month, j st before he loft E iglund an acci dental discovery revealed that a raro Greek coin was missing. Further search disclosed the fact that a largo nuin hor of the rarest coin had van ished, nnd had in many cases been re placed by Inferior specimens. The authorities of tlio museum were ap palled, but fortunately they lost no timo lu putting their caso In Iho hands of the ablest detective then known at Fnotland Yard, the colebraled Mr. Field, lis a dex erous coup tie main Mr. Field captured In n few hours Timo leon Pericles nnd nil his booty. Q Ho was tried at the Oi l Bailey, ploaded guilty, and convicted. His sontence wnssovon vears transportation, which. of course, was commuted on account of his exemplary conduct. Ha was consigned to tlio model prison at Pentonville, where he was seen by svmpatlietio lady visitors reading Sophocles and E irlp ios in h;s cell. Ho fore his trial he Tied to avert the operation of tho law against folons, as it then stood, by conveying all his ;oods and chattels to a friend on the morning of tho day of his conviction. Hut British law was equal to the oc casion. The conveyance of hi proper y was pronounced null and void, be nuso the court said that thore was no -uch thing as a half or fraction of a lay. Ho was convicted on a given lay, ihereforo the conveyance exe cuted on the morning of the same day was void. Thereupon his coins, as the properly of a felon, wore forfeit to tho Crown, and were handed ovor to tho treasury; which, after restoring to the British Museum all they claimed, pro ceeded to invito other claimants to prove their ownership. In duo cnurso the residue, consisting of somo rare coins, remained in iho hands of tho treasury unclaimed, and were ulti maiely handed ovor to tho British Museum. I will not pursuo tho career of Timoleon Pericles further, except to say that his memory was honored In the Levant with that of other vic tims of British law, and that one of his old friends nt Smyrna said of him: Cepeiidant c'elait uu cliarmant garcon." Tho other distinguished numisma tist, who has this year rivaled the ex ploits of Timoloaii Pericles, Is a Greek whoso name I w ithhold because ho will probably bo the subject of "a criminal prosecution at Paris before long, and also, perhaps, lu Greece. Some timo ago it was announced that all the rarest coins in the National collection at Athens had been stolen; and this was followed shortly afterward by tho news that MM. II dlin and Feuardont, the well-known aiUiquaires of Paris, had been robbed ol n collection of Greek and R iinaii gold coins valued '20.000. Tho police of Paris soon got on tho track, nnd. swooping down on tho culprii, found iu his lodgings nearly all the coins stolon from MM. Rilliii and Feuardont. Thoso on ex amination proved to bo identical with the coins previously stolen from th museum at Athons. It seems that the thief escaped from Athons with his booty, sold it to MM. RoUin and Fouardent, nnd then, gotting into their promises, recaptured it, with a view, probably, of reselling the coins in America. The saddest part of tho whole story is that tho two keepers of tho Athenian Museum, who havo al ways up to tliis ilato had a high char acter for integrity, havo, in conse quence of this mishap, "got the sack." St. James' Uaz 'lie.. IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES. Little Tilling That H ave ''hanged' Ulnlory anil Pet-so n ul Careen. A Cunarder put out from England for New York. It was well equiped. but, iu putting up a stove in tho pilot box, a nail was driven too near the compass. You know how that nail would affect tho compas'. The ship's officers, deceived by that distraoted compass, put the ship two hundred miles off her course, and suddenly the man on the lookout cried: "Land, ho!" and the ship was halted within a few yards of her demolition on Nan tucket shoals. A sixpenny nail came near wrecking a great Cunarder. Small ropes hold mighty destinies. A minister, seated in Boston nt his table, lacking a word, puts his hand before ids head and tilts back his chair to think, and the ceiling falls nnd crushes the table, and would have crushed him. A minister in Jamaica, at night, by the sight ot an insect called the candle-fly. Is kept from sweeping over a precipice of a hun dred feet. F. W. Robertson, the cele brated Englishman, said that he entered the ministry from a train of cite nnstances started by the ba k ing of a dog. Had the wind blown one way on a certain day the Spanish in quisition would have been established in England; but it blew the other way, and that dropped tlio institution, with 75,000 ions of shipping, to the bottom of the sea. or flung the broken and splintered log on the rocks W. LhrUlian AJcocaU.