Bj H. EIDER HAGGARD,
' H kn It. faTber," answered Ida, "hm
eaunot and iH uil marry him, auil I do not
Uuuk you cau tXiect me la I got engaged,
or rather promised to get engaged to him,
because I thought that out wmimii had no
right to put ber own happiueu More th
welfare of an old family Ilk ours, aud 1
would bave carried out that engagement at
my cuit Hut tiiice tbeu, to tell you the
truth,' ami mi uiusiieu Ueeply, "not only
I learned to ditlikt birn a great dial
more, but I bave come to care for tome uue
who alto cam or me, and who, tbere
(ure, ba a rlgbt to be considered. TUink,
father, what It meant to a woman to tell ber
tsU Into bodily and mental bondage wksn
ibe ran tor another man.
. ... II M 1 I I
wen, wen, kuij uer miuer, with me
Irritation, "I tin uo authority upon matter
of sentiment; they are not In my line, and I
know that women bar their prejudice
gtiU you cant expect me to look at the mat
ter In quite the tame light a you da And
who I the gentleman, CoL Quaritch I"
Bhe nodded ber head.
"Ob," aald the tquire. "I bare nothing to
My against Quaritch; ludeed, I like the man;
but I suppose that If be ha .100 a year, that
kt every sixpence ne can count on."
"1 bad rather marry bin) upon Ave hun
dred a year than Edward Coney upon fifty
thousand."
"Ah, yet, I bave beard women talk like
that before, though perbaw lliey think dif-
ferently afUsrwaiiL Of courts, 1 have no
right to obtrude mywlf, but when you are
comfortably married, wnat u going to be
come of Hon bam, 1 ibould Ilk to know, and,
incidental ly, or mer
"I don't know, father, dear," aba an-
iwered, ber eye ailing with tear; "we mutt
trust to Providence, I supose, I know you
think me very (elfish," be went on, catching
him by the arm, "but, oh, fatherl there are
thing that are worse than death to women,
or, at least, to tome women. 1 almost think
that 1 would ruther die than marry Edward
Coney, though 1 would bave gone through
witb It ir ne uau Kept nit word."
"No, no," aald her father. "I cant won
der at it, and certainly I do not ask you to
marry a man you dislike. But still It I
bard upon me to have all tbi trouble at my
age, aud the old place coming to the ham
mer, too. It I enough to make a man wish
that his worrie were over altogether. How
ever, we must take things a we find them,
and we flud tbem pretty rough. Quaritch
aid be was coming hack tbi evening, didn't
bet I suppose there will not be any public
engagement at present, w ill Literal And look
here, Ida, 1 dou't want him to come talking
to me about It. I bave got enough things of
my own to think of without bothering my
bead witb your love affair. Pray let the
matter be for the present And now I am
going out to see that fellow George, who
basu t been here since be came back from
London, and a nice bit of new It will be
that I shall bave to tell him."
After dinner Hurold came again, as be had
promised. The (quire was not in the drawing
room when be wa shown In.
Ida rose to greet him witb sweet and
happy smile upon ber face, for in the presence
of ber lover all ber doubt and troubles van
ished like a mist
"1 bave a bit of newi for you," (aid be,
trying to look a though he wa rejoiced to
give it "Ldward Cossey bo taken a wonder
ful turn for the better. They lay that h
will recover."
"Ob," she answered, coloring a little, "and
now 1 bave a bit of new for you, CoL Quar
itch. My engagement with Mr. Edward
Cossey is at an end. I (ball not marry him."
"Are you surei" (aid Harold, witb a gasp.
"Quite sure; I bave made up my mind,"
and she held out ber band, a though to seal
ber word.
He took it and kissed It "Thank God, Ida,"
be said.
"Ye," she answered; "thank God;" and at
that moment the squire can e In, looking very
miserable and depressed, and, of couite,
nothiug more was said about the matter."
CHAPTER XXXI
OlOllGX PROPHESIES AO-Ill.
Bix weeks bave passed, and In that time
seal things have happened. In the first
place, Ibe miserly old banker, Edward Cos
sey' father, had died, his death having been
accelerated by the shock of bis ton's accident
On bit will being opened it wa found that
property and money to no let a value than
toUU.UUO passed under It to Edward abso
lutely, the only condition attached being
that be should continue in the house of
Cossey & Hon, and leave a certain (bare of
bis fortune in the business.
Edward Cossey bad also, thank chiefly to
Belles tender nut-sing, almost recovered,
witb one exception be was, and would be
for life, (tone deaf in the right ear. The
paralyti which the doctor haj feared bad
not shown iuwlt One of the first questions
when be became convalescent wa addressed
to Belle Quest
He bad, a In a dream, always seen ber
weet face banging over bim, and dimly
known that she was ministering to bim.
"Have you nui-sed me ever since the acci
dent, Belief" be said.
"Ye," the answered.
"It Is very good of you, considering all
thing," he murmured. "I wonder that you
did not let me die."
And (be turned ber face to the wall and
(aid never a word, nor did any further con
citation on these matters pass between them.
Tben at bit strength came back, so did bis
passion for Ida de la Molle revive. He was
not allowed to write or even receive letters,
and with tbit explanation of her silence bt
wat fain to content himself. But the tquire.
be wat told, often called to inquire after
him, and once or twice Ida came witb bim.
At length a- time came it wat two dayt
after be bad been told of bit father's death
when be wat pronounced Bt to be moved into
bis own rooms, and to receive bit correspon
dence at usual
The move wat effected without any diffl
eulty, and here Belle bade bim good-by
Eveu as she did to George drove bit fat pony
up to the dour, and getting down, gave a
letter to the landlady, witb particular in
tractions that it wat to be delivered into
Mr. Cossey own hand. At she passed,
Belle taw that it wa addressed in the
(quire's handwriting.
When it wat delivered to bim Edward
Cossey opened It witb eagerness. It coo
tained an Inclosnre in Ida's writing, and this
be read first It ran at follows:
"Dear Mr. Cosset 1 am told that you
are now able to read letters, to 1 batten tc
write to you. First of all, let me say how
thankful 1 am that you are in a fair way to
complete recovery from your dreadful acci
dent And now 1 must tell yon what 1 fear
will be almost as painful to you to read at it
it for me to write, namely, that the engage
ment betweeu at fat at an end. To put tbt
matter J raukly, yon will remember that 1
rightly or wrongly became engaged to you
on a certain condition. That condition bat
not been fulfilled, for Mr. Quest, to whom
the mortgage on my father property bave
been transferred by you, it pressing tor their
payment ntequentiy, the obligation on
my part it at an end, and with it tbe engage
ment must end also, for 1 grieve to tell you
that it f not uue which my personal JncMn-
tioa will Induce me to carry out Wishing
Jou a speedy and complete recovery, and
every . happiness and prosperity la your
future lite, believe me, dear Mr. Costey.
Tr7 truly your,
"Ida d la Moux"
He pot this uncompromising and crushing
epittie down, and nervously glanced at the
squirt, which wat very abort
"111 Dm Cosur," it began "Ida has
show me the Inclosed letter. I think that
you did unwisely when you entered into what
Bust be calkd a. mooey bargain, for WJ
daughter's band. Whether uuiCur all theeir
cunutauce. she due. tuber well or M, L
bu agr, upon u uot for met ju.lga bllf
to free agent, aud lias a natural LTu.
dt.p-.ol ru.rlif.ot .httk.uk.T Uu u
l so, I bav.. 0f WU1 0
dor her .et,0, so fur as I hav-rU,!.. ,
du wtb lb, ...etfr. It I. . din. ,
Believe me. with kind nnnli t-,i.
ira, ,.... . '
w suicr,
your,
, vrrT tu' D1 nl the i
all
caslon gar. rise to, and they Were bitter
enough. H. was as bent nnn thi.
, """ " sucn meditation at tbt ce
U he had ever been. m. i , "1 7"
that hit father wa out of the wav II. 1 , n"",uil1 ln qlre, attentively, while
knew that Ida dislike.) blm-b. had known I 'd L'olded her h"d4 ,a ner taP 'ud ,tU1
that all along-but be bad trastS to urn. " u,,on h
and marriage to overcome tbt dislike kZ " '" b' Went on "lhat oU
now that accursed Quest bad broueht about ProTerb,b,, Pl'lied to my case at to so many
tbt ruin of hi. hope. TutaWt2?bta-,t-,towff lu
chance of esc,, and had, like a boldVoman der,u"d tro,u, tu" u, ,h" niy engage-
W "Po- It There w oneray of ho7"d "Sf 1 T UK ,U
on. only. He knew that th. 1 ,2 She made a motion of assent
uot be forthc'nnng towfv "A ,b" " to be broken off on tbe
He could Zt thiloZn that, having been forced byacombl-
qulret letter, that b. did not .lather I TV ? f ciTnu " hlch 1
prove of bit daughter'i decision AnS Z to Mr-
father wa. dead. Uk. h. "X bargain witb
rnnnt'P whinh I- 1 , .
a -l imvum vi UJUIU
can nlak. "tt "thTST. Zt 1
the traveler, ami, .h. -JT.m..
-- "j niur unco
thought, be came to a conclusion. He would
aot trust bis chance to paper, be would plead
hil OA Ileal In rupen C i .
T W U" WTO "Ort UOUI
tetoJTZ TF d.,,,"', h5 dead, I am perfectly tot iZJZtoZ
wTbem a.n. .vJ t0.C0"18 to tw hundred thound
JaTowhTm ouTo,d"rT """"l k-olute" UP ,nJe,
MHiiiwhii. n. . . ,. generally to do anything else that she or you
letuThldtn-Tw''? b",u mh,Vl.9 "d he i looked at th. tquire.
oil! he ahl'. i J?I Uw (iua,t leld be, with tome irritation. "I have no
wL d'iLn - . ? k eBtere?- Ur uert ,olce in the matter."
Into the hmm d hWM .,,b0Tn ,tn,8,,, 118 ho put ber hand before
L 5 !5 ' .r face and shook ber bead.
Iln j n M . ...
"..t l d?' rg"r ChMrilyi
"W.n .i, . .u . . t-
WeU,
T . . luguonous
0r,.hy' " awkwanllJ "t, "tb.
wi
question is,
what Uut itl These be rum
times, they be; they fare to puxzl.aniau,
tliov.ln" '
uiijuu.
, ? Que baUnclne quill
On his fluent- "tl,A linu. 1
pen on bit finger, "the timet
enough."
Then came a pause.
"Dash it all, tir," went on George pres
ently, "1 may as well get it out; I have corns
to speak to you about the quire' business."
"Yes," said Mr. Quest
" ell, sir," went on George, "I am told
that these dratted mortgages bave passed
Into your bauds and that vou have called In
thi!v0ne" j I from my accident than that 1 should havs
vet, that Is correct said Mr. Quest recovered for this. 1 will give you every
"'fiv thing that a woman cau want, and my money
n ell, tir, the fact it that the squire cant will make your family what it wat centuries
get the money. It can't be had nohow. Ko-' ago, the greatest in the country side. I don't
iKxly won t take the land as security. It pretend to bave been a salnt-orhaps you
might teeo much water for all people will may have hoard something against me in that
look at it way or to be anything out of the common.
'Quite ta Land Is In very bad odor as I am only an ordinary everyday man, but I
security now." am deTote,i to you. Think, then, before you
"And that being so, sir, what Is to be refuse me altogether."
it . . , . , I "1 hv thought, Mr. Cossey," answered
Mr. Quest shrugged his skoulders. "I do Ida, aimort passionntclyi "1 havs thought
not know. If the money Is not forthcoming, nntii j ara tireiof thiuklng, and I do not
of course, I shall, however unwillingly, be consider that it is fair that you should press
forced to take my legal remedy." I mt ik8 tuUi especially before my father."
Meaning, (ir" "Then," he said, rising with difficulty, "1
"Meaning that I shall brine an action for h. ui,i .11 tht IL.u.m .ml l,,n. .11
foreclosure, and do what I can with th
lands.
George's face darkened.
"And that reads, sir, that the squire and
Miss Ida will be turned out of Uonham,
where they have been for centuries, and that
you will turn in."
"Well, that it what It comet to, George. I
am sincerely sorry to press th. squire, but
it's matter of thirty thousand pounds, and I
am uot iu a positiou to throw away thirty
thousand pounds."
"Sir," taid George, rising In indignation,
"1 don't know how you came by tbem there
mortgages. There it tome thing, that bu
yers know and honest men don't know, and
that is one of tbem. But it seems that you've
got 'em and are going to use 'em and that
being so, Mr. Quest, I bave tummut to say
to you aud that is that no good will com.
to you from this here move."
"U bat do you mean by that, George r said
the lawyer, (harply.
"Isever you mind what I means, sir. I
means what I says. 1 means that sometimes
people bat things in their lives snugged away
where nobody can't tee tbem, things as quiet
as though they was dead and buried, and
that ain't dead and buried, thing so much
alive that they fare as though they were Bt
to kick tbo lid off their cottln. That's what I
meant, sir, and I means that when folk set to
work to do a hard and -wicked thing those
dead things sometimes Cti up and walis
where they it least wanted; and maybap If
you goes on for to turn the old squire and
Hiss Ida out or the castle, may nap, sir, some
thing of that sort will happen to you, for
mark my word, (ir, there's justice In the
world, sir, as mayhap you will flud out
And now. sir, I'll wish you good morning,
and leave you to think on what I've said,"
and he was gone.
"George I" called Mr. Quest after bim,
rising fro-n his chair, "Georgel" but George
was out of hearing.
"Now what did be mean by that what the
devil did he mean T said Mr. Quest with agasp
as be tat down again. "Surely," he thought,
"the man cannot bave got hold of anything
about Edith. Impossible, impossible; if be bad
be would havs said more, be would not bave
conDned himself to blntlng-tbat would take
cleverer man: be would have shown bit
hand. He must have been speaking at ran
dom to frighten me, I suppose. By heavens,
what a thing it would be if be bad got noio
of something. Ruin, sbsolute ruinl I'll set
tle up this business at toon at I can, and
leave the country; I can't stand tbe (train,
it like having a twordoverone'e bead. I've
half a mind to leave it in tomebouy else t
bands and go at once. No, for that would
look like running away. It must be all rub
bish . how could he know anything tbout Itl"
So shaken wat be. however, that tnougn ne
tried once, and yet again, he found it Im
possible to settle himself down to work till be
had taken a couple of glasses of sherry from
tbe decanter in the cupboard; and even at be
did to be wondered if the shadow of tbe
sword disturbed birn so much, how be would
be affected if it ever was bia lot to face the
glimmer of it naked blade.
No further letter came to Edward Cossey
fmm the castle, but. Impatient as be wat to
do so, another fortnight elapsed before be
wat ablt to go up to see lua ana w iiur.
At last, one Hue December morning, he wat
th. An time since bis accident allowed
to take carriage exercise, and his first drive
wot to Honham castle,
Di,. th. anuire. who wat fitting In the
vestibule writing letters, taw a poor, pallid
man. roiled op In fur, witb a white face scar
red with shot marks and black rings round
bis larze dark eyes, being helped from a
.1.1 rrf.mi b. did not know wbo it was.
and called to Ida, wbo tu passing along tbe
passage, to tall bim.
Of course she recognised ber admirer In
Itantly. end wished to leave the room, bat
ber father prevented her. , ,
"You sot into this mesa,- urn
. . , -k.. r. into It k'na
tir, i bow ana ior wnuu. -
- . -i it in wone own
OW JO BIIH E" " t
tb room, " '7.. 7 tn ru for
yood in hit wa-, ------
l (t tecoods uiw
-How do you do, Mr. Cotteyr the said,
if am glad to yo- out, and bop. that yo.
are better." . . . . .
I hrs roar pardon, t csuwu.
bttaid, tuVmng round; "I am stone deal us
TSr'pity through her b-rt
EdwartCo-ey. feeble, dejecud
fjrots th. jaw of death, wat a vary different
being totdward Cossey in tli. fuTl Uoom of
bit youth and health and strength. Indeed,
(o much did bis condition appeal to her sym
pathies, that for tbe oral time since ber
mental attitude toward bim had been one of
entire indifference, she tookjed on him with
out repugnance.
Meanwhile ber father bad shaken bim by
the hand, aud led bim to an armchair before
the Ore.
Tben, after a few questions and answer as
! to bi cciant merciful recovery, there
, am a pause.
At length be broke it "I bave come to tee
you both," he said, with a faint nervous
1 "?bout Wlxn J00 ' roU m- lt
"J condition would have allowed it I would
i Uv coh,t M ut it would not"
Yes," tald Ida.
J 7? "
I am ready to flud tb. money to meet
those mortgagee and pay them off."
" Ah T said the tquire.
"Also, that I am ready to do what I offered
tQ H tf ,H .hlnl. .. f..l,- i. nnm
"PerbtfC," taid Edward, somewhat bit.
leriy, i inouiu no oe iar wrong ii i suiu
Col to do with your
change of mind than the fact of tb. transfer
of these mortgage."
she drom "her b
Uh ,lhm.uJ 1.. ..4 i 1.1 1.1. n n
i ,k. ,'
ivu ui 4uuii(ut, mr.WJW.-j, nucauiu,
hnl.llv rl n.i.ritok ...,l r..r,n,.l,u.l
, i - i. r.i. . mr. .1 i I
to each other, and we hope one day to be
. '
married. "
"Confound that fellow Quaritch," growled
tbe tquire.
Edward winced visibly at tbi outspoken
statement
. "Ida," be said, "I make one last appeal to
yoii; t am devoted to you with all my heart
so devoted that though it may teem foolish to
,ay to, especially before your father, 1 really
.ink .k. i . ..i.i .. k.. i
that I can da I shall still hope that you may
change your mind; 1 shall not yet abandon
hope, Good-by."
Sbe touched bis band, and then the squire
offering bim his arm, be went down tbe step,
to hit carriage.
"1 hope, Mr. de la Molle," be said, "that
bad at things are for me, if tbey should take
a turn, I shall bave your support"
"My dear tir," auwered the squire, "I tell
you frankly that I wish my daughter would
marry you. A 1 said before, it would for
obvious reasons be desirable. But Ida is not
like ordinary women. When tbt set ber
mind upon a thing tbe sett it like a flint
Thingt may change, hoverer, and that is all
I can say. Yes, if I were you, I should re
member that this it a changeable world and
that women are the most changeable things
in it"
When tbe carriage bad gone be re-entered
the vestibule. Ida, wbo was going away
much disturbed In mind, saw bim coming
and knew from the expression of bis face
that there was going to be trouble. Witb
characteristic courage the turned, determined
to bravt it out
CHAPTER XXX.ll
TBI SQDIlUt BPEAES BIB SURD.
For a moment or more ber father fidgeted
about, moviug bit pajiert backward and for
ward, but saying nothing.
At last he spoke. "You bare taken a most
serious and painful step, Ida," hs said. "Of
course, you btve a right to do as you please;
you are of full age, and 1 cannot expect that
you will consider me or your family in your
matrimonial engagements, but at tbe tame
time I think that it it my duty to point out
to you what it it that you are doing. You
are refusing one of tbe Quest matches in Eng
land in order to marry a broken down,
middle aged, half pay colonel, a man who
can hardly support you, whose part in life It
played, or who it apparently too idle to seek
another."
Here Ida's eyet flashed ominously, but (be
mad. no comment, being apparently afraid
to trust herself to speak.
"You are doing tbi," went on her father,
working himself up a he spoke, "in the face
of my wishes, and witb th. knowledge that
your action will bring your family, to say
nothing of your father, to utter aud irretriev
able rum."
"Surely, father, surely," broke In Ida, al
most in a cry, "you would not bavt me marry
one man when 1 love another. When 1 made
the promise I had not become attached to
CoL Quaritch."
"Love I ptbawl" said ber father. "Don't
talk to me In that sentimental and school
girl way yon are too old for it I am a
plain man, and 1 belier. in family affection
and in duty, Ida. Lore, at you call it, It
only too often another word for self will and
selfishness, and other things that we are
better without"
"I can understand, father," answered Ida,
struggling to keep her temper under this
jobation, "that my refusal to marry Mr.
Cossey is disagreeable to you for obvious
reasons, though it Is not to very long sgo
that you detested bim yourself. But 1 do
not see wby an-honest woman's affections
for another man should be talked of as
though there was something shameful about
it. It is ail very well to sneer at 'love,' but
after all a woman is flesh and blood; sbe Is
not a chattel or a Slavs girl, and niarrtag It
aot like anything .let It means, it you must
Inow, many things to a woman. There it no
aiagic about marriage to make that which Is
inrighteout righteous, or that which It Im
pure pure." .
"There," taid ber father, "It Is do good
your lecturing to me on marriage, Ida, If
yea do not want to marry Cossey 1 cant
force you to. If you wsnt to ruin me and
roar family and yourself you must do so.
But there is ose thing. While it Is over me,
which I euppose will not be for much longer,
my bouse it my own, and I will not have
lhat colonel of yours hanging about it, and I
Miiui wrila to bnu to soy so. Tou are )our
owo mistress, and if you chouse to walk over
to church aiul marry bim you can do so, but
ft will be done without my coutent which of
sourte, however, is an unnecessary formal
ity. Do you bear me, Idar"
-If you have quite done, father," the
answered. oldly, "I should like to go before
say something which I might be surry for
Of coarse, yoa can write what you l.t to
CoL Quaritrh, and I shall write to bim, too."
iTO BK ON rLSCKD.
A FLOATING ISLAND.
Vermont Pmuhm out of Mi. Werld'a
Ureal CurlosltlM.
The floating Island In Sadtwga Lake,
In the town of Whltlnghain, Vt, It one
of the tnoat romarkablo freaks of nature
and one of the frrcatnat curiosities in
tbe world.
The Island contains ovor a hundred
teres, and lt actually float upon the
, top of the water. Tbore Is no doubt
' about it It Is not attached to the main
land on any part of the lake. Ono can
pass entirely around lt In a boat
I Tbo fact that It really floats on the
wator was mado evident Inst year. At
, that time a stone dam was built at the.
outlet of the lake ovor six fit high,
which raised the water a Utile more
tbsn alz foot When the gates were
shut, and the water for the firt time
. oegan u riso in tne isxe, more was
(Treat curiosity to see whether the island
would be submerged or riso with the
Iwstor. It took about forty-eight hours
for the water in tbo lake to rise to the
top of the dam, and It was then dis
covered that tho island prone n to J ex
actly the same appearance that It did
when the water was six feet lower.
There Is no part of tho Island that has
ever been more than two or three feet
(Imjvo the surfaco of tho water. There
fore If lt did not float when tho lake
was raised six feet by this new dam, lt
would have been entirely submerged.
Since tho water was raised this grout
mass of land has floated about more
readily than It previously did. Portions
of It, containing from ono to three acres,
havo born broken away from the main
Islyid. and fro swimming around inde
pendently. There fa four such pieces.
Three of thorn aro close together, and
already fifty or sixty rods to the north
east of the main island. Sometimes they
re live or six rods apart Then again
they will lie all In a cluster, the snmller
ones floating around faster than the
larger ones, as tho wind carries them
more easily.
The (Treat main Island, which con
tains over 10) acres, moves aluut slow
ly. The prevailing winds are from the
south and west, and ufter lt has blown
hard for a day or two the main Island Is
found to have changed Its pos'M.m sev
eral rods. Some times It will be near
the east shore, and then again It moves
over toward the west lt never has
who nearer than a quarter of a mile of
the north shoro.
There Is a small forest of tamarack
trees growing upon this remarkable
Uland. Some of them aro moro than
twenty-five feet high. They aro in a
thrifty condition and aro of large slzo at
the butt Smaller trees of tho m:iio
kind are rapidly growing up besido
them. The wonder Is how the roots of
theso trees are nourished Tho luke Is
iituated In marshy surroundings on the
south west sido, and it is supposed that
there is vegetable matter enough in tho
nater to keep the trees In a healthy
jondition. Huston lilobu.
IRISH COUNTRY LIFE.
The
Meet Enjorvble KiUtenee a Man oi
I e sure Cau lad.
On tbe wholo, the Scotch and Irish are
more pleasant, particularly to a sports
man; the English more dignified, or, I
might say, magnificent on aocount of
the also and appointments of tbe man
slona, and the old historical surround
ings. A great Irish houso Is more home
ly and gunlaL The host and hostess
generally talk bettor; they put more
stress upon their out-of-door appoint
ments; they have better, or rather moro
Interesting, gardens; boiter-brod horses,
and are roadior to put them at your dis
posal. The Irish country house is more
natural. If you have not bad early
breakfast ordered, and arranged over
night for an early start, you come down
to breakfast any hour you like within
reasonable limits (9-10:30). You will
generally find two or three little
tables ready, various hot things at th
Ore, cold things on the sideboard. You
will find three or four people at break
fast, otbors gone, some not down. The
servants only come whon sum
moned. Every body walks round
and belps himself. You are asked
at breakfast what you would like
to da Will you fish, or shoot)
or bunt, or drive, acoording to tbe sea
son, and the professed object of your
visit? You are asked what shall be sent
out with you for lunch. You will be
sent in a dog oart or other carriage, and
some of the guesta, or the host, will ao
aompany you. If you are a real sports
man, you will work as hard all day as if
you depended upon it for your dinner,
and. indeed, in one tense you do, for
yon will gain an appetite worth a dinner
by Itself. You bring your own guns,
rods, horses, eta, if you come for tb
purpose of sport; If you are a fashion
able man, you bring your own servant
But if any sudden chance arises, if yos
happen to come unprepared, there Is al
ways some mean of fixing you up for a
day's enjoyment In this way you corns
to know the neighborhood as only sports
men can know lt; you will study tht
hills, tbe woods, tbe pools In tbe river
witb a deeper interest than mere ourk
oslty, when you know that your success
depends upon understanding these
things. J. P. Mabaffy, M. A., in Cbao
tauquao.
Why the Trains Walt.
It has probably puzzled many a trav
eler, who flitting Impatiently In a train
bas waited for the draw of a bridge to
clone which has been opened to allow
some (nulllike boat to creep up the
current, why the rapidly moving train
was not given the precedence, as It
could swiftly hurry away. It Is not
due to the excuse that the boat cannot
hold itself against the stream, for It
can and does do this frequently. It is
simply the application of the old com
mon law principle of easement The
boats had the use of navigable streams
long before railroads were Invented,
and when the latter bridged rivers they
did so subject to the former's Interest
therein, and for this reason railroad
trains are today obliged to stand back
while the boats pass ahead. All mod
ern conditions would Indicate that the
locomotive should have precedence of
the steamer, and the tact that It does
not shows the tenacious grip of custom.
Bt- Paul Pioneer Press.
A LoBg Training-
Brown Do you know how lonj Robinson
baa been keeping bouse?
8mitb-"o; but it must be a good many
rears. I took dinner with him the other day,
and be carved a dix k without spilling it on
tbe floor. Harper's baxar.
tmni Hlnw.IL
Visa Guhlngtn (enjoying a sleigh ride-I
think you have a lovely horse, Mr. De Lyle.
About what does such a fine animal cost'
Mr. Da Lyle -Two dollars an bow or r
yea, that horse Is worth about 10, Hits
OtibingtoB.-Tb Epoch.
THE AER0PH0H.
A Cealrkanee for 'Producing Atmos
ph.rle Moisture in Cotton Mill..
It Is of the first Importance In textile
factories to have a continuous and
pquubto degree of atmospheric moist
ure. In spinning sheds a large amount
of frictioiml electricity Is generated by
the running of the spindles and of the
machinery generally, and this electrici
ty, if it be not absorlied by moisture in
tho air, has an injurious effect upon the
yams and fibers. In weaving sheds a
humid atmosphere Is of equal Impor
tance, otherwise there Is a otmtlnuid
breaking of threads and other prejudi
ced occurrences. The necessary diffu
sion of moisture has hitherto been se
cured at the expenso of the comfort,
and even the health, of the factory
hands, by the projection of steam into
the atmosphere and by dampening the
floors with water. In either case dam
age is caused to tho machinery and
buildings, while an unhealthy atmos
phere is created, in which the opera
tives are obliged to work.
In order to obviate all this the
aerophor has been invented by a Ger
man engineer, and is largely m use in
Germany. The aerophor is an appa
ratus for distributing moisture In the
form of a very flue water cloud, which
may be either cold or warm. The appa
ratus, which Is not large, contains no
movable parts, and a single high press
ure pump can work any number of aero
phors. The contrivance, which Is fixed
just under the celling at given points,
consists of two separate nozzles, one
for propelling the air by creating an In
duced current, and the other for moist
ening it, A Jet of water under pressure
Is projected through a horizontal noi
ilo Into a cosing in which there is a
vertical nozzle The Jet from the hori
zontal) nozzle causes the Induced cur
rent of air to act upon the water enter
big tho casing at Its upper part through
the vertical nozzle. The water Is passed
into the atmosphere In the fonn of a
fine, diffusive cloud, tho large drops of
water being caught and retained by the
apparatus.
The aerophor will only project Into
the atmosphere such particles of water
as are capable of being absorbed im
mediately, so that damage to the
machinery or fabrio is Impossible. In
the siuno way, tho atmosphere not
being supersaturated, there is no injury
to health. Installations of this Inven
tion have recently been put up la
several Lancashire mills, one of which.
belonging to the Hurst Mills company,
Ashton-uiider-Lyuo, was recently In
spected by a number of mill owners
and other gentlemen interested In the
production of textile fabrics. In the
shed Inspected there were 463 looms
out of the 2,100 at work in the milL
The moistening is there successfully
performed by eleven aorophors, while
ventilation is aided by an aerophor
ventilator. The recording Instruments
showed the temperature to be 78 dogs.
Fahrenheit with 75 per cent, of moisture.
Inquiries of tho managor and of several
of the operatives elicited but on
answer, and that was one of thorough
satisfaction. Mr. Osborne, one of ber
majesty's Inspectors of factories, was
present, and stated tlmt the aerophor
met the requirements of the, govern
ment and was a boon to the operatives.
He observed that the aerophor, or any
similar apparatus efficiently effecting
the same object, was greatly wanted in
textile factories. Public Opinion.
Tltt KeUtlou That Miuuld slat Hatwtea
th Style ami the Matter.
No romance Is any tbe worse, but far
tbe bettor, for being well written. To
be well written lt must be suitably
written, and tbe atylo which is excel
Ion's for a sober, delicate, scientific story
Is not so excellent for a tale of adven
ture Even the novel-publishing news
papers, as long as they got their week
ly allow ance of Incident, do nobgrumbie,
probably becauso the language Is good.
Its excellence-, however, depends on the
matter. Llegant and rbythmlo English
and dainty and prolonged descriptions
are not In place in a novol of romance;
tbey cease to be in place as toon as the
separate charm of the style becomes a
rival to the Interest of the story. A
drama may bave too much wit, though
this Is . an uncommon fault, and a
story, too, Is marred whon the atten
tion, instead of being concentrated
on the action, is claimed by tbe
manner of the narration. Even in tales
of analysis and sclonce, one often sees
that the author has paused and nlbhlod
at his pen, while he sought the best, or
rather tbe most unexpected, word. This
Is actually a frequent vice In modern,
especially, perhaps, In Amorlcsn novels,
whltb aim at stylo. There are some
readers who prefer theso Interruptions
and delays; tbey think thorn proofs of
delicacy and of exquisite care. This
appears to me to be a fault In any work.
Often, It Is true, In Bhakespnaro one Is
forced to stop and read again and again
some passage, for the extraordinary.
astonishing beauty of Its manner. But
we may be sure that Shakespeare did not
stop as ho wrote, and work tbe thing up:
Hbakespeare who "never blotted aline.
Of course passages may be "worked up, '
and yet may show no sign of lt For
example, there la a beautiful sentence
In one of Iiaak Walton's "Lives," which
reads in Its ample brevity as If it were
quite spontaneous. But several rough
copies of It, none of tbem good, are
found on a fly loaf of a book which bad
been in tbe possession of Izaalc
The error Is to employ a research la
style which Is inappropriate and tardy.
This Is as much tbe fault of some good
novels in the way of analysis as reck
lessness of taste and even of grammar
Is tbe fault of some books of adventure.
Tbe worst of it Is that, to a good many
persons, tbe fault In tbe former class
appears a merit When Mr. Stevenson
in his admirable "Master of Ballantrae,"
makes the old Scotch steward talk about
"tbe lurching reverberations of the fire
light" be drops, for once Into tbe error
of style which Is too often recognised as
au excellence. At all events, the busi
ness of "heredity, " as In M. Zola's long
series of romances, caa never, probably,
be much admired by more than a passing
fashion. Heredity lt much too fleeting
and peculiar in It manlfeitatlont to be
seised scientifically. It Is about as
manageable as hypnotism, which Is
scientific, too, more or less, and Is over
worked and tedious. But a novel of
heredity is usually thought scientific.
while a novel of hpnotlo Influence Is
thought romantic They are about
eqially scientific and equally transient
Andrew Lang, la Longman's Matraslna.
AMONG) THE EGYPTIANS.
They l.lv. In MuiI-IIoimm Together with
Millions of I'ariultM.
There Is little ornamentation about
these Kyptian houses. They are all
fiat-roofed. The majority of thorn havo
no glass In their windows, and the
lower half of each window Is covered
with wooden Inttlco-work, through the
meshes of which you may see the large,
dark eyes of the ladies of tho barom
peeping out I asked one gray
bearded Mahometan as to what the
peoplo did in caso of rain. Ho did not
appear to know what the word rain
meant, and I was told that they have
no billiards or rain storms In this part
of the Mle valley. Ono of our spring
J rains would make this town of 40,000
inhabitants a vast mud plo. The
bouses aro rude lnaido as wall as out
' Most of them aro mere hovels and
, ft initios live here In quarters in which
an American farmer would not trust
i bis best Jersey cow. During my
stay in Asyoot I trlod to learn
all I could about the lifo of the
people, and 1 found that several fam
ilies often lived In one of those little
mud huts, and that most of them slept
I A 1 V. M.A....I ... 1 . V. 1 I., 1. . n -
vii vuu Kiuiiiiu, u vmjr m ui.iikci, ur m
eotton rag as covering. The poor Egyp
tian, like the poor Indian, sleeps In the
tame clothes that he uses during the
day-time, and in these huts chtokons,
donkeys and cattle are kept in the same
room with the family. Evon those by
no means mako up the Inhabitants of
the house. The lice and fleas of the
bard-hearted I'haroah still stick to the
land, and bed-bugs aro evorywhoro.
You can have no Idea of the lice of
Egypt, and the graybacka of army days
are mild in comparison. Tbe chief
business of Egyptian lelsuro seems to
be In picking ovor clothos for body-lice,
and everywhere I went about Asyoot I
law a man, boy or woman sitting half
naked, and looking and catching and
cracking these Insects. In many cases
two men or two women combine forces
and work togothor, one picking
from the other, and vice versa.
Every time I took a walk through
the stroets I trembled to think
of the possibilities, and sevoral times In
searching my clothes on returning to
my room I found that I had carried
away some other man's property. Those
lice aro very proline, and one good fe
rn alo will In a wook colonlto a whole
man. I spent about an hour overy day
In searching the loams of my under
slothing tor eggs, and I did not wonder
that l'baraoh was ready, whon Moses
tent this pest upon bim, to allow the
Israelites to go. You can bave no idea
of the flies and fleas of Upper Egypt
Tbey cover everything and everybody.
You see men tl coping by the roadside
with groat handfuls of files on their
syobrowa. Babies have files rostlng
upon thulr mouths, and ovory child in
roposo has a half dozen fllos on his eye
lids. Egypt has more sore eyos to its
population than any other country In
tho world, and eye diseases are causod by
theso fllos. You And hundreds of blind
men In every Egyptian olty. Tbey go
about with long sticks and are respected
by the people. V. O. Carpenter, In
National Tribune. '
THE BUFFALO'S FATE.
How the Ureal American Kumlnant Was
Wantonly Kst.rmlnateil.
In 1808 the Union Paclflo railroad and
Its branch In Kansas was completed
across the plains to the foot-hills of the
Rocky Monntalns the western limit of
tbe buffalo rango and that year wit
nessed the inauguration of the whole
sale and wanton slaughter of the groat
ruminants, ending only with thoir
practical extinction in 1885, by regular
hunters for their hides, and by the
erowds of tourists wbo crossed the con
tinent for more ploasure and sport,
then made possible by the advent of
the "Iron-tall": those latter heartlossly
killed for the excitement of the novel
experience,, often novor even touching
a particle of the flesh, or possessing
thomsolvoi of a single robe ' as
they rode along at a slow rate of
ipoed. The former, numbering thou
sands of old frontiersman, all export
hots, and as many novices the ploneor
lot tiers on tho "public domain" just
opened under the various land laws
from beyond the Platte to Iar south of
tbe Arkansas, within transporting dis
tance of the two roads, day after day
for years made lt a lucrative business to
kill for robes only, a market for which
bad luddonly sprung up all over the
country.
On either side of the lines of the rail
road, within close range for nearly their
whole distance, the 'most conspioious
objects in those dayi were the deslo
eated oaroassei of the noble beasts tbat
bad been rutblossly slaughtered by the
thoughtless and excited passenger tn
rout across the continent On the open
prairie, too, tnllos away from the course
of legitimate travel, one could walk
in places all dsy on the dead
bodies of the buffaloes, killed by
the bldo-bunters, without stepping
on the ground! Tben was the oppor
tunity for Congress to Interpose. Be
striding the transportation of robes by
tbe railroads and express eompanlos
could bave saved tbe buffalo from ex
tinction. I believe there was some ab
surd law enacted In relation to prevent
ing the terrible slaughter, but It made
it only a misdemeanor on tbe part of
tbe hunter to kill about as effective a
provision, so far as the average plains
man was concerned, ai to attempt to de
flect a tornado with a palm-loaf fan.
Tbe price of robes ranged all tbe way
from fifty cents tbe amount paid pri
marilyto two dollars and a half as
tbey became scarcer. I btve bought
many a flncly-tanned and ornamented
"silk robe" from the Indians for bait a
loaf of bread or a cupful of sugar; but
that was twenty-five years ago. To-day
the same kind would easily bring one
hundred and fifty dollars, if procurable
at all anywhere, which I very much
doubt. lienry Inman, la Harper's
Weekly.
A fear IMty't Salt-.
Another London schoolboy, a child
of poverty, showed that he felt the sen
timent of poetry. The subject of his
composition being "Flowers," the boy
described the wonders of the country
where flowers "grow wild to the fields
and not to tk wares and rounds.
"Nobody believes lt till they go to
th train. You can pull as many as
you like and fill your baskets, and car
ry home to your fathers and mothers.
And the teacher said that if we could
only go the next day there would be
just as many flowers again. Some boys
would not believe what the teacher
said, but I did, for God can easy do
ulracles. When I am a man I shall go
tbe next day." Youth's Companion.
WOMAN'S PHYSICAL HEALTH.
Importance of Roddy Training and Hf
flanle Precaution.
Mr. Frederick Treves calls attention
to a perfoctly new branch of work un
dertaken by the society with referonoo
to physical education. Within tbe last
fow years an immeuse deal of attention
bad been directed to the matter of phys
ical education. It bad boon pointed
out that the education of the mind was
well looked after while the education
of the body was practically allowed to
look after itself. Parents did not real
ize tbat proper physical education must
be conducted on as precise lend as care
ful scion title lines as tho ordinary edu
cation of the mind, l'arents wore quite
Content to send their children to gym
nasiums, and when they bad done this
felt satisfied that thoir physical educa
tion was complete. They were unaware
that there was no proper control over
the teachers of gymnastics and calis
thenics, a large number of whom were
peoplo totally unfit for their work.
The particular object of tbe society
had, perhaps, rather more reference to
children and women than to men and
boys. As a matter of fact, the latter
olass was admirably looked after. No
one could find much to criticise In
the athletic pursuits of our public
schools. When they came to the Lon
don shop boy they found his condition
bad been materially changed; he bad
taken to blcyoling and other pursuits.
When they came to schools, and espe
cially girls' schools, lt must be con
fessed thut the conditions were about
as bad as they very well eould bo.
They heard a good doal of the enor
mous advances of civilization during
tho last fifty or hundred years, and
their enormous Improvement on the un
fortunate savage, who bad straight
limbs, graceful carriage, and an ab
sence of the ordinary aches and pains,
and be was not disposed to be always
taking tea or to be living In an
atmosphere of tonics. I'oonle did
not seem to be aware that by a
judiciously supervised system of phys
ical education, exercises and due at
tention to the development of the body,
It was possible to alter its proportions,
to reduce redundances, and to develop
deficient and feoble muscles. Motives
of vanity and regard for the future
physloial development of thoir girls
might so influence mothers who were
indifferent to higher considerations to
tee that the physical education of girls
was earrled out, whether In families or
schools, under persons trained, skilled
and baring the requisite knowledge to
make such physical training In all
respects useful and In no case Injurious.
Noithor could be said of the very lim
ited amount of physical training now
given to girls. It was pointed out that
the National Health Hocloty's diplomas
would bo granted to such teachers of
gymnastics, calisthenlos and physical
exercises as had fulflllod tbe necessary
curriculum and passed the required ex
aminations.
The society hoped by the Institution
of this diploma to encourage tbe de
velopment of physical education In this
country; to render suoh training pre
cise, effectual and solontlfio; to protect
the publlo, on the one hand, from In
competent teachers, and, on the other,
to establish the position of such In
structors as were fully quallflod. It
was intended, however, that the work
of such teaobers should be devoted and
restricted to the one legitimate object
set forth In the diploma, namely, phys
ical training, ana that they should not
undertake the treatment of deformity
or disease ly "movement cures," "rem
edial exercises, masssge, and the like.
Tbe diploma would certify that the
oandldate bnd passed an examination
In the art and science of physical edu
cation, bad fulfllcd the curriculum re
quired by the society, and was fully
qualified to aot as an Instructor of gym
nast lot, calisthenics and physical exer
cises generally. British Medical Jour-
Electricity and Water Fewer.
The utilisation of water power for
lectrlo purposes bas just begun to be
regarded with the attention ltdosorvos.
The returns of tbe 1880 census gave
the number of water whoels in the
oountry as 63,404, representing a horse
power of 1,2J5,879, or 85.73 per cent of
the total power employed for Industrial
purposes. An official calculation of the
horse-power obtainable from the rivers
and streams of this country tbowi It to
be over 3,000,000, and with tbe help of
electricity fully S per cent of this ought
to be utilised. In places like Roches
ter, Kearney, Spokane. Falls and Ni
agara Falls, we may shortly look for
immense developments of power.
Colonel Whlttomore, of the Qovernmont
arsenal at Rock Island, proposes to
transmit power electrically from forty
one wheels, tbe data for which is now
being built He will conneot these
wheels directly with the dynamos and
carry the current to distant shops. N.
Y.Hun.
Its Total Cots.
Kllgordan Take a look at this um
brella, Grindstone, will you? I've just
bad a new cover put on lt It's as good
as new.
Grindstone What did It oost?
"Only $3.50."
"Umpbl Seems to me that's pretty
Steep. How ' much bas the umbrella
tost you now altogether?"
"Only fi-50 Grindstone-only riM."
Chicago Tribune.
Undoubtedly the La at
Jones Who Is that strlklng-Iooklng
nan over there? Bee mi like a popular
lort of chap.
Brown Mittakel He's the last mta
we fellows will bave any thing to do
with.
Jones Extraordinary!
Brown (easily) Not at all he's the
undertaker. Texas Sittings,
Ts Queer rravcrba.
Tomdlx Honor among thieves'' Is
queer kind of a proverb, Isn't lt?
McClammy Yes, lt always remiaas
me of another.
"What Is thatr
"True as steal." Chicago later-
Ocean.
Workmen while excavating to a lot
near the McClellan boose, Gettysburg,
dug op the remains of a Union soldier,
several Union buttons establishing the
fact The banes were taken to the
National cemetery for reinterment A
number of teeth filled witb gold were
also found. It Is said tbat the lot to
which the body was burled was occu
pied at th time of the battle by an
embalming eataMlwhment
Among tbe singular differences be
tween the two sides of the face a Ger
man profeeeor notes that th ri-ht eot
la almost Invariably timber tban th
atfs.