o
THE DEAD TRYST.
As I rt by 1 1. harbor warn fo!k wr wf
I saw n drad loirr in lb tHt (julllr.f H;
Jlf ki h rnillll u4 kiil 01) whlwa-
IMI hrasl.
Anil my i br-W mi hollow and thin.
Anil fc l tirstlni b In uh uf t).
fisifti.
And drr Inn sorrow )..y l a a rt.
I cumbrd bis . ks ul bohry sub aiiutllssil.
irr corns.
And with 01) Lund I warmrd LU frrt
Th sta f'st creel round us a a kit m th
tsl.
And b lay no th ra sand tth hit Ud on
Dl) kin.
ho nit'l't wtud bmk tli silent-, at any
shirking full.
In Hist diatb slot tt from th sra.
And thru I ctis.nrj tilm or our ihI an,
of old;
Och.a.r. I iuM not sarin hliu, and un; a
werd he "k.
I loowd my Limy hair tbn, lb gray Unas
I'll Ihe f
And tra i U hi in in a litlti cloak.
I ncvrr thntiuht tu ask him lb whtrsfors U
bad coinr.
Or If t.rairn wer lunrly and thUaanb
aodfMr;
I prayed ith ta.T lol.gli. U.at lb ox ki
X'.'l'.d be dumb.
And IL m-tiiiiui la.t a yrar.
Oihonr. tbr iiK kidim criming, and b srvss
and rnl.
HUilarlli.,.- t!i k brad banging, out through
ti a ti-s- snow.
Oh. hen-tore, Usrling, darling, did Jon brrak
my uuu 4 imii hi.
And by did )mi n.nir but to a-of
- h.uliariii Tnan lu A 1 slant.
mak. my purr mor certain. Tm
in will not bliuj in. I will tt lua
Bijr wsy."
"Then why Jo w watt, Bradford'
"Vuu hav grown tired of tt situo-
Eoli' 1 do Out Wutidrr. I hav
thing to ok. however."
"A favor to oak?"
tome-
defense, fur It la the way to let such
cr.m m yon intend go unpunished.
"Vuu tee that I feel th unassailable
tretigtb tf your sin..n: I hart felt It
toClutig, an, I too much; I have revtrd
only too Wrll your right: 1 have rh.iseu
not to attempt to storm the barrier bet
hombl tluti.li r of oug aK'o put Mwrrii
Yi. You uw m a,,imthliijf forth "y lov ainl urn. ll.uj I rnrvj ln Ut
TWO M OXK WOMAN
ilciin- W iliiii'nliiiK'a d llmg m.
u not 111 any wilil mid un ttli-J iurt
of tlu'Wurlil, wlifn it milit U? atiiipow-J
Unit jxTMina! tuifi'ty 1011M only lx) rv
tiTNttl liy itmihuI luiiliuii and i-rutiii
duriiu cr r.-.i. lin.-i.it. l.ut in a lurn'e and
will ni'l i'ilittiliipartim iit I.oiih', rcmvt'n-ii-ntlr
an 1 i-. iitr.illy Kx nUil ou the moot
fonliiuiiulilo uvriitiu in tliu city. II11 it
t in tf room w in riclily and comfortably
fnnii-lidl; tli rt-wi ro linmlmiine rtii( on
I lie floor, tind the ra from the alutdt-d
In 111 ) Ml tijMii 11 talili-oovi riil with booki
mid aifr and tho lutist uiiiKuzint.
tin tho wulU w-r iiiiinv tucturi. hi
i,Tavinn, fli liincn and limiting, and on
the tnjiof tho UiokciiM', which rn around
the rmdil, v rt- u few pitvca of wrll
ltvtid linc-a-hrac mid unull Mnttuiry,
while tin- lMk!t tht'iiiM'lvttt, which lilhtl
all tl:" cawn. wi n- furtlur fvidflice of hit
tuitlo uud cultivation.
Surely liis wn a home where he tuits'hl
fe.1 s.1 tire u'aiiiKt any violence or attack
of imy aort. There were chain ulxnit no
coinfortalilo at to invite any orrimionul
occuiutnt nf them to rciMwe and cjuiet
nnd forget fnlneMI of trouble, but in olif
of the caMot of thee, drawn near tlm
table with the lamp, Henry WiIiihtiIiiik
at cleaniiiir a revolver an oecujMttiou
which atvined aliiiot-t improjier or at
leant iiicoiirtioiia in Mich MirroundinKt
Ho hud r uioved tho cylinder of the pin
tul from it it barrel ntnl tock and wa
carefully rubbing it with a "ilk cloth, I
while ill .11 t lie tuble at his hand wert
the cartridge ho had takcu from it
chain bers.
Suddenly the dor, which he had care
lessly left tiiilm keil, wan opened violent
ly from without, mid a man entered tin
room. Wilmerdini; rose quickly in a
toiiUliuicnt and nnijer, but thenewcomet
aid ut once:
"Sit down;- And taking hi hand from
hii overcoat jHK-kct, where it had beet;
concealed, bo xiinted a cocked pit 1
truittlit t Wilmerdinn" breast. Wil
luerdini; was overcome by tho auildcn
ness of the intrusion mid the action ul
the man, to terrible in its significance.
His kik-.il trembled und he sank buck intc
his chair weak mid for the moment un
nerved, but presently, as he saw the man
looking at I.1111 coiiteuituously, he rallied,
and it was with apparently perfect com
posuro that lie said:
"Your command is peremptory and tin
pleasant, but yon win to liave thepowet
to enforce it. Well;"
Tho man walked to the other aide ot
the table, where ho stood silently for 1
moment, looking down at Wilinerdmrf. 1
Then his utteiitioii was ultracb-d to tin
picture of a woman which stood upooi
the table iu a sort of easel frame. He 1
struck it violently with his left hand.j
knocking it to the floor.
"How daro you have tlmt lit r picturt
there':" I10 linked. I
"Oh, see here," Wildi-ruiing answered
in proud carelessness, although he looked
at the pistol still jointing directly to-1
ward him and tin 11 11-t it at the augry
eye of hi visitor, "1 can't chatiKe myi
Drraneuieiits to suit t!ie whim of an tin j
invited mid uiiwclcoino (.oiest. Iray, !
why have vo.i favored mo with this visit,
Hr. David' Hradford':M
"Y'ou know well enough why I Lavs
corn "
"Apparently you have come to quarrel
with me. Y'ou could not have chosen 1 1
happier time for you." Wilmerdinj'
returned na he glanced ut lus own now
Useless pi.-tol.
"Pshaw!" Bradford replied a he tuM
the diPfticin of Wilinerding's glance.
"Now 1 can wait; 1 can kill you when
I please; I can lie sure that you will feel
ul that it tin am; I can know that you
will appreciate your punishment. Hud
you been ready, 1 would have lt n com
pcllrd to 1 ui(ker that is all."
"Indiwd:" asked Wilmerding; "yet 1
daro say I would not huve usi-d my pistol
any more tlu.n I now care for help. Thi
luatter can l settled in only one way,
Iiut if you hold that ixMition loi:g yum
kind, steaily ns it is, will shake. Sit
down, you will 1m- more comfortable."
Dradford sat down and f.ild.il Ids
arms upon the table before him. Iff
held the pi.it' d, still corked; but it wf
no longer jointed at Wilmerding. Tor
a moment or so Lradf jrd looked silently
at Wilmerding, who, whatever feur ni
may lave f-.-lt. siiowed no sign of it.
"You are cool," Bradford mud at last.
"Ye."
"Y'ou are very co l."
"1 can be very hut. At j revnt I pr
fr to be cool."
"Do you tliink that Ix-caus I gire yea
time I may spare you? Da yu thibk
tUat any p'.i a of yours will L-'.p yjuf i
'WLvn I ; !'-ad wi:U you. you may r
l;oni," Wllc'.erd.ng r'pl.ed iLUirifuI!y.
re'.u;r.:::g ti Wo:s).'.rtui coiumata or
Lur-ic".f.
"Ail yet Lf sLrxlJ be very pleasant
to you; out wot:M th:r.k you wouJJ iid
I: worth your vtu'.e to uv it."
"It rm-M bravado to saT that
I co-:rt d-atb." Wilrc-rlinj replied m 7
I 1 . . -V I .1 ,M U'
uc la.ei i.j ai.au(.-ia.
r.ocp to tUt."
"Y'i'r death is befors yen laittinent
acl cta;n."
"Y'ou ar very cool too."
"I am. Y'et rr.an cevf r had jTsatrr
rasi n to lo LUf cottrol tLsn 1. no
fc.n rrer had greater csum fer passion
cr ovj; u I Xj TV7 oest
havoc and ruin yoo hats wrought in my
life."
"I have wrought no havoc, no nun.
fr whatever of rum yoo have come to
yu are yourself responsible. It is yt.u
who should be calh-d upon for pavment,
f..r reparation. Hut let that no.' I did
nt mean, 1 do not dux to meet any
accusation you may wuh to bring
against me."
"As you please; it will save time."
"Yes; but fnnii your jsunt of view do
I owe you more thuti my life will jmiv?"
"More. Wilmer ling? r'ar more. What
good will your death tin tne? I you
think that 1 lave failed to consider the
cot of my step to me? It is punish
ment for you, not reward for me, that I
propose to aeck ill this wav."
As Hradford sjioke he unf -ldej hi
anus and touched gently, with tho fin
gers of his left baud, his pistol, Wil
meriting did Hot show that ho noted the
action of Bradford. lie laughed coolly.
"You must have arrived at your judg
ment and plauui-d this this envntion
of it delilieratelv," he said.
"Yes."
"Then it is as a judge, righteous aud
pure, that it pleases you to H.wr.'
"Pose?" Hradford repeat.-L
"I think that that la the w ord. It may
1 that you deceive yourself; but you
cannot deceive lue. I know you too
Well, Mr. Uradford altogether too well.
Y'ou were nut happy in your selection of
au audience. Hut come. This favor
you want granted what Is it?"
"I want a statement; I want you to
write and sign a statement of your re
lations with my wife."
Wilmerding expressed his astonish
ment that such a favor should lw asked
of him in a long, low whistle. He looked !
sharply uud iuestioiiingly at Hrudford.
in whose determined face and unchanging
attitude there waa 110 indication that he I
meant either to relent in his ptirie or I
relax his vigilance. Then Wilmerding
xuovetl closer to the table and drew paper
before him.
"Nothing could be simpler or cosier to
do thun that," he said, "but I am afraid
my statement will not grutify vou. To
WAMO.n Cl'TTKHS.
SCVIN ARE tVPLOVtD IN ONE
TrtE LARGEST rlduSEl
0
her I might who knows? have takcu
her from you and all your world. Kvet
sines 1 had the fortune to m.i t her and
to learn to loV ht-r-gissl fortune I call
it even now, though I stand in youi
power I have done the U-st I could for
her the !-t I could to make her life '
bearable, to lighten lur sorrows. I;
have live.1 my life - 1 have not been nil
angel; but tow ard her and for her I have '
Ui-ii only gowl. And oti? Ian jouj
ever suy so much? Now you ofTt-r ti j
spare my life. 1 tbx line your offer. I
know a way to spare lit r. Now the
world will wonder, but scaudul will not !
touch ht r. He a little generous to her '
As he finished sja-ukiug he took from
the box he held in his hnnd two of the!
little capstih's it contained aud swullovtul '
thi in. Almost liiiniediately he fell Wk '
ward.
ltrsilford. who had stssl iiiitioiiln.
scatt-ely comprehending the meaning of
his Words. t. -d toward him. He had
spoken of justice and punishment, but it
washutethut made him raise his pistol
und lire at Wiltiierding's form. After a
ause he shot aguin, and then, asituckly
aa he could, he firtil the remaining
chargea tu his revolver William Mi
Kendrve Hangs iu Situ Frsiu i.o Argonaut.
A Crwrl l.iblliltluB.
"1 have funded," said a woman tbs
other day, "that the htiuting Held ilcvrl
nird only a nust manly sport, and on
sgalnst which 110 objection could I
brought, particularly in tbese tlats of
alllsr mil bag. I tirter saw a 111 set until
a short tune su". wbru visiting sotii
friends In a bunting omul jr. hut Ism in
no hurrjr to see another after my f s-rl-riue.
The fleiil got ulT Mill, and we In lbs
rurriak'es drove a bnlf lulle down tbr rond
to see them cn Shortly Ibry raiue, the
logs lu full cry ami tbs rider almost
abreast. Two fences wi re taken ami thru
the course turned, aud we srrt ireiaring
to goon again w ben a di luted rider sud
denly apjM-ared at full gallop. So lb car
riages stood still to watch bun.
"Ills horse was evidently rrfusinii to
Jump, which hail put him brbiml, and a
ur approached tits fruce near ua I could
see him dig hla spurs into the horse's sides
be complete it will have to tell you of j to urge In 111 on. The annual came up mag
vour relations. ti-if votir foolis'h nee . tnllci-ntly to lbs Very rails, when he
livt, your inhuman cruelty, your falsity
aud your Iwseniis.
"You mav include what vou please."
"And a for my relations, why should
I not write of them? The whole world
may know of them as well a not."
"That is not what I want. 1 do not
care for only statement of what tht
world knows or tuny know. That would
not be worth the asking for."
"Then" Wilmerding began, but
Uradford interrupted him.
"I want a complete statement a truth
ful statement, 110 matter who is harmed.
no mutter who is incriminated."
Wilmerding, aa if hi tiisk were a hojs
les one, pushed away the paper lie hud
drawn before him. He leaned bock in
his chair.
"Ah, I knew," he said; "I thought so.
Y'ou do not want the only statement I
can write t hut would not serve your
purpose. Y'ou si k to justify yourself.
Y'ou do not want the truth; it is not
truth you want at all, but a lie. I will
not write it. Yet I thank you."
"Yes; I have given you a chance."
"A chance?" Wilmerding re-ati-d, as
though he did uot understand. "1
thanked you because you had not tried
to bargain with me; because you had not
offered me my life in exebauge for th
lying statement you v.'ant. 1 hat great
dishonor you have sjiarvd me aud I thank
you."
"But I will make a bargain with you,
I will give you your life for the state
ment I want."
Wilmerding rose. He pushed his chait
from hiiu so that it fell noisily to tht
Moor. Kor the lirot time in the interview
he spoke angrily und without the control
of himself he hud maintuimiL
"You scoundrel!" he said. Hradford
rose from his seat, recoiled a step or two,
raised hi pistol, but then lowered it
again aa Wilmerding spoke on. "How
dare you think of me so badly? How
dure you think I would purchase even
Ufo at such a price a that? Y ou want
the truth, you say. I do love your wife.
Is that the truth you want? I do lov
your wife more than I love life or feat
death. 1 love her, I say, but no word of
love from me bus ever hurt her ear. Nc
word of love for me has ever sullied hi t
hps; yet I know she love me. That i
tho moat glorious truth I know. She
loves me as she never did, never could
have loved you."
Wilmerding, as though now he only
wished thut some t-ud might lie brought
to the interview, any end to the suspense,
leaned far over the tuble toward Hrud
ford and pulled his waistcoat open im
patiently. Hradford raisi-d hi pistol
again, his finger on the trigger.
"Do not be impatient," be suiiL " Y ou
may even now change your decision and
save your life,"
Wilmerding straighten"! himself and
pulled at his collar a though he found
it hard to breathe. Then he raised hla
hand imploringly.
"Wait!" he said. "One minute."
"Ah!" Hradford said as he smiled
scornfully. "Y'ou know the terms."
"And yon can think I will accept
them? Wait. There in tliat cabinet
behind you"
Bradford smiled again aud shook hi
bod. Wilmerding divined hi thought
at once.
"You fear to turn?" he went on, and
he, tun. smiled. "You are wise. Hut if
you will only extend your left hand a
little yoo may open it for mi so. ()n
that shelf a little lower, please there
is a IsiX. Hand it to tne."
Hradford ba.1 followed the directions
pi ven him by Wilmerding not without
thought of what might be intetidul, but
the l.x, he found, was small and light.
It could contain no wi;"n, and he
thr-w it carelessly ujs.n the table Isy-
twD them. Wiimerditig t"k it and
o -tied it and looked at its contents.
Hra.'.fi r l," he continued slowly,
"ym could not. I suppose, have r'-tuined
the l"V of your wife. Fate and your
If your ow n character were against
you an 1 were t-jo strong ror you, out
jo might at least liave tnJ to maun
rrr;.t. you might nave encast-n not
to mase all L-r hfe a hideous night
mare; you n. ght have chosen not It.
trample up n L- r and upon the lor sh
bor you. Even Low. whi'. eslg.
you V to do justice and to punish
d, you are willing to mak her the life
kn.g victim of a ruiiiou caudal. I can
aTj hr. Y'ou art seewt Lb J9W
sioplml and stissl still. His rider swore
ami wberlnl tb horse, riding hntk half
way across tb Held aud then advanced
again, pounding bis spurred heels sgitiml
the bors at every lamnd and plying Ins
whip vigorously acra his flanks. Ilul
annual aloppvd as before when the fetie
waa reached. And thru there ensued to
lie a iinxt painful scene. The rider was
maddened and mortified It) olid all eon
tml. Agaiu and aguin h nalr bis horse
luuk, Israting 111 ill about the neck and
brail with bis heavy load.il w hip ami Using
bis spurs like trip bummers, the animal
refusing every tlm to take the leap.
"Once the infuriated rider gave M mount
a blow alio the rye that rung out like
tbr crack of a pistol. The horse ilnsiprd
aud quivered and aerninl alsMit to full, ami
I turned my head to avoid tbr alght. Hut
he did nut, and shortly raised Ins brad to
receive more cruel thumps aud blow. It
waa a contest between brute and brute,
with. It aeeinrd to Inr, thr dignity on tbr
side of tbr four lrgtitd one. The animal
did mt balk nor kirk nor betray any
viciousurss; for soma burse rrasnn br
could nut take the leaps, and Is iug denied
perch tisik the only way to show ll."
Her l'oiut of V lew In New iork lllnea.
Talk About Furs.
It is almost as cosy to ruu up heavy
bill with a furrier as it is with a jeweler
or silversmith. Furs, so far as good profit
are concerned to the fur dealer, are es
sentially luxuries of the rich. It is the
rarest and finest skins that yield the
mct lucrative returns, as they com
mand prices which become fanciful iu
proportion to their scarcity. There is
one point in favor of the fur dealer fu
tho perishulile nature of his most costly
ware.
Jewelry may be handed down as an
heirloom, and at tho worst the jewel
will only need resetting: services of sil
ver plate are almost indestructible, and
even if they are burned in some con
flagration the precious metal remains;
hut a set of sable or sea otter skius can
only last certain time with the utmost
care. The moth will find it way into
them or the hair will rub off with rough
usage, and the soft and velvety gloss
will suffer by exiKistire to the air.
The trade in furs has always been one
in which the first cost of the article has
borne a singularly small proportion to
the price it ultimately commands in the
market. John Jacob Astnr, at the time
of hi death the richest man in the
United State, laid the foundation of hi
immense fortune, estimated at .V),uoU,
000, iu fur. He waa wont in his latter
years to declare that when as a young
man he went into the wilds of this state
with hi pack on hi back he often pur
chased of Indian for string of beaU
which had not cost him as much as six
pence sterling skins which when dressed
commanded in London a many guineas.
Of course the skin in passing through
the hand of various individuals were
advanced for various profit on them be
fore they were sold for six guineas.
Still, making every allowance for this
the gains of Astnr were enormous in pro
portion to bi first outlay. Although
the profit realized in the fur trade sixty
or seventy years ago ran no longer be
obtained th difference between the first
cost of the skin and the retail price is
till extremely considerable. Ladies'
Cloak and Suit Review.
A MusiKr Bell.
The largest bell in the world is the one
in Moscow, Russia, known a the "King
of Bella." It was coat in X'.il, partly
from fragment of another great bell
called the "tiiant," which wu broken
in the early port of the Seventeenth cent
ury by failing from it support The
"Uiant," although not a large as the
"King of Bells." was. nevertheless, no
pigmy, for we are told that It weighed
pyj.uou po'Ui'ls. and took the combined
strength of twenty-four men to nr.g it
The "King of Bells." like its predeces
sor, had the misfortune to be broken five
year after it as cost by failing timber
dunng the great fire of ITS1.
The bell u :0w upon the gruund, the
broken place in the side being as large
as a good sixe-i dir The bell its.f is
large enough fr a dwelling bouse, be
ing 19 fevt and 3 inches tn height and CO
feet and 9 inch' around the margin.
This monster of monsters weigh 41.T-U
potinda. It t tail that an enormous
amount of gM tt-y fume antbontie
atunoled at over a ton) wo by accident
incorporated Into It caaaoTiaei. bt
Leu evubu
lhr IllfWrall a4 Osllralr Task ttt lire
lis; Jrwrla Iruaa Hugk klear- tolsrl.
Is a4 lilt Mlua: lbs Jrwrla llrlur
Ikev Itrark IHa urbrsMiaa.
Not all diamonds used in tht part of
Kurs are cut in Pans or lu Amster
dam; hut ill tielleva. cliste bv the tuai
do lu Tinte, there is the "Tailli-re de Pis
tuaiits" of the Dupuis Hros. Not only
that, but most of the diamond cut
ters lu-re are young women, "trcs in
telligi-nte," and most attroctive. They
receive, tisi, for work of th same
kind as that done bv men the same rute
of compensation, and many if them
raru, though their hours are 11 t long
from leu to fifteen dollars a wu k. Thr
establishment of Dupuis Frvrvs is in a
liainlsome granite building, jmt ut thr
head of the ( Vitilouvn nn rv. and occu
pies its second i-tuge. The building is
tnuugulur 111 form, with its private of
fin-s near the ais'X. The lir-t of th.-s.
offices is a coxy riHUU w here the precious
stones are ki pt after rutting in a hugr
iron safe, w hich will be brought at youi
desire.
Quarter and half and almost snind
Juu'kets of the Is-utltiful gems that art
like showers of dew in brilliant Minshliir
as you bury your hands among them
There are all sires, from the tiniest rose
diamond to other that are like second
kohuiiHirs as ther flash from th velvet
beds, for these larger diamonds are kept
carefully selected iu rases instead of ill
the little tissue sipcr covered packet.
The variety of tint la simply wonderful
brown diamonds, green diamonds, y el
low diamond, purest w hite diamonds,
and rarest of oil, the MM. Dupuis told
me, blue diamonds. Nearly opjsjsite the
private otlice is the Is. A keeping and re
cording risiin mid the counter at which
the elder M. Dupuis sits assorting tbr
gems as they come from the cutting, and
if a diamond in tho rough is of such!
shae that his skilled rye tells him it .
could not be cut to advantage as found
he divides it into two or three parts be
fore it is carried to the workroom.
Both the assorting and the dividing re
quire the gn ntiit skill and tiitwt perfect
kuowltilge both iuttiitive and practice
gained of the stoins, which in their
crude condition resemble, it seems to me.
bits and pieces of dilfcn-nt tinted gum
arable more thiin anything else. As I
have told you, the senior memW-r of the
firm assorts and dividtw the diamonds,
while the junior artiicr himself keep
all lxHk and records and apportions the
stone to their cutters, five at time to
each, marking the weight, date and all
opHite the cutter's umiie, until they are
returned completed. In this room, too
diutnoiids are rireived for n-jiair and le
cutting. Thut reminds me thut iu cut
ting almost one half the original weight
of the stone is lost, or, more properly
cut away, for not a graiu of the dust is
lost, a you will sec.
The chief workroom or atelier i a
lurge. bright, airy Mom, splendidly ven
tilated and exquisitely neat. In it, about
the walls that form two side of the tri
angle, there are a stiftlcietit number of
cutting machine for sls.ut seventy-five
employee, and tuu k of these close by
tho w induws are. scuts and benches for
the girls who place the diutnoiids in the
solder, Is ils for the machine cutting, an
oM-rutioii that must be completed very
deftly, for, first, there is the placing of
one solder oval in tho cup of the instru
ment thut receive the diamond, aud
thut much resemble the cup of a "cup
and bull," bundle and all; then the other
hulf must receive just the right degree of
fusion at tho gas and I applied so a to
finish the ovul. It tain the top of this up
per rt tliat th stone is placed while
the solder is warm enough to be inoldul
hack sufficiently to leave one little face
of the gem visible. When ready foi the
machine the entire ovul is a little larger
than a robin's egg. Dipping qui. My in a
dish of water hardens the solder, and
then the cup and ball, with the stick end
up, 1 applied to the machine, which
doe the cutting by revolving 2.4UO times
a minute, so a to hold the diamond face
closely down to steel disk (s-rhap a
foot in diameter and covered with mi
croscopic line, on which diamond dust
naa txi n scattereu anil 1 tu i.i in place
by minute particle of oil dropping from a
quill above. The dust from one diamond
being caught on this disk, serves to d
ish the next diamond. So, aa you see
nothing is lost. The girls to whom this
work is intrusted must necessarily give
it their undivided attention.
In the lower center of this room the
walla are so constructed that a second
triangle is formed, also with a pleasant
outlook. At the counter facing thine
windows the actual "diamond cut dia
mond" process, one of the first to which
the stone are ubjected, if s'n. They
are tuilsiidtit in wax, and then one is
used to cut another by the most skillful
workmen. It 1 this process that pro
duces the chips so much used in small
Jewelry. At the other side of thi inner
triangle men are alway busy repairing
and inspecting the machinery, esciully
the disks, w hose condition must be abso
lutely Jicrfect.
There i one female operative tn the
atelier of great natural ability and many
year of exja-rience whose aid is very
valuable, because she can Instantly
judge the weight of even the most min
ute stone handed her for inststtion
The recompense for cutting stoftiw up to
those of more than medium weight is. I
believe, the same, because the amount of
care and labor requiml la the sums.
With the exception of the light whir of
the machinery this lurge atelier is abso
lutely quiet, for there must uot be even
singing here, lest it distract, though un
consciously, from the attention required
by the work - Pans Letter.
THE EXHIBITION AT MILAN.
II Ua Maus rrwturr l I air rest t Awsrrl
rmm uilur.
Many and laautiful ar tb biilldingi
wbli u i-omprit tb united xhlhitions at
Ml. so, Ibr Intrllivtual. Industrial aud Com
tiirrelal crulrr of Italy Tbis rntrrprts ha
Istii scroll. pllshrd in a riy abort tiinr.thr
plans ba mg Is-ru niadr nuly last yrar. The
villous of M.U11, without asking sssl.t
auce from tbr govrriiiiirtit, raise. I tb tn-c
rssary fiimls. and Ibr risult of thnr Islsn
b hiTinil nothing but praise from this
w tin hair lai n f rt iitnitr nullah to see thi
c. nn I'l. t nt nl II. .11, n The ground rov
rn.t bv the tur'nus buildings of tbrrt
bib 1 101. pn-M-i i-alhiul V,iMi4iiurv mrlrrs,
and that drii'tdl tn tl.r 1 it !e, ksnli-u and
turf fur the -iK.ri. is -.in mi additional
'I br main .inhlink., tin- i;rl that ratilm
thr rr if tbr visitor 011 rntrrina tin
grounds. pnlin is a itimt favnrahlr linprrs
loll lu inn air tlie linbi-l rial arts, print
Itig. rliglttl ins', etc . tbi-11 colors therastlr.
with a wraith of pamtiiiK. sculpture and
photograph?, ami futtbrr along the ancient
Uochrlta. a fortress winch used to abritet
t4
n?
THE UaMiEKSTL'DY.
SUBACT0R9 WHO MUST BE READY
TO TAKE PRINCIPALS' PLACES. '
DAMASCUS THE ANCIENT.
Ckrtss
Itrlst s aaj I arrrtalnllr Thr; flail Is
Ortllsg u k Irual Tkry May 11.
Tkrsk lutlr Wmmum Milk X
t ha... . sh.w Tk.lr I'.w.n. j
nwlaia sieavllly Craw la Stlrkvr,
Isim awil Jrw fssur,
The llrlil.ii roiisiil In Dsmasrus, In a re
port s.urd by tb forrlgnoflle, gives some
iiilrrvtiiig infurmalioa lu resard to tbe
niinl tiou of t h it city and ils brighlsirbwal.
lin'T-.i.i us m nds to Hrynait and iKbrr
towns In ria flour, grain and fruits,
whilrlti rrcurd to th nrrrsaarisa of Ufa
It Is prai tli ally arlf aiipairtlng, wllb tbe
rmpiion of Maiiibesirr nianufacturr.
After two year of patient waiting and sssis wrr formerly all boinemsilr.
study a young actress, w ho was an un
derstudy iu one of the principal sti k
ronipanti-s tu town, gave up her sitioti
the other day Waiise during all that
tune she never got an op.rttiiilty tn dis
play I11T talents U fore the public, hhe
was on the salary list of the company,
and as wages are paid weeks in the
but ti e urriit 1 In apin-ss of llntish oittou
Las di troiei tbe bum pnalurtlon. Tb
tr't'eof Ihe plrtce Isiilmisil stationary from
jr.irln li ir. if tb.-re Is an Increase tn the
lr i.tr In an article one yrar thrre ia a ror-n-jiHiilnirf
d.i reuse thr tint, for luxurtrs
srr s. nn r hikI the lln'rsanrlrs of lf Will
only ll'ii tnsie w 11I1 ihe population, while
thr rH.rta drieu.l ou th harvest, w bleb
rarely f iiN.
The t--i.iil.it loci Is glrm at 3I0.0UO, of
vear bv that narticular oru'iuiiutioti it
n-misl' rather lib .it tool s ... . .1 il .. ! ''i. li als.iil lni.nw re Mlrtn. Tbe
),, ,, ,,, ,. .. ,. ..' Illlllils-r Is siMilsssnl to lie Itlrrraalng, but
but ,t wa. not a q...-...on of finance with , , ,,', , (ilJ .,..
her. Miei.aiiai tres.of M-ognn-M ab.l-1 lrr , of ,
Ity. and understudying was not particu-1 ,,. , , b.niM-s built ont.ld are very
larly suitiil to hrr taste. She had art frw. Tbe .my of th t hnsiiaiis and
after part III tiew plas and reprodtli'-1 Jews I. rctnarkalilr, the Moslrms having
' -fc sflfc. Jff fJBr '. . ",
tSTIlA.M t to V1AIS Ht'll HISO, MILsX.
the slxnorl of Milan whi-u their rnrinir
sinvcnl.il iu riitrring tb city; thr ducal
pslso, bl.torlinl rrsldrtire of tbe hforra
duke of .Milan; ihe niagiiillcrtit machinery
building, tbr educational exhibit and tbr
pbylaetrrlc ami geographic displays, all
combining to form a most lmoslng spec
taclr. Tlie main bulldilig wasdrslgnnl by
(itlsepir I'otiiinarifiia and is I'.V meters In
li-ngtb. The exhibition will continue sia
mouths.
Milan Is a atirrl city and offers many at
trictions to the American visitor. It li
ru b III antiquities ami antedate the Chris
tiau era by ) years. Aside from Ils fa
mous cathedral, with which every one li
familiar, Milan ia rich Inworkaof art. In
beautiful architecture and in libraries ol
rare laaiks. Thrre are at least 'JO notahlt
private art uallerirs, IS niusriiiiia and man
educational ami charitable llislltlltliilii
worth visiting. The city la surrounded by
a circular wall sevrn or right miles iu clr
eiimfrreiice. and many of ihe al reels siieai
to run In circle. Milan baa a population
of alaitit .t l.
Tbe yrar H baa International rxhlhl
tlons a pinny. Anlwrrp, Lyons, Milan.
Madrid and Sail i rani ls. il rai b bavrrlH
sit ions which are rxcreillngly attractive and
Instructive and poasesa great historic Inter
est.
The Iiilanaler larwl.
The postmaster general' dcurt incut
waa estiiblishul on riept. ii. I7MI, and
the first holder of tho oftice was Samuel
Ogisal, of Miissachuwtts. It may bo
addiil that Massachusetts has purtici-
patiil nctivelv in the tilling of cabinet
tssits, and eiijovnl a century ago the po
litical distinction which now aps"rs to
ladling to Ohio. The tmst of posttnasti
general bus usually l.vn filled from the
"tMirder state, nerce Went to Ten
Uesw'O for hi first (Kaitmaster general
Huchaiiun chose on from Kentucky.
Lincoln apiKiiiitisl Maryland man,
Orant went to Maryland and Haye to
Tenniwse. (Jarfleld had In Thomas L
Jame a New Yorker, but since then
the claims of the west have generally
been considered. Mr. Cleveland' first
pout master general, Vilas, was from Wis
consin; his second, Dickinson, wa from
Michigan. John Wanumaker i the first
I'cuiisylvanian to hold that office since
the establishment of the federal govern
mcnt, Jiew lork bun.
Vsrsln by rarrlar PlgMas.
At lilting of the Acadcmie de Mule
cine Surgeon Major Stru-hel gave de
scription of the method be has devised
for insuring the safe carriage of vaccine
by carrier pigeons. The possibility of
being able to send vaccine into an iu
feattil town or fortress where siuall'-x
may havo broken out ia tierluip con
sidcred of little importance by ourselves,
hut on the coiiiiuent the mutter la not
one to Is? entirely ovrrhkei. Dr. Strte
bel, by practical rxK'riment, ha shown
that, with the plan he adopt, each pig
eon ran be made to carry six small tubes
of vaccine, and to travel considerable
distance without any fear of the tubes
becoming damaged. London Public
Opinion.
Isswrrlptlaa r a Test,
How many people know that the
monument that Laban and Jacob set up
near th border of C anaan and called
"Mupuh,"or h. kout, was erected In
suspicion rather than love? The literal
meaning wa thi: "Tlie Lord watch be
tween thee and me when we are absent
one from the other, and see that you are
not up to mm now trick as soon aa my
back is turned.
ho when It Is Inscribed in an engage
ment ring It might mean, "The Lord
watch sr.d that you do not flirt when
we are atsv nt one from the other."
Those who use the text are sometime
Wiser than they know. Chicago Journal.
W bra Arrwlilrs Wrr lint Awalysril.
In IT'. a stonr wnghing fifty six pounds
waa rxbilutnl In lyu'lon. It was said to
have failro from tl.r sky la Yorkshire In
lb prvvioii Iss. rfnls-r. but thi sLaUuirnt
waa rrerivrdwitu great incredulity. Al
thai tune Mr J. -j.t. ISanka waa preaidrnt
lA Ibr lto)sl xsii-ly, and he noticed a
ttror g re-rmlil nc brtweru the Yorkshire
s'.oiir axul one a nl to hi m f roni hirua. In
Italy, wbi h was said to have fallen from
tbr sky Two or Hire years later b re
calved so asruunl of a fail of stonr near
Brnarca. lu ll.u.l-i-tsn. A cbruncsj snaly- j
s U lb st-a.. s from sll three source i
prjvsl Ibriu to Is- hlrnticai la ourupuslliua, I
sad tnemlui.iy as to thnr nsrleorie origin i
baaiaii Ui gi way N'ir sim! Queries j
l.rlir t SKaliag.
.nagutrat You're charged with
twaiuig a gold sb h.
I'nainer Want dnve me to do IL
ilagiatrste Want. elJ
Pnsooer Yes, I wan led Us wsUhr
Lxtisat-
Wksa lh (at Wa Sarrrd.
In the Middle Age brute animals
formed as prominent a part in the devo
tional cen-monic of the time a they had
In the old religion of Egypt Tbe cat
(rlurus; waa embalmed after death and
buried in the city of Bubastis, because,
according to Herodotus. I (ana Bubastia,
the chief deity of the place, wa said to
have transformed hers. If into a cat when
the gods Bed to Egyjit. Burlington
Haw keys.
th Ortfia ml 111 tiMsrarsl Orap.
A recetit account make th Concord
Srajoi a chance sn-dln.g found by Mr.
ull, of Concord, Mass. But Mr. Bui)
our told the wnU-t of thi that he towed
Ted of what be thought a food kind.
Lad it was from ot. of these rasdlings
that tho Concord tpi -ug. Uerliaa'
Monthly.
Tkrir 1 1 rsl (Isarrrl.
Mr W ben you married ni.I'bli Jsoe,
you arvTunl to think I was a pretty gnod
man b.
f-br I did! A lid r-Ki'T twvrr eooe kla
tied a Br tt mm ftwfti that day to Uktl
( Ck'.csa-u Tribune
lions, biA the principal soiurhow or nth
er munagci! tnget through w iihotit Isring
ill, or never suffered any iin-h.ip, s-i it
ei'ineil a if the ai'tress wits ilesttunl to
become a s'rmaiirtit understtidy. This
instance is only one of numberless simi
lar exrieticcs showing the trials and
tribulations of nndi-rstudie.
Al! the big stock companies are well
supplied iU the matter of Ullderstudles,
aud while they are required to keep a
certain number of professionals on hand
they have luniimerableapplicatioiis from
amateur aspirant for histrionic honors,
who are only tisj willing to serve a un
dcrst udie on the chance that some acci
dent will take them to the front. Mint
of these come from the different school
for the training of actors. The under
studies receive their parts almost at the
same time they are delivered to tbe prin
cipals. They are rehearsed regularly
with the company and are presumed to
be aa wrll pn rcd for the first bight of
a play as the principals.
Manager Charles F tubman company
i probably one of the U-st equipped or
ganitation in the country in the way of
understudies. Light of these are em
ployed a regular members of the com
pany the year round, and while they are
probably not seen more than once or
twice during a season they are always
ready for any emergency that may arise.
Augustiu Daly's and A. M. Palmer's com
panies are also well supplied with under
studies, and I sith have long lists of ama
teur ready to go on at a moment' me
tice in case of sicklies or other necessity.
Every big traveling organization gen
erally came two uudcratudie while on
the road. Some companies dispense with
their services, however, by requiring the
ineinlsTS of the company to make them
selves) proficient ill two or more parta.
Thus if the first comedian should sud
denly lie incapacitated the second come
dian jump in, aud so on all through the
cost. The understudies who travel regu
larly with tb cumpany are usually
man and woman. The former under
studies all the actors, while the latter I
ierfect in all the feminine rule. Their
salaries and expense are on par with
those of the principals.
Although many of the (tar now con
spicuous in th theatrical firmament Ikv
gsu their dramatic career as understud
ies, it is not often nowadays that the
tar themselves are understudied. It is
guiirrully assumed by the managers that
the star is the attraction for the public,
and to substitute somebody else is to
practice deception which U injurious
to the show. Iu amis Instance, how
ever, where the (tar ha had to be re
placed by au understudy, the latter ha
made even a butter hit than the star.
Billy Crane wa an understudy In the
beginning, and Manager Jis Hrook tell
an amusing anecdote of the actor's first
experience as an understudy. Ho served,
iu that capacity with a cnrnany that
produced "The Daughter of the Regi
ment" In this city oiiie year ago.
Among the parts which Crane had to
commit to memory was that of tbe no
tary. It was particularly hard part bo
cause th notary had to begin by do
claiming a long legal notice. Crone got
th port pat, but In order that there
hould b no possibility of hi making
break he copied th proces into a book
which the notary wa supssed to carry.
Th notary wore rob that trailed on
the floor. In making hi entrance Crsue's
foot became tangled up in the robe and
he pitched headforemost un th stage,
Tlie book with the prompt line flew
across the stage. Crane pulled himself
together in moment, aud without loo-
lug hi presence of mind began firing
tb process off. II went through with
out break, and hi original entrance)
mad a hit with tb audience.
One of the most notable Instance of
understudying was that furnished while
Den man Thompson wo in th mlilst of
bi long run with "Tb Old Homestead
at th Academy of Music. Walter (isle,
whoa characterisation of Happy Jack,
tb tramp, wo uppoed to be Inimi
labia, was ill, and at th eleventh hour
the manager beard of tbe trouble. Tb
part wa most important on In tb
coat, and nobody could be found to tak
it among tb member of the company,
Finally a young Irishman named Jame
Fltxgerald, who wa acting a dresser to
Thompson, astonished that actor by de
claring that b would tak the part It
sriiii that h wa understudying (late
right along unknown to anybody. Fits
gerald weut on that night and imitated
Gale to a dot in everything except the
UtW's soul racking cough. toung
Fltxgerald mail a hit and played Happy
Jack many time, but hi career wa
brought to an untimely rlisse by an at
tack of pneumonia, to which be suc
cumbed. New York bun.
of lair years absorlsil tb trail and wraith
which wrre formerly III th bauds of the
otbrrs Tne .Miadrm stradlly inerraae In
wraith, while the I'brlsllaiia aud Jews aa
traalily decline. This unusual sluts of
limits is san to be due to ths loss of th
through trade to Bagdad, to th difficul
ties which llinse who are uot Minimis rn
fount, r lu business, ami tnlh Insolvency
of tlie govrrtiuii-lit. The Damascus Isioda,
whl.h wrre tpudlstrd to lh rxtrlit of
toil nn i, wrr mostly held by Christians
stnl Jrws, and lbs repudiation wasa heavy
blow to thrin
Hut It aiqiears that ths wraltb of tbe
placr baa coii.i.l.-ralily inrrraaail ia tb last
thirty years, and It I. probable that Da
mascus will still furl hrr Increase when
tbe railways now projected from lb coast
re const ructrd. The rvjsirtallou of liquor
lc nail, howeVrr, serin to 1st iltsjmrd by
the discovery of rissta of a superior quality
in Asia Minor aud rlsrwbrre. Apricot
form one of ths chief prislucla of Damas
cus. It ts estimated that lu a gl yrar no
frwer lliau IT.(sJ) ton are gathrml. Ijirg
quantities are sent fresh Into the neigh
boring town and villagrs, while lb rest
is dried or made into past aud n ported to
Kk'ypt. Hemp, too, la au Important local
pnaluctinn.
laical Industrie are numrrou and some
srr of Importance. The chief Is weaving.
There are alaiut S.liU lisuns for cotton,
wool and silk weaving. Ths first produce
ralico, curtains and uivau covrn, ths ma
terial used for the long coats worn by
Minimis, and for tbs cloaks which cover
tbs native women from brad to foot. A
hand loom can turn out IhtrUen yards of
striped cotton cloth per day, but tbe aver
age day's work diai notexcerd seven yard a.
Thermion looms are constantly at work,
wlillrthr wool and silk looms are frequent
ly Idle. Thciimiiufsctiireof roa, harnrsa,
hammered Iron, ropiirr and braaawork
are mining lbs othrr Industrie. Th or
namental brasawork and mother of pearl
Inlaid work are chiefly stipsartrd by tmv
rlrrs, who pay exorbitant prices. lawdon
Times.
Murwlnf In Ihe Galaaa rarwt.
The hula ar settling thrmarlvr In th
hollow im-s or under deus masses of
creepers, making mouselike chirpings a
they hang themselves up in tbrir place.
Hers and there a lumbering moth, balking
out for a safs retreat until rvriilng, la II ut
tering lastly along before retiring to rest.
Thenw l and gisslsiirker shrink before Ihe
light, and also hurry off to tbrir biding
places, making nsim for the brilliant fami
lies of day birds which are ratling and
chirping from the Ireelops. Th wrlrd
voice of ths bowling monkey now horrifies
the stranger, tilling him with wtindrr and
recalling stories of banshee and gbusts re
tiring at ns kcrow. Then a flu k of par
rots or macaws i. heard si rraiulng far over
head, their glorious pluinsg flashing In
ths illuming rsys In metallic tiutaof gold
u yellow, green and crimson.
The din would be almost unbearable
wrre the bird near at hand, but aa they
rarely fly or perch low their voire are mel
low rd by distance. Congregating on th
boughs of th highest trees far beyond lh
reach of tb Indiau's gun or blowpipe
they tak their morning mral of fruits sod
nuts, chattering away like a lot of rook
lu a clump of old elms. Longman' Maga-tln.
rsllls Trw ky Mcclrtrlly.
Tree ar felled by electricity in tb
great forest of Ciallcia. tor cutting
comparatively soft woods the tool ia in
tbe form of an auger, which 1 mounted
on a carnage, ana I movej to and fro
aud revolved at th same time by a small
electric motor. A the cut deepens.
wedges are inserted to prevent the rift
from closing, aud when the tree is near
ly cut through an as or handsaw is Used
to finish the work. In this way trees are
lied very rapidly and with but little
labor. London Til-Hit.
Onw Ms
Tipple What should you think If
thnastrnnl to commit suicide because you
rrfuanl hlrnf
Bob I should think be bad mode bp
bis mind to try arala. Life.
0
A Crawl Cat,
Chully Chumplcigh And you bar
othlnaj on your mind when I am sway r
sets toWsssi siothing. iuoiiwofroa
New fork World.
TerwMatlag aa Aalealer.
The onUater is described as being an
xtremely itupid, slow moving animal
ny no mean given to attacking iu
neighbor, but when bard pressed it It
aid to ait np on iu hindquarters like
bear Mid defend itself with it powerful
claw. Apropo of thi habit th Lon
don Saturday Review ha heard the fol
lowing story of an anteater at the Zoo,
and, though we cannot vouch for lu
scientific accuracy, it ha a moral, and
will, we think, bear repetition.
A man one of the clan so well known
to and bated by tb keepers, wboae chief
interest in visiting the menagerie appear
to be to torment tb unfortunate ani
mals standing by th anteater rag
wa beard to remark that thi wa th
sort of animal h liked, as it could not
bite. H then proceeded to pok it with
hi new silk umbrella. on which th ant
eater retaliated by quietly taking hold
of that weapon with iu claws, with th
result that th unfortunate owner waa
left in possession of tb frsm whil the
animal carried off th silk a trophy of
wU earned victory over it enemy.
A wla4lla( rertaae Tsller.
An old female fortune teller at Tours,
France, haa been sentenced to eight
month' imprisonment for swindling a
sitnpl minded man. bh persuaded him
that be wonld discover ia s certain place)
which ah indicated a vast amount of
treasure guarded by a skeleton and
good genius. Th said treasure coruust
d, oh said, of ton of gold and dia
monds: but before they could b obtain
ed th ordered him to enter upon cer
tain ceremonies, of which the most
important wa tb burning of candles
and incctus. All thi b faithfully per
formed, and then for several weeks dug
most tealoualy at th spot of ground
which had been pointed out to him.
Finding his labor in vain b returned to
tb old fortune teller, who encouraged
him to continu. and h did so. In ail
th iwindled tb poor man ont of 4,000
franc. Paris Letter.
Tb Larg sum of money that th gov
ernnient of India devote annually as r
wards for th destruction of snake ha
brought about on unexpected rtwult.
Tb snakes or being bred and reared by
th native for th purpos of obuinisa;
tb turn! head money offered.
The Wee Mwtass.
Her ore 13 varietur of tb word
mother, all bearing s distinct resem
blance: Anglo-Saxon, modur; Persian,
madr; Sanscrit, matr; Greek, meter;
Italian, madre; French, mere; Swedish,
moder; Danish, to Saras; Dutch, Boe
der; German, matter; Bosnian, moteri
Cad tic, msthair; Hebrew, em; Art bio,
mux. Chkoajo Tnbuo.