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. mm " bmmmm mm mmmm. MMMMMMM. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMm, I 1 t k i M I t . vi By Order of the Czar Bj A Story of Russian Power MARCUS EASTLAKE Imlr Alexnudrovltch, that I recognized 'OOUD PILUINQ8 COST MILLIONS. jour- lor reply I east on htm n look of scorn. "Hold thy prating tongue, .Andrei," I hear the ('ovcrunr whlstier. n im ihi.l.... -..-,-.., .... .. .,,.......- CIIAlTKlt XI. I hear once moro the hnnh grating of n prison key tahlnd tue, nud I am fain to groan aloud aa I Iran against the wall. All In dark before my eyes, whilst my anguished foul cries, "Lout! Lost I God-forsakenl" . Suddenly I feci a rough hand group my shoulder. I am swung forward, ami Cud mytelt the center of a score of face, all peering and grinning Into mine. I reallxo that I am In a general cell: that these are my felhiw prisoners, and the wrathful blood leap to my hend. I hake mytelt free and turn fiercely to see who haa darel to molest me. In my pres ent decperate mood 1 am not to be trilled with. My looks fall on a short, broad, pow erfully built man In the black sheepskin cap of a Cossack, under which a pair of bold eyes glitter ami dance like wild fire. Ho stands before me now, with his broad, brown bands on his skies, his body thrown hack, and both attitude and mien bespeaking Insolent defiance. "Confound your impudence! What mean you?" 1 roar. "I merely wish to look at you, broth er," he replies with cool deliberation. "I am interested, we are all luterosted in our brother In affliction." "you lnplcnt. presuming hound!" I gnash on hint In fury. The lunch that goes round makes it blaze up like oil on tlames. I make a ruth so violently and unexpectedly on the Cossack that he etaggers back, and but for those behind him would hare fallen. A. hubbub of voices I raised: "Go on! At him! Show your mettle, little father! Embrace, brothers! At him! At him!" The Cossack has regained his balance. His huge nostrils swell out. his breath rushes through them with a snorting oolsa like a horse. He bends his head forward at does a bison preparing for attack. In another moment he has dart ed on me, and his pretcruaturally long nnt encircle my middle like bars of Iron. "Squeeze him! hug hltn! Well done. Yorackr shriek the voices, accompanied with such noises as are used to encourage Cghtlng dogs. I draw In my breath, and lifting the Cosiack off his feet, fling him from (kle to aide to try aud shake him off, but In vain. He clings to me like a bulldog. I cannot fight a man whilst he hangs to me like this, so we struggle to gether silently, neither gaining an advan tage for full fire minutes: until a sudden movement on ray part brings us both to the ground. I on top of my adversary. And now he looses his hold, and instant ly I catch the gleam of steel! My hand closes on his wrist like a vise. I wrench the weapon from hit grasp and lllng it from me. "Coward!" I hiss, and deal him a blow on the head that makes It resound, like the cracking of a cocoa nut against the floor. Hit limbs relax. A deep groan escapes his breast, and I am free to rise. I do o, and stand gasping for breath ami looking down on my prostrateToe. Ills jaw drops, and his black eyes roll up. ex hibiting the whites, giving bint the ghastly aemblacce of death. And now that my passion hat tpent itself. I shud der with disgust at my own folly and degradation. "I fear you hare finished him." ob nerrea aoma one. "Served him right!" growls another. "He la a coward and a traitor!" ' "let, yea, serve him right!" Join In the rest "You hare acted like a true man! DCou are of the right sort." . Their compliments only Increase my disgust. What care I for the opinion of such aa these? I make no replr. but talk over to the furthest corner of thai cell and fling myself down ou one of the Inclined boards that are range round the wall. I watch tli em draw the Insensible Cot- ack to another board, and lave bit brow with water from a pitcher. Almost Immediately he revives and slti up, seek ing me with his roving eyes. When they have found me, be rises aud staggers to ward me. "I am a hound and thou art a brave roan!" he aaya hoarsely. 'Forgive me; It was the evil one prompted me to use the knife. He bad possession of me and I knew not what I did!" He waits not for my reply, but sud denly leaves toy tide, picks up the knife from the floor where I had hurled It, and returns It to me, Take It," he urges. "It Is thine! I smuggled it In concealed In the folds of my saab. Slay me with it If thou wilt. My Ufa Is thine!" Aa be tpeaka thus, bit voire shakes with emotion and bis dark face works atrangcly. I am touched with the man'a contrition In spite of myself. "Keep the dagger," I tay. "It may be useful to thee, and give we rather thy band!" "Remember my words: My life Is 'thine!" he reiterated. "Thou bast bought Yerack, body and souL" And without another word, without giving me the chance of expressing the regret that la on my lips, that I should have taken hit harmless sport so badly, he goea back to his board and stretches himself-qn it. nit fellow prisoners crowa rouna mm witn questions and re marks, but he regards them not, and turning to the wall, remalna perfectly tllL In a few minutes they bare forgotten us both. A tali, lean Jew sits apart, mumbling to himself, and swaying hit body to and fro. Ere long the loud, long-drawn tnorea of the Cossack min gled with the general din. Thua toe weary hours flow sluggishly merging Into each other, until a break cornea In the shape of a couple of ward era bearing an enormous pall of cab bage aoup, which they dole out to ua In tin vessels, and a basketful of black bread, In rations. I bad wondered where I should ge) tny next meal. Little thought I that II would be supplied to me free of charge by the Russian government I After 'upper the warders light two oil lamps that hang high up against the wall. They illuminate with a murk? vollnw lieht the motley scene. For I time tli gamea nre.renewed; coarse Jests a nro bandied, followed by loud guffaws; aouga with rollicking choruses are ung to the beating of feot; then gradually tho boards are filled. A few linger wrangling over a game, until the dls puled point Is decided by a majority, and they too aeek repoe. Vainly I toss from aide to side. My gloomy musings nro Interrupted by the appearance of the Cossack, gliding to ward me In the dim, yellow light, lln squats himself noiselessly ou the floor at my head, aud gates at me silently for tome minutes. I am the first to speak. "I am sorry I hurt you," 1 whisper. "Forgive me, Yerack! 1 might have tak en your harmless jesting In better part." "Name It not." he whispers back. "It would have served me right hadst thou dashed out my brains. Wilt thou tell me, he murmurs, falling Into the fa miliar second persou which srems nat ural to him. "why thou art here? I wouM help thee If 1 can." t hesitate. Shall 1 tell this man my strange, eventful story? Though I kuow, or think I know that It lie not In the power of any man to help me In my dire strait, yet it will be an unspeak able relief to me to unburden my mind to a sympathetic listener. Ami there It that In this man's manner which In spires mo with the couvlction of his good faith. "Hast thou heard of Vladimir Alexan drovltch I.ubanoff?" lie atarts and stare at me. "All Russia has heard of him," he replies. "I am he." deeply, "or thou wilt compel mo to ex pose thy lies!" Mcauwhlle the Prefect has recovered himself. "You admit that you nro the Vladimir A oxiindrovltch who by some marvelous mischance escaped tho fate you so richly merited?" he questions. "I am that man." I nmw.. ttPi,ii who suffered ay, suffered to the full tho death he wna condooiuned to die! I was huug. I endured the shame of It, the pain of It. oven tn tli rin,i .!.).. throe! 1 sntlsfled justice that demanded my life; for 1 was dead. A Higher rower thau the mighty Czar himself restored mo my life! This life 1 now hold I declare to be mine by the gift of tiod! I had a right to do my utmost to preserve it, and he who would rob me of It commits a theft on the living OikI!" "The State of which toil are the ens. my. Vladimir Alexandra Itch, must de cide that question," any the prefect. "Meanwhile we must consign jou to prison until we have communicated with the authorities In St. Petersburg. Your case Is out of our Jurisdiction. Your ex amination will take nlnce whr v.hip heinous offense was committed, and the authorities there mint pronounce jour Dentists Knell Tear Withdraw from the Country's Hupplr U,0()l),()()(). Of tho wealth of thin country (hero la n certain pnrt Hint Iiiih nomr entered Into tho report of tliu cousin of fiscal departments of Urn govern ment. Thoro la, If tho talluuitos of men who should know nro to bo taken ns authoritative, over $10,000,000 per sonal wraith, In tho allium of gold, of which tlio government la en tli civ luno I "I'vo got some good now for you, runt, or, If not Ignoring, Iiiih decided Kvollim," said the grnceryiniin, in Iiii not to mention In Ua ilunuctnl rcporti. .unloaded Ida pitckngoa on tho kitchen Kneh year there la over .,(X)0,(HM table. "I'm koIu' to quit my fuullah. worth of gold Hint dlHapnenrs. Unit t '. CHAPTER XII. As I utter the words the Coack gazes at me as If I were a ghost For a moment he seems to be smitten dumb with amazement. His under Up drops. Presently a flush of color rushes to his swarthy cheeks and a strange light to his ejes. He raises his cap ami bows his head before me as if I were a king. "Wonderful! Wonderful!' he mur murs. "I believed not the rumor of thy marvelous escape. There Is truly noth ing too strange to happen in this straw aest of worlds. Tell me about It, I pray thee." Then in low toaes I relate ta him my history. When I have come to an end he clasps bis brow with his broad fin gers, and loses himself for fully ten min utes In profound thought. Sometimes he draws a heavy breath, as one doe when encountering some obstacle that must be overcome. At last he looks up. "1 have hope," he says. "Re of good cheer, my noble brother. Listen," he says. "One of the warders about the prison is a friend of mine. He is a Cos sack, though he has donned the gov ernment uniform, and we come from the same district. My term of Imprison ment expires to-morrow, ami If money and old acquaintanceship fall to win him over, I am not the son of my moth er. I know my Co-ssaek. I will arotue in hi in the slumbering longing for the wild free life of the Steppes. I will make the sight of a uniform hateful to him, and discipline an unendurable yoke. Then I will tell him of thee. The Cos sacks love generosity and worship brav ery; moreover, he is ever ready for ad venture. Nor Is gold without its charm for him, and I have the wherewith to bribe him. Only wait patiently until we have laid our heads together and plan ned. And when time is ripe we will act!" Again he wrinkles bis brow and seems to think deeply with his eyes on the ground, and again he bends toward me to pour Into my ear the result of bis cogi tations. "Iu a few hours, probably thou wilt be led before the , Prefect for private examination. Kncourage the suspicion that thou art an Important political of fender, then they will most likely put thee in a private cell or, better still, confess at once who thou art, and thou wilt make sure of solitary confinement. Under no circumstances canst thou gain aught but time by withholding thy name; it must be discovered sooner or later." "lie It so," I respond resolutely. "I will follow thy counsel." At this Juncture the gaunt figure of tho Jew rises In the opposite comer, and bis mumblings reach us. Yerack gives ray arm a squeeze. "Courage! Hope!" he murmurs, ere !to glides back to bis board. scteuce. Oltlcers. withdraw vuur i.H oner!" The gendarmes are leading me away when the (Inventor steps forward, and taking one of them aside, ways something to him In a low. Imprewtvc voice. The mail salutes, and rejoining us. we pass out. My guard conducts me to the right and we enter another part uf the prison. Here a warder Joins in and we tramp on, the air becoming eten more oppres sive with damp, the walls showing patches of viva! green mould and gray mildew as we advance. At the extreme end of the corridor we pause at last. One of the heavj oaken doors Is opened. I enter a cell which has tho air of a charnel house. The door shuts behind me with a groan, tha key Is turned In the ponderous lock and I am alone. (To be continued.) SHOWER DATH FOR FIBOCRS. la hint to the moneys of the world, mid yot It la not lost. .Moro tlnin ?,000,(XX) worth of gold Is used itituunlly In earing; for tliu tnoutlia of oltlteiiH of tho United .State who Imvo been neglected In tlio mut ter of their teeth. Tlila $'.',000,000 I practically wealth Hint la loat. After tho gold la once securely IImiI In tlio mouth of n deutlat'a patient It cense to exist na n precious metal of lutpnr tunce In the world of tluauco, ami li only n plug to a tooth, u base article, lost forever aa a pnrtlclo of an artlelo for which men lmvo fought and died and murdered ami ierjutvd nud hohI tliemaelviw alnce the world l-gaii. The llifuivt hih vast when tit Kinull amount ttaed In inn king a tilling U considered, but they are undoubted ly correct. Tho man In clunco of tlio Bold detmrtmout of tlio "urge-it ilentnl aiipply house In the country arrtvtul at tho figures after etenav lofteurehiM I mm calcinations, ami in estimate H verltled by other men In it pont'lon to know. Two million tlollara taken out of Itt stock of gold la tho, price Hint tho country wya annually" for having Its teeth en red for In nn up-to-dato man ner. Ten yoara ago It Is estimated that only 211 per cent of the people of this country ever went to n dentist ac cept to have a tooth pulled. Flvo yearn ago the percentage waa .Ht l-a, .Now, It la declared, ft) per cent of the opu. Intlon pay vlalta to the dentist' chair for aomt other reason than that o' having nn aching tooth extracted. This Increase In tho uunibar of dental patlonta In th country hat resulted In a consequent Increase in the amount Children of the Klowcry I'lin-dom Do StruiiKc l'dinncc. Among the tunny cm-tout customs that offer audi emlleft source of Inter esting study to ttH we-terti-r traveling In Janan nerhaits tliatrw u muu ttmt arouse III Interest mi much aa that! of gold used for this purim. I'm- (1,7.v' " " which obtain throughout the llowery tlcally all of the ft) per ceut who are ' . "U'a about time," remarked tliu pret ty cook. "Hotter Into than never," aatd tlio Kroceryinau. "I'm savin' my wngea now. I aeeu a plt'co In tlio paper about a litiMlueNH a man can go Into with $1. (XX) capital. U'a a winner; tlieru ain't no mlalnl.0 about that. It brings a fel ler In a atedily luooiuo of f(M a weok and iIoiiIiUm up hla thousand lusldo o' al luoutliN." "I don't aeo where tlio good newa cornea In for tuu on that," aald tho pret ty cook. , "You think because I'm goln' to get rich I'm llkbly to go Iwrk on you, ' aald tho uroeerymnn. "I'll Iovm you Jeat the aaiua." "Tliat'M a hlea-dug," aald the pretty cook. "I wmn worrying about that. How toox do you think U'a going to take vou to who the ? 1,000?" "I hadn't figured It out exactly." r plld tli KrivcryHin. "It afeina to me It oughtn't to take long. I can abut off ou the eveuln' can. Thai's .1ft cent a week clear aouietlmea H cent. 1 can leant to abate iii.trndf. That's fl cettta moro. 1 can quit playln' tho slot ma chine for cigars at llcrgHian'H. That ought to put mo a dollar or mi to the good. I can .stay homo Holidays an' Mtlt down what IM be blow-In' ou car fare ami tilings like that. There ain't no real use In me golu' to a show three evetlln'a a week." "What's the huftlno?" Inquired the pretty cmk, with mild Interest. "1 ain't qulto aura," replied (he gro eeryman. "All It aaya la that an oner- getlc young man with ?!,) capital can double Ills money in nix month nud be Hwoired a steady ImiMtie of fifty per. 'Investigate.' It aaya. I haven't nty Yerack Is gone. He was removed from the cell an hour ago, throwing to ward me a significant glance as he pass ed out. And now again the door of the cell it opened. This time for me, and I am led along several corridors, down a short flight of ttone steps Into an ante room. I find myself standing at the end of a loug table. Opposite me in an armchair sits a little, gray man. In the undress uniform of a general. At a glance I ascertain that the Governor occupies another arm chair somewhat apart ami that A mire i Ptatrovltch ami the two gendarmes who took me in custody are also present.. Tho little gray man, who U of course the Prefect, eyes me with severe fixity out of a bush of fuzzy gray hair In a manner that Is Intended to strike me with awe. "In the first place," he begins, "tilease to Inform me whether the name ou this envelope," here ho lifts Maruicha'a let ter from the top of tome papers that lie before blm, "Waldemar Nicolaivifch All ksnoff, la your real name or an astumed oue?" "It Is an assumed one," I promptly. "Humph!" he ejaculatet. "Ah In deed! Perhaps, aa you teem disposed to oe canam, you will a Mo inform roe by what name I may with confidence hare the honor of addressing you 7" "Certainly. My name It Vladimir Alexandrovltch Lubauoff." If a smoking bombshell had fallen Into their midst It could not bare created a greater sensation. An amazed exclama tion arise to every lip, followed by a stir as orlo sudden breeze among the trees. Andrei I'lotrorltch it the first to break the alienee that succeeds. r "Ha!" be exclalma. "Hinted I not so. my uncle? I Recognized him, and mine la tlio reward! You mutt confess, Vlad- kingdom among the rk'li ami iioor alike or washing away their children's Ilea by n 8ocle of shower Imth that la a cleanser of the physical aa well aa tho moral being, aaya the Detroit Tribune. Ablutions may play a large twrt Iu every form of Japano-to worship. He fore the ahrlne which Is to be found In nlmost every homo there la a sort of crude bathtub made In the atouo floor. The water for thee la supplied from pipes which send a heavy stream down from the roof. Seated Itefore tho altar In the middle of the "tub" tho prevaricating culprit I made to anffer the penalty of Ida many lien. The volume of water cornea dashing down upon hla defenaele head with n force that would make a robust Ameri can lad "ace t.Urn." Hut the Jaaiieau liar known there la no other way to apeao the wrath of the Injured god of truth, to he succumbs to tho Inevit able with n much better grace than Hint with which hit western brother takes hia whipping, and alt before the shrine of hla family divinity reading nloud for the benefit of n number of byatandera the long Hat of Ilea that haa brought him to this uuconifortablo pa a a. The ahrlne before which this moral water cure takes place resemble thorn which are so common In the hotiaoa of Catholic countries. The decoration of flowera and numerous candle I much like that with which the pious Italian adorns the altar of the Virgin or of bis patron nalnt. Only the hideous lit tle aquattlng figure uf the Japauoao god shows that this la an lutldel ahrlne. In the morning the reverent bead or tho house piiu a cake, a little heap of rice and n nprlg of green iiKn the Hi lar, on offering Intend! to propitiate the god and draw down hia bleealng upon tho family. When darkueaw cornea n little lighted lamp la placed beside tho Idol to cheer him In the long hours of the night, during which, ac cording to Japanese belief, ho faithful ly guards the housohold from all barm. Cane Heat for Kitllrnatl Car. The plush seat la tho central evil which tho Kentucky IhmhI la attack ing. It haa been placed under State Ihui, and the lioard purjHwo to Indict Lory railroad oltlelal It can roach In mid, "betwixt two women, about tho State who can by any Hlblllty whether a window should bo open or bo held roapotmible for oiwrntlng cur nmt nnd the question hua risen na to numbered aa the dentist's patron have aomo gold in their teeth. Thus, ten yeara ago there wbs only $1,000,009 worth of gold put Into tho mouths of the citizens na against the fS.COO.Ooo of to-day. Using tho rate of Increase each year for tho Inst ten yeara na n baala, tli) nverago yearly consumption of tho precious metal In this manner hn been $1,X).0)0 n year. Thla would make llft.OOrt.OOO worth of gold which haa been put Into teeth alnce IMM. For this amount could be built throe of the best battle-ships In tho world; the president' salary could bo paid for thirty yearn; every voter who has gono to tho polls this year could Im paid f 1 for hla trouble and still leave a million for good measure. Deaths, of course, have cut the num- lior of peoplu who hnve had gold filling put In tholr teeth In these yearn con alderably. Flvo million dollars' worth of gold, It la estimated, hns been burled In the grnveynrda of thla coun try In the period covered by these fig urea. If a total could bo nrrlvcd at, reckoning from the time when gold first waa used In fillings, It I certain that the amount of gold lying unused and dead In graves would bo near to $2fi.000,000. .Subtracting the f.'.OOO.ono taken ofT the earth from the total of t .'.,000,00' ) used In the last decade. It will be seen that there must bo at least JIO.dOO.KY) worth of gold perambulating aliottt tho country I" the moutha of the citizen. Ten million tlollara In the most con venient form In the world, in tho pos session of the people; $10,000,000 walk ing, aleepltiK and eating with them, nnd yet not a cent of It that can Ik spent, not a cent of It that may t reckoned in the wealth of tho In dividual or the country at largo. Chi cago Chronicle. "Thnt'a nil right." anlil llin prolty cook. "All you luM'il I" tint momiy mid the energy. At tlio rate you're saving you'll got tlio money luatdu of lyu yeara or so," "I'll get It before that If I enn pick n winner at tlio races next mouth," said tlio Broveryman. "I'll lmvo $'jo by that time, nn' If I can laud on a M to I shot I'm II ml for my Investment right there. Would you sooner Imvn oiio o' them little bouses In tho sub nrba or a Itat right Imro In town, Kvw Hurt -or would you sooner board?" ".Maybe you won't lmvo your clianco next month," snld the pretty cook. "Hiiro thing, said tlio grocoryinan, "I'vo never seen tho limn yot when there wasn't an active demand for en 4Wh young men with a good nildre and a' thousand plunk It ain't inner leas than JM) ter ceut Interest. (,r Mime reason, though, tine tiling men with the ilougli aeeui shy. Why Is Itr 'That's easy" replied the pretty cook. "What would a young man want to put his money lulu a imor payln' thing like that for when ho can take It down to the rare ami get fifty thou sand for eiery thousand he lieta on a horse?" "You've got a good business head on jiui." said the gntceryman, admiringly. "1 ueier thought of thai." "Your head wasn't mails for think ing," said the protly cook. "Now, tnkn jour basket ami clear out of here" "You won't mind If I don't send you any more re for the present, then? asked the grocery man as ha picked up III Itasket. "Voll WtMl'l feel hurt If I don't buy you any mum Jewelry -until I've aed enough to start tha thing going? "Oh, get out! cried the pretty rook. "Well." said the Krocerymau, with an Injured pro'lmi, "If your'a geta' to act like that I'll be diffXtMd If I save any Htouey. It's all off an' you'tn got yourself to thank for It."- Chicago Dally News. nPrw -i'F When the Window Htloks. Mr. Appleby, who iji the course of alxty years hail only twice left hla na tive town, looked up from hla read lug of tho weokly paper with an ex pression of mild Interest ou hla weath-er-beulen face. Thuro waa a kind of a set-to In tho railroad train yesterday, mother, ho reply with such sent covering. Klthor leath er or cane la permitted aa a substitute. The requirement oxtomla both to aloep vru aud day coaches. There la no question but that tho plush seat la one of tho finest rectqitn cIok for tilth that could Im devised. Tha dust that blows In through tho upon car windows Is caught mid hold fiiKt, and If any disease genua are In tho n Ir they nro pretty a lire to Hud a cump-lu-out place on tho plush until a bu rn nn victim cornea along. Leather acuta arc not open to any audi aanltitry objection, but thoy uru hot and often uncomfortable, and not at all to bo compared for downright case with tho enno went, which uro used In tourist sleepers and tho least prctontlouu cars. Another good scut covering la of linen, which can bo tak en off nud cleaned at frequent Utter vuhi. Chicago Itecord. Cuuisht on the I ebon ml, Slowboy (at summer resort I am going to the post olllce, Miss Pouchly, Biiull I ask for you? Miss Peaohly Of course you may. Mr. Hlowbpy, but It Isu't necessary to go to tho post ofllco. You will Hud papa dewu In the billiard room. whether the folks slilo of a window control It or tho folks behind. I could read you out what It " "You needn't," said hla traveled spouse, with great brltknest. "I haven't been down to Iloston once a year for ten years without learning that nolthur tho folks besldo a window nor tho onea behind can control it no body can but the brngumau. And some times he can't." Many I'oaUorlpta to Ilor Wilt, It la not only the privilege of wom an to change her mind, but she does It sometimes with astonishing fre quency, The will of Mrs. Margaret Hhearman was offered for probato at Wellington the other day. Though the will bad been drawn only a few years before, it bad six codicils attached, each of which materially changed the whole Instrument, and aorae of them ro-eatabllahed what others had an nulled. It It aald that It will puczle the lawyers to get tho matter straight ened out Kansas City Journal, We with the wlso men could agree on their good advice. That which one wlso man aaya Is dangerous, an other wUe man says la very desirable. The Hwiaa military authorities are about to adopt khaki for soldiers' uni form, China haa n National Hlography, tie voted entirely to women. It contains more than .' 1.000 name. Tho city of Paris haa purchased the rooms which tho (Mluter I let-anger oc ftipled from ItitYl to hi death In IK.7. Ho iahl Jl'.'O a year for them. I.ady .Stanley wished a menotlth to mark her huattnnd't grave, ami after a long search the Art Memorial Colli pany. of Norwood, Kuglamt, found one. Mora than l.l.OOO.uoo iwrsottt are enrolled In tho Huitdny schools of Hit country. In public schools the enroll ment Is more than lU.OOO.OuO, or S.OuO, MX) more. Miss Medora Cook, daughter of tho Iter. P. H. Honson, of Tremont Tem ple, Iloston, haa been elected prufeasor of singing In tho I-oihIoii Ilojal Col- luge of Music. Hamburg la to have a school for training servant. It la not Intended to compete with existing schools which provide training In domestic science for girls of well-tndo families, Value ami duty on a shipment of 3,0(10 ImibmIiimiI of tobacco from Kentucky In Mcasr. (ialltthor, of Hel- fast, amounted to $A,000,too, which constitutes, says Tolmcco, n record for tobacco imports lulu Ireland. The Vienna imiIIco nro about tn ex periment with a phonograph lu tak ing n prisoner's answers lo questions asked in tho preliminary examination, so that when tho actual trial taktn place thera will be no dispute na to what waa aald. Tho California (iraiiil I-odg.i of Masons, which Include the auhordln ate lodge of Hawaii, Is planning to build lu Hnu Francisco n leinplo largo enough to accommodate nil grand bodies of tho craft within IU Jurisdic tion. Tho present temple U about forty yeara old. The common snail has Itiinf. heart nud n general circulation, nnd Is In every respect nn air-breathing crea ture, litis notwithstanding, he can lle nn Indefinitely without Inhaling .tho least atom of air, that which Is usu ally considered the essential to exist ence In all creuturea supplied with lujigs. A statistician has learned that tho annual aggregation of tho circulation cf tho papers of the world Is estimated to be l-.OOO.OOO.OOO copies. To grasp (he Idea of this magultuda we mir statu that It would cover no fewer than lO.-IW) square miles of surface: that It Is printed on 7HI.250 tons of paper; nnd further, that If tho number (12,000,000) reprfaciitcd, Instead of copies, aeconds, It would toko mora than 8.13 years for them to elapse. A machlno la being perfected In n Illrmlnghiim shop that Is to turn out from 00,000 to 100,000 finished wlro nails an hour, This Is aald lo bo about three times as fast as any American machine can do, "which," romarks tho Iondon Chronicle, "la certainly revers ing tho usual monotonous order o things." American luToatlgatlon Im ahown that yellow foyer germs are dissem inated by (he HWHtqulte. nml now (let Iverisd Kcmtol of Tntjdenl MwIIcIim Is about to settd a seeiMtd expedition to the AmaHHl to discover if Nslblt the actual cause of the dUense. At Para, nn (he Am son, the disease I constantly pren-nt In a greater or Im degree. The Australian eucalyptus tree l being grown on a large scale In south ern Kuropo ami northern Africa be came of Its tendency to dm In swam. This waa formerly sitn..o-d to be do to abundant otltalatlou of watery vajNtr from Ha leaves, but It lias l-e.i shewn that actually the transpiration of the eucalyptus Is only one half one-third that of willows. Mrt-h ami oilier tree, am It I therefore as sumed that the phersMm-mui In qu Ihm I due simply to the rapid grawth of the eucalyptus. CAN1 EHUUriY CATHEDRAL Only One ltit.ll.li Klnu, Utnry IV., IUa llrvn Itiitumltcil There, Tho amHeut cMhedntl at Canter bury ahidtera the remains of only otx HnglUh king, HcHry iv. That this (articular monarch should havo been entombed there la (he more remark able, since he breathed hla last In Hit Jerusalem chamber of Westminster Abbey, ami It might naturally bar tteen supiM.Mil in the circumstances that he would have been laid to rest In tho abbey, where so many other of Kngland'a kings sleep their last sleep. It scorn, however, that Henry In-fur hi death gave order that ho was to lo burled lu tho cathedral at Canter bury op'xMltc (he IoiiiIi of his uncle, Kdward, the (Hark Prince. Por hundreds of years a story wat current that ou tho way down the rlvur a hurrlcuiio nnwe and that tha people ou Iwwrtl the vessel, convinced that the storm waa cniiMsl by tho fact nun a King a laxly waa ou Utard. cast tho corpse Into the water lu the dead of night, and, filling the coiiln with rubbish, brought It with all pomp and clrcumstanco to the cathedral. Homo years ago the dean and chapter re solved to get at the truth of the story. Ho they opened the royal tomb nnd (bo king's lend coiiln. por umi brief moment dean ami chapter gnxed umiii' tho kingly lineaments of that monarch whom Hbaktpearo desorllxm ns "sky nHitlrlng Hollngbroke." Only for a mo ment, howovor, its the laxly crumbled to dust almost at once. Hut Canter bury now knows lieyoml all doubt that an Kngllsh king rests within Its walls. A Dottliln Ihms. Mra. lUnkln endeared herself to Hrldgot, tho stout and sentimental cook, by Interested luqulrlca after Hrldgefs relntlvcs, and the answer ho' -received often wommntsnted her amply for the time alio thus spent. "Was your cousin Oelln married the Inst of Juno, as alio expected to be?" naked Mra. lUnkln on hor roturn to town ono autumn; and HrldtM'a faco changed from cheerfulncas to gloom In a moment. "Hho waa not, poor Oellal" alte aald. mournfully. "Ho was took oft sudden wld n fever. It wnk to hor a double loaa. There waa the loss ny tho man, and (hero was tho loaa ay the ninr rlngo." flood ndvlco la well otiough In lt way, but n hungry man can't make a satisfactory meal of It. Opportunities are llko fish; the big ohes always get nwuy, J'" x! )aAv -..