uie orow oroaa ana wait* and intellectual, partly bidden by short curb, which tbe water had but mad* mor* wavy. She was dressed in a plain white flannel costume, which clung to her figure and re­ vealed it* perfect symmetry, while a pretty foot iu a neat black shoe and stocking was p*eping from beneath th* white skirt, and Ber­ tram saw that the ankle was slender and the instep arched, and the white hands and rounded arms shown by her somewhat short •leaves war* none th* lea* to bto taste. Upon her lap lay a tiny Yorkshire terrier asleep, and she stroked it while she read. "what a girìr^ A regular Venu*!" mur­ mured tho watcher. “And ba* a mind, too. How attentively she reul* I" How long be stood regarding ber he never ABNEGATION. UM .ouh tor whom tW «1m; who S™7v~<»-yoodth.8lnty w»y. *7, I—, mull treod; who ne.er.kaow JJy siepofH*I*»»'10»“ pr“*"’* mUat pUnt r*ar‘ and water. that tbe teeming soil iaitsrichiM*« to the clustered vine; d tbe grapes until their juice run knew, but fl Was, he admitted to himself, a considerable time. She got impatient with her book; the author had not pleased her. “RubbishI" she cried; “sentimental trash!” and flung the volume aside. “Sensible, too," said Capt. Berkeley; “by Jove I she’s a rara avia" Her sudden movement bad awoke her fluffy little rat of a dog, and he began to bark furi-, ously, with a sharp “yap, yap," for he had at last found out tbe near vicinity of a stranger. Bertram’s goddeas turned suddenly, and looked searchingly toward the spot where he stood. A DAY DREAM. e h • l°Te,y ungP°ileg from among the many generation old pt. Bertram Berkeley, who was quar- , with bls regiment in the same county, «d it while out sailing in the regimental t, nestling like a tiTiy gem in its verdant ig, and a fancy seized him to pay it a ere was not one of his brother officers of wn standing whom he did not pester to mpany him thither, till it became almost ;e among them. |0ear fellow,” remonstrated his great d, Hubert. Falkner, ‘iwe should be 1 dalive iu such a dull place; why, there be nothing on earth to do there. Go, II means, if you want a fit of tbe blues, don’t ask any one else to share your ell, be obtained leave of absent, and he [°! ey took him to thp little bay in the t, and put him on shore with his small nanteau, promising to return for him day week, and sailed away again, laugli- it Bertram’s folly. e first afternoon be enjoyed thoroughly, ytbing was so new and bright and and lovely. i found a quaint ivy clad little Irin, e tbe landlady was apple cheeked and looking, and be intrusted himself for reek to her tender mercies; and having tqined from her the prettiest walks, he ed off for a round, inhaling the sea »8 with avidity, and ended bis day upon beach, where he sat till dusk, lazily wing stones into the water. lat night be wrote to bis friend: ar F alknir —You were wrong not 'to come; charmingf Jolly little inn and pretty little esa. Lovely walks; all I want is a companion, had better join me. Yours, B. B. it Capt. Falkner did not see it in tbe same and Bertram Berkeley remained alone, »day after he followed a lane which he not noticed before. It appeared to lead o the rough and tangled undergrowth i the billside, and he thought be might hat way to the sea. ddenly he stopped, for before him lay a b which was a perfect idyl—a manv led, golden thatched cottage of consider- size, showing on all sides tbe sign* of «nee. It was covered with rare climbing its; the very air was redolent with tbe uine of the roses of ail sorts, which clus- i in every available spot. ie fences were rustic and entwined with md Virginian creeper. ie towns were smooth as a billiard table soft as moss. »flower beds were filled with blossom; but w neither upon houso nor lawn nor rustic k nor flowers that bis eyes were fixed, but I the figure of a girl of some 20 years of reclining in a low garden chair, intently ing a book; and tho more be gazed the ter grew his admiration. ie was totally uuaware of his presence, it was evident that spectators were not 1 in that hidden comer, all among the I and hedge rows and tangled under- fth. e quite a surprise to find this little diseof perfume there; as though somr r bad conjured it up with her magio u, andlfle recumbent girl was fit for tbe in the fairy tale. She had masses of brown waving hair banging down lly about her shoulders and almost touch- Ine ground, and the sunbeams were giv- it tbeir own bright shades. ip had evidently been out to l>atbe, and letting tbe sun and air dry her luxuriant ?s for her. «•eyes were hidden by their long fringed •, but the rest of tbe oval face was per- rpPbse the mouth vied with Cupid’s bow the nose was short'ami straight, irs like tiny sea shell« the eliin dimpled 1 “Heavens! what eyes! Blue as a sapphire in the sunlight, with black fringed lashes!” Soldier as be was, and carpet knight, he could do nothing but stare, dazzled by her unusual beauty. A shade of annoyance crossed tbe beautiful face as fhe turned away and walked toward the house, fondling the happy little dog as she went along. How gracefully she walked,with an ease and elasticity ifl her movements not often seen. He continued watching, but the white robed figure appeared no more. (< He found his road to the sea, happily un­ conscious that it was a private one and that lie was trespassing, and returned the same way. His divinity was singing, and her voice was as sweet and beautiful as her face: Why should we parted be, Kathleen Aroont When thy fond heart's with me, Kathleen Arooe* Why indeed! How he longed to go in and say all sort* of insane and impossible things to her! * w . He made a perch for himself upon an ivy dad wall and listened until voice and piano closed; then he heard her call her horrid little dog, and she x-ame tu tbe hall door with it in her arms and kissed it and called it her darling, and the little wretch found him out .*igain and began on<\ more to yap like a child’s toy, and ashamed o bq caught watch- ing her he slid from hi* aiding place upon lie ground out of sight. “Little stupid!” she said, looking around, ‘no one is there,” and because the small ani­ mal wriggled so she set it down. She had isserted that no one was there, but Tiny cnew better, and having squeezed itself hrough the rùstie work it vigorously at- acked the captain’s stockinged legs, for he md a shapely calf, and was indulging in knickerbockers. • The little brute “worried” him so terribly that he beat a hasty retreat and left it in ¡xjssession of the field. That evening be smoked profoundly, draw­ ing at his cigar like a man in deep thought; moreover, a rare thing for Bertram Berkeley, lie dreamed—and his dreams were of blue eyes and golden hair. His flret waking thought was of the prin­ cess of tbe fairy cottage. 3gri‘She bathes.” he said. “I will go down to rhe sea shore;” and yrang out of bed and went without even asking for fits breakfast, and regardless of tbe cravings of the inner man, he stayed on the beach till 12, but she never came. Hungry and dissatisfied he re­ turned to the inn and ate his burnt up viands, which had been waiting for him since 10 o’clock, and started for that narrow lane once more. Thia time he was not disap­ pointed: there she was! « , Her hair was plaited and coiled up, and she looked liko a young queen, and in his mind ’ he npostrijphizeivlier as a Juno. He Lid behind some thick shrubs, and prayed that his enemy might not discover him. A sun bat was in her left hand, and she placed it upon her head, and turning to a mowing machine which stood upon the lawnr she set to work with a will to cut the grass, and the sharp bright blades revolved as the verdant atoms flew before her. “Strong and muscular, too,” he said ad­ miringly; “no doctor’s bills for her! What a wife she will make!” The grass was finished and the bright vision vanished, and once more the thougbtful mood descended upvqjtb® captain. He was up again early the next morning and down upon the beach, but hto divinity was earlier still and was already hi the water, dressed in the prettiest of French bathing costumes and swimming about likè a fish. When she perceived the stranger she swam behind a projecting rock and darted with wonderful agility through the wooded path up the hillside and out of sight. “Anti modest!” cried Eertram, with en­ thusiasm; “I wish to goodness I ¿new her.”' He had his wish, in n measure, that after­ noon. He met her accidentally out walking, and Tiny was with her. For once be blessed that dog. He snarled at a strong fox terrier, who immediately bowled him over, with the evident intention of making mincemeat of him. Here was a grand opportunity 1 No one disliked the idea of hydrophobia more than Bertram Berkeley, but ho was not tbe man to lose such a chance. H« rushed to the res­ cue. and administering a scV-ere chastisement upon the bellicose anima! delivered the small creature in safety to its anxious mistress. “Oh. ^hauk you, very, very much!” she said eagerly. “It « as so good of you to save my little pet I am most grateful to you,” and she raised her beautiful blue eve* to his face, while his heort_beat with a heavy thud worthy of the Nasmyth hammer. He was a handsome fellow, and she ac­ knowledged the fact to herself as she looked up to his animated countenance—the clear, dark eyes, tbe closely cropjied hair and clean shaved bronze face—save for the heavy brown mustache—tbe tall Inaniy figure, and erect carriage. “It has been more than a pleasure to serve ypu.” he murmured, raising his hat chival­ rously. “I Bin delighted 1 «as upon the spot, su£h savage dog* out to be muzzled.” He turned as he spoke and walked by her side. “So far out of London such regulations are not enforced." she answered with -t smile. -xio, but tuey ought to be U hydrophobia nut peruap* you may ua>e sevu it before, iu your ramUea" to to be stamped out of England." THE CURIOSITY 8HOP. x “I hope you have not let that animal bite “You don’t live here!” stammered hto vid you she said anxiously. lor; “I thought—I didn’t think”----- Blrtbplae* of Lincoln — His Childhood. “Ob, dear no! What a lovely little place “Of course you didn’t, old fellow; come tai Tho Book* Ho Hoad. an-i my wife.” this is I" A ooneise statement of tbe birth and boy­ “Yea You are a stranger barer she said Without one word Bertram Berkeley fol­ hood of President Lincoln is as follows:' lowed him. interrogatively. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin- “Quite. 1 confess I should rre/er having a MAhanically he hung up hie hat In the companion, but 1 have enjoyed my stay here, hall, mechanically he went with him into the now Larue—county, Ky., on Feb. 12, 1800. His ancestors were among the early settlers! eo far; they take great care of me attbe inn.** room, of which be flung open tbe door, with “They ar* very respectable peoffie,- she re­ a strange fueling as of a sleep walker about of Rockingham county, Va., whither they him. It seemed to him be was having some had gone from Berks county, Pa., and from turned demurely. “What an exquisite little cottage yours is,” unpleasant dream, end that he wa* spell­ which his grandparents removed to Ken­ be said, after a pause; “do you know 1 saw bound by it; that he could hear and see and tucky about the year 1781. His father, you in your garden a-day or two since." feel, but that all power over himself was Thomas Lincoln, born in Virginia, married Nancy Hanks, also a Virginian, in 1800. Mrs. “Yes, I recognised you again." she returned denied him. “Geraldin*, here 1* my friend, Capt Nancy Lincoln died in 1818, and in a year quietly. “Tiny rather Objected to you, but and six month* Thomas married again, this be di4got know you would prove a friend in Berkeley—Berkeley, allow in* to introduce wife being an «old neighbor, a widow named need to him,” sb* answered with a sunny you to my wife." Johnston. Duriug the life of his first wife, The *ye* of Maj. and Mr*. La Coste laugh. . in 1810, Mr. Lincoln settled in what is now »No. He wad decidemy antagonistic," be danced with merriment. “I think Capt. Berkeley end I have met Spencer county, Ind., where Abraham's early answered, laughing too. life was spent in toiling on the farm, clean­ before," said the lady in a musical voice, and “Do you wanfc-to muzzle him!" she asked. ing up freeh land and doing what was heavy "I’m afraid so; if the thing to to be done at the music and word* of “Kathleeu Aroon’ work for a lad of 7 or 8 years. It was here all it should be doito properly, but if any dog sounded afresh in the listener’s ear*. he received the one year’s schooling which “Why should we parted be!” in tbe world is exempted that one should be was all he ever had. He became expert at ’‘Why. indeed!" Tiny." figures, and read over and over the few “Lawrence, dear, Capt. Berkeley wa* so “Because be is so amiable!" she queried. books he could. lay hands on in that wilder­ “No, because his mistress is," replied he very kind; be saved my poor llttl* Tiny from ness home, often reading by the ruddy blase being hurt by such a horrid savage dog; I gallantly. of a log fire when the others were fast asleep. “That was w< rell turned," she laughed; “and am sure, like myself, you are infinitely obliged Among these scant books were Weems* to him. Dinner! thanks, tbe passage* ar* now I must wish you good day; our roads lie “Life of Washington,” “The Pilgrim’s Prog­ too narrow for taking arms, we just follow apart; I am going bom*." ress” and the Revised Statutes of Indiana. A look of regret passed across bis features, tbe leader; shall I ge first, and show the way! He kept a commonplace book, into which he and his eves fell upon a cluster of delicate Bee what a lovely center piece your exquisite copied such passages as struck him as par­ lowers make!" and she waved her delicate Inrshal Nlel row* fastened to her shoulder. ticularly fine. Out of these meager surround­ whit* band toward tbe bouquet be had left ings grew into shape the man who ruled and “What exquisite blossoms!" he said; “may I for her, which was in the middle of the well isk a great favor!" guided the nation in its critical hour. appointed table, which was laden with beau­ “You have done me one," she answered tiful blossoms. graciously, “and certainly have the right to Deep Sea Soundings. “Lawrence, was it not kind of Capt. iemand one in return.” *-----------—■ —?*--——■ There are places in the ocean very near to “I haven’t a flower in my room," he said in -Berkeley to send me such lovely exotic*; and the most frequented shores, like the KUlf all in exchange for a cluster of common roses; »low voice; "nw^ I crave one of your roeee don’t you think I bad the best of the bargain!” stream off Cape Hatteras, where it 'has been For my table!” “Undoubtedly," be laughed, and again theif found imjtossible if not impracticable to de­ “One would be of little use—you are wel­ termine th* depth of the water with certain­ eyes met. come to the whole bunch; they will fill a “I do hope I did not splash you much with ty, owing to the rapidity of the current, imall vase,” she answered readily, and un­ that horrid hose this afternoon, but how was combined with its great depth ;4und tbe same pinning them she placed them in his hand 1 to know any one was sitting upon the wall! stream, within a few miles of the north shore with a natural unconcerned bow, as she You see the lane is a private road, and no one of Cuba, whore the depth is less than 1,000 turned in tbe direction of her golden thatched aver passes this way, *0 I couldn’t expect you, fathoms, for a long time baffled the skill of rottage with her dog in her arms. could I!" and she looked at Lim quizzically. the best officers of the American navy in “Grateful, and generous and affectionate,” their efforts to obtain a section across the ie decided, and pressed tbe roses to bis lips, “Private!" be faltered, "I beg your pardon; straits between Cuba,and Key West*, and on That night he wrote again to his friend: I didn’t know." the other hand, there are areas extending “Of course not, but you would have been hundreds of miles seaward from the coasts D kak F almncr - I have met my fate. It is no very welcome, as Lawrence’s friend, bad I of continents, like the plateau off the coast ise your coming for me; I shall get my leave ex­ ended. She is enchanting! It is serious this been awa^e of it, I’m sure; and I must make ofdreland, where the depth hardly exceeds .¡me, old fellow, so don't ldugh. Yours ever, Tiny respect his protector. Lawrence has 500 fathoms, and where soundings are so B. B. been a whole week away in London, and left easily made that they would be classed in He haunted that lane. Sometimes he me here alone. Did he.tell you!” hydrographic work as "off shore soundings.” ipoke to her over the fence; she wqs very “No,” answered the captain. “I don’t Other portions of the sea level, again, deepen p acious to him, but she did not osk'bim in. think he did." gradually from the shore outward, and it Once she was walking in the garden with He did no justice tp the recherche little would be difficult to say wh§re “off. shore in elderly man. dinner; all he wanted to do was to escape. soundings” end and “deep eea souudiugs* “Her father,” he told himself. “Wljat a He knew that he had made a fool of himsClf, begin. h lice looking old fellow; I must get hold of and was well aware that Mm. La Coste knew lira and then it will be all right.” it too; and more, that she had told her hus­ Color. He telegraphed to Covent Garden for a band all about it. Yon will find in the study of light and jouquet of rare exotics to be sent down to “Well, now for your coufesBion, Berkeley,” colors that the colcfr of an object depends lim bv Darcel Dost. Tbev can»« and h* wenit said the major, as be lighted his cigar by that upon the reflection of ray* of light from that md left them qt the house himself, with bis of his friend, and talked between the whiffs. object, according to the peculiar character of :ard attached, ind underneath he* white, “In “What is she like! Dark or fair, merry or the atomic constituents composing the object. frateful return for the roses,” and closed the pensive! Beautiful, of course, or she never Now in a room that is dark (i. e., where there MX one« more. ---- would have attracted you. ” is an entire, absence of light rays) there must A neat maid received it from his hands, “There is no ‘she’ in tbe case,” asserted tbe of necessity be no light rays to be thrown »nd by her “Merci, monsieur,” he discovered other, almost roughly, “and never will be. I back or reflected from the object; conse­ the was a Frenchwoman. , thought you wanted to bear all about the old quently, if you can possibly perceive the He asked no questions, and left no message, • set; there have been a lot of changes, even in. object, at all 'which is doubtful), you will jot wishing to expose bis ignorance of even .thissbortt ime.” perceive it black. The law of colors is a law iis lady's name. “And so I do; drive on, Berkeley. I'm set­ of reflection of light rays. The solar spec­ He walked on, but he was restless, and re- tled as a good listener, ** and he ensconced trum, or, in other words, a ray of light, is urned once more and sat upon the wall to himself in an Indian lounging chair, looking composed of seven colors, viz.: Violet, indigo, V^tch. Surely his divinity would come out blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Au ob­ oon. She did, with the garden hose in her thoroughly at home. But tbe captain never before was so vague ject absorbing one ray, and throwing off all »and, and set to work diligently to watgr. and disjointed, and took his hi* leave as early as a* the others, is the color of tbe ray absorbed, Suddenly she turned it in tbe captain’s di: ec- ...... the reflecting rays thrown together forming he possibly could. ’ ton, and soused him through and through, That night he drew up a telegram, and de ­ to the eye the color of the^bfer absorbed by .'hen, with a silvery laugn, quickly checked, sired it might be sent off at tbe earliest hour the object, hence are complementary. the following morning. It was to bis friend “Dear me, Capt. Berkeley!" she said with The Darwinian Theory. .meh apparent concern, “I’m afraid I have Falkner, begging him to bring tbe yacht to fetch him the same day. According to the Darwinian theory when­ oriakled you a little.” He was waiting upon the seashore with his ever any body of animals becomes too nu­ “Sprinkled” biml He was wet through; ut ho vowed it wa* “nothing,” and that he small portmanteau beside him when the little' merous (i. e., when they threaten the extinc­ liked it,” and she thanked him so sweetly craft hove iu sight, and they sent a boi.t to tion of some other “'species of animals) they *' »r tbe bouquet that he was quite happy, tbe shore to bring him on board. are destroyed by the .workings of a law called “Well, old man, and how is the fair inamo­ natural selection. By this law the fittest sur­ ;ily his happiness was short lived, for she ;id a pressing engagement and hastened in- rata r laughed hto friend, looking at bis vive and the weak perish. x This law being ip clouded face. oors at once. He sanntrred to the inn and operation, an infinite period of time has “She is, like all the fest,, a heartless co­ evolved from tbe lowest forms of animal lif-» . muged his clotbee, then started.for a walk, quette, ” returned Berkeley sauagely. the highly organized and intelligent animal linking of her. Capt. Falkner gave a long low whistle. A dogcart was dashiug along the road, known as man. This process of evolution, “Does the wind lie that way! Well, old according to tho theqry, is still going on con­ .nd suddenly a cheery voice aroused him. “Hallo, Berkeley! Where on earth have fellow, I was once jilted myself, and I can tinually and will finally develop men in tho sympathize with yon." course of thousands of ages into beings verg­ ou sprung from! Who would ever have ex­ “Jilted,” replied tbe other sharply, “I’ve ing on approximate perfection. These theo­ pected you to turn Up in this quiet cornel*!” not been jilted, I ’ ve only been made a fool of. md the speaker handed the reins to his cock- I ten in love wicn a married woman, and she ries, in this respect, bear a strong likeness to aded groom and jumped down to greet bfe the millennial visions of the seer* and >ud her htuband enjoyed the joke together; friend and old brother officer, shaking- him that's all, and so ends my day dream.” prophets. warmly by the hand. And from that hour Capt. Berkeley baa The Equatorial Telescope. “I may very well return tbe compliment, La Coste,” laughed Bertram Berkeley, “t never been known to mention the subject An equatorial telescope is a telescope Capt. Falkner learnt tbe details later on mounted upon a fixed axis parallel to the axis have never once seen you since you left us at from Maj. La Coate, who seemed to think Gib,’ two years ago; fancy my meeting you tbe affair rare fun.—J. Sale Lloyd in London of the earth, and turning also upon a second movable axis parallel to the equator, for the in this quiet place, when no quartet* used to Society. continuous observation of heavenly bodies, 'te gay enough for you. ’ and for noting their right ascension and de­ • Getting Out .»1 a Svrape. “Ah! I’ve sown all my wild oats, old fel­ low, and married, aiyl^ettoxl down into the Said an old veteran and a prominent clension. The motion of the telescope around bargain: and what’s mote, I don’t regret it.” Tiusinoss man: “You would not believe it, its fixed or polar axis is necessarily parallel ” ’Taut tnieux pour volts!’ I fear there are but at one time I was a member of one to the equator, and this gives the instrument not many such prizes in the matrimonial of the military bands in the old army. its name. In order to maintain the object market. ” It bo happened that the regiment to which obsertful steadily in the field of view, tho “Can’t say. I never had a bad opinion of our band was attached was Bent to Fort telescope is mode to revolve around the ’.be sex. as you are aware, and my wife has Pulaski. We were on one of the gun­ )>olar axis by an attached clockwork, which 'tiised my estimate of womankind.” boats maneuvering in that region, and on admits of regulating so os to vary the veloci­ ‘ Lucky man!” one occasion in passing up the river, which ty of rotation according as the object under “I echo your sentiment. I xupposo you’re had several outlet channels or mouths, examination is the sun, the moon, a planet still adamant! No ouu has made an inipies- the boat ran up the wrong channel, on« or a fixed star. uon. ehT bo narrow that it did not permit 'a turn of yThe States of Mexico. Cupt. Berkeley positively flushed under tbe the boat except lender the very guns of There are twenty-seven states in Mexico. bronze, and thoughtfully pulled his mus­ the rebels. The officer in command soon Their names are as follows: Aguascalientes, discovered the mistake, but the question tache. Campeche. Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, “By Jove ! you’re in for it,” laughed Maj. was how he was to get out of the scrape. “Some distance to the front the channel Colima, Durango, Guanjuato, Guerrero, Hi­ La Coste. “Well, come and dine with us to­ dalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, night, and I will introduce you to my wife, widened, so that there would be no diffi­ NueVo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San anl about it over our culty in turning the boat for a retreat if the rebel guns which commanded that Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Ta­ cigar after dinner.” part of the channel would keep quiet. maulipas, Tiaxcala, Vera Cruz, Yucatan, “What, you are living here then!” Zacatecas. The area of Mexico is 752,829.77 “Yes? We have u pretty little box. Where The officer called the band together and square miles. There are also two territories, are you staying! I’ll stroll down and take instructed them to play ‘Dixie.’ We did the Federal District» and Lower California, yon back in triumph; it will be quite a treat it and did our best, and that Federal gun­ boat swung round into the wide part of which increase the area to 812,025.24 square to hear all the news of the old regiment.” miles. The population is 10,249,152. •Til come with pleasure; I’m putting up at the channel, the band playing the favorite tune and the rebels cheering us Aistead of «ho little inn. What time do you dine!” Apparent Satellites. “Seven, and I’ll fetch you at a quarter to,” firing at us. As soon as the turn was By looking at the planet Jupiter in a mir­ and with a friendly nod the major jumped up made and the boat was out of the imme­ diate range of the heavy guns we changed ror one may soe what appear to bo “moons” oi.re more into his dogcart. instantly to ‘The Star Spangled Banner,’ alongside of th^ image of the planet. These “Can I take you any where, Berkeley!” -No thanks, 1’11 continue my walk;” and so and then it was bang and crash and roar, so-called moons are only multiple reflections the very men who had been cheering us of the planet itself from the front and back tho friends parted. surfaces of tho glass. Try tho experiment Mxij. La Coste arrived with military not two minutes before sending bullets with a bright fixed star or a distant street punctuality, and there was a strange smile after us.”—Inter Ocean. light, and the same multiple image will ap­ upon his handsome face and lurking iu the pear. depths of his fine gray eyes. Of suspension bridges, t,be Brooklyn bnd-o “Are you ready!” he asked. “Wo must not is largest, and that across tho Ohio In the Swiss Hotels. keep dinner waiting—your cook is the last river at Cincinnati probably tho second, The fashionable Swiss hotels now have person in the world whom you should offend.” while of arch bridges that across the Missis­ They chatted briskly as they walked up the sippi at St. Louis ranks first, and tho bridge American bars, presided over by handsome lane. » over tho Susquehanna at Havre de Grace is Swiss girls in native dress. This is said to “Here we are,” said La Ccete, throwing one of the bridges in the account for the withdrawal of English patronage. ¿pea hi* gate; “pretty little place, is it not! country.