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WOHAfi BBMNST WOMAJf. BY MRS. M. E. HOLMES. her the and CHAP1KB V. Alice awoke early the next morning. She had indeed slept but little. Her wounded pride and aching heart proved veritable thorns jn her pillow. She was haunted all night by the vision of Koy s fair handsome face bunding over Valerie head, gazing into her eyes with an eternity of love. She did "not like Valerie, yet she was ' It is I who keep them apart. W hat can I do what can 1 uo" was the tho fcht that raged in her mind, and to this he could tind no answer. Stie rose and took her bath, then robed herself in 1 er simply gray gown and wrarmine a mantle round ner, the morning was chille, she left apartments and stole tluough silent corridor to the garden--, grounds. Tnrough the two months that had elapsed since the strange and terrible episode that had changed her whole life, the girl had lived entirely alone. She gave herself up to study, and books, and for recreation walked a ! while in the park, till she knew every nook and corner by heart. No thought of pride or joy that she was part owner of this proud estate came to her mind as she parsed through the avenues of leaflets trees, and caught glimpses of the castle, standing like a grevsentinel in the backgiound. Instead", she wished now, day and night, for something that would free h-rfrom her husband, and take away the shame that hung over her. , She walked on quickly. The wind was sighing in the trees, sounding mournful and weird to the ears. At last she reached a spot she fre cmented most. It was thickly wooded, and even now, though autumn was at hand, the leaves were scarcely thinned. It was quiet and secluded, and Alice loved it. She flung herself down on an old trunk, and gave way to her thoughts. She heeded not the chill wind or the mournful rustle of the trees, but after she had sat some time, she became conscious of the approach of some pel son or persons and roused herself to listen. The voices came on the air. "I tell you, Paul. I can do no more: I have nothingnothing now but my few jewels, and you know I must keep them, even if they were worth much, which they are not." Can't you ask the old lady'' spoke the deep tones of a man. 'Impossible utterly impossible, 'Then the devil knows what is to be- vnm if m Valerie. She was surprised, and a little alarmed, but she thought it wiser to sit still, and perhaps the speakers wouia pass. ou Know desperate I tell viiu "Paul!" -Well-well. Va.erie. nrtd desiK'ra'.e euds. money I " must Lav.; to get me away from here. LUlton u on my traCK. Only fifty pounds." -only ii.'tv pounds, repeated aierle i lu,-m r-l have not naif that sum ..!. m nor in BlV DOseCBsion. It is impossible." Twenty, then." T will give vou fifteen pounds, an l that will leave me just t -n pjunis to g t to the end of my visit." The end of your visit " laughed the man scornfully: - why. if you play your cards well you will visit hen- forever. Leave me alone to play rny cards, Valerie exclaimed passionately. "I wish you were separated from me by worlds -I wish we might never meet again -I wish " I were deal - exactly.'- sneered her brother. You have deliased and degraded me," went on Valerie. ''I am alone in the world but for you, and you are the verv scourge of my exist nee." Get me this hfty pottnus anu i ui go. I will leave you forever. Curse it all, the su-n is a'triflel You can get it in a second if you will," 'You mean borrow it from Lady Darrell? I will not do it. Paul: she .l,l tu unriiried. mii.'ht ulle-tion me, and that would never do. 1 hey do r ot know of your existence - they shall never know if 1 can prevent it. 'You are quite right, ma heere. Valerie lit, beautify, gifted patri cian, would look iil-classed with Paul Koss. No. 2J. Con" Hushl" There was a sound as of something put over his mouth, then Alice heard him laugh outright. -You think these trees nave ears.my sister'" , . , . , 'I do not know what l tninn, run take care, I'uul-breattie out once again your shameful disgrace, anu i will never "Well, she is plelieian for all that, merely a farm-wench; her oeople were bo ight oft tue estate and sent away, but my Lady Alice is part of them .'or all that.1 "Sent away'.'' repeated the other man as if he were thinking: "then she is alone here - quite alone." "Except ior the Earl, her hu-oand: but mind, George ' added Paul Uow, with his expression changing sudden ly and darkening, 'no fooling: we are here for work, tiot play - you under stand' ' Perfectly, my good Paul: now au revoir. I must go back - there is the gong for breakfast. The plans shall reach vou to-morrow or next day, and we must meet once more before Paul nodded, slouched his hat over his eyes, and walked awayquiekly. called Geortre dived back into the bushes, crept along for a time, then emerged into one uf the avenues leading to the Castle. Then he overtook a slight girlish form in gray, hurrying towards a side entrance. Good-morning, Lady Darrell,' he r4iid softly. Alice turned and blushed slightly. 'Good-morning, Count Jura. I did not hear you coming. You have been for a walk, I, toot like the early morn ing best." Will you not enter this way asked George otherwise Count Jura. Alice shook her head. I alway breakfast in my own apart ment. She bowed and turned away. Alone." Paul said." muttered. Count Jura, as he stood watching the irifiiul, fnrni vanish, "alone. vVhat a fate is hers! And how leautpul'. Pshaw! Paul is right, lam here to work, not play: so now to breakfast with my frierid, the Karl." CHAPTKK L Valerie reached tho Castle in time for breakfast. She ran quickly to her 11 Willi, threw oft her lontf mantle, and few hurried touches to her A LULLABY. 81. p. bbir, lul. Motbr hr nncii i k;iuii ; feloniy k)Wl lula lb ilut, s jfu. tut lr lli the mn t: l,jiiiMiu wu.Wr round ut itlwnfiij, w Mlor ihut u tun l"f iriuiii V Hh. my d,r. 'fce woria U-yii" ileep. baijy, i y. B ickirig-rockiug to ml fro, llll in BltimWUnu w ((-i, Kc- (l'n ".itrut ug; h -r:k"K lo n.l fro, Olt to rluuit zUwi we g - siMiji, baby, n. hlp. btT. l-p-I rMiulan 1 in," aie rii.fciust (utlv t-witiv tiow t-e ureom; Hlvc do e o"l 1 f''i'"(. lrmilna iir.f! arc c il lorf. eilllnj; Visiuns ! to il Uif-y i bringing -. SlT tt.v, "w'P Bocking-ro kin: to id fro, ofl lo sVatiitw rlaii i J . IK, wu (lie .iiooiu ver.flo '"i now, Mi-iinr kis in. iliy orotr. Ho ku.g - n k nc kI fro. Llllle out tn l'emi'ia ' hi ep. Ibj , lteiJ. SU, lby, le. Swpt, dtmny - !').tng, Suiilin mului!in ur.b-p. At tiB fiiir.f rt I 'b ap ; (oM-ncuii1n y npiemlor h, LaU hm thy --t rorotn3; sl-p, tab. tlei H'mp 1 HU . lr-p R-vkine ro-atnt! t" "' fro, otf, t'i siiiiuiHr.ai,'l wt- S" 1 Is il K the Imrifi' fong M atiiii; rouuil n a I litutil long; hock m ro kmj i l fiu, Off t" rluuii)Tl nd eo OU e oo-"U - sl.p. bas-y, KbH'p -Gxd Huumrkuepln i- rt -turn became DENNIS. tKlist head as Now imignificent hair, swept leisurely down perhaps ou will agree the wide r.tair-i:ase, lo iking as if she j ihi"king tiiin a rainc Iicnnis was a pis, but not bv any Mieau-. an or 1 ti iry, comuion porker. Ask any of the sailor who were ac quainted with him on the P. S. S. v anderb.lt, and thev would indig nantly reiel that idea. When you hiive liotshed the story of his life, with tneiu in rather remarkable went on the man sur- nin"!-nii know how I am situated. I consented to wait while you came hare, but time has gone, and now it is two months, and you have done nothing for me." 'Have you forgotten how I am plated?" asked Valerie angrily. "Have you forgotten the murder'" The man laughed. "rCo, I forget nothing, but 1, none the less, am angry. Wi y did you not grasp Hoy Darrel when you had your chance' What fool's nonsenoe was in vour head" "What? Love," said Valerie quietly. Tho man laughed again. "Pooh and bahf You, Valerie Koss. stayed by love. No. no, my sister, some other tale - not that. " 'it. u the truth, nevertheless," broke inValer.es voice, broken, harsh, and agitated. 1 loved KustaeeKivers. Ah, you mav shake your head: you did not see. vou were blind as to what was go ing on in our little cotiJige home in Everleigh. when Eistuce's regiment was quartered near: you little thought of the dreams that came to me for one brief moment of my great happiness.'! Alice sat nietionless, she heard the mm strike a match against a tree as if to light a cigar. "If I had known it I should have ended it pretty soon," he said quietly. "When 1 came to the castle," said Valerie, "you thought I did so to please you. It was to follow Eustace. I had grown jealous, he was altering to me. Lady Darrell had written oiten press ing me for a visit, so i embraced the T?,,r Hiil nt (men what vou prophesied" he would -fell in love with the woo me, but 1 was nana to n men. i , only for Eustace. All my life was for i him. Koy haunted my footstep yet i I gave him no encouragement. Then , Eustace and I quarreled. 1 pressed for our marriage, he demurred again and again, and a coolness arose between the tw o n;en over me. I know not how, but -God forgive me -I believe now Eustace maligned me to his freind, and that Koy in his love for me re sented the aifront. But let that pass. I shall never know the truth now. The day before the murder Koy sought me, begged for my love; he asked no que ,tions, but gave me two days to consider. I wanted no time, I was bound to Eustace forever. Then then came his death, and then my eyes were opened. I was no longer a fool; I knew that what 1 had thought love was a pastime to him that I had thrown my heart's best before the feet of one unworthy." "If you had confided in your brother you would have known in good time what class of man was Elustace Kivers; hut " Valerie s "Help me again. V ell trial is jusi what I don't want, so trot away, my dear: the secret is safe. IU: quick witu that money. I am due at Nestley in an hour's time." . "Stay here, and I will bring It to you." Alice heard a light step pass away, and she sat on undecided what t do. She- was in a corner, hidden well from sight. Anv one peering- rounu would scarcely have distinguished her gray dress aiid cloak from the tret trunkB. but she could see a litt.e way out on to the wider pathway, and as Valerie disappeared, she heard the man laugn softiv to himself. and saunter to and fro while he wai'ed. Alice drew herself back as she taw his figure cross the small space at the opening of her hiding-place, ana as he turned and strolled back she glanced nervously at him. He was like Valerie, but coarser and harder, and his cheek was disfigured with the sear of a wound that gave a sinister look to his face. He was humming to himself, and did , not glance up or down, and Alice drew , a deep breath of relief as he passed. Something atiout the man gave Lady Alice a sense of alarm, and she was , glad when after some moments she beard Valerie's fleet footstei return- j ing, arid heard her panting voice sav: j Here, Paul! And now go. There is no use hanging alout. I must return to the house." ' ' -Thanks, my sweet sister. Y es, I will go. That is my address should ; you desire to hear irorn me. i shall know where to tind you." Leave me in piece for a -while, Valerie sa:d abruptly. "Give me fifty pounds, and I leave vou altogether." "I cannot. Paul. I have money: ti i nan. you -"Should cot have it, man. had but just left her bedroom iresn from her maid's hands. She met Count Jura at the door or the morning-room, and smiled giae i,,iw)u tl h Is courteous greeting, little thinking that as he bowed a look of j amusement settled in his eyes as he j in-d Paul, and her pride. I Koy hastened to meet the tall beauti- j I fa! woman, his eyes speaking the truth j j of his love as he approached her. j ! Lord Ha-iine came in while they . "I have been thinking all night, j Koy, and 1 cannot remember who it is : that 1 trace a resemblance to in your j j wife." ho said as he sat down to trie j i table. I I -Does not miladi the fair countess) breakfast with us?" demanded Count i 1 Jura, as Koy made no answer. ! j Koy flushed, and Lady Darrell looked j uncomfortable. ; 1 "The countess, or as 1 playfully call her. my La ly Alice, always breakfau i in her own' room. She prefers it," j ! answered Valerie. i Count Jul a noweu. ' "What are o.ir plans for to-day, my lord'" continue J Valerie, easily to the ''"i thought a ride to theOld Ablx-y?" said Koy. "Pauline, you would like tha will not tne finished the "Paul, you are ungenerous: but I am a fnnl tn do as much as I do for you." "You are no fool, Valerie! You don't want to have me come ooldly up to the castle, and ask for my sister -eh?" Alice heard Valerie's sudden excla mation, and then she heard the man kiss his sister, and leisurely depart. She waited to let them l oth pass awav, then, rising, made her way slow'iy back to the castle. Paul Koss strolled leisurely throngh e. until he came to a pathway that led to the village, and past the dreaded Madman's Drift. Here he stopped and uttered low whistle. In an instant a man had crept from beneath some bjshes, and stood up right Paul Ross moved towards nun "Well," said the other man, much?" VMincn Trfiunds!" Fifteen pounds!" repeated -Very much," agreed lxiru uauine. "Ami you, Jura? "I regret 1 have important lettei-s to write, you will pardon me'" "Oh, of course." said Koy, quickly; "I like ever-vone- to do as they please here." Why not ask you wife'to join us proixtse 1 Valerie. The Earl looked pained. Tho very sight of Alice seemed to him torture, recalled the agony he had endured, and the fact that he was separated from Ya'erie forever. "If you will ask her, I dare bay she will come," he replied. Valerie rose with a laugh. "I shall be ready in ten minutes, and my Ladv Alice, also." Count Jura held the door open for her. and she swept out; she mounted the stairs, and turned into the corridor that led to Alice's room. "Get on your habit and dress quickly: i your husiMtml desires you to o " ! us this morning." A i ruse from her books. T will be ready," she answered. TO UK OOMTI.N'UKU. lhseti ami His Way. It is said that Ibsen reads very lit- ; tie: he declare that he ' will not lie ; drawn awav from himself." Jle has i been afraid of the judgment of Pans, j "Parisians" be said, "are so refined i that, it, isstrantre they should take a soft, !anv interest !n my ways." He doesn't ; understand why thev should Indulge Id philosophical speculations oncern ing his felicitous jiersonages. who are very real and perfectly simple to bim. 1 "I live in the reality of ray cha ao Uers." be sajs, "and to such an ex ! tent that I "could couut thenumier 01 outtans tuey nave ou men wov One who knows Ibsen well says that pig. Dermis wa a very little fellow , when he was fjrst taken aboard his : fioatiriif borne, with a number of his companion, to serve a fresh meat fur the officer and crew. One by one the member of the iKrcine tribe were slain an I eaten: but 1 enni. , lecause o: his diminutive sl7.e, was reserved until the last, and then miss- i: n hi mates and not being con lined ; to a stv, he bcjjaii to hang about, the men and to seek their acquaintance In h s dumb I ash ion. The sailor, haing had their fill of fresh meat, were gratified by these marks of friendly leeiiug iu an an.- mal usually considered to be some- ; what obtuse in such was, and con--eluded that they would rather liae the pig as ;i pet than as pork :-o a ' petition was sent to the captain to that effect, and was readily granted. Now Dennis Itccamc a pri ek-ged character on board ship He took his meals with the crew, trotting from one man to another to get hi portion of the viand and you may ne sure , he wa always gerierou-ily served. What games of louips the tar u-ed to have with him ou the gun deck in loafing hours! The pig would find a hiding-place behind one of the guns and ensconce himself there, hi little eyes falny twl Wing with tne fun of the ro ceeding, while the men pretended to hunt for him, carefully avoiding his place of conceal went until at last, as thev passed that particular gun, Den til would rush out on them with a Miueai of delieht, and away thcr would all go in a race lor the other i end of the deck, th i pig generally contriving to trip up one or two of his playmate on the way. i Anottier oi ni iticks was iaj rcmn a piece of rope and go about with it in hi. mouth, grunting, until some one wa obliging etiougu to take hold of , the other end, when tie would enjoy a pulling match with his opponent quite a much as a dog ever does. As the ship drew near the tropics Dennis, having grown decidedly fat with hi good living, felt the heat very much, and his one solace was to climb Into the water trough and lie down under the spout of the pump, making known his whereabout with loud grunts, until oneo! the old cap tains of the forecastle, Hearing nun, would cad out to the younger sailors: "The e! two of you lay lubbers, whv don't vou go and pump on Den nis? iKin't you hear him calling At flr.t I enni would pay no at ...ni, ne i Mi-oni orubietlnt he really could not afford to v.:..,.if. l.nf sh Ihe blcat ng louder and more Importunate he j would become manifestly troubled, j giv ng vent to bis li-satisfaction with j low noises until fiHy, o I ; ...... ii... 'jint.' iileading, ne wo'i'ld with a mighty effort- ,i,,..-f tn his li'iS Stick b ,.,.r the eili?,; o the trough and grunt loudly at iiillf. siyitw I'!inl' possible in pig-language Thol-fl l-tlil i V 1 LLie 111'" A iiw,-, T - J - . f am. and can't uu - got! enough to leave tne In peace and uiet for a whiie ! The bleat. tig would lh- reui.n ; cea- and Dennis would lie lown anu resume his bath with a serene -eiisu of duty !e formed It did seem as if Dennis nan evi-.j prospect of 1 ving to a green old ane. surrounded a he wa with such de voted love and care but sad to say, his e' d wa an untimely one. and Ibis wa- the manner of it The man who d d the butcher's work on the 'anderblit was a sour, surly fellow, with an Inoorn t isle for" hi trade. Hi disposition wa just ugly . nough to aiTorJ his messmates pleasure in making him the butt of their jokes and sore fiom one or '.wo re ent specimens of fun, he cat aUmt in his mind for some suitable piece of revenge. Having matured his plans, be went one day to Lb ut G , who was then caterer of the ward-room mes and informing him that all the ftesh meat i ad given out,lnquired whether he should kill the pig. The orticer : nodded a careles absent, probably thinking, If he gave the matter any thought at all, that the animal re ferred to wa the last one of several porkers that had been taken aboard not long I fore. The idea that such a question could apply to Dennis, the , spoiled darling of the crew, never cu : tcrcd his head Words ca not describe the grief and commotion forward when Jack son, the butcher, wa discovered draL'L'imr Pencls along the deck, and hi Intentions in regard to the A WOMANLf EMPNESS. f roof. T the Ftr.t lT J"P" -mmw rm Hert. The Empress of Japan h is upon many occasions openly , Tinced her in-le.e-tiu chlldr o, giving free y to in stitution that ext-t to eii.'Ut them iu any way, even practicing all " of little economies that she maybe able to swell her -ontributlon Ut ri -An chanties that most interest hf The conduct of this ,.ti - forfait! sad Of-CaSiOn voted subp cts aie never wearr of de scribing, says lUrpef. Ba". Prince lwakura, a fearless Japanese p-ade-, In the momentous days of the ; crisis from which the hnely archi pela -o 1- Mill trembling in its subsl-dc-ice to what seems assured stability 1 -lav dying in hisya-hikU The Etu- uriiiouncHi ner iuwiiouw' a visit, in perpii. weak and about to woman her de- were ac -named. He was quick to say that he had his orders from an otlicer, justly apprehendlnif that some violence would be done him other wise. At first the sailors were so con-fu-ed by this unexpected turn of a air-that th. y could only exclaim and wonder over It: but as Jackson calmly continued his preparations thev took hasty council together, and dually a detachment of them went to the mast t8 ask Lieut. i if it were really true thai he had given such a command. The Lieutenant was grea'ly surprise 1 when informed of the true state of the case, and told ; one of the men to run fotward imme- J dlaU'ly and countermand the order, j The message, alas! arrived too late. J Poor Dennis had already received his j death blow, and the sorrow of the j crew knew no fioutids The men resolutely declined to have any of ; the meat erved out to them, and one grizzled quarter-gunner expressed i the genera sentiment when he said. In a oice suspicious y nusky, --iye s'pose, lads, pd touch a bit of that pig? Kat Dennis: 1 guess I'd . ust as soon eat one of my friends Where'd be the diiTerencc? Might as well turn cannibal at once and be done with It " So bitter was the feeling against Jackson, the butcher, that when his death occurr-d later In the cruise the current opinion among the men was that a rightful retribution had overtaken him: and one thing is cer tain, that his mourners were by no mean as numerous or as slnccny aitllcted as those of liennls, his vic tim. " outh's Companion. pres liaying lwakura 'fi... iior Prince, die was thrown into a dangerous state of excitement upon receiving the news but be managed to borrow from some hid len nervous force suf ficient strength to grasp his writing box and brushes and to paint her an urgent but tuo-t respectful request not to think of coming to him. He forced upon her as excuse for declin ing so great an honor tne fact of h a rapidly approaching death, and his conse-iuent inability to acknowledge her visit with even a sixteenth part of the homage it demanded. He i begged her to deign to kindly con ! i,i, ill he must li wnen It re- nuined an impossibility to throw orT the malady even for her entertain ment. In reply, winged with speed, came a missive whose import wa as follows: , "I come not as your Empress, but as the daughter of your fond well wisher and coadjutorand asyourown anxious friend." Shorn of all ostentation and dis play the Kin press arrived and re mained teide her grateful subject until his dual summons. Some years ago, when the imperial palace was burned, the unselUsh Empress, amid all the excitement and discomfort I"K I she was for the nonce cilled upon to endure in a hasty flight to a comfort less old yashikl, thinking first of her subjects' natural concern for her com fort, sal down and wrote them a dainty little rhvine, which proclaimed as erroneous the reixiri that she bad changed her residence. It coyly as serted that her home had always been In the hearts of her people and that she sincerely hoped that netther by flame nor by cold could she 1! driven from that dear abode. you." 'how the .i . i ' ,, s., nut irunu l l u otner. , . trionA.. th, thft "Valerie swears she nas omy ten ue u uu umuiw ... " ,...., pounds more, and I believe her.'r ; only person who has any authority "She may have no more, but over him is his wife. He has a hign "Have you examined the entrances , 0pinlon of women and a very poor well?" queried Paul Hoss. (one of men. He doesn't care to cn- "Sot. all; but tney are noi uum-u,. - ln g crugafe 0j social changes. manage The man laughed. "In the guest's corridor -a most noble apartment, my friend. The earl knows how to lodge his company,' "Much valuables about?" asked Paul Ross eagerly. - "Much?" echoed the other. 'The i veritable cold-mine ! By that was a gooa notion oi "1 am a spectator, says. and do more," he rt..t T 1,1 anawarnit i-.ni nAw iui tko timii cm it Is ! .love. Hobs j .-j j v,(D anil it. it. mt- fnnl ' i vours. the trip aoroao n j. .,. i, i iv.. 1 flatter tnvself that nonsense, as you cu x uu. T r; - --- -- - - . fe ana u so stuptu . I am not ouick or some one may see us, will do me no good to let the servant observe me walking In the early morn ing with a most questionable-looking scoundrel like you!" "True sisterly affection, upon my word. Hut you do not keop to the truth. You do not mind the servants; you fear Hoy Darrell. What would he ay to see you walking with a man a questionable-lookinK scoundrel''' 'Paul, you are absurd! Do you for get he haa a wife." "No." answered Paul very slowly: "but I fancy you will be tempted to do M before lonff." , . , . "What do you want.'" Drone in erie nharpljr. "Money U acarce with My, I cannot keep on this constant "Vm fcave rood barter to row- t,a r.-il tn t.Viift cjue "You mean in not Bnatching the earl before the murder and the row?" Paul nodded. "Well, it was a mistake; she has lost her chance now." "Paul Ross looked up suddenly. 'What is the girl like?" "Who'"' "Well, 'my Lady Alice,' as Valerie calls her," Uughed Paul. - "Like?" repeated the other. "She U most loely. Paul, can it be true about ber lowly birth? I have never seen a more beautiful creature among all,." "All the ladlee of family and fortune uk wtum mu tn on such very in- Umate terma-eh mon garoon? ' Paul leiawrely puffed away a cloud of aolra ... . . ltelic of the Ttchborne Case. Jean Lule, who will be remem bered as one of the most important witnesses on the claimant's side In the celebrated Tlchborne trial, has lust turned up ln Sydney, Australia, In ' connection with a lawsuit for malicious nrosecu tlon. He is now a debt collector, and Is 74 years old To this day he continues to strongly adhere lo the statement which he made on i ath in London during the irreat trial, that he was steward of the Oprey at the t me she picked up th survivors of the liella, one of whom was Sir Koger Tlchborne, who, according to his Arm conviction, was identical with the claimant Lule declares that the last of the Tlch borne case has not yet been heard. Bomb women do not make any en dearer to earn a living-until they make the discovery that they may never marry. A mas who J dishonorable wltn hit enemies Is seldom true to bis friend. The Colossus of Khodes. The famous Colossus of Ithods, which was made of bronzo and was 70 cubits or about 105 feet) in height, was twelve years in making, and was said to have cost only :i0 talents, or amiut 75. 0uo, if we reckon the Attic talent, or tJOA'iOo, if we reckon tho other talent, and probably the latter is to be reckoned in this case. At all event the wi-called Colossus of the Sun, in the Ca ltol,, which was a bronzeof Apollo,only thirty cubits or forty-live feet English high, brought by Marcus Lucullus from Apnllnnia. in Ponti;, cost 50D talent, which, If reckoned even as Attic talents, would lie over 12i,w, and it would hardly j 1 le probable that the Colossus of llhodes, which was twice its height, ' could have been executed for so much I less. Hut this Is a trifle com pared to j the price j aid for a colossal statue of j Mercury, made lor tne city or a verm, Nothing I'nutual. When the Captain of the steam ship A bana. from Dundee, came into port a few weeks ago and l d a yarn aliout a ball of Are doing Insane thing about the decks of his ship, there were some people who hctrM tale with scorn, and others who wrote poetrv a'oout it. And now here comes another Dundee skipper who tells of a slrniiar electric dl-play. He is Captain Lord of the Pritish steamship Croma, which lately ar rived from Dundee. Captain Lord says hi ship encountered heavy weather from the start Sea teat high and the barometer dwarfed Itself to i!14-i. That was on l ccemucr .v That night there was a succession of heavy hail-squalls, and the Captain asserts that during each s-juall every mast-bead, yard-arm and sail was abla.e with composants, or St. Elmo's lights as mariner prefer to speak of them. They came and went as the squalls blew and subsided, and, as these lasted throughout the night, the ship was several times illumi nated with the dancing tips of fire. The ship during this time was driv ing before the gale with engine stopped. She was lightly laden, and the seas were swinging so high that it was found necessary to stop the engines to check the frightful racing of the propellers. Waves constantly dashed over the ship, and one of the vessel's ciew was badly injured by being thrown to the deck. Toward morning the wind fell light and then came In fitful gi sts. Then the lightning got In its play, and for an hour or two the ship was in a per fect blaze of sheet lightning, New York Times. Dennis was accordingly pumped on until be signified he had had enough of it by rising and waddling off. The ship touched at alparalso, a few sheep were taken on boaro, ae tined to the same end that Iiennls had escaped The pig had rare run with these timid creatures, chasing them all about the deck, and delight ing in vAeim them tly tefore bnu. He rxrist:d in these ta. tic until i n (Jaul, u' -enoaorous. un mu but one lamb was left, and the sailors , work be was engaged for twelve predicted that Dennis would save the years, and the cost or it was a-wo,-butcher the trouble of killing thatioon. What the yold and Ivory Atnena one by worrying it to death, since he ! of Phidias !n the Parthenon or his was now fr e to co .centrate all his j eus at Olvmpia cost Is not gtated by energies upon it Therefore, what ! an? ancient author. For the famous . .. thin mirnrise on turning out one mauie or lhaaumenos, wnicn was a morning to find the lamb and Dennis sleeping close together, the lamb's -head pillowed on the pig's fat side, j Who can say that Dennis did not rt member h own form r loneliness j and therefore took compassion on tho j forlorn little creature who was left I In the same condition? i His actions afterward certainly seemed to point to that conclusion,: for losing his character of persecutor, . he b came Billy's protector and friend, and "everywhere that Dennis went the lamb was sure to go." j This devotion was Irksome lo the ! pig sometimes, and particularly so on those occasions when, com orta bly disposed In the water-trough, he was taking his noonday bath, hi two willing slaves at worn at tho pump-handles and the oooling steam of water trickling down bis sides. Just then, in the height of his enjoy ment, a mournful bleat would rise ln the still air and denote that Hilly bad inlsJ his companion and was l eruoartog bis abseore. brone figure of .Ifc'siz ', represent! tig i . . . , . . u -t 1 1.1. i a youtn tying a unei arounu um mi l'olycleltus received 100 talents, or about OOii. Coul.l Nuke of It A farmer, whose practical mind wa altogether superior to any regard for things beautiful, had the good or bad fortune -to marry a wife who brought with her a wooden substi tute ror one of her nether limbs. Ho was at once remonstrated with on such an exercise of his choice, but he answered the obctor In a man ner that undoubtedly showed he had the shrewd utilitarian character of a Scotsman. "Hech, sir," said he, "It's mayte no' a verra bonnle tbinx to marry a i woman wl' a wooden leg; but, mon, she'll be awful useful at settln' time ' when I'm puttin' dooo my cabbages, , turnips, and tattles. She can gang on In front an make a hole wl' her stump, while I come behind and put I lo the seed." Funeral on the Continent. More outward man festal ons of respect are pa d to the dead ln Paris then In any other city. When a funeral procession passes through Jthe-'V streets of Par s every man Ws off his hat and bows h s head until the rear of the cortege gets past hlru, The women stop and express their conventional sorrow by courtseylng. In Germany the hearses are pecu liar. A common style s a sort of comblnaton hearse and hack. A place in the forward part Is con structed to contain the codln, while In the rear are seats for the near re latives. Another style cons sts of a low, long waggon, with little wheels, and the tody of the contrivance Is like a Hat car, with no covering The biggest corteges the writer has ever seen were at St Petersburg. There a funeral is quite a jolly affair, , and the city s full of professional i mourners. The richer the man the ; bigger tho funeral, because the more i mourners bis family can hire. The ! employment of these professional is ! a retogniscd custom, and many men and women at the czar's gay capital ! make a good living out of their curl- ous business, j The sir pend of St. Petersburg 1 mourners var.es according to the 1 length of t mo the r services are re '. quired and the character of costumes tbey are required to wear. They are 1 alsoexpected to make the church hide I ous with tbelr moans and wallssnd at I the grave they engage to scream and yell as if In a wild paroxysms of grief. If they dlschrgo the r duties with proper unction they ate treated to I bauquel after the funeral. id-