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Lightning Tabea. At a recent meeting of the Geological Society In London Professor Ratusay and Mr. Eecles exhibited some "light ning tubes" found by them on the sum mit of the Riffelhorn, a sharp, rocky peak near the celebrated Matterhom in Switzerland. The tubes were about one-tentb of an Inch in diameter, and lined with a thin film of glass, black or dark brown in color, and formed by the melting of some of the constituents of the rock as the lightning penetrated It. Pees and Clover. X striking instance of the practical usefulness of a knowledge of entomol ogy was cited In a paper read at a re cent meeting of men of science In Phil adelphia. Red clover was Imported Into a British colony from the mother txmnrry. but to the great disappoint ment of the farmers It did not thrive. "Then the entomologists told the farm ers what the matter was; they had ne clected to linjxirt bumblebees with the -lover. The bumblebee, with Its long proboscis, was the only Insect that "ouhl reach the honey In the red clover heads, and therefore the only one that ould fertilize the flowers. tved by Antitoxin. A report on the results of the use of antitoxin treatment of diphtheria In the hospitals of Loudon during the year lHJto has recently been published, During the first ten months of iXH previous to the Introduction of anti toxin, 3,04'.! cases of diphtheria were treated In these hospitals, and 902 of the patients died, the death rate being :2S:6 rT cent. During ls!i." 3,259 cases were trea ted and 7'.V patients died, the ieatb rate being reduced to 22.5 per 'wot Tliis reduction is ascribed to the new treatment, and antitoxin is, ac eordingiy. credited with having saved 2-V) lives in London last year. Tfce Oldest Man. ' The oldest man now living in the Halted States is said to be Alexander Freeman,, an Inmate of the Sailor's Snog Harbor on Statcn Island. He was born lec. 22, 17sn. and will, ac cordingly, have lived 110 years next Christmas. Next in age to Freeman William Haines, who fought under HieraJ Jack sort at New Orleans, lie lives In the St. Ixmls Memorial Home, and is said to be 107 years old. The age f Davis Parks, of Fowler, Mich., Is given as 1 years, ami Percy Dyer, "Of Belvidere. 111., and Andrew F. Me Kee, of Burlington. Kan., are said to be .each 1'4 years of age. All but one of these men are enr.".'d as veterans of the war of 1 Sim Absorbing Heat. An Interesting instance of tbe appli cation, on a large scale, of the principle that black-colored substances readily absorb tbe heat of the sun. Is mention ad by Mr, R. L. Fulton in Science. The toll-road from Truckee to I-nke Tahoe, V&U is closed early in winter by the Immense snowfall, which in places buries the road to a depth of twenty wr thirty feet. At the beginning of -spring tbe owner of the line has black dirt scattered along on the surface of he snow, where he knows that his hidden road runs. Tbe layer of dirt 4 not made so thick as completely to viit off the sunlight from the snow. The MTect is described as wonderful. In 'V short time a long depression Is Tinned In the snow, and "days before be ground Is clear on either side the f'Mpv are running on bare ground." Matnrtic Photographs. Pro!. John S. McKay, of Brooklyn, describes In the Scientific American, a process of making, with the aid of magnet, shadow photographs resem $llg those produced by the action of oe X rays. Hither an electromaguet r a permanent magnet will answer ke purpose. Place a key, or other Iron r -sreel object, upon the sensttve film ot an ordinary photographic plate; then bring the poles of the magnet tjear the other side of the plate and keep them there for five minutes or wore. I'pon developing the plate a "shadow picture of the key, or other ive.-t. as sharp aud well defined as Hry -of the X ray pictures, will be ffwied upon It. By this method only "tfta or steal, or other paramagnetic HtsWances, can be photographed. But it te sensitive side of the plate la 'taroed toward the magnetic poles, and a disk of Iron nearly as large as the late Is irtnced on the other side, then '.had picture of any nou-magnetlc s&bject, placT-d upon th.. sensitive film racing the magnet, may be obtained. Tbe operations are. of course, condtict wd lu a dark room. With an electro magnet capable of lifting a weight of TW pound Professor McKay has taQ ucb pictures through two Inches tarerposed wood. He has also ob- ahadow pictures with a com- atrel magnet weighing but little i rtan a pound. aj Aasara In MfMa. Xm a well-known banker alighted his carriage la Wall street tbe day an old merchant turned to r correspondent and said: "I re- tbe time when a man s credit have s iffcred If a bnsiness man to bis office In a carriage. In tboas) Of-a . -u lool'.C'l upon wltb '- pleton If he carried a cane, unless be was actually lame. A man woni! nave bad difficulty In arangiug a burn at bis banker's If he wore a mustache, as it was considered tbe appendage of a sport' I well remember that when. as a young man, I began to cultivate the growth of hair oo my upper lip. my employer gave me a friendly warn ing. Yet one could then go to business In what is now evening dress, and yet be considered as properly, though ele gantly, attired. Now a man would be hooted at In the streets If be should wear bis evening dress In the daytime. But times have changed greatly, or rather fashion has. for human uature la the same. After a long business career my deliberate judgment Is that It pays to wear good clothes, fashion ably made. I remember when as a boy I began my business career at $! a week. I was sent on an errand to the swell tailor's establishment of the city. After I had done my errand the tailor looked me over, and, noticing my country-made clothes, said to me that I ought to order a new suit. I explained to him my financial condi tion, when he said to me kindly. 'My boy. whatever It might cost, it would be the best business Investment you could make. With fashionably cut garments on, your own confidence and self-esteem will be enhauced. aud other people will think better of you.' Aud he getierously offered to make me a suit and let me pay for it whenever I could, or not at all. He was right It was as good an investment as I could have made, for I believe the habit It gave me of always wearing good clothes helped me Immensely in my business career. I traded with that tailor for over thirty years." New York correspondence of the Philadel phia Ledger. RAILROADING IN OLD DAYS. Condition Have Changed Fince tbe First Locomotive Were Built. "Yes, I will admit that railroading now Is not what it used to le in the 'liOs. We have had great changes and Improvements in the past thirty yea.-s. and while It hns all been for the Is-sl. still I often think that the life of n railway man Is not nearly so pleasant now .is It was In the olden times." The speaker was an old Pennsylvania rail road eolidiK-tor, who lias seen years of servk't', not only on the gnutest road on earth, but on many other liiii-s as well. When pressed for an explanation of the meaning of his opening remarks he begin by making the statement that under "present systems of operating great trunk lines the men in cliarge of the trulns have become mere automa tons, following day by day the fixed, inexorable Hues of law laid down in the boon of rules. When a train starts out it Is expected to run through to destina tion without any delay, aud the work of eaih memlter of the crew Is the same every day unless the clocklike rules of operation should 1h inter fered with by a wreck. The engin. -r knows his duty and has his orders con stantly ln-fore him. and he is guid'l along the way by the signal Indications which are partly automatic and partly guided by human intelligence in im- method of their indications, r rom glnnlug to end of the trip the predom inant desire and expectation or riu; management aft well as the crew is to set ver the road on schedule time, which mean that the wheels must ! kept moving all tbe time, and only stooixd at the right place, according to the unvarying requirements or tne rui'-s of the operating department. "How different It used to be in tne good old days before the era of double, triple aud quadruple track;. In the summer days when the heat was op pressive we used to hustle to get o some shady pnssing place In the moun tain, where cool springs bubbled out from under the limestone ledges Mid trout braked In the crystal pools. Ar rived at the place we only knew ilu'.t our orders required us to wait for No. . and if that train was an aour or two hours late It was all the better, we thought, aud a good engine .'. ac eordlag to our ldeaa, was the man who could make an hour of time so that no matte. how the train we were to meet was running we could have an hour at the spring. Fishing poles, shotguns aud rifles were carried In the cabin cars in those days, and often while waiting on a belated train which had the right of way v.c caught enough fish or killed enough squirrels or grouse to furnish ns with, a delightful meal. I m. or pass a certain spring on my regular trip that I do n t think ol the days of yore, when liefore these few remaining hairs were gray I (njoyed the delay of an hour or more nt that delightful spot. Now all Is hus'le and 'get up and get.' Big en gines that never stall, fixed, unalter able laws, four tracks that preclude all possibility of delay, and so many tralni that we must be constantly watching for signals and reading orders. Yes, I tell you. it Is all different and a cold practicality with Its dull and drtiuy monotony has robbed railroading of most of Its former attractions. Pitts burg Post. Birds In Place ol loa. In Venezuela and British Guiana lives a kind of crane, called the agami, which the natives tame and employ In many of the tasks for which dogs are trained In other parts of the world. Tbe birds. It Is said, will watch apd care for flocks of sheep or of poultry as well as shepherd dogs would do. Patent Medicines. Neatly one million pounds' worth of patent medlclnea are exported from the United Kingdom each year. Home people spend so much time telling what they Intend to do (bat they have no time left to do anything else. The patience a woman has with Iter children Is sometimes leaned In her eTorts to Inn.; a li'-ib-nl CHAPTER XV. (Continued.) The next evening he dieovered that he had to fill an engagement at the residence of the senior member of Row and tym pany the ame senior member being pop ular in society, chiefly by reason of his handsome daughters, of which fact An nette will fully aware. For a week or two Max curbed bi con versation when with Annette. He was, it is rue, always the same jovial young gen tleman, but the g:rl missed the soft aud tender Wi.M ot love trial lie via v.. pour into her efr. At times, too, he ap peared absolutely melancholy, and the more Annette attempted to rouse uim the more dejected he appeared to become, un til at last she really did grow quite anx ious. This sort of thing could not R on for ever, but it continued until the last nitfht of the two week allotted to Max li' Mr. LMiHnt. whe-u he went to pay his customary visit to Annette. He found her alone. It was precisely S o'clock when h" knocked at the door of the Spencers' apartments. At 10 o'clock he met Mrs. Il.mont in the hallway. His face beam ed, for he was actually laboring under the delusion that he was the happiest man alive. "You are a wise counsellor," he aaui, Joyfully. CHAPTKR XVI. Max Hrett had indeed secured his prize, but was compelled to at once relimpiish Ihe pleasure of personal possession, for pressing business demanded his presence in tbe far W est "It is a hard world, indeed, aio ue to. himself as he took his seat in the train , mirl nrenared for a long ride. For exactly forty -eight hour the "light ning express" pursued its way, without any incident of moment occurring to re lieve the monotony of the Journey to our friend. On the third day the express was running along at a very high rate of six-ed in an evident attempt to recover two lost hours. Through broad, expansive fields, through pastures, through valley and along hillsides the train rushed. Max, all the time engrossed in his magazine and perfectly unconscious of the fact that a man with red hair and bushy whiskers sat opM,site. eyeing hin. intently. All day long this man watched Max and noted his every movement, but Brett gave not the slightest heed to him. The afternoon waned, and as the deepening shades of night begau to slowly settle over every thing, the train slackened it speed and ran on to a side track, o a to allow a freight train to pass it. The freight came along at a good round pace. Max amused himself by reading the initials and numbers on tne car, out soon grew weary of his self-imposed task, as the train was a long one. As the caboose l l.,l .... I..,, .Li..1 was nearing ne nxmu ioo--u oul, uui ..... time at the roof of the freight cars instead of at their sides. On the car next to tne last stood a man with a Innteru in his ; could thoroughly enjoy a walk. A gentle hand. The freight train increased it ; mountain breeze was fluttering down the sieed aud almost immediately that par-! valley, swaying the branche of the rai ticular car was moving past Max. Just trees, while the fragrance of Colorado's then Hrett obtained, in the twilight, a wild flower filled the air. Max took i:e fi'rlv arood view of the trainman's face. ' cisely the same road which I)e Watts u.td l .re one UStV about. DUt IUe noise Ol the movire train drowned his voice, aod a minute later the man was far out of sight. if wan him!" said Max. in so loud a . . .... . j .1 f lii, voice ttiat it attracieii nif inum i c " " - - fellow passenger, especially the red-head- door of whiito he gently rapped, ed man. 'n answer to a feeble voice, which bade At the next regular station the express j him "come in," Max oened the door and waited several minute, and Max seized . entered. l'sjn a rickety table wa a the opportunity to investigate a little. The j tallow candle, burning dimly, and an old man he had seen standing on the roof of revolver, and stretched upon a couch wa the freight car wa Henry Richards, or, j a man, with hi face turned toward tin more properly, Harry Spencer. Brett wall. Brett picked up the candle and lepped up to the ticket agent and inquir-! approached the prostrate form, whereat ed for the name of the conductor of the ! the man turned slowly aud recognized hi last freight train that had gone east "Jn4in Silverthorn." replied the agent. "Hm!" muttered Max. "I supisjse you're pretty sure of that? Sorry to trouble you. but who are the brakemen?" The man wirh the red hair had followed Max and now moved up close, so as to hear ail. The agent gave Max a list of the names, but his friend's was not among them. Max was about to offer some other suggestion, when the agent apoke again "Iet me see, now; there wa another iiisd with a common sort of name, but to save my neck I can't think of it" Here the engineer gave the warning ring of the bell and the conductor shouted "All aboard!" "Was It Richards?" saked Max. "Ye, that's the name Henry Richard. Ik, there goes your train!" Brett in his excitement had forgotten all abont the train, and so, apparently, had the man with the red bair. Without losing another second. Max rushed after the train, followed by the other. Brett increased hi speed snd was suc cessful to the extent that he was soon standing on the rear platform of the last car. Panting for breach, he glanced back toward the station, and for the first time became aware of the other dilatory pas senger. The man was still running, but onn gave tip the chase for bis hat blew ofT, and with t a red wig, followed by the red hcurd, which fell off at If by magic. The man who was left, after the disappearance of these slight "extras,' Max easily recognised ss bis old enemy, He Vm'.U. He Watts halted, turned around snd wos soon lost to flaw. It was Imisissible for Brett to lesvs the train now. Indeed, he rocld not break his Journey without doing injustice to his em ployem. Mo he quietly sought his seat, and dnrlng the balance of that day busied himself with laying plans for the futare. Among these coin emplateil projects w as a visit to R-xfedalc in the neiir future. Max completed hi busiuess in San Franciw-o by the eud of two weeks, aud then found that he could spare couple of (lavs on his homeward journey for a detour to Rosediile. The sun was sinking behind the Rocky Mountain on a clone, sultry day iu Au gust. A score or so of the "old timer" of Rosedale were seated upon or lounging alsoit the "verandah" in front of (Jilli cuddy's, smoking highly seasoned clay pis-s or cigar. The boys were chiefly discussing the dance that had been held in Uillicuddy's "Annex" on the previous evening. Rosedale had changed consid erably iu two year. Where formerly three women held full sway, at least three -ire now divided the honors, and. "s one immediate consequence, dancing had come into fashion in the Andy Jackson tiulch. So eager were the miners for the fun tlint dunces were held even during the heated in. uiiiis of July and Auitust. "Hid you see how Si Bell brightened up when Mary Boyle asked him to daiire with her?" said Ted Neule, a he slowly arose from a seat on one of the verandah barrels, and shouk the ashes from his cloThe. "No. I didn't. Why should I'" sharply replied Hud Sterling, who was Somewhat envied as the prospective husband of Mary. "Well, there' no ue in getting mad and acting jealous," retortiil Ted. "That poor fellow ain't a-going to last long in fact, he's equnl to a dead man right now-. 1 was surprised to see him out and about. for he just hangs ou at that old cabin of bib. ami must oi me nine uu v -.luuu,.- nobody. Just then Ted eyed a stranger coming up the street undoubtedly from the sta tion on tbe Dew railroad some three milei distant. "A stranger, boys:" he cried. "And he's wearing store clothes. He's liable to be a sheriff or a detective; then, again, he may be a gentleman like ourselves!" Two dozen siirs of eyes were turned iiMin the new arrival, but he was, appar ently, a stranger to tli'tn all. Suddenly, however. Ted N'e.nle ruslo-d forward nml grnped the stranger' arm, which b? shook lis if it bad been a pump 'mii'l " "Why. hello. Max. old Ixiyl Have the police chased you out our wa. iig.iiu';" Then, still gripping Brett's hand, he turn ed to the assemblage and said: "(Jeai.e. men, allow me to introduce my old Trend, Colonel Max Brett. A few yeai-s ago m was the social corner stone, so :o speak, of the old gulch. Now, boy, cigars roiiti 1 on me." After an interchange of civilities, as practiced in the far West, Max slipped away. This action wa prompted by some information, whispered in his ear by Mr. (.illicuoMy himself, wno was siigtilly in 14... ,..nK,l.,n,.u ..I Kilo Hell .... ,...,, . ...... It was now quite dark, but it was a j peautitul niglit. anil Mreit lint tnat ne louoweu on llie iiikiu oi uie muruer n jicm had, so far, gone unavenged. But he did not go all the way that He Watts had traversed, for. when he entered the wood, he turned off and directed his footstep : t..i,-a.1 n r ,,4,1 ulii,i liv a f.li.n ti tr s.fi lliu visitor. "Max Brett at last!" shouted the man as he tried to raise himself into a sitting posture. "Yes, Si," replied Max taking one of th bony hand In bis grasp, "but don't get excited you are sick?" "Yes, one of my bad days. But when did you reach the gulch. Max?" "About two hours ago." "Lucky thing you came to-day. I'm pretty nigh s goner, Max. Something tells me this i my last bout, snd I shan't be a bit surprised if I'm called on to pass In my chip afore to-morrow night." Here the poor fellow wa attacked by a terrible fit of coughing, to which it was painful to listen. "Pass that medicine," be said, as be slowly recovered hi breath. "Now, Max, draw up that stool aod sit down on it and then listen while I tell you some thing." Max did si he was bidden, and SI Bell proceeded. "I birilt this here cabin after Sarah Browne wa murdered. I was kinder gone on Aarsh, you know, and I felt terri ble blue over Hie way she was treated. First 1 thought Pd quit the gulch, but concluded I wouldn't. But I got awy from the boys some, by coming up here One day I was grubbing up the root of a tree I had cut down, snd what should 1 find but a little tin box burled about two feet under tbe ground. I took it Into the cabin snd broke it open, but only found a lot of green papers. I sin't much of a scholar, ss yon well know, but I managed to figure oat your name on one of the papers. Ho says I to myself, 'Max has done me a good turn more than once, so I'll take care of tbeae for him.' Lift me up a bit, Mtx. Right below my head, nnder the mattress, you'll find (hem dock- I wmeots. Max produced the papers, aarled tbe red le that was around thetn. aud. to hi utmost astonishment, fouud them to It twenty-two oue-thoiuand dollar bonds, registered in hi name, beside a number of railroad to k certiti'-atese-the whole aggregating twenty-four thousand 6e hundred dollars! With them be found a letter .gaed "I Watts." which he com menced to read. B-Jt Sila interrupted: "Are they worrh anything, MaxT" "Ye, Si, a you hail find out. You will be wail cared for. Si, if there grati tude In my nature." "Thank, my boy you're very good but but I gue it' too late for money to to help me." Kren then the poor fellow wa once more overtaken by one of hi coughing iell. which left him terribly exhausted, and when Max returned to ijillicuddy', about midnight, he carried word to the boy that old Si Bell wa no more. Ki.vpt for tbe death of the faithful Sila. Max felt extremely gratified with the result of hi viit to Rosedale. He was morally certain that le Watts had buried the bonds, and the letter which he had found wrapped up wilh them furnish ed him wilh valuable informal ion and evi dence to be used at .iie future occasion. He returned to Chicago, converted his Ismds into cash, bought and furnished a pleasant home, aud Well, by a strange coincidence, on a certain October day. when the New York paM-rs auuouui-ed a marriage that had taken plai-e at Albany, the Chicago ds.lie i-oiitaiucd a notice as follows: "Married At tjrnce Chapel, by the Rev. X. Y. Silver. Max Brett aud Annette Spencer, both of this city." CHAPTKR XVII. On the first day that Kdward Handford at in his othce after his happy vacation, a messenger announce! that of the train men wixtied to see the president f the road. Handford, supposing the man had some grievance to lay before him ordered him to be admitted. The man en tered, clad in the neat uniform adopted by brakemeu on the road. Though his hands were blacken.il and hardened, they were small, while his face bore traces of good breeding and gentle birth, though his eye were sunken and his i4ieeks Hushed. Handford recognized him in an instant as the hero who averted the catastrophe which so nearly overtook the mail train between Prairie City ami Big Creek. "Ah. you recognize me, Mr. Handford I" said the man, as Handford grasped lilm warmly by the hand. "Then I shall doubt less secure the favor I am come to ask? I have a story to tell you. I am sick, very ick, although up till now 1 have been able to get around prewy well. The doc tors now tell me I must cease working, and the next thing, I suppose. I shall have to cease brathing. Years of fust living in the old day snd the sudden change to the hard out-door life, have done their work. I once told you my name wa Henry Richards. That is a name, how ever, which I assumei to avoid recogni tion. My actual name is Spencer Harry Spencer, reported dead in San Francisco a year ago. ' That report was circulated by some of my enemies for their own pe cuniary benefit, and I have never thought it worth while to contradict it until now. Do not be alarmed, Mr. Handford. I am not a blackmailer, nor am I here for effect. Before I say any more, lt tne satisfy you that I am no imixistor. Here is my watch chain. If you open it you will see Emily's picture and a strand of her hair. Iu this old poi ketbook, too, is a copy of our mar raige certifii-ate which I now destroy. Furthermore, in the package which I handed you some years sgo, are all of Ivuiily' letter to me, and a letter from me to her, which I wish her to rend oine day. "Now, Mr. Handford, I wish to repeat I am not here to reopen old sore or to create fresh mischief. I respect yon, and bear you no malice. Y'ou are, I know, a brave man and, I think, a good man. You won my wife honorably both of you believing me to be dead. I am dead, so cially, and wish to remain so. That br.ng me to the main object of this interview. One niau, possibly two, will annoy you with threat to produce me. Their ehenie will be, of course, an attempt to black mail you. Fear nothing; Kmily and you will never again ee me. We both love Kmily, Mr. Handford; then let us wear that no word of my existence shall ever cause her a moment's uneasiness." The two men shook hands, but the offi cial's emotion prevented him from utter ing a word. Spencer continued: "1 blame no one but myself for the past. I was a bad fellow the most of my life. I aiinerely down on the old pay-roll for the wages of sin. 1 still love Kmily, but the best way in w"hich I can prove that love is by keeping out of her way, which I shall nrely do. Twice I journeyed to England just to catch a glimpse of her and well, I am glad she is married to a man who will care for her. I hope she will lie happy; I trust yon will both be very happy. To-day I ha!l leave the service of your company and head for Mexico. And now for the favor I would ask of you. You remember once promis ing to do me a favor? It is this. Tell her prove to her that I did not die the disgraceful death that wa reported. Try to raise me a little in her estimation. It will not harm you, and the thought of your good word to come will help roe out for the rest of my days. So, when I am dead, tell her, if you will, all that you know, and tell her, too, that I never ceas ed to regret how I justly forfeited her love, esteem and companionship." There was a slight pause, which was broken by Spencer. "Kdward Handford, for Emily' sake you will promise all I have ntked?" "I promine I swear It," said Hand ford. As their hauds unclasped Handford' mind wandered off a if to gather up th thread of the trange web of circum stance thst hsd culminated In this in terview. When he released his thought from rlielr service. Spencer wa gone. When Spencer left the office of the railroad president, be descended to the street and wa soon wending hi w.y lie ward the depot, happier that be had light ened din mind of what hsd lately been a heavy burden. As he walked along the busy thoroughfare he suddenly felt a band resting upon hi shoulder, and before he had time to turn about, a familiar voice whlered in his ear "Harry Spencer!" He turned, startled and alarmed, snd stood face to face with bis old chum, Msx Brett. For sn Instant the two men gazed at each other In surprise Spencer because he hsd been recognised. Max on account of the sickly appearance of his friend. Spencer was the flrat to speak. "Brett," ssld he, "under ordinary cir cumstances I should be glad to see you. As It is, I must confess I am sorry that ws have met to-day. Many of my ac tions (iii rhis 'sat soccer- of mnm itemsnd ...... xi let as move off to i more semote place, wnere we nevu ir d;tniaace." . "Very good." replied Max. "w will get iu' a cab which will soon take as to my h-nnie, where more than one awaits yonr ;.aiing." "Not to-day, not to-day." answered S .eucer, a he endeavored to overcome hi emotion. "Take me to a place whers we shall be absolutely alone." So they turned into the Palmer Houae, where Max secured a private parlor, snd, when the dour wa closed, Brett ld: "Harry. I have scoured half the world In a search for you. though in doing so I merely continued tbe go.nl work which Tour sisrer. u..w my wife, commenced vesr. ago. Now thst you have material ized. I thiuk you owe it to all of u. not to m. utioQ yoursc-lf. to stay here and afford us the opportunity to et you on. your feet." "Ye. Brett, I know. I know that 1 owe so ery much that it i folly to think of ever paving my debt. Listen. ion know how 1 left my wife, in disgrace, be fore we haJ been married twenty-four hours. I was already estranged from her friend and some of my own relative. In less than a day 1 lost Kmilj' P" will and esteem. Then, for a time. I ..s' all persona! pride, making bad worse, until I saw that al! hoe of a reconcilia tion was hopeless -at least during John S'i'terthwaite' lifetime. So I came West and went to w..rk as a brnkem.iu ou the (Jr-at Occidental. Twi.-e 1 saved enough money from my pay to take me over to England, but my father-in-law took good care that I should not gain actus to my wife. Shortly after my second trip I managed to do a small favor for Mr. Handford. of the tireat Occidental though In making a friend of that gentle man I made a bitter euemy of one of th engineer. The railroad work proving a little too much for me, I located in Chi- i-igo and, as you know, secured a position v,i!i your firm. I left in the abrupt man ner, that you doubtless remember, be cause I wished to evade t million by my mother and sister. I returned to my old work on the railroad, at which I re mained until to-day. I know everything -of my wife's marriage to Handford rid of your own pleasnnt relations with my siver. I sin glad you are nil happy 'lioiiL'li I will not attempt to deny that I envy, oh, more than envy, yoit all th glad contentment of your lives, fin: I think I have buried some of the eitihn.s of bygone clay, for I can hearlily wish for ail of you long and happy live. And why should I belie that genuine wili of mine by bursting like n denilly bomb into these home groups? You know Hand ford know the truth. Handford ii pledged his word to secrecy; you do like wise, brother Max, and, as you love my sister and pity me, let the knowledge of my existeu.-e remain buried in the dark est recesses of your miud. 1 passed your home last night, nnd, if what I beheld through the uncurtained window gave m a sharp twinge of pain, it also filled my heart wirh much joy. There you wers eate. in your parlor with your wife by your side, while mother, snug in her own armchair, was sewing. Would it not be utmost cruelty in me to throw the shadow of my disgrace upon och n home to re open old sores that are fat healing, or, by my rude presence, to upset aud break anuii ler a union which is right and just, but which the knowledge of my existence would render illegal? No, Maj, 1 thank heaven that cruelty and wlckeness ars no longer a part and parcel of my life. No, I cannot, I will not stay. Good by remember I died in San Francisco, tiood by. brother Max, good by." Wirh that, Spencer left the hotel and was soon lost in the busy throng upon the street. Brett returned to his office, aud when he reached home that evening ha fouud a letter from hi uncle, John Sat tertliwaitp. (To be continued.) A GRACEFUL TRIBUTE By a Habject to Hie foverelun, Qnera Victoria. The following graceful tribute Is paid by Sir Edwin Arnold to Queen Vic toria: The heart of gold, tbe will of Iron, the royal temper of steel, the pride, tin) patriotism and the deep piety of Victo ria have been enshrined In a small but rigorous frame, the tiilgiioniie aspect of which especially strikes those who liehold her for the first time lu these, her "chair days." It was reported how, when Prince Albert was dying, be roused himself from a period of wan dering to turn with Ineffable love to his snnme and sovereign, saylug to her with a kiss. "Good little wife!" And when the Prince Consort was actually passing away, after those twenty-one years of wedded happiness, it wag told how the Queen lent over him and whispered, "It Is your little wife," at which last words the angel of death stayed bis baud, while once again tbe dar eyes opened and the dying lips smiled. But though this lie so, do one who has been honored by near ap proach to her Majesty, or has ever tar ried In her presence, will fall to testify, to tbe extreme majesty of her bearing, tulngled always with the most perfect grace and gentleness. Her voice has, moreover, always been pleasant and musical to hear and Is so now. Tbe band which holds sceptre of the seas Is the softest that can be touched; the eyes, which have grown dim with la bors of state for England, and with too frequent tears, are the kindest that can be seen. Has Hanged Kia;htyeght Men. George Maledon, of Fort Smith, Ark., Is the champion hangman of the country. For twenty years be baa been the official executioner of the United States Court there, and during that time has executed eighty-eight men. Nearly all the criminals hanged by Mal edos were desperadoes from the Indian Territory. Maledon Is a small man, who speaks with a strong Oennan ac cent. He hns retired as a hangman and will work a farm In Kansas. Pound Out His Mistake. An Atchison young man, who has Imagined for years that the girls were trying to rapture blm, derided to get married recently, and discovered that no one would ha hlm.-AtcWson Globe. If there f any one thing that preju dices us sgalnst a woTisn, It la to'hear her swear.