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-2iU , I ; I t It '51 U 1 ' AMfeA-. CHAPTER I. The scene is luid in London; the time ia 1S!X). General Fulit i sitting in hi j library chair, and the Earl of Mouutmr- t ron ia sitting opposite to him. The Gen- j eral ia a man ia the prime of life, tut hi J hair is gray, lie ha i delicately molded 1 feature, and sympathetic expression, j but an undecided look about the mouth i which prove that he rule less easily tbap he ia ruled, r.i th. pnwLt mouient be ; looks puzrled alnios. alarmed. Lord Mountcarron ia s very different type of man from hia frend. lie ia thor oughly material. But there is nothing ob jectionable in bis appeal .ince, which most people would pronounce to be very agree able. He ia young, not irore than thirty, lie possesses good features, dark, glossy hair, a bold eye, and a self-conSdrnt air which carries all befrre iL, and bespeaks an aaanrauce of victory. And yet General Fuller looks at him aeance, and with evident suspicion. "Do i make myself perfectly under stood?" asks the Earl preseutly. "Have 1 left anything unsaid?" "1 think not. Ird Mountcarron. Your offer appears to me as raighrforward as it is honorable; and and flattering to my daughter and myself. Yet my daugh ter is very young." "Pardon me. Miss Ful'er has completed her nineteenth year, and was niue-aud-twentv on my last birtb.tay. Surely thi ne are snitable ages." "But you havi seen sc. little of each other." "As much. I fancy, most men and women do before th.y marry." replied Lord Mountcarron. with a smile. "I had Fuller the honor to be introduced to Miss last season, anu we hae met constantly since, anil. I think I Tiny say. with the full approval of her mother." General Fuller shriij- his shoulders. He knows that his wife would approve of any one who had a handle to his name. "Lord Mountcarron.' he snys. "I have but one object in view, mv daughter's hap piness. I do not lielieve iu coercing girls in such a matter n marriage, eveu if it were possible. My eld -t daughter mar ried according to her own wishes, and Gladys shall do the same. But she has not spoken to me on the subject yet. and until fhe has done so 1 can say nothing definite." "If it is to res; with Miss Fuller, 1 am quite satisfied." replies 1-ord Mountcar ron, rising; "but 1 trust you will not keep tue in suspense louger cbau necessary." "The matter will rest entirely with Gladys," repeats the General, a I-ord Mouu-carron disappear He actually feels quite nervous as he rings the library bell and desirei, the ser.ant to ask Miss Fuller to come and spea to him fur a few moments. It is not long before Miss Fuller appears She knows perfectly well why she is wanted. Sb and hor mother have watched lord Mountcarron' phae ton drive up to the door and drive away again, and wondered way the library bell d.d not ring tiefore. When the servant appears with the General' message. Miss Gladys :ays: "I hope the dear old dad is not going to preach at me about it for an hour, for I promised Miss Cleveland she should intro duce ber brother to me at the Ansteys' this afternoon" and Mrs Fuller adds: "If they want yon to fit the day at once, Gladys, don't make it later tbanJuly. or you'll spoil our summer trip," and then ihe girl runs downstairs without the slightest eiubjrassment, and pops her smiling face into the library door. Her wild-rose fai'p has so liitle consciousness in it. and tier manner i little confusion. that ber ra;!ier believ.s 't quite impossi ble she can guess what lies before her. "Can you gntm wbc Itt.i been with me, Gi; '?" he asks. "Tnere's u need to guess. We saw him go. I-eril Mountcarron." "And you know why be clime to see me?" "Why. of course, dad. He spoke to me yesterday." "What d'd yon say, Gladys?' "Oh! the usual thing." The Ge.n ral cannot help smiling. "The usual Thing! Vly dear girt, we must be playing at en purposes. 1 mean did lie did the Earl say any thing to yon alKiut about marriaae?" G gdys' beautiful eyes open laughingly. "What else could he say, dad? It was all plain enough. It was I who sent bim to you." "But yon did not accept him, Gladys?" "Yea. I did flat LHdn't he under stand?" "Yon accepted him. mr dear promised to marry bim?" "I said I couldn't proaiise exactly with r.t asking you; but I had no doubt of what you wonld say. 1 thought you would be awfully pleased. Aren't yon? I knew if it waa to be. It would be, and it waa nc good worrying abont it. Bat it's ill right now, and mother will be half frantic with delight. She his been always prophesying I should low Dim, , because I waa not sharp Dongb.M i The General frowns. "Your mother naturally thinks more of the title and fortune than the man: bat yon yo are surs on lore the Earl, Gladyar No Moabea. no eonfus.on. only a pair of elevated eyebrows, and then a look rait down at ber pretty fingernails a look that waa aot quite bold enongh to meet her father's eye. ' "Oh. yea, dad, aa we!l as I aba II ever wee anybody." "Bat, mr dear child, what do yon kaw a boat love?" "QHe as moeh aa I wast to know, Fas not that sort of girl, yoa mXnm do row aseaa by not that tort -:'Ot thoee spooay gtria who are r I teniae a beat fore, and men and S ttl that Med of rabblah. I 7 lim tL It weeild aw be ate ala A A LTV ft - -"J dear, you have never tried it. And I never mean to. I have stren I other I eoide try it. aud that's ouile enough for me. 1 wouldn't make what is called a love-match fur the world. Tbey al ways turn out a mistake." "When did you say he should have your answer, dad?" h' add. "I -.aid I would w rite ' i him to-morrow. But. Gladys, 1 must iak further with you Un th's subject first. It is a very, very serious one. You must not decide hastily." viladyt shrug her pretty shoulders, kisses bim effusively, m.d walks slowly toward the door. She leaves hi'r father perturbed and uneasy. The General feels as if ie had received a Jural douche, and he sits there shivering under the applica tion, and wondering if be has really un derstood his child. I ne next day lord Mountcarron was formally betrothed to G'adya. and the date if the marriage fixed for the 27th of July uext. CHAPTER II. The excitement of sp.--ading the grand news among their friends aud relations, and of discussing the make, the mate rial and the cost of the various articles of dr?s necessary to a countess's trous seau, causes the next lew weeks to fly rapidly enough. Each Cay the beautiful Miss Fuller is seen in public by the side of her betrothed earl either on the box seat of his four-m band, or seated opposite to him in her mother's carriage, or en circled by his arm in the mazes of the waltz and envious eyes follow her and envious tongues are I eard to wonder what on earth Lord Mountcarron can see in her above other women, that he shoulii promote her to the position of his wife? Gladys hears i( all ami enjoys it In-yon' measure. This is what she is marrying the Earl for this is the harvest quickly ' rn,'"'r'' "f her eleve husbandry. Her ! i.rensi : witn prnie as sue catcnes I the ill-na,. d whisperu that follow her I ber eye tciiru with d 'light as she sees i the look of detraction cits' nisui h iieauty. ami sue gives 1 "rself consequen tial airs t tin r make her royally haled. Iord Moiinl'-arron m-Jiiwhile is as at tenth as a nance can possibly be. H makes his bride-elect tin most beautiful presents. He dances a tendance on ber everywhere. Hurdly day passes but I some relation or friend of In family leaves a card upon General and Mrs. Fuller. As Gladys en er the drawin room one iftcrnoon. from a long shopping expedition with ber sister, she sees a basket of the most beauliful roues on the table. The conceited ,mss has been so overladen with (lowers jnd presents of nil sorts lately that she ha become disdain fully indifferent to the offerings laid upon her shrine. .She sniffs ar tbem carelessly. and inquires: "Mountcarron Iwen hvre. mother?" "ii'S, my dear, and so disappointed to find you were out. He bought ns a box for the opera this evening. But it was pot he who left the roses tor yon, Gladys. "No Who then?" with a slight degree of interest. ins cousin, .ur. t.rooke, who came with him. Such a bauds itiie young man." "ilr joke Brooke," repents Gladys, thoughtfully. "I don t wcni to remember the name. Where's Kehrett?" The bible of the aristocracy of England having been found on a side-table, she runs rapidly through its pages till she comes to the el!-nsed o:-e which contains the genealogy of the E.irls of Mountcar ron. "John Edward Henry (isn't that a hid eous name?) Earl of Mountcarron. Vis count loimage. liaroti irem n. sue savs in a breath, and then, after a slight pause "of course, how stupid f me. I wonder I did 'Kit remember it before. I've read it a hundred times. 'Heir Presumptive. The Honorable .lames Brooke." That must lie the niau: but w.at business has he to be fhe heir presumptive, mother?"' "I don't know, my love. I suppose he Is the next male cousin. If the late Earl had brothers " "I r"inember now. Mountcarron told me all about it one day: but there are so many oranches in thes big faiii!ies. His father had three brothers, but they're ni dead. The second one n -ver married, .iH the third had only dangnters. This M Brooke must be the son of the fourth. He is much younger than Mountcarron, 1st 't he, mother?" "Oh. considerably. Not more than two or three-and-twenty. Ani quite a differ ent style. Fair and a very slight figure. But you're sure to see him before long, and yon must make friends with bio,." "Naturally," cries Gladys, laughing. "It wouldn't be safe for me to snub the future Earl of Mountcirron. He might poison us both to get into the title." But here her wonderings are Interrupt ed by a summons np-stnirs, and in an other hour she is standing, a very in.-ir-nation of lovelinesa. robed for the It ilian opera. Mountcarron joins them in i ! course of the evening, mnr she tells him how sorry she was to miss him an ! his cousin that af'ernoon. "It ' of no consequence." n epli. "I wanted to introduce Jem to jiu bees if? he is to be my groomsman on the 2itli. and he has only just returned from Ner way. But he will call on yon himself another day. He is a nice boy. Yon will like him, and he baa been us.-d to be a good deal at Carronbr." "I hit father dead?" asked Glndyt. "Yet, both father and motner. Hit only near relation beside myself it h's s's-er. Lady Renton. and she i.; much ild r than he Is. He It my only mle eocsiu. yon know." "Yet! And be it your hir," says Gladye. "He it the beir presumptive to the ti tle," correct! the Earl, "bnf i trust lie will never be any nearer to It." "I abniild like to know hiio. Tell am to call tga'n." "Oh, be will certainly call again." re plies Lord Monrtrarron, and in effect, the honorable Mr. Rrooxc does call again at General Fuller' house, within a very few day. Glndyt la alone when he la nsbered Into the drawing-room. Her father is at his Hnb. and her motbe. baa started off e roend of calls. In these days Mrs. Kulle uerer sj ba,,pv as when ne is giviug her frieiel a d,M-riptioii .f gi,r:es np.n h,ra her daughter i about ! ent-r It is vert wsrm afternoon in the beginning July, and Gladys is at tired in a Mtt Iiiiha muslm dress, simply bein-d round ber slender waist. Jaiic-s Brook-, o.-ming u-u ber t id-di-n!y. is tart!ii!g!y surj rised. He can Dot believe at Crst thai the Miss Fuller. It must lie a younger sis'er. s uue s biwd girl borne for the holiuaj s some half child, half-woman n it vet emancipated front the nursery. He has expected to bud a beautiful woiuar in hi cousin's choii-e. Everybody hs ront rived to tell him she is so. Hut h has pictured a fashionable beauty to himself a girl with flushing eyes and csiqutt'ish.wlf-omseious way, aud dressed ID a "confection" from Worth. But Gladys Fuller. w!ih all her love of rank sud sisition. and tier apparent dis taste for sentimentality is a most child like and ingcui. oils-looking beauty, and the w h.v iu w hich she e mies forw ard to greet bim is so graceful, while it is per fectly self-possessed, that he hardly know how to staiumei forth bis apolo gies for calling again so soon. Mr. Brooke, though he would dearly like to lirger In that towery--ented at mosphere, talking to the 'air girl who has positively liew ildered hi.u with ber beau ty, feels that he canine transgress eti quette to'the extent of accepting au invi tation to dinner at ber fiauds. aud takes bis leave with the promise of a speedy return. Once alone, he feels giddy with sur prise. The more be thinks of it, the more unable he is to comprehend how his cousin MountcarroD eve managed to w in the heart and band of such an ethereal, intellectual, spiritual-looking creature as Gladys Fuller. What ts?ll has he osed i uiKn Ler upon bimseif that she should have consented to pass ber life with him? He raves about her wherever he goes. He tells Mountcarron he is the luckiest fellow the worl 1 ever produifd. He, talks to openly about her, in tact, that a judi cious friend pulls him up one day, and cautions him to be more reticent of what he says concerning his cousin's future wife. And then Mr. B-ooke talks b-ss, perhaps, but seeks the Fellers more, lie i constantly there. The General and bis wife like him, and make him welcome, and Glady iuvariubly receives bim with a smile. Thus the 27th, the auspicious day, draws near, anl finally arrives. The marriage ceremitiv is all a bewil dering whirl, but everything goe off in ultra fashionable style And when all is over, the newly-created Lady Mountcar ron and her husband drive off to the Ixiu- uon. I hatliam ami Iiover station in a beautiful new carriage, with the coronet on its panel and drawn by a pair of thor oughbred horse. Mrs. Fuller and Winnie throw showers of rie and old satin slipjiers after it the General watches it till it is out of sight, with anxious, misty eyes, and the Honorable .lames Brooke stands in the bay window biting his lips and stamping down some rebellions fe ling in his heart. while he wishes just for the moment that he had never been born. CHAPTKU III. While Gladys is on ner wedding tour the time is passed by her family in various ways. Winnie goes to the seaside with her little son, w here s le linds it exces sively dull, her only diversion Iwing the periodical visits of her husband from Saturday to Monday, which he employs by grumbling incessantly at the rooms, the cooking and the attendance. General and .Mrs. Fuller seize 'he op;iortunity to pay a long-deferred visit lo some stupid relations in Cornwall. But they hear con tinually from the newly-made Countess. She says she is longing to see her dad again, anu to begin ner wooillnnu ram bles, and assume the direction of her own household. In one lett"' she asserts that she never could have imagined married life to be so thoroughly uninteresting. Her Misband is absent almost all day. shooting, and she is left alone, to consider what dress she shall war at dinner, and to put it on for no one to notice or ad mire, except the servants. And she winds up each letter with a gentle perora tion to the effect that they will be! at Carronby by the first of October. At last their advent U announced for the following week. It ha been nn old engagement that Genera! and Mrs. Fuller are to meet them there, mid Lord Mount carron has invited his cousins, Lady Hen ton aud Mr. Brooke. She becomes so excitel as their train approaches Carronby that Lord Mount carron ran hardly keep her In her seat until the carriages hare come to a stand still at the platform. There they are! thete they are!" she exclaims hysterically, as she catches sight of the dear, familiar faces, and as soon as the door is opened she springs into the (Seneral't anna and kisses him effusively, regardless of who may ace her They hurry her away the carriage In waiting for her, and then she perceives that an elegant-looking woman, with a fair, placid face, with whom her husband ia warmly shaking hands, is also one of the party. Gladys, this is my cousin. Lady Hen- ton, says Lord Mounter rron, and in an other minute she has made the acquaint ance of Mr. Brooke's sister. Where is Mr. Brooke? I be not at Carronby? Why did he not come with you?" she asks, eagerly. I wished him to be of the party. Lady Mountcarron," replies Iady Itenton, smil ing, "but I think he ban some important work on hand. The completion, or erec tion of a triumphal arch, under which you are to drive to your new home, and which ha occupied hit thoughts, to the exclusion of everything elte, for some days past." Oh, bow good of him to remember It. Yes, be promised me I should have an arch of welcome when I came to Carron by. And hark! are not those the chorch- bells ringing?" Cries of "Long live the Esrl and Count is T' "Welcome Ixrd and Lady Mount carron . God blest th i Mountcarron" ring in ber eart like to many blattt of tri umph for Ihe position the bta attained. For the first time the res 1 1 let whst It it to he the Countess of Mountcarron feelt what the hat done f-r herself hears with her own ears the elevation the hat achieved. Aa 'be carriage rolla order the wonder ful arch of flowers, th. it too overcome even to notice it; and when her father llfta ber ont under the pr rtlco of Carron by House, she Is silent, at ranch from awe at from the excitement she hsa pasted through. As she reaches ths ground, her kssbaad tires her bin arm; and leads bar Jats an j mi..Tal hsK. Iinisj w.ih dark o.-ik and emend with armor and family rtraits, and through a double h., of servants, to w hom he presents ber a the Count ss of Mountcarron. into a dr tug room which has leii new ly-dceorated for ber re-ep-tion. Here tiny are jn joined by the General and Mrs. Fuller and I-ady Ken ton, sud Gladys gives veut lu ber over wrought feelings by falla.g into her moth er's arms and bursting into tears. "There, there, my dear child! You mustn't cry on first entering your home. It isn't lucky. But you will excuse her. will you not, Mounteareon? I fancy she must l overtired." "No. no," sob G lady s "but lam happy) The Dose of the nioose deer H cou- L8U' h"l'''y;" sidereil a great delicacy liv the New- Ibe Earl Is pleased with the compli- IruI)KW 1(.kpr ,,,. ,he atJl ,aii ment. uat man in love with a Woman . ,,, i.i. . . , n . . - , I, . ... , or the sliark are esteemed as specially would not be? He goes up to bis wife . . . , , , ,, , . . ! and kissing br. savs: i rlhlnif and delicious by John Chi- "WeU-ome, my di orest girl, to Carron-j Da"lan- Tll ptlal lias also a fine by. We can all understand w hat you I ,a," ln nnhatched ducks anil obick feel. and if your mother will be so good,''u,. ea slugs, fish mans, birds' nests, as to conduct you to your own room. aud many other delicacies unknown in and order you some tea, you will be all I unenlightened Euroje. right after a litile quiet." ! lu Polynesia raw sharks' flesh Is .urs. ruiier. acting on mis unit, leads ner uangnter upstairs, wbile the rest of I'" ,' mtmir aill llli n II I J B -n(IJ U!Uff at the idea of the loving, inex,erien,-cd '"Y"r " " ' S young girl so overcom- with liappines. j uh n!"'y esteemed delicacies as ali as to Ik? unable to find relief except ipl'aIor and hippopotamus. We our tears. selves revel In turtle, aud vet we de (To be continued ) Tbe Baboon took. Command. Speed la the form of equipment In which the dog excels the balmon, and as an aid lu the direct pursuit of ani mal It must always be Inferior to what Dr. Calut calls the "leoparll" the "chasing dogges." But In the great ami Justly prized gift of scetil the tuoti- key hat the advantage, though ting have for centuries been bred with a view to the development of that partic ular irfft. and have both In sport and In their use as detective and walclien nccuicp almost Indispensable Bids to man. Among tbe very few Instance iu which the animal has been taken wild and used Intelligently as a ser vant It has lieen found that be en n not only find edible plants by went, which the truflle hunters' kh1Ich are trained to do, but he can be used to discover hidden waler a unique Instance of aulninl service, I.e Yalllant, the Afri can traveler, gives, an account of a tame li boon-probably a chacma from South Africa which Illustrates It film as a watch, a hunter and a procurer of food and water more fully than any others record. 1 his monkey, by sheer force of bralu.H, took command of the dogs kept to protect the camp, and id and di rected them Just as the older baboon command and direct tbe rest of the tribe. ' By hi cries," gays I,e Vaillant. "be always warned us of the approach of an enemy before my dogs discovered It. Tbe dogs were so accustomed to bis voice that they used to go to sleep and I was at flrnt vexed with them for de serting their duties. When he oixt" bad given the alarm they would all utop to watch for his signal, and on the least motion of his eye or the shaking of his bead 1 have seen them rush for ward to the quarter toward which they oliserved that bis looks were directed." Fireproof Stairways. The demand for fireproof construc tion In nil detail of modern buildings and the necessarily ornamental rob' which stalrcaseo play in buildings of architectural pretensions have devel oped the problem of designing stair ways Into an Important study, ln a recent Issue the Engineering New il lustrated a method of eonstruet'oti which Is employed In Germany. :,yl which fully meets the demands of fSn--proofniKs and architectural compiet'' ne. The stringer consist of parallel wrought Iron bars braced by simitar bars which extend to support the tread. The separators act us stiffening mem bers, and by means of the Interior taili.i holds tin- whole Ktructurp together. The risers which serve merely to cover the open spaces, are made of sheet or cast Iron wrought In ornamental patterns. The tread consist of Iron plates cover ed with wood, or they may be? entirely of stone ornamented as tl(lred. Among the claims made for these stairs are the constructional advan tage of having all the tension members of wrought Iron, and the total absence of all splices, lsrilts nnd rivets which detract from a neat appearance. Their Infirmity No liar. As Japan comes more closely in touch with tbe rest of the world, many of its customs are being adopted. In Japan the art of uiiissage is widely practiced, and almost exclusively by the blind. It Is a very lucrative pro fession, and the most skillful operators gain large sums every year. The reason for Its being a profession particularly adapted to the blind Is readily understandable. Everyone knows that when one sense falls its absence Is supplemented by i the Increased sentences of others: so. j with people deprived of sight, the sense I of touch become highly cultivated. The blind men and women of St. Petersburg and other continental cl'Ars have not ten slow to grasp this Men, and the number of them who are mas seurs In constantly Increasing. Ths bead of that profession iu the Russian capital In himself totally blind, and be has a large class of pupils who are likewise deprived of tight. Then and Now. With nil possible respect, the saying of Julia Ward Howe In recommended to tweet girl graduates for careful study. "Sixty yearn ago I was sixteen," aaya the brilliant woman. "If I knew aa ranch now an I thought I did then I might have something very Instructive to tell." Hone Tor Dyspepsia. For those with weakened digestive powers bouey la aald to be a very de-! slrabln food If a nemnn u .JeT ttA ... .J .. ".. 7 . ' "too exhaontod to eat" a few Unto oc nonsry ww act ima mafic. rowo it ismii i i'-C"' Nations liiffer W n!et.r in What The Like to l.at. Tastes certainly differ vas!'y In ihe matrcr of foods w'tli various iianons. and so do npiift'ti't. An Iiiliun. for Instance, would be content Willi A iiiecc of bread aud grjpes for a ihiy's fo.nl. while an Esquimaux in the satne time would demolish invn'r pounds of flesh, and a Tartar crii:tp even more. However, quality ami not quantity is the matter of greater latere;, and cer tainly here we have identv of variety. mi)l.n relished, and It is openly sold In the market of Havana. On the Gold cline to have anything to do with tor toise, though a very large amount of the aoup In Italy and Sicily U made of the land tortoise boiled down to a strong esseixsp. Unil tortoises arc alo much appreciated lu some of the West Indian Islands, and In North America the eggs of the cbwe tortoise are reck oned a great delicacy. In liuth North and South America the flesh and eggs of the alt water terrapin are consid ered a luxury. Skillfully cooked, even thp hideous, scaly Iguana Is rendered very palatable, for Its flesh resem bles chicken with tbe flavor of turtle. If atewed or curried It Is as good as rabbit or chicken, and the soup made from It Is excellent. The eggs of reptiles are wonderfully good, and none are better than those of the Iguana aud the laud tortoise. t rocodlles.. lizards, and frog are all eaten by various people, and the first Is very often excellent food, rewin- I bling veal or pork, but some kinds ; have a fishy flavor that Is exceedingly disagreeable. Alligator tati sol what like sucking pig. and at Manilla I sold for good prices, while the Chi nese greatly value the dried skin for making the gelatinous soups to which they are bC partial. Home Notes. t Princess Tom or Alaska. Prof. L. L. Dyche. of Kansas, baa re turned from Alaska. Prof. Kycbe went to Cook's Inlet, anil especially In search of natural history specimens. He as cended to the source of the En!k river with an organized expedition, which was a succes,, although the ob,tn.iies to be overcome were appalling. lie met Princess Tom. a famous, Yakutat princess, wealthy beyond all other Alaskans. She lu ?1.-,(kki lu $3) gold pieces. On her right arm she wears the bracelet, each hammered out of a $31 gold piece, ami on the left arm she we:ir ten bracelets, each made? from a $10 gold piece. She has hun dreds of blankets, walsklns, etc.. and she owns a schooner mil two sloops. She Is i's'i year old. and has just mar ried her fifth husband, a young man I of years, for whom she ha paid : .i blankets. The relationships are traced back through the mother's side. It Is, In fact, almost a savage realiza tion of Lj-tton's "Coming- Kaep." Bal timore American. He Itslsed Them. A few nights ago miner from the north who had lately sold a claim, had money to burn, and was in an Incen diary mood, came down to Spokane to make the currency bonfire. He was rather rusty hiking when be struck Spokane, but be was hungry, and. be fore going to a barber shop or a bath, dropped Into au uptown restaurant to get something to eat. There was but one waiter, and lie, busy currying champagne to a party at another table, paid little attentlou to the bard-lio!;!ng miner. Finally the waiter was called over, when the miner said: "See here, kid. l) I eat?" "Sorry 1 can't wait on you now," was thp prompt reply, "but the gentle men there have Just ordered a $.TO din ner." "Fifty-dollar dinuer be banged. Bring me $li worth of ham and eggs, and be quick about It. Do I look like a guy who can lie bluffed by a mess of popinjays?" He was waited upon promptly. Spokane Review. Nad Los to the Uueen. Society in New York will be palne l to learn that the Queen Is about to lose her coachman. He did not strike nnd lie was not discharged. He was retired, with a handsome silver tea pot, presented with the Queen's own hands, and a substantial pension. He url "m "vuwu u,r nny-tnree ?T hta ""J" U Th'" "nndn. " "y,u ua ,,r,r' en so many Kings, Queens. Etnnerors. Empresses, ('nam, and Czarinas ns bat 1 Thomas. There will be much sym pathy with the Queen In New York's exclusive social circles over the fact that she has been obliged to part with so old and tried a retainer. Egypt's Ancient Labyrinth. The most nnclent labyrinth, accord ing to Pliny, wan that called the "laby rinth of Egypt" It was existing In hit time after baring stood for 3,000 yearn. He tells us that It was formed by Petescua or Tltboet Herodotus, however, aacrlhea It to several Kings; It stood on the banks of the Lake Moe is, and consisted of twelve large con tiguous palaces containing 3,000 cham bers, l.fsJ0 of which were underground. Tbe only lore In the world thnt seems to nniount to anytbln. a ttie lorn be- ween mother and daughter. We aj. .... T , ,i ZVw a iL I fo th tepot th hfor" ChrtatmM to nan modmra and daaib I j K 1 i L C A i i ( i .N A L C ( J i i U j 1 N NOTES AEOUT SCHOOLS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. Vo Comnttrnt Teacher Can Pecrr the Care.'al Mudr snri 1 boronsh Tescb iui of the I'riociples of Ensjllsb Grammar. Th Mra tr of KnsKsh. We clip tbe follow iug jiaragrapb fron, in educational paper: "Parsing, analysis, diagraming and ext Uiok syntax are weak legs for cor- vct dally English to stand upon. They ire. except tbe last, good iu their way, mi w riting and speaking English must e learned by practice." We had thought that this bobby had 'ii-cn riddeu to death some time ago, tut now aud then It seems to Indulge ti an expiring kick. The nrin who writes the paragraph evidently knows .Itile abont teaching and less aUmt En glish grammar. Any successful teach r of Englifb will not undervalue, cither ina lysis or exercises iu syntax as aids to scholarship or mental development, hut the schoolmaster who grinds through recltatlotiB for the mere pur (Ke of getting through the work will !k apt to slur these exercises and con demn them. A grtat mill will lie quite is effective In grinding grain to powder is are one's teeth. But the process of education like tbe process of eating In cludes something more than grinding a recitation through. Tbe teacher who loesn't understand tbe further process es of digestion and assimilation doesn't understand his business, and be Is npt to cry out against anything that dm1 not show Its value In a so-called practi cal light. "Writing and speaking En glish must be learned by practice.'" Very true, but when two-thirds of the child' waking hours are spent In the 'ompatiy of those who do not prof;? to understand the liest English, the practice Is more l.k-dy to be detrimental than otherwise. Or does the writer mean that the teacher shall distrlbu'e : himself to tbe playground and the homes of the pupils that he may be omnipresent to regulate the practice of which he speaks. Practice must lie reg ulated. How-sluill It be regulated? How shall the child know when hS la correct? Indeed, we doubt If he would be safe even iu the hands of one who twists that "parsing, analysts, d agrnm Ing, and text-book syntax are weak legs to stand on." Candidly, we should lie afraid lo put a child of our In the hands of a teacher who held such opin ions, for we really have never met a teacher who understood grammar or tbe the teaching of It tliat talked in that way. From careful olwervntlon. ive have come to the conclusion tliat the men who decry the careful study tuid thorough teaching of the principles of English grammar are sounding Ihe cry of "Stop thief!" while they lead the cbote. Honestly, dm any one know of men and women who are thoroughly vcre-i-d In correct English usage, both theoretical and practical, who decry Ihe teaching of the piMiflple governing Hint usage? Educational New. usitrrntlonM for a 'chool Cabinet, The following siiggnitiotis may ! helpful lu arranging a cabinet of curi osities ainl materials for busy work In a primary grade. The objects should be collected mainly from the Immedi ate vicinity, and the children should be encouraged to help In furnishing them. They should posses additional interest to the children from having len studied in object and language lessons. Where the pupil are mndp to feel that the niliinet Is really theirs, the visitor will Is- asiouisbed to liml with what Interest and pride they show their collection and dilate on the peculiarities of tbe object. The children should classify from the first, and should learn to wognlze the objects, know their names ami a few facts concerning them. The cabinet may consist of Ave shelves arranged as follows: Top shelf Animal kingdom: lu sects mounted. Bird nnd mammal stuffed. Other specimens preserved la alcohol, e. g the frog lu different stages. Animal products. Blue, wood, silk, coral, shells, etc. , Second shelf-Vegetable kingdom: Vegetable products of the vicinity, grain, flowers, fruit, ntr. etc. Manu factured vegetable products; Linen, cotton, wicker work, v ooden oljccc, etc. Third shelf Mineral kingdom: Nt"'"" d pebbles of the vicinity. Iron, gold ore, flints, arrow bends, etc. Fourth shelf Objects Illustrative (,f form, measurements and color, manu factured by children when possible. First aud second kindergarten jftfts, clay forms, etc. Fifth shelf-Objects used In numbct work and reading, splint, script, ctc I'rliriary Teachers; Manual. chnol Management. Children will all shout If you shout. Ou the other hand. If you determine never to raise your voice when you give a command, they will he compelled to listen to you, and to thin end to subju gale their own voices habitually, and to carry on all their work In quietness The moral effect of this on the charac ter of the pupil Is not Insignificant. A noisy school la one In which a great opportunity of clvlllring and soften Ins the manners Is habitually lost. And a school whose work Is always done on a low tone in one In which not only is th teacher healthier, nnd better able tc economize the resources of bit own life, but ns n place of moral discipline It Is fnr more effective. Fitch's lectures. UneTnl Birds. Parrota are put to a practical use In uw ""rtsiuced " railway station and trained Ui rail oot the name while the train simL Germany. They bare been Introduced call ont the name while tbe train attud tbem, and thus nave people the trouble of maklaf Inquiries. i )