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    CHAPTER XI. (Continued.)
What a big Jump Gladys' heart gives
is she hears the word "Christinas." and
bow it sinks again at Lady Rentou's sub
sequent, observations.
"You thick Miss Temple may detain
him?' nay the Karl, with a grim laugh.
"I think b.s mitid is so unsettled on the
subject that a feather's weight may turn
the scale either way. ami keep him out
there till the Christmas after. Aud he
appears to be enjoying himself so much
that I have not the heart to influence the
e!L-ar boy. He has evidently quite got
over bis little trouble whatever it may
have been and to have ta'.eu out a new
lease of pleasure. Why should I be so
selfish as to wish it cut short?"
"Perhaps he may bring home the fair
Miss Temple to you as a sister-in-law."
"I shonldn't be surprised." says Lndy
Kenton, lau-hingly, as if the idea were
both pleasant and natural to her. "She
is the only daughter of Colonel Temple,
who is attached to the Governor's staff,
and report says a great beauty. If Jem
mie wants to niary her I shall be quite
sittisfied. You know, Monntcarron, that
!1 I desire is the dear boy's happiness.
And it is almost time that he married."
CHAPTKR XH.
This visit is naturally followed, on the
part of Gladys, by a great access of
grief. I-ady Kenton's insinuations have
placed Jemmie in entirely a new light be
fore ber. She has bem mourning their
inevitable separation - her own unkiud
ness and want of courage, and her lover's
despair. But she never dreamed that he
Could be unfaithful to her. She tielicves
herself capable of bearing a widowed
heart about her for a lifetime for bis
sake, but to give him up to another wom
an is simply impossible. She cannot, she
will not, do it. If she only knew where
to address him, Gladys is quite ready at
this juncture to write to Mr. Brooke, and
tell him to come back to England and
claim her as his own. Her vanity is
wounded, as well as her affections. At
one time she raves against him for never
having loved her; at another she re
proaches herself for having driven him
lo other anus for the consolation she de
njed him. Her mind becomes a perfect
chaos of jealousy, longing, and despair;
and she hopes but for one thing Jem
mie's return. If he only reaches England
without having compromised himself with
that abominable Miss Temple if she can
get speech and bearing of him all will
be right again. Jemmie cannot resist
her pleading tears and smiles. She knows
him too well; and the only comfort Lady
Mountcarron can gather for herself lies
In looking forward to the future, and re
membering ber power over him in the
past.
' Meanwhile she obeys her husband's or
Sers, and calls on some friends of his. the
Kushertons. and sends them an invitation
to dinner, which is eagerly accepted. On
Thursday they present themselves full
half an hour before the appointed time,
which gains Lady Mountcarron a reproof
for not being ready to receive them Mr.
Rusherton looking rather stiff and uncom
fortable in his evening suit his wife, so
nervous in the presence of an earl and
countess, that it becomes painful to ad
dress her and his daughter, overdressed,
underbred and rather inclined to be too
forward.
' Gladys, sitting at the head of her table,
in a high black velvet robe, looks a being
of a different order from her guests,
whom she scarcely knows how to inter
est or amuse. The old gentleman can only
talk crops and stock, and the old lady
is j uneasy to talk at all so that the
greater part of the conversation at dinner ,
falls to Lord Mountcarron nnd .Miss
Rusherton, who is seated on his left-hand
side. Agnes Rusherton is a fine, bold,
dashing young woman,' of perhaps five
or six and twenty. She has dark bair
find eyes, and a brilliant complexion, a
splendid figure, and plenty to say for her
self. The chief signs of her inferior
blood lie in her month and hands, both
of which are coarse and prominent fea
tures in her composition. She feels flat
tered, as well as her parents, at being
Invited to dine at ("arronby House, bnt it
is not so much of a surprise to her as it is
to them.
She has been ncquaiuted with the -Earl
for some time past. . They have met in
the hnntiiig-neld and other places, and
their knowledge of each other is not a
thing of yesterday.
Indeed, there was a time, now faded In
the distance, when Miss Rusherton fond
ly hoped Ithongh quite without reason),
that she might occupy the place in which
Gladys now sits.
The latter is surprised to see how fa
miliar her husband is with Mis Rusher
ton, and how many topics of interest they
possess in common. . Wert ahe attached
to the Earl she might feel jealous to find
how mncb she has been kept in the dark
concerning this acquaintanceship, but ahe
Is too much occupied with ber own trou
ble to do more than think it strange.
Hhe takes a violent dislike, however, to
the whole family, and Is very thankful
when the ordeal 1 over. The hoar spent
with the ladies in the drawing-room after
Sinner li a very trying one. Miss Rush
erton ta forward and pushing, almost
rude, in her way of pressing an unwel
come point, and her mother can aay do th
ing but "lor'!"
Gladys welcomes ber husband' return
with avidity.
He dirt all tbe evening with Miss
Bnaberton, ' and be throws ber entirely
on tbe vatgar oM father a ad mother for
society. Aa soon aa their guests bare
depart ad, Lady aaoutearrotr express
heraelf rare stroagly caaeentef then to
the Bart I : '
"They are gone, tsjktjkr baaves east
exMahas, as thJsfaMkia tkmt.
"awl I slucarlyTrst I shall arvar ,wm
. w v.-i-i '.-i t at
ble. all three of them, and the daughter
is the worst of the lot. I never sicn:
such a miserable evcuing in my life, nor
asked to assoi uite with such vulgar
H-ople. If you invite them to the house
again, Mountcarron. you must entertain
them yourself, for I shall refuse to do
so."
The Earl is astonished. This is the first
time since their marriage that Gladys
has ever asserted herself, and he cannt
understand it. lie looks at ber as if she
were another woman.
"What ou earth has put your back up
like tliis''" he says. "What have they
done or left undone?"
"Everything -especially that horrid
girl. Tiny are the most forward, pre
suming people I rvrr met ii) my life.
They are not lit associates for me, and I
refuse to receive them again."
But at this open rebellion Iord Mount
carron looks grave. He is not a good
tempered man. He is only good-natured.
When things go rgiit. and he has his
own way in everything, he is too indo
lent not to be delighted to leave them
alone. But when he is thwarted he can
be very uasty. And he feels wtsiy now.
It is he who brought the Kushertons into
Carrot) by House, and he tells himself
that he cannot see them insulted. So be
assumes a higher tone to Gladys than he
has ever used before.
"It is for me to decide whom yon re
ceive or do not receive, my dear," he
answers, "and whomever I ask to my
bouse you will be good enongh to enter
tain with the courtesy befitting the rank
to which I have raised you."
CHAPTER "XIII.
Moiintcarron's words are perfectly po
lite, but they are very severe. Gladys
bites her lip, and taps her foot upon the
fliKir, as she replies:
"I shall not receive the Rnshertons
again!"
The Earl rises and o 'u!!y c! rs the
draw iiig-roi .a door. I....J is standing
ajar.
"I think we will settle this little mat
ter before we go to bed, "he says, quietly,
as he reseats himself. "1 have dealings
with old Rusherton transactions which
concern the stock-farm which oblige m
to be polite to him and to his family."
"That need not necessitate your ask
ing them to dinner," interpolates Ijidy
Mountcarron.
"Will you hear me out, Gladys? It
does necessitate my keeping ou good
terms with Mr. Rusherton, and the great
est compliment I can pay him is to ask
him laud of course his wife and daughter)
to dine at our tabic."
"And the worst compliment you can
pay me."
"I really don't see it. I don't pretend
they are cream de la creme, but they are
highly respectable people, and we can do
in the country what we cannot afford to
do in town. And I'm sure you can have
no fault to find with the daughter. She
has been educated at a high-class school,
and is considered one of the beauties of
Sussex. She is a splendid rider really to
see that girl in the field is a picture aud
she is clever, and brilliant, and "
"1 don't care what she is out of doors."
cried Gladys. irniH'tuously, "she is a fast,
presuming creature in the house, and I
cannot bear her. Why, she talked to me
as if she had known me all my life.
Could anything bp in more execrable taste
from a woman in her position to one la
mine?"
The Earl laughs derisively.
"Ah, I see it all now. Your ladyship's
pride iias been wounded, aud you can't
forgive it. You expected these people to
be at your feet all the evening, and you
are indignant to find that they treated
you like an equal. And so you were their
equal before I made you Countess of
Mountcarron. You seem to forget that"
"I was never their eaual." cries Glndvs.
fir;I3g up. '! yOU . to tell me that
j.0 consider those i
vulgar old people ou a
par with my dear father and mother, or
that their pushing daughter can compare
with me? I have some of the best blood
of England running in my veins. I am
on equality with any man or woman in
the land, although you do seem to think
so much of the coronet I condescended to
accept at your hands."
"Yon were a commoner before you wore
it. all the same," retorts Mountcarron.
"Your father ranks among the gentry of
England, and so does Mr. Rusherton.
Education is a mere accident. Yon all
spring from a common stock."
"I think." says Gladys deliberately,
and with the most withering accent she
can assume, "I think there is no greater
vulgarity in the world than to boast of
the rank which has come to us by in
heritance only. That is an accident, if
you like, and yon cannot bring yourself
down to the level of creatures like tbe
Kushertons, better than by talking as if
your title set you above me or any gentle
man of birth. But as you seem to admire
them so much, perhaps that ia tbe object
you have in riew."
Mountcarron looks more puirled than
angry.
"It is very strange." he says, "that yon
have never attempted to speak to me in
this strain before. What has eouie over
you to-night, Gladys? What is tbe rea
son of it all?" '
"Yob have never given me occasion to
speak like thia before,"' she, answers,
"bnt when I see job degrading yourself
by associating familiarly with such peo
ple as these, I consider it is time to
speak. Besides, you flirted with that girl
all the evening, and you know it."
The Earl whistles significantly.
- 'That's where the shoe pinches, la it?
I cannot try and make myself agreeable
to a lady at my own table, whom yon are
treating with marked neglect, without in
curring tbe ontia of flirting with ber.
Now, Gladys, I want to put a question to
you. Have I ever tried to thwart any
wiah of yonra?"
"1 hare never aaid you did,"
. "That ia no answer. Have I ever Inter
farad with your companions or amuee
MatBf Hava I not let yen go about fret
aa air where you ebot aad With whom
fa cooae?" ,.,!..
Glada. recaniaf her amaay walka and
rlto wttk Jew Bate,, (ajtee aoaadoMlyt
1W .
"Well, why can't you accord me the
Mine liberty ? I dnti't k you to lit
familiar with them. Ail 1 deuiaud fort
them is a polite reception when they
come to my house. And that is what I
intend to have."
He speak with more authority than he
has ever dune before, aud Gladys thinks
it prudent to give in to him. Did she
love hiui she would r.ot be so complaisant.
But after all (as she says to .TselO.
what does it signify? Mouo'csrron may
control her actions, but not her maimer,
and it will be easy f-r her lo show these
upstart Kuhertoiis that they are not
welcome to the hostess of C'arronby. So
she answers lightly:
"All right. If you are determined on
it, of course it must be! But for heaven's
fake don't indict me with them ofteuer
than you can possibly help. I feel as '
I bad had enough of that dreadful oid
wotuan to last me a lifetime."
The Earl laughs, aud says he thinks
he has had the same, and the matrimonial
storm blows over. The husband and w ife
iMith learu
mething frr.m it, however.
Mountcarron. that Gladys can assert her
rights ufcere s,e considers they are in -
va led. i,d Gladys, that Mountcarron will
have bis ou way. Tie discovery makes
the one more secretive and the other
more amenable. Her decision is to let
hiin do just as he chooses, so that he
does not interfere with her. aud his. that
i'r i ..u ieuer Qispiav u;s cnaiuiuoiisuiit
lor his friends outside of his own do
mains. The consequence of which is. that
he shows his desire to gratify the Kusher
tons for the future by dropping into their
house, instead of inviting them to his
own. and by being polite to their daugh
ter when be meets her in the hunting
field. Such things, however, cannot bo
kept quiet in a small plai-e like Carrouby.
Lady Mountcarron cannot help hearing
some of the rumors that fly about ('ar
ronby concerning tbe Earl and Agnes
Rusherton; they seem to crop up at every
turn, but she turns a deaf ear to them.
and refuses to believe, even while iiic
color rushes into her face at the id 's i
they may be true. Now some one has
met them riding together at some dis
tance from borne, or an incautious bache- !
lor blurts out the information that Mount- I
carron was not in the field on the very 1
day he described to her tbe excellent run
they had had, or she finds out by th
merest accident that fruit and Bowers i
have been dispatched from Carrouby
House to the Kushertons without ber
knowledge. Still, these are all circum
stances which may bear their own inter-i
pretation. and Gladys is unwilling to be
lieve that her husband can do anything
to openly disgrace his standing and his
name, until one day, when the bomb ex- '
plodes at her very feet with a suddenness
and a certainty that overwhelms her.
CHAPTER XIV.
Tbe discovery comes aUmt in the most
simple manner. Such discoveries gener
ally do. How many lives have been
wrecked by the going astray of a letter
a clock that was ten minutes too slow i
or an incautious sentence, spoken with j
door ajar. It is one morning in the mid- j
die of December that Lady Mountcarron j
perceives a restJessness about her lord
that is very unusual to him. He leaves !
the breakfast table more than once to
walk out iuto the hall and examine the
state of the weather, and he appears very
anxious to ham how his wife feels, and
what she intends to do.
"By jove!" he says, rubbing his hands,
"it's a splendid day for a gallop. Are you
going out, Gladys?"
"Not this morning I think. Isn't it
cold ?"
"Not a bit- It's bright and bracing.
It would do you all the good in tbe world
to take a ride or a drive. You should be
as much in tbe open air as possible In
such weather as this."
"Perhaps I shall try it in the after
noon "
"But that's tbe mistake you make. Yon
shouldn't wait till the afternoon. The
beauty of the day is over by two. You
should take advantage of the morning."
Lady Mountcarron is puzzled to under
stand her husband's solicitude.
"Do yon want to get rid of me?' she
asks, abruptly.
"That's just like yon, Gladys. You are
the most ungrateful woman I ever knew.
You can never appreciate advice that is
given for your good."
"1 think few people can. However, we
wjjl let that pa ss. Is there Anything you
wish me to do for you?"
Lord Mountcarron's brow brightens.
"Yes, there is! only you frighten a fel
low from asking you. I want a note of
importance carried to Portsmere. and I
thought if you were going that way "
"I can go that way if you wish it. When
will your note be ready?" .
"Oh! there's no hurry. I don't want
you to start till eleven or so. Shall I
order your pony-chaise?"
"If you please; I shall be obliged to
yon." says Gladys, walking out of the
room. She feels wearied and heart-sick
as she does so. At another time she
might have had her suspicious aroused
by her husband's conduct, but now she j
does not take the trouble to consider if
it is snspicious or not. What does it sig
nify what does anything signify, now
that Jemmie is untrue to her? 8h has
heard nothing further of him since tbe
day that Lady Renton paid her visit It
la evident he is not coming back to Car
rouby. Lady Mountcarron is not In the
happiest mood as she gathers up ber reins,
and touches op ber pretty little roans,
and makes them fly down the drive, and
turn ao sharply out of the park gates as
nearly to upset a stable lad coming into
them. He Is but a lad, and the sadden
aparition of a lady in a pony-chaise,
which nearly run over his toea, frightens
him to that degree that he backs into tbe
park palinga, and stands up against them,
with hla mouth open. Gladys fancies ahe
has hurt him, and reining in her ateeds,
desire tbe groom to inquire what la the
matter.
"Her ladyship wishes to know If tbe
wheel grazed you?" says the groom. Bnt
all the anawer be gets ia by another
question: ' .
"Be that her ladyship T
"Yea. Are yon hurt?"
"No. I ain't, hurted, but I've got a
letter for ber." And be produce a small
acented note, twlated np In the uaual
Planner.
"The boy is not hurt, my lady," says
the servant, returning to Gladys; "be waa
bringing thia note for your ladyship."
8h takes tbe note, aad without exam
ining tb addraa proceeds to open and
peruse It It contains but these word,
written In a fens! baad: "Thursday,
eleven, M. D." Lady afountcarron sees
at glance R la aot iatdd for bar. She
laoks for tba alreetS. It ia t tho Right
BoavaraM dut But tt Mautearra. Bar I
ladyship bites ber lips, as she twists op
tbe paper into its original farm.
"It is for his lordship not for me." th
ays. arelesly, returning it lo the ser
vant. "Tell the U.y to take it op to Ibe MATTERS Of INTEREST TO HU
house." And then she lays the lash pL ANU TEACHER,
about ber pomes flanks again and sends
tbeiu spinning along the road.
I beg your pardon, my lady." says the
groom, presently, leaning forward, uui
your ladyship has passed the turning for '
Portstuere. We are oj the Nutley road, !
my lady.
"I know it. I have changed my mind,"
replies Lady Mountcarron.
She is as -ertai that the note she in
tercepts is from Agnes Riisbertun as if
she had seen her write it. and the idea
makes her blood t i I with indignation.
She 1 as borne a grew -it-al. s!;e telis her
self. She "has put up with the v.iiage
g'sip. and taken no notice of the rumors ' ITovement Sncreanltijr , with a corre
hrotigbt her by kiud friends about her fpouding in-reae In riower. This tlj-
husband's intimacy with Miss Rusher
ton. But this is a lit'le too much. She
nil! not have the scandal hrotiirht under
I h,.r verv nose, nor nern.it letters of
.iM,jn , (, ,.arr;H backward and
, frwarj lu C'arn.iiby House with the
; (.h:inc of being read bv everv servant
ttilu lnken trouUf. l0'j,en them. She
!h(. r,.a!m whv Mountcarron
j .M , ai,xju, , 1)(.r ont f ,h. way
, tt llv ., .ii,,,,,,.;,,.,! to I'ortsmere.
, village six miles cfr mr..r .,t.n. ,.f
making the most of the bright weather.
but. in reality, to allow her husband the
time and opportunity to visit his inu
morals. Hut she won t do it -savs
Gladys, indignantly, to herself. Sh.e will
not he made a cat's-paw of. She will go
to Kiinor and tell her all about it. and
ask her advice how to act in the mutter.
(Ta b continued.)
A Hit of Irish W,t.
Some time ago while I was trailing In
a village More one of the clerks came to
I the Junior partner, who was waiting on
me anil s.'iM:
j "Please step to the desk. Pat Flyrin
wants to settle hit accounts Hlid want
i a receipt."
The merchant was evidently annoyed
"Why, what does lie want of a re
ceipt?" be said; "we never give one
Simply criH his account off the book;
that is receipt enough.."
"So I told him," answered the clerk.
"but he Is not satisfied. You had Ix-t-
ter nee him."
So the proprietor stopped to the i!ck,
and. after greeting Pat with n "(rood
morning," wld:
"You want to settle your bill, do
you'"
Pat rclied lu the affiriiifitlve.
"Well," said the merchant, "there Is
no need of my giving you a rwvipt.
' Si-e! I will croMt your account off the
liixik;" ntiil suiting the action to the
word he drew his pencil diagonally
acroMK the account. "That la a good
receipt."
"And do you ninne that that settle
It?" exclaimed Pat.
"That settles it," said the merchant.
"And ye're sure ye'll never be askln"
uie for it again?"
"We'll never ak you for It again,"
said the merchant, decidedly.
"I'aith, thin." said Put, "I'll be after
kaplu' me money In rue pocket, for I
haven't paid it."
"Oh, well. I can rub thnt-out!"
"Ealth now. aud I thought the
same," said Pat.
It Is needles to add that Pat got hi
receipt. Romance.
C hlld Answers.
The publication from lime to time
of answers made by children to ques
tions at school examinations 'make
most amusing reading; but it has been
reserved for a small Welsh Ikjj to
eclipse bis predecessors in general
vagueness and mixedncsH as to the se
quence of historical events. He had
to write au essay ou 'The Greatest
Widower." ami this is his production:
"King Henry III. was the greatest
widower that ever lived. He was born
at Anno Domhil in Ibe year 1WI. He
had TtVt wives. lisliles children. The
first was beheaded and executed. The
second was revoked. She never smiled
again, but she said (hp word 'Calais'
would lie found ou her heart after her
death. The greatest man in this reign
was Ixird Sir Garret Wolsey. He was
sir named the Boy Bachelor, He was
lsiru at Hie age of 15, unmarried. Hen- ,
ry S was succeeded on the throne by
Ills great grandmother, the beautiful
and accomplished Mary Queen of
Scots, sometimes known as the I-ady
of the Ijike, or the Lady of the Last '
Minstrel." It Is not lioys alone who
distinguish themselves . at these ex- !
arnlnations. for It whs a girl who w rote, 1
"The Middle Age Is
that period of
history which lie between antiquity
and posterity."
Carpet Dust
After five yearn' wear and tear, few
carpets can have any value whatever.
It depends, however, upon where the
carpet has been laid down. For In-
stance, one of the rooms of the mint!
at K,n Vrn w. .., .
rr,.t af.er II 1 ,.d lawn ,rA.n ,
five year. Waa 11 then handed to the
deserving poor, or tbe rng and bone
merchant? By no means. It waa cut
up Into little pieces, which were then
burnt In puns, and from the ashes
there were got gold and ellver to the
value of 2eV)0. Thu that carpet waa
worth a great deal more at the end of
five year' service than It waa when
it was brand new.
To Best the Baad.
"Those cool nlgbta are great," said
Mr. Wallace to bla visitor. "Fellow can
aleep to beat the band."
"Yea," Interjected Mrs. Wallace, "and
when be seta down to bla favorite trotn-
bone efferta In snoring any ordinary
band would And Itself pretty closely
crowded." Cincinnati Knqulrer.
Two Wive la One Hoasc,
The alngulnr punishment of bigamy
In Hungary 1 to compel the man to
live together with both wirea In ont
house.
A girl's Idea of a faithful friend ir
on who calls bar by whatever dw
ibe flvaa baraaif.
VPrrV AV L" 4 1 A T H V
UlijjUl Jji Lt.il Iv,
Teacher. Fhoa'd Know the V.lna rd
Influence of Praia fcducationat
Progrm in the fontb-I naiat aa
Attention Notea tnj Comment.
The Influence of fra'e.
Many educators of the present day
have a theory that If children, who
have tried their very lct. lie preveut
; cd from knowing when their work is
; bad. they will aoou Improve; this Im-
ory Is tK"ing tenu-d at a Philadelphia
Normal School, mil whether It lsc true
or not, certain It Is thst nothing is mure
helpful toward a useful and happy life
than real honest praise
The theory, held by some, that to
praise a person only tills him w 1th van
ity aud so prevents gr-ater effort, is a
mistaken one. The thought that he
never does and never can do anything
well will prove discouraging to even
the stoWost-betirted; while on the other
hand, to one who is striving to do well,
the knowledge that he Is succeeding
will act as a powerful Incentive, goad
ing him on to achieve still greater suc
cess. With children especially, praise is a
necessity. Nothing Is more discourag
ing to a child than tlie thought that
everything he im- Is either wrong or.
at best, nothing above the ordinary.
To have everything he does taken as a
matter of course, his best efforts meet
ing with no approval, will mum lead
In 1 in to n-ase his efforts altogether.
While a word of praise, or it may be
only an approving glance or smile, w ill
cause the little face to light up with
pleasure, and because he know that
his mother or his teacher likes to see
lilm doing well, he resolves to do still
better In the future.
Teachers should know the value of
praUio from their own experience. If
a teacher feels that she Is not winning
the hearts of her scholars, she becomes
discouraged; but If she knows that they
siwak of her to their parents and
friends she Is at once lifted up and
stimulated to greater effort In their
liehalf. Nor does this praise from her
little one lead to any feeling of van
ity. n the contrary, it brings a sense
of the deepest humility and a linn reso
lution to be worthy Hie loving trust of
the children under Ikt care. If praise
can so Influence tin; teacher. It lias a
still greater Influence on the scholar.
Extravagant flattery Is to be avoid
od. The child must not be made to foe!
that he can do everything better than
iila fellows, nor must he lie made to
think tltat wrong is right; but when he
doc well, encourage him to go on try
ing to do well always. Paint the right
In such Ixwutiful colors that the wrong
will be entirely lost to sight or. in
other words, aim to cultivate the ikwI-
tive side of the child's character and
the negative side will take care of It
self. Instead of constantly holding tin
before Uie children the things which
they should not do, let us teach them
those things tbnt they should do, and
encourage them by sincere. Judicious
praise. American School Journal.
With an Itrsnore.
Peel an orange by puttini; the rind
through the center and removing it In
the shape of hollow half spheric. In
the tKittoiu of one of these pierce two
hob's side by side and then place one
half in a goblet, the concave side down.
The diameter of the glass should be
little smaller than that of the orange
peel, so as to bold the latter in position
half way down the sides of the glass.
Pour some red wine Into the orange
peel; It will run through the holes. Let
It Just reach the level where It touches
the Isittom of the orange )eel.
Now pour water into the glass until
It is almost full aud watch the result.
You will we a (bin red film rising
through one of the holes to the level
of the water, while the water, which
Is heavier I ban I he wine, descends
through the other hole to the Isittom
of the glass.
In a short lime Instead of having the
wine below and the water alsive the
orange akin, the conditions are revers
ed, Isrth liquids having completely
hanged places.
Two goose quills may be placed In
the holea, one going downward and one
upward, but they are not Indispensable
,to the eiiccecs of the experiment.-
fie-
lected.
Educational I'roereaa In the "oath.
Supt. Hogg, of Fort Worth, Texae,
estimates that while the South has
gained TA per nt. lu population dur-
!"K ,h" V" fT" l""
enrollment of school attendance Is
I30 I"" -nt- K'-1'0"1 PWItiTir lm In
creased In value from f li,(Kg,lHKi to
51.00C)00. Of the $.i:!CUHJO,00i ex
pended for education during the last
eighteen yeain. one-fourth has Ix-en
for the colored jmpulatlon. Florida
lends tbe van In this work, having an
enrollment of 66 per 100 of her popu
lation aa compared with 01 In other
States. The Hdiool Journal.
liet the Attention.
Tsaeber, If you cannot get tbe atten
tion of your pupils your work ia worth-
leaa. The pupils' attention you must
have. Get It in some way. No one can
I tell you just how you can get it. Per
aonallty la greater than method. Wlth-
out attention there can lie no perrep-
tlon; without perception there is no'th-
lng to remember; hence there la no ad-
vancement without attention. The art
of teaching la the art of getting atten
' tlon. Southern tVbool.
Bdneattoaal IbUIIIi
Troy la to hava a nrw 1100.000 high
school bclldlng.
Notwithstanding atroag aentuaaitt
ta favor a that on of tha pUno nx tha
board Is not aUe to tuj.jdy thf nee'ed
Instruments.
A chair of oriental I-mguagea. lti'-!ud-!nz
Chinese sa I Jspauese. Ins l"cu es
tablished lu the rniversSiy of Cal for
nla. Kxciusfve of c.dlere publications,
there are l.Vi or more perliell.-als In
this country issued In tbe Intercut of
ed j-ation.
Charleston intend to establish a
ochoo! for the training of negro nur.
New Origins was Ibe first city to open
an iutirut!on of this kind and the ex-
j iN-ritneut has been highly successful
there.
President Harper, of the Cniversity
! of Chicago, announced last week that
Ijidy Aberdeen, wife of the Governor
General of Canada, will be convoca
tion orator at the university exercise!,
April 1. enjoying the distinction of be
ing the first woman named for such an
occasion In this country.
A contest of the will of the late
Thomas Armstrong, it '71 I'nlon Col
lege alumnus who isMiucttthod property
worth S1.Vi.imsi to the college, lias re
sulted lu a division sustaining the will.
The Income from this property will be
devoted to the spffial departments of
history and government.
A numls-r of cveniiu' schools are Ink
ing held under tllP auspices of the col
ored churches cf I'blcago. and not only
middic-nged, but s'mi old people of the
colored race, are seeding the elmation
which was denied rhem In their youth.
The colored people say tliat they fel
more at home In these schools than la
the public sclusils.
The freshman class In the University
of Illinois, recently had a class oHa
ble and supper. Tbe men of the sopho
more class tried lo break up the socia
ble. They broke the windows of the
dining-room lu which the friwluneii
aud their ladies were assembled and
threw lu some foul-sme'.lilig chemlcnl.
Some of the fluid fell on a lady's face
and pirt out her eyew. In some schools
the children are taught lo say that
Anieri'ftiiK are "civilized and enlight
ened." Exchange.
The Kansas Ci!y. Mo., Board of Edu
cation recently itirployed a drill master
for the high miiool cadi-Is. of wiiich
there are three isttnan:es, nx-etitly or
ganized by the pupils themselves. The
lalsr organiitaiiiiiiis of the city strenu
ous1' object to rhe movement, and Imve
held metlngs and given expression to
their objections through the prms. rlmt
the Isianl might lie warned. They have
slated to the hoard, through their rp
resentatlve. that remonstrance, sign
ed by the entire organizations of the
city, would be presented to that body
at Its next regular meeting-
I'cat in lh I'nltrd Stairs.
Peat bogs are usually found In north
ern latitudes. Those In Ireland, Scot
land and Kngland are ts well-known
to need di-scrlptioii. In France and
Germany Isigs of this description are
almost equally numerous, but It la not
a matter of general information, how
ever, that North America Is abundant
ly supplied with U.gs of genuine peat.
Along the Atlantic const, from New
York to Florida, these ls.gs are of fre
quent occurrence. The Dismal Swamp,
of Virginia, has a great deal of peat.
The Okcflnokce and other swamps In
Florida also furnish a fair quality. In
New Kngliind. Newfoundland and Can
ada, particularly in the region of the
great lakes, there are peat twigs of Im
mense extent, the Hudson Bay region
also having hundreds of square miles
of isigs, some of which are of consider
able depth. The jeat Is not, however,
to any considerable extent utilized In
this country, the nb.'ndauoe and cheap
ness of coal causing the Inferior fuel
lo be disregarded. When our coal gives
out, as It probfilily will In 2.("o or 3.SKi
years. iM-nt fields will come Into play,
furnishing a reserve stock of excellent
fuel, not Inferior In Its heating qualities
to a good article of wood.
Blight on 1 rult Trees.
The blight which sometimes attacks
fruit trees of every description Is of
extremely oliscnre origin, Ining attrib
uted by some naturalists to a diseased
condition of the sap. while others
charge it to a mk'rosjMrple fungus
growl h. and still others assert that the
snacks of Insects are responsible for '
the damage. Whatever may 1k the.
cause, the fatal effects of Die blight on
apple, peach, cherry, plum and partic
ularly on pear frees are well known lo
all nurserymen and orchard owners.
Many remedies have ln-en tried: but,
probably from the fact that blights
arise from different causi-a and condi
tions, none have in all cases proved ef
ficacious. The subject M ,. 0f great
Interest lo those engaged lu growing
fnilt-prodiniiig trees, and has enlisted
the earnest efforts of naturalists and
scientific men, but I he causes of the
destruction are such that no certain
remedy can be preTiled for any
given case.
A Woman Photographer.
The courage characteristic of Call
fornlatis that enables them to face any
sort of elrcutnatjince with a dauntless
Ismyancy has never been better exem
plified than In the case of Miss Flortde
Green, who went there comparatively
unknown a few months ago, and ta now
established In a most attractive atudto
In Union square. Hhe baa the distinc
tion of being a successful woman pho
tographer, and is especially in demand
to go to private house to take photo
graphs of women who are In such deli
cate health that they cannot go to stu-
dh. Mrs. James H. Fry, widow of
General Fry, who has been an Invalid
for years, la among Mlaa Green's pa
trona. Mrs. Fry's friends In Kan Fran
cisco will be aoon gratified to see a
"counterfeit prantroent" of herself,
which la tha work of a Oallforulan. "
Nsarrhoa, tha Admiral of Alexander
tb Oraat, not ad tha ffewwnth of tka
onr rant la lata B. A. 836.
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