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CHAPTE • XT. (Continued.)
He hurried over to the table, upon
which he laid a couple of bank notes,
and tearing a sheet of paper from his
vade mecum, wrote upon it these
words:
‘‘Accept this from a friend. Hope
for brighter things in the future—
trust in God.”
A movement on the part of Mazette
warned him it was time to be gone—
he only lingered long enough to pin
the money and the note to the table
and then walked hastily down the
stairs.
Once outside the marquis walked to
ward the Strand with a swinging
stride—he seemed to have thrown off
some of the cynical moodiness that
had marked his intercourse with all
men since striking Ixmdon.
Finally he drew up at a shop almost
in the shadow of St. Clement’s church,
in a neighborhood famous for its lit
erary and artistic atmosphere.
Over the door was the sign of Duval,
sacred to many who had handled
brush or crayon in the world’s me
tropolis.
M. Duval saw a prospective purchas
er, and of course, was all smiles.
Miniatures—certainly, he always kept
them in stock and had the means of
reproducing any photograph at short
notice.
He watched the customer separate
half a dozen of the little paintings on
Ivory from the rest, and marveled at
the ease with which he had thus pick
ed out all the works of one brush.
“These are the only decent ones you
have. Tell me howr much for the lot,"
he said, quietly.
Mr. Duval named a price far in ex
cess of their intrinsic value, judging
that ho must have been blind to their
merits, and was immediately cursing
himself under his breath for not hav
ing added on a third more, for the
marquis carelessly threw the amount
down.
“This artist pleases me, sir. I
would like to have a dozen family por
traits done by the same brush. For
each of these I shall pay five pounds to
the artist and your commission of one
pound. Is that a bargain, M. Duval?"
The dealer snatched at it eagerly.
Consider It settled, then. Now. I
am an expert at this work. It Is evi
dent to me the artist is a lady."
“Monsieur is quite correct," bowing
low and rubbing his hands together
with pleasure.
“Very good. There is no need of
paper between us—a nudum factum is
quite sufficient. But, my dear Mon
sieur Duval, remember, they must be
by the same brush.”
“By to-morrow, monsieur. I shall
hand you in a package of family pic
tures which I wish to add to my collec
tion of miniatures. 1 shall also leave
♦he money here, knowing you to be an
honest man. to he paid to the artist,
as fast as she completes each ivory.”
“Mon Dieu; it is one great pleasure.
Would that there were more custom
ers like you, m’sieur. It would then
b? a happiness to be in trade,” said the
flattered and delighted dealer in pic
tures.
The marquis took his leave, filled
with a sensation of having started the
ball rolling, nor was it until he had
gone that M. Duval thought to recall
the fact that he had failed to ask his
princely customer's name.
BOOK THREE.
The Modern Monte Crigto.
Two weeks more sufficed to make
the Marquis of Montezuma famous in
London. Every day new accounts of
astonishing features connected with
his life appeared ir. the papers.
Naturally the Marquis was the mosl
•ought after man in all London.
Bushels of invitations poured in
upon him over which his secretaries
were busy all day, their labor being
usually a polite note, declining the
honor on account of pressing engage
ments.
The Marquis accepted a few invita
tions, and these generally took him
to the clubs, though the season was so
late few notables could be met with
there.
Captain Livermore had forced the
Hon. Prentice Langford to keep his
word—he had early made the acquaint
ance of the American Midas, and they
reached the friendly stage of inter
course that is marked by a game be
tween gentlemen, but somehow, for the
first lime in his life, the genial cap
tain found luck run harshly, and, in
stead of handling some of the wonder
ful wealth of the nabob, he was strip
ped of ail the ready cash he had at
hand.
Certain of retrieving his fortunes,
ho played time after time. Finally lie
staked his all on a last chance. Evil
fortune followed him to the very end—
he was compelled to drink the dregs,
for he had lost.
Then, looking up into the fare of his
opponent, he saw a sparkle in the eyes
of the Marquis, a glow of triumph that
gave him a cold chill.
Where had he seen that same look
before? Cudgel his brain as he would,
ha could not remember. "I am done
for to-night, Marquis; you have won
all I possess; your luck is prodigious,"
he said, as he rose.
"Ah! indeed, you are kind to say so,
captain; but T assure you »t was not
always the case. The demon of mis
fortune has had his little fling at my
door, even as he now knocks at yours.
but you see I lived through it, and my
hour has come. Shall we enjoy any
further social play, captain? I assure
you, it is a rare pleasure for me to en
gage in this little pastime with a gen
tleman of yoar skill and attain
ments.”
“I hope to see you again if I am able
to scrape any part of my resources to
gether. If not. Marquis, you can be
satisfied that I am down to bed rock.
I never yield while I have a single
weapon left in my hand,” he Baid,
grimly.
“T can well believe that, captain,”
and. returning Livermore’s stiff bow,
he watched the soldier saunter among
the other club members, chatting with
this one and laughing at some sally as
though nothing had occurred to dis
turb his equanimity.
The Marquis frowned.
He knew thi3 man was absolutely
ruined, and yet his victory had been
robbed of half its sweetness because
he had failed to quench that indomit
able soldier spirit that refused to
knuckle under at misfortune’s call.
That afternoon he attended a garden
party at Lady Catherwood's palatial
home. Here he was. as usual, the lion
of the occasion, and his hostess was
kept busy introducing him. Finally
they approached a single figure, stand
ing under a royal palm that had been
brought from the famous Catherwood
conservatory for the occasion—the fig
ure of a young woman.
Her back was toward those who ad
vanced, but he could catch the queenly
poise of her proud head. If her face
did not disappoint the anticipation
aroused by this first glance, she must
be a fit subject for an artist’s dream.
"My dear, 1 have succeeded in rescu
ing the Marquis, and bring him a cap
tive in my train to pay his respects
to my guest and kinswoman,” said
Lady Catherwood. blandly.
The queenly figure turned, and in so
doing came under the soft light of a
nearby lantern.
Thus the Marquis found himself face_
to face with a spectre of tiie past—
again in memory he could see this
gloriously beautiful creature gracefully
gliding about in the dance, while man
dolins and guitars struck weird chords
that served as time to her flying feet;
again he could see the gay sash tied in
a knot that ornamented one plump
shoulder, w^hile a shining knife fast
ened by a scar'et ribbon, decorated the
other, the cold, cruel blade nestling
against her heaving bosom as she thus
Invited her hot-blooded admirers to
meet in mortal combat, for the guest
of Lady Catherwood was no other
than Senorita Juanita, the belle of
Gautarica.
CHAPTER XVI.
From Over the Sea.
The Marquis of Montezuma bowed
low. His face was as calm and unruf
fled as the summer sky; not even for
an instant did he betray the slightest
emotion, and yet the surprise must
have inwardly staggered him.
The presence of Dona Juanita here,
in England—did it portend disaster to
his long-cherished plans?
As for the haughty daughter of the
dons, she was affable enough, and
smiled while extending a dainty hand
which he was compelled to accept.
Lady Catherwood had scurried away
to look after some necessary details
connected with her duties as hostess,
for one cannot entertain and enjoy
themselves at the same time.
A silence fell upon the two.
The senorita was looking at her
companion under half-closed lids, and
he awaited what he knew was coming
—awaited it with that calmness natur
al to security.
‘‘Senor Jack, between you and me,
there is no need of this coldness, this
secrecy. Surely you could not believe
me so blind that 1 did not recognize
you at the first glance.” said the girl,
suddenly laying a hand on his arm.
‘T realized that and I have been
simply waiting until you might see fit
to speak. You see I admit all you
say—I am free to confess it,” was the
cool reply he made.
"Ah, Senor Jack, you are a sphinx—
I can make nothing of you. Let me
commence upon another tack. You
have declared yourself incapable of
affection, yet T have known you to
lean upon one man with such confi
dence that I am sure he occupied a
place in your heart.”
The Marquis showed signs of emo
tion at last—his wonderful reserve had
been pierced.
“Yes,” he replied, sadly.
“To this day General Barrajo has
not been seen in Gautarica,” she con
tinued.
"Poor Pedro—faithful friend,” he
muttered.
“You alone know his fate. Senor
Jack.”
“Yes. but all the world shall soon
know it, for I have had its feats of
arms blazoned upon a stone just about
to he sent over. It will be set up in
San Jose Cemetery, where his body
has lain these two years."
“Is it possible—his death then is a
mystery—it was connected with your
own adventures?”
‘‘True, Senorita. Together we sought
a treasure, shoulder to shoulder we
met those who would have robbed us
of our prize. We conquered, but Bar
rajo fell, bleeding in every vein. Out
written compact gave the survivor all.
His dying wish was that bis body
should be removed to consecrated
ground. There he has lain under a
stone marked only 'Don Pedro, who
gave his life in battle for a Friend.*
It shall be so no longer—all Gauta
rica shall ring with the valor of his
last deed, and crowd to hi3 grave to
do the brave old hero honor.”
The Marquis for once had been
thrown off his guard by the revival of
these never-to-be-forgotten scenes, and
as memory again brought the hero
ism of Barrajo before him his face
lighted up with an enthusiasm it had
not been allowed to disclose, lo, these
many days.
And Dona Juanita, seeing the tran
sitory change, surveyed him with kind
ling eyes.
“Ah! Senor Jack, such satisfaction
is sweet to the heart of those who
have loved and been thrown aside. I
sympathize with you, and nothing
would give me greater pleasure than
to be allowed a share In your plans—
to make your interests my own. Per
haps a woman’s wit might help you to
secure a quick and terrible revenge."
‘‘You mean well, Dona Juanita; I
thank you for the interest shown in
my welfare, but whatever my plan?
may be, they must concern me alone.
I could not permit any one to join me
in their prosecution, least of all you,
whom 1 have known and respected in
other days. So I beg that you will
forget what you said, and let us hold
intercourse as friends who have met
after long separation.”
One look she gave him: it was iiko
the glowering stare of a tigress about
to leap: then her mood suddenly c hang
ed, and she laughed in a mellow way
that had no trace of anger In it--in
times past this peculiarity hud been
very manifest in her disposition—the
sudden change of front such a3 marks
the consummate actress and the dan
gerous woman.
“Just as you say, Marquis, but 1
have a rarely obstinate nature, and,
having set my mind on any ohject it is
hard to balk me. Here comes my de
lightful hostess and kinswoman. At
some later date I trust to see you
again, when we may chat over scenes
in the misty past."
He nodded assent.
The Marquis was glad when my lady
dragged him away to another part
of the garden to meet others of her
fair guests: but he understood what
hidden meaning lay beneath the words
which the black-eyed Spanish beauty
floated after him, and which would
arise many times to haunt him:
“Au revoir, Marquis; I always keep
my word!”
The opportunity had come at length.
A few hasty words from his hostess
and the Marquis found himself face
to face with the woman whose false
ness to her vows had sent him, a
smooth-faced young man, an exile from
England five years before.
He had prepared for the meeting,
and not by the quiver of an eyelid
did he betray himself.
Fedora was as lovely and charming
as ever, more matronly, perhaps, but
showing no sign 01 the passage of time.
Several times the Marquis knew his
companion was looking at him intent
ly, thinking herself unobserved.
Perhaps some faint memory was
struggling for existence in her mind,
some floating straw at w'hieh she
clutched in vain.
Sooner or later doubtless she would
aw'aken to the discovery of his iden
tity, but when that time came the
Marquis believed he wrould have so
aroused the old passion that must, dur
ing these years, have lain dormant in
her heart, that she wrould even give
up a ruined husband, a wretc hed home,
and flee with him.
(To be continued.)
Hunting with Trainer! Wolves.
Bert Decker, a young sportsman of
Tuscola. 111., has succeeded in taming
two wolves, and they are very valua
ble as hunters. He captured them
when young, raised them as "kittens.”
and now, though as large as shepherd
dogs, they are quite tame and
playful. Decker says tlie wolves can
outrun dogs on the hunt, and are very
longwlnded. Their favorite way of
catching a rabbit is to run alongside
of him, put their nose underneath Mr
Cottontail, and throw him ten or
twelve feet in the air, catching him in
their mouth as he falls. The wolves
always return to their master when
called. Decker's success has caused
other sportsmen to undertake the
training of wolves to supplant dogs in
hunting, and it is probable that wolves
will find a place in future kennels.—
Cincinnati Enquirer. ,
Counterfeiters.
There is nothing which Uncle Sam
protects with greater care than his
currency. Because Uncle Sam's money
is good there are always people ready
to counterfeit it, and for these people
Uncle Sam has a special body of se
cret service detectives always on the
watch. The most dangerous counter
feits are those which most closely imi
tate the original, and to arrest the
makers of dangerous counterfeits the
United States spares no efforts and no
expense. It seems a pity that, the
United States government could not
extend its surveillance of counter
feiters to those who counterfeit whole
some foods, reliable medicines and
other articles necessary to the health
of the public.
Germany hag 800 more physicians
than it had in 1900. The present num
ber is about 2S.175.
• ■ ■ .. .
I-ong nails, very wide at the top
and bluish in appearance, denote bad
circulation. Long-nailed men and
women are less critical and more Im
pressionable than those with short
nails.
WHO PUTS I P FOR IT?
SYSTEMATIC MANUFACTURE OF
CUBAN SYMPATHY SENTIMENT.
K«IItor« Are A-4k.n~ from Wliat honrcw
('ouiw the Financial lacking of the
I.lterary Hurean That I* Working
Overtime In Belialf of Foroigu .Sugar
uud Tolitcio tirowrrii,
Wp have received from the editor of
a Republican daily newspaper in
Michigan the following pertinent in
quiry:
Editor The American Economist:
Whence comes ull this vast quantity
of anonymous stuff on the subject of
'our duty” toward Cuba? Somebody
puts up for it, and it costs a lot ;.f
money. Who is it?
It would he useless to deny that a
tremendous sentiment lias been work
ed up in bphalf of tariff concessions on
raw sugar and tobacco from Cuba.
The term "worked up” is used advis
cdiy. There is plenty of evidence or
method and design in the sympathetic
campaign that lias been in progress for
several weeks past. The evidence as to
the origin and propagation of this
sympathetic sentiment is not so plain.
It must he inferred, since it cannot be
positively located and defined. Cer
tain it is, however, that powerful
agencies have been employed for the
purpose, first, of convincing tne peo
ple that they owe something to Cuba,
and, second, that the payment of this
obligation should fall exclusively upon
two brunches of American agricultural
Industry, the producers of cane and
beet sugar and of tobacco. It is a
curious fact that in all these picas for
Cuban relief, ail these plans for dis
charging our “just obligations" and
for performing our "plain duty” to
ward Cuba, no one lias suggested that
any portion whatsoever of the sacri
fices involved should fall upon the In
stitutions that would reap the largest
benefits therefrom in dollars and cents.
\V» mean the sugar trust and the to
bacco trust. That powerful monopoly,
whose surplus earnings are, as Mr.
Havemeyer testified before the indus
trial commission a year ago. so often
used for other purposes than the pay
ment of dividends, not only is not call
ed upon to bear any part of the bur
den of relieving Cuba, lint stands to
realize immense profits in tne opera
tion. The sugar trust is not only not
asked to contribute in the shape of a
decreased duty on refined sugar, hut it
Is seriously proposed by the sympathy
generators that the sugar trust shall
be enriched by being permitted to buy
its raw sngar from 25 to 50 per cent
less than it now pays, while preserving
intact the price of refined sugar. We
have Mr. Havemeyer's authority for
this statement. Less than three weeks
since the sugar trust magnate stated
publicly that any reduction that might
be made In the duty on Cuban raw
sugar would in no way affect the mar
ket price of refined sugar. The sugar
trust occupies the curiously favored
position of being able to say to the
domesup producers of cane and beet
sugar: "Heads, we win; tails, you
lose!” It is, ,n fact, seriously ques
tionable whether the entire bulk of re
duction of tariff duties on Cuban raw
sugar would not go directly into the
treasury of the sugar trust, and none
of it to the distressed planters. There
is much reason to think that this
would be tbe case, in the hearing be
fore the ways and means committee a
few days ago, Mr. Edwin F. Atkins
of Boston, himself a Cuban planter,
told the committee, in reply to a ques
tion of Chairman Payne, that "a very
large percentage of the Cunan sugar
industry is owned by citizens of the
United States.” Mr. Atkin3 urged that
the duty on Cuban sugar should be
abolished altogether. Naturally!
The tobacco trusts occupy toward
Cuban tobacco production practically
the same relation held by thp sugar
trust regarding Cuban sugar. An
American syndicate and an English
syndicate own and control more tiian
90 per cent of the raw and manufac
tured tobacco produced in the island of
Cuba. The success of these syndicates
in sec uring a reduction of duties on
raw and manufactured tobacco would
bring vast profits to them, while the
sufferers would bn the entire tobacco
growing industry of the United States
and a domestic manufacturing indus
try that employs as many adult work
people as tnore are inhabitants In the
island of Cuba.
Is there not a clue herein to be
found to the secret machinery and
manipulation by which this tremen
dous sympathy in behalf of Cuba has
been worked up? Somebody is doing
a vast amount of work under cover.
Who is it? Somebody is flooding ili“
country with printed matter settling
forth the dire needs of Cuba and the
“plain duty" of our people in that re
gard. Who is it? Somebody is send
ing through the mails tons of litera
ture calculated to cause us to remem
ber Cuba and forget our own people.
Who is it? Every editor in the United
States is receiving this literature in
almos‘ every mail. Who sends it?
Who p ,ys for it? Is it the spontane
ous ext-'ession of sympathetic souls, or
Is it th e output of the sugar trust and
the tolvicco trusts? Editors as a rule
object to being “worked.” Is It not
up to 'hem to ask. Who is it?
Suine Old Story.
Certain newspapers that believe In
free trade are supporting the Babcock
movement. There is every reason why
they should do so. To them protection
is a fraud, a snare and a delusion, and
they would be inconsistent in pursuing
my other course. At the same time
other newspapers, professing Repub
lican principles and ostensibly In fa
vor of protecting American industries,
are also supporting Mr. Babcock’s
measure. They have no more definite
knowledge of the subject than has
been given to the general public
through the columns of the press, but
they have gathered the Impression In a
g- neral way that some bloated indus
try is oppressing some class of citi
zens and offer their assistance to the
dragon slayer. li is the same old
story. When the country was prosper
ing under the McKinley tariff law cer
tain weak-kneed Republicans winced
every time the opprobrious epithet
“McKinleyite" was hurled at them.
In 1892 "McKinleyism” was supposed
to be a synonym for oppression by
robber tariff barons. Reform was de
manded, and it was forthcoming in full
measure, heaped up and running over.
Now that prosperity has been restored
and all the country is engaged in mak
ing up for the lean years, the same
demand for the tariff reform is receiv
ed with the same kind of credulity
by a certain class of newspaper writ
ers who have not the heart to defend
the principles in wnich they believe,
or who are secretly convinced that the
protective tariff i>oHey of the Republi
can party is wrong in principle, how
ever admirably it may work in prac
tice.—Milwaukee Sentinel.
What Karmen Will Think.
When the farming interest is once
convinced that a protective tariff la
designed simply to protect the man
ipulators of their products, and not to
protect the producers, they will lose
much of their interest in question. The
working man does not follow the rami
fications of the protective system. He
looks only at immediate results. When
the election of next year occur the
Republicans will be in an awkward
position when they are asked by the
farmer constituents why they destroy
the only protection ever granted to the
agriculturist and leave untouched the
duties upon all commodities that the
farmer has to buy—why then continue
the enormous protection afforded the
sugar refiner and at the same time
subject the sugar grower to that com
petition with cheap tropical labor and
conditions which the party has Invari
ably declared to be inimical to the in
terests of the home laborer. Should
the Democrats win this battle by the
aid of Republicans who yield to the
sugar trust, the result of the next na
tional elections may be very different
than that of 1898 and of 1900.—New
Orleans Item.
Shall We Welcome Till* Worm?
Fnl<« to u Ilonm liuliintry.
A position so extraordinary as that
taken by the senior senator from
Michigan needs a more powerful de
fense than that, embodied in a plea
that one industry here at home must
be sacrificed to keep down revolution
ary spirits in the tropics. The policy
of protection is not part of the police
power of this government; nor is it
an associated charities to De drawn
on with sight drafts in favor of for
eigners against the savings of Michi
gan farmers.—Detroit Journal.
Source of Knowledge.
Tn view of tiie many curious errors
of statement contained in his various
j communications on the subject of
sugar and tobacco values, exports, etc.,
there is room for the reasonable de
duction that the knowledge possessed
by Gen. Wood, military governor of
Cuba, regarding economic and trade
conditions has been chiefly derived
from the pages of materia medica.
Ile»rtle»s Offspring.
The Democrats keep hopping up an J
declaring that the tariff is the mother
of trusts. Now the sugar trust is
clamoring for the removal of the tariff
on sugar. Don’t it beat thunder that
the sugar trust wants congress to kill
its mammy?—Moravian Falls (N. C.),
Yellow Jacket.
Flat Free Trude.
The reciprocity which lets in a
pound of foicign goods to supplant an
American article, whether hy recipro
cal arrangement or not, is flat free
trade.—New York Press.
Had New* for Thirsty Men.
Beer drinkers will probably "view
I with alarm" the present startling con
dition of the hop market in this coun
try. In the United States last sea
son's crop of hops was 150,000 bales.
Of these only 10,000 halos remain on
the coast, and the total number of
bales In New York state Is not more
than 2.500. These figures include all
grades of hops, and as brewers are
not heavily stocked generally, there Is
a decided prospect of a hop famine.
New hops will not be harvested until
September.
The funny man may spring his
joke about the brewers not needing
hops when brewing most of the u -er
sold to thirsty persons in this eUy
but the dealers are watching the mar
ket anxiously, and are exceedingly re
luctant about making sales at the
present prices. The brewers are cor
respondingly eager to buy enough
hops to carry them through uie year
before the price is raised.
THIS MAN IS FROM CHIOAGO.
H»'» doing to Introduce Monkeys as
Fitrm Hands In the South.
Paul Kuntz, a Chicago man, who baa
extensive interests In the south, is
now in Arkansas with a party of
northern capitalists, has a plan for the
solution of the labor problem In the
south. The remedy, says Mr. Kuntz,
lies In the substitution of monkeys
for the negro.
Thus far Mr. Kuntz’s plans only look
to the replacing of the negro by a
monkey in the cotton-picking season.
He says he knows monkeys and their
capacities, and is confident that they
can be so trained as to make the
most efficient kind of cotton-pickers.
They can not only pick as well as the
negro, but they can pick twice as much
in a given time. There are other ad
vantages attendant upon their em
ployment. One is that they will not
demand wages, and this Item will be
an immense advantage to the planter.
Neither will they form labor unions,
and the union principle that Is gaining
a foothold among the negroes is not
encouraged on the big plantations.
Mr. Kuntz derives his knowledge of
monkeys from observation of them in
Africa, of which country he Is a na
tive. He Is so well satisfied that they
can he trained to do the work In the
cotton fields that he now has a large
consignment of them on the way from
that country, which he proposes to
employ on a cotton plantation which
he owns. He says that Ills experience
has demonstrated to his satisfaction
that the monkey can be trained to
perform any kind of manual labor re
quiring skill and application. The
work must not he too laborious, as the
monkey has not the strength requisite
for heavy labor.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
Senator Mason Iielate* III* First fcx
perloiice with One.
Senator Mason has written an ar
tide about ‘ The Farce of Executive
Sessions.” After telling of his awe of
executive sessions when he was a rep
resentative lie describes his first closed
session after he became a senator:
“A senator from New England arose
nnd solemnly and earnestly moved that
we go into executive session. The bells
all over the senate end of the capital
rang and made music to my ears. The
chief page clapped his hands three
times and the pages all rushed from our
sacred presence. Amid the ringing of
bells and the rushing of feet the peo
ple were all moved out, the doors were
closed and we were alone!
“Thereupon the senator who had
moved the executive session struck a
match in the usual way and lit a cigar,
audibly informing his neighbor that it
was the only one he had. He then
moved that John Smith be confirmed
in his $700 postofflee in Podunk. The
vice president of the United States
said, 'Without objection it is so order
ed.’ A motion to adjourn was carried.
Tn one moment my dream was bro
ken.”
YVelMter Wunted HI* Drink.
Benjamin Prouty of Boston, an old
time Now Englander, at the Park Ave
nue, told last night bow he was born
and brought up and still spends his
summers at the village of Queen Anne's
Coiner in Plymouth county. Mass.
When he was a boy he often saw Dan
iel Webster. He said: “Until a few
years ago there stood at the Corners
nn old tavern called the Half-Way
house. Daniel Webster used to stop
there for dinner on his trips between
Boston and his home in Mansfield. One
day everybody nl the tavern had gone
to a circus except a lad of 15 years,
who was ordered not to serve any
liquors, Webster drove up at dinner
time, ordered his meal and then asked
for a drink. The boy refused him.
Webster urged, threatened, command
ed, but it was of no use. The boy was
firm. When the landlord returned
from the circus and heard of it he
drubbed the boy for losing him a good
customer. But the statesman rather
respected the lad for his stubbornness
when his first wrath had gone. Ho
came again as before, and oft»n gave
tile boy a quarter.”
Trains Need Not Stop.
Among the patents which have been
recently granted in the United States
may be mentioned one issued to John
W. Jenkins. New York City, for an in
teresting system whereby passenger!!
are to be discharged from a train with
out the necessity of stopping at sta
tions. The characteristic feature of the
invention resides in the employment
of a number of “saddle cars,’’ which
are successively taken up and dropped
from the moving train, and through
the medium of which passengers may
enter or leave a train without inter
rupting its movement.
Patents in France.
In order that a patent may be ob
tained in France, the three following
conditions are necessary; That the
invention be absolutely new; that it
possess an industrial character; that
it be not contrary to public order or
security; good morals, or the laws of
the country. An invention is not con
sidered new when, previous to the
date of filing of the application, it has
received sufficient publicity in France
or abroad to render it easy of imita
tion.
Czar to Receive Savage Visitors.
By permission of the czar the emir
of Bokhara, in company witli his son
and heiv, Seid-Mir-Alemin, will visit
bi. Petersburg soon.
Sweden's Telephone System.
The telephone service in Sweden is
about to be taken in hand by the stare,
the two telephone companies being
bought out for £650,000.