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THE RED CLOUD CHI Kl? t & waM ii uxwiL. .. IKSMB iWUBIhi'.Jitr.E.'M, ' r Wilfe2 ." .Alsr llr-J ii r BOK.BBfi r H BffiUT fW!1f" nBSi . .ttJ-!' .-.f CciUUH U u u lu3si Iw seen my Dorothv n:ul wanted tuo out P'fi ( V If V 1 I Hit1 SI MVP ' ",'l ! ,"' 1 I'1. lettm H"' of t h of the wnv iinil lie got mo mii-- ' ' iwVIli Wl III I. NVIMi,l)H Worl. vv is continued and tlio BMAer 9HH1 INTERNATIONAL PHZS3 ASSOCIATION. niPTi:n XXXI (Continued ) "Toll mo lio said peisu tsivol.v "No- not now some ilay pot haps' sh 1 answoied. You shall tell mo iur.' said Loul .Aylmer, steadily. Hi' looked ho handsome and ho do tot mined that intltl In another mo ment Dorothy would havo given In and Wli did you coino out, thou, eh' Yott got. the post that was moant for mo" "Loul Aylmer got tho appointment, and 1 had to como I had no oholco. I shouldn't ho hoio If I had. ou may ho mho," Dick aiiHwoiod "Ah! land Avlnior. Qiiooi old chap, oh?" "Awful oh) liriUo." said Dick, with a tho mischief would havo boon out. bill sigh; "hut bo happens for the present firtunatolv at that momont r.uher 1 to bo tho mloi of my foi tunes, and a Imor "' sho Ili-and cinio In. ' Oh' is that you. Loul mild pleasantly. ' Lou! Aylmoi dropped Doiothy' Jiuul.s with an In waul oittse. but hoi Turned to greet Miss Hum! with his1 blandest smile and most umlealil" xoloo So tho opportunity w is lost foi that tbiv. "May ! join ou In your dilve?" ho aiid, nftcr a few minutes 'Why. stiroly; ll is jour oairlao," answoied Dorothy. "Whenever you caio to tuo It, It Is jours," said Lord A.vlmei gallantly. So It happened that tho two ladles and Uird Aylmer went for a drive to gether. And whilst the woie tithing lilting Kensington Goro, a voting man vlio was walking with a lad and a UHlo girl ioeoKnl7"d Loul j Imor. and lifted Ills hat. Loul Al:nor looked annoyed, but ho had no othei holoo than to ialm liis hat In solum "Who Is that?" aslced Ksthrt "Oh, some young man or other -I really cannot, tell vou." ho answoied. nd Dotothy wit baek in tho outtlago not feellstg sorry that tho voting man had lecognlrod Loul A liner. beeaiiHO In Hie lady walking lecognlcd the lady beside him sho with the cold, 6 S 11 . Mm still OH! is that you: serene eyes who oceuplnd tho Hat aboo in 1 own. Rut Lsthor. who had a dumb and ludulnablc sense of something xvsong, and had ?oen tho look of In tense annoyance on his fao, ehoso that moment, of all othois. to nsk Loul Ayl mer the one iiuostlon which, though who did not know it, was tho most avvlt xvau'i of any thai ahe eould !iao asked Mm. "It; Lady Aylmer in town?" she ask ed abruptly. ".'us." lie was positively rairprlscd into n al.liiK the adinlbsion. "Oh! then I suppose alio will be eall ins on my cousin btfme long"' lather scarcely put tho rematk In the foim of a iiuostlon and yet It waa a question. Loul A liner found himself in the face of a dllllriilty for which he was not prepaied. Yet he made haste to answer, for Dorothys cousin was vmphatlcally a young woman who toultl not bo Ignored. "I do not think I can answer for Lady A) Imor in that re spect," ho aald, with Ills most puiKllll ou.s air. "She and 1 do not In any way live tho same life, do not lslt in the name society, excopt so much us Is un avoidable nt Aylmer's Hold. In fact, we do not got on ery well together mora Is tho pity and sho j!"es her way und I go mine, without one in any v;ay trying to Inlluonco tho other. It '.s Just posHiblo that Lady Aylmer may call on Mrs. Hauls; but, again, it Is exceedingly probable that nothing would Induco her to do so Koally. I cannot answer for her one way 01 the other." Ihoiough-golng old maitlnet ho is, too. ' "All! 1 saw him the other day " Did; looked up with mmio Intel est "Did j 011, though" In town '" "Yes." Now. town to Dick meant whore D01 othy was, and for half an Instant he had a wild Idea that this man might be able to ghe him news of her. It died almost In Its bltth. however, and lie said, Indlffoientl.v enough. "Were you In town long"" "A fortnight altogethei. My sistet lives In town, ou know." "No, 1 dldn't'-dldn't know ou had a sister." "Oh, .ve.s; she's a widow had a llt tlo Hat." "A llat" Dick pilckod up his eara "Yes Who "In Kensington Palate Mansions thev'10 alhd." "In Palate Mansions'.' Dick man aged to lepoat. The whole world seemed to be blot ting out lu a stiuugo. and Insidious fashion, and It was two or thiee minutes before Dick tame to Ills full s-onses again. "I don't think she ought to live theie." Mar 'ton went on. not looking at Dick, hut attending to his pipe. "Liv ing alone except for the child. You pever know what tho other people aie, don't oil know. Now. theie's a piettj little woman living lu the llat below her " "What number l.s .vour Hl?tei'"" Ditk asked In a haish. stialued vole. "No. li," Maiston answoied. In the Hash of an Instant Dick had made a wild calculation. Yes, he meant Doroth.- bv "a piotty little wo man." "Well?" he said. W felt slek and faint and rold: ho know that now he was on tho eve ol new-., and MarMon's tone had made him di cad to hear It. Marstou, all In Ignoiaiuo. went on speaking, "rfueli a piotty girl. 1 saw her several times fairish hair and dellcatt -looking, almost like a huh. Well, she went to live In the llat below my sistei's and was veiy quiet. Hus band came and went. My sister fan cied il was a bit suspicious, and was caicful to get no acquaintance with her. Well, for some months all went amoothly and quietly enough, then she heard, thiough her sen ants, 1 sup pote, that Mrs. Harris' husband had gone oil to India, and that she wna going out later when the thlld was born." "Was thojo a child''" Dick asked, lie was trembling so that ho could seaice ly foice his lips to frame the wouls. Maiston noticed nothing, hut went on with tho story. "A child. I don't knovr If there was one then these a one now. I've seen It." Did; sat ntill by a mighty effort, "Well." he said. "Well, only a few days after the poor chap bad gone my sister saw her hand ed Into a smart carriage by an old gen tleman lieaul the footman eall him 'my lord' pair of hlghstepplng houses all In giand stylo. And now that car lingo is always their, and who do jou think the old gentleman is?" "How should I know?" answered Dick, who was going over and over the postscript of his uncle's letter. "You'll know when 1 tell vou," said of of tho wa.v and inv dai ling but no, no I will bellevo nothing nothing until I havo seen Iiim. As stKin as lorrt Skevrerslelgh re turned to the house Dick sent to tM if he could see him. and to him he ex plained HOinothliig of the position ot affalis. ending with "1 must go 1 home, If ll costs me all 1 havo lu the I world" I Now, It happened that lord Skev- verslelgb. though ho liked Dick vciy well, bad paitlcnlaily wished to make. I Maiston his lltouuy secietarv. and had 1 he boon able to 1 of use his old filoml Ajltner ho would certainly havo done so There woio. however, eortaln pages of past hlstor.v which piactlcall.v pre cluded this possibility, but thov did not pieclttdo him fiom allowing Dick to thtow up his appointment and betake himself homo as soon as ho liked, and with the eiv next steamer Dii k said good-b.v to India ami to (!ov eminent Douse and set sill for his native coun tr., hill rv lug off the boat at lliindlsl and Journeying homowaul overland like an avenging spirit with whom the wicked old in. m who was the head of his house would havo a vei.v haul ret K onlng and but scant quaitci Tor always In his heart theie was that piteous appral "This long si letuo Is killing mo for Cod's saku put 1110 out of suspense, one wa.v or tins othei " ('lAPI'DU XXXIII. ad Y dint of haul tiavollng day and night Dick accom pllshed his Journey home from India lu ll f t e o n days a short time in which to trnverso such a distance, but oh, how long It seemed to Dick's anxious heart and fevorlah fast P. and 0. boat Imagination' Tin scorned to be standing still, the pas sage through the Sue. Canal was mad iloiilng, although they went stiaight through, which vvn as luckj as un usual. Then theie weio the seemingly endles.s dolavs in getting off the steam er and Into the train at lliindlsl, and when at last they weio 1'ilily off the tialn n-enied to tiawl along no faster than tho boat Yet, in spite of all this Impatient and vexatious anxiety, Dick made an unusiiallv quick journey home, and In (If teen da.vs from touching at Bombay ho found himself walking along tho platfoim of tho Vlctosla sta tion. It was hard on the time of Christ mas crowds of people weio hill r lug to and fio, most of them with that buy and Impatient look upon their fates whlih even the dullest petom generally assume at the nppioach ol the festive season. Hut Dick did not tumble himself much about them. He had very little luggage to Impede him, all his heavy baggage having been left in the steamer to come by sea- la fact, he had only his ordinary port manteau and his hat-box, a couple of rugs and his stick, all of these be had with him lu the cai tinge, so that ho was almost the Hist paasougor to gei Ills luggage pasxoil. "Cub, sir'" asked bin porter. ' ios, hansom," Dltl; answered. The man shouldered the portman teau and wont olf to the ctb 1.111k. Dick following, but ho was not destined to reach It without Interruption, for a? he ciossed the Ies3 crowded part of the platfoim he heard an exclamation ol surprise and found hlmselt face to fate with Lady Aylmer. "Dick. Dick, Is It you?" she eilod, stating at him. Dick put out his hands to her. "Yo Lady Aylmer," he said; "I've corns back. I'm In Double hoi rid trouble!" "My dear boy. how"" she cried. Did; looked about Iiim; he was anx ious not to waste a moment in gettlnt; to Palace Mansions. "You are going away," ho said, uneasily. "I am keep ing you. It is a long story, and I ma anxious to got homo to my wife." (To bo Continued ) DnAv: st:AMt:N rnoM AMuni- CAN SHIPS DID OAHING AT CIENI-UEGOS. CUUA. fiiiinlitriN sliimt trttux Mm:ihI llittriir mil Itllli' I'll I poll tho lltnilrul of Itlncjiii lu-tH (IiiIci-mI In sewr tin' Nlr." l.rnlliiK Into I tin l!jr. Amid a petfm-t storm of shot from Spanish titles and battel les the Ahum -lean folios cut the cables at Clenfuo gos Weiluesihi.v inoinlng, Ma.v It. I'oui determined boat ciowa, unilei command of Lieutenant Wlnslow and Dnslgu Magiuder, from the ctulsei Maiblclicad and the gunboat Nashville put tint f 1 0111 the ships the coast hav ing pievlotislv been shelled The wink of the voluuteeis was pctltou. and 0110 was killed while luavel.v doing his du ty, six oilieiH being seibunlv woundid The man In.itaiitlv klllnl was Pali It k Iteagaii None ot the ships was dam aged to aiiv extent 'I lio t inlsor Mat blehead the gunboat Na-dtv lllo anil tho auxlllaiv tiulM'i Wliuloin tliew up l.OOJ .vauls ft 0111 slum with thdi gun 1 mauiiid for ilcspoiato dut.v One cable bad alteiul.v been out and tho wotk was in piogiessoii the othei when the Spaulauls lu title pits ami a battel v lu an old lighthouse, standing out in tbe iirty. opened nie 1 lie war ships pom oil In a thundetoiis vole. their gloat guns belching foith mass ive shells into the swatms of the ene my. The crows of the boats oaluil, proceeded with their ik'spetato work, notwithstanding tho fact that a num ber hnd fallen, and finished It, lelitin ing to the ships thiough a Id tiding smoke and a hcavv Die More than 1,01)0 lufantiymen on shore kept up a continuous Hto and tho bul lets ftom the machine guns stiuck the wnrshlps a hundred times, but did no great damage. Commander Mav until of the gunbo.it Nashville was sllghtlv wounded by a ride bullet that befoto nti Iking lil til passed thiough th aim of an ensign, witos-e name Is unknown Lieutenant Wlnslow was shot 'n the ham!, making three olllcets wounded lit all. After the Sp.uil.il ds bad been di hen from the tillo pits munj of them took sefiigo In tho lighthouse foittess, eaoin cm i ho Spanlarls bad bv till time suf fc'.ed sim oie loss Their shots from the lighthouse stiuck the win ships se ei al times, anil, although I hoy did not tlo much damage, the Hie moused the ilotei initiation of the American olllceis to oxtoi minute the fott. 'Iheteaftei. for the moment, the Hie of the win t hips was concentiiited upon the light house and the linpiovised fott was blown to pieces As Hum t weio gtoat uumbots of Kpanluuls lu and behind the fott nt the lime there Is no doubt thai iiian.v of them weio killed i he Matblehead and the Nashville uod their heaviest gnus at well as theli 1 mall tapld-Htc giiu.i and hundred of shots wete thtow 11 Into tho S,mnbilt t inapt The Matblehead was ntritek scores of times bj bullets ftom machine guns and tho Nashville Mtiffoied to about the same extent The Wluilom also had tnaiiv tn.ii Ks of the fiav. Hot shell blowing up the lighthouse and retttet tut, tho Simulants lu all dltet lions end oil the bailie The cable which was rut at (ienfite gos extended ftom that city to Santiago do Cuba It docs not sever cable com tniiuliatlon with Cuba, as IIumo it an other lino In operation between San tiago do Cuba and Kingston .hi ma Ira The sevetetl cable In owned hj the Cu ba Subin.it lite uitnpiitiv. Tin 0110 op erating to Kingston Is owned by the I West India Panama tomp my Tho lat ter Is the only Hue not lu control of tho Cnltoil States government The cable fiom Havana to Key West Is continued b I'ulted Slates olllclals. It was a shot from the font -Inch gnu of tho Wlndont which knocked over the lighthouse, In command of that gnu division w.h Lieutenant Crisp, and Cooper was tho gunner who llred tho shot Tho Spanish loss Is estimated al too. The Mghthousi was demolished, tho aisenal dostrovod and the battel les on sboio silenced The town was set on Hto by shells ftom the A mot lean lleut. Citlli'il It I '11 nil I lire llrilli'lin. "The secict of never wanting new things is to keep the old ones well nn'Udeil," said a wise housekeeper, as she exhibited the shelf whcio she kept. CAnTLHS AHE GAYEH. limn l,tr llrfiiri. noil Start line Trtf llUllltinr.v. New York Sun (inUers nre finyor than over befoto. No woman dream of wealing plain elastic I anils to keep up her stockings nowndavH. Indeed, garteis am now iniiilo mi many colored that the ilvnl the fashionable hosiery Itself when it eonies to startling btll llancy. A garter can como alo.it as near mm ring ot making a womun'M happiness as any trilling aceestuiy to her toilet Women generally, long .. ........ 1 1 .. i.i,.i. I ngo, gave up ine elastic mum .. .. I held the stocking up below or uLovo tho I kino Health ctilturlHts tlrst told them that It was Inlutlous, pi event lug ier feit circulation, but the sex dung to It with its bojeweleil buckles and beau t If ill lows of ilbbon. Then the etil tuilsts told them thai the round gar ter would spoil the shape of the leg. and they iliopod It like a hot cilto and adopted th" suspender gaiter or stoiklng siippotlot, as It Is oftenud enllod The newest Hitppotters are made of ver hio.nl and fancy silk elas tic In biilllanl Stotth plaids or Roman stripes, or else plain elastic coveted with slbbons that would shame Jos eph's coat, put on full Tho catches and side buckles nte of white metal, silver, silver glided and pure gold, and some of thorn are studden with pro ilotis and Htiul-piecloiis gems. Oho iitylo fastens around the waist of tint weaiet by means of a natlu bolt miitch linr In color the predominating color of the elastic, the othrr fastens at tho side of the corset with catch pins. Both methods are unsatisfactory. The wnlst h.iutl Is warm In summer, and dc ntrovrt the llniM about the waist. It Is, Indeed, Impossible for a woman In clined to be atout. 'I he other. If of such a length as to keep the stocking up ptoperly, pulls on tho corset and gives the wonror a most uncomfort able, tired feeling toward the end of the tiny. All of these drawbacks have a tendency to make a woman conclude thai after all her great grandmother was right In declining that the most sat Isfat lory gaiter In the world wu3 a siting toin fiom n selvedge edge of n piece tif llminel and wi tipped Just loose enough for tomiort and light enough for tonvenlonee about the slot king above or below the knee. A IV romtttS I (WWW VfiM m. M3 1 : yvsn '. CHAPTER XXXII. Rfi N a vetandn of lb" Government House at Madias, Dick Aylmer sat smok ing -smoking and ; (jAV, blooding over the inexplicable tangle which we call life. v had now been thiee months with out tine woul fiom Dorotln He did Hot know If the child had been born or not, If mother 01 child wore living or dead, If Dorothy, Ills dear little wife, were false or tine. Ho had heard from nor once nftrr teaching India, when hho had written 'n good spirits mid with many words of love for him, and In fondest anticipation of their meet Ins In a. few months' time. "A'hllo lio was sitting there brooding over his thoughts, a young man dress ed In wnlto garments came through a doorway behind him, and pulled up a big ehnlr a llttlo nearor to Dick's, in "hloh ho caiefully disposed hlmsolf. "Really, Dick," he remarked. "I don't call this hnlf a hail place. Not so Jolly as London, ot course, but .still not half Lad." "I hnto It." answered Dick, ohostly. Tho other, Push from homo, looked nt him with amused pity. "Poor old chap! JiU town butter. Yea, of courae. SB X 1 4KtO ' "" - I Kx .. OLfffitv tut iimiui fc Vrii' v,H,:Ji''l( . hi & if.fer--;-- ,.,,;.. ii,r- . y . s tiiom !).Mt,vmnite'jar- wmmwwmimmurm&t- - s- 1 nil i n fi n rriiMWji hfii r imiTTTiinir -... innritrfTiimg i iiri 1 I " Ti-- 7. cotymun flAfiVtm o,r.tv.."M! 3Sa MftiO (TrttWmann sci:ni: oi-1 Tin: riairr ovi:r tiii: ccttino of th i: carles, may 11. IMPOSrilHLi:! Mars5ton with a ehucklo: "It was your old tii'c'e. Lord Aylmer." "Impossible"' Dick burst out. "Not Impossible nt all. my dear chap." said Maiston coolly. "I saw her dilvlug with him nivself. anil Jolly w 1 etched she looked over It. I must nay ! pitied tho poor devil out heio; but I daio say he Is having it very good tlmo all the same. Kb? What?" ho naked of a native servant, who had noiselessly appmatiieil him. "My lady wishes to speak to jou, sir." said the man, who spoke very good Lngllsh. "Oh, all sight, I'll come," and Mar stou went In, leaving poor Dick to light his battle of pain alone. So that was It, after nil. No, ho wouldn't believe It, and yet yet how could ho help believing It? Marston had told him tho plain, unvarnished facts, not knowing that Dick Aylmer mid Mrs. Han Is' husband wcioononnd tho some mnn. So this was why his undo bad suddenly taken a guiding hand lu his fortunes thin was why he shipped him off to India, at what mlpht bo called a moment's notice. "Ho had WHAT "G. S. H." MEANT. CiihtlNtlr l.t'ltri mi mi Kci; rin.ill.i In trrjiri'ttil ltl-litlj. The Poitlaud Hxpiess Is lesponslble, for this stoty. A lady on Pearl stieet purchased a dozen eggs nt Wilson's grocety r.toie the other day. On one of the eggs she found the cabalistic letteis, (5. S. II, The event was noised among the neighbors, and It eteateil a gloat deal of excitement. All the women assembled at the house of the lady who found the egg, and held a consultation. It was unan imously agieed that tho letters weio piophetle of something, but what" One lady suggested that It meant "Give SiuneiK Help." Another suggested that It meant 'Cod Sends Help." still an other raid It meant thnt "God Savei Heathens ' Another declined that It meant that 'God Sends Hatninny." A certain old hnlv, who Is well known for her religious devotion, had not taken part In the discussion, but sat Intently listening to her slstois, who were becoming quite animated. Suddenly this good old lady lumpetj to her feet, and In tones of exultation declared that she had flguied out what tho letttrs on tho egg stood for. With the Hre of ilghttous Indignation sp.uk llng !n her eyes she decbued that the letters meant "GIvo Spain Hell." All piesent at onco iiuanlniously agreed that the Interpretation was iight.- Lowlhton (Me.) .lournal. "I'rliiiiiiii Up." 'Raatus "Pete, ain't yo thiough piimpln' fo' ilo cake walk y't?" Pete "Not quite; gottoi git or lettlo snoro algo on do sazali." New York Jons, nal. When a widower couits a widow they tre both lu favor of a new tilal. upon which tho Hie of the warships had been centeied. A four-inch shell fiom tho Windom tote this struttuio to pieces, killing many and burvlng others in tho ruins. Tho SpaulBli loss Is known to havo been very heavy, the warships Hi lug hundreds of shells right into their midst The United States erulser Maihle hend. tho gunboat Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser Windom steamed up to tho hnibnr of Clenfuegcs oaily Wed nesday snoilng with aiders to cut tho cablo connecting Havani with Santia go do Cuba. This task was nciotn pllshed, but only after a terrific flght K'tween the w.n ships nnd several thousand Spanish ttonps, which lined the shoro and lay concealed behind lm-provit-cil breaatwosks. Soon after the ai rival of the war ships olf Clonfuegoa four boats were launched and ptoreedod In shore for tho purpote of grappling for the cable in ouler to cut It. Tho wairfhlps lay to about 1,000 ynrda or siiose o!f the hat bin. It was observed that t!'o Spinish troops had asteniblrd ashore, but It was not known that heavy gum had been plccil In a masked batteiy and that the old lighthouse, tar out on a neck of laud, had been transformed Into a foimldable fott. The small boats proc 'oded cautiously nnd for more than an hour worktd un molested on tho cal le. Suddonlv. Just as tho work was about completed, the shote battery flrod a shell at the boats. It was followed by otheis. and tin Spanish infantry opened lire then with their lilies. Then, llko a Hash, the Matblehead sent a shell Inland and followed It with a perfect shower of shot. The Nnshvillo was quick to fol low suit, and the llttlo Windom cut loose with her four-pounders In tho meanwhllo Spanish bullets fell In every dliectlou around tho small bnnts. Though the attack had como suddenly and Hetcely too blue Jii'kets wore not dlsniajeJ, ard, pra- wiiat she called "furniture medicine." Theie weio tins of different colors of paints and enamel, brushes of several sios, a bottle of liquid gilt, some good glue, ami remnants of all the dllfoiont kinds of wall paper. A handsome slx leavcd Japanrje set eon hnd been bad ly mutilated by u careless housemaid, so that two of Its panels vveie unsight ly. She patched the gashes caiefully with court plaster, and with a box of watei colors nnd the liquid gilt ho con cealed the patches that It was as good as new. A snniowhat top-heavy hut stui dy little boy made a seat of the handsome Chinese porcelain umbrel la Jar, when down came both boy and Jnr, the lattor In a doen pieces. It was not therefor discarded, hut piecing It with tho greatest cure with cement, a iTimli was dipped in liquid gilt mid covered nil tho rrai ks, which, from their ig-yag dlieetlons, really added to Its oriental appeal auco.- Shoit Skits. woman who will Invent a really artis tic nnd, at the same time, comfortable stocking supporter will strike a Klondike. 'I wo Natural Fiiis. Water will extinguish Hro beca'tse the water foiins a coating over tho fuel, which keeps It from tho alt, and the conversion of w titer Into steam drawn off tho heat front tho burning fuel. A little water makes a Hie floj cor, while a largo quantity of water puts It out. The explanation Is that water Is comioitd of oxyp.on nnd hvdtogen. When, therefore, the Hre can docompnno tho water Into Its idniplo elements It serves as f id to tho Haines. t'.i fn hIiiiiciiU In Suit! mil. In tho couiso of tho arguments be fore tho house of louls lu a caso lu which the necessity for additional to fiei'hinont accommodation at Oban btatlon moso Lord Watson, himself a Scotchman, Interposed ami remarked that rofre-dnncntByin that part of rtsot land hnd only one moaning and that whisky. I'rrnturo nt tlin Htt. There nre spots In tho ocean whero tho water Is Hvo mllos deep. If It Is ti ue that tho pressure of tho water ou nsiy body In tho water Is ono pound to tho bquaio Inch for every two feet of tho depth anything nt tho bottom of ono of tho "Hvo-mllo holes" would havo a prepsuro about It of 13,200 feet to every square Inch. There Is nothing of hiininn manufacture that would re sist such a pleasure. That it exists thoro Is no doubt. It Is known that the pressure on a well-corked glass bottle nt tho depth of 300 feet Is so great that tho water will forco its way through tho poies of tho glass. It Is also imid that pieces of wootl havo been weighted and sunk In the sea to such a depth thnt tho tissues havo become ho condensed that tho wood has lost Its buoyancy nnd would never float nealn. It could not bo even mado ti bum when dty. 'llii' C.ir lit Ilonir. Aloxander III., the late czar of Ria fla, vas said to he an autocrat even la tho l-osom of his family. Nicholas II., however, Is tho very ioverso. He re gards his consort as a good comrade and when In urgent cases ministers seel; an audience Into In tho evening ho Is Invariably to bo found In her com pany, chatting and laughing without sestialnt. Tho tzar Is generally occu pied nt his desk, while, tho czarina bus ies herself with omhsoldery work. Im mediately a minister enters sho rise ns If to rctlro, hut more often thar. othorwiEo tho czar informs herthn sho Is not one too many. From It llnctiirs Cut Off. One of tho provisions of tho French, codo forbids a doctor to luherlt prop erty loft him by a deccaaid patient. ity"