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nsehsrOrt.s Autos,osrashy.

II Is an unusually entertaining book which
NJ. HENRI RocnEroRT has given Ne under the
title Of The Adventures Of Ny Life. in two
volumos. arranged for English roadern. and
translated by ERNEST w. SMITH. Edward
Arnold). 1t In we'll known that the authors
life has been full Of strange vicisrltudes. He
himself compares his career to that Of q man on
. swltchback railway. continually plunged
from the highest summits into the darkest
depths. For example, H. was but a few months
after the day when the popuiists threw down
the Sainte P6lsgie prison doors to liberate
Roohefort and carry him In triumph to take
his seat In the National Defence Government
that he was dragged to Versailles In chains and
threatened with denth. He rehearsed, no tells
us, his execution in the narrow cell of the YER
saiiles prison when IL was declared to bo i'm
mlnent, as he had no desire to DO taken una
wares. As It turned out, death at the hands OF
q firing party was replaced. In his case, by q
slower, though, rs 1t was believed no loss sure
mode of execution, namely, perpetual incarcer-
alton In n fortified place. He was transported
TO the most cannibalistic part of the sntipodes.
but when friends and enemies alike believed
that he had been melted by the tropical heat, he
was Suddenly discovered taking a header into
the Pacific Ocean, and turning up again in Eu-
rope. Rochefort's life has been even more
varied than aRitated. As the son OF a dramatic
villes. IS journalist, Deputy. and outlaw. he
has moved In all classes Of society. He has
traversed life in the midst of ups and downs.
rubbing elbows with many celebrated men, and
playing . role in many q catastrophe.
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J..

At the age NJ IL Henri Rochefort was sent to
boarding school In tho College Saint Louis.
Recalling his school experience, he says that he
has boon incarcerated In a great number Of
prisons. Including tho iron cage between the
decks Of the vessel which transported him to
New Caledonia, yet his heart was light on enter
ing these various jaIls compared with what he
felt when he walked for the first time through
the passages OF the Saint Louis College, then
situated In the Rue dc Ia Harpe. Tho body
alone Ia held captive in prison, whereas French
boarding school life Ia n system Of imprisonment
accompanied by a surveillance which haunts
you from the time you put your stockings on In
the morning until you return to bed. Such a
school, Rochefort tells us. is q physical, intel
~lectual, and moral hell.
At the age Of ID Rochefort left the College
Saint Louis with n degree. and, as his parents
could not AFFORD TO support him, he became =
tutor In the family OF the Comtesse dc Mont
bran. He WAS employed for two hours q day,
aud received for his services $3.50 = month.
Presently he set to work TO write plays, but re-
esived not the least encouragement to follow
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III.

With regard to the Empress Eugenie. who Ia
here spoken of as Mme. Bonaparte. we are told
that Rochefort used to see her while she was
still Mile. de Montijo, riding In the Bols de
Boulogne. In the course of my morning
walks" he writes. II nearly always saw an
Amazon with suave expression and dropping
eyelashes. whom | noticed rather attentively for
two reasons. The first was that she resembled
one Of my cousins; the second was because she
was usually accompanied by a gentleman on
horseback, whom l had seen at important pic
ture sales. and whom | afterward discovered
was ono of Banker ARuado's sons. Stories of
the early meetings between the Emperor
and his fancee. and her published por-
traits, enabled me to identify the Amazon
with the dropping eyelashes. which, ! sup
pose. she knew how to raise at tho right mo-
ment." At this period. It seems, the color Of
her hair bordered upon auburn. 1t WAS not
copper-colored. and still less cnrroty, but had
the veritable Venetian and Titianesque tint.
Two years later her hair gradually became
lighter. thanks to a p~dllettes dor powdering.
This extlnguished the brilliancy of her locks.
The fashion was soon adopted BY tho cocodettes
OF the Second Empire. The explosion OF In
credulity with which tho rumors of this mar
riage were received and the general stupefac-
tion exhibited when the news became official.
are well known. The family called imperial, by
which Is meant the Princess Mathilde among
others. was especially eIaspersted. The WICK
eldest stories and the bitterest quatrains
emanated from the Emperor's r~elativos. NJ.
Rochefort points out that Napoleon ILL.,, who was
never very PArislan. aggravated the opposition
By the sort OF challenge he inserted in his
manifesto" He had tho want Of tact to soy
In his matrimonial announcement that he was
marrying a woman no loved and respected"
Asif a man ever had the cynicism to avow
that he married q woman he did not respect.
] 1t was q clear way OF saying to his people.
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After writing for some time for the Figaro.
Rochefort started the Ldntcrne. which. how
ever. WINS presently seized, ana the editor had to
go into exile. This was In 1858. While In
Brussels he saw n good deal Of Victor Hugo.
The latter was at this time 20 years old. but, In
spite OF his long life of struggle and uninter-
rupted labor, he showed no sign OF age OF wcari-
ness. His beard had become u little grayer. but
his complexion was fresh, and his beautiful
forehead. beneath which chances OF remarkable
penetration arted out like arrows. still retained
a marble-like polish. Many people picture .
great poet as always walking In the aureole of
his glory. NJ. Rochefort tells us that no more or
roneous idea could be formed OF Victor Hugo. He
was very fond, II seems, of provoking and main
tanning discussions. and accepted with thor
ough good fnith the force OF any arguments
advanced. In the philosophical and literary
debates which arose almost daily In the house
hold, he treated NJ. Rochefort and his sons as
upon an equal footing with himself. and never
assumed the autocrRcy that his genius gave
him. A little incident accounts for the SYM
pathy which the poet showed for tho newcomer
from the first moment OF their acquaintance
ship. One day NJ. Rochefort made II wager
with his son Charles that hc would repeat
the Caravane, one OF the finest passages
OF the Chatiments, from beginning to end.
without missing u syllable. The volume
was held open while ne recited the four
hundred lines without a slip. lie continued
by reeiting fonr other long poems of the mas
ter, and Victor Hugo was so astonished at this
feat OF memory applied to his own work that
tears flooded his eyes. After that II Is easy 10
understand why he regarded NJ. Rochefort al
most as one Of the family. The existence led by
the great writer at this period Is described; 1t
would DO hard TO imagine one more vigorously
regular. Every evening, no matter how inter-
esting the conversation might be. OF how great
the number OF visitors. he went TO bed a. the
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have been summoned at Versailles for the revi-
sion Of the Constitution, and thore "a no doubt
that, under the pressure Of events, the senRte
would have been swept away" 1t appears That
several member nj the Boulnnglst National
COMMITTEES urged their chief to profit by the
precious opportunity. llc rcsolutrly refused
to move ctinR upon the assu,n ption that IL was
possible to obtain power In France by legal
methods. As NJ. kochc!ort points out, no need
only to have glanced ut the history Of tho coun-
try 70 satisfy himself of tho contrary.
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the strides made by the reaction, rsvolted. IN
thoir turn. against Versailles; and II Theirs. IN
alarm, had not publicly engaged to mnintain
the republic. nllthe largo towns would have fall
en- away from him one after the other.' Finding
himself in Paris, Rochefort declared himself In
favor of the Commune, but did not proclaim
himself a partisan OF everything IL might do.
BY and by ho found plenty of ground for criti-
cism. and eventually he was chased from Paris
by the Commune.
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To Claim His Bride.

Fifteen years ago Luther e. Ash, OF
Bennington, Mich, then lad of 10,
was compelled to go to Montana In
search of health. In his letter home
he inquired about his neighbours daugh-
ter, Eliza Spangler, whom he used to
carry on his back to school. When
Eliza got older she correspondent with
the Montana cowboy. Bennington's
beaux used to wonder why she seemed
to care nothing for their attentions.
The other day young man six feet
tall. strong and robust, was seen riding
a pony through the village. No one
knew who it was until they saw the
stranger rein up and dismount in
front of Farmer Spangler's home.
He proved to be Luther Ash, who had
travelled all the way from OK Bow
Mount on horseback to claim Eliza
Spangler as .his wife. He and Eliza
went to Owosso and were made one by
Justice Byerley.
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While James Merrick and Enos
Knowlton, of Coopersville, Mich, were
picking blackberries the other day they
heard some one call for help. Think
ing it was some boys calling for some
sport they at first paid no attention to
it, but the cry kept up and they Anally
concluded that some one was iNally
wanting help. After passing through
the woods for about 80 rods they found
VIM. Thirkettle, Of Berlin, pale as a
ghost. In his right hand he held the
neck of large black snake which was
coiled around his left arm, extending
from his hand to his shoulder After
the snake was removed from Mr.. Thir-
kettles arm and killed it was meas
ured and found to be Just five feet IN
length. Mr.. Thirkettle said he stood
near a tree picking berries and felt
something against his arm, but thought
nothing of it till all at once a snakes
head head appeared in his face. He
quickly seized him by the neck when
the snake frightened his grip on his
arm, and Mr.. Thirkettle could not get
him off. for the harder he pulled on the
snake the closer the snake gripped his
arm and held it as II in vice. Then,
says Mr.. Thirkettle, Il yelled, for
had to-"
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PhylIoxora. Beware!

The highly poisonous nature Of acety>
lene has suggested the possibility OF
employing carbide of calcium as an
insecticide for agricultural purposes.
Tests are proposed in which the carbide
will be thoroughly mixed with earth, so
that under the influence Of moisture,
acetylene may be slowly given off at
the roots of plants. This would haye
the effect of destroying all animal lie,
while the bye-products, consisting OF
chalk and little ammonia, would have
a beneficial influence on the soil. It
is thought that il the method should
be effective, 1t may be turned to very
valuable account as remedy for phyl-
loxera. Whether it would succeed
equally we'll in all weathers, wet or
dry, remains to be proved.
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THEY SAW A GHOST.


Jersey Town II Greatly Excited Over
tho Appearance Of an Apparition.
The crew of freight train No. 407, OF
the Amboy division, Pennsylvania rail-
road. firmly believe that they saw a
ghost while on the run from Jersey
City on Thursday night. The train left
Jersey City at II o'clock on Thursday
night, and, having freight for Wood
bridge, N. j., stopped at that place be-
tween 1 and o'clock in the morning.
Fireman Bender went forward to flag
any approaching train, but his hair
stood on end when he saw a white
form, apparently woman, seated on
stone wall covering small etream and
rapping the stones with stick. He
mustered up courage and asked the
ghost what it wanted In response the
spook gave a blood-curdling cry. AT
this Brakeman Whitehead, who had ar
rived on the scene, hurriedly took to
his heels and sought shelter in the
caboose. When Engineer CampbelPs
attention was attracted to the spook he
exclaimed: "No ghosts for me-" opened
the throttle and rapidly carried his
train away from the haunted spot.
Brakeman Steinmetz Of this city
vouches for the story, and says a fire.
man on another train saw the ghostly
figure at the same spot about a week
before. Several Woodbridge people
also saw the ghost, and the town Is ex-
cited over the strange apparition.-
New York World.
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CHAPTER IX.-(CoSTrNUEp.,

CHAPTER IX.-(CoSTrNUED.,
My thoughts flew to my missing love.
oh! IL she were but beside me-beside
us! for jealousy of Grant had left me.
If we were but gazing together on that
bright moon! If my arm were around
her, and my lips whispering the words
of love into her ear! If her fingers,
with the soft, caressing touch which l
80 well remembered, were resting In
mine! If
l could bear it no longer. l turned
to Grant, and cried in a voice OF an
guish:
"Tell me all! Tell me where she Is!
Give me Viola again!
He turned at my cry. The moonlight
was full on his pale face. His eyes
his features-evinced deep sympathy
and compassion. A fearful thought
ran through me.
"She is not dead?" gasped out.
"No; she is not dead"
"Then where is she? For mercys
sake tell me! See! I have been pa
tient-I have not even asked you! But
the time has GOMEZ must know!
I saw him knit his brows, not an
grily, but as one in deep thought. MY
lips were trembling; my emotion so
great that l could not repeat the ques-
tion.
Breathlessly waited for Grant to
speak. At last, in grave voice, ne
broke silence
you believed the words I spoke
when-when 1 thought I was dying?"
could I be with you now If did not
believe them?"
Twill you believe me when say that
It will be happier for both OF you, II
you never meet or hear again OF one
another?"
"No; I will not believe that. How
can I? She, the wife loved, leaves me
without one word. With my kiss still
warm on her lips. she passes away
from me, it seems, forever! Let me
see her-let me hear why she did this
thingw
Grant was silent; but once more he
took my hand and pressed 1t.
"Tell me-" continued. Remember,
even after all that has recently passed,
4 am justified in asking you to explain
your part in the fight. This is at least
due to me-"
Eyes, you are right, it is. All that
will tell you"
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deliberate manner. 1t struck me even
then that he was weighing every word,
80 as to be sure of saying no more or
no less than was needed.
Julian" he said, Gin order to I'M
derstand my action in the matter, you
must first of all bear in mind the truth
which you guessed intuitively when we
first met. loved Viola with all the
strength of my nature. had loved her
for years, and I was waiting in the
hope that some day she would be mine.
1t was a bitter blow to return home
and find that another man was about
to marry her. 1t needed all my power
of will to hold my feelings from her,
and do what l could to insure her hap
piness"
He sighed and was silent for while.
However" he continued, SHARP as
the pang was at the time, it is now a
thing of the past. / have conquered
myself My love now for Viola is that
of a brother to sister, You will be-
lieve this Loraine?"
1 IL
manner.
Eyes, l have conquered 1t. think
now pour all of my love into my books.
But at that time I worshiped her. 1
would have given my life to have saved
her from grief. Her wish was to me a
command; her smallest request an obli-
CATION to be discharged at all cost.
Leaving this out of the question, her
mother confided her to me. This is
why I did not tell her I loved her. 1
forced myself to wait until she was
twenty-one, then it was too late"
Another pause. I glanced at his
face. It's expression was one of actual
pain. If Eustace Grant had conquered
his hopeless passion, the memory Of it
was still keen.
Remember, also" he went on, II
mistrusted you. I hesittated long
before made UP my mind not to inter-
fere. Your romantic suppression of
your true name and position is ac-
countable for the mistrust 1 felt. So
start with two strong emotions to sway
me-love for Viola, and mistrust OF
the man who was to marry her. Do
you understand"
Eyes; but for mercy's sake, let me
hear what happened"
"On Viola's twenty-first birthday, u
he began
No; l will not give his story in his
own words. j should be bound to
break it hundred times by the inser-
ton Of my calculations and express
sions of wonderment. When ended, ii
left me as completely in the dark as be-
fore. If 1t cleared Viola from the ac-
cusation of vulgar infidelity. II
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ITO BE coNTINUED.D


"See that woman over there with the
pink roses in her. hat?" asked Grim
leigh.
Yes, I see her." replied Dasherton.
What about her?"
See her look over at us and smile
just now?" continued Grimleigh.
Eyes, 1 saw her."
"Ill bet you anything you like she's
a married woman" said Grimleigh en-
phatically.
81 guess you're right" assented
Dasherton. "But what Of it?"
What of it?" echoed Grimleigh.
"Why, think it is disgraceful the way
married women act nowadays. Look
at the way that woman is dressed"
"She is got up rather attractively."
agreed his friend.
"Attractively! She's dressed to kill.
And look at the way she is acting.
Ready to firt with anybody. She would
not have looked over at us and smiled
if she had been single girl"
perhaps not" said Dasherton.
"Of course not" said Grimleigh con-
clusively. "And why, ask you, why
should she, married woman, look
over at us and smile in the deliberate
way she did,"
II am sure I don't know" returned
Dasherton, reflectively, unless"
UNLESS what?" persisted Grimleigh.
"Unless," answered Dasherton, very
quietly, ut is because she is my wife,"
New York World.
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MRS. Joyce.

Society, in New York, the other day.
She had applied to Magistrate Simms
to help her find her husband, George
Joyce, 20 years old, who had saved her
life at watering place on the Pacific
coast in June and married her three
weeks ago. The couple arrived in New
York short of funds and the husband
disappeared. Later a young man ap-
near where stood the noted Westing-
piled to the police for aid in finding his
wife, Belle Joyce. He said he had gone
to Connecticut to attend to some bus
mess and had been robbed. He was
directed to the Gerry society, where.
however, he was not allowed to see his
wife.
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that direction. Mrs. Roberts was caught
in the attempt to sell "doctored" dia-
monds, and but for the suspicion of the
would-be purchaser would have netted
big profit. The diamonds which Mrs.
Roberts tried to dispose of were cheap
yellow stones which had been skillfully
cOlored.
Diamond experts say that stones can
be so skillfully colored that detection
is next to impossible; that there Is
mint of money in such scheme for
the man who can do the coloring clev-
erly, and at the same time use discre-
ton in the disposition Of his goods.
And yet so pefect are the relations
between the importers and dealers in
these precious stones that the thing
has not beeen attempted, commercially
speaking, within the memory OF the
oldest expert.
The stones selected for this treat
ment are yellow stones of poor grade,
in whose cutting little care has been
employed. The fine stones are usually
cut into what Is known as the "knlfe
edge" but in the yellow or inferior
stones 1t is not uncommon to ma
rough edges over which the cutter has
glided carelessly.
It Is these rough edges, so to speak,
which the diamond colorist selects for
his manipulations. BY means OF a
touch, ever so infnitesimal, Of aniline
dye, he is able to impart to the yellow
stone, the beautiful tints which distin-
euish the white and more valuable dia-
mond. When it is remembered that
the white stone, with Its iridescent
blush radiance, is worth more than
twice the yellow diamond, the signifi-
canoe Of the color scheme is at once ap-
parent.
Purple is the most effective color
for this deception. Laid on with fine
brush and then coated with a prepa-
ration OF glue and other substances 1t
will successfully resist the action OF
alcohol which is ordinarily relied upon
by diamond dealers to uncover frauds
of this kind.
That this deception is not more ex-
tensively practiced Is to the undylng
credit of the diamond trade. This Is
q business which first, last and all the
time must proceed upon confidence.
Importers get their diamonds in pack
ages direct from the European cutters,
and the goods are never known to
fall below the grade inscribed upon
the parcels in which they come.
1t will easily be comprehended, how
ever, that an expert colorist could
without fear of detection so manipu-
late inferior stones as to realize large
profits from inexpert but confiding
customers.
There is story current that num-
Der Of apparently magnificent white
stones were once purchased by the
Shah of Persia, who, when they were
brought to him, was engaged in the
discussion Of an American cocktail.
His majesty, while holding one of the
stones between thumb and finger, for
better scrutiny, inadvertently dropped
II into the cocktail. When it was fished
out the diamond was observed to have
changed It's beautiful white and blue
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Nearly two years ago a bcrehole was
started at the Charles D. Kaier Brewing
Campany's plant, in Mahonoy City
Penn, with the supposition that at a
depth Of few hundred feet the drill
would strike sufficient water to supply
the large plant. Month after month
they worked, passing through the coal
measures, and still no water was found.
Lately the hope was centered on the
red shale. Experts claimed that when
.his was encountered there would be a
gush Of water. Now red shale has
been reached, but as yet no water has
been found. The borehole has now
reached the depth of 1000 feet, and the
boring still continues.