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, 1899-01-20
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Thunder can be heard eight miles
away.
Taxes on boards are levied in Jap
Rnese cities.
Coins 1000 years old are in circu-
lation in China.
The eggs of a silkworm are about
the size of mustard seeds.
Wooden legs are used by over l.
900, 900 English speaking men.
Both Mary Queen of Scot. and
George III were buried at midnight.
There are 300, 900 Methodists in
Ohio, 200, 900 in Indiana and 100000 IN
Missouri.
The Scotch thistle is growing in
Greece, although there it is called the
artichoke.
"A pneumatic corset, for the use of
women learning to swim, has peeh
invented.
Hogs are fattened on oranges in
Paraguay, and orange-fed pork is said
to be very good.
Fowls are plucked alive in Malta,
in the public markets, and in some
parts of England.
The oldest family in the British
Islands is that of Mar in Scotland,
which dates from 1893.
Bamboo pens still retain their hold
In India, where they have been In use
for more han 1000 years.
Since 1895 the Protestant Episcopal
church in this country has added 92,-
900 members to its churches.
An average star of the first magni-
tude is one hundred times as bright
as one of the sixth magnitude.
-Byra, a town in Africa, is built en-
tirely of zinc. The public buildings
A.1 ~A-t10,aAa Is6 not anGf mora imam
$50, 900.
third German soldier had a map of the
country through which he was traV-
cling.
Thirty years ago there were only
two dozen explosive compounds known
to chemists; now there are over a
thousand.
H. The nails of the Chinese nobility
sometimes attain the length of eigh-
teen inches, being protected by long
silver cases.
"A medical authority in Berlin,
Germany, declares hat not one of Ger
many's professional bicyclists has 6
sound heart.
In the eighteenth century Polisf
ladies obliged their daughters to veal
little bells in order to proclaim where
they were all the time.
1t is announced that a first-clas'
meteorological observatory is to b'
bullion the Zugspitze, the highes
mountain in Germany.
The poorer students at the universe
ty of Vienna have a mensa academica
} at which they can get a dinner an
supper for $40 a month.
From China $3.50, 900 worth of human
hair is exported annually. 1t come
mostly from the heads of m~ale-factor
paupers and dead people.
The stockmen of Colorado and tn
!, adjoining states have figured 1t GU
that the wolves eat 500 worth of thei
property apiece each year.
Charcoal absorbs the gases and re
lieves the distended stomach press
ing against the nerves which extern
& from the stomach to the head.
I'm Siberia, if a man is dissatisfie
with the most trifing acts of his wifi
, 1899-01-20
stage Notes.

Kienzl has completed a third opera,
figures Of the Harlequin, Pantaloon.
Columbine. etc., are represented. 1t
will be an opera like 'The Barber OF
Seville"
A "smoking room for ladies' will be
one of the novel features of the re-
modelled st. James Theatre in Lon
don.
Mascagni is at present engaged up
on the composition of an opera called
"The Comedy Of Art" The familiar
which will also be brought u at Ber-
lin. 49,
Zangwill's dramatization Of 1.-THE
Children of the Ghetto" will be first
produced in the Broadway Theatre,
New York, in October next.
There is to be produced at London
Court Theatre a rendering by Messrs.
Aubrey Boucicault and Osmond Shil-
lingford of Lies Premieres Armes de
Richelieu," one of the pieces given by
Deiazet, whose favorite it was.
Bernard Shaw is writing for Forbes
Robertson a play founded upo a sup
posed early fiahRtion between Jul1 1s
Caesar AM ira. -
nha be and h
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S&aQs&~gS IA



sf,e-So you don't like that hat just
In front of us? How would you like II
trimmed? He (savagely)-With a lawns
mower.-Tit-Blts.
The Captain (boisterously)-Come.
old man, brace upl What's got into
you? Passenger-If you don't put me
ashore you'll very soon see.-Life.
"Poor, motherless GIRL" he exclaim.
ed, and turned sadly away. What he
wanted was q motherless girl who
should be In moderate circumstances,
at least.-Puck.
Scotch.-McSporran Qeaving home,--
Moo, Janet, dinna forget to max leetle
Sandy taxi his glass e'e cot when he's
ma lookin' at aething.-New York
Truth.
She-Oh, James, how grand the sea
is. How wonderful. l do SO like to
hear the roar Of the ocean He-So
do 1, Elizabeth. Please keep quiet
Lustigen Blaetter.
Cholly Ricketts, neutrality-suspicious.
me, dearest, and l shall enter a mon
astery and be a monk. Maude Sum-
merfirt-Monastery. Don't you mean
a menagerie?-Puck.
Joking aside, madam, two girls
have gone insane. from love of me
and you say you really cannot love
me?' mo, baron.'- 9''Third case of in
sanityr-Fliegende Blaetter.
Old Millyuns-Young man, my
daughter tells me you kissed her last
night. Percival Tootles-Well, If she
wants to go Dragging about it, that's
her privilege.-Chicago Record.
Weary Wil1Ie-Ef you he'd a million
dollars, Fields, wot would you do wit
1t? Flowery Fields-W'y, / wouldn't
do nutt'n' wit it'd jest rest easy and
let 1t do sutt'n' wit me.-Truth.
Everybody seems to be on an equal
ity in Klondike," said the shoe-clerl
boarder. "Yes," said the Cheerful
Idiot, one a. can cut as much ice al
another up there" indianapolis Jour
nal.
MI. Gotrox-What would you expec
me to do for my daughter If you mar
ried her? George Goodthing Slightly
b.
willing to die for her, would your
Judge.
paw" asked the little boy" "wha
Is a brain-workerY' "a patchwork
err" said the old man, " is a man wh'
has to spend all his salary In dressing
up to the position he holds.'ETypo
graphical Journal.
Isaacstein-Dot vas a quyeern p
vot happenedt to Rosa
Dere a e.
, 1899-01-20
General Sports.

At a meeting of the Harvard Atn-
Ietic Committee held recently perIlis.
sion was refused the Harvard hockey
team to enter the League with iaie'
Brown, Pennsylvania and Corneii.
The date of the dual track n nelo
games between Harvard and fale d.
New Haven has been set for May 10,
and the intercollegiate games IN Ne"
York for May II. sta,.
The celebrated thoroughbred slal-
lion Russell has been sold by Messrs'
A. III. and D.. M. Morris, of New YorK
TO ]. 70. Madden. of Lexington, ny.
Russell has won $S1, S13.5O in races. Inc
price was private. .o+ar
John S. Johnson, the cyclist skater
broke the professional half mile ska.'
ing record at Lexington PARK. coVeI
ing the distance in 1.1S 20. Inc at,
tempt was made under unfavorao oo,
conditions. He was paced the nrst oo'
Yards. The unofficial tim for the nrs
%nuarter was .38 3-5.
The twenty-round boxing COMES
between oscar Gardiner, 1.-THE oman,
Kid" and David Sullivan, OF lrelanu
ended di~sastrously for the latter II
the seventeenth round before the Len
V0nH Aul
, 1899-01-20

An English syndicate is negotiating
for the purchase of all Mexican brew
cries.
The present lumber season in Maine
will be one of the best in several years.
Havana is to have an electric rail-
road built and operated by an Amer
lean syndicate. 49,
consideration of planters on the Is
land of Antigu.
Northern capitalists are said to have
purchased the pig iron works at west
Radford, Va.
| Great Britain spend at least $zo,ooo'oVV
| every veal on silk hats.
A bridge of 900 foot span at Buoa-
pest is being erected entirely by means
of electrical machinery.
A single elephants tusk a now be
cut into a sheet of ivory 100 inches long
and 20 inches wide.
Large orders for oil well machinery
for use in Japan have been placed with
a Pennsylvania concern.
Alsace-Loraine's tobacco roWer IN
1897 numbered IL, 1853, and this number
has decreased to 10. 4S6 in 1898.
Employees of the Cudahy Packing co.
In Sioux City are planning TO estap-
fish a village of their own.
Fresh blood is one of the ingredients
of a. new food for stock which Is being
manufactured in German factories.
Toledo, o., has in process OF con-
struction what will be one or the lar
gast nlate glass factories in the coun-
try. -
! nloving $1,000 people and producing
4 600. 900 black and 300, 900 colored pen
ellis per week. .
The Siberian Railway, by opening
nm a rich agricultural district, Is con-
sidered by many a serious menace TO
our wheat growers.
ITALY exported last year ancient and
modern works of art to the value OF
5000 900. over 6ae-half the expectation
going to Germany,
The utilization of grain elevator
waste for sheep and cattle food has
given rise to a new industry IN the
Northwest The waste brings 81 a
ton.
A new system of sewers under con-
struction in the city of Mexico has oc-
.casioned a contract for 10,00O,OO brick
being made with a native firm.
According to consular reports the
Danish steam merchant fleet for the
wear 1898 will nave an increase of 40
steamers, with SO, 900 registered tons
met.
The French Minister of Agriculture
has sent two Commissioners to this
country to study American machinery
and tools used in the manufacture OF
flour.
Russia, with a population of Ill.,
oOO. 900. has only Is. 1884 physicians. In
, the United States. with a population
If ohout rs, 900. 900 there are 10000 ply
s%icians.
, 1899-01-20

OIL 1tgnC WISu eHo
seventeenth round opened and Went
ripht TO his man, but Gardiner poised
for a moment and knocked his oppo-
nent out by a well-directed blow.
The bay flly Carrie Legare, whlcn
will he three years old this June, mas.
heen purchased of Mr.. Burr by Jonl
r. Rauch, a well known Betnleheii
horseman. The filly is by ~" 900
wilkes and was entered in the S4o'ooo
stake races last year. AS a two-year-
old she trotted a trial in 2.3l. II Is
said that Nal Quintin will
I her this year. Wi,
Tom Sharkey, the sailor pugnst,
knocked out kid Mccoy III .ne
tenth round of what was 10 naV9 o on
a. twenty-round contest at the Lehox
club. IT was a fast fight from starr
to finish. and ended in favor of Sharkey
because he is the better man.
sloan. it appears, owns a nan IN
terest in Sly Fox, and has done So
ever since he has been running ~
G. F.. Dryers colors, and 1T Is perhaps
also news that this Jockey was 'he
owner of Michael Ill.
Colonel John F.. Thayer, Lancaster
Mass. has sold to William Pollock, oil
Pittsfeld. Mass. a col. ny
Baron Wilkes, 2.1S; dam Rosewood, py
Wedgewood, 2.19: second dam Dehsht
full, by Daniel Lambert.
One of the fastest of the green paGgIs
at Selma, Ala, is John f.. h" ia
Parker, 2.11%, out of the Dam O.
Peter Turney, 2.11. He is owned by 5
Paddock. and it is claimed that M
has paced a quarter in 2SA seconds.
Hon. Thomas L. Bunting. of Ham.
burg. N. Y, died at his home a few
days ago from the effects of pneumonla
He bred the pacing mare Jessie EDDY
the daughter of Jerome Eddy that tool
a record of 217A last season.
, 1899-01-20

IEhoost even.-Puck.
"Papa," said Billy, tearfully after a
playful romp with the good-natured
but rather rough st. Bernard puppy,
81 don't believe Bingo knows what
kind of a dog he is. He plays as If he
thought he was a little pug."-Bazar.
Young Lady-You are a wonderful
master Of the piano, l hear. Professor
Won Spieler (hired for the occasion)-I
blay aggompaniments sometimes.
Young Observation-Disclosures to
singing? Professor Won Spieler-Ag-
compartments to gonyersations.-Tit-
Bits.
Mrs. Newlywed-That Is our new
burglar-alarm-you see, If a burglar
should get into the lower part of the
house, that would ring. Her mother
Oh!-and scare him off? Mrs. Newly
wed (doubtfully)-Well, 1t might; but
1t would give Clarence and me plenty
Of time to hide In the attic, anyway
Puck.
First Assistant Gin Daily Hustler Of
fce)-It strikes me that the editor is
becoming decidedly absent-minded.
Second Asssstant-Why do you think
SO? First Assistant-Why, in that
long article on the wonderful progress
of mankind during the reign Of Queen
Victoria, he never once mentioned the
Increase in the circulation of the Hus-
tler.-Puck.
, 1899-01-20
CHAPTER

Fooled. bafied, desperate, Beatrice
Lady Beatrice no longer-returned to her
room. She fastened the door, she secured
herself from all observation, and theh
gave loose to the hot, angry passion that
ragged within her. Her eyes cleaned win
fury; her face, in its liyid passion, was
terrible to see. She set her teeth, sho
clinched her strong white hands; hate ana
murder ran riot through her veins.
She stood there like a beautiful, sullen
iend. forced to own that the Nemesis she
had laughed at and scorned had overtaken
her at last. Further than that she would
not 20. She would not say to herself mai
her sin had found her out, and heaven
itself had punished her. She scoffed at
the notion. Her fate" she said to her
self with a sheer, was in her own hands,
and she might win YETI
Not until evening was that hateful Sc
cret to be made known. She had still
many hours, and it was, perhaps, In her
power to sweep the woman she hated from
her path-to STAY her as she would fam
have slain her son. The value OF a human
life was as nothing to her in her moody
madness. What did 1t matter If, AFTER
death, the secret were known 1t wouio
be hushed up then. Lord Selwyn would
do anything to keep it from the world
After death its revelation would not In.
lure her. His lordship would then, in all
probability, look Upon her as deeply In
jured. They would have to &C through
the marriage ceremony again, and there II
would end; no more would be heard of the
matterl
AS for the sin-bah! what mattered sin
"If a man sees a tigress ready to spring
upon him and rend his heart, he sees nc
harm In shooting it down." she cried
"Why should my heart, my honor, my
fair name and that Of my son be rent
Why should l not destroy the one who
would so rend it?"
With flushed face and cleaning eyes
she paced up and down her magnificent
room.
- THE first thing" she cried, II will
drive to Redruth and get what l want
Before the sun sets we shall see WHIT
winsI"
She never thought of going to sleep; he
brain was too excited, her heart too mucl
agitated. Sleep while she lived-that hat
ed, loathed womanl
Her purpose gained strength ever,
hour. No need to enter into its terrible
details-no need to darken a memory tina
was never too fair. When thel sun ros'
she had regained her outward calm, sb.
, 1899-01-20
Bp Marian KH0LIssIEgQ

nour was dra wing near! be1ore SUNSET
Lord Selwyn would know that she was
living. Rupert would know that the moth
er whose memory he had worshiped had
deceived the whole world, and had nursed
him. Before sunset-and it was now near
noon.
Then his lordship told her that Lady
Beatrice had been suffering all night and
was resting in her own room. Whlle une
words were still On his lips there came .
| gentle tap at the ante-room door. rearing
Rupert might be disturbed, Lord SeiWyn
went himself to answer 1t. There stooo
the butler with O white, terrified face.
"Will you please come out, my lord Z ne
said. II want to speak to you"
he went, with a heavy ~foreboding as
of some coming sorrow at his heart.
what is it, Hewson 2" he asked. is
anything wrongT
"My lord" said the man, turning
abruptly, IT do not know how to tell you.
1 cannot find words" =.
81 do not like suspense" said Lord Sell
wyn.
'.My lady went out this morning, my
lord" said the man; II cannot say whose
fault 1t was, but she took the chestnut
ponies-and-"
"Oh, heavenl' cried the unhappy hus-
band. "What has happened ?-ten me the
worst"
'sThere has been an accident, and my
lady has been brought home In DR.. Ar
gents carriage from Shilton."
"Is she-is She" then Lord Selwyn
stopped short, his white lips could not
form the word.
"No," wal the reply; "the groom was
killed on the spot; my lady still lives"
"Where have they laid herY he asked,
In low, hoarse tones.
'In her own room. Let me tell you the
worst, my lord; she will never leave 4
again"
With a cry that resembled nc human
sound, Lord Selwyn FASTENED away. He
met strange men and weeping servants II
the corridor and on the broad staircase
they made way in silence for him.
He entered the room where she lay
proud, beautiful, imperial Beatrice, proud
no longer-the color and flush of health
and strength all gone. They had laid he
upon the sumptuous bed, and the two doc
tors stood on either side. They made wa,
for him as he entered. He knew by TIM
expression ON both grave faces that TO
the hapless lady lying there hope had van
ished.
He went up to her, but for the first tim,
her lips were mute whep
, 1899-01-20
CHAPTER XVI.

Papa" whispered a faint voice, II am
much better, / feel life at my heart again
do you think l shall get well now?"
"Yes, my darling" said his father;
'heaven has been very merciful and has
spared you to me this time"
There was a smile on Rupert's face as
he listened-a smile that had not been seen
there for many long, sad weeks.
Lord Selwyn turned to the gentle, pa
tient woman who knelt by his sons side.
Rupert" he said, "you must always
remember that, after God, you W your
life to the careful nursing of Mrs. Riy-
ers."
81 know that said the boy gratefully
~ shah never forget. ! shall 10y her AZ
long as I live"
She bowed her head as he spoke. Il
they knew-if they only knew. that ths
, 1899-01-20


She was the first to descend to the break
fast room. The morning was beautiful,
as some of the darkest days In life often
are-serene and bright, the skies blue, the
air fragrant, the birds singing, bees and
butterflies lowering round the sweetest
blossoms, a morning that reminds one of
Paradise. Lord Vivian had not yet left
his room. Beatrice went to the window,
opened it, stretched out her hand idly and
gathered one of the large white roses that
came peeping in. She stood idly watching
the sky, the trees, the flowers, and no
warning came to her of what that bright,
sunny morning might bring forth; there
was no cloud in the sky, no dirge in the
sweet, joyous music of nature, no knell
in the glad song of the happy birds.
And no remorse came to her either. She
thought quite calmly of the fact that be-
fore that same bright sun set she should
have taken her reyenge-she should be to
all intents and purposes Lady Selwyn,
with no rival to fear, no fair1haired wom-
an to dread. Before the sun set!
The cry of a little child aroused her. II
was pretty, imperious Lance, led in by
his nurse.
II beg a thousand pardons, my lady,
she said; "but Master Lance will not be
dressed until he has been in to kiss his
mamma"
She turned and took him from the WON
ans arms. Wicked, cruel, mad as she
was, there was unbounded love in hel
heart for this her only child.
She kissed his beautiful face, she ca
ressed bis bonny curls, she twined thu
soft, loving little arms round her neck, sht
called him by every endearing name sh'
could invent.
Then to herself she murmured:
1T is all for you, my daring-all fol
you!"
And again no warning came to her tina
the soft little hands caressed her for thu
last time-that for the last time that beau
tiful head was nestled to her heart-tha
never more would the baby lips kiss he
or lisp her name; no warning, although
even at that moment a dense, darl
shadow hung over her, a stern angel, will
drawn sword, stood by her side.
Take him away now, nurse" she said
81 hear Lord Selwyn coming"
And long afterward the woman toll
how. when she reached the door, the bah
looked back and cried, Mammal an,
her mistress took him again, layishing tn
sweetest caresses upon him, calling hin
by the most endearing names.
Poor LADY, said the nurse afterward
when she told the story; lit really scenes
as though she knew what was going t
happen. for she never kissed the bah.
~againI"
, 1899-01-20
Tree Irregularity.

A naturalist pointed out the reason
for trees growing In their irregular
shapes. Their ir%regularity serves a
most important purpose. When a gale
Is blowing the branches will be seen to
sway in all directions, and their move-
ments tend to balance the tree. Were
they to sway In the same direction the
tree would be uprooted or broken OF.
, 1899-01-20

Friendships. after all the beautiful
things that have been said of them,
are most always tainted with selfish
ness.
There is a great deal of morality In
this world that is nothing more than
Incidence.
The man who has never been tempted
may be very v%irtuous, but he can't
prove it.
, 1899-01-20
COrsots.

IT Is a fact we'll authenticated that
.orsets were originally adopted, not
Tor health or comfort, but to eonceal
physical defects-that fruitful source
If numberless oddities Of fashion.
When or by whom the first corset was
worn Is buried deep under the coDweDs
sf time. 1t Is safe, however, to con-
.lude that they had their beginning in
.tiffened bands of cloth that Grecian
md Roman women wound round their
bodies. The physical beauty OF these
women was a paramount consideration
both to themselves and their llege lords.
They called these swathing bands fas-
ia and n The former was made OF
heavy linen or kid, and was worn next
the skin, between the waist and the
bust. The Romans greatly admired an
undeyeloped figure, and resorted 10
MEASURE to retard natures growth.
These heavy bands were frequently
hound about the chests Of growing g!sl-
The IONA was also a fat band, but
worn over the tunic; 1t was generally
red In color, and, though ordinarily SIM
ple IN design, women of rank frequently
made their zonas gorgeous with bright
eolored embroidery and studdlngs OK
Jewels. The fourteenth century saw
the introduction of n garment that bore
the first semblance to the corset of TO-
day. 1t was cut to conform to the fg-
are. and was laced, sometimes In front,
sometimes at the back. 1t was made
Of various materials, and was often fur
bordered. which was excusable. since
n WA laced over the skirts.
, 1899-01-20

1ol req ened .e1Tn1,l7, .o(V

NJ naT tSe former, With ag 1g!HRa|5I 'fa
Merry Monarch" rewritten, witn
music by Ivan Caryll, and rechristened
1.-THE Lucky STAR" at the Savoy.
"Cyrano De Bergerac" recently
reached it's three hundredth perform
asce at the Porte-St.-M Martin, Paris.
Sarah Bernhard intends giving the
Theatre des Nations her own name
when she takes possession of 1t next
month.
Signor Novelli has appeared as Shy
lock in Paris with great success, the
part being considered by the French
critics as one of his best.
, 1899-01-20

Another process of making artificial
silk has been invented in Germany.
Cotton waste is dissolved in copper OK
ide of ammonia and passed through
diluted acid.
, 1899-01-20

Yeast-T've just invested in Ii o.
those salt and pepper suits.
Crimsonbeak-Well, that sounds as II
1t would be good for at least two sea-
sons.-Yonkers Statesman.
, 1899-01-20

Make a living; but remember that
there is one thing better than making
a living-making a life.
Manner is something to every one,
but to a monkey it is ali important and
absolute.
, 1899-01-20
Machining to Take Notice,

John-So you really think you have
some chance of winning her, do you?
Henry-Oh, yes: l feel quite encour.
aged. She has begun to hnd fault with
my looks.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
, 1899-01-20

A soldier, fire and water o o make
all the room they want for themselves.
, 1899-01-20

The man who does well To-Day MAJ
"a better to-morrow.
, 1899-01-20

Idle wealth n h~appinessl are in-i
consistent.
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-08
GENERAL OTIS
TO FOLLOW UP
HIS GREAT VICTORY

1t is believed the Boston has reached
Iloilo, and the authorities expect to
hear in a few days of the result of Gen
eral Miller's operations against that
port
Particular attention is being paid by
the authorities at this time to the mat
ter of preventing the shipment of arms
to the Filipinos.
Under instructions sent to the Ameri-
can Consuls in Asia, they will sharply
scrutiniZe each vessel leaving port, and
If her cargo is of a suspicious charac-
ter cablegram is at once to be sent to
Rear Admiral Dewey, who will take
action which will result in it's examina-
ton and seizure if it is of a contra
band character
1t was stated tonight that until rati-
fications are exchanged no complaint
could be made by this Government
against the shipment of arms, but the
authorities stand ready to appeal to the
good will of those nations sovereign
over Asiatic territory to stop such
traffic.
Considerable comment was caused in
official circles by General Otis state
ment in his dispatch this morning that
the insurgents are armed with Krupp
guns and the latest pattern of Spanish
Mauser rifles. Some attention was paid
to his statement that the Spanish SOL
diers are in the insurgents service and
serve the artillery. Though this Gov
ernment has technical right to re-