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An Old llIan’s Perilous Ascent and Descent Hanging Hear] Down from a Balloon. A Kalamazoo, Mich, despatch says : A frightful scene was witnessed at Centre- ville, St. Joseph county, yesterday, on the fair grounds. The crowd had gathered to see Prof. Bartholomew make a balloon ascension. Everything was in readiness for the event, and the word had been given to the men holding the guy ropes to stand firm and let go quickly at a given signal. An old man named Mark Sanborn, of Burr Oak, was adjusting the ropes of the para. chute with which Bartholomew was to descend when the balloon started off, and one of the parachute ropes became en- tangled about Sanborn's leg above the knee, carrying him up 1,500 feet, head downwards. Sanborn struggled hard to free himself as he shot upward through the air, but to no avail. The crowd was her- rified and all expected to see him fall to the earth and be crushed to pieces. After the balloon had reached its highest altitude it descended, landing Sanborn safely astride a rail fence, where he was rescued, more scared than hurt, after one of the wildest rides ever involuntarily taken by a human being. Bartholomew saw that he had a passenger trailing behind him as he went up, and told the unfortunate man to “hang 01-1," and he would try to bring the balloon to land, which he did. Sanborn then said, “ Iwouldn’t go up in that way again for all Gentreville.” AMobile, Ala.., deepatoh says: In the wreck at Hurricane Bayou, on the Mobile & Birmingham Road last June, several men were killed and the bodies of two young men who had ridden on the baggage our platform could not be identified. Yesterday Mrs. John L. Devine and Mrs. M. Morris. of New Orleans, visited the potter’s field and had the bodies dieinterred. Mrs. Devine recognized her son, Louis, and Mrs. Morris recog- nized her brother, John Murphy. Mrs. Devine recently hada remarkable dream, which resulted in the finding of the bodies. The baby King of Spain has the cholera. infantum. Probably this is owing to the negligence of his Minister of the Interior. â€"New York World. Rev. Mr. Spurgeon is about to publish a. book entitled “ The Cheque Book of the Blink of Faith.” As a. new industry, Scotland is advised to gather ice. - A Boston, Mass.. despatch says: Patrick Tracy, aged 60, for 16 years bag- gage agent of the Old Colony Railroad at Hyde-Park Stafion, was killed today while trying to save the lifeof Mrs. Mary Young, aged 69, of Sharon, who had fallen in front of 9. train While crossing the track. Mrs. Young was injured in a. probably fatal manner, and would have been in- aw.me killed but for Tracy’s action. When she heard his step Mrs. Bohnn reachei out her arms expectantly. She groped around uncertainly to find him. He was abashed at first, but finally threw his arms around he: and broke down com- pletely. He sobbed upon her shoulder While she sought to console him. Bohnn then turned over to his wife the deeds of his prgpqrty. How They Do It in Kentucky. An Erlanger (Ky.) despatch says: The Democratic barbecue here today was a. stupendous affair. Fully 15,000 people were on the grounds. Judge W. E. Arthur presided at the meeting this afternoon when Speaker Carlisle. Senator Blackburn and others spoke. Fifteen head of cattle. forty sheep and 100 lambs were roasted for the feast. Bah”. after he , had been locked uptin jail, repeated his former statement, that the whole matter was an accident. He said he loved his wife and would not harm her. Waraen Quinn searched him after his re- turn to the jail, as there had been rumors that he would attempt to take his life. When the prisoner heard the sentence his eyes filled with tears. He asked permis- sion to see the sightlesa victim of his cruelty, and she waa led into an inner room, where they push. For the first time: Bohan grew pale. He stood up in answer to the call of the clerk. He had nothing to say, and was sentenced to fourteen years and six months’ impris- onment on the first count and twelve years and six months on the second count. There was an impressive: hush in the court room, and every one present listened with eager ear {hr the sentence that was to follow. Judge Gurretson then addressed the pris- oner. He said: " Bohan, you have been convicted on two counts by an impartial jury. Thereis a. horror attached to the crime with which you are charged that sends a. chill through one. Your Wife has been a faithful woman. She has supported you,ha.a filled your pocketbook and has almost Impoverished herself in your interests. You are deserving of no mercy.” Gougchohau Sentenced to a Long Term of Imprisonment. ANeW York despatch says: William Bohan, who gouged out his wife’s eyes, was called upon to answer the second indict- ment against him yesterday. He had abandoned all idea. of a. defence after his conviction on the first indictment on Mon- day. He pleaded guilty. A Winnipeg Damsel Entrappezl Into 3 False Marriage. A Winnipeg despatch says : A sensation on the street to-day was the illegal mur- riage performed between James W. McLee and Eliza Harriet Bettsworth, daughter of a respected C. P. R. employee working in the cit-y. The man in question is James McKay, lately an employee of the C. P. R. ticket office in this city. Some weeks ago McKay alias McLee cultivated the acquaint- ance of Miss Bettsworth. Possessing a pleasing manner and a glib tongue, he suc- ceeded in winning the girl’s affections, and representing himself as a single man, though married, his attentions were reciprocated by the apparently unsuspect- ing girl. Matters went on until an offer of marriage was proposed and accepted, and McKay took her before a friend of his on August 2nd, and the rigmarole was gone through of pronouncing McKay and Betts- worth man and wife. No marriage license was produced, and the girl became sus- picious. McKay, accompanied by Strachan, went to the office of Fouseca, “ issuer of marriage licenses,” and there procured a proper form of marriage license, which set out in the usual way that James W. Mc- Lee and Eliza Harriet Bettsworth, spinster, aged 24 years, were licensed to become man and wife, etc., the rest of the blanks being filled out in the usual way by Mrs. Fonseca, who has issued innumerable licenses “ for better or for worse.” Mc- Kay’s bondsman signed Charles Strong on the license, but was really W. R. Strachan. A man named Degan, employed in Golden’s auction rooms, was the man who tied the nuptial knot. McKay drove to St. Boni- face in a hack this morning and took the train south, so that he is now safe across the line. At Fonseua‘s ofiica he swore deliberately that he was a. single man, and had the consent of the girl’s parents to the marriage, all of which it is unnecessary to characterize as false. Strachau and Degan have been placed under arrest. » THIRTEEN YEARS FOR EACH EYE. An Old But Bmve Baggage Agent. A PARACBUTE ADVENTURE. A Remarkable Dream. Gossip of To-duy. A BOGUS WEDDTNG. Nothing will induce Selke to divulge the name of his benefactor. The conditions prescribed are that he shall marry the girl. He says he is undecided, but will probably refuse to marry. He Rescues a Girl from a Watery Grave and is Left $150,000. A New Haven, Conn, despatch says : A romantic story comes to light in this city. Here is Charles W. Selke, 22 years of age, a mechanic. Selke tells the following : ” Four years ago I was cook on a vessel belonging to Taunton, Mass. On the after- noon of September 22nd, 188;, we ran into the harbor of Newport. I left the ship about sundown for a trip in the city. I had been ashore but a short time, and was walking on the beach, when I saw a. young girl Jump or fall from a rowboat, 50 feet from the shore. I went to her rescue and came near losing my own life in attempt- ing to save her. She was about 16, and very pretty. I had swam ashore with her and had laid her on the beach, when a gen- tleman came running down from one of the cottages. He was the girl’s father, and had missed his daughter. I told him how I had rescued her. he asking my name and something about my condition in life. He took his daughter and myself to the cottage and placed $1,000 in my hands. We sailed the next day. The gentleman gave me his name and New York residence, but asked me to promise never to tell his name. I promised. He invited me to call on him any time, as he would be glad to see me. I called on him in New York three or four times. He died in May last. I received a letter from the executor of the estate shortly after asking me to come to New York. I went and listened to the reading of the will, and learned I had been left $150,000 upon certain conditions. I can ‘go no further. Another promise prevents me from letting these conditions be known." Dr. Mcfllynn Suddenly Called on to Administer the Secrament. A New York despatch says: For the first time since he was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church Dr. McGlynn on Thursday exercised his priestly functions by administering the sacrament. Just as he was entering the Cooper Union to attend the meeting of the united labor party, an excited man rushed up and said a man was dying. At the head of the stairs leading into the hall the man lay gasping. Dr. McGlynn hastened to the place. He knelt down, while those around removed their hats and some knelt beside the clergyman. Dr. McGlynn made the sign of the cross above the dying man and moved his lips repeating the form of prayer for granting what is known to Catholics as conditional absolu- tion. Then the priest took from his pocket 9. well-worn wallet, which had done similar duty on many such occasions, and took from it a minute substance. Holding this between his finger and thumb for a second while he continued to pray, he placed it between the lips of the unconscious man, who, as he received it, gave up the ghost. Thus the sacrament of extreme unction of the Catholic Church was administered. Another brief prayer and all was over. Dr. R. Q. Stanton, who was passing at the time, applied his ear to the heart of the prostrate man and pronounced him dead. There was no more for the priest to do, so Dr. McGlynn arose and left the corpse to the care of a policeman. No clue to identification could be found. DR. DONALD 0. H001) has collected many facts relative to the use of salicylic acid for rheumatism. Of 728 pgtients treated with salicylates 523 were relieved of their pain within seven days ; whereas, of (312 patients treated by . other methods, only 140 were relieved within the same time. He declared that he would not give him- self up before the winter. He secured ammunition anfl left for Long Pond. Should he persist in his efforts to avoid arrest there are plenty of hunting camps in the woods thah .will afford him shelter through the winter, and in which no one will disturb him, but Without suitable clot-hing and depending on the forest alone for food the hunting camp would probably prove his grave. “ I have not had a. minute’s rest from the time I rhot Berkley,” he said, “ and it doesn’t seem as though I could find a. spot where I am not known by some one. The day I shot Berlr‘ey I went in 9. beat I stole south as far as I could on the Upper Sarenuc end from there to Long Lake, where I stopped over-night at ‘ Bill ’ Carey’s camp. Carey knew me and told the men in the other camps. Next morn- ing two men Cam 6 to the camp and telked with me. They acted as though they wanted to Prrest me, but did not dare to do so. As I went through Long Lake village I was recognized again, and about two 01' three miles out five men drove by me in a. Waggon. Pretty soon I sew the men com- ing back towards me on foot. 'Ihen I struck ed in the woods and got away from them. I had a. long tramp around Blue Mountain Lake. and finally brought up half~starved at Potter’s, on Cedar River. Potter knew me and gave me away to three other men who were outside while I was eating lunch. When I came out one of the men gave me a. cigar, but none of them tried to detain me. At :1 lumber camp on Moose River some one recognized me. I begged ammunition enough to carry me through, and for three weeks 1 had noth- 1 ing to eat except the game I killed with my ‘ rifle and the berries I picked by the way. About two weeks ago I determined to have a square meal and came out to Muncy’s Hotel, at Little Rapids. A man stopping there spotted me at once and said he meant to arrest me. I told him if he attempted I it I would shoot. He gave it up. Then I came here.” i ,, “D. Shouldering his gun, the murderer, With- out saying good-by to his wife and children, plunged into the forest. Sheriff Dustin, of Franl"in County, offered a reward of $1,000 for his capture, and oflicers have been look- ing for him in every part of the woods. Three days ago Brown turned up here, ragged and desperate. A friend gave him food and shelter and kept his secret. To him Brown told the story of his wander- mga. For Three Months a Murderer Hus “Fan- dered in the Adirondacks. A Jnyville, N. Y., aespatch says : In the Adirondack forest; to-duy roams a. man whom thelnw wantsbut nonehas dared to arrest. Charles Brown, alumberman in winter, a guide in summer 1n the Snranac region, went: into George Berkley’s hotel June 23rd. He asked for liquor, but it Was refused him. When Berkley came out, an hour later, a. bullet from Brown’s Winches- ter sent him to his last reckoning. CH. ___I :I NONE HAS DARED TO ARREST HIM HOW ABOUT ITS EFFICACY ? SELKE’S ROMANTIC STORY. VOL XXXI There is a street car line in Buenoe Ayree, S.A., on which sleeping coaches are used. The line is about 200 m"es long and horses are used in transportation. When a. man goes a day’s journey on the care he takes a. sleeper, each of which is provided with fourfolding bunks. The cars are about eighteen feet long. Horses are employed because they are plentiful. Fuel is source and consequent] y dear. Emma (who had over («20,000 a year of her own)â€"Do you think, Fanny, that he 10x19.) me f9r_my§aelf silage ‘1 Theistatue of William Penn which is to surmount the tower of Philadelphia’s new City Hall will be the largest bronze figure ever cast, being thirty-seven feet in height. Hanson Craig, of Kentucky, claims to be the heaviest man in the world. He weighs 792 pounds, and it takes 37 yards of cloth to make him a suit of clothes. He weighed 206 peunds when he was 2 years old. His father Weighed 115 pounds, and his mother 122. Joseph Thomson, the plucky African ex- plorer, is a Dumfries Scotchman only 27 years old. Bismarck’s sleeping room in his counfiry seat at Friederichsruhe is very simply fur- nished. The bed and chairs are of pine and entirely untuiorned, and there is nothing about them beyond their unusual size to distinguish them from the beds and chairs found in the homes of the humblesz German pensanns. The doctor accepted it. He it was that recently saved the life of a Brooklyn woman who had previously robbed him of his watch ; and it: is very likely that Jewel- ler Popper was prompted to make the gift after remiing the recently published item to that effect. Fanny (who has had experience)-â€"Yea, indeed 1 Of course he cannot marry your money without you, and I really think he would as soon love you with it ; and that is a. very passionate sort of loveâ€"for a. man. The primer girls in the United States are to have an organ entitled the Printer Girl, run by their order in Topeka, Kus. “ Why, what’s this for ‘2” asked the doc- t-or 53 surprisg. r ” You saved the lives of my two child- ren, who suffered from diphtheria, and I can never forget you,” spoke the man. “ Don’t decline such a. small gift: from me." the Manyema force. Sheik Muni Somai is an Arab, of Kibuyeh, who volunteered to accompany the expedition as commander under one of the native contingents. My intentions on leaving this camp are to make my way along the same route taken by Stanley. Should Iget no tidings of him along that road, to proceed as far as Kavalli, and then if I hear nothing there to proceed to Kihero. It I can ascertain neither at Kavalli or Kihero his whereabouts, no matter how far it may be, I will endeavor to reach him. Should he be in a fix I will do my utmost to "elieve him. If neither at Kavalli or Kihero I can obtain tidings of him I shall go on to Wadelai and ascertain from Emin Pasha, if he be there still, if he has any news of Stanley, also his own intentions as regards staying or leaving. I will persuade him, if possi~ ble; to come out with me, and, if necessary aid me in my search for Stanley. Should it, for sundry reasons, be unnecessary to look further for Stanley, I will place myself and force at his disposal to act as his escort, proceeding by whichever route is most feasible, so long as it is not through Uganda, as in that event the Manyemas would leave me, as I have promised Tippoo Tib that they shall not go there, and that I will bring them back or send a white officer with them back to their own corutry by the shortest and quickest route on the completion of my object. This is always supposing Emin Pasha to be there and willing to come away. Rumor is always rife and is seldom correct. Concerning Stanley I can hear no news whatever, though my labors in that direction have been most strenuous 1 He is not dead, to the best of my belief and that of the Arabs. Con- cerning Tippoo Tib I have nothing to say beyond that he has broken faith with us, and can only conjecture from surrounding events and circumstances the cause of his unreasonable delay in sup- plying men and the paucity of the supply. This morning I had loads for Tippoo Tib's, and Muni Somai’s men stacked and Tippoo Tib came down to see them. Prior to issuing orders he took exception to the loads and said they were too heavy. The heaviest was 45 pounds, and his men could not carry them. Two days before he had expressed his approbation of the weight of the very same loads he refused to-day. 'l he whole business has become thoroughly dis- tasteful to him, which his professed friendship for Stanley cannot even over- come. His treatment of us this morning showed that most thoroughly,but should he not act up to his contract, I hope it Will be taken most serious notice of when it comes to the day of settling up. He has got us tightly fixed at present, but it should not always be so. The loads have been weighed and handed over, powder and caps issued to the Manyema force, and we are all ready to start, which we shall do to-morrow morning. I have told you of all now that I can think of, but I would bring finally to your notice that Tippoo Tib has broken his faith and contract with us. The man Muni Somai, I think, means business, and. therefore, -I trust, all will be well. Jeweller Henry Popper, of New York, called on Dr. Markus Maskiewiez, of that city, yesterday and handed him a $300 gold watch. not earlier than the month of June, and our forces will be as follows : Soudanese, 22 ; rifles, 22; Zanzibari, 110 ; rifles, 110 ; loads, 90 ; Manyema, 430 ; muskets, 300; loads,380. The officers who are: going are : Major Bartrelot, in command ; J. S. Jameson, second in command ; W. Bonny and Sheik Muni Somai, in command of Interesting Extracts From His Letterâ€" Tlppoo Tib’s Faithlessuessâ€"The Dilli- ca‘zies of the Expedition. A London cable Hays : Following are extracm from Major Barttelot’a letter, which was addressed to Mr. Mookinnon, Chairman of the Emin Relief Committee : “ I have the honor to report; to you that we are about to make a. move, though with far less numbers than I originally intended. Tippoo Tib has at last, but with great re- luctance, given us 400 men. I have also obtained from another Arab, called Muai Somai,r30 more carriers. We shall move BIAJOR BARTTELOI'S EXPERIENCES A Long Street Car Line. A Doctor Appreciated. Love’s Young Dream. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, 00 KOBER 4, 1888. Some Noted Men. A writer in the New York Times says: "A most remarkable inetsnce of memory has just come to my movies. Its possessor is a. lady member of Dr. Howard Crosby’s (hutch in New York. Without having taken a single note, she will when she goes home write out every word of her pastor’s sermon, and she tells me she never makes a mistake of a. “ the” or an “ and” â€"â€"that every sentence not only embodies his idea, but gives it in his exact language. For twenty-five years this lady has been performing these feats of memory, and during that time she has written our some 2,000 sermons. ’1 he manuscripts of some of them she has bound and presented to Dr. Crosby. They make forty large volumes. Robert Garrett is the richest patient in the records of lunacy. When you find the representative of $310,000,000 in such a sad condition it certainly seems sensational. What an estate to go into the hands of a guardian? It may be remembered that Robert Garrett was holding a private con- ference with William H. Vanderbilt at the time the latter died. They were in Vander- bilt‘s office, and no one else was present when death seiz*d one of these magnates of wealth, while the other gazed on the scene with horror. Garrett’s mind soon after- ward began to fail, and various theories have been advanced. It is well known that they were rivals for the western traffic, one representing the Baltimore & Ohio and the other the Central-Hudson. How strange that of these two contending capitalists the one should be resting in his tomb on Staten Island while the other is in a state of mental eclipse, which to him is 'ittle better than a living death. Who would have forecast such a fate? But the great have their share of misfortunes, as Shakespeare says: " Yes, like enough high battled Caesar will Unstate his happinessâ€"and thing's outward Do draw their inwrrd quality after them To suffer all alike." True enough, thereis no leveler like mis- fortune, and the loss of reason is one of the greatest that can befall anyone of the race. â€"Macaulay Cor. Rochester Democrat. Wife (tenderly)â€"Do you love me as much as ever, John? Husband (affectionately)â€"Of courseI (10‘ More than ever, I should any. Wife (carelesély)â€"â€"1f I we‘re to die would yog mgrry_ again, darling? ' Husban'd (i'mpmiently‘jâ€"Oh! what’s the use of making such foolish questions ? Wait till you’re dead first. - He ( a. new arrival at s. cguntry hotel, to unknown lady)â€"â€"Awâ€"â€"have you been long a as ptive in thisâ€"grâ€"gpenagfirie ‘2 Sheâ€"You can hardly call me a. captive ; perhaps keeper would be better, for I am the wife of the showman and have to help feed the animals.â€"Bazar. There is an innovauiou in the polonaise which is ever a convenient and useful gar- ment. The waist is Shirred or smocked and a. girdle is worn with it; the sleeves are of the muuton leg variety and are gathered into a. witje cuff of velvet or other trimming; the peibicoat may be plain or with a Shirred ruffle on the edge. A very pretty model for a. young girl is such a costume in D. woolen fabric, plaid or plain. The combination of red and purple isnot a pretty one, nor is purple and green, yet both will be worn the coming season, and the fashion which sets its seal upon these combinations is French. Modisues were the first to put these trying colors together, but now the mediates and millinera both essay to make something stylish if not very harmonious out of these difficult shades. Scarlet of a yellow tint is pronounced bad, hence it will not be Worn the coming season except by children-«whose bright complexiona will stand soak-trying color, nlbhough by right it i3 1101:" Sik'v’a child’s color. Veronese red will be worn by chil- dren also and with more satisfacnory results. . Some charming models in children’s head gear are just imported; they are Directoire shapes in drawn velvet on siIk and nothing more becoming could be devised. More than half of the thirty-one magis- trates who carry on the direction of affairs in the “ red house” have no salary, though their off-ice is no sinecure. 'T‘The unselfish devotion to the general well-being is the guaranty for the further development of the city. It is only four years ago that the Prussian Lendtsg voted 4,000,000 marks for the increase of the royal museums of Berlin. Several millions of marks have been recently voted for deepening the bed of the Spree and for improvements of the Upper Spree Canal, which will greatly facilitate the trade of the city. The city railways cost enormous sums. The Minis- terial palaces, though simple in style, have luxurious and commodions interiors. Four monumental post-offices and the magnificent Polytechnic at the west end of the Thier- gsrten are the beast of the city. The new palace of the Reichsteg in the Konigsplstz is rising from its foundations, and in less than three years it will probe.ny be the greatest ornament of the city. A striking illustration of the progress of Berlin is‘the almost unexsmpled increase of the students in the university, who numbered in 1887 no less than 6.888. At this moment the university of Berlin is the most frequented in the world ; that of Vienna comes next. The number of professors is about 300. The pupils in the new Polytechnic number more than 1,200, and all the other schools are in a. flourishing conditionâ€"London Daily News. ‘ The Remarkable Growth of Berlin and the People‘s Great Patriotism. Under the heading of “New Berlin ” many interesting particulars of the pro- gress of the Prussian capital since 1871 have been gathered by Prof. Paloezy, who contributed them, as a feuilleton to the Neue Freie Press. There are now, it seems, twenty-five public libraries in Berlin, With more than 100,000 volumes. Vienna’s twenty-nine public squares are compared with forty-eight possessed by Berlin. Though Vienna has its Prater and Paris its Bois de Bologna. Berlin surpasses both in Grunewald, with its immense extent, its hills and vales, its woods and lakes, villas and hunting lodges. The northern limit of Berlin now lies close to the houses of Charlottenburg, the largest suburb. That city expands yeaxly morothan 10,000,000 marks on the poor, and mendicants 1n the streets are unknown. The citizens take pride in serving their city without reward. More than 12,000 of them are now working for the town gratis, while the number of paid officers is comparatively insignificant. WORKING FOR FATEERLAND. Something Like a Memory. No Leveier Like Misfortune. Fresh l‘rom Vanity Fair. A Boomerang Consolatory. The peculiar will of Henry R. Smith, San Francisco, “bequeathed 1173 pro- perty to his widow, stipulaiing that she should educate their son as a. lawyer and have him taught the Chinese language.” Mrs. Smith has faithfully carried out these provisions, and her son, who is now of age, can talk American law to celestials with- out effort. Sir Andrew Lusk, who is a member of Dr. Donald Fraser’s London congregmion, had before him the other morning a. couple of prisoners charged with picking pockets in St. Paul’s Cathedral; he remarked that people who went to St. Paul's would re- quire to “ watch as well as pray.” He sentenced the prisoners each to three months‘ imprisonment with hard labour. Of Course He Bad It. Doctor (in passenger car)â€"Is there a gentleman from Kentucky on board ? “Yes, sir; I’m from Kentucky.” “Well, there’s an injured man in the baggage-car and he needs some liquor; let me have a little from your bottle, please.” A young Arab in Algeria has discovered in a. hole in a. rock Napoleons to the value of 500,000 francs. As soon as the discovery became known, 9. number of his fellows came down upon him and carried off the greater part of the spoil. Twenty arrests have been made. Independent of Marriage. Jack (who has come inc a. fortune)â€" Now that I have all this money, Dick, I don’t know what to do first. Dickâ€"Why don't you marry? J askâ€"Never I The fortune has done away with all necessity of marrying. same material, 97nd. more than a. hundred years old was accidentally burned one day last: week. A man in Washington has just paid $5 for the privilege of ridding himself and neighbors of cats, and thinks he got at leastnhundred times the worth of the money. Evidently he was about to commit auicide, and forgetting all else save that his life was in danger, Miss Sylvester flew out of the closet and across the room, and clinging Wildly to his arm, sobbed forth those words : The oldest house in Davidson county, Tennesseeâ€"310g cabin roofed with the “ 011, James, dear I I didn't know you loved me so truly. 0, please forgive me ! I hate Mr. Lynn; I hate him. I never cared for any one but you.” The pistol-fell to the; floor, and though Mr. Christopher might now, indeed, have had his revenge on the girl who had used him very badly, he only clasped her in his arms and kissed her. However, the proprieties must be ob- served, and in five minuues more Miss Sylveatgr was outside of the street door. Somebody must be unhappy in this world. This time it was Waldo Lynn. But bachelors of 40 are tough, and have too much experience to suffer greatly over a. broken engagement. Besides, Miss; Sylves- ter and Mr. Christopher were evidently in- tended for’each omenâ€"St. Paul Globe. There was desperation in the tone, and it terrified Miss Sylvester to such a. degree that she did not shut the door after he had lit the gas. Through the aperture between the door and the jamb she watched him closely; saw him stoop over his valisa, open it, take for:th several white articles and a blue one, and then stand erect. hold- ing a revolver under the gas jet. Miss Sylvester had retreated to a closet, but it was dark enough to allow her to peep through a crevice. Mr. Christopher flung himself into his chair and uttered a. groan. Miss Sylvester peeped out a. little further. He was, as well as she could see in the darkness, pulling his hair with both hands. Then he groanedkugain. The next thin-éthat happened was this â€"Some one came upstairs. The door opgged Eng My. (‘_hr{stopher eytered. r “DEAR MOTHERâ€"When I wrote you last I told you how happy I was. CPO-night I sit down with an aching heart to tell you that it is all over. I believe my heart is broken. She has jilted me for a. rich man, and I, fool that I am, cannot even hate her. She asked for her letters back. I could not bear to give them. They are all I have left. Iâ€"” No more had been written. “Am I crying ‘I ” asked Miss Sylvester of herself. She was, and bitterly. ” Is that what he wanted the letters for ‘1’” she sobbed. “ Thereâ€"I won’t take them,” and she slipped them from her pocket, unlocked the desk, and replaced them in their box. “ At least I may leave him with that consolation," she said. “ How I Wish I had never seen Mr. Lynn; and,ohI how I wish I had never come here,” she added, wring- ing her hands, as the horror of her position once more crept over her. It was growing dark; the gong was ringing for dinner. What would happen next? “Heigh-ohl” sighed Miss Sylvester. She took its in her hand. “How handsome he is!” she whispered. “How good he looks I I often think that Mr. Lynn really has 9. cruel’expression. After all, what will his money be to me if he is misetly ? He has such a close-shut, thin-Upped mouth. People are always mean with mouths like that, they say. Oh, dear; he’s been writing a letter.” She picked upvthe portfolio and saw the words : She Walked softly to and fro over the carpet and looked at the room. How prettin he had framed her picture I How he had cared for her little presents I Had she driven him away ? Where was he going 7 Oh, there was his own photograph. She felt rather ashamed of herself, too, for all about the place were arranged little presents she had worked for him during their engagement. Tears came to her eyes when she opened his desk and took out her letters, which had been labeled: ” Letters from my darling Lillie,” but she put them away in her pocket quickly. The trouble was that young Christopher would not give her back her letters when she broke off the engagement, and she was very much afraid that he would show them to Mr. Lynn. Get these letters back she must, and this is the way she set about is. She had a. friend on the same floor where: her former lover boarded, and as luck would have it, his door was not locked on the day she called there, so she slipped stealbhily into his room. A Would-be Suicifie’s Bullet Checked by the Appearance of His Sweetheart. Miss Sylvester did not like to jill; her lover, for they had spent many happy hours together, but he was only a poor clerk on a small salary and she was tired of penury. When Waldo Lynn, 3. rich old bachelor, proposed {0 him she accepted him, but she was very sorry afterwards for having been so hasty. SAVED HER LOVER‘S LIFE. Quaint Items of Worth. WHOLE NO 1,573 NO. 14. Mamma~Ohâ€", If means thit men haven’t sense enough to select clothes, and it’s al- ways hit or miss with ’em. Women folks are the only ones that can be judged by their clothes. In a. recent number of the Medical News appeared 9. note from a. correspondent whose professional eminence is an unquali- fied 1ndorsement of the accuracy of the ob- servation, in which he writes : “ I remem- ber being jolted over the crossings in a. baby Waggon by a. nurse, and resolving to tell of her as soon as I could speak.” In reading the above it occurred to us that it would not be armies to ask the writer how he knew that there was such 9. thing as speech, and that he would ever be able to exercise that facultyâ€"Science. ,We men are easily led, and a wise and loving woman can manage us without the slightest difficulty. But once attempt to drive us and the game is up. Our sus. picions and tempers are roused, and we assert our position and authority; and unless the Wife ceases the “ driving” ami the “ruling” process the name of the household is at am end.-Lo7cdon Telegraph. Little Boyâ€"Mamma, what does this mean : ‘Nevafirjuége a mandbyrhis ol_othea ?’ Ore of the most original composifions of M. Wort‘l for Mrs. Potter is a wrap called the Com. Two in this fashion heme been made. One is of absinthe color: { cloth, to be worn with the boy’s costume 1' 1 “ Ros».- lind,” and the whetâ€"for drivingâ€"h of brown cloth and covers the entire dress similar to an Irish cloak, but diffeiing in the shoulders, where, instead of being full or pleated, it rte snugly and opens at the lefu side, with an armleh arranged on the right. There is: a. from seam and one on each side, down which and aroznd the neck are bands of black and gold galon. A reception dress which Mrs. Potter bears to America is of dark blue velvet and is made very plain. It has no trimmings, with the exception of black jet fringe, which hangs beneath the arms and around the neck. Among “he siege dresses Wb’ch M.Worth has completed for Mrs.Potter is an evening gown of brocaicd grey silk, with a. court train ma 8.11 oversk‘ub of whine moasseline de soie. 'lhe bodice is low necked. and the short sleeves are trimmcd with a chiflon de mousseline ("e soie and a long hinge of silver and steel beads, which ham! f m: beneath the arms and reach to the oottom of the waist; MRS. POTTER, THE NEW YORK BEAUTY, is also in Paris, and she told the corres- pondent that when she lands in New York, at the end of this week, she will wear the latest description of fashionable costume in the gay capital. It will be a dress of russet brown China crepe, which is of all her gowns the most unique and becoming. The lower BLirt hangs in simple folds, made rather lull; the upper skirt is short in frcnt and made with irregular pleats on the side, which have no hems, the finish being raw edge of the material. The bodice, slightly pleated in the front and back pieces, is confined at the waist by an absinthe moire ribbon in long ends and loops to the bottom of the skirt. The neck is festooned wiuh green China crepe, around which will be worn a. voluminous scarf of the same green color and material. The most remarkable feature of this cos- tume is We sleeves, which are rather Tar- kish in appearance, but have been named the Capuiet. A hat of brown velvet, made high in f out, With a. low flat crown, will be worn with the cos. ume. ” Another remarkably beautiful costume is a ball dress. The bodice is white, crossed with a sash like the Order of the Garter. I am to pin all myjewels on this sash. No. 3, to mv mind, in point of loveliness is an orchid dress, quite a novelty. It was de- signed from lovely, rich orchids. ': ~18 most vsporous dress, as far as you can imagine, is made to imitate the delicate flower of pale Ophelia, mauve in the centre, growing darker and darker at its ends. Let me see again. I have two dresses of a peculiar striped velvet made very simply. after the style worn in Gainsborough‘s Mrs. Siddons in the National Gallery. One is old blue and pink, the other pale blue and maize. TEA GOWNS FOB STAGE WEAR. _“ Tea gowns are the things nowadays, to my mind, for the stage. They give freedom of action and are very adaptable to stage surroundings. Felix has made the most lovely tea. gowns. One particularly is re- markably pretty. It is in the Empire style. The skirt is embroidered in all colors and a deep jewelled belt goes 'round the waist. Anothur is a pale pink crepe tie China. The train is attached to one shoulder and one hip. In another the back is of silver gray brocaded plush, and the front is of white and silver silk gauze, em- broidered in silver, and the train is bord- deer with the darkest Russian sable. “ For a coat I have a. novelty. It is of Chamois leather color, embroidered all over with gold and silver, opening over a waist- ccat of silver fox fur." “ Well," she replied, “ I have from fifty to sixty dresses for my new plays. You may imagine, therefore, that it: is no easy job to remember exactly each dress. In- deed, I have not seen them all, and a great many more ‘creations’ will be revealed to me next week in Paris. Among those I have seen so far these are the ones that have taken my fancy most. My favorite is a. directoirc style of dress. The skirt is made of white and black embroidery, which is copied from designs in the Museum in Lyons. Mrstangtry beamed, for where is the woman worth the name who does not ais- cugsfirggsflwéih gugyof " He comes to me and says, ‘ I willmake you one like this and another F121: that,’ and I say, ‘ Oh‘ not another single one.‘ 'lhen he paralsts and says, ‘ Just let me tempt you With this,’ and he begins to explain and it sounds so nice thawâ€"well, I find another 'magnificent creation,’ as he calls it, added to the list.” “ Give me an idea of Home of these ‘cree. tions,’ pXease.” “Pretty!” echoed Mm. Langtry. “Don’t let me sayâ€"ask Woth. I call them frocks; he calls them creations. I think he is right. They are very elaborate. A Paris correspondent cables that he i;- terv‘ewed Mrs. Langbry in Paris and asked her about the new dresses which she has gone there to chain for her next season on this continent. “ Are they pretty ‘2” queried the correspondent. NEW COSTUMES FOR BEAUTIES. MRS. LANGI‘RY AND MRS. POTTER. IN VEST Some Visions of Loveliness in Frocks. A Proverb‘s Hidden Meaning. A Man on Men. Precoci ty. “The really efficient laborer," says Thoreau, “ will be found not to unduly crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure." We were thinking of this as we came down in our barouohe this morning. The London Times says :â€"Our Canter- bury Correspondent writes ;â€"The audacity of the jaekdaw of Rheimshas been equalled, if not excelled, at Monkton, in Kent. During Divine service a. jackdaw, belong- ing to Mr. Stapleton Cotton, made its way into the sacred edifice with the congrega- tion, and not only took a lively part in the responses, but also became exceedingly talkative at other times. The whole con- gregution were in a titter, the clergyman himself with difl'iculty kept a straight face, while the school children present broke out into open laughter. Things became so bad. that the clergyman was compelled to order the children out of' the church. Then an effort was made to capture the intruder, which had perched itself boldly upon the reading desk. The bird, however, flew to the rafters above, where it remained (still talkative) till the end of the service. When 11 Cincinnati husband was asked in court if he dragged his wife out of bed by the hair he said he couldn’t really re- member, ae that was a very busy morning with birthâ€"Detroit Free Press. “Such wretched English as we get in our newspapers l” exclaimed a certain Chicago clergyman not long since. “ There is no polish in the work. It is clumsily done. Words are badly chosen, shades of meaning are lost in bungling composition, and sometimes there are grammaticalerrors. I don’t see why our newspapers cannot be better written." One night last week this clergyman happened to be in the Chicago Tribune office. Near where he stood talk- ing with one of the editors of the paper was a reporter writing. On the desk in front of him lay his open watch. With one hand the young man was moving a pencil with amazing speed,and with the other was manipulating a cigarette with that skill and ease which only come of long experi- ence. The clergyman’s curiosity was roused. “Why the watch?” he inquired. “ 0h,” replied the editor, “ the young man has just come in from his assignment. He has been busy all afternoon gathering in- formation concerning a matter of consid- erable public interest. He has been doing some lively hustling and is probably tired. He is also hungry. But his superior has told him that he is to have his copy finished at a certain hour. In two hours he must write a column and a half. That is why his watch is out. He is timing himself. If he finds that he is falling behind he will work all the harder to catch up. That is the way newspapers are made. Would you. like to write your sermons in that fashion, and then have somebody go over your work at his leisure and criticise your style and your choice of words ‘2” A young woman, who was a cook in Keneington, attended at Hammersmith Police Court, London, the other day, for the purpose of obtaining a warrant for the apprehension of a person who she said had delrauded her of £33. The detective handed a written statement to the Magis- trate, from which it appeared that in July she advertised as follows : “ A respectable young woman would like to correspond with a respectable young man ; Church of England ; over 5 feet ; a country one pre- ferred.” In answer she received a. letter, and saw a young man, who represented that he was a chemist’s assistant at Wool- wich and expected to pass an examination. She saw him several times, and on his promising marriage she bought a quantity of furniture and met him at Charing-oross, where she gave him £33 to purchase the chemist’s shop at Woolwich. She saw him again and then he stated that his uncle was ill at Northampton. He left her on the understanding that he was going to Northampton to see his uncle and would return. She had not seen him since, and she further stated that she had parted with her money thinking that he would marry her and buy the shop. Mr. Puget, after reading the statement. said it was a breach of promise, but not false pretence. He said if girls would advertise for husbands and meet young men he could not help them. He saw no reason for the warrant, but she could bring an action for breach of promise of marriage. The applicant left the court with the officer. ,w W. \...V_,.‘ uxa ucmu VI bowed), Rappetyâ€"rep! This will never do, The girls are peeping. and laughing, too I So the sexton tripped over the creaking floor, Lifted the latch, and opened the door. In there tuotmd a big black dog, As big as a. beer! With a. solemn jog Bight up the centre aisle he pattered, People migh. sun-e, it litvle mattered. Straight he wont to 11. little maid, Who blushed and him, as though afraid, And there sun down, as if to say, “ I’m sorry that; 1 was late “0-day; But better late than never, you know, Besides, I waited an hour or so, And couldn’t get them'o open the door Till I warzgul m5 tail and bumped the floor. Now, little mistress, I‘m going to stay, And hear What the minister has to say." The poor little girl hid her face and cried! But the big dog nestled to her side. And kissed her, dog fashion, tenderly, Wondering who-t. the matter could be. The dog being large (and the sexton smell), He sat through the sermon and heard it all, As solemn and wise as any one there, With a. very dignified, scholarly air‘. And instead nf scolding, the minister said, As he laid his hand on the sweet child‘s heed After the service. “ I never knew Two better list’ners than Rover and you ! " ~J‘amcs Buck-ham. Right in the midst of the minister’s prayer There came a. knock at the door. “ Who’s 1hero, I wonder? " the gm haired sexton thought, As his careful ear t e tapping caught. Rap-rap, mpmpâ€"a louder sound, The boys on the back seats turned around. What could it mean ‘2 for never before Had any one knocked at the old church door. Again the topping, and now so loud The minister paused (though his head was I‘Aflmn rung. The windows were open, and the breezes sweet Fluttered the hymn books from seat to seat. Even the bi ads, in the pale-leaved birch Sang as softly as if in church! ,Twaa a Sunday morning in early May, A baautifu], sunny, quiet day, And 8.11 the village, ofd and young, Had trooped ‘0 church when the church hall For the pain would be imperfect Unless i5 held some sphere That paid for the toil and talent And love that are wasted here. â€"Ella Wheeler-Wilcox For those whose spir‘t comrades Have mksed them on who way, I sing wilh a heart o'e“f‘owing This minor strain Lo-day. And I know We solar system M7181) somewhere 1.091) in space A prim for mat spent runner Who barely lost; the race. I s' {13 for {1‘0 breathless runner, The 03,30", anxious 9011], Who fal's. with his “.nrength exhausted, Almost in sight 0; the goal. For the hear :3 Grab break in silence With a. sorrow all unknown, For those who need companions, Yen wa‘k their ways alone. There are songs enovgh 101' the lovers Who Save love‘s iendm‘ pain; I sing for J28 one whose 1331.25104 13 glvou all in min. There are songs enough fo‘.‘ the hero Who (lwe1ls on the heigha of fame; 1' sin", for the disappointedâ€" For @059 who missed their aim. I sing with H. tearful cadence For one who stands in the dark, And Lnows Elm; his ‘nsu, b:“ L arrow Has bounded back from the mark. Advertising for a Husband. A Jackdaw In Church. Newspaper English. The Disappointed. Rover 1 1: Church.