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The surly reception which he had from his wife and son did not affect his urbanity in the least; he was perfectly suave, cheer- ful and good-bummed ; told them what a pleasant evening he had spent at the club last night (omitting to mention that he had lost several hundred pounds at cards); asked what news there was in the morning paper; inquired whether Ronald was seedy this morning, as he looked devilish grave. To which inquiry his son replied by leaving the room to make his morning toilet. His father's unassailable good humor only made his conduct the more provoking, for no one wns ever known to see thehonorable George out of temper. This was partly what ren- dered him so utterly incorrigible. When At that moment the honorable George entered the breakfast room. He was an oldieh mun, nearly 70, and the marks of fast living had stamped themselves very clearly on his once handsome countenance. But his dress, his elegant figure and his sprightly manner were all twenty years junior to his face. A man died yesternight. ’l‘o-dsy the town Makes mention of his taking off, and sums His virtues and his failings. On the scrcet, Midst many barterinqs and lures of trade, In homes Where he was known, in busy mints, 0: public places where the commonweul Gathers the town-folk ; up and down his name Is spoke of in as various ways of speech As are the various voices sounding it ; Grnfi-throated bass shrill treble of old age. Soft sibilancy of a. woman's tongue, 0: reed-like utterance of a. little child. Thus 9119, his mate in business : “ Ah 1 less, Great store of tenderness within his heart : " Oh, won‘t be come and see us any more ?" Bis surpliced pastor, bound to save his soul, Balanced a. bit by inconsistencies He thought he saw, in private to his wife : " Alas, poor soul. it he had only grasped That matter of the creed, and made us sure I But theqjhis heart was right, and God 'ahrev'vd Dry head was that; much loss to us, much 1083, And as for heart”â€"-Wiso shrug of shoulders Ronald shfugged his shoulders and made no answer ; he evidently did not share his mqthgg'sppinion. _ nowâ€" " Well. ‘tis but little quoted here on ’change.” Another, who had summered with him once In leisure time : “ A right good fellow gone ‘1’ "Ha true, he liked his ease ; but who does not ? For me, give mo the man that Horace loved, Who deemed it wise to fool when seasonable.” A tiny one who oft, had found great store 0! aweetmemts in his hand, and, prized far Ronald pushed his chair impatiently back from the breakfasn table. “ It’s per- fectly useless,” he said ; but I want to see Amabel, so I’ll go round there to luncheon. If my uncle is at home, I’ll take occasion to breach the subject to himâ€"just to satisfy you, mother. But, of course, he’ll be unable to do anything.” “ Your uncle is 1:. 616x76): man, Ronald, 9.11:1 I 1}qu great _f§a.ith _in hips.” A STRANGE MONEY-LENDING CASE. good.” v And one, a woman, who had found his arms An all-protecting shelter through long years, Said naught. but kissed the tokens he had left, And dreamt of heaven for his sake alone. Meanwhiletyvhat was this man, and what his place? You ask, confused by all this Babel talk 01 here and yonder, from his fellow-men. I am as ignorant as any one Whose sneech you heard, and yet I loved him “ I Wish, Ronald, that you would go and see your Uncle James, and consider with him whether some plan cannot be devised to stop your father." weil‘ Nay, ask mo not ; ask only God. He knows “But how?" It’s out of the question. Uncle James has pitched into him, the earl has pitched into him, you have alter- nately blown him up and appealed to his better feelings, and I have sulked and growled at him till I’m tired of it. But allto no purpose. He promises amend- ment every day, and every day commits some fresh extravagance. Not down yet, you see, and nearly 12 o'clock. That means he was late at the club last night, where, I dare say, he lost no end of money at 100. or poker. or some other infer- 1131 game.” " It really is too bad of your father. When you come into the title, Ronald, you will Pot hue g. shilling to Buggortjt with." “ I can’t help it mogher. You know I‘ve remonstmted with the governor often enough, but nothing that I can do will stop him. He’s raised more than a. thousand in the last month.” The speakers were Hon. Mrs. Browning, wife of Hon. George Browning, brother and heir to the Earl of St.David’s, and her only son, Ronald. They were now discussing the extravagant habits of the aforesaid George, whereby he bade fair to anticipate the whole of the St. David’s property be- fore he came into it at all. This property, which was not entailed, was left in an un- usual manner. The present earl had only a life interest in it, the reversion being left to his brother and heir out-andoutâ€"what the lawyers style “ in fee simple.” But by a codioil to the will it was ordained that, should the Honorable George die before his brother the earl, the latter should acquire the “fee simple” of the property, and be empowered to leave it to whomsoever he chose. Now, the earl was fond of his nephew, Ronald, and had frequently stated his determination to leave the whole pro- perty to him in the event of his father’s demise. On the other hand, if the Honor- able George outlived his brother, he would naturally leave the property to his son when his end came. Thus, whichever event happened, Ronald appeared sure to succeed toithe tarnin estate. “Dâ€"â€"n it, mother, it’s rather hard lines on a young fellow like me to be cheated by his governor’s confounded ex truvagence, not only out of a fine estate, but also out of the prettiest girl in Lon- don." “ I know that Well enough, mother, and I wish to goodness I could do something to atop the governor in his headlong extrava- gance. It is not only the loss of the property that I fear, but my uncle James has let me see pretty plainly that, if this sort of thing continues, he‘ll make Amabel break off her engagement with me." “James is very strict on the point of money." Mrs. Browning answered. “And only two days ago he gave me to understand what you have just said.” Amabel was ME. James Godfrey’s only daughter, and cousin and financee of Ronald Brogvning. A Mrs. Browning‘s brother, James Godfrey, senior partner in the great banking house of Godfrey, Jones at: Godfroys, 1,001 Lombard street, had lent his brother-in law money at 5 per cent., until he (lie- oovered that he had an affection of the heart, when be promptly refused to accom- modate him with another shilling ; and the Honorable George accordingly took refgue with the Hebrews and cent. per cent. “ Hang it, mother, I can‘t poison the governorâ€"as the old Romans used to treat their obnoxious relatives! Such conduct is out of date.” “Your father must be stopped! ” his mega; quid qqullapically. ‘ __ But this was not really the case ; for the Honorable George, being of an extravagant turn of mind, and unable to subsist on his younger son's allowance, was rapidly in- volving the St. David’s property by post- obits, at a. rate which in a. very few years would mortgage the whole of it so that if he outlived his brother, and succeeded to the property, he would have to surrender every acre of it to the money lenders. A further evil in the case waethnt the Honor- able George, being very few years younger than the earl, and having lived a fast, die- aipated life, was regarded as by no means certain to outlive his brother. And thus the money had to be raised from Jews at an exorbitant interest. “ It was a ridiculous thing,” Mrs. Brown- ing argued, “for the property ever to have been left in that manner. Your only chance, Ronald, is that your father should not out- live the earl.” “ Don’t joke about the matter, Ronald. [tris_npthing_to_laugl_1 at, I fissure; you I " fl (From London Truth.) Voices. â€"â€"Richard E. Burton he was dressed, Ronald walked leisurely round to his uncle’s house in Hamilton place. As the footman opened the door to him, his uncle chanced to be crossing the hall and stoppqd. .-. ..- . -. Annabel refused to go out for a. drive that afternoon. She Wished to be left alone and to think. She sat in the library, by her- self, gazing dreamin into space, and buried in her own meditations. At length her cheeks suddenly flushed, and her eyes grew "JAE'Rdfiald," he said, shaking hands with him not very warmly, “ come to see me, 611 ?" 7 i" I came to see Annabel especially ; but I did wish to have a wprd Eviph you." W‘V' That is lucky, for I 1x356 something important to discuss with you. Just step in here. There is still twenty minutes before lunch." At that minute Mrs. Godfrey, hsving discreetly coughed to announce her ap- proach, entered the inner drawing-room, and, soon after, Ronald took his departure. So speaking, the banker ushered the way into his private study, and shut the door. He was a about, rather handsome old gen- tleman, with a certain pompous dignity of manner. After pacing the length of the hearth rug several times, with his hands beneath his coattails, he said : . And she answered, looking fondly into his ales : " The power of woman‘s wit is perhaps limitea, but there is no limit to the power of woman’s love." withat rdor you think the St. David‘s estates are worth, Ronald1 eh ‘2” Ronald only smiled hopelessly. “I have great faith in woman’s wit,” he said, “ but even it cannot accomplish im- possibilities. “ Now, Ronald," said she, smiling up into his face, “I mean to think of some plan. And when I mean to do a thing, it is as good as done. I shall rack my poor little brain day and night, and shall give it no rest until the plan has been thought of. Don’t look so glum,sir. I tell you a plan shall be found.” “urTévérrrxfiy-five ihousan<1 a year, I under stand, uncle." “ So they areâ€"~every shilling of it I And to be an ear]. with £25,000 a year, is a noble thing, Ronald. and gives a. man high standing in the world. And that is what I thought you would one day be, when I con- sented to your engagement with Amnbel. But, from what I can judge now, by the time you become Earl of St. David’s, you are likely not to have £25,000 or £10,000, or even £5,000 a year." Ronald complied; pausing every now and then toâ€"but this has no bearing on the story, and, therefore, need not be entered into. ” I’m not so sure that it is hopeless. Ten it me all over again, BO that I may ungerstgpd it qu»i_ter,»quitie olgarly.” L The young mam told her all the circum- stances of the case, adding at the end, “There, my darling, you see how hopeless it is.” “ Your father told me that if I could de- vise some certain means sit-her to stop my father’s extravagance. or secure myself against the consequences of it, our engage- ment might continue.” “ And is that impossible?” “ Utterly. Every conceivable method has been tried andâ€"failed.” “ Tell me all about the matter, Ronald; and let me see if I cannot think of some plain-.5! ” But, if you marry me against his will. he will not give you the dowry. No, Ama- bel, there is only one way out of itâ€"and that is an impossiblp‘one.” “ I know what you mean. And that was What I wanted to talk to you about. My father’s extravaganca is rapidly involving the property." _ m. 1- u __V i,‘_,,,, “ Involving it l The word is scarcely strong enough. In another year or two he will have forfeited his right to every single acre. I do not speak at random, I assure you. Having long been anxious about the state of your father’s affairs, I determined, last week, to obtain accurate information concerning them. So I visited Lionel Levi, of Jermyn street, with whom your father has had most of his pecuniarytraneaotions, and pretended that I Wished to buy up his bills. They amounted, I found, to more than £100,000." “ I can’t give you up, Ronald, whatever my father may say I And what does the property mnter. Father ha. always promised to give me a dowry fit for a princess ; we can live upon that I" “That sorfnd Irish. But; what do you mean '2” The litfilo white hands clasped tighter on Ronald’s arm, and the tender hazel eyes lookgd still m_ore fondly in_to hip: “ Good gracious ! What can the governor have done with all that money â€"- ‘2” “ Oh, he has not had a fifth part of it in cash. That makes it all the more pro- voking. By raising the money at this out- rageously exorbitant interest he is practi- cally selling the property to the Jews at a fifth of its real value.” “ Can’t he be stopped somehow ?” “ Impossible 1 We have no hold upon him. So, unless your fatherâ€"ah, ahâ€" failsfltoâ€"ahâ€"survive the earl, you will be a penniless peer, Ronald. And, pardon me for saying so, I cannot regard with com- placency the prospect of Amabel’s marry- ing a beggar !" “ You are very plain spoken, uncle l" “ I’m a straightforward man of business, sir, and there’s no palavering about me. I don’t wish to hurt your feelings, Ronald, for you are a good fellow, and I like you ; but, at the same time, I am bound to do my best for my daughter’s welfare. And I cannot permit her to throw away a num- ber of certain fortunes now for this pro- blematical one of yours in the future. The young Marquis of Truro might be hers to- morrow, and so might Sir Owen Meredith, both of whose estates are larger than the St. David’s.” 7“ Has not my uncle told you ‘2" he asked. “ Told me what." “ About our engagement. He wants it broken off, because my governor is antici- pating the property, by raising money upon it, and when I come into the title there will be little or none of the estate eft." Ronald put his arm around her and drew her to him. To call her “ the prettiest girl in London” was, perhaps, a rather sweep- ing statement ; yet she was, beyond doubt, very lovely. And as she stood looking fondly into his handsome face, her auburn hentl resting against his shoulder, and her dainty little white hands clasped round 1113 mm, it is no wonder that he cursed his father’s extravagance more bitterly than ever. “Preciselyl I really regret it, Ronald; but it is for Amnbel’s sake." “ And What dues she say to this 2‘” “Annabel is a. sensible girl, and Will do what her father bids he): I" ‘Vi‘i‘rYoifirrgvrill let me see her, and tell her this 7" “Certainly. And if you two can lay your heads together and devise some plan for securing the estate against your father’s extravaganceâ€"Why then the engagement may continue.” “ Is that a bargain ‘2" “ Yea ; but I fear that you will not profit by it much, since the condition involved is an_impoasibility." It may be imagined that, after this con- versation,Rona1d's manner at lunch was far from cheerful. Hi3 aunt and cousin rallied him on his low spirits ; but he re- fused to be drawn out of himself, and he sat moody and despondent. When luncheon. was over, the banker went off to Lombard street, and Mrs. God- frey, who was the kindest and most con- Bidemte old lady in the world, lelt Ronald and Amabel together in the inner drawing room. 7‘ What is the matter, Ronald? ” Amabel asked, as soon as they were A_1(_me. V “ You mean that you wish our engage ment broken off 7" bright, and clapping her hands. she jumped up from her chair, crying aloud : “ I have got it I” “ What have you got, my den): ‘2” asked Mr. Godfrey, who had just come back from the bank and entered the room at that very minute. This conversation took place some twelve months after Hon. Geo. Browning’s first introduction to Denial Lazarus. It will, therefore, be seen that he had been spend- ing money with tolerable freeflom during that period. He had, in truth, thrown lit “ Oh, father 1 plauwli’ I l “ What plan? mean, Amabel? ’ Pleased rejoinfieru His daughter threw her arms round his neck, kissed him, and, drawing him into an armchair, sat upon his knee. Then she whispered something in his ear, and began to talk in a low, eager voice, growing more excited as she went on. “Well, Lizarua, if you don't do so,it shall not be for want of application on my pay? _ I promise‘thaft.”_ “ That involveahalf the estimate, and your bills, which I have bought up from Levi, involve it to the extent of another quarter. Therefore, only a quarter remains for you to borrow upon. I shall be Willing to ac- commodate you, air, to the full extent of that security.” Mr. Godfrey’s face, which at the begin- ning had assumed an obstinate and un- yielding expression, gxadually relaxed into a complaisant and apprqving smile. "Eged I” answered the Honorable George, with a laugh. “ That’s the only chance for my son. Why, you’ve lent me close on fifty thousand now I” “ I’ll be frank with you," the money lender said, on the occasion of one of these visits. “ The fact is I am gambling for your estate. I have set my heart upon it, and have bought up all your bills from Levi. Our friend Lionel was growing nervous about his moneyâ€"thought that you were sure to die before the earl, so he let me have the bills on reasonable terms. I know that there’s a. chance of your dying before the ear], but I also know that there’s a good chance of your surviving him. I speculate on the latter. The game is worth playing, too, since at my present rate of in- terest (which is so high because of the risk involved) I shall by the expenditure of a hundred thousand in cash chance winning five hundred thousand in land. On the other hand, I may lose everything, it you are so disobliging as to die before the earl.” “ You are a true daughter of your father, my dear," he said, at the end. “ A first- rate financier ! The plan is a. clever one, and, I believe, quite feasible. Who would have thought that that little brain of yours contained such cunning ? We’ll semi for Ronald this very evening. and see what he says to your suggestion." -n .1 So a note was deapatched to Ronald Browning. requesting him to dine in Hamilton place that evening, as his uncle had something important to com- municate. From this time forward Hon. George plunged into more hopeless extravagance than ever. His wife and son ceased to re- monstrateâ€"eibher because they did not guess the real extent of his loans or because they thought remonstrance useless. Bie visits to Daniel Lazarus grew frequent, but the letter was always ready to accommo- date him with cash. After dinner the three conspirators ~â€" Mr. Godfrey, Amnbel and Ronaldflheld a secret conference in the banker’s study. Mrs. Godfrey was not included, because, though the most amiable of old In dies, she could not be trusted with a secret. In the meantime, the Honorable George, all unconscious of the plot that was being hatched against his extravagance, thought that he would try to recoup himself by the aid of the turf. So, with his usual princely recklessness, he backed the favorite for the Cambridgeshire for £3.000. The favorite, unfortunately, was beaten, and the Honor- able George was in the position of being forced to raise £3,000 in cash before settling day. He went to his friend the money lender, Lionel Levi, of Jermyn street, noth- ing doubting but that that worthy would be quite ready to accommodate him. But, to his great surprise and dismay, the worthy Lionel refused to let him have a shilling. “ What the devil does this mean ?" the Honorable George asked. “ There is still nearly three-quarters of the property un- encumbered.” And Lionel answered : “ True I But I do not like the look of your health, sir, and, to put it plainly, I think it very probable now that the earl will outlive you.” . » “ So ho,” he thought inwardly, “ that was 5 dodge of yours to prevent my bor- rowing money, was it ? I wonder how ycu would both look if you knew that I have this very afternoon paid into my bankers a cheque of Daniel Lazarus’ f9r£5,000~?” " W11“ file dance is worse about my health now than when you lent me that thousand last month ?” As he entered his club that evening, two men were standing in the lobby, with their baclgeto him}, t‘mlkipgf “Iknow for a. fact, that Levi refused him this morning,” said the one. “ That is exqellent, answered the other. Hon. George slipped past them unob- served. He recognized them both. They were his brother.in~law, James Godfrey, and his son, Ronald. “ I was not aware then that your heart was affected 1" ‘(E No more it is, by Gad! Who told you BO 7’ Lionel Levi smiled inoredulously. He had it on good authority. He had already lent him £20,000, which he now saw every chance of losing. And the long and short of it was that he would not advance another Sixpence. _.~ .m- 1 “ Well, I’m hanged," muttered the Hon- orable George to himself, when he had finished reading the above. “ If this isn’t one of the luckiest things ever happened 1 Here, at any rate, is a Hebrew who has not heard of my heart disease. I’ll call upon him this very afternoon and borrow that £3,000.” “I’m-going out, my dear, to pay a few visits,” he said to his wife after luncheon, and the first visit. he paid was to Mr. Daniel Lazarua’ office, at 1,200 Duke street, St. James’. The honorable George leffi in a rage, and drove to another money lender of his ac- quaintance. To his great wrath and chagrin, this individual treated him to the same reply, and assigned the same reason. He drove home to luncheon, and to con- sider his position. A pile of letters had come in ior him since he had leit the house two hours before. He turned them care- lessly over ; most were of a bilious appear. ance, and he did not open them. But there was one, marked on the envelope “ Private and confidential,” whose con- tents he deigned to inspect, “ though I am sure,” he soliloquized, “ it’s only some infernal advertisementâ€"â€"” “Egadl” he ejaculated a minute later, ” Glad I did open it, by Jove! Just the very thing I want I” It ran as follows : 1,200 DUKE SHEET, ST. JAMES‘, S. W. DEAR SIR,â€"Iu the event of you requiring at any timeatompomry advance of cash, Ishall always be happy to accommodate you. Having alarge capital at my command, I am able to advance money at a. more reasonable rate than most lenders and to supply it at the shortest possible notice Yours truly, DANIEL LAZARUS. The would-be borrower was furious. Who on earth had been spreading that report about his heart ? He thought that no one knew of it, except his own imme- diate family. It really was (1â€"6 pro- voking. These Jews all clung together, and very likely by this time the informa- tion had gone the round of every Hebrew in London. What on earth do you was the banker’s par- I have thought of a. away with a reckless lavishness peculiar even for him. The next half year found him no more economical, and at the and of that time‘scamely an acre remained upon which money could be raised. But now an event happened which brought great joy to the heart of Danial Lazarus and such others as had claims upon Hon. Geo. Browning. The Earl of St. David's caught a. sudden chill on the first day of cover-shooting. A sharp attack of bronchitis followed, and within 48 hoursthe noble earl was a. dead man. The Honorable George (we beg his patr- donâ€"the new earl) received the intelligence with his usual impertutbability. Hedid not much relish the prospect of his pecuniary embarrassments being disclosed, but Lazarus was an cbliging fellow, and the disclosure might yet be deferred for same weeks. â€"“ Shoot any one that bothers you,” said a. Georgia man to his wife on present- ing her with a. shotgun. She followed his advice and now he has a bad wound in the neo . \VM. ROBERTS, M.D., Physician to the Manchester, Eng, Infirmary and Lunatic Hospital, Professor of Medicine in Owen's College, says: “The attention of the patient is awakened some months, 01 it may be years, after advanced kidney disease exists.” If you think it unwise to take further chances use Warner’s Safe Cure before the malady becomes any further advanced. He found. however. that Lazarus, the ac- commodating lender, was a very different man from Lazarus the creditor, in full poa- seaeion of his legal rights. For, on the same attemood that he received the tele- gram with the news of his brother's death, a note reached the Honorable George from Lazarus, requesting him to step round to his office before 6 o’clock and arrange for the immediate transfer of the St. David’s prggegty. _ “ To see you?" “ Yes. He’s bothered the life out of me for the last six months to take out a. policy." “ My dear sir, you must have encouraged him to start.” “ Well, I guess I did. He asked me for a. light for his cigar, and I gave it to him. It will be a valuable experience to me.” A Vaiuable Experienco. “There comes the life insurance agant I” exclaimed a Wall street broker, as he stood at a. window in his oflice the other morn- mg. ‘ Higgth indignant at such a summary proceeding, he drove straight to 1,200 Duke street: " ’Pon my life, Lazarus!” he said irrit- ably, as he entered the money lender‘s ofiice, “this haste is positively indecent. You might at least have waited until after the funeral." 20. What strength of current is danger- ous to human life ‘1 500 volts, but depend- ing lately on physical conditions. fibgnierl merely shruggeq his shoulders. and answered, cokily: "I am quite Within my rights, Bil: ! Be- sides, I am acting on instruction. For I may as well inform you that I am not a. principal, bu: only an agent, in this affair.” ‘1 V 19. How many miles of electric railways are there in operation in the U. S. 7 About 400 miles, and much more under construc- tion. 18. What i§ the average cost per mile, of u. transatlantic submarine cable? About $51,000. ruiCéBJQVLazafus, tfiat [is a very old storyflf “ It is true, nevertheless. in the present case. To convince you beyond doubt, I will introduue you to my principal at once. Will you step this way, please? ” The Honorable George followed the money lender into an inner office, and there found, to his utter astonishment, no other a person than his brother-in-law, the banker. 17. What war vessel has ' the most com- plete electrical plant ? United States man- otâ€"war Chicago: 16. How many Eelephones afe in use in United States ? About 300,000. 7 “ What the devil does this mean? ” ejacglgted. _ h “ Listen I ” answered Mr. James Godfrey, a. curious smile playing about his lips, “ and you will understand. The I that have lent you the money. ” “ You I Pooh! You’re joking." “ On the contrary, I am quite serious. Seeing that you were bent on selling your estate to the Jews at a fifth or its true price, I used Arnabel‘s dowryâ€"£100,000â€" to buy it up with. In doing so, no risk was run; for if you survived the ear], I could claim, by law, the whole estate; and, if the earl survived you, he had given me his word to leave the property to Ronald, and Ronald promised to settle £100,000 of it upon Amabel, in repayment.” 15. What is {fie fastesbvti-me made by an operator sending messages by Morse sys- tem ‘2 About forty-pwp words per‘minutp. 14. How long does it take to transmit a message from San Francisco to Hong Kong? About 15 minutes. Via New York, Canso, Penzance, Aden, Bombay, Madras, Penning and Singapore. What is the greatest candle power of are light used in a lighthouse? Two mil- lion, in a. lighthouse at Houstholm, Denmark. W ESTES} many persons in the U.S. are engaged in business depending solely on elecprigity ?_ Est-.imat‘gdPZE’iOfiIOO.’ 11. How many miles of telephone wire in operation in the U.S.? More than 170,000, over which 1,055,000 messages are sent daily. 9. How is telegraph:ng frbm a moving train accomplished? Through a circuit from the car roof inducing a. current in the wire on poles along the track. . 1 10. What are the most widely separated points between which it is possible to send 8. telegram? British Columbia and New Zealand, via Americp. and Europe. H “‘You mean {but I .ha've, in fact, sold the estate to you?” said the new earl, when his gprpgisq pgrzqittgadpirp to spegkl. “Prefixiseli! And it; is 1:137 intention, this very day, to setnle it upon Ronald and Amnbel, and their children after them. You will not; have the control of a single “GIGLG‘EPIEB 1",. .. V Gifvliowria a break in submarine cable located? By measuring the electricity needed to charge the remaining unbroken pagt.__ (How many messi'gea can 'be trans- mitted over a wire at one time? Four, by thg qg_adrqple_>x_ systepl in daily use. “ Well, well,” the other replied, accepting the inevitable with his customary Business, “ after all, it had better go to Ronald than to the Hebrews.” 2. What is the longest distance over which conversation by telephone is daily maintained? Aboufi 750 miles, from Port- land, Maine, to Buffalo, N.Y. 3. What is the fastest time made by an electric railway? A mile a. minute by a small experimental car. 20 miles an hour on street railway system. Helifiow many'miles of submarine cable are there in operation? Over 100,000 miles, or enough to girdle the earth four times. rv’iiflow many miles or telegraph wire in operation in the U. 8.? Over a million, or euougl: to encircle the globe fortvy1 times. Scribner’e Magazine (743 Broadway, New York) i9 publishing a series of articles on electricity. The following twenty quea- tione and answers contain a hint of the extent of the ground to be covered : Héw strgng a current is used to send 9. message over an Atlantic cable “I 30 cells of bagel-y oply. _ Eqrual tol3o‘yolxs. 5. What is the maximum power gener- ated by an electric motor? 75 horse power. Experiments indicate that 100 horse power will soon be reached. An Electric Catechism. Remarkable Discoveries Made by M Navillc. The two large July gatherings held in London, England, by the Victoria Institute are considered to have been of much im- portance. The President, Sir G. G. Stokes, Bart, President of the Royal Society. took the chair at both, and on each occasion the members crowded the large hall engaged to the doors. At the first meeting Professor Sayce’s account of his examination of the library brought by Amenophis III. from Aasyria to Egypt 34 centuries ago, was given. The Lord Chancellor delivered an eloquent speech on the occasion, and M. Neville, the discoverer of Succoth-Pithom, .Bubastis, and other places of great histori- 1cal importance in Egypt, characterized the discovery described by Professor Sayce as one of the most important, and perhaps really the most important, of this century ; and the Victoria Institute’s members were not slow in recognizing the value of their fellow-member’s work. At the second meeting, the mem- bers assembled to welcome M. Naville on his arrival in England after his discovery of the site of Bubastis, and his exploration thereof. The business of this meeting was commenced by the election, as members, of several who had applied to join the Institute as supporters. including His Excellency Count Bernstorff, and sev- eral Australian and American associates, after which M. Naville himself described his own discoveries at Bubastis, for the‘ first time in Englandâ€"his last visit to Eng- land having been previous to those discov- eries. The Society of Arts having most kindly placed their apparatus at the dis- posal of the Victoria Institute, he showed, by lime-light, the photographs he had made on the spot. M. Naville commenced by quoting the prophecy of Ezekiel against Egypt, because it contained the names of the leading buried cities, the recovery of the records of which he is so desirous to obtain; and here we may be permitted to digress for a moment to call attention to the fact that the authoress of the last published work in regard to the East declares that this prophecy had not been fulfilled according to the prophet‘s words. Strange that the great- est and most successful Egyptian explorer of modern times should go to this very prophecy for light to enable him to find that which others had failed to discover ? Taking the last city named, he described how he found Pibsseth-Bubastis, how each day’s excavating work brought him new relics, new inscriptions; how he found Rameses IL, in the 19th dynasty, had, as usual, blotted out the names of previous Pharaohs, and put his own name on every- thing, even on the statue of a Pharaoh of the 4th dynasty ; and how, by careful com- parison, aided by the fact that Rameses II. had not been quite thorough in his appro- priations, he had discovered which Pharaoh of the 4th dynasty the statue represented. He came to the conclusion that Bubastis was founded at least as early as in the reign of Cheops, between whom and Pepi, of whose influence there were traces, 500 years intervened, 800 years after there was a transtormation of the city in the 12th dynasty ; in the 14th dynasty there was the invasion of the Hyksos or Shepherds, who, from the statutes of great beauty found, and from other evidences, ; must have been a highlycultivated people, . who, he considered, must have come from . Mesopotamia. Dr. Virchow considered that their monuments represented Turan- ians, and Professor Flower considered them to represent people of a Turanian or , Mongolcid type, but that did not mean that the population itself was Turanian. Their worship and language was of a Semitic type, but the statues of their kings showed that they were not Semites. M. Navillc added : “ it was then what it is still new; and I believe that the con- quest of Egypt by the Hyhsos is not unlike what would happen at the present day if the population of Mesopotamia over- ran the valley of the Nile; you would ' have masses, in great majority of Semitic race, speaking a Bemetic language, having a Semitic religion, and being under the command of I‘urks, who are not Semites but Turanians.” â€"â€"-Gussie-â€" What is the-aw-orwigin, do you know, of thwowing up the sponge, old ohappie ? Mr. Sissy â€"- Thwallowing the thponge, I pwesume, Gussie. And Guaaie took the subject under advisement. Lawyerâ€"Yes, I wish to hire an honest young man to da office work. Were you carequy brought up? AppliBantâ€"bh, $763; I came up on the elevator, sir. About six months ago, at Mahanoy City, Pa., when Squire O’Brien‘sfather was very ill, and not expected to live, a plan was conceived of placing insurances on his life. With whom the scheme originated has not come out yet. but in its execution Con- stable Pat Foley had a hand. A man named Gallagher, who was perfectly well, was secured to represent himself as old Mr. O’Brien, and Dr. H. A. Klock passed him as a subject for a large insurance policy in the Prudential Mutual Aid Association. O‘Brien, senior, died four or five months ago. Thena certificate was presented to the Prudential, and on proofs duly sub- mitted it paid Squire O‘Brien nearly $1,200. In the division of the money one of the conspirators was left out. After repeated threats of exposure had failed to bring him any return, he squealed. His revenge took the shape of a letter to the Prudential. The company hired Captain Doughtery, the well-known ‘Pinkerton detective, to investigate the case. 3 He spent a few days in Mahanoy City, and got to the bottom of the scheme. The result of his work was the arrest of Squire O’Brien, Constable Foley, Dr. Klock and Mr. Gallagher as parties to the fraud. All four were taken before Squire Ketner, who, after a brief hearing, put them under $1,000 bail each. Gallagher at the hearing was pointed out by the detective as the man who was examined. The affair created a sensation in Mohanoy City, particularly as all the parties interested are very promi- nent, politically and otherwiseéNew York Daily Commercial Bulletin. Fatherâ€"Vhliie, where have you been? Willie (the hopeful)â€"Upstairs, putting retipepper i_nto Uncle ’Rqstga’ slaggg. ‘ FEtEérâ€"I am surprised, Willie! I thought you were above doing a. mean act. Willieâ€"So I was, air. M. Naville, having referred to the head of a Hyksos King, which he had sent to the British Museum, added that he had found two statues of Apepi. the l’haroah of Joseph, and inscriptions in regard to the Pharoah of the Exouus, and many others of high interest. But it would be impos- sible to refer to the mine of interesting matter in this paper, and we can only con- gratulate the members of the Victoria Institute on possessing it; it is certainly worth the whole year’s subscription to possess this one paper. M. Naville, in con- cluding, said : “ I cannot dwell at great length here on the events of the Exodus, yet I should like to mention that the suc- cessive discoveries made in the Delta has had the result of making the sacred narra- tive more comprehensible in many points, and in one especially in showing that the distances were much shorter than was generally thought. I consider. for instance, it important to have established that Bubastis was a very large city, and a favorite resort of the king and his family. it is quite possible that, at the time when the events preceding the Exodus took place, the king was at Bubastis, not at Tania, as we generally believed." A Graveyard Insurance Scheme. THE LAND OF EGYPT. Carefu‘ly Brought Up He Really Was. The Trials and Tribulations of Mother and child. The summer baby goes on a good many excursionsâ€"in fact, the summer baby is a dissipated creature this hot Weather. It is brought in town to shop, and it is taken down to the Beach to commune with old Ontario, and it is dandled from the end seat of an open car to catch the passing breeze. I meet the s. b. in all stages of white gown and prickly heat Wherever I go, and I sym- pathize with its supine indifference to the world profoundly. The sum- mer baby is very careless of personal appearances; it has all it can do to brace up long enough to have a cap tied under its little chin and a clean face put on. Occasionally, however, it burrows in a ripe plum or takes a nip from a sticky piece of candy, with results that make it exces- sively attractive to flies; but, then, the baby is agreeable, and why need anybody else care? With all the discomfort, and ,even cholera infantum staring it in the stomach, the summer baby has a good time. It is the tired, heated mother who is worried; she plumps her offspring down in the sand on the shore with an air of desiring to plant it, or she snatches the darling off the far from immaculate floor of the car, as though the child was a brand plucked from the burning and she meant to extinguish it. Sometimes the summer baby’s poor little head wabbles like a J apanese’s doll’s, and it behaves as “ fretty ” as an old man who can‘t find his spectacles; life isn‘t running smoothly then, you may be sure ; the miserable heat is playing witch work with its tender digestive organs. Fresh air and real cow’s milk are wholesome, and shopping tours and crumby cake are the reverse, but, of course, the summer baby doesn’t go a-shopping from choice, and so one is all the more sorry to find it sitting on a counter in August, while “mummer” buys its shoes or her own. Whenever the summer baby is encountered lolling in a perambulator under the trees in the Public Garden the combination is regarded as about as advan- tageous as the reigning dog star would be likely to permit in the city. A baby has the courage of its ignorance, but the sum- mer baby is a perfect lump of heroismâ€"to keep along at all. â€"â€"A pure and noble woman is like 1:. grth and good newspaperâ€"neither Of them ever grow old. Two small girlsâ€"“0h, auntie, we’ve come to tell you there’s a baby at our house I" Auntâ€"” That is nice. Did the atork bring a little brother or a little sister ?" Little girls (puzzled)â€"” Nobody knows till the christening." â€"â€"The secreb of life is not to do what one likes, but to try to do like What one has 0 do. THE late Dr. Dio Lewis, whose name is a. household word all over the globe, warmly endorsed the use of Warner’s Safe Cure in cases of kidney disorder. He said over hi5 own signature: “ If I found myself a vic- ti'm of sarious kidney trouble, I would use Warner’s Safe Cure." Carlyle, when a. youth, attended a. Pres- byterian Church at Cummertrees, Dum- frieehire. The preacher, Rev. Davie Gil- espio, spoke on ” youth and beauty being laid in the grave.” Something in his dis- course tickled the future philosopher. He “ smiled audibly," whereupon the dominie turned on him remarking : “ Mistake me not, young man, it is youth alone that you possess.” The invention of omnibuaee is due to the philosopher Pascal, who, in February, 1667, obtained a ” privilege "â€"what we should call a patentâ€"for public car- riages to travel through certain streets of Paris. They held eight pas- sengers, who paid 6 sons each, andwere very successful, although an act of the Parliament of Paris forbade them being used by luckeys, soldiers and other humble folks. Pascal died in 1667 and his useful invention did not long survive him. The omnibus reap- peared in London about the beginning of this century and was adopted in several French provincial towns before Paris ac- cepted it againâ€"London Standard. One of the most difficult of all minor habits to acqire, says an able Writer,is that of regularity. It ranks with that of order. The natural inclination of most persons is to defer until the last possible moment, or to put it off to another time, where this can possibly be done. Yet habits of regu- larity contribute largely to the ease and comfort of life. A person can multiply his efficiency by it. We know persons who have a multitude of duties, and who per- form a vast deal of work daily, who set apart certain hours for given duties, and are there at the moment and attend rigidly to what is in hand. This done, and other engagements are met, each in order and a vast deal accomplished, not by strained exertion,but by regularity. The mind can be so trained to this that at certain hours in the day it will turn to a particular line of duty, and at other hours to other and different labors. The very diversity is restful, when attended to in regular order. But let these run to- gether, and the duties mixed, and What before was easy is now annoying and oppressive, and the exact difference between many is at this point. There are those who confuse and rush, and attempt to do several things at once and accomplish little, while another will quietly proceed from one duty to another and easily accomplish a vast amount of work. The difference is not in the capacity of the two, but in the regular methods of the one, as compared with the irregular and confused habits of the other. But happily, (let suffering humanity murmur a prayer of thanksgiving), that period of woe is past. Speedy and pain- less relief from all the ills of a disordered stomach or impaired liver, can be obtained by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purga- tive Pellets. They do not gripe, weaken or nauseate. Small, sugar-coated, pleasant to take, and mild and gentle in action. Neatly put up in glass vials. One a dose. Smallest, cheapest, easiest to take. An interesting report regarding the development of the musical sense in horses has just been made by a committee of Ger- man zoologists and botanists. The report says: “ The investigations as to the musi- cal sense of horses have shown that that sense is very poorly developed in these animals. It has been proved beyond doubt that horses have no notion Whatever of keeping time to music and that at circuses they do not dance, according to the tune, but the musicians have to keep time accord- ing to the steps of the animals. Other investigations show that horses do not understand military trumpet signals. It is only the rider or the animal‘s instinct of imitation which induces horses to make the moves required by the signal, but no horse without a rider, however carefully trained, takes the slightest notice of a trumpet signal and the same observation has been made on a large number of cavalry horses without riders.” I remember, I remember, When I was but a, boy, How Castzr Oil and Epsom Salts Robbed life of half its joy. I remember, I remember, When for each trifling ill, The family Esculapius Prescribed the Big Blue Pill. No Musical Sent-:0 in Horses. THE SUMMER. BABY. Regularity of Habit. The First Omnibus. One on Carlyle. I Remember. Common Sense When in the Water- Everyone May Learn. There is no knack in swimming, says the Famin Doctor, albeit few of us swim by instinct. Remember that the one indisa pensable requisite is a confident belief that you cannot sink while you keep your hands under water and your legs the least in motion. Every person should know that his or her body is specifically lighter than the water. Plain swimming is a. perfectly essy and simple operation. Keep your hands open, with the palms rather concave, and the fingers close together that no water can pass between them. Lean with your chest on the water, and as you throw your arms forward your body will assume a hori- zontal position just beneath the surface. With slow and steady action let the legs follow the motion of the arms, or rather not simultaneously with them. Then spread the hands so as to describe a halt circle, the elbows coming close to the body and the hands to the chest. A few yards is all you Willaooomplish at first. £1. with us. Send 200. for terms. ‘ Acdlore( rug pattern and 50 colored designs. W. &F BUSH, St, Thomas, (311;. K â€"“ What prompted you to rob this man’l till ? ” asked the Judge of the prisoner “ My famin physician,” said the prisons ‘_‘ told me I required change." Keep up your head in all cases, and if you feel any inconvenience by the water entering your mouth close your lips and it cannot get in. In getting ready for each successive stroke draw back your legs by a simultaneous motion, keep the feet wide apart with the toes well turned out, and as you send out the arms kick the legs back- wards and sideways to the full extent, keeping them separate until they have described as wide a circle as possible, the legs closing together at the end of each stroke. Press against the water with the sole of the foot, and not with the toes, and you will make more easy and rapid progress. THE COOK’S BEST F Rl-E‘NB â€"-“Gimme a. bite of yer apple, Bill,” said a street urchin to his fellow, who was munching a big yellow pippin he had eur- reptitiouely snatched from a hueketer’s stand. “ New, Iwon't,” said Bill. “Well, gimme the core then." “ Thar ain’t goin' to be no core." Sheâ€"Oh, see that scarecrow out there in the field ! Heyâ€"That isn’t a scarecrow. Sheâ€"It must be ; see how motionless it is. Ilaâ€"That's the hired man at work. “ I don‘t know about that," was the reply. ” I’m timid about fire arma" “ But it; isn’t loaded.” “I know it isn't. Go ahead and load it and I‘ll chance it. I’ve heard enough about pistols that weren’t loaded.” All Graduates of Alma. Fine Arts College are legally qualified to teach in Public and High Schools, Collegiate Institutes, Me- chanioe’ Institutes, and the Arts Schools of the Province. E‘f’Lnat year Alma. passed 116 out of 137 candidates in the Provincial Arts Examin- ations, took the only four full Advanced Certificates given in the Province, also a“: full Primary Certificates and won two Gold Medal Certificates. “Hold this revolver for me a. minute, won’t you '2 " said one travelling man to a friend. Alma’a record in past years has been un- equalled in the Fine Artwork, and she now stands unrivalled in this respect in the Dominion of Canada. A number of ~graduates of Alma Fine Art School have received Collegiate appoint- ments in Canada. and the United States. A Reward of $500 is offerea by the manufacturers of Dr. Ssge’s Catarrh Remedy, for a case of oatmrrh which they cannot cure. The mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties of this remedy are irresistible. 50 cents, by drugglats. Her Art room and apparatus are admit- tedly the best in Ontario, and her stafi of insfiructiop unsqrpasqed._ For 60 pp. Calendar, address Principal Austin, A.M. “ Yes, I was a newspaper correspondent, and I did so much hard lying that I strained my conscience, and as everybody connected with the army is getting pensions I thought I’d just file my claim." Three employees of a New York firm have been at work in Bridgeport, Conn, recently on a curious invention which is called a “ ear starter." A Bridgeport paper says that various experiments with it will be made on a horse car in that city this week. The device “consists of a strong spring, which, upon looseningthe car brake. sends the car forward a distance of eight feet, even when the ear is heavily loaded. The inventor has just completed the arrangement. He expects to realize a for- tune from his invention, as the principal cause of the disablement of horses on horse lines is the great strain brought to bear upon them in starting the ears when they contain a large number of passengers. The spring is so arranged that its force can be strengthened and diminished at will, so that in starting a car containing only a few passengers the force will not be great enough to cause the front of the car to strike the animals' rear legs." A Widespread Injury. Journali'stâ€"I would like to get a pen- aion. Pension Agentâ€"Were you injured while you were in the army during the war? She is a, form of life and light. That. seen, becomes a. part of sight; Health on her cheex, and beauty in her eye, He: form all grace and queen-l‘ke majesty. The secret of her splendid health and beauty is simply this: she aver-ts and avoids the many ills peculiar to her sex by the use of Dr. Pierce’e Favorite Prescrip- tion. This is the only remedy for woman’s peculiar weaknesses and ailments, sold by all druggists, under a. positive guarantee [tom the manufacturers that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. See guarantee on bottle-wrapper. The richest woman in America is a resident of South America. She is not only the richest woman in the Americas, but she is the richest woman in the world. She has one of the largest fortunes held by either sex. This woman is Dona Isadora Consino, of Chili. She is the biggest real estate owner in Santiago and Valparaiso. South American fortunes are hard to esti- mate, but many people have put hers above $200,000,000. Money multiplies fast in her hand, for her eye is everywhere. GEMS MAKE $100 A MONTE THE ART OF SWIMMING. ALMA. LADIES’ COLLEGE, St. Thomas, Ontario. At Work by the Day. Starting Street Cars. The Rlchest Woman. Healih and Beauty. 1:02”; 34:89. True Caution.