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W “Humph !” muttered the doctor; “he said he had good nurses up at the house. If I were down, and had such nurses as these, I should never want to get well.â€"â€"Eh‘! I beg your pardon,” he added with some con- fusion, for Renee had spoken. “ I said, would you tell your men to carry the gentlemen to their rooms ?" “ Yes, yes; thank you. Of course,” cried the (loctor.â€"“ Now, my lads, careful- ly. One at a time,” “ Huh I” he muttered, half an hour later, as he looked down at his patients in their tastefully arrangrd, well-ventilated bed- rooms. “Very nice. Ten times the chance of getting bett 2r; butâ€"-but - -â€"(lh, dear me ! l‘m rather afraid of this arrangement turning out all wrong.” BY GEORGE MANVILLE FE‘SN. CHAPTER iv. Days of hard work beneath the torrid sun, and nights without rest, when freeman and bondman toiled togetherrbencath the dim light of many lanterns. Gun and shot and heavy stores were landed ; but the ship stuck fast, as it her keel were firmly wedged in the rock. ' Then the whole crew, reinforced by a hundred of the blacks from the plantation, ran from side to side, to the great delight of the slaves, to whom the rhythmic motion seemeda kind of dance, to which they set up one of their weird choruses, caught by the. Jacks at once, and trolled out With all the force of their pOWerful lungs ; but that night and another passed. The ship had not move . _ “Nil dam, captain," said Greville. “ The weather has held right and we may do it et." . . n y “But I am beginning to despair, sir, “Let’s see what tomorrow will bring ballast from the hold, suddenly drOpped as if he had received u. bullet. CHAPTER V. A ship is always called ‘she,’ and there are plenty of unkind misogynists who sneesingly say it is because a vessel is as capricious as a woman. Certainly the slocp of war wedged in the coral rock a. quarter of a. mile from the shore was capricious enough. lverytliing had been done in the way of lightning her ; the crew and their black auxiliaries had trumped and danced from side to side, and the two captains stood together one glorious evening gazing.- at each other in despair. They had become very friendly; for Captain Greville in spite of his long absence from the sea, had proVed himself to be a ripe sailor: and Captain Lance had soon thrown aside all punctilio, an 1 gladly availed himself of plenty of sound advice. “No, sir," said Greville, “I can do no more. I am at my wit‘s end. It is piteous, though. Such a fine vessel and quite unin- jured. Lance, I’m sorry for you.” “It's maddening," said the latter. “ \Vrecked my ship in a calm. 'lhey'll never give me another." " No ; I’m afraid not,” said Greville. " You’ll have to do as I do ; turn planter.” “If we could only have got an anchor down, and the capstan manned.” “ Yes. But impossible; there are good- ness knows how many hundred fathoms be. low us here. We ought to have got her off. The weather, too, has been perfect. Give the men a rest for a few hours, and let's see if vecannot hit out some other plan.â€"- Here : I have it. Let‘s get the guns abroad again all aft, and fire a salvo. That might start her, andâ€"â€"â€" Hurrah l Cheer my lads, cheer l” The men responded with a wild shout, in which the blacks took part, for, as the two captains were speaking. the swello which had for days past been rolling in s, gently, pressed slowly and heavily against the stern of the ship, and Seemed to glide under her; she careencd over a little to starboard, and then lifted and slowly drift- said the captain, wearily. forth,” said Grevi‘lle. _ It brought forth what neither expected. Burns, who was Working literally like a side by side with Manton in the slave, get up hot sun, helping the men to The doctor was hurried to the p00r fel- low’s side, and pronOunced the attack to be due to over-exertion in the heat. Both the captains came; and the doctor gave orders for the stricken man to be car- ried below, when Grevillc interposed. “ No, no, captain,” he said ; “ it is like condemning the poor fellow to death. The heat and noise will increase his fever. Let him be carried ashore to my house. Two of the women on the estate are excellent nurses." Captain Lance glanced at the doctor, who nodded. “ It will be the saving of his life,” he said. " I don’t like trespassing on you further, Mr. Greville.” “ Captain Greville, if you please," said the planter stiflly. “ Captain Greville. But if you will have the poor fellow fora. day or two. " “ I shall be hurt if you do not send him, was the reply. The result was that the captain's‘gig was manned, and it became Manton’s uty to see his friend safely up to the plantation house, the surgeon being one of the party. “ Is he very bad, doctor? ” said Manton as they were rowed over the sea, which shone like hot metal. “ Very had, poor lad. You See the ex. ed 03 into deep water, her masts dcscribing ertion has been terrible. He has not spared an arc aW055 the all y. himselfabit.” The next moment the two officers had grasped hands. “Greville," said Captain Lance, in a voice full of emotion, “you have saved me, my ship, and my future prospects as an officer. Now, then, what is to be done 1’” “ Get your guns and stores on board, man.” said Greville bluntly. “ Of course, but I mean about you. Shall you claim salvage '3” “ Of course not." “ Then the government must "â€"â€"- “Leave me alone,” said Greville, inter- rupting. “ Wliatl do you want them to give me a command ‘2" “ Yes : whv not ?" “ Officers must set a. good example," said Minton sadlv; and. then, noting for the first time the figure of one of the plantation blacks in the bows, he flushed a. little, and said sharply: “ Hullo. my man, getting ' away from the work ?" “ Mass’Cap’n say Negus go up to house tell um get room ready." “I beg his pardon," said Manth ; “I misjudged himâ€"Poor Will ! you mustn’t let him slip through your fingers, doctor.” “I shall do my best, and counsel youto take warning and be careful. The workuiider this sun is too much. Why, the very birds and . insects get into the shade, while we human _ beings keep on toiling regardless of the heat. " N0 : that's all OVeF- I'm afraid I was _.Ah‘ here we are," he continued as theinota good officer. My fate went another boat’s bow grated on the sand. “ How way- I’m happy enough here with my two are we to get him up? Ali ! Hood gracious ! dear girls and my black people." Why the side of the boat literally burned ” Yeg. bl“! you "ll-15‘? have Some Peward-" my hand. ” “Give it me thenâ€"the thanks of a broth- “We will get him carefully on to this erâ€"nfllcer-” sail,” said Manton, as the black went off at “ You’ve had that from the first. But a trot for the house. “ Three men on each your men?" side to hold the canvas, He’ll ride easily “ My blacks? Get the work done, man; enough then." and then rig up an awning all over the “Capital!” said the doctor; and he stood (leek, give Chem 0- beg-"Y meal. and looking on as the young lieutenant was , then make the fiddler strike up, and tenderly lifted out of the boat and placed ‘ let them dance and sing. 1’11 give upon the spreadeut sail where it had been 1 your boys & treat “horaâ€"There, get stretched upon the sands. your’boats out and sound for an anchorage. “Now, my lads, liftâ€"all together,” said You'll get one under the shelter of that Manton. “ Keep step. Go slowlyâ€"No, headland. I‘m as glad as an old sailor can no, my lad,” he continued, as he bent, down; be who has had the pleasure of saving one “take hold this way. That’s right. Now 0f the king's Ships." together. Lift. Forwardâ€"That sand That night The Queen lay snugly at glows like fire, doctor,” he added, “Seem. anchor ; and the next morning the boats ed quite to scorch my face.” “ Why, Manton, manâ€"what is it? Hold up i “ Yes,” said the young man thickly, “ sand â€" glows »â€"Iâ€"â€" what ‘Lâ€"my headâ€" fer-15’“â€" He made a sudden snatch at vacancy, reel- ed, and was saved from falling by the sur- gent) lowering him down on apatch of green growth just beyond the sand. “ Is be ill too, sir i" said one of the men respectfully, for they had halted as soon as they saw their officer down. “ lll too, my lads," said the surgeon bit- terly. “ Struck down. \Ve cannot leave him here till we get the other up.” “No, sir,” said the man; “ we can take him too. " “ Impossible. " “Not it, sir, if we lay ’em crostways. There’s three on us to each ; and if we says We Will, we will ; eh, messniates l” “ Ay, ay,” came in a low deep growl, full of willingness to help ; and a few minutes after they were going slowly up toward the house with their double load; but it was lightened before they were half-way there, for the messenger came back with another stalwart black, the negroes each seiz- ing a. side of the sail : and a few minutes later they reached the shade of the broad veranda, and then bore the two sick men into the dark, cool hall, a couple of elderly black women coming forward to meet them, but only to stop as Renee and Josephine stepped out from one of the side- rooms. The doctor started, and took off his hat. “I beg pardon,” he stamineied ; “ I was not aware ” “The room is ready,” said Renee. “ Thank you, my dear young lady, thank you ; but, unfortunately, another of our officers has been taken ill on the road.” “ Another room shall be prcplred direct- ly,” said Renee quietly. “ Josie, dear, will you ask ”â€"â€"â€" She did not finish her sentence, being struck by her compsnion's manner, for Josephine liad snatched a vessel of cold watcrfrcm a table in the hall, soaked her l ‘ hankcrchici therein, and was bending down now over Munton. with a. look in her eyes cntircly fresh. But the next minute she seemed to realize what was required, and hurried away to see to the preparation of another room. begun going to and fro to embark guns am- munition, and stores once more. Then in ldue course followed the entertainments to to the blacks and the sailors, and the an- nouncement that the ship would coiiuinne her journey farther south. Captain Greville was on board on the eve previous to their setting sail, when the doc- tor came up to make his report after being ashore. “ Well,‘l said the captain; “ how are your patients ‘2” “ The twa lads who were hurt by the slipping of that gun are getting on well. They are coming aboard tO-night as soon as it‘s a bit cooler.” “ Yes ; but Manton and Burns ‘2” Captain Lance impatiently. “They are getting better. The crisis is past, and it only a. matter of nursing now." "That’s right," said the captain; and Greville raised his brows and looked sharp- ly from one to the other. “Take the gig to-nightand some bedding, and superintend the poorfellows being brought aboard.” “ \Vliatfor ?” said Greville bluntly. “ Do you want to begin your voyage with a cow ple of funerals at sea ?” “ My dear sir I" “ Well, I’m right,” said Greville. “ The poor follows are mere shadows. It would kill them if they were moved.â€"VVouldn't it, doctor '2” " In a few hours," said the doctor deci- sively. “ Tutâ€"tutâ€"tutâ€"tut !" ejaculated Cap- tain Lance. What am I to do? I can't sail without my officers." “ You would have to if they died,” said Greville. “ There: go on, and call for them as you comeback from the south. Going right down to the Falklands, aren‘t you ‘3" “ Yes; but those two poor lads !" “They'll be all right. I think we can nurse them back to health.” “ But it is not fair to leave them on your hands, Grcville.” “ Nonsense! Then I’ll keep account of the cost, and send you in ii bill.” “ You will ‘3” cried Captain Lance eager- said “ No ; I won't, man. Hang it all ! I thought \ve two wcre getting to be quite friends." “ And so we are,” cried Captain Lanceâ€" “ But, doctor, what do you say ‘3” “That it is their only chance of life." “ And about medical assistance? I can’t leave you.” “ Bah !” said the doctor shortly. don‘t want me.” No one noticed his peculiar intonation, and matters were arranged so that the sick men should stay. Next morning, as John Mouton lay on his couch in the shaded room, he heard the gun tired soon after the captain and his brother- oflicers had been to say farewell. “ .001: out, nurse,” he said to the ugly black woman seated near his head ; and his voice sounded very weak and strange. “ S, Massah." said the woman ; and she went to the window. “ All do hi1 wliitc sail hung down, and do ship go sail along, and de boys shout.” “ Ah !" si lied Manton ;and Iam so weak. lo and tell Mr. Burns that the shi has i l b 8 V P sailed, and that we are all left behindâ€" pcrhaps to die," he added to himself. The woman Wont into the adjoining room, and returned at the end of a minute. “ \Vliy have you been so long 7" said Maiilon, in a qucrulous whisper. “ Massali Burn say um want lilly drink 0' water, sah." “ Well f" P . “ Yes, yes : but did you tell him the ship had Sailed 'I” “ ’S, intissali.” “ An’ I give um lil dro o’cooliim drink.” “ And what did he say 3" “Say noting, massah. Can't Say. so weak. 0iin mach lil whisper." ” Well, you heard him ‘1” said Manton “ They All feebly. “Oh yes, massah; but massah no talk so much. Not good for um head." “ But tell me what he said, and I will not speak. " “ Massah Burn whisper very small 'deed, and um say close in my ear, when I tell um ship sail away: “ Berry good job too.” ’ CHAPTER VI. Breakfast-time at the plantation, and JOSephiiie busy in front of a glass, pinnin a brilliant scarlet flower just at the side of her glossy black hair. She was very simply dressed in flowing creamy drapery, wliic showed her little figure to perfecticn. “How late she is I" muttered the girl, as she glanced at her handsome face, and u. faint tinge, the result of her satisfaction, sprang to her warmly hucrl cheeks. At that moment, while her back was turn- ed. Renee entered, and stopped short smil- ingly watching as she saw how her com- anion was engaged. soon !" “ Yes, of ceiirsc,” cried the giil. “ Have you notalways been scolding me for being, last? " “ Morning, girls,” said Captain Greville, entering through the French window. “ That's right: I want my breakfast. He kissed them both tenderly, Josephine last, and holding her with one arm as he patted hcr check. “ That’s right, my dear, ” he said. to see you look so much brighter. quite fidgeicd me a little while ago. afraid you were going to be ill. " l “ It was very hot then,” she said hurried- y “ Glad You I was ‘ Nay, it was unusually cool," said the captain, laughing. “ Why, girls, I must take you to the old country some day, and let you see really cold weather with ice and snow.” He took his seat at the table, and noticed that his adopted child was as attentive to his wants as Renee. ‘- What is the news about the patients 2 ” he said. “ Aunt, 'Miramis says they have both had an excellent night," said Josee eagerly. “ You have so u her this morning?" “Yes, I just c.â€"â€"-‘ ‘er and asked,” Said ' Josephine quickly r.-â€"Give me some more coffee, Renee, doe. {- Papa, you are not making a. good brea 3t." ' “ Oh yes, I am, chi‘d.â€"â€"\Vell, that’s good news about the sailor boys. I want to have them fit for service by the time The Queen comes back ’Miramis is an ex- cellent nurse, but som how she is a. woman I rather mistrust.” “ But she is very good and kind,” cried Josephine quickly. “ It is her manner that is agahist her.” “ I do not mind her manner," said Renee quietly. “ She always seems to me insin- cere.” “ Ah well, never mind, said the captain, "so long as she does her duty." He took out a letter which had reached him a day or two before, and began reading it as he sipped his coffee. It was for the I third or fourth time, for letters were rarities 1 in those days at such an out-ofâ€"thcâ€"way is- land : and as he read, the girls kept silence, only exchanging glances twice, when Josep- hine looked at Renee furtively, and then flushed as if in resentment at being watched l On the second occasion, she turned away angrily, and Renee seemed pained, gazing at her adopted sister appealingly, and then sighiiig ; and her thoughtful young face rew troubled, as she saw how Josephine kept her eyes averted. As soon as the breakfast was over, the latter left the table and went out into the garden. Directly they were alone, Grcville said gl h P “Why, Josec,” she cried, “down soI In complete block system. I “Yes, Captain Greville," said Msnton from the couch upon which he lay looking very white and thin. “I don’t know how I am ever to express my thanks for all the kindness I receive here. Thank you very much for the flowers, Miss Maine. ’Mii‘amis , shall put them in water. I never knew how much pleasure flowers could give till I was sick like this." “ Oh, it is nothing,” said the girl hastily, and she hurried away. lrevillc’s brow cleared as Josephine left the room, and he drew a. chair to the side i of the couch. “ \Vell, patient,” he said, “ how are you? Come,” he continued, laying his hind upon Manton‘s forehead, “ pleasantly cool. No headache ‘2" “ Oh no, sir ; only so dreadfully weak." “ We’ll soon get over that. You shall carry you, and we’ll have you down in the garden every day." “ Ah I" exclaimed Manton, “ When shall we begin 5/" “ This morningâ€"almost directly. I’ll go and see my other patient, and then have an rangements made, and easy<chairs placed under the big ceiba.” Then, nodding plea- santly, he strode toward the other room. “ Slian't find Renee supplying flowers there, shall I ?" he thought. ” No: rub- bish ! Only an impulsi‘ e girl's desire toshow kindness." “ Well, patient,” he said, rather boister- ously, as he entered Burii’s room. t0 find that the lady in attendance waa the black woman Hemiraunfflâ€"~“ lVell, patient, how are you 1’" “ Well, doctor, how am I ‘3" young man, holding out his hand. “ Him berry bad, sah, and no get bit bet~ ter," said the woman volu'oly. “ Um no take notice what nurse say. Um do all as um like, and ’Miramis no use here ’tall 8. ‘tall.” “ Oh yes, you are, old lady,”cried Burns; “ only you do want to coddle a man up rather too muchâ€"I say, Captain Greville, it‘s very hard work lying here. \Vhen can you give me leave to go ashoreâ€"I mean, down below T" “ This morning,” said Greville, smiling. “ Then I shall be well in a. week. I'm better already with the thoughts of it. But is old Manton coming too ‘2” “ Yes: you shall both be carried down.” “Here, 'Miramis, bring your stuff. I'll take it or anything else now. â€"VVhy, my dear host and doctor, this news is the best medicine I have swallowed yet.” ” I‘m glad of it, my lad," said Greville, smiling at the young man’s light-hearted way. ” Thank ye ; but, I sayâ€"you are too good to us ; taking all this interest in a couple of strangers.” “ Oh no ‘. not strangers," said Greville, smiling. “I have been a planter all these years ; but I am still a. sailor at heart, and your coming brought back the days when I was a. trank young lieutenant like you,with lenty of the middies’ berth clinging to me. 'm only too glad to Welcome a couple of honourable English gentlemen to my house: so be quite at ease. My servants are yours for the time you are here. I only ask one favour of you.” “ Yes, sir. What is that ?" “Get well as soon as you canâ€"not that I want you to go, but because I would rather have hale guests than sick." (To BE coxrmrnn.) W flushing. said the A Hundred Miles an “our. Travel at the rate of a. hundred miles an l hour may soon be no longer a dream, but a commonplace fact for articles of incorpora- tion have just been filed in Illinois by the Chicago and St. Louis Electric Railroad Company, which proposes to build a road on which wedge-shaped cars, driven by a. novel form of electric motor, will make the distance between those two cities in two hours and a. half. At first only a. double ,track will be reserved for] local traffic and ‘ high-class freight, and the company's plan I includes the laying out along the line of broad avenues, facing which will be neat cottages and houses with long, narrow farm lands reaching back into the country. The electric cars are to belong, low, compact, and light, with two pairs of driving wheels, each operated by a motor. Each car will weigh only ten tons, and the wheels will be Capable of making 500 rcvolutionsa minute. A wedge-shaped projection in front, slop- ing upward, will diminish the friction of the air and will serve to keep the car steady Light and heat will be provided by electric devices, and neither conductors nor brakes- men will be needed. Safety is to be secur- ed by dividing the road into twenty~five sections of ten miles each so as to constitute One central power station, six or eight miles from Clinâ€" ton, De Witt county, 11]., will furnish the electricity required for operating the entire road, and will also provide additional elec- tric power to be let to farmers and residents along the line for their special purposes, and telephone line the whole way from Chicago to St. Louis. This reads like a novel of Jules Verne, but it is not impossible and the details seem to have been studied and arranged with knowledge and intelligence May we all live to ride on the Chicago and quietly : ” You have noticed how Josee has altered durin the last week or two '2” “ Oh yes, papa, and it has troubled me.” “Troubled? Because she seems so ani- mated and gay ‘2” “ Yes, dear.” “ Oh, nonsense, child ! Femme souvent varie. You are as changeable as she is. I am glad to see it.â€"Wcll, this will not do. I must get in the saddle and ride round before the sun gets too hot. I‘ll go up and see the sailors, though. I think I shall have them down and out in the garden." “ Yes, papa," said Renee, with rather a troubled air. “ Yes, my dear, I shall lock up the med- icine chest now, and prescribe fresh air. Lucky for them I'm such a. quack. One can’t go on doctoring oue’s people all these years St. Louis Electric Railroad, and prattle, as we flash along like a. comet, of the old-fash. ioued, slow coach days of 1892. â€"â€".â€"__. The Newfoundlanders are still pressing the British Government to allow them to enter into the Bond-Blaine reciprocity treaty with the Americans, whether Cain ads. so wills or not. The Colonial Secre- tary is represented as “ reluctant.” to do so, but the granting of their request is not thought to be impossible. This would be most disastrous, not so much to the Canada of the pro-Sent as the broader Canada of the future. The Ncivfouudlanders should not be permitted to become commercially citi- zens of the American Union, and the only sure way to prevent this is to invite them to without knowing a little about our ailments. be citizens, commercially at, least, of can. I did save your life, pet.” “ Yes, dear,” said Renee, clinging to him ; “ but I never know how bad I was.” “No, Isuppose not. And then you re- sponded by saving mine.” “ Oh no, papa. " " But I say, oh yesâ€"Well, I’ll go up now.” The captain went up to Burns' room to find that gentleman carrying on a conversa» tion with his nurse ; and drawing back un- seen, he went into the next room, and then stopped short in astonishment. “ Josce, my child l” he exclaimed. “ Yer, ape. dear, I have just brought Mr. Manton a bunch of these fresh flowers, said the girl hastily. ada. An English magazine speaks of the peak of Orizaba. as the culminating point to this continent. It is really not worth while to speak of any particular summit as surpassing all others until we are sure that mountain systems have been explored so thoroughly as to enable us to speak with confidence. The latest determination of the height of Urizaba. was by aneroid, and we have no guarantee of its correctness. There is still a strong probability that Mt. St. Elias is the highest of North American summits, and that Mount Aconcagua in Chili, northeast of Santiago, with its 22,867 feet. overtops every- thing else in South America. provide for an electric light plant and a, T0 FORTUNE HUNTERS. Soinc Solid Common Sense Add“: from a Successful Business Man. Mr. Erastus \Viman has found time in the midst of his multifarious duties to tri- 3 bute the following article the sentimggktpfl 0 which will be endorsed by even those w cannot agree with Mr. Wiman in all that he writes :â€" Have a defined motive in view. , Do not mortgage your futureâ€"it maybe useful to you hereafter. The surest way to mortgage your future is to incur indebtedness. rl'he only justification for debt is the im- ‘ mediate prospect of profit. Incur no debt, except that on which you can realize in order to liquidate what you owe. The young man who incurs debts without securing a corresponding ability to pay them practically pawns his futureâ€"his most pro- cious possession. Three-fourths of all the progress in this new World has been achieved by the gener- ous and judicious use of credit. Yet three- fourths of all the anxiety that pervades it has come from the abuse of credit. Like every other blessing, the greater the good the nearer the evil. Credit is often unnecessarily used to sup ply some fancied want, to promote some speculative enterprise or in some way to hypothecate the future. Hence, always take a week to decide whether you should go into debt or not. A week’s delay may save a. year of sorrow. “ Falsehood prospers by precipitancy." Is it a fact that the world is divided into two classesâ€"those who save all they can, and those who spend all they can? Is the division further extended so as to include on the one side those who are always cred- itors, and on the other side those who are always debtors? If this is so, and it rests with the reader of these lines. who is young end has yet time to shape his destiny, surely be will make every effort to get into the camp of those who are likely to be the freest from anxiety all their days. Human happiness is diflicult to achieve ; it is easy to destroy. It may not always reside in the first of these divisions. it certainly never stays long in the latter. The virtue most conspicuous in its ab- sence in the average human being is t rift. 1t can come only by cultivation. ence cultivate thrift by periodicity in saving. Fitful' saving may do for the man Who has a tendency for thrift,but for the average of humanity a trained and determined course of action is necessary. The dis- cipline of regularity is just as essential in saving as it is any other exercise of the body or the mind. Hence periodicity in saving is the way to get an exercise in that virtue of virtues, whereby our young man may for all time call his soul his own. If you live in a city, one of the best ways to secure periodicity in saving is to join a local building and loan association. If you do not know of one, write to me and I will give you the name of a secretary. The obliga- tion in joining one of these associations is to pay into atreasury so much money a. month. It is a splendid exercise, and not only yields a larger interest than any other investment, but is safer, because it is based upon build- ing homes for the people of the middle class who will never sacrifice their home if they can help it. These associations now include a capital exceeding that of the national banks, and are providing more homes than any other instrumentality. The good they are doing is incalculable, for in the crea- tion of homes rests the hope of the repub- lic. If you live in the country try to get pos~ session of some land by saving your money, either in using the instrumentality of the building and loan association or scme other plan by which you can buy on installmentS. If possible, get pOsseSsion of some of God’s earth. Land near great cities of rapid growth is likely to be exceedingly valuable. Good farm land is sure to grow in favor. Remember that thelaw of supply and de- mand prevails in real estate as in every other trade. Limited supply is dangerous, equally with a limited demand. But if supply is regulated by accessibility and neorness to large aggregations of humanity, and rapid means of communication, the limitations are generally safe. As to the ex- tent of the demand, it must rest with the character of the place near which the land is located. Colleen in Nations. An Englishman named George Moreru, who spent last year in the republic of Honduras, has left that country with a great contempt for its people. The worst thing he has to say against them is that they are a very codceited set, and that, “like the Chilians, they imagine their country the greatest on earth and them- selves the greatest people.” But surely Mr. George Moreau must have observed, in the course of his travels, that there are several other countries besides Honduras in which the people entertain the same kind of opinion about themselves. Take the English, for example, or, to give still fur- ther illustrations, take the French or the Germans or the Italians or the Spaniards or the Russians or the Turks. Travel as far as Asia and take the Chinese, not to speak of the Thibetans and other nations. While advancing to yet another continent, look at the Uruguayans: the Paraguayans, the Brazilians, EcuadOrians. Venezuelans, Colombians, Peruvians, and Argentines. Aye, even the people of the United States of North America think something of their country and of themselves and of the great continental metropolis of New York. Let not Mr. Morcau. be therefore too hard upon the Hondurasians for taking patriotic views of the republic of Honduras and its galantuw mos. _~_«_«â€"â€"_â€"â€"._ The air ship inventors are evidently en- couraged by their failures. Mr. Penning- ton especially, who has for years been build- ing ships in the air that Would not go, has set to work upon others that are bound to go. He tells how he has at last solved the problems that have baffled all other in vent- ors, how his other air ships failed because he had not got the solution, how he had. raised $30,000,000 to demonstrate thc ac- curacy of his latest solution, and how he will after a. time settlie new air ships ageing _ over land and sea. at a. velocity which he has been able to calculate with precision. Mr. Pennington's talk has a. very wild aspect, and we cannot forget that he talked in just the same style years ago about his other air ships, and yet it turnsd out that they Wouldn’t go. I I f, I I. I