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Whether he lost his way; whether he crossed and recrossed it, wandering from it in the dark and drift; whether he fell and lay in the snow for a. time, and rose again and staggered on, and fell again, and so pushed on again, cannot be known. It is only known that at half-past. two on Saturday morning his landlady put. her wrinkled face out of the window, for the twentieth Lime, in search of him (for she hadathoughtfor him in her own hard- featured way), and saw him fallen, and feehly crying to crawl on his hands and knees up the drifted steps. She got him into his warm study. pasta She got him into his warm study. past thr- chair where the flowered dressing-gown and old skippers uwaibed him, and as far as the carpet-covered lounge. quond this he could not be taken. Dobson’s boy had long since sought the shelter of his own home, and. the old man was quite unattended, True the neighbor who watched with the dead woman sug- gested that he remain till morning ; but: the widow Peek’s house was cold (she was always especially “near” about fuel), and he thought it more prudent to gel: back to his own stove and his bed. By morning the who‘n: parish rang the door-bell ; the hands and hearts and horses, the purses, the nurses, the doctors, the watchers. the tears and the prayers of the village, were hisâ€"for he was dearly beloved and cherrished in that parish. But he lay on his old lounge in his study ~mong his books‘ and asked of chem nothing at all. The kerosene lamp, hehmd its green shade, went. out; and the Bible, with the pile of sermons on the‘tablo, looked large in the snowlight of a day when the storm censes For the soul of the widow Peek the price waslargeJooked at inourmathematiealway; for when the old clergyman, haVingahrived her soul and closed her eyes,started to come home at one o’clock of the morning the stutm had become a malignant force. Already wet through and through his thin coats and Worn fleunels, week from the ex- posure, the watching, and the scene of death, every breath a. sword athwart his inflamed lungs, with fire in his brain, and ice at his heart, he staggered against the blizzard. What passed between the unloved, ne- glected, dying parishioner and her pastor was not known to any butthemselves,noris there witness now to testify thereof. Neither does it in any way concern the record of this narrative, except as the least may concern the largest. circumstance in human story. For, in view of what came to pass. in is impossible not to put the old judicial ques- tion : Did in pay? was it worth while? when the miser’s soul went out at midnight, on the wings and therageof that blind,bla.ck stemmdid it; pass gentlya subdued,forgiven spirit, humble to learn how to live again for Christ's sake and his who gave himself â€"as his Master had before him-to comfort and to save ? Did it pay ? Do such things pay? God knows. But as long as men do not know, there will always be a. few among them who will elect to disregard the doubt, to wear the divinity of uncalculating sacri- ficg. and to pay its price». He did 160k about his study sadly while i he was making ready to leave It. The fire in the basevburner was quite warm, now, and his wet much-darned stockings were I beginning to dry. The room looked shelt- . ered and pleasant ; his books ran to the ceiling, though his floor was covered With 3 straw matting, with old pieces of woolen ‘ carpet for rugs ;bis carpet-covered lonnge was wheeled out of the draft: his lamp with the green shade made a little circle of light and coziness; his Bible and prayer-book lay ' open Within it. besides the pile of sermons. He had meant to devote the evening to the 3 agreeable duty of selecting his discourse for Saint Agathe’s. His mind and his heart were brimming over with the ereitment of that first event. He would have liked to ‘ concentrate and consecrate his thoughts upon it that evening. As he went, cough- ing, into the cold entry, it occurred to him that the spot in his lung was more painful I than he had supposed : but he pulled his old cap over his ears, and his thin overcoat‘ up to meet it. and tramped out cheerfully ' into the storm. “Well, well, my lad l" he said, in his warm-hearted way to Dobson’s boy ; “In: I sorry for you that you have to be out a. night like this. ” f The boy spoke of this aft/envard, and re- membered in longâ€"for a boy. But at the time he did but state. He stopped grumb- ling, however, and plunged on into the drifts ahead of the old rector, kicking a path for him to right and left: in the wet, packed snow Ho: the widow Peek lived at. least-a mile away, and the storm was now begolne a. virulent thing. “Sir,” she said. " the widder Peek's a.- éying. It‘sjust like her to take a night like t-bis~ but she's sent for you. I must say I don’t; call you fit; to go.” The old clergyman set with his feet upon the base of his little cylinder coal-stove His thin ankles shrank in the damp stock- ings which he had not been able to change since he came in out of the storm. because, owing to some personal preference of the laundress, he could not find any dry ones. His worn slippers {lapped upon his cold feet when he moved. But he had On his flowered dressing-gown of ancient pattern and rustic cut; his high arm-chair was cushioned in chintz and excelsior behind his aching head; the green paper shade was on his study-lamp; his best-beloved books (for the old saint was a. student) lay within reach upon the table ; piled upon them were his manuscript sermons; and he sighed with the content of a man who feels himself to be, although unworthy, in l the loving cu'ms of luxury. A rap at the door undeceived him. His landlady put in her withered face. without sun. He did not talk; but his { thoughts were yet alive. He remembered Saint Agntha’s, and the sermon which he ' l was to preach to-morrow. He knew thst not one of his people (ignorant of such matters) would understand how to get word ; to the city vestfy. He tried to give direc~ ttions. but his voice refused his bidding. He knew that he would be supposed to have failed to meet his appointment, per- haps to have been thwartedâ€"a. rural ciergy~ ‘man, old and timorons, baffled in an im~ ‘portant professional engagementâ€"by a ,little snow. He was to have taken the 'evening train. He was to be the guest of the vestryman who wrote that pleasant letter. He was to preach in Saint Aguths’s to-morrow. He was to-â€"- Nsy,â€"he was notâ€"nay. He was to do none of these things. A sick man, mortal- ly a sick man, past power of speech. he Iley upon his carpet lounge, shivering under "in; irisjn-is Shi‘ist fit to: do his duty.” said the old dergyman. rising. “I Win go as Dupe. Did she sendâ€"anyâ€"convey- Luce? “Catch her l" retorted the landlady. “W’hy she hain’t had the town water let in yetâ€" and she wuth her fifteen thousand dollars ; not she won’t have no hired girl to do for her, not. that none of ’em will stay along of her a. Week, and Dobson‘s boy's at the door, a drippin‘ and cussin‘ to get. you, for he's nigh snowed under. She’s a truth- less old heathen miser, the widgler Peek.“ “Then there is every reason why I should ' not neglect her,” replied the clergyman in his authoritive, clerical voice. “Pray call the lad in from the weather and tell him I will aqqqmpapyfiim at; once.” THE SUPPLY AT ST. AGATHA’S. 9n BY ELIZABETH STEWART PHELPS, IN “ THE CENTURY." n TneSundaymorning train csmein from the ; country station thirty miles back, but the ‘ old clergyman was not among its passengers. 1 Now thoroughly alarmed, the vestryman ‘ had started for his hat and coat, when his ‘ parlor-maid brought him a. message‘ It |had been left at the door, she said, by a messenger who broaked neither delay nor " question, but ordered her to tell the master of the house that the supply for Saint }Agatha's was in the city, and would meet the engagment at the proper time and place. i The old clergyman, the messenger, added, I had been suddenly stricken with a danger- lous illness, and could non be expected ; but. 1 his substitute WOuId fill the pulpit for the I day. The vestryman was requested to feel no concern in the matter. The preacher preferred retiremeuruntil the hour of the service, and would fulfil his duties at the 3church at the appointed hour. ‘ 7‘1 had supposed the old man had princi- ples about Sunday travel," he said to his .wife, “but, it seems he is coming in the morning, after all he might: at, least have 'aeuL me ward.” ) “Telegraphiuglnthecountryis~difficult, I sometimes. I have heard,” replied the lady . vaguely. She was a handsome, childless Woman with the haughty under lip of her class. Her husband spoke cheerily, but he was not at ease, and she did not know how to make him so. l Nayâ€"he was notâ€"nay. He was to do none of these things. A sick man, mortal- ly a sick man, past power of speech, he lay upon his carpet lounge, shivering under lthe pile of thin blankets and cotton com- ! forters that had been wrapped around him, .and gently faced his fate. He could not ipreach at Saint Agatha‘s. And he couhl ‘not explain to the vestrv. Perhaps his heartsickness about this matter subsided 'a little «one likes to think soâ€"as his disease grew upon him : but there are men I who will understand me when I say that this was the greatest disappointment of his .humble holy life. .With this he ceased to try tu intrude himself upon the stranger, but, Went down to his pew, and sat beside his wife in uneays silence. The chimes sang and sank, and sang again; The air was so clear that. the sound rang twice the usual distance through the snowm, sunlit air : and the sick and the old at; home liatened to the bells with a. sudden stirring at their feeble hearts, and wished again that, they cauld have gone to church. One bed-ridden woman, whose teiephone connected her with Saint Agatha’s, held the receiver to her sensimive ear, and smiled with the quick grabimde for trifling pleasures oi the long-sick, as she recognized the notes of the chime. ‘VVit/h a. leap and But when the vestryman, feeling flurrle despite himself, tapped at; the door of the luxurious Vestry room, gracefully refur- nished that win car for the rector with the sore throat who Was in the south of France, he found n, locked ; and to his unobtrusivn knock no answer came. At Lhis uncomfort- able moment: the sexcau tiptoed uy to say that; the supply had requested not to be disturbed until the service should begin. The aextion supposed that; the clergyman needed extra. preparation ; thought, that perhaps tnegencleman wasjfrom the country and, «ahâ€"unused to the audience. “ What; is his name? What does he look like 7" asked the chairman with knotted broWs. . “I have not seen him, sir,” replied the sexton, Wth a puzzled expression. “ How ditl you receive the message '3" “ By a messenger who Would not be delayed or questioned.” e Struck by the repetition of this phrase, the chairman asked again : “ But. what did the messengerlook like ‘3” The sexton shook his head. “ I cannot tell you, sir. He Was a. mere messenger. I paid no attention to him." “ Very well," said the church officer, turning away discontentedly. “ It must be all right. I have implicit; confidence in the man whose chosen substitute this is." a thrill as if they cast their metal-souls out in the act,,the voices of the bells rose and swelled, and ceased am} slept, and where they paused" the anthem took the words up: » The vestryman sat nervously in his pew. He had not fully recovered from the fact that his supply had disappointed him. Having sent hiscoachman in vain to all Hie Saturday evening trains to meet hiscouutry parsou, he had passed but an uneasy night. Sunday morning broke upon the city as cold and clear as the sword of a. rehnkx’ng angel. People on the way to the West- End churches exchanged notes on the bhermome~ ter, and talked of the destitution of the poor. It was so cold that the ailing and the aged for the most, part stayed at home. But the young, the eunuye, the imitative, and the soul-sick, got themselves into their furs end carriages when the chimes rang, and the audiences were, on the whole, as comfort-able and as devout. as usual. “Lord,” he said again, and this time the dullest ear in the parish could have heard the wordsâ€"“Lord,” he prayed, “into thy hands Icommibâ€"my supply.” “Lord,” be said, “into thy hands I com‘ mi: my 5â€"" “He commits his spirit to the Lord!” sobbed the landlady. But the listening parishiouer raised her fingers to her lips. As Saturday night drew on, and the stars came out, he was heard to make such efforts to speak articulately, that one of his weep. ing people (an afiectiouate woman of a brighter wit than the rest) made out, as she bent lovingly over him, to understand so much as this. Holy, holy, holyâ€" When had the similar of this preacher led the service in that. venerable and fashionable house of worship? In what past years had his counterpart served them? One might say that all this was apparent in the preacher before he had spoken a. word. When he had opened his lips :tliese impressiuns were intensified. He began in the usual way to read the usual prayers, and to conduct the service as was expected of him. Nothing eccentric was observable in his treatment of the preliminaries of the occasion. The fashionable choir, accustom- ed to dictate the direction of the music, met with no interference from the clergy- man. He announced the hymns and au- thems that had been selected quite in the ordinary manner, and the critics of the greatdaiIies Look the usual notes of the musical programme. In iact, up to the time of the sermon nothing out of the common course. occurred. But, having said this, one must qualify, Was it nothing out of the common course that the congregatinn in Saint Agatha’s should sit as the people sat that day, bond- slaves before the enunciatiou of the familiar phrases in the morning‘s confes- Emu. as snow before the sun; and such were more, As to the features of his face, men difi‘ered, as spectators are apt to do about the lineaments of extraordinary counten» ances. What; was the color of his eyes, the contour of his lips, the shape of his brow ‘? Who could say? Conflicting testimony arrived at no verdict. In two respects alone opinions agreed about the face of this man.- it: commanded, and it shone; it had authority and lighc. The shtewdest heresy- hunter in the congregation would not. have dared question this clergymun’s theology, orche tendencies of his ritualistic views. The veriest Pharisee in the audience quailed before the blinding brilliance of the preacher’s face. It was a. moral firs. It; ate hike the heart. Sin and shame shriveled before it. “What, a. voice 1” whispered the w1fe of the vestryman. But her husband answered her not a word. Pale, agitated. with strained eyes uplifted, and nervous hands knotted together, he leaned toward ' the stranger. At the first artxcn‘lete sentence from the pulpit, he knew that the success of his supply was secuf‘ed.’ These inqnirieé sxiept tbr'ough thé inner consciousness of the audience in the first moment of his appearance. But in the second, neither these nor any other paltry queries fretted the smallest s_oul befor him. The stranger must have had an impressive countenance; yet. afterward it, was found that, no two descripcious of is agreed. Some said this thing, some said that. To this person he appeareda gentIE, kindly man with a. persuasive manner; to that. he looked majestic and commanding. There were some who spoke of an authoritative severity in the eye which he turned upon them; but these were not many. There were those who murmured that, they had melted benenth the tenderness of his glance, Whom did he resemble oi the iongiine of eminent clerical teachers with whose Qual- ities this elect people was familiar? \Vhat had been his history, his ecclesiastical position, his social connections? It was characteristic of the audience that this iast question was first in the minds of 8. large proportion of the worshippers. What was his professional reputationâ€"his the. oiogy‘! What were his views on choir- boys, coufcssionals, and candlesâ€"nu mission chapels, and the pauperiziug of _the poqr? Whati‘vnice indeed I it: melted through the great, house like burning gold. The heart,- rau after it, as fire was through metal, Once or twice in u generation one may hear the liturgy read like thatâ€"perhaps. In a lifetime no longer to be c‘bunted short, the vestryman (and heard nothing which re- sembled it. ' “Thank Gad l” he murmured. He put his hat: before his face! He had not realized beioxe what strain he had endured. Cold drops stood upon 'his brow. He. shook with The strahger wasa man a trifle above the ordinary height, of majestic main and car- riage, and wit h the lofty head which indicates both fearlessnesa and purity of nature. As he glided to hiaplace behind the lectern, a hush struck the frivolous audience, as if it had been smitten by an angel’s wing :auch power is there in noble novelty, and in tha authority of a high heart. But to the ‘éhurch officer whose mind was preoccupied with the supply, there was something almost startling in the manner of his approach. The‘vestryman’s uneasy eyes were not conscious of having slipped their guard upon the chancel for a moment; he had but, turned his head politely, though a hit impatiently, to reply to some trivial remark of his wife’s when, behold, the preacher stood before him. He must have entered on the wave of this strain ; opinions diffeced afterwards as to this ; some said one thing, some another ; but it was found that moat of the audience had not observed the entrance of the preacher at all. The choir ceased. and he was ; and no more could be said. The church was well-filled, though not over- crowded, and the decorous rustle of a fashâ€" ionable audience in the interval preceding Worship stirred through the house. In the natural inattention of the moment, it was not remarkable that. most of the peo- ple failed to notice the strange preacher till he was among them. Afterwards it was rumoured that two or three persons in the audience had not been taken by surprise in this way.but had fully observed the manner of the stranger's en- trance ; yet these persons, when they were sought, were difl‘iCult to find. There was one shabby woman who sat in the gallery among the “poor” seats ;she was clad in rusty mourning, and had a. pale and patient face, quite familiar to the audience, [or she was a faithful church-gner. and had attended Saint Agatha’s for many years. It came to be said through the sexton’s gossip or otherwise, that this poor woman had seen the preacher‘s approach quite clearly, and had been much moved thereat; but when some eliort was made to find her, and to question her on this point, unex- pected obstacles arosc,â€"she was an obscure person, serving in some menial capacity for floating employers ;she was accustomed to slip in and out of church hurriedly, both late and earlyIâ€"nnd nothing of importance was added from this quarter to the general interest which attended the eccentricities of the supply. rubies and sapphires. The famous Black Prince ruby in the royal crown of England is only a. spinal. Rubies and sapphires. are identical in their compenent parts. The form of crystallization is the same. Their hardness and specific gravity are equal, and they are found in the same bed of clay so closely together that one side of a. stone will be bright blue and the other as red as blood. In both aluminum is the principal ingredient, but the mystery of their real difference has never been solved by science. Among the finest of historical rubies were three of the French crown jewels, and one of these formed pfl-l't of the dowry of Catherine do Medicis on her marriage to Henry II., and it weighed 241 carats. The other two were reset for Marie Stuart when she reigned as Queen of France. It is said that the Kings of Burmah possessed at one time the finest collection of rubies in the world, and they took great precautions to prevent strangers from reaching their mines, Before thefannexation of the country by England all rubies yalued at 1,000 rupees Holy, holyâ€"- and carried v't softly, just: above the breath, with the zone which is neither a sigh, nor a cry. nor a Whisper, but that harmony of slthich makes of music prayer. 0d 1" he murmured. He 'e his face.” He had no\ re strain 112: had endured. upou‘his brow. He shook the the the the the Judge Desnoyers had & vitriol~throwing case brought before his attention the other morning. The case is a. serious one. Mrs. Mary Newman is the victim of the out- rage. \Vheu she appearedbefore the Judge her face was hidden with bandages which covered the injuries that the acid had made. HePblack cloth dress had turned a. brilliant yellow, in places where the vitrol had {all- en upon it. Such was the power of the acid that it had eaten through the sleeve of her dress and burned into her flesh. Her Wounds were dressed at the General Hos- pital. The name of the man who is charged with this crime is Charles MaxWell He calls himself a. merchant, living on Sher- brooke street. but the directory apparently is ignorant of his existence. Among the finest of historical rubies were three of the French crown jewels, and one of these formed pfl-l't of the dowry of Catherine do Medieis on her marriage to Henry II., and it weighed 241 carats. The other two were reset for Marie Stuart when she reigned as Queen of France. It is said that the Kings of Burmah possessed at one time the finest collection of rubies in the world, and they took great precautions to prevent strangers from reaching their mines. Before thefannexation of the country by England all rubies Valued at 1,000 rupees were claimed by the King, and the finder received no reward except the King’s favor. Ordinary travel was forbidden, and mer- chants had great difficulty in dealing with the chiefs of the mining districts. In order to purchase jewels a. man had to first obtain a. license, then report himself at Ruby Hall in Mnndelay, stating the exact amount of money and merchandise he wished to take with him. This information was sent to the officials at the mines, and at every stopping plsce on the way, both going and coming, the merchant and his baggage were carefully examined. If he returned with rubies beyond the value he declared in starting he was dealt nith as being a smuggler. {on "a. mer- mo hi '11'1‘ :‘ 91):!" Phi-MD" Mrs. Newman told Judge Desnoyers that while she was out she was informed that Maxwell had been seen trying to enter. her house. In order to protect herself against him she went to No. 5 police station and notified the police of Maxwell’s behavior. As she was going home she met Maxwell on the corner of Anderson and Dorchester streets. “‘ith an oath he uncorked a large bottle containing vitriol and tried to throw it into her eyes. Some of it went in her face and a. little on her left eyelid. She screened her eyes with her arm. The vitriol splashed all over he‘ dress. Constable Hawthorne took her to the hoapital. A little boy saw the prisoner throw the empty bottle away. He picked it up and took it to No. 5sration. The prisoner tool: the matter cooly enough in court. He pleaded not guilty. The desperate fellow also savagely bit and beat a prisoner named J. Gallagher, who happened to be in the cell with him one night. A charge of assault was laid against him by Gallagher, to which he also pleaded not guilty. The fish that live at enormous depths are, in consequence of the enormous pressure, liable to a. curious. form of accident. If, in chasing their prey or for any other reason, they rise to a considerable distance above the floor of the ocean, the gases of their swimming bladder become considerably ex- panded and their specific gravity greatly reduced; up to a certain limit the muscles of their bodies can counteract the tendency to float upward and enable the fish to re ain its proper sphere ofclife at the bottom, but beyond that limit the muscles are notacroug enough to drive the body downward,and the fish becoming more and more distended as it, goes, is gradually killed on its long and in voluntary journey to the surface of the Sea. Although superstimon is not such a pow- erful influence in these modern days, the cheering qualmes of the ruby are fully ap- preciated by the women who are fortunate enough to possess a gem. Added niche value and beauty of the ruby were its magical properties, which the ancients considered powerful enough to guard them from “ poison, plague, sadness, evilthoughta, and wicked spirits,” and to k‘éep them in health and cheered in mind.’ The de'ep sea. fish, Lhen, are exposed to a. danger that no other animals in the world are subject toâ€"namely, that of bumbling upward. That such accidents do oceasion- ally occur is evidenced by the fact that some fish, which are kwown to be t-rue deep sea forms. were discovered dead and floating A Man Throws “trlol on a Woumn In Montreal. ‘ “Are you faint?" asked his Wife in a. tune of annoyance. She offered him her smellingâ€" sake. relief. From that moment he felt no-more concern about; the service than if he had engaged one of the sons of God (.0 “mp- P‘Y‘ 'f ', the surface of the ocean long before )dern iuveallgations were commenced A FIEND IN HUMAN FORM. They Fall Up and Get Hurt. FACTS ABOUT RUBIES. (T0 In: CONTINUED.) re 01) Professor George Weflner Asserts that he has solved the problem of aerial navigation. His machine is being tested secretly by the Austrian Government. I A new sect in Russia. is known as the ‘ Underground People, lately organized in Saratotf. When a person falls ill, the elders come in and baptize him anew. Then they carry him down into an underground laby- rinth where he is left to wrestle with death alone. After a Week the elders come to inspect the sick man, and, if dead, he is duly buried. A curious box was recently found amid the ruins of Pompeii. It was made of marble, or alabaster,nwo inches square,and closely sealed. When opened it was found to be full of a. pomatum of greaae, hard, but very fragrant. The smell resembled that of the sweetest rose. It is singular that we} in the nineteenth century, should be able to tegale our noses with perfumes prepared in the first. Under the 300 Protestant foreign mis- sionary socitiea there are 4,717 men and 3,755 Women missionaries. The King of Italy, it is said, display great indifference on the subject of Anarch‘ ists. When the recent bomb explosion occurred, and the announcement was made to him, he merely shrugged his should- ers. Sil- Frederick Burton brought a fast cyclist, who was careeriug through Piccad- illy Circus, London, to reason by the appli- cation of an umbrella to his back with such force that: the police had to be called to quell the row. In the English navy a drink record is kept against every otficer not in command, on the same principle as the " consumption book” of the sergeants’ mess in the army. The book ofnarml officers' wine bills is in- spected every week by the captain, and produced at the sdmirsl‘s inspections. It the latter officer considers the amount. in any particular case excessive he records his Opinion to that effect, and the culprit is warned. There is one industry in which there seems to be no serious depression, the busi- ness ofthe “Monte Carlo Gambling Com- pany,” for such is the frank title of the great gambling institution of Monte Carlo. At its annual meeting recently it, was an- nounced that the receipts for the year were $4,400,000. This is a. decrease of $400,000 compared with the former year’s receipts. butir represents an enormous profit and a colossal dividend. All the telephones now operated in Japan are owned by the government. The highest mountain in Japan .is Fugi- ama. which is )3.01)Ofeec high. John ’1‘. Killer was arrested in Chicago on the charge of having seven wives. The Aba'lauta.Ga... federation of trade! have adopted resolutions declaring the A .P. A. as inimical to unionism. Anumber of interpreters, intended for war service, are to be appointed to serve in the German army. They are especially required 90 be proficient in Russian and French. nectar of the Boldelaise weFé once the only beverage. beer is now supreme. An apwe tree recently blew down in 0011‘ modem which was known to be a century and a half old. In Prussia. 18 and 14 are legal ages a which men and women may contract; a. matrimonial alliance. The United States pension appropriation tor the year is $151,000,000. Minnesota gets $1,500,000 from gross earn- ings of railroads in the State. Dr. Herz has threatened to publish all the documents in his possession relating to the Panama scandal ‘ A Russian cavalry colonel has been ex- ecuted at Odessa. for betraying military secrets to a general on Lbesmfi‘of a foreign power. He had received an annual pay- ment of 24,000 francs [or two years as an informer. Nobody would have prophesied fifteen years ago that in the year 1894 France Would consume as much beer as Bavaria. Yet, there are the figures under the eye of she statistician. In every reamurant and cafe in Paris, W‘here Burgundy and the It. is probable that most of her Majesty's loyal subjects know the Queen only by her royal style, Victoria, and that such of the remainder of them as are aware that she bears another name, and that that is Alex- andrina, believe mat the latter is the sec- ond, and, therefore, in some sense the infe- rior name. The welLinfurmed, however, know that the Queen‘s names are Alexmn- drina. Victoria. and usentence or two in a letter of her father, the Duke of Kent, written within acouple of months of her christening, and said a few days since in Paris. may account for the choice of the Three of the largest Japanese maples in the country are now standing in Prospect park, Brooklyn. 01d and New World Events of Interest Cllroulclcd lirleflyâ€"lntercstlng nap; penings at Recent Date. The States telephone exchanges represent :3 100, 000, 000. A single bakery in New York makes 20,- 000 pies a. day. A stone saw in use in Rufland, Vt” does the Work of 100 men. 12,000 bushels of oysters are eaten every day in New York city. A crusade against chattel mortgagesharks was begun in Milwaukee. The Fibre Works, Port. Huron, turns out, four car-loads of stuff daily. The metropolitan police commissioner of London employs 15,083 men. A design for a. font of phonetic printing type of 42 characters has been patented by Robert S. Avery. aecouc An Englishman has invented a detachable heel for boots and shoes. ROUND THE WHOLE WORLD WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE (1:0in CORNERS OF THE GLBBE. : as home, is her last, 111‘ mother. The first Mather, the Emperor ling, and said a few days since in nay account for the choice of the as the principal name. “ Her first the Duke wrote, “ is Alexandrina; a, by which name she is always call- sme, is her last, being that of her ather. The first she bears after her let, the Emperor of Russia." The Queen‘s Name