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Judge S of the Su tacked a . the influe by an el taken too sputtering snakes w} Secretary Jarng of the Corean legation at Washington is an ardent student of the English language. He takes his lessons in he most pr'acnical way, learnmg about things he has to handle each day in the affairs of the household. on Four~and-a-Half street. The Lamonts are particularly rigid Calviniscs. Dolp Buchins, a. Georgian negro, has one white ear and a. black one. When he plugs up the black ear with cotton, he can die- tinguish no sound higher than C with the white ear. His black ear is good for gen- eral all-round work from the bass notes of the organ to the chirp of the cricket. Van Roberts, a hotel-keeper at Rush Hill, Mo., has fallen heir to $600,000, left him by John Bennett, who died at Las Vegas, N. M. Roberts saved Bennett from drowning 20 years 8.20. Miss Pauline \Vhitney is not perhaps what everybody might call a raving beauty, but, she is one of the most distin- guished looking girls in New York society and a wonderfully intellectual one. Ear-Senator. Charles T. Farwell, cf Illinois, lns been a resident of Chicago 50 years. For several mcnhhs after his arrival he walk- ed the streets in a vain search for employ- ment. Today he is one of Chlcago's wealthiest men. of New Orleems, has been nominated by the Democratic party as a member of the State Universmy Board, an office that has never hitherto been held by a woman. The next national festival of the Ameri- can Union of Swedish sirgers will take place In the Madison Square garden New York in 1896. After the festival a chorus of 200 voices selected from the American sodeties will make a. concert tour in Europe. Rawlins Cotcenet, a scion of half the great, families of New York, a member of the chkerbocker club, an approved exponent of the most fashxonable precepts of the day, has opened a new flower shop on Fifth avenue. Dr. Julia H Smith. a. well-known phyei cinn of Cpigago. fgrmerly Miss Julia. Holmes The mother of Bret Harte was a hand- some factory girl. Her husband educated her, and she became one of the most cultured women in Detroit. A Georgla couple have been remarried after being divorced 28 years, at the home of a daughter who never saw her father till the day of the ceremony. The Senate Committee of the United States has increased the appropriation for Great Sodus Bay from $8,000 to $15,000. It has also added $10,000 to the $37,000 ul- ready given towards widening the bay and removing rock in the inner harbor at, 05- wage. Experiments are being conducted at the armory in Springfield, Mass” in the use of aluminum for the bayonet scabbards for the new rifle. Mrs. Hetty Green, the sharp \Vall street financier, goes about habitually in an attire that, could be matched anywhere for $20. She is shy and looks queer. Millionaire Willi-4m Fellows Morgan, his wife, and coachmen have been summoned at Newark to answer to the charge of cruelty to animals in docking the tails of their horses. Two boys climbed intq the window of a deserted house near Mouse, 11]., and found the skeleton of a man who had been dead many months. This is a Presbyterian administration. The Lamonta, Stevensons, Greshams, and Smiths go to the Rev. Dr. Bartlett’s church, on New York avenue. The Thurbers go wish the Clevelands to Dr. Summerlanrl’s The new union station an St. Louis, which has the largest tram service in the World, will be formally opened on Sept. 1. Considerable decrease in the flour output by northwestern mills is attributed to the recent. freight blockade. The New You Constitutional Convention decided by a vote of 91 to 40 to let the pre- sent Jury system stand. The Columbia. wmh its vast schools of salmon. has yielded more wealth Lhan any other river in the world. Rivals for the favor of a young Columbus, Ohio, woman, decided the matter in a. prize ring, fighLing seventeen rounds. Edna. Emglefeather. a young Indian girl, is a graduate of the Dreer Institute School of SLenography and Typewntiting. Mrs Van Rensselaer Cruger, the New York society leader. is very much admired by Oscar \Vilde and has been madethe sub~ ject of one 0‘ his poems. Mrs. Cleveland does not fear her children will be kidnapped and has declined police protectxon at, Buzzard’s Bay. Ninety-three Catholics. comprising the first band of American pilgrims, left New York for the shrine ac Lourdes. Mrs. Custer is a. famous billiard player. She became an expern in the game during her residence on ‘the frontier. Ofixaha has added to its population an average of 11,000 each year of the lush de- cade. Nelghhorly Interest In Illa humanâ€"“at- Iers or Moment, and Mirth Gathered From Ills Dally Record. New York city has 2,350 “rear” tene- ment, houses, sheltering 56,000 persons. Senator John Sherman has kept. all his letters since he was 15 years old. The Snowbird mountains of North Caro- lina are reported as being literally overrun with bears. Mgr. Satolli has decreed that saloon- keepers may not be elected officers of Catho- lic societies. Tne population of Nebraska has increased 134 per cent. during the last, ten years. An Illinois man named Storms,haa named his three sons Hale Storms, Rayne Storms and Snow Storms. WHAT UNGLE SAM IS AT. ITEMS OF gl'EREST ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. ; elecu‘lc eres and wri' liCh shower him with spark ‘tephen J. Field has been a. j preme Court for 30 years. 111 work from the bass n he chirp of the cricke of delirium tremens York toper. While fa. lively jag he was s : wire. Now, when :1 whiskey, he fancies O The huge eyes not ket es of the water, but, the reach of th s has at deax‘h blow W 1e under Slowly the mo 5 shocked ‘ ged upward, a: n he has the sharp spik‘ 35 he 3995 into the brute‘ wnthmg and the victor )arks. in“. "mn n... that sucked the life from their victims. “It was a fearful fight we had with the monster," said Capt. Collins, “and it is only by a miracle that I am here to tell of it. The men With me were Nicholas Ceze, ,John Coiona, and Ezola Consendine. ileft last Monday morning for the reef off l l l l 1 Point 1 eyes to fish for rock cod. For a couple of days luck was against us, but then the fish began to take hold of our- hooks, and they were soon being landed in a shower in the bottom of the boat. At daylight on Wednesday morning we com- menced to take up our lines as usual. Sev. :eral hooks were brought up, but with no i success. and we began to get discouraged, l when there came a violent tug at the line, land a huge arm of the monster flashed violently out of the water and landed across I the gunwale of the boat. fastened with its tenacious suckers, while the water about the boat was lashed into foam, and the sea seemed to be alive with the fish's snake-like feelers. One of the men grasped an ear to dislodge the arm, but before he could reach it the body of the l I away from me. \Ve ' In an instant it. :monsier rose beside the boat a few feet' Andrew Carnegie will return to Pitts‘ ‘, burg in the fall to arrange for the formal lopening of the library which he is to give to his fellow-citizens. From all accounts ‘the institution promises to be worthy its great purpose and fit to do its donor honor. 9 The building‘s capacity will be 230,000 volumes I The death is announced of J. O'Neill ‘Daunt, who was once very prominent in Irish controversies, but almost forgotten of late years. He was a contemporary and loyal supporter of O‘Connell, of whom he publisheda book of recollections. He was an ardent patriot, but had no sympathy with either dynamite or the Land League. Sir Frederic Leighton is hard at work on a large cartoon, which he intends to present to the Royal Exchange of London. The picture represents a group of Phoen- icnans and Britons. The Phoenicians have 1 landed in Cornwall. and are offering silks to the Briton warriors and their Wives in exchange for bars of tin and skins. The Pope has again honored Monsignor Debert, long one of the favorites of Leo XIII. He has conferred upon him the “An octopus can be killed almost instant- ly if it can be stabbed just below the eye, even i‘ the weapon be only the small blade of a pocket knife," said the Captain. “and when the fellow rose so close to me and presented such a good opportunity for the death blow, Ireached for a boathook, the handiest weapon. and made a lunge at the vital spot. As I did so the boat careened violently. and instead of dispatching the brute I only inflicted a wound that mad~ dened the monster more, and the battle then became one of life or death between us A couple more of the arms of the octo- pus had by this time been wound around the boat, and they reached from stem to stern. Oars and boathooks were our only weapons, but it was almost ueless to at- tempt to pry the suckers from the boat. They would no sooner become loosened at one spot than they would fasten themselves on another. The boat was completely en- veloped by them, and all hands were kept busy to escape being caught by the relent- less suckers. The small craft rolled and rocked in the arms of the monster, and every moment it threatened to throw all five of us into the water. The only hope we had was to deal the monster the death blow, but it seemed the opportunity would not again he offered. Blows had no efiect on the huge tentacles. The men belabored what parts of the fish they could reach with clubs, but the effect was like pounding a. piece of rubber. Several times the boat was tipped hy the struggles of the monster so that water came over the gunwales, and in desperation the men fought for their lives, but expecting every moment to be drawn below the surface of the ocean to a. horrible death. “ One of the stout fishhooks had caught. securely in the body of the brute, and a. couple of the men began to haul in on the stoubline. Slowly they gained on the cord as they pulled, and slowly the body of the monster was being dragged from Lhe keel of the boat, where it had been impossible :0 reach in With any weapon that would put a stop to the battle. Steadin the men hauled away until the body came in sight. The huge eyes glared savagely up through the water, but, the vital spot was vet. mm of Robert E. Stone, of Lexington. Ky., has juab erected over the grave of his dog a. monument that cost, $650. The stone is a pointe lshaft, of seis'nore granite, elaborate- ly and fancifully carved. It has a. deeply chiselled inscription : “Dan. for sixteen years our silent brother and friend. His faithful dog shall hear him company.” A huge octopus was hoisted on Fisher- meu’s Wharf, San Francisco. on Thursday afternoon from Capt. Charles Collins’ boat, and the four members of the crew shudder ed as they handled it and told of their ter-' rible fight far out from the land. The monster covered a large section of the wharf, and its long tentacles were avoided by the curious crowd. Even the Italian fishermen who have become accustomed to looking upon the terrible fish kept at a respectful distance from this particular ob- ject, on account of its size. Several of the fish are caught. each week and brought to the dock. but never had so large a one been carried in through the Heads as the one caught by Capt. Collins and his crew. The deep-sea monster had been dead nearly two days, but its large eye s still retained their ferocious glare, and it is no wonder that the superstitious boatmen looked upon it with dread. The long tentacles when spread apart measured about twenty-five feet from trp to tip, and they were armed all the way along with dreadful saucer-like mouths that sucked the life from their victims“. death blow when the opportunicy Slowly the monster’s body was bein gad upward, and as it reached the the sharp spike of the boat hook was into the brute’s body just, below Ll and the victory was won. Gradu: long arms unwound themselves, a terrible sea. monster was soon dead the deck of the boat.” other Supreme Court judge has served more Lhan 16. Judge Field is the only Californ- ian who has ever been honored with an 1mportant position in the federal govern- ment, executive, judicary, cabinet ur mihbary. Alphaeus Felch, just elected president of the Michigan State Pioneers‘ Association, will be ninety in September. Heis the old- est emgovernor in the United States, and he has been a United States senator and a judge of the Michigan Supreme Court. He is still in active life as a bank director. Senator Caflery, of Louisiana. is said to he a. connoisseur in neckties. His favorite color is a light blue, but he wears this in all manner of shades, and never by any mistake does he wear the name tie two days. He has a very handsome complexion and is proud of it, he selects ties to her- monize With his own color. A strange dream so disturbed Mrs. Samuel Buffing, of East Greenfield. Ohio, that she awoke with a start. She imagin- ed that she had been drowning cats in a. well and their piteous wails aroused her. Then she discovered that she had dashed her own infant; out. of bed with such force that its skull was crushed. Flve Men In a I‘lshlng Ron! Have a llarxl Ballle wllh a 5911 Handler. FIGHTING WITH A DEVIL FISH. ared savagely up L1 ‘e vital spot was yet weapon poised to d1 1) the opportunity :er’s body was being as it reached the s ‘f the boat hook was xmpossmle would put the men e in sight. p through 3 deal the by came. eing drag- ‘e surface mlly {he and the Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has recover- ed from a. recentillneas, and in fine weather takes a daily walk along the shore near his summer house at, Beverly Farms, Mass. In rainy weather he goes over the same road in a. closed carriage. I There has just died near Ballymena. llreland. David Yasbon, whoI at the age of 50, had attained the height; of three feet. IA widow and several children mourn his l‘deabh. He was well known as an evan- ] gelisbic preacher, and carried on the grocery I business. Ahmed Ata Bey died at Constantinople in the month of June. He had been trained in what has been a. famous school, the Translators’ Office of the Forte, and he be- came Keeper of the Seals of the Foreign Office and chief of the Consulates Depart- ment. He deVUted himself to literary pur- suits, and among his other productlons were translations of the elder Dumas and Balzac into Turkish. Miss Sara. Jeannette Duncan, the author of “A Social Departure,” is the daughter of Charles Duncan, of Brantlm‘d.’ Ont. After teaching awhile she entered upon journalistic work. and in her journey around the world was correspondent for several English and Canadian papers. She is now the wife of Professor Everard Cotes, who holds an important position in the: Indian Museum, Calcutta. The Pope has again honored Monsignor Dilbert, long one of the favorites of Leo XIII. He hon conferred upon him the right no wear the pallium, a. distinction accorded to few bishops or archbishops. The pallium is a band of wool made from ohe coats of two lambs which each year are given to the Pope by the Society of St. Agnes, in Rome. Sir Charles Russell, Llie new Lord Chief Justice, who hnsjust taken his seat, makes a striking figure on the bench. Clad in a new white wig and a. bright grey gown, he is the personification of dignity. He has taken with him to the bench the famous snuff-box to which he frequently resorted when tornuring some poor victim on cross- examination, and the immense handauna which he often waved asa. flag of triumph on the legal battlefield. He has been much more attentive and quiet, during the cases thus far heard than many of his judicial associates. Queen Victoria presented the Duchess of York with two cradles for her baby. One is of white wood, and is the same bassinet as originally held the Empress Frederick of Germany. It has an inscription in silver letters to the: effect, and also that the Queen gave it, to the Duchess of York in 1894. In is titted up with white satin and down Sir Frederic Leighton is hard at Work on a large cartoon, which he intends to present to the Royal Exchange of London. The picture represents a. group of Phoen- icmns and Britons. The Phoenicians have landed in Cornwall. and are offering silks to the Briton warriors and their wives in exchange for bars of tin and skins. The death is announced of J. O'Neill Daunt, who was once very prominent in Irish controversies, but almost forgotten of late years. He was a. contemporary and loyal supporter of O‘Connell, 0t whom he publisheda book of recollections. He was an ardent patriot, but had no sympathy with either dynamite or the Land League, Professor Guidde’s book. “ Caligula.” which 18 supposed to refer to Emperor William, has had a. wonderful sale in Ger- manv. Over 150,000 copies have been sold already, and three printing establishments are kept, busy supplying the demand. The work is now in its twenty-fourth edition. ., Abram Barton, of Bristol, England, has devised a submarine bmt for which he claims a. speed of )6 knots. It is shark- ahaped, and is propelled by twin screws located at. what. would be the fans of the fluke in the fish. The Sultan of Morocco has dismissed from office his grand vizier and minister of War. The grand Chamberlain has been appointed to succeed the grand vxzier. A brother of the grand chamberlain succeeds him in that office, while still another broth- er has been appointed minister of war. Some Iloms About a Few of ma Great Folks onue “’orld. Lord Randolph Churchill is under con- tract. win) 9. “axis journal to write {our articles for its columns during his journey around the world. \Villiam Waldorf Astor. who has become a. Britxsh subject, has been uommated for a J. P. of Middlesex county, England. It. is said that this is a. step to a. baronetcy. -Volt.9.ire, when he began the study of English, and found that; “ ague” was pro- nounced nwo syllahles and “ plague” as one, said that, he wished that half the English had the one disease and the other halt the oLher. The Du:hesae d'Uzes, the great grand- daughter of Mme. Clicquot, of champagne fame, has between 12,000,000 and 14,000,- 000 botbles of champagne in her Paris cellars in the Rue du Temple and as much more in her vaults ab Rheims. It is said that the Czar has announced his intention to pardon on the occasion of the wedding of the Czarewnch and Princess Alix of Hesse a large number of persons convicted of political ofiences. The Czar- ina, it is also said, will found a charitable institution in honor of the marriage. One of the last acts of Lord Houghton previous to leaving Crewe Hall the other day was to write to the Castleford local board offering to present. six acres of land near the town for a. public park. The ofler was gratefully accepted. molste ‘aused he Ho 0 incl‘ m‘nish onsil JD) .lght 3.1! Mac )leridge 1e )m‘p PERSONAL POINTERS. ‘ 4011 his an UH cauzh ‘m of 'Music me in the lea. to hold .th of Lord ( muse his de killed “by'z thers whose rd Chief Jus mise thh cold leath are JP Forty-three million stars can be saen by a powerful telescope. Whales are animals, but are fitted to live in waters. raindrops and by eating oily subs While the elephant appears cl in reality one of the most nimtle Asia. The hottest region 911 the earth’s surface is on the southwest, coast of Persia. them rabbits, partridges, and squirrels. ' This tragedy caused a sensation, and She had also caughtsome beavers and por- many predicted that the ghosts of these cupines, and when her visitors arrived her victims would haunt the old Viceroy. The larder was very well supplied. As the first latter, however, laughed at all gloomy snares wore out their place was supplied by - predictions and promptly lopped 03 the others made from the sinews of rabbits and I heads of the twu chiefs. Soon after these squirrels. I eVents, which occurred a year ago, the old Besides being a good provider under dilfi- Viceroy began to complain of inability to cullies, this remarkable young woman had sleep. Then stories came out of his yamen not neglected her wardrode. The skins of that he had guards in his chamber and the animals she had caught were fashioned called on them in the night to fire upon intoa comfortable and really artisticwinter ‘ people whom they couldn’t see. It was suit. The Englishman wrote of it, “ The said the spirits of the five victims appeared materials, though rude, were curiously to him nightly, upbraided him for their un- wrought, and so judiciously arranged as timely deaths, and warned him he would to make the whole garb have a pleasing joir| them inside of a year. Whatever the though somewhat romantic appearance.” truth of these stories, the Viceroy was in With such roughimplements as the broken a bad way all last Winter 'and far into the shank of an arrow-head. and a pieceof iron spring. He never ventured out, and all hoop roughly sharpened with a knife, the business was practically at a standstill. Indian girl had constructed not only her Things went on in this way until last picturesque dress, but also the serviceable month, when it was suddenly announced snowshoes which led to her release, and that he received word to pay his devotions other useful arti:les. to the shrine of Prince Langling, a deified At first she had a great deal of trouble Prihc? Of the Beveth ceh'fm‘Yg seVeml with her fire. By rubbing ahd pounding taotais, who are expert spiritualists, were two sulphurous stones together, which was Eh “Wanda-flee 0'1 mm. 3111 they finally very hard work, she could finally get a few ‘hduced him to make SOlemfl Vows 0f sparks to kindle some loose fibres of wood imphsihg ceremonies before the Prince’s picked Ema“ ; 1)“ this wok so much time tomb should he be restored to health. For that for momhs She had not allowed her these services one of these officials, who is fire to go out. She was never idle, and had 3- TBOlSD Priest. Was to receive $2,000 find made preparations to go fishing on a large some valuable Presehm- scale when spring should unseal the frozen The Cure seems 5° have been founded 0“ lakes and streams. To do this E,he peeled mesmerism and faith. The old man rose otf the thin inner bark of the numerous I fro"! his bedfln‘h Elflsmmed b faith. W3} willow trees, and twisted it into a species carnefi ‘0 thfipfmce 5 tomb and made hls of twine. She had stored up several huu- ' dev°“°“'- “"5 he had repeated three dred fathoms of it for future use. The ad- . days oh?“ tfm- “9 13'“ 30°“va and he miration of the Indian guides for this , W35 thmhg 1“ Strehghh every dBY- when attractive and useful damsel was unbound- 1 Che "ghs 3"“: ende‘i he has vowed 30.8"“ 5 ed, and each one wished to secure her for great manic“ performance, 135‘138 ten his wife. As she could not marry them all, ‘ days, 0“ 3 blg, “age creel/ed before ‘he it was decided,after a time-honored custom, tomb Or “he Prince- ' to settle their several claims bv a wrestling match, the prize to be awarded to him who A 10,000-MILE CYCLOMETER, could overthrow all the rest. This was carried out forthwith, and me fair Indian ’ girl was again made captive. It is to be i n can be Barrels?“ “ll: Rider ‘vnhout hoped that she did not find it necessary to ' n [33' run away a second time ; but she had 211- A new cyclometer for bicyclers’ purposes ready shown that if she did, she was fully , is shown below, As shown’ it, is attache able to take care of herself. is A L;_,__.- “L”: L-:__ Mm . . .. The elephant. is the 1‘ animal, and the whale the animal. The reason why red because it is the con green. After hundreds'of years’ investigati is not yet known where or when man appeared on earth. There are two 1 One has teeth in other has not. Some stars seen through telescopes are so distant. that; it takes their light; 2,700 years to reach this planet. The cheetah, or nuntingleopard, of India. is 341; feet high, and is hooded like a. hawk when taken out to the chase. The strength of the lion’s fore limbs is only 69 per cent. that of the tiger. while the strength of its hind limbs is but, 65 per She had also caughtsome beavers and por- cupines, and when her visitors arrived her larder was very well supplied. As the first snares wore out their place was supplied by others made from the siuewa of rabbits and squirrels. Besides being a. good provider under diffi- culties, this remarkable young woman had not. neglected her Wardrode. The skins of the animals she had caught were fashioned into a comfortable and really artisticwinter suit. The Englishman wrote of it, “ The materials, though rude, were curiously Wrought, and so judiciously arranged as to make the whole garb have a pleasing though somewhat romantic appearance.” W'ibli such roughimplements as the broken shank of an arrow-head. and a pieceof iron hoop roughly sharpened with a. knife, the Indian girl had constructed not, only her picturesque dress, but also the serviceable snowshoes which led to her release, and other useful ankles. A petrified elephant was re‘ under three feet of earth, at Kansas . She Lived Alone for “any Months In the Far Noth-Wesl. It was more than a hundred years ago that, an enterprising Englishman, with his company of Indian guides. came suddenly upon the track ofa. strange snow-shoe in the far North-West m a place that, was supposed to be hundreds of miles from any human habitation. When asked how she managed to catch anything, she said that. she had made snares with some deer ainews which she had taken from her captors, and had taken in them rabbits, partridges, and squirrels. The stone known quartz, with shreds It; is found in perfe part of the United: can be attributed indirectly to their love 0 music. In the issues of invitations to the ceremony a mistake was made, and same tickets were sent in error to Lord Coler- idge instead of to a. musical bearer of his name for whom they were really intended. So if music be responsible, it was by the merest chance. Following the track for some distance, they reached a small hut, ingeniously con- structed of snow and driftwood ; and inside, the lady of the house, a fine-looking young Indian woman, was sitting alone. She understood the language of the guides, and consented at once to accompany them to the Englishman’s tent, as she was heartily tired of her solitary life. to be found on the earth Arizona. There is frequel 80 degrees in twelve hours. ceeded to build the little dwelling in which she was discovered. Here she set up house- keeping nnder difficulties, as she had first to catch her food and then cook it, and it; was a. constant- struggle to keep her fire going. Her story was a. very interesting one. Her own tribe of Indians were at war with another tribe, when she was taken prisoner and carried off into slavery. But the next summer, when her captors were traveling through the country, she made her escape, and tried to find her way back to her own pec 1310. This, however, was impossible without help of some kind; but instead of sitting down to bewail her lonely fate, the brave girl went to work to make herself comfortable until something should turn up. _ ‘ A ‘ A IA shelter of some kind was the first thing to be considered, and she forthwith pro- Sea birds quench :heir thirst by catching indrops and by eating oily substances. While the elephant appears; plumsy, it Is WAYSIDE GLEANINGS. A FEMALE CRUSOE. Lh shreds of asl [in perfection 2 United States. atesb daily chan d on the earl species ltS 'ed infuriates animals complimentary color es of l lower longest‘lived ] e longeatplived 11) recently at Castle investigation the of ‘e true jaw, a temperat surface is nmsy, it Is anlmals of e whale. and the ‘e 1% 1n mge of found Rock land 1 sea. n it first UI‘E is :JHAUNTED BY HIS VIUTIMS. Last May Li Hsien-Mon, a leader of the Kolas Hui, or great secret society to over- throw the Mantchu dynasty, committed suicide at Nanking, with his wife and his favorite concubine. This man had been the leader in a plot to buy up arms in which Mason, a British customs official, acted as the agent. The capture of Mason and the confiscation of a large number of rifles and a big supply of ammunition caused an enormous sensation at the time, but it was afterwards shown that the ammunition didn’t fit the guns, and that Mason was more of a crank and a fool than a. conspira- tor. All the resources of the Chinese de- tective service were put forth to arrest the Chinese principals who had used Mason as a tool. lal Hsien-Mon, it was discovered, had furnished the money, and two chiefs of the society, Kao and Tseng, had made ar- rangements to distribute the guns. Li had always borne a good reputation, and he de- clared he had been drawn into the scheme as a personal speculation of a. shady kind, but with no intent of treason or conspiracy on his part. The evidence corroborated his story, but the Chinese legal machinery demanded heads, and he was condemned. Then, when he saw that all was lost, he killed himself, and his too faithful wo- men followed his example. ' Even Chinese of the highest rank are as superstitious as the meanest, coolie. This has been shown by the curious case of the old Viceroy Lui of Nankiug. In matters of business or diplomacy he has many times proved too much for the ables: foreigners ; but, the wily old Viceroy lately came near to death because of his fear of the ghosts of a. number of poor wretches whom he had un- justly put to death or whose suicide can be laid to him. The dial lettered A indicates one mile and {motions thereof. The total mileage indicator is on the rear dial B. This indi- Dealers in wild animals re profits above the first cost, I of transportation and the are so great that, very little cater can be set back to zero at the season or at any intermedi CURIOUS CASE OF THE VICEROY 0F NANKING. Halted by Spirits of Those [It Had Driv- en lo Deathâ€"Ills llenllll lies")er and LII'“ Saved by Prayers to a Delfied Prlnro. esure 3.11801 he _busineas‘ mslv an ich is on the rear dial B. This indi- be set back to zero at the end of l or at any intermediate time if The A and B dials can be instan- set to zero by simply turning them ,heir adjustment in no Way affectâ€" cord made by the total mileage h constantly adds the mileage he wheel. It can be read by the out diamounting. :celve enormous )ut bite expense losses by death money is made