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The Dawspapers had already given many details of Madame Vanira. For many long years chew had been naming seen like her. They said her passion and power, her dramatic instincb, her intensity were so great, that, she was like electric fire. Une critic quoted of her what was so prettin said of another great actress : “She has asoul of fire in a. body of gauze.” No one who saw her ever forgot her,even if they only saw her once, her face lived clear, distinct, and vivid in their memory forever sites-ward. No one knew which to admire most. her face or her voice. Her face was the most wondroust beautiful ever seen on the stage, and her voice was the most marvelous ever heardâ€"it thrilled you, it made you tremble; its grand pathos, its nnutcerable sadness, its marvelous sweetness; those clear, passionate tones reached every heart, no master how cold, how hardened it. might beâ€"one felt. that in listening to it that it was the voice of a grand. passionate soul. It. was full, too, of a kind of electricity; when Madame Vanira Bung she could sway the minds and hearts of her hearers as the winter winds sway the strong boughs. She drew all hearts to \erseH and opened them. When she sung, it was as though she sung the secret of each heart to its owner. They said that her soul Was of fire and that, the fire mught her listeners ; she had power, genius, dramatic force enough in bat to electrify a whole theatre full of peo- ple, to llfb them out. of the commonplace,to take them with her into the fairylsnd of romance and genius, to make them forget everything and anything except herself. She made her debut in the theatre of San Garlo, in Naples, and the people had gone wild over her : they serenaded her through the long sterlit. night ; they cried out her name with every epithet of praise that could be lavished on her ; they raved about, her beautiful eyes, her glorious face, her vnice, her acting, her attitudes. Then a royal request: took her to Russia; a. still warmer welcome met her there; royal hands crowned her with diamonds. royal voices swelled her triumph ,- there was no one like La Vanirs. She was invited to court and all honors were lav- Sahed on her. She seemed to be quite alone in the world, and against her even the faintest rumor had never been heard ; she was oi irreproachable proprietv, nay, more, she was of angelic goodnessâ€"generous, truthful, charitable and high-minded. There was not swhisper against her good usme~not one. She had a legion of admirers, none of whom coufll boast of a. favor ; she answered no letters; she gave no interviews; she accepted no invitations ; she visited among some of the most exclusive circles, where she was received as an equal ; she had had offers of marriage that would have made any other woman vain; she refused them all; she seemed to live for her art, and nothing else. Such a. description naturally excited curiosity of people, and the result was a‘ house so crowded that it [was almost impossible to find room. ' L’Ewile (in Nord ;’ in is nah the (usual thing for a. debutante.” Then the words died on her lips anfl for some minutes she and no more. The curt-(Lin was drawn up and Ma'iame Vunira. appeared. There was a, dead silence for same few minutes, men there was a. storm of applause ; her beautiful face won it, her grand figure, her eyes, with their fire of pusaion, seemed to demzmd in. Of all characters, perhaps that of the loving, impassionate Star of the North suit‘ed her best. In i: she found expressnon Such a. woman comes once in a century, not oftener. They called her a siren, a. Circe. She was a woman with a passionate soul full of poetry; agenius with a soul full of power ; a. Woman made to attract souls as the magnet attracts the needle. onm there she went to Vienna, where her success was as great; to Paris. where it was greater, and she was now to make her debut, before the most critical, calm, appre- cintive audience in Europe. The papers for weeks had been full of her ; they could describe her grand, queenly beauty, her Wondernt acting, her genius, which Was alone in the world, her jewels, her dresses, her atsitudes: but, there was nothing to say about; ha life. Even the someby journals, usually so well informed, had nothing to say about Madame Vanin. Whether she were single, or married, or a. widow. none of them knew ; of whm town. of what nation, even of \ hub family, none of them knew. “We may Lhmk ourselves fortunate,” said Lady Chaudos. “ 1 have never seen the house so crowded, and, do not. laugh. Dames, I do not see A premier toilet man my own."» Lady Chandos was always well pleased when her husband complimented her on her dress ; if he forgot, it, she generally reminded him of it. She looked very beautiful this evening; her dress Was of white satin. efiectively trimmed with dead gold, and she Wore diamonds wiLh rubiesâ€"4m one there looked better than the queen of bloudes. “I am quite impatient. to see La. Vanim," she said to her husband. “ I Wonder why she has chosen this opera, for love, her passion and despair. She stood before what. was perhaps the most critical audience in the world, and she thrilled Lhem with her poWer. lb was no more a \Vunxan ; she seemed more like an inspired sibyl ; her audience hung on every note, on every word from those wonderful lips ; while she charmed a.“ ears Bhe critical audience in the world, and she thrilled Lhem with her poWer. lb was no more a \Vunxan ; she seemed more like an inspired sibyl ; her audience hung on every note, on every word from those wonderful lips ; while she charmed a.“ ears aha charmed all eyes ; the beauty of her ma ' nificcnt face, the beauty of her super. figure, the grandeur of her attitudes, the mimiLable grace of her actions were LOVE REASONS NUT. CHAPTER XXXVI}. A. MEETING OF EYES. She glanced carelessly at her husband as she spoke, then started at the change in him; his whoie face had altered, the ex- pression of careless interest had died, che color and light. had died, his dark eyea bad a. strained, bewilderedlook;they were shad- owed aa though by some gm: doubt or fear. He turned away lest she should see his face more plainly, and then she continued: “If you are not well, we will go home, dear: nothing wfll interest me without you.” “Lance,” sbésaid “:0 her husband, "what, a. wouderf n1 face if. is. Have you looked well at it.” “Lance,” said his wife. “are you not. well? You look so “ranged-quite unlike yogi-self.” ' He made a great efi‘ort and spoke to her; but the very tone of his voice was altered, all the sweetness and music had gone out of it. “Which do you really admire most, Lance, blonde or brunette, tell me 7” “A strange question to ask a. man who was fortunate enough to Wlu the queen of blondcs for his wife," he replied. He would have paid any compliment.â€" saidanyching to please herâ€"if she would only give him time to think. They weredrivmg home together, but. he fels it was impossible to remain under any roof until he had learned whether Leone and La. Vanira Were the same. If his dear, good, amiable wife would but givé liim time to think. He could bear Lhe sound of the mill-wheel, he could hear Lhe ripple of the waters, the words of the 80H Lady Chandoa laid dowu her jeweled opera-glass while she drew a breath of relief, it, was so wonderful to her, this woman all fire, and genius and power. Mr. Sewell had written to Lady Lsnswell to tell her of her indignant rejection of all help, of her disappearance, how she never returned to River View for anything be- longing to her, and after some time the countess had told her son. He went to River View and he found the house closed and the servants gone: he made some inâ€" quiries about. Leone, but never heard any; thing about; her. He deplored the factâ€"in added to his misery over her. If he could have known that he had left. her well pro- vided for he would not have suffered half so much: LANCE‘s DETERMINATION. “You have 1191; much to say to me to- night, Lance,” said Lady Marion, in a tone of gentle expostulabion, “I wouder if that; beautiful singer was really looking at: you. It seemed to me that the moment her eyes caught: yours she faltered and al- most failed." Lord Chandoa roused himself. “Give me a. woman’s fancy," he said; “it is boundless as the deep sea.” “I think abeaubiful singer is like a. siren' continued Lady Chandus, “she wins all hearts." [i9 Imighed again, a tired, indifferent, something new and Wonderful. From the first; moment the curtain rose until It fell the whole audience was breathless. “1am well," he said, “pray do no feel anxious over me; the house is very full and very warm." “(What do you think of La. Vanira?" con- tinued Lady Chandoa; “how very different. sheiia to Mlyroue gigs.” “And beautiful 7" asked Lady Marion with a. look of eager anxiety. He was too wise and too wary to reply with anything like enthusiasm. " Beautiful for those who like brunettes," he answered coldly, and his wife’s heart was at rest. If he had gone into ruptures she would have been disgusted. Helwas bewildered and confused. Before him stood the greataud gifted singer whom kings and emperors had delighted to honor, the most beautiful and brilliant of women ; yet surely those dark. lustrous eyes had looked in his own ; surely he had kissed the quiveriug'lips, over which such rich strains of music rolled ; surely he knew that beautiful face. He had seen it under the starlight, under the shade of green trees by the milLstream ; it must be the girl he had loved with such mad love, and had married more than foul-years ago. Yet, how could it be? 0f Leone he had never heard one syllable. All these years he had never heard on word of her. He had thought; of her can tinually,more than one would have imagin- ed; he never knew whut 1'0 WAS to forget her for one minute. His heart was always sad, his soul sorrowful, his mind in at ease. The more he thought of it, the more des- picable his own cOuducb seemed. He hated the thought of it, he loathed the very memory. And here was the face he had seem by the mill stream, the face which had haunted him, the face he loved so wellâ€"here it was alight wfth power, passion anti genius. Could this brilliant, gifted singer be Leone or was he misled by a wonderful likeness ? He could not; understemd is, he was bewild- cred. In was'iu the last grandly pathetlc scene that their eyes met, and for one half mo- ment the gifted woman, on whose lightest breath the vast crowd hung, swayed to and {to as though she would have fallen; the next minute she was pouring out the richest, streams of melody, and Lady Chaudos said: “ 1 should say it was your fancy, Marion â€"â€"La Vanna sees uothmg lower than the skies, I Lhiuk.” And then the opera ended. reckless laugh. “I thought: We had agreed that you had wan mine, Marion," he said. and, if that. be true, it. cannot be won again." She was silent for a. Few minutes, then she continued: “Which do you really admire most, Lance, blonde or brunette. tell me ‘2” He lauglfed, and the sound was forced and unnatural. He had wandered a thousand times a day What had become of Leone; he remembered her wonderful talent, how she read th :56 grand old tragedies of Shakespeare until she knew them by hem-mbut. could it be pos- sible Leone had become the finest singer and the grandest acbress in the world ? “I think she is very wonderful,” he replied._ ‘ “If she would but legve me in peace,” thgyght Lgrd Qhandgs tq himqelf. _ “Is it my fax'xéy, Lnucé, or has La. Vapirglocking at you 3” In sheltered v SLilI sinus i CHAPTE R XXXVIII. vale a mill its busy la wheel V He found the dining-rooms well filled, and, justas he had foreseen, the one sub- ject waa Ls. Vanira. Then, indeed, did he listen to some wanderful stories. The Marquis of Exham declared that she was the daughter of an illustrious Sicilian noble. man, who had so great a love for the stage nothing could keep her from it. The Earl of Haleaton said he knew for a fact she was the widow of an Austrian Jew, who had taken to the stage as the means of gaining her livelihood. Lord Bowden said she was the wife of an Australian officer who was possessed of ample means. There Were at least twenty different stories about her, and not one agreed with another. “ I wonder,” said Lord Chandes, at last, “ what is the real truth ‘2" ‘ “ About what ?" said a white-haired major, who sat next to him. “ About La Vanira," he replied; “ every one has a difl'erent story to tell." “I shSuld “like to see her." said I'md Chandos. The white-haired made: laugheu "So would half the man in London, but. no one visits her-she allows no introduc- tions. I know a dozen and more who have tried to see her in vain." “ I can tell you as much truth as any one else about her,”eaid the Major, “ I was With the manager last evening. he Vanira is English. I grant that; she looks like a Spaniardul never saw such dark eyes in my life; but: she is English; accomplished, clever, good, as gold, and has no one be« langing to her in the wide world. That. much the manager told me himself.” ” But. wherevdoes she come from 1” he asked. impatiencly. “ Everybody comes from somewhere.” “ The manager’s idea. is that she was brought. up in the midlaud counties; he thinks so from sfew words she said one dayz" “Single,” was the reply; “and in no hurry to be married. She has refused some of the best offers that could be made; and yet she wearsa ting on the third finger of her left handâ€"â€"perhaps it, is not. a Wedfiin-tiwfl He was not much Wiser after this conver- sation than before; but ha was more determined to know. That same evening he made anobher excuse, and lefbhia wife at; Lady Blanchard’s ball while he drove to the opera~honne. The opera. was almost. over, but he saw the manager, to whom be briefly gtacedrhia errand. She had exaccly her own way, as those very quiet, amiable wives generally have. He did not go so his club, but. he sat by his dressing-room fire, and drank white wine whey. He had the satisfaction of hearing his wife say that he was the best. husband in the world; then he fell asleep, to dream of the mill-stream and thesong. It. grew upon himâ€"he must. kn°w if what was Leone. Of course, he said to him. self, he did nos wish to renew Ms acquain- tance with herâ€"he would never dare, after his cruel treatment. of her, even to address one word to her; but he should be quite content if he could know whether this was Leone or not. If he could‘ know that he would be happy. his sorrow and remorse would be lessened. “I think husbands have a reserve fund of business," said Lady Chandos. "What. a mysterious word it is, and how much it cow-rs, Lance. Lord Seafield is never at home, but whenever his wife asks him where he is going, be always says 'on busi. ness.’ Now, in your case what does bus ness mean '.’ ” He laughed at the question. “Parliamentary interests, my dear,” he replied. as he hastened away. Such close questions were very difficult, to answer. :‘Is she married or single ?" asked Lord Chandos. The manager compliedwivh his request. He soon returned. “ Madame Vanira wishes me to say that; she has not the pleasure of your lordship’a acquaintance, and that she is compelled to decline any introduction.” His heart had been beating quickly and warmly, yet he persuaded himself it was only that he was so pleased to know she was a.“ right and safe from the frowns of the World. It was not Leone, but she was so much like Leone that. he felt he must go to see her again. “ My dearest Lance, I am quite sure you are not well, Isaw you shudder as though you were cold, and yet, your hands are burning hot. What is ifi you say about going to your club ? Nothing of the kind, my darling. You must have some white wine Whey; you have taken cold. No;prny do not. laugh, Lance, prevention is banber than cure." 7 He knew that. the best place for hearing such demils was his clubâ€"the Royal Juniarâ€"everyone and everything were discussed there, no one escaped, and what, was never known elsewhere was always known at the Royal Junior. He would take luncheon there and by panent liaten~ ing would be sure to know. He wean, although Lady Chanda: said plaintively that she could not eat her luncheon alone. “ Then 'it is not Leone," he said to himself, anda chill of disappointment came over him. “ The opera to-night?" said Lady Marion, in her sweetest tones. “ Why, my dear Lance, you vsere there three nights since. ” “ Yes, I know, but I thought, it pleased you, Marion. We will ask my mother to go with us. It, is the ‘ Crown Diamonds,’ 3 very favorite opera of here.” “ Will Mmiame Vauim sing ?" asked Lady Chaudoa, and her husband quietly answered. He was anxious for Lady Lanswell to go, to see if she would recognize Leone, or ii any likeness wculd strike her. As his chief wish seemed to be to give pleasure to his mother. and he expressed no desire to see the beautiful singer again, Lady Chandos was amiable. She sent a kind little new to the connbess, saying What pleasure is would give them if she would “I Believe,” he said, “ that in Madame Vauim I recognize an old friend. Will yoxxjutroduCe me to her '1” My darling once did dwellthere. But now she's gone away." The stars were shining as they shone when he sat by Lhe mill stream. with that beautiful head on his heart, He fshuddered as he remembered her forebodng Lady Chanting his hand anxiously in hers. “I am sorry to say chat, I cannot," was the courteous reply. “I promised madame not: to make any introductions to her." “Will you taixe my card to her ? If she in tho ladyI take her to be she will send word whether she wishes to see me or not." “I am compelled to go,” he said. “I haw; busmess, Mariamthat is imperative.” ‘Boot, toot !‘ replied the sheep-farmer modestly hanging his head, with a pleased smile, and taking a large pinch of snnfi, ‘thah's too muchâ€"too much by farâ€"by far.’ But his guest, after expemsting on the great prowess of his host in collecting and concentrating upOn a. Southern market a flock of sheep, suggested the question : ‘Could the duke of Wellington have done that ?’ The sheep-farmer thought a little, snufied, sock a. glass of toddy and slowly replied: ‘The duke of Wellington was, nae doot. a clever man ; very, very clever, IbelieVe. They tell me he was a good soger ;but then, d'ye see, he had reasonable men to deal withâ€"captains, majors and generals, that could understand himâ€"every one of them, both officers and men ; but I'm no so snre,aftet all.“ he could manage, say twenty thousand sheep, besides black cattle, that. couldna understand one word he said, Gaelic or English, and bring every hoof 0’ them to Fa'kirk Tryst. ! I doot it, I door. it; 3 But I have often done that.’ ” Improved Communication. Means of communication between the various parts of the Empire have been vastly improved during the past few years, and the parts moat distant from the Mother Country are being brought nearer day by day. In the steamship service betWeen India and Britain, it is interest- ing to note that immense improvement has been made. New and faster steamers have been put upon the P. and 0. line and letters are now delivered in London twelve daya after their departure from Bombay. The mail, of course, travels across the continent by rail to Brindisi. nroute which would not be available for the transporta- tion of troops in the event of war, but it is calculated that the new steamers could make the entire trip by way of the Medi. terreneen in seventeen or eighteen days, and that troops could be carried from Great Britain to India in that time. This would mean that reinforcements from the Mother Country could be on their way by train to the frontier within three Weeks oi the date of a. declaration of war. The importance of this Will be appreciated fully by those who are old enough to re- member the sickening anxiety caused by the slow movement of troops in the early days of the Indian mutiny. What could he doâ€"how could he know? Then the idea. came, to follow her carriage home. By dint, of peraervence he found, at set, that Madame Vaniru had a very pretty house in Hampstead called the Cedars, and he determined to call and see her there. If he had really been mistaken, and it were not Leone, he could but apologize; if it wereâ€"â€"-â€"- Ah, well, if it were, he would ask her forgiveness. and she would give it; to him, on account of the love she bore him " \rs ago One of Lord Robertson’s anecdotes and imitations of Corrychoillie, otherwise John Cameron of Corrychoillie, or Corry as he was designated, in given by the Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod in his “Reminiscencea of a Highland Parish.” In the chapter on “Tacksmen and Tenants" Dr. Macleod says: “1 W111 close this chapter with a. story told of a great sheep-farmer (nos one of the old ‘genLleman tenants,’ verily!) who had, nevertheless, made alarge fortune by sheepfarming, and was open to any degree of flattery as to his abilities in this department of labor. A buyer, knowing his Weakness and anxious to ingmbiate him- self into his good graces, veutnu-ed one evening over their whisky-teddy to remark: ‘I am of opinion, air, that you are agreater man than even the duke of Wellington !' “ Wait. a few weeks until they are need- ed again, and than rent them to the city for ten cents a day ." them ?” So she did, and was often puzzled over the resemblance of some one she knew: but she never once dreamed of Leone, while, by dint of earnest watching and study, Lord Chandos became more and more convinced that it was she. He was determined to find out. He was fooliah enough to think that; if he could oncobe sure of it, his heart and mind Would be at rest, but until then there was no rest for him. ' shovels ‘2" Contractorâ€"“ Bought. ’em of the city for ten cents apiece. They were Sold for want of use, you know.” “ I see. What are you going to do with Miss Summibâ€"â€"“I wouldn’t. be surprised if Mr. Yearner proposed to me soon. The other day he made me a. present of a. beaubi. ful dog." How anxiously Lord Chamdos watched his momher’s face. He saw deiighc, surâ€" prise and wonder, but no recognitionâ€" except; once, and then the bemfliul Arm was raised in denunciation. Then some- thingoi bewilderment came over Lady Lmswell's fwe,and she turned to her son. “No, I think not ; but she reminds me of some one, I cannot think Whom. Her gestures are more familiar to me than her face. ” “What fire, what genius, what power ! That. is really acting,” she said. “In all my life [have seen nothing better. There is truth in her tenderness, reality i'n hex- sorrow. I shall often come to see Vanira, Lance." “Lance,” she said, “Madame reminds me of some one, and I think who it is.” “Have you seen her before, mother, do yogi/bin}; Zf’ be said.» Evidently the thought of Leone never entered her mind ; and Lord Chandos was more puzzled than ever. The countess was charmed. go the opera with them, and Lsdy Lans- well was only tow Blessed. The 811‘) had grown tired of such things and never ail-red to go out in she evening. Easy to Make Money. P01fiticjauâ€"“ Where did you get all those Missâ€" P1 Miss Summ Greater Than Wellington. aliaadeâ€"“VVhat has that to do e day (To BE CONTINUED) The First Word â€"_‘»‘He said he hoped to go: Vanim cannot WHAT UNCLE SAM Neighborly Interest In Ills Dumasâ€"Slat- ters or Moment nnd "ll-1h Gathered from Ills Dally Record. A caterpillar with three distinct, hemls was found at, Dover. Delaware, last week. Montana will furnish aboub 200,00) head 0f beef-cattle to the eascern markets Llu'l year. Thebacilli of tuberculosis cause the death every year of 150,000 persons in the United States. The 250,000 Indians of bheUnited State: hold 90,000,000 acres of land, exclusive of Alaska. Edward B. Stirling, of Trenten, N. J., owns a. stamp worth $1,000, for which he paid nine cents. It is said that the gold ymduct of Mom tana this year will show a. 75 per cent. in crease over aha," of 1393. A gold ledge that assays three ounces 0! gold and twenty-eight. ounces of silver to the ton was struck at Boise. Ia. Charles McVeagh, of HarpaweH, Maine, lifts a barrel of flour with his teeth and holds a quintal of fish at arm’s length. Mr. H. 0. Huvemeyer received a. salary of $75, 000 a. year as President, of the sugar trust, and $225, 000 aye” as trustee. The will of the late William T. Walters, of Baltimore, leaves his valuable an collee- tion to his son and daughter. It was thought, that it would be bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Nine Coxeyites Were sentenced to cm month’sfmprisonmEHLin Grand Forks, N.O.. for resisting the police. Tue Unwed Staten estimaw of expendi- ture for the year amounts to $410,435,079, of which $29,415,293 is for navy. $25,030,- 412 for army, and $141,581,570 for pen» aiona. A railroad is to be built from Los Augelel to Salt Lake, 1,500 miles ; one from Color- ado to the asphalt: region of Utah, one from Natchez. Mies.. to Texarkana, Texas, and one of 300 miles in Mexico. The largest map ever made will be placed in the Pennsylvania railroad amnion as Philadelphia. It is 115 ft. long by 15 ft. wide, and will show the entire system of the Peunyslvanin. Railroad. with its con- necting lines, ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT TEE BUSY YANKEE. W. S. B. O. B. Robinson, who has just been elected judge of the Supreme Court 0! North Carolina, is said to be the first: Ro- man Catholic to hold 3 abate ofice of any kind. The Countess Frieda. Ferymund Rudolf of Germany, and Prof. Luigi Dellaro, who plays a fiddle in a theatrical orchesbru,were recently married by a. New York alderman. New York has adopted the Myers ballot machine 5116. it 18 expected that, in addition to securing an absolutely fair count the city alone will save by its use $249,632 in a. Single election. Samuel Edison, of Fort. Gratiot, Mich._ the venerable father of Thomas A. Edison, is now in his 915$ year, and isiu full posues- sion of all his faculties. He is known locally as “Uncle Sam." The oldest coin known is in the mint col lection at Philadelohia. It was coined in Aeglna in the year 700 B. C. Gen. Franz Sigel, the veteran German- American leader, has been celebrating his 706k] birthday dayat his home in Mch Haven. During the last ten years there have been over 2l,000 deahhs in the United States from yellow fever ; while the deaths from alcoholism in that period have been 650,- Governor Tillman, of South Carolina, has pardoned the dispensary constable, Jack Bladen, who was convicted of murdering u negro in Sparmnsburg while searching for liquors. A horse thief in Bay County, Mo., stole a. horse one night, and. instead of riding straight away, got, loan and . rods all night in a circle, and in the morning was captured near where he started. According L0 the last wishes of Rev. Ashbury C. Clarke. of New York, his body was laid out for burial in white broadcloth. A live cat. was found the other day in a packing box that was billed from Parismnd which had not: been opened in transit,by an employe of a Philadelphia firm. The survy of a railroad along the Cuyal valley, in Weanjx-ginia, has been com- pleted. The road, which will be built, by the Vanderbilta, will open one of the rich- est coal fields in she world. Mr. C.P. Huntington has builba granite mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery. Brook- lyn, N. Y., of which the architecture is copied from a. Doric temple and which contains places for sixteen coffins. The cost was about $250,000. The loan exhibition or women's portiafts in New York has closed, and in is calculat- ed that the receipts will amount to $40,000, which wlll go to charity. Dedham will observe the 250m anniver- sary of the establishment of free public schools within its limits on January 15:, 1895. The town claims that it was in Ded- ham that. the first; free public school in America established bypublic taxation had its birth. N. A. Black, of McArthur, 0., was man; tied to the woman from whom he was} divorced 30 years ago and who has had two) husbands since. ’ It is proposed to abolish Eree (unches in Minneapolis, and to have saloonkeeperag instead pay into a treasury $10 a week in" relief of the poor. New York City at; present embraces an area. of about thirty-nine square miles, which, under the proposed annexation plan, would be enlarged to 317. 77 square mzlea, increasing the city’s populamon of 1,515,301 to 2,508,498. Two cities and fifteen towns will be takeninmesidassgreah deal of farm land. Staten Island, ninet/dan miles from the Cifiy Hall, will be includod, and also Coney Island. Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Houston, of Philadelphia-move contributed $100,000 to. ward the erection of 3 students’ hall for the University of Pennsylvania, of which Mr. Houston is a trustee. The gift is a memorial of their dead son, and the build- ing will be known as Howard Houston Hall. IS AT