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- Just lately. Julia, usually so indolâ€" (mtx ‘had given it out that ‘she had head- aches and required a brisk walk every day, and had carefully chosen time and place, so that she might be likely to accidentale meet {Roger- Blake and (have him for a. companion. The next she dressed herself with unusual care, chose her most be- coming that, and went to the extravag- ance of putting on her best gloves and Shoesâ€""a lady is always judged by her gioves and shoes”â€"and borrowed her sister’s crimson parasoii. for it was of a newer fashion than her own, and, more- over, it lent a becotmmg pink shade to “be whole effect. She strolled along toward the park, expecting every mom- ent to hear a manly step behind her, and a morning gmdtmg in the well- lmown voice. and as She strolled visions of their future grandeur occupied her thought-3‘. She resolved that there should be no unnecessary delay in ii:- ing the wedding day, though, of course, she must Show a. little girlish hesitation. 'Her Wedding dress shoul'xd be white sat- in andâ€"yeâ€"er bridesmaid should cer- tainly wear pink, and the children could come in. tooâ€"nothing was so pretty as children at a wedding, and simple litâ€" tle frocks could be easily made at home. Ugh, how glad she woqu be to get away from the little brats, Wish their everlasting teasing and noise, and from the endless contriving how to make one dollar do tibia wonk of five. ,The folks should see she knew how to do the proper thing i The town clock struck twelve, and ‘0th the quarter, and she 'began to wonder whk‘re» Roger was and to feel a «Imttle apprehension, and she mentally abused the vicar's son for his tiresome MWMW the day before, for she was certain: that Roger NV!)qu have been brought to the point in the shrubbery. Presenth she looked back through the trees in the park and to her great re- “I supfmse you wflld take your usual oonstintutional to-Imorrow morning in the Dusk? mum I. may see ygu mares: (However, that evening as Roger .BLake escorted Julia and her sisters the short distance human he found opportun- i’tgito say: _ r "0b., certainly," said Julia; but if a We could be [rigid enough to freeze my mortal, the vicar's son would have t‘hfln and there been turned into amid [Her persisted in ‘his request, and they Here obiuiged to go bank to t'he tennls Wn. ~ "I can't find any one good enough. Jones is playing an the other side. and we have no one his equal but you. Do come. there's a. good fellow. I am sure Miss Viocaa's will spare you" n and son. a, very obtuse youth, es- pied them. He was anxiously looking for a. fourth to make up a good temâ€" nis set. and rust up. "I say, Blake, make a [math in this set. will] you 7" c "I'd rather not, thanks. I've just baen playing. Find some one else." They had been at the Vicarage garden party, and he had resolved to get a. quiet half hour with her there, and. put t'lm words to bier which had lain for days at: t’hn tip of his tongue, and yet, somehow, he never got a. chance, though both were willing- parties. Once they had really escaped from: the crowd and were strolling towards a seguested part of the ahrubbery, when the vicar's sec- ond son. a. very obtuse yout’ly os- ed ere rpoken. "One o’clock! Will they be waiting dinner for you 5‘" he asked. . He knew that the doctor's family dined at one punctually, for the child- ren had afternoon school, and he re- memberedfdm was the very soul of consideration for othersâ€"that the busy mother had once told him how put about the household was id dinner were by any chance late. His was one of those well regulated minds which never und- er any circumstances allow feelings to rug away with them. Yet Elmâ€"Roger Blakeâ€"was a you-11g man with right intentions, and, he had been very much in Love with her, and had wished to mlm‘y her, and sheâ€"Julia Vintnersâ€"was as fond of him as she could he of anyboch and was not only wait- ing, somewhat impatiently, for the momentous question. And this was blow the little town was disappointed of its faéhtionahle wed- 'flhey further stated that if he had pro- posed to hem- and she had refused him. than she was also very mush to blame for having encouraged him to such an “tent. One thing was certainly clear, that theme ought to have been an en- gagement, 11nd they shook their heads and said they had always before thought hp was such an honorable young man, apd no flirt, While they had also con- sidered her a very sansflfle girl. who knew on which side her bread was but- tered. And there was a. good deal]. of truth in these reflections. ‘ The gossips ot the town were very impartial. in their remarks. They said i! (he had not proposed to her he ought to [have done so, after making swab an obvious fuss over 'lxea‘. and therefore he must be very much to blame, for she certainly would not have said "No," but pos-sible, and if by any chance. I146 WM not there she was dull and restless and found things slow. All the town knew about it, and was on the L'Lploe of exâ€" pectation for the, announcement. Then. suddenly, without apparent, rhme 01‘ reason. he went bank to town and there flhere was no tank of any engagement- Her sisters could not understand it any better!- tihzm did this gossips of the lawn, {or from hints she had Let fall "they fellt sure that she woqu not be unwilling to exdhange her ppsition of eldest daughter in the lange family of a. doctor whose practice was greater in dimansions tfham in lumrativemess for the position of wife to a. rising young lawy- er with expectations. She was not very 1011118. eirtflmr; twenty-seven is getting on. and forum- other grown up sistem did not appear to make one appear any younger. Besides. she "hated helping in household Work and always having to tidy up after tiresome dhlifldren," and (>me declared that she would do any- thing to get away from it all]. fair. ] marked AT THE WVhaetht ntion for onlry t0( ,7, STROKE 0F UNE !] 6 went, he v by any chan as dull and r :w. All the n6 J'Y went unions an Diff .To so great an extent have the Jap- anese adopted European methods and models that aux enterprising Buddhist has adopted the bicycle to serve the needs of the praying wheel as used by the followem of his creed. Instead of attaching the written prayer to the customary wheel which is generally turned by a. convenient stream of run- ning water», the new vogtue is: to fix the prayer to the hrub of thet_bicycle wheel. 50 that the faster the ride-r can pedal the better he can pray. Although there appears to be_ a spice of sacrilege in the practice, it is qpparently catch- ing cm, for rumor has It: that. American firms are already preparing machines with Buddhist collec§s embossed on the tires, so that: the plcycle will become praya so thra the b there in the ing om, for rumor has it: that Ame/riA firms are already preparing machi with Buddhist collects embossed on tires, so that the bicycle will bee< an instmumeqt of pleasure and a pr er-book comblned. "At any rate, I am sure, Mrs. Vio- cars would not like me to detain you. I \had no idea it was so late, and now I think of it my aunt with] be expecting me," was the answer as he turned home- wan'd decisively. The next moment she could have bit,- ben her tongue out, for she saw that she had made a. false step. Roger looked at her amazed. Was this the woman he had endowad thh every virtue, who was the unselfish, de- voted eldest daughterâ€"a second moth- er to her youngest sister? Lilke aflash certain hints he had heard whispered about her, but had disbelieved, came in- to his mind; certain little actions of {hers he had seen, but had overlooked, arranged themsewes before his eyes,and she stood before him in a new light. He field; as if he had received an icy cold shower bwth and the scales fell from (his eyes. "I don't care if they are,” she said, sharply, (with a. little scornful laugh, "Let them- wait. I'm tired to death of oog§idering them." (high tension, and his As they turned again he Suddenly drew himself up and bent toward her, the very words trembling on has tongue. At that instant the town clock boomed oneâ€"decisiva, distinct. [Roger started, for the silence had been so deep 8. mo- ment before, and the words were arrest- ed ere rpoken. “A man must not be muddle headed these days irf he means to do any good," returned Roger naturally pleased at her Little compliment. “I don't know What she will] do when you have to go away again I hope it will not be yet. S'he will be quite lost without you," and Juliq gave a sigh, as it to imply that his aunt would not .be the only one to miss brim. “011., she wiflll be all right, I hope. Indeed, I had a. better this morning from my firm saying that urgent busiâ€" ness would requirre me to return this week to townâ€"tomorrow if possible." "Not BO soon!" Julia’s tonq of regret and anxiety was really genuine. "I'm afraid so. It Is a horrid nuis- ance. I should hate to leave the coun- try, andâ€"and tine people here." Roger hushed. "1 {him}: I never liked It so mup’h before." Roger paused and went a luvttle deeper orirmsom under his sun- The minutes passed. Only an odd de- su'lto'ry remark was interchanged, and 1th bottom of the avenue was reached, and yet he had not spoken as she Lon - ed by ham and as he, too, strove in Nam to [me words to speak. Julia. though inwardly chafing und- 91‘ Uh: delay was very quiet. too, hay- mg a. shrewd idea of the purport of Ins thgugbffs. PRAYING BIOYOLES- FOR BUDD- CHCISTS. "Iâ€"We shall miss you dreadfullyu" fa’lrtered Julia“ casting down hJS-T 95795- They had arrived at the top of the 10118. avenue and began their walk back in snenoa. Roger was thinking. He hardly knew how to begin, even With all Julia's help. I He was a nervous young man with great ideas of womap’s ‘Bwpemqss and unselfis‘hness, and he 11:- lduAEEd Ln 6. chivalmus reverence toward the weaker sex which is fairly rare m 13113559 days. ,To him. women Were 3.1.1 ministering 5 meet to be en- shrined in a. senuded home circle and whose proper vomition was to make home happy and oil the wheels of life fqr men. Heb had got his notions from has mother Who was all this and more -_â€"a. veritable pearl among women, and 1t was an apt mustmtlson of the blind- ness of love that he should have select- ed Julia. Viocars as the wdnmn who mtg-gt nearly approaclhedAhds ideal: 7 And that ~was wh.:y7 "it" never came ng. He ha .ed in 112100 art of :5qu mm at a 1f a not. and llus burned to 1m he in mt he: the PU“ cost The manufacturers of eflectrioal storâ€" age batteries have hailed the new pro- cess with delight since one of the knotty problems they ha‘ve_ha.d to» ‘dqail with has It is obvious that glass must iinthe future occupy an enormously extended field of usefulness as a result of this revolution In the art of: manufactur- ing it. It possesses four qualities which insure thisâ€"it is cheap. impervious to all acids except hydrofluoric. cleanly. and. if properly cared for, it is prac- tically indestructible. GLlASS BRAINS. v No better sanitary drainage can be oolnoeived than that which will be at- Jolrded by glass pipes. 1mm. pipes rust out, and the glaze on clay pipes. now 50 generally used, cracks, and the pipes absorb the refuse matter flowuug through them and become unhealthy. Again the problem 05f sewage will be greatly simplified. 'llhe sewers in most cities are simply brick ducts. ’Ilhsey com:- stamtly get out of repair, as the brick and mortar absorb the sewage and conâ€" soqueuntly decay. Glass sewers will be absodutely unaffected by , these condi- tions and will allow the passage of a greater volume of sewage than any lather kind of duct'of equall cross sec- ‘tion. sluice the skm friction is very small. France has been the first coun- try to utilize glass for this purpose; for already several of its cities are lay- ing glass pipes. A decade ago there was great oppo» sitirdn in large cities to the introduc- tion of electricity as a. [means for trans~ mittng energy. This arose in part from the fact that the heavy currents which traverse the earth as a. conse- queume deetrogr by the process of elec~ trollysis the iron pipes with which: they come in wmtact .Ilhe fact that the elecâ€" trolysis does occur is well known, and the pecuniary loss caused to gas and water companies is not small. NON ~CO‘NDUCTORS. This trouble will be dome away with. by the introduction of glass pipes which will be totally unaffected by electrical currents, as glass is a nonâ€"conductor. The actual transmission of electrical emergy underground will be rendered easier and cheaper. At present when wires are carried underground they are encased in iron pipes which] mn‘gnetize with the ultimate result of causing a resistance to the passage oi the cur- rent in the wire itself. The loss of enâ€" ergy resulting is considerszle. ’l‘his trouble will be elilmima’ted by the use of glass pipe, the non-conducting proâ€" parties of which warrant its introduc- tion) to this field. It is expected to prove of particu’ler‘value in protecting ceqswith delight since one of the knat probflems they have had to dealwithh been that of getting suitable vesse for the immensfiiovn of the battery plan The largest glass jars that have be‘ made in this coumtry for storage be wires carrying «high tension currents. It is interesting to mote that a glass the same size and strength as an iron pipe can he had at aflmpst the same The odd methods of expanding the @359 in a would by air: or forcing it into a. mpufld about a core have proved utterfly impractirmbIe in; any vessels other than: those a. few cubic feet in size, for when in the former process. the g’lass blower places his sphere of the vxsoous substance in). a square mould and blows. the glass necessarily ex~ panda unevenly in filling the corners. When the core is pushed upward the Viscous substance flows down about its sides, filling all the spane between it and the mould. The glassis allowed to harden partially, and then the core is withdrawnand the mnufld splht off. The product is a. splendid piece of glass pipe, uniform in: strenth and thinkness,and perfectly smptoh on its surfaces. All the other forms into which the glass is Worked are made om: precisely the sauna principle. that of forcing the core upward into a mould. By this method is attained what has hitherto been un- known in glass Vessels â€"â€" undifomn Mnemgtshx and thickness. The problem or mouldimg glass 13 an odd one that many ingenious men tried invaiiu for years to solve. The best illustrations that can be given of this successful process is t‘hle casng of a Section: of a. drain pipe. The cyiindrical mould is placed in; an upright position, with acore at the Lower and ready to be shoved upward. A iarge lump of the when glass is then placed in the bottom of thé mould resting on the head of tha core. seas can be manufactured orf any need- ed dimensinns and flashinned to almost any Shun: from a simpde jar to a bath- tub oa- coffin. This is done by mould- Lng. ‘ tbnt it is hard to realize why it was not diwovered yea-rs ago‘ T1119 glass industry is one of the dldest known to man and yet centirigs passed and the use of the substance was confined to plates for windows and vessels of small sizes, which was made by pressing or blowing. Heretozfore the glass manu- facturer has. comidered in: an achieve- ment to make by the OM methods a vessels which would hold more than six gallons. ‘ 'Do one at the leading scientists of France is due the credit for the dis- covery of the news/m1 vafluable process by which glass pipes can be made to compare in size and strengb‘h with those elf iron and earthenware, and glass vesâ€" 0” A" of lilowmg and Pressing Stun-r- sccled ty Recent lnvonllousâ€"h’o Limit to the site of Pines and J rs. NEW METHODS OF WORK HAVE LATELY BEEN ADOPTED. ’Wl REVOLUTION IN GLASS. |E mg glass vesse 18w 1‘1}: MOULDIN G GLASS. 2 process )ped 3,1' ally a. new art ha France w'hth'm th Is and pipesw is in itselfs realize why a. pm vessels pllates. vat- Great Undertaking ol‘ the Pnrlslnu Board of Health. A gigantic work is being undertaken by! the board of health of Paris. which istakimg a census of all Parisian dwellâ€" ings and buildings from a sanitary stamipoinlt. This work was begun on Mamh 1, 1894, and will not be completed until 1900. ’lihe census 'is taken on cards and in a peculiar way. On each card are the following facts: 1. A short description of the building, comprising a. sketch or diagram indicating the sitâ€" uation of the drainage, cesspools. conâ€" nections with the water mains. gas mains, etc.; 2. a statistical list indicat- ing the deaihs in the houses from ordin- ary maladies, as well as from infectious diseases; 3, a record of all actions of the board of health having become ne- cessary in the particular building in the. course of time, and indicating whe~ ther and how, disinfections became ne~ ceasacry and were performed by the board oif health; 4, the results of analy- sis of air. water and dust which imay have been made in the respective builds mg. All this information given on the card is contained in an envelope for each house, which is numbered and bears the address of the particular building. Envelopes for new buildings are added as they are beigng constructed the architect being required to fill out the necessary blanks, and in this way an: immense mass of valuable informa- tion is kept in a. comparatively small spacei These cards are kept up to date, and all sanitary information is referred to and disinfecting expeditions orderâ€" ed by the brxurd of health in the slums make their reports to this office, A number of employes of this particular office are detailed to go to certain dis- triots known as unhealthy to complete plans of some properties which are miss- ing from the list and to gather other mg the (beat: any maladies, dimeases; 3. the board of information in the respecfive districts. At the present time complete statistics for 35.000 houses and partial statistics for 14,000 more are filed in this office. "Donald had another failimg. a. great liking for alcoholic liquids." writes Arâ€" chibald Forbes 3111 his history of the Black Watch. "His particular ‘wani- ties’ were whiskey and sherry. At Lim~ erick, as soon as the officers’ dinner- pipe sounded, he made his way to the mess'room windows, which were on the ground floor, in search of strong drink until at length a severe_fine had to be enforced on any one givmg it to himf' When the regiment went to Corfu it was arranged that Donald should have the run of a nobleman's park. as his temper made it inexpedient for the pet to mmpany the troops to a, land of strangers. He was tied, put into acart and carried off, bleating pitifully and even Shedding tears. In the nobleman's park he sought o'ut-oif-the-way places and declined inâ€" tercourse with maul or beast. He at- tacked all who approachedamd finally had to be shot. The separation from his beloved troopers made him a pes~ simlst. ‘ On the march from one town to anâ€" other, Donald would become footsore and get out of temperâ€"then woe to the hosfier in the stable-yard who interfered with him after a. tiring day's march l .Whem the regiment had the duty of guarding the enstle. Donald went with them, making his way through the dew crowd oi Dublin idlers as one who could fake are of himself. Once a rough ofiemde dhim. Donald instant,- ly singled out the mm) and chased him through the crowd. Fortunately for himself. the raugh escaped, for Donald had an unpleasant way of using his antlers. which though cut, were still formidable. Donald had several infirmities. The soldiers of another reg‘ilment, the Bays, annoyed 1mm and the deer declared war against all of them. So thorough- ly did he back his declaration that no Bay trooper wou‘id cr0$ the square without making sure that Domld was not around. He did not care for manoeuvres and evolutions and was éflen a. mile away. feeding, whilie the troops were drillâ€" ing; but when the time came for going home he was aLways found at his post. primitive vessels of earth. must of ne- cessity to the past. ‘ The glans bathtub, too, is a novelty. Tlhe faults of iron and poroelain when used for this purpose are well kmown. Glass tubs will be cleaner and strunger tharn porcelain, and can be used also for sulphur baths. It is said that the influence of this glass revolution will extend even to the undertalker, for the glass coffin is a. possibility.â€"N.Y. Sun. He Was the Pet 0! a Famous British llegi ment. "Domafld," the deer. was for several years the pet of the "Aufld Forty-Twa,” the historic regiment of Highlanders known as the Black Watch. He want with the regth to Dublin, where one day, without any previous train- ing, he took his pllace at the head of the troops alongside of the sergeant- major, and marched with them where- soever they went. ‘ purpw facturel pots gla: are dei‘ mtg 11 Potter )rk diff mtum ; tub nt .insulatidn rvmus to t A SANITARY CENSUSi I, for the latter ‘ 11 works where 1 canning and p amteries. Heretolf ‘s of uhemicafls h ed insuie. Quantities of these royed yfear'ly by the powerful n handamg many of these acids eem necessary to use tubs of 1, a very costly metal. sAs bs can mow be moulded. these a vefise’ls 0f earth. must ofne- DONALD THE DEER. Willi >ee6n the AT-H M1 in g latter v put in rabfiy ails have Quantitie l13( I‘U m on vtriuians glass a power- will supersede chemicals are an, aff are ah [Iii 3J1 absolutely 'ed in t he use VBSSE manu- d clay f these werful mm tank: the C BIG PRICES FOR STAMPS. Some recent high prices paid for postage stamps in London were: Mold- avia, 81 paras, $495; Tuscany, 8 lire yel- 10w, $300; St. Vincent, 6 pence, yellow- gTee-n $90; Reunion, 30 cents, first is- sue, $250, for bowl a used and an unused specimen; Nexvfoundland,-2 pence. car- mine $190; 4 penog, cargnme, 867; New Brunswick, 1 shmmg‘ vxoler, $100; Great Britain, 1 penny, blank, $100, and a star}? of tlhrea. Queensland, 2 penny,blue, s 9 . "VVhreaL Billings subsequently learned of my perrflio'us leap with thel parachute and n'amrmv 'escape from a terrible death, he came with tears in his eyes and, taking my hand, vowed that. he would never again touch intoxicant. He was time to his vow, and remained in my employ until his deszmh from na- fluu'al causes several years later. Al- ways I have been a. sticklelr for tem- perate habirts on the part of my em- ployees of all kinds, and on sebtling with them always made an allowance of money for ‘those ‘who had refrained from overimdmflgancé in strong drink. As a redudt I had better control over my company 'tihsam had the average cirqu proprietor. If yuu wanit sobri- e’ty to prevail in a circus, or anywhere else for that matter, make it‘ an object flu the pwpie to keep sober." "My mind, under the excitement, be« came unusually active, and, as I look~ ed below and saw the earth! rapidly ap- proaching, I concluded that my chance of escape firom figuring as the chief objectl of inlterest at a funeral was too small to meuntion. I resolved that my: death should be the best advertisement Dam Rice’s cimms ever received,. but the thought of how well the show was pre- pacred to herald the sad event far and metur was poor consolation at that moâ€" Lie-raw habirt ployees of a with them 211 money for ‘t anxiously awaited the sharp (snap- pmgsduind which would announce the opening of the parachute. B-ut tha sound did not come. Great God! how; the seconds flequ by, and still the am unused canvas did not open. Though: darting earthnvard fatally, hope did not deserL me. i bah} walls-poor consolation at that meat." 1 | "Suddenly the sharp. snapping sound rang upon my ears. Thank God! the parachute had opened I was saved and that, too, at the last possible mo- ment. My desce-nlt'was at once check» ed, and the eanth was nou 200 feet away It. was with assumed ease that I finally landed upon The ground, and I doubt‘ If any, save the. elrcius people, in that great crowd knew how near I had. been to death." I x. "When it became evident that I must make the ascension and jump, I did not hesitate, but, donning a tinsel suit, ena tered the car and began my first joub ney Skyward, amid a chorus of half« suppressed exclamations of admirer- tlon. from an immense throng of spec~ thitOII'S. As I saw the earth dro plngi fmtrn_me and the hluman forms eloyw growing shorter and smaller, unth they appeared like the ti-nest insects. I conitrlved to mintain my nerve. and. leaning over the edge of the basket gr car, bravely threw kisses to the gap. 111g cumâ€"d beneath. When I had as- cended nearerr heaven than I had ever. been beforeâ€"say 1,200 or: 1,500 feetâ€"I prepared to make my maiden leap, baa 1mg particularly careful that my every. movement should be seen by the crowd of spectaltqrs away down beneath on the earth. . “After aJ time I led open the escape valve of the ba loan, which slew- ly began to descend aftetr remaining Stationary for a brief moment. Then I clutched the trapeze bar, which was atltached to the parachute, kissed my hand to the expanse of upturned faces below, shut both eyes and made a bold. jump out into space. and shot like an arrow earthward. ‘ My feelings at that critical momenlt can» best be described as one of allâ€"goneness, but grimly and desperately I clutched the bar m myi hand, and, with "Circus life hasit‘s incidental dan- gers, as I foiund out in my experience of meme than half century under the cannms." The speaker was Dan Rice; the veteran clown and cirorus propri- etor. "One of the dangers I encount- ered was recalled by a paragraph in a. paper the, other day about an aeron- arut being killed in making a. jump from a. balloon with a parachute. I had a marrow escape from a. similar death. "I was always willing to act as gen- eral emergeemy man, to do any work and fill any place in any circus with which I have been; connected, and, in such cases. have been in 'meinent! dan- ger many a time. I have been in grave danger of heng devoured by lions. crushed by elephants. and 'skinned‘ alive by candy hultchem and other em- ployees who handled my money, bull! the occurrence I am abourt to relate was as interesting as anything in my; Metre than once I had spoken my mind. to him onn. the subject, and, as he did. not heed my remarks, I made every. preparation for o--ortuvnely advertisâ€" ing my Circus on the day when he should in the natural course of events fall from his balloon or parachute and be killed. \Vith the same foresight I made a study of aeronautics and parachute, leaping, until I felt com~ petevnlt to filll his positiun when made vacant. The occasiorn for my service: came a/t,‘ \Vhivte \Vater. Mich., when. at ascensian time, Billings lay under a.‘ wagon suffemimg from 'sick headache.‘ Dan Itlce Descrlbos the Sensations of a First [map from a Balloon. career. ‘ "I believe I was the first circus pro- prietor in the Qurld to employ a. pro- fessional to make a. balloon ascension and a parachute jump prior to each afternoon performance. picking up an aeronaut name/d Ed Billings. "Now Ed was a good aeronamt. en- tirely devoid of fear, and made leaps with the parachute from greatgr heights than had ever been made be- fore. The only trouble was that Ed. was too jovial, and‘at times DRANK 1‘00 MUCH WHISKEY. MY HEART IN MY MOUTH TERROR IN MIDAIR. ,ct as gen. any work ircrus with d. and, in