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There mapimno in the saloon. and attain in the long evenings she would Sing and play for my sole delectatipn, .whnle I would sit on a. settee alongsxde and gaze rapturously into her pretty lace. The song I liked best was "Tarn. Bowling." and she inflused such an' mounrt of pathos imto her expression that the teams would sometimes trickle down my wealthmbewtem cheeks asshe sang. Ah! these were happy days; it was heaven while it’ lasted. I have scarcely mentioned her father yet. The fact is, Iwas so engrossed wuthhis bemuâ€" tifiu‘l daughter thatIdidn't payso much attention to him asperhaps Ionaht. At the best he was a savuwnine, unsociable sort of person, who seemed to prefer his own company to other people's. When not in 1118 own cabin, where he spent most: ofhis time, he was wallki‘ng with his hands alasped behind him, apparent- ly in deep thought, in the waist of the ship. Sometunes. when standing idly at the break of the Ihave caught myâ€" self wanderingi he ad ever committed acrimé. the remembrance of which was Weighing heavily an his conscience. I was destined soon to learn more about him. One evening, when about nine weeks unit. I was sitting in the chart house 3110” with my idol. The second metewaa stepping the planks outside. old Jobson was at the wheel away be- hind 'us, mud the watch on deck were lqumging about forward. Some days pre- vxoluis to this Ihad had the temerity to confess my love to her, and asked her ‘Uo be my wite. She had made me in:- expresaibfly happy by promising, Subjec‘fi to my obtaining her father's consent‘ This. after some demlwr, he hadgrumted and that night the futmre appeared very bright for me. We had beensitting $1- 1611? for some time. too happy for nerds. gazing an the setting sun as it disapâ€" peared into aglowing mass of golden- rimlhed uluuds on the horizon, when. to my infinite amazement, she suddenly burst. insto tears. “Darlingwhat isthe matter 9" I ex- claimed. in en agony of appl‘=(-henslon. _ “Ohl Alfred, I have just heard such a. dxea dflu‘l never be mnmied. ma.me now." "Never be married!" I 1 oghast. “Why ?" "Beowuse my father isaâ€"a She spoke with a charming colonial accent and fl'qm that moment Iwas her most devoted humble servant. slave. anything you like. I went head cm was in love with her at sight. You my smile, but recollect Iwas a compara- tively young man then. Leaving them to mange their cabins to their own satisfaction. I ascended the companion Iteps, and went on dec‘k. It certainly occupied. them a considerable time, for neither father nor daughter appeared on deck until the ship was well out- side the " Heads,” and the tug had re- turned to part. That voyage I look back upon as the happiest and saddest I ever made. MiE Brandon was a splendid sailor. In flair weather or foul lhie'd be on deck, delighting me with the admiration she expressed for my handsome threeâ€"maeted clipper, and the childâ€"like naviete of her question. I used to pace the quarter deck in the morning. impatient tor her first appear- mnloe. On the dullest ocr dirtiest day. it was like a ray of sunshine suddenly bunting forth from a lowering sky to see her emerge tram the oompaamlon hatch, looking as (mesh as a daisy, and a thousand times more lovely. Of «name it was only naxtural that my mates should fall in love with her also, but she tmated them with marked indif- ference. if not absolute coldness. Heir smiles were all reserved for me. and she la.de them upon me ill] no nig- gagdly manner-.7 "No, I've never been shipwrecked, nor OVel‘ been in a collision all the time I‘ve been 'to seaâ€"«1 matter now of over forty years. But I've carried some queer pasâ€" wnlgers in my time. I’ll tell you about two who exercised apowerful influence over me; but whether for good or evil you shall bear presently. "It was in the {all of '72 just when an the eve of sailing, that an old gentle- man stepped on board and hurriedly ap- proached me. He was a tall. spare man. with iron gray hair, and had a slight stoop at the shoulders. "Good-day, captain,” said he. "I on- ly heard this morning that you were Bailing for England, and I hastened down. to ascertain if you could find no- oommodation for myself and daughter at so short notice." I gave instructions to the appnntim to have their luggage conveyed on board and myself super-intended the stowing away (If their hunks in the two best up- poinn'ted cabins on the ship. While so on- gaged. I heard a light footfall behind me, and. turning around. I beheld the fairest Vision of lovelinem that. over brightened my saloon. "My daughterâ€"Captain Harnott." said Mr. Brandon. introducing us. curtain. during the voyage." "Certaimly," I replied. in my hearty Way, "I uhall only be too pleased to take you. As it happens thare are on- ly three paasenmgers booked this trip,and they are second class, so you cam have the saloon pretty much to yourselves." He thanked me efjusively, and disap- peared into the saloon. I marveled at his precipita'nny. and wondered where the daughter was to come from, for she was not visible anywhere. I was so taken aback by hm- exceed- hng beauty that I awkwardly touched my cap, and with the wind clean out nil my nails, stammemd: "Glad to see you, miss." She placed har soft little white hand into my big, sun browned paw. and. loukimg- me squarely in the face out o! slur laughimg blue eyas, said: "I'm sure w» shall be good trianda, BRANDUN'S DHUGHIER. ,,._ _ _...~u 9...“, Star)" from} m f happ;7 agaun. Ve can never! be I ejaculated. rehension. ud such 3. er. I Shall. im iml | (Is that 3J1." said I, with a sigh of telnet. "It's bad enough, oertainly.but I fail to see that in: itself it forms a sufficient barrier to our union." He muttered somethipg under his breath, which was qmte umntellig- ible to me. Then he demanded to see Brandon’s enacts. I bed the way into his cabin. He ransacked every trunk, and portananteau; but not a vesti-ge of paper or anything of value_ did he disâ€" cover. The expression on has face when he left the sh‘np same hours later was not particularly pleasaqt. _ It was arranged that Allies and I should be married quietly before setting out on my next voyage, and our honey~ moon was to be spent on the bosom of the deep. When we pa/rted that night she promised to communicate with me when hecr father had secured some quiet "Well. my father. as you are aware, waa‘ an agent in one off the banks in Arlx-ngton, Victoria, and it seems he embezzled large sums of momey belon » img to the bank to specu‘late with. f course, he meant to repflace it before the audit, when the deficit would have been discovered. But \he lost it. and the; is why he fled the oqwntry.f’ “ Buried at sea. in 18.1.35 degrees 49 minute N., long, 33 degrees 16 minutes W., Anthony Brandon, cabin passengezr. Cause of death unknown. When We arrived in the dock: at Lon- don, I smuggled Mr. Brandon ashore- in one of: his daughter's trunks, after they had been searched by the customs' offi- cer. No one in the ship ever suspected the truth. Theda" secret remained alone wirtlu me. Oh. I fedlso miserable. I think I shall throw myself overboard." “Allies, four heaven's sake don‘t talk like that, or you'll drive me mad. What has be done f" "Some;thimgdreadfu=1. Oh, don’t speak to me any more," and. she sobbed v10- neatly. t. that moment I was so mad that I i t half inclined togo down and tear the 01d unreerow' quit of his berth by the muff of the neck and demand what. the duoe he had done to cause my darling s‘uch poignant grief. But I didn’t: Instead, I drew her to my side, and kxssexl h-exV tears away. "Tell me all about it." 1 said, sooth:- dam on board?" "I had. stranger; I h‘ A ._" [He gazed at me imqmrmgly. ‘ "Come baflo'w, sir," said I. AB we descended, he explained that he was a detwt'we in pursult of Brandon, who had absoorndued from Australia with a considerable sum of money and valuaâ€" ble negotiable securities. When he had produced this warrant I ordered the mate to fetch the log-hook. Under date the 15th of January he read this en- try. “But that is not the wrest. My father is convinced that the pollioe may have traced him to Meabaurne and to this ship. He dedlares he will bear- restgd‘qn landing.':__ ""N6wiig’“&5’ré‘ may," I thought. But I mmked casuafily, "Has heamy N99. to alleges”? "Yea, oh‘ yes. if you will unlv ":sist hlim. But it seems too horrible to con- template. He says it is his only chance orf escape.” "\th is it then i" "That he should die and be buried at sea!" she responded with a percepti- Me shiver. "ii don't underst?nd." d m Th " e proposes to eigm ea: . en. after he has been sewn: up for burigl. we must find the means to liberate hm: and substitute somathdbqg else." The dining audacity of the propofiam burly took my breath away. I! dye- gxwered the consequences to me in am!â€" mg‘ and abetting a fallen to amps W'ou’lgl be disastrous. I “solved to have nothing to do with such a nriminall pm- oeedmg. but a. look of entrant from those tearful eyes made me fa ter m mxgfieanflutiog. _ - u ,n ,q When I was informed of this I an- bered his cabin. He was lying in the under berth. pale and motionless 8.3 dugqth. I felt the body; it was cold and ngld. If this was not death, he sim- ulated_ it to perfection. I sent for! the wlmaker. wthb sewed fihq up . "For my sake." she murmured. pfleukl- Ingly, facing her fair. white hand on my arm. Her touch thrillsd m. I hesitated no longer, but gave an unwilling con- sent. _A1L what fdlly will not a. man comnmt W‘th in love) Next day it was reported that Bram- dnn was seriously nndisposed. I took out the medicine chest. as in duty bound, and ordered the cabin steward to attend him. Three days later Mr. Brandon was reported dead. im my presemco. .Wlhenhfia task was mum 1. dismxssed hlm. and, secur- mg thepabm daem- ina'uh, {with ashar‘p knife ripped open the stitches._ My hand shbok famfiufl‘ly. What 1! he “f ° 5?” t “gm-W - on 585 o c 113! a. exngub- 1m- feeling of rerf when the_ man opened his eyes, and the_mémmc1tated Brandon sat_ up. I admimstoxjed eqme blmmdy. wbnch heflped tb remve nun. He qmckly and nbiseflessly flamed hamp- self. Them he patxiruced from. am Agnâ€" erriaun trunk a. dummy figure which he had ptrevibudly prepared and wexghf» ed, and inclosed it in the aha-011d. This he sewed up wWh his owtq hands. Not amid Waaspakun by ell-that as! us. When all ma mpleted I: stepped out to yecomnmter. Seeing the mast clear, I Sigma.)le him and he crept mttly across the passage into his daughâ€" mgs cabin. where be concealed bun,- In the first dog‘vmtoh of the same: gnu-moon, the bell commenced to toll! Its solemn kind! for the immoral of Anthony Brandon. Officem and man and passengm sflood around mewith heads uncovered as I read from the Book_ of Commom leamr the beamtitun and Impressive burial service. God for- give me, it was a.n awfim’l mockary. I don’t know how I got ftJm-augh with it. Aiterwards I heard it commented that_ I was much affected during the semce. Heaven, knlowa I was, but ’twa‘s wi_t_h guilt and" foam} ‘ .About two Week's afterwards, whifle proceeding up the Obannefl under all sail, we wen) hailed by a. mug. Amticx- patmg danger, I snipped down the oommnriomâ€"way, aqd conveyed Brand- om to my own othn: for conoealment. When I_ gm on deck again I was just in tlme to see astout, well groom- ed party olamberimg‘ over the vessel’s side. Without my preliminaries he bnusquely damIamded: 7 "Got a_passqp_gero& the name of Bran- After the funeral Brampdlon returned to his own cabin, which was kept conâ€" stamtly locked, and the key of which I retanlnqd In my own possession. Withl my wmmvance A‘Iioe smuggled food to hug Imm‘ day to day.“ Dear Old Ca. minâ€"Many, man thanks for all your ' indxmsses. 'My Husband and Iâ€"fozr Mr. Brandon is my husband, [though it was not known in Arlingtonâ€" will never forget theign. Fragl forgive the dewirt we found it expe 'ent to practice on you in order .to carry out our p-Zans. 7W9 are in fau‘ly affluent circumstances, for my husband did not hose time money in speculation, I thwghdz it, necessary to tell you. - ear captain, I know I can reiiry upon you, for your own sake, not to inform the authorities about my husband. As he died at sea, we expect to lgve securely unmolested by the bank officials or the police. Good-bye for ever." retreat in the country. She ke t her pramise. Here is fine letter. have preserved it all! these years. It has neither Astupgrscriptiop’ nor signatgre:_ AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. Trying to Adopt the American Model or Federationâ€"The Canadian Plan May Answer Thon- Purpose Better. The Australian convention is still in session at Adelaide. South Australia, toiling with the problem of a. consti- tution which is to knit together in federal union New South Wales. Vio- tm-ia, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, and probably Tasâ€" mania. Whether it will succeed in drafting an acceptable and workable plan {or a new Colonial Dominion re- mains to be seen. According to mail advimn by steamer Miowera last Week, the prospect is not bright. Ef- forts to come to an agreement are said to be blocked by the jealousiee of different colonies. One vital matter on which it seems impossible to find oom- mongu‘ound in thefixing of the powers of the Upper Chamber. That is a orn- oial difficulty. The convention is folâ€" lowing the American, rather than the Canadian. model of federation. It pil‘O- oeeds on the principle that all powers not expressly delegated to the central authority are reserved by the consti- tuent States or provinces. Of course the several colonies are jealous of their JEALOUSIES OF THE DIFFERENT COLONIES MAY BLOCK THE PLAN. PRESENT INDEPENDENCE. and are loath to spare much of it to the union. A small colony will want its State or provincial rights fully guar- anteed and protected by the constitu- tion. As the convention has agreed on a Iggielnture after the pattern of that of the United States, the Upper House or State Council, or Senate. is to be the stronghold of States rights, the re- fuge of minorities. It is in the task of defining the powers of that second Chamber therefore that the convention finds its mates-t stumbling block. Here its delegates fall into two groups. each: stubbornly determined to carry its point. The smaller colonies hold the balance of power. What they are contenan for “S the inclusion in the powers 0 the Senate of a right to amend money billfi. These small col- onies are aware that in the popular Chamber, which we may call the Com- mons, where representation would go by populatiom their delegation would not equal those of the big coloniesâ€" New South \Vales and Victoria. It therefore fiscal matters were decided by the Lower House alone, they would practically be controlled by the two most figpulous colonies. If, on the other_ nd, the Upper Chamber had the right of amending all bills deal- ing With taxation, the small colonies woulixg‘acticallg have control of Caramel Fillingâ€"0119413” cup sweet cream, (me-hall! cup butter, two cup; brown sugar. Stir while boiling unâ€" til it "ropes." Remove from the fire, and beat ’hard untll cool enough to spread smoothily with a. knife. If de» slred, a half teasupoonful of vanilla may be added. ls very nice indeed. Put on: top as well as between the layers. Lemon snaps are dainty and delicious little cakes, and no one need complain that they cannot have nice sweets just because eggs are scarce. One heaping aupful of sugar, two~tlhrirds cup of but- ter, half a teagpooonful soda. dissolved in two teaspoons of hot water, flour enough. to roll, flavor with: lemon, roll out very thin, cut small and bake in a. quick ovem. Layer Cake.â€"One cusp sugar. one ta- bflespoon butter. one egg, two-thirds M11) sweet milk, one and a half cup flour. two teaspoons baking powder. With this as foundation, a variety of delicate and palatable cakes may be made: by varying the flflling. Hickory Nut Filleg.â€"One «heaping aup of kernels rolled to a paste and mixed with threefourths cup of thick sour cream sweetened to the taste. and spread between the layers; this is deâ€" licious. for. on the American plan. in the Up- per House, each of the tout small 001- onies would have as many members as would each of the two large colonies, and could therefore outvote the lat- ter on such questions. To enter a. un- ion in which the control of fiscal legis- lation is in the Lower House would. the small colonies say, be to efface themselves, while the large colonies coan that to make money votes 3 subject for joint legislation would mean the giving over of the taxing power to the minority. Between these views and stubborn attitudes it will be hard to find a 00m womiee so long as the convention ad ecree to the American plan of federation and the American structure of legislature. It is perhaps as well that the delegates should fam- iliarize themselves with that system of checks ,or rather of deadlocks. at the outcet. After the twa sides have fought each other toa stand on the question of the division of powers between the Fedâ€" eration and the States, they may turn to the Canadian plan, and find Some- thing to answer their purpose. WHEN EGGS ARE SCARCE FINANCIAL LEGISLATION . HABITS OF THE ESKIMU. CURIOUS UNDERGROUND HOME AND THE WAY IT XS BUILT. Trade With the Whaflers in Summer. and My In a sleek of Necessarles (or Winter -â€"â€"'l‘nke Life Easy in the Cold Wentherâ€" [law They Treat Vermin on Ilia Clolhes. In all the years since the exodus from Miland the Behring Sea. Eskimo has clung to his primitive customs. He still lives in tents, though whmeaia forâ€" merly they were made from walrus hides or dear skins, in recent years he has substituted the meme convenient drilll or canvas, obtained from the w‘haiiers or trading stations. Six months, from May to October, he moves abbut the coast. fishing, hunt,- ing, on‘ wholly idle. The other six! months are spent in his bambm‘as or (buyout. In April), when the ground Mth which his but is convened on one side and top begins to thaw. and drip, he again takes to his tent. on the beach, and immediately makes prepwrations iozr his 'seal hunt“ which provides him with the staple foodsâ€"seal o'il, blqu- ber and meekâ€"besides fur fur doth- ing and for barter with the Whaler. Sealing being over, his retuxnshome amd engaged in fishing, until] whal- am and other ships collect at Point mun/er some time in June and July, when he 832mm launches his omiak and W for that pdaoe. Here he stays until! the ships leave, fishing, trading, or enjoying a general good time. In anew-dance with his industry he lays in a. supply of sugar. flour, molasses, powdery lead, caps, kniives, ewes. needles, thread, etc. This done, he journeys into the lakes through Grantâ€" Jy Harbor and finishes his fishing. re- turning some time in October. in these days an extended trading goes on among the Eskimos at the vanâ€" oua districts. Deer skins and deer legs and sinews am brought over from East Cage in large quantities and bartered for red fox skins, in Wt demand bra the Sibe/rian side. Ugomolks, or flarge sealskins, {mm the Kotzebue Sound, used (or 30195 in the manufacture of their: boots. are exuhamged ior powder. lead, tobacco and cam. In the selection of a. Win Bite the Strait Hakim chooses a. bunk near the shore, with a gentle slope toward the south. flare he exoavates. with his whalebnne shovel, a. place 10 or 12 teen square and about 6 feet (Imp. have} with the flocrr he dig; a. tunnefl 3 1-2 ou- 4 feet square out to the hLllside, and ham his sets up a drift/wood indlosure with an opening at the top, hrge enough to admit one person at a tima In all the long wintbr: months, when the anon keep the subtt‘erraneah resident confined for weeks at a time, but little snow firndh its way through this opening. Moreover, as the heat mass to the top liittlb 01f 5t escapes thggmgh the tunnel. in great plenty come til-om Indian Point and King's Island, and are branded off for tobacco, lmirves, calico, flour and the like. From Golovin Bay and Nor- ton Sound come the mimkz, lynx, .red fox, beaver and wolf skins, all in Wt demand among- the Aflaatkans west and nonth of these two bays. The mqm thhs excavated is studded olomly wmth dr'ufbwooud, of which there is always an abundance; a rafter is placed at each comm. reaching to a square frame or skylight in the center. This is c0ve1red with the inteatiue of seals ou‘ wanna instead of glass. The spaces between the rafters are filled out with brush. whaiubone, split logs, or odds and ends of boards found along the beach. This thatch is covered with end. or loose ground, and the home is completeâ€"a home warm and comfort- able and one that offers no obstruction to the almost continual north wind Ixom January to__the _m1dd:.le _oi£ MayJ» As a. rule. no fireplace is found in these underground dwellings. But little cooking is done The natives live on dry fish, stored up In summer, or on raw frozen tomookl caught through the ice by the wpmen in the winter. This, with seal out, blubbelr and seal meat, constitutes the entire diet. Knives, forks and spoons are unknown. The men find an excellent substitute in their first and second fingers. which they dip into the tray of seal oil and lick with gusto. The women use gimme fingers» and the ohiddxen all our: of th‘n family, or familiesâ€"for t'hley crowd into one hurt as many as possmly can find «sleeping (roomâ€"a. platform‘ 6 feet long, is constructed, the entire width or the upom. midway betwleen floor and ceiling. Here boys and girls rest their limbs in months of slumber, the floor being reserved for the older folk. Upon entering the room the Ek- kimo carefully brushes from hisclo'th- ing every particle of Snow. Themtak- ing off his aptiga“ he sits nude to 'the waist, chatting until bedtime. Bedtime is any hour when the exldetrs of the household fer-1 like going to bed. When that time arriveB. all clothing- is re- moved and the family retire to their deemkins. Extreme filth troubles the Tho habits of these people vary doinâ€" sidembily in diffeu‘ent districts. Espe- cially in this diifememce noticeable beâ€" tween the Alaskans living on the coast and those less fortunate o‘onfined to the islands. There is a distinct variation Ln appearance, habits, moda of building, construction, personal decoration and clothing. VVhereua, on the mainland the Alaskans liwe in villages of 100 or 200 inhabitants. in separate oneâ€"room underground dwellings, on St. Law- rence Island, for example, and else- where in the Behring Sea, they live in large above-ground huts of an oval Eskimo not z}? a,ll. Vermin he rather likes than dJslikes, although there is: a limit to all thin-gs. When his artiga. becomes unbearable he hangs it out- side the but on a. cold night, and the trouble is remedied. FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE IVORY AND WMIAEBONE or mud shape. the intbrior 01 whbfl is dilvided by: Walrus mdes into a. mun:- becr of paceme apanupqnts. In tho centre 15 laft a Large hmug room. used as wall It}: storage. This room has a. fimqplace m the manure. and. the square frame in the roof is mmie remavaahla. The fire is made some time. during [hp day, amd when a desired tamwaratutre is obtained the still burning pmces 0!. wood are thrown outside through the square hole in. the root; the smoke it all‘owad to Ma and the fire Lanai-n the floor is covered. owar with ands. Egon no (fire is made until the next ya. . um 02 the Grand om )lnn In 1853.” Sir EdiNnrd Bulwer Lytton had made in his dispatch; an eloquent allusion to Mr. Gladstone's Homeric studies. dry officials insisted that this was nothing short of an unwarranted out- rage on‘ all the precedents of conven- tional diplomacy. "\Vflmt are We com- ing to?" they wired. "We have a Prime Ministter, Lord Derby, who goes in for Greek studies; we have 3 novaâ€" list as leader of the government in the House of Commons; we have I novelist As oolonial secretary; and chose three propose to send: out a. man! on a. mission to Uhe disturbed Ionia? Islands for no other reason than bod cause he is fond of reading Homer" MI. Gladstone, however, was In hope float he could do some good in. accept ing the mission, and he Went out to the Ionian Islands, arriving at Carin in November 1858. At Corfu, and during all his publlo addresses in the Greek islands and the mainland he spoke in Italian. Mr. Gladstone did not attempt to speak: in modern Greek. He could read modâ€" ern Greek with. perfect fluency, and has been heard to complain that he found some difficulty only when Greekd would write to him in a Very bad hem! and in "cursive Greek." But the hope- less incompatibiltiy between the rm nuncialtion of Greek taught at 0rd and the Greek spoken in Corfu or in Athens Would have rendered it in): possible (on ‘him to make himself ef~ fectively undemtood it fine attempted to addxem in Greek a. modern Greek: audience. I have been told that the effect of Mr. Gladstpne's discourses in Italian was something suplbu-b and eleetxifyinvg. : TWO PERILS COMBINED. Patrick L. Fennell, an engineer at Williamsport. Pa... recently took charge of a. sawmle in the forests some miles from his home. The mill had not been in operation for some time and it re~ quired several days to clean it. Then Fennell started a fire in the furnace and prepared for business. He was cal- led to some other part of the mill, and when he returned to the engine he saw that the steam gauge registered 110. although the boiler was tested only to 100 pounds and was supposed to work with 70 to 80. A The fire in the furnace had warmed the walls of the engine-house and roused a. den of rattlers and several of them were ready for trouble. Fen- nell seized an iron bar and attacked the snakes, finally killing all of them. He then loosened the safety valve and released the imprisoned steam. The gauge registered 120 pounds, and In a. few moments more there must have been an ex lesion that would have wrewked the uilding and perhaps kill~ ed several men. In his excitement at the peril Fen- nell slammed the door of the engineâ€" house and a latch on the outside drop- ped down, making him a. prisoner. Pay- ing no attention to that, he started for the safety valve. It had hecqu rusted and refused to work.‘ Catching hold of the pipe_he started to swing himself into position to reach) the valve when he noticed a rattlesnake hang- ing to the pipe. He jumped back and landed on something which yielded u!» deikhis feet. It Proved to be another 511 e. All sorts of hostrums have been pro~ posed and tried for the purpose of curd lng the excessive craving for tobacco; but (Aha results of their administra» tion have been for the most part very uncertain. A remedy of a. different: order has; been patented in the shape of a time lock for tobacco boxes. The Vic-tin) of the habit cam: adjust the tor- ture of deprivation to suit his moral and p‘hyeéical limitations. Having made: up hie) mind what lathe longest per:- iod that he can abstenan from the weed: he sets the gauge qn the box and waits fox the ex lmtlon of the prede- mined interval 0 time before he takes a fresh chew‘ or fills up his pipe. The inventox, who appears to speak feel- ingly on the subjectyecommendsl suf~ harem iron} the nicotine habit to make the early Intervals very short, andlto increase them gradually until the yearning for the weed has at. last) been trained down to the vanwhling point. A Deldcwbe eyes are now considered an opportunity for using jeWeled eye- glasses. A fashionable jeweler has con- trived fancy spectaclhas heavily {mount- ed in elaborately chased Roman gold; to them is attached a. long, equally el- aborate gold handle. {They are then held before the eyes precisely after the fashion of a Iorgnette. Single eyeglasses are dain‘tily set in 3411 manner of pretty styles, the rims studded with jewals, the glasses themâ€" se‘i’ves being oval, square or round, ao- cording to the preference oi the owner. Lorgnettes are massive With gold and brilliant with gems. This fad is tak- ing immensely with elderly woman who wish to avoid the appearance of age. There are to be no more slender gold bows, resting ugon old L'ldIES' euro. l‘hose GLADSTONE IN GREECE. reéting upon old La whll be only for the st JENVELED EYEGLASSES TOBACCO CURE .es' ears. erannuatâ€"