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CH A PTER Xll—(Continued.) I Beatrix-gave her mother and uncle a most animated account of the interview With the artist; but she refrained from (telling them that she had mistaken Belkran Carew’s photograph for a fancy pho[tograph meant for King Arthur; nor did |phe tell them how the clear, bright, blue eyes had seemed to look into her very soul. 1 “I want you to like Mr. Carew, uncle," (she said; "he is most intellectual.” [ "I will like him then, Trixie; I will ask Ihim to dine with us. lam glad you have Bnet some one whom you admire.” “He is n man—he is a hero.” ' On that evening Beatrix went with (Mrs. Carden, a fashionable brunette, to (the opera. Looking round the house during one of the intervals, she saw a face that impressed her greatly. It was very lovely, fair, and framed in shining golden hair—a proud face, with wondej^ul scar let lips and chiseled features. M hat impressed her so greatly was that the face at different times wore quite a different (aspect. When anyone was in the box [talking to the owner of it, it was most [brilliant, most animated; but when she (was alone, a mask, almost like a mask iof stone, came over it —the ripple of laugh iter died away, the warm, sunny coloring jfled, the light in the eyes faded, the whole |face changed. Beatrix watched it for eome time, end then appealed to Mrs. (Carden for information. “Who is the lovely blonde lady with (the blue velvet and diamonds, in the third ibox?” t he asked. Mrs. Carden raised her opera glass and Booked. 1 "That is Lady Rayner," she replied, (“one of my dearest friends.” "How beautiful she is—but how sad!” j /said Beatrix. ' "Sad? Some people are never content, would be content, if they had alMhe declared Mrs. Carden, eontemptu r ttot happy, not content?” asked ■ i| J l°°ks sad, so I imagine f 1H II r content, though why, I / k< ■ Aid.” j was the next quesLord Otho IS r ’4|>posed to have a f has the burst / ^tey are something if 1 J ’ v ‘"drives the finest JF like, I will inmr.” I much,” replied B (dies stood to 1 ie introduction places - From the first moment Beatrix liked her [new acquaintance. She liked her fair, lovely face, with its curious changes from Igay to grave. Now, as they stood talking. Lady Rayner looked bright, animated and thappy; a few minutes afterward she was (standing alone, and looked as though a (sudden blight had affected her; and then Again, when Beatrix spoke to her, the grave sadness vanished as if by magic. They talked for a short time longer, and when about to separate Lady Rayner (took Beatrix by the hand. । "Something tells me we are to be | (friends," she said. "I hope such will be j the ease." The sweet, sad face with its strange I gleams of laughter touched Beatrix. “I shall be pleased,” she said simply; ( but the tone was sincere. i "Is Lord Rayner what people call a nice ■ >nan?” Miss Lennox asked of Mrs. Car- . Uen. That worldly lady laughed. "He ought to be,” she replied—"every- ‘ one looks at him through a golden haze.” । "Does his wife look nt him through a golden haze, Mrs. Carden?” inquired •Beatrix. Mrs. Carden laid her hand on the young Kiri’s. ( “Will you believe this,” sho said—“that [the most miserable people in the world 'tire those who take life in earnest?” i Before the eyes of “Prince Charlie's” (daughter rose the earnest face of an earnest man—Beltran Carew—and her whole soul rose in hot tebellion against the foolish words. I "How can you speak so?” she cried. |And then, feeling ashamed of her warmth, tehe said: "It is not right of you who (should know better, to teach the young kind the ignoiant such a doctrine. Suppose I were to believe you?” । “You would do a very wise thing, my idear,” replied Mrs. Carden, calmly. "I [repeat that to be happy in this world you must take life more as a jest than in earnest.” CHARTER XIII. ‘ Beatrix looked forward with some in i terest to tier visit to lovely Lady Rayner. !tshe was out of the common order; there •w-.is something about her different from •the frivolous people who talked about life «s a jest. ’ “I am so glad to see yon." said Ladv [Rayner, when Beatrix entered her tasty link' boudoir. If money could give happiness, "if magnificence could produce comfort, Ladv [Rayner ought to have had it. The littk boudoir in which she sat was exquisitely [furnished. The hangings were of viole {velvet and white lace, the carpet had ; nvhite ground with violets lying as thougl fhey had just fallen upon it; there were i ew rare pictures; a masterpiece by Ca • nova stood between the violet velvet hans lings; there were a few beautiful bronzes jexquiSite vases, jardinieres filled wit (rarest flowers. Lady Rayner herself wa h-ery lovely, but her face was pale, an ther eyes looked as though she had bee (weeping. She held out both hands i ^abating tc “Prince Charlie's" daughter.

"I am so glad you have come," she said. “Doyon know. Miss Lennox, that 1 have fallen in love with your face you look so true, so earnest; and I want a friend who is truthful and earnest.” "I am truthful,” returned candid Bea-trix-—"I come of a truthful race. 1 am earnest because I cannot help it. If you like me, and want a friend, I shall be very pleased to be that friend, Lady Ray ner." . j “Call me Leola,” requested the young j wife, with a quick shudder "I like that name best.” "I will be your friend, Leola,” said , Beatrix. Quick, warm pity stirred her ( I heart she did not know why quick, teni der pity. She bent down and ki-sed the I pale, sweet face. Lady Rayner told her of a Imme in the I country where she amused herself and did Ips she Jiked all tiny lorn;. Beatrix muing I keenly how pale her face ua**. how n. n» parent were the white hands. lo>w he j strove against the sadness that m vim d to , I master her; how at times he even t- r 't ' what she was saying, and went oil mto a ■train if painful thought. Beatrix v•• - : very gentle with her. 1 hey w< • .vt I ing heartily at an cscapmle of Lad> R iy j tier’s, whet. sud<lenlt ‘-lie rose from ' e. I seat ; her face grew white ns oca .;, u. i I her hands trembled. ! "That is my husband.” she sao’ I ' thought he left home early tl ■ m t' Beatrix heard the sound "f a qu 1.. : shutiling footstep, the d> r । . I Lord Rayner eiiteied the room ' l'i ’ I Charlie’s" daughter almost < ried nut v I surprise ns her eyes fell up hi him. Ib it I Lord Rayner! Why. h w• sme!) ■ I of the most insignitn ant and eonicmp* T • | looking men she had ever seer! He was I very little and very liereo. he and i | t I rot face, will; small, twinkling ey« . nr : a I great iiooked nose, and he spoke mnr 1 tone. Was this the husband of tie ■ : perb blonde who trembled b t ue b !■ did not see Beatrix at first, and ; ■ s o indescribably fierce and shrill ho I > g "1 thought 1 told yon to write to .Lis about that carriage?” j "You did." said his w^^ l si- c ' calmly. "I am smy^^H •' forgot it." He wmitfl^Kr to her. "You forg^^^Rlio "You did it purpostd^MH^W,; ■ t il । wanted to go t<> on j that 1 wanted 11^^ -4 ~ <an tc It is your sjiitcj ' ; p'even'.ed sou f» R * A | shall sulTer for / ■ wLgS a a i. 1 1 "Miss I mno^^B^'.-Z,,,,. ■ her. Il । The moiwn ■• ■,. ' ' t -dre his manner ert li;-- ' h/ ; . ' r <wa< all that tins ol seqni’o,... < , t/ "You will pardon me. Mis- Leurov, b p 1 have beeti compelled to insert my pre I rogalive. No one in't his misi । ab. ■ I ■ ' ever obeys me no one ever attends t •my [ I wishes no one studies me." Without another word. Lad) Ray- ’ sat down und wrote the m te. win n it a..s | finished she gave it to her husband read. "I shall say no more about this tvw," . he said, with the air of one who Would 1 generous, "but the next time I expre-- a ! , wish, or give a command, see that it > i carried ov.t see that you obey." “1 will be careful," promised his wif< "You have spoiled my day,"- he .■ tied, reverting again to his wrongs. • i j had intended going to Richmond; 1 n sdy [believe yet: knew with whom 1 was ! ing, and were jealous." H<' laughed again, with an air complacency, which made him appear (doubly alstird: and Beatrix thought to 1 । herself that if he repeated his laugh she | could almost go mad. She looked at the I pale, beautiful woman who was compelled ! to hear that laughter whenever he chose i ' to intliet his presence on her. "What could have induced her to marry ; such a monster?" thought Beatrix': am! . I then she began to wonder. His mood had j I elm aged. “I told Hanson to send up a diamond ' necklace for you to look at,” he said to j his wife; "they tell me that some of the I imperial stones are in it. You can have it if you like it.” Then he rose from his. sent, ami after paying a lew fulsome compliments to Beatrix, and saluting his wife with' marked disdain, quitted the room. “And that,” thought Beatrix, “is a man!" Lady Rayner turned to her with a look of great telief, and, without alluding to her husband, began to talk again about earlier day-. Beatrix was greatly hiterI ested in her new friend. Sho slay, d bucg I "You\vill cmne again?"’ n-k.-d Ladv I Rayner. "Or shall I come to see you?” | T "Whichever will suit you best. You go I ' out a groat dial, 1 should imagine?'’ said | Beatrix. ( . "Yes,” was the reply; "I take my I and drams? I‘Pan's?.'rJ: 1?' Jan.i.'??^''?? I go out a great deal; 1 am sold v . When Beatrix was taking her leave A (Lady Rayner said to her, with a faint ;h I “There is a skeleton in every house a ' Miss Lennox, and it is generally hidden’; a- I but you have seen mine. You will not g- betray me?” ■s, "No,” promised Beatrix, "1 will not.” th “I — I married for money'" said the pale, as lovely lady, “and I have more money than id I know what to do with. Good-by, my en dear,” and without waiting for another in word Beatrix departed. “Married for money!” The words sound-

ed in her ears nil the remainder of th a< CHAPTER XIV. "I have never seen you so pleased abom a dinner party before, Beatrix,” Lady Lennox, when her daughter suited Imr lor the twentieth time conce? U ' ing her dr< ss "Is any one going whom you very much wish to see?” u "'les, I told you, mamma Mrs. Gare the artist the lady who is so anxious ?’ paint my portrait. The duchess says si > would not paint the portrait of Im ‘ ‘® press if she did not like her.” Beatrix stood attinxl for the dinner party nt b' mslie House, looking far more beautiful than she had ever looked before Iler grrneful head and tlower-like face her white neck and lovely shoulders, rose from clouds of rose colored tulle. Sho wore white roses’in her hair, and carried a bouquet of white hyacinths; a superb knot of flowers was fastened in the bodice of her dress. She looked lovely enough to disturb an artist’s dreams. Her uncle had declined the invitation to the dinner party lie had not been well of late i, ut he desired to look at his niece before she went. "Well, 1 rm of opinion that that rose tulle will give the duke his coup de grace. 1 have i ever seen Trixie look so well before," said Peter Lennox; and he began nt once to think about the marriage settlements; while Beajix, as she drew near Elmslio House, asked herself what she should do. There would be two gentlemen pre t nt, of wlmni one would wish to talk to her to the other she would want to talk. It would require some astuienessi to maiiage tn please herself without dis-1 pleasing others. __ J Yes. tluwc wus the dulieT^Ttc 'wnyiwi.l® her at omc wheu she entered the ruoiu^ and she was compelled to listeu to n string of compliment* that she thought would, never end, wondering all the time wbetb* er Bt‘trail bad arrived. At last she saw | the tall ti t;u am) the fair, princely head tovcriim above the others. Her fnven ' thnhi d; she answered at tnmlmn. < »h. if I the di.i.e v. c d but leave her in pcaeel T her great relief the Dtlches ■ »f Elm- I i lie called the duke an ay -ho wanted to I uitfodtwe him to the wife of one of the embn sudors and Beatrix was free. In ■ Hl thci Ue incut Beltran Carcu was by "I was afraid.” h said, "that I should not get near y< ti. Mis- Lemmx. The Duke • of Heathland guards y.. u though you '''she'hV.i'c'rupat him. wilfully, lunging i to -av: "It is not mv fault that he is al- ( way* near me,” but die was ‘dleuL Per- ' bap* he misumb-rst<H> I her silence, for asIn a m meat Im. f -e w s in n Oame. frank 'I wa pts' wish ng that he would "\V. you 1 ntu the happiest ” He p.u. .I dd. nly. f-r the confit', nin her ’ t‘ ■ : pn I ”ii r wlung u-i;.- mlwr m :l uz < ■-> > ; : ,1. >t Mr. Carew B tt « ■ . ■ the right fowls ami linvering imtg ■ the: he had brut hi- hand i>mc head over It atrix was qmt. tm how much B< !trnu Caicw was bvgiaumg to ■ till her life W hen she awoke in the tnorn- ! ing, it vns to th. ik of him. to wonder | sage. The dais mi which she was to • . - -lie si.d to hets. f. lit hi 1 longed all I hey met ~ m t continually. Beltran, what h - -i e uas to v . . But the i best time of r.H for him was when Mrs. Carew : l ii. ! • iLily." | dlc-s. It was a m. nLe .;' Ho'h of gold I other undrape l. Ihe lovely r.eci. ro-e I qvcenl,. 1 cad v ;!s crowned with b. ic N”e i lilies. N 'thing could have been more .artistic m- more beautiful. Beatrix enjoyed tl. -c -ittings. Lady . Lennox generally went with her; but ( Lady L.mmix was mu vv or! ii) wise, and, when she saw how the young lawyer interested ::nd amused her beautiful child, when she heard them conversing of everything most poetical and artistic, she never dreamed of danger. They all met one day at a fete given in the beautiful grounds of Twickenham I’alaee. The Marquis of Eisdale was the originator of it, and. as Mrs. Carew had set all London talking rd out the wonderful portrait of his bea itifn! marchion-e-s. be bm’ sent : I ■ 'h I . the gifted nrlist and l» her n.> 1. git td on. Be i trix ami Ladv Lennox went with the I Huehess of iMmslie. I‘eter Lennox dis- ■ ■ To Whom lli.i the Heat! Belon.’? | While a church is i ; L: • mo ?'re- : i: arkable place in the w :'d to find inystories in, there is rath r an uausual one in the Church of Gw Holy Trinity, London. The mystery in this church is in the form of a human head I preserved in a glass case, which hay rested under the pulpit for nobody knows how many years. The Rev. Samuel Kians, one of tim minis teas in charge, issued a mon.;.graph to prove ( that the head was that of the Duke of Suffolk, father of Lady Jane Grey, who . was beheaded Ln 1554, or shortly after his daughter had met with the same futr.—S/g Leuis Reimbliq,

Topics for farmers * Department prepared for our rural friends. the Klnd of Whe «t that Is Best Ranted to the Soil-Advice About frpiiqj Horses — Removint: tbe Ta 9Be l a . - Selecting Seed Wheat. is found that a change of feed, Q that from an adjoining farm, is Str a ^ van i a S v - M’heat grown upon limestone soils in a cool climate more vitality and will yield more the acre than w hen sown in a warm. er climate. l’’or this reason a change seed every few years is desirable. y home-grown seed is to be used, sethe very best, and then run it ihrough the mill several times to get । the largest and most perfect K'Hins. There are two hading varie‘lcs of wheat, the white and the red. *he white wheats make the best quality of flour. They require a good soil, thorough prvjmration of the ground find early seeding. The usual yield is from tweuty-tive to thirty bushels to the acre. The red wheats are more hardy and are most in demand. The leading kinds ar-' Eultz, Mediterranean b'ulvastor. Our hading wh.at lowers sow im stly the I'ultz and the D errun<nn. The Cultz has a Rs or* Mill straw, that stands tip well, jbe improved Mediterranean Is a very ^valuable wheat, especially for rrnli soils that have recently been unied. On such soils crops have been ’Crown the past season in eraging forty -■bushels to the acre, upon tlclds of twen. tl acres In extent. The editor would nd dtc each farmer to sow that wheat ^nt licst stilts his soli. Have plump, *ileatt seed; seed six jw. k< to the acre. take the month of August to get the wheat ground in proper condition for drilling early in S. ptember. The AmerUan. Clipping the It might be thought that clipping Wukl have a tendem y tn increase the I r!*k of colds and chest diseases in the ( horse. Such, however, is not the case; i os the contrary, it redu . s f.' pridm sofl^rs nro those that, after a‘hard I day’s work, are brought into the stable ctrefui dressing, a performan •• which ! oftghly dry a horse In -u.’h c :> l ti<m - i •■MS'equcntly the bt»r*c get* a < hill, and ; A ellppsl horse «• road ly dried, ami U "catch coid” a* the horse that rests l&acoat damp, if not sodden, with p* r ( fcr tbe first few day* after they hav. u«K!crg«>ne Ujo operation of having their natural hai:^. rim' re«iu ■ d by ti.< i ft x i ■ • or n plant vigor and Htrmu’h nqii'n'l to perfect the male blossom. It would In and we cvuld never see that the stalks from which ta* had b—n removed wet* any more prolific than others. I Wbat used to Is known as t- ppmg corn, which means cutting off all above the ear. Is a certain Injury to the crop it used to be J ne to h : the - in n a '; the car. Hu*, th' car n eded all the i foliage that the stalk was deprive! of in order to perfect Its grain. Besides. It has long been rveogu.z-d that these thin topping' of corn have far less i larger part of the stalk below them. At i will be the middle, and as close to the . and she will always begin in the midles» nutrition, amt casing out the butt and top ends as not suited to her ta-te. —Exchange. Rear Blight. Bear blight is one of th< -e plant d < eases that lias been exhaustively studied and Its exact nature tully demonstrated, and yet it has left us precisely where we were before us respects remedial measures, in a word, the only remedy when blight has stricken a braach is to cut well below the affected part and burn it; if the whole tree soeis affected, to dig it out and burn It t am not aware that any specific appleations are of any use > xept a< the'' n s suscovtible to tlio uttuck of tin* Ifi bacterium. Particularly should -Ite stimulation of rank fertilizers be ^ed, since they Induce extraordiunrJgrowth which is Hable to be soft and’Spongy, and often unseasonable, runiwig into fall when the tree should be hardening the season’s growth. The Seckjl pear has the reputataion of Im*Ing <\ie of the most resistant varieties, but I is not proof by any means, as your correspondent has testified. ^^ht varies somewhat in different years. The reasons for this are unknown, but appear to be due to more favorai,^ weather conditions some seasons than others. Discouraging as pear culture Is, owing to the Insidious character of flight, it will pay to watch tr oes carefuliy for the first appearance oC ’bsease, to cultivate, pi*ne and care for tliem systematically.—Germantown T^fftaph.* %.t^ and Peas for Soiling. ? Xc ’'l>tiug clover there is no better ^^Berop than a mixture of oats and P ea s cut £reen . it can be sown much

earlier than corn, and will be In condl- ; Hon long before corn is ready to cut for j green fodder. The pea vines also make I it a better ration tlinn green corn at its best, as they supply the nitrogenous element in which corn is deficient. But as the main soiling crop corn will always have the preference, as more can be grown of it per acre than of the peas and oats. By sowing successively until the middle of May, oats ami peas can be kepi in best coudltior’. for soiling until corn fodder lias got. Into tassel. But the latest sown oats and yeaa 1 should all lie used for green fodder as I the excess of nitrogMi in the soil will I make tlie late oats rust and the late ; peas mildew so that they cannot be ’ saved for grain. But if there is more ' of them than can be fed green, the corn | ami p ais make excellent silage if put I up just as the grain is Uegiuuing to form. <'ulti t utor. Al'alfn Replnciii«.r Corn. It Is no? likely that alfalfa, the clovei : which has succeedid so well in California, will ever become plentiful in the East. Our wet winters will rot ths roots or at least ilecrease their vigor. On very dry sandy o” gravelly soil it m gilt su<-ce< d he-e. But it seems to let especially ntiapted to hot and dry climates, and hence its success in the arid regions of the fa: Wc-t. As its root

often goes several feel deep it is likely to change the character of the climate, for wherever alfalfa roots have gone water will also go. The alfalfa retains Its greenness during the severest droughts. Os course it must be all tlm | time evaixnaflug nmisiure, and this also will hate some effect in changing the climate. Hence in localises too dry for corn, alfalfa is taking its place as a feed for all kinds of stock. It is at the . same time fitting the soil for growing ■ c irn and other crops. American Culti- , Winter Carnut ions. If enrnntions ire wanted for winter blooming in the dwelling or green-' house, they must be carefully eultivat•s] now. Plants raised from cuttings | tl - spring mus; have the flower buds nipped off as soon as they show them, selves. Tollow this treatment all ' through the stimmer. Kc»p the earth iroutel the plants h.o- . mellow nml free t'ron w.-i-ds, Bv fall strong, stout, ky plugs '.ill l-e had. ami. with proper n anngeim nt. a l.andsomp d!.s. p’ iy of ■ 1 • ■ e ib.w- - may be had all :! ■ -ugh tiic w : • :• 1; .• last of S teml • r t. < i - ■>!!! I be lotted, taking a large mo. of earth up with tho ‘ tv■ After thev are nicely potted ( water frt.h ami s t the pots in a part .il!y si ad-d place until they finally r< • over. The earth must be kept n ■ but i ■ ■ wet. in the pots. They t‘ rite I- s; :n a cool tctnpemturc from fi ity five to lift) degrees •'liey grow’ ! . • ; ' . ' ; rotected <Old frame.--Tlw Amorican. A 1 mikc Clover. It a no wonder Hint alsiko clover so often prow s n divappoimtnent to fanners who sow it. thinking tliKt it will, [ like other c’.oxvr. nt least remain in 1 tim gn uml two full wars, \bikc cbx * wr - w.:h bs hrs: crop. then, mb —s the chuer Ims been cut iM-foro ft fntrlv trot inri'Tffuv'SMii. ('<!(' !'imr \t 111 ’ not sprout agnui, and the farmer is left with a bare stubble the remainder of the summer. S -me p rmammt grass should always be sown with aisike i-i.-wr, Timothy is one of the best, as it >s a j a: It i.t^rass. growing a little beneath the clover early in the season, a: 1 'hen sho”t!ng up quickly ami ■ . suing into head when the ground is ci. arod tff for it to d<> so. The aisike r< being dead, b* gin nt once to deny in the soli. The) are so rich in plant f< 4 that timothy so^vn with al- . ke alwnxs makes a better sod, and will km liliger than wL- n it Is grown Weaning Lambs. It is n.»t always safe to separate the ewes and lambs suddenly, especially in warm weather, when any unusual conditiou in the ewe may lead to unexpect- ■ cd trouble. The rule must be a close ! oversight of the l!”'k. one by one, ami i tlm drafting off of these ewes xvhose lambs may be safely separated from ,i pi-rmam'nili.-Sheep Breeder. Farm Notes. If weeds are annual they will soon • dnappear if not allowed to produce seeds; if they are perennial, keep them i mu down so as to prevent them from ; making leaves. Leaves are the breath- | Ing organs of plants, and to frequently cut down the plants as fast as they bei gin to grow will soon put au end to them. Currying the horses when they have ' berime drv afier their return from the ■ dav’s work relieves them of itching j due to attacks of insects and opens the j pores of the skin. if they are well I rubbed down and also given a brisk brushing they w ill feel better and also be in better condition for work the next day. Four times as much can be produced on an acre by the use of wheel hoes and other Land implements than by the ordinary cultivation with horse power, as the hand implements will allow of growing the plants closer in the rows and the rows need not be more than twelve inches apart, but In so doing the crop must be supplied with an abundance of plant food and carefully attended to. In Michigan a law is in force which ; requires all orchards infested with injurious insects to be sprayed or disinfected. This law is enforced by three , commissioners in each township, who are appointed on petition of ten free- j holders. It' the owner refuses to do the i work the commissioners can do it and ( tax costs against him. Thus far the law works well, and its justness Is recognized. No man has a right to grow weeds or breed insects to destroy his neighbor’s crops or fruit,

what a car costs. I Modern Railway Coach Worth to 95,000. The auditing department of a giWat American railroad corporation rivals In respect es its records and transactions a governmental department. The earnings of all the lines of the Pennsylvania railroad system in a year average about $130,0t10.0U0, and the gross f irnings of the Vaudervilt system amount to rather more—s4s,ooo,ooo I from the New York Central. $21.000,0t;0 I from the I.ake Shore, $10,000,000 from ■ tli<> West Shore and Nickel Plate. ; 000.000 from the Chicago and Norlh- ! western. 000,000 from the'Michi- । gan Central ami about $15,000,000 fro a । collateral lines or systems. These lig- ' ures are large, but they appear still | larger wheu they are compared with items of tederal revenue. The total receipts of the I'nited States government from customs during the fiscal , year ending in IS'Ji, were $150,000,000, and from internal revenue taxes $140»,bOO.OuO. The two together made up $290,000,000 of public revenue for tl.e government of the affairs of a nation of 75,000,000 inhabitants, but the two j railroad systems referred to represent, d together receipts of $275,000,000, ( and if a third big railroad system were [ added the receipts of the federal gov-

ernment would be exeeexled. I lie accounts of Ing railroad corporalions re<iuirv care and much hard work, and the system of precise book- : keeping in railroad accounts (now a ( । special branch of accounting) has been carried close to tbe jmint of perfection by the Pennsylvania railroad, which, for instance, gives to the fraction of a cent the expenses incident to the construction of a car or a locomotive. I hero are 30,(M)0 passenger cars in actual use on the railroads of the United States, and the ordinary passenger car costs anywhere from $4,000 to $5,000, the difference representing added im- ' provements in furnishing. There has recently appeared a detailed statement of the cost of constructing at the Altoona shops of tho Pennsylvania railroad, a sample, firstclass, modern, up-to-date, luxurious passenger car. and some ofxthe items are of interest. The wheels and axles n pn sent a cost of $332.35; the trucks I upon which the ear rests, cost $533.62; the air brake represents $131.75; the seat fixtures twenty-five in number—cost $50.50; the three bronze lamps, sl3.s<>; the two gms tanks, SB4; the chandeliers, $50.72; and the item of screws, which might not appear to be an important one, ssl.ss. For the building of a car like the one taken in illustration 2.480 feet of poplar wood. 3,434 of ash. 1,100 of white pine, 2.350 of yellow pine, 450 of hickory. 400 of cherry. 7im» of Michigan pine, 500 of oak and 439 of maple veneer were required. To build the ear there were required in addition 13 gallons of varnish. 45 pounds of glue and nearly 3,060 pounds of iron, exclusive of 800 pounds of iron castings. For the furnishing of the car there were required •’<9 yards of scarlet plush, 44 yards of green plush, 61 yards of sheeting and 243 pounds of hair. Tho springs on the ■ u seats cost $43.17. The basket racks t $77.35, the sash levers 84“ - linn?- iiti» »st*?itrand the gold leaf for the embellishment of the woodwork $14.58. For the window fasteners $15.47 worth of material was required, two stoves cost $77.56 and the tin used on the roof of tbe car $41.44. The labor in the construction of the car represented a cost of $1,203.94, bringing up the expenditure to more than s4,4oo.—New York Sun. Constant Shifting. Oculists say that one of the commonest affections of the eye is produced by continuous riding in street cars. The seats run lengthwise, and therein lies the difficulty. Some day as you are riding down town watch tbe eyes of the man across from you. He is gazing out of the window, possibly reading the signs of the business houses just to kill time. First his eyes-glance ahead of tbe car. fall on tbe sign, and as tho car passes by his eyes turn back. Then they shoot ahead again. This constant shifting of the eye is very rapid if a passenger watches the people on the sidewalk. In half an hour’s ride bis eyes will have twitched back and forth with a continuity that brings on fatigue. But he keeps it up to the end of tlie ride, and later in the afternoon ■wonders why his eyes are weak and tired. A Favorite Abiding Place. In a little English village there is a baker’s shop over the door of which is tbe following inscription: “One piece of bread, to be eaten on the premises, given to any one passing through Broughton direct until 10 p. m.” This extraordinary sign-board was affixed to the shop some years ago by Sawrey Cookson, of Broughton Tower, who recoups the baker for the bread which be disposes of in this singular way. As may be expected, the shop is a favorite ! halting place for tramps and artisans out of work, who are making their way • to the busy town twelve miles from the village. Stealing Electricity. New irventions gi*e rise to new crimes. Not long ago, a Brooklyn man I was arrested on the charge of stealing electricity from one of the trolley railroads and using it to light his saloon with The man denied any knowledge | that the electricity came from the com- ; pany’s wires, and claimed to have made arrangements with two men to supply his lights. It is said, however, that tlie company has evidence tiiat i other people have been tapping its I wirt'S, and other arrests are promised. Modern Gossip. Miss Quizzer—Do you believe all tbs disagreeable things you read in the newspapers? Miss Buzbuz—l do if they're about people 1 know.—Boston Traveler.