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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1898-10-6, Page 3KRUPPIZEI) ARMOR. T W•LL PROBABLY B. USED ON THE KEW BATTLESHIPS. Se clew rv.4sM genets se $. eaperter se glar•eylaed per' Melee Preyed s. $V - Nasal at Feetlege sad *gala -the ar maw of neeest Teets. Of all the varied lessons which we have serial NOW the war the most important stns to be that, other things being equal, be ship with the beet armor platy um ben hers is the outs *bleb will be afloat whoa as others are tanking There is no queetlun as to which fleet of es two that wet at Santlego was the Det- er Promoted. Look at them now and edge ter yourself. Compare the Brooklyn, shun was hit 4i times duringtbeengap- neut with the Vltmaye. The Brooklyn km a bole through one of her stuokeswcka land t+ narked teen stein to stern with little dents There dents were made by 9ps„lah prop s:10mi Why Wats 1t that American projectiles made something ot,r, than dents In the hull of the Viz - fees th$t the Oral of Warwick sent n tees ,sauger In harts to the king asking that arlstanw be given the prime. "le my sus klllrtt'" asked the king as the inessouger rude up. 910, sir." Thu slug heaved • sigh of collet. "Is be wounded?' "No, sir." "ls he thrown to tee ground?" "No, but he L herd pressed and needs your aid." "Then 1f 1t is only that 1 shall give bio no help. 1 have set my heart on his prov- ing himself • brave knight, and 1 am re- solved that the vloUlry •hull be due W his own value." Ten years later In a subsequent cam- paign In Normandy the oma Black Prince aohaved another splendid triumph at the battle of Peltier', where he defeated and captured the French monarch, John, and his son Philip, a lad of 14. King John had with hint hie tour sons, Charles, Louis, John and Philip. The three elder buys were posted at different parts of the field, while Philip, the youngest, followed his father, who plunged into the thickest of the fight, whore he was aeon in groat danger of being slain. The little prtnots fought at hit side, endeavoring to ward off the plows that were aimed at his father, while above the din of battle he could be beard calling on him togu•rd right or left as bis quick rye saw from what quarter he Was threatened. John was fleetly toroed to yield, though not until he was ahm- doned by every one but Philip. Gustavus Adolph's, "The Lion of th. North," was 16 when Denmark declared war agalnstSwdon 1. 1009, and notwith- utanding hes youth his father sent him In- to West Gothland to gather troops for the relief of Kalmar. Hien an Important posh This was followed by • year of terrible border warfare, In which the young prince greatly distinguished himself end proved the truth of the sayers, "In Sweden they do not defend their men with walls, but their walls with men." When he was 17, Gustavus' tether died, and the boy was left to fight his battles alone. He arum - ed hl.Qather's title of "elected kjng and hered1 q- primee of the Sweiei_Oothe sod 3ir++A..6g !Aad est tV took !n earnest to play the great genteel war. In the year 1200, in the city of Palermo, =TWT OF rtharilloritge OH N►Ivavleaa AND aat'rrtZaD MUSLIN. says? I had an opportunity to examine the Brooklyn at clow range the other day, then lived • sad enough little prince 9f and tt was with dlflealty that I ouald find the hams of Frederick noised/ ten, heir 'Wee' telerw- - Judea tmiletiIt ISWLof tSs 1ci'1�*- tD•nl - B• was as orpaas, and 1n ei- • many bis uncles, Philip and Otho of Brunswick, disputed the crown. wbtle Sicily, when he wen recognised as king, was torn by strife end discord. Saracen, •French and Oertnee strove for the flee place. In the turmoil of thew warring factions Frederick was well nigh forgot - tin. Worm lather term steetwMrwlmt' by the citizens of Palermo, who bad a kindly feeling for the lonely child in his great empty palate When 14, Frederick was declared of are. Two years later, at the heed of • band of his nobles, be Net out for Germany to claim the crown. Otho wsa warned of his purpose and endeavored to -•itptereept elm after he crossed the Alps, but ey dint of bard riding the prince and ►:s retinue reached and threw thereinto' HAY WED A PRINCESS REPORTED ENGAGEMENT OF CAPTAIN STRONG TO KAIULANI. A Pretty Itbweaes Which Casters. the Leat Representative et Hawaiian Royal- ty ad the Seidler Sea et New Tork's Veneer Mager. The reported engagement of Captain Putnam Bradlee Strong to Princess Kalu• lent brings both those young people agetn Into pioiiit tehlue Moot people will 1,,aa, en believing the report to be true, tqr It makes an euswdingly romantic story and a very pretty one. 16 will take more than the pruWrtatluos of Captain btrong's the e'lerga, ewers rase ail seen photu- grephs of the great holes which American pr se•t11es tan In her sides. The "man behind the gun" Is not going to begrodas a little glur7 to the inanimate armor plate winch kept him •feet by fending oft tete rote hurled at him by ethea.aem..,belithil ,abed VOA Slane bought her armor plata in Europe. Our armor is all bomemada It le made ape ble of reisttng proHhctiles by what is known as the barveylaed proem& Foe eight years It hes Iowan • standard of ex- cellence Moreover. It has stood the actual Mot of war Now we are told that there is an armor better than that made by Mr Ilarvey'I prows Herr Krupp. the great gunmak• er of Essen, bag brought out a new prod- uct which is said to have greater powers of r.aiatnoce than that trade by the Har• vey method. In view of the fact that we sale Gust about to build a lot of new battle- ship. this M Important. 1f armor pate a su. h an important factor In the winning of naval battles as the results at Santiago and Manila mein to Indicats. then the new American warship} should have jack' eta of the best kind This 1s the view oto caval authorities take of the situation, foe they are oonsidrring the adoption of the new armor This does not mean that we shall have to Import our armor plate. The two Amer - lean Orme which wake armor pate have purchased the rlghtof manufacture in this country from Herr Krupp and have noti- fied the naval authorities that they are rawly to turn out the Improved product in my quantities. Resent tesb(etheaeprove the new annot superior to thellOSS heretofore made, and the result hie been that all the admiral - tics of the world except those of Italy and the United States navy department have decided to nee the krupplzd pate In the future, It has beam adopted as the new standard by England. Germany, Franca Austria and Russia and by these ooun- trlce ha nes bas been specified on ail the war vessels now prnposad and to curse of construction, except when contracts had been made before the introduction ce the new armor. The esentlal difference between har- v.ylsed and krdppled plate may be .nn marled in the statement that a 0 Mob harveytsed plata an be easily penetrated with a 6 Inch uncapped shell at approxi- mately 1,800 feet • sound. and the 6 Inch krmppised plate w111 aped In restating capacity eight or nine Inches of harvey teed and le inches of the old homogeneous oil tempered. annealed •rnur There are many who believe that the naval battle at Santiago proved that har- veyised armor Is mtfflclent protection against projectiles as manufactured I oday. Whether this be true 1t Is evident that, as krupplsd plate hos one-flfth more re- sistlr.g power, by thins kruppized ptete the weight of the armor can be greatly lessened, and at the tame time furnish protection equal to that of the harveylsed armor. The introduction of kruppleed armor at this period le opportune and fortunate for the navy department as record. the execution of its new building programme if allowed to have a free hand by am - green, the naval oonstructon will readily solve the problem of sped, end easily pro- duce the best armored battleships In the SUT TWO MMLS FOR STOUT WOMEN W Thew Wise Wast ea Rest et. Their Harder et Steels. "At twelve o'clock sharp." writes Mrs. 13. T. Rorer In the Ladles Henle Journal, directing the stoat woman bow to cure her obesity, "the tlr,t meal of Ow day should be taken: 'Levu well• Menai chapel or sweetbreads, or etre* in any form, 041 riles el well baked whole wheat breed, buttered and thoroughly masticate I, and ,one gran vegetable. Eat enough to satisfy hunger, but of the more ntrrogen- AIM compounds. For detente a cup cos- -herd, or fruit -gropes, peaches, oranges or baked apple. "For the night meal have a clear soup, a red meat -In fact. any meat eioept pork land teal-• succulent vegetable, like spinach, cooked celery, s little lettuce, new pew, string beano, • little raw cab- bage or well cooked cauliflower AU Meat must be broiled, roasted or tolled - not fried. A half pound of meet may be Mein a,t this meal. A piece of well toasted whole wheat bread, without butter, a bit of well ripened Ammo, and r ouP of clear coffee May forret 1110 dessert. The animist of this treatment lies in doing without breakfast. The patient may eat suflh'tent to satisfy hunger, but no mors; In a few days •hu will tine that the so-called hunger la not tell at lbs pit . el the stomach, and in len than a week she will enjoy the two meals a day -tee !rot at noon tonal the last 1u flys or silt •'clock -better than ,no has ever enjoyed her ihrue steals." CAPTAIN PUTM,AN g1ADLlas *TUUKi- mother, who declares that "Bradlee 1a not the kind of a bey to fall In love so sudden- ly," to change public opinion. Where U the mother who imagines that her boy eogld tall in love with any youngJuinanf _11..ig 60 be hoped that Mrs. Strong is - mistaken, mistaken, for this is ►n lntePRatiAnld-alll- anee to which Sew good Americans would object. Just think how romantic! The lest representative of a vanished royalty wedding • soldier of the country which 1St.1tri LSi$rb i'T7 dA�ti i1T16 It la •linost as `odd us a fairy sorry. More than all this, It is extremely prob- able rodable. The young people have been are painted for several years. ('aptaln Strong, who had been arlgned to duty on the staff of General Otis, stopped on his way to the Ph111ppinea at Honolulu with the rest of ebs.apedNlaws • 4fiaiiawa46'a aeowaLPa had just broome an assured fact Of course he went at ohne to pay his respects to Prinases Kalulant Away from the coo• ventfons of society, the young people met under very different circumstance, Chao they had ever met before During the few days which the troop- ships remained .t Honolulu Caseate Strong spent much time at the beautiful home of the princess They rode together on Horseback In the cool of the morning and drone together when the rays of muton light bad softened the sun's glitter. They skimmed over the booming surf In the same canoe and side by side swam out to the coral texts beyond the breakers when few swimmers are strong enough to go. The gossips say that the prinoessdld nal look unkindly upon the broad shouldered fellow who wears the blue of Uncle Sam, and one day when Captain Strong plunged lhto the surf and, swfiuming out through the foam rapped breakers. placed on his back a private soldier who had ventured too far and was drowning and brought him back In safety to the shore the prin- ce's was the first to praise hips for Waged- . "'tttrsetwrt,.lr nHll., There 1s a story teed In jnurnalist/e ♦irds, in lluhnn of a bcalltUtll dl+plaj of cuteness by • (armor who called a: ons •t the newspaper niches to On an ad• yertlwlneft alertedifs wets Informed that the charges were es. for the tint Insertion and 81. ref. tar the .seed. "Faith, thine• bald he, "I'll have It in the second tolmo - Ilere an two oomfal '-bulla." due to the Colt's llgbtt ning repldity of thought: "Ie it a sun or a diameter your stater _Mrs. Healy, hes Roll,'._- itteman of one of his tenants whom be met on the reed"The entree of the crows on me, but I don't know whether 1 nu an envie 9r en aunt," wee the immediate reply. I was ones t at a review of a itiiltila iegtmeat "To'al'.t 'alt Tflffe a. ' lllrehe briars -major come up and reported to the colonel that all the ammunition was ex- haueled. "Then sound 'Cease flring,' " routed the commanding °fflme-London Spectator. A. CHECKERED LIFE. JOY AND SORROW MARKED THE LIFE OF LATi EMPRESS OIS JSTRtA. 11� Tot SLACK PRIKCI AND C(UCT. behind the gates of the city of Constance just op Otbo's men at arms closed down upon them. Princes' and nobles flocked around the standard of the boyish leader Otho was forced to retire to Brunswick, and Frederick, at the bad et • great army, est out for Frankfort, when the barons and electors of Germany were watt leg to welcome hint ea their emperor. Then Is no more romantic figure In his- tory than that of The Marquis de Lafayette. who gave his sword and courage to the Daum of American liberty. The French king had endeavored in vain to keep the young soldier at home, hit Mends and natives bad tried to restrain him, but all to no avail. for be purchased a ship In which to escape from France, h1* king and his ever sdlcttour friends and family When he landed in America, he was Golly met. Congress was in great need of money, and there wen many brave native o®pen who deeded the rank the gay young Frenchman had oome so far to claim. Lafayette had not orom.ed the Atlantlo for nothing, however. Money and rank were secondary conaideratlons with him He declared his willingness to serve as • voltnteer in any capacity and without pay. Generale was so much Impressed by this that on July S1, 1777, • resolution was passed accepting his tender of seryfon, and General Washington, who had been great- ly attracted by his ardor, made him • member of hie "mt11Mry family." The battle of Brandywine afforded Ia- fsyette the longed for opportunity to die - 'Anguish himself, which he did to such good purpose that congress smelt him the command of a division, so that Wore he was 90 he was actually a general. stamen PatatlaCTfLm A1Tsa sT•tet,o AM/MICAS ARMOR world with speed of not only 16 knots, as popularly demanded. but as modem m 111 or even 91 knots. Another departure made pe.Ihle by krttpptesf eraser wmsldhe the aaeetruo tion of a ottmptrstt' hnttlssMp and orgies.. keying a dlaplanentant of 10,000 or 11,000 tons, which about mails the dieplanement of fleet Mem battleships. A speed of from 110 to 99 knots might be attained for this Teasel aearding to the weight of armor end Irmo ebrrled. The Meath of nnnotrnetion a pr.parieg plans for such �v R(1W l cv ALrign R HISTORICY HEROES. rimams Mon. nave Led AMMAN ase Obeaae4 NNtwub. earths tine looking, man- ly young chap of 23 who hes not been Spoiled because his father was onoe mayor of New York Two years ago he was a private in the ranks of the Sixty-ninth New York national guard He was pro- moted to quartermaster sergeant and raw to the position of battalion adjutant Early in the present year he was sleeted captain of Company D sintpty because he was a good guardsman and very popular When the war broke out., he enlisted with his regiment and was made an aid on the staff of General Otis. It is extremely probable that Captain Strong found much to admire in Princess Kalulanf, for she is a strikingly attractive young woman. The princess` or mon properly Mhos Cleghorn. I suppose, is just Captain SiroIg's age, and she looks as much unlike an uncivilized Kanak• as Captain Strong looks different from an American tndan. She appears, In tact like a very well bred end very handsome English girl Kalulanl, you know, 1s half English. anyway Her father is the Hem. A. 13 Cieghorn, a prou,tcent English resident in the Hawaiian Iolanda Iler mother wee the Princess Miriam Llketlke, sister ttf Asa et the Whale. The age of 11e whale Is calculated ac- cording to the number of amine, or lay- ers, of the whalebone, which increase' yearly. From these lndlatlons, ages of I00 M 9110 years have been assigned M whales. -ran Francisco Rullet!& Many of the Menem of Weimer lest ended were boy soldiers in tie rebellion There 1e totbtng acmer ahnnt that, however, for Mama to tail of the deeds of youthful warrMIlls bleep fair faced Rnelish ioy tie len afie fatten•," ao celled bo- eaeledat-1dotltt'v of his armor, who lad the 1Ci1MS midterm b •fotoef Ht 411•0i- -.Slg'NlEiir, dint Mdwmd ul, •l011the It the bathe lltm a dhttanos. Tim F»no1 "rhe fit °tRaaflbeted the ! iu1gtef•th 1aMy��is b eset b eatlim- Ism Ones le was so savrewnded be 11* Sketch et Her Varied, )( twheel and MetaeebNy 1Ratetesees *Thick Was Only Lightened la Rdee' Tear. b • Matssl Merit•l Lee. -T1s Loa( Live et ■.pskerg Traiedhe Few women of royal linage bye:Worn Europe had drunk mon deeply of the" joys ae'.1 summa ot life than the Empress Itl',sa ,..ib. eta went W Vienna front the royal court ut /arena. In Mutilate her. associations and memories were that strange lbbrntingllng of trap/Ay, ooz .dy, 1t'Sn.e, and polite restraint which ever has been characterlItlo of the Bavarian court. She was of a family which has had, probably, more murganetto marrl- ag's than any other royal tamely of IM age on the contluent of Europe. Not a few of bee male relatives had and have slaw married actresses, chorus girls, and aper singers. Sire was of a family whose royal head subsequently war mobbed for the sake of Lola Montez. She had In her Ibe blood which coursed through the veins of King Ludwig, the friend- of Wagner, and which to -day keeps'Itte in the amental rule known as King Otto of Bavaria. At the .Austrian south the young Prinnss, inter her marriage, found probe ably the most remarkable assemblage In Europe -an a.sentily adorned with the beauty of the Pollen and Slavoplc types of .1111_20Periee empire, tired kept' at • restatee heat of scandal anti-ldi.Tgtie the most flippant ot nontemen and royal princes. She was beautiful and she played the part of a br.wtital woutau In the Ego.- mar HI.were«'s Hlg Drink. A story 1e 'debit bf-Prince BMW* when he vatted London as far hack as 1845. He was taken by his enter .ail ens to Oho noted brewery of Meson. Marchty & Perkins, as was a certain Austrian general on another memorable occasion. His reputation as a beer -drinker bad preceded him, and his hosts presented him with an enormous tankard of old ale. The size of the Milker conve7e,l a challenge which the young champion of the Premise Jonkere was not slow to swept. This is his own meowing of what followed, as told by hlru to Sir Charles Dllke: "1 seized the tankard," said he, "and I thought of my country and drank M lewd*, and tilted it till It was empty. Then I thanked my entertainers -courteously 1 hope -and succesled 1n making my way as far as I-ondon bridge. There 1 sat down 1n one of the stone nemeses, end for hours the great bridge went runnel and round Ire' Christ'. Lew of t.e.e. Christ's law of love knows no sxcep- time. It em trams all that ears be loved. it looks upward M God, the giver of all gond, and ontwerd M every human Ming. It excleeea no foreigner and no enemy; for even the (many Is to te load as mak m a rAbase.sl1, 1i dr oes not fo got Gaol. i..ogni801 $f11i1 iltl ,' vernal Father, the mores of every bitten - tog the fountain of gladness and love, the author of life p Son tempponhe�l and salvation, tbrougb whoS and It Riese Him CJs fulled fl fbf and heart. it reaches 0111 hs'y neighbors and eftis.ns M e11 tnmeniand l everywhere, the molt Ignore granted -mod it deaplses none. It lore. all. 111 le the grandest, the moat sxpen- klee of all sentiments. that which most enlarges the mil, that *blob bring' man nearest en God. If the church hy trs ideals 1s lifting. and If 1t shall fleeter omngnwr the world, It 1. bemuse Its out retch is larger than any other that the world knows. Patrinti m 1s noble, tint Christian emssnration Is divine, Jesus give the highest law, the moat pb11n•n- ehial rule of roe ..nae, nay, M pore mitgion, she wertd Mt. ever Tweed, Ulla* 'befl*WI *Wen Sett mete .pee*LdlaatiiMRae rhes, 'than He lath down shat law, tint of esteem nor of rlab1Nmleress, on «Melt (hristant4 reset: "Ilea shalt love the Lord thy (add «460 all thy Mart. and My neiehhor as thyself." Arehdueheie Sopbhs, gave • lel'. o, •`N honor. The Huoheq laoulse .11 jlrc•.r. h with her two elder daugeten, Helene and Elisabeth, was preaut 'Ibe emperor Jawed lemnst exceeds* h «416 the younger daughter duets the evening, and at 11s close he bent ober her and whispered, "Say um mead and you sball ba Queen of my rnt,lts•t+.' 1 ba Prince who bad been crptl%eted by pis manly Arine and gracious manner. gall kiln, her hand In token of absent 'Ihe next wonting the Inlo.rlal esertlege seed at Otte door ct the hotel «bore the Duchess Mexlplltan wax .itntine. and the Emperor asked the bund tit 1'rtunue+ ItHrab•th from her heather. 1 b. rrgUfst was greeted, and :1 half boor later the Imperial family present '1n lentil were a+ertnbled 1n the later parish church an i the betrothal of the two youn,t lover., the Kwparur of Aostrl.4_aud the 1'rinews of Havana, was s„lemnly eel/thread. Although the nourtship was so shore the mur'ringe proved a must f•srtuuaM one for the Eu,peror. The tus'w Anil Itlea of the Eo.prers were quite in harmony wins bas own. '1 hey were both averse letcrowds and show, loved the woods end streams and were panlonately fond of all entdenr spurt+. Especially were they desuted to the chase 1n Aptil, 11664, Princess Fee:4144h pimln her state entry into her fettles hn+- hen,i's tlenriahat*. 1ha cattle by sv;tr of the Menthe to Linz. She was then Ont a nutelen of 17, but Matinee so a dream. All her movements were the *cul of grace, and her features prrfeetlun itself. Although her nalr wait auburn, her eyes were a deep blue W hen she ca • nehore she seag arsetd rapturouatr by her imperial later. who spring *crtae the open 'spare ;Wal pre.swl bride 1,, ha heart tet Lau p.ruanmne of all the ptatple. Nett dee they we." mar fled In tee Court 8'hureh of the Augur= Sinew, In the presence ot. 1be court heirs, hist and dignitaries of th mnplre. any writers say that Mme' her r biro the Empress has no history. that her lite has leen swallowed up 1n that of her husband and her children. ()then realm that she has been a omit politician; rel - A tans througjt. V-lustrnd. perletl pair. '1 he tlr.t, a prl11ersa dT81f at 9 years of ego. Prinoess Gisela, the second, Is the wife of the prevent fronts et- •Bavaria. --Prises Rudolf. the third, aentletnan, and In many ways a w se ruler. He killed himself to Meyerling .1at. Eu. 11180. The fourth is the Arch- duchees Marie Valerie. Much mated the wishes of the royal fanmll7 ohs was mar rlef • to her cousin, Archduke Frans Salh ator. The 15.,rd ".tie" Whet c1uld M more Kneed' than the word ale? 1t aerie. us hack to the ban - gnaw of our dead enneetore in Walhalla. and rein of Its compounds open up vistas Into that 014 1ngland which Is est disappearing. becoming a tale stint 1■ told, obsolete Iteelf. Scch are ale bush, a tavern sign; ale-oonner, "an officer ap- pointed in every •'ourt lees, and sworn to look to the seize and gooaneo of brad, :, ale and beer. ' A -cost, the name nl a kind of tansy used to flavor the rustic's home brewed, has a good old English look; yet 1t bears witness to the mongrel speech of the sech of this mongrel nation -cost being froth the Greek ko.to., a savory barb of epeeist unidentified. Alegar. Is eager or sour ale, used as vine- gar. -Cornball Magazine PRISMS@ ROMANI. Ltllnokalaet and farmer King Retaken,. Mr Cleghorn has held some of the most mportans public nlfloee In the tslande among them being that of governor of the Weed of Oahu. PramsPrw LIlinoWerekelant named her Were the Princess Kalulani, heir apparent on March 9, 1891, the fact being officially e ognlzed by the government of the United Stew practises left Honolulu In 111119 for Lngland, when she laved for rev earl years In the family of the Hon Theo don H. Davies. Davis With the family of Me she visited this country to protest against the Berri son crest) of annwxetlon. She Issued In mad "�R>IaSIWMa.DWm tsei ted M the Amerlran people. Governor Cleghorn returned to Hawaii with his minnows daughter less than • year s ago. She had not en her home ethos she was a little girl She returned a Fall, Anegrandeely proportional, grandwoman, with .11 th the charm of an education of e hlgst he artier. Alrci 11 Finl[t i •'t; THx Fa1P1 E158 117 4051114. hfgbest society of the Austrian capital. It 1s net necessary here to refer to the eccentricities of her you1n or of her Doe years, Is a rep.'uduction of the ances- mature years. It Is eufllelent to as, that teal Eng-Ir+A-hntys of the Curzon family. she bon with the fellatio of her bus- Kollaston Hale. band as he bore with hers. To her how- Wbeu Lord Wellesley, afterward the ever, Tho later years brought the 'here of Duke of Wellington, was sent by the sorrows which was to be expected by one British Government to represent the King reared to the history and traditions el of England at Calcutta he carried with the Munich cruet. htmpleasant Impreadens of the country The. Archduke Maximilian of Austria seat of Baron roaredale, which i* the HI owlfe Carlot. title of the peerage borne by the Corton 11. t?. rt.TReet «111 Fled 1. meet Uou... Caleutte, Like T1elr Uwe Home. r Right Hon. George Nathaniel Curzon th and Mrs. Curzon. e text viceroy and vicereine of the Fauulre of India, will be mon at home in their official residence at Calcutta :hen any other Englishman and his wife could be. Government House. ,,hien is the oft, title of the Inatome pile which le to be the come of Mr.. Curzon and Cie wife for Inc n. xt a 1som.e . _er•trM . The Monarch of the Forest Is the Emblem Monarch of Canadian Fraternal Ieaurano* and Benefit Societies. Hs.l►.t Spot l0 1. wade*. Ten thousand pers.lns pals 1n omni- buses hour during the day by the Bank of England. Nearly 80o 'buses carry these people. The next heftiest spots are PlecwlGly Cirrus and Oxford Circus with 8,000 pa.aengers each ani over 000 'buses. 1-1.erponl street. London Bridge, Regent .t.vet, toe Strand. Trafalgar square, Waterloo plane. Marble Arch, Holborn. Hyde Park Corner end Cheap- side am used by .2Hut 400 'bums an hour, and about 6,,.nn passengers. The bnsteet centre of tramway traria a at at the Angel, Islington. wh150 cnn pew per hour, and oont,Jn over 3,000 pas n 'engi. was executed In Mexico ta lost her m tenor and anxiety imposed upon her by well that he decided to belle an attl••LJ the Mexican revolution. residence after plans of Kedleston Heil. The Archduke Hhi udniph, Crown Priem Ts mus nearly ltel years ago -In 1;.,11 The arc h Iter re and builders swot tarn Lngl.ud reared In the outskirts of the Indian capital a dnplir,le of the 1-.n.nti.h home so far au the main building and Its wings are concerned Architectural idea. and ideals have changed ilea century and K�Ish antics of public architecture flying tti th.,olly by the banks of the tangos ...y that Government Home cannot by any stretch of the imagination be called a beantlful building. The minuses of solid Ionic po- lars welch form its facade glee the stone Ind pudic the burden of family. '1he vlreroy Leel the plane .o of the empire. was killed by the brother ce the Baroness V eteera, whose repots• tion he had sacrificed to big pleasure. The Archduke's widow led a life full of vaga- ries, if not worse. 1 h Archduke Johann' easter, oppressed by the mnitlplying tragedies of the home of liapehurg, re- nounced his title and sailed for South America on kis own merchantman, but only to loos his life in a storm at sm. The Emperor, weighed down by She load of all Ibeee mistnrtunee. tormented by the ceaseless mullet between Aistria and Bohemia, drifted very slow:y from the turmoil of political controversy and persons' afelotlon. and became a •icadm of eplapey. The revolutions «halt had drained the blood of Vienna and frighten- ed this royal house In the middle of the century threatened to route again vetch the social democratle uprising In favor of universal sofh8Qe. Without root in the Hogberg, without oomp.nloneh,p In her family, without the full quiet which her Increasing nerv- *einem demnn,ld In her netive land. the Kmpre.l became a wanderer through Southern Europerhe went to ('orin. She %lilted Italy. She traveled &Mei Eslraor,l. or.. K (.Geste►nlu. Ons of the otrangeot naaw of kleptoma- nia ever brought to light wait heard of in Parts. A certain lady had 'nob a realm for smoking and forcolyring muer•cbanm pips* that she had been for s long time stealing pppm of this description from thole. In the flat which she occupied there were found no fewer than two thousand el: hundred pipe*, cot edit of which, ft Is believed, the had paid for. They were nestle arranged on recite, an° thirty floe were well colored. The court before which she was Indicted for some of the thefts would listen to no e1ouse, but sant her to prison for eight months. Instincts of a woman. A 1/ttie sir" who had for some time wanted • dog was taken very 111. One day when mach better she told her menet of her denim and begged her to oak hes grandpa to buy her one. The mother anewerd that "grandpa" did not like dogs and probably would not be willing to hay one. Then, meethg the little Inv.ltd look oddly dimppolntd, she said: "Well. wall t111 you get well, my dear, then we will sae" ' Oh, no," answered the child, who.* few years had taught her some wisdom, "net tuore sick I am, the mon likely 1e will be to hey It for me" 11. Weider Thr• Rna►ed. A man who ratentty went to Nfagamt Palle nn a bridal trip says that he was eonelderahly taken elastic M the ole guide whom he had hired. The guide had several times appeared Maplewood at the Gnelsvllle man'. rather open 'ravishment of affection open hle new foetid mate, lett he said nnthing till he found e shawls to make hie stroke a telling me. "Wiles • roar the tells mete!" saki the ygthegrees e, " It to wontfaful l" ... The old guide Rioted dtagnmei. "That's made' wender'fol; . "If you had M Any 111Te like them pore old fall* 1104 hiss M all the staff thew Mire bridal tiff you'd reel C1111ale1 014 Tie nose... In Parte the thousand* of sardine end ether 41n boar that ere thrown awn freer-hoacp-iii.ar-12-.F.4.1-Itor Mtn tin stldlere. tend sold so cheaply that the poorest children an buy them, while the manufacturer makes s fair profit. THE ..CANADIAN.. Order of Foresters Organized and Head Shies, - BRANTFORD. ONT. IevUTED IM Devon`. GOVissota'T H..Da, $,00.000.00. Scartcs FL<ua AI•RILJ,t ,6y& t451S468.7s. lavastaGn the best monetary Institutions in the Uwn.n.oa of Canada. Manua/MIS 05 as 24.000. A Purely Canadian In..tudon having o" weaken, Ing . 11.ALWs►..r bran. h,-. i, Lore,," and le.. healthy elseetries. Full etc.. •e t on • licatioa w R. E. sari, 11 Cjtgeteclt 0.tt Taus W'arc., H.S., Brano,.r1, Ulent.; or Esse Gia TOW, Supt of Orgaa.aatwn, Br.ntlwd 0.11. ROQUEFORT GHEE 58.i•uta Wrench llollercy Made _Frog the ]talk of Ute Goat rad the •bre!'. Many efforts have been lead. W thin country to make an !mettlesome to ereare w- tetees ttaetWN .for - Nh1r _ o•trt. t.nvb cheese, but they haee nisi with r smelt'-- . License of reccees. None of these Canadian produces was of a sort whlen eoultLmot, les .ara.tl 1114 wabcd aaii• cording Ile, cheese asperse, the v. emotion manufacturers have nearly abaLdooett -hope of bo►tg able ever t+Lu.ak.Y a .ossa - .vhich will sake the plane of the Senates ktoquefirt. •- . Roquefort cheese Is made of a' mixture of goat and these milk. The reputattow' it this cheese extends look Into dim antiquity, -nitd-Piltfriffellitieratervertertheir"' writings 11 Is trade chiefly from the milk of leaned goats and %beep, slid _TM tee reoordu In France It is stated that In the Year Med 960.900 sheep and poste out et a flock of 40o 1100 gave enough milk for the making of 7,100,000 pounds of chews. In the manufacture of ttoqu.tort cheese the sheep and goats are milked In the evening after their return from the par tures and after they have been allowed to rust for an hour or so The evening's milk la heated almost to the boiling point and then set aside. In the morning 1t Is skimmed, heated b 114 decrees anti mixed with the morning's milk for crewelstton. 1 h curd I. well kneaded with Iib hands and pressed in layers into molds with perforated lot tonal. A thin layer of moldy bread Is put between each layer of curd. the object of this is to hasten the "rimming." of the cheese by supplying the genu* of the green n.old peculiar to cheese. The brawl us«t tor this purpose le made before the preceding Christmas of about equal parts of eumn.er ■n4 winter barley, with sondderable sour dough and some vinegar. When moldy Hnntigh It 1s intend and sifted, moistened with water and kept from the air until wanted ID the making of the cheers. - The curd remain.* in the mold. for three or four days. Then they are taken to the market In Roquefort, where they are sole to the different maker. ot 'Roquette t cheese. These manufacturers continue the rlpsning of the cheeses by placing them in tee very damp cave' which abound 1a the precipitous walls of the limestone hills surrounding the village. The cayss, which an so s1(1011ed that the cermet, of ear flow front smith to north. •re con- sidered to yield the best chaos. 'the intermit" of air whleb ooine from tease eaves nre cold even In :he warmest watt her. The cheerer are lett in the caves IMMO. time* more than a month, dur;ug which tams snit and brio.• is ruttiest' ince them, end they are ph -ked 'regnc'ttly with long needles to ler ttte "Itttenetr.M-end aloe to accelerate the moldering. -- , • novrR\ttr.TT Horse, CALCUTTA. strewth,* too heavy an appearance for a residence In the Orient. '1 he whole Idle. Switzerland. She peered months on the from Its long flights of atom steps to Haien'. The .s•cunlrleftice which tho British lion, wbinh •tarda as the amounted to Insanity among so mane menthol of Iupalor force move "the grand of her relatives ■1 the Mnnb h court grew 1 setae's, looks a retie of olden time. 'the upon Mr. Her beauty faded, despite het "ltil-.onry was 0,ldantly put there 11 last painstaking care 'o prolong 1t in every R. inne ea Hrltlsh Reny °ter the nelletnn detail. In short, she led the life of an et- of !linden. tanned beauty she has tasted all the Mr. Curzon and his wife, the daughter sorrows awl all the pleasures of life M- of 1.. 7.. Leiter of t'hlcagd, echo rimy fore the age of 40, and has been coin- be elevated to the peerage as L.ird end pelled to seek eventual reel for shattered Lady Curzon of KedlestolL_1 hen thev go ne*voa 111 M eDwholosome mint to rule India for Queen Victoria in Nov Ii all tl 1 hi.tery of crowned head■ In ember next, lite at Kedleston 11,11 when Europe 511100 Waterloo were to be search- not In London. The present u, eter of d Industriously in their secret pares. probably no °then% lite so varlet, me per- turbed, so nlelaneho'y In fte transitions from joy to sorrow, so pitiable In the ruin which wait left behind Ste happiest A.. 1.,...,1 In thin... In Chins to salute any nre h7 taking d one s hat 1s a deliberste In.nit Krwllr Atr.ceins Among the P►er. Charles Woken., whn ha. opened to view the heart ed the poor, wrote. "if Bear household affections ane levee s» graceful thing.. they are gr•rfnl In 1h. peer The ties that hind the wealthy and the pro'Id to home may be forged 1:1 earth, but three wheat link the poor man to hie humble hearth are of the true metal and hear the stamp of ilsave. Wit household gods are of Mesh end hand. with no and7 tti ether; gal* or per►' liens+. one whet thew a0deaa.ham door* and marl., deepen" of Soil and ennnt7 meal., that man bet 1A love from tlnd, and keg rode but becomes a Nolen,* place." the Hall to the father of the Parliament an Secretary of State for Foreign .4 emir!, Rev. SW Alfred Naelanlel IIAden Conon, Baron Scandal.. The baron Ir a country clergymen, Ming rector of days, could be found. Such In brut are Kedleston. The estate 1a situated near the outlines of the career of her who has Derby on the harder of lanashire, and been the flr.4 lads of bar empire for a 1t 1s on account of Mr. Curzon m rest longer period than any oche: person on a donee there that be site In Parliament continental throne. A brief story of het as member for the Southport dl•fslon nt life Is given as follows: Laneashln. The Empress Elizabeth was the second To have the ernes of Government House is to hold an lndlsputahle pas. pert to society In Calcutta. It is within them olassie walls that the brilliant social functions w111 he held during the Calnutte mason. During the hot season - from March M November -the vfreregal meth lives at 5161* In the Himalayas dangbtsr of ituke Maximilian of Havana and the 1)neb.le Louise.- She was born ileo. 94, 1887. The house of Hapsburg ham furnished history with a long line of tragdlee. of «hlon the one a week ago is perhape the saddest. Empresa Elizabeth was famed for her many vlrtoes. In a corrupt noun .h. *hone a pore wife, a loving, helpful mother, a wise and gentle Queen. Site was pas,tonately fond of literature and art, and her villa, .4.011eon. on the island et Corfu. is a treasure house of etetnery, painting. 46114 rete hook.. in to, renter of a hetnten' pint, laid ant in terra ee, which stones From the v111a west to the sed. 1. a fine statue of the Oath 1AC1ip . ql S '10OtA _t 'd. The pafars�Itteetf 1' rxeeedtnely�p11te�terwe- qe and its apartment* are filled with art tre*sure* n1 i omnetlan aril .nntent orlgint all ware contacted by the Empresa bejrelf. r ro to the tImo of the ,lesth h7 hit own hand of I roan Prince Rudolph, F.mpreee Ellzhheth, although twee -410 years nld, was pronounced the moot beant,fnl woman in her dmnlnlons, and Innk' 1 no more the,, half her age. litm, after that tragical event she aged rapidly. Her heir, which was the Rndnlph re„1 and renehet In mngnifl,'ent masse. helm« her knees, wee anon streaked with silver. rhe bo - nen,. meletwholy and kept a great deal alone. 1 cau•d her •11' jeCte to cal her proud, haughty, roil. end •+l0.h, and may have inspired the streel.seaden• Minn. The story et the wooing of Elisabeth jp ron,setic In the extreme. Sort eftee hl. at n"..Int, JO tele 1110544* afteMicafed Tit hie fa .her, I mp.r r Fronds Joseph made • jmlrrray to Mehl to keep his birth- day In (foments, privacv. Ino mother, the Hit. eir the Hem • Keep a twiek on the beck of the, stove end art tete had on it that is h. 0•• kept emirs. F'oe •pneninmtit aymptntes hot wnter bottles in the bonds, under the knee under the arms and at the mete of the trt•t. he acoamine et a sharp marts bite, so that they will n1eely. 'rho host way to keep boiled most. from being hunpy is to stir up the nasal with enough cad nater to merely Wet it. and thPI Kjr it into the k.•etle 04 boiling water. 1 11...1 1, 1 brass. Lord Rayleigh en a lecture said Leat ' �•penIments had shown that a vibration sound having en amplitude of led than one twelve millionth of acentimetef oou1,1 still effect she sense of hearlt.g. Such a vibration wo•.ild be so short that 1t would have to be unlarged 100 times befnre the most powerful nnderoa. cope could render 1t vlsllrlo. .nppo.Iflg that it were susceptible of being seen N all. 0111 people, he sled. do not hear high notes which are audible to young pervona, and there Is reason to believe that babied hear notes which are inaudible to their elders. The Art of %Irking Friend.. 1)ullertnn-Prlgiter Is always picking me up on my grammar. `6marte-And you and he don't get on together at all? Dnllerton-,•Of memo not. Mow could we? Smarts -By doing as 1 do Wien I •plunk to hint 1 use bed grammar 9131r- pw.e17 M glee him an opportunity to me - met me. Then I thank hltn ami 50y how much obliged to hIm 1 am. We gat along together beautlttilly.-Baton Tranwoript. Backache THE BANE OP MANY A WOMAN'$ LIFE. Creek 00,1 ?amens rine Atilt Thrive.. The . famous vine at Hampton evert Gapes, which 15 1110 years obi, havens been elantrl In 17ns. minty', a falling e In fertility end enetelne 1,211) bunchog of fralk The grime. nM Joni Iwglnnina t. ripen, and In about a mock'' time the fruit. whirh 1e pent to the Queen for nee at her table, will be fully motored. P.Itl Furst sent Ill t'nhd. ii .t*tt 1n- thee- the* Aele4Ma Patti stn# for thrlltet time In pnh:le, *ono she wet 11 e'en r9d. It was %a concert nod her memos eras enmlile*t U rllp L soy Alla , How to Got Rid of It. Doan's Kidney Pills The Remedy. Mrs. Eliza Reitz, 'U Wellington St., Berlin, Ont., says. " For ten years i have been afflicted wet. kidney and back trou- ble, roveble, suffering greatly from dizziness, nen vounness, weak eyesight, loss of sleep, and appetite, and an almost constant tired, weak ?reline. In February last i got • bulk of Doan• Kidney Pitts and received so much benefit froth them that I continued their ace until 1 had take, three boxes in a11, and was complete cured. They removed every vestige. pf pain, dizziness and nervousness, and ... t',, abled me to Kot rootlet sleep 1 ad that From being • sick woman I am nOW (*tong and well ay ale.' t. ett Doan'. Kldney.l'els •raJhe famed, 11 the world fnr Rti1 2 5 Dleease, 151.81.tK rr(,vr, N 18ep1.. 4;rer.vat4� 1.dlat.01 4w t►e I,Hne, and all K,d,tt1 ..r..Wlpder Meseta Sohl by dreg(1kts, nr s1w't ley.5141 ee roc .pt of prices, se cents et ho OVAfee It so The Goaa LFdeet Pill 900 111111.11111% Oft. �it„1.