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PROFITABLEDAIRY FEEDING.
We often hear the expression, that
many farmers are putting more halo
their cows than they get out of them in
milk and butter, and of course the cow
gels the blame for all this failure: But
what about the man who feeds her? in
most cases it is the work of the man anal
not that of the cow that makes success.
of failure. The right man generally
has the right kind of cow, but the cow
has nothing to do with choosing the
titan, You might turn some of these
men amongst the very best cows in the
world and give them full charge and
would he make money? No, he would
soon have more troubleeethan he could
handle. It is not the cow or the feed
so much as the man who gets thetwo
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together. While it is necessary that
the best cows should have the best care,
i, is equally important that the man
who owns them should have good dairy
education. It is something like putting
good musical instruments in the hands
of an untrained person. He makes no-
thing but hideous squeals while you
may place a poor instrument in the
band of a trained musician and he does
fairly well, the best that is in him. Of
course, he would do better with a bet-
ter instrument, but he does very well
with anything given to him. Give the
untrained or uneducated man the best
cow on earth and the best feed, he does
not know enough to combine the two
and make a profit. He will generally
be a dismal failure. But give the trained
or educated man a common cow and
common feed and he can make her do
her best, and more than likely will make
profit from her.
It is all very well to blame the cow
or the feel for the many dairy failures,
but it is really unfailr. The cow can't
help It, it is the man back of hen, that
has the oportunity to study his business
see as to make profit out of bis business.
Who deserves the blame?
COOKING Sane.
This is, --important question to the
t ,u' It is a question upon which
many will not agree. It is also a prob-
lem of interest since the question cf
profit and loss enters. The'facts are be-
fore us, however, and are not easily set
aside.
The first one to consider is that cook-
ing does not increase the digestibility of
food. but instead decreases it. That is
an animal will make n. hundred pounds
gain an less food in its raw state, than
it will when this food is cooked. Thus
de we have not only to consider the loss
of food, but also the expenditure .,f
time and fuel In cooking. And it would
seem that cooling food for any class of
stock is not a wise policy.
However, we turn about and consider
tho question from another viewpoint.
Every feeder knows that there are times
when amess of cooked food Is just what
an animal requires. A horse, for in-
stance, is immensely benefited by a
weekly or sem-weekly bran mash. ft
gives him a change, and fed in connec-
tion.. ith the general ration, it increases
its palatability. An occasional "feed of
cooked roots 'will increase the palatibil-
ity of a swine ration and give paying
results. This seems to. be the function
of cooked food; to give variety and in-
crease the palatability of a ration. Cook-
ing is therefore useful perodically for
this purpose. IT we get right down to
solid bottom, it is hardly profitable as
a stedy practice.
FARM NOTES.
The tires must be kept tight to insure
the life of the vehicle. Continual usage
ever rough roads may stretch the tires,
but a slight expense in resetting will, in.
all cases, keep the tires in first-class con.
dilion and add years to the durability of
the vehicle,
It is safe to say that for every pound
of matter in the crop there is
required
MC pounds of water in the soil during
the growing season. The Importance of
water, therefore, cannot be exaggerated,
anti any statement regarding Um pro-
ductivity of the soil that neglects its
capacity to hold water, and to yield to
the growling crop readily, is certain to
lead to a serious error.
We would like to warn those who
have to buy clover seed that low-priced
seed is always the most costly. Not
only costly in the actual amount paid
for time clover seed, but costly in ttic
seeding of your fields with all mannner
rf foul weeds, for a" very low price for
Clover seed means poorly cleaned seed.
If one gets clover seed for $5 per hushee
when, recleaned seed is selling for $7
or more, the re -cleaned seed is always
the IoNvest in price. The best way to buy
clover seed is to start early and get
samples from the dealers, Examine
these' samples closely and sort out alI
impurities in the shape of weed seeds
and thrash, and then compare the same
glee. Get samples that are clean of
weed seeds if you have to pay double
price for them,
t t:l,tJllVG II(`)fiSES.
'ffhr'ec Meals are necessary and sue
'Icient, with an Interval of four or five
floursbetitreen to keep ahorse in goer],.
condition. Osis hike at ica.st two hou}'s
to digest, imay takes three hours, and.
because it takes se long to digest it
should be given whenthe day's work 's
over. The evening meal should be a
full meal, the animal being then et
rest and able to digest its food at leisure.
There should be an interne of half an
hour between the return of the horse
to the stable and his getting his even:
ing feed. Too much food at a meal or
too much abstinence between meals, fol-
lowed by voracious feeding, is conducive
of colic and indigestion. Irregularly
fed he is given to show his inrpatlence
by letting his hoofs play with the wood-.
work of his stall. Giving "refreshers"
al odd times is also bad. Remember
that both stomach and bladder should
never be loaded in work time, whether
light or heavy work is done. A horse,
therefore, should never be ridden e
driven immediately after a meal, on
the same principle that it ought not to
be fed sooner than half an hour after
work is aver.
Between one end of the year and an-
other a horse consumes an amount of
dry heating food which calls for a speci-
a, regimen to neutralize the excessive
proteid consumption that has taken
place. Thus in autumn a ration of car-
rots given before the evening meal . f
oats is good, and so, In spring, at the
fall of the winter coat, a little green
neat is beneficial, mixed with hay and
oats, for the evening meal. Another
maxim much disregarded in practice is
that the horse should be watered long
before being put to work, and then very
sparingly.
BRITISH SAILORS' UNIFORM,
British sailors first wore' uniforms in
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, when she
ordered that naval commanders were to
wear scarlet. This order was confirm-
ed by James I. During subsequent
reigns, however, it lapsed, and the Navy
appear to have worn uniforms accord-
ing to each commander's fancy. The
introduction of a regular uniform dat-
e, I from 1743, when the "blue jacket,"
which has now become a synonym for
a sailor, became customary for all the
naval forces. George II. is credited with
having selected the color, which was no-
thing more than the outcome of a pas-
sing whim. It is said that he once
met the Duchess of Bedford riding on
horseback, and attired in a charming
habit of blue faced with white. This
ii is ealesty •taut he immedi-
ately commanded the adoption of these
colors by his navy. It is not supposed
that the order was meant to be an of-
ilcia] one, as it was never gazetted. it
hr's, however, remained in force ever
since, and it is doubtful whether, for
sailor's use, blue serge could be im-
proved upon.
Stone: "I spoke to the chemist and 1 e
advised me that I should-" Doctor (in-
terrupting): "Ole, he gave you some
idiotic advice, I suppose." Stone: "He
advised me to see you."
Consumption
tg There is no specific for
consumption. Fresh air, ex-
ercise, nourishing food and
Scott's Emulsion will come
pretty near curing . it, if there
is anything to build on. Mil-
lion's of people throughout the
world are living and in good
health on one lung. ,•
t, j[ From time immemorial the.
doctors prescribed cod liver
oil for consumption. Of
course the patient could not
take it in its old form, hence
it did very little good. They
an take
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
and tolerate it for a long
time. There is no oil, not
excepting , butter, , so easily
digested and absorbed by the
system as cod liver oil in the
form of Scott's Emulsion,
and that is the reason it is so
helpful in consumption where
its use must be continuous.
q 'We w><lI send you
sample free.
Be duct that this
picture in the form of
s label' is on the wrap-
per of every bottle of
Emulsion you bay.
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CHAPTER eeetiVII.
Guildford I3erton flung himself into
the chair lately 000upied by Mr. Furlong,
and clasped his forehead, with his hands,
The revelation he had heard was so
stupendous that he, had scarcely realized
it, or its effect 'upon his hopes and am-
bitions. How long he sat staring before
him, and going over and over the preg-
nant words. which Furlong had wills -
pared, he did not know; but suddenly he
was arroused .by a sound of hammering
at the door in time wall.
IIe started to his .feet, white with fear,
his over -strained nerves setting hint
shaking and trembling. Then he took
the lantern, and with unsteady feet went
down to the gate.
"Who's there?" he demanded.
"Is that you, sir?" came the response.
"For God's sake, come up to the Court,
Mr. Berton!" -
He opened the door, but not fully, and;
holding up the lantern, saw' one of the
grooms standing outside, . holding a
horse by the bridle.
"What is the matter, Marston?" he
asked with dry lips.
"Come at once, sir," replied the groom.
"The earl is dying -is dead by this
time, l'ni afeard."
Guildford. Berton went back for his coat
and hat, moving like a man in a. dream.
"Here, take my horse, sir," said the
groom, flurriedly. "I'll run on after
you."'
"Who sent for me?" asked Guildford
Berton, as he sprang into the saddle.
"I don't know :her ladyship, or per-
haps Mrs. Harmon, I was to tell you to
come without loss of a moment."
Guildford Berton thrust in the spurs
and tore off. A groom was in waiting,
and took the horse, and the butler re-
ceived him at the hall door.
"I'm afraid you're too late, sir," he
said, in a hushed, awed voice. "The
earl was taken worse soon after you
went; a kind of fit, from all I can make
out, and--"
Guildford Berton moved toward the
stairs as Harmon came down. Her eyes
were red, and she supported, herself by
the balustrade, and he had no need to
ask the momentous question.
"Yes, sir," she said, with a sob, "his
lordship is dead. A quarter of an hour
ago--"
I -le "stared up at her. He was not
thinking of the earl, but of Norah.
"And -and Lady Norah?" he said, al-
most inaudibly.
"My poor mistressi". was all she could
Ile looked down to lade the sudden
flash which shot into his eyes.
"Did he -was he sensible?" he asked,
in a hushed voice.
Harman shook her head.
"I can't tell, sir! and yet I think he was
at the last. It was a fit of some kind,
and--and-yes, sir, I think he was sen-
sible. He -he tried to speak—"
"Yes," he broke in, with barely con-
cealed eagerness' "well?"
"He did say some words. IIe knew
Lady Norah, and spoke her name, .and
he he spoke yours. It seemed as if ne
were trying to say something that was
on his mind, but he could not. And -
and I think that killed him, he not being
able to make my dear lady understand.
He -he seemed frightened of something,
as if he wanted to warn her. Oh, I can't
tell what he meant!"
Guildford
r :
"1 ford Berton drew a b etl of re-
lief. It passed very well for a sigh of.
sympathy and sorrow.
"If I had only stayed!" he murmured,
and he turned away and wiped his eyes.
Then, a -.moment afterward, he was
cool, self-possessed again.
"Will you tell Lady Norah that I am.
here, Harman?" he said. "And tell her,
please, that I will see to everything that
is necessary. If, she would like to see
Harman stole upstairs and into the
silent room. Norah was kneeling be-
side the bed, as she had been so often
for the last few weeks. Her face, bidden
in her hands, her body shaken by her
sobs. Harman knelt beside her, and laid
her hand tenderly upon her arm.
"Don't --don't cry, dear mistress!" she
faltered. "And yet -it's best!"
"If he had only told me what he want-
ed to tell mei" dropped from Norates
quivering lips. 'Oh, Oh, what was it? What
was it?" and she raised her head and
looked with an agonized eniroaty at the
now placid face.
"I -I sent for Mr,; Guildford, my lady,"
whispered Harman, "and he is down-
stairs. 'He will do everything, and he.
says if you'd like to see nim—"
A shudder ran Norale ,and
she turned her while face to Harman
with a Sudden vehemence.'. •
"No!"' she panted. "No, not' and she
dropped back into her former attitude
and hid her face, as if she could not en-
dure even Harman's' loving eyes.
Harman went downstairs, and found
Guildford Berton pacing up and down
the library. •
'ne will not see me?" be said, before
she could speak. "Yes, yes, I can Under-
stand! Will you bring me some sealing
wax and a eandte; please, And teff
Marston to go to the station with this
telegram for Ivlr. Potherick. They will
send_ It before the postoftice people."
Still like a man in a dream, he sealed
up the drawers 'teethe bureau and the
leek on the deed box, which had been
brought from London and placed in its
usual position .in the library. He paused
as he did so With a certain hesitation.
Should he make at slight alteration in the
will? .,I3ut this hesitation only lasted a
moment,, and he affixed the seal without
even opening. the box with the duplicate
key he had made. •
Hushed footsteps sounded In ghostly
fashion .over the vast place, and Suddenly
a sound smote his ear that made hint
start and recoil: It was the big bell,
which one of the old servants, in accor-
dance with a custom dt the house, had
set tolling', to announce that the Super-
fine . Ear1 had passed away. In ' • all
,prolrabitity, of all the peo,�iit ,who had
1,
known. him, of all the great world in
which he had been so notable a, figure,
Only two 'persons shed a tear; the
daughter, whose love he had persistently
repulsed up to within the last few weeks
of his life, and the serving woman, who
wept more for Norah than for him,
There was not a laborer on the estate;
not a groom in the stable, who would.
not have had more mourners than the
Right Honourable the Eari of Arrowdale,
Baron of Skeirig, Viscount Normanton,
knight of the twa orders, and master of
vast lands and gold. •
No work was done that day in Sant-
leigh, and knots of villagers gathered in
High streee talking over the great man,
who was wept less bran the least of all
the living.
Before neon two. carriages arrived at
the Court -one contained Lady Ferndale,
who had hastened without a moment's
delay to the side of her beloved Norah;
the other brought the old lawyer, Mr.
Petherick; ' 'and the same telegram
which .had summoned him had informed.
`the newspapers of the death of the
mighty peer,
"I had intended inserting an advertise-
ment for the viscount -for the Earl of
Arrowdale as he is now," said Mr.
Petherick, who was a great deal shaken
by the news; "but it will not be neces-
sary now; he will read of the announce-
ment of his uncle's death, and his own
accession, in any of the papers."
Guildford Berton nodded. They were
in the library, and he had been giving
Mr. Petherick an account of the death --
omitting the details Ilarman had related,
and in their place assuring the lawyer
that the earl had died quite. calmly and
peacefully, "Just passed away, indeed!"
he said.
"He was not so old as. I am," said
Mr. Petherick, in a low voice, "not near-
ly so old. And ---Lady Norah -dear,
dear!" He seemed to think more of her
than the departed earl.. "Poor girl, poor
girl! So entirely alone in the world."
"Ah, yes," murmured Guildford Ber-
ton. "Fatherless and motherless; you
knew her mother, the . countess, Mr.
Petherick?"
"Yes, yes, of course, it was sad, very
sad! em --I'm almost glad she went be-
fore the 'earl! They were very unhappy;
-poor woman, poor woman! I see you
have sealed up everything, Mr. Berton:
You are always thoughtful."
"I thought it best," said Guildford Ber-
ton, gravely. I suppose you have the
will?"
"No," replied Mr. Petherick, shaking
er igete-•I-- ;esenet 1 doii''t
even know that there is a will; do you?"
Guildford Berton looked at him with
faint surprise. -
"How could I possibly know,,.aiyedear
sir?" he responded.
"I -I thought that perhaps the earl -
you were so much. in his _confidence-
might have told you; in fact, I -ahem -
expect you will find yourself personally
interested in IL?"
"Not at all Likely," said Guildford Ber-
ton. "The earl was the last man to con-
fide in any man on such a subject. There
may be no will." .
"God • bless my soul, I hope sol" ex-
claimed' Mr. Petherick. "It -it would
make a vast, difference to Lady Norah.''
voutly• "Then I also hope there may be with
all my heart," said Guildford Berton, de-
.
Later in the day, when they met to
discuss the arrangements for. theo fune-
`ral, Mr. Petherick remarked, quietly :
• "I have found the win, Mr. Berton,'
and Guildford Berton bowed.
"I am glad to hear it, very glad," he
said; but he asked no questions, and i;
he had Mr. Petherick would not have e -
plied to them. •
Lady Ferndale had hastened to Norah:s
side, . expecting to find her prostrated,
but she found her calm and self-pos-
sessed, looking as white as a hilly, and
worn out with weariness; but there was
no passionate outburst of grief. That
had spent itself beside theelead man, and
her tears flowed quietly as she hid her
face on Lady Ferndale'; bosom.
"My : poor darling!" murmured the
elder woman.. "You must come to us
directly atter--" she could not bring
herself to say the word "funeral," but
Norah shook her head.`
"No, I must stay here till Lord Sant-
leigh comes," she said. "There must be
some one here to receive him, and tell
him --tell him everything. Why does he
not come, Lady Ferndale?" ..
"I -I don't know!" was all Lady Fern-
dale could answer. "But he will be sure
to 'arrive In a day or. two; he must hear
of it, and then he will come at once."
Everybody said this when the sti•angt,
delay in the apearanee of the new earl
was discussed; but it was the topic of
conversation. throughout the country;
but still the young man who had inheri-
ted the title and lands of Arrowdale did
not arrive to claim his birthright.•
No English newspaper reached the
wild coast of Brittany where Cyril,
,Burne, the artist, was at work painting
xirearily, and no tidings of the death of
his uncle reached him. If ,Tack Wesley
had been . in London be would have
known what had happened, and inform-
ed Cyril, but ,Tack was in Brittany with
his friend, and es he took care that no
letters or papers should be permitted to
mar his ofie holiday in the year, he was
as ignorant as Cyril himself.
The days' passed rapidly, larid that of
the funeral was• reached, and Mr.• Pette-
eriek was in despair.. He had advertisea.1
for the missing` viscount, and without
'any result, and he found himeelf in the
position of an executor acting in utter
ignorance whether the' heir Were alive
or dead.
"Perhares he Is dead!" said Guildford
Berton, grimly, and Mr. Petheric
groaned.
"Ne he said. "I don't believe it. We
should have heard of it. 13ut to think
that the funeral will have tie take place
without the new earl as chief
mottrnt-t'. _. n Ws feelings were too
strong to permit him to finish the Sen -
tenet.
FEEQI N G FMOIMMINMIND
AGTS
In ordinary feeding the steer consumes
about 3 of its ordinary feed; the balance is un-
digestect or wasted.
This undigested balance can be made to
give to I lb, extra gain per day, and at a
Profit, by adding the "Salt, pepper, and gravy" to
its fomake it "tasty."
Youod liketo these on your own, food; why not
the animal.
Like ourselves the animal longsfor a
"tasty" meal.
It starts the "mouth watering" before' eat-
ing, and the stomach fills with digestive fluids
to thoroughly dissolve the food,
This extra amount of digc..tive fluid dis-
solves anextra amount of food. This is where
the extra gain comes in,
Clydesdale Stock Food
is the "salt, pepper and gravy" that makes the animal's
"mouth water." It is equally good for Horses, Sheep and Hogs.
Nothing injurious in it andcan stop feeding it without harmful effects.
Human beings can take it with benefit. We take it every day. We
know its contents, It is made clean.
If not satisfied your money will be cheerfully refunded by the dealer.
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The day ar, owever, and the heti;
was still absentrivedh
. Thero eras a vast
crowd at the funeral, and the salon was
filled with distant connections and
friends, who .came with varied expecta-
tions to hear the will read.
If she could havedone so, Norah
would have shrunk'from this ordeal, but
Lady, Ferndale gently pointed out to her
that • it must be endured, and, amid u.
dead silence, she led her into the crowd-
ed roam.
All eyes were 'fixed on the lovely face,
its palor accentuated by the black dress,
and Mr. Petherick rose to get her a chair,
but Guildford Berton stepped before him,
and placed one in the window recess, so
that she sat a little apart from the crowd,
and with her face half hidden in the
shaddow of the ourtains.
Nonah did not raise her eyes to his
face, but took her seat and sat motion-
less, and holding Lady Ferndale's hand
tightly. The crowd of [aces swam be-
fore her eyes, and the first words Mr.
Petherick uttered in his thin voice
sounded unintelligible in her ears. She
knew that all the eyes, burning with
suppressed eagerness and anticipation,
were covertly regarding her, and her
hand treml?led in Lady Ferndale's loving
clasp.
Mr. Potherick coughed in his nervous
fashion, and fingered the will.
• "Before I read tate last will and testa-
ment of the Earl of Arrowdale," he said,
his voice quavering, "I feel it my duty.
to express my regret at the absence :rm'
the -the present earl. 1 hove used every
means to discover his whereabouts and
acquaint him with the melancholy news,.
but here failed to reach him." There
was. an intense silence. "Sooner or
later -soon, I trustl-he will arrive, and
-and--relieve . ale, and all connected
with the estate, of a serious response
bility, but until he does Ie muse -ask you
to 'ogard., 2e •as executer, as the person
in 'charge."
Then he proceeded to read the will.
Many glances ot curiosity and envy
and suspicion lead' been cast at Guildford
Berton's tall figure as he stood just be-
hind Norah and Lady Ferndale, and
when, after reading out the small be-
quests, Mi. Petherick slowly recited the
clause in which the earl bestowed his
watch and chain --and nothing else -to
his closest friend, Guildford Berton, a
suppressed murmur of surprise and re-
lief ran round the room.
• Lady Ferndale was as surprised as any
one, and her hand closed over Norah's
significantly. But Norah made no sign.
Mr. Petherick read on in the sing -song,
unpunctuated legal 'voice, and presently
he came to the clause relating to her.
Ile read it slowly and impressively, and
Norah felt rather than saw the hungry
r
eyes fixed upon her. She heard nothing
more until she found Mr. Petherick
Mending before her, with the will in his
hand. All the rest had left tine room,
excepting Lady Ferndale and Guildford
Berton.
"I -you will allow me to express my
satisfaction, Lady Norah," said the old
lawyer. "If I had drawn the will my-
self it could not have been r mre fn ac-
cordance with the advice I should have
given. Very right and --just, indeed."
Lady Norah looked at him vacantly,
still holding Lady Ferndale's hand.
"A very just and proper will," said the
old man, • turning his spectacles on
Guildford Berton, who stood with his
hands clasped behind him, his eyes fixed
on•the ground.
"Yes," said Guildford Berton, in a low
voice. "But how could the earl' have
done otherwise?"
At the sound of his voice Norah drew
a little closer to Lady Ferndale.
"I -I do not understand," she .faltered,
almost inaudibly.
"Tell her," said Lady Ferndale, In a
whisper, and she looked up at Guildford
Berton,
lle took a step forward. .
Your father has left you everything
t
hat was histo bequeath, q , L,trCIy Norah,"
he said. - "Will you let me, too, say how
rejoiced I am that It should be so?"
•Norah raised her eyes to his face,.
which expressed a gratification consis-
tent with his words, and not a sign of
disappointment or envy.
I do not understand," she said, al-
most piteously. 'Am I -the viscount, the
present earl, is he—"
"Yes, yes," said Mr. Petherick, In the
tone a, lawyer adopts when he is en-
ligheening ignorant womankind. "The
viscount -that is , the earl-haa the es -
leeks, the land with the Court, of course
but the rest is yours. It represents a
vast sunk vast, The earl, your father,
my dear young lady, bad for some years
saved a large portion of his income, and
had been extremely fortunate in his in-
vestmentse extremely so. It really.
seemed as.. if everytt,,ng he touched
turned to gold. On several occasions I
felt, it my duty to utter a word of warn-
ing respecting. some of the speculations
in which he embarked, but he always
had his way, and 1 stn' bound to Say
that the results proved me wrong and
him right. It is impossible at this juno-
tare to give an approximate estimate ref
the sum he has left you, but it must be,
very large- -very large indeed, 1 am ---as
Mr..Berton has said .greatly rejoiced.''
t1e looked round to bow to that gentle-
male, but Guildford Berton haat glided
trete the room.
Cto be continued),
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PBZOM,..c.N'I' PEOPLE.
Gossip About ' Some Groat
Personages.
The King's breakfast never varies. 1`t
consists of tea, toast,: and one egg.
Sir Claude Macdonald, Great Britain's
first Ambassador to Japan, will have a
salary of $32,500 a year, the same as
that paid to Britain's Ambassador at
Washington.
Dr. Overbeck, who has just died, aged
eighty-four, at Girdler's Road, West
Kensington, Englund, was acquainted
with twenty-four languages, fourteen ot
which ho spoke fluently.
Lady Florence Dixie was a vegetarian
and ate only two meals a day. Her ideal
brualcfast, taken at nine o'clock, con-
. slated
on•.silted of a slice of watermelon, a ripe
banana or two, almonds, raisins, dates
and mills, with the white of eggs. Her
next meal was at fourdhirty-a pine.'
apple or other fruit, and milk and eggs.
'the main dillerence between the crown
of the Prince of Wates and the Drowns
of the other Princes of the Royal Family
is inthe fact that the latter have neither '
diadem, ball, nor. cross.. Thegolden
circlets are lavishly set with jewels, and,
bear four crosses and four Fleur -de lig
alternating. The crowns of the Prin.
cesses Royal of Great Britain are like
those worn by the Princes.
It is really the Dowager -Empress who
goirerns China, though her son is the
nominal ruler. One of her prime favor-
ites at present is an Englishwoman,
Miss Kate Carl, the artist. This lady is
the first of her nation who has ever
stayed within the precincts of the Roys3
Palace at Pekin. She is painting three
portraits of the Empress, and the latter
has taken the strongest fancy for her,
and has actually given her precedence
over the Chinesse..Men.igIste-:•a--: -e.
In the steel curb shoulder strap of the
cavalrymen Sir George Luck will leave
a memorial to himself .on his retirement
from the service. When be was setting
out for Kandahar during the Afghan
operations Lady Luck sewed a couple
of curb chains under each of the shoul-
der -straps of his tunic as a protection
from sword -cuts. These were found le
be so effective that on his return to head
quarters Sir George persuaded the au.
thorities to adopt their use generally,
M. Alphonse Bertilion, the inventor of
the finger -print` system of identifying
criminals, is described as a quiet, nmo-
dest man, with the more the appearance
of a scientist than of a police official.
A high • forehead, a thin, oval fare, a
pair of serene, dark eyes, a dark mous
tache, obviously French, but not too pro
nounced in curl, a trim, dark heard,
long and delicate fingers, a tallish, light-
ish frame_ --such, in brief, is M. Bertillon,
the terror of the criminals of all nations.
There was a whisper of romance about
the first marriage of the. Duchess c
Devonshire. When she was Countesa
Louise von Alten she hada lovely sister
more beautiful even than herself, who
was afterwards Countess ,Bludaff. To
this lady the Duke of Manchester was
engaged before he saw his future
duchess. Then Countess Louise came
upon the scene, the Duke fell in lova
with her, the engagement with her sister\
was broken off, and she became Duchess
of Manchester. in 1852. In 7.393 she mar-
ried the Duke of Devonshire.' '
Lord Charles Beresford• claims the dis-
tinction of being one of the' first Euro-
peans allowed, by invitation, to gaze on
the face of the Mikado of Janan. This
was in 1368. In that year. Lord Charles
was gazetted to the Galatea, which, with
the Duke of Edinburgh on board, made
an extensive tour. •Among the placed
visited by the ship was Japan, where the
British Prince was invited by the Em-
peror to visit hint at his palace, "Thus,"
says- Lord Charles Beresford, "we were
the first Europeans to see the Mikado,
and we should have been cut down in the
streets by Japs Ja s if we had not been
guarded by;thirty or forty soldiers."
When President Roosevelt shakes
hands with a crowd one man stands
directly in front of him, while a second
is at his side. As the lino moves for-
ward Each handshaker is steadily pushed •
along, and not permitted to• loiter for a
second. Incidentally; if he be a stranger,
he must not be surprised to find that in-
vestigating hands move,,r cross his hip.
pockets, as if in search epf concealed
weapons. 1'hat is •precisely"•wla tt tho3.
are doing, and the practice has be
lowed ever since Mr. McKinley was slid
at Buffalo. More than one man who hai
innocently tried to draw his handken
chief from his pocket as he approache4
the President has had that hand caught
in the grip of a secret service .main.
Interesting
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THE REAL WORRY.
"Yes, I am 'concerned about myself,
You see of late I have vgot,.-into time tm alit
; y ,
it One may so term it, of tenting . in my
sleep," said the man who bud been
waiting to see the doctor,
"Ah, yes!" said .the doctor. "And you
Want to stop it In some way? Nally,
it is not a cause for worry. I should geed
it, Bonaattention if I ware you." �+
it bothers mo a. great deal'."
"Tut, tut, You needn'. feel a alarm
e any
over talking In your sie+elr,"
"But len A.Iraid my wife listens
eloop.'r