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CIIAI' I int X.—(Continued.)
Sir Arthur semi provided his
beautiful )(sung ahem cs1itt a unagui-
liceut wardrobe; no marriage trues -
news prey►arod for a princess could
bay° been more elaborate, Ingres
costly. A :lever, bright I'�.risian
maid was also totaled; and Sir 'Ar-
thur purchased for Leah one of the
hanrsuaeat hacks In London, en-
gaging at the same time a staid and
dapper groom.
1Vhon all was randy arxt provided,
they went down together to take
posse *ion of Brentwood. It was
a bright in•autiful day, and the park
looked lovely; the grand old hall, In
the dareling sunlight, was strikingly
picturctlrtue.
"Is this Brentwood, uncle?" asked
Leah. her (Ace growing pale with
emotion as she gar_••d upon it.
"Yes, my dextr; and it is a fitting
' home for tho Hatton. It is mine
now; it will bo yours when I die."
'"Mine!:' she exclaimed; alai a
solemn settee of heavy responsibility
came over her.
"Yes, ycntrs, Leah; I have 110 re-
latives but you."
"It must bo a fairy-tale," sho said
to herself; but her heart, beat fast
when her uncle led her Into the mag-
nificent abode that was to bo her
own in the roars to come.
Though so grand and stately, there
was something home -like about
Brentwood. The rooms were all
light and lofty, fedi of sunshine, and
from most of them there was an
uninterrupted vlow of the green un-
dulating park; the corridors were
long and aptecions. In tho whole
mansion there was not ono gloomy
spot.; the windows were large, tho
perfumed breeze from the gardens
seemed to swoop through the place.
It was very ancient—rich in grand
oak carvings. priceless oak -panelled
walls with every kind of pretty nook
and corner. Just whore one least ex-
pected ft was some bright little
mon, 801110 flowery corner. some
deep hay -window overlooking beau-
tiful scenery, some pret ty quiet
nook seemingly made for tete-n-
tetes. There were a largo picture -
gallery and a fine ballroom.
"Wo shall be happy here, Leah,"
said the general; "wo have every --
thing to make us so."
Aird sho smiled In the fulness of
content. But. when she had taken
pos.•.eaaton of the suite of rooms pre-
pared
ro-
pare(1 for her, when rho tnegnificent
dresses had been put away in tho
wardrobes made of codiy4'-wood. when
the superb store of Iiodian• treasures
hail all been examined, when sho
had grown accustomed to the';luxury
of a lady's maid and a groove. of
horses and carriages her heart
turned with n greet wistful yearning
to nettle. She had loved her; and
that love, checked by the rebellion
against her fate, returned with (lou-
sle force now that her fear and
•cad were gone. 7'o her proud,
sitive mind, i1- appeared a species
,:wardice to leave her sister to a
e she could not bear herself. Yet
lle•ttte had elected to be so left; (
Ow would not cone away with her.
iter remembrance of that loving sis- 1
ter teas the only drawtack to her
perfect happiness
She was alone in the cozy morn- ,
ing-roam one morning when Sir
Arthur canto to seek her, his face i
full of delight
"I,eah," ha cried, "can you guess'
what strange. good fortune has hap -
reeled to int•?"
She looked tip at him with the 1(
brightest of seniles. "How can I
guess, uncle when you have already
all the good fortune in the world?" ,
"J have niy share of it, Leah; that 1
18 quite certain. But this piece of
g'eod luck is something quite un-
Inoked for ami unexpected. You
have heard ane speak of a very dear t
friend 1 had many years ago — a t
young captain In our regiment —
ilarry IJgreniont?''
"Vas," replied Leith, who delight-
ed In eothing no much as itt Osten -
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ing to her uncle's stories of Indian
life. "Yes, 1 remember the name."
"Ile was ono of the finest fellows
'in the world," cried the general —
•"so simple, generous, brave. and
deibl°! 1 have lost sight of hiin
for many years. I hear that he has
unexpectedly auccte:tod to a peerage.
I find that he is Duke of I'toscwleno,
and that he lives only seventeen
miles from here. Ills estate and
mune run parallel for utiles, anti I
am so delighted. Leah."
"So ant I, for your sake," she
said. "What is the place called'?"
"Craig," he replied. "Do you re-
member a picture, in tho gallery of
a grand old nutnsloe standing in
the midst of a magnificent wood
land. with the sunset failing over
it? That is Craig. The duke ant
duchess live there about three
months in the year; they aro gener-
ally in town for the Reason. an& dur-
ing the rest of the year they live at
Done Abbey. a heautl(ul place in
Sussex."
'Then the duke Is, married?" said
Leah.
"Yes; ho married a fashionable
beauty, and I hear that sho is a
very nice woman. I am glad for
your sake; she will be such an excel-
lent friend for you. They aro at
Craig. I shall go over to -morrow,
and then you will seo that all your
difficulties will be ended."
On tho morrow ho carried out his
resolve, and received a welcome that
made his heart glad. Tho Duko of
Rosodono was delighted to see him;
ho overwhelmed him with the
warmth of his greeting.
"T think," ho cried "that I
should have you for a neighbor! It
is the greatest piece of good for-
tune that could have tallen to my
lot."
Sir Arthur asked for the duchess,
who received hiin with a pleasant,
gracious manner that charmed him.
'1'o her, in his simple fashion, ho
opened his heart about his niece; he
told her how beautiful sho was, and
that ho had adopted her as his
daughter and heiress. The duchess
was too much of a woman of the
world to express any surprise; belt,
remembering his vast wealth. she
knew that his heiress would at once
become a person of distinction.
"It is my niece," he said, "That
1 want to interest your grace in. As
my old friend's wife's. you will do
me a kindness fur his sake, I ata
sure."
"I will du it for your own." re -
'Monde(' the duchess kindly; her
heart warmed to the brave sonnet.
who thought so little of himself and
so touch of others. "f will do nil
that you wish for your Weep," she
continued; "nod, as a preliminary.
I will drive over to see her to-
mori w."
And. notch delighted, tho general
took his leave. j
CIIAPTIell X1.
The Duchess of itosedene was testi-
Botts oven to a fault. Public opin-
ion sus often led by her. If she me
novel of anything, it was sure to
be perfection; it sho disapproved. it
was generally found thnt she was
right. To know het• was to have tho
right to entree into the most ex-
clusive circles; not. to know her was
!trou!trouble
ble to theta. la order to fur/ Ttbe duke. "For steady wear In the, Th 1
eget it, the duce flung himself into ;este run, o,►rs trap the hest kind of
tho whorl of politics atnl the duchess tutu Sluriel "
lintro all the: gad teles of the world.
f
and most highly esteemed w•uutt•u in
j 1:ni;land. }ler name figured every-
1where—in lists of char.tit•s, in every'
work of benevolence. Sho was the
I patr•oueee of innumerable bazars,
ifan:y taus. and other fashionably
metho.is of doing good. 'l'o be seta-
peront,d by the 1ktchess of Rosedeue
I was a guarantee of success. float
she was fastidious, and not easily
)leased. She had given a promise,
charmed by the simple earnestness of
the general; hut she wondered if she
had don° a wise thing. With an nnsi-
�ous face she went to her husband.
f"The Ifattons are a good family,
are they not?" she asked.
"One of the oldest and best In
England," replied tho duke. "Great-
ly fallen off, 1 believe; but ono may
(still be proud of knowing them."
"I wash," said tho duchess, "that
I had seen tho girl before I ntado the
i prorniso."
I non quite surd you need- not
fear," rejoined the dike. "If she
1s like the rest of the Rattans, sho
will be all right."
But the duchtoas declared that Al
was a little nervous.
"I would do anything," she said,
"for your friend. 1 like hies im-
mensely. But I have promised s)
much for the girl—to chaperon her,
to present her; and. if she should
not be Just what I like, it will be
awkward,"
Tho duke assured her that, she
might rest content.
She teas one of the most popular
"I am sure of it," sho answored.
,''A grand pioer_,n w'uulu Imre killed
me."
'Yet you love toe with all your
heart, Merit 1"" ' K
"With all my heart," she replied.
"There are women awl women, loves
and loves. That girl, depend upon
it. harry, has a power of loving to LA
which l amt thankful to say, most
women are strangers."
et her face is out at. all expres-
sive of tenderness," said the duke;
"it tel;s rather of pride."
"It is proud, but, there is concen-
tratiou in it. She will love but few;
and these few sho will love well. I
fool es though I had helm looking at
the picture of some beautiful queen
of tragedy, some heroine of a grated
:poem; I cannot shako oft the impres-
sion that her face has made upon
me. Ilut she is cooling over to -mor-
row, and then I can study her at.
my ease."
The duke smiled to himself; it was
some tune since ho had seen his
stately wife so deeply impressed.
"Was her mother a lady?" asked
the duchess, suddenly.
"Yes; her mother was Sir Arthur's
sister. She married, I believe, be-
neath her."
•''then why is sho called Hatton?"
,asked her grace.
i ' llecauso Sir Arthur has adopted
her. It is perfectly natural that she
should take •his name." And the
duchess never gave the subject a sec-
ond
eo-
and thought.
Sir Arthur had been equally pleas-
ed. 110 had watched the duchess'
Ikea when sto first saw Leah, and
noted the flash of delighted adnira-
tion
"Your niece is most charming,"
she had said to him in her gracious
way. "Bring her over to Craig, to -
mor row."
IIo congratulated Leah; and she
smiled with wondering eyes. "It
must be a fairy-tale, uncle," she
said. "A few weeks since, Hot—"
Sho stopped abruptly, for Rho was
nn the point of pronouncing the
namo she Ind promisod never to
mention. The very effort to check
herself blanched her face and lips.
The general appeared not to notice
it, "But a few weeks since," sho
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e Truth Plainly and Briefly Told MAMMOTH OCEAN LINERS
Tho next day she went. over - to
Brentwood. Any fear she might
have had was dissipated by the sight
of the face and figure of Leah. lifer
mancer was simply perfection. I -4h°
showed no over delight, yet she was
most attentive and pulite to tho
duchess. She allowed her to see that
she felt her visit to be a great hon-
or,
yet that, while she acknowledged I
it., she was in no way unduly elated
over it. The duchess was charmed
with her. Sho thought Leah ono of
the most beautiful and graceful girls
she had ever seen. She was struck
by her face. There was more than
mere beauty; passion, poetry, and
eloquence wera in it. She marvelled
at Leah's grgoe, her good breeding, i
her accomplishments, and her refined
education. She felt there was none ,
more fair. graceful. or better fitted I
to take a high position in society.
"I shall be proud of her," thought
the duchess; "it will bo difficult to
surpass her." it was not often
that. her Grace of Itosodeno deigned •
to chaperon any young lads: hut
when sho did it was dono effectually.
Shn watched Leah with keen eyes.
Every gesture, every pore', every
word pie aced her, "Sho shoul)t
marry well," thought tho duchess.
"'There will not be another face like
titers next season." Yet, beautiful ns
it was. there was something in its .
expression which the duchess did not
'quite understand -the dawn of rest-
less passion, the longing that could ,
never ho gratified, the story that
could never be told. "She is not
like other girls," thought her
grace; "what satisfies then will
never content her. 'There Is some-
thing like a longing fur the infinite
in those dark eyes of hers." And
in that moment.. sent ed in Sir Ar-
thur's luxurious drawing -room, sur-
rounded by everythin•. most costly
anti lovely, looking into the fair.
pr 1 ince of Leah Batton, there
carne, to the duchess a forebwliug
that. made Iter grow faint and pale
wit It Gar
'I hey were delighted with each
other. 'Me du(•hvss pressed Leah to
go over 1.' Craig ou the follow in„
(lav •
"I stn sorry," she remnrked, "that 1
we tine not. remaining longer in the
neighliorhuot1; but, go where w•e trill t
you meet remember our compact.
We are to be frienas always. Do not
forget tlint 1 ata to Ito your 'social
godmother,' and that next season I
nm to pr,s,•nt you. T predict for
you a grand success."
The duchess added how delighted -
she would be it. in •tlte winter
moths. Leith could join them in a
trip she and her husband intended
taking to piano.
That same evening the duke, enter-
ing h:s wife's botnloir, found her
sttunling against the tviielow, look-
ing thoughtfully out on the tall,
spreading trees. Silo slid not see
hiin or hear hips, and started vio-
lently when he laid his hand upon
her shoulder.
n itself a confessic.n of inferiority.
To be on her elsirng-list., to at-
tend her "at homes," to be asked
to her balls—the best given in Lon -
Ion -were honors for which every
belle, every fashionable woman 1
sighted. Sho was the only child 1
anti wealthy heiress of an curl. an•l
ler marriage with the Duke of Bose-
lam
tose-
levo had berm deleted by pure af-
fection alone.
'they were exceedingly happy; but
here was ono cause for disappoint -
tient -they had no children. This
ons the ono cloud In their bright
sky. At the duke's death his os -
tete and titles must pass into
strnnee hands. 11 teem n „r le' nus
said. •'i had but one pair of gloves
--and they were so mended and
darned that I was ashamed to wear
them -and not five shillings of my
own in the wide world. Now I ata
mislresn of Brentwood, your adopted
child mei heiress; I have a fortune
in the treasures you have .;even me;
a duchess takes no by tho bend
and asses me to he her frictel; 1 are
pronused all that this world tan
give mo -the loveliest, brightest,
happ!est life. Now, is it not .'rko a
fairy-tale?"
"Yes," he replied, looking et her
lace
Ifo wondered if, in tho dawn of
that rich, passionate loveliness,
there was the beginning of sorrow
or of Joy.
in the course of a few weeks, Leah
wens quite at. home amidst the luxury
end nuigntllcenco of Brentwood. As
toe,• passed on, tho memories of the
old ! iunful life grow weak; tho levo
of 1 er fair young sister was the
strongest passion that remained.
:?Le thought of her father with a
dread that was strangely mingled
with regret anti love; but sho
thought of hint as little as possible;
her heart and her reason were at
wear with each other over him. She
was grateful for her escape from
what sire termed "a iurnciet' of tire."
she was eartnly welrouecd at
Craig; rho duchess even grew at -
ached to her; and when, after 'a gay
tutumn and innumet able shvotitr1;-
tattles, the time for the projected
our to Mime c::mme, sho invited Leah
o accompany lits•. Al. first the gen-
ial ons inr.!iucd to rr:fuse, 1lo had
just learned, he said, that ho could
not lite w•itbottt her, atxl it was
cruel to wish to take her away.But
e,1 tit
'uhci the duchess we
t ht ss aha red him all the
I
advantages to be gained, ho yielded
at once.
- '• Yo t 1'a'•o asked nee to complete
)oar n!oto' s etluention," eho said;
"ln 110 say can it he dono better
------ i What aro you thinking about,
• a A Muriel?" he risked. "1 do not often
(find you me4titat.ing."
Sho looked up at him gravely.
"1 stn tldnk,ing," she said, "about
Leah Ilatton's eyes."
A Question of Interest to Thousands Who Have Not i "what is the matter with them?"
he arcked, laughing. "I saw no-
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pt eel.. "They are the most beau-
• reblot eyes I have over seen. Do you
. Iremember that superb heartsenso of
it which Hawkins. the gardener, wars
so prowl? It was not black, but
rather a rich dark purple with a
'gleam of gold In it. Her eyes are of
!just much a color. I thought of tho
hen •t emese the moment I saw them.
+Yet. it was not the color, rare and
perfect thoirgh it be, that struck tno
lthe ntoet; it was the expression. I
nm quite sure, iferry, that she will
hove no common fate."
"11y dear Mturiel," said the duke,
"tort aro surely not (;rowing ro-
mn n t is?"
"No, I ant not; hut there is some-
thing in the expression of the girl's
eyes—a pnsslonnte longing; 1 wonder
for what—whether for happiness, for
wen!th, for honors, or for love?:'
"Do you not class happiness and
love together?" asked the duke.
"Not In her case, Fin sure!': cried
the duchess. "If ever that girl loves
it will ire with her whole hcnrt; and
you lot W my heliel on that point—
any woman who loves with her
whole heart suiTere the nireat pain
with the most fxgnisite blies. To he
r,'nlly comfortiehle in this lite, there
meet lin no gr• d ))nasions
"Perhaps you are right," replied
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than 1•y taking her abroad. A few
weeks with nee in Paris and in Itotue
will change her altogether; she will
be a different girl."
He fixed his eyes lovingly on Leah.
"Do you think it well to change
her?" he staked, slowly. "She scorns
to lee perfect,"
"If you intend to make her a wo-
man of tho world, sho must change
in some respects," said the duchess.
a little impatiently. "Leave her to
Inc. Sir Arthur; I WPI promise that
you shall be satisfied with the re-
sult."
And after that Sir Arthur offered
no further opposition.
(To be Continued.)
ORCIfARD RENOVATION.
What shall bo dono with' unproduc-
tive old orchards? Tho question
cannot bo answered in a general way
so much depends t,.,on the orchard
and tho man who owns it. each
orchard is a problems in itself, says
Prof, It. A. Emerson. Some or-
chards aro rte badly diseased that
tho beattreatment is a vigorous ap-
plication of tho axe in the heeds of
tho hired span while the owner is
away from home. When the main
Iimbs on the southwest side o1 the
trunk have lost their bark and bo-
gun to decay, the true will ueually
yield a more profitable crop of fuel
than of fruit. There aro many old
orchards, however, which aro not
badly diseased, but which from one
cause or another,. are unproductive.
Tho conditions found there aro more
or keit common; hence a discussion
of them may be of interest to fruit
growers in general.
The orchards in question aro about
twenty yearn old. '1'hc trews were
planted and still stand from cightteon
to twenty feet apart. each way. Sev-
eral large crops of fruit have luxe,
produced by these trees, but for sev-
eral years they have yiele!e;t almost
nothing. Considerable fruit sets
every year. but by ' isummer most
of It is o1 the ground. What re-
mains on tho tree until fall is small,
knotty and worm. '1•h. first thine
that is thought of in a case of thin.
kind is that some insect, or disease
is responsible for the troll ie. Some
of the trees in these orchnrr's are
badly diseast'd, but a considerable
number of them are sourd, Codling
moth, curculio and sonetimes seal
is present in nhuminnce and eertnin-
Iv do much damage, but it is very
unlikely that they are the main cause
of the trouble lin the 5.tme forms
with the old Orch:u•,1s. at,d in one
case within a few rods of an old or-
. chard %theft, ail the fruit drops by
midsummer, young trees just coning
into bearing, lest year produced a
few apples. which, although they
) endin ll
were i ttnrked an
I► n m y cnse9
th.formed by codling moth and cur-
collo,
urCollo, nevertheless hung on the trees
until picking tithe and kept well
DUIRING 'HIE V1N'i'I:It.
Can the ability of ono orchard and
the inability of another be a matter
of ago only? Aro w•o to expect, in
other words, that orchards will be-
come unprofitable at the age of
eighteen or twenty years'? Will it be
necessary to set new orchards every
fifteen or twenty years? To the writ-
er this dues not seem probable.
There are orehards In eastern Ne-
brnska that aro producing fair crops
at over twenty years of age. 'i'ree's
ought to pro•tuce paying crops of
fruit as long as they cnn be kept
healthy and vigorous providing they
are of the tight variety.
Is lock of vigor a primo cause of
unprodoctiveni ss? Where orchards
have eeedved nu cultivation for
years, where the trete are set far
apart and trimmed up so high that
a thick sod of blur grass formed
un+ler there. and especially where
this grass is keit closely pastured,
the tree:, may lack In vigor and the
fruit be smell, but in other cast :s ap-
p1e trees aro making all the growth
necessary. The writer has seen or-
chards in which enntinned cultiva-
tion nand rich soil have produced
Stith eigoru:,s growth the t the tree»
havo not been ns fruitful ns they
Should be. 'l'hn drought last season
has had n tendency to check wood
growth and to induce fruitfulness,
but in nonce Cases itmay still be
neceseary to seed the orchards to
grnss for a few }•ears, or grow vig-
orous clover crops in then during
late summer and full to bring the
trees into heavier bearing. The toil
is naturally rich. as Is shown by
the luxuriant growth of weeds where
occ eional trees have leen removed.
and its surface Is In flnc condition
mechanienily. The few wade which
grow in the ahado of the trees; full
to the ground and tole, th. •. '• es '' •
leaven of the hoe,' 11,0 e• '
mulch or leaf mold like th nt el 1 er
eats. in 'net, le • ' t
have been establish •
'tis.
•
11ut the besit alit cotiditeuus ro
not ideal (rtliertl con 'it one. The
best (treat tress are Gene. that have
long. straight titlul.s and few
branches. tiuch trees are pro .(scud
pro, tattier only wh n groom clove to-
gether, their upper ',rancho. altos
ieing t"pos,el 1,4 strong sunlight.
The hest t.hni,ed forest trees, huw-
Cter, ravel, yield 1:11101 Seed. '1'11
pre duce 140041 or fruit in abundance,
tr('tes mu't have
IWJ'I►AI► Si'lti'ADIN(l 'POI'S.
and trove form such tops only when
1h° light reaches all sides. of theta.
here are have a clue to the caw* of
unproductlrenens to tie orchards
(Bret conuiderotl. As was • noted be-
fore, the trees ore ablest twenty
gents old turd stated eighteen feet
to twenty feet apart. The limbs
of adjacent lt•o&i iutyrlock and the
1,•w'er limbs are shaded fly the pees
above them. 'the fact that these
trees owing to the establishment of
natural forest conditions do not
wirer seriously front the drought.
roust. not ui►ke us think that they
are not crowding each other seri-
ously. Seine of the lower limbs are
dead Some of those that still live
have r►)a(Ie little growth during the
past few years. Mair. others, it is
true, aro making considerable
gents th, perhaps eight to twelve
inches per year, but growth in length
is not enough. 'lite twigs aro en-
tirely too slender, the fruit spurs are
too weak to mature fruits that form
en them. That Zack of light is re-
Ppon"iblo (or thin weak. aleluler
growth Is well shown by the fact
that in nearly every case where a
tree ha') been cut net two or three
years ago, adjacent trees travo
strong tot n on the side toward the
vacant space. This indicates that
the first remedy to be applied to
such or. hare's is thinning. About
one-half of the trees should be cut
out at once. In fact, they should
havo been proved two or three years
ago. Cutting out ovcry alternate
row will make It easy to get a team
through the ,orchar•'J, but will admit
light on only .two sides of the trues.
A better plan is to cur out every al-
ternate tree in all rows, leaving the
rad tree in one now. the tree next to
the end in the second row. anti so
on. This will expose all sides of the
tries to light. Of coarse this me-
thod cannot bo followed 111 all cas-
es. 'freers that ore suiiering (rent
crown, gall rootor nus equally seri-
ous disease fihould be removed, nue
sound trees left etan(,ng, tcithout
reference to their position in the
orcbnrrl.
fAPerri! 'I'lTINNIN(l.
the next thiel that dent:inds atten-
tion is pruning. If the trees havo
gen, unerta e a for sere rel years and
are full of serum%, the n 1tirn)
pUls, of the pruner now that he is
renovating les orehnrd in earnest is
too make a clean sweep of everything
in the way of water, sprouts and
crow(lin•ie Iran he•. This is •the one
thing to avoid. it will not only let
the sun burn the lira's which hive
he(•ame tender I)y excessive shading,
but it Is also at to in(ucr n
gro'.t1h of wood so %•tgnrons that the
i•rttn+d trees may not fruit well. to
y ro' 1 . .
tohs. of the e
t o
I t nUtof
ti v the
succul int growth to ettncks nt
blight, 'Vc• Fhould content ourn.•ives
g limbo In are fiend
or dis„need, that rub Oath other,
making had wounds, or that are so
cone] t le Inhaled thnt they cies
never he of any use to the tree. 1t
is better to take two or three years
to get the trees into shape than to
Nome nest nil the undesira''1e wood
at mice. After pruning thick paint
or hat enol tar should be applied to
the Vnond% to keep out fungi,
which would enol decay Ii they
ghoul(' cnin entrnnre to the wood
of the wounds. All the brush should
bo withered and burned. Nothing 19
better enlculntea to protect nutny
teaectg and (isen$es than piles of
(Icenying brush.
When the trees are thinned out the
wee'1s will grow uith great vigor.
It tvi'1. therefore, he necessary to
cultivate the orchned event or to
m •%v the weeds two or three times
carp Reason. Cultivation is to he
prefetred h(raume it is one means of
keeping the insects and diseases in
check
('Ot'F.R MOST IMPOitTANT.
Young lady (in bookseller's shop)
-•"A volume of poetry, please„"
"Yes, ma'am. 1•:r—what author'?"
"1►h, I don't caro anything about
the author; but the cover must har-
monise with n cherrywrrod table with
it rod plush top!"
TOO CiiAN(tl•:Ai1I,L.
"!fore, young man," said the old
Indy, with faro in her eye, "I've
hrurtq back this thermometer yo sold
me,'
"What's the matter with it?" de-
manded the clerk -
"It ain't relinhle. One time ye
look at it It Pays rmo thing, and the
next time it says another,"
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Til•; i(F,MF.MTiERRT).
Mr '.etrrieb (heck from the hon-
in fiu-.•;t/erland)-"Po you
e aro that lovely. gorge
• 1 en. dr %t a9 tho
I ever
ROMANCE OF THE "ATLANTIC
FERRY "
Marvellous Development of Trans
atlantic Steaming in,
Recent Years.
Wn wonder what our groat -grand
fathers weld(' hetet said if anyone
had told them as they admiringly
wv)tehe.l the : al;utntth pant up the
Mooney UM. day in 181U, atter c�ruets�
ing the Atlantic, that long Mr 're
n centre) Lod Itotvn a stctataship
n IlnlKJred tunes the Savannah's (un
sago world dash front Now York
Ito I':urope in a fifth of the'titno the
bravo little I rr of '1'ransatluntic
,liners too( for the voyage,
• '1 he Savannah, whose voyage from
•Savannah to Liverpool in twenty -
live days was tho talk and wonder
of two t onttnents, was a tiny ves-
w un y 100 feet long and of 300
tons burden; now we learn that the
Hamburg-Amorican Company are
hu•I Ing tun liners which will have
a Hitt;lnttin.•nt of over 80,000 tons
and will a by far the largest veee
sets the w.erld has over seen.
The story of 7'ransatlantic steam-
ing is one of the moot ronutntic in
.an, age of %tinders. 1t was Rurnol
Wen gave it its real birth when ho
built the (creat We-st.ern, a steamship
212 feet long, 35 feet 1 inches beam
and re'gi,tcretl 1,810 tons. She had
engines of -1110 h. -p., and was very
prunerly considered a triumph of
shipbuilding in tno distant thirties,
She more than jestilel all expecta-
tions; and when she renchel New
York
JUST A FOR'l'NzGrrr
after baviug England, her arrival
Wax I anent with wild enthusiasm by
a vast crowd of spectators.
Her success 10.1 directly to the
fours ration of the famous Cunard
t otn1'any; and by 18.40 a small fleet
of pa•8l.e-steatu°rs—the hritana
l-'tiluun,,i(t, Cale.00u,a, and AcaTl t,
names worthy of all honor—was
matte- to snake new records in Trans-
atlantic voyages. 'the vessels were
all of the same dimensions -270 fret
long, 85 1-:3 fent broad, of 1.15'1
tons and 7.10 h. -p.; and is July,
1840, the Britannia set the ball roll-
ing u)errily by ronchtng 1lalifax
from Liverpool in the unprecedented
time of twelve days and teen hours.
The average sp eeti. it. Is true, wee
but eight anti a half knots an hour,
but. It was considere<l, and no doubt
was, a remarkable performance sixty
odd years ago. Prunel's (Treat
Britain, which next took up the run
nlnfr, rnarkeod a complete revolution
in ',hip -building, for her bull was
made of iron anti sho was propelled
by a screw. .:ho was over 1110
yards in Length—alanost halt as long
again as the Britannia, 51 feet
brand, nearly 11 yawle deep, and
of 2.094 tons. As ill -luck would
have it, the Creat. Britain came to
grief on her fourth voyage, and tor
nearly a year lay stranded in Dun -
drum Base Ireland, but. she 1111,1 al-
ready proved the vast advantage of
iron and the screw over
WOOD AND PADDLE -WICK'• L.
'Ihe Scotia, which cane later on
the scene, was the first vessel to
bring the passage across the Ath:n-
tic unser nine days. Sho was In
'many ways n great advance on her
1 predecessors. tor her length was
860 1e et (mettle. four tunes too
length of the little Savannah), her
beam 47i feet, and her gross ton-
nage 3,870; while her engines could
indicate as much as -1,10U he -p.
i The year 1858 witnesses most
astounding Uevclopuutrt• fewon-
der "a'l the world marvelled," ac-
customed as it had been to loot: on
a vessel of '2.1)00 or 3.0011 tons as a
'leviathan, when first the ilreat
'Eastern rode cm the %Netters i,uth its
nearly 230 yards of length, 83 feet
of breadth, atnl Its depth of ('ii) feet.
)th c1 six
n
a tests. Iivo of iron; (iso
funnels, each 100 0 -et high, and it
had nrcot:tmetIntion, nt, it pinzh, for
a town of 5,0111) inhabitants, in ad-
dition to carrying 15,000 tons of
coals. But the history of the (Treat
Eastern. from the hetero of its
launchieig to the day (in 1888) when
It was sold by nur•tion for $'2C0,000
to he broken up, is suRicieetly well
known.
From the (1r•eat T•;nstern, of neatly
19,000 tons; to Ocennic (No. 1), 01
8,807, ons a portentous drop; and
the era of the modern Tern great liners
reader began ulth the Britannic and(lormnnic in 1871. The Brit mimic,
a vessel more than 1:,0 yards long,
of 5,00.1 gross tonnage and 5,500
imlicnted horse -power, quickly re-
duced the passage time to within
treasurable distance of a week.
i11'.lt VASTEST PASSAGE
was 7 days 11) hours 58 minutes; and
in 1881 the Cunard boat, the Servia
a ship of over 7,000 tons anti 10,-
300 hee., brought the recorel it few
tninittesf within seven days.
During the Inst twenty years theme
mnnnnoth linen have been steadily
growing in rive and spterl. Until tine
wonders if over finality will be
reached. The City of (tome. u ith
her 8,141 tons, was vieweel with
open eyes and month in the
eighties; but to -day there n
which would overlap hee. t
length 401; n 150
which hobyvend a1dlspla9thccnu•nt. 1
a
half tint's s.9 large.
'the Citey of feels, though on t
half the tnnnn(-n of the ('e11ru•• lone
engines of over 20,000 h. -p.. and
wee among the first to Cross (he
Atlantic In less than six ()aye, not
a fourth the time taken by the Sa-
vannah. The Campania, of exactly
200 yards length and 80,000 )1.-1.,
reduced the paesare to five days
and twelve and ra giinrter hoots, the
Kaiser Wilhelm der (;rotae has rite
580 knots, or 1;1;7 tn:les, in twenty
four hours, the Ilniti; has n -►h
40 feet greater than the (trete i' •.f-
er'n itself; nt1(1 the new limit 'ha
America and J''trope, will rat. ;eve
a (Umpire -anent equal to that e:; a
whale free" it trent)•-mix n,ligie•tl
r ,nnr(l••s.