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Exeter Times, 1905-03-30, Page 6• BOMB 4-1111114-1-16444111141414 +41411 1-1-144-1141-11-14 His Favorite Niece; OR A SECRET REVEALED. +{.•i_61 -1-h1-1 1.'14.4 CliAp'I'Elt XXi. —(Continud). Pres: utly Lady Maude '1'r•evar tered, and, edttilrg down, wrote 1 ter utter letter without a sin thought es to whether any one w in the room. She was not in t least surprised when the general, tI.rning his newspaper, betrayed presence. Then canto his Grace Inose dtc•ne. "1 do not like the Indian news ti morning," ho said. "1f (:ovornnte is not more on the alert, we sh have another terrible rising, I fear "Most likely," answered Sir A thur, briefly again. The duke went on !n his usual ad able manner. making ery guild a pointless comments, which elicit but monosyllabic replies. "I Geo you are busy," said h grace. "We will discuss the gnesti wore fully actor dinner." Sir Arthur groaned as his Frio went out. "Now surely I shall r main uninterrupted," ho thought. rate was against hall this mor ing; for the fourth time the do openers. It was Leah who now a peered. She was in her favori colors of arr.ber and white, wi creamy roses at het- throat. She (1 notobserve the screen, much 1 wonder if any one were behind i She knew It Was a favorite recess het uncle's, but she was not thinkin of hitt]. He recognized the gent footstep, hut her presence did n disturb hint—ht loved her too we and he was accustomed to it; h did not think it necessary to to her he was there. For ten minutes there was almos complete silence. Ile could her.: th sound of Leah's peen. She was wri int: rapidly. Then suudenly the doo opened. and Sir Arthur s smother gr(a9 was lost in the voice of th seea'-er. "Shall 1 disturb you Miss Iia ton?" it was Sir Basil who put th question. "I ant in trouble, fro which a lady alone can release me. "I an] glad you sought me." sh said. And for the first time th general was struck with sornethin peculiar in the tone of her voice a she answered hire. •'What can 1 d for you?" she asked. '•'1 here Is an ofd proverb which says that 'a stitch in time saves nine.' Will you make that firs :,titch now, and nave the nine here- eft. err eft. r, MLtis Hatton''" "Of course I %•ill," she replied "Where is the stitch needed''" "In this drivingetlove," he replied "t he button Is nearly o11. Would you bo so kind as f o fasten it?" 1e all laughed blithely. "Certainly," she said, as sho took the thick yellow (11Iving-glove that h:• held cut to her. "Wilt you excuse me one minute while I find needle and thread?" she added. She went away, leaving Sir Basil looking over an open volume that lay upon the table. "I hope," thought the general to tin s'11, "that this teood fellow will not 1'nd me out and begin to air his ideas on indian polities to me." But Sir Basil was in happy ignor- ance of the general's proximity. He rend n few lines in the open volume, hummed a favorite air to himself, and then Leah returned. •'1 and sorry to have kept. you wait- inc'," she said. "1 will relearn) you now in a few minutes." The slender fingers • sown accom- plished their task. She held out the glove to him. and as she did so, her eyes ('11 on the spray of steph•unotis that h • wore in his coat. "Your flower is faded," she said; "Let me give you another. 1 have a superstition that it is unlucky to wear faded Mowers." ••Icy all means replace It, if you: w111 be good enough," he responded. She took the sprny of stephanotis from him, and laid it upon the table. From ono of the vases she chose ass hemat11:1 tno-rosohud, fresh ns the (lawn and fastened it in his coat for hitt. 11.e t h inked her briefly, stood talk- ing to her for some few minutes, and then went. away. Sir Arthur, looking over the screen was nl•olit to thunk heaven that ho was gone; but no word 0J)I0 from his lige—he was stricken (numb. tVh,f hens she ening—his proud, beaull11' ! niece---whoso love no man had fern able to win, whose smiles had been sought ns a prieeles'a boon? She hail never seemed to care for love or ndmlret1 en, for lovers or matinee. She had moved through the brilliant world like an ice-mai- den, cy mai- den. What wens she doing? Site had taken the withered (lower in hoe hotnNls, and was kneeling down by He table lend covering the faded spiny with kisses and tears. en- et- gie as he in his of tis nt all r- ni- ud ed is on nd 0- n- or to th id e.39 t. of leg ot 11 e 11 t 0 t- ed e t - e m e 0 g s 0 bitter sobbing mingled with the song of the birds and the whisper of the wind; it smote the heart of the old soldier with unutterable pain. He had teamed her from whet. he thought a shameful life, adopted her, and given her his love and protection; he had made her heiress of his vast fortune; and this was all that had come of it. this was the end of all his hopes for her. She was wearing hor heart and her life away for a love that could never be hers, or at. least that was not. hers, From the sight of the kneeling figure, the clasped hands, the proud head so th'5pairingly bent, the tenoral turned with tears in his eyes. "If I could but •lie," she sant to herself, "and be at rest; if I could but. sleep and never wake; if 1 could but hide my love and sorrow and pain!" Ito was tempted to go to her, to take her in his arras cnd try to conn - fort her, but a sense of delicacy for- bade him. She was so proud and sensitive, what would sho think or feel if she knew that 11e had posses- sion of her secret? 'let the hitter long -drawn sobs fell on his roar and tortured hint. Ile could not help her. He would not for the world let her know that. he had overheard her: so he laid down his newspaper and passed noiselessly out through the open window on to the lawn, and not until he had walked some dis- tance did he feel at ease. "I would not have her guess that I have been a witness of that scene for treble my fortune, poor child!" he murmured. • This was her fate—lerilliant, beau- tiful, worshipped and wretched. This was the love he had never appreciat- ed, never even understood. How strong, and deep and terrible it must do trometiu►es die of love. Not often; there are exceptional cases, as there are exceptional natures." His faco cleared a little. "It Is not the kind of thing you would expect from a sensible girl''" he interrogated. "No," replied the duchess, "it is the last thing that would happen to a sensible girl." Ile gave a great sigh of relief. "And yet you think there are girls who would really die if they were what is called 'crossed in love?"" "Yes," said the duchess, "1 do think so. If a girl is full of ro- mance and poetry, and throws her heart and soul into her love, the consequences are likely to be serious if matters (10 not progress ssuooth- ly " 'there was little c(i nfort to bo gained front this—for Leah, he knew, was visionary and romantic. "lt seems to un'," he said gently, "that such love causes more pain than pleasure." "1 thick it does," agreed the duch.'ss. 'I'h••n she went away. She wculd say 110 more; it (lid not serol to her either fair or honorable that they should discuss the secret which both had discovered. The general became more and more anxious. He was thinking always of his niece: he watched her face in- tently. If it was unclouded, if her eyes were bright and the red lips smiling, he wee happy; but if she looked sad he was u.iserable. He had not known until now how dearly ho loved her. lie had thought namey and position all-powerful; but they were not so. All nls wealth could not buy for his niece that which she desired --could not give her love and happiness. it was late in life for him to make this unpleasant dis- covery. What. 00111.1 he do for her? Sir ilasil liked her; he was quite sure of that. Ile seemed happy al- ways when he was with her; he sought her societ►' frequently—why should he not love her? It struck him suddenly one morn- ing that, if Sir Basil only knew how matters stood, he might, in all pro- bability would, ask Leah to marry im. "I spoke to Lady Bourgoyne at nee," he said to himself, "when the najor told me that she would never )e a happy woman unless I married er. The chances are that in the ante circumstances Sir Basil would ollow my example.' Ife determined that, as he was .eah's guardian. uncle:. and adopted father. he was the right person to ice this delicate hint. A favorable opportt.nity occurred a ew days afterward. Ile overtook it Basil, who was strolling on the each alone, snlo!<ing a cine. The eneral reddened all over his honest rowed face when he thought of the rent interest at stake, and how rush rtei•ended on the result of the onv-ersat ion. (To be Continued.) h 0 n 1 h s be thus to torment one on whom the f brightest gifts of earth had been lav- ished. He forgot the Indian news— I all that had interested and puzzled him. So this was Leah's secret — g she loved Sir ilasil, and he (lid not love her! 1 "Poor child, poor child!" muttered fi the general. "Ilow distressed she b was! No wonder she loves him; he g is the finest young fellow 1 have ever h met. Any woman might love him. g Tho wonder is why he does not love n her. Perhaps," tho•.rght the simple c old soldier, "he is like me: I did not understand such things until they were pointed out to Inc. I 'j should never have proposed to dear II Lady Bourgoyne if Major Wrattle had not (01(1 me that she loved the very ground I stood upon. After that it was plain sailing. It may be the sante with Sir Basil. Some- thine onythin; 1. be done. It is a sad tit ing when girls lose their mothers; it is only women who understand each other, It Doris were here, sho would know what to do." His heart was heavy. ile had nwnnt this girl's lot to be so fair, and she was so unhappy. Ile grew nervous at. the thought of meeting hoe again; but to his surprise, when he saw her at t he luncheon table, there were no traces of sorrow on her beautiful faco. She looked cold- er and prouder than metal, but there was no sign of love -sickness about her. "Who can understand women?" said Si': Arthur, appealing to some In- visible power. They were beyond him nitogether. h. troy ton.-," •he sighede etny love. If you only loved me! But I am less to you than the withered flower you have thrown away." The genernl would have spoken then and have let Leah know that he had overheard her, but surprise and won- der kept him silent. Ile saw her kiss the open volume where Sir faell'e hnn(1 had rested. "1 shall die," sho sobbed, "just as this flower has diel, heel just as far from his heart! Oh, cruel world' i have asked but for one thing and it has been denied mo. f wish 1 had never been born. Oh, my love, why can you Sot love me? I an fair enough for Whore, %thy not for you? I can win ether beasts, why not yours? 1 would give nay life for your love," The loW anso ,ri eoued of her CiIAI"rlat XXI1, The general was greatly perplexed Gad quite at a loss what to do. At first he thought he world consult the duchess, who appeared to be a com- pendium of al! worldly knowledge, but ho soon dismissed that idea. it WI .uld be a betray al 01 a secret that he had discovered himself only by chance. During the next few days he watches) 1.eah covertly, and now that he had the key, he understood the enigma of her roneluet better. iie saw how completely engrossed she was in her love—that sh.' ;serge( to have :to thought, no ir,teue ,1, no curt• outside It. ft auul(1 be iu event' respect a most c1l thio Match. thought the general. 1 h,• two es- tates won;le' beeline, one, and Sir Basil would slake a name for hint - Pelf. 'i'h•.v etre both young;, band - :Miele :.ift •41. ll'hat ,► Wly that Sir Base .lee' not fall ;n love with the t• he was so .10'.ot(sI to him! Leah came down one morning look- ing pale and tired; she hail not shpt during the night. and the dark eyes were languid and shaded. Sir Arthur grew alarmed and anxious about her. fie wanted) to take her out fora drive, but she drrliued go- ing. She admitted that she was not well. ile proposed that he should take her into the woods, or for a walk clown to tho sen; but the sun was hot—sho would not venture. The general was greatly disturbed. The duchess found hire wandering uneasily up and down the terrace. "Yoe are looking vary grave this morning, Sir Arthur," sho said. "May I venture to ask what occu- pite your thoughts?" "1 ant thinking about subjects that 1 do not in the tenet understand," he answered. "it se.•ma to me that even after so many }'ears' experience, 1 know but little of life Tell me. du(hese—you understand matters --do girls ever really suffer nnA tile from Imre?" 'i'he duchess started. trod he, too, found out the secret that ilfle had dIteovere(1? "Yes," she answered, "I thlieltl007 BABY STOPPEDTHE SERMON. Her nurse falling asleep in church at Ilirminghanl, England, the other Sunday, a four-year-old toddled to the pulpit steps and temporarily brought the sermon to an end by ddressing the clergyman in a loud (rice, "fiche, man, why do you t up there? Why don't you come own?" When a churchwarden gent- led her back to her seat, amid e tittering of tho congregation, she pealed her question, adding, "Can see better?" a v ge lye th re 11e I.F.TTINO IHIM DOWN. "1'm afraid, Bobby." said his mother, "that when I tell your papa what n naughty boy you've been to- day, he will punish you severely." "[lave you got to tell hint?" asked Bobby, anxiously. "011, yes; i shall tell him Immed- iately after dinner." The look of concern on hobby's face deepented, until a happy thought struck hila. "Well, oma," said he, "give him a better dinner than usual. You might do that much for me." AIwwJs lo Sigilt Crowded street. People passing by. Old and young. A11 eager about their own affairs and always somebody in plain sight who needs Scott's Emulsion. Now it's that white-haired old man ; %veal digestion and ► cold blood. Ile needs te4444-144+6+0441144....4 !The Farm 1111111II1IIIII.L • SHEEP NOTES, Sheen aro kept fora two fold pur- puse, wool and mutton. Next to selection conies the proper care and (reel. Usually with lambs, the earlier to market the better the price. Weak lambs aro the result ot com- pelling the ewes to live on too coarse totds. A sheep will not eat out of a trough Ashen it has been polluted by its own Art or otherwise. Unless you fte•d enough to visibly increase wt of and !lest, your food 1s wasted. The age at whieh a ram ceases to be useful will depend largely' upon his inherent vigor. The sheep is a good feeder; no other animal feeds on so many kinds of herbage. No other animal drops a better manure, nor in so good shape to be utilize:I be, the grasses, as sheep. The sheep is cosily injured by im- proper feeling either in the quality or quantity of its food. Dropping of the wool is due to an inflammatory condition of the skin —at certain result of feeding mouldy fodder. A sheep is fretful, and its low nervous condition tends to make any irregularity in feeding injurious to it. Good feeding, good breeding and good management means good wool as %veil as good mutton. Breeding ewes should be kept by themselves so that they may not bo under unnecessary excitement. If the ewes are kept too fat before lambing they will secrete too much milk, and this will cause caked bag. Keeping sheep overfat at any time is injurious, and should always bo avoided, and especially the breeding animals. Sheep will get more substance from poor land and do the land more good at the same time than any other stock, The aim should be to keep a small flock of good blood and give these good food, good shelter and wise care. in purchasing sheep it is just as well to get those which are prolific so long as they have the other de- sirable qualities in addition. If you value the wool product, an even condition must bo kept up. Sheep starved in winter will have weak spots In their wool next spring. See that the sheep do not fall off in flesh. If they lose In weight and appearance, the wool will fall and perhaps a cough will attack the flock. For quick returns, for large per- centage on the money invested, there no animals on the farm that the sow and the ewe. are beat LIVE STOCK NOTES. It pays to give the horse good drinking eater instead of some Mud- dy pond water. Good water is just as essential as good food. Provide good water in some ►ray. l'igs should be put upon the mar- ket when they will tip rho scales at r 2011 and 250 pounds. 'line first 100!n pounds of growth costs less than the+ second hundred, and very much less : f than tho third hundred. The prac- • t tice of some farmers of feeding a pig b upon clear skim milk until it weighs 101) to 125 pounds and then literally stuffing it with cern until it is fat, I Is fur from economical. 'There should m be nu distinct fattening period. r Milch cows usually- are denied exer- cise. It is a disputed point with dairymen whether crows should have exercise at all or not. Currying answers the saute purposes to a cer- tain extent bccnnse it loosens the fibres of the muscles and forces the blood back and forth through the small veins eh.•re the blood is liable to be.'urrle stagnant, especially in older animals Fxo c•i o of For the Sake Drink of Good Health LA It's the purest tea In the world. Sold only In lead packets by all Grocers. Black, Mixed or Green. Highest award 8t. Louis, 1004. >► - - UNREALIZED DIRT. great trouble with the averago milk producer is that ho does not realize that ho is dirty, both per- sonally and in his surroundings, when judged from a clean milk stan- dard. Milk is the one farm product that calls for exceptional cleanliness, and it is hard for the man who finds manure to bo an excellent material for corn raising to understand the damage it will do in the milk pail. The average work of the farm sat- urates the farmer's clothes with dust of many kinds and bacteria of many species. The stable is equally cov- ered with the saute material, and it Is difficult for the farmer to create a basis of cleanliness in the midst of a desert of dust. This in especially so when ho does not appreciate that the dust is there, nor its quality as a milk destroyer. The dollar he must spend to reform his dirty sur- roundings is much greater than the one he may get as the result of the increased quality of his milk; the one is in his pocket and the other is uncertain so far as he can see. Educating the farmer into the fact that cleanliness is money, is the only hope for cleaner milk and dairy products. CARING FOR THE HARNESS. Less money would be required to keep faun work harnesses in service It they were hung up after use in- stead of being thrown down over waggons and in like places; in such positions the straps are bent and the rats get a chance to eat them. A supply of buckles and the other small parts which wear out the most frequently should be bought and kept ready for emergencies. An excellent plan for taking care of the harness is to attach strong hooks made of broad strips of iron to the frame- work of the barn, making them a foot high from the bend, and the plate by which they are fastened, four inches long. By having them high as indicated there is no danger of the harness slipping off. Have a box of convenient size nailed to the wall beside the hooks and have It braced ruldorneath. In this box keep all the small pieces which have to do with the harness, buckles, oil, sponges, etc., and you are at all times ready for emergencies. CHANGES AT WINDSOR. The Crown workmen have felled a rent number of ohs elm trees at 11'indsor, England, and limes have been planted on either side of Ken- nel Walk, Frogmore, the roadway uniting through which has been made Inch wider. In the Castle Slopes Iso a number of old trees Have beenv' gilled and eergreors planted in heir place. The new corridor now ging erected in the royal gardens els given work to a number of the rnernployel In Windsor, and improve- ents on the riverside bordering the oval grounds have 'tern proceeding for some tirno past. GENEAI.o(; Y. Small Iloy (just house from school) —Mamma, Miss Siu)I;sen says I'm descended from a monkey. His Mother (glancing severely at her husband)—Not on my side, darl- ing. 1, 801110 kind probably is necessary for goo( health in any animal, but exercise time. he given in different forams. Up- to-clnte dolr linen who snake a prac- tice of euro ing their cows are usu- ally the ones to get the greatest amount of dollars and cents per head. 'l'he currying may not account for all the difference, but it is a tac- tor. liaising and feeding poultry is a business In which some make a great success, while ethers slake n total fnilur0 of it. "Learn to %alk before trying to run" is true of poultry raising. It Is now the belief of all who have thoroughly studied the subject that idle horses arc fed too heat ily as a rule. Hilt no fixed ration can be 1alme 1, since the food requirements of mill( Idtral horses differ so wideh . Close observation will enable the feeder to adapt quantity to the needs of each animal. Sci's Emutsio 11 to warns hilt), fe.:d him, and strengthen his stomach. See that pale girl ? She has thin blo(xl. Scott's Emulsion i will bring new roses to het face. i 1 There goes a young man with narrow chest. Con - d SW110iol1 is his trouble. ` n .Scott' Emulsion soothes rag- ! ;) ged lungs and increases flesh ! h and strength. j And here's a poor, sickly t little child. Scott's Emulsion i U makes children grow—makes children h;�ppy. ' • It does not pay to rake moneee t eek, No one is justified in wasting isle on mongrels. it is the same with poultry/ as with horses, cattle. beep or hug:(. The, most. money is e be 'natio with thoroughbreds, It rusts nu more to raise vire blooded owls than mongrels nn l if you al- eady have a stock of con -mon pout- ry you sho'ld sell off the rooeters Ind buy full blcseled (neve n11 of one meet, and thus gradually Improve he stock, h, good currycomb anti brush pro- perly used for a few minutes each ay will add to the comfort of cows, which means an additional flow of iilk, because cues to milk %•ell e mode comfortable. The action of he currycomb and brush sets up a t►nithy circiiiit';:'^ In the 3}11h. hod renown duet and !envee the way pen for the melon of the atmos - here to benefit the animal as Na - ire Intended thnt it should. Wild tulle running out in the open get ,e benefit of rnineforrns and the ►king of bru.h as they force their ny. throogh the thickets, but coos shut up in the stable are living under noatural conditions. EARLIEST IRONCLAD. Dutchman First to Build Armored Battleship. When ono conies to burrow into the origins of weapons of wear, 0. is positively startling to discover how many of those which we fondly im- agine to be the output of the most advanced civilization of to -day, real- ly date back to almost mediaeval periods. Ask the averago man when the first will tell you lust century. As a matter of fact, It was a wily Dutchman who, more than 300 years ago, first conceived the idea of plat- ing a vessel with iron, so as to ren- der her impervious to cannon shot. This was during the siege of Ant- werp by the Spaniards under the Duke of Parma. Unluckily for the slopes of her in- ventor, the great four -masted iron- clad, which had been named by the burghers the Finis Belli, or "Ind of the War," went ashore on a sand bar very soon after she was launch- ed, and could not bo got off owing to her weight and unwieldiness. This proved the death knell of the iron- clad for the next 270 years. One considering the matter, how- ever, one sees that this invention was plainly born before its time, for no iron -clad vessel could hope to have been a success without some better motive power than sails. 4 FOR INVENTORS. Oh! brainy. then with wrinkled brows, 'tis waste of time to porn o'er trifles such as radium or other occult oro; pray pack those shining specks away as something far too tame, and earn in other grooves of thought a never -(lying fame. We want, with scores of other things, a peaceful, honest cat that wouldn't slumber through the day, then venture on a chat with scandal - loving feline friends upon the garden wall when night should bring a quietude or snoring fit to all. And will some ten -horse thinking roan invent a little boy who couldn't tear his Sundny :suit, nor take un- holy joy in smashing people's win- dowpanes—especially our own—with pebble -belching catapults or bits of paving -stone? Oh' flog your wits, ye scientists, to worry out a flan; %cap sodden tow- els round your heads, and conjure, if you can, a woman who will close her ears to all the fairy tales of less - than -cost -price bonnets at the bar- gain saletl. '_�♦ — AMA'LIN(;LY 'l'IiOUGInI'i•'UL. An net of much thoughtfulness and good sense is reported from the lit- tle town of lfaparanda, in Sweden. the women of the place have decided to relieve men of the necessity of doting their hats to women in the streets as long as the cold weather Iasis. it has gone forth that (luring the winter all that could be expected from the men will be a military sa- lute. The women took this step, it is said. es the result of studying medical statistics, which established the fact that in winter there arc three times more men than women suffering from cold, neuralgia, tooth- ache and influenza. Western Assurance Company Financial Statement for the Year Ending December 3 jst, 1904. ASSETS United States and State Bonds Dominion of Canada Stock Ilank, Loan Company and other Stocks Company's Buildings 'Municipal Bonds and Debentures Ilatltond Bonds ....., Cash (n nand and on Dc .. •..• Bills Receivableposit Mart gages 'lane from other Colapaniesl--ileinsurnnes interest flue and Arc•t urd Office Furniture. .limps, flans. etc. Branch O.flice and Agency !Inhume: and tiuu !ry Ac'te ....1 Capital Stock .$1,500,000.00 L068 Calle in rear:te 01 ivacmt, tit .. 31,254 00 n $1,468,746 0(LnRee9 under AIjuatnxnt 189.2 t)3Dividend iuuyable January ,t , 1SOS 38.312 29 Reserve Fund 1,608, 7 6.5 73 LIABILITIES. 159,39:3 20 65, 3511 1)0 2:17.390 80 110,000 00 1,180,57(1 69 501,149 08 ''215,409 32 98,557 21 21.712 i.) 7]1•,8,:3 12 11 10,288 40 40,292 63 506,723 48 $3,:l05,501 95 $3,305,11)4 95 Capital Reserve Fund ;Security to Policy Holders $3,108,765 73 $1.500,000 00 1,604,765 78 Losse,' paid from organirtatlon of the tompany to (tate $40,785,766 78 Dllt)'OT ORATE. Ilon, (leo. A. Cox, Ron, S. 0. Wood, O. R. R. Cockburn. 1i. R. Wt).►d, 17, N. Baird, .fames Kerr Osborne, J. .1. Kenny, W. R. Brock, Guo. Mc 11[urtich. HON. CEO. A. COX, Pragidere . .1. .1. KPINNY, Vle Pragedeat eald Managing Director. C. C. 1" STF;it, Mnrrefery. Head Offices—Comer Welington and .Hcot& Ssfysls, 1Mronte, }• UNHAPPY ROYAL rAMILY QUARRELS OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. Disagreements With Al: Daugh- tors—Anotiter Forbidden Marriage. The annuuncenleet that the 1'ria- cels Clementine, of Ii lgiuur, thinks of bracing the diapleusure of her royal father and marrying the man of her (twice. Prince Napoleon, once more calls attention to that str,lyde- 1y , rnhesoy and din idtei Royal ily of Belgium, which the fierce light that beats upon thrones has of late so frequently brought into promin- ence, says the London Daily Ex- press. Maher more than two years ago, on a Thursday Morning in early autumn, a memorial service for the repose of the late Queen of the Bel- gians was being held in Brussels. Crowds thronged the stroets, and among them walked hawkers selling postcards as mementoes of the sad occasion. They were calling wet "liuy something that has never been seen!" The cards born a reproduction of a photographed family group—the whole Royal Family united and "taken" together. It was this that had never been seen, nor has 0, over been seen since, except in pictures. SERIES OF QUARRELS. Leopold II., King of the Belgians, now an old tnan of seventy, has quarrelled in turn with each of his three daughters. For years before the death of the Queen, the King and his Consort were not on speak- ing terms, and poor Mario Henrietta lived in absolute seclusion at Spa. Such was the bitterness of the King's resentment against his two elder daughters at the tine of the Queen's death, that the I'rincesa Stephanie was actually driven away from the bier on which her mother's body lay. The King's eldest daughter 18 the Princess Louise, the divorced wife of the Prince I'hilip of Saxe-CoburliF whose painful matrimonial troubles were the talk of every Europ&an court last year. The bitter unhap- viness which led to her flight from her husband, her divorce, and incar- ceration in an asylum are matters of such notoriety that they need not be recapitulated. UNFORTUNATE MARRiAGES. The story of the second daughter. Princess Stephanie, is hardly less pitiful. She married in 1881 the un- fortunate Prince Rudolph of Austria. All the world knows of the tragedy which followed, by which she became a widow. Nearly twenty years later sho married Collet Lonyay, and by so doing cut herself adrift from all her royal prerogatives. Princess Clementine, with the pain- ful example 1 her two sisters before her, has been very careful not to em- bark rashly in any matrimonial ad- venture, but she is stated to have decided to bestow her hand where her affections have long been placed, even though to do so finally brings her under the ban of her father's dis- pleasure. The Princess Clement:no—who Is perhaps the most beautiful of the three sisters, and all of whom were handsome—hat not been on the best of terms with her father since last December, when her two sisters brought an action against the King to recover a por- , lion of the late Queen's estate. The King resisted the claim by virtue of the rreaty of Vienna, which, he de- clared, o-clared, overrode the llelgian civil law. The court, tnuch to the disgust of the Belgian public, upheld his %law, and tho two priincesses were ile .ei of their ine(111 A. The King's ndffon was particularly unjust, inasmuch as he himself is nn extremely wealthy man. Prince Napole',n, upon whom the princess' affections are set, will In tierit a large fortune from the ex- Fmprese Eugenie. FINE CU's. FACTS. The largest poptoc,n bridge in the world is at Buddha, and is a per- manent slruc1ure. TheBritish Cu 1 9t of the I rat. 1 expedition rept Into 'I'hibet s as $1,I)(13.750, all of which India will have to bear. The British Admiralty has decided that grey is the hied. alt -round col- or for torpedo craft., and a change to it is to be ,Wade from black. '1'o -day :8 a new day, begin It sell e and serenely. It is too deer, with Its hopes ant' invitations, to %reale a moment on the yer;lerdaye. London has dist retired, in its horror. that the big electric l:uups ori 1110 fac•eule of the if vteion House. tht• Lord May'or's olllcia1 residecrre, wire "made rn Gerunnnv." The Cnlcuttn Steeple•hnso for the Indies' cup IS the '/sly event of its kind in the world. The course is over a still two rules nn:l a h.)If, with nine hold fences, N ladies rode in the latest race. "nf t eersc you know how tunny minutes there are !n an hour." said n hawker to it witness in an English court. "Well," sa1,1 the w•itnecs, af- ter pondering for a while. "let's liter your version of it " Fox huntine Reel,;s 10 he on • t o wane in England. Some atfr. this to the inroads of the autos n 1 anti other,' to hard timer., and to the nese of tnlep lotunting men daring the South AlrnaaGar." Queen Elena of hale• is said to be- liev'0 in the, Montenegrin superst;1ion that It is unlucky for a child to 81.•0p In a room Into which any light penet ratq.s, nndl likht proof shr]tt et are the order In the nursery nt home. NOT 8O 1•'l.A'i'i T'ltln(l. Firer Officer—"How wdnal.l you fancy a eallur for a htsbatels wee ('carton—"Very nuteh ltelteetl, if he were like yourself." First Otflrer (highly net treed )— "It 's extremely nice of yell t,r sejey, that, but why so?'' Mies ('urton--"Iiecaufie stet waull let be Immo mucin,' r'