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A KAN'S FALSE HEART.
IAAAAAAAAINOM
"It is best to alight at this bend of
the road and walk the rest of the way
to the platform," he said; "it would
never do to drive Oid Ur. Baxter's old
gray horse up to the station." Corine
trusted blindly to hint.
True, she Was still trembling a little
as no assisted her to alight, but tie
knew that would soon pass off once
they were aboard the train and on their
way.
Ile had purchased the Ucketa during her; but she hesitated until 1t was too
the rush huur of the day, and there late.
was nothing to be done but get aboard (To be Continued.)
PA the express dashed up to the platform
and stood still for a moment. The
darkness screened them, and no one
took particular notice of them as they
entered the car.
It Is best not to sit together, my dar-
ling," he whispered. "1 must do every-
thing to ward off suspicion. Take this
CIIA['TCR XXX. "I should admire your spirit in brav• ticket and hand it to the conductor when
"Whatever your business with Me, !ng my anger by insisting on remaining hr: comes around for It, and mind, do
i'arlow may be it roust be transacted here were it not so foolhardy," retor'ett not on any account raise your veil."
tt,rough me," !said Estelle, Haughtily. Estelle. "I will give you just one (ley With these words he left her, taking
"Then it moot wait until 1 have or•deee to change your mind; after that, if yeti his seat two seats back, with a portly,
from the one who sent rile to dis •Ic ea are still under this roof where you are elderly woman.
the object of my mission Dere to•.tey " but -an interl,eper, you roust take th, in this selection of seats he showed
replied the n+ari, turning slowly away. cnnsegnences."
Estelle watched twa curiously 83 , r tc So saying sh,,,
swept away and down
passed slowly down the gravelled walk the hell, wondering how tie could -)ver-
toward the entrance gate, tuurulu ':ng cornu the spirit of the girl who meant
to herself that It could not have teen to be her bitter foe to the end.
of such great importance, otherwise he As to throwing her nut of the hnieea
tvcntici have "orntnunieated it to her. Ah! bodily, as she declared that she would
could ,tic but have known. At that mer•
ute•nt she espied a group of the old ser-
vants leaving the house with toter grip.
sacks In their lintels; there were fear
of (thorn, and she had not as yet dis-
charged but two of their number.
"I shall he in a most tlrupieari.trit t.re-
dic,+ment if they all leave ere 1 can gat
help from the village," she soltl,rquizc•d.
Therefore she called to them, 'n a vee:e
which was anything but gentle. risking
the meaning of their actions.
It was the elder of the quartet who
spoke, \dieing the sentiments of her
companions.
"When you discharged two of tis, the
other two elected to remain no l'.er;er ''
she said, in a high, angry voile, 'ill- lire of the slow routine of Linden Hall, nervous feeling that she had experiene-
t hough we were all bred and bo n here, and the sick -room, In which she wns ed before corning over her once ngain
at Linden Hall. \Ve would not remain forced to spend much of her time, not with renewed force—but she had not
another hour beneath this roof if we nnly for appearance sake, but Theins° much time to ruminate over It. for, ere
were paid in geed for it. Yea have she wished Alice \Varren to hn'e little she quite realized that the eight minutes
broken up our homes ns well a.s the opportunity of being alone with him: had passed, a door at the further end
home of Mks Cnrine and effss Alice and for. now and then. lie hnd lucid inn- of the ear suddenly opened, and the
ole! Mrs. Sheldon. and, 'lark me ma'am ments, and she did not know went n 12111 lusty voice of one of the trainmen an -
no good can come of it. It is yen' tura ' happen dnrine one of these if uncle and pounced:
n n,
Cosine followed her Into the house
and into the best room, her heart slute
tering terribly at each atop.
An impulse was upon her to tell this
good woman that she had fled from her
home, and that this marriage which was
to take place was against her father's
will or sanction. Alt! had she obeyed
that Impulse, to make a confidante 't
the good minister'se sister, how much
after sorrow ml lit have been saved
SPOILED TiIIE STORY.
The Man Who Would Not Allow the
Prisoner to Escape.
A good listener never interrupts, ex -
sept to applaud, but a poor listener ie
preferable to the one who spoils a good
story
bydiscoveringti" ll'
11S fiill � \� 1 (.11 1
,
great many good stories hued. 'There
was a social party gathered in a pleas-
ant country house, and one of the gen-
tlemen unusually clever, for, as he had ticnleu hal just told the story of the
foreseen, it threw every one off the criminal cuitden>rted to death by some
track of the elopers when search was ancient ruler. lie was to be beheaded,
made for thein. and, as the executioner stood beside hien
11 seemed a strange dream to Corine, with drawn sword, the culprit was giv- I tea is a nerve -destroyer.
who had never been anywhere before, ere. a goblet of wine to drink. Ile turned!Queen Alexandra has a quaint "tree
-
who
wen In daytime, to Md herself whir- to the King and asked, as a last favor, i sur cupboard," inlaid with rnother-o'-
do he knew thatsuch c ras couldtake that ttlo executioner be directed to hold! fedi its only contents are ten cas.s
s kn s u ,h an act upon her ling away as fast steam
fart would meet with widespread con.leer, on a midnight express. pts hand until the goblet of wine had ' 0f hands, live of baby dimensions midi
sure, for every one in the communl'v Ilcr brain was so confined that she been drained. "You ave my Royal five of full size. They are casts of the
fairly adored sweet Alice Warren, as could not think clearly, and the shriek word,"said the King. "You shall not hands of Ue r �taje. t s Ave children,
they called her. of the train and the strange face: and die until you have drained the cup."
taken at the age/ of two years and again
"i shall have to think the matter out Dustin of the passengers coning in and Thereupon tiro ingenious criminal'at the
age Joseph
twenty,
and come to some kind of a conclusion.' going out at each station bewildered }tete dashed tiro goblet to the stone floor, Ape -
ling
er h Uurhnb, captain of the re -
it seen►e l a vague dream to her unite ling its contents, and thus deferring his cent learn:s of Australian cricketers that
g death sentence indefinitely. The story l have visited England, has once more
happened to be new to some of the partybecome a ,sheep -farmer. He has pur-
and was greeted with so much favor
that another gentleman endeavored to
cap it.
"An ancient Persian King," said he,
"had brought before hien a traitor to
the throne, who, after a brief hearing,
was condemned to be strangled.
"'Mercy, 0 King!' cried the unhappy
man.
"'No,' responded the King sternly.
'You have conspired against rue, and
you roust pay the penalty with your life.
The clock Is now trembling on the stroke
of twelve; when it sounds the hour, you
must bid farewell to earth.'
"Quick as thought the prisoner turned
ow Is The Time
To insure your health by tiding
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Highest Award. St. Louis, 1901.
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Interesting Gossip
About Some W
ell•
Known
People.
Mr. F. C. Selous, the famous Hunter,
is an inveterate tea -drinker, and par-
takes of this beverage with every meal.
lie has nerves of steel, and is thus a
standing contradiction of the notion that
she ruminated; "for it is evident if i do
not carry my point and rout the ni,' So
she will rout me, despite the fact that
I am now mistress here."
Meanwhile Richard Harlow cotitieue i
to grow stendily worse, much to the
alarm of the attending phvcicinn.
Estelle looked nn with hardened eye;
mentally wondering how muen longer
he could last. for she was hec+innine to
>:he heard a voice directly behind her
ask of the conductor:
"At what time do we reach Lexing-
ton—and how many more stations is it,
please?"
"True next station, and we will arrive
there in eight minutes," was the an-
swer.
(:oxine aroused herself, the fearful,
V. an they laugh best who laugh ' niece were left Merle in discuss 'hs con-
test."
(dation of present nffatrs and to !eke
ifow dare you give me such lonu- counsel with ench other.
(lence'1" cried Estelle, trembll•lg -with
vainly suppressed passion; "beg. ne in-
stantly! and never again set your feet
within the grounds of Linden Bele-"
'Not until oar young lady, \fie; ('oxine
ret a-'-•
breath den !fall until Corine could be :..o,nmu-
nicate d witty.
She had sent a personal to the Hetet',
praying Corine to return to her home
by the next train. and she intend;1 to
remain there until that should be ac-
complished.
"No knowing what might happen to
uncle if he were left nlone at that wo-
man's mercy," . he ruminated.
A week passed, and as yet no word
came from Corine, nor did Alice relax
per vigilance by the sick man's side.
Each and every one of the old family
servants had been obliged to go their
way, and new ones were in their places;
new ones to whom the word of Miss
ilawthorne—ay, her slightest wish --
was law.
Alice found existence among them al-
most unbearable; she was obliged lo
face hardships and slights that would
have broken the spirit of any other girl
on earth.
The culminating snrrow of her situa-
tion came about in this way:
Although they ate at the same table
chased the Ualrneny !'ark estate, near
Mount Barker, South Australia, and in-
tends devoting himself to the raising .f
sheep and wool. It will be remember-
ed that Mr. Darling was shoe -farming
ie Tasmania for a couple of years be-
fore the formation of the last Austra-
lian team.
M. Georges Leygues, the French Min-
ister of Olucation, began life as a poet.
Ile has been reproached fin verse) for
treason to the Muses in preferring a
political to a poetical career; but his in-
terest in literature has remained. At the
Education Ofitce he has proved himself
e reformer in more than one direction.
"L -e -x l n g -t n n!" to the clock, which stood by the throne, i tie! has simplified French orthography
At this, everyone in the car seemed and with a mighty push, threw it from syntax f y administrative order, and
its pedesta,land it fell with a crash tQ he has also moderized and popuiarized
In bustle out anon the platform, and the floor. the French provincial Universities by in-
troducing courses of instruction in silk-
"'! bow to your will, 0 King!' he said,
calmly. 'When this clock strikes i will weaving at Lyons and causing brewing
die, and not before.' is be taught at Nancy and wine -making
"As a tribute to his presence of mind
at Dijon.
Empress of Russia is gifted'
come hurriedlyto her side and clasped the King spared the prisoner's life. and, p rth
after a brief imprisonment, gave him his . a special talent for caricature. f ler
her trembling. ice-cold little hand firm- sketch -books are filled with caricatures
ly In his, whispering: liberty.
"Quite as Interesting as the other;, of every member of the imperial Court
"This waw, Corine—I have a carriage exclaimed a hely, when the narrator and neither functionaries nor grandees,
In wailing. hal fini bed. I nor princes nor princesses, are spared.
She followed where he hnd led with- "Show, One face onlyhad not till l�"iseently op -
nut ricking a question, clinging to Nis that there is nothing new un- o
der the sun,"chimed in another. reared in the collection, and that was
hand like a frightened child — for, in- "humph—yes," said n small, quiet i (he Czar's. But
texthre ruler of Ail the
deed, the confusion around her, the bur- man in the corner, after the comments expressed a desire t0
ruing to and fro of cabs and carriages, be caricatured by his wife's p
had run their course; "very good story,pencil. The
the cries of porters and passengers, and and i tanle to spoil it, but I must do 1t." result was a charming little design
the distracting noise of the engines "\Vhat?" exclaimed the story -teller. showing the Czar with a crown on his
alarmed her greatly and upset her eye" head must do It. There were no clocks head and the sceptre in his hand, seated
nerves. fi, ancient Persia, so the prisoner sou! 1' in a child's toy carriage drawn at the
Gilbert Forrester hurried her at ones not have smashed one." end of a thread by his mother. The
into a closed carriage, which stood nt allusion, it is said, did not appeal to
some little distance from the rest, and +r-, the Czar, who pretended not to under -
placed her within it. stand it.
"it is not best that we drive off to -WHY IIE WAS IN obi -:NT. The total cost of the Prince and Prin-
gether, Corine," said her lover, "so 1 cess of Wales' trip to inelia will fall Snort
have arranged that you shall be drivenReason n Footman Could Address Ills =t $500,000, which is comparatively
to a minister's who Is to perform the small as [loyal travelling expenses ga.
ceremony, and i will follow half an hour Master in an Angry 'Ione. For the incidental expenses of their
Cr so later. You see what care 1 nave The desirability of ascertaining every Royal Highnesses' tour $1OO,0t10 wig
exercised in arranging every detail." detail before imitating the practises even provided, to which should be added
Corine looked ready to break into of intimate friends is well illustrated ey $250,000, the cost of fitting up the bat -
tears afresh. the following story, which used to to Reship Renown as a yacht. Including
"Not go;ng with me, Gilbert!" she fal- told with much enjoyment by a well- the expenses of trains and other trans-
tered, and he could feel the renewed known nobleman. portation, the actual money expended
trembling of the little cold hands that A footmen went on a visit to a fel- in travelling is not expected to exceed
Led grown eo quiet in his masterful low -servant in the country, and w•nile $25,000, the balance of the total cost of
grasp. the two were at lunch the roaster— a the trip being for entertnintng, etc. When
"1 shell not be far behind you—there septuagenni ian squire—rang impatiently. our present King made his visit to in -
ere a few little matter's to which I have "Confound him," said the major -do -
to attend, which had better be done mo, "how troublesome ire is; tie wants
now than at any other time. You roust his luncheon, 1 suppose. Conte upstairs
be brave little sweetheart and trust ev- and you'll see what a lesson 1'11 give
ervthing to me?' him."
"Yes," murmured Corine Piteously, The visitor accompanied his friend '.o
"hut i am so frightened at being alone." the ante -room of the squire's bedchnnt-
"It will not be for long, my precious tier, and heard nim address his master
little rosebud," he murmured. "1 must 111 an angry tong. "What the deuce do
be away; we are beginning to nllarci You mean by disturbing ale at my meal?
attention already, you see, love." I tell you flatly I'm not going to stand
This was quite true. A man who that sort of thing, and if it goes on you
was passing halted perceptibly, as his and 1 will part. 1 have brought you
glance fell upon the lovely, girlish face something to cat, which is more titan
Meanwhile Alice was up in her teem Corine was carried along, quite without
crying as (hough her poor heart woute resistance, by tate hurrying crowd.
break, and wondering how she co'u'.i As she winched the platform she
endure to remain, facing the taunts, would have dissolved into a flt of fright -
jeer's and insults of the woman who ened tears If Gilbert Forrester had not
they chorused, ell in e^ne was queening it over the inmates ►f L in -
:1 sneer curled nround Estelle s thin
lips ns she retorted:
"If you wait for that. event 'o take
place. ,year will wait forever; but we v
shauld 1 stoop from my dignity to bandy
words with discharged eniployeas." and,
with a swirl of her silken skirts, she
turned nn her heel and dieappearr:el sud-
denly into the house. On the stairway
fihe plot Mt -s. Sheldon, who was else
gowned far departure. having h'r !rev-
eling hn'► fn her hand.
The two passed each other with"ut
sneaking: indeed the older woman lock-
eei over her head as though PI 're was
nothing as significant. In her rata as
Mis ilawthorne.
".loll now for the niece." thnugtit r's-
te11,'. "i shall never rest easy until she
is nut of the douse."
As she passed Alice's opened doe. sh,,
saw her seated by the window in her
nceu:footed seat, npparently ab.+')rbeel
f r n book. This was more than Estelle
coal(' endure. "\Vtly cons the girl not
eneaged in packing up her effects and
getting nut?" she asked herself. three times a day, no word was a x.
And she determined to settle the mat• changed between them, the meal being
ter then and there. eaten in an unbroken silence. On the
Alice beheld her slopping short befr.r•e fourth day of her stay against the de-
sires of the woman who ruled there, as
Alice took her accustomed seat, she saw
that no pante hnd been placed for her.
She reminded the servant of the fact,
but he made no reply to her remark:
nor, when the vinnds were brought to
the table, was she helped to tiny of them;
her presence was completely Ignored at
the table.
With a heart almost bursting, Alice
arose and groped her way out of the
room, feint and hungry, and overcome
with nggtlation, her eyes so blinded with
fears that she could not see her way
Tory found her a few moments late:
"Tlint is precisely what 1 said," re- lying In a deed faint at her uncle's d-,cr.
the door and looked up. bowing with
her customary courtesy -ea fact wh;ch
Miss Hawthorne did not deign to neffee
"1 you desire some one to accompany
yotr to the station with your luggage
you can notify Inc now. and 1 will give
orders (hat it 'nay be attended to," she
remarked c- , :ly.
"I beg to thank -you for your cons' 1.
cration, but hasten to add that it will
not tie necessary, for the reason that 1
nal n .1 intending to vacate Linden Hall
jila at present."
"Do I hear aright, Miss \\'nrren? You
refuse to leave my house?'
tnnrke'l Alice, firmly; "I shall remain
here while my uncle lies sick unto death CH eP1'f:R XXXI.
--nothing shall deter are from my pur- laic to return to our little heroine Ce-
pose—my place is by his side until (tie rine. As the old f1►rnihmuc faded free:
nue nearer and dearer returns to ta':c, the girl; sight, she began to realize
bit' pence which i shall then yield." dimly the grnwe step she was taking.
"De you know that 1 could send for (lancing at her fees to the stnrllgtit,
the officers of the law and have you Gilbert Forrester cniild not help but nn -
11110 vn nut of the house without farther lice that it was frightfully pale; Indeed
tete,, y,,u impudent, delimit girl!" cried she seemed upon the very verge of col -
11 ee Hawthorne, trembling with pas- lapsing altogether.
n. Ne could scarcely refrain from utter -
Still :11ice \Vnrre'n did not lose her ing the sharp words of annnvnnee that
cairn dignity, arose in trig lips; second thouught, how -
"Ureter the circumOances i think it ever. showed him that ibis was the worst
eniel i►c' very difficult to find any one pnseihle cnurse he could pursue; she
1e aid you in carrying out siren a plan," would Insist, perhaps. that the horse
she said, quietly, turning her blue eyes should be turned around and she should
ne her l'oo'k again ne though to signify hr taken hnek to the old fnrmhnuso nt
that the unpleasant interview was over once. No, he must not show his hand
as icer as :the was concerned, and this until the knnt wise fled which w'nuld hind
eenon exasperated Estelle. her to him so securely lhnt she and her
"t ran well trnderstnnd the situation," millions could not break away from pis
sneered I:aelle, with an exasperating control.
!tetngie "when beggers like you aro 1 He slipped his arm around the supple
1hruNt out of the c: y berths they have waist. drawing her close to hien, white
'in,l So long and made to gel nut an.l he wire -pored to her words of endear -
in (eel titenrselves, they are apt to 8hncv ment Haat brought the swift color Ilam-
their teeth in a pretty savage growl." ing back to her pale cheeks and the
Only the sudden ilnme of pink that brig:illness to the lovely blue, tear -dim-
"nsheel up quickly into Alice Warrens coed eyes.
erste cheek gave evidence that she had She wondered why her heart should
rienrd the cruel remark; she made no
irtcear, and she hoped that the girl
;landing on the threshold would never
suffer as soo z'iffered at thal moment
'ram tete venomous sting of such nn
nsulting remark. .
"I1 11 is to hr war between ua It might
1well be commenced now ns any ether Old farm' She was by his side—to he r.eedcd. lie requested elle to sny to the
:,t,e`•" ifeelared Miss ilawlhr.rne. parted from him nevermore; she should eepeclnnt er'ete end groom who were lo
come here ee'••nrding to the leiter be re-
ceived from the young man- that you
should make yourselves as rrnnfortnble
as our little home will permit. lin will
return before the morning Is epent, Ile
has no doubt."
"How yn+:ng the little bride to be 1st"
thought the gond woman. "She rennet
he much over stxteen, 1 should fancv—
scarcely more thnn n child. 1 do not
think that it is quite right that girls so
enung should bit wooed and welded int
ushered et en age nil ton young Into
life's enrol---fcir mnrrliee le certainly
of the inoomigg treks smote her ones. hedged around with Them."
which the light of the cab revenle'd, and
the dark, handsome face of her male
cnmrennion. which struck him even in
that first quick, careless glance ne that
of one not to he frosted.
The next moment the cab and its nn-
cupnnt were lost in the darkness of the
night which precedes the early dawn.
e:oi•ine tiad looked upon her escapade
in the light of it highly colored romance,
but sitting in the rusty cab, watching
the rows of houses as they rolled quick-
ly past MEM, in the chill light. of the
early morning, made her wretched and
homesick, and ehe began to wish with
all her heart that she was baek nage
more at Linden Hall with her dear, lov•
Ing lather and Alice.
Her musing came to an abrupt ending
by the cab stopping in front of n small
red brick house, half covered by bloom-
ing wistaria, which set some little dis-
tance back in an old-fashioned garden.
"Here you are, miss," said the cabby,
appearing nt the door of the vehicle.
Trembling with agitation, Corine step-
ped from the vehicle.
Ae she advanced toward the little
white gate, it kindly woman in a black
dress end widow's cap appeared on the
threshold. and, seeing her early visitor,
hastened down from the primrose -bor-
dered path to greet her.
be so heavy when she was going 10 love "Your aro the young girl we are expel -
and hnppiness forevermore --wry she not ing," 1 presume," she said. with n plea-
about to wed the hero of her romantic sant smile on her comely fnce. "Enter,
dreams?—the handsome dark -eyed lover my dear; enter. My brother, the min -
who had wooed her in sn grand a testi- icier, was called suddenly away to
ion on the golf links of Linden Hall deathbed nn hour ngn, but he will 1 e
and under the apple blossoms of the there no longer than his presence-' is
,e ei ne war wllh any one." peed have been the hnteplest girl in all the
&l e. ter eye sty Pet. clear. musical ventre, whole wide world, Fhe told il rcelf—
'all 1 ‘‘i',1 Is peace: i will do my duty and she reproached herself for the de-
ep 1 gee it, end that defy k to faithful- pression which seemed to take posses.
Iv watch over and guard my uncle tin- Rion of her. He talked so gayly to her
tl' the end conies—which the doctor has of the future, picturing it as one con -
told me will l e before many years—rind linuous round of pleasure from morning
then i will go quietly away from Linden till night, that she was soon listening
Nall." eagerly, with throbbing heart and leap.
"So you have changed your mind ieg pulsed.
about ho1•ling the fort until the dattgh• We are almost at the station," lie
kr returns," sneered Estelle. said, "and fortune flavors net wtsare In
"It my cousin Corine dolls not return time for the Lexington owes',"
before that occisre she might not come And even as he spoke the far -oil shriek
!a long yearn, mobil g as e'.i
you deserve."
The oh! gentleman did not reply, and
the visitor thought is a marvellous ex-
ample of discipline. so when he r,•lurne 1
home he tried similar treatment with
his old master. who, however• instead
ef meekly submitting, stared at the Inan
in mmnzement for some minutes nn l
then rang the bell.
"Let this fellow," he said to the ser
vant who answered the summons, "be
stripped of my livery and kicked nut of
the house: he shall have no chnrne,er
from me unless i write one on his back
with a horsewhip."
The dismissed valet rushed to his
friend and entnpleined that his expel-,
Ment had not worked sariefaeborily,
"Alt," geld the suecessful dfsehpliner-
lnn. "perhaps i forgo! to mention to 3r,u
that my master is stone-deaf."
GUNS.
The Germans were the inventnrs of
the first gun. About 1378. $chwnriz, a
German machinist, rnanufncturel num-
erous crude guns which were brought
Into use by that Venetians In 1302. It
is a strange fact Ihnt cannnn were made
before small firearms. At Milberg there
ie still a piece of ordnance marked with
the date 131)3. Cannon were first used
in war at the Battle Crecy in 1316. it
was not until 1511, however, that they
were made in England.
Mother's Ear
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SCOTT • 8OWN$, Chemists,
Toronto, Osisrla
/.C. sad hi... i ell elr.nisto.
General and First Commissioner of
Works. lie was rewarded w•itti a bar-
ony rather more than ten years ago.
a
Many good stories are told of him at
Westminster. \Viten First Commissioner
of Works he was approached with ••
suggestion that a new dressing -room
was necessary in the (louse of Cone
mons. "Certainly," he said. "1 can well
understand that it hely sometimes ue
convenient fur politicians to chung,
their coats."
Sir Samuel McGaughey is probably
the richest pastor;+list in New South
\\'ales. Ile was born near Ballymena.
County Antrim, Ireland. Ile arrived ill
Australia in 1356, then a young man,
and has spent all his Australian life es
a squatter. lie has expended over $150,-
000 In importing stud sheep, including
he American merino, Coonong being
he home of a stud flock celebrated en
account of the introduction of. the Ver-
mont strain. Sir Samuel McCaughey
has done much for the pastoral indus-
try of Australia by his extensive under-
takings In irrigation and cultivation of
his properliee. At North Tanco phis
(headquarters) ho has constructed up-
wards of a hundred miles of canals, and
by means of artificial grasses and creels
has appreciably increased the "carry-
ing" capacity of the country.
The King of Portugal is an enthusiastic
amateur painter. it will be remembered
that several of his pictures received up-
wards at the recent International Ex-
position In Paris, and each year tie fin-
ishes a number of water -colors, pastels,
and pen -and -ink drawings. in summer,
when he Is reeiding on his estate In the
north of Portugal, he makes many
water -color sketches of the young na-
tives of that region. They, knowing
their King's fondnes for sketching
them, seek every occasion for crossing
his path. One girl who was about to
be married recently wrote hila, saying
that In honor of the coming event site
would like to have one of the sketches
whirl] he had doubtless made of her.
The King, greatly amused, summoned
her to his presence and, quickly sketch -
Ing her portrait, presented it to het as
8 wedding gift.
"CALCIUM STEEf.."
This name is given to an earthenware
of great hardness and durability, man-
ufactured in Europe of pulverized feld-
spar, sand and lime. The materials are
made into a paste and baked in an
oven. The calcium from which the pro-
duct obtains its name Is contained in
the feldspar. Another kind of calciutn
steel will be known if experiments now
under way in Germany are successful
in producing an alloy of iron and cal-
cium comparable in Its properties with
nichel and chrome steel. 'Thus far,
however, it is said that these experi-
ments have tailed to bring about a
combination of calcium with molten
iron, but it is hoped to make calcium
useful In refining copper and nickel,
and in bronze casting.
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dia. however, the cost of his gifts alone + !;ATH TUBS OF GLASS.
was 5200.000, whilst Queen Victoria's
yearly visit to the Continent used to Rath tubs made of glass are being
manufactured. They are made in a
cost something like 573.000.
When Lord Raf hmore, then Mr. David
Plunket, was in the house as a speaker,
and he has a large amount of business
ability, and. of course, nn legal matters
ie ono of Britain's greatest authnrilies.
life was Law Adviser to the Irish Gov-
ernment and also Solicitor -General f/1r
reland, while ho has been Paymaster -
solid piece, and one can be turned out
in five rninute.s. The tubs have advan-
tages over metal and enamel, one be-
ing that they aro much cheaper.
Trying to dodge work tires more men
than hard la1 er.
OOU DN'T PASS IT ON.
Teacher -"A'bat'e that yore have in year ni tutb, rJnlmY?
Soy--aChewita' gum. Miser
Tescher-"Let fete have Itr
Bey" Taint mine, Miss. Billy i'c rkin.s give inc a lend uv iii"
SOME REGAL ETIQUETTE
it()1'.%LT1' IS BOt ,D ill' ERY STRIM-
GENI' lit LES.
The Preeuohe f
AlsosldGat r,ernrf td byailed StrictStales Is
Etiquette.
A curious curtailment of the Royal
prerogative is effecters by an Act 01
1 arltanient passed in the reign of
tieorge 111. which deals with Sabbath -
breaking. In this Act it la distinctly
,tate that the monarch shall nut have
the power to pardon any persons con-
.icted of a certain form of Sabbath -
tweaking. Yet itis Majesty can, of
course, pardon ninety-nine out of
ery •
Ill ilei prisoners risen rs it theland.
p 1 1 nd.
A number of years ago it was per-
fectly permissible, and, in fact, a mol-
ter of strict etiquette, for a visitor why
should obtain an audience with the
Sultan of Turkey to bow and hiss the
hand of that Oriental potentate. Anar-
chists, however, took udvantnge of the
privilege, and on ono nlelnoruble occa-
eion a treac►terous emissary drove a
dagger into the heart of hie Sovereign,
and from that time ferl11 Ilse
'1'11E PRIVILEGE 11AS BEEN DIS-
AI.LOWED.
Notwithstanding the democratic In-
stitutions of the United States, the
social relations of President Roosevelt
with the outside world are governed by
strict etiquette. An invitation to din-
ner at the President's official residence
—the White (louse --is a command just
as much as a Royal invitation would
be. Many a dinner -party amongst the
Senators and Government ofliciais has
had to be cancelled because of the
('resident's habit of inviting the lead-
ing Members of the Senate to dine
with himsimply to discuss political
affairs.
In passing into the grand State
room to dinner the President's wife al-
ways has to walk last—tato President
himself taking in the wife of the doyen
or fiend of the diplomatic corps.
Another very curious etiquette law is
that which prevents the !'resident from
ever accepting on invitation front tho
Ambassador of a foreign country. The
reason for this is that the President is
supposed never to leave his country,
and, as every embassy is regarded es
the territory of the particular country it
represents, the President would be
deemed to have left his own country
by stepping over the
THRESHOLD Ole ANY EMBASSY.
When the youthful King of Spain
was twelve years of age ho one day
had the misfortune to slip and fall down
a flight of the palace steps. The fall
would very probably have been attend-
ed with fatal results had it not been
for a servant who extended a kindly
hand and saved his young master, by
breaking the fall. But, by a stringent
rule of Spanish etiquette no servant
may dare touch 1110 sacred person of
trio King, and for this very "grave"
offence the servant was at once dis-
missal from his position.
By a remarkable law of Royal etI-
quette, which „ns existed for a 11111111,er
of years past at tato Court of Siren, no
person is permitted to sleep in an
apartment situated above that occupied
by the King. A deliberate breach c.f
this rule has on more than one occae
sion been punished by death. Recently,
when the King of Siam paid a visit to
Paris, a number of bedrooms were re-
served directly above that in which the
King was to have slept, for the dusky
followers of the !loyal visitors. The
blunder caused great consternation
among
'('Ill: FEARRFUL COURTIERS,
until the matter was explained to the
management and duly rectified.
It is a traditionary etiquette custom
in the Marlborough family for each
Duke to present a Blenheim spaniel 10
the Duchess when she enters Blenheim
Palace for the th-st time as its mistress.
The story from which this custom has
its origin is that during tate Battle of
Blenheim a spaniel followed at the heels
of the great Duke throughout the day,
never leaving him until victory was as-
sured.
When the Emperor or Empress tet
China appears in public, no other per-
son is allowed to occupy a higher place
Than they do. Therefore, on such occn-
sions the shutters of all buildings are
drawn, and the upper pints of the
houses past which the Royal procese
sion is expected to move are deserted,
the Inhabitants swarming to the ground
floors in order to show duo deference
to their rulers.
SI1.K 1'lIO\I (:['N(:0'I'10N.
Frenchmen Threaten to Put the
worm Out of Ilu'incss.
Science threatens to put the silkworm
out of business. French chemists have
discovered at least three distinct me-
thods of competing with the old reliahlo
but extremely deliberate silkworm.
Perhaps the most interesting of trteeo
l• the manufacture of silk from gunco!.
len, which also serves as n base for he
most powerful of modern explosves.
The viscous fluid from which the silk
\vert' spins his thread 1.i chentienlly
duplicated ley a 1►reces; rle.seribed in the
Technical World. The fabric thus pro-
duced Is inflammable, and in order to
remedy this defect 0 is !rented with an
alkali sulphide solution.
The founders of the nrcv inelu'lry hove
kept in view not so much the exact re-
eroduefinn of natural silk ns the pro-
duction of a subs'nnce which embraces
Its Valuable properliee.
Natural silk possesses to a large dee-
(tree qualities of brilliancy, elasticity,
strength, affinity for coloring and t►leach•
ing materials, and when handles) it pc.
culler rustling sound. known as scropp.
Perhaps the brilliancy and seroop ct
Fills are the test ketown of its grrnlitirs,
and It is In these two respects that nr.
tificieil 'silk most closely resembles na-
Iteral, ifs brilliancy being greater end
scoop slightly le':s.
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Between darn» men end sponges the
only apparent diffot•erve is that spinsee
will take water.
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