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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-07-05, Page 6+-AiXf.-fAfti+A+),14-A*0+04-MV-ilei wcye. ,'3ZEL-1,11.411llo ef 't7.7na exp. rl!..nced alIing hot6.'1, wiler;,0 tho MU:xi-arra m 1uQtWW1 ro- 71rtlet.1 cvellrdia,itv, to zn".nn1i3a, oni sent on his way rto ry,htio tYW gvlencIs hold .coniantt: Ion -tooelber ,eonirere notee of the eterrey, voyage, that had ee, happily reached' the conolueien, OFr..'..SOLITTIERN.• MINA". el, it:t4ilid44-A+A4i:COI-4-)IiKE'Mfk40÷3tE+fa+Pii-tW4+A+Di+4 f:E+34: CHAPTER XX. Larry uttered a feeble cry, of dismay when his eyes fell upon this water - soaked Russian, and he knew their hopes of a peaceful effry into the city Were -on the verge of dissipation. Even the bold and resourceful Lord Hackett apparently 'experienced some- thing of a disagreeable shock when, he realised that they had jumped from the feying-pan into the tire. The RusSian did not present a very 'delightful appearance as he stood there, after having roughly thrust the curious Chinese aside. He had been in the 04W -our friends knew that; and his appeaeinCe gave the fact away, for his clothing was soaked and muddy, and some Of the, rushes still clung to hiS moments. Both Lord Beckett and Larry saw, to their surprise, that this was not Count Petoskey himself, and, putting several things together, they were compelled to decide that the count had had a com- panion on the junk, who was now about to play his little part in the drama, .which might be either domedy or tra- gedy, ,as fate decreed, ' At best the Russian was no bertilti, and as he stood there, glowering upon them, with the rough usage he had lat- terly experienced adding to his frown- - kg Appearance, he looked simply devilish. Apparently there was that about the situation to please the man. from Neva, . tor, despite his overtowering rage, he - allowed aadiabolical smile to creep over his face. . So Satan might smile upon surveying a fresh batch of victims whipped into his hands by the lesser imps of Hades. • Singular • to state, iti all probability that same smile was the fellow's un- doing. It aroused fierce anger in the breast. of the Englishman, and caused him to throw catitions to the four winds. — The situation was desperate, and, if they ,were to be saved, it cOuld only be through heroic treatment. . laduletless, with the subtle power which his race seems ever to exercise over barbarous or serni-civilized people, the Russian wouldgain the good -will of the Chinese, and, being able to speak their tongue, might incite their animosity against .the trio through some speckus tale that was utterly without founda- tion. • ' The result Would be a sickening tra- eeedy, nor would It prove the first time that Anglo-SaXons met a dreadful death beneath the very walls of the Chinese metropolis, thanks to ° the fierce hatred with which they Waite. always been viewed by bigoted native,s.• Plympton could see this resolution in the cynical smile of the Muscovite, and It was indignation that aroused his honest blood almost to fever ,heat—in- dignation because there was no reason for suela desperate tactics on the part of the Russian. whose country was at peace with Great Britain, so that only trade differences and a mad desire for gain forced the conclusion. Plympton was at his best when thus stirred up; his brain, while surging with excitement, could gresp the 'Situation in an instant and eee the readiest way, of release. Men so constituted the specially for- tunate, since the majority become rat- tled under sudden pressure, and find it bard •to recover. The Russian, Waving surveyed the situattcon with. the haughty air of a Mister, shouted out some words be the Chinese dialect to a couple of betraggled fellows who had evidently accompanied him during his sub -marine journey. Plympton --caught enough to tell him the other was -explaining. that these par- ties were spies seeking to overturn their, religion, defile their pagodas and • steal' their gods. • Thus he would inflame their minds egoinst the littleparly and insure their • elt strection. , if the felloeir labored under the tin- preseion that Plymplon and . Larry, would surrender without a desperate resistance he showed extreme simpli- city. His recent experience should • tech him better, for the man who had swept the decks of the junk of it crew numbering ftelly twenty armed coollea tould not reconcile himself to a meek surrender. Lord Beckett had a thought. He was wont later on to cell it an Inspiration, nor would anyone dispute his word. , The Russian, by chance, wee within ten feet of Writes he elood. Ten feet may seem cierite a little dis- tance on ordinary occasions, but it real- ly does not amount to much when an Infuriated and aroused giant puts his nether limbs into antion. Plympton gave vent 10 a roar that" weigi not 'unlike the sound to be heard In African wilds where the lordly king of beasts roams" in eearch of hie prey. The British lion was aroused. Even are he thus bellowed, he sprang shin& at the lieughty MuscOvite. , The latter saw his danger, but leo bite to &void it by leaping aside, and evallable weapons he had none after his Inktnergoil, ' • Tru, Vie did jet ou'4 a shoot, but it had no effeet whatever! in retarding the Swoop of the- aroused Britishe' r. Thus ford ttaeltett fell upon him in his freight, end aweigh the tleitelen doubtless pootelemed on ordinary telan'a Pr,Vver, of endurente, he foetid hitneelf tittle better WM It mere. pigmy hi the bandit of his enemy. Pleelisktet hiving hitt iliende upon the' man toward whore iiiS Ve00.111 was aroused,. shook him much. as the lion might a Mangy wolf that falls „into hie power. Ly 'afterwar:de declared the fellow's teeth rattled like a set of Spanish case tenets. . When Plympton desisted long -enough to give him a •breathing spell, the fel- low had quite lost his haughty and sar- castle demeanor. In fact, he looked dizzy. His idea embraced something beyond the mere shaking up of the conspirator --he must be utilized to carry them out of this Slough of Despond into which they had fallen, thanks to his scheming. Exercising his wonderful strength, Plympton dragged the Russian back to where the others stood spellbound by his daring action. h , fle thrust his revolver squarely into the man's face, so that he might exper- ience the .peculiar chilling sensation which cold steel is apt to create. Then, in his sternest tones, he ad- dressed bird, nor could 'his language have been much more to the pant: "Your life is in my hands. As certain as there is a Heaven above, I will sacri- flee it 'unless you agree to assist as to reach. a place of safety. If you consent, nod 'Your head, and unless you do so instantly r- shall blow., your infernal head off and take chances afterward.. our decision—quick 1" The Russian might have had a will ef his own; but it had to bow before, that .of a master. He looked into those blazing blue eyes, and saw his doom there if he.refused. Doubtless life was too sweet to .the fellow, and he would have been a fool to have thrown away all chances of a continued existence. He nodded his heed with a great vehe- mence, as though to emphasize his dis- dike for the chilling sensation. of the sleet upon. his brow, and the strong possibility of having his thatch blown away should the Englishman's Itching finger press too heavily upon the trig. - ger.. "Enough cried Plympion. "Now, tell these fellows to disperse—that ybu are about to accompany„ us to the city." The other rattled. off some jargon; which was to 4he effect that his plans had changed,, and he meant to go with the little party befcire. the yamen (or court), where he could get justice. This was only. a blind, of course, to dull their coroprehen,eion, ahd keep them quiet, for the average Chinaman has the deepest respect for. a court of law, and desires to keep olear of it as much as possible. At least this little speech lead its effect, for the crowd began to melt away. The grower of silkworms was still available, to serve as th.eir guide, and they cheerfully accepted, his services. Thus they approached the city walls, and all seemed well, Lord Reekett had put his arm through that of- the Russian., so that they were linked together. ''He did not mean to trust the fellow more than necessity required, and all the while he held •his revotver ready in the other hand. Nor did he forget to keep a close look- out, rememberingethat the Russian had allies, and one of them might creep up from behind, snatch away his shooting - Iron and give the prisoner an oppor- tunity to escape. Larry was lost in admiration of his colleague. To him this was the aeme of diplo- macy, and he grinned almost constantly at the idea of making their enemy lead them out of the wilderness. • It was, turning .the tables with a ven- geance, and revenge is sweet to the ordinary man. -Larry did not preterxd to be an angel, and made irro-toneetilment of the feet that the presen peculiar condition of affairs was exceedingly gratifying to him. • • On thoroughly appreciates a calm after enduring the torments of a storm. The Russian carried out his part of the programme very well indeed,' and yet he hardly deserved the credit for doing so ; a man who valued hie existence would have been next to insane to have dreamed of any trdachery, much lees attempted it, while arm in arm With that giant Britisher, who had declared hie readinees to snuff out his life as one ex- tinguishes a catidle ' if the occagion arose. Thug ,they reached, the walla and passed within the limits of the city. Well did the growereof silkworms know how best to guide „them to the foreign quarter co that they •should at- tract the least poesible attention from the ewerme of natives to bie frmnd upon the. etreete, where colored lanternshung And .strings of flrecrackere still buret in re Continuous clatter that .brought agony to the tympailunt unaccustomed ,to such *Perhape it were strange they had not beard trde notee when endeavoring to locate the eity; but what air there was Mitring came from the opposite guar - ter, and this may have' aceounted for it in et, metiettre. A,t any rate, no one gave it much theught now that sueetee had ,eorne. to their hanner. When, the trivet* qtiarter reACK. ed, Plympten dieeniseed the The fellow said something in hie own tongue witieh one underetood, ei- nem/41i they eeuld gum MO It t'Vtil hint concerning some future day when the elietteA3 of ever might be in his favor—and then he 'belted. Danger wotA now a thing of the 011Ot citAtYrErt xx From teopicrie Canton to the far -away northern cepital, Ming, 15 a talige slop, and the mbiles of travel end corneatude,a- tion so ihnited„ primitive and cumber- some, that an overland Journey from the one to -the other worelds consume Nino rirentlia in tiati accomplishment Fortunatele or the traveller desirous of looking upon these two extreme types - of Chinese life, there are other xneens anniadiatiog distance than, the tedious methodg that have been in. vogue in the enapare for. thousands of years. Anglo-Saxon enterpriSe has &teemed in and .provided a line of commUnica- . tion quite equal to the demand, . Froin the wonderful metropolis of Southern China one may drop down the Pearl River for some Mnetir tellies, and bring up at the busy English mart cf Hong Kong, where commerce holds sway, and the mailed. hand of Great Britain hells fast to the pulse of a huge, unwieldy nation, formed of many provinces and held together ..simply through the power of cohes,on. 0 - Here elegant steamers sailing under the British -flag carry passengers to Shanghai and „other ports still further north, where conveyance to' the old cape - tat can be secured. • Thesituation of Peking has amazed all travellers, since it does not lie upon a great stream like -the Yang-tse-Kiang or the equally famous Yellow River of the north. Lying hot far from the Great Walr of China, its situation is admirably adap. oeation of enoisture willbe very rapid. ted for defense against Tartar foes; and Froru five to six zultivations, or even since the present dynasty is of 'northern more, are none too many and it will be found that the crops usually increasees sympathies, it is probably only preper in proportion to the number of cultlitaa that this eetrOligheld of China, should be tips., A very careful series of expert - maintained as the capitad.' ments to determine the value of cultiva- There were other daysfar ba' in the. tion was' carried on by Prof. I. P. Rob- dastewhen a city more central and•In a erts late director of the Cornell Expert - more salubrious climate held this proud nient' Station. In one 'experiment the position, and this May occur again with yield from six cultivations wae_344.3 a change of dynasty. • bushels and froth three cultivations 308.3 A crazy old railroad hikes the adven- bushels or a difference Of 41.5 bushels turous tourist to the outskirts of Pe- In anothercase the yield from a plot king, and dumps him out qiceremoni- cultivated six times was 310,5 bushels, ouslye so that. he Is oompelled• to charter and from a plot cultivated three Untie, a conveyance ,in orcier to reach his in-, 269.6 bushels, or a 'difference of 40..9 tended destination in the European btishels. • quarter. • Conservation of moisture is very im- Alittle 'Arty had thue .been turned portant in growing potatoes and thor- loose one., pleasant nfternoon, not 'a ough cultivation is one of the beet• ways great many days after the •events yehich to retain moisture. The vines should took place in Canton. . not suffer from drought as they °herr At their headevas a strapping English- do in the middle of summer, if the soil man, whosknowedge of * ' chielese was properly prepared to begin weith e l and veell cultivated during the early part methods seemed to be equal to the task. a of handling those with Whom e °arse of the season. The vines enust be kept h • in contact. growing thriftily from the 'time they ap- . • This was Lord Hackett, of course, arid pear above ground until autumn if amaximum crop is to be obtained. if his companions could be no other than growth is checked in the middle of ,sum - Larry and Avis. mer the craps puffer and the tubers .The latter bore a. mystic scrawl In the ivhen they start to increase in size when mediae Chinese characters, addressed the raens come are very likely to become to one Foo Chong, in the Imperial city of misshaped. A good cultivator is very Peking, ii,nd upon this letter they ex e essenttal in growing potatoes. pected to depend in carrying out the •The ridging of potatoes is an old. me desperate mission that. had taken them thod and is the practiceusually follow- thlther. • • • ert,,in Great Britain and Europe at the Dr. Jack's widow had made up her present time and, also irieeAmerica, al - mind, and nothing could change her though level culture has been growing determination. in favor in America durir g the past fif- Again and again had Plympton and •teen or twenty years. Ri4ging was pro - Larry consulted; various were the de- bably adopted in the first place kir the main . purpose of affording geed drain - vice§ to which they resorted in Order to bage, as in most climates Is is Important priainngs. about some alteration4ot, her pot to have the potatoes in soil which le very wet. Soil is also warmer when It was useless. ridged and in cool or moderately cool Lord Rackett'e accounts of the difficul- climates the increase in the warmth of flee that lay in the way, and all Larry's the soil by ridging is favorable to, the vivid descriptions of the horrers to be "v. The condition for the development met, only quickened her pulse and add- et shapely tubers is also better in the ed fire te her eye, as she, In imagine- 'wee ground which the moulding up 'of, tion, pictured her Jack ire the midst of the soil affords. Potatoes are dug muoh these scenes.. - easier, in, soil which is ridged than where When a woman of her deferimination, level culture is e.dopthd. concludes to do n certaie %Inge Many farmers, owing to lack of know- eulties only serve to make her the more ledge, give no further atterion to their positive. +t++++++++++++++++÷+++ s; ..,. + + + + About the Farm : 4. .4. 1-: + 4.. $ 4 + ++++++++++++++++++++++ C:ULTIVATION, FOR POTATOES. The succeas ,of the potato crop de' pends nt a large eeeeure-on the hind of cultivation green. No. matter how. much mo land has been muttered and hove cerefully the Seta have been planted 1! the 8011 is allowed to becotne hard, the weeds pertnitted`to grow ePaeo, and moisture lost, which could be very Much reduced; writes Mr. W. T. Macoun. A, few days after the bets heefre been cover- ed by the plough and before the plants have been above ground, but not until the weed seeds have germinated, the soil should be harrowed with a smoothing harrew to. level,it and kill the rnyrietle et weeds which usually ,germinate about that season of the year. If possible, the soil should be harrowed twice before the potatoes are far enough up to be 'n- jured. If two harrowings are given „there should be little trouble' from weeds afterwards, and harrowing is ao Much more eoonomical way or getting rid of them than by hand hoeing. As, soon as the petatoes are far enough up so that the rows can he •easily distinguished, the cultivator should be pet in and the soil loosened between. the rows to as great a depth as possible the first time and as near the sets as it .is safe to go without disturbing them, so as to loosen the soil for the tubers. All future culti- vation. should. be quite shallow to pre- vent injury to the roots. and tubers, The soil should be cultivated every week or ten days, depending on the weather, the Meet being to keep the surface !toil loose until the tops meet between the rows. If the soil becomes backed evap- DO YOU WANT'i""1:7* PURE TEA? THEN USE potato crop after the' beet es are killed The others had recognized this, • and and' haying begins, and as an end_ to yielded to the peculiar conditions; act- the culture for the season they •ridge Ing under the belief thate"what can't be IV just before haying. There Is no cured must be endured." . doubt some advantage in ridging over, So long as Avis was bent upon underlielmansvin.. gprtidyneo..,!ii.11pletvheel willi4egnm,sanivii'ilcozt taldng this- astounding..adventuree -they • were bound to stand by her. the tubers loose 'gall -in ngo in, while True, the chances eseemed to be that the soil would soon get hard if left flat alive Mini beyond the walle Of the For- and no *t cultivated. , bidden City, but that was a contingency P. not one of the trio 'would over return There are distr i cts in Canada where the climate condition in surniner re not very unlike thoee in Great Britain. that had little bearing on the matter in uch districts ridging* will probably Plympton's mind; bn Was hound to ao ete a rule give better ,results than level his level best, as though SUCCeSS awaited culture. The reason is easily apparent. those Who dared. The evaporation of moisture la not as (To be continued). great from level' soil as from soil in ridges. Few experiments seem to have , jAPAN'S POPULATION. leen tried for contharing level with ridge eulture, but in the drier parts level culture has, as a rule, given the best re - In strong' contrast with the tIncertale- snits, 0 ty about the population of China is the should be clearly understood, hod/ever, unless the 8011 10 well °seances of the ligtires gtven for the Worked the better cohditione of the soil Population of Japan in theJapanese Blue for the development of tubers when it is Book for 1905, which has been printed ridged will offset the advantages of re- in English by the Japanese Government. Mining more moisture by level culture. The population of the islands constitu- An experiment ha e been Conducted' at ting Japan proper is 47,812,702, and that the Central Experimental Farm for four of the Island of Formoga 3,059,235, years for. the purpose of comparing lev- Japan comprises 100 main Wands arid el with ridge- eulture in the ,eoll at the nearly 500 small Mends, malting the Farm which la an almost Ideal e ell for name "fsland Empire" particularly ap- potatoes, being a friable sandy loam, and does not dry out. In 1900, 1902 and propriate. The total area of these le- 1003 two varieties were used in this test, lands is aired 161,000 square miles, It the Everett and Carman No. 1 in 1900, is nosed Mat there, is ft cloee approxi- and Feirly Sunrise and Gpereruen No. 1 'motion to equality in the division of the hi 1001 and 1002. In 1903 Carman No. population between the two sexes 1 1, Butnaby Mammoth, Maulee; There • 1 oughbred, Reeve's Rose. Prolific Mee, Extreme heat is more fetal 'to human en Canadian Beauty. The flVerage yield lite than extretete told. We like best to caft SCOTT'S EMULSION feeibecauso it stands so era. ,phetically for perfect nutrition. And yit In the matter of reet int *petit*, 44 /hint strength, to the tl to tit* nerves, Its of ansogeftso. — ° .CeYlon ,GREEN Tea e) , Fiv.froin all adulteration' ,of any klndo . too -pskokes, 40a, isoo *Oa eft per lb. At cro001 �XG�EST AyVAllO $4LOUIS, 19.1i. 44 1,11.101.11MIMMIMMININi COBALTNThe World's Richest Silver Mining Camp THE:COLUMBUS COBALT SILVER 00., Limited. Authorized Capita! Stwx, $150410. Shares $1 eacit. 80 ADD OF DIDECTOI1S: s HON. RICHARD Ilkiteot:TET, Prenklent. JAMES TUDHOP11, *sq,,!leadef Direotor of the Ontario BanX, Or" the firm of Tedhope Canis' 00., United, merly,Tmaatrer of the PrOY11110411 or Ontario °tittle. DANIEL, simesee, nee., • Irmo Managing JOHN triarrir, Vice -President, 11010 • %mbar, Cobalt, On of the firm of Ilea, Lowndes 11 Co., Dir- SOSXPLi` OOLUIPUil, $et.. NaPlorer, ector of Ontario XXI*. Ifailetbury, Ont. • SOLICITORS—Mark; litorhareon, Campbell Jerrie, Toronto. The for p of men now developing the Columbus Nine tear Giroux Lake, not far from the famous Drummond, Foster, eacoba and others tn, Coleman Township, have now a vein six feet with better ore than ever before. It is about a foregone conclusion that this mine will loon sun - prise the world. On account of low capitalization., I have very, littlestock , left for sale at $1.00 per share, as it is only h. queetion of short tithe When Ole stock may adyance to $5.00 or over. Send at once foe hill partici'. lars, or mail your order with Marked cheque dr express order to the order of DANIEL • SIMPSON, P. ow BOX 129, Cobalt, OM, *Stock sold on the instalment plan. Admosmouwee, komiamer. Ing condition that will enable them to make the best gains on the feed they receive in the winter. It is great stuff, too for the young cattle. Broad sows can practically live on rape if they are not narsing a litter. And the crop to just the stuff to Use as green feed for the growing pigs after the clover and peas and oats are gone. It can .either be pastured. or cut and fed ill yards og pens. Fed either Way' it will give large returns per 'acre. There is nothing much better for the lambs than to have access to ft rape field while on their dams. It is a good plan to have rape sown next to the sheep pasture and have an opening In the fence so that the lambs can go on the rape whenever they like, their .-dams having to remain in the pasture. It Is just as valuable after the -Iambs are weaned. The abundant succulent food that It providese sight up until. winter, will keep them growing as nothing .else can. R is a pasture crop for the whole fleck, young and old, As with the beef cattle, so with the sheep,- it not only gives a good grain .while they are graz- ing it, but 0 puts them in a condition to make rapid gains "when felt inside. if you haven't tried it before, try some rape this year. A piece of land badly infested with cchich •grass kaa good place to put it. 'Plow it thoroughly once cr twice, and vvorec frequently to tear op the conch.. as completely as possible. Get the land in good mellow condition by the last of June and sow Dwarf Essex rape in drills about 20 inches apart- at the rate of about two pecks of seed per acre. Cultivate two or three times to tear 0,1It the couch until the plants he - come large enough to .shade the ground. The couch willebe badly smothered, and you will have Wood supply of late foe - age. SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: The Russian schoolboy has the beet time. as regards holidays, for the edu- cation authorities allow four weeks in spring, five weeks '1. Summer, a iorr- nightein autumn, and ae fortnight in winter. In most 'other continental coun- tries practioally all the holidays are taken la the summer, only a few days being granted- 'ke the New Year end Easter. In France the summer, vacati lasts, Jrom August 1st to October lst; in Austria from July 15th to September' 15th; In Greece from August 1st to Sep- tember 20th; in Nerwaye froth July 5th !to August 25th; and in Turkey from the end aof-Jurte to the middle *of ,August. AERIAL NAVIGATION.* A new branch of railway engineering is about to be undertaken by a Colorado railway company, who propose to stretch a heavy oable across the granite gorge .of the 'Colorado River from bank to bank, and ettach to same a movable steel cage, in which pastengers will be transported, The distance from rim to rim in mid-air, as the crow flies, is thirteen miles. The distance going down the south wall, crossing the river on the cable, and ascending the north wall is fully 20 miles. VILLAGE OF 'CRIPPLES. The strangest village in the World is undoubtedly the little hamlet of Jatte, near Culaz, *in France, not far from ,the Italian frontier, where dwell about 200 deformed men, women and children, who In Paris go by the name. df "Culs- de-Jatte." They are deprived ,of the use of their legs and „thighs, and push thernselvee along in primitive wooden carte with woodert 'wheels, which they propel by means of a net -iron -shaped Mock of wood in either hand. IIUGE, GOLD NUGGET. per acre of all the varietlee under tett, There is an interesting addition to tlie for tour yore is 445 bushels, 88 pounds Britieli Africa, Company's museum in the for level eulture and 470 buthels, 26 The. ,ehape of a reef nugget, believed to be the large -4t yet found in Rhodesia. The riuggett, whica weighs 21.62 ounces, oteasurea 5ee, inehee ire length and 3 ifiehee in width, and was found about fifteen miles south-east of Bulawayo, at a depth, of 62 feet freini the surface. When found the nugget was 21 inches longer, but on taking it . out `of the ground a portion broke away. • FILIAL AFFECTION. Lucie : "I always give .th.e prettieet embroidered things I do to my mother." Marie: "That is kind end thoughtful .of you." , Lucie: 'les. Then I can borrow them, yott knOw." for ridge eulture, an average Peld per sere itt fever of ridging of 21 bushels and 48 pounds. . RAPE FOR CATTLE, 11008 'AND SHEEP When the pasture gets dry ante poor in - Ole fall, the feeder of beef cattle has got to provide an ue)ttra." of some kind, if his feeding aecounit II to show a balance on the right side. Hope is just the for- age plant he needs to carry his cattle over (his period. They are fond of it, end if they have aoes fo grass pas - tyre hi addition to rape, will do exeeed- ingly welt upon it. It not only produces 004 gains ih weight, but it also puts setinealsItt a tneflow, seppy,..theeee • pERSONAL POINTES, Interesting Gossip About Some of the World's Prominent People., Mr. Edward Hughes,the famous -por- trait painter—Queen Alexandra* has sat to him three times, by the bY—had picture exhibited at the Royal Academy when he was fifteen. • Mr. Nicholas Longworth, who married Miss Roosevelt, has a most valuable collection, of violins, and is considered an expert'ih them. His collection in - eludes a fine Stradivarius', a Guillaume formerly 'belonging to Ysaye, and art Arnett once the property of Theodore Thomas. e , At Ltullingstorie Castle,. the -Kentish residence of Sir William and Lady Emily Hart -Dyke, is , preserved among the many interesting things there a, leather bag of coins. - The traditton is that Whenever the heir' is married he -and his bride place a coin In .the bag. The legend further enjoiti that this Matrimonial offertory .bag must never be counted, or some dire misfortune will overtake the newly-wed couple. ., • The Duke of 'Wellington, who has just been celebrating his fifty-seventh birthday, is also Prince of Waterloo in Ole Netherlands. He is, moreover,' Duke of Ciudad Redrigo arid a Grandee of the First. Class in Spain, and Duke of Vit- toria, Marquess or Torres. Vedras, and Count of Vimiera in Portugal. Besides his dukedom and other titles the peerage of the United Kingdom, the Duke is Earl of Mornington and Viscount! Wellesley of Dangan Castle in the peer, age of Ireland, The Duke is not unlike his famous grandfather In point of per» sonal appeartinee. ' When Lord Curzon was appointed - Viceroy „of -India, the peat he recently. vacated, he fulfilled one of the dreams. of hiseschool-days. From the Uma he first knew that Government House ati Calcutta was a faceithile of his ancestral home, Kedleston Hall, near Derby, he desired to occupy it as Governor-Gezieral of India. Whett the old East India Com- pany decided to erect a palace in Cal- matta for the residence of the Viceroy tleeir inspected most of the stately homes' of England in search of a model. As a result, the Governor -General's how° at Celcinta was modelled on Kedleston Mrs, Roosevelt has one well-developed hobby, and that is the collection' of old ,china. Under her supervision one 'of the most valuable collections in the United • States has been placed on exhibition in ,the basement di the White House, and i is a proud day when she can add sorne- hing of historic worth to the treasures. The exhibit is made up entirely of rem- nants of the dinner -sets which formerly' served the Presidential families. It be- gins with some rare gold -trimmed plates and cups .and saucers, which were the pride of Martha Washington's heart, and continues down 10 tee era of Mrs. Mc- Kinley, Seldom has President Roonvelt re- ceived a more notable visitor at the White Housethan Mr. nervy 0. flogers, Ole master brain of the Standard 011 Company, who has had a prolonged, attdience with htm. Fifty years ago Mr. Rogers wns it newsboy selling papers for a living in the streets of New Bed- ford, Massachusetts. To -day he is a millionaireeeeedozeoveron- trole twenty-two companies wholly et patty, and was,quite recently deserlied by an opponent, Mr. T. W. Lawson, the Boston "Copper King," as "the strong- est, most nage, and most persuesive human being' that in the thirty -live years of my lite I have ever encountered," ehe date Mr. Edward Steinkoff, Whose ifooiretudn yofthtle0e, trt,000 Isteells into fbaveoardmd,nbisls Only da11hter, who IS married to Sir. Stewart Mackenzie, of the Seaforth. Highlanders, with an Ultimate revereion• to eharity, was a man of molt remark-, able eharacter. Endowed••witil' cnore mous physieal strength, he was at thee same time capable of exhibiting wen.' derful gentleness. This, however, was; riot always apparent, and certainlyi never -to these with whoni lie eine hei collielon. Their his voiee was like thtifie dee and his words *exttemely bitter , One', tefter an employe had been sound,; ly rated by him, the Man said, "1 wish I was deed, sir, rather than have yotet talk to inc like that." The Millionaire* Molt wee prompt.. "1 dire my you de. That's just the Sort of week you wbulti,k like---letailng Akita in stove coffin." eire