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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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° .CeYlon ,GREEN Tea
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Fiv.froin all adulteration' ,of any klndo
.
too -pskokes, 40a, isoo *Oa eft per lb. At cro001
�XG�EST AyVAllO $4LOUIS, 19.1i.
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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
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Admosmouwee,
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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."
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