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POST OF DUTY
OR, THE WATERMAN'S SONS.
CHAP. III.-(Cont'd).
One ran round the corner to the
engine house and "knocked up" the
driver in passing. Tho other ran
from door to door of the firemen's
abodes, which were close at hand,
and with a loud doublering sum-
moned the sleepers. Before ho got
back to help the first with the en-
fline, one and another and another
oor opened, and a man darted out,
buttoning braces or coat as ho ran.
Each went into the station, seized
his helmet, belt, and ax from his
own peg, and in another moment all
were armed cap -a -pie. At the same
instant that the engine appeared at
the door a pair of horses were trot-
ted up. Two men held them; two
others fastened the traces; the driv-
er sprang to his seat; the others
leaped to their respective places.
Each knew what to do, and did it
at once. There was no hurry, no
loss of time, no excitement; some of
the men, even while acting with the
utmost vigor and promptitude, were
yawning away their drowsiness; and
In less than ten minutes from the
moment when the bell first rang, the
tsihip cracked and the fire engine
dashed away from the station amid
the cheers of t'he crowd.
It may bo as well to remark here,
in passing., that the London Fire
'Brigade had, at the time of which
we write, reached a high state of
efllciency, although it could not
stand comparison with the perfec-
tion of system and unity of plan
which mark the organization and
conduct of the Brigade of the pres-
ent day. Mr. Braidwood, the able
superintendent, had for many years
been training his men on a system,
the original of which he had begun
and proved in Edinburgh. Modify-
ing his system to suit the peculiari-
ties of the larger field to which he
had been translated, he had brought
the "Fire Engine Establishment"
(which belonged at the time to sev-
eral insurance companies) to a state
of efficiency which rendered it a mo-
del and a training school for tho
rest of the world; and although he
had not the advantage of the tele-
graph or the powerful aid of the
land steatn fire engine of tho pres-
ent day, he had men of the same
metal as those which compose the
force now; indeed, many of the men
who were alive in Mr. Braidwood's
time are alive still and doing duty.
The "Metropolitan Fire Brigade,"
as it now exists under the control of
the Metropolitan Board of Works,
has been carried by its present chief,
Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, to a
condition, of efficiency little if at all
short of perfection, its only fault be-
ing (if we may humbly venture a re-
mark) that it is too small both in
numbers of engines and man.
Now, dear reader, if you have nev-
er seen a London fire engine go to
a fire, you have no conception of
what it is; and even if you have seen
ft, but have not gone with it, still
you have no idea of what it is!
To those accustomed to it, it may
be tame enough — wo cannot tell;
but to those who mount an engine
for the first timo and drive through
the crowded thoroughfares of Lon-
don at a wild tearing gallop, it is
probably the most exciting drive
conceivable. It beats steeple -chas-
ing. It feels like driving to de-
struction—so wild and so reckless is
it. And yet it is not reckless in tho
strict sense of that word; for there
is a stern need -be in the case. Every
moment (hot to mention minutes or
hours) is of the utmost importance
in the progress of a. fire. Fire
smolders and creeps at first, it may
be, but when it has got the mastery,
and burst into flames, it flashes to
its work and completes it quickly.
At such times, one moment of time
lost may involve thousands of dol-
lars — ay, and many human lives!
This is well known to those whose
profession it is to fight the flames.
Renee the union of apparent mad
desperation, with cool, quiet, self
• possession in their proceedings. When
firemen can work in silence they do
so. No unnecessary word is utter-
ed, no voice is needlessly raised.
Like the movements of some beauti-
ful steam engine, which, with oiled
pistons, cranks, and lovers, dons its
unobtrusive work in its own little
chamber in comparative stillness,
yet with a power that would tear
and rend to pieces buildings and ma-
chinery, so tho firemen sometimes
bend to their work quietly, though
with mind and muscles strung to the
utmost point of tension. At other
times, like the roaring locomotive
crashing thirough a tunnel or past a
station, their course is atumultuous
rush, amid. a storm of shouting and
gesticulation.
So was it on the present occasion.
Had the fire been distant, they
would have had to commence their
gallop somewhat leisurely, for fear
of breaking down the horses; but it
was not far o1 -.-not much more than
a couple of miles—so they dashed
round the corner of their own street
at a brisk trot, and swept into Ox-
ford street, Hero they broke into
a gallop, and here the noise of their
progress began, fur the great thor-
oughfare was crowded with vehicles
and pedestrians,. many of whom wore
retiring from the theatres and mu-
sic halls, and other places of enter-
tainment.
To pass through such a crowd
without coming into collision with
anything required not only the most
dexterous driving, but rendered it
necessary that some of tho men on
the engine should stand up and
shout, or rather roar incessantly, as
they whirled along, clearing every-
thing out of their way, and narrowly
escaping innumerable crashes by a
mere hairbreadth.
The men, as we said before, hav-
ing been sailors, seemed to shout
with the memory of the boatswain
strong upon them, for their tones
were pitched in the deepest and gruf-
fest bass key. Sometimes there was
a lull for a moment, as a compara-
tively clear space of a hundred yards
or so lay before them; then their
voices rose like the roaring of the
gale as a stupid or deaf cabman got
in their way, or a plethoric 'bus
threatened to interrupt their furious
passage.
The cross streets were the points
where the chief difficulties met them.
There the cab and van drivers turn-
ed into or crossed the groat thor-
oughfare, all ignorant of the thun-
derbolt
hunderbolt that was rushing on like a
fiery meteor, with his lamps casting
a glare of light before, and the hel-
mets of its stern charioteers flashing
back the rays of street lamps, and
windows; for, late though the hour
was, all the gin palaces and tobac-
conists' shops, and many of the res-
taurants, were still open and bright-
ly illuminated.
At the corner of Wells street, the
crowd of cabs and other vehicles was
so great that the driver of the en-
gine began to tighten his reins, and
Jim Bassi/sore and Joe Corney raised
their voices to a fierce shout. Cabs,
'buses, and pedestrians scattered
right and left in a. marvelous man -
nor; the driver slackened his reins,
cracked his whip, and the horses
stretched out again.
In passing Berners street, a han-
som cab swept round the corner, its
dashing driver smoking a cigar in
sublime salt -satisfaction, and look-
ing carelessly right and left for a
"fare." This exquisite almost ran
into the engine! There was a ter-
rific howl from all the firemen; tho
cabby turned his smart horse with
a bound to one side, and lost -his
cigar in the act — in reference to
which misfortune lie was heartily
congratulated by a small member of
the Shoe -black Brigade — while the
engine went steadily and sternly on
its way.
"There, it shows a light," observ-
ed one of the firemen to Dale, as he
pointed to a luminous appearance in
the sky away to the northeast.
Dale was already looking in that
direction, and made no reply.
As they approached Tottenham
Court Road the driver again checked
the pace a little; yet even at the re-
ducod speed they passed everything
like a whirlwind. The traffic here
was so great that it behooved them
to be more cautious. Of course, the
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Cured PernrianentUy by
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mooreneed that there was for eau-
tion, the xuoro necessity was there
for shouting; and the duty of Bax -
more and Corney -- standing as they
did in front of their comrades be-
side the driver -- became severe, but
they had good lungs, both of them.
At the point whore Tottenham
Court Road cuts Oxford street, the
accumulation of vehicles of all sorts,
from a hand barrow to a furniture-
van, is usually very groat. To one
unaccustomed to the powers of Lon-
don drivers, it would have seemed
nothing short of madness to drive
full into the mass that blocked the
streets at this point. But the fire-
men. did. it. They reined up a little,
it is true, just as , a hunter does in
gathering his horse together for a
rush at a stone wall, but there was
nothing like an approach to stop-
ping,
"H'i! Rid! 11-1111" roared tho fire-
men, Baxmore and Corney high
above the rest. A 'bus lumbered to
the left just in time; a hansom
sprang to the right, not a moment
too soon; a luggage -van bolted into
Crown street; the pedestrians scat-
tered right and left, and the way
was clear — no, not quite clear! The
engine had to turn at a right angle
here into Tottenham Court Road..
Round it went on the two off -
wheels, and cane full swing on a
market gardener and a hot -coffee wo-
man, who were wheeling their re-
spective barrows leisurely side by
side, and chatting as they went.
The roar that burst from the fire-
men was terrific. The driver at-
tempted both to pull up and to turn
aside The market gardener dropped
his barrow and fled. The hot -coffee
woL'an, being of a resolute natui'o,
thrust her barrow by main force on
the footpath, and so saved. her
goods and herself by a hairbreadth,
while the barrow of her friend was
knocked in pieces, But the effort of
the engine driver to avoid this had
well-nigh resulted in serious con-
sequences. In endeavoring to clear
the market gardener he drew so near
to the footpath that in another mo-
ment a lamp post would have been
carried away, and the wheels of the
engine, in all probability, knocked
off, had not Joe Corney observed the
dan Ter.
With a truly Irish yell, Joe seized
the rein next him, and pulled the
horses round almost at a right
angle. The nave of the hind wheel
just shaved the post as it flew by.
The whole thing passed so swiftly
that before the market gardener re-
covered from his consternation the
engine was only discernible in the
distance by the sparks that flow
from its wheels as it held on in its
furious way.
All along its course a momentary
disturbance of London equanimity
was created. Families not yet abed
rushed to their front windows, and,
looking out, exclaimed: "Ha! the
firemen." Tipplers in gin palaces
ran to the doors, and said: "There
they go." "That's your sort,"
"Hurrah, my hearties!" or; "Go it,
yo cripples!" according to the differ-
ent' stages of inebriation at which
they had arrived; and belated men
of business stopped to gaze, and
then resumed their way with
thoughts and speculations on fire
and fire insurance, more or loss deep
and serious according to tempera-
ment. But the disturbance was only
temporary The families retired to
their suppers or bods, the tipplers
returned to their tipple, the belated
speculators to their dreams, and in a
few minutes (no doubt) forgot what
they had seen, and forgot, perchance,
that they had any personal interest
in fire raising, or fire extinction, or
fire prevention, or fire in any dan-
gerous shape or form whatever, or
indulged in the comforting belief,
mayhap, that whatever disasters
rnight attend the rest of the London
community, they bad their houses
being endued with the properties of
the salamander, nothing in the shape
of fire might, covid, would, or
should kindle upon them. So true
is it: that "all men think all 'mom
mortal but themselves!"
Do you doubt this, reader? If so,
go poll your acquaintance, and tell
us how many of them have got rope
ladders, or even ropes, to escape
from their houses should they take
fire; lxow manyof them have got
hand -pumps, or even buckets, placed
so as to be handy in case of fire; and
how many of them have got their
houses and furniture insured against
fire!
Meanwhile, the fire engine held on
its way, until it turned into Bever-
ly Square, and pulled short up in
front of the blazing mansion of
James Aiuberly, Esquire. •
Another engine was already at
work there. It had come from a
nearer station, of the existence of
which Hopkins had been ignorant
when he set out on his wild race for
help. The men of this engine were
already doing their work quietly,
but with perceptible effect, pouring
incessant streams of water in at the
blazing windows, and watching for
the slightest lull in the ferocity of
tho smoke and flame to attack tho
enemy at closer quarters.
CHAPTI3$. IV.
When the small boy — whose name,
It may be'as well to mention; was
William (alias Willie) Willders—saw
the fire engine start, as has been al-
ready described, his whole soul
yearned to follow it, for, in the
course of his short life, he had nev-
er succeeded in being at the begin-
ning of a fire, although he had often
been at the middle and and of ono --
not a very difllcu]e thing in London,
by the way, seeing that there are,
on the average, between four and
five fires every twenty-four hours!
Willie Winders was of an inquiring
disposition. I3o wanted to know
how things were managed at a fire,
from the beginning to the end, and
ho found that the course of true
inquiry, like another course we wot
of, never did run smooth,
Poor Willie's heart was with that
engine, but his logs were not. They
did their best, but they failed,
strong and active though they were,
to keep up with the horses. So Wil-
lie heaved a bursting sigh and slack-
ened his speed as he had often
done before in similar circumstances
,-resolving to keep it In sight as
long as ,he Could, and trust to his
eyesight and to the flames "show-
ing a light" for the rest.
Just as he came to the magnani-
mous resolve a strapping young
gentleman called a passing cab, leap-
ed in, ordered the driver to follow
the engine, and offered double fare
if he should keep it in view up to
the Are.
Willie, being sharp as a needle, at
once stepped forward and made as
though he would open the door for.
the gentleman. The youth was al-
ready . in and the door shut, but he
smiled as ho shouted to the driver,
".All right," and'tossed a copper to
Willie, with the remark, "There, you
scamp." The copper fell in the
mud, and there Willie left it, as ho
doubled nimbly behind the vehicle
and laid hold of it.
The cabman did his best to earn
his double fare, and thus it came
to pass that Willie was in time to
see the firemen commencing work.
As the young man leaped from the
cab he uttered a cry of surprise and
alarm, and rushed toward the crowd
of firemen nearest to the burning
house without paying his faro. Wil-
lie was a little astonished at this,
but losing sight of the youth
in the crowd, and seeing
nothing' more of him at
that time, he became engrossed in
other matters.
There were so many men on the
ground, however — for just then a
third engine dashed up to the scone
of •the conflagration — that it was
difficult for the excited boy to ap-
preciate fully what he saw. He got
as close to the engine, hoWevor, as
tho policemen would allow hint, and
observed that a fire -plug had been
already opened, and over it had
been placed a canvas cistern of
about a yard long by eighteen inches
broad, stretched on an iron frame.
The cistern was filled with water to
overflowing, and the first erfgino had
placed its suction pipe in it,white
from the front of the engine extond-
ed the )eathern hose that conveyed
the water to the burning house.
Willie was deeply interested in
this, and was endeavoring to solve
certain knotty points in his own
mind, when they were suddenly solv-
ed for hitt by a communicative
dustman who stood in the crowd
close by, and thus expounded the
matter to his inquisitive son.
"You see, Tommy, the use o' the
cistern is hobvious. See, here's ow
it lies. If an ingin conies up an'
screwges its suction on to the plug,
all the other ingins as- conies after
it has to stan' by an' do nuffin. But
by puttin' the cistern over the plug
an' lettin' it fill, another ingin, or
may be two or more, can ram. in its
suction and drink away till it's fit
to burst, d'yo sec." -
Willie drank in the information
with avidity, and then turned his
attention to the front of the engine,
to which several lengths of hose,
each forty feet long, had been at-
tached. Baxm,ore and Corney were
at the extreme end, scabwing on the
"branch" or nozzle by which the
stream of water is directed. and
Dale was tumbling a half-drunk and
riotous navvy head -over -heels into
the crowd, in order to convince him
that his services to pump were not
wanted — a sufficient number hav-
ing been procured. A couple of po-.
licemen walked this navvy quietly
from the scene, as Dale called out—
"Down with her, boys!"
"Pump away, lads!" said one of
the firemen, interpreting.
The volunteers bent their backs,
and the white clouds of steam that
issued from the burning house show-
ed that the second engine was doing
its Work well.
Iins...ediately after, Dale and his
men, with the exception of those re-
quired to attend the engine and the
"branch," were ordered to get out
the ladders.
He who gave this order was a tall,
sinewy man, middle-aged apparent-
ly, .and s of grave demeanor. His
dress was similar to that of the oth-
er firemen, but there was an air of
quiet, unobtrusive authority about
him which showed that he was' a•
leader.
"We might get on the roof now,
Mr. Braidwood," suggested Dale,
touching his helmet as he addressed
the well-known chief of the London
Fire Engine Establishment.
"Not yet, Dale not yet," said
Braidwood; "get inside and see if we
cart touch the Are through tho draw-
ing -room floor. It's just fatten in."
Dale and his men at once entered
the front door of the building, drag-
ging the branch and hose along with
them, and were lost in smoke.
(To Be Continued).
POST OFFICE GIANT.
The tallest man in the British
postal service is Peter Sinclair,
postman to the islands of Pabbay,
Mingallay, and Barra, off the West
Coast of Scotland. Before entering
the service of the Crown Peter had
for two years been on exhibition
through the country and at the
Royal Aquarium as a "giant." He
is 6 fret 11 inches in height. Throe
years ago, at the age of thirty-seven
he gave up exhibition life and re-
turned to his native islands, ivhere
he is now postman.
MAGNET WEIGIPT-LIFTERS.
The lifting of massive iron and
steel plates, weighing four, six, and
twelve tons, by magnetism is now
done every work -day in a number of..
large steel works. The magnets aro
suspended by chains from cranes,
and pick up the plates by simple
contact, and without the loss of time
consequent to tho adjustment of
chains and hooks in the older me-
thod. It is also found that the
metal plates can be lifted by the
magnets while still so hotthat it
would bo impossible for the xnen to
handle them. .A magnet weighing
800 pounds will lift 4.5 tons.
"I never waste words on a fool,"
said the Pompous Person. "That
doesn't correspond with your wife's
statement," replied a member of the
sceptical faction. "What did my
wite say ?" queried the P.P. "That
you were inthe Wait of talking, to
yourself," answered the other, "
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ECONOMICAL' USE OF LIME. .
In considering this question; ' the
most economical method of using
limo fertilizer, wo have come to the
conclusion that composting is the
most economical, writes Mr, R. W.
Carson. Tho following aro a few of
the methods of preparing lime for
soil.
1. Some farmers have tho practice
of putting lime out on the fields in
small heaps, leaving it exposed to
the weather for days, and it some-
times is run into a solid mass by
rain. In this condition it is spread
on the land, lumps here and there.
Thus a groat part of the land does
not receive any.
This I consider to be a very waste-
ful way of applying limo to the land.
2. Others first put the lime out
in small heaps, then, by going over
tho field with a water cart, slake
the lime, and cover with clay, It is
allowed to remain thus, until the
farmer finds time to spread it. In
Ithis way it is injured by rain. After
this it is spread unevenly over the
land, and, as before stated, a largo
part does not receive any benefit
from the limo.
3. Others compost the limo with
clay, or the scrapings of the barn-
yard, by making a heap ten to
fifteen yards in length. Through this
heap they snake a trench with the
plough. into the trench they then
dump tho lime in eartloads.
This they then cover with clay and
leave the heap in this condition for
a number of days, after which the
work of mixing is carried. out.
4. I have made a practice of gath-
ering clay as aforesaid, and mixing
ono barrel of lime with one and one-
half loads, more or less, of clay.
First I put a small heap oflime,
which I cover with 'a layer of clay,
then alternate layers of limo and
clay until finished. I allow the last
layer of clay, on the top of the heap,
to be from nine to twelve inches in
depth.
The top of the heaps is then
trampled until it is hard, in order
to throw off the rain. It is tramped
as often as any openings in the clay
appear, which aro, when tramped,
filled up by tho slaked lime above,
except the outer layer, on which if
well tramped, the waste of ammonia
will bo comparatively nothing, (the
ammonia in each layer of lime per-
meating the layer of clay above it.)
By this method a body of fer-
tilizer is made to suit any soil, es-
pecially light soils having a gravelly
sub -soil. On such soils, tho lime
.must be kept as near the surface as
possible.
I have used this compost on land
which had been limed twice in .tho
course of twenty-five years, and
have good results. Of course it was
a heavy soil, I think lime should
bo applied to the land in a 'powdery
state, or as fine as possible. Great
loss is sustained by not preparing
the land in this manner.
On soils limed twice in a course of
ten or twenty-five years we use five
barrels of lime to ton loads of clay
to the acre. On heavy clay soils,
not previously limed, we use nine to
ten barrels of lime ; on light soils
six or seven.
CAUSE OF SOUR MILK.
Too frequent cause of sour milk, in
hot weather is poorly washed milk
cans and pails. Too much pains
cannot be taken in washing the
dairy tinware iha hot weather, or at
arty time. of year• for that matter.
And really it is not so very much
of a job to keep everything clean.
It is as much in knowing how, how-
ever, as in the work. Milk pails and
cans, and all tin vessels used to hold
milk, should be rinsed in cold water
and every bit of milk removed. This
is readily done if they are not left
until tho milk drips on. After it has
dried it is not as easily removed.
As soon as the milking is done rinse
the pails and strainer, also the
strainer cloth, in cold water. Tho
milk will all come off easily and
quickly. The milkers should always
do this even if the pails aro washed
in the house, because it should be
done at once and the men can do it
readily. The women folks are not
always ready to wash the pails just
as soon as the milking is done and
the men are. When well rinsed it
will do the pails no particular harm
The Miseries ref Thle Terrible Disease
Owned by
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parent ux x:.uiure
and the harvester of blasted hopes."—
Munyon,
It I tried I do not believe I could over-
estimate the value of my Dyspepsia Cure.
:it has brought peace and happiness into
thousands of homes wbero all had been
discord on account of side and ailing
stomachs. It cures all forms of dys-
pepsia and indigestion, such as rising of
food, distress alter eating, bloating of
the stomach, palpitation of the heart,
rthortnesa of breath, and all affections
pt the heart caused by indigestion, wind
on the stomach, belching wind or sour
rood, bad taste, otfenetve breath, loss of
ppetlte, faintness or weakness of the
utomach, improper circulation, coated
longue, heartburn or waterbrash, infiam-
d or ulcerated stomachs, shooting pains
't the stomach, constipation and costive
Dowels, dlzzlnese, faintness and lack of
neriDy. It makes good rich blood and
ltallaes tho whole system. Makes old
nd worn-out stomachs almost as good
s new. Permits you to eat what you
pant and all you want,—Munyon,
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to stand for a short time before they
are washed and scalded.
When the cans come from the fac-
tory they should not bo allowed to
stand in the sun until the milk dries
on, for, as with the pails, it is then
hard to remove. If they are at once
emptied and rinsed in cold water the
milk all comes oft easily. If it is
not convenient it will do them no
particular harm to stand a short
time before being washed, but it is
better to wash and scald them at
once. The next water wants to be
hot and a little sal soda should be
added (never uso any soap around
milk vessels). After they aro thor-
oughly washed, both inside and out,
they should be scalded with very
hot water or steam. Now turn them
bottom side up to drain for a mo-
ment and then wipe them. dry. If the
water is boiling hot as it should he,.
or if you uso steam there will be
very little moisture to wipe off, for
the heat of the cans will cause it to
evaporate.
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CARE OP LAMBS.
In the case of twins, it is well to
place them with the mother in a
small pen, for a day or two, in
order that they may become ac-
quainted, and to avoid the danger of
ono of the lambs straying away,
which may cause trouble. When
lambs are born weakly, more care is
required, unless the shepherd is with
them to see that they aro suckled
soon after birth, they are liable to
become chilled and die. If the lamb
is too weak to stand up and suck
it should be held up' and some milk
milked into its mouth, when it ,will
soon take the teat and help itself,
or the•ewo•.may:be gently laid upon,•
her side and the lamb brought to'
the teat on its knees or side, and
helped as above indicated.
NEW WAY OF MILKING.
A new method of milking has been
creating sone interest of late in
Scandinavian circles. The main
point of tho method consists in fol-
lowing up tho regular milking by a
series of manipulations of the udder
at the time of milking. The ordin-
ary method of stripping fails to re-
move the portion, which is doubly
valuable on account of its high fat
contents. It is estimated that the
increased yield of milk by this now
method is about one to three pounds
per day.
Near Glasgow an old-fashioned
Newcomen engine has been at work
at a mine continuously since 1809.
It develops 27 horse -power.
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Jim Dumps a little girl possessed
Whom loss of appetite distressed.
"I dee isn't eat!" the chid vzould•.,
scream.
Jim fixed a dish of "Force" with
cream;
She tasted it, then, joy for him!..
She befed for more from "Sunny
1m."
The Raady'to.6erae Cereal
a good fairy to
all youngsters.
Perfect Plod for Children.
"Wheat is a outset 3' iUix sr ecrsal, duel
efforts should be made to tames ohlldrotl
to oat it." a
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WHEN KINGS V .SIT PAIS
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AND DISLIKED,
King Alfonso ,'ICiZ. Was Almost
Mobbed— •4.}sit of the queen
and Prince Albert.
just on twenty years ago King
Alfonso XII. of Spain went from
Berlin to Paris. All the city was
on top -too of expectation. blowers
strewed the streets, bunting flaunted
and fluttered aloft; guards of honor
were everywhere; bands crashed wel-
comes, and bugles blared. Every-
thing pronr,ised a magnificent recep-
tion. But, unfortunately, just prior
to his entry, there cane flashing
over the wires the news that he had
been made, by the Emperor Wiilliam,
a colonel of Uhians.
It was a little thing; but it was
enough. The Parisians, forgetful of
the duties of hospitality, of interna—
tional amity, of everything in fact
but their blind hatred of all things
German, met Alfonso's smiles with
rovilings and hisses. But for the
troops the King would undoubtedly
have been mobbed, perhaps murder-
ed. As it was, the affair was siuf-
flciently alarming, and for a few
weeks the question of peace or war
trembled in the balance.
In 1866, when the second great in-
ternational exhibition •was held on
the Champ de Mars, nineteen crown-
ed heads were aseernbled there at
one time. They included, among
other lesser potentates, t'he Kings of
Greoco, Belgium, Prussia and Swe-
den, the Czar of Russia, the Khe-
dive of Egypt, the Sultan of Tux -
key, and the Emperor of Austria.
The sceuo at their reception was
one of unexampled splendor. Ten
million of francs were spent by the
xre nicipality in entertaining them.
Unfortunately, however, the com..
plete success of the gathering was
marred by the attempted assassina-
tion of the Czar by one Berezowaki,
A POLISK REFUGEE.
Prior to this — in the summer of
1855 — another big erdhibition had
been held, and had been visited by.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
It was a noteworthy event, if only.
beca,uso no English sovereign had
set foot in Paris for more than four
centuries previously. Napoleon,
too, conscious of tho insecurity of
his tenure of the throne, and well
aware of the importance to him of
the recognition implied by the visit,
did his very best for his royal
guests. Balls of surpassing splen
dor were given both in Paris and
at Versailles, and there was also a
grand review, when the Queen re-
gretted that she had not been oat
horseback, though the day was wot.
With the Queen and the Prince
Consort was the Prince of Wales,
now, of course, King Edward VIII.
The little lad, as he then was, wass
hugely delighted with the gaiety and
splendor of the French capital, and
when the time came to go ho tried
to persuade the Empress Eugenie to
retain him and his sister, "Just a
little while longer."
"But that would never do," ob-
jected the Empress, "your mother
could not spare you."
"Oh, yes, she could," promptly re-
plied the Prince, "she has got six
more at home."
IN TETE SUMMER OF 1989
so many foreign sovereigns were
gathered together in Paris that a
special building, known as the "Ho-
tel of the Emperors," was set apart
for them. Externally this unique
"hotel" was not especially preten-
tious; but internally it was a dream
of splendor and of beauty, the fur-
nishing alone costing over £186.000,
while £80,000 more of the city's
money went in decorating it and in
service. To it there carte the Shah
of Persia, in honor of ,whom splen-
did fetes wore organized, followed by
European, kings, princes, grand
dukes, and - •Annamite, Tantalum,.
Moorish, and Egyptian potentates
galore.
Paris got something stailantial,
however, in return for her expendi-
ture in this connection. The Shah
alono spent £4100,000 in three days'
shopping; a record which, though,
was easily 'beaten later on by the
Czar, during his memorable visit to
the city in the autumn of 1896.
This latter was perhaps the most
gorgeous as well as the most hilari-
ous of all similar functions. Tho
Franco-Russian Alliance was a new
wine to the Parisian then, and they
hastened to make thexnoelves drunk
with it. For three days and nights
—October 5th, 6bh and 7th — the
city neither rested nor tired. Tho
hours of ought -to -have -been darkness
were as the hours of daylight, with
open-air balls on every boulevard,
and farandoles and orchestras at •- ..
ALL THE STREET CORNERS.
The Rue de la Pa.ix was decorated
with ropes and sails, stretched
across the street,like the rigging of a
vast vessel, in honor of the Russian
sailors. Nothing was to be seen
anywhere save flags, scarves, cock-
ades and• badges, and colors, of .rho
two friendly nations. When all was
pyer twenty tons of confetti „ were
swept and carted away from a single
main thoroughfare.
What, a contrast. this to the visit
of King David Kalakua, Sovcriegn
of the Sandwich Islands, in 1583.'
Hie arrived one morning unexpected-
ly with a Gladstone' bag and £250
in gold, and the city was so ' im-
mensely anvused and tickled that it
treated hint to all sorts of mock
royal honors, which he mistook for
real, and sent hirer on his way re-
joicing.
Another coni+rast also, but a pa-
thetie one, was afforded. by tyle visit,
a year or two back, of the unhappy
Ranavalona, ex -queen of Madagas-
car. The president caused her ex
permits to be paid at a second-rate
hotel, and the Parisians subscribed
ah'd bought her a new'dress. But int
is doubtful if even those little court-�
isles, kindly intended though • they
doubtless were, quite atoned t o her
for the loss of her queed:.'4om. rear -
son's Weekly.
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