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• •S,e oteeeie<SC, ift4e46.4E4444f4eVie th.<444t*.f *Z41•3•114"41446•E.4" ifeleinine beauty. Never liaci arty one
-est i 1 proved so fastidious in her tastes.
0 I- Thin ladiee she objected to altogeth-
i. 1ted, short -legged, medium, dark-wariO
r• ,elea tout, tall obeee loeg ane-
w 1 fair ones. The only conclusion pose
W le/elle to arrive at was teat the single
w Or, Kinship Between flan and
i hriely admired was her own, and lie-
' style Miss Pallieer honestly end geme-
W body else did, it showed how wise and
et
✓ tiorse
how merciful was the invisible Pro -
Oh!, Dhtleeele-h•SPelieJoielehiebdi',70100141',3143133'3113'3'"4'34431333433,33111* videnee ruling over use
ito discover what was her "style" of Whether tywing to fed& remark of ;ovation. When noon Lett' Loinsio
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OliATTIOR XI,
Meanwhile Mrs. Paget caul Miss
PaIlicr standieg elmost within ear-
shot, bed been eugaged ib tie animat-
ed exchaege oe ideas, of which Kate
13reweer, happlee foe her, was the un-
eemecious object.
"What do you OM* or our new
lady?" aoked Mrs, Paget confidenti-
ally, edging up to lug friend, and n babe in swaddliog clothes; 1 doubt Clinker," ae that gentleman passed
setting the ball rolling. "Is she like-. oven if she enows bow to stick on, close by, "he knows what's wit ]'II
ly to prove on, acquisition?" let ctione eet a horse at a fanee. Peoe ,ask leis opinion."
"This Miss Brewser 1 uppose you pia like thet ought to stay at home, I The JaCk knew the ladies
mean?" returned Mies Palliser, with and not come out hunting. They well, end disliked both, eepecially
an animation so simple a question are a perinct emisaece, and positively ;Miss Palliser, but at mention of his
eeemed hardly celculated to peovolce, dangerous. As for judgment, She has;Own name he felt bound to stop and
e`hres, this Miss Brewser. This not a scrap, and from .
her manner is inquire if he could render them an
wonderful heiress every One is tulking not likely to acquire it. Q. no, service. „.
nhout, and who, they seem to say, depend upon, it the kindest thieg we "What do you want to ask wee"
Win turn all tile heads of tha Foxing- can wish Miss Brewser is that she he said in a cold lint courthons tone.
"I don't think Mise Brewser has
I She's plueliy," observed Mrs. ;altogether such a very bad seat on
Paget, tictuated by a higher sense of ;horseback," observed Ni. Paget, at -
justice.. ter a slight pause. "I've seen
"Plucky! So'a the bird that dash- worse.
es itself against the iron railings of "Airs. Paget, I did theuk you 'mew
its cage; so's the dog that threaten e idehat a seat was," returned Miss
to bite you when his bone is with- ;Palliser ecernfelly, "you, who've
drawn, and the beasts ef the field, hunted here, off and on, ever since
and the birds of the Ore Plucky, in- 'your marriage; and Pea sorry to be
deed! I tell yon she's as ignorant as :unable to agree. But here's Colonel
Lon bachelors?" leey get a, rattling good fall, the 1"Anything, very important?"
"The Feeington bachelors, in that sooner the better, which will either "Oh, no, Colonel; not exactly
bn-
ease cannot possess any verygreat. teaeh her caution or lay her up for portant," said Miss Palliser &menu:-
, incelicem of brains to turn,". eaid tbe rest of tbe season." tatirigiy, "only Mrs. Paget here de -
"Ob,. I dare say she knows nothing dares that Miss Browser has a good
about riding. How should she, poor figure and a good seat on horseback,
thieg?" remarked Mrs. Paget tem- and knowing you to lie an authority,
paseionotely, who, being eniunger tliceeht I t't ould just ranee klu
r her posttion a most questiora look upon Kateee ebertcominge inore ItiOne. so surelew"mid she welted, at
elneeerone or female escort, eetting body, to nry hnowledge, heti ever Years ego Jack Clineer liad seen
ins Palliser sareasticaily. "Are
they in the habit of running after eV -
6).7 strange you,ng person who enters
the couritgyr
"Ah, my doer, thet's exaetlY ;than Mies Vollmer, was inclined to peel at beactemertere. Yon don't
able °au. T•wo without Rue leniently than the elder lady. "Nee Win out of her little colorlees eyes,
op for themselves in this indepereeent heard of eve ;,, ae-eeeheeteeteergirthereett s ote and jetties
of ••
• ePler tle Y • • Puna;
-- •
emit -quite the thing.'"
"Who are they? Does any one 7
itnOW anything aboue their anteced-
onto?"
"Miss Breweer is Scotch, believe,
Beyond that I can eay little,
"She may not even be respectable,"
said Mies Palliser, with an air ol
extreme propriety, "1 weeder ,
ther people intend to call?"
"Mrs. Forrester has done so al-,
reader "
"Jost like her, and at her age
dare say it can% signify Muth oue
way or the other; but you and 1, my
dear, really ought to be more cite
cunnspect."
Mies Palliser had readied the bore
derland when ten years more oe less
ere not supposed to make much (life
ference; nevertheless site still coue
McLeod her reputation a pearl of
spotlees price, to be kept from con-
taminetion just aS carefully as in the
days of her girlhood. In fact, from
Iter Manner And convereation she
appeared quite oblivious of the feet,
that that sunny period bad long ago
been left behind.
r °eV " of whicb hese Palliser's nature w s •
capaele, and despieed her aceordieglY• no wise disconcerted at the prospect
As often as she made advenees, jeer or reonh home alone, as a good
so often aid he relmif them. Captath . many hellos eitneeroy etreeeteteneere
Fuller's reneude hod leit him ill 31° • nileht baVe done. The only draw -
Mood to diseuee the helms. and
tel 114 her ride certainly not back eonsisted in Xing Wars dislike
to gates. Ineteed
do se irainillee Besides, he took .ly while his •mistress endeevored to
of steeding quiet -
pleasure in oggraveting Miee Pattie !mese the he was „leetee in
EWE IN THE FAR EAST.
.th,e. lady's or oot it would be' be-
. there is a "to -day,- a '`eesterday
rpwcio.sisbulievtr7s:oay,to. bf-iiiitlableifoo‘yree I:ene ego iit
x‹:.iye
ebatty and pleasant the "quiet, nice
Vort of man" could be. They got On
tfamoesly, tied s000 made friends, so
that the remainder of the jag to the
covert was performed under favorable
circumstances. Arrived at their fresh
destination, the eumber of foxes ap-
peared trel3r bewildering, and such
a long time was spent in toe -rowing
hthe cube that the prospect of a run
lavealne more and more remote. It
, wee not half -past two o'clock, and
Kate, remembering Stiroods parting
jOunctions, determined on in eking
tracks for lioine, especially as she
beard the hounds were likely to drew
farther and farther away from Fox-
ington. She therefore inquired the
way from a ruddy -faced, and obliging
farmer who happened to be near, and
he assured her she could not possibly
mistake it, provided she was able
to open eietidry gahee, Thus eelight,-
ened, Kate turned King Olaf'e bead
towards Sport Lodge. The horse had
fretted a good deal clurieg the long
period of inaction that lied taken
place. he was still very fresh and
:exhibited a acceded relimeauce to milt
his componions; but once feeler out
of sight and sound of the bounds, he
;ceiticlav settled down into a, long
'swinging trot, which Soon put a con-
siderable distaiwe between them. Kate
followed the high -road till she came
to a receritly painted band -post,
„ where she had been direeted to tura
shirp to the right, keeping- on a
liaridle•Patli which led acro ee the fields
'I
i more SlIt) %weld eneeren on the turn-
ildhe close by Foeingeon, Now, as
we have seen, Miss Browser wee an
'.exceelingly independent yomig per-
as.h son eccustoired to rely upon her
own resources; therefore She felt in
1 .
Mrs. Paget was the wife of a retie,
ed brewer', wno coeeitiered hunting -
shire the acme of foehion mid the
hot -bed of aristocracy, end who bad
nee been lieerd to assert that he
ulyeared for Ittnn Ang Olt iteC01111t 01
e. good soeiety to be met with in
b hunting -field.
`7 should tIntik net,* said. Miss
Palliser, With a sneer. "Do you
hnow, 7 should not be the least sure
prieed if she turned out no better
then she ought. Filch things have
hapeetied before now."
awybow -she rides good hors-
es. That cheetnet is Select
neeety."
"Vey; it's a sad /Sty to see such
thl,? illUlter So completely 'misted.
however, suppose money is no obe
jet. But lett my dear, what
do you say to her figure? Pon%
you call it rather. rather" ---pausing
In search of a, sultalite adjeetive--"pe-
culler?"
"'Well, I don't, hinny; there some-
thing a littie celd about it, perbeps.
But until you called my attention to
the fact, I was inclined to consider it
tolerably good. She carries herself
wen,"
"Good? Well I never hefted limb
a thing! Finley you thiuking it
good, litre. Paget. I really should
bave thought yod would have known
"Did suy good?" mein she was
In danger of losing caste, and ()ver-
min° by the other's superior. decis-
ion, "Let alte haVO another look, Oh
yes, I was mistaken after all; only
moderate—very moderate."
"Plenty of padding," suggested Miss
Palliser, considerably appeased.
"Looks like re hen turkey -with its
breast well trussed."
'elite, hal An excellent, simile, and
encomMonly neatly put,
"I dare say," continued Miss Pal-
liser in tones of depreciation, "thee
men may admire Miss Ilrewser's fig-
ure, bUt all right-minded people
knew how to value their admiration
at its proper worth. Their ideas
"I auppose the men are Sure toll,
1»ake up to her," continued Mrs.
Paget.
"My dear," end Miss Palliser fix-
ed eevere glance upon ber friend.
whenever and whotever in this world
he slightest soupcon of impropriety .
lets, the sinalleet symptom of
mailing wrong, there 7,ion may be
ire the men will always flock. They
have no rnerale, no principle, no reS0-
lution, The faster and the worse
style this Miss Brewser is the better
they will probably like her, and the
more they will run after her. Now -
a -days virtue is not appreciated,"
And certainly, if represented by Miss
Palliser, it could be %telly believed, "
for a sourer, raore malignant-looking,
end uglier 'woman it would be diffi-
cult to imagine. From the. moment
King Olaf had shown his superiority
she heel sworn eternal minute- against
Kate. Personally she knew- nothing
in the girl's disfavor, but the mere
fact that she bad proved herself eape
able et holding her own in the hunt-
ing -field was sufficient to `render her
an object of envy and detestation,
"I'll tell you one tillage" whispered
lIfieeelealliser mysteriously.
'Wes," said Mrs. Paget, all atten-
tion. "What is it?"
"Wey, she can't ride one little bit;
she came at a tiny flying fence just
now a hundred miles an hour with-
out the smallest control over her
horse, and all but knocked me over."
This was untrue, and Miss Palliser
knew it, seeing that when Kate had
jumped the fence in quesuon she
(Miss Palliser) had happened to be
quite a couple of lengt,b,s in the rear,
but it answered her purpose just as
well as any ether statement, and
served to establish a cases belli.
80. !such tt. desperate hurley that he in- s
Interesting to Kuow on Aceotteet tate oteemerrowe on the earth, Sup,
"4 of the War,
Since the talk of hostilities be-
tween• Japan and Russia there has
been sonic discussion as to the ex-
aet relation betweee our time and
the time in 'Pokio and the other eit-
ies brought. into >romieence by th.
preeeet war. !every person realizes
that high mime varies with every
!pose noon bad arrWed at Toronto
1 (roughly epealciag 79 degrees west
longitude), Toronto's antipodel Lehi -
!Wan is the one which poteees through
Bangkok, Siam. Thee when it
!eoon here it is midnight at Calcutto
'toed all of that portion of tee e
'vast of Oaloutte is therefore in to-
,
morrow axle -there people could say
i
Y
zr ED T.m Pwargrom
ILLUS'I'RATEle PA.hteell
alf-tone" Cuts .45x.re M.',ade From.
Photographs by tbe 1ate
Glass ?recent/a,
ereclineer talk frequently thine
on the imeetion tbe enormities
prices plied for ra,r0 and oUt-of-1../40-
way objeets, oral os a, receet (woe.
&ion the wiiter met with un ineredne
lout) laugh when lie stoted that be
10,
10 doy commercial life v.e.ere thin
enew of nue-Denote instarges in every -
5
sheets of plateglase were sold lois
$3.,000 a foot.
lecreduloue as it euunils, the state-
nt is, in point Of fact, nine -elate -1y
iteralier true. 7eut the metre
\est\3\
who buys it gets eomething '
hiseq
a. a
0.11,4WiRDAY I.
mile one goes east Or weet. The con-
fusion. that would necesserily .cietie is
etinireized on the continent by a nys-
tem called standard timen, which was
adopted by the railroads in 1883 and
since adopted by nearly ell of the
large cities. This system divkles the
continent into fOur seetions, retell fa -
teen degrees of longitude width.
time taken for one district, is the
solar time at the middle point of the
section, Consequently we have eeet-
"UrS. raga 18 emite right," he „sieteeOfl tm.e,„ fore, ele way
,nusweved hrushuelY• "Mi8s Brewser ithrough before tbe gate wes fairly
bra one of the prettiest figures ad ether, taeloey eeten oteeteeneee Kate 'ern,
/dc'es St*at8 '"411 far a 1°31g ..varimis rather unpleasant nuegei and time,
the one o the east. of It. Pelt onr
eastein is not unitersal coul, teeeept
in tikgo countries ahem the railway
systee s Tenho such a method news -
teary, eolar time e; in use.
At a eanferenee which feet in Wash-
ineton 3882 to adopt a. cone -eon
letire meridian to be used in reehon-
ing lorgitule and delegates represeute
ing countries deilded in favor of
taking the meridian of f Irvenaich. A.
reeelution was udopted to -the elfert
that the 'universal' day be n mean so-
ler day, beginning at the hour OF
midnight of the initial meridian.
When it is noon at London one
dote and day prevail all over the
earth. If noon is either east or west
of Loudon there are two days in op -
d
very wnu ars 3 me" breises. Iforees. lilse moven are rot
can ride over a fence In the waY she One& absalutely perfect. end Eing
614 a few aninutee ago. Added to elle most he forgiven for romeesieg
;#1i se advantages, she oppeare tee be tide one wpm,
' tbertmgh lody." "With. Whit% eut- Deshite ternary at toeee casu-
,Ung remaele ,lack Clinker slightly ;ahem, Kate managed to get through
raised his bat ad rode "What' :the first tWO or 4,414 41 elates tolerably
. brutes eoree women mee. to be sure," •elleeeseeely,, and wosc'jyyst iy,,ginning
,he nrittered to bite/self in disgust. r,te eeegeeeteete hereof tet Ly.ryytiyit.y4.-
"Old elevill why eon't AA 100Ve the teentte, wee» g soot eame,er was
poor girl alortie And all beeccuee the !put on her self-teiteern by a barrier
cnt lies' 01It in a mieerahle little tell lthat bellied evety effort, and rentilin-
iniuntes° spin. rough! I declare it's ed obstinately,elosed in spite of both
el' • • i
tOgether." , fastened with a bar and ii•on, hook.
ertoiteli to SKIM tSae with the sex ale fare,' end persuasion. et, wits (iouistele
' • u`s 74)oills'r turned .gyeen* and inis letter, after repeated es9ays,
• -
loeiced complen ly dundnoUnderet. "he /Kato inanue,e lel undo, but the
gate Itself remained immovable, m-
ot which a daring and deterunwel
'-' •
had expected to lind an ally, instead
enemy had confronted Ler, enexpected-
but none the lese surely. Besides
whicli Colonel Clinker's opluiou ear
riedi considerable weight. throughout
the country.
miring a man e etrength to heave It
up froin the ground. In the midst
of her difficultiete and by way of
makime matters Worse, Ring Oiler
growing suchlenly impatient. began te
"You've put .your foot in it eke- 'slight Vagaries ber hunting -crop was
tma away. and during one of these
ly," said Mile Paget, with an ate leen from her eerie. et was engrave
tempt at consolation which did not
prove altogether satiefactory to its ed with her name, end having been
intended ohj t given to Lee by her intele, she would
ee
"I don't care if have," returned
Mies 'Palliser ungrily, "I can see
through a stone wall as easily as
inost • . .
p p ea a positively
disgusting, Do you suppose that if
this Miss Browser were a penniless
lass Colonel Clinker would constitute
'hienself ber elmomion in this ridicule.
aus hellion? No, not 'het It's the
money he's after. That's as clear as
clear cen be, and I repeat, can it
disgusting. If you And I were heir-
esses We Shaald bav. 11 th
on suck subjects are so extremely
toddling round us in just the same
odd, to say the least of it. Personal- wee o
ly I care a great deal more for the ee'
But even Mile Paget ventured to
opinions of my own sex than I du think, in spite of this assertion, that
for those of a pared of silly, Wild,
MiSS Palliser labored under slight
flighty boys. Rowever, that's neith- delusion. she was weak, easily in_
er Imre nor there. If thee' see atiee' iguenced, and entertained the most
thing to admire in Miss Brewser ;profound respect for Colanel Clinker
they are free to do so for Sefght it 'as a. seion of that aristoeraeer which
effects me; all I can say is, that she she revered next only to her Creator.
is not my style of beauty. Peeier "I think you were a little too much
something quieter, more refined, and down on -Vise Brewser," she eaid
less masculine." begeming to -waver in her allegiance.
Miss Palliser's cheeks were of a, uni- "Tut, Mrs. Paget, do you euppose
form sallow hue, all the color in her I'm going tie follow your example,
face having unkindly Settled in t,he and model all my opinions by- those
extreme point of ber nose, and it was of the Rouble. Jack?" responded Miss
a remarkable fact that during all the Palliser with a sneer that made Mrs,
years she had hunted in Ibintingshire ;Paget, blush to the roots of her hair.
no living soul had ever yet been able "Von may look up to the nobility if
you like, I don't care twopence
about them." Wbereution, after de-
livering 'this Parthinn dart, which
went quiVcring straight to poor
guilty errs. Paget's heart, Miss
terned her horse wrathfully,
aside, and put a close to a conversa-
tion which had ended less learmon-
iously than it had commenced.
Meanwhile the morning was wear -
ng away, and a fresh move was
'made in the direction of the covert
some two or three relies distant,
necessitated a long jog at that
back -breaking pace so extremely try-
ing to ladies. Mrs. Forrester now
came up and shook hands with Kate.
"Good morning, Miss Drewser,” she
said. "I have seen you several times
in the distance. but never liaci an
opportunity of saying a Word, and
have contented myself with achniring
your horse. I want to introduce you
to our master, Mr. Bingham. lee's
very quiet, but a nice sort of man
when you got to know him, and he's
just been asking who you were. -
"Really," answered Kate, "I am
very much flattered, anti shall be
happy to make his acquaintance. Up -
011 WhIC11 MI'S. Forrester promptly 01.-
1)11(20th-1e at haled fo.r instant use. „ , . • •
Promptness is everything in treating
ed significantly into the master's
this disease of the throat and lungs,
Dr. Cliese's SYruP of LiuSee'd and ' HD wl t
con ciliate an excell en t subscriber. The
young lady is rolling- in wealth, and
sure to he good for a couple of
ponies."
‘erhank y a , "Porres ter,
urnod ho with a wink and a smile.
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, •
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'have sacrificed a good deal sooner
than lose his present; besides, with-
out it now she was completely han-
clicapped. For a few seconds the
girl felt almost nonplussed, but she
possessed a race/Jute dis ouition that
. p
rould not bear to be beaten in aey-
thing it unoertoole She wanted to
get home, and she wanted to regain
ber lost crop, and the only way to
twelve at these results appeared to
be by dismounting. In her pocket
she invariably carried a stout lea-
ther strap, which, in the event of an
emergency like the present, she was
In the habit of buckling on to her
stirrup, and by this contrivance was
able to retell her foot up fat enough
to place it in the lengthened loop and
then swing herself into the saddle.,
But what you can do with a quiet,
steady, tired -out animal at the. mid
of a long clay's hunting, and what
you env do with a, remarkably freeh
and high-couraged one after only a
few hours' easy exercise, ere two
very different things, as Kate now
discovered to her cost. To descend
frdra the saddle was comparatively
simple, but to regain it a most la-
borious and difficult undertakirtg, for
every time she made an attempt King
Olaf dodged and fidgeted, fidgeted
and dodged, till Kate was fairly worn
out, and her temper raised to an
'unwonted pitch of exasperation so
that she aetually Went the length of
applying the epiteth "brute!" to her
favorite but certainly tantilizing hun-
ter. She looked around, but not a
soul was in sight to conic to her
assistance. Once more her resolu-
tions were quickly taken, and she
decided on trudging the rest of the
way on foot, consoling herself mean-
while with the philosophical reflec-
tion that "What cannot be helped
must be endured!''
(To be continued.)
1
SATURDAY Pen„ e FIA.D.74
Of tbi-Pt part Of Calcutta, that it 1
is yesterday, ieui every (me hes a
"toeley."
Japan hes le Lours
and 20 minutes before. •ive do, .and!
when we cunt into Sunda, Japan
hoe already recoiled the hour 2.21) p.
in. $t. Petereleirg hos reached 2;
Minutes after 7 o'clece a. me and
tee Loreion time is e a. to. Thus '
when tee Toronimiien is lereparing to
go to chuveli on Smeley 0Vapi the
A.u., MIX14. .
d niceinfele and nebia
01 an bone later tltsn
LONDON NEVER CAPTIeleED.
'rho only capital in Christendom
that has never been captured by a
foreign foe is London. This means,
of course, captured aid held by any
army of oCcupation, who have retired
after the declaration of peace, as in
the CaSe of tee capture and occupa-
tion ef, and enbsequent retirement
from Paris, by tile Germans in 3570-
71; ;tnd not as ili the wet:pints by
the Romans aod Norman!, and others
of England, in ancient times.
To prove 0.0 you Toe Vv.
1 i
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and every form of hotline.
bleeeinesed protruding Fileg,
he manufacturers have fulOranteedit. Seetes•
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owe what, they think ()fie 'Yon can use it and
;et your money back if nob cured. (30c a box, at
111 dealers or EortAxsota.BATEs & Co., Toronto,
Dino Chase's (Ointment
. 20
Cocen e einperate
bite, is !. to • 4. tlie R
thin
is 51,03 5,tt, 1.(
Mg work.
When *atoll Oa Tohio.
Thursday. in„ pubb 74 in the
daily papers. ve meet remember that
tee tiqr'grata V.19 ;emit when. our
doces regteteree ,O,10 p.m. on Wed-
•etiay. Sect a despatch is publieh-
ed in a moiniiee eaper on Itritlay, so
it MASI be s•en teat the event oe-
cerred more thou tv•si daYs hefore,
aced of the tiny 'weir.% as the date
WMIld 801011 to NIzOW.
The alt0Y4' dieoranis will show more
plainly than words the relation be-
tweeo the tine, shown by tour docks
and these of London. St, Petersburg
and Tokio.
'J.' liter
ORIMIN.1.L " CORNER INC „"
lengeossieg" was at one thee an
offence punisittable in leugbeed by flue
and imprieourneet, and the laws
ageinst it struck at those—celled
"engroseers''—who pleuned to man
control over neceesities—such as
gram or feed stuns in cionsiderable
quantities, either by purchase or
otherwise, with the ilahntion of
raising the - prices), The Statute
Book holds quite a. eeries of enact-
ments designed to prevent in the na-
ture al what we know as a "trust,"
"co.ner," or "eonibinee"'liegrat-
ing" was a etheinal offence, end so
was lorstalling." ne former
consisted of buying a2id Se 'big the
eame day in the stone market or
near it; aed the latter implied the
purchase of merchandise on the way
io market, or before the hour at
which the market conuneeced, with
the intention of selling at a, profit,
while it was also "forestalling"-, to
circulate rumors calulated to raise
the. prices of eommodities. Though
these law ba. e fellen into dieuse,
View Were in 14 4r04 it Mir grand-
fathers' thee. At Preston, for in-
stance, there were prosecutions al -
meet up to the itt!Ce8Si013 of Queen
hectoriu,
A 'RICER FLOWER.
There was exhibited at a meeting
of the 11hi1osOphiettI Society in Cam-
bridge, England, recently. some
living specimene of a most curious
insect brought from Rangoon by
Capt. C. I. Williams. it is a species
of mantis, and its body and legs
ilia both shaped and colored to re-
semble a beautifol Mover. Lying in
wait for butterflies under a. spray
of leo.veS, it look's like an azure -blue
blossoM with e. Week sleet in the
center eXactly reeeMbling the tube of
n. Nit olla, The hinder part of the
bokiy is drawn out into a Toug green
stalk. Butterflies and other insets
e readily deceived by this mimic,
but the thotaut they touch it Its
retel enove seiee teen,
RUSSIANS IN MANCHURIA.
cP:SSACWIZEtalltaPITEPN,T1431..p MAE()
than a Piece a plain menu. -
r • plate -glass in exchange for
ue. valualUe is it, ier•
so essential to at ItatOt
e ineoestry, that without its aid it
would be impceeible to prodece beef
the alluetrated papers of the prevent
dee",
What,
eby is it s
le the reader
lustrated pa
0
and
ination of one a the p
(bleed in its pages. Le will
bobilit,y notice on close)
that it is eetirely cotepoeed (11
nunteralole tine dote no bigger
pin-poiat.
ll'he process employed in the
duction or the picture is 10101111 ,,
Le "half tone," end the dots ar
t result of that process tt"A4
plattegInee referied tO
pliotogr
!eine Pio
00 a pniutirig 844
11 hasto be umu
nteazi
00
, and this bei4'g eo, 15 h; obv1ou',4 '
i the sqIld elicture reel F lysl'ciud
1 treat wilt to euable the ebeadenis to
do their NI' '117,.
here is where Jiue use piene
of iditte-gla6S C011109 in. neaS-
' awes aboet 1 etice. te, 1 b.4 , e licl le
' icnown to cegreeere as a "el reell."
3» eeetiiy it emaelsts oi il we thin
rqnares af plateeele,s, ralic4i Willa
liz es teat eteiee vete anethe
' It f, 0:4011,er. Three tities
s to:wielder thee Irani
o .e.0 go i the stpeire Lech.
wheit to the light the
,. iilee a bit of thee
444
4
0. 1 C
iied, the ea yore li .
original picture and, rep iol
ihrougli the glues tsereen."
cutting it up bail uOIidt saecares
dot% The oegatine is then printea
on to a, seesitired eine plate, binned
IR over a gasestoe, lied troneferred
to the acid bath, where the action
of the chemicals coinpletes lb, work.
'neve "soaves" vary in vont Is era
$230 for a, very small once to 81,500
or .,52,000 for tete of the qwe indira,t-
ed. Wben uot in use they are kept,
in cotton -wool, to heep the sUrface
tree hem scratches.
But there are other 1.18115 o glase
equally as valuable as thsc
"screens." Tahe, for Instan
Ihalf-dozen uegatie es giving a
amie view of
THE BAY OF NAPLF.S,
taken only a few weeks bade by the
New Photograpide Company of 33r-
3114. 131 themselves they clo net re-
preeent any great value, but in a
finished state the prints made from
them are worth S2,500 or $3,000
'
ea:o.bis composed of six nee -
Tees arth
o e largest photographs
in the world, measuring twelve
yards and a, half wide and one yard
and a half high. This immense
pitograph
tions, which in their turn measure
two yards by one yard and a half
mTialedenewge4rteivtealscefnr°1fIll•omwidectlesi ttehlelyw
o Meteer:-
ino, the highest point of the moun-
tains surrounding Naples. They show
the bay from Vesuvius to Capri, and
the image was e.nlargecl direct on
to bromide paper, whieh had to be
developed at night in the open air,
owing to the size of the prints and
the difficulty of handling them.
Soecial machinery and appliances
were erected to deal with these
nutmmoth photographs, and the
washing and fixing was done in 31400-
1 laily
contrived vats of extraordinary
5189.0'he bromide paper ilself was de-
velopell by winding it on a. huge
wheel, and spraying 'it with a gee -
den hose as it passed over it. Only
two completed prints were made,
and this accounts for their excep-
tioual cost. One was for a firm in.
Dresden, the other for the St. Louis
Exhibition, which opens in the
spring.--Loridon Answers.
AN' IT WAS Olelentell
Mr. Michael O'Flyn was a tenant -
farmer, aim', as is not uncommon in
Ireland, he was not the man to stiller
the woes of his class in silence. Ills
landlord wad for ever receiving re-
quests and complaints from 'Michael,
and, to tell the truth, he waf..-, a little
tired of his tenant. One e-veningl
however, when Afithael WaS returning
from a distant market -town, 'he miss-
ed his way,and the only thtin; ha knew
for certain about his localliy was
that he was stuck fast in a bog, By
and by his landlord happened to pas,
and ohsoi:ved his floundering tenant.
ellher' he said, "so you've
got fixity of tenure at last!"
.'13egorra that 1 have!" cried Mike,
eand sure Oi'd be nwighty obliged 11
your honor would evict -mel"
ADVANTAGES (3r, w FEE! 001).
It Is only natural tlmt marriage
should seem a desirable and impor-
tant event to a normal woranr.15
ineans companionsthip, 1101-1104(1,
anti 110 0 40 for her. n/ni the in.fre..st,
411111 re:i)ect of her Fellowmen, 4pfl11-
10e11ta Wllillh freq uently al c w' 1511 d
from1111 N'S 0111041 0 5l'4) ie r worth
and ii,efsla 1 is urn eri
abi0bollrtOsl ; :it 1)41 oil bestow,*
'upon the most v:.in t)1'411b)1( \•••.•0141r1i4
441i0 p re Li xi.s 15. In nur 11 a 1 L10
is 41011 acc,,,giied the spins.1..,e,„