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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1904-12-15, Page 2menu, , Ulna Thc Pricc f Liberty OR, A MIDNIGHT GALL CHAPTER XXVIL—(Continued,) Henson shook his head uneasily. "The young lathy persisted in tak- ing me for a burglar," he groaned. And why not?" Christabel de- manded, "I was just going to bed when I heard voices in the fore -court below and footsteps creeping along. I came into the corridor with my re - 'Solver. Presently ono of the men slimed up the ivy and got into the corridor. I covered him with my re- volver and fairly drove him into a bedroom and locked him in." "So you killed with both barrels?" Littimer cried, with infinite enjoy- ment. "Then the other one came. Ho came to steal the Rembrandt.". "Nothing of the kind," the wretched Henson cried. "I came to give you a lesson, Lord Littimer. My idea was to get in through the window, steal the Rembrandt, and, when you had missed it, confess the whole story. My character is safe." "Giddy," Litti,ner said, reproach- fully. You are so young, so boy- ish, so buoyant, Reginald. What would your future constituents have said had they seen you creeping up the ivy? They are a grave people who take themselves seriously. Egad, this would be a lovely story for one of those prying society papers, 'The Philanthropist and the Picture.' I've a good mind to send it to the Press myself. Littimer sat down and laughed with pure enjoyment. "And where is the other par- tridge?" he asked, presently. Christabel seemed to hesitate for a moment, her sense of humor of the situation had departed. Her hand shook as she turned the key in the door. "I am afraid you are going to have a rather unpleasant surprise," Henson said. Littimer glanced keenly at the speaker. A11 the laughter died out of his eyes; his face grew set and stern as Frank Littimer emerged in- to the light. "And what are you doing here?" he asked, hoarsely. "What do you expect to gain by taking part in a fool's trick like this? Did 1 not tell you never to show your. face hero again?'= The young man said nothing, Fe stood there looking down, dogged, quiet, like one tongue-tied. Littimer thundered out his question again. Ile crossed over, laying his hands on his son's shoulders and shaking him as a terrier might shake a rat. "Did you come for anything?" he demanded. "Did you expect any mercy from—" Frank Littimer shook off his grasp gently. He looked up for the first time, "I expected nothing," he said, "I —I did not come of my own free mill. T am silent now for the sake of myself and others. But the time may come—God knows it has boon long delayed. For the present, I sin bound in honor to hold my tongue." He flashed one little glance at. Hen- son, a long, angry glance. Littimer looked from one to the other in hes- itation for a moment. The hard lines between his brows softened. "Perhaps I am wrong," he mut- tered. 'Perhaps there has been a intetake somewhere. And if over I find out I have—pshaw, I am talk- ing like a sentimental schoolgirl. Have I not had evidence strong as proof of Holy Writ that— Get out of my sight, your presence angers me. Go, and never let me see you again. Reginald, you were a fool to bring that boy here to -night. See him off the premises and fasten the door again." Surely," Christabel interfered, "surely at this time of the night—" "You should be in bed," Littimer said, tartly. "My dear young lady, if you and I are to remain friends I must ask you to mind your own business. It is a dreadfully difficult thing for a woman to do, but you must try. You under- stand?''- Christabel Was evidently putting a strong constraint on her tongue, for she merely bowed and said nothing. She had her own good reasons for the diplomacy of silence. TTonson and Frank Littimer were disappear- ing in the direction of the staircase. I say nothing," Cluistabel said. "But at the same time I don't fancy I shall care very much for your dis- tinguished friend Reginald Henson." Littimer smiled. All his good humor seemed to have returned to him. Only the dark lines under his eyes wore more accentuated. 'A slimy, fawning hound," he whispered. "A. mean fellow. 'And the best of it is that ho imagines that I hold the highest regard for him. Good -night." CHAPTER XXVIII. A little later, and Christabel sat before her looking -glass with her lovely hair about her shoulders. The glasses were gone and her magnifi- cent eyes gleamed and sparkled. "Good night's work," she said to her smiling reflection. "Now the danger is passed and now that I am away from that dreadful House I feel a different being. Strange what a difference a few hours has made 1 And I hardly need my disguise—even at this moment I believe that Enjd would not recognize me. She will bo pleased to know that her tele- gram came in so usefully. Well, here I am, and 1 don't fancy that anybody will recognise Christabel Lee and Chris Henson for one and the same person." She sat there brushing her hair and letting her thoughts drift along idly over the events of the evening, Reginald Henson would have felt less easy in his mind had he known what those thoughts were. Up to now that oily scouudrel hugged him- self with the delusion that nobody besides Frank Littimer and himself knew that the second copy of "The Crimson Blind" had passed into Dell's possession. But Chris was quite aware of the fact. And Chris as Chris was sup- posed by Henson to bo dead and buried, and was, therefore, in a pos- ition to play her cards as she pleas- ed. Up to now it seemed to her that she had played them very well indeed. A cipher telegram from Longdean had warned her that Hen- son was coming there. had given her more than a passing hint what Hen- son required, and her native wit had told her why Henson was after the Rembrendt. Precisely why ho wanted the pic- ture she had not discovered yet, But' she knew that she would before long. And she knew also that Henson would try to obtain the print with- out making his presence at Littimer Castle obvious. He was bringing Frank Littimer along, and was therefore going to use the younger man in some cunning way. That Henson would try and get. into the castle surreptitiously Chris had felt from the first. Once he did so the rest would be easy, as he knew exactly where to lay his hand on the picture. Therefore he could have no better time than the dead of night. If his presence were be- trayed he could turn the matter aside as a joke and trust to his na- tive wit later on. If he had ob- tained the picture by stealth he would have discreetly disappeared covering his tracks as he retreated. Still, it had all fallen out very fortunately. Penson had been made to look ridiculous; he had been forc- ed to admit that he was giving Lit - tinier a lesson over the Rembrandt, and though the thing appeared in- nocent enough on the surface, Chris was sanguine later on that she could bring this up in evidence against him. "So far so good," she told her- self. "Watch, watch, watch, and act when the time comes. But it was hard to meet Frank to -night and be able to say nothing. And how abjectly miserable he looked 1 Well, let us hope that the good time is coming." Chris was up betinfes in she morn - On the Di;';estive and Excretory Systems. r5 Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills Are Lastingly lenofiolal—flomoving tho Cause of Dleenee. The symptoms of dyspepsia, bilious- ness, liver complaint, kidney disease and rheumatiani point to the pre- sence of poisonous matter in the System. The first thing Dr. Chase's Kidney - Liver, Pills 4o is to thoroughly cleanse the system of this waste mat- ter by causingfreo action of thekid.- neyy, liver and bowels. This result is not brought about in a harsh and irritating way, but is naturally and thoroughly accomplish- ed, The. flow of bile from the liver aids digestion and onetime continued regu- lar action of the bowels; the free ac- tion of the kidneys removes the uric acid, WHlch would otherwise cause rhouma,tism or stand in the bladder, Digestion, assimilation and the re- moval of waste matter' are carried out without pain or discomfort, and there is no foothiold for contagious or other 'disease, There is no other preparation pos- sassing this unique and combined ac- tion. and none which can possibly reach such complicated diseases as Dr, Chase's Ridney-Livor fills, Mr, C. F. Immel, shoemaker, West - ere Hill, St. Catharines, Ont., states; "I have used Dr. Clfaso's Ridnoy- Livei' Piles regularly for some time and consider that they aro unsurpass- ed for torpid livor, defective circula- tion, indigestion, headache and con- stipation, as thee° Were my troubles. I used many remedies, but got no relief until 1 tried 'Dr. Chase's TRid- ney--Liver fills, attd a few boxes of this preparation Have entirely cured trio, 1 am net lit the habit of on - dossing any medicine, but in this care I cannot epenes too highly in praise of lir. Chase's Pills for What they Have 'done for ane." Dr, Chase's Kidney -Liver Tills, one pill a dose, 2; conte a boy, at all dealers, or i11dnianson, hates & CO., Toronto, The portrait and signature of Dr. A. W. abase, the famous re- ceipt book author, are oh every best. ing and out on the terrace. She felt no further uneasiness on the score of the disguise now. 1- eeeoli was certain to be inquisitive, it was part of his nature, but he was not going to learn anything. Chris smiled as she saw Henson lumbering towards her. He seemed all the better for his night's rest. "Tho rose blooms early here," lie said gallantly, "Let me express the hope that you have quite forgiven neo for the fright I gave you last night.,' I guess I don't recollost tho fright," Chris drawled, "And if there was any fright I calculate it was on the other side. And ,tow are you this morning? You look as if you had been in the wars, Got some trouble with your throat, or wliat?" "A slight operation," Henson said airily. "I have been speaking too much in nubile lately and a little something had to be removed. I am mueh better." The ready lie tripped off his ton- gue. Chris smiled slightly. "Do you know, you remind me very much of somebody," he wont on. i "And yet I don't know why, because you are quite different, Lord Litti- mer tolls me you are an American." "The Stars and Stripes," Chris laughed. "I guess our nation is the first on earth, Now, if you happen to know anything about Bos- ton--" "I never was in Boston in my life," Penson replied hastily, The name seemed td render him uneasy. "Have you boon in England very long?" Clues replied that she was enjoying England for the first time, But she was not there to aliswer questions her role was to ask them. But she was dealing with a past -master in the art of gleaning information, and Henson was getting on her nerves. She gave a little cry of pleasure as a magnificent specimen of a blood- hound came trotting down the terrace and paused in friendly fashion be- fore her. "What a lovely dog,'" she exclaim- ed. "Do you like dogs, Mr, Hen- son?" She looked up beamingly into his face as she spoke; she saw the heavy features darken and the eyes grow small with anger. "I loathe them, and they loathe me," Henson growled, "Look at him!" He pointed to the dog, who show- ed his teeth with an angry growl, And yet the great sleek head lay against tho girl's knee in perfect confidence. I-Ienson looked on un- easily and backed a little way. The dog marked his every movement. "See how the brute shows his teeth at me," he said. "Please; send him away, Miss Lee. I am cer- tain he is getting ready for a spring." Henson's face was white and hot and wet, his lips trembled, He was horribly afraid. Chris patted the silky head and dismissed the dog with a curt command. He went off instantly with a wistful, backward look in his eye. "We aro going to be great friends, that doggie and I," Chris said, gaily. "And I don't like you any the better, Mr. Henson, because your don't like dogs and they don't like you. Dogs are far better judges; of character than you imagine. Dr.' Bell says—" "What Dr, Bell'?" Henson demand- ed, swiftly. Chris had paused just in time; per- haps her successful disguise had made her a trifle redness. "Dr. Hatherly Bell," she said. "He used to be a famous man before he fell into disgrace over something or another. I beard him lecture on the animal instinct in Boston once, and he said—but as you don't care for dogs it doesn't matter what he said," "Do you Happen to know anything about him'?" Henson asked. "Very little. I never met him, if that is what you mean. But I heard that he had done something particularly disgraceful. Why do you ask?" "Nothing more than a mere coin- cidence," Benson replied. "It is. just a little strange that you should mention his name hare, especially after what happened last night. I suppose that, being an American, you fell in love with tho Rembrandt. It was you who suggested securing it in its place, and then preventing my little jest from being successfully carried out. Of course you have heard that the print was stolon Once?" "The knowledge is as general as the spiriting away of the Gainsbor- ough Duchess." 'Quite so. Well, the man who stole the Rembrandt was Dr. Hath- erly Bell, He stole it so that he might pay a gambling debt, and it was subsequently found in his lug- gage before he could pass it on to the purchaser, I am glad you men- tioned it, because the name of Bell is not exactly a favorite at the castle." "I am much obliged to you," said Chris, gravely. "Was Dr. Bell a favorite once?" "Ola, immense. He had great in- fluence over Lord Littlmor, He— but hero'comes Littimer in one 'of his moods. ITe appears to be angry about something." Littimer strode up, with a frown ori his face and a telegram in his hand. Menson -assumed to be mild- ly sympathetic, "I hope it is nothing serious?" he murmured. "Serious," Littimer cried, "The acme of audacity—yes. The telegram has just conte. 'Must see you to- night on important business affect- ing the past. Shall hope to be with you some time after dinner!" t ti l who is the a c aciou "And s aspir- ant to an interview?" Chris asked, demurely. A man I expect you. never heard of," said Littimur, "but who is quite familiar to Henson here. I am alluding to that sconndrol Hath erly Bell," Good heavens?" Hensen burst Ont, "I—Imcan, what colossal im- pudence!" (To be Continued,) 4 The rataglostreek youth ihou.hcl ilii, twice bofore attefnpting to act, 0\ TOE FARM. li!'m.Y VdSN Vel®�f,e'OU7®Val®`ild >1ANDLE MILL' WITH CARE. N'Itli doctors, government officers and pbl.lnntliropists watching the milk supplies of the country, flue Probabilities are all in favor of an uncontamluated product for table use. But these agonts are not as yet con- cerning themselves much with the raw material furnished butter and cheese factories. The result is that both. the butter and cheese makers and many of those who furnish raw sup- plies, as well as consumers, suffer be- cause of the carelessness of ono or two farmers who sell dirty and poor milk to the manufacturers'. It seems to be in vain that Hien who are making a ,business success of selling milk give their experience for the guidance of other sellers. It is in vain that the factory people rs- monstrate and that buyers discrimin- ate against butter made from milk from a large number of farms, only ono or two of which supply a poor quality. It seeing next to impossi- ble to make the offender change his ways, and Ile goes on delivering a milk out of which first-class butter cannot be made. Thera is the wide variation there is in mar&et prices of creamery butter, because of this fact, but, the blame is often laid at the wrong door•. It is not the cream- ery man's fault but tho farmer's. In some cases the farmer neither delivers his milk promptly nor takes the pains to keep it as untainted as ho ought, yet he expects to got the highest price for his butter. No amount of dinning seems to impress some milk handlers with the fact that no article of human food will absorb odors so readily as milk. Tho taint, moreover, is very easily detected and no artificial means of removing it; leaves the milk intact. Pasteurizers or sterilizers cover up or destroy the "cowy" odors and flavors, but treated milk has not the delicate flavor of that which is odor- less and uncontaminated, nor is it so digestible. In order to get clean milk, not only should t.r,o cow stable be clean and sweet—about ninety-nine out of every hundred ars not—so that the breath and blood and tissues of the cow shall not be affected by bad odors, but the milker should be in perfect health, feeds should 1131 sweet and free 11'o111 must, rind all water tanks clean and' free from green slime and strong ouors. Stables are now whitewasted quick- er and much more effectively with spray pumps than with a brush, and wliitewasli is, of course, the dampest disinfectant known. A bushel of un - slacked lime will make thirty gallons of whitewash. The lune should be used before it is air -slaked, It should be thoroughly slacked with water, used while fresh and, if a spray is used, strained through a fine screen or cloth. The milker should be clean in person, ways, and perfectly healthy, if not, he may throw off germs of disease in breathing or coughing, If his breath is contam- inated with tobacco, the milk cannot entirely escape contamination, and if his hands are soiled the milk, roust be dirty. VIGOR IN COWS, Tliis is the element that produces endurance under great strain of any sort,—in the race horse under the strain of terrific speed, in the inilch cow under the strain of enormous production. Under the strain of a severe climate it is called hardiness. The presence or absence of this ele- ment is especially manifest in the growth and development of the young of the different breeds. Observe the calves of two different breeds. Of the one they live and grow without special care or attention; of the other they perish easily if they do not have the best of care, The difference is slimly in constitutional vigor or vi- tal force born in the calves of the it SIM= COM OF yields more readily to Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil than to anything you can take. When you awake in the night choked up and cough- ing hard, take a dose of the, Emulsion, and you will get' Immediate relief when no cough medicine will help you. It has a soothing and healing effect upon the throat andb ronchial tubes. Most o people know SCOirS EMLliSiGEI as a great body builder, but it is equally good to allay in - a1 1 and cti.re cold it ]111ation S and violent coughing. Send for 1',C6 Sample, SCOTT & IIOWN&, Chemists, Toronto, Ont, MAKING CONVERTS by LEAPS AND BOUNDS Ceylon Natural Green tea by its absolute purity and delicious Sa- vor is displacing Japan tea just as c'SALADA" black is displac- ing all other black teas. Sealed lead packets only. 25e and 40c per lb. By all grocers. one and not born in the calves of the other. The difference continues through the lives or thoso animals. It may not be manifest so conspieuously in the afterlife, yet it affects all their relations to their food, care and protection. In what does it consist? It is s, secret force Hidden in the race, in the breed anis in the animal. Perhaps it may be called the vital temperament. The bulls of tlio Hol- stein -Friesian breed possess this vital force or temperament more strongly than any other improved dairy breed. The breeders in Holstein and Fries- land have always avoided in -and -in breeding. In proof that this breed has maintained a high standard •of vital force we point to its use in al- most every climate, including that of Northern Russia, nearly up to the Arctic Oircic. here in America it is as hardy as our native cattle, Its calves are raised without diiiiculty. Taken from their dams at three days old and reasonably fed on skim -milk and a little oil meal they grow like weeds. Given plenty of food, no mat- ter if much of it is roughage, they develop rapidly, The heifers usually drop their calves at about two years old and henceforward aro profitable to their owners. APPLES F011 CATTLE. With thousands of bushels 'of ap- ples wasted yearly in the orchards of this country, the following from the French scientist, M. Henri Blin, in the Toenail d'Agriculture Pratigue re- garding the use of apples as food for cattle will be read witli interest. M. Blin admits that the apple is weak in nitrogenous constituents, and that its value as food consists chiefly in its mucilage and hypocarbonates. Yet he values the fruit as food for stock at $5 per ton, which is about twice as much as it is usual in this country to allow as the feeding value of a ton of mangels, No experienced feed- er, we imagine, would give half as much as $5 for a ton of apples to use as food for cattle. The analysis given in the article is as follows: Water, 85 per cent.; nitrogenous mat- ter, 040; fats, 0.30; extracts not nit- rogenous, 12:50; cellulose, 1.50. Of course, 1t Is stated that a good deal of dry feed, including concentrat- ed nitrogenous feeding stuffs, should be used with the fruit. With oilcnke, he says„ apples have a feeding value equivalent to that of mangels or car- rots. Apple Pulp, the residue of eider -making, is recommended for en- silage. As much of the water has been extracted, the parbentago of nu- tritive constituents is much greater in tins pulp thian in fresh apples. M. Blin calls attention to the importance of pulping of mincing apples for stock, if only to avoid the danger of some of them being swallowed wholes It would• be interesting to see the results of some comparative feeding experiments with equal weights of apples and mangels, for other foods being the seine, in the fattening of cattle add sheep. VELVET AS TRIMMING. Never before in its History has vel- vet been in such a demand as a trim- ming. It not only is self -decorative but is used in the ornamentation of all kinds of other fabrics. Paris modistes have endorsed it for every detail of milady's wardrobe. In Panay effects plaid velvets are new, and hicl fair to give supremacy taffetas a hard struggle for supremacy as a waist material. A handsome waist for very dressy wear is made of black chiffon vel- vet. Tho design is rather simple, yet what the effusive woman would call really sweet. There is a chanrisette- sliapo yoke of pure white lace falling over the opening in frills combined with the snowiest chiffon. Outlining thei of white satin yoke isa stitched witli Parisian braid in pale blue, rose, gold and black. The sleevav extend only to the elbows and have a cuff trimmed with the white satin anis embroidery. They are finished with ruffles on the snowy white lace and chiffon. SURE EVIDENCE, A commercial traveller, whose face was somewhat remarkable for its ugliness, recently found hit -weld in a little country town. He was proceeding ;quietly along. the street when he was suddenly con- fronted by two large and rough- looking man, apparently strangers to the plate. Tho more aggressive of the two gave the traveller a slap on the. shoulder, like the slain of a barn- door, and said:— "1 say, is there a gaol in this yore town, where they silut up criminals?" Now, the traveller prided himself on his ability to get along peaceably with all sorts and conditions of men, so be assumed an air of familiarity, and begun:— "/ egan:"1 don't think so, i;'v0 been Hiro two days, and—" "Then there ain't any," broke in the marl; with decision. "if you've. been in this yore town two days and there was 000, ,you'd be in itl." During courtship a girl is often unable to express her thoughts, but She makes up for lost time after, marriage" ENGLAND AND GERMANY. An Author's Desitre to Stir up Strife. The Berlin correspondent of The London Daily Telegraph says : Herr A. Niemann, author of the book en- titled, "Dor Weltkrleg," which caused so much stir when it first appoarod some months ago, and has been translated into English, has written to The Press to defend himself against the attacks made on him charging him with being a firebrand and with having .contributed by his book to further embitter the sola- tions between Germany and England, l.T,,err Niemasm, says that Germany, the greatest of Germanic people, is asserting for herself a world position Witness her colonies and growing fleet. • She Iras ono enemy—England. England has always been the enemy of the mighty nation, because she will herself bo mightiest. That is why she broke the power of the Neth- erlands, destroyed the Empire of Spain, and is working for 200 years to break the might of Prance. She maintains' her position by utilizing wars between other powers, only en- gaging in wars against colored races, In this way England won her colon- ies and girdles the world with her naval stations. The more hostile will England grow. 'As soon as Ger- many's colonies pay, as soon as Germany's fleet is a factor to be reckoned with, there will be a war between the two countries. Accord- ing -to Herr Niemann, the English- man's most cherished dream is Eng- land on the throne of the world, with all the other nations her vas- sals. Herr Niemann says he wrote his book to break down the over- whelming vanity of Englishmen, to make the geographical and political state of affairs clear to his country- men. He—"But 5f I kiss you once, there will be no one the wiser." She—"Oh yes, there will." Pio—"Who?" She —"You—another time." WM u Hidelp THE HOSPITAL FOR m' SICKe HILDREN For it Cares for Every Sick child in Outerio whose Parents Cannot Afford to Pay For Treatment. 0' if 1d' The Hospital for Sick Children, College street, Toronto, appeals to the fathers and mothers of Ontario for funds to maintain the thousand sink children that it nurses within its walla every year. The Hospital is nob a local institution— but Provincial. The sick child from any piece in Ontario who can't afford to pay has the same privi- leges as the child living in Toronto and is treated free. The Hospital had last year in its beds and Dots 761 patients, 267 of these were from 196 places out- side of Toronto. The cost is 98 cents per patient per day, and there were 199 sick little ones a day `0000 007, nooron," in the Hospital. Since its founda- tion the Hospital has treated 10,371 children —about Y• 7,600 of these were unable to pay and wore treated free, Every dollar may be the translator of your kind thoughts into the Hospital kind deeds, Everybody's dol- lar may be t h o Friend in Need to Somebody's child. Lot the money of the strong be mercy to the weak. The Hospital pays oub divi- dends of health and happiness to suffer- ing childhood on every dollar that is paid by the friends of little children. If you know of. any sick child in your neighborhood who is sick or erip- pled or has club feet send the par- ent's name to the Hospital. "stir's marmite Seo the example of what can bo done or clnb•foob children, There wore 14 like .eases last year and hun- dreds in 28 years. 0 M455005. =term avrisst Please send contributions to y, ,asci liebortson, (helmets o to Delights David, son, Seo.-Tree/fa ,i The Hospital.for Sick Children, College Euros , T'oranto,, MILLIONS PAID FOR FAME PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE THHXR NAIVI IN PRxNT. Large Sums Paid By People Who Wish to Secure Pr eminence. A unique means adopted to gain public notion was that of a known South South African magnate, who enlisted the services of a groat ad- vortising agency. They contracted to got him "paragraphed" in every society journal, to secure the publi- cation of interviews and. portraits, and in ovary way to "boom" him in the public Press, As a matter of fact, thoy oven went further, and, getting hold of a struggling journa- list, got a novel written by him,: which was published under the naine of their client, and ,boomed pito favor. For a little more than five years this remarkable "advertising wont on. To -day their customer is one of trio best-known men in the country, has gained a title, and has boon adopted as a candidate for a great Northern constituency. Tbo price he paid for fame was no less than $1,500,0001 During some recent balloon and flying -machine experiments a Well- known and enterprising London cler- ic offered the proprietor five thou- sand dollars for the privilege of go- ing up in the air at each public trial. By this means he hoped to gain notoriety for himself, and bring his church into prominence. The offer was promptly refused; but the reverend gentleman has since succeeded in including another noted aeronaut to accept his otter, and will shortly make his first trip to cloudland. NOT TO BE BOUGHT. A sum of over five minket dollars was spent some years ago by an American millionaire who aspired to the Presidency of the United States. Although immensely wealthy, be was comparatively unknown and unpopu- lar; but vaulting ambition suddenly, inspired him with the road idea of aspiring to the highest honor in the land. Not until he had wasted the amount, and tied himself to con- tracts involving further largo pay- ments, was he brought to realise that he might ns well keep his gold In his pocket for all the chance he stood of winning the "Presidential Stakes." A well-known philanthropist, who made his wealth in a gigantic fur- nishing and hardware business, spent a huge sum on his retirement in an effort to disassociate himself from his commercial connection. Ido was apparently ashamed' of the means which had brought his wealth, and made his name a house- hold word throughout the world. Ho thereupon changed his name by letters patent, and spent twenty- five thousand dollars in advertising the fact. Double that amount must have been expended in the para- graphing and booming which fol- lowed, and now his adopted name is almost as well known as was his trade name. When Royalty visits a provincial town the authorities frequently re- ceive most extraordinary offers from wealthy but hitherto unnoticed resi- dents, who are desirous of playing some part in the pageant. An in- stance of this kind occurred quite recently, when the Ring and Queen (vent into the provinces. The mayor of an important seaport received from a retired tradesman of lavish means an offer to bear the whole cost of the town's festivities, pro- vided the donor should be chosen to present the tegravod memento of the event to their 11lajesties. What this offer would have entailed would best bo understood when we state than that the corporation spent $16,075 on the visit. LIBELLED BY ARRANGEMENT:, A few years ago il popular actress, whose latest production was proving disastrous, induced a friend or as complice to utter a libations criti- cism of the play. She thereupon took proceedings against him. The cess occupied. considerable space in the papers, and the amusing nature of the evidence attracted immense attention, She won her case, and got heavy damages; she also gained success for her play. But all the costs were borne by 'her, and for, this advertisement she had to pax about two thousand dollars. A well-known lady, who was pre- sented at Court a few years ago, found that her name, for some reas- on, had been omitted from the pap- ers. She thereupon offered a load- ing firmof advertisers live thousand i dollars f they would secure.the in- sertion of a special paragraph in the principal dailies. The firm refused, whereupon she personally sent oilers of various large amounts, all of which, to her chagrin, were rejected. More fortunato in securing promi- nence for a similar event was a worthy provincial magnate in 'tho' year of his mayoralty. To Pis mind, the favor of Royalty towards him was not sufficiently noticed, incl ho had the report, as it appeared in the local journal, inserted as an adver- tisement in the best papers of his country—a novelty which cost him a trifle over one thousand five hun- dred dollars.—London Answers. LESSONS FROM THE WAR. "Armored cruisers have been prov- ed by events in Lire P;:ar Host to bo practically useless," Said 11r. Albert Visitors, speaking at harrow, Eng- land, recently; and he went on to,de- i de - dare that six-inch of too ix -ince guns s v er o small, calibre to b0 used against rood. ern armor on strips fighting at long ranges, He Was persuaded that in the interests of afllcioticy" the time had 00100 when only twelve -inch and 9,2 guns should be used for fleet ac- tion, and quick - Tiring gums, for re- pelling destroyers and torpedo boat attache. What would ' be seen in the future Would be battcships of ti-enty, knots speed, armed tvitlt n, (toren. twelve insli guns, using arni.or.-biers- ing shot, and strongly pro'eciod by; oriels armor plate, •