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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1903-12-17, Page 2C;kf iEtdRic:4c�KctC�C[ v Cv E�elF6vG�ggSv��€ $�keas MAN':' L W W Ne A A 1.m A OR, A BROTHER'S PROMISE �'�r3�s-,i tDia�)��T��'�����31�2��a�S�����➢����,�i����?,a��v;�3'�:9�� CHAPTER, I. Hector Chisholm Granit, 'journalist fend dreaanor, stood at the door o!' dolmson's Oollee-House in the Strand and threw away the end of his cigar- ette. Eastward, tho roadway was watery Barrer, reflecting the flares of Terry's Theatre, the hansom lamps cluetering round the Gaiety, the hovering lights of a hundred otn eibusos, Westward, the Tivoli blazed, a dila gleam of sheen came fore the courtyard of the Cecil, and again more hansom and omnibus lights. It was a dreary night: all the more dreary because the month was August, when one looks for clear skies and pleasant breezes, stars, ,and a summer moon. Grant gazed out on the dripping passers with a discontented frown. Ere sbook his umbrella free from its ring. "I don't know who be was," he muttered to himself, "but he was fair to middling wise, the man who said that 'Life is a habit—mostly a damn bad one,' Mine's one of the mostlies. • Get up at eight, tub, shave, dress, breakfast, curse my laundress, read the papers, curse them. Office at ten, work till one. Lunch alone or with some one—Gro- ver, perhaps.: Hear from frim how Red, White and Blue accepted a doz- en articles a year ago—hasn't paid for them yet. Same enlivening old story. Same talk—eternal shop. B'aek to office, Leave at five. Go to Sloane Street, and fend° 1.111 sev- en. Rimier at. eight and these till ten. And then, back to dull cham- bers, a dull dog, re dreary dog, to- night a damp dog 1 Same every day but Sunday—that's worse. Wah 1" He opened his umbrella with a Jerk, and made to step on to the pavement. .A. voice at his elbow caused him to stop and turn round. "You go towards Temple Ilar, Mr. Grant 2" "Ah 1 Senor Bravo !" he cried, re- cognizing the wide sombrero and all - enveloping cloak of his late opponent at chess. "I go your way. We might tall(." "I shall be glad of a chat. I tool miserable. I suppose it's the weath- er." "Yes,' indeed, your London weath- er depresses." "I've just been cursing the mono- tony of my existence. It's getting on my nerves, this life that is the same, day in, and day out." They walked slowly eastward. The rain had now ceased. Hector went one 1 am a Scotsman, you know : « Highlander,. rather. We are a race of adventurous dreamers, Fighting of some sort is the breath of our nostrils : we must be hacking and hewing. Otherwise—we sit still and let our bones melt into melancholy. As we say, it's a height or a howe with us. Here's my six -foot -one of frghting-stun sliding down impercep- tibly into the „general slough of flabbiness, and pobbiness, and greasy content. we have round usevery- where here." "1s not tbo newspaper lite excit- ing xciting ?" asked Senor Bravo. "Exciting enough." answered Hector; "but one gots used to it. We take the assassination of at Em- peror, of the downfall of a Cabinet, or the burning of Chicago, or a cab accident in the Strand, all with the same complacency. They are so far away from one's stuffy office, and the tape machine and the flimsy are as impersonal as Fate or the Coun- ty Catenate" They had come to the corner of Wellington Strout, and they stopped for a moment to let pass some cabs going northward from Waterloo. I •have the desire to look upon the river," said the old man simply. "This Is the hour of its best." So they turned towards the bridge, end walked in silence until they came DH. A. W. CHASES CATARRH CUBE e.eC. is sent direct to the diseased pans by the Improved Blower. Heals We ulcers, clears thank passages, stops droppings in the throat and permanently sures Catarrh and filly rover. Blower free, All doalers,•or Ur. A. W. Chase Medicine Co„ Toronto and Ocala to the middle. They leaned on the parapet in one of the embrasures, and iodised up stream, hector, too, loved alio river at night. Often •and olten, during ltis savon years in London, had he come hero and stood for an hour at a time; geeing at the glassy darkness of the flood, the thousand broken lights, the slow monster shadow's of barges, the swallow -like dart of a police launch; and listening to the lap -lap or the swish -swish of tho water against the buttresses. The groat electric light in the tow- er of the House shone high above the night, telling the world that cared—how small that world is !— that the faithful Commons still sat, debating and discussing, plann- ing and scheming, rough -bowing and french -polishing the destinies of the Empire, generally with a righteous British eye to their own immediate advantage. Senor Bravo stretched a skinny hand towards the light. "1 did use to think that the men there were lovers of freedom, of lib- erty. They have the Warne of it yet. But I have male experience of theins—of the greatest. There was one who had the golden tongue: I pleaded with him for my country. He was a friend to Greece to Bul- garia, to Armenia. I pleaded with him. He spoke, and his words warmed my heart. Ile wept, he made me to weep. His sympathy was rich and overflowing. He talked to me for an hour, and yet tho stream was not dry. I was tossed high on the waves of his eloquence, so high that I saw Hope shining on the horizon." He paused for a moment, and then resumed with a contemptuous shrug.. "Ho was a politician; be Was a statesman when he could not help himself, and a lover of liberty and right when it suited him. He was one of the men you British love : the ten letters of the word 'expediency' were his Decalogne. I found myself at the end of the hour standing on that doorstep in Downing Street which politician -feet have worn down, that doorstep which pilgrims in thousands comp to see, that door- step which is not so hard as the polltician-]leant, I stood there stunned—with words. I had spent a whole year and ranch money, schem- 'mg for an interview with bin. My year was gond, my money was gone; I had nothing but words to show for them. No, I like not much this side of the bridge. Let us go over." Grant wondered greatly at the old man's vehemence. Ilo knew, or rather he felt, that there was some mystery about this Senor Bravo, who came regularly every evening to ,Tohnson's to piny chess for shill- ings. The habitues of the chess - room laughed tolerantly at the "old Frenchman"—to them, all foreigners were French—for they did not ap- praise highly his skill as a player. 134 he was quint and harnLless, and interfered with nobody. Grant had pure '.tteuenbeil trig matt pe.frotd often when their game was finished, they had talked. Tho old man seem- ed to be greatly interested in foreign politics, and he generally managed to turn the conversation on that subject. (To be Continued.) 3 CHAPTER XX—(Continued.) Down a long pathway that led right into the heart of the woods, Vivian Andel walked swiftly. The path, curving with the curves of a merry trout stream that ran beside it, was narrow and dark oven in noonday, with walls and roof of dense foliage. Par off, seen now and again through tate green gloom of the wood, a glimpse of white glanced before him, like a beckoning hope. I While yet a long way o0, she turn - STRONGER THAN bEATH.... i 12 a wrIrwin fs' 1 k a..ntrols very sci injury to Brain or Nerves, Deficiency of Norve Force Mean Paralysis and Helplessness. Cr. Chase's Ner a Food. Every muscle of the body controll- ed by tiro will is oonno0ted with the brain, and every museular action is originated by nervous force, generat- ed in the brain and 'transmitted' along the nerves 'to the muscles. When the nerves are injured or dis- eased, when there is a deficiency in the supply of nervous energy, pa'- alysie, locomotor • ataxia or some form of helplessness results because the brain no longer lies control of the muscles. It may be bveat( heart action, inns bllity td digest food, failure of the lungs to .purity the blood or impair- ocl action of any of the vital organs,, butt the cause of trouble is with the nerves. - 'i'he restorative action of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is 90(10 felt throughout .the entire Vetere, be- sauce it 1'estnros the vigor anti v1- talfty of the nerves—fills thein with tell' nerve force,tho vital power of the body' Wea>k:nee, nervousness, it ritability, sleeples8ncss and low spir- its disappear and new energy and strength take their place. Mrs. C. Corkey, 82 Maine street, St. Jelin, N.B., states :—"I had boon in very poor health; and, in fact, when I began using Ar. Chase's Nerve Food I bad fust got hip from a bed of eicicn0se, my nerves Were in a bad state, I was weak: and could not sloop. Now I alis getting up in yea',6, aid, of course, toilld not look for Immediate results, bet nasi say that I have beats delighted with the use of thie propeeetioe, as it has. done ane a great deal of good. I rim now able to sleep very. Melt bettor, my nerves are steadier and my strength is gradually Increasing." Or, Chase's Nerve 'reed, 50 cents a box, e moxas for .$2,50, at all deal- ers, or ;f:dmauson, Batoe da Coin - 1'0.0 -, Toronto, To protect you evilest imitations, the portrait and signature of br. A. W. ()Noe, the famous receipt bgok authors aril. on every, box, cd, restlessly lmpalient of lien own thoughts, Dimly hp saw her figure ntoving swiftly toward hint through the tong Vista of t1o shaded n, t h , and know that rho supreme hour of a P his life was at band, and nerved himself to meet it But his heart beat fast and hard Me one who pants in the close of a long struggle, fearing defeat. As they met, her sad face softened to a pleasant smile, and, with 210(3 and weld of greeting, she Would have passed. But he stood iu the centro of the path, trombling, though she slid not sho him tremble, and held out a letter to ,her, "For me ?" she asked, surprised. "For you, Lucy," he said, and the tone of his voice troubled her, "How strangely you speak.. Is it bad news?" "I believe not. I most earnestly hope you Will not think so. It's very short. Bead it for yourself." He watched her jealously while icor eyes were on the letter. His whole Saxe brightened when she looked up from the reading with a sigh of re- lief, but yet full of surprise. "You knew what was 111 the let- ter ?" sho asked. )3e nodded. For a momont he 00uld not trust himself to speaks "Why did he leaee ?" "Ho had no choice." "You asked him to go." "I forced him to go.' "You 1" Her surprise mastered her utterly. "Ile was wholly unworthy of you, Lucy—unworthy of any good wom- an's love: a creature too bad and vile for your very thoughts to touch. I forced the confession et blank guilt front his own lips. I ]told it hero, written by his own hand." There Was something in his voice that thrilled her, strange yet lami- nar. "I feel 1 can trust you," she said softly; "but hove did you know-- how could you know that I—that his going or corning was anything to mo 3" "Do you forget ? You yourself told me you wore pledged to marry this man." "I 1 I told you 1 I never spoke to you about it. I couldn't. It only happened yesterday, and I told no one but Harry Trevor. I told him because—I hardly know why—but you most certainly I never told." Yet even while she protested and denied, there cause a curious doubt upon. her that it was to this mall and no other she had spoken. "You told me with your own lips, Lucy. 'You told me too you did not love him I knew him utterly unworthy of your love, His words forced belief upon her in spite of her own memory and senses. amazement held her •numb• They walked a little way in silence and the bath led them out on the open pleasure ground close to the house. "Lucy 1" lie said, with sudden change to humble entreaty, "will you turn and walk a little way with me alone ?" and she turned without a word. They were back an the lonely pathway when he spoke again, his voice so low she could hardly catch his words : "1 have a confes- sion to matte -a wild, strange, humil- iating confession. I am sick with roar and shame, but I must speak." "But why to me ?" "Because you must know me as I am for goad or evil." He walked close beside her in the walk, gathering courage for the straws° confession, and there was no sound but the cool plash of the un- seen water and the liutterings of birds in the close leaves. Of a sud- den that strange feeling cause upon Lucy, that weird feeling every one has known at some time of their lives. She seemed to move as in a dream, to re -live a portion of her life, even to the most minute detail. It was in that same soft twilight of a dim past sho had walked before with Vivian Andel, waiting for the story of his life. And when at last he spoke, tho weird story that he told, strange and wild as ever fell from man's lips seemed curiously familiar as a half remembered dream. It did not need the quiet earnest- ness of his voice to enforce belief. She never doubted him from the ilrst, But sho grew pale, and trembled in tho intensity of her excitement, as one to whom a long -parted ghost had suddenly appealed. "I am frigt:toiled,'r she whispered faintly, "Brdug me out of the dark; bring me back into the sunlight." She leant" on his arm, faint, half conscious, ands the temptation was strong in him to clasp her to lois heart.. taut he put it sternly aside. Half loading, half supporting her to tho wood's edge be found her a seat. on a mossy mound between two arch - ,ng roots of a hide -branching 'oak, and stood Imelda her, waiting with eyes averted from her face. Spread out before them the vvihe scone lay bathed in clear suelight. The giver lako stretched smooth and bright as a vast mirror framed with the gor- geous colors of the autumnal woods. "I have boort sorely punished, Lucy," he said at last, "for my re- bellion against God's wise decrees. Remorse and sbam0 have poisoned my stolen youth. When Firm died, affronting death with such gentle confidence, the life i' had so longed for, I had so sinned for, had grown almost unbearable. But he whom most of all I wronged has forgiven me. Can you forgivo'?" "What have 2 to .forgive?" site answered softly, se yet scarcely trusting her own voice, "I tubo' 011'0' ov'crything to you.' "Forgive my eoWne lc0 arid my sin begotten of Cowardice, "But that haunting fear of which yeti told m� it has ceased to trouble ?" h. f' perfect," "Love that s e 0 110 nnswer- 'L 1 od, "metal). out fear, I would no 'longer—if 1 uoild-ovadc the conimo0 fate of death; no longer forfeit the higher hope. I talcs my stand with my fellows. I desire to atone far the years cry folly has wasted;, to make the world better and happier for the life 1 Mood lived in it. Will you help mc, Lucy ?" r el va for 0110' ha '7 vvill P aY t ys Y P. 1210088,'.' t 1 t'• than r•S' "I wart r so e t a prove , .. I Want your help—I wilt yourself. I lova you, Lucy, I ea love you that lies itself, the life I thought so poi feet, is misery to ere without your love," She turned her awoY•resting ir g her wen on the arched tree root that he 001.11(1 no longer see her face, and was silent 'Is there any hopo for me ?" Still no answer. Her silolte° frightened him. I11 that hour ho felt he had thrown av1'ay the one supreme joy that life bolds: the lova of t110 beloved. Ito looked with passionate lunging at the slight, figure and averted face of her who for ]tire was the personation of womanhood—beautiful, pure, and true. But le eervod himself to bear his fate, t"ol'give me, Lucy," he said, "that I have troubled your heart with my audacious hopes, I will no longer dream of what Might have been were I more worthy; though without you life Is misery, and death release," But she arose as ho spoke and turn- ed to ]tint. Iter cbeeks wore flushed; her eyes bright with tears. Those bravo true eyes looked straight in his, and hi a moment he know. No other answer was needed. He caught hor to his heart, and with love's shy joy she gave herself to his embrace. ace. You love me, Lucy ?" he whisper- ed; hispeied; "give inc the joy of hearing it. I can scarcely yet credit my own happiness." "I have loved you from the first, Vdvian. Through all changes I loved you—only you." "And now ?" "Now and always; to the hour of my death." "For love there is no death 1" he answered. (The End). SLEEPING SICleNES$. Parasite Found and It Ie Spread by Flies. The investigations by the British governmental commission sent to Uganda have resulted in the discov- ery of the,causo of the sleeping sick- ness, which has caused so many thousand deaths among the natives. Buvuma Island, which had a poputee tion of 22,000, has now but 8,000. The southern province of Busoge. has been practically depopulated. The forst step in the discovery was the observation of trypanosomes in the cerebro -spinal fluid insftvo cases of the sleeping sickness. A further in- vestigation showed the existence of this parasite in the cerebro -spinal fluid and in the circulating blood in all of the cases. As it is closely ro- tated to the disease of cattle caused by the tsetse fly, it was suspected that the stooping sickness was caused in like manner by infection. Along the lake shoo numbers of species of the tsetse fly were found Experiment demonstrated the fact that these, when fed on sleeping sick- ness cases, conveyed the disease to healthy monkeys, It was also as- certained that freshly caught flies in the infected areas convoyed the disease without any preliminary ar- tificial feeding. Further investiga- tion proved, that this fly, like the tsetse of South Africa, is confined to well defined areas which correspond absolutely with the distribution of the sleeping sickness. The fly which convoys the fatal try- panosoma is the Glossin palpalis, The extinction of it, as of the mos- quito in malaria, areas, together with the discovery of a serum or trypan osomacide, is now looked for to era- dicate the disease. ABOUT FEAR, Often Conies From Lack of Right Food. Napoleon said that the best fed soldiers were hie best soldiers, for fear and nervousness come quickly when the stomach is not nourished. Nervous fear is a sump sign that the body is not supplied with the right food. A Connecticut lady says.: "For malty years I had been a sefferer from indigestion and heart trouble and in almost constant fear of sud- den death, tho most acute suffering possible. Bleting brought 011, Weak- ness, ernmeation and nervous ex- haustion and I was a complete wreck phy'sdeafly and almost a wreck men- tally. "I tried many foods but could not avoid the terrible nausea, followed by vomiting that coarse after eating until I tried Grape -Nuts. This food agreed with my palato and stomach from the start. This was about a year ego. Steadily and surely a change from sickness to health came until now I have no symptoms of dyspepsia and can walk 10 mites a day without being greatly fatigued. I have not taken a drop of Medicine since I began the Ilse of Grape -Nuts and people say I look many years younger than I really ail, "My poor olid sick body has been made over and I fool as though my heed ']las been too. Life is worth living now and I expect to enjoy it for many years to come if I can keep away from bad foods and have Grape -Nuts." Naine given by Pes- ten Go., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason, • Look in each package for a copy of the famous tittle` book, "The' Road to '1.4 ellvillo. SINGING T,KSECTS. Among the natural curiosities of japan are its'sifging insects. The most, pl'ized of these tfisy musicians Is a, black beetle named "suet:mesh'," which means "insect le'l," Tee sound that it emits,1'eseinble8 that of a little silver bell of tee SWCetest and most delicate tonne, OZ9Y aY SAW !>„ OY( .MJ fM "+! f ,q��q r \P' yq 6V J �H1 PRUNING TIM APPLE. In pm:Meg a fruit -bearing plant Biro the apple, attention must bo given not only to the height and formation of the hoed, but to the rtunoval of wood as well, The ap- ple boars 11.6 f1.udt on spurs which aro themselves developed from wood 01)0 year Or more of ago. For that rea- son therefore, the removal of wood which carries fruit spurs reduced tho crop tho tree is capable of biasing, This then, is a practicable way of thinning the fruit. Besides accom- plishing this result, pruning can bo used to lessen the annual growth turd force the energy of the plant which would naturally be used in making' wood, into the fruit, thus increasing its size or enabling rho tree to carry a larger quantity than would bo possible worn a normal wood growth permitted. FORMING THE HEAD. Modern orchardists have conte to look upon the low -leaded trio as more desirable than those headed ]sigh. A head which is 2e to 3 foot from the ground is at present con- sidered more desirable than one which is 6 feet or more from the ground, The latter height was form- erly frequently used. In forming the head care should bo taken to have the framework branches disposed at different heights along tho body of tho tree—say from 3 to 6 inches apart, and distributed as evenly as possibly around the body es a cen- tral axis; that is, when viewed from above the picture presented would be that of a wheel, the hub being the central axis of the tree and tho framework branches ropresentiug the spokes. MAIN BRANCHES. For an apple tree three branches are considered the ideal number. More may be left upon some varieties particularly those which aro strong growers, and upou trees which. have a well-developed root system at planting time. 11, however, the roots have been badly mutilated in removing the tree from the nursery, it will be safer to reduce too number to three rather that to maintain a larger number. These main frame- work branches upon the ordinary first-class nursery tree should not be more than 10 or 12 inches in length. At the close of the first season's growth after planting, each one of these three framework branches should bo considered as though it were a separate nursery tree and if possible three subdivisions of this should be mairtainod for the wood supply of the second year, the three branches retained being cut back to about the same length as those ori- ginally held by the tree as planted hi the 'drat place. This operation should be repeated each succeeding year. By so doing a symmetrical development can be maintained and by cutting to an outside or an in- side bud the habit of the troo can be modified so as to make it upright or spreading in character. Some trees aro normally upright in their habit of growth, while others are spreading. This must be 1)01110 . in mind and the character of the variety under treatmont must be taken into consideration in cutting the branch- es so that they will be upright or spreading according to the desire of the planter. EFFECT OP CUTTING 13A015. This frequent cutting back of the branches of the tree while it is young prevents the long bare branches which are so characteristic of old orchard trees. It also prevents the tree from growing too tall—a condi- tion which makes it difficult to . ga ther tho fruit or to spray the tree. With the low -head trees less prop- ping is rleeessary than with trees having long framework branches. The load of fruit is carried nearer the 'trunk, and the main structural branches being larger in proportion to their length are therefore bettor able to carry any load of fruit which the tree may develop. • FRENCH 'PEOPLE I.tt BRITAIN, Those are. 26,600 Pis:m 31 in Great Bt'. tale and Ireland, mere than three- fourths of the number beteg In Lon - dole The'businces Most followed anlang those le Cookery, As 13ttglislt lettndresses are prized in Prance, 00, Prooeh 00°10 are valued in Znettl:td, ANNUAL AND BIENNIAL CROPS, Judio!oes pruning, las has boon pointed out, not only facilitates the work of cultivation vat of and spraying, but at the sane time determines to a volt' considerable extant the fruit- ing ruiting habits of tho tree, that is the quantity of 120tieing wood wh'iOh a, tree carries can be modified by prun- ing so that it Will .be practically im possible for the tree to retain moro fruit In any given season than the scot is capable of supplying with a proper amount of nouriehmont. With, such a balance between tho fruit -bearing hood of the tree and its root-systom maintained, biennial crops will bo less likely and ,annual crops will bo more common. Orch- sadists in general aro coming to be- lieve that the reason for the biennial crop in many orchards is duo tri the fact that during the crop year tho trees are allowed to ovo•bear, and that their vitality is therefore so mush rodi.tced that it is. impossible foe diem to carry a satisfactory orop the succoading year. The thinning of the fruit with the result that a, crop le borne each years, hes con- vin0ed prettital growers that over- bearing le the cause of the biennial fruit peochwei0lt. WINTER READING, S:beet:lb° for several good papers this; fall and keep with. the ti p up, ries.: 7'lter^0 are many new 0.1011 valuable tants discovered every week, All aro not applicable to your; conditions, bet maty` of thorn aro jest the thing yeti need to know to enable you to celePeto in. the ifduett'ial world With rea90uable p1e9lreet9 Of BUeee99, It is not necessary 'that yeti try all of tho get -rich -quick schemes that are suggested, but Ideas suggested fexperiencero CL Oril I mon a to i n by P o Well worthy of your notice.rico. When 501115 than claims lie has a variety of grain which will yield more Por acro than common grain, it is Worth looking up, and whole you read in the market report that some man marketed a cat' lend of fat cattle at e high price you might well consider whether or not you could produce that kind of cattle at a profit. To bo sure, all farmers aro not so situ- ated es to hermit of the same kind of farming, but every farm is so situated that with alio tastes -and. the abilities of its present twiner, s0mo irisin of farming Will be more remunerative in enjoyment and ma- teriel wealth than any other, and until you have cli:moVt'rod that par- ticular kind of farming and inaugur- ated it Into your system you aro not al: your best, Papers, magazines. experiment station reports, farmers' bulletins, Farmers' Instituto annuals, convenns, mngs, a, and above alltioobservatioeetin and etstrict ap- plication to business, will help you to decade what is really the best plan for you to follow. It is rather inconvenient to file pa- pers to keep as reference, but it is 8 vary simple matter to clip out the desirable parts or the thing in which you aro most interested. Time clip- pings may bo placed in large env° opos, each class of information in a separate envelope properly labeled and filed; this will give you a quick and convenient reference. Clippings made in this way from a few good papers, will in the course of a year furnish a great source of information. We have a long mentor before us with many long evenings, which can very prodtably be spent in reading and studying. By, reading and finding out what other' people aro doing and thinking about it one is consi:a ley brought to see his conditions from different points of view. This helps ono to fully realize his position as to abil- ity and opportunity, and must cer- tainly help in making the final decis- ions ns to what is best to do. Then when one has decided what his cir- cumstances and abilities best adapt him to follow, he will find help in accomplishing that which he has set out to do by reading about and studying methods pursued by others who aro doing the same thing. DON'T GET FRESH. Salt makes animals more lively, strong and capable of resisting dis- ease. Their flesh. is harder for it, and the functions of the body more regular, Their digestion is bettor, and they can feed on fodder that otherwise might be Injurious to health. Moreover, with the assist- ance of salt they can extract more nourishment from a given quantity of fodder, since the flow of the di- gestive liquids is more copious. Give salt with food difficult to digest, 4 BOY KING'S PALACE, Where Alfonso Lives and How They Guard Him. Tho Infanta. Isabella, aunt of the king, a widow of 60 years of ago, or so, and the most popular person in Spain, formerly had a largo suite of apartments on tho main floor of the palace, but with her usual delicacy and thoughtfulness she vacated 'chem after the recent coronation in order that they might be ready for the Clueou mother incase the king should marry. Isabella now lives in a psi- veto palace within a few blocks of the royal residence and is a daily visitor there. The young King and his mother have largo suites on the front of the palace facing the city, and the loca- tion of their bedrooms is indicated by the invariable palm leaves attach- ed ttached to tho balcony, according to the Spanish custom. You 1vi11 sou shut- ter palm loaves hanging to tho bal- conies of nearly all the residences in towu, those of the poor as woe as the rich. A sheet of white paper tied to tho iron railing means that the room is for rent,, a palm leaf means that it Is tho sleeping cham- ber .of a pious. Catholic, who brought. it home from church on the last Palm Sunday and placed it there to keep away evil spirits, diseases and mis- fortunes. It remains thorn tho ens tiro year until the next anniversary, when a new palm, fresh from rho blessing of the priest, is substituted, The ICing has very comfortable quarters, much more homelike than aro usually found in royal palaces, I3o has a series of drawing -rooms, a dining room larger than that at the White Rouse at Washington, a lib- rary with about 6,000 volumes up- on the shelves, mostly modern pub- lications and current literature in all the European languages; a music froom, a smoking room, billiard room, gym,hasitrm and study, which is also used a8 en office, IIis sleeping chamber is largo and airy- and contains two beds„ one of which is occupied by hieprivate sec- i'otcu'y or one of his tutors, or aides, as they are termed since the corona- tion—Major Lorija, Major^ Castellon or Count Arcdhto, Ile is never al- lowed to sleep alone, and in an ad- joining room sloops Pi'tidencio, his venerable valet, while two of itis bodyguards etre always in tho ante• room which must bo passed before his chamber is reached, e 010 OCCtt i Some of levee romps: s o u a ped in common with the Queen mother, but she hes hor own suite of five or six rooms adjoining, vvith access to the flat roof of a 10t>g wing which is occupied by the guards and the in„ tendente, or superintendent of the palace. `l'his is a rttlaged so that awnings may be dropped in ]tett wea- ther and is decorated With kalins and other plants and floWor9. It also gives the Ring ,and the Chicon an opportunity for exorcise, the roof being about 400 feet long and 'forty Leet wide, BOSS IN WORLD'S POLITICS vE E IS W RD IL IN FL rrc EU A v s Y 'IED NOW RECOt'$, I His Social Visits With Other BLul. ere Show Important Results. Ring Victor Enlnenuol and Queen Helena 01 Italy wore received with genuine cordiality iu England and their departure has brought to a close another of these incidents whose importance is not to be ramie - wed by merely social spectacular standards. It would bo impossible to estimate the future political ef- fects of tiro exchange of visits Py the chiefs of European Status in tho past six dnouths. It may be pardonable to repeat in coenection with this the point made by the present writer early in rho spring, that the world was destined to find a new master, who had begun to shape the international rotations of Europe, His handiwork is now fully recognized, and his name is Edward VII, As a result of the conferences which have boon bold in connection with Icing Victor Ernmanuel's visit the terms of an arbitration treaty between Great Britain and Italy have been agreed utpon. The scope of the treaty is somowhat broader than the recent Anglo-French agreement, The ratifications will probably bo ex- changed within. a fortnight. It may bo said in general terms that the reapproachmont now exist ing between Italy and Great Britain is much closer and more friendly than that between Italy and the other members of the Triple Alliance although not imposing the same teelmical treaty obligations. Tice seine process of disintegration, if ono may use that term, has taken place in the French relations with Russia to an extent much more serious THAN IS YET APPARENT. It would bo gross exaggeration to say that the Franco-Russian Alliance is in danger of dissolution in rho near future, but it is true that the bonds uniting the two countries have already become more technical than sentimental. There is an equal pro- bability of divorce under such condi- tions; is a national alliance as fn matrimonial ones. It becomes clear almost daily that as the Dual and Triple alliance lose their most ha - portant element of cohesion the tins become stronger between Italy, France and Great Britain, This new unratified grouping of Powers is partially offset by tie un- derstanding between Russia and Ger- many. It is argued by some who have studied the rival interests of tho two countries that it will be im- possible for this combination to be- como general or permanent, because t110 conunorcial rolatlons of Russia and Germany camnoy be harmonized. The German agrarian conditions aro almost as had as the Russian, and it will be impossible to arrange a commercial treaty between these two Powers. A curious incident Inas come to the knowledge of a newspaper corres- pondent which has perhaps sono bearing on the great process of tho regrouping of the Powers which is now going on. Eavly in Septoother Emperor William wrote a personal letter to Icing Edward suggesting that ho would like to visit him nil England during the month of Novem- ber. Tho writer does not pretend to know what reply Ding Edward sent to this communication, but, at .all events, the Kaiser permitted it to become known in certain diplomatic circles through ono of his intimates that ho had made this suggestion to his royal anelo. It is possible that tine Kaiser's recent illness accounts for tho feet that he did not make the visit, 4 TOURISTS IN SWITZERLAND). Leave More Than $20,000,000 in the Country Every Year. A traveller writes from Geneva that up to Sept, 15 last the number of tourists who had this.. year regis- tered at the hotels and ponsions of Geneva was 171,639. The total number of tourists in 1902 was 215,- 000 and it Was thought that the total in 1908 would not equal that of the preceding year. IIe added' that tho hotels hi Swit- zorlald take 1n annually from tour- ists from. 518,500,000 to 814,900,- 000; the transportation companies from 58,100,000 to 58,500,000; the incidental expenditures of tourists are from $1,500,000 to '52,100,000, and the totaldisbursements disbursem n of visi- tors to the country are from 518,- 100,000 to $20,500,000, without taking into account the considerable purchases in the stores. The statistics of a long series of years show that the exponditur'ee of tourists vary greatly year to year. The year 1893, for example, was a romarkable season for travelling in Switzerland and the tourists left behind nearly double the usual amount of money, Thus Switzerland is able to count her scenery' foremost arl0ng her money -making .assets. Tho country would'becomo very rich indeed from the tourist trade, if it wore not drat it is poorer in agricultural 1050ura08 than any other country int Europe except Norway. Only a sixth of 1110 loud can bo tilled. The result is that enormous quantities of food supplies must be imported to gull to tourists. In the tourist season of 1901, for example, ovax20,000 tonsof vegetableses and 000 beef lit i '., CO, lee! Cattle were e br0bg It front the neighboring countries. 1 LJIIVQPXO1S TO COUNTRY. Of Lord Derb 1s sons rix me cars in in' the Array, mat tearer oro of thele fought with distinction in South Africa, while another sell is a naval lieutenant, who has seen native scrvire, and his only daughter is the wife of a captain. lits iho Crcnadieu Guards—n, family record rf a!ovoliotC �to r01011ry *high it would bo difficult t to rival,