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tp.
,;4,lti�pl Tiie blow, long expected, shad fallen.
Almost at once there wee lase great-
est oommotioa at Albert Gat, Beam;
The
�I �( r e o thq ofPlciats, attaches anti ceig"tnries 1L 1 tl
Ile Prime �Ml nx er s Coup. laving near were ellnamoned, and to 1 ,
ar
extreme. gravity of the situation'. A pered with,
ht
He followed hie Exoe11onoy to itis
private rim, and titer° for a long
time the pair discussed the remark-
able theft, The document wee un•-
toaehed, s envie opo wee apparently
ntao:t and there wee
t eAt Jou .., erten all was' prepared,
spy salowl opened 'the door sep-
arating tin two eemeertmente, and
✓ eaeliing over shut the 4011 of the.
door leading out to the corridor'. Mao-
donald,,ra,i,er pule, but breathing re-
gularly, was still 'sleeting soundly,
lits bad on Isle pajamas, theretore It
wile an easy matter fur the man tire-
zat to take from the wide belt of
chemole-leather he wore around his
whist next bis skin .the dispatch with
that sonde'. gross upon it. The apt',
soled witha swiftness and euro that
showed him to be an adept fit thefts
from the person, for ho first caused
his violin) to turn in his sleep, and
then drew forth' the dispatch from
its hiding -place with such dexterity
that the Qneen's messenger felt no-
t,bing. '
Ili ving secured it, he passed Instan-
tly into his own compartment, bolted
the door, and at once tor, open the
envelope. Dawn bad soaro; ly broken
and there was only 1.11' faintest light
outei le. This mum •.nt the slay opened
the Welsh Foreign Minister's els-
patch he glanciel at the signature to
reassure himself, then, spreading it
out al. the first page, hi secured et
by a slip which the woman handed to
h im, and spreading it open attached
it to the window -blind.,
;From her dressing -bag the woman
took a small hand -camera with its
pneumatic shutter, hunting it to the
man, who, standing at the door, focus-
ed it upon the dlaputob.
The woman, wi..li something in her
hand, stood near the paper with its
puzzling array of numerate an place
of written words, and suddenly her
companion, camera in hand, exclaim-
ed:
"Now 1"
At that instant the eoinp)rtment
was filled with an intense white mag-
nesium light, ane1 the click of the
shutter told that a photograph had
been taken of the exposed fo.to.
Again, again ane agate was this re-
nted until, the last page with its
Pe
sprawly signature having been trans-
ferred to the photographic film, the
camera was replaced swiftly in the
bag, and the Little flap-Labl' in the
compart meet adjusted. Upon it the
woman placed au envelope exactly
similar in every respeot to the broken
one, bearing ilia noarlet cross of pri-
vacy, and addressed to the British Am-
bassador hi Rome in an exactly sim-
ilar hand. The man refolded the dis-
patelt, placed it in the envelope, and
was handed by the woman some seal-
ing -wax, a piece of coifed taper al-
ready lighted, and a seal. He plao-
ed'beside him the broken envelope, and
with infinite care and great dexterity.
affixed three seals exactly similar in
every respect to those impressed by
the Marquis of Macclesfield.
Having finisbed, he went back to•the
berth oe the sleeping Macdonald, and
after some patient efforts, succeeded
in replacing the dispatch in the belt
of ctiamoia-1p,ait;her which ,so often
ooniained Lngland's secrets, after-
rebolting the door communicating
with his own compartment and leav-
ing by the door opening on the corri-
dor.
To avoid suspicion, be passes along
to the lavatory and washed his face
and banes, then on his return to his
ptw•S copai:rir.Qnent found this com-
panion dressed and everything packed
ready to leave the car.
Iionnaud was coining along the cor-
ridor, for they were approaching Aix -
les Baines, the destination of the
entirely unsuspicious pair, and hav-
ing received the usual five -franca tip
the conductor politely assisted them
to alight when Lhe train drew up at
the platform.,
The man Grezat muttered a word
of congratulation to his companion as
they drove from the station in an
open cab down to a restaurant in the
vicinity, where they breakfasted
well, and an hour later the express
which left' for Paris carried thee)
both back to the French capital.
Macdonald slept soundly, entirely
unconscious of the daring and ingen-
ious theft, while the Rome express
flew along in the fresh morning
through the beautiful Alpine valleys
toward tbe Italian frontier.
It was ten o'clock when he awoke
drowsily, dressed, and went forth to
stretch his legs on the platform at
Stodane where the .passengers were
having their baggage examined by
the Italian dogama-
He breakfasted in the restaurant -
oar while passing through the Mont
Cents tunnel, eating his omelette and
chop with considerable relish, washing
it down with a bottle of excellent
white Came.
Fleshhe returned to Berth Number
Six, he found the bedding removed and
the compartment turned into a smok-
ing salon, whereupon he took out a
new Tauchnitz and lighting his pipe,
smoked and read until at half -past
two they ran into Turin,
The party of Americans were the
only through passengers, therefore
they all idled about in the long car
throughout the day, smoking, chat-
ting, playing cards and reading until
at midnight, as they left Pisa on the
last Maga alt the journey to Rosie,
Macdonald, rather fagged, entered
his compartment, bolted the door and
turned in.
The thick dispatoh was nard be-
neath him as he lay upon his berth,
and after turning onus or twice un-
easily, he took it out of his waist -
belt and was about to transfer it to
the °caret on the other side.
lets he did so an unusual smell
greeted his nostrils, and caused him
to pause with the dispatoh in his
band.
"Strange1" be ejaculated, raising
himself suddenly and sniffing. "I've
smelt that perfume before, somewhere.
lis an unusual one; some new -fang -
ed invention, I suppose."
He raised the dispatoh to his nose
and smelt it. Mho envelope was
strongly impregnated with some very
pleasant fragranee.
"Funny I 1 never use scent, and Pm
certain the chief dowel . Curious that
this- dispatch should. smell like a wo-
man's handkerchiet I"
He sat vii, gazing at tee diepatoh In
wonder, dales perfume it emitted
scented. to fill the renew(mnent,
Suddenl;•'he sprang up as a` sudden
thought steeish h}m.
'"Ah I" he gasped, "1 recofleot1 That
grenehwtm)an next door smelt of it I
e
I remember now, quite well There's
no , mleuiking that wont," and lie
agate sniffed the envelope,,turning It
over oetriou:ily to assure himsett that
it had not been tampered with, the
settle Were inLaoti the supe eerie on
was un• oubt.edty in 'Lord Maaotes-
field's owe band there waa nothing
woetevnr to arouse his suspicions.
"Curious!" he repeated a:cud. "Very
eut'ious, that it should be perfumed
Like Lhds 1"
After satisfying biinself that these
was no sign of its busing been tamp,
ered with, he repiaeed it In lits pock-
et and rang for Bonne/eh The con-
sluctor appeared, sleepy and wonder-.
ina,
-There was a gentleman accom-
panied by a lady in the next com-
patrLment when we }eft Parts. Where
and they alight?",
"At. Ate, 01 speer."
"1)o you know them?"
"Nu, m'sieur."
"Aad taey left while I was asleep?!'
"1 old no. oa.d melees after hie cof-
fee," Bonnaul answered. "Once he
told me that he liked to sloop after
Amberieu."
.Bxaot,y," Macilouald said, "Bet'
did you notice anything suspicious
about them?"
"No, m sieur. except that biter
°testing the idly inquired of m
whether you w,. re an Eugene govern
merit messenger, as she thought she
knewi you by sight."
"Oh, she ofd, did shot" obs+rved the
captain, suspicious.y. "1 shall know
her again when 1 see her. Very well
Bonnaud. Bon soar."
The oonducior wished the Queen's
messenger "Good -night" and closed
the door,
ne/ili,lh funny, that scent," the
captain again repeated, restlessly. "e
don't half like it. I have a strong
suspicion that something has occur-
red.
Then, after a long sil..nos, ee laughed
to himself, ridiculing his suspi.i..ns,
and casting himself upon the narrow
bed dropped off to sleep while the ex-
press thundered on across the dismal
f v r- a Maremma.
e e mar. sof the
h
Atthat :same hour Lour mem one
t m o
of wboui wee the spy, Greiat, were
be in a room high up in the Rue
Royale, in Paris, the private oifioe of
the chief 0f the French Secret Ser-
vi°e. Beyuud the bw,inesslike-look-
tng apartment was seminal box -room
which • had been fitted as a photo-
graphic dark -room, and in it were be-
ing developed the films taken of
Lord Macclesfield's secret i.nstruo-
ttons to the British Ambassador m
Nome. The prints that had been
taken were being reed by the aid of
n microscope, every figure being clear-
ly distinguishable, and these haying
been written out were being reduced
to an Intelligible communication by
use of a copy of the code employed by
Downing Street, whish, by means
known only to those spies, had 'fallen
into French hands. Not asingle word
escaped, so expertly had the document
been photographed, and so cleverly
were. the films developed.
And this was the dispatch which
Lord Macclesfield himself had deeler-
ed must, if it fell into the bands of
'England's enemies, involve her in
we, r
Ai half -past two o'clock that/ same
morning, while Macdonald was Bleep-
ing soundly and the train was still
far distant from the Eternal. City, the
Drench Ambeseador in London was
awakened from his bed to receive a
long important telegraphic dispatch
from the Ministry in Paris. This dis-
patoh, in the French oipher, repeated
the photographed document word for
word. Not an instant had been lost
in acquainting the French Ambes-
sedor with the sucrese of the Secret In-
tel.lige.nce Department, and when he
read the telegram which his First
Secretary handed him, having first
translated it into French, he grew
pale, wad stood in the oenter of his
•
nothing what-
the'ine Baron de Clerval eacplaLned tba sloevear to show that tt h b been tam
stuznbor of tel.egramis were at once.e* ; Baring, the senior ettaebe, 1d e^
shaliged between Paris and Landon, ciphered the array of figures penned
and in -the French oapital the Baron's by the Prime Alintater, and the Isom"
lettere of recall were being prepared, munioation was certainly of a °bar -
the prellminary step to a deoharutlool aotor which meet inevitably cause an
of hostilities. outbreak of hostilities. Macdonald
London .peel through that night was Waldo himself with indignation
calmly, unconscious that she was 00 and regret. To his carelessness in
the brink of what must, be the great- sleeping was due this, the most seri-
est war that the world has ever ous oriels of the century,
knhdiplomatlo l•e1 is re-
ALown. eight o'cloek, wham bbD Marvluas veiledWen asa 'that•'had been,neethe niewa'
of Maoeleafield was breakfasting in spreads fll Iplt.nle, and
bis gloomy room in Grosvenor Square, whits Macestdonaldtoastiliho siteain the Am-
lu little sabUY maawas ushered in
b sndor's
room, hisDxcol1onr
Y
the
without formality, and made a brief • Mnrnnis di Respell, the Minister for
report to his tordsh,p,HDwas Seamier- Foreign Affairs, was annonnood, He
solo, richt of the Drili.h Secret Ser- had at that moment learned by tele-
vlee, a ma's to whom the great Mine- 1 gram from the Italian Ambassador in
seer was frequasntly indebted for in-: London of the exposure of Elle British
bo mutton,
A )d these telegrams be've been
d u da" h lordship said great
proposals. The situation was ex-
ec, r ere its , trOmol0' grave,
1 The wnr-oloud wbiob had over-
ly in !crested. - phndowed Eumpe for so many years
"Yea," be answered, handing copies hod culminated, At any :moment it
of telegrams in English be which had mielit burst-
beeng transmitted by the French Em—
bossy tram the Charing cross otPico however, olo0ely questioning Mac-
2hc the night. dnnnld as to all .his movements. Tier-
The Murqu s read them Lkrough in a entered wttltl another telegram in
,[very, but without comment „ riahor from Downing Street, end
'A.ed the first lc legram temporise, banded it to Sir Charles.
"II has not yet been deciphered. In
in• hour It will be. in 'your lord :bip's1 An expressiion of amazem"nt. erneved
',ands," annwerad the shabby little his faro when he read it. Then, tthose
urn -
man, ing without explanation to
"There sesame, Saunderson, to have ! arannd him, he rang his bell and
been trickery somewhere." Tl,ea, be- ordered a lemon to he at ones
Itneeth his breath he added: "I hops brought. This he nuiekly severed in
pied have not been, at work on that hill, soul: ming the juice Into a glees
le:patch to Durant, If they have— nth -tray. Tram a drawer he teak a
hen,—" And he Nigher}, wh le his face e1 nn gum-hru h, and th^n eprea"ieg
blanched at the thought. the dispatch on the blotting -cad le -
He was not a nervous man, but in Porn bun be itralier' the lemon -juice
this final masterstroke of diplomacy onrefulle across the paper.
he had risked everythirng La order to The Meretrin dl Ruspoli, Baring and
pre'eree the peace of Europe, 11 the Macdonald, puzried at ibis extrnor-
eeret were out, nothing could obviate dinnry set, stood around the tnhle
war; even Italy mo t become alleaat- open-eyed in wonder, and to their
ed, and England would stand against utter amazement saw, revived by the
her enemies alone, without a single an-licntien of the acid, a second
alliance. 'olnher disnateh.that bad been writ -
When had left -he
� em, the secret agenta'sit i 1 f• tbe
hs ten !nv il between the [nes o
t vi e s eon e
stood in deep thought, gazing out up- one nLeandv le ib1 e. Everyfigure
"trod
00 the square. Was it war. or pence? out Waite legiblyas the brush passed
In the mean lime Macdonald wase
utter-
nearingRome. The express was late, 01 ex lam tientteenerand all se.
est exrlamFltinns of surprise.
like all Italian trains, and, at waa near- , "This telegram explains every-
fy eleven ere he alighted from; hie cab thing;' Nn id her Mnjesty's Ambnasn
before the Bri eeh Embassy. that great dor. "Tun di -match was written
tvhlte palazzo with its closed sun- ever the invisible one in order to
shutters in the Via Vent! Settambre, erente Alorm in Paris, and to tbus
oto+e to the Porta Pia. I rause the Trench government to net
I Sir Charles Durrant was already in a manner wh;nht must eventually
out, having gone to consult the Italian Drove the rcuarantea of the ranee of
Minister of Foreign Affairs, there- Europe. Lord Macclesfield had, no
fore the Queen's messenger sat in one done t, some fear that an attempt
of those pleasant roams overlooking! would he made to obtain knowledge of
the gardens of the_ Ville, Bonaparte' the dispntah, and therefore he wrote
patiently awaiting the Amba:oador's
return, it being forbidden be the re-
gulations to give u crossed al:matoh in- poml made by M. Cambon to our Am -
to any other hands' than those of the bnssadnr in Paris this morning. it is
British Minister himself, He had nenarent that the etelen diepateh has
thrown, oft his traveling -coat and eat }end exactly the effect in Paris and,
for over an hour chatting with Major
Grant -Gordon, the military attache,
u'ntil at length Sir Charles entered.
He was pale and unusually excited.
In his hand was a telegram; which he
had that moment received.
Ma elonald• rose, wishing him good -
morning, and handing him the dis-
patoh.
He took the envelope with its for-
midable scarlet cross, and in exchange
handed the messenger the telegram.
"Read that," said his Excellency,
gravely.
Macdonald read the fateful words
in English written beneath tlle'ir
cipher equivalents, and stood rigid.
It was from Lord Macetestield, an-
nouncing that the French were cog-
nizant
og-nizant of the dispatoh.
"Impossible!" he gasped, dumbfound-
ed. Then next instant he recollected
the mysterious perfume. upon the
envelope, and the ghastly truth be-
came plain,
Lionel Macdonald stood speechless,
rooted to the spot.
WAR CENTRES LOCATED IN CANADA.
tbie is order to deceive our enemies as
t the rent etnte of affairs. By a p'
by his foresight, intended, and the
whole situation being now changed, a
declaration of war has become im-
p -teethes."
Sir Charles, having deciphered the
whole of the secret communication,
at once explained its nurport to the
Tbauinn Minister, whereupon the oth-
er remarked, in pro(nund admiration
of the manner in which, the weapons
of the French had thus been turned
against themselves:
'Amazing! Then the whole awes-
tion which has emanated us so serious-
ly during the past two months is now
sntisfnetorily adjusted) This clever
Done of your Prima Minister is cer-
tainly one of the most ingenious,
overwhelming and astounding in the
nnnals of diplomacy!"
A book pubtisbled In gamin 1,000 years
ago notes that at that time good silk
was already produced in 25 provinces
of that country.
MQD RRN WAt3GAlii.
1s Mate
ll and lindureditauntna . 11+1 ly Ia hr
gtosorivrt to by AQUI Mika In the South
A1itlaul 'IYnr.
Not veru long ago a report from
Setary,uth roads Africa, bedand it apthpatroallaclies thein mtili-
ie
Transvaal had been mined up by the
Boers, for the purpose, of blowing then
up beneath the feet of the lirithsh
troops when, they begtre their advance
through that terrdbory,
In any previous weirs between eiv-
111zed nasions roads naive been milled,
on the very same prinoiple Lent har-
bors are mined to blow up an enemy'a
chip • only in the former 'Whence, in-
stead et torpedoes,, giant avenges
f
gunpowder are used, Such works ace
generally very extensive, for long tun
eels have, to es du if they are bo' be
used ei.eotively, and fuse trains laid;
and always with, the understanding
That the enemy may not use the road
wbich lsmoat, carefully and diligently
prepared. But when all roadsare
prepared some damage must surely be
done, unless the advancing. army 1s
forewarned and takhs eueh measures
as are expedientto either remove these
mines or else blow them up before the
troops marsh over them,
'The baatios of mining in warfare are
ohie-ly employed in reducing a city or
town that is being besieged, when reg-
ular open Mottos fail, When the be-
sieged forme becomes aware of such up
era. Ions, their 'holies chle-ly has e b en
in previous ware to dig, and place oth-
er mines benea.h those of the enemy,
and this is called. undermining. The
purpose of undermining is to deairoy
and close up the enemy's tunnels, and
thus prevent his being able to make
use of whatever mines he may have
already pliced,'and also to nullity his
weeks, and often
MONTHS OF LABOR,
I That suoh operations have led to
sones weird, and ono might almost say
incredible, o0aurrenoes, one may best
judge from a
• 1 what General Grant the
P m
g
general commanding. the 'Norl'hern.
forces in the American Civil War in
les operations against Richmond, says
in his "Memoirs." He points out that
al Petersburg, u city on the road to
Richmond, which was strongly forti-
fied and ]veld by Lee, the Sou barn
gen-
eral,
en_ri1, his pioneers worked Slane months
burrowing therir way beneath the
enemy's strong position; 's but the ene-
i my, becoming aware of this, sent men
Iour from their side to check them, and
also to mine his position. It became
no unconimon thing for whole squiide
of men to be buried alive after explo-
sions that were setoff by either side
in these tunnels ; though sometimes
the men managed to dig themselves
out. He .nays, further, that some-
times the mining parties c both arm-
ies would meet underground, when
I here was always a clash of arms, and
they would iight until one or the oth-
er parte had been driven back almost
to the mouth of their tunnels. So that,
while he and the 'greater portion of
his army was figh_ing ante ground,
other men of both sides, Isaere often
fighting below., e
If the line along which the enemy's
mining tuuneLs are being built is
known td the other aide the best me-
thod on undermining them is to erose
them, and thus close them up. But
,nowadays such laborious methods may
net have to be resorted•to, for, while
gunpowder blows up, dynamite bur-
rows down, sand if the position off the
enemy's underground works oan be
learned, or determined upon, dynamite
can properly do thework that form-
erly required whole regiments of men.
Ordinary shells, if coming within
close enough' contact, may sometimes
also do the work; as during the His
panoeAmerioan war a shell from one
of the battleships bombarding San
Juan, Porto Rico, hit upon one of these
mines uncompleted under a street
I there, andits explosion killed thirteen
Spahish soldiers. -
,War has 'many strategies, and near-
ly all things are considered fair in the
game so long as they are hurtful to
the enemy ; but perhaps the strangest
of all these is attacking him from a
point beneath bis feet.
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A graphic illustration od the greet scope l the war °parations is afforded by super-imptellig South Africa upon, the Dom�itdon of Canada
and a portion of the United, States, ,with Majuba just north of the city of Quebec, Capps Town at Detroit, IZtmbarley lot Mattawa, and lttafeking
near tTttalson Day.
THE FASHION PLATE,
Quaint little Gretchen drosses anti odd
Wllhehalua bonuots for little girls are
brought oat at the imperting houses and
ftuptebing steres.
Many of the open fronted Louts SIV
mete of I1ne French broadcloth aro covered
will[ 'elik braldwork, fornihlg olshorate
prabesquo device°.
P11010 le still a vett' great fanoy.oven ab
this season of the year for tumesoUne do
polo yokes andgaimpos on allsorts of boll,
Waste wear under teller coats,
• French cheviot, satin °loth, ti'1eot, mein
tonette, drop d'eto and poen do sopa will
all be used in malting coat besquos for
general wear In tiro early spring,
The spring Will see nearly all Marts
made with side olosiugs, either coal or
simulated, by buttons and lacing cords.
h
Tho longthepo<i slclrt with Its Mese 9h 0
of
e4eate will remain In vogue,
Gay colored and black ribbon recuts in
narrow and moil Imo wklths are in great
demand and are made constant and effect-
ive use of as a single trhnlning or in coin-
binetlon with fanny gimps and tiny bande
of fur:
In order to produce the svelte and cling-
ing style of dress, skirt lluinge—partiou-
!arty for women of full figure—aro made
of the softest undressed silks and satins,
and all OUP moires and crisp taffetas,
faiths, etc., • aro avoided.
Popltne of various qualities and in many'
now effects will be ono of the favored fab-
rics next 901181111. They have a silky finish,
and in dainty stripe, plelds, cheeks and
dote of soft, delicate color the spring pat-
terns are exceedingly offeobive,
,A very stylish costume of silk and wool
novelty goods has the ekiri ftisbed with
circular ruffles, with a coat above 11, very
long at the back and out away in front to
show a Vandyke waistcoat of dark velvet,
tbe long poihtaof the gild falling 510 or
eight niches below the belt. The coat is
finished with rovers of the same velvet,
and around the throat ie a high fur collar.
—New York Post.
THE ROBERTS ROW.
What is the matter with Congressman
Roberta of Utah for minister to Turkeyf-
Boston Advertiser.
Brigham Young's grandson is making
•an attack upon polygamy, and ho at least
has amu wearer
know hat 1t leads to.
o a to n w w
—Richmond Times
PolygamistRoberts appeals to p atri-
the
erchs for his precedent. If he had died
when they did, no fault would be found
with him now.
"Three queens" is the hand that Con-
gesernan Elect Roberts is said to hold,but
that cannot beat a "full house" -unless it
is done byblufhng.
It eeetne there is nothing in the consti-
tution to bar out Congressman Roberts.
A three wife emerge/toy never recurred to
the framers of that grand. olddocument.—
Clevclend Plain Dealer.
Polygamist Roberts of Utah may not
get into the next house of representatives,
but ho is obtaining the worth of his elec-
tion by the publlolty which has followed
his unusual naso. -Baltimore American.
They have female suffrage in Utah, and
at the late congressional electiona larger
vote Was cast by women than ever before
in that state. The result was the election
of Air. Roberts, polygamist. What we
want woman suffrage for, you know, is to
purify polities and reform things general-
ly.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
Plum trees will not thrlve if neglected.
A. good soil for strawberries is a good,
strong loam.
The sugar maple is one of the best orna-
mental shade trees.
For a permanent windbreak, both in
winter and summer, evergreens are the
best.
In pruning, -always remove decaying
wood and all unripe, weak young wood
first,
Frult plants require attention fully as
much as any other crop, and it is an easy
matter to set out more than can be proper-
ly cared for.
There is no plant that benefits by good
Manure more than the rose. A Leek of it
willalwaysresult in shaggy plants and
poor blooms.
An old orchard should not be ailed with
young trees. The soil is generally too
much exhausted by the former trees, Bet-
ter start a new orchard.
Nearly all varieties of fruit trees are
more valuable if they shoot out low. Trim
them from the top. This will rause the
lower branches to grow out.—Exchange.
COMMERCIAL LAW POINTS,
Before a custom can enter into moon -
trate; both parties must have knowledge of
it.
The ordinary relation between bankers
and depositors Is thee of debtor and credit-
or.
One who deals with an agent meat at
his peril Inquire Into the extent of the
agent's authority,
A partnership hag the same power over
firm property that an individual has over
his own property.
A 00100100 carrier cannot by content
limit Its liability for damages resulting
hit to exeroleo ordinary care,
from itis liability y
An uncondltlonal Milder of the amount
duo for which a thing is pledged termi-
natue the 11813 of the pledgco and hie right
to retain it.
A tax on a business is not rendered in-
valid by the face that it is onerous as rem-
pared with the taxation of other lines of
businese.—Recent Deelsions of Highest
Courts,
CURIOUS CULLINGS,
Among the Arab tribes bad cooking le
a sufld'olent muse for divorne,
In Morino° the bride dee to submit to
having her face pointed white and Bred
and her hands and feet dyed yellow with
bauxite
At. Gold ,toe, in the south pens, every
MEM, woolen or ahlld ea that Island w'ha
dome not ge to church three t eca is week
Is liable to be arrested and need,
Among the Arabs the expression "to
bave a slag in one's ears" to synonymous
with " to be a slave," and to the liroeent
•day an Arab who use been conquered by
another pleaeee a ring through his ear Ana
token.
It le an inexplicable feet that mon
burled 1n an avalenehe of snow hear dle-
tensely ovary word .uttered by Mose who
, reeking for them while their moot
etraeueue shouts fail �e penetrate teem a
Sew feet of the snow.
WINNING A QUEEN.
Wbon a primmer; Is to ,be married
qhs seldom bae Much .to say La the
molter, Not only meet her royal
family be satisfied, bat itis generally
soceeeled npcestlery that the snatch he
a popular one with due nation, Among
SO trimly considerations, the mere
preferanoes of the bride teak is to be
/,re of miner importance, The court•
ship of the tittle German prinovas who
beca'mo the wife of George ITi, of Hog-
land is,typleal of its class, It is plea -
sane to read of it and refloat that
eve have been born in private stations,
It seemed undesirab:e'for the young
king to marry subject, and of course
be ()mild not think of leaving the realm
iu aeareh of a wife. Aanordingly, hay..
Ing learned by diligent inquiry that
Princess Charlotte, of tbe little Ger-
man principality at,: Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, was an amiable and accom-
plished young woman, he dispatabed
one Colonel Grethen) to visit her and
report' et first hand of ber graces and
acquirements.
The young; lady was not at all pretty,
but, elle was so pleasant and ao good-
natured that Colonel Graham could
not but report to his master In yery
favorable terms.
The king hesitated then decided,
and having learned that the Duke of
Meek len burg-Strslitz was delighted at
the prospect of so flattering an alliance
be made formal announcement of his
determination to the privy council
The next step was to send' a format
embassy to convoy the .princess to
England. The yacht Carolina made a
very swift voyage; and 112. party rea, h-
ad the little German palace so unexe
peatedly that it was reported after-
ward that the thrifty princess had
been surprised darning a pair of stook
ings.
Then came the betrothal by proxy,
e I;n
[ehr
repress*.
o d the p
I mm
a
Mr. Drummond, g
tative .at the court, took leis master's
place, and bride and groom were
solemnly affianced.
e
shouldItwas reach Loudonssentialthat in timethe toprinoese share
in the royal ooronaiion, so the journey
was made post-haste. When P, in.
oess Charlotte landed on' the Eng:dsh
Shore she was greeted by the ringing
of bells and the firing of salutes.
"And am 1 worthy of all these
honors? she exclaimed, with pretty
humility,
But Princess Charlotte was no more
meek than it becomes a good woman.
to be, The Eoglisb ladies who accom-
panied her suggested that she should
arrange her bair; her chief claim la
beauty, after the tashlon of their
country. She refused with spirit,
"If the king desires me to wear a
periwig, I will do so," said she, "but
until he says so, 1:'ll dress as Iplense."
This was lively enough, but when
the ladies also told her that the king
fancied a particular fashion in dress,
she answered, smartly:
"Let him dress as he likes; I'll dress
as I please.'
The party hurried on toward the
capital. It was afternoon when they
reached the city. As they were driv-
ing through the streets, the Duchess
of Hamilton looked at her watch.
"We shalt hardly have time to dress
for the wedding," she remarked,
"The wedding l' exolaimed the bride.
"Yes, madam," replied the lady in
smiting. "It is to be to -night at
twelve."
The poor princess, taken aback at
rho suddenness of the announcement,
fainted away.
However, like the healthy girl she
was, she speedilyrecovered, and al-
though stilt much agitated, she was at-
tired
ltired for the ceremony, As she mi-
tered
teretk the drawing -room, noticing that
a cushion lay no the floor before the
old Duke of Grafton, she was on the
point, of kneeling to him, when an at-
tendant warned her of her mistake
She then attempted to kneel before the
king, but he checked her and kissed
her hand.
Small wonder is it that the little
princess, fresh from ber simple Ger-
man prineipal}ty, was observed to
tremble as she met all the grand per-
sonages. Still she remembered that
she was about to become their mis-
tress, and when the, free -and -easy
Duchess of Hamilton smiled at ber,
she said, pointedly enough:
"You may laugh,for you have been
married twice, but it is no joke for
ane."
It was not long before the English
people liked to mull the little lady
"Good Queen Charlotte," and "Good
Queen Charlotte" history calls her to
this day.
BIBLES
Cat I'p and Ike 6(3110,19 limed ell• Peebles,
CI. 111 Leai'.
Bibles are often made use of in the
gold -lent trade; the gold -leaf being
packed in honk,, 'node of paper leaves
out from lee Mile, There is no in-
tention on the part of the dealers to
be irreverent in thea using the pages
of the Bible, but 1t has become a uni-
versal. praetine lu the trade. Most of
the gold -leaf guise to shops where
nrlieis' materiels .are sold, and it is
Peeked between printed aheel .e be-
cause the slight lndentaLions i11 tun
paper made by the printing serve to
held the delicate film of gold in Once.
'191e '°assn fey using the Bible sheets
is 11int the alible is meetly printed in
small type aulri 18 alwoyv very evenly
set, end the impression of the Iype on
the paper in very alight, Inal quite
enough to hold the gold -lea :f in place
without, injuring it, Small type edi-
tions of. the Prayer hook are used for
similar reasons.
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pbpulatiion of Shoingllol has grown
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