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WIETSTIAINT)' IN VIOL
Tl -1L ,MYSTERIOUS CRL1
ON THE S.S. NEPTUNE
joking elaglg the crowded pavement.
:Beg Llsh ladles, lithe and ln'lght-1otele
ing in their neat -fitting yachting ease
knlnes, eceompaeded by smart young
geu'tlemen, who bad left tbeir ottrbe
marl offices fora breWU 1 of the invigore
CHAPTER I Centiinued Auslrabtan, a little startled es the wtiug Mediterranean air', and crowds
„
Xw did nut see the ether meted', te.ougbt of sateen) elesthest uatr9ss Ins of ragged beggars, were,/shrieking :tor
a, , =lad,
money, and never samtesfled with what
yked R 3 emew sat oyes ' „ No, not thet," replied Ventin, theY got. Such a mass, of Dolor, such
he.She
rolled; " I ueleiPg his thoughts, " but whoa I a diversity of ocatumes, mole a con -
1 dare say lid was n nice girl, and g
I dare su (lid treat her b• dl' by carts in Auatt'allu i received a letter fusion of longues, and ovor all the
y
hag dawn on the tall white houses and
steep narrow slreete,
The "Neptune" oast anther about
ea ng nems
bets, kill me the feast time we met."
" Well, f wandered all ovor the " She vvauld naves dare--"
b tu•
a y
•ed for from my £1rst wife Baying she would oleos' blue sky, with the it sun blues
United Kingdom. and, wbilo staying, Olr, Yes she wauLd giro us
with some Monts in the IXigblhands, bicud in her veins, remember ; and tw'o o'clock in the afternoon aed, ate
i who made the bet- when. she is mad witch rage see would cording to the notice posted at the top
1[ met the women rl m of the saloon etalrs, would not leave
tea matt of nee -fur .x time, She was ; Pa t a knife in me and take Lha tun -
an orphan was Elsie Macgregor. Der seeeealees,u till Wino o'eiOek at night, so all the
r had been a aoldier who died of ! "'lint are you sure the letter was ea`sengers•-the teen in flannels and
to the rote her t" ' /straw hats and the ladies in white
ednsumption oontu'uated in the trench- f ", Who else c rind it be item?" said
dl'eesee with sunshades -went on eboro
ea of Sebesuopol, during the Crimean: 1 enjoy
aer!r, Fair and slender, with quiet, Ven,tm, shrugging his shoulders;aw," g steamed tmajesl call into the great still,
blue eyes and bail like yellow corn was nal signed, and the hundtvriting J Y
blue waters of the Grand Harbor, and
1 loved bee devotedl -yea, too well; was slightly different from ber usual
y style bet then she often threatened oast anchor under the massive walls.
to wrong her innocence, and wouldwhich rose in towering heights from
have gone away in silence, but she,' to kill me, and I've no doubt puts into
theprecept
willing what 11e often said." 'I'oas rocks, and still bore on
with a e somals keen instinct, saw: their• weather-beaten fronts, whieh
there was somatising wrong, and beg -1 " Yen have uu enemies 1" had withstood so many rude assaults,
god ins to tell her all. It did so, and t "None that would go so far as to the proud crests of he famous Order
she-ob, &J:owtolth, what do you think desixe my dearth. No, my friend, the of St. Jelin of Jerusalem. On each
letter wus from the charming Maltese
she did 1her hump and her and she'll carry out her purpose it she side stood the pities of Valetta and The
friends -defied he the sneers of the world Borgo with their square, flat -roofed
can."
and the see my looks of hes own sex houses showing white and clear es they
and" Is she in Valetta 1rr
the became my mis!en the
Yee -she saw arose en serrated masses against the
thae hers alone was the hand that' ".I dost know; if she is, and finds vivid, blue sky, and all round the big
meld arresit me.in my downward me out -well, I may reach England steamer innumerable teats, with can
course ; so to save me she ruined her- alive, but I doubt it; and after all I epees erected be the stern to keep oft
self, a lived with her for one happy don't thank I'd care much ; I'm sick the sun, were darting about impelled
year, and always looked back to that of life, and if one could be only ear- by screaming, vociferating boatmen
alma as the brightest era in my life.. taan that death is an eternal sleep- who had more conversation than
Their my devil of awife found me
mint and instituted proceedings in the
Divorce Court against me. I did not
object as I thought I would then be
free to marry Elsie. The decree was
prenouncetl, and as soon as I was able
I married Elsie and took my pussago
with her to Australia -there intend-,
ing to start a new life in a new land.
We built ca: ties in he air of a happy
future, but it was not to be; for, just
as the ship was leaving the Maltese
devil coma on board. and then a retir-
ee' scene took Mace. I cannot des-
cribe to you the terrible way she went The dance bedug over all the ladies
ou, and Elsie, being to delicate benne, had gone below, the electric lights
clung to my mem nearly fainting. At were out in the saloon and on deck,
Inst the climax oame foe• my former and only the snicking -room was light -
wife sprang forward and struck Elsie ed up fatkhe, benefit of the night -birds
un the furze -the poor girl fell in a Here they all came, flushed and ex-
ult
on the deck, and after consid- cited with their exercise, and soon all
arable difficulty that Maltese fiend the marble -topped tables were cover -
way removed by force from the ship. ed with glass containing lifferent bev-
We sailed, and I thought Elsie would exegete from whiskey-and-suda down
soon recover, but the iron had enter-. to a modest squash, while the at -
ed into her soul, and before we round- mosphere resembled nothing so much
ed the Cape she was buried at sea,"
Dere Ventin covered .his lace with
his hands. and Roland, respecting his
emotion, said nothing.
After a few• moment ul silence, Ven -
well," with a sneer, " I think I'd be clothes. Down tbe side of the ship
Inclined for the nap; but come," ris- the passengers went in u never-end-
img to his feet, ''I've bored you ing stream, and as boat after boat
enough for one night, let us go onto was filled with a laughing crowd and
the smoking -room. and have one PIPs sheered off, there was soon quite a pro -
before turning in." cession to the shore. It appeared as
Ronald assented, and walked slow- if the ship would be quite empty, save
ly after Ventin, wondering at the for the crew; but one, at least of the
"triage story he had beard, and aipassengers, remanent behind. This
the strange mon who told it to him. was Lionel Vantin, who preferred a
"He had a queer life," mused Mon- lazy day on board with a pipe and
teeth as they stepped Into the emok- novel to the discomfort of exploring
Fngeroom. " 1 wonder if his end will the steep streets and picturesque
be as queer." buildings of Valetta.
"I'm sick of MaIta," he said, In repiy
to Ronald's persuasions ; "f know every
bole and corner of that confounded
Valetta, and agree with Byron about
it; besides," with a significant glance,
"I might meet my wife."
Against this last argument Ronald
bad nothing to urge, so went down to
join his party, which consisted of Mrs,
Pellypup, tall and majestic, in black
silk, Kale Lester, and the irrepressi-
ble Pat Ryan, .Aa they moved off,
as a London fog. Ventin had receive ' eentin, who was arrayed in a suit of
ered hie apirits, and told stories, made 'spotless white, waved his straw hat to
epigrams, and sang songs, until Ron- . them.
ald could bardly believe he sew be- "liow sulky that Mr, Vantin is," said
fore him the same man who had told Miss Lester, as they were pulled rapid..
tin resumed in an unsteady voice : him such a pitiful story. i ly towards the shore; "be never speaks
t*tonin saw his friend's eyes direct_ i to anyone,"
1 lauded in Australia, a broken- ed curiously at him once or twice, and I "Shows his had taste," replied Mr,
hearted mita-headless tit my life, end gate+Ming the meaning of his looks Ryan, "considerin' the pretty girls on
with no hope of happiness in the fu -name up to bine to say "Good night." board."
tore. f went from Australia to Sew .,I've put on the cap and bells, you Mrs. Pellypop froze him.
Zealandebence to America, and tray- .. he said, cynically; "broken ; "Your remark is flippant," she re-
cIled all over the new world trying hearts are not in favor with the world joined, putting up her glasses.
to drown my hitter thoughts ea clissi-"It's true, for all that," answered
platen, but without success. 1 trent and life is only a masquerade after
all." i Pat, bravely; "and ye'll see bow these
in for gambling, drinking, racing, Eurcign chaps will store at ye to -day,
threw away m„ney on women, kept a! CHAPTER IL. mam."
thea-tro ; In fact did everything 1 could Tunisians, Maltese, English, Ital- I Nu woman is too old for flattery,
to ruin myself. Then wearied of the tans: Was there eyer such a motley . and though Mrs. Pellypop was rigor -
reckless life I was leading, I wend: crowd as that collected in he prin- l ously virtuous she was also a woman,
back to Australia and tried to settle cipal street of Valetta 1 Bare -kneed leo she received Pat's compliment very
down, but it was no use. Like Orestes,Highlanders, in their ptoturesque tar- graciously,
pursued by the li'uries, I had to fly, tans. a:bowed wid tr, ,u tared Mulicene- i "1 know all about Valetta," she ba-
so I took my passage cm board the dans from Tuni.> amt Fez; swarthy, gun, "I--"
"Neptune," and thus, here you find beach -eyed Italian:, from Naples jest -I "The demo ye do," murmured Pat,
me a suited cynic at the age of forty led against red -coated 'Tommy Atkins 1"ye must know some nice things, any -
and all through a woman." i as he swaggered along, and the aece- , how."
" And what do you intend to do ; tie 1000 of a priest, looking severely; "And," continued she, "will be your
when you leech England!" " asked ' tram under hes long shovel bat, was ; guide"
Ronald, who had bean Lietening with' '1'hd other three looked at one anoth-
seen Diose to the piquant countenance etin theme,and, with u strongeffort
the deepest interest. I of a Biultese damsel, blushing under +
"Englund 1" murmured Ventin,! ben ugly blaek silk hood as she 'trip- `P,i I ssspedout
h sa -word
of onalhanks.
dreamily, " perhaps I may never see ' pati gaily onward attended by her 1 y'' pee Ronald to Miss
England?" i w a.tchful duenna. Hera and there are . Lester, "she'll be as bad as Murray's
\Vha.t do you mean 1" asked the p guide-boaL:'
ties of 4.onrists came laughing and 1 „Yes, but not so accurate!"
"Never mind," said Pat, in a low
All
atone, answering the last remark;
!"he'll make up for her mistakes by
! obstinacy. "if we've luck we'll lose
her."
They arrived on the rocky shore of
Mount Sceberras, whereon Valetta
,stands, and admired the massive walls
land the broad gateway, at welch 05V -,t progress of this advan:.a{i Idea that ed by the great provinehal noblemen
the suppression of the independence of and eine& It may fairly be said that
the two republics was determined on
by the British Goverment, and the
rectuvLiui of the colonies and States
of South Africa to the condition of
Brown colonies is to be brought about.
q Honored Ph
Trusted and Admired by Tens of Thousands of
Grateful Cured Ones is Ur. W. A. Chase.
First, by his famous Recipe Book,
and later by his great family remedies,
Dr, Chase proved his wonderful skill I
as a conqueror of disease. A grateful+
world now rises to alt him blessed
and to tell of the incalculable benefits
derived from the use of his great pre-
emptions.
ECZEMA O11 THE HEAD.
Mrs, Joseph Querin, Ethel, Huron
Oo., Ont., writes: -"1 Was troubled
with eczema on the head and foto for
about 9 years. My head woe a mass of
oaths, and though I tried the doc-
tors I was all the time getting worse.
Iftnally began to use Dr. Chase's Oint-
ment, and to my surprise obtained re-
lief from the first. application. 'three
boxes have awed me, and I would not
begrudge $200 for the benefit 1 have
derived from his great remedy, Dr.
Cl tifla Ointment is of almost daily
use in the home, and t would advise
everybody to keep some on hand,"
WEAN AND NERVOUS.
Mrs, J. M. Bradley, 100 Jane street,
Ottawa, states: -"For several years 1
ftave been gradually running down In
teeatltil; I was vet'y nervous and weak,
and worried greatly ovar my future,
lil&Metable female tally, though, like
the nelebrtt.ted patxot, she no' .doubt
thought a lot,
"Papital exareise, isn't Jt," observed
Tray. Lester tie they paused for breath,
ee dare say, 14 wo were training for
a oirone," retorted Pat, dryly, taking
gee his straw bat, "I'm like Arcthus,
azul will melt intoe stream of water
if this goes on. I believe old 'Felly
pop will swear shortly,"
Kate laughed tied looked at Min.
Pollypee wee, Uaineeisted, was climb-
ing slowly up the endless stuire.
I clon't think you gentlemen are
very gallant," observes Kate, de -
merely glancing at Pat and Roland
walking on either side of. her, "or
you'd offer to help the Old lady."
"We prefer to help the young lady,"
they Dried in chorus, and Mies Lester,
blushed, not ill -pleased et this tribute
4o her charms.
On remelting the Strada Reale they
found the place already crowded with
their fellow -passengers, and after
a few reco,gsnitions and salutations,
Mrs. Pellypop's party wentinto one of
the shops, where the ladles bought.
lace and the young men oigarottes,
Ronald also purchased some loco
handkerchiefs in order to pay off cer-
tain debts incurred by playing phil
lipine after dinner with sundry ladies
on board, and, judging from the coat
of his forfeits, he must have found
the game somewhat expensive.
To Be Continued.
THE AFRIKANDER BOND.
Methods by which It 1'rapomed to Bring
Abnat a tinned South Melee.
In view of the frequent references
that have been made in the news from
South Africa to the Afrikander -Bond,
and of the influence which it exercises
as an organization in the polities of
the Cape Colony, a brief account of
its programme and constitution will
be of special interest.
The first clause of Its programrfie
of principles contains an acknowledge
meat of the guidance of Providence in
the destiny of countries and nations,
and the aim, as given in the second, is,
under the guidance of Providence, to
form a pure nationality and to pre-
pare the way for a united South Af-
rica. The third, fourth and fifth
clauses deal with the methods to be
employed im bringiug this about. They
relate to agriculture, commerce, •in-
dustry, labor, education and language,
and aim at a firm union of the dif-
ferent European nationalities in
South Africa. The rights of num-
bers, of property and of intellect are
acknowledged, and pu,a•rty of election
politics is prescribed. Paragraph D
Ln the fifth clause particularly insists
on the right of the South African
colonies to regulate their native ques-
tions themselves, and paragraph E
clearly enunciates the prinoiple that
"foreign intervention with he local
canoerns of South Africa is inadmis-
sible, thus squaring paragraph B of
clause III. which reads: "To promote
the self -dependence of South Africa."
In elausc 6 the Bond acknowledges
the existing Governments and its obli-
gations toward them, but considers
that they also have duties which they
ore bound to perform for the common
welfare and the promotion of the in-
terests of .South Africa. In tbe sev-
enth and last clause the Afrikander
Bond announces itself as a self -de-
pendent party ready to ea -operate
with all others when it can do so
without violation of principles.
The general constitution provides
for the formation of local bonds in the
different States and colonies of South
Afxita, and details in tan clauses with
sub -sections the manner of organiz-
ing and working then.
1'be Provincial Constitution for the
Cape Colony deals with all matters of
organization, finances and representa-
tion, in the Colonial Legislature, iu
fourteen articles witb sub-sectiods.
The aim of Bond was, in view of the
GUS' ' 2, 1900
CHANGES IN THE YIIIWS O ' QIHNESE
RULERS WITH REGARD TQ IT.
sm."
The A'obea told 110111)1 i1 Khan In the Tide
Leenllt Venture -The Jewell Pothers M.
the Sixteenth and Ne1•etttecntll-•Wor15
undone by plseulcl00s Among eerie
Mins,
In the year 1260 the father and the
brother' of Marco Polo returned to
Europe from China atter a long stay
in the QrIent. They were merehants,
but their advice and counsel bad been
sought by the Grand Khan of ','artery
lel hiss tapittal pity of Cambalus, Po-
ttle.
Kublad Khan was a grandson of the
fierce Jenghiz Khan and had elected
to remain in China as Emperor, while
his brothers, nephews and cousins, de
'Med the ewe territory that had been.
overrrun Iby the Tartar hordes be-
tween the Caspian Sea,andthe Pacific,
between the A etie Ocean ` and the
Persian Gulf. The Tartar tribesmen.
had conquered people of far higher
civilization than their own. The Chi
naso of those clays were mestere of.
rainy arts and of much learning, The
problem of Kublai Khan was to con-
solidate the huge empire of which he
was master and to complete the con-
quest of Southern China. Like a great
s,tateeman, as he woe, he saw the im-
partancc of a State religion and he
had merry conversations with the Po-
los in this regard. He heard what
they had to say of Christianity and
approved it. When they returned to
Europe they were he bearers of a
letter from the Khan to the Pope of
Rome in which the Khan begged the
Pope to send to China, under the guid-
ance df he Polos,
50111E SCORES OF PRIESTS
and missionaries and eduoated men. It
was the Khan's en,tention to proclaim
Christianity a State religion and the
priests were to be its expounders.
These pioneers would soon have been
followed by gthers, and if this plan
had been parried out, there is little
doubt that Christianity would have
made its way throughout the Empire,
and that China with its 400,000,000 in
habitants, would to -day be a Christian
couaratry. .
How the project failed is well known.
The brothels Polo arrived at Acre in
the year 1269. The Pope was just dead
Dame there was an unusually long in-
terregnum. Only two Dominican
priests could be found to accompany
them to China and these two were
soon affrighted with the perils of the
joumney and turned book. Europe sent
no missionaries, and the Emperor had
recourse to India. Buddhism, which
had been in the field for twelve cen-
turies, took the place that Christian-
ity failed to occupy, and its hold in
China is to -day as strong as ever.
Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism,
or a mixture of them, aro the doc-
trines by which alt Chinese, high and
low, live and die.
Once more the Christian restgrou ob-
tained a strong foothold in China. In
the year 1575"esuit missouariee were
seat from Some to Macao and Goa,
and far a hundred years their inflo-
curs steadily grew. During the reign
of Louis XIV. in France they had en-
ormous power in China, The Chinese
Emperor of that day and his counsel-
lors cit Peking were deeply impressed
by the science and learning of the
emelt leaders. Under their direction
the great astronomical ebser•valory
of Pekin was built -on rather the ob-
servatory that they constructed was
a revival of a stili older establish-
ment due to the 'Tarter astronomers
of Ulugh 13eg's school.
ITS BEAU'i'Ih'Ul. INCTRUMENTS
ere on the city walls to -day.
The Jesuits found a way to recon-
cile white we call the Chinese worship,
of auce-tors, it le, in fact, not worship
but simply profound reverence, with
Christian doctrines, They were mak-
rapid increase and preponderance oe ing many convents. The bighest of -
the native element iu tete population, fieite of the Court, and the Emperor
to unite the white the tame
with t >
inti- h,emself,protected theist, Whoever will
mato inteetlnn of forming a South read the memoir., of the time cannot
African natiolalily,''to lead in time fail to conclude that the Jesuits were
by a natural process to the establish- then on he 'way to evangelize all
mens of the United States of Soath china. The example of the Court and
Africa. It was to put a stop to he of Pekin, would hove scot been follow -
Hearing of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food
and the wonderful results it bas ac -1
0nmplishod in others, I obtained a box'
and began using it as directed. I, be-
gan to improve immedi•tlely, and am
now restored to full health and
vigour,"
"Dr. Chase's Nerve Fool is tin ex-
cellent remedy, and I can recommend
its to all who are weak, nervous, or run
down in health."
IBONEY BACKACHE.
Mr. Devitt Mcl.e'eh, 270 Slater St.,
Ottawa, Ont„ etates:-'1 was troubled
with kidney disease and backache for
four or five years and have u -ed very
miny remedies w•itheiut tebtaining er-
manent benefils. bowie time age 7�be4
gar using Dr. Chase's ledlney-Liver
Pills, and found them to be the best
medicine I ever used. Their nee took
away that kidney backache, and made
me feel bettertn every way, gave mo
refreshing sleep, and made my digest
tion good."
Imitators of Dr. Chase's Remedios
do not dare to reproduce his pbrtrait
and signature, which are to be found
on every box of his genuine remedies,
At all dealers, or Edmanson, Batas
and Co., Toronto.
eral red -coated sentries were keeping
guard. Numerous guiclats offered
their services, but elre. Pellypop, in
the purest of English -of which they
did not ends eland ono word, thougb
her gestures were eloquent enough--
sent
nough-sent them all away, and marched into
Valetta, at the head of bar party of
three, like a victorious general into a
conquered city. Then they began to
climb the steep street leading to the
Strada Reale, and under a burning
sun the exeroise was not pleasant. Ohl
those interminable steps, how many
oath; have ,they not been
answerable, for since Lord Byron
abused them eo heartily I Both
Pat and Ronald cursed under their
breaths, and if Miss Lester had eat
been very striotly brought up she
also might have been tempted to use
a word beginning with "D." Mrs,
Pellypop, however, clad in her black
silk --which must have been awfully(
hot, but ext.arted no remark from
that excellent woman -toiled secede•
ly upward, and, not a word del this
AUSTRIA'S 111101LDE.R11501.
Austria is the country most lenient
to murderers. Ie 10 years over 800
persons were found guilty of murder,
of whom only 28 were pint to death.
OCEAN'S BOTTOM,
Recent studies of the ooaan bottom
near the toast line of continents, have
shown that rivers of considerable size
sometimes enter the sod beneath the
surface,
001.1 PAUL'S SCARF.
On notable occasions Paul Kruger
wears a big Major General's scarf
over kilo omit, demented with the
Premien order of the Red Eagle of
the Fourth Clams and a Portuguese
medal.
China was once more in the way of
becoming a Cbrietian country.
The success of the Jesulls in Chiect
reeved up enemies for them in Rome
and their anomies obtained an edict
from the Pope declaring dint the tole
caution of ancestor warship was ai
grievous error. The dissensions of
Jansenists and Jesuits in France
bellied to fan the flame of discord.
Chimes? politica was discussed et 1'orl
Royal tis one may see in the Memoirs
of St. Simon, for instance. The Jesuits
in China were recalled about. 1720 and
they were replaced by other, mission-
aries lose intelligent, if more o•tho•
dox. Onoe more the Empties of China
wets last to Christianity..
The noble effar'Gn of out• missionar-
les in recent limes are well known to
is all. This stkeeese has • not been
great, moa.eared by the standard of
numbers, though `their progr:csa has
been steady, and especially in late
years very wisely directed. The pros -
eat attuatkon wipes away, ae wrtb. +l
/sponge the whole result, 4w:470440
mast be began anew. nQly the mem.
Dry of pus's endeavours remains,
13050044 GIRL FIRE. BRIGADE,
Fire drill is Lemming quite a popu-
lar feature of the British school girlie
Life as 4 udt only lessens the dame
ger 1n case of an cntbreekc of fire,
butt provides a that rate form of Dee
mem in the meantime,
At a leading eollagll dor eerie,
Westfield College Hampstead, one of
the suhnrbs of London, the pupels w'ho
are meetly young women of the strap-
ping English variety; and well able to
tuella propositions that are usually
oonsiderod beyond the feminine
strength, have formed a regular 'tiro
brigade, and bare hose' and fire ap-
paratus, in the use of which they are
drilled and trained until they have be-
come adepts at fig]itiage fires, and
would no more thdnit of losing their
heads In an emergency than wcutld a
professional fire-fighter. The eohool
drill includes such 10110 as descend-
ing from the roof of the school-hottse
to the lawn, sliding down ropes, low-
ering eaeh other to the groind, from
dizzy .heights by means of improvised
apparatus, attending and resuscitat-
ing those who are supposed to have
been overcome in fires, using the hose
to the outside of the building, to get
necustomed to the work, arousing the
house, and turning the place out-of-
doors, in the quickest time possible,
and drilling with the hand pumps and
the buckets, which are placed ready
for use in es.se of a small fire that does
not call for the use o,f the largo
lease.
en tee college of St. Hilda, he fire
brigade is made up of about forty of
the strongest and most self-reliant of
the pupils, and these are sub-diviled,
late smell squads under their own
officers. et is considered one of the
greatest honors to obtain a place in
the fire brigade, and to become an of-
ficer of•one of the squads makes the
girl selected the envy of an entire col-
lege of discarded applicants. The girls
who belong to the fire brigade have
certain privileges and are released on
eooiisione froth tedious school duties
for the most interesting frolic of fire
drill, They dot waterproof costumes
and revel to their bearts' content in
the oxerc,zses of the fire drill . The di-
rectors of the fire brigade can have
ii. in heir power to make themselves
and their crops obnoxious to the rest
of the sebool, for they can start a fire
alarm et any hour of the day or night
and, as no one knows but that it is
a genuine one, there is no shirking by
anyone at the call to quarters.
On the first signal referred to being
given St is the duty of certain girls
to go through he house alarming the
drowsy ones, taking the utmost caro
that none of: the girls ea the servants
are overlooked in the search. If a girl
has taken it for granted that the
night alarm is a begts one for drill,
purposes, these searchers are sure to
find it cul, and compel her to join the
crowd hurrying from the imaginary
danger. While theme girls go through
tee house the officers of the fire
squads marshal their 1orc':s. and ar-
range them quickly around the hose,
air the fire pumps. Orders are given,
quietly and quickly and aro promptly
obeyed.
There lane loitering, no excitement,
Every -thing moves like cluckwo^k, un-
til the gee's are dismissed and allow-
ed to return to their domitorias again.
lit is really an impressive sight to
see the fire -drill at one of these up -
to -da Le gide' colleges. The entire
building will be silent as the tomb,
every inmate with the captain of the
fire brigade and her assistants wrap-
ped in slumber, when suddenly half a
dozen shrill whistles ring through the
corridors. This is the fire alarm, and
the corridors a few minntee later will
he, filled with half-dressed figures,
berrying to their positions cit fire
drill. To be awakened in this way is
he reverse of pleasant, but qha feel-
ing of security that he girls have in
the. knowledge that the danger of n
fire tragedy is reduced to a minimum
mare than makes up for the discom-
fort of the drill,
1'UTRitTh ACTION .1S L1B'E.
P utrefaetion is probably not death,
but the controa•y,-the Life that fol-
lows death or a sort of resurrievtion.
The lows of conservation, and of con-
version apply to vital as well as to
inorganic forces. , O!ermcntation or
pmt.refe.etion is a vital process, recip-
rocally generated by and generating
inconceivable nni]1Luut of impolpablc
argumimnle, wbieh charge the atmos-
phere and tiro everywhere al. work,
transmuting dead organisms into ele-
malttary living amps -and why not
passing on the vital -activity Into high-
er forme'?
DENMARK'S CROWN.
lit is Duo of the pcoulkerilles of the
Laws of ;Dao ma:.rlr hat he Drown must
be Worn by a Christian and a Freder-
ick alternately, The system originat-
ed with Christian IL, who reigned
tram 1513 to 1620; and units succeed-
ed by Fredea•iek T,
KING 05511,
The fllghest ,Perin 00 the Vhlneee ICxeeU0
Metope er1,
Ieteeteting Is a favorite amtteamont
in Manan, and the ceremony of Ling
Ghee le the height of the exeoutloiaerle
art. Fleet, 1ho vriminnl le honed to
a swam, and, its the wretolt with buig-
ing eyelatlJs looks0 upon the s0oue flu
boa'e'or, ,the gentlemen upon whom de-
volves the princlpel work envenom
with drawn sword, Possibly the 41 -
feriae was'a light one, or it may be
that the wretch bas obtained partial
r'e,intauion, in whieh case he will have
the felicity of being killed en eight
strokes Instead of 24 -or possibly 72:
Ad: the fust stt'oke the executioner,
nimbly tehieks ofe one of the eyebrows
so neatly as seaseely to draw blood.
Hey, Presto! off Domes the other.
with a slight harizaatal sweep be
slashes a shoulder clean from the
body, performing a .Like operation an
the other side a moment. later. Then
the breasts are similarly treated, and
with a lunge forward quick as lubri-
cated lightning the exacutionee
plunges bis weapon into the victim's
beads, After that all that remainsis
to decapitate tbe lifeless and maybe
still quivering body, and the came
-
tem is complete,
This us, the lightest form, or Ling
(Thee. When, however, full Ling Chao
is performed LE is a iorigtlremed betel -
nese, and the various operations of
the executioner are watched as keen-
ly by the onlookers asis a great actor
in a new past on a fleet night. H9
rises to tore occasion feeling that much
is required of him, When he has re-
moved the breasts as In the fla•at nee
,tbod he has still a long and expert
carving operwtlon before herr till. the
moment when he shall dispatch tete
w'r'etch ; each forearm, 'then each up-
pers* arm, then a slash from each thigh
followed by dexterous slashes at oath
colt, arch finally after the heart has
bean pierced, the hands, feet and oth-
er parts all come under distlnot aper-
altious:
Minor offenders guilty of rebellion
or murder may get off with strangu-
latton. Cruesifixion takes plane, but
the victim is left: to die with &string
tied tightly around his throat.
SPEAKING TO KINGS.
How Riders Are Addressed 117 Their
llatnble Servants.
The simple title Madame -reduced,
in practice, to Ma'am -is all that
serves, between Queen Victoria and
her court, to mark the former's dig-
nity as the ruler of a world-wide Em-
pire. Had Britain a king, he would
be no mono than Sire, the old French
form of sir, sacred to royalty, the
term Your Majesty is only for ser-
vants and ceremonial occasion& -
There are few other courts where
this wholesome simplicity prevails.
The Emperor of Germany is Maj •sleet,
theme is no pronoun 1n the title even
to his family, except when in abso-
lute privacy. The Emperor of Aus-
tria is Eure Majestaet, at all times
and under all oiroumstunaes; the Icing
of Greece is Votre Majeste-Fronds
being the court language, and the
King of Sweden, is Era lejajestat,
Their royal consorts are addressed
with the same formality.
Only at cour is of Belgian and Italy
may the sovereign be greeted as Sire
ox Mudarne, though the etiquette of
the Russian court permits it when
the h'ranob language is being used.
When Russian is being spoken, Niebo-
las II. is to hie courtiers and oftletals
Czar-enipluyed, like the Prussian Met-
jcalaet', without a pronoun. To tie
lips of a Russian peasant, face. to fano
with his sovereign, the time-honored
Little Father, or Little Mother would
spring, as would Excellenza, to those
of an Italian -that melodious south-
ern tongue having no ether equiva-
lent for Majesty.
It shoulct be noticed in passing, that
not even their most privileged cour-
tiers may speak to rnonarohs unless
they, are spoken to. This piece of
etiquette does not work out quite so
stiffly as might be expected; once em-
b:crked on a oouvursation remarks and
opinions ,nay be offered with it due
amount el tact But only the sov-
ereign. can draw this or, that cour-
tier into his immediatecircle or otb-
erwise set the ce,nversationol ball rol-
ling. Also, if the person, when first
spoken to, be not seated, as, for in-
stanep, a.t dinner, it is his duty to
bow, or, if: a lady is the favored one,
to curtsy. Amt officer in uniform does
not bow, or, Inc the matter of that,
salute either, instead .he straightens
up li0ce -the proverbial ramrod,
C11ANC.E FOR MAN UFACTUR]f•II,S.
l'hn
Bavarian Government' has just
eel• stelae he city. ordinance 'prevent-
ing the use of automobiles on the
:streets of Menial]. This opens upOne
of the beet Gorman allies for nnanu-
feet.urors of heist+tees vehicles of every
sort, ,and wide awalco agents should be•
promptly sent to this field, so promlte
Mg because of the large clans of weal-
thy residente. Muuicii is the third
largest oily lw the Germnnn hnipire. .
Tee eeredls are well paved, bicycles
are lonelier end horses clear.
EYEBROWS AND 1NHANI'1'v,
et le 1014 that irregular eyobroa s,
are au indleatlonof insanity,