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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1902-7-3, Page 3[ID SAVE 11 j Hi ,Majesty flaking Saris= factory Pro• ress To= wards Recovery. A London .despatch soya: The irony of at ordained that the day owned for the coronation of Icing .Edward should bo' an ideal ono, even among the ileligilts of an Englieti June. Phe skies were clear, and the Meat of 'the sun was tempered by a wool, rofrertling breeze, The weath- er gods, who aro hold particularly responsible ' for the King's undoing, seemed beat upon emphasizing the nation's difeappoantmout. The mil- lions wito:expected to acclaim a new- crowned monarchwent instead to church to pray that his life be spar- ed, or inado half-hearted holiday, wandering through the streets where his triumphal prooesslon would have pnssod. They were 'oven inclined to bo joyful -in ,rho light of the ray of hope 'which came front the palace - whore the Royal' sufferer lay. The feet' three bulletins sent out by the physicians oa Thursclay were• distinctly encouraging. It was an- nounced at last that the patient's temperature was norma]. and " this was the best possible news in a carom of this nature. All the other symp- toms were also favorable. • NATION TOOK FfEART AGAIN, It was therefore not surprising that the nation took heart again, and was almost inclined to indulge In premature: rejoicing. The throngs which still filIed the streets sang and ware gay. "Tile Ming will live," was heard on all sides, and they began to talk of a coronation in August or September. Then the evening bulletin was posted at 11 o'clock on the palace :gator, and in all the post Offices. It concluded with the disquieting sen- tence, which checked the hopefulness: "There has been some return of pain M the wound," These words would usually have. serious- .sikuiilcence in a, situation lilto that of. the ICt.rig, and tits doc- tors Would have hardly employed them finless they 'desired the natural .conclusion to, bo drawn from them. Fresh pain implies fresh ip1amma- tion, Renewed inflammation is its] many accompanied or followed by esti renewed secretion of pus, This peril is one of extreme gravity. It, .might be decided to reopen the wound as a. last resort. This hos been done in many cases, and it is sometimes successful where the pa- tient is strong and in Pull vigor of life, In the lCing's case it would be a desperate expedient. A. writer in the Daily Mail, eoln- menting upon the return of pain in the King'swound, sniggests that it is duo to the natural contraction of the wound, aiid the abscess cavity, causing pressure on the drainage tubus. It is therefore, he says, a healthy, natural sign. He believes there has been no appreciable in- crease of temperature with the re- turn of pain, The writer says the King has been permitted to smoke, Ho takes beef tea tend milk. NOT A, COMPLETE OPERATetsele It is not generally understood by readers of the sono -official account of the operation that it was neces- nary to . remove a section of the bowel itself, and that even if the King rallies from the present crisis another serious operation will . be necessary as soon as he is able to bear it, Lord Lister, .one of the physicians in attendance, remarked to it friend to -day: Tho operation was the most seri- ous to whish a man: of the .Icing's age and condition couldbe subject- ed." They took what le described_ as ono desperate chance. Not to oper- ate meant certain death within'foi•- ty-eight hours, and there remained the possibility of prolonging, if not. saving, lifeby the radical use of the 'knife. That possibility 'they seized, as it was their duty to do. ABSCESS HAD NOT BURST. The operation revealed even a worse condition than was autiripat- ed regarding the parts involved. but the abscess had not burst. There- fore, general blood poisoning hid not begun. But it was evident that nothing could be done toward pro - Meting -a, radical .cure by a singlo operation The surgeon, therefore, dealt only with the most critical phase of the peril. From the usual effects following any operation the King is rallying as •wellc expected. as could b 0 o P e ted. The danger is of fresh com- plications, which are more than likely to arise at any moment. Against these science would be obliged to confess itself powerless. THE CORONATION HONORS LIST OF CANADIANS WHO HAVE RECEIVED TITLES. lbTany Prominent Canadians Hon- ored for Distinguished Services. An Ottawa despatch says ;=The Yollowing statement was handed out teem Rideau Hall on Wednesday mght His Majesty the icing has been gra- ciously pleased to confer the frillow- ing honors .- To To bo member of the King's Most Honorable Privy 0ouncil-Iiia Ex- cellency the Earl of Minto, G., Governor-General of Canada. To bo Knights Commandor of 'the • Most Distinguished .Order of St. .Michael and S't. George :- The ion. David Idunter McMillan, .Lieetenant-Gov'er'nor of Manitoba, Tito Ilan, l!roderick.William Borden Minister of Militia, and Defence. The Hon. William Muloak, K,O., ' Postmaster -General. To be Knight Bachelors :- .The TIoe. Henri Elzoar .Tascheroatt, Puieno. Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Hon. Robt. Beak, President of the Logislatis o Council of Nov Scotia. 7'0 bo Companions of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George ;- • Lieut; Ool. Frederic White, Comp- troller- of the Northwest Mounted Police. Liout.-Col Percy Sherwood, Com- missioner Dominion Police. Robert ]Carrie, President of the Royal Canadian Academy., Sir IP. W. Borden rooeives • a Knighthood because ' of bis services) to the empire in connection with the organisation and despatch of .Cana dish contingents to South eAfrica, Sir William Muloelc has beet). knight- od by reason of his successful efforts to institute imperial penny postage. Sir Ilouri. Taechoroau is a rlistin- guiseed member of the Supiom° Court Dench: and le likely to . sec- eerie ur-vice Si'i.Henry Strong as Chief Justice whhen the latter retires. GIL131IOT PARKER A IKNIGIIT., A London despatch says -The. list of coronation honors announced in the ;Official Gazelle contain the urn°uneonent that` the following have been made knights Dr, A, Conan Doyle, Lhe novelist, Gilbert Paiikor, the novelist:, :Francis 0, Bemused, the editor of Punch. Loslle Stephen, president of the E+tbicttl Society. Sir Robert Bond, the Premier of Newfoundland,' is made ti Frivy Councillor Sir Ttreclet'ielc 'Preece, Seegt.- tut'- geon to the Icing, and Sir George Pretty Lewis', the well known lawyer besides Sir Thomas Lipton, aro tre- ated novenae. Tito Order of Knight Of tho Garter is bestowed on ,the Duke of Welling- ton and the Duke of Sutherland. The Duke of Roxburgh and the: Earl of Haddington aro made Knights of the Thistle. The Earl of Enniskillen and Baron Deros become Knights of St. Pat- rick. The Eitel of It'opetoun, Govornor- Gonerai of the Commonwealth of Australia,• who recently resigned, is raised to a. Marcluisate. Lord Milner is raised to, the rank of Viscount. The King has instituted a new order of merit, to which he has ap- pointed Lord Wolsoley, Lord Roberts Lord ICitcltener, Lord Kelvin, Lord Lister, the Right Hon. John Morley, the Liberal statesman, and George 1Vatts, the Royal Academician. His Majesty has- also itistituited a new order for civil servants, entitled the Imperial Service Order. W. E. Johnson was killed and W. T. McMichael fatally wounded in a three -corner pistol fight at Oklahoma City, Mrs. George Parker, wife of a far- mer near Ann Arbor, Mich„ come mitted suicide by pouring kerosene over her clothing and setting lire to it. The strike of the telephone. line- men against the Chicago Telephone Company is ended on a compromise, and the 550 men on strike' since Oc tobor8 of east year have returned to work, Near Jackson, Miss., Mrs. Leous Wcstrop, a white woman, killed five of her children by shooting them to death in an out -house, and after- wards burned the structure over thole bodies. Tho woman escaped. A gang signing themselves the "Chain Gang Robbers" havo kid- nepped'Na1. Anderson, jr., son of"a prominent , =reliant of Birmingham, Utah, and demand $5,000 for his release, threatening to cut oil his arms and logs if it is not paid, Quceri Wilhelmintt of holland is convalescing at Castle Schaumburg, in the 'valley of the Labe, Thousands . of sheep have perished during the unprecedentedly severe cold and winter storms in Capo Colony; Thin, inodorous preparations of Petroleum, tar, and tut' -ell aro-to bo used foe 'laying the dust in the en- virons of Paris. Japan's latest curiosity is a baby boy who at the age of ton months weighs nearly sixty pounds and is over three feet in stature, King Albert of Stixony, a veteran of tho Franco-Prussian war, who hadhold the throne since. 187'8, died at Dresden on Thulsday, Seeing a Yvan jump into the Seine, one of the life-saving dugs :kept by the Parisian police, .jumped 111 after hits, ttnd seizing the would -Ito suicide by Via clothes, brought him safely ashore, 11IS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VIT. THE MARKETS Prices of Grain, Cattle, 'etc in Trade Centres. THE MARKETS. Totonto, June 30. Wheat -Tho market is quiet, with No. 2 white and red quoted at 764 -to 76ee, mid- dle freights. No. 2 goose quoted at 68c east; No. 2 spring, 75 to 754e east. Manitoba No. 1 hard wild at 87c, grindingin transit, and No, 1 Northern at 87e, grinding in transit. No. 1 hard quoted at 844 to SSc, Toronto and west, -and No, 1 Northern at 814 to 82c, Toronto and west. Cate -'The market is quiet. No. 2 white- sold .at 444cwest, and at 454c east. No. 8 white at 4340 west. Corn - Market is firm. No. 2 yellow quoted at 62c west, and No. 2 mixed at 614c west. Batley - Trade quiet,- with No, 8 extra quoted at 524e middle freights. Rye - The market is. steady, with No. 2 quoted at 15e outside. Flour - Ninety per cent. Ontario patent quoted at $20.00 middle freights, in buyers' seats. Straight rollers, in wood, quoted at $3.25 to $3,85. Manitoba flours are steady. ITungarian patents, 34.05 to 34.25 dolipercd on track Toronto, bags in- cluded, and strong bakers' $3.80 to $8.95. Oatmeal - Car lots in bbl& 35.10 on tracv, and in sacks at 35. Drou- en lots 25c extra. Miilfeed - Bran is dull.at $16.50 to 317, and shorts at 319.50 to 320. At Toronto bran is 319, and shorts 321 in bulk. Manitoba bran, 320 in seers, and shorts 323 in sack, Toronto. 'HOG PRODUCTS. Dressed hogs ustehenged, Ilog pro- ducts steady. Wo quote: -Bacon, long clear, 11* to 114e, in ton and case lots; mess • pork, $21.50 to 322; do., short cut, 823.50 to $24. Smoked meats - Hams, 184 to. 14c; breakfast bacon, 15 to 154c; rolls, 12 to 12ec; backs, 15 to 1540; shoulders, lldc. Lard - Prices unchanged. Wo quote: -Tierces, 11xe; tubs, 1180; pails, 114c; compound, 9 to 10c. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Dried aeples - There is nothing doing, and prices are purely nomi- nal. Bops - Trade quiet, with orices steady at 18e; yearlings, 7c, Honey - Very ,little doing; comb, 32 to $2.25 per dozen. Beans - The market is quiet at $1 to .31.30, the latter for hand- picked. Hay, baled - Tho inarvet is firm, with fair demand; timothy, 310.50 to 311 for No. 1. Straw - Tho market is quiet. Car iots.on track quoted at 35 to 35.50, the latter for No. 1. Poultry -- Offerings aro limited. We quote; -Turkeys, young, 13 to 14o per ib,; do., old, 11 to 12e; chickens, 75 to 31 uer pair. • Potatoes - This markot is fume]', with car lots quoted at 80e per bag on traelc; small lots sell at 900, THI7' DAIRY MARH IIITS, Bettor Tho Offerings are fair, and prices generally unchanged. We tlaoto;-Choice 1-1b, rolls, 16 to. 17c; selected, daisy tubs, 160; store pack- ed, good Dolor, 15 to 15.30; low grades, 10 to 12c, and Medium, 13 to 140; creamery .prints,' 10 to 20e; and solids, 18 to 19c, • Eggs - The market oontiuttes firm,' We quote: -•Fresh gathered candled stock, 144 to 15c; ordin- ary, 13 to 1.40; seconds and chocks, 11c. Cheese - Market is a trifle w0akor. IVe quote: -I ]nest, 10 to 104c; sec. 011(19, 91C. UNITED STATES 11TATI.TCE'rS, Miltaultee, Juno 80. - Wheat.- Lower; close, No, 1 Northern, 77+3 to 780; ,No: 2. Northern, 764 to 77e; July, 71111r.. .ltvc-Tull; No. 1, 5.71 10 5,,.c, Braley --.Finn; No. 9, 71 to 71t3,r ''atnpie, 01.3 to 70c. Corrt-. July.y65�e. ' Duluth, June, 30. - Close -Wheat -Cash No, 1 hard, ? c• N 7$ o, - 1 Northern, 75*•c; N. 2 Northern, 744e; July, 754e; Sept., 713c; No, 2 toba, No. 1 cash, 754e; No. 2 Northern, 781e. Oats -Cash, 460; Sopt., 314c. Detroit, June 80. - Wheat -Close -No. 1, white, cash, 880; No. 2 red, cash and Juno, 794e; July, 764e; Sept., 76c, St. Louis, June 80, - Wheat - Oloso-Oash, 71o; July, 708c; Sept., 70e. LIVE STOOK MARKETS. Toronto, June 30. - .1 the West- ern cattle market this morning the receipts wore 64 carloads of live stock, including 936 cattle, 1,680 sheep • and lambs, 850 hogs, 150 calves, and .two dozen milch cows. For good cattle prices were steady end unchanged, with a brisk de- mand, but the really good cattle here was a very small proportion in- deed, anti for common .stub prices were easier, though it about all sold. There was a good business ,doing to -day in export cattle, awing con- siderably to the fact that there is much space to fill on the boats at Montreal, but the supply of cattle worth exporting was small, and was caught up early. For choice cattle prices ranged from 36 to 36.75 'per cwt. Medium to good stuff sold. from 34.75 to 35.50 per cwt. There was agood trade inbutcher a a cattle of the right kind. For good to choice cattle prices ranged from 34.50 to 35.50, and for a few picked lots a little more was occasionally paint, But poor grass-fed cattle were wealc, and sales dragged. Milch cows, springers, stockers, and feeders are in just the same business condition as on Tuesday last. Calves are weaker to -day at from 32 to $3 each. Sheep and lambs are both easier at from ten to twenty ilve cents per cwt. lower. The market for hogs to -day is steady and unchanged. ' The top price of choice hogs is 56.874 per cwt.; light and fat hogs aro 86.624 per cwt. Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime duality, and scale not below 160 nor above 200 lbs.. Following is the range of quota- tions: CATTLE. Shippers, per cwt $5 50 36.75, Do., light ... .. 4.75 5.50 Butcher, choice ..4.75 5,60 Butcher, ordinary to good ... „. ... 8.75 4.40 Stockers, per cwt 8.00 4.00 SHEEP AND LAMBS. Choice ewes, per cwt 3.50 8.75 Spring lambs, each 2.00 4,00 Bucks, per cwt,. „ 2.75' 3.00 MILKERS. AND CALVW . Cows, each 25.00 50.00 Calves, each ,2.00 8.00 HOGS, Choice hogs, per cwt 6.75 Light bogs, per cwt 6.50 Heavy hogs, per cwt 0.50 Sows, per ctLt ,,, .,. 8,50 Stngs, per cwt .. 0.00 6.87e 6.694 6.624 4.00 2.00 KING :CREATED ADMIRAL. Kaiser Iasiies a Special Order to His Fleet. ...A Kiel despatch says: Emperor 1Villianl has mode King Edward an honorary admiral of the German navy. Subsequently to making the appointment he issued an order to the fleet by flag signals, saying: "1 hope Use fleet will always be millet - fel of this high honor, which, at the scone time, brings it into closer relations with its comrades of the British navy. The fleet is to inn - mediately hoist the British flag at the masthead, ileo a salute of twon- tyione guns and give three cheers for the King of England." The order was immediately obeyed. DR. T'I2E'VirS CHILD A VICTIII'I Child of Man Who.operated on King Died of Appendicitis. A London despatch says: The daughter of Sir Frederick ederick '1tovos the g sin on who. performed the opera- tion tho icing, died a few 'drays ago of 'appendicitis. �IG�@IPdG f�ORONN Londoners Estimate Total At Over a Million ounds. A London despatch says :-Now that the first effects of the paralyze ing blow has worn away, it is lros- eihle to get sumo idea of the tre- mendous loss which the ltostpone- menc of the coronation eutailoti. One no imam' talks of thousands, but hundreds of thousands of pounds, when speaking of tho amount of money which ono way or another will go for nothing. A rough estimate of the ;losses that can be calculated upon with some basis of fact makes the appal- ling total £1,000,000, and this docs not include what has been spent for robes, 130v01s, coaches and horses, and for deeoruting and renovating houses by the nobility. In the first place, Lloyd's, under- writers, lose,,at a conservative esti- mate, £200,000 on policies, which covered the risk that the festivities would not take place on Thursday and Friday, June 26 and 27. They stand to lose half as much again on those policies whish covered the risk that the coronation would not take place P1 a at all. SEAT SPECULATORS. Next come the seat speculators,. Insurance policies taken out by thein amount to some £120,000. Now, the erection of stands and the ad- vertising and the paying for rights involved an expenditure .01at least £500,000. Supposing one way or the other they retain £100,000 out of tlie money paid foi• tickets, and they received £120,000- for insur- ance, they still are losers of £280,- 000. This loss " is made up of several items, and two main ones being the cost of constructing tate stands and hiring the promises. In several cases -large premises- more than £2,000 was paid for the right to build stands. Scats wore erected altogether' for nearly six hundred thousand persons • Tradesmen who lot out their own premises and did not employ agents. also lose 1leavily. Many shops have 'thrown them- selves hemselves out of gear• for months lne- paring for the coronation visitors, 'Little ordinary business has been done, while the rent has kept, up as usual, and wages have gone on. At least £50,000 wee lost by trades- men in this way. LOSS IN FOOD SUPPLIES. Caterers and food contractors of all descriptions, and fruit and wine morohants all ,lose heavily, as Lon- don is now stocked with twice as mach provisions as ordinarily would be consumed. A great deal of this is perishable, and will be a dead loss. Thousands of contracts for luncheons were canceled within a few hours of the news. of the. King's illness being made known. These caterers in turn. repudiate their contracts for supplies, so the loss is divided ;between three classes, but somehow they ' will be £50,000 out of pocket and unaccounted for. Railway companies calculated to bring 800,000 visitors to London on Thursday and Friday: Almost ev- ery available carriage was let at prices ranging from five to twenty guineas foil each day. The' average price for a single -horse vehicle was seven guineas. THE DECORATIONS. Private and corporation decora- tions/ and illuminations now count- ing for naught cost at least a1,00,- 000. Then the Government's ex- pense in erecting stands in the Ab- bey, and in bringing the King's and the nation's guests to London ap- proximate more than £1,00,000, What is to show for all this ex- penditure ? Thousands upon thou- sands of empty seats, flapping pen- nons and banuers, garland -encircled masts, showily bedecked buildings, iiiuuunerable illuminations of varied designs, all of which seem sadly out of place, -while the King, in whose honor those sprang into exist- ence, lies stricken. -RAILWAYS IN THE VEST SIR THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY'S INSPECTION TRIP. He Is Highly Pleased With Pros- pects and Conditions in the West. A Montreal a despatch says: Sir Thomas Shaughnessy returned Wed- nesday from a tour of inspection over the C.P.R„ highly pleased with the conditions of the west and the prospects fo.r tate coming season. When asked if ho thought there was room for the Mackenzie & Mann line to parallel the Canadian Pa- cific, and how it would affect the development of the present nue, Sir Thomas rather made Light of this project, "The Canadian Pacific," he said, "has not yet been paralleled, and may not be for some time to come. The line of which you speak presents some very difficult prob- lems both in construction and fin- ancing, in view of the territory through which it is projectofl. It is likely to be a good many years be- fore there is another line across the oontinont,. if ever, to the north of our line. We are not doing . any worrying about competition yet." When asked if be noticed any tend- ency toward business improvement in British Columbia. Sir Thomas said there was some indication of stimu- lation fn affairs on the const, In spite of all ideas to the contrary, there is still mineral development going on and the mining busino. i is extending. "However," he said, "as I told them in British Columbia, they will never have solid and per- manent ermanent prosperity until they DEVELOP AGRICULTURE. The fertile valleys of the Province have been neglected. British Co- lumbia should to -day be a great ag- ricultural Province. The people aro of course to bltunn for this neglect. They have shown a tendency to in- sist upon the Government doing the things they should do themselves, They have wanted bonuses for rail- ways, and would not build with- out thorn, and the:Government has boon directing its efforts in` that direction instead of the development. of agriculture. Mining, manufac- tering and lumbering end fishing are great sources of wealth in, that Pro- vince, but such industries r•egniro ag- t'icllitui'al backing; to give them sta- bility, The wealth of the towns needs to have the wealth of the country to draw upon. The present industrial depression is due in a 1ieasure to some of the labor leg- islation that the Province has passe od and to the lack of agricultural development." Speaking of the eon- tentplatezd general improvements to the road, Sir Thomas said tiro re- duction of gradients and of curve» tures would be proceeded with ,just so scion as Nt', Mal'lertry, the new engineer-in-ohief, .lead timeto ela- bornte his plans, which iht'olve • an expenditure of millions of dollars, and. which it is estimated will in- crease the hauling'eapacit.y of loco- motives by (rein 25 to 40 per rent. Work on the now elevators al Fort William Sir Thomas said, wlta twa- eceding spicily, and evorythieg would be ready to halon° the great rrop everyone le looking for, NEWS ITEMS. Telegraphic Briefs From All Over the Globe. CANADA. Ottawa has 30 cases of typhoi There is a proposal in Montreal .o close the banks at 12 o'clock to Saturdays. Quebec city proposes to tax com- mercial travellers Visiting the city $800 yearly, Walter Gordon was hanged at Brandon on Friday for the murder of Charles Daw and Jacob Smith. The Ottawa and New York Rail- way Co. will remove their works at Santo Olara, N.Y., to Ottawa. For the ten months of the present fiscal year Canada's total fo- reign trade was $333,522,149, an in- crease ncrease of 325,917,932, compared with 1901. 1 Customs officers seized 5,000 head of cattle in the Northwest Territor- ies smuggled over from the United States. The owner deposited 310,- 000 and the cattle were released. It is estimated that 35,000 Ameri- cans will settle in the Gorthwest Territories this year. The total im- migration to the Northwest and Manitoba will be about 80,000. On Friday a lamp in the hand of Mrs. Dewart, a servant in the em- ploy of Mrs. Gallagher, of Hamil- ton, exploded, setting fire to the house, and burning the woman to death. The outbreak of smallpox in Cana- dian Labrador is growing more se- rious. The Esher folk on the north- ern coast of Newfoundland are ape pealing to the colonial Government to urge the Canadian Ministry to 1 rohibit intercourse between the in- fected locality and the remainder of the seaboard, where the ravages of smallpox would be very severe did the disease once spread to it, GREAT BRITAIN, It is understood that the Prince and Princess of Wales will visit India for tho coronation duubar to be held next January. At present there are only seventy- five electricians iu the navy. By the end" of tho present year the num- ber will be raised to 200. An autumn session of the Imperial Parliament will be necessary in order to dispose of the Education Bill and other business, London's new railway, which con- nects the Metropolitan, the District and the Tilbury and Southend lines, has been opened for traffic, Canon Crosse, vicar of St, Luke's, Barrow, promises to pay the fine incume'od by' any than who thrashes another for using obscene language in the pariah. British importers at London aro malting complaints at the packing of Canadian goods, such as stoves and furniture, which they say ar- rive broken to pieces. The first official inthnation of the. formation of a British shipping trust to come etc with Morgues lues come ottt in a letter from the secretary of the. ]loyal Mail Stearn Packet GO. After the distribution of Mr. Cop' an :Poyte's book defentimg the Brit - in the South African war there remains n, stun of about .21,400. It 10 proposed to set apart £1,090, the interest on which shall :farm 10 scholarship to enable some livor South African, Boer or British, to preeeetl'to. Edinburgh Univea'sity, UNITED STATES, Andrew Jennings is dead at St. Louis from ]teat prostration, the first fatality of the season there. 4. new set of designs for Tinfte4 States Postage stamps of the aorio$ of 1902 are being Prepared, Illinois women are making efforts' to, gob the Democratic eonventian to adopt a plank granting thein suf frage rights. POPE LEO. Iris Personal Traits, -Writes With a Gold Pen. The Pope is a lte011 judge, of many things. and has a pretty wit. Fie is" reported to have said that Mr. Mall Cairo's "Italians, in spite of their names, are all Anglo-Saxons. The daily menu of the Pontilf con- sists of a clip of eollee with milk, a toll and no -butter for breakfast, At dinner there is soup, plain meat,; fried vegetables and chicken era. quettes fried in butter as only bioe mans know how, pastry and one glass of Burgundy. At 6 o'clock a cup of bouillion, and at supper a little cold meat. Fruit is always on the table, especially pears ; a small cup of coffee with a little sugar is taken during the day now and then, Tho dish best liked by His. Holiness is taste, made especially . for the Vatican table by the mine of Santa Maria. This is made from' new -laid eggs and flour of the finest quality. The Pope has a preconceived idea of how he desires to have his por- trait appear, sage an artist who has twice painted Ilis Holiness. Squar- ing himself in his seat, his band upraised, with two fingers extended as in the act ofseenediction, a con- ventional smile drawing back his colorless lips, be would sit motion- less' for a moment, stiffening every muscle as we all do in photographic expectancy ; then' abandoning it.. "Voila, mon enfant 1" he would ex- claim,with an air of triumph. Ho is .always much interested in his por- trait and .the artist, and renders every assistance necessary except that of remaining still, which seems to be out of his power. Leo XIII. speaks quite as often in French as Italian and always with extreme rapidity. He only commenc- ed to study French when appointed Nuncio to Belgium, "and I could speak as fluently I do bythe time sn y as I reached Brussels," he is reported to hare said. King Leopold rased to exclaim 'T forgot Peeci is en nal - He does his private writing with a gold pen, but his pontifical signature is always with a white flattened quill, which is believed to have coma from the wing of a dove, although persons who have seen it say it must have come from a larger bard. Tho same quill has been in use more than forty years. It only serves for important signatures, and is kept in an ivory case. The pen with which the Pope signed edand dated the e first document of the twentieth .Cen- tury was a present from the citizens of Naples. It is of gold, mounted with precious stones. FINEST OF ROYAL SCEPTERS. Description of King Edward's Priceless Jewels. The Royal scepter of England, sur mounted by the orb and cross, is one of the most splendid objects of the regalia and one of the most' betlntiful pieces of rocco jewelry 11014 existing in the world. It• was made for the coronation of Charles II. by Sir Robert Vyner, the royal gold- smith. The scepter is of gold, two feet nine inches long, richly jeweled at dither end and banded with enamel- ed and jeweled bands. At the top is the orb and cross, surmounting 'a crown -like ornament. . Originally a flour -de -lis supported the orb and crown, but this has been altered since Sir R. Vyner's 'tune. The cross pate° at the top is thickly incrusted with diamonds, the central one on either side being an exceptionally large stone. The cross rises upon the orb, which is one groat faceted amethyst. Round the orb is a jeweled band of diamonds and rubies; over it runs the band on which the cross rests, and it is supported by four upright bars set with inaghificont emeralds and sapphires. The orb nod crown thus glittering with preoious jewels rest upon the arches of the Crown -like ornament already mentioned, and this is also studded with splendid rubies and sapphires and decorated with en- ameled ornaments. The shaft of the scepter is spiral above and vertical- ly banded below, and round -the shaft are rings of blue enamel set with diamonds. The handle is it most exquisite piece of goldsmith's work of white enainel set' with rubies, sapphires find, diamonds, and the butt of the scepter is composed of a ball with a knob, the ball being banded at its Junction with the Handle with an- other wonderful ornament of enamel set with great rubies and emeralds. FORMING NEW EYELIDS. A remarkable surgical triumph has been won by a Philadelphia .doctor, who las succeeded in grafting a now sot of upper and lower eyelids on the oyes of a man who lost hie original set in a fire. 'l'be accident had left both eyeballs entirely un- Protected, and there was danger • of the victim losing his sight. entirely, When the case was brought to the attention of the doctor he resolved to graft four new eyelids, if Possible, taking the skin from the flip of the patient. 11 was necessary to Proceed slowly, but the experiment was suc-' cessful from the start. 'Chi -day the patient tree four now eyelids, Which perform the normal functions 0a - rurally„