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CIIAPTER. XII,
"You Molt astonislto<t rat seine -
things" said Carween s friend to ,111M
when ho returned to resume their
gaulo at billiarda. •
"Yes," replied the earl "I havebeen enjoyia Hovel sensation,"
"What -lo that?" asked Ids friend.
"I am not quite sure," was the
laughing reply. "1 should not like
to, be too certain of it—but 1 believe
that I have boon flirting with ley
Own Wife,"
The young eounteae had hastened
smilingly away after presenting him
with the sprays of mignonette. If
Out was the result of a few kind
words, sho said to herself that she
would often say them, Sir Raoul
saw her smiling and blushing, with
a glad iigltt Ther eyes,
"IVelh," 114 said, "what success,
Iludred?"
"The best in the world," she re-
plied; and her pleasure was increas-
ed at dinner time when she saw that
Lord Caraven wore some of the mig-
nonette in his button -hole,
She tried hard tokeep strict watch
and guard over herself. When she
found herself relapsing into her old
hautouc and proud silence, she rous-
ed herself. She who had always
passed by her husband with lofty un-
concern, who had never deigned to
make tho least reply to any remark
of his, now studiod little speeches
that she could make to him; she
asked his opinion; she smiled at his
Jests. People looked at each other
in quiet wonder. Had they, after
all, made any inistalce about their
and host suss
O a C Ili e ?
Guests and friends began to ask
themselves could they bo mistaken—
could they have misunderstood? The
cold, sullen gloom was leaving the]
young wife's face; the husband ceas-
ed his covert sneers and hard words;
they, too, exchanged laughing jests
and smiles. Yet Iiflared saw, and
saw plainly, that it was all her own
doing. If ever by chance she for
ono moment forgot her role, he for-
got his; if by any chance she relaps-
ed into her cold, frozen, manner, Ile
changed as though by magic. Sho
saw plainly enough now that all de-
pended on herself.
She studied now to please him.
For instance, there was nothing that
pleased Lord Caraven more than
finding his newspaper cut and aired
for him to read in the morning; he
disliked having to cut it himself or
to air it. She had always been lof-
tily indifferent. thinking to herself
that his indolence must not even be
,,ncouraged. Now site thought dif-
ferently; the newspaper was cut and
aired and laid ready for him.
Happening to come downstairs ra-
ther earlier than usual one Morning,
hO found her engaged upon her self-
imposed task. Ile looked at her
with a bright., pleased smile.
"ITOldrnd." ale raid, "is it to you
I nm indebted every morning for my
cut. newspaper?"
"It is It great pleasure to get it
ready for you," she replied, with a
charming smile.
Ile wits deeply touched- by this sim-
ple act of attention. After all, there
was something very amiable about
the money-Icnder's daughter.
From that day Lord (.'i rat•en nev-
er opened his newspaper without a
kindly thought or his wife.
It was perhaps but a shall begin-
ning, this changing of sneers into
mid les, but it was something gain-
ed. Both husband rind wife wore
alike in one respect. --they had it keen
sense of humor. .'110 earl had more
of this sense than his young wife,
wonderful d
and it was a v0udalf 1 bon of
union between them. '/'here were thatet
when there was no need of words,
when a glance was sufficient, and
Lord Caraven began tr look into the
beautiful dark oyes for the secret
sympathy that no one else gave him.
lie began to do what he never even
thought of before—converse with
her. If time hung heavily upon his
hands if he tired of billiards, or
there was no one at hand to Play
with hint, it calve to 1101 with a
sense of relief that he could go and
chat with IPildred.
She grew accustomed to see him
looking at her from the door of her
room, with an air of apology on his
handsome face. "May I come in for
half alt hour, Tlildred?" he would
ask; and then she would put away
her books, or her easel, or whatever
she was engaged upon, and devote
herself to him. .If he were told
some merry story, her quick, laugh-
ing sympathy wits the first thing he
sought. If he heard any clever rep-
artee or play upon words, the first
thing Ifo thought 01 was io repeat t
to Iiildred,
All this was so much galeed yet
it seemed to her very little, Sir
Raoul asked her one morning how
she was progressing, She turned lief•
beautiful face to him, and it eeen-
ed to him there teas a tired loots up-
on it.
"I can hardly tell you, Raoul," she
replied. "I have clone my bolt, I
have thought of 111111 and studied
him, and the utmost that I can say
is that he has learned to associate
mo With all his. amusements. That
is not very high or elevated state
of things, is it?"
"I term it beginning, at the very
foundation, Hildred,ho answered,
looking at the wistful face, ."If he
commences by associating you with
his amusements, he will end by
leaking you share in all that inter-
acts him."
The dark eyes brightened.
"Do you think sol Then nil my
trouble has not been in vain?"
"I thine," said Sir Raoul, "that
You have made wonderful progress.
All the colaatss auu rcatrnint; tho
terrible distance between you that
made ovory one uncomfortable, has
disappeared. Your husband's fact
brightens now when you enter a
room; when you leave it, ho watches
you regretfully. You have gained
much, Hitched. It is a long strug-
gle, this battle for a mans heart,
but you will win in the end."
"Still," she remarked, half weari-
ly, "I sin n long way front the
grand purpose 1 had in view. There
is nothing heroic in being able to
make your husband laugh, in sym-
pathizing with a comical story,
rY, in
helping to ttnhuso him so that they
time may pass more quickly."
"Yes," opposed Sir Raoul, "tltero
is something heroic in it. It is the 1
first step. When you have thorough-
ly identified yourself with his amuse-'
moats, you can begin to influence Ul-
ric for better things. Try to rouse
hint from his indolence, try to make
him care less for amusements and I
take greater interest in his duties.i
Rouse his soul from its long sleep,
and the awakening will Ston follow. ,
I am quite certain that his faults
are rather those of training and ed-
ucation than nature."
It was easy to counsel all this,
but how was it to be done? Per-
haps, if she bognn what he would'
call "preaching" to him, Ulric would
grow angry, and then hot, angry, or
bitter words might follow. 1Ier un
dcrtnking would require indnitc
grace, infinite tact — and that, slut
said to herself, it should love.
The evening of that snn:e (Ivy was
a lovely 0110, ine, warn, and brit- ,
liant; the sun ti •cnled unwilling to
set, the flowers . umvil}ing to Sleep,
It was so warm and beautiful that
the chole party of guests declared it
was almost treason to remain in-.
doors,
11i!dred looked up with laughing
eyes et her husband.
'•\"ou aro going to sentimentalize
among the Rowers, lord Caraven, 1
suppose. 1 hope you will cion@.@ u
pleasant companion."
it was not, in human nature— at
least hi loan's nature --to resist the
fire of those dark eye...
"Will you accompany Inc?'' he re-
plied. "I shall , bo sure then of a
nice companion.,,
"IS there any one whom you would
like better?" she asked. coaucttishly.
"No --on ley honor there Is not,"
said the earl. hastily; "you are the
most amusing companion 1 can lind
here.'•
"•I nm grateful for small favors,"
returned 11 l l fired .
So they walked together through
the long winding paths. He slid not
oiler her his unit, nor did she seem
to noLirc it. They iatighcd, talked,
jested, but between them there was
none of the familiarity which should
be between iusband and wife. Once
her dress caught upon the tangled
branches of a rase -tree, that had
overgrown its limits, and the earl
stooped down to i•mltove it. IIis
wife drew herself quickly away—so
quickly that the jewels she wore
seemed to quiver in the light. Iter
face Rushed hotly,
"Thank you." she said. briefly,
The curl lool...•ti at her in comic
surprise,
"What are you blushing for, Hil-
ch•ed?" /What is the matter? What
have 1 done?"
"Nothing," she replied briefly;
"biose, narrow paths are so very
awkward."
'"fico wo will go into the broad-
er 01108, Hut, ITildrt•d, pray do not
blush for nothing;
T know
peole
whp would give a small fortune for
Buell a 1.100111,"
"They
are
Ypie
Oi
ne 1
a
s
!d
the Yonng cOnnL ss,
S alp not say a0. UPan my word
It le arevolattoes I did not think
that in those degenerate days Ono
could ,blush after that fashion."
She was .half ittelineet to be angry;
the roxnenlbrnncc of Sir Beguile
words alone checked hole She must
be more patient, 511e told herself;
yet more rigidly see statist control
her own nature, with its hot rebel -
i
liolis, .its sudden risings of anger,
Tile Rt1.lt faded from nor face - 5110
turnedto hint with a s111}10,
"I ought to be gratified that you
•value niy blushes eo highly," she
sltld; and sip sate that he was pleas-
ed. .
Moro than ono strange thought
mune to bor as she walked by his
side. Ilow strange it was, this law
of Providence, and of nature, that
leen should bo superior, that W0111011
must watch their faces, /humor their.
tempers, pave the way, as it Were,
tel' them through We, yet always be
accounted as inferior? 1Vhy was it,
she wondered, that the faults of men
—even of boys—worn generally ex-
cused on account of their sox? "Mon
will bo mon, boys will bo boys,"
seemed to be a universal argument.
Why should she walk by this man's
side, studying h15 humors and fan-
cies, watching his face to see that it
did not cloud over, using her bright
wit and brilliant fancy to amuse
hint? Only because she was a wo-
man. She was lits wife; therefore,
sho had to win him.
"What are you thinking about so
intently, Iiildred?" asked Lord Car-
aren,
She looked up
at i m
brightly.
hint n
"1 wit ru. 1
all ' T tva • t 1 L >a g
o
about you. You have a k eon e Ye
for ail natural Minutiae, Lord Cara-
vcn—a mind that, if it were not 01 -
'soured by indolence, would be artis-
tic."
13e glanced at hor again, some-
thing of amusement struggling with
his impatience.
"Obscured by indolence, Iiildred?
That is a strong expression."
"It is strong, but it is true. Seo
how you admire this sunset scene;
there is not ol
the e
l of its beautiful de-
tails which escapes you—the color
of the skies, the hue. of the Rowers,
the glimmoring sunlight as it falls
over the trees. I will tell you of a
sight more beautiful still—slat is
sunrise. Why do you never see
that?"
"See the sun rise," he cried, "I
have not even thought of such a
thing for years."
"Suppose you do so now" she
suggested. '•I always think the
fairest, freshest, sweetest hours 0•f
the day are the early morning
hours; you who seldom rise until
noon can hardly imagine what they
are like."
Ito looked half doubtfully at her,
as though wondering whether she
was attempting to Lecture him; but
she met his look with clear laugh-
ing eyes.
I challenge you," site said, "to
rise every utorning this weole — not
to see the day dawn, hut enjoy the
first freshness of the lovely morn-
ing air."
I accept the challenge," he "0 -
plied; "you shall sec that I am cap-
able of making an effort when I
choose."
She thought that was enough for
once, 101d site waited with some cur-
iosity to see the results of her en-
deavor. ITe was down the next
horning when she took her -seat at
the breakfast table, looking better
than she had seen him for 501110
time.
"I have nm.cle an effort," ho said,
"Did it cost you much?" asked the
young countess.
"1 felt as though night wore turn-
ed into day, or something of that
kind. Seriously, IIildrocl, I thank
you for calling my attention to the
fact that I waste hours every morn-
ing in perfect idleness. I meta to
euro myself of the habit; such waste
shall not occur again,"
It was another victory, but a
small one. Yet, as she said to her-
self, nil these, small as they were,
would gradually amount to one
worth winning in time.
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III:,`i:,C1'1Ii STAY 0N"*,TI117 1PAlt1ll.,
01 00111/00 there aro tv few young
men whose line talent for bushhess, or
in some professional line, justifies
their leaving the farm and ,going to
awider f tit ; •t the
tt•cl field o 1tc o t but
gr'entes majority of 1116111 ado not go
for such reason. They aro, poorly
educated and have no training in
fury spociel lino, and have to take
solus kind of job that pays small
wages and offers very little oppor-
tunity for a u:clvur.'cetnclnt. A great
number of country boys who get
into large cities beeou.0 motormen,
and possibly, conductors, on trtrcet
cars; a great many set jobs as
be lcemeu on railroads, and the host
is scattered through nil sorts of
work, including driving waggons,
wort ing for butchers, in machine
shops, iron fotuull3es,. 'etc. They
work n5 1101(1 as they would 011 11
farm, and have really less chance fOr
future improvement than they would
there. It is very seldom that any
of Theon save any money, in many
cases they contract bad' habits and
almost always they become habituat-
ed to the noise, activity and bustle
going 011 around them, end that
makes the country less Retract vo
than it ryas before.
IT IS ALL RIGHT
to be in the city if one is rich ; but
tothe r
c r o oven to f moder-
ate
0 those 0 0
ate in
cans liven • la city or town
r
wherev
everything that a family uses
has to he bought and paid for in
money, even. when everything runs
along smoothly, means close watch-
ing of finances, and under the most
favorable eiroulnlstanee5 Some de-
privation and hardship. Ancl even
if there is a little thence to get 1t
few dollars ahead, there is small op-,
porttmity to put it where it is safe
and will bring returns, that the mo-
ney is usually "blown in," as some
call it, and rothing Is s'avod. A
farm r . ptl,par, speakingsay.s
this, .s
editorially ;
"Young moll in the country have
better opportunities to invest a few
]undyed dollars at home than they
would have in a city. A few acres
of ground, a few head of sheep, or a
poultry yard, aro individual invest-
ments that pay good profits when
properly managed. It is the manage-
ment that makes the investment
good. The money invested alone can
be figured worth six per cent. at
most. A hundred dollars as money
is worth $13.00 per year. The same
alnount will pay $60 per year in.
sheep, or $100 per year in poultry.
or $50 per year in cattle; that is,
with management thrown, in. A lit-
tle money in town looks smaller all
the time, is seldom saved up for
that reason, whereas a little money
in the cou•:try will go a long way,
for the reason that the demand for
country products is increasing and
enlarging all the time."
There has never been a time in the
history of this country when the
chances Were so good for young men
in the country, or so bad for them
in a city, a. now.
LANDS AIM ADVANCING,
farm products sell well, and every-
thing is coming the farmer's way.
Now is therefore the time for the
farmer boys, who have some ant-
bition and snag to them, to do their
level best to get a little farm and
go to work andrmalect it the best in
the country. There was never before
a time when "brains and business"
Put Otto farming brought such good
results. To those boys then who
aro capable of forming a Purpose and
sticking to it and working it out,
wo express the earnest hope that
they will bond all their energies to-
wards getting a good, little fare..,
and malting farming their life -work.,
In the future the business of farm-
ing is going to grow steadily bettor
all the time to rho intelligent farm
owner, but it is going to grow hard-
er all the time to get a farm. So
the young men who are now looking
towards tho future should bestir
themselves and get some land as
se011 as they can, and settle down
to their life work.
PRINCIPAL DEEP DRPEDS.
First of all the Shorthorns are the
most popular beef brood ; and as
broad and enduring popularity is
usually the result of merit, it is
found in the favor shown to Short-
horns a proof of their great utility.
Tiley 'Possess inucli power of adap-
tion to the varying condi Lionis of
life, as changes of soil and food pro-
ducts and climatic conditions ; but
they flourish best in mild temperate
climates and where the soil is fertile
and not too hilly. In weight thoy
surpass any .other breed. Their feed-
ing qualities are excellent. They are
contented under confinement, will
feed well in the stall for a long
periocl and endure ranch forcing.
They are excellent for crossing upon
grades, usually stamping their
progeny with many of their .own
characteristics, They are red, or
roan and white, but rod is host in
favor, while roan is admired by
many, Tho mincing qualities of the
Shorthorns are Inc superior to those
of any of the other beef breeds ;
that is the millchtg strains in w11101t
most attention has been paid to tho
cultivation of boot qualities, and
these are the true beef Shorthorns,
Ile others are dual purpose ani-
mals.
THE IIEREL'ORDS
ore descended from ono or more of
100 se original broods of Great Brit-
u.fin, and their original color was
probably red, At an early period
the white cattle of /Vales were cross-
ed upon them, giving the progeny a
mixers or grey 0010r. Later. the pre-
sent type of white laces and other
white 11101•king0, wore brought about
by the importatlon from Flanders
neri crossing upon then whito faced
tt'leinish (n.ttle with other white
markings, Such markings aro now
gp11e1•ally reeOgni;aed as intlicatingToor annum, for superintending his de-
purity of broodinb. The 110reford,slpartmeit, the liiastel' or the /louse,
have boon noted foe their good boo[ held (Lord
lllalgillg .
1a
r u
har) vecolving the e
properties for over, two bun= neat highest alary; 45,700.
atod years. All 1s time pit 1•nU o1 high-salaxled oicials in the
prevenient 1)110 progressing � Oa e•Lord Steward's ae1
arLnltt
L• ar0 tl t
o
fully b+v the best llrocclors In /logs b ecrotat y Io 1110 lioard of (1110)1
1)1114, Tile lirst importation of rho Cloth ($6,000), a similar salary
breed into the United Status was being also paid to the I'aynutstee of
made by tiio famous ;Merry Olay, in the Ilousehold. The 'Treasurer and
1817; anti at the present day' they Comptroller each 1100011Q 48,100 . a
State and Territory of 1110 Union 134,200,
an 11 Province of Canada. Irol'tlmlly
they v
t were c
v o 0 A Uail popular with
tat 10
1 Y 1 1
utl
�ahorthorns; but latterly theyhave
lost 506)10 degree of favor with 'far-
niers, except only on 'nearly level,
rich soil, located in the mildest poi's
tion of our cihliate, Their grazing
and feeding qualities are 5111)1111' to
those of the Shorthorns,.bet they
will not endure,. so much forcing. Tho
cluttlity of their meat is excellent.
The cows ,life very low in the scale
of inilk production. Occasionally
thorn is ono so low In milk produc-
tion Mott she does not produce en-
ough to rear her own pelf well, tylion
the .,,.•vices of a llin•so'eow are cies
8 ail
aro to bo Pound probably in ovory year, lYllllp the 11i:u'slialnpart 1 paid
It is the Maeler of the Household
who has to attend to what may be
termed its purely domestic business.
IJ0 issues orders for collie, • wines,.
lightiltg, etc., ':0nc1 attends • to the
engagement' or dismissal Of subor-
dinates', -Tho 'royal kitchen, too,
conies under his supervision, and it
is 110 who appoints the royal' pur-
veyol's and issues those Wal•1•111/te e0
covZfiecl by tradespeople. Some of
the enterl0111heult arrangements for
State .ceremonials aro 11180 attended
to by the Blaster of the Household,
The expenditure of the Lord' Chum-
borlain's department.' amounts to
over double that of the Lord Stew
sizable. Tho weakest paints of the
aid's, although lois salary is just
in the same. No• less a sural thiol
are, scant milk, ungainly horns, 42135,0(10 is paid away by the. Lord
llglitceso of thigh,..
great size of thighs.
dewlap and eonletimes Chamberlain every year In salaries,
485,950 of which, however, goes to
TITS A1'IP.ItDt111N-ANG US TT -IE QU3'.EN'S HIOUSEII'OLD.
cattle are a polled or hornless Hitt the cost of the. latter is not the
breed. It is probable that they biggest item in the expenditure of.
originated in Aberc}eenshIre, Scot- the Lord Chamberlain's department,
land, They first reached tho United for 430,760 per year Is paid to 111e
Yeomen of rho Guard, and 422,000'.
to the Gentlemen -at -Arms, who are
both outplayed on State occasions to
act as bodyguard to the Sing.
There are lhirty-slx gentlemen
m
ushers, grooms o1'• the chamber, and
to b
attached to %lis Majesty,
pages
y,
whose salaries amount to 423,730
transportation by rail. In size they while the six lords -in -waiting are
are somewhat irfeeler to Shorthorns each paid $0,000 a year. During
and Herefords, but their meat weighs Queen Victoria's reign there were
remarkably well in proportion to 81 Ly-RNo gentlemen ushers and
their size. 'Like the other largo grooms and eight lords -in -waiting
beef breeds they do not graze well appointed.IIousomaids' salaries
on hilly or rough land. Their
food- amount to 811,'180 a year, and the
ing qualities are of the best. Their cost of the King's band to $10,500,.
milking qualities are poor as to
quantity, but the mills is rich in
quality. They are black in color,
in crossing upon grade cows, tho.
progeny are largely hornless and
black or grey in color. In most stance, of whom there are four, cast
dualities they arc about like the 4,000 a year ; five housekeepers,
Shorthorn's; but in size andd milking $
qualities they aro little behind that $2,465 examiner of plays, $1,500 ;
breed, surveyor of pictures, $1,000 • bnree-
States in 1873, and Canada three
years later. They aro disseminated
in only a few of tho States .Iowa
containing by far 'the largest num-
ber. Thole adaptability to soil and
climate are about like the Herefords,
absence of r a horns nsisf favorable to
I
feeding in sheds and
yards and
all of which sums Have tocome from
the Lord Chamberlain's purse.
There aro also other smaller ex-
penses attached to his department
which go to swell the grand testi.
Messengers to .the King; for in -
THE GALLOWAY master and waterman, $5,50and,
least of all, Poet Laureate, wlio cattle aro so named from the Pro- ccives $350 a year.
',e-
vince of Galloway. Tboy aro ono of Most ofthe real business of the
the purest as well a8 ono of the Lord Chamberlain's department is
oldest of rho improved breeds. Sev- managed by the Comptroller, an
oral writors of the 16th century
speak in high terms of the excellence
of the Resit of the cattle of the Gal-
loway district. The treatment to
which they have been subjected, and
the cold, damp climate in which
they were originally reared, have
contributed much to their proverbial
ruggedness. They have frequently
been reared • so far above the sen
level that grain will not ripen • on
account of the cold temperature.
The long, wavy, black -brown coat
which protects them, is owing to. the
bleak, damp climate of their native
hone. They were first imported into
the States in 1870, and into Canada
about a scorn of ,years earlier. They
are better adapted to grazing in
rough, frigid settlors of country
than any other of tho beef breeds
named. Their general manner of
rearing for so long a- time gives
them great vigor of constitution.
They feed well, however, and when
given a forcing ration are capable of
maturing at an early ago. It is ex-
pected by some that the hides of
Galloways will eventually be used
for robes, owing to the length and
beauty of the outer coat of hair,
and thus replaced in a measure, the
now vanished buffalo robes. The
Galloways are ahead of the Short-
horns in hardihood, grazing in cold
and exposed places, in prepotency,
in breeding qualities, and in the
value of their hicks; but they are
not moral to them in size, in feed-
ing qualities and milk production:
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i
THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD
WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT
COSTS GREAT BRITAIN.
Interesting Information About the
Home Life of King
Edward.
To enable Itis Majesty King Jed -
ward VII. to maintain the dignity
of itis exalted position ho is allowed
the suet of $2,850,000 per annum,
an increase of 4425,000 on that
granted to Queen Victoria during her
reign. in addition to this Sunt the
King derives a yearly income of
about $300,000 from the revenues of
the Duchy of Lancaster, which brings
Me total 1)100010 up to $2,650,000."`
To the average person this pro-
bably seems an 0110rm011s sum 00
which to five for 0110 year, and one
which should prove amply sufficient
for the needs of His Majesty. The
expenses of the royal household alone
however, arc so great that the King
finds this sum by no means too
much, In fact it 1508 deemed advis-
able by the committee appointed to
inquire into the Civil List last year
to reduce some of the salaries and
working expenses In tho various
hotisehlold departments. in order that
the Ding alight not encroach on the
balance of his incomewhich is set
aside for different purposes.
His Majesty, of course, lives on a
far more e1, jponsiwe scale than diel
Queen Victoria, who for years before
her death did not spend the $1,-
025,000 allowed to her every year ;
for up to 1888 she had saved nearly
$4,125,000 from the civil Iist,
The Slug's household is divided
into three departments, i.e., that
of the Lord Steward, the Lord
Chamberlain, and the Magtor of the
Horse. The cost of the first named
departuleut amounts to about $145,-
000 per yea/•, the biggest item of
which is 460,825 for domestic ser-
vants, a sum which will give the
1•eadot' some idea of
TIDE NUMBER EMPLOYED.
The Lord Steward himself (the
Sari of Pembroke) r0Oeivea $10,000
oeice at present fulfilled by Major-
General Sir A. Ellis, who is paid
$7,500 for his services. It is he
who arranges all the details of the
levees, State balls, and concerts,
and sends out the invitations
FOR STATE CEREMONIALS.
One hundred and forty-Rs'e thou-
sand dollars is the amount spent
every year ' on the Master of the
Horse's. department. The.Duke of
Portland is at its head, and re-
ceives $10,000 a year for what is
really a sinecure, for the actual work
which consists of attending to the
management of the mews at Buck-
ingham Palace and Windsor, as well
as the breeding stud at Hampton
Court, fulls on the shoulders of tho
Crown Equerry, hllajor-General fir
H. P. Ewart, who receives $5,000 a
year.
The total cost of the equerries and
pages of honor amount to 428,800,
while the coachmen and footmen, of
whom there are altogether seventy-
one, cost $31,250. Connected with
the Master of the I3orse's
depal;tment are also numer-
ous "weekly helpers," as they are
termed, whose wages amount to
441,000 a year, $6,100 being also
paid away in hunt salaries and
wages.
It will thus be scen that these
three departments alone of 1718
Majesty's Household cost between
them $585,000 a year in stlariee, in
addition to which something like
$750,000 hes to be set aside for or-
dinary working expenses. The ruin
of 452,800 is also paid away ' in
salaries to the. King's personal staff,
which consists of private secretaries,
keeper of the privy purse, 0110 va-
rious clerks.—London Tit-llits,
ANOTIIHR, P153).
She—lt must be tet;riblo to bo
Paralyzed.
IIo (absently)—Yes;. you fool so bad
the next morning.
Squirrels as well as rats aro sub-
ject to plague. At Hessen, in jlJy-
sore, .all the squirrels havedied
from this disease;
E'UNIOIPAL OWNERSHIP
IT T$ MAP.ING 1318AT Tito -
VSs TN XiIZIT, I ,
�x a
All the Great Cities are Beg'ixuting
to .Control ].'ubli0 Fran- ,
chiles.
Aluntoipal ownership has made
great progress in London and else-
where Ill ilritatn. Hero it is an un-
solved problem to .a large extent,
but in Croat Britain municipal
ownership is facing the practical
test. In Glasgow, 11i1•millghaltt, Mart -
(Mester and other Chios 11 10 mak-
ing progress, but in London, the
'nighty metropolis ei the world,
with its 8,000,000 population, muni-
cipal 0151)0 11113, it is admitted, lo
making a rate of progress .that will
win adherents in .all countries. who
great city will set the pace. If it
succeeds there, why not in all
cities ? ,11is also closely connected
with municipal reform, for :11 must
bo admitted that tbwro cannot bo
municipal ownership until municipal
administration .Inas been thoroughly
reformed,
lo Loudon for several years a num-
ber or organized forces have been
urging municipal ownership, and
have so far succeeded that it is be-
lieved a majority of London's Citi,
zees aro strongly ;wedded to that
programme, ,Already London has
municipal lodging houses and tone-
ments,:.and they aro increasing fast
ovory year.
PI'TTITIN ACRES
in ono of the slum districts have
been cleared at an expense of $1,-
500;000,
1;500,000, and upon this area: build -
legs aro now befib
constructed, fit-
ted
Out with all modern sanitary Y ap-
pliances
and conveniences... London
has 1,121 municipal tenement houses
that accommodate 6,000 persons,
and this will be doubled in the next
four years. These "tenements" pay
a profit; too, although rents are los.
Runt for a live -room "tenement"
costs from $2 to $3 a week.
The methods of transportation aro
gradually passing under the control
of tlto London Comity Council, by
purchase, by securing the right to
purchase in all franchise grants,
an the construction of
d hlines
Yby
municipal authority. In time this
great. public utility will bo owned
and operated by the city.
London has 40 municipal libraries.
The great municipal =tricots of Lon-
don have a. gross income of over
$1,000,000, and a not profit of
4125,000. The city has established
a groat municipal electric lighting
plant in the Shoreditch district that
transmutes the dust of tho streets
into electric light. There aro five
other municipal electric lighting
plants, all paying a profit. London
maintains 12 free labor bureaus and
obtains work for 5,000 people an -
nuttily. The playgrounds for child-
ren, young and old, tar surpass
those of any other city.
LONDON HAS PUBLIC 13ATIIS
owned and managed by the city.
that are patronized by 3,000,000
people annually-. She has municipal
washhouses, whereby the wife of the
laboring man can leave home in
the morning with a basket of dirty
clothes and return 'early in the day,
having washed, dried and ironed
them at the municipal washhouso at
an expense averaging only five cents
for an entire "wash:" illus a week-
ly steaming of the dwelling and its
contents, as well as a great saving
of fuel, may be counted among the
workers' earnings.
London has a municipal street
lamp which provides a stream of
boiling water, and dispenses tea,
coffee and cocoa. The beat of -the
lamp is used to warm the water. By
dropping two cents into a slot a
gallon of boiling water can be .lad.
Two cents brings milk, stager, tea or
collo@.
A great deal of this recalls the
dreams of the socialists, and makes
one accept Bellamy's "Looking
Backward" as a glimpse of the fu-
ture. They are developments of
municipal ownership or socialism.
The poor are better nncl cheaper
'loused and fed, and 10 all their
household arrangements angements hetfer serv-
ed. They are made better people
and more useful citizens. 71 slow-
moving Englishmen .can accomplish
all this not only in London, but in
the other great cities of the United
I{ingdom, what cannot be expected
of the alert and go-ahead Cana-
dian ? The success of a, great trust
is a lesson in municipal ow'neesllip,
A BRITISH ARMY CANTEEN.
Where Thomas Atkins Spends.
Some of His Time.
We will look in at the. canteen, the
soldiers' "public house" in barracks.
At present it is only a "public
house," absolutely frigid in the wel-
come it extends to the soldier who
is thirsty. :It is a IoW, detached
building 011 011@ side • of the barrack
square, oveelookod by the barracks
themselves, tall, till•@@-storeyecl, dir-
ty brick houses, with countless win-
dows all painfully alike; every win-
dow open, the sashes pushed up to
the sante height, mathematically cor-
rect, every ono of them staring out
at the square as if to inspect whe-
ther IL as in order; the gravel /regu-
lation size, not a stone larger than
the other. Inside the x00111 the mune
regularity. 1t is long au<1 railer
low; in the center at, circular "bar,"
upon it the beer engines which glit-
ter like gold; round the sides of the
room, tables, all' of the same pat-
tern, the ordinary barrack type,
scrubbed as nearly white as cony be,
the corners bound with iron; every
table supported by iron trestles,
painted black; 101111e between t1101•1
and the w'al'l is a row of forms of
the sank unyielding barrack pat-
tern, The room and its furniture
are perfectly rigid in 'uniformity, A
few leen In various stages of linhuL-
tonmont, as to their tunics, are ceat.-
od at a. table on w111c11 are pewter
pots, the be01 supplied from the
barby a 801'geeflt, 07111011 (.ly 1111
old soldier, and s01/00l 111011 in their
shirt sleeves, who work ,the beer en-
gines as if by word of command --
they are elle only non-regulaLioll nr-
talos i:n.tile place, nt*1 it is a relict
to see them,