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Exeter Advocate, 1900-5-3, Page 6' • ' - RV' L H LTONS ROMANCE. tel) C) !eel P.el aSTRANGE. Wrrt. ke (Copyright, 109, by the Author.] "As for yon, you jack ,a dandy,'' Edward Conway 'went on, taking no no- tice of her interruption,, "I didn't know you this morning When I saw you Stand- ing talking at the old man's door. I asked you if you knew some people here who were passing tinder the name of Stacey. and you asked me what the man was like and what he did for a living. I told you that he scribbled novels and that I did not know what his appear- ance was., and you told me that you had never met him." "I never did," said Stacey, with de- liberate insblence. "You told me that you did not know anything about Min, and you sent me— von sent me—you sent me to Roathlyni Yon told me that there was somebody —an artist or a scribbling chap or tionaebody—who lived by his wits and who had a pretty woman with him staying at Roathlyn. You thought you had got rid of me, ebit But you were beaten for once in your life. Yon live by your wits, do you? Eh? And other people have wits, if they don't live by 'eml I went down the street, after we parted at the door here, and I asked an old grandfather, who looked a cheery old soul and likely to know the neigh- borhood—I asked him if he knew any people of the name of Stacey. He put me on the right track. °Why,' said he, °that's the gentleman who is living at the Powys Arras—him I've heard tell is writing a story book.' So I came back to find the gentleman who was wring a story book." "Thia," said Alan Stacey, his voice very cutting and calm—"then, my good sir, you can go back again. ,This is not the place in which to settle a dispute of this kind. I presume yon have a law- yer. I will give you the address of mine. No power on earth can force this lady to live with you again. She definitely refuses the honor. Everybody in London knows where I live—or if there be any that don't know they can very easily find out I will give you every information." S"You will give me roy wife. That I never will. While I have breath in my body I will stick to the woman who took me in good faith for better. for worse. And if I know any- thing of my friends they will honor her more for staying with me than they • would if she went back to what some people would call her duty and you. "Lawyers!" repeated Edward Con- way contemptuously. "I don't believe in lawyers between man and wife. Not a bit of it I It is all simple and fair and aboveboard. I want nothing out of the way. but what I want I mean to have. I married yon white faced hussy be- cause I was mad about her. I was a fool, but men are always fools in that way I've been stuck on a desert is- land for a long time, where I've had nothing to do but to think about the wife who scorned me, and I thought— and I thought—that if ever I got back Pd make her eat her words—I'd make ler come like a dog to my feet." "Here! Get out of this!" said Stacey, breaking in ruthlessly upon his raving. "Get out of this There'll be no 'dog to your feet' about this lady. So, my good fellow, put that out of your mind at once. Take what steps yon like. Enter a divorce We shall not defend it. Please yourself whet you do, only take yourself out of our way. That's all we ask. At all events get out of this room It's mine." "And that—that is my wife!" "That's as may be settled in court afterward Get out of my room 1" "Not without rny wife." "I promise you you will, and you'll go a good deal quicker than you like if you don't get out at once. Now, come. °Then, Tau good sir, vou Can go bads again." I don't want to make a scene or a row. You're an older man than I am, and I don't wish to try which of as is the better man of the two. At the same time your presence is unpleasant to me and distasteful to this lady, and the sooner you relieve us of it the better. Now, out you go 1" There was a Momentary scuffle, and then the door was shut and Alan Sta- cey's back Was against it. He and Mary were on one side of, the door and Ed- ward Conway was ,on the other. On his side Edward Conway began frantically to beat at the door; then he kicked, and tit laet, when the stoat panels showed signs of giving may, there was a sudden cessation of the efforts to enter—al pause, a groan and the sound Of a heavy body tumbling to the ground, • "Hush! Something has happened!' %aid Stacey to Mary "Oh, Alan I" "Yea; they've all stopped talking, I heard the landlord's vole° a minute awn, 1 ahall (men the door." ;Mae ,IFOU , esatarrie „"t, r '•.,. e,to•r;,1, ,;,„., get "On. no t doe't, Alan! He may shoot "No. not Listen I He hes had a fit'r And soit proved to be. The excite, went, the great mental struggle and the physical strain to which the unfor- tunate mon had put himself in trying tO fcrce open the door had all clone their work When Alan opened the door, it was to find Edward Conway on the stone floor of the pasSage in a fit of 'apoplexy and Mary was practically a free woman. They raised him from the floor and car- ried him to bed, but he never spoke or showed signs of consciousness again For a few hours he lingered, breathing heavily and with labor, and durb2g all those hours of anxious waiting Mary staid down on the beach, listening to the beatinga the waters upon the rock bound coast and wondering, won- dering, whether Providence would be kind to her or not • Then Alan Stacey came down to tell her that all was over: "Dear," he said, "this has been a horrible time for you. I knew as soon as the report came that they had rescued some of the crew of the Arikhama; I saw it in. the evening papers. 1 have never been sure whether you knew or not. Perhaps I was selfish to keep it from you, but I felt that 1 could not— could not—come and tell you what would put you out of my life, out of my home, although nothing could ever nut von out of my heart. Nobody will know tul,ything about it now unless in- deed by the merest chance, when there would be neither blame nor ignominy attached to either of us. I told the landlord a lie. I told him that Conway had mistaken .you for somebody else, and he believed it. I told him that it would be Very unpleasant for you if; when his relatives came down, you were mixed up in the story in any way, - and I gave him a tenner to leave us out of the affair as far as is possible. He was most sympathetic. He will never trouble us. We will go back to London at once—we can get part of the way tonight—and as soon as possible we will be quietly married in some out of the way church, where nobody need know anything about us." "Dear Alan," said she, "what out of the way church will you find where no- body will know anything about you ?" "Well, dear child, there are good souls in the world who would not hurt us by blazoning forth this unhappy story.' It is no great matter if the world does know; it will be certain sure then that you and I are fast tied in wedlock.' THE END, ERE ANE-AN.]XTRA By RUDYARD KIPLING. When halter and heel ropes are slipped, do not give chase with sticks, but with gram.— Punjabi Proverb. After: marriage arrives a reaction, sometimes a big, sometimes a little, one, but it comes sooner or later and must be tided over by both parties if they de- sire the rest of their lives to go with the current In the case of the Cusack-Bremmils this reaction did not set in till the third year after the wedding. Bre/mean was hard to hold at the best of times, but he was a beautiful husband until the baby died and Mi. Brennan wore black and grew thin and mourned as if the bot- tom of the universe had fallen out. Per- haps Brenwnil aught to have comforted her. He tried to do so. I think, but the more he comforted the more Mrs. Brent-. mil grieved and consequently the more uncomfortable Bremmil grew-. The fact was that they both needed a tonic, and they got it. Mrs. Bremmil can afford to laugh now, but it was no laughing mat- ter to her at the time. Yen see, Mrs. Hauksbee appeared on the horizon, and where she existed was, fair chance of trouble. At Simla her by- name was the "Stormy Petrel." She had. won that title five Ernesto my own cer- tain knowledge. She was a little, brown, thin, almost skinny woman, with big, rolling, violet blue eyes and the sweetest manners in the world. Yon had only to mention her name at afternoon teas for every woman in the room to rise up and call her—well—not—blessed. She was clever, witty, brilliant and sparkling beyond most of ber kind, but possessed. of many devils of malice and mischie- vousness. She could be nicer though, even to her own sex. But that is anoth- er story , Bremmil went off at score after the baby's death and the general discomfort that followed, and Mrs. Hauksbee an- nexed him She. took no pleasure in hiding her captives:- She annexed him publicly and saw that the public saw it. He rode with her and walked. with her and talked with her and picnicked with her and tit:fined at Peliti's with her till people put up their eyebrows andsaid, "Shocking!" Mrs. Bremmil staid at home turning over the dead baby's frocks and crying into the empty cradle, She did not cere to da anything else, But some eight clear, affectionate lady friends explained the situation at length to her in ease elle should miss the cream of it. Mrs. Inefeemil listened •quietly and thanked them for their good offices. She was not as clever as Mrs. Hauksbee, btit she was DO fool Ellie kept her own counsel and did not speak to Brent/nil of what she had heard. This is woeth remembering. Speaking to or crying over a 'husband never did any good yet When Bianninil was at 116me, which WaS nal. Often, he was more affection. ate than ussetl. end that showed' his hand. The affection was forced partly to soothe Iris own eonscience and partly to soothe Mrs lareinitil, It failed in both regards , Then "the ,A. 0 C. in waiting was comtnandecl by their excellencies Lord and Lady Lytton to inVite Mr and Mrs 0(15801< 131(1011 to Peterhoff on • 'I eetnnot go, '' said Mrs. 'Breininil, 'It is too soon after poor little Morrie but it need net Stop you, Tom,' She meant what she said then, and Bremmil said that he would go just to put in an appearance Here he spoke the thing which was not, and Mrs. Bremmil knew it She guessed—a woman's guess is numb more accurate than a man's certainty—that lie had meant 4o go from the first, and with Airs, Hauksbee, She sat down to think, and the ontcome of her thoughts was that the memory of a dead' child was worth considerably less than the affec- tions of a living husband, She made her plan and staked her all upon it, In that hour she discovered that she knew Tom Bremmil thoroughly, and • this knowledge she acted on. "Tom," said she, "I shall be dining out at the Longniores' on the evening of the 26th. You'd better dine at the dab." This saved Bremmil from making an excuse to get away and cline with Mits. Hauksbee; so he was -grateful and felt small and tnean at the same time, which was wholesome. Bremmil left the house 'at 5 for a ride, About half past 5 in the evening a large leather covered basket came in from Phelps' for Mrs. Brernmil. She was a woman who knew how to dress, and she had not spent a week on designing that dress and having it gored and hemmed and herringboned and tucked and rucked (or whatever the terms are) for nothing. It was a gorgeous dress. slight mourning. I can't describe it, but it was what The Queen calls "a creation' —a thing that hit you straight between the eyes and made you gasp. She had not much heart for what she was going to do, but as she glanced at the long mirror she had the satisfaction of know- ing that she had never looked so well in her life. She was a large blond, and when she chose carried hereelf superbly. After the dinner at the Louginores' she went on to the dance—a little late —and encountered Bremmil with Mrs. Hauksbee on his arm. That made her flush, and as the men crowded round her for dances she looked magnificent She filled up all her dances except three, and those she left blank. Mrs. Hanks - bee caught her eye once, and she knew it was war—real war—between them. She started handicapped in the strug- gle, for she had ordered Bremmil about just the least little bit inthe world too much, and he was beginning to resent it. Moreover, he had never seen bis wife look so lovely. He stared at her from doorways and glared at her from passages as she went about with her partners, and the more he stared the more taken was he He could scarcely believe that this was the woman with the red eyes and the black stuff gown who used to weep over the eggs at breakfast. Mrs. Hauksbee did her best to hold, him in play; but, after two dances, he crossed over tohis wife and asked for- a dance. "I'm afraid, you've come too late. Mr. Brenamil." she said, with her eyes, twinkling Then he begged her to give him, a dance, and as a. great favor she allowed him the fifth waltz Luckily five stood vacant on his prograname. They danced. it together, and there was a little flat- ter round the room. Bremmil had a. sort of a notion that his wife could dance, but he never knew she danced so divinely At the end of that waltz he asked for another—as a favor, not as a right—and Mrs. Bremmil said, "Show me your programme, dear!' He showed it as a naughty little school- boy hands up contraband sweets to a master There was a fair sprinkling of on it besides "H" at supper. Mrs. Bremmil said nothing, but she smiled. contemptuously, rap her pencil through seven and nine --two "H's"—and re- turned the card with her own 0011101 written above, a pet name that only she incl het' husband used. Then be shook her finger at him and said, laugh- ing, "Oh, yousilly, silly 'boyl'' Mrs. Hauksbee heard that, and—she owned as much—felt she had the woret of it. Breromil, acceptedseven and nine gratefully They danced, seven and at out nine in one of the little tents. What Brennnil said and what Mr's Bremmil did is no concern of any one. When the band struck up, "The Roast Beef of Old England," the two went ottt into the veranda, and Bremmil be- gan looking for his wife's dandy (this was before rickshaw days) while she went into the cloakroom. Mrs Hanka- bee came up and said. "Yon take we in to supper, I think, Mr. Bremmil laremthil turned" red and looked fool- ih. "Ah‘na t going home with my wife, Mrs Hauksbee. ithink there has been a little mistake!' Being a man, he spoke es though Mrs. Hauksbee were entirely responsible Mrs. Bremmil came out of the cloak- room in a swan's down cloak with a white "cloud" round her head She looked radiant, and she had a right to. The couple went off into the darkness together. Brennnil riding very eloee to the dandy, Then says MTR Hauksbee to me—she looked a trifle faded and jaded in the lamplight—"Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man, but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool." Then we went in to supper, stilt Virotail 'Save It. Blobbe—Poor Bjones has dyspepsia so badly that he says his 1120 isn't worth living. Slobbs—But Mrs. Biones says he in- siste upon calling In the doctor when- ' ever he has an ache or a pain all the same.—Pbilaclelphia Record. A WonOtois 'tension. ' "Katharine iS so high tempered that she never reads a, novel through." , "Pray, tell me, what has her temper to do with her novel reading?" ' Whd ' y, she gets ma at some charac- July 26. at 0.81) p nt " "Dencing" was ter In the book and throws It In the in the bottom tett 1Int)(1"e,''..,' tire."—Detrolt Free Press, A THE WEEDER,' ' Its Place fie Modern PaconLeog and si`enit G'eolviitge When it was dieeonstrated that a soil mulch was neeessari y n the Corn- fields of the middle west as well as the fruit orchards all over the 'United States, the matter of a shallow going inetrument became a necessity. It has been largely eupplied in the numerous surface working cultivators known as weeders and used either as ludepen- ent implements or attachments to the ordinary farm cultivator. That they have been the means of increasing the output of the farm and orchard there Is no doubt. But everything must not be expected Of the weeder. On a large as well as a sine ecale the best crops cannot be raised unless the ground has been well plowed and made thoroughly fine be- fore seed is planted. pbe e.s.-act depth of plowing cannot be arbitrarily stated Lor all sections of the country, as so =en depends upon the character of the soil, the amount of. moisture avail- able during the growing season and the climate in general. Broadly speaking, a ,deep loamy soil In a comparatively warm latitude, as, for instance, that of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and the greater part of Illinois and Iowa, will give the best results if the land Is turned up each year to a depth of six, seven or even eight inches. Of course this deep plowing must not be done at first. If the field has been plowed from year to year to a depth ,of five inches, go one inch deeper every year, or, at least, every second year, until the desired depth is reached. In a dry country where the soil is very loose deep plowing will be a detri- ment unless harrowing and compacting are well done. Go over the ground with drag, harrow, disk or subsurface packer until the clods have been bro- ken up and the loose ground is compact enough to keep the winds from steal - Ing away the moisture. After this Is done a large storage reservoir has been provided which will conserve moisture during the early part of the growing season and make it available for the needs of the plants during July and August. All this work, however, will be of no avail unless the upper two or three inches are kept loose and light.Here Is where the weeder or fine tooth culti- vator comes in. It is light, easily op- erated and so large that a considerable area of ground can be gone over in a day. If corn has been planted and the surface of the field beeomes compacted, follow the planter with the weeder. If the rains come and "cake" the surface before the corn appears, go on the field as soon as it is dry enough and break up this crust with the weeder. If weeds start and another rain hardens the surface before the corn Is big enough for the regular cultivator, go over it again with the weeder. The small teeth can go close to the hill withont injuring it, thus breaking up the hardened soil close to the plants. The cultivation which is suitable for corn applies to all field and garden 'crops, and not only can a weeder be used where the grains or vegetables are planted in rows,but in early spring, when winter wheat and rye are several inches high and the surface of the ground is hard, the weeder can be run over the fields with profit. The foregoing applies particularly to the deep, loamy soils. On cold, wet, I compact soils the plowing must not be so deep, five inches probably being the limit. Moreover, it is not necessary to compact the ground after It has been plowed, but thorough pulverization is essential, and this can usually be ac- complished by means of a disk or an , ordinary harrow. After all this has I been done the upper surface must be kept loose by the use of the weeder, as Is the case with lighter and warmer soils. In orchards ahd small fitilt planta- tions the weeder has come to be an ab- solute necessity. In early spring the ground between the rows is plowed and harrowed, and then every week or ten days, depending upon the weather, the weeder must be employed to keep the surface free from weeds and loose. The fruit grower who attempts to get along without frequent cultivation is, not progressive and in nine cases out of ten will tail, says American Agricul- turist, which presents the foregoing view of the status of the weeder in modern agriculture. - s• ; Nowa and Notes, Remedies recommended for thei squash vine borer are harrowing of In- fested fields late in the fall and plow - hag deeply in spring or the reversal of this process, to prevent the moths from isstiing. Dead vines and old plants should be destroyed as soon as the crop is harvested. The government Is io negotiate for the mammoth tree groves in California.. At the Missouri station the sacking of -most varieties of grapes has been found profitable. Green Mountain gave better results under the treatment than any other variety tested. It is claimed by some that alfalfa hay, even when well cured, is liable to become moldy, and the remedy ad- vised Is to stack the bay with alternate layers of' straw In the proportion of two loads of alfalfa to one of strata. Alaska, or parts of It, can grow spring wheat, barley, Oats,' rye, buck- wheat and flax, according to an agri- cultural explorer. tted clover has lived through the winter ancl matured seed at Sake, and vetches and other forage 'plants have done equally well. All common hardy vegetables have been grown to perfection. , Under irrigation Pea buckleyana, one of the most valuable bunch grasses of the plain, is said to become less dense- ly tufted, the leaves broader 4.1,nd more luxuriant and the yield of bay good. New England Is taking up the Aug*. re geoid induatry. IF GOING TO PAI)IS is considered a very great anxi0Y- " The cab and omnibus tariff, to a very great exteat, protects the stran- ger 10 Paris front being swindled; but it is not with the drivers and COD,- quetors of cabs and omnibuses that the stranger has so much to contend, as from the rascally garcons M the cafes and restaurants of Paris. One THIS INFORMATION WILL BE OF,O0N- ' SibERABLE,VALUE TO YOU, t • entermatiou *neat ()robs and,Caob Rates, n Itestourauts. Tiosiitres and tiotolor—rt. rt'orlsineo Omnibus and How to Gut Aboard 0110--A Deceotivo Cein aid S01111,10 Other Tricks That Inure to the DePletioU of the Pockets of tIo U " The Paris Exposition was opened °t11'.1a tttsheeA til5atnilt 002 Asitp titinai slhl p 1 caogneql)itttsnie0s1 speak the truth when they say tlie advance booking of passages is ahead of all previous years, we may look for a large influx of Canadian visit- ors to London; for Canadians that vilit the French metropolis will be sure to see that their tickets react via London. The cochers and garcons of Paris who are poor to -day, are looking for- ward to the °petting' of the Exhibi- tion with the hope that at its close ' their depleted exchequers will be filled to overflowing with honest hard-earned inoney, and muck that has not been so hard-earned or so honestly obtained. Those who know Paris and the Parisian cocher and garcon, have no need of "tips" to warn them against the many scheraes by whleh the unsophisticated visitor to the French metropolis is separated from his coin; but those who do not understand Paris and Parisians do need the warning. The Biblical saying "I was a stranger within your gates and you took me in," is one over which the Parisian cabman has given many a stranger cause to brood. Cab fares in, Paris are cheap enough, far too much so, the Paris cp,binan thinks, and he nener lets an opportunity pass of increasing the tariff when he thinks his fare will stand the raise. It does not require to be conversant with the French language, not even one single phrase, to protect himself from being swin- dled by a Paris cabdriver; but one needs to know the coia of the coun- try, so as to be able to give the cabman his legal fare and if the fare should be disposed to add to that pour-boire or drink money. Cabs may be hired by the course or by time as the hirer may wish. A course is any distance within the bar- riers, but should the fare halt the -cab 'en route to his destination, the cabman is entitled to an extra 5;) centimes for each such stoppage. From 6 a.m. in summer until 12.30 at night, carriages with two places, the course 1 .franc 70 centimes, per hoer 2 francs, 25 centimes. Car- riages with four places, the course, 2 'francs 25 centimes ; per hour 2 francs ' 50 cen- times; an extra passenger Cart be taken without extra charge. Trunks and paekagts carried outside are 25 centimes each, but not more than three are paid for. When the cab is hired the cabman is supposed to deliver a printed tariff to the hirer. in hiring by time, the whole first hour is paid for thus. Alterr, that the hirer may pay 25 centimes for five minutes, 50 centimes for 10 minutes and so on according to the printed scale. A better class of carriage called a "Voiture de Remise," because hired direct from the stables may be pro- cured at a slight advance on that charged for the ordinary street veh- icle "Volture de place," the land- lord of the hotel or pension will manage this all right. When engaging a cab by the hour for the purpose of "seeing the town," the charge is 2 francs 50 centimes. The fare must be careful that the cabman does not take him outside the fortifications as, in that case, the cabman is legally entitled to charge double fare. It is ,quite easy to prevent the cabman going outside the fortifications; as at every point of egress from Pa ris officers of the Octroi guard, the e.,it, not to exam- ine the carriage as it passes out, but when it enters. Canadians who may require the use of cabs in Paris may be surethat the cabman will dem.and more than his legal fare; but though he may blus- ter and storm at them it should not cause them to part with one cen- time more than the regular fare. Omnibus fares are also very cheap In Paris, 30 centimes inside and 15 centimes outside for any distance. In London an omnibus may he stopped aft any point on the route by intending passengers. On some lines in Paris thia. same may be done, but there are a munber of omnibuses running from one point to another that are not allowed to "pick .up," as they have enclosed platforms con- taining a gate through which pas- sengers enter, the gate being closed toliirilenetly.the omnibus is Performing itS i Other omnibus lines have stations en route, at which they stop and in- tending passengers cannot, as in -Lon- don, jump on . the 'bus no matter should there be ample room; but they must enter the depot or waiting room in which, on a counter, 'they will find boxes of numbered ,tickets, with one of which each intending passenger must provide himself; then he returns outside and should the omnibus on Which he wishes to jour - 003' have pulled up at the station the paSsenger must listen to hear his number called out; he is required to give his ticket to the conductor, who it3auese, tpaeit;mi nigt sah seat me a oinmount nt4erioomr noir- eon top?, as he maY wish. Should the passenger not understand the calling out of the numbere in French his best, platt is to stand as near the conductor as possible holding his numbered ticket so that it can be 'quickly and eaSily viewed by the con- ductor, Who will take the ticket which will signify it is the passen- ger's turn. Once seated in a Paris omnibus, th4e Passenger is supposed to retain his seat until he arrives at hie des- tination, as the chtenging of a seat in the interior of the 'bus for an out- side one after the Conductor has "ring up" the number of passengers could get aim -1g without cabs or even omnibuses, but he must put himself in the hands of tbe garcon twice if not three times a day. The garcons of the Paris cafes look upon, all for eig,ners as legitimate prey, but per- fidious Albion's natives the garcons take especial delight in "doing,". It is in the dealings with these vial - tures that the Canadian particularly requires a thorough knowledge of French money, for it is in giving change that the garcon comes it on the stranger to his tricks. All nations of the earth will send visitors to Paris and every one of them will bring coin of his own coun- try, which will find its Way to the bullion offices or exchange offices,. and it is from these offices the gar- con purchases coins closely resembl- ling the current coin of France in . appearance but the value of which e....1 is often fifty per cent. less. These , coins the garcon always has ready athand so that when called upon to . change a 29 franc or 10 franc piece ' tendered in ' payment of an account, he cab substitute the copa of less vale ae for one of French of greater val- ue. , There is one particular coin, a fav- At orite one of the Parisian waiter and theatre tie...I:et seller, which they use as a French 5 franc piece. It is a Sicilian coin same size and weight and to the stranger appears to lee a 5 franc piece, but its value is just 50 per cent. less than a 5 franc piece; . but a more than casual glance at it will convince one that it is not a French 5 franc 'piece. ' The bureaus of Paris music halls are places where -these coins are'palna- ed off on unsuspecting strangers; but .if the attempted swindle is at once detected, the mistake is immediately, rectified with profuse apologies add - 'ed. This coin is not so often used as a substitute by the cafe garcon on account of its being a conspicuous coin, but more because the receiver, not being in such a hurry after his meal, might possibly examine the coin from nothing more than curios- ity. It is the smaller coin the gar- con uses as a' substitute. There is an Italian piece with the image of the Pope on it which is of no value in France in the way of trade, and it is the same size as the French franc and for that, the gar- con, whenever he has a chance, substitutes it. There is another coin bearing the image of Liberty, but if Liberty is sitting down, the coin is of no value, but the one with Liberty standing up passes current in France. All Swiss coins dd not pass in France, but they are mostly of very old dates. The garcon will often "short change" his customers,, that, is re- turn less than the proper amount, trusting to the chance of mistake will not be noticed before the customer leaves the cafe, but ready, if the er- ror be irrustecliately , discovered, to , make good the deficiency. A favorite trick of the garcon is when bringing back the change to secrete a franc under the bill which is on the. plate containing the - change. If the customer picks up his change and puts it in his pocket, the plate is quickly removed and the , garcon is a franc the winner. In giving a tip to a garcon, it is a custom in Paris to tip him 10 cea- times for every franc the bill amounts to; so if the bill amounts to 10 francs the garcon would expect a franc. in engaging rooms it is not consid- ered mean in France to bargain as to the price and it is always advis- able to have every extra distinctly s ta ted on engaging aeartin en ts . French people are very economical and they do not laugh at strangers if they are the same. Candles and soap are two articles always to be found in one's hotel bill in Paris, un - lees one goes to bed with the milk and takes an Esquimaux bath. Those who cannot' pull feathers out of the oof-bird's tail at will, will find that candles and soap, if included in one's luggage, will save money when Paris is visited. French coin is easily learned. The gold coins are 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 --Ten franc pieces equal respectively to 4, £2, 16s., Ss., and 4s., British sterling. The silver coins aee 5, 2 and 1 franc piece, equal respectively to 4s., is. 71/26., 91/2d., and 5d. The bronze cpins in most general • use are the '10' and 5 centime pieces. Formerly foreign bronze coins were e. largely in circulation, but under an" law they can now be seized any- where in l'rance. Canadians visiting Paris during the Exhibition should re- fuse to accept any coins but French: , A ell riouli at' oil. Perhaps the most curiously assort- ed population to be found in any quarter of the globe, says The West- minster Gazette, is that of the Cocoa - Keeling Islands, in the Indian Ocean, which is said to have been discovered in the year 1823 by the graisdfather of the present "King." In his an- nual report, just issued, Sir C. Mit-, obeli, the Governor of Singapore, says the present population is 179, , there being a net increase of three during the year. Here is the analy- sis: 124 Chinese, five Europeans, 24 Chinese carpenters, sawyers and blacksmiths, 14 Bantauiese coolies, six Malays, three Sikhs, one Cocos- born Woman married to the Chinese contractor's agent, and tWo Javan- ese domestic women servants. Vaine, 1.1 0I101 011 by the (loser,. A meinher of the Imperial Parlia- ment tells a charming, story of the Queen and Lady Roberts. When Lady Roberts visited 'Windsor, It few days before she sailed for -the Cape, the Queen handed her a small parcel, ' • "Here is something I have tied up with my own hands and that I beg you will not opentill you get home." Lady lioberts fou.nd that the parcel conthr aoris.itilainnoaedd ' tsheen V ibc, r't egirt'°11sas' ntvvr Yon•by Coh , I • • • 't'eetleatetellf.t." tette eareret,"-eitte 0, A ‘` rrdr, . A