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OR, A BROTrrIER'S PRortisE •
CHAPTER XV1I.—(Continued.)
With nutch pacing up and down,
and many a stop to look at the
portrot, fleclur f sht 1J8 wa
Omagh the monkish tongste; and as
he mad he rould not help a shiver
at 1 he parallel Don A ngustia would
have hint ee'—the aistort ed perallel
he himself. could not bet seo. As he
C01110 to iitho glory and peace of the
saints" he sat down, the little book
open in his hand, amulet to sum-
mon to hie minds eye a panorama
that had unrolled itself before hint
how many times—London, the pulse°
Maddalena, the Isle of Palots, Asun-
ta, Caldera, and the cave of
welcome; the tent in the linos and
Cleo hour of hours; every momeut
that had been his life since yon
rainy night in August. And now
to -day is come, the first day of the
first year of the century; and to-
day, in an hour or two, traddetlena
is to be crowned Queen of froo Pal-
metto—yet tho bells that ring in her
reign will zing out his happiness, for
to -night, to -eight, he leaves tho Isle
of Palms for ever; leaves Maddalena,
leaves love and the joy of life be-
hind.
es After the coronation there is e to
be a great banquet and reception,
and honors are to be bestowed on
whom the Queen desires to distin-
guish, Then comes the farewell—
the farewell that must be holden
away under smiles, Inc the people
have keen eyes and look for happy
faces. And then—the sea, London,
the old life. Is that possible ?
The reverie drifts into vision—such
as comes to the Ilighlander when
his hour is nigh. Maddalena and
Ito aro alone. The last word is
spoken, the last kiss is taken; hand
elasps hand, end he turns to go.
All is dark—an is dark.
S'he little book, The Lite, Death,
end Deeds of the Illustrious and
Virtuous Enight, Senor Don Bald-
assare de la Luz, drops sharply on
the polished floor. IMMOr hears,
hat does not awake from bis dream :
the sound seems to be part of at.
All is dark still. But now, slowly
end Slowly, the thick shadow begins
to resolve : it, takes a core of light,
blurred and faint at, nest, but. grow-
ing, growing, growing—ieto a great
white sheet a sheet of silver cloth
It is a pall—all 1 and it covers a
hier—a single blood -red rose lies on
it; a rose that looks like a heart
against the splendid ethite. At the
foot of the bier rests a crown of
gold. That is an alter there, the
high altar of S01110 lofty cathedral.
And now he sees the glimmer of can-
dles, the pale lambent glow of the
lanip that burns continually, the
pallor of marble coltuans, and the
rich lines of priestly vestments as
dim figures go to and fro. To his
ear comes the deep murmur of an
organ. lie strains ais eyes to
pierce the pall, to see—to see—
But it is gone. Involuntarily he
sleet cites out Ills arm, forgetting
that it is not yet whole. The pain
wakes hien, and he is aware that
Alasdair is looking down on bins in
wonder and. dismny.
"It is gone," he cries, "gone, just
as it went that nicht."
"What's gone, Heckle ?" Alasdair
lays a hand lightly on his shoulder,
For the second time, the second
time ! 0 ! God, it must aot be Mad-
dalena."
"What's the matter, freckle man;
what's the matter ?"
"The bier and the silver pall, the
rose and the crown. I saw them
eine in London, 1 see them again
to-day—to-day, of all days. 'And I
remelt see who lies below, But it
nust not /be, it shall not be l"
The quick eye of Alasdate notes a
sipeck of blood on hector's right
remaider. he speaks in Gaelic, with
the fretful note ot a mother chiding
her child.
"You're just a bairn, Tractor
Grant. Look at your mat out of
the napkin, and the blood coming
0. what would you do without ole ?
elit still, maimar, and hold your
tongue 1"
With fingers that had never aught
but Love for teacher, Muscledr tends
pe ti lug down this pad , bindiug
that betedage aright ogain, and set -
Ging, so as to give the most sup-
port with the least frit, the purple
silk sash that makes the sling.
he says, when all is fin -
tithed to his eatisfaction, now
iyou'll do. Conte on. The little
mart" (thus he ,speaks of Bravo)
1"sent me to look for you; it's time
to starte—Tighearna 1 What's
Ile has caught sight of the por-
trait of l3a1dassare, and be is
staggered; his rough and freckled
,
and his hand
is like an aspen. All Highlanders
have an inveterare bread of doubles,
and—Tighe:erns l—hore is Ireetor—
I But the elucidating words aro cut
!short, for through the open door
moues the sudden noise of trumpets
I calling in the gardens of 'Pelona, op-
posite the palace gates; 001110/1 the
ring of steel; comes the shouting of
crowds; comes a cry of inapatieace
from Berm).
"Masten, hostels. Nee Majesty
witi ts 1"
A second's pause, a deep breath,
and Erector is ready.
Nor Majesty waits—waits, not in
black to -clay, but lu white virgin
white, all white, a very sun for
dazzling, a Queen, a bricle—nay,
rather, n new Iphigeniu, setting out
to lay her heart on the altar of her
country : calm and composed, clear
of eye and firm of step.
But there is no time to think, no
time to let the thirsty gaze of love
take in the splendour of her white
simplicity. Just one moruent to
put his lifetime into a kiss on her
hand, and he leads her to the car-
riage, in which, lovely and lonely
crowned only with her hair, she is
pass through her people.
Alasdair helps him to mount the
black Arab, her gift. Bravo is on
Itis right hand, Ramiros on his left,
tho generals behind,
ley move. 0n
this side a long line of white and
purple, and on that the same; and
behind these, Palmettos, thousend
• on thousand, cheering and cheering
and cheertog „ •• g hat nnct Sega
and handkerchiefs and colored
shawls. Bells clash, trumpets re-
joice, rifles rattle to the present—
and over all the clamor, from lov-
ing- throats the indomitable can of
"Maddalena, Maddalena, Maddal-
lena
It seems bat a step to the wide -
flung door of the Cathedral, where
the Bishop stands among Iris acolye
tes with Cross and eensers. The ,
choir begins to cheat a, hymn ofju-
bitation. Maddalena bends before
tho prelate. I
Then the procession forms, and ,
moves slowly up the nave to stately
11111Sie of orgau and trumpet and
sweet voices. Maddalena walks
Mono, a clear space before her, a
clear space .brebintl—tho Queen 1
Tears blind the eyes, something cat-
ches in tho thr t Cd1
so beautiful, so lone/y. Not a.
heart in all tho vast Cathedarl but
leaps to her, so young, so beautiful,
so lonely.
NOW she kneels at the foot of the
throne, and SO remains through the
long magnificence of the Mass.
• *
0 1 it is all a dream 1
The searching sweetness of the
music. the plathing of violins, flutes,
hautboys, the piercing clamor of
clarions, the subdued bouillon of
the organ, the silver shrill of boys'
voices—all the poignant influences
plucl< with persistent fingers at his
strung nerves. It Is a dream, a
dream. •
The low voices of the priest's in-
toning, tho flash and glitter of their
-vestments, the gleam, of the jewelled
Cross, the slow swing of golden
censure, tho mysterious, drowsy
wisps of incense smoke, the awe, the
hush—a dream, a dream, a dream 1
Ilut no, no. It is no dream. It'
is she, it is she, it is Maddalena,
heart of his heart and blood of his
blood. And every word said or
mauls, every note of music, every
movement of censer and Cross, takes
her farther aml farther away from
1110; slowly tears her from him,
fibre by clinging flbee, and now is
come the moment when the last
tendril that binds them le to be cut
—anti his, his is the hand that must
End:r
sac
the
f eace
Chronic Liver and Stomach Trouble Thor-
oughly Cured by Using
r. Chase's Kidney -Li er P1013
tut every home there is more or lese
Minoring 08 a resent of eonstipation
Mid derangements of the digestive
asstem.
Become Dr. Chnse's Eitiney-Liver
Pills cure such Ailments/ more prompt-
ly and thoroughly than other in.hs-
parations they have conle to be con-
sidered almost indlepensable as a
f Amity medicine.
Me, C. Darnel, shoemaker, Meet -
see, tit. Catharines, Ont., States:
have used Dr. Chriee's Kidney -Liv-
er Pills rem/holy foe some tame and
consider that they are ensurpassed
for torpid liver, defective circulatien,
indigestion, hesdathe and eonstipa-
tion, fLC therm Were my troubles, I
tieed Marry remedies, but got no re-
lief on1il I tried Dr, Chase's Kidney -
Liver Ville, end a fate boxes of this
peepaention balm entirely eared me.
ain not iel 6,to habit of emelorsing ony
Medicine, . tint In tem) 1 cahoot
6Dealt too 1001,1Y to Orkiffe Ot Dt,
Chase's Pills for What they have
done for Inc,"
Mr, 3), C. holmesi .Ttleilee of the
I eace for Lincoln (meaty, states:—
"I nne acquainted with Mr. C. E.
Tnimel and consider him a reliable
eitizan in every scree of the word, in
fact, 1 home known him from boyhood
up and can say I believe him to be
truthful and behest."
Acting directly on tho Liver, Kid-
neys and Bowels, thee() pine increase
the vigor anti activity of these or-
gans, thortelghly cleanee the system,
purify the blood of poisonous 1:11-
1uritice tout set the digestive organs
in perfect order.
Dr, Chase's Eidnoy-Liver P1 Ile
0110 pill a dose, 25 cents a box, at all
dealers, or Plaimailson, Bates Ss Com -
peaty, Torouto. To protect you
agninst iniitatione, (lin portrait end
eignottire of lir. A. W. Chase, the
famous; receipt book author, are on
Met bex.
fOr O'er.
For Pahnetto would do hire high -
et honor; anal it has been laid down
by the Master of the Ceremonies,
none other, then Don Augustin (all I
tho W150 0111 surgeon !), that when
tho Bishop asks the question, "Who
giveth the Crown to ltraddalena ?"
he, hector, shall take the gaud anti,
presenting it to the prelate, say --
be, who has 10011 it for her—"1, for
the tree people of Palmetto."
It is the tonelese 'voice of the Bis-
hop
reacesfelkItgAssat 49 not be neglected ander any dream- 1 tary syit 1 am on the passing visi Inc
s". Munroe. When the t fanning is being that need tenicern a country. 1(5
r [-
suppose. Whenever the hoe IS i;polcon
not ell 'Mat 1) 1.1114k ,1113 1101110 1.111"11100S
done, weetle 1)1)1eut out. It
A is
of, 1210131farnwi's 'she," n all
zzz 49 tc.:mirt;'),,i, 61
CIISSESE MAKI Nil 1.)N T11 1.1 PARIS,
Cheese 133 the comemient per-
manent form in width milk enn be
preserved for consumption, writes
Mr, A. C. Malleitiron, Malay farm-
ers,' wives Lin) deterred from inaking
"Ilrho giveth tho Crown to Meade.- eheeee for home arie, because they
lona ?" agine it. a task, or euppoin a coneid-
Ilector makes a step forward, and seama outlay for prowl. utensils nor -
with both hands lifts the simple i,ssury. The reverse of this is true,
gold circlet on 115 1)1)11110 ettshlon• 111110SS tato expects to manufacture
All ! his wound re -opens. Hi) cheese on un extensive settle for mar-
kneele. The eyes are blina, hot tho Let. For ordinary home use or for
ha d • steady1 1 1 '
, those who simply desire to provide a
1)1010 moving than all the music
that has falln ;
few cheeses now and then. 110 situp -
110W eon silence
"1, for the free peoPle of Polmet- lest ix"Plenlens ulaiy be tied.
A. large tin wushboller which should
bo new, or bright as possible. 0. millet
.or willow basket for a, drainer; a tub
or other vessel to catch the whey; a
hoop, which can be battle from a dies
enrded measure, cut clown to the re-
quired 0170, 01' proeured feom the vil-
lage store, and a few squnres of thin
cloth or cheesecloth, watch should be
well as complete cortguintion takes
BITS OP XNOV/LEDGE. well ;earthed before using. A. press
eau be easily improyiend by using an
Valuable Information Which It orallnery bench. Foe beginners it is
Would Be Well to atnow. best to start' with small oues.
In Indica but ono parson out of if enough milk cannot be lied at
one milking, begin with tha night's
twenty can read or write.
milk, strait' it ilito the boiler, stir
Some naturalists eso glass -bottomed
well awl leae-e uneovered until cool.
boats in studying sea life.
There are about 40,000 different, Add the next morning's mak, and
stir well so as to incorporate all
surnames in Eagland and 1Vales.
A13out 15,000 artificial limbs are
turned out in Englend every year.
Steel rails average 130 tons of me-
tal to the mile; iron, 345 tons.
h'rance speeds 35 per cent. of her
resources on military preparations.
The average of suieldee is lower in
Ireland than in any country in the
world.
In the Baltic Sea there 111.0 more
wrecks than in any other place in
the world,
L110 re11110. If it is well cured it
In Scotlanel there are forty-six par- ier
Islam without paupers, poor rates, or can be depended upon, which cannot
public -houses. always lm said of tho itadetSi
Add Ilia rennet whey to the milk as
It is reckoned that three out of ev-
soon ae it is placed on the stove or
ery 135 English-speaking people have
range nod stir well. Brat the milk
to 88 degeoes, then remove from the
fire, and eat the curd into souares 01
soon as possible, using a. largo kniee
. The dew that is anneally deposited if,rete.• i;litmr,
epu
nrparn
osee,t w1hVehneythselmeitidl tihhas on the surface of England is equal to er
5 inches of rain. set, Should it be of a milky color,
The population of Ireland, which it denotes that either the milk was
not heated to a proper degree or that
fifty years ago w,ns over 5,000,000, is
there is deficiency of menet. After
110W less than 4,500,000,
An albatross has been known to the cera has eat, dip cia all tho whey
follow a ship for two months with- Possible before removing curd; tais
out ever having been seen to alight. whey can be heated ancl rettiened to
(Inchundred and twent • firemen 1110
Crowned !
And the opening thunders of the
To Deum roll majestically, voicing
the grave joy of a free people, the
death of two souls that Love made
live—to die,
(To be Continued.)
mom that has manned
ON THE NIGHT'S MILE.
If rennet is used, it should have imen
put to soak the night before wanted',
in a pint of lukewarm water. Rennet
tablets have almost superseded the
rennet itself and can be had at most
drug stores, or of dairy supply hous-
es. A piece of rennet half tho size
of ene's hand will be required for 12
to IS gallons milk. Personally pre -
rod hair.
It is said that there arc 14,000,000
people in Italy 10110 can ueithev read
the curcl if it does not seem well sot.
required to reed tho furnaces of a have the cheesecloth spread in a
first-cless Atlantic steamer. dem basket, which should be placed
The largest window in Britain is orer a tub or other vessel. Shp the
the east window in York Cathedral, curd from the boiler, it should bo
It is 711 feet high and 32 feet wide.. elastic or springy tyliele at the right
Copper money in France is to be stage, place in the centre of a sgitare
gradually replaced by aluminum of cheesecloth and let chain awhile,
bronze pennies of a pale yellow col- then with the hand break or crumble
or. fine. Salt to taste, using fine
A lucky medical man is the physici- dairy stilt, and mix Nvell; gather the.
an who attends the Empress of lius- cloth by the comers, shako well until
sia. For each visit he receives a fee
of $350.
During the last three years twenttr-
two millionaires have died in Eng -
teem. Their avenage ago was stWemlty-
01111100 111'mly ITt 1110centro o (00011,
lift and place in the hoop, which
should! be placed where it is intended
to remain upon the press or bench.
A CLEAN BOARD
five years, is placed ander the hoop, which
11 the earth ever° equally divided should be bottomless. Fold the
among its present inhabitants, each cheesecloth evenly over the curd so
tir iis. man. wainan. 111114 thild, would as not to wrinkle, and place the 001' -
gat 23e acres. er or. follower over it, A light weight
Jananese workmen are obliged to should be placed on it at first for au
wear on their caps and backs an in- male at mesa changing afterward to
sedation stuting their business and a heavier one. The beach should be
their employer's name. elevated at one end so as to insure
Natives of the Andaman Islands, ierfeet drainoge.
the smallest people in the world, av- Let the curd remain ill the press
orage, 3 feet 11 itches in height arid for one day at least, turning 01100
under 70 Me, in weight. 111 that time. Use a, deem wet cloth
'The French Government 10e0flE3 LI to turn upon. After taking the cheeee
register of every horse, pony, and from the press, sat away to dry, and
node in France, so that it Mae' be when dry rub with melted butter.
called upon in case of war, Turn once a day and rub with but -
The Inspector -General shows that 101', Continuo to do this for one
London the losses from unsueeeesa week. Afterward piece a bandage of
companies during the last ten Yenes thin muslin around the.side and place
have exceeded $2,500,000,000. I111 a cool, altar room secure from flies.
Statistice show that in fifty Yeare IA cellar can bo utilized for a curing
the average height of British rnen has room if eery and dry. The tempera -
risen 011 inch, The present average tore Of the curing room should be
height for a man of tWenty is .5 feet, about 70 degrees. Guard well front
f3e inches. • the smolt cheese fly, In five or six ,
The motst madam custom of the weeks a small cheese should be ready
Australian aborigines is the Inutile- for ass.
tion of teeth. Tho boy who wants i do not use any et:31°1qm; motor
to be thought a xnan will otten break in ney own cheeseinalting, but for the
one of his front teat). benefit of those who ma desire it
17
The most costly tomb in existrnee will state that the proportions are
is that which was erected Lei the mein- ono teaspoonful to 150 pounde of
ory of Mahomet, The diamonds and milk. Should the Mem possess latit
rubies used in the decorations atone throe cows and supposing theni all to
aro valued at $10,000,000. be in hill now of milk, the owner
China and Japan are pre-ominently ourrht to he able to furnish his table
the sea-weett-eating aatioes of tho with cheese or his tiwn production,
world. Among no other People me Imre, good and wholesome/
seaweeds so extensively devoured and
relished as food substances. RAISING 7.---tUTABACIAS.
Rouen's great clock has been mess-
Tn 000111100 with turnips, rutabagas
tiring tho time and striking the hours
and quarters for over 500 years, run- prefer a tool, moist climate, and a
Seep, rich, loamy eon, with just
nieg all this time without interrupt -
enough mind to annke it health% If
ion. 11; iteeps excellent time.
Et Germany, when the vote of the too rich, the crop is liable to go too
jury stands six .against six, the pris- much 'to tope. Tr the soil is poor,
oiler is acquitted. A vote of Seven the yield will not be large enough to
against five leave the deeision to the be Druntehlei
Court, nod in a vote of eight against The eeedlied 1111151 be well prepa(ed.
Sow the seed in drills 24 to 1)11 inch -
four the prisoner is convicted,
:In Sinn) some of the women entruse ort apart no that a borne cultivator
their children to the care of elophent con he tieed. Ahont two to rota'
ntwees, gild it is said that tho trust pounds to the acre is the proper
is 110\1.0 betrayed. The babies play 11)110)1111 01 seed. A bond drill eau be
about the huge fret of the elepho»ts, IIMPa Ictievo only a email acreage it
who aro very careful not to hurt r to be planted, bat where largo tracts
;eye devoted to these (mope 1'. horse
their little charges.
Eiglitece miles hi the, longest dis-.1 drill Le neeeeenry, These drilla usual -
tame on record at whith a 1110,11iS ily have it light roller attached tor
voico has been heard, Olds occurred lfirming the son above the seed, The
ia the Grand Canyon, Colorado, !latter siert of May or ntinoet any
Where, a man shouting the name time in Jane will onswer.
"magi at ene end, his vote° was I thativation should begin Piet 00 1
plainly heard at the other eral, tehie,h 'soon au tim yoling alone Cell be P0011 1
1» Korea, the roome of a 'Wife or !deep (teal dose to the row nE Preis ,1
tierocre the field, Nutt the criltiantor I
is eighteen miles away.
Mothee aro the senctunry of any ;thee tie the roots iller(S1 Re ill Pr/J. plow I
mon Who breake the law, 1101005 ,riliallotver and farther from the liOW'i.
fer treamon ot fOr one other crane, be The treacle 11111St be kept doeen end the 1 1
01001041101, lio oforced to leave theem
e rooille Soil loo, evee if it hoe hns 10) le" '0111- s
and so long ate be remains tinder the plOyeth When hair or five Inemee, the '
proteetioa of his wife's apartMeate he plankS Meet be thinned ie the 1.007 to
la 800111e1 (rain the ofacere of the law, 7 to 12 inthee apart. This Should
root crops this 1 1111111.1110111, 0111St bo
meet !nom or less,
11 N11011 fel Asia:NIN(1.
'Weer) the bads yeird has 11101 11)1
annual erring eleanIng Etna everything
about the building' begens to lake on
a new appearanee before entering up-
on the long hot days of S110111101% it 111
a good plan to devote a Mlle atien-
tort to the inside of the henhouse.
They all need an annual Mewling;
erame need more light. Cleanibuies
and senthine are the best 011t1 cheap-
est diSillfedelltS 0110 0011 0114110Y, It
might farty to put another window 01'
LW() 111 the Sl11111Y side of the house,
but by an means; give it a good coat
of whitewash 111(0) 11 has been well
cleaned mit. 'llhe work im facilitated
if a speay pump can bo employed.
Whitewash m death to lice, toad fills
,the email cracas in the 1011118, 11iu11
preventing drafts; besides, there is
something .ahout a deau, white hen-
house that makes the hens rospond
and try to do themselves proud. Om
ean also relish an egg that is laid
1)1 a clean house better than one that
is melted up in any old place, er an a
dirty corner.
COW STABLES IN 31OLLAND.
In holland many of the cow stables
are attached to the resideaces in
which the owners /Me. The stables
are in front. Those stables aro usu-
ally well-built structures, but have
few desieaele features in the way of
light and ventilation. however, as
the Dutch stable is part of the house,
it has to be ltept clean, no inatter
how groat the labor roc/Mood to ac-
complish this. This is the mom 1100-
e0851'y as the cows have to occupy
their stalls continuouely throughout
tho Winter months.
TOO MEM PAPER MONEY
GUATEMALA IS TROUBLED
WITH A PLETHORA.
The People Are Very Poor, and
Trade Is In a Depressed
Condition,
Living is too cheap in Guatemala,
Take a teopical country, where
wants are easily eupplied, and a
volat volomo of money with which
to supply them, and if some theories
of political economy aro correct, the
none of Ionian happiness ought to
be reathed. But it isn't so here,
The people have to work pretty
hard 'foe a living. The cheeriness
theory breaks down writes a corres-
pondent.
President Cabrera has been busy
Miring his first administration in
establishing internal peace anti gtv-
,efrect to the animation or
friendehip 1 ownrds the neighboring
republics. Ire is the eepresentative
of tho liberal party, which has nam-
ed hint Inc re-election. IT will be
resclected, and if during his second
term be succeeds in getting his coma -
try out of the financial quanksands
and 011 solid ground, .he will de-
serve even more praise than is 11010
KiVell, Financial rehabilitation for
Guatemala., it is understood, will be
the loading policy of his adminis-
tration during the second term. It
is a great task, yet not impossible.
The country has many elements of
swift and sturdy rectiperation.
1/5111 OF l'APFat MONEYS
Tho theory which has broken down
in the application of it was a thinly
disguised cheap labok one. Guate-
mala has one staple, world-soeght
crop—coflee, This is sold foe 'gold.
To produce it by paper wages seem-
ed a moans of never-ending wealth.
Yet there are a large number of
poor coffee planthes, and a. larger
number who are in the hands of the
money lenders, end whose eetates
are mortgaged beyond redemption.
They at'e poor without yet knowing
it.
:Before studying the application of
theory further, a few results may
bo woialt noting. pailroad travel
is so low that it is cheaper to keep
moving then to stay still, For a
good soot in an unusually good cal-
or a good train and over an excel-
lently ballasted roadbed, from the
port of San Josie to the capital on
the G tin:ten/Oa Content, I 'paid in
local currency ehe equivelent of 4:7
cents, gold. 'rho dietanee is 75
miles. The railroad has to climb
5,000 feet, with many loops and
curves and clillicult grades, and is
notable for the manner in which it
overcomes ongineerieg problems. It
was expensive, bet under preseat
conditions the traveller does' uot
pay his share of the expense.
Freight tariffs are proportionately
as low as pessenger rates.
CITEAP LIVING.
The commerciel traveller" or drum-
mer whose life is shortened several
year% by lliS 51111 insisting that he
110011 10 t110 "-tWO (1)1110.1' a (WY,
11011SCSH W0111d find his paradieo in
Guatemala. The best their the
best hotel orfors, with all the ea -
tree that can be thought of, eannot
be swelled beyoad that emeamt, Tt,
is a fair hotel, well kept, on the
American plan, alai the ebarge is
the equivalent of one dollar, twelve
arid it• 11011 cents, gold.
leees and tips are oil the same
busts. A "shine" is two cents; a
meseenger, one nnel one -halt cents
A 011110Mt10111 New "Vearal dame" in
the best restiorrant, by epetrial exer-
tion, was made to cost half a dole
lar,
Therm are some rit the instances
which the e1(01i01 traveller notes,
In doen tual, benefit beer/Ilea the son -
;Minn of feeling hinmelf EL million-
aire benomes so acute Gant ho goof/
Meet, netttieriag the paper motley
the handful. Tit the end, cheap
as it iss It finda that his reeklees-
rees reckons; 111) more deerly then if
;o Intl been 'keeping on the siteld,
111111(11111110, gold 1)10101,
EFFECT Ole CEEAP LAB() 12.
But it IN 110 the effect of to alone -
own people, Its own trade, and Re
aw11 industry aro the measure to
delennine .whei her it is well oft,
With wages eu 1)01)1' Z0l`0, 011E1 Wail
rthe purchasing power 01 the mass
of the eons:mains 150 near the vardsh-
ing point, theapnees of the 1101ee101-
1 108 of lifo has to follow. It els°
lies io follow that there becomes
lintelly such a 1111»g as imported 11e-
ves:4i lieu 110101150 foreign product;
canton, be adjimied to the lower lev-
els of cheapness. Guatemala once
had a flourishing foreign trade, but
the imports have dropped and the
Government'e ineome has fallen with
tim drop. Some revenue had to bo
found and the export duty on cogeo
was raised to one cent a pound,
gold, With the existing price it is
ta, verY heavy lax to PaY, but the
planter and exporter must meet it.
Taken with interest and similar
°barges in gold, it becomes it ques-
tion whether the excessively cheap
labor, paid in fluctuating and depre-
ciated paper, ie a compensation, It
is heie that the original theory litts
broken (101(11 opeeetion.
Exchaego at this time varies be-
tween $16.50 and 510,000, rt has
been as high as 122 to 1. That is,
it gold donne ime bought twenty-
two paper dolleas. Exchange secant/
to be tho chief business of the many
banks, The money brokers also are
numerous. Standing on a street
corner 1 1000 Within hailing distance
of nine of then). All of them keep
busy at the expense of tho rest of
the community.
USE ay SMALL, COIN.
'Another illustration of the cheap-
ness of inoxiey is in the abundance
of small coin. I have been recently
in countries where, though the mass
of the people were Rom, there were
no pennies or two cent plecep in cir-
culation. That does not obtain in
Guatemala. Tho silver coins were
exported long ago when the paper
issues began to get plentiful, but
there is a coin known as the real
or shilling which is not silver. Its
nominal value is 13e cents. Themt
thero is the half real and the quar-
ter real, or ea/tete. The latter is
often bought by the handful for sou-
venirs, and is used in making 411010S ther. The guns mounted on the hills
such as bracelets rind necklaces. But are plainly visible from the water in
it is [deo used for change, and tho a numbee of places, while in ctn.:roue
real hall is quite C0711111011 for this contrast to the smiling muzzles of
purpose. The gold value of the these pieces of artillery are the dos -
quarter real is about thirty-one one tees of 'suburban residences which are
hundred and six -fifths (31-1 65) of la. scattered about the 111 115180, even de-
cent. That is fractional circulation scending in places to the level or the
almost as minute as the Chinese water.
have. The nude street runs ettet and west
GOVERNMENT PAY SAME. through the business quarter and
aaLv•os
Excessively low wages are evidence Ba.aathet
netoas,aay
tilpast
tatheaokatoonAnmmor
lent
that the reward of toll has not been buildings, The main street, Svetland-
adjusted to the fall in the value of
money. This also is true of salar- strays, named after the frigate mien
which the Grand Duke Alexis visited
les. There has been but little the port in 1873, follows the curve
change in the amount paid. Officials
of the Government, such as Cabinet of the Golden Ilona Lying between
members, receive $800 a month in the street and the shore, on rising
ground, are the residences el the Com -
currency, where they used to receive
1 "--
the S111110 amount in paper, while mandant of the Port, the public gar-
dens, the Admiralty gardens, tho
Ole salaryf
ojudges is S400
simuseum of the Geographical Society.
monthly'13 thet. . ato say, the re-
muneration or the highest. Govern- tli.ea e.r.esidence of the Governor of Frim..
the grounds of the Maritime
merit officials is $600 a year in gold "'
and of the judiciary 5300. Club, the native beemars and the
steamboat quay. At one point there
of the _general run of amp °yea .
Is a, meat/Lucent gtanite 11102101)10111whether Official or in business, does
surmounted by a bronze globe, on
not vary much from $3 00 paper, per
month. The people live on this which perches an eagle with out -
basis, because they must, but it has
stretched wing's. This monument
to be on 0 limited scale, elented commemorates the memory of Admir-
te
poverty, as in n11 Letin American at Nenelski, whm
o ade several voy-
countries, is philosophical md tin
ages in the East in the early '50's,
complaining, On the north side of the street there
it is aot necessary to go to the Is the Cathedral of the Roly
old settler to hear the talk of the arid there are also the offices of the
good old times. They were good tay Municipal Council, the Post anti
recently as a dozen years ago, when Telegraph Bureau and the railway it
there was plenty of gold end silver station. I
in circulation, how the issue or The Svetlandskaya is crossed by the
paper money was begun, and. how Aleutskaya, abd the point at which
reeklessiSy the banks put it out, do those two streets intersect is the
not concern the present situationcommercial centre of the town. The
It is the common story of all na- main street is well paved withT
grahn;
flogs which:pi into the basiness of Re, and it is efficiently drained. creating circulation medium he' sidewalks nee raised and asplialted,
means of the printieg press until ex- the houses—of:Sees or public buildings
'periene° teaches when to stop the as they may be—aro imposing and
Presses. The notes recite that the
i
are redeemable in "mopeds elective:
tttaYstructures of brick. The pre-
iens to architectural beauty
effective of current money, and this which Vladivostok boasts come to
is supposed to be 'silver. But, In those who 1111007 Siberia andsthe un -
&Tod, there is no silver available for tidy wastes of the towns thee° as
redemption purposes. --Boston Trans' A PLEASING CONTRAST.
script, •
Labor in Vladivostok is nativee-
-s_____Se_
Chinese, Careen or Japanese, the Rus -
COSTLY BASKET slat authorities finding that greater
efficiency is procurable at the hands
A basket reee»tly changed hands in of those workmen than is tho case
California which took the squaw who when the work is given ever to Rae -
matte it three years to complete, it slants. There is, therefore, a very s
was 111 the form of a fancy warics lane native population, alien to Bus -
basket, entirely covered with the
Ii
down of woodpeckers' scalps, a
which 'were a number• or 11)11)31113gamongMI, and industrious. This section of
start authorities+, but etiuyitesnutpe.:1)1,ipeseatcheaci
the popalation. not on
loops of strung beads, and around the labor market, but controls a large
quails' plumes, Altogether there were Vladivostok its centre. The trade of
rim an upright row of little black proportion or the trace which maks, a
telingleititYofPlat's11117anawyhithanirisTahnetcli• n,thtclestaiset- impolite include most of the products
Vladivostok is comprehensive. Its
13/15r0nifir sdpockoI'M had le'ete?i•nlotronbabpo
ed ftor
of the West, while its exports are
tharacterietle of its position and
be
toutside, Tt was originally our-
quite local as regards their destine-
tion, As a commertial centre Victeli-
ictbud frnt
for
;;25oxyehsotv
taitlsi,aesesold
do ntleetsigtvid
eroy
vostok Is superior to Delay, although
long ego for $1,625,
cess of completion in the vicinity of
tho wonderful city which is in pro -
Chinese conan;a—nding, °Mors of port Arthur threatthe orre day to
regienelite have it privilege wilicti they eclipse its aortherit sister,
rather Prise. Whereas ail inferior There is a very eostnopoliten pope-
le've) littse tit any eebliixdillatteittltdehnig Zolinticierbamlbviouo, alcilf„,i0e:tuirnere11 Vlfartolintimsatiolke, litutiteaerle E1111138,1 18301 f,
offends may only lie chastieed by the French, German, ellfl American busi-
hand or lint of his general. If he ness men from. tho West and tt sprink-
ling r31 pretty women front San Fran-
cis/00, Upon the whole, it is Motels',
uninvitiag coinamnity, in which the
peinciplee of mortality are strangely
wantinghowever, the days eleeed
merrily enotigli In Vladivostaili; there
is no tittle eoelal gayety, and, Al-
t/one) the place is a military tied
naval centre, there is little barelmees
of discipline and moth good feeling,
The country rounil Vladivostok te
sbientr,0 ens:1(1;111u iliellIcta;oecria%.1t110otist mtelbv-0e111;
over to the military artthorities, it
le quite poesiblo te ,enjoy sport ie
the irrinuallate vieini ley of the baleen,
The authorities cater fete obstacles te
such aneirts of recreatior, Tedeort,
they welcome the etronger With it
riaink anti (me» Sieem1tality so Tome es
lie prespeverf en/Meal/al, ex:webers tact,
alai comer/le hie Samara, The came
ore, sad curiositY sae at the reot of
tiny teottble that neetate tie Via:lima
eta,
SOVEREIGN OF Trill EAST'
04.4.41,6m,141044.404,6444.14,r,4.eci..21,24c24102,v41,m4410,g4c.4 _ _ _ _ spi
VLADIVOSTOC1c, sW.VATION
AND EORMIOATIONS,
Regarded Rauseia as the nub.
og Greater Russia in the
East,
The extranrainitey (la)4h which char-
aeterives the Japanese forces may any
day threaten the snfely of that won-
derful fortrese cm the Pacific, Vladi-
vostok, says the Pall Mall GLIZALLt0,
itlISS10TI11 described Vladleistole
as the key of tbe Paelfie. I believe
that a literal translation of the name
gives the title "Sovereign of talM
East" to the pave upon which the
Russians have lavished i1llono and
millions of 10111100, Vladivostok is•
pre-eminently a Maresca The inter-
ests 01 1110 ANDY tine liavy centre
there, nna arouna the fortunes 01'
1.11080 two services the placo has
sprung up. It in also the chief town
of east Siberle,--in fact, it may bra
said to be the most inmortant seat
of Mission influence in the Far Nast,
It ie so 11111011 11101.0 formidable than
Port Arthur, so much more magnifi-
cent than tDalny, so much larger thcos
Elittbarovsle, an4 it possessred such
an athnirable harbor, that it is not
surprising thet the Russinns regard:
the town ond its surrourallage as the
hub of Greater Russia, in the East.
Tho town is situated on the slopes -
of a high ridge forming a tapering
peninsula which projects into an lea
regutar, landlockee 'my. The en-
trance ifi commanded bY Russia Is-
land, where there is an important
fort, and lanuinerable small islets, on
which, too, the general scheme of the
fortifications is also carried out.
Again, along crests of the landlocked
harbor, stretching for nines to the.
eastward and known as the Golden
Horn, there are other continuous
chains of earthworks and defensive,
positions. The lofty hins on the
northwest protect the port from the
land side, and in the deep water of
TIED GOLDEN TiONN;
which is four miles long and half a
mile in width, ships ride safely at
anchor, free from the menace of at-
tack and beyond the reach of tho wea-
prefers to br behetuted ho le allowed
to suffer this punishment.
130013 /1111C1e entirely ittr W011' ate
tined in Mane of the modern dwellings
in treenth cities, They are finisbed to
resemble any kind of Wood, mut there
is no Warriing, :shrinking, or cracking.
Arr. Dtpat—"no you keep for cane?"
SMart Shopinet —"No, sir; we sell
'elm" „ 'Mr. rilunt—"Not always, My
friend, Yon may keep one that you
might have gold to nee. Good-aay."
To prove to ?on that Tir.
H1
. and ebeeiute clog 10V ettok
S, Chestes Maumee is 01041.1010
and eying forte 01 315111110
bloodier/arid erotetellna eget
ea, mannfaetatore hay* miesetineed it, Scottie
heetseie 10(1110 emir room am aah kettvnatah,
;ore whet they think of it, You eini 1155 111 mai
fee tame money back if not cured. Oki Ibex, at
in 00010fS 01.1iiibi1oNSO8,11liTZS & Ceiri,01.01110,,
E9ra Cia' -se°6 C)intribent