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jr, von to autemon a doctor - the
• wounded lady had been taken to her
• -room and laid on the hod. At first
the earl was frightened Met the
wound should prove mortal; but one
of the !edits staying at the castle,
, who knew somethiug of surgery, de-
lelared that tre woutol was not clan-
•• 1geroun, und that the hall could soon
jbe extracted. After hearing that,
j the earl returned to hls unhappy
young wife. Ills first great fear
that she had been guilty of 311111.1100
,hltd been vino vett; 001 e
j the fear Met the womd should prove
'dangerous in the end. It sena bet -
:tor' he thought, that 8110 811001d go
away at once.
1 He made two announeemerts to Ms
household, whieh no one evert
hought of connecting. The lirat and
moet startling was, of conese. that
Lady Hamilton had been shot acci-
dentally se thence shot - though
why a hall cartridge had hum used
was a puZale - supposed 10 have
been fired by poachers in the wood;
the second Was that Litay Curaven
had been suddenly summoned to her
futher's house in London. No 0110
dreamed of connecting the two an-
nouncements, and in tho disovdered
state of the household it never 00-
0a10e11 to any of the guests to ques-
tion the servants as to when the
Countess bad gone. She hod been
sent for after dinner, and the apolo-
gies that the earl made were deem-
ed quite , sufnelout. S10/110 of the
guests indeed said that it was as
well Lady Caraven was out, of the
way, as sho woeld probably have
been greatly distressed. To this day
the earl is uncertain what in his
panic he said or did. The only Idea
quite clear to him was that he must,
shield the woman who bore his
name.
1 It was not very lorg oeforo L110
doctor arrived, and then all alarm
was at an end. 1T foetid the ball
at once; it bad not gone very deep
jinto the shouldee. It was extract -
:ed, and the wound bound up.
I she was content to remain in
he). room, not suffering very much
ipain. To he petted, indulged, made
!a groat heroine of, to he the center
'of all anxiety, was very pleasant, to
her. She knew that all her admit.-
• E Id be te of anxioty
about her, that a hundred perfumed
notes would roach her every clay,
that flowers and fruits, newspapees,
books, all the 10111125invaUds lovo,
, would be showerea upon her; above
'ell, she would bo a great source of
Mt:crest to the handsome earl. She
!did not think very much about who
had shot her; there were poachers
ahout, mid it must have been a stray
'shot - no one had done it purpose -
).S, for, as the lovely lady told her-
self with a smile, she had not an
;enemy in the, whole wide world.
I The keepers had made strenuous
efforts to fIncl the poachers, but they
had evidently made their escape,
frightened, doubtless, at what they
bad dorm. No trace of them could
be foun.d.
IIt was with a sense of relief that
1 Lord Caraven went to his room that
night. Ile wanted to be alone to
think over the events of the day. Ile
.1found himself dwelling less on the
: terrible fact that his wife had shot
!Lady liami ton thin 011 tIlo
wonIler-
ful fact that she loved him.
"I have gone mad - I love you -
lot roo diet"
The words haunted him like the res
fraiu of a song. lle 000111 not sleep.
All night the pale, paselonate, beau-'
tinal face was before hum The words
rang in his ears as they had rung
when he saw Mildred in the star-
light, pleading, praying, accusing
• him, all in ono vehement storm of
words. So he would see hoo until
'he died. Ile felt 115 though slie had
been a stranger to him mitil then.
The passionate love which had (Min-
ed into hot jealousy had been hid-
den under u cold, calm ex Erioi' 1 Fow
she loved him! Ife had never seen
uny WOMan's lace light up so splen-
didly. For the first 11010 in his life
ho owned to himself that by the side
of her magnificent beuuty blonde
loveliness faded into nothing.
Tie wondered that he had lived so
long in the house with her, so long
under one roof, yet had not noticed
that which °Very one else remarked,
Ho WEIS StrInk most of all by the
fact that sho loved him. 31 dld not
matter about anything else. He had
read her truth and her love in hey
Ince. 8he loved hhn as no one olso
ever would or could; and it flashed
across him thet the wife Ile had ne-
glected and despised was, notwith-
standing what she had (1000, 011e of
the noblest women in the woeld. If
It had but been different; if lie had
Mit thought more of her before this
happened! How she must have lov-
ed him to id t herself drift into such
a clime! WaS there any erie Who
had ever loved him half so well?
"I wish it had never happened," he
said to hinatelf, "She Is a noble wo-
man In spite of all, and 1 - well, I
could have loved hoe, but now she
must never return."
Yet it -showed how stronly his
feelines were swayed when ho thought
far less of wounded Lady Hamilton
Thi Power of Persuasion
Or Lady Caraven's Labor of
Love.
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CITAPTER XX.
Arley Panseme Imo not Worked
quite so turd of late; there was but
little need. He 11101 achieved the
height of ht ambition; he had a
large forttues he was able to epeals
of 11111 daughter, the Countess of Car-
avels he could claim kinsmenship
through hie clitughter with some of
the noblest families in England,
There was 110 need now to work
quite so hard; he could linger over
his (111111 tilv-spisiad breakfast tab'e
and read his papers et his leisure,
content if he reached the eity before
noon.
On 1.1118 morning he hod seated him-
self so as to eejoy three things at
onee-the beautiful view of 1110 river
from his window, the bright fire in.
1110 grate, and the dainty little
breakfast that had been served up
to hum It W05 0 sudden shock to
him when, on hearing a sound, he
raised his eyes to the door, and
there saw a pale, beautiful woman,
who stood wringing her hands.
"Father," she said, "I am come
home."
ln utter amazement Ile started
from his seat. His daughter, his
beautiful Ilildred, tho Countess of
Caravel.", pale as death, wrapped in a
derk travellno Moan! What could
It mean?
"This is the end or my marriage,
tether," she said, ealm'y - "the m
11'-
riogo that you told 1110 could be
happy without love. This is the end
of it, and .1 am come 110010,'
"Sit down, my dear, sit clown;
there is nothine Se horeible ns
'scene,' and this Psolts like one. Take
MT your cloak and your Lonnet, What
a strange li.acl-dress,"
She unfastened the thick traveling
cloak, emd there in picturesque dis-
array was the 01011 eveuing dress of
wilier and black, with a faded crim-
son flower clinging to it. The law-
yer looked on'in utter dismay. This
disregard for dress and appearances
spoke more forcibly than anything
elso Could have done - told more
plainly than words that something
dreadful had happened.
"livening toilet, Mildred! Pray,
my dear, put on your cloak again. I
do not know - I was 1101 prepared -
put it on quickly, before any of the
scrvemts come in. What is it,
deed - what is the matter?"
"Not much, father," she replied,
drearily; "iny marriage has not
turned out well, and I am come
home. you see."
"But this is nonsense - yolt can-
t eorno Itomo, Wit t is the mat-
ter? Tell me," end the lawyer,
with n very resigned expression of
face, folded his hands to listen to
his daughter's story. •
"You have not, miarreled with the
earl, 1 hope - that is, you nave not
left him?"
"Ile has sent me away," she re -
Plied, end Arley ilansome's face grew
very dark.
"There is- not much to tell " she
continued, wearily. "You misled .
me - you told me that marriage
could be happy without love. 1 1111c1
that love is the soul of it, that with- ;
01:1 love merriage is a dead body. 1, j
being the weaker and Mellor. was
the first to learn to love. I leerned j
to love my husband - he has never
eared for me."
"You 010 too sentimental, 1111-
1
meal, said ey ]tansoni0,
ly.
"I have been doing my best foe s
iny bashand," sho continued, "and ;
wo were growing happier, In Lime
3 think thet he would have loved me; 1
but some one else, a fair 0701000
0E10 of the kind of women that he '
mires - Lady Hamilton, came, and
"I see," said tho lawyer - "the ,
Old story, jealoesy and quarreling.
Surely, Ili Id red , you have n ot
thrown away the labor of a life-
time by growing jealous and vexing!
the earl?"
"T. have done worse than that," '
she said - "for woes°. 1 wits jeal-
008 Of LEILly Hamilton, 1 thought ,
that both sho and my husband wero!
deriding me, I followed them when. 1
they weal; OU to 800 1110,60(0 set over
the lake, I hid myself behind toe
alder -trees to listen If they said any-
thing about 1110; and theit -- I can-
not tell how it happened -- my hus-
band saw 111e, He was very angry;
Ito said that I was never to enter
his doors again, but to return horae
at once to you."
The lawyer's face cleared,
"You aro quite sure that you
!MVO told mo the whom truth? he
said.
"Whet can X have to hide, papa? A
In telling you or My love and illy
jealousy, 1 have tohl you the worst."
I '"ilion ail will come right again.
311 the meantime keep up appear-
ances, go to your own soma unab-
revved, and wait 1111111 your luggage
arrlyee. I shall say that you Ma
001110 for 0 few days' change. Neop
up your Spirits; 0,11 will come right
rigain, 1 feel sure."
"I am very tired, papa," she said.
''.0 think I will stuy In my room to-
t "
"Very well, my dear; do just as
you like; you know best, of course. I
will say that you elo not feel very
well, Go to your room, by Eill
'means. 01101)0 you will soon be bet-
ter. Now try to cheer op; it will be
all right; .3 will see to this difficulty
with your husband for you."
: It had not been an agreeable in-
terruption to 11.1H breakfast, but 110
tined to think little of it, It wes
only Et quarrel after ali, and his
daughter ima clone nothing wrong.
lie should make it all right in a few
seconds when ho saw the earl. 110
'wrote to him before ho wont to the
tellieg him that his wife had
reached home safely, but was look-
ing very ill.
; The rest of that day ITIldred re-
mained in her room, OW on the
morning following elle had not come
glown stairs. It was afternoon when
!Arley Tiansoine, with a face as pale
ets death, esked for achnittance to
her apartnren L.
, ho bade , .
with on pen letter in his hand. it
o
was ber husband's writing, she per-
ceived.
'on 11ltVO clocoivod Me,'siid ocr
father, sternly; "you told me that
you had hidden nothing from me.
Your husband tells me that he has
hidden you hero because you 01101
acly Remit ton on the evening of
the thirty-first - shot her with in-
tent to murder - ancl that you con-
fessed your guilt!"
Without a word or a murmur, she
looked at him, and then fell like one
dead s'• his feet.
The yorina• Countess, as she stood
behind the alder -trees at, Ratans -
mere, had heard the sound of a shot;
she was too dazed with her 0W11
grief and misery to note the direc-
tion front which it had proceeded,
She had fancied that something went
whirring through the trees. That
something was tho ball that had
been fired at Lady Hamilton, which
pierced ner shoulder and WOuld
have pierced her liertrt had it gone
in the direction in which it had been
aimed.
For the moment Lord Caravon had
been too bewildered to know what
had happened; what he was saying
in reality to his guest was that be
liked his Wile's maiden name hotter
tan any othur 110 1ttd mei .eoic
Lady Hamilton, W110 never liked 10
hear anyone praised but herself, ask-
ed id. Once what it WaS. Ile had
answered "Hildred Hansoms" and
those were the words Lady Caravan
had heard, 'they had heen no soon-
er uttered than Lady Hamilton fell
on hls shoulder with a faint, low cry
-a cry that seemed almost simul-
taneous with the firing of the shot.
c cnrl 1now 5110 had beoa 81(01,
but by 0011001 or why he could not
guess. Ito laid her clown for one
minute while ha looked nrorrild; then
it was that ho sow the white face of
. . .
elusion that she had done it; she,
and no other, 07118 1,11000 011 the spot.
She had even herself avowed her
jealousy. She had followed them,
and in the madness of her folly had
51101 1.acly Ihunilton. No other idea,
occurred to him. ITe said to bile -
self at once that it was so, and he im-
plicitly boliovod it. 3 hell ('08 1(011
to her and told her that she was a
"guilty woman." She had owned it.
(bit they wet% Speaking of digerent
kinds of guilt.. He meant the guilt
of' murder; she 112011 lit the guilt of be-
ing a spy upon 111111. No doubt of
bor guilt relieved his mind. Even
in that first betighlered moment he
said to himself Hutt she should never
enter his hoese again, but that he
would F1iiolt1 her because he bore bbb
would shield her because she bore his
11111110. Ile had told her to remainj
where she was while ha carried the j
senseless lady to the house.
tion. T01 had the presence of 111111(1 j
to throw the egitated inquirers MT I
the scent, ITo said that the poach- I
ars were out - must be out, for a 1
chance shot ilred in the woods had ,
of'
•
the gentlemen staying at the house I
went with the keepers to scour the '
yowls, DM° were the threats of ,
Eengeanee as to the rogue who had
11
the
Throat Irritation, lloarsansts and Sara Throat as well as tho Mast Snare elitist Colds aro Promptly
Pollevad anel Curod by Dr. Mimeo's Syrup ef thtsaad and iurpontino.
"Tickling in the throat," may not
of itself seem serious, but this is the
critical point al which a cold in
the head works Its way into the
bronchial tubeand develops into
beonehitis, pneumonia or consump-
tion, •
This is the point where a few closes
of Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and
Ttnemutine Will prove sufficient to
bring aboot a thorough and press:Pt
cure, While this great modiste° is
undoubtedly the most °Meetly° thee.1.-
, MIMI; for Weeps eheat colds, bron-
chitis and even est:Ma, wisdom 5030-
gest° the USW or tshon the trOtIble
is just beginning.
Singers and speakers commons' Dr.
Chnse's Syrup of Linseed and Tur-
pentine, because they can rely on it
absolutely to relieve and cure the
110a1'senes0 and throat irritation,
which proves so einbarrasol»g to
peeifons appearing on the ptblic
T,li321L1�1'fl),
Mr, Dooald Mahan:, 1115 Callender
Street, Toronto, says; "Sly boy,
who, is sis yearn of ego, was develop-
ing all the aymptoirs of pnetnnonia.
(01 012 We eommenced giving hint Dr,
Chs' $ SYSIT) of Linseed and Tur-
tle age, /t very quickly chothed the
advance of disease, and in a few
days ho was as well as ever, and is
now going to school regularly. I
have now groat, faith in this vale -
able remedy, and shall reesonteend it
to my friends."
On account of hnitations and nab-
stitutions, it is neceshary for you
to insist on seeing the portrait and
signature or Dr, A. W. Chem on the
boit you buy, No imitations are as
good, or Why should they not be
cold on their own merits? 25 cents
to boX, faintly She (three timers RP
mu(h) 60 08019 nt, ll <legalese, or
lednianson, Bates ifs 004 Toro:rite.
than Of the fact that Ido wife loved
him,.
! He eptild not sleep or lest. Nov-
; er had his pillow seminal su hard, his
1 thoughts ico troublesome. The ('21 -
Cl 10(310111. had been too much for him,
Wherever be went, whatever he did,
hie thoughte Wore Ns ith illidred, Dad
'she reached Arley itansomo's house?
Had ho Elated wieely in letting her
go alone? Would uny clew to 17017
guilt ever be found? These ques-
,tions followed him, hauled him,
pursued him. If 170 went to tell; to
any of his visitors, the conversa-
tion was sum to tura ullon the
,ponebers end 1.80 Humilton,
17'elteleil of it all to so -unlit isinige
with Sir Iten111 in his reono end tho
!soldier noted with concern how worn
Emit haggard the handsome errl look-
ed.
(To Be (iontinved),
BRIDEGROOM'S EFFIGY.
Girl's Entertainment on Night Set
for Wedding,.
'flume Was a remarkable feast the
other night at the hone) of Miss
Jose:Mine Jerdoet, In Hives Street,
I'at0rson, N. /1. At the head of the
table wus the effigy of a bridegroom
10 suit of clothes 'turfed with
straw, sermounted by a false face
and bat. The guests were hilari-
ous and all their jokes were pointed
at the sebslitute husband. Occa-
sionally the girls gave the stalled
ilgrre a 111130, tweaked its nose or
pelted ita whiskers.
:Miss JerElocl, is a, loreech girl. She
was to have been married to Ray-
mond Hopper, a young man employ-
ed 0 silk mill. The couple be-
, cance eagriged six months ago. Pre -
partitions for the marriage were
made Burl the guests invited, 011011
80111elbillg happened which Miss Jer-
doct alit not explain.
'Hopper did not appear end his
bride evidently did not expect him.
She decided not to disappoint the
guestm, so she prepared elm eMgy
culd gave her friends a good time.
She said she would 110t 11100 mooted
Hopper 11 110 hed appeared. She had
no time to eotify her guests that the
marriage wouldn't take place. They
soon fell in with her ovvn humor.
Miss jerdoct's parents concurred in
what she did,
ANCIENT HEADGEAR.
There is on exhibition in London a
largo collectmn of re les of Moat
arohool ogic*oL value 111200 vend. by
Prof. Flinders Petrie, the famous
Egyptologist, and Drs. Greenlet!. and
Ilunt, during the past year 'among
the ruins of ancient. Egypt. Ono of
the most interesting relies Is a
specimen of headgear very similar
to tlle present Panuma hat in style,
coramited Lo be some 2,000 years
olcl. The last year's exploration
into Egypt's past covers every his-
torical relied of the country, but
the most important scientific result
has 110011 the aecut•ate connection of
the prehistoric and the historic
times. An mibrolcen stratified series
001100100, rniging
centuries of 1110 earliest kingdoms,
MIS berm f011nd in a Lean Which had
the ultimate fate to be inclosed as
the tom(nus of. Osiris.
---4.--
OYSTIMS ANL) msnAsE.
In a recent scientific work by
Profs. Herchean and :Boyce, entitled
"Oysters and Insease," they report
the result or their investigations on
the cause which produces green oy-
sters. Many epicures prefee their oy-
sters to have Ole emerald hue,
though there is a widespread opin-
ion that green oysters are not edi-
ble. The investigators arrive at 1110
C0111211151110 that there are several
forms of greenness. Copper is said
to be present in minute quantities i11
all oysters. It was found that the
greenest American oysters contained
about four times the 11111011111 of top-
per which iti pergamt 111 tho whitest.
Ameeican sLers, arobil chemical
examine 111111 11011.10 (353 rated conclu-
sively that, there 'is proportionately
311010 copper in the greener parts of
the oysters than in those parts which
are less green. Ihe greets eol(a. 01
the highly -prized Marennts oyshirs
was found to be produceel by the pre-
sence of 11. certain pigmeut and did
not depend upolt the amuunt of the
contained copper.
9 , 0To prove to you that Dr,
I Ches Ointmentisscuttin
Iv-tv,,grYg:vgyi.,1g
b1sodt13gan p st es,
the manufacturers have guaranteed i g. See tces
Unientale in the daily prom and ask year:wis11.
bora what thes think efik Yon eon use Et awl
fla0Otg=langORIAgi6Zkrja
Dr, chase,s Ortnii:metr
POINTED rAltACIHAVIIS.
Some love letters are too soft to
Me.
A Man usually blows in a lot, of
money CM a blownut.
Stir up a Mall 10 W011111 it ,),01: want,
his candid opinion of you,
With the exception of ballet girls,
chronic Sicken are a nuisance.
Arany n woman 11011(18 EL 11011118 Will
during life and breaks it after his
death,
it is generall,y Under:dead that ft
10011 Clifilikes a slippery pavement
when lie is down on it.
'When two men got together each
talks about 11 101901 witcli two 1.00-
01011 meet they both talk aboat 80010
Other woman.
When a man fails i1 is owing to
circumstances pest all human eon,
trot, but when he succeeds 11 is due
to his perthinal ability -so he says.
NOISES A'PTItACT SNANES,
It Is a remarkable fact that there
are certain kinci of noises thnt
tract snakes. For it:stance, the
whirr of the mowing machine, in-
stead of senrims these reptiles, as
might bo Nepposed, seems both te al-
lere them and enrage them, and they
1(1311081. invatietbly clan towaras it,
rootlet; theinaelves in front of tho
machine, which, of course, promptly
chops Off their heeds. In six months
50 ninny as :1110 eobras elona haVe
tints been slaughtered an a farm ie,
HOORN OF TRE RTll
SOME INTER------ESTING FACTS
ABOUT volt 10LANL'T,
Weight of the World We Live In -
Information Abont Other
:Planets
lf you put down the figure th and
acid after 11 twenty-one noughts, you
have tho approximate weight In 10103
of the world NYC live 113. in propos.
tion to size there ia only one planet
that Is lausder than the Earth -that
'is little Mete:try. Taking the (lousily
of the earth as 1, that. of Mercury is
1.20. 220 other member of the solar
system, not 0,011 the Hun itself, can
compare with. our globe in weEight.
Jupiter, the largest of 3.11 the
eiamets, Is 1,400 times us big as
the Earth, but only
200 'TIMES AS HEAVY.
Mereury holds the two records for
living heaviest bulk for Intik of all
j tile planets, um) of !ming nearat the
Sun. But in all other respeets the
earth beats it. Mercury is very
y 1 1,10'Ines au big us: the
1110011. It Ims little or no °allies-
, there, and therefore equally little
water, arse than all, it Neellis
Larly certain that it no longer re-
volvss on its axis like our rrIonet,
but resembles the Moon in tin ning
• me faro always towards the Sun.
11.110 neartsit of all the planets to
ourselves Is not, us is usually
j agined, Mars, but N-enus. We can
see 1113 atmosphere of Venus during
its oecasioeal transits across the
Sinfs disc. Venus also resembles
1.‘1,100.411.1:11t.rth very nearly in size and
1.Yet Venus must be a very poor
place to live in compared with our
world, Its axis is tilted in a most
sm•prising fashion, with results that
can hardly be pleamant for her in-
habitants, The Arctic regions must
j lie very considerable in extent, and
there a blazing day of half a year
must be succeeded by a nigh1 or un -
pantile ed cold of the 511100 length.
In her tropical regions
COLD /1,8 11 HEAT
must also succeed one another with
stattlirg suddenness. Her temperate
voiles must suger from similarly
severe changes, making a climate
which 110 10001111 being C01.11d With-
stand.
Mars is nearly fifty million miles
further front the Sun than oureelves,
yet is so much less hiddcn by
elouds that we can tell a great deal
more tthout that planet's shape and
make than about any other members
of the solar system. And 1110 move
we learn the more certain WO feel
that our next neiahlior on the out-
side cannot compare with the Earth.
Hero out of one hundred square
sures seventy-two are water and
twenty-eight aro land. In Mars wa-
le!! is so scarce that it Is robably
hoarded with the greatest care. Mao -
(111000,
take Sh 10. They 01118t journey over-
hand. Nor is it likely that airships
can be usecl, as the Martian atmos-
phere Is extremely thin. In fact, a
human being on Mars would probably
• suffocate unless he were provided
with oxygen cylinders like those bal-
loonists use
Anether disadvantage of Mars
from a human point of V10W alatit
110 1110
IIAI1IINESS OF 'I'011'3 NISI -TITS,
True, Mars lues two moons to our
one Mit they are both so al%tirdi,
small that they 0110(1111 be of 11111011
use to illuminate 1110 Illarthin nights.
Nelthes Mbrcury nor \Sams has any
moons at all.
Ulm Outages in the 1I101•ti0,11 cli-
mate ore much 111000 (ivoro 1 1111 11 111
0110 0 W11. The South 1'�1i 1' icecap
of Mars et tho end of May hos been
noticed to be as Jame.' as 1,1200 miles
across, ily the foliowing December
10111 it 111111 shrunk to nothing. The
year of Alat% being 087 clays long
allows ,yeaely clialiges of ellinate 011
a greater seitte 1 ha 11 0110 own.
As for the °thee planets or our
S3'1410111, it is almost certain that
no creature helonging to this Earth
could live on theta at all. Jupiter
is so Covered with ever-chni:ging
bauds or cloud that WO know rrao-
'avail:kr nothing 13.100141 tha1 ritar'S
surface. its atmosphere need, be
Many hundreds or thonsituds of miles
deep (10 that '1110 ioliabitants, if any,
can nmee see the Sun. la any easy,
Jupiter is so Mr away from the Stm
that that body (1114 ''(1118 only one -
quart es as big as it does to tts, 111101
gives only ono 1 wenty-tlftli 118 emelt
light and. heat. Another objection
to Jupiter is the storms it suffers
from. Wind on tho Earl h b I ws
sometimes at aluety mites an hour,
and levels everything before it, Ilut
on Jupilet• a. two-lunalred mile hreessi
18 It 00101/1011 0001101.01100, had 1110108
100 weeks itt a 11(111', as ma: can see
by the
MOVEMENT 010 Tom ri.ouom,
solo, ostoonomors 1110 ,1 noticed n
deep coppemmed rimear through the
tern 11105008 of the deviee 0101011),
lied argue from this that Jupiter Is
still i)t the same condition whielt
this Furth oilseed through 1100,000,
000 :vent% rtgo-rt lutiSS of incalities-
cent tiattorial covered 0(11) an en-
Nelope of weleey vepour. 1311 no
one knows for certain, Jupiter
beats ita In the matter of moons, 11
has four, Ono anneal's (0 Ow l'e0171e
or Jupiter rather bigger. 11,71) our
*Moon, the next two are aboitt half
Its largo, rod the fourth quite smell.
Rut as they shot° only with reflected
stildight, all four together (meld give
only one-sixt 0(411 11 OA 11110011 light 11.8
mIr oWn :310130. As a Matter 00 fact
1)13/ are 1104110 all V1S1 1110 Ilt the
same time. Tho last and, front a
Molten ooint of view, the chief ad-
vantage ot a reeldeut in Jupiter is
that a ten -stone than (('1) (10i °Pled to
that plauct would find (lint he
weighed something over ta rely -five
stone, nad would, therefore, be un-
able to do 1)11 11013 more than crawl.
Great, as are the, leneth's advant-
ages Over Ef mit t er. Ma 1 111 n gagers
81:11 11101% rollMarison: It is mile -
flintily rennin thnt Saturn 101 (10181
11 10 01 001010 1110. 11. to 1111 1088
then 71 5 times as Ng as this P1011 11 ,
and ye1 weighs mils ,ninetsv times as
noich. It is, 11111111, unly three
111 1 118 118 heavy IS its ladk of water.
Anyone moving lo Saturn, therefore,
front this Earth would Le
1.11,T4131.4: To 1iEbn., AFLOAT,
evert W000 he the best of swlinmergh
Saturn must, indeed, be ln (003/
11110(4 1011)11 1111n, for astronomers
watehing this planet have often no-
ticed that ft Es:net:Italy ehauges
shepe. One eide of it a•111 bulge nut
aS much as four or 1100 liumlred
miles. We on this Earth get, J.Ist
hiciety times its heat and light
as Saturn has from the sun, and all
811t0011'8 )11 00018, eigh1 in number,
cannot make up for the deficiency,
for them combined light is but one-
eixteenth that of 001' s,te11ito,
jedge
are so lar away that our
As ior Uranus lied Neptune, they
of them is niaitoa. Uranua must in-
deed be a dreary place. Its year 14
eighty-four of our years. Its uXiS
El,,pes very much, and its winters,
at least forty-two years long, must
be appalling. At the height of its
summer the Sun looks but one-
three-hundred-and-ninecieth as big as
lt appears to us. Neptune is so Tar
from the centre of the unhoree that
to 11 the sun appears merely as a
star dors to us.
Taking all things into considera-
tion, ollr own Earth, in spite of
same disach antages, seems quite the
Inituorsiovadesuinriathsleofmt•ohiamtstoylareusiTantgenit..1-10
London A1181(0008.
LORD ABERDEEN' FAMILY
FORMER GOVERNOR GENERAL
OF CANADA.
Two Sons Enter Big Shipbuilding
Yards at Aberdeen as
Apprentices.
Tho Bon. Dudley G'ordon and his
brother, the lion. Archie Cordon
younger sons of Lord Aberdeen, have
lately entered one of the big ship-
building yards in Aberdeen as ordin-
ary apprentices, They are there
tme.ted in exactly the same way.
and 'tad the same hard but healthy
life, as the other lads. Any more-
ing before six o'clock they may be
sem tearing clown the streets in the
coarse dungaree stilts, and home
again at the breakfast hour with
faces like chimney sweeps. They live
with ono of the university professors
in the west end of the town. • The
two toys seem to inherit their liking
for things mechanical from theft'.
Lahti., who may be seen any day
enghae-driving on tho Great North
of Scot1and Railway from Udny to
Aberdeen, Lord Aberdeen is ono of
the directors of this railway, and
was particularly gratified lately by
the honor shown to his company by
the King, who travelled all the
way from Balloter to London in the
special royal Coe made by the Great
North of Scotland Railway Com-
pany's employees at Aberdeen.
LORD ABERDEEN
identifies himself thoroughly with
the tenants on his great estates. To
that end he has commenced to re-
build the old Douse of Schivas,
which onto belonged to the levities
of Drum, as a home for los eldest
son, Lord lIacIdo, who prefers his
quiet life as a Caroler, and friendly
chats with the poetry folks, to the
whirl of Lonclun life The Earl's
kindness of heart is well known, and
nil the wandering tinker tribe take
advantage of it, for his game -keep -
011S have strict injunctions 11011 to
1110108t Linea nomads as long as they
elo 110 harm to the game. Conse-
quently en one iittto piece of moor-
land not more 1111111 an acre in ex-
tent, en AL A. P. correspondent
!counted this simmer not less than
!eight encampments of these jolly
beggass. Lewd Aberdeen's game miss
he 3'l'spocIeii, but, needless to
say, the hen roosts of the neighbor-
ing farmers are apt to suger,
110. Thanes, Gordan, who bears
the same Christian name as his cou-
sin, air, Ducliey .Majoriba.nks, of the
Guards, has just bece made captain
lin the local company of volunteers -
the Gordon Itighlanders. Ile WEIS
lately captain in the C'adet Corps at
Harrow. :Mr. Archie Gordon, who is
a capital shot, wets chosen. cis :me of
the representatives of Winchester to
shoot for the Ashburton Shield at
Risley this summer. Lord IIaddo is
a, 'Very coda, thoughtful young man,
WilIlo his younger'brothers aro over-
vorir ANIMAL SPIRITS.
Although Lord, Aberdeen Is an
cluer to the parish ehurch of Moth -
lie, Ile has a beautiful little chapel
nt; 111.0c10 1 la 1150, WItere 800Vire after
the Episcopal form is held every
:-,tintay evening, Dare 0110 nifty 101'.
1011 sometimes to eta:mons by the
Bishop of Salisbury, the Archbishop
1.1 Captain 10.3),,
1 'd Ab • I 1)1(3)5011, and usa
100111 Preshyterien ministeth of the
Estahlished end United Free cluteches
lt, was in this chapel that the late
Professor Henry Drtunmond preached
nutny of his beet sermons, Although
Lord Aberdeen, liko his brother -1n -
law, Lord Bahotte of Intrieigh, is a
presbyterien, all his children are
owinhees of the Church of England,
The only daughlcir, Lady Marjory, is
a talented girl, who takes atter her
mother, under 'whose skurta
sho may one day become an ex-
cellent platform speaker, She 1311105
a great interest 111 the local liter-
ary clubs, attending eIl the meetings
When she is at home, and reading in-
terestieg papers oceasiOnally.-From
M. /1,1',
Landlady - "Whet portion of tho
Chicken would you like, Mr. Newcom-
er?" Mr. Newecurer - "011, hair of
It will be amplo, thank you,"
Wife --"John, dear, yott knoW hew,
halv beim skimpiog and stinting
teyself to he ttble to get a sealskin
jacket. Nov I wish you wonld help
' .1 Ohn-'`Ifew numb do :01.1
'need ?" Wife -"The jesilfet is one
hmulred dollars:, and I have it all
but ninety dollars,"
CROWNED KING PrIll A DAY
TALE ov 3ol4aF 1°11,4.0.A1
SOUTM 10.211X0.414
In Chasing 4ftera Li0k/EINII
ari IMO a Strange
Tribe,
John 13,1111Ky, tho inn!. l'US AfriCan
explorer, writee : 111 chasing a.
1101108H1 beettine separated front the
rest of the party apd found mysele
alone in the wildest vviltialleagi or
the Dark (maluent, f weel 01.1 8/001)
and awakeeing, looked Iowa 0114
PLIbbeLl iny eyes:. What a10.1'0 those ,
figures below sue '1 1 countecl fifteen
of 111010, U/1 small brown men, mins
of them mach over four feet In
height. They were ehantirg '0 weird
diseorclant song as monotonous as
the beating of a toulatom. iKnowing
something of natives ways I reGog,
nized that this was a roligiOna
chant, very different from the quick,
sharp notes or the Wal. seirgS.
Piecing their word's together I came
to the conclusion that they were
eallieg me to come down to them.
Apparently they looked upon me as
the returned spirit of one of the
kings or chieftains of their tribe,
and this was borne out by their res
verential attitudes. Realizing at
last that the.y were at Isast friend-
ly deseeeded, and the chief at
once knelt down before 010 and beg-
ged that I would eolne back with
him to what ho considered thy old
subjects. As I could not vory well
refuse I signified assent, and with
rglY' queer bodyguard followed the
tleaeclefio•roesive more lato the depths of
h
TITE CEREMONIES.
Thci whole popolation turned out
to welcome us, and after a great
deal of explanation I was conducted
to a large, open spaco in the centre
of the village, whore stood a round
hut, which was ope11, all round the
sides and furnished with cleverly
woven 3000.55 matting. Hero I was
seated while food was brought to
me, and I realized that I was really
considered tho king of the tribe and
was expected to act my part.
The experiences of the next few
hours showed me that my position
was not by any means a pleasant
ono. All the ailing members of the
tribe were bretight and seated be-
fore me. They wero a pitiful look-
ing lot, some racked with fever,
some fearfully wounded with rough,
jagged weapons, and others shaking
with the palsy that many thousands
of natives suffer from 111 advancing
age.
I was expected to cure these poor
creatures by some absurd mununery
that doubtless their last. royal magi-
cian had practised. How was I to
do it 1 1 tried to shuffle out of my
task by pleading tiredness, but tho
stern keen eyes of the assembled
chiefs shoWed that they would not .or
could not understand.
At last in sheer desperation X rose,
gabbled some aneaninglese words,
and beckoned to ono of the wounded
men to come to tile. Poor creature,
he.erawled painfully to the cage of
my grass mat and stretched himself
humbly and appealingly before me.
Placing in hand on his head I
pointed the other to the Sky and
tried to remember something to
say. You will smile when 1 toll you
that the only thing that I could
think of was a hymn I had learned
in my childboom
"A. little ship was on the sea,
It was a pretty sight ;
lti sailed along so merrily
When all was calm and bright."
me.an unexpected elTect. Superstitious
ness, caused by. Ins severe wounds,
made him fall back in a dead swoon,
roun‘to catch tho words that wero
dread, combined with physical wealc-
and tho result Was disastrous to
was marched out to death,
the eagerness with which those lit-
tle brown 100)1 of the forest crowded
to them the merest Jargon.
On my patient, however, they hod
They made me a
And X could 1101 vil.lieslapnesrm,,rianlhienydgicadIt.
A DISASTROUS EFFECT.
me to a narrow defile, on the top of
which was poised a, huge rock. I
was savagely thrust forward into
the defile. My hands were loosened
and my guards sprang back. 0,
glaneed toward them as they stood
silhouetted against the ribbon of
sky and saw them straining eVery
muscle to move the huge stone, Once
it was started Its would bound down
with irresistible force and inevitably
yards I had covered before
With the energy of despair I raced
down the defile. Ten, twenty, fifty
crush whateeer canes in it; ipieithl
.
the first thud that told me that the
deadly stone had started on its
errand of death. Thud, thud, thud,
it came behind me, seeming to gain
upon me at every booed, I darted
into a niche in the wall and stood
still while the groat reek thudded
past me and weal; bounding down to
the bottom of the defile, I had ess
capeel, and was found next day by
nly friends.
CAI.' 42 yroArts'
Herr Pohl, Presicleet of the German
Society for the Protection of Cats,
has just published the results of his
investigatinn in regard to the ago
which it is possible for these ani-
mals to attain. Cats, he says, are
like human beings in ono respeet, Tho
more peaceful mot better regulated
their life is, the loager they ore like-
ly to live, As 0 proof, ho points
out that it favorite eat in the royal .
eastle of Nymphenburg has lived to
be 42 years old, and eetosmiently
may fairly claim to he consideeed
the dean cif cats in (lerninny. 'Phat
this remarkable animal has still
5013(0 youth in her is evident from
the fact that she geat birth to a
kitten two years ago. IVforeoVer, the
kitten 1.110100d ;wonderfully and at-
tracted 1110012 attention when it, was
exhibited at the exposition in 330016,