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CHAPTER XXXVL-Cootietted.
"Ver. Heaveute Seise, lot aim ge-let
Me gel" she =mowed,
"Tell me who you are and tvhat
Yoe wait," he eaid, "alui yot. sball
go the next monlent,"
uo atm Whom you knoet.
hove been looking werk, 1 am a
peer woman, and X have bee e to all
the big heitses to try to get some
PeWiefe. 1 mune here today; bat there
WM nothing l'or me to do. I was
tired and lumory, atul I fell asleep
asnong the terns in the park. I am
only trying now to find my way out
of the park. X lmvo done no harm.
Let.rais go, tor Ifeix,ven's sokol"
The tvonma's story might be true.
He relaxed hie hold.
"Tell ete," he sald-"was it you
Who looked in at the dining -room
Window at the Xenon and terrified a
young lady?" ,
She was, silent, He repeated the
queetiono
she eaid, "it was. I did
not mean to frighten ayne 1 was
Cold and bungry. The bright lightp
attracte4 me, and 1 looked in. t
meant no iii -'-I did no harm. Let
me go!"
That ono woed "attracted" proved
total. She had spoken in a low,
murmuring, hoarse voice, almost
Possible to distingmish; but in that
word he had recognized the never -to -
be -mistaken roll of the Preach "r"
which the people of no other nation
can imitate.
Ho grasped 'her more closely.
"You are a Frenchwoman!" he
cried. " You have perhaps come
, from that wicked woman herself!"
Just then a few rays of light
' broke through the clouds; they part-
ed in majestic grandeur, rolling away
in heavy masses of black and white
vapor, leaving the moon sailing
peacefully in tbe sky.
"Thank Heaven!" he cried, "Now
I can see you!"
"Let me go," she wailed piteously
-"let me gal"
She made a wild dash at him. It
was bee lost hope. It was as though
an ocean wave had flung itself
against a rock -useless, vain, indeed
injurious to herself. The last shred
of disguise fell from her, and she
stood revealed in tho moonlight -
which she cursed in her heart -a tall
stately woman, with a mass of
black hair and dark, wild eyes, con-
trasting vividly with her white face;
the false Mar had been trampled un-
der foot in tho struggle. The moon
new shone oat anoro fully aad clear-
ly, se clearly that Lord Malden
could see every line of the strano,er's
face and figure. In a moment it
flashed across him who she was.
"I know you," he said, "You are
the woman for whom I have been
searching morning, noon and night,
for whom I have sought all over
Europe -you are Lola do Perms?"
A low cry some from. her lips, and,
Lord Pielden releasing bis hold, she
fellupon the ground, shuddering',
trembling.
"You are Lola de Farms," he re-
peated, "the woman who alone
knows the secret of Sir Karl Allan-
more's fate. 'You must come with
nae."
As he took her hands for the se-
cond time, his eyes fell upon her
wedding -ring, and it startled him.
Was she married, and to whom?
"Whither aro you taking rae," she
asked. "I will not go th the Manor
House. Where are we going?"
"To the keeper's cottage," he re-
plied, "I shall detain you there un-
til you solve the mystery of Sir
Karl's absence for us."
"Then I shall die therel" she re-
plied, with a triumphant laugh.
"There are many clever iaventions
in this world; but I have not yet
heard of one which can make a wo-
man speak when she chooses to be
silent."
"Nor have I," he agreed gravely.
"I shall leave it to your sense of
honor to spook. 1 am quite aware
that I cannot compel you."
You tan lock me up, shut me in
prison -you can do anything e.nd
eve(Sthing you will; but I! ant queen
of the position, and 1 shall remain
so."
They reached the keeper's cottage
at last; and she stood in silence
while the door was unfastened. Lord
Fielden kept a keen watch upon her,
knowing well she would make her
escape if it were possible; and that
be was resolved she should not do.
havo to prove eVery thug° yola
bring againet me."
She went Up the nerrew staireese
mere With the air of an lolureil
quell tltelt of a Prisoner.' 11 was a
very plain room into which she Wail
shwa. For a few marneets she
stood like Some caged tigress in the
Middle of it, and. thou hastily closed
the door.
"Are you open to a bribe?" she
asked, turning to the keeper's Wife.
"I will make you 'a rich woman foe
11O3 if you will do olio of two things.
Either bring to me poleou thet I
may destrey inyself, or, give me the
Chance of escape through tho window
here. I swear to you. that I will
make you rich for life."
"i cannot," said the woman. "I
dare not; we have always served MY
lord faithfully."
"If he and you but knew what was
best for the whole family, you would
beg of me on your knees to go," she
said.
I3ut the woman shook her head;
she could never, come what might,
betray her trust.
The night passed in pleading and
useless prayers.
It was Pit:1101 to soo the way in
which Lela de Perms paced up and
down the room, at times wringing
her hands and crying out that she
was trapped and lost, at others
that they should never make her
speak -never; no one could do that.
When morning came Lord Isielden
wrote a little note to his mother to
say that she was to some to the cot-
tage at once, anO bring Gertrude
with her -that there was immediate
need for their presence. He caution-
ed the keeper to keep silent as to
What had happened -indeed, he had
tittle to reveal -Lord Fielden had
told him nothing.
In less than im hour the two ladies
were on their a,,ay, Lady Field=
deeply tinxious and ag*Itated, Ger-
trude full of wonder.
"I am sure she said, as they drove
along, "that it is something about
the advertisements; Ledy Pielden, I
am quite certain of it."
Lady Fielden's Mist words to her
son were of reproach that he had
been out all night, and that she had
been greatly alarmed about him.
Ile went up to the side of the low
pony carriage, and in it few words
told them what had happened. Ger-
trude's face flushed and her eyes
flashed.
"Lola de Ferree!" she cried. "Is
it possible? Ilas Heaven granted
our prayer at last?"
But Lady Pielden grew deadly pale.
"Lola de Forms! Oh, EasoY
cannot see that woman -that wicked
woman! ''
"You must see her for uay sake."
cried Gertrude. "Oh, Lady Fielden,
my dearest and truest friend, you CHAPTER XXXVIII
must forget everything else except As mother and son. descended the
that you have to help mo and that stairs, it ocourred to Lord Fielden
my father's uarne must be clearedl" that it might not be safe after all to
They »pent soxne few minutes dis- leave Gertrude with Lola de Perras;
cussing what had happened. she was so violent that she was
"She will never speak," said Lady quite capable of doing her bodily
Isielden; "she is still as she say -s, harm. But he contented himself by
'queen of the position.' " Pacing up and down beneath the
"She will speak," declared Ger- window, where he could be within
trude, "for I shall implore her to do call of Gertrude if she had any cause
so in my father's name." for alarm.
They found Lola sitting in a ebair As soon as the door closed behind
by the window, and in her eyes was Lord and Lady Pielden, Gertrude
the Iook of a hunted animal driven went up to Miss de Perms.
to bay. She never glanced at the "Lot me speak to you," she said.
ladies, but spoke to Lord ridden at "You repulsed me yesterday; you will
once. not do so today. They tell me that
"Have you any further indignities you loved my father very dearly. If
to offer me?" sho demanded. -A.m. that be the case, you must love me,
r
I to be kept here in prison, a show for I am SiKarl's daughter."
for you and your Moods?" "You ' are also the daughter of
"Tell us 0110 th ing, " said Dolores, who stole hint from me,"
was the 5011011 ready. "But for her
Lord Isielden-"you, and you alone,
can tell it. Is Sir Karl living or he would breve been mine."
dead?""That is all past," said Gertrude.
A curious smile curled her lips. "I do not know what your life bas
"1 shall tell you nothing," she re- been, but no one could have been
plied.. more unhappy than my mother. She
"Do not be obetieate, madam, is so sweet and true, so thoughtful
Think of the lives filet you have
and good; yet, since my father's dis-
ruined already." appearance, she has baeu buried
"Have I?" she cried. "I am right alive. Dear mamma, I•have never
seen her enjoy one moment's
well pleased; that is just whet in-
happl-
tended to do. I tell you candidly assal nave you no pity for one
whose life has been wrecked through
that you are right in your supposi-
tion. 1, and only /. so far asi your instrumentality?"
know, can solve the mystery of Sir "I have none for Dolores. She
os took from me the only treasure on
Karl's fate. You want to know,
Lb for which I longed. Even now
course, if he went away with me or ear
the mention of her name maddens
not -if he asked me or I asked him -
if Ile thought the world well lost for n4 1 have no pity for MY old ri-
val, the white rose. bate Dolores.
love of me --if it was he who placed
this wedding -ring upon my finger -if
he be living or dear,. AU these
things you want to enow; but you
never shall. 1. ato the only one who
can tell you, and I never will-
neverl"
lord Field= "and, you Meet res
Member how they orindeete you."
"I de not belleVe," she fiaid, "that
if you leid theta before the meet
ckUlfut lawyers 121 Engined, yoe
°Quid find e single damaging state -
/Mutt egaiest luta"
He leered that 11 000 trite, ate 'Met-
ter Whet their wen opiaioes of her
might bo,.. They could take no pro-
ceedings against her foe anythieg
she hail written.
"It will be your wisest course,"
she eahl, proudly, to Lard Pioldon,
"to let me go, or I may probably
do what you are doing to ine LOW-
imprisoa you, I have writhed yeti.
If you loop ane here until I illooviutt
•will you gala if I refuse to speak?"
"'Unless you hod, something to 000,
61101 01' something to fear, you would
not have struggled so desperetely
with inc in the park," declared Lord
Fieldoe,
"I weeted to be feee," she said,
"I came oiser hero iu disguise. X
wanted neither to he known or to
lcnow anyone,. The plaia fact of the
matter is, I saw your advertisements
and 1 Wished to know why I was
wanted -what had happened. Fool-
islily
enough, I left my home, and
came in disguise." '
"Do you know why you are want-
ed?" asked Lady Isielden,
"No," she replied, "I am still in
the dark about it,"
Lady Pieldea appeared surprised,
"Duriug all these years," she said,
"Sir Karl's mune bas been associat-
ed with the commission of it great
crime; but the :Sone bee come when
people refuse to believe him guilty of
that crime, wheit his daughter de-
mands proof of his innocence to give
to the whole wide world." -
Lola de Perms smiled again the
mocking, hateful smile for which
Lord Fielderx could almost bay°
struck her,
"Innocence is a most charming
quality," she said; "the difficulty in
the present instance is to prove that
it ever existed. I refuse to speak.
I have not kept Silent all these years
to be compelled to speak now; Vlore
is no power which can force me to
do so."
"Not if you have lost all womanly
feeling," said Lady Pieldon. "If
pity, compassion, justice, and hones-
ty are all dead in your heart, then
is all appeal in vain, both for the
living and the dead."
"It is all in vain," she said. "1
will tell you what you will no doubt
think a very shameful truth. This
moment in which I see my enemies had your revenge, and that my mo l-
er should never see my father again. -
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RELATIVE TA.XATION OP TIM NATIONS.
acoidentally, I have discovered that
death le not the cloud which over-
thadon's us, but shame, 'My moth-
er, Who had kept this story from au,
WAS compelled, through our meting
with Lady Fleideo, to ten us the
truth, but, while my mother, my sis-
ter, my friends, and the whole world
togethett believed my father guilty,
judged and condemne4 him, a voice
cried ever louder in my heart -that
he was innoceet, and that X anust
clear hie name, Xt was as though by
night ancl hy day he called to rue,
,Gertrude, my daughter, for long
Years all mon have traduced me;
come and prove to the world that I
am innocent of the crime with which
X am charged.' Think you, who lov-
ed him, that ba all the wide world
no ono believed in his ineocence but
I,1 stand alone to do battle for
him and there is us) one but you
who can bele me. Mamma has told
me everything -how you wrote to my
father and begged him to see you
and how he went out to lima you.
After that night he was neither seen
nor heard of again; everyone says
and believes that he went away with
you. I alone refuse to believe it."
"Why do you refuse to believe it?"
asked the elder woman in a low
voice.
"Because I ha-ve faith in him. I
have looked 001. 110111'S together at
his photograph. His face is not
that of a man who would be dis-
loyal. People may say wha1 they
like; I do not believe that my father
wont away with you. Then a letter
came front you saying that you had
humbled before me, is ono of the
proudest and sweetest of my life.
After that, have you anything fur-
ther to say to me?"
It was Gertrude who spoke next;
until now she had kept perfect si-
lence.
"Let me speak to you," she en-
treated, Dearest Lady Fielden-
Harry, leave me with her; for my
father's sake she 'will surely speak to
met Go and leave me alone with
her."
CHAPTER XXXVIT.
The keeper looked bewildered whorl
he opened the door. There stood
Lord Fielden, mad by his side, held
fast by him, was a. lady with it face
very beautiful and proud, yet white
and weird, with great blaelt eyes that
seemed to blaze with liquid fire, and
it mass of black hair. She hod
neither bonnet nor shawl; her dress
was of plainest black; yet, in some
vague vsay, the man felt that she
was a lady.
"Walk in, madam," said Lord
Fielden.
''t have brought this lady here,
and sho is to remain in close custody
until tomorrow morning,. Ler her
have every care, every attention -all
that she requires; but she must not
be left alone, so that she can es -
=pet'
Lola looked flt him defiently.
"You may do all that, yet you can-
not make me speak," she replied. "I
'tell you frenkly that, if I con get a
chance to kill myself' I will do it;
if can find the leastopportunity to
escape, X eholl take it."
"Then I will stay myself," said
Lord 11101(1011. "You have a room
goat:airs, Mrs Turnbull; the lady will
prefer it to this, roid you can take
her some tee there. I shall sit up
here. Madman" he continued, turn-
ieg to Where Lola stood with it de-
fiant look int her face, "I shall be on
the alert. Reraembet 11 you make
ony desperate attempt to escape, I
vsill give yeti in custody for a eritne
you Would not like to hear Me
flame."
"Moroi, moneieur," elm sold, with
22 mocking srnile-"mere4 7012 Will
"You shall be compelled!" cried
Lord Plelden.
"I do not, think so. No human
Do not name her to me again.
"Then if you have no pity for mam-
ma, have you none for me? You
loved Sir Karl. I am his daughter;
and, strange to say, although you
hove been our most bitter enemy, I
cannot help liking you and feeling it
kind of sympathy for you because
you loved Illy father."
For the first time, the defiant ex -
power can compel me. I woul.d, pressiou on Lola do Ferree ' white
WA
rather— Ah well,
--Vet' awl' fate softened, and her pale lips quiv-
what! Let me remind you of ono mod piteously. How long was it
since any human voice heel spoken
kindly to her?
"You loved my dear father," went
on the plemling voice. "They say
that I ani like him, that I have bis
eyes and hair, and that nay voice re-
sembles his. Look at me and tell
1300 11 11 bo true?"
thing, my youug lord,' she said.
"Be pleased to bear in mind that
you are laying yourself open to 12
heavy penalty, if not imprisonment,
by tbe course you are pursuing."
Harry knew that what she said
was perfectly true,
"Justite before men, and justice
before heaven are difTerent things,"
he said. "Before Heaven you know
your own crimes; you know the lives
that hove been ruined by your sin;
and, whatever men may may, Heaven
at least will not misjudge,"
Tho smile she gave the was most
insolent.
"You will ilnd out your mistake,"
she said.,
"Will you tell us one thing at
least? Is Shi Karl living or doted?"
aaked Lady Isielden.
"That is the one thieg, Lady
Pielden, that I refuse to toll," she
replied defiantly.
"But you know?" said Lord Field -
on.
"Corteenly I know; but 3 will nev-
er share my knowledge. You cat do
anything you please-lmprison me,
pleats me in e. madhouse, kill me, if
you willesanything; but my secret
and his you shall never force from
me. Yon cannot prOtie a single
thing against me. X. dety youl"
Do you know how interpret this
letter? I found no proof in it of
my father's guilt. I came to this
conclusion, that, wbatever might
have been my father's fate, it 'was
known to you, and that you alone
could solve the mystery. You may
hate my mother because you found
she was your rival; but you, even
with those hard lines on your face,
look too proud and pure to have
spent your life as the world believes
You to have done,
The pale lips quivered, ond it seem-
ed as though the elder woman's eyes
were filled with tears; sho held out
her hands with a gesture of pain.
"To anything." she cried, 'except
be kind to me; that is the one thing
I cannot beer.
oef kindness will sole. you, let ree heavy gold fringe and tassels, A
be eincl," pleaded Gertrude. "Try
centre panel of dark blue velvet bears
to think that it is my father who the Royal Arms in gilt relief. The
is
kneeling hero, pleading to you, ask. carriage is over 12 feet high 8 feet
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Tho mixt most costly carriage is
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This remarkable vehicle is made of
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On each side -panel appears the col-
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bannuer-cloth is in scarlet, with
ing you to clear Ins name from stem,
from the shadow of guilt. I call
upon you by the memory of the love
you hacl fm' him to speak!"
With 0. bitter cry Lola fell upon
her knees.
"You torture mei" she said. "For
Heaven's sake let me alone!"
'`I cannot." answered Gertrude.
"00, tell me the truth! Tell me one
thing, X Pray, I beseech. you. Is any
father living or dead?"
Lola de Perms was silent for 13, few
moments. It seemed to her as
though the ly.orris pierced her inmost
soul; while the thought overtalielmed
her that Sir Karl's daughter, with
Karl's blue eyes and clustering hair,
with the well -remembered tones of
his voice, was praying to know
whether he was living or dead.
To be Continued.
ADM do Ferrite WaS seated by the
window. Gertrude went up to her,
touched with sudden. emotion, and
knelt down by her side.
"Look at me," she repeated, "and
tell inc if I have my father's eyes."
The pale face bent over her, the
pride and hardness (19106 out of it
as the unhappy woman met the clear
honest gaze of the sweet loving
eyes. Gertrude went tal-
1 was a little child evhon my
father left, us, but I feel tbe deepest
and most pusiimmte love for him.
I wish that I could remember him,
that I had some retolleetion of 018
dear face, of his kissing lam, of sit-
ting' on his kace; it would soften my
prat. coanot even go to his grave
and sob out all my grief and long-
ing there. I love materna most
dearly, but the deepest love of any
heart is for my father. All these
yours," she contineed, , feeling that
hoe companion'e interest in her was
itemised, "I hove honestly believed
"We have .your totters," remarlted 11101 dood; hat EaddanlY, auti. quite
PUTTING IT PLAINLY.
The old gentleman didn't want the
young gentleman to marry the young
lady, the young lady being the old
gentleman' ss daughter. il
So when te young gentleman came
on the all-important mission, the
old gentleman set his face against
ng
the yougentlerean.
No sir, said he with angry =pita-
sis, you cannot basso my daughter.
But X want her, urged the young
gentlemen, and what is of some con-
sideration in the count, she wants
4, inches broad, and the rear wheels
over 6 feet in diameter. It contains
O large amount of glass, and 885,-
000 was expended i11 its coastruc-
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The Czar of Russia possesses se-
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used at the time of his imposing
coronation. Perhaps the most not-
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painted and carved. The panels
were the work of the celebrated art-
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wheels and under -carriage could
scarcely be surpassed. This carriage
is said to have cost upwards of $25,-
000.
The splendid golden chariot ot ex -
King 1Theebaw was actually sold in
London three or four years ago for
it mere $60. It. 111115 subsequently
sold for advertising purposes, whieli
shows to what blase uses even a Roy-
al vehicle may descend. The carriage
is surmounted by a gold umbrella,
and is of modern European design,
the driver occupying a kind of gold-
en pedestat in front. Its original
cost was over 810,000.
OOM PAUL'S CARRIAGE.
It would be interesting to know
what has become of the extremely
gorgeous carriage with which ex -
President Kruger startled his "sim-
ple" people at the time of his elec-
tion three years ago. He then usod
it for the first time. This extraor-
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Transvaal in pieces, packed in her-
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coverings of wood. It was put to-
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It is painted in Royal blue, picked
out vermillion, and double flue lines
of white anti growl, the State col-
ors of the late South African lee-
pub1M. The imanmer-cla`th is in sky
blue, and trimmed with laces in ved,
white, blue and green. Inside the
carriage ls lined with sky-blue satin,
with silk laces and velvet pile car-
pets to match.
On eac11 door and on the front and
rear pitnOls aro eitiblazoned the arms
of the late Republic; while a soatiing
ners of tbe roof solid silver soaring
eagle of liberty is painted on the
eagles aro fixed, eagles also forming
the crowning ornaments of the
side quarter panels. At the top cor-
Each side of the lutinmer-cloth has
a solid silver impression, the fittings
aro of silver and the body of the car-
riage is finished oft with heavy silver
beading and ornaments. At the beak
there is a standard for footmen. In
this gorgeous turnout Oom. Paul
must hove felt like a toad in a jewel
box. It *tenet have cost less time
810,000.
Only it few months ago the old-
fashioned two -wheel pony -chaise in
which the lete Lord and Lady Bea-
consfield tteecl to take their countey
drives together eviie sold by auction
itt Ihigheeden, I3ucks, Etglancl. Aloe
fel' demoted greatness,it wily realized
the mutt sum of timely -tine 5011 -
Hugo.
That makes no difference, sit; you
can't have her.
Thet means, I presume, that you
want me to give her up?
Exaetly.
The young gentleman took a hitch
in himself.
Do you think I am goieg to do it?
he asked in a tone which did not
strike the old gentleman as alto-
gether submissive.
I do.
Well, no wonder you don't want
me for a son-in-law if you think I'm
that Med of a felloiv, I don't blame
you at all; X wouldn't have that
Rind of a son-ln.law myself, even if
sons-in-law were going at it premitun.
But, my dear sir, I'm not that kind,
I want your daughter for my wile,
and I'm going to have her; she
wants me for it husband; I have no
objections to you as a father-in-law,
and she rather admires you al
father. Therefore, I am warranted
in joining the combination, aud if
you want to act ugly, why, we will,
as dutiful children, humour yew
whim, and pntela it up somehow with
the friends of the family, wbo
be wanting* to know what is the mat-
ter With you, rtnyhow. See?
And the old gentleman had wis-
dom enough to see,
TlIE DIPPERL''NCIE.
Pater -You are Very fOrWarti, sir.
In my day tho youngman waited
until he was asked to call,
'oung Mat -Yes, and now he waits
Matti ho's asked mit, to call.
OVER TRE WIDE WORLD,
REIM INTO NAINTX 07 '1.1-17
7,411-AWAT
nteresting Zittle Pacts Gathered
Prom tin) OMMers of
This Big Earth,
PrirSla has not 0, single railway.
China has a coast lino of over 2,-
000 miles,
,Over 40,000,000 passengers aro
carried weekly by the zIllways of
the w orl d,
There ore 11,700 hotels M Paris,
in tvldch there are on an average
260,000 guests,
It is estimated: that Egglancl still
bas $2,000,000,000 tons of coal Ma-
asod and available.
Gaily 7,000 British reside on tho
Continent, while 200,000 Continent-,
ads live in Englond.
For every 100 letters which paeseci
through the poet pekoe ta 1801 thero
are to -day 3.6,600.
total British shipping is 9,-
160,000 tons. That of the $ix
other great pmwere is 9,070,000 tons
Barbee, the great wathority en
fish, says that every square mile of
the sea is inhabited by 120,000,000
fleh.
lio-operarave factorlee in Greet
Deitain last , yeor made profits eg-
giSegating over 12200,000 on a. capi-
lel of 122,100,000,
Hendrik Van. Zip., a Boer by birth
and synipothy, has just been elected
peesiOcint of the' Cambridge (Eng, -
land) 1Jelversity Union.
Lord Kitchener has permitted the
Oth and 50.0 New Zealand contingent
to take home a captured gun and
pom-pom as trophies.
A full-blooded Indian lunatie has
never existed. Luitacy among the
Indians was never known until they
began to mix wite the whites.
Every year relatives of 'Robert
Louis Stevenson in Scotland send a
crown and cross of heather from: that
eouatry, which are'placed on his
grave in Samoa.
Mr, Charles Anderson, 111.A., B.Sc.,
native of .Stsionmess, and it ills -
OLOTIIING TR SOLDIERS,
SOME 13l4W/7LS 07 HILITABY
TAIZOBING,
4 Poop Into the British Army,
Clothing' Depot at 'Rimlico,
ingo in London is the A121137 Cloth,
1115 Depot tO; 130111 01202100
Ono of the most interesting build,
emanates a great portion of the
lion pounds' worth of clothing sup-
plied to the British Arany annually.
It is hare, too, that nearly 1,500
W010012 and 200 boys, to say noth-
ing of a largo number of male cut -
Mrs, aro engaged year In and year
out iii making' uniforms at the rate
012,000 a week, while before now
ea many as 100,000 garments have
loft the b1u0111bias
ionemaansidneadle week
2511011 00048
It should first be stated that not
all Tommy Atkins's clothes aro mado
at Pimlico. His boots and loggias
are manufactured by private firms
at tTorthamoton and elsewhere, at 0
COSt to a patornal government of
$1,175,000 annually, •while another
$250,000 is spent on purchasing
hoodoo& for him, His shirts, al-
though they are cut out at the fac-
tory by enormous steam nutters at
the rate of ovee fifty a time, are
given to soldiers' widows to com-
plete. Thus practically only the uni-
form 0110 produeed at Pimlico, and.
llearlY 5,000,000 yards of cloth are
absorbed in the process every year.
When samples of the =aerial first
orrive from tho contractors thotr aro
sent to it rooni sot apart tor the pur-
pose, and are subjected to a cruoiat
test • by acids to determine whether
the color will fade or in any wey de-
teriorate. If not it is capable of be-
ing used in any climate, so the sem-
pies are passed as satisfactory and
the cloth arrives in enonneus bales.
These pass into tho hands of the cut-
ters, who cut out twenty uniforms
at a time by machinery,
011 rrvE rnn MINUTE,
and hand them over to the women
sitting round tables in the large hall
600 feet in length. The smartest
inliitery uniforms in the world are
then quickly built up, pertly by bend
and pertly by the aid of more than
a hundred gigantic sewing madam 1.
tinguished student at Edinburgh For alacrity ill their work these mil -
University, has been appointee as- itary tailoresses aro hard to beat. In
sistant-curator at the .Anstralion one day the cloth is cut out and
Museum, Sydney. Inutile up, properly trimmed with
The King of Italy received 26,000 , braid, buttonboled and all complete,
telegrams of congrattilittion in the ready to undergo ttvo years' hard
first day or two after the birth of 'wear.
his daughter. Ile also received 20,-
Non-commlesioned °Mears and such
000 requests iur money in honor of men as aee of abnormal proportions
tho event. are alone privileged to have their
The 'United States holds the record
for increase of poroilatton withia the
last 65 years, with 626 per cent.
British 001611100 001110 110102 Wi 20 510
per tient., and, third, Russia with 75
per cent., and that el the United
Kingdom 63 per cent. .
Although the Doer women have
always been more bitter against the
British than the mon, kind treat-
ment has so affected the 1,3oer wid-
ows who are refugees in the 33ritish ply of clothing on the anniversary
camps that many of them are inarry- 1 of his enlistment. lIo is then pee-
ing 13ritish nen-commissioned of-. seated with a new =dress coat or
ficers. frock, apair of boots, and a pair of
When the recent Austrian census
trousers, tvlillo fie receives a 11010 tu-
wee taken the Emperor Francis Jos-
every alternate year. Ile is al -
every
eph filled ill the usual form in his ready in possession of a great -coat,
own hand and answered guess
whielk has to last fivo years; a
tion with great care. Amon oshor cap four years, or if a busby, nine
years; a pair of leggings three years
things he had to state how many
windows his residelice containetS and and a cape ten years. On enlistment
he also receives a liberal. supply of
whether or not he could read or
write,
uniforms made to measure, winch
accounts for their °Mines appearing
betl.er dressed 0.11011 1110 111011. Albeit
the ready-made tunics are supplied
in thirty-six sloes, so Atkins seldom
has cause to grumble on the ground
of a. misfit. Altogether .more then
ttvo hundred different kinds of uni-
forms for use in every climate and.
quarter of the globe 4:1113 made at
Pimlico.
Silvery soldier is given a fresh sup -
The sons of the German Emperor
are beieg brooght up in a strict
school. While the crown prince is
being initiated into the student life
at, 13onn, his three younger brothers,
Eitel Fritz, August Wilhelm and
()Scar, are hard at work at Pleon,
where they are subjected to a doily
routine stricter even that that to
which they are accustomed at home.
Tho tea used in the immediate
household of the Emperor of Chiaa
is treated. with the utmost care. It
is raised in a gardeo surrounded by
a wall, so that neither man nor
beast can got anywhere mom the
plants. At the time of the harvest
those collecting these leaves must
abstain from eating fish, that their
breath may not spoil the comma of
the tea ; they must bathe three times
a clay, and, in addition, must wonr
gloves while picking the tea.
SPBAICING 07 PIPES,
A Pew Hints as to How You May
• Enjoy a 'Smoke.
The groat point in pipe -smoking is
to learn to smolt° slowly. Whoa this
titbit is acquired, the full flavor of
the tobacco will always be enjoyed
eveity smoke will bo a cool one, and
tongue -burning will be unknown.
It is, however, very heed for ner-
vous people to smeke slowly. We
know of eases whore smokers have
tried for a some of years to cheek
their smoking speed, without suc-
cess. They probably did not begin
to make the elIort. early enough in
their week ing careers. With good
tobacco and a root pipe the slow
smelter eatable 42 degree of pleasur-
able enjoyment in smoking of which
the rapid smoker has riot an ink-
ling.
Fastidious smokers always bave
that it =Ike% no difference in the
flavor of pipe tobacco how many
times it pipe goes out. A. cigar which
is allowed to go out once has its
flavor ruined, but a pipe tastes, if
anything, bettee for going out.
Fastidious smokers a,evays have
at least two pipes at hand, and
never fill one until it ltas entirely
cooled off. This ie it help towards
cool smoking and reasonable life in
O pipe. A good test by which to
tell if you ate' smoking too fast is
to hold the bowl in your hands If
it is too hot to de so corafortahly,
then you may know youe spee'd is
too great, .
socks and shirts and a pair of sta-
ble boots, which must heneeforth be
kept in good order at Ids own ex-
pense. If he wears out Ids clothes
-within the regulation period he has
to replace them out of his own pock-
et, but if, on the other hand, he is
careful and can make his clothes
last longer, he receives a 10011e7 al-
lowance. New trousers are served
out to him at the rate of three pairs
in two years, and every six months
he is given a pair of boots.
It naturally costs more to clothe
some regiments .than others, and.
where the dress is unusually brilliant
as in the Ilonsehold Cavalry, the ex-
penses ere extremely heavy.
Grace-tIiss Passe will catch cold
if she sits on the piazz0 much longer.
Rosalie -41o, she won't. She's eat
there for years ancl aleVer etteght
ailythiegs
THE scARLwr 'UNIFORM
of the infantry of the line and the
riflemen's green cost the coutitey,
$15 per man annually, inclusive of
trousers and other etceteras already
mentioned. Tho tunic is valued at
$2.70, the trousers $2.0O the un-
dress coat, $2.87, and the great -coat
at $6.24; a ridiculous price when it
Is considered bow well the garments
wear, of which no bettor proof is
forthcoming than that a detachment
of police are engaged night and clay
In guarding the factory at Pimlico,
because oit more than one occasion
cloth brie been stolen.
The artillery men is the next least
expensive emit of King Edward's
Army from it sartorial point of
view, for he costs the nation $18.75
per annum and the kilted Highland-
er, withall his gaudy colors, only
accounts for an extra six cents. The
The Hussar and Lancer cost 329.50,
The Lifeguard's Wardrobe includes
a pair of white leather breathes at
$25 and jack -boots at $12.50 per
pair; though even these figures pale
before the $39,75 charged for the
Itearskin worn by. the Foot Gurteds.
But the country le saved it Vette
deal of expense by the Mternal eeon-
omy of this branch of the Amoy.
All discarded uniforms aro either
sold or returned to the contractors,
who aend them to the shoddy mine,
teller° they ore made into new cloth,
the authorities receiving a good al-
lotvance foe unifornas so treated. A
sum of $200,000 is realized in thie
waY ever7 year, while the suippInge
that are cleared tip from the floor of
the Pimlico factory aro gold for
$80,000. lo addition to this India
pays $800,000 per ammin for the
clothing of British soldiers quartet. -
ed in that country, so it will bo seen
that the Amy Clothing Department
is a Well-managed institution.
Jackson -Confound it! That silly
thop of a jeweler has made a n100 '
mess of it. Dobson -Why, what's he
done? jackson-Wela, X told him to
engeave this ring from i0., to Z. -
from Albert to Zillah, you know --
anti the idiot has gone and put in
the Whoirs ot the alplytbdt