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_i-up uwsuvuuu gasuvu UL LLIU nuugnluul. hrs. Jennie was met in the yardlby the bride-elect, whose fresh and fair complexion had defied the ravages or 3 time. With` her bright hazel eyes nd wavy light brown hair she might? have passed for 85 at most. i ."Oome into the house, Jennie; it e ovel out `here amongst the flowers, ut have some things I wish to c aw you; the dress has come; I aiml too old to be married in white satin, 3 so I selected a pink` brocade trimmed; .._with+ lace. I have never had so many 2 pretty clothes made at one time in y life, for I never needed to. 1% on t think I'm envious but when I; ":3 `ew all my friends` handsome outfitsi t occurred to me that it would be} '8`?! indigoement to marry. Do you not 3 e n * it - - v - -~ ' J-XII; llllllvll Ell: 1JI.Il.l.\.IUD- i Bromley furnidhes Lord Robert Kit- Iehener, Alice Pretoria and Amelia 3Ladyemith,l while Greenwich has four :R6dVOl'3, one Kimberley and one Pre- ftoria. Ladyemith Waghorn, who ap- ipeereon the Hampstead register, was bornon Marc-Ah Is, and Frank Kimber- ley Stuckey in the baby son of e Hamp- . steed coachmen. The mother of e Biorl born in the same district on I V camber 17, is the wife of e reserviet. `a gallant corporel in the Essex regi- ment. Sthe named her baby Pretoria May, in anticipation of the month when the British army would be like- lyi to enter the Transvaal headquar- tere. Hampetead has also a Cecil Redvere and 21 Bullet. A 'I)-n"I._..I.-34.1.- L_L__ 2.. I A . ' 1 _Holl;orn wd i_.strict, L besides a ` "W 1 'j'_1`ho-_mas Elands Laagte Wilks, fond mothers have named their babies af- ter' Roberts,. Kitchener and Buller, while t-hefamous deeds of our gallant soldiers on the hard-won mountains qf'Natal have prompted other par- ents to call their infants Glencoa, Ladysmaith and Dundee. `D-asnnln-u u-...:...tL.-.- I -._.| r\-I_ _-.; Y7`; A` `-V\'BD_O:I[ Cljoqoual by Patriotic `Parental. In _ _ London. - V One; at -the most interesting conse- % quenceeof the war" has been the readfa neasvo/fpatriotic parents in London to give their babies `names commemora- tive of our great generals and vic- tories. "in Sgnth`A.r-ica, says the Lon- don Daily Mail. From inquiries made at registration offices in all parts of the metropolis` it is evident that the ;aplrevai'.ling` `mate in' the bestowal of Uhrihtian names it martial. New Orqe,_ for instance, has recently ptrodnced an Archibald "Baden Lay, an Audrey Buller Lily Wallace. 9. Harry Redvera Doncaater and a Colenso Stuart Dudley Middleton.- . . W g H`1"`?1;;vii:_l"e"1.'vii1"- that V on which'7'lbeca1ne. extinct L ; eat,1.fThe_ dirst Earl of Pem- -_ ` ticks 01 the Tpresenlz ilI_.ne- was'_Wil1iam < H"erbe_rt,e who married the sister tot Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII., and the present heir is Reginald Herbert, born in 1880, who was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and is an officer `in the Royal Horse Guards. RUSSIAN PQQCEMEN. jnonnjwan BABIES. _ - T A Tqugl aouu. ti ":1;ThQVmrdCr who was CIFVMW ; rdlflt heir at th request of ""'d ;hdy.hId dawn the knife nnd M ;_to_9_'__u Jhotft mt. . _ __m,,,a svv._uu y puuft run. ," ml , V. `TI; spirit}: willing. I0 " ;.`TA_L,`f_b,V\1tAth`o nut in strong." $9.1 LGVUIO "W'hy, what have We seid 3" [It is eccentric In Miss Letitia to get .mar- ; Mrs. Jennie V tied at her time of lite,` now isn t it, . I "I do not know why it should be? considered so"; Letitia is a very pret-7 ty woman." .Mre. Jennie, as Mrs.` Alden was gen- _ orally called, was a power, and with Kolmptitude they proceeded to eat`. I eir words with marvelous celerit _ Mrs. Jennie smiled and bade them ood morning. On the way to Miss. iiffn' She jhnn n rrncafnv-A on if u'ln.. ~ - 0 "-In the crime: the British left`?! which are inferred wt :etn`etrles_: on ground occupied M` ` _;d'_ur!y[ that long and (W3 A 5'4: = ship 0 ` u '9" which 3 '39 Oonaidw `*"` the natio ' ed `0 be 2111! . In th - Womb `Der M WhuteveI' ra \. ' `Nun `' th`! I). Ch, .V Th. . . lalqld ax-iv!` aya verei Med 5 J 1` (,S.`ll(_-Q M: the so In m9Ve`hia lo . hat monfl`xr the :`)]?n?i'fnlM.m` mm 3 ever, m " tome pow club. of tho `Wu. thew '-mDan .'`r . 5' as 1; the invlsziblepf9 I :`Q(,e . Rm " Metnne-rs (hm be` .~.' V ~ no Ride H 1-P: '=..m`D|eLe1 ` .' mom in! "'?3:tf"`D:`5Pltch.J' `dmd Out.-8t. W uunuciu. ` ,, r` Yes. ma`am. I know. mum. on turned the cook, who, by `he "8"", read and write and is "uv" l "`% ters of geography and lmgtor.V-- ` you see. ma'am. I didn't kn0W Wm `was, and 1 saw that home the pointing to a jar of olives. "smdli ,poured the stuff out of that ovezh Ipotatoes. Io s posed that where W was olives -there must he olive 0 New York Sun. Used (Hhe Oil. A mistress beforu wing out told negro cook to try some Szu-utogacli ._ In olive oil. The first thing that :ed the mistress maul) her return an unrecognizable and :1 wful odor ~penetrated every m':nm_V of the "Rushing 110 I1]? kiIL'lwl|. 1110 In {found the chips sizzling away in pan full of what [)ru\'mj to be vine! 1- ,, _ , :1!" 4n"d Al1'I__A I L I) ,, pan lull UI VVIIHL [)|U`K"' L". '"'e'du u But I told you olive ml! crl mistress. ` ,`,..n .-- - - - ! - -v-- - `-.. ._._, V. - .- For a second the man's taco vm study. He was amazed at the uni ed for "kindness. and then, us in port dawned on mm, he raised his and said: IIeaven bless yer `on iI l_l ngver say another word ag'ln But," and his eyes Lwinkled me are ye sure it wasn't a crown owedvme?" i ? The friend roared: Uh pay the ; In full! Don`t try to beat him outol % paltry half crown." l`b+= Irishman his crownfbut the editor no Ion pays his debts at sight now!- Telegraph. ------_-L...-.. ._ _-_ -_._.. _...._ _....`. u- `. uvu 5 uyuu A second later they were abreast the on of ,Erin,Aand the editorp out a silver coin and said as be th It into the man's hand: Here's half a. crown I owe you. I\'ow,1l ,o round any more telling people I 'don tVpay my debts." A- _. _-. ---v --v-nu-yd u , .W'atch m4 surprise this old fella! maid he to his friend. "Look rlght his-face and see It it won'tbeastud1 _ Paid For Ill: Joke. The editor Is fond of a joke and the good sense to appreciate one It own expense. A few weeks ago was walking with a friend, and :1 ; corner of a busy thoroughfare hem L dilapidated looking Hibernian stp, at the opposite_\ corner gazing HIU Into vacancy. ll`I7_A_I_ _.,_ _..,, - Mrs. Allyn Alden was a leader 50- ojety, whose dictum made or unzpade ,- 0. new-comer entering the charmed], circle`. There was not 5; woman 'p'res- , ant who was `not anxious to retain '1 hex favor. . T '~ urn... __,u, ; u - '.v..... _. .- "- -- -- --H: ycuaunng with _When in 1898 the Vlct,om_ ` tune] and the very triumph of Invention I0 far at naval Irchl went, was rammed and sank u In light of the whole eet an` hundreds of lives were lost, um. not I. sailor, however matter oltm mlxhtbe, who dld not remembep dire fate of the royally named These Instances are only tn. l ones. A score of smaller oneuro led 01! by every royal navy mm DM- `Bits. -_..--- V- --v 5.11:: L. Then there is the 1' . disaster to the I{3-aolreggrmen lucky ship previously, um t?` A and sank In sight or crowdgmd held. 0V8!` 1,000 souls, gum . were 300 women, being sacrincgi . second only to this hideous am. that which Afterward betu :1 Charlotte, which, after g a _much vlcissitude, wag comm"; [ re oi! Leghorn, over 800 of m ower of the navy perishlng gm, When in um cu. m......_ ever known in connection vy have concerned war v royal names. Two veg `W: Royal James came to am One of them exploded androua omcers and seamen perished N er ship so'named was` am The out of the mouth of the T Dutch Admiral de Rum, cumstances disgraceful tom" charge of the craft. um` (III. _.. 1.1. ,, ,, 4V /,/_ . strongest Inn 0 . .1 :`: 3,511-I Nan. ' 0 y St . t the V one rongelt I 1; guperstltio meaceagl; if guperstitlo :07`! na ' today as eve I most 9 'tfm:)gearing W0 1&3; vane 29, are doom 3 . p91" s it In nd. 9`"" 8 ed tom ROYAL _ _ mu :4-`so, mu 1. child without . cm !~bo_und along. I know not I _ * 4 Who from earth : bosom mum I. J. Underwood, From n..n-, "M There oats up Thu picture of the h.,,,,en,' "80- in n nkna _... on my blug, A `l`o_ug*h Joint. ,__ _ nl . 7'*L}ad'ies,, ladies, isv this a modem school for scandal or a church society held in the basement of a sacred edi- ce? T Ycu all lhave cause `t6 'be A5 3-ratefulrto Letitia; why should you '1 speak of her so bitterly now, because It she exercises the right we have all claimed 9 T _ . ; f iv- ....v__ -`-v-. -u--- Texnarka of this kind were freely ' dulgedin when the invitations fwere received. Twenty-five or thirty wo- men talking ateonce is ra`ther`confua- `ing, and as the speakers became ex"- . or. than needles. cited: tiheoommente became more para, canal and assumed an {ill-natured turn. It waeat a church sewing oirc1e;;and tongues were flying fast- 9 last was as uucc $8.00. ., Mr. John MC` guest at M` Sunday last. hMr.'and Mrs. guests Of `Pu on Sunday. Mrs. J88. -A bred short; `horn of Port. Roasemz heifer to Mr, M..- 4 Both brought 7 N Is F00 [Wi AtiMe(x<:'<"2edin.g_l'y. pretty` nd richly`! dressed -woman, a guest of the sol ioiaty, now t5ok up the wage]: in:de- (once. at the absent. I Boys Fine H .speci-Q1 . I r. `Once pui c'(>nAf_idc.11 The beneficiaries of her bounty. had] become accustomed toiconsider her _a epinster, too confinmed a devotee: to single. blelsedness to change` her- ltate. What right had that old thing; to be taken in by an i-mpecuni- ous adventurer -when she had friends" of her lifetime who naturally ex- pected-roahe bad no kinspe`6ple-to be remembered in her will, `not thatrthey were mercenary, but that they had a sort of claim upon her. . _ E less thzprl To k worth 90` exteniozi I Advance . Ord Advance W e _-w .-v. -,---v nun. &Q\aV w-`nu Letitia was on the sunny side of` '45, but did not look as if she were 40,` being handsoahe, with a ptretty home. I tidy income, a kind heart and_a sound head. . 3'i9oo.% BV_ id W88 km` 1 Ltiiix : m_.a;rried;i consetjueutly .}ma.liy*i}.of hqlfl jdeaxf feminine friends V said it was 9. ahameka scandal, tor Letiti-a._to think otf such folly at her time of. life. '1`~hese,san1e authorities declared she was 55 yeo.rs'old, adding there was no fool like an old one. an wu1I|I uI.I.u', uuuxle, HIM] 58.10; . `_ .:"Dha't means we 'mu{st give them w1t honut_tu1l; she's afrtud we won't give anything, and tnkeg/tha_t means. . to `make aural IIIIY..- J-I__L L1. , ' - - H vv an I-cabal, JJUDIIILB C "You may laugh,` Jennie, it you, wish, but that `was no more nor less" than a trouaseau I" A"WhatA? Do you maan thats---V"' .- _* I mean, `and Iknow ltjwill go no` further, that".\Iicouldn t haven trous- aeau Vwlhout ` ajnnrriagg, and [that .way w`ny I aeni\ut gazjgg; nogift ypu; " 7-``r':u had` your husband and chil- dren. and God knows I never.begrudg- led-wives and mothers their happiness, for my llfehad been_.,a healthy, happy one. and so com.p9.et`ely aml a spinstern that I believe 1 `wuhshorn one I've` never seen` the man I have ever .im-` agined I could fancy, but',t`here'was one thing! didwant;" ; ` h- . Mrs. . Alden .had_ listened sympathe- tically-; as Miss Letitia paused for breath aha vontyiregi ,t.p_apeak._ "What was H-mf T4HHn 9" ~ - ` can nu lulu vuuuu uu (via that, Letitia 9" "\7'..-. '_...... `I_--.. I-LICI-III "Going about to different` stores, riding windy days, veiled, on the cars, have given me an insight; into people's adharacters that hue been both pain-_ $1111 and profitable; I needn't tell_v_oue g_w'hom. I_.mean, 1o'r.I.`8ee you know; I jhave no regret for tVhe.me;v I. m not a [sentimental fool`; theonly regret is ..self-con1.e.m.pt that I've been taken .in_ by Llhem-uso -long , but I've never. out- grown a `girlish p-leaeure. in being `NV--- L_`.I- _-_,,;' -1 H A. I ' - -'-- . DIVIII - - ' ' > ] . Miss Letitia was the. life of the] I pva`rty,_ and the theory that she had; :bee!L-jilted did not gain ground; her: ';exp1unation was accepted as true-_-as `tar as it -went. `More than one face` ` became blank when Miss Letitia; said: ` , . . T ` vvva.uu- vvuev ayyaznutly ILJUIUVU-ULI "I ve learned much, Jennie, she said as she folded a dozen. fine thread cam-.. brie handkerchief: andplaced them? ' with lingering regret irithe costly box 1 they came in; "how exquisite these are, and like the donor!_ Oh, yes, I was saying howj.muoh I had learned: since I had sent out those tickets. I ve always had. an too_,confiding' dis-I position, and.w;h.i'le I m not now, a cynic, I've had eye-openers, plenty of |ll`l_:_._. -I_,,_.i 1 , --.- . The constrained` position may have {been the cause of her heightened col- or. Her favor as she turned toward Mrs. Aldenlwore conflicting` expres- sio1_1s'; triumph, shame. and'ov:qar all `a =half-Isad, half-defiant look. Hr first 1 words. were apparently irrelevant. V 1 ""BA `AI l|l'|nA vnunh Inna`- 5 -1:5 ..n:.'I. 1% Here astounding revelation zoalled gfortih a clhorus of 0113 and abs, and u , zdozen excited women began to. ply `her _ . with questions, protesting` against `her gretnrning the :presents, but she .wa`ved t'.hem.u.sid_e. T ` ,: "The marriage i.s indefinitely post-. _ *1)-oned tiuro-ugh no fault of either bride `or bridegroom, so you need not im- _ agine `he's absconded or jilted me. Un-- I der t'hecircumstances I will not need . the presents. Who ever heard of bridal gifts when there is not much L likelihood of the marriage being per- formed`? I promie 'you., with afine grim smile that somehow made cer- ;t.uin ladies feel uneomfortable} if L'the marriage does take place, that, I will. expect nothing ' from you.` ;oNow, come to supper; that will not he . a disampoinetment, `if the wedding is. E Java how nvnnufn nn iuy-no Ira- %"1&`a?;s13;`?2i"$J a's`banning am .An. fbed, replacing a handsome silverhydle. in its velvet fbox.V V = T I vn|.- --.._.x_.-:_-_.a __.-_:;:-_. _._,__ u_,.-_ ' I an: `absent, Letitia. I sh-al`l'let it be % w`7}uz':.m always at home to give Alyn hie.lunc1; he does` not enjoy it when 5 knoewn that you do not wiahvjpres-1 ants. - . _. _ For that purpose Mrs. Jennie drove back by the church, where `she found " `thesociety dispersing. `She did not `alight, but told theano_f'Miss Leti.tinfs- 'wi.s`h.'_ S-he of the sharp "tongue gave I &.h rill'littele'oackle,: and .ao,t_d:. ' ` " I`hg'f n`;-g I119 Iurn ~..~.....&. _ .-'_ J-:L ~ --' ` IIJ AlJ.l.no KLLUVII pcuu 3 . ' :`-. "Letitia, why return the pvr'es`net:-3? Were` you in earnest` when you~said there was not much likelihood of there beinga _ > -' - - . Nfinu TA+1&In` -n:..n"|n.\-u-.11.`.-. A"... 6-1.. ; `Early next morning Mrs. Jennie ac- 'cordingly,put in `her appearance, find- `ing her friend in. exceedingly good fsptirita. ` _ . . I \XTl.~.:l.. 4..:...... .-... - ....--.:.-. '..I-.A.-.I Wl;i"l.e tying _ up a gaudy hplzltted `cake stand, avgift from Mrs. Pomon- I by, Mrs. Alden said: ` - I` HT..L:4:.. ...|.... .._-__._. an- -__.`:`_' LAn uulu. _, 1 i "Jennie, be sure tocoine around 10-4; 6 morrow and help me pack"those pres- ents; some are so-valu`ab1e I will not {be satisfied until they are return - _ed; fortunately, all are labeled. 1` I 117:1] nnnnn unrid-L n.'I....a..-... T ..A.2J.:.. 3! . y_uu, ;u.:uuua\ut_y,.u.1.I. I116 n`l.UUll:5u._'. 1 g` "I wnll come wxth pleasure, Letntiu. I replied Mrs. Alden, while Mrs. Ponson- i by,.wLbispered'do1eul1y,""_It she would ` ;a`l me. E : ' " I ,___17_ _____, _ o -11' _ -V I aLu.uuJ.w, wuluul J. uuwu HUI. U6 ab IIUBL" 'Aty to divulge iniecrlminately; oom- . pels him to start~for.Europe as--he s sent the message aft; consequently `there willebe no marriasgeto-night. [That need not interfere with our en- Qjoyment of the supper; the presents {will be returned to` their donors to- morrow. .Mr. Alden, will you see me '.to the table? - The minister will `take ~ you, Jennie. I u u-nmy`_.:u;u`uLucut., '.u. but weuuulg la. ? he gave her guests no time to` ,.discuss her affairs in groups, .but marched 1:.hem`into the .dinin'g-room,` some wearing [rum the undiminished pangs of cu-riosity an expression as if; they~ were being led` tojnstant 'execu- 5 tion. ' ` V ~ l|A'. ._._ 1',10A! 1: . -i `I jP`V`hI?;e whtii c;U:;l;';;x`I`1umfrom Langworrth ;' business of In family nature, w h ch I shall not be at liber- l.. 4-. .12...-!..... :...\.:...__l.._:._-L;|_~ _ _, ztort, when Miss Letitia reappeared. , She was alixgihtly pale.` her`demean- or 9. mixture of regret and dignity, While a blending pt defiance was do`-V gpicted inher erect attitude. 'I"vn `MAJ .. -I..;_......... 1...... 'III _ i'7 77sn Z: p3&i1ing on `her swain not` to become-_ faint-hearted, giggled 1 |AMra. Pomaonby, A - ` 'I`I1nI-nuwiuhln. nvnunm.-no.-.4 LI`... 1.... 1 u `dole for Mrs. Jennie's inspection and `said as lhat lady rose to go: . vthat I meant what I said when 1 I uu guru vuuuug` aux, Jellle F" `Mrsulennie perceived-that the bride- to-be preferred to talk about her clothes-instead of the -man she had grpmised to marry and made no oth- er effort; to-dra.g_hi.m into converse- tlon. . Mies,Letit.la browght every er- I I u l "Do stay to lunch"; I've so much t tell you yet. I want it understood wrote on the cards I didn't want pree- ente; please makevmy friends under-'__ stand that, will you? I know they will ;wnnt to give me presents; you eun t know how uglad 1. umfthat I am" liked, Jennie. - V Mrs. Alden would not shake Miss ..e'1.itia's iaith in the prove'ssionsxo1' _ri'ende`hi'pn she believed si_ncere,. bu'_t-.. when their spiteful comments `were! recalled it angered her afresh` witfhrl tam.-n1. ' ~ ' ` " uunla U1 .:_u.uu_y vvusc-B wua -uuu1'u- ~ It is astonishing how much pleasure eomepeople derive vfrOm_gt_he distress `or mortification of their frien ..Mrs. `Ponsonby and her corterie erodin- I einuating that something vgas ` wrong; voicing pcity, which their eyes and covuntenancee belied. - g .V verb the pcrolongedg absence. of Miss V titia from_t`he`room,v and wished she .uynIulJ animus:-`u nu.) c.I..-n...-. $4.... ......I!..: Mrs. Alden was becoming wvorriedi Jluvnosu LI-`UI-l.I._IouD LUUJII, uuu VVI-BLIUIIV EMU would return-and sxlence the malnut- ; ans tongues. ' i "`m'|n u uuu1.un`I:uu.zu A... "Ip.r-... _..--_'I_ ...-.4_ Qxasperated, Mrs. Jen- -nie was about to give a crushing re-5 tort, when Miss Ietitia Mreappoarod. . Qhn wan l]`ll'I'i}'|f]I? tlmoln` `hn7:lnannn~n.. \I-A15 laIV'Ir 1903- `It!-J IIVUL 2'10 ' - As" yet the groom had not made Aatppearance, . Miss Letitia had` `,e'x- cused herself a momentor _two, but as the minutes `lengthened into an hour without her returning, signifi- cant glances were exchanged and the buzz or many voices was heard; n I. ..+'.m:.=s.:.... 1...... ........1. ...1............ Miss 'Let?itia've weiaaing `agave _ had arrived. .She was looking extremely handsome, and accepted the effusive coxmrpliments of `her friends in appar- ent good faith; "they declared she did not look a. day over 40. I AR` uni` Vfhn fII'lNIIY\Ia1l/Vl nnf nnnn w1`!7z{1"a`A.I'cI`l;_:olz;`1:ov;1`;)3vu -.EiianslatedV Athe re- markas `it was intendeil,M_a`nd trons`-T ured it for future use, ` all I! DI! ._u.XK *.I.I1 llIl.I.IGI "II IUIJII 3 _- <'_- `L`l\'f1f;; Aldendoes have the"kh'a,ck at taking one by surprise; sheconfuaea presents? I thought you didn_ t mran -that is, I didn't intend to own---`-" "'l\n` I-vrnI~n- J-no`. I"p|`- uuvnun A` nan`.-- ` -"LL-[GD 1D,; UJLIILVL _lIIIvUl>Ill, _UWII .'-- ' That. you" tobk that way otassur-' ingjsdplhy .a number of bouquets and presents? I t'hYuvg'ht you didn t mean `to say that, dear, did you`?"s,u_ggostad the friend, aweetly- Mfll ` Dlnhuv -l\nUl`l|`Ql` `km 3., E ` 'anbt?her; the} fwiiei "nvifr `e`*-* o1liiL;i1'6 " .,[~,}1.:'i Mra Aldeii 'me ant '; . `that her: .8 hIfft" hit . the zi1ark`fhe;e .waa:no doubt. .Mi'a Ponso-nby gazed` after the darriage, and said to iherdear tam-iliarv friend: : umI"..... ALL... 2.... 11.....- 4.1.- I.._`...I. -3 nu. u; can uu.c1. auuugel`-" _ 'TYou nednftlbe uneasy about me; he is a very pleasant man and mm positive we will get on very well to-} gather; as for -love, we are not young; ,ople and have said nothing about; glint, but we will do well enough as` friends. Did you notice that blackl and gold visiting silk,'Jennie ?" l `Mvn ,1ni\n:o nun-tn-`-...I IL..A. LL- I___2 1- I notiice that tho.na1w husband of the -Princess Steplhamo an much short- thanhia hrido. - - Tliatfs nice (:1 him. How so 1 v V . ,Why, ._whon- -she: wants to look * down on him; aha yon ! flnavoqto lgck up; . M1's.lBing*;a--You`M -must` be` careful what you say; to `the cook, dear, or` she will leave. . . . Bongo--Why. was I hard on her? Were you! Why `any one would have thought you were talking to me. |'r:_y . er entirely vuninjuredv. Her fall. had been broken as she was reaching the earth by some fr-ieudxly bra'n_chesj. The bundbeht wood,` too. was in "some mea- "sure a`bulwa"i{k against ,the`ahaock. But `the children foun.d- tlmejr moth-` JIWI LcwI.o_ I Half-para,1yzed xvith fear, her little tlaughtars watched her as she sped from;-their.sight, and than they ran down the inountain, fully expecting 1.0 ndhher lying'de.a.d at thaend of thh wire. And` their fear was quite _natural, since the. mummtzain-tovp from which their mothar._'ha.d been i:orn.is-1 eight hundred yards above the val- ley. - " T` - V `D . ..L:.4-I... ..|..n.1.. _.. r.........:VL1.-:.. __._u- ; I'D.` LU lvlIU- IlJUuLll;i1IlI'lUPo _ ` Q i A few weeks ago she `and her two` 'little daughters ascended the mnun-i ltain, and after gathering three good-1 !Aly bundles out wood, prepared to send! ithem down. Just as the mother had] fastened the first bundzle to the wire, and had launched it on its downward ooi1rse,__l_1er_ wedding ring caught in! the rope with which the bundle wwas I tied, and in a fvalasheshe was carried off` {her feet. _ 3 t`I'_In_._,_-'I_- .1 0:1 p n ga,.... To carry this wood "from the precipi-; tons mountain to her cottage was quite an arduous task.".l`-.he1'lfore she sent it do-wn by m_eans_-`of atrong ..n':1eta1_ wire, stretched from the val-I [loey to thefm-ountzain-top. - ' , I A Fnurrnznnlyu nnnn a;1nA'n.`.-I I}....L L...-| ' IL: 30 xv` LlI\r*vv vuua Teresa Falciola, a woman of Zu~arna,: Italy, recently found out how it feelsi to fly. Near her home,AwhIich nestles: Mn, 4 valley-, is a high wooded moun-g t.a.'in.~ Tuolt it has been her `custoanj to go for fire-wood. ` ! Tn nn-unit 5`-::n unrnnpl "Cubs-v. C-1... ........!..2 i 3-eusunug ucul. uuluunax. . I 5 It is .si'ble that the whites in: I thei-r ef 0- ts to_ brin`t~he'gol-den stool; I to light have been getting quite near! ithe object of their search and this, ; fact may have incited natives who are g 1? in the secret to begin this quarrel with {the foreigners. King Prempeh is now. `in exile in Sierra Leone, tar from his; `native land,_a.nd though he promised,; awhen he begged the British to mnakeg peace with him, that he would; reveal the hiding places of his buried; treasures, he did not keep his word.` He is stilipermitted to retain `the rude but valuable jewelry which was , in. his -possession. when he surrender- ed, and he isquite a gorgeous objectf when hefshows himself in state {at} Freetown wearing his yellow ;B8._tln: rousers and a weight of `gold.orna-u iments that makes him appear like a; "bees-t'v'o1Arbur.den,'_ " I - , ; , _._.-.._ .----g vvugv- cg. nun... w-u_ A great deal of gold was produce in Ashanti for many years and most! of_ it found its way into the hands of the_King and the nobles. The precious . .1naetal'1Vas worked up intorudely fash- 'i0nedjew'elry or adornment/S for -U16 a.tti_'re and furniture of the wealthy class and a `great many of these pro- ducts` of the native goldsmiths were buried with every man of importance. The `natives say their fathers have be.-_| lievedfor hundreds of years that the! burial of gold in their gmves assured } .them '0! great blessings in the next `world; and white men who have vis-! ited the country say that gold to the; value 0! 85,000 or more, is hidden in; many a. grave. Perhaps these stories; are exaggerated, but at any 9ute.,'_ `there has `been in the past three% jyea.rn,' a good -deal of this sort of gold` ,.mining- near Cumassi. I `[4 :n -v...n:'1..1.. 4-1...a. LI-.. ...1.:4._. :_ Thegolden "stool was the Ashanti s'u.bfi:tute tor a throne, andit was- reputed to be made four` the most part of gold. {It was a large-article of fur- niturecand was perhabs, worth some thousunda of,dollars.- The British have been searchingyor this valuable relic and in fact have been digging holes mi` and wide around-Cumnassi in the hope of. unearthing other tre_asurea., IU||All'llU\.I" Lucu ' >- ..I But where did you m_eet.the many you expect_ to marry, Letitia? I. would not gxve my life into` the keep- Ing of an _utter stranger." needn tVbe uneasv abnnt .mn: The dolilen Stool I-`uiu-es in-the I -rest-It M 4 _lIprliIngve! the Natives. . "1`_he iBritish,a:re now` sending afew `hundred troops from the "coast to Cumassi; the oLd -capital of Ashanti. to punish the natives there who have taken up arms_ `against their white rulers, killed and wounded anumber Oxf the British police and prevented the missionaries and` other whites from leaving the town`. An official re- port received at the coast s-ays the unrising is due to the efforts of the British to obtain possession of the golden stool ocf Ashanti. At the time `King Prempgh `surrendered to the British expedition which defeated hjm four years ago, it _was asserted that the `King hndrburied the golden stool `with thousa.nds.oIt dollars worth of `other valua'bfe property, hoping `that; some time he might be "able to regain these treasures and use-them to his own advantage. V - flVI_- _ _ _ I 1, 1 A- Iraq I _ . ; ~ f`Emb'ellislh - it until we wouldn't know it; but there's `one thing she won't enjoy anymore; expectations of sharing m.y_fortune. I shall leave my money as a "fund, for old maids trons.- nnnti-C JIIII-IUI-I II;|nlIICI - _ "-'..What5_a good. joke," `gasped Mrs. Jennie, "wouldn't it make the Rich- mond` `dames 090.11, their eyes? V It shall go no further. though '1 would like Alyn to know, it you have no ob- jection. What would Mrs. Ponsonby say on --1:*.....1~.1'1:V..xt. :1. ....J-:1 ..... .......1.:..H- imat-.Aun's now wxm ASHANTI. :`V ."`:'T; 'boyond: tIi. `ilibwdr-i'6t%-1expressi6n but `When she did r`eoo`ve r~-her merry la ugh- ter vyqs deligih-t_ul to hearand was jined by Letitia. ' '.`\V'l1n+v in grant` inlrn ' 'onnn`nt1 lTrn_ .~_1j~B'r `}oh;f, `; :}`.}iu}px_:i:d. Lnziilbratt % I-19? marriage _conId jnot-;. take; -. :pl`gce-8-beoo;_u"se" there` waa;.,no :bridegr_oam at `all ;~ now if;_ s out."i ' 5 1:-.. _..__ 11-4.. :11 ,_ ___-_ ..__;...__:..-.1 co_1smoN BUT VCOURTEOUS; A PERFECT DESCENT. .ABUsn?E. ' `She fingered the glistemng folds unt` 0!. q ' I lovingly. and Mrs. Alden looked anal admired, then said: . .. I)ul- `uh--- .12. ! ..-.... _-;_A. L1,- J I.\ltlIIar LordV_IIerbert. WHO married. the vdnughter ow! Major-General Charles Ashe ` a} Court, was `a,,r,hsoan`de'zi.t-_-of Horbut .Fitzh,er'b8rt3:-mohgzmherlain. tb ~ Jl QCI-Jill? Severndroog Castle, an _ `attractive ` featurebof the landscape at Shooters` Hi1l,- iaaiiriangular tower, erected in 1784 by the j_.widow of Sir William James in honor. other husband, who so distinguished himself against the pirates onfthe Indian Seas, one of his exploits being the capture ofthe fort-1 rose of Severndroqg, .on1;]1_e Malabar Coast, in 1775. This quaint war-relic is only atew hundred'j`yard.s from the .1 Hospital.` . .1 .....`.I` II..._l...".'.1." V _=__5_'-` , -- -- uu-u.u:u_y vvao ruxuvuu LU L~'nEL}l_aIDg F The Arsenal dates back to at least ` V.-miralty rendered 10,000 guns obsolete: Eat once, extended the work enor-Q gmouslly. Steam power was intro-E ;duced, and important machinery i hzdopted, and the wharves and piers; erected. The royal gin facto1'ies* were built in 1854-5, for . the menu.-i feature of the wrought-iron ordnance , 1667,-w'hen Prince Rupert was ordered - `by the second Charles to raise works land batteries at Woolvyioh, and build! gin. the w_arren s platform with 60 guns i `as adefence against the Dutch. Some? lauthoritiea even date it back toAE1iza-; both`; but lnuny case it was not until ! 177_3_11hat it was visited by.aireig`ningl sovereign,` when George III.., went ' _ there on July 6; -ABOUT THE ARSENAL. H 1`here'w`us but little variation in the `Arsenal until 1840, n the Peninsular campaign keeping it uniformly busy `for a series of years, bu.t.the newde-A: . 'velo;puments- consequent .on_ the re-_' - arinanent oi the na_vy,"whenot_he. Ad- 1 invented by. Sir` Williafm -Armstrong, - but rioecrcannon only `dates` bee}: to-T` 1360 . vgvvhen" ntheffirst s`pecinnens `were turned out, o and. nearly azyeare-.l'a't_er - the _ti;ra_tj [heavy-. Ann1str.on?g, = 1(_X_)-penny 5 ;d.erv. . bI'eeohl-oadgg. iv&s_e::1n`o,v'ed-Jat'theo * A. .5. The dockyerd was not finished until i_1843, but additions were made to it ;earlier in the century, the extension. `works being carried out by convict : labour, but the immense graving dock, ,'the- great basins`, and the building jalips added in the year mentioned en- slarged the dockyzud to 56 acres, with '9. river frontagelof 3,680 feet. Even before 1This- addition Woolwiche was {considered the. mother dock or; the .- lkingdom, and drew epra_ie from the: Emperor of Russia` when the alliedl ,so'vereigns were V-isiilng the Arsenal! Jlin..1814. But the end of the "Yard"! came in 1869, when `the workmen were . `rung out for the last time on Sept.TI 18, and the greater part of the ma-5? ehinery was moved to C-`hat,h,am._4 ` __ ; Thu Alinnven` .-In;-...-. 'I..._I_ -'.- 5 -I--In-cI.u1aL. ' ' V ' I Then came the-launch of the Royal .Albert on Saturday, May 13, 1854.0 iwhen. the Queen accompanied by the J |5Princess Royal, the Prince of Wale's,1 jPrince Alfred, and the Duchess oft gKent was paresent amid some 60,000` ; spectators. _ England and'Russia were - fat the beginning of the war, and the bognxlburtlment "of Odessa had- just` drawn attention to the navy, to which ' ' the Royal Albert was to be added. ' CONVICT LABOR USED. The roads from London swarmed with `coaches, gigs, phateons, and over a hundred steamers and yachts carried `sightseers to points of vantage on the f river. On that day her Majesty were :8 bright blue silk dress and a white ;'_drawn* silk bon-net trimmed with E4-4-IV 511115, LUUK plca On June 21, 1844: iroses. The bottle of wine with which `the ohristening was performed, was lane at those which Lord Nelson had gon board the Victory-at the battle of _ ; '.l`ra.falgar. X 'l`hn-1 p...-.....'.l..- l-_;,,| .,J- .1`. -s - vw-ynn '.IJUIv\l(l UAJUL U- `The ;vo-;ost notable visits {he Queen to Woolwioh were in 1841 and 1854. The launch of the 'I`rafalgar, 120 guns, took place on June 21, 1844. 4.1. rnd frnrn -Inrnnvngd ---1 _t', . - --v--- Inc-Z iv K-3 V` .71 I From the very earliest times Wool- ' wich has been the starting point `of expedit-ions, frogn those of the early Britons,` who harried the coasts of Gaul in Caesar's day, to the Arctic exploration undertaken by Sir John` Franklin in 1845, and that of Sir James Ross in 1848. j VISITS OF` ROYALTY. In the earlyyears of their married life it was the custom of the Queen. and Prince Albert to departfrom the dockyard, both for Scotland and the Continent, and many important launches have taken -place there._ I\l-... J..... .,l A A - - ' '- ` " III IIIUUUU like it 3* Rho fin " Woolwich has been varied. in spell- ing from Hulviz "in the Doomsday Book, 1086,-which. has been inter- preted "the dwelling on the creek."_ to the modern method `by the my ot `owilwiche, Wooldwich, Wolnovich. Woollidge, Wulenic, and Wulewich. `- '- "' 3'`` `"J ``'V" `' "'"Q"" There is nothing of the mushroom growth about the town of -Woolwioh. The` Earlier chronicles carry us back, if vaguely, to the days of Alfrdthei Grea_t--\ywbhen there was a parish g; h`"`h U18. `now nearly 1,100- years ,- ago. . -. . ' ' I 4 "7 u . - _' - . , I , '1 J1-`ha -`7 ?`i`!iifI'Il`i-i iii,l,:`}lrse--`"1 tetrhe Her*beft":Hspii1 at .V~*oo1w1ch; L England, has 24 ;wf,aerds *iIi`g-"all. in one- ` icorner ot* Ward; again,-.na poof fel-` `low s'j eye `out of a -bewildering T array; of sticking-plaster patches. In another, a-stalwartinfantryman hob- bles along with _a bullet in one toot. All around are signs out `war; but not. a syllable of boast; no p9sin'g, not the slightest trace oi" brag -at having -taken part in agreat historic strug- gle. The Herbert Hospital boasts of `a libraryof some 600 or 700 volumes, which are well patronized by the wminded Tommies. The hospital` pos- sesses` an uncommonly handsome little chiapel as well as a theatre.--not an operating theatre - "complete with stage, scenery, and every historionic requisite. Just now the auditorium is strewn with the kits of the re- turning troops, and similar articles which "tell. a tale more moving than any that have been, or could be, enacted on its pretty little stage. i l1'\L..._- 1 `A IiilznrbRFs;5Er"ANn%vio6N5za % T -.SOLDlER8. ' ...-~..vu we-I l\II ("Jo When I suggegteq that be hand mm the dlterence between tho amount he had put in the collection basket and the guro he mentioned for my min-; sionary work. be stopped Iud_denly,i `V looked `at me with his mouth with open i and then slowly pulled from` hls`.pock- `at 54.90, which-=ne handed to me` with- out aj word.-`!_te_v . Cyrus Townsend 7o;`_l31".aidy,;i_1`I?,1_}?oilies r B_om"e J ournnl. V ..4-n.--wvu .u: uuuxt-an IUI Ill CHIS manner: . `-`Say, parson. thst.there`servlc,e; and sermon was grand. .I wouldn't have missed `em for $5." ' " win... -I -,, - - - -- .2 ? ,3 1 pwcllecl the Oolleqtlon. 1 . A man-came up to me one day after Iervicetin a frontier town and was .p_lea'sed to address mo In this ; Ugy nnmann I-Ia-4. 41..-..- _-r - uuu Luwuuuu an xu-auxcuuug we-ea. "What a power of harm-.auch women ` can do at times! I do not se as a reformer, but I really woul like to` rocgll the ducking stool for their. nefit. Poor Letitia! I. hope she a not {chosen unwisely." Her musings ceased as thevooach-A m.un`drew rein before the rett old`- gshioned garden of the V oug tons. TR. .1TII'II TOE .l`Y\|n* `I1 flan troy-4] I`-. Now Governor : Tea For Their? : tersburg of the Rnssian police which ; the papers pronounce to be exceeding- 1 - ly characteristic. A new governor was I Alertneu Was A Failure. A4-good storyis being told in St. Pe- sent to a certain town in the interior, and the inhabitants at once began to; . complain that the police were badly, organized, since, however much they were wanted. they would never come! -mihen they were sent for. The govern- or determined .to test this for himself, no one night he set out for the barn _ rack; where the police and the tire _ brigade were quartered. Ho accosted! I I i the sentry: uh- ...-__ .n.._ J. ....v ..-v -vs-on-av wllwubv FLCVCIICIL 1 I That will do. said the governor in 3 last. You have whistied your utmost. ` Q and nobody has come; but, at any rate. ; your conscience is tranquil. Now you i can go to sleep. The man could have been` murdered two or three times over. It is unnecessary to overdo it by trying i to wake your comrmles,_ who appear to j `IIQGD like the dead. The czar should 3 be proud of such etoavca eoldiers. ` ! `With that "the `go nor, went on. congratulatixigwhimself that no one . would be likely to accuse his police of ' having 3 _ehare in the` midnight mur- den: of the town. V guvuvosu nuts 0 uurtux. E` A Rotherhithe baby is learning to _snswer_ to Louisa Pretoria, and St. jGeorge s circus has a brace of sturdy ilittle nwmesakes of the British com- umander-in'-chiet in South Africa. The L Central Hackney register contains k__ the names of five commemorative ba- bies--Theodore Alexander Pretoria, ' Robert George Redvers, Cyril George ' Dundonald, Frederick Redvers and Henry Frere George. .Q1..-..-.n:+..1. .......i..:... ..>1.....-.. a-_:'._ . ..--.. --u-nus--cu uunto IV IIIULIC. The soldier blew, but not a soul an- uvored, He blew again and again. but the same silence prevailed. IWl`l.- "an .2. n ---.2 4- ....v nwwul an V "Good, Let us suppose some one is being murdered here. - Whistle." rm... ....1.a:-.. u_u-_ L. - --- -uf-vu' - * ` Dov youuknoyw Tme?A"' . ` Yes; your excetlency." V . - . g "If a man was being murdered close 5 -by, would you quit your post? I I . Never, yonr excellency. _Good. said the governor. "You% know your duty. Well. what would you do? T 1 Vwl .v;'>uld blow` my winstle to rouse` the guar ." III`___I 9 I iv Amvyeu street, uaremont square, E._ 0., has 3. Margaret Ellen Lady- smith Angram. ' 'n`:\nuvu`o\v|ln:ws nan .. IVL_!_L2___ 3125 I-LI 11155 (ll-III Bloemfoniein as a Christian name: has yet to find-popularity. ` 11.0111 .5 :-950 990550: I Shorediltch can claim a`James spion Kop Skinner, the I011 of a night-_ watczhman, while in the New Kent Road district there are Phyllis ]Mary g Redvers Halsail, James Albert Red-1 vers Kirby, Edward Redvers Gods- mark and Hector Macdonald Matthew. !l`he roaster at 128 Kennington Road has a filliam Roberts and 3. Fred- erick Redvers; Depford produces a Harry Glencoe and a Lily Colenso ; End Old Town contributes a,,Co1enso, a. Redvers, aiKruger, u Tgela, and a Pretoria, while the register kept at 49 Amwell street, Claremont We (V, an n Nfnl-aura} "Kilian T-.1.. odd WmZ)::i_r1'-. "-6'",t1I"vaI';-}"};vo 'L"f{s". titi`a a she made a gesture as it she had touched an ill-smelling we-ed. `