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A WOMAN'S LOVE! OR, A BROTHER'S PROSISE = di CHAPTER: XVII.--(Continued.) ss curiously complicated seaey, of noew Russian riental ma: vring, in- aha Ch jugglery om "{and Thibetan efforts fo throw off a ha suzerainty circles round ve Bishop sence Braga ne acoly- with Cross The With much pacing up and down, and many a stop to look at the choir begin Pe chon a hymn belt _portrait, Hector fought his wey |i4, pre nes Ore through the monkish tongue; and as Thon ' procession forms, . and he vend he could not help a have him. sec-- he-himself ¢ould not but see. came to "the glory and peac saints' he sat open tn. his hand, nmulet to mon to his s eya As h sum- shiver at the parallel Don Augustin would o--the distorted = e of the down, the little book | ©. o panorama that had unrolled "isselt before him how many times--London, the palace ie moves slowly up the nave to stately space before her, ar space behind--the Queen ! aara blind the eyes, sonfething cat- ches in the thront--God ! so youne, so beautiful, so lonel Not heart: in ali the vast Cathedarl but leaps to her, so young, so beautiful, Maddalena, the Isle of Palms, Asun- ta, Caldera, and the cave of a Jone. welcome; the tent: in the lines and ow she aor at the foot of the the hour of hours; moment | throne, and so remains Sows 'the that - had been his liie since yon one magnificence " the Mas rainy night in. August. nd now to-day is come, the first day of the contury; and ° O! it is all a dream searchin -- of the musie, thé plaining of violins, flutes, day, in an hour or two, BMuddalena is to be crowned Queen of free Pal-|hautboys, the piercing clamor o metto--yet the bells that ring !n-her|clarions, the subdued bourdon of his ha uppiness, for . he leaves the Isle the organ, the silver shrill of boys' voices--all e° poignant influences of Palms for ever: leaves Maddalena, | pluck with persistent fingers at his leaves ioe and the joy of life be- | strung nerves. It is a dream, a ind. dream After the coronation. there is to, The 'low voices of the priests in- be a banquet and reception, | toning, the flash and glitter of their and honors are to ne bestowed on | vestments, the gleam of the jewelled whom the Queen desires to distin-|Cross, the slow swing of golden guish. Then' comes the farewell--|censurs, the mysterious, drowsy niust be hiddon for the farewell that away under smiles, the people wisps of 'canis smoke, the awe, the hush--a dream, ao dream, a dream ! Dave keen eyes bei look for happy} But no, no. tt is no dream. It faces. A n--the sea, London, /is she, it is she, it is Maddalena, the old life. Is that possible ? heart of his heart and blood of his The reveric drifts into vision--such | bloo And every word said or as comes to the Highlander when | SU"8, ry note of music, every his hour is nigh. Maddalena and | movement o of censer and Cross, takes ke are alon The last word is: er farther and farther away from spoken, the last kiss is 'taken: hand | him; slowly tears her from him, clasps hand, and he turns to feed by clinging fibre, and now is All is dark--all is dark : a nak pant we the last The little book, The Life, Death enc ril that binds them is to be cut and Deed of he Illustrious ane --and his, his is the hand that must Virtuous Knight, Senor Don Tald- press tho knife down upon the living drops sharply Hector hears, 'om bis dream : the sound seems fo be part of it. 1 is dark still. But now, slowly t takes a core of light, blurred and faint at first, ing, growing, white sheet, a sheet of silver cloth. It is a poll--ah! and it covers a _bicr--a single blood-red rose lies on it; a rose that looks like a --e neainst the splendid white. t foot of the bier rests a gold. That is on altar there, the high altar of some lofty cathedral. 'And now he sees the glimmer of can- er seen , the thick shadow begins phing and Maddalena gocs from him For Palmetto would do him high- @st honor; and it has been laid down by the Master of the Ceremonies, /taggll ag than Don Augustin (ah! the se old surgeon !), that when the Bishop asks the question, "Who giveth tho Crown to Maddalena ?"' he, Hector, shall take the gaud and, presenting it to the prelate, say-- he, who has won it for rect for the free people of Palmetto." It is the toneless voice of 'the Bis- op . "Who giveth the Crown to Madda- ena ? Hector makes a step forward, and ho with both hands lifts the simple dies, the pale lambent glow of | the A ° ee lamp that burns continually, the | gd ee pe on purple pane: pallor of marble iummns, and the | or ese] 1] pata ro é rs kneels. The eyes are blind, but the rich hues of priestly vestments as ee * dim fyures go to ani Te his hands are steady, and the voice is ear comes the deep murmur of un that 2 anes Tae all al muaic organ if strains his eyes to ar NAS OW! MANE [on Bt >, pierce ho pall, to see--to see-- " for the free peuple of Palmet- yut is gone. Involuntarily he) a F dive tse out his arm, forgettin . cone tet nue -ser-sihale, She aint And the opening thunders of the wakes) him, and he is aware that fo "Deum -rolt ---- voicing Alasdair is looking down on him in wonder and dismay "It is gone, . "gone, just as it went that nisht "What's gone, Heckie 2" Alasdair lays a hand lightly on his shoulder. "For the (second time, the second fime ! O! God, it must not be Mad- dalena."* "What's the matter, Heckie man what s the matter 'The bier and ME silver pall, the rese and wh. I vy them once in Lo I see the again to-day--to of all days And I cannot se lies bel ut it nust not be. .c shell not he °° The quick eve of Alasdair notes a speck of blood on Hector's right shoulder He speaks in Gaelic, with the fretful note of a mother chiding her child "You're just a hairn, Hector Grant. Look at your arm out of the napkin, the blood coming aha O, what ---- you do without me ? the grave joy of a free people, the death of two souls that Love made live--to die. (To be Continued.) --_4------- COREANS IN WHITE. Hats Are Black 'and siomy and aped uriously Sh It is only the lower classes of Corc- ans Whose garments are dirty. he age class Coreans wear an is " peababey unexcelled anywhere n earth, is certainly the i ag in the Orient, and as its ow variably swings along with a super- cilious swagger, as if Ke and he alone were the owner of the street and all he surveyed besides, the incongruity of his manly gait, 'contrastea wit his exceedingly efleminate dress, thing which ee be see ougy appre jh is a n to be thor- 8 KL muruar, ted. tonat re ~ muruar, and hold' your mney in white from head to With fingers that had never aught foot, the white being sometimes vari- but Love for teacher, Alasdair tends | ed cream colored silk, every gar- him, patting down this pad, binding ment pri of spotless cleanliness. He that bandage aright again, and set-| Wears the baggivst of baggy breeches, tling, so as to give the most pit ctemed just above the ankles, an port with the least irk, the purple = padded white socks are partially silk sash that makes the sling nclosed in white and bla cloth "Now," he says, when all is fin- waiklaka. Le wears in summer ao silk ished to his satisfaction, 'now | or grass cloth coat of gauzy texture you'll do. Come e little | which is tightened ten the armpits man" (thu he spouts of Bravo) and spreads loosely from there down- "sent me to look for you; it's time | wards, an being stiffly laundered, to start----Tighearne ! What's meee out in a ridiculous manner all that ?"° ind od legs like the starched frock We has caught sight of the por- of a littl child. trait of Von Baldassare, and is d he wears a hat not stagger h rough and freckled | unlike that formerly worn by Welsh skin turns ash-color, and his hand | fsherwomen, on © crown is not is All Highlanders | ,, high B elucidating words are cut short, for through the open comes the sudden noise of trumpets calling.in the gardens of Triana, op- the comes the shouting of posite the palace gates; comes ring of stecl; _crowds; comes a cry of impatience rom Brzvo. "Hasten, hasten. Her Majesty waits {" A and Hector is ready. Her Majesty waits--waits, not black but in white, white, a very dazzling, a bride-- composed,' hand, and he leads per lo the car- riage, i hich, lovely and lonely crowned only with her hair, she pass through her .people. sel! Alasdair helps him to mount the usual such black Arab, her gift. Bravo is on - his' right hand, Ramiros on his left ind. me quomsts beh door second's pause, a decp breath, office e--nay, rather, a new Iphigenia, setting out to lay her heart on the altar of her clear scen within its airy wa e » and they m On 'Anis side a long line of white. - and sam a vang-ban (aristocrat) showed that ade o: of it. top is a brim about four inches wide, the weather, but to form e for an equally curiously shaped skull- cap, Which in turn contains the = knot. This hat is worn on all the street and rm gauzy construction enables to be plainly --_ EASY, YET HARD. The merchant was booking an or- name h f, and made a mess of it, as is "Let me sec, he said. 'You spell ol name t easy way, don't onves,"" replied the customer. suppose it seems easy to most peo- ple. but it's really Hard.' This did 'almettos, thousand ' "on thousand, cheering and cheer T not help, the | . ' waving hats and fings| "1 beg your pardon, he confessed, a h an co "but I Shalt b bave to ask you how to shawls. Bells c i ts re it.' a joice,. rifles. rattle to ie presont--| "Oh, it's A easy to spell." and over all the from lov-| "But didn't you sey a moment ago ing throats the ionoeaiteiaa call of|that it was : addalcna, Maddatena, Maddal- "Yes, and so it is. But it's easy, lena 1" too." It scems pul ae ae wido- flung door of the Cathedral, where "How do you make that out?" "Begaune it's Hard--Hre-rd.": n 45 essence © "T history of Colonel Younghusband's mission ate me og biomes city of 's the London Express. To ke this history plain ia "the light sy cal bade recor it im news colum to clear the ground of some nae tent misconceptions. Chie "7 of the mission, is a sac! As a mutter of fact, Lhasa is purely a prieat-orpatati stronghold. has not,' and never has had, any inher- Bound up in "this atemineeptian | as o the sanctity of the city is hi theory that it is the headquarters, oa rhe he gre is not even Tuddhism, pol in a diluted and corrupted inves of suint-worship and the ador ation of many gods, with the addi- of the Buddhistic doctrine of TROUBLE Is OLD. A third misconception is that the Imperial Government have been all along alm at the annexation of Thibe as had no ew, and and until the hostility of the Thibctans--in- duced on the one hand by Russian agents and on the other by the Vice- roy Szechuan--made the advance of ol. Younghusband with his hand- ful of Sikhs impossible, the mission was purely a peaceful one. Nor is the mission a thing of to- day or yesterday It has now reached within some 180 miles of Lhasa; it sturted of Warren Hastings. in these days, now, tho establishment such purpose tilities are pie gun in recent times, in 1886, the Thibetans . invaded the Sikkim, and fighting on the high alti- tudes near the Jelap Pa CONVENTION NOT KEPT. Tibet has been tributary to China since it was finally conque by that country in 1720, but when re- presentations were made at Pekin with regard to this invasion of 'Sik- kim, th Shinese Government clared its complete terfere with the activity e the fact that this powerlessness the a (then Viceroy of India) with the ob- ect of delimitating the Thibet Sikkim frontier and facilitating trade relations between t and India. tions were to the terms of the convention. But if any single one of those regula- lations has been carried out the circumstance has certainly escaped notice. THREATENED TRE/ ATY. The Thibetan authorities have ex- pended endless ingenuity in ob- structing trade routes across Himalayas, and in making commer- ciul intercourse with India impossi- ble. They have not hesitated to arrest and imprison Dritish subjects; they have opposed every effort to adjust the northern boundary of Sikkim; and they have resolutely re- fused to make any effort to carry out the terms of the convention. In this attitude of undisguised he stility Thibet has all along been prompted hy Russia. Of that circumstunce there is evidence too ample to be dis- puted. Four years age Russia vas suprtying the Thibetansa with arms, missvens Were exchanged ber ween the two countries, and a Russian sub- ject and agent was directing the at- titude of the lamas from Lhasa itself. In 1902 Sir Ernest Satow, British o toll concluded a secret treaty with China guaranteeing to maintain the integ- rity of that country. © price was Thibet. was a ste warning from Lord Lansdowne to the Chineso Government if take steps to protect her ow terests. ; CHINESE CONTROL, During o brief period of quiescence which followed, tho Viceroy of Sze to which portions of Th a tached in 1787--the sulk of Thibet's trade has passed for more than hundred years and the viceroy bound to resist, by all the dubious nown to Chinese diplomacy, the a i fitable commerce untion thus experienced a8 fresh complica third complication lay in the fact that the Chinose suzerainty over Thibe ing pow- er. Early in last year Lord Cu zon, sg -- out that all past attem: deal wit ibet tenen og China had failed, declared at the Indinn Government "re- ed the so-called suzcrainty of China as a ee fiction--a political affectatio: only been maintained- te of its con- venience to both parties": and, un- a - be added an, i Russian in a8 ving every- thing its own way. Chinn and the we wand Jor- st saggrs was willin ious, burn Dg, onxi cg a the road to India's tease, "mt or- so short-sighted, so Fopiingec 80 stinate and le Joes kins, appealed to in the same way, torted in same 5 t PRESENT MISSION. and political | of pou, into an affair "But thatthe peace of the Thibetan is threatened have achieved its aim before that point is reached. GERMANY LOSING GROUND SUFFERS IN THE NEW GROUP- ING OF NATIONS. * Yngilo - sip "Agreement a Men- ce to man intricacies of high igi are not often interesting to the eral public, but the partially veiled rapid changes now taking place in the fam- ily of nations are well worth the at- tention even of cosual observers, says i. It is not possible pective att Powers when the time arrives for a settlement of the Far Eastern mer tion at the close of the present w That the situation will be very dif. ferent from the cone prevailing at tho outset of the conflict is alread, ment is quite irrespective of belligerents as factors in the gencral situation. The chief change is in the position i Indications multiply of diseomfiture German the recent develop- and British press during the last few ays. It is recognized throughout Europe that the Kaiser's cacti op- ee oe of the trouble larg at no ex- tho noukie. ot -- na- Props bas been t mall, if not stiegicans,. ponsibiitty GERMANY'S DISAPPOINTMENT. gocs stasis further. glo-I'rench agreement an tl botween Fran Italy, whi be strengthened by President "a visit to Rome, is regaravd as a serious menace to Ger- man interests:in several directions. It is feared, and with some reason, lz * pep is in the a now-a-days is to prevent a war from i jie. ° The Thib- |spreading, end involving the whole of Sais, buoyed up by false hopes and | Europe: Yct, according to the 'law Russian promises ined to .be]of nations, intervention is not recog- roken, have all along been n- d. Interference, armed or other- vinced that Britain would bring no |wise,. has been justified for sundry force to bear upon her wishes. a such as to prevent further whole history of "the matter has joqusion of blood, in scli-defence, or yielded support 'to that view. There 't) put an end t state of anarchy ;| but 3 ye fighting at Gyan from which other nations may suficr, ut in all. human_ probability the as when England, France, and Russia iG TION" IN 'TIME On WA: Convelition Provides thx _ Friendly- Mediation, Not for Armed Intervention. Tt.is a curious feature of modern pean sc chief difficulty ndings, ententes cordiales, the interfered between the Sultan of 'Tur- key and his rebellious subjects, in 1827. EXERCISING THE RIGHT. According to Article Three of the ague Coavention of 1809, "Powers, o the dispute, have the "The cx- ercise of this right can never be = re- rded by the parties in conffet 44 an unfriendly act.' Vhis, of course only provides for friendly. mediation, and not for armed intervention. Yet though international Jaw ignores in- ----_. the thing itself remains a stern European intervention was the =i ret hope of the late Boer Republics in their struggle against the overwhelining might of England. European intervention was prevented by Great Britain during the Spanish- American War of 1898. In the latter case, any interference by European Powers would have been intervention | sreRPAEHC JOSTIFIED afte famous, "All -the Euro resented | man peri the eee: indicating that the Con- n July 138th gress was begun, and o the Treaty of Terlin rae. signed, This warfare 'that, in consequence of the! was changed, was chielly the work of complicated. interests of the Great |the British representatives, Lords Powers, the word 'intervention' is nsficld and Salisbury.--London -tgooner or later sure to be mentioned | Answers. aes an armed conflict. a eae ee ere is no longer the old tendency to form a ring and [et the combat- SOVEREIGN OF THE BAST |car ants fight it out by themselves. What -- of {with Dual and Triple Alliances, "un-| VLADIVOSTOCK, SITUATION AND FORTIFICATIONS. Regarded Vy Russia as the Hub of Greater Russia in the t. The extraordinary dash which char- + eagitee the Japanese forees may any v threaten the safety of that won- derful fortress = the Pacific, Viadi- vostok, e Pall Mall Gazette Russians hare pa Viadivistok, as the key of 'the Pacific. I believe that a literal translation' of the name gives the tithe "Sovereign of the * to the Sho upon which the lavished ee and Viadivostok is pre-cminently a fortress. "The inter- army and navy centre around the fortenes of services the place has up. Tt is also the chief town Siberia--in fac of Russian influence in th It is so much more formidab Port Arthur, so much more magnifi- cent than 'Dalny, so much larger than Khabarovsk, and it possessed = suc an admirable harbor, that it is not surprising that the Russians regard the town and its surroundings as the hub of Greater Russia in the Fast. The town is situated on the slopes ef a high) ridge forming a tapering penieuils which projects into an ir- la ego th is a upon intervention, as the cause of the war, in the first place, was the Unit- lw ed States intervening between Spain | and the Cubans. t the opening of the year 1898 the Spanish authoritics had not succeeded | in pacifying Cuba, though since 1895 ; no less than 225,000 Spanish troops | had been sent to the island, In their | desperate efforts to suppress the in- | surrection the Spanish resorted oma see cruclties, especially er Gen Weyler--*'the Butcher," as he' was ni icknamed--assumied -- the | direction of affairs. the "reconeentrados" ized world shudder. The indignation | Fe the United States was daily grow- | ng hotter, and one New York news: | oon went so far as to offer a large | reward to anyone who would kidnap Wey ler. PROFITABLE INTERVENTION. r the sinking of the "Maine-' in arbor, by which disaster 259 officers and men lost their lives, the birdig wd in the United States ould no longer be --. and President McKinley's Mes: to Congress, dated April 11th, 1898, re- viewed the gone state of affairs and plainly hinted a resort to acms A _Joint resolution demanded of made the civil: | » There he p which the Germans at the prosent m ment are inclined to exaggerate, that Great Britain and Russia may reach long been The chance of this development would- grow rapidly if the war should con- ee along the line of Japanese suc- There are signs in Russia of rapidly growing resentment against those re- sponsible for plunging the country in- this foolhardy War. he Crar intelligent subjects would glacly abandon all schemes of aggrandizement in = Far East if they could end the wa WITHOUT LOSS oF PRESTIGE. This, of course, is i ssible in thr present situation; but the attitude in- dicatcs how easy it would be to ar with Grest Britain, France and United States in full accord, the op- portunity for Germany to profit by the outcome of the war is extremely small The lesson which Russia is now learning at the hands of Japan tends to nder settlement of serious questions with Great Britain in India and Persia much more feasible than a few months ago. France will assured- ly do her utmost to facilitate such an adjustment if a willingness is shown come to an understanding. Hence Emperor William is nad ° that his = are being rev e@ however, that he wat fall into the. 'dire dilemna which ent remains the greatest human figure in urope. The wonderin genius of his a aligeh omen oe e aspect of European ---- COSTLY BASKET. et recently changed oeitton looms of strung beads, rim an upright row "oF little black quails' plumes. Altogether there were cighty 5 planes, which required the sac- ny quails, and at least 150 weaae robbed to furnish the ae scarlet -- Pd the ai Pi as original it f res, an it was sold not very ae aa for $1,625. head rested ulder, wa lier little hand. lay confidingly in "Tell me, Alfred," said thie happy idan. hae FOU ou_ever came to pick me out as the girl you. wanted to marry." "Well, - Dora," fapiied'- tha sostatie young map in a gush o! confidence. "it waa mother That ut me up 0 |r Then camo the tardy decision a PA ger <p should be muzzled. es aeawe who sealinon f the o-|Spanish forces from Cuba, em- powered the President to employ the whole military and naval resources of the United States to carry It into 2nd Spain formally and eventually handed Rico and the Syanish West | possessions United States, while Cuba became free. It will thus be seen that America's benevolent interference on behalf ©} oppronece Cubans directly re a great gain of territory to the e in Jajtin just now must be often thinking of the events 0 when the intervention 'of and Germany robbed them of much of thr fruits'of vie- tory. The plucky little Jap had ad- well-deserved correction to the Chineso dragon; and the Treaty | of Shimonoseki was signed on April | 16th, 1895, the late Li Hung Chang |) being the Chinese representative. By 2 > 8 instrument China agreed to pay | o less than two { her victorious of Formosa and This arrangement did not suit some of the European all, so Russia, France, anc ermany protested. AFLS" OF JAPAN. It was even asserted at the time that the Czar's Government has Pekin, allow- Siberian -] fi railway ive to that port of Russian ships of war. intervening Powers re- quired that Japon should give up, Port' Arthur and all th: portions of | the mainland ceded to her by © China, in consideration of which she was to receive an additional thirty million taels .of indemnity. This noturally r the Japanese, who had spent ponent, supported the Japs there would have been a European war 80 stupendous as to dwarf every armed conflict in history. : Great Britain, however, advised Ja- she did: but it war like nation, newly victorious over vO mean ay At the end of August the Japan troops evacuated Port Ar- | thur, ge dismantling the forts. The | cynical bad faith with which the Rus- possessed them | selves of the port had no parallel ev- | they say that they cave neu Pag own back.' RESTR RAIN ING RUSSIA. 8rd, in tha ear San Stefano was ae by the a th @ the ceatotn May vd her -- Lligie La and the testing, Russia was brought to eek 'sian authorities, | ling of pretty women from San F the gen lad ane carried out. ts of the landlocked . the Golden continuous chains of and defensive | positions. The lofty hills on the northwest protect the port from the 'land side, and in the deep water 0 TUE GOLDEN HORN Horn, which is four miles long and "halt a 'mile in width, ships ride safely at \ anchor, free 'Tror the menace of at- k and beyond the reach of tho wea- The guns mounted on the hills are plainly visible from the water in n number of places, while in curious jcontrast to the snyiting muzzles these pieces of artillery are the clus- ters of suburban residences which are seattvred about the'hillside, even i in places to the level of the tac ther ~ "The main street runs cast and west through the business quarter and across the railway track Bay and cast past the Government buildings. The main street, Svetland- skaya, namec med after the frigate upon which "the Grand visited e port in. 1873, follows the curve the street and ground, are the residences of the Com- mandant of the Port, the public gar- dens, ae Admiralty gardens, the museum the parol of the Governor of Prim- orsk, the grounds of the Maritime Club, the native bazaars and the napa quay. -At- one-point. there nificent granite monument cimnesinatik by a bron lobe, on which perches an cagle with ut- stretched wings This monument commemorates the memory of Admir- voy- "tho north side of the street there rly the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin, the N }Telegraph Bureau and the raibyay station The Svetlandskaya is crossed by the which |THE JAPANESE £2 : ;other to step indoors and dri ra} wchome of the | j of |; f the Geographical Socicty, |! AS. VIEWED BY A TWENTY YEARS' RESIDENT. The Japs Are Polite and Hospi- table, Character Is Simple and Childlike If you want to know what people really are you should ue them" 'at ice sald oa them: who had spent tiventy years of his life in the country of the Mikado; ond, judged ay that test, 1 ain quite sure there no more delightful people on one than the Jnpanese. To live mong them and to know them inti- rately is to love them; you simply can't help yourself, for whatever icing judices you may take with you ee are sure all to saat way before you have been there meat, keynote of the Japaress char- acter is its simplicity and childlike- es: ci village street wn up and even midd!~aged people play- ing ball or flying kites, unfeinned enjoynuient. They live in faa their furniture ments are li pr and life eoxely is just a delightfal of sc bit of m believe. You a be long in Japan be- re ores will be made a welcome guest in mo then one houschold. ere are no such polite ourteous invitation from soincore or: a cup of tea with YOUR UNKNOWN HOST. He > conduct you to the veranda, a tray with tea and sweetmeats will be brought, and your host wiil en- tertain you with bright conversation as lo you please, all the give you the impression that he chinks himself the most honored of men. Your first meal in a ri greet house will be a very interesting experience, ferent * courses are placed on tiny j Plates. You may begin in topsy- j turvy fashion with fruit and sweets; for, ff the n claborate one bog anager ging spooked. cauatty jthe form of a . and cut into slic- es. Following stale will consist of an omelette, a fricasse of chicken, stewed chestnuts lotus-roots boiled in soy. bamb shoots, or other na- ois delicacies, all most dainty serv- During these -- courses you may drink as much as you please of the national beverage, sake, a most exhilarating. if not very sweet-smell- i , made from rice, and cal- culated to make you feel bouyant in a very short time THE DIFFERENT. COURSES I have cnumerated all serve the pur- you must not think of drinking now, The rice, ene and most = ductively' cooked, served. by ; dainty handmaiden Sonecline ata Minn and if you wish to please your ~hos you ladle the best you can, with oa pair of ivory or silver chopsticks. When you have fared sufficiently woll you will be expected to drink at least one cup of tea--not the beverage. you know in Fngland, but a straw- colored infusion of green tea taken ithout mil ly call it an infusion. However, it is very palatable and reshing, an like all things Japanese, even ¢, IT "GROWS ON YOU." When ip final stage of the meal is passe 'ou at liberty to smoke; and ie facies of the ger will j bea ar you ompany. Eac f them wo streets intersect is the j wil protace along, dainty aie with commercial centre of the town. The ja bowl no larger than the lower half t is well paved with gran- of a thimble; in this she will place ia, "and it is efficiently drained. The | ja tiny pinch of tobacco, and with two it sidewalks the houses--ol¥ices or public balling | and to which Viadivostok boasts ¢ ° those who know Siberia sand the. un- tidy wastes of the towns there as shocked me wes when a es st LEASING CONTRAST. as an act of grace Labor in Vladivostok is native-- |that she was allowed to sit Gown to Chinese, Corean or Japanese, the Rus} one men y with her lord and sian authorities finding that greater master. But times have changed, and efficiency is procurable at the hands | to-day Japanese wife is one of of those workmen than is the case) the most envied of her sex, h red when the work is given over to Rus- {and cheris ty her husband and sians. 'There is. therefore, a very | all indulgence and frec- large native population, alien to Rus but contented, peace- ful, and industrious, 'This section of the population not only aupplics the Jabor market, but controls a larg wroportion of the trade which" aie ladisvostok its centre, The trade of Vladivostok is comprehensive. Its imports inctude soci of the products f the West, while its exports are tchagacteristic...of its position and quite local as regards their destina- tiort. As a commercial centre Vladi- vontok is superior to Dalny, although the wonderful city which is in) pro- oss of completion in the vicinity of Port Arthur threatens one day pclipse its northern sister here is a ¥ery cosinopolitan popu- Viadivostok, muade of adventurers from all climes, 'French, German, "aid American busi- lness nen from the West and a sprink- ran- whole, it is motely, circo. Upon the uninviting comunenity, in which the iprinciples of enarteey are strangely wanting Towever, e dayr speed | merrily enough in em aioatek: there no little social gayety, aud, al- though the place is a military and of discipline and int ood feeling. The country round Vladivostok is bare and hilly; there is no Imber; yet, ae the reservations given over military authorities, it is quite le enjoy rt in the immediate vicinity of the harbor. The authorities offer few or dete to of he preserves discretion, and conceals, his ern. and curiosity are at tho t of vo- era any troubic that stok, to, dom. ing a en of the better class; very "social grade of aba » Fou will find the sam é\strangers, the same delightful Chine ke: well- ordered, frugal lives --London 'Tit- Bits. --JAP OPPOSITION LEADER, Count Okuma Who Spends His Money for Education. Count Okuma, the leader of the Opposition in Japan is described us e third most popuJar man in Ja- | teresting, for whereas the two have become much Westernized, io remains a thorou typical Ja He is se 'greatest orator In a ne- 1 * 3 4 agony, botween life and death, just ifiter a ape had thrown a bomb carringe, the Count could still remember his mannefs and apo- logize to a coreiee gaukaoomsstea be-. use he could not ace y m to the door after | the visit of in- quiry. has held office In tho 'Gover- meft, but