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mm under the lilac tree chapter iv the words irero aver before m in letters of firegcne away left no address both by night and by day they beat upon my brains christmas passed bright lovely spring was com ing what was i to dot mark had gooaswaj and left no ad dress kb letter no prayer from me could reach him in all the wide world i did not know where to look for him ho seemed as lost to me as though he had gone into another sphere what could i dot in the july of this year he was to come home and marry me i was waiting for him i had no other future no other home nothing eje to which i oould look forward where was ho my handsome brave young lover who had loved me so dearly and had worshipped me so en- uv tirolyt was he living or dead hope health strength everything failed me except my faith that was undimmed and untouched if he was lying ill unable to writ i knew he was think ing of me longing for me if ho had been suddenly sent to some distant place on business from which perhaps he was unable to send news to me be would be miserable as i was kvca ix he was lying dead in the depths of the sea his last thought had been mine every hour of the day and night this ono question met me what must i ido there were times vhon the impulse was strong upon me to go out into the wide world and search for him then faith and patience came to my aid they said wait here for him be will come with the lilies and roses wait in home and patience the spring came and went i avoid ed looking at the lilacs their perfume filled the air i could net help breath ing it but i avoided looking at them my heart was sick bait dead with pain and the sight of them would almost have killed me then june came with its roses uy little store of money was all gone and i knew that i oould not remain many weeks longer at the tiottage mark would come in july if i ho were living and if ho did not come i should know that ho was dead so in desolation and anguish of heart i aounted tho days i dreaded at times to look in the mirror i was so afraid that my hair had grown gray the oolor had left my face and the light had died from my eyes but july was coming ah me can over forget the slow toftureof that month every day i went to the group of trees whore we bad parted to wait as i had promised one- by one the sultry days went by and then i felt sure that he was dead he would have oome to me had he been living my handsome brave true young lover was dead i would only pray to heaven withl weeping eyes that i might i die too during these long months of suspense i had hvod through the suffering of a lifetime when the month of august oarael w tha partof my life was ended overtim see you i was just feeling as though i did not know what to do with my self fray sit down lady yorke did not look like a per son who was easily amused i took a seat as requested i was greatly pleased with your references miss chester madame do deffand tells me that you are devcute is it truer she did not wait for an answer i am glad you have come she continued time hangs heavily on my hands ofay i ask for whom you are in mourning ob mark how little that mourning expressed my true sorrows for yonl i felt my lips tremble when i answ ered for the gentleman to whom i was engaged lady yorke how very sadl she said just in the same tone in which she wouh have cried how very usantl then she looked at me with a smile you did not tell me that you were a beauty miss chester i did not know it i replied the only voice that had ever called me beautiful was hushed forever people of jour way of thinking do not value the gift of personal beauty i fuppuse she remarked it was my turn to smile what do you mean by my way of thinking lady yorket madame tells me that your thoughts are more in heaven than on earth she replied the man i loved is in heaven i sjr else could my thoughts people are not often true to a dead love said lady yorke calmly for my part i do not see much use in it k truth to the- dead and truth to the uving are one and the same thing i said with the rash presumption of one ignorant and inexperienced i had known only one love and one faith how oould i judge of others i hope you will like your rooms said lady yorke i told hasham the housekeeper to give you the two most cheerful they are in what we call the queens wing i hope you will be very comfortable miss chester i think you told me you had no rela tives no i replied i am quite alone in the world ah then said lady yorke with a pleasant smile you will be the bet ter able to devote all your time thought and attention to inel ohtapteb v 4 f days t was qolteat home at westwood and understood my du ties they were certainly heavy for tunately for mo with my great love of early rising and fresh air they did not commence until ton in the morn ing lady yorko did not care to be disturbed before that hour i do not think sho had ever seen the sun rise or the dew lying like diamonds on the grass so the fresh sweet hours wero all my own i rose almost with the sun thinking often that if people knew how lovely the early moraine was they would never waste much time in sleep and went out into tho park it seemed to me always that i spent those early morning hours with mark- tho only difference lay in this that ho was on one side of the blue sky and 1 fj otner and i was possessed with tho idea that ho could hear and see me ah my love how i loved youl when 1 went back to the house after those hours of peace and rest my mind was braced for tho day i if i had no seen mark i had looked long and lovi rjgly at the blue heaven svhore he wei jphad not spoken to him but the whig tion starvation but ate did not understand their meaning howooud she when she had never felt either cold or hunger in her life her ufa had been a sybarites life of pleasure and the result was that beyond herself ah had not a care or thought to the world- it seemed to me that if i could awaken this sleeping soul i should not have lived in rain i remember the first time that she seemed to woke to a consciousness of suffering she had never been ill hor- self ana she had never seen anyone in pain we were crossing the park when suddenly above oar heads we heard a discordant cry of birds sud denly a little bird fell fluttering and dying at our feet it had been at tacked and wounded by some bird larger than itself i shall never for get the look in toe dark eye the faint fluttering of the little wings ere it died i hod raised it in my hand and it died there poor little thing i said it has had a short life but a merry one i hope in those great green boughs is it really dead lady yorke ask ed drawing near with a pale face i do not think i hare ever seen anything dead is that true lady ykef i asked looking at her in wonder yes quite true have you ever wondered what death is like i inquired i do not think so i have never thought of death at all have you never lost any friendsf i asked again has no one whom you loved died no no one whom i loved people i have known have died but then they always seemed to mc quite apart from bbo rest of us i looked in wonder at the beautiful face havo you ever thought that you yourself must diet i suppose i shall die some time the replied but i am yourg now 1 need not begin to think about it yet havo you ever heard of young peo ple dying lady yorke i asked yes but that does not often hap pen i should think ago and death naturally go tcgetber my mark was young i said and strong ho never had a days illness and he died where did he die asked lady yorke and suddenly i remembered that i did not know that which seem ed so certain bo mo might be very un certain to others i try never to think of such disagreeable things continued lady yorke it does no good and makes ones life miserable no life can be really happy that is not ruled by suoh thoughts i replied we ought to mvo for the next world and not for this madam deffand said you were very serious for my part 1 could not give my mind to such ideas the very sight of that dead bird has made mo feel ill and miserable yet everything living in this world has to die sooner or later i said she made no remark but i saw that the indolent selfish soul was roused from its long sleep the first thought of death and pain had ccme to her nev er to be forgotten to be continued what is 001n0 on in thb four corners of the qlobe diet of dyspeprics ccor mark a wives aorrpwlior a beov- ieaeband i5 never thought of an- v other- lover or of t hop or- happiness wherever 3xa lay- dead there my heart was fburiedwith 5bim jealiiieaof life chine upon mevndi believe saved mefrom gc j inff mad sold oil my furnitureand biwks everything i possessed i gave vv liberally to dorothy and bade fare- drelfcto mvlovelyt old homoti was twentyone when i went to london vi to seek my fortune the first poet j obtained was that of teacher of eng- in a boarding schcpl in franc i did not lite it and throughtbd in- rrfluence of one of tbn elder pupil i on engagement in england j nbtros governess thia time but aseom- tj tpanion to ladyyorke who lived at a grand old place called westwo6d in kent i was glad enougb return r toenglaifd before going to west jvood i went to gracedieu with per- laps a forlorn hope that i might hear pome news of mark of bow he had died i went the old round from tho rec tor tothe lawyer ood from him to p marks acquaintances no one bad t f- heard ono word he was dead mark my darling dead and i was alone there was but ono thing before me to live my life and pray that i might join him- in heaven it was whispered from one to an other that my lover was dead and then to tbosewho cared most for me there pome a gleam of pity for one whobad no earthly tics it was in the month of july that i went to westwood lady yorko was very candid with me she told me that vibo one complaint she suffered from waswinul she was lonely she want ed amusement one needed a cheerful companion she would require me to spend tho greater part of my time with vheri must read to her answer her letters cond out her invitations she v vouldexpect me to spend my even- jnga in the drawingroom to sing when needed take a hand at whist she wrote most unreservedly to me the life would be tedious she owned but then i would have a large salary and a comfortable home p oh the second of july i shall never forget the date i found myself at the pretty station ofwoodheaton the nearest town to westwood a luxur- ions carriage awaited mo and i enjoy ed the drive every one knows how the sea washes the fair kentish coast even amid the odor of the flowers the scent of the rich clover meadows and the fragrance of the rosecovered hedges i distinguished the sea breeze the parkwas a beautiful undulating expanse full of fine old trees of ev ery variety of form and carpeted with wild flowers tho house was a grand old mansion that bad been built in tbe reign of queen elizabeth the sun light fell on fhe great gables and tbo large windows my courage almost fail ed me when i eaw what a magnificent home mino wns to be i felt some lit tle curiosity as to wbat lady yorke wa like i pictured her an invalid- pale delicate quiet before long i tbison of th bixdr6u 5vosa mauy xnesbaacslrorntfciiri after tea oclock had nevn ex other moment to k myown thehladr yor3 was in fcer boudoir and ejry morningshe hao a thousand newvnnttrrtwas a puizzle to me how she invented them there were letters to ansver invita- tibns send- out she likbd to hear me read every day brought its pa pers periodicals magazines now nov- ols all of which must be read to her then we walked or drove at lunch eon lord yorko joined us and then herladyship rested we had another drive in the afternoon dinner- at seven and in the evening lady yorke requested me to sing i liked that time best for i sung every sweet lovesong that i knew and i sung always to mark oh my love how i loved youl lord yorke was a kindly generous man quite fifteen years older than his beautiful languid young wife he worshipped her and she in her help less way was fond of him they were very rich they owned this fine es tate at westwood and they had a magnificent house in london and a villa in florence that was lady yorkes whim when the winter was too cold and the spring too wet she went to mentono where she could bask in tbe sunshine the whole day long they had nuimcrous visitors and friends it was to fill tho interval between the departure of one eetof visitors and the coming of the next that i was wanted lady yorko could not endure to be alone she must be constantly amused they had no chil dren and that was tho one drawback i liked lord yorke bo was always kind and courteous to me ho was not much interested in politics tho care and wellbeing of his estate cc- cupied his whole time he would not have a land agent or a steward be did everything himself kept his ac counts received his rents saw his ten ants overlooekd the home estate hardly a weed was pulled up without bis orders he was just as indus trious as his young wife was the re- vorse we were altvays excellent friends at times be asked mo to help him and his thanks always pleased me poor lady yorko young beautiful wealthy she was yet one of the most discontented and miserable of worn- sho had not a useful interest in the world she had servants who waited upon her hand and foot sbe bad a husband who indulged her and granted every wish that she express ed sho was never called upon to make any exertion cither of body or mind she was never compelled to think lord yorko and mrs mnsbem thought for her if twenty visitors wore com ing it made no difference to her be fore i bad been many days there i had read her charooter accurately she was ill from indolence i watching hor for n while day see ing her ktudy nothing but herself- her wants her wishes her whims and her caprices ordering things lecauseshe fancied and not because she wanted them spending money profusely with was in hor presence and ivpcrccived out looking at what was purchased my mistake i taw at once that hor j seeing bcr send away the most del- ohiof malady was d no to having had icate fruits the most recherche of all she wanted oil hor life she bad nov- dishes tho moat ooatly of wines under er known trouble or care she was j some pretext or other too absurd to asender woman with dark eyeeand racnon i thought oft be many poor dark hair i womon dylnj for want of food of the an expression of languid discontent j many children perishing from hunger marred tho beauty of her face there and have wondered sbc did not eeem was a line across ber white brow that to know anything of the hard side of betokened temper and something in lifo she rto from silver plate she theerprewlon of her lire told the same drank from tho rarest of bohemian tory tho room was beautifully fur- glass tea was served to her in the jdwicd and decorated ths lady her- j finest of dresden china she wor eeif va lyfng on a couch doing notb- tbe finest of linen of lace silk velvet infr- neither reading nor working she and atin she had tewela of priceless lo led ap with a glance of relief as i value in all herjlfo sh bad never fwedv j wished for one tblngthat had not been xa chevt sboexclolmed with granted to her sho perhaps had read ofiwstbcjj o fcrprfs i am glad to th words hunger cold priva- itl a mineikon ollon to htnrre thcra old otlonh onilttkri from an address by max einhora m d before the new york academy of medicine f how shall we treat such dyspeptics medicamfeints are not of much value or play only a subordinate part writes dr mai einhorn of new york the main factor lies in proper nourishment rruteata vjto from most wmmmmmtmggggm raut learn anow wjtheir stoi ach and iriyestinei very quickly adapl themselves tctthis new condition first and above all it is important to crease the quantity of nourishment second to provide a sufficient variety of foods in order to improve nutri tion two articles of food which hith erto have been often avoided by lay men as well ps physicians play an im portant part i mean bread and but- ter bread forms onethird of the total amount of ingissbad food in health and besides having nutritive value serves tho purpose of increasing the flow of saliva during its mastication it also creates on appetite for other fool butter not only improves the taste of various kinds of food but is also in itself a nutriment of the great est importance the great number of calorics which butter contains 100 grainii give 837 heat units while tbe same amount of bread develops about 217 shows this ia the clearest manner another advantage which butter pre sents is that its volume is only about onethird that of bread a patient taking about onequarter of a pound of butter a day receives therewith more thon onehalf of the heat units requir ed this quantity of butter is well borne by most of tho patients as nutrition plays tbo principal part in tho treatment of these patients it will not be amiis to give a few hints with regard to its management to begin with it dcos not appear advis able to permit pationts who have ab stained for a long while from the coars er varieties of food everytning at one- this abrupt change may at times he the causa of various unpleasant symp tom therefore it should be accom plished gradually at first give be sides milk gruels and thickened soups eggs beaten up in milk etc a few days later begin to add to this bill of fare zwieback or crackers avith but ter then permit meat the white of obicken and wellscrapod beef next mashed potatoes still later give wheat- on bread baked or boiled potatoes soft- boiled or scrambled eggs oysters at last allow vegetables and fruits an essential point with regard to nutri tion is punctuality in the taking of meals in most of these cases in which a gain in weight is of great import ance frequent meals five or six daily will be advisable although it dees not appear advantageous to proscribe for the patient th quantities of the various foods in exact weight grams or ounces as by so doing they are too easily reminded of their ability or in ability to digest this or that quantity and not more it u nevortholess of val ue to mention approximate figures by which they may be guided or below which they shall not go thus for example they may be told to cat as much as their neighbors at table or that they shall take 10 ounces of milk at this or that meal or as i frequently advise that they shall consume one- quarter of a pouiid of butter a day emphasize those points which appear to be tbe most important and leave the patient great liberty in all other par ticulars we must strive to familia rize the patient with the idea that am ple nourishment will strengthen his organs including the stomach and in testines and wo must always endeavor to dispel the fear of food with which bo is harassed what it was benevolent stranger how on earth do you manage to live rural waggles i aint uvln boss her daughter he broke off the match its only a bluff incnr the girl has begun euit for broach old o4nw world evcota oflourcst cfareo- icfea brwijr intcrtsilag ifsppcalsfa t ftecaat last tears statistical- record at moots carlo is nfcmd the chinese dxeasinivkt funer als and in black st weddialf the king and queen of denmark ore now both la their 61st year few natives of india eat more than twice a day and thousands only otnee visoount folungton eldest son of the earl of mexborougfa has openly professed buddhism widespread drought the most dis astrous known for generations is ravaging cape colony a derelict steamship boiler floating in the english channel was recently picked op by a london tug some of the wooden churches of nor way are fully 700 years old and are still ia an excellent state of preserva tion mark twain like the late cristoforo colombo now has a bust it is the work of the viennese sculptor hegen- barth berlin has femaj commercial travel lers who go thelrrrounds on tricycles to whioh are attached their boxes of samples when thb simplon tunnel is com pleted the distance between london and brindisi will be diminished 122 kilometres sumatra kerosene is competing with the russian oil in the markets of the far east the supply seems to be in exhaustible an extraordinary increase in the japanese navy is imminent no fewer than 33 war vessels being now in course of construction an unexpecfeaf result of the english crioketers visit to australia is the engagement of mr a 0 maclaren to a melbourne young lady laird brothers of birkenhead have bean obliged to refuse orders for six fast torpedo boats for foreign govern ments on account of the engineers strike lady birds are being imported into egypt from new south wales in order to protect fruit from parasitic insects they may prove as bad a curse as tho sparrows there are 31110 students matricu lated at german universities this win ter semester an increase of 1000 over last year the largest increase is as usual in the law faculty joseph arch the laborer member of parliament left memoirs which the countess of warwick the lady brooke of thetraaby croft baccarat scandal baa edited and will publish soon france is hastening to make of ji- boutib on the red sea the best por for abyssinian trade to counterbal ance tho effect of the italian transfer of kasapla to the english in egypt the iiritish grenadiers now possess the tallest soldior in the army he is six feet and threequarter inches in s stocking feet and as be is only 23 ears of age may grow yet ho in an imfeeah c titiiiy owing to tho large tudonts fpequent- lirstructor- ia elementary gorman to enable lemto learn the language in which tliiy41ectures aro delivered the most elaborate pipes aro those of the turks and persians the bowls are large and heavy not intended to be carried about and the stems aro sov- eral feet long and flexible some of these pipes coat 200 each commander henry james retired the oldest officer on the british navy list has just died at the ago of 99 years ho entered tho service in 1812 but had no luck in promotion and was retired for age as a lieutenant fifty years ago a big fossil bog oak weighing forty tons which geologists assert to be ten thousand years old has been dug up at stockport england in excavating to lay down a sewer the corporation of tho town want to blow it up with dynamite in spite of protests from scientific men throughout england pinafore discipline ecems to rule on the italian ironclad lepanto when in a spanish port some time agoevery one on board from tbe admiral down chipped into buy a ticket in a span- tho record of this faithful mans tsh government lottery i th ticket drew a prize of 200000 which has been divided among tho officers and crew even spain is waking up to the uses ol the bicycl3 a retired lieutenant- colonel was walking in his orange gar den one day recently when four well- dressed men entered who after bar gaining with the old gentleman for hiscrop bound and gagged him break fasted at leisure in his presence then broke open his furniture and walked off with 7000 be bad in the bouc they were pursued by a bicyclist how ever who caught up with them and secured their arrest a business woman in arkansas who evidently knows more about running a hotel than she knows about tho eng lish language thu advertises this hotel will be kept by the widow of the former landlord mr broww who died last summer on o now and improved plan s secret society the members of wblclnro bachelor girls has been or ganized at pomca city oklohomo tho members aro hedged to remain single to discloao in secret meeting the names of every person who asks them to mar ry and describe just how each pro- posal was made etc a young married couple from north ampton mass had an exasperating ox- perience in now york they romo to the mctroiolis on tholr honeymoon trip and in tho crowded streets lost each other a f tcr each had vainly spent sov- eral hours in seeking the other they returned torn separately hard luck was thja fate of o preacher in a georgia town although his con gregation bad agreed to iay him six- dollars a week ho couldnt collect a sixth of this sum he resigned and in hi farewell sermon said you were in favor of free salvation and the man ner in whwi yci have treated me la proof that you cot it a foung mans prospective mother- inlaw in boston insisted on kissing him every time he called to see his girl ho didnt hanker after her kisses and tearing that lb might be expected to continue thb custom after ho married of promise jayiofi ber damages at 50- 000 i the screams of little dennis wood ruff of st louis mo aroused his mother from her slumbers and he coxn- pzatned of a severe pan in the head a doctor discovered that the pain was caused by a cockroach in his ear at daylight similar pains brought racking agony to the mother and it was found that a live cockroach bad made its way- into faer ear ia remarkable dream disturbed john howard of bostwick ga on monday although- in seemingly good health he dreamed that he would die on sunday on tuesday the same dream was re peated and for the thirdtime on wed nesday on sunday he bode his rela tives and friends goodby and died that night between eleven and twelve oclock twentysix persons comprise the fam ily of aaron quail a colored man of brideevibe worcester county md they are husband and wife and twenty- four children one child is by the pre sent wife the other twentythree are by mr quails first spouse who died two years ago they eat at two tables and to avoid the unlucky thirteen twelve bit at one table and fourteen at another an item of religious intelligence and a cooking recipe became mixed in a lon don paper with this result the cath olic missionaries toicentral africa are accustomed to begin their work by buy ing heathen children and educating them the easiest and best way to pre pare them is to first wipe them with a clean towel then place them in drip pingpans and bake them until they are tender after wjilch cut them in slices and cpok for several hours pontius pilates birthplace he wai a nuto ot forllnzau ferihililre scotland one of the strangest links with the past which can be found in this country b supplied by the obscure village of fortingall in perthshire which tradi tion points out as the birthplace of pontius pilate says lloyds weekly newspaper fortingall lies in a beau tiful and sequestered mountain vale some ten miles west of aberfeldy in a district rich in memories of fingal wallace and bruce near the village ore the remains of a iroman camp whore at tho beginning of tho chris tian era- the soldiers of tbe empire were posted to guard the passage from the highlands through glenlyon this encampment is probably not ear- er than the time of agricola and be fore it was made the scottish king metellanus held his court at fortingall and received an embassy from augus tus one of tbe ambassadors we are told was the father of pontius pilate and hero the future governor of judea is said to have been born shortly before the nativity of our saviour the em bassy to metallanus is sufficiently well authenticated in the following passage from hollinshed it was sent at a time when augustus ssems to have been pur suing a scheme for universal peace by means of a sort of early concert of europe ambassadors came from augustus to cymbeline king of britain exhort ing him to keep his subjects in peace with all their neighbors with tbo whole world through means of tho same aiig- ust was now in quiet without all war or f rouhw tumults these ambassadors went also untomtevinn- us the kinlgof tho scottisbmon ex horting him to acknowledge asuperor- itie in tho romano emporour unto whom the people inhabiting in the far thest parts of the east had sent their ambassadors with rich jewels to pre sent to bis person withal wherwith metellanus being partlio mooved to have a friendlie amitio with the ro manes he sent into romo certeino pre sents to the einperour and to tho gods in tbo cbpitoll in signe of hon our by which moans he obteined an amitie with tho romanes which con tinued betwixt them and his kingdome for a long time after thus a gonorall peace was then reigning throughout the whole world it pleased tho giver and authour of all peace to bo borne at the sametime of that blessed virgin marie in tho citie of bethlcra in the tribe of judo which most blessed and salutiferous birth did come to passe in the 12th year of his reign metel lanus and in the 42nd of augustus bis empire as the old historians record pilates later years wore clouded by mis fortunes and like ovid he was sent into exile soon after writing that fam ous epistlo to tiborius which is alleg ed to exist to this day in tho depths of the vatican library ho perished by sui cide ajt vicnne in dauphinc about 39 a d or as cassiodorusi says over whelmed by grievous misfortunes ho turned his hand against himself and took away his own wicked life the twentieth century akk yuurxrirvtiicii it ltrsliii then keitd flic following those who have been insisting that the twentieth century begins on jan uary 1 ad 1900 evidently do not know what is the meaning of tho word century the following defin ition should put an end to tbo con troversy r a period of ono hundred years reck oned from any starting point as a cen tury of national independence a cen tury of oppression specifically one of a number of hundred year periods reckoned cithor forward or backward from some recognize era thus the first century of the christian era be gan with the year a d- 1 and ex tended to tho end of tho year 100 the third century began with 201 and ended with 300 and tbo eighteenth cen tury began with 1701 and ended with 1800 the year completing the hundred year period in each instance giving the name to tbo century it is almost supererogatory to point out that just as tho series of ono hun dred years composing the first cen tury began with a d 1 and ended with the end of a d 100 then tho scricr composing tbe second century began with a i 101 and ended with the end of a d 200 so too must tho series of one hundred years composing the twentieth century begin with a d 1900 ond end with the end of a d 2000 when people die in an investigation covering over 3000 cases in relation to the hour of death says a wellknown physician who has been himself a student of tbo question it has been ascertained that the greatest number die between five and six oclock in the morning when bills come in docs tho coming of tbe new year make you sadf no it makes roe mad thb peince of wales a bi0gbaphlcilsktch of his koyal highness luc dcuiu hohow ml saadridslmm sad hanwoisk itotu ftjpalaa- error corrected the desire of the english people to know all tho details of the official and private life of their royal family vui be partially appeased by tbe publica tion in london this week of the firat complete biography of the prince of wales says a london letter singular ly enough no complete record of the remarkably active and diversified car eer of tbe heir to the throne has been given to tho world before attempts in this direction have been discouraged by the subject himself and the pre sent book xuraiahes internal evidences that it was not compiled under the roy al sanction two quotations from its reference to royalty will however give tbe keynote cf this spirit concern ing tbe prince the writer saya ho is familiar with ah almost bewildering variety of subjects and possesses a won derful faculty for almost instinctive ly grasping tbo important features and the really essential points of any matter under discussion an estimation of the duke of clar ence in connection with his career at trinity college cambridge illustrates how qualities which would commonly pass current as weaknesses assume the shape of virtues viewed through friend ly spectacles he hod not it is bald of tho duke nor was it desirable that be should have the specialized intellect which wins university prizes and scholarships but he displayed in a marked degree that peculiarly royal quality of recognizing intellect in others the authority of the now book is concealed from the public but the associated press learns that it is the work of a journalist well known in london mary belloc mrs lowndes formerly on mr steads paper it wiu be issued in the unit ed states next month by appleton in pictorial embellishment it is particular ly rich most of the historical chapters of the book deal with matters already pub lished in describing the tour of the prince through america in bis youth it reveals the interesting- fact that be fore he was launched upon his journey his father the prince consort sup plied him witb memoranda to be used replying to tbo addresses which would bo made to him during his pro gress it explains that the best proof of tbo prince consorts wisdom is to be found in the fact that every one of those notes afterwards turned out to be simply invaluable owing to the peculiar aptness with which they had been framed to suit the circum stances of each locality where an ad- dross was likely to bo received a great part of tbe work describes in de tail tbe onerous public formalities which have constituted the lifo of the heirapparent the cornerstone lay ings monument unveilings dedications and the tours to india and egypt to ireland and other parts of tho king dom tho royal progress through india in 1875 it appears cost the cov- ernmeot 300000 but by way of com- p presents were received by the jprmce fronrriiiiij44 wbieh aggregated in value 250000 ut is pointel out as evidence of tbe great personal popularity of the princo that all the politicians who advised the peo ple to ignore bis presence in ireland in 1885 insisted upon abstinence from any display of personal hostility the married life of the prince and princess of wales is pictured as ideal their surroundings at sandringham and marlborough arc described with minute details- the princes private library at tbo former residence is fitted with tho furnishings from the cabin of tbo serapi3 wherein ho voyaged to india his literary tastes judged by his vooksholves tend toward english history many shelves are devoted to documents on india in which ho is greatly interested with a great array of volumes about tho mut iny as welt as a complete collection of literature upon tho crimean war and of colonial histories the royal fond ness for horseflesh is evidenced by tho sandringham stables which contain horses from all parts of tho world in cluding four french ponios which are driven by the princess her hungar ian saldlo horse kinsky and her tandem team one of the best in england above each manger is tho name of tho animal in gold letters tho kennels are equal ly extensive and well stocked and there is a dog kitchen nursery and hospital the marlborough house stablea cost over 25000 employ 40 men who aro eligible for pension after ton years service contain 45 stalls and twelve boxos and a valuable col lection of whips ornamented with jewels and gold though the harnesses actually used are plain although marlborough house is tho official resi dence of the heirapparent he pre ferring it to a more pretentious palace on account of its associations it is taxed like a private bouse paying 1000 a year to st martins parish dealing with tho princes friendships the books says that t mr and mrs gladstone j aio the only conspicuous public per sons with whom he was ever photo graphed and that va after mr glad stones retirement from public life re fers to his attachment to cecil rhodes and his withdrawal from the travel lers club because rhodes was black balled and his intimacy with tho rothschilds and the late baron hirsch it adds the princes predilection for tho chosen peoplo has- been sometimes misinterpreted and ascribed to not very creditable motives people were at one time fond of faying that the princo was up to tho nck in debt but on the question iwing directly asked sir francis knollys the private secre tary of the princo of wales replied that the prince had no debts worth speaking of nud that he could pay any moment every farthincr he owed also that there was not a word of truth in the oft- repeated talcs of a mortgage on sandringham and that tbo wholo story was a fabrication and was on a par with similar tales representing the prince as being assisted by financiers of more or less doubtful honesty in contrast with tho recent comment caused by tho kaisors sundayshoot ing expeditions this book declares tho princo to be rigid in refraining from sports on that day though he was onco tempted by marshal macmnhon to at tend the grand prix and apjicaled by telegram to the queen who vetoed tho proposition ii you go to kloflwxb hebes a numbek of the abti- cles you will need ll lli 1 estmmr iu wnribk thl eu trotpkur liull binvbl be caanw are in ill laud r uk4 r moccriew writing irom dtbtrsos city coder the date o nov 7 159 to ms younger brotbu fas henry of west selkirk man says i wilt send tbe promised list of wfc to bring out here in tba spring it you in tbe first place bring just tbe same clotning as you would require in manitoba only a littk heavier if anything enough to last about eighteen months say about four suits of underwear twelve pairs of socks two yards of duffle six pairs of th best canadian moccasins two pairs of leather mitts six pairs of icelandlo mitts four pairs best overalls five shirts two pairs of cloth pants one coat and over vest two hats a good fur cap and any other little thing you may think of bring overshoes and felt shoes if you can and a suit of tbe best mackinaws ibb necessary grub in the grub lino bring for yourself three hundred pounds cf the best flour two hundred and fifty pounds of roll- ed oats two hundred pounds of dry- salt aide bacon one hundred pounds of smoked bacon fifteen pounds white beans one hundred and seventyfive pounds rice ten pounds tea twenty pounds salt two pounds pepper one hundred pounds apples eighteen cans baking powder thirty pounds granu lated potatoes not sliced ones ten pounds onions five pounds soup vege tables two cans mustard twonty pounds butter in five pound tins ono hundred pounds white sugar two dozen armours extract of beef for soup get oil sacks put over all the stuff and have it put up in bo pound packages in tbe hardware line get one axe one pick one spring shovel with o long handle one yukon sleigh ono pack harness try and get into a par ty of about three or four bring a frying pan an enamelled pot or two cups plates etc buy your ticket eilhor from winnipeg or victoria to juneau and thon from there to cyea or skoguay the dyea pass was tho best when we came through but i dont know which will be the best in the spriog as the skaguay trail was only opened this fall then follows explicit instructions as to tho building of a boat dimensions eto the letter then continues you will have to leave hjme so as to to in dyea the first week in march or about that time and get your stuff over on the snow by hauling it over yourself it will not cost moie than alout two cents per iuud besides your oivn work to get it to linder- man it might pay to bring thj stuff down as lar as the lower end of lake le large on sleighs ana build your beat there but you will bo able to tell better when you get there bring two of the test rabbit robes for bedding they arc worth about c5 here take in necessaries it is quite a job getting all the stuff here but if you dent bring neces saries in with you it is only a chance if you dont have to go out in the bncwon for foo3 a per hour a man caa tbo way prices are paying as high as one dollar andi a half per pound for flour and the regular- price of bocf is one dollar and a quar ter for hind quarters and cne dollar for fore ones with tha hide on can dles aro worth sevontyfive cents each but when tho river freezes up so that dogs can travel on it they will bring them up from fort yukon and tboy will sell for three dollars per pound the cost of freight from there will be two dollars per pound so that flour in the spring is likely to be two dollars and a quarter per pound or there abouts a meal in the only restaur ant here costs three dollars and a half and yo could get tho same in win- nijwg for fifteen cents quite a few men have sold their outfits for one dollar per pound and have gone out as they thought they could make more money by doing that than by ttaying in and working and eating their grub i was working for two weeks and put in some overtime at a dollar and a half per hour realizing two hundred dollars in this way but it only buys that many pounds of grub and there fore dees not amount to much after all appearance doesnt deceive ho the young lady doesnt look like a singer she doesnt sing li one cither there are a great many disappoint ed people in hero as a lob of them expected that all they had to do was to locate a claim and get to work and pick nuggets thoy found cut that mining docs not exactly go that way hard lines we could get no grass to make a window for our shanty and so had to use cotton after dark is tho worst as then wo can only j afford light enough to cat by and that wo get by burning a rag in the lid of a baking powder can with what grease we can spare after frying bacon it is not quite as good a light as a match but we hftvo got used to it andnow think it is all right by thojwny brips in tvo or three pairs of havy shoes with nails get thsra in vic toria or juneau buy thorn large enough for two or three pairs of kks srnrh and bird arc- ging out to bring in additional supplies next spring billy kingston one of tbo boys from holland will also rotorn in the spring be sure and come air ng with some one who knows how to han dle a boat and there will bo nc trou ble there arc chancos hero for an ac tive man to make money but liv ing as i- aid before is very high a shave costs fifty cents and a hoir cut one dollar i do my own shav ing what the chances are there are any number of old timers who have toon hero for from three to ten years and have never made mote j than a living go far nearly all the creeks within a distance of fifty miles from dawson are staked but i think a go7d many will ijq open early in tho summer for re1 cation as it costs so much to represent thera that is to stay on thm for thrco months racb year or get someone else to btay on for you none of us have located so far but wq aro keeping our eyes and cars cron for chances there arc nlout six thusand peo ple in hereilust now and eighteen hundred claims recorded ard as each man can record a claim in encjc dis trict you can see that there are lets of them waiting for chanco if i can get rome psps ycu may export aothcr letlr lour