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KERSHAM MANOR CHAP TEH X.LV1I. hillU is oomiing ILomiaiUEr AND raiN. it Js oommoopleae to say, dose ..There is no wound that time aud smears cannot heal, so lenei as life ra- h. n **m.f to irllr fmr iw^Py mlNrTJIfl i ha* !*(. words raised i turner tielween ! i.'njelf and Sebastian such as had never be- fore, existed. There wws something like sacrilege in thinking ot him now even isn *3ina wat dead. tot before the end of the year Nina died, with her head sn her husband'* breast, apd his rrms clasped round her m that never- failing tenoVsroess which, *. the end draw nest, she learned to prize as ihe had not firmed his love. "You have mexie me very nappy," she said to him, not long before her death, looking at him with something of the old sunny smile, tbe old brtghtnen in her eyes'. I hops that you will be happy tovsome day. But she never mentioned Either's name efier that last interview with her. For the last fsw weeks ef her life it seemed as though she wan ted all the past ta> bs tor- gotten. In some strange manner half sad. half sweet Sebastian used in those days to be reminded of the tranquil hours of bis first honeymoon. The.olii ties were strong ; ws* not the man lightly to rend them or to oast them off. . v I'et sinoe the June evening on which Nina and Esther exchanged their farewell kiss, three Junes hare come and gone. And again the westering sunlight Lee Isvel on the velvety lawns ol Ksrsham Manor, and ,,)*,"'" ,' the air is laden with the sceut of rosee, and t , ' ^ ^ ths birds ting gleefully in the great green I that 1 have got into the Dower Sited the La Touch**," eaid Mr>. Steph down to me, now Hutue ana M*Let, smoothing ilown her aprnn (eli still wore an aproDand okJ :l.- o the place lik grim death, sbeelid, because poor Stephen let her hava it at a low rent. But now ahe's safety aw*w, and living m Kensington, I'm not UOIQ,' to let tha place out of my own hands again. Yen may bring as many of your poor people as ths hoase will n iM, Pbillis. I ain't one of tho rich people that you used to say that yon hated ; and .van if I were " " If yon were, I shoe 1.1 n't hate yon, at any rate," said Phil with. a marry lau.h ; nil then she gave Mr*. Malet an honeet and affectionate Uis*, which) the good soul returned win interest. Meanwhile, Mies Meredith had tottered away to ring a great bell, the sound of which presently resulted in the appearance of ten pale-face i but smiling damseia from the Park, snd the aonouucemeut "y old Simmonds that " the carriages were ac tbe door." The girls were packed away in a big wag- onette, Ksther (baking hand* with tnera and bestowing kindly gift* on all before they started tor the nearest railway station. Jack ami Phillis, witn their boy, were ac- companied by Esther and Sebastian to station too ; and their leave-taking was merrily accomplished. " It is not. for long," said Esther U> her irteads ; " you are com- ing next Saturday, yon know, by your- au 1 the Dry- CALLED TO HIS KINGDOM. B.I..W win i. ir. i. plr W1MI rrlnee Ja.asejwel Tersie. Is A despatch from Toronto say. :- Prince Maiqu.ii, of Vei, I.irtria, ,, m /} n 1 , l m 'J' M)1rB 1 "! !::-*rTCKt. fwlRembered by many Tovw.l tomans. Anout 14 mon'lis ago he visited tiiis oitf aid lectured in the New Richmond and Metropolitan churches upon the peoul- t'aritiesof his native land. Tne Prince was i ben studying at an American university, with the intention of returning to his own people to 'eajh them the truths of Chris- tianity. \i that time hi. father wa* the reigning sovereign in Vei, but .luce then te old King ha* been killed and the young I'rin. e hat succeeded 'o the throne. Ina despatch reads: Prince Beso'ow.the African Prince, who is a member of the class of 'U7 in Williams Collage, has receiv- ed a CALL 'BOM HIS PEOPLE in Africa to return to hi. native land and take possession of the kingdom, whicn heretofore has been uudur the power of an uncle. It was not the intention of the young Prince to return so soon unless it was in re- sponse to a caJl, as bs was informed that his nncls would make a desperate fight to hold the kingdom and keep him sway from hi* just right*. X iw word comss tnat even PIB 15 HIS LfflE, THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE FTrTEMAlC. EJWJ|e Wkttehftasl Brrmll. !*> s**stBsj rrawss ef Bell ma !- Ues >eva4 CMI l.i. MevaesMtasis t Clinton, The ,184th of Mr. recently, at the age of 80 career which ought to remtae. forever memorable ID the aanal* of raiirosel begin- Ding, development and construction. -Toeapu Whnenojil was the first mui that tired a Stepnenson were permitted to terry ont bis scheme. The propoeeu epeed ef the loco- motive seemed '/o nave a special terror for Uieee editors. The Uilirrsjajy lUf lew said among other things : Twelve miles an hour ' Might a* well trust one's self to be fired off on a congress rocket." A few years later the enter si the Re- view happened to board a cr behind the old "Planet" the engineer of which, Rob- en Pickering, waa drunk. Ths run was not a very long one, hut for the la*t toot miles) of the *treloh tne train, cuen posed ojtwo or three of t tie old-fashioned .an, besides the ngtne, flew along at a speed exceeding hour. The distance ~ That mien an experience should have been crowded into the >pan of one human life few men of the present generation can real- ize, for the convenience! of railroad travel ap- pear tu them ae much a part of me universe a* the coming and going ot the seasons. VV'hxn (reorge .Stepnenson wan busy de- i lung the first locomotive, eoon to aetonuh the worl I and revolutionize social system., Whitehrad. a boy >' 10, wae driver of a coal car on the tram* near Darlington, Eng- land. The tramway ran from Darlington speed. After serving inreial yean a* fireman and engineer on the first Bnith railways, Mr. Whitehead launched uulae a aontractor and built a large part uf the Caledonian Rail- way on the weet oeat of Scotland. SUDDS* quintly emigrating to Canada, he construe ed the whole of the Budalo and (iodericu Road, now a branch of the Urand Trunk. While engaged in commercial pureuite in 1867 be was elected to the Canadian Parlia- ment a* a Liberal. When the Dominion to *iocktoo, a distance ot twenty-live mile., | government decided to connect by railroad and lae occaeion of it* construction waa to '. the eastern p-ovmcee with British Columbia a cheap mean* of transporting coal | **** *t Mr. Woitehead warded contrac He took the fir.1 engine 1X7H, taking it by boat get a cheap means of transporting , from the mines to the seaboard. That ; swarded a contractor oonstnioiing -^sj-ge ;he uuc s desires his return, as he sses the I oruil -"<* "t transport, however was P of '" road. - j people are boun.l to have it, and that hs our I od rn railroad system in embryo. *> th - ! himself cannot continue mu,h longer in , ">ph-on talked th. owners of the road Fiehe, ! *> ! into the idea of trying steam instead of to st Benifaoe. Mnce the comnl- The'me-v<e cam. through Prince MM . ' nor* power, and then a struggle b^ran that the Canadian Pacific line Mr. tfhltefc 4 ei. Liberia, a province : n the ' } Mt * a raj year, before a charter c space* of the magnificent elm- tree boughs. A little group ef people on the grass, in the shade of a great copper-elm, have a* r.appy and tranquil a loek as if they had never known the meaning of great sorrow. And yet life has not always turned its smoothest aspects to Seeasuan and Ksther Malet, to Phillis Drummond and her husband, or even to quaint liule Miss Meredith and her sworn friend and ally, the late Squire s widow, Mrs. Stephen Malt. The central figure ef the group is that of Esther, who sits in s low basket-chair, wits a lonr, while Bundle on her lap, up m which bundle every woman of the party comes to gaze from time to time, an4 to risk a prophecy of wiit u Esther's''.aaghter" will be like. Either smiles a l-ttle as she listens, with tha contented look of a proud and nappy mother; and she glance* now and theti xiward her husband, who is lean- ing aeainst a tree at soma littls distance in conversation with .lack Drummond. But be never fails to intercept and answer Uiat glance of love ami mea*ur'. content. Neither Sebastian nor Esther had altered much. Any slight external change was generally attributed by friends to the eff- ects of sdded year* and dginity. But these alone would never have cleared Sebas- tian's brow, and given back tbe fire to hie eyes, the freedom to his laugh; thev would not have brightened and iweetened Either'* faoe until ons fslt in looking at it that rs Tn EMh . r M(1 S|kh(ulti|in dror . home . bnt they did not go into the for he drew her out into the garden, where twilight- ws' beginning to gather about the weet-euented alley* aud under the shady trees. The children had gone indoors, but thsir hapuy voices could be heard from the open nursery windows. Once they looked out and shouted a greeting to their father and to tne " Mother Either, whom they loved so well. Esther's hand ested within her husband s arm. " Yon nave bail a busy day, love ; are you tired?" he said to her. " With a pleasant kind of tiredness," she answered turning her iweet face toward him. " The kind of tiredness one loves to (eel. The girls had, a vary good time." " Acd there/ore, you bad too 7" " Yes, indeed." They had retched a point in the garden where a high bank had been made into a terrace walk. It wa* the highest part of the grounds, sex! from a rustic hooch, on whi :'i Esther snd her hunbunl now seated themselves, a view of the village and of the church could be obtained. The tree* had been skillfully trimmed in the intervening spaces, so as tt to hide this viw ; aud in the lim light Rsther'seyes rested drsann- ly on a little epot of white which en knew well was the marble cross which marked poor Nina'* grave. Sebastian saw it too. A silence fell between tnem. A bird twil- eequoi, uf Ve coold DM lived at Clinton in comparative retire- western part of .-he dark continent, who was sot to the United Slates by his people ' M ' 1 as a representative to the World Fair Con. grees in Chicago. After hi* dune* there the young Prmcs came to Wilhamstown, Hut did net say mu. u about tha matter to Beeolow, he not having yet been instruc- ts! to doso. He remained in Williamstownahont two weeks, and then went eaut to a'tend to other business which he nal. During this absence he has received the official in- secured. Th* road was opposed by all if people. Laborers thought it would put everybody ont of work. The landed proprietors objected because it would rum their fox courses, farmers thought it would Hum their stacks, and preachers talked against it from the pulpit because it mocked (iod by bringing places nearer together than He ever intended they should be. On this account much of Sle- phenson's preliminary surveying had to be dons by moonlight. When the charter was struct ioos,and ha. male Beeolow cognisant "*"* granted, the roadbed was construct, of the (set that bis people are very anxious * on *.niewhat iilferanl plan from that ment. A Very French Duchess. The Duchees de Langaxis in the novel ot that title, is a very vivid, picturesque, forc- ible likeness of a thorongh woman of the world, and one of the meet remarkable of Balzac's characters. One bates her at tint, so cold, vain, and seldsh doe. .he .how herself. But when she has discovered bar heart, when the flame of love hps melted the ice in which it is enoased, the awakens admiration and tenderness, and wa lament her death as a most mournful tragedy. She to have him return to Afnca and a*ume parsusd at present. The rail, were laid on seeks to win the Marquis de Montr, ve.u. ths nower over them . two- foot blocks of wood and were kpt from mere coquetry, in order to grace her , w'mioi"will atrivsin town ina few 'rom -preading solely by the weight of the social triumphs. He appeal* to her, not I iv aud ballast. The first engine constructed was only because be is of noble blood and char- the " Locomotion,' which weighed about actsr and a distinguished general, but be- I twelve tons and had but four wneels. Ths cause he is iniiitferent to love, inde- will mska arrangements for their departure, wa'er tank was made out of a hogshead, pendent of its allurements. She resolves to On this engiue the sistwhils driver cf the make him worship her, and to yield him It am, Joseph Wiutehead, became tbe first nothing but ths gracious privilege of her firemsn. i which will probably be in August or Sep lember. Ths reason for recalling Prince Beeolow to Africa forms a very interesting story. Kver since thn death of Beeolow'* father, K ng Annan, there has been a continual strife going un between the different fac- tions a* to whom ths rule belonged to, or rattier, who should have it. for it rightfully belonged to Prince Besolow. Prince Keaolow hsd four sister* Tarro ginty. Kalian*!, Urinhah and Sokoo and one brother, Doodo, over whom KIDK Annan appointed t wo men by the names of Dwoola and Boimali as guardians. Both these men wire princes, and very prominent, and they o rule at different time, until young TH* riKST ILalLBOAD TRIP. presence and an occasional care**. .She will smils at hi. torment, and play with his de- I volion. W nils cruel and unrelenting, she wil The road was completed it* whole length have every charm of manner . she wil before the first train was run over it, and bs beautiful a* a Cireek status, and nn on tne day of opening the rouie was lined j responsive as its marble. She kindle with people eager to see the iron horse. ! in tne breast of the self-sufficing marquis The little engine made the run successfully the sacred fire, and amuses herself wit a amuse* Frenzied with his paesion for her, she cajoles and tamper, witt him, convention ali.m, toe - - ' ' Ureiintiiesyriasmaad rhododendron hughes wre -o rule at difcreol ba "-' y *"..!'_ * u."'A "'!l ch . a _**_' n J liee .l st their back . t he bale wer. beginning their Beeoiow should beoume ol.i enough to take a half-lighted lawns. i-ould not wither, because it borrowed its charm from the influence of e realized. iream * tiie 'listened idaai ul a strung, though not easily satisfied, inner life. Not far from Esllier, R >l : o and Muriel were amtisini; themeelve.t With Polity's eldest boy, a fine UMle fellow of four years "1U who wa* t minting about the grass wr n sbeuts of gleeful mirth. Pni iis watched liiEfl from her stntven at Esther's side, while the two eMrr la.lies sat at the lulls tea table which. bad Ixien sprea.l m the shade, snd etvert*<I bc'weon t<iemsaivesofpari*h matters and the latest vilr*t;e gomip, after the faewien el elderrjr ceon'rv ladies. In th* fark, beyond the wire fence that divid- ed i'. from the garden, a party of anoth r kind could be seen. I'hillu had been asked to bring down with her that Saturday morning a sst of pale-faced girls from a .ton gut her East End friends, seamstresses and shop-girls for whom she had obiain- ed a holiday, and to whom a day in the country seemed like a day in Para ilise. They had looked with wondering delight at the picture* and curiosities which the house contained ; thy had been feast- ed iu the old paneled hall, and they had had tea in ths garden ; an 1 now, in the lilt htlf -h.iur before their return to ton. inn, they had bsen allowed to lake a last ramble in th* Park, and to gather trophies of bracken and wild flowers if they pleased, while their entertainers had a chat with Pbi'lli* and her huiband beneath the treee " I take back what 1 used tc say about rich people," Phil said abruptly, a* .he sat in her comfortable ohair with her hands behind her head and her feet crossed on 'he sward before her ; just the same Phil as ver, with the dancing light iu her hazel eyes, and the same capability of sternness about the lines of her beautiful moulh. "i will allow you to be rich, Esther if yru in , vite my girl, hers veYy often, and open your houe to the pw and needy. That girl, Klleo Aubrey, whom you are keeping down here for a week, was having sf hard time of it. You are very lucky in being able to help people that is the way in which your wealth present* iMelf to me "1 dou't help them half as much as you do. 1'hiL" "Yes, you do, but in a different way. And all that you do is 'touched wi th grace, " said Phil, with .momentary flashing .mile, "becaute you feel tho real bond of sisterhood between women, which 1 believe snd a single *tar trembled in the blue heav- en* above the church tower. Rvery where peace teemed to reign ; peace m the Hold, the house, the heart. Moved by a sudden impulse, Sebastian tnriied to his wife and drew her closer to his side, " Life would be nothing to me without you, my love, my only live," he mnrmurd. You have Uaughi me the secret of, happi- ness. " I hav* learned it myself from you," she an.wered, clinging to him, as to une from whom death a'one should part her. " How should we he unhappy when ws love one another? ' " ou have brought m per'eot peace : you have brunch i ma the autui ouon of every desire. Can you say as much, !'- therr " I only foel sometimes as if ws were too happv, ' said Kither softly. " We need have no fear, my dearent : so long, at least, *. we look on our happiness as a debt owed to the world, which shall be all ' the richer for our love.'" There wat reassurance in his tone and in her answering smile. In the hearts of both there rose up one thought at that moment the memory of the winsome girl that he had wooed in his you'.h, of ills orokon, weary woman who lay at rest beneath the white crose on th hill. They seldom spoke of hei, but they did not forget. At th very height of their content iu a union which was almost ideally complete. they recognized the fact that it i* never wise, even hen practicable, to ignore the past. It is the escape from danger, the re- lease from a burden, which gives preciou*. ness to the peaoo and safoty of the present ; and proved that it would not do all the evil its outbreaks. thimr* reported of it The speed depended on the wind. II s head wind on a grade it talks of propriety, often came stock still and had to wait till danger of compromise, mterensss her hus- the wind went down. Al other times it j banu, who does not care for hsr, and for ran ten or twelve mi s* an huur. Tbe first whom she doe* not pretend to have the trip wa* maue Sept. '27. HJ.'i. The name of tha first, engins waa " Loco- mntion," and the driver James Stephenson, the power in hi. own hands. Prince Beeo- low said to me : " | was I oonnin of (laorge. "Everything went very nioely in this i Strange as it may appear, although many way for a short tiiie, until my uncle, '"zar o'hrr thing, shout railroad construction Dualusaw, became desirous of reigning, and have been altered, the gaugi of the rirst brgan schemes to obtain the power if poes- line of railway evsr laid down t feet 8 J inches has become the standard gauge uf ths world. At this time Mr. \Vhiteheed could neither read nor write, and it was only at the earnest solicitation of George ible. Both the men appointed by the King suddenly took sick and die 1 in one week, and, it is believed, not from natural causes." it is a conquered sorrow which i. the vi-ry sou! of joy. And Sebastian, now in middle life a man of high aims and strenuous en- deavor ; K.silmr, a woman whose power of sympathy an I endurance of long trial had especially fitted her to aid snd console her kind thiK man and this woman would have been false to themselves and to tnai inner ens of the Divine in which they I. i.l found their joy, if they could ever forgAl that their happiness had been evolved out of past misery, and out of past failure their KIK--MMK ; if they could hesitate to acknow- edge that, in the stress of adverse circum- will save the worl I yet. Men wait for us ! stance, of want and grief and long waiting to lead them, after all. Teach yoirdaugh- i and bitter pain, tlioie had been at work ters thsir piwtr, Either. They can do upon their live., in very deed and truth, more than men." "In soms ways," said Ksther, with glance at Sebastian which Phillis was quick . to i oi !. "I declare, "she said in a vexed tone. "vou think of nobody but your hnsl.and ! the molding hand of i,.i.l. [THE of nobody but your hn Well, men have their uses," - in a dry half- humorous tone, "and I should bs sorry to depreciate thsir sex, for I seem likely to have enough of them. Three boy*! I , purpose of A Railroad Through the Sea. An interesting experiment is about to be carried out at Brighton in the shape of the construction of a marine railway Icr the give almost anything fora daughter." ",\ am glad that mine i. a girl, ' said U.iL.ier, looking fondly at the morssl of numanity m net arm*. " and I hope that vour namesake will be as useful 11 the vurld, and a* happy at you are, Phil." Isn't it tims for those girls to b com- fng oaok to the house?" said Mis* Mere i, kveaking in upon the conversation in her br4 cheery way. " You'll linn them to see me up at Kennel's Ureen the i.ext yon co , i, won't you, Mrs Drumnondl I i^'ll be so glad to have you !" Brighton with tho little village of Rottingdean, some three or four miles to the eastward. The rail* will be laid on the solid rook with ooncrst, and at high watsr will be coveted by the tea, which, however, will no' affect the car- riages, the latter being supported ou a framework that keep. th. m high and dry. At this part of tha cosst the cliffs are high, and the beach is practically inaccessible, so that no boating traffic will be interfered with. The oars will be moved by electric i' v. I ke those now m u*s along the eastern foreshore of Brighton. {London News. brew .. .' Barbarian*. The " Yankee nation" takes great credit to itself for it* ingenuity, but s wider acquaintance with the world would prob- ably lessen its pretensions. Wild animal* and uncivilized men all creatures, in short, who live by their wits have almost of necessity the quality of *hrewdne*s highly developed, at least in certain direc- tion*. Captain Lugard, tha African traveller, quote* his brother as expressing the hiirnest admiration for " the wonderful instinct" of the jungle tribe of lioniis, in India, with whom he had practised tiger shoot- ing. " If yon dropped a Gond from a balloon in the heart of a foreet unknown to him, and then suddenly ' went tor' nim with a thick stick, he -roul I take the identical path that a tiger would adopt, and it would be found to be the shortest pouihls way out of the jungle." Ciplkin Lugard beari a similar testimony to the rea.iy wit of the Swahilis, natives of East Afr ca. '' e had occasion to build a fort with all speed, snd for that purpose he nes.led poles. They were difficult to procure, but as he remarks, " The Swahili ii a wonderful fellow, when pressed, tor inking bricks without straw. " N.it a tree was in sight, and there were only a don axes for ' wo hundred aud fifty men ; hut he sent all hands out after tim- ber. Each man was to bring a iog. or two men might bring one log. it it was excep- tionally large, and only aftsr that* as done were they to be a i. 'iberty to collect their own food for the day. And the logs wsre brought. In Captain Lugard'* word. : Tell a Swahili he ha* to produce a pole before he can eat his dinner, and though you cannot see a tree on the horizon, he ill arrive with a pole before you have de- cided in your mind which is ths best direc- tion in which to *tart your search." Stephenson that he undertook to master the three R's. Once interested, however, he became a zealous student, and by con- tinued application rose to the poet of pay- master of the road. NEWSPAPERS PRBDICTED BITIM. Before the first trial was made the press of that time prophesied that a!) sorts ot dire disaster would happen if the visionary (lightest affection. I'eroeivmg.at last, that she is sacrificing him to her greed of con- quest ; that he uan neither thaw lor move her, he determines to punish her for her monstrous injustice, to prevent her from destroying the happiness of others, as soe had deetroyed Ins happiness and that of many men. Returning from a ball, she discover., on alighting from her carriage, that she is in a s'raoge vestibule, instead of her own. Alarmed, she is about to summon her attendants, when several men seize her, tie a handkerchief over her mouth, and bear hr rapidly away. Nearly in a *woon from fright, she is lying, when she fully ngains her sensss, on s sofa in a bachelor's apart- ment, bound hand and foot. ; Julius Henri Browne, in Lippincott's, A dose friend the one who never lands you anything. Knitted Lace. This edging i. worked foundation of '27 stitches. crosswise on a First Kound. SI, -' k. 1 1 o, p > tog, 2 k, twice 1 1 o, k '2 tog, 18k. Second Kound. 81, 8k, tto. 1 k. tt o, 9 k. 1 p. 1 k, I p, -2k, t to, k 2, to*. _> k. Th.rd Round. SI. 2 k. 1 1 o, p2 tog, 2 k, 1 p, 10k, 3 p, 9k. Fourth Round. SI, 9k, tto, 1 k, tto. r.'E, .' p. '2k, tto, k -Jtog, 1 k. Fifth Kuuiid. Sl,2k, tto,p2 tog, -2k. twice alternately twio 1 1 o, k 2 tog; then 7 k, 5p, 9k. Sixth Round. SI, 10 k. 1 1 p, 1 k. tto, 10k. 1 p, -'k, I p. 1 k. 2 p, 2k, tt o, k 2 tog, 1 k. Seventh Round. SI. -J k, t to, p 2 tog, '2k, Ip, 12 k, 7 p, 9 k. Kighth Round. SI, Ilk, tto, 1 k, tto, 18 k, 2 p. 2 k, 1 1 o, k '2 ton, 1 k. Nm h Kiund. SI, '2k, 1 1 , p 2 tog, '2 k, three times alternate- ly twice t to. k '2 tog; then 7 k. 9 p. 9k. Seventeenth Round, si, '2 k, 1 1 o, p '2 togj '2 k, twice alternately twice tto, k '2 tog; then twice alternately twios tto, k 3 st tog; than twice 1 1 o, k 2 tog, 7 k, 9 p, 9k. Eighteenth Kound. SI, H k, k '2 tog crossed, "i k, k 2 tog, Sk, four times alternately 1 p.,'2 k: then 1 p, 1 k, '2 p, -2k, 1 1 o, k2 together I k. Nineteenth Round SI, 2 k, t to. p 3 tog, 2 k, 1 p. '21 k. 7 p, 9 k. Twentieth R'mnd. SI, 8 k. k 4 tog croaie.i, 3 k, k 8 tog, 22 k, 2 p, 2 k, 1 1 o, k 2 tog, 1 k. Twenty-first Round. SI, '2 k, 1 1 o, p 2 tog, 2 k, twice alternately twice 1 1 o, k '2 tog ; then three time* alternately twice i t o, k 3 1 tog, ; then twice t t o, k 2 log, 7 k, 5 p, s k. Twenty-second Round. SI, 8 k. k '2 tog crossed, 1 k, k '2 tog, S k, five urn** alternately 1 p, '2 k ; then 1 p, 1 Britis , Naval Estimates. Tho British uaval estimates for the com- ing year are about $Sri,S.10,UOO, which is an increase of $15,630,000 over the amount used Isst year. A new programme of ad- ditional construction is to be undertaken, with apppropriations in five annual install- men'.-: aud, if the plan is carried out, seven firs'.-olas* battle ships, six cruisers, two sloops, and thirty -six torpedo destroyers will be laid down. These facts form a practical answer to ths question whether the British Govs>-nmen- proposes to keep up with France aid Rus- sia combined in the race for naval inpret macy. In orftkr to appreciate the real sig* niticsnce of this outlay we must remember ih it for the last five yeers U mat Britain, .cording to one statement, has been expending about $*2.t,UOO,OOO a year on new construction. She hss also been steadily increasing her enlisted personnel, and yet It is said that th* new programme includes a further increase, including marinas, of ,700 p, 2 k, t t o.k '2 tog, Kound. SI, 2 k, 1 1 u, p'2 tog, '2 k, twice alternately twice 1 1 o, k 2 tog; then twice t t o, k 3 st tog, (to do this, drsw the sec ond of the next 3 st over tbe firs', and work this oft together with the third st), twice 1 1 o, k 2 tog, 7k, 13 p, 9k. Four- teenth Round. SI, H k, k 2 tog croeeed, fl k, k 2 tog, H k, three times alternately, 1 p, 2 k; then 1 p, I k. 2 p, 2 k, 1 1 o, k 2 tg. I k. Fifteenth Round. SI, 2 k 1 1 o, 2 p tog, 2 k, Ip, 18 k. 1 1 p, 9 k. Sixteenth Round. SI. S k, k 2 tog crossed, 7 k, k, tog, 19 k, 2 p, -2 k, tto, k'2 tog, 1 k. Twenty filth Round. SI, 2 k. t t o, 2 k, twice alternately twice tto, gsther; then four time* alternately twioe 1 1 o, k 3 st tog ; then twice t t o, k 2 to gather. 17 k. Twenty-sixth Rouud. SI 17 k, six timss alternately 1 p, 2k; then I p, 1 k. 2 p 2 k, 1 1 o, k 2 tog, I k. Twenty- seventh Roun.,. SI, 2 k, t t o, p 2 tog, 2 k, 1 p, 37 k. Twenty-eighth Round. C'ast on* is *t, 19 k. '2 u, 2 k. t t o, k 2 tog, Ik. Repeat alwsyt the first twenty-eight rounds. [Toronto Ladiet' Journal for March.