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CHAPTER I.
The scene is luid in London; the time ia
1S!X). General Fulit i sitting in hi j
library chair, and the Earl of Mouutmr- t
ron ia sitting opposite to him. The Gen- j
eral ia a man ia the prime of life, tut hi J
hair is gray, lie ha i delicately molded 1
feature, and sympathetic expression, j
but an undecided look about the mouth i
which prove that he rule less easily tbap
he ia ruled, r.i th. pnwLt mouient be ;
looks puzrled alnios. alarmed.
Lord Mountcarron ia s very different
type of man from hia frend. lie ia thor
oughly material. But there is nothing ob
jectionable in bis appeal .ince, which most
people would pronounce to be very agree
able. He ia young, not irore than thirty,
lie possesses good features, dark, glossy
hair, a bold eye, and a self-conSdrnt air
which carries all befrre iL, and bespeaks
an aaanrauce of victory. And yet General
Fuller looks at him aeance, and with
evident suspicion.
"Do i make myself perfectly under
stood?" asks the Earl preseutly. "Have
1 left anything unsaid?"
"1 think not. Ird Mountcarron. Your
offer appears to me as raighrforward as
it is honorable; and and flattering to
my daughter and myself. Yet my daugh
ter is very young."
"Pardon me. Miss Ful'er has completed
her nineteenth year, and was niue-aud-twentv
on my last birtb.tay. Surely thi ne
are snitable ages."
"But you havi seen sc. little of each
other."
"As much. I fancy, most men and
women do before th.y marry." replied
Lord Mountcarron. with a smile. "I had
Fuller
the honor to be introduced to Miss
last season, anu we hae met constantly
since, anil. I think I Tiny say. with the
full approval of her mother."
General Fuller shriij- his shoulders.
He knows that his wife would approve of
any one who had a handle to his name.
"Lord Mountcarron.' he snys. "I have
but one object in view, mv daughter's hap
piness. I do not lielieve iu coercing girls
in such a matter n marriage, eveu if it
were possible. My eld -t daughter mar
ried according to her own wishes, and
Gladys shall do the same. But she has
not spoken to me on the subject yet. and
until fhe has done so 1 can say nothing
definite."
"If it is to res; with Miss Fuller, 1 am
quite satisfied." replies 1-ord Mountcar
ron, rising; "but 1 trust you will not keep
tue in suspense louger cbau necessary."
"The matter will rest entirely with
Gladys," repeats the General, a I-ord
Mouu-carron disappear He actually
feels quite nervous as he rings the library
bell and desirei, the ser.ant to ask Miss
Fuller to come and spea to him fur a few
moments. It is not long before Miss
Fuller appears She knows perfectly well
why she is wanted. Sb and hor mother
have watched lord Mountcarron' phae
ton drive up to the door and drive away
again, and wondered way the library bell
d.d not ring tiefore. When the servant
appears with the General' message.
Miss Gladys :ays:
"I hope the dear old dad is not going to
preach at me about it for an hour, for I
promised Miss Cleveland she should intro
duce ber brother to me at the Ansteys'
this afternoon" and Mrs Fuller adds:
"If they want yon to fit the day at once,
Gladys, don't make it later tbanJuly.
or you'll spoil our summer trip," and
then ihe girl runs downstairs without the
slightest eiubjrassment, and pops her
smiling face into the library door. Her
wild-rose fai'p has so liitle consciousness
in it. and tier manner i little confusion.
that ber ra;!ier believ.s 't quite impossi
ble she can guess what lies before her.
"Can you gntm wbc Itt.i been with me,
Gi; '?" he asks.
"Tnere's u need to guess. We saw
him go. I-eril Mountcarron."
"And you know why be clime to see
me?"
"Why. of course, dad. He spoke to me
yesterday."
"What d'd yon say, Gladys?'
"Oh! the usual thing."
The Ge.n ral cannot help smiling.
"The usual Thing! Vly dear girt, we
must be playing at en purposes. 1
mean did lie did the Earl say any
thing to yon alKiut about marriaae?"
G gdys' beautiful eyes open laughingly.
"What else could he say, dad? It was
all plain enough. It was I who sent bim
to you."
"But yon did not accept him, Gladys?"
"Yea. I did flat LHdn't he under
stand?" "Yon accepted him. mr dear promised
to marry bim?"
"I said I couldn't proaiise exactly with
r.t asking you; but I had no doubt of
what you wonld say. 1 thought you
would be awfully pleased. Aren't yon?
I knew if it waa to be. It would be,
and it waa nc good worrying abont
it. Bat it's ill right now, and
mother will be half frantic with delight.
She his been always prophesying I should
low Dim, , because I waa not sharp
Dongb.M i
The General frowns.
"Your mother naturally thinks more of
the title and fortune than the man: bat
yon yo are surs on lore the Earl,
Gladyar
No Moabea. no eonfus.on. only a pair of
elevated eyebrows, and then a look rait
down at ber pretty fingernails a look
that waa aot quite bold enongh to meet
her father's eye.
' "Oh. yea, dad, aa we!l as I aba II ever
wee anybody."
"Bat, mr dear child, what do yon
kaw a boat love?"
"QHe as moeh aa I wast to know,
Fas not that sort of girl, yoa
mXnm do row aseaa by not that tort
-:'Ot thoee spooay gtria who are
r I teniae a beat fore, and men and
S ttl that Med of rabblah. I
7 lim tL It weeild aw be ate ala
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-"J dear, you have never tried it.
And I never mean to. I have stren
I other I eoide try it. aud that's ouile enough
for me. 1 wouldn't make what is called
a love-match fur the world. Tbey al
ways turn out a mistake."
"When did you say he should have
your answer, dad?" h' add.
"I -.aid I would w rite ' i him to-morrow.
But. Gladys, 1 must iak further with
you Un th's subject first. It is a very,
very serious one. You must not decide
hastily."
viladyt shrug her pretty shoulders,
kisses bim effusively, m.d walks slowly
toward the door. She leaves hi'r father
perturbed and uneasy. The General feels
as if ie had received a Jural douche, and
he sits there shivering under the applica
tion, and wondering if be has really un
derstood his child.
I ne next day lord Mountcarron was
formally betrothed to G'adya. and the
date if the marriage fixed for the 27th
of July uext.
CHAPTER II.
The excitement of sp.--ading the grand
news among their friends aud relations,
and of discussing the make, the mate
rial and the cost of the various articles
of dr?s necessary to a countess's trous
seau, causes the next lew weeks to fly
rapidly enough. Each Cay the beautiful
Miss Fuller is seen in public by the side
of her betrothed earl either on the box
seat of his four-m band, or seated opposite
to him in her mother's carriage, or en
circled by his arm in the mazes of the
waltz and envious eyes follow her and
envious tongues are I eard to wonder
what on earth Lord Mountcarron can see
in her above other women, that he shoulii
promote her to the position of his wife?
Gladys hears i( all ami enjoys it In-yon'
measure. This is what she is marrying
the Earl for this is the harvest quickly
' rn,'"'r'' "f her eleve husbandry. Her
! i.rensi : witn prnie as sue catcnes
I the ill-na,. d whisperu that follow her
I ber eye tciiru with d 'light as she sees
i the look of detraction cits' nisui h
iieauty. ami sue gives 1 "rself consequen
tial airs t tin r make her royally haled.
Iord Moiinl'-arron m-Jiiwhile is as at
tenth as a nance can possibly be. H
makes his bride-elect tin most beautiful
presents. He dances a tendance on ber
everywhere. Hurdly day passes but
I some relation or friend of In family
leaves a card upon General and Mrs.
Fuller. As Gladys en er the drawin
room one iftcrnoon. from a long shopping
expedition with ber sister, she sees a
basket of the most beauliful roues on the
table. The conceited ,mss has been so
overladen with (lowers jnd presents of nil
sorts lately that she ha become disdain
fully indifferent to the offerings laid upon
her shrine. .She sniffs ar tbem carelessly.
and inquires:
"Mountcarron Iwen hvre. mother?"
"ii'S, my dear, and so disappointed to
find you were out. He bought ns a box
for the opera this evening. But it was
pot he who left the roses tor yon, Gladys.
"No Who then?" with a slight degree
of interest.
ins cousin, .ur. t.rooke, who came
with him. Such a bauds itiie young man."
"ilr joke Brooke," repents Gladys,
thoughtfully. "I don t wcni to remember
the name. Where's Kehrett?"
The bible of the aristocracy of England
having been found on a side-table, she
runs rapidly through its pages till she
comes to the el!-nsed o:-e which contains
the genealogy of the E.irls of Mountcar
ron. "John Edward Henry (isn't that a hid
eous name?) Earl of Mountcarron. Vis
count loimage. liaroti irem n. sue savs
in a breath, and then, after a slight pause
"of course, how stupid f me. I wonder
I did 'Kit remember it before. I've read
it a hundred times. 'Heir Presumptive.
The Honorable .lames Brooke." That
must lie the niau: but w.at business has
he to be fhe heir presumptive, mother?"'
"I don't know, my love. I suppose he
Is the next male cousin. If the late Earl
had brothers "
"I r"inember now. Mountcarron told
me all about it one day: but there are so
many oranches in thes big faiii!ies. His
father had three brothers, but they're ni
dead. The second one n -ver married, .iH
the third had only dangnters. This M
Brooke must be the son of the fourth. He
is much younger than Mountcarron, 1st 't
he, mother?"
"Oh. considerably. Not more than two
or three-and-twenty. Ani quite a differ
ent style. Fair and a very slight figure.
But you're sure to see him before long,
and yon must make friends with bio,."
"Naturally," cries Gladys, laughing.
"It wouldn't be safe for me to snub the
future Earl of Mountcirron. He might
poison us both to get into the title."
But here her wonderings are Interrupt
ed by a summons np-stnirs, and in an
other hour she is standing, a very in.-ir-nation
of lovelinesa. robed for the It ilian
opera. Mountcarron joins them in i !
course of the evening, mnr she tells him
how sorry she was to miss him an ! his
cousin that af'ernoon.
"It ' of no consequence." n epli. "I
wanted to introduce Jem to jiu bees if?
he is to be my groomsman on the 2itli.
and he has only just returned from Ner
way. But he will call on yon himself
another day. He is a nice boy. Yon will
like him, and he baa been us.-d to be a
good deal at Carronbr."
"I hit father dead?" asked Glndyt.
"Yet, both father and motner. Hit only
near relation beside myself it h's s's-er.
Lady Renton. and she i.; much ild r than
he Is. He It my only mle eocsiu. yon
know."
"Yet! And be it your hir," says
Gladye.
"He it the beir presumptive to the ti
tle," correct! the Earl, "bnf i trust lie
will never be any nearer to It."
"I abniild like to know hiio. Tell am
to call tga'n."
"Oh, be will certainly call again." re
plies Lord Monrtrarron, and in effect,
the honorable Mr. Rrooxc does call again
at General Fuller' house, within a very
few day.
Glndyt la alone when he la nsbered
Into the drawing-room. Her father is at
his Hnb. and her motbe. baa started off
e roend of calls. In these days Mrs.
Kulle uerer sj ba,,pv as when ne is
giviug her frieiel a d,M-riptioii .f
gi,r:es np.n h,ra her daughter i about
! ent-r It is vert wsrm afternoon in
the beginning July, and Gladys is at
tired in a Mtt Iiiiha muslm dress, simply
bein-d round ber slender waist.
Jaiic-s Brook-, o.-ming u-u ber t id-di-n!y.
is tart!ii!g!y surj rised. He can
Dot believe at Crst thai the Miss Fuller.
It must lie a younger sis'er. s uue s biwd
girl borne for the holiuaj s some half
child, half-woman n it vet emancipated
front the nursery. He has expected to
bud a beautiful woiuar in hi cousin's
choii-e. Everybody hs ront rived to tell
him she is so. Hut h has pictured a
fashionable beauty to himself a girl with
flushing eyes and csiqutt'ish.wlf-omseious
way, aud dressed ID a "confection"
from Worth.
But Gladys Fuller. w!ih all her love of
rank sud sisition. and tier apparent dis
taste for sentimentality is a most child
like and ingcui. oils-looking beauty, and
the w h.v iu w hich she e mies forw ard to
greet bim is so graceful, while it is per
fectly self-possessed, that he hardly
know how to staiumei forth bis apolo
gies for calling again so soon.
Mr. Brooke, though he would dearly
like to lirger In that towery--ented at
mosphere, talking to the 'air girl who has
positively liew ildered hi.u with ber beau
ty, feels that he canine transgress eti
quette to'the extent of accepting au invi
tation to dinner at ber fiauds. aud takes
bis leave with the promise of a speedy
return.
Once alone, he feels giddy with sur
prise. The more be thinks of it, the
more unable he is to comprehend how his
cousin MountcarroD eve managed to w in
the heart and band of such an ethereal,
intellectual, spiritual-looking creature as
Gladys Fuller. What ts?ll has he osed i
uiKn Ler upon bimseif that she should
have consented to pass ber life with
him?
He raves about her wherever he goes.
He tells Mountcarron he is the luckiest
fellow the worl 1 ever produifd. He, talks
to openly about her, in tact, that a judi
cious friend pulls him up one day, and
cautions him to be more reticent of what
he says concerning his cousin's future
wife. And then Mr. B-ooke talks b-ss,
perhaps, but seeks the Fellers more, lie
i constantly there. The General and
bis wife like him, and make him welcome,
and Glady iuvariubly receives bim with
a smile.
Thus the 27th, the auspicious day,
draws near, anl finally arrives.
The marriage ceremitiv is all a bewil
dering whirl, but everything goe off in
ultra fashionable style And when all is
over, the newly-created Lady Mountcar
ron and her husband drive off to the Ixiu-
uon. I hatliam ami Iiover station in a
beautiful new carriage, with the coronet
on its panel and drawn by a pair of thor
oughbred horse.
Mrs. Fuller and Winnie throw showers
of rie and old satin slipjiers after it
the General watches it till it is out of
sight, with anxious, misty eyes, and the
Honorable .lames Brooke stands in the
bay window biting his lips and stamping
down some rebellions fe ling in his heart.
while he wishes just for the moment
that he had never been born.
CHAPTKU III.
While Gladys is on ner wedding tour
the time is passed by her family in various
ways. Winnie goes to the seaside with
her little son, w here s le linds it exces
sively dull, her only diversion Iwing the
periodical visits of her husband from
Saturday to Monday, which he employs
by grumbling incessantly at the rooms,
the cooking and the attendance. General
and .Mrs. Fuller seize 'he op;iortunity to
pay a long-deferred visit lo some stupid
relations in Cornwall. But they hear con
tinually from the newly-made Countess.
She says she is longing to see her dad
again, anu to begin ner wooillnnu ram
bles, and assume the direction of her own
household. In one lett"' she asserts that
she never could have imagined married
life to be so thoroughly uninteresting.
Her Misband is absent almost all day.
shooting, and she is left alone, to consider
what dress she shall war at dinner, and
to put it on for no one to notice or ad
mire, except the servants. And she
winds up each letter with a gentle perora
tion to the effect that they will be! at
Carronby by the first of October.
At last their advent U announced for
the following week. It ha been nn old
engagement that Genera! and Mrs. Fuller
are to meet them there, mid Lord Mount
carron has invited his cousins, Lady Hen
ton aud Mr. Brooke.
She becomes so excitel as their train
approaches Carronby that Lord Mount
carron ran hardly keep her In her seat
until the carriages hare come to a stand
still at the platform.
There they are! thete they are!" she
exclaims hysterically, as she catches
sight of the dear, familiar faces, and
as soon as the door is opened she springs
into the (Seneral't anna and kisses him
effusively, regardless of who may ace
her
They hurry her away the carriage In
waiting for her, and then she perceives
that an elegant-looking woman, with a
fair, placid face, with whom her husband
ia warmly shaking hands, is also one of
the party.
Gladys, this is my cousin. Lady Hen-
ton, says Lord Mounter rron, and in an
other minute she has made the acquaint
ance of Mr. Brooke's sister.
Where is Mr. Brooke? I be not at
Carronby? Why did he not come with
you?" she asks, eagerly.
I wished him to be of the party. Lady
Mountcarron," replies Iady Itenton, smil
ing, "but I think he ban some important
work on hand. The completion, or erec
tion of a triumphal arch, under which
you are to drive to your new home, and
which ha occupied hit thoughts, to the
exclusion of everything elte, for some
days past."
Oh, bow good of him to remember It.
Yes, be promised me I should have an
arch of welcome when I came to Carron
by. And hark! are not those the chorch-
bells ringing?"
Cries of "Long live the Esrl and Count
is T' "Welcome Ixrd and Lady Mount
carron . God blest th i Mountcarron"
ring in ber eart like to many blattt of tri
umph for Ihe position the bta attained.
For the first time the res 1 1 let whst It
it to he the Countess of Mountcarron
feelt what the hat done f-r herself hears
with her own ears the elevation the hat
achieved.
Aa 'be carriage rolla order the wonder
ful arch of flowers, th. it too overcome
even to notice it; and when her father
llfta ber ont under the pr rtlco of Carron
by House, she Is silent, at ranch from awe
at from the excitement she hsa pasted
through.
As she reaches ths ground, her kssbaad
tires her bin arm; and leads bar Jats an j
mi..Tal hsK. Iinisj w.ih dark o.-ik and
emend with armor and family rtraits,
and through a double h., of servants, to
w hom he presents ber a the Count ss of
Mountcarron. into a dr tug room which
has leii new ly-dceorated for ber re-ep-tion.
Here tiny are jn joined by the
General and Mrs. Fuller and I-ady Ken
ton, sud Gladys gives veut lu ber over
wrought feelings by falla.g into her moth
er's arms and bursting into tears.
"There, there, my dear child! You
mustn't cry on first entering your home.
It isn't lucky. But you will excuse her.
will you not, Mounteareon? I fancy she
must l overtired."
"No. no," sob G lady s "but lam happy) The Dose of the nioose deer H cou-
L8U' h"l'''y;" sidereil a great delicacy liv the New-
Ibe Earl Is pleased with the compli- IruI)KW 1(.kpr ,,,. ,he atJl ,aii
ment. uat man in love with a Woman . ,,, i.i. . . ,
n . . - , I, . ... , or the sliark are esteemed as specially
would not be? He goes up to bis wife . . . , , , ,, , . . !
and kissing br. savs: i rlhlnif and delicious by John Chi-
"WeU-ome, my di orest girl, to Carron-j Da"lan- Tll ptlal lias also a fine
by. We can all understand w hat you I ,a," ln nnhatched ducks anil obick
feel. and if your mother will be so good,''u,. ea slugs, fish mans, birds' nests,
as to conduct you to your own room. aud many other delicacies unknown in
and order you some tea, you will be all I unenlightened Euroje.
right after a litile quiet." ! lu Polynesia raw sharks' flesh Is
.urs. ruiier. acting on mis unit, leads
ner uangnter upstairs, wbile the rest of
I'" ,' mtmir aill llli n II I J B -n(IJ U!Uff
at the idea of the loving, inex,erien,-cd '"Y"r " " ' S
young girl so overcom- with liappines. j uh n!"'y esteemed delicacies as ali
as to Ik? unable to find relief except ipl'aIor and hippopotamus. We our
tears. selves revel In turtle, aud vet we de
(To be continued )
Tbe Baboon took. Command.
Speed la the form of equipment In
which the dog excels the balmon, and
as an aid lu the direct pursuit of ani
mal It must always be Inferior to
what Dr. Calut calls the "leoparll"
the "chasing dogges." But In the great
ami Justly prized gift of scetil the tuoti-
key hat the advantage, though ting
have for centuries been bred with a
view to the development of that partic
ular irfft. and have both In sport and
In their use as detective and walclien
nccuicp almost Indispensable Bids to
man. Among tbe very few Instance
iu which the animal has been taken
wild and used Intelligently as a ser
vant It has lieen found that be en n not
only find edible plants by went, which
the truflle hunters' kh1Ich are trained
to do, but he can be used to discover
hidden waler a unique Instance of
aulninl service, I.e Yalllant, the Afri
can traveler, gives, an account of a tame
li boon-probably a chacma from South
Africa which Illustrates It film as
a watch, a hunter and a procurer of
food and water more fully than any
others record.
1 his monkey, by sheer force of
bralu.H, took command of the dogs kept
to protect the camp, and id and di
rected them Just as the older baboon
command and direct tbe rest of the
tribe. ' By hi cries," gays I,e Vaillant.
"be always warned us of the approach
of an enemy before my dogs discovered
It. Tbe dogs were so accustomed to bis
voice that they used to go to sleep and
I was at flrnt vexed with them for de
serting their duties. When he oixt"
bad given the alarm they would all
utop to watch for his signal, and on the
least motion of his eye or the shaking
of his bead 1 have seen them rush for
ward to the quarter toward which they
oliserved that bis looks were directed."
Fireproof Stairways.
The demand for fireproof construc
tion In nil detail of modern buildings
and the necessarily ornamental rob'
which stalrcaseo play in buildings of
architectural pretensions have devel
oped the problem of designing stair
ways Into an Important study, ln a
recent Issue the Engineering New il
lustrated a method of eonstruet'oti
which Is employed In Germany. :,yl
which fully meets the demands of fSn--proofniKs
and architectural compiet''
ne. The stringer consist of parallel
wrought Iron bars braced by simitar
bars which extend to support the tread.
The separators act us stiffening mem
bers, and by means of the Interior taili.i
holds tin- whole Ktructurp together. The
risers which serve merely to cover the
open spaces, are made of sheet or cast
Iron wrought In ornamental patterns.
The tread consist of Iron plates cover
ed with wood, or they may be? entirely
of stone ornamented as tl(lred.
Among the claims made for these
stairs are the constructional advan
tage of having all the tension members
of wrought Iron, and the total absence
of all splices, lsrilts nnd rivets which
detract from a neat appearance.
Their Infirmity No liar.
As Japan comes more closely in touch
with tbe rest of the world, many of its
customs are being adopted.
In Japan the art of uiiissage is widely
practiced, and almost exclusively by
the blind. It Is a very lucrative pro
fession, and the most skillful operators
gain large sums every year.
The reason for Its being a profession
particularly adapted to the blind Is
readily understandable.
Everyone knows that when one sense
falls its absence Is supplemented by i
the Increased sentences of others: so. j
with people deprived of sight, the sense I
of touch become highly cultivated.
The blind men and women of St.
Petersburg and other continental cl'Ars
have not ten slow to grasp this Men,
and the number of them who are mas
seurs In constantly Increasing.
Ths bead of that profession iu the
Russian capital In himself totally blind,
and be has a large class of pupils who
are likewise deprived of tight.
Then and Now.
With nil possible respect, the saying
of Julia Ward Howe In recommended
to tweet girl graduates for careful
study. "Sixty yearn ago I was sixteen,"
aaya the brilliant woman. "If I knew
aa ranch now an I thought I did then I
might have something very Instructive
to tell."
Hone Tor Dyspepsia.
For those with weakened digestive
powers bouey la aald to be a very de-!
slrabln food If a nemnn u .JeT ttA
... .J .. ".. 7 . '
"too exhaontod to eat" a few Unto
oc nonsry ww act ima mafic.
rowo it ismii i i'-C"'
Nations liiffer W n!et.r in What The
Like to l.at.
Tastes certainly differ vas!'y In ihe
matrcr of foods w'tli various iianons.
and so do npiift'ti't. An Iiiliun. for
Instance, would be content Willi A iiiecc
of bread aud grjpes for a ihiy's fo.nl.
while an Esquimaux in the satne time
would demolish invn'r pounds of
flesh, and a Tartar crii:tp even more.
However, quality ami not quantity is
the matter of greater latere;, and cer
tainly here we have identv of variety.
mi)l.n
relished, and It is openly sold
In the market of Havana. On the Gold
cline to have anything to do with tor
toise, though a very large amount of
the aoup In Italy and Sicily U made
of the land tortoise boiled down to a
strong esseixsp. Unil tortoises arc alo
much appreciated lu some of the West
Indian Islands, and In North America
the eggs of the cbwe tortoise are reck
oned a great delicacy. In liuth North
and South America the flesh and eggs
of the alt water terrapin are consid
ered a luxury. Skillfully cooked, even
thp hideous, scaly Iguana Is rendered
very palatable, for Its flesh resem
bles chicken with tbe flavor of turtle.
If atewed or curried It Is as good as
rabbit or chicken, and the soup made
from It Is excellent.
The eggs of reptiles are wonderfully
good, and none are better than those
of the Iguana aud the laud tortoise.
t rocodlles.. lizards, and frog are all
eaten by various people, and the first
Is very often excellent food, rewin- I
bling veal or pork, but some kinds ;
have a fishy flavor that Is exceedingly
disagreeable. Alligator tati sol
what like sucking pig. and at Manilla
I sold for good prices, while the Chi
nese greatly value the dried skin for
making the gelatinous soups to which
they are bC partial. Home Notes. t
Princess Tom or Alaska.
Prof. L. L. Dyche. of Kansas, baa re
turned from Alaska. Prof. Kycbe went
to Cook's Inlet, anil especially In search
of natural history specimens. He as
cended to the source of the En!k river
with an organized expedition, which
was a succes,, although the ob,tn.iies
to be overcome were appalling. lie
met Princess Tom. a famous, Yakutat
princess, wealthy beyond all other
Alaskans. She lu ?1.-,(kki lu $3) gold
pieces. On her right arm she wears
the bracelet, each hammered out of
a $31 gold piece, ami on the left arm
she we:ir ten bracelets, each made?
from a $10 gold piece. She has hun
dreds of blankets, walsklns, etc.. and
she owns a schooner mil two sloops.
She Is i's'i year old. and has just mar
ried her fifth husband, a young man
I of years, for whom she ha paid
: .i blankets. The relationships are
traced back through the mother's side.
It Is, In fact, almost a savage realiza
tion of Lj-tton's "Coming- Kaep." Bal
timore American.
He Itslsed Them.
A few nights ago miner from the
north who had lately sold a claim, had
money to burn, and was in an Incen
diary mood, came down to Spokane to
make the currency bonfire. He was
rather rusty hiking when be struck
Spokane, but be was hungry, and. be
fore going to a barber shop or a bath,
dropped Into au uptown restaurant
to get something to eat. There was
but one waiter, and lie, busy currying
champagne to a party at another table,
paid little attentlou to the bard-lio!;!ng
miner. Finally the waiter was called
over, when the miner said:
"See here, kid. l) I eat?"
"Sorry 1 can't wait on you now,"
was thp prompt reply, "but the gentle
men there have Just ordered a $.TO din
ner." "Fifty-dollar dinuer be banged.
Bring me $li worth of ham and eggs,
and be quick about It. Do I look like
a guy who can lie bluffed by a mess
of popinjays?" He was waited upon
promptly. Spokane Review.
Nad Los to the Uueen.
Society in New York will be palne l
to learn that the Queen Is about to
lose her coachman. He did not strike
nnd lie was not discharged. He was
retired, with a handsome silver tea
pot, presented with the Queen's own
hands, and a substantial pension. He
url "m "vuwu u,r nny-tnree
?T hta ""J" U Th'" "nndn.
" "y,u ua ,,r,r'
en so many Kings, Queens. Etnnerors.
Empresses, ('nam, and Czarinas ns bat 1
Thomas. There will be much sym
pathy with the Queen In New York's
exclusive social circles over the fact
that she has been obliged to part with
so old and tried a retainer.
Egypt's Ancient Labyrinth.
The most nnclent labyrinth, accord
ing to Pliny, wan that called the "laby
rinth of Egypt" It was existing In
hit time after baring stood for 3,000
yearn. He tells us that It was formed
by Petescua or Tltboet Herodotus,
however, aacrlhea It to several Kings;
It stood on the banks of the Lake Moe
is, and consisted of twelve large con
tiguous palaces containing 3,000 cham
bers, l.fsJ0 of which were underground.
Tbe only lore In the world thnt seems
to nniount to anytbln. a ttie lorn be-
ween mother and daughter. We aj.
.... T , ,i ZVw a iL I
fo th tepot th hfor"
ChrtatmM to nan modmra and daaib I
j K 1 i L C A i i ( i .N A L C ( J i i U j 1 N
NOTES AEOUT SCHOOLS AND
THEIR MANAGEMENT.
Vo Comnttrnt Teacher Can Pecrr the
Care.'al Mudr snri 1 boronsh Tescb
iui of the I'riociples of Ensjllsb
Grammar.
Th Mra tr of KnsKsh.
We clip tbe follow iug jiaragrapb fron,
in educational paper:
"Parsing, analysis, diagraming and
ext Uiok syntax are weak legs for cor-
vct dally English to stand upon. They
ire. except tbe last, good iu their way,
mi w riting and speaking English must
e learned by practice."
We had thought that this bobby had
'ii-cn riddeu to death some time ago,
tut now aud then It seems to Indulge
ti an expiring kick. The nrin who
writes the paragraph evidently knows
.Itile abont teaching and less aUmt En
glish grammar. Any successful teach
r of Englifb will not undervalue, cither
ina lysis or exercises iu syntax as aids
to scholarship or mental development,
hut the schoolmaster who grinds
through recltatlotiB for the mere pur
(Ke of getting through the work will
!k apt to slur these exercises and con
demn them. A grtat mill will lie quite
is effective In grinding grain to powder
is are one's teeth. But the process of
education like tbe process of eating In
cludes something more than grinding a
recitation through. Tbe teacher who
loesn't understand tbe further process
es of digestion and assimilation doesn't
understand his business, and be Is npt
to cry out against anything that dm1
not show Its value In a so-called practi
cal light. "Writing and speaking En
glish must be learned by practice.'"
Very true, but when two-thirds of the
child' waking hours are spent In the
'ompatiy of those who do not prof;?
to understand the liest English, the
practice Is more l.k-dy to be detrimental
than otherwise. Or does the writer
mean that the teacher shall distrlbu'e
: himself to tbe playground and the
homes of the pupils that he may be
omnipresent to regulate the practice of
which he speaks. Practice must lie reg
ulated. How-sluill It be regulated?
How shall the child know when hS la
correct? Indeed, we doubt If he would
be safe even iu the hands of one who
twists that "parsing, analysts, d agrnm
Ing, and text-book syntax are weak
legs to stand on." Candidly, we should
lie afraid lo put a child of our In the
hands of a teacher who held such opin
ions, for we really have never met a
teacher who understood grammar or
tbe the teaching of It tliat talked in
that way. From careful olwervntlon.
ive have come to the conclusion tliat the
men who decry the careful study tuid
thorough teaching of the principles of
English grammar are sounding Ihe cry
of "Stop thief!" while they lead the
cbote. Honestly, dm any one know
of men and women who are thoroughly
vcre-i-d In correct English usage, both
theoretical and practical, who decry
Ihe teaching of the piMiflple governing
Hint usage? Educational New.
usitrrntlonM for a 'chool Cabinet,
The following siiggnitiotis may !
helpful lu arranging a cabinet of curi
osities ainl materials for busy work In
a primary grade. The objects should
be collected mainly from the Immedi
ate vicinity, and the children should be
encouraged to help In furnishing them.
They should posses additional interest
to the children from having len
studied in object and language lessons.
Where the pupil are mndp to feel
that the niliinet Is really theirs, the
visitor will Is- asiouisbed to liml with
what Interest and pride they show their
collection and dilate on the peculiarities
of tbe object. The children should
classify from the first, and should learn
to wognlze the objects, know their
names ami a few facts concerning
them. The cabinet may consist of Ave
shelves arranged as follows:
Top shelf Animal kingdom: lu
sects mounted. Bird nnd mammal
stuffed. Other specimens preserved la
alcohol, e. g the frog lu different
stages. Animal products. Blue, wood,
silk, coral, shells, etc. ,
Second shelf-Vegetable kingdom:
Vegetable products of the vicinity,
grain, flowers, fruit, ntr. etc. Manu
factured vegetable products; Linen,
cotton, wicker work, v ooden oljccc,
etc.
Third shelf Mineral kingdom:
Nt"'"" d pebbles of the vicinity. Iron,
gold ore, flints, arrow bends, etc.
Fourth shelf Objects Illustrative (,f
form, measurements and color, manu
factured by children when possible.
First aud second kindergarten jftfts,
clay forms, etc.
Fifth shelf-Objects used In numbct
work and reading, splint, script, ctc
I'rliriary Teachers; Manual.
chnol Management.
Children will all shout If you shout.
Ou the other hand. If you determine
never to raise your voice when you give
a command, they will he compelled to
listen to you, and to thin end to subju
gale their own voices habitually, and
to carry on all their work In quietness
The moral effect of this on the charac
ter of the pupil Is not Insignificant. A
noisy school la one In which a great
opportunity of clvlllring and soften Ins
the manners Is habitually lost. And a
school whose work Is always done on a
low tone in one In which not only is th
teacher healthier, nnd better able tc
economize the resources of bit own life,
but ns n place of moral discipline It Is
fnr more effective. Fitch's lectures.
UneTnl Birds.
Parrota are put to a practical use In
uw ""rtsiuced
" railway station and trained Ui
rail oot the name while the train simL
Germany. They bare been Introduced
call ont the name while tbe train attud
tbem, and thus nave people the trouble
of maklaf Inquiries.
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