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41 W0*l t Kl\. I li. \.irr.." -li.n .- I h. Unite of V ail ot K Unlnic la iBil.iswl in Flu. All v AKIim.l 11. I w men have had *uch a a narrow escape) of 1',-iiig .> king, w lu'lher the) liked it or not, Hike ol i .I'l.'oi "k'. ; but il bappesV gade of Highlanders. Thin magnificent body of men, lh- finest intaHlry in the world, be |. -I into tlir tliick of llii' light .1' tin' biittii- of the Alma, riding at the Head and act u illy ill i c.'t iiij; the charges on theRtUtian col'i'nni, in M li.i'li so ninny <>( the llow<-r of tlv British army, were destroyed. HIS |x>sitiou was an invidionaeiif.for though he hud ii' - ' long ttL'o thai iio'.ody thinks nf tliat 1 ,,,., ,-,. M , le ,,,, ,,. , core . of Vl . u . rsn ,-.. -,, r and l .. .. ,., blnlT burly soldier a. ever having boon a , battered in numberless fierce engage- , lent* p,.il- e - 'cce-or U, the , tht ,-. \ , t .vas iu j^ ^j A(dca au(J ^^ JJJ^ w(u the only slenderest ol chances thxt prevent I ed him from bciii:;)!.!.!^;.- the l-'ifth, by the I grace of (iod. King of Cieat Britain and Ireland, .1 ;. .i-l.-r of th<- faith, and the rest u< it. Lord Byron saitl oM'corg- th.' Third that the only virtue be had wa* fidelity to a had, woman. Cvrumly he was a model of .nii.igi 1 lie-. -i' 1011, notwithstanding that " snuify old Cii ul-.n.-," as his Queen was irreverently calle.l in Kuglaud, was one of the least attra-tive and mom dis- ai;n-rable women living. Th -> b-.| u regular 1'irl.y and .loan cxiatciioc, an. I had no fewer than fifteen , Inldrin, In-mdis sev- eral that died in early infancy. Out of this large hr K>d of royalties, seven prm M liv.-d to 1- middle-aged men, i amely, the I'mi.-c of Wales, afterword K. the Fourth ; thf Duke of Yoik, the Duke of Clarence, aftorward King U'.lliuii the t'jurth ; the Duke nf Kent, the Duke of CumlxMland, afterwards Kii.g of H mover; the Duke of Cambridge. When Ceori;. the third .lied blind an I idiotic, at the age of H3, in Is-Jii, there seemed to be a serious danger of the direct succession nf the tin-one f ,il ing altogether. Like many other pious ktunUly deal a g.M.d jf <j, e (li ra .,.., ,,,, of fuelinir sainst ma( , o a n)eM (lf a ln liny Wdy t |,,. ro would nave l<een p howl of triumph among the enemies of royalty, and even a great many people who were not eneniici of royalty would not have been so'ry to see favoritism o digitally rebuki ' 1 nr howevci , knew vory well what he WM and his conduct at ilia Alma gained for him not only the enthusiastic confi'l' IK-.- of his MI' u, bu' also the respect of the officers in the army, wl<o laughed at the idea of a royal L)uke leading a division, before. In the still more terrible conflict of I n- krinmiiF, he Icil tin- lin.ml-i again, and his hone Iwing shot under him, in tin' M i.l t ot a hailstorm of bullets, he would assuredly have been killed but for the bravery and devotion of a private soldier Ykhu <K 'ieinle i him from the Kussiau bayo- nets until another horse was brought. '1 his g.illa-it guardsman, who was alwayn kn own as "the man that saved the life of the Duke of Cambridge," only .lied the other day. Needlrts to say he was well looked after, promoted, peiiiioued, and decorated. Just at this glorious period in his career the wan sou"d insiste'l on fathers, the King nas toUlly unable tolnnj; l>uke met with a misfortune which all the up hu son* in the paths of rectttu'le. A | , , amj i ML j.itterly. He wore lot of reproba-es, pr.,lbly, were , ^ fever> ftn(J the lloctorl never furnished by a single family. Tli.-re ,,., leavlng t |, e Crimea by the first transport, was hardly one of them whose life was not < The Uuke we j|.|, now i n g what a handle it a public scandal. The I'rmceof \\ales, cal- W(mM to hj> Detractors if he retii-d in le.l l,y hi flatterers " the hrat gentleuian in t , 10 v , of tbe Wlkr .topped at Con- Ku.ope,"wacerUinly the greatest black- .tantmople and lay there weeks, battling Ku.ope, iruard iu Kngland, and the Duke of \ ork | witn was precious lif.le bctU:r. lithe others , m the |, ope of belug ab |e to reluru ^ hi , commmn j. Hi condition, did not, arry their profligacy quite to such j |,,, weveri |,e cam ,. , alarming that he was outrageous lengths as the other brothers, it | im ., er<4live | y O rd. red home, and no had no wa because they were always in ditli-ultie-i g|lltl l) . iu lhe , uose . uellt iim l , for money, also beeiusa women got control | orie , of hu or in tn<J crowlling nf *l, u >., u*l>/. I..IK.IA til. .01 li^h^V^t MTI I r> BUM M t> ~ . . f .. . * . of them who made tUom behave with some sort of decency. K*>-ly in thf reign of flnrn III., a law id IMM-II passed called the royal marriages triumph of Suliastopol. Th remit was exactly what had lcu eipccUd. A chorus of blame and abuse arose which would have been enough to Duke act. which mvie it unlawful lor any mem- i rum a man (|f k . M tr(le jt thju , _ ber of the royal family t.. marry aiiyl.ody , , '. u ,,|, n( i , e The circumstance not of royal blood, without the OODSSat of p . ir i u . u l ar i y .mfortunatr. The the sovereign. Yet tin Prm.-.- of \\ ales, J.; mperori anxious above all things to con - the Duke ,.f York, UN Duke of Clarence nec t his dynasty with the military history and the Duke of Susse* all married, t ! o f France, so as to keep up I h- traditions of least once, against the law, and h*l Urg- u , e t Napolean, bad sent bis cousiu, families. The marriages of Uc hr.lll.r." ,., , .;,. K,.^,.,,^ ,,f .le r ,,. nr Honupane, ere unply ignored, ami they all mam. I tv K ,,, K { \v,,,tphatia, m command of a again, iu the royal degree, but all di. ,| lu ,,,,,, ,,f t |,,. Kr. n 'h army in the Crimea, without lawful children. The Duke of N ,, w p n|1 ,. ( . \Rpoieon, commo-ily ...II.. I Sussex, who wo* acoinparatively respectable j. i0n p loDi wrul ft|1 ttITiUll C(jWiir d ( |,ut an man, mirried a beautiful and virtuous wo^ | gojnj(i ^^.,,,,1,,^,.,^ II1UI , ,,f p |.,,,,,rc mm. Udy Au,-usU Murray, daughter of .,,(,, ( |,. iu . r s. without a spark of tl,.- l-irlof Dniiinore : and a grat effort was , in . , | m , |,, lt wl ,|, [[ thil , r ,|,vsicii! timid made to have ' on the groi long run, never fails. Here is an instance of it. liy one of the Articles of War, duel- ing in the army is strictly forbidden, and any olli ;er who either sends or ai; ep'.s a rballen^e. i* to lie dismissed from the service. It i< the duty of theComnunder in-chief, of course, to enfop'o this law, but, a has been saiil, tne Uuke of ('imln u!:y lakes his own view of what ii or is not his duty. On one occasion, an i.lli ri in the (iuarus got into a iristy quarrel with a civilian about a woman, atid bin opponent, who was a gentle- n. i- u, sent him a challenge. The guardsman refused to accept it, on the ground that he was forbidden by the Queen's regulations. The licit day a big pneur, signed by the civilian, was stuck on thi wall of theliiiard's barrack*, announcing that "Captain is u coward. " The Duke of Cambridge, ruling by, Haw it. and ar.keil what it meant. Tli,- f.i< -t ) W.T-I- told him. Hit sent for Cup- tain - an.l asked him if it were true that he had taken shelter bvhiud the in a ipiarrel about a wo- man. The officer acknowledged that he hail. "Tuwi," said the Duke, "you had better learo the army. " " Leave the army, sir !" exclaimed the officer. " Hut what am I to do if I le;ne the army ?" " Turn <|HIH:- ing master and be d - to you !" replied mm aider in-chief, cutting his inter- view short and abruptly leaving hii ofli :c. Technically, of course, he was all wrung, but military opinion was unanimous in thinking be was perfectly right. Where a point of honor concerning a wo:naii was concerned, an of'btr and a gentleman ought not to have let the risk of dismissal I nun the service weigh with him for a moment. On two other occasions the shown this a , ,,iv i.. ,iiii>, .111, wn.i ..it iin.b ]i.,oi, ... >.i.,,..- was entire! uvethe marriage declared legal w | 1|< ., 1 ,,. Kln(h ,,,, |,i...^ li infl , ound that U.ly Augusta was ,,, Tllo first smell of iruupow.ler w '', ,n l from the royal line oi >,,,u,,l. , ,.,, ,, ,, .. ,.,, the nuts denied against It and . ,,,,,.a without having reilly iis.um.-d hi* J )llke fn f descended fi But the conit solved the man i I Duke, neverthe less, stuck tohisg'Mxl wife and hei children and pos'lively refused to marry aliciiuan |ir:Mcess for tne rake ot providing a ni wit to the thrum-. I In 1 1..- -lr.it li of kViKi tin IV. m K'17, the Duke of Cumlwrland be- ramu King of Kanovri, and renonne'l bis n^-l.ts a a I'riiii-n of (Jre.t liri'am. The Duki- ol K' ni wa<i dea<l, having left an only i-hild, a girl, in delicate health. I: that girl, there only rein- ni"l, f all the progeny of (leorge III , his youngest son, th>' Duke >if ('mi' who hail mode a law fill marriage and li.i'l ooe non mid two iL<i;'h'<'i - jt that ^nl had or had no ilnldn-n the succeiwion Duke has peculiar tpialily very con- spicuously. In 1S7*. when British inter- ests in Eastern Kiirope were threatened by Russia, Lord ll-'aconstield did a very bold thing. He had a picked body of In- dian Iroops scut from India to Malta. Up to tint tinv- there had been an under- standing, though there was no law on the subject, that Indian troops were only to be employed in India and were on no account to take part ia military operation;, in Kir rope. What (<ord Beaconsh'eld meant by this step, however, was that, if necessity he would pour the whole Indian army of 400,000 or ,VJO,IJHO men into Kurope and employ thum agitnst the i.> le.-u's enemies, be they who they mi^bt. This was distinct- ly a political measure, and the Comman- der in chief has nothing to do with political measures. Neither ha* he anything to do with Indian troops, who are under the Commander in-ehicf of India. The Duke of Cambridge, however, looking t it from a sohlierV point of view, highly approved of Lord Ite.iconsfield's coup. I'o him the army wax the army whether in Kurojx- or in Asia, and the purpose of tho army was to smash the Veen enemies anywhere and every- w'.ere. In defiance of all the proprieties. th-M'lore, he undo an nlli.-i.il journey to Malta and reviewed the Indian troops amid mil. .'.iii'li-d entliusiamn. The demonstration was entirely su<-i:essful. The war rumors iu peedily died away, and the op- had very little to say alxmt it, igaiiMt ihe government or against the ng rc,l!y as.umc.l In* | )uU< . ],, f ntur .., Imlian tn, ,p* will play an ,,,llol,i;.,li,,nerpu:tie, , u , |( , |n Kuropean war in *b.ll u t girl m Uri. totally indinVr w hi.h (. ic.it Britain is engaged. the men-lies* ridicule that wo* poured , .. upon him by the wittiest nation ..n . -..ill,. ' '"' " ll " r *''"' was when the Second In a word, ho was the laughing stock of ciiiiiiniiii.l . -it-l and hi ent to l!nro|M- mortiri.-ation that wat felt in Kngland when the (Meen's cousin, the ropresentativ.- of Kii','lii>h royalty at the seat of war, also i> tnnl fpMii Ins coiniii'ind in the very . i-i 1. 1].. i i .1 nl say, and what was very widely be- iii-v -! ut the time, wa* that he slit auk lioni I.Atlalion of Ihe lirenodier (luards were It ia easy to imagV... . then, the p'llyo' iMrdination the year he-fore lost. Such an event was so nnpreceib-nte.l tli ilthe U-U authori'ii-s were pu//.!ed K* to what ought to bcdonr. Hut the Duke knew. TlieiniL'li ul. r* wen- tried by court-mart ml ofthe stri-Kiile. No one could .'.urge mm " : ';' ' "Ml-riyinment will, hard with .oWMMl,,,. afte, I <plit, ,,t Aln.a ulH.i for t.'rms varying fri.n, twelve !,, and Inkermsnn. Hut wi.at ihe radical '<'"'">' ^r*. I he Konio, u .n-oiMimiss,,,,,.", omcen <>f the battalion w.-n- rodoOM to the ranks. The l..iit.ilion was xiled in disgrace to Bemiula for i liildn-ii. On ilie succession of the (^uoen, the Kingdom of Hanover U-cainc separateii from i .real liritain, the Salic law in fon-e in that country not allowing a woman to ii.-.u|i> the throne ; hir. until tl the Kin^'iif Kni;- lam) lias also lieen Kin:; f HiunAei, ami the old hiikc of Cambridge 1ml '..iiualij i'i'.-.l th.- .ountiy for many yi-srs us regent. It was in the ity of Ifanov. r that I'rince fe Frederick, the present Diik; of IXmbriilge, wa Wii mi Ihe V-lith of March, Iriill jiuttwi. inoiiilm lfore the Princess .iia of Kent, now VIKIH an.l Kniprsss. Kve i after his chance of )>. lining King of I., j-la'id had vanish. .1, n looked a* if he would surely lie Km", of Hanover ; for the vnvinn I >. 1 1. .- ..f I u ml., i him I n\r<> had only one cln Id, a boy wh .U'l'ttlnetotiilly liluel That blind lmy however, lived to ! King of Hanovi-r,lhe last king.piobubly, that llanovi r will rvcrhive; foi he sided with Au>tria in the warof ISfid, bridge Imd most unjuktly l.> bear llie luniit of it. However, he took it very philosophi- cally ; mo.li- nn reply to the attackx that were mi le upon him: Lilt p.iinnily l.i.le.l Ins lime. Tl.o l-'n ii.'h proverb say* " Kvery thing nd to him who knows how to wait,' an rni-. I ..in with i such severe punishment, why ah mid the Colonel, against whom they had rrU-l le. I, IK; r[ u i red to retire' If the Colon. I was to hi. mo 1 , why shoulil tho men In- pun- mlieil'' Tin- aiHWer was ron.liisive " I'..- raiue the Dnkr n.i:.| it nm -t bo so." In dignant .|ii.-.-u.in* wt put to thn \\ u Minister in lh Hon." of ( 'iiinmoii* with a that he had shared the hiltorest ng them. His reputation a* a good m.ldier was entirely ii-stori-1 in the niiii.ls of every thinking person; but the ((loss of hi* military glory was taken off, nevertheless ; the verdict of the unthinking multitude wa* " not guilty, only don't doit it, and knew too that as sm.n as the pul.lio heard the Commander in-chief had made up In* nun. I, the l!mi.s!i puhlic would unite mind. That Is whern the bo of Duke of i and at the peace, Hisumrrk, while leaving tin Austrian territory intact, unnevcd Han- ovrr to I'rusnia and drove the King Into ..! H" iln'.l brokenhearted ami his fin is simply Duke of ( 'umbcrland once more. The Duki- of Camliridgo having thus narrowly missed tw.i thrones, found himself ( the army, . at large in the woild, without any prospects' siil.nn.l \\at.-rlnnveteran, who hail sucuntd- M"" lll'.illilge's KtlvuiMll lien. II. - ill u 1 1 1 1. iji >>; *. iiifi uiiiiii , UHII "it'll i tl 1 ' n . ., . . at;aiii |- and the duke never wasabl* to l,..!.l "" I 1 " 1 | M A d-o | Ut 1 ' l '. 1 ' 9lin "'. 1 I ,| the gre ,t the place he ought to have, had among Ull! ' l" V of KnglishimM, lui-k 1,,,,, tl.r ^-h 1 1,, k Crlmsaa htm-T Still h bided hi, time. I '"' """ h ' 11 '"-" ' " moment he appear. In is:*, j,,,. when public o,,:ni,m Imd' "' '',' '"H 1 ' 1 ( ,' r wr ""K- . !" . ll " ! t!lld ' tllt>lr f " th begun to veer round In the <lukc H f.ivor, i " .7," 1 1 lw * yl J """ ; ", ,- Viscount Han'ings, the c.mmander in chief ' lie Vu ke ''" """ " 1 '' 1 ''" U ^ v "' e1 ' , 1Ie , dieX He was a famous I Vm,,- : ""' llk a /'""I*''. '"> he calls a spade a P ai e ' He ""H*" hlt own R> """' 1 '>"'' "'"''> '"" 1 here .. a go.Ml story told to speak of. His father died |K,,.r, and his ,.,1 th, K i,-.it Duke of \\'.-lliiigin as com , . mother had all she could do to make Imth ' mander in chief ; and bis shoes were not ea.y very religious colmii'l, luring the. Amer meet One of the daughters married the ' f or al , y m,,n to till Yet the Duke of Cam- ca " 01 vl war. Ho had Iwen severely re- IJrandDuke of Meckl.-i.biirgStr.-nil/. and ; l.r.J^. w | 10 was then only : 117. was aniK.mte,! i . huk ".'t5 '".<>( his captains for swearing became a very great other, the I'rincesa mother and brother in the old fushione.1 ivy- 1 the whole were wolf pleased. ,..,, ..,, , him an.) iturUid his eyes and mouth with mini and l.liHi.l. A* soon as he o-uld plut nigh t" irtieulatcly at all.Jie cursrnl in Iiii nik;c, niii) n <ia vin i> i niiv ' I < * *w tiri>< 'III \u\i . . . , . * to the post. Again there was a tremundous h""> b 'y. whe " ' 'V moment he might b, i nun v, remaine,! wivn net ; howl from the newspapers, but the army on ' '." * l' relie c J *' *"* h r in the old fushloned ivy- the whole were well pleased. That the fi"-; 1 ""',""; "'""J" ^bcl shell burst near covered cottage on Kew (iren, a favorite appointment was a irross job could not be residence of <.,o, K , III , whi.-li lad Iwen ' denied mil ly> nrmj "preferred a job which pro* nli'd for th. in by tho gurpn's kindness, gave them a royal gentleman and a thorough i,.-> hv. -.1 ihe life of a typical genteel I good fllow for their chief, to a regular i 'i<T'';\ 1''KK'; I andtben, on roflec- Kn^hsh family of limited means, Iwloved by appointment which would have given them i *!'."'' '' , '' ',' *? ^"P 1 *" 1 S| " ul ' H '" ll>l > all ll,-ir nrighl-ors, especially the p.r, a mere lontme ollicial. The infai is Duke I J. '"' |)uUe of CamWidge never IIIJ-H it on Captain Smith. At a review t lie men strain their ears to pick up a few now nnd orginal oaths, and the I), ike's are always tho most fashionable in the canteen. Nolxidy likei him tho wome for this. He loves the pleasure of the table too, haa a roaring ap attending service regularly at the old church of Newcastle used to justify all his jolis by on t!ie -i.-i-ii. tc..el,iiig tin: parish ilnldren, raying that "any man is fit for any post he and growing into the affections ami in*titu- can get ;" and time is proved tha . in this case n. i -..f the pln.-caa if they lielnngcd toitas the wicked . Id joi.bri was not far wrong, much u the moss or the walls of the ancient j The Duke of t ' in. I. ridgehai been commander elms that hod waved over il for cent; nies. , ,.(, .f f,,, thn ty-five years, and during the - -i It was this oarlv home life that mado the whole of that time he has steadily gained in P ollU> "! makes no fuss about a bottle or Duke of Cambridge what he is, the most the estimation both of tho army and of tho j tw ,J 1 or ,":^. t . l i 6 . or l .; l ^ r ",' "".""M' thoroughly Knglih of all the royal family, ' ntlinn. Not that he has ever courted pop. ' though U.rn ilia foreign country a,;. I I . ,iy, cither in the one or ill the other, get lu- r foreign on his inother'H ni.le. Ho On the mnti.uy, he has invariably shown came into bis titlron the death of his fither, ' an utter I'ont.'iiipl for popularity, and baa in IV'), but long before then he ha, I chosen : often done the most unpopular things with his profi-snion and Iwgun a distinguish. .1 . n , ,,,,,], ;, le .,,,.,.. 1 1.- has shown l.imxelf a repr. He entered the army in IS.')", when ! rough, tough, sturdy, straighlfoiw.ini, only IN, with Ihe rank of colonel, in accord- ! strong nun, with an immnval.la will of hi- willi the system of favoritism which own \. hen > > it her the g-.v. riin.'-iit on the sy then existed, ana was made Major (ieneial one h.tn.l n-< . impnUr voice on the oth. r, on su. rrcding to the Dukedom; hut it was J has ever buen able to turn a hair's breadth the Crimean war, in iN.'il, that gave him hi* Irom w -li.il In- U a. \ . .1 t.> lie his duty. opportunity. Hr licgged to be allowed d, \Vhal lh" Diike nf Cambridge's ideas of be a real soldier, sndby the direct influence duty are it would be very hard for any one vided the wine be good. He is a ratt pui I jection to a little fisticuffs. Not long ago, a man insulted him in the silent, ngum which the Duke gave him a thrashing upon I lie -.put, though ho i* 7% and stout for hii Yet, with all this broad, almost coarse .|u ilitv of the i.l.l f.i Ononril Kngliahman, the John Bull of the last generation, IIM private life has been singularly honorable. Like so inanyof his uncles and great uncle., the Duke of ( amliridge deliberately made an unlawful ni.ii riage, by which he denied himself all tho f the IJiiecn he was promoted to I.ieiilen- ' to say at all clearly. He inner prelmnU to advantages of a great idlunc and nhut ont ant (ieneral and placed in command ol H ' en plain them himself. Hut he has a kind of all the avenues of royalty from his descend- division el the army, consisting of theltii- instinct of right and wrong, which, in the ants. HR married an obscure actress, Miss Kairbrother, who ha 1 not much beauty, nor any other special fascination, but who had in i.i i eyes, one ovrrwbelmin| claim upon bis life long devotion. He lovd her. She was a goo<l wife to him, 'ami uo woman ever had a better husband than h* was to her. As long a.* she lived, no matter where ho ipent the day, or what functions of state or pie iiiire he attended in the evening, if he were within reach of town at all, he invari- ably found his way every night lo their mod- est but comfortable homo in Mayfair, and shared her bed in tho old-fashioned way. Female temptations were thrown away upon him. His wife was old and homely and al together out of society. But for that cry reason she needed her husband afTect ion ami fidelity all the more, and he was not the man to deprive the worn in he ha/1 chosen from the world of on<- iota of her righti. Kver since he became Commander- in --hief the Duke has hail an official incomeof $100,- 000 to $150,000 a year, beside revenue* from other sources wiiich probably amounted to as much more. Then his aunt, the Duchess of <;louceslcr, who died in IS.'>7, left him a considerable fortune and an immense house ijmte a palace, at the corner of I'ark Lane and Piccadilly ; so that he has held a prince- ly pillion for many years. He haa lived up to it, too, with a very generous hospital- ity, and luu dono his duty to society a* well as to the army. Yot it i* well known that after the most royal feasts, no matter how Lit" the hour or how bad the weather, he never failed to make, like a homing bird, for the nest where his wife and children were. Twelve children he ha*, of the name of Fit/, (icorge illegitimate in the eye of the law, but openly acknowledged and dearly loved by their father and not by any nieins looked down upon by their cousin on the throne or any of their royal relatives. The Duke's position toward the Queen i* rather curious. He ba-, known her from babyhoo-1 ami bo is not only the oldest friend but the moat stead fa*t friend she has. There is nothing of the courtier about him, and he utterly despise* forms and ceremonies. Hut he is loyal to the core and chivalrous a* a crusader, and his attachment to the Queen is a mixture of dogged affection for a dear woman and lofty devotion to a great sover- eign. It is a remarkable thing about the Duke of Cambridge that he manage* to Iw a close friend t.> very dilTV'rcnt teople. The I'rince consort was a most difficult man to get on wilh, proud, sensitive, re-rved, and outwardly very cold. Yet the Duke under- stood him and got on splendidly with him. So with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of K linburg. From boys they clung to tho Duke of Cambridge and ho has (tuck to them as warmly and senaibly an if they had been his own son*. The Duke of Connanght. has made him hi* mo lei in Ii'.'. As for the women nf the roval family, they all a. lore the old Duke, whn.livi leshu heart a-"ong thmn with the impartiality and simplicity of the Knighl of tin- i:..im 1 Table. It 1 1 110 wonder that his children are received at court as freely and as kindly an if they were owned by the blood royal. They do not push themselves, n> v.Tthrlrss, but are careful to avoid envy i by keeping in the luwkk-mund as much a* ' pnwiible. Several of the Duke's sons are 'highly meritorious otfict rs i u the army and n i\ y, but to this honor In- it said that they Invo never gained any pxurot ion tli i; they have not earned by tlieir own efforts anl Thn Duke is now a widowar of 7-. a fine specimen of an old soldier, nearly six f"et two inches high and not far short of 300 pounds in weight, very florid ill the face, j with a jolly red m-se and great, honeat blue | e\ *, .in.) snow-white hair, niuntacbe and i'?e whisker*. He is one of thelx-st dressed 'men in Kiirope and he drivel tirt-nite ! horsps ill the l>3*t soi-t of carriages. Ho is in s'lort.a " swell " of tin- first water, and none hut u fool w mhl dream of taking a bl.erty with him. Yet anmnj! his frieii.ls, who* nun i* legion, he is the most un- allecled c'>od fellow, an 1 .-MMI ill the to a perfect st rani. IT who nv'i.'Tii/.'S him fioin his portrait* ,\\\<\ -alnt.'-i him frankly, the l',i',e can iu> more help givinga friendly and hearty ^rcetinif, as from one man to another, a* ho ooiil.l not help -i"" t mj into the jaws of lull at Alma, or rollicking home' to his old wife after a banquet atdlnnooster IT. .HIM-, or doing anything *'!*.' that is natural to a whole-souled, single -minded gentleman. in .. . . fer ii.. n , , . h..i.i In cooking vegetables always rrm. mU-r that boiling walcr evaporates rapid! v on the approach of a storm or when it is raining. (tood coffee Iwaun, it i* said, should be hard and heavy, uad when put in water should readily sink, lloans which swim on tho top aro of bad ipi.il it \ If those, who perspire freely would use a little ammonia in the w.iter they bathe in everyday it would keep t heir tlerh clean aud sweet, doing away with any disagreeable odour A simple polish for stained flours is shred- iled beeswax in enough turpentine to dis- solve it. 'Another one highly recommended, is equal parts of swcot oil, vinegar and tur- pentine. When chil.lien live near the water they should not bo allowed to batlie more than on.-., u day, and then not immediately after eating. \V ailing is such a dear .U-lighl it .. i, in. it Ii.- prohibited, but il is dangerous if i he water la cold. For tender feet take two quarts of cold w.iter and odd one tableaponnful of bay rum and two t4kb'.espi>oiin of ammonia. The. feet should IMS soaked in this for ten min- utes, throwing ihe water upward to the knees. Hub dry with a crash towel, and tho tired feeling will INI gone. To cure lumbago take a piece of oilskin clolli, null as we use to cover tables, hut of soft pliant kind, uulli -iently large to cover the loins ; place il over the flannel shut, and bandage yourvull with a flannel bandage ; profuse perapiratioii will eiisua on the loins, and you aro quickly rid of this wearisome complaint. Fish should always he perfectly fresh when cooked. To select fresh ones observe the eyes ; it they have a bright, life-like appeamnce, the fish is fresh ; if, on tho i-ontrary, the eyon are sunken mid dark- coloured .ni.l have loit their hnliancy, they are certainly stale. Somo judge by the redness of the (ills, but they are sometime,* coloured to deceive customers. The feet and nails of children are. too often not sufficiently attended to. The toe nails, as well as the finger nails, should \<e regularly looked to. Ingrowing of the toe n.iiU, coins, 1. unions, are all the result of o.-_:i- ;, in,! sometime* of ill fitting boot*. I 'hii, lien's toe nails, especially, are often allowed to row week alter week without cutting When cut they should be don* in * rounded mauuer. TIT-BITS. Belf-Eduoated. Pint Buy Burglar Say, yer got desivag? Second Hoy Burglar-- Yer bet I got it. Pint H. U. (admiringly) My, but. yer a daisy at ili* In/ ! ^Second IS. I!. Yer bet I'm a daisy I D'ye .'pose I go to der dime museum shown ami rrad dr liiine story books for uuthiu'? Dero's nutbin' like improvin' yer mind, m< Iwy ! The Clergyman and the Jockey. A clergyman who is in the habit of preach ing in ditlerent pirU ot the country was, not long since, at a country hotel, where he observed a horse jockey trying to take in a simple gentleman liy imposing upon him a broken-winded horse for a sound one. The parson knew the b.id character of the jockey, ami taking the gentl<m.:i aside, told him to be random of tin; person he was dealing with. The gentleman declined the purchase, and the jockey, quite nettled, i.l.-cn r 1 : "Parson, I ha<l much rather bear you preach than to ten you privately interfere in bargain* between man and man in this way." " Well," replied the person, " if you hod bran where you ought to have been, last Sunday, yon might have heard me preach." "Where w* '.lutT " imjuiied the jockey. "lathe state prison," returned the clergy- Willine to Omit Fifteen. A man while fishing suddenly fell into the w-ilcr. A fellow fUlicrman of In-nevolent aspect promptly helped him out, laid him on hii back, and then began to scratch hi head in a puz/.led way. 'What* the matter?" asked the by- standers. " \Vhy ilon't you revive him?" "There arc sixteen rule* to revive drowned persons," said the benevolent man, " and I know 'em all ; but I can't call to miiiil which comes first." At this point the rescued man opened his ryes and stid f.mtly : "Is there anything about giving brandy in the rules V " Yes." " Then never miud the other fifteen." Mean. Ta the large num ber of stories of " the meanest man," which are frequently related, one should be added of a certain French- man, fa nous for his habit of Crumbling at everything and on every IKXMSIOII. He waa atlu'kiM l>y inflammatory rheu- matism, and was carefully nursed by hit wife, who was very dnvcteu to him in spite of his fault -tin. Ini:; disposition. His sutler- ing caused her to burnt into tears s.imuuiiiei, as she nat at his bedside. One day a friend of the invalid's cane in ami inke.l him huw he w.u getting on. " Badly, bailly :" ho exclaimed ; " and it's all my wife's fault." " li it possible?" asked the friend in sur- prise. " Yes. The doctor told me that humid- ity was bail fur m ; and there that womau sits and cries, just to nuke it moist in the room !" Couldn't Sacrifice His Health. " 11 uikinson, do you think you can lend mo a fiver for a few <lay< ? ' " No, Mawley, old follow. My physician has forbidden me to think until I've got over my headaches." Charity. (,'uelton " Yachtson is perfect ly wrapped up in llat Mrs. Angiitairc, isn't he?" .Swellcry " Yes ; but it is a deuced thin wrap fur the season." Either Green. li'fothy -"That young minister can't have taken ordnrs more than a week or so." llutli " It it .11 short a lime as that V Dorothy --" It must be. When he called this aflern... i, I found him reading our family ISihle, and his lovely new suit was all covered wiili dust." Didn't Want that kind. " Nice carpets. Can't be beat," said the salesman. "I know it," saul the customer, sadly. "1 bought some of them last year, and when 1 tried to lx-.it them laxt week they fell to pieces. I want something that will stand a triennial thrashing." [Harper's ISazar. An Awful Thought. A young lady stepped into a certain drug store the other day to qtii/.theclcrk. She gave him tin* and (hut, and ho soon br. nine red iu the fare. Ho w.u becoming irritated. " It I keep on," she said sweetly, " you'll get mad, wou't you ?" " Yes, I will, "bo pettishly replied. " I'd advise you not. Don't become more workod up than you are. It wouldn't be safe," fche answered. " Itecause if you l>ecome madder they'll put you in that drawer a id sell you out to color old shawls at ten cents * pjund." A Quick (hire Wagg It's too bad about that girl that jumped oil the Cathedral npire iin't it ? \\ooden-Why, what did she jump off for? u'g -Why, you see she wa* very thin. Wooden What had that to do with it? - Why she thought she'd come down plump. Procrastination. "Did yer father lick yer Jimmic?" "Yop." , " Did yer put the jography in yer pants?" , S "Yep." "Then what yer cryin' fur ?" " Ah h h I didu't have time to get me pants on- -boo- hoo !'* A Hint in Vain. Trotter "Why haven't you' been Into s. e me lately ' ' Hailaw "Well er the truth is, I was afiaid that you nn_!it regard my visit as a reminder of the money you owe me." Trotter " Why, my dear fellow, I bad forgotten all hlxjul it. K J-iry it troubled, you."