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A LEGAL SECRET. CBAJPfTBR IV. On» sunnj nfternoon, some days after tbe meeting betweea lUxta and Mr. Hl- kincton in the octagonal room, the two were aeated side by side in the law- yer's carriage, and driviu^r rajjidly ' aoroaa the broad heblb wbijoh led to- 1 wards the gateu of the senior partner's villa Never had Roea, pretty aa she was, looked so pretty as she did to-day. She was leaning out at Lbe o^pen -win- dow in dreamy wonder. The ex^panse of blue sky over the great common was interspersed with fleeoy clouds: their soft shadows floated over the heath, giving a changeful exinression to the scene. Birds fled by with a flash trom their swift wings; and frequently a lark would flutter upwards, and with its s^>rightly soiig bring tears of de- light to the young girl's uplifted eyea. She longed to spring from the carriage, and run among the bushes of yellow gorse, a<id chase the white butterflies and gather wild flowers, as she had often done in childhood: for she felt as though she were again a child. "Ah! there is my old homel" Rosa ex- claimed, as she suddeuily oaught sight of the solemn luihiaxea. "Are not those the gatee?" "My dear,"â€" and Mr. Pilkington's voice seemed to remind her that she was no longer ao v«ry young â€" " you have not forgottjen, I boipe, wiiat I told youf" Rosa bent her bead and pouted her pretty lips. "1 ua to ask no ques- lionsf" said she in a slight tone of re- bellion. 'Trecisely. We are to ask no ques- tions;" and the old lawyer patted the young girl's hand ajjprovingly. "There musi be no manilV«ations of suriprise. It is lime that w» began at our age to suppress our feelijigs. Axe we not agreed on that iwint?" Rosa gave him several ra^id nods. "We are apt to be impulsive, my dear, and consequently we must keetp a guard upon ourselves. In good society â€" that is to say, among well-bred people- there never should be any undue dis- play of sentiment. The impulse must be chet^ed, lor the great aim among cultivated people is to hide every sign of emotion." The girl aaak back in her seat. She could nut utter a word, for there was a great lump in her throat that almost choked faer. The situation was over- powering; with every turn of the car- riage-wlieela she realized more distinct- ly that her dreamâ€" the dream of her early girlhoodâ€" was coming true. Ilide •very sign of emutionf She felt crush- ed and broken in spirit, as if a heavy weignt bad been laid on heor heart. This beautiful heath bad been her play- ground, and beyondâ€" whure the great gales slood invitingly ui>enâ€" the rest of her dream lay, an it were, Ijuried be- hind the green and massive foliage of shrubs and gigautio trees. The twelve years thai hud intervened, with all the wretched ixivurty and diauouteut that bad arisen out of it â€" evien Aibel Norris, for whom she hud so g«inuiue an affec- tion-had lor lh» moment gone out of her life. Suddenly she looked u^. They were driving in at the gateway. Through her leurs she caught a gliimise of the grave Bi>hinx0s; and thay seem- ed to be siienily reiterating Mx. Pil- kington's wordu: "'It is time we bt^un to su4>preiis our feelings. Aire we nut agreed un thai polntt' An they drove uj> the avenue, with ilfl pal^ues ol sunlight siiimineiring through m«niiig» uuiung the leaves- un uvcuuu LUut seemed ulmosl enules-sâ€" Mr. i'llkingiou continued: "it is dif- ficull' â€" and Itosa tiiouglit she recog- nized a louch ul ejuoiion in his voiceâ€" "1 um ready to i'oi«.ie(le thai- very dif- ficuli lo ttujipretis uuu's feelings â€" some- times almost iiiii>ousibl«. Hut you axe b hensible girl, ilad 1 nol lieeii con- vinced oi mat, my duar, should .1 not have acUMl Uiiliuenllyf^You will not object," Mr. Pilkingiou added with a nIikiii smile, "lo rumain in yuur own ruoiiis until to-morrow ( itememberl 1 du nol luaisl; hul 1 think, tjikin^; every- thing luio consideraliun, that il would be udvisalile. Are vs-eiagrced on that poini also? " "Jl is wlial I would have ajiked: I long t.o lie alone," said Ituna. "All that has Jiaj<peneil â€" ull that I. now see around meâ€" brings back to my memory that dear lofc " "ilosal At ourugef Kuniciiilierl" The girl was NiliMit, but .she riasiied her bunds tightly lugether and bit her lips to suppress u fluoil of tears. "You will lie pleased, 1 think, with yuur rooms, ' snid the lawyer cheerful- ly after a moinunl's pause. "They look out ujion a uholie bit of scenery; and should you lie di»iiosed (xi lake a stroll in the grounds, my dear, pray do not hesilnte. My suggtutlion inoruty refer- red to the bouse. I would not wander itlmut the house; w» have a good many guests this evening. That is all 1 niitunl. And ai dinner-tiinnâ€" ax we have I Ills roiiiiiauyâ€" you shall lie served in ^our own little sitting room. C'oinjmny II fatiguingâ€" until one has learned to suppress one's fc.eliiigs. Ah, wblll all in good livati. \ 'liie carriage now drew up at the en- trance to the villa. A flight of broad sUps le<l to the front door, with vases full of growing flowers, and marble pil- lars on earti siile, like a lemjde. A large conservatory stood on one siile, nnil the doors IxMiig wide open, Kohu cauglit a gliinjise of I he mii.Ht Iwauti- ful exolio plants A cry of deliKhtro.4e lo her lyis. liul u glance from Mr. Pil- kinglon, wlio He<:i>ind to lie ri^euting, "My dearl At oui aget llememberl" quickly recalled her. Uut Kosfi al last foiind herself alone in tier own ronnis, with no Mr. Pilking- ton fo restrain her expressions of joy or sadnes*. They vrere prettier rooms than slie had eirer seen: a sitting- room with a bedroom adjoining. And her rapture incrtuused wiheji she found them tastefully decorated with flow- ersâ€"doubtless gutheired from that won- derful conservatory. Both rooms look- ed upon the park; and the girl stood for some minutes gu;2ing out, lost in dreamy admiration at the aoene. The windows gave upon a terru/Je with steps lead- ing down into a garden, where ull the brilliant colors of the rainbow seemed to be refieated in flower-beds of every size and shape. There was a paddouk lieyond, enclosed with iron railings; and beyond this paddock there were wooded valleys and hills that ujipeared all the more reiiioseful from the rapid change of sunlight and shadow thait passed over them. Rosa unclasfied the window and step- |ie<l out upon the terrace. The summei L>reeze touched her cheeks; the color crept into them like a blush; and her li^s, half parted, drank in the balmy air. There was a wildnesa in the flash of her dark eyes. Was not this her old home? She flung her hair baok trom her forehead, as she hod often done in her dismal home in Took's Oourt when giving way to her natural emo- tion; and she stood glancing aluout her like a coiitive fawn that has not yet had time to reali^ that It has gained its freedom. But presently she fled dofwu the steps and across the flower-garden, and en- tered a pathway beside the paddock leading into a wood. On she ran into the deep shade. Snatjshes of half-re- membered songs es>:aped her and found an echo overhead in the songs of birds. The lawyer's admonition was forgot- ten. Her one thought was to refvinw the scenes of her early days; to refresh the fading recollection of this old home, which was no longer thought of as in a dream. She came at Last upon a benoh at the end oX a long pathway. It was a very rustic seat, but a shadier sjiot could scarcely have been found. On the hack of this bench, out in the wood- work, Rosa discovered these initials: R.G. â€" S.T.; and underneath was insoril>- ed the date. The carving had been ex- ecuted thirteen yeans ago; and she re- membered the boy who had doAe it. Ua<I not this place been the favourite luiunt of Rosamond Uage and Sidney Trench in bygone days ( There waa no need of this rough record to remind her of that, few momenta in her young life were more crowded with pleasant memories thiui those which had been passed in this silvan spot. In a book of goblin tales which Abel Norris had giv«n her, it had been here that ulie had pictured the moonlight gambolings of airy sprites^ And while she now s.-it drowsily pondering these things, with her eyes closed in a light sleep, the wood became once more a scene in fairyland. Laughing imps looked at her in crowds from behind the trunks of trees and among the leaves and branch- ches overhead ; and some of them, grow^ ing bolder, danced into thw pathway, and poised themselves on the bench be- hind hex, and peeped over her shoul- der, oa if playfully weloctning her to (Jiis goblin boiiie. But where was the Prince, her devot- ed lover, who lived in this fairy wood ? She listened. Waa nol that his foot- step* lUisa started and opened her eyes. Had she lieen dreaming f The goblins hod vanished ; but the footstep was still in her ear. She glanced towards a pa4iah of blue «ky in the o|>ening at the end of the poth. It waa like a miirror framed in green leaves and ar- ching brc.ncbee ; for presently a figure waa standing reflecUd thare ; and Rosa at once re«ognized the figure as Sid- n<»y'.«i. Bhe ran to meet him as she WTould have done in childhood ; nosen.se of iiewta-aint entered into her thoughts. It had been different when they met i.n New S<|uare ; for it waa all vision- ury tihe«â€" o dream that she believed could nt-ver come true. Waa not all lihis reality t " Ah. Rosa, I thought I should find you h«re." Rttja mode no immediate reply. She walked at his side UwtJUgh the shady pathways, as if scarcely yet fully awakened. Her head was l)ent ; but .she knew that ha wa.>i glancing down at h«r with deeper curiosity than when they had met in Lincoln's Inn. And (the tone of his voice seemed changed: he waa mors like tJie old Sidney that .••he had known in bygone ilays, when th«y ran here together with the light am thoughtleae step of childhood. She looked up at lost. " Do cultivat«d people," said sheâ€" Jieople who ore taught to suppress Ihflix real aentimentsâ€" over come here?" Sidney laughed. ' The very pla<;e," he onswored 'that they would lie the most likely to choose. I come hereâ€" frequently." "Not to dream, do you?" "'IV) indulge tihe wildest dreams 1" was the reply. Rosa's face became thoughtful. Did lie ever dreaju of her? Did he ever re- coll, a.>i she recalled them now, their NUnny hours here together? How she longwl to take hia hnnd, oa she had of- ten dome, and apeak of those moments whwh couUl no more have escaped his m«vniory tilian hers. " Did you thimk me auch a prosy law- '«â- â- â€¢' Iâ„¢ continued. " Did you think that I n«ve.r liud one romanceâ€" an un- completed oneâ€" in my life ?" " Yes," Hhe replied with candour ; "I thought you very matter-of-fa<'.t." Sidney hnatened to aak : "Why »o?" " Only l)eoau.>^." she answered unhes- itatingly. "Mr. Pilkington, isâ€" or waa -your guardian. He must have taught you, for years past, never to give way to !«ntiment, to sunpre.ss all emotion. He ib«« not. or i>ro[Ba.ses not lo have, any feeling ot all. At least," ailded the girl, ' so I judge from what I have seen of him ao fax.'"^ " Perhope," said Sidney, " Mr. Pilk- ington lhn« a<Tted towardn you so far as a man of business. We are very matter of-fac.t in LInooln's Inn during office hours." " But h«t wns the same," said the girl, wlien croKBing the heath. He has such a horror ot teors." " There may be a motive. Axe you not our client ?" llo*i supnressed a sigh. " Ah, yes ; I had forgotten." They now reached the edge of the wood. She caught aight of her win- dowa acroMs the lown. "Goodnight," said Roaa, holdi.ng out her hand; "I ahull not see you again to-day." Sidney glanced inquiringly into her face. " There is comjiany this evening," .said Rosa;, "so Mr. Pilkington tells me; "I have agi«ed not to appear. He is right, I auppoae," she ad'Jed peevishly. "One tmuat leaim to hide one's feel- ings. Is it very difficuJtâ€" I noeam in society ?" " No. The difficulty is But I'll tell you another tim«. Good-night." Sidney stood watching the girl as fhe ran oorosa the lawn. She waved her hand to him from the terrace, and then went in quickly, aa if conscious of hav- ing done wrong. Would she ever sub- due her impultie f Since their tacit recognition of each other in Took's Oouirt, on the first day of Sidney's visit, he had thought con- -sUntly of Rosa. Had not the little Hweetheoxt of his Iwyhood grown up into a lovable woman, with all the old petulance and amiability that hadchar- acleirised her aa a child"? He had found it no eaay matteir to remain silent on the subject ol those ,paxly days, even when they met in Lincoln's Inn. How tar greater the difficulty to-day, when they had met in the odd wood, which had birDught back to both of them a vivid recollection of the early affection for each other? Perhaps Mr. Pilking- ton's influence had something to do with the youne lawyeo-'s reticence as well as with Rosa's. Mr. Pilkington had been closeted a good deal of late with his junior partner ; and Sidney had be- guin to abow si^ns of greater earnest- ness and discretion. C!ould the time be fax difdant now when all the weight of reeponBibility. which Mir. Pilkington had beem so silently accumulating, would fall upcm his (Sidney's) shoul- ders? It was quite evident thjat some ?degree of caution â€" possibly bearing up- on some legal seciretâ€" had been impos- ed upon hinL. The dinner-party to-night at Mr.Pil- kingtoo's villa, given to distinguished clients, is quite superb in its way ; though the noinelesa manner in which tile servants move backwards and for- wards behind the chairs, and the mys- terious style in w\hioh the butler re- moves tbe cover»â€" as If there might be legal secrets under themâ€" may ex;pr«8e more than ia intended. Not that any one exhibits the slightest sign that an anxioua thought baa a place in his mind. Kvery face is animated. Mrs. Pilkington's most of all. Even Mr.Pil- kington indulges in pleaaantrieN in his subdued way. He never awakens any reooUectiont-^ievieir by lootk or wordâ€" of the oblong room with barred win- dovfn : ihie convers.-ition is never sug- g«Ntive of an octagonal room adjoin- ing, where every one present has wait- ed his turn more than once. There nev- er was a better bred set of people- people who had accomplpshed the art of concealing emotion, to the complete Hati.sfaction of Mr. Mlkington, and so- ciety at large. It is only when all the guests are gone and the old lawyer has retired to the lilirary. that Sidney notices a change in Mrs. Pilkington. He Ls watx-h- ing her, unobserred, from the conaei^ vatory. Hia face has an altered look too. Pre.sently â€" not without an expres- aion of purpose in the action â€" he steps into the drawing-room. The glance with which Mrs. Pilkington greets him is full of affection ; tor Sidney haa been like a son to her ever since she be- came Mr. Pilkington's wife. " .Sidney," she says, indicating a place beside her. " I have been wishing to speak to you Hue whole evening." He sits down and takes the hand that she holds out tenderly towards him. "I have read the wish in your face," he replieis. "It is not about Mr. Pilking- ton?" " Yes ; for my dear husband tells me," Hays she, " that you are going to take hia place ; tliat he has decided to re- tire. It is a grave resjionaibility." "More so," Sidney answers, "than I imagined. There are many secrets." " T)o they trouble you 1 " One of them does ; it requires such delicate handling." " Mr. Pilkington will advise you." " He cannot, in this case. Among other Becrets, diatreaaful enough in their way, he has told me his own â€" the one that hs bid from you." Mrs. Pilkington glances at Sidney with surprise. " llns he told you that?" Her voice is scarcely audible. " Is it that which troubles you ?" Sidney's look confirms it. There's a moment's pause. " It is the one. then â€" the «e<ret contained in some correspondence in a packet of letters?" " Yen ; that is the one," is Sidney's re- ply. " Those letters are destroyed," she an- swers hurriedly. " I burnt them, Sidney, in my dpj.r huaband's presence. Did he not tell you that ?" "Yea; and your goodness of heart â€" your boundless confidence in him was ainioal naore than he ouuld bear t If you liad only t<u8iMK!ted of whom those let- ters apoke â€" what seorets they contain- edâ€"you would never have thrown them into tbe fire." (To lie eonUoaedJ A JAPANESE VIEW OF ENGLAND. Wkal a Newnpaprr af That Ceaatry Bay* Abaat Buglnnd'a ttrealMrM. The Yorodzu Chobo, a Japanese Jour- nal published in Tokio, devotes a por- tion ot its columns to discussions in English; this port ot the paper has an article entitled "England's Greatness." which is as follows: "Thy greatness, O England, is not thy own making. 'I'hou haat not stored for thyself coals in I.Ancaahire and iron in Yorkshire. Thy conunodious harbors of Liverpool, Bristol, Southampton, etc., w«re not digged by thee. The warm wind that comes from the west and the fruitful rains which it brings are brought to thy shores by a iiower that is not thine own,. Thou woat plaoed in the centre of the land heinirq>heire, and the whole world turns toward thee. Thou art the world's mart and tlhy wealth is the world's. Tlhen thy laws, literature and ^eligion^â€" they, too, are not al.l thy thinking. What weire thy Hobbes.Aus- tln and Blackalone. had there not been Caesar and Juatinian for thee? What were thy Milton imA Shakespeare, had the.re not been Aeaohylus, Horace, and Virgil, wJvB unwiiktiingly wrought for thee? What wei-e thy Wyclif, Knox, and Wesley, hail there not liuen Isaiah, Daniel and Paul, who preaohed for thee? Rome, Greece, Judea, Phoenicia, all con- tributed their porta to make thee great. Thou art the produot of ages ot human labor, from Abraham and Htomer dowm- word: The world demands from thee a sT-.rvice which ia thy d,ue. Thy fleet ought to he employed not merely to protect thy inierent. but to right the world's wrong. Th.y plu<-k and skill oupfht to tie freely given to helj> the helplesa, to rescue tbe perishing." OUEER mn_m nm. DUTCH EEL BOATS STAND AT BIL- LINGSGATE WHAHF. How LondoBcrii Kay Ike Succaleat. Wrla- gllas PaMengrrs-Kank Water Alwayn Prevni Fatal tn Healthy Kelii. Those who have crossed London Bridge, or have journeyed by river be- tween that point and the Tower Bridge, may have noticed, moored in the neigb- liorhood of the Custom House wharf, a number of quaint Dutch craft. These are the Dutch eel boats, whose duity it is to keep London supplied all th eyear round with fresh eels. With their bulging polished oak sides and decks heavy laden with quaint gear, they form, even on the dreariest days, a pleasing patch of warm color amid their sombre surroundings. It ia a noticeable fact that these quaint ves- sels never remain unrepresented at their moorings, and that never less than three of them are anchored at their pier. This is explained by the fact that by a concession granted by Queen Elizabeth to the Dut<h, their eel schuyts pay no tollage of any kind to the Port ot London, free anchorage having been granted to three Dutch eel boats, the only condition attached to the privilege being that there must always be three vessels at anchor in front of Billingsgate Wharf. So that if their number fell to two the privil- ege would be lost. They also enjoy the privilege of free market, ciwtomera proceeding on Iward to purchase direct from the captains the succulent cap- tives that are imprisoned in the tanks arranged in the hold. A waterman's skiff takes uB to the lonely vessels. Aa we climb tbe low bujwark of the schuyt Stad Vrokenn we are received by its captain, Auke Bylsma, who, with his crew of a man and a youitb, has finished bis liusinesa for tbe day, and is now taking the air and bis eaise om the broad deck of his bluiff-lxiwed craft. The Stad Vrokeinu is not often honored by visitors otany sort at this time of day, so we are received with open arms, and tbe functions of the strange tackle by which we are suir- rounded are at once explained to us. The long vase-sliaped wicker baskets, with close-fitting lids, that are arrang- ed along tbe bulwarks are, wears told, destined for the reception of the larg- est sized eels, which range from 3 lbs. to 4 lbs. in weight, while tbe boxes and scoop nets that are stacked on the fore- castle and laid along tbemaitsive boom are uMd in the transhipment of the slippery passengers. Overaide, half- submerged in the rushing tide, is tow- ing A COFFLN-eaiAPED BARGE which contains eels ready for the In- spection of cubtomers. In tbe center of the boat s/tand tbe scales, tall and heavy, with on one side the conical net bog for the eels, and on the other side tbe weights and pieces of stone that make uip for the water that cli,ngs to tbe fish. 'Throwing book the hatch, the ski|>- per reveals the shallow hold' imto which â€"doubling our bodies to accommodate our persons to its four-foot pitch â€" we follow him on a touir of insiiection of his eel tanks. These are arranged along the centre of tbe vessel, and are supplied with fresh water through the lK>ttom of the schuyt, the copper sheathing of which is perforated with many holes. When at sea tbe mouths of these tanks are covered over with pla-nk lids and battened down. Other- wise, oa "Shipper" Bylsma informs us, "der schuyt will queekly descends to der Imttoms of der sea." Down in the hold we are joined by "S«-hipj)er" I'eter Hlik. of the schugrt Twee Broe- (lers. Two Brothers, which is moored alovigaide, who assists in enlightening un aa to tbe methods of cat<'hing ana transporting live eels. They are stock- ed i^n the neighborhood of Amaterdam, we are told, and are brought over by the schuyts all the year round, not- withstanding that during the winter months no eels are caught, since they retire into winter quarters in tbe mud at the lN>tt(>m of the dykes. In tbe summer months the eels are taken out of tlie tanks at the anchorage in the mouth of the Thames at Oldhuven, where they are put iinto Iwxes and brouigbt on by steamer to London, since no self-respecting eel possesses a constitution cafiable of withstanding tbe iinsidiouH influenoes of the Thames water that flows through the tanks at that period of the year. The schuyt then follows its cargo up the river, to take its turn at the anchorage off Billingsgate, in accordance with the stringent terms dictated by Good Queen Besa of glorioua memory. In 18^8 the masters oif the IJutch eel ships stated before a Parliamentary committee that, a few years lefore that date, they cuujd bring their live eels in "wells" as far as Gallion's Reach, below Woolwich, but that year they were obliged to stop at Krith, and they had sustained SB«.10US LOSSES trom the poisonous nature of the water whi'h killed the fl-h. Mr. Butcher, an agent for Dutch fishermen, stated before the alxive mentioned committee that, in 1827, eight Dutch eel vessels arrived with fufl cargoes of healthy eels, al>out 14,(M)0 Um. each, and the average loss was 4,000 Ilia. Twelve years previously, when the Thames was putrer. the loss was only 90 Ills, of eels a night ; and the witness deposed that an hour after high water Iw had had S.OOO Ilia, of eels die in an hour. "Der Vater was good now," says "S(^hipper" Bylsma, plunging his hand into the tank, "dor vater was good enof to trink now." Nevertheless he informs uk that cut of a cargo of 20,- UOO lbs, of eels he has lost on this voy- age 2.000 lbs. These victims for the wbii^b bruise the captives against tK« wicker sides of the baskets In wbicb they are confined. In aukamer it ia ulsual to sell a full cargo of 20,000 lbs. ot eels in a week, prices ranging from Cxi. Ui 9d. a pound. In the winter months tbe pricea are higher, averag' ing aliout Is. a |>oiind, and it taikes a fortnight to sell out. Notwithst-inding their cluimsy a|>- pearance, the Dutch eel acbuyta ara safe and fast sea lioats. Ouit of a fleet of fifteen that are engaged in this trade, one only has been' lost, and that was long ago. having token place in a great gale that raged over the North Sea, at Christmastime, 1862. moat part have tieen eels caught in the fresh water high uy the dyke, and therefore unabre to withstand the stianger water of tin aea. Another item of loss ia ninde up by the rolling and pitching of these keelle.sa veasela^ PERSONAL POINTERS. latcrcsUag lleaii Abeat SeBie ot tke Oreat Pelkn er tbe Werld. 6ea. Cadoma, w%d commanded tbe Italian troof)<g whvui Lhc^ took po.<«e»- niaa of Rome, in 1870, died recently at the age ol 82 years. Dr. Jamie<«ti, according to tibe Cap« Town "Timei*," will return to South Africa to carry th» Rhodes transoon- tinen'tal wire to Lake Tanganyika. The DuchexB cut York was married July 6, 1893. Junfc 23, 1894; DeceoobeH 14, 1895, and April 25, 1897, are tha dates of tbe bixUi3 of her three chil- dren. A movement Is on foot to erect • monument to Henri Vieuxtemp», tba famous Belgium violinist. The monu- ment will be erecte<l at Verviers, th« birthplace of the musician. When the Duke of Connaugbt's term as commanider at Aldert/hobexiures b« will be made Quaxtermaflter-General. His next Wep toward the Oonunand-t itt-Chief will probably be the Adjutants Generalship. The retiring United State* Aiat)a»« .sador. ThoniBS V. Bayard, takes back with him to the United States an enr- ormous lot of Engliah goods. His per- .soooal baggage conaiitfts of 208 piecea, with mauy more lo follow as freight. Hie al^w has four doga. The German Emperor invariably car- ries with him wherever he goes a amall revolver. His Majesty is a skillful shot aind the chastseur who aocomipaniea him everywhere bus received orders to uji .spect Uua weapon every morning Ut assure the fact of its being in wor»- ing order. One ol lbe mo* coatly crowns in tOia world is that ol the King of Portugal, The jewels which arnam*Tiit it are val- ued ait »8,5U0.000. Qaoaa Viotoria'a crown is valued at »l.»OO.OO0. In his -:,aie clotrtifi* including the crown, the Sultan of Jahorie wears diamonds wurih 912,U0U,(XN). Eraulein Anna Sieg<mund, a grand- niece ol the great o«m:;)o«ter, Shuiiert, whu is a lAudeot in tihie dramatic d«- partmeint ol the Vitenna Conseryatwry* recenily ajipeared in that city as "Erancisca" in Minna von Bariiielia, and "Vujla" In As You Lite It. It waa her first public performuBae. While Queen Yiduiria bis been rul- ing Great Britain, Hanoaia Brew.;r, «< Baton, in Olouoesteraiiire, haa beett delivering the village mail, tramping eleven miles a day for sixty years. Sihe liasi just retired un a pension at tba Bgd 0* 72 ytoxs with a record oj a quarter U a uullion miles irudged on tool. Uec father waa poatmaate* of tihe i>lac« for fifty-seven yeara. Henry M. Stanley and iiiin wife re- oeoily paid a vi«t to BuOarPeat?!*. where the explorer wenll to see Prof. Vambery, ttoe famous oriemtaliat. On their reiurn tiDcihwiird they vivtea Brussels wbere bianley was to bava a conference with King Leopold, over the affaxm of the Congo State. Col. Vaissos, the GreeK commander In Crete, is said to be of Montenegrin or- igin. His granltfather offered his aword to Greece in the days ot the war of iwlependence and became one ol taie chief Iteutenunts of Ka.rais,vakl, tihe great Greek leader. He then earn- ed uiu Bunuune of "tibe Tenacaoua. rhe recent events hnve proved ihat tihe old man's leading qualities h«.vs been fully luHeriHeU by his grandam. The i'rinoess V'rederick Charles is ex- ceedingly wealthiy. and as such very independent of young Emperor Wil- liam, wftipm »he parsista in treating as a mere boy. muob to his disgust. She rarely cwnen to Berlin, and then when it auRs her convenience, giving no heed to hijs endeavors to control tb« eniire royal lauuly as iu» oiuel. i>a» «)end8 awA oi Uta time in Italy, ana is generally lielieved lo ttive beoome quie-ly converted to Clatbolicism. Next to t>irmen Sylva, Uiw Queen of llouinunia. Queen 0,ga of Greece is cunsidered one of Vh.« most uncon- v^lional of reigning Queens. wn* walks about alone a greai dval. and Uas climbed to the tap of Mount Ly- catietiori without a cumj-union. One of her most intimate friends is Mme. Bak- maelilf, wife of th« fii^t secretary ot the Bu-isdan Legalicn. formerly Miaa Beale, oi Washi.ng on. For several yeikrs afier Queen Oiga's coronation .she frequently atveure-l in Greei losr tume, and it is said that sihe has latrily been coiisidering line jnisaibilily ot m:Uc- ing ttue ancient Gxeeui. dress the court co-iiume. â- lUNQ mXlOE OF DIAMONCa. A ring recently exhibited at Antr- weed) was tbe a«lmiration of diamond outteov and merchanta, because itwa,a the first succesiatful attempt to cut a ring out of a single stone. There are a groaJt many difficulties in this meth- od ot cutting diamonda, as the stones have a certain cleavage, and particu- lar veina, all ot which have to be care- fully studied in order to jirevent split- ting jubl aa success seems withies reach. After several umiucceiitsCul at- tempts and three years' labor the feat has been acoomplished by the patieno* and skiill of M. Antoine, one of tb« best-known laiiidaries of Antwerp. 'X'1m< ring ia about si.i-eigbths ot an inoli ia diameter, iin thn Marlborough Cab> inet there is a ring cut out oif one en* tire and {lerfevt aappbir*. -:•»â-  'â-  . ' < m m m'. *i> ,'!'kimi '