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EER MAJESTY'S CHURCSES THET ARE CONNLCTED WITH THE QUEEN'S RESIDENCES. Thr Qa«OBl»*llrguliir illrnilBiiliit DiTin* Wanhir Wlilpptn«h«Ui •'hurrh Ml 0»- borar, tTLcrfi rrlnre llrHr.f ol BbIM""' bnrc U Rurird -Mrr niiJciU' AUemlH thr Prr<bylrrliin rhurrh ii< B«lmor«l. Prom earliest childhood, the queem ins been an luisUlwAH uttendant at divine worship. It U not Iniproliable that while residing wllhher mother in the "ftJd court sulmrb'" after the death of the Dufto of Kemt. the fiirst chunb ahe ever wemt to ouitstde the ixiliwe, was th« unai^fhtly briok Btruoture in the middle of Hgrh Street, now suiwraeded by Sir Gillwrt fx-i/tl'n niu«nific;(M»t eriiifitre of stune, whose towerinff steeple pra-Jaims it far and wide aa St. Wary A1>)>otl'B Oburch, Kensluglon. Within the limits of tliis article, it in ni.-inifeatly iuiixwsible to wiiLe luUy U;n>u the subject of tbe nuuieroua churches that her Majesty may have attended at diifferent (teriods ot her life. For. asarhlld, in whatever part of the oi»iuitry uhe hojypeiied to be with her royal mother, ahe wan regularly taken U> tbe iKixiiili chuiroh. no doubt, join- ed iu the loyal prayers for King George the Fourth and "all the royal family," ll/.tle realizin){, as her mnall-voiced "AmsQ" arose to heaven, that her own onine would one day !« suliatltuted, throughout the Uritii>h empire, for that at her uoicle. This p.ii>er ia intended bo deal only with those piaceH of worship thut are aounected with the queen's residences, vkc., the Chajxil lioyal, St. James"; the private ehopuls at liui'kinghain Talaee, Wiaidsor, Osljorne, and Balmoral; St. George's Chipel, Winvlaor ; W'hipping- haan Chai< h ; Crath.o Church, and the Prince Consort's MauAoluuui at I'rog- more ; though this latterâ€" save for occa- Uonal servi.ts held thi^re in the summer â€"in set apart for solema aniiivers.iriea. Neither at the Cliai«l Iloyal, nor at the private t:hai)el at Uuckingham Palac«, has the quuen l)een pre!>nt al divine servi, o ."jince the death of I'llnie All>ert. fhit in her early married years aAil while the chaiiel at liuikingbani PalaiM! was Ix-ing arranged, she used regularly to attend the Chapel Royal, where so maay a sovereign lefore her had worshipped. The royal clo>etâ€" in reality asm:ill roomâ€" ocvupies one en tiireenil of tliechupul, and is approached from the iq>artments in the palace by a marrow sti>no <orri/lor on the saiue level. Its ocajwinU can l« clearly seen only by tins officiating clergy, and by lli« nieml><>rs of the houi^^hold amd others •Itting in Ihe galleries on the light hBtt,! side of the royal closet. I'erhaps th« niont lourljuii*?, l«cause th« most ruilii>nal, a.s«(j»iatiun8 ot the pla<-«. are with Cieorgn III., whose un- c«a.Hiug attendance at early prayers in all weathers wore out not only bus wife aind fiimiJy Imt every one else, and .some â- ymiKitliy must have Ix-en felt for the unfortunate equerry lomjjelled lo le present even when half frozen with Ihe or»ld. KvervlxKly has heard how the old ki'iivj uHe.l to beat time lo th» anthem Willi his mufsic-roll, letling itdropunoii the iiowdured heads of the p,igas lelow 11 h« Mw thfju (alki.n,h' <>r iiMltentlve. i''roiu St. .I.iiiies'.s is l,ut a short walk to Hu<-kiingtuim Palace, and at the priviit.i chiiixl (liere wo glance, I.efore noticing I he royal pliu'i^ of woi-ship at vV mdsor, (>sl>orno, and more distant liilmoral. I'ormerly there stiwd in theHuckiug- h un I'al.Ke garden two con.'-ervatorie.s, l»ui.lt in limi" style. One of llu>.se, the soiithormivorst. uas <i>nver(cd into a cbijK'l, its r<K>f was raised, all Iheneres- wiry ridings added, and wh«;n llietrans- foifiiation was comnleUsd. it was con- sc. rated in .March. 1843, l)y Arihliishoi) H >wloy. Its origin aifounls for Ihe very light iitid uuwvlesiiuslieal iippear- aiiic it pre.senfs. 'Ilio aisles are fi>riiie<l by two rows of fluted (olumn.s wiith gildod <vj|iitils, andthi) qucen'.s gallery i« Mipporteil by.s<«niu)f the Ionic pillars from the s. n en at (>irlU>n House. Ihe general j)l,in of this diaiKil, whii b is quite .<imill. is very similar f.o that so oft-Mi seen in old-fiiKhioned places of worsliip. Iliius, all along the middle ot the navH are low pewsfacing thealtar, fl inked by others vis-a-vis ; iiud one en- tli â-  side is almost numonoli/.ed by I lin org 111, wliirb is.slirjhtly raised al>ove the floor level. 'I'lie altar Is iierfect ly nl.iin. butoverit luings a panel of magnificent tapestry re|)re>'enliiig the l,Hptism of Christ. At one side, of it is a finely curved marble nuJpit, which had to l"e moved from ils pl,»eâ€" a .Miiiiewlii t difficult taskâ€" on Iheoc-asion of I he liist royal wedding I he (cilinji is ci;i|iered with colored iKiiiels, and is ligliled by a clerestory of gl.us. liollii lolorlnif ,ind decoiatmiis are lllo^t lirilHant, almost startlingly so. and it reipiires some time to realise (hat this is a pbue devoted to •urecl, and not to se<uilar purposes- lil.w, criiiLHon, and lavender hues every- where predoiiiiii.'iliiiK iti the navivst fashion. It is said that nothing 'h,is Ixien altered frinn I tw original »diemn of decoration as aoproved by the liile Prince Con.sort, ail his ideas on the subject being MPUiiulously maintained One end of the chiipel Ij occupied by a wide galleiy nppriKichod by a narrow pas^ige. In front of the gallery. 8igriitira,ntly failing the occui|Kint of the [lulpil, is th<e inevitable ilmk, but of mentar'y service commencing Mth the Litany, and five o'cbvk evening prayer. But the Idea woa abundoned, and has n«ver been revived. iVt Windsor, in days gone by, "when all the world was young?' her Slatesty'R puistom on Sun<la.ya was to drive- though sometimes she walked â€" from t)he Upper Ward to the Deanery, pass- ing l>y v,^^y ot ttv^ .voolant cloister to the royul pew in .St.(J«org6'i Ohapel. where, eii-ept in very severe weather, she al- ways worsiluped. Bvery one is fit- miliar with the glorious choir in Kt. George's Cb.'ipel, and the ornate gallery Jutting out high on the north wnllover the altar, lornkitng like one of the pro- jectimg latticed windows .socommon in Egypt. 'ITjis gallery is fitted up for the atvoimmodatlon of the sovereign, and Is very beautiful, the chairs and curtains lieung of Garter blue, and the windows riihly adorned with stained glass. Gazing at it from l.«dow, who does not retsill I he memorable day iin March, 18(i3. when a solitary figure in deepest moirrning st<x)il there bo bravely and nobly to witiW'SM luer eldest son's mar- riiige, while the greatest sorr<»w of her life was tearing at her lieartstrlngs f But for thirty-five long years the queen, when at U'lndsor Castle, has ex- cltLHLvely used the private chapel there, or the Prinoe All ert Mausoleum ; never it is said, having twen (rresent at St. (Jeorge's on a Sunday since 1862. At the ejist or farther end of St. George's Kill, the private chapel is ea-sily acces- slide from the damestio portion of the castle, and only a little over one hun- dred yards from the queen's private a|)artments in the Victoria Tower. It has no windows, and is lighted entirely from above, au that iin the absence of sunshine the effect is rather gloomy. .Somewhat jiemili'ir is the arrangement of the pews, owitag to the 0( tagonal shape of the Inulding. Her Majesty s pew is in a kind of recessed gallery fac- img the altar, the offiiiils and the ladies and gentleinen-un-waiting occiipying a gallery of the saiue size oo each side of her. Right ajnd left ot these, rcspec- ti/vely, are two other galleries, one for visitors at the castle, and the other appropriiited by th« organ and choir. 'ITiiBae five g^illeries, U«ether with the rcK'cs.sed ainctuary. the readiog-desk, and the jyulpit complete the octagon. All the servants present sit below, and on a Ijench just undexneath the royal I>ew, c«ut of the chief offUrials has his particular "sitting," whi'h for many ye-ars was the favorite seat of General .Sir Thoiii.i3 M. Uiddulph, formerly keejier of her Majesty's privy purse, .sir Walter i'arratt is the organist, and the choristersâ€" four in nunil«râ€" are siiecUiUy .selei-ted from St. Georges Clia|>el. Itymns Anciimt and Modern are used here, as alsO at t'rogniore. The qu»en often alten<l8 morning prayer at Uw Mausoleum, Krogmore, where the dean fre<iufntly preaches, or â€"as at the private chaiielâ€" one of the I'iflhops who nisiy be visiting the castle. Overlooking the ple;isant valley of the Medina, where "the salt sea-water ua.s3es by. and makes a silence in the iiills" stands the pju-sonage of Whip- pingham Church. aK.s<x-iated for so manv years with the kindly presence of ("anon iTothero, who, it will be remem- bered, died very suddenly in 1894, to the great regret of the iiueeu. by whom lie wa« h ghly esteemed. A stra.iger to the place, on api>roach- iiig the church would find it liaril to di.spover an.v sign of I be tower or village whose spiritual needs the .sa'red edifice is intended to supply, the dwellings of the scanty population being wulely .scattered. ^ el for over seven cen- turies ils bells liave .summoned genera- tions of simple-minded country-folk from far and near to worship the t>od of llieir forefathers. Originally built by the Norman monks ot Lyra, in the year 1100. this church w.is soleninljr dedicated to .St. Mildred, a name familiar enough a few years ago to tlii>usands of busy city- going people, wlio, as they paased Ihrough the pioultry to the M;insion House, looked up at Wren's church, with it.s si|uare tower surmounted by a gilt ship in full sail. In the cour.se of time, HI. Mildred's, Whippingbam was enlarged, and on several cx'casioiis re- sloreiT. but in the year lKfi2. under the wise direction of the late prince con- sort, it was re-built as we now see it or e.ixly Knglish architecture, it ii<>«- sesses a nave, transepts, and choir with side aisles. Knun the centre ot the building, dividing Ihe nave from the chancel, rises the tower, ornamented by four .small pinnacles which produce a rather novel, >iut not altogether iilea.s- ing effect. There is ,i fine lychigate, and the south aisle of the chancel has a private enlrame for her Majesty /ind (he royal family. In I lie upper iiorlion of the' lower is a beiutifully painted dome, and a lantern-sliaped story fill- ed with stained glass. Ibis exiiuisite colored gin.ss is iul induced everywhere |ir icticable Ihrougboiit the buildinn The entire .HOu( liern side of tbe chan- cel is reserved for her M^i.jeslys use and excellent arrangements have been made to eiLsiire her a certain amount of seclns'on and (irotection rrom the lor obtrusive g.ize of sirangers, wlio comic from afar on the mere chance of obtain- ing a peep at Iheiiueen at her devotions Iler Majesty, however, now seldom il- (ends Whippingbam cburcli. iiioie often using the (irivate cliipel at Osborne In Ihe north aisle rests Ihe iiiortalit.v of poor I'rince Henry ot liiitlenberg. whose sail hoiiie-briiigiiig acro.ss Ihe oiean must have recalled lo many an aching heart Lord I'eniiy.son's patlieti' lines upon his friend Hallaiii : Calm as Ihe se.is. and silver sleep. .\nd waves tli.il .sway tbem.selves in rest, And dead calm in that noble breast Which heaves but with the heaving deep. l!ut ITini'e Henry's tomb is not the sole reiiiindor of Ihe gaps lunde by death in the (lueen's fanulv circle diir ing her long reign. To Ihe riglil of the royal pew, and al.so at the back, arc memorials to tbe prime con.sort. I'rinc esa /Mice, the Duke of .\ll>any. and lo Ihe Princes .Si^risMiiind and Walde mar, aged respectively two and etevee years, suns of t Vie Kni| nror and I'imprnsF Frederick of Cermany. Those who were present in Whipiiing ham Church, on February R. last year will never fcrgol the unparnlleled flnri' embellishments, I hat seemed, as it were determined to blot nut, if only for om brief hour, all ideas of frail and perish able humanity. Never before. pertiap> had so many beautiful flowers bee brought together in so limited a spa.i most of them being white, but here an. there were scarlet ones as befitted a scl dier's grave. A1x)V6 the altar, encii cling the pillars, entwined around th candelabra, hiding the window-sill and banding the very walls, were inv . ,- - ., , and blossoms in profusion. Daiiks i with snrMoo. » tw«lve oolook HUTn>l6-| grp^n moss and foliage plants throve lU'en and royal family used to sit vrtiy small pro|M>rl,ions . " " .1^ In I lie middle division of Idils gallery, ttiie ladiiAS and gentlemen of the hmir;e- h»>l 1 and oicasional visitors l>elng on e<i'"h side of the royal [xiw. Tbe ihoir was .supplied from the (Miapets Koyal. and the aerviies, as a niJe. were con- durted ly one or other of the doniestio chviplaims, (he >S«i1>-l>>.iin of St. James's or inie of the bisho|>N. But these ser- vices, which her Maiesfcy and her 1)»- loved loosnrt attended so regularly, were disixniAinuied in tbe fatal year 1862. iin effort \viasiiiad« In 1863 t,o re.siune fh«m, and to have, as at St. James's i'alnoe, nbie o'clixvk morning ixrayer up into strong relief, glorious azaleas and delicate lilios-of-the-valley. In the body of the church the air was heavy enough with their scent, but up in the organ loft, where Sir Waller i'arratt [irosided. and whence a wonrtprful •oup d'oeil could he obtained, the atmo- sphere was j,ositively overpfjwering. Hefore nuitting the subject of W hip- pingliam. It is interesting to recall the fact that in this parish was born the famous Dr. .\rnold. of Rugby, greatest of schoolmasters and one of the noblest of men. .\lniost the earliest constitutional art of the queen, at her first Coun<-il. was to take and to sign the oath for the .se- •urity ot the Church of Scotland. But not content with a mere formal ob- servan'-e of this solemn declaration, her Majesty has consistently, when in Scot- land, upheld by her presence and pa- tronage the national establishments of that country. With a natural disin- clination towards more than a very moderate form of ritu.il â€" a feeling no doubt fostered by the late prince con- sort's predilection for the Lutheran Churchâ€" the queen is there able prac- tic-ally to evince her appreciation of that simple and rational form of worship, familiarly known bs Presbyterian. Though her Majesty usually worships in the private chape! at Ilalmoral. where one of her chaplains or other clergyman of the Church of ,'^cotlnnd officiates, she sometimes attends ' the church at C^athie. in which she takes great Inter- est, and where the outward mode of worshipping is tKat still prevalent in mfwt par'sh churches in .'Votland, and resemblesâ€" with some minor differences â€"that at St. Columba's Church of Sc/it- land in Pont ."Street. At Crathie the old attitude is still maintnlnnd : that Ls to say. the congrejration sit during singing of hymn or psalm, and stand while prayer is being offered UT> â€" a practice very general in most of the Reformed Churches on the Continent f>f late years the rheirmntic affection from which her Maje-stv suffers has rendered it neresaarv for her to remain sp.-ited throughout the service. When the new church .it Crathie wa.s built, it was suegested that certain changes In the order of service, so freely introduced in the Tx>wland.". should also come into force there, hut the queen deemed it be! tea" to make no alterstion. partly no doubt lipcause she herself pre- ferred the old usRges, but chieflv l)e- cau.so she thought such innovations woa'd not be acM^eptable to the humble people about her. who had been so long accu.stomed to the old ways. .\t the foot of Craig Ohnieâ€" n barren slope not far from the castleâ€" there had .stood fi'r eight-nine years .an unrreten- tlou.s building In which the paria'doners of Crathie worshipped: and where for nearly fifty years, the oneen. and those near and dear to her. had joined with the lowliest of her aubje'ts In partaking of the I/vrd's Suoper on Communion Sundays. Out a time came when more accommodation was reouired. and on September 11. IRfSj the foundation- ad her Majesty's churches stone of the new Crathie church was laid by her Majeisty on the site of the old one. and in her pre.seni-e, the build- ing wan, on June 18. 189.5. solemnly dedicated to God. Nestling at the foot of a hill, upon a plateau some nine hunilred feet above the sea-level on the north side of the river Dee. this church, built of aheauLi- ful light gray granite, and of Gothic architecture of an early Scottish char- acter, possesses consider;t,ble beauties, though of a somewhat substantial nat.ure. Us general plan is that of a cross with a iiia.ssivo c^-ntral tower. The south transept is set apart for the queen and |:er iKm.sehold. and her Majesty sits in the middle of the front row, in a richly upholstered oiikun seat adorned with the royal arms. .She is thus in full view ot the congregation,. wlvo occupy the nave. At one iciriier ot the aii.se. wherein stands the plain lable representing the ornate altar of „.. .'.iiglicau church, partly encircled liy the se its set apart for the elders, is the splendid pulpit pre- sented by Ihe royal huusebold. At tbe approach to the apse, is tbe granite font given by the Duke and Duche.ss of Con- naught. As many of my readers may not l)e familiar with the ritual of the Presby- terian Church, a de.scrijition ot the dedication service at Crathie. fairly representative of the usuiil .services in which the queen joins when in the Highlanils. may not inapprnpriatuiy bring this article to a close. First of all was sung tbe ' 'Old llun- dreth I'Milm." accuinjianiiHl by Ihe tine org.in. The Uev. Dr. Cameron l^eti f 1 1** ""'â- 'â- ed up a dedicatory prayer, tollowed hy rwidimg ot a Icv-oii from lluv Old 1\'.stanie.jit; a hviiin from ihe •S oltKsh HymjKil, Uautitully rendered; •I Ie.s.-.im fruiu liir New Tt-Ktaiueut; an- olher hymn; .ind a prayer of inter- cession (Miicluiling Willi the Lord's I'ra- ver. Then came Ihe .scriium. which was ucoe«ided by a jirayer, and the .singing of the Well-known iwiraphra.se, com- mencing :â€" Cod ,if H,.ih«.I. by whas«' hand I'hy people still are fed. A collection was Uiien uiade by the elders. Dr. I'rofeil. tlw liuee.n's cnoii- nissioiier, receiving her -Majesty's of- erinK fir.st. hinally, the impressive bencdiclion was proiioiinci-d in patriar- chal manner by Ihe minister with U|ilifie<l ImiuK. the congregation rever- I'nlly standing. On^ I his ocasion the jireaibcr was llu^ Uighl Rev. Dr. Donald Macleod, Moderator of tln' (iejieral .Vssenibly of â-  hie Church of LS,'«||an€l, who gave a iiiovl eloquent di.stourse concluding with these words: â€" 'To-day Uu< luieal de«»endanl and representative of our aiuoient t>coltisb luonir.'hs, the nicsl reverend of sov- ereigns, folloyvs tin- exainvple ofliygono liiine.s, and is with us here as wedidi- ale thin churchi to God. It is a story which will be told by geaiierations yet iintmrn, how she. who h;i<l loved (Uir Mighland.s and tlieir traclilions, had added to the dignity of li^cr high officei 1 h«> beauty of kiiidlicftt interest in every lioimesteadscat tered anuiiiu these grand bills and glens; how she had shared in th» joys aiMl .sorrows ot those around h<(r. and minisitertd t<i their well- beirg ; how Khe, with tln>.se dearest to her. hud year after year joined in the simple rites in wliich her people love«l lo wxirsihip Ood ; and how with her own hands she hud laid the foundation mil had by her presence graced the ledication of th5s churclh. We thank iod for it all." Arthur H. Beavan. NOT PROPRRLY FURNISHKa Mary Ann â€" So yez didn't take thot :iu« ye>z WOT loukln' at, did yez? firUiget â€" Oi did not. they'd no rack In the Imstimint hxll for me boike BICYCLE WARFARE. iDlcrentlnK AcblrvrDirnU by a Trained H<|iinil III llir Aimlrtao Army. Erperinients are Ijeing made by many of tl»« leading armies of Eur- oi>e, and already re.sulUs have been obtained which s))eak well for the utility of the bicycle for purposes of war. I'he Japanese fouind It of good ser- vke in tltelr various camiKiigns against the Chinese, bicyclists frequently prav- iing of 8ervi<» when it was necessary to ma,ke deliiate maneoitvers or send mes- sages from o<ne point to another. After experiments, however, it he- oajne appare,at to military experts in Europe that the ordimary bicycle could not do all the work required of it. For example. It proved very unwieldy on heavy groumd, and. as soldiers cannot confine themselves to paved streets and puil>liu promenades, ordinary bicycles are too of te<n apt to prove encumbrances Instead of conveniences. Sipeed is nec- essary In time of war, and soldiers can- not afford to lose lime in dragging theiir wheels over mountaios or through woods or across rivers. Kvldently, then, the great desideratum was a wheel whk-h could be easily transport- ed from place to place, and yet which WHAT IS aOINQ ON IN THF. FOUR CORNERS OP THE 0^)68. Old mail New Wsf-ld EvenU of Interest ChraOi Icled Brienyâ€" Intcrutlng Happanings al Recent Date. Stevenson's unfinished novel, "St. Ives." will be uom^leted by Mr. Qoil- ler Couch. , Vienna. lUniversity baa nxade Kinf Oscar of Sweden an honorary doctor at philosophy. ; Tlssot's pictures lUustratiog tbi lit* of Christ, have t>een reproduced in blaok and while sets on Japan paper, seiliiiB for »i.00O. iMa;cliiue guns have been supplied to tbe (jueen's JLiie Guards, and gradually all the liritish cavalry regiments will be armed with them. thxty p«rson.s have been arrested in Moscow and will be deported lo Siberia for tryin.? to oiganiie a general strike in the mills of the Mosoow district. Naples la in cons4erua<.lon becaus* the blood of San Gennaro has failed to liquefy this ye^r. The failure of the miracle is a porient of misforluns. London's Lord Mayor is entitled to should be us firm and durable as the i wear an Karl's robe whenerver a crown- ordmary bicycle. I ed head visits tbe city. The gown far Such a bicycle, we are assured, has been Invented by Lieutenant Czeipeik, ot the Austriaoa army. The merits ot his invention are said to be manifold. A wheel of this kind says one who hos thoroughly tested It, cam easily ue CARIUKU FOR AN HOUR on a man's shuiuilders over any country, aind, when nece*iaxy. It can Ite iniX t<>- ' stain trom quarrel Lug, owing to th« the commemoration cost ioOO. A complete aet of thirteea Jacobean silver apostle spoons, one of the only three complete sets in existence, was sold in iLondon the uiher day tor $i,- 250. No Dunmow fliich will ba awarded this year to married couples that ah- gelher and made ready for riding in thirty seconds. The wheel, including tlie knapsack, weiglts only fourteen kilograms, and yet it Ls as strong in all Ills parts as the ordinary bicycle. death of Sir itobert ilarsh, wlio revived the old custom. Polish Catholic priests, incited by th« exam^jle of the Rus.sia,n Orthodox II r* Aj corps of twenty-four liicyclisLs has prieats living in their country, been speioaily trained by Lieutenant ; atarting a movejnent to obtain per- Czeipek in the use of this wheel, and at, mission lor prieaLs to marry, the retent manoeuvres of the imperial Carbide of calcium lyis been, found to Austrian army it showed that most ei- ^^ .... , ,, fective work couid be done by means of i "^ * remedy against the phylloxera, ao- iit. The illustrations show the main | oording lo a Swiss trade journal, and purposes for which this wheel can be i to be also an exi»lleut fertilizer for u«ed, and one need not be a military plants of all kinds, expert to see thiit thiiB light, portable Germany had 25,400 miles of railroad s^'L:;f:'^o«r:Lfi\~iS^.rof"«.t';^'i •>^" °" ''"'* ^'- *" '"^^^ °' '"^ woj-faro. . °"'8S over last year. The earnings for I.ieutt^ntunt Czeipek's twenty-four I the year were 317,700 per mile, an in- pupils took part In some difficult man- «"'e|"B of ••'''5 a mile, oeuvres. ainJ ahso did some very effec- Yemen's Arabian Javth have asked live fighting, during wbi h time they I X(«us Meuelek for permission lo set- were either moumted on their wheles or i , - , , r ; I TL had them on their sho^ilders. Their , "» "> '"e towns of AbjTisinui, on tlM entire iierforuuime was exceedingly ' ground that Meneleik ls one of the chos- novel and creditalde. but what seemed | en leople, bein;r dcs-ended from Kiuc must suirpriMing to the onlookers and Solomon and the tjuodu of Shebu. to the army chiefs w-.is the ease and | Mr. .X^jirina Turapa Nkata, a full- rru^a^wit^b^t^i'^-'r I'SeeTs^gonTe^'-l-f Maori, who holds the degree, heavy and otherwise diffimlt ground.' "I bachelor of arts and uf laws frou» So pleaseil were the military authori- ; ^^antorlmry College, has lieen admitted ties with their pcrlorm-xtt-e that it is 'o the biir at Auckland, being the first their intention to have other men train- »' uis riu:e to ucooui4)lish the leat. ed i'n the snme fashion, aud the out- look is thul tbe wheel will speedily lie- ixjiiie a iiromi'neul fai^tor of the Aus- trian army. THE PEOPLE OF LONDO i. Lam at Vear'it Populutlon KxllniatcA ;i.4'<l.».M Houlx. Statistics of tbe (upulation of London for last year plate llie [xipulatiun of that city at 4.421,935 souls. l'b« popu- Uitiun has, therefore, increased by 41 Mrs. Felicia Hamaus, who discovered the stern and rock-bi>und coast of I'Ly- uiuuih, and who is the only writer ot im;iginative literature produced by bir. erpool, is to have a iiu>numeut there, K the money can be raised. A British firsi-i-lass cruiser, the Ar- gonaut, building at Uuvan, caught fire recently in the outer teak planking, lud an hour's conflagration injured many of the plates and will delay the com- tiletion of the vessel fur a long time. Ureal Britain's second oldest ship In commisiion, the Oraiq >us, built in 000 w.iliiu a year, wb oh a ^s than 1 ,7(,,, ^as been sold to be broken uj». i*r cent. 1 be lu-ea o> the city is only j^^ (.^^ i^ , f J^ 121 s.iuare miles, whuh equals an av- ^^^^^.^ ^^^^^ l\,rtsniou;h^ Nelson's eriige o »(.,:k50 in uubUauts j«r square , Victory is the only older shi|p in thj mile. The density of impulaliou "^ ' service greatest in \Vbite«-hai>el, St. tieorge's- i , .' m-ihe-Ka.st, .ShorodiUh, Southwark.St. j aiaria 1 heresa s equestrian statue, r»- .Saviour's and Uollwrn dustricts. The ' oently unveiled by Enyieror Franoia iiu>st thinly populated districts are Joseph at Frs^selnirg, is said to be the .Lewisham, Woolwu-h, \\ andsworth and ,•„, „ , , . . ,, llamielea.1. In the lormer distriiU of '"«'• mwument ereoted m Hungary to the city there are five times as many . * . .^'I'V^'^" , "f "*> llapsMirg line. a*ople per lu-re as in the Lust named. In I "-^u h has ruled ovw the country for im\ there were 7'J,7;j8 wMdiugs, 135,-;*" >''•"'«• ' 196 childien were born and 8a,51li>e<>-| .Brandy, whiskey, gin and rum mad* pie died. One of the principal causes of death, dlpbtboria, lias made siu'h rava^efl during the last year that it must lie considered an ej>idemiu. WOMKJ^ OF PAllAOUAY. The pei>ple of I'aiaguay are on the whole an amiable and innocent race. Kindne.ss and hospitality are character- istiiis, and they are sufficiently honest for that fa<-t to be worthy ot note. They are ulniost entirely vegetarians, living on oranges pumpkins, cassava, etiv Can this be said to account for the mildness of the people/ l leave the answer to the student of such tjiings. The women dre.ss very simply, and are. many of them, of great beauty. I'hey have wellsha|ie<l voluptuous limlM, tlu^ir eytvs are lustrous, and the complexion clear, being, however, of every shade, from the deepest niaho- i ))fen bought by one of tlie ladies wlwise in (iermany for ciuiAuu],;>tion in the British colonies, ia oftere<l for 83 cents a dozen quart lx>t.1lw<, delivered oH board at Hamburg. ^Liqueurs ot the same manufiu^ture are offered at (2.20 a dozen quarts. An offer of 150,000 kroner from tb« Carlisberg fund tias 1>eeu maile to Ihe Danish Government to enatile the scien- titix: e.xjiedition that will e.xpjore the ea.st coast of Greenlmd next s^niiner to make a chart of the coiust as far north as Angmag.salik. JCngland's n«w cruisers are not liv>- ing up to their s]iee<l trials. The Kox, which is officially a nineteen knot lioat, cannot do lictter now" tiwin 14 1-2 knots with natural d,rau,u:ht At her trial ahe made '20 knots with forced and 19 knots with natural draught. One of the three Imrs torn <Io\vti from the window of the Hotel du P.ilais la order to let throu rh the isjople penned in at the lUie Jean (uuijon fire, his gany to the fairest white and pink of Ihe Anglo-Saxon. A sniiw-whiu' tunic is the only dress they wear; il comes down lo about the knees, with very short sleeves and low neck, which shows rather more ot the statuesque shouldei'a and breasts than would lie considered proper in thisroun- try. The tunic is fastened aliout the waist with a simple txiud. and they are often prettily a<lorned Iwith native- made laces. They wear no shoes, stays. or anything ralculated lo impede the graceful movements of the body. They walk about barefoot, and their dress ia .so slight that th<>y step out with something of the giiu-e that Mother Eve mu.si have po«ses86<l. They have a soft. Kupjile, sinuous, ipanther-like tread that is most pleasi ng to behold. Marriage is consi<lered an .unne<^es- .sary formality between two young peo- ple who propose to start lite as part- neira, and yet they are remarkably con- stant in tneir attachments. The Para- guayan girl Is not unlike the savage heroines of I^Ton'a creationâ€" faithful unto^leath, Boit as doves, but ready, if need be, to give up their lives tar their ni.ates. life was saved, tlie mllver two by an .English collector of curiosities. Saint Rtienne^ near .t.yons, h«s appar- ently .solved the problem of distributing elftdrical en;'rgy cheaply in private hoiLses o^er a wide district. Two dol- lars a month Is the charge for .suf- ficient power lo drive a Uhuu, the ser- vice extending ;is far as thirty milea from the central .station. 'I'lie Kaliwi ot the Beni Hamad, which in the eleventh century wiu* a town of KO.OOO inhia>itanls, Ihe ivupital ot the Itarbary Stale«, Morix'co, .Vlgiers, and Tunis, and had long comjiletely di.sap- Jieiired, has been redi.stxivered by .\L Blanchet, a French archaeologist. Among the buildings brought to light are a mosque sixty-five by fifty-five metres in ar<'a, covered willi green en- amel and containing jiink I'larbis cid- umns, a jiahu-e, a piildic fountain, and a towerj which ewn in its present con- dition, IS nearly fifty feet high. Thnsa buildings date from HXIJ and are lh« oldest Moslem monuments in .\%*i'ia. ^N .! V