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mmmmwx. POPE LEO'S' * - o» \ v* *. v ^ - , . **' rfT V ?*$v/\ *T-*#7 TF *# &*• Cardinal Gottl !• the Most Prominently Mentioned* But Many Member® of the Sacred College Aepfre r to tfce Hefinr'-Cardinals Rampolla and Safolli Have Strong Following--Impreertve ; r Ceremoniee That Mark the Selection. of a Pope. Itv. foremost among the candidates for tfco throne of St Peter are Cardinal Baznpolia and Cardinal Serafino Van- a*telli. Then follow quite a number Who are well within the possibilities. It in also suggested that there 1s a Stance that Cardinal Gibbons may chosen In the event the foreign oardin&ls were sufficiently powerful t» stand, eut against those of Rome. Cardinal Rampolla and Cardinal 0erafino Vannutelli are both repre­ sentatives of the conservative policy, but are bitter antagonists of each ether. The most probable liberal candi­ dates are Cardinal Bishop Agllardl and Cardinal Priest. SatolH. The most probable religious candi­ dates are Cardinal Priest Gottl and Cardinal Priest Angeio di Pietro. Cardinal Mariano Rampolla del Tln- 4iro la the present pontifical secre­ tary of state, and was born at Polizzl ta 1843. For many years Cardinal Rampolla has been active in affairs of the church, having In addition to Ids duties as secretary of state been Intrusted with the office of adminis­ trator of the property of the Holy See aad arch priest of the Patriarchal Ba- aottca of St Peter. He has been close to the Pope, and has been the one Ban through whom the affairs with toe outside world have been con­ tacted. There is, however, a tradi­ tion that a papal secretary of state cannot become pope because of the opposition Ms position of necessity •aceites. Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli and fcfa brother, Cardinal Vincenzo Van- aatelll, are both notable figures in the •acred college. Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli was born in Genazzano in 1134, and for a long period was the papal nuncio at Vienna. Only re­ cently he was appointed vice chan­ cellor of the holy seat to succeed the late Cardinal Parocchi, and it is sug­ gested he was designated for the post because he was becoming too power­ ful politically. He has been as near­ ly as it is possible for a cardinal to he an openly avowed candidate7 for the papacy. " Cardinal Satolli was made a cardi­ nal while he was in America, being consecrated by Cardinal Gibbons. He nerved for many years as the papal delegate at Washington. Cardinal Jerome Maria Gottl is a maw ®fc.V fan? 7 Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli. THE ELECTION OF A POPE. Impressive Ceremonies Mark Pro* ceedings of the Cardinals. The ceremonies attendant upon the election of a new pope by the sacred makes from the Interior through the wall. At this opening they cry their mas­ ters' names, and each squire of each cardinal responds in turn, receiving the basket of food. •SBi m QOEED* Mdtire of Genoa and was born in 1834. He is the pope's candidate for the papacy, and Pope Leo has repeatedly referred to him as "my successor," and has shown in many ways that he would be pleased to have his place filled by Cardinal Gotti, who has been CJL earnest and zealous worker. The best part of bis career has been in South America, where be Is greatly bsloved. Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto, who is the oardinal patriarch of Venice, is the strongest candidate outside of Rome. He was born at Riese, in diocese of Peri so, in 1835, and yraa made a cardi­ nal In 1893. Cardinal Oreglia, whose full name is Luigi Oreglia di Stefano, was born in Bene Vagienna, diocese of Mondovi, JWy, July 9, 1828. He studied at the Aoademy of Rome and gained promi­ nence in theology and language. Later •he became a Jesuit novice. He was <ordained to the secular priesthood In .1866 and was a priest at the pontifical •conrt daring the temporal power of Pope Pint IX. In 1858 he was ap- (tolnted an officer in chancery in the Roman tribunal and in 1870 was papal xuincio at Lisbon. Three years later tape Pius created him a cardinal. He Is dean of the college of cardinals, eamerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, archchancellor of the Roman University, prefect of the Congrega­ tion of Ceremonies, and, In addition to other honors. is protector of about Sweaty leading Catholic societies ^roughout the world. $££•"'- Two Original "Daughters." S". F Living in Metamoras, Pa., are two f f ^ughters ef a member of Washing- Ion's army who participated in the tittle oT Monmouth. These women. Who art among the very few original daughters of the revolution, are Mrs. " Ffcobe Gainford, aged 98 years, and V Mrs. Lucinda J. Valentine, aged 87. \ These women are daughters of Jacob VMockweil, who served in the Seventh * Connecticut Regiment of the Conti­ nental army, and are probably the only , JJvlag children of a revolutionary sol- $,-• tor who suffered at Valley Forgo. college of cardinals are impressive and elaborate. The conclave must as­ semble ten days after the death of the pope. First the mass of the Holy Ghost Is chanted in the chapel of St Gregory. Then the cardinals go In procession, two and two, according to their rank, surrounded by the Swiss guard and singing "Veni Creator Spiritus," to take possession of the cells assigned to each by lot. These cells are erected in a hall of the Vatican communicating with the Sistine chapel. They are mere frame­ works of wood, £ung with fringed cur­ tains. Five are green in hue, because their occupants were created by Pius IX. The drapery of fifty-two will be of violet, because their occupants are creations of Leo XIII. On one side of each cell is a cur­ tained doorway, over which the car­ dinal's armorials are shown, and higher still is a little swinging win­ dow. Each cardinal has a bed, a ta­ ble and a chair. Three hours after sunset doors are shut and walled up on the inside with niasonry. Guards on the outside watch every avenue. The cardinal camerlengo and the cardinal dean at­ tend to this. The apostolic prothon- otaries write it as an act of the con­ clave. One door is not walled up, In case some cardinal or conclavist must needs retire because of illness. Such iiiay not return. There is a lock on ?ach side of this door. The outside key is with the Prince Savelli, heredi­ tary marshal of the church. The car­ dinal camerlengo holds the inside key. Each day at noon and sunset the officers of the cardinals' households come to the square of St Peter in their masters' chariots. There they go afoot to the major domo of the conclave, demanding meals for their On a long table before the altar are silver basins full4 of voting papers. These are blank. On the altar are two great chalices of gold with patens. Here Is also the oath which every cardinal must swear before he records his vote. There are five ways by which a pope may be elected: 1. By compromise--1. e., when the cardinals appoint a committee of themselves with power to name the pope. 2. by inspiration--i. e., when a body § Cardinal Rampolla. Cardinal- SatolH. masters. Meals are- given to them in baskets. They enter the palace of the vati- cad and carry the basket to an open­ ing which the mason of the conclave of cardinals put themselves to shoutr "The Jesuit cardinal is pope!" or "The cardinal of Westminster is pope!" by which method other voices are attract­ ed ami the minimum majority of two- thirds plus one attained. 3. By adoration--i. e., when a min­ imum majority of two-thirds pins one of cardinal's go spontaneously to adore a certain cardinal of their college. 4. By scrutiny--i. e., when each car­ dinal records a vote in wrting secret­ ly. A pope is rarely found by scrutiny. 6.- By accession--i. e., when the scrutiny having failed to give the min­ imum majority of two-thirds plus one to any cardinal, the opponents of him whose tally iff highest shall accede to him. The first three ways are obsolete, and these two--scrutiny and accession --alone need to be considered. Their eminences take great eare that none shall overlook them while they write and" seal their vote. Each cardinal in turn takes his fbld- ed voting paper between the thumb ard index finger of his ringed right hand, holding it aloft in view of all. So, and alone, he goes to the altar, makes his genuflexion on the lowest step; on the highest step he swears his oath aloud that his vote is free.. On the paten which covers one-pf the great golden chalices he lays Mia voting paper. He tilts the paten till the paper slides from it into the chal­ ice. He replaces the paten as a cover and returns unattended to his throne. At the end the last scrutineer takes the folded voting papers one by one, them, and puts them from the fun Into the empty chalice. If there be more or fewer voting papers than there be cardinals pres> ent he burns them all, and their emi­ nences must vote again. But when the number of voting pa­ pers equals the number of cardinals present the first cardinal bishop, the first cardinal priest and the first car­ dinal deacon bring the chalice full of voting papers from the altar to the table of scrutiny. They retire and the scrutineers approach the table and face the sacred college. * The first scrutineer empties the chalice onto the- table. One by one he opens the folded voting papers, looks at the name of the cardinal on each and passes the paper to the sec­ ond scrutineer. This one also looks and passes the paper to the third scrutineer, who reads the name aloud. The voting papers are filed by the third scrutineer and placed in the empty chalice. This counting" is repeated a second time, and the voting papers ^e-exam- ined by the three scrutineers. When the scrutiny brings forth no pope with a majority of two-thirds plus one, the sacred college tries election by accession. Fresh voting papers are used, on which the cardinals who wish to vote in favor of him who tallied highest In the scrutiny will write: "I accede to the Lord Soraflno, Lord Cardinal of Frascatl,". or "I accede to the Lord Dominic Mary, Lord Cardinal of Tyre." These accessions are placed in the chalice on the altar with the ceremonies of the scrutiny, but the oath is not resworn. If no one yet attains the minimum majority of two-thirds plus one--that Is to say, thirty-seven votes--the con­ clave will retire from the Sistine chapel until the following day, and the ineffectual votes are burned. This procedure obtains day after day until all cliques are broken down, all doubts have disappeared, until the Holy Spirit sends his light to lighten the minds of men that they may see the will of God and give it force. When at last, a pope has been elect* ed three apostolic prothonotarles re­ cord the act of conclave and all the cardinals sign and seal it. The car­ dinal dean demands the new pope's consent to his own election and the new name by which he wishes to be known. (Tais custom of changing his name arose with Popa Sergius III, whose own cognomen was napresent- able--Osporci.) Each cardinal releases the cord of the canopy of his throne, which folds down. No one may remain covered in the presence of the pope. A new ring--the ring of the fisherman--Is given to tte sovereign pontiff. The first and second cardinal dea­ cons conduct his holiness to the rear of the altar with the masters of cere» monies and the Augustinian sacristan. They take away his cardinalitial scar­ let and vest him in a cassock of white taffeta, with cincture, a fair white lin­ en rochet, and the papal stole, a crim­ son almuce, and shoes of crimson cloth, embroidered in gold, The new pope sits upon a chair be­ fore the altar of the Sistine chapel and the cardlcaS dean, the Lord Louis Oreglia di Santo Stefano, who is Os- tja's and Velletri's bishop, followed by other eminences in their order, kneels to adore his holiness, kissing the cross upon his shoe, the ring upon his hand, whereat the sovereign pon­ tiff makes the ftneeler rise and ac­ cords the kiss ot peace on both cheeks. Then the master mason breaks open the walled up doom The first cardinal deacon goes to the balcony of St Peter's and to the city and the world proclaims, "1 announce to you great high and slowly, so that all may connt Joy. We have * pope." Two Monarch* to Meet. King Oscar of Norway is to go to fons, Ftnmarkea, soon to open tie Of- ; y Aten railway, and Emperor William, ' '• $n the course of his vacation, has . ' planned to meet the king there. Thus ^ : acre will be a meeting of two xnon- I bl­ under midnight sunshine. From Private to General. • former private soldier is to be head of the army under the president Gen. Young began his military career as a private in the Twelfth Pennsyl­ vania Infantry in 1861. When he re­ tires next January he will be suc­ ceeded by another former private sol­ dier--Gen. Chaffee. Gen. Chaffee en­ listed as a private in the Sixth Cav­ alry in 1861 and will not retire until 1906. So the first two chiefB of the general staff will be soldiers who have risen from >he ranks. But six of the seventeen men who have been gen­ erals In chief of the United States army have been West Pointers. Those six ranged from Grant to Scho- fleld. All six reached the command In consequence of the civil war. The Model for America. In connection with the coming: In­ ternational yacht race James EL Btun- son of New York olty says that George Steers, who built the America, nsed a toy yacht made In Japan as a model for the original cup winner. Tbo toy was owned by a resident of Maapeth. L. I., and S&eers saw It sailing one day. It-showed such speed that he made a thorough study of Its lines and later built the America altar the model of the Japanese toy. Holland^ Foreign Trade* f i jp foreign trade/of Holland Is ' ^fef y-*nore than half as great as that of 'the •' tjnited States* -MM'" .1 *.•<• Beginnings of a Poet. Paul Laurence Dunbar made his first book, "Oak and Ivy," out of scrlbbllngs of verse begun In his high school days. MMa, don't destroy these," he would say, as he brought the writings home, and when he was tO*the verses all came ready for use out of an old box In the kitchen. Heiwy James to Visit Amerloa. Henry James, the novelist. Is about to revisit the United States after an absence of twenty-tive years= He In­ tends to make a long stay, and subs* quently will publish his experiences and impressions of the United States in book form. Damaged by Grasshoppers. Prof. Cooley of the state agricultural college at B ozena an, Mont., has re­ turned fromi an Investigation of the grasshopper-ridden district abuot For* sythe. He says the Insects have de­ voured everything in a strip seventy miles long and fifty miles wide and that, as a. consequence of their raids, range conditions are very serious. He says the plains are dotted with cattle that have starved to death as % result of the grasshopper raids. Cardinal. Oreglia. is? i* The Smallest Atom. The atom of hydrogen Is the small­ est of the ultimate atoms of the chem­ ists, but it is 1,780 times as large as the corpuscles which have reoentiy been demonstrated as the elements of the atoms. New He Earned His Salary. James Buchanan Duke Is president of two tobacco companies and receives a salary of $50,000 from each of them. A shareholder once grumblingly asked Mr. Duke what he did In return for such handsome pay. "I am ngt paid for what I do," was the reply. "The companies pay ma for the mlstahaa J avoid making." Honor for Harvard Professor. Jtfhn K. Paine, professor of muslo In Haivard university, will represent that institution at the unveiling of the Wagner monument in Berlin. Cld Whaling Captain Rctommenda the * Arctic Regions. "Talk of hair restorers," said the captain of a steamer who has been a whaler, "none of them is In it with the air of the Arotic regions. • man with thin hair who fails to get a new crop If he goes within the Arctic cir­ cle is a hopeless case. I have seen whalers who got bald when they stayed at home for a year or two, and got a new crop of hair every time they went towards the North Pole on a whaling expedition. "How do I account for it? The farther yoti go north, the land ani­ mals get shaggier. It is a provision of nature against the oold. When the Arctic winter approaches, the rein­ deer, the bears and other animals get a thicker coat of hair or fur. Similar­ ly the hair on the human head thick­ ens when you go far north. "It is a fact Now, I don't want you to think that, once the follicles-of the hair are dead, new hair always comes, even in northern regions. Sometimes, when a man is apparently as bald as a billiard bail, the follicles are not dead, and there is hope for him." A Good Story. Frederika, la., July 13th.--Mr. A. S. Grover of this place tells an interest­ ing story showing how sick people may regain their health if they will only be guided by the experience of others. He says: "I had a very bad case of Kidney Trouble, which affected my urinary organs so that I had to get up every hour of the night. I could not retain my urine and my feet and limbs began to bloat up. My weight was qu^klV running down. "After I had tried many things In vain, I began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, a medicine which had cured some other very bad cases. This remedy has done wonders for me. I have gained eight pounds in two months. The bloat has all gone from my feet and legs, and I don't have to get up at night I jjpok in all about ten. boxes before I was all sound." Those who suffer as did Mr. Gro- ver can make no mistake in taking Dodd's Kidney Pills, tor thoy are a sure, safe and permanent cure for all Kidney urinary disorders. Not a Close Relation. Among the contestants for the prizes offered by the Golf Committee of the Chevy Chase Club at Washing­ ton for the matches played this spring was Peter Carnegie. Although he, Is anything but a poor man, Mr. Carnegie is far below his namesake Andrew In the matter of worldly goods. During one of the matches Mr. Carnegie Was asked if he were a "relation" of the great steel man. Yes," said the golf player, "I'm his cousin--a hundred or so millions removed."--New York Times. Statesmen Favor Rubber Heals. Secretary Hay and Assistant Seem tary Loom is of the state department have contracted the rubber heel habit, believing that these appliances give greater ease and comfort when walking on hard sidewalks and on the still harder marble floouS of public buildings In Washington. Do Your Feet Ache ancr Burn? Shake into your shoes, Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. At all Druggists and 8hoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Alien S. Olmsted. LeRuy. N. Y Making 8low Progress. The German Antartlc expedition in the Gauss has reached the Cape of Good Hope after nearly two years of effort. Every previous well-fitted ex­ pedition has penetrated farther- south than ft. When Your Grocer Ssyr he does not have Defiance Starch, yoir mav be fiire be is afr&id to keep it until hb Bto' k of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starcli ia not only l>etttr than anv other Col<i Water Starch, l<ut contains 10 oz. to the l -ickage and sells for same inoaty as M os. brands. Austria Never a Colonizen- Austrla is the only empire itr the world which has never had colonies, or even trans-marine possessions in any quarter of the globe. Insist on Getting It. Bonte gro ers pay they don't keep De­ fiance Starch because they have a sto k in baud of 12 > s. b audp, which thev know eanuot be sold to a customer who has on e O60.I the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Stanch for •awe caoney. Woman 8uffrage. / In (he municipal elections of Massa­ chusetts last year 18,445 women were registered in Boston and 11,80> voted |p that city. Many who formerly smoked lGe cigars, now smoke Lewis' "Single Binder" straight 5c cigar, The best combination ot the best tobaccos. Lewis' Factory, Peoria, III Cremations in Scotland. There were twenty-five cremations in Scotland last year, or ten more than in 1401., • ' - Why It Is the Best b because made by an entirely dUferi'nt process. Defiance Starch i* unlike any other, better and one-third ssore for 10 eeoU. . The electric motor fit fast displac­ ing the leather belt in tectories. ptao's Cure cannot t>e wh> aighly spoken of as a cough cure.--J. W. O-Bmikk. S3 Third Ave* N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. a WOa The United Kingdom spends ft,400,- 000 a year on raisins. To Care a Cold In One day. Take Laxativo Bromo Quinine Tablets.' AH druggists refund money if itfailstocure. S6o. Bank of England notes cost 1 cent apiece to produce. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. Price, 7Sc. ATLANTIC IS ENCROACHING ON J EASTERN COAST OF AMERICA Smallpox oosts Franco nearly |2,- 000,000 a year. Pm-»HOWTO FEKD LITTLE CHICKS." W. J. Gibson & Co.,Inc., Union btock Yards, Chicago. A San Francisco theater labels union acts. Mi's. Wlnt'on'i Soothing Hyrop. for chlldiea leeuiltig. softenn n.e xunik. rtunce* te> dsiBxiiaUoc. slUjrs psia. cuie* wind co'ic. 3Bc • joule Telling; your troubles only enlarges them. Powerful erosive forces at work be­ neath the earth's crust along the coast line from Nova Scotia to Geor­ gia and as far inland as the Alle- nhanies will ultimately convert that irea into a watery waste and the At­ lantic will spread its waters where iow New York, Boston and other :ities stand. Recent joint investigations by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and .Geo- o g i q a l S u r v e y lave established the rather ctart- ling fact that the Atlantic coast lln« is sinking at the average rate of one foot a century. in some sections where the criist of the earth is of a marshy sub­ stance, especially along the New Jer­ sey coast, the land Is sinking three feet every hundred years. Moreover, the entire New England and . East­ ern states up to the Alleghany moun­ tains. are steadily subsiding under the action of sub­ terranean forces. Unless the move­ ment ceases the time will even­ tually come when the entire affect­ ed area will be submerged. J. R. Freeman consulting mem­ ber and engineer of the New York Board on Addi­ tional Water Sup­ ply and formerly a member of the Metropolitan Water Board of Mass­ achusetts, made a report on the poposed Charles river dam at Boston several days ago, in which he states that Boston is slow­ ly sinking into the sea, and that territory in and about the Hub is ap­ parently subsiding at the rate of one inch fn eight years, or one foot in each one hundred years. There are variations in the rate of sinking, but the network of so-called "benches" established by the coast survey from Maine to the Carolines registers a general subsidence. Similar investi­ gations have been pursued in inland waters, and the downward tendency of the earth's surface has been plain­ ly established by measurements and researches along Chesapeake and Delaware bays, the Delaware, Hud­ son, Potomac and Susquehanna rivers and other waterways and inlets. These evidences, based upon scien­ tific investigation, are confirmed by tangible changes in the coast and river lines as well as by tidal varia­ tions, satisfying to the scientists. To fully comprehend the slgni8»E cance of chis erosive movement, tt-!a|f necessary to recall the earliest geo>Z logical periods, from the development'^ ' of the old Appalachian mountains y through the successive periods wher»|i In occurred the glaciation of northern - North America and Europe. It is held that the same readjust- p ments of the-earth's crust which ars^" 5X£TCrf MAP SHOWING THE PROBABLE rcsrrioN or THE STREAMS OF THE CAPE COD DISTRICT DURIN6 TfiEJSUfP or ELEVATION PRECEDING WE GLACIAL EPOCH in progress here are responsible for the gradual sinking of the coast llnea of Holland, France and other Euro> pean countries. "There can be no doubt," said N. H. Darton of the Geological Survey, who has been making a special study of this subject, "that all the Eastern and New England states as far inland as Washington and as far south as the Carolinas are undergoing a topo­ graphical and geological change. In* vestigations along the coast from Maine to South Carolina show that there is a gradual but constant subsl* dence of land below the sea level, which has been going on tor an in­ definite period. Of course, it is diffi­ cult to ascertain definite figures bo- cause of the great range of years necessary to make observations and because we cannot rely upon registry tions made one hundred years ago. It: will require many centuries before tho sea line will encroach upon the cities. But there is no reason to believe that this subsidence will not continue."-* New York Herald. JIAFSHOWING LAND £UB3rimM^arDCLAY£AR£ AW jzA&urjis. SNOBS AMONG THE NEWLY RICH. Complaint Made That They- Usurp the Prerogatives of Rank. Time-honored traditions in London has It that only princes and peers may have bewigged footmen on their carriages. This fact was learned by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt last sum­ mer, just after she bad decided on having her servants rigged out In the fashion indicated. Che wisely re­ frained, but a tempest in a teapot has developed over the fact that cer­ tain persons of the "new rich" have been appearing in Hyde park with bewigged footmen and, oblivious to the customs they are trampling un­ derfoot, ride haughtily by with their footmen grandly powered. Worst of all if the wife of a certain South Afri­ can millionaire who has'the wigs of her footmen ornamented with five white curls on either side. In the days of the Georges, only the royal family used five curls, and the con­ servative element shuddered when this example of "lese majeste" was shown. In I>ondon i* Is said that the court will soon post a list of regula­ tions that will inform persons how many curls should be used on foot­ men's wigs and also what persons are entitled to this mar^of rank. Rlso of Two Men to Wealth. William Elllis Corey, who is to sup­ plant Schwab as president of the steel combination, rose from the ranks, as did hts predecessor. Mr. Corey is a Jolly-looking, square-jawed chap of about 37, with a fondness of baseball and horses when he is out for recre­ ation. Schwab started in the steel business as, a stake-driver, Corey be­ gan as a helper In the laboratory. Train 's Idea of Poetry. George Francis Train has recovered so far from his attack of smallpox as to receive favored visitors. The otber day he handed a friend a bit of verse, saying: "This is not exactly poetry, but it's the way I feel. You can't always make your' feelings. .Besides, nowadays it is bad taste to make the end word of every other line rhyme. Anyone can do that." Wonders of the Microscope. The microscopes of to-day will ro- veal a particle the half-millionth of an Inch In diameter. The sise of an atom may be judged when it is said that each of such particles probably co- tains at least six million atoms. CLIFF DWELLERS OF FRANCE. Whole Communities Have Hsbitationa In Rocky Hillsides. We have often heard of the cliff dwellers and are accustomed to think of them as a prehistoric race, the re­ mains of whose few scattered dwell­ ings are a matter of curiosity to tour­ ists and a prize to antiquarians. Few people know that at the present day there are whole communities in France whose only habitations are hollowed in the rocky hillsides and whose entire business life is carried on im caves. We are riding on the road to Vouvray when suddenly, at a turn near Rochecorbon, this first town of cliff dwellers burst upon ub. High above us lowered a huge mass of overhanging rock, strata upon Strata, bearing upon its summit a most peculiar tower, supposed to have been a watch tower in age gone by. Its foundations hung over the rock upon which they were built and It seemed as though it . would crash down at any moment upon the village beneath. Scattered over the face of the cliff, doors and windows, narrow stairways and little belvlderes could be seen, habitation upon habitation, In most ' picturesque disorder.--Scrlb- nor's Magazine.. Chamberlain in Fight to Stay, ^ " In a letter to one of his friends "Mr. Chamberlain makes this interesting statement: "We are in for a big fight, but I am convinced that not merely the future of the empire, but the prosperity of our commerce at home, depends on our waking up to j the new conditions that have been - created by the accumulations of cap-1 ital in the great protected countries." Women Fond of Billiards. Of late years the game of billiards has been growing in popularity among American women, especially in the; east. Many New York society leaders^, are experts with the cue, notably Mrs George Gould and her sister-in-law, A. Mrs. Edwin Gould. Mrs. Almerie- ; ous others also devote much time to* the game. * Male Bird Does the Wolrtng. Have you noticed that is always th**j male bird that puts on handsome cos ' tume and does the most singing dur f ing the period of courtship? Ore ' might draw a moral lesson from the fact, but what's the use? Mr;