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When Miss Fa'wcett, daughter of the late Postmaster General of England, applied to a famous mathematical coach at Cambridge to be ta! en as his pupil, she was rudely re~ pulsed, and the unqallant tutor remsrked that he “would take nr. tabbies." \ery well. This same Miss Fawoctt has been systematically belting the best men of her year in the Trinity CJIIege examinations, and will doubtless be senior wrangler tor the ensuing year. A retired Government clerk died in Vienn- 3 law days ego, and bequeathed a consider. ehle sum of money in these terms :â€"“ Up I second flight of etnire there livee at door No. 63 e widow who he: two deunhten. I leave the sum 0! 80.000 “mine to the one who always nodded in such e friendl vny when ehe met me. ” The two eietere fell out n to which of them the old gentlemen had left the money: peg“ proceedings no In- A New York hostess marked the places of her guests at table by 3 single. perfect rose. Upon A petal of each we: dellcntele written, by means of electricity, the mme of the person to occupy the place. wading. but'tho 13630;: no «if 6‘60};- :Ilned in I compromise by dlvk’ing the ronoy. In boas, nowso fashionable, the longer they are the halter. They should almost {ouch the ground. A woman at Hutchinson, Run, with fourteen children, applied to the city mor- uhaltho other do to nuke: split in her funily no nho con (1 not support them :11. She now battles for eight. A lady and gentleman were travelling to- gether on an English railway. They were perfect strangers to each other. Suddenly thegentleman said : “Madam, Iwill trouble you to look out of the window for afew min- utes. I am going to make some changes in my wearing apparel. " “Certainly, sir, " she replied with politeness, rising and turn- in her back upon him. In a short time he sa d: “ Now, madam, my change is com plate, and you may resume your seat. “ When the lady turned she beheld her male compan- ion turned into a dashing lady, with a heavy veil overflher face. " Now, sir or madam, whichever you like, " said the lady, " I must trouble you to look out of the window. for I also have some changes to make in my ap- parel. " “ Certainly, madam, ” and the gentleman iu lady's attire immediately com. plied. “ Now, sir, you may resume your seat. " T) his great surprise, on resuming seat, the gentleman in female attire found his lady companion transformed intoa man. He then laughed and said: “It appears that we are both anxious to avoid recognition. What have you done? I have robbed a bank I " " And I, ” said the whilom lady, as he dex- terously fettered his companion’s wrists with a pair of handcuffs, " I am Detective â€"â€", of Scotland Yard, and in female sppar have shadowed you]; now," drawing a revolver, “ keep stll l" man, visiting in this country. became en- gagedtoayoung English lady. Enquiries were made, the gentleman‘s position and pretpects appeared satisfactory, the afl'eo~ tion was mutual, and the marriage was duly solemnized in the parish church and before a registrar. The latter precaution was taken because it appears to have been thought by the bride's iriende that only a civil marriage was recognized In France. But nobody had thought of enquiring whe- ther the bridegroom, a man of Independent means, twenty-sewn years of age, had troubled to ask anyone’s leave before he got married. The man took his wife over to France, anda couple of years afterwards ooolly informed her- that they were not mar~ ried at all! Apparently there was no re- }dress for the unmarried wife who had to re- turn to her relatives with this indelible stig- ma upon her. For the credit of human nature we may hope that such cases are rare; but English parents and guardians ought to know that it is possible for them to occur. A correspondent of a London paper writes as follows: Allow me to utter an oft~re~ posted and cit-neglected warning to English girls about to marry Frenchmen. It does not yet seem to be understood, as it ought tobe, that though a woman may he mar~ tied to a Frenchman according to all the forms oi English law, she is not necessarily married in France. The Frenth law still requires that the absurd and antiquated form of asking the head of the bride room's family to consent to a marriage shall gone through ; and if this is omitted the marriage is invalid. A very sad case came under my own cognizance recently. A yoqng French~ To keep the face end llpo loft and unooth, they ohonld he nnnointed dolly with cold creern or glycol-inc end rote waterâ€"e little experience will prove which in boot united to ono’e nee. But a. cleer end my chin not only meonl good henlth; it in often the in- dex of good temper into the hugoin. Bed temper, fretting end worrying ere unnolly quite no detrimental to the complexion on bed heelth. We can't all be angelic in die- poaition. but we on at leut tote life «lily. Advice to the irl who went: to cultivnte or to keep e g complexion moy be easily Inmmed up: Don't. fret. Don’t chew gum. Don’t etny in-dooro more then you on help. Don't drink too much ten or coffee. Don’t cot ell mnnner of truh, and too much of it ct them. Don’t neglect regnlnr and frequent hething. Don’t 'etey up late, but hove reguler honrl for eleelping u for everyt ' elle. Bear in mind ltheee “ Don'te,” on you will have little nee for powder. Gene or flu Couruxrou. Quite e dieoneeion bee boon hold leteiy. in eome oi the New York pepere. reletive to the flop" care of the complexion. Advice hee on alven by e lot of the moot promin- ent ectreeeee end “ beeuty women." telling how to preeervo or periiy the ehin. But they ell egree on one point et leertâ€"thet ie, the: good heelth ie the flret requisite for e good oorn iexlon. “ Outdoor oxeroiee end plentiini thing," eeye one pretty einger. A good meny oi theee women. however, eey thet the never eotnelly. wash their ieoee, e nlier ty we ehonui be very elow to copy. here in no doubt, however, then to preeerve e de‘iceto bloom one ehonld be epering of ioo-oold deter, it ehonid be to d weter ; 1 either very hot or very cold eho d boeveid- ed. Rubbing e iethor over the Ieoo ie in- jurione to meny delioeto ehlne ; e little in the weter ehonid be enflioient {or oleeniineee, end the thin in miter i! it in rubbed with the hegde, inetoed of e oeereo weeh-oloth. A WARXING To Exousn Wonnx. [Miaâ€"AN; ABOIVJ‘I; iOIBN. Nun? N ABBED. NOTES The Hon. Edvard Blake him in» imuted ’o a re ortor for 3 British Coinmhi. journal thin. 9 ha no thought. of ru'gning his test [in Parliament. ’ A man dressed in Tyrolese costume en- tered the shop of the principal barber in Innsbruck. sat down in a chair sud made a sign that he desired to be shoved. The pro- rietor of the establishment, seeing a rough- oolring fellow clad in the national Joppe reclining on the velvet plush, requested him to “ get.” “ We don't serve peasants here ; this is a saloon {or gentlemen." The stranger rose with a smile. “ Very well." he said. “ but oblige me. In case my adjucant should come in, by telling him that 1 Pure gone to be shaved by your ‘rlval across ti» street. I i am the Archduke Joseph." I Eollent pancakes ' Thole unrinled pancakes I ate when I boy How nice from the griddle right hot to re coho them, To ewullow them qufikly end then cell for more, ‘ Not even embroeiu would tempt me to leave them, When once they had entered my month's open door. ‘ And of: when pureulng my way through life'e wildwood, And lenmlng e bit of it's Iorrow and joy, My fancy seturnl to the scene- of my child- ‘ hoo And thoee good buckwheat pmucahee I ate when a boy. Those good buckwheat puncekce, those ex- sellout bancnkea Those unrivaled pancakes I Mo when a boy glowing, And unto the table did heu- them with joy. And soon to my mouth mighty fragments were ohm OI thocogmfi buckwheat pancnkea I Ito when 3 0y. Those gogu buckwheat pancakes, those ex- my toil, I found it. the source of an exquisite plea- sure, For bette‘i than food that: you roast, bake or boi How ardent I seized them with countenance That old pancake griddle I hailed as a trea- - nigh it, The minceZpiee which often I ate with each But bejuyuf them all and I cannot deny it, Were thue good buckwheet pancakes, I ate when a boy. Those good buckwheat paneekee, those excellent pancakes. Those unrix eled pancakes I ate when elboy. sure, For at noon 91' at night, when returned from And .1! kinda of jnm that my infancy knew. The plurnp fnt old turkey with cranberries HIV}. denr to my heart in the food of my childhood When poor hotel dinners recall it to view : The ohlglrenu, {he partridge: shot in the These mounds are built into a meshwork of tunnels, galleries and chambers, where the social interests of the community are at- tended to. The most spacious of these cham- bers, usually far underground, is very pro~ perly allocated tothe heed of the society,the queen. The queen termite is a very rare insect, and as there are seldom more than one, or at most two, to a colony. and as the royal apartments are hidden far in the earth, few persons have ever seen a queen, and in~ :deed most if they did happen to come across it, from its singular epgesrance, would re- fuse to believe that it sd any connection with the white ante. Her one duty in lilo is to lay eggs, and it must he confessed she discharges her function with complete sno- ceee, for in e single dsy her progeny oftne amounts to many thousands. The worker white ant ie a poor, defence- leu creature, end blind end unarmed, would fall an immediate prey to those well-drilled handitti who tango about in every tropical forest in unnumbered legion. But at the critical moment, like Golieth from the Phil- ietinee, the soldier termite advances to the fight. With a few eweepe of its ecythedike jaw it clear: the around, and_ while the attacking patry in carrying ofl‘ ite dead. the builders, unconscious of the fray. quietly continue their work. To every 100 workers in a white nut colony, Which numbere mny thousand- of individual, there are perhaps two of these fighting men. The divieion here is very wonderful, and the fact that besides those two Ipeoielize'i forum there ere in every poet We other kind of the name in- ‘ seat, the kings and queens, Ihowe the re- markable height to which civilization in these communities has attained: Peering over, the 'growlng well one noon dhoovou one, two or more termlteo 0! o nome- wnet lnrgor build, oonolderebly longer, end upcoielly of the mendlbleo. Thole Impor- tent-loohng lndlvidnnln saunter nbont the rmpert in the moat lohurely veg, but yet with e oortein elr of bmineu, u . perhepe, one we: the muter of works and the other the Architect. They are pelted there on Ientrlee, end there they stand, or promenade About, at the month of every tunnel, like SlItOl' Ann, to see if anybody in coming. Sometimes somebody doee come in the shape of mother nutâ€"the reel ent this time. not the defenoeleu neuropteron, but some valiant end belted I night from the warlike formicide, Single, or in troupe, this repnoione little in- sect. fonrleu in in ohitonoue coat of mull, ohergea down the tree trunk, its nntennm, wnving defience to the enemy end it. cruel mnndiblee thin-sting for termite blood. ‘ Tho whito out in blind ; it hoo mouy ou- gmjgo, oud con novor proouto iood until it oomoo obovo ground. How dooo it ooivo tho difficult ? It tohoo tho ground out oioug with t. I bnvo noon white nah working on tho top oi o high ttoo. oud yot it woo uudorzronud with thou to tho troo mp ;juot on tho 8 qullnoux hoop now up, building it into tho low tuunoi huto in which they livo. oo tho whito onto ooiloot oath. but {or name doptho undornooth tho ground, ond pinto: it into tunnoiiod woyo. Oo onionoily thou run oiouq tho ground, but ‘lnoro oiton ‘mount in ondisoo romidfloodou'to the tops 0. txoooI moon on; ov bunch oud twig. horo “rim dobonobicg into iorgo oovorod ohunboro which occupy boll tho girth of tho trunk. Million- oi trooo in Iomo diotfloto no tbuo iontootiooiiy pin-mod ovor with tnboo, goiionon ond ohnmboro oi oath. and my pou udo' wolght of oubooil muot be brought up for tho mining. of even o_oingio ttoo. wild wéod The White Anti 0! “Ha. Pancakes. A mlniotry without love, howevor ednmt ul or otherwise tmcitnt, is as " mund- lng bun." The Earl of Dufferin has been made a marquis, and in future will be known as the - Marquis of Dufi’erin and Ava. This honour has been worthily won. Few men have served the State with greater efficiency. Thirty-three years have passed since he on- tered upon the service of his country. in 1885 he appeared in Vienna attached . to the mission undertaken by Lord John Russell to the Austrian Court, a mission which proved unsuccessful. But for its lack of success the youthful diplomatist was in no sense res onsible. Whatever work he has since u ertaken has almost invariably been crowned with success. The noble mar~ quis is the son of Helen Selina Sheridan, the eldest, if we mistake not, of the three famous daughters of Mr. Thos. Sheridan -~ladies renowned alike for their beauty and their accomplishments. The late Earl of Beseonsfield. charmed‘witb all of them, need to speak of Lady Dufl'erin as possessing even greater ability than Caroline Norton, sub- stquently Lidy Stirling Maxwell. Both sisters were dowered with a large measure of genius: but probably Lord Beacousfleld was right in awarding the palm to the anth- or oft e “Emigrant‘s Farewell.” In "Let- ters from High Latitude,” Lord Dufi‘erin showed himself at once as able writer and a plucky seaman. For a time he had Prince Jerome Napoleon as a companion in his vn} . ago to Iceland. But the vexed ocean was ico much for Jerome. The Prince preferred Paris to the North Pole, having no fancy for a home upon the deep. In Syria. in Canada, inTurkey, in Egypt, in India and in Burmah, wherever the afl'sire of England required special attention during the last thirty years, thither inrd Dufl'erin has been sent with ‘ success. The whole system of secret police is high- ly developed in Japan. There is a regalar stafl'oi detectives who disguise themselves as laborers, merchants or travellers, or even incase it is necessary to hunt down some great criminal, hire a house in the suspected neighborhood and live there. One of these men loses caste very much in his office. if he does not actually suil‘er a degra tion of position. by failing to return with the informa- tion he is dispatched to secure. Besides these however, there is a regular staff of private policecorrespondents in all parts of the country, and one whole bureau at the de artment of police is devoted to receiving, or eriug, classifying these, and taking ac- tion upon them. A good deal of information must be picked up from the tea houses, each of which is a center of gossip, and in one or other of which almost evexi male well-to-do inhabitant of Tokio is an abitue.â€"[I‘okio Ger. 1‘ ew York World. eu rue cantor or we aper Is peremptorily but politely summon â€"everyt ing is done politely in Japan, and I have no doubt that the school boy is politely birohed and the criminal politely executedâ€"to appear at the department of police at a certain hour on a certain day. When that summons comes to join the innumerable caravan of martyrs to a sense of journalistic duty he knows thatâ€" in the expressive lan a e of the Boweryâ€" he is a “goner.” " ir,’ he is told, “your estimable journal is suspended for so many days. "Good-morning? _v.._ â€" ‘._ â€"-â€"_ vuv Ivâ€"rvbli vs mu vcunvlfl, “ in nu institution you have not yet reached in Euglsnd." The procedure of this branch of the Jap- snese police is simple in the extreme. A lynx-eyed censor discovers an article which seems to his conservative notions to threaten the stability of the government, to bring a. minister into contempt or toioster improper sqitstion among the people. He extracts it sud submits it to the director of the bureau, who probably tskes counsel with the higher suthorities. If the oensor's view is confirm- ed the editor of the spcr is rempborily bug politely'snmmon â€"everyt ing _is done gent looking cfficials sat .st both sides of a long table piled up with newspapers, scissors, blue and red pencils, paste pots and all the familiar equipment of the exchange editor's sanctum. I turned to my guides for an ex- planation, and caught: them regarding me and each other with amused smiles. Then Isaw the joke. It was the Bureau ol News- paper Censorship, and those gentlemen with the spectacles and scissors and paste were examinin all the newspapers of Japan {or names!) eor seditious sentiments or‘im- p‘oper criticism of ministerial and imperial afiairs. I was introduced, the twenty gentle» men rose simultaneously and the laugh be- came general. “ This,” said my guide. waving hle hand proudly over the piles of newspapers and the teapots of the censors, “ in an in-Idbnbinâ€" u.-.‘ L-..“ -..L ..-s. ._-_ -L_J tobacco hrszier beside each one to. dim”- l entiate them from similar European I. fficials. The prisoner will be taken before a superior officer, the charge against him noted down ; he will be searched and then put in one of a dczen wooden cells, ten feet square per- haps, separated from the central passage by great wooden bars reaching from that to ceiling, and making a cell curiously like an elephant. house, but providing admirably for ventilation in this hot climate. At the police station he may not be kept more than twenty four hours, and then he is re- moved to a central station on a large scale minus the functionaries and plus the neces. sary arrangements for the dentention of prisoners for long periods. The courts are much like {European courts. Al’ter visitingmany coil-t rooms we reach- ed 5 {00313 where twenty pugicujarlx into!“- M.- ' The ionmlity of us most, however. is the on! unuulng side of Japanese justice. I! on {allow the white clothed painemau hil risoner you will soon reach a police nation I: which lit a dozen clot)“ uud lunckionon hard at work tt hooks and to- count: wd reports, with nothing ox’dept their phriognomy und the little (capo; 2nd [ A Jepeneee iicemeu We. never known 1 to emile. but w on he fludl it neoeuery to rooeed to the extreme Itep oi erreeting e owhreeker hie ieoc becomoe clouded over with e peil of norm)? Ind eokmuity that would do credit to en Irish underteker tek- ing the coffin meeeunmont of en etchbiehop. Ore-ping the ofl'ender firmly with one head, with the other he txtrecte from en invieible pocket oi greet cepecity e roll of etrong cord. Vhilperin polite end minute (“motion in the eer oi t e victim, who obeye them with ecrupuioue consideration for the ieeiin e oi hie ce tor. he winde the cord eeveni t me- ero hie weict end then ettechee hie wriete in cpticel content with the smell of hi- heck. Six leet of cord rennin ; the pjiicemen freep- the looee end. end bowing to the prim cone: with en “ Aher you, eir," the peir merch ewey in e touchin union of eedneu end eecerity. The neigh rhood is pen!) z- ed during the performenoo, bucineee in Iue- pegded _end tyfic [e chopped. Lord Duflcrln. Police In Japan. Denmark, which twenty years ago expert- ed ind butter of $420,000 annual value, last year exported excellent butter of the value of $2,600,(.00. The improvement in quality has been mainly wrought by a judicious ex- penditure of a sum not exceeding £11,000 a year in providing the country with dairy schools, where the pupils are trained in the theory and practice of dairy work. and are taught to make butter and chem 0! beat quulity during all seasons of the year. One of the fashions of the day which is somethin more than n fashionâ€"almost a crazy, in eedâ€"is pesementerie. From plain silk cords simply tied in hard knots like a frier’s alrdls, to placques as intricately wrought as the richest laces, all sorts and kinds are represented. Pusementerie ap- pears everywhere, even .he neck for a brooch, at the belt for a clue, and upon ‘bonnete, bets wraps, 30' ll, jackets, and even shoes. There are u imported entire skirt~iront borders the quarters of a yard deep, Russian and r Agaro jackets and sleeves entirely of Lussementerie. Noth- in can equal the at .:e of the design and deicscy and elaboratencsa oi the work. Beads are still intermingled in many of the patterns, and there are, among other im. portetions, very elegant narrow panel-pieces to be lsid upon wide box-pleatings, also other large devices for portions of the gown, all of nesturtlums and wallflowers, executed in bronze. mahogany, gold, amber, and terracotta silk cords and heads, the richness of effect of this hendwork being unsurpassed in beauty and art by my of the treasured relics of the sixteenth cen- tury. For heed gsrniture in full dress, we see visible indications of a return to narrow flower-wreaths, sometimes two and three rows of fine blossoms going round the head, after the fuhion of the olmio oeif worn by the ancient Greeks. This, however, is a spe- cial mode, adopted to the style and carriage of but few women. But more general, end much more simple, is the fashion of wearing an osprey of delicate flowers, or one large damask rose with foliage. This is the “Jen- ny Lind" fashion revived, and the cluster is worn on the left side of the head, just below the bump of caution. Nothing so useful, and at the srme time so elegant, has up ared as yet this season as the embroidered)c French caehmeres. They are brought out in reseda, rosewood, gold, terra cotta, pine green, oliveâ€"in shor , all the newer art colours. The embroidery is worked in self coloured silks, exquisitely done, and the price of each pattern, though rather expensive at first, pays for itself in the wear of the goWn when made up. These dresses are charming in appearance, they do not wrinkle or soil quickly, and can, after long use, be cleaned equal to new if desired. If the coal strike in England actually takes place, it will be the most formidable movement of organized labor that has ever occurred. It has been estimated that it would throw out of work 240000 men and boys, representing with their families. quite 1,000,000 people. The object of the pro. posed strike ll to secure an increase in waves of 10 per cent., this corresponding to the reduction in wages that was made three years ago. At the timeof the cutdown the coal trade of England was in an exceedineg da. pressed condition, and it was generally ad- mitted, even by the miners themselves, that a reduction in wages was inevitable. But within the last twelve or eighteen months the coal business has improved, though the‘ owners of the mines assert that the imp'ove- ment consists in larger sales, but not in in- creased prices. Ho Never, there seems to be a difference of opinion on this subi .ct, for the mine owners in Lancasbire oil'uul In in- crease the pay of their men 5 re: cent. w.t1- out condition, and even 10 per cent. if the mine owners in other parts of England made ‘ corresponding increase. But the conditions of mutual support made it impossible for the Lancashire miners to accept this proposition, ’thoughit was understood that quite anumber of them were favorable to it. The trouble with coal mining in England is that prior to 1875 the prices of coal were abnormally high, which led to the o ning and develop- ing of a large number 0 mines, so that the average output has frequently been consid- erably greater than the ordinary consum tiou, thus leading to an inevitable decline in prices. V w.. “l‘ â€"..v to the theory that this was the fastest water in the world for towing. tor two reasons. One of these was that the water being so buoyant a heat would naturally float higher and therefore displace less water ; and the other, that the water bein so dense the blade of the ear necessarily 11.5 much more purchase because of the great resistance of the heaven water. It is further argued that the (greater the speed of the boat the less the displacement, and hence the faster cum to be the time made in covering a certain distance. One of the peculiarities of the lake is its proneness to sudden and totaily unexpected storms. On the clearest possible day, when not a cloud can be seen overhead and the sun is shining brightly, a squall is liable to rise on the water, and the Wind has been known under these circum- stances to blow at the rate of sixty miles an hour. Ihese winds come from the mountain tops and hillsides which are only a few miles to the eastward. Sometimes they rush down the narrow canons, and, stealing silently across the plains between the mountains and water, spend their force on a current of air coming across the like from the north. At the point of contact the storm will be terrific, and then there is gre at danger to unseaworthy vessels. Selt Like, Amerlce'e Ureet Deed See, ie myuterioue. because cowering ee it doe. 2 500 iquere milee with en ever e depth- of for" feet, no man hee yet foun lte out let. Fresh etreemt pour into it from ell aidee, end yet to dey it is brlny ee when dret discovered. It in one filth pure eelt. and to demo in it that it ie impoeelble to kink in it. It hee puzzled ecientlete from All quertere of the globe to tell whet be comes of the weter thet conetently flowe into ite cepnoioue mew, end while eome heve given ee e solution the pouibility of e enb terreneen outlet, end eome heve eooounted for it- dieeppearence by eoler eveporetion, no absolute eetieieotory theory hee yet been unsigned for the leke meinteining it; average Volume einoe it. first dixcovery. Strenge to relete, while there in no outlet to thle eeline men there in yet a etrong current found in two places. Old eeemen who heve nevi- geted the leke for yeere heve elweye held to the theory that thin wu the fun-t The Coal‘Miner's strike. America's Dead Sea. Fashion Notes. v a ' D the rubject, why, look then, for something I â€"jnet on, when getting through deep meedow grass, a bird flies oetentetiouely up before ypu,you may know her nut in not there, but for off under distant hills of fern om] butteroun. through which she has crept, with e allout flutter In to- spotted breut, to ect her pretty little lei-hood before you. The first years of man must mum ro. vision for the Int. He that never 3h nh can never be who. Do not listen to hear whom s woman raises, to know where her hesrt is ; do not En whom she expresses the most earnest enthusiasm. Bntif there heone she once know well, whose name she never spooks, if she seems to have an Instinct to ovoid every occasion of its mention ; if, when you are“, she drops ‘lnte silence; sud chsnges -..L:_-L ML ., [0 swam pnxently enotner ndvoreary. The natives of Honduru and edjoining countries take the fledglings from their nest end bring them up on corn, boiled. ground, and mixed with water to the consistanny ot dough. They thrive well on it and having had one wing clipped, are left me in house and garden, subsisting on earthworms end other insects ; but they generally become in the end the prey of cats. The mocking bird selects some tree. par- ticularly thet celled palme real. or royal palm. and nukes it its headquarters as soon nethe fruit is ripe, nppsesring like clusters of golden berries beneath the broad waving leaves. The bird in possession of the tree devotes his time and attention to gust-din ‘the fruit. He cannot possibly eat it nl, ‘ but will nllow no other a share of it, snd \ this is non so much because he thinks of the ; morrow u becsuse he loves to dispute. he pretends to be not st home while oil the time he is lying in wait. He will perch on the reel of the nearest house, or if swny from hebitotions, on snother tree, keepin as silent as a mouse does when a cat is h by, not even indulging in “ fortv winks.” The instant some right winged son star alights among that yellow fruit, own sweeps the watcher, and trouble ensues, generslly ending in the unwelcome visitor being driven off so hungry as he came, temper and feathers both ruffled. Then neck to the honsetop or tree files the mocker to await patiently soother sdverssry. This amusing songster, so highly wefeemed in the countries to which is is im orted. is almost on common in some puts 0 Control America as the robins are In our country lanes. Free in the woods they learn to imitate a number of birds so correctly as to deceive any one. The mocking bird is by no means weak or timid, and can defend imali against a score of other birds, as we have more than once had occasion to see. They are quareleome, living alone, except at certain seasons when they seek mates, soon to separate sguin._ and, over there, she imbibed all 83'“ of notions concerning the superiority of woman to man, and the mission in life of the Qseen's daughter, and so on. The result was that, atanearly artod of her married life, she convinced rederick that she must have her own way at all hsz irds, and when the made up her mind on the eve of the birth of her child that she must have an E aglish physi~ cian to attend her there was a great skurr - ing and rushing around thenpalace. t the last moment an English physician was found and taken to the pslace. He was clumsy and exnted. The result was that when the child was born it was found that the surgical instruments had crushed his left an: and band. From the instant of his birth young l’riuca William's arm was withered. Ha grew up a soldier in every fiber of his bodv-â€"a Wonderful horseman, skilful with his sword. and full of fire and dash. But, even at the outset of his careet as an athlete and horseman he found himself handicapped by the awful drawback of the withered arm. He was obliged to eat with a queer sort of combina-' tion of knife and fork, which could be held in one hand, and, for a long while, it was impossible for him even to hold the reins of his horse in his left hand. By dint of con~ tinnous practice in developing the muscles that were not withered in the hand and arm he succeeded in equities the grip on the reins, and he has it to this day. A species of blind and angry rage possessed him that heâ€"the prospecting heir of one of the great- est em ires in the world, descendant of a ‘line of ings extending over 900 years, and the possible future master of Esrope-should find himself crippled in the face of eve worldly admntage. By degrees this pecnl - ar, sullen resentment for which he is notable settled upon the bungling physician who had caused him all this trouble. and thence, by easy stages, he grew to dislike not only the physician. but also the people of his race, and this feeling extended so far that \Villiam was acttulny and pnnt:dly ante agonistic to his own mother because she was English born. Nothing on earth will ever convince him that the Englit-h are not in some way responsible for his withered arm." “ Hate scarcely expresses his senti- ments," snid the Captain, with it shrug. " It is curious. in all the delving and investigating oi the newspaper correspond- ents that the reel reason has never been pub- lished of the Crown Prince's antipathy to- ward the English. He is oi a peculiar] re- vengelnl end resentful disposition, on his dislike for his mother's people detes inch from the moment of his birth. When it was learned that the Empress Victoria wu nbont to give birth to n child, and to the probeble heir to the throne of the German Em ire, there was a greet deal of excitement in flier- lin. The Empress. I! you probably know, is A woman of strong mind. S \e is the old- est daughter of Qaeen Victoria} of E iglnndl -_J -___ AL A_ s I was eitt'n In the corridor of the K deerho Hotel one nfght. ln Berlln. when enoflim of the Gnu-d ue Corpe, with whom I wen u- quniuwd, oeme ln. He wee commending (he oucort of n dietinguiehed forelgner .3 Berlin. who oeme to pay hie mpeote to the new Emperor, Frederick. The oflioer u. down on a bench beelde me. utter lendlng up hie end. end, learning thet the Amhuu. do! mu etill in bed enjoying hie Afternoon nap, we had n bulk about court mettere ln Germeny. It Iva lmpouible to hold I oon- vereetion of intereet on my other subject et the C‘pitnl at that time. The whole oivll- fled World hed its eye. centered on the Capltnl of the Germ Empire, just u it in ru day, and the Englhh-epenking world wee particulu-ly inure-ted in the Attitude of the Crown Princeâ€"the present Emperorâ€" towurd the people of Great Britain. “ He hetee the pee le eorou the ohennel, doeeihe not 2 ' I ah: . The Hocking Bird on Guard. The Story at tho Withorod land. Love.