-------- ap --thatoanight give her delignt: "yor OR, A BROTHER'S PROMISE | OHAPTER -1X.--(Continuei.) in on the previous night. Bent ashore' to be ready next sunset d Word wasy I would go back we . should we shall not fail, Say "Your. Majesty - can, not fail," assu "Come," he said, Bravo vactiened with" a cloak, Placed it about He shoulders, while -he as and for the discharge of her caret, and | oi, . e threw a lace scarf over her head; peri abe put out to, 82 | Seome- and will show 300 Why 30M cannot fail.' - me = tronsportation ame When they were seated in the boat, oui tchini ae to the ® horn lantern in the stern their Orange King in Palm City, he rode otiteee oh ae dere an Ge aeons tu Espoleto in the cool cf the after- |& ih. - It ad the- silver 2 noon. As soon as dark fell, ¢ tho |"? a bila . mall wh . Dijihoutit ~ in, und the work' -of are" whispered actor, Try Pda Untloucing beg: Hands were plenty She" 'Feacked out and took the and walling, er Hector air lah- ored like any five; so that by three of the morning more than half the eing on mule-back over The next night saw - he task completed. t range King had forgotten nothing; and for the "hundredth time ector the man. Along 'with four Nor- denfeldt guns came a squad of time- ewicet English artillerymen to work then no use spoiling the abi for a ha'porth of tar,' ke said afterwards, "'and they'll be 'of more help than a thousand rifles.' 'These guns were placed in the caves' of Attalaya, overlooking the cauldron, smoke on the horizon anid then the red, white und blue funnel of one of the Smith liners, brought his leaping heart to o standstili. Maddalena at last t Everything was ready for her. One of the pink and white houses' in Caldera was ----_ and Asunta, whom he had ot spen since night of Pein at Friganeta, was, awaiting her there. In the caves five thousand of the hillmen woulkd be under arms to receive her ; town-inen had not yet been bidden to gethes, and to the caves ane Mad- Dalen go first, that her ople might vee her and be bound sdveats to the cause. To-morrow m City would be summoned to the hills und the legion of Liberty would "be morning of the next full. On the eay--War ! Dork fell; und from the steamer Went up a rocket.- In answer, Hee- tor put off in a little fisher-boat. At the foot of the ladder Bravo receiv- ed iim, his eves and his voice full of his bristling more fierecly than For a moment or two the o could net speak. caine short ever. sharp ejaculations : bos r es When they had gone half-way to re a acs Jit the barking of "Caldera. a halt was called, and in i ' ° | e * : ir k "And the Quoen?"* s « fie shelter of an overhanging rock, when a tat ee pct vod to -- a | they found Alasdalr waiting --_ word . , aint 5 !wine and things to cat. the a = jlight of a couple of torches they | Vic Queent-- The Queen is as God | : made Ler: beautiful and brave, brave | ™ de a hasty meal, and Maddlena : wonderir at the Ti and beautiful, but O !' so anxious to; be among her people. Captain Mar- chant will tell you _thatgsh ith--what ery enor Cent a had toni orders to writ for the dark: he thinks -- of | every thing fore, now, and pay your respects to her Hector to the saloon There was she waiting | then. she sat at a table, attempt- jug te hide the unrest that surged in her bosom by trifling with a book; all unconscious that the print was wrong side up. She was at- tired as Hector bad seen her first: in a plain black robe whose diy: nity only enhanced ber loveliness, ! senorita. knife from the man "Give me the word, cae said she in a low voice. "For Palmetto, the answer. "Preedom is but half." "Freedom and Maddalena is all."' freedom,"' came s "Heaven bless The cause -- well when 'the women are on its s "The Queen,"' she said; not seen her.?"' "Not yet, pa she is coming.' "You would die for freedom ?"' "No ie "No "For frectous and Maddalena, yes-- to-night." Ma'idalena sighed. ay the Queen is coming ?"' a.' pea have was not ?" 'Well, I do say she is not." A light seemed to daw e man. He dropped the tiller and cast -- at her fevt, kissing the hem her garment in an abandonment of devotion. "She has come, she nae come I' he murmured. So Qu Maddalena gave him 5 hand. "Rise, may, friend, rise. T shall not forget yo ee cainot fail,"' whispered Hec- Mules were ready, and in a few minutes they were climbing from the rocky shore, up the almost precipi- tous path that led: to the maze of he-mountains. Bravo rode on one side -of the Queen, and Hector on the other, while in front and be hind went guarding p ten. They spoke but little until they had } moustache and imperial | man Then in a torvint | Maddalena of | t. fast b om reached. r on simple | reached the comparative level of the! uplands. And then their talk was all of things done and to be done | Bravo recounted what had passed in 'London since Hector had left; contented he self and t' en. with dding a word now iy sappy oe figure and outlar lis Hector explaine argh "enere "wre: irk man ready to lay down "lite "jor ners About. two of the morning Caldera Hector guided the a not to the entrance i great cave, but to the pooled of a smaller one, which er me ed with the central antrum by a na-: corr Aleng this ey the glow of many lights and sound of many voices, hoarse shouts of command, rattle and clash of arms, and the ring of rifle-butts the hard rock, The corridor epesed high up in one of the walls, so that one might -- down party, OF I con and | ' = she You paused for a moment; aha wheeling round agro with arm The apparition struck them: dumb. Hector led her slowly forward into the circle 7 nae, nds the vast crowd gazed spell- bound. The _ sil wan painful. Hector wondered how long Mad- dalena could endure it; it endless hours since he had said "This is your Queen !"' that had fascinated them? Or they not believe It was the Queen herself that broke the spell. She made a little helpless movement of the hands; she took a Sea of faces, and said § "I am Maddalens."' What madness of shouting, wild clamor as they p orward to gaze on her, wine i rig ented laughter and tears, wha ervent invocations of Virgin ae uatony Fe Round about the rock ebbed flowed and beat the tide of Lose men, their eyes blessed at last with sight of their Queen--she whom they lena! Maddalena ! Would the thun- = der of welcome never cease ? -- steadily she faced it ail, though tears piety streaming down her k: r bosom was ront with Hemontemr of rh si of joy Bravo joined Hector. They came to the front and waved hands for quiet. 'The surge of noise subsided gradually, and far in the hol'ows of the cave the echoes sank und died. "My people," said the Queen, beat- ing back the tears; "my- people, I 'too have waited. This is my real thour of victory. God keep you all, * |now, and in the day of battle |! God 1 wi p you, for our cause is just. We cannot fail--we -- fuil. And remember -- O member-- that [though I am but a woman, I shall . |be with you in the tight | "Your sword! This in a whisper to Hector | He pushed the cross-hilt towards i ther, but he would not draw It was her own hand that plucked it | 'from the scabbar She raised the glittering mae high |f i air The action to the gun-powder. "Her lips | ' Bae what the said then no ard; f Laencetiar Soke out the thunder of hontse voices, acela lena {" (To be Continued.) | . ----_4----__ -- o| | WINTER IN NEW ZEALAND. Quite Different From Our Canadian packed Ag\over, through 'several bowls of clear, cool | | The ous, except for au occasional week of wet weather, which, however, were al- Ways regarded by the sheep farmer as excellent for filling up the cracks, upon making the grass grow and being ev | peatedly until it is about out-|¢ stre! wall. There, fed Pa by the red ste of the torches, stoo een, ajl the aaa sweet dignity of esate youth, is . "You fight for Maildienas 'your Queen, who comes to bid you be of good courage and quit you _ltke nen !"' fi your Men he Monte, this is Quee ° gi He step' d 'back o couple of paces, ople. ee cautital and brave, brave and beautiful !"') For Was it her beauty did (t what | cat longed for, waitied for, hungered for she the only one anion, the thousand. Maddalena! Madda-; Winters were short and delici- | - The question, then, piiding ¢ te germ, 'but r its development, and they. have been chang- vy that ropid growth bis change inay be number of w. | alcokolf jeating, fact, b: 'the age ical or mental, whisk | depress al power: The of pneum onia 4 'solves its 4 simply into the avoid- i ie ny acing influences n othe it | according "thie laws of a rational hygien ir and deep breathing; 0g inten, internally and extern- lly; Mood in modernte quanti- ty: abstinagee from alcohol; plenty of sleep; windowr open all the cultivation of unirritable spirit.-- anion. TO ChEAN F FEATHERS. Not More Dificult Than Cleaning bedroom ee -- finally, Youth' 8 "Hardly any woman who owns ostrich feather pg of washing at home," gays an export. 'She be- jlieves the cleaning of the feather in- iv volves _intricate | procsan . jm . plished b ie) Twen mum rail weighed 60 pounds to the! far ne is not any more dificult bit of lace. All there i ving how, and that , | into eich vie dipping it again. lta ey, airty it ought to be washed , tin then, when the cleaning | it mus be rinsec lw ater, the, rinsing metnod being the same as the cleaning, dipping the feather in fhe water and then draw- , | Ds it through the hand it. is thoroughly rinsed it must be drawn through the hand re- | dry; then it | nud « red rose (it might have the seli-imé flower) famed in the night To scene below om a window, crything that was natural an de- | should be placed on the thigh and | of ker hair, on Ans aperture Hee tor led Madda- sirable, When it did not rain. the | siapped with the hand, to bring -- it As they entered she steod up, her i 7°! winter weather Was simply enchant-/ out fluffy, 'That Is the whole opera- hands folded together. She raised ar right and far to left: ing, although one had to be pre pared { tion. The fluiling of the feathér may er ond, the dark welcomo af her stretched long lines of men, indis- (for its sudden caprices, for weather is | require @ little practice, and it would eves cnelosed the one man in the | Unct in the smoky flare; and as the | weather, oven at ithe = and jbe well to cleun a poor feather before world, and with her radiating smile |files obeyed the orders of their off tlyN rites Lady | taking a amore expensive one through went a quick flush) to warm -- the [ers the blue flash of bayovets und | Broome. this course of home cleaning, in or- jthe dull glimmer of rifle-burrels; Sometimes we started on an javal 'gor that the necessary dexterity, white celicaey of her fuce and tLroat and whisper the good news to her heart's er hiding-plaice. She made. a forw step or two, r hand was in' his. on nee in a tumult of surrender. soaked on him--truly, a goodly man. ses hovered from the fair hair "Tlean-cit pale face to the sr | wart body, garbed in the white purple of Palmetto. how dear to her were her country, and too low for wttention the colors of any As he rose and looked on her, saw her eyes were brimming. "Beantiful and brav and bonutiful;" Don Fares lad spoken but the tr nd Ped forward for He had carnal ;spection. | he did not hold as hand grippéd hard on Hector's trifle | one. her breath came thick and fast. nous y friend," she said, "how can, T thank vou; vou oie have suc h things for me * "Your Majesty must not ine.' he answered, 'the work begins now that you are come. for the past--to ree you here is ward enough."* "And le. longing for you--the | ir longing ml Yhe_ rest will isy. In two days now we shall. 'tre. the sig- nal gun. "So soon !----- 0! and all 1 do is to pray! Yo be a man and) a sword, to lead them = and that L fight not so much for ny own as for them--O ! my friend, I cunnet speak---- I cannot speak. Let me on shore: 1 stifle here: must see ny people---- To them | can speak something of what is in i Is there no boat ? Where | do we go? When?" We go to Caldera,"" said Hector, "whenever your Majesty is ready." si eady I' she erled. 'I am ready. Come !"' . "Your Majesty must be cloaked. The dews on the Monte are heavy,"' pe Bray "Tiere must be 2p Quick---- can ta show . ena me a cloak, then. quick !°" She began up and down, just 4 on ee t when Hector first in Bloomsbury, Saate hes | coriaattes her hande, and ever and again pressing them to her breast "T try ie n bo worse Of ie» now, My ppp thought thank | Hoctor only ' the rock. And 'greeting billowed up to him; he rais- re- \ ed wa | do | _brou ght ceeded in clambering up beside | | twinkled wickedly. ed and shat, clused, ed, turned, rattled, and again cluttered out into lines, Hehind them, against lounged more men. A wag dismissed; and, , from the walls, hundreds ato instruction and in- The ranks open- | wheeled, clank- formed fours, long | the but her ArT Maddalena was © silcnt; Jittle way below them, and eas nuproented, was a table-tike | rock, rising some Bix feet or so from gia or two to Bravo, a whis-; stepped lightly down on to He w hou as scen. t of hand, and the wave died A "dozen torches here !"' ppy were the twelve that suc- and behind him . "Out with all the rest ! Darkness swept to right and left. "Gather closer !" Three crag tae of turmoil, and then la hush of siler of the "Honte ! The hour is near, the hour is Very near, When tyou must strike the blow for free- om!--for freedom! Tell me for from five a throats, making thuncer ag the vast aisles of the cav echoing and re-echoing, until it died away in faint murmurs far in the dark hollows 1 rang Yes, for freedom and for Madda- lena, the Queen! Hope has been ong in you, and with the years hope has grown, until now the swo rd and you have but to grasp is it! Is there any among you --_ would now draw back? Answer -is re any such ?" He paused, Le ye i the wild | thr of upturned mm... ae e, ond that 'oo _y ecniracs io flerce tetou "are our cae thet "Y pg Wa the issue ee or death C Let it be teath la ! "To-morrow came from the tawgectrom fg Bi. from. m ' Ialeta, frbd on " exquisite morning for a long ride Th some station business, e r ;would be still and delicious, -- fresh 'and exhilirating to a degree hardly |to be understood; the sun brilliant po just sufficiently warming. I uetil. perhaps | saddle in the mountains and coming home by the gorge of a river, [an ten minutes everything might have 'changed. A sou'-wester would <P sprung up as" though let out of j bag, heavy drops of rain would be 'succeeded by a snow flurry, in which lit was not always casy to find one's so gaily at ten of the clock that same morning would return in the fast-ga- | thering darkness, wet to the skin, or, rather, frozen to the bone. I have often found it difficult to t out of my habit, so stiff with f[rdzen snow was its bodice No one dreamed of catchi cold, however, from the meteorologi- cal che and chances, an immun- ity wh.i®no doubt he owed to the fact that we Ied, whether we liked it or not, an open-air life. The little weather-bearded house, with its can- vas papcred lining did not offer much protection and I have often found a heap feathery snow on a chair near = my iclosed bedroom window which had drifiod the = ill-fitting frame. Still these snow showers and ed by midday) did no harm to man or benst a NOTES ON TUBERCULOSIS. 'the conchisien mate, nor suushine, ure of tient, but t the judicious use of all of theve cles in treatment of s0-much the by aapguctings ie have }- even hard frosts (which usually melt- that it is net cli- nor locality, nor eee individual case, being-universally accepted. It 1s not ------ of the a ee chronic cases into rm and ten ient r main ance we to accomplish, as it ucate patient in the , and the public at whic t é orereen ee as well a thing that readily comes to one, may be obtained . Wa- nd lukewarm yes ijust w 'vention remain the | ft} RESULT oF Ewouuape: Sart. WAY ba hap to Replace Millions» et Rails That Were Worn . ¥ Out. are at-present in this aon try about it 200, les es including the dou sole reid the or , says the Philadelphia Enquirer Continuing, i Edt has imated .that in those there are laid at present stecl rails which tons of stecl. That total is hard to imagine, but it can be said that would make an immense mountain if all the material could be gathered into one*place. These rails make the a the nation, the real roads ver which the commerce of te ciate is hau TWENTY YEARS AGO. years or less ngo the maxi-!. yard, except on the mountain civi- sions, where there were much heavicr weights. fs on an average twice as much formerly was in use weg creet preg es thote invention of a ball vail "sede poundage cco ea any can remember when there were only iron rails in use. We presume that there are some laid down at the ie time In some of the out-of- the-way corners of the country, but for twelve years steel raiis have had the call and seem likely to hold the Palm forever. TIME OF WOODEN RAILS. Our ancestors tell of the time when there were only wooden rails, or those on which a thin strap of fron was laid, and of many disasters that occurred in consequence. generation rerfiembers when went slowly and time schedules were pi to change without notice. The point we are making is that en traflic of recentgyears has heavy that ther4&™% now a demand for 3,000,000 to: f steel rails to replace = wh liave been work- ed to t¥e limit or which will be within the next year. This is nearly 2 per cent. of the total, and at the prevailing rate means an expenditure 000.000 in this one industry alone. SIGNS OF PROSPERITY. This simply spells prosperity, and means that the country is going ahead by leaps and bounds such as Was never before contemplated. We mention this in the hope that it will be remembered next year when there will be those who try to convince the unwary that the country is not prosperous, and that conditions are from satisfactory. Of course, we would all ke to be millionaires, but we were in that condition all would be poor. NEW BULLETPROOF CLOTH. aggregate 25,000,000 cated to In these days 100 pounds | tg the yard is the standard, and this | light 9 of us possible force. The point of the arm Soueter, could not penetrate the felt and was bent into a shapeless mass It is natural to suppose. that force of tho ball would be communi- the armour and that this Would be driven violently backward, resulting in a disagreeable shock a one which at times; would be danger- ous to the eiaeee" ha para onaes the incorrectne view Signor Bendetti attached ne panied toa horas and fired u e animal only six fee away with & ordnance re- volver. the ball falling at the feet of e horse heey he, freed from his hatter, walke away as if nothing | hed happened, *. is to be noted ane with the same revolver a picco stecl had been previously pierced. The od fame experiment was made with | many | Chicken covered with a breast piece t the ne Ad of the felt, the cock, after bei rid of his new shell, (es pursuing the even tenor of his pa ee QUEER HABIT Bnd FIRE HORSE He Will Not Drink Anything Else But HotWater. Rowdy enjoys the distinction of be- ing one of the fire horses in the local departmer's and at the present time is attached to the No. 3 truck, at First avenue, Mast and Third street Says the Duluth Herald. Te was not bred in old Kentucky, nor has the 'sunshine of old Bour bon in his eye and stomach, too," but he has one of the oddest habits that an equine has ever been known to have, and fire horses have some Peculiar traits. Rowdy is a physical culturist to | the extent that he believes in -- ing hot water; in fact, drink anything else, and. suune Stand for a day before a pail of cold water, he for hot water, but whenever the oppor- tunity offe:s he goes to the stenm radiator in the fire hall und the warm oir until he has enough on the inside to send up an average size balloon. Occasiona have been known where he would stand over a radiator until the steel bit rings 'and bit in his mouth became so hot that a person could not bear to hold them in hand, yet this did not bother He rather seemed to enjoy it. Whether he read o physical culture magazine { ---- Things ur pig of Italian Inventio The world is at daiea gear in a f cloth, Ge te oomeent an present intensely | new Italian areal since the Italia entering for we ---- it is necessary to. state that the secret, and this to discgyer 3 telnet hati have al to deal with a gencral oer and with the results of experiments. Th rmor is a sort of felt, the | /stufl being capable of adaptation to! 'any form whatever; for example, a breast plate with a collar of a sort i "" ser gh nding. ngs agten ng of coat which completely envelops the | | Woarer and absolutely guarantees him 'from gunshot wounds. 'The thickness the protector varies from onc-six- teentli to seven-sixteenths of an inch, according to the arm the efYects of which it is aesigned to destroy. | Against the armor of seven-sixteenths of an inch the regular ordnance re- | Volver with steel covered ball is pow- erless, and also the gun of the 1891 model charged with smokeless pow- der. In the numerous experiments + which have been mude--in firing at a distance of * several yards--the bail. whether it be of lead or steel, when strikes the protector is arrested and deformed, in some cases rebound- ing and in others being almest reduc- ed to a pulp. Thus there is not only ; an arrest of the ball, but deformu- = + "4 came delinitely known by fow are a it was noticed had a hankering fer hot water, and the habit grew on him to such an extent that the A bicerged the | hermes, with pails { hot water, ound it impracticable red leave the pail anywhere near the big horse, { was sure to disappear. Finally out flat- footed and refused to drink -- bing but hot water, and his whistle has been wet. with ji over since. - Rowdy is not too particular as to ,the degrees of warmth of the water {offered him, but the hotter. he can {drink it the better he seems satisfied. ; He can drink water about as hot as ia Person can stand to put fis hand in. ns eee ON A GRAIN OF CORN. A Flemish artist hus produced what is suid to be the smallest painting | in the *o: lL. Jt is a picture of miller mounting the stairs ~s em mill ° and carrying « sack of grai b $ some clue to =| SEQUELS 'TO 0 SOME BALLS degree | EccENTRIC INVALID GAVE a DANCE EVERY WEEK. wputatlod | Disappearance of Shicago Young Lady After . a Bail. ; Until a fow years ago o there lived in Fate a somewhat cccentric, but the arte na of Brasseux, valid herself, she devoted her pacrige fortune to w after man was pleasantly sur; to say azed, to hear that she had lett bi him 8,000 fr. because he d waltzed so charmingly when he -- tended her ball. DPacidedly different was the sequel te a ball attended by a ee Austrian lady in Vienna a few ago. She ene passionately oat "ot dano- ing, and gaily tripped light fan- tastic toe through every item in the programme, t was oy well on towards morning Ww! left the ball-room and ba home, thoroughly nig out. She retired at on bed, and surprise was counioend by her non- he: at ther went to her room to rouse her eee her sleep. Being unable to do she grew -alarmed and sent for THE FAMILY DOCTOR, whose cflorts proved no more cessful than her own. For nearly three weeks the girl remained in the senses, graduall ted health and spirits. Her long sleep was supposed have been hrought cn by extreme physical ax- haustion, Lust winter a Chicago young lady Was the central figure in a strange sequel to a ttended ball not many miles from 'that city, She seen in the ballroom almost from beginning to end of the = pro- ceedings, but what afterwards became of her has so far not beom ascertain- oe with his nose over it inhaling | ed. It was thought by her friends who were present that she had suddenly made up her mind to return home by herself, but to this day she has not put in = appearance there. No- body sce; 6 have noticed her Icave the batioorehs, but that was not re- markable rpg that she was - a -- of several hundreds. er p atare made every pos- sible effort 'eo trace her, or to obtain her fate, but without result, the girl having disappeared as A effectually as if the carth had opened lowed her u The sequel to another Americar ball was not without its humorous aspects. This was held in Connecti cut a few years ago, and was attend- and swa d by "NEARLY 2,000 PERSONS, many of whom havé a lively recob lection of the aflair to this day Just when people were on the pala of leaving som raised a-cry of "Firet' and in a very few minutes @ fire-engine arrived on the scene. The next moment powerful streams of war ter were pouring into tke vallroom from four different directions, full foree of which was felt by the hapless company in the room, This was more than they coule stand, so with one accord they made a rush for the exit and returned al} iS | was rt their homes in a condition mbre | sunmeative of a river than » ball- roonu "sy one of the Southorn States a still more amusing sequel to a ball 'porte at a time when the The mill is depicted as 'atand- | 'various American Boards of Health™ ing near a terrace. are a horse and cart, groups of peasants idling in the road near by. 1 this is painted on the smooth side of a grain of ordinary white corn. It is necessary to ex- | 'amine it under a microscope, | it is drawn with perfect cemees. Tt 'gro ball had cover a half-inch square, | while it was actually "a paige pe ag does not and it is in many respects one of the ang remarkable art products of the da THE THEATRE OF WAR. ' a. Y eliib: on wi Dee nue hay -D} ani oe Japanese Troops: ~ | i) im) Russian The ne- had then an even stronger ob- being vaccinated than ents had to be resorted to in order to duly inoculate them In the case referred to- a grand ne been arranged, and fact came to the knowledge of the a thoritics. As the result "tho building in which the ball was proceeding was quietly surrounded by a strong force of police, and when the company was surgeons pounced converted the erstwhile ballroom into a temporary vaccination station. Ev- ery one of ie present to bare his or or her arm tobe. punctured>------ epee iio CHILD WORLD ENHIBITION. A novel exhibition is to be held in the al Palace of St. Peters- burg next year. It is called The | Child World, and. will deal with... ev- 'erything pertaining to children. It ; will be divided into tive sections. It | will show, _ing; the toys of children all in the first section, the aids in tvuaching the beri beg books, wae pictures . In Section 2 there will be 0 Linde of things is rtaining to the care of children from infancy to school age, manufacturers, who will exhibit fur- niture, methods of lighting and heat- over the world will form one of the most attractive portions of this section. Section 4 will be the picture section: : it will contain paintings; engravings, | avid iMustrations of all kinds depict- ' | ing child life in every part of wor the will represent his- the lives of child nd Section bets scenes in * hero esi by children, the works of fam- ous child attists and composers, and the peculiarities of children of every land. a oe COST OF LEAP YEAR. Tie fact that this Is a leap yeat carries With it an effect apt to be overlooked, which * that the annual gover the nations will be caalder ably. increased by the inclusion of the extra day. This amen fetal oa rune 1 9 bs aon