OR, A BROTHER'S PROSISB CHAPTER X.--(Continued.) uncomfortable . silence: than more un- Loss 'ot Son « or Matas: 'For . Mikado Is Accounted . An Honor. No nation has a better right to of what Beha of "this outrago found "its o Hettor ep the afternoon Was in eypert.. Bis f was as not:- who, really gentle soul : : but thotgh tAsunta added to Bra- impuasioned demands the loud claring of her hate. 10," she blazed, "this Is tha mercy of Hispaniola. It was the in Aruba With fire and sword and No quieres quarter ! am "her haed for silence. "Hugh !"' she said. "Hush! Dona Asunta. I know*you hate Iispania- a: you must know how I hate her. But thero who have fallen into our they ~ woun the are cre to order ven- gran e to be ad on them who can- not de so: themselves, how could aver lo or mercy who showed ot Stampa eg pleas sure in crushing the weak, I ebase ; i ay : seman » locged better, than my own SG Bravo, the unimpeachable courtier, self-poseession for a moment, ell: TT oscinle no tnwditing ee and ae to givo lim fr :tuke of how many years' civatine, averted her Wie began to splutter and clutch em- uty air with giipping fingers. "But, your mratee you, must re- taliste ad bega: Meidalena tur can on him with a fash like the leaping of a sword from its quict sheath, ¢ old man st. od oren-moutbed while Hector was last between admiration of this new manifestation of the Queen's nature, and sorrow for the abashed chamber- infa. "Must !"' she cried. "Must! y parde n, Don uabialins My pardon, sir "Madame," he stammermf, O! madame, furgive----"" And ke burst Dena Asunta, Senor Grant, T pray Let leave us' A meeting with Asunta was not to to Ve tor' s Hhing, vet he was fi gp ide what had passe I knelt before 'Don Augustin,' said Lor 'all the years I was your pupil Imament of my tecped we, if k.wox, or hear in a word of yours, a shadow of clsrospect for me, for the Queen--you beggod me to reprove you. You haye taught lyewtiry you have taught mé well who needed no tea hing on that point. Am I rot a Ribeiro ? usk you for advice, got guidance, | these thie, an ve haps fer help: I fcr these I thank you But, by the ioly Virgin, sir, I do not take or cer. To mnke the offence heavier, yo. cry non hefore Senor Grant, a --na--t anger,--sle stammered over the ed my friend: it was but her way of thaking moe smart--'and be- | f-0 bora Asunta, one of my own} poo ic. Lofore the stranger and be- fore my own I have been insulted 1' ' as divine! She is tr a 'en, and true woman toe. With-| "t ja sion what is a woman, what; Smooth monotony a man tires of in a day, a kingdom 'ans to scorn in a week, A spice of tio dovil is welcome even in a fal . said t, ut the peace is mace ?"' to peace was never broken, niv 'Yo am glad."' Hecto:, being a man of some im- agination, had feared the meeting | with Asunta; not so much by reason of Tho first fow aid she, "is to cas he isa true Pnl- metto,"' Hector repli "¥et surely his life of self-sacrifice should win him sume consideration.' "Her eg will not forget what is dee to Hin oy ' gneer "her Majesty's mind well ? "IT have the honor to be somewhat in' her confidence, and I think I know something of her kindness' of eart "- "Her keart? A-nah!" This with a sneer of such malevolent signifi- cance that Hector was driven to look aw or ke was jealous as a chiid test muy and least of all unta, shoul surprise his hidden treasure, a ke feared that in his face she might read his oeniy silenc -e only aggravated | 'Ke a of beart,"' ales repeated. "To you? "I spoke in a general sense. to me more than to another." "f do not call it kindness to treat an old servant, an old friend, as she now t cated Don Augustin." Hector kept slesce. * agfee with ine?" she urged. "You forget that J, too, am a se-- vant of tho een. "Fo agree with you would be to pass an opinion on my Royal mistress. A servant mus' not criticize the one he serves.' "Um ! I did not know that you were a ee Sonor Grant."' "At least I am brave enough to diver rman you.' "And a -- one, at that." 'Remember that I come of a race whose cme is gol the oe or the Not have chang few momenta, Fare to Dreak it: betty? tke: moat } Be ; it was only proved. It is, oubt cf himself, for he had suff- | - painful fire. nte laughed bt J a little to fetes irg beside che white oiner that flamed | ci=m.' be "ps sho is above suspicion." was an unfo rtunate reply. spoken in all innocence and honcsty, it showed Asunta the opening she know was in his armor -- suspect her would be treason, nm?' "To utter suspicion of her would." "So loyal you uld no ou consider it duty to rt the ali Es should witer treason "Of a su "Then, senor fs go to your mis- Py. t iptanntion, there was subtlest cruelty--"and tell her that I ause she was never finished. She had assumed an bravado that was 'simnal ticgnaste in its overatted vulgurity; her face, really beautiful, fell into a jaundiced de basement of snee and jealousy shrank before the look that stormed into Hoector's eyos. "You make me almost forgot, ma- ," he 'ed, Bisa -- a gentleman oe to yo "Pray f eet ie ve She re- a bares wish "a wero a man, Dona Asunta" "Oblige me by thinking that I He:tor laughed and waved a hand. The scene appealed now to his sense of the ridiculous, but he was not al- lowed to keep i ane. "Shall 1 repeat what 1 said ?" He answered by a look in which there was as much pity for her fool ishnesae as thcre was contempt for her insolent persistence. "You, walked with the Queen garden last night," she in the went n cannot deny it, since, doubt, trlendly eyes ee us.' honoring mc with Rg comman her oyes i as well as her lips. They did not speak of State affairs}"' * "Dora Asunta !"' 'Is it usnal for a Queen, when giving cominands 7 ber servants, to lean upon his arm ? "Her Majesty was fatigued: the ae ig not duc to you, but I "Po jean upon his arms with both hands ie You are too young to play duen- na, madamy."' "The arm of an adventurer, too-- who comes no one knows whence-- who is no one knows who."' "That her Majesty trusts me----" 'Is not sufficient for those Pal- mettos who sce the game you are playing. ose "The game |" "God gave me wits. scnor have. ea fae rust. what I ave seen, trust you."' That night at Frigancta spran his remembrance, and it must have lunged from his cyes, for like lightn- jing she parried, "IT did trust you. I was misled by lyour show of cundour, your enthus- {tase Don Balda:sare"--again that name--"and I offered you my _ love. IT know you now--your echemes, the 'webs you are wenving round the | OQucen--every thing. I hato her, but, 'Santa Maria ! how I hate youl" | "Are you mad ? "No. The Queen is--vou are. But Palmetto shall be suved without tha jkelp_ of cither of you and I nave ool and I do not You love the Queen--you love Queen. Dare you say no ?"' | He had conceived the possibility of | ging of it into the garnish light, had not looked for; nor had he be- lieved that man or woman could bo so envenoined os do first bed .ery an with her calculated torture was ad, ut like a cool 'remembrance of in the garden and Hector was to all outw are seeming ice again. question you Pi asked me Bom Asunta,"* -he said, "'is you will | forgive me for not 'anewertng. Sure ly, ,;your generous watchfulncss makes reply unnecesSary. this interview has been, J unnecessary. I beg you will permit me to retire."' "You BO, I suppose, Queen----"' "No, madam "No !"* with -- surprise "TI have no desire, madamr, to bo told, to her Majesty's face, thot T | think, now to tell the The shaft Ls t was a hnzarded guess, : that was precisely the course Asunta had arranged in the event of a confronta- ion. "Adios, Dona ne i "A--civs, scno (To be 'Continued ) ------_+ CHURCH OBDERY. nuts a - BRILLIANT SUGGESTION, Pat--"'Oi'd wroite to aa fer knew him an' git 'his adries doer aicedell BACK'ARDS OR FOR'ARDS. She--"You Say you love me a lit-|m tle bit ? He--"Ycs, = ptt yon think your 'ove wil grow ? He--"I'm sure of it. She--"Which way bt eit. r) uecu, then, is akoes criti- ead, because it was | comneuran Saal to tho Mikado to of Wakamatsu in 1869, whero the Sho, fin tho forces of thd Mikado. Nearly one thourzand women aon be- of them wero killed in battle, boi not a few committed suicide rather --_ undergo the hu- aliation - defea: Yet the 'Aniesonian Spey of the women of old Japan did n ract from their womanliness. They were tender mothers and loving wives. The nursing of the wounded and sick was part of the education of every samur- ai Woman. With the passing atvay of the age of ee 4 Japan, upon the down- fall of the ogunate, the Japanese Woman was called upon a ae new Ip and how Se she the: itions is shown in the | hatory of CHINESE'WAR OF 1895. It ia a matter of record that somo | 10,000 Japanese women volunteered to get to the front as nurses in the ficld hospitals at the outbreak of the ese war, and advices from Japan state that the number of women vol- the But the women are ba lacking in patriotic a an anecdote concerning mother of the heroic Commander amoto, who was killed on tho bridge pr) his ship, the Akagi, at the battle of Yalu, which shows how the spirit of ee) a in the hearts of apanese w An official. oe the Navy Department ae on the family of the pole of- convey, as * acticately a5 pos able, the news of his death. Having communicated his tidings to a mem- ber of the family, he was about to depart, when tho. shoji slid open soft- ly and tho aged mother of the ad commander ataggered into the room. Sho had bean an accidontal caves- dropper and had heard all. Tremb- with emotion sho -- low to the Sige offver and sa "Tell tho Exmporor I rloice @ son a 'oniee as been a ce to of some sorvice to him.' Somo ly ae nage women a to weep over their that be bee for those who had bad.the hon- vil" or a mother heard that a hus band or a son had been killed in bat- tle, tho first ---- uttered, acknowledge of the honor conferred upon her - the gods' in being bereaved for tho CAUSE OF THE EMPEROR. To the Western mind such patriot- sm appears to be fantastic and hard to understand. In tho light of Jap- anesc "saan it docs not seem so stran The eplrit of patriotism in the Jap- women of the present geuera- tion is the outgrowth of ages' of lke The loyalty and devotion ick the women of past generations | a to their feudal family head are The whole of |° _, | orthodox Si Nedderr-- 'So tley charged ye} twentytive conts fer yer supper at the church fai ° nh Wi ties 'Ya-ns; b soaked it to me. I'go:rh t Why, all! I et was seme seubluy esseters. an'! stuffed veal, a devied ham, an' chttken-salad, oon' pork an Leaus, an' a leetle piece o' lemon pie , some cofice an' doughnuts an' pecan- " in Ses gencration given to the X do | In ime of war the Empress Japan sets an example for all | women of the country by her activi- ties in behalf of all those who are ! suffering or in distress. She be seen frequently visiting the great begert hospitals, accompanied by 'a party of court ladies and noble- men's wive Following "the example of the Em- press, all tho at Indices of Tokio socicty do what they can to relieve the distress and suffering that inevit- ably follow war. There is no class of women that docs not contribute something to this cause; even those butterflies, the geishas, and the un- happy creatures in the Yoshiwaras {give their share. | It is not only the women of tho sa- pmurai -*--s Who show pagsionate patric' wartime. All classes of + presented in the mod- Mov ayes woy, and the peasant woman has given proof that she is quite as devoted to the Mikado as the samurai lady. A story is told of an old pensant woman who sent her only son to ficht for the Emperor in the Chinese of war. ly depriving herself! of every- thing but the barest necessaries of life, and toiling carly and late in the flelds, she had been. able to give her son a superior education, and she had the satisfaction of secing fairly started on a business career, which promised to be guccessiul, when the call to arms sounded. The little peasant mother bade her son give up his business and the ranks of the army. The bo as his mother wished, and his regi- inent Was one of the first to set foot N CHINESE DOIL. Every morning just a daybreak the littl peasant wor rose and, {after meaking a covet toilet, as an Buddhist she went to a i lit ttle shrine nearby and prayed to , pa god of war. Sho did not or her son to. come home safe and sound, but she prayed that 'he might prove worthy of the honor of wearing the Mikado's uniform. day, when the old woman was returning to her home from the tem- ple, she met a messenger who told her that her son had been killed in the attack on Port Arthur. mother's eyes grow dim with tears and she swayed unsteadily for a mo- ment. Then she turned and sta what ce say? Your son has 4." "Yes, I vaerttang,) ' said the old Woman "and Iam going to thank Ofin rhs the hohner be has com ferred upem me. Considering As Sevan" has been tat the eat. it Rot scem strange -|a pastoral region, with barren, stony the "hero Women. It often | beppeved r that the 'wife of a daimio as called byte uid ome @ keen martial spirit and intense a BURIED Rikpocarne. One of the niost curious results of geological cxpuation is the discov- ery © of "buried iscapes,""' by Rhich the carth now covered under bic deposits, but yet retaining so of their original ge that a4 geologist can id reconstruct tho scenes that would i been present- alld the cye of man if he had been metimes burfed landscapes cxist in countries now densely inhabited. Recent in- vestigation has shown that one lics -- the region in a ee Charnwood Forest. _ rocky prodections scon there are bin peaks s _Of a buried mountain chain belonging to the old stone period. es in the history of have been tr . contained salt lakes and dese panses. In its modern form "te 8 sand- tracts and r eminences where the ancient mountains project through the soil. "6 ee) WHY SNOW BURSTS A GUN, In a discussion at the Royal So- cicty in London recently of some ex- periments on the eficcts of sudden essures, attention was called to a singular experience, which, it said, people who-go shooting in win- oa sometimes have. If the muzzle of ao gun happens to get plugged up with a little snéw, the gun invari- nd bursts when fired in that condi- tion. Light as the plug of snow is, it requires a defigite time for a finite is meant parts 'of the former face of |} Several different phas- |; t |cludes a was | Lake antares "Most August President of tj the Committee of the Siberian Rail- "has cause to feel thankful | test value as a factor in pe Be pret eee Maer ecg of all too soon with conditions that obtain to-day. POORLY EQUIPPED. so-called, departs from slo be said to be 85 pounds. ia rails are le tho present light ones on the Siberian road, and 15,000, rubies have been appro- priated to start the work, but the rails are not down, and will not be for some ycars. The gauge © ol the road is peculiarly that no roll- elsewhere can quick increase of capacity. The engincs are of Russian, French, and American manufacture, and burn oll or wood. Tho engines on the Eu- ropean-Rvssian railroads burn oil al- most exclusively, while the Siberian locomotives burn wood for the most part THRE WEAK LINK. act measure of the possible volume of through traffic over the Trans-Siberi- an Railroad, in time of peace or war, io just what can be moved = across Baikal. The proposed circum- road, that he is qnberne: sacagh"tar all reget 'thimaclf only an t war |Fesarding the. The honorary figurehcad affairs of of this Tail- I t When all is said and done, the ex- -- Railroad has not been con- cted and could not be built pos- and those Russian forces on the sibly within two years, and then only 'ground when hostilities began. This under most favorable conditions. accounts for the great gia mo- Consequently Lake Baikal is the pilization of Russian troo which weakest link in a rather weak chain Tan Baikal, meaning 'Holy Sea," but really being a 'holy terror' There are 'bent 50 Nac so 'of fish known to possess electrical organs capable of imparting o shock A ponte study of some of therein tly been meade ie Pri Kendrick, F.R.S., f Giane ow versity, wit the taining the source of He finds that the electricity is gencrated in specialized organ which are cither modified muscles - modified glands, structures which n all animals manifest electric pro- has tho | | pertier In economy of production these electric organs far surpass any- 'thing yet contrived by man, fust as | tho light of the glow worm excels in | similar sense out best efforts to |produce cheap i!lumination. In each 'case there is a secret yet to be dis- covered. a 2 ALL DOWN. Mrs. Newlywed--Doctor, that. bot- tle of modicine you left for baby is all gone. Doctor--Impossible ! I told you to give him is i once an hour. Mrs. wlywed--Yes; but John, and I, smother and the nurse have to each take a bali a too, in order to induce 'aby t it. e | Nyanza in "Unie j purpose of ascer- | their peculiar | the la y of fresh water the Old World, Baikal is -- . Lake B nearly 18,909 aquare miles in inferior. vi a width peg ts 27 to 85 versts. is 35185 deep. The surface is above the level of the sea. The bottem fs 1,624 feet below the eca Trans-Siberian is broken end of this Inke, miles, wide. ? peso: impairs the utility. he TransSiberian for the moving of uel and war supplies to the Man- lon churian and Korean frontier. GREAT CREVICES IN ICE. Baikal begins to freeze in Novem- remaining so for five months. ico burden freezes to a thickness ;9} feet, which would make sledge ' trafiic perfect wero it not for the fact os =o. ing up and piling the ice high aaa impassable windrows. se crevices have a width of three to six feet, and to imposeible the marching of troops across the lake or the safe siedwing of supplies. A thunderous crash, as of nan explosion, marks the forming of tho crevice, followed by a lane. roll- BIVOUAC OF THE RUSSIANS. to 'in a concentration of 400,000 soldi- the Russian railroad management, is ; jers. in 'those best rear except the Victoria number is nearly 60) great | ear a f Russian soldiers were requir- | t from of the Trans-Siberian ee in or- feet der to protect and keep it open. Th 1,561 feet necessity for this is adie increased 290 beam 57 fcet draft, 18 fect fore and 20 feet aft, speed 20% versts, and dis- lacement 4,200 tons. She has three triple expansion engines, with a total of 8,750 horse-power 'oO engines ere placed in the stern, and aro longtitudal water-tight which is supposed to break tho ice. She can run through ice 4 feet thick, but Lake Baikal makes ico over @ feet thick, The ice-crusher has three sets of tracks on the main deck that will hold 25 cars, and has passenger jcommodation for 150. <A second icc- breaking ferry, the Angara, with onc- third, the _. go only 195 a 34 fect beam, acts a "40 the Baikal, mainly transports passengers. SLOW IN 'CROSSING. Trans-B nikal communication is broken Maes days in the winter, nd at best the larger ferry cannot make more than two round trips in twon- and the winter, which would be 30,000 a month, without the needful munitions of war. So it is plain that Im the war the land fighting will be between Japan 'went on for years, and which has re- sulted, according to common report, But if the facts were known say the correct 10,000. Japan could cope pine with any -- forces that would arrive by Even in time of peace, thous- cont. last FI means plague hie « long presen passes ool But an incarenting story, byt the Gov- ornor of Segren. 3 Kong, as to r year ts the ese have been in the habit of ' cag dead bodies of bubonic pe = Borns bod to prevent pred would otherwise b: = spd disinfected; and he rai f these "dumps" increased from 25 - In 1898 to nearly 33 per VE CENTS FOR EACH ae Regarding the bonus of five cents a head given by the Go' for the abtrection of rats, = Governor, (quoting the medical officer) oxpreas- es the opinion that it probably leads to their importation. "It is highly Probable tkat a brisk trade in rats has oing on. Kod would no doubt pay =e bring rats to the city from outlying a oh and from ---- and cven from Ma- cao and Can ee 'Readie has reported that ho heard of a meeting of rat-catchere at Possession-point, where rata' ar- rived in parcels and were distributed. He was too late to catch them" (the men, we suppose), "'but these rum- p- [ors have the color of truth." If an infected rat is found house the house is disinfected; to prevent this the local Ah Sing "'spring" the mouse-traps that gov- ernincnt agents set about their dwel- lings so that tho rats cat the bait and run away alive. "Again," runs the Governor's state- in a and le by hinting at the probability of «a plague rat being found about the premises" in the absence of a dona~ tion from the occupier. Rats must either be imported breed very freely in Victoria, bed the first six months and thirteen days 4 than 862 which 3,476 were e The Governor, Sir Il. A. Blake, re lates how, in a certain inflected strecat in the city of Victoria, tho houses Were investigated, With a view to showing if thoy Were connected by rat-runs, While-'these runs were fevad to connect nearly every pair of Ouses in the place, the houses con- nected by rat-runs with the two in- fected houses escaped the plague al- together. ANIMALS SUSCEPTIBLE. '"'we have evidence that pigs, sheep, monkeys, geese, ducks, turkeys, hens, pigeons, and rats are susceptible to plague, whi conveyed by food or by inoculation direct, or by means of insects.' To this Ist must now Pen added "bugs, spiders, flies, roach- es. TI may add that quails sd in the market for sale" w fe. be infectod." in time of war. --_----_4--_--~ SENTENCE SERMONS. Faint heart is famished heart. Promptitude is the life of praise. Ho who waits on fate wins failure. Love never boasts of its sacrifices. Spiritual growth is never spasmodic. The truth that hits is the truth a on is never doveloped by finding ault. 'The lest hind of love ts love of our nd. There is no service where there is servility Men who are downeast are casily ast do ll _-- sponsibilitics. The high livers do not reach heights of life. The devil would have no dupes if he had no decoys. He who gives the world most ways fints he owes it most. needs broad sympathy more than broad sentiments. Tbove is more health in happiness than -- is happiness in health He works for the human race show in the heavenly no rights wilhout re- the al- yas a pectin rare There Is no virtue in hearing: two sermons if you do not practice cither of When moncy ean secure your com- plaisance with wrong more money will secure your co-operation The ate heaven may be nar- row; bué many will find that it takes more than narrowness to enter there, A TAD BREAK. At last Mrs. Newlywed rose to her at the annua ness mecting ef the Ver)-best-cociety Club. siden "No natlons ~ tho pro ne 'y o aid, "I [wo- (Mr Tendo tesllags Tt rs the optoton of a majority of us here that sh cur orl, membor capablo of Alling our raring presi- dent's shocs Mrs. Tendarfoolings sprang up hast- exclaimed, as I do that she wears three larger than I do, and always "has! T won't have your old nomination-- fo there, now! he DAIRY AS A TEMPLE. The people called the Todas, living in the Nilgiri Hills, India, have a curious religion ritual evolved out of THE sanctity, corresponding to the differ- ent degrees of sanctity of the buffa- loes tonded in each. Even the ves- sels used in a dairy temple vary in sanctity, those t centain the milk being more red than those "4 the big drum. es are of different degrees of posi plague germs from one place to an- other, the' poor rat must take quite a subordinate place Adds the Governor, "With the com- plete circle of vermin, insects, food, rats, domestic animals and man all infected in possibly similar, possibly on the rat as the principal means of bridging over the dormant season. (The dormant season is the season of the year when the plague is in active. HOW A KING IS GARBED. Edward VII. Does Not Discard Suits Once Worn A stery emanating from Germany that King Wdward never wears the same suit of clothes twice has been causing no little amusement in Lon- don. "Of all the ---- storics,"' said. a person who is ee to = authoritatively ay "the tobe, 'this is the most foolish. 'ing, when on the continent, is seen wearing the same suit, have given riso to the absurd report, But his i are never discarded after bein ,» un . a8 sommes es Y larreeas he docs not like then "THREE SUITS A DAY? "Tho king never assumes fower than three suits of clothes meet Be When he rises he puts on fitting lounge suit of black, oe tee or dark mixture. Lator, if he is go- ing to shoot he dons a brown twoed sporting cestuino, tors = favorite Tyrolenn hat and fen "If his majesty Date it a rule nov- er to wear the snine suit twice, a simple calculation shows that he would require no fewer that 1,095 suits in the course of a year, which would bring ge se re bill to about £10,950 "Ag a matter 'a fact the king still! wenrs once or tw the frock coat wh'ch ho had ser nt the tone of his coronation. "The king undoubtedly has tho largest wardrobe of any the world. At ¥V Palace, how oa total of about 200 suits of all rn od a a Nearly a hundred hats and ¢ has, moreover, a splen- did saiteshion of fur-lincd overcoats. To.smn up, the king ordsra about thirty suits in the course o the year."' acta, Sewer IN SERVIAN ARMY. A curious feature connected the Servian army is tho which most. of the regiments carry It is not, ag in most countries, slung in front of the man _-- plays it, but is placed upon a mall two-whecled cart drawn by sae dog, which-has been so trained that it keeps its place oven through the longest and most tedfous of marches. The drummer takes up a gilion behind the cart, and performs on the instrument cs the animal. pulls it along. IN LP ie YE 2 Hopeless Widower "Nothing can mend a broken feart.' Widow YFixert Re-paire that only receive the products of a wetter tm Hopeful : The myth oie rats min I ican - With alk these means of conveying