IN THE WRONG BOAT. Some Curious " Misadventures AUSTRIAN CASTLE oi oe I ae in ip Mngland, w ich is ie ome of gaan ception of the meaning of the words/in the nnel before. they v- until I visited some Austrian friends | ered that they were bound for Dou- pe ee five hours' Jour-| gins instead of New York, says tt -- s tropically hot day, and the London Answers, ax ero Simil aati fend that I was going ar are not uncom- visit rasa in connection with ocean -ser- nee A., he ore spat compartment | voes of passengers, he co One da: 1 step: --make ane comfortable. At the 'little minut ~s rig Patch as a fo ene ts stood wi the Live 1 landi hea Tpoo ng through the village, hats were raised, | tender of the Majestic, and wae in and the street was cleared for our| Consequence taken to Bangor. She galloping steeds. At the castle I was shown to a room in one of the turrets, where I found the sew bes adventure. e off to relatives. en a full of "desolation," but something had gone wrong with the water pipes in the turret, and therefore the bathroom could not be used; but if the high and well-born excellency would condeséend to use a hip bath, he -would instantly bring one. The bath was brought and prepared, but the tall jager still re- mained in the Queenstown on a boat. Ocean Voyagers. A party of four mis- Wl taking the red and b funnels of the Isle of Man S§: Packet: of the Ounard Line, re- céntly a at Liverpool on a Manx and they = well out the a8 in the belief that ehe was the suffered ag however, by her mis- piermaster wn, where the joined the Majestic, on which were her ae On the other hand, passengers and gentleman left Liverpool for Transatlantic When she arrived off that port, the weather was so bad that | life. the two passengers could not be "You 'can finish the unpacking after-| a | and so they were taken on wards," I said. "I will ring when I) to Boston, together with the Liver- |? have had my bath pool Johann turned from an open drawer, his face blank with amazement. is it not the high and well-born excel- lency that I should wash?" he asked. e German of the born oe failed Him. that I would ring w "But "high and well- hi There then, after a eee declaration hen I wanted him, Johann left the room, clearly under protest. "I shall out- side the door if the born one should need me,' reproachfully * he said, high | and well- I was no ote than in the bath when the door opened and the stalwart fig- ure appeared. over the back of the high and well- "Is it not cold water born axtallenes ~ I should pour?" 0; y ot!" elosed aueic erotnsiinety. The door A few seconds later Johann came bearing a gp bath towel. aplashing is over! Now the high and welij-born_ excellency I may be per- mitted t6 dry." But he was not even permitted the high and well-born excellency ~ = . What will my prince say?" h looking at me in bawiidenoeest. His serene highness commanded me_ to show the excellency every attention, and the excellency will ay me to do nothing for him--not At dinner, I sat next 4 the Princess Karl, the wife of the eldest son, a beautiful Hungarian who po.sessed ali the charm and vivacity of her race. "I'm afraid you are not being ange looked after," she said. fineaoe t my husband that you ordered him ote of the room." ; ' ew re "Poor JohannY" Anawered the. prin: cess. "He was much upset. He is Karl's special servant, and was told to look after you on purpose. You s he did a understand. He always -- * ade on 'attempt to conceal my as- iomiaheneut: and when I glanced at Prince Karl, a broad-shouldered giant, I could not help smiling - y are you amused?" the princess asked. "It seems so incongruous," I answer- ed, "Prince Karl being washed!" But | afterward learned that it is the usual custom for the Austrian nobility to be thoroughly well scrubbed in their! messenger boy narrowly e an involuntary trip to Europe. an hou before, he was taken out lap to Europe. groom, however, chartered a special tug, and so managed to get the ashore. : Exciting races for linere are of- jen witnessed. o New Yorkers, when travelling by merican express to catch the ric at Queenstown, got into the wrong train at Dublin, and were reaching Queenstown. The Cedric was then leaving the harbor. Not at all dismayed, the Americans instantly chartered a tug, which steamed out after the lowing her whistle continu- ously. The Cedric's mighty engines were then stopped, and ultimately a passengers got safely on Another chase had a different re- sult. A lady went after Oedric at Queenstown, and, failing to eatch her, directed that she should be taken to the Lusitania, which was about to start. A wireless message was then sent would be in. order for the lady to travel on the Lusitania. © The result was curious. Though missing her boat, the lady passed her friends, who were on the Cedric, in mid- Atlantic, and reached New York a day in front of them. The most common cause of des- bery. For a long time two enter- rising gentry followed likely "marks" to Southampton, and there, at the eleventh hour, plun- dered them in the assurance that ¥ithey would not miss their boat in baths twice a day by their yalets, and, order to prosecute. dried afterward with hot towels. They | are also dressed by their servants. The' back, driving of poor Johann from my never dressed nya in his life. "I only tried it one Guards, "when my servant was fll, and I had to go to a parade. I put all the buttons In the wrong buttonholes, and got confined to barracks for a week in consequence." counts, and barons were jords on their own lands, which they held from the emperor in return for military service. nobles held his own court, which was a reflection in miniature of the imper- fa} court; and as it was considered an especially t rican | gen man might give evidence | ® jagainst them. This involved sail- Prince Karl declared that hehad | ing about one hour late--a very " sald one of his| Tare occurrence in the Atlantic ser- brothers, an amen in the Imperial | Vioz. Each of these great! | THE In the old days the Austrian princes, | sovereign | ee Britain's Allies Helped to Defeat Napeleon, June 2ist marken the 98rd anni- versary of the famous battle which settled the fate of Europe and Pemoe many months ago a New York! scaped g the Oceanic, with an ur- went sshohnn for an American mil- lionaire, who-had been married on of dock and over part of the first honor by men ef the highest birth to' hurled Napoleon from his throne. assist at the toflet of the monarch, 80" | It is estimated that the French foree it was considered an honor by those | amounted to 72.000, while the allied of lesser degree to render similar per-, sonal aervice to the great nobles. nce of their descendants upon | their hike is only the survival of those feudal customs. a Ree POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Be jolly--but don't be jolii The poorer the soil the better the} crop of wild o ats. If a man is inclined to be foolish a Peal being composéd of men of the silk hat won't save him. | the Prussians came up in time. | | troops were about 67,000. The osses on both sides were over 50,- |000 killed and wounded. The pop- ular conception of Waterloo is that the British beat the French, and that it was very lucky for thern that Let it be remembered that litth more tthan one-third of the allies was composed of British soldiers, the ng's German Legion, Hanover- It's easier to ---- : aan than! ian levies, Brunswickers, Dutch and it ts to a the job d Ifa n has no canes a humor he is sure 4 pe funny at the wrong time. Necessity is the mother of invention, but she isn't always proud of her off- grand old warrior spring, A candidate who "also ran" says 50.000 men against the | Belgian troops, &. But besiles Wellington's army at Waterloo there were the Prussians under that Blucher, who | brought them up in tiine, to hurl Sank of the there is nothing quite so uncertain as French, hotly engaged in a front with a sure thing. The average man isn't ashamed to} do a lot of things he would be ashame to be caught doing. If.the average man could only sell; 'and wounded on the ground. the advice he gives away it would keep | ' had, him busy counting his coin. Of course, an heiress may be home.' ly, but if she waits for a young man 1o tell ae so she will never get next | to the fac Before followhag the advice of a man who tells you how to run your business 8 might be well to have a look at the way he. is running his own. aR adeeb, 0 Most arimocrats are victims of heredity : ' ithe British. This was at about 4.30 in the afternoon. Yet these Prus i sians before night fell had 7,000 dead | per pride They therefore, a big Share in the \great victory; and while nothing can diminish the glory of the mag- /nificent eovrage and endurance of Wellington's men during the long jand terrible hours that preceded the Prussian arrival, yet when we talk of Waterloo, with just and pro- let us generously a gratefully remember what splendid comrades and allies Britain had to help on that memorable day. well-lnown consequently half an hour late in has perate rushes for steamers is rob- Once, however, & gory was kept | ; BATTLE OF WATERLOO.| NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOBS BULL AND HIS PBOPLE. Oceurrences in The Land Belgns Supreme in the Com _ merelal. World. 7 cost of maintaining the of England and Wales during six months ending September £7,354,542. A excursionists from Birmingham | Scarborough, saw the sea on 17th ult. for the first time in "He goes in for all kinds of s survived to face ae camera third time. During tte me of 'May total 'number of British and emigrants from the United si was 28,934 as compared wi 269 in the. corresponding moni yea The Duchess of Mourns i gists. for this M Hospital, London, a gift of £5, the income of which is to be | artificial th. The late Sir Charles Flint Beh of 12 Russell Square, some years chairman of the 8 School Union, at one time in ness as a corn merchant, left of tew. suggested that fiddlers or even gans, should be engaged to pr school playgrounds to attract children from the dangers. of stre pot Doles a fing ailees Royal pene: Ss Waterloo Road, Lo on ie was, founded in the -- "tollowing the great battle. of phew, Arthur Holmes, To Clerk of Arundel. Sir Edward, w was 72, served in the Afghan w -- a the Chitral relief. pce had. Rich Jews species sen immense amounts of money for th poor Jews in Jerusalem, and the result was that a large number of poor Jews went there. A LONG WORD. The Name of a New Cheese Takes The Palm. The English speaking world accustomed to regard with respect the length of transubstantiat tional- ists an ism, but those pygmies of twenty- four and twenty-cight letters are dwarfed by comparison with the giant name of a new form of un- fermented cheese, which is described in _ Illustration. The cheese is made of fresh cur- dled milk, flavored with the dry, finely cut blossoms of Asperula od- orata, or woodruff, a European herb. The originality of this new dairy product, however,. rests large- ly in the name under which it has been put on the market, Oberam- + 1} 4 } + Lek It has seventy-three letters, and oc- cupies two full lines of print in the "Moniteur des marchands de beur- re.et oeufe. Its great advantage lies in its specific meaning, for when translated it signifies: cheese of the cloister, a breakfast delicacy flav- ored with herbs of the Alps,. pre- pared for the feast of the represen- tation of the Passion at Oberam- mergan. 'Without doubt,"' says L' Illustration, 'If the cheese had been baptized in French, it would have received a more concise name, A statement. which is equally true with regard to English. ------_----Fk§ --___--__-- oa Youngwed (arriving home)--Why. dearest, you have been weeping! What is it. pet!' Mrs. Youngwed General Sir Edward' might 'ay had just come from the little coal arade,| town, and told me how a hustling 400 en," remarked "When I first met Bir Max Ait- > On a me ho met the great Rudyard on the Miramichi River, and, being a Kip- enthusiast ' myself, his lively unt of bis intimate intercourse 'a sal the poet-novelist for several ays Was appreciated. "Later, having been asked to itken's room at our hotel, I found him eee away at a typewriter, he satisfied my unuttered query once. 'Insurance!' said he. "There's @ lot of correspondence é yd aay after success of Sie . _ enlarges on his seriousness roa Ive heard nothing wittier than the reception he depicted st me when I reached 'Glace Bay with my millinery samples. He man had already covered the Place was Knee-deep in be-ribbon- d headgear--more than could be in the place for five years. re's only one order he didn't 'and it may be | their mules in 'the underground ¢| workings.' Such sidelights on the ichap who put himself through school, had started to write insur- lance before he shaved, was worth Over a million at 30, and at 31 was @ member of the British House of mmons, have kept alive my in- terest in Sir Max. And, by the Sway, when 'he firet went to Eng- i he first person this meteoric anadian went to Kipling was delighted to enew friendship, and introduced influential people, as through the latter, of course-- Canadian like himself--that the erstwhile insurance purveyor en- 'tered the political lists at Ashton- under-Lyne and won out."' a SAVING WASTE WATER. Proposition to Impound Rain Fall-|* ing in London District. A suggestion for deplenishing the underground water supplies of Eng- survey of that country recently, which calls attention to the fact, that the water level.fn the London' district has fallen 100 feet or more within recent times, owing to the enormous quantities of water punip- ed therefrom daily. It.is seriously proposed to impound the rains fall- ing "upon the os strata about London, and drain it into wells which will be extended down 80 deep that the water will find its way into the chalk water-bearing strata. . A' tremendous amount of water which now runs to waste would be saved for manufacturing and commercial purposes. Experi- ments have already been condutted at Lea Bridge which conclusively prove the practicability of the plan. o. The less some men have to doe the Jonger they foo! around before get- (mopving her eyee)--"Onions, dar- ling Pp? -$ ne busy. of | Approachin ding. Pei ak the kin 1 : John ee eee ground, so that every store in the]. land was made by the gevlogical | be surrendering their arms and fight- ing their way forw. At this critical juncture the door of a school-house opened, and a of little girle ran out in troop | laughter and high epirits. This gave the idea, doctor an rning to his men, he called out a few ,words in Croatian, and the next moment al- most every soldier had a child on his arm. Alarmed at am 3 the girls were quickly soothed, and having friends with 'their black- bearded bearers, ended by quite enjoying the joke. The cry of terror which at sight ay i the capture of the children, had arisen from all throate was like- ing | STiser changed into exclamations of relief,-and to more than one good humoured laugh at the ingenuity of the commander. -No more stones flew, of course; and, accompan by a highly diverted public, the Austrians travereed the town in _ Free of the walls, each 6ol- laughing burde e little troop pained ite way un- ---- --_----_--- KING'S COURT ETIQUETTE. mong the Primitive Bakongo. > No one approaches him without first seeking his permission, and no one is allowed to sit on a chair in his presence except his sons and ne- phews. Up to 1884 no native was permitted to own a European chair, even for private use. Ordinary men, approaching the king, had to kneel three times, once just inside the last entrance to the king's enclosure, then near the door of the "palace," and lastly imme- diately in front of his majesty. And the Jast time they knelt, they put the palms of their hands together, ital their little fingers im the dirt, and then transferred the dirt from their little fingers to their foreheads or temples, and clapped their hands. This cerémony they repeated three times at the last kneeling place, and the king ans- wered by putting the palms of each 'hand across each other with the fingers of the right hand well above the thumb and index the finger of the left band, and waving them. If the king did not answer thus, or if he thrust out his foot and waved his toes,--which was an insult,-- the sooner the man retreated the -\ better for him. If a man omitted to send or take the king a share of his trading pro- ducts, he would not be favorably received, and might expect to see his majesty's toes wave, instead of his fingers. Well-to-do chiefs who sents were also coldly received, an the waving toes reminded them of their delinquencies. No written ac- count was kept, but the king, like all natives, had a remarkable mem- ory for what was owing-to him, and never forgot when a debt was to id or a present was due. Chiefs and noblemen had to render homage to the king the same as 'ordinary men, but not every time they went into his presence. *_____ Cooling Water Without Ice. To cool water without using ice get a slender glass test tube from any drug store. Half fill it with: nitrate of ammonia «alte, fill up: with water, cork tightly. Shake | till the salt is disolved. Be care- dry, in order that all traces of the! nitrate may be removed. Place thie tube into a glass of water ed agitate as you would a spoon... water is rapidly chilled. The ni- trate of ammcnia salts can be bought at any drug store. This is a far better way "of coolin~ wator than putting ice in it. po with drawn eword, & silty dostor 81z©| who, grag 'other officers, had taken: the command. ch , | above the heart. From the rust! C A. . failed to send his occasional pre-| ful to wipe the outside of the tube | Two Gavelier, 'as' oh Menem, rib te Miss Dorothes in| old in ends 906. Missing my train, I/ © : during the Ele 'At 1 FH the ? and epent Milan in 1859. ing phant in rica. t in the public gardens--to m3 : describes the mauling he- phant, track, two rhinoceros charg: at him. He fired i est was gashed clean aoe in the graes they concluded ruth 'rhinoceros was coming back; one of the men helped him up, 4 another gave him the rifle. As it ha, _ Mhinoceros went ing for some time, he felt faint, and so the natives trussed him to a po!l- with his puttieg; but that was "«: uncomfortable' that he went 1!) rest of the way on foot. The mauling by the lion w: equally serious. The lion wus ving wounded, some distance below =" as Oaptain Stigand thought, in the} darkness. It sprang right on hind from close quarters, and as he fir- ed into its chest, the animal seiz his left arm. "I next found mysel lying on my back," writes Captai Stigand, "the lion was worrying my left arm, and my riffe stil] Jay in my left hand, underneath his body:' I scrambled round, with my left arm atill in his mouth, until I was kneeling beside him. Then I began! to pommel! him on the back of the neck with my right fist. He gave ied | Me @ final shake, quickly turned round, and disappeared in the grass. I reloaded and covered him, but could not see him clearly, enough to fire. I then passed the spot where he was lying, with my rifle' pointed toward him." Thue Captain Stigand returned to the station, where he found that he had eight holes in his arm, and that his coat and breeches were torn by teeth and claws. It was ~ seven © months before he could use his wrist, and his arm swelled to enor-. aseumed ANTS THAT WALK ON WATER. Sugar Will Induce Them to Dare Almost Anything. Every dweller in the tropies learned, probably from bitter ex perience, that when ants T; his possessions are liable to disap- pear. His only protection against the destructice little creatures is water. If, for instance, he puts the legs of a refrigerator in bowls of twater, the contents of the'ice chest' are 'supposed to. be immune from the hungry ants. But, says a writer in Cosmos, recent observations show that water is not all an insurmount- able obstacle to ants. They know very well how to cro a body of water by means of ti) surface tention of the liquid. is an undertaking, however, tha has its dangers, and they do not attempt it except in cases 'of abso- lute necessity, or when they are driven by an irresistable desire to attain. some particularly suceulent article. ; Monsieur Willis. of the Botani- eal Garden of Rio de Janeiro, re- cently noted a curious instance of ante walking on water. A fly trap was baited with sugar; unfortun- ately, ants are as fond of sugar a4 flies; they came in hordes and car- ried off the bait. The" she trap, | freshly baited, was placea"on a cup, and the cup was set in the middle of a larga plate filled with water. The ants returned in as great num- bers as before; for a time they trooped round the rim of the plate searching for an easy way of reach- ing the sugar. Finally, when they had given up hope of finding a pas- sage by dry land, they launc thed themselves out on the surface of the water. After. a few seconds a long. unbroken line of apts was bearing bits of the precious trophy from the trap over the water to the shore. African Elephant Largest. The Indian elephant is somewhat smaller than the Africangand differg age it In other ways, as, for instance in the fact that tusks are possessed jong by the males, While both sexes /are provided with them in Africa. In general, also, the tusks of African elex phants are nearly twice as large as | those of their Indian relatives, a single pair sometimes weighing as much ag The |? 250 or-200 pounds. ------------#- The Sire--What would you think lit 3 told. vou that at your age I er disobeyed *iy parents , or' Lsechers' The Son--You'd lick-me if I told you whey I thonghé.