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Kt!!! m It was in the early fall of 1894. Prin- ress T'ella's betrotbal to the much-be- Iovml, N icholas, the Czarowitz, had just hw-n derided upon in the family conn- ('11. though the world and the press wore still discussing the probabilities of suvh an event with many pros and Vonâ€":5:â€" â€"t)ffici.ally her Highness was al- ready treated like a full-fledged Rus- sian Grand Duchess. "Prinvess Tella left St. Petersburg yesterday on Special No. 17. and will dine in the imperial pavilion at your station tomorrow noon." 'l‘hus read a dispatch received by the station master at Kornoif ”at 53,111. on September 2. Half an bout!“ later the Adjutant of the Governor General stormed into the railway official’s bedroom to announce that his Excellency and entire staff would rex-eive her [Highness with royal honors. (”I in: story was written by the Czar- ma for a volume intended for private c-m-uiation among members of the im- perial family. Her Majesty figures in it under the name of " Princess Tella.") TRUE ARLRUNR RF A RUSSIAN HRRRRR. Prince Werimlfioff to snperintend the arrangements ! The station master t-ame new {uniting when he heard the message. 'Do itamce attendance upon a Princess was 'bad enough. but to at- isfy the government’s plenipotentiu‘y at the may; ‘time was almost. equal to attempting 3the illipossiblo. Still, it had to be dam A In: mlmadhands were at once «gag- 13 text; «(if years of slovenlinom. the floors Of the building were scraped and soured. metal work and windows high- ly pdiiéhed. The gardeners of the town wen» next. laid under contribution. so wait-verytxxty else in the neighborhood owning a green plant or a pot of flow- era, a gorgeous rug or a. striking piece of 'lurniture, all being needed in decor- ating either the depot or the pavilion. kn the kitchen of the latter a caterer was busy with a large staff of assist- .ums preparing superior delicacies, and " You may tell me of it. later on.” laughed Princes 'I‘ella. “ These are my mmn'mwâ€"fim Eslaff and Coun- tess \V’abbern. The gentlemen know eavh other." Then her Highness ordered that dinner be served, and the repast was enjoyed heartuy by everybody. Whenwoflee was brought in Princess Tella. who wanted no humor the Gov- ernor, said. “mt now about your drequ 0u_t_with _it_. Excellency,” _ __ 17. the Governor and his suite drove up! mgr-and gala. L ”Everything in perrect order." re- ported the station muster. . . - " We will see." replied l’rinceOVVen-j pololf UllgTill'lOUSiy. l’rmntly his sup~ prewed w ralhâ€"he is always engaged at; somebody or somethingâ€"descended up- on the head of the Chis! of Police. The t'zihluen and drivers, halting in aneigh- burhood where the Princess might see them. wore their working garb; they were, dirty and must he ordered away. The railway laborers had to don their best. uniforms at. once. There wasn’t enough police presentâ€"the entire force should be. drawn up. etc. 'l‘hese criticisms and orders were giv- en in a few peremptory sentences and gurgles. as was the. Governor’s habit. Ills Excellency would have (widened it too much honor for an underling to address him. in such a way as to make himself thoroughly understood. His 0%- fieials and servants most of the time had to guess at the Prince's intentions, and woe to him who translated the abâ€" rupt instructions he chose to issue wrongly; his bread and butter. even his. liberty were at stake. Not until special No. 17 actually roll- ed, into the station. and the music corps of the Hessian infantry, garrisoned at Kornoff. struck up the royal welcome hymn, brightened \Veripoloff's face. Giving a last look to the master of po- lice at his side. a look that said, “If there be an accident to-day, consider yourself discharged.” the stern Gover- nor ehange'd to a mniling, happy cour- tier. EHe rushed to In the door of the salon carriage _wit his_own white Saying this Princess Tella walked to the window and looked out into the courtyard below. where a. number of nilway laborers were drawn up in line, ettired in their best. “ Fine specimens at mnhood on have haeebont,” she ”tinged. 'j_ at thet 191qu on the 1 “And when did that hapgn ?â€"the dream I mean.” queried r 181111088. 00 'rhree mm W)", Princess Tells laughed. ” I must compliment you." she mid. “on your faburanoe. I have seen any number at rustics while travelling through this province. 1! your Excellency were vin- dictive you would lave tun-ported a mat one half of the population to Si- l3.' an othvr work being abandoned for the moment. the station houm looked quim cxt raordinary, if not elegant. when. that! ly before the arrival of special No. “ I undemtand. and if I had any in- fluence in St. Petersbur I would sure- ly exenfim it in your vor. But why maid you fear to lose your post! You use not a Liberal?" “ Grand Ducauflighnees. I have many enemies. and a. drgam I had weighs heag'gly upon my__mmd." ‘ ‘ “ It is qs'utly told." said \Vei‘ipoloff. “I dreamed that a lowly peaqant was the (tau-e 0? my sligmianal and disgrace." gloved baud, and bowed low as her lelghnvss ,followed by two elderly la- dies and a number of army officers, wvalked down the stops. "General.” said Princess Tella. “for {be last tw ohomrs I have admired the province you govern. I am told you have done much to improve it. You like to live here?" “ To live and die hue." replied \Veriâ€" polojf. intend to return in a few weeks? He cou'ld sit for my altar picture with which I hope to present his Majesty the Cw for Christmas. It in to be placed in the house chapelj’ _ vâ€"vâ€"v "At that moment the Chief of Police entered, carrying two dispatches. one addressed to Princess Tella, the other to Weripo loft. Her Highness attempt- ed to turn the General’ 5 telegram over to him, but Weripo loff explained that etiquette forbid to open it in her pres- ence. So Princess Tella read her mes- sage, which was one of greeting and good wishes by the Czarowitz, and then the other. “ I'm sorry” she said; "the dispatch calls gou yto report at once to the Minister 0 the Interior. I trust it’s not hing serious" 1 Perhaps somebody or something had offended the great lady. If that be the vase. he, the Governor. would be the sufferer in the end. The General turned savagely to the master of police: “ Your men look and act like drunken loafers in the presence of her Highness,” he cried, “ and on the outer side of the rails were no guards whatever. It seems to us, Ussloff. you geglect your duty_ more and more, Mind ‘ I will nbt stand'it much longer; Eith- er )qu. execute my orders to _§he letfier‘. â€"â€"..vâ€"â€" The Governor fairly beamed with de- votion. “ Your Grand Ducal Highness’ wish is a command to me,” he replied without hesitation ' - Presently the announcement was'l made that the train had to proceed, and Princess Tella took leave hastily, amidst the hurrahs of, all the assembled. But what did it mean? Her Highness ap- peared not at the window to wave her adieus and thanks for the reception. as is customary. Weripoloff, hever thinking that, as a foreigner, her High- mess might. be unacquainte-d with Rus- sian usages, noticed the omission with alarm. otr give up your' ulets. To-night I leave for St. Petersebpgrg. See to it that I find no cause fou- oomplaint upon my return. And by the way, that red- haired laborer whom Princess 'l‘ella was gracious enough to notice must besent to the cap_ital_ut once. all “S_ 931% nqtjlfink that we m SORROW’S WORK. The sweetest Christians are gener- ally those who have been sore tried. When sorrow does its proper work, it destroys grosaer elements only to bring forth what is more refined. If we will let. sorrow do its perfect whitwill dothiLW‘hanitoomu ey ea, “The guard.” Schelinsky tried to explain, “ was lying on the ground. ac- (mding to orders issued at the time yhen. the Czarowitz passed through “ Rot. His Imperial Highness honored tth'rs station six months ago Today the (Guards should have been visible. But as to that ruffian, who is be? Does :axwfiody know him ?" Graduale they are reaching the con- clusion that the strict morality inforc- ed by Christianity has had much to do with it and a large body of advanc- ed thinkers at Tbkio are seriously con- sidering the idea. of originating a new mligion. It is proposed to do this by dissect- ing the Christian and Buddhist reli- Brutal-liable Movement Saw In Progress in Japan. The. savamts of Tokio and other Jap» anese are studying religion just now from a very practical point of View. For months past, the J apan Times and other leading newspapers have de- voted much- spaae to discussing reli- gious topics in a. very liberal spirit and in the huge of sqlving the_prob1em now much discussed amBng japadéa: scholars; that is why the 000th has gape s_o_ far ahead of the Orient in civilization. gidn and the cult of Confucianimnnd uniting the best principles and donâ€"- trines of each into a. new system. The Lieutenant bowed submissivoly. And what is to be done with the fel- low 9” “He goes to St. Memburg to the Peter-Paul Fortress, of course," snap- ped the Colonel. “ That done, you wnll keep to your room, for three days. and the next three days do day and high-13 serviceâ€"that to remind you of your neglect to duty on this august occa- man.” The stationmaster, who had over- heard the Colonel, approached Schelin- ~sky when the police mogul had thh- drawn. “I’m sorry for you," he saxd. good naturedly, “ you were punished far _no_ reason whatever." v ""l v ‘1 ”Pshaw,” laughed the Lieutenant. " that’s the way of the world; the big fish will alwalys eat this little ones. There is only one way out of itâ€"grow and become an oppressor of your own hook. I am aterror in my own little way and can visit my displeasure, if I feel any. on quite a goodly numbetr of people. 'Ilheme is this Mischa, for ins- lam'eâ€"the cause of all this trouble. Perhaps you think I won't take it out «of his hide. \Ve will see, DuSChkin. you will attend me on this mission!” [Po be Continued. “Please, youlr Honor. it’s Mischa. with his full name Michael Alegmnd- roff,” spoke up Policeman Duschkm. ”I had my eyes on him all the time.” The Colonel fairly jumped with rage- “ You have seen everything and yet failed to break that dog’s ribs? lshall fine you a month's pay for your stu- pidity.” Then, turning to Schelinsky. the (-ommander continued. “ Take some of your men and arrest, Mischa. then report to me.” RELIGION IN THE ORIENT. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, August 5, 1397 DEADLY INDIAN PUISUNS RED MEN AS EXPERTS IN THIS METHOD OF KILLING. ram: Potions for Which Medical Men llaue Not flcen Able. to Find Antidotes-Jolson: Brewed with )Iuch Mystery by (‘ous juror-i. "The wonderful poisons concocted and used with deadly effect by the Indian tribes of middle British Columbia have battled the keenest medical experts for years. They can find no antidote, and no analysis have been able to throw the faintest light on their na- ture.” These word:l were Spoken by By. Aaron [Ripley of Winnipeg to a small circle of listeners. He went on; to say that the medical fratarnity is firm in the belief that no poison exists, or could exist, which cannot be positively iden- tified after the victim’s death, either by the lesions yrodruned in the organs affected or by extracting from the corpse and testing the poison itself. “No doubt this is true,” he continued, “of the poiww that may be called sta- ples on the market, from the painless morphia and similar narcotics, on through the series to hydrocyanic or prussic acid. Chemical tests are very effective and preciseâ€"so much so that no poisoner could ply his trade long without detection. There was really no mystery whatever about the poisoning perpetrated by the Borgias. 'i‘heir armies and methods were no secret, but their power protected them. “Yet among the Once and Salteaux Indians, 1,000 miles north of Winnipeg, the 'rnedilcine men” juggle with poisonâ€" ous drugs that in use wlhiuh caused a horrible erup- tion to break out upon the victim’s body. The poison’migm be administer- ed any time of the year, but no signs of its .presence could be detected beâ€" fore Spring, when the sores would ap- gpeau‘. Lather these would heal to all appearunwe, and scales would appear in their planes. Then the scales dropped off and were replaced by an abnormal growth of hair. Shortly after this death always ensued. “When called upon to perform this death-dealing service. the conju-rors steal off in the forests, where they col- lect various unknown herbs and barks. Thme are brewed with great care and plentiful incantations In their wig- ymms, no one but a. fellow conjuror be- xng allowed to witness; the dreadpere- mony. So the secret Is kept unvnblate 9nd the oon' ror’s Homer 1!} the tribe Is nnbou . Even the obvefa take a. back seat when tho oonmror appears on the malls.” and achieve results unmatched and unheard of in any other part, of the world. “One day a. missiomry brought down one of Line Indians thus poisoned for the army surgeons of Winnitpeg to in- spam. They did nothing but examine this your doomed creature, day and night, flux 4» week, noting cinch change “\Ve first learned of the almost in- credible particulars through missionar- ies who had passed many years among these tribes in making vain efforts to overthrow the power of these conjur- ars. \Ve smiled at their stories in: our self confident, medical way until the proof came to stampede us. We had been told, for example, of one drug up to the moment of death, and ap- plying every wnwivable test. They wart: finally formed to admit that no 0388 of the kind had ever; been report- ed to the medical profession, and that they were utterly unable to ex- plain it. The deadly mixture used, whatever it. may be, is quite unknown no science. "As a rule, although the Indian will occasionally resort to ambush and treachery, he delights to face his foe, and take the fortunes of war like a brave. But the C‘ree and the Salteaux, .away on the borders of the Eskimo country, are cut from redskin cloth! of a different texture. They are habitual- ly peaceful; they never take the war- pwth at all, and the traditional scalp- ing knife and tomahnswk are unknown among them. {They have, however, enough of savage mixture to make ene- mies and to wish to get them out of the way; and as they are not accus- tomed to settle their disputes by open combat, they go to the conju'ror with their feud. He womptly comes to their rescue with some kind of. deadly deooc- tion. {It is then the Indian’s business to see that this fatal fluid In some may; reaches the stomach of his hated rival. ‘ After that his anxiety 18 over, for thel drug can always he demanded on to dol The doctor than proceeded to epraJn that the conditions of lyfe among these two tribes, their peculiar habits and traits, create a demand for these con- jm'ors and "The pomns used are brewed by the oonjurors or these two tribes in the most mysterious and baffling man- ner. it is their main business. and the secret has been closely guarded. N0 remedy has ever ueen lound. Death invariably follows, Sometimes swiftly and. with dreadful agonies, but usually after months of suffering almost un- bearable, even to those rugged redskins, inured to pain and hardship from the cradle. The oonjuror boasts of the number of victims, just as the Sioux boasts of theeealms of this enemies." which is emtirely unknown among 1n- mans anywherenlaa on _t_he‘glo_be. of (METR- DEADLY DRUGS DEF Y AN ALY Sflb‘ ognstitute a all mts it likes the fleslh‘ of fish, and does not wait for the cook to serve it. Ilt has contracted the unique habit of diving off the side of the vessel when- evetr it wishes a. fish dinner, and sel- dom comes to the surface without a good-sized fish in its mouth". It hunts its water game in much the same :way that an ordinary cat h‘unts ' mine. Crouching on the deck it peers over the side, ready to spring when‘ its prey swims along, and then divesswith un- erring accuracy. This distinctively sail- or rat is the pet of the officers and crew and is regarded as the ship’s mascot. Its fame has swread th‘roughout Her Majesty’s realm, and crowds collect to watch her antics wherever the shimgoes into {port “lln addition to these deadly drugs the mnjuror has a shook of milder. avengers on hand. All the men of these tribes are remarkable long distance runners. Rivalries and animosities spring up among them over trials of endurance and speed, and it often hap- pens that some over matched young brave will fleel moved to square rthings with a viotorious buck. As the case is not thought extneme enough for mortal vengeance. the defeated red- skin will be content with oripplim his adversary so as to intmlpacitate him in the future. The obliging conjuror thereupon supplies a doSe that will either {permanently paralyze or stiff- en the victim’s limbs, but affect no other {part of his body. These medi- ici'ne men are undoubtedly the most ex- pert, and mysterious poisonere in the world.” ‘ on board Her Majesty’s ship Pallas, a cruiser now at anchor in Boston Har- bor, is an excexrtion. This cat has more of the habits of a. mruskrat than of the animals of its own kind. From kit- tenhood it has had a marked fondness for water, and improves nearly every Opportunity to swim and dive. Like all cats it likes the flesh of fish, and and is then looked upon as qualified to practise the conjumor’s art. Un- doubtedly the secret recipe by which these mysterious drugs are brewed, and the ingredients as Well, are communi- catedwhimbysomemaster of the craft, for the secret has been) so care- fully preserved for generations that none outside of the order has been able to fathom it. Most oats are afraid of water, but the tabby mascot that sails the seas SEVERE COURSE OF TRAINING. Mounting to the summit of the high- est cliffs, he will sit there alone for hours through the night, communing In a low monotone with the clouds and hearing the messages home to him by the winds. During the daytime he lies hidden in a cave, surrounded by great mystery. For months he will continue this programme, starvinghimself un- til he is little more than skin and bones. When the period of his spiritual pro- bation is ended he returns to the tribe, 'I‘oâ€"who, t‘o-who, 1.0-wh0, said the. owl. What atrocious grammar, shudder- thc Board Sr'hoolmacher. learn of these strangely murdemuapeo- pie, that a. pqnjuyop .18 held to act on -v wv some sort. of inépiration whim batik}; his first steps to jam the order. He goes through a singular and It’s the best thing for the hair under all Circumstances. Just as no man by taking thought can add an inch to his stature, so no preparation can make hair. The utmost that can be done is to pro- mote conditions favorable to growth. 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