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- t match from Washington says: ~Hev.‘ Dr. Taxmage preached from the lollowmg text: Nehemiah vfii, 15. “(in furl]: unto the mount and fetch olive brauzcinm and pine branches and myrtru Drummers u! thick trees to ”he to zths. It seems as if Mount Ulivet were unmom'ei. The people have one; into tic mountain and have cut off tree branches and put them on their aboultlers. and they come forth now Into the streets of Jerusalem and 00 the Muse tops. and they twist these tree branches into arbors or the. Then the maple come forth tom their comfortable homes and dwell for seven days in those booths ‘OI' arbors. Why do they do that? ‘0". a is a great festal time. It is the feast of tatzernurlesn and these people are going to celebrate the Mt. travel of their fathers and their deliverance from their tron- NGS. the experience of their fathers ' . traveling in the desert. they I" in booths on their Way to the had of Panama. And so these booths alga became highly suggestive ---I will not. say they are necessarily typical. but highly suggestive-of our march toward heaven and of the fact that we are only living temporarily heft‘. as it were. in booths or arbors, on our Way to the Panama of eternal rest. And what was said to the Jews literally may be Stilt! figura- tively to all this amlient‘e. (it) forth unto the mountain and fetch olive branches: anti pine branches and myrtle branches and palm branches and branches of thick trees to make Moths. - Oh. it duos nut make much diner- Once what the world thinks 0! you. Mt come into the warm, intimate. lowing and chrlusting relation- ' ip with the God of the whole uniâ€" verse! That is the joy that makes u hulloluinh sm-m stupid. Why do we want to have peace through our lord Jesus ('hrist‘.’ Why. if We had [one on in 10,000 years 0! War against God We could not. have cup- turetl so much as a sum“: or a cuv. airy stirrup ur twisted 0" one 0! Ac wheels of the chariot of his om- nipotencn. But the moment we bring this olive brunch God and all hemcn mum: on our side. Peace through our Lord Jesus Christ. and no MIL-r kind of peace is worth any-- thing. But tlzeu we must have that other olive brunch. peace with man. Now. it is \ery easy to get up a quarrel. There are gunpowdery Christians all around us. and one match or pro- Vocation will set them ofl‘. It is easy enough to get up a quarrel. But. my brother «lo you not think you had better have your horns 9g!- od oll'.‘ llml not you better make an apology“? Had not you better sub- mit. to at little humiliation? “Oh." you say. ”until that. man takes the first step I will never be at peace with him. Nothing will be done un- til he is ready to take the first step?" You are a pretty l.‘ln°istian. , When Would this World be saved it Christ haul not taken the first step? We Were in the wrong. (‘hrist was in the right. all right and forever right. And yet he took the first- step. And instead 0! going and get, ting. a knotty scourge with which to; whip your antagonist, your enemy. ' you had better get up on the radi- hnt inount where Christ. snll'eretl for his enemies and just take an olive brunt‘h. not stripping oil the soft. cool. tragrant loaves. leavnng tllt‘lll' .III on. and then try on them that . pel switch. It will not hurt them. and it will save you. Peace flth (Bod, peace with man. If you, “allot take these tWo doctrines. you rate no (hnstian. ' I But my text goes further. It says "‘00 up into the mountain and fetch "olive branches. and pine lu'anches.” flow, what is suggested by the pine “branch? The pine tree is healthy. it is aromatic: it is evergreen. llow otten the physician says to his in- Valid patients: “ lo and have a breath of the pines. That will invig- orate you." Why do such thousands of people go south every year? It is not merely to get to a warmer cli- . There is health in it. and this . branch of the text suggests the lpfulness of our holy religion. It full of healthâ€"health for all. lth for the mind. health for the l. I knew an aged man who had capital of physical health. He. had all the diseases you could ima- . He did not eat enough to keep child alive. He lived on a beverage hosannas. He lived high. for he every day with the King. He kept alive simply by the force holy religion. It is a healthy n. healthy tor the eye. healthy the hand. healthy for the feet. lthy tor the heart. healthy for liver. healthy for the spleen. “nun such peace. such quietness, independence of circumstances, ho‘y equlpnise. Oh. that we all ! lthy tor the whole man. It gives it. that we possessed it I mean it is healthy if a man ‘W o! it. Now. there are _M '50 m just 3m) to bother than. in“ W .1. an,“ «in. .5.“ a l 1 l I mate. but to get the influence of the” 4 Lev. Dr. Talmage Says You Will Be More Than Conqueror. DO. U “’7 VJ. “-v v- u mun take a lull, deep. round inhalâ€" . cuZtgmed . He 11:13th a. ro- utmn of these pine branches of thcilituble daypfind felt. at peace 33m. SUSIKJ arbor he wnll find It buoyant. ' all the world. exuberant, undying, immortal health. 4 A widower of tourâ€"and-fifty Her- But my text. takes a step furtherflculcs Bulpett stout ruddy ('3; face, and it says. Go into the mountein I and comfortable in a'ppearancc. look- 'auul fetch olxve branches and pincfcd entirely unlike the popularlyâ€"im- bramchea and palm branches. Now, ' agined detective. with hatchet face. Hhe palm tree .was very much honor-land long slim hands. He looked (-(l by the unCIentS. It had 360 (hf'iupon his business as a trade, and {prom uses. The fruit was conserved 2 he himself looked far more like a .the SUP Was a beverage. “"3 S‘Cmsgrespectuble tradesman than like the \Vo-rc m'mmd up for food for camels. imam o! mysteries he was. The base 0! the leaves was turned! 'l‘hings had gone very well With into huts and mats and maskets. and l Bulpett, and he was blessed with a. 1mm the root to the top of the high-'1 no inconsiderable portion of this est lea! there Was usefulness. The tree grew 85 feet in height some- times, and it spread leaves {our and five feet long. It meant usefulness, and it meant victory â€" usefulness for what it produced and victory be- cause it was brought into celebra- tions 0: triumph. And oh, how much we want the palm branches in the churches of Jesus Christ at this time ! A great many Christians do‘ not amount to anything. You have to shove them on the.track to let the Lord's chariots come along. Usdulness is typified by the palm tree. Ah. we do not Want in the church any more people that are merely weeping willows, sighing into the water. standing and admiring their long lashes in the glassy spring. No wild cherry. dropping bitter fruit. We want palm trees. holding something for God. some- thing [or angels. mmething for man. 1 am tired. and sick of this flat, tame. insipid. satin slippered, nam- bypamhx'. hightytighty religion ! It is worth nothing for this world. and _it is destruction for eternity. live me 500 men and women fully conse- ‘crated to (‘hrist. and we.will take this city {or (lod in three ycurs. (Jive me “Loon men and women fully up to the (‘hristian standard. In ten 'yt'ars “[000 of them would take the :whole earth for (lod. But when are va going to begin ‘.' We all Want to .IN- “390“”. There is not a man in the pews that does not want to be LllH'l'lli. When are we going to be- gin '.’ i i l llut the palm branch also meant victory. You all know that. in all ages. in all lands. the palm branch mmm victory. Well. now, we are by nature the servants of satan. He stole us. he has his eyes on us, he wants to keep us. But word comes‘. from our Father that if we Will fly to break loose from this doing! of wrong our Father will help us, and some day We rouse up. and we look the black tyrant in the face. and we tly at him. and we wrestle him down and we put our heel on nis io-ck. and we grind him in the dust. and we. say, “Victory. victory, {liruugh our Lord Jesus Christ 2" Oh what My text brings us one step furth-l er. It says, “(:0 forth into the? mount and {Mel} olive branches and! pine branches and myrtle branchesi and palm branches and branches of thick trees." Now. you know veryi wellâ€"l make this remark under the: head of branches of thick treesâ€"that' a booth or arbor made of slight branches Would not stand. 'l‘hel ;iirst blast of the tempest would prostrate it. So then the. booth or 'arbor must have {our stout poles to hold up the arbor or booth. and hence for the building of the arbor for this worla we must have stout. bran hes‘o! thick trees. And ‘0 it is in the gospel arbor. Blessed be God that we have a brawny Chris- tianity. not one easily upset. The istorms of life will come upon us, and 7we want ltrong doctrine ; not only love. but justice ; not only invita- tion. but warning. It is a mighty gospel ; it is an omnipotent gospel. ‘These are the stout branches of thick trees. a. grand thing if is to have sin un- der foot and a Wasted life behind uur backs. "Blessed is he whose transgression is [urgivcn and whose sin is covered." Well. my friends. you see I havcl omitteu one or two poin s not be- cause I forgot to present. them but because I have not time’to present them. I have shown you here is the olive branch of peace. here is the pine branch of evergreen gos- pel consolation. here the palm tree branch of usefulness and of victory. and here are the stout branches of thick trees. The gospel arbor is done. The air is aromatic of heaven. The lem'es rustle with the gladness of God. Come into the arbor. Come into the booth I. went. out at dif- Ierent times with a fowler to the mountains to catch pileons. and we made our booth. and we sat in that booth and watched for the pigeons to come. And we found flocks in the sky. and after hwhile they dropped into the net. and we were successful. So I come now to the door of this gospel booth. I look out. I see llocks of souls flying hither and fly- 'ing thither. Oh. that they might come like clouds and as doves to the .window. Come into the booth. ,(fome into the booth. Prisoners at the assizes have occa- sionally but little faith in the abili- ty of counsel assigned f0r their de- fence. Not long ago a prisoner was informed by the judge that his de- fence would be undertaken by Mr. X. and. added his lordship, that. will Cost you nothing. ' The prisoner. however. held a difâ€" ferent view. and was heard to re- mark that his lordship hadn't done the straight thing by him at all. What do you, mean? asked the judge. Well. said the prisoner. you said as the Court would provide counsel. and it was aâ€"goin’ to cost. me nothing. ll that’s my counsel. he continued. indicating the rather diminutive gentleman who had been set apart {or the defence. I can see it's a-goin' r.» cost me ten years. and no less. ms OPINION or COUNSEL Hercules Bulpett, of Bulpett's Pri- vate Detective Agency, opened the .door of his private house in Belsize ‘Squarc with his latcbkey, and hung 'his hat up on the wall on its ac- .customcd peg. He had had a pyo- intuble day, and felt. at. peace With all the world. -0- v v-â€"_ i Kitty Bulpett was a charming :blonde of twenty. Fair-haired and lblueâ€"eyed, merry as the kitten her ‘father loved to call her, Kate had :always tried - to replace, and had :thoroughly succeeded in replacing, that gentle, blue-eyed mother whom she scarce remembered, and Hercules 'tllulpett, in his home-life. as in his -business, had much reason to be ‘ grat elul. - 0“ ,_‘ _____ _‘ ”U... ". “Cavvv-wvâ€" wâ€"v Things had gone very well with Bu'Pclt, and he was blessed with a. no inconsiderable portion of this world's goods. lie was blessed, too. with a charming daughterâ€"Kittyâ€" and as that. (laughter came dancing down the hall, and put her sweet face up for her father's kiss anyone who saw the two might have been disposed to envy Mr. Bulpett his daughter, for more even than his money ‘uu‘luyc “Dinner ready, Kitten ?” he asked for Hercules was a man of regular hours, and liked to sit. gown to his meals at stated times. . “Yes, father, dinner’s quite ready, and 0h, here's a. letter. which has dropped out of your overcoat." “Something I forgot to posh? No, it’s addressed to me. H'm ! I don’t know the handwriting. ”What ever can it be ?" AI, ,_‘ 4"" “Suppose you open it, mtner : laughed Kitten. "Dinner's on the table, and the soup is getting cold." And, with one hand on his pretty daughter’s shoulder, and the letter in the other, Hercules Bulpett went in to dine. vav ““hat I should do Without you at home. Kitten, and John Mc1vin in the oflicc, .[ really do not, know," was a favorite phrase of ilnlpett's after dinner, as he sat in his capa- cions nr‘mchuii by the lire-side, sip- ping his coffee. and playing with his duughtm 3 golden huii. ‘--- â€"â€"‘_.-- - “0h, John Mervin !” Kitten would retort, with a mutinous toss of her pretty head. “I'm tired of hearing of the virtues of John Mervin." “John will'be lulpctt’s Agency some day, my dear,” was the in- variable answer ; and there the matter usually dropped. John Mervin, at the time of our story, a man of thirty-three, .liad been nine years with Bulpett. and had made himself quite indispens- able. In fact, he was the real direc- tor of the agency. forâ€"of late years. at) all eventsâ€"its success in many intricate pieces of businesss had been entirely due to his unaided acu- men and industry. Kitty liked John, but she never said so to her father. The old man was by no means unselfish, and was disposeâ€"«l to frown at any youths who came to see Miss Kitty. The fact of the matter was, that he be- gun to dread the time when another low must [ill her father’ s phce in her young heart, and he trembled to think of a bachelor existence. when Kitty should have a husband of her own, for whom to exercise her house- ikeoping powers. While they were waiting for the fish, Bulpett opened his letter. His face. as he read it might have stood for a model of amazement to any painter. “Read this !" he gasped, handing it to his daughter across the table. And thisvâ€"writtcn with a typewriter. on blue commercial paperâ€"ls what. Kitty Bulpett read aloud : “Sir.” said the letter. “I love your daughter, and intend to marry her. Do not worry about the mat- ter. and do not try to find me out. In good time I shall tell you my name and position : but then it will be too late to interfere." There was no signature of any kind. Kitty broke into peals of silvery laughter. and blushed a little. “Why, it's a joke, father !" she cried. “A joke ? It will prove a poor joke for the writer, I can tell you ! One of those boys you met at Mrs. Howlett's, I suppose, who sent you flowers afterwards. Iâ€"l'll trace him out. andâ€"and ruin him !" shouted Bulpett. growing very angry as he thought that the overcoat of Her- cules Bulpett. private detective. had been made a post-oiliee for so ri- diculous a communication. “And anonymous, too 2" he added, as though that made it worse. “Well, finish your dinner. father. and then think it over," said Kitty, laughing still. “He won't marry me before dessert." 5nd, Iaughing at his daughter’s pomt of View. Bulpett npnaged to dme aboub as well as uSu-al, and next morning had almost forgotten the impudent letter of the evening before. Unfortunately for the detective's peace of mind. his unknown cones--t pondent had no intention of allow-3 ing himsel! to be fotgotten. During"? the next day or two anonymous let-i ters simply rained on .him. Hei found them in hifi pockets, on his desk at the office, on hisohall-tablea at Home. and in [his letter-box. ' V '-v Every day he received two or more of them, all couched in the same strain as the first. and all expressing the writer's intention of marrying the detonive’s pretty daughter, and his certainty of succeedingin so doing. The thing became a perfect nightmare to him ; and finally, after receiving seven letters in one day. he determined to consult J 01in Mer- vin on the matter. “We must track him out. and stop II. this nuisance," said the young man firmly. “Miss Kitty must. not be annoyed by the misfifaced wit. of some coax-so pract's a1 j_oker." “Exactly, exactly. John 2" said Bulpett pettishly ; “but how can we prevent it ?" , "Well, to begin with, I will keep you in sight myself as much as pos- sible, and try to discover who it is who uses your pockets in this un- precedented fashion. You ' don't suspect anybody ”I" “No." “Nobody at home. or in the office 1’" “No, Johnâ€"no. Don't cmss-ex- amine me. man ! I'm not a client!" “Excuse me. Mr. Bulpctt. you are a client in this case. and I have quite made up my mind to save you from the annoyance this ill-mannered fellow is causing you, and to bring him to justice," "fillâ€"1511.1: yoin, Mervinâ€"thank yqu. You are very good. Excuse my 11'- ritation. It is very natural, you must. admit." ”.“VV ““_-vv "Of course it is," said Mervin. smiling ; “but do not let it inter- fere with business, sir. Inspector Clitheroe is here from Scotland Yard, and wants to see you about that murder down at Harveston. I told him that you had some pre- vious knowledge of Lady Ve’râ€" leigh's jewels through anothen mat- “Quite rightâ€"quite right, my boy. Our own troubles must not be allowed to interfere with those of the public. Show the 'inspcctor in.." That evening, although John Mer- vin walked home with his employer, and dined with him and Kitty, the following note was found under Bul- [mtt's napkin when they wont to tabla :‘ "You fool ! Do you think a more whippcr-snapper like Mervin will prevent me from carrying out my plans ? I will marry your daughter, in spite of you, and in spite of him. the more so as I suspect that he has designs on her heart and hand him- self, presumptuous upstart that he is ! Tell Miss Kitty that the bou- quet which will be handed in at the back-door at nine this evening is {10m mo.’ - Bulpett grew purple with rage. He could talk of nothing but the letter (luring dinner ; and when. after go- ing together to the kitchen door just before nine, to try and catch a glimpse of the messenger. and lay forcible hands on him if they could. Kitty and John Mervin returned with a bouquet of splendid pink carnations, and a line. typewritten as before, saying : “Did you think I would wait for your spies; you idiot. Days grew into weeks, and weeks into a month, and no trace of the anonymous disturber of Hercules Bulpett's peueo of mind had yet been found. At length, after five weeks of constant annoyance. there came a letter saying that, the unknown in- tended “to marry Kitten within a fortnight.” This was the climax. John Mervin was away from town on the evening of its arrival. but he was summoned to his employer’s private oflice immediately on his return, and Bulpett spoke as fol- lows : ,, “John, I am determined to put an end to this. You see this letter ? 'l‘lxeâ€"scoundrel says that he will marry Kitten-he dares to call my daughter Kitten, the scoundrel !â€" within a fortnight, and 1â€"1 believe he will do it." “Absurd ! 110w ?" said Mervin. laughing. “Anonymous letters and presents are well enough. but he can hardly marry yuur daughter without. her knowing it." “No ; you are quite right. But I believe he will. somehow The no- tion of this ill-mannered brute quite haunts me. He makes me ,feel soâ€" so helpless in his hands. No, John, there's only one way to prevent his carrying out his threat, and that must be our way of circumventing him. You must marry Kitten your- self. before the fortnight expires.” John Mervin grew‘pale, Vand then flushed rosy red under the' tan of his clean-shuven, manly face. ”If this is a. joke. Mr. Bulpctt," he said. "it is a very unkind one." “It is not a joke. my boy. I really mean it. Andâ€"and I have spoken to Kitten.” “She made a little fuss at first. of course ; but ultimately she consent-- ed. She's always been a good daugh- ter, has my Kitty." “What did she say ?" asked Mer- vin eagerly. “Well, Mr. Bulpett.” said John Men\'in,,lluslling again, "this is all ver)r extraordinary, and very un- expected. Are my future prospects such as to Warrant Miss Kittyâ€"" "You shall become my partner on the wedding day, John." "Then I accept, sir. The more so, I may add. that. I have long wor- shipped your daughter from a. dis- tance ; although, of course, I should never haveâ€"-â€"” ‘ ‘ “Of course, Johnâ€"of course. Well, take her. my boy, and be happy. I hoped not to have had to part. from Kitty for some time ; but, under the circuxnstu:1cesâ€"â€"” And, with a sigh, Bulpett immersed himself once more in the letters he had been reading when John Mervin had come During the preparations for the wedding, the typewritten letters be- came less frequent, and the presents ceased entirely. One letter, however, was repeated at half-daily intervals. and bore the following words : “I shall be at the Wedding. 1, not. Mervin, intend to be the bride- grcgm 2': - “How does the scoundrel know what, we are doing ‘3" muttered Her- cules Bulpett. in perplexity. The wedding day arrived, and al- though the whole of Bulpett’s stat! were in the church, no stranger w discovered, either there or at. the house. “We have foiled him, John, ° at. last. God bless and keep you, Mrs. Mervin 29' said the father of the blushing bride, folding his daughter to his heart, and kissing her a!- fectionately. ' “We have indeed, sir," said John MerVin. Just as the train which was carry- ing the happy cou le away on their honeymoon began move, Hercules Bulpett handed his soaoinvlaw a fat- looking envelope. 0:)” ‘There's something for you two. God bless you !" _hg_‘said. John Mervin and Kitty read the enclosed letter together. “As I thought that if you two did not marry I might lose you both, I myself wrote those myste- rious letters which were always turning up. I was not going to be foiled in my most cherished scheme. Now I shall not lose either of you. Cheque enclosed to be spent during honeymoon. King Edward’s Yachts Are Keith-7 er Speedy Nor Luxurious. ‘ Although King Edward VII. has a passion for the sea, it takes rather the form of skimming swiftly over it in a racing yacht. preferably with himself at the helm, than of sitting placidly on a deck-chair on the deck of even the fastest and most luxur- ions of steam yachts. The building of the Victoria and Albert takes us back to very ancient history in ship construction: al- though she was considered a wonder- ful vessel of her day, when she was launched at Pembroke Dock, tort)“ six years ago, or five years before such obsolete and antiquated men-of- war as the Black Prince and the De- fiance were christened. The Victarin and Albert is a wood- en paddle steam yacht of 2,470 tons; she is slightly over 336 feeplong and 40 feet wide, and cost the rather remarkable sum of $682,000. Since she was launched a further sum of about $225. 000 has been spent on re- pairs. so that her total cost is some- thing like 8907.000. Although she has long been out of date it is doubtful whether any suc- cessor, however modern and sump- tuous, will supplant the Victoria and Albert in the favor of the King and his brother and sisters, for many of their happiest earlier memories are connected with it. When the King took his first trip on her he was a boy of thirteen. his sister. the Em- press Frederick. was onlyiifteen. and the Duke of Connaught had not long passed his fifth birthday. Compared with many of the mag- niiicent privaic vachts of to-(luy, the VIC'I ()IUA AND ALBERT is almost Spartan in its mluipment and furnishing. although there is no more homely and comfortable vessel afloat. Queen Victoriu';: bedroom is u very simple apartment. furnished with a plain iron bedstead, a. few ordinary chairs. a common-place washstand. and a few pictures: and the Prince Consort's room, which is still ex- actly as he left it at the close of the last voyage. is even‘plniner in its appointments. But. although these rooms, and. in fact. all the rooms in the mic-ht. are of a striking simpli- city. their deco ‘ution of white and gold and the rose and green hang- ings of the Queen’s bed are exceed- ingly pretty. ‘l_ ,_. A‘-_ --...‘.An A, 'â€"â€"â€"v Hercules Bulpctt." “Nor will he ?" they said. Other rTmnls bear the names of Royal Princesses and Princes. in- cluding the. Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and all are equally sinlplc. if comfortable and tustcful.‘ 'l‘hc drawing-room which is more elaborately furnishe but by no means luxuriously is a spacious room 26 feet long 1 1d 183- feet wide, and the dining; and other rooms are all both comfortable and commod- ious, but with a marked avoidance of the luxurious and ostentatious. Although she rarely leaves her an- chorage she has nearly 200 oflicers and men attached to her, under the command of a rear-admiral. Compared with the Victoria and Albert. the Osborne, although thirty one years old. is quite a modern boat. Although she is smaller she curries powerful engines of 3.000 horse power; while for building and repairs 3. sum of nearly S700,(_>00 has already been spent on her. I-“w .q-- '"w. The lately built Royal yacht called also Victoria and Albeit. is an im- posing ship of 4. 700 tons. carrying engines of 11. 000 horseâ€"Donor. and capable of steaming. under normal conditions, twenty knots an hour. When the alterations are complete the King will have at yacht. worthy alike of himself and the country he rules. BOTH WERE TAUGIIT SOME-1 THING. The master of a sailing vessel who prided himself on his good manners and delighted to teach politeness to his crew, and one day at the wheel a man who, though an old and ex- perienced seaman. was a new hand on board this ship. Going up to him the master asked: - How’s her head? Nor’ by nor'â€"east. answered the old tar. very grumy. PEEP AT ROYAL YACHTS. My man, sauvely expostuluted the master, on this craft when one of the crew speaks to me he gives me a title of respect. Don’t you think you ought to do so. too? Now, how‘s her head? Nor' by lief-east. I tell yer! shouted the tar, displaying not. a little irritation. Come, I’m afraid you don't quite understand me. responded the master kindly. Let me relieve you at the wheel, and then you take my place and ask the question. I' will then show you how it should be answered. They changed places. ’Ow's 'er ’ead? roared the tar. Nor' by nor-east, sir, replied the captain, with a gentle emphasis on the sir. Then keep her so. my man. while I goes forrard and has a smoke. was the rejoinder. WORLD'S WHEAT CONSUMPTION. Twenty-three hundred million bush- els of wheat are required annually by the 517,000,000 bread-eaters oi the world. We each consume a bar- rel of flour (4* bushels) a year, Great Britain eats in thirteen weeks all the 78,000,000 bushels of wheat, which it grows. and to have bread during the rest of the year must give $100,000,000 to the United Statmand smaller sums to India 100 English houses hold 582 peo- ple on an average. Notes of Interest About Some Great People.‘ The late Empress Frederick was always an admirable artist. At Windsor one room is entirely hung with exquisite water-colors done by M. Santos-Dumant. the young Bra- ‘zilian aeronaut, whose flying-machine is creating such a sensation in Paris. was born at Rio de J aneiro in 1873. He is the youngest of a family of ten sons. and his father is a cofiee planter in San Paulo. He is now probably the largest coflee farmer in the world. He owns four million colic-e Plants, employs (3.000 labor- ers, and has forty miles of light rail- way on his own estate. lie is known as the. (‘oflee King. her, and at a charity bazaar two paintings done by her sold for $5.- 000 apiece. ers, and has forty miles of light rail-; In a certain asylum I know thorp way on his own estate. lie is known . is to-day a gentlewoman who for 09 “‘0 (‘oflee King. . imore than twenty years has volun- Mr. Choate. the American Ambas-l‘tarily immured herself as a lunatic. sador to Great. Britain, paid a'and all for the sake of love. “he" charming compliment to his wife the . she was a young and beautiful girl. otherday. He was asked whom he? one of the most charming girls I would like to be if he were not him- ‘, ever saw in my life. she was engaged self, and as he ran through theito be. married to a young doctor. names of the great. ones of the earth 1 who. unhappiiy. deVeloped homicidal his eye fell upon his wife. and he hes- ; mania. and had to be confined in the itated no longer. “Mrs. Choate’sjasylum. second husband." he said. Equally“ As his mania was incurable and happy was his remark as he lookedgthere was no prospect of marrying up at a gallery full of ladies “Now ‘-_ him the devoted girl. who was an or- I understand," he said. “what theLphan and an heiress. determined to Bible means when it says. "l‘houishare his imprisonment. and sought. madest man a little lower than [hetwmlSSlOll to the asylum. where she angels.’ ” Heads precisely the same life as the The King of the Belgians ‘3 said lunatics. so that she might see and t5 be the most scholarly monarch in . “199‘ “5‘9 PCCflSWPRUY and brighten Europe. His tastes are of the sim-ihm captivity a little. The King of the Belgians is said to be the most scholarly monarch in Euiope. His tastes are of the sim-i plest. He prefers a favorite briari pipe to the best cigar manufactured“; and every morning a quaint tobacco-: jar in the shape of an elephant.’ which stands on the mantelshelf of: his smoking-room at Laeken is Iilledl with a Certain brand of English bird's-eye tobacco. A curious iactl is that the country possesses no" crown consequently there is never ui coronation. the King merely taking. an oath to protect the constitution. Baron Takasaki. chief of the poets' bureau in the Imperial Palace of 'l‘o-' kio, says that the Emperor of Ja-i pun's love of poetry increases witlnf years. Scarcely an evening passes; that His Majesty does not compose from twenty-seven to thirty-one syl» labled couplets culled “finâ€"kn. "7 These are handed to Baron Takasakii for examination. Buion Takasakil has held his present position smce 1892. and he declares that the num-? ber of couplets composed by His Mai- jesty up to the end of last March was 37,000. i Life on $90 a year was the experi- ence of Mr. A. M. Torrance. chair- man of the London County Council. when at the age of sixteen. his ca- reer began in Glasgow. Mr. 'l‘or- rance made the 590 meet all his needs, and he bought a book or tWo besides, which he almost learned by heart. He admires punctuality. loves a Scotch song above all things and tells a Scotch story with no end of “pawky” humor. Every week-day morning for the last twenty-seven years he has caught the same ’bus from Highbury and he always reach- es his on'ice by nine o'clock. The Cattle King of Australia Isl]; Samuel M'Caughey. an Irishman. [ who went, to Australia in 1856 with 1 a practically nothing. lie did not suc- : t ceed well at first. but started. again 11 with a small flock, and from year 14 to year has added to his holdings, It until now he has more. sheep than! any other man in the World. He has .t more acres of land than sheep. andIi his possessions are in the best parts i] of Australia. One of his farms on the Darling Downs is thirty-six miles " ‘long and forty miles wide. Altogeth- I er he owns more than a million acres ‘1 and leases about a million or so 1 more. g The Dutch antiquarian, Peter van 1 Meuvs. gives some information alum . the De Wet family. It appears that the most eminent predecessor of the; famous military leader in the South! African “()rangc»Vrystatt" was a! painter of considerable note in his day. Jacobus \Villems'“ Wet lived‘; in ll'aarlem at the end.,of the six-’ teenth century and the beginning of the/seventeenth. The name of the artist stands first in the family re-i gisters of the old Kaapland families. ; A Jacobus De Wet. his descendant and namesake. settled on the River Liestieck, in South Africa. where he married a Josina Pretorius. and died there in 1711. leaving five children. Lord Kelvin. who is seventy-seven years of age. has the distinction of having occupied a University (‘hair for a. longer consecutive period than any other University professor now living. In his 'Varsity days. though' ~the fact is forgotten. Lord Kelvin was an athlete of much more than ordinary prowess. and at (.‘am- bridge. in spite of the Work which won for him the proud position of Second Wrangler. he found time to win the “silver sculls." A native of Belfast, Sir William Thomson. as the eminent inventor and electrician was known until 1892. when he Was created a baron. held the chair of Natural Philosophy in Glasgow lini- verslty from 1846 till 1899 and with exceptiOn of Sir G. G. Stokes) he is the oldest Fellow of the Royal Society. A teacher was instructin1g.a class of infants in the Sunday school. and was letting the children finish her sentences to make sure that they un- ders.tood. The idol had eyes,-shc said, but, it couldn'tâ€"â€" See. cried the children. ,It had ears, but it couldn’tâ€"â€" Hear, said the class. It. had lips. but it couldn'tâ€"â€" Speak, said the children? It had a nose, but. it couldn' tâ€"-â€" Wipe it! shouted the little ones. and the teacher had to pave in her lesson in order to recover her com- NOT EXACTLY WI [AT 8111'} WANTED. posurc. Collectorâ€"This is the fifth time, sir, I've brought you this bill. Cus- tomerâ€"Well, haven't, I always re- ceivnd you 'afl‘ably? Collectorâ€"I don't Wm aflability, sir, I want. 2328031111. 2011111518.. BTLBTLIHB REVELATIUNS. Hundreds of People Spend Their It will probably be a shock to you and many others. said the superm- tendent of a well-known lunatic asy- lum. to learn that there are scores and even hundreds of people \vlm spend their lives tfithin the walls ul‘ madohouses who are every bit as sane as you or I. and the remark- able thing is that many of thom could would. ‘ Another inmate of the same asy- llum is n. clergyman who. a {W yearn lingo. \‘ns widely known for his elo- quence and zeal. Although he was, and is. a very devout man. he «le- zclared that whenever he was preach- ing he always heard the dovil 'prompting' him to blaspheme. No idoubt it was a case of unstrung inerves: but the fear of disgrncing }himsell before his congregation so ;preyed on his mind that he deter- ;mined to give up his ministry. and retire from the world and tempta- l . . . tlon \Vllhlll the walls of an asylum. In the same asylum there is an- other lady who might. be. at liberty any day. for she is perfectly sane. Her reason for entering the asylum was that she felt, an unaccountable impulse to poison her husband. and was so horrified at the possibility that she insisted on placing her- self under control. Her husband died many years ago; but she has got so used to her life in an asylum. and shrinks so much from returning to the world and a possible repetition of her fancied homicidal impulse. that she. elects to spend the rest of her days All this happened many years ago; but. although the morbid fancy has long left him. he prefers to remain where. he is rather than return to a world where. as he says. he is for- gotten. and where he might have (o ,face the old trouble. uguin. “.“\‘-1- I i In another case a female patient, ‘when she had reCoyered her sanity. 1refused to leave the asylum. She §had. it appeared. fallen violently in .love with a handsome male patient. lwho is as “mad as a hatter." and. I fear. always will be: and as he. ‘could not accompany her into free- =dom she preferred to stay under the isame root with him. 1 There are also many sane patients iwho. is spite of the stringent laws ‘that regulate admission. are sent :there by relatives who wish to get. them out of the way. As you know. Hbefore a patient can be admitted to ’Lan asylum he must be '9 CERTIFIED INSANE 'by two medical men unconnected with asylums. Another asylum patient (if I may call him so) is e lawyer “'iltl Was once of some eminence in his pro~ fession. He had an only son whom he almost idolized. and when the boy developed symptoms of insanity and it, was necessary to confine him. the father elected to accompany him and for years he has watched over him with a tenderness that is very touching. Of course in all those cases the pa- tients are people of means. who can allord to pay (or being asylum in- males. - . I 4 OF A LUUATIC ASYLUX. V‘ Il-l| wuvv -â€"---_7. The medical profession, unfortun- ately. has its share of black sheep. and it thus happens that it is quite possible to procure two doctors who will certify that a man is insane even when he is perhaps more sane than they are. I have known cases where a dozen doctors have ' been tried before the necessary certificate has been procured, and where the potential patient has been trapped in moments of excitement deliberate- ly brought on by those who seek to confine him. \\Inn-.--v â€" (if course. this is not done on any- thing like the same scale as former- ly; but that it can still be done. and often is done. I give you my word. Then again some of the men who successfully plead insanity when changed with murder are really as .snne as the counsel who defend them. although the crime may doubtless have been committed when in a state. of excitement amounting to tempor ary insunit y. O OLI_ -_‘___A‘ Well. women me becoming very ag- massive. It seems so. But when I am at, home and Henrietta in out lecturing "I get my book of choice selection- They claim that women are u: to dominate the entire species; marked Hr. Mockton. cradle rules ‘ (eel perfectly if there is any plnusmle grouna for concluding that u. man was in- sane when he committed the act both judge and jury are not slow to give the prisoner the benefit oi any doubt there may be. and he is com- mitted to an asylum instead of, to the gallows. Many of these men spend the rest of their lives under quite comfortable conditions in Brondinoor. without doting nny recurrence of the insanity that. lent them them. Are Quite Sun. IN A M AIIIHHV'SIC {roe toâ€"morrdw it they REASSURED. w'fhc hand that rocks Lb. s the world. And then I contact. trying