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“You will be pleased, I think, with your rooms,” said the lawyer cheerful- ly after a. moment‘s lpause. "They look out upon a choice bit of scenery; and should you be disposed to Lake a stroll in the grounds, my dear, pray do not: hesitate. My suggestion moron refer- red to the house. .[ would not lwander abouL the house; we have a. good many guests this evening. That is all I meant. And at dinner-Limeâ€"as we have this companyâ€"you shall be served in your own little sitting room. Company is fatiguingâ€"unlil one has learned to suppress one‘s feelings. Ah, well! all in__good Ume. '. The carriage now drew up at the en- trance to the villa. A flight of broad steps led to the front door, with vases full of growing flowers, and marble pil- lars on each side, like a temple. A large conservatory stood on one side, and the doors being wide open, Rosa caught a inanse of the most beauti- ful exotic plantar A cry of delight rose to her ups. But a. glance from Mr. Pil- kiugton, who seexiled to be repeating, “My dear! Art oux age? Remember!" quickly recalled her. But Rosa at last found herself alone in her own rooms, with no Mr. Pilkinb- ton to restrain her expressions of joy or sadness. They wore pretLier rooms "i am ready to concede thatâ€"very dil- ficult Lo suppress one’s feelingsâ€"some- times almosL impwsible. BuL you are a sensible girl. Had I am been con- vinced of that, my dear, should 1 not have acted dilferently‘tâ€"lou will noL object," Mr. Pilkington added with a slight; smile, “Lo rumain in your own rooms unLil to-morrow‘l Remember! 1 do not insist; but l think, taking every- tliing into consideration, that it would be advisable. Are we agned on that point also?” “it is what I would have asked: I long to be alone," said Rxosa. "All that has happenedâ€"all that 1 now see around Inaâ€"brings back to my memory that dear £aoeâ€"â€"" "Rosa! At our age? Remember!" The girl was silent. buL she clasped her hands tightly together and bit her les__Lo suppress a‘ flood. of tears. As they drove up the avenue, with its ,patpnes of sunlight snimmuring through openings among the leavesâ€" an ayenue that seemed almost endlessâ€" .Mr. lekmgton continued: "it is dif- fipult"â€"and Rosa thought she recog- nized a touch of emotion in his voiceâ€" The girl sank back in her seat. She could not utter a. word, for there was a. great lump in her throat that almost choked her. The situation was over- powering; with every turn of the car- riage-wheels she realized more distinct- ly that her dreamâ€"the dream of her early girlhoodâ€"Mas coming true. Hide every sign of emotion? She [elt crushâ€" ed and broken in spirit, as if a. heavy weight had been laid on her heart. This beautiful heath had been her playâ€" ground; and beyondâ€"whore the great gates stood invitingly openâ€"the rest of her dream lay. as it were, buried be~ hind the green and massive foliage of shrubs and giganth trees. The twelve years that had intervened, with all the wretched poverty and discontent that had arisen out of itâ€"ewen Aibel Norris, for whom she had so genuine an affec- tionâ€"had for the moment gone out of her life. Suddenly she looked up. They were driving in at the gateway. Through her tears she caught aglimpse ol the grave sphinxes; and they seem- ed to be silently reiterating Mr. Pil- kington's words: "(It is time we began to suppress our feelings. Are we not agreed on that pointY'f ' _ _ “Precisely. We are to ask no ques- tions;" and the old lawyer patted the young girl's hand approvingly. “There must be no manilbstations of surmise. It is time that we began at our age to suppress our feelings. Are We not agreed on that point?" Rosa gave him several rapid nods. “\Ve are apt to be impulsive, my dear. and consequently we must keep a. guard upon ourselves. In good societyâ€"that is to say, among wellâ€"bred peopleâ€"- there never should be any undue disâ€" play of sentiment. The impulse must be checked, for the great aim among cultivated people is to hide every Sign of emotion." CHARTER IV. One sunny afternoon, some days after the meeting between Rosa. and Mr. Pil- klngton in the octagonal room, the two were seated side by side in the law- yer‘s carriage, and driving rapidly across the broad heath which led to- wards the gates of the senior partner’s villa. Never had Rosa. pretty as she was, looked so pretty as she did to-day, She was leaning out at the oLp-en winâ€" dow in dreamy wonder. The expanse of blue sky over the great common was interspersed ,with fleeoy clouds: their soil; shadows floated over the heath, giving a. changeful expression to the scene. Birds fled by with a flash from their swift wings; and frequently a lark would flutter wwards, and with its syrightly song bring tears of de- light to the youmg girl’s udllilted eyelid. She longed to spring from the carriage, and run among the bushes of yellow gorse, and chase the white butterflies and gather wild flowers, as she had often done in childhood: for she felt as though she were again a. child. iRosa. bent hen- head and pouted her pretty lips. “I am to ask no ques- tions?" said she in a. slight tone of re- bellion‘ “Ah! than is my old home!" Rosa ex- claimed, as she suddauly caught sight of the solemn aphinxes. "Are not those the gates?"â€".â€" "My dear,"â€"a.nd Mr. Pilkington's voice seemed to remind her that she was no longar so very youngâ€"" you have not forgotbm, I hqpe, what I told you?" A LEGAL on one side, le open, Rosa. ; most beauti- of delight rose a from Mir. Pil- be repeating, Reme mberl ” " Did you think me such a prosy law- yer?" [he continued. “ Did you think that I never had one romanceâ€"an un- completed oneâ€"Ln my life?" " Yes," she replied with candou'r; "I thought you very matterâ€"of-fa/ct." Sidney hastened to ask: "Why so?" " Only because." she answered unhea- itatingly, "Mr. Pilkington, isâ€"or was -your guardian. He must have taught you, for years past. never to give way to sentiment, to suppress all emotion. He [has not, or professes not 1.0 have. any feeling at all. At least,” added the girl, “so 1 judge from what I have seen of him so far." "Perhaps," said Sidvney. “ Mr. Pflzk' iinigborn has acted towards you so far as a man of business. \Ve are very matterâ€"ofâ€"fact ivn Lincoln’s Inn during office hours." " But. he was the same," said the girl, " when crossing the heath. He has such a horror of tears." "There may be a motive. Ara van "Ah. Rbs'a. I thought I should find you here." Rosa made no immediate rep-1y. She walked at his side through the shady pathways, as if scarcely yet fully awakened. Her head was bent; but she knew that he was glancing down at her with deeper curiosity than when they had met in Lincoln's Inn. And the tone of his voice seemed changed: he was more like the old Sidney that she had known in bygone days, when they ran here together with the light and thoughtless step of childhood. She looked up at last. “Do cultivated people,” said sheâ€" “people who we taught to suppress their real sentimentsâ€"over come here?" Sidney laughed. “ The very place,” he answered “that they would be the most like];; to choose. I come hereâ€"â€" frequently." "Not to dream, do you ?" _ "To indulge the wildest dreams I" was the reply. Rosa's face became thoughtful. Did he ever dream of her? Did he ever re- call. as she recalled them now. their sunny hours here together? Ilow she longed. to take his hand, as she had ofâ€" ten done. and speak of [those moments which could no more have escaped his meanoljy {than hem. 7,”.V. -__v Jvu not our client?” Rosa. suppn-ssed a. sigh. "Ah, yes; I had forgotten." They now reached the edge of the wood. She caught sight: of her win- dows across the lawn. "Good-night." said Rosa, holding out her hand; "I shall not see you again Loâ€"day." Sidney g‘lanced inquirineg into her t-»_ But presently she fled down the steps and across the flowerâ€"garden, and enâ€" tered a pathway beside the paddock leading into a wood. 0n she ran into the deep shade. Snatnhes of halfâ€"re- membered songs escaped her and [ound an echo overhead in the songs of birds. The lawyer’s admonition was forgot- ten. Her one thought was to renew the scenes of her early days: to refresh the fading recollection of this old home. which was no longer thought of as in a dream. She came at last upon a bench at the and ot a long pathway. It was a very rustic seat. but. a shadier spot could searcer have been found. On the back of this bench. cut in the wood- work, R053. discovered these initials: R.G.-â€"S.T.; and underneath was inscril» ed the date. The carving had been ex- eputed thirteen years ago; and she re- membered the boy who had done it. de not this place been the favourite haunt of Rosamond Gage and Sidney Trench m bygone days? There was no need of this rough record to remind her of that. Few moments in her young life were more crowded with pleasant memories than those which had been Passed in this silvan Spot In a book of goblin tales which Abel Norris had glvein'her. it. had been here that she had pictured the moonlight gambolings of any sprites» And While she now sat drowsrly pondering these things, with her eyes closed in a light sleep. the Wle became once more a scene in fairyland. Laughing imp: looked at her In crowds from behind the trunks of trees and among the leaves and branch- 9hes overhead ; and some of them. grow- ling bolder, danced into th'w pathway. and pulsed themselves on the bench be- hind and peeped over her shoulâ€" der, as if playfully welcoming her to this goblin home. But where was the Prince. her devot- But where was the Prince, her devot- ed lover, who lived in this fairy wood? She listened. “'33 not that his foot- step? Rosa started and opened her eyes. Had she been dreaming? The goblins had vanished; but the [ootstep was still in her ear. She glanced towards a patch of blue sky in the opening at the end of the path. It was like a mirror framed in green leaves and ar- ching branches; for presently a. fi ure was standing reflected there ; and 53. at once recognized the figure as Sidâ€" ney's. She mm to meet him as she would have done in childhood; no sense of restraint entered into her thoughts uuhug uu'ancnes; IOI‘ presently a. ti ure was standing reflected there ; and 53. at once recognized the figure as Sidâ€" ney's. She mm to meet him as she would have done in childhood; no sense of restraint entered into her thoughts. 112 had been different when they met Ln New Square; for it was all vision- ary tthenvâ€"a dream that she believed could never come hrue. Was not all this ‘lzeality ? than she had ever seen: a. sittingâ€" room with a bedroom adjoining. And her rapture increased when she found them tastefully decorated with flow- ersâ€"doubtless gathered from that won- derful conservatory. Both rooms look- ed upon the park; and the girl stood for some minutes gazing out, lost in dreamy admiration at the scene. The_windows gave upon a terrace with steps leadâ€" ing down into a garden, where all the brilliant colors of the rainbow seemed to be repeated in flowerâ€"beds of every size and shape. There was a. paddock beyond, enclosed with ironjrailings; and beyond this paddock there were wooded valleys and hills that appeared all the more reposerul from the rapid change of sfinlight and shadow, that passed over t em. than room her r them Rosa u'nclasped the winch ped out upon the terrace. ' h'reeze touched her cheeks of her dark eyes. Was not this her old home? She flung her hair back from her forehead, as she had often done in her dismal home in Took’s Court when giving way to her natural emo- tion; and she stood glancing about her like a. captive fawn that has not yet had time to realize that it has gained its freedom. Rosa u'nclasped the window and step- ped out upon the terrace. The summe] h'reaze touched her cheeks; the color crept into them like a blush: and her lips, half parted, drank in the balmy air. There was a. wildness in the flash SECRET. ‘ There (1 Ross. have 1 'here is company this e Rosa;. " so Mr. PilkLngLon ave agreed not to appear ,vas a paddock 3n railings; and '9, were wooded ppeared all the rapid change of 1: passed over way. It :was a shadier spot found. On the 'm the wood- waning." tell}; me; He 15 The dinnerâ€"party toâ€"night at Mr.Pil- kington's villa. given to distinguished clients, is quite superb in its way; though the noiseless mamner in which the servants move backwards and for- wards behind the chairs. and the mys- terious ater in which the butler re- moves the coversâ€"as if there might be legal secrets under themâ€"may empress more than is intended. Not that any one exhibits the slightest sign that an anxious thought has a. plane in his mind. Every face is animated. Mrs. Pilkington's most of all. Even Mr.Pil- kington indulges in pleasantries inhis subdued way. He never awakens any reoollectionLâ€"netvm' by [oak or word.â€" of the oblong room with barred winâ€" ‘dow's: .h-is mnve‘rsation is never sug- gestive of an octagonal room adjoin- ing, where everry one present has wait~ ed his turn more than once. There nevâ€" What a Newspaper or That Country Says About England's Greatness. The Yotrodzu Choho. a Japanese jouir- nal published in 'l‘okio. devotes a por- tion of its columns to discussions in English; this part of the paper has an article entitled "England's Greatness,” which is as follows: “Thy greatness, 0 England. is not thy own making. Thou hast not stored for thyself coals in Lancashire and iron in Yorkshire. Thy commodious harbors of Liverpool, Bristol. Southampton, etc” were not diigged by thee. The warm wind that comes from the west and the truitful rains which it brings are brought to thy shows by a. power that is not thine own. Thou wast placed in the centre of the land hemisphere. and the whole world turns toward thee. Thou art the world's mart and. thy wealth is the world's. Tlhen thy laws. literature and l‘eligiontâ€"t‘hey, too, are not all thy thinking. \thit were thy Hobbes,Aus- tin and Blackstone had there not been Caesar and Justinian for thee? What were thy Milton and Shakespeare. had there not been Aesohylus, Horace. and Virgil, wiho unwittingly wrought for thee? \Vhat were thy \Vyclif, Knox. and Wesley. had there not been Isaiah, Daniel and Paul, who p'reaohal for thee? Rome. Greece. Judeu, Phoenicia. all con- tributed their parts to make thee great. Thou art the product of ages of human lab-or, from Abraham and Homer dowm ward. The world demands from thee a. service which is thy due. Thy fleet ought to be employed not merely to protect thy interest. but to right the Ivorld's wfong. Thy pluck aid skill ought to be freely given to help the helpless, to rescue the perishilng.” er was a better bred set of peopleâ€"- people who had accomplished the art of concealing emotion, to the complete satisfaction of Mr. Pil-kington, and soâ€" cigtygt large. A It is only when all the guests are gone and the old lawyer has retired to the libmry, that Sidney notices a. change in Mrs. Pilkingtnn. He is watch- ing her, unobserved, from the conser- vatory. His face has an altered look too. Presentlyâ€"«not without an expres- sion of purpose in the actionâ€"he steps into the drawing-room. The glance with which Mrs. Pilkinrgton greets him is full of affection; for Sidney has been like a son to her ever since she ‘be- came Mr. Pilkington’s wife. "Sidney," sabre says. indicating a. place beside her. "I have been wishing to speak to you the. whole_eveni~ng." _ Did he not. tell you that Z" ” Yes; and your oodness of heartâ€" your boundless con idenve in him was almost more than he could bear l If you had only suspected of whom those let- ters spokeâ€"what secrets they contain- edâ€"you would never have thrown them into the fire." A JAPANESE VIEW OF ENGLAND. right. I suppose," she added peevishly. "One tmust learn to hide one's feel- Lugs.‘ Is it very difficultâ€"I mean! in you He sits down and takes the hand that she holds out tenderly towards him. "I have read the ms}: nu your facefl he fipléevs. “It is not about Mr. Pilkmg- n .. She I ha nrd went; i.ng c due otheir i~n Took's Cowrt. on the first day of Szidney’s visit. he had thought conâ€" stantly of Rosa. Had not the little sweetheart of his boyhood grown up into a lo‘vahle woman. with all the old petulance and amiability that had char- when they met in Lincoln's Inn. How £2.1- greater the difficulty to~dny, when they had met in the 01d wood. which had brought back to both of them a. vivid Noelleotion of the early affection tor ewh other? Perhaps Mr. Pilking- Lou's influence had something to do with the you-mg lawyer's reticence as well as with Rosa's. MT. Pilkington had been closeted a, good deal of late with his junior partner; and Sidney had beâ€" gun to Show signs of greater earnest- ness and discretion. Could the time be far distant now when all the weight of responsibility, which Mr. Pilkington had been so silently mumulatinÂ¥ would fall upon his (Slidlney’s) shou tiers? It was quite evident that some idetgree of cautionâ€"pomibly bearing up- on some legal secretâ€"chad been imposâ€" ed_nponr him. .Mrs. Pilkington glances at Sidney w1t.h surprise. " Has he told you that?" Her voice is scarcely audible. "Is it that which troubles you '9" Sidney's look confirms it‘ There's a. moment's pause. " It is the one. thenâ€"the secret contained in some cagrgspomtlence in a packet pfi»letters?" ply ” Those letters are destroyed," she an» swers hurriedly. " I burnt them. Sidney, in my dear husband's presence. Did he not. tell you that Z" Lhe “ Yes ; for my dear husband tells me." says she, " that you are going to take his place; that he has decided to re- tina; It. is a: grave responsibility." "More so," Sidney answers. “than I imagined. There are many secrets." "Do they trouble you ?" " One of them does; it requires such delicate handling.” “ Mr. Pilkiyngton will advise you." " He cannot. in this case. Amoug other Beurets, distressful enough 11] their way. he has told me his ownâ€"the ongtlhutnhuhi-d from_you.” ,oéiety 2 Yés ; thin is ’Ehe' obelfis Sidh’ey’sEe- another time. Goodâ€"might.” Sidney stood watching the gi ran across the lawn. She wavei d to him from the terrace. and t in quickly. as if conscious of done wrong. Would she ever hler jmpulaere The (1i f f iculty is thz (To be continued.) tacit recognition of ‘s Cowrt. on the first isâ€"â€"â€" But I’ll te }oodâ€":night.” the girl as 2 waved her 2. and then ions of 'havâ€" us ever sub- ach jay QUEER CRAFT AND TRADE. DUTCH EEL BOATS STAND AT BIL- LINGSGATE WHARF. llow Londoners liuy the Succulent, ‘Vl'h‘r gllng l'nssonng-sâ€"llunk Water Always Proves Fatal [0 Healthy Eels. Those who have crossed London Bridge, or have journeyed by river be- tween that point and the Tower Bridge. may have noticed. moored in the neigh- borhood of the Custom House wharf. a number of quaint Dutch: craft. These are the Dutch eel boats, whose duty it is to keep London supplied all th eyear round with fresh eels. With their bulging polished oak sides and decks heavy laden with quaint gear. they form. even on the dreariest days. a pleasing patch of warm color amid their sombre surroundings. It is a noticeable fact that these quaint ves~ sels never remain unrepresented at their moorings, and that never less than three of them are anchored at their pier. This is explained by the fact that by a concession granted by Queen Elizabeth to the Dutch. their eel schuyts pay no tollage of any kind to the Port of London. free anchorage having been granted to three Dutch eel boats, the only condition attached to the privilege being that there must always be three vessels at anchor in front of Billingsgate Wharf. So that if their number fell to two the privil< ege would be lost. They also enjoy the privilege of free market. customers proceeding on board to purchase direct from the captains the subculent cap- tives that are imprisoned in the tanks arranged in the hold. A waterman's skiff takes us to the lonely vessels. Ln 1828 the masters of the Dutch eel ships stated before a Parliamenrtary committee that, a few years before that date, they could bring their live eels iln "wells" as far as Galllon'a Reach. below “'oolwbch. but that year they were obliged to stop at Erith, and they had sustained v r from the poisonous nature of the water whinh killed the fish. Mr. Butcher. an agent for Dutch fishermen. stated before the above mentioned committee that, in 1827, eight Dutch eel vessels arrived with full cargoes of healthy eels, about 14,000 lbs. each, and the average loss was 4,000 lbs. Twelve years previously, when the Thames was pulrer. the loss was only 30 lbs. of eels a night; and the witness deposed that an hour after high water fie had had 3,000 lbs. of eels (lie in an owr. lAs we climb the low bulwark of the schuyt Stad Vrdkenn we are received by its captain. Auke Bylsma, who. with his crew of a man and a youith. has finished his business for the day, and is now taking the air and his ease on the broad deck of his blulif-bowed craft. The Stad Vro‘kenn is not often honored by visitors of any sort at this time of day, so we are received with open arms. and the functions of the strange taukle by which we are sulr- roumded are at once explained to us. The long vase-shaped wicker baskets. with closeâ€"fitting lids, that are arrangâ€" ed along the bquarks are, we: are told. destined for the reception of the larg- est sized eels, which range from 3 lbs. to 41133. in weight. while the boxes and scoop nets thatare stacked on the fore- castle and laid along the massive boom are u£ed in the transhiptment of the slippery passengers. Overside. half- submerged in the rushing tide, is towâ€" Ul'g ' ' Throwing back the hatch, the skip- per reveals the shallow hold‘ imto which -doubling our bodies to accommodate our persons to its four-foot pitchâ€"we follow him on a tour of inspection of his eel tanks. These are arranged along the centre of the vessel, and are supplied with fresh water through the bottom of the schuyt, the copper sheath'm of which is perforated With many ho es. \Vhen at sea the mouths of these tanks are covered over with pla'nk lids and battened down. Other- wise. as"Schripper” Bylsma informs us, "der schuyt will queekly descends to der bottoms of der sea." Down in the hold we are joined by "Schi er" Peter Hhk. of the sch'uyt Twee roe- ders, Two Brothers, which is moored alongside. who assists in enlightening no as to the methods of catching and transporting live eels. They are stock- ed ivn the neighborhood of Amsterdam, we are told, and are brought over by the schuyts all the year round, not- withstanding that duiring the winter months no eels are caught. since they retire into winter: qnnrters in' the mud at the bottom of the dykes. In the summer months the eels are taken out of the tanks at the anchorage in the mouth of the Thames at Uldhaven. where they are put into boxes and brought on by steamer to London. since no self-respectng eel possesses a constitution capable of withstanding the imsidioun influences of the Thames water that flows through the tanks at that period of the year. The schu-yt then follows its cargo up the river, to take its turn at the anchorage off Billingsgate. in accordance with the strilngent terms dictated by Good ereenBess of glorious memory. A COFFINâ€"SEIAPED BARGE which contains eels ready for the in- spection of customers. In the center of the boat stand the scales, tall and heavy. with on one side the conical net bag for the eels, and on the other side the weights and pieces of stone that make qu for the water that clings to the fish. SERIOUS LOSSES their live Gallion's that year at Erith, ,oy_ the the ind the which bruise th wicker sides of they are confin‘ ulsual to sell a. f ofi eels in a, wee (id. to 9d months the ing about fortnight to st Notwithstam pearance, the safe and fasw safe and fast sea boats. 0wt of a fleet of fifteen that are; engaged in this trade, one only has been’ lost. and that waslong ago, having taken place in a: teat gale that raged over the North at, at Chxistmastime, 1862. Italian troom when they took posses- Synom of Rome, in 1870. died recently W the age 0.15 82 years. ' Interesting Items About Some of the Great Folks of [he “'orld. The Duchess of York was married July 6, 1893. June :23, 1894; Decemben 14, 1895, and April 25. 1897, are the datefi of the births of her three ch11- drea. When the Duke of Comnaught’s term as commade alt Alderslhob expires he will be made QWrmwster-General. His next step toward We CommanKH lDé-Ohfieaf will probably be the Adjutant-4 Generals'nip. Dr‘ J amie‘uoln. according to films Cape Town "Times," will return to South: Atrlca. to carry the Rhodes trqnsoonâ€" Lmen‘ml wire to Lake Tanganylka. .A mnvemesnl; is on foot to erect a monument to Henri Vieuxtemps. the famous Belgium violinist. The monu- ment will be erected at Verviers, the birthplace oi the musiciam Time retii‘in‘g United States Ambw sador, Thomas F.‘ Bayard, takes back: with hjim b0 the United. States an en- ormous lot of English: goods. His per- sonal baggage of 208 pieces. with may more to follow as freight“ He also has four dogs. ued at $8,500,000. Queau Victoria's crown is valued at $1,800,000. In his {Late clouhes including the crown..thq Sultan of Jahone wears diamonds worth $12,000,000. v Fraulein Anna B’ieglmund. a. grandâ€" niece of the great composer. Shmbert. whlo is a. student in Obie dramatic de- partment of the Vibnna Conservabory, recently appeared in tllmt city as “Emcispa” in Minna Von Barllnelm, and “Viola” In As You Like It. It was her first public perflormance. While Queen: Vidbm‘ia. has been rul- ilng Great Britain, Hannah: Brewer, ca: Bitten, in Gloucestelrslhire, has been delivering the village mail. tramping eleven miles aday {our sixty _years. She has; jusL reJLired out a pensmn at the. age mi ’72 years wi-t.h_a record of a. quarwr of a. millioml miles trudged on foot. Hen: fiat'ner was postmaster of the place for fiftyâ€"seven years. Henry M. Stanley and his wife re- cently paid a visit to Buday-LPesthu where the explorer wenit to see Prof. Vambery, “be famous orienitalist._0n their return northward they visited. Brussels where Stanley was Do have a. conference with King Leopold. over the affairs 0.! the Congo State. Col. Vassos, the Greek commander in Crete. is said to be .oxf Montenegrin or- igin. His grandfath offered his sword to Greece "m the days of the war of independenfie and became one of the chief lieutenants of Karaisn’akl. the great Greek leader. He then earn- ed me autumn of “th Tenacious." The recenL events have proved that the old man’s leading qualitieshnve been fully inherited by his grandson. Tine Prmness‘ Frederick Charles is ex- ceedingly wealthy, and as such very independent of young Emperor Wil- liam. wibpm nhie persists Ln.- treating as a mere boy, much: to his disgust. Slh'e rarely comes to Berlin, and then when it suits her convenience. giving mo heed to his endeavors to control the entire royal family as its duief. she spends most of her time in lLaly, and is generally believed i0 Imive become quiedy wuverted to Catholicism. Next to Carmen) Sylvn. the Queen at Rouunnnia, Queen Olga of Greece is considered one of the most uncon- ventional orf reigning Queens. She walks about alone a. great deal. and. 1.11.3.9 climbed to tlhle twp of Mount Ly- cabetms without a. cumgunion. One of her mmt intimate friends is Mme. Balk maeJti-ff, wife of the {imL secretary of time Bussdan Leg-mien. fonmerly ,Miss Beale. of Wasmngieun. For several years after Queen Ulga's coro-naLiun she frequenily appeared in Greek (0&- tume, and it is said that she has lately been considering the possibility of mik- ing the ancient Greek dress the court; cos'iume. The German; Emperor invariably car- ries with. him wherever he goes a. small revolver. His Majesty 1's a, skillful shot and the uhwsseulr who accompanies bin; everywhere has received. orders .to in: spect this weapon every moynxng Ca mum the} fact of its being In work-l mg order. One of the most costly crowns in the world is that at the King of Portugal. The; jewels which ornament itfiare val. -A -A.‘ Ann :-L-_:_v4 RING MADE 01F DIAMONDS. A ring- recently exhibited at Ant- werp was the admiration of diamond cutters and merchants, because itwaa the first successful attempt to cut a. ring out of a. single stoneV There are a. great many deficuflties in this meth- od of cutting diamonds, as the stones have a certain cleavage, and particu- lar veins.‘ all of which have to be care- fully studied in order to prevent split- ting jun-m as success seems within. reach. After several unsuccessful at- tempts and three years‘ labor the feat has been accomplished. by the patience and skill of M. Antmne, one of the bestâ€"known Iapidaries of Antwerp. The. ring is about six-eighth: oi an inch in. diameter. {In the Marlborough Cab. inet there is a. ring out out of one enA tire and aperieo.t sapphire hm. Cadorna. who commanded the r sides of the h are confined. 1 to sell a. full ca: 3 in a, week, pric 0 9d. a. poulnd. IS the prices are )Qu‘tlls. éfjpvufnd PERSONAL POINTERS. ‘ll'out iing 16. captives against the f the baskets in which led. In sutmmer it is full cargo of 20,000 lbs. 5k, prices ranging from poulnd. In t e winter. pas art; higlllel'I gwpragd ‘ir clumsy ap- cel schuyts are @kes Va