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ee ns < a a. 4. THE. CLANCY MINER: CLANCY, MONTANA. MILLIONS FOR SHOW —————— FABULOUS COST OF THE CORONA- TION OF THE CZAR. —$_—$—$——————— ee Particulars of What Happened on Tuesday in the Cathedral of the Asumption. The greatest show that Europe has ever geen has always begun in that dirtiest of all Russian cities, Moscow, and the chief event, that of the crowning of the young czar by himself, will take place on Tues- day, the 26th. . When all the expenses of this ceremony, or series of ceremonies, have been added up, it will be found that the total is some- where between $30,000,000 and $35,000,000. This is the sum tia: cue MUNHONs of sub- jects of the czar will be taxed to pay. Of course it does not represent the total expenditures. All the great nations of the earth will be grandly represented, and the Russian nobles will also do something to swell the magnificence of the affair. The only ones who will benefit by it are mo- distes, miliiners, carriage makers, tailors, caterers and decorators. The czar and czarina are now in Mosoow, and the city is ablaze with festivities of all kinds. To all Russians it may be a perfect paradise, but to average tourists it will be a long time before they forget the city of Moscow, for that is the premier city of the earth for unpleasant smells. Bach etreet seems to have an exclusive smell of its own, and to the outraged nostrils of the visitor each smell seems to be worse than its predecessor. If cleanliness be next to godliness, the citizens of Mos- cow are an immeasureable distance from paradise. Dirt is pre-eminent. It is aged dirt, too, the kind that has lingered loug in the sample lace and makes its presence ‘known from afar: 700,000 Visitors. But there are so many people in Moscow now that the dirt will be hidden, although the smells cannot be subdued. Seven hun- dred thousand visitors are said to be there, and they include nationalities which are geldom seen in European centers— Abas- sians, Calmucks, Tartars, Karapapaks, Daghistanis, Bashkirs, Tcherkesses, Geor- gians, Circassians, Laplanders, Kurds and a@ score or more other oddities. As @ congress of nations the coronation of the white czar would be a tremendous suc- cess. . The coronation takes place in the cathe- dral of the Assumption, one of the smaller churches in the Kremlin. It is scarcely more than a chapel, and although the ca- thedral of the Saviour is only a short dis- tance away (a building capable of holding 15,000 on a pinch), the smaller church will be used in deference to precedent and sen- timent. Five hundred people make an un- comfortable crowd in the Cathedral of the Assumption, but it is proposed to ad- mit a thousand or more on Tuesday. The rest of the 700,000 visitors, to say nothing of the 300,000 people who make up the pop- ulation of Moscow, will have to stand in -the streets and tmagine what-is going on. The Chevalier Gardes is the military body which will figure most prominently in the coronation service. Its members will surround the czar and czarina from the moment they get up in the morning until they retire at night. Of course the officers of the dreaded Third Section will be everywhere. Inside the Kremlin. Inside the Kremlin gates the -open square will on the 26th he separatdd into four divisions by a pathway in the shap? of across. Red cloth will mark the path- way to be followed by royalty. The throne in the church will be nothing more than a dais decorated in red and gold and sur- mounted by two gilt chairs. A canopy will be hung over the throne adorned with feathers in yellow and white. A gold bal ustrade will run arouw:-? the throne, and a railing of the same kind will mark the different divisions for the imperial fam- ily, the officers of the royal household, the church dignitaries and the visitors of particular note, A short flight of red and gold stairs lead up to their throne, and on either side of these will be grouped officers of the Chev- alier Gardes. When the czar and czarina reach the cathedral a small table -u the —————-+throrre “wi! be--rncevared: —C otra — ted le-}- will rest the crown, seal, scepter, sword and globe. A Remarkable Crown. This crown is a remarkable affair. It consists of two parts, symbolizing the - eastern and western countries. The parts are joined by a splendid ruby, to which are attached five diamonds in the form of a cross. The value of the emblem ts $1,000,000. Besides the crown ‘the most remarkable, if not the most valuable, Russian imperial jewel is the scepter, ex- ecuted in accordance with the orders of the Czar Paul for his coronation in April, 1797. Its chief value is due to the histor- {cal diamond Orloff. This celebrated gem, about the size of a pigeon’s egg, has its tale of romayce, intrigue and crime, which place it alon e of the Kohinoor for dra- matic interest, while for size and beauty it holds a first rank among European dia- monds. It once constituted one of the eyes of a famous idol, from which it was plundered by a French deserter and sold to an English sea captain; from him it passed to a London Jew, who offered it for sale to the empress of Russia. - The empress, however, considered the price asked for it too high. It was afterwards bought by Prince Orloff for 2,000,000 francs. Later on the prince presented the gem 4s a gift to Catherine. A Lengthy Ceremony. Every one stands in the Greek church, and as the coronation is a prodigiously big ceremony, lasting nearly six hours, the epectators, will be very tired before it is over. First the young emperor will be- gin the service by a confession of faith, which will be followed by various relig- fous readings of an ordinary character. ‘After the gospel reading, the imperial mantle of ermine will be clasped about his neck, an] then he will lift the crown from the table, while the officiating bishop re- cites the benediction. As the bishop con- dludes with the words “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,”” the young, czar will pldte the crown upon his head, and taking the scep- ¢er in the right. hand and the globe in the left, will seat himself upon the throne, Then the ordeal of the young empress will begin. When the czar has taken his eeat a cushion will be placed at his feet, and on this the czarina will kneel, The ear then lifts the crown from his head and places it on the head of his wife. He - Reavy it there “Next but an instant, and then, pon his owh head. Ne’ —_— he takes the czarina’s crown from the table and places it on her head, where it is securely fastened, The czar kisses the hand of the empress and then they kiss eachother. While the members of the royal family congratulate the couple, ev- ery bell in the Kremlin ia set ringing, and the bells of all the churches ‘in the city help to swell the noise. The bands on the outside begin to play the national. airs, and the multitude will yell its hurrahs at the top of its voice. Officials will be stationed in’all sections of the crowd to start the hurrahing, and woe to any sub- ject of the czar who fails to make & praiseworthy noise. 4 The Coronation Prayer. When the clamor has died away the czar will kneel down, and.while all the others stand, recite the coronation prayer. It is as follows: “QO Lord God of our fathers, and Su- preme Ruler of sovereigns, who hast cre- ated everything by Thy word, and in Thy wisdom has set up man that he may gO0Vv- ern the world in holiness and righteous- ness; Thou hast chosen me as czar and judge of Thy people. I confess Thy in- scrutable providence with regard to me; and, in giving thanks, bow down before Thy majesty. And thou, my Lord and God, instruct me in the work for which Thou hast sent me; enlighten my path and direct me in this, great ministry; let the wisdom of Thy throne abide with me, send it down from Thy, holy heavens, that I may know what is pleasing in Thy eyes and what is in accordance with Thy com- mandments. Let my heart be in Thy hand, that I may order everything to the advantare of the people intrusted to me and to Thy glory, so that even in the day of judgment I may without condemnation render my account to Thee; by the mercy and’ bounty of Thy only-begotten Son, with whom, and with Thy holy and good and life-giving Spirit, Thou art blessed un- to the ages. Amen.” An Impressive Sight. At the conclusion of the prayer the priests, the spectators and all will kneel, the czar only. standing. The signal will pass to those in the streets, and they, too, must kneel. At that precise moment 4@ million and a half of people will be kneel- ing in Mos¢ow. The priests utter the prayer, the congregation follow, the peo- ple in the streets take it up, and far and wide the prayer is repeated by hundreds of thousands of men, women and children. To many this will be the most impressive spectacle of the ceremony, 4 hundred times more affecting than the sight of a man lifting a jeweled bauble from a table and placing it upon his head. A magnificent mass follows, and while it is being sung the czar will be anointed on the forehead, chest, hands, ears, lips, nostrils and eyelids. The empress is also anointed, ‘but only on the forehead. The ceremony of the holy communion is next observed, and after many prayers and much singing the czar and czarina leave the church, when there is more bell ring- ing and shouting by the populace. Ban- quets and illuminations close the day. No less than half a million lights will blaze in the Kremlin alone. Thea are lights, in- stead of the vsual plain@white glare, will represent monster open-petalled fuschias depending alone and in bunches from cr- nate poles and other supports, while many of the other designs for turning night into day are unique and artistic. Every day and night until June 7 there will be some great festivity. On the latter date the royal couple will return to St. Petersburg. “It would be an endless tasK to détall the magnificence of the ceremony or the fabulous sums spent. The coronation robe of the czarina cost $200,000. With her jewels and imperial mantle her costume will represent something like $3,000,000. The coach in which the empress Will ride will be drawn by eight horses and the same kind of a coach will be used by the dowager empress. A coach drawn by six horses will be used by the immediate mem- bers of the imperial family. The immedi- ate mounted attendants of these three coaches will number 126, and the harness alone of the 148 horses cost $350 000. The sets of harness were made in Paris. They are all of red morocco, sewed with white. There are saddles of the same mo- rocco, with stirrups of chiseled and gilt bronze for the front pairs, which are alons ntended to be mounted The reine and edurnments of the e.ght fivrse seis a of red silk and gold, while the others are entirely in red. Each horse, and there are 148 of them, wears a plume of white ostrich feathers on its head. The saddle cloths and man- telets are adorned with gold lace, with the arms and eagles of the empire woven in gold. The. breast straps are each ornamented with, five large plates with the imperial arms chiseled and gilt. ‘K patatine or gort and red silk passementerie, with fringes and cartisane, hides the mane under @ broad lozenge. The rings through which the reins- are passed are formed of a4 curved eagle’s neck, surmounted by the imperial crown, and are of chiseled and gilt bronze, as, indeed, are the ornaments and the imperial arms which adorn the blinkers and other parts of the harness. Twenty-four whips, with red morocco handles, mounted with gilt bronze, com- plete this interesting set of harness. ee MR. AUSTIN ON WALT WHITMAN English Laureate Once Dubbed Him “The Gull of the Mississippi.” A quarter of a century ago the new poet laureate of Great Britain wrote a book of essays called “The Poetry of the Period,” writes W, S. Kennedy in the Conservator. I remembered reading in it a scurrilous, | sneering chapter (‘The Poetry of the Fu- ture’) on Walt Whitman, and recently looked it up. This dandy has the inso- lence to dub our venerable bard ‘‘the gull of the Mississippi’’ on the analogy of ‘“‘the swan of Avon.” He picks out the poorest parts of Whitman, the prosaic woof, much of it later discarded by the puvet, and so gives a false impression of his subject. Austin is a formalist, a man of clotnes and externals, rubrics, and rituals and baboon genutlections and night-gown pos- ings. He affirms that “Whitman's ‘poems’ swarm with pages upon pages of whose horrible and ineffable nastiness his read- ers cannot possibly form any conception.”’ “What is the use,’’ cries the present poet laureate, in reference to his brother poet of America, “of proving the self-evident, that all of whioh Mr. Walt Whitman writes is stark, staring nonsense, both in substance and form equally?’ “His gro- tesque, ungrammatical and repulsive rhapsodies can be fitly compared only to the painful ravings of maniacs’ dens.” “As Mr. Rossetti reminds us, it has been said of Mr. Whitman by one of his warm- est admirers, ‘He is democracy.’ I really think he is, in his compositions, at least; being, like it, ignorant, sanguine, noisy, coarse and chaotic! Democracy may be, and I fear is, our proximate future; and it will; as a matter of course, bring its LIGHTS AND SIDELIGHTS. Pee — Alas, she’s sent me back my gifts, and the ring; But, woe is me, she holds my heart, And leaves me sorrowing. not only keeps d and trimmed, 1 refrains from ** + The wise bicycle virgin her bicycle lamp well fille but she carries a bell anc scorching.—New York Journal. The doctor—You must bé’ v to take the medicine, M The patient—But I am always careful to The doctor—Yes, but this time you really need it.—Brooklyn Life. was so enraged he would never “I thought her father over the elopement that forgive them, and now he has giv a brand new bicycle aplece.” “Of different makes, m will be fighting like cats an week.” —Indianapolis Journal. d dogs before a Mr. Wiggles—Didn't 1 tell you not s that we were going to mov I didn’t want him to know it he asked me when we were 80 s (indignantly)—I didn’t say a word to him about it. I didn’t tell any- body but his wife.—Somerville “Little Johnny opened his drum } day to find where the noise came “Did he find out?” “Yes. When his father came home noise came from little Johnny.” “Tt must be awful to have a skeleto your closet.” isn’t awful until it comes out.’’-+Detroit Tribune. Violet—Mr. Fiddleback has asked me ‘o theater with Daisy—That’s strange. He asked me, “Yes, I told him I wouldn't go wi chaperon.’’—New York Herald. friend—Your charge was very high, I murderer—Yes, what finished me. Somerville Journal. “Wasn't your new office boy satisfac- respectable and in- chew tobacco, garettes; but he had 1 to discharge him.” “Well, he was neat, he didn’t swear, use slang or smoke ci one bad fault—so I ha “What was it?” “He played with, dolls.’\—Chicago Rec- Little Miss Muffet And finished her biscuits and tea; Then picked up a spider That sat down beside her And counted his an-tenn-ae. xpect to suffer from hay fever _ Mrs. De Long?” ss my husband's business ’_Detroit Free Press. “No; not unle A deacon_will pass around th buttons than dimes, n hold a gun and collect every- thing a man has got. This goes to show _that a man, will his soul.—St. “John has broken the record,” proud father. “IT expect so,\’ 8 uid his mother, resigned- “He's broken the front gate, places in the hedge, and the cat's back, and his collar bone since he began to ride, and I’m prepared for anything.’’—The Capital. Visitor—Well, Freddy, how many broth- ers have you’” Freddy—I have one, but my siste how is that? Who are they?” ‘philadelphia In- “Me and my brother. Said Cholly boy, with quivering breath. ‘you'd better try to find . And feed it, or ‘twill starve to death.” The caller—Your husband is wedded ° He seems to be perfectly de voted to it.—Puck. first time you brought this o_be repaired it was in a, second time Tt was in-a w it’s in a brass case. circumstances Jeweler—The twatoek.Jrpreret silver case, and no Customer—Yes, cases.—New York World. “Now that you have had your dinner, don’t you think you could saw Nomoss—I am sorry, ma- will have to wait until fan positively in- supper time. to do any work between structed me not meals.—Philadelphia, Record. BIG PRICES FOR THE AUK’S EGGS But Few in Existence, an Highly Valued by Collectors. e of birds’ eggs on acimen of the egg d known as Mr. J. C. Stevens’ sal April 21 included a 8p of the extinct bi ture on one *stde, is in good preserva- tion, says the London : chased in 1841 from Mr. Hugh Reed of ht it in the same year chutz of Dresden, er of the éxecu- Hack Tuke of from Frederick 8 has now been sold by ord tors of the late James Hitchin, and was knocked down ting to point out th there were only 38 ded. The high- for a duplicate f the Baron d’Hamon- two years ago. two very good sted among a collec- sed at a sale in the and were subse- ens last year for and 185 guineas respec gir W. Millner’s, came m during last season, It may_be interes six or seven years ago specimens of the ef est price of £300 w for the collection 0 ville of Meurthe, France, Shortly after this specimens were dete tion of eggs purcha country for 30 shillings, A third specimen, into the auction roo and fetched 180 guineas. A few years agoan ly clever forgeries of t ber of exceeding- he egg were manu- Two other interesting eggs were médiately after great auk’s eg slightly cracked, ‘class. condition, of an egg 0 maximus realized 40 guineas; example of the-egg of oe the above me fine specimen, put otherwise f oe pyornis and the only ornis gran.li- THEY ALL ARE HUSTLERS ' A ——$—$—$$—$ nr ADEPTS WHO WORK THE POLIT- ICAL MACHINE. ——<—$<—$—<—$—$$$<—<——_——— Wm. F. Harrity Booked for Chair- man of the Democratic National Committe. Already the men who make things hum in presidential campaigns are planning for the work to be done in the summer and fall. No matter who gets the nomin- ation these men do the fighting, and they do it in a systematic way which seems wonderful to the uninitiated, It is practically a certainty that Wil- liam F. Harsity wil! be re-elected chair- man of the democratic national commit- tee, but the same eannot be said about Thomas H. Carter of Montana, the pres- ent chairman of the. republican national committee, as Senator Carter’s currency views may clash with those to be express- ed in the platform to be drawn up at the St. Louis convention. . One man who will figure largely iu the republican fight, particularly if Major McKinley is nominated, is General Wil- liam H. Hahn of Mansfield, Ohio.” Mr. Hiahn is one of the-men-who bob into_na- rest of the time he keeps the machine in his own bailiwick in good running or- der. In the last national campaign he had charge of the Harrison spouters, and this year his work will be in the same Cirec- tion. He is one of the few men who know accurately all about\the internal organi- zation of his party. He is an animated X ray on this subject, and he knows the weak and strong spots by heart. Might Be Called a Jollier. He is an adept at. smoothing out the vrinkles in the loosely jointed spots, and infusing the wavering adherents with an elixir of firmness. By some people he might be called a tip top jollier, When anything of a particularly delicate nature is to be performed he is called upon. Not long ago Major McKinley deputed rin to make a tour of the eastern states lo sut- isfy the great banking institutions that he (McKinley) was a sound money man. This was a task of more importance tnan appears on the surface, for, if the great power controlled by the moneyed inasti- tutions of the east could be swung into line it would be something more than a feather in the cap of the Ohio states- man. When the time comes for Mr. Hahn to let loose the orators throughout the na- at St. Joe. upon to doin a Hfetime. Much Knowledge Required. give-the ticket.a.heavy plurality. ings of the injured managers. Quay and Harrity. thy of the best steel of his rival. the two leading parties. He Was Drunk. field, Mo., Leader-Democrat. ee Opposed _to It on Principle. iucky to,get married on Friday? dieri.ever offe gold for 35 gu poetry along with it. The prospect is in this country an agreeable one.” , r ne} Sh REE rangue nt nina J erage bay ye ie tional prominence every four years. The | tion his first work will be to nail up on the wali of his office a tremendously big map of the United States. The names of all the big and little cities and towns in each state are printed on this. map, and each name is marked by a pinhole. When the campaign is in full swing this map looks like a Chinese puzzle, as it is almost cov- ered. with tiny slips of paper, each slip bearing a name and date. If Chauncey M. Depew was to speak at St. Joe, Mo., on August 18, a slip of paper bearing his name and the date would be stuck on 4 pin-and the pin thrust through the hole It is a big’ task getting all these speak- ers in line and keeping them in good hu- mor. In the he‘ght of the campaign kicks come in by wire from the spellbinders at the rate of 3} a day because of assign- ments which carry them into backwoods districts, where they have to put up with rustic hotels,and rustic treatment. Resig- nations ar threatened by the hundred every week, and to keep all hands working smoothly, the boss must do more jollying in an hour than most people are called General B. B. Smalley had charge of the democratic spellbinders in the last campaign, but who will fill the important post this year has not been settled upon. To be qualified for the job, a man must have an intimate acquaintance with tne conditions which govern every political district in the land,. The local managers are of course relied upon to supply much of this information, but very often their judgment is warped by being in the thick of the*fight. Then, again, every local manager makes it @ point to fight for the best speakérs at the disposai of the national committee. He feels slighted if the biggest guns on the list are not sent his way, even if his district is certain to This is where the knowledge Of the boss of the spellbinders comes in. He should know all of the distriets where it is un- necessary to send the heavy weight ora- tors, so that they can be reserved for the places where they are most needed. At the same time he must deal generously in gold bricks to heal the wounded teel- Many republicans would like to see the Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay of Penasyl- vania at the head of the national com- mittee in the coming fight, but, as he 18 ostensibly out for himself, they fear their hopes will not be realized. Senator Quay was the boss of the Harrison campaign in 1888, and led the forces* to. victory. There are some who say that Quay is a shrewder politician than Harrity, and there are just as many who claim the re- verse to be the case. Harrity led the Cleveland forces to victory in the cam- paign of 1892, and, if the two political giants should meet in combat this year, the struggle should be counted upon to be something very much out of the ordin- ary. As @ political hotbed Pennsylvania yields the palm to Ohio only, and, as Quay and Harrity are past masters in Pennsylvania politics, each would be wor- They are both strong hands at keeping the pot boiling, that is, stirring up slug- gish people to contribute liberally to the campaign funds. The spelibinders in the last republican campaign spent for ex- penses very close to $500,000, and the ora-_ tors of the democracy came within $40,- 000 of that sum. What the total expenses of a presidential campaign are it is dif- ficult to say, but between now and No- vember next it is safe to estimate that very close to $5,000,000 will be spent by “Mr. Moddlin,” said that gentleman's wife in a horrified tone, “you are drunk.” “Guess I mush be,” assented Moddlin, cheerfully, “or elde I wouldn't (hic) let you shee me in this e’ndishun.”\—Spring- Miss Ingenue—Do you think it is uy- Miss’ Fortitue (coldly)—1 think :t is un- THE LESSON OF OVERWORK ee Men Who Fall Victims to Their Un- controlled Energy. In the tragic death of Colonel Frank K. Hain, says the New York Mail and Ex- press, New York may again read-a moral that we have more than once endeavored to point. That he has fallen a victim to energy uncontrolled no one who knew the man will attempt to deny. Gifted with mechanical genius, fortified with an ex- perience and executive ability surpassed in few men, and endowed with an indus- dered him invaluable to the interests he served, he las ftatien in-his very prime. Men_read the story of O®verwork, nervous prostration, forced retirement and vio- lent death, are sorry, and pass on—possi- bly to the same end, certainly to the con- ditions preceding that end. It is an old, old tale; so old that men cease to give it due heed. The battle for wealth and power is not unlike other and more bloody battles. The soldier is stag- gered, perhaps, in the beginning: of the battle» by the few gaps created in the ranks to the right ana jeft of him; but as he presses on, and the heat and excite- ment of-the contest grow, he no longer heeds the falling. Undismayed, he bends to his work even as the men whose el- bows haye for months touched his in the march sink down in final peace. Fighting still more fiercely, he abandons all pre- caution, and with more zeal places him- self in the most exposed positions—until death strikes him on the eve of victory, and the rest is silence. i When-men-talk—ofthepace that kills, *they mean—perhaps unconsciously—the pace that kills not because of its rapidity, but because of the sustained speed, with- out relaxation at pertain intervals to give exhausted nature a chance. It is the men who undertake feats of endurance. which they would not demand of a horse, or of a piece of machinery in which they were interested, who succumb to “the pace that kills.’’ We condemn suicide, yet ap- plaud daily the men who are killing themselves by overwork and a mistaken estimate of their own indispensability as surely as though they held a pistol to the head. The man who believes that success jus- tifles a violation of. the laws of nature and that sustaining nervous energy 18 physical strength, courts death, or that which is worse. And when he falls the chances are nine in ten that his reward in the world of business will be a hasty regret, a few flowers, and then forgetful- ness. When will men heed the warning? errr ED OPENED HIS RIVAL’S LETTERS Postmaster Suspected His Wife and Got Into Trouble. Ingited by an uncontrollable doubt and fear that all was not just right in nis home circle, James P. Hopkins, postmas- ter at Rohnerville, Cal., took advantage of his official position to open letters addressed to others than himself, says the San Francisco Call. He found what he was looking for, but he got something a few days later which he did not expect, namely, suspension pending investigation, with the additional probability of criminal prosecution later on. Inspector Thrall was placed in charge of the case and it took him just half a day to secure the evidence which brought about the official downfall of Postmaster Hop- kins. The latter admitted the crime, but pleaded as a defense his right to protect his home. Hopkins was suspended pen- ing further action by the authorities at Washington, and A. B. Loring was placed in charge of the office. While the postal authorities here con- cede that Hopkins meant no criminal wrong, he violated his oath of office in a double way. Mr. Thrall thinks the de- partment wil] order criminal proceedings against the suspended postmaster. Back of Hopkins’ official woes is a pa- thetic domestic story, in which the incom- patibility of youth and old age plays an important part. Some months ago the postmaster, who is getting well along in years, laid siege to the heart of a de- cidedly handsqme young woman. They finally met at Hymen’s altar, and for a time everything went us merrily as the marriage bells which proclaimed the union, but at length the bride grew weary of being an old man’s darling. The more nér’ affections waned the greater effort Hopkins made to make home desirable. All the, little attentions which most women like so much were lavishly showered upon her, but the results proved that his efforts had not been appreciated. Some weeks ago Hopkins became con- vinced that everything was not just right at home, but just ‘where the trouble was ne could-not determine. A-merchant of Rhonerville had at different times been seen in company with Mrs. Hopkins, but as the meetings appeared to be accidental and the friendship purely platonic the postmaster could do nothing. Finally he observed letters addressed to the merchant in a familiar handwriting gging through the mails. He stood it as long as he could, and then intercepted one of the letters. What he found there he refuses to reveal, but it was enough to cause a big rumpus in the family and an inspection of the postal authorities into his official conduct. The result of that in- vestigation has already been told. —— WEARS A_ LITTLE TOY: CROWN Queen Victoria wears a little toy crown for an hour or two once a year, at a drawing room or a royal wedding, and knows little of sovereigns’ insomnia, say8 an exchange. And when she goes abroad, whatever else she may take, her majesty 8 most valuable jewelry is all left at home securely guarded. Only once has the queen appeared re- gally bediamonded in a foreign country, with “everything handsome” aboyt her. On her state visit to Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie Queen Victoria made a brave display of jewelry, and the Par- isians ‘were forced to admit that, though they could alter some of her majesty’s bonnets to advantage, they could not bet- ter her Koh-i-Noor brooch or some of her other ornaments. . For many a year Queen Victorfa has given up appearances, and gone in for comfort; and those foreigners whom ske delights to honor by long visits must not expect to see the “countess of Balmoral” in professionally reyal attire. Her own subjects sigh sometimes that their beloved sovereign often dresses for walks and drives in a style which might suggest that her income was & very poor one; and -that when she does put on & queenly gown, with sundry jewels from her rich collection, only a few favored in- dividuals are allowed to see her. Since the prince consort died his august widow has worh out but two really royal toilets in connection with a bonnet, though many occasions have come and Err when her majesty’s outdoor attire 0 lucky:to got married on any day.—Somer- uld easily Have corresponded with her Panky; . wah try and power of application that ren\
