The Pembroke County Guardian and Cardigan Reporter

A Palatial White Elephant. Trentham Hall, the most magnificent of the many seats of the Leveson-Gowers. seems likely to become a white elephant to the Duke of Sutherland. What with the insani- tary condition of the River Trent, which runs through the park, and the insanitary state of the Hal. itself, the Duke found it unn for the residence of himself and family, and offered it to the Staffordshire County Council for a college, who, however, have* declined it on the score of the heavy cost necessary to make it habitable. The prototype of Dis- raeli's "Brenthaui" in "Lothair," is conse- quently going abegging, a singular fate for so magnificent a place. The Dukes of Suther- land own about one-fortieth part, of the land in Britain, and their oldest possession in Eng- land is Li'leshall in Salop, which came to them "through the marriage of Sir Thomas Gower in the 17th century to the heiress of Sir John Leveson.

The King of Spain and Princess Ena. King Alfonso is expected towards the end of the month to visit the Isle of Wight, where Princess Henry of Battenburg and Princess Ena have been staying since their return from abroad. The King will preserve, a strict incognito, and will pass the time motoring to the many places of interest in the islaru and yachting with the Princesses in the Solent. Princess Henry of Battenberg is as much at- tac-hed to the beautiful Isle of Wight as was Queen Victoria, and Osborn Cottage, her re- sidence close to Cowes. is a delightful country house. The wal'.s are adorned with numerous sketches, which her Royal Highness has mal." at home and abroad, and with charming photo- graphs, which testify to Princess Henry's high accomplishements in photographic art. Pre- parations for the forthcoming wedding have been engaging the interest of all at Osborne Cottage, and Princess Ena, who is a good linguist, has devoted a good deal of time to the study of the language of Cervantes.

The Royal Houses of England & Spain. In the eyes of the "Legitimists," King i fonso has a nearer claim to the throne of England than has King Edward. They <- not regard him as the rightful King <>f Spain, and only those who cou.d unravel the net- work of intermarriages between the Royal houses of England and Spain, could make- out a hypothetical claim for him to the British Crown. It is nevertheless quire true that King Alfonso has a good deal of English blood in his veins, whilst Princess Ena has some Spanish, and both owe something to Scot- land from their descent—distant as it may be—from Mary Queen of Scots. From the year 1170, when Eleanor, daughter of Henry II., married Alfonso VIII., there have been intimate connections between the Royal fami- nes of England and Spain, and it was the union between the son of Edward III., and Isobel, daughter of the King of Castile, from which sprang our Yorkist kings. As Royal marriages go, those between the Royal houses of the two nations have been generally fortu- nate, a fact, let us hope, which is of happy augury to the forthcoming marriage of King Altonso and Princess Ena.

The Spanish affection for the Fan. The fan ha? always been an important weapon in the mimic warfare of coquetry and flirtation," and in no country is its use made so much an art as in Spain. To the Spanish woman it is all-important, and whether she is in church, or a place of amusement, whether visiting or walking, it is always in her hand. Greece, we are told, was the first European country to adopt the fan, in France it achieved its most artistic flights, but in Spain, where girls are subject to the strict surveillance of the ever-present chaperone, and constant espi- onage, the fan has always been looked upon with the greatest affection, as a weapon of offence and defence in social life.

ii,11111 ii iijniiMi-i iiiwiiiL n1í£I'1D" [ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.] THE MYSTERY OF MAISMORE MANSIONS. By BURFORD DELANNOY. CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW'S MIGHT A LITTLE widow—clever, shrewd, up-to-date; possessed of a plenitude of planetary knowledge and skill to adapt it to the world's requirements & relict o'er whom the elder Weiler would have waxed eloquent. She had two strings to her bow, two beaus to her string thought that—if the colloquialism may be permitted—she had them both on string. That was the big error of her life she saw it when too late. The mill cannot grind with the Orator that is past. One cf the chords she believed to be sound and taut. Upon that it was her intent W dis- course profitable music. She admitted to l'r:elf that the other had weakened. That was her mistake it had broken. Ignorant of that, she imagined that the breaking would result profit ably to herself. Woman of the world—as she was labelled by those who knew her—she was more than a trifle piqued at the break she thought impending. That it was, perhaps, which caused her to read aga:in-with a meed of doubt in the perusal- the letter she had just penned. She was sitting at a writing-table in her little drawing-room. Sat there, stroking her mouth with the penholder's end, whilst holding the letter in her other hand. Her lips were curling at a recollection which flashed on her-that the piece' of paper she held was part of some quires which had been given her by the man to whom she was) writing. It had been a little present-one of many he had showered on her in the early period of his infatuation. That had not been of a stable kind had entered at the window and gone out by the door. Her address, Maisinore Mansions, St. John's Wood," appeared on the paper as a heading, in old-fashioned type. In the left hand corner slanted the embossment of her Christian name, Sybil." Appeared as if written there, a facsimile of the tstyle in which she signed her letters. Finishing the reading, she put down the pen, folded the letter in half, then paused again; wondered whether she was doing quite the wise thing in writing as plainly as she had done. The doubt prompted her to read the letter yet again My dear Geoffrey,- In your last litter you told, me that you VEVER icanted to hear /rom me again. That was not polite it was not KIND. You will see from this that I have disobeyed. Rather strange, is it not, that YOU should think the tables sufficiently turned to justify your com- manding ME. J, ivho, not so very long ago had but to express a wish to find YOU obeying it. I have seen. the announcement of your forthcoming marriage in that scrappy society paper you detest so much. It explains so MANY things, and it prompts me to write to you. Plainly, I did'not ihinl: that you could have behaved to mc as yon have done that you would allow me. to glean from a newspaper whqt you were evidently AFRAID to person- ally tell me. I do not propose to set out here any description of the feelings you may have aroused, in me at any time, or to tax you with the INJUSTICE of your behaviour; I am fully ahve to the fact that it would be SHEER WASTE OF TIME. Still, I have to write you PLA IN L Y, because I want you to grasp the fact that you cannot fool EYERY ivoman. To understand that, at least, do not intend to let you P LA Y with me. I have often heard you say, presumably meaning it, that business is BUSINESS. And another phrase of yours was, I think, that you were a hard nitt to crack in a bargain. Now. my dear Geoffrey, JV E have a nut to crack, and I hope, despite any defects in the wording of this letter, that you will consider it a purely BUSINESS one. I understand NO IF that the a flection you professed for me was a mere passing one that you were AMUSING yourself. Let me tell you that you were not amusing 'ME it was another version of the old faNe of the boy and the frogs—Aisop, was it not, who framed it ? Did he make the boys pay for the pleasure they gained from their cruelty P I forget but I want you to understand that YOU will have to pay for your pleasure. Perhaps because, you knew I was a widow you thought. I was" good game "-I have heard men talk so. The intent of this letter is to show you. that you were WRONG. Had you treated a girl in her teens the way you treated me. I suppose she would have sat down and sobbed her handkerchief wet to wringing point, and there would have been an end of it so far as you were concerned you would not have been troubled. Doubtless you are laying the flattering unction to your soul that YOU will have no trouble, over your little affair with me. My dear Geoffrey, you arp WRONG. I have not gone through life..with my eyes shut. I am not a tearful girl, hut a widow and a woman of the world. The combination is proverbially an artful one. Whether it is true or otherwise does riot affect our matter I ivant you to realise that to he rul of me will cost yon money. I understand from the society journal in which I saw your forthcoming marriage, announced, that the happu bride is to be a Ni lhe Hampton. I took the trouble to inquire who this lady was, and found that I had met lter mother at an At Home. I have therefore an fcXChSE for calling on her if (t becomes NEC ESS AR Y for me to do so. I have been going through a little packet of letters. They number fifty-two—as many as there are weeks in a year, but it did not take you the third part of that time to write them. Yes. my dear Geoffrey, YOUR love-letters to 9n. tied round- icith a pretty little piece, of blue ribbon. Yal wonder, perhaps, why I mention them? BECAUSE I WANT TO ASCER- TAIN FROM YOU TIIEIR VALUE. You will think that VERY plain speaking -1.crhaps mercenary on my part. Shall I rusk appearing offensive to you, Geoffrey, by 1, ililly you that I do not value your opinion of me a scrap ? But I do certainly value those ft fly-hen warmly worded letters-value them rcry much higher, I am afraid, than you will be inclined to. PLAINLY, I u-avt money not so much hccausel am in need of it as that I want to hurt you, in your most Hal part. You are a MEAN n'tan, Geoffrey. I can picture you flinching when you read that, because no man less likes his failings pointed out to him but you are distinctly JIEAN. To make you part with a big sum, of money will be the most SEVERE blow I can strike at you. I MEAN to strih. I mean to make you. part with- a big round sum, don't you call it ?—for those fiftu-iwo letters. To-day -is Tuesday. To-morrow you must send me your offer for that little tied-up-icith- ribbon bundle. You must tell me what 11011 think they are worth. And your estimate must be on a very liberal scale, or I shall call on Mrs. Hampton and show them to her dauyhtcr. At present I don't know that lady. It remains for YOU to say whether I am to make her acquaintance.— Yours, SYBIL. The perusal at an end, Mrs. Sybil Easton folded the letter again. The creasing was a mechanical act, because the reading of the letter—her third reading—convinced the writer that the com- munication was aot framed wisely or well. In, fact, she was woman of the world enough to know that a very ugly name could be endorsed .i1aL -=-=- .II! on it. It would appear to so closely approach blackmailing. Then again, it is ever a distinct mistake to let your mousetrap smell of cheese. It was blackmail She did not attempt to disguise that fact from herself. As a matter of fact, Geoffrey had never inspired any love in her. Hut he was a well-to-do man. That appealed to her. She vtas given to much talk of the fortune left her by her dead husband but. really, it had been small enough to forget. She had ¡'oped to better her position by linking her f dure with the man she was now trying to black- nn il. Geoffrey, on his part, had cried off. At first, i 'fjituated by the many little prettinesses which wore second nature to the widow, he had been hot o' love. Perhaps he cloyed perhaps the fascination waned. Anyway, his visits took on the attribution of ansels gnnv few and far between. Then he met Nellie Hampton. That was a crisis in his life. The admiration he felt for her at his first meeting ripened grew rd o on his part, sincere affection—love. The first time, perhaps, in his life that he really, truly, ■oved. What had gone before were merely flames nf passion, so ephemeral that there were not even any ashes left. h:$realisation that he found no favour in ISieilie's eyes, he in no way despaired. He had her mother on his side that lady was an impor- • ant factor, one in the Hampton household to be reckoned with. The Hamptons were poorly off, Geoffrey was wealthy. Therein lay the secret of the mother's favour. At last the girl, yielding to the heavily- brought-to-bcar infliien,e-practically forced to assent—gave an unwilling promise, stipulating that the marriage should take place a long way ahead. Mrs. Hampton lost no time in blazoning the news abroad. Heif5f,rospeetive son-in-law was Alliance < er with & wea. „ was a good thing, one certain to be spoken t the housetops. It made her way with the :1.: tradesmen easier. Hence it was that the matter found its way f o the piai-agrapliists Appearing as an item of s■ eif t'y news, it was read by Sybil Easton. She something of the Hamptons' position ^•'uid but little comfort in the knowledge. IT it came to a battle, if Geoflrey were not v;uenable to reason, she feared ability to work i:: i! the harm she desired. Because Mrs. Hampton \11:11 not, perhaps, respond so readily if shown letters • would not view the written evidence so fearful a light. Wealth iliiglit, in the mother's eyes—like charity —cover a multitude of sins. That it was which Sybil pause again and again over the fram- of the letter she was sending to the man who l ad j hrown her over. 1 f she failed with Mrs. Hampton, then not only would she be baulked of her revenge, but, prac- t ically, she placed herself in the power of the man she was aching to hurt. No. She determined that the letter must not go worded so it was tqo nsky. Drawing another sheet of paper from the little stationery rack in front of her, she essayed again —more briefly this time Mrs. Sybil Easton has some letters which J/r. Geoffrey Grey has at odd times during the last year sent her. Mrs. Easton desires that Air. Grey will to-morrow evening, Wednesday, caU on her at the above address, at nine o'clock, when she will be disposed to hand them over to him. Tt at is better She spoke the approval to herself. That is non-committal. All I said in this first letter is wrong." She picked it up as she spoke, tore it into frag- ments, walked to the fireplace, and, tossing the pieces to the flames, watched 'their burning. Continued All can be said at an interview, and with so much greater safety. He will not hesitate to come he will fear my doing something with those letters. The very vagueness, his wonder about what should do, cannot fail to act as a magnet. He will come. Then it will be easy to make my own terms with him." She rang the bell on her table. In response her maid, the one servant she kept, entered the room. By that time Sybil had enclosed the letter in an envelope; was directing it. Susette, put on your hat and take this letter to the post-office. Send it by express mes- senger." Threepence, Madame ? Quite right. The Club is within the mile limit. Stay. I have stamps here." She took some as she spoke from a drawer in her table handed them to the girl. Added Affix these and go at once. Oh, and Susette, yon asked me which evening I should be out this week 1 I assume fiom that you want to go out ? If it please you, Madame.. I have the oppor- tunities to go to the theatres." Very well. To-morrow, Wednesday, you can do so. I am dining out, so you can go as soon after six o'clock as you think fit." Thank you, Madame." The girl left the room. The widow walked to the fireplace. Standing with her foot on the fender, she looked down into the fiamfs, think- ing. Suddenly she started ran to the door, called Susette Called to empty rooms; the giil had gone, With a hand lingering on the handle of the door, hesitating, the widow thought again muttered I don't often make such an egregious fool of myself as that How could I possibly have for- gotten ? So muttering, with frown-puckered brow, she walked back to her place hy the fire. Stood there, continuing her train of -thought Never mind. I said nine o'clock in my letter to Ceoffrey. Percy will be here—at what time, did he say ? She went to the writine-table. From a drawer in it, selected a letter which had arrived by that afternoon's post. It read: My dear Mrs. Easton,— I You can't think how gratified I am at your promise to allow me the. pleasure of taking you to the Palace to-morrow, Wednesday, night. I obeyed your instructions have got two stalls in the second row. I could not quite remember which turn it 1NIS yon- so much wanted to sc, but I shall call for you at eight o'clock- prompt. You were most unkind, I think, in not allow ing me to take you somewhere to dinner b> t I suppose I must be thankful for small mercies. With kindest sincerest regards, behcK-e me, Yours tery truly, PERCY LISLE. CHAPTER If. AT TIIE PALACE THEATRE THE element of leluctance in Nellie Hampton's acquiescence was not without basis subrnis-ioii to her mother's will had nut been made without a violent inward struggle. It arose from nothing she found objectionable in Geoffrey Grey was rather that she loved another man. The stream of true love has a way of running other than smoothly. Then, too, in this iiisttiiico it was easy to interrupt its course. Mrs. Hampton —a woman of the world—knew well enough how to roughen the water. Constant dripping weareth away stone. Nellie agreed to marry the man her mother was for ever forcing on her. But it was an agreement made at a time when heat of temper blinded her judgment. That is a condition of sight into which a girl often falls, on the crest of a quarrel with the man she really loves. Experienced Mrs. Hampton, watching the tide of her daughter's affairs, took it at the turn. So far as her own plans were con- cerned, it looked like leading on to success. Percy Lisle had been recognised by Nellie Hampton as her lovet. No such recognition was obtained from his prospective mother-in-law. Had he been less human, probably tho complication in which he found himself involved later would never have arisen. He was of simple nature hot-tempered, easily led, with difficulty driven. Mrs. Hampton, clever at character reading, bad no difficulty in his nnmrnr11 ■iiiiwiwrrimn—IWW—MUM IMWIMIN'ii » "IN* ■■ ■■ perusal. Having done so. she had plastic material to hand for quarrel-making. The Lisle, family was one of the oldest in tho land. They had, too, obeyed the divme behest — increased and multiplied. Ther' was a. lone row of children Percy at the bottom of it, a younger son. F6r that reason he was not the most welcome of guests at Mrs. Hampton's house. But warmth of his love for her child made him ignore the coldness of the mother's reception. His visits there were never dllP to any invitation on Mrs. Hampton's part. As a matter of fact, he was deeply in love with the daughter. Despite the agreement to marry another, Percy's feeling for her was one she reciprocated. She could not, indeed, have been much more in love with him than she was. That part of the -ffa was wholly satisfactory. Indeed, the lack of jra^i-.al approval had been the only cloud on thek I:cr;on. That—at first no bigger than a man's hand- grew. Mrs. Hampton realised the danger threat- ening her daughter. Marriage with a penniless pauper was a thing to be avoided at all costs. As a matter of fact, that alliterative description of her child's lover was not in any way correct. Percy was not as badly off as that. Circumstances shaped so that the cloud of Mrs. Hampton's disapproval grew larger—grew till it burst. Geoffrey Grey appeared upon the scene, and the mother extended a large-sized hand of welcome. For her daughter's sake, she said. Really it was based on a desire to gratify her own ambition. The domestic storm which arose, when Nellie cold-shouldered the new arrival, was so strong that the gir! bent her head to it. Indeed, it became absolutely necessary for her so to do, if she desired a moment's peace beneath the roof of her strong-willed mother. The friction at home was lessened by Nellie's behaving in colder fashion to the man of her heart. She was false to the promptings of that inward monitor in doing so but needs must when the devil drives. That behaviour was not of a kind likely to appeal to Percy Lisle. Simple as he was, he possessed a temper all his own. Nellie's frigidity ill accorded with his ideas of the fitness of things he was very young. There was in him all the readiness in the world to believe Mrs. Hampton possessed of devilish attributes, but he had no faith in the policy of holding a candle to her Things got to so heated a condition at last, that Nellie, in her heart hoping that the file of time would wear things smooth—obeyed her motner yet further. She told the man she loved not to come to the house again. The effect was as the pouring of petroleum on a kitchen fire. Not unnaturally, Percy flared up. Flung himself out of her presence, swearing never to enter it again. Before doing so he had said things which, an hour later, he could have bitten ilis tongue oil' for having uttered. One word in the io.;rview-as in most inter- views of the kind—had led to another. The girl, in her turn, had been incensed at what she called his unreasonableness; spoke things which, in her calmer moments, she, too, bitterly regretted. Her repining was the keener because, during the time she was being forced into welcaming Geoffrey s visits, the stolen interviews with her lover had been the only comfcrt in her life the salve for her heart-wound. After, the quarrel the wound gaped she felt that she had thrown away what might have healed it. (To be continued.)

— — STRANGE FAMILY SQUABBLE. FATHER AND HIS SONS. A strange family squabble came before Mr. Justice Darling. Mr. T. J. Porter, a saddler, of Shepherd's-market, sued his son, Arthur, for X'iOO in respect of two sums for which plaintiff alleged an IOU had been given, and afterwards torn up by defendant. The latter denied the debt, and both he and his brother entered cross-actions against their father. Mr. Porter and his two sons worked to- gether in the father's shop. Mr. Porter al- leged in the witness-box, that when the subject of the loan was referred to in the shop on June 2G last year, Arthur snatched the IOU out of his hand, ran out of the shop, and destroyed the document, while the other son held his father s hands. Tlv- police were called in, and both sons were detained at the police- station all night; but they were dismissed by the magistrate next muniing. ^According to the suggestion of Mr. Marshall Lall, who appeared for the defence, Mr. Porter returned from lunch on the day in question the worse for drink. Entering" the shop where the two sons sat at the bench in their aprons and sliirt-sleeves, he cried—" I want that money-that £ 300 I" "What moneyr" said Arthur. The money I lent you." "WIlY you had the money!" retorted the son. I mean to have it ncw!" said Mr. Porter, and turning to his other son he added, And I mean having you, too! Mr. Porter said this version was false. "Is it not a fact that you have often dur- ing the last year to two. given way to drink?" asked Mr. Hall. "No!" said the plaintiff. .rlave you ever been the worse for drink?" "Oh, ves!" replied plaintiff fiex-cely. "Have you?" "I really must answer you truthfully- never!" responded Mr. Hall. "I will give my- self that testimonial, Mr. Porter!" Aftei tho police-court incident, the brotherg set uj) a shop of their own two or three hun- dred yards from their father's place. The latter threatened that if they put the name of Porter over the shop, he would pull it down, as they had no legal right to the name. The brothers alleged that this was the first time their father had toltf them of their illegiti- macy, but the plaintiff in the box declared they had known it for years. The result was a deed of partnership be- tween the old man and his sons. The evidence had reached this stage when the judge recom- mended a settlement, and after a brief consul- tation, the actions were withdrawn. "iJ

R BREAKFAST ji DR IN J( J^DBURrs W n cocoa | THE TEST OF TIjE. Times, customs and maimers ch mge with every generation, but nevertheless th<eo are a number or our daily foods which enjoy increasing popularity lrom year to year. First and foremost among these is Cadbury's Cocoa, which has stood th( tpst of time, as well as every other test that can be applied. The medical profession counsel the public to choose Cadhury's in preference to the many cocoa admixtures, which are sold under the name of Cocoa. No article of domestic consumption is more deservedly popular than Cadbury's Cocoa. From year t» year the demand becomes greater, and the number of British people employed in its manufacture increases. ADVERTISE in the Pembroke County Guardian." l- i V-RS) hiu NEEis. Q-wilyrn "'[";11 "V' r" ÿ"'ll S' :.i v.,¡, Y í ,1 H II a j h. .1 .8 Quinine Betters. JJ L'J d L. t S. v..¡!J THE VEGETABLE TONIC. THE HET REMEDY OF THE AGE. It is purely vegetable, and is equally suitable for uo¡.: or old, at all seasons of the year. It is specially adapted to the needs of, and forms an agreeable T!)i,in for, delicate people. I YM EVANS' BITTERS for Weakness. ILyrj EVANS' BITTERS for Nervousness, G WJLY;U EVAKS' BITTERS for Depression of Spirits. MWILYM EVA BITTERS for Sleeplessness. (JW ILYM EVA.L\ S' BITTERS for Blood Disor,Jels. CiWlLYAI EVANS' BITTERS ior Chest Affections. G'A U.YM.EVANS' HITTERS for Ind igestion. tfYiTLYM EVIŒS' BITTERS fcr Dyspepsia. GWILYA1 EVANS' BITTEi-S for Liver Complaints. r r rnfa, Avoid imitations. See that von get w.iv < un. GWILYM EVAXS' QCININE BITTEKS. not be persuaded to try any other. See the name GWILY:J FVANS on the label, ^tp.mp, and Bottle. PHICES Bottles, 2s 9d double size, 4s 6d. Sole Proprietors- aUININE BITTERS MANUFACTURING CO., LIMITED, LLANELLY, SOUTH WALES.

SCIENCE CLEANINCSr The Journey of Death." There is in New Mexico a great waterless and shadeless plain which the first, white men who explored, it cabled the "Jornado del Muerto" or "Journey of Death," because they believed it to be next to impossible to traverse its hundred miles of loose porous soil. But the last volume of the United States Geological. Survey discloses that the ter- ros of this desert were largely imaginary. For if any pioneer had had the energy to sink a well he would, un ike the famous Mr. Dow, have easily found water. For three hundred and fifty years the "Jprnado del luertu" enjoyed its evil reputation, and then a well was sunk, in which at 160 feet cool, soft water was found. Since then other wells have been sunk and water in quantity is usuahy f'miy] ai 50 leet to 75 fe«t. charaC' of the soil is such, as Professor Keynes points out in the report which he made for the United States Survey, that ai. the rainfall and all the water from the mountains surround- ing the desert plain immediately sink below its surface, and it is, in fact, a natural reser- voir of the most abundant underground water: -:{¡:-

New Tunnelling Method. Paris has had less experience Than London in tunneling under her river highways, 1 she has hit on an alternative to the boring method employed by British engineers in the cases of the Blackwall Tunnel and the Water- loo Tubes. The method employed by the Paris contractor, M. L. Chagnand .for the tun- nel which is to carry the new Paris Metropoli- tan Railway under both branches of the Seine- is a r-ombinafjon of the caisson tube and the old "cut and cover" devices. It might seem impossible to app.v the cut and cover method under water, and so it would be but for the tube. But M. Chaernand's ell- gineers first build the tube. then "float it out into the Seine, -then sink it till it lies in t path where it should go. and finally dig it in till it lies in, rather than the 1., of the river at the proper depth. The first caisson or iengih of stee' tube, which weigh*1 280 tons, was towed to the point where it was to be sunk, and was lowered filled with water, till it rested on a horizontal bed which had been dredged for it on the bed of the river. The gradual sinking of it in the mud a earth is now ta-king place. The cost will be. it is estimated, about £ 600,000 for the whole runnel, which wil. be about two-thirds of u mile in length. -0:-

Koman u Heavy Artillery." For many years the German Government has been carrying on a systematic exploration of the ruined fortifications along the (line of the Roman military frontier extending from the Danube, near Regensburg, to the Rhine, near Neuwied. The work received a new impetus some years ago from the Kaiser's in- terest in it, and from the restoration accord- ing to his order of the best preserved fort, the Saalberg, near Frankfort. In this fo- t have been mounted three pieces of Roman ordnance," which have been reconstructed by Major Schramm in accordance with ancient descriptions. One of The pieces is called the euthytonon," and has proved capable of driving a dart through an iion-piated shieid at 1,200 feet distance; another, the V paliuto- rOll," hurled a stone 600 feet, and t'he thiid piece, an "onager," threw a pound bullet 460 feet-all performances which are bett, r than those achieved by the earliest gunpowder cannon. Some drawings of Major Schramm's reconstructed palintonon were shown to Pro- fessor Hulsen in Rome, and reminded him of a relief carving on a tombstone which is now in the Vatican Museum, and which had been supposed to represent either a lock or a surveyor's level. There is no doubt nON that it real'y represented a palintonon. This was a very appropriate device, for the tomb was that of a Roman captain of Artillery who served under the Emperors Vespasian and Do- mitian. Similar bas-reliefs have been found on Trajan's column and on The Perganv 1 relief now in Berlin, but these are far inferior to the one on the tombstone of the Roman officer, which was probably executed, accord- ing to the Roman custom", before his dea and under his expert super\ision. o:

The Ocean Floor. After more than five years' work the mao of the oceanic world, which was begun undcV the auspices of Messrs. Sauerwein and Tolle- mer at the expense of the Prince of Mora, has been published and a copy presented to the Academie des Sciences. In a review of it attention has been ea led to the re- semblance which the bed of the ocean beais to an earth surface in the possession of hills, plains, mountain peaks, valleys, and ravines, The Atlantic Ocean, for example, covers two vast valleys; one of these passes between the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores and is of great depth. It runs close up to Europe and comes to an end at the British Isles, where fv.ie t^K ?? cres^ of land separates it from the North Sea. The other va ley runs princi- paily parallel to the first, from which it is separated by an elongated strip of land of which the Azores form an above-sea combina- tion. Above this strip the water is never as much as two miles deep and its own height above the surrounding ocean floor is about b,500 feet to 7,000 feet. The first of the valleys which we have mentioned is very deep. Its bottom is at a depth of four miles. Passing along South America and leaving the Ber- mudas to the west it passes along Newfound- and and Labrador, finally ending just so of Greenland. The sub-Atlantic landscape then consists of two parallel valleys separated from each other by a mountain range. Fur- ther north the land lies higher and the sea is relatively shallow. Betweeu Greenland and the Continent due to Iceland and the islands of the Channel there is a huge pla n free from any depressions worthy of mention. None of the greatest depths can be found in the Atlantic. The most noticeable are 300,000 feet ravines off the coast of New Zea land.

LADIES' LETTER. Women's Political Clubs. One feature of the growing activity of women in public affairs is the starting of political clubs for women, of which the first-- lie "Ladies' Imperial "-is to be opened in London in a few weeks' time. It is in- tended to correspond to the Carlton Club, and will be devoted to the interests of the Conservative party. This is quite a new departure, as although women have taken a very active part in the work of the Primrose League, they have not hitherto gone in for fuli-Medged political clubs. No doubt there wil soon be a Women's Reform Club, or a Ladies' NaUonal Liberal Club, but in view of recent disturbances in Downing Street, and the onslaughts upon. Sir Henry Campbell Ban- nerman's dooricnocker, the founders mav not receive the entire support and sympathy of tiie Prime Minister.

Fashions for Bridesmaids. The weddings arranged to take place after Easter and before May, are very numerous, and dressmakers who can be found ready to promise a gown until the unlucky month is well advanced, are few and far betwcen. Bridesmaids' toilettes are difficult always at this season of the year, but during the pre- sent spring they have proved problems indeed. Winter fabrics are, of course, out of the question, and so the unhappy girls have been forced to don late spring and summer attire, with the thermometer down a. most to zero. At a fashionable wedding which took place in London last week, a woman was heard to re- mark that there seemed a considerable scar- city of pretty bridesmaids this spring. As a matter of fact the giri-s have been as pretty, if not prettier, than ever, but the east win. has robbed many of* their good looks, and noses and blue complexions being sufficient to render the best looking amongst them plain. In the matter of headgear, however, brides- maids are particularly fortunate just now. llats of medium size, much bedecked with flowers, and with coloured chiffon veils turned back, and allowed to float about the shoulders are correct, and very graceful and becoming they prove. For ordinary street wear, floating- veils aren ot permissible, but for weddings, receptions, and with toilettes of an elaborate order, they are as much in request as ever.

Up-to-date Headgear. The hat of the moment is the simple little hape which closely resembles the "sailor," the crown being somewhat high, and the brim narrow. This is sharply raised, either at the side or back, and is being trimmed with wieaths of fruit and flowers, the former for choice. A delightful revival is the black hat with coloured trimmings, a combination that has not been permitted for several sea- sons past. With a light summer toilette the black hat is far more effective than a light one to match, provided we touch it with a colour or colour to match the gown or trim- mings. The familiar all-black hat, with white or light toilettes, is generally a success, but it does not suit every woman, moreover we are becoming a little tired of all-black hats and toques.

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