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OUR LONDON London, December io.—-No cess has attended the efforts . _ , - rsm « -- - th-iitti ..... have be ® 13 made during the last % veeks to effect a settlement, of differences between Prince mar of Denmark and his wife, and it is pretty well that henceforth they will Mve together apart, the children maining with their father at hagen, wherc their mother has rendered herself altogether impos sible. While 'Prince Waidemar is saint, yet sympathies both at and abroad are altogether with since the conduct of the has been of such an and eccentric character as to to the supposition that she is quite right in her head. She to take a positive delight in ing, ridiculing and even insulting old Queen Louise of mark ; quarreled with her ing lather-in-law, the king, as well as with the crown prince . and crown princess, and conducted hei self in such a way as to become the talk of the Danish capital. She became the pet aversion of the princess of Wales and the czar¬ ina, and during the last two years was purposely avoided by the late czar owing to her efforts to make use of her relationship with him, either for the good of her relatives or else for that of her country— France. Imagining herself far more clev¬ er than she really is, she permitted herself to be made a cat’s-paw by certain unscrupulous people in con¬ nection with the famous forged-let¬ ter scandal which had all Europe by the cars, and almost brought about a war between Germany and Russia, the conflict being averted only by Prince Bismark’s being able to submit in person to Alex¬ ander proofs of the fradulent character of the letters showni/to his Muscovite majesty by Prrficess Waidemar. » * Then, tco, she got into no end of a mess in connection with the scan¬ dal which resulted in the summarj’ recall in disgrace of the French en¬ voy to Copenhagen—the comte d’Aunaj— and, finally, she sudden ly sprung the comte de Paris and the duchess d’Orleans upon the hup py family party at Fre dens burg, much to the disgust of all the im¬ perial guests and .to the annoyance of the Russian emperor, who had absolutely refused to 6 ee or to hold any intercourse with the duke of Orleans when the latter was in St. Petersburg. Princess Waidemar never for¬ gave the late czar’s having forced Prince Waidemar to withdraw his acceptance to the throne of Bulga¬ ria a short time before it was offered to .its present occupant, Prince Ferdinand of Coburg. She bad hoped to be able to queen it there, and was bitterly disappointed in her expectations. Three, months ago she left her husband and chil¬ dren and journeyed to France and to^ England,. where she has re¬ mained ever since, absolutely re¬ fusing to go back, and having placed herself in such a position that she could not do so if she were it. Of course this means a financial loss to Prince Waidemar, since the annuity of $30,000 a year allotted to her on her marriage is payable to her personally 1 and be ill-af , can ford to bring up his children with¬ out ft, all the more so as tbe death of EmperOr Alexander has been a heavy pecuniary loss to the old king and queen of Denmark For Em Alexander, knowing M small is tbe civil list of the Danish king, and how utterly inadequate is his private fortune, was in tbe habit of paying a large allowance his .privol# 1 to the h» wife- ; i l Whether an actual pi— «—*»• •• BB a fervent cat l Prince ■ % Strangely enough the only sister of Princess Waidemar, Princess Marguerite of Orleans, who was jilted a few years ago by the duke of Orleans, has the reputation of showing a tendency to similar ec centricities, having the most ex travagant notions on many subjects, notably with regard to her rank and personal charms. There are not a few ptfeple who attnbute fttH-iW* fhte this lent lack «r of mental balance on the part of the two royal sisters, Marie and Margurite of Orleans, ’ to . ,, the fact that tneir . parents . . were first cousins, their father, the due de * Chartres uTa v' havino- Keen « mn nf the late duke of f n Orleans, i and their ■ mother a daughter of his jsailor brother, the prince de Joinville. Let .me add that Princess Walde mar d d nc t return to Copenhagen for the silver-wedding festivities of her brother-in-law,the crowr. prince of Denmark, and that she alone' of all her relatives sent no present or even a message of c jngratulation. Indeed, the breach between herself a nd the royal family of Denmark s eems to bo final and irreparable, Apropos of the royal family of Denmark, I would like to say that it is a great mistake to imagine that it is only people of humble rank who are in the habit of scratching their names on window panes, Thus, I noticed on the last occasion when I was in Denmark that one of the windows of the royal rail¬ road carriage, ordinariaHy used by King Christian and his children, is simply covered with signatures cut with a diamond. Among them I noticed “Bertie and Alix” (the prince and princess of Wales), “Sacha” (the late czar), “Noki” (the present czur)^ “Eddie” (the late duke of Clarence) and, of course, “Wilhelm” (the present emperor of Germany), wlio may be relied upon to put himself in evi¬ dence w henever he gets'the chance. To the gift of 1,000,000 florins to the charities of Vienna, just re¬ ported, there is quite a little story attached. The donor of this princely cont ribution is Baron Her mann Ivonigsw arter, the son and chief heir of that Hebrew banker, y/ho enjoyed for so many years the distinction of being the only mem her of his race and creed who oc C upied a seat in the Austrian house of lords. While serving as hussar in a regi¬ ment stationed at Grosswardein six years ago young Baron Hermann fell violently in love with the daughter of the well-known Hun¬ garian sportsman and nobleman, Ccmnt Blascowicz. The young ccuple found all sorts of obstacles thrown dn the way of their mar ring., Boron Komgswn.tor . thcent ening to disinherit his son if he abandoned his faith,while the Bias cowiczs would not hear of their daughter becoming a Jewess. Yet it was indispensable that one or the other should be converted, since marriages between Christians and Jews are strictly prohibited by Austrian law. Finally the young countess gave way and became a Jewess, to the horror of all her relatives. The marriage took place, and when she birth to a little Boy the joy .of her old father-in-law knew no bounds. Realizing the sacrifice which she had made for his sake, old baron canceled tlie <Jause in will that provided for the disin¬ of any child of his who become a convert to Christi¬ and inserted in lieu -thereof a that in the event of Baron Hermann abandoning the of his fathers he should forfeit florins of his property to of Vienna. LkRoy. W e are selling the dress goods 20 cent cheaper than jetitors can mm z- Big har¬ l ry day dnr > v jfk ff.OPT’Si ■ TARIS REPOSTERS. TO BE SUCCESSFUL THEY MUST BE BORN WITH TH* TALENT. What r& Expected of Them mad now Their Work is Graded—Why None of Them Are Old Men—One Reporter’s Experience In Securing Important Infor m ati on . . When the "chief of the service of in formations” consents to annex a do* bqfcante, his aptitudes are first utilized in the “department des chiens ereves.” Xhia * i8 tho professional slang for pick ing up such items at the police stations as are not sent» to the prefecture. For this work he will be paid ^ 3 or 8 oen timeg a Uue for those ser tod, on the average about one in twenty of what ho hands in. These modest auxiliaries have only exceptionally ^ the i^ perspective of t0 ake t b em80 noted. In deed their role is limited, for if they learn of an accident or an affair out of the common run they must telephone the fact to their papers, from whence tho chief sends as soon as possible oue or two staff reporters, but if the late ness of the hour or the gravity of the event justifies such an initiative, the titular of tho “chiens ereves” becomes somebody. In this case, if he is clever, he can render bis journal special service by avoiding a “beat,” and he will be well recompensed. This is why, over at .the Cafe du Coq d'Or, consumers some times hear a wmng man at a neighbor ing table shout gleefully to his com rades, “At last I have my first crimol” and the comrades press his hand and congratulate him warmly. Perhaps ho is promoted to the dignity of “enquetcur,” or interviewer. Now he receives a retaining salary of §50 to §00 a month and is paid extra for all tho lines ho writes, so that ho usually earns §25 to §30 weekly. He must give his definite measure, however, andshow if ho really has the gift of the profes sion, for after two or three failures he would bo thanked and have his head cutoff. Of tho 150 thf reporters who each year spring up on Parisian become press eight or ten at most survive and corporals and sergeants in tho profes sion. To succeed it is necessary not only ,to havo good health, perfeot boaring, a courtesy and education whioh permit of being received everywhere, hut groat cloamess of ideas and a remarkable power of ossimulatiou. The reporter may know nothing, but he? must be quick at understanding everything. It is necessary that, a question being gi von, ho shouldknow in a fow iustants who is tho person in Paris the most probable to solve it. He must'go to soo this per son or some ouo clso oqnally informed, and in 20 phrases of on interview gather a clear, net and precise resume of tho responses to malia He must also have tho scent of a dctectivo and abovo all love for his profession. I know a Paris reporter who was sent out to writo about the doings of a for eigu sovereign then at a French water ing place. Ho wont to tho chateau whgre the monarch was stopping, but was po litely UtoT kicketl out by tho dally," grand chamber ;■ Wo tol«^xph th, 1>M« said, new.i relative to his majesty to our notional papers. You can take from them for your columns.” This did not satisfy my confrere. Ho had been scut at much expense on this special work, and it would never do for lnm to do nothing daring hi, tojoaxu. A brilliant ing tag^t out the valuo ol tuo^ letters trans lSSgSeticktoS^ffeS^mS” ‘•^hfeuthatrionlf^hrSSTcvof sir, I will give you a lonis every man in, ,U ^tniil com nodpnn.» «nnrtot dZmlhTteL The^tda-^a^hehour drntSn^SvS! when the dispatches from tho the chateau anivea, j those two men were very busy in office over an imaginary correipomlenoe, bn* as sam as the Morse instrument bo gan to tick tbe old man inscribed on a sheet of paper letters at foreign words he did not understand. Tbe reporter read these words over hi* shoulder. 0a | official alspateu was scarcely ou When sumwSTIS vraT^rca thiT literal trauMlation to its sender by one of tho sovereign’s household, while, as for tbe royal guest and his grand dumtoWn. tlw W tin, pib«™ o» oerning re«iinj to themselves the tojotmid long before t^Ucoo, tlieit. national papers arrived. i When a reporter has in analogous ctr- i emnstsnoe. shown therosonroesofi his MfsaaassM as tionai that he garni, more Ml a and tbe ^ so the employment be filled Thi* is tho lB£S eeeeoa why why tboee who are age are pointed on before that age the do rep^’ mh**i*mr*it ’’ ftsssi of the fftoy.toig cS9C t that |. MAXIM'S NEW IDEA. A Fort la the Air Which Would Cost a j Fortune, but End a War. The celebrated inventor of the Maxim : gun, one of the most formidable oS moderh weapons, is hard at work, os he has been for a long time, upon the ole problem of aerial navigation. In one im¬ portant respect Maxim is working on different and less difficult lines than those which other inventors havo tried to follow. They have aimed at the de¬ vising of flying machines which could be operated at a cost not too great to ad mit of their use in tho ordinary busi nose affairs of life. Tho inventor of tho Maxim gun, however, is very nppropvi ately working, primarily, to produce a machine which can be used in warfare, For this purpoee it is not at all noces sary that the expense of air navigation should be low enough to bring it within reach of commerce or travel. What he is aiming at is the creation of a new and terrible engine of war, and every body knows that the great powers of Europe take little account of cost when they are doaling with tho armaments which they regard as essential to their very existence. If a flying machine or airship can be invented which will be efficient in ordinary weather and will enable tho power possessing it to attack the for tresses and camps of its enemies from above, there will bq a mad rush to ob tain plenty of tho new engines of de struction, no matter how much they may cost to build and operate. The pic ture of wholesale destruction'which is held up before the military mind wlien an inventor talks of pouring dynamite shells down upon a beleaguered fortress Into from a great height and thufcblow it atoms, without risk or possible do fense, is too attractive to permit money to stand in tho way at all. Perhaps we shall see that wonderful dream of the poet come true which is told in the lines: Hear tho heavens an with shouting and there rained a ahasily dew Froml J“SL^! ^ uavle8 “rePPUns in the ^traibiue. cveianc } ^ - Ax, Expen.iv. Cow. There is a man in Chicago who payB |18,000 a yoar for tlio privilege of keep ing a cow. He is asano man, a business man, a man of family and generally respected in the community. His poor rolativos deolaro him a freak, and his neighbors shrug their shoulders and murmur things about rich men’s whims, The way of it is that he possesses a val unblo building lot in a choioo residence portion of the city, and having nothing else to do with it he pnt a liioo little fenoe around it and quartered therein his pet Jersey cow. Tho cow was an artistic cow and harmonized well with the green turf and little bashes, so poo pie rather admired the arrangement. One day a man came along who thought he would like to build a house on that particular lot, so ho banted up the own er and made him a spot cash offer of |800,000 for the loud. His offer was ro fused, decisively and politely. “But," remonstrated a relative, aghast, “that would pay you $18,000 Why o a did j™ nta. it?” Tlio rich man lit a cigar and turned a protesting faoo on his accuser. “Yes,” assented in a puzzled way, “but what wouhl I have done with my cow?” —Chicago Record. in tim“ and sprionslv interfere if allowed to cross or touch each other. After that the trees will nearly take cAre of them ssor^^Wntzrt ' . are of a Utkin, dwarf habit If tho foot ct ffround, it will not bo too low. Tho beat tor cultivating is a disk or cutaway linrYrrTT Th m f l reach WnptJT bovond the toam and radoi: the branches ^ f ^ S^wSTSder ^^ “ toJf tto ^L ^cannStS A pW ^ 9 ot tv I^ at tl fac ^' trees ™<mtOa^ th t damrer oX of SSTU? ’ } t m ^t wnSlte » .mooth .. t do trees or in the space between, either 91 which would not bo desirable.—Phil adeiphia-Ledger.___ " Mi _ ht Stea lu „ .. u „ Tood l w >• i bolted i„ ^ wUch ^ 1<tt Willlo „ £ w un hnmrh» . ^ ® S^Sdihe might marry a man sSS«SSSS? ^tig drew in Paris because it “was so vary, very aheap, and she might need it for herself one of these days.” How poor Burtea woald have laughed over this true story!—8t Louis Post-Dis perqoct or family rtretef’ asked tbe ti< ft be* MacferT’ said tbe --•XAt % RelU” ebe replied, Bgggjgg . tL Yr t. *- CHANCE AND CHANGE. “There was »ros« by roar gate last yean Good neighbor, tell me now,” 1 m said, **Rave tho frosts of the winter left It. eere' Or bloom" It yet in your garden bod?” “Two for one ; Have tho red bml« blown, Two for on« ihftt thero uwid to bei AndmanyacUangatuayeax!” ■sssassas; said she “And there was a girl ’neAfh j-our rod last year. . Good neighbor, fell me now," ho said, “Docs her loot fall light in tiie coilugs near, wooed v f Or is sho und Is she wed?” She lies apart With a puisclobs heart, A brokon heart, •neath'ttiO red rose tree’ For there-’ii tneny «.<l„y * ’Twist May unti Stay, And many a chauye in a year!” snid site —Kate P. Ostrot tl m G'.nl Uonvbheepuur. TOO MANY SPARROWS. ■ TheEu^Birai. Not Even a Favorite w Uis ° wn Uome - It appears that the detested Eucjlish sparrow J s by no moans a general favor ito in his own home across the water, y ^ 01 ’ 0 his habits have been more care fully noted. "WiM * a 3 h 18 ™ B^ds, Useful and Injurious, , . in ths Boyal Agricultural society s journal, Mr. C. F. Archibald says: The sparrow has received an overflowing measure of abuse from farmers and gardeners, and,, notwithstanding alll that has been urged it9 **vor by enthusiastic advocates, there can be little doubt .hat it deserves * large snare of the vituperation be¬ stowed upon it. The keynote to the spar row s character is to be found in the delusion under which it Inborn that coru .Brewing earned on for its es pecml benefit. Grain is undoubtedly the mainstay of tee sparrow, j. his itob ^ms m the fields r.t seedame, when eproutmg, in the unripe, milky condi * 10 “- and when fully matured. At this last named period a quantity of grain is wasted by being shaken out on the g™und*)y the burde, in addition, to the amount actually consumed. At thi. time, too, numbers of sparrows which ive for the greater part of tho year in aro teinptwl to visit the field, their gniny appearance proclaiming usual Haunts, In gardens tho sparrow finds ful 8C0 P e f ° r its destructive propensities in devouring peas, of which it is very fond, ” °? es we J. ^ u t ^ e B most toy * goosobemes and way cher lfc pnlls - to pieces the flowers of ; tlio crocus, dahlia, primrose, polyanthus, hepatioa, heartsease, wistariu, tho shoots of pinks and carnations, tho pods of the ^burnum and the blossom of frtllt ! Te f 8 \ It a ^ so does consideiablo damage t° beds of young l-adishw ami lettuces, besides levying toll on the grass seeds mn8t 5* bo freoly •*“*“•* . 9®‘ *Jl e tha tho Bpar ' r°w does 1 a K^ nt deal or Among the posts destroyed _ by tho g £^^es- ciaterpi! ll “f« SiSw oboviss, otherwise known as Mayings, ^^£"45FiSSAfS ™ * “zr ^ *! iem _ Tll ° ff _ nall ty of _. weed seeds w hicli ' the spnrrpw eats must also bo placed to ‘“‘“ SJ ^ X ° * Wnd wcJi jLrtoot, S knotgwtatt^p, dantlollon, ohiok- Doobtful About tu« inmbt. «• not altraj. tltoniaoMoI ifLdnd. true” At a recent session a prisoner was in dieted for pocket picking and to most people in court the clearest possible case "JtSffisyrEtSi ..... to tell the jury before they retire?’ ’ aaid Jjijf 5 #U J.f „ l J , WaBfe ' ! “T , LTlu" It ’ , ’ow tb^’H give mo the benefit of the doubt,’’■replied the prisoner despond ently. J T e jury couriered ^helr verdict They were no little time owr it “Can I assist you in any way, gentle mon? ” the »* Iairt becoming impa tienfe ' “We are almost agreed, me lud, ” derstand what tbe doubt is tlie prisoner -Bondon TilvBits. Web mut'm rorirait. Daniel Wehster once sat for his por trait to tbe late G. P. Healy, and the «■*<■*■* wtot Uni artist’s favorite auecilotes in after years, “I think. ” said Webster as he looked at bis oonnterfeit presentment, “that is a^|gj * ** I ^ Te ihaTe ^ Tbe are philosophers. ox should dte, the Ww never “How I mast go to work tor (all white taoi who treat them well are called masters), and six mouths be will give me a cow. will have a call If it is a bull caM, a year I’ll hate a pair of * should it be a heifer calf I’m all the richer, for tho next year I’ll tews two of one. ’’—Hew York r— • Fart mt thm IHrtU I T—Bm The Young Housewife-—Havo yea any Tbe Young Hoorewife-Well, send a eon pic in tin* for dinner, mid 1 notu® ti n, - — ■ * ' ■ " -■ FT! If yon waxii . ■' _ THE you to see • . ; . also , ; . save you money and . sewing-maciunes, * tv >«?™ « can m-™* sell VOU US ng. »y e cycle for $45—-one that used ei.her by lady or ge 1 . * CHli -- ■ V-v, / BttV! ! #K North Tn a ROUTE OF THE CHICAGO and IMJT NASHVILLE THB OHLt ... rr - ®1 .. 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