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16 MARRIAGE LAWS IN CUBA. AND THE DISAGREEABLE IMPRES SION THEY MADE ON A SIFFEHER. i Savannah Girl Who Recently Went Through the Ordeal Write* an In tereaitiug Descriptive toconnt ot Her Trial*—The Bundle* of Red Tape That Go to the Tying of the Nuptial Knot in the Pearl of the Antillen The Judge and Him Scribe* and Their Solemnly Funny Action*—That Functionary Failed to Keep Him Engagement With Contraction,; Parties. A Savannah young uoman, who recent ly went through the ordeal of marriage in accordance with the rites and cus toms observed in the Pearl of the An tilles. has written an interesting account o£ some of the necessary preliminaries to one of her friends in this city. To one accustomed to the neatness, ce lerity and dispatch with which these things are, or may be, transacted in the states, the Cuban customs seem to con stitute a rather distressing barrier. The heroine of the present story sums up her advice to those Americana, who chance to be in Cuba when they are struck with the desire to commit matrimony in a word or two: “Take a transport and go back to the states.” She describes the marriage laws and customs thus humor ously: “The church service is not considered legal here, and has to he prefaced by a civil service. This s. rvice is conducted by a judge and three scrib-s. All the records are kepi in triplicate, and in different de posit vaults, so the record of a marriage in Cuba cannot be very well lost. “First one has to secure from the judge of the district in which one last resides a cerdftcaie as to character, etc. To this must be added a certificate of birth, a certificate of baptism, and a sworn and detail and account of one’s residence, where and how long continued in each place. A certificate of the death, If it has occurred, of either or both of your parents, your age, sworn to, occupation and intentions, aie also among the preliminaries. The of ficial notice of the approaching wedding: has to be published for fifteen days be forehand, and all papers filed with the judge at least U n days before the princi pal event is to take place. “After all this is done, the judge and his scribes seat themselves very pompous ly and write H all in the three books be fore you, the judge dictating to the scribes, and then you sign and swear to the state ments made in the three books. Of course, if you don’t know any Spanish you are apt to get muddled, but then the judge will tell you that it really doesn’t matter, but just to sign anyway. No one will ever care one way or the other. “After everything is signed, and all has been translated to you, you are told to stand up. This you do with as good grace as you can mueter, and then the Judge turns to the man and says: ‘Will yer tak di for good or bad, eh?’ He is supposed to answer ‘Yes.’ Then the judge turns to the woman and says: ‘You tak he?’ If her answer is in the affirmative, he asks them both: ‘You sure you want marry, eh?’ Then he instructs you as to what your duties are. You are supposed to live together in mutual love, respect and obe dience. (Note the last word, it refers to both). If the man should go away to a foreign country the woman and her friends are to take steps either to send herr after him or to bring him back. The woman is not supposed to go away. One must be good-tempered and cheerful, and In limes of trouble smile and be happy. “Well, after this has all been said, the judge asks you if you will do “all dees,” and then says: “Now, it done—you be married.” Then he holds out his hand for his fee. which is given him in an envelope. He opens the envelope, counts the gold, 9mlles benignly, beckons to his scribes: they line up, and all shake hands with the bride and then with the groom, telling her to be “muchee good” and wish ing him “good luck.” Together, with tl*e broken English, the Dlckens-like character of the man and the incongruity of the whole thing. It was not a single bit sacrod to us. In the present Instance there were fur ther complications even than three the marriage laws themselves supplier!. The judge and his assistant had agreed to be on hand at a certain time, but shortly be fore the hour named he came to announce that he could not fill the engagement. He made this announcement with an en gaging naivite that disarmed the anger of the principal sufferers, and they made an immediate change in their own plans. The religious ceremony was celebrated first, the civil function being deferred un til a later hour in the evening, when the convenience of the magistrate permitted his attendance. THOUGHT Rimi.\ KILLBO. Thr Rnmor Gained Widespread Cre dence in Savannah. Those who take interest in such things and listen when news of prize fights is being talked, were of the belief yesterday that Gus Ruhlln had passed in his checks as a result of the stiff punches that had been administered by Bob Fitzsimmons. In some way or other the rumor got abroad that such was the case, and there was genera! credence given it. The sporting public found the news by no means pleasing. Il was thought that, if such were really the case, the days of prize fighting in New York would be cut shorter than they even now give appear ance of being. The big fights still on the boards, it was thought, would not he pull ed off. as the moral element In the big city might rise up and demand that there be no more prize fights. The rumor gave rise to much discussion of Fitz's wonderful hitting power. Of such repute is the strength of his arm that many professed that they were not at all surprised to hear that Ruhlin had died from the effect of the blows received from it. To be kicked by a mule, to many, would seem a less likely blow to cause death than a good, sitrr punch from the Australian. One man even went so far as to de clare that he had predicted that Fltz would kill Ruhlln. That was putting it pretty strongly. Nobody spoke up In testimony that he had heard the statement made, but the prophet was patting himself on the back most enthusiastically. While it could scarcely be said that he is sorry his predic tion was not verified. It Is nevertheless probably true that he is sorry for the temporary delight he found inlaying T told you so.” WAS URGGLY ATTENDED. Children's Mntlnee at Isle of Hope n Big Success. The matinee at Barbee & Bandy's pa vilion at Isle of Hope yesterday afternoon was largely attended The cake walk wa? very successfully carried out, the cake be ing won by Masters Easton Yonge and Norman Warrick. Preston and Nellie Everett were tha loading couple, and did not contend for tha prize. The other cou pbs were Preston Everett and Maud Banks and Ethel Appel and Georgia Banks. The Everetts rendered two of their spe cial les. The guessing contest was won by L*l!a Nichols, her guess of the number of peopl- on the pavilion. M 7, b ing the cor rect one. The prize is $5 worth of goods from Hunter & Van Keuren. SEASON WILL SOON OPEN. Manager Fred Wela and Hl* Brother Sidney Expected To-morrow. It is a matter of some difficulty to inter est people in things theatrical, or anything else, during this hot weather, but it will rot be long before the season of 3900-01 will open, though It will probably be some weeks before anything of much account will be along. Mr. Fred Weis, the new manager, has not yet arrived, and the list of attraction* for the season has not been made up, though a good lot of bookings have been made. Manager Weis is expected to ar rive to-morrow wdth his brother Sidney, who managed so well the business of the house last season. The playhouse has been undergoing some Httle repairs and refurbishing. The walls and ceiling of the gallery have been gone over, some new scenery has been added and the carpets base been relaid. Th season will open Aug. 20, when Mlse Una Clayton and her repertoire company will begin a week’s engagement. Miss Clayton was the soubrette with the Wood ward-Warren Company last season and this year she will have a company of her own, which will be under the management of William Sharp. The company has been here for several days rehearsing. II Is not thought that there will be any changes in the personnel of the attaches of the house and the obliging employees who looked after the front of the and the men behind the scenes, whose work is Just as important, will no doubt be the same as were there last season. Nothing sadder than the career of Charles Hoyt has ever been recorded in theatrical history. Rising from the desk of the Boston Herald to the position of a dramatist Mr. Hoyt soon gained fame through “A Brass Monkey,” “A Bunch of Keys” and “A Midnight Hell” and other plays, which, in their days, were the brightest bits ever seen upon the stage. The fact that nine plays are still booked for road tours gives evidence of their con tinued popularity. Mr. Hoyt’s career was on the ascent for a long time. His first shock came with the death of his wife. Flora Walsh. She died in 1893. About a year later he married Caroline Miskel Scales, a member of his company, and for her he wrote “A Contented Wo man. " He began to acquire wealth rap idly, for all his plays were making a great deal of money. His career received an other check, and a most serious one. in the death of Ms second wife, for Mr. Hoyt was passionately devoted to her, and the fact that a child died at the same time caused his friends to have grave fears. His fits of melancholy were pitiful and it was over a year before he became recon ciled to fate. Then came the failure of “A Dog in the Manger” and his total col lapse. A trip to Florida, with a course of electric baths, brought Mr. Hoyt around, but he never appeared the same. He had his rational moments, but when left alone he brooded so much that finally Mr. McKee, his business partner and the stanchest friend Mr. Hoyt ever had, felt It necessary to have the playwright put in close confinement. Recently the Dramatic News printed an Item that Mr. Hoyt’s Income was $1,400 a week, representing S2OO a week royalty from each of his seven plays. Mr. Hoyt wrote to correct this statement. He has nine plays, which netted him SI,BOO a week income. His wealth is estimated at over a quarter of a million dollars. His first partner was Charles A. Thomas, who died of consumption in California Mr Hoyt's holdings are as follows: Lease of the Madison Square Theater, lease of the Garrick Theater, and the following plays: ”A Trip to Chinatown,” “A Stranger in New York,” “A Contented Woman,” “A Brass Monkey,” “A Bunch of Keys,” “A Day and a Night.” ”A Midnight Bell.” “A Parlor Match,” “A Texas Steer” and “A Dog In the Manger.” which goes out this fall. In addition, there is an unfinish ed play intended for Denman Thompson. Gertrude Elliott has left the cast of “Lady Huntsworth’s Experiment”' at the London Criterion, and has gone to Shoot er’s Hill. Kent, to stop with her siFter, Maxine Elliott Goodwin, at Mr. Goodwin’s picturesque country place, Jaokwood. Here it is that the Goodwins throw cares to the winds and have a series of house parties every few days. Beerbohm Tree, Paul Arihur, the Duke of Manchester. Charles Frohman. Ethel Barrymore, C. B. Dillingham, Clyde Fitch and Madeline Lucette Ryley are favorite guests. The perfect tranquility and beauty of the many acres owned by the Goodwins make a vacation thereabouts the acme of the Ideal. The last London mall brings reports that Charles Frohman is to mannge Edna May, presenting her first in New York in anew piece by "Hugh Morton” and Gus tave Kerker, and afterwards putting her forward In Ixmdon In the same piece. It be Inferred from this that (he "Mor ton.” Kerker. Davis, George McLellan and George Lederer combination, which was made a few months ago, has been knock ed higher than a kite through the unmiti gated failure of “An American Beauty." Charles Frohman has decided upon the following opentngH for his New York The aters: Empire Theater. Aug. 27, Empire Theater Company, In “Brother Officers"; Garrick Theater. Sept. 3. Louis Mann and Clara Llpman in Leo Dltrltchsteln's com edy. “All Account of Eliza"; Crietrion Theater, Sepl. 3, James K. Hackett 1n "The Pride of Jennlco”; Lyceum Theater, Wednesday, Sept. 5, Annie Russell in Capt. R. Marshall's comedy. "A Royal Family"; Daly's Theater, Thursday, Sept. 6. Sir Arthur Sullivan's opera. "The Rose of Persia"; Madison Square Theater, Sept. 11, the comedy. "The Husbands of Leonttne"; Garden Theater. Sept. 16, E. H Southern and Virginia Harned In "Hamlet.” ' < SIDNEY WOODWARD. The Noted Negro Tenor nt the Thr oter To-morrow Night. The appearance of Sidney Woodward, the noted negro tenor singer, at the The ater to-morrow night, promises to be quite an event among the colored people. Wood ward has a well-established reputation In the musical world, having sung before critical audiences In Europe and in this country on numerous occasions and hav ing frequently appeared before royalty. He has a high testimonial from Mme. Lilian Nordica. the famous opera Unger. Woodward was born in Henry county, in this state, near Atlanta. Rom of slave parents, he fought his own way to suc cess. It was at Memphis that his ring ing notes, in a simple song, attracted the. attention of Mme. Nellie Brown Mitchell, and through her persuasion and that of Miss Susla Greenwood, a leading singer of the Emma Abbott Opera Company, that he made his way to Boston and en tered the Northeastern Conservatory of Music, remaining two years under the luition of Frank E. Moss. At his master's Instigation, he followed up his good for une with a three-years' course of instrue lon. under Mme. Edna Hall. For the 'st three years he has sang In the prln- Ipal cities of Europe. While in Dres den. he passed an examination before the Royal Conservatory of Music, receiving a certificate of the highest grade. Sea's will be reserved for the white people. Macon Man t'mler Arrest. Charleston. S. C., Aug. 11.—J. L Motes, a young white man who came here from Macon, Ga.. was committed to Jail to-day on a chargp of breach of trust. Motes was in charge of a store In St Andrews parish, and it Is alleged that his accounts tare S4OO short. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 12. 190 CL THE WEATHER. Forecost for Sunday and Monday— Georgia and South Carolina: Thunder storms and not so warm in the interior; fair on the coast Sunday. Monday show ers; light to fresh southwesterly winds. Eastern Florida: Local rains Sunday and Monday; fresh southeasterly winds. Western Florida. Alabama and Mississ ippi: Generally fair Sunday and Monday; light to fresh southwesterly winds. Yesterday’s Weather ot Savannah- Maximum temperature 2:45 p. m degrees Minimum temperature 6 a. m.. 77 degrees Mean temperature 84 degrees Normal temperature 81 degrees Excess of temperature 3 degree* Accumulated excess since Aug. 1 19 degrees Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1 164 degrees Rainfall oo inch Normal 26 Inch Deficiency since Aug. 1 2.33 inches Deficiency since Jan. 1 5.64 inches River Report—The hight of the Savan nah river a,t Augusta, at 8 a. m. (75th me ridian time) yesterday, was 7.0 feet, a rise of 0.1 foot during the preceding twenty four hours Cotton rtgion bulletin. Savannah. Ga., for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a ni., 75th meridian time, Aug. 11. 1900: iMUIIOUn c/I Mux . Min.jK.iin Savannah district. |Tem.JTera.| fall Alapaha, Ga., clear | 96 | 72 |~ 00 Albany, clear | 98, | 75 j .00 Americus, clear j 100 | 74 J .0) Bainbridgf, clear | 93 | 73 | .CO Kastman, clear j 103 J 73 | .0) Fort Gain s, clear j 96 | 75 j .02 Gainesville, Fla., clear ...| 97 | 77 | .00 Ml lien, Gu., char j 100 | 72 | .00 Quitman, cUar j 97 J 71 | .00 Savannah, clear j 96 j 77 j .00 Thomasville, dear | 97 j 73 j .CO Waycross. dear j 101 j 73 j .00 Special Texas Rainfall Reports—Pales tine, .06; Keirville, .12; Longview. .04; Galveston, .90; Luling, .02; Corpus Christ!, 1.32; Temple, .48; Beaumont, 1.18; Waco, .24; Beeville, 3.80; Brenham, 1.12; Colum bia, 2.41; Corsicana, .02; Cuero, .70; Dal las, Dublin, 10; Hearr.e, .34; Henriet ta, TANARUS; Houston, 3.68; Huntsville, 1.42. He ivy Rains--Columbia, Tex., 2.44; Houston, 3.68. IjLMst. Average*. No. | 1 1 Sta-i Max I Mln.|R*l Central Stations. |ttonsjTem.|Tera.| fall. Atlanta |~l2 ~|~96~72 Y.flO Augusta | 11 | 100 | 74 | .00 Charleston | 6 j 98 | 76 | T Galveston j 25 | 86 j 72 | .52 Little Rock j 13 | 92 | 70 | .02 Memphis | 18, | 94 | 72 | T Mobile j 7 | 96 I 72 | .00 Montgomery j 8 | 300 | 70 j .00 New Orleans ........j 15 | 92 j 70 | .12 Savannah j 12 j 98 | 74 j T Vicksburg | 11 ! 94 | 70 | .02 Wilmington | 10 j 9S j 74 j .04 Remarks—Showers have continued over the western districts, with light scattered showers over North Carolina. Excessively high temperatures continue over the east ern and central districts. Observations taken at the same moment of time at all stations, Aug. 11, 1900, 8 p. m., 75th meridian time: Names of Stations. | T j *V (Ram. Norfolk, clear | 86 | 8 | .00 Hatterns, clear | 82 | 12 j .00 Wilmington, pt. cloudy .. | 82 I 8 | .00 Charlotte, cloudy j 84 j 14 | .00 Raleigh, cloudy j 84 | I, | .00 Charleston, clear j 82 I 12 | .00 Atlanta, cloudy | 84 i 8 j .00 Augusta, clear | 88 j 8 ; .00 Savannah, clear j 82 ( 8 ; .00 Jacksonville, clear 86 j 12 j .00 Jupiter, clear | 82 | 8 | .00 Key West, clear | 82 j 6 | .00 Tampa, cloudy j 76 1 8 j .00 Mobile, clear j 82 j 8 | .00 Montgomery, cloudy ] 88 j 10 j .00 New Orleans, clear | 82 | L j .00 Galveston, cloudy j 78 | 6 |I.OO Corpus Christi, raining..! .. | 22 | .00 Palestine, cloudy J 78 | 8 | .00 T. for temperature; V. for velocity: H. B. Boyer. Weather Bureau. CHEAP TO THE MOI'NTAINS. The Sonthern Hallway Will Ran a Special Eversion. The annual mountain excursion over the Southern Rahway will be operated on Aug 22 from Savannah. The train will leave Savannah at 7 o'clock in the morn trg. The tickets, which are fixed at a very low rate, scaled in accordance with the distance of the points to be visited, will be good returning on any regular tralfi up to and Including Sept. 3. Time will thus be afforded for a very delightful trip to the mountains. The excursion will be per sonally conducted by Mr. James Free man, the popular city passenger and ticket agent for the Southern. Following are the round trip rates that will prevail: Abbeville, S C., $6.50; An derson, S. C., $5.90; Asheville. N. C., $7 51; Flat Rock. N. C., $6.70; Greenville, S. C, $6 60; Hendersonville. N. C., $6 80; Hot Springs, N. C., $8.75; Laurens, 8. C., $5.50; Lenoir, N. C., $7.76; Saluda. N. C., $6 60; Spartanburg. S. C.. 15.60; Tryon, N. C., s.<, and Walhalla, S. C., $6.75. Is Tybee 4’opulnrf Why Is It that so many of the Savan nah people go North every summer, look ing for sea breeze and surf-bathing, when it can be had so near home? Tybee certainly 1* a delightful place for surf-hathlng and fresh air and can stand comparison with the best of the Northern resorts. Why Is it not more popular? Are there not enough attractions and accommoda tions? if not, could It not be Improved? Could not the Central Railroad be Induced to lend material assistance In furnishing some attractions and also take some steps toward reducing the prevailing charges for bathing? It has been said that both the railroad fare and charges for bathing suits are too high, and that consequent ly poor people cannot afford to Indulge In it. Let the railroad try for the re mainder of this 'season to bring down Issuer crowds by reducing charges. Thir ty.ive cents for the return trip. Including a bathing suit and he use of a dressing room for a limited time—say not exceed ing one hour—should be ample. If not every day, make It three days In the week. During the past two weeks the Tybee Hotel has been patronized by peo ple from the Interior very largely—ln fact, nearly exclusively so, whilst Savannah peoplp have been scarce. Are the people from 4he interior given extra concessions as compared with Sa vannah people? Charity should commence at home. There may be good reasons why the railroad Is not doing more for Ty bee. but such reasons are not In evidence to the casual observer. The Hotel Tybee furnishes light, dancing platform and music, so one cannot very well blame them for asking 25 cents for a bathing suit. Should not he railroad do some thing besides bringing one down there and back for 40 cents? Tybee Patron. THE VAR* 4DOE FUND. A Number of Subscriptions Received by Mrs. E. J. Thomas. The movement Inugurated by Mrs. E. J. Thomas to raise a fund for the benefit of the widow of Motorman L. B. Varna doe is meeting with fair success. About SSO has been received so far and other subscriptions are in sight. The object Is a worthy one, and the movement Is de serving of success, Mr. Thomas’ address is 124 McDonough street, east WHERE ROYALTY SUMMERS. THE POPE MAKES NO CHANGE OF RESIDENCE DURING SIMMER. Peterhof I* the Moat Magnificent Sommer Palace In the World—The King: of Denmark Live* Like u Well-to-do Farmer During July and Agunt, While the King of Siam and Emperor of Japan Have a Dozen or More Gorgpoiiß Home* to Choose From When the Temper ature Bine*. Washington, Aug. 10.—The Pope takes but a brief journey in order to get a change of scene and air, never leaving the Vatican grounds. He travels only to the eastern end of the Vatican garden to the Villa Pio, where the breezes blow more coo! and refreshing than at the other end of the garden. The Emperor of Japan has thirty pal aces to choose from for a summer resort. Of these, however, he has never occupied more than three or four, and some he has never seen. He lives principally at Tokio, spending a short time every year at Hi roshima. The palace at Tokio is almost an ideal country place. It is situated on a vas-t estate, which is right in the center of the city. There are hills, valleys, lakes, woods and the beautiful lotus everywhere. Chula-Longkorn, King of Siam, has- a summer palaoe in the suburbs of Bang kok. and several others in various parts of his empire. Like the Mikado of Japan, Chula-Longkorn has brought his country out of the depth of barbarism into a civi lized state. Twenty years ago he dressed like one of his idols, and was revered as the possessor of the pink umbrella. To-day he is arrayed like an Englishman and car ries a cane. The Queen of England divides her sum mer between Osborne House, Isle of Wight and Balmoral in Scotland. The latter, however. Is more properly her autumn re treat, where she remains from September until November. Both are the personal propery of the lady, and not state belong ings. The Queen left Windsor for Os borne July 20, this year, and owing to the great heat, she wore a white dress and a The Palce.Kuch-Behar, Where the Maharaui Spends Every Summer. white bonnet, instead of the usual black dress and hat. The Prince of Wales, during the sum mer months, is a much overworked in dividual. He makes the round of the great country houses of England, spends a few weeks at Homburg, goes in Sep tember with bis famly to visit his Danish father-in-law at Fredensborg and stays for a brief season at his country home at Sandringham. Three great social events take place annually at Sandringham—the country ball, the farmers' ball and the servants' ball. Many a farmers’ wife has had the prince for a partner at her first dance, and at the servants' ball his royal highness leads off with the housekeeper or upper chambermaid, and the Princess of Wales with the cook or butler. The rxnr'H Imperial Hume. A regal establishment where the Czar and Czarina spend port of the summer, is Peterhof, called the Russian Versailles, and world renowned for its magnificent fountains, rivaled only by Mr. William Waldorf‘Astor's $250,000 fountain at Clive den, which is the largest private fountain of the kind in the world. The Peterhof fountain has a colossal bronze figure of Samson tearing open the jaws of a monster lion, from which rushes a huge Jet of water over one hundred feet high. Tritons, wild beasts and vases spurt water, which flows down a succession of immense marble slabs toward the sea, half a mile distant. This group is called the Samson fountain. Scarcely less beautiful are the Adam and Eve fountains and the Golden Cascade, the latter so-called be cause the water flows down an immense flight of steps, which are richljf gilded. When tehse fountains.cascades and water falls are illuminated at night by electricity the effect is fairy-like. Peterhof was built by Peter the Great, and has been added to and Improved until It Is perhaps the most magnificent royal abode in Europe. One room in the palace contains 800 portraits of beautiful women from every part of Russia, all painted for the Empress Cath erine II by the artist Rotari during jour neys he made through the fifty provinces of Russia. Beside* the palace there are a host of minor palaces, villas, an enor mous theater and chapels. The Czar is fond of country life, and. the simpler the better. However.lt Is but rarely that he has an opportunity to put his knowledge of farm life to practical use. He took a course In agriculture before he became Czar and knows how to plow, reap, sow and milk a cow. The care of cattle and horses he understands thor oughly. The summer residence, of the Emperor of Austria, one of the richest of mc,n srehs, Is at Schoenbrunn, not far from Vienna. The palace Is one of magnificent proportions, there being nearly 1,500 rooms all told. One room Is world-famed—the crystal saloon—the walls of which are cov ered with mirrors In silver frames. A botanical gaiden. a mcnagrle and Roman parks ate Interesting features at Schoen brunn. Another, more rutal or somewhnt less magnificent retreat, Is the modest villa at Ischl, where the late Empress, who spent much of her time traveling, al ways Joined the Emperor in August in order to be with him on his birthday. I'upreteiitlouM Royalty. Ftaderlcksburg. on the shores of Lake Esrom. Is the King of Denmark's summer retreat. It Is an estate of only ten acres, more or less, the castle being a two-story building, lighted by kerosene lamps, and there are no hath ro >ms—a place where royalty may sit In shirt sleeves, and little royal highnesses romp bare footed. The two Queens of Holland take great est pleasure in the yearly visit they pay In August to Schevenlngen, a small Dutch watering place, not far from The Hague. There Is a delightful terrace over looking the sen. and by many the place Is considered nearly as attractive as the Ri viera. There Is the splendid or heslra of the FhUharmonie Society, and a won derful sea wall. At the castle Het Loo the royal ladles also spend many happy BOil j ° n 3 Independent Wdter once Heaters, SIO.OO. The Mutual Gas Light Company, 7 ami 11 Congress Street, West. summer days. It was at Het Loo that the youthful Queen entertained! the mem bers of the Peace Congress last summer at a dinner and a garden party. King Leopold of Belgium has a craze for building, and no sooner has he finished ne palace or country seat than he straightway commences another one. The most fairy-like of his creations is the love ly castle and park of Ciergnon. Here the King passes part of each "heated term." In August he visits Ostend. As he strolls up and down the Estacarde of an after noon, talking familiarly with the fisher men, he appears like a fairly prosperous business man, and nothing more. His clothes afe not up to date in style, and his trousers bag at the knees; in fact, King Leopold is extremely careless about his at tire, and never changes his costume unless obliged to in order to perform some court function. His Belgian uniform sets off his figure to perfection, and with the tall shako of fur. with a plume, he towers held and shoulders over all the followers of his court. King Oscar of Sweden has a love for. the sea. to which he was apprenticed in hts youth, and every August makes a long cruise along the bold and romantic coast of his northern kingdom. King George of Greece has two houses, one at Athens, the “City of the Violet Crown,” and the oiher at Tatoi. Between them George and his Queen divide their time, spending most of the winter in the a j ■' *: S3? L The Vatican Garden Where the Pope Spends the Summer. palace at Athens, and going to Tatol for the summer months. Tatol Is In the beau tiful valley of the Parnassus. Twice a week King George received all persons who have asked for an audience. Noth ing so pleases His Majesty as an old-fash ioned argument, and his guests may con tradict him with no fear of Incurring Im perial wrath. His manner is always gen tle and courteous. During early autumn tho ruler of the Hellenes, with some of Ids family, visits his old home and father in Denmark. The Alcazar is no longer the warm weather retreat of Spanish royalties, a newer, more commodious mansion having been built at Seville. The King and Queen of Portugal leave the capital every summer for the Cas tillo da Penha, where are magnificent for ests, and beautiful flowers shound. In September the Italian royalties go to the Queen's chakt of Qressoney, where Humbert drosses like a Tyrolese moun taineer, and leads a simple life. The Queen Is fond of long mountain excursions, which are performed par ly on foot, part ly on donkeyback. In Octoter the King and Queen visit the Crown Prince, who holds court at Capo dl Monte, the Ver sailles of Naples. A grand bear hunt Is one of the unfailing features of the mer rymaking. In tho II tie town of Monga. at the foot of the Alps Is one of the Ital ian palaces where Kng Humbert and Qu<en Marguerite spend some part of each summer. Here ore game preserves, parks and tardens c verlng n arly sixteen mips and a large castle, built by Lom bard kings. When royalty seeks sylvan retreat* ona palace Is exchanged for another. The Ger man Emperor has over a score of homes, the favorite summer residence being either the Nenes Palais, Potsdam, or the medie val castle on the Rhine, Sto.zenfels, which is situated in a most romantic region, with magnificent views of river and hills. It is comparatively timple in-Jt.s appoint ments. The Empress Frederick has built a fine summer heme, the Ichloss, Fried richshof, near Hamburg. TREASURE, HIT A TRAITOR. Crime of Chinese Servant After Twenty Yearn* Devolioif. From the New York Times. This is a true story—the names are changed, that’s all. I rnver Knew John, known as “A Treas ure.” He had shuffled off this mortal coil Just before my fate led me to the scene of his appreciation—and. alas! grievous depreciation. But I heard lots about him. He was a Chinaman—simple, pleasant, genial, the only Chinaman in the p’ace. and a general favorite. His unfathoma bility was of rath ay. Aj>; aently, in mor al tibre of the tines* porcelain, his title, "A Treasure.” seermd most appropriate. Hut he was a cracked tr asure, and when he fell it was an appalling smash. Ccchin, on the Malabar coast cf India, where an ancient colony of Hebrews of the first eleporatlon from Palestine guards the mat ancknt manuscrlp s In the wo:ld, where the monks with Vasco da Gama erected the first cathedral In India—the tower remain' and is used as a s'gnal station—where the Dutch, who ousted the Portugues , established their Kas ern eipitol and we. e In turn hustled out by the English, was or.ee a great ship, lu tdl sr center. It is still the fourth port in India, though oveishadowed by Bom bay, Calcutta, and Madras, Its commerce Is mainly in the eoasMng trade. There are some anthiue. find tubby sailing vessels that make p-efonerously long voyages to New York with cargoes of coir, ma's, eo'oar.ut oil, co tee, ginger, pepptr, etc., but ’he European suppl es of such cbm tnodltles are gathered up by regular linos of coasting sterfmers, and transshipped at Bombay. Slnbnd tho Sailor's Home. But Cochin is probably the last place in the world where flourishes the regular old Slndbad, the sailor type of maritime ad venture. Every prosperous native puts his savings Into shipping of some kind. Borne have a single dhoney, or buggalow, with lateen sails, a big crew, and an Arab sprang (captain); others have a fleet of these, lineal descendants of the fleets of Tarshlsh, while still others of a more modern and progressive spirit build brigs of durable teak and clipper model, and te- Jolce in a European captain, and occa sionally In at least one European mate. These men usually have an Interest in the vessel, and In their wsndertnga from port to port, from Zanzibar or Madagascar to the Spice Islands, the Philippines, or China, often make a larger annual income than the accomplished gentlemen command the great liners of the Atlande or Pacific. And when they have accum ulated enough it Is not uncommon to find them owning a craft of their own. One of the most fortunate, known a, "Lucky Phil." was captain and owner of the finest craft that ever claimed Cochin as a home port. It looked like a yacht, and its discipline was that of a man-of war. The captain had been an officer in the little navy of the Honorable East In dia Company. It was known from Muscat to Shanghai, and made money hand ove* fist. Captain Phil was liberal and a gen erous entertainer. His steward was John the Chinaman, who was unapproachable In all of his numerous functions. The best that all markets afforded attested his skill as a caterer, and the best things were served In the best way. for John could not only supervise the cooking, but was an adept himself. Asa valet he was perfect, could mend clothes like a tailor, shave, cut hair, in fact, do anything any factotum could possibly be expected to do. Asa nurse he had proved Invaluable, having by his tender and judicious cars actually saved the lives of Capt. Phil and his wife when prostrated with fever. But he became transcendent as a nurse for children. Capt. Phil had two Httle girls— I knew them; they used to come to :ny house every day to play on my wife's piano—and John was devoted to them. The Hnppy India Home. The Captain owned a house In Cochin, something unusual in India, where Euro peans are usually carpetbaggers, longing to make their pile and go home, and ex pended no little care and money in mak ing i't comfortable, and he usually man aged to spend at least two months at home every year, when hospitality pre vailed. When the blue peter flew, wife babies, and all used to go aboard the Laura Broke. Till his last voyage the Captain had his home with him wherever he went. The first separation was in 1864. when Capt. Phil intended to make a short, sharp and decisive commercial campaign and retire from the sea. The brig was to be sold, and there had been keen competition among the wealthy and enterprising natives for the refusal of her. P. Poollkahguth Markar, the mil lionaire Moplah trader in coffee, which, shipped to Bombay In Arab dhows, and transshipped here as Mocha, Is of the fin est brand; Rungan Shanoy, importer and exporter, afterward killed by a eobr which frequented his compound, and which was daily fed with milk (a pleasant fellow; I saw him two hours before this hnppened), and P. Sabapathy Moodelllar. another general trader of credit and re nown, three of the very best constituents of the Branch Bank of Madras, were prominent candidates. No decision was arrived at. but the fact of the voyage be ing Capt. Phil's last sufficed to gather an unusual throng to see him off. It was his first porting. too, from his wife and children, and the first time John the Chi naman had been separated from his do mestic duties. There was a sort of "Jol lying" tiffin on board, with the Europeans to add their consolations, and, in fact, the good-bys were made generally festal. The gallant craft sailed gayly over the bar between the old Portuguese castle and the palm-embowered fishing village of Vypeen. with colors flying and firing a salute. No news came for two years. Then John arrived with the s-ad news that. Ilka sundry other vessels that have been miss ed from time to time .the Laura Broke had been rushed by pirates in the Chin* sen, looted and all hands killed but. him self. It was a grievous tale, but such things happen, and in due time the sting of bereavement was soothed. The wid ow would not leave Cochin, but taught her children herself, and continued to be a favorite in the little society. John be came. If possible, a greater treasure than ever, transacted all the domestic business, and rose in favor with every one. John, the Traitor. One day the Western Star, a weekly, had a few belated lines, cllpp** from an old exchange, about the rounding up a month or so before of some at Hong Kong, and it came out that among their exploits was the seizure or the Laura Broke. John read ‘his. arc, proceeding to the tannah, (police station), gave himself up as not only an accessory before the fact, but the chief of the con spiracy to admit the pirates as paaaengers and the man who gave the signal for t slaughter by stabbing Capt. Phil. * produced the knife with which herald (W deed was done, which he had carried ever since wrapped up in a cloth in his hf u> ■• like the Kate Stoddard who murdered tne brother of a justice of the Supreme Court some veer* mgo In Brooklyn. The P l ™ - had treated him shabbily, for. instead or giving him any share of the plunder, in gave him a frightful heating, aeuttled .* brig, and left him aboard. How he mao a raft, Was pursued by sharks. WW r the extreme agonies of hunger and thirst, was finally picked up, and stranded, pen niless, in Singapore, where he found work and saved enough to be able to presen himself In his usual respectable form at Cochin, were all detailed. The thing was amazing, and opinions were divided. Some thought John had suddenly become crazy, though his actions outside of his story were sane enougn; others that no Oriental could really h* trusted, and Chinamen least of all. Capt- Phil'a wife and children were perhaps rot the best of judges, but they could never believe John guilty. It tvas a puzzle wh it to do with him, but he was at Inst sent to Hong Kong, where his story seemed to have been corroborated, and John was hanged, and duly buried in quicklime. Can any man of any race show such fidelity for over twenty years, and then be so treacherous? Event* now occurring would seem to show that we hold differ ent Ideas from some Eastern people# as to what is right or wrong. —A newspapers or sheet of paper tied on a window or balcony of a dwelling house In Mexico Indicates that there are rooms to Ut lr> Hoi I*o.