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the Crown Prince, which is to take place
here in October, when he will marry SOPHIE,
the sister of the Emperor of Germany. Inc
Grown Prince was educated in Germany,
and it was while studying at Berlin that he
met this princess and fell in love with her.
His afianced is learning Greek as last as
she can, and she is said to be very bright
girl. She is only about 10 years old, and
lady here tells me that she wore short
dresses up to the time OF her engagement.
The Grown Prince is tall, manly, broad
shouldered fellow. He is fine looking,
though he is not handsome. He is very in
dustrious as student and he has proved
himself to be able In his military studies.
He has been lately promoted to the rank OF
Colonel, and as the Crown Prince he has the
title OF the Duke of Sparta, which is equiv
alent to that OF the Prince of Wales in En-
gland. The Greeks, however, are not fond
of titles of nobility and they refer to him
only by the Greek word meaning the sue
cessor. The Grown Prince has at present
no separate establishment. He lives at the
palace with his father. He has an allow
ance from the Government Of nearly $40, 900
a year, and it is probable that palace will
be built for him after his marriage.
A LOVE MATCH.
Her sister, the Princess Alexandra, is
now preparing her wedding garments. She
will be married at st. Petersburg. And her
royal husband will get highly cultured
and a very beautiful bride. Her match, I
am tod, was also love match, and 1t is
said that the King and Queen are pleased
with both marriages.
Neither the King nor the Queen has ex-
travagant tastes, and, as Kings go, the King
of Greece has small income. He gets less
than $500, 600 year, and of this Great Brit
ain, France and Russia give SIG, 900 each.
Out of this he keeps up his palace here In
Athens, summer palace II miles from
here at Tatoi, aud another palace at Corfu.
He lives we'll, however, though simply, and
I doubt not but that there are lever thorns
in his pillow than in that of any other mon
arch in Europe. He goes to Europe neatly
every summer, and the Queen of Greece, re-
Gently talking OF the pleasure which she
took in these trips to friend of mine, said
that she delighted in getting away from all
formality and into cities where, for part
of the time, she could pose as an ordinary
person. She said she was fond of shopping,
and that she likes to 60 in Paris to the
Louvre or Bon Marche and shop half the
day in buying pins and needles and 6
penny gloves.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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A TRAGEDY OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES.
By BRAINARD GARDNER SMITH.
[wR1rrrs FOE THE D1srAroH. ]

pressed by the story. He Joined me in
anathametizing the careless mate o. the
Empress, and the stupid editor OF the
Liverpool paper. His life-iong habit Of
seeking to know the unknoWahIe, re-
inforced by the detective instinct that Is
developed in every good lawyer as we'll as
newspaper man, made him unnaturally
anxious-to solve the mystery. The thought
came to me just then that if spiritualism
was good for anything it would be in such
a case.s What I said was: 81 have often
wondered whether the peculiar power OF the
trance medium might not be employed in
such cases. Now. is it impossible that that
Journal found on the Albatross, and which
l believe contains the solution Of our mys-
terry should be materialized for US here?'
Judson jumped at the idea. Eyes, yes,
he said hurriedly. ssIt shall be. it must be-.
How fortunater' He smoke with such ear
nestness and confidence that showed my
surprise in my face. also voiced 1t. "You
talk as though the thing were already ac-
complished. NY experience with mediums
has led me to consider them trifie unrelia-
BILE, but you seem to be sure of this one"
'Not.of the medium, but OF myself. I had
better tell you now what but one. other liv-
ing person knows, that have very pecul-
lar power. I don't attempt to explain 1t; but
~ ~ no less ldct sttm 70 De dDlt, Dy
mere force Of will, to control certain per-
sons. This medium is one of them. have
never been able to produce any results un-
aided; but more than once have thought
into visible form those who had long before
died.
The same old story. you see. Judson was
apparently ap out-and-out Spiritualist,
ready to be humbugged by the first shrewd
trickster that came along. He went on:
snow this evening you will see remark
able woman. I have been able to control
her in an astonishing way. confess that I
had never thought of seeking the material
ization of an inanimate object. But be-
lieve that it can be done. It shall be done.
We shall have that journal this night"
was almost convinced by my friends
absolute confidence. Then saddened BY the
thought that this usually hard-headed,
keen young lawyer had such weak spot in
his brain. He was the last man You would
expect to be deluded by the tricks of the
medium. At the same time found myself,
in spite of my skepticism, wondering what
would become of it all. The next evening
was seated in Judson's large parlor, one
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he wants to die. Captain RAYMOND laughs
at him, and says that little sea sickness
will do him good. like Captain Raymond.
He is big and burly, and has deep voice,
and heavy brown beard. He's just the
typical sea captain. an interesting person to
a man who saw the sea for the first time six
days ago. I'm glad to find that I'm good
sailor, and can thoroughly enjoy the new
experiences that present themsel yes in the
beginning of the long voyage we have started
upon. have written the word "enjoy,"
let it stand. I thought never should have
Known enjoyment again, but do. There's
enjoyment in the knowledge that each hour
puts miles of ocean between me and the
woman that has spoiled my life. No,
won't admit that. She shan't have the
salts action of spelling my life. She tried
hard enough, God knows. She played with
my heart, much as though It were mouse
and she cat. She is cat A sleek. soft,
purring cat, and with claws. / could eat
out my own heart when think how she
played with it. was fair game for this ex-
perienced coquette, and now 1 suppose she
is boasting of another conquest, telling OF
ber victory over the simple country lad.
Well, let her enjoy her conquest while she
may. The country boy will one day come
back with money enough to buy her and her
purse-proud heart. Yes, will go back to
England and I'll humble her at my feet.
What rot I'm writing. Mother, If you ever
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in Athens as to how he received party OF
rustic Americans, who were making light
ming trip through this part of the Medlter-
ranean Sea. In straw hats an ! busters this
party walked up the steps of the palace, and
upon being asked by the major domo at the
front door as to what were their wishes they
replied that they had come to Athens and
they wanted to see the King. They evil
IDENTIFY looked upon His Majesty as one of
the sights of the place, and were surprised
when the officer told them that the King
could not be reached in this way and that if
they would see him it would have to be
through the request of their Minister. Just
at this moment King George passed through
the vestibule, and, seeing the alteration,
asked what was the matter. He was told,
and he straightway ordered that the Ameri-
cans be let in, and held out his hand to
their leader. The chief grasped the hand
OF His Majesty with the grip of wise and
said:
"How do you do, Mr.. King. We are
very glad to see you. We had but one day
in Athens and we did not want to go away
without meeting the King" The King led
the party into the palace and he chatted
with them until the leader at last arose and
held out his hand and said: ''We must be
going, Mr.. King, as we have lots more
to see."
This absence of formality is observed by
all members of tie royal family. Both the
King and Queen often walk about the
streets OF Athens, and His Majesty now
and then stops and chats with his friends.
A CHARMING QUEEN.
The Queen of Greece is said to be the
finest looking queen in Europe. She is the
eldest daughter OF Grand Duke Constantine
Of Russia, brother OF Alexander II. She is
tall and stately and she looks like Queen.
She is blonde with brown hair, regular
features and with a beautiful neck and
shoulders. She dresses very simply, except
on state occasions, and often goes about
Athens without even a maid with her. She
wears hat and jacket and her costume
upon such occasions is not different from
that of the other Athenian ladies. At state
receptions sne is gorgeous in pearls and
diamonds. Her pearls are noted and she
wore last winter one dress, the bodice of
which was covered with pearls while four
strands OF large pearls encircled her neck
The Queen of Greece is very domestic,
and she is ond of her studies and her chill
dren. She is well posted in English litera-
ture and Hawthorne is one oil her favorites.
She reads the American authors and the
leading American magazines are taken at
the palace. She is a very good woman and
her chapel is one of the prettiest little
churches in Greece. 1t is a brown stone
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SHE FOUGHT 1T ALONE.

Woman Kills n Bear That Scared All
the, Men.
The Hampton (Va.) School Record gives
an account of the brave deed of one OF its
1eighbors, an Oneida, whose courage zeems
only equaled by her pride OF race.
Driving into the field one day where her
husband and others were at work, she
encountered log lying across the road in
there was no one near to help her, and the
proceeded to cut it in two with an az she
had in the wagon. To her surprise she had
disturbed mother bear and her family of
cubs. The bear, more frightened than
angry, took to the woods, and the woman
walked in search of the men and their fire.
arms. Finding them, she conducted her re-
lief quickly back to the log, to find that
the bear had also returned. When
all were stationed ready for action,
she again used her ak on the log, and the
bear made her second appearance, this
time angry and vengeful. The man who
stood ready for just this emergency missed
his aim, dropped the gun, and, with all his
other masculine companions, took to his
heels. Lett alone with the lnfuriated beast,
with only an ak for defense, this Indian
woman coollv waited until the bear came
near enough, and, letting the ak fall with
all her might upon its head, killed it with
that one stroke.
The same weapon applied to three of the
little orphans effectively prevented their
ever realizing their loss, and the other she
kindly adopted and carried home with her.
Reaching her home, she found her husband.
son and others assembled there, anxiously
speculating as to what could have
been the result OF the encounter they had
failed to see ended. Standing before them,
with the cub in her arms, she scornlully
surveyed them from head to foot and ex-
claimed: "Cowards, you have no Indian
bio cd in your veinsl'
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structure with bell tower of stone rising
few feet away from it. 1t is Russian
church and the service is performed by
Greek priests in gowns of stiff cloth OF gold
and with hats blazing with jewels covering
their heads. The music consists of a choir
of our men, and travellers say that you will
find no finer church music in the world than
in this little Russian church. The
worshipers stand up during the service
and the Queen stands among them. The
King of Greece is Lutheran, and he is al
lowed, by special exception, to adhere to
the religion in which he was educated, but
his heirs and successors must be members
of the Greek Orthodox Church. He has a
little chapel in his palace in which he wor-
ships according to the Protestant Lutheran
Church every SUNDAY. Upon national fete
days both the King and Queen appear at the
great cathedral of the Greek Church in
athens, and they are here the only two
members of the congregation who sit They
have chairs with a frame work Of gold,
cushioned with red velvet, on q rostrum
Just next to the litile gold pulpit, and the
cabinet and the officers OF the army stand
with the remainder of the people about
them.
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
The King and the Queen have been
blessed with seven children and the young
est is a baby about year old. Prince An
dreas is z, and the Princess Maria, who is a
very bright blonde, is 13. Next comes the
Princess Alexandra, q very pretty girl of 10.
and then Prince George, who is 20, and last
and most important of all the Grown Prince,
Konstantinos. the heir apparent, who was
born August 2, 1868, and who was at IS de-
clared heir apparent to the throne. All of
these children, save the year-old baby, speak
French. English, Greek and Russian, and
the home life of the palace is, am told,
very charming.
All Athens is now talkingo of the wedding
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easy. You say something. and then look up
and say 'tah" until you can think of some
thing else. to say. Other gentlemen with
their hats on sit around and slumber, but
spectators are not allowed to wear their hats.
Only members can wear their hats and snore
above a certain key.
PEN PICTURE OF GLADSTONE.
Mr.. Gladstone, better known as the Grand
Old Man, sat on the front seat. He is very
bald indeed, and his throat whiskers are
very white. He is much smaller than had
thought. He wears low shoes and red
woolen socks. When he works down so as
to sit on his shoulder blades, his trousers
gradually ascend his limbs until you can
look over the tops OF his cute little red
socks with perfect impunity. He is the
suthor of his own thoughts, and hear him
spoken of in high terms, especially by his
friends.
Mr.. T. P. O'Connor has our thanks for
courtesies extended while in London. He
will never lack friend if he will at any
time write to box 204, Tompkinsville, Staten
Island, U. s. A.
Mr.. Robert LiDcoln's last reception was
frightened up briefly by q pleasant call
from me. Many Americans were present
and drank thetea of the Minister as ad-
mnistered by his bright young daughter.
Without wishing to express political opin-
lou in any way, must say that the general
sentiment of the American contingent is
that both in France and England we need
not he ashamed OF our Ministers or our
Consuls General. Mr.. Reid and General
Rathbone seem to be beautifully holding up
their corner OF the national fabric in Paris,
and Mr.. Lincoln and Gen. John @. New are
doing the proper thing in London. General
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enjoying to the utmost the generous hospi-
tality of London and wishing that I could
get 26 hours into a day, I could not help
thinking how easily the matter Of enter
tanning was attended to, while would have
to borrow dishes and put two more leaves
in the dining table before could begin to
return the kindness or repay the debt. The
children would have to eat at the second
table and be kept out Of sight during the
meal so that they would not announce the
menu in advance. One of the dining chairs
would have to be reglued and the cigars 1
smoked would not do at all.
You go into the Savage Club and eat and
talk and smoke as you would have gone
into your mothers pantry when boy, after
you had been fishing all day. There is no
more formality about it than there used to
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ALL THE CHANGE he WANTED.
A Very Smart Youth Meets With a Sur.
prise While Travelling.

A Very Smart Youth Meets With u Sur
prise While Travelling.
Kennebec Journal.1
A young man who lives in Penobscot
county, has recently been practically testing
the many advantages of travelling with a
large bill"
A short time since he drove from his
home to Northport.
Among the equipments for this trip was a
$50 bill. This he presented in payment for
all the little expenses incurred on the drive,
and when he finally arrived at the end OF
the Journey he found himself still in possess
sion OF the bill. The following day he went
on an excursion and sprung the bill upon
the captain OF the tug with the same result
So great was his success in avoiding the
payment OF small debts that he had come 10
look upon the bill somewhat in the light Of
an extension paper which relieved him from
allliabiIity to such small cares. Emboldened
by his success he hired an old skipper to
take him in his sailboat Tor cruise about the
bay. When they had returned again to the
wharf the $50 bill was again called into use
and offered the old tar in payment for his
services. The young man supposed it would
prove a poser, and great was his surprise
when the old skipper put it in his pocket.
Then began the work of making change;
from various lockers came canvas bags
filled with silver of various denominations.
This was laboriously counted out into little
heaps, and began to look very bulky when
the young man said hastily: 'See here you
needn't bother to count that out. Give me
back the bill. 1 find I have the exact
change here after all.
Cant do it, was the laconic response.
"Why?"
"Wal, I've been waiting for chance to
get rid OF this ERE stuff and don't think I'll
ever get a better one. Just run that over
and see if its correct"
The efficacy of the big bill was gone. The
young man endeavored to bear up under the
afiiction, but even the present from the
skipper of large canvas bag in which to
carry his "ehange" did not altogether allevi-
ate his chagrin.
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THE JOURNAL.

March III begin this journal for two
reasons. First, nv dear mother asked me
life that she might read it when got back
home. She thinks that am coming home
again. promised her to do so, but shall
never see England again. 1 hope the day
may come when I can take my dear mother
to nv Australian home; but 1 shall never
set foot on the island that holds the woman
l hate, and that holds so many women like
her. In the second place 1 want to write
down not only my impressions IN this new
experience. but my thoughts. have many
of them. want to see them spread out be-
fore me. We are now we'll started on the
voyage, five DAYS out from Liverpool.
Uncle John is still i'll enough, and says thas
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A CRANK GETS ANGRY,
He Objects to Having His Peculiar Ways
Described in Books.

He Objects to Having His Peculiar Ways
Described in Books.
The London Star tells couple of good
anecdotes about Wilkie Collins. Dining
one evening with friend, he spoke of the
difficulty of imagining place of char acter
which had not its original in real life.
After he had described the house in "Arm-
ad .le,' gentleman called upon him
and upbraided him for putting his resi-
dence into print. The description was ex-
act although WiIkie Collins had never
seen the place. He invented a man who
was so careful about his food that he
weighed it in little scales at the table. A
gentleman was introduced to Mr.. Collins
who said:
"You had no right sir, to caricature
me. weigh my food in little scales, sir.
Here they are, sir. always carry them
about with me by advice of my physicians.
But is that any reason why I should be
held up to ridicule, sir?"
In vain Mr.. Collins protested that he had
never before heard of such habit
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A GUARDED OPINION,

How a Washington Department Clerk sises
Up His Superior Onicer.
Washington Post.l
There are diplomats IN some of the lesser
positions in Washington. A clerk in one
Of the departm ents was asked the other day
if his Immediately superior officer was not
a good deal troubled with what is popularly
called big-head.
81 should dislike" said the clerk "to
speak so disrespectfully of my superior
officer as to say he has the big-head, but
frankly admit that if were a barber and
be should come to my shop I should feel
warranted in charging him two prices ior .
hair cut"
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was still much room for excavation at that
point and told me that it was impossible to
appreciate the ruins which are still buried
throughout Greece. 1 spoke of the new
railroads and of the lsthmus OF Corlntn
and the King seemed to think there would
be no doubt of their completion, and that
the march of Greece would be steaolly on
ward. He spoke highly OF the patriotism
of the Greeks, and told me that most OF the
fine buildings of modern Athens had oeen
built from the donations of wealthy creek
citizens in Athens and In other parts OF tne
world. referred to the marriage OF the
Crown Prince which is to take place IN
October, and His Majesty told me that the
Grown Prince had just left for Germany ana
that he would visit Berlin, where, II VIII De
remembered, his afialced Sophie, the sister
of the Emperor of Germany, lives.
DEMOCRATIC KING.
The audience throughout was OF this same
democratic nature, and the manners OF his
Majesty are simple in the extreme. AS one
of his friends said to me to-day: King
George is what would be considered good
club man anywhere. He is man OF more
than ordinary ability, and he is as cultured
as any King o. Europe. He speaks En-
glish, French, German and Danlsn Win
equal facility, and he talks modern creek
like Greek"
Speaking of his lack of formality, was
told to-day by an American lady residing
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BILL NYE In EUROPE.
BE is Worried by the Overpowering
Hospitality of Londoners.
LITTLE MOSES OF JOHNSTOWN.
Experiment With the New
Elixir of Life.
DIPLOMACY. WHIsTLINa AND POKER



HERE is one disa-
greeable feature about
visiting England. 1t
is this: You are all
the time fdgetting
about how you can ever
return the hospitality
you receive and do 1t
half as we'll as it is ten
dered to you. While
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ing no desire to see the book That had come
to US so strangely. Then he threw himself
into big chair, lighted cigar. pulled at
it vigorously a moment, then became quiet,
looked intently at the glowing Goals in the
CRATE, and said calmly:
"Well, let's see what Mr.. Hartley has to
say for himself Read the journal, please"
had been standing all this time by the
hand, and watching Judson curiously. I
drew up chair, opened to the irst page
and began TO read,