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THE LoYALIsT ARIsTocRAcY.
The Survival of the Old British Social Code
In Parts OF Nova Scotia

The Survival of the Old British Social Code
in Parts OF Nova Scotia
'The exclusive social life Of Salem and
Portsmouth long had its counterpart in that
of these old Nova Scotia towns" writes
Arthur Wentworth Eaton in the Nsv Eng
land Magazine
"Thefe was not one Of them which did
not have its little aristocracy of country
squires and landowners and lawyers and
judges, about whom a. brilliant center
the social life of the township or the county
revolved. The influx of Tory blood and
culture into the society of the province be-
tween 1776 and1783 is in great part xccount-
able for the strongly British and intensely
aristocratic feeling which always in old
times prevailed, but no one can know the
conditions of life in Nova Scotia without
feeling that even Puritsnism, nnder mon
archical institutions and not, as in New
England, separate from the influence of the
mother country, is in some ways very
different from Puritanism under Republic
and democratic environments. Perhaps the
most important of these Nova Scotia towns
was Windsor, the seat of Kings College,
the oldest Colonial college of the British
Empire. Its early population was mixture
of New England people, Scotch, Irish, and
retired English officers, and it was COM
monty conceded, at least in Windsor itself,
that nowhere out OF London could such
good society be found" Is.
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neck, he looked every incb King. ut was
this self same deoorationk however, (which
some eight or ten years ago was tife subject
of q very disgraceful law suit at Milan. For
1t itsppeared during the proceedings IN con-
nection Herewith that Don Carlos had so far
desecrated it as to pawn it for the sake of
raising funds to pay off a fair but angry
friend who was matchmaking him.
The discreditable character of the trans
action was not so much the transaction of
the pawning as the attitude of Don Carlos
to the trusted adherent who had conducted
negotiations with the pawnbroker in his
behalf Unmindful of the fact that the
General in question had been devoted to his
cause for many years, and had spent both
blood and money in his service, he coolly
charged him with the crime of stealing the
jewel when requested by his wife and other
royal and imperial relatives to account for
its loss. Forced to appear as prosecutor
against the General in connection with the
alleged theft, Don Carlos was greatly dis
mayed by the Generals production of evil
dence establishing his own innocence and
showing the part played in the matter by
his royal master.
Only One Of Many Scandals.
Thisis only one of the numerous dis
graceful scandals and discreditable intrigues
Win WHICH LDe name OF LON OAriOS h1t
been associated. Since the death, however,
of the Count and Countess de Chambord,
who bequeathed the major part of their for
tune to his wife, the unhappy Duchess of
Madrid, he has become more respectable,
because more rich, and has at length rem
dered it possible for the foreign courts to
recognize him as a Prince of the blood, in
stead OF subjecting him to ostraeism as for
merly. A couple of years ago ne married
his eldest daughter to the Archduke Leo
pold OF Austria, brother of the young Arch
duke Francis, who is a son-in-law of the
Emperor and among the wedding presents
was a magnificent diamond tiara from the
Queen Regent of Spain.
The Duke lives at Venice, while his wife,
the Duchess of, Madrid, resides either at
the Chateau of Frohsdorf, in Austria, or
else at her superb Palace of the Real
Tenuto, near Via. Reggie, in Italy. His
eldest son, Don Jaime, has been educated
almost entirely in England and has man
aged to become great tavorite Of Queen
Victoria. He has recently been seen In the
disguise OF a Basque peasant in the north
of Spain, but has succeeded until now in
avoiding capture by the authorities. The
Carlist movement at the present moment
in Spain derives its principal Importance
from the fact that Don Carlos is no
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-04
BATHING IN CENTRAL AFRICA.
The Excellent Health Of the People Due 70
Liberal Use of Water.

The Excellent Health OF the People Due 70
Liberal Use OF Water.
'The Africans are very hardy race, and
I think it is no doubt owing. to very great
extent, to the introduction they receive at
. very early age to the strengthening effect
of cold water bathing" says writer in
Harper's Young People
Every morning, aa soon ~ they leave
their huts, the women file down to the
rivers edge to give their babies bath. The
mother walks knee-deep into the stream;
then catching the half aw akened infant by
the wrist, she dips him into the chilly
water, and holds him firmly as he wriggles
beneath the surface. It always happens
thst several women are so occuDied at the
same time, aud they naturally engage in
conversation, when the disc ussion is often
of 30 interesting a character that the infant
in the water is often forgotten, till his fran
tic struggles and tugging warn the dusky
parent that he is not amphibious."
'"The child is then hauled out, but before
he has time to recover, his violent choking
and sputtering are again lost in the depths
of the muddy stream. After repeating this
operation four or five times, the mother
carries the bewildered little piece of ebon-
lied humanity back to the village, and
spreads him out on q mat in the sun to
gradually recover from the shock. This
seems to me to be rather rough and un-
comfortable means of providing for the sur
Viyal of the fttest"
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The Physiological AcHon of Magnets.

Those who are wont to receive with Q
certain amount of faith the stories that are
circulated from time to time of cures by So
called me lical magnetism may with ad-
vantage p.ruse the accounts recently pub
lished of Il se result of series of tests made
in this country by Kennedy and others. A
set of field magnets converging into cylin-
der two feet IN diameter and seven inches
deep were employed. In this cylinder a
dog was placed for Eve hours, at the end of
which time it exhibited not the slightest
sign of being affected. The brain of the
animal was next experimental upon. The
armature was removed from a powerful
dynamo, and in the space between the pole
pieces the heed OF the dog was placed.
A switch WIS arranged to open and close
the exciting cizcuit. Sphygmographie trac-
ings, taken continuously, showed no change
in regularity. The Inspirations were not in
the least degree altered, and there were no
phenomena that could be attributed to
magnetic influence. The conclusion arrived
at by the experts who carried out these
tests is that the human organism is pn-
affected by the powerful magnets known to
modern science; that neither direct nor re-
versed magnetism exertc any perceptible
influence on the iron in the blood upon the
circulation, upon ciliary or protoplaslnic
movement, upon sensory or motor ncryes,o or
upon the brain.
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him, and vas reading along . bit IN the
pony to see If ought to 80 on with the
text when in came my tutor. Such /. queer
lock Is he glanced at the title, but be was
avfully huttered anyhow, and I put him
down on nv list paid" I'm getting on
beautifully, and mY Xmas will be q tIe-
mendous coup for me. But advise all my
friends-zre you still among them after
this long ehattsr?-to become as hardened
little sinner as an, else they will be dis
covered in this. fraudulent enterprise
Ny friend Kit, poor girl, won't have .
jolly day giving Jack present this year,
I'm afraid.
Such ridisulous row they INDUCED In
the other night, that can scarcely keep
my judicial cast of countenance when they
tell me about it twice q day.
For the time being they were engaged, so
Kit stayed at home one evening to receive
Jack, while the rest of the family went to
the horse show. Tell Kit the horse show Is
responsible for the quarrel, and that puts
her right in style, because little bout over
the favorites (among ths horses), or some-
thing else equally sensible, was very correct
in New York among the horse show swells
But Kit will not be comforted.
Jack went stFaight to the library and
found bis small fancee awaiting him. By
anu ny hlt WuIbpcFCd. OdCkt O1t SeSA1 =
hear some one coming"
Impossible, m'dsar. I'll take the risk
any how. Kit, don't be boisterouA"
"Unhand me villain, says Kit, springipg
to her feet, "This Is vile duress.
'FYou mountain Of deceit, responds the
wretch, in loudly cheerful tones, holding
Kits hands and drawing her well toward
him, "you like this Don't deny you prefer
1t to any other pleasure In life"
Colder Than Peary's Expedition.
Except greeting Prof 'Bernheimer," Z"
finishes Kit very sweetly, as she wrenehes
herself loose and turns to that estimAhls
person, whoistands behind the maid in the
door like q craven image.
Jack glared at him like Marius amid the
ruins of Carthage, but Kit was simply an
gellc-toward the professor and colder than
Lieutenant Pearv's expedition toward Jack.
Kit tells me Jack knew the professor was
in the doorway, and that he was brutally
trying to display his power.
Jack VOWS he never saw the old idiot at
all, and that he thought that Kit was
merely making it pleasant for him in her
usual fashion of fbbing. Kit answers
through me-that Jack is trying to crawl
out of it as he realizes the horribly embar-
RAISING position he has put her in.
And Jack looks 80 shamefaced when he
hears this. that I myself believe him the
guilty one. 1 suppose they're still en-
gagged, because they are both too furious to
break It. Kit never sees Jack now on the
street, and he is thoroughly sbominable.
Still wish somebody would tell me how
to make it up between them.
CARRIE CARELESS.
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AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
A Courageous Divers Ingenious Way Of
Evadtng = SHARKS Attack.

A Courageous Divers Ingenious Way Of
Evading = Sharks Attack.
Leslis's Magaxine.J
A successful diver must possess great
courage and nerves of steel. Such man,
connected with large vrecking company,
was visiting the pearl fisheries in the Gull
Of California On oas Of his trips in quest
Of the pearl oyster he had narrow escape
from fearful DEATH
He had been instructed never to stir from
the bottom until he had looked up aud
around. Fortunately he needed the advice.
Having flled his bag, he glanced quickly
aboHt and caught sight of huge shovel
nosed shark watching him. In an emer-
gency men think fast. Near the diver was
. large rock. He moved quickly to the
other side Of ii, hoping to Dodge the fero-
eious monster. But the maneuver did not
work; the shark watched every movement,
changing bis position by slight motion Of
his powerful tail.
Time was precious, and the diver con-
ceived the idea Of binding the shark by
stirring the mud Under cover Of that he
might escane. He worked for dear life, and
had the water thick with mud in less than
half minute. Slipping around the rock
again, he rose to the surface, having barely
strength enough to reach the side Of the
boat, and was hauled on board Just as the
voraeious nan-ester made q rush for him.
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toinette," but that it has also admitted the
present Duke OF Normandy and his younger
brother to serve as officers in the Dutch
army under the name of "De Bourbon.
Among the notable Frenchmen who have
recognized the validity of the pretenders
claims to the name of Bourbon is the cele-
brated Republican statesman and lawyer,
Jules Fayre, who signed the treaty of peace
with Prince Bismarck at Versailles in 1871.
1t is worthy of note that the seal affixed by
Jules Favre to this treaty, which braught
to q close the war between Germany and
France was made with signet ring en-
graved with royal arms of Bourbon, and
presented to the French Plenipetentiary by
the Duke of Normandy. Unlike the Oomte
de Paris, who puts himself forward as the
chiet of the house of Bourbon, and who is
exceedingly wealthy, the Duke of Nor
mandy is extremely poor, and 1t is lack of
money more than anything else which mas
hitherto prevented him from obtaining
legal restoration in France of his claim.
His features possess all the marked charae-
teristics of the Bourbon family, while those
of the Comte de Paris do not.
Does Not Want q Throne.
A very charming and good-looking young
fellow is Prince Demetrius Couza, the pre-
tender to the throne of Roumania and
whose clAlms until d sLloft time ago were
more or less openly supported by the Rus
sian Government He is a natural son of
the late Prince Couza, who until 1866 was
ruler of RoumanIa, by his liaison with the
Princess Obrenowitch the mother of King
Milan of Servia- When knew the young
man he was living in much luxury at Rugi-
nosa, a superb country seat near Jassy, in
Roumania He inherited his wealth from
Princess Helen Couza. the legitimate wife
of his father. Princess Helen, with
charity and generosity beyond all praise,
adopted the child of her rival, Princes 1
Obrenowitch, on the latter's death, in 1870,
and brought the boy up as her own son, be-
queathing to him all her wealth.
= Demetrius was educated almost entirely
in France, and has inherited from his beau
tiful but dissolute mother far more comeli-
ness and good looks than his disreputable
half brother, the ex-King Milan of Servia
The marriage of the Cars favorite niece,
Princess Marie of Edinburgh, to the Grown
Prince of Roumania will lead, in all prob
ability, to definite withdrawal of Russia's
support of Prince Demetrius' claims to the
throne of Roumania, a fact which is likely
to be source of satisfaction rather than
disappointment to the young man. For he
certainly will find the life of wealthy man
of rank and leisure preferable to the adven-
lures and stormy existence al a pretender
to throne. Ex-DIPLoMAT.
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CLAIMS TO THRONES,
European Kingdoms Which
Are Threatened by Royal
Pretenders.
MANY OF THEM WEALTHY.
Though Burdened With Scandals
Don Carlos Is Still in Power.
S0NE WHO HAVE CAUSE FOR HOPE.
Attempts at Assassination Which Have
Peculiar Aspect,
THE GREAT GRANDSON OF LOUIS XVI
MANY OF THEM WEALTHY.
SONE WHO HAVE CAUSE FOR HOPE.
Attempts at Assassination Which Have 8
Peculiar Aspect.
TIE GREAT GRANDSON OF LOUIS XVI
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH:

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATCH.!
Pretenders to the various thrones of Eu-
rope have been displaying quite an aener-
NAL degree of activity of late and in one
way or another have been absorbing con-
Iiderable degree of public attention and in
terest In Portugal, for instance, the Le-
gitimist party has for the first time In
three decades succeeded in capturing
number of seats in the Legislature and the
psrtisans of Dom Miguel, of Braganza, are
Organizing committees and clubs, and organ
iEing newspapers ali over the kingdom.
In Spain the Carlists are more to the fore
just at present than at any period since the
death Of Alfonso MI, and Don Carlos has
openly announced that the time has arrived
for action, and that henceforth his 'ollow-
ers will abandon the passive attitude which
they have maintained since the birth of the
little King. In Austria the Duke OF Cum
berlsnd, having recently compromised mat
ters with Emperor William as regards his
claims to the throne OF Hanover, is now
moving heaven and earth to secure the rec
ognition BY Germany of his pretensions to
the sovereignty of the duchy of Bruins
wick.
A Crisis Coming in SerFia-
In the Balkans the Servian Pretendsr
Karageorgewiteh, the son-in-law of the
Prince of Montenegro, is rapidly bringing
matters to a climax, involving the deposi-
tion and in all probability the death of the
boy King Alexander. whose life has al
ready been attempted several times by men
in the pay of "Black George" The entire
country is honeycombed with committees
organized and maintained by King Kara
georgewitch, whose pretensions are sup
ported and more or less openly Endorsed not
only by his tather-in-law, the Prince of
Montenegro, but also by the imperial FAM
lily of Russia, to which he is nearly related.
The Duke of Orleans who may be re-
garded as the Royalist Pretender to the
French throne-for his father, the Count of
Paris, is mere respectable nonentity-is
now making his way into the interior of
Africa in search of big game aud
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going to get of it Well, I'll swim. Just
put on bold face (anyone who went into
the surf this summer can't help knowing. how
to do it) and make for land, too
This is how 1 intend to do it But first,
dears, q few words of warning If you are
going to give Xmas presents without spend
ing any money you must act on the princi-
pie of the Stock Exchange men-bank on
thin air chiefly. You must be as feminine
as Mother Eve herself; you must be utterly,
openly, sweetly ingsnuous-all for pur-
pose naturally. We never are ingenious
without purpose, are we? Now, having
assumed this attitude, If you will follow
me, who know the ways of men, will
promise YOU Q merrier Xmas than you'v
passed tor years
To Become an Ideal.
What is your first best boys ideal? your
second best boys? and so on down the line
as far as you would care to 60 with Xmas
presents if your purse were bursting with
wealtha He has told you 30 times; If he
hasn't ask him.
Each and every one will say she Is do
nestle angel, who looketh well to the ways
of her household, and is wise. Press him
little further, and you'll find he entertains
q vague notion of her as q dainty creature,
stitching away for dear life, or fowery
goddess, reigning in kitchen; or, if he is
bit literary, he will tell you she can read
Latin; or, if she CAM, her mind Will be re-
ceptive tor his teaching.
Then materialize his 'ideaP' for Christ
mas and you will be the most popular girl
In town. .s
This is the way I did it last week. Ny
dear old boy sent q note saying
he would 'drop i'm during the
afternoon. Lately, do you know,
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Improving the storage Battery.

The adoption of the storage battery for
traction purposes on the Second avenue
surface line in New York serves to call. at
tention to the general activity which
is declaring itself in the storage battery
field. Thus far the storage battery has not
proved successful from an economical stand
point in this country, but actual improve
meuts not enly in construction but in prin-
ciple are now being made which will materi-
ally increase the probability of the eventual
designing of thoroughly practical accumu-
lator for traction purposes. The great draw
back to progress in this field lies so far in
the excessive weight of the cells These
have gradually been lightened, but even the
most improved form of cells still leaves much
to be desired in this respect. With few ex-
ceptions fypes of accumulators up to the
present have been constructed on the prin-
ciple OF number Of plates. The reason for
the preference Of this mode of construction
is obvious, as large surface must be pro-
yided in order to store up the electrical
energy in given space, and, on the other
hand, it is necessary to produce an accumu-
lator with the lowest possible internal re-
sistance. But il has been proved by
long experience that when such ac-
cumulatsrs are put to work, al
though the introduction of large number
OF plates secnres means for larRs storage
cspacity, the evil Of its own destruction ID
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BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
Peculiar Traditions That Are Followed Out
Even Up to This Day.
Pearson's weekly.l

Even Up to This Day.
Pearson's Weekly.l
The Mohammedans always. whether in
their own country or one of adoption, bury
without coffin or casket of any kind.
During the time of the old Roman Empire
the dead bodies of all except suicides were
buried. The Greeks sometimes buried
their dead in the ground, but more gener-
ally cremated them, in imitation of the
Romans. In India, up till the last few
years, the wife, either according to her
wishes or otherwise, was cremated on the
same funeral pyre that converted her dead
husbands remains into ashes. When a
child dies in Greenland the natives bury a
live dog with it, the dog to be used by the
child as guide to the other world. When
questioned in regard to this peculiar super
stitition, they will only answer:
"a dog can find his way anywhere"
The natives of Australia tie the hands of
their dead together, and pull out their nails;
this is for fear that the corpse may scratch
its way out of the grave and become YAM
pire. The primitive Russians place a GER
tifcate of character in the dead persons
hands, which is to be given to St Peter at
the gates OF heaven.
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The Only Place Where the Metal Is Found
in Grains, Some Containing Gold.
Constantinople JournaI.l
The platinum bedsof the Ural Mountains
are the only ones in the world in which this
metal is found in grains Platinum is
found in Brazil and in the Cordilleras in
the hard serpentine rocks, but never in the
form of grains. The platinum beds of the
Ural Mountains are found in various dis
tricts, in the north at Besserski, in the
Government of Peru, in the District of
Khoutourski, and in the state properties of
OF fGoroblagodatski, where 66 mining conees-
sions have been granted.
All the beds OF the northern region are
situated in the basin OF the River Touri, in
that of the tributary stream of Taghil. and
in other tributaries higher up. On the
western deelivity of the Ural Mountains
there is another platinum bed near the
River Outka. a atributary of the Tchoussova,
and the basins of the higher tributaries of
the Outka, near the UraI river. The plati-
mum found in these places is in the form of
grains, in sand frequently containing gold.
The weight of these grains is from II TO 20
grams to every 1,64o Kilograms of sand.
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A BicycMst Lamp Trimmer.

The bicycle is beginning to be an i'm
portant element in the saving of time aud
trouble in many industries A marked in
stance of this has been afforded by the
adoption of the speedy cycle in facilitating
the work of the electric light trimmer. An
electrical journal has recently given an il
Iustration OF bicyclist lamp trimmer stand
ing beside his bicycle all ready to begin
work. The picture is taken in the town of
Concord, where there reinall about 65 lamps
to be trimmed on two circuits covering 16
miles, the two lamps furthest from each
other being about two miles and half
apart In good weather it takes about
eight hours to trim the lamps, and after the
lamps are started the trimmer goes over the
circuit once more to make sure that they
are all burning properly. The last opera
tion, which had formerly to be done to q
large extent on foot, is said to be now ac-
cemplished in about 1N hours.
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The Walls of Baalbec's Temple.

1t is certain that earth has never wit
messed any human creation more wonderful
in its way than the walls of the Phmnieian
Temple of Baalbee. Certainly nothing in the
Nile Valley can compare with that wonder
ful stone left in the quarry, having the di-
mensions of a two-story house of ten rooms,
each II feet square and 80 feet high. In
the wall itself, 35 feet above the soil,
are three stones, Il feet in breadth and
thickness. aud 64 feet e31k feet and SO feet
long respectively. There are 15 other
stones OF the same girth, and 80 feet long,
so accurately adjusted that the blade of
penknife cannot be inserted between them.