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WILL MARRY A PRINCE.
Beautiful Baltimore Girl to BECOME
the Bride of the Fourth Son of
the King Of Sweden.

News has been received from Paris
of the engagement of Helen German
Wild, of Baltimore, and Prince Eu-
gene of Sweden, fourth son of the
king of Sweden and Norway, and
hitherto regarded as a possible heir
to the throne.
Miss Wild, a beautiful woman, is
related to the famous Carroll family
of Baltimore. She is a devout Cath
Ole, while the royal family of Sweden
is Protestant. She is an heiress in
her own right and is we'll known in
society in Baltimore, New York and
Philadelphia.
At first King Oscar objected strenu-
ously to the match, principally on the
ground of the young woman's re-
ligion.
In the annals Of Sweden there is
not a single instance of an alliance
of a scion of royal blood with a
Catholic. Perhaps in no country in
Europe is Professionalism so strongly
intrenched as in Sweden, and when
the romantic marriage of Prince Eu-
gene was preached it's possibility
was laughed at by the court entour-
age. By his marriage Prince Eugene
will resign all right to the throne,
Catholic influence near the Swedish
crown being regarded as out of the
question, and the sacrifice of a posi-
BILE throne for love invests the match
with a than usual interest. The
present wearer of the Swedish crown
had for one of his predecessors Gus
tavus Adolphus, the "Lion of the
North" and thee defender of the
Protestant faith.
At first, it is said, King Oscar
fouted the possibility of an alliance
between his son and an American
Catholic. The ardent lover was given
to understand that the marriage was
out of the question, and was warned
that if he persisted he would have to
renounce all royal rights.
1t seems, however, that Prince Eu-
gene had a potent ally in the queen,
his mother, and through her infu-
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so particular that we did not want to
run any risk of losing our appoint,
ment."
perhaps you will now be good
enough t. tell me what that business
is?" l replied, taking my note book out
of a drawer, preparatory to writing
down what they had to say.
Gin the first place, SIR" the man be.
gan, "we of curse understand that
everything we have to tell you will
be regarded by you as strictly private
and confidential?"
THAT goes without saying" I re
piled. eff 1 were to divu,ge what my
clients tell me, my business would not
be worth a days purchase. You can
rest assured that everything you may
impart to me will be treated in strict
est confidence"
"We thank you," said Kitwater.
"The story l have to tell you is per-
haps the strangest that has ever been
told to mortal man. To begin with,
you mus understand that my COM
panion and myself have but lately ar
rived in England. We have been for
many years missionaries in China, SOW
ing the good seed in the western prov
inces. LIDO not know whether YOU
have ever visited that country, but,
even if you have not, you must be aware
to some extent of the dangers to which
u calling is subjected. We carry our
lives in our hands from the moment we
leave civilization until we enter it
again. There are times, however, that
compensate one for all the trials that
have to be undergone"
"You must excuse me-" I said, "if l
remind you that my time is valuable,
and that, however interested ! may be
in the missionary work of China, l
cannot allow it to interfere with my
business. The sooner you tell me in
what way you want me to help you, the
sooner l shall be able to give you the
answer you are seeking"
II must implore your PARDON" the
nan continued, humbly enough. 81
am afraid our calling, however, is apt
to make US a tritie verbose. Ifyou WI
allow me I will put what 1 have to say
in as few words as possible"
1 bowed and signed to him to pro-
coed.
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BEGINNING HER R E
How a Girl Should Passt the Interest.
ing Period Between the SCHOOL,
room and Altar. =

When a girl begins her social career.
after completing her education, she
finds the world far Different from what
she expected. The schoolroom is one
thing, the world another. She may
nave been popular with her teachers,
ecause she was a diligent scholar, and
carried off the honors of the school.
But she finds that book knowledge does
not make her popular or successful So
cially. Some of the most intellectual
people we have known have been
among the most disagrees BILE. AVON
an whose nature is agg :~essive, who
parades her knowledge before those
of inferior education, is an object to
be dreaded. Mere learning in a wom-
an is never attractive. 1t is, on the
contrary, offensive, unless coupled
with feminine graces. School learn
ing should sink into the character and
department, and only exhibit itself as
the perfume of a flower is exhibited
manner A woman's intellectual ac-
quirements should not make her talk
like an orator in daily life-they should
simply make her conversation gracious
andagreeable. Mathematics should rem
der her mind clear and her judgments
true; her geographical studies should
teach her that the world is too small
for f%alseness to find a hiding-place;
and history should impress her that
life is too short for unworthy ambi-
lions. The time between the school,
room and the altar should not be a
mere harvest-time Of pleasure, but a
sowing time for all the seeds of kind
ness and ~self-sacrifice for others, and
of unselishness and ~benevolence,
which alone can make her a happy wife
n mother.-N. Y. Weekly.
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CHAPTER1I.

All business London, and a good
many other people besides, must re-
member the famous United States EN-
stolen and negotiated, vast sums of
money were discovered to be missing,
and the manager and one of the direct
.ors were absent also. So cleverly had
the affair been worked, and so faring
-svere the defalcations, that had it not
been for the public-spirited behavior
land generosity of two of the direct
have been most seriousiycompromised,
If not shattered altogether. How the
culprits had managed to slip through
the fingers of the law in the first place
no one could say, but the fact remains
that they were able to get out of Eng
land, without, apparently, leaving a
trace of their intentions or their where
abouts behind. them. Scotland Yard
took the matter up with its usual
promptness, and at first were con-
fdent of success. They set their clev-
crest detectives to work upon it, and
1T was not until than a month
mad elapsed that the men engaged were
compelled most reluctantly to admit
their defeat. They had done their
best; it was the system under which
they worked that was to blame. In
the detection of crime, or in the trac-
lug of a criminal, it is best, as in every
walk of. life, to be original.
One morning on arriving at my Office
I :ouud a letter awaiting me from the
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the offenders, the excitement rose to
fever heat. 1 can see the whole scene
now as if it had occurred but yester-
day; the learned judge upon the bench,
the jury in their box, the rows of coun-
sells, and the benches full of inter-
ested spectators. l gave my evidence
and was examined by the counse,s for
the prosecution and for the defense.
described how l had traced the men
from England to their hiding-place
abroad, and the various attempts that
had been made to prevent their extra
dition, and had just referred to a GER
tain statement n of the prisoners
had made to me soon after his arrest
when an interruption caused me to
look behind at the rows of spectators.
At the further end of the bench, near
est me, were two men; one was evil
IDENTIFY tall, the other very short. The
taller was the possessor Of silvery
white hair and a long and venerable
beard. He was a handsome-looking
man of about 40, and my first glance
at him told me that he was blind. AS
udNe sdiu, HIS COMPANION was q mucu
smaller man, with a smooth, almost
boyish face, a pair of twinkling eyes,
but a mouth rather hard set. Both
were evidently following the case close
ly, and when on the next day I saw that
they were in the same place l took an
even greater interest ia them than be-
fore. 1t was not, however, until the trial
had finished and the pair of miserable
men had been sent to penal servitude
for a lengthy term of years, that
made the acquaintance of the men
have just described. 1 remember the
circumstance quite distinctly. l had
left the court and was proceeding down
the Old Bailey in the direction OF
Ludgate Hill, when l heard my name
pronounced.
Turning round 1 discovered to my
establishment the two men l had seen
IN the court. and who had seemed to
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ence the king was won over. She
persuaded the monarch to consent to
the match, urging that her son had
set his heart upon it and that to pre-
vent it might be followed by serious
consequences. 1t is said that the
queen has determined to divide her
immense fortune of $25, OOO, 900 be-
tween her two sons, Bernadotte and
Eugene. Miss Wild's fortune is large.
She will be the second beautiful
B~altimorean to win a royal husband,
the other being, of course, Miss Pat
terson, who married Jerome Bona
parte, brother of Napoleon I. In this
connection, however, it is interesting
TO recall the fact that Prince Eugene
Of Sweden is a descendant of one of
Napoleon's marshals, the famous
Bernadotte, founder of the present
royal house of Sweden.
Eugene of Sweden is one of the
most interesting princes in Europe.
Those who have followed his career
are not surprised to hear of the ro-
mantle match. He is a handsome
young fellow, highly educated and of
artistic temperament. He has no
fads or vices, and from his youth has
been attracted toward serious and
artistic pursuits.
The wedding, which will take place
soon, will be a private affair. It will
be celebrated in a little Catholic
church in Paris. in the Latin quarter,
where the pair have been accustomed
to attend service together. The GER
emory will be attended by intimate
friends Of the pair, the king having
expressed the desire that the mar
riage be celebrated rs quietly as pos
sible.-Philadelphia Press.
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was three times mistress of the robes
under Queen Victoria, and was 'contin-
ued in office" by the present queen
when she came to the throne. AS the
holder of this exalted position the
duchess has authority over the ladies'
of the bedchamber and maids of honor.
Her duties as head of this illustrious
staff promise, however, to be less oner-
Gus under Queen Alexandra than under
thte late queen, for whereas Queen
Victoria always insisted on being ac-
companied in all her movements by a
perfect swarm of titled lady attend
ants, her successor dispenses with the
services of the maids of honor, con.
tenting herself with the society of her
friend, Miss Knollys.
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THE -wELL-DREssED GIRL.
Good Taste, Skillful Fingers and In
dustry Often Accomplish What
Money Fails to Do.

You may have an idea that the best
dressed girl is the one who spends the
most on her clothing, and that no girl
need consider herself well-dressed who
has to plan and scrimp and make over
continually. This is a mistake. Good
taste and skillful fingers can often ac-
complish what money fails to do.
The girl who does not dress to fit her
years is not well-dressed. For a miss
in her teens to wear gowns fashioned
as deliberately as her mother, and Of
as expensive material, proves
in error, either the mother OF the girl.
Form simple tastes, girls. Then you
will never be in doubt rs to how you
shall dress; your own good sense will
tell you.
Some girls may have prettier dresses
than others, but there is no reason
why any girl should excel another in
neatness. A girl has herself to blame
if her shoes r a rusty color instead
of attractive black. 1t is not lack OF
money, but lack of energy, that is.
shown when a girls shoe is minus
some of its buttons.
After all, it makes less difference
how a girl is dressed than she some-
times believes. To have a mind we'll
clothed and thoughts lovely and at
tractive, viii do more to add to the
appearance of any girl than can the
most costly fabric. Clothe yourselves
with content, ch~eerfulness, and loving
thought for others, and, so your dress
be neat and fresh, you need have little
anxiety as to your experimenting
Companion. !
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My Strangest Case
BY GUY BooTHBy.
Aathor of "Dr. Kikola,' 1.-THE Beautiful
White Devii.'' "Pharos, The
Egyptian" Etc.
copyrighted, 1901. by Ward. Lock & Col
CHAPTER I.-CoNT1NUEp.

Next day / made my way to the
great metropolis, and installed myself
at a small private, hotel, while ]
Hooked about me preparatory to com
Emencing business. To talk of gaining
q footing in London is all very well in
its way, but it is by no means so easy
Ia task to accomplish as it might ap-
pear. Doubtless it can be done fairly
quickly if one is prepared to spend
large sums of money in advertising,
and is not afraid to blow ones own
trumpet on every possible occa,
sion, but that is not my line,
and besides, even had 1 so wished,
I had not the money to do it.
For a multitude of reasons l did not
feel inclined to embark my hard
earned savings on such a risky enter
prise. 1 preferred to make my way by
my own diligence, and with that end
In view 1 rented an office in a con-
venient quarter, furnished it, put a
small advertisement in a few of the
papers, and then awaited the coming
of my clients.
AS I have a long and curious story
ito tell, and this book is only intended
sto be the narration of a certain episode
in my life, a detailed description of
s1ny first three years in London would
! not only be super1uous, but in every
way a waste of time. Let it suffice that
my first case was that of the now
notorious Pilchard street diamond
robbery, my success in which brought
me business from a well-known firm in
Hatton Gardens. AS the public will
doubtless remember, they had been
robbed of some valuable gems between
London and Amsterdam in a singular
ly audacious manner. My second was
the case of the celebrated Russian
/: swindler, who called herself Countess
Demikoff. This case alone took me
/. nearly six months to unravel, but
tdid not grudge the time, seeing that
was well paid for my labors, and that
4 managed to succeed where the police
had failed. From that time forward ]
efhink 1 may say without boasting that
II have been as successful as any mar
of my age has a right to expect to be
What is better still, I am now in the
happy position of being able to accept
ZOE decline business as I choose. 1t j!
lin many respects a hard life, and at al
times is attended with a fair amoun'
of risk, but you cannot make omelette:
without breaking eggs, and if anyone
chooses to spend his life running tt
earth men who IRE waging val agains'
society, well, he must not grumble i
he receives some hard knocks in re
turn.
After these preliminaries I will pro
coed to show how l came to be mixet
up in the most curious case it has eve,
been my good, or evil, fortune to en-
counter. 1t showed me a side of hu
man nature l had not met before, AM
1t brought me the greatest happines
q man can ever hope to find.
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Church Going in the olden Days.

Church Going in the Olden Days.
Those who are concerned about the
prexent condition of church attend.
ance, now being discussed in our col.
umns, might like to return to the state
Of things prevalent in George lis
reign. The medieval laws for filming
people who did not go to church, and
even those whe harbored absentAes,
were still in force, which looks as
though the church still entered a
good deal into the daily life of the
people. There was, indeed, daily serv-
ice in "A of the city churches, and even
ing service in all of them on Wednes-
day and Friday evenings, besides spe-
cial sermons on other days in churches
endowed with iectureships. Fast days
still vigorously observed, too, al
though, in most cases, the shops were
not closed on Ash Wednesday and Good
Friday, as they had been in monastic
times. But the work of the clergy
practically ended with the perform.
ance of their ecclesiastical duties and
the visiting of the sick. Other parish
work was not then done by the clergy
at all.-London Chronicle.
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SOLACE.

leu d you are not strong enough, dear
heart,
10 bear misfortune's sting and soaring
smart
You say the future seemeth gray and
dark
4 rnubled sea on which you must embark.
KNOW how futile is my powert to cheer.
I know how vain my words must be, my
dear!
Yet will I utter thoughts tina throng the
mind.
In hopes therein some solace you may fird.
The Past hath vanished like a fleeing
dream,
Clearing our joys and sorrows on It's
stream.
The Futures doors are barred and will not
ope,
aE'en to the sesame of sacred hope!
The Present only is what we possess.
IN which to do the deeds that blight or
\ bless.
The P~resent-ah, what joys we daily store
For future good when we observe her lore,
The duty done, the anguish borne, the
weight
OF cares upheld-that is to smile at Fate!
Dear heart, live in the now, nor vainly
dread,
That which to fancles threatens far ahead.
Arthur E. Locke, in Boston Budget.
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remaining directors of the bank, ir
which they inquired if 1 could make il
convenient to call upon them a, the
head-ofice that day. To tell the truth
l had been expecting this summons for
nearly a week, and was far from be-
ing ~displeased when it came. The
work l had expected them to offer me
was after my wv heart, and if they
would only trust the business to me
and give me a free hand, l was pre-.
pared on my part to bring the missing
gentlemen to justice.
Needless to say, 1 called upon them
at the hour specified, and after a brief
wait was conducted to the board room,
where the directors sat in solemn con
clave.
The chairman, Sir Walter Brace
bridge, received me on behalf of his
colleagues.
"We wrote to you, Mr.. Fairfax" he
said, sin order to find put whether you
could help us concerning the diff
Guilty in which we find ourselves placed.
You of purse are aware of the serious
trouble the bank has experienced, and
of the terrible consequences which
have resulted therefrom?"
I admitted that 1 was quite CONVEX
SAINT with it, and waited to hear what
he would have to say next.
"As a matter of fact" he continued,
I'VE have sen for you to know wheth-
J er you car offer us any assistance in
our hour of difficulty? Pray take a
chair, and let US talk the matter over
and see what conclusion we can ar
rive at"
/ seated myself, and we discussed the
affair to such good purpose that, when
L left the board room, it was on the
understanding that 1 was to take up
the case at once, and that my expenses
and a very large sum of money should
be paid me, provided l could manage
to bring the affair to a successful ter
mination. 1 spent the remainder of
that day at the bank, carefully study
ing the various memoranda. A great
deal of what l had read and heard had
been mere hearsay, and this it was
necessary to discard in order that the
real facts of the case might be taken
up, n the proper conclusions drawn
therefrom. For three days l weighed
the case carefully in my mind, and at
the end of that time was in a position
to give the board a definite answer to
their inquiries. Thereupon I left Eng
land, with the result that exactly 10
weeks later the two men, SO much
wanted, were at Bow street, and l had
the proud knowledge of knowing that
1 had succeeded where the men who
had tried before me had SO distinctly
failed.
AS will be remembered, it was a case
that interested every class of society,
and press and public were alike united
in the interest they showed in it. 1t
is not, however, the trial itself as
much as another curious circumstance
connected with it that has induced me
to refer to it here. The case had
passed from the magistrates court to
the Old Bailey, and was hourly in
creasing in interest. Day after day
the court was crowded to overlooking,
and, when the time came for me to
take my place in the witness-box and
describe the manner in which l had
led up to and effected the capture of
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Prominent In Literature.

II tell you," said "Shiny Patches.
as he addressed five of his compan-
ions while all were basking in the
sunshine and resting between rests,
1--WE are the prominent figures in
modern literature. l don't pick up q
paper without reading something
about some member of our ancient
order. The very thought of our fame
makes me eloquent.
"We are indeed famous. Every in.
telligent man recognizes the names
of Weary WILLIE Dusty Rhodes
'Meandering Nike Tired Thomas
Hungry Hawkins Resting Robert
and q score more of names that we
are proud Of. Literature has made
us."rStray Storiek -
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TIC Edges Of the Canned

It is the part Of wisdom to examine
the edges of the carpet often in the
spring. If the carpet is not to be taken
from the floor remove thetaoks, turn
back a half yard all around the room,
wipe the floor and spray with benzine
in the cracks OF use a little carbolic
acid in the water. Then replace the
carpet, cover with a damp sheet and
iron within hot fiatiron. This will pro-
duce sufficient heat to destroy both
the moths and all their larvae,
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H OF BUccLEucH.
Mistress of the Robes and Ex-Omcio
Prime Minister to the Queen
OF England,

Few people have been buster in Lon
don of late than the stately dame who
is duchess of Buccleuch. AS mistress
of the robes she has had her hands
about full for Some time with the
care of Queen Alexandra's wardrobe.
not only for the coronation ceremonies
next june, but also for the series of
evening drawing rooms" to be given
by the king and queen during the year.
She is a sort of prime minister for the
queen.
The duchess of Buccleuch is one Of
the greatest ladies in the kingdom. She
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ITO Be Continued
THE wHIRL1GIG TABLE.
An Ingenious Three-story ARai,
Made by a Connecticut Yankee
Years Ago,

A lounger in a secondhand furniture
shop asked the man behind the coun-
ter whether he had ever seen one of
the queer merry-go-round tavern ia,
bles described recently in a New York
newspaper, relates the Detroit Free
Press.
"Yes," the secondhand man an
swered, "and l can go ahead of that
New York mans story. I've seen a
whirligig table three stories high. The
New York mans table had only one
story, with ~pigeon-holes for the dish
es of food in the revolving center.
device, but l hapenn to know that all
these revolving tables are Yankee in.
ventions. Those l have seen were in
vented by Connecticut Yankees, good
men who had such big families that
they couldn't get all their children
served with food under half an hours
valuable time.
"Down in a Kentucky town, now, I
could show You a three-story %revolv-
ing dinner table. 1t was carefully
constructed years ago by a man who
came west from Connecticut; he made
it of beautiful inlaid woods, and the
family used it with doilies under the
plates instead of a tablec1oth. The
center of the table proper was a revolv-
ing disk on which the meats and vege.
tables were placed, and above this a
smaller disk revolved, holding salads
and fruits, and on a little disk at tn,
- -. -,
Yes, it looked queer, of course; but!
that Yankee mother and housewife
was an extra good cook, and I've seen
some remarkably toothsome repasts
go round on that old whirligig table.
The family is all grown and scattered
now. When the children were young
they thought their fathers invention
was the finest thing in the word. 1t
served a good purpose, too-that funny
old whirligig table did,"
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Husbandly Apprehen.ion.

Mrs. Iones-They say capital is tim
i'd,
Mrs. Brownies; when my hus-
band has any he grows pale every time
I kiss him.-Puck. r