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Show sr Pauline Astor is not a rhip of the old She has refused the highest title In the English peerage a dukedom because she is not in love with the duke that wore it. The duke Ib the Duke of Roxburghe, a young man .and rich, and he Is believed to be really in love with little Miss Art or, even though her father was born an American. William Waldorf Astor was banning to console himself for the various snubs which Wales administered to him by the thought that he would marry his daughter to a lord, and his son to a lords daughter, and then spend the evening of his days proudly block. their social grandeur. considering What bliss to have nobles In the family, thought Mr. Astor. 80 it was all arranged between Miss Astor and the Duke of Roxburgbe. But a grave omission was made in the arrangement, for Miss Astor was not oonsulted. To make everything lovely the duke really fell in love with the girl that everybody said he ought to marry. But she didn't fall in love with him. Contrariwise, she fell in love with a commoner, with considerably less than nothing, lint, the handsomest man in the handsomest company of the regiment in England Captain II. Eraser of the Royal Guards. Most people who have seen him say that unipiestionably he is the handsomest mau In the world. Certain it is that lie has had a career with women un flnest-iooki- ng 74 J equaled since the day of Dashing Jack first Duke of Churchill, afterward Marlborough, and with the possible exception of George IV., the "First Gentleman of Europe," 100 years ago. He is son of General the Hon. 8ir David MacDowall Fraser, retirefi, and nephew of Lord Saltoun. But lack of fortune and even farthings cannot influence the popularity of the man who, since Captain Osi Ames retirement, has been known as the flower of the most perfect company of men in all the British kingdom. How he met Miss Astor first Is not known. She was bard to meet, and deadly, for her pretty high heels have stubbed and pierced the scores of hearts whereon tbey have trod. Her father was.particularly anxious to keep Captain Fraser out of her sight, because he was too attractive for a man without a title. How the two met is not known. Some say when riding in the park in the mornings. Others say that Miss Astor saw Captain Fraser sitting his horse in front of his company, and she never forgot him. Before she met him, or saw him, whichever it was, Bhe was about ready to emulate Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough. Roxburghe was always with her, and it was understood that there was an understanding. But it all has been changed within the last three weeks. London expects the expatriates daughter to marry the soldier soon, with or without her father's blessing, and I.ondon applauds. But Astor may have his way yet. No formal announcement of the engagement has been made; she is his daughter, living under his roof. And when he wants his way, William Waldorf Astor is a hard man. (Special Letter.) VALUABLE find of ancient treasure Is reported from Montalto, in During Liguria. the demolition of one of the most ancient churches in Italy a small underground chamber discovered was filled with objects of ait dating back to the era of the Roman empire. They consisted chiefly of silver ampliorau and vases finely chlreled and tilled with gold and diver cuius of the Women pi re. Mgr. Sraiahrini, who has been p.ac tirally selected by the Pope to succeed Mer. Martini HI at Washington, lias begged the holy father to be excused fro::i su.-promotion on me double ground of age an disiiu .nation for a diplomatic career, for which he feds that he ins no qualification. Spain. Archbishop Chapelle, who was Bent to Manila as apostolic legate, has been recalled. His administration is disapproved by the authorities of the He has left Rome, but will Vatican. make a visit of several weeks to his parents in France, and make a to the shrine of Ixiurdcs before he ivails. M. llugues Le Roux, a riistiugui.-heFrenchman, who is said to have discovered the sources of the Blue XLc, iiiicr a lias just letumed to Ecr.-ptour iu Abyssinia, when- he v.us a welcome guest of Emperor lie Is new at IIjuc, wkeic lie v.ii bo received. i:i a day or iw.i, i.y KIjj Victor Emanuel. He lms been Interviewed by a:i Italian jor.ru.'.l.st who publishes a lea riprrt of the in the Trlbuua. The It?.l!i,.s, M. I.r Eoux . r.ys, are popular la Al y iV.a. Tie la ia.t war wlu rcridel lor years i:i tl:. count.')' af;e. the luui? of Alba l.avc pi'.vul the way t j j. lo.o.ivh :f the two : ces. r.n-now convinced that Italy the negus is lias given up evry idea' of colonial expansion to the prejudice of Ethiopia. The only object of Italy is ;o establish on a firm basis commercial relations between Massowali and Abbys-sini- a with the full and hearty concurrence of the negus. Some details of the pope's will are matters of gossip. Thu popes neph-ewit is said, exported to claim the ge d - iK-li- ouj-leren- prl'-er.er- re s K.'.r-i.T.- a, The Roman have arrested a notorious anarchist of the name of Calcagno, who has just arrived from the United- States. He has been sentenced several times for anarchist crimes. The only document found upon him was a list of addresses, which was apparently a copy of one he had left in New York to enable his friends to communicate with him. The disquieting point was .that Calcagno managed to enter Italy unchallenged. He was comfortably lodged In Rome, - B, 11 Ptiniilor Vcat'ii Verdict. "Sitting one night in Chamberlain's hotel, in Washington. said Amos J. Cummings, who has Just resumed his seat In Congress, according to the New York Times, "were John Allen, the Mississippi wit. Senator Vest, and several other men of more or less national distinction, when the conversation turned upon violin music. Vest is noted for his skill with the horsehair bow, and the upshot of the discussion was that he challenged me to a duel on tbe violin. I sent a servant around to a pawnshop and got an Instrument which looked as if it had been used to ball out a boat Vest had a Strad, or a Gunrnarius, or an Arnatl, and he played a selection by Vleuxteuips. It was highly classical and beautifully done. " I tucked my old fiddle under my rhln and scraped away at The Arkan-saTraveler.' I had not been playing for a minute before twenty feet were keeping time to the noise, and several negro waiters were doing Julias. Of course, I won the prize; lint Vest said: You're no violinist, Amos. You're nothing but a measly fiddler. This halberd was carried by Jesse Wyman In the trainings of tbe Woburn militia, before 1782. It is now In the possession of Mrs. Leonard Thompson of Woburn. It Is about 7 feet 3 Inches in length. Jesse Wyman died in 1782, having held the oifices of both sergeant and captain in the Woburn militia, both before and during the revolutionary He was In active service In the French war and In the revolutionary war. war. By occupation he was a tailor, and Thompson, husband of the present owner, was his dependent. The halberd was carried by the sergeants of Infantry, and was the distinctive weapon of that grade. WinLeonard chester Press. w Kertch. which is about two miles wide and possesses a maximum depth of twenty-seve- n feet. But at the various ports along its shores the depth of water varies only from five feet to fourteen feet. Every effort thus far made by the government to maintain Kea Azov. of channels for seagoing craft has been liaising th The sea of Azov, an arm of the unavailing, and It has been necessary Black sea. Is to be Improved for navi- to maintain a costly system of lightergation by a novel method. It Is joined ing. It is proposed, therefore, to get to the Black sea by the strait of rid of the latter by raising the level r 11 - t"fr---?-- -- H-5- BIRTHPLACE OF THE STARS AND STRIPES j- 4 444v5-4-H-'i"!-t"5-'r- v of the entire sea, through the construction of a dam across the strait of Kertch. This dam will raise the water high enough to give twenty feet of water in all of the ports. A large amount of shore property will have to be protected and compensation for damages to existing harbor work will be Included In the bill of expenses. lllundeni In th Typo, when he was recognized by a detective in whose hands he had been on several occasions. Many papers in Europe recently announced that Italy had adopted a new national emblem, basing their report on the appearance of new postage stamps. It Is true that both the new Italian postage stamps and coin have assumed some heraldic modifications, but they are very insignificant and were Introduced during the reign of King Humbert. The Italian national emblem consists ' Tmm In Knropoan t'ltlea. People In the United States who are grumbling about high taxes should find much consolation in the knowledge that their property is not situated in any of the European capitals. In Berlin, for example, the great American life insurance companies are required to invest a certain portion of their assets in city property, and their taxes, which are no higher than those of other real estate owners, amount of annually to mori tiian their receipts from rentals. In Vienna taxes are even higher. The man who owns the building in which flic American legation is located divides the rent with the government in equal shares. The same rates prevail In other large European cities. . Errors of the press often begin with errors of the reporters who have misunderstood spoken words. The rule of follow copy compels the compositor to repeat the exact words written by the reporter and the following blunders are the result of obedience to this rule. A speaker made this statement: "In these days clergymen are expected to have the wisdom and learning of Jeremy Taylor." But the wir.le. an. the compositor re" the wisdom and peated: of a Juni tailor. learning Another speaker quoted these linos: bless fair and free. Oh, ciinie, thou In heaven yclept Euphroyne. They were print. .1 as written: Oh, come, thou g... bless fair and free. In heaven site ctipt and froze her accumulated millions which government allows annually pope that is to say, the $600,000 a year which is placed at his disposal, but which Is withdrawn at the end of every five years under prescription. The pope has decided that nothing of his allowance shall be touched. His small personal fortune goes in equal distribution to hiB five nephews of the Peccl family. The fortune he leaves as pontiff is placed under the trusteeship of three cardinals, of whom Cardinal Rampolla is chief. onc-thi- tir I Fox Fitrin In NewfiiantllHiirt. i v knee. Another from nra on quoted this liiy yea:.- - uf cycle of Cm !..iy. iP-tt'- lino Hair': Hut the Europe ih.in The last of the great army of believed to have oilginated at American tourists who invaded EngManor, the gift of Henry VIII. land during the past slimmer and ear- to I,awrenec Washington. There Lawly autumn have now left its shores. rence Washington lived prior to his He caused to AH the sights" of interest have been residence in Brington. anof lie over the the envied course, visited, including, porch of the manor house the family crest of three stars cient church Ht Great Iirington, Northamptonshire, wherein repose some of and two stripes, which also appears the ancestors of George Washington. over his tomb. Though this crest of .aw retire Washington Is believed to Strange to say. however, no pilgrimages were made to a place only a few have been the genesis of the United which States Hag, American visitors to Engmiles from Great Iirington, should be of still greater historical im- land appear to have lost sight of the The fact. The illustration shows Suigrave portance to American citizens. national flag of the United States is Manor Sul-gra- ve d a was wiitlcn and li ft v je.ir-in Europe than a circus in Eumbay. One of the woivi perversions of a hackncyrd quotation (incorrectly given by Gin speaker) is this, which seems to be the j. ini work of the zealous reporter und the equally reckless s printer: AniictiH I Ilato, amicus Socrates, sed major veritas. may cuss Pluto, I may cuss Socrates, stiid Major Vi ritas. The Practice of Typography, T. I l)c Vlnnr. The population of the Australian commonwealth, according to the latest returns, is 3,775, company is being formed at North Sydney, Cape Bn ton, to establish a fox farm oil the west coast of Newfoundland. will Incorporation be sought at the next scs.iiun of the New(Erroneously Reported to Have Been foundland legislature. A number of business men of North Changed in tin New Hostage and other parts or the provSydney Slumps.) volunloen d to take stock, have ince of a shield with a silver cross. a suitable locution in and by a crown and a pentagon the natural Ii(),! or the o star, (luting fiom the seal of Icti r II. fnx has been old lined, as well ns count of Savoy. The royal coat of arms show this same shield, with the a number of fine breeding animals. The price of skins range fiom to $:t royal helmet am the historic golden for the ordinary fox up to $50 or more cross held by two lions and surroundsilver-gra- y or black fox. ed by the great chain of the Annun-clat- a for the order and other high orders of the monarchy. Infmilry." Tho term infantry was first used But the house of Savoy has from time immemorial possessed the em- by the Spaniards in the wars with the blem of the eagle, so that Moors to designate the bodyguard of the action of King Victor Emanuel III. a royal prince on Infanta. It was exsimply revives an old dynastic sym- tended to tiie entire body of foot soldiers and finally adopted throughout bol. The papal policy concerning the Europe. Philippine islands has been deterIt is simply impossible to suppress mined, and will be definitely announced at the approaching consistory. the man who cant tell a' funny story. Lots of married people In the world The archbishop of Manila has resigned and will not return to the Philippine pose as danger signals to those who Islands. He has gone to his home In are single. A rd printed: Belter nl valu-alil- two-head- ed lJ |