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TRAIN HELD UP, BOLD ATTACK 07 ARMED BANDITS ON A TRAIN. fifty TkeaMS S.llr. ll|>l....r.l |e lir U Ihe ! flmli l Ikr Kolilirr. str.. .il r* by a SIM *MklBi<ar fillre vfllh riMr.l l>. Irrlltr.. CitirAiiO, Sept, 'JO A despatch from Conn, Mo., aay* : Tne Colorado and Utah rxprest OD the Santo Ke waa held up by robbers at 3.TO am oo T'lei.Uy. Owing to the ta-'t that the railroad and expreat official* had a apy on the train of the ban- dits, whD they stopped the tram they met a hail of buck*hot aod bulleta, and it il aid at lead two lie dead in the surround- ing woodi, while ai many other* rode for ttieir rendeivou*, twenty one mile* away, tilled with laden pellet*. They were nov- ice* in tl.e art of train robbery, and brutal one* at that, for they ihot "Dad" 1'reicott, the engineer, before they even gave him a chance to hold up hit hands. Hi* wound, it i* believed, will not prove fatal. Toe raid waa planned three week* ago, but wa* not put into execution till Tueaday morning. When the train left Chicago at ."> o'clock laat evening, the railroad and expreasdelec live*, all walking arsenal , climbed on at every station. Chief Detective .1. J. Kin- uey, of the Santa Fe, with G. C. Montgo mery, hit right-hand man, hoarded it at I... lei. At Sireator they were joined by two morn men, who have been patrolling the line tor twenty days. J. A. Matthew*, who haa been acting the ipy (or the tail two weeki, snd gelling the news of their plan*, put in an appearance at (laleiburg. Me brought new* that the would-be robber* met early in the day and decided to leave their hiding place near Memphia at H.SO o clock on Monday night, and :nake their third attempt to net rich at the expenae of the expreaa oinpauy. They expected to make a haul of at Uast $50,000, the Monday run alway* being muoh heavier than any other day ot the week. When th* tnin reached Fort Maditon, Iowa, ibortly, after mid night, Dmson Superintendent Stockton, of the Well*' Fargo K< press .'>., got into the treasure car. He carried a aawed-off Winchester with a hiitnry. It belonged to Bill Ualton, and it wa* to be poetic jui- tice (o turn it loos* upon follower* in the loot-*tep< r.f the K*nsat deiperado. With him were four men. TIIK I'LAH or nirCM'E. Their armt were in the car, ami had been for aeveral day*. The plan adopted we* this : Detective Kinney and Montgomery boarded the engine ; Superintendent Stockton and two of hi* good shot* tarried in the exprea* car ; but it wa* in th* for- ward end uf the sinuking-csr that the force* were maaaetl. A partition and door incluaed half a do/en teat* and abut off the real of the oar from it. There the men, a do/.en of them, were planted. Kach had one of the aawed-offi, every cartridge loaded .-specially for the event with two dozen buoiihov by Supt. .Stockton. There waa only one passenger in the compart- meDi, and he wa* requested to take a lea, in the chair car, a* they were "going to nveep at J o'clock." When Sheriff Matthew*, of Scotland, climbed on board all detail* of the lurpiiae party were arranged. There wa* on* man, however who had to lie looked out for and protected he wa* the py. According to the report brought in by Mathnwi, the *py would ndeavor to be the one who flagged the train. If *o, one torpedo wa* to precede the twinging of the lantern, in another there would be a couple of tiny bomb*. The oiden were that, no matter if every one n( the guilty one* got away, there wa* to be no shooting to endanger th* life of the man who had, in fact, taken hi* llfn into hi* hand* in order to frun'.ral* the attempt at robbery. And *o a* the mm utea !>-, 1 on an unwonted silence tattled down on the train. I'ullman car conduct- or* and porter* aought place* of aafety, and even the trainmen did not *ipo*e theimielvei unnecessarily. In th* littln compartment tilled with armed men the light* were out, the window* were up, in aa>ch teat there were two men silling tide- way*, the muzzle* of their gun* protruding juat a trifle over the *illi. Behind these stoiMl other*, Hirnmgly itatue* with Win- cheater* at halt oock reeling on their arm* They were waiting tor the torpedo. TIIK ATTACK. Out from between two high embank- ment*, jnilone mile from Uorm, >ped the train. Then came the crack of the looked and longed for signal. There wa* but one. A moment, ana a ihrill, sharp whittle gave token that the engineer had heard, and almoit before hi* hand left the valve, aero** the track, not fifty yard* away, wung a red I'ght, A grinding of wheel* along th rail* told the air-brake had been applied, and within twenty aeoond* from the explosion of th* torpedo ihe tram waa at a ttandttill. Out from th* dena* under- growth north of the track came four form*. The '.ice of eauh wa* hidden by a black maak. Cne, more agile than th* real, rushed to the engine alninit before hi* oom- l>ainons "iild reach th* express car. He oa>rried a rifle, and when within ten feet the lander brought it to hi* ihoulder, point ed it at " IJad 11 I'resrott, the while-beard e-i engineer, and, a* he thouted " Hold up your hand* '" pulled th* trigger. Hit aim wa* true, anil " l>ad" 1*11 to the floor of hni cab with a bullet in hi* right hr*a*t. With one hound Kinney gained the top nj toe Kinder, and, bringing hi* mm to hi* heId*r, *ent a shower of *hut almoat Into the face of th* maiked robber. How OD earth the fellow ever managed tn move i* my*tcry. But he did, and made for the wood*. The *bot which laid Engineer Preecolt u>w wa* tb* tignal for a fusillade and wa* r-eohn*d and re-echoed from b*t to bank and through the wood*. It wa* alto th* lignal for a hunt/ retreat to j heller of timber on the part of the greatly surprised individual*, whoae feature* were | hidden by maiki. Not until they retched the timber did they aniwer ; then they only tired two ahot*. Kut their aim wai not good, and, although men were leaning from the car window* tnd pulling trigger! a* fait ai potsible, while other* had jumped to eirth and were after them on foot, they failed lo hit * man. Accord- ing to the programme, their horse* were hidden not over a hundred yrdt away. When th* poae from the train reached the pot they *aw one anirral. a ray, galloping north : a well-directed (hot brought It low. but there wa* no rider on it* back. The place where the hone* were tied wa* toon found, aod cut hitching itrap* ihowad that one man had life enough left to make hi* es- cai.e. ShenffSaling took thewddle.blanket, and bridle from th* dead grey, and aayi by their aid he will have no trouble in identi- fying the owner. The search for dead and wounded waa postponed until daylight, but the chase wa* itarted within ten minute* after the hooting ended. The iheritt He- cured hone* her*, and, with half a dozen men, itarted north. They knew the men and are confident they will have them in cuitody *uon. IJtTER. Five farmer* living three mile* north of Arbel'a, Mo., are the men who held up the Santa Fe at Gorin, Mo. Chat. Abrann and Lincoln Overfield, to of the men, were captured at Mrap)il, Mo,, on Wednesday morning. Abrami bad been ihot nx time* wr.h Winchester. He caunot live. CENSORSHIP IN RUSSIA. K.reu or Near lrparlri .. Irkseeaie I* Ihr fitr'n Jrelt. aa 4 la Fereltrner* a Well. Th* Human centorehip i a thing of many departm*nl*. One of them il the ceniorihip of the Holy Synod, which watoh- et over rtligiom mrttera and trie* lo pre vent the publication or introduction into the country of hookt or printed rratter likely to injure the interest* of the Ortho- dox Greek Church. moet tlupid of all. Thit cen*orihip it the It ha* a lilt of con- THE APPLE SUPPLY. Heart-Mr eflhe frail In t.exlaad aad en the l nll n> W. N. White & Co, of Covent Garden. I-ondoo, Knglaod, have completed accur- *te Utilities in regard to the apple crop. n ai. intsrview with a representative of the Associated 1'retn, Mr. White laid that the bulk of the English crop would be mar- ] ketcd during the pretent month. Already he scarcity of the crop i* being felt, and applet are celling at higher price* than have prevailed in September for yeart. The con- tinental luppliet are becoming exhausted, Moit of the continental applet, with the exception of those of southern France, are marketed in September, and the United States and Canada mult, therefore, be de- pended upon for supplie* during th* re- mainder of the season. The Nova Scotia crop will reach a total of l-.ii.iKH) barrels, and the whole Canadian crop aloat 600,000 barrels. It i* expected ih*t Hut >n will be able to thin between .fin'.oiHp and 4UO.OOO barrels, and New York about I,. ">OO,000 barreli. England ha* th* lowettcrop of applet the has had m '.''I year*. London want* American apples. The first consignment wai told here Monday and irought from 17t. to -i)s. per barrel. freight* are now lower than they have Iwen 'or years, and carriage can proua'dy be te- cured at .'la. per barrel. Debts of Nations. Some valuable information concerning he debt* of nationt ha* been compiled by he United States census bureau. It appears that nationi having a 'population altogether of l,l!r2,UOO,OlNJows the mm of 127,524,976,915. To grasp tnese figures n, of course, impomble. but an idea of the growth of borrowing may be obtained rom the fact that lince 14S these nationi lave increased their obligations by $-JU,000 000.000. Half of this sum was borrowed Between 1H7<> and issn, so that th* upward tendency waa moit marked in a time of (eneral depression. Krrnce hai a larger iebt than any other country demned|ix>ok* Mint-thing analogout to the index of thi Pope of Rome, and luch author* a* John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spencer and. of courte, Darwin are included in it. Some year* ago a French tcitntut pub hilied a monograph on muthrooin*, in which he maintained tliat all muahrormi were poiionou*. Thit book wa* prohibited by the censor of the Hoi) Synod on the ground 'hat, a* niuihroom* were the tuple food of the Kuaaian peasantry during the numeroui fait* of the Church, it would be detrimental to the beat mtereati of religion lo publuh anything that might bring tbi* "!cle of food into discredit. There it alio a censorship of book* and of the pie**, a foreigu cenionhip and a eentonuip of ihe foreign press. The police alto exercise a centorabip over placard*, theatre*), hiuidbill*. etc. All theee censor- thipt have to>keep up a large and expenaive naff, to that the attempt to muzzl* and ihut down public opinion com the Kuuian Government a pretty penny. The pre** censorship is arbitrary aod peculiar. Moat paper* are allowed to print what they like without control, but if they print anything thai displease* the Govern- ment l hey are notified of ihe fact and receive what it called a first warning- ! Thit warning may be accompanied with utpenaiou for a definite period a week, a month or a year. That of course, meant a tieavy tin*, for a paper that it unable lo earn ai.y money on the capital il baiinvett ed for a given time loaea heavily. It ha* to keep up it* tlaff, although it cannot do sny buciue**. It* expense* go on, but itt receipt* are itopped. Then advertisers loee confidence in a paper that geta warned. After a paper ha* been warned three times it may no longer appear. Thus the Golo* haa oeated to be. Yet such is the irrepreeMibility of the newapaper man in Kussia that it u safe to aay that there n not a big Russian paper published at th* pretent <?ay which ha* not had it* second warning. papers may not be printed wilhoul ipeechlessly drunk. He WM too valuable a mat. todnmiai.but this little way of hie waa mo*t inconvenient, and would aet th* whole machinery out of gear. Finally the chief of the department hit upon a remedy. Whenever th* .Swede went off on a tpree the police were set to work to find him. They would put him in the lock-up, and then, with a very bad headache, a damp towel round hi* temple* and a penitent heart, h* went to woik again. A repeti- tion of thi* treatment cured him of hi* vagabond habits, but h* finally uocumbed t o the curse and died. Russia om*t next, and then at Britain. The United States is seventh, and Canada fourteenth. When the per capita burden of the debt ia taken into consideration, the Australian colonies lead, that is, they owe nore per head than any other country. Knglind il twelth, Canada twenty -third, and the United Slat** thirty-tilth. Only three countries -(treat Britain, Spain, and United State* have decreased their debts during the la>t decade. Expensive Luxury. I'esce it an expenuve luxury in Europe, and from the statement* of l>r. Witte, th* Human Minister of Finance, it is likely to continue. He says that th* C/.ar ha* for several years held firmly to a policy of peace and will continue to do so. More- over, he denie* that Russia had any inten- tion of interfering in the Japan-China war and declared in to many wor.it that " if Frnoe begin* a war or i* th* cause of war >reaking out, Russia will not stand by her." By the adoption of inch a policy previously submitting all their proofs for the approval of the center. Thit cause* delay and is of courie very inksome. There is a daily paper in Tirlia which appeare only twice a year, owing to the distance of Tirtis from the Central Censorship at St. Peters- burg, to which every number of the paper mint be lubmitted before il can be publuh ed- Under the book and theatrical centorship the Russian literary man, be he journal's! or author, lias been compelled to invent a tyle of hit own, a ttyle in which more n meant tlian meet! the eye, which hit reader understand* perfectly, bul which the censor i> too stupid to perceive. Dramalic and .rt criticism, book review* and articles in ti\el and social custom* are the disguise* under which the Russian publicist present* hi* political opinions. The foreign hook censorship is the mint ab*urd and ridiculous. While objection- able books are ruthlessly confiscated, th* public which want* to read thorn and it it of necessity limited can always get them, becauae, in th* interest* of science and knowledge, certain people are exempted from operationi of the censor's edict. Thus all professor* are excluded, all Governor* of province*, ill Senator!, a number of officials and numeroui othsrs. Consequently a very large number of people who are not among these privileged mortal* are lure to know somebody who U and can get their booki through him. Theoretically no foreign newspapers are admitted into Russia, The only person who is entitled by law to receive foreign periodical* i* Hi* Majesty the Kmperor. He haa what n called hi* list. By great graciouaness Hia Majeity ha* made a pre- sent of thi* litt to the country. People may lubscrib* through the Post Office, and obtain* the paper* on the imperial lilt, bul no others, and a foreign paper that pre- sume* too much on the toleration ef Hi* Majesty i* likely to b* struck trom the lut. The I .mi' Inn Daily Telegraph, for instance met this fat* year* ago, and mice, then, oopiM of that paper cannot be obtained in Kutiia, nor it the paper allowed to hare a correspondent there. It has one, all th* tame, out hi* position ii secret and risky. As soon si a foreign paper crosses the French expectation of aid from Russia m | Rui . i|kn fronlier ilt trouble, begin. All the rm-overy of Altace and Lorraine (hould I , he ( orelgn paper* that are lent to Kutiia he dissipated, and the possibility of war nlu ,t enter that country very much reduced. Rut it seam* to be the invariable cuttom of European (Govern menu to increase their armiei at loon at the war cloudt disappear initead of reduc- ing them. Triumphs of Sanitation. A food deal hat been said at the Interna- tional Hygienic L'ongreaa about sanitation. People no longer jeer and sneer at sanitary science. During the last .'U year* the death rat* ha* been lowered, and th* duration of III* amongit xrtaiu clattes Increased. In the itecade beginning with ISM the mean age at death was '.'"> yean, now it i* S3 year*. Authenticated itatiitic* show that th* great increase of the life term ha* been obtained t>y arlitan* and tradesmen, two class** which have gained live and *ix year* of life respectively. Clergymen have alway* been long-lived, snd the duration of life with them has been ttationary. So u is with professional men and mem of Independent means, thus proving that sanitation hai done mott good where it was moit needed It ihows that very many of th* evil* and d i teases resulting from overcrowding aad bad drar age have been remedied. ages, of In try through St Peter* burg, the window, a* Peter the I Ireat called it, for Ruan* to look out at Kurope. When th* paper* get on the Ruaaian train th*y are lorted andai ranged by a staff on board, who lay aaidea sample, of each for the cen or'* eye*. When they arrive at the gen eral t'oat-Otflce in St Pettraburgth* censor's work begins. He react* through the samples carefully and marks the objectionable pats- which are then obliterated by mean* ian Ink. Of course ev*n censor* are human, and ocoaaionally something escape* their watchful eye*. Then they have a it m time of it. On the whole, however, they do their work efficiently. There i* some difficulty in getting the right kind of men for thi* work. These foreign preat censor* are not well paid, f.ir their work i* not of a high order, but they mutt be reliable, they mint work rapidly, nothing should eacape them, and they mutt know a* many language* a* ponible. It is marvellou* that the Government un get such men at all. One of them, a Swede, was a perfect treaiur*. H* knew lixteen laagu* age*, he wa* argu*-ey*d and rapid. Hut h* had on* great fault every DOW and then hi would lake a vacation on hi* own ac- c ount, and for it whole week would b OCEAN GREYHOUNDS. The o. I-.. Hrr.rd R'dur. .1 lo rive . Blckl H.mr. ;i.l Thirl) -Eight lea. It wa* early it. the year 1833 that the fint tearnahip wa* propelled all the way across ihe Atlantic by steam, and if any on* had then expressed the belief that the distance would some day be covered in five days, he would have been regarded as a least a visionary of th* inott pronounced type. A little over fifty year* before, John Maaou, of Ho* '-on, lent an almost undecipherable icrawl to Renjamin Franklin, the then "President " of Pennsylvania, stating there in that he had constructed a boat that would, to use hi* own word*, "move or ad- vance with a Sufficient Velocity wi'.hou Sail* or Oars. The above i* on a Small Scale, and Sd. Mason propose'* to fit up or prepare a .Shallop for the above purpose, provide'd a Subecriben Can be completed to Defray the Expence's, and Compensate him for hi* lime, trouble and, for ihe In- veutioa." It U laid that from thi* little boat lay potential the iteamer* which are now AVrOMSHIMli III MAMTV with theirperformance*, and which were once described by Kmeraon in a lecture a* enor- mou* ihultle* weaving the continents and land* of the earlh into one great woof of human fraternity. For some yean it was impossible to learn from the meagre fact* obtainable to what country belonged th* honor of having built the firat transatlantic ateainer, but ome few year* ago conducive evidence waa found to aubetantiate Canada'* claim. The Royal William wa* the name of the little vemel, and she wa* built at the Cove, Quebec, by Meears. Shepherd and Camp hell, luring the winter of lv.lD.31. In the April following *he wa* launched in the presence of the Governor, Lord Ooaford, and the mili'.ary authorities, and mad* the paaaage wholly by steam from Halifax to London in August, 1S33. She waa after- ward* sold to th* Spanish Uovctnment, and wa* th* firat war iteamer to fire a hostile shot. The (treat Western is, how- ever, generally pltoed at the head of the list ot record breaker*. In IH38 she made the voyage from New Vork to Liverpool in about eighteen day*, and her achievement wrs *oon emulated by other vpeeels. Vast improvement* were rapidly made, th* most important, probald), being the substitu- tion of the *carw HIK THI i \i'i>i.r, but it wa* not until the year of Confedera tion that a record of lea* than nine day* wai made. It ha* been during the past decade, however, that the record has been molt frequently broken, until the Lucania is now ijueen of the seas, having reduced lx>th the eastward and we*tward record* to five day* eight hour* and thirty-eight min- ute*. Th* moat tinguUr thing in connec- tion with her performance it in the fact that h* made both trip* il the same time to almost the fraction of a second. The iteady reduction of the time consumed in the ocean voyage has of course caused a great detlof speculation a* tn where th* ultimate of apeed will be. Marvellou* achievement* in devouring distance have l>een recorded, but there i* no reason to doubt that the impoeiibl* will again be ao- ci mi pi i shed before the preeent generation take* It* final voyage to "the undiscovered oountt v, from whose bourne no traveller return*." AND THE CAT CAME BACK. II Traveled a titval Blsiaaee ! a Very afcert i>. r r Time ' I have got a pet kitten at home," laid a manufacturer of Manchester. N. H., re- cently, winch I think hai traveled about a* rapidly and a* far in one day a* any other animal in th* world. One morning about a month ago the kitlen strayed into my factory a short lime before the machinery waa started up. It got play ing around the floor and soon took up in position in the big fly wheel, where, without being noticed, it neetled down and went to ileep. Soon the machinery wa* put into motion, the wheel moving ao rapidly that the poor kit ten could not eacape. Indeed, It is prob- able that pun w** soon uncontcious from dixziaees. A little computation show* the distance the cat '.r*veltu. The wheel move* at the rate of '2M revolution* a minute, and that every turn pussy went seventeen feet. A* th* wheel wa* kept in motion .'I'd minute* without (topping, the kitlen must have traveled during that time a little over 30O mile*. When th* wheel wa* (topped the kitten waa discovered and taken out more dead than aliva, but it shortly reoov ered, and, although it ha* remained about the factory every since it i* observed that it always gives the fly wheel a wide berth. " Opinions Differ. Hattie-" Don't you think Charlie Jink l*ta I* a rare a via?" Clara" Not at all." Hattl* (surprised) " Why not ?'' ( lara (with scorn)" Recant* I never did think a goose wai a rare bird, that'* why." ^ Been There Before. Little Johnny "Com* to dinner." 1. iisle Kthel " I'm not hungry." Little Johnny -"Well, you will be by the lime the minister gets through saying grace." CROWNED HEADS AT PLAY. ew ike Rulers ! rna.-- er Bnre*>r Asse)*eTsM*Belve la **>>. Queen Victoria for more tlien twenty ear* ha* usually divided the summer and autumn months belween Oiborne and Bal- moral tittles The former is situated in the Itle of Wight and t'le latter in one of the most pictureaque portion! of the Scottish Highlands She generally take* icr departure from Oaborne in the latter tart of August and prolong* her stay at Balmoral until early in November. The life which the Queen lead* i* very timpie and regular, in marked contrast with tnat, of the Prince of Wale* in tumrner. He usually makes th* round of the great count- ry-house* of England, where hi* coming U alwayt eagerly watched for; spends a (ew week* at Hamburg, and m September takes rt in the family reunion uf King Chris- tian at Fredensborg. However, the prince u iiapuiMt when, for week*, be can bid fate- well to the world of form and fashion and spends a brief season in hi* country home ,1 Sandringham, a typical country-house pleasantly situated in a typical English county. Three grand social events inter- sperse lilt annual stay at Sandringham. These are the county ball, the farmers' ball and the servant*' ball The servants' ball as brilliant and joyous an occasional the other two. On ibis occaa.on Ibe prince n variably lea. it off with the housekeeper or upper cliamber-maid, and the princess with the butler or cook. The Emperor William ot Germany is aa enthusiaslic yachtsman and hunter, and inds time each summer to devote a few weeks to his favorite pastime*. The war ordof lieriiiany i* on* man, William off for a uoliday uo hi* yacht ia another and a very different one. Formality i* for the moment cimpletely forgotten, and the emperor enters with boyish ze*t into all manner of (port. Th* empress doe* not share her husband'* fondness for the sea, Ming a poor sailor. The Kmperor Francis Joseph of Austria hat a comfortable bul modest villa at Iscnl, where he usually passes hi* summer vaca- tion. Hi* habit* are simple and severe, and hun'.mg i* th* one simple pastime of which he ie paMionately fond. The king of the Belgians and hi* family pend th* summer month* at Ostend, where Leopold erected a handsome villa com* rear* ago. The life of the king ia a busy and laborious one, and hi* stay at Oitend no exception to the rule. Life haa thus tar been a very seriout and matter ot- fact businc** fur Wilhemma, th* [irl (,'ueen or Holland. From early in \pril until late in th* autumn of every rear she reside* with her mother, the queen regent, at the cattle of Loo. Here the life ed by the little queen ia a very umple and regular one. The other royal child , Alfonso, he boy King of Spain, spend* his summer at San Sebastian, closely guarded by hi* mother. H* i* now 8 year* old. The castle of Monza, in Loin hardy, i* the of King Humbert of Italy during the early tumme>r month*, here he and hi* queen live with at little pomp and ceremony aa possible. The Italian crown prince apeudi a greater part of the summer at 'po di Monte, the Versatile* of Naples, where he holds hi! court. King Oscar of Sweden who loves th* good hmgt of life, hat several charming country daces, and in the early summer divide* hi* ime between them. He (till retain* hi* ove for the sea, to which he was appren- .iced in hi* youth, and every Argust makes L long cruise. Kiu( Christian of Denmark and hit fam ly take up their summer residence at Fred- enaborg. an ancient castle on the chore* of L^ke Ksrom. Etiquette and ceremonial ire unknown at Kredenaborg. Official eceptions and state entertainments are not bought ef aad the inhabitants lead the >leaaant life of cultivated people seeking elief from worldly care*. King Christian ove* to romp with his grandchildren, and at Fredenaborg i* often teen Mated in a very diminutive pony carriage, trusting iimself to the care of a very youthful coachman. Sometime* he act* as the wili- ng hone for a (till younger driver. NOT A MERE FIGUREHEAD Vlrlerla !! * Take ae. Active >.i Ben*, eeal rn la r i.nr AsTalt*. A corner of th* veil which screen* the nner life of royally from the common ;a/e was raised the other day by Mr. rtentouk, M. P., at a meeting of ladie* ia (upport of the women's sutferag* movement y* the Weslmmitcr Ciaxette. Mr. Rentoul aaid hit idea had always been that the Queen wa* a merely ornamental sort of personage, who signed such document* as were lubntit led by her ministers, and wai restrained from doing any harm by con slilutional safeguard*. He had, however, recently made the acquaintance of two lordt-in waiting, whs have been in attend- ance on her Majesty for many yean, and the information he had obtained from thi* source had completely altered hi* views ai to the influence exercised by the Queen in matters of domestic and foreign policy. H* had learned ihal *he U prohiient in eleven Kuropean language* and than she has during the last four or five year* com- pletely mastered Hinduatanee, in which h* converses with great correctness and fluency srilh any of her Indian subjects who are presented at court. Her Majesty frequently writes to every important sovereign in Europe and her influence "n th* aids of peso* it said to have been very beneficial, her knowledge of foreign affair* being moet intimate and accurate. At several critical itaget ia the relation* be- tween European nations the Queen's per tonal influence ha* been successfully ex- erted to prevent war. It i* even alleged la court circles that her Majesty would have been able to prevent the r ranco 1'russian war if the Kmperor I.oui* Napoleon had not precipitated hostilities on th* Rhine before any opportunity wa* afforded for mediation. Apple green thirts, a London fashion authority avert, are to b* the correct thing tor men the coming season.