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LORD KILLEEN'S REVENGE CHAPTER XIX (Continued..* There was iiolac«, nay, ther^ 'vas joy tn the Tery look of that l>ag. It was oompoaed of a light -brun-n pap«>r. and but "Moriarty. Confeol ion»r." printed on tt in big. Ix)lil letters. It was plain that Moriiu'ty was not ashaine.d of h<?i- â- elf, und ind»<>d, thwrp wnn no reason why .'ihe should be. She wis I he. cake and lollipop lady of the village, and well deserved the renown tliat was hers. She was dear to the hearts of the youth of the parinb, who, at any time, would hive l)een ready to rabte <iio(^kel-nion- ey permitting) a statue, more imposiug even than Mr. Peabodr'*, in her hon>- or. Norah oiKvned her eyes wide, and col- ored warmly. "Xi)w, I think we hav« the old lady," said Barry, gayly. "They are piping hut. 1 can tell you, juat out of "the oven; I waited for them, or I'd have bi»n here sooner. I have my doubts alioul that troublesome old tart there," with terrible irony, "being quite as good as these!" He placed the liag upon the child's lap, and oi>ened the mouth of it. A fragrant steam ascended. Norah, l>ut a bat)y in years as yet, was not proof agaiimt It. The sorrow died from her eyes, her lips parted In an expectant smile. "It's Jam puffsl" she said, in a de> light ful whisper. "That's what Miss Jliiriarty said. But how can we !» sure of her truth until we put a tooth into one of them? See now. d'ye think you'll l<e able to get through the bag in the specified siity minulftsâ€" fifty now, l)y Jove!" "Oh, no!" said Norah, with a laugh; it was « bag, as I have said, of a good- ly .size. "Two." shyly. "I should like. Andâ€" and there are the boysâ€" they are j ual. lif>oau») of last night's'rain. (livid*- Miss MacUillicuddy stood still in the middle of the room and gUu'ed at hini. "What is the me.aning of all this?" she said. "Is it thus you keep Ibis wicked ^{i^l in order* What have you tjeen doing? Why are my chairs u|>- setf" She waited for an answer, but none C'lme. Norah could not and Barry would not give her an expHinalion. "tipeak, sir," oried thB MpLnster, her vnic* rising .shrill with indignation. "What have you been doing? I in.slal upon an immediate answer." "Leap-frog, ma'am," returned Barry, the irrepressible, still hiughing as if his hejirt would break. Then he turn* ejl to Norah. lifting her off her high chair and pushed her toward the door. "Run." he said, kindly. "Your term is up. I give you your tioket-of-leave â€"out!" Norah took the hint, caught up the crushed Img (even then .she did not forget the little brothers), and dart- ed like a 8%vallow frtjm the room. Miss MacGillicuddy stood firm, and looked at Barry. "That was an excellent word you used," she said. "1 thank you for it. Let me repeat it for your lienefit â€" Cut!" CHAPTEB XX. He got out of the house, still laughs ing. and took his homeward way. He had come there in a highly sentimental m<x>d. with his heart full of Constan* tia. and with a desire to gain from her some wonl of hope, But he bad forgot â-º ten all alwut it by this time, and was now in the wildi\sl spirits â€" s*) mercuric al was his temperament. He took the pith that led to the high-way, and so missed Constantia, who was on the lowfc er p-ithwiy that led to the woods of Onnge. .She often wandered there, not in hope of seeing it,s master â€" as Keath- erstun, though her place and bis ad- joined, never knew of her solitary walks th:Teâ€" but Iwoause the poverty of the shru>>l>eries that surrounded the Cot» tage oppre.ssed her, forliidding thought, and a great longing for the dreamy silk eiwe of the dense woods drew her to them. Only a little brawling, angry brook, now flushed and nc'sier than us- always starving when they come home from their lessons; and there is Connie!" "Connie! Does she like lartsf" "Loves tbemi" said Norah, with em»- phasis. "Good hfjivens! why didn't you tell me that Iwfore?" lie seemed stricken with aelf-remorse. That she should love such simple things, and yei be without them! It alm(»t amounted to a crime. lie recovered himself in a moment, however, seeing Norah's in- quLsiiive, if puzzled glance. '"rwo!" he said, "Pouf! what folly!" "Three, then," modestly. "Make it the decent half dozen when you are about it,", advised Mr. Harry, gi'ni'illy, Moating himself on the edge of the table, "and I'll keep the rest her.' until you are read'y to ory for the wvi'iith." Nor.ih, nothing loath, fell u|ion a dainty tartlet, and stKm reduced it to a rriimb or two. Whereupon Birrv who had aUiO been ivgaling hiin.self, solemnly handed her a seconil. Thus, loo, went the way of all flesh: then a third, a fourth, a little, very light conversation accom|)anying their de- molition, / It wiis a silent feast, but, on the whole, perhiilis one of the pleasanlesti no right hilf hours the child had ever ^peni.\woii« » -Miss iM«ct;illicuddy's welconv ali*'iice; Barry's presence; the feelitig thai he was her friend, that he had laki-n her part; the happy thought thai finally she woiibl have the n'uiainiii,; i art lets (theiv were a coiiple of dozen of them) to give to the Ujys and her Con, all made her heart light. "I say, old girl, you needn'i hurry. Then- is lots ol time yet," .said liirry, as he haiKled over the fifth tart. ".Su|>|M>M.\" said Norah, a rush of the old terror seizing on her. "suppose she should come Imok now. To oati'h you hen- with the cakesâ€" giving thetii to me." "Well, let her," S'lid he, valiantly. "D'ye think I'm afraid of herf .She's a reg'lar old .sweep, that I allow, but I'm as good as her any day," » Whetlier it <niiie came home to him that he was calling himself "a ivg lar old swei'p" l<io, Norah had no means of judging. But she could not refrain frniii a mild little cackle. ".\h! you laugh al me," said Barry, shaking his fist at her, "but you shall You will live to see me floor thai e<l her from thefie wishexl for retreats; bu' as she came close U) the brink, she found the stepping-stones had disap- IH-aredâ€" buried beneath the savage little flood that came tumbling down from the hills aliove her. The old landmarks were covered or swept away, and how was she to find her way into the Ijelov^ ed woods'? As she stood, puzzled and jierplexed, and grievously diisappointed, she saw Sinmge coming toward her, on the opf p)site .side of the broid stream, walk'- Tartar yet!" He grew excited in his argiiniimt. He place-l his |>alms on the t^ide on which he had (lerched him» self, and jerked hiin.self u|> anil down. "U hit!" oried he, "you saucy pl;->s, dye imuKine I should shrink In-I'oru her? D'ye ihink such as she could comiuer me? Have 1 not iis (cood a courago as another? Lives tliiii' the one who has wiinessA<l my ov-rthiow- " Kven as he s|Kike he lost his l«lanc«, und fell off the table on to the flmir, maik- u wild l>ul ineffectual gi'ah at a chair ;hat meanly eluded him. Iiurked his HJiins aguiii.Ml u crazy ol toman, and fin illy i-anie lo anchor ujuii the sofa and lli6 Ijug with sucli an ovei-wlielming crash as reduced the dozen uud three remaining tarts lo one." "Hy, jingo! I went tlwit at a i-al>- tliiiK iMce. " grwmed he, when he had IMit his joiiiis tog -ih^r ngiiii, and had eisure lo r\ib an elliow that was coii- sitlcribly the worsi- for wear; then he looked at Norah. But that ungraldul pci>;on was inuapa'ile of ailiuini^ilering conKidation by ivason of hiT niiith. She had broken, indmtd, into nprnurious l«UB".il".r. that Providen'-e ali-iie pre- vented from reachins the villag.- gchool- hous<t lii'low, where !ior uiini w.i.i iht- suinibl.v nddn^£sin;{ the Blue liitilion- until Hury, catching the infection, ile.i. She luuahed and lan^hed auain, Join.'d in with he.r. and they liolh roared in c«iiic.irt, until you would think thin merrlm- nt of theirs mi((ht waku the dP4id, could such a lernlilo thing lie. Both he, Inlieed. and she were aperi-iiless with mirth, when the door .slo.. ! V op.-ned to admit .Mis-. .M«c» ailliciididy. Ho far as Norah was oonceruK' I ho effect was maginnL Tlic child finzc; tiiu smile dle<l on her lips; hnr nye-t slurt- ed from Iter he.td. But to .Mr. H.irry the entr.ince of i he tyriuit at thi.s Bupri'ino mmnent hcemed >>tit the coi'- mol finale to tlin jjkn. He roareil on with even gr»-.\ti\r eiijoymont lliin lie.- forr, merrily, uniestrainetUy, whilst iiig quickly through the green para dis- as though dead to its budding Ix-iutie.s. He raiher .sunk in her estimation, as this luck of appreciation of all that she held sweetest iMH'ame ap|iarent to her. How could he hurry through the lovely woods without a glani^e right or left at all their gorgeous coloring? Was he .so material that he could think of noth»- iiiif save things mundane f .She wronged him overmuch, how- ever. He was hurrying to see her. He lost his hold on the tn-aulies of nature round him, l«>cause Ix'fore lii-! eye.s theri- was pictured a visiim of her that lilotted out all the nvst. Somehow, "hen she fouml how hLs face lighted up V- hen he siw her, she. In-ing a woman, "forgave ill his sins. "f)li. how am I to get across?" she cried; and then Idiishing. as she re* iiiemlieri'd he was prol>ably coming to The Cottage, and that then-fore she had to dreim of a visit to the when her gueat required her, sh» continued hastily, "vou are com* ing to see Us? Come, then." "I was coming to see vou," said he. Plainly. He had heard oft he Blue IliU- ! doubrcoild 'm'ver 1* >on leriurein I he village, and knowing was over, done; that It would tie nothing without Miss Mac- (jillicuildy's .supiMirt. and that then* ton- .she would surely lie al>.sent from I'lie Cot t, -me. had elected lo i>ay one of hi-i cherished visits to CunstHntia on this .lay. "But why waste the min» iiteji in-doors?" he went on. divining her desire to enter the woods liehind him. "May I not jwy my visit to you here as well as t here?" he indi»-ated The Cottage by a glance. "You may, indeed." said Conslantia, laughing, "But are we to talk com* monplatM's at the top of our lungs across this terrible little stream? I otmfess I do not see how I am lo get to you, or you to me." .Slronge looked up and down the stivam. It might Iw waiUnl, of course, j'til he did not dam (suggest to her that 11 would lie (HMsible for him to carry her across; and narrow though the St ream was, he <mjuU1 see no means of landing her on the other side, without getting her feet wet. Just as his puzzlement givw into despair, he saw a large stone, a considerable distance furl her ilown, that he thought would serve. "Walk down your liank a little way, and I Ihink I shall lie able to help you aiToss," be said, and Constant ia, couching a glimpse of the stone with her bright eyea, hurried toward it. lleaching it, Stronge made a spring and alighted on it. It was hardly in niid-vtn-am. Iieing coiusidorably near said Consl.qnlia, laughing. "Well, if it must !«. it must. We certainly can't stand Ih're all day." She didn't shut her eyes, however. Stronge lu-soed his arm firmly around her waist. "When I say thre^," said he, "spring. Now, are you ready? One, two. three!" In another moment she found h.Tself on the opposite lank, hifth and dry, and triumphant. "What a strong man!" she thought to h -rself, and looked up ul him with ej'i'.s full of admiration. "How well you did thajl" she said aloud. "I am more oldiged to you than you know. I had Sft my heart upon a ramlding excur- sion to-day, and liut for you I could not have managed it." But he required not thanks. He had held her in his arms, not onc/e Ijut twice, and liis whole soul was full of happ:» ness. Oh. if she could only love him! If he might flare siieak! Would she listenâ€" now in this softened mood of hers, w'ilh that sweet light in her eyes â€" a light for him, now, at least? "I am not a coward, you musuknow," she was saying in her gay, pretty voice; "but I confess then' was a moment when my spirit quailed. You must coa- fess, however, I was very otiedient. I .showed a hi^b appreciation of your character. \ ou said. 'Trust me,' and I did, though I believed in my inmost heart that a dAmp grave yawned for me." To him. ut all events, she was the prettiest exeat ure in the world, as she looked up at him with her fearless eyes (alas! too fearless for love to dwell in them), and made a pretty fun of him in her light-hearted way." All at, once, he never knew bow. he laid bis heart liare to her.and threw hinii- self upon her mexcy. Yet even in this supreme moment, filled, too, of impulse, so calm, so controlled was the man's nature, that he spoke in a clear, un- impassioned, if very earnest tone. "You could trust me then," he said, a faint quiver in bis voice alone iietray* ing the terrible agitation be was feed- ing. "It was but a little thing, Con- slantia, and yet you trusted. Could you I rust me for everâ€" for tall your life? 1 love you. There is no need to !*3y that, 1 thiuk; but yet it pleases me to say it aloud, I love you. Will you marry me?" ll wbls the Ijaldesl thing imaginable. There was nothing roiuantiu alnut it â€"nothing likely to catch a young girl's sense of the fitness of all soob matters. He felt that, wh«a he bad finished; but he bad said all that be could say just then, and waited, breathless but apparently calm, for her answer. How could she tell, so quiet he was, that the answer meant life t>r death to him, aft fan's the happiness of all the yean» to come wasi concerned. Lord Killeen's Kevenge. She grew very pale, and a little trembling .sh<x>k ber. She had a very tender heart, a id to /Ive |>ain to any one was to fiv % «(r«at (lain to herself. She raiaeil her eyes to his with such an anguish of troubl*- and regret in them, that he was smitten by it. .She tried to speak, Init be .-^topped her. Why .should he lie the one to cause her suf- fering, even of this mild kind? " I know," he said, quickly, suppress- ing his own woundsâ€" nav, losing sight of I hem in his Uiar for hers. "I know all you would sjiy. Do not distress yours«'lf. \'ou could jioi like me well enoujfh, then, you think f" " No. Not in that wa>, " said she. Her liallor forsook her as siK-ech came, and now she grew crimson, and bea.vy tears rose and shone in her large, tUstres.s- ed eyes. " Well, never mind," .said he. cheer- fully. What an assumption of cheer- fulness it was! "I didn't really think you could, you know, only it ha.s l>een on my mind for so long, and Iâ€" I thought I'll get it over, so that I might never have to worry myself again with a pretence of Iwlieving that youâ€" that is, that ilâ€" might have Uien otherwise." His heart sunk in his Uniy, as he ri'ttlizod that now ind«H<d thai sweet ugiiin ; that all was over, done; that she would be naught to him, ever any more. But he conquered himself as he saw her drooi>- ing head, and sad face and went on hurritnlly I " It really is not worth another thought of "yours. You must put it all out of your he.id at once, Iwcause tor all the "happiness the earth could give me I would not lie the cause of even one tear in your eyes." Her eyes were very full as he spoke, and the tears hurt him at th«- instant with a phy- sical pain. "Don't look like that," he went on nervously. " And yet 1 know . it is kind of you. By and by, jierhap.s, 1 shall like to rememlier that you Blie<l a tear for me, but now it ia terrible to me." " You will not ?;a away ?" said she quickly ; there was umle.niable regret in her tone. His face flushed. " Not if you wish me to remain â€" not if I can lie of any use to you." He re- garded her very earnestly. Yes, cer- tainly she hafi seemed sorry at the I bought of his departure. " Constan- I ia, are vou sure of yourself ?" he went on hurriedly ; " would time do nothing for me ? We are friends already ; you like me. After awhile, perhaps, you would learn !o regard me in a warm- er li^ht." Then some word.s rushe I to his lips and passed through befor • he had tiiUd to wejgh them; " I could do a good deal for the children." He stopped short abruptly. When it was Slid, lh-:i brilie offered, h3 was hon- estly ashamed of himself : he would have given the world to recall it, but it was too late. H;' lowered »iis eves, a«id wait- ed, conscieiice-sl rickeu, fi>r her rebuke on this his first mean action. " I know," she said gently. " I know, too, that many girls would think it al- most their duty to sa«'rifice themselves for the sake of tlieir brothers and sis- ters; but â€" I am not one of them. 1 would not marry a man unless I lov- ed him, for even the children ; it would l>e unfair, I think, to myself, an^," softly, "to the man* too." " I suppose so," He agreed with her outwardly, but he nevertheless gave ber I he imprecision t hat he would gladly have l.aken her, had .she given herself to him, notwithstanding the unfair- ness He would have ri.sked that. " Y'ou would not have me marry you unless 1 loved you?" she asked, a lit- tle impatiently. " It would not lie the way, of course, to ensure vour happiness." " Nor yours either ?" He was silent ; then, after quite a minute : " I am sorry I made you that speech," be said. " Do not regret it," entreated she, veo' sweetly. " Indeed, it does not mat- ter at all ; it seems to me to be such a natural t'aing to say. Why not ? Why should not Norah and the boys influ- ence me 1" " Ah, that is just it." exclaimed he remorsefully. " 1 would have influenc- ed you through themâ€" through your love, your <levotioD to them. There lay the liaseneas, the selfishness of ray wonls. I am ;lad they bad no effect upon you." " No," she saidt " that is tine ; they could not touch me in that way. I could not give my.self away like that. I could starve with those I loved; I could not betray myself for them. And, beisides. 1 should wrung tbem if I )>e- lieved for one moment that they would have it so. Oh. no. I am wise, indeed." Her lone had grown tremulous, l)ut now she drew ber breath sharply and Ijet-ame quite oalm again. " We are [Kx>r people," she went on lightly ; "yet still we seem to pull <m somehow. We are always on the lirink. as it werey and some day I expect we shall take a header and never come to the surface .again; but still I prefer risking such total extinction to â€" to â€" selling my- self!" " I umh'rstand. Y'ou are right, quite right," he said. " All alond. indee<l, I understood you well enough to know tiial no temptatioiv I could hold out would move you. It was a miserable mistake, ray saying what I did." " Do not let that trouble you," cried she eagerly. " Why ihould you not have shown the children to me. why not have brought them face to face with me and the good that through me vou (X)uld luive done them? You soug"!!! lo gain your own end. That wxs quite fair. In your case "â€"with a kindly desire to make him once more comfortable with himself â€" " I should have -iaid or done anything to gain a cause that was dear to me." Then she thought she had said too niucli. had laid loo great value on the gaining of herself, and blushed deeji- " It wjis the dearest cause in the yvorld. It was the only caitse I really care to gain," returned Xxf. with a sigh. Y^et in a sense she bad comfort- er! him. If t be wonl " happy " could lie applie<l to him just then, he certain- ly felt the li.-ippier liecause of her words, an<l the a-ssurance they gave him that she did not ile-spise bim for the sugges- tion he had held out. " Well I" he said, after a bit. "Y'ou were anxious for s quiet walk here, and I have only dis- turlied you with my idle dreams. I will bid you goo<l-bye now. and let you have at least one hour in peai-e." H- â€""""â- * and held out bis hand. (To lie Continued.) He smiled " I suppose." said she In a low tonA her eyes on the ground, " It would do you no good lo tell you how I like you." " Y'es, it would," ne said eagerly, anx- ious lo comfort her. " Andâ€" and you mu.>*ln't think it is as l>a«l with me as with 8om«^ iM'ople, liecause you see I never had much hoin'â€" never any real- ly, I Ihink. And besidesâ€"" He pivused. lie did not finish that sentence. "Well, that is all over, I auppos«'," I** »"â- '*• " But I am not sorry I siioke. There was no hojie, ever. I knexv I was not much in your sight, that you regarded me as u plain man, as â€" " He paused, struck by a lightning glance she oast at him- a horrified glance. She put up her hand deprecat- WHY LATIN IS USEa er tc Conslantia's liank than to" his. He I mgly, and her face flushed oriuason. Her '"'â- â- ' 'thoughts had flown l»aokward to that unlucky day, when he had overheard her as she descjinteil upon his utter lack of iH'i-sonal charms. In .spite of the tlejection that was fast making him its prey, a smile crossed his face. "I wasn't thinking of that." he said â€" " I can guess your thougbt^i, but it fiuilo an easy Ining to her to do, but ; wasn't plain in that sense 1 meantâ€" e.h.-ii her feet touched the stone, she only commonlilaoe, ordinary uninler- fi'und it danip and slippery, and she eating." slivtchi'd out his hand to her. ".Now, lie careful. Take time. Trust to me. And when I say 'Now,' jump." titd ho. Coiisuintin gi-asiied his hand. She to -l; tiine---shn was carefulâ€" in fact, she 'ol!i.'wed uil hi", directions; and when bo 'iiii! "now." she jun)|wd. It seemed puery would pniliftbly have fallen into the water had not Stronge caught her in lii.s arms. A moment steadied her, and I hen they both laughed a little, and Conslantia blushed warmly, and a little quick, .shy light come into her eyes that made his pul.sea thn)b. But the dsngcr was not over yet Conslantia was still very. red. " I shall never forget that day." she said. " It has come back to me so often since ; and always it has caused me re- gn>t. It was HO rude, and liesides un- true." This she .suid very sincerely. She ha,d grown to like him so well of late, that ho no longer seeme<l utfly. "No, 1 ..l._ll - <_ I ^U„^ .l«n >~ a\ .Slronge was glad of thisâ€" absurdly glad 1 I shall never forget that day. "''she said. There was no ret-] "Why should you ?" said he gently A Verjr ilMil HrnsoM Why This LanKsacc Is I ird In Wrlliax Prntrrlptlons. The New Y'ork Herald publishes 'the following reply to the query why doo- tors use Latin in writing their prers- oriptions instead of English. In the first place, Latin is a more ex»ot and concise languoige than Eng- lish, and, lielng a dead lan^age, does not change, as all living lauguages do. Tben, again, since a very larce part of all drugs in use are botanical, they have in the pbannaooiKieia the samp ivam«4 tUit they have in liotany â€" the soienlifio names. ^w»-third|s o( such drugs haven't any English names, and so couliln't be written in Kngliab. But suppose a doctor did write a pre- soription in English for an Uneducated patient. The patient reaife it, thinks be rememlient it, and so tries to get It filled from memory the second time. Suppose, for instance, it calle<l for iod- ide of potassiura, and he got it confus- ed with cyanide of potassium. He could sttfelv take a numlier of igraina of the first, but one grain of the sec- ond would kill him. That's an extreme case, but It will serve for an illustration. Don't yon see how the Latin ia a proteotion and a safoguard to the patient? Presorip-. tions in lAtin he (»an't' rea<l. and con- loes not try to rennember. THE MAES m THE FUJI. BRITISH BUILT B.ATTLE SHIPS RE- CENTLY LAUNCHED. A ithlp Thai w»» FIouKtl Willi HesTj SMe Arui«r ia Plare-Autilher Thai wan Ibe nravirsi F.vrr lausrhed-A Fllxlil at ricroaii la Lira ef the Tradllloaal B»ilir ar I'hiiiupnxue al the <:hrls'lea- Ins. Two large armorclads launched in England a few days ago. Strictlf siieaking. only the Fuji was " launchedv" for the Mars was simply floated out of the dock from the yard of the Lairds at Birkenhead. And one advantage - shown in this exfieriment of Iniilding an enormous modern battle ship in dock instead of on a slip, to be laum-hed^ is shown by her carrying already all her citadel and moat of her borljette armor, with four casemate fronts. In fact.she might have had on her complete suit of armor, except that the .Sheffield makers were too driven with oi her work to fin- ish it. For the rest, it is enough to say that the Mars ia ome of the nine new suited ships, built or building, including the Maje-slic, Prince George, and Ceasar, at Portsmouth ; the Magnificent, Illus- trious and Victorious, at Chatham ; thA Mars in the Mersey, the Jupiter at Glas- gow, and the Hannibal at Pembroke. Designed by Sir W. H. White, she has length of 390 feet, a breadth of 75i, a mean draught of '27 1-2, a freeboard forward of 25, and aft of 18 1-;^ a horse power of 10,000 with natural and 12,- 000 with forced draught, to give speeds respectively of 16 1-2 and 17 1-2 knots, and a displaoemuat of 14,900 Ions. She has a total coal stowage of 1.900 ton4. allowing her to steam a moot h or tJ,U00 knots, at TEN KNOTS AN HOl'R. Her Harveysd armor is 220 feel long on the sides, 15 feet higbl, and nine inches thick, and on the barliettes U inches thick. The protective deck ia 4 inches on the slopes and 2 1-2 on the flat. The guns are four wire-coiled 12- inch and twelve rapid-fire 6-inch, with eighteen l2-pound«rs. twelve 3-pound- ers. eight machine and five field guns. The heavy barljette 12-inch guns are 27 feet alx>ve the water line. The Mars is Inillt of mild steel throughout Her anchors and chain cables weigh llZ ' ~>oa. and the latter, in a .single Tine, would extend about one mile. Turning to the Fuji, built for Japan by the 'rbames Iron Works at Black- wall, she is a sister ship of a vessel also building for Japan by Sir W. .\rmstrong Ik Co. Her launch was a graceful per- formance, for when Mme. Kato, the wife of the .lapanese Minister, severed the cord, which, in due jirogression, re- leased the ship, pigeons were set free from a gayly deooraten cage at the bows, this being the characteristical(f artistic Japanese sulMiitule for the cere- mony of smashing a liotllu of cham- pagne. The launching party also had its laurels, as Bow Creek, at the end of the slipway, was not more than 200 feet wide, and yet tbe Fuji slid away without a bitch. According to the English pap«xrs, too. she was the heaviest battle ship ever launched from any slip, either in a pub- lic or [irivate yard, for she was launch- ed with her .side armor in pI'U'«, her weight OS she: stood lieing nearl> 1S*V) tons .and her length lietween iierfieudi- culars 371 feiet. or over all aiHiul 112. This was 2,000 tons heavier on the ways than the Victorious, lately launched al Chatham, and hence she required as substantial a cradle, the weight of the latter Ijeing 280 tons, thus increasing the dead weight on the ways to near- ly 7,800 tons. The cost of preparations for this launch was great, while lbs skill in putting a ship so heavy into ao narrow a waterway also makes this A MEMORABLE LAUNCH. When completed the Fuji will be of 12,450 tous disploctuuent at ber mean load draught of 26 1-4 feet. She is 374 feel long between perpendiculars, and has a moulded breath and depth resjieotively of 73 and 44 feet. The <le- acriptiou of h€<r protection has an in- terest: The Fuji is side-armored, with lar- veyed steel iilates, for 22B feet oi «r length, the lower »r main armor ot.Jt being 8 feet in depth (3 feet being above aud 5 feet below the deep-load water line). 18 inches thick at the mid lengtl^, and 16 inches at the ends. Alx>ve the main armor belt there is a aecondery one â€" for the protection of the liattery â€" 7 feet wide and 4 inches thick, slant- ing off at its ends to meet the armored sides of the l>arhettes. both lielts hav- ing a backing of teakâ€" to which they are boltedâ€" liringiiig up the thickness of the vessel's srles at these parts to 22 inches. At both ends of tbe main armor belt a screen of G-incb armor runs square across tbe main and *ower dtH-ks to protect the guns from a "ak- ing fire. Barbettes of the usual peax-shaped form are built at each end of the liat- tery, and are plated with 14,incb sl(;el armor betwe»m the main and upi>er decks and with 9-inch armor down to the protective deck on which they stand. â-  She has a flat protective deck. 2 1-2 inches thick, terminating forward in a powerful ram. She carries four 12-inch guns, ten raiiid-f ire 6-incbi t he six on the uppers deck being protected by shields and the four on the main Atiofc by 6-inch oaseniales ; finally, twenty 3- pounder and four 2 1-2-pounder â- ma» and five 18-inch tori>e<lo e,jectors. tout above water and one Ijelow. Her twin-screw engines are by tha famous Humphreys. Teunanl & Co. of Deptford, ana designed tor 14,000 horse power under a moderate forced draught, so that she ought to have high s|ieeu tor a battle ship. A NEW I'SE FOR APPLES. Germany,' Iter purjioBes of her own, has almost olearwl the whole of France, but she was nut. imgnanc^ to hiiu in her heart, bow- ' " I shnfl never forgtit it either." ever.lliuro was only a very natural tear I She looked al him reproachfully. "Is and dislike of getting immer.-ied in wat- ' that kind, ia that generous?" she mur- er with all one's clothes on. She clung ' mureil. light ly lo Siningc's arm, and from; "It has nothing to do with kindness their dea<d«te island looked across at or generosity. It is only that 1 shall the promised land liefore them. i never forget any day or hour with "I'll never do it," she aiid. "It Is , which vou have IumI to do." He spoke, twice ns long as the last Jump and only i very simply, ami without any demon- tor you I sliould now lie as drenched slriitive emotlim, yet she knew how us a mermaid." thoroughly he meant every word he "It you will only shut your eyes, and aaitl. 'l "shall N' even less likely to ., ^,^ .•tiring when I tell you, all will bo forget after this interview; my mem- slant inovlc, Csim and Calcutta. What German merchants have taken durinf right," said he, ory will Im all 1 ^hall have lo live up- good would an llngli.sh pn-vscriptiou be the pist season iH'lween O'J.DDi) and 100.- "Vou have gi-uat laiih in yourwvU," on." i U» St. P»^tel^B3^urg» 1 000 tons of apples from F^•»^u^e alone. # sequontly Now for a final reason, l.atm ia *) . â- , ^ â-  . , ,. i,_ language that is used by scientific men of apples, besides having taken all the the world over, and no other lang-uagci fruit obtainable in Belgiimi ai'd Hol- » You can get a Latin pmsonplion 1 1 , -^yhat she require* th,... ior U filled m any <x>untrT on the face of the, , ^, i , -, earth where there \a. a drug store. » mystery. It may lie for cider, or *yr. We bad a prescription here the oth- : up,or it may lie for a new kind of cham^ etr day whi<*h we had put up originally, pagne which it is rumored she has dia- and which had since lie*m stamped by | covered, at any rate, whatever the nmr- drug^ist^s in l,ondoii, Paris. Bi-rlin, Von- po.stvs for which they are inle-.uled. the "^mt':"^' â- â€¢â€"â- ^i.ss3as>siM:^