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PART TWO | VOLUME CIX.—NO. 181. MADERO SCOFFS PLOT OF DEATH TO URGE PEACE Will Visit Principal Cities in Effort to Pacificate His Countrymen Government Has Arranged to Protect Him Where Life Is Threatened JUAREZ. to?x.. May 29.—Francisco I. Madfero Jr. announced tonight that lie would leave here for Mexico City on Friday morning and would go via Eagle Pass, speaking at tb« most Im portant cities along tho line In an ef fort to r>a<'ificate the people. /#) He will travel on the regular train /•from here to Kagle Pass, but will take a special train from Ciudad Porflrio Diaz, which Senor Maduro and all his supporters now call Piedras Negras, the name it originally had before General Diaz became president Besides the members of his family, his staff and a c-orps of newspapermen from Mexico and the United States, he will be accompanied by about 100 soldiers. „-- No Grudge, Says Madero . The government will assist in pre cautions taken for the safety of the party, 'especially at Ciudad Porflrio Diaz, where the anti-Madero plot, re vealed in the arrest of De Villiera and Dunn yesterday, is believed to have b»«n hatched. Senor Madero received envoys from General Bernardo Reyes today and out lined to them that he would harbor no grudge against their chief if he would accept the principles of the new re gime. He said he would talk personally •with General Reyes after reaching Mexico City. Incidentally, according to information here, Adolfo Reyes, a son of General Reyes, is expected to arrive in Mexico City tonight, and it is said that in a few days his appointment to some high government post, perhaps a Bubsecretaryship in the cabinet, win be announced. New Governor Inaugurated Senor Madero today received a tele gram from Venustiano Carranza at Saltillo, announcing his inauguration as governor of the state of Coahuila. .Telegrams indicating that the state legislature of Sonora is disposed to accept Jose Maytorena and Eugenlo Gayou, Madero's choices for governor *h?., v!ce governor, respectively, were received here today. NAVAJO RUINS SOUGHT BY SAVANT FOR "TYPE" Dr. Fevkes Would Have Them for Study • in,ended to the Smithsonian <- wke«. [ 'Iwell tional monument reserve, in northern Arizona, be exca preserve,; to illustrate the culture of the prehistoric dwellers of that a the Indianapolis News. ■ r f ewkes does not regard these IS of great anthj lity. 'Many of how marked evi dence, of being modern. It is evident that the ruins in the Navajo national monument reserve arc most important, haracterlstfc and well preserved prehistoric buildings, and that the prob lem* they present are of a nature to arouse great interest in thei "H«' i comparatively little from vandalism, these are among the V»st preserved monuments of the cliff dwellers' culture in our southwest, and If proper!y excavated and repaired they would preserve valuable data for the future student of prehistoric man in North America." UNITED STATES MAY YET USE MUCH PEAT AS FUEL Supply Is Plenty if It Is Proper ly Prepared In a country so richly endowed with mineral fuels —coal, petroleum and nat ural gas—as Is the United States, it ■would at first glance seem unlikely that peat should ever become a widely used It is true that European coun tries manufacture peat fuels to the value, of IHi.nnn.ono or $12,000,000 annu tut this is done for communities rerrtote from coal deposits. However. wne into considerable local use as a fuel in the United States, • • Indianapolis News. rt is estimated by the United States urvey that of the great un • d swamp area of the United States v per cent may constitute work ■f fuel peat, with a total lent to rj.000,000.000 tons It is somewhat singu • regions containing these ntlrely Outside of which coal and other . mineral fuels are found In peat is no makeshift: It is csirable, and the ■r its use is controlled princli •■ cost of production. THOMAS A KEMPIS HAD ENGLISH RIVAL .It is interesting to note in connection with the gift of Doctor Johnson's house in Gough square by ; Cecil.- Harmsworth to the nation that Sunday last was the one hundred and - fiftieth - anniversary. of the death of William Law, whose "Serious Call", had a marked* effect upon Doctor Johnson's life.' Law ; may well be. described as the English Thomas a Kempis. Ills "Serious Call. breathes the; same mystic spirit that lias made the' .•"Imitation".' a t worldwide manual of devotion. .William Law was born at KingscUffe,. Northamptonshire. an'l he lies buried in his native village. *ring the last few years, mainly, per fps, >, owing to the '■< Initiative> of ■ the ■ bishop," of % Birmingham.' his ./"Serious Call" has reached ai wider popularity than the humility.of.the author,would e\jer have allowed him to anticipate, vr BURNED ARCADE FLIMSILY BUILT AND BROKE LAW Blaze That Wiped Out Entire Block Not Incendiary, Says Fire Marshal Many Thrilling Escapes and Rescues Made at Fillmore Street Disaster Three dead and nearly a dozen per sons more or less seriously Injured was the toll* taken by the fire which at 1 o'clock yesterday morning wiped out the flimsy firetrop known as the Kill- | more Arcade building, extending along the east side of Killmore street from Turk to Eddy, and caused probably $25,000 damage to the Chutes park, oc cupying the remainder of the block. It is possible that the entire number of dead is greater than the list already known, for a number of persons known to have been In the Arcade rooming house and reported missing Immediately after the fire have not yet been found. A thorough search of the ruins yester i day, however, resulted in the finding of only three bodies, and the firemen gave up the search in the afternoon, believ ing that all the dead had been recov ered. The three bodies recovered yesterday are those of: • John L. Bettlnger of 1121 Stelner ■ street, a conductor employed by the i 1 United Railroads. John Walker, .aged 70. an insur ance solicitor and seller of lottery ; tickets, who resided at the Arcade ' lodging house. ■ ; ■ An unidentified man. believed to be Rev. H. E. Howland, a spirit ualist, who resided in to Arcade lodging house..V.o MAM' ARK INJURED The list of injured ;is likewise in complete, as many who received minor injuries in the tire were attended at nearby stores and dwellings are were hurried away to the homes of friends. : Among those reported to the police yesterday, however, were: - ■.. • ■ "Miss Belle Blaiso. a laundress. 19 years old, treated at the central emergency hospital for •■: severe burns and cuts on the head and body and a possible fracture of the skull received In jumping from an upper window of the burning build ing. - ■ ■ ■; : ■ •* ,:■■■-■- I ':»- •• Jan J. Feist, a tailor, dislocated ankle and bruises received in fall ing from a wire by which he hold ' ing himself at an upper .story win dow. - William - Williams. burns and lacerations of the face and hands received in attempting, to rescue Feist. • . Mrs. Ida McFarland. ' a nurse, burned about the face and arms In . attempting to rescue' Rev. H. E. Howland. . • B. Butler,, a fireman of No. 14. engine company, burned about the hands. - . ! Charles land, a photographer, slightly burned while attempting to; rescue Miss Blaiso. Frank Joseph, a;'tailor, burned about the face and body. ■ Gerald Freitag. a. blacksmith's heir-' burned about the '• face and body. - ■ ... : ■.. ■ John Fountain, burned* and bruised about the fa' and body. THHIII.IV*. ESCAPES The progress of the fire was marked by a score of thrilling escapes I and i rescues. Howland, who was old and in firm, has been* for some time under the care of Mrs. * McFarland. a \ trained nurse. ■■■•-? He was in a room nearly over the portion" of' the building in which the fire started, and there Mrs , McFarland rushed to , him and "attempted to lead him from the building. , - ■■Howland started from the room with her. but turned back at the door for some reason. An instant later the flames hurst through the door and the floor crashed in. Mrs. McFarland bare ly saved' herself and fell fainting into the street. r: -■''■:"■*■'.■ ' •. - ■: ' ' Howland has not been seen' from the moment that Mr.-. McFarland left him, and it is,this which has led the police to believe that the unidentified body at the morgue is his. A number of other persons I known Jto I have 1 been lin the building when the lirst started were unaccounted for yesterday, so the iden tification of the remains has not been made . positively. The : charred body is that of a man of about Rowland's size. It is burned beyond; any possibility of <recognition, practically all that remains being the trunk.' ''- ;.*• '-' ... .'- - ':'■' -.- ....' "'.. ■ - ■-;■ That the fire started in the rear of the barber shop at 1214 Fillmore street, oc cupied by John and Tony Bondy, to gether with James Maguire, a chiropo dist, was the !positive "statement made yesterday afternoon by Fire Marshal Towe after a thorough examination. "•/. ; 's Towe scouted all rumor of Incendiar ism and expressed the opinion that the flames had"; originated from the gas water heater in the barber shop being carelessly left burning. FEl'O (USES RUMOR Towe's investigations led- to • the un earthing :of a feud which has been go ing on between MaffUtre andi the Bondy brothers.^but^there was nothing :to in ■■• ■' '; ■■ -'■ 9 ■■'-■'■': """ *'"' "I -; '*"■•• '•" "■ " ..-' '" - THE San Francisco CALL SAN FRANC fSCO, TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1911. Three Bodies Found in Fire Ruins Dozen Persons Hurt at the Chutes "dicate that their quarrel had any con- ' nection with the holocaust of yesterday morning. ■ • .Evidence that the fire started in their •hop was given, by Policeman " Frank Lord, who witnessed the start of . the blaze, and by the four, men who were in the New Chut( cafe, adjoining the ( barber shop, and who were driven from their place" when the * flames burst i through the-partition Into the kitchen of the.restaurant. ;.*• h.X'.'•","!■■: Policeman Lord stated that he saw the blaze In the rear of the barber shop just after it had started, but that within - three'minutes it had -spread throughout the whole structure. Frank Sidney, the steward of the adjoining cafe, told of'how, the flames came through the wall from the barber shop and forced those in the cafe to flee before any other portion of the build ing' was ablaze. .Tames Maguire admitted that there had i been trouble of a serious nature between himself and the two Bond y Hp said that he held the .original lease on the shop and sublet -the greater portion of it to the Bondys as a barber shop. The • quarrel began shortly afterward and culminated last Friday when Maguire visited the dis trict attorney's office and asked for warrants for the arrest of both John, and.Tony Bondy for having threatened his life. AOnEK TO END Ql'.\RßKt,;.7,l'"- The warrants,-were not issued at the .time, but the Bondys were told to ap pear yesterday morning at the district attorney's office. Despite the' excite ment of the early morning, they obeyed the order. Maguire met them and/it was mutually agreed that, as long as they all had lost everything, to cease hostilities. .- ;, - That, ended the < quarrel, but was Maguire > who- was responsible • subse quently for the: declaration that the fire probably had started from the water heater in the barber shop. H> said that six or eight times recently he had found the gas heater burning" I after the Bondy brothers had closed i the shop and gone for the night. ■f.'i? ] "I have no doubt that it was from this water. heater that the fire started," said Fire Marshal Two. "Its,istart i in the barber ■ shop .is r proved >■• -the testimony,, of a.- number.'of, eye wit nesses. > . ■". ■ *-.-; ■■? •' .'•'--■ i■■ - ."■ ■ "It the boiler had- been about- half full Of water when the shop was closed at. 7 'O'clock in ' the evening it would I have taken just-about- six or seven hours for it to have burned- out. .Then It would; melt, down and set fire jto everything around! it." l? *j ,' COXSTKUOTIOV 1 1.1.1.*. AI. ; .:'. . ' " ' Towe '.also declared that the con- j struction of ■ the "Arcade' building 'was I indirect violation' of law. vin that' the central tower; In FlUmore street ex- I ceeded; the height limit -if 40 feet per mitted by " the ', building laws.",, He re erred'to; it .as 'a, ramshackle'structure," but said that there was nothing to pre vent it from being rebuilt 'in* just the same flimsy manner ■or »to • prevent I the opening .of another firetrap rooming; house." ''-"'. :,/:, . "; """,," The; original estimate, of a .property i loss iof ; about • $250,000 .-.was confirmed I yesterday :, by /the statements ,-of the I owners !;: and.;• lessees ■■;■ of *: the ; various | stores and amusement resorts- that : were destroyed.'' The. heaviest loss falls I upon the ; Fillmore -Arcade;„ company, i which;owned the entire Fillmbre street frontage and* was without Insurance.*;; "■• The.:' Chutes' ■-'• loss /will 1 not *' exceed $25,000,*. as the .theater. and the greater, number 'of park buildings were saved. I Th« only destruction of Chutes - prop"-" erty" was that lof "the"' western portion I of the , scenic railway structure, the offices and • gateway - Into the ' grounds, a part of the "Devil's Slide". and some of the offices adjoining the theater. t£3i The theater itself, and. most of the ■„.-. %-i. .'■ "I .■-■-:•--_■ »..,-, :■:.. -... '-..■ .-.: N...V..Vfc,ijS> Scene of ruins and incidents of fire at the chutes. concession buildings were uninjured, and it was announced that the park would be reopened within a few days. MELANCHOLY MEMORIAL IS SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD Ruskin Inspired Public to Build the Lane ipinorial of the puhli'- Spirited kiii'l <>f mad making is a line branching "ff the Seven Bridges road from Oxford. It la called Ruskirs's road, and. writes T. W. Wilkinson In th^ Autocar, was the Sffnf of a. ludicrous experiment made at the instigation of the sage. When he was at Oxford he persist ently urged that all power should have fruitful results, and in the end so im pressed pome of his friends that they determined to expend on a vile byway leading from the Seven Bridges road toward Hlnksey ferry the energy thai they had till then dissipated on cricket, tennis, and the like. I'elighted with this resolve. Ruskin, after bestowing on them his benedic tion, purchased pi'-ks and shovels, and as a further preliminary took lessons in the art or mystery of stone breaking an art which, however, he never per sonally practiced. The undergraduates "constructed" their road of dirt, with out any foundation whatever, and It has for some years now been a mere track. KING OF SIAM WORRIES OVER CHOOSING, BRIDE Objects to Customs of Court at \'j . . Bangkok . The Siamese are agitated by a.mat ter of national concern. The new King Vajiravudh, the successor.to Clmlalong korn. is not yet married, and it is necessary that the king should have an heir. ; The new- king-,-who was educated in .England," 7does not admire, .the court; customs of Bangkok.- where .'he is sur rounded . by.a;, hundred women. The girl 'children born of such unions are | shut up and live In a state of celibacy. In regard Hoj the selection of . t a;" wife Vajlravudh has difficulties to encounter. A Japanese princess Is out of ; the ques tion.^ for the Siamese would consider such a ; marriage as a sign of the, ab sorption of their kingdom. •, For the same .reason a Chinese princess would lie refused, and so would a royal woman from Cambodia. There are innumerable princesses In India, but in : the eyes, of the Siamese .such an alliance would lead to British:control;; so It only remains for the king to seek a wife from Persia 40 FORMER 'MINISTERS OF AUSTRIA PENSIONED They Draw a Total of $180,000 Yearly Austria is what a Paris newspaper terms the "eldorado dcs mirjistres dech.ua." This pronouncement Is made after perusing the pension lint, which con tains the names of 40 former ministers, who, in the aggregate, receive in the way of pensions 727.nn0 kroner, or about $180,000, between them. Comte Baillet Latour was minister of public works for three months and seven days, and has a pension of $7,500 a year. Another draws $8,000, a third |<,600. Six others have $6,000, six ({,500, 10 vary from $2,500 to $4,250. and the others draw about $2,000 a year. You do some things well and some otherwise —but whafs your average? Men of San Mateo County Thank The Call lor Aid Editor The Call San Francisco, Cal. ■ , . Dear Sir:. Resolution! have been passed by this association expressing their appreciation of your endeavors for the .develop ment of the peninsula and the obtaining 'of reasonable passen ger" rates. Your ; valuable, and timely art litres greatly assist' this association in its efforts for bet terment of San Mateo J county conditions. Thanking you for the good work whleh you are doing, we remain very truly yours SAN .MATK') COUNTY DB VKI.oI'MKXT ASSOCIATION. FRED 11. GREEN, Secretary. WILD HORSE HURLS WOMAN INTO AIR Alamedan Seriously If Not Fatally Injured in Run away Accident „- Miss Frances,E.Postel of SBS Willow street, Alameda, was seriously and per haps fatally injured-yesterday at Cali fornia and Front streets when she was 'knocked down by a runaway: horse. •■■-■ At the harbor hospital; where; the young woman was taken, it was found that sha had sustained numerous abra sions and contusions, besides concussion of the brain; and surgeons fear that the skull has been:fractured. 8 The horse; was 'attached to a light buggy.'; it had- been standing at the corner of California and Battery streets and got 'away'after the driver, had re moved a nosebag and before; he had re placed the bridle. .The animal was go ing at a full, gallop when 1 Miss Postel stepped' off: the sidewalk to cross J the street. Tfie horse's chest struck her and the impact threw the young woman into the nil-. :* . r" ' : ;■'. ," ; ' ; ■-,; ;-.'.";■, • She fell with a heavy thud and the buggy,wheels passed over her prostrate body.' She was unconscious when taken to . the; hospital, ,but, was. able, a .few hours later, to recognize her. mother. > Miss Postel is 26 years of age and is employed as 'a ' book i keeper ,by" G. - a. Moore & Co.: : She was removed to Ala meda last evening under the care of the i family doctor. The horse was caught later at Market and Spear streets./* The police are trying to find its owner. "; ■ • 'i i" . * '." ' :..■■ , ; L*>ts of city farmers make a specialty' of sowing wild oats. ■ ': ■; : . ; ■ . Many a man who isn't a liar doesn't tell all the truth he knows. ■.■, - . •> It takes a conscientious man to enjoy his work if the pay is small. When: the#un shines lay aside a little | of your enthusiasm for a rainy day. , •»• Every t man seems !to : think ■ that he *is warranted in doing.unwarranted things. It iis 'difficult to ■ convince the head of the 'house:-; that two heads are better than one. •_. ; ;" And lots of people wno ? thinit they have nothing but trouble don't know what 'trouble'really* is. .- ' "* ~\ " >' A : halting speech " may . be ; the result of a lame excuse, %: ■ . • . ••;■.■■; BROTHERS FIGHT POLICE OFFICER Patrolman Finally Arrests the Two and Takes Them to City Prison George Howth and Albert Howth, brothers,' were arrested early, yester | day morning and charged with assault! and resisting a policeman.after a right at Fourth . and Mission streets, The i Howths had been accused by Peter Blass of 184 Fourth street with hav ing attacked him for his money. When Policeman M. T. Arey went to arrest the young men, Albert assaulted him. He caught the other brother, . who j broke away from him and hurled a rock at his head. After a struggle the policeman handcuffed the belligerent brothers and took them to . the city prison. ' '■.'■' - Policeman - Dowd arrested George Glover yesterday morning as he was in the act of robbing Patrick. Crowley | at Folsom and Ritch streets. A ' masked man held up : Conductor j George J Randell | of the Ninth street I line at the'south side terminus early yesterday morning. Randell reached! for his hip pocket and the robber fled. Mrs. C. P.,Mooney of 1337 California street reported to the police yesterday that she saw a man attempting to climb through her bedroom': window Sunday night. She screamed and the man ran. Leo Lynch, " formerly an employe of the tax collector's office, who lives at 2570 Lombard street, was seriously cut in a street brawl at Laguna and Lom bard streets yesterday. ; At the central emergency hospital it was found that ♦— —_ —: __—: _—:— ..+ he had two knife wounds in his left side. He gays that William Corbett, a former convict, did the cutting. The ;ire looking for Corbett. COST OF DISCOVERING AMERICA WAS $9,000 Christopher Columbus Spent 36,000 Lire in First Trip A Paris contemporary contrasting today with times past, especially in regard to prices, asks Its readers if they have an idea of what it cost to er a world. The writer proceeds: In 1492 a hardy navigator organized an adventurous expedition. Some per sons at Palos undertook the fitting out of the expedition, and the broth ers Penzon aided them. Christopher Columbus, as the commander, received 1.600 lire per annum, and t'i*> two captains under him were paid 9'">n lire each, while the sailors received 12'^ lire a month. The lire today is worth about a franc, or l«d. The equipment of the flepf altogether rr >Rt X.IOO lire. A word or two as to how Cftiumbu* and his sailors fared is interesting. They had bread, wine, vegetables, meat. poultry, and this bill of fare worked | out at about six lire per month. The j whole cost of the voyage, it is *aid. was 3fi.oon lire, or In United States coin, approximately $P.OfiO. covering ', a period from August 3, 1492, to March 4 the following ypsr. The writer in the Paris contemporary, from which the foregoing is taken, makes the oh- I vious reflection that the most mod- ' crn of contemporaries would demand more than 125 franca, or £5. a month to discover a continent, but the writer ignores the purchasing power of a i lire in those far away day*. HOW A POET REBUKED DUMAS THE YOUNGER Fountain Better Than Wine for Inspiration The association of ideas—th« British Women's temperance association meet ing In Kdlnburgh—recalls the story of Beranger and Alexandre Dumas the younger, for like Beranger. the dele- Kates, who on the openinsr <lay were at work from 10:30 a. m. until 10 p. m. without one hour's break for meals, demonstrate what Inspiration can be obtained from watT. Beranger is best known for his Bacchanalian songs. One night he was at supper with Dumas the elder. The younger Dumas, who was present, was passing through his college course, and at that period was exhibiting those characteristics which unfortunately de veloped in later life. Noticing that Beranger had drank only water, he somewhat indisrreetly nsked. "Where do you obtain, M. Beran ger, all the wine which we find in your songs?" The poet's reply was: "From the fountain at the corner, my hoy, and you would do well to make that the source of your inspiration." r.ive a designing widow rope enough and she'll rope some man in. A young man never makes a stren uous effort to entertain a girl who is engaged. Everything comes to him who waits including the woman who said she'd be ready in a minute. B people are selfish enough to want to keep »^»ir troubles to them selves even wH?"* rtheir neighbors want to borrow them. The ocean swells are high rollers Your wife, as well as your sins, will find you out. If you don't believe honesty ii the best policy, try it. PAGES 11 TO 20 PRICE FIVE TENTS. BURGLARS BATTLE WITH ARMY SENTRY Soldier in Presidio h Crippled for Life by Bullets of Antagonists During: a fusillade of shots In a re ! volver and rifle duel between a sentry ; of the United States army and two bur glars early yesterday morning In the ! east contonment of the Presidio James i Brown, the sentry, was seriously wound i ed and the entire garrison of the local post was. aroused. • The two burglars escaped. ' ' - The battle occurred shortly after 2 a, m., when Brown;,while walking" his post along the pathway by the officers' j quarters, detected;the couple prowling around the residence of Major W. W. Forsyth of the First regiment of cay- I alry. SHOT ANSWERS CHALI,EM E . In accordance with army regulations, 1 the sentry lowered his rifle to the'chal i lenge j and called the men, asking who 1 they were. The men quickly Jumped ' behind the front stairway and answered | by firing several shots with their re volvers at Brown. One, shot pierced the soldier's cap and made a deep gash In his temple. Another ballet hit the stock of his rifle and glanced off. . . \. Brown brought his rifle to his shoul : der and fired at his assailants, both of whom were crouched behind the stair way and partly hidden from view. Whether or not he hit either of them he does not know. After the soldier fired his first bullet the marauders came from hiding and sent several shots n» Brown. One of these entered the guards right leg and glance^ downward. From this wound, the surgeons state, he will be a cripple for life. WIDESPREAD BBAKCH MADE The sound of the shots brought a sergeant and several men from the guardhouse to the scene. An ambulance ' was sent for from the Presidio general I hospital and the wounded soldier was | taken there for treatment. A search of the entire eastern portion of the reservation waa immediately made, but j no trace of the robbers was found. The residence which the men at tempted to enter is at present unoccu pied, a* Major Forsyth is on duty with the cavalry troops in the Yosemite na tional park, but the officer's silver ware and jewelry are kept there during his absence. POOR SEARCH CONFETTI TO DISCOVER VALUABLES Needy of Paris Make Touching Effort After Carnival The expedients of the poor to turn an honest penny are not confined to Lon don, for a Paris contemporary gives us a touching picture of the needy on the night, of the rnld-tient ■ carnival, or rather in the early hours of the next day... •■• ! •; ; :{.\).i"--i .'.. Just as the newspaper offices were starting their machines to print, . an army of poor persons was* to be seen, each armed with a lantern of some description, turning over the tons, and we believe this Is so actually, 1 of con fetti -which had been thrown during the day. Their hope is to find 'something of value. Sometimes they succeed, and a few reap a good harvest, but the ma jority have to return to their homes disheartened, after much toil with no result. '. It does not follow that all that was lost had been recovered, for | many valuables find their way into, the sewers when the street washing begins. • QUEEN MARY PRIZES KING'S GIFT MOST Brooch His First Present to Her After Engagement Probably the jewel the queen of Eng land prizes most is the diamond brooch which was King George's first present to her after they became engaged. At any rate, says If. A. P.. she wears it and the diamond necklace presented to her by Queen Victoria oftener than any of her jewels. The necklace has th» foremost pla* » in her affections for a similar reason. Queen Victoria having- given it to her on the occasion of her engagement to King George. Another highly valued piece of jew elry in the queen's collection is the chain of pparls presented to her maj esty on her marriage by the women of 23 English counties. Thirty thousand dollars was sub scribed for the purchase of this beau tiful Rift, but its actual cost was 125.000. and the balance of the money was. at the queen's request, presented to certain charities. Thes» pe"arls ar» often worn by Queen Mary In the evening. HALF OF EASTER EGG GIVEN TO EACH CALLER In Paris, It is learned, there was the usual display of Easter eggs, and a contemporary in the French capital tells that one of the most interesting custom! In connection* with the "oeufs de Pannes" is to be found In Poland. On Easter Monday every head of a house, man or woman. prMPnts each visitor on his rail with a hard boiled egg. <>r. rather, the half of one. The head of the house divides the egpr, prives a half to the caller, and eats with him the other part. The custom has such a hold on the people that the nobles, even when living far away from the fatherland, observe it. Many years ago Prince <'zartoryski was in residence in Paris and he held the usual recep tion on Monday. Receiving each guest at the door of his salon, the prince divided the egg in the traditional style and gave It to th« visitor, who ate it conscientiously. On the other hand, as we can well Imag ine, the prince contented himself with touching his portion with his lips. SEE OF LLANDAFF DATES TO COUNCIL OF ARLES The oldest see In the united king dom is perhaps impossible to men tion -with certainty, says the Church Family Newspaper, since the names In the long lists of British bishops of London and other dioceses are of dubi ous historicity, and not even tradi tional dates are Riven. Llandaff "claims that it is the old est see in the British isles, with the exception of Sodor and Man. It is urged, however, that it has a I strong claim to be regarded as the. most ancient see of all. for whereas Sodor and Man dates from 447 A. !>., when St. Patrick landed at Peel and consecrated one of his followers bishop of the island, there is a tradi tion that King Lucius built a church at Llandaff about the year 170 A. p., and that the Bishop Adelftus, who was present at the council of Aries in 314 A. D. was of Caerleon-on-Usk.