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LONDON GOSSIP. í THE KING'S SCOTTISH TOUR. The King, alter being the gue-s: of Lord and Lady Savile. at Rufford Abbey, is expected in Scotland next week. His Majesty is not so fond of Balmoral as was Queen Victoria, and since the commencement of the present reign, that Royal residence has been run on a much reduced establishment during che greater part of the year. The King will make- a short stay there before proeeeciing m a round oi autumn shooting visits, and his Majesty ;s expected to be the guest of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Dunr>bin Cascle. As Prince of Wales. King Edward was pi-esent at the fes- tivities at Dunrobin which marked the c-oming- of-age of the Duke- of Sutherland in 1872, and the forthcuni/ing Royal visit is to synchronize with the Scottish celebrations oi the conring- of-age of Lord Stafford—the Duke's eldest son. The Queen and Princess Victoria are not ex- pected back from their autumn holiday in Norway and Dear-mark until the end of October. and it is understood that they will be accom- panied by Queen Maud of Norway, who usually c-omes over for the King's birthday gathering at Sandringham. < OLD-TIME INVASION SCARES. Many distinguished people who usually spend the early autumn in Scotland, have been kept within easy reach of London by the prolonged Parliamentary session, ana partly on this ,account Mrs Asquith and her children have been staying .at Lympno Castle near Hythe. That quiet, old-world corner of Kent, is peace- ful enough now, but Elizabeth Carter, the poetess, who lived in the neighbourhood, re- corded how disturbed it was in her time. In December 1745, the French were hourly expect- ed to anake a descent on Dungeness. as the wind was favourable for them, whilst it pre- vented the British fleet leaving the Downs. "If they landed" wrote Miss Carter, they must "come to London by Lympne Hrlll. and the country is perfectly defenceless." The now obsolete Martello Towers, dotted along the low-lying coast from Beachy Head to Deal. were not built ulntil the latter part of the eighteenth century. The French, however, never attempt- ed a hostile landing, on that coast, but they did 'Occupy Pishguard in Pembrokeshire—the new Atlantic port—for three days in February 1797. < THE HARVEST FESTIVAL. Harvest Festivals. were first held in Corn- wall in 1843, but it was the general Thanks- 1 giving ordered by Queen Victoria for the- har- vest of 1854. that made these services a popu- lar annual feature in nearly all places of wor- ship. Novel ideas are very often employed for the decoration of the Churches, on these occa- sions. Bottles of pickles, pots of jam, rabbit pies, living fruit trees, miniature hay ricks, prize pumpkins, and vegetable marrows, are amongst- the variety of good things that have. been utilised for this purpose. In mining dis- tricts, baskets of coal representing the harvest of the underground workers are frequently placed in the churches, and in Lancashire, coitton pods are sometimes made a striking feature of the- decorations, whilst on the coast the harvest of the sea as well as the land, is usua.lly represented at these celebrations. < "OUR RHEUMATIC SUMMER." An International Food Conference is to be held in Paris, next month, when much will be said concerning wholesome and adulterated food. Half the ills of life are due to errors of diet, and we should welcome every assistance that is offered' us for avoiding them. Some doctors tell us that rheumatism is, and is going to be exceptionally prevalent ¡,¡(his autumn. They db not attribute this to dampness and colds, but to the fact that our unsummexdike summer has favoured our meat-e-ating habits. Hot weather induces us to modify our dietary in the same way that it is reduced whilst -undergoing a "cure," at Marienbad, ox some other Spa, and. as these conditions have not been much imposed upon us this summer, so, so a consequence we are going to have more rheumatism. Sufferers may be interested to know that celery is now recommended as a remedy. Many who have tried remedies by the score, will tell you that whilst the "cures" come and go, the rheumatism remains, but that should not -discourage them from trying the "celery cure." either eating it raw, or taking the liquor in which it has been boiled, a.s medicine. THE FASHIONABLE SUPERSTITIOUS CRAZE. Superstitious and weirdf forms of credulity are commonly believed to linger most in rural parts of the country. Counties and parishes have their own particular superstitions as Te- gards things that. are unlucky or, on the other 'hand are charms against threatening evil, but for the most part they are quite harmless ideas. One thing about superstitions is, that they are divided pretty equally between for and against, you. Thus, while certain doings of the -cat. raven, or frog, may portend' disaster, othm eccentricities on their part, equally illo- gical. may be a sign of good fortune. But the point is, that whilst many of the. old country superstitions are dying out. there have grown up in London, and the great cities, a flourish- ingcummunity of palmists, clairvoyants, for- tune-tellers, crystal gazers, and -other practi- tioners of *«he Black Art. Years ago, belief in second sight, appartions, and divination, would have been regarded, as evidence of insanity, but nowadays, it is a common thing to heac- the fashionable woman sewou-sly discuss such things, and to affect a half apologetic credence in all kinds of superstitious absurdities. "TELLING THE BEES.' There ':s an old saying that unless bees are talked to. and particularly told of any disaster that 'Overtakes the homestead, they will punish their owners in some or c- her way. and a story bearing on this comes from Hamp- shire, wheTe the master of a farmhouse recent- ly died, and h's successor laughed to scorn the idea, of "telling the be-ss." Again and again this scoffer was atolèi; flhat unless the bees were informed of what had happened, and a piece of orape tied to the hives, they would never be sold, or taken, and surely enough during the evening of the day when the hives were put up to auction, it was discovered1 that every bee had disappeared, and that the hives were o.-ntny- GREEK DRESS. For evening wear are shewing a pre- ference for classical go.vns. in which the slim and graceful may be said to look their best. These gowns -either boast no sleeves, or long floating ones. nearly touching the ground, known in this country as angel-sleeves, and in France as "manc-hes a la. juive." There is some idea of these floating arrangements being added to aft em-Jon bodices, but those of us who have. experienced this infliction in years gone by will avoid the notion as carefully as the plague. The angel sleeve is pretty and graceful an the evening, but in the day time its propensity for dipping and catching into everything is calculated to try the patience of the best tempered woman.

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