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We have one of the very best Hearses in the County, And Funerals furnished and conducted a extremely low prices. EMBLEMS OP ALI. THE DIPPEEENT SOCIETIES PENNYROYAL WAFERS., Prescription of a physician who has had a Mei long experience In treating female diseases. Is used monthly with perfect success by over 10,000 lathes. Pleasant, safe, effectuaL Ladies ask your drug- gist for Pennyroyal Wafers and take no substitute, or inclose poste age for sealedparticulars. Sold by au druggists, $1 per box. Address 211K EUREKA CHE.WCAL ca. DETROIT. MC, Zed- Sold in limeter by J. W. Browning, J. Lirtz, and all druggists. JH Lillarais IllabliakD Just published, a new edition of Dr. Cal- verwell's Celebrated Essay an the radical CM Of Stenetemonnacee er Seminal Weralt- mete. Involuntary Seminal Losses, Iento. STECY 1VIontal azd l'hysical Irioapacity- In pediments to Marriage, etc.'also Cost - summer; EPILEPSY and Ems, induced by self-indulgence, or sexual extravagance, ete. 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Ask your Dreggiee for The Great Efikfirt,l, pregootion, take ne inflistitute. One paeltage 11, Six $5, by Mail. Write for Pamphlet. it,cleress Etireka Chemical Ce„ petrol% Itlieb. For sale by J. W. Browning, C. Lutz, eExetem and all druggists, Killed by au Elephant, Novice* aro not elweys oontranted to be treated as seas The boy who goes into a gymnasium for the first time is too likely to think that he must attempt whatever he sees others (loin. Reckless a coneequen- cos, he tries the heavy weights and parallel bars, aud pretty certmely gets, well lathed, if not pernwateutly injured. Courage and emulation are good in their way, but ca,n never take ihe place of discretiou and ex. perience. The following tragteal story of South African life enforces thie lesson, end illustrate§ at the same time the folly of " old }tends" in chaffing a uewoomer be- fore they have tried his epirit. A youeg linglishixem who sealed, in the same ship with me, was up countrf with a number of experienced hunters, wider whom he was to serve a sort of apprentleeship to the elephant business. Orre oa tame chaffed hire sorely about his experieuce, telling him he would be afraid to face the grime, and otherwise irritating him. Next meriting when the cemp awoke, they found he WO taken his horse and gun and gone alone Into the bush, leaving a inee- sage that he would kill an elephant by him- self or never return. Knewing well the danger to which the young fellow would almost certainly be ex- posed, the older hunters, now sorry for the chaff, but still hoping that all would be well, rode off on his treil, After aboutfour miles they picked up, from the trampled ground: evidence that their friend was tracking a herd of five or six elephants. Still purism. ing their oourse, they shortly hearti the re- port of a rifle, and coming on a clear Roam, were just in time to witness the death of the unfortunate youth, When, they caught sight of him, he wee standing, away from ids horse, in the cover of a small bush, which would not have suffic- ed to etop the charge of a goat, and was aiming at a furious bull, trumpeting and charging, already within twenty or thirty aces of his ill-judged place of concealment. 1 he new arrival at once fired, trying to !atop the great brute in his charge, but it was too late ; he had seen and probaly smelt his enemy, who in a moment more was lying dead, his skull fraotured, while the angry animal kneaded his body into the sand. Linemen. Who has not seen a lineman climbingthe telegraph poles to make repairs in the wires, the spikes on his boots enabling him to as- cend the perpendicular post with thesecur- ity et a fly upon the wall or ceiling? The work he does forms a special branch of the telegraph service, and the Western Union, Company has often five thousand linemen in its employ at one time. When a storm sweeps i over a certain portion of the country it s often necessary to bring all the linemen for hundreds of miles around to the scene of de- struction. During the winter months a lineman's life is one of great hardship. He is often required to climb poles covered with ice and to handle wires that stick to his hands. When the wires are reported down in the Northwestern States large gangs are des- patched to make repairs, for no man can work for more than half an hour on top of a telegraph pole with a blizzard blowing about his ears. Gangs of workmen accom- pany them to dig cut the fallen voles, which are often covered with snow. It is no unusual occurrence to hear that simple statement, "The wires are down," but the wonder is that they are put in order again in melt an incredibly short time. he pay ot linemen is not large, consider- ing the difficulties and danger of their work. The most skilled does not average over six- ty-five dollars or ..seventy dollars A month, while men employed in rural distriets 're- ceive on an average from forty dollars to fifty dollars. The chief dangers are from decayed poles, broken cross -bars, and electric -light wires —the latter being, of course, most dreaded. Although these are supposed to be covered with a substance which is anon -conductor of electricity, experience has shown that this substance is susceptible to atmospheric action and becomes worn off in places, and fatal accidents are not infrequent. -.111110411.- The Population Of Ohina. It has been the custom of late to disbe- lieve in the ancient estimates of the popula- tion of China; but the North China Herald, a well informed journal, publishes statistics which strongly support them. It appears that the authorities at Pekin have recently taken a census for taxing purposesmnd that the village bailiffs, whose interest itis to understate the figures, return the population at 319,383,500. Five provinces are omitted, and their population atrecorded in the last census, brings the total up to 392,060,000. Even this figure is indepehdent of the popu- lation of ThibetKashgar, Ili, and Corea; and the total number of souls ruled by the Em- peror of China, therefore, exceeds 400,060,- 000, and still displays a tendency to in- crease. As the population of India exceeds 250,000,0 0, the Indians and Chinese to- gether constitute more than half the entire human race, a fact worth the attention of those philosohera who study London and Paris, and then announce that "man be- lieves" this and that. There are many races of men, but some of the ferniest among them, e g., the French and the Arabs, scarcely in - cease at all, while a few, e. g., the Ottomans, slightly decline, If the process now going on continues for another century, the world will bel mg in the main to four races, or rather peoples—the Teutons, most of whom will spe Lk Englesh; the Slays' the Chinese, and the natives of India. Itis quite possible, whoever, that they may' quarrel, and that their march toward the mastery of the pla- net, which else would belong to them like a cheese to mites, may be seriously checked. A litisundertalEing. Mr. Hendricks had just informed the minister, who was enjoying a Sunday din- ner with the faanily, that he rarely drank coffee, as it intended to keep him awake, when Itobbx had the following to say : "You cheek it late at night, don't you, ?" "Never, Bobby; what put the idea into your head ?" 4d I heard Ma asm that whenever you came home late at tight she made it hot for you, and I leposed Ishe inmate eoffee." • The most popular personage in the United States to -day is, without doubt, Mrs. Clevelahd, and if her husband run for a second term the help of his young awl beautiful wife will be invaluable. Indeed maim newspapers are developing into very respectable flunkies over the surpassing beauty end wonderful virtuee of the mis- tress of the White House, If she were Queen oy divine right they could not be more gushieg. All right! Lee beauty bave its due, and the Presidentess, if such a word is allowable, is mealy nice and deserves a good deal of praise. THO:USAND,S, LOOKED ON. nentiln4 lPY VignaSee COMMAttee is '00. Thc'eliCkM0146 power of the great Sae Fraucieco Vigilanee Committee of 1850 is well illustrated by their execution ot Brace and Hetheeington. It was generally known about the city that two men at least were to be executed that day. A scaffold Was oreeted in the open street, and thousands of the Vigilance military force were under arms, Infantry companies were marched out aud posted at various pointe command- ing every avenue of approach to the core. rnittee building, and beyond these the oaseary were stationed. Leaded brims 'mutton were placed at every corner of the square, and the geneers stood by with terches ready lighted. A dense square of soleliemfour or five deep sumouuded the scaffold, which consisted of it platform eight feet square, elevated ten feet above the street on four heavy poste, Heavy upright posts on opposite Sides of the platform supported a cross -tie seven and a helf feet above Fastened to the cross -tie were two lensed ropetea, All the while this engine was building the vigilant forces were inanceovring about the vicinity, marching and countermarching, with the aids-de-camp riding hither and thither. An immense conceurse of looker-on had assembled, filling the streets, balconies, windows, and roofs for four or five squares around. • Everytbing was in readiness by 5, The prisoners were brought out and placed in separate carriages, although they had to be taken only around the corner. A precession was then formed in front of the committee rooms, consisting of the executive committee, a company of pistolmen, and the prisoners, with their guar s, in oarris,ges, The executive committee took their position to the north oat the 'scaffold, and the patrohnen surrounded One of the carriages then drove up to the scaffold stairs, and out of it stepped an intelligent, fine-lookinit man about 21 years of age, dressed in black coat, dark vest, checked cassimere pants, and Panama, hat. This was Brace, a man of talent and education. Hia tams were tied behind at the elbows ; his hands were in his pant- aloon pocket's ; his eyes were nearly closed, and every' muscle •of his pale face seemed stretched to its utmost tension in the des- perate effect of the young man to nerve himself up for, a death of bravado. He was led up the stepsby the guard and placed on the south side of the scaffold. Tromthe other carriage Hetherington was taken and placed beside him. Hetherington was it tall man, dressed in black, with asunburned, full -whiskered face, earnest and serious. His head was covered -with a straw hat, and his arms were bound like those of the other. The executioner, in muslin robe and cap, was on the platform, and several other persons. The culprits' legs were bound, their collars removed, and the noose put around their necks. They shook hands with each other and with several standing near them. Finally the signal was given, the bell on the roof of thevigilance building was struck, the rope was out, precipitating the souls of these two men into eternity. Works Both Ways. "Which is the be•Mer weather for your business," was a question put to a down- town bartender, " hotor cold ?" "1± doesn't make much difference," was the reply. "In hot weather they take a little something to cool 'ern off, and in cold weather they take a little something to warm 'ern up." The Still Small Voice. Sunday school teacher (speaking of the conscience)—After you have done something which you ought not to do, what isit, Bobby, that makes you feel so uncomforteble and unhappy? Bobby—Pa, Among revivals in mediaeval style of dress those for children, reproducing the garments worn by little people in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, are very picturesque and also very comfortable. "Have you the carte de jour 2" said the affected num to the hotel waiter. "A cart at the dure, is it ?" lie said. "Faith oi've not, mum. It's a weather, an' not a Crag man, Qi bela.ve Oi am, MUM" And then "she comPlaineie of insolence and stupidity. A pail filled with fresh 'mortar fell from the toptof the new Court House in Macon, B Get:, and struck squarely on its bottom on thelmad of a colored workman Vid10 was standbieonthe ground. The bottom was aPlit iretrCfliaiders, and the pail and the mortar completely encesed his face so that he was in great danger of smothering until " relieved by a'fellow workman. • • a A jar containing two hands preserved in alcohol caused considerable excitement in a St. Louis saloon recently. The beekeeper says that about four weeks ago it young man, well-dressed, entered the saloon and asked permission th leave a paper package until next day. When no one came for it the barkeeper undid the paper and found the pickled hands. Apatrol wagon removed thisear to the Morgue. The San Francisco Examiner says that the steamship City of Sydney, which reeent. ly arrived m that port brought $60,000 worth of Chinese girls to replenish the slave quarters of that city. Though such importation is against the Chinese Restric- tion act, against the Contract Labor act, and &phut the still Older law prohibiting the immigration of women brought for immoral purposes, their owners will find no serious difficulty in landing thew costly chattels. A few "dollen for witnesses, something more for it lawyer, and $17 50 apiece for court fees will settle the matter. LlFE IN HONDURAS. Strange tandem* that Prevaellet the allinatea " et ilike Caribs, The approaches from the interior of Hon aurae to Truxillo ere mere traila through the mountains. The only means of trans• porto.tion is by pack rallies. Most of the houses in Truxillo are long, low -roofed, one story dwellings, built of atone and mortar, cool and, well adapted to the climate. Very subets,utial., 1 ant told they are; indeed, some Of $helit iilust have beeu standing lieu. clreds of years.. They are auythlug but pic- turesque looking, being totally unornament- ed ell the outside. It seemed to me that ell the houses looked alike ; in lacteal air of samenese pervades the plume " he 'surrounding scenery, on the other hand, compensates for the dulness and makes a leeemttful frame for a very plairepicture. 13ehincl tthe tOW11 is a high range of moun- tains thickly wooded, with little etreamlets trickling down to the sea. In the valleys on either side are Carib villages—one, the village on the Rite Crystallis, the other on the Rio Negro We visited the Carib town ore the Rio Oryetellis and found it a much larger settlement than it .appeared to be. These emeallea Caribs afeeproperly speak- ing, not Caribs, but are' the descendants ot an African tribe. Yet they most decidedly object to being clasped as negroes, and, boast thatthey have never been slaves, They are quite like the ordinary negro, with this exception, that they are sorupu- lowly clean about their persons, As is common among most of people of rude eivilization, thewomenare the drudges. they are the hewers of wood and the draw. era of water, Kid it is not uncommon to see a Mother paddling a dory load of bananas, with her infant scjuattingin the bottom of When a man among the Cariba wishes to tekeunto himself a. wife he hews himself out a dory, and, with the assistance Of his friends and a jug of rem, gathers together where-vritleal to build his hut, which con- sists of a few poles, a „pile of clay to form the floor and to fiil in the wickerwork sides of the house, and some leaves of the eohune paha to thatch the roof with. 'Ire then clears off a patch of ground and plants' a few ears of corn and some yams and cassava rect. Thisbra cells his plautation. He is then considered an eligibleswitin'and is in a position to ehoose a partner from among the dusky maidens. This plantation is entirely looked after by the woman. She gathers thecorn to make tortillas, and digs the cassava, root to make her bread. I visited a Carib house and watched theoperation of Cassava breadmak- ing. They first wasb. the root, then gratb it on a board studded with small, , sheep particles of flint to form a rough surface; then strain it in order to extract the surplus juice, -which is considered poisonous. Their mode of straining is extremely primitive. The article used as strainer is a long, snake- like arrangement, made from a species of palmetto grass plaited together, and look exactly like a huge serpent. It is abouts eight feet long and about three inches in diameter, and open at one end. The strain- er is euspended' on a hook fron the raf terra the grated cassava, is poured in, then a heavy weight is attached to the lower end, which causes the strainer to contract, and so expresses the juice. After it has been thoroughly strained it is baked into large, fiat cakes, which form the daily bread of the Carib. These appliances for making the cassava bread, together with a couple of stools,a table, and the inevitable hammock, comprise the furnishings ,of the house. While walking through the town we happened in on the school. There were about fifty Carib boys, BA orderly and 'clean-loOktiag, taught by a yelling Spaniard. The text. books are all Spanish, the history and geography of Honduras being the principal studies. We had a delightful ride on horseback along the beach and up the Rio Crystallis, where we surprised a number of Carib women who were ,washing clothes in the stream. There they stood knee deep in the water, rinsing the clothes and put- ting them to dry dn the stones. While riding up hill and fettling the river wegitve the horses the reins and. allowed them to choose their own path, and to the utter consternation of the Carib washerwomen, the horses walked right over the spotless clothes. The beautiful crystal stream finds its source sway up in the mountains, and be- , bides lending a charm to the surrounding emery,furnishes the town of ''Truxillo with drinking water. It is brought into the town by the Carib women in jugs, for which they charge a half real a jug. It is a strangesight to witne.ss these Carib women, with a ahawl, sometimes of wool, tat generally of silk, thrown mantilla seamen, over theirheads and theirshoulders, rm' s and feet, without any cevering save whatDame Nature provided. • STRANGE ANTIPATBIES; The Intotevanee ofSone Persons Towards Aubaakitk. It seems abselutely incredible that Peter tIto Great, the tether of the Ruesian uavy, ehouldsluidder at the sight of water, whether running An" still, yet so it was, especially whea alone. Ilia value gerilene, beautiful as they were, he wafer enteeeil, because the ritier Mosera flowed through them, His coachman had orders to avoid all made whiell led past stream& and if c .mpelled to cross it brook or bridge the great emperor would sit with closed windows, in it cold perspiration. Another monarch, James I., the Kngiish Solomen, as he liked to be call- ed, had many autipathiea, chiefly tobacco, line' arid pork. He never overcame his in- abilley to iook with composure at it drawn sword; and it is said that on one occasion, when giving the accolade, the king turned his face aside, nearly wounding the new. made knight. Henry 111. of Prance had so great a dislike to eats that he fainted at the sight of one. We suppose that in this case the eat had to waive its proverbial preroga- tive and could not look at it king. Tide will seem as absurd as extraordinary to lady lovers of that much -petted animal, but what are we to say of the Countess of Lambent), of unhappy history, to whom a violet was a thing of horror'? Even this is not without it precedent; for it is on record that Vincent the painter was eeized with vertigo and swooned at the smell of roses. Scaliger states that one of his relations was made ill at th,e sight of a lily ; and he himself would turn pate at the sight of watemoresses, and oould never drink milk, .• Charles Kingsley, naturaliet as he ems to the coreehad a great horror of em ens ; an . , Gio.uous, after saying that every one Boerne to have hie antipathic animal, con- tinues: "1 know one (himself) bred front his childhood to zoology by land and sea, and bold in asserting and holiest in feeling that all without exception is beautiful, who yet can not, after handling and petting and examining all day long, every uncouth and venomous beast, avoid's, paroxysm of horror at the eight of the common house -spider." The Writer ahares in this dislike to a pain- fal 'extent ; in this case it is inherited from his grandfather. The genial author of the "Turkish Spy " says thathe would far pre - foreword in hand face'a lien in his desert lair than have a spider crawl over him in the dark. The cat, as we have previously meutioned, has repeatedly been an object oi aversion. The Duke of Sohomberg, though a redoubtable aoldier, would not sit in the same room with a cat. A courtier of the Emperor Feadinand carried this dislike so far as to bleed 'at the nose on hearing a cat mew. A well known officer of Her Majesty's army wiic has proved hia istrength and courage in more than one campaign, turnspale at the sight of it cat. On one occasion when asked out to dinner, his host, who was rather skeptic& as to the reality of this feeling, concealed a cat in an ottoman in the dining room. Dinner etas announced and commenced, but his guestwas evidently ill at ease; and at' length declared his in- ability to go. on eating, as he was sure there • waif a cat' in 'the roem. An apparently' thorough, but unavailing, search was made no but his visitor Was so completely' upset that the host, with many tiVelogies for his experiment, "let the cat out of the bag," and out of the ottoman • at the same, time. Lord Lauderdale, on the , other hand, declared the mewing of a oat ' was to him Sweeter than any music while he had the greatest dislike to the laeand the bagpipe. In this latter aversion he was by no means singular. Dogs too have come in for their share of dislike. De Musset • cordially cietested'them. When a candidate for the Academy he called upon a prominent Member. ';At the gate of the chateau a dirty ugly dog receivedhim most affectionately, and inserted on preceding him into the 'drawing -room, De Musset cursing his friend's preailection for the brute The Academician entered and they adjourned to the dining - room, the"dog at their heels. Seizing his opportunity the dog placed his muddy paws upo the speaker' cloth and mulled off it bonne-kiiche. " The wretch wants shoot- ing l" was Der Musket's muttered' thought, but he 'politely said "You are fond of dogs, I :tee 7" "Fond of doge," retorted the Academi- • , ‘,. ' • " But this animal here," queried De Mus- set; "1 have only tolerated it because I thought It was yours, air." " Mittel" eaclaimed the poet: "the thought that it was youra alone kept me from killinghim 1" • h I Not ing is more cur ous in a sma 1 way than to watch how some newspapers are continually barking and snapping and snarling at some of their contemporaries. They cannot keep off their favourite craze, and always in the way of disparagement. There is one of this oity's papers that is pe- culiarly troubled with this disease Ace d ing to its reiterated assertions its opponent is the meanest, weakest, most antiquated, insignificant old thing that ever was called into existence. And yet it has not an iSSUe in which this pitiful abortion is not consign- ed to the very northernmost gehenna, It would almost eeern that a pepper castor is kept with which to dust eVery page with the name of the offending ;sheet. IS thia the propet way to shoW ctnitempt ? Would it not be better to slay the wretched old thing with withering, contemptuous silence? If Trtueie had the ear of that foolieh dealer in intellectual appellee, it would whisper meet earneetly, "Ede pity's sake, don't," If the Old thing is dying let it die in peace, not with the noisy yelp of an ill-bred cur, con. tinually vexing its parting hours. Ordinary / people don't abuse either individuals or •newspapere they despise, The keeping at ie and at it of such poor work shows that there is a large amount cif hatred, envy and fear, not at all concealed by this andifferenee thatid affected end the low opinion that is professed. • In the Himalayan Country. The climate would be considered good and bracing for any country in the world; and the forest officers ar3 quite apprecia- tive ofthe great advantage that in this re- spect they enjoy ipared . and theto y cling the hills, lth h, partments, theforester is not wet' paid, while i the life is often one of complete isolation. The forest officials haat rather a difficult course to steer in their dealings in the way of duty with the native communities of the hillside and thmglen. The villages are le- gion ; they are scattered about everywhere, and they ha'ye , the writer infers, many claims, coming down probably from unknown antiquity, which are apt to °lath with the peat alaim of imperial lordship. But the department appears to be very wisely guid- ed, and the officials are trained men, no rarely of high soientiac attainment; learned in all native languages' and in social position equal, of course, to any. Jolly little cribs some of the forest huts are, and. in much very un -Indian like; but covered with trellis work and creepers, half hut, half bungalow, they: carry one away from things Indian, es- pecially when the sun is sinking lovr behind the great mountain walls, and the air is get- ting chilly, chilly. Very pleasant, then, to turn inside, Where the little room is ruddy with the light of the roaring fire. On the sward near the house you may see, too, tug - land daisies ; but they do not come naturally; for if they exist they are due to the horticul- • tural tastes of the officer of the cirule. The villages are new in the interlying valleya, but isorrietimee on tho slopes of the hill, • Some look like a collection of Swiss cot- tages,' twmetoried and roofed with slate, ancl Swiss or not certainly unlike anything it the lower regions, "the plains." from which we have just ascended. An Unearned Reputation Firat Toronto Drummer—"Do you know Breezy who travels for I,oudmotith & Co ?" Soeend Toronto Drummer—"Yes," " I've heard it said that he ia the biggest liar on the road," "That's all nonsense. Ile ain't as big a bar as 1 am, if I de say it myself." CRIME IN 'EUROftE. Twe BeYeltin: the TalloeartZletLe" Bede MiSra o A meet horrible reuedeir story comes from Beath. Young married farmers lame been pyipg Off with dreielful ;suddenness in vitt lages of Symnia hi eastern Croatia. These twine; farmers Were ell brand neer husbands, and at last 'their deaths, till' Coming SO MA after their marriage, excited allkpieiOil, end the matter was investigated, It was found thee an Old WOTI1SE had conceived the idea ot getting pretty young skis to marry farm- ers and thee poison them and divide the Ttie old woman is' now in jail, and so far seve,n young widows to whom ehe had furnished poison with which to kill their husbands. These arreete have all been made this week in a single village, and it lot of other arrests are anticipated. The en. gaged and newly tir ineed oup1es en that part of' the county itte probably not the very fondest of their kind at present. An- other story �f wholesale murder comes from Giurgevo on the Danube. Numerous peas- ants and 'workmen from the interior of Rou- mania have been in the habit of (goosing the river for the purpose of seeking labor in 13u1 - garb.. On the return journey with their eavings, feszing the indiscreet queations of Customs officials, the travelere landed at night on a small island in the Danube, whence it was possible to reach the Rollin- SUlan 8110r0 unnoticed, A soldier walking on the ;bank of the river heard terrible screams issuing fronto bed of reeds near the island. Similar screams Were again heard by persons whora the soldier had called to the Eliot , The police found that on both occa tone persons crossing the river and land- ing on theisland had been niurslered by their own boatmen. An inquiry WM instituted by the Roumanian fiscal agent, M. Popule- and, the result of which establishes with certainty that hundreds of workmen or peasants have been murdered on the island at the moment of landing, and robbed of the money and goods they had with them. The bodies have been either buried in graves already prepared for them or thrown among the reeds in the Danube. In all oases the murderers were Turkish or Bul- garian boatmen from Ruse:their', who des- patched their victims one after the other iaatnha. eth y set foot in the night on e lonely sia An Amason 'Warrior Visits Constantinople. People just now in Conatentinople are Interested in the presence among them of Kers. Fatratt, the redoubtable feinale warrior of Kurdistan, who heti femme on a brief , visit to the Turkish capital. Her deeds of prowese date back th the beiginning of the , Crimean war, when she led a largo body of . Kurdish volunteers, who fought with singu- I lar daring for Turkey. 1 Tem Ottoman Government remembers her services, and requites these by a monthly pension of t5,000 piastres, a sum that in her own frugallorne allows her to live with ease. She is tell, thin, with a brown hawklike face; her cheeks are the color of parchment and seamed with soars. Wearing the national dress of the sterner sex, she looks like a man of 40, not like a woman who will xrever again see 75. Slung across her shoulder in Cossack fashion is her long sabre, with its jewelled hilt; decoration" shineark sparkle on her breast; while the strIea across her sleeve ;show her to be a Captain im the Ottoman army. Watching this interesting figure pass along the streets of Stamboul, onela remind- ed of an episode in the campaign of Gene Leapina se in the Dobrudja some short while before the allied armies landed in the Crimea. While smoking and chatting one day in his tent with several of his brother officers the General heard at far distance a strange music, a melody of drums and cleat nets, ton:items, and piercing human cries. theWhence came this weird minstrele4All men in camp turned out to Hate at and discern ite origin, when from over4he hills they saw a band of some 300 horsemen approaching them at full plop. At their head rode a brown -faced woman, with flash- ing eyes and lissom limbs ; the very picture of an AMMO,. Vaulting from her saddle, she gravely sainted Gen. Lespinasse, and through an interpreter told him that she had come to fight the Russians, both she and her brave Kurds being completely at his service. That night her men were quartered in camp with the French troops; but they were) ill pleased to be so billeted. They wanted their independence, and not even their mistress and leader should barter it away for them. By daybreak they were In their saddles riding off across the hills to meet the dawn, to the sounde of that weird, strident mimic which had proclaimed their The British Wheat Crop. The wheat crop of Great Britain is this approach. year a fair average one: The dry weather throughout the spring was unfavorable, but the crop ripened under good conditions. According to Sir John Law, who is an authority on the subject the average yield hag •been about 281 bushels to the acre, which is rather lower than last year's. This gives a home grown erep of nearly 64,000,000 bushels. Bet this is not a third of what !the people of Great Britain will require for tbe year Calculating tbe consumption at 5.65 per head, 211,359,520busheis of wheat will e noeded this year to feed'. e abx- tants of the United Kingdom. There must, I therefore, be an importation of 147,359,520 ' btu:hale. The proportion of -home grown wheat to the whole consemption has been rapidly decreasing of late years. From 1852 to 1860, Sir John Law says, three-fourths of ithe amount of wheat consumed in the coun- try was home grown. From 1878 to 1886 'the home crop has been little more than • one-third of the home consumption. For- eign competition has made wheat raising unprofitable in Great Britain; hut still, in spite of all disadvantages, a greet deal of wheat is raised in the country. The Eng - lath farmer has come th look for his profit, not from the wheat, but from the straw. The wheat, even in favorable years, barely repays the cost of raising it, but the farmer has the grew to the good. • This being a bulky commodity in proportion to its valite it does not pay to import it, so foreign com- petition does not affect straw as it does wheat The area of land under wheat, however, goes on decreasing and the British farmer has not yet found atiything to cow- permate him for the greatly lessened value of his wheat crop. A. great deal of advice has been offered him and he has tried many experiments, but nothiug has yet been dis- covered as it paying substitute for wheat. Some have suggested a return to agricultur- al protection, 'but that the British tax- payer will net listen to for a moment, ' The idea a a bread tax is most repugnant to him; and this is not surprising, ea he must of necessity depend so largely on colcniists and foreigner's for his supply of the stet of life, An English leek maker claims ,.to have perfected it door, to be used in pub j0 bulb -t- inge, that will lesSen the dimmest o el accident in times of panic or real clanger,. et can be opened froze the outside only by it key,. but O 'flight pressure from within causes it to swing open outward. A Strange ioene in an Eughsh Church. AUS ' W 1 In abate Chereh, Woodford el s,Es- sex, on &recent Sunday morning, an extra- , ordinary scene occurred. it was the occa- sion of the usual harveet festival, and the • building was crowded. As soon as the service commenced an eld- erly man of gentlemanly appearance jumped up from his seat excitedly, and, pointing to O lacly'who was entering, exelabned, "Oh, . what a bonnet!" He continued muttering to ' himself, and occasionally starting to his feet during the prayers, as well as beating time with ' . Tho churoh- wardens and others endeavored to pacify him; bet • when ,they approached him he , laced himself 18 a threatenini attitude the : consequence being that no one was able to . lay hold of the disturber and eject him, Mean- while many of the worshippers left the / chuich in 9; state of alarm. . When the first hymn was given out by the vicar the men again jumped up suddenly, bit hie pew, and •advaneedloward the nicer, everyone expecting something serious to , happen. The man, however, went up to a, P lady, eut hie arms round her and erribracel her, to her gest crinsternation. • He then --a tufted and walked out of the churelnand no one followed him. He is it stranger to the locality, and the supposition is that he 18 50 escaped lunatic. k1111.19=CCIL vsmrr2 Mtv; aomvslx14,, w ADVERTISERS can learn the exaot cpst of any proposed line of advertising in American papers by addressing Geo. P. Rowell & IsTe Ampaper AdVertfriirig Bureau, 0 Spruoo' St, NnW York, Send Iti)ots, fda. 100 -Pao Porimhteti 41