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AG ICTILTURAli.
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Tho Ayrshire,
The owner of 0 dairy of Ayrshire came
Mover (1010 [AMON of hard titnee„ for where any
other cows eau Amply pity theft way the
Ayrehire will return a, dividend, soys,
to Al. 31 malow 10 the aminti'y man.
reasen of Ole is that it owns irss 011 lin
overage to produce a quart of milk or a
sonoul of tenter from an. Ayrehire than filen
any other (Inky 009W1. As a dairy cow their
size Is 1110 SW1(1114111 being about. n 1,11"11mall"1
pounds in fon. condition, teeighed at ids att
month or sir weeke rater calving, A moo of
Ude Him has large eneugh capain ty, to consume
enough food to prialum 0 peel return with.
out (wonting to Houk lair orgatto; then too
she is not SO large as to be unwieldy hi got.
ting about 1101! does it require the extra,
food to mamma on unnecessary oleo,
Perhaps the great secret, of the enoceee of
the Ayrehirc, as, a dairy cow is her digestion,
enabling her to extract and turn into milk
and butter the largest possible amount- of
return for the food consumed. They aro
like a healthy workingman when he mita
down to dinner -all tho food is good, and
tastes good. An Ayrshire 001V della not
stop to lind out Ow quality of hay placed
before her -she eats with u. relish good hay
and poor. Of course she does not rethrn to
her owner as much milk from hie poor hay
lei from his good, but sho eats it with near-
ly 05 good relleh She is htudy, healthy
and strong-alwoy( hungry and eats heart.
11y.
Contracted Feet.
To keep homes feet right, or cure them
when disease of any kind settles in them is
not all the work of' the farrier, Hays on ex-
pert: The owner of the horse should teke
his :there of the work. With contracted
feet the first thing to do is to bathe them
well in warm salt water. This is to soften
thein mid check fever. Next put on a pout-
tice made of linseed meal three nighlu in
succession. Now comes the shoeing. First
prepare the foot; pare the sole down good,
leaving the bar; open out the heels well, all
they will stand. This ie one of tile great
accrete in spreading feet, to pen the heels
well. Don't take any off the center well
forward. The shoe should be a saiti one,
but not wide on the web. Put on four
calks on the shoe, heat the heels of the shoe,
one at a time ; take 'the hot -iron rasp and
rasp them well forward, put on the shoo to
dear the foot at the heels, so that it will
take en ordinary jack knife one-half inch
1,010 the point where the horse's weight
come to the foot. Um good hoof ointment
three times a week. In six or 11100 months
the feet have been spread front three-fourths
to one and cne-fourth inches,
How to Analyze Soils.
A soil can not be cultivated understand-
ingly until it has been rigidly eubjected to
such examination us will toll us, as nearly
as any extunination can tell it, vehat is nee-
essary to render it fertile.
A uhemical analysis gives only what the
soil contaffis at the moment of examination,
and not the quantity in which these consti.
Omuta may lie available to the plant in avail-
able form during the period of growth,
But, if it is desired to know whether a
soil is already provided with nitronoonous
matter, it is sufficient to sow a handful el
wheat upon a small square of ground -ethic
has been nmnared with a mineral substance
Witlioat the aid of nitrogenous matter the
mineral matter has scarcely any ottect 110011
the wheat.
Therefore, if the small square of ground
gives a rapid and healthy vegetation and
kfood crop, it shows thot the earth had a suf-
ficient supply of nitrogen, for the mineral
manuree contain no nitrogen.
an the other hand, to ascertain whether
the soil contains a sufficiency of mineral
mannre (phosphate of lime and potash),
manure plots with oitrogenous substances
only, planting one with corn and another
with potatoes. Tho great 11111110nm that
phosphate of 11010 has on corn sorghum mid
sugar cane, and potash on prOatoes and
tobacco, is well knosvn; therefore, if the ciorn
flourishes WO may be sure the land has
enough phosphate of lime, and if the pota-
toes flourish the land does not lack potash.
Thus, two experiments, requiring but a
small area of ground, and trying Dace dif.
ferent crops, are sufficient to oblate tho
indications necessary to a judicious system
of culture. The variable yielO of these crops
compared with that obtained from land
imunired with nitrogenous ancl mineral
matter combined, will measure the richness
of the soil. Since manures are the nourishing
material of plants, and, other things being
equal, the higher profit) of the field depends
only and alone oil the greeter easily extract.
ed quantity of the same found in the soil ;
therefore, the more aeourate knowledge
of this substance, its preparation, propoeti-
onal use, and how it 0103, be procured on a
farm in sufficient quantity, mat with the
least cost, is of the greatest impertanoo to
the farmer.
Tho farmer holds in his hands tho threads
of his own prosperity, and the elements
neceseary to his own success ; he possesses
the compose by 1000110 of which his bark can
be steered into port with flying colors ; end
the compass is his intimate acquaintance
with the soil he tills. S liere is no one
subject in agriculture sash demands, at
the mascot day, more care, continued and
widely extended experiments than the
practice of immuring.
ANDREW WARD in Farna and Home.
The Sparrows in England,
A writer in the London Oardot makes
the following romorks, which may milbrd a
valuable 111111 to cultivators of garden crops
in this actuary :
"The sparrow question is becoming ovary
serious oue, as this bird is Wareasing to an
alarming extent throughout the country,
and not only aro farmers suffering heavy
losses fuom its voyages, but gardeners are
put to thoir wits' end to keep those enemies
away front their peas, Somo make ow of
the galvtulised wire moods made and sold,
for the purpose, and very good protectore
they aro, but those who are oot so fortunote
as to possess a good stook, or have none at
all, may find a, good enbstituto 111 a few linos
of cotton, that which is black being the
best, This should he strained along the
rows just clear of the peas, and stippoeted
every fow yavds by running it round small
stiol3s, so as to koop 0 from dippilig, The
SIRLITOWS, 1011011 they alight for the purpose
ot taking a meal off the tender leaves, do
1101 We the cotton, tho moment they
touch it they are alarmed, and clear off a
quickly as possiolo."
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Ready for Tomato Ed,
Mr. John Leitche has boon making some
experiments with rot in tomatoes and note,.
toes, and as his experiments are valuable wo
present his totter bolow, He says 1
The rot in 010 10111810 1108 1)0011 extremely
bad for tho last throe years, in this notion
of the country, fully two-thirds of the orop
having boon destroyed. In the course of
ROVIMPROINVIIMINNIKIWIMMilla
any txperiments counteraut thie longue
growth Ili the.toinato, 1 Joint& last season,
that setting out late, about the lost of June,
by 9011101 time my Monte hail attained o
large growth, mul mulehing heavily with
area', witting the rowe nearly ?IVO feet. apart
la, three in the row, and lumping them pruned
to from two to throe stalks 111 vault 1)111, pray.
od to be a very much less rotted, hut also a
1011,111 better tomato than the other way,
end Dot 10018 than a week later Dom
timer, OM) were Set 0111 1 110 first of
Juno and planted in row') three feet ten
mho( apart and two and °lichen' feet in
the row, supported on teellimee t wo 11.11t1 0110.
feet logh, with nualerate pruning, 1 his
semem I have set out 0 row, it stake for
hill, three foot. apitrt fool rows live bet apaiit,
pruned to two etalks in 111011111, pm lig offthe
tops to hasteu rimming. I find Blether
improved condaion, scareely any rotting
and ripening earlier, whilta those planted in
the metal Way are rotting worse thaii other
yearo, for the 8e104011 Wor80, being 9,ry
bot twit dry for the last mouth. The moat.
erm»vill prove warty 0 failure from a oliiii•
Mr cause 1111iel) rots the tomato. As soon
as the (loll was too dry I put oil a light
inuichiug between eiy tomato rowe, and
when it needed further cultivation I raked
the mulching up around the hills, and out.
floated between rows, keeping the soil loose
and 09 line 00111,1 make it, although it
W118 apparently completely dried out.
Hints For Making Presents
The arrival of the lousy Christmas season
usually finds almost every ono with an too
cumulation of unfinished presents on hand,
things that must bo finished, too often at the
expense of sleep, or else others bought as
substitutes ; a it with this hurry invariably
coniesthe determination to "begin earlier
next year." But the months roll by, the re-
solution is forgotten, and the saute unfinished
ma:emulation stares me in the facie at the
last moment.
A good plan is to make a memorandum of
anytime thing you see and may want to copy,
and when you find. yourself with Moine time,
during the summer menthe, consult your
menaimodum, and make one thing at a titne.
Yeti will find use for 011 you make, and
Chrichmas giving will not. be the tusk you
have usually found it.
For a gentleman, quite a pretty and aw-
ful preeent for Christmas or birthdays may
he made of the little, tronsparent drawing.
slates, which can be found at all toy stores.
(let one of these about 4 03:-.4 Welles in
size, the frame rather tvide, and with little
metal corner -pieces if you can. Take ont the
pictures; and in place of these cut 0 piece of
heavy writing.poper to fit. On flue print
with pen and ink a gentleman's complete
laundry list, leaving a wide margin to the
left of the list.
Cild the Mime by using two coats of
liquid gold. In the top of the frame put a
little brass ring and 8000W, such ea are
used en window shades, by which to hang
it ttp. Draw a yard of very norm, ribbon
through this ring and tie it leaving ono end
a little longer than the other. To ono end
attach a small pieee of fine sponge, and to
the other one of the tiny lead pencils with
a ring in the top, such as are used on pro-
grammes, fiest gilding it templet the frame.
Make a pretty bow of ribbon about one
and a half inehes wide, and fasten this on the
tipper leftffiancl corner of She frame, using
a small tack. Now insert your list under
ths glass, leaving the rough surface of the
glass up, and yott will be pleased with the
effeet,
These are very pretty if 801110 grac'eful
flout! design be painted on the -natural color
of the wood, and then mat of whitevarnieh
given it.
You might also acid another uso for it by in-
serting a card svith "Memorandum or
'Eugagetnent' printed on it, so that the re,
ciptent may use it for whichever purpose he
chonees.
A dainty spectacle ease, se rtitble for young
or old, may be noule at very small cost.
flat threemuarter3 of a yard of ribbon
three and a half inchee Wide. Mingo on end
about an Melt, then fold a tuck two inches
deep, so that the edge will just meet the
fringed part. Overcast very neatly the three
edges of the ribbon together' leaving tho
folded edge and the top of the tuck free, so
that it forms a pocket. Now make anoth-
er ono jttst above this, leaving a space ef
about an inch between the two. Cut two
pieces of boltingeloth the size of the pockets,
and on one mina anowl's head in the shadee
of golden brown, and on the o, her a pair of
spectacle frainee in gold. Bette those on
the pockets -the owl's beads on the top
pocket -finish the edges with bronze and
gold tinsel mut
TAXES IN LONDON.
A. Preinenil 10 'KRIM; Thrill Entirely
Sew sources.
If new taxes -worth say, quarter of
million year -are to be obtained for Lon.
don, the Spectator observe() that they must
be sought from many cotnparatively small
sources. Of those there are SOVeral )1,111011
are worth considering. If the County
Counoil were allowed to impose a tax of a
penny itt the shilling on every sett let in
ny London theatre, music hall, cirous or
other place of amusement, they woad reap
a golden harvest. We presume that not
fewer than 25,000 mon and women attend
places of anntsemout in London every even.
mg, ond that the prim of the seats or the
entrance motley averages la If that is so,
then a yearly revenue of 730,000 might be
obtained with very littto expense. Next,
an impost on placard advertisements might
cosily be made Moralise. The owners of
hoardlogs and all other spaoes, either in
railway Mations or in public :exhibitions, or
in omnibuses and tramways on which adver-
meats ore dieplityed, might be required to
affix spocnal adhesive stamp, value ono
penny, to every placard oo their walls.
Ritssian Convicts Mutiny.
The St, Petersburg correspondent of 1118
Times telegraphs t -An interesting item of
news comes from Tiumon, reporting another
so-ealted Siberian massacre or tt fight be.
tween 11,1110110,11 C011 1401:5 and their guards,
which over title may best suit English
readers, according to then VieW0 and know.
ledge of things Russian. On I 5th May, at
tho I Oth vast from the town of Tittmen,
party of 1S0 prisoners, eseorted by 53 sol-
diers, suddenly halted atal demanded corts ;
whether more earls, or whether they had
flono at all and wore all on foot 18 not clear.
Being refueed by the soldiers, they aro ma 11
to have attacked tho latter with great for.
(silty, The force of their outslatight upon
the unsuspecting soldiers may be guessed by
the foot that four of the soldlers' Ram were
smashed in tho struggle, awl cold stool had
to be used to quell the revolt, Ton of the
prisoners eeceived bayonet wounds, and
then the party proceeded on its march,
Nowony dor." said 1110 teacher, " what
is memory ?" Tho little ono answered, After
momenit's rellection-" It is the thing you
th."forgot w
THE 131tUSSELS Fowls.
A. Sabbath Day.
There is no soimil upon' the grasey Main,
The ealna of summer iffieleof Ike serene,
Anil eititlight falls along the Winding' 1110111
ipon the hills and vales hat intervene,
gehlen rest 1 lei Intsy
oluoives in yellow elusters
Nis (loud 010005 o'er the bluil expanse of
sky,
Nor hong of 1,0,1 upon the etirless laud,
grazing eattle the paettosin grem,
81,0111 Nth:410,3, 10 111,0'0 W1111 11110111A tread,
ou the eloping meadow lands are seen
Bees here and them iiineng the clovers
Save ,JO the eluttr, sweet alr the 0111110 a
ladiS
blehees aeross the 109-1.1 titrotoll of
Eselt ringing note a varied Moil' LON
tif that fiii. land where love and light
A Romarkanie Lampe.
An mooting seem) was risaiutly witnessed
on the Pookower Clialesee, out dile Berlin.
While thonsauds of Sunday excursionists,
were mi the road to Pankow, Solionhausen,
and Schooled's, istrriage and a poir, von.
Wining 0 hely and one pasotog ahem,
nearly came into effilision with a biovele, the
rider of winch wog his bell hotilly, The
horses, which wore very restive, took fright
and bolted, scattering the foot passesigers
right awl lett The coachman eompletely
loot control over the animals, awl in a, very
short time both lie and the servant sitting be-
side him were thrown from the box. A
datmein who 'WKS hi the crowd bravely et -
tempted to stop the horses by catching at
their reins ; he succeeded in (seizing the
horse's rein nearesthim, but, thospeed at which
they wore going W115 so great that the 111011
Wes thrown Omen end dragged along the
road for several yarde. When the soldier
was picked up it was found that his uniform
WaS torn to pieces, and that he had
reeeived two or three serione bruises
The horses meantime rushed on, strik-
ing e cab and knocking several foot
passengers down. A 11090 danger nOW
presented itself, The carriage reached a
point in the road which Is eressed by the
sitettiner Ritilway ; was already
in the act of being lowered to allow the ex•
pries train that was in sight to pass. To
the onlookers the destruction of the =Hoge
reel its occupants seemed inevitable, as it
WaS certain that at the rate the horses were
going they wonlil dash through the barrier
into the railway line. The Onimals' fright
was increased by the screams of the humbled
spectators ; and it WaS only when they hail
arrived within Ft few yards of the line that
two policemen sprang into the road ; one of
them seized the horses' reins, while the
other tore a red flag out of the signalman's
hand and waved it, in front of the animal's
heads, by which memos they were brought
to a standstill just as the express swept by.
The owner of the carriage, a French countess,
mul her little girt, were taken out, and
found to be quite 11111)001. Tho lady, with
an extraordinary amount of courage, had
not moved from her seat, and in spite of her
narrosv escape seemed quite calm and colleuto
ed. She wished to present o large sum of
money to her preservers, who, however, re-
fused to take anything, saying they deserv.
no reward ; they had. only done their day.
Esquimaux Superstitions,
Esquimaux aro believers in ghosts. They
also believe iu the transmigration of souls,
that spirits return in animate, winds, rocks,
ice and water, that they are evil, angry or
good, as the elements may be favorable or
unfavorable, and that, they can be appeased
by hoodoo rites, if the performer is sufficient.
ly voreed in occult setences. Chiblless WO -
111011, it is claimed, cannot return to the su-
ffice of the earth after death. To change
the wind, for instunce, they chant, drum
and howl against it, build time, shoot again.
at it, and as last resource lire the graves
of the deed. Tribes put hoodoos on 00011
other by ceremonial (lances and howling,
The hoodoo of total destruction upon neigh-
bnrs is the building of a fire within sight of
those coming under their displeasure. Tri -
lad relations are severed by making a fire
outside and burning all ornaments or dis-
guises used in ceremonial (knees, such as
raven skins, eagle tails, deer horns and
masks. Tribes Dint ere 1100(1000d answer by
it return hoodoo, but with families and indi-
viduals it is different. Outlawed by their
tribe or relotions, they become discouraged,
hopeless and gloomy, 01101 literally "go off
and die."
Only Four Phonographs in England,
In England, I ain told, there are only
four phonographs, including the ono in the
possession of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley ; but
they manage things better than this in suoh
places as Mexico. Them a phonograph is to
ho placed in each principal post office, roal
those people who eon neither read nor
write, or are too lazy to do so, simply de-
liver their message into the phonograph, the
Cylinder is forwarded to its destination, and
due notice /loving boon given Itini that his
presence is required, the roceive1 of the
moseage attends the office the other ond,
and Die words are spoken off to hill). I
dare say, if WI goes well, WO May shut the
same convenionee in England about 1900
A, D.
Alleged Frage Imprisonment,
OTTAWA, Sept 18.-Inspectoe O'Leary? ci
the Dominion police, was last week S11111111011.
ed to give evidence in the suit brought by
one O'Brien against; Private Detective Grose,
of Montreal, for damages for false imprison-
ment. Last yeor Hoch lake clam on the
Rideau canal was ant away, and Detective
Grose WaS commissioned by tho Govern-
ment to investigate the matter. Ho soured
evidence to warrant tho arrest of two mon,
Teethes and O'Brien, but when the charge
was heard tit °jury disagreed. Then O'Brien
entered suit for damages for false arrest
against Grose, but the ease has been qtiash-
ed.
Story of an Intolligent Oat,
A Now•Hampshire physician
the following eat story, for which ho vouch-
es
" Among other queer tricks, Dick will -
take off my glasses very corefully with his,
paw, hold them with one ohm and survey
them with great apparent interest.
" The first Ono he did this Wan one night
when he had boon ncippiag and I veadieg.
Ho is a, great pet, and going to him I bent
over, without indicating by any motion my
meaning, and said gently :
if.you want to go to bod take off
my glasses. '
"Ito immediately reached up a, paw
and took them oil' as deftly as though it
were an old habit, Thinking this hap.
pon-m." I put them on and made the some
request in diffeeent words, with precisely
the same result, After one more repetition
110 yawned and plainly intimated that was
enough,"
THE RELIEF OF TATOU 01A.T.
STORY ODA STRUGGLE,
--
midateisn's Aisitvery Tios vim 860.re
4. re). vrAm N011/111, A54011 nor igiveit
1'0111 11 re m en n Death,
"thowral Middlet00 10.15 113 briVe 1111
9111‘,01' 11, ov or led 0 1311arge," said eo..tiergt.
James Fisher of the Army Corps, 110W OA -
T01'01110.
ding with Ilia family at :30 St ( iois a vette.
110'," hien then in India queried
"Why, I merveil under him," said the old
soldion "We were together at he istpture
,,f I-net:mow, unit it Was ID ongag,0111ent
Whet', 00111111111111ed that I molly lost my
le,
"Were you at the relief of Luck now then?
Tell 11s the 001101e htory, w00% you s"
" It's pretty long," (odd the ohl veteran,
"but there were feW 111011 111 the ludian
uoitiny that man' 1110r0 lighting awl blood-
: inel than 1
1s57, eotne time after ramming (rein
I hi- ( Simon, on the Fall 111S.,10,51opol," /Aid
" a military train was organized
to oda, the Mae. of the old transport eorps,
aud I among others in the Soots ( ;my s then
stationed ill Ireland, 1.4101 verell. We were
at 0008 imiured to China, where there woe
war gotog on, hut on reaehing Singapore
found fresh orders. awaiting us there. '111.1
Chitin wor hail collapsed iind ties Indian
mutiny 110,1 broken out. As a resell w
weve ordmasi liaelc to Calton tit in great haste.
When we reached Cali:luta the sith Madras
untie,: cavalry hail mutinied. against going
to Bengal, and we were asked to volunteer
for service, As the emond battalion of the
Military Train comprised nearly all eavalry•
men we at once did en, and the horses and
accoatroinents of the Sth 111talrae home were
turned over to U0.
POISONED BREAD.
" Then we had our tint oarrow escape,
and it Wafl 01005 0110 I Can tell you. Pre-
vious to going up the country WO were sent
out a short distance to a, riding mhool at
Duni Dein kr enuple of weeks. There
were there alma etai men and .100 W0111011
and children. One morning as we were
sitting il.,11.11 to breakfast the bugle sudden
ly mended the rally and we all liturieil out.
'item the tread 90415 hastily uolleeted and
destroyed, and Wo were told. it had been
(admitted. Hail the bugle mounded fiv
minutes later it would lima) been all up with
us.
" Well, the chief baker and five of his
aseistante Were arrested, and, as they
couldn't gire a satisfactory weount of how
the poismi came in the bread, we hanged toe
six of them. All the co:planation they
cnuld give was that eome one must have
come in the bakehouse and put it in the
dough, lint that was all rubbish and they
deserved their fate.
TO 1113.11101: DELHI.
" wore tiret ordered to relieve Delhi,
and we started on the road to Cavviipore.
It Wee a fifteen hundred mile inarch, and it
took 110 alana tWO n1011010 tO make it, The
bridges liad. all been destroyed and we bad
a tounber of encounters with hill robbers,
1/111 WO finally reached the 500110 of the most
atrocious massacre of modern days without
mishap. Yon will remember that it was at
Casonpore that General Wheeler, after a
bravo resistance, laid down his mons to
the Sepoys, on condition that he and his
mon, with the WOn1011 01111 Children, Were tO
be allowed to depart unmolested. Nana
Sahib agreed to the terms tind the soldiers
were about getting on the boats in the river
when the mutineer); fell upon them, and
massacre, t dm whole brave band. Only three
men escaped, and they did so by swimming
010 river, and Wiling in the buell. The
W0/11011 and were detained. as prison.
ors until at the apprietch of the .British
troops Nana Sahib ordered them to be slain
and their bodies thrown into a deep well.
A moninnent to.dity marks the site of the
slaughter at the well, This barbavous order
was earried out and when we reached there
n. few weeks afterwards the place ptesented
a gloomy. and a terrible appearance. It Is
said that by order of N0.110 8111111/ 011 English
minister and a ROM0.11 C0.1110110 1114001 were
hanged face to face mud then thrown into the
well, along with the W010011 alld children.
TO HAVELOCK'S nesers.
" We intended to much on Delhi from
Cawnpore, but when we reached there found
that it hail already fallen. It was then de-
termined as soon 00 reinforcements came
up that W0511011111 attempt the relief of Lusk -
now. You will remember Out a short time
before this when the handful of Earopeans
in Liu:know were just about on the verge of
giving up, General Havelock with a couple
of thousand mon threw himself into the place
bot his force Wee tee 8111011 10 get out again,
and he was still besieged there
"As soon as Sir Colin Campbell arrived
with reinforcements we started for Leek -
110W, aiN thollSand strong, crossing the
Ganges on a bridge of boats. The distance
from Cawnpore Lucknow WaS about
tifty.one miles, but we lual scarcely made
more than ten when the enemy began to
show fight. They would. conceal themselves
in the bush 101111e WO kept to the 00811, and
shelled them out with our guns. We cap.
rural quite a few prisoners as WO wont
Wong aud most of them mot the same fate.
If they could not show conclusively that
they were not at the massacre in CaW1100r0
a blank cartridge was placed. tt cameo,
they wore strapped 110r090 the mouth of it
the cartridge was exploded and the Sepoy
was
imowx INTO THE NEXT ,W01111)
in small pieces, We &eked 110 quarter and
gavo none. If our men were unfortunate
enough to fall into the hands of the enemy
it, meant death, and if the enemy fell into
mire they knew what they hail to expect,
Wo had no roo111 for prisouers.'
" Well, we fought on day. b3, day, but it
91'05 1101 Until We were within four miles of
Luoknow that we frmad the Sepoys force.
They occupied the King of Lutffinow's sum-
mer residence, known as Dalkooske. palace.
We exoented flank 100001110a by engaging
the enemy svith artillery in front and getting
round to the loft of the palace. All that
day we height) hand-to-1mnd, and when
night came the 0alttee ellre. We lay
right down there on tho geound and slept
among tho slain each man W1111 MS 110110'0
11111110 tWinted r01111d hie wrist.
" The second clay ofter some hard fighting
We Carried Mos:tinier° College at thc point,
of tho boyonet. On the third, day 11"0 got
a position near the bridge which leads to
tan:know, and captured it with a iffiarge.
We held it, too, in spite of the fact that tho
enemy made (fevered desperate attempts to
blow it up, The fourth cloy we spout in
C1ANNONADINO THE DITY,
atal soccooiled ht burning most of it down
with rockets, It become too hot for the
mustily, nail they fell back, leaving it small
auction in our posses:01nm On the fifth day
wo armed the bridge 0.1.10g0111t1r, 011(1 got
gond. foothold the city, By this time Usi
wero elose enough to enable Havelock to
1111114, 9, 0.1"110 11:0111 010 ReSh1111107 Whom ho
Toe enemy attempted to
AIMARKWEINW
3
Prevent:), ustion of our foccea, but, failed, and
liaveloulc mai his brave bawl were reeeued.
" then fell leek to Aluinbaugli, a fort
a few miles; an ity, arid eituated In on open
iometty. liter, after Coon or four days
in0r"sr , 1.7 i41 e0111),11,1s0v1:tgyiel 1,11 11 80 1di
that joy at being reeeued wise 11.01) touch the
Wo remake,' Alionhaugh Int
reffiforeemento emild errive to 0110)10 111 10
1/14$ Ole eity mei 11(.1,1 it AL this 111110
Sir (01in Ca11101s41 Was soddenly culled
back to 1 %kW 111/olli, 111111 11151 ',01 there in
too., to jai -omit the Galway eoutingent of
the native army ideatt twelve in. thirteeli
thou:mud strong, from eapturiog that Ides,.
'Ilium woo 501110 deNpurItt 0 fighting, but lw
managed to hold. it If it tied fallen we
woold all have leo% cut off in the heart of
nothing would IULV0.1 115.
10 11110 WO remained at Altunbaugh the
DAtItatql 118 nearly every clity, alai it
WitS itll 01,11111Lry eeourrenve 1111.V0 10 turn
out awl drive thein back. Out. day they
',flaw in large force and We got our guns en
them and they left about five hundred men
00 the field. After that we Wert not bother-
ed iv, 1111114)."
111:111.ADEn TUE SEMI:ANT-MAJOR,.
" Mint did you do wo, their wounded -r"
asked tile reperter.
"Well," said Mr. Fioher, "we had 1 0
plittle ft& prisonere and they were pat out of
the way. We loot oue sergeautonajor,
though, at Alumbaugh. lie undercook to
visit the pichets one night for 01e) of the
effieers, In the darknees wauilered away '
and got ineide the enemy's picket, line. They
pouneeil upon him carried him to Lueknow,
publicly beheaded him und carried his head
around on a long pole announcing it 110 that
of a Bri.11011 Cetieral.
"About, two miles from Altunbaugh. was
the Fert of Jallallabail, where our stores
and ammunition were under guard, I wes
made a corporal at Alumbaugh and placed
there with four men, and while we were at
the plaie it, was attacked several times One
day after be t ting the enemy we observed a
big Supoy rush to the front tool endeavour
to urge them back to the attack. I at once
galloped out and. with a blow of my sword
brought him down. I saw 0 medal on his
breast, and thinking had killed him, seized.
the medal fuel carried it back with ine into
the Taut. It was tt medal given by the
British Government to Supereide Singh for
bravery. Supersffici, however, wasn't killed,
and we took him prisoner, and he after-
wards gave us very voluable information
and mime.
A HAIRDREADTH ESCAPE.
" A few days later dallallabad was again
attacked. This time the enemy moved up
with greateaution and suddenness, and they
were between us and the camp et Alumbaugh
ahnost before we knew it. On previous oc-
motions we always sent to Alumbaugh for
assiatance 110 soon as we saw them coming,
and I at once directed one of our men to go
there now, In a few minutes Ile came back
and said it W110 impossible aa the enemy had
cut us off. I reported this to the officer in
command.
" ' Corporal' he replied, you will have to
go yourself.'
" I went, but you could have brought my
life for a five cent piece. I hail to ride right
through the enemy, but in the dust and con-
fusion, although I was rubbing shoulder to
shouhler with them they never noticed me.
I got through safely enough, but as soon as
I got clear of them a short distance they not-
iced me separoting from the main body, and
at once sent volley after volley after me but
I escaped all 119111. I reached Albundiangh
just in time to hod the troops on the MOVO.
I joined my own corps and we returned to
the attack utterly. routing the enemy cunt
capturing five guns and a Howitzer. 'lite
enemy freight desperately, some eases
the Soma's would climb the trees and shoot
clown at 05 as we passed underneath. We
would shoot them up in tho trees foul they
would fall from limb to limb and finallydrop
like squierels on the ground dead.
LITKNOW CAPTURED.
"011 010 1 0111 of March I 8,331 sufficient re.
inforcemente had arrived to enable us to
attack Lucknow, although it had a native
garrison of eeventy thousand Sepoys. We
removed all our stores and ammunition from
dallallabail and the engineers blew it up. On
tho hith of March, with 25,000 men and
10,000 Gourldiss We commenced the attack
on the city, and it is needless to describe to
you the two days' fighting that ensued and
its final fall, 13tit few of them escaped anti
the rout to them WILE most disastrous. It
was here I first, sow Captain Fred Middle.
tm‘l:After the fall of Lttoknow a column
limier General Lugard seas ordered to march
after Kaooz Singh and raise the sieze of Asiz-
where the Light Infantry were
hemmed in. On reaching there we found
that the Sepoys had retreated without wait-
ing for us to come up, mid a detachment
consisting of two troops of tho military
train, four hundred of Hudson's Horse and
three guns from the Horse Artillery, under
command of
STAPP OFFICER CAPT. MIDDLETON
were ordered to musue Kiwoz Singh- After
marching about nine miles wo came across
mine of then: baggogo saal took possoesiou
of it. A Bite further on the detaehment
came to Koore bridge. This W00 11, narrow
bridge crossing 0 stream with an embattle.
1110111 leading vp to im on each side. There
9011.4 11D sign of the enemy hero bat as it
afterwai de turned out they were conceffied
in force in the bushes on the right hand side
of that embankment. Hudson's Horse were
ahead and had altnost orossecl ,the bridge
when Altera Wat1 11 roar and 0. volley of
bullets Wee poured into them from the
bushes on the right. They wore thrown
Otto groat confusion aucl crossing the
bridge wheeled down the left side of the
book ont of range of the enemy instead of
charging therm We were next. As soon
as Copt, Middleton sou, whot had ooeurred
ho clashed forward brandishing hissword
the Riding iu front of us with flashing
oyes he shouted -
"Don't show the white feathers -Charge!
"And he lead the way down the embank-
ment in among the bushes with us riding poll
melt :tfter him. We out and slashed and
foeght hand.to.hand for fully half an hour.
111 the meantime Hudson's Hot se had rellied
behind the bank and mom to our assistance.
Then the enemy began to retrofit. The last
few shots wove lying fired when I got two of
them, one threugh. the right arm 01111 the
other through the rightshoulder. My horse
was shot through tho head at the same
time and
rELL ON 1014
and I 111.111 I: remember anything more for
seven days. Tho rest of the battle I must toll
you from hearsay. Hod the 'second battalion
of tho military train followed the anion of
Hudson's( Horse the enemy would hove
seized the eridge, cut off our retreat and we
wonld have been destroyed to 0 man. But,
Middleton's promptness m ordering us to
clutrge turnel tho disaster into victory.
out of eighty men who asexual down the
embonkanent after Middleton twenty were
killed and thirty wounded. Hudson's Horse
also lost heavily, Thoir commanding officer,
OA, Hand] Len, was amoog the 1011011. TWOV
then Morley ond Murphy, in trying to save
him, earned the l'ictoria crees, They ree,
eued their colonel, but it was only to see him
die of his wounds, When the doetors mine
to me they said I couldn't live, and attended
ull the other wounded firet, hut at the,
end of a week .1 reeovered eonseicateness,
utel when WWI strong enough I wad eent
(1011'11 to Calcutta tool home Englend with
eouvoy of wounded, and here am 1 its
'Tomato Mday an hale and hearty AS any -
111511 111 1110 1.11y, Ulla 'at Rfter the battle of
Komi. Bridge the . etittire Mid 1 hada lb
giloet 01 a chance for my life."
Sir. Fielier not. only has mediae for the
mutiny, hut also for the Crimean and Abys-
sinino ware tool for long serviee and goon.
comluet.
A Boar -Hunt Gerniany.
The (fermium, most philosophio of peoples
are piondiarly omitimental and coeservative-
th the Fatherland we find customs which,
strangely clashing with modern. life, give
Leech of romonce 1 0 the promote occupations
of this workaday, century. 111110 in France
the watiffiword is X OIL8 U1•011.1 Phan ffi tOtlt
ktr et nbierusuttii,hfilw(ifitefirrunt,, iisav ist all di eticspartervoonvg,_
ewe kr the ways of hie ancestors. One oE
the eurvivals front the middle ages Ls the
royal evert of mfrrie, which in the age of
ChPrairy was amounted scarcely less honour-
able than that of war Mien. There is one
bravo!, which, elthough not now engaged ha
with the zeet of their kreffithers, still is, irt
its outward forms at least, followed with all
the ponip and eiremnstance whieh disting-
uished it hutalrecls of years ago. We refer
to the chase of the wild boar in the forests of
Gernowy. The foremost hunt is that of the
Grunewald, which, coming at frequent in-
tervals, gives us a welcome glimpse lute the
manners awl customs of rough old -world -
German life.
Inv hat anis have been issued to theftwonred„
who take good cam to be present at the
"whims" on the day before the greet event -
At un early hour next morning a prolonged.
blest from thegatnekeepers outside informs,
the expectant guests that the boar has Been
let free. Fifteen minutes, or so, pass ; ancL
then the master of the hunt, Count Richard.
Dolma Sehlohitten, advances to the Prince
with all ma:molly, aud sap, " Your Royal
Highness, it. is time fur the hunt to leigin."
The Prince then raises his hand. Walt
salute, Herr Palm puts Ins weldhorn to Ins
lips mud blows a long and shrill blast, vvirieh„
echoing and re-echoing between the OfOrtIe
and the woods, gives the signal for the chase.
" Lay on the dogs Ha hal Tra-la-ls-
lira-la!" The Prince's born rings merrily,
through the woods, as, followed by all the
company, he pushes forward on the chase.
The hounds are off on a keen scent, aud. as
they pick up the " faehrte " of the game
they give the ery that tellsthe hunters where
to follow. Now the whole field is in. full
abase, and presently the leader makes morn
for ladies, the restleasness of whose chargers
has mused a delay. Quite recently English
horses alone wore used for the chase. New.
the Emperor is very partial to Prussian.
streeds. They are slow; but they have
greater stamina than the itiglabred Engliale
Minter, and are in every way much hotter
fitted for the rough hunt of the boar. The
91.113001110 moment has now arrived. The
houods have turned the hard-pressed animal
to bay ; aud a full dangerous enemy he is, as
he stands with bristles erect, his dingy body
covered. with perspiration and dirt, and his
fearful tusks menacingly uncovered, while.
before him, in the last agonies of death,
lies some poor dog whom these ugly weeper's
have disembowelled with one fell stroke -
Careful must the hunter be who does not
wish to say farewell to life. For at this
moment, if the sportsman be on foot, a slip
means death or, at the very least, a .gaping
life.wound. A wild boar at bay Is one
of the most ferocious of animals. The
fovourable opportunity arrives, and
at last the tomer of the forest lies bleed-
ing and dead. The Prince's ahle-do-
camp, with his hunting -knife, outs from the.
nearest pine -tree, a bunch of needles. Hiss
Royal Highness distributes these to the
fortunate ones who are present, utile the
"janyt" coup de yracc, or dagger.stab in the.
lungs, is being given. Only those in at the
death are entitled to share the bunch, which.
is placed in the coot or hat, and preserved.
as carefully as any brush. The bugles
sound the hall:all hallalb.
the death -signal of the boar. At the
sound the others arrive breatliless,
their horses covered. with foam ; and, going
up to the dead animal, Herr Palm with lus
hunting -knife, dexterously administers the
"00000," cutting the boar open with. s
single stroke All now return to the castle_
Hungry and chatting merrily over the doe&
sport, they immediately sit down to dinner,
a stately and ceremonious repast, the great
peculiarity of which is the utter absence of
any attempt at toilet. It matters not if the
uniforms be torn and oloody from the con-
flict, or hands and faces besmeared with the
obstacles of the chase. Most u-onclerful of
the ladies their habits all dirty and stained,,
mayhop 10,1111 blood, sit 110‘1,11 10 the heard,
Where all aro merrily determined to sot aside
for the time the conventionalities so far Os the
outward seeming is concerned. After the
heavy dishes hove been got throngh, the
huntsman Who mortally injured the bokr has
the lionnue of toasting the Emperor, whose
health from time immemorial has been ti hulk
in a brew milled "St. Hubert's Groomed&
Punch." It has recently been the castont to
invite to the dinner a dozen of the meet die-
thigiiished jgurottlists of Berlin, who, attend-
ing in evening costume, are' the only svoll-
dressed members of the donmeny, It falls
to ono of We jetirnalists to prepare and read
Jami -Protokoll, a description of the hnnt
in verse, and eaoh separate mamisaipt is
kept in the castle as a memorial. This task,
was for many years ably aceoinplished b3te
the late Dr. Louis Schneider. The, punch-
bowl having been drained, the persons resta.
big at a fliitance bethink 1110111 of home .and,
with eVery "bunch" earehilly exposed:they
deport through the dark forest, the woods
oehoing with their songs and laughter.
Soon oll the company have departed; the
dark forests are deserted; and the great
hunt of St. Ilabert is again ri thing of tho
past -and of the future.
Money Talks, Though.
leat•n that Mr. Diminish's, tho deaf
mute, is very rich.
B.-Ves, I knew that.
But T. got a different impreesionfromuthot,
yon said about Win.
How so
Yon sold he haul no money to speak of. ,
Well, did you evor hettr him speak of it?
A. Disobedient Patient,
Irate Patron,-" Yon advertise to MVO
conaninption, don't your
Dr, Quack -" Yes, sir. I never fail when
my instructions aro followed,"
My eon took your medicine for a year
, and (1104 all 110111` after tho last done. '
" My instructions WOre nOt f0110W0d, 1
told him to toko 11) two years,"