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the West.
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p.easure.
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ii••, nearty ,
r por: ulakEa
nd with
l'oun,iah ie. WIL2e.r 13
,00d he prai•
briu„‘a in ci train 3.
rnusemei,:a a7,ti aetiva
Lures as eyare heaitny
e WifleF sports are the
cona'...st-i, where whole
generous riva;ry, and
a of bagging the diverse
with wilier: the \Vest
,iest nimrods of the set•
selecing the men
;:glanothood alternately
ted in one arlay or the
of points is agreed uper,
a committee. On the
of a hunt, in which 250
,ern Kansas community
.vs agn, the 3Cale was :
iats, :k rabbits, 10;
e 2hi en, 2s; partridge,
( squirrels, ryo coyotes,
antelope, 250 ; hawks,
; and prairie dogs, 40.
p on the appointed date
plain and ravine the
ingiy, by twos, threes,
iug away desperately at
ne within the range of
grist for their hunting
grows as the day's end
imes, one party will sur•
red acres of land that
e rewards, and, in the
mg' the preserves of old
iroceed to drive in the
!ection, slaug,htering the
S the circle closes.
near the hunters come
settlement, weary and
aeir harvest with them.
stopping for dinnar, al
1 to come later.
in two great piles at -
the opposing forces. At
to above there were
'ee antelope, fifty pair of
squirrels, ra.bbits, and
d counting. The abund•
the hunters fairly beam
The committee gravely
s other.
eward. In the largest
nt cooks have been busy
the result is announc-
Lind jollity, the contest -
earning hot dinner, upon
hich appears some of the
game first brought in.
irie chicken, squirrel, all
to remember, and with
res and daughters of the
becomes the nearest ap-
i.nquet that many neigh•
squet the dance, a real
with its fiddlers perch -
earnest and energetic
llared shirts and pante-
ops, its gay calicoecl and
es, and the peculivr tread
estern dancers move the
n they do the feet, and
Mg motion, rhythmical
'jokers of Paris.
ris is so boundless that
use of the city are worth
re more than fifty than-
irn a living by picking up
.away.
-1 women and children
, sorting the gatherings
I collect every day in the
ns of merchandise, which
nolesale rag dealers for
men with baskets strap -
a lantern in one hand,
stick with an iron hook
rapidly, their eyes fixed
ver which the lantern
ght, and whatever they
per, rags, bones, grease,
ow away in their bask -
in front of each hause,
m, and children sifting
-e they are emptied into
its.
of the day you may
.pickers, who who seem to
thod than the others and
endent
s are generally novices ;
thrown out of wark, are
or their living like the
kers are experienced and
ho pay for the privilege
Dins of a certain number
-ading with the reaults.
,jerity, are the courears,
px ercise their profession
control, working when
aing when they please.
aoaophers and aciventur-
n, and their chief object
iind meditate upon its
hidlish Colonial &Ile.
tch says: —Lord Salisbury
bol Electric Railway to-
ed the general station and
s. Accompanied by the
I
LordKevin, the Mayor
e Directors of the rail -
y entered a train and
e. The train ran.south-
rwenty-two miles an hour.
'Liverpool Town Hall in
ress from the Chamber of
alisbury referred to the
es with which the British
contend in the way of
n. Lord Salisbury said
eolutely outside of the
litician. He questioned
and expeiiency of the use
ion against other nations
as instances m illustration
be fiscal wars between
r, France and Switzerland
-,er to all concerned. Lon;
1 the colonial extensios c
Mae whole world, he said, d
ay British colonization.
us obtain the coloniesther
na in the same generouti
lish, but might fence thaw
a of brass against 15ritek
ade_dadie
AGRICULTURAL.
Economy of Good Roads. ,
A ?, a recent, public meeting at Abington,
pa., Professor Lewis M. Haupt, of the
University of Pennsylvania, told some of
the truths of road constraction. "There
is no tax so great as that of bad roads, is a
generally acceeted maxim," he said, and it
is true. The -horses have to be fed, al.
thoagh they cannot be used, and the aver-
age cost of keeping a horse is $125 per year.
If the road surface be made harder nterely
by metaling it, then one horse can do the
work of two, and the feed and interest on
one is saved. It is estimated in England
that in the mere saving in cost by reducing
their roads to such a condition that three
horses can do the work of four, there has
been an economy of $100,000,000 effected an-
nually. In the State of Illinois, it is stated
that the cost of hauling farm products is at
least815,000,000 more than it would be if
the roads were improved, and that such
improvement would add $160,000,000 to
the value of the farms. I am well aware
that properties on mud roads cannot be
sold, while thoseort macadamized roadshave
increased in value in a great many sections
from 530 to $500 per acre.
Will it pay? I have only to refer you to
the precedents of other countries for an
answer. If it will not, why do we find Eng-
land, France, Germany, Switzerland, Nor-
way, Sweden and many other civilized
countries, building the best roads they can
in the faee of difficulties which to us would
be appalling. The poor Swiss have built
rcads throagh gorges and around precipices
which would seem impassible and which
must have cost over $1,000,000 per mile.
What will roads cost? The answer must
be guarded by the dimensions, character of
metal, soils, grades, drainage, etc., but the
prices for turnpike range from $2,000 to
$10,000 per mile. Very fair roads under
favorable conditions have been laid for
$3 000, and when a deep bottoming and
drainage are required it may run up to $10,-
000, but I should say, with' rolling topo-
graphy, varied soil and fair material, they
should not exceed $7,000. It is better, in
my opinion, to build the roads by general
subscription than to farm out the fran-
chises to joint stock companies, as in
that case the condition of the roads is
dependent upon the liberality of the com-
pany, while the community must pay enough
in tolls to provide for the maintenance of
the road, and the interests and dividends
to the stockholders. The system of work-
ing out the taxes by plowing np the gutters
and throwing the muck over on the road
should be called working in the tax, as it
makes the road soft, and in a short time
the rains and travel have washed the soil
back and clogged up the ditches, so that no
permanent result is obtained.
The farmer hauls everying he uses over
the roads, and it is easily seen that he pays
more for his transportatioe than any one
else because of the great resistence offered
by sandy or muddy roads.
Sheep and Swine.
Keep pigs of the same age in the same
pen.
Good young sheep always command a
market.
Salt the sheep regularly and not in too
large doses.
Fifty sheep make a good flock to keep to-
gether-.
Do not abandon land but turn a few sheep
upon it.
Generally good grades make the best
tton sheep.
Sheep kept on wooden floors will have ill
shaped hoofs.
A crop of early lambs can often be made
very profitable.
Before you go into early lamb business
consider your market.
Shropshires are not only capital nurses
Ithey are very prolific.
Every lamb that can be put on the market
before April will pay the owner well.
In buying for breeding you must buy for
the future as well as the present.
In breeding sheep there is a great incen-
tive now to use only the best blood.
Wheat used for hog feed should be well
soaked, as fed dry it is indigestible.
With good shelter and plenty of good fod-
der saeep will need very little grain in Win-
ter,
It costs no more to feed, to shelter and
no more to shear a good sheep than a poor
one.
Profit comes from making pork with
oung stoak and especially so with the
pring pig.
Sheep fatten more readily if they are
kept gaiet and warm, especially during the
Winter.
The sheen that will not yield a fair profit
Should be sold ; such have no place on the
farm.
When ewes are bred to bring early Iambs,
care should be taken to keep in a good con-
dition.
If working back into sheep again look
out for good wethers as well as wool and
try a combination.
It is quite an item to arrange 'the feed
troughs so that the pigs cannot get into
them when feeding.
A flock of well cared for scrubs is prefer-
able to the same number of half-starved
thoroughbreds.
Do not expect- to keep up the grade of
your hogs, and then depend upon Spring
pigs for your breeding animals.
Theodore Lewis, who is good authority,
iays he has never heard of corn silage being
suceesefully fed to hogs.
Hogs that are fed for a good variety of
food, supplied with pure water, and given
warm, dry shelter, will not generate dim
saoe.
One decided advantage with a good
ihelter is that the sheep will produce a
greater return in sheep and wool with less
'eed.
A ewe that raises two lambs and fur -
ashes in addition and good fleece of wool,
rill peer 200 per cent. on the money invest -
:d.
More money is lost by feeding pigs too
long than by selling too early.. As soon as
they are in good condition it is a pretty
safe plan to let them go if the market is at
all suitable.
In the absence of an efficient dog law
strychnine and the double-barreled shot -gun
are the only hope of the sheep grower. Use
them liberally, but with circumspection.
There are some farmers whocan buy
their own pork cheaper than they can grow
it. They are the ones who feed through
two Winters to make their hogs ready for
market.
Young pigs can be stunted almost as
easily by overfeeding as underfeeding. In
the former case they become too fat for
proper proportionate development Too
much corn does it.
Both individual excellence and good blood
are important if the ram is to be half the
flock, as he should be, and will be if the
proper care is observed in selecting and
using him.
Sheep kept on farms in small cks are
more profitable per capita than t se kept
in large flocks, for the reason that they are
more easily handled, and are consequently
better cared for.
"Pigs in clover" is something more than
a sentiment. It means clean, wholesome
pork, produced at the least possible ex-
pense to the grower. It is vastly ahead of
corn and a dirty pen.
Buy the latest improved, finest bred
pedigree mutton sheep, such as the Shrop
shire, or Oxford Hampshire Down. If you
must go in debt foc anything let it be for a
few, at least, of the best sheep.
Look carefully around the base of the
ram's horns for maggots, and keep the wool
shorn close and tar applied. These abom-
inable vermin will kill a fine big fellow in
forty-eight hours. —[Sheep Breeder.
Prof. Shaw believes that within ten
years over 10,000,000 sheep will be fattened
on rape. The use of English rape has been
tried in Canada with very flattering re-
sults.
The sheep is an animal that is diffident,
and retiring, interfering with no other
animal and not with its own kind; and that
is the sort of an animal that will give a
good account of the feed and care that are
given it.
A dog that that has once tasted stolen
mutton, can seldom, if ever, be cured of
the habit, much as Ins owner may try, and
the only safe plan is to kill him as soon as
discovered, as he will soon teach the trice
to others.
On a farm one of the cheapest as well as
one of the best ways of building up a flock of
sheep is to select the best of the ewes and
breed to full blood ram of a good -breed --
one that is best adapted to your locality
and the purpose for which you are keeping
sheep. Keep on selecting the ewes, pur-
chasing a new ram every two years, in
order to infuse new blood.
• The High Priest of the Sun.
The "High Priest of the Sun" is dead -
This was Dr. William Price. of Llantris.
sant, Glamorganshire, who has enjoyed a
most varied career, and who has just died
at the age of 92. The great aim of the de-
ceased was to dress in the style affected by
the Druids, which, if Dr. Price succeeded
in getting anything near the truth, must
have been singularly picturesque. The
main features were a whole foxskin on
the head, light green trousers scalloped at
the ends, and a cloak almost as liberally
scalloped and of the same pale verdant
tint. The Druid seems to have dressed
fairly well, if this is any criterion. The
light green unmentionables, however, did
not end the eccentricities of the deceased
high prieet, who achieved further fame by
his marriage 10 years ego, when he was 81
to a girl of 19, and also by his well -meant
endeavor to cremate his child on a funeral
pyre in the fields. But that was before the
question of this form of disposal came to be
favorably considered, and the police inter-
vened. Dr. Price also found time to be a
Chartist, and in the time of the riots of
Monmouthshire, £100 was offered for his
body dead or alive, He escaped to France,
however, and there was received by Louis
Phillippe.
To Estimate the Distanca of a Storm.
In the case of a thunderstorm, its dis-
tance can be estimated by counting the
number of seconds between the time of see-
ing the flash of lightning and of hearing
the thunder, and multiplying that number
by 1,142, the number of feet -,hat sound
travels per second through the air, when
the product will be the distenee of the
storm in feet. When fifteen seconds elapse
between the flash and the beginning of the
thunder, the storm or the nearest point ot
the lightning's track may be taken to be
three miles away. When the interval is
thirty secon is the- stmen is sixty miles
away. With reference te wind storms, the
fall of the barometer indicates to some ex-
tent the approach of a storrn, and enables a
rough estimate to be made of the distance
from its centre. It is impossible to abso-
lutely fix the distance in such a case because
one storm differs from another in both
force and area, while its rate of motion and
direction depeed upon the differences of
pressure in the atmosphere over large areas
which are constantly, varying in a larger or
smaller degree.
The Three Oldest Pieces of Iron •
The three oldest known pieces of wrought
iron in existence are the sickle blade that was
found by Belzoni under the base of a sphinx
in Karnac, near Thebes; the blade found
by Colonel Vyse imbedded in the niortar
of one of the pyramids, and a portion of a
cross -cut saw which Mr Layard exhumed
at Nimrud—all of which are now in the
British Museum.
Another piece of iron, an account of
which might not be inappropriate in this
connection, is the wrought bar of Damas-
cus steel which King Porus presented to
Alexander the Great. This bar, which
is of unknown antiquity, is still carefully
preserved in the National Turkish Museum
at Constantinople.
Hemstitched handkerchiefs for men hav-
ing tiny -worked figures on -the hem.
Persian colored bolero jacket fronts,
gimps,passementeries and ribbons for trim-
mings.
Keep an eye on the comfort of the sheep.
If not comfortable they are noither pro- A single row of pearls as large as peas,
tucing wool no mutton, nor doing any and perfectly round were sold recently in
good. Paris for $120,000.
Now that the flock is about tile barns for The long-distance marching competitions
by volunteer soldiers in England are dis-
countenanced by the Commander -ie -Chief
in a recent order. He thinks they result in
no practical good, and may cause individual
harm through undue stress of effort It has
been proposed to substitute competitions in
which comparatinely short distances will
be marched, but other conditions tending to
prove general military efficiency will be in-
cluded, air especial requirement being tbat
men shall complete the contests in a state
perfectly prepared to open steady and
effectual the.
the Winter, every individual should be
arefully looked over for indications of foot
iseases or other troubles. Summary
reatment must be given where any trouble
fists, to prevent contagion.
The Merino crossed with the Sonthdown
lakes a superb all-purpose sheep, profit-
ble both fox wool and mutton.
[illy tea, ioolishv
are closely ; ala
family. •-[Fonte ire&
The production of mutton should always
proi‘ table. It A. Ise grown more cheap-
athan beef or_pork -because the- wool so
IrOppisiffiAo cosi of feeding.
ADVENTURES IN INDIA,
The Major Recalls Some Episodes of a
Shooting Exenrsion.—He also Tells
How His Life was Saved by •
a Snake.
We were seated, the Major and I, on the
verandah of the Bengal Club at Calcutta
enjoying the evening breeze and our cigars
and whiling away the time by a narration
owforelicd.periences m different parts of the
While sipping his drink the Major con-
tinued to give me more snake lore, and
finally wound up with this question, Did
I ever tell you how a snake saved my life?
It was six or seven years ago, I don't re-
member exactly, when I went with Capt.
Foster. on a shooting excursion among the
hills between Siliguri and Darjeeling.
There were no tigers in the neighborhood
of Siliguri, but we had reports of panthers
which bad been carrying off cattle near Kar-
seong. So we went up the road which leads
to Darjeeling till we reached the locality
where the latest panther had been seen; he
was said to be a large one, and just the sort
we wanted, and so we made arrangements
to hunt him up.
The panther we were after carried off a
bullock ouly the evening before our arrival,
in the vicinity of a village about two miles
from Karseong. He was certainly a power-
ful beast, as he dragged the bullock to the
edge of a forest fully a quarter of a mile
from where he pounced upon him. He had
devoured a portion of the carcass, and it
was thought he would return, accompanied
by his family within twenty-four hours.
Accompanied by our shikari and several
attendant, a whom we employed inthe village,
we went to the spot and built a mychan in
a position which commanded the place
where the carcass lay and within easy shoot-
ing distance at it. A mychan is a platform
either standing on posts or in the fork of a
tree ; if trees are convenient they afford
better shelter for the hunter, and Ms pres-
ence is not so readily detected by the ani-
mal whose life is sought.
We climbed into the mychan about an
hour before sunset and settled down for a
Quiet period of watching and waiting.
There was a young moon at the time so
that, in case our game failed us until day-
light was wholly gone, we might have some
advantage from the rays of the moon.
We took turns sleeping and watching
half an hour at a turn, and in this way
passed the time until long after the sun had
disappeared and the moon was not more
than ten degrees above the horizon. I was
having my snooze when Foster pulled nie
by the sleeve and waked me in an instant.
I grasped my rifle and looked in the direc-
tion of the mutilated bullock ; with scene
difficulty I made out two dark bodies there
and could hear merles and cries which were
evidently mede by the young panthers,
whose forms were altogether invisible. VVe
had previously arranged that in case of two
panthers being there I was to fire at the
one on our right, while Foster would try
for the other. We marked our bullet so
that in case of success in either of our shots
we should know "which Ws,S which," and
have no chance to dispute on the subject.
We aimed our rifles and fired as nearly
together as possible, my shot preceding Fos-
ter's just a fraction of an instant. There
was a roar or howl of pain, then silence for
two or three seconds, and then a rush in our
direction. In the darkness and smoke vim
could see nothing, but we could he dis•
tinctly, and it did not take long for us to be
aware that one, atleast, of the panthers was
bent on revenge. He came straight at is
and climbed the tree into our mychan.
-" Get:, to the upper limbs of the tree,"
I said to Foster. " Quick ! quick !"
" No," he said. "I'll stay with you, old
fellow, and take my share."
"Get away quick !" I shouted, " and
give me a chance to shoot, without hitting
you."
_ He saw the point mad made a spring for
a limb that was just within reach.
As he swung himself up the panther mad
a jump to seize hiaalegs, but missed thein b
a little. This gave me a chance to brin
my rifle against the body of the beast ; it wa
a breech -loader, into which it was my habi
always to drop a cartridge hnmediately afte
firing, and it was well that I did so on thi
occasion. As the muzzle of the rifle touch
ed the panther I fired and the shot was in
stantly fatal. To make sure that it was so
I prodded the carcass several times with the
muzzle of the rifle, holding it full cocked
for another shot if there were any signs of
life. Then I tried my hunting -knife with
the same result and not till then did I call
Foster to descend from his perch. The
panther was as deed as Julius Caesar and
there was do danger from him any more.
Then we wondered how the shot at the
other panther had resulted. We could
hear the young ones snarling over their
meal, but no signs of any other life in
that quarter. Still, it wee not safe to de-
scend into the darkness to make investiga-
tions, as it not infrequently happens that a
tiger, panther or leopard apparently dead
will suddenly spring up and inflict serious if
not fatal wounds upon any one who happens
to be near. We knew that our shikari and
attendanta iq the village would hear the
firing and we would not have long to wait
for them ; so we decided to stay where we
were till they came.
In fifteen or twenty minutes their torches
appeared in the distance; we shouted fbr
them to hurry up, and they came on at a
run. They stopped at the foot of our tree
and we descended to join them in the search
for the -mate of the fellow that was lying in
our mychan and was afterwards tumbled
to the -ground by the skikaci. It was the
father of the family, and the reports of his
size had not been exaggerated in the least.
Re was five feet three inches long without
the tail and when standing must have been
fully two feet eight inches high. I sent his
skin to England, and you can see it there
if you ever go to the home of my brother
Lord Glendale. It was my first bullet that
wounded him and my second that killed
him, so he was clearly my property. The
mate had been shot through the heart by
Foster, and was lying where she fell. There
were three cubs, which we secured with-
out much trouble though the little rascals
scratched the men with a good deal of
viciousness when torn from their repast on
the flesh of the bullock.
We went back to the village and spent
the next day in preparing the skins•of our
prizes and getting thein into a good condi-
tion for preservation. Then we hunted
pheasants-a,nd other small game for two or
three days, having had our fill for the mo-
ment of panther hunting. We made good
bags, as birds were abundant, but on the
third' day we had an adventure that was
not down on our programme, and this brings
me tie the snake that befriended me.
We had separated in a stretch of open
land, Foster going around to the right and
I to the left agreeing to meet at the village
in the evening if we did not run across each
other while still on the hunt. Hardly was
1 out of sight of Foster when I saw a Amid
arising over the hills and knew that a
thunderstoim waif -touting; The showers c
there are very heday, and I knew that if
did not speedily find shelter I should be
drenched to the ekin. There was a large
tree standing quite alone in the tall grass,
and I made for it, followed by my gun
bearer, but before I reached it the big
drops began to fall; the gun -bearer was
several yards in advance of me and gained
the shelter of the tree sooner than -1 did.
As he got beneath it he gave a glance up-
wards and then fled in the direction of
the forest as fast as his legs would carry
him.
When I arrived at the tree I looked up-
ward and wanted to run, too, or, rather,
wanted my gun which the bearer was car-
rying slung over his shoulder as he ran.
There was an enormous boa constrictor in
the fork of the tree and evidently he con-
sidered the place his own, as he darted his
head in my direction as though to intimate
that I had no business there, If I had only
had my gun I would have made short work
of him, but without any weapon other than
my hunting -knife I was in no condition for
taking the offensive or even for defending
myself. So I coneluded to follow the ex-
ample of the gun -bearer, and also his foot-
steps, my intention being to overtake him
and then, as soon as the ram had ceased, to
come back and settle the affairs to the boa.
How little did I imagine that the snake
was my friend.
I reached the edge of the forest, a quar-
ter of a mile from the solitary tree and there
found my gun -bearer whom I Upbraid-
ed for running away as he did. He was
paralyzed with fear not only of the serpent
but of the lightning, which was flashing
vividly all about us, while the rain came
down in sheets. And while I was talking
to him there came a flash more blinding,
and a report far louder, than all the rest,
and as I turned my face to the open I saw
the bolt had shivered to fragments the "tree
from which I had fled to avoid the presence
of the huge snake held it in pessession.
When the ram stopped I went _back to
the tree, which was now broken and pros-
trate on the ground, having been driven
from top to bottom, and its tenant, the boa,
lying dead beneath it. If I had been there
when the flash of lightning came I would
assuredly lave been killed, and out of re-
gard for the reptile that saved me by put-
ting me to flight, I secured his skin and
haveemade it into various memorials to re-
mind me of the great service he unconscious-
ly performed in my behalf. Several pairs
of slippers the cover of my travelling bag,
the case of my newest gun, and some other
things were fashioned from his hide, and as
I look at them and remember the incident
my heart moves tenderly towards the ser-
pent race and 1 bless the member of it who
was so notably my benefactor.
aesseend-nel.
THE ROYAL °AMERCES.
A Celebiated Regiment of the British
Army and Its History.
The news that the Cameron Highlanders
are to lose their unique position as an "odd"
battalion and become the third battalion of
the Scots guards has aroused considerable
feeling among past and present members of
this famous regiment of the British army.
It is 100 years since Alan Cameron of
Inverness, a Highland gentleman with
Jacobite ancestry, was intrusted with the
raising of a regiment of foot, to be called
the "Cameron Volunteers." The limit age
for results was to be 35, and it was to con-
tain 654 noncommissioned officers and men
and thirty officers, a errength subsequently
raised to 1,000.
Mr. Cerneron became lieutenant eolonel,
and the pieturesque tartan, which theregi-
ment still wears, was designed by his wife.
The newly raised force was first under fire
at Egmont -op -Zee, in Flanders, in 1799,and
after service in Egypt in 1801 went through
the Peninsular war.
At Waterloo and Quatre Bras it had no
fewer than 479 killed and wounded, and in
the Crimea and India its services were
equally glorious.
The regiment was at Tel-el-Kebir, and
took part in the Khartoum relief expedition.
Its unattached position as a battalion is due
to the circumstance that when in 1873 it
was decided to link the battalions in pairs
there were 141 battalions,and the Cameron-
ians chanced to be the one left unpaired.
New colors were presented to it by Queen
Victoria, and it has since been entitled the
Seventy-ninth Queen's Own Cameron High-
landers.
The Pala ce of a British Millionaire.
The rebuilding of Mount Stuart, Lord
Bute's palace near Rothesay, Scotland,
makes it the most magnificent mansion in
Great Britain. The base of the building
covers a fraction more than an acre, and it
is built in the medimval Gothic style of the
thirteenth century. The walls, turrets,
and balconies are built of the beautiful
variegated ranite and sandstones from
Kirkcudbrightshire, the floors and arches
being of clouded Italian marbles. The
main hall is constructed entirely of alabas-
ter, the supports being columns of oxidized so
brass and bronze. The galaery and grand Y
staircase are of marbles brought from Sicily
aad Carrara.
The drawing rooms are panelled with
alternate strips of cherry, walnut, and
ebony, all from America. The main dining
room, which was built so as to accommodate
280 guests, is finished after the style of the
drawing rooms, with the exception of relief
figures and mosaics of fish, game, animals,
&c. The ceilings and chimney pieces of all
these rooms are most artistic, and so also
are the windows, mantels, and doors, the
work of which is extremely elaborate.
There are three immense libraries and a
billiard room, all with carved stone fire-
places of antique design. In one wing there
are Turkish and swimming baths, large
conservatories, aviaries, and aquariums.
The whole palace is heated throughout
with steam and hot water pipes, and light-
ed both by gas and electricity. The pic-
tures in the galleries alone are worth over
£100,000, and the books in the libraries as
much more. The building decorating, and
furnishing of this palace, which is without
doubt the finest private residence on the.
globe, entailed an outlay of £1,000,000.
" CHESTNUTS "
ButTon Can't Help Reading Them.
A revolver ia no large weapon, but it can
be made to cover a very large man.
About the hardest crop to raise on a farm
nowadays is the boys in the family.
Husband--" Did,nt you promise to obey
me at the altar ?" Wife—" Yes ; but we're
not there now"
Miss Quigg —"Have you a cure for corns?"
Drug Clerk—"Hard or soft?" Miss Quigg—
" Medium, please.
"She—" You know you broke your
promise to me." He —" Never mind,I can
make another just as good."
You may freeze, you may bust the gas
meter if you will, but at the end of the
month, just the same, there's the bill.
One day of sickness will do more to con-
vince a young man that his mother is his
best Mend than seventeen volumes of prov-
erbs.
She—" There is no fun in being married
or engaged." He—" But when is there fu
then?" She—" When you are anticipating
both."
Bks_
Rivers, how do you suppose
that wonderful bird, the phcenix, ever
caught fire ?" Rivers—" Probably a defect-
ive flew."
A difference between a knife -blade losing
its temper and a woman is that the former
becomes duller and the latter more cutting.
Suitor—" Mein Fraulein, I love vou 1'
Rich young lady (pointing with her fan to
her father)—" E xcuse me, yonder is my
business manager."
Blobkins— " Your wife at the Old Guard
Ball looked like a perfect dream to -night."
Chapton—" Very likely. You know dreams
go by contraries."
Cholly—" 0, Ethel, I love you, I love
you, madly, devotedly, wildly—" Ethel—
" That's all right, Mr. Summers, but how
would you like to marry me ?"
"Don't you think," asked the customer of
the Bostonese saleslady, " that your prices
are pretty steep ?" " Candidly," was the
reply, the declivity is rather precipitous."
"It is the active man we want in life;
not the dreamers," sad the lecturer
"Yea," replied a man in the body of the
hall, "peoplewho dreamt are likely to
snore." ,
"You always wear fine collars and cuffs,
Mr. Kink," remarked the colonel to the
old darkey. " Yessir," replied Kink ;
"rlat s one advantage ob pahinittin' yoh
wife to tek in washin' sah."
Kate—"Ah, Laura, you don't know what
you miss by not coining to dance ?" Laura
—"Don't 1? I've had five proposals already
this season through sitting out dances in the
conservatory."
"Charley," said the affectionate little
wife, "didn't you tell me these blue chips
cost a dollar apiece?" "Yes." " Well,
here's a whole box full of three colors that I
bought at the bargain counter for seventy-
five cents."
"Why are you so naughty, Johnnie! It
seems to me that with mamma worn out and
papa with a broken arm, you might try to
be gocd." " Holt I" said Johnnie, "That's
just the time to he bad. No one can lick
me."
Caller—" So you mean to be an M. P.
when you grow big, Tommy ? " Politician's
Youngest—" Yes ; like pa." Caller—
"Then you've made up your mind to do a
great deal of talking 1'1 Politician's Young-
est—" Yes ; like ma."
There was a young girl from the Hub,
Who had heard of Diogenes' tub ;
To the kitchens be hied her,
• Where her ma quickly spied her, _
And oh, how she made that girl scrub.
Willis—" I hear she is going to entcr the
lecture field. Has she ever had any experi-
ence ? " Wallace—" Oh, yes ; her husband
has been a member of a club over ten
years."
Round and round the slippery track
The shivering race horse goes,
A frozen jockey clings to his back
And icicles to his nose.
Bella—" I don't believe a word of this
talk about steaming being good for the coma
plexion." Stella—" Why? " Bella --"Well,
just look at Mr. Luckless. What a horrid -
looking creature he is ! and papa says he is
always in hot water.'
Estelle—" And are you going to leave me
so soon, Augustus? "Augustus—" My love,
I would willingly give ten years of my life
if I could stay longer. But if I cton't go I
shall be fined a dime for being late at our
debating society."
"What was that Dawson story you told
the other day, Hicks ?" "Why, I pleased
Mrs. Dawson very much by asking her if
she was herself or her daughter. Couldn't
tell 'ern apart." "Well, it's strange, but I
worked the same scheme on the daughter
and she didn't like it a bit."
Patient—" As we have known each other
long, doctor, I do not intend to insult
ou by paying your bill. But I have left
you a handsome legacy in my will." Physi-
cian—" Very kind of you, I am sure. Al-
low me to look at that prescription again.
I wish to make a slight alteration in it."
The Spanish peasant works every day and
dances half the night, and yet eats only
his black bread, ?Dion, and water melon.
The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit
and some olives, yet he walks off with his
load of 200 pounds.
Alexander the Tnird of Russia is passion-
adely fond of the chase, and makes a point
of spending several weeks every year at
Spala his magnificent estate in the southern
portion of Russian Poland. As soon as he
arrives there, the emperor changes not only
his habits, but even his very character. He
a.ys aside the cares and .rtexieties of state,
bepomes gay, light-hearted and genial, and
yen manifests a disposition to play, jokes.
Efis entire day is spensein the east forests,
undreds of miles in extent, which surround
he castle On every side and abound -with
tags, wild board wolves, bears, and every
onceivablekinddof game.
i'are
Curious Facts About the Pomp.
The common water pump of to -day is
but an improvement on a Grecian invention
which first came into general use during
the reign of the Ptolemies, Philadelphos,
and energetes, 2'33 to 221 B. C. The name
which ie very similar in all languages, is
derived from the Greek word " Pempo," to
send or throw. The most ancient descrip.
tion we have of the water pump is by Hero
of Alexander. There is no authentic ac-
count of its general use outside of Egypt
previous to its introduction into the Ger-
man provinces at about the opening of the
Sixteenth Century. Pumps with plungers
and pistons were invented by Morland, an
Englishmen, in 1674; the double-acting
pump by De la Hire, the French academi-
cian, some twenty years later.
Hard coal loses 8 per cent. in bulk per
annum when exposed to the weather. Soft
-coal loses 12 per cent.
Some of the English pumping engines per-
form work equaling the raising of 20,000,000
gallons one foot high by the consumption of
100 weight of coal.
Enterprising undertakers in London
when they hear of cases of serious illness in
families, call upon the families of the pa-
tients, express condolence, and leave circu-
lars containing prices and illustrations of
funeral outfits.
If we may credit the report of a German
chemist the human stomach finds in cheese
a pretty tough morsel, the best known varie
eties occupying from four to ten hours in
digestion in healthy stomachs. In view of
the fact that thousends of men and woMe-
eat cheese, believing that it facilitates di-
gestion, this report is interesting, th say the
least.
WEFT BY TUE WIVES.
Terrible Experience of an Alin Liner.
--
Twelve Lives Lost and the Steamer Com-
pelled to Put Back.
A despatch from London says :—The
Arlan line steamship Pomeranian, from
Glasgow, January 27, via Moville for New
Ycrk, has returned to Greenock in distress,
after having met with one of the most fatal
accidents that has occurred to a transatlan-
tic steamer for many years, an aocident
that resulted in the loss of twelve lives.
The following is a list of the dead :—W.
Daziel, master a the vessel, beth legs
broken and internal injuries resulting in
death; John Cook, eecond officer, swept
overb oard ; John Hamilton, fourth °dicer,
swept overboard ; John Stewart of Glasgew,
first cabin passenger, both legs bred f.iand
internal injuries resulting in death it, e icw
hc urs ; James Gibson of Dalkeith rst
cabin passenger, swept overboard ; 1. ..an
Gibson of Dalkeith, first cabin pane eer,
swept overboard; Jane Caffrey of Le on.
derry, first cabin passenger, swept o'er -
board; David Forbes of Dundee, seiend
cabin pessenger, washed overboard; J Ines
Pritchard, steward, swept overboard; Fred
Westbury, steward, swept overboard; Peter
McLean, seaman, swept overboard; William
Urquhart, seaman, swept overboard.
The disaster occurred when the stec mer
was about 1,500 miles out. The Pomera-
nian encountered boisterous weather immed-
iately after leaving port. It was thought
that the wind would soon blow itecli out,
and with everything ship-shape no Lars for
the safety of the steamer v ere entert tied.
Instead of abatitg, however, the g -10 in-
creased in severity until the day of t .iis-
aster. The 4th ot February dawned e ill: a
frightful gale raging, and a tremere: a asly
high sea running. The hatches vee.. -
tened down and covered with tarp e us,
ventilators were turned to leeward. and
every precaution dictated by good se , i•an-
ship had been taken* to prevent wa.
ting below. below. This appeared to thc cers
of the ship to be the greatest daii.a..r, as
they had no doubt as to the steamer's ability
to ride out the storm. Several seas had
been shipped, but they did no damage.
Suddenly a tremendous sea reared its crest
a short distance ahead of the steamer as she
plunged down a wave. Before she could
rise thesea came over the star -board bow;
and tons of green water rushed aft. Almost
at the same time a falling wave astern poop-
ed the steamer. The result almost defies
description. The deck -saloon, chart -house,
the bridge and the boats were smashed to
pieces and partly washed overboard. The
deck was covered with an almost inextric-
able mass of wreckage and
THE UTMOST CONFUSION' REIGNED.
At the first the full extent of the disaster
was not known. The steamer began to pay
off before the wind and sea, and it was at
once seen that the quartermasters had been
carried away. Two sailors sprang to the
wheel and soon put the steamer on her
course. Then it was found that Capt.
Dalziel,the master of the steamer, was miss-
ing. He had been last seen standing on the
lee side of the steamer and aft the saloon in
conversation with a saloon paseenger Darned
John Stewart, a resident of Glasgow. They
had Leen caught by the sea that came over
the stern and dashed against the deckhouse.
They were then carried aft with terrific
force and jammed beneath the after steam
winches. Capt. Dalziel's legs were broken
and he had sustained internal injuries. He
was carefully moved to his room, and
everything possible was done for him, but
he died the next morning. Mr. Stewart's
legs were also broken and he sustained
other injuries, from the effects of which he
died in a tew hours.
At the time of the accident the se,')nd
officer, John Cook, had the watch. He ‘vas
on the bridge with John Hamilton. the
fourth officer, and both of them were ce ied
overboard and drowned. In the saloon iiieck.
house when the sea broke over the steamer
were James Gibson and Lilian Gibson of
Dalkeith, and Jane Caffrey of Londonderry,
all first cabin passengers. They were car-
ried over the side and not afterward seen.
David Forbes, of Dundee, a second cabin
passenger, James Pritchard and Fred; Va est -
bury, stewards, were also lost in the same
manner. _It is supposed that Pritchard and
Westbury were engaged in attending•to the
wants of the passengers in the saloon deck-
bouee when the structure was washed
away. This made the number of those car-
ried overheard ten, with the two others
fatally injured.
When the sea boarded the steamer every
man about deck who saw it coming grabbed
old of stanchions or anything else con-
enient, and it was due to this that the loss
f life was not much larger. For a time the
tmost consternation prevailed, but this
ave way to a feeling of sadness when it
as found that so many lives had been lost.
he disaster occurred so suddenly and the
ea did its fatal work with such rapidity
hat the survivors did not at first realize
he full extent of the misfortune. Amid
he howling of the wind and the hissing and
oaring of the sea and the cries of those who
ere carried over -board could not have
een heard, even had they had time to
tter them. Without a word ot warning
hey were swept to their doom, and not a
erson on the steamer anew what had hap-
ened to them until some little time after
he accident.
With Capt. Dalziel fatally injured and
nconscious in his cabin, the command of
he seeamer devolved upon the first officer.
e steamer was about in mid -ocean, and
le question arose in his mind what course
pursue—whether to hold the steamer on
er course or to rut about and make for
reenock. When . the chartroom was care
ed away, the charts, sextants and geed.
nts, in fact, every thing absolutely misery,
al to the navigation of the ship, went with
The binnacle box and its compass on
e bridge had also gone overboard, and
d it not been that the after compass re-
ained it is doubtless if the steamer would
ve reached port for many days yet. The
nation of affairs on the Pomeranian, it is
most needless to say, was terrible. The
st officer called the remaining officers of
e steamer to a consultation, and it was
cided to put about and Nitta% to G reen-
k. This was at once done, and, without
y instruments with which to take observ-
ens, the voyage had to be made entirely
dead reckoning, and was therefore neces-
rily slow. The first officer is highly com-
nded for his skilful seamanship in navi-
ting the Pomeranian under -such adverse
cumstances, and it is highly probable
at his ability will be recognized in a sub-
ntial manner by the owners of the steam -
and the underwriters. The names of the
amr.teurmrqaushtearrsklost were Peter McLean and
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Everything was progressing Iliad" be -
twee* Frederick Hipp and his betrothed, in
Bartholomew County, In .&„ deeded
sixty acres of land to her, seed &lei took
out the marriage license. Now sato Won%
marry him, and still cline InIA4
addeeddCadd