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The Sentinel, 1877-03-02, Page 6- A. *UT TO CRA6K. • , . . _ , Ther. was an old woman who lived in a hut Atiou the size of thiekory nut. The - ails weire thick and the ceiling low, And seldom out -doors - did the old wonianlo. 'She took no paper, and in no book - Of any iort-was she seen to look; - Yet she imagined she'snew much more • Than man or woman had known before... ' Thep talkedin her hearingofwondronctbings, "Of the dazzling splendor of Eastern kings, - Of mountains covered with ice -and snow When all the valley lay green below. - They spoke of adventures by sea and land, .0f oceans and seas by a cable_spa_nned, Of buried treasures; but though she heard, " She said she didn't believeone word! " - - And 'still she lives in her little but About thesizeof a hickory nut,. At peace with herself, and quite content - • - With the way in which her days, are -spent. r Little it troubles ter, I suppose, Because so very little she knows: For, keeping her doors and windows glut, Shehas,ishrivelled up in her hickory nut. • . , - • • And you, my dears,. Will no larger grow, If you rest contented with what you. know--; But &pitiful object yeti will dwell; • -Shut-UV-inside-of ymir hickory shell. • - .1 . H.R.H. THE pRook OF wAzze.- . AT: SANDIgN,GHAIVI.- • . . . From the London World.] . h _ , . , . The rural home of the Heir to the Throne of -Britain lies in the warm sheltered hollow • ',behind the -range of low Wooded bluffs that line the southern margin Of the -Wash., • From the low-lying station of Welfetton,: the 'toad traversed by't the visitot ta Sandringham Hall -gradually-ascends thrdugli:a region,. the nap. •itutal -bleakness -and barrenness of Which is and. reluctantly Yielding before the rsistent-_energy of -taste and skill. Care- . Ully tended young -plantations . •. fit' and •"'-- birch:stud:the undulating expanse of scrub - - and heather, and the quaint- rustic gable's: of . the "Folly" Peep out from the heart of. a ' lump of sturdy evergreens, backed up- by-, , well.grown andvigereus. young pines;' by: the • edge of which the Princess's favorite -drive - - trends away to . the left through the bosky :• icopses of. the Joeceline• wood i,that mantles: the idented crest and undulating summit of .. the Upland ridge looking ' down- over the in. terinediate low-lying.- fields; farni-steadingi, andplantationsUpor. the broad basOntatthe great estiiay. PZeeeritly-the. heather -gives place to greensward, and and the Pine -thickets are succeeded by the niassYboles and spia,ad.. -ing branches I of -.fine :ancestral oaks'.ind beeches; which at this -seailen• but-.partmlly-, screen_ the view of the- wid&etretching ex- panse the home"park;Avhete the sleet tare , pasturing in the glades, and:the:water-, Es in cincture of luxuriant evergreens, gleams -mirror-like:instill glassy pools, or sparkles and tumbles over the picturesque:reek-Work reddish -brown. " -Close on the teftrrises -.the hoary. Square tower of the :quaint little• . ▪ Sandringham . church, within whete-.walls. 1- Piii-iCe:and peasant worshiptogethet, in the mad*. -.God's-acre surrounding which : rest Side by side- themortal remains of the :babe. of the Blood Royal and the child Of the pea- sant. .There. is a glimpse ovet the iiward,the• water, and-ths rockwork„ of the longpictur, esquely brekeri.gorden front of the, :tnel-a passing gleam- of worth :red, here .and • *there hidden -In the laying embrace of -Ole dark -green: ivy;.: and then,.• wide sweep, the road turns the corner Of the park, - -the beautiful ."Norwich- Gates,' with, their delicate - ironwork tracery, are passed, -and there remains but a short drive along a broad straight avenue, lined -on either side by -Mas- - sive old trees, tothe principal entrance Of: '• - At a•glance it is apparent that Smutting: it no Stately palace - where Comfort is a-: seeondary-tonsiderationAo • stilandor, Where'- , •sumptueuel•Buites- Of •apartments beat -" the . chillingimpress of _being uninhabited and inhabitable ;1. but 'a. veritable English home, :designed, not for ehovi-', but to _be lived in— every detail eloquent of unostentatious taste and of refined dornestictty: The keynote- the theme of duke clopianz struck upon- the. very-. threshold. - In the inner Wall of the .vestibilleabove the hall -door is Set: :a -tablet baring this inscriptiOn.in old .English ohat- &eters : "This: house., -was built - byAlbert Edwatd,.-P.rinCe. of„Waies . and Alexandra,.:' his wife, in the year of outiord;-18.70." The:. _ lion:Le-saver of Sandringham begins from the- _ very_ doorstep, for there is no formal entrance- - - hall.. The Vestibule 18 sinaPly-partaucl. -pet- - tion of the great El -goon -Which may be called': .thefamily.-pailor of • the house. This noble •- apartment has:a lofty roof of open oak:work its walla are ,covered With pictures', and its area 18 alniosteneumbered. With cosy Claire - Occasional tables„ pietures on easels, musical •'instruments, flowers ;in.: standai'fowers in , _pots, flowers in vases, a_thousand few:Vane -pretty trifles-, each one of which has an assn. .. elation and a historrlinked' to. it. - Peeling eut'from under the palmitiondsare two min- iature Cannon, 'Which were a present from the late Emperor-Napeleon -to the royal Children. - Above Zichy'Scharining sketch in:wat4r::07L illustrative of the various phases 0: the - home Meat Sandringham, is a large Of the bittnplace- -of-the Princess; ov -fire-place- is- Barlase's re-centoikpainting. of the Prince and Princess,with two of, theft-. TheXingland.:QUeen of Denmark - look down from thaWille on the scene : afternoon romp of their Vnglish grandchild. On One Of the. round.:tables stands -the* dala. Onthe tight of e vestibule, as One :enters the house, -lies t • e library; a pleasant -zoom in bine and light -Oak, whose shelves are -filled with hooks- belOnging-almost • eively to the departme.ntsi-of hietoty andira - vele. A whole compartment is, devoted to *arks on the Crimean war, another to books of which are hard 'reading enough--.. on:India; bath British and native., The Ore- Menzliri are:. sandwiched 'between the Netson. Despatches :and. the Narrative Of the. Euphrates Expedition,' ancL. the Seven Weelc'.$ War is in close -proximity to *the Rise of the :Mohan:2440n; Rower. in :India:- Through the equerry's : rooin; the .next of the suite, ii reached the second library, which might Ap- propriately bear the'--hame of :the ."Serapis. room," for it isfullOf the -belongings .0V1118 Royal Highness Highness- during his voyagingein the big troop ship,..and the .familiar feathers _ in gold between the initiale-A;E, nteet the :eye everywhere.. - This room_ opens into the vestibule of the 1- garden-entranee„.Whieh by reason of its prox.' Unity to the drawing -rooms is alwayeused on .ball nights,. From the main corridor stretch,- • ing to the great Staircase there open : On the tight the principal reception rooms; but .fore these are reached-. there is passed the Prince's private morning room, a-fathily room. pure and. simple.' The admixture of -feminine- and masculine tastes, of .whick-this room t is, -more-than any other in the house, an -exarii- pie, speaks eloquently : of lives blended in an accord; of clese4nit domesticity. " The walls, of appl -neutral tint, -are partly decorated with . rare china and pottery, partlYpaelIed with - crayOn:pietures of deer -stalking episodes -episodeerin the-Ilighlands by the most!'celebrated paint, -ars, ofour day.. A -large windovied:Projectien; which is inparta lounge,- in a boudoir, nd in part a toniting•Trooni; --urhailf-partitioned off . from the rest of. the apartment by-a:sereen 'devoted-tothe ilieplay of faMilyPhotogiatibs.. A truss oftree-mignonette, with liuies of the . valley blossoming • around the bushy. stgni;.: halfhidei- the panel On which Ieightd,n's brush has depicted 1---,,'.Thdl3ringing the Deer :Heine the spreadingekin :of a huge tiger shot by.the Prince in India,: lies on a quilt - carpet' of -pateliwdrli, Which was a tribute. of loving-respeetto the Princess fromthechild. ren -of- one of the schools Which. she :finds time to foster with so -I-Udell personal atten, , tion.: From -, : ..Froin this teem - a: deer Opens into-the:ante; room of the 'great --drawing-room; - •a ...pretty little' apartment in French .gray, 'having for its chietailitunent a large pietute -*of 'tlia-Ent- ••-petor of Russia and. Prince driving together , -in a Sledge Whet* three -horses in.a. 'furioutt•--, - golop. are sledge, with :.greP4 al411-‘4- :-fine. effect. s. ...The ;:principal -daatving:room, i like all the monition thissideOf the house, looks out into tha.park,-.acrosi the .floiter- beds, Water; and rockery, to-Where;the-:ant- lered. ted- deerare browsing ._-in: -the -beech.: _ glades: . - It is a town of --fine . proportiOnsif'of- *hose walls the prevalent tint is.. a Vale- Sal,' . mon.cOlOr„ and its fixed .deporations are stu- 'dielisly.-eimple, -consisting Merely_ of a 'few mirroisplacerIpanelWiee„.ieme fioral nrionid; .-ingeg,..--i painted ceiling, and asingle group of . statuary. '• -.Maclaine -Jeriehou's; "Bathing - Gide ' enibrace, each otherona pedestal,- - .tioni:aimind the base of WhiCh. flow** And : blossoming exotic 'plants rear T the :gleaming : tglerie,etif-their bloom : And thequieter lines of their fo1iage against the snow -pale mar- .: .ble.. --.' The .sweet scent of spring ;viol* nest- ling into :-.- - - Molts petfuMes the air, and . _ . . . .. _ . . ..- are flowers, everywhere; - indeed:the-Whole, - house . is. a :: floral bower, for the Princess is :.pissioziately ;fondof fleWere, and:lite/illy.; -lives- among them. --..k.difor.,Wifidoir :of the draWing.rtioni.i-e,ijeir.oi'? Oti: a._ small•:. dented- . . -.conservatotyprOfectingtkoin the garden trent : • of the house. - -'Here the arched fronds Of the - =pahna ferlie.e.,.si*hreiglorY,OV.er. the pedestal upon Which Jerichau's . two •-• White marble . children press lip . -to EP. within •an-enoireling; • thieket,:of-. flowers, in - Whieh • 'the , orange - !of the .euphorbia,- 'the paleroie of the calontlie, . the Wax.like. tiquiies of the. White hyacinth, - the -gleaming .scarlet- of -ihe pciinsetia,-..the :Wishing purple of•the primula; and the fair - _pale lily Of the valley, at once vieand..blend.' with each other. .Efl 8ui48 With the drawing- - /13O111"iii the dining4opin,--:'i warm-tinted-Sgen- ial-looking room, SuggestiVe:of,comfortinits every item.- IA :great bow -window expaii40.1; -_from., the centre .: of the front, i_whence the light' Streams in upon "-.Mare and --Foal" above the Oaken:sideboard; r Over the- .. ,. . . _ . _ . . _ , _ : - fire -place, Where the 1i:10'4re:blazing_ on the - i. - wide open hearth, isA-full--length:pottrait of : the Prince -In -the blue and- gold of the lOth . . - , : . . -L,— , . - .i. Hussars. 1.6 ViLset Frits"- andhis•Ptincess,-• - . • . _ _ . . - whose., Well -Won .empire oVer the German . - - : - heart has 'never ; Weakened her love: for her native- land—flank '.tandseer'sl.';4f d4aiire.-- on either side, and life-eide. portraits :tj:Lf., . the . Princesses .Alice and .1I,Oulea hang on 'either Side of the dOor Openingfrorn_thediOW-• -, ing!ro.ont • .: ',. s. -, =. ,•••.'.: - : _ .• : .; -:7 - , : : . . '• - I - -, :. .F,r9IT1 ti* l' dining -room "T --the --wpiy- leads:: *throngh a :"corridor of weapons," -'where the '.. -"white .arins 13 .-.1)f- all ages are.Artangediiii - glass -fronted cabinets • on -.the-. walls; to . billiard -room„. *helm.: wails are -brightened by 1.ideeli'E.I., inimitable huntingketclies,-' and -' *hese Wee- side windows, Set in ...ivy, l.00k:. -!iiiit on-the.italiati gardens, on the 'site of the -old-fieh-ponda' :and SO athwart .the - park to . e• -annexed int°king...mem is the :antechain. . oTthe•-.1-ongtvista Of the bowling:alley, .... ;lighted. both- frotosidei_and roof, With:raised :Seats at the Upper .7end, :Whence :ladies may ;look dOwickon the tournament of their squires.- . .Beyond the bowling alley is a little room over " 7 voilibh Macdonald- teigns,_stipterne---=the gun-;, - . .. .. .: • . - , . . - - . - , , &hie**, : tenantry. roani-in,Whose glass -faced cupboards arz, : ' - • casket -in -Which- the San ..• ranged .shooting4tonsint-b.ewildering•nuniber,- . - . _ . ,•Tenclosed.their -address of -congratulation.•on -,-Anclvatiety.--.'' .-.,' - - .-- -• .-. . -.: _ . . , ..-.." ' • • . : -the Prince's eafe.ret .uin front India.',., _ AboVe . the- ateh -et. the--7-14-itibule. fading: ,the: :Maim ;-- • Tile .ehief adeinment of the main staircase 10-..a-•fine-portrait•in :OHS of the : Princess :in 'entrance is, fixedthe:bealitiful fietea head- af- - . ricling..dreS&"• , IrnmectiatelY atthe-tep of the • the 'tanking --Chillingliantr Will, -:"-.shot -14-the.. lizw,41: -nn,.: .4ostarts- ---'a;- door ' opens to the" right _into .the : Prin. Oe.: in 1.$72, lwith-.ScOtt's:fervid. , , . _ • -scheelroaM, where -Mr.-•Dalteres-taio- young: :_clerheatli:::: ,;.T.:' 7 -.'' ' ' - - - - . I hunter's cpii.yer'd band rpupils epend a- stated number of hours -per' i- -“:-Fiercaonthe-. - -..- Heron's. his: eyes of glow,' .- day over • their lessons; a. light _pleasant; : SpurnSwith black root and .horn this*nd, rodni- : ' in WhiCh. flowers :'' and :photographs And. tosses -high his mane of stiOw..!'. ' .' , Conipetes-for.elbew,reani With --echool-boeolte - •,-...0-euivpIne. ;-:ii.t.14°-„-:t4:9111-r--i41-)171s1*-11q:61'rinibud-,msi7jsici-i'4-91133Fora:,,.-.- and • totOiP'hOOks.'_ "" The impulse -tie to panto . here in this sketchy_ description of - the, inter. :. the-- Controller; Of :the -Prince's- -Household, ' :ior of sioultirari Hilt lost. ow going fui. , . .. , .. ,. . . . _„and by 1:4r:,-FranoiB ltnollys, C.B.-, WO -ROY* ther.- savour of .presuMptuous-intruslilefiesS‘. : - .Rielpooteg_ Private:Secretary ,• :and in . thie" kis_ 14 ..• - ...-• • , ..:yet 04: .to • ihnn:* reference to that- -..-.. 'mi.:mi. it 18Where the Prince. transacts:his :Pi- .: :beautiful:room: on the same floor, • With its , .*afa ,correspondenee,-::-. 'gives : intetview :: to -104 Shnon-colored• and -.FrenCh.4gray I Wills';' - 'other: thansocialvisitors, sees histenants oll--- itspinkand ...lade hangings :- round the deep . --- questions' -.t1-111111r"PnlOn!ts740i,' 144 11°3'4- -bay of the bow -window--; iti-medleylpf. Old- . -.Highness shirks none. of -tiWisblig4#9fisi--4 '4': china-...photograiiiIii, kivater4Olors, -, ]•- dwarf . ' landed .proprietorand:giveif- his personal -. palm.4, flowers -.its thousand and 'One. pretty instractione:to land steward, .gardener,.• and. uiaolioks..;,-it,f,:.-swg•ing•bik4t4 ;'a,jact_iyith. .:6;67.. .: 'head -keeper. --::A: rowroom, furnished id-. a.-- indescribable, yet Wt.,- though unseen, pre- plainandbnsineSs-like style, t4is, apartment- sence :- of -. delicate - and -refined= womanhood - hasfor its sole .embellishment - a-. fe*t:"Por- -which pervades _ the Whole of the exquisite:._ ttraitS,. among which Inaylse-Moilti011e4ith'ose Chainber.s .• This ii:the.bondoir of the - Prill-'• , otAdmiral-Reue, And Lord •"Na --Pier. :of `iViag7. ceis,,the 'TOM that So tie* into the heart of . . , -. - : - . . . . , . . .. . NTINET.d. -- ,--,1` , 4 her Royal aL,:saciated With it, that ;When, mid- Of early - grate- , Sandringham 'Fall. tWas..rehuilt she 'maile it . her eOpeciii, tiiiilationthat it should be re- constructedni 43 ".1*- ancient - lines '' •in the: Minutest P.ri tioularr No excuse is needed foran alluin 1_.a 'room in the aanie icorri,' -d-or,. :becausel of the l deep historical interest : . Which attaches to it, -'• It is difficult,- indeed, 841;414 to,a4y, in 'the big comfortable hoMe, like leliani]3r, -1 -whither, -. •. through the 1.: Open eloor,ficames. hsongs of the linnets in the Princees'adt I- sin :room": ; whither, thiougli. the open hia -WM Ow inthegreat. recess:be,' - pond the ennis,ni ' • d014' 011 thefurtheritae. of .t ,, bed, th its angings . of . blue -and - whit' to earns • ad with the tapestry -paper on the walis,' is _w 'telt -en the breeze the freshlibrini s ,e. ' t: of- the.. sea,—it ill difficult-. -verily.to.reahe the scene to whielt-thase wallssi- tent-, icod hear witness, what time a -i strong _Mai; lcm t * • Same,. bed, -battled fort, breath in the iriry straits Of the 'dark ,.,,. .valley, while his I dea f AV'11/3f011r* °were gathered:- • I around for the "- ad; il leinit duty 'of bidding him A- final tar wellJI . While in the corridor husl+dretaine s wept sore for the imminent untimely - fat ifr one not .s, less -loved; 1 than. horuked, and bileentsicletin- the snow - slush griefi.iniit enilaboring talk longed,- yet 1,0 feared, for i tidi • gis 0 their. "master." .'-, Yet there in the;.mei mg- a . -1400 bed is theinark of th.00icO. wi eno4 prOjected, the hook suP- ° _porti4g the .tr peke:- ,cunningly • devised by -Bentley,by th, aid -4-ler which - the Prince, ' When on ,the sl )W dnd 'weary -road_ toward, ConvgeSce.nce; as 'Went ,to change his . re, ..' :Liken to t e ripPle '-..of child -laughter -and Cumteut -1:43sitie n Or tin -himself • up into a sitting postur • : - - , 4 . ..the swift patter of ch4d-feet along the -corri- dor 1 '..- There IS g flash of _ rosy cheeks and awing cnrls as three, i little- niaide in riding7 habitS. trip ;40,7_ tily ttoiriViayp3di. /92 after in the' course - • f whi .haVe la wakeilin r 1-10: 4 - bald r Eugt(ii " get hi liking, --,414.ree of whom are 'j' a the Sandiiiighai - for at the tenon own the staircase OIL -- •on ride in the park,. h.' "--Sloweoach " will ' •ubtlees, ' and the pie: „head quite to -hie. own - ungiladies, the t� -eldest . t" after 4 fashiort,'. sofaras •, 1Peqti- mon*. is concerned; = s'4ia1liuDecemBer last was ' therelnot -a railt-,nti v pn of a pair of pretty/ -fairieajn scare sashes, with head -ribbons and dainty boiti . s to imatch ? , Later, as the shad4s are falling; there_ come uprose the .,.L. sward -from an o itlaying copse of the park a . couple of brigh -faced, frank -eyed,. lissom - framed lads in kilts altlid. hosen of hedden gray; ton whose - a Scratch. `--The ringing Englis , has just shat a the boy whoin • King lof •Engla are knees here and there younger tell :you a., roic'ethat his elder.. brother tabbiy1; 'nor is, the -senior--=7 senior— Leaven's rgood tune. will ...be Mara in -aeltuowIe . _ 1 d-liaci iiig t� this aohia _ement of prowess. 4 Airing the sh otingiseaSon the routine of .Samfringhani lif -hat -ter.:Vatiety little other than -the chinke of:: the --Beene :. of the sport. One day the fren,te mak be Flitehara for Par- tridge driving ; t e-.ne t May: be ' dedicated ti.L." the PheaSen s of he,--• Commodore _'- and to jetsinghant..ivy di.; _ I. the , "hot; corner" ._ may be at the ' n le of oodeoek weed, with : • . • . :Ow - 1` Folly the lunche�n:- rendezvous. The Start is A • li lf,pa i. ten.; and iftliere is -any iclistanice -..ta be trayerse(1,1 the: gunners travel to the .:'e e Of their Sport in the Char- Afban'e and. ': ag nette,-1 I The Sandringham corps of beaters i i forty strong, each member ivearing,a Norfol ,Sniop 'frock of brown lfus- tian, with a' n" et on red badge _eon 'ie. attvro; Ted' in'a : ina...4illee convenient!s . and a this Meal .cesii, - I Who . drives to :thle: trYsting- , , .I . - (41i '- four -m; an tempi.- Of pretty . ponies, joins the gintl in eitwitlif-the ladies who are guests: Diu ing thiaitern on shooting, whic$, takes the oinewarid.•:lir ction; the la:i dies walk, or ri pony.back with: the Liinch-- . in some he Prin: lace her le i on gime. 1.. After.n 6'tea,t liditch -11 the gliet!ts. 1 . gather in. the Sa pop, iis f the great. M-1. -_-/eltitlittelle 4u . a. aring4 M home.dif.e.:it - is!, -the 'children's hoi; ri:par. 1 cogence-; - M. ZiChy. d getc has *sliet ..e scene of:charming ifrmal no . o • - - - - -- _ • = : -- "- : domesticity with appreciative teheity: iThe „Prince,- teacup in hand, tande With his bielc: :to: the:tvestibulej- t re one Of his boys :and -" a:- - -- ' T- .: group11.4.14 th 1&;...frie ds standing -.about him. The Winess, is athe tea -table, With .. . , . . 4 i . .. • - (Niel. of - lipr. girls b her elde, --ancl a number of -gueat4?of Ise Kes,..ariMint. the. beard. I An _- . -adnIt .!gentleman,) iitkaMpinstadheisobVious7 - -ly flirting:_cleipe: attely_. ivith a young .lady, i over Whose #4.e, l Otis- cinite :seven:suinmeks: Must have passe 1. -•'.. It isla sketch that one may well hope vo 11 be. el- °rated: into a-, pi -c= : 'lure and ai "bi;ed, - fair -.it ..'would- •speak straight to -Pie he art of A -le people , entol - " 1 ' ' - ever 'e - ..' - "thrill; ei the e otion and sentiment Of.lionia•-' life.- ' From -she*: -half0, -t seven the Prince - lt . ad4l.-444. .:hiniself, -to: correspondence.. ['and- --business..m ,Gene ,4:.linoll s' room; but:in; deed therei:lis [hi roily _ ail_ hear - of the 1day w lieg his -3.,oy : .1..tiglineda devotes wholly -to l pd1 .ente: for.h : land. steward. --generally•-• Ac eo p4nieS' ..11iii 7:44 iviih6-0 iiii excursions, at h : d to Mite su.' : estiong ks.-tiiiinproveinents• ; - wliielli- may occur to the Prince as he -tramps- . : Over the est ate. - Itis reputed of the Wince . , iii 1sTeilfollithat no' landlord in the country ii- ibette s,etplainted . With the, details of hispro - . perty,i_and wi ' great4.72eat. for itsrmi-: 1 prevem.ent. : 2, he dinner ""hout is eight; . ,Lon- t dantiMe ,halk aa eight-SaMiringhain tiMe - .1 ,-i . / / . • for :t14-..Pkinee. Wi 1 have San.dringham .tinta •'half an hour f. the better.toansure "tak- ing - ing-t e by the forelock.- _ i ; Of the dinner4a,-,' I'ble the ehiefes el.jceiratio ..eYer. 6iier flow-fer13,7.' -brought fresh ev ry:nigh tinnt.the_regien of , _glass -rand lleat44- Lir rwher. Mi. :Penny rulesl •. SnPteine. On: the •birth Yof 'his. :lifpyl_i - Highness, affernoen :t6i ... :. . . . : ives place to: ;a :1 -itisit t� the Stabley.ard, in �ne of the etiach,' housesilof- 'which Ell.tha laborers ontha.ee-:• ' . tate; Seine two hUnclied, in - number, • are. en- .-: :tertaided to. A -":11qUare I al. ": of .. the.. Most - ..stibitatitial •-chara,pfer.: 5 0 ‘ the .night - oft " the same 'day- oCc te,--tha:Annlial •eounty. ball; i 1While,le!n the n glit. of the trincese's. birthdaY, 1 -is given.the-, nil -tenon '" bail,. to - Which I _are - bidden ndtitkie -.:th tenantry I of the.: 'Sandringham . tgbei:Ibut .rePtesentative ten - ; ants Ifiont the aiiciiis -properties ; Ivhieh,!, the• Prince hasvisitedhis shgoting expeditions.; .. ---• It would oceiiikr tOO Mu. h•space to :tell '-ot one �f ;the Sandringham "Meets . of Mt: .'An-. , theny Haition s lox-,honndft;liFhen.: after the -: hunt breakfast brealaast ab'.Clayden's horn ;calls- to - • -- 1 - horse, _and the r' ceinkiii4ts his trtiett,041 • ohe,ito,t. __TRa , i,.,,whilethe'. Princess 18 is .:alio--. On.- ait clierti tita,;- :pieSent .from the - Queen, Prince Al ert Victor- riding 'a ..-blever:- . teen, and Piiiice 4 'Ireoige ‘a.showy little black - - cob. :-. The Sunda :: is the 'In St-. characteristic " /day Of I the: *eel,: at San, *ng-hani.' - - 'The. :- . . .: Plinceee-oivesitel Mr,..- Onslow's -little -church :. across- '. . the park; the Piin e -witli. his :male- - - , - f '- ''''' 1 guests walks, and .after se ice Walks liaCk. 'throng, . the gitsn' ds,i inten mil- Oilitingi out " -"t : -his improvements. _ After _ltui -whole-rhause-party. -walk • out _., p "bechelot's cottage" to the ' "ethane -.4here JadtiOn.iiinwalting to receive the . WWII; to his hie tdoinain. ' .!yliock..Of foreign go te im- mediately besot the Princess, --Wise ':their bits. There is•a leisurely -Atoll thin' .gh-the . generation and in the Itill.expectaii . , Ft of tid.:. _phassantry, and -along :the .snugly,sh elteract -: cages ;inwhich1 whigh are. housed, the ., Nekanleee birds Whieh were one of Sir 'Sung' Iialiadoor's gifts, II:The beat -pit- looked down ;in o, and , the bears coaxed to clinib the pole,' t • 6 doge .- -it . • ti - -- . • If . claim attention. `_ -Jung - and . Aa aY, - the noble -Himalayant -deerhounds - ela- --When :at has been alCorded,--411-66 -whi, 11 inoron;i-ifor liberationjandelftisiVelk: te 1 her . 130yal Highness 1:may . extend. •-. the shaggy Scotch terriers which have ee_ ted her The monkey -house cannot --. be passed &et- -- and &then the part with multitudinous mnititudineus dogs --asi-vciativuts, stro I awaY, to thafgardens;!-Wherell-WtPentiy h minCh. to.show,,new Indian plants 'develop expected characteristics ; cacti front Rangoon flourishing like. gree- .'bity•treee.;:- -add,- rare - , . . _. : .„ _ _ _ . „ flora from ....south America , puttin ' forth: - • quaint y beautiful: blo4Sonie„ . Frem-t e hot- honaes and garden's the pleasant pereg tiOn- ; is' pursued--tO the -farm-yard, where . ere:is quite l'e great' an emba:rras-tle -richeSee in •-the Where everything' is- as clean as A II V.. 04... air way of -things that ought to be Lieen,"-' d are . seen; .a in the .kennels or the garde si And The :Ng eroSitand the two. dainty„; evons that, --Al'e- in feeding next,-year's:Sin thfrekt :Club Show are paraded " and i critiCii . -;': the. --ptettyr 4Iderney calves find' -admii rs.•-and- conneir.seu.rs airiong- :the ladies; an liorseRtalls'are.fonndl in the ,ocanii: ion: of shaggy- lieratee ..ponies, and of the am of prettylpQrsidaus which, with. their mi iature . -drag„--.yrtere the Prince'S pitting ;re ent to .the EPrincess - it:the day he left Sandr ghain , for hisindia _tour; . IFrem. the Indi n'tbnit- s. loeks-lin:the Paddock it is but a itep. to _the : sheep -house, -.. Where - the Southdo s are feeding feedini for winning sIOnie more of th prizes : :the cinitificites of which -adorn the r ers' of:: " - ' if - - ' - - ' " — - ,their A lig Abode.: . While the gentle.en .are trauipil g it over the grassland to the site Of , the ne '• 'Werke whiCh.arepresently to upply::.: virgin_ pring:Water to hlie Hall and 'ths de- pendencies, the Princtss is -showing ' talier ' lady gesta her dainty- dairy, with [ e ex- quisitellittle tea-room attached, whose panels' are grielually being lilted -up .with Ato ye ,- _. de- corative -tiles._ .., : -- ' .. I.- . .Thelle iti no lack of Oectpation for ys not devoteq. to sport. .The_laboring folk , ;San- dringh': *parish haying beenall:conif rtably . the .. CO tage _arChitecture: and ace°. nieda- 1 --lionsect *n; model cottages; the reform ion" of r thin off the parish of Wolferton,,anini laying - portion of the estate, -is. PM fitqed 'j'be113$ 'procee4e1 with junder. the .peri8onal.. s tiervi-- sion. 1 of ;the 'Princess herself, who, e ts,:her fadedletierminedlY against defeetive.a d Un - :picturesque hoMes i for N her laboring' ao_Ple.:- '• At al : firm in his °WU hands in Wo erten-- ._sPhaorir+1.iiip'trnhess Prince -aithda.StiifgrasoM4allnie,- digr-ee - ring. a ; 'herd *-loie inflnenCe *list gradually nefit - :his neighbors, without the the ,expendi _,re Of 4 -lar it'r in. Sandringham is :the ' hosen - ILiensatt al prices for the fancy of AT den-. rural hotae. Of their Royal HighneSsei f-theY : :have iatched _it -grow linto beauty .2 their --: --childrerk grow up around .thiir. oWit,li arth ; - it is endeared to them As the I scene b much Sweet , serene happiness - and of - on. great . . : _trouble, the sorrow of Which was pier iffilly • turned to ' and in Sfindringhainit i given - to them-nor'dethey..teregothe eppo nnitY. ..r.g-,est4tiadiolg.reli, geod in: this their d y.._And . . . 1 •• - ...i.lo. .-4.: - , g un - Whales on the .California CoaJst. - . . Last week,- .says a _ recent number of the , _ .4tionterey C'-islifornian, one Portuguese fieh.er- j • 1, . i men killed. alarge female whale Of th Cali- il . ; . - - fornian :gray , species - (rhaehtaneetes -9 asa ) - -. about si ty.-feet: in length, being .some tWen•-; t ty-tWelfeet largerthan has eyet'. tbeeni killed , here befote,,the•. average of females_i-killed. being abdut fortylfeet. ,. After cutting °frt. e.' blubber,: they 'found- inside a -*earl --„fu , -grown-Inv:le calf; which- measured e. -hteen. feet from the end of its Pose to the .ti of its •tail, - orl, fluke, as the NKhaler6 Call it; e -cir- cumference -of the b tiY. at its .cente , nine feet; audit had two ridges_ on-th 'lower : , jaw. When brought On share it s 1.404; - three. feet of the unhilical - cord .attic i ed. to it;. .T.lie. whalebone' Oil its uPtjei.' la was , soft ani white;- the tongue, Irate - 'in soft; - the eye's, neatly.', full. size,- &bout as 0 aiii.ea CoW'S";fand the skin of - a . dark: - toivii,- : mottled. 'white.:- -, It hadnd dorsal fin. . :The _ . 'fenial, -jvhe# with :_yOung, -generall keep -bfralicive when _ On their way- down .. BO 6)4 to •"bring them :forth inthe warm. waters of, the 'bays of tower California, where they emain all viiiter And 'go north in the spring ,The •i-fema1ewhen With calf, are danger 13-, ' AS_,_ =they often attack the boats of the "W gets. - :The wri, 'ei.. Once .saw:- i'. boat out co letely , Iii two $y the _finkee af one Of theta .._sthaies,- : --avi it :14ciked as if it t had been choped in two by dull dull axe; and several . Of. tltr, -men were 771punded; -. The . term of .gestailion,ls. -. about -,.oine: year. 'Formerly- these -4iarine nionster;. were -o. numerous in ionterey- Bay 4 :that Wh lers would fill: up lying at ' a ohor; .- . Oftentiines they would-- be seen iipla g in - .- the surf and rolling -the barhacles Qff ot their sides and back; op the sa , d beach-- ' odd -. 17-7 . _ way ofiieratehing theinselstes. . Married rOliteneSs- -Will you r- asked a -pleasant VOICe And the husband answered "Yes, 1117. dear, with pleasure. It waS quietly but heartily said ; th tone, the Monter: the look,were perfectly ,4 - tural.' - and very affectionate.; -= We :•though :haw .pIeasant that courteous reply—how tityt- nig mist it be to the wife! Many husbands Of ten' years' 'experience- are ready e ongb.; with the courtesies of politeness t the young, ladies of their -acquaintance hila they speak with abruptness to the.Wif and, _ do ina4 rude little'thingsWithout co i ider- - ingtheni worth an apology. The • str ger, . whom they have seen but yesterday, lis- tened tot, with deference; alid,1 althou the subject may .not be of the pleasantest'n -with a ready 'smile. while the poor w q, if she relates- a domestic grievance, issn bbed or listen'ecl towith ill-cOnceared iinpat ence- , - * * uitrian -Goverrithent - Tifi- for fYing . . if _ various n the Italian Tyrol And fOrt1.14. I-. - .4 I • - in laddflien, are to be'constMeted. Agar 36k- • -*elk; in the.lra ST of Adige: -.;.4i 'near - -.. : Y -ergine and .-Ver25no.: , • • - One flour, -tw one ho • . .. - One g lon of cold w ter, one pound. 0 ' beefand, , o tablespoonfuls of 11CP. 'Let this andboil, ‘ :8 thoeetvii addlg_ an --taomtot, b48`il 4-101_ hour. Peel -71:01:11: - •.: ' ' ' ht - ' them in ' - water ; ad.d theni to the -isoupWithssetteon. - of Salt A A:pepper 3, - -Stir it -frequentl4 iy - - .„ _ all9tkelf bUr 4 then Serve. .__ . - - . . - . • SERF. BALLS.; Take alpiecetof beef boik&tender'chop it 'finely wilt - an onion, season- with salt and pepper, IA d parsley, -bread crumbs, lemon . - peel -and]. ated nutmeg; 'Moisten it with an egg, mix„ it Well togeather and roll it into balls. '_:'.t.' en dip them into. flour, fry in boil: ' ing_lard.0 ; fresh drippings. Sert,eviitlittitick-. 'ened. b dim gravy or fried breadnibs. . -. RAISED MUFFINS. - • Fiat-A.)4n litlorgn ruigittm.--, 4 of milk-, three eggs; ..-Woi.:Caps -.Cups of - -apples • cut srnaU. Bake Eat with sauce. fOlEF SOUP. • , _.= pile- q art' mu, three.--quarte..rabf-A cup o yeast.,1 ) tablespoonfulsof sugar, one of but- ter (or other shOrtening), one .teaspoonful of • salt, tw+leggs, and flour to make , a :batter, -., not to$ ftiff to stir'witli a spoon. Set all to , rise ._ ov I. night, omitting the eggs until - morning, when they shOuld be .beaten vvell• .. - an Bake about twenty -minutes' in • . _ . _ .:11; qIIIC Ven. -.1 . . c , ' , , . • . ' ' COLLARED SPROUTS Pic -- vet 'carefully, lay iu cold Slightl lted for aii.hour, shake in. a c n- er to 4 i and poit it into boiling water, , teping I, a fast boil until tender. A piece , of pork "basons them -pleasantly ; but in this , caseput he meat on.flrst, adding the sprouts , when P boiled and-000kirig them to-gether.: Boil in .h uncovered vessel- :-drain very well ;- chop ap1. heap in Athsh,laying the meat on . top. LEMON of Sbtuitr tgaenthedlite° tae•aegr-uepanif ulliernoiefEt_ata ' u cia r wet a:. tablesp6�nful of coin starchin cold. water, : then sti into arenp="of boiling water, and Mix - all withj he butter and sugar and let _cool. . Grate t1 outer rind of one lemon, and mix 'with a 11 beaten -egg. - Remove the white innerrj4'of your lemon, take out the seed and cho c - the remainder line, then stir allthe .ingred. its together, And. bake without a top crust-- ' -001,BREAD. . This CeliIt IS :froin. the '1St; Charles Hotel, New Q ns: -Beat two 'eggs very light; mix th r With one pint of buttermilk or sour ' milk, one pint-----iof yellow sifted Indian - meal, - Melt one -tablespoonful of butter and - , _- - one teas °Will of salt ' .:-. Add to the mixtnre, Dissol one teaspoonful - of Soda in -A ,smali portion ' of the milk, --And add the last thing. -.Beat very 14-14, And bake in 4 pan, in a brick oven, .ah4ufr three-quarters of an hour„• , 1 , 'Thiali a very -simple receipt; but:a ,very . panuseful c d. ,- 90_ m totbSainiount of ,gravydesired. ,- Put.:aliinip of butter into A fry, , . ._ , • When it A meltedAredgebrownflour over it.. -- and stir. ' a smooth batter until it. "begins - to :boiL Ue it to color -gravies and, ..-14 -fact,. - if.canbl sauce la required to be stroing .and * de -int.7-8,_atica. ; otaimost anything: ' :,l'eagin+eittn? 'i'o- r a -glaas -af; wine may be -added; ry, 'onion; _ vinegar, :Drown sugar, .but thatfriil be accoiding to the purpose it _ =- . , - . . is rep; r for. - - - ' - -' ., • . - , - - : - , :Gra7-. littl-e°Fi'o-f -Th.: PiARutsTic18.e Of an Prange, , squee.4 , e juice into. a -dish, put the peel." - into wat, and change it often-forlonr Avg, _then put t into a saucepan of boiling -water on fir ; change the water twiCe to take. .' *a :4 ..i goltti : dt oiutbh1 eenput.-refinedji4 !ill the r ptpo -syrup,-44_;•oi1.. 1 Mit the tterness;_ and when tender Wi • And heat liem in A_ fine Mortar. Boil th 'into thei. rts; squeeze in the jnice And.- hike ny -.all±tOget er -tilt Idear,_, .Wheit:,--Oeid put it iii:a`quic oven: _ ervesisof lirange =Haiti: . good t , $ ._ ' - • • .1.1OW ITO 'BROWN -PUTT_ ZJI. n Intelligent Watch. _ Mark,_ am has---_-beentitaininiug a curious. watch At jeweler's iii New Haven, .Conn., :which he, escribeszras follows: • I Wig examined, the wonderful watch made by 1. Motile, and it comes nearer be- ing a linm n being than any piece Of mechan- ism I e,rWr saw before. It knows consider. ableinohan-the-,average. voter- It knows. the mo ents, Of the moonand e day pofer_ptheetnh e and .this , • d, the second,- and splits .the-see-- aulhde inarks the ata:y•i,sithone,_ it;mo anYikdasesu:Init I 1 .f e ollarvaicilig,htowrseslitotPhliat4u,sdsta'ritt-:-Ocre- after :th- it is -a repeater,-wherein!the, - '- ,voter is s getiteaTagain; musically chimes the hour, he -quarter, the -half, the three- -quarter ,hjrnr,and also -the minutes that have 'passed Of uncompleted quarter hour—so that a biThd inan can tell the tiine -4 day by. fo theAlcact minute. _ - • f"Sucii is this extraordinarywatcb... It phers t< idmiration should think one ,,..could ad! neither -wheel and make it read. and ,writ ; still another and Make it talk ;think one_might take out sever- -al of Cite heels that are already in it, and it would till be a more -inteJligenf citizen than io that help to govern the country. On the whIe, I think it is entitled to vote-, that is, f jts sex is the right kind." _ T_ hock that. Killed a Bishop Wiiliam Sinocit has long been look, ea- upon'a a liberal Mormon, becausehe has kepthin 4elf free •-'front. the- -polygamous . _ abomma �n, and has also condemned Brig- - :ham -TO" _s systematic robbing of the poot t.tpeople,,_ _wife was a very superior wo - Man; and hey had lived. happily together, • • raising a arge family_ of. children.. -Bithop. -Smoot •often been heard to say that po- lygamy . 13 an _invention of the evil One ancl his e had as often said that US intr.° - &her house would kill ..her, but -still she id not -amain that such in _event was ev.n a -possibility... About two months .aga,-,how er, without; her knowledge, Smobt. took a qodcubine, and brought her into the - house witi his wife, ho :was in delicate health al ithe time. Th terrible'shOck vir- tually killed her. She gave birth to her fourteenchild, -failed rapidly, and. went'. ;to join tlo throngof brokenhearted women in the graveyard. on the- ; ^ "7 I