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' MISCELLANEOUS. ( A Chlnoso boy nt Pukln repeated the entire New Testament without missing a word or making a mistake A curious child ha boon discovered In la Philadelphia hospital. It isaliv- Jng skeleton, Its arm and logo not laving a particlo of llnh upon them, bothlng but the covering of akin. The child' actions are very much like those bf a monkey. IMadelphia Pre. San Francisco has a Girls' Union, where young women recolve board and lodging if unable to pay for It, are put f n the way of finding work, and gen erally watched over. Classes In house keeping, sowing, dress-making and the like are about to be started. There are lour hundred members of the union. The first "paid for" and published ndvertisomen In a newspaper was as follows: "Lost on the 10th of April last, off Mr. Shinpcn's wharf In Boston, Two Iron Anvils, weighing between 120 and 140 pounds each. Whoever lias tnken them up, and will bring or give true Intelligence of them to John Campbcl, portmaster, shall have a eufflciont reward. N. Y. Tribune ) Some months ago John Quick, of lltupert, Pa., took Kowzeh, a lifteon-year-old Indian boy from the school at Carlisle under Indentures. The lad ilidn't take kindly to farm work and civilization, and was so homesick and pined so for western life that Mr. tuiek decided to take him back to Car lisle. Kowzeh didn't want to go back to the school, but the farmer insist id, ind the two went to the depot. When -the train rolled In the boy plunged from the platform to the rails and was crushed to death by tlio locomotive. JftiUuelpliia 1'rty. A falile: An e-itimableold ground Slog, wishing to ascertain the opinions of the neighbors about himself, hud a bogus congestive chill, and, falling to the ground, pretended to be dead. Ho was buried the following day, but scratched bis way out of the gravo and went in disguiso to hoar his own funeral sermon preached. The dis course was so complimentary that tiie ground-hog was puffed up with vanity, and, having bought a cane and an- eye glass, ho became adtido. Moral This fable teaches the dangor of flattery. Life. An Incident In Now York pioneer life may show what limns were m 181X): "My mother said to hor nearest neigh bor, a Mrs. . Ron, living a milo and a half distant: 'I have got a fleece now, for I havo carded tho colt and picked tho wool out of an old bed quilt and am making stockings.' Mrs. Ron replied: So have I pot a fleece, for I shaved cur dog, and with wool from a Wl blanket will soon have a pair of stock ings, too.' " A short timo aftor that the whole neighborhood' footed it four miles to sou two sheep, so great was the tight. AT. Y. Mail. At a reunion of M9ors in San Fran Cisco it was told that in the good old pioneer days John Little built a bridgo across the American Fork which cost 920,0(10 and received toll of I ttO a dav; that throe men came Into Mr. Little"1 tore oiio day from Dutch Cannon with 4.i0 pounds of gold, which they ;got by a few days' work near Grnon wood, El Dorado County. Julian Martin sold common hlokory shirts at f:)0 apiece. Also how ad Australian doctor treatod a man at Coloma for a felon on his thumb and after curing liiiu charged a $3,500 foe. Son Fran cisco Chronicle. Near tho parish church In the littlo town of San Miguel, in Mexico, hang two bells that are objects of supersti tion to tho simple inhabitants of tho place. For a long time past these bolls liave been gradually rising and on a certain day every year the priest makes his measurements and calls attention to the miracle. Unfortunately a prying correspondent recently took it into Irs lioad to investigate the matter. Mo found that tho bulls wore attached to a beam, tho ends of which restJ in the forks of two trees which lit fro.v'mg carried the bells upward. m ' LAKE WETTERNi? A Hit of KncUn I TrHlntiS to III Mlilille ( Hvm.lcii, One portion of the canal that lying between l.uko Welt .rn and Lake Roxou was perhaps tho most beautiful of all. The water was above tho level of tho land, and we looked down upon a road overshadowed by trees, with a charm ing country beyond, and ferlilo gardens adorned with profusions of flowers of rich color t hat scented tho air wo passed through. There wore velvety lawns and park-liko grounds, and orchards laden with cherry trees. We had found nothing prettier of Its kind; nothing that looked no much like a delicious nit of Kngland transplanted to tho middle of Sweden, nourishing under northern skies. F.very one went Into a series of crescendo harmonies of rapture, which the Swedish ladies turned into FF dis cords its they were wafted out of reach of those tantalizing cherry orchards. Oil some portions of our journey tho Woods were magnificent ; largo, tine tree stretching far as the eye could reach, mtuy of them oaks of splendid grow Ui. When night had fallen we reached a pot where seven locks had to be passed, giving time for a walk under the stars. Yet few wore enterprising enough to leo the vessel. Tall trees lined the- roadside. We went down the rap idly descending pathway, leaving the steamer behindus. She looked weird and monstrous in the surrounding darkness, yet cheerful with all her side light, and mast lights And eabin lights red, green and white -flashing out in the Iti si kne.ss of night. And watching, every now and then, as one lock was cIonoI sud another opened, one saw her gradually descending as by some mysterious process, ten feet in the world; then moving on to the next lock; and there staliouary again for a time. I We ramo to tho end of the road, and apparently to the end of all things. A tiny pier and a miniature lighthouse, from which flashed a beacon over the waters of Lake Roxen. There was not a creature in light, not a sound to be JieanL not a nightbird to cleave the air with startling cry. hoisted, inti- fiitely sad and solitary looked the lake, t near waters dimly lighted by the lamp in that imall lighthouiej. Arg oty. A PRECIOUS MACHINE. Tha Modmt SJtatemenU of a Blrletly Truthful Hardware Clerk. It was" plain to soo by his looks and actions that he had no . idea of pur chasing a lawn-mower. He might, possibly, havo boon arguod into buying two papers of tacks for Ave cents, or a luramcr thermometer at slaughter prices, but it wasn't likely that he even had a lawn to mow. And yet he came to a sudden halt before a hardware store, slid up to three or four spociraen mowers on exhibition, and a minute later he was making a close examina tion. A clerk camo out and said: 'Good morning. We have a few left, but they are going like hot cakes." The man seizod the handle of one ol the mowers and pushed the machine back and forth. "Any child can run it," observed the clerk, "and you notice that It makes no more noiso than a sewing machine." The man upset the machine on its back and spent three minutes investi gating. Nothing to get out of order, sir," continuedthe clerk as he bowed to a good-looking woman. "We warrant this machine for two years, and will rcnlaco any part that breaks." The man stood the machine up on one wheel and squinted and examined some more. "Cuts through the hcaviost grass and cuts closer than any other machine made. We are willing to let you have it for a week on trial. Tho man Counted the placos for oil ing tho bearings. There were four of them. "Over oighteon thousand of theso machines were sold last year," said the clerk, as he menaced a dog with a hoc-handle. "It has taken more first class tireiniums than anv other ma chine in the world. The best is always tho choapest." Tho man pushod the machine a few feet away from him. thrust his hands deep Into his pockets and soomod about to whistle, but he didn't." "1 can give you a list of two hundred and thirty prominent citizens who have used them, said the clerk, as ho flirted with a woman on a passing street car. "Don't bo docoived into buying an in ferior machine. The lawns of tho no bility of Kngland aro mowed with this machine." Tho man suddenly advanced and seized tho handle of tho machine. "This machine sharpens itself, and tho only care noodod is to oil It now and then. Those who have used them the longest would not part with them for double tho cost prico." Tho machine was pushed and pulled. "We not onlyguarantoo tho machine but tho price shall be mado perfectly satisfactory," said the clerk, as he waved off a boot-black. "What is the use of paying twenty dollars for a lawn mower which will get out of order in half an hourP Beware of base imita tions. Thoro are machines in this market which aro not worth tho cost of sending homo by an express wagon. Lot mo have your number and 1 wili send this one up on trial. If it doesu't work " The clerk turnod to look for the man but ho had been gone a luinuU and a half. Detroit Free Press. BRAVE YEOMEN. Washington's Prophetic Kiclaiuatlnn Aft er the llattle of Hunker Hill. It was tho loth day of Juno, 1773, thatGuorgo Washington was chosen Commander-in-Chief of tho Amoricnu army. Tho next day ho mado his answer to Congress, in which ho de clared ho accepted tho office but that ho would take no pay. Ho left Phila delphia on his way to Boston, Juno 21, escorted by a troop of horsemen and accompanied by Schuyler and Lee, who had just been made Major-Generals by Congress. They had gono about twenty miles when thoy saw a man on horseback coming rapidly down the road. It was a messenger riding post haste to Philadelphia and carrying to Congress news of the battle of Hunker Hill. . Everybody was stirred by the news and wanted to know the particulars. "Why were the Provincials compelled to retreat?" ho was asked. "It was for want of ammunition," ho replied. "Did thev stand the iiro of tho regu lar troops?'' asked Washingtou, anx ious! v. "'l'hat they did and held their own firo in reserve until tho enemy .va within eight rods." ' "Then tho liberties of tho country are safe!" exclaimed Washington, lie remembered well tho scenes under Braddock and he knew what a sight it must havo been to those New England farmers when a compact body of uni formed soldiers came marching up from tho boats at Charlostown. If they could stand fearlessly there was stuff in them for soldiers. llorace E. ScudiLr, in SI. Nicholas. A Man Who Loved His Prison. Warden MoComb, of the California State prison at Fulsoin, has been plan ning extensive improvement in the priion grounds and has had tho hearty co-oporation ot Harry, the convict gardener. At tho height of the work Harry's torra expired, and though he bogged hard to stay, he was sent to San Francisco a free man. Within ten days a deputy sheriff brought Harry back. "1 ve come to stay this time, General," ho shouted, gleefully; "thev ain't smart enough to Keep mo awa from tho garden." He bad pleaded guilty to thefts enough to get a very long sentence within his beloved prison walls. Sacramento Dee. Judge Clayton, of Pennsylvania, has decided the great Darlington butter case. Tho Darlington Brothers had been using as a trade mark an imprint on their butter rolls, the device boing a cornucopia, with the makers' namo un dorneatn. Ai the butter rose in publio favor, fanners in the vicinity used the same Imprint, and the Darlingtons sued them. The Judge decided the case against the farmer. 1'hiladclpMa ;. THE LICK TELESCOPE. Intereitlac Polnta About the Largest In atrument of the Kind Kver Made. Passongors out of Boston on tho Bos Ion & Albany railroad may have noticed just across the Chnrles river, at the first bridge out of the city and opposite Cot tago Farm station, a handsome resi dence, and back of it a low, round-top observatory, and outside, near it. a long white model of a telescope, and in the same yard two-story brick building. The building is the factory where the great Russian telosoope was made, as well as many others also famous, and where work lis now going on for the Lick telescope, which will be the largest In the world. Of the two discs of glass, each one yard in diameter, for the Lick telescope, the flint glass has been made a long time, but the crown glass, although ordered five, years ago, was only received by the Clarks in September last. It was made, after repeated trials and failures, at an establishment near Paris, the only one that could get out such a piece of work. Each glass cost $25,000 in the rough, and they can not be finished before fall. At first, machinery could do a little rough grading, but for months past the bare hand only has been used in apply ing tho polishing substance, which is rough. The glasses havo now reached a stago where the removal of the small portion of the surfaco in the wrong i.Iaeo would ruin them. They are fro- IlllCIUiy MWU, BUt 111 viiuibi ... frame, called a coll. No instruments ran lie used for the test, but tho long experience of the Clarks has given tlieiu a judgment which is unerring. The lets will bo mado in the model of the tel scope outside the building. This model is of the size of the proposed Lick telescope and is fifty-seven foot 1 nr. Theso two lenses are set six Inches apart in their iron frame, t.hich has openings to allow cf tho glasses being properly tleaned on each side. Lenses and frame together weigh over 700 pounds. While .every thing now appears to be perfect, some slight defect in the glass (tint has not yet appeared, or an acci dent, may rendor useless all the labor of months. When completed tho great telescope will be placed in the observa tory on Mount Hamilton, in Santa Clara County, Cal. Mr. James Lick left $700, DiH) in his will for tho purpose of con structing the necessary building and "for a telescope superior to and more powerful than any jot made." An as tronomer has statod that his telescope tvill bring tho moon, 240.000 miles dis tant,, within, apparently, a hundred miles of tho beholder. It will cost f)0, D00, and will be covered by a steel dome Seventy-five feet in diameter, weighing ninety-five tons. Besiders tho observa tory there aro many other buildings, con taining all tho valunblo instruments necessary for a complete establishment to carry out Mr. Lick's intentions. The ritizena of Santa Clara County have built a road to tho summit of the moun tain, at a oost of $78,000. Hartford Post. t ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Gallant Vlotlmi Claimed by the lniatlata North role. There is a terrible fascination about Arctic exploration which riot alt the dread tragodies that mark its history, tho hundreds of victims offered up to tho Moloch of the North, the many gal lant hearts that became forever still in tho regions of eternal ico, can check. Melville, who might bo supposed to have had enough of polar experience during that awful winter on. tho Siberian (oast when tho Jcannctto was lost, has been impatient ever since to head an expedition in search of that death-inclosed point of latitude where never observation has been taken nor tho far of any nation lias waved. Tho ex-engineer of the Jcannctto has sought in vain for linan tul aid for this pet project of his, but tho most liberal friends of geographical d'seovery have been deterred by the fate of tho Jeannotto andGreely expeditions, and tho vnrious Governments which once encouraged those enterprises now look upon them with distrust and dread. Colonel Gilder, who was with tho Rodg pr nt Wrangel Island and traversed bibcriu after the burning of the vessel, r.owproposrs to set out with a party of Esquimaux in the direction of the polo. A United States naval officer has also Started on a similar expedition. What a long and glorious reond of adventure, heroism, suffering and death Arotio exploration furnishes since tho Norsemen and Icelanders first entered Baffin's. Bay over eight centuries ago. History can boast of no nobler list than that of tho hardy voyagors who braved tho terrors of tho sea of ice and pono trated tho regions of eternal silence. Tho Cabot, who dscovored this conti nent, Sir Hugh Willoughby and Wil liam Barents, tho first victims of that deadly clime, Henry Hudson, whose discovery of the river and bay that b.'.ar his namo overshadows his "daring ex plorations bevond'Smith Sound; Ross, Parry, Franklin. MeClure, MoClintock, Kane, Hayes, Hall, DoLong, Greoly, Schwatka and Nordenskjold aro names that will rank as high as those who led armies or marshalled fleets in line, of battle. It seems useless to utter warn ings to the Arctio adventurer. The polo draws him toward it as the needle, even though the pathway be that of death. The stories of fearful suffering, tho stout vessels which have been caught in the deadly embrace of the ice lloes, tho numerous graves that dot every headland looking out on the frozen wa ters and the idiattored constitutions of those who roturned from the polar re gions, havo no effect upon Arctio explo ration. Like tha Minotaur, tho insatiate fiolo claims its quota of victims rrgular y. Colonel Gilder and Enginoer Peary, however, will not take any crews with them, but propose to rely entirely upon the natives. That is an improvement upon former expeditions. Albany Ar- gus. i The rights of husbands are rapidly becoming obsolete. A New York court has decided that the action of a wife throwing hor husdand'i pants out ot a, window is not sufficient grounds on which tbe husband can procure a di rorco. iV. Y Tribune. JOHN STUMP'S GOLD. The Tenant of An Old Maryland Manalon Suddenly Becomes Jtlch. When old John Stump died in the sarlv part of the present century at his Home at Stafford, ten miles north , of this place, writes a Havre, de Grace (Md.) correspondent, his heirs were surprised that they did not find piles of glittering gold stowed away in tho little Iron safe in which it was thought that he had been heaping thousands for years. Instead they found bundles of mortgages, aeeas, promissory uuin and other papers which certified his fortune to be $700,000. Satisfied with this snuff inheritance, they soon forgot thoir disappointment in not discovering the bags of gold. When, twenty-five years ago, the house, came into the pos- BUnsiUU VI 1141. omuip a titi"'.i.Q'., Mrs. Smithsonj of Cecil County, the story of the buried treasure existed in the neighborhood merely as a tradition. A few years ago Mrs. Smithson hand ed the old homestead over to the care of a tenant named Wilson. He was told by his neighbors of the tradition about the buried gold. He was too practical to give credence to the stories, but they had a different offect upon Mr. Wilson's brother Alexander, who spent bis time perusing tho old books And pa pers which he found stored away in the garret Two or three weeks ago, while Mr. Wilson was looking through a ponderous old book he founa a sup oi 1 .... . , 1 - M paper which inuicatea uio location oi hiilden treasure. ' ' " " Two days later a big hole was seen by a neighbor in tho garden of tho old Stump farm. At tha bottom of the ex cavation was a cavity from which a box about eighteen inches square was re moved. There were no bits of wood in tho hole, and from this fact it is belioved that tho box must have been a mctallio one. Farmer Wilson's wife, to whom tho discovery of the gold ha 1 boon re lated, had become so overburdened with the secret that she had to get another woman to help her keep it And the lucky discovery which the Wilson fam ily intended should bs kept a secret has now become publio property. They feared that the heirs of Mr. Stump would claim the money and that they might bo deprived of their suddenly ac quired wealth. Mrs. Wilson said that the amount dug up was $150,000 in gold, but it is generally belioved by those who have made est. mates of the contents of the box that about $50,000 was found, and certainly not more than $75,000. At any rate the Wilson family is comfortably fixed and the object of their neighbors' envy. Tho slip of paper is alsd said to ex plain why Mr. Stump buried his money. In 1812 a British fleet entered tho Chesa peake Bay, and after burning the Capi tol buildings at Washington sailed for Baltimore. While General Ross pre pared to attack that city he sent detach ments northward along the wostern shore of the Chesapeake to burn the town and private residences. A portion of this town was reduced to ashes and soveral dwellings on the outskirts were sacked and burned. Among these was the house of Admiral Rodgers, of the United States Navy. His silver was ti ken, but before the war was over the Admiral captured a British ship, on which he found his stolen silver. Gov ernor Trazen lod the militia against the invaders. Old John Stump, who was then much cnfeeblod by age, learned that stories of bis famous wealth had reached the ears of the British at this place, and that they contemplated an attack upon his house to rob iiim of his gold. To save his money he burned it. The intended attack was never mado, and it is supposed that Mr. Stump was satisfied to have his treasure remain where he had concealed it, and tbnt ho died before he concluded to resurrect it It is also thought that ho feared a sud den death, and to leave some knowledge behind him of tho buried money lie placed tho slip of paper in the book. Mr. Stump mado his money from tho flour-mills which he built along Deer creek, a narrow but swift stream which emptied into the Susquehanna. The farmers of Herford and Cecil Counties, this Stato, and of the southern counties of Pennsylvania brought thoir gram to tho Stump mills to be ground. Ho was also a slaveholder and a farmer on an extensive scale. During the war of the revolution and of 1812 his tlo;ir sold as high as one hundred dollars a barrel. He was tho wealthiest man of tho sjc t!on, and he dispensed hospitality with an open hand. His home was the resort of the old revolutionary heroes, who gathered around his sumptuous board and related thoir experiences, and told how, half-oquiped and poorly clad, they had cleared out tho red-coals in many engagements. Some of Mr. Stump'sde ccndantshave occupied the most prominent positions in tho State. His grandson, Ilenry W. Archor, of Bel Air, is one of its best known lawyers, and could have been elected Governor had he wished to re linquish his lucrative, law practice. An other grandson is Stovcnson Archor, cx nicmbor of Congress and now State Treasurer. Another descendant is the late A. II. Stump, president of a Balti more bank, while two others have sat on tho judicial benches of the State. Miss Stump, formerly a Herford County belle, is t, ) wife of Admiral Le Rov, of New York, and another member of the family is tho wifo of Mr. Murray, of the same city. Mr. Stump's surviving heirs will make no effort to recover the money which Alexander Wilson luckily fouud. N. Y. World, m In the Nick of Time. A correspondent in Montana, telling of the fortuitous discovery of silver mines, relates this incident: A t ospect or iu New Moxico with the honored name of John Quincy Adams fou .d his haversack on fire, his prospector's glass having fooused the sun's rays upon it As tho haversack contained about a dozen pounds of powder he dropped it and trot out of the war in a hurrv. It j foil into a crevice, and a large mass of rov KM uiruwu up. Auams roiurnea mournfully to gather up what might bo left of his effects, and found an exceed ingly rich rein of ore which tho explo sion had exposed to riew. He sold a third interest in his find for sixteen thousand dollars, and very consistently named the mine "The Nick of Time." N. Y. Sun. MILLIONS IN PICTURES.' Pure Art Trea.urei In the Callerlea ol New York Millionaire. . "New York is becoming one of the rro,.j.t art centers in the world," Bald a dealer in fine pictures recently. . a I !.. . "Surely $10,000, 000 anuprooauiy iii, are invested in the pictures which hang on the walls of private gallorios in this city. The majority of these pictures are, however, the production of foreign artists, although there is quite a large number from the studios of American artists. ..iiM-in, tho mint, law rears there has been a marked and rftpid advance in the knowledge and appreciation oi mi i- ..,niir Thin is in the main iu una wuhmj. - t due to the frequency with which Amer icans make European vouia mm the foreign studios and galleries, Americans have thus been enabled to study the works of the old masters as well as tho modern school. The result has been that they purchase more in telligently and "discriminatory. The pictures ineighteen private galleries in this citv are actually worth 6,O00,00J. "Can" you tell mo about some of the finest collections in the city ?" asked tho scribe. "I can tell you of some of those on urhmh nvnr Stl no. 000 have been ex pended. The gallery of the late William n. Vamlerbiit heaus uio usu i ne pict ures which hang on tha walls on the Fifth avenue mansion are estimated at $1,000,000. In all there are about 150 works "Mr. Cornelius Vandebllt's gallery is worth $80.),000. In the collection of Mrs. Marshal O. Roberts, which is worth 8300,000, ara works by Moisso nier, Paul do la Roche, Stevens, Clay, Schreyer, Hans Van Marcke, Gerome, Detaillo, C. L. Millet. Bcsidcs those are the historical pieces, 'Washington Crossing tho Delaware,1 by Lent.; Church s 'Under Niagara' and 'Sunset in the Tropics,' and several examples of Troyon, Meyer von Bremen, Florent Willems, Verboecknoven, George II. B jughton over two hundred works. Mrs. Alexander T. Stewart is the owner of Rosa Bonheur's celebrated 'Horse Fair,' valued at $50,000; Meissonicr's grandest picture, the 'Battle at Fried land, for which the artist was paid $60,000; Geromo's 'Death of the Gladia tor' and 'Chariot Race,' a grand Knaus, a fine Erskine Nicol, several Troyons nnd Mackays, two fine Zamacoises, Church's 'Niagara,' the picture which first brought "that artist prominently Ut.tnn fliu miKlin tlVA llir(rA ItniKTIlOr eaus, two large Millets in all about 200 pictures, valued a nearly halt a million Holl ira Afru. Rnhnrt L. Stuart has about 150 pictures, a number of which are by American artists, iney ara vulliml 'fit n limit ''.'0.000. Ml'S. Catherino L. Wolfe has a collection of 120 works, valued at $450,000. "Judge Hilton owns a gijand Detaillo, nrl AYumnlna nf NfnnlfACZV. Rontrhton. Bridgoman, Dupre, Jacque, Ziem, Ach- CL1!SUI11, XJ't Afela.vut, J. about 150 paintings, valued at $200,000. "Mr. August Belmont's pictures are selected with great care. There are in all about too works, ana they are worm over mw.uuu, "Mr. Jay Gould has a very tine collec tion. About 120 paintings adorn his walls, and the lowest estimate to put on thoir worth is a quarter of a million dollars. "In Mr. John Jacob Astor's gallery there are Gerorae's 'The Death of Ciesar,' Charlos L. Millet's 'The Roll Call,' a grand Vibert and examples of Stdon, Madrazo, Hector Leroux, Preyer, Meyer von Bremen and others. The collection is worth $200,000. "Mr. William Astor has examples of Troyon, Meissonier, Cabanel, Munk aczy, Selon, Van Marcke, Toulmouchn, Schreyer, Doniingue,. Hector Leroux, Madrazo, Bousrueroau about a hun dred pictures in all, worth $:300,000. Other valuable collections are Mr. Jeremiah Millbank's, worth $150,000; Mr. Albert Spencer's, worth $250,000; Mr. Josiah M. Fiske's, worth f lOO.OOOj Mr. Heber R. Bishop's, worth $150,000; Mr. William Ro:ikafeller's, worth $300. 00i. and Mr. Mills', valued at $200,000." A'. Y. Mail and Express. m - WHALE-CATCHING. An Auliunl Vt luine Camas In Worth Fire ThouiuaJ Dollars. "What is tin pro?oss of catjliiug whales?" inquired tho reporter who saw Mr. Robertson yesterday. "With tho harpoon." ho responded, "to which is attaohed a gun containing a bomb. As soon as the harpoon strikes the whalo tho gun is discharged and the bomb explodes, its contents entering the mammoth nnd sometimes instantly killing it, but often wound ing it so tint it goes down, often as far as forty fathoms, and tiny dio under water. If it dies on top the body re mains floating." "What is dono when the whale dives?" "O, they pay out the lino, and the fishers await his coining to the top. But frequently ho has to be hauled up." "Is there much danger in the busi ness of whale-killing?" "A great deal, sometimes. The ani mal we oftener call him an animal than a fish is maddened by the wound and furiously lashes tho water, many times upsetting the boat-s and duck ing and sometimes drowning his assail ants." "After the killing, what is done with the animal?" "When he reaches the top, and after ha is dead, he is cut up and lan led on the deck of the vessol. There the car cass is put through the process of be ing rendered into oil and extracting the bones." "How is that dono?" "The blubber is cut into pieces about two fcet long and six inches wide; these chunks are again sliced and put into pots and rendered for oil. All the bone taken out is the jaw. This latter is purchased by an extensive French firm, who convert it into threads, dresses, fans and numerous other arti cles. An immense business is carried on in whalebones, and fortunes have been made by those engaged in it" "What do you suppose sinflc whale will yield?" "O. I guess about five thousand dol lars." Salt Lake Herald. ' RUSSIAN COURT LlFf Brilliant FeitWltles Arrant I'leaure-LoTlnt Ctari, l'he court festivities at St Pi have boon more brilliant durij j reign of the present Emperor thJj have boon for some year, ' j Alexander II. This is chlliS the Empress. Czar Alexander fli fond of pomp and show, who was Drokon down by uu" " "" Drom. Dress, on the other haml i.VrW appearance and in all hnr u.9 highest type of a bright, lovel,, adored by all who know h ..N exempt from the gossip of'd,.! tors. In Nihilistic papers sometimes been called the L1 Marie Antoinette, and she lt: many characteristics which u! comparison between her andthj,' llallj lliuuoan, uui sue 1) great female weaknesses of the t of the irench revolution. ThiF.. is the inspiriting center of th..' --.!.!.! .1 - .!.!. .1 ""'4 leiu vines, mail wuiuii noihinjj,. conceivcu uwid p,ijf aim orillum first court ball of the season, tot some tnree tuousami Invitation l.ann.l iii'nriu.wl aw..I . mi, tending it by its groat ineie are iew princely xttA in Kuropo which could compared to the winter pali, spaciousness and beauty, and th, pression is still more deepened ! stranze uniforms and costume. Asiatic, and tho rich joweUwithi, the ladies toilets are eltW' adorned. A name, however maybe, counts for nothing fori sion to the court, and it iionlij rank of the husband which difcj the admission of his wife and d. Ii.ra 'n Prinne mjv pluim tim ) unless he occupies some ponit army or in tho Stato, and his only bo presented at court after I become Colonel in tho Guards obtained a high place in the cit vice. The only exception i when a man has been Imperii! 4 tant or Chamberlain, or when 1 , has been lady-in-writing tothi; press, whon the privilege or pry tion is given to her, irrespectired husband's position. But whe'ie is ever invited to court festivitia, is a different question. Tobopn at court, however, is not worth t The shining lights of societrim who are invited to the sniallpr court balls. Many of the higbw officials do not belong to the rul" circle. There is, for instance, tk eign Minister, M. do Giers, who, apart from other consideration,! eluded as too German in his id Minister of tho Interior, Count! who stands high abovo the cour ety by reason of his exalted 1 ideas; the Minister of War, H'l nofiki, who is quife a homow society, and manv othermeninnf lllU JJUPlllUIIIf. j!lipt'IU 1: them as faithful servants and eir councilors, but that is all. Tho Empress is passionately k all the pleasures of the winter 1 whether they are dancing, skafc sleighing on the ice-hills, and; graceful on her skates as she L'iig, ball-room and on horsaback.-', terstmrg Hor. Voiojne uaseiu. THE NEZ PERCES, Life Among the Indian TrllMtdbri cltlo Coast. The Indians of this coast hanf. all . discarded their peculiar eor-j and wear old and new civilized in a decidedly Indian fashion. A: the Ness Perces is seldom seen it lire Indian costume. Sometime evur, one is forcibly reminded rf parody: I n! tlie nior Indian, whose untu'or"! Wears ail his clotlies iu front tnl ma hind. Theso Indians live in tents ra poles and covered with cloth or t. robes. Tho tents are left open top, and, as tho tiro is built inti ter, the smoko naturally gw f the top. At night each W' wears his blanket around hiras: down on the baro ground, witte' other covering, luo bucks ir of gambling r.nd understand th' of a bob-tailed flush. They kno to play 'a lono hand, too, an t ii ie nioi 11 aorumiitinr mutch OVCtt1 there is a good Inilian for brtak'-j ready curved. A bird's-eye view of their s mant reveals some curious W w 1 'i3"f rtfli'f tiie largest tent every night1'3 high jinks which is maao uwtw IllIl JIUKtf WHICH iBumuuM . discordant notes of several toir fliil.n with a ho.iWl accompanied by the women t.lirniinrh theirnlosed teeth. To and athletic exercises are the the pox-.'ows and sun-danwi Sioux. Not the loast intere't: nietnrt'sniifl are the children it which abound in jrreat number little infant is firmly tied to ! with a strap, which tho mot her forehead when ' about. A little buckskin strm: on one corner with a knoi month tells how old the little'; and the presence of beads W of oilcloth for sanitary purpose tlia cav if la nmlisin? tO older children play horse wits'1 and dogs substituted ior.r. their childish way they nw ,i,; i.io ami timvare-' ui .iicii t7tui;ia, j .. nil no-iff thpv are mirth1' doss contribute their share toPj era) fun and patiently suDm -;.i.i , ,wi , I r. in rarrv" bundles. The children bare punction about raiding one play-houses, and many lnf? a occur during the melee wh'" The children receive but WW' from their parents andarecoffc vermin. They are all bo-H,- causo they are not Ukenfro until they can walk, atd a , of that time their hnnus " pinioned. They are '"cin?r" seldom if ever crying of them reach maturity--"" Cisco Examiner. A large meteor, whose v said to have been heard 1 ... ..... .il.. mf! aisiance, loll toe o"" - southern cart of Oregon.