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One of the Most Agreeable
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Consider* CrlaH
The czar ù not approachable for obv
reasons. He to the most difficult man in
the world to see for any purpose, because
he is so completely surrounded by txilioe
'»nd soldiers; but when access to once
gained to his presence he is represented as
rmb of the most agreeable of companions
—“not a good talker,” as one expressed
fi, “but a splendid listener.” He see mt
to be interested in anything you are of a
mind to discuss, and often suggests topics
to his callers in a pleasant, off hand way
to drjiw them out. He says little himself,
but remembers all he hears and from
whom he heard it. I would rather tell a
good story to the czar than any man I
know, but I never heard him tell one. He
is particularly interested on all scientific
aud political topics. He will listen as in
tently to a discussion of the political
situation in America as that in Europe, and
the description of any uew discovery will
delight himr . JIe will inquire minutely
for the details, and -will then afik where
be can find farther inforthïttôn. Small
talk and gossip uever interests him. He
will change the subject at once and
abruptly as soon as it is begun, f He cares
nothing for newspapers and seldom reads
them, but has a secretary who reads every
journal of Europe of any importance, and
is able to tell the czar what he wants to
know of current events.
Ix»oking at his photograph does not give
one more than a suggestion of the amount
of character in the czar’s face. He is a
large, splendidly built man, and moves
like an athlete. There is strength 4n
every motion of his hand and every glance
of his eye. There is no face among all
the great men of Europe with more char
aster in its lines than his,, and the chief
characteristic is determination. He is a
man of the most intense convictions. He
hates and ho loves very strongly; never
forgets an injury or a kindness, but lias a
sympathetic disposition, aud is inclined to
look upon crime as a disease.
This point was alluded to recently in.
conversation with an official of the gov
ernment who has to do with philanthropic
institutions. He told me that the czar had
always shown the greatest interest in the
humane treatment of the insane, and
had several times expressed the opinion
hat most criminals were partially or
wholly out of their minds. He is much
more lenient toward the Nihilists than his
police, and it was through him that the
last batch arrested were sent to Siberia
instead of being executed. He considers
the young men, the students who engage
in conspiracies against him, aj fanatics,
and is inclined to treat them gen i.*ously;
but an officer of the army who is guilty of
conspiracy or treason he will never for
give. In the czar’s mind hanging is too
good for him.
The religioufi element In thecharacter of
the emberor is exceedingly strong. He
has always had a serious temperament,
even When a boy, and has taken a greater
interest in religious matters than his
father did, or in fact any of his predeces
sors. He is scrupulously exact in the per
formance of all his religious duties,
attends mass every morning of his life,
■ind always goes to the icon of the Lady
if Kazan before attempting any great
work or deciding upon any great question.
—^yilliam Eleroy Curtis in Chicago News.
,
beliefs concerning the
^mosH-eautlfnlof the lumin-
" ot the sky or air-have
ftluage», «“'> do still survive^
have left ml record many of
"“ beliefs. They grew .ml
S the Middle Agea- The
£ “ Christian artempioyed the
"L an ornament. Christ being
|. abown
»“ the “““i
^hhashe|H*n recogplzed as the
’
„nd divine honors and wor-
X,'n pai<l to it. Ancient Greeks
Xn- cokes ot flour, meal and
m the rainlmw. Iris, the
rami swift messenger of the gods
Lhdxiirln early mythology, and
SLser divinities in Olympus.
the raiubow is recognized as
and Pava (god of war)
fin It» shining arch. Mozambique
rd It as tho bow ot Mouloucou
ogood), and Turks ns the bow of
Lei of clouds.) In the Plnlip-
„4, vows lire addressed to it, aud
„ nrayen are said to it. It was
fe servants of the sun in ancient
1» niche was reserved for it in
J temples. In Tahiti It is one of
Iren of the God Taaioa-
not regarded as the deity himself,
_beiteved to be in some way con-
,ith him, as many of modern
,r it indicate. Cnribs consider it
»ket of the God Joulouka;”
ies "the edge of the garment of
being,” and Kamschatkans,
I Bilwueay." It» name in San-
u the “arm” or the “bow of
Cod of the Elements. In Finnish
(d"Ukk<>>s bow;” Tslgane peas-
j;the “ring of God," and Scls-
the “seal of God;” Croatians, the
“rod," "foot," or “staveof God,"
, inhabitants of Archangel, the
country*, and to Arabs anil
It is the “bo^r of-God.” It is
In one part of France as the
if sod.”
i credit the saint, with power
ik
_____ saints have been se-
it Various
1 patronymic. In is “St. Mark's
parts of Italy and France; “St.
i ring" in other localities of
anil’his “bow” in still other
nd in Spajn also. In Belgium it
‘•St. Mahael's bumble bee;” in
••St Bernard’s crown,” and In
i his "body;” in Provence and
. his "bridge. ” It is “St. Leon
ora” In one place, his “carriage”
er. Basque folk lore records its
i the “arm of St. John.” One
me is the “bow of the prophet.” I
cordance with the tradition that
bow was a sign and a promise to
find It. connected with his name
f place, and frequently shall also
In weather indication. Sicilians
“Noah’s arch; ’ provincial* Rus-
Noah's legacy,” and it Is named
U of the Holy deluge” In Franche
, Regarded in many lands ‘as a
ç
l?r from heaven, or a way to the
I
Car Riding Before the War.
I regions, the luminous bow is , Pébple who travel nowadays in Pullman
n accordance with these beliefs, deepfcre'tond ' buffet cars can’t imagine
’rench and in modern Finnish dia xrhat railroading used to be before thé
ls the “celestial arch,” while iu war in the west. » Now the percentage of
it Is the “heavenly bow;” in Ar- leaths by accident oft' railroads is very
be "bridge of tbe Holy Spirit;” unall. Then a man took his life in his
h,the “arch 'of the Trinity," and i mnd when he made a tripón the railroad.
alRnssla, the “bow of pardon." The rails then were known as strap rails,
Eddaic lore named it “Blfrost, lat pieces of iron spiked down to the
dge between heaven and earth," vooden beams laid along the track. Every
bich the gods journey. Later, , iow and then a wheel of a car would tear
mythology represented it as the me end of a rail loose and it would fiy up
the go\ls by which Iris traveled. hrough the bottom of the car and then
um uio’i Irini, Bed vlarn Iridis mulsh its way through, killing anybody
says Suevius.
it struck and breaking the wood work of
Istria-Huugary, the rainbow is the he car all to pieces.
ly which St. Elias descends from
I was an express messenger in those
and the thunder is tlie sound of lays on it road running tietween Cincin-
•iot wheels. Central Asian tribes inti and Indianapolis. One day one of
I it "St. Elins’ Bridge," and Rus- hese rails broke through my, car, struck
isants of Kazan name it the “In- ny safe, and then came squirming and
Iridge." In one portion of France wisting like a snake at me. I tried to
id to be the shadow of a bridge lodge it, but it seemed to bend all over
lists between earth and heaven,
lie car in a second, and it caught my
nland asil Slavonia it is the road »reeches, tearing them clear off one leg.
, snd is thus confounded with the ’f it had struck my body I would have
T«y. Welch tradition represents leen nailed to the roof by it, as it went
nbow as tho way by which the >n out that way. Sometimes these broken
the moon climlied to his elevated ails threw the train off the track, but
It is the way by which saints de- generally the cars bowled merrily along
> earth to punish and reward men, >ver the break, and the passengers were
agto Lcttonian traditious. Souls -o accustomed to being shaken up that
list ascend to heavenr thus in many hey didn’t know that anything extraor-
and it is frequently named n ladJ linnry had happened until some one told
kraiue peasants say the angels do- hem.—Joseph Temple in Globe-Demo
y it to draw water from tbe earth crat.
mshthe heavenly reservoir, whence
copious showers. New Zealanders
The Approved “Tragedy” Yell.
I it a ladder by which their chiefs
“In the streets of Cardiff,” Writes Mr
I into the sky, and Philippine \eonard Boyne, “I once saw an Italian
ra. a htairway by which the souls tal> another fatally.; I was on the qppo-
i dying a violent death ascended, to ite side of the road, and I gate a yell br
An Indian folk tale relates that cream and rushed to take the knife,
limbed its threadliko steps to .’hat incident is always vividly before my
gnawing them to liberate a cap- yes when I see Tybalt stab Mercutio, and
re imprisoned.
1 have ever since, when playing Romeo,
■sry to this idea of a celestial orl- ised the ‘yell.’ I have noticed a dead
i rainbow is sometimes regarded as ilence come over the house immediately,
»cal. The Karens of Burmah is if something beyond mere acting had
i on; to their children as a demon inppened. Ono of the audience told me
II devour human souls. The un hat the scream was so effective that he
it possessor of these will, they say, bought the man was actually stabbed,
dden and violent death. It is also nd he was completely carried away by
i devour human beincs, which ae scene.” This seems at first sight like
t great thirst, nnd it is then that 1 perfect example of “emotion recollected
t over a pond drinking the water. n tranquility.” But can Mr. Boyne re
Bassett in Glolie-Democrat.
produce the cry, with certainty of effect,
¡1 perfectly cold blood?” Does he not de
IHREE QUEER SIGNS.
fend upon the emotional tension of the i
lid that at a railroad crossing near cene to attune him for the effort? I con '
ot in Adnan, Mich., is a big sign fess to a doubt whether Talma himself
«e words: “Prepare to meet thy could reproduce in perfect tranquility the
“spasmodic vibration” of voice which he
8 10 by 10 shanty in Hot Springs, originally owed to overmastering emo
M thia sign: “Tennessee Restau- tion.—Longman’s Magazine.
®pany—Open Day and Night—Oys-
A Mpeeeli tn Brief.
Possum.”
President Rockefeller, of the Standard
I in Ness City has conspicuously Oil company, seldom makes a public
its office a sign which reads as fol- speech, and is, in fact, averse to such a
®y tenderfoot who calls a suit of thing. He prefers brevity and cleaves to
■west or a spitbox a cuspidoor, or a business. And yet Mr. Rockefeller might
a mirror can cot stop iu lais condense a speech into compact form
will fl£d
ciimit healthier fur- thus: "I'm monarch of oil I survey.
Pittsburg Bulletin.
COWARDLY GRIZZLY iMOlHtH.
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IRRIGATING LANDS.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BIC DITCHE3
OUT IN COLORADO.
i oMBtructiaa
of Canal*
far
Irrigation.
Tapping the Bi ver nr Oreek—Flooding
the Crop* in W Dry B< mm —ilurprialug
Be*ulta—Profit*.
FROM OVER THE
SEA.
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►>•• Dmarta Bar Caka WMM.giotly Pw
Ma4 by Haatan.
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The great system of irrigating lands in
dry sections for crops is as yet in iu in
fancy, but wherever tried It has done
well, and irrigating ditches have yielded a
large return to the investors in them.
M oh V of the largest ditches are in Col
orado, where 8,000,000 acres of land are
subject to irrigation. Of this vast body
less than 500,000 acres have been ir
rigated, leaving 2,500,000 to be wa
tered yet.
The canals in course of
construction will water about 1,200,000
of the 2,500,000 acres. This is enormous
whin we consider that the whole
system of irrigation has grown up almost
within the past five years. The San Louis
Park canal, watering 400,000 acres; -State
Land canal, 140,000 acie$*Citizens’ canal,
110,000 acres, and Del Norte and Sugnache
canal, 150,000 acres, may be mentioned ns
among the most successful Colorado
ditches. w These three canals cover 100,000
acres of government laqd, 200,000 acres of
patented land, and 150,000 acres of state
land. Yheywill furnish homes for be
tween 3,000 aud 4,000 farmers. The water
for the canals is taken from the Rio
Grande river near the town of Del Norte.
The largest canal is 120 feet wide at iU
head and gradually narrows down to
twelve feet. IU depth varies from two to
six feet. It has when full a capacity for
watering 400,000 acres of land. <
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CONSTRUCTING A CANAL.
How do they make irrigating canals?
Easy enough and quite rapidly. First is-
the construction of the main canal. The
water is taken from a river or creek, the
supply being regulated by a head gate.
The canal may be ten, twenty or fifty feet
wide and one, five or ten feet deep, ac
cording to the volume of water desired.
Generally tbe canals are wideand^shallow
like a creek Indeed, they are merely
artificial creeks, and when grass grown
and planted with trees along their banks
are hard to tell from the natural streams.
A favorable pluce for tapping the river or
creek having been found, the canal is
carried forward to the high grounds. It
Is generally given about half the fall of
the river or creek, so it soon reaches an
• elevation far above the natural stream
and has the lands between it and the
stream below iU waters. At intervals as
needed, -small canals are taken out and
earned to the farms. Each lateral has a
head gate and measure for the water. The
laterals are built so as to cover the greatest
numbe^of farms. At certain distances
sublaterrtls are taken out from the main
laterals, find these sublaterals too have
head gates and water 'measures, The sub
laterals are' used by individual farmers.
If before plowing time there has been rain
enough to soften the ground the farmer
does not resort to his ditch, but, if the
season is dry, he opens his headgate and
saturates the ground. The seeding is
then done. Ten acres is about the allow
ance of land that can be irrigated in one
day per man. Unless water is very plenti
ful farmers are limited to eighty acres each
to be irrigated in one season, but this does
not include grass lands.
— After the crops come up they are irri
gated or Bimply flooded. The quantity of
water put on is about equal to what w ould
fall in three daysv steady rain. -When the
crop is half grown it is irrigated again.
Two irrigations are consideredaenough for
,a crop in a season, tBless the weather is
very hot and dry, and then th ree i rr iga-
,4ions may be put on. It will thus be seen
that every farmer Molds in his own hands
the means of making a crop when be has
irrigating ditches.
EXPENSE OF IRRIGATION.
Root crops can always be kept moist,
and require five or ten times as much
water as cereals. The expense of irriga
tion, when compared with the benefits
derived is very slight. Irrigation about
doubles crops, and the cost of the water is
never over $2 per acre, and often as low
as sixty cents per acre, per annum. Forty
and fifty bushels of w heat per acre are
often raised under irrigation. Potatoes
frequently grow to five pounds, and yield
250 to 500 bushels per acre. Other root
crops yield equally well, and barley will
yield forty bushels per acre and oats often
fifty and sixty bushels. I have seen sev
enty-seven bushels of oats out on an acre
of irrigated land, and myself measured
500 bushels of wheat cut from a ten acre
field in Colorado, near Boulder. 4 Wild
hay, when well irrigated, will cut two
tons per acre, and alfalfa four to six tons.
All kinds of berries, such as strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries,
currants and such fruits, grow prolific-
ally under irrigation, and yield nearly a
double crop. From $300 to $400 is often
taken from an acre for small fruits.
Ditching machine« have been made for
digging irrigating canals, but I never saw
one that worked satisfactorily. The best
ditching machine is an Irishman and a
wheelbarrow or a plow and a scraper. A
ditch ten feet wide and two or three feet
deep can ordinarily be made at a cost of
$1,000 per mile. The income from the
water in such a ditch in a good locality is
about 24 per cent, per annum on the cost
of making. So it will be seen ditching is
profitable.
The little companies first
formed in Colorado had great difficulty in
placing their stock, but they throve amaz
ingly and soon men of capital began to
look intQ the matter. The Colorado Loan
and Trust company was formed by Mr.
T. C. Henry for tbe purpose of irrigating
lands, and soon large ditches were qnder
way. This company now controls many
ditches and irrigates nearly 1,000,000 acres
of land. There are many other compa
nies, and I believe all are making money.
A Flowery E**ay.
A' little 4-year old Marlboro boy.vu
taken to a tanners’ meeting, when a lady
read an essay on “Flowers.” On returning
home he was asked what they did there.
“Oh, a kulx talked to herself on a piece
of paper,” Tie replied, which we thought
wasa goixl description of her stylo of <lw
Urery.—Boston Ulob*
After resting my horse * few minutes I
n eut od, and had not gone far when 1 »aw
In the distance three black object», which,
□ixni examination with my field glass, I
took to be buffaloes lying quietly in the
grass upon the prairie. As the wind was
blowing from me directly toward them 1
a ax obliged to make a long detonr to get
npon the opposite side, wheu I met one of
my Mexican hunters, who had discovered
and was going for the name animal» I wa»
In pursuit of.
We uuited our forces ami advanced
within rifle range, when the animals
jumped up. and to our astonishment
proved to be a large grlzxly bear with
two well grown cubs. The instant they
discovered 11s they all started off rapidly,
ami we after them, at a speed which soon
brought us near enough to give shots, but
owing to the frantic plunging and surg
ing of our frightened horses, to say noth
ing of our own perturliatlon. neither of
cur shots took effect, anil 1 doubt if even
Buffulo Bill, with all his masterly eques-
trijCli adroitness. and hie skill in rifle
shooting, could, under the circumstances,
have made much better shots than ours.
Ax we were obliged to stop and re
charge our long muzzle loading rifles, this
gave the bears time to gel considerably
the start of us. We. however, soon closed
the gap, and gave another allot that In
flicted a slight flesh wouud upon tliedam,
at which she Bet up a voclrerfius growl
and plunged ahead, leaving her cube be
hind. Giving a hasty direction for the
Mexican to attend to the cubs, I pushed
on after tl eold one, which, was at thia
time n good deal iu advance, and going at
her liest s;ieed. while the panic stricken
whelp« were giving utterance to the moot
plaintive t rie», which were heard by tbe
mother, but she continued on, and iby
horse put forth
" his utmost efforts for at
least two miles before we came up with
her.
In the meantime the cube continued
their incessant cries, at which the dam
would cccosioually turn round, sit up and
look back, but as soon as she saw me
coming she resumed her running, and
thia was repeated Several times, until I
came near her, and galloped along for
some distance by her side, but even this
cloee proximity did not induce her to turn
upon me. or to make the slightest demon
stration of hostility.
Her sole purpose was to escape, and to
effect this she deserted her ottspring in
the most cowardly manner. Wheu I had
satisfied my curiosity regarding her ag
gressive proclivities J gave her a shot
back ofthe shoulder, which caused her to
turn around and walk slowly back with
her head down, severely wounded, but
another shot tn the head brought her to
tlio ground, and after taking off one of
her paws, as atrophy.! returned to camp,
where I found the Mexican, who bad
lassoed the two cubs, and driven them
before his horse nearly five miles, while
they continued tiieir piercing screams all
the way. Indeed, they kept up their
cries during the entire night, so that the
men got but little Bleep and obliged us to
have them killed th' next morning.—
Gen. R. 13 Marcy in Outing.
A GREAT COMMERCE BEARER FROM
INDIA’S CORAL STRAND.
A
The marine investigator at Sandy Hook,
nutting his eyes seaward the other day,
spied something which unaccustomed
eyes would not have seen. He clapped
his glasses, fine double extra power ones,
to his eyes and stood in a posture of scru
tiny fur many moments.
•It’s a bark,” says he, still focussing
his glusses on the distant object.
.1 shadowy substance Itegnu to appear
on the horizon. The eye of the landsman
would have simply noted that something
that sailed was approaching.
‘‘She’s Nova Scotian/’ was the laconic
utterance that came from beneath the
binoculars.
“Then it’s the Stratbay, now due,” was
♦he equally laconic outcome of a marine
^cyclopedia who stood near.
Pretty soou the bark’s sails loomed up
against the horizon and she came whoop
ing along in a spanking breeze to the
lower bay. She was the Stratbay, ninety
days from India’s coral strand, and she
bore a royal cargo. Wheu Capt. Urqu
hart got his* quarantine papers he brought
his vessel in tow of a tug, her streamers
Hying, up to a Brooklyn pier, and a long
sea voyage was ended.
The Stratbay comes from ports whence
clearing papers from America are seldom*
issued. Site has been in the dismal and
^lEhtfully hot harbors of Alipee and
Cochin, on the Malabar coast, in ths
southern part of India.
CEYLON’S SPICY BREEZES.
She had lain for days getting the spicy
breezes of Ceylon at Col umbo, and the
blood heat rays of the sun, and there took
m 1,000 barrels of plumbago. Then in
southern India, where the ‘man eating
crockodile abounds, an^pjjyurks turn on
their Hellies and swallow men at a crunch
ing gulf), she found 1,200 barrels of co
coanut oil, which will be evolved into
American soap, and a great quantity of
the matting that is made from the fibrous
bark of the cocoaqut. Then the Stratbay
was ready to make for civilization and
New York, and she came along with some
rip-roaring breezes, a great commerce
bearer, under a foreign flag.
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Only two or three vessels arrive.from
Alipee and Cochin in the eourse of a year.
The freights of these are consigned to the
firms who virtually monopolize trade from
this quarter.
There are no harbors at these ports, and
vessels are obliged to anchor two miles
off in the open sea. Though havenlesa
the land is fissured with many lagoons or
backwaters. The country is low and
sandy and covered with luxuriant vegeta
tion and vast forests of palm trees. From
the latter are obtained the chief com
modities of commerce. The straight
stemmed trees are from forty to eighty
feet high, and the natives climb these
With the aid of a short cord, connecting
Spectators, at a Bull Fight.
their big toes, which helps ascension by
The uncovered seat'- on the shady side, ttting them into grooves of the bark.
especially those affected by the youth and After the nuts are knocked off the thick
students of the town, rrere closely packed husks are separated from the inner shell
with heads in ranks b‘ke the seeds in an by sharp iron spikes, and then laid in pits
ear of maize. The le*s crowded places on dug along the seashore, where the salt
the sunny side were occupied by busy W ater macerates them. When the husks
knots of press reporters, by country folks, become sufficiently pliable they are taken
by a hundred or more of Andalusians, in out and beaten with clubs, which com
manner and dress a rrotesqwtsaricaturey -pletely parts the flher torn the pithy
thoroughly cleaned
of the tojero of hard worked artisans seek- portion. It ’ is * then
v _ **■
J
ing in this wild orgie of excitement some and dried, and known as khair or coir,
respite from the dreary round of labor. • and is twisted into yarn and then woven
The distinguished society Of metaderoe, into malting. The kernels, by hydraulic
butchers, leather dressers, tanners, the pressure, yield the oil now so much used
myrmidons of the slaughter house and by American soap makers, as it produces
purveyors of the ’fodder, seethed like a soap Capable of floating upon water.
boiling pot, and the hubbub, with the fit Thousands of Hindoos, male and female,
ful ringing of a bell, sounded like the are employed in these industries by the
spasmodic progress of a neighing" and white merchants. They are very.docile,
exist on rice, fish and fruits, apd receive
kicking horse.
Tbe detestable medley of slang and equivalent to five or six cents for their
dialects rose up like ' he hissing of some fiuily wage.
coarse and malodorous fry as it simmers
speculators ’ mistake .
over the fire. The cliula muttered a
Two or three years ago' a great specula
coarse oath ns she insolently forced her tion took place in the raw filler, and
way tnteough the crowd, diffusing a mixed thousands of bales were imported and
perfume of musk and garlic; and the held with the expectation that it would
miserable lout whose natural destiny it figure largely in mattress stuffing and
was to clean tripe and bladders, being in kindred uses. This was not realized,
capacitated by nature lor any more worthy owing to the filler’s lack of elasticity, and
function in life, mad .. speaking trumpet speculators lost heavily. It is said that
of his band to hurl r. torrent of abuse, the French are beginning to make cui
flavored with a hot vapor of raw spirits, rasses of it for their ironclads, as it offers
at the president’s box, where it would no more resistance than _ steel to a cannon
doubt reach the ears cf some official of the ball, and a greater value may be put upon
Spanish capital—the governor perhaps, or it in the future.
perhaps the ¡fresideil? of tbe council.—
• Other articles of commerce seldom
“Leon Roch,” by Peru- Galdos.
heard of come from this far off shore.
Cus-cus, a fragrant rqot from which
sachet powder is made; citronella and
A Royal “ Ca*o of Etnrnrency.”
lemon grass oils, also used in perfumery;
The Princess of Piedmont’s dress the button like seeds of nux vomica, con
caught in the spur of an officer of lancers; taining the principle of strychnine; carda
result, a tremendous rent in the sweeping moms, cinchona and tivmeric, a yellow
skiit, and a long whisp of gown trailing root used in dyeing; ar.d which is said to
on »the floor. Before the princess had be used in the adulteration of mustard.
time to appeal to one of her ladies in
Eight white people and 80,000 natives
waiting, the crown prince of Prussia had compose the population of Alipee. About
produced a pretty little morocco etui, seventy-five different castes are repre
from which he extracted a dainty pair of sented. The climate is tropical, but
scissors, and kneeling down at the feet of healthy. Melting eyes and well favored
the bride skillfully cut away the wreck. forms are reported to be characteristics of
After he had effectually relieved tbe prin the Hindoo females. These are" possibly
cess of her incumbrance be rose, bowed enhanced by the limited inventory of ap
profoundly, returned his" “case of emer parel, a palm leaf or two covering the
gency” to his pocket and resumed his place whole body. The sailors
not proof
by the king’s side, amid the subdued mur «against their seductions, and rigorous
murs of satisfaction of all the ladies near measures have to be taken for their re
straint. The mate of the Strathay, a
him.
The tremendous social success that at bronzed Scotchman, said to a reporter
tended his graceful little action was tenfold sadly:
enhanced when, later on in the evening,
“Th’ weemen played the deevil wj’ the
it came out that, on Victor Emmanuel sailor lads! Ah, ©oodna gang as'noor the
complimenting him anent the forethought twinty days we were off th’ port, for ma
he displayed in carrying a complete time was taken oojrwatchin’ ’eml Why,
trousse about with Jiim, even in the ball mon, we had to fawsten the chield’s
room, “our Fritz® replied: “The whole hawnd an* fute, an’ even then, wad ye
merit of the idea belongs to my wife, sire, think it, twa o* ’em breaks loose, jumps
not to me. Long ago she gave me a over the side and swums awa’ to theshoor
pocket necessaire with all sorts of uscfnl an’ w* never clapt eeu on* ’em after!”
things iu it—needles and..thread, button New York Evening Sun.
hooks, sticking plaster and scissors, as
yon saw just now—and made me promise
Poets In New Orleans.
to keep it always in my pocket wherever
There are said to be moro amateur
I went. What took place just now only
proves that I am a lucky fellow to have such poets in New Orleans, La., than In any
a clever wife to look after me.”—“Mon other city In the world. The dally papers
archs I Have Met,” W. Beatty Kingston. always contain ono or moro poetical pieces
written by local lalanK