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. INTELLIGENT ANIMALS. Incidents Which Would Almost Mai to the opinion That Beasts Deliberate. ” While ona moose-bunting trip in the wii-ls of Set-thorn Canada,” sayssn Ameri. can naturalist, " I visited a trapper’s camp. Among other skins, that of a large gray wolf attracted my attention. He-said they were quite plentiful in that section, an as- sertion we could verify by the bowling of the brutes that night. The story be related respecting the capture of this wolf demon- strated considerable strategy and sound reasoning practised by the denizens of the forest. He said that one day he and his boy were in their canoe on a small lake when u. ask of wolves drove a large buck into the Fake. and alter remaining a short time on the shore, apparently holding a consult- ation with one another, one of the number plunged into the water and swam after the deer. Then they immediitely ran siviftly round the shore of the lake and secreted themselves on the opposite side of the lake, ready to pounce on the unsuspecting deer and pull him down when he reached shore, but their well-planned scheme was thwarted by the trapper paddling out and shooting both wolf and deer. “ The domestic dog is undoubtedly the most intelligent of all the lower animals. has been the companion of man since the remotest period of antiquity and posses- ses many traits in common with the human race. There are few human passions not shared in by the dog. He is, like man, sub- ject to anger, jealousy, envy, love, hatred and grief, and, like human beings, there are both good and bad individuals. A bad dog, one who kills sheep, for instance, usu- ally has A COMPANION IN CRIME, and when they go on one of their murder- ous expeditions they almost invariably go after dark, that they may not be seen. It is said they have never been known to kill their master's sheep, but often pass through the \cry pasture where the flock is kept without molesting them and go several miles from home. After murdering scores of sheep, they return by a circuitous route, that they may not be detected. “We have a small blackoud-tau dog that we think a very remarkable animal. He certainly understands portions of the Eng- lish language, and I think I can prove that he reasons in many ways. He is. fond of playing ball, and when told to go and blind, he goes into the adjoining room and lies down in the corner, placing his nose be- tween his paws until he hears the word ready, which is spoken after the ball has been hidden, when he runs rapidly into the room and hunts until he finds it. One day after dinner he came suddenly into the library, making a peculiar, barking noise, running excitedly to me and then to the hall door, repeating this until at last I con- sented to go and see what he desired. On reaching the dining-room he ran to tho servant-girl, and then' to me, looking me in the face and whining. The girl informed me that, previous to coming to me, he had been coaxing her for some of the roast lamb left from dinner. Having been refused by her, he evidently decided to appeal to a higher authority, and now anxiously await- ed my decision. On_ hearing me tell the girl that if he wanted it as badly as all that, she must give it to him, he immediately ran to her and paid no more attention to me, but succeeded in obtaining his roast lamb. He is now becoming troublesome, as he goes through the same performance whenever he cannot obtain whatever he desires. He is fond of sleeping in front of the grate when lighted. Not long since he went upstairs to my daughter, and in ' Ills FRANTIC MARKER coaxed her down to the library, and, going directly to the grate, looked with iniploring eyes first at her and then at the grate. After the gas was lighted he immediately laid down, apparently satisfied, and went to sleep, having obtained the end which he had in view. - “ It is said that no animal dreams which does not think, and we all know that dogs dream. Fox-hounds will dream. that they are on the chase and will bark in an excited manner. “ A fox also uses reason, I conclude, when he outwits the trapper by digging beneath and springing the trap which has been set for him and then deliberatc.y de- Itouring the bait placed there to allure j iin. . “ I have been amazed at the work per- formed by beavers in northern Canada. They certainly use reason, and must pos- sess, it seems to me, a certain amount of topographical knowledge of the country, in selecting a proper location for building a dam. ’l‘lieir object is to be build as short a dam as possible, which will cause the greatest number of acres of land to become overflowed, constituting what is known as a beaver meadow. Much reason as well as skill is used in constructing a dam. If the ‘ stream is sluggish, the dam is built in a straight line from bank to bank, but if the current is swift, they invariably build it in the form of a crescent, with the convexity up stream, the reason being to give it more strength to withstand the current. They also seem to use, good judgment in building their houses, which are constructed with the same material as the dam. Their liv- ing apartments are above high-water mark, with a kind of thatched roof ; louieshapcd and cot‘cled with a thick layer of mud, which. when frozen, resists the attacks of wolves and other animals which would otherwise molest thrm. . " There is no doubt, in my mind that ani- mals. birds and even insects have some means of communication between those of the same specie. Many newspaper jokes I have been perpetrated at the expense to Prof. Garner, who went to Africa to try to learnthe language of the monkeys. Paul dn iliiaillu. who spent many yearsjn Africa, says he believes Garner is right, and that the monkeys have a lan uiige. Anyone who has watched a ben and her brood, it ’ scum to me, cannot doubt that 'riuzv luvs .\ LANGUAGE. Whenever a grasshopper is caught or a worm is found, she calls her children by re- pcaiing short, clocking words, when every chick comes running as fast as his little logs Will carry him. When she aces aliawk approaching, she at once speaks to them, j using ditferent words than before. Then cverv member of tlâ€"t brood runs for dear life for cover, and in a few seconds not one can be seen. After the danger is past, once they all come forth from their hiding place to again enjoy the society of their cherished mother. The warning note given by some snakes to their young causes the latter to take refuge down their mother’s throat. Many other instances prove the existence of an animal language, so it seems to me. “When a flock of crows is about to in- vade the farmer‘s corn-field for the purpose of pulling up the green corn, they ha ! ha! or in other words talk crow-talk in the adjoining woods. Then one of the number takes his position on the limb of a dead tree near by and acts as sentinel, while the others enter the corn-field and begin opera.- tions. If no one disturbs them, after awhile one of them in the field changes places with the faithful sentinel, while he regales him~ self upon the tender corn. If any ore ap- proaches, the note of warning is at once giv- en, when all go for the woods as fast as they can fly. \Vould not intelligent boys who were going to rob a melon patch do just the same thing ‘3 In that case it would be reason and alvery reasonable thing to do. Now, if these crows did not reason, but acted alone from instinct, according to the definition of THIS .‘IYS'I‘ERIOUS \VORD, they must have acted without experience, Without deliberation and without any end in view. But they did deliberate, talk the matter over in the woods,owing probably to their past experience in having been fired upon while in the farmer’s corn-field, and they took the precaution to elect, selector appoint a sentinel to keep watch While they stole the farmer’s corn. Their object in view was to obtain the corn. If they have no language, by what method do they select their sentinel? Did they shake dice, pull straws or flip pennies? And how did the one elected to this high position know he had been elected? He evidently did know as he did not attempt to enter the field, but at once took his position upon the tree. , “These are indeed hard questions to answer. In Ceylon crows are protected as scavengers. A gentleman told me that one day a small dog was eating a. piece of most by the road-side. A crow- offered to assist him in devouring it, but the dog objected. The crow flew away and soon returned, bringing another crow witlrhim. One of them pulled the dog‘s tail with his bill, and when the dog turned to defend his tail the other captured the meat and flew away. These crows seem to each have an end in view. In one case, it was the end of the dog’s tail, in the other, it was to capture the piece of meat, success crowning both efforts.” . - - ‘ (Dr. Green is at work on a. paper relating many incidents about the wonderful bees and other insects, which he will read at a meeting of the Society of Natural Sciences. A Spring Fashion Hint. We notice. says the Toronto Ladies’ Journal for March,ulsters are again in popu- lar favor. If you wish to have a comfort. able, stylish one make it no according to the model sho am here. Ulsters are better F.4d “UNABLE ULSTER. snittd to this v: y changeable season than the unis...) .....n fur c.0aks and capes. The tailor made costume hasa comfortable well-fittinglook, andismadeof tweed with a cross bar princess front with circular skirt, buttoned from waistto fu‘l length. Coatshape corsage with deep skirt,biick cut, with full- ness let in at seams. Wide rovers collars of cross bar, with velvet rover over, and forming deep collar at back. Very large sic-eves laid in deep plaits at top, with ner‘ row effect showing at top. below elbow,linished with narrow turn back cuff, with velvet cuff over. Velvet hat, with large bow in front,and feathers on top and back of crown. Material required, 50 inches wide, 1‘2 yards. - ..-_.,_..+__._ “The Indebtedness of Europe. The statistics relative to the expenditure of the chief European countries upon their armies and navios become more significant when it is remembered that the money thus spent is borrowed money. Of all the lauropcan Governments, that of England is the only one which, so to speak, is paying its way. The remainder are living on loans. As a consequence they are all augmenting their national debts. Between 1870 and. 1337 the national debt of France was in~ creased by 12,000,000,000 In, that of Rus~ sin by 11,000,000, that of Italy by 3,132,- 000,000, that of Austria-Hungary 4,0”),- Ofl'lflfh), that of Germany by something like the same sum, that of Spain by 1,3 3'0,- Ol.‘U,ilGl), and so on. Even the smallest States are heavy borrowers, Belgium hav- ing added almost as much to her obligations as Spain ; while the floumanian debt has been augmented to the extent of 70l,01.'0,- om, that of Servia to the cxtentof :ZHJJOO- or“, and that of Greece to the extent of minimum. The system of numbering the hours of the day from one to twenty-four has been __ have. ‘ mond with a quiet smile. i I in one’s pocket merely for the sake of hav- Sleeves fitting ; YOUNG FOLKS. ' The Seven-Bladed Knife. “ Whew ! ” said Jack as he eyed with hunger and longing the handsome pocket- knife which his uncle was just replacing‘in his pocket, " ain’t that stunning ? Wouldn't I like to have one like it, though! Quite a difference.” And as he spoke the words of comparison, he drew from his pocket his much-abused, nicked, single~bladed knife, which had been a Christmas present to him only a few months ago. ‘ “ I should say there is quite a difference. ” responded Harry, with a sniff towards Jack’s knife. “ Maybe when you get to be as old as uncle Raymond, Jack, you can have such a knife as that yourself.” " You’d better believe 1 will,” was Jack’s positive assurance. “Yes,” said uncle Raymond, who had been quietly rubbing the blade with his silk handkerchief, and apparently not noticing what the boys were saying. “and you can get it in the same way I got mine, if you choose.” ' “ Why, how was that ?” asked both boys in concert. “ Well, I don't mind telling you. It was on the principle that quality is better than quantity. Look there, Jack, your knife is almost as large as mine.” The boys looked perplexed, as though they did not understand their uncle Ray- mond’s remark. Seeing their looks, be pro- ceeded to explain. “ You see, ’ said be, “it was this way when I was a boy. For a long time I thought the most desirable thing in a pee- ketkaife was size, and when I saw a boy at school with a. knife larger than mine, I envied him and did not rest satisfied until I had in some way traded for that knife. Than I was satisfied fora little while, until I saw a larger one, when I wanted to get that ; and so kepton until I became the proud owner of the largest knife in the whole neighborhoodâ€"an immense hunting knife. which was almost too heavy for my pocket.” “ Ho, ho l" laughedJack, “that reminds me of what father said about Mr. Brown buying land. He first owned a small farm, then bought a. larger one. then another ad- joining that, another ndjoining that, and so kept on buying farm after farm until he owned more land than any other man in the country, but still he was not satisfied.” “ No ; nor do I suppose I should have been with my pocketknife. If some one had told me that in another town there was a pockotknife as large as a butcher's cleaver, I should have wanted to go straight and trade for that.” “ And,” broke in Harry, “ they say Mr. Brown is going to leave all his land to Frank. Frank was bragging to the boys the other day about what a fine time he would He pooh-poohed at the idea of his having to study hard at school. \Vhst need would he have for so much education, when 'he was going to be rich? He guessed he wouldn’t have to earn his living by teaching school or keeping books, or anything of that gout; I’d like to be as rich as Frank will e. “ It’s the same mistake,” said uncle Ray- “ Quantity can never take the place of quality. The man who looks upon his time and opportunities as more tools with which he can carve out success in a. given time, that is, getting ahead of his fellows, makes the same mis- take I did about the pocketknife.” “ That- isn’t telling us, uncle Raymond.” suggested Jack, “ how you came to get the seven-bladed knife~ You’ve forgotten your story.” ‘ ‘ “I’m coming to that,” said uncle Ray- mond, “as fast as I can. Now you see that the largest blade in my knife is not more than a fourth as large as Jack’s, yet it 'is plenty large enough for all my uses. There is no use in carrying around a. lot of metal ing~a largér knife than any one else. Now that’s a good deal like Mr. Brown’s land, and a great deal like some men’s minds. For the sake of having more wealth than somebody else, they load themselves with riches far beyond their wants or uses, and it does nothing but wear them out. There is just about as much real glory in it as there is in lugging around the biggest knife in the school, when one a fourth as large would Whittle just as well. ,The time is coming when a man will be as much asham- ed to overload himself with wealth while many of his fellow creatures suffer with want as he ought to be to overload his stomach with food for which he had neither appetite nor digestien.” “ But you're not telling us how you got the knife,” insisted Jack, who had been looking straight at his uncle during all this l conversation, and wondering if it had anything to do with the way he had been heard to openly express himself that he wished to be as rich some day as Frank Brown. "Yes, I am coming to that,” said uncle Raymond. “Now here is another blade.” he continued, opening a slender, polished part of the knife not much bigger than a darning needle, “that isanut pick ; I often find it very handy. " I “\Viiy l” exclaimed Jack, “I thought a knife was intended to cut, and not to eat nuts with." “Some people make the same mistake,” said uncle Raymond, “in reference to suc- cess in life. They think it means just one thingâ€"getting richâ€"and they narrow it down to that; butiny knife, you see, means more than cutting. Here, for instance, is a little gimlet: I found it very handy lastl winter when I wanted to screw on my skates for the first time. This blade is an ~awl. I used it the other day to prepare the way for driving a screw without split- ting a piece of board, and here is a screw- driver With which I drove it home. You see, I can amuse myself or make myself i useful with my knife, even where whittling l is forbidden by lack of a stick of the right l 1 sort, or the litter the shavings make. New ,t‘nst is one of the differences between the j man whose chief aim inlife is getting rich, and the man whose chief aim in life is to be inseful and to get knowledge by which he Emay be of service to himself and others. lStop the first man from the one thing of jgettliig money, and he has nothing with which to employ himself, but the other man, i has a much wider and higher range of en- jjoyment. Do you begin to see the differ- jence now between Frank Brown, without an education, and with all his father's money, and lack Somem, witha knowledge of history and literature and science and medicine or law or some other useful pro- she or ..u addresses them with pleasant galloplcl! bytho “All” nilroâ€"d’I and 55 in fess‘on. but having to earn uiiat money he up“ Is. 333,! with at; figuring tune, whcgi .tj use for All time schedules. \eds'f" Jack nodded his head. “I suppose you mean to say, Uncle Raymond,” he a t- - ed “ that Frank Brown would only a onebladed knife, no matter how large the blade was, while Jack Somers would have just as many different blades as he had use ful accomplishments, and when one failed him, he could try another." " Exactly," said Uncle Raymond. "New I must finish telling you how I got the knife. One day I was showing my rude hunting knife to my grandfather, who, after be had turned it over and looked at it all around, said: “Very good, very good; my boy, provided you are going to make a business of‘cutting kindlings or brushwood or skinning deer ; but none of those things take very much skill. It is better to be a man of many tools than of one, and I pro- mise you that every new tool of which you learn the name and use so as to handle it with care and skill I will get for you.” “After t hat I went to work learning something else besides whittling. I learn- ed to bore, drill, saw, file and do half a dozen other things, and when the time came for fulfilling the promise, my grandfather, who had recently made a trip to the city, handed me out this beautiful knife with its complete set of tools.” “ And I can’t do anything but whittle with mine l” said Jack, looking ruofully at his big one-bladed “ toad stabber,” as Harry called it ; “ while you can do a dozen things With yours.” “ And don’t forget, boys, there is as much difference in men as there is in knives," said Uncle Raymond. “ A boy may get the idea that money can take the place of character and culture ; but it shows he doesn’t know the difference between a single bladed knife and one with a set of tools.” “ \Vell,” said Jack, speaking half to himself, and as though his mind was fully made up on the subject. “ I tell you what; I mean to be a seven-bladed knife, and Frank Brown may be a one-bladed knife if he chooses. I don't believe there is so much in money after all.” “ Not half so much in the way of con- tributing to one’s happiness,” said Uncle Raymond, by way of a parting remark, “ as there is in that cultivation of mind and heart, which brings into play the high- er faculties of the nature, such as sympathy, benevolence, faith, courage, self-denial and virtue, each of which is a blade in itself, giving employment and enjoyment when the possession and. gratification of mere wealthlutterly fails to satisfy.”â€"â€"[New York Observer. ‘ On a. Hand -Car. A correspondent 'of Forest and Stream went up the Oroya Railroad in the Andes, a wonderful piece of railway engineering. The sharp ascent begun at noon, over terraces, through tunnels drilled in the solid rock, and over bridges spanning awful chasms.’ At three o’clock they reached their destination, some ten thousand feet above the level of the sea. After 9. subs- tantial dinner, which the mountain air rendered doubly acceptable, the party began making preparations for the descent, which was to be accomplished in a hand- out by the force of gravity alone. The hand-car had been brought up with us on the train, and when the men came to put it together it was discovered that the fastenings of two of the wheels were broken. After a~~hurried consultation, as it was growing late, some telegraph wire was found, and the broken portions were tied together. The men in charge of the descent hoped this would answer, they said. "And if it dosen’t?” ‘ I asked. They shrugged their shoulders. I looked askance at my companions, but they stood by in silence. Probably, like myself, they would willingly have seconded a proposition to return by the regular train, but were too proud to make it. Without a word we took our seats on the car. Silently one of the employes opened a bag and took out three revolvers, handing one to each of his companions. They cock- ed these weapons in a matter-of-fact way and placed them between their feet. “This car is used by thepayniastcr,” one of them thoughtfully explained, “and it isn’t uncommon for desperadoes to throw it off the track. I got a tumble and a bullet myself not so very long ago.” ' - Again I looked at my companions. It was per- haps owing to the ul titudc that they seemed to exhibit x the preliminary symptom of mountain sickness. As for myself my heart was in my mouth ; but it did not‘trouble me long, for of a sudden the brakes were taken off, and with a spring, the car shot for- ward, apparently leaving at the point of departure my entire internal econo- , my. Down We rushed with ever increasing speed, the car swaying from side to side, on one hand the mountain wall, on the othe r“ drop of perhaps a thousand feet, throu gh tunnels of midnight darkness, round shar P curves where the broken wheels fairly creak' ed with the strain. The starless night closed in around us. It was now simply a question of chance as we plunged into the darkness. , "We ought to have started sooner,” mut- tered one of the men; “a stick or a stone, or evcn a dog on the track, would throw us in to the valley.” Nobody unswerel him. All talk, diffi. cult enough before on account of the rush. lug wind, new ceased, and in silence we watched the s arks fly from the wheels. ,_ Thoughts ofarmad out laws and of broken fastenian kept running through my mind, and the journey seemed almost endless. At last. the sudden twists around the sharp curves ceased. We were, in the val4 ley. Presently a big light burst upon us. “Down brakes!" cried one of the men. The station Was before us. Thank God! Mrs. H. Guptil, a dressmaker. was a witness in thc'Barth case at Grand Rapid s, and she refused to go on with her testi- mony until one of the lawyers removed the gum he was chewing. ROYALTY oossfr. The Queen's Lenten rareâ€"Death “an I" ICNSIIII Old English Baronet-An An- elent Palace To Be Turned Into a lie oral. ' There is an old woman up at Perth, in Scotland. who conmuuicates with Queen Victoria every do in the year. Her Msjssty, is fond 0 most things Scotch, among others shortbread. New, for some reason or other, shortbread cannot be made in England as it should be. But a few years ago her Majesty discovered at Perth an old woman who could make it as no one elsp’gveu in Scotland, could make it. Since which time the same aged dame has every day baked with her own hands a cake of shortbread, packed it herself and dispatch- ed it to her sovereign. Her Majesty m that little or no difi'erence with her dinner menu during Lent. Queen Victoria s eat her honeymoon in Lent, while the rince of Wales and his sister, Princess Louise, were both married in Lent. Her Majesty has fish put upon the table at all meals on Fri- days for those who wish to partake of it, as she never dictates to anyone about his or her religious customs ; but one sacred habit in the royal household is daily morn- prayer, which is rigorously insisted upon. A PATRICIAN OLD BAROXRT. Sir Harry Vernoy, the second oldest bar- onet in England, who died a few days ago at the ripe old age of 93, retired from the army as far back as 1827. Sir Harry will be much missed in Buckinghamshiro, and the more so on account of the very regret- able circumstances which have embittered his declining years, and havo necessarily ob- scured the social prospects of his eldest son and successor, who is now 55 years of age and the father of two grown-up daughters. The late baronet, who succeeded to his fa- ther’s brand new title in 1326, was, as Cap- tain Calvert, of the Grenaiiers, some time private secretary to the great Duke of \Vel- liugton. He obtained permission by royal sign manual to change his name to Verney in 189.7, since, though entirely unrelated to that family, he had then succeeded to their property. * A certain Miss Nicholson married the son and heir presumptive of Lord Farmsnagh; by this husband, who predeceased his father, she had a daughter, Mary Verney, who was created Baroness Farmansgh in 1782. Her ladyship’s mother married secondly Rich- ard Calvert, the far-away kinsman of a Lon- don brewer, called Felix Calvert, immortal- ized underanother name by Thackeray. Lady Farmanagli left her estates to her half-sister by the latter marriage, Catherine Calvert, who in her turn bequeathed them to the late Sir Harry, then Captain Calvert, who was a grandson of the aforesaid Felix, the brewer, and proprietor of "Foker’s entire" a well-known brand of British porter. Sir Harry Vernev was not the oldest barouet, for Rev. SirJ. W. Hayes is now in his 95th year, having been born Aug. 12, 1799. THE OLD RED PALACE AT KEW. The quaint old red Palace of Kew, in the suburbs of London, which looks like the money box which always stood on the nursery mantel-shelf and into which cents went and never came out, is doomed either to be turned into a supplementary museum onto come down altogether. It has not been occupied for nearly a hundred years and has no furniture in it. Being a royal palace it has a staff of servants, the chief of which is the housekeeper, who has a pretty little house close by. There was some talk of this palace being made a resi- dence for the Duke and Duch'ss of York, but the project fell through. Few people are aware that buried among the woods between Kew and Richmond is a very charming old cottage called “The Queen’s Teahousc.” It was built for Queen Char- lotte, who used to come there often during her most Weary years of waitingto drink a dish of tea. There is still in it some rare old blue deli too. were, pretty chintzes and valuable prints. This little house, .which has only two rooms and a kitchen. is also weighted with retainers and the “keeper of the queen’s cottage” has a house and salary from the lord chainberlain’s depart~ mcnt. All round the green at Kow are a number of small and large houses, the property of Queen Victoria. They were‘ originally built to hold George III.’s suite during his insanity. The largest belongs to the Duke of Cambridge and another her Majesty lately gave to the dowagcr Lady Erroll; in a third resides old Lord Perth, who bears also the ancient title of Duke of Melfert; with him lives his only daughter, Lady Edith Driiminond, to whom the dukcdom descends on her father’s death. LORDS WI‘IO REMAIX COVERED BEFORE ROYALTY. Lord Forester, as the descendant and representative of John Forester, of lVat- ling street, County Salop, to whom the still extant grant was made by Henry VIII., enjoys the piivilege, if it is one, of remain- ing covered in the presence of royal kings of England, his first obeisance having been made. Lord Kingsdale inheritsasimilar doubtful distinction, but it: the former case the grant was made for some mysterious and unexplained reason to a commoner ; in the latter to the Irish Earl of Ulster, John de Courcy, as far back as the reign of King John, while the Forester peerage is hardly more than seventy years old. The King of England and Philip ll. of France agreed to settle some dispute as to that very fruitful subject of contention, the Norman diichy. by single combat. The Earl of Ulster represented England, and no sooner put in an ap earanco than the French knight selects to oppose him put spurs to his horse and bolted. King John then made the usual imprudent promise of the period to grant the earl anything he might choose to ask, and the good earl, who had good reasons for dos- pising Lackland, declared that he simply wished to be saved the trouble of remov- ing his head covering in future out of court~ iy instinct. The Lords Kingsdalc hays occasionally claimed their “ privilege," once for obvious reasons, after the abdica- tion of James IL, when Dutch William commented on the ap arent disrespect to his royal dignity, andp then gloomin as- sented, and at a much later period one of them is said to have kept his hat on in the presence of George III. -a--...-. .. we..- One of the oldest families in Virginia, a branchof which resides in Brooklyn, have for generations s lied their surname En- roughty, but t ey pronounce it Baby. Another fainilv name in Virginia in that of Talhfcrro, which is pronounced Tolivcr. cf?!“