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i ii “‘5 f. j illiil ill 'uuui *â€" umu iiisu inu later Partioiilai‘sli the Awful Nav- a.1 Disaster. THE VICTORIAâ€"WAS rearran- SHIP or THE SQUADRON. Excitement in London~The Queen and Mr. Gladstone Greatly Shocked. Rear-Admiral Albert II. Markham, of the Trafalgar, the flagship of the rear-ad- miral in the Mediterranean, has telegraphed officially to the Admiralty from Tripoli, Syria, under date of to-day as follows : “ I regret. to report that while mamcuvering off Tripoli, this afternoon, the Victoria and Camperdown collided. The Victoria sank in fifteen minutes in 18 fathoms of water. She lies bottom uppermost. The C down’s ram struck the Victoria forward of the turret on the starboard side. Twenty- one officers were drowned. Two hundred and fifty-five men were saved. The injury to the Camperdown has not yet- been fully ascertained but it is serious and will neces- sitate her going on dock for repairs. Ipro- (lose toisend the survivors to Malta.” A PREVIOUS DISASTER. In January "of last year the Victoria. was aground off the Greek coast near Plateau and she was only floated off after an im- mense amount of labor and large expense. It was said the accident was due to careless- ness. , Hon. Maurice Bourke, captain of the Victoria, and a son of the late Earl of Mayo, . who is the youngest post captain in the British Navy, was held responsible for the accident and was severely reprimanded by a court martial; Capt. Bourke was in com- mand of the Victoria when she sank. THE OFFICERS. According to the navy list the principal officers of the Victoria were : Vice-admiralâ€"Sir George Tryon. Captain wMaurice A. Bourke. Commanderâ€"Chas. L. Ottley. Chaplainâ€"Rev. Samuel S. 0. Morris. Fleet surgeonâ€"Thomas Bolster. Fleet paymasterâ€"Valcntine D. J. Rick- cord. Fleet engineerâ€" Felix Foreman. The complement of officers and crew of the Victoria. comprised 600 men. The list of officers drowned includes, besides Vice- admiral Try on, Chaplain Morris, Lieut. Munroe, Fleet Paymaster Rickcord, Fleet Engineer Foreman, Engineer Harding, As- sistant Engineers Deadman, Hatherly and Seaton, Gunner Howell, Boatswain Bar- nard, Carpenter Beall, Midshipmen Inglis, Grieve, Fawkes, Lanyon, Henly, Gambler and Scarlett, Cadet Stocks and Clerks Allen and Savage. A change had recently been made in the commander attached to the Victoria,Charles L. Ottley having been detached and succeed- ed by Commander Fellicome, who was saved, as were also Capt. Maurice A. ‘ Bourke and 15 other officers. ‘ SCENE OF THE DISASTER. The first despatches concerning the acci- dent led to the belief that the disaster had occurred off the coast of Tripoli, in northern Africa. Later advices show that the scene of the calamity was near Tripoli, 8. seaport town on the eastern Mediterranean, 50 miles north-east of Beyrout, Syria, and a compar- atively short distance from the island of Cyprus. As soon as the officers of the Victoria saw that there was danger of their ship founder- ing orders were given to close the collision bulkheads, in order to keep the water in the compartment into which the Camper- down had shoved her ram. The sailors tried to obey the orders, but the ship was making water too fast to allow of closing the bulkheads, and While the men were still trying to shut them the ship, with her im- mense guns and heavy tophamper, turned over and carried them down. THE NFAVS IN LONDON. As soon as the news of the disaster became known in London, the Duke of Edinburgh, who was lately promoted to the position of admiral of the fleet, cited the admiralty and conferred with the officials there. A'con- ference of the Admiralty Board was held, and a telegram of instructions was sent to Rear Admiral Markham. The news of the calamity has caused the most intense excitement, not only among. those who had friends aboard the ill-fated Ship, but among all classes of the p0pu1a. tion. The admiralty office in ‘Whitehall is ' besieged by officers and crew, reporters seeking further details of the disaster and throngs of peo- ple attracted by curiosity. So dense was the throng in the vicinity that the admir- alty officials were compelled to summon the police to restrain the crowd. No information has been received at the admiralty, since the receipt of Rear-Ad.- miral M arkham's first official telegram. The Victoria was A SINGLE TURRET SHIP, carrying two llO-ton guns, mounted in a forward turret coated with 18 inches of compound armor, one lO-inch QO-ton gun firing aft and a broadside auxiliary arma- meut of 126 inch 5-tou guns. Of artil- lery of smaller nature she carried 21 quick-firing and eight machine guns. Her maximum speed was 16.75 knots. She could stow 1,200 tons of coal in her bunk- ers, and her radius of action at 10 knots speed with her full complement of coal was estimated at 7,000 knots. Her armored belt and bulk-heads consisted of compound armor from 16 to 18 inches in thickness. She was built at Elswick. IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. Gladstone was greatly shocked when he received the news of the disaster. He informed the House of Commons of the ac- cident and paid a most glowing tribute to the worth of Vice-Admiral Tryon, who he said was one of the ablest and most esteem- ed Officers in the service. Mr. Gladstone said there were 611 officers, seamen and boys, and 107 marines on board the ship. It was feared of this total of 718 souls 430 had been lost. He was sure the deepest sympathy of the House would be felt for the brave men who had found an early grave in the service of their country, and that it would be extended to their relatives and friends, _ lision occurred at 5 o‘clock in the afternoon, relatives and friends of thel‘ Patience. Be patient! Easy words to speak While plenty fills the cup of life. “‘hilc health brings roses to the cheek. , And far removed are rare and strife.» Lord George Hamilton, formerly First Lord of the Admiralty, endorsed every- thing Mr. Gladstone had said, and express- ed the deepest regret for the calamity that had befallen the country in the loss of so many brave officers and men. LATEST FROM THE SCENE. A despaich received at 2 o’clock Friday morning from Beyront says that the col- Falling so gliblv from the tongue Of those â€"I often think of thisâ€" W’lmm suffering in 5 never wrung. ll'ho scarcely" know what patience is Be patient! when the sufl”rer lics Presirate beneath some fell disease, And longs, through torturing agonies. Only for one short hour of (use. about seven miles from Tripoli. l‘he ves- sels were almost at right angles when the Victoria was struck. Those on the Vic- toria’s deck at the moment of the collision scrambled away and were rescued by boats from the Cainpordown and several other vessels. The men below had no time to reach the deck. The sudden heeling of the Victoria caused her to begin to fill im- mediately and no escape was possible. She went down in 80 fathoms of water. It is difficult to obtain the names of the rescued, as they are aboard several vessels, and so far allefiorts have been devoted to recov- ering bodies. Shortly after the collision five bodies were taken from the water, one of them the body of the chief paymasier. They were buried next evening with mili- tary honors at Tripoli, . A FORMER DISASTER. The accident to the Victoria has never been equalled in the fatal results in naval annals of recent times. The foundering of this newest type of warship calls to mind a similar accident, as far as great loss of life is concerned, that befell the English line-of- battle ship Royal George in 1782. In that year the Royal George, carrying 108 guns, was lying off Spithead. She had been keeled over for repairs when a sudden gust of wind caused her to keel over until the sea enter- ed her open ports. She filled and went down with all on board, including Rear Admiral Kempenfelt. A number of women were on board at the time, and they, too, were drowned. Altogether about 600 persons lost their lives in that disaster. THE QUEEN T0 LADY TRYON. The Queen has sent Col. Carriugton to express her sorrow and sympathy to Lady Tryon. On the evening following the afternoon ofthe disaster Lady Tryon, who arrived from Malta three weeks ago, was holding her first reception of the season. Two hundred guests were present. “Then the news of her husband’s death reached her she fell in a faint. The state concert and other royal func- tions on the programme for next week have been postponed. The Lord Mayor has opened a relief fund for the benefit to the needy families who lost members in the disaster. Be patient ! when the weary brain 15 racked with thought and anxious care And troubles in an endless train . Sccm almost more than it can bear. To feel the torture ofdclay, The agony of hope deferred: The labor still from day to day, . The prize unwon the prayer unheard. And still to hope and Strive and wait The due reward of fortunc’s kiss; Thisia to almost conquer fate. This is to learn what patience is. Despair not! though the clouds are dark, And storm and danger veil the sky; Lot. fate and courage guide thy barquc, The storm will pass, the port is nigh Be patient, and the tide will turn, Shadows will flee before the sun ; These are the hopes that live and burn To light us till our work is done. Buttercup Day 3- Buttercup days are the best my dear, Skies of opal and sapphire blue, Bouglis with sunlight woven through, Fields alight with golden blaze- How we all revel in buttercup daysl Yonder. where fields were soddcn and gray Acres of velvety verdure are seen, green, April brings out with her mellowing rays, Peach-bloom and pansics in buttercup days. Buttercup days are the best my dear, Of life’s long. varying, changcful yearâ€"â€" Bits of clouds in the sapphire skyâ€" (Goasamcr cloud: that float and fly, Scattered away by the sun’s clear rays)â€" I-Iow we remember our buttcrcup days! Innocent brows by the chhyrs fanned Spirits sunny. and hearts. as light As wind-swayed plumes of the elder white, Souls unblemished by worldly ways! Blessed remembrance of buttercup daysl Little (Eds- threhavc thcy gone toâ€"â€"the little girls, W'ith natural manners and natural curls? Who love their (lollies and like their toys, And talk of! something besides the boys ? Little old women in plenty I find. Nature in manners and old of mind. Little old flirts who talk of their “ bonus" And vie with each other in stylish clothes. ...,...â€"â€" THE MAN AND THE VESSEL. The Parts Played by Admiral Tryon and the Victoria in Naval fl lstory. The names of Admiral Sir George Tryon and the great vessel Victoria are connected closely with the most important events of British naval history in recent years. In 1885 there was adopted under Mr. Glad- stone’s Government .vhatis called the North- brook programme of naval construction. Under this plan the Victoria, launched in April, 1887, was one of the finest additions to the. n‘lVY- Upon her were triefl many ' Where have they gone to? If you see experiments With some of the heaVier guns One of them anywhere send her to me. then coming into vogue. In the summer of T “'0111d give a medal,“ DUI‘CSt cold 1888 naval manoeuvres on an unprecedented Â¥iggigfi$$fcgfiggfiélgnflflff: Oldv .1 scale were resolved upon, and a supposedly who knows ,10, Va"; m‘enni'n" Egan mm 8‘ hostile fleet consisting of 9 armored and “style.” ’3 1'2 unarmored vessels and 1'2 torpedo boats, under Admiral Tryon’s command, was blocaded in the two Irish ports of Bere- haven and Lough Swilly by a. fleet of 13 armored and 13 unarmored vessels and 12 torpedo boats, under Admiral Baird. Ad. miral Tryon managed his fleet successfully. First a cruiser escaped from Lough Swilly, and then twobig ships ran the blocade at Berehaven in "te of electric lights and rockets. The i ,eaped veSSels, Sir George Tryon on board of one of them, went north; carried the mimic warfare into the northern coasts ; attacked Aberdeen, Leith and Edinburgh ; preyed on the commercial ship. ping; and when pursued Sir George made for Liverpool, took possession of the harbor and the iron-clad left to defend it, while another squadron “levied tribute” on the ports on the east coast of England. These experiments demonstrated the weakness of the navy. It showed that the now, for instance, in time of war could icarry Little old belles, who, at nine and ten. Arc sick of plea sure and tired of men, Weary of travel. of balls, of fun-â€" And find no new thing under the sun. Once in the beautiful long ago, Some dear little children I used to know; Girls who were merry aslambs at play, And laughed and rollickcd the livclong day. clothes. they : Splendid follows to help them play. A Lullaby- Slcep. my baby. sleep. And little feet that know nojourneyings. And sweet. seraphic soul that knows no soil; Thou fairest thing of all created things! Sleep. my baby. sleep, All tender infant things are slumberingl ’l‘hc laiubkins in the fold all safely lie, Hushcd by the mother bird's last. lullaby. Sleep. my baby, sleep, A sense of soft repose broods on the air, The daffodils are nodding on the 10a The breezes rook the lily-cradled bee. Sleep, my baby. sleep. nli‘. And in thy dreamland hear my lullaby. Sloop, mybaby, sleep, Thv flaxen. flozâ€"‘Gy hair a. nimbus seems, tEe e‘ntll'e coast 0f Ellilland and “11 Like folded blue forgot-inc-nots thine ems. t e shipping except that go the mouth of Oh, all sweet things conspire to make thy the Thames. A great agitation for additions dl‘eflms Idyllic cchoin gs from Paradise, to the navy sprang up. Admiral Trymi’s Sleep my darling sleep achievements had roused all England. The Government were forced to satisfy public feeling with a shipbuilding prooramme of 70 new vessels. to be built in five or six years, costing £21,500.000. This programme is now pretty nearly concluded. In 1860 Admiral Tryon was again a central figure in naval manmuvres. The object was to illustrate, by two fleets, a slower one with El hours’ start of a faster one. how long the pursued fleet could maintain itself on one of the principal trade routes. intercept traffic, and yet avoid a general engage- ment. Admiral Tryon commanded the pur- suing fleet, and demonstrated in a lO~day cruise that it was imposisible to overtake the marauders. In 1891 Sir George replaced Sir Anthony Hcskin as commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean, having previous to that been attached to the Royal Naval Re- serve. In 1892 Admiral Tryon issued a re- port on the trustworthiness of this force, making a number of suggestions which were carried out by the Government. The great ship Victoria had meanwhile been sent to the Mediterranean, and in February. 1892. she ran ashore while exercising in shallow waters with torpedoes. After great exer- tions by officers and men she was got safely - off and reached Malta without serious dani- oge. A court martial followed, but it re- sulted in acquitting the officers of culpable negligence. _________â€"oâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€""' InfluenCe of Example. Factumâ€"“ You’d hardly think that such a dumb thing as a. hen would be influenced by the example of man, but it's so.” Rawlinsâ€"“ That seems strange.” Fuctumâ€"“ I know it does, but it’s so.” Rawlinsâ€"“ How do you know?” Factumâ€"“ From observation, You re- member the other evening when the crowd of sports came up from the village and had a set-to in my barn.” Rawlinsâ€"“ Yes.” Factumâ€"“ “’ell, it was only a. day or two after that I found two of my hens clucking around looking for a place to set too.” Do Ants Talk? This query is made by Magazine of Natural History, roes on to say : 1 one day saw a better quarters. 150 yards. hold goods. Some had eggs, meat, some had one thing hour. close together as if greeting short chat was necessary. To prove Who was on and with every ant they took place as before. to communicate. for every out that these one of our family, many more are killed.” and it was true. municatcd, if not by speech ‘2 She Knows Him- who boards in your house.” Postmanâ€"“No, the that it has come from the country.” Landladyâ€"“ Then young Mr. Mueller. city folks.” ,__,.___._â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"".â€"â€"-________â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".'. 0f the beautiful, wonderful, changing yearâ€"- When snows melted slowly and trickled away With buttcrcup scattered likc gold in the Straight from the groves of the heavenly land, They thought not at all of tho “ style ” of their They never imagined that boys were “bcaus ;" "Other girls’ brothers ” and “mates” were “.fiirt " or â€"[Ella \Vheeler Wilcox. With folded dimplcd hands that know no toil, The birdling hath its head beneath its wing, With petals folded like small hands in prayer, The violet bonds its sweet head, wet with dew The wind lisps low, the leaves make soft re- An d thou. thou fairest blossom, slumber, too, ~[Rosalinc E. Jones. a writer in the and he then drove of the small black ants moving, perhaps to The distance was some Almost all which came from the old home carried some of the house- some had what may have answered for their baconjor and some another. I sat- and watched them closely for over an I noticed that every time two met in the way they would hold their heads one another, and no matter how often the meeting took place this same thing occurred, as though a more about it, I killed one his way. Others 12 3mg eye witnesses to the murder went with speed, met this talking But instead of a pleasant greeting, it was sad news they had I know it- was sad news, parties met hastily turned back and fled on another course, as much as to say “ For the king‘s sake and for your safety do not go there, for I have seen a monster, just behind, that is able to destroy us all at one blow. I saw him kill I do not know how So the news spread How was the news com- Postmanâ€"“Ican’t make out the ad- dress on this letter very well, but I fancy it belongs to Mueller, the young student Laudladyâ€"“ ls it a letter from the’ city ‘2” postmark shows it doesn’t belong to All his creditors are LBPROSY. The Cases In Canadaâ€"The Disease not Iii- crcils Leprosy is far from Canada there being a ing Anywhere in the \‘l’orld. being unknown in leprosy hospital in Nova Scotia where Acadians stricken with that drea interred. on the Pacific coast, but dful disease have for years been Occasional cases have occurred these have been confined to the Chinese and to associates of theirs and are imported cases rather than indigenous ones. cases discovered in some of our Ontario and Quebec cities, but these have been very rare indeed, ing through. It is doubtless owing to the publicity quitous very charges had such an effect upon public opinion three subject Commission visited India, disease is perhaps most prevalent within the Empire and, therefore, afforded the best field for Their report, which has just been made public, is calculated to reassure the world with regard to the increase of leprosy. It denies that the disease has become at all more pro clares that at the very tinnary. had underestimated the number of cases in India, but the commission, after a thorough investiga that so f. hundred in the census, over ten per cent. had been found an alyses of cases the nmined, had only by contra of the di “ uses a strating and the opening whole is the disp on to a easily wire. a needle through If one history, suffered notoriou Dr. J chi mile if 1 nor salt. would a eyed ma under si _ the seas press that. the impression has gained ground that leproay as a disease has become much more prevalent of late years. So firm is this impressmn that the anti-vacci- nationists ascribed the spread of the disease years ago Commission from disease. no increase whatever in the number.of cases during the last thirty years, and that inves- tigation clearly shows that the use of vac- cine matter has had no effect Whatever. An- nor could a trace of these gcrmsbe found even in the blood of the lepers. Another striking fact has been brought to light by the com- missioners, namely, that not a single case of congenital leprosy could be and that, of over two could any family taint be traced. In all but a couple of score of cases the disease age of manhood had been reached. commission is still disposed to class leprosy among the contagious diseases, but it re- ports that it has failed to prove clearly in a single case that the disease was acquired vail among _ quitoes are the chief agents in the spread by the evidence secured by the commission, and the general belief that a fish diet must be a secondary cause of it, because lepers are always fish eaters, colony of lepers was discovered, not one of whom had eaten of fish. Demonstration of Sound Waves- Prof. V. Dvorak, of Agram, Nature says, phenomena. sphere the short neck is replaced by a small metal plate with a conical hole open- ing inward, about 2 mm. When the resonator sounds, the passage of air through the hole is strong enough to extinguish a lighted match. If a small paper wheel resembling a water wheel is placed a little below the opening, front of a wall, the blowmg of a born, or the singing of the proper note, is capable of setting the wheel in rapid rotation. A very serviceable lecture apparatus for measuring the intensity of sound is illustrated in the Zeitschrift fur Physikalischen Unterricht. A narrow glass tube bent at a very obtuse angle is half filled with alcohol. of the tube has a conical is placed at a justment to any angle. from the resonator when respondlng to a sound affect the level of the alcohol, and lacements are read off on a scale at- tached to the tube, projected, if necessary, observed light resonator of the ordinary construction is floated on water, its axis being kept hori- zontal by means of an attached piece of On blowmg the horn, will float in the which the neck continuous rotation, four resonators are at- tached to a light cross of wood turning on bent necks is suspended this acoustical reaction wheel is placed in one corner of the lecture theater, it can be set rotating from the opposite corner strong tuning fork, or from sup There have also been and merely of strangers pass- given to such cases by the ubi- practice of vaccination. These Government a Leprosy whole The the that the Imperial appointed to investigate the report thereupon. where and a British official investigation. valeut during recent years and de- worst it is only sta- It was charged that the last census tion, deny this charge, and declare or from this being true, of nine and eighty-seven cases referred to der examination to have been free It states that there has been vaccine matter fail to show in any presence of the bacillus of leprosy, discovered thousand cases ex- in not more than a half a dozen made its appearance after the full The ct. A theory which seems to pre- the lepers themselves that mos- seasc, seems to have been disproved is set aside, as a M very simple apparatus for demon- the oscillation of the air in sound In an ordinary resonating its shortest diameter being resonator stands about3 cm. in One end opening, and this distance of 0.5 cm. from the of the resonator described. The mounted on a board capable of ad- The puffs emitted Another affect of sound is that of repulsion. A screen. the sphere direction opposite to that is pointed. To produce point, or one resonator with four by a thread. If by 8. even by singing a conical tube.” _,_.,____._â€"- Victims of Superstition- will take the trouble to go through the names of most of the bravest people in he will find that they nearly all from some superstition or other. Napoleon Bonaparte was simply eaten by superstitions, and so was theDuke of Marl- borough. Literary men have always been sly superstitious, from the days of 1550!), who would go back half a is remembered that he had 0 mit- ted to touch any one of the lamposts on his daily Walk, never change a garment if he found that he had to put it on. inside out, and Lord Byron, who would get up and leave a din- party Statesmen have not been exempt to Dean Swift, who would instantly if anybody spilt the erstition either. Lord Beaconsfield lways take especial care to enter the house with his right foot foremost when he was going to make a speech. Pitt would return home at once, important his business, if he met a. cross- lVilliam however 11 on the, street, while Sir Robert Peel would always make the sign against the evil eye with his fingers and thumb milar circumstances. W Putting a horse upon the market un- broken and trying to get a it would be a parallel case to putting green lumber on sale and expecting the value of good price for oned and finished product. BE MADE ALLOWANGES. .1 Farmer Who Went Easy on an Amateur: Attempt at Plowing. A certain eminent _clergyman. who is greatly loved for h ance with offende experience of his own in years him the grace of he was a boy he w had already a strong was studying bar is gentleness and forbear-R rs, recently said that in ready excusing. theological bent- and (1 during the winter and working even harder during thesummer try I ing to get a. He wante reparation for college. : to be a preacher, and the fact that he didn’t seem to be good for anything else tended to convince him that he had not mistaken his calling. One spring he was en- tirely out of school, and go to work. Not being able to find anything to do in the small college town where he had been studying, the youth -â€"-call him Richard Vernonâ€"went the farmers to see if he could get among work from them. out He found a man who was longby taught : \Vlien 2 as a. very poor boy, but he ‘ money and had to get out of - very busy with his spring’s work and in a ' hurry field for potato planting. . The weather was favorable for planting; ' the farmer’s boys would be home from school the next day , which was Saturday, and eoverin g. the dropping ard that he might the plow for to do He told Rich- mark out the field with planting, and if be suited he might be hired for two or three months. the boy was very Then came his cm Meantime the farmer saw that anxious to stay and that he had eVidently a good disposition. So the young theologian went to work with tremendous vigor. to take breath until large tract of ground with deep furrows. he had marked off a player from his work in another part of the farm and looked at the boy’s work, turned. the lot; the elephant had toss rows were of all (1 from one another, the horse most of ing up and mainl upon the plow ha of his work. Ric looked very aux that was evident. and there was a 0 work, sir ‘2” Rohilcund, 8:0. to the loss of his “ A horse brok attack my little 3 right thigh. the move, litter and carried and Major Alison into a shady topc was fierce. Tlier denly a cry burst “ The sowars are coming P out of my litter saddleâ€"the flaps the blister on my leather roasted b â€"on my horse. bare legs. sowar making his hold so as He was cut dow struggled on, but ful than I. I h yards when I fell with sunstroke. “Then I heard “ ‘Lookâ€"a wh for I was naked, point of death; my good friends Mackinnon, Such is one 0 Magazine. and leaned up ag fence and laughed until he shook. tato field had been scraped and scalloped all over with the ridiculously irregular and wabbly little ditches which Richard had ____._â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"‘._ An Indian Exp eiience- Dr. Russel, who.was in India during the Mutiny, was present at the siege of Lucknow, and also served in the campaign of Oude, VVh'ilst on one of the many night marches Sir Colin Campbell made in India, he received a kick which nearly led the bat-tie of Bareilly coolie bearers had carried the sick litters saw him againâ€"and “ It was some of our peop They thought I had been killed, and that the sowars had stripped off my clothing, burial at the foot of the charpoy I was stretched apparently ainst the The po- ‘There was not a. clean, straight furrow in ground looked as if an insane ed up the earth; the fur- epths and at all distances for Richard had driven the time at a smart walk, and he had been too much occupied in keep- aining a precarious grasp ndles to be able to pay any attention to the regularity or evenness hard Vernon laughed too, as he stood and looked over the field. He wiped the sweat from his brow and iously at his employer. There was no chance for regular flork there, His laughter faded away ertain faint twitch in the corners of his mouth as the boy said: “ I guess you don’t want any more of my “ Oh, yesâ€"yes, I do,” said the farmer. “ Maybe ’tan’t your fault that the furrows are crooked. You see, the sun’s pretty hot to-day,and I reckon the heat warped them.” life. e lose and commenced to tallion,” he said. “ I went to its assistance when the brute, which be- longed to Donald Stewart, an offi the staff, let fly'at me, catching me on my The kick bent the scabboard of a sword I was wearing, and fairly drove it into my right thigh. hoping to come into action with some Oude rebels and I was in agonyâ€"un- able to move a stepâ€"â€"so I was placed 001‘ on We were just on along with the sick of the headquarters staff into Rohilcund. Smallpox broke out at Lucknow, and clung to us . on the march, and among the sick were Sir “I. Peel (he died at Cawnporel, Sir David Baird . On March 25, was fought. or grove of treesâ€"the sun 8 I lay, helpless, listening to the sound of battle close at hand. Sud- from the camp-followersâ€"- are coming 1 The sowars ‘ Our syce ran up with the chargers. How I did it I do not know. and scrambled up into the But I hopped felt like molten iron, and leg rolled up against the y the sun outside the tope My servantâ€"a very brave fellowâ€" held on by the stirrup leather, flog- ging the horse, for I had only bare feet and Suddenly he letrgo. He saw a for us, and he released not to impede my flight. n, I presume, for I never his wages were due. I the sun was more power- ad only proceeded a few off my horse insensible-â€" a voice. ite man l’ le, thank God if all save my shirt, and it was bloody. They bent over me. “ ‘ He’s warm,’ cried one of the menâ€"it was Tombs’ battery that had come up. got back to camp, but I was very near the and, indeed, I had the unique and unpleasant trial of listening to and physicmns, Tice and discussing the question of my on which dead.” f. the experiences of Dr. Russel during the Indian Mutiny-{Strand ____________’â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€" Audiences are not permitted to applaud in Russian theatres. terials were some potato snuff-box They were made boxes was made boxes. ture of these boxes. they were sometimes known as 3 The British Museum contains many rare and beautiful snuff-boxes of the last cen- tury, plain and enamelled, made of papie- niache, horn, silver and gold, complicated, small and large. simple and Curious mo» times used in the nianufacr Some sixty years age. es were in common use. of potato pulp, which,mix- ed viith some glutinous material, was press- ed into moulds, slightly fired. The best quality of potato dried, varnished, and at Brunswick, and hence 'Zriinswich to get the furrows plowed in a big ‘ He did not stop ’ ina. ~ . -. e ....... *....,,, ..