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 ' u .*A OtJS TMFJIO fOSSB. tlKn little rogue, thee not to meddle bow often with that ♦ ^iSl wfth the chwiBh dock never tin' Doekthea thoinrc"' tktMMU ahall I tell ^^'"we. only watching the wheel. round. f*ther."'-id* rt«^**r i^^L*; Sed leathern jacket, rtarting np with a Sf^iiSSWlook in hi. blue eyeii. " Cii^ hMt «*«« *o do with the wheelBj eh' Suppowi the clock i. rtop]^ or put :L.« .Seday by one th^ tncfaj SSI Han. Scbefcer, curtojan of St. Mjr- CJhurch, Miy to the Town Council? kiow what birch pomdge w, e Beware, or I'll give thee such of it a. shall make thee go round ^ater than the wheels" pSwHan. wa. indeed kept in constant terror by hi. inquiring «n'« unoonteollable habit of going wnerever he ought not. The Sd church of St. Martin wa. a ^ou. play- ground for any boy. with ito 8hadow aiales Sd countlew pillM*. ««^ taU towers, and d^p niche., and half-rumed battlements and the worthy curtodian, when he awoke from his after-dinner nap in hia httle room at the foot of the great clock tower never knew whether he should tnd hxs hopeful bov hiding behind tha altar-screen, trymgto blow the organ bellows, or playmg hide-and «eek among the pinnacles of the roof, or sit- ing astride of a carved spout a hundred and sixty feet above the pavement. Ail this, however, might have been for- given for the old custodian was really m fond of his " Uttle rogue" as the boy, with all his wUdness, wa. of him. But this one thing that Hans could not pardon was the dancer caused by his son's restless inquis- itiveness to his beloved church clock. It was his pride and glory to be able to tell everyone that during the whole forty years that he had been in charge of the " St. Martin's Kirche," the clock had never stopped or gone wrong and nothing would convince him that itwasnot by far tne finest clock in the whole world. ^, " Don't tell me of the big clock of atras- burg Calhedral," he would say with an ob- stinate shake of his grey head. "Could it go forty years on end, think you, without the slightest deviation? No. that it couldn't, nor any other clock on the face of the earth except this one." Mindful of Kaspars inquiring turn of mind his father, having to do some market- ing in the town the day after our hero's stolen visit to the clock, locked the door of the tower, and took the key along with "No harm can happen now," he mut- tereed "and in any case, 1 snail be back before he gets out of school." But, as ill-luck would have it, the teach- er was called away by some business that afternoon, and the boys got out of school more than an hour earlier than usual. Kas- par, finding his father gone, went straight to the door of the clock tower, and' looked rather blank on discovering that it was locked. But he was not one to be easily stopped when he had once made up his mind. Getting out upon the roof, and crawling along a cornice where only a cat or a school- could have found footing, he crept (• It is Mtoaidung what a demand ther9 is for polka dot 6nu goocb,' Mud » dry good, merchant laat week. "Old and young wwnen run here every day for polka dot (£th, and the ran ha. cxhanrted our .npply Mveral time, already thi. .ewrn. The blue and white good., with snail .pot., wereall the rage at firrt, but now we are asked for blaek and white, with large dots. It i. a Mnnble faahion, howcyer. Yon we the polka dot dre«e. look neat and dre.^, and yet they do not riiow the dirt a. the lawn drene. do. Another thing Worth notiiB i. the fact that no great duster, are needed when a lady wear, polka dot good.. I think the prettieet .tyle i. the wearing of polka dot waist, over white and colored skirts, but tlje rage appear, to be now for full suit, of the polka dot It i. a cheap, dressy, cool and Mrviceable style of goods, and I am not surprised at the in- ceasing demand for it. Yesterday I wa. told by one of the oldest wholesale dry snoods dealers in New York tha^ in fifty years he had never had such a demand for one line of goods in a single season. He said that thousands of ladies had ordered the polka dot goods for Maside and moun- tain wear, and h\e felt confident that it was pushing lawns to the wall. His idea was that the polka dots were boosted into fashion by the Malley trial, when the Malley boys wore polka neckties and Blanche Douglass had on a polka dot waist a part of the time in court. The women folks were interested in that trial, in t^'e fate of Jennie Cramer, as well as in the other sensational elements of the affair, and the fashion makers in New Yoik speedily made polka dots a feature cf their Spring and Summer styles. However that may be, it is a fact there- is a wonderful call for the polka dot dress goods, scarfs and ties, ribbons and waist belts, and polka dot necktits mi scarfs for the men. " boy an air hole right into the clock- through room. ... For some time be was as happy as a child in a toy.shop, running from one marvel to another, until at length he discovered another hole, and thrusting his head through it, found himself looking down upon the market-place through the face of the clock itself. But when he tried to withdraw his head again, it would not come. It was such a queer scrapa to be in that Kaspar was more inclined to laugh than to be frightened but suddenly a thought «ruck him which scared him in earnest; his neck was in the track of the minute- hand,, which, when it reached him, must in- evitably tear his head off. Poor Kaspar it was too late now to wish that he bad left the clock alone. He tried to scream for help, but with his neck in that cramped positidh, the cry that he gave was scarcely louder than the chirp of a sparrow. He struggled desperately to writhe himself back through the hole but a piece of wood- work had supped down upon the back of his neck, and held him like a ise. ' On came the destroyer, nearer and near- er still, marking off with its meqsured tick his few remaining moments of life. And all the while the sun was shining gayly, the tiny flags were fluttering on the booths of the market,' and the merry voices of his school-fellows who were playing in the market-place came faintly to his ears, while he hung there helpless, with death stealing upon him inch by inch. His head grew dizzy, and the measured beat of the ticking sounded like the roll of a mufiied drum, while the coming hand of the clock looked like a monstrous arm outstretched to seize him, and the carved faces on the spouts seemed to grin and gibber at him in mockery. And still the temble hand crept onward, nearer, nearer, nearer. ** What can that thing in the clock face be " said a tourist below, pointing his spy- class upward. "Why, I declare it lool^s like a boy's head r "A bioy's head!" cried a gray-haired watchmaker beside him (one of Hans Schel- ler's special friends,) snatching hastily at the glau as he spoke. " W^hy, good gracious It's little Kaspar. He'U be killed " And he rushed toward the church, shouting like a madman. The alarm spread hke wild-fire, and be- fore Klugmann, the watchmaker, had got hidf -way up the stairs leading to the tower, more than a score of excited men were scampering at his heels. But at the top of the stairs they were suddenly brought to a stand-still by the locked door. "It's locked " cried Klugmann in tone, of horror, "and Hans must have taken the key wil^ him, for it isn't here." " Never mind the key," roared a brawny smith behind him. " Pick up that beam, comrade., and run it against the lock. All taeether now f* XMh went tihe door, in nuhed the crowd, and Kaiipv, now senselen from sheer frin^t, wa. dragged oat of hi. .trange pri.- onjaat aa the huge bar of the minute-uuMl w^aaUy^buched ni. nfsek^ And.Mit^ 0^ that poor old Scheller, comiBgliome fbr a qaiet anernoon nap; found the wMr of the tower noadied in, hi. wn lyins in a rweon. Late New. Notes at Home and Abread. Engineer Melville and the seamen Nin- derman and Noros, the survivors of the Jeannette, have arrived at Moscow, where they met with a grand reception. A leading Montreal bank has crop reports from its agencies throughout Ontario which give very encouraging accounts of the yield of the present harvest, which is set down generally above the average. The agricultural distress in Spain is assum- ing alarming proportions in Andalusia in consequence of the poor harvest and want of labor. Friquent collisions occur betM'cen the peasantry and police. â-  An investigation of the Westgate affair is going on between the Venezuelan govern- ment and the British Ministry privately. The British steamer "Fantome" has gone to Laguayra and the captain has proceeded to Caracas. Dr. Gorbatj an Englishman, left Zermatt on Friday last, with two guides, to ascend the Dent Blanche. All three were fouiid dead on Sunday, having fallen from a preci- pice. This is the fourth such accident that has occurred this season. The Empress of Germany is confined to her apartments in consequence of injuries which she received by a fall while walking in the Schloss of Babelsberg a short time ago. Some anxiety is felt concerning her condition, but a speedy recovery is hoped for. The Coreau troubles have culminated in a general insurrection, during which the King and Queen were both assassinated, and the Japanese legation was attacked by natives belonging to the anti- foreign party. Japan- ese men-of-war have been despatched to the scene of action. One recent evening two men entered the First National Bank in Kewanee, III., lock- ed the cashier and a lady assistant in the vault, and carried off $2U,000. The crime was discovered by pedestrians hearing the cashier pounding on the vault. Cit zens scoured the country in every direction. A deputation of Maori chiefs from New Zealand are in London trying to lay before the Queen a narrative of the wrongs under which they are perishing. The Govern- ment will not receive or recognise them, will not allow them to see the Queen, nor offer their petition. A correspondent of the Standard at Mad- rid says the spirit of the peasantry is be- coming strongly Socialistic in the provinces noted since the revolution of 1868 for the republican tendency of their large town.. The press says the state of affairs in Andal- uetia is serious and requires prompt lemedy. All the relief doled out by the Government in Andalusia, Estramadura, Galicia, Ara- gon, and Catalonia has proved unavailing, iieveral acts of brigandage have occurred near Granada. A steamer recently arrived at Victoiia, B. C, with two Chinamen, horn Port Town- send, Washington Territory, who arrived there on an mward bound veuel, but were refused permission to land, in accordance with the Prohibition Act passed in Congress. The captain of the ship preferred charter- ing a steamer and Mndmg the Cfiinamen over there, rather than enter into bonds of $500 each that they .hoold neitheip run away nor land. Such additicms to the pop* ulation are frequently expected there. Lord Bandolph Chnrohill, M. P., »•- oently onderwwit an operation for » pam- fal maladv. Victor Hogoi»revMin|g for »• F«« » nUywith Ifaarin lor it. hero» the fiiat Srafi of which wa. written neitfly forty ^*Lld'Sief Ju«tic« Cokridge hift let Dr. Alois Brandl have aoccM, for hi. work on Coleridge, to aU%9 letters of Colendge, Wordeworth, and Soathey addrewed to the late Sir John Coleridge. The Colendge letter, cover nearly all of the poet' career and begin with the appeal to buy hi. die- charge from the army. Htfrison Ainfworth' library wfll be sold thi. month in London. It include. mo.t of the manoKript of me of the most probfic aovelieta of modem time., " Rook wood, " Jack Shephad," and "Boroobel" bemg among the number aiao original drawing, by Ge rge Cruickehank for the Ulustratioo. of the work.. r\x. The Duke of Orlean., eldeet son of the Count of Paris, took the prize for Latin composition at the annual competition of the Pari, colleges. His father, amid the plaudits of a lai^e gathering, embraced him and placed on his head»the laurel wreath preMuted to priz) vinners. The Duke is thirteen. Richard King, of Texas, is known of men in the South as the largest cultivator of cattle in the United States, if not in the world. Richard is an Irishman, and hi. flocks of sheep and goats, his herds of •cattle, and his many horses and more mules, foot up in all 500,000 head. His ranch, the Santa Gertrudas, is seventy-five miles in length, and includes nearly the whole of two counties in Southwestern Texas. j. i The Princess of Wales at Goodwood look- ed most exquisite in ivory white with gold trimmings. She wore a pale coffee-colored Newmarket coat when she first arrived, so probably that rather neglected garment will become ton again. Quite a third of the gowns were white, and nearly another third were pale blue. Many were quite extraordinarily shoit, and showed very elaborate stockings and clipper-built The Duke of Hamilton, ^ho long ago came to pecunia y grief, and whose art treasures were recently sold out at auction tor the benefit of his creditors, is described as " a great, coarse, sensual-looking, red- haired man of thirty-seven, without a feature in his face evincing intellect or re- finement without a point in his unwieldy person to indicate blood. He married one of the Duke of Manchester's daughters." The London Spectator thinks that Lord Rosebery is likely to succeed Mr. Bright as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the cabinet. As Under Secretary for the Home Department he has had charge of all the political duties former- ly intrusted to the Lord Advocate, and Scotland has confidence in him. The Spectator says " We doubt if any ap- pointment would bring more strength to it eventually than tuat of the brilliant young Scotchman, who has shown himself to be one of the best speakers, of the day. Who has youth, wealth, and zeal to devote to the Liberal cause, and who is as thorough- going a Liberal as we could hope tc^find even in the House of Commons. Lord Rosebery probably has a great future. And it would be a useful thing to intro- duce a young man of his promise early into the ranks of the higher states- (From the AmV*'^* Afrlealtnrirt.) maunMix «!» cvorm stacks. Ib m»m looaMtiM, in the ol W SouAetii, State. eRwdaUy, fanto. wno pu^ np their cloTShiy in ftwd ooBdilMD. artwr. priMdtofind, when they ooiine to W» n it- The tiii. men. The Cbamplona of Ciuristendom. " So they have left me to save heral ne " exclaimed Sir John of merry England. " This, after all the Frenchman's protesta- tions and all the Italian's bluster. But what matters it Gladstonius, my ar- mour " Upon this, the brave knight's squire, after a great deal of fuss and con- tusion (for Gladstonius was a procras- tinating person), bnckled on his master's sword and iron plates. And when this had been done. Sir John hurried away to Alex- andria, to rescue Egypt, the fairest of the fair, from Arabi the Dragon. When Arabi saw Sir John approaching, he indulged in the most ridiculous demonstrations of im- potent rage and feeble defiance. " Very good " said the champion of merry England. " I will teach you a lesson, my fine fellow, that shall last your life. This will I do, not only in my own interests, but for the benefit of the brothers who have deserted me " And the brave knight drew his sword, poised his lance, and made ready to begin. " Stay a moment I beg you 1" said a fat, sleek, fawning sort of a person, whose ap- parel was as seedy as his appearance was unprepossessing. " You d o th ings in such 5* From tfaoasht?«|[|ir tree the eritiotake. BloMom. aa4 worm, toarther, TiU at laet radk M»oo make.. There te^no nndt to gather. 0.' p-**L :larmiaat Eui a you »" the the The TetoplM»Be mt It appears that jast befwe the bom- bardment of Alexandria furangementa had been completed for the introduction of the telephone in that city. The work had been done by Mr. H. H. Eldred, formerly station agent at Panaic City, N. J., who wa. at Malta daring the bombardment, and o(m- ducted the experiment, by which the firing; was heard through 1,000 mile, of ocean cable. The experiment, were suddenly terminated by tne exploum of a dbell from the 81 ton guns in the cdUar of the Alexan- dria central office. Prince Hennr of PruMia wfll .tart on a veryhurried manner." " Who are was the natural questim of Sir John. " lam the Sultan Slyboots," replied fat, fawning creature, " and I am father of Egypt, the faireet of the fair." "Then if you are her father, you will approve of my intentions I Stand aside wlule I rewue her." " But let u. chat it over a little. Who- ever aaxea Egypt, the fairest of the fair, will have a right to claim her. Surely this seems just do you not think so " " Let me save her first," said Sir John, "and we can wttlethe detail, afterward." " But it i. K much better to talk. I am very angry indeed with Arabi but â€" " " What has the Dragon dangling round it. neck?" asked Sir John, .harply "it seems like a Turkish decoration.** "Oh, yea," retamed the Saltan Sly- boots, with some confusion " It is a little toy I gave him to play with. But to re- turn to our talking " " I did not come here to talk," inter- rupted Sir John, " but to fight " " If you would jart wait, while I Â¥ idvpend monoOhe wne oruinng in the West Indie^ and round the South American coaet. " Why, Toa onnataral parent " thun- dered Sir John " I do declare yoa are making sign, to the Dragon while we are talking!" " Snrdy, you are mistaken I My left eye-lid fr^uentljr quiver. anconMioa.ly " But while Sultan Slyboots wa. explun- ing^how hi. eyelid had qoiTered, Sir John poked hi. .p^ar once more, and went for tk«^I)rigp»j,^Arabi n^ered a lond howl, and .bowed the White Hug. ^hich bore a remarkable reMmblanee the White Feather.â€" PmrcA. !co» the rtMdt or mow. toa* »t » ap^ narwitly very mouldy, and heut^fta to uw £a dcW examiJalion .bow. tte* the i»pearanoeofmooldiiverTdeoeptiT^ wd 2atthe whitenew i. rwUy do» to â„¢* moltitadea of »lken thread., .pun by tfce clover worm, {Awpia boelalU), «"»••£} that hM been brought hew.^Jf ^^o~ world, bat which make, it^ qmto at home. The ineeot. are J»»aUy foimd m the greateet number, at the bottom rf the .tack, and after it ha. once establwhed self, nothing can be done for the hay. brmerwho find. hi. clover hay in condition, dioald not, another waron, stack or rtore hi. crop in the wme place. It ha. been .uggeeted that plaang the .tack upon a foundation, that wiU allow ventilation from below, will be of •ervice. WOBK WriH THB BOOTS ItwiU usuallypay to go through e#«i broadcast turnip., and thin them, and p^ or cut out the strongest weedsâ€" .mart-wewi, rag- weed, etc., and when roots are in drills, it « absolutely necessary. Even when rwt. are very backward, and the out-look i. dia- couragmgonthe first of September, thm- ing, weeding, and hoeing wiU make a crop. AU kinds of turnip, do their best growing after cold nights are, so to speak, the order of the day. Loose earth, and fuU powess- ion of the ground, are prime requiwtes to their doing their beat. BUCKWHEAT. The plant is extremely sensitive to- frost. The grain which is already matured, or nearly so, is not hurt, and the straw is not used for feed. The reason why frost is so injurious, may therefore not be apparent, until- we think, or notice, that upon almost every plant, we have the seed in every stage of development, from the blossom, to the ripe grain. When cut before frost, a g^ejt proportion of he unripe seed will develop perfectly, and the process of ripen- ing does not seem to be hindered by the frost after the Buckwheat is cut. GO TO THE FAIR' The term " Fair may not always be the most appropriate one for the autunm Shows. Exhibition IB a better word, but tar less frequently used. Not only should the farmer go to the Fair, but he ought to take his family with him. The going, simply, is not enough. All members of the household should make it a point to take something to exhibit. One of the boys may take a fine colt, and if it is his own, there will be all the more pride in obtaining a prize. Another son may ha\e a yoke of steers that he has trained for the exhibition. As for the girls, there are thousand differ- ent things that can be made v ith the needle that will grace the walls of the " Woman's Pavilion," or the rooms of tiic Household Department. Even so common a thing as bread may be baked with special care, and will attract much attention. Then there are the garden vegetables, potatoes â€" a new kind, perhaps â€" pumpkins, squashes, etc., and the products of the farm and orchard. It is not wise to leave all these things at home, and then criticise the ExhibitioQ because you can say, " We have better things at home." To go and take things to the Fair is not enough. Tae Exhibition should become a school at which all exhibitors and visitors make a study of the implements, cattle, poultry, fruit, grain, ete., that are there. A farmer may owe his success in srowing some crop to the knowledge gained at a town Fair. The farmer that has a real pride in the farm will take great interest in the local Pair, and will exhibit the best products of farm life in the boys and girls, who are interested exhibitors at the Fairs. The day at the Fair should be a social one, every one making it a point to meet many neighbors and othei-8 with a pleasant word. It is a place for asking and answering questions, aud the person who goes through the Exhi- bition without opening his mouth, is certainly not getting all the good that is within his reach. It is our advice that all go tne Fair â€" all take something to show, and all find out as much as possible about all the various exhibits that are made by others. In this way the day at the Fair will be a most profitable one. It may be that a premium will not be taken by every one, but the prize money is only a small part of the value that an exhibitor may receive from a Fair, that has been used as a means for a better understanding of the pro- ducts of the farm, parden, and house- hold. PUTTIKO AWAY TOOLS. The wea in^ out of farm implements is, as a rule, due more to neglect than to use. If tools can be well taken care of, it will payto buy those made of the best steel, and finished in the best manner but in common hands, and with common care, such are of little advantage. Iron and steel part, .hould be oleaiiod with dry sand and a cob, or scraped with a piece of Mf t iron, washed and oiled if necessary, and in a day or two cleaned off with the corn- cob and dry sand. Finally paint the iron part with rosin and beeswax, in the pro- portion of 4 of roein, to 1 of wax, melted together and applied hot. Thi. i. good for the iron or rteel part, of every aort of tool. Wood wHrk .hotUd be painted with good, boiled, linMed oil, white lead and tnrpen- tine, colored of any desired tint i«d i. probably the beet color. Keep tlM cattle away until the paint i. dry and hard, or they will lick, with death a. the reeult. If it i. not desired- to um paint on hand tools, the boiled oil with turpentine and " liquid drier," does just a. w^ll. Many prefer to tttorato the wood-work of farm implement, with crude Petroleum. Thi. call not be OMd with color, but i. wppliod by itwlf w long a. any i. absorbed by the pore, of the wood. King Loni. ha. g^ven to Wagnw two w«ll trained i«aa.» ^Hiich have drawn the sqsU boat oontaining hi. Hig hne .., hi^ited n LohemrrlH, on the bine moonlit water, of the iako in the neighborhood of the royal castfc of Hoen.wan.{^rd. King AlfmM ha. made mai^nifioent pr» Mnt. to the commini"~er. Who conveyed to him the Garter from ogland. ThePrmu of Wale, received ti^wrtrie. worth mor« than ISQ^OOO. To the other, are Mnt speci- men, of Toledo arm. encnuted with gold. On an ezpren train running between Vic- toria and Brighton, England, are four Pall- man car. lighted with mcaudescent lamps â- appUed with electricity from Faure accu- mnlator.. The car. have electric bells also, by which the conductor or page boy may be rammoned. The "covered gangway," by which the conductor may pass frum car to car, is mentioned as another feature of the train. ' A girl at Long Branch has hair so stiff and coarse tiiat it does not mat when drenched. It. utility is apparent when she bathes, for others come up from a plunge with their tresMS in an insignificant pigtail, while her head is as attractive as when dry. A cor- respondent calculates that her hair will bring her half a million dollars, because it seems to have charmed an heir to that amount, and he is likely to marry her. At the last Prince's ^den party in Lon- don the caprice of fashion was the parasol. Some specimens were of great value. There was a plague of jewels on the top of one white one which dazzled the eyes of the be- holder. The Queen, whose sight had been caught by the topazes and amethysts, encircled by rows of seed pearls, with which it was adorned, turned away with manifest disapprobation, and like the angel in Moore's poem, " never looked again." A dwarf 17 year old and hardly twenty- five inches in height was sold in France to Jean Lumeau by his father to be exhibited in a booth. His purchaser conceived the idea of establishing a miniature menarerie, with the dwarf as a tamer. He caused a number of cats to be painted so as to look like tigers, and giving the dwarf a whip, compelled him by kicks and threats to goad the cats into a furious attack. The poor lit- tle fellow was literally torn to pieces by the infuriated brutes. Judge Edward A. Thomas discusses, in the Jfortli American Review, the value of oaths in courts. In his judgment the oath should be entirely dispensed with, as doing more harm than good. He declares that the conscientious will tell the truth, when legal- ly called upon to do so, as thoroughly with- out the oath as with it, and that dishonest persons are seldom restrained by the utmost solemnity of form. In short, he believes that the oath has lost its force as a restraint, and is merely the formula of an exploded superstition. Nellie Pickett has seen a creat deal of wild life for a girl of 20. She married Tom Picket and went with him to New Mexico, where they joined the band of Billy the Kid, she, being a fine horsewoman, a crack shot, and both vivacious and pretty ,i8 said to have ruled the ganr. After Picket was killed she became the wife of Bawdr}' the second in command, and when he was kill- ed she found a third husband in Billy the Kid. Many stories are told of her exploits, whether acting as a spy in female attire or riding at the head of the band dressed in the buckskin male attire of the plains. She died a few days ago. a curiona -^^ _. ief,eve^^r»^ did.tS^^«*tare iVlarge! _phicalandthe «cial Kikpt »re peculiar, and thiS^r affects the conn .^astrouriy than would be other land. ._ Europeans who ^-TjJ^,^,^' ed mortof the capital for al and induetrial enterpnses of the portion, requiring »«iwi edceor mechanical siuu, SCI ani inaMe.. in itive their abs imi once. tM av( ly revival of prosperity 18 if the war should end at oi ithtithe^pa.ttwen^yej« ,ral product, of Egyot y trckd by means of the capU an^ by anc machinery. ^-^ ea able^to operate such m^ cin not do so tor lack of coal, ' extent they cannot which their pr. spei^ ition and consequent i Jeas of sugar and cotton have been ui^e ix)ssible luction cf steam pumps lem irrig^pition ives ||» a sei lous the crops on pends anv Jf^t^as been «nad« f^\ ^^J 'if-^tion. were introduced by K larcely operated by them. 1 i^ofthesugarn^i^^*?"*^?^' Xr means^ of rapid and ecoj ^^.-^at^n The natives ther isportati n.^ __,,tjna the rail( wel .â-ºâ€¢Â«M Bad BKobeleff Lived. W^hat is certain about Skobeleff is that he so typified the Russian character, so ful- filled the Russian ideal, so inspired the com- mon Russian that the masses of the soldiery not only loved him, but held him the nobler man for sacrificing them in heaps. They distinctly reverenced him more after the aw- ful slaughter at the Gravitzs redoubt, when he lost 8,000 men and failed after all, than they had done before. That is the Russian temper shown through all history toward all their military favorites â€" toward Suwar- off, for instance, whcse hold over his soldiery was riveted, not weakened, by the awful slaughter at the storm at Ismail, as well as toward Skobeleff and that temper placesiu the hands of its object very terrible re- sources. He wields the authority not only of the general, but of a religious leader like Moluumned and, when he draws his re- cruit, from a people like the Russians, can waste men with an indifference which para- lyzes strategy. Such a man, so followed, can conquer in spite of science and ii e do not wonder that the dread of Skobeleff among a people like the Germans, who are naturally kindly, but who understand war, supprened t)ie inrtinctive reverence for death, and that they received tidings of Ms fate with Kmething of displeasing exulta- tion. T^ey remember what Zomdorf was, the battle in which the Ronians were beat- on^from the firet, but died in such masses that Frederick*, army nearly perished in the huge killing; and they knew that with Sko- beleff in command, if war broke out, Zom- dorf. on a gigantic Kale were more than pouible. The Rowian people would have formed oolnmn behind Skobeleff, till in de- feating him, even if wsience had conquered in the end, Germany might have suffered as in the Thirty Year's War.â€" STA* Specta- tor. Justice North u becoming noted among Engh.h Judge, l^ hi. pecaliar way. aHertingthe dignity of the Court. He lately artoniflhed a Uwyer is the Crown Ooortat Ma n ch ert eg, wiho was reading a papM, bv «ying, th||t^he mm|b Imt* "the tif he â€" *- '^- ' • cooit if be wuked to indulge in p^per. The man pat aW«y Ua obce. Then the J^tdjetiMMr. the court " The ingly. Ml,' departed H " ufcapabl^of oP*^-^^'f«.";fp ;ondicting e^^^'-t trade. ie possible )nsequence conducting an^export.^^.^^^^^. e possible in Egypt m time oi ^i rouence the gathered c^^^^^^^ STle threatened with starvatic ^^r «,.^ia1 and industrial i 4-i«» interior unt â€" .. iistnded, and thousands of natiM Bople are threaten The commercial and »eut8 incident to the war to Eevpt. Even if no t Siez Canal, and there is no susr«. Etffic through it, Enciland can *** severely, though mdirec ly. ercial and manufacturing int^ .♦Kirds 280,000,000 are not harm.befs suspei| accord* Every woman dioold anderetand the me- thod of terting uUu. There are two ways of doing thi.. Note the dosencw and even- noM of the rib in it, and hold it to the light to Me this the better. This .how. the tex- ture. Then crash it in the hand and release it mddenly. Note if it roringa out quickly and leave, no oreaM behind, that is the verve. The quality of the ulk i. denoted by IbeTerve. Theltalian wlk iethewftest in the world, and oftoi wanting in rtiffhess of ap- pearance. The ChineM ulk i. the poorest UA deficient in verve. And again, there is a brent deal of ulk muiofactared adulterat- ed with a material ea^' d into, which is in- tra^ven.in the fibre of the ulk. This numifactnrewlllbe found, when tested a. I • huMl ikaoMd, to be very deiScient in verve. It if cOk which, if wetted, .tii!en« almost like traffi' mffer *FSrrtwo.^rrds of the cotton l^pt,^\eraging 280.000, po^ ^erto cone to England. In th £ tri^t afone five million sprndl- nloved upon this staple, ihe sto, TeWy cannot but afTect the *^Â¥hl'iar«e dependence of English npon Egyptian products is trated in the case of furtlij cotton seec S^rmimordoUars worth of J hie 1 rrted annually. Last ^-ear Hv look 120,000 tons, and in its twenty-five hundred men and be I^'plo^ed. Still more serious wi effect of the stoppage ot the sv Eevptian cotton seed upon Knj prists, who depend very largj to ton-seed oil-cake for feeding thd The English soap-boilers use ^\^ 'ihousa^d tonsofEg'Ptian cot ^in a vear, and must likewise feel al off o??h; supply from that regioj Und also draws from Egypt am 'S^ seven million do ars jNorth and beans, three million dollar, sugar, and more than two millior Wthof wool, ivory, gums, ar '"^li;Xr'the1eEngli.h losses upon American trade it is impo^ foWe. The deficency in cotton can%e made good from this side doubtful if any marked adxant I accrue to American producers u war should involve other v^^^^ Egypt and Great Britain. The first effect anticipated •.hipping merchants is an advance freight and in marine insurance, the withdrawal of first-class transport service to the seat ot the substitution for them ot £« third-class freighters in the reguld tng trade.â€" S'cicn/f/ic Anunran. ,^m**""**^^~~ Stories of Bird.. Dogs, and S ;• While pickine huckleberries tnear Beemerville, N. J., Dol.. came upon a den of rattlesnakes. 36 of them. Joe bteigart. while blackberryi nace Hill, Pa., was attacked b snake that he says measured 1 length. He killed it A large gray rat morning* walking a a (.. Rock Island. The wire leads fr coods store to a restaurant. A dove made its way into one ot| organ pipes of St Joseph's Church, an^ could not escape. It was on Sunday, and the organ had mantlad before it could bj releas John Bossier of Donegal, la., "w bv a rattlesnake while working vest field. He sucked the poison wound, drank three pints of whi a powerful emetic, and is doing w As William Kegle, a farmer n ville, Ala., was searching the w cow he was bitten in the cheek itriped snake which swung do • nb in his path. He died m a f K, B. Forbes of Milton has a d hanging under the piazza, ently was a robin's nest birds. The robins, while bnngi to their brood, were twice seen al'ght on the cage ot the prisone frorms into his mouth. A canary belonging to a lady in on being given its Uberty in a roo tew to the mantel, whereon was blinking he had found a mate, Sack to the cage and brought a irthe stranger. Getting no ly, be poured forth his sweet usiny now and then to watch ally he went back to his perch head hanging, remained """ the day. Ifmatened meal in saucers was dScTe^y ard of Charles Whi tie N. fc It there attrac was measui is seen regulaj wire across a The wire leads Wll pilent