Show tim THE duke of westminster has spent over one million pounds sterling in rebuilding eaton hall which is now considered to rival chatsworth as eng lands finest house i A vegetable is the fie it has no seeds flowers cowers leaves stem or roots trained dogs hunt for it in england and in some european countries countries trained BOWS perform this service A correspondent of the gardeners chronicle recently recommended that when flowers are to travel in wooden boxes the boxes be steeped in water for an hour before they are picked packed if the box is quite dry it will quickly absorb from the flowers the greater part of their moisture if for any reason one wishes to keep back rosebuds they must first have their sterns stems placed in cool water then the buds themselves sprinkled with the same after which they must be set in a dark cool room the cellar is best with this treatment the opening process will not advance perceptibly for several days A florist has four or five chameleons chame leons in iane one of his windows they are from south america and seem to have suffered no chango ban I 1 in their removal to a cooler climate they lie upon the leaves of his palms and other tropical plants and are occasionally casio nally found to alter their color a little though generally it is only from one shade of creen areen to another JOHN u S of franklin county ind IDL who served er I 1 in the war of the rebellion belli re recently c en aly discovered that he had never b been een d discharged charged is and applied for a muster out it was gr granted now he is 14 dispo disposed ed to claim pay for twenty eight years of military service itis IT is a serious matter in fix armenia should a maiden attain her seventeenth year with no prospect of marriage arriage ro for when w hen the festival of st sergius comes round she is obliged to fast three days and eat salt fish without quenching her thirst unless some kind swain promises to take her |